The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1905, Page 1

* stated, - to be true, that it was because he had ~ .posure, b ; thigh hours, ending arf18: n Frangisco and settied weather Wednesday, THE WEATHER. Fefecast made at San Francisco for midnight, Janu- vicinity—Cloudy, prob- bly showers; fresh southeast winds,' A. G. McADIE, District Fot!m!lr, — CHUTES—Vaudeville. BCHE: FTI GRAND—* LYRIC ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI— S—Vaudeville. “The Silver Sl HALL—Bugton - lolmes Lec- (2 Matinee to- VOLUME XCVII—NO. N0 SEGRET CAPAIG DONATIONS Cockran Argues in Support of His Measures. Wounld Enforce Publicity in " Regard to Ante-Election Contributions. —— House Committee Considers Bill for Inquiry Into Charges Made in Late Contest WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The House ‘Committee on Elections of President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress gave a hearing to-day on bills introduced by Representative Bourke Cockran New York. One provides for publicity of contributions to cam- paign funds in Presidential elections aud the other for the appointmerit of a -.special commission to inquire into and ascertain the amounts of money ex- pended by both political parties in all Presidential elections from 1882 to 1904. In advocating the publicity measure, Cockran said there was the spectacle in st campaign of both candidates engaged in recrimination on this sub- ject. Heé contended that it should be known who contributed and how much was contributed, saying that pubMcity would leave no ground for.wrongful It has been charged, he said, that the large majority given the suc- fi date was due to the use of d he did not believe 5 He said that when it could not be understood why some one been appointed Embassador or n a high position, he was subjected » that he “came up hand- Embassador to Rome, for instance, was to be given a wider ‘diplomatic field, and he had heard it although he did not believe it *made a large contribution. (3 bilksfor a-comutt for the purpose of' ex- t to secure facts which would be of value in framing remedial legis- lation. Cockran said the country had heard of stupendous funds in 1896 and 1 It was rumored, he added, that ,000,000 or $60,000,000 was used in one ‘canvass, and it was well known that ihé expense of printing and supplying speakers was enormous. Cockran did not object to contribu- tions., He sald he did not care if Rocke- feller’ put up $2,000,000 or Morgan '$1,000,000, but he did want the fact . known, and objected to contributions * secretly made. Cockran advanced the argument that a' gieat share of the expense of con- ventions should be thrown on the Gov- ernment. LOBBYISTS MST WALK CHALK LINE -;Gov. Folk of Missouri Announces Strict : Regll@fii_on& .- JAFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 17— The stay of professional lobbyists in Jefferson City will be limited during the session of the Legislature. Gov- . ernor Folk to-day enunciated rules . that all reputed lobbyists must follow. The rules are simple enough and are promulgated along the line of the Gov- an s=aid this : ernor's inaugural message. The Gov- . ernor to-day advised certain rallroad " corporation attorneys, who are admit- tedly lobbyists, that they must adhere to the following rules: 1. On arrival in Jefferson City, or as . soon as possible thereafter, any profes- sional lobbyist must report his pres- ence in the city by presenting himself at the Governor's office. 2. Such lobbyist must state to the Governor the object of his visit. 3. A report must be made to news- * paper representatives, the same as that made to the Governor. . A thirty-hour limit is placed on the lobbyist's stay in the city. DR. IRVINE WILL SUE BISHOP FOR SLANDER To Bring Action Against Talbot lnl s Civil Court, Asking Damages. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17.—The controversy between Bishop Ethelbert Talbot of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Central Pennsylvania and Rev. Dr. I. N. W. Irvine took a new turn to-day and it is probable that the Whole affair will be adjusted in the civil courts. 7 Dr. Irvine to-day filed a notice of © suit for slander against Bishop Tal- bot, asking damages. The papers Wwere served on the Bishop, who came to Philadelphia to-day to preside at the meeting of the general committee of Sunday school instruction of the Episcopal church, of which he is a member. The amount of damages de- manded by Dr. Irvine is not known. 49. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 FINDS ORE AT THE RIS OF IS LIFE \Guide Takes Lucky Tumble Down | Mountain, —_— §Whlle Struggling to Save | Himseli He Uncovers a Rich Ledge. i Manages to Get Samples of -Rock, Though Danger of Fatal Drop > Is Imminent Yo Epecial Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.—While clinging for life to a manzanita bush on the verge of a 500 foot precipice to which he had fallen, and kieking des- perately for a hold in the crumbling | rock, Daniel E. Gump discovered a; ledge of copper ore which experts pro- nounce a bonanza. Gump, who lives in Lordsburg, had conducted a hunting party to Browns Flats in the mountains, twenty miles north of here. Alone he essayed a short cut on the return trip to show his companions it could be done. Instead of emerging on the trail, and | meeting the party where he had ex- pected, Gump suddenly found himself on a perilously steep moupntainside. A bowlder turned under him and he slid | and rolled down thirty yards, landing | cut and bruised in the brush on the | edge of an abyss. He was within an | inch of death. His shouts attracted the other hunters after a long time, | and it took them nearly a day to res- cue him from the fearful dilemma. ‘When finally taken down with ropes Gump had samples of ore which local assayers find runs $50 per ton copper, $10 gold and $3 sflver. The ledge from L:;:lch he took it at the risk of his life: asured several yards on tHe surface, and capitalists have taken hold to push extensive development. The strike is in the forest reserve at the head of Live| Oak Canyon, where scores of prospec- tors have labored. Y NEW ENGINE HAY CHANGE RAILROADING Successful Trial of Monkey Motion Pattern S Epecial Dispatch to The Call. OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 17.—A new type of engine, known as the ‘‘monkey mo- tion” pattern, which, it is claimed, will revolutior..ze steam locomotion on rail- roads, was successfully operated on the Southern Pacific tracks to-day, when a train of 1500 tons was run from Ogden to Wadsworth, Nev., hauled by one of the new engines. The new type of engine was designed by Edgar M. Luckett of the Southern Pacific. Many advantages oyer the standard type are claimed for the “monkey motion.” All the driving mechanism is located on the sides of the engine, making it easy of access, The steam exhausts very rapidly and there is no back pressure. . It is estimated that the new engine will save from 26 to 40 per cent in coal consumption, being able to run fifty- four miles with one ton of coal, as against twenty-five to twenty-eight miles under the present system. The standard engines now in use can be changed %o the “monkey motion” with but very little cost. > — - m & SCORES PERISH - IN AVALANCHE Landslide in Norway Hits I Drowns i { CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Jan. 17.— Fifty-nine persons perished as the re- Sult of an avalanche of rock at Naes- dal, north of Bergen, on Sunday. A mass of rock was accldentally pre- cipitated into Loenvand Lake from the neighboring hills, causing an immense wave twenty feet high, which swept the neighboring shores. Houses, peo< ple and cattle were swept a: the - pel 5 us only four bodies have been ol A great storm to-day stopped nding de- | lief work, as the surrou 4s unable to send help. . | and covered only by a sheet. Lake, Causing Wave Which ! Fifty-Nine Persons 5 NEASURED FOR CORFIY 100 SO0N Young Woman Gives Undertaker a Scare. —_— Regains Consciousness as She Is Being Pre- pared for Burial. For the Third Time She Triumphs Over Physicians Who Pro- nounce Her Dead. L Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1906, by the New York Herald Publishing’ Company. . LONDON, Jan. 17.—"f only remem- ber Kissing my husband and feeling I was getting colder and colder. Every- thing is blank to my memeory until I knew I was being carried down- stairs. Then I fainted again.” Thus spoke Mrs. Holden, a young woman of Sapton, a village in the county of Lancashire, to The Call cor- respondent to-day in explanation of the extraordinary circumstances under which she was brought back to life while being measured for her coffin by an undertaker. She looked very pale and feeble, but spoke cheerfully. “I have been subject to fainting,” she added, “ever since I was born, and this is the third time they have put me by as dead. When 1 was fifteen vears old I was laid out for three days.” The undertaker, through whose in- strumentality Mrs. Holden was re- stored to life, was accompanied by an assistant when he called to measure the body. It was a creepy story the undertaker told of how he saw the body laid out, rigid in the freezing at- mosphere of a disused upstairs room He was leaning over the pallid form to take the measurements for the-eoffin-when “he was startled at observing a‘twitch-" ing of the eyelids. ‘With an exclamation of surprise he placed his hand over the woman’s heart, but all was still, not the slight- est pulsation being discernible. The next instant the twitching was re- peated in an even more pronounced fashion. The undertaker applied fric- tion “to the inanimate body. Slowly and with trembling uncertainty an arm was raised, the glassy eyes quiv- ered in ghostly fashion, and a hand, still deathly cold, clutched at his own. The grief-stricken husband was called, restoratives were administered and the woman was carried down- stairs. Mrs. Holdon went into repeat- ed swoons, but they gradually lessened in duration, and to-day she was able to converse. PLAN £ PARK IN THE DESERT Governor Sparks of Nevada and Associates to Build an Oasis in Death Vélley Special Dispatch to ‘The Call. AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 17.—On his re- cent visit to this section Governor John Sparks of Nevada arranged for the purchase of one hundred opossums. The animals are to be captured by H. L. Price and Captain John Tinier, and are to be shipped by express to Reno, Nev. Governor Sparks said that he had also arranged for the purchase and shipment to the same place of 100 Mis- souri opossums.. These animals are to be placed in a 1000-acre park, which Governor Sparks and a number of wealthy associates are establishing in Death Valley. This park is situated seventy-five miles south of Qoldfield. Governor Sparks says that it is to be made one of the most beautiful spots in the West. The water from the springs is to be used for irrigatiag the shrubbery and trees, and the little oasis is to be made a thing of joy and beauty for those who travel across the desert. Steps have been taken, he sald, to erect a hand- some clubhouse. To Governor Sparks has been dele- gated the task of stocking the park with animals. He will place in it a large number of antelope, deer, wild turkeys, squirrels, opossums, raccoons and other animals. Various kinds of fruit trees will also be planted around the springs. ——— AMERICAN MERCHANTS INCUR DISPLEASURE OF GERMANY Chamber of ' Commerce in Berlin Again Receives Notification of Government’s Sentiments, BERLIN, Jan. 17.—Foreign Secre- ary von Richthofen has again con- veyed to the American Chamber of Commerce intimation of the Govern- nient's unwilli; ' to_recognize a foreign institution in Berlin under that name. Rishtide Secretary von en says the Government has L g but that chambers of com- merce in Germany are institutions, mrtsm er Overtakes the Vessel Ei Vic- Beach, -~ | RUSSIA THREATENS INVASION OF CHINA +- | 3 | SECRETARY HAY'S NOTE -WAS PRESENTED. MISS BATES WINS FIGHT WITH TRIST To Show in Portland in House Built Ior_@. Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Jan. 17.—Banche Bates will play the “Darling of the Gods" !here January 30 in a theater construct- ed in fourteen days. The Lyric, a (small vaudeville house, managed by ! Keating & Flood, will be torn to pieces and rebuilt for the purpose of giving Miss Bates a theater in which to play. The actress was booked to play in the Empire Theater, managed by John F. Cordray, but a clause was found in his lease which would not permit him to fulfill his contract with ‘Miss Bates. The theatrical trust had this, supposed }to be the only independent theater, in its clutches, and until the hurried ar- rangements were made to.reconstruct the ic it was feared she would have to pldy in the Armory, which is not at all fitted for the purpose. George Baker, representative of the. trust, made an active fight before the. City Council against the use of the Armory. —————— BARK GROUNDS ’ RUSSIAN EMBASSADOR TO WHOM toria Near Palm Florida. i JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 17.— A special from Miami says the Span- | Chinese Turkestan. WRECKAGE TELLS TALE OF DISASTER Ship's Gear Litters Shores of North- ern Island. —— VICTORIA, B.C, Jan 17.—Evidences of a wreck have been washed ashore on the Vancouver Island coast. Near Nootka, a black painted bowsprit with considerable carving finished with gold leaf, seemingly but a short time in the water, was found. Near by a broken mast with part of the rigging and con- siderable other wreckage was washed on_the beach. Recently reports were received from Carmanah of quantities of unmarked wreckage being found near there, and the body o fan unknown man, evident-, Iy a séaman, was found in Barkley Sound: Nothing among the wreckage, however, gives any clew to the identity of the wrecked vessel. — HUNDRED KILLED By EARTHOUAKE LONDON, Jan. 18.—A dispatch from t. Petersburg to a news agency re- rts that an earthquake at Shemakha (seventy-gix miles northwest of Baku) buried hi -of persons in the ruins of buildings in the lower part of the town. The town was densely populat- ed despite the declsion, after. the earthquake of three no more. e e ' RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 17.—The qug_ /'p-t#ht granted.a reprieve of | to J. Samuel McCue, who was to have 3 " at Charlottesville on Fri- m of his, wife, untit ve_time’ to the the State TIENTSIN, Jan. 17.-—-Russia has notified China in the most peremp- {{ tory manner that, if China continue to discriminate against Russia and in favor of Japan, Russia will march her forces into North China and The Viceroy considers the situation very serious. Attitude of France Angers Japanese. Terse Warning to Be Given Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDL¥G, WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The State Department officlals have given a hint as to the contents of Japan's answer to Russia. It will defend China and charge Russia with trying to drag China into the war from dishonorable motives by sending troops into Mongolia. It also will rap France for her alleged violation of neu- trality in aiding the Baltic flcet and in other ways. will serve notice that, after she is through with Russia, Japan practically she will drive France out of Indo-China in retaliation for her assistance to the Russians. Thag is the interpretation which will be put upon the note by this Gov= ernment and, it is expected, by the powers of Europe. The Japanese reply is expected within a few-day. Russians Seize a City in Chinese Turkestan. 18.—The Morning correspondent says that the Chinese vernment complains that the Russians have occupied Kash- gar, the Governor of which has ap- pealed to the Chinese Foreign Board to open negotiations for the withdrawal of the Russians. Kashgar is the most LONDON, Jan. Post’s Shanghal glan Government. WONA $PY I¥ SERVICE OF RUSSIA Czar’s Minions Will Be Stationed in M&Mm Epecial Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.—Examina- tion of a pretentious dwelling under construction at the intersection of Jef- ferson street and Western avenue, in the southwest section of this city, has brought to light a Russian war plan which is connected with the Czar's Governfment by “underground wires” running directly to Moscow. The plan is none less than the estab- lishment in Los Angeles of a Russian spy station, to be in charge of Madame Joroumsky, an employe of the Russian Government, who for the last year has been in the service of the Czar on the Pacific Coast, spending her time alter- nately in S8an Francisco and Los An- geles. The woman is now en route Lo Russia—presumably to report in person at Moscow. In her absence her hus- band is quietly directing the bulding of the headquarters and its equipment. The building is a ten-room structure. The site isjisolated, shut in by a grove of tall eucalyptus trees. An immense cellar has been excavated, and.a high stockade fence is included in the plans. Only Russian workmen recently ‘brought from the interior of that coun- try and unable to speak a word of English, are employed. Of these there are a score. Investigation shows that the house is to be fitted up with a com- plete telegraphic system; the great cel- lar is designed for privacy in meetings. ‘The activity of the Japanese popula- tion of the Pacific Coast with relation to matters affecting the present war is said to be the incentive for the buildin of this headquarters. Local Japanese are aware of the plans of the Czar and are watching the progress of th€ build- ing on Jefferson e ——————————— MAY STOP IMPORTATIONS Hay's Note Given to Russian Em- has_sgggr. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. 3 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Secretary Hay’s reply to the Russian note al- leging violations of China’s neutrality ‘was handed to Count Cassini, the Rus- sian Embassador, to-day, At the same time coples of the note were dispatched to- all “Europead powers which ap- proved &r the for the limi- tation of the zone of hostilities. ’m ile the comm on is couched e most polite language of diplo-~ macy, there is no mistaking it's mean- ing. It expresses confidence in the be- lief that the Chinese Government has committed no breach of neutrality, but, on the other hand, has exerted itself to maintain a strictly proper attitude, and urges the Csar to adhere to the agreement by which tne war zone was limited. Hay also addressed a note to China, through the American legation in Pe- king, which has a double purpose. It formally admonishes the Chinese Gov- ernment to maintain an attitude which can give neither belligerent just ground for complaint and follows this per- functory advice with an inquiry as te the truth of the Russian charges that China’s neutrality has been violated. This inquiry is made to give the Gov- ernment in Peking an opportunity to reply to the Russian note. The Chinese Government is afraid to answer direct- ly the Russian charges with a note to St. Petersburg, but it is anxious to strike at the Czar over Hay's should- ers, and Hay is quite willing that it should. Hay already knows that the Chinese reply will be a vigorous denial of all of the Russian charges. It will con- tend that in every possible way China has preserved her own neutrality, but will give dates and details of viola- tions of China’s neutrality by Russia. It will point out the dangers to the peace of Europe which will result from continued invasion of Chinese territory by Russian troops. Touching the charge that many Chi- nese are serving in the Japanese army for pay, the Chinese Government, af- ter questioning the truth of the alle- gation and pointing to the failure of the Russians to find Chinese among the Japanese killed in battle, will raise the point that even if Chinese did serve as Japanese soldiers, such fact does not of itself constitute a vio- lation of international law respecting neutrality. A neutral nation may properly be required to prevent the organization within its territory of h tile expeditions directed against a bel ligerent, but it cannot prevent its citi- zens individually casting their lot with either one of the combatants. The other charge in the Russian com. plaint, namely, the employment of Japanese officers to drill Chinese troops in modern tactics, will, it is belleved, be declared to be within the rights of any power, and not a violation of the rules of neutrality. Hay will make China's reply public and in this. way China will get her side of the case before the world. It will be intimated that China’s reply is fully believed by this Government. Russia to-day, through Count Cas- sini, expressed her thanks to the American Government for its prompt action in calling China’s attention to the charges that her neutrality was be- ing violated. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 17.— The Government of the United States has ot lodged a protest with Russia gainst General Mistchenko's opera- tions west of the Liao River, as cur- rently reported. The Forelgn Office points out that the sphere of hostili- ties, as specifically defined by Russia at the opening of the war, extended, from the line of the Mongolian frontier OF COOLIES INTO AFRICA!to the point where it intersected the Report That Such Be Taken by the British ¥ Government. LONDON, Jan. 18 — Coincident With rumors that the Government in- tends to dissolve Parliament early in the coming session comes another re- port that it is intended to stop fur- ther importation of coolies into South Africa. , presidis t a meeting of a bhig deomn“ in Kaffirs , publicly announced his fear % the case, and the rumor c d n on the | | | Liu River, a tributary of the Liao Action, Will Soon ' River, along the Liao River and along the Liu River to the point where it crossed the Yinkow-Shanhaikwan rail- road, thence along the railroad to the Liao River, thence to the left bank and to the mouth only of the latter. A nu‘l ucth:;:‘t‘h:‘flth tblunlbhe- yond the spl ere IS no ques- tion of General Mistchenko having en- tered neutral territory. e G —p— To Wed St. Louls Girl. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17.-*A marriage license was jssued to C. S. Fish of Martinez, Cal, and Howland of St Louis, -