The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1905, Page 2

o THE SAN 7 FRANCISCO CALL. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1905. STEGE HIGHWAYMEN ARE KNOWN TO THE POLICE Many Searching for Th —_———— Third Man Connected With Daylight Robberu. Two Are Companions in Prison and in Crime. Continued From Page 1, Column 7. M Daly, as that of rub Daly h and two months ad been seen He there. r good deal ompany - wat-hed Da when he d even shadowed him he took the money LIBERAL REWARDS OFFERED. \ Pr w P s almanteer of he Pinkerton ast evening after identity of the men become public, : people were sat- i were the he robbery. 11d give a reward f the men, $1000 i $1000 for e v of th ney. Though m : dubious on this T { that the two rob- bers » hiding at some point B if they are it is thought a eward w serve 1o nto the Palmanteer says that as much s $20.000 has been sent through Daly ¥ nd and that he himself had ake ze sums there. It was =€ i £16.000 over on the robber but there was a the Richmond Bank that necassary is known to the police holdup. man and He was arrested y six weeks ago by Detectives i Bel ars because he had a quan- his possession that he had not obtained ived for a long time on between Fourth and he served six months of cig y. He street 1 597 e « Jail for stealing $240 Jo¥ Young. a baker on Mc- street. In 1898 he was sent or five years for breaking ke's store at Oak and De- He was discharged 1903 was arrested by of robbing Mrs 14 Gough street. ted of this offense; but was serve =ix monthe for hav- tools in his possession. DENIES COMPLICITY. ed burglars HENRY Colline was formerly-a hackman in & had stand at Ports- Together with John was arrested by Police- d Price in October, 1886, ult committed on and was sentenced to serve five years in Folsom. He was 1900, and was Fourteen. days also gained his this ty and Square he Zimmerman at Folsom that the two men became companions. Zimmerman was first baker and Collins his assistant. hey have been together most of the since their discharge and it is atural that they should - have ned the Stege hold-up together, if mitted it, as the officers say Henry was seen at the Broad- on last night he seemed un- to talk. He admitted that he lived in Richmond and“that many officers from both sides of the bay had been to see him in prison recently, but he d that he had known Collins or Zamiwerman When told that it had 1 suggested that he had confessed rder to secure leniency for himself, What can they do for me? for eight years and ten in prison with all the credits T and I'll never live through the with thie cough I've got, I pr be he I'm . sentence have nothing to gain by giving infor- | which are alleged to have violated the | mation, even, if something is promised me. 1 never entered into any plan to carry anything about it.” —————— MAJOR HINTON PASSES AWAY. Dies of Paralysis of Heart at Hotel in Davenport, JTowa. DAVENPORT, lowa, March 27.— Major Charles B. Hinton, U. S. A., was found dead in bed to-day at a local hotel. The Coroner decided that death was due to paralysis of take charge of a recruiting station. MOST POPVULAR rics. They're $.00 and $1.2%. y Ciuett, Peabody & Co. Makers of Cluett and Arrew as quite | lutches of the law.:| the heart. | Hinton came here three weeks ago to | em MRS, SMEDLEY WILE GO FREE | Advanced $17.000 to Her Refuses to }FOI'{(;E'I‘.\' HIS REVENGE Woman’s Diplomac)y dently Succeeds in Win- ning Back His Esteem Special Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, March Mr. and Mrs. Scott Smediey and Joseph Wells, the Lincoln bachelor who charged Mrs. Smedley with having defrauded him of nearly $17,000 under promise of yar- riage, left for Lincoln, Neb., to-night. The Smedleys gave bond to answer to ¢riminal charges there to-morrow. The | woman is accused ‘of having obtained money husband of complicity in the alleged swindle: but the action of Wells in providing their bonds in Lincoln and then accompanying them to Denver and his action hére to-day in issuing a signed statement to the effect that Mrs. Smedley never promised to marry hiin, that his relations with her were of a business nature and that her financial ‘obligations -to him haye been adjusted, indicate that the Smedleys will not be prosecuted. While here Wells spent all his time at the Smedley house. Loeal créditors of the couple were satisfied. to-day. E. H. Hooker, who arrived in Colorado the Texas attorney Springs to meet Mrs. Smedley two, hours after she | was Arrested there, came to° Denver and offered o defend her, but has left town Mrs. Smedley- denies all allegations about her Kansas career. COLLEGE PROFESSOR MUST ANSWER OHARGES Inquiry Begun Into Case of Dr. Hil- precht of University of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, March —The board of trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to-day heldl a secret meet- ing to discuss the charges preferred by Rev. Dr. John P. Peters of New York against Professor Herman V. Hilprecht of the archaeclogical department of the university. Provost Harrison said that when the investigation is completed the result will be made public, When Dr. Peters several months ago, in & public statement; ealled-attentioh” to alleged grome inaccuraciés”imDr. Hilprecht's ‘baok on his “Nippur’* dis- coveries Dr. Hilprecht asked for afi'fni- vestigation. Several members of the board of trustees resigned in conse- quence of the charges,. It is expected that the investigation ;will be com- pleted within 2 week. o ————————— “NAN” PATTERSON SOON TO BE PLACED ON TRIAL Woman Will Be Arraigned in the Court of General Sessions Early in April. NEW YORK, March 27.—The trial of an” Patterson for the murder of (Caesar Young will be begun before Recorder Coff in the Court of General Sessions early in April. At the request of District Attorney Jerome, Justice Fitzgerald removed the case from the Supreme- Court, whither it was sent, to the Court of General Sessions. The ! reason alleged is that there probably would not be a Supreme Court Justice at libertyto try -the-case at that time | and the trial must be h | prisoner discharged. = 5 ——————— ARKANSAS ANTI-TRUST N FIRST TEST H { LAW GIV j Attorney General Institutes Saits Against Two Insurance Companies. | LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 27.—At- | torney General L- R. Rogers to-day ‘in- | stituted the first suits under the new | anti-trust law of Arkansas. The de- | fendants are the German Alliance In- surance Company and the ‘Hartford Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn,, | anti-compact clause of the act. The complaint concludes with a re-| out the hold-up and don't know | quest for judgment.in the sum of $5000 | against each company and that the de- fendant’s right to do business in Arkansas be declared forfeited. —_———————— | PRUIT-GROWERS ANXIOUS { FOR A SCIENTIST'S RETURN | Desire Professor Waite’s Ald in Their | Efforts to Destroy the | Pear Blight, SACRAMENTO, March 27.—Governor Pardee has written to the United States Secretary of Agriculture asking that Professor M. B. Walte," who has been studying the pear blight in California, be permitted to return to this State soon, for the purpose of advising fruit growers in regard to suppression of thig pest which menaces pear orchards | the Governor at the request of fruit | growers who report that Professor Waite's visit here has been of great benefit. ! —_—————— HOUSE-MOVER IS KILLED BY AN ELECTRIC WIRE | Contact With Heavily Charged Oar- rier Causes Workman's In- stant Death. - SACRAMENTO, March 27.—George M. Fay, a house-mover, was instantly kiflled to-day through coming in con- tact with an electric power wire carry- ing 10,000 volts. Fay 'was on.the roof of a building in process of removal, and was engagéd in lifting the wires clear of the eaves when his arm accidentally touched the transmission line. He leaves a widow and three children, ———— SAN FRANCISCAN KILLED BY A TRAIN IN NEVADA 2 Tourist Prospector Meets Death Try- ing to Cross Frack in Front of Engine. RENO, March 27.—Thomas Kane, a tourist prospector of San Francisco, was struck by a passenger train and killed at Derby to-day. He was driv-' ing a team and attempted to cross in front of the train. 1Rich Nebraska Rancher Who | Prosecute | Evi- under’ false pretenses and her | eld then or, the | DSURDERS EXTEND T THE CRIVEA Rioters in Yalta Destroy ~Warehouses and Stores, Applying the Torch to a Number of the Shops | - TO RESTORE ORDER Liberals in St. Petersburg Alarmed at Reports of Revolutionary Propaganda “in Sections of the Empire e SO0 SRt March becoming worse. YALTA, situation Crimea, | | | | . | here is | Rioters have destroyed nearly all the | congitions which are almost prohibi- | warehouses and vodka shops and. the ¢opy through > Maracaibo and othér | police station, and'a number’ of stores have been set on fire.. Troops ‘are | guarding the Postoffice and Treasury building. The arrival of reinforce- ments of soldiers is expected moment- arily. | SEBASTOPOL, Crimea, March 27.— The news of the disorders at Yalta greatly excited the local population. According to the latest advices, the Chief of Police of Yalta has been seri- ously wounded. Warships and three companies of soldiers are being sent thither. Passengers bound for Yalta are remaining here. | ST. PETERSBURG, March 28.—The | internal situation is causing great anx- iety, though it is said that the “intel- lectuals” and the educated classes gen- erally disapprove of the revolutionary spirit which is permeating the peas- aniry and laborers in_ Poland. The Crimea is burning with dissent, and the strong hand of the military has been invoked to crush the inciplent revolution at Yalta, near the Emperor's summer residence. The spirit of dis- order has spread to Sebastopol. Moderate Liberals in St. Petersburg are becoming alarmed at the situation, reports having been received showing !'that an attual revolutionary propd- ganda is being pushed with vigor in | many sections of the empire. The « authorities of the Government of Sarg- toff are closing the schools there on ac- count of the peasant disturbances hiir gy Saadids BOMB-THROWER'S AIM BAD. Warsaw’s Chief of Police Will Recover From His Injuries. WARSAW, Russian Poland, March 27.—Baron von Nolken, Chief of Po- lice of Warsaw, who was injured by the explosion of a ‘bomb yesterday, owes his life to the bad aim of his as- sailant, who threw the bomb behind instead of .underneath the carriage. The body «of Van Nolken. was pierced by innumerable splinters of the bomb. His assailant has not yet been found. The. . Baron s, believed. to be .out of danger, but is suffering intensely. The man who had previously thrown & bomb into the police station at Pra- | ga, ‘& suburb of Warsaw, injuring six policemen, is believed to be dying. He was injured by a fragment of the bomb, as well as by bullets fired at him by the police. He has been iden- tifled as a locksmith named Stephen Okrjeiaja, 18 years old, and a resident | of the Novominsk district. Further investigation shows | care with which the plans of the con- spirators were laid. sons of the poorer class proceeding on | different streets in the direction of the | place_just before the bomb was ! thrown were warned, by persens evi- dently posted for that purpose, to go | ., in some other direction. i BLIND FAITH OF MASSES. Russians Already Addressing Petitions to “National Assembly.” ST. PETERSBURG, March 27.—The report published abroad that Grand | Duke Alexis has fled from Russia’ in- cognito is untrue. He has not left,St. Petersburg. e iach e | As showing the faith exist { | ing.in re- mote sections of Russia that»m,.lm- perial rescript of December-25 assures the establishment of a Parliament, pe- titions are already being received ad dressed to the ‘‘National Assembly, and last week the. parents of school children at Ekaterinoslav, sia, met and adopted fori tions for submission to the Patliame; asking for the enactment of laws giy- 1 | | | tration of the schools and the free ad- | mission of children without regard. to rank or religion. ‘ 3] X | ——i | NOBLES REMAIN OBDURATE. . Favor No Concessions ‘'Which Would Limit Autocracy. | MOSCOW, March 37.—A meeting of! | the nobility of the government. :of! Moscow, in which participated also various sections of Russia, ‘has pro-. pounced against constit n BOV-| ernment of the kind enjoyéd by the | nations of Western Europe, ¢onsider- ing such institutions unsuitable to thit country on account of the geograj cal and 8 | Russia_and ithe political development of the Russian people. The nobles are | of the opinion that some degréé of of SBacramento Valley. This is done by | popular representation should be in-' troduced, but there should be no limi~ tation of autocracy. The ruler and the people, they assert, should be brought into closer touch. P o et g CELFBRATION IN FINLAND. ‘Workmen Parade With National Col- ors, Singing Patriotic Songs. FELSINGFORS, Finland, March 27.—To-day was marked by a great demonstration at Abo (former cap!- tal of Finland) and Helsingfors, thou- sands of workingmen parad'ng with the Finnish national colors, bands piaying national airs and the people singing: . patriotic songs. - Speech:s were mnade In the Finnish 1ad Swedich languages and resolutions w>+e adopt- ed favoring opposition to conscription The gotherings were orderlv and ths police did not interfere. : —_——— Daughter of Robert E. Lee Dies. NEW ORLEANS, March 27.—Miss Mildred :Lee, youngest daughter of General Rohert E. Lee, dled here to- night.at the residence of Mrs. William | Preston Johnson while.on a visit. Her death was due to apoplevy. a Cold in One Day i e o %" “fake' itive Bromo Quinine Tablets. drugglets refund the money if It fails to eure, R W 25¢.* S Grove's signature is on each box. 27. — The | the | A number of per- | ing the public a share in the udminis- &) representatives of the mnobility from; ethnological. conditions, of | WAR'S SHADON “Colombians and by His Enemies in His Own Land l | DEFIA) T IN ATTITUDE | woke Neighbors Beyond En- durance and Stir Up Strife | TRINIDAD, March 27.—President | Castro has again refused to resume | diplomatic relations with Colombia, land in s0 doing has created a situa- ! tion which many South Amertcan dip- | lomats fear will lead to war between , Colombia and Venezuela. | Last year President Reves visited ;President Castro in Caracas and it was rumored at that time that their differ- ences were partly settled, but such was | not the case. President Castro has | persistently refused to permit Colom- | | bia to carry on trade, except under | ports near | Colombia. : | _ This discrimination against Colombia i has almost ruined the trade of one of | the richest sections of the republic and’ | has also brought great loss to Veneé- ! zuelans who depended on that * trade. | President Castro has' disregarded the requests of both Venezuelans and Co- lombians, however, his purpose being to punish Colombia for its alleged as- | sistance to the' Matos revolution. ! At present Colombia is in such an unsettled condition and its finances are 8o low that war seems unlikely, but diplomats familiar with South Ameri- can politics believe the time is not far distant when Colombia will take arms against Venezuela' if the commercial restrictions placed upon the eastern part of Colombia by Castro are not modified. 1 Curacao has cceased to be the head- quarters for Venezuelan revolutionists and they seem to have centered .their activity on thls island. It is rumored here that financial assistance has come | to the énemies of President Castro and that General Parades is the leader chosen to hegd the-movement. o Although persons, familiar with the situation and the strength of Castro's resources ' believe no Trevolutionary { movement will be effective, still the activity of the revolutionists is a source of constant annoyance to him, ‘and they seem to be stron now than at any time since the close of the Matos revolution. Officlals In Caracas have been much disturbed Wy the rumors of activity in Trinidad, and the French coast cable recently wis cut to prevent the revo- lutionists Here from communicating with their party in Venezuela and on the island of Curacao. President Castro has increased hijs military forces in Caracas to 2000. The country districts have been drawn on for soldiers and within three weeks the number..of troops in the Venezue- lan capital hégs been. raised from 3500 to its present gtrength. . s ~ BREAKS UP A JAPPY 0N Special Dispatch to Tie Call. LOS ANGELES, Marth 27.—The naked doctrine of Darling, the “Nature, | Man,” has found a victim|in the per- \iscn of a once -happy wi and his | preachings have broken up a home. i Darling is.that seemingly éemented in- the eastern ‘boundary of dividual who wandered aboit the State ! ' clad in _only sufficient ral 3 him‘out of jail; subsisting on vegetables only. : He went to Hawalil &hd later to: | Tahiti, .where he is now tehching the natives hisicreéd. 2 . ‘ To-day Judge York in the Superior. | Court granted:a.divorce. to| Elbert E. | Johngon, a -wealthy cigar: Healer of | North Pasadend, because Mry. Johnson: thought there was more in ths “nature; tegehings of Darling than in ¥hat most] . 'wives ¢onstder their duty to tieir home.: ‘ohnson stood her freak notiois g0 long \eywere confined to vegetable diet,” hen the extreme of dress, or lack, " was reached and she réfused to ociate, with. him 'he protese y.'lfe-tqeleaup her abode in o .the house,‘declaring that any ' smoked a cigar or drank a glasf g -an unhealthy animal 'andiunfit to e associated with. She:star ganize “nature” élubs,but they were not. much of a success and finally she will: fully left home to devote her life 3 || preaching of her peculiar -dfctrines. /| Johinson waited nearly a year and then, 1| applied for a dfvorce. His wi ‘ ted in court that his allegatiogs were. ‘| true and Johnson was granted cree. { 5 —_————————— CITY TRUSTEES GUESTS | - . OF WOMEN OF GF Imprdvflhbnt Club Gives, 1o, Celebrate a Successful v Year’s Work. .| GRIDLEY, March 27.—The Wimen's Improvement Club of Gridley, & regular meeting to-night, took stéps to secure affillation with the Federaton of: ‘Women’s Clubs. The membersHdp of! the club is mow sixty-eight and| members are joining every weel celebration of a successful half s work, the club gave a banquet to-gight to the members of the Board of Trade and their families in Odd Fellgws’ building. A programme preceded the ' banquet. The club has accumplated & furfl of several hundred -dollars, which |the members propose to use for local {im- provements. f —————— ILLNESS OF JUDGE GIVES WEBER INDEFINITE Pass Sentence on Young Au- burn Murderer. X was to have been sentenced to-day the murder of his mother, but J Prewett was unable to hold court account of the injuries he recently ceived in a runaway. The attornegs agreed by stipulation that the date the ng of sentence should be cof | tinued indefinitely. A nt Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bléeding or Protruding Your st will refund money if PAZO OIN to cure you in 6:to 14 days. 'Dauger That He Will: Pro-| SIBERIAN PORT 70 BE *ATTACKED 'With Manchuria in -Their | Control Japanese Are Now “Ready to Turn Their At- tention - to Vladivostok LINEVITCH IS GIVEN A BREATHING SPELL —— e ‘; Brown Troops: That Have i Been Pursuing His Beaten | ST. PETERSBURG, March 28, 6 { & m.—The Official Gazette anrounces that General Kaulbars, commander of the Third Armiy, has been appointed | to the command of ‘the Second Man- :(’hurlnn Army_and that General Bat- | Jamoff has been appointed to the com- mand of the Third Army. | ST. PETERSBURG, March 28.—The { impression prevalent in some military i circles that''the Japanese, having re- moved the possibility of the main army in Manchuria, assuming the initiative, { will' nows turn ,their attention to the ! next objective of the war, Vladivostok, is strengthened by the press dispatch from* Gunshu Pass’ announcing the withdrawal of the Japanese from the immediate front of the Russian army for a distance of thirty-five miles south. | It is realized; of gourse,,that this may be merely a blind to éover flanking | | operations, ‘but’ it is that the ‘Japanese, having cleared Southern: Mané¢huria of 'Russian troops and secured a position’ Whence expul- sion would be a long and difficult pro- ccss, may be satisfled to hold the Tie | | Pass line Without further extension of | communication. * | While the voice of the Emperor’s ad- | visers is for peace, if honorable terms | are obtainable, the Government, as is the part of wisdom; is going forward | %ith all provisions for the continuance of the war.' Preparations are reported. to be making for the’ mobilization of | five corps. the Guards” would be retained at St. Petersburg, but somie of the officers of |'this crack organization believe their ! services have been requisitioned ' ‘and are niaking preparations to that end. There has been a recrudescence of re- ports of a change in the head of the | War Office. 1t was said last night in a {usually ‘well-informed source that | Lieutenant General Sakharoff would leave very shortly and be succeeded by General Ridiger, now chief of the chan- | cellory of the War Office. | réported that General Polivanoff will | be appointed chief of the general staff. Both -Polivanoff and Ridiger are of the younger school-of generals, but have high repute-as ‘theoreticians and ad- author ‘of »a ‘number’ of textbooks .on tactics. ¢ The Government is advised that Chinese bandits are appearing in great numbers along the Siberian Railroad and eausing interference with the train service. S LSS ENGLISH OPTIMISM. London Editor Sees Where Britain Will Profit by the War. LONDON, March 28.—The Daily Tel- egraph this morning editorially returns to the subject of peace negotiations and of the common interests of Great Brit- ain, Japan and the United States in the | Far East. The newspaper thinks that though such a triple alliance is emi- nently desirable, the Monroe doctrine would prevent America allying her- self; but as far as Great Britain and Japan are concerned there is nothing to prevent a permanent offensive and defensive alliance, which the Daily Telegraph contends might even induce Japan to forego indemnity, and which, by placing at Great Britain's disposal in India the service of Japan's fine troops, would forever remove the ap- Ipr'ehenslons of Russian invasion of In- dia. The Daily Telegraph further says that such a treaty, which would date from the conclusion of peace, yould, with the moral support of the United | States behind it, be a guarantee of the preservation of peace in the Far East, the oven door in China and the devel- opment of trade for all nations in the Orient. 3 e VICTORY BRINGS CREDIT. :| Even French Bankers Eager to Lend Money to Japan. NEW YORK, March 27.—Japan's new $150,000,000 loan probably will be offered in this city on Wednesday. The underwriting syndicate, which has now been completed, will rank as the larg- est which has ever secured the flota- tion of a foreign loan in the United States. There are altogether 300 meémbers, representing prominent !| financial interests of New Tork, Chi- cago and other large cities. A remarkable incident was the re- ceipt of applications here from French applicants. The amount of French subscriptions to the American portion . of the loan received to-day could not be definitely learned, but the bankers united in saying that they were heavy. No subscriptions had been awaited from that quarter. The life insurance companies will take one-fifth of the New York portion of the issue, or $15,000,000. —_— FRENCH ORDERS GO ASTRAY. the Japnnese, PARIS, March 27.—The authorities here are seriously concerned about the mysterious disappearance of two of- ficlal dispatch bags containing orders to the French squadron in the India Ocean. The bags, which were !on.: warded to the captains of the French warships Inferna and Kersaint and Y | Which aré said to have contained or- ders relative to the movements of the Russian second Pacific squadron, dis- appeared between Port Said and Jibu- til, French Somaliland. The investiga- AUBURN, March 27.—Adolph Wefer | tions made have not resulted i Ty br'| any trace of the 'mlnln“i gy e | Some fears are entertained that they bags and’ may have reached those i; learning the plans of the ond Pacific squadron. - i SURTA, PURSUIT IS ABANDONED. Cossack Patrols Find No' Trace of GUNSHU PASS, March 27,—The Jap- anese have apparently withdrawn to nterested in Russian sec- {Sudden Withdrawal of the| | Army Toward: the North not ° improbable | 1t had béen understood that | It also is | ministrators. . General Ridiger is tha‘ May Have Fallen Into the Hands of ROLES AGAINST THE PRESIDENT Board of General Appraisers Decides Mr. Roosevelt Exceeded - His Authority |CUBAN TREATY IN ISSUE Proclamation Postponing Its Operations Ten Days an Executive Mistake NEW YORK, March 27.—A board of | United States General Appraisers an- nounced a decision to-day in which it held that President Roosevelt pos- ! sessed no legal authority to postp(:ne | for ten days the date when the Cu- ban reciprocity treaty took effect, as he%id in his prociamation of the treaty. The case was brought by the Dalton { Company, which maintained that the treaty took effect en March 1, when the ratifications took place. That point { had already been decided in the nega- | tive, and the Board of Appraisers did i'not pass upon it in to-day’'s decision. The United States Senate, when it | ratified the treaty, inserted an amend- | pent that it should not take effect { until approved by Congress. Congress approved it on December 17 and the President on that date issued his proc- lamation. He provided, however, that | the treaty should not take effect for i ten’ days. Judge Somerville, who wrote the opiion of the board, calls attention to | the fact that the first clause in the act | of -Congress of December 17 provides | that the treaty “shall go into effect | when the President has received sat- [ isfactory evidence that it is the inten- tion of the republic of .Cuba to give | full effect to the convention and issue a proclamation accordingly.” | Judge Somerville then says: | The proclamation itself, however, recites | that such evidence has been received by the President. Its language is: “And whereas, | Satisfactory evidence has been received by the Fresident of the United States that the repub- lic of Cuba has made provisions,” ete. It is difficult, therefore, to ses why the convention | did ot by its very terms become immediately cperative, We know of no constitutional thority which would authorize the executive 10 postpone its operation & day after this time. It he could defer its operation for ten days there would seem no reason why he might not do it for ten months. It would seem that he could mo more pone the operation of a treaty, duly ratified, than he could that of a | statute duly enacted. | _As a matter of fact, in the present instance, | 1t "seems too clear for doubt ‘that the action of | the President is attributable to the ambiguity | of the language of the treaty itself, and the confusion of ‘the dates which occur In it, the harmonizing of which has required the closest scrutiny and study—the first date for its oper- atlon being that fixed by the ‘diplomats who negotiated it, namely, T day after the exchange of Fatifications, the second being that fixed by the Senate, namely, the time when it should receive Congressional approval, and a third element of uncertainty being involved in the language of the act of Congress stating | that ''the President is heredy authorized to jesue his proclamation and thereupon, on the tenth day after sxchange of ratifications,” etc., the treaty should become operative. — & | the region south of the Russian front. | Cossack patrols, which have been mak- | ing extensive reconnalssances south- | wgid, found no Japanese within twen- ty-five miles. General Linevitch is dis- patching scouting parties east and west | to guard against a - -possible turning movement. e CLEAR TRACK FOR LOAN. LONDON, March 23.—The Daily ‘Telegraph is morning says that it banking-house, which opposed the Rus- sian loan, has now yielded and that | the loan will be concluded. The Times this morning says that Russia has ‘bought ten Hamburg- | American steamships for “delivery at Libau with cargoes of coal. It is sup- posed that they are designed for em- | ployment as colllers to the Baltie squadron. it o C AR JOY ‘KILLS OLD GENERAL. LONDON, March 28.—The corre- spondent at St. Petersburg of the Times reports that General Dokstour- off, who was to start to-morrow to join General Kaulbars' staff in Manchuria, died yesterday as the result of an | apoplectic stroke from running up stairs in the. War Office to thank the Minister of War for his-appeintment. Dokstouroff, who was 70 years old and the hero of several campaigns, had begged to be sent to Manchuria be- cause he wished to die a soldier's death. understands that the prineipal French ' REAGAYS NAME NEXT OV ROSTER Will Be Made Seeking to Remove Him From Office POLITICAL ACTIVITY IS BASIS OF ACTION S g Said to Have Done Work at Primaries When Sehmitz’s Administration Gave Aid to the Horses and Carts Police Commissioner Thomas Reagan is next In line for accusation by the Grand Jury. According to present plans, a presentmerdt will be returned against him before the week is over charging him with misfeasance. It ig alleged that in the primaries last Au- gust the Commissioner was a leading political worker, an offense specifically designated by the charter as cause for removal of a member of the Board of Police Commissioners. The presentment will mean that the District Attorney must proceed against Reagan to remove him from office. The evidence against the Commisstoner is sald to be clinching. During the pri- mary campaign he had charge of the forces of the Horses and Carts organ- ization in the districts south of Market street, and the prominent part he took in that factional fight in the Demo- cratic party has been well known. Reagan participated in this political warfare because the Schmitz adminis- tration affillated with the Horses and Carts in the effort to wipe out the Mc- Nab faction. The Commissioner owes his position on the Police Board to his work among the labor union men south of Market street. He was at one time president of the Street Pavers’ Union. The Grand Jury has been quietly gathering evidence and the statements the witnesses have given are regarded as strong. There can be no more de- moralizing factor In politics than a Po- lice Department in the control of un- scrupulous politicians, and nothing wilk demoralize a police force more rapidly than allowing it to engage in politics. So say the grand jurors, and they are determined that an example shall be made of Commissioner Reagan. ¢ Investigation Is also being made, it is saild, as to Commissioner Drinkhouse’s activites at elections. ————— LORD SALISBURY GUILTY OF A TACTLESS MOVE Further Embarrasses the Balfour Ministry by His Tilt With Chamberiain. LONDON, March 28:=Premfer Bal~ four had a long conference yesterday with Lord Salisbury concerning the latter’s letter to the Times relative to the late Lord Salisbury's attitude to- ward protection and Joseph Chamber- lain’s fiseal policy, which latter has caused a great sensation in the lobbies of Parliament. It is understood that Lord Salisbury wrote the letter with- out eonsulting the Premier and that he, a member of the Government, should so bluntly repudiate Chamber- lain’s pollecy and emphasize the strong divergence of views in the Unionist party on the fiscal question is econ- sidered not only an indiscreet but a tactless move which Chamberlain and his party will be bound to resent. A letter from Chamberlain in reply to Lord Salisbury’'s communication ap- pears in the Times this morning, in whicly, after expressing regret that Lord Salisbury should think he had misapprehended his father’s views, he proceeds to give extracts from speeches delivered by the late Lord Salisbury between 1892 and 1895, which Chamber- lain maintains show that he approved of retaliation and colonial preference. Chamberlain adds that it was only after Lord Salisbury’s death, in 1903, that he (Chwmberlain) developed his policy beyond the lines of these two general principles. LIMA, Peru, March 27.—The work of com- struction of the rallway from Arequipa to Cuzco was begun to-day. Tex.’s Little Lad..... ‘The Romance of a Grape The Bond of Her People. A California Hop Garden. ... Basket. . Kingsley’s Ride..>......................Grace Helen Bailey The Rise of a Sultan (Part II)....Cephas C. Bateman, U. S. A. Fog and Smoke Dispelling by Electricity. .......Emile Guarini ...Rev. Dr. A. J. Baden Jenner ddutie < 20 L SE L DS Mg A Sportsman’s Paradise in Its Summer Garb......H. D. Bailey " A Long Black PR . .o cane e s ar s o volOeorge S Bvand In the Shadow of the Three Balls... To the Summit of Mount Shasta........Eugene Call Knowles ADVERTISEMENTS. NOW OUT! OVERLAND MONTHLY APRIL, 1905 AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF THE WEST CONTENTS The Veteran Guard of the Bohemian Club. . ...J. N. H. Irwin ..Frances Charles ...William S. Rice ve....Maud Horsley ....Roland Whittle ...Virginia Garland . .Janet MacDonald Charles Ellis Newell ciieieee...Oma Davies I