The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1905, Page 1

THE WEATHER. Forecast made at San Francisco for | nours ending midnight, Jan- A uary San Francisco and vieinity—Cloudy Friday; light north wind. A. G. MeADIE, District Forecaster. Wrongs." ture. ORPHEU! TIVOLI— THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—‘The Girl and the Judge.” CALIFORNIA—*The Kerry Gow." COLUMBIA—"A Country Mouse." CENTRAL — CHUTES—Vaudeville. ‘Manon." Working 3 ) ' A “ B 1. 20, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. .. VOLUME, XCVII CANNON FIRED AT THE CZAR SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANU |- Charge of grape goes crashing into imperial chapel where the entire Romanoff ‘[ family, surrounded by a brilliant assemblage of courtiers and foreign diplomats, [ is participating in the solemn ceremony of the blessing of the waters of the Neva. Gun FirTné?alute Speeds ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 20, 4:10 a. m.—In spite of the official state- ment that the cannon shot yesterday, which might easily have destroyed the whole of the Romanoff family, was the result of carelessness in leaving _@ shotted cartridge in the breech of the gun after target practice, the mys- terious case is still under the combined investigation of the military and the police, and the public seems as little inclined as the authorities to ac- ..cept the published version. The officers and men of the battery have not been arrested, but are confined to barracks and by the military regulations are so closely under restraint that it is impossible for the culprit or cul- prits to escape until the responsibility is determined. It cannot be said * definitely whether the affair was an accident or the result of design. The general bellef that a widespread plot did not exist, but evidences of de- sign are so apparent that the statement attributing the presence of a loaded shell to previous target practice evoked smiles in many quarters. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. * “ceremony of the blessing of the waters | The official account of to-day’s affair is this year was accompanied by an event | flsufDD‘lllrfll:’:me S N el more mysterious, unprecedented and| “PUFE the SEIMMODY of TE DITSTE _extraordinary than any afforded by the | o . o/00 of the Emperor, as the usual annals of Russian history. For a Rus-|gaiyte was being fired, an accident oc- sian soverelgn to fall by the hands of | curred. A charge of grape instead of an assassin is no new thing in Russian a saluting charge was fired from a gun records, but that the Emperor should belonging to one of the batteries sta- narrowly escape death by a shot from tioned near the Bourse. Some bullets his own artillery while he was engaged | struck the facade of the winter palace, | in a solemn religious rite, surrounded|or the quay gardens, breaking four by, priests of his church, is so difficult; windows. A policeman belonging to to realize as to be almost incredible. ! the St. Petersburg force was wounded. Cermany and Italy had responded most °, Yet this is what occurred to-day ;nd;Accurdlng to the infarmation to hand. ‘sl “RusSran publié i 18tt wondering | at present, no other accldent occurred. | “ana mystified. | Inquiry continues.” | . By the merest chance the imperial Whatever may be the solution of to- | family escaped unharmed, but public|day's affair, it is a strange tHct that | ‘opinion is stunned by what might have | the shot came from the Bourse Es- been the tragic results of the affair. | planade, where was stationed the First The festival of the Epiphany, the| Horse Artillery of the Guard, the pre- | ACCIDENT OR PLOT? (F NATIONS : Big . Forth a Deadly Missile. 17.—The | shell was inadvertently left in the gun. | blessing of the waters, had just con- | cluded at 1 o’clock this afternoon when .simultaneously with the salute fired | from the Sts. Peter and Paul fortressa | rain of grape shot crashed upon the lit- | tle chapel built over the frozen Neva in front of the Winter Palace, where | ‘Emperor Nicholas and every member | of the Romanoff family were partici pating in the service. Some of the m siles went high, entering windows of | the splendid row of salons along the water front, from which the Empress, the ladies of the court and the members | of the diplomatic corps, including Em- | . bassador McCormick, Secretary Eddy and Second Secretary Bliss and all the high dignitaries of the state, army and navy, were witnessing the glittering €pectacle below. CZAR'S NARROW ESCAPE. The Emperor had a miraculous es- cape. Some of the bullets actually struck the little open chapel in which he was standing, cut the staff of one of the standards and fairly riddled the basement windows of the palace, killing & policeman outright and wounding an officer and three marines. The shot was fired from a gun on the Bourse battery. Had the gun been .alred a little lower the charge of -grape might have destroyed the whole Romanoff dynasty. -One of the bullets which entered the Nicholas Hall, where the diplomats were gathered, struck down a golden . plate from the wall. The first impression of those who - heard the crash in the little chapel was * that it was due to falling crystals from the glass chandeliers and caused by concussion from the booming of the .. guns. When the truth was realized the windows were hastily vacated and the greatest excitement prevailed within the palace. Lieutenant General Fullon, Chief of Police of St. Petersburg, himself picked up a missile in the white salon. It was the size of a bird's egg. In the meantime, there was no evi- dence outside of what had occurred. The crowds of people who formed black lines along the quays, the palace - bridge, the steps of the Bourse and every other point of vantage in the white arctic landscape did not betray the slightest excitement. Neither did the imperial party in the chapel below. Although the actual ceremony was end- ed, the Emperor remdined and accom- panied the metropolitan and clergy as they circled the pavilioh around the . .’chapel to bless the gorgeous standards ‘of ‘the famous Guards regiments as- sembledothere. Then the procession moved back to the palace and the orig- ;Anal programme was carried out. miér artillery organization of the em- pire and one of the most noted regi-| ments in the whole Russian service. The roster of this organization of aristocratic traditions has included grand dukes, princes and some of the most illustrious names in Russia. Lieutenant General Grippenburg was | formerly an officer of the regiment and | Grand Duke Sergius Michaelovitch, the | chief artillery inspector of the Russian | army, whose duty it is.to conduct the investigation, was himself formerly | colonel of the regiment. } THEORY OF MILITARY MEN. Military experts say indications point to a charge consisting of grape having | been Inserted surreptitiously in a salut- | ing cartridge. If this was the case, prob- | ably only one man was involved. Cer- HAY FOILS (0} SPIRACY Complete Collapse of Plot to Cut Up ! China. All Europe in Pact That Meant Dismemberment of Empire. Scheme Abandoned After Expose by the Alert American Secre- tary of State. —_— Epectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Secretary Hay’s note to the powers, calling upon them for explicit statements of their attitudes toward China’s integrity and the preservation of the open door, has “smoked out” all of Europe and pre- vented the carrying out of a conspiracy for the disintegration of the Chinese Empire. The fact that Great Britain, favorably to Hay's inquiry and pleaged themselves anew to the principles laid down by Hay in his first note last February quickly brought the other powers into line. France and all of the other nations to which the inquiry was sent replied to-day, giving new and. even more binding promises of their purpose to prevent a spread of the war, to protect China from further encroach- ments and to maintain the open door. With these assurances Hay considers the case complete. Within the last few days he has discovered more of the de- tails of the plot which he suspected when he sent out his hurried inquiry. He has satisfied himself that, in send- ing out the note charging China with | violations of neutrality, Russia was beginning to work out a consplracy, to which France, at least, was a party. SCHEME OF THE POWERS. It was planned that, when the powers met to consider the terms of “peace, France (and perhaps other nations) would insist that Russia be given Man- W0 WOMEN TESTIFY FoR REED SHO0T Fair Gentiles Aid the Mormon Senator. —_— STRONGEST OF ALL LOBBIES ~ ARRAYED AGAINST PRESIDENT 1 'Railroad Forces . Overrun the | Canitol Battle Will Be F[]ll[]m foa Finish. L e | Special Dispatch to The Call. | CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, | WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Railroad leg- isiation pauses for a time in the House, | where the way has been made clear for the bill. Colonel Hepburn, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, | announced to-day that his measure was | not ready and would not be introduced | before Saturday. The real reason that | it is not satisfactory to the administra- | ticn is that it does not go far enough to | correct what the President believes to !be the real evils of the situation. | Among other things, it is said, the phraseology Is altogether too ambigu- | ous, | Meantime,_the railroads are gaining | ground and time. Their representa- tives—and many. of them importdnt | men—are at work both in Senate and | House. In fact, they'are overrunning | the Capitol. At no time in recent | years has railroad influence in Wash- | ingten been so strong in numbers and | importance. At no time has it been so | conspicuous or so open in its fight. It | 1s now the President and the House on | one side and the rallroads and the Sen- | ate on the other. It is a battle royal |and will be waged for a year or more. It may be that the bill against pri- vate car lines already pending in the | House Interstate Commerce Committee | and introduced in the Senate by Sena- | tor Elkins yesterday will pass both branches. If it does, raflroad people an that, after all, his Congress. done something in the way of legislation desired by the President and there is no necessity for an extra session. There is a united movement among the great railroad men of the country to combat the President in his inten- tion to provide increased powers for the Interstate Commerce Committee. Within the last week all of the great railroad interests in America have been represented in Washington by import- ant men. James J. Hiil, President Cas- satt of the Pennsylvania, J. W. Blythe and Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway, are among those on the ground. President Tuttle of the ONB OF THE LEADING SPIRITS OF THE POWBRFUL RAILROAD LOBBY IN WASHINGTON AND TWO STATESMEN WHO HAVE DRAFTED BILLE FOR | | o+ i PRESIDENT SENT VISITING CARIS FOR Boston and Maine Railroad has applied to be heard by the Senate Committee and the time has been set. —— HANDY WITH IR, HOFFNAN fainly If there was an extonaive decy. | Churia if she won and Mongolia if she laid plot, or if an officer was involved, | \Ye'e defeated. Then, to “maintain the it was badly executed. It was pointed | PA1ance of power,” France was to move out that it is hardly probable that an | th¢ border of Indo-China far north- expert artilleryman should have pre- | Ward, and, to keep peace in the family pared a weak, scattering charge which | °f nations, England and Germany were could hardly carry across the Neva. At the same time an indication of design is the fact that the gun was aimed | directly at the Imperial pavilion. Had | the gun contained a service charge or a regular shell the pavilion must in- fallibly have been destroyed. It is clear, however, that the saluting was done most recklessly, as the flashes of the blank shots from Sts. Peter and Paul fortress showed that the guns were directed straight at the Winter Palace. WILL END STEAVSE MONOPOLY Notice Served Upon the Pacific Mail Company. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Incident to { to extend the limits of their “spheres of influence” in the Yangtse Valley and on the Shantung Peninsula. The other powers were to be given smaller slices until there would have been nothing left of China but her history. Unless the reinforced pledges that have been given to Hay be broken, the scheme cannot be carried out. The plan is believed to have been al- ready abandoned, for Russia has given up the idea of an invasion of China. This information was conveyed to Hay to-day by Count Cassini, the Russian Embassador, when he handed to Hay Russia’s answer to.the American reply to Russian charges that China had vio- lated neutrality. RUSSIA’S REPLY TO HAY. The Russian reply was confined to a reiteration of the charges against China, but contained no hint of the ac- tion which was threatened in the first note. This was done, Hay believes, simply to keep the record clear from the Russian point of view. Count Cassini expressed regret that Hay had belleved the statements of China and Japan rather than those of Russia. He sald that the United States was the only power which had replied to the Russian note. It was inferred from this that the European nations were waiting to see what Hay's course ‘would be. A ——— INSANE WOMAN SLAYS TWO INMATES OF ASYLUM Towel Roller Proves a Fatal Weapon in the Hands of Female Lunatic. CONCORD, N. Y. Jan. 19.—Mrs. | tiles welcomed ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Two prom- inent gentile women of Utah, one a member of the Legislature that elected Reed Smoot a Senator, were witnesses to-day in the Smoot inquiry before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Both gave Senator Smoot an excellent reputation and testified that they would not vote for a polyg- amist. Mrs. Mary G. Coulton of Ogden, the wite of a physician, testified in regard to political affairs. She was a member of the Legislature that elected Smoot. She said she went unpledged, but was glad to abide by the result of her party’'s caucu Before voting for Smoot, she said, she ascertained that he was not a polygamist. Speaking of the' Mormons "in political affairs, she said they “sized up” very well with the gentiles. Polygamous relations were never flaunted by the Mormons, said Mrs. Coulton, and the young Mormons particularly were opposed to the con- tinuation of polygamous relations. As a member of the Legislature, she said, she was asked by as many gentiles as Mormons to vote for Smoot. On cross-examination Chairman Bur- rows asked If it would have made any difference in her vote for Senator if she had known that a majority of Smoot's fellow apostles were polygamists. She replied that possibly she might have voted for Smoot because many gen- the opportunity of showing that their antagonism was not diregged against the church, but mere- ly against the principle of the church i known as polygamy. Mrs. W. H. Jones of Salt Lake City, who said she went to Utah at 16 years of age as a bride and who has been The }I{':m:iedror } d;splaye!d !Dlel'!:;fl the determination of the Roosevelt ad- nerve, e not show a trace ol o ministration to cu citement, He received the diplomats in | rhetise aamufolE A his usnal cordial, gentle manner, re- viewed the Guards regiments on the ‘. equare behind the palace and subse- quently had luncheon served iIn the .state dining-room. , "OFFICIAL VERSION OF AFFAIR. It was stated in official circles to- hight that the grape was fired from one of the guns of the Seventeenth Battery of the First Horse Artillery of the . Guard, the most aristocratic corpe in the Russian army. It was asserted that | © et gun practice on Tuesday & loaded trust system of restraint of trade and competition, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has been informed that - the contracts now held by it for carrying trade between the Isthmus of Panama and Pacific coast ports will be annylled at the end of six months. The purpose of the administration in this action ‘which has existed, by the terms of which the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany has enjoyed the privilege of bandling all the traffic of the Panama Canal Rallroad Company. Mignonette Seavey of Barrington, a'! prominently connected with the Liberal patient at the State Insane Asylum |and Republican parties in Utah, testi- 1S FISTS Mike Donovan Tells of Bouts With Executive. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Mike” Dono- van, dean of boxers, has just returned ' from Washington, where he boxed with the President for an hour every after- noon for four days. It was the first of a series of bouts which are to continue | next week and the week following. Donovan talked of his experience re- luctantly. “It was the first time I had boxed ‘with Mr. Roosevelt since he was Gov+ ernor,” he said to-night. “If anybody tells you he's an easy mark, don't be- lieve it. He knows how to use his | head, too. I never saw a man pick up | faster than he in these four days. | “‘Don’t mind hitting me,’ he said right at the start, ‘I want you to hit me as often as you can, and don’t mind how hard, efther.’ We started off in good fashion, and every time we hit each other he laughed good naturedly. It was not any tapping, I tell you. They | were good hard blows, the sort that you wouldn’t run into knowingly. We had seven-ounce gloves. The President took his part of it always with a laugh. “I never Saw a pleasanter man, or one who gets more enjoyment out of the thing. He had as much fun as a boy, and he laughed and joked all the time. He’s a fighter, and knows howi PET DOGS New York Women! Take Kindly to Lor@p_li‘ad. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The idea of having visiting cards for dogs has late- 1y come into considerable vogue in New York. Many fashionable young women who are Ppossesgors of dogs have not only furnished their pets with a full wardrobe down to handkerchiefs worn in the tiny pocket of a blanket which is made to resemble a miniature box overcoat as nearly as possible, but are insisting that the sociar side of “Dog- dom" should be looked after. The cards generally are much smaller than a man's visitng card and it is the cus- tom to bestow the family name on the canine. The latter’s cards are not generally understood to be intended for the young lady on whom {its mistress is calling, but for the dog or dogs of the family. The fad is imported and comes originally from London. —_————— SEARCH FOR SUSPECT _LIMOS PROVES FRUITLESS Marin County Officers Find No Trace of the Alleged Train Robber in Ross Valley. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 19.—Sherift Taylor,, accompanied by Detective ‘White, returned this evening after a fruitless search in the mountains for John A. Limos, suspected of being im- plicated in the Santa Fe Railroad NOT A PRINCE Medico Heralded as Noble Traveling Incognito Only a Protege of Carnegie Special Dispateh to The Call. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 19.—Dr. Charles Henry Hoffman, whose pefson- ality has been velled in mystery for four years, inadvertently dropped the key to his idemtity to-day. He has been featured in every prominent newspaper in the United States as the missing Prince Rudolph of Austria, then as an estranged and disinherited scion of a German nobleman’s family and finally as an eminent specialist traveling under an assumed name for the purpose of studying America and American institutions. To-day papers were picked up which disclosed the fact that Dr. Hoffman ‘was brought to America after complet- ing a course of medicine !n Munich by Andrew Carnegie. He was taken direct to Butte, Mont.,, where he was made chief chemist of the Carnegie Steel ‘Works. —_—— GERMAN CROWN PRINCE MEETS WITH ACCIDENT Frederick William Is Thrown From ° Dogcart, but Escapes Without Infury. POTSDAM, Prussia, Jan. 19.— Crown Prince Frederick Willlam was thrown from a dogcart on Charlotten strasse to-day, but was not hurt. The accident was due to the fict that the horse fell. As soon as the animal was reharnesseq the Crown Prince mounted the cart and drove off. —_———————— to give and take blows. He doesn’t try | holdup near Daggett on December 5, to knock a man out, but he does like to [ 1904, {LOSS OF GAME OF CHESS here, to-day killed two fellow patients and probably fatally injured another. A nurse was also hurt, but not seri- ously. Mrs. Seavey’s weapon was a towel roller. It was the intention, it is believed, of Mrs. Sgavey to escape from the asy- {lum. It is thought that when the is to end the monopoly | three patients in the ward with the woman endeavored to quiet her she attacked them. All three were struck on the head with the roller, apparent- ly as they had arisen suddenly from their beds. I fied that neither she nor Senator Smoot had joined the Silver Republican party and said that both of them had “too much sense.” '~ On cross-examination the witness sald she did not believe a polygamist could. be electedl to office by either gen: tiles or Mormons. E “How about Mr. Roberts asked “That was so long ago I do not knoy. ‘was not working-for Mr. Roberts and am glad y e 2 uy ‘did " she replied. know he has hit him. He kept me busy, and I was not running into any of his blows, either. Don’t get the idea that I was there to teach him, not by any means. He is a veteran boxer and can hold his own with the best of them in the clubs. I know few men who box regularly in athletic clubs who can worst him. 3 _ “I have arranged to go down several | _mot permit him to | more times to box with him and to give lessons to Theodore Jr.” in which Express Messenger Evan Roberts was killed. On Tues- day. the Wells-Fargo detective depart- ment received word that Limos was seen . near - Ross Valley.. Detective ‘White was at once dispatched to the scene and after conversing with a number of people who saw the sus- pect he became convinced that the stranger was Limos. White, Sheriff Taylor and = Constable Agnew have made a thorough search of the upper county, but no clew as to Limos’ ‘whereabouts was found. | COSTS A MAN HIS LIFE Player Falls Dead After Announcing Himself Checkmated by Oppo- nent in Exciting Contest. OSCEOLA, TIowa, Jan. 19.—“T'm checkmated; you win the game,” said Levi Taylor, business man and invent- or, smiling at his friend across the chessboard? Then he fell prostrate on the floor. Apoplexy, due to the ex- citement of the game, was the cause of his sudden demise.