The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1904, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1904 COMPARISONS OF SQUADRONS OF TWO NAVIES The German squadron, which arrived &t Plymouth July 10, was composed of elght battleships, two armored cruisers, six cruisers and two dispatch boats, a total of eighteen vessels, with a dis placement topnage of about 219,000. The arrivel of this fleet was witnessed | by tho precisio nds of spectators, and the h which the ships kept n their division, fauit- tation and wheeling of trained soldiers, commented upon as a n of good training. In an the first division rived all the ships king feature about reity. of the Kaiser class, y in size from the have the sa and carry the : four 9.4-inch s and six tor- ive of the Jatter being sub- rmored cruiser Prinz inch, ten 5 rinz ten 5.9-inch guns, have also four tor- e under water. The six of ten vith two The battle- each have the improvements with the uni- everal cl , make much more formidable be if composed of a f ships varying in speed VS. GERMAN SHIPS. on of the Ger- Plymouth and the juadron in the ADRON AT PLYMOUTH, Y 9, 1904 Speed 0od-sheathed and coppered Speed Tons. (Knots) 11540 16 1903 CRUISERS. .- 1895 e 1904 1896 hed and coppered. NO TWO ALIKE. a is the oniy one of its class avy, and carries four 12-inch, h and six 4-inch guns. The Alabama and lllinois are in hulls, but the batteries dif- Kearsarge, with superimposed has four 13-inch, four $-inch irteen 5-inch guns, while the Ala- and Illinois carry four 13-inch urteen 6-inch guns. Of the the Olympia is armed with inch and ten 5-inch guns; the wre twelve 6-inch, the Cleveland S-inch and the Mayflower, which is converted yacht, carries twelve 6- ers and four smalier guns. Only the American battleships are with submerged torpedo tubes— whe Maine and Missourt having two each. The other four have four above- mater tubes, but none of the cruisers ave fitted with torpedo tubes. None of the battleships have triple screws, and the boilers are of the ol yle box type, except in the Maine, Missouri and fitted Cieveland, which have water-tube boli- | ers. The modern navies of Germany and the United States date nearly alike, but the building of the German war- ships has been done with better sys- tem and greater dispatch than in the United States. Since 1890 Germany has completed fourteen battleships, four armored cruisers, six coast-defense sbiPt And thirty-five cruisers and gun- boa During the same period we have bu and completed tweive battleships, two nored cruisers, five coast-de- fense ships and thirty-two cruisers and gunboats. There is but a slight differ- ence in the number of armored ves- sels, but the type and tonnage of Ger- man cruisers far exceed that of the United States. The prospects for two years hence are, however, more favora- bie, as the armored vessels under con- eir buoys or at an- | Four | Medi- | 1 s. (Knots) 20 | ! skilled laborers, something the pack- | FEW STRIKERS NATIVE BORN Of the 20,000 Men Engaged in War With the Packers | 15,000 Came From Abroad 'AVERAGE $7.40 A WEEK |On This Wage Many of Them | in Two Years’ Time Save | Enough to Pay Way Home Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, July 81,—Of the 20,000 striking meat butchers at the Union stockyards more than 15,000 are of for- eign birth. Twelve thousand of these | are unskilled laborers. Their wages, at the minimum of 17% cents per hour, average $7 40 a week. Single men live on le than §2 a week, and in two years save sufficient money for passage home. Three thousand leave for home | every year and their places are filled by other immigrants. Few can speak | English. There are only 2000 voters in | the colony, and a great many of them | do not intend to become Americanized. | The foreign colony includes Bohemians, Poles, Lithuanians and Slovaks. Their | settlement is virtually a city of all na-| | tionalities. The 20,000 men under con- | sideration do not include the 12,000 sym- | pathetic strikers of the allied trades.| ‘While most of the skilled laborers are | native-born, a number of early immi- | grants have attained to higher posi-} tions. The great bulk of the laborers | take orders from their bosses with the | | obedience of soldiers. It is not their | | part to reason why. Their English ;\'ncabulary may be limited, but they ! ! understand an oath, and the stockyards | {has a language of its own. Immigration into the packing town| {began in 1885° when the packing in-| { dustry was in its infancy. With sub- | | sequent immigrations the Union Stock- | | vards and Transit Company has grown | until it is now the largest industrial organization of its kind in America. The unskilled fc gners were wel-| comed by the packers. They were more docile than the native-born and were | less capable of organization. Once an was in their heads they worked uncomplainingly. And ling to work for 15 cents —_———— i STRENGTHENING DEFENSES. | Strikers ‘and Packers Spend Sabbath | Day Preparing for Struggle. CHICAGO, July 31.—Both the packers and the strikers spent Sun-| day in strengthening weak spots in| their defenses, preparatory to another | | week of effort to bring their oppo- | nents to terms. All the plants were operated during the forenoon in order | to get rid of the live stock that had | been left over from last week. The | remainder of the day was spent by the employers in installing new men | and arranging many of the small de- | tails that had been overlooked last week. More than 1000 new men were | added to the number already at work | in the different plants. Among to-day’s arrivals were many ers have been sadly in need of ever since the strike started. R, R { POLICE ATTACK RIOTERS. | Officers ana Strikers Clash in Vieinity of Stockyards. CHICAGO, July 31,—The police and a mob of strike sympathizers clashed ir the vicinity of the stockyards to- night. Two non-union men had entered a saloon and asked for a drink when strike sympathizers protested against the bartender serving them. Several | policemen succeeded in ejecting the attacking men and the doors were barricaded. The rioters, being reinforced by | several hundred of their friends. re- turned later to renew the attack: A | riot call was sent in, but before the patrol wagon with a squad of police- men had arrived the saloon had been | partially wgecked. It was necessary for the police to fire a volley over the heads of the rioters before they de- sisted .in their attack on the place. ! With the exception of bruises and scratches no one was seriously hurt. | Weegimifpptintanpt: | WILL FIGHT TO FINISH. | Leader of the Striking Butchers Says i Union Will Win. | OMAHA, Neb., July 31.—President Donnelly of the Amalgamated Meat | Cutters’ and Butchers’ Union, who ar- rived in the city early to-day, ad- dressed two meetings of the packing- house strikers. Donnelly said that the strikers would win in Chicago, the statement of the packers to the con- trary notwithstanding. The keynote of his address was that the strike was to be to a finish and he said that it would either be won or the union | would be brokeén. — - PACKERS STILL WORKING. Usual Number of Cattle Is Slain, De- spite Leader’s Orders. ! NEW YORK, July 31.—More than struction in American yards greatly the usual number of cattle were exceed those building in Germany. In slaughtered here to-day in the plants <he latter country eight battleships and of the Schwargschild & Sulberger three armored cruisers are likely to be Company and the United Dressed Beef completed by January, 1906, while the Company in spite of last Friday’s or- TUnited States navy will be increased | ders from President Donnelly of Chi- in that perfod by nine battieships and | 20g that all of the men in both plants nine armored crulsers. CAUSES OF DELAY. The failure in the United States to make as good a showing in rapidity of construction as compared with -Ger- many is chiefly due to the dissensions in the board of construction in Wash- ington, resulting in a delay of two years in agreeing upon the designs of three battleships and three armored cruisers, authorized March 3, 1899, but | which were not contracted for until two years later. - Again, between March, 1901, and November, 1903, further de-)DPurg of San Jose, Cal, won the twen- lays were caused by radically changing the designs of ships already contracted for, as well as those of two battleships and six armored cruisers authorized in June, 1900. The errors of the board of construction of 1901-03 are now being corrected at a great cost of time and money, but there has been a loss of two years which cannot be made good and which is not chargeable to dilatory con- tractors. The present seemipg inferior- ity of the American fleet as compared with that of Germany is therefore not due to lack of money or want of desire to possess a navy, but is to be at-. tributed to the obstructionists in the |should come out to-day until both companies entered into agreements with their employes, . . | 7 R B PHRIA | Non-Union Man Killed. CHICAGO, July 31.—In a fight at the Neison Morris plant to-day be- | tween Andrew Sims and John Davis, both - non-union men from Indiana, the former was stabbed and killed. —————— Cycler Limburg Wins in the East. | NEW YORK, July 31.—Carl Lim- | ty-mile open race for amateurs at the Manhattan cycle track to-day. This| was the principal event on the pro- gramme and nearly 100 riders start- ed in'five- divisions. Marcus Hurley of the New York Athletic Club, ama- teur champion of America, started in the last division, but retired after rid- ing about seven miles. : 5 x 2 | come as familiar with the coast and waters of England and Ireland as Eng- lish naval officers and crews. Two years ago the squadron under Prince Henry of Prussia while maneuvering visited most of the strategic bases upon the board of construction. | Irish coast, and one Britjsh - The frequent visits of German ships ficer mer:'- that it is nfiut wn;: ‘:,-::_ to British naval ports is beginning to dered at that under such circumstances arouse the suspicion of English naval the German naval intelligence depart- officers that these visits are made to ment knows as much about the re- gain information, and not for the sake sources #nd extent of English dock- of hospitality. German training ships, | yards as the British Admiraity. On the such as the Stosch, Stein and Moltke, | other hand, when King Edward . have already called nine times at Ply- ly visited Kiel the officers of his ffeet, mouth Sound during this yvear and re- | while most liberally entertained, were mained several days on each occasion. ' mot permitted to enter the dockyard, During this time officers and crew wan- | and they saw nothing beyond the gray der about, subject to mo restraint, to walls and fortificatfons of that naval saticfy their curiosity, and they be-|station. . ~ g | RUSSIA'S WARSHIPS AT PORT ARTHUR WILL ATTEMPT TO RUN THE GAUNTLET| RAI Situation in Slav Strong-|Steamship America Maru| Impressive Sérvices Over hold Believed to Be Critical. —_—— Rumored Shortage of Am- munition Disturbs St. Petersburg. el e ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.—There is no inclination here to doubt that there may have been pretty severe fighting at the outer positions of Port Arthur, possibly accompanied by a bombard- ment from the &ea, but it is not be- lieved that the Japanese are yet ready to storm the fortress. Rear Admiral Withoft, in command of the naval forces at Port Arthur, is relied upon to put to sea if the condi- tion of the fortress becomes desper- ate. While' no definite information is ob- tainable, the report that the fortress is short of ammunition is considered by the public as the most disquieting fea- ture of the situation. CHEFU, July 31.—A Japanese mer- chant has received word from a Chi- nese whom he trusts to the effect that the Japanese have occupied every po- sition surrounding the besieged fort- ress of Port Arthur, with the excep- tion of Golden Hill. The Chinese said that both sides suffered tremendous losses in the operations necessary to bring about this condition. The mem- bers of the Russian intelligence bu- reau here are inclined to believe the report true to the extent that the Jap- anese have made great progress in their operations about the besieged fortr: 3 LONDON, Aug. 1.—The Toklg corre- spondent of the Times sends a pub- lished reply of the Port Arthur garri- son to the Japanese summons to sur- render. This reply shows that the gar- rison is under the impression that Field Marshal Oyama and all his staff were mk with the transports Hatachi and ado and that the Russians wholly disbelleve that General Kuropatkin has ever been defeated. i Sl e FEARS THE “BROWN PERIL.” Desmond Fitzgerald Says Japanese Hope to Conquer the World. BOSTON, July 31.—Hon. Desmond Fitzgerald of Boston, special United States commissioner to the Philippines, has just returned from the Orient and gives the result of his observations while in Japan and China. He fore- sees danger to the world in Japan’s dé- feat of Russia and says: “While I n but admire these won- derful people, it seems to me that it will one day require great concerted action by the white nations to check their aggressions, because of their in- satiable ambition. I have heard it said in Japan that they will build up an army and navy to conquer the whole world. It is not so much the vellow peril as that Japan is becoming sufficiently strong to drive out the white man. It seems to be there is mere to fear from Japan than from Russia. All Asiatic nations (the Jaupanese are no exception) have a deep-seated hatred of the white man and want him driven out. Even now the Japanese have a very bad attack of ‘swelled head' and it is not at all improbable that this country, sooner or later, will have trouble with Japan.” Lelil e NOT FORCED TO RETREAT. Sakharoff Denies Oku's Claim of a Victory at Tatchekiao. ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.—Lieu- tenant General Sakharoff, in a dis- patch to the general staff dated July 30, reports that “there has been no change in the front of the Manchurian army up to midday to-day. The Jap- anese are cc...entrating strongly on our southern front.” General Sakharoff then refers to General Oku's account of the battle of Tatchekiao and declares that the Rus- sian forces were not as large as Gen- eral Oku represented, adding: “Our position was ocgcupied solely with a view of keeping the enemy in check and with no idea of obstinately defengding it. We did not throw up any gpecial defenses. We held all our | positions against the Japanese attacks and then retired because the com- manding officer did not deem it possi- ble to accept battle the following morning while defending a position with a front ten miles in length. The evacuation of our position, was a com- plete surprise to the Japanese,” P Ol SINKING OF THE HIPSANG. Russian Explanation of the Merchant Steamship’s Destruction. ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.—The Russian version of the sinking of the British steamship Hipsang by a Rus- sian torpedo-boat on July 16, as com- municated to the British embassy, de- clares that the Hipsang was steaming in Fuchow Bay, which is occupied by the Japanese, at night without show- ing lights. The torpedo-boat fired ten shots at the Hipsang, which, instead of stopping, replied with rifle shots. The Hipsang then tried to escape in the fog and was sunk by the torpedo- boat. LS S STARTS FOR YOKOHAMA. Aragonia Wwill Take Chances With the Russian Squadron. ASTORIA, Ore., July 381.—The Ham- burg-American steamer Aragonia, operated by the Portland and Asiatic Steamship Company, which has been held here for two days awaiting orders, departed this afternoon for Yokohama and Hongkong. The Aragonia’s cargo is similar in na- ture to that carried by her sister ship, the Arabia, which was captured July 28 by the Russlans, but it is thought by the steamship company that by the time the Aragonia has reached the war zone the Japanese will either have the Vladivostok squadron bottled up or that the powers will have arrived at an understanding. —_—— ROBBING THE WOUNDED. Russian Soldiers Accused by a Japan- ese Field Burial Party. ‘TOKIO, Saturday July 30,—A Jap- anese field burial party, which is work- ing before Port Arthur and a Japanese who was made prisoner by the Rus- sians and escaped cl the Rus- slans with robbing Japanese wounded and mutilating Japanese dead. They assert that the bodies of wounded and dead soldiers are stripped of their watches and valuables and that the dead have been beheaded and bayon- eted and that their eyes have been | ‘?llm out. Will Sail Despite - Russians. —— the Body of Murdered Von Plehwe. SAND BOTHERS |TARPEY SCORES LROAD MEN| PARTY LEADERS —_—— “Devil’s Playground” Prov-|California Refuses to Be ing a Great Annoyance.to “Bossed” by the Managers Clark’s Salt Lake Line of the Parker Campaign WINDS PLAYING HAVOC! WANTS TO HAVE A SAY Commander of the Vessel|Widow Faints and the|Ballast Is Sometimes Shift-| Declares Eastern Clique Is Does Not Fear Viadi- vostok Fleet. ey The Japanese steamship America Maru will sail for the Orient this af- ternoon at 1 o'clock even if the way 1s crowded with .Vladivostok squadrons. Her commander says she is able to make eighteen or nineteen knots and will take her chances in a race with the Russians if ‘they are still on the outlook for Mer. There is only one thing that will delay her start, he says, and that is fresh consignments of freight. The Pacific Mail and Occiden- tal and Oriental companies have re- fused to carry goods, contraband or otherwise, to Asiatic ports for the pres- ent, and the fleet Toyo Kisen Kaisha craft hopes that the disappointed ship- pers will be at the Greenwich-street dock early this morning with their consignments. At present there are 2500 tons of freight aboard and she can take on almost as much more. The America Maru, which is sched- uled to sail to-day, expects to make Honolulu at noon August 6. She is to sall the same day and will not call at the Midway Islands, but go direct to Yokohama, reaching that port about August 16. The commander of the Japanese liner, says he, has no fears that his vessel will fall a prey to the Vladivostok fleet. He says. the three cruisers—Ruric, Rossiay and Gromoboi—of the fleet are eighteen and twenty-knot ships according to their trial test, but the actual sailing speed cannot be over sixteen even under the most favorable conditions. In their present condition those vessels un- doubtedly are badly in need of a season in the drydock, and probably need to have their coal-bunkers refilled. If such is the case fifteen knots is about the limit of their speed. The America Maru, on the other rand, says Captain Going, is clean, her bottom is coated with anti- fouling paint, her bunkers are filled with excellent fuel, and if she gets a good start she can run away from the Russians. During the recent trial trip, ordered = by the Japanese Government for the America Maru, Hongkong Maru and Njippon Maru, on the renewal of the Government sub- sidy, the America Maru made 18% knots for four consecutive hours. And this after six_years of trans-Pacific travel. She-used’ only ordinary coal during the run. The course laid out wads full of sharp turns, as the Gov- ernment desired to séverely test her ability to get away when the Russian cruisers came down to cut out the commerce of Japan. The only thing the fleet liner has to fear is getting under the Russian guns in a fog. But this is not the foggy sea- son on that coast and Captain Going expects to have clear days and nights when he reaches the danger-zone. However, there will be no sleeping on watch when the America Maru draws near home on or about the 16th of this month. MASKED MEN HOLD UP TRAIN Make Two Unsuccessful At- tempts to Blow Open Safe and Escape Into Darkness e EL PASO, July 31.—The Rock Island passenger train which left El Paso-Sat- urday morning northbound, was held up Saturday night at 11 o’clock at Lo- gan, N. M, a station thirty miles north of Tucumecari and ninety miles north of Santa Rosa, the division point. Seven masked robbers boarded the train just as it was moving out of Logan, uncoupled the baggage and ex- press cars and went on with the en- gine. Conductot John York resisted and was shot in the leg. The train was run ahead a short distance when it was stopped and dynamite applied. The small safe was placed on top of the large cne with dynamite between the two. The charge was fired, but the only effect was to blow the small safe through the roof of the car, the larger one not being injured. The small safe was replaced and a second charge of dy- namite put between the two safes with the same result except that the small safe this time was blown through the side of the car. The robbers then mounted their horses and rode away in the darkness. : Officers were advised this morning of the hold-up and are on the trail of the men who are believed to be the “Evans gang.” The passengers were not mo- lested by the robbers and many did not know the robbery was in progress, as most of them were asleep. Owing to the remoteness of Logan, the details of the hold-up were not obtained until to-night when a southbound Rock Island passenger train arrived here The Wells-Fargo officials say there was only seven dollars in the safe ‘when it left here. 5 CAPTAIN S SCOTT TRANSFE] TO CALIFORNIA Army Officer Owes His Good For- tune to the Influence Wielded by His Wife. % NEW YORK, July 3L—Through the influence of his bride of less than a year, Captain Charles Scott of the Coast Artillery, stationed at Fort Schuyler, has succeeded in obtaining his transfer to his native State of Cali- fornia. Mrs. Scott is a charming young woman, gnd has been a great favorite among the women at Fort Schuyler. Like her husband, she is a native of California, and, although fond of the life at Fort Schuyler, she preferred to have her husband stationed in Cali- fornia, where they might see their old friends. Three months ago Mrs. Scott went home, and she is still in California. During her visit she managed to bring sufficient influence upon the Secretary of War to have her husband trans- ferred to the Pacific Coast. o3 —_————— A Dpeculiar thing about the Delaware peach crop is that if it doesn’t fail it will go into the hands of recei lots of them., - ~ Emperor Hastens to Her Assistance. e ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.—M. von Plehwe, the Minister of the Interior who was assassinated on Thursday morning last, was buried to-day, and in every city and hamlet of this vast empire church bells were tolled and masses and prayers said for the repose | of the soul of the murdered Minister. . 1 ' ploy of a syndicate of the New York | The services here, which were ac- cerding to the rites of the orthodox church, were of an impressive and iru- posing character. At 11 o'clock this morning high mass was said In the stately chapel adjoining the Ministry of the Interior. Emperor Nicholas and the Dowager Empress stood with the broken-hearted widow and the children of the Minister at the foot of a great mound of flowers, on which restad the casket. To the right, on gold-embro:d- ered cushions, before a mass of wreaths banked to the ceiling, were ranged the decorations which had been won by the statesman during his notable career. To the left were the metropolitan of St. Petersburg and the officiating bish- ops and priests, in their gold-emblaz- oned vestments. A screen of flowers concealed the famous imperial choir. BEREAVED WIDOW FAINTS. The entire assemblage was in full uniform and on the arm of each one present was a badge of mourning. All held lighted tapers throughout the service, and the air was heavy with the perfume of flowers and incense from the censors. At the miost solemn moment, when all knelt and many were affected by tears, the widow was overcome and fainted. The Emperor came to her as- sistance and she was carried out by gentle hands. The Emperor was visibly moved, and upon the conclssion of the mass he fol- lowed the casket, which was taken upon the shoulders of the. Ministers and borne down the broad marble staircase to the street. There the funeral procession was formed and the body was placed in a great white open hearse drawn by six coal black horses, which were blanketed from their ears to their tails in somber trappings. A black-garbed groom stood at each bridle andl in advance went sixteen sim- ilarly clad lantern-bearers. Behind the hearse walked the members of the Minister's family and then came a long and distinguished body of mourners, it being the Russian custom to follow the dead to the grave on foot. The Em- peror himself walked a short distance, but as the Novodevicky monastery, where the burial took place, was more than five miles away, and also because of the condition of the Empress, his Majesty soon entered his carriage and returned to the Peterhof Palace. FLOWER LADEN CHARIOTS. At the end of the procession came four white chariots-filled with the floral offerings. The cortege proceeded slowly through the avenues and streets, pre- ceded by a squad of mounted police and passed within sight of the place where the tragedy occurred. The sidewalks along the route were crowded, but lines of police kept the streets clear to the curb. As the body passed every head was uncovered and thousands crossed themselves. The monastery stands on a plain beyond the Narva gates ‘and at these gates fully 50,000 persons were gath- ered. church the body was interred in the adjoining cemetery, where repose the remains of many of Russia’s greatest men, and at a point within a stone's throw of the grave of Sipiaguine, who was.Plehwe’s predecessor and who also fell by the hand of an assassin less than two years ago. 3 o WIDE SCOPE OF PLOT. Von Plehwe’s Death Planned by An- archists in Vienna and’ Paris. ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.—The murderer of Von Plehwe has been removed from the hospital to the Wyborgsky prison. The pclice knew the alias under which he traveled, but say they are not yet satisfled regard- ing his identity and decline to reveal defeat the ends of justice. There is no longer any doubt that the police for some time have had knowledge of the existence of a plot by a band of international anarchists in Paris and Vienna. The leading con- spirator, it is said, was a man whom the Russian Government tried to ex- tradite from Paris last fall. Some of these conspirators arrived here a week ago and the police believed that all of them had been taken into custody. e EXILED FROM FINLAND. Four Professors of the University Or- dered to Russia. HELSINGFORS, July 31. — The father of Eugene Schaumann, assassin of General Bobrikoff, Gov- ernor General of Finland, has been sent to St. Petersburg under an escort of gendarmes. 5 President Dummeras of the Univers sity of Finland has been exiled to Rus- sia, being the fourth professor from this institution to be exiled since the murder of General Bobrikoff. Nothing is known here of Leglo, the alleged name of the assassin of Min- ister von Plehwe, though rumors are afloat that he was here three weeks ago. WHILE KNEELING AT PRAYER TWO WOMEN ARE ROBBED Victims Suspect Man Who Occupied Pew Behind Them of Picking 3 Their Pockets. OMAHA, July 31.—While kneeling in worship in St. Pauls Episcopal Church this morning Miss Gard and Miss Bondeson were robbed of their pocketbooks by a man who sat behind them during the service. From the description the women were able to give the police arrested George Pete, who was released from jail a few days before. - - Pete was arrayed in his morning’s ciothes and taken to the station, where he was identified by several members of .the church, some of whom said he had been there on other re- cent occasions. Communion wine and wafers have been missed from the chureh in large quantities lately. Pete presents a sanctimoniotis ap] ce and in church might easily be taken for a worshiper, f ed, Leaving the Rails Sus- pended High in the Air Special Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, July 8$1.—In the work of building Senator Clark’s new | gays: railway across the desert between Los “Wherever you may find Mike Tar- Angeles and Salt Lake the contractors | pey, National Democratic Committee- are confronted with difficulties, the!man from California, there is sure to equal of which was not encountered pe trouble. He Is of that bellicose by those who bullt the other transcon- | Irish type that will not brook restraint “':f/n'-;’{-“ glt;e.c.e o - or tamely be bound by rules. . yee, an engineer in the em- | .pgy. yurbulent spirit was restless at mine owners, arrived to-day from a | the St. Louis convention, breaking forth trip along the line of the Salt Lake |scveral times in the meetings of the railroad. He says the engineers have | California delegation. He has encoun- Just completed a stretch of track across | tereq a condition of things since com- Attempting Close Corpora- tion Methods in Politics Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW" YORK, July 3L.—The Tribune After the burial service in the | that startling natural freak known as the “Devil's Playground,” one of the worst pieces of land In the whole country to cover. ! “A lost railroad may seem a strange | quantity, but this is just the term to apply to the Salt Lake tracks before measures were taken to prevent thehj' Jburying,” said Boyce. “This Devil's Playground is a vast stretch oy fine | white sand, smoothed out with scarce- ly a ripple marring its surface. It is| apparently of sufficient solidity to ad- | mit of railway construction. Night | may come on and bring with it a wind, and lo, what was once a vast flat mesa is in the morning a hilly section of ridges and valleys, with tumbling white mounds that shut off and dismr(l the vision. 230 | “Sometimes the Salt Lake 'tracks have been buried to the depth of sev- eral feet, and no snow-plow, blower or, similar device has been sufficient to get | them clean again. Nothing but hard, patient digging with men-driven shov- els has done the work. “Another peculiar feature is that the subtle eddying currents have actually | undermined the road, driving out all the sand ballast, heaping it up in drifts far to the other side and leaving the track line bent, with its pendant cross | ties hanging in empty air. ““The company will doubtless find the playground a constant annoyance, but the shifting way has been crossed now with fair success and another of the difficult engineering problems in solved.” : ¢ The road is at present about one hundren-miles from Daggett, and prog- ress is belng made as rapidly as pos- sible under the circurostances. ~ MARRY AFTER MANY ¢ YEARS OF SEPARATION Cupid Triumphs Over Circumstances That Cause Sweethearts of Youth | SANTA ROSA, July 31. — At noon | Monday Mrs. Anna Lewis of Pleasant " Hill, near Sebastopol, will be wedded to Edward G. Lennon, the - present Coroner and Public Administrator of Tehama County. Beliind this announce- | ment is a pretty little romance, cover- ing a long period of years. The couple | were engaged in their youth and the | wedding date was set by them. Par-| ental opposition on account of the ex-| treme youth of the couple broke off the match and they drifted apart. In the meantime the girl married, but her husband died. Now, after many years, Lennon and Mrs. Lewis have been united. - ! Lennon is a prosperous resident of Tehama County and has filled many | positions of trust in that county. For a number of years he published a news- paper in Red Bluff. Mrs. Lewis has resided near Sebastopol for a number of years, where she owns a fruit farm. The couple will make their home in Red Bluff after an extended honey- | moon tour. ————— PRINCE PONIATOWSKI RETURNS TO AMERICA Former Californian a Guest of Mr. and Mrs, Clarence H. Mackay at Saratoga. SARATOGA, July 3lL.—Saratoga has a prince visiting it—Prince Andre Pon- iatowski of Paris, who came here this afternoon with Mr.- and Mrs. Clarence | H. Mackay. The Mackays traveled in their pri- vate car, attached to the train which Hi* Sithe £ih thie/Ripuadt thats it might | Srired At 5:39. o'clodiy and with e came their two little daughters, the ’Misses Katharine and Ellen Mackay, | two nurses and the governess. The | | | Mackays are occupying two cottages ' at the United States Hotel and will | remain for some time. Their carriages and horses arrived on Thursday. —————— ST. LOUIS RELEASES CORBETT UPON HIS OWN REQUEST Clark’s way appears to have "been to Drift Apart. | ing to New York that does not square with his ideas of propriety in national politics. He recalls the old days, when the members of the committee would sit down in friendly communion, dis- cuss elements of strentgh and lkewise points of weakness and evolve a com- posite view of the best thing to be done in all the circumstances and then do it. “‘I am not used,” sald he, ‘to being told what I must do, and it is not a wholesome proposition to have three or four or a half-dozen men try to run things; and I don’t care how much money the man may have who under- takes to dictate what I must do, I re- sent it. “‘If it were a matter involving a question of finance, I would probably defer to a man of experience in bank- ing matters; but politics is different. I assume that 1 know the conditions in California, and when some one in any other State assumes to be “it” and tell me what to do, it is the height of pre- sumption. “ ‘The true spirit of democracy is to give the individual a chance to reflect his views and express his convictions. Other members of the national com mittee from the West and South have refletted the same spirit of resentment | toward the indications that close cor- | poration methods might be attempted | by a few Eastern leaders."” —_—————— | SITUATION IN ORIENT MAKES OPERATORS ANXIOUS | Speculators Discuss the Possibility of . China Becoming Involved in the Hostilities. LONDON, July $1.—Operators on | the Stock Exchange are again anx- | fously discussing the possibility of the European powers or of China becom- ing involved in the hostilities in the Far East and during the past week the doubtful aspect of international poli- tics resulted in transactions being limited to the very -smallest propor- tions. The American market shared in the general stagnation and also was adversely affected by the continued labor troubles in the United States. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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