The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1905, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCIS EXCLUSION ETHODS 10 BE RELAXED e T President in Favor of Mere Liberal Treatment for Those Who Have a Right to Enter United States | W e { INFORMS M | OF HIS ATTITUDE S S, | rv Wants Legislation Providing for Inspection | Certificates in China to Put an End to Frauds| Seer ¢ ot to The Call ‘. EA POST WASHI N, Ju 14 —Presideat | Las sent to Secretary Met- artment of ( ommerce | ote expressing disap- | the treatment of Chinese who | right to euier this country de- inws. The Pres rexted bis C; the offense to lega- gnitle have has »de nmigr they the law and tha native Asi excl ave beco gation by the d to modi- » are subject POSITIO t eare to d e exclusion, is not responsible . but must enforce his power as defined statutes papers will go so fa declare that Se ved a severe repri ut the chief ention 1o | tudents and | something | own that they | hinese Govern- humiliation to | xempt classes of ected upon thair | tes, together with of ommercial guilds of allate by boycotting American | US CERTIFICATES. t that great difficulty is he immigration officials law, because Of the | ¢ ates which are 1 Chinese. It is a well t fact that for a consider may procure in Chi he is a merchant or trav- a member of the other exempt | On face the certificate en- | dmission to the United | frauds hdve been dis- | matter of these certificates | e | under- | its to th immigration officials examine all most carefully. That fact a < trouble experienced ts and travelers when | States ports. | ibie plan has \)(Eni remedy the trouble of | hinese complain. Secretary of Congreséional leg- | subject, providing for a of the issuance of cer- the idea being to hold | le for the accuracy | contained in the certifi- who issue them. | 14.—At the cutive coun- Federation of Labor here to- Gompers, Vice President O'Connell and Sccretary Mor- rison were ed a committee to wait upon President Rooseveit to present to| bim the subject of Chinese exclusion and other matters affecting the interests of Jabor. g MISCONCEPTION IN CHINA, PEKING, June 14—The agitation and | proposed boycott of American goods by Chinese merchants is apparently based upon & conception by the Chinese as to Ame 1 intentions in regard to the exclusion 1. A discussion of the sub- ject will be necessarily prolonged and nge & new convention will take khill, the American Minister, 1 the Chinese that America’s e fair and conciifatory and Board of Forelgn Affairs is satisfied upon the subjest. lic Is somewhat alarmed, hence atfon of the boycott. This movement is unlikely to attain | eny serious proportions, although it is significa ng the ch 18 atta = Chinese to the stions iu the American ex- act d Fhtlippine islands is consid- dship by the Chinese, who aiso complain of the treatment they ex- perience at the hands of the Americah custo officials. a genuine desire upon the part of the Chinese Government for a speedy and ———— s Fleree Feorest ¥irc im diountalas. BAKERSFIELD, June i4—A fierce forest fire raged in the mountains last night between Girard and Keene. The fire is one of the worst that has started on the hill for mome years and will probabiy burn for days to come BUILDING, | | State Engineer of North Dakota and | through Gere Canyon. importance | vertheless, there Is | adjustment of the questions at | WORDCCED CETS LONDON'S REPLY, |Great Britain Loyal to Her Compact With France, for Moorish Reformsi‘ |KAISER ALSO ANSWERS| Aecepts Invitation to Par- ticipate in Conference. Op- posed by the Two Allies| >—— | | FEZ, Morocco, June 14.—Great Britaln's’| reply to the Sultan’s invitation to that | country to join.an International confer- | ence on the Moroccan situation, which | has been handed to the overnment, con- | isted of a categorical refusal. This is | the first reply to be received by the For- eign Office, and is quite unmistakable in terms, showing the loyalty of Great Brit- din to her agreement with France. Count von Tattenbach-Asheld, head of the German Mission to Morocco, has handed in the reply of Germany, accept- | ing the invitation. It is expected that the reply of the French Government will 1o Jast to-be received, in order that | ance may emphasize her refusal of the | tan's request. | A ew of the troops was Weld this| morning in honor of the German officers. | Count von Tattenbach-Ashold was unable to be present, and Colonél von Schenck, | who is attached to the German Mission, witnessed the march past and- the -vari- ous exercis The colonel complimented | the commander on the smart appearance | of his troops. PARIS, June 14.—The official version rather minimizes the importance of the dock -concessions which Germans have secured at Tangier. They are said to be wharf privileges similar to those which the citizens of any country might acquire by paying for them. There is no confirmation of the report of a German loan to Morccco, but official inquiries on the subject are proceeding. In the meantime, the authorities say, the conferences between Prince von Radolin and Rouvier will result in improving the aspect of the Morocco question BERLIN, June 4. —The Hamburg- American Steamship Company, the Tage- blatt says, is the backbone of the German mndertaking to make Tangler, Morocco, modern port, with wharves for large ips. It s belleved that the German will thus have accommodations for coaling at Tangier. RESERVOIR NEEDED BY THE GOVERNMENT h Engineer Answers Charges in Connection With Gore Canyon Site. DENVER, June 14—A. L. Fellows, formerly in charge of the Uhited States ration service in this city, to- day mede an affidavit concerning Gore Canyon, which is being contested for by the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railroad, but which has ben set aside by the United States reclamation ser- vice for a reservoir site. The affidavit is an answer to the charge that Fel- Jows allowed himself to be improperly influenced in the preparation of his re- port favoring the segregation of the canyon for reservoir purposes. Fellows says that the proposed yeser- voir is essential to the needs of 'the Government In reclaiming the arid lands in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and ornia; that the construction of the rvoir is feasible; that the supply rec res of unappropriated water is sufficient to fill the reservoir annually and that the construetion of the reservoir will not interefere with the building of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific. The suit referred to is one in which an aplication for an injunction is made by United States District Attorney Cranston to restrain the Denver, North- western and Pacific from laying tracks PAIN PREPARES TO REBUILD NAVY Recent Prosperity Enables Her to Devote Funds to the Purpose. MADRID, June 14—The Chamber to day, after unanimously adopting a motion proposed by Senor Villaverde, expressing | indignation over the attempt on the lives | of King Alfonso and President Loubet | during the King's visit to Paris, ap- | pointed a deputation to congratulate his ! Majesty on his escape. Premier Villaverde made an cptimistic budget statement, He pointed out that | four successive years had closed with a surplus, and referred to the plans of the Government for the reconstruction of the | fleet, which, he sald, would necessitate | an expenditure of $79,200,000. | The Premier thien presented the budget | figures for 1906, which cali for an expen- | diture of $202,147,000 from an Indicated | revenue of $206,340,000. The final accounts | for the past year, the Premier said, leave a surplus of $9,060,000. LITTLE SUBMARINES FOR BRITISH NAVY Craft so Small That They Can Be Carried on Railroad Trucks. Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- wld. _Copyright, 1005, by the New York Her- »id Publishing Company. LONDON, June 14—In the ship- buflding yard of Forest & Co., at Wivenhoe, on the river Colne, and under conditions of the greatest se- crecy, theré has just been completed a new type of submarine boat which car- ries two torpedo tubes and will have a crew of three men. Tt is so small it can be easily raised from water to the deck of a battle- ship, or put on a rallway truck and conveyed from one port to another. Electricity is the sole motive power, and the boat, when submerged, will have a speed of eight miles an hour. |EIGHTEEN MEN HURT | ON BRITISH WARSHIP | GIBRALTAR, June 14—During gun | practice on board the British first-class | battleship Magnificgnt off Tetuan this | afternoon a six-in shell exploded. Eighteen persons, including four of- ficers, were wounded. eleven of them | seriously. The officers are among the seriously wounded. between San and Pan | The explosion was due to a defect in|and Colon and New qn:,f.I v | the breech. The shell burst inside the | The Pacifie s business 1s serfous- | gun. The wounded were brought hers: | ly threatened to-nizbt SO e TIEONES WY 70 S0 FOREBODINCS Continued I'rom Page 1, Column 6. Nashi Nashin, without mentioning Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, prints prominently a translation of Daudet’s historical sketch —of John Byng, the English admiral;, who, in 1757, was shot on the quarterdeck of his own ship for cowardice. Liberal paper, IR N JAPAN FAVORS OPEN DOOR. Consul Uchida Talks ‘ot Future of Korea nnd Manchuria. NEW YORK, June 14—In a speech before the Business Science Club Jap- anese Consul Uchida, while refraining from any prophecy as to the probable. terms of the peace agreement to which his country might to willing to | subscribe, said he could guarantee one thing welcome to Americans. “I can say to the American world of commerce,” he declared, “without a fear of making a mistake, that when peace is finally achieved the markets of Manchuria and Korea will be open to the world, and that our sincere hope in Japan is that America. will join hands with us in the development of the two countries.” gt ea L, WEIHAIWEI TO BE FORTIFIED. Great Britain Will Follow Germany's' Initiative on Shantung. ? ONDON, June 14—The Foreign Of- fice this afternoon was shown the dis- patch from Berlin announcing that Ger- many had determined to fortify Kiao- chau Bay (the German concession in the southern part of the Shantung Pe- ninsula, China). The officials said it was impossible to say what effect the action of Germany would have én the proposal to abandon .the British naval station at Weihaiwei (in the northern part of the Shantung Peninsula). « It was pointed out that the yBritish lease of Welhaiwei lasts as long as any foreign power is in possession of Port Arthur. Although work was stopped on the hospitals and other buildings at Weihatwei -early -last - year and the strength of the Chinese regiment, com- manded by British officers, -at Weihai- wei had been reduced, it had never been definitely decided to abandon the place as a fortified naval base. So leng as the British-Japunese alliance lasts Wel- haiwei will not be considered an impor- tant place except as a naval resort dur- ing the summer months. But, it was added, It was quitégpossible that, with Kiaochau fortified, Weihaiwel would re- ceive more consideration. CITY CLERKSHIP ROW IS GROWING BITTER Former Occupant of Office Is Arrested on -a Crimi- nal Charge. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, June 14.—The dispute’ as to who is City Clerk of San Diego seemed no nearer a settlement this een- ing than it did yesterday when City Clerk Harry W. Vincent tendered his resigna- tion to Mayor John L. Sehon and after- rd withdrew it. i 'his morning Vincent was at the City Clerk’s office early and unlocked the doors for the commencement of the day's business. Shortly after he had opened doors J. T. Butler, who was appointed City Clerk by Mayor Sehon yesterday afternoon, showed up. . Butler made no immediate effort to take possession of the office, but short- ly after 9 o'clock he again entered the office, accompanied by ity Attorney W. R. Andrews and Chief of Police A. A, Thomas. Butler made a formal demand for the possession of the office, and after it had been refused by Vincent the Chief of Police.was direct- ed by the City Attorney to remove Vincent, using force. If necessary. This was done, Vinceny offering only enough resistance tnvn;xke,the., Chief exert himself. Butler/then assumed charge of the office and put new locks on the doors. ) This afternoon Mayor Sehon took out a warrant in the City Justice Court against Vincent, charging him with falsifying the city eceounts. The complaint alleges that Vincent, last March,.put in-four overtime claims for as many of his clerks, each | claim being for $5. These claime, the complaint . recites, were put in willfully, unlawfully and feloniously and with the.intention of defrauding the city. Vincent was ar- rested by Constable Harry Place:and arralgned in the Justice Court. Ball was fixed at $1000, which Vincent gave, the names of D. C. Reed and James E. Connell appearing, as sureties. The date for the preliminary examination was fixed for June 22. FIGHTS WITH BEAR AND IS DEFEATED Powerful French Canadian Has an Exciting Tussle With Bruin. - ° Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Wash., June 14.—Albert Cor- sette, a powerful’ French-Canadian, has reached Dawson to haveé his wrist and arm straightened out. Last'November he' was nearly killed in a fight with a grizaly bear on the Upper Pelly River. He shot’ the bear five times, but his powder proved poor and the sho Corsette several ‘vicious blows. His neck and thigh were badly lacerated. The bear's last blow thréw him ten feet. When he arose the bear was retreating. Corsette walked eight' miles to his camp. His partner was away, not return- ing for a week. For this reason his arm cculd mot be set straig] t. - SCHWERIN FIGHTS " GOVERNMENT SHIPS Special Dispatch to The Call: - CALL BUREALD, WASHINGTON, June 14, ager R. P. Schwerin of th steamship Company is hi understood that he w t to the Government the rights his corpopation and argue against Govern- ment control of a line of steamships by the Government's de- RIDAL NATIONS DEADLOCK OUER THE MEETI | First Ohiacle_ m Way of Peace Not Yer Removed. Wa;?flhgt"oh One’ of Three Cities Being Considered.. WASHINGTON, June 1.—Gradually the negotiations for. peace in the Far East are nearing a focus. The one point to which the energies of those directly coh- cerned in them now are ‘being directed is the choice of a place for the holding of the conference of the plenipotentiaries of the belligerents. - . It is known officially that three citles now are under consideration by Russia and Japan. These cities, named in e order of the likelihood of their final selec- tion. are Washington, The Hague and Geneva. Thus far no decision has been reached. Paris and Lonuon have been eliminated from the equation. It Is un- derstcod that the Russian Government ob- jects to an Asiatic city, its preference being for some European capital. 'After objecting to the holding of the confer- ence in Paris the Japanese Government expressed a wiilingness to consider other places which afforded adequate facllitles, although it is assumed tnat Japan’'s pref- erence would be some Far Egstern city practically within the theater of war. Finally, however, the selection seems to have narrowed down to the three cities named. Objections have been made by the Japanese to The Hague, but it is not believed that they are fundamental or un- aiterable. However, as the situation now is, Washington appears to be the city most likely to be selected. It can be said on authority that if the conference be held in the United States it will be in Washington. No other place in this country kas been considered seriously. An announcement. of the selection of the place of holding the conference is expected witnin a few days:© It may come to-morrow and it may not come for sev- eral days. Thus far President Roosevelt has acted merely as an intermediary be- tween Russia and Japan in the conduct of the negotiations regarding the selec- tion of & place of conference. He is in no sense of 'the term an arbiter. 'Should a deadlock ensue—a condition that is re- garded as quite unlikely—it is not im- probable that the President may be re- quested by the two powers to name the place of conference. After the selection of the place of meet- ing of the plenipotentiaries the two Gov- ernments will name those who are to rep- resent them at the conference. Then an armistice. between the contending armies in the field will be arranged and, pending the: result of the peace conference, the great armies facing each other in Man- churiz will lie on their arms awaiting the final signal from their Governments. T e JAI;AN OBJECTS . TO PARIS. Prefers Place Near Theater of War for the Peace Negotigiions. Ky TOKIO, June 14—Tire report-of ther Japanese Minister = in Washington, Takahira, telling of bis interviews with President. Roosevelt and &nnoufding the proposal that the peace plenipoten- tiaries meet in, Paris was received.to-: day. Japan will,refuse to have the meeting take place in Paris, because it is the capital of Russia’s ally and also on account of the great distance from Japan and, the delay involved. It is said that Japan will propose that the plenipotentiaries meet at some point close to the theater of war. The Japanese plenipotentiary ‘has not yet been selected. soie s gline iy ‘Wants to Secure Peace Conference. SANTA BARBARA, June 14—The Chamber of Commerce of this city to- day sent as?apatch to President Roose- veit suggesfing that Santa Barbara was centrally located and climatically fa- vorable for holding the peace confer- JUNE 15 NG PLACE 0CBTLE OF ARNIES SEENS AEAR Continued From Page 1, Column 7. commuhiéation to the Gazette (saying the imperial Government has ‘no objection in principle’’ to the meeting of the plenipo- tentiaries proposed by President Roose- velt !“if the Japanese Government ex- presses a desire therefor’”) were reas- sured after talking with the Foreign Min- ister and learning that the communica- tion did not reproduce the exact text of the note. Embassador Meyer, after a cordial in- terview. with Count Lamsdorff, presented Brigadier General Thomas H. Barry of the United States army, Captain Sidney Cloman of the géneral stift of the United States army and Colonel J. Van*Hoff of the Medical Department of the United States army; who are on their way to join the Russian army at the front. Count Lamsdorff will arrange an audience with ihe Emperor for these officefs before their departure. The Foreign Office is in constant com- munication with Count Cassini, the Em- bassador in Washington, but, beyond the statement that nothing has been ar- ranged, it vouchsafes no information. The chances of the peace meeting taking place in the United States, however, seem to have vanished. As aanounced in the press dispatches Sunday, the choice of Russia’is Paris, owing to a desire to have Nelldoft, Russian Embassador at Parls, who participated in the making of the treaty of San Stefano, as one of the plen- ipotentiaries; but if Paris should not de acceptable to Japan, Russla is disposed to the selection of The Hague. The principal objection to Manchuria is the time which will be necessary to get the negotiators to the scene. 1t is understood that the first task of the plenipotentiaries will be he conclusion of & limited armistice. This must come soon, in order to avold a general engagement, which reports from the front indicate that Fleld Marshal Oyama is already launch- ing. —_———— SINKING OF THE ST. KILDA. Crew of British Steamship Gives De- tafls of Russian Cruiser’s Action. SINGAPORE, - Straists Settlement, June 14.—The few details obtainable regarding the sinking of the British steamship St. Kilda by the Russian auxillary cruiser Dneiper show that the St. Kjlda was captured by the Dneiper on June 4 about fifty miles from Hong- kong, at which port she was last re- ported. She was sunk by the cruiser on the following day, on the ground that she had contraband of war on board, after her crew and mails had: been removed. The cargo of the St Kilda consisted chiefly of jute, rice and cotton. . y4hhe; Dpeiper, transferred to the Dutch Isteamship Flores, In the Straits of Ma- \latca forty-one of the Chinese ¢rew of the St. Kilda and the mails belonging to that steamship, but the captain, ten Eu- ropeans and the Chinese stevedore who had charge. of the Chinese portion of the crew of the St. Kilda were detained on board the Dneiper. According to statements made by members of the crew of the St. Kilda who were landed here by the Flores, a prize crew was sent on board the St Kilda on Jupe 4 and the steamship fol- lowed the Dnelper until the morning of June 5. Land was then well out of sight and the prize crew fixed a torpedo to the stern of the St. Kilda and desert- ed her. The torpedo failed to sink the steamship, so the Dneiper opened fire upon her. A dozen shots were fired by the cruiser before the St. Kilda sank. LONDON, June 14.—Considerable stir has been created in shipping circles as a result of the sinking of the British steamship St. Kilda by the Russian aux- ence between the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries. - RESENTS AN INSULT AND RECEIVES CUT John Roddy Wounded by Stranger Who Annoyed © Women. John Roddy of 504 Second street was brought to the Emergency Hospital last night suffering from a’severe cut across his throat made by a penknife. It seems that Roddy was riding on a Turk-street car with Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Evans and the unknown assauant addressed several remarks to others concerning Mrs.- Evans that ‘were - taken exception to by Roddy. He attempted to argue with the defamer, had little effect. The | bear twisted the gun to pieces and struck who drew the knife and slashed him across the throat. . The affair tock place just as the car was about . to, stop. at Fillmore street. The assajlant jumped and ran and was not caught by the police. Roddy leaped from the car and fell into the arms of Pa- trolman Luke Livingston, exclaiming, “I'm done for.” At _the hospital the wound was found to be serfous, but by no means fatall -~ ‘=~ 3 ————————————— Son Is Killed and Father Wounded. SPOKANE, Wash., June 14.-—A special to the Spokesman-Review from Palouse, ‘Wash,, says: Fred Flelds, a farmer liv- ing a few miles from Freese, 1daho, was killed and his father, Isaac Flelds, seri- ously_wounded by, ynknown _persons w‘hzl:tflred upon them from ambush to- night. E LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. SAILED. Wednesday, June 14. Stmr Mandalay, Adler, Crescent City.. . Schr Jennie Griffin, Gibson, Bolinas. Schr Mary C, Campbell, Bodega. Stmr Argo, Crim, Eel River.. Mi ESTIC PORTS. PORT TOWNSEND—Sailed June 14—Ship Henry Failing, for Sydney. Arrived June l4—Schr Willls A Holden, ! trom Shanghai. TATOOSH—Pasted (h June 14—Bx stzor Wel- uington, hence June 10 for 'RAYS. HARBOR—Salled” June Forest Home, for San Pedro. June 14—Stmr Centralia, for San Arrived 2 SERDEEN Salled June 1—Stme Contra- lune lia, for San Pedro, 5 s lnrfl‘vad June 14—Stmr ‘Aberdeen, hence une 9. = COOS BAY—Salled June-14—Stmr F A Kil- PRGN T TARDiN d June 14—stor bt Greenwcod, for San m o FOREIGN PORT. B (CTORIA—Arrived Jume 14—Br stmr Wel- lington, hence June 10.. OCEAN Pedro. ~ June 13—Stmr Aberdeen, hence | fliary crujser Dneiper in the China Sea. The Foreifn Office has been bombarded with telegrams from the owners of the ship and cargo, urging that action be taken. The Foreign Office 18 awaiting detalls, but in the meantime has drawn the attention of the Russian Govern- ment to the reports so far received. e o ot FRENCH NEUTRALITY NOW STRICT. Russian _Auxiliary Cruiser Ordered Away From Cochin China. SAIGON, Cochin Cuina, June 14.—The Russian auxiliary cruiser Kuban an- chored oft Cape St. James, near here, this morning. The Governor ordered her to depart immediately and dis- patched a French warship to enforce the neutrality of these waters. Twenty-eight of the colliers which supplied the Russian fleét with coal have left Saigon and thirty more of thém are preparing to sail. The British steamship Carlisle, which is understood to have on board war munitions intended for the Russians, is detained here under surveillance. PRI A WAR RUMORS AFFECT BOURSES. Paris Hears That Oyama Has Line- viteh’s Army Hemmed In. PARIS, June 14.—Prices on the Bourse to-day opened weak, owing to | the rumor that the Japanese troops had .| succeeded in hemming in General Line- At the close the market had a Russian imperial fours and Russian vitch. better tone. were quoted at 89.70 bonds of 1904 at 5.04. BERLIN, June 14.—Prices on the Boerse to-day were somewhat weaker. —_——————— RIVALS IN LOVE FIGHT ON STREET Two Young Women of | the right to construct tracks in certain Fresno Engage in a : Lively Battle, - Special Dispatch to The Cail. FRESNO, June 14.—Because Miss Em- ma* Upton “had stolen the love of her her’ arms. back with & lusty righTtounter in the left eye the mother of the aggressor, Mrs. Mary Hemphill, took a hand in the affray slapped Upton on the face until t E SN son. Then Emma Upton appearcd on JOROEAMA-—ATiived to June 14— | the scene and at once secured a trans- S aathdone. from Sen Franciéce; Stmr [fer of the youns man's affections to bt s O e i Sas: | herself. A few days ago it was an- date for Manila; stmr Siberia, Fran- [ nounced that their marriage would gindo_and Honolwiu -for Hiogo, Shaaghal 4nd | take vlmlmy and since tl;m . 14_Stmr Gos. | the injured’ has been looking for e ot ot B . O wap ahvabiiorr i 1 !.lgmm 1. .for New | Both the ‘women Wwere ar- Pring Wilheim. Trom Baeren and Bostatapton i umr-‘t’{.fl‘ = P P Ltor battery. ¥ ¥ SWEDEN'S EIVARD HONRS TARERICA A (AC TOEOS LESSY Announees Osear’s Appoint-!Rangze Finders to Replace _ ment as Honorary Admiral | -Guns on Fighting Tops of of the British Fleet NORWAYS FIRM STAND| Reply to Late Sovereign’s “Letter of Protest Will Be Unyielding in Tenor| LONDON, June 14.—It is officially nn-\ pounced that King Edward has appointed | King Oscar an honorary admiral of the British fleet. | CHRISTIANIA, June 14.—King Oscar's long letter to the President of the Nor- wegian Storthing (Berner), defining his position, was received in the Storthing, which was crowded, at its opening this morning after the Whitsuntide recess. | The document was referred unanimously | to a special committee without comment, and the Storthing adjourned to await the committee’s report. There was no dem- | onstration whatever. A shorts reply will/ be sent, reaffirming the constitutional rights of the Storthing. | The Government of Norway and the members of the Storthing welcomed the | message, seeing in the last paragraph an indication that the King and the Riksdag | will confirm the dissolutfon of the union | after a reaffirmation of the contention ' that the union could not be dissolved without the consent of Sweden and King | Oscar. A member of the Storthing, comment- ing on the bitter feeling in Sweden, said: “Aristocratic Sweden is always in- clined to look down on democratic Nor- way. The Swedes resent what they con- sider our audacity in initiating dissolution and dethroning the King. The latter has always been influenced by an atmosphere of the nobility of Sweden and seldom vis- ited Norway. The Swedish upper cham- ber, too, is inclined to consider the rights of the throne.paramount to those of the constitution, which, however, is not the case in Norway.” STOCKHOLM, June 14—The attitude of the laboring classes is likely to prove a potent factor in overcoming any Dossi- ble disposition on the part of the Riks- dag to suggest the adoption of coercive measures toward Norway and influencing the Chamber in favor of accepting the dissolution of Norway and Sweden. | Swedish labor unions are dally tele-| graphing to Norway unions, saying they will refuse to take up arms, and the Social Democratic party has issued a proclamation to the laboring classes, reading: “Jt becomes more apparent daily that the upper classes and reactionary news- papers are attempting to cultivate a sen- timent hostile to Norway, with the view to calling the people to arms against her in her struggle for liberty.” The proclamation says it is the firm decision of the working men not to re- spond to a call to arms and asserts that they intend to go out on strike through- out the whole country if the Riksdag comes to such a decision. In conclusion, the proclamation calls upon the labor- ing classes throughout Sweden to mani- fest their opinion of the situation at public meetings. OPINION SUPPORTS THE MAYOR'S STAND Philadelphia Councils Have Power to Repeal Fran- chise Ordinances. PHILADELPHIA, June 4.—In accord- ance with the request made by the Com- mittee on Street Rallways of the City Couneils for his opinion on the legality of the bills providing for the repeal of ordinances granting street car companies streets, City Solicitor John L. Kinzey to- day sent his opinion to that committee. The City Solicitor holds that Councils have full power and autnority to repeal the ordinances, because the street car cocmpanies had not yet actually taken possession of the streets. The Committee on Street Railways will meet te-morrow, when the opinfon will be presemted before it. A strong effort will be made by the advocates of the “re- pealers” to have the bills favorably re- ported to Councils. In order to avoid dis- orderly scenes such as those that oc- curred yesterday the meeting to-morrow will be held in a small committee-room. John W. Hill, chief of the Filtration Bureau_has resigned. Xis letter of res- ignation was accompanied by a similar communication from his son, Henry C. Hill, who is the first assistant engineer in the bureau. The city park superintendents and ten employes of the Electrical Bureau were to-day dropped from the payrolls, making a total of seventy-seven men discharged during the current week. MILLIONATRE T. B. WALKER DENIES AUBREY'S CHARGES MINNEAPOLIS, June . 14—T. B. Walker, the millionaire lumberman, denies the charge of L. E. Aubrey, State Mineralogist of California, that he had illegally filed on certain lands in Northern Californla, and is of the opinion that politics is back of the the Ships of l'nsle Sam CHANGES ARE ORDERED iA(’cumcy of the Shooting of Japanese at Long Distance Responsible for Vietory e NEW YORK, June 14.—Orders were re- ceived at the New York Navy Yard to- day from the Navy Department at Wash ington to remove the guns from the fight- | Ing tops of the battleship Alabama. Or- ders have been issued also that the guns |are not to be replaced on the fighting tops of the battleship Indiana, which is being repaired. It is reported that the guns are to be replaced by range finders, and that similar orders will be issued re- garding other battleships. The news of the viectory of Admiral | Togo in the battle of the Sea of Japan is saild to have brought about the decision to put range finders in place of the one- pounders which have occupied the tops. The fate of the battle was decided by the superiority of the work of the Japanese gunners while the ships were still at long range. The department was informed that the alm of the Japanese gunners was due to the efficiency of the men with the range finders, whom the Japanese had placed in the fighting tops. They were thus able to “pick up” the Russian ships at a far greater distance than the Russians could locate the Japanese. WILL PREVENT ARMING GUARDS Complaints about the police allowing the guards to ride on the wagons deliver- ing Seattle beer caused the Police Com- mission last night to issue instructions to the Chief of Police to prevent this state of affairs. The motion, introduced by Commissioner Reagan and seconded by Drinkhouse, was as follows: Mr. Chairman: During the past week it bas been calied to my attention that certain firms engaged n the distributiom of beer from the northern States have employed watch- men or guards on their wagonms. I have in- vestigated the matter and I find that thers are twelve wagons engaged by those beer bottling firms, six of which are armed with guards and six without guards have been attending to thelr dally routes without the interference of a single union man and with- out the interference of any union sympathizer. It seems to me that the placing of thess guards on the wagons is instigated by the officers of the Citizens' Alllance with some ulterior object in view. It is to be deplored that such a condition of affairs should exist in-this city at this time, where union men and their empioyers are woriing hand-in-hand bulld up our city. These so-called guards have been for the past wWéel armed blackjacks, and some with revolvers, and of those very guards attacked a man on Sac- ramento and Leavenworth streets a few days agc snd cowardly struck him with a black- jack without any seeming cause or Droveca- tion. He was convicted in Judge Mogan's Cojrt._but seutence has beem deferred. Now it i3 preposterous to think Mr. Chatr- man, that any member of the Beer Bottlers’ Union or any member of the Labor Council or any friend of organized labor would for a single minute tolerate any violence directed toward the drivers of these wagons. The Police Department of thiy city is fully abis and willlug to guarantee for every man pro- tection and safety while engaged in the pur- suit of his busimess, and I therefors think it is the duty of this commission to suppress this private guard system adopted in the city by those people under the guise of necessity to_protect thelr drivers. T had the honor to be a delegate to the San Francisco Labor Council and I know that violence has nothing to do with the methods of advancing the interests of organized labor. Any one acquainted with the expoments of organized labor. any man who kmows such men as Mr. French, president of the San Francisco Labor Counctl, P. H. McCarthy of the Building Trades Council or such a labor Jeader as Andrew Furuseth, would not tolerate violence of any kind toward anybody what- soever. And I therefors move you, Mr. Chairman, that the Chief of Police be instructed to ar- rest any watchman or guard or driver on any of thess wagons whenever they are found to carry arms, for, Mr. Chairman and gentiemen of the commission, I firmly believe that it ia for the good name of this falr clty that theso violators of the law should be arrested and placed in jail A letter from Chief of Police Dinan was read before the Commission last night, saying that he had suspended Policeman F. A. Daurenheim from the force on a charge of drunkenness while on duty. The case was investigated last week. J. J. Dolan and Wililam F. Dorsey were appointed to the police force at the meet- ing last night. The motion of Commissioner Reagan providing that stars 430 and 155, worn by Officers Baxter and Carmichael, respect- tvely, who were dismissed from the force in disgrace, should never be allowed in the department again, was referred to the chief. ——————— ARCTIC EXPEDITION SAILS TO THE RELIEF OF FIALA Stenmship Terranova Leaves Norway for Far North to Search for the TROMSOE, Norway, June 14—The Arctic steamship Terranova sailed to- day for Franz Josef Land to the relief charges. of the Zl;;’tler expedition, headed by C ! Anthony Fiala, on the America. The AN G e oo fomeet ineerion | Second rellef expedition, =aboard _the :‘ fonal forest reserves. His district wii ) Magdalena, will start for Greenland on lnclfi- Utah and possibly South Dakota. June 18. ' S~ W E announce the arrival of our Fall Carpets-- all high gradeand in exclu- sive patterns, made espec- ially for our New York and San Francisco establish- ments. SLOANE'S n4to122Post Street e stSt