The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 19, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made at thirty hours ending 10, 1904: Wednesday; light changing to westerly. THE WEATHER, midnight, October San Francisco for northerly winds, A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. ‘ CALIFORNIA—* ALCAZAR—"The Way of the World." ALHAMBRA—Sousa’s Band. Y. CHUTES—Vaudeviile, FISCHER'S—'"Down the Line.”” GRAND—‘“Arizona." MAJESTIC—"A Japanese Nightingale’” ol;fH):UM—V-udnmm Matinee to- Y. TIVOLI—'Der Rastelbinder."” ‘A Texas Steer.” VOLUME XCVI SA FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1904. FAIR HONORS HELEN KELLER Special Day Observed for Girl Who Has Great Afflictions Triumphed Over Her + Dumb for \ May | | Years, She | | Addresses ' an | Assemblage at the Exercises |t the | St Louis | | Exposition, | and Her | | Clear and Well Spoken Words Stir Her | Hearers to | a High | Pitch of Enthusiasm \ Oct. 1 in honor of Miss Helen of Boston, who, born blind, has acquired na- t ugh her educational celebrated at the World's to-day with exercises pated in by promi- e deaf, dumb and of the United the only person officials have ce of the super- an schools for the suspended the in honor of er >usines held in the Hall of E. M. Gallaudet of Wash- and Introduced Miss ddress proved the feat- In addition to her ts, Miss Keller has a well modulated plain articula- rks aroused enthus- es of the W, ost wonderful f the Louisiana It seemed in- 1d Jearn to speak simply by feeling t of her teacher as syllables. young woman no visiting celebrity, , has attracted half made by Miss Sarah Miss Kell personal m Wade of Oak ; Alexander Graham Bell of n and Warring Wilkinson of , Cal N HAVE EN DONE —_—— Aged Woman Found Dying on Porch of Home. ——ae Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18.—Found lying on the porch in a half-dried pool of her own blood Friday morning, with every circumstance indicating a mur- derous assault, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, a wealthy widow &4 years old, who lived at 256 North Avenue 20, died to-night in a cloud of mystery and tragedy. She 18.—*“Helen Keller ok part in the exer-| , taken in con-| REPORTED ~ SINKING (F bl LINER Vessel Has 2200 [mmigrants on | Board. | ——— | Special Dispatch to The Call. i LONDON, Oct. 19.—A Vienna dis- patch to the London Standard this morning gives a rumor current in that city to the effect that a Cunard steam- ship from Fiume, with 2200 immigrants on board, has sunk off the Spafiish | coast. A fierce storm was raging at| | the time. The Standard has no confirmation of | the report, but gives it for what it is | worth. | OUTLAW SLAIN - WITH HIS NEN | Notorious Oyomo and Fifty of His Followers Killed in | | Samar by Constabulary | MANILA, Oct. 18.—A force under Lieutenant Pogge of the constabulary | has defeated a large number of Pula- Janes in the mountains of Eastern:Sa- mar, killing the notorious outiaw Oyomo and fifty of his followers. b even the police have not leen infornfed. Mrs. Johnson lived alone and the neighbor heard her moanirig in agony. She found Mrs. Johnson stretched on her porch, a pool of blood at her feet and another at her head. BShe was stiff from cold. Evidently she had been lying on the porch or elsewbere In the open air all night, Just below her right temple was a tri- angular centusion. No blood had fiowed from this wound. There was an abrasion of the right cheek bone and the right eye was blackened. Under the point of the lower jaw was a small bruise. The right arm was bruised and swollen, particularly the wrist. The left arm was also bruised, as were the lower limbs. E. A. Johnson, the son, says little. “She must have fallen and struck her head. Maybe she bit her tongue when she fell. Th-t woul account for the was unconscious when discovered by | blood,” he declares. Mrs. 8. A. Brown, an aged neighbor, The floor of the porch where Mrs. and she remained so to the end. Her | Johnson lay ‘When founé was perfectly son of the affair either considered it not i Be- rious or else smothered the story, for | foul murder and the few neighbors who learned | clean. The circumstan may point te & hr. robbery. call the case for trial during ber. ; ONLY PERSON IN WHOSE HONOR FAIR OFFICIALS SET APART SPECIAL DAY. ONCLE SO ARS UPO DILYGANY Secret Service Men Invade Mormon Colony. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 18.—Secret service men have arrested William H. Kennington, United States Commis- sioner at Afton, in the Star Valley Mormon settlement of Western Wyoming, on a charge of polygamy, and, it is said, other arrests will oc- cur shortly. The disclosures made by the Govern- ment detectives have caused a sensa- tion in Wyoming, and it is feared the results will have & material effect upon the election in November. Frequent reports from Star Valley have stated that the Mormons there were practicing polygamy and that one man lived openly with five wives, but owing to the remoteness of the settle- ment and the fact that all of the resi- dents are Mormons and that Gentiles seldom visit the district the facts have been kept from the public. Recently an elector on the Republi- can ticket was removed because of his polygamist record, and now that members of the church are being pros- ecuted, it is said, the Mormon vote, which has been almost solidly Repub- lican, will go to the Democrats. —————————— [“NAN" PATTERSON TO BE TRIED DURING NOVEMBER Young Woman's Father Falls in His Attempts to Procure Her Release, NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—“Nan” Pat- terson, the young woman who has been in the Tombs Prison for severa] months, charged with the murder of Caesar Young, bookmaker and turf- man, will not be released on bail, her father being unable to furnish the $20,000 bonds required. District Attor ney Jerome, however, has pre PRICE FIVE CENTS. UROPATRIN SHATTERS FOE'S UKDEN, Oct. 18.--News has just been received that the Japanese left flank has been driven back with heavy loss and its retreat cut off A Russian regiment is now being hurried to the scene in the hope of completing the rout. LANK It is reported that the entire Russian army is advancing. Rain is hindering everything. The rivers are bankful and the fords are impassable. are delayed. There are no bridges. WYMAN HELD FOR TRIAL Russians H Judge Cook Grants New Wit of Habeas Corpus LAWILOR CANNOT ACT WYMAN IS HELD. ONE DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS IN BALLOT FRAUDS CASE Charles Wyman, the young saloon-keeper was the first of the alleged ballot-box stuffers to be ar- rested, was yesterday held to answer in the Superior Court. He at once resorted to habeas corpus, and the writ was made returnable this morning. The constitu- tionality of the primary law is again attacked. LILIENFELD CONFERS WITH LAWLOR Foreman Lilienfeld had a secret conference with Judge Lawlor yesterday concerning the Grand Jury’s request that the court instruct the District Attorney to who proceed against the Election Commissioners to remove them from office. It is believed that the Judge's com- munication.was to the effect that he could not comply. Charles Wyman was held yesterday to answer in the Superior Court to the charge of illegal voting at the pri- mary election. Police Judge Cabaniss rendered his decision Immediately after the taking of testimony had been closed and fixed bail at the same amount it has been during the pre- liminary examination, $4000 bond or $2500 cash. The attorney for the prisoner at once sued out a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Carroll Cook, which was made returnable this morning at 10 o'clock. Reckoning of counsel was faulty, however, for the Judge refused to release the petitioner on bail until the Sheriff shall have brought him into court. Wyman therefore had to spend the night behind the bars—the first experience he has had in a cell since his arrest, bail having always been at his command. “It won’t hurt him,” was the com- ment. of Attorney Countryman, but the young saloon-keeper's usual good spirits appeared to forsake him when he learned that he must go to prison for the night. The other important development of the day in the election frauds cases was a communication from Judge Lawlor to Foreman Lilienfeld of the Grand Jury concerning the resolution it passed last Thursday asking that the District Attorney be instructed to proceed against the Election Commis- sioners to oust them from office. The reply of the presiding Judge is not to be made public until the Grand Jury meets to-morrow. It is believed that Judge Lawlor cannot see fit to comply with the request that he give direc- tions to the District Attorney. The Grand Jury will probably make a request of the District Attorney that he prefer the charges of misfeasance against the Election Board. Assur- ances have been received by the fore- man that there would be prompt com- pliance, for the fact that it was called to the attention of the prosecuting of- ficial that an offense against the law had been committed would make it incumbent on him to go ahead with the case, CANNOT ESCAPE PROSECUTION. The Merchants’ Association stands ready to prosecute the Commission- ers if the District Attorney fails to take the step. The merchants, how- ever, will make the accusation that of felony, for they will not be content with m_julun‘,rrqm office. What- ever the action of Judge Lawlor may be that he is so anxious to withhold there appears to be no escape for the Election Commissioners from charges of failing to follow the requirements of law in appointing of precinct b spector,' wrote the name of S. H. Mann, which Wyman is alleged to have voted. “I afu’t sure—I think I did,” was Sil- verstein's answer. Five names above that of Mann was Wyman'’s name. L. 8. Carson testified that he had not entered it, but when C. E. Merrill, who was a judge of the election, was called to the stand, he admitted that it was he who inscribed the name of the defendant on the poll list when Wyman emerged from the stall to cast the ballot concerning which there is no question of fraud. SWITCHED CLERKS. According to the testimony of these witnesses there had been a switch of clerks between the vote of Wyman, which was No. 169, and that of Mann, which was No. 174, and is alleged to have been fraudulent. ‘When the prosecution had an- nounced the close of its case Attorney Countryman made a formal motion for dismissal, his grounds being that the people had failed to prove that a primary election was held, that the primary law was unconstitutional, that there was flagrant contradiction in the testimony of the witnesses and that the preliminary hearing had proceeded while the habeas corpus proceedings were pending before Judge Sloss. Judge Cabaniss denied the motion, and, when asked, Attorney Country- man said he would introduce no testi- mony. The défendant was then bound over to the Superior Court. Meantime Countryman’s clerk had presented a petition for a writ of ha- beas corpus to Judge Cook and the attorney hastened to assist in the pro- ceeding. Public Works Commissioner Maestretti remained in the Police Court ready to make transfer of the $2500 he has had on deposit to guarantee Wy- man’s appearance in the Police Court, so that the prisoner could again have his freedom. But Judge Cook was disappointing in this particular. The petition presented to him made provision for bail, but he ran his pen through the paragraph, ex- plaining that he could not release the petitioner until brought into the court. ATTACKS PRIMARY LAW AGAIN. The grounds for the application are the same as those set forth in the pro- ceedings before Judge Sloss. It is con- tended that the primary law under which Wyman is being prosecuted is unconstitutional because the 3 per cent regulation as to place on the official ballot is discriminative and that sec- tion 64%, providing penalties for viola- tions of the law, is inoperative. Attorney Countryman goes into his points more elaborately this time and explains that Judge Sloss, in denying the application for release, said that the argument as to section 6414 had “considerable force,” but that he could attach no weight to it in the proceed- ings befcre him for the reason that it ‘was not supported by citations. In the petition before Judge Cook there is large amplification on this contention. Section 64% was enacted in conjunction ‘with the primary law of 1889. In Brit- vs. the Election Commissioners the 1 east. Supplies of all sorts old Fast to the Positions Won South of the Shakhe Mistchenko’s Cossacks Si- lence Battery on Jap- anese Right Flank. MUKDEN, Oct. 18.—As this dispatch is filled on Tuesday evening the Rus- sians are retaining the ground gained at the Shakhe River. Several Maxims have been captured. The firing ceased after dark to-day. It is reported that General Mistchen- ko's Cossacks, under command of Ad- jutant Gavritoff, were engaged in a hot fight on October 17 toward the south- A Cossack horse battery silenced the Japanese guns and drove back sev- eral infantry battalions, but was un- able to capture the guns, which the Japanese succeeded In carrying off. Shakhe station, or what is left of it, has been recaptufed By the Russians, who will shortly revpen it for railway traffic with Mukden. RUSSIANS HURL STONES. An officer who has just returned from General Mistchenko's division reports that a sanguinary fight has taken place at Laitkhezi, fifteen miles south of Shakhe, to which fort General Mist- chenko retired in order to preserve communication between the Russian center and the eastern flank. The Japanese made a determined ef- fort to cut the line of communication at this peint and attacked under cover of a terrific cannonade. Out of one company of a Russian rifle brigade only fifty men were left. Two companies that had expended their ammunition prior to the last Japanese attack lay in the trenches until the Japanese were within a few paces. Then the Russians hurled a volley of stones, charged and broke the attacking line, compelling the Japanese to flee. There was fighting to-day on both sides of the Great Mandarin road. General Kuropatkin is ‘Indefatigable, personally directing the forward opera- tions. ' Nothing seems to affect him, but he wears his usual quiet smile un- der all circumstances. The last Japanese defenders of Lone Tree Hill, two artillery officers, refused quarter and died fighting, with their swords beside their guns. FURIOUS JAPANESE ATTACK. It is reported that the Japanese made a furious attempt to take a wooded hill near Da Pass last night. The firing began at 11 o’clock and continued with riffie and cannon -through the night. This ac¢tion probably was a part of an attempt by the Japanese, who were al- ready in possession of small hills in the plains, to rush the center along the foothills at the Shakhe River. It rained all last night, but the roar of the artillery did not cease for a mo- ment. To-dav broke cold and with a cutting wind. The roads have, been ruined by the rain. Cossacks brought in captured guns and Japanese wounded prisoners on October 17. Russian soldiers surround- ed the prisoners and gave them bread and water and in other ways tried to relieve their wants. AR R JAPANESE RESIST BRAVELY. Alternately Attack the Russian Center and Right Flank. MUKDEN, Monday, Oct. 17.—The continual vigilance of the combatants and especially the serious acceptance by the Japaneseé army of the Russian advance promises further fighting, al- though there has been already nine days of unprecedented and exhaus- tive conflict.. The Japanese have been alternately testing the Russian center and right flank, hoMing the Russians in a monotonous and bitter day to day resistance on the line of contact. The Japanese apparently feared that the Russian advance would develop a su- perior force of reserves. The duration of the contest already exceeds by sev- eral days the common prophecies, as it was belleved that neither side was capable of such expenditure of men and munitions, which already is in ex- cess of all the previous fighting within repopulated. All the roads are crowd- 1 ed with army traffie, The fighting on October 1§ was most severe. Fifty wounded were counted in one hour passing a point on one country pathway. Already the casual- ties reported are so great as to confirm the declaration of the leaders that the spresent conflict would be the bloodiest in history. " It is not possible to-day to make any close estimate of the Rus- sian casualties. The Russians appear to hold posi- tions in the plain along the Shakhe River, extending from the rallway to Da Pass, beginning at the mountains, but the bitterness and tenacity of the fight indicates certain conditions In the Eastern army about which little Is “Known. . - After a threaténing day the Japan- ese, beginning at 11 o’clock on {“e night of October 16, rushed the village of Linchenpo, on the north bank of the Shakhe River, and west of the rail- way, precipitating a thundering can- nonade and fusilade, which continued until midnight, the rifle fire continuing until dawn. The Japanese now occupy the raised temple quadrangle near Linchenpo, the { only eminence for miles around, and | which affords an unusual advantage for observation and artillery fire against the Russian right. Several at- tempts to dislodge them have failed. To-day Japanese were falling at Chan- chiapo, near Paitapo, showing that the heavy and continuous -Russian can- nonade has been ineffective. aiiggnnide HOSPITALS OVERCROWDED.. Scarcely Able to Care for the Thou- sands of Russian Wounded. MUKDEN, Oct. 18.—The fighting of the 17th was confined to the Russian center at Shakhe River and was most- |1y artillery fire, the Japanese using big guns and high explosive shells. During the nine days of continuous fighting the Russian losses were never less than 2000 per day. The hospitals are hardly able to handle the wound- ed. Nevertheless they have performed wonders. The Chinese have deserted all the villages and the troops are using the woodwork of their houses for fuel. The country south is desolated. The Japanese still seem to be exerting themselves to force the Russians out of Mukden. A battle in the positions surrounding the town is certain. It becomes more and more evident that the resources of the country cannot suppert a large army. This season's crops are spoiled. General Kuropatkin remains with the troops, having abandoned his headquarters at Mukden. e RUSSIANS SEIZE SHALANDTZY. Village on the Shakhe Is Wrested From the Japanese. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 1.—The general staff has received the follow- ing dispatch from General Sakharoff dated to-day: “The Russians repulsed a Japanese attack on their right wing during the night of October 17 and’ seized the village of Shalandtzy, on the bank of the Shakhe River and east of Shakhe. The enemy strongly bom- barded the captured village, but did not avance to the attack on Lone Tree Hill, now called Putiloff Hill. “The work of burying the dead pro- ceeded all night long. Military hon- ors were paid the Japanese dead. “A considerable concentration of the enemy’s troops has been observed our center. There was no fighting yesterday on our left flank.”™ ol Coal for Russian Warships. CARDIFF, Wales, Oct. 18.—It is stated on good authority that more than 500,000 tons of Welsh coal will be shipped for Russian aecount to points on the Mediterranean and Red seas and Atlantic Ocean during Oec- tober, November and December. The orders come principally through the Hamburg-American Steamship Com- News on Page 8.