The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1905, Page 1

. 5 ¢ Se# Eranciseo [ ! ! / THE gu‘xfit, & N r»‘hlnag at Bag-Francisco fop \higty hours ending midnight, March and ; high southerly winds. G. H. WILLSON, ' Local Forecaster. b *° vicinity—Rain } + GRAND— (38 CALIFORNIA—""Mons. Beaucalre.” COLUMBIA—English Grand Opera. CENTRAL—"Faust.” CHUTES—Vaudeville. ' S—Vaudeville, MAJESTIC—“Old Heldelberg." ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—Comic Opera. Matinee to-day. VII—NO. 104, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1905. RUSSIAN LOSS 130,000:; SIXTY GUNS ABANDONED }/ICTQRY COSTS OYAMA 41, Con PUTS ng would and all boys and girle un- ' VAKON LILDINGS| ST - 10TESS T T VIR m}i 2\ y Provides It- sell With Two to The Call, PORT h 1z —Con make Sena tracts fice palace The te has hered | | | | | | | | | ¥ GENERAL WHO SUC- EDED IN EXTRICATING HIS IMPERILED COMMAND. | BUILDING, | vill cxoear ki | s splendid of- | mem- | be marble vs, mosaic d t uite to up rt een fri ord edge was the Represent to get their proved J measure w BAN ON “SPOONIN CARRIED ON BY TRBURG, March 12.—The ort, Pa., Mrs. past the “spooning Y now at all popular girls under 18 years o because of a notice post id that no more be permitted Glassy of age must have a from 14 be delivered to the; es malil Parents ind so she posted the barred from ill be emple e supper pi t bet the ccom- nds?” Con- driven atives share und the Senators in Hon The Sen- and a pal- CLERGYYAY KEEPS TIME FOR BOXERS Advises His Minis- terial Critics to Don_(}loyes. Specia! D to The Call. ROCHESTER, N. Y., I\Iar(‘.h 12— “Boxing is good exercise for ministers | to get their wind up on,” said Rev. S. | all a joke. Banks Nelson, when interviewed as to why he actéd as time-keeper at a box- ing bout here on Friday night. 5 “Boxing is one of the best exercises | | for the lungs,” he continued. “‘Our boys in the parish houses frequently put on gloves for friendly bouts. As to my acting as time-keeper, that was I was the guest of a friend {at a Masonic entertainment in the Ma- have | ms in their to be MAIL post- | Rus- " age vith wi f age. | ed to- “love- n the writ- Ttussell says the young people neighborhood have been stimu- love affairs through the gom- no- | | i their parents before | | VARTETY OF MERCHA sonic Temnple. The manager of entertainment called a boxing bout and as a joke announced me as the time- | keeper. I accepted the situation in the spirit in which it was given and held the watch. It was a wholly innocent and proper affair—a part of the enter- | tainment. “I don't see why =2 should make such a stir. erly conducted, little incident Boxing, prop- is a healthy exercise. | What's wrong with it? I used to put on the gioves myself. for ministers; get thei Dr. I recommend air it is good for them to wind up on.” Nelson is a fine specimen of physical ability, as well as ministerial | | manhood. He is about years of age, Scotch born and 1s an advocate of the strenuous life. day was “Some Old Fossils.” —————— T DISE IN INSANE MAN'S STOMACH 27 Asylum Inmate Utilizes His Interior as a Storehouse and Death Results. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 12.— In the stomach of an insane man died to-day in the Danville A,yfi."rfi there were found the skeieton of a mouse, a four-in-hand cravat, five bandana handkerchiefs, a silver spoon, a pair of old spectacles, two pieces of rubber tubing, one ten Inches and the other twelve inches long, and a piece of suspender. The man was named Alexander. He died of general collapse. the | His topic to- 000 MEN 0,000 Prisoners ) ) || Taken by the Japanese. JOY IN TOKIO Scene of Next Big Battle. TOKIO, March 12.—Field Marshal Oyama’s official estimate of the Jap- anese losses in the recent battle places the number at 41,000. The Japanese captured a retreating column of Rus- sians at the Pu River on Saturday. | ST. PETERSBURG, March 12— | Geperal Kuropatkin's dispatch, an- nouncing that 1190 officers and 46,391 men are missing from roll call, is | taken to include only the killed and | prisoners, the Commander-in-chief adding: *“The wounded have been sent |north.” It is believed the Russian | losses will aggregate 130,000 men. While General Kuropatkin appar- his artillery than seemed possible, his losses in men, ammunition and com- | missariat supplies in the battle of Muk- | den are far greater than earlier reports | indicated and even that portion of his | army which succeeded in extricating | iteelf from the positions around Muk- | den is still in serious danger.” The | japanese generals realizing that with @ little more speed they could have in- flicted a crushing defeat on the Rus- an army after the battle of Liaoyang, determined not to allow again an ops~ portunity to pass and are following after the defeated and sorely tried Rus- sian forces. While a small portion of Kuropatkin’s army has reached Tie Pass, the greater part of those who escaped from the battle of Mukden are still struggling onward, being at last accounts between twelve and sixteen miles from their goal, with the Japa- nese harassing them from all sides. Even should the remnant of the army reach Tie Pass it is hardly possible for | it to make a stand there against the overwhelming force opposing it, es- pecially as the Russians must be worn out and weakened by the loss of men, guns and ammunition. It is more likely that General uro- patkin will fall ‘back to Harbin with what he can save and wait there for the reinforcements that St. Petersburg has already promised him. A possible otstacle to the plan is General Kawa- mura’s army, which has not yet been | located ard which niay also be heading | for the northern capital. | General Kuropatkin admits that 1130 | officers and 46,931 men are not respond- ‘ ing to roll calls. This is rather vague. It may or may not include the thous- | ands of wounded who have been sent | north, and again it may not inciude | the losses suffered by the third army, with which the commander in chief | was not in communication for some time. The figures given by the Japa- nesa war office appear more reason- ahle; namely, 40,000 prisoners, 26,500 dead left on the field and 90,000 Killed or wounded, the latter figure, of course, including the dead found by the Japa- | nege. The Russian losses, therefore, | tetal about 130,000 men—more, than one- | third of the whole army. | The fact that the Japanese report the capture of only sixty guns indicates | that Kuropatkin, at the last moment, | eneceeded in sending a considerable | portion of his artillery northward on | the railway. The Japanese losses up to this morn- ing were reported as 41,222, not includ- | ing the army which pushed north be- tween Mukgen and Fushun. TOKIO, March 12, 7 p. m.—The fol- lowing report was received to-day from Field Marshal Oyama: “The number of prisoners, the spoils and the enemy’s estimated casualties | against all our forces in the direction | of the Shakhe follow, but the number of priscners, guns and spoils are in- | creasing momentarily: “PRISONERS—More than 40.000. in- cluding General Nakhimoff: “KILLED AND WOUNDED—Esti- mated at 90,000; “ENEMY'S DEAD—Left on the field, | 26,500; “FLAGS, two; “GUNS—About sixty; rifles, 60,000 ammunition wagons, 150; shells, 200.000; small arms ammunition. 25.000.000 rounds; | “Cereals—Fifteen thousand (about 75,000 bushels); | “Fodder—Fifty-five “Light miles; . “‘Horses—Two thousand; “Maps—Twenty-three cart loads: “(‘lothing and Accoutrements—One thousand cart loads; “Bread—One million rations: “Fuel—Seventy thousand tons: “Hay—Sixty tons. koku thousand koku: outfit, forty-five railway “Tools, tents, bullocks, telegraph wire and poles, timber, beds, stoves and numerous other property. “No reports have been received | from our forces in the direction of Singking.” the battle of Mukden. CONTINUING THE PURSUIT. | expected. Tie Pass is naturally a strong | position and it has been extensively fortified. It is believed that the Rus- Tie Pass Will’ Be? | ently has succeeded in saving more of | | E l g { The battle is officially designated as| sians will rally there and endeavor to|son and representatives of t| check the Japanese, who are rapidly | police cfi?tlie* . s S TABLETS ONTATN | POISON Stryclnine Pel. lets Used by Richmond. Police Strike - Fresh Clew in Stanford Case. - Woman’s Admissions Starts Detectives Out on & New Sceat. i ! Elizabeth Richmond, the former maid of the late Mrs. Stanford, has made a startling admission to the police that has suddenly heightened the interest of the city’s sleuths in the mystery sut- rounding the death of the philanthropic lady and started the authorities on a fresh hunt for clews. that may result in the arrest of the person or persons guilty of the cowardly murder. Under the terrible strain of cross questioning to which she has been sub- jected by the head of the city's de- tective force, Miss Richmond had ad- mitted that she has been using strych- nine tablets for the purpose, 80 she claims, of stimulating a weak heart. She made the admission in the pres- ence of several officers detailed of the strange case, but later, when ghé g- parently realized the importance of the statement, she suddenly added a to the effect that she had hes CUSS tomed to the use of the strychniné tab. lets ever since she came to this coun try, but had not used ‘them since she entered Mrs. Stanford's employ Her exact words were to the effect that she had a box of strychnine’tablets only a short time before she was introduced to Mrs. Stanford by Butier Beverly, but destroved them just before enter- ing upon her duties as maid. DOUBT HER EXPLANATIONS. Why Miss Richmond should have so suddenly abandoned. the use of the drug, whith she says had helped to sustain her weak heart, she has not fully explained to the police officials. But, as a matter of fact, the police claim that they are in possession of facts to prove conclusively that Miss | Richmond did not abandon her strych- nine tablets upon becoming a member of the Stanford household. On the con- | trary, it is claimed by the police that | if the circumstances necessitate it| they will be able 'to prove that Miss Richmond used, or.at least had in her possession, after beginning service with Mrs. Stanford, a box of strychnine tab- lets. What became of this partially emptied hox of tablets? is one ques- tion over which the nolice are ponder- ing and are displaying a great deal of physical energy to determine. And while working on this matter they are | trying to conceive some theory that! may eventually connect Miss Rich-! mond's strychnine tablets with the death of her former mistress. Each additional day’s investigation of Mrs. Stanford’s death seems to re- veal some new and strange circum- stance relating to Miss Richmond's connection with the Stanford house- hold, but the more the investigation proceeds the more frequently the de- tectives have to admit that they have vet to gain a direct clew that will war- rant them in any way involving the maid. > STILL UNDER SUSPICION. Thé fact is the police, so far, are working only on the bare facts that Miss Richmond was one of several members of the household that could easily gain entrance to the apartments of her mistress and that she has made many contradictory statements during her examinations before the chief of detectives. -The latest development, the use by Miss Richmond of strychnine tablets, might prove a valuable piece of cir- cumstantial evidence were the maid on rial for the poisoning of Mrs. Stanford, but uinder present circumstances it does not jcarry the weight that it would had ‘other and stronger evidence been found against her. The strychnine dis- covered in the bottle of Poland water was of a crystallized form, while the strychnine fn tablets is in a powdered condition and so infinitesimal in quan- tity that it would require a number of | the tabiets to constitute a sufficient poisoning dose to be administered in a l quart hottle of water. SEARCHING DRUG STORES. Nevertheless, the police deem it their | duty to thoroughly investigate the cir- I cumstance, and with that purpose in view Detectives Wren and Dinan are now making the rounds of the city drug stores and other places where strychnine is sold, carefully 'looking back over the registers for clews to purchasers of strychnine tablets. They have already found many purchasers, but an investigation has satisfied them H that the persons had no connee TrEeou: . The pursuit of the Russian armies; with any p!euember of ctions | most 3o B { continues and a resumption of heavy | household or with any one who is re- fighting in the vicinity of Tie Pass is!lated in any way with those who are the Stanferd under the shadow of police suspi It became gown'Mele that the visit of Charles Lathrop, Attorney Wil- Morse Detective Agency Continued on Page 2, Column 6. o e S | ,l;eltshh. near the French and other Its interior is one of the [O% LONG IS APPOINTED CHIEF(RAZED MAN SECRETARY FOR IRELAND | R NAMED TO SUCCEED WYNDHAM [N AMUCK WITH RIFLE Balfour M akes M any Changes Teamster in Denver NEW CHIEF SECRETARY FOR ENERGY AND POPULART CIAL POSITION SINCE- ENTERIN G IRELAND AND HIS WIFE, 'Y HE O WES HIS RAPID RISE TO WHOSE TO HIGH OFFI- BRITISH POLITICS. — LONDON, March 12.—Official ncuncement is made of the appoint- of the local Government board, to suc- | | ceed Wyndham as Chief Secretary for ireland. Gerald. Balfour, president of | the Board of Trade, succesds Long; | Privy Seal, becoines president of the Board of Trade. retaining his former office, and Ailwyn Fellows Jr., Lord nfl {he Treasury, is appointed president of | the House of Lords. The appointment of Long to the Chief to prove The the Marauis of Salisbury, Lord of the |rew Chief Secretary owes his rapid pro- motion in part to the energy and popu- larity of Lady Long, who has devoted her entire attention to the political Secretaryship is expected satisfactory to the Irish leaders. fertunes of her husband. — an- { the Board of Agriculture succeeding the Earl of Onslow, who recently was nient of Walter Hume Long, president | appointed chairman of committee in ELOPES WITH BROTHER'S WIFE Gets Youth Into Trouble| and Lands Him in Prison Speciel Dispatch to The Cali. . , . March 12—David | COLFAX, Was! Aschenbrenner, a farmer living near Endicott, eloped with the wife of his brother, A. J. Aschenbrenner, yester- day. ' They came to Colfax and rented a room at the Tennessee lodging-house. This ‘morning they were overtaken at the depot by Aschenbrenner’s father, as they were about to board a train tor Idaho. The father attacked his son and a fierce. fist fight followed. Sheriff Canutt arrived while the fight was in progress and arrested David and his brother's wife and they are now in jail. David Aschenbrenner is twenty-one years old and his sister-in-law is but seventeen. She was married to A. J. Aschenbrenner less than a year ago. Henry Aschenbrenner, the father, was severly pounded by his son. His face was badly lacerated in the fight at the passenger depot. He declares he will prosecute his son and daughter-in-law, and have them sent to the penitentiary. —_——————— EMBASSADOR MEYER LEASES BIG DREDGER ing “to Spend Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, March 12.—Mail chine on Sclomon River. English capitalists have formed | district. Ophir Creek gold. transferred during the winter, cating an active summer. the boom of five years ago. TO MAKE CHURCH SERVE PALACE IN ST. PETERSBURG Russia to Live in Hand- some Home. ST. PETERSBURG, March 12.— sador here. It is an imposing struc- ture, located in the fashionable Ser- embassies. of many famous _entertainments. The 1 iNew American Representative in | New Fraternal Order Launched in Colorado Which Will Be Na- tional in Scope. LONGMONT, Colo.. March 12— A ! | George L. von Meyer has leased the |national fraternal order has just been | 2V Kleinmichel Palace for his residence|gyccessfully put in operatio; during his term as American Embas- | city, o £ Lot Sy Rev. E. F. Harris is the chief organ- | in the general success | further that the death of the late Count Klein- |izer and has had considerable michel his widow has leased the pal- |already with the institution in this and | flour on a track there on which Zion's ace. It was occupied for several years |in other States. He believes it is an innovation Ly Prince Pio, the Spanish Embassa- | dor, but for some years has been un- occuried. -+ | FOR NOME CLTY English Capitalists Prepar-| ing Millions in Upper Kougrok District advices from Nome contain the news that the largest dredger ever.built for Alaska is being conmstructed in Ohio at a cost of $100,000 for the Leland Dredging Company, which will operate the ma- company to operate in Upper Kougrok They will build a forty-mile ditch, besides laying thirty-four miles of -steel piping. The cost will exceel $250,000. An immense free milling gold ledge has been discovered at the head of Crooked River and Albion Creek. It is thought to be the mother lode of Numerous Nome properties have been THE PURPOSE OF LODGES It is called the Society of Ap-! plied Christianity and works chiefly | - among church members. It is based the idea that lodges are now doing | Petersburg. The |much work that the church should do. 1 i T Ak ted palace has been the scene in the past It eliminates the social features, but :‘.“g:c:l b:: ‘wn“y-. Tt 15 snid that e r gives such substantial advantages as family of Kleinmichel was en- |sick and accident benefits. e cion. jnobled by Catherine the Great. Since Leaves Trail of Death. In Frenzy Over Loss of Sait He Kills Opponent and Wiie. —_— Burns Their Home and, It Is Thought, Their Son and Is Killed Affer , Wounding Three Persons. SRR DENVER, March 12.—Mad with rage because of his defeat in a law suit, in which the man he pronounced his bit- terest enemy had been victorious, and swearing vengeance against him and his entire family, Ceorge Schistler, a teamster, armed himself with a rifle to- day, killed the object of his wrath and the latter’s wife, burned their home, and with it, it is thought, their young child. He then turned his own home inte a fort and succeeded in wounding three mlen before his life was taken. The dead: K. FILL. MRS. K. FILL. GEORGE SCHISTLER. The missing: A child of the Fills. The wounded: Dr. Frank Dulin, po- lice surgeon; Captain W. Bohanna, acting Chief of Police; Michael Kelly. The wife of George Schistler is pros- trated over the affair and may die from the shock . Schistler had been brooding over his troubles with the Fill family, who were immediate neighbors, and announced to-day that he would even up matters. Takirg a rifle of improved pattern and buckling ou a belt of smokeless car- tridges, he started for the Fill hom Fill saw him approaching and heard his muffled threats. He tried to avoid him by entering the house, but Schist- ler sent a bullet into his brain and Fill fell dead. Mrs. Fill rushed to her husband's side and received a bullet from Schistler's fifie, fired with unerring aim. She fell lifeless by the body of her husband. Schistler then set fire to the Fill home, which was destroyed, and it is thought a son of the Fills lost his life in the blaze. MAKES FORT OF HOUSE. After satisfying - himself that the flames would perform their mission, Schistler returned to his home and bar- ricaded himself inside. In the meantime other neighbors, at- tracted by the sound of the firing, ap- peared on the scene, but quickly re- treated when bullets began whizzing around them. A telephone message was sent to police headquarters and an am- bulance, with Police Surgeon Dulin, Captain Bohanna and three officers, hurried to the scene. The officers were directed to the Fill home and started unhesitatingly in the direction of the house. In doing so they were compelled to come within range of Schistler's rifie. A volley of bullets rained around them suddenly and Dulin and Pohanna fell to the floor of the ambulance. The driv | ! I reined in his horses, but another shet one of the animals to the where veyed to a _hospital. Dulin was wounds were dressed. | three times, once in each lez another time in the left thigh. His condition is critical. Bokanna reeccived |a bullet in the leg, but is not dan- | gerously hurt BATTLE WITH POLICE. A call for reinforcements brought all the available men from police head- quarters and the Sheriff’s office. A consultation was held for the purpose of formulating a plan to capture the mad man. Firing squads were sta- tioned in nearby houses and a larger force was placed in a portable fort made of baled hay piled upon a wagon. During the preliminary arrangements Schistler kept up a continuous fire. Hundreds of shots were exchanged. was during this shooting that K; received his wound. Finally fewer shots were heard to explode in the direction of the Schist- ler house and the hay wagon fort was started toward the house, proceeding cautiously and without firing. The at- tacking force expected a fusillade any minute and when the wagon reached the front gate without a shot being fired one of the cofficers stepped omt into view, thinking to draw the fire of Schistler if he were still alive. ¥e i was agreeably disappointed and with a indi- i rysh the officers charged the house and Nome, with | battered down the door. fewer people this winter than during . came from inside and, entering. they any previous closed season, is doing a | found Schistler larger business than at any time since | Not a soun! lying upon a several wounds and He died soon after- bleeding from breathing his last. ward. It is not known whether he was hit { by bullets from the weapons of the pur- suing Dparty or committed suicida, Mrs. Schistler was .away from homa !when her husband started on his } vengeful missicn and when told of the | affair fell prostrate. It is thought she will die from the shock. — ON CITY'S FINANCES AGAIN IN A BAD WAY and Breadstuffs Being Cut Off Beeanse of Shortarge of Funds. CHICAGO, March 12.--Zion City's It is said that meat and breadstuffs are Being cnt use of a shortage of the funds stores. It is rumored there are two cars of 3 are dem and - which will make churches been dmuh“o for ‘;m"nm days. 'more at to those outside of | being unable to meet the bill of