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

THE THEATERS AR—""Peaceful Valley.” Sis Hopkins." JHUTES-#audeville. Matinee to-day. FISCHERS' —Vaudeville. Matines to- day. GRAND—“In Dahomey.” | MATESTIC— Jim Biudso."” | ORPHEUM-—Vaudevills. TIVOLI—*“King Dedo.™ o - VOLUME XCVIL STOESSEL CLAIMS FOE SACRIFICED 22,000 MEN Unprecedented Slaughter n & RI0TS : Late Port Arthur Fighting. N STREETS Japan Loses Two War Craft 0F MOSCOW DAY, DECEMBER 19, 1904 PRICE FIVE (00D MHES IMAY FIND IDEAL LOVER FOR A STORY HERE. OF BIG YEN ORY_ [N JEOPARDY Western Prospector Gives Far Authoress Inspiralion Sensation Expected in Oregon Land Fraud Case, — el i 1+ Miss Rives Paying First Visit to City. —— Miss Hallie Erminie Rives, the young Virginia authoress, who 1s rapidly ad- vancing to a position in the lterary world close to that held by her dis- tinguished cousin, Emelie Rives, the TOKIO, Dec. 19, 10 a. m.—The Japanese have lost two torpedo boats during the operations against the battleship Sevastopol, which was re- m-w yesterday in advices from Port Arthur to have been completely | bied. ' CHEFU, Dec. 18—A portion of the Japanese fleet has left for Singa- been lightly armed to maintain the blockade of Port Arthur. As soon as Pore to intercept the Baltic fleet. A number of Japanese merchantmen have | | | “#he remainder of the fleet has finished needed repairs it will sail in the di- ¥ection of Singapore. ST. PETERSBURG, Port Arthur w story of the gar ing a gap of at commander and t was given out at Chef lished In full. They ter which it is obviously impossible to patches have been in the b conten(s were k Prince Orloff a o-day leas: unofficial ount Heyden, who after losing more Hill and wer e from that position Arthur roadstead There the official account ends, bu e hill, whic the crest the damage su h w eption of General is loud in praise of uthort Japanese so far hav ches, but the garri able vet ater HILL-STREWN | WITH BODIES| e | Japanese Fight| With Frenzy - of Madmen. | ¥or ferocity and | on both sides, ssession of High st remarkable siege of Port for slaughter interview ff, executive tava up to iisarmed. ded the left Port ember 15 #while ar- there is nothing in at General Stoessel that the fortress will Commander Miz- as wounded in the leg | f High Hill, said: e Japanese on the 28th be- | tack on High Hill, which | Hill, the fighting The steep and | sandy slopes of the hill were streaked and dotted with snow when the Jap- | enese began the battle, which was des- | furnish so many deeds of tined to heroism that they became common- place. There was so much slaughter Arthur’'s war-hardened eterans shuddered at the sight. *The Japanese were compelled to! clamber up the slopes of the hill, in many cases without firing, in the face | of one of the most murderous deluges | ever poured from rifles and machine | gune. I was there, and it seemed to me | that flesh and blood would be unable | to stand our fire for a minute. TIRE COMPANIES FALL. “The ememy went down in squads | and companies, but always there were others grimly coming forward. Their bravery was be d praise, as was that of our men. Sometimes the fighting was hand-to-hand, with the muzzles of the rifies at the breasts of the com- batants, the bayonets being used as swords. “The sides of the hill were strewn with bodies and the snow was crim- | soned with the blood of the wounded, some of whom had crawled into it, seeking in its coldness surcease from | their dying agonies. | “Eventually, as in similar instances | which were to follow, we retired, leav- | ing the work of driving the enemy from | the summit to the resistless guns of the | neighboring forts, notably those of Liaoti Mountain. ' “One {ncident of this assault will re- | main forever imp: on my m;nd_l When the Japanese standard-bearer reached the summit and planted his Aag a gizantic Russian corporal, with AL® mery cry. left his retreating com- | rades, and, rushing back, seized Japanese flag, which he was tearing with his hands and with his teeth when he fell by several bullets. . 18.—General Stoessel’s latest dispatches from but, tubborn defense beyond December 10, thus leav- five days between the official story It is not pretended that the dispatches are pub- ontain much that 1ds of Emperor Nicholas three days, o few besides his perations, as far as i shows that there perate character from he Japanese are Stoessel ich speculation is why th s not carried out s were drafted ashore and that at the last mo- | the enem, | fort, | nese | against several works on this front and | nese lost more than 2000 men. All of the ,sacks along the rampart, but our artil- as given out, do not carry the word of the military of Commander Mizzeneoff, which | interest and mat- public. The dis- but their is of stragetic disclose to - the Majesty and his personal aides, deciphered the dispatches. it has been given out, is In- vas an almost uninterrupted as- ovember 20 to December 10. than 22,000 men, captured 203-Meter to shell the squadron in the Port t it is explained that the Japanese do 11 exposed to a deadly fire from sing a plunging fire from very hill, but that this fire is efficient- fiered by the Russian squadron. The h and 16-inch ‘mortar and Howitz- hese must be most deadly when turned upon the neigh- dispatches as a whole is not General Sioessel's defense of Port Ar- assert that the main line of forts has not yet e used every device of engineering with enormous sacrifices, have been able f defenses. probab Iy will be able to hold out a consider- e order to take out and sink the The only explanation offered s under the heavy Japanese fire. LONG SERIES OF ASSAULTS Stoessel Reports Twelve Days’ Battle. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 18.—Gen- eral Stoessel’s dispatches to the Em- peror. which were received on Friday night, were given out to-day. The firs is dated November 25 and is as follows: “I am happy to inform your Majesty that on November 20, after an increased | bombardment, the Japanese attacked one of the forts on the northeastern front and leaped with a portion of the forces on the parapet. They were an- | nihilated by rifle fire and the bayonet | and thrown back into the trenches. | Th‘elr reserves were scattered by shrap- nel. “¥From November 21 +» November 23 violently bombarded the | and in spite of great losses ef- fected by their perseverance a passage between two forts on the northeastern | front. “At 5:30 o'clock in the evening of No- vember 23, after heavy firing, the Japa- suddenly hurled themselves seized a portion of the trenches, but they were thrown back by the reserves | after a fierce bayonet struggle. i “They returned to the assault at mid- night and again occupied a part of the trenches, but were annihilated by our bayonets. At 2 o'clock in the morning all was over, and your Majesty’'s heroic troops were able to rest and started re- pairing the damage caused by the bom- bardment. HEAVY JAPANESE LOSS. “From the 20th to the 24th the Japa- our troops behaved as heroes. The fol- lowing especially distinguished them- selves: Generals Kongdr-tenko, Niki- tin (commander of the artillery) and Gorbatowsky and Lieutenant Colonel Naoumenko. [A dozen other officers In lower es are mentioned in the dispatch.] “Bombardment of the town and har- bor continues daily. A number of buildings have been destroyed and the | harbor has sustained some damage. The garrison is in excellent spirits.” In another dispatch, dategd November 28, General Stoessel said: “The 26th and 27th were the bloodiest days in the assaults on Port Arthur. The attacks began on the night of the 25th against our left flank, near Pigeon | Bay. The first was repulsed with great loss to the Japanese. The same night the enemy attacked a detachment on Panlung Mountain, but were repulsed, as also was their attack on Visokaia (203-Meter Hill). “On the 26th the Japanese began to bombard and attack fiercely the forts on the mnorth front and advanced trenches. The trenches repeatedly changed hands. Nevertheless, on the night of the 26th we threw back the Japanese at the point of the bayonet. “The enemy succeeded in blowing up the parapet of one of the forts and be- gan building parallels there. At other fort on the same night they laid lerly disperse them. Toward 10 o’clock in the evening the Japanese attacked [Crowds Clash With Police | At a banquet of engineers to-night Many Are Injured in Revolutionary Quthreak. From Noon Until ‘ Evening. ' Great Mobs Move Through the Cityj tinging and Shouting “Long Live Freedom.” MOSCOW, Dec. 18.—This city was the scene of a revolutionary demon- | stration to-day from noon till nearly | evening. Probably 5000 persons act- ually participated. Fortunately the | agitators did not succeed in drawmx; the workingmen from the factories | into the disturbance and after many | collisions the police firing blank vol- | leys and charging with their sabers. | the crowds finally were dispersed. | Many were wounded and more were | arrested. As far as known, none of the rioters was killed. One police- | man is reported f: on both sides were roughly handled. The authorities knew in advance that trouble was impending and many | houses along Tverskaia street were specially guarded. Several squadrons | of mounted gendarmes were concealed in the courtyards of houses ready.for an emerger The crowds began to colleet at midday in Tverskaia street, | students, young men and women mix- ing with the general public. The thor- | oughfare was soon congested with a | mass of humanity which converged fo | Strastnia Square. There 3000 persons | assembled, many armed with clubs and carrying fla The crowd, sing- | ing, moved toward the palace of Grand Duke Sergius, the Governor General of Mo . BREAK INTO GROUPS. The police attempted to block the | Ally injured. Many | street, whereupon the trouble began | f. in earnest. The crowd broke through the cordon and one policeman was knocked down and, it is thought, fa- | tally hurt. Battalions of police were | brought up at double quick to rein-| force their comrad Sticks and | stones were freely used by the mob, | and the police, under orders of their | chief, fired several blank volleys, while | mounted men charged, using the flats | of their swords. The mob fought | stubbornly, but finally broke and | sought shelter in the side streets. } Many of the demonstrators paraded on side streets in smaller groups, wav- ing flags and singing. A crowd of 500 | collected in front of the theater, | where »evolutionary flags were hoiste amid shouts of “Long live Freedom! | | | The police were not prepared at this point and the crowd, gathering in| volume, moved from the square to| Neglina street and Koominestki | bridge, the chief street of Moscow, | where the police met them. Another | stubborn fight ensued, ending with three blank volleys and saber charges. | The disturbance continued at isolat- | ed spots throughout the afternoon. | Many shops were turned into hospi- tals, where the wounded were tempo- rarily cared for. The workmen held aloof from the| demonstration, employers having giv- en them warning that any who parti- éipate@ would be dismissed. DEMANDS FOR REFORMS. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 18.—The disturbances were to-day confined to Moscow. The Socialistic revolutionary party in St. Petersburg has decided to abstain from further demonstrations, many of their leaders having been ar- rested or wounded on December 11 and no further trouble is likely unless mobilization of reserves is proclaimed for this city or in the event of the fall of Port Arthur. Meanwhile a group of lawyers is collecting evidence upon which they purpose to institute pro- ceedings against the police for the al- leged ill treatment of prisoners in the affair of December 11. A meeting of 404 undergraduate girls of the medical institute to-day passed resolutions of sympathy with Sasonieff, under sentence to imprison- ment for the murder of Minister von Plehve. Another resolution adopted demands liberal reforms. The meet- ! ing wound up with shouts of “Down with autocracy” and “Long live free- dom!” resolutions similar to those adopted by the Zemstvoists were passed. ———— CHICAGO'S MAYOR COMING WEST FOR THE WINTER Harrison Attracted to Los Angeles Through the Glowing Accounts of His Private Secretary. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18.—Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago expects to | arrive in this city shortly after the holidays for an extended outing. His private secretary, Edward Lahiff, is now here and is making the nec parations for the reception of his lef. Lahiff has become an- ardent ad- mirer of Southern California and his glowing descriptions have had much a battery on our left flank In econsider- able strength and at first obtained pos- “When the Japanese retired under .nl Continued on Page 2, Column 1. Continued on Page 2, Column 2. to do with Mayor Harrison’s determi- nation to spend a portion of the wins ter here. Harrison is pri- for the benefit of his son, who is in health. R t Senator Mitchell Hurrying! Home to Face Federal Grand Jury. Congressman Binger Hermann, a Promi- nent Attorney and Other Ore- gonians May Be Indicted. —_—— Special Dispatch to The Call, PORTLAND, Dec. 18.—A TUnited States Senator hurrying to Portland as fast as steam will bear him in order to prevent his indictment by the Federal Grand Jury, a Congressman who from now on will momentarily expect to learn that he has been indicted, a prominent attorney and scion of one of the oldest and best known pioneer fam- ilies of Oregon, Wwith Government agents, timber men and other small fry in a quantity sufficient to fill out the balance of the cast are the dramatis | personae who will figure in the act of the investigation of the land frauds | scandal on which' the curtain will rise | to-morrow morning. | | | In pursuance of an order of Federal Judge C. B. Bellinger, issued at the time the second land fraud trial was postponed till next March, the Grand Jury will convene to-morrow to con- sider a vast amount of evidence which the Government inspettors have been | slowly gathering during the last two | vears. When that jury is adjourned it | is expected that the United States Sen- ator from Oregon, John Hipple Mitch- ell; Representative to Congress and ex- Commissioner of Lend fice Binger Herman Pierc ué! L cunnph-a‘cy to dtr e United Si of a portion of the public demain. | According to Mitehell's announced in- | tention, he left Washington to-night fo: the ostensible purpose of giving testi mony before the jury. It is said that there are those who have been conviet- | ed of conspiracy to defraud who are not | at all satisfied with the prospect of | playing the scapegoat. It is said that | these men have talked to the Govern- | ment representatives in an effort to save themselves from the terms in prison that are staring them in the It is known that at the last session of the Grand Jury an indictment of Her- mann was seriously considered, but the | evidence was not sufficient to warrant the action. It is true that Hermann was not asked to come back to testify before the Grand Jury, but there is strong reason to believe that he will be a subject of discussion in the Grand Jury room this week. Irvin Ritten- house, at one time Hermann's private | secretary, is in the city and is in com- munication with representatives of the Government. . In connection with Hermann is re- vived tbe story of the missing records which could not be found after Her- mann went out of office. Forty-one books, or parts of them, in which was the correspondence of the office, can- not be found. There is a story that some time before Hermann went out of office he directed a clerk to cut certain volumes in half and that the stubs be returned to him. The stubs, it is said were later destroyed. ' F. Pierce Mays, the attorney, is link- ed with Mitchell and Hermann in what- ever might have been done by all of them. He gave the letter of introduc- tion to Puter to give to Mitchell, There are others in the game and some of them are men of high standing in the life of the State, at whom the finger of suspicion points. The lesser knaves have been caught; the week to come perhaps will mark the entangle- ment of the bigger rogues. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — Senator Mitchell and Representative Binger Hermann of Oregon left Washington last night for Portland. Both Senator Mitchell and Mr. Hermann declare in most positive terms that they are ab- solutely innocent of complicity in the land frauds and have nothing to fear from returning to Oregon. Both assert with equal positiveness that the time has come when “this outrageous perse- cution must stop.” They will insjst upon their right to go before the Grana Jury and make answer to all charges that may be made against them, con- fident that they will be able to estab- lish their innocencé. They expect to have a hearing on Saturday, Senator Mitchell sent this tele, yesterday to District Attorney ‘tfl.fi: and Assistant Attorney General Henev:l he 15 iPakY “I will be in Portland next - day. I demand a thorough lnv::t::;. tion before the Grand Jury of all charges, if any have been made against me. I also demand a right to appear as a witness before the Grand Jury.” Representative Hermann ieaving made this statement: “Information having been receivel that there was a probability that an attempt would be made to jinvowe Senator Mitchell and myself in the Girand Jury investigation as to lana frauds.in Oregon, I believe it to pe my cuty to proceed to Portland and there ask the privilege of meeting before any charges which may be preferreq.” LACROSSE, Wis., Dec. 18.—Mrs. Hor- ace G. nley has ted & Erant divorce from her husband, H. G. Me- Kinley, who was convicted of fraud in onnection with timber land deals in is now under bonds in OVEL- G IN 1 W v BANK BILLS FALL PREY T0 FLAMES ExpreMmpany Suffers Loss of 323000 Epecial Dispatch to The Call. WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. 18— Adams Express Company lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars in a fire which destroyed at Webster Junction one of its cars on the Boston and Al- bany Rallroad traln that left New York at 11 o'clock on Thursday night and was due to arrive in Boston soon after 6 o'clock on Friday morning. The loss included $200,000 in bank bills and coupon bonds, all the nego- tiable paper in transit from New York banks to Boston banks, $4000 worth of bills consigned from New York to the Worcester national banks, $3000 worth of merchandise, at least $6000 worth ot jewelry and other valuables, the exact value of which was not known by the company officlals to-day. The merchandise was insured for $10,- 000 through the agency of a New York company, leaving the loss to the com- pany about $230,000. The safe was taken from the ruins at Webster Junction on Friday with the door intact and to all appearances none the worse for having gone through the flames. ‘When the safe was opened in Boston it was found that its valuable contents had been de- stroyed. The fifty or sixty packages preserved their forim, but they were so badly charred that it is believed it will be impossible to obtain the re- demption of any of the bills or bonds. The packages were burned to a crisp, and the moment they were touched bled to ashes. cr;:le fire followed an explosion of a Kkerosene lamp in the express car. S S S DAUGHTER OF WEALTHY PLANTER 1S MURDERED b prominent Young Man Disappears When the Tragedy Is Discovered. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Dec. 18.— The mutilated body of Rose White. the 18-year-old daughter of Harlan ‘White, a wealthy planter, has been found in the snow near Chapmans- ville. A clinching iron found nearoy was stained with blood and the sur- roundings indicated a struggld. A peofiuht yeuss man e disspe POSONED ~ LUNCHEOY 118 HER Atrocious Murder of - Young Girl in Colorado. ASRED A s COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec‘. 18.— | The body of a girl who is believed |to have ‘been murdered. has been | found on Mount Cutler by two resi- | dents of this city, who were survey- ing there. The body was lying face downward across a log. An attempt t0 destroy the features and prevent identification by burning had been made. Near the body were found a few hairpins and an empty bottle that had contained gasoline, but every | stitch of clething had beén removed. The woman had light brown hair, | was about 30 years of age, about fiv feet six inches in height and weilg] about 140 pounds. From the appear- ance of the body death occurred about | a week or ten days ago. | The body has been placed in the hands of Coroner Law, who will em- | panel a jury to-morrow. Detectives are at work on the case. The body is that of a girl about 18 years of gae, five feet in height and weighing about 125 pounds. It bears every indication of refinement. The fingers have marks of rings having been worn, but no jewelry was found. The head, shoulders and portlons of the breast were badly burned, but the hair had burned so slightly that.it was cnly partially destroyed. That which is left is of a light-brown color and would indicate that the deceased was a blonde. The left upper cuspid tooth, being the third from the center, wears a gold crown. There is every Indication that the young woman died of poison. The theory most favored by the officers is that the girl was a visitor, prob- ably from the East; that she was in- duced by some man to accompany him for an outing, and that he killed her by means of a poisoned luncheon. A reward for the recovery of the girl's clothing or any part that will lead to her identification nas been of- fered by the authorities. A post- mortem examination will be made to- MOrrow- Telegrams were sent out to-night to the Chiefs of Police of Philadelphia. St. Louis and other cities, giving a de- scription of the dead girl. They were sent upon the theory that the girl was ) killed by some person who found that | she stood in the way of valuable prop- erty or an inheritance. Near the point where the body was ! found the officers discovered a card | bearing the name and address of a St. | Louis man and a prescription blank bearing the name of Dr. F. Kline | Baker, 3019 Diamond street. Philadel- phia, and the name of Comp. druggist. ’Tmrueth and Diamond streets. Phila- delphia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18—D. E. F. Kline said to-night that he knew noth- ing of the Colorado murder case. He explained the presence of his prescrip- tion blanks on Mount Cutler by saying that he spent several days at Colorado Springs last summer and that he car- ried with him 2 pad of his preseription | bright-eyed | reclined in ‘a chair in the lobby of the | which he is employed. | a plain but sensible fellow.” blanks for the purpose of making memoranda. He says he may have dropped some of them and that they may have been blown about by the wind. HA& remembers having given one to .’hp.howmphn who took his photo- gral Princess of Troubetskoy, arrived in this city yesterday and is staying at the St. Francis Hotel. Miss Rives is leisurely touring the West in search for a central character around which she Pproposes to soon weave a story of love. It is her first visit to San Francisco, and although she had been in this city but a part of yesterday she availed her- self of the time afforded her to care- fully view the Western metropglis from a seat in a motor car and finished her trip thoroughly enraptured with the city. “San Francisco is indeed an interest- ing place, far more so than 1 had pic- tured in my mind,” remarked this critic and writer as she St. Francis Hotel last evening and re- | cited her experiences of the day. “Deo you know that it reminds one a bit of Paris, though your hills quickly dispel { an idea that one is traveling over the | flat roadways of the French metropol The strongest resemblance to Paris found in your business part of town, and with this peculiar style of intro- cuction Miss Rives permitted the con- versation to quickly turn to the real purposes of her presence in the Far West. “I am very eager to find a typical Western character for-my new story, which will be a romance of love. I have got the general run of the story pretty well mapped out in my mind, but possibly it may be materially changed before I have finished my trip over the coast. I had thought that I might find my character in the person or persons of several Western farmers. but when 1 had visited Butte, Mont.. | and other big Western mining centers I was not slow In realizing that my search should thereafter be pursued among mining men. I think that object will: be finally accomplished in the se- lection of a prospector. - 7 “Po my mind he 11y be a'rather taH, mmew'mlmrom- ful fellow, to enable me to portray im words the lover that I have conceived. 1 do not think the too robust man ap- pears in romance as an interesting wooer. I refer to him as the central character of my story, for I do not al- ways fancy heroes. My judgment prompts me to picture him as tall and slender, but with a good pair of shoul- ders, suggestive of ruggedness of the Western adventurer, who has lived by his own work- Not a man, mind you, who is booted with coarse leather and slovenly attire, but a fellow who is careful of his appearance in so far as the rough conditions will permit, and is possessed of knowledge gained by experience in the field of labor in In other words Miss Rives has traveled a great deal during her short life, and has undoubt- edly made a close study of the men she has met, for she made some rather cutting remarks regarding some of them during her interview last even- ing. Her opinion is decidedly settled on the point that the wearing of the hair long and carelessly arranged doe: not always suggest genius, and she also firm in her belief that the fop- pishly dressed man IS not the gentle- man that many foolish girls are in- clined to suppose. A CONFUSION OF NAMES. Of her most recent production, “The Castaway,” in which Lord Byron is selected as her leading character—a story that has received most flattering criticisms—Miss Rives said that her re- gret was that the public had, for some unexplained reason, multiplied her hero and persistently referred to the title of the book as “The Castaways.” “I have been frequently annoyed by hearing the story referred to as ‘The Castaways,’” sald Miss Rives, “and have tried in vain to discover how this mistake had become so general. Never- theless, 1 have had a high ambition partly realized in the success of the book and have entered upon the task of writing another story with a great deal of enthusiasm.” It is the intention of the authoress to remain in San Francisco for several weeks and then proceed south to Los Angeles, visiting the various pretty places of Southern California en route. She has only recently returned from an extended trip abroad, where sha visited all the principal capitals and gave as much of her time as possibls to the gathering of impressions of the people and acquiring inspiration for future literary work. —_—————————— ASKS FOR TWO DIVORCES IN A SINGLE PETITION Omaha Woman Applies for a Double Decree and the Court Is ! Puz=led. OMAHA, Dec. 18.—Can a woman be divorced from two husbands at once? This is the question which the Omaha courts are called upon to answer. Mrs. Mary C. Bennett, an Omaha woman, wants to be a widow with the ald of the law in order to obtain a pension from the Government. Mrs. Bennett's first husband was killed in the Civil War. Subsequently she married Josiah Martin, who later deserted her. Three years afterward she married Bennmett, and he, too, finally deserted her. Yesterday Mrs. Bennett filed a suit for divorce against both Martin and Bennett, alleging desertion and asking that she be made the legal widow of the Union soldier in order that she may obtain a pension. Two divorces are asked for in the same petition. —————— Alleged Embezzler Caught. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 18—C. A, Fuller, charged with embezzlement by Frank M. Jones, a bicycle dealer hav- ing stores in Sacramento and Los An- geles, was arrested in San Diego to-