The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1904, Page 2

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SAT DAY, DECEMBER 24, 190 PRISONER ON THE OF A COLLAPSE SR S a iy Continned From Page 1, Column 7 whose conclu- sarily will be hey fct Att subject ne B judgment as t conviction and his more al judgment whether or not should be subjected to the xpense which another trial e entails.” .ssing his appreciation of ¢ Judge Davis, and review- that there was no Coro- nquest and that the defense did minutes of the Grand ndicted Miss ve the without eq the de- lant is wholly expense which were bound to arise. This has never been able to do, 50 that d ing the progress of the trial we did not ever the sten pher's minutes of imony, but were obliged to depend upon our own notes as to proofs given through a trial spreading over | threc weeks WITHOUT PUNDS. st important wit- should have been the e defer " ¥ at el, who received the ¢ which the deceased rming. But we were v ans to secure her attendance at the trial and only 4 - ered her whereabouts in St. Louis was in progress. many other embarrass- hich the defendant suf- fered with regerd to the non-appear- ance of witnesses which are well known o th 1 confident now that, in wide publicity given to the witnesses will come for- to corroborate the ef n all its substantial however, wheth- ey will move for 1 of this case the hour which had been & of court, word lephone that Justice Davis that he would not courthouse til 11:30. In police stationed the courthouse corrid: had scrious ity in holding in check ¥ clamoring for admission. t's order that ctators be cluded from the courtroom e i out 105t to the letter H ns occupicd seats in 1t Among th rere ghr ' at 11:30 Je 1, the pris- R s fatk oner me in and took a seat el the counsel’s table. FATHER SHOWS THE STRAIN. No word had been received from Justice Davis to that time, however, | and there followed another wait of ten minutes before a stir indicated that co was about to resume its sessior A moment later the jurors, ir faces showing deep lines as a re- sult of ir all-night vigil, filed sol- emnly in and took their places behind the r Miss Patterson had not reached the courtroom up to that time but 25 the jurors marched down e her father, half turning in gazed intently upon their he turned back and fum- nervously a paper which lay the table his hands shook as if and it seemed apparent w little to arouse hope in of the jurors. ‘A moment Patterson, gowned entirely in black and with a heavy veil con- cealing her features, walked with a firm step to the chair beside her As she sat down she placed one arm across her father's shoulder., With the othen.she raised her veil and kissed the oild man in a wvery pretty, affectionate way. Of the two the father showed in a far great- er degree the strain under which they 1 for many hours and for a irl turned comforter. There eslion was put to the jur- reman replied that no de- g Justice Da- vis said that un most any other circumstances he would discharge the jury at that peint without further de- had b cision Jay, but this case he considered one of great importance. The jury again retired. JURY UNABLE TO AGREE. When the jury came in again at 12:50 Miss Patterson became Very nervous. The color of her face seemed to deepen, #f thar were possibie, and her whole attitude showed that she was undergo- ing keen suffering. When the jury re- ported their disagreement and the Jus- tice discharged them she turned to her father snd threw herself on his shoul- | ders, weeping bitterly. Up to the last she hap hoped to be free in time to go home to Washington to spend Christ- A!)\‘ERTI SEMENTS. HELLER & FRANK IimcomPORATE DS CLOTHIERS OVERCOAT LUXURY curely found in our finest grade: ! 7 FABRIC fine, dark and rich, | ¥/ oxfords or biack. LININGS of heavy siik, pure satin_or doubl le warp serge. CUT AND TAILORED with Beliberate care and great skill. Full Regulars and shapely Paletots. From $15.00 to $30.00, MARKET STREET AND GRANT AVENUE "~ Patterson, ( | was taken, standing six for acquittal vhen counsel a her case it was with the un- wd in the expectation that | would be sufficiently a moment’s delay when | NOW VERGE ymas with her mother, and the disagree- {ment was a most poignant disappoint- | ment to her. The old man tried to com- | fort her, but she fell fainting in his arms. The girl was revived from her faint- | ing spell, but continued to sob hyster- ically. Justice Davis thanked the jury | |and remanded Miss Patterson to the | | Tor She was led out sobbing vio- | | lently and in a state of severe nervous | | collapse. | After the rest of the jury had left the | | courtroom the foreman remained and | {had a consultation with Justice Davis.| ! The foreman said that only one ballot for conviction. It was then here was such a vast difference | icn that the remainder of the taken up in argument. Yim‘ W8 DISAPPOINTMENT IS KEEN. The keenest disappointment was felt | in the courtroom and in the ;reat‘[ crowd outside when the disagreement was announced. Not since thé Moli- | neux e has there been so much in- terest taken in a criminal trial in lhls‘ city and any of those present had hoped for a verdict of acquittal. The | closing of the proceedings at this time, | just two days before Christmas, added | | to the sentimental interest in the girl's | fate, and the prospect of spending the | | holiday in prison undoubtediy accentu- | zted the girl's agony when she heard | the s that she was not to be free. Her father, who has sat by her side ever since the trial began, and whose | tender caress and devotion to her have | | been the most touching feature of the trial, tried to comfort her, but his md-t dened face and mournful expression | robbed the words he uttered of force | and meaning as he said: “Don’t worry, little girl; it will come out all right ! PRISONER WEEPS BITTERLY. After her removal from the court- room Miss Patterson was taken to a ! retiring room and restoratives were given to her. She soon revived, but| while passing over the bridge:of zighs on her way to her cell in the Tombs she suffered a second fainting spell, from which she recovered slowly. Once in her cell, Miss Patterson wept bitterly. A Tombs missionary tried to comfort her, but she would not be comforted. ! She cried for her father, but when he{ was admitted to her cell she did not | immediately recognize him. The father | wept in company with his daughter. | After the prison physician had ad- | ministered stimulants Miss Patterson | recovered some of her former self-pos- | session Do you think,” she asked the mis- sionary, “that the jury believed me guilty because I broke down and cried, along toward the last there. You re- me after I had stood Mr. Rand's attack as long as I could, I just had to | break down and cry, and I thought | that may be they thought 1 was that | | | her, kind of a woma The mi bec onary reassured her and she ame more cheerful. St Mo S PRISONER'S MOTHER ILL. Mrs. Patterson Breaks Down When She Hears of Jury's Dis- agreement. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Deep | gloom prevails at the home of Nan Patterson Charles H. Patterson, 18/ vears old, a brother of the girl, was the only member of the family who | would see callers to-night. 1 1 "My mother is still very ilL” he‘ said. “She has hardly slept since the Jury went out yesterday and I was up with her all night. Her feeling, of course, is very intense, and her dis- appointment at the failure of the jury to agree when she confidently ex- pected an acquittal is very bitter and very hard to bear. “As the jury was kept out so long we all hoped for a final verdict of not guilty and thought Nan would be here to spend Christmas with us. Of course the intimation that the case may never come to trial again is some consola- | tion.” | Mrs. Patterson is more than 60 | vears old and during the strain of the trial has been in ‘very feeble health. — TRAGEDY IN A CAR. the “Nan” Patterson Murder Case. ! NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—The crime with which Nan Patterson, the former showgirl, was charged in the trial that ended to-day in a disagreement of the jury was one of the most sensa- tional in New York criminal an- nals. Its peculiar circumstances, the prominence of Caesar Young in sport- ing circles and the glamour. thrown around the central figure in the case because of her membership in one of the famous “Florodora” companies, all tended to lend it an interest hardly rivaled in recent years. From that world vaguely defined as “sporting,” | the interest in “the murder in the han- | History of sem cab” spread through all circles and | the proceedings of the trial have bezn | read from coast to coast and have held | a place on the first page of the metro- | politan press. With Miss Patterson sitting beside | | him in a cab, Caesar Young was on his | | way to a steamer pier, where his wife | awaited him to sail with her for Eu- | rope. The trip avowedly was planned 1o break his relations with the girl. 1t | was early in the morning, and but a few pedestrians were abroad in the | street through which the cab was hur. | rying to the dock. There was a pistol | shot and Young fell forward dead, hi | head in the girl's lap, with a bullet in | | his chest. ‘ CABMAN HEARS REPORT. | Just what transpired in the glass- inclosed vehicle probably will never be ' known. The cabman testified he heard | la report. He knew nothing more, For | some days an absolute silence pre- vailed. Then a flood of alleged eye witnesses turned up. Their stories, however, could not stand investigation, and one after another the witnesses were cast aside as sensation ™ 3 Then an old man, Martin 1ton, | of Oneonta, came farword. His probity was unguestioned. His standing in his home town was of the best,-and he told what he had seen on that June morn- {ing. He said he saw the man and a | woman, their hands clasped and heid face-high. then a flash, a puff of smoke and thé report of a revolver broke the i | 1898 secured a divorce. {and the Hammond packing rompanies( | two suits against the latter. | report, ' port and Young sank into her lap, dead. | acquaintance/who gave him a Masonic | | his word. —— ROSSIANS ADVANCE SIEGE 6UNS DESPITE HEAVY FIRING OF ENEMY Three Trenches Czar Receives No Confirmation of Report ACCUSED MAN TRIES SUICIDE AR B TR T Charles Dodge Seeks Death | Rather Than Clear Up a Big Matrimonial Mystef§y HELD FOR PERJURY Divoreed Wife, Who Was | a Californian, Now Spouse | of C. W, Morse, the lee King —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, 23, —Charles F. 1 Dec. Dodge, the former husband of the pres- ent wife of Charies W. Morse, the ice | king, was safely landed in police head- quarters to-night after he had- made an effort to throw himself from the steam- er on which he was brought from Tex- as. Officers of the steamer Lampasas, on which Dodge was brought from Texas, say that en route when they | pretended to be off guard, without an instant’s warning, Dodge made a rush for the guard rail and was just about | to spring over when they grabbed him and got him back into his room. He screamed that he wanted to end his life and that they would never get him back to New York alive. It is reported that Dodge has made a complete confession of the inside facts of the famous Dodge-Morse case, in- volving prominent New Yorkers in a double case of conspiracy and black- | mall. For five hours Dodge was closeted | in the private office of Commissioner | McAdoo with the United States Mar-| shals and Assistant District Attorney Garvan, while Bartow S. Weeks, his attorney, stormed at the door and de- | manded admittance to the where Dodge was undergoing third degree. | The District Attorney has been after | Dodge for more than a year and has | spent mqre than $17,000 in the pur-} suit. | Dodge married Miss Clemence Cowles in San Francisco in 1877, In| 1889 she separated from him, and in She married | the ice king, C. W. Morse, in 1901, In 1903 Justice Scott set aside the decree | room | the | ! of divorce from Dodge because he was not served with the papers, and her marriage to Morse was annulled. She | again sued Dodge for divorce. A let- ter was then discovered in which| Dodge admitted he had been legally | served with the notice in her first pro- | ceedings. Dodge was indicted for per- | jury. The court thereupon reinstated | the original divorce and she again be- | came Mrs. Morse, i —_——— | MONTANA SUPREME COURT | | HEARS BEEF TRUST CASE | oo DL | Attorney General Proceeding Agalnslz Swift, Armour, Cudahy and | Hammond Companies. . HELENA, Mont.,, Dec. 23.—The beef trust cases are now in the hands of the Supreme Court. Several hours to- | day were devoted to hearing argu- ments on the demurrer filed by the de- fendants in each of the five suits brought by Attorney General Donovan. The defendant companies are Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Cudahy & Co. | of Chicago and Pueblo, there being| Attorney General Donovan alleges | that the companies named constitute a | trust or combine for the control of | prices of livestock and packing-house | products. —————— WIDOW OF SYVETON MAY BE PLACED UNDER ARREST | | French Deputy Supposed to Have Been Drugged Before He Was Suffocated. PARIS, Dec. 24 —A news agency says two warrants have been issued, but have not yet been served, in the Syve- ton case, one of them against Madame Syveton, widow of the Deputy. Al- though the officials do not confirm this it is believed that arrests are | imminent. A morning paper affirms that a chem- jcal analysis of the intestines of the late | Deputy Syveton revealed the presence of morphine and concludes from this that Syveton was drugged before he suffocated. o | | most important witness placed on the stand, and the efforts of the prosecu- tion to shake his brief but vital testi- mony went for naught. Then the defendant herself went on the witness stand and told the whole story of her relations with Young. It was a cruel ordeal, but she told it all in a straightforward manner, from the day she met the man who was to turn her life in tragedy's path, to the fatal moment in the cab. She said her com- panion shot himself. He held both her wrists with one hand. As she struggled | to free herself she heard a revolver re- MISSING WITNESS. This, in brief, is the story of the! case that has been a three-times nine- | days’ talk in New York. There were many sensational side-lights to it, none ! of which were brought out at the trial. One of the strangest of these is the miss- | ng eyvewitnesses. Hazelton said that ' another man stood beside him and saw | the tragedy. He was a casual street | greeting and whose name he did not know. He had introduced himself as “a brother from the Rocky Moun- tains.” The unknown has been searched for far and wide by both the prosecu- tion and the defense. The story of his presence has been published in every newspaper in the country, but he did not come forward, even though a hu- man life might have depended upon ‘There were other lines of investiga- | setting Evacuated by Japanese of Escape of Torpedo-Boats. MUKDEN, 'Dec. 23.—The Russians succeeded to-day in advancing the po- sition of their siege guns four miles south along the wagon road. This was | accomplished in the face of a pretty | heavy artillery fire from the Japanese, who fired upward of a hundred shells, which, however, did little execution, | only two men being wounded. On account of the difficulties in get- ting supplies here many Chinese and other refugees have been sent north by the Chinese officials. Volunteers on the night of December 21 occupied Japanese trenches opposite their positions. Three trenches were evacuated by the Japanase with scarcely a fight. The victors were sur- . prised to find a box lying in plain view, which they opened carefully, fearing that it might contain explosives, but they found in it wine, biscuits and sweets, and a letter in Russian politely requesting its acceptance “from’ dis- turbing neighbors.” HE - RUSSIANS ARE SENTIMENTAL. | Correspondent Describes the Burial of Cossacks Killed Below Sindee. MUKDEN, Nov, 25.—Wild and rough i as are the Cossacks, they are peculiar- ly sentimental and as susceptible as children to the emotion of the hour, whether it be anger or sympathy. One of the most striking sights I have ever witnessed was the whole of Mist- chenko's division paying its respects to the remains of the four Cossacks who | were killed and mutilated below Sin- dee. It was some time back, just toward the end of the summer. The burial was fixed for 9 a. m. Mistchenko and all his staff and the Fourth Chita Regiment, to which the men belonged, was accorded the place of prom- inence in the ceremonies. There were no coffin’s available, and the bodies were wrapped in plalted straw, but so smothered with wild flowers and native grasses that it was impossible to see the ghastly blood stains soaking through the covering until the corpses were lifted from the stretchers to be placed in the grave. The churchly ac- cessories were scanty. An old table had been brought from a deserted Chi- nese hut, and on it was placed an old regimental ikon and before it a single bit of wax candle—the nearest ap- proach to a taper that could be had. The priest of the Barnaulski Regiment officiated. He took his place before the table; the order “Hats off; pray,” was passed down the line, and Mistchenko, the example, uncovered and bowed his head, while the men knelt, bareheaded, but each with his carbine between his knees. The church aec- cessories may have been poor and simple, but the temple was magnificent. It was God's own house, a walled-in valley with green hills rising on every side and over all rising a single peak that might have been the spire of this mighty cathedral. The service, simple was seon over. but affecting, The priest blessed the bodies and the stretchers were raised: shoulder-high and passed up the hill past the massed regiments, and the band played a dead march. Mist- chenko and his staff followed on foot, like the rest, and after the Cossacks had placed the bodies in the open grave he threw in a handful of earth and each officer and man of the regiment 4id likewise. Then the general shook hands with the priest, thanking him for his attendance on the dead, and also shook hands with and thanked the four Cossacks who had stood in the grave to receive the bodies. Before the assembly was dismissed Mistchenko briefly addressed the men, warning them under no circumstances to com- mit any reprisal on the dead or wound- od Japanese who should fall into their hands. And, so far as 1 have . ever heard, this mandate has been obeyed. But before the day was out we had enother skirmish with the Japanes: and T heard that every man cut a cross on his cartridge before firing. o St g DOGGER BANK INCIDENT. Russians Say They Will Prove Pres- ence of Japanese Torpedo-Boats. PARIS, Dec. 23.—There will not be the slightest hesitancy on the part of the Russian witnesses in the Hull in- quiry to declare dogmatically that they met Japanese torpedo-boats on Dogger Bank. Captain Cladd's testi- mony, which will carry great weight on account of his well-known honesty, cool headedness and judgment, will be supplemented by that of other offi- cers present on the fatal night off Hull. Three officers detached from Ad- miral Rojestvensky's fleet on special missions to the Czar, have just arrived in this city and will lay before the commission what they consider strong evidence of the presence of Japanese in the channel. Lieutenant Valrond, who was in charge of the torpedo operations on the Kamchatka, says he will bring flashlight photographs taken duirng the night of the Hull incident which will clearly prove the presence of the Japanese vessels. If they were not Japanese, then what was the nation- ality of the vessels, is the question. Valrond said to-day: “They cer- tainly were not Russian, because they were of different color from our boats. Moreover, I will show wireless tele- graph ribbons containing correspond- ence between our vessels that night on the subject of the strange torpedo- boats that were following us. What became of the vessels it is not our business to explain, but personally I am willing to stakg my life that I saw them.” Valrond speaks of other evi- dence still more important, but re- serves it for the Czar and the commis- slon. T L 2 ANXIOUSLY AWAITING NEWS. Russianr Admiralty Not Informed of Escape of Eight Torpedo-Boats. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 23.—The Admiralty professes ignorance of the report printed by the Londen Daily Telegraph to-day in a dispatch from Chefu that eight Russian torpedo-boat destroyers had escaped from Port Ar- thur during a severe snowstorm. If knowledge of their contemplated escape existed here naturally it would be care- fully guarded for strategic reasons un- til certain that they were clear. There is no attempt, however, to disguise the NEW HEBRIDES TRIBAL WARS Advices From South Seas Tell of Bloody Battles Between Savage Islanders MANY NATIVES KILLED 1 e Murderers of Captains and Mate of Trading Vessels Guillotined by the French PR S007 LSS VICTORIA, B. C. Dec. 23.—His Majesty's ship Mutine, which has re- turned to Australia from a South Sea cruise, reports that tribal wars were baing carried on in the New Hebrides and many natives were being killed, especially on the island of Malekula. ‘With the French warship Muerthe the Mutine investigated the ‘“‘cutting out” of two trading vessels and the natives who murdered part of the vessels’ crews were guillotined by the French. Feur natives were executed for the murder of Captain Pentecost, master of a trading vessel that was attacked, and two were punished with geath for the murder of the captain and mate of the Ketchla Perle, A joint commission was held by offi- cers of the British and French ships to hear complaints of settlers, mostly concerning land disputes. e A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Bind, Bleeding or Protruding Plles. Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINT. MENT falls to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50c.* —— e —— House as Present to Royalty. BERLIN. Dec. 23.—The cities of tion, heralded by the defense or the commonwealth as vital, that played no Schleswig-Holstein are arranging to part in the trial, and no case in years, | purchase and present to Emperor Wil- surrounded as it was at first with so, llam and Empress Augusta Victoria at much seeming mystery, has been so their approaching silver wedding anni- barren of the dramatic and unexpect- yersary the house in Hamburg in which ed in the court room. - {the Empress spent a number of her childhood years. e Shermgn, Clay & Co. are offering a CASTRO GIVEN SHARP NOTICE Venezuelan President Must Improve His Manners if He Wants te Avoid Trouble ROOSEVELT IS ANGERED Ruler of Little Republic Is Given Sixty Days’ Grace to Change His Attitude —— Speclal Dispatch to The Call. _WASHINGTON, Deec. 23.—President Roosevelt has determined to teach President Castro of Venezuela a lesson in good government. Roosevelt is weary of the long delay of the Ven- ezuelan courts in deciding the asphalt controversy, angry over the expulsion from the country of A. F. Jaurett, an American editor at Caracas, and in- dignant over the efforts being made by Castro to evade the terms of payment of the foreign debt provided for in the peace protocols signed in Washington 1 fact that confirmation of the would be welcome intelligence. It is quite possible that arrangements were made for the destroyers with the aid of ! the second Pacific squadron, to which they would constitute a powerful re- inforcement. The Archbishop of Warsaw has sent to all the Catholic priests of his diocese a special prayer imploring God to send ing the celebration of mass. The Novoe Vremya continues to re- | China, pointing out that Russia will { suffer the least of the big powers from [an uprising, and warning the latter to | prepare to meet the coming storm. General Kuropatkin, reporting a small skirmish to Emperor Nicholas, | anese prisoners who were taken De- cember 21. They were insufficiently clad, their boots especially being bad. The general also witnessed the amputa- tion of the frost-bitten leg of a Jap- anese. Fosr < B ke 8 GERMAN STEAMSHIPS. in the South Seas. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. vices were received by the steamship Aorangi, which arrived to-day from Australia, that three Japanese officers her departure with the intention of the movements of forty German ity for the purpose of coaling the Bal- | tic fieet. trace of the Russian vessels. SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSSES. Russians Make an ting, but Are Driven Back. GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUAR- TERS, via Fusan, Dec. 22 (Delayed in transmission).—The Russians along the front of General Oku's army dur- ing the night of December 20 made a determined attack on Lamuting, were driven back with heavy losses. The Japanese sustained no casualties. Dismounted Russian cavalry attack- the Japanese line on the night of De- cember 20-21, but were repulsed with heavy losses. Small detachments of Russians nightly attack the Japanese outposts and patrols, but with no success. R4 B L T Honors for Grand Duke Viadimir. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 23.—It is report | a collier to flee southward and join peace, with instructions to read it dur\“ Charles Henry. count instances of Japanese agitation in | says he personally saw a couple of Jap- 1 Japanese Keeping an Eye on Vessels 23.—Ad- | proceeding to the South Seas to watch | steamships reported to be in the vicin- | Attack on Lamu- | but | ed the cavalry on the extreme left of | CATCH ROBBER ¢« RED-HANDED | Captured by Three Nervy Western Addition Youths MAY BE BROWN'SSLAYER SRR | Police Say Prisomer Answers Deseription of Murderer of Oakland Policeman —_— A lone highwayman made an unsuc- cessful attempt to hoid Frankenberg at Clay and u streets last night, shortly 10 o’clock. . The victim blew a police whis- tle and the burglar started to run. He was pursued by Romolo Sbarboro, Ed- ward Everett Jr. and Wallace Brad- ford Jr., and was run down. Policeman | O'Neill happened to be near by and the thug was turned over to him. At the City Prison the man gave the name of up aft Frankenberg is a harness-maker at '\120 Drumm street and resides at 3825 | Clay street. He was on his way homa last night when Henry jumped out jfrom a clump of trees at Clay and | Spruce streets and demanded that | Frankenberg throw up his hands. The latter drew a police whistle and blew | it loudly. Then the thug rapped his victi over the head with the butt of a re- {volver and started off. Branford, Sbarboro and Everett heard the warn- ing shriek and gave chase to the thug. They were successful In running him ‘l]v.\\n and held him till- Patrolman | O'Neill came In sight. O’Neill took his man to the Central | pelice station, where he was charged with attempted robbery. | The police are of the opmion that { Henry is a member of the gang that recently killed Policeman Brown in Oakland and committed other outrages | there. He answers the deseription of { one of the thugs, and the police may arrived at Fremantle shortly before find a clew that will connect him with | the Oakland tragedy. —_————— | Japanese Fleet Ready to Sail, LONDON, Dec. 24. — Teiegraphing | from Tokio the corgespondent of the | Daily Express says that he learns that His Majesty's ships Pleiades and Cad- | in the event of Admiral Kamimura, mus, which were dispatched by Ad-|who is reported to have gome south miral Lanshawe, commander of the with a squadron of powerful cruisers, Australian squadron, to search for notifying it of the approach of the se Russian warships, reported to be ! ond Russian Pacific squadron the whole cruising in Torres Straits, have re-|Japanese fleet which has been operating turned to Sydney without finding any | at Port Arthur will be ready to p ed | south on a day no to give battle. b R A Chinese Seize Russinn Ammunition. LONDON, Dec. 24—The Times' cor- respondent at Peking reports that the Chinese have seized at the Fengtai | station, pear Peking, three million rounds of Russian rifle ammunition consigned to a Russian firm at Tien- | tsin and evidently designed for Port Arthur. . The ammunition . was. con- cealed in bales of wool brought from | Kalgan on camels. SN Fleet Withdraws From Port Arthur, TOKIO, Dec. 24.—Admiral Togo an- nounces the withdrawal of the majority | of the fleet from Port Arthur. i ——— Fog Causes a Fatal Collision. PARIS, Dec. 23.—During a dense fog | which completely disorganized traffia | to-day the London-Boulogne express ran into the Lille express outside tha | North station,-smashing the last car- riage of the Lille express. Six bodies | reported that Grand Duke Viadimitthave been recovered and It is feared will be appointed President of the Council of the empire, being succeed- ed as commander in chief of the Im- | perial Guard by Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholevich. SILTAN'S ACTS OFFEND FRANCE Minister at Tangier Is In- structed to Demand an Explanation of the Ruler TROUBLE MAY FOLLOW Unless Reparation Is Made There Will Be a Military and Naval Demonstration SR A PARIS, Dec. 23.—The Foreign Office considers the situation in Morocco ex- tremely grave. Thd Suitan's dismissal of his French and other military ad- visers has been followed by 2 number of acts showing his intention to inter- rupt thée execution of the French pol- fcy. Accordingly, the French Min- ister at Tangier has been instructed to secure the immediate withdrawal from the Moroccan capital the French Consul and all the membErs of the mil- by Minister Bowen, acting as the Ven- ezuelan peace envoy, and the British, German and Itallan Embassadors. . Castro will be given sixty days in which to mend his ways. If at the end of that period of grace he shall not have assumed an attitude which the President considers fair and just to this country and the foreign powers, a fleet of American warships will be sent to Venezuela to make a demon- stration. If this be not sufficient to produce the desired reform, several ports and custom-houses, probably, will be seized and held until all disputes have been satisfactorily adjusted and Castro has promised to be good. The President is determined, if a lesson has to be taught, it shall be thorough, and that the effect shall be felt by all Cen- tra) and South American governments. Castro was to-day given a broad hint of what he may expect when the notice was served on him by Minister Bowen that his explanation of the reason for the expulsion of Mr. Jaurett is “very £°0d | ynsatisfactory” te Depart- PG, foe SEED, TRV SIS MO | ot Dmnm::tm.-:m Americans, explanation. The French Minister has been in- structed to communicate this to Sultan at the same time he notifies the Consul, military men and citizens to prepare to depart. The officials here say that no definite militaky or naval steps have yet been taken, as these await the Sultan’s response to the Min- ister's demand:; in force will follow if a suitable ex- planation and reparation are not promptly given. The correspondent at Tangier of the Matin says that after calling at the French Mission the Ministers of the several powers ordertd all the people of their nationalities to quit Fez. e explanation was ridiculous and really ‘was no explanation at all. It is reported that Castro fearing trouble with the United States has, planted guns at La Guayra. Venezue- lans age sald to be very bitter against ftary mission and all French citizens | unless the Sultan vacates his previous | offensive action and offers a suitabie the | but a demonstration | | that more are under the engine. A | score of wounded have been taken tq | hospitals. All the victims are French. —_——— Pope Receives Bishop O’Connell. | ROME, Dec. 23.—The Pope to-day re- ceived In private audience the Right Rev. W. H. O'Connell, Bishop of Port« land, Me. The Pope inquired about the different nationalities composing the emigrants, dealing especially with the need of caring for them in a spirit of charity. ——— TWO PROGRAMMES PREPARED, At the West Side Christian Church, Bush street, near Devisadero, Rev. Walter M. White | pastor. & select musical programme will be | given morning and evening. Foliowing i» the | programme : | Morning, 11 o'clock—Organ preiude; Dox- | ology (audience stand); invocation and Lort's Prayer; anthem, “Behold, 1 Bring You Good Tidings" (Reot), ¢hoir; hymm, scripture Jesson; prayer; hyma, ! communion_service: offertory, (Stearns). “The Mes Mrs. of Great Joy' Walsh; sermon, W. M. White! song of invitatlen. to ‘Tell the Story,” 613; closing service; bene- diction: crgan postlude. Evening, 7:40 o'clock—Life of Jesus in | song and eeripture: Introductory hymn, Be- | joice and Be Giad,” No. 549, fve va., cou- i “Silent ght."” | &regation. His birth—Hymn. ¥ No. 44, three vs.. congregation; solo, “‘Noel, Mrs. R. L. Rigdon; carol, O Littls Town of | Bethiehem,”: anthem, ‘There Were Shep- herd (Bireh), chotr. The Ep\ph.lnyfs(‘rlpl- ¢ ure, Matt. 1i:1-¥ His Childhood—Seripturs, | Luke ii:41-51 Baptism—Chanat, Matt. _iv s tation—Seripture, His Tempta! Ty Manhocd—Anthe: rison), choir. 7-11 ““Jerusalem” (Parker), Gethsemane—Hymn, four vs, congreégation. “Cal Willlam_A. The | Mark xi | Connolly. " | Lord R tivan), . Mrs_Vincent | . Acts, 1,6-11. Hiis Coronu- | Him With M gregation; pra. mn, “‘Coronatic ADVERTISEMENTS. Hood’s Sarsapariila Has won success far beyond the ei- fect of advertising only. 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