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

THE WEATHER. Forecast made at San Francisdo for thirty hours ending midnight, Novem- ber 29: Ban Francisge and vicinity—Fair Tuesday; light north wind. A G. McADIB, District Forecaster. THE CALIFORNIA- the Cornes COLUMBIA— TEZ THEATERS. ALCAZAR—"The Christian.” ‘CENTRAL—“The Little Church Around “Her Own Way." CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. GRAND—""The Show Girl." Finnigan's Ball.”” SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, OVEMBER 29, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TOKIO CLAIMS NOGI'S ATTACK IS SUCCEEDING Capture of the Most Important of the Port Arthur Forts Is Imminent. T = | OKIO, Nov. 29.—It is reported that the attack i against 203-Meter Hill by the Japanese light ar- | eeding. It is estimated that 90 per cent - of th | of the work of the complete occupation of Port Arthur will have been finished with this height in the-pos- | session of the Japanese. No part of the harbor of { Port Arthur will then be concealed from the Japanese. + —After twenty-four | to obtain Russian emigrant traffic and te fighting the Japanese, | build up a direct trade with America. 18 -0 SHIPS COALING. suc- BALTIC Rojestvensky's Division Is Now Off German Southwest Africa. CAPE TOWN, Cape Colony, Nov. 2 A dispatch to the Argus Rojestvensky’s division of ian second Pacific squadron is ¢ g off Swakopmund, German Southwest Africa. PRAWLE POINT, Nov. 28.—Three vessels, each with three funnels and presumably Russian first class auxili- ry steamships or third class cruisers, ssed westward to-day. St. Peters- Daily Ex- here to-day states that all p Arthur up to| R P, n lsed and lhm‘ Russian Supplies Go. Astray. - s vy losses MOSCOW, Nov. 28.—People arriv- rrobrated by ing from the Far East tell a remark- able story of the mysterious disap- state that the ays that Ad- | the | THEY WRECK THE TRAINS|#ccusen vourn maxes DENIED (0N, ' BANK ROBBERY A TRIVIAL MATTER IN WEBER’S EYES MoST . HEMARKABLE STATEMENT Desperadoes at Work in the Canadian . Northwest, Bandits Demand a Hundred Thousand Dollars From Two Railways. | | | Failure of the Lines to Comply I Followed by feries of Disasters and Holdups. Special Dispatch to The Call. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov. 28— Foiled in an attempt to secure $100,000| | by blackmailing the Canadian Pacific | and Canadian Northern railways, an organized gang of desperadoes is now | fulfilling threats to blow up the various | lines at different points throughout the | Canadian Northwest. The police au- | | thorities also attribute several hold-upl! | and similar outrages which have been! commpftted during the past two months | | to these men. So successful have they | | been and so completely have they hid- | | den all trace of their identity that trav- | | eling by rail has now become danger- | ous, and the country is in a state of | W 8 stronghold re Daily Tele- fu, very few ships are now seen b DEWEY DECLINES HONOR. Unwilling to Serve on the North Sea Commission. SHINGTON. Nov. 28.—Count Embassador, and d, the Pritish =parately at -day to present on ve Governments ed States to & e court of inquiry e facts in the incident t Admiral Dewey as declined, erican repre- 7:05 this morning the Anglo- ch is officially The clared to giv lete in- t Russia most de- hich there is nothing Rl U Sy SEIZES AN JAPAN ISLAND. Korea Protests Against the Occupa- tion of Quelpart. Epecia and New York Her. the New York He BE( ;anese prepa- possible contingencies a he nation of Japan to ng a evidenced the Governor of sland off the southwest- coast of Korea, asking for instruc- stating that a steamship ese workmen, with tools nery, were landed and im- began the comstruction of ons The Korean Foreign Office an- t Quelpart is closed to reside: ulations, and therefore it re- qu Japanese Government to w ople. e okt JAPANESE SOON TO STRIKE. Hope to Defeat Kuropatkin Before Arrival of Baltic Fleet. RL Nov. 28.—A dispatch to nzeiger from Mukden, un- a t says: about headquarters e will make extraor- wirr a land victory al of the Russian sec- n res have been taken uders. ment were gentenced One was shot in front of the le the sentences of the re- ing eleven w commuted to servitude Discipline generally 1 relations exist A, Nov. 28.—The volunteer ce will be completely re- zed after the war. The fleet will be strengthened by the construc- tion of new shins and numerous liners and steamships will be bought for auxiliary naval purposes. The direct line from Odessa to New York, projected two years ago, will be placed in operation, and it is prob- able there will be another line from Libau to the United States, in order the | naval officer according to treaty | Twelve Cossacks | to | d men and the | loing everything possibie ! | pearance from the trunk line of 350 carloads of stores and warm clothing Not Ready to Rebuke Great Britain. TOKIO, Nov. 29.—Opinion-as to the action of the British in supplying coal to vessels of the Russian fleet has not been formed, because the facts and details are not yet known. No comment has yet been made by the press. It is understood that the question has not yet been raised dip- lomatically. The formal opening of the Diet will take place to-morrow. SRR R War News Continued on Page 2. CAR ACCEPTS HAYS PROPOSAL United States and Russia | Will at Once Conclude an Arbitration Treaty ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 28.—Russia has accepted the invitation of the United States to conclude an arbitra- tion treaty on the lines of the Amer- ican-French treaty. The American proposal was sub- i mitted to Russia in the form of a note from Secretary Hay, which was pre- | sented personally to Foreign Secretary | Lamsdorff by Charge d’Affaires Eddy on November 27. | { \ ‘ | { ‘ This afternoon Count Lamsdorff replied, accepting in prin- ciple in behalf of the imperial Govern- ment the text of the treaty, but indi- cating that Russia would propose some slight modifications. These are ex- pected to be drafted in a few days and the final consummation of rapprochement with Russia will not long be delayed. Although it was known that the American Government was desirous of negotiating arbitration treaties with all the principal powers, the fact that Rus- sia had already been approached with a direct proposition did not leak out | until Count Lamsdorff had accepted it. 2 splendid effect on Russian-American | relations, especially as it marks Rus- | sia’s first adherence to an arbitration | treaty with a foreizn power. —_—— JEWS COMING IN VAST NUMBERS FROM RUSSIA | | Organization Formed to Assist Them | to Reach America Through Danish Ports. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 28.—Herr Cludestadt, a well known banker, and other prominent Jews have formed an organization to assist the Russian Jews in emigrating to America through Danish ports. Funds are be- | ing collected to facilitate their passage jand to give the emigrants a start in ime on their arrival at their destina- | ' tion. It is estimated that fully 19,000 of these emigrants left Denmark dur- ing the present year. The trafiic is becoming so large at Scandinavian ports that the Hamburg-American Steamship Company is arranging a new service to Copenhagen, Gothen- | burg, Christiania and the western |c0ut of Norway, supplementary to its |re(ulnr service to America. | ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 28.—The | announcement was made to-day that the zone in which Jews can buy real estate will be extended. Eighty po- litical exiles at Archangel have al- ready been brought back by Interior Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky. About 580 still remain there. belonging to private consignees and | the new ) The rapprochement is expected to have | | terror as to what desperate decd will | next be attempted. | On August 4 G. J. Bury, general su- perintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and E. A. James, general manager of the Canadian Northern Railway here, both received the follow- ing letter. The words were printed in ink and the postmark was Winnipeg. It was unsigned: “We are in need of $100,000 and hayve to the tune of $50,000 each. If you de- cide to treat with us you will place on your south train white markers instead of green.” EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TAKEN. On receipt of the letters the executive | agents of the two railways held a joint meeting. After a short discussion it was decided not to take any notice of | the demand. However, extra precau- | tions were taken and special service| men were sent out with each train and | & vigilant eye was kept on the tracks, ‘>0n August 17 both raflway officials | again received similar communications. | They read as follows: ““We have written you once before on this matter, but it seems that you are ignoring us. It seems that you are not aware of the fact that you are dealing | with men who know their business, and | | as we take you to be a business man| | you will readily see our supremacy in| | this matter, and unless you agree to| our terms trains will be interfered with.” Another conference between-the offi- cials of both railways resulted, and Iti was again decided to ignore the men’'s requests, and make an even more searching investigation inta the mat- | ter. In the latter part of August a third | letter was received. FIVE KILLED IN WRECK. Greater efforts than before were made to run down the gang, but although these have been continued ever since nothing has been effected, and wrecks and hold-ups of an endless number.i some involving loss of life, but others not =o serious, have been committed under tHe very noses of the detectives. The first of these took place on Sep- tember 1, when the train conveying Lord Minto, the late Governor General of Canada, and party was wrecked. Five persons were killed outright and many others were injured. On September 11 _the Canadian Pa- cific transcontinental train was held up | by armed men at Mission Junction, B. | C., and booty to the extent of several thousands of dollars was taken. This was the first train hold-up in the his- tory ef the Canadian raflroads. | “Innumerable attempts, news of which | has been withheld by the rallway au- | thorities, have been made to wreck dif- | ferent trains, but' the watchout has | been so sharp that many of these have | been frustrated. For weeks when the disasters have been at their highest, | every bridge on the western line was | watched, the railway companies fearing | that they would be ‘blown up. Bank | hold-ups have been extraordinarily nu-!| merous during the past two months, | and these are all attributed to the men who tried by threats to blackmall two| | great Canadian railroads. 1 Complains of Spajn’s Small Navy. MADRID, Nov. 28.—In the Cham- ber of Deputies to-day, discussing the proposed naval reforms, former Min- ister of the Interior Moret complained of their insufficiency, contending that Spain ought to have a navy as large as that of Japan or Italy. Premier Mau- ra, replying, maintained that the sit- uation of the country forbade the ex- pending of more than $15,000,000 decided to hold up the €. F. and C. N. | | CHILDREN ISCOVER A MURDER Afé First to Learn Awlul Fate of o+ Il !‘ I I DILIGENT AUBURN PROPERTY OF THE, LATE | OFFICIAL AND THE YOUNG MAN WHO AIDED HIM IN THE SEARCH FOR THE GOLD FOUND UNDER THE _BARN JULIUS WEBER. | .‘. ON THE e Epectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Mrs. Margaret Keeler, 36 years old, was murdered in her apartments at 82 East One Hundred and Fourteenth street to-day. Her 15- year-old son was the first to discover the body, lying where the assassin had left it. The family consisted of Mrs. Keeler, her husband, her son and a little girl, Marie, 9 years old. Keeler is a clerk in the Simpson-Chawford Company's store, and went to his work about 7 o'clock in the morning. When the little ones returned from school for their luncheon at noon they found the doors of the apartment| locked and were unable to get any re- sponse to repeated knockings. Mrs. Peter Mundy, living on one of the lower floors, took in the children, believing their mother was out shopping, and after feedinog them sent them back to school. At 3 o'clock when they came home again the doors were still locked and the house was silent. The neighbors were attracted by the strange condi- tions, and little Jimmie was sent up to the apartments by the fire-escape. No sooner had he entered the kitchen than his screams struck terror to his little sister and to all the neighbors waiting in the hallwav. “Mamma's killed! Somebody has killed mamma! Come quick,” he shrieked, and he then unlocked the door and ran into the hallway, his face livid with fright. The neighbors entered and found the body of Mrs. Keeler lying on a bed, her skull crushed, her face lacerated and on the floor & large iron bolt with which she had been murdered. A police captain says the police are close on the trail of the murderer. He says the assassin was 19 years old, Lroad shouldered and clean shaven, and had been annoving Mrs. Keeler for some time. There was no probability that robbery had been the motive for the crime. About the same time Coroner Golden- krantz arrived, and after investigating the case he said the murder was com- mitted for the purpose of robberv and that $200 in cash and $1200 worth of Jewelry had been tlkim Father Comes to tney’s Aid. KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. 28.— Stephen Putney Jr. left for St. Louis AUBURN, Nov. 28.—"1 know nothing about- this bank robbery. It is toe—in- significant to talk about. If I did rob the bank I did it just to see how far I could go.' By this I do not mean to say that I committed the-robbery.” These are the words of young Adolph. Weber, who rests under the charge that he murdered his father, mother, sister and brother, and wunder the further charge. that in May last’ he robbed the Placer County Bank<of a large sum of money. The bafik rob- bery is indeed a trivial matter to this twenty-year-old ‘youth. The, charge that he murdered his parents, his sister and imbecile brother naturally is of more importance. - Both charges are trivial to Weber, judging by his con- duct since his arrest. He has been as cool as an iceberg at all times, even when the pistol which he was supposed to have used in his awful crime was suddenly placed before him; cool even when he was told the money he was supposed to have stolen from the bank was found on the property of his father, near where the bloedy pistol that dealt death to Julius, Mary, Bertha and Earl Weber was found. Sheriff Keena: was therefore not greatly surprised to-day when he en- tered the youth’s cell and learned from him that he cousidered the bank rob- bery a “trivial matter.” But young ‘Weber will learn that it-is not such a trivial matter, for his carelessly uttered words have given the Sheriff a new theory to work upon. “I did it to see how far I could go.” These are the words that may mean much in the prosecution of Weber. They bear out the suspicion held by many since the arrest of Weber and the disclbsure of his many queer ideas that a desire to “see how far he could go” prompted young Weber to com- mit the crimes he stands accused of. His love for gold is well known, and this love, by many, is looked upon as a motive for the crime. WORDS SUPPLY THEORY. To these same people his statement, “I did it to see how far I could go,” yearly on the navy and said that no previous government had done so much as that. —— e Religious Processions Are Tabooed. HAVANA, Nov. 28.—The House to- day, by a vote of 37 to 10, passed the bill prohibiting religious processions in the streets, also supplies a motive, for it is Known that young Weber has prided self upon his ability to trace the movements of people, he having on more than one occasion wagered that he could dis- cover the perpetrators of practical jokes played upon his friends. Might he not also, it is figured, have a pride in seeing how far he could go in crime to-day and will Teturn to Jefferson Barracks and remain there until his father can arrange for h\ls discharge from the army. He had recovered all the jewelry pawned here save one ring. It was denied that young Put- ney had left St. Louis with an actress. His father is a wealthy manufacturer of Richmond, Va. +Words of Prisoner Furnish Sheriff New, Theory. before others, views, are less could detect kim? This idea will be worked on by Sher- ifft Keena and his assistants. They are already convinced of Weber’s guilt, but they are stil working to provide a motive. Everything advanced will be well threshed out before it is dropped. The finding of the money stolen from the Placer County Bank was the all- absorbing topic in the Weber case to- day. Groups of men were on every street corner this. morning and Geer, Dependener and Monaghan, who dis- covered the coin, were the center of at- traction. Crowds followed them wher- ever they went. District Attorney Robinson ‘is ex- pected home to-night from San Fran- cisco; where he has been in. consulta- tion with the experts who examined the blood-stained trousers. Sheriff Keena had several interviews with Weber, who practically admitted that he robbed the bank. “This is not bothering me, however,” said Weber. “It's the other case that I am thinking about.” WEBER MAKES RETORT. Weber has a habit of answering a question by asking another. To-day Under Sheriff May asked him if he ever owned a pistol. Weber replied “No."” acute than himself, “Did you ever see this one?”’ asked | May, exhibiting the weapon the bank robber left behind. “I never did,” was the reply. “How much did you pay for it, any- way, Adolph?” said May. “How much did you pay for it, Billy?” was the quick retort. Young Weber called for paper and candles as Jailer Fulton was’ closing up to-night. He writes a good many let- ters and, is receiving many missives from women. Yesterday he received a bouquet ‘and a.letter from a Miss May Weber of Ashland, Or. Miss Weber wrote that there must be some relation- ship between them. Weber answered the note, thinking her for the flowers -and asking her to send him the date of her birth, so that he could read her life. The money found on the Weber place has been counted and it has been ascer- tained that it is a few hundred dollars short of the amount claimed to have been stolen, $6365. The shortage was expe~ted, as it is known that Weber has been spending a little money now and then and that when he was in San Francisco last June he indulged in sev- eral luxuries. For instance, it is known that he and young Fowler of Oakland who, according to his| | & SLUM PHYSICIAN S INSANE o S Sk Doctor’s Mind Weak- ened by Study of Lunacy. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Nov Curnow, 28.—Dr. James R. one of the most prominent physicians in this city and formerly president of the board of managers of the Agnews Insane ASylum, has b come hopelessly insane. Saturday } | by morning he was taken to Dr. Robin- son’s private asylum at Livermore. He is suffering from paresis, brought on nervous depression. No hope held out for his recovery. For some time Dr. Curnow has not been him- self and recently his friends and fam- ily found it necessary to have him re- strained of his liberty. At times he is wild and incoherent and is considered dangerous to be at large. Frequently he made threats against some of his friends. For four years Dr. Curnow was a member of the Agnews Insane Asylum board.: He is also well known among the medical practitioners of the State. While connected with the asylum he began a study of the insane and he has since continued researches along that line. This, wtih other studies, is believed to have broken his health and impaired his mind. His practice was one of the largest In this county. Dr. Curnow is about 30 years of age. He studied medicine in Europe for several years. His family con- sists of a wife and three children. For about sixteen years he practiced medi- cine in this city. —_———— EUROPEAN DRESS ADOPTED FOR CHINESE SOLDIERS Movement to Cut Off Queunes of the Troops Also Being Put Into Effect. MUKDEN, Nov. 28.—The Viceroy of the Chinese province of Honan is the first to carry out the instructions of the Dowager Empress of China in clothing his soldiers In European dress and cutting off their queues. is took several trips in a steam launch, during one of which Weber remarked to the boatman that he had plenty of money of his own. Coroner Shepard will not divulge the present whereabouts of the lard can of gold dug up in the Weber barn. It is | intimated that the sealed package is in the Placer County Bank vault, and it is also known that Coroner Shepard has been to Sacramento since thHe money was found. The Grand Jury meets to- morrow,sand it is now certain that they will take up the bank robbery case be- fore they adjourn. The District Attorney may ask the jury to bring in indictments charging ‘Weber with the murder of his father, his sister and his brother. The charge on which he is now held is for the mur- der of his mother, Mary F. Weber.