The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1904, Page 1

cisco for thirty hours ending midnight, August 18: San Francisco gad vicinity— Cloudy Thursday; light south- erly winds, changing %o brisk westerly, with fog. A. G. MoADIE, VOLUME XCVI—NO FRA SAN NCIS! CO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1%04. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TOKIO, Aug. 18.—The Mikado has received from the commander of his forces at Port Arthur the Russian general’s reply to the imperial demand for a surrender. reply Lieutenant General Stoessel expresses thanks for the humanitarian offer to grant safe conduct to all non-combatants within the Russian lines. refuses uncompromisingly, and declares his garrison will fight to the last man in defense of the fortress. e BAY STATES 'ELECTR GRAND OLD | CARS DASH MAN DYING INTO TRAIN Senaior Hoar's Life Clicaso Racetrack Is Drawing @0 | Crowd in Rail Collision. Physicians Agree That There! Four Persons Are Killed Is No Hope for the | and More Than a Aged Patient. Score Injured. Brakes Fail to Work When Attempt Is Made to Slow Down at a Crossing. Serene and Cheerful, With His Earth]y‘ Affairs Arranged, He Awaits Fi nal Call. e CHICAGO, Aug were killed. another fatally hurt and twenty-three slightly injured in a col- lision afternoon between an the Chicago Great 1 a train of three the late this express Western Railroac tr cars bou train on geveral that the His fam- lley AUTMAN. m ston MES | s fternoon WILT I TRVING. died in hospital | MRS. JEREMIAH SHUCKROW, s DE f general Danville, Ill - pon h g il UNTDENTIFIED WOMAN, about 30 - - aired. | years old amge-are fl. | FAlally injured: Michael Ryan, mo- in is clear. He js| lorman; skull fractured The injuries of the others consisted of cuts, bruises and sprains. 3 The accident occurred at the crossing of Forty-eighth avenue and the Chi- cago eat Western tracks. The train | yas coming into the city and, accord- ing to some witnesses, was running at high speed. Others and the train crew n e ago ex-|®ay that they were not going more that w his end | than twenty miles an hour. s 1 n rrw ac | The trolley train, which was made | ar rment of mind | yp of i n 4| up of a motor car and two tr , was T grati- P trailers, was wishes are r in charge of Conductor W. H. Condon and Motorman Michael Ryan. The car struck the train just between the en- gine and tender. The motor car w torn to splinters. The car immediately behind turned over, was badly wrecked and was dragged along the track for 0 feet otorman daily wvisit re arranged and end with perfect ness dates back to n Washington 1 fm from his pla Ryan remained at his and was fatally hurt. To t in ; ho came to aid him while he lay on oo - 2 ?"14*“":7”\' " s kes would not work. That . o take a com s what' caused it. When I saw that b E.nlwl‘ to would not work I reversed the b e dis- Now get aside and be quiet re rhen. ‘!'atpa(l]n 11 be all right.” ty-minute ad- iately after say! s Ry: gy S itely after saying this Ryan became it was found that his skull was frac- tured and that his death was a ques- tion of a few hours only. S i unconscious. At the hospital mber of the Sen- e All of the persons Kkilled occupied | seats in the front of the first car. One T vet unidentified at the morgue, taken a seat offered her hy Iy 1 Tennis. She rolled under the | had j William TACCIN | motor car and was horribly mangiea. e S8 B4 ~ Tennis, after giving up his seat, went | bk & | to the rear of the car and escaped with I i slight injuries. All of the members of the Chicago Great Western train crew and the con- ductor of the trolley cars were placed under arrest, pending an investigation. HVDROPHOBIAE + Hundreds'of_c’a;es Success—f THR [E NEGRO[ZS - fully Treated in Ger- | ARE SH]N AND man Hospitals. —_— Bpecial Dispateh to The Call CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, Aug. 17. — Unusual in preventing hydrophobia by on at the hospitzls in Berlin s reported in a communi- *ceived from Richard Guen- ates Consul General man now used almost ex- many and it has been rience that only per die when so treated. favorably with the | 1ong victims not d medically, and ‘Georgians Attempt to Rid Statesboro District of Blacks. IESERRVE e STATESBORO, Ga., Aug. 17.—One negro found dead by the roadside five miles east of the town, his body pierced s among those | DY two rifle bullets; two negroes, one indergoing no treatment | of the “old-time darkies,” and his son, " Out of 251 persons who had been bit- | seventeen years old, ten by mad dogs and then vacclnated | cabin quring the lat al;.o( o B oot four died of hydrophobia, and the ! ate hours of last ers recovered after a slight attack. | TEht by unknown marauders; a half- —_—— dozen cases of flogging—such was the Green Plums and Ice Water Fatal. | 1531 history of the day. s - The scene of excitemen FRESNO, Aug. 17.—Because he alfl from this city to the richt nhé.x‘-'xc:lllti\txtrfi green nlums and drank too freely of | region surrounding it. At Riggs mill ijce water W. P. Stoneroad breathed his | several well-to-do planters met to-day jast just two hours later. was a prominent citizen and formerly | of obnoxious negroes. was County Surveyor of Merced Coun- ‘ty for twelve years. —_—— Rebellion in Congo Free State. BRUSSELS, Aug. 17.—It is reported here that & rebellion has broken out in the Mongalla River district of the [ Free State, and that troops have been sent there. vaccina cen This contras: 6 per cent of d ated, but tre per cent of dea Individual ne- groes were marked for Jashings and to- night part of the programme was being carried out. 1t is said to-night that the Statesboro militia men had prepared their resig- nations for the Governor. Military mis- management was manifested when the officer in command, it is reported, took charge of the local telegraph office and Zor an hour censored all messages. —Four persons | Hawthorne | MANY WHIPPED Stoneroad | and planned to rid their neighborhood | | 1 | || | | 3 Japanese Begin a Movement to General Flanking the East of Kuropatkin’s Army. CHEFU, Aug. 18.—Japanese shells have ignited lighters in the Port Ar- thur docks which contain supplies of coal, resulting in a terrific conflagra- | tion. Many of the buildings have been demolished and the hospitals are | crowded. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 17.—Rus- sia has agreed to the disarmament of the Russian cruiser Askoid, now at Shanghai. SHANGHAIL Aung. 18.—A Japanese | squadron is exvected here to-day. Japan is determined, it is stated, that the protected cruiser Askold and the | torpedo-boat destroyer Grozovol shall |leave port promptly or dismantle. TONDON, Aug. 18.—A dispatch to |the Central News from Vladivostok, dated August 17, says the crulsers Rossla and Gromoboi of the Viadivos- tok squadron have returned there. TIENTSIN, Aug. 17.—It is asserted here that the missing vessels of the Russian squadron did not return to Port Arthur and it is believed they have reached Vladivostok. LIAOYANG, Aug. 17.—A general Japanese flanking movement is devel- oping to the east and parallel with the | raflroad. The movement involves the whole mas of troops from Dalien Pass, about twenty-five miles southwest of ITatcheklao. to Diodinshan, on the Taltse River, thirty-five miles south- east of Mukden. It is evident that these troops have | combined with the object of forcing the Russians out of Liaoyang without (a fight, thus securing advantageous | winter quarters. It is not believed the | Japanese have enough men to consum- | mate the movement until the release of a large number of troops now be- | sieging Port Arthur. Bandits under the command of the i celebrated Toulisan cut up a party of | scouts under the command of Captain ! Transoff in the village of Syaba, twen- | ty-five miles west of Liaoyang, yester- ! day. Captain Slushiviski coming up | with reinforcements scattered the ban- | dits, killing eighteen and capturing | four. The village was burned and many | explosions were heard, evidently of con- cealed ammunition. The place was the | headquarters of Toulisan, who claims to be a colonel In the Japanese service. N ek FIGHT AT LONG RANGE. Japanese Thwart Efforts of Russian Ships to Close With Them. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 17.—Fur- ther interesting detalls of the sea battle of August 10, received at the admiralty from Captain Matousevitch, of the Cesarevitch, now at Tsingchou, show distinctly that it was a long range fight, and that the Russians, saiing in close formation, were placed at a great idlsud\untngfi, not only by the super- jority of the Japanese numbers, but owing to the fact that, after encom- passing Admiral Withoeft's semicircle, the Japanese were enabled to pour in a remarkably deadly fire upon the flee- ing ships. Captain Matousevitch says the Jap- anese kept at a distance of less than | five miles. The efforts of the Russians 1to cloge with the Japanese and sink | some of their vessels by ramming them |or “by gunfire, even at the cost of themselves going to the bottom, were consequently unsuccessful. The Japan- ese would not permit the Russians to approach, but the rain of projectiles never ceased. The twelve-inch shell which glanced off the Cesarevitch’'s forward turret and blew up the bridge on which the late Admlral Withoeft and his staff were standing was fired at a range of eight miles. S BOY RAISING A WAR FUND. Japanese Lad Sends Rare Stamps to Be Sold in This Country. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Henry B. F. MacFarland, Commissioner of the District of Columbia, has §10 rare Japanese stamps for sale, the pro- ceeds to go to a fund for the benefit ! of the widows and families of Japan- ese soldiers killed in the war with Russta. The stamps came from a Japanese scholar by the name of Tajima His- akichi. They were addressed to the Gommissioner, with a request that he |sell them and remit the proceeds. The boy wrote that he wanted to raise some money to help those left desti- i tute by the war and thought he might be able to do it in this way, having heard that many Americans were fond of collecting rare stamps. Commissioner MacFarland has ad- vised the young man that he cannot act for him in his official capacity, but that personally he would see what he could do for him. i 30 SRl EXPECTS DECISIVE BATTLE. Foe's Attack. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 17.—A dispatch from General Kuropatkin, dated from Anshanshan and convey- ing the congratulations of the army to the Emperor on the birth of an heir to the throne, says: ““We await a decisive battle with the Japanese army advancing wupon us, gladly anticipating meeting the foe and proving our fidelity to our Em- peror and country.” —— ‘War News Continued on Page 5. Kuropatkin Says His Army Awaits the ' JAPANESE CARRYING THE WALLED TOWN OF KINCHOU AT THE POINT | OF THE BAYONET. WHEAT PRICES SOAR [PWARD 0N EXCHANGE Frantic Efforts by Traders: to Cover Continue the Advance. | —_—— Special Dispatch to The Call. | NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Not since the Leiter boom in 1898 has there been wit- nessed. such excitement as prevailed on the Produce Exchange to-day. The wheat pit was in a turmoil and re- sembled the Cotton Exchange during January and February, when cotton prices were soaring. Wheat was the chief point of interest and corn had a secondary position. The almost frantic efforts of Chicago trafi- ers to obtain wheat were duplicated | here, and advances, although not so substantial as in the Western city, were | generally recorded. The mainspring of | activity was fear of frost coming on | top of the extensive damage done the crop through rust. In Winnipeg a tem- | perature of 38 degrees was reported, | and similar low records were reported | throughout the Red River Valley. This was regarded as indicating a frost, which would kill and further impair an already short crop. The greatest advance was witnessed in May option, amounting to 5 cents a bushel. Wheat for delivery next May sold at $1 09% =a bushel on Tuesday night, and to-day it touched $1 14%. September wheat sold up to $1 127%, and | December wheat to $1 13%. The net| gain at the close averaged 4 cents a| bushel. Corn sold at 60 cents a bushel to-day, the highest price since the crop failure of 1901 e WHEAT PRICES STILL STEADILY ADVANCING The deterioration of the wheat crop | in the Northwest has affected the local market and prices are going steadily upward. It is reported that the damage to the crop will be much greater than was at first estimated. marked effect on the local market | yesterday and thousands of tons of December option, which includes the | |prlvllege of delivering Walla Walla and Sonora wheat at a reduction, changed hands during the day. Strict- ly No. 1 California December wheat | commanded an unusual price and spot wheat was firm, but made no ad- vance, as buyers and sellers were apart. As a result of the advance in the price of wheat local millers have ad- vanced the price of flour 20 cents a barrel. This is the first change the millers have made in prices in . two months. | PORT ARTHUR WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST In his The demand to surrender Stoessel ORGANIZER OF STRIKE ARRESTED Extortififi)harged Against Labor Leader. New York Plumber Swears That He Purchased Immunity. | | Sensational Denouement in Struggle Between Building Trades and Contractors. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—The most | sensational incident in the great build- | ing trades lockout and strike, which | have thrown mnearly 25000 workmen | into idleness, came to-day when Philip | Weinseimer, president and organizer of | the Building Trades Alliance, was ar- rested on a charge of extortion. When the labor leader was arraigned he was | confronted by George J. Essig, a plumber, who charged that on Decem- ber 3 last he paid Weinseimer $1000 so | that work could be resumed upon an | apartment house on Riverside Drive. | Weinseimer’s counsel appeared to be| anxious to have the examination go-om | at once, but, upon motion of District | Attorney Jerome, it was put over until | to-morrow, bail being fixed at $1500 and | given. ! In an affidavit Essig says that in De- | cember last he had the contract for the plumbing in the Chatsworth build- ing; that Weinseimer called a strike | and two days later said that for $2700 he would put the plumbers back at | work. Essig sald he could not pay the sum in full and agreed to pay $1000 imme- | diately and give notes for the balance. He had taken up all the notes but one, which was due to-day, and.on the ad- vice of the District Attorney he took marked bills to pay the remainder. ‘When Weinseimer was arrested Essig had just signaled to the detectives that the labor leader had the m: d bills | in his possession. The dete: es” did | not find the money on the prisoner, however. As the examination began District Attorney Jerome, somewhat excited, pushed to the front and peremptorily called Robert P. Bell, one of the law- vers, to the witness stand. Bell had tarted to leave the courtroom. District Attorney Jerome asked if he had regeived any money from any per- son in the courtroom. Bell replied that he had received one one-dollar bill. The | District Attorney wanted to know if he had seen any other money pass in the courtroom and the lawyer said that he had not. He said he was willing to| show all the bills he had, but the other lawyers objected to this. “I am asking these questions,” said | Jerome, “‘because of occurrences in this courtroom. I am informed by a lawyer in good standing at the New York bar that bills were passed by this defend- ant to this witness.” The witness denied that he had re- ceived any money from Weinseimer. BALLOONIST'S DISEASE HAS OUEER EFFECT + Perpetaally Experiences the Disagreeable Sensation of Falling. |at $19 a ton. | of the State | results, STEEL WAR - BAINGS CUT IY PRICES Trust Strikes at the Independent Concerns. Breaking Up of the Various Pools-Now an Accom- plished Fact. Prospective Millions Lost in Profits Will Go Into the Pockets of Builders. LN Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—With a sharp reduction in the prices of wire products the United States Steel Corporation to-day, at one blow, nullified the ef fect of the bargain by the Republ Iron and Steel Company with the Pitts- burg Steel companies in selling billets The long heralded con- flict between the steel trust and the in- dependent concerns was opened, and ‘Wall street, alive to the situation, looked upon the breaking up of the various steel pools as an accomplished fact. While rails and billets were not af- fected by to-day's cut, it was realized that a great price war is imminent, and this in spite of the fact that the | heads of the big iron and steel com- panies in this city and Pittsburg would not admit that they had reduced the prices of strucfural steel. An open market was predicted in all the princi- pal steel products excepting rails. According to T. H. Tavior, assistant general sales agent of the company, the reductions amounted to $4 a ton oh wire nails, $7 a ton on barbed wire and $5 a ton on fence wire. “These prices,” said Taylor, “went into effect this morning. Thev cannot be considered as a cut in the prices of the pooling agreement, as there was no such agreement regarding this com- pany’s products. I can't say anything as to tne purpose of the cut. The United States Steel Corporation would be the one to make a statement on this subject. We simply get our in- structions and give out prices.” Dispatches from Pittsburg, however, announced that the cut extended from $5 to $12 a ton. As the nermal annual output of wire products of the United States Steel Corporation is about 1,000,- 000 tons, it was imated that the gro: income of subsidiary companies manu- facturing such produ will thereby be cut down from $5,000,000 to $12,000,- 000 a year. —ee————— CONSULS’ REPORTS AROUSE FOREIGN WINE PRODUCERS Officials’ Exposure of Methods of Ex- porters and Others Creates Bitter Feelin; WASHINGTON, —American consuls in the wi ngcountries of Europe are getting into hot water through their obedience to the orders Department to make minute reports on the method of prep- | aration and of shipment of wine des- | tined for American consumption. The consuls have worked with surprising it is said, for the extent of adulteration and doctoring of foreign export wines never before had beem | appreciated. This activity on the part of the con- suls has engendered a bitter feeling toward them by the foreign wine pro- ducers and exporters and in some in- stances they have succeeded in mak- ing the consuls’ stay at their posts un- pleasant. —e———— MODEL TOWNS CONDUCIVE TO LONGEVITY SAYS LEE | Texan Wil Establish Village Accord- ing to Universal Brotherhood f Ideas in Canada. i | OTTAWA, Ont.,, Aug. 17.—Alfred G. Lee of Dentop, Texas, secretary of the Board of Tr:i there, and who claims | to have discdvered the secret of lon- his natural life Harry Hensley will be | subject to the awful sensations of al- ways being shooting downward through space. Hensley has been a professional balloonist. So often has he made para- chute leaps from balloons that a nerv- ous affection has been developed, pro- ducing the effect of perpetually falling, | even thoug® his body is at rest. Phy- | year when the balloonist The reports from the East had asicians at the Presbyterian Hospital, | seized by dizzy spells on the streets is being treated, say | that his case is the strangest encoun- | where Hensley tered in many years’ experience and that the disease is new to medical sc- ence. Hensley was found by the police yes- terday suffering intense pain. He told them that since his parachute leap at Courtland Beach the preceding even- ing he had felt the peculiar sinking heaviness in the pit of the stomach and difficulty in breath experienced when he began to make the parachute jumps a dozen years ago—the same gevity in the establishment of model ftowns based on universal brotherhood ideas, writes that his visit to Ottawa recently impressed him with the suit- | ability of this district for the estabs lishment of a model town. He says | he will return in a short time to carry | out his scheme. He will name the place Philanthropy. +- T Ty e There have been times In the last would be and feel that he was dropping through the air at terrific speed, as he does from the balloon. The case has challenged the interest of the oldest practitioners in' the city. They declare that the falling sensation, having been growing upon the patient for months, has become an incurable disease. Medical skill has brought no relief to the balloonist In the moments when he is seized by nausea and violent vomit- ing from the sensation of falling great distances. feeling, he says, persons unused to rid- ing in fast elevators of office bulldings experience, only more pronounced. | Hensley’s present fall will end only fn the grave, say the men of medicine at the hospital