The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1905, Page 1

it & fresh G H THE WEATHER. ! | i Forecast gide at San Francisco for rs énding midnight, Local Temporarily in Charge Augnst vicinit bec west winds WILLSON, Forecaster, QAL PRINTS MORE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER pU ALCAZAR—"The CHUTES—Specialties. Matines. CENTRAL—"The Cattle King." COLUMBIA—'‘Weather Beaten Ben- GRAND—Rabbi Osher.” MAJESTIC—'‘Dora Thorne.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville, Matines. TIVOLI—"Rob Roy." = P SAN ' FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, o g 1905 PRICE ‘FIVE CENTS. DE WITTE SAYS PEACE IS IMPROBABLE Aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, via Siasconset, Mass., Aug. 2.- I am afraid that the peace negotiations will be ended within a week, as the Japanese conditions wil of discussion.” ’ By Wireless Telegraph to The Call and the New York Hera.ld M. de Witte, the Russian envoy, said to me to-night: I be so intolerable as not to admit FRANCIS. McCULLAGH. CLASH OVER ARANTINE IMMINENT Armed Mississippi Guards Invade Louisiana. Prevent Ffiing in Lake Borgne and Blockade Canal. LT Governor - Blanchard : Will Take Measures: to- Pro- tect State’s Rights. 1—A: ‘Special from Baton I-Appeal the Mississippi and over quarantihe Aprivete dis- ies >ri¢ 1% imminent g that Mis p vy bad in- and that mouth of ver off the d_ directed Briga- of his staff and ¢k, -commanding te's naval militia; to investigate - Blan Varda 8 also telegraphed of Mississippl as able i formation that Mis- e guards, armed, side at Pearl this was on ughtless con- over to few. &nd friction please your guards remain of the line. pon_Governor Blan- c e following telegram or egident Souchon of the State B at - State of Misslssipp} patrolied Lake Borgne and after pro- hib ng fi men m. fishing in the 1s s now guard exit of Lake Borgr p g any boat from unwarrantable usurpa- of Louisiana waters advised me to ask horities in Wash- intervene or to take yourself.” »n ‘at once to in- hand nor Blanchard then telegraphed efnor Vardaman of Mis Have -information - Miss! trols .haye forbidden fishermen from fiching 4in Lake Bergne and are now guarding exit of Lake Borgne canal preventing boats from coming out. Is this by your orders, or of those of the health euthorities of your State? No Eu ate of affairs ean be tolerated. You have a right to prohibit boats Janding -em Mississippl shores, but not from - navigating lake, sound and gulf chatinels which are navigable waters of the United States.” Governar Blanchard aleo telegraphed President Souchon that he would take prompt steps to protect Louislana’s rights. AP 2 CALLS ON NAVAL BRIGADE. Governor Blapchard Wants Gunboat to Protect Louisiama Citizens. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1L—The relations between .the States of Louisiana and Mis- s have reached an acute stage and from jeations to-might it wiil change fro erviews about the concealment o es 1o & much more serious madtter. ¥rom information: that has come to hand, the Gignity df the State or Loulsiana has beeh offented By an armed invasion from the sister State, and this morning Gov- errior Blanchard communicated with the captain of tbe Naval Brigade, which has equippéd_gunboat, with a view ngoit dispatehed to the borders ect Louis! AMisgissippi bas five armed boats Patrolling- the soast ‘to prevent .rmen “from. bredking through the ife Jines. These vessels are also the United States revenue The Mississippl, boats w not ajiow Louisjang fishermen to enter Missfssippi Soynd, east of St. Jo- eeph light, but from reports recelved here it “appears thatione of thesg patrol boats came into Lake .Borgne, which is disfinetly Louisiana territory, and one.re- pért says it came up to the mouth of Lake Borgne c#nal, which extéhds from the lake to the Mississippi River, a dis- tance of only four and a half milés. The naval brigade vessel Stranger draws tog much water for servide in that vicinity, but a light draft boat wWould be impressed inté service armed with o Jwowitzer” or i - Continwed on Page 2, Column 2. in-the city to-day ! soldiers em- | Louisiana | To obviate un- | na citizens from further ; T0RTURED BY CHICACD - SLUGGERS ‘Man Held in Cap- tivity for Three | Weeks. ?Pins Are Stuck Into | His Body and His Feet Branded. | { Victim, Now Near Death, in; HMercy. | Wild Delirium Begs for i Special’ Dispatch to The Call CHICAGO, Aug. - l.—Appafent - evi- dence that labor slugge maintain‘ in Chicago a place where systematic tor- ture is ‘meted out to thos their displeasure has just come to light in the strange case of William N. Wil der.. Wilder was formerly an army of- ficer and at the time of the recent | | teamsters’ strike was clalm agent for a Chicago’ package express company. He disappeared on July 6, was held captive for three weeks and was then set at liberty, half-étarved’ and so dazed that he has not been able to give {= coherent account of his captivity. He ! was found by a friend wandering aim- lessly about near the Union depot, at Canal and Adams streets, and was tak- en to his home at Downers Grove. Physiclans. pronounced his physical and mental conditlon such that he may | not_recover. Miuch of the time he raves wildly {and, as though still under torture, begs for mercy. Marks all over his body |show that he had been bound with | heavy cords. Wilder 15 an Englishman who saw service in the American army in Cuba |&nd the Philippines and held a com- sion as a second lieutenant in the | regular army. He is a bold, outspoken | fellow of 37, who gloried in his physl- cal ability to take care of himself and defled pickets or sluggers to intimidate | nim. | Since Saturday night, when Wilder regained consctousness and was able to | make his way home, he has been under | {the care of his wife and Dr. W. A. Tope. | 1y, but surely, and it was believed that | by the end of this,week he would be | improved enough to give a more com- { plete and detailed story, which would | but to-day | resylt in several arrests, | he had'a relapse. He was taken with hallucinations, which made him violent. | “Don’t tie my feet,” he cried, repeat- | edly | *“Oh, don’t! Oh, don’t stick me! Don’t | tickle my feet!” | Members of the Royal League and | tellow veterans of the Spanish war who | saw Wilder last before the assult to- | day lent their aid to the detectives to {hunt down the sluggers. The police | have shown a disposition to let the matter drop and John E. Van Natta, lawyer and a captain in the Second Illinofs Regiment, of which Wilder was a member, is directing the ingairy. Money and revenge were the objects of the assault, which took place di- rectly In front of the teamsters' head- quarters at 274 Madison street. When they had secured all the. money he possessed ($160), the flends * tortured | their vietim, binding him to the floor and sticking pins into his flesh. When he regained consciousness he was bound and gagged and left lying naked on the. floor of the room, which had been darkened by hanging a blanket over the only window in it For two days, at least, he says, he lay on the floor of this room, bound and gagged, while three men stood over him, at intervals making use of differ- ent forms of torture, including threats to burn his house.and injure his wife. His wrists and ankles now bear the marks of the cord$ with. which he was tied; his mouth is cut and torn, from the gag, and his body is covered with pin pricks, while marks on his feet bear out his claim that he was branded with hot irons. et UNION MEN ARE TAKEN BACK. CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—Police were re- moved to-day from the ‘wagons of many firms that have been strike-bound for four months. Correspondingly; many union drivers were restored to their old places. The Employers’ Association, following: the determination of the Lumbermen’'s Association to reinstate union: teamsters in a body, has decided to lift the ban placed upon all strikers a week ago. The dction was taken de- spite the fact that the Coal Teamsters’ Union has ignored the employers’ threat not to rehire any of thie strikers until all ‘should .vote to é&all off the styike. A boycott against five big coal companies is stiil on. . who incur | He had been convalescing slow- | | fire rooms. | explosion that fire, ashes and live steam | ! | | { i | | tors. Boiler “D” did not -explode, al- though the other boller was driven against it | explosion theé boller which exploded was WEAK METAL N BOILERS OF WARSHIP Court Finds Cause of Bennington Disaster. Blame Rests at Door| of Men at Head of Department, Worn Out Parts of Machinery | Allowed to Remain on Vessel. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SAN' DIEGOQ, *Aug. ‘1.—From an offi cial source, ‘the reliability of - whic cannot be questioned because of i connectfon with the court itself, it be ame known -to-night what in substance | will be the report of the <Court of in- quiry’ now Investigating the Benning- | ton disusters It may be stated authoritatively that | the court will find that boiler “B” of | the Behnington exploded not because of unusually high pressure, but because the mectal of the crown sheet and the bolis holding that crown sheet in place | had become “dead,” had lost all lfe and mearly all tensile strength by rea- son of constant use and the failure of those responsible to remew the weak- | ened place during the twenty vyears that the ill-fated Bennmington was fin | service. The court will mot censure the officers of the Benmington, but will pass up the matter and the responsibil- ity to higher authority, and it will be for the heads of certuin buremus =t Washington to explaln how the mcei- dent happened. Under a pressure of 100 pounds or less, | the crown sheet of boiler “B,” its sup- ports weakened, and, robbed of ‘their ten- | sile strength by the crystallization of the | metal, parted at both ends and dropped, | letting the water and steam.directly into | the firebox. Thig is what the members. of the court of inquiry found this afternoon after a careful examination of the wreck- ed beilers. This accounts for the terrific explosion and for the fact that the fire and ashes were blown aft through the So flerce was the force of the were blown to nearly all parts of the vessel through the hatches and ventila- The court has established the further important fact that at the time.of the under lower Steam pressure than-any of the other boflers. It had been filled iast and was fired last and could not have raised sufficient steam to cause the ex- plosion except for the defectlve parts. NO BLAME FOR YOUNG. The court of inquiry will report on be- half of Commander Young that that offi- cer not only was aware ‘of the weakened condition of the Bennington's boilers, but had more than once advised higher au- thority. On' the evening before the ex- plosion he had, up6n the receipt of rush orders ts proceed to Port Harford to as- #ist the Wyoming, given instructions to his chlef engineer that under no circum- stances were the forward bollers to be forced In_ gettiug up steam, nor ~were they. One of the most important statemers to be forwarded to Washington in ihe court’s findings s that the heavy one- inch steel bolts which rivet the crown sheet to thc boiler shell snapped off as cleanly as theugh they had been filed or bitten. The belts, through teo long use, had become crystallized, brittle, burned out, lifeless and incapable of withstand- ing even an ordinary strain. Tests here of the tensile stréngth remaining in them have proved this and this is one of the facts which the court is now most jeal- ously guarding. The condition of these boits meant life or death 13 the crew. It is more than hinted that the findings of the court, when forwarded to the-Sec- retary of the Navy, will contain recom- mendations backed by what has been dis- covered on the Bennington which will be | surprising enough td shock the Navy De- partment and to set on foot a close in- spection of the bollers of other: vessels which have been long in constant’ use. It is admitted by the officers here that the court hopes to.impress upon Washington the full meaning of.the lésson to be learned frem the Benmington: They take the ground that If their report shall bring about a general inspection of naval ves- sels and the correction of similar condi- tions, which are believed to exist upon |- other vessels of the navy, the victims of the JBennington disaster will not have died im vain. B0 o .i® TO CLEAN UP SHIP. It is understodt that a°portion of the i —— Contjnued on Page 2, Column & PREVIER KATSURA 0UTI ES JAPAN'S POLICY In an interview granted to Miss Eleanor Franklin, an American girl, Premier Katsura of Japan has frankly out- lined the future policy of his Government. He says that the benefits of modern development will be forced upon China and Korea, to the end that the great commercial possibilities of Asia shall be opemed to the natioms. Their Sleep Chinese Empire and Korea Must Awalgen From | THIEVES PLY RADE WHILE FIRES RACE |National Guard Called| Out in Visalia to Restore Order. g o VISALIA, Aug 1-—This city was. the scene of three disastrous fires to-night which were accompanied by wholesale pillaging, followed by 2 determined -effort on the part of citizens to protect their property under the display of arms. The loss as a result of the fires will reach about $20,000. The first fire broke out at 8:30 o'clock and caused the following losses: = Mof- fett's livery stable, entirely consumed, $2000; P. Ball’s building, $3000; Worthing- ton’s produce store, $700; Holt, tailor, loss $700; R, E. Hyde, residence, loss slight. The first fire had -hardly been placed under control when Engtish's livery stable in another part of town burst into flames and was-soon destroyed. The loss was $2000, " Nate Levy’s building wes also ruined, with a loss of $2000. The Holt building was damaged to the extent of $2000. “The flre reached the Visalia Ab- street Company's office and many records were_ destroyed. The financial loss here was $1000. Rebinson and Weisher, pho- tographers, - suffered damage to the ex- tent of $1000. During the fires: thie city was for a tinie in darkness and thieves took advan- tage of this condition and the confusion to rob many places. So daring did the thieves become in their work that many citizens secured guns to guard _their property and” a delegation went out to the country ‘residence °of Captin: Deming of the National Guard to secure the pres- ence of a company of militla to preserve order. e 2, : s The militia company was called out-at 11:15 o’clock .to-night and-a ‘semblante of order was restored. The company . is { Company E of the Sixth Regiment and 'Captain Deming is in command. Shortly after 10 o'clock a third fire wds discovered in ‘the new National bank building, but it was soon extinguished. The second and third fires are believed ta, hate been of incendiary origin. . 5 3 % Author-Prencher Will Wed Them. . cFRANKLIN,: Pe., Aug. 1.—Major Charles Millef of this clty will Be mar- rigd in Paris this week to Mrs. A. Bulen-of New York @ity. Rey. Charl ‘Wagner, author of “Tlfe Simple Life, who is a personal friend of the jor, _will perform fhe cergmony. - o B I ks o) t Territorial Aggrand- izement Not an Object. Will Heed Advice of America and England. 1, | ] { ¥ | | W 1 /i ial .Dispitch to The Call. N, Aug. 1.—An’ American girl, Elpanor Franklin, has just secured exclusive cinterview with Count { Katsura, Prime Minister-of Japan, on | what his cotintry will expect from the an peace negotiations and on the ° future | policy of Japan tow the powers. She |'has Zabled thi< to- Boston. Count Kat- FSura said: | “Through you I wish, | Japah, .to. “thank the American press and - the ° public for- the uniform falr- mindedness displdyed by them throughs g 5 a— — in behalf of | serve her tegrity. We do not seck territorial ag- grandizement or dictatorial supremacy. | Resentiug thiv, as ‘we do, in other ma- tious, we arehardly likely to allow any | temptation o betray us inte such in- consistency ns you Americans seem to think possible. * g “Our victory does wot cover all the issues over which nestilities were be- gun, and I think I may safely assert that Japan’s ambition is quite® within ite bounds; only, of course, the great |'indebtedness must be paid. | “Politically and otherwise sur policy in the Far Fast will be dn exact accord with that of Eagland amd the -Uaited | | States. We will try no original experi- ments which do not.meet with the ap= i | proval of these coumtries. | |. 2 “We intend. for our own good and | | the good of the world, to heartily co- | | operate with all nations in forcing upon Korea and Chiha’the same benefits of | modern *development that have been in the past forced upon us. We Intend to begin a campaig: of education in those countries, such as we oursecives have experiénced, to our everlasting better- ment, and the result we hope to attain will be the absolute abandonment in thé Far East of sll the old ideas of na- tiéral xclusiveness and the develop- ment of Asiatic commercial interests that will benefit us all. “€hina and Korea are both atroclous- <+ | ly misgoverened. ° They are in the hands of a fot of corrupt officials, ‘whose ignorance and narrowmindedness are & constant menace. to political tranquillity. e CHEERING MESSAGE SENT BY LINEVITCH & Russian General Says His Now Ready for Any Task. SEOUL, Aug. 1.—~The heaviest rains in thirty years have occurred, and the Tumen River is flooded. The Russlans, | ent. .ve been holding semi-permanent who ks th of the river, have been cut Torky stk o A e anable t9 | 304 conDIDE “himacit ta’ urEhilr SBD in st o6 Tl retreat. e L ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.—General Linevitch has telégraphed to tbe Em- peror,” under date of July 25, denying uently published reports that his @rmy’is- completely surrounded. He says that the army ‘has never been in the freq any dangerqus Have never been turned, The ifanks position. although the Japanese. sought todo fo. “The Japamese are _ from our principal positions, some distance having failed in their attempts to approach them,” the general adds: “The morale of ‘the troops inspires me with.com- . plete confidence, that the army is-ready fot any task” LONDON, A Times from St. Petefsburg says anpther: ug. 2-—A dispafch to the , that< imperfal telegram,-even more warlike than X Orenburg clergy, appears in to:day’s iclal Messenger. the Emperqr's reply to thel During sthe afternoon Necretary T [ ana Miss Alice Roosevelt attended The Empgror, re- plying to ah address from Khabarovsk, hedrtily approves the recommendation to continue the war until the enethy is cgucshed, and, above all, not to think of cessioncof territory or payment of an indemnity. 2 o © L ———t—, SRR < GUESTS OF PHE NIPPON CLUB.: Japanese Envoys Address Their Coun- / in New’ York. ‘NEW YORK,, Aug’ 1—A reception Svas held at the Nippon Club to-pight |gured e in honor of’ Takahira and vBl.ron" Kaneka by the n Komura, Ministef l Japanese of this city. Aft rhe Governor. | These conditions we will endeaver to correct at the earligst opportunity. x —_— - TOLSTOY FORESEES REVOLUTION. Says the Russian People Will Abolish Eanded LONDON, Aug. 1.—A seven-column L Army Is Htl ether about | the land question and 100 persons, all Japaa “r’-n Russia is llving through an !mportant Baron °Komura #poke 3 s that. estin. Sarefully rafraining from sny sllnaion | upate T o med (6 Rave eorpens to the approaching .peace conference,| . The 1= 7 devoted to the declares audiencsé jto do all they could to that the land question has now reached strengthen the bonds that hold Japan state of ripeness Such fifty years and America togethér. Baron-Kaneko :8\’ as reached by Kl:.thl of said: ; - ‘serfdom; that Hemry George was right There are 80,000,000 people In America and | and that the removal of the sin of land- they are all in °sympathy wRB Japan. This{ ed property is near. Jo_ought neveg to forget. Lot e Band it} . The movi for the liberation of Pagds of our history. Tor my ' Saneac mankind, says Count Tolstoy, is to be pee “why these sentiments sh ui!;:ud by the Russian Slavonlc people, wi belleve their spiritual and eco- nomic character are predestined for the great unfversal task. <In conclusion, while maintaining that Henry George perfected the only prac- ticable peaceful solutfon of the prob- tality of the Japanese. . | imitation of European and American © NAGASAKI, Aug, l.—The steamship proletarianism, but by land- Manchutie, *with the Taft party on| ed property, thus showing the other na- board, sailed at 7 o'clock this evening. | tions the way to a rational, free and rn happy life. JAPAN NOW RULES SAGHALIEN. ‘outdoor fete at Osuwax Park. given b: There was a large con- |~ tourse of Japanese anu foreigners. and a heart$ reccption was given the visit- ors..Miss Roosevelt>was presenjed with| TOKIO, Aug. 1.—An official report a large bouquet by the Ladies’ Patriotic [ from Japanese headquarters on the isl- Soglety. Before the ‘departuré of the|and of Saghallen says: pérgy Secretary Taft said: S “The 'i;p;nm army. on July 28 de- > W prepared o feated the Russians eight kilometers o B e e u::'n:hml south of Rvkoft and later occupied Pa- hands of theo Japanese Government peo- | Jero, after hard fighting. The Russians ;I; ‘We feel, of course, that this is.due to the | rotired southward. dly " feeling of the’ Emperor toward , the| "“.Gohora] Saraguchi, commander in <A t and people, but are as- " marfifestations that the of- | chief of the forces, ordered = the establishment of a civil administra- °Continued on Page 2, Column 4 tion on July 30." ° ° ’