The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 19, 1904, Page 2

Gallant Attempt by Japanese t0 Retake Eminence Fails. DEAD FOEMEN PILED IN HEAPS AT CREST* MUKDEN, Oct. 18.—Lone Tree Hill, won by the Russians after a desperate struggle, was the- object-of a gallant and unsuccessful attempt at recapture by the Japanese. In epité of the awful slaughter with which they had been driven from the hill, the Japanese re- turned to the charge during the night of Qctober 17, recognizing that the hill was the key to the position on the uthwest front. Nine regiments par- creeping up through the vering a furious assault t the hill had been bought t arly by the Russlans to relin- quish it and the Japanese were driven baek with terrible slaughter. FIDYATUN (six miles. east of Shakhe), Oct. 18.—Fighting continues g almost the whole front. The nese have made an unsuccessful npt to recapture Lone Tree Hill Russian jnfantry met several at- and repulsed them ail. Heavy continue. There was a terrific nading last night. Every one is terribly exhausted, but full of fight. The battlefield of Lone Tree Hill pre- B ticipated, tacks sents the most awful spectacle that can be conceived. Ruesian and Japapese dead are ming in heaps in inex- tricable confusion. The ground is strewn with broken rifies that had been in hand to hand fighting. ing seems to have been utilized as weapons. The Russian doctors are working heroically on the slopes of the n the attempt to save those of the who still survive, but the keep up a snipping fire and k of relief difficult and ed v ing to-day slackened con- owing to rain and the im- condition of the roads. VALOR AND SLAUGHTER. PE BURG, Oct. 18.—The taff believes that the storm- of Lone Tree Hill, for valor and will occupy a place by ite self in military annals. Kuropatkin, under whose eye the assault was hristened it Poutiloff Hill in of the men who led the attack. at the of the Second Brigade of the E Siberian rifie division and who were subsequently decorated on the field with the St. George’s Cross. The hill is a precipitous, rocky height and although the Japanese had occupied it only a short time they had thrown up very strong defenses. The river running at its foot increased the difficulty of the task, but it was scaled d carried successfully against the unprecedented opposition of a Japan- division honor gur Tk ussian losses were terrible. The fighting on the crest of the hill was altogether with cold steel. The Russian officers, with swords aloft, leading the scaling column, were lit- erally lifted into the air by the Japan- ese bayonets and the Japanese then bayoneted the first of the Russian sol- diers who piled into the trenches. All the dead in the trenches were bay- oneted, their weapons bearing marks of the dreadful combat. Nemirovich Danchenko, the well known Russian war correspondent, telegraphs a description of the storm- ing of Lone Tree Hill had first been taken by the Japanese in a night attack. He says: “General Kuropatkin the following day ordered the hill to be retaken and the whole Russian artillery concen- trated at o'clock in the morning and showered the hill with projectiles, the awful spectacle lasting the entire day. It seemed that no human being could outlive such an ordeal, yet the defenders remained manfully at their posts. FACE MURDEROUS FIRE. “The sun was ajready declining when Kuropatkin gave. the ‘order to storm. Eix regiments advanced, ford- ing the river in the face of a murder- ous fire. The enemy. determined to make us pay dearly for ft. He poured a hail of gun and rifle firg ‘on our ad- vancing columns, but nothing could stop them. They reached the other side, clambered up, and at 11 o’clock &t night the position was. in our hands. “I have just visited the scene of our triumph. The trenches are filled with dead Japanese and Russians, clutched in a death embrace. I saw no such ghastly sight at Shipka or at Plevna. “The credit for the achievement be- longs chiefly to the Thirty-sixth and Nineteenth rifies. Four other regi- ments participated. The 'Thirty- sixth attacked from the east and the | Nineteenth from the west. Poutiloft, leading the brigade and personally di- recting the attack, was the first to reach the summit and .was in the thick of the fiercest fighting around the Japanese guns. The Japanese gun- ners died at their guns. Kuropatkin personally thanked the heroes for their galiant exploit. The captured Euns were brought to Mukden.” e CRUISER REPORTED SUNK. Japancse Shells Said to Have Sent the Bayan to the Bottom. LONDON, Oet. 18.—A - dispatch from Shanghai to the Morning Post says it is reported there that Japanese shells have sunk the Russian cruiser Bayan in the harbor of Port Arthur. G B IN NO MOOD FOR PEACE. (14,000 men) with many | This eminence | thé ‘interview with a diplomat at To- kio, suggesting the propriety of re- | newing the efforts in behalf of the restoration of peace. The idea of | peace, it is asserted.here, could hard- ly come more inopportunely, awith the Japanese in the full flush of victory. It has aroused only resentment and |there is no doubt that if President | Roosevelt should actually attempt to | open- the question at this time he would meet with a rebuff. Bisrig R | GREAT STRUGGLE RENEWED. Tokio Belicves Russians Have Re- { sumed the Aggressive. TOKIO, Oct. 18.—A telegram from Field Marshal day, says: “On the night of Qctober 17 the eremy made two fierce counter at- tacks against the right column of the | left army,: besides a counter attack, |on a small scale, in the direction of | the center and right armies. We re- pulsed them entirely. The enemy re- treated, leaving a great number of dead.” Field Marshal Oyama reports that ithe Russians are concentrating in | front of the armies of Generals Oku {and Nodzu and that they evidently are ;planning to resume the aggressive. { It is believed in Tokio that another great struggle has already been be- {gun. T AR 5 BURYING RUSSIAN DEAD, sand Left on Battlefield. HEADQUARTERS . OF GENERAL OKU’S LEFT ARMY, Sunday, Oct. 16. | Since Sunday last the Japanese left {army has buried 4100 Russian dead. It is estimated that the Russian casu- | alties are from 20,000 to 25,000. The | Japanese report their casualtiés at | about 3000. | Early this morning the Japanese | continued to advance, driving the Rus- | sians before them, and capturing two | guns and many rifies. At 7:30 o'clock | this morning the Russians attempted |to recapture Lamuting, but were re- pulsed with heavy loss. The battle | there is over. ek Slump in Japanese Fours. LONDON, Oct. 18.—The Russian | successes caused a considerable slump |in Japanese 4s on the Stock Exchange | to-day, which was further aided by the wildest reports, including one of the capture of General Kuroki. At | 12:30 o’clock Japanese 4s had marked |a loss of 1% per cent. S AATR g < Chinese Fire Upon Sakharoff. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 18.—A | special dispatch from Mukden says the Chinese villagers are actively aid- ing the Japanese. General Sakharoff, |it is added, was fired upon from a {hut and five of his escorts were | wounded. | U L P | Movements of Baltic Fleet. FAKKEBJERG, Langeland Island, Denmark, Oct. 18.—Three Russian battleships, two torpedo boats and one transport belonging to the Baltic fieet | sailed northward this afternoon. | ? !G(-nernl Oku’s Army Inters Four Thou- | | | e Severe Storms in Siberia. l VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. *18.—There | have been severe frosts at Nikolaevsk, ibut navigation is still open. There | have been severe storms in the north. | The general situation is quiet. R /< V) s WAS NOT REPRESENTATIVE | OF MOTHER CATHERINE | Archbishop Ryan Corrects Mistake | Made in Publisheq Statement by Father Schnell. | PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18. — Arch- | bishop Ryan to-day took occasion to | correct the published statement by | Father Schnell, in which Mother Cath- | erine Drexell, founder of the Order for | the Indians and. Colored People, is | misquoted. Father Schnell, who was in | charge of the Catholic mission at the | Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska, but | was recalled by the Bishop of Omaha, | preferred charges against Indian Com- | missioner Jones in connection with the administration of that reservation. Archbishop Ryan says Father Schnell | never represented Mother Catherine, nor was he authorized to make any statement or investigation on her be- half. She is at present in Arizona and has written to Commissioner Jones to | this effect. ———— | FIERCE SNOWSTORM RAGES IN WYOMING High Wind Prevalls but No Damage H of Consequence Has Yet ~ Been Reported. BUTTE, Mont., Oct, 18, — A Cheyenne, Wyo., dispatch to the Miner says: The first severe storm of the winter is now raging throughout this section. The high windstorm of Sun- day night was followed to-day by rain which turned to snow this after- noon. The storm was accompanied by a high wind and the air is full of drift- ing snow. Railroad traffic has not been impeded and there are no fears of stock losses. LA Duesseldorfer Beer Again Triumphant. (Special to The Call.) ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 18.—Superior Jury World's Fair awards Indianapolis Brewing Co. the grand exclusively, ‘which confirms gold awarded e estal their beer the world's Oyama, received to-| “THE SAN FPANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1904 SLAVS RETAIN GRIP ON LONE TREE HILL" GLOOM TURNS T0 JUBILATION IN MOSCOVY —_— St. Petersburg As- nished by News From Front. ST. PRETERSBURG, Oct. 19 (2:50 a. m.).--There is jubilation throughout | the city over the news that General | Kuropatkin has resumed the offensive, and the holiday, which began with lit- | tle heart, closed brighter. The crowds in the streets and the illuminations in honor of the Czarevitch’s name day | gave a tinge of brilliancy to an even- ing otherwise depressing through a jeconstant drizzle of rain. Newsboys up to midnight raced through the thor- oughfares with eévening extras, shout- ing, “Great Russian victory!” and | crowds bought the papers greedily. | Groups of men in brilliant uniforms or in evening dress at the hotels and restaurants discussed the change in the fortures of war, but the popula- tion as a whole was slow to take fire. It had received the news of the earlier reverses stolidly, and now accepted re- ports of Russian successes and the capture of guns quietly—with satisfac- tion, but with considerable reserve. NEWS CAUSES SURPRISE. Correspondents at the front for the past forty-eight hours had been hint- ing that the Russian army was on the eve of another advance, but it was thought here that the troops were too exhausted by more than a week of titanic struggle to engage in an imme- diate advance movement. Therefore the definite news of the resumption of the advance was calculated to arouse the greater satisfaction; but the realization of the significance of news permeatés the masses here more slow- Iy than in American cities. The kaleid- oscopic changes on the Shakhe River have been too swift for the populace to follow, and so the better news from the front has been so far taken with com- parative quiet. In the best informed circles, however, it is already accepted as true. It is believed Kuropatkin intended to signalize the Czarevitch’s fete by a victory, just as Grand Duke Nicholas did at Plevna. GENERAL YAMADA'S REVERSE. The failure of the War Office to give out dispatches is attributed to the hol- iday, the censors’ commission disband- ing early. However, it is learned on good authority that the Emperor has received a telegram from General Ku- ropatkin reporting that the Russians are moving forward. The reverse sustained by General Yamada’s columh has not yet been re- ported hy General Kuropatkin or Gen- eral Sakharoff except in a reférence to an unsuccessful Japanese attack near Shakhe. The press dispatch from Mukden evidently refers to this affair in reporting that the Japanese left had been beaten off with a terrible slaugh- ter and its retreat cut off by a Russian army corps. Another press dispatch from Mukden confirms the news of the Russian ad- vance when, telegraphing to-night, the correspondent says: ahead.” SLAV COLUMN IN PERIL. There is no official confirmation here of the report frem Tokio that a Russian attack on the Japanese right on October 17 had been repulsed. If this report proves true it may involve serious consequences for the Rus- sians who crossed the Shakhe while the river was fordable. According to the press Mukden dispatches, the water has since risen man-high in con- sequence of heavy rains, and therefore it would be well nigh impossible for the Russian army to recross the river, owing to the absence of bridges. It would be equally difficult, for the same reason, to bring supports, supplies and ammunition to enable General Kuro- patkin to follow up this advance. This may explain the statement in a Mukden dispatch that the fighting was slackening on the morning of October 18. ————— COURT REBUKES POLICE FOR WANTON BRUTALITY Charges That Clubs Were Used With TUndue Vigor in Driving Back Irish Crowd. CORK, Oct. 18.—A serious conflict be- tween sympathizers with thosé who were arrested for participation In the eviction riots on October 12 and the police occurred at the hearing of the case at the Fellsport Court House to- day. More than twenty persons were injured, some of them seriously. When the Félisport defendants were arraigned the crowd, unable to secure admittance to the court room, attacked the police. More than 100 of the latter formed up to maintain order and charged with their, batons, striking right and left and dispersing the crowd. The Judge summoned the officer com- manding the police, who said his men had been attacked first. § ‘William O'Brien, one of the court at- tendants, who charged excessive bru- | | in cne of the men, who was covered by i blood. The magistrate denounced the {action of the police apd as a protest adjourned the hearing for six weeks, bailing the defendants until that time. — s b Killed by Log Hook. RED BLUFF, Oct, 18.—Word has just been received of the fatal ending of an accident which occurred at Cham- pion Mills yesterday afternoon. A man named Skortland, who was work- ing on a cable line in the woods,- was struck in the stomach by one of heavy hooks used in moving logs. that General “It is rumored that we are moving.. tality on the part of the police, brought | YAMADA'S MEN ARE CAUGHT IN ~ RUSSIAN TRAP Japanese Column Barely Escapes Annihilation. TOKIO, Oct. 18 —The Russians scored their first success on the Shakhe Rive: on Sunday night, October 16, when they succeeded in enveloping a detachment under General Yamada, which was sent to assist part of the left army. Yamaaa beat off a frontal attack, but the Rus- sians swept through both flanks. Most of the gunners and horses were shot. The Japanese abandoned nine field guns and five mountain guns. After a desperate hand to hand encounter, Ya- mada cut through the Russian line and reached his former position. These are the first guns lost by the Japanese during the war. A report telling of the lisaster to General Yamada and stating the cun- ditions at the front reached Tokio dur- ing the night. It is as follows: “On the evening of October 16 a mixed detachment, under command of Major General Yamada, was sent to help part of the left army attacking the enemy north of the Shakhe River. It commenced its, operations at the right wing, driving off the enemy. The detachment captured two guns and two ammunition wagons. Having attained its object the detachment, after sunset, under cover of the darkness, began re- tiring toward its original position. “In the meantime, at 7 o'clock, the enemy, a division strong, made a vigor- ous advance and enveloped both wings of the detachment. = Severe hand to hand fighting ensued. The detachment succeeded in driving off the enemy in front, but was unable to resist him on both flanks. After breaking through the Russian line the detachment reached its original position. “Our artillery lost most of its men and horses and was compelled to leave behind nine fleld and five mountain | guns.” HIS BRIDE NN BE INSANE Runaway - Marriage Causes Queer Dispute; Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 —George Thompson Dennett of this city is said to have drawn a maniac for a bride in the lgttery of love. His was a runaway marriage in Redlands. His wife was a Miss Sylvene Peoples of this city, who is said to have property worth $1,- 000,000 in Asheville, N.' C. % The bride and groom are in Redlands, preparing tc make a legal fight if necessary. Mrs. Josje Peoples, the bride’s mother, is prostrated. She and her sons declare the daughter is in- sane, while the bride asserts her mother is crazy. The groom’s father is in an asylum. All the parties in the unigue con- troversy are prominent.. —_———— SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN ROBBED AT WORLD'S FAIR | Report the Loss of Jewels and Other Property to the Value - of $1000. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18.—The police locked in vain to-day .for a clew leading to the capture of thieves who broke into the flat at 5921 Maple av- enue, rented for the World's Fair pe- riod and occupied by Miss Helen Mc- Gregor Morrison and Mrs. H. S. Braun of San Francisco. ' Mrs. Braun and Miss Morrison say that while they were at the World's | Fair last night burglars entered the house and carried away jewels and other valuables to the amount of |- Included in the missing prop- | $1000. erty was a letter of credit for $500, issued by the Nevada National Bank of San Francisco on the Amerfcan Ex. change Bank of New York. . ; ———————— ) MEXICAN TROOPS BATTLE WITH MURDEROUS BANDITS Three Men Killed and Fifteen Wound- ed as a Result of the MEXICO CITY, Oct. 18.—Thrée ban- dits to-day attacked and wounded a citizen, killed his servant and fought a pitched battle - with ru troops. Three men are dead wound- €d as a result of the encounter. ' Crazed by drink, the three desper- adoes, Flores, Saledo and Herrera, went to the res Vicento Go. 38 OF LIFE O RAILROADS Astounding Figures on the Year’s Casualties Due to ‘the Wrecking of Trains TOTAL REACHES 55,130 Of This Number Nearly Four Thousand Are In- cluded in List of Dead Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, | WASHINGTON, Oct. 18,.—What is re- |garded by the Interstate Commerce Commission as an “alarming exhibit” {1s the record of railroad accidents for | the vear ending June 30, 1904, now ! made public. | Altogether there were 55,130 casual- | ties—3787 killed and 51,343 injured. This is an increase over the previous year of 5599 casualties, or 233 killed and 15366 injured, and makes the number ! record for disasters. These figures do not include acci- dents at highway crossings, to tres- | passers or persons walking along the tracks, in shops remote from the rail- iroad, or to employes not actually on duty. Accidents of this nature, a list of which has not yet been made out. | annually swell the total by thousands. In the last quarter of the year 23 | passengers and 144 employes were killed and 1134 passengers and 1244 em- ployes injured. The total number of collisions and derailments in this quarter was 2418, of i which 310 affected passenger trains. | The damage in these accidents amount- | ed to $2,015,252. | CAUSES OF CASUALTIES. The following table gives the cause {of accidents and the number killed, | exclusive of yardmen, switchmen and | other employés: Dernilments—Passengers killed 166, { injured 3383; trainnjen killed 267, in- Jured 2077. Collisions—Passengers killed, 103; in- jured, 1422; trainmen Kkilled, 229; in- Jured, 1078, Miscellaneous train accidents, includ- | ing locomotive boiler explosions—Pas- jsengem killéd, 1; injured, 140; train- | men kftled, 62; injured, 980. Totals—Passengers killed, 270; pas- sengers injured, 4945: trainmen killed, i558; trainmen injured, 4135. OTHER FATAL ACCIDENTS. Coupling and uncoupling—Trainmen killed, 69; injured, 96. While doing other work about trains or attending switches—Trainmen killed, 51; injured, 4788. Coming into contact with overhead bridges, structures on side track, etc.— Passengers killed, 5; injured, 33; train- men killed, 79: injured 620. Falling from cars or engine, or while getting on or off—Passengers killed, 115; injured, 1517; trainmen Kkilled, 291; injured, 3343. Other causes—Passengers killed, 3 Jjured, 559. Total other than train accidents— Passengers killed, 150; injured, 3132; trainmen killed, 623; injured, 10,327. Total, all causes—Passengers killed, 420; injured, 8077; trainmen killed, 1181; injured, 14,412, FATAL BEATING WITi § SHOVEL Who Visited Another's Wife Terminates in Death —————— Special Dispatch to The Call. RENO, Oct. 18.—B. F. Clements, who ‘was struck on the head with a shove] by Adam Baey at Silver City a week ago, died from the effects of his injur- ies this afternoon. ing murder, has been issued for Baey's : arrest. Baey, who is a prominent resident of | Silver City, had reason to suspect Vvisiting his home during his absence. He repeatedly warned him to stay |away from the place and threatened to , Kill him should he ever find him there. On the day of' the crime Baey went home unexpectedly in the afternoon iand found Clements. He picked up a 8hovel and beat Clements on the | head. The cries of his frightened wife brought the neighbors to the rescue of the victim. ——————— SAN FRANCISCO CHOSEN FOR NEXT MEETING PLACE —_— | Missionaries of the Christian Church Will Assemble in Goldén Gate City. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18.—The meeting to- day of the missionaries of the Chris- tian church was under the auspices of the American Christian Missionary | Society, home ons being the prin- cipal topic of discussion. A difference of opinion regarding a plan to change the legal name of the Christian church characterized ~the Second session | of to-day’s convention of the American | Christian Missionary Society. ‘ The committee on recommendations injured, 1582; trainmen killed, 1331; in- | A warrant, charg- ! Clements, a worthless character, of | REVOLUTION S FEARED [N ITAL | Government kemforces the Garrison and Holds the Squadrons in Readiness in- View of the Elections OUTBREAK BY EXTREMISTS LIKELY Ministry Answers the Agita- tion With a Declaration in Full of the Programme It Intends to Carry Out . ROME, Oct. 18.—The opposition par- ties accuse Premier Giolitti of weak- ness toward the extreme parties, which, they say, caused the organization of | the subversive movement, especlally at | Milan and Genoa. The anarchists urge | abstention from the elections, recom- | mending instead a propaganda in favor of the political prisoners. All the garrisons have been rein- forced and a squadron of warships is at | | Genoa. The labor exchanges will hold |a national convertion Wednesday at | Milan. The extremists are taking steps to increase the revolutionary propa- ! ganda in the army. A royal decree was published to-day | fixing the general elections for Novem- ber 6 and the supplementary balloting for November 13. . The decree was accompanied by a | report of the Premier, setting forth the | situation and giving the Government's | pregramme as liberty, order and peace, | for which the Cabinet asks the support 7 of the electors. All the Ministers join | | in signing the statement of the Govern- | ment. The Ministers declare the Gov- ernment hae fully carried out their | programme, which the Chamber had | approyed, particularly as to the policy | concerning commereial treaties and | the development of state railroads. The report of Signer Giolitti begins | | with reviewing the work of the Cabinet | since it has been in power, and says it | was hoped that the Cabinet would be | able to continue with the present | Chamber the solution of two great iprublems—(he cammercial treaties and the settlement of the railroad question. Continuing, the report says: “But the country has been deeply | disturbed by disorders artificially pro- | voked without reason, which have cre- | | ated such a state of things that it is | difficult for the present Chamber to | maintain the serenity necessary for }the discussion of | thoge _vital. pro- | grammies oh ‘which may ‘depend the | economic future of Italy for many years.” 4 ¢ | In order.to give the electors a clear | idea of the situation the report outlines | the programme of the Cabinet, saying | that in their home policy the Ministers will not change the programme fol- | lowed since February, 1901, namely, the | most ample liberty within the limits | of the law. | ‘The extreme parties,” the Premier | says, “abused this liberty, but recent events must have taught them that if they have strength to arouse the masses, even without serious reasons, | the worst elements can take advantage | of it, so that the extreme parties be- | come responsible for their excesses, which no honest person can approve | and which render necessary efficacious action on the part of the Government to protect public order without which the cause of liberty would soon be lost. | Therefore the Cabinet proposes to in- | crease the forces at the disposal of the | | police and to provide for the better ed- ' ucation, especially of the middle classes.” | The report also announces that it is| | the intention of the Cabinet to have the railroads return under the control of the Government, to introduce logi- cal and serious reform in taxation and undeftake the conversion of the state debt, which would already have been accomplished had it not been for the war in the Far East, which disturbed the financial markets of the world, and declares that a reduction of the mili- tary budget of the state is absolutely irreconcilable with the security of the | country, although the alliances and | triendships of Italy with the surfound- ing powers assure the preservation of | peace. s The defense of the state, it is added, cannot be improvised when danger sud- denly arises, but must be lengthily pre- | pared. When alliances are made and | maintained among strong peoples they can never, for the dignity of the coun- ! try, assume the form of protection. | ! Therefore the necessity to be strong and secure is deeply felt more by the people than by thé Government, and consequently the countries ruled by the most popular form of government have rapidly augmented their military ex- }penne- more than other countries un- der different forms of government. —_———— CHICAGO PHYSICIANS PLAN ORGANIZATION OF A UNION faim the Profession Is Overcrowded and Favor the “Closed ” Shop.’ CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—The physicians of Chicago are planning the formation "of a labor union, and on Thursday night will debate the pros and cons of unionist versus the pfesent independ- ent status, at a dinner of the Physi- i i reported favorably on the plan to!clans’ Club in the Sherman House. change the name to the ‘“‘Church of Christ.” cal s in- | tients for fees. One proposition Prominent physicians z:.-m"’ - day that the profession in a de- plorably crowded condition and that hundreds of younger members could not be expected to live up to high ethi- standards, while fighting over pa- will come up is the establishment of p system and the cre- | WOMAN'S NERVE SCARES TRAMPS Ukiah Matron, Armed With ‘Whip, Makes Three Hoboes Give Up Stolen Goods MEEK KNIGHTS OF ROAD One Carried Rifle, but They -Give Up Plunder When the Housewife Makes Demand UKIAH, Oct. 18.—Mrs. Arthur Nolan of Guffeys Cove had an encounter wi:y housebreakers last week and came of victorious. Mrs. Nolan had been stop- ping with her mother during the an- sence of her husband and returning : her own home found that the house hag been broken into and numerous art cles of value stolen. Having seen tramps on the road she concluded were the thieves and harnessing 1 horse started to overtake them After driving several miles she upon. the tramps, one of whom armed with a Winchester rifle daunted she poured out her wrath ¢harged them with a buggy whip hoboes were dazed by her nerve finding that Mrs. Nolan was not afraid of the gun, meekly returned the st articles and Mrs. Nolan rode hom triumph. : Needless to say she is the heroine of the hour. —_—— SAM PARKS SUCCESSOR ALSO CONVICTED. OF EXTORTION ame Philip Weinseimer, New York Labor Leader, Goes the Way of His Predecessor. NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—The jury the case of Phillp Weinseimer, former president of the Building Trades Al- liance, on trial for extortion, returned a verdict of gulity shortly before mid- night to-night. He was at once re- manded to the tombs until Octob when sentence will be pronounced Weinseimer has been on trial more than a week in the Court of & cial Sessions. He was charged George J. Essig, a master plumber. with extorting $2700 from him under a threat not to permit work to con- tinue on the Chatsworth apartment- hause heére unless the money was paid. His counsel said that he would at once appeal the case on the ground that the verdiot was contrary to the evidence. Weinseimer occupies the place held by Sam Parks, who was also convicted tor | of extortion and died while in prison. —_———— LIKENS WAYS OF STUDENTS TO POLITICAL GRAFTING Chicago Professor Says the Average College Man's Code of Honor Is Extremely Light. CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—“The average college man's code of honor is apt to be extremely light, no matter how fine a fellow he may be considered by his classmates.” This was the startling declaration of Frank W. Shepardson, dean of the senior colleges at the University of Chicago, in a lecture on “College Honor"” delivered to the student bedy to-day. “Promiscuous grafting, so called, which in colleges means the appropri- ating of the other pupils’ things with- out asking their permission,” the pro- fessor said, “is akin to that larger sin of political grafting. It is a far ecry from the mere carelessness of the col- jege ‘grafter’ to the political thief, but they are of the same moral brother- hood.” —_——— HYDRAULIC MINING STILL CONTINU DESPITE LAW SACRAMENTO, Oct. 18.—At the meeting of the Anti-Debris Association this afternoon, T. L. Smith and F. L. Neer, the watchmen appointed by Manager L. P. Farmer to visit the hydraulic mining territory, reported that a number of hydraulic mines had been visited. Most of them were not in use, three mines were visited where the watchmen found indications of recent hydraulic mining. The association will proceed against these mines by injumction, but has withheld the names until the papers are prepared and served. Indications were also found of recent hydraulic mining on the American River. pESsesse——————————ED Jewelers and Silversmiths - 104-110 Ceary Street the ! Dr. Fife left this eity last night and reached the mills about midnight, but | Skortland was dead when he arrived. -y g JOL