The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made cisco for thirty midnight, July 29 San Prancisco ‘winds. THE WEATHER. Fair Priday; fresh southerly, changing to fresh A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. at San Fran- hours ending and vicinity— westerly SAN FRANCISCO, TFRIDAY, JULY 29, 1904 PRICE FIVE CENTS. INER KOREA, REPORTED CAPTURED, IS SAFELY ANCHORED AT YOKOHAMA TOKIO, Friday, July 29--7 a. m. ISTHNIAN CONTRACT DISCUSSED Business Men Still Conferring on the Rail Rales. Refusal of Contract to Pa- cific Mail Hailed With Delight. ties in Interest Point Out Ad- vantages Bestowed by Opening of Panama Road to AllL Par Comferences between the principal flic officials of the Southern Pacific Company and the Pacific Mail Steam- Company and the business men o represent the Pacifie Coast Manu- ‘acturers’ and Jobbers' Association lative (0 rates to be made as a re- It of President Roosevelt's intention to throw the Panama Railway open 10 ali sea lines, without discrimination in not reached any definite result. They are stll the center of interest-to ail | points on the Pacific Coast. This is | especially true in this city, where the | £s are being held. Leading men umercial life have been inter. by reporters for The Call i bail the promise of the future v pleasure and see that the. open ¥ na road will serve in lieu of the Panama canal until the last named en- terprise can be completed. vicwed over Sen Francisco yesterday were discussing what is pen when the Panama without discrimination in against any one. As pub- in The Call yester- is one of such im- manufacturing, commer- ris in California and to n railways and i Mail Steamship ate conferences are city between J. C. roule and R. g the Harriman on one side, and of the executive and Jobbers’ Association on hief trafic men of the South- Company and the Pacific Company see that ct between the Pana- Pacific Malil ship Company is terminated and of President Roosevelt a al board is ob-| . w the contract a new set of conditions will have ar- rived When every shipping line can use the Panamea road for the moving of trans-isthmian freights the rallways d their subsidized sea allies will no ger be able to interfere largely with the natural advantages that be- long to the geographical situation on | e seaboard. _through by The State of Califor- its harbors, and espe- reason of the port of San ¥ sco, will be abie to bring in freights from any part of the world ¢ t e lowest possible rates and t its products, manufactures s on much more advanta- ms than it has ever enjoyed. »ns will be permanent. ] OF CANAL. Panama Railway will y in lieu of the Pan- ights will pass over it estriction as they ever he canal when v rail, on all articles by sea, will be only an by sea, counting 4 delays. San Fran- e to import directly € and then to ship the low sea rate ound rail rate be- 1 that C| R hat Chicago and 1 not be able to iake away (!‘-rn San Francisco the field for tal or other im- £00ds, home or other manu- factures and products of all kinds. The ocean will be open, without re- strictions, 10 any one who wishes to ship California products abroad. e men w are representing the business interests of the Pacific Coast in the conferences with the railway 2nd steamship men are presenting with | vigor the facts relative 1o the new ad- vantages to be permanently enjoyed. No immediate announcement of re- sults from the conferences is expected. {arriman's representatives will con- sider all that is said and all the facts in the situation and then will decide upon the rates that they are willing to provide for the movement of business, which will exactly coincide with what they think they will be compelled to Continued on Page 3, Column 4, favor of or against any one, have | rown open to the use of | e and productive inter- | P. | of the Pacific Coast Manu- | it is | 1 | — S & CONPIRACY CHANGENOT SISTAINE] (Case Against John A. Benson Is Dismissed, S el NEW YORK, July 28.—John A. Ben- conspiracy to defraud the United States by the acquisition of Government lands known as forest reserve lieu lands in Oregon and California by fictitious affi- | davits and fictitious persons, was dis- charged in the United States Circuit Court to-day by Judge Lacombe, who in his decision sald: “Upon the broadest construction which can be given to the indictment it does not set forth facts tending to | show a conspiracy to commit any of-| fense against or to defraud the United | States, and the petitioner should there- | | fore be discharged.” ——e—————— DEATH TAKES REINS FROM A WEALTHY TEAMSTER Rich Coal Dealer Expires in Wagon He Drove for Pleasure’s | Sake. | HARRISON, N..Y., July 28.—Bsti- mated to be worth $100,000, John | Weed, who for fifty years has deliver- ed coal to the residents of Harrison, | Rye and Milton Point, has died in one ‘D(_ his delivery wagons here. Although ‘“- eed was wealthy, he took delight in | getting in one of his wagons and ae- | livering coal as he did when poor. ——————— | FRENCH WAR MINISTER FEARS THE AUTOMOBILE | Development of New Industry Prompts Official to Place Orders for Machines. PARIS, July 28.—The delevopment | of the automobile industry is frighten- ,ing the Ministry of War and the | municipality of Paris. The former, In view of the diminution of horses that can be utilized for war purposes, is of- fering a prize for the best type or au- tomobile military cart. son of California, who was under Iin- | dictment in Washington on & charge of | Reaches Japanese Port Early To- Day. Russians Overlook Prize of Great Richness. The Pacific Mail Company’s liner Ko- rea arrived safely at Yokohama at 7 o'clock this morning, Yokohama time, and the good luck that for years has sailed with “Bill"” Seabury has cheated the Russians of a rich prize. “It is reported that the Korea has | was the substance of a message re- ill news swept over the business sec- | tion and was the topic of conversation | in the suburbs. Telephone bells rang, and over the wires leading to the Mer- chants’ Exchange and to the office of the Pacific Mail Company poured a | steady stream of anxious questioning from friends and relatives of the steamship’s crew and passengers. “The Korea is not due until to-night. We are not worrying about her,” was the reply made to all who questioned the Pacific Mail Company. The town was thoroughly convinced of the Korea's capture when the news came at 8:30 o'clock last night that she was safe at Yokohama. A RICH PRIZE. As a prize of war the Korea could hardly have been more attractive, and it must have been for some very good her to slip by. The Korea is comparatively a new hoat and is one of the finest steamships afloat. She was built for the Pacific Mail Company in 1902 at a cost of about American shipbuilders, and her engines, machinery, develop, with never a jar, | the strength of 19,000 horses. Capabie | at a pinch of tearing through the water |at a twenty-knot gait, the Korea has room in her cabins for several regi- ments of men and space in her holds for stores sufficient to provision a city. She left here July 12 crowded with passengers, carrying 9000 tons of cargo, much of it for Japan and not a little of it of a nature to bripg it within the classification ‘“‘contraband of war,” ac- cording to Russia’s comprehensive defi- nition. HER VALUABLE CARGO. Her cargo was valued at $514,654. In addition to merchandise the Korea took been captured by the Russian fleet,” | ceived from Liverpool by Livingstone, | Smith & Co. of this city yesterday. The | reason that the Czar's ships allowed | $2,000,000. Her steel hull is the pride of | monuments to the perfection of modern | | | ‘W ar Bulletins. TOKIO, July 29, 11 a. m.—It is be- lieved that the Vladivostok squadron is off Yokohama to-day. The steam- ship Korea, which has safely arrived at Yokohama, evidently passed close to the Russian v ST. PETERSBURG, July 28.—The Japanese war is expected to enter on a new phase by a Japanese invasion of the island of Saghalien (a Russian convict settlement in the North Pa- cific, off the east coast of Asia). The Russians have already taken precau- tions, in view of this move, and troops have been sent to the island. A Red Cross detachment also has been or- dered to proceed there. TLONDON, July 29.—A dispatch to the Telegraph from Tokio says that the police station at Shimoda, prov- ince of Idsu, reported at midday on | Thursday that heavy cannonading had been heard at sea since 10 o'clock the night before. out a treasure list of $838,515, consisting of $6445 in Mexican dollars, $710 in gold coin and 3360 Ohilean pesos for Hong- kong; $83,000 in silver bullion for Shang- hai and $745,000 in Mexican dollars for Hiogo. Captain W. B. Seabury is the com- modore of the Pacific Mail line and per- sonal regret for him figured largely yvesterday in the keen interest evinced in the Korea's fate. His pride in his ship was well known and to have fallen into the hands of the Russians would have wrenched the skipper's big heart to the breaking point. “If anybody can rum, the gauntlet ‘Bill” Seabury will do it,” was heard on all sides. “But he knows nothing of the dan- ger,” was volunteered. “Seabury doesn’t have to know. can smell it.” ‘Warned or not, Captain Seabury has landed his charge safely at the Japanese port. He is now where warnings can reach him and nobody that knows him is afraid any more of :nybody taking the Korea away from im. The Korea will probably remain at Yokohama, however, until all danger of interference is passed. The Siberia, the Korea's twin sister, is at Kobe un- der orders to stay there. The Gaelic is awaiting Instructions at Midway. All the ships are safe, so far, but the Pa- cific Mail Company’s schedule is to be He thrown sadly cut of tune. ——— Death of a Form¢r Bank President. MARYSVILLE, July 28.—J. M. C. Jasper, a prominent resident of Wheat- land and at one time president of the !v:ohel.tlnnd B.fin&udledf this m a complication of diseases, He leaves a wife and eight children. GREAT PASSENGER LINER WHICH HAS JUST SUCCESSFULLY RUN THE GAUNTLET OF THE VLADIVOSTOK FLEET, AND SOME OF HER OFFICERS. | General Attack on - Port Arthur Has Begun. Slavs Are Said to Use Dum-Dum Bullets. LONDON, July 29.—Special dis- patches from Shanghai and Yokohama report that a general attack on Port Arthur has begun. A report that General Kuropatkin is wounded, which is appearing in various quarters, seems to have originated at Tientsin, but it is not confirmed from any reliable source. = The Times' col ondent at Tokio says it appears clearly proved that the Russia Manchuria are using dum-dum bullets. pa . o s MAY HAVE ESCAPED SEIZURE. Steamship Calchas’ Agents Have No News of Her Capture. LONDON, July 28.—The owners of the British steamship Calchas, report- ed to have been captured by the Rus- sians in the Far East, have recived a telegram from their ‘agents at Yoko- hama saying: ‘““Have no further information to re- port. Calchas’ seizure very doubt- ful.” According to a digptch from Liver- pool on July 26 the owners of the Calchas, bound from Puget Sound to Japan, had received a telegram from Hongkong reporting that the Calchas had been seized by the Vladivostok squadron. Shscge iy ALLEGED SPIES SENTENCED. One of the Men Said to Be a Russian Staff Officer. VIENNA, July 28.—Two Russians, glving the names of Dyrez and Law- row, suspected ‘of being military spies, have been sentenced to imprisonment for eighteen and twelve months. Mys- tery surrounds the case and the au- thorities are unable to discover' the real identity of either of the persons. It appears certain, however, that Law- row is a Russian staff officer. s Tt laen Newchwang Open to Trade. TOKIO, July 28.—The Liao River is now open to trade and neutral ships, following the Japanese occupation of ‘Newchwang. (Fa iR ‘War News Continued on Page 2, . ENCOUNTER ON DECK 0F STEANSHIP Californian Takes Part in Exciting Afiray. ——— Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July'29.—The Sun says: ‘‘Marguerite Fourchion lodged last night at the expense ¢f Uncle Sam at Ellis Island, in quarters that were in striking - contrast with her gorgeous berth aboard the liner Deutschland. Her passage was paild by a stout, tall, middle-aged Californian, who, accord- ing™to the young woman's ewn story, had met her in Paris and decided to bring her to New York. She had no baggage except a satchel and a hat-| box. The officers of the ship did not know her relations with the Californian until the ship was approaching port. He told other passengers she was his sister-in-law, but they wondered why she was unable to speak the Californian or any other American dialect. “The Californian treated her hand- somely until he found her on Wednes- day night encouraging the attentions of a young Colombian, said to be a nephew of General Uribe Uribe, a rev- olutionist. The Californian caught the Colombian flirting with the girl and had hit the Colombian on the face. The Colombian drew a revolver, but before he could use it the Californian and | other passengers who had been at- tracted by the trouble took it away from him. “That wound up the incident eo far as the Californian and the Colombian were concerned, but the willowy young woman had a few chapters of trouble coming to her. The Californian locked her in her room and did not let her out until the steamship was within sight of port yesterday morning. “Then he told her in the limited French at his command that he would not ‘stand for her’ and that she would have to shift for herself after landing. At Ellis Island she was held, and she may be sent back to France. She weeps and Is very bitter against the Califor- nian.’ The Herald In its account of the en- —The steamship Korea has arrived safely at Yokohama. GREAT LAND CLOTTERY S - [NDER WAY Drawing for South Dakota Claims Commences. | Nebraska Veteran of Spanis War Is First to Win a Homestead. Barrel From Which Names Are Taken Holds the Hopes of 106,000 Men and Women. CHAMBERLAIN, S. D, July 28.— Willlam McCormick of Lancaster | County, Neb., a veteran of the Spanish war, to-day drew first choice for a homestead in the Rosebud Reservation. Of more than 106,000 names placed in envelopes and jugsled in a barrel ar- ranged on an axis-like churn, a Gov- | ernment clerk drew McCormick’s name | first. | Then 99 names were drawn and re- corded. All of these persons, if they wish, may take a claim in the reserva- tion. To-morrow more names will be | drawn and the drawing will be con- tinued until all envelopes have been | taken from the barrel. The first 2500 or 2600 will get all the claims. Unless some of these refuse to file on their | claims, the remgining 103.000 persons | will not be eligible. Fewer than 1000 perstns watched to- day’s drawing. “Lucky” Somers, one | of the eight boys hired to assist. drew the first envelope. ‘Commissioner Rich- ards tore open the envelope and an- nounced: “Willlam MecCormick of Lancaster County, Neb., a soldier.” After the excitement attendant upon the announcement of MecCormick's name as the winner of the first claim had died away, the drawing continued rapidly. After the first hundred names had been drawn and announced the re- mainder . were displayed in batches on a bulletin board. William McCormick, who drew the first cholice, is 27 years old. He served in the Second Nebraska Volunteers. He was mustered out at Camp Meiklejohn, Neb., October 24, 1898. ———————— GERMAN AUTHORITIES IMPRISON AN AMERICAN Photographic Plates Cause Trouble for a Theatrical Man at Aix La Chapelle. NEW YORK, July 28.—Samuel Schubert, the theatrical manager, to- day received a cable dispatch from his brother, Lee Schubert, that the latter was held by the authorities at Aix La Chapelle, Germany, for having mili- tary plans in his possession. The cablegram added that Schubert had called upon United States Consul Frank H. Brundage for assistance and explained to him that the photographic plates which were responsible for his arrest and detention were merely for use in a new play which he purposed to produce. WINS A QUEER WAGER AND SEES EXPOSITION Ilinois Man After Hauling Wife and Child Long Distance Reaches St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July 28.—Hitched to a sulky cultivator, William Hoyt hauled | his wife and their 4-year-old som all the way from Moline Ill, to the World's Fair. Hoyt set out upon a wager and covered the distance of 315 miles in just one month, thus winning his bet of $1000 and incidentally ob- taining an experience which, he said, he would not have missed for any amount. e NETTIE CRAVEN ILL IN THE EXPOSITION CITY Claimant of Milllons of Senator Fair Occupies Bed in Hospital in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July 28.—Mrs. Nettis R. Craven, whose clalm to be the | widow of the late Senator Fair of Cal- | ifornia, which caused so much liti- gation. is a patient at the Good Sa- | maritan Hospital, where she is under treatment for shock to her nerves re- | ceived in a street car accide: | months ago. The patient is c the “hospital records as Mrs. Fair. f— & counter aboard the Deutschland says the man who represented himself to be the brother-in-law of Marguerite | Fourchion was Jeremiah Lynch of San | Francisco. The Herald says that the two men who fought on the Deutsch- land were prisoners on the yessel from the time she passed Sandy Hook until the pler was reached. MRS. Netuie