The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1905, Page 6

MAKES LY T0 SICALSTS Prince von Bulow Denies Emphatically That Kaiser| Entertains Warlike Plans DEF ER Says Nation's Foreign Poliey | to | World | Caleulated of Is Not Disturb Peace AL N AND PAY FORIT NEXT YEAR like the cut — a Chair for the little one that’s just ilke mother's. Scld around town for $2. Our Christmas Credit price, $1.25 A $7.50 MAHOGANIZED BIRC] ROCKER—With long Fu?"filg rockers and arm rests; a very comfortable easy chair for the parior or living room. Special Christmas Credit price on this Rocker is .. o 9478 WEATHERED OAK TABOUR- ETTE—Of the heavy You=)| Mission style; worth every cent of $1.00; Christmas Credit price for this week is.. 3= 354 E oC m MAHOGANY TABLE—With 24- inch top and French carved legs; the shelf underneath the Table ie about 20 inches square; the top of the Table real ma- hogany, highly polished. Worth $7.5 At the special Christ- mas Credit price of $4.50 i . Every Saturday night from 7 to 10 we have one special that just happens to hit what the people want. This week it's an ORI- ENTAL NUT BOWL, carved with designs as shown in the cut. 2F¢ for three (8) hours Saturdey night, December 16. CREDIT. Our store is a littie out of the way, but our rent is low you are enmtitled to credit st cash prices. Our Christmas Oredit means buy mow and pay fer it mext year, Eastern Outfitting Co. 1320 to1328 Stockton St. HOLIDAY GIFTS Opera, Race and Field Glasses, Lorgnettes, Spec- tacles, Kodaks and Cameras. OPTICIAN. 105 ST. MONTGOMERY ST. NEAR SUTTER' OPP OCCIDENTAL HOTEL D KODAK AGENCY-PHOTO SUPPLIES WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF GERMANG IMMINENT LITH = LTy UANIAN _PEASANTS Y OF A OF THBE AND SOLDIERS I COW MARCHING WITH A PROCESSION OF RBVOLLU S ' AGITATOY, KILLED IN A COMBAT RETWEEN RIO ANCIENT CAPITAL. ONISTS, BEARING TO 'ERS AND COSSACKS OBLEMAN OF BALTIC SLAIN '~ AND HIS BODY FED TO DOGS ‘Assistant Chief of the Riga District Is Atrociously Murdered ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 13—The Gov- ernment is sending several columns of troops to the Baltic provinces of Esthonia and Courland and to Riga. In response to appeals from the German Embassy de- manding the protection of German sub- jects the Government nas replied that ample troops were now on the way to insure the protection of all foreigners. August von Hennings, a prominent mem- | ber of the Baltic nobllity and Assistant Chief of his district, was atrociously mur- | dered at his residence near Riga by & | revolutionary band. Two dragoons who } were detailed to guard the residence also | | | were killed. A servant, who walked sixty miles to catch a train, brought the de- talls of the horrible event to St. Peters- burg. | According to the servant, the revolu- tionaries demanded that Von Hennings give up his sword. On being told that, as an officer, he could not surrender with | honor, the revolutionaries shot him. Sub- sequently his head was hacked off and his body cut to pieces and fed to the dogs. | M. Bompard, the French Embassador, | who returned suddenly a fortnight ago on account of the crisis, has left for Paris, and it is understood that he is the bearer of information for his Government At the embassy, however, it wasdaid that the departure of the Embassador had no significance, as he had only gone to finish an interrupted vacation. A message from Moscow, received by telephone, says that, according to reports received there, Kantontus, the Bishop of Volhynis, in Southwest Russia, is in- structing the priests to calm the agita- tion in that section of the country. Nev- ertheless, it is said, some of the priests are inciting the population against Jews, Poles and students as enemlies of the country. The Council of Workmen following address: “We extend our most sincere sympathy to our brothers, the soldiers and sailors at Sebastopol and elsewhere, whose blood hae been united with ours in the common cause. We call upon the proletariat to work with redoubled energy for an armed revolt which will liberate the people.” | M T AT General Gripemberg Il has fssued the To make the delicious qualities of the famous BANDAKELLIE TEA still better known we will -serve | 1 DAINTY AFTERNOON TEA | This weck Frec of [ Charge al our Tea | P a e g r { 305 Stockton St. by Revolutionists. correspondent of the Figaro in a dis- jhundred Russians on board the Rus- patch dated December 14 says that | General Gripenberg is suffering from paralysis. ol o B AN CHRISTIANS DEFEND JEWS. | Men of Antagomistic Faiths Fight Side by Side im Odessa. BOSTON, Dec. 14.—Forty-three Rus- cian refugees were brought here to- day by the Cunard Line steamship Iver- nia, which arrived from Liverpool Among them were included men, wo- men and children. They came from Riga, Vilna, Kieff, Odessa and Kovno. All had escaped by various methods after having fled from their homes on account of the disturbances there. Two m; Ephriam Groistascher, a butcher&oseyh Dubovsky, a wood carver,’ “of Odessa, seemed to be the leaders of the refugees. They had left Odessa at the time of the disturb- ances attending the promulgation of the Emperor's manifesto in October. They desgaibed the scenes at Odes:a as those offa general butchery in which police, Cossacks and_a rabble partici- pated on the one hahd and Jews and Christians who were called upon to de- fend themselves on the other. The fury of the mob did not seem to be di- rected wholly against the Jews, but many of that faitu became victims, while Christians and students who, in many cases, were neighbors and friends of the Jews, assisted In defending them and were killed. The refugees esti- mate that the victims numbered 10,000 during the week following the Tues- day nearest our November 1. In the.midst of the disturbances, Russian gunboats fired upon the city, apparently for the purpose of intimi- dating the Insurrectionists, and consid- erable damage resulted. REVOLT FAST SPREADING. Riga and Vendon Districts Emtirely Hands of Insurgents. _ 'r ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 18.—The Government’s advices to-day from the Baltic provinces forwarded part of the way from Riga by courier, are of the most alarming character. Bands of thousands of Lettish peasants are roaming the country In the vicinity of Riga putting the torch to the houses on all the estates and even threatening the town of Riga itself. The districts of Riga and Vendon are entirely in the hands of the insurgents. The revolt is spreading to all parts of Courland. All rallway communication with Riga 1Is cut off. The Insurgents have seized a number«of stations on the three rail- roads leading from that city and are advancing against others. According to the Government’s infor- mation all sallors from the commercial steamships in the harbor of Riga have joined the strike. The Government claims that the troops there are loyal, though inadequate. > The situation is bad also at Mitau, where, on December 11, the troops fired on the rioters. 1 Many of the German landlords who have not fled from the Baltic provinces are establishing a network of small forts and are standing a regular seige, There has been much killing and burning. —_— Mutiny en the Cavevitch. COLOMBO, Ceylon, Dec. 14.~One sian battleship Czarevitch in the harbor here revolted today. Military assist- ance was asked for and sent and fifty of the mutineers were taken ashore. i oot CZAR STANDS BY DE WITTE. Reactionist Campaign Against the Pre- mier Has Failed. ST. PETERSBURG, Wednesday, mid- night, Dec. 13.—According to reports from Tsarskoe-Selo the reactionary campaign, headed by General Count Alexis Igna- tieff and M. Steschinsky, formed to ef- fect the downfall of Count de Witte and to create a dictatorship, has falled and his Majesty is standing firmly by the Premier. M. Menshikoff, the well-known writer, who 1s close ‘touch with the Count, is out with a gtrong article demanding the inauguration of an aggressive fight against the revolution, before it is too late. M. Menshikoff says: “The revolutionarfes openly send emis- saries and do not conceal their intentions. They act in the full light of day, while the Government works in secret. The Government, it is true, has cannonm, but perhaps only for the present, while they are not necessary. When they are need- ed none can guarantes that they will not be In the possession of the revolution- arles. ‘“The present anarchy and suspense are due to the inaction of the Government. De Witte, like Kuropatkin, not only per- mitg the enemy to arm and to concen- trate his forces, but to make his dispo- sitlons and to choose the moment for giving battle. Such tactics will no more :“"‘n Russia than they did In Manchu- 2. The balance sheet of the Government for the first elght months of the current year makes a fairly favorable showing. The expenditures totaled $991,500,000, In- cluding $394,000,000 for those of an extra~ ordinary character. The receipts were $1,008,000,000, including $858,000,000 from the proceeds of loans, etc. The ordinary re- ceipts were $39,500,000 in excess of those for 1904, and the ordinary expenditures $8,500,000 less. The explanation offered for the mania which has seized the peasants in many provinces to cut down forests, both pub- lic and private, is that the mujiks have been made to believe that the Emperor has declared a division of the arable land and that he desires to bring the forest lands into that category. The latest class to organize is the chim- ney sweeps. They have decided that it will be impossible for them to work with- out the promulgation of a constitution. ik A e MANY WOUNDED IN LODZ. Roughs Attack Jewish Residents Are Fired Upon by Cossacks. LODZ, Russian Poland, Dec. 14.—A band of roughs this afternoon attacked Jewish shops and residents in Zeilczna street. Fighting ensued, and twenty persons were wounded with knives or revolvers. Cossacks were then sum- moned and dispersed the rioters by firing a volley which resulted in the wounding of many more. Bt deibi Concession to Unions. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 14.—The Cabinet has decided that In future unions of workmen can be dissolved only by judicial procedure and not by executive authority, as heretofors, N FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 PLAN A MASSACRE Houses of Riga Are Transformed Into Fortresses. Troops May Join in the Carnival of Murder. Intended Victims Are Denied Opportu- nity io Escape. e 20 STOCKHOLM, Dec. 15.—The Dagen's Nyhelers correspondent, who returned | here to-day from Riga, says “The Letis, constituting “a majority of the population of Livonia, control | the situation there. Their leader, M. | Jahonson, editor of the Deenas Lapas, | is also the head of the Federated Revo- lutionary Societies and has command | of everyth Their hatred of tae German speaking population, which is | unrelenting, is caused by-years of op- | pression on the part of the German no- | bility. “I'he peasants sround Riga are burn- ing estates and murdering land owa- | ers. The Germans of Riga expect a| St. Bartholomew’s night, and it is evi- | dent that the Lelis are preparing for | | | | ;:l wholesale slaughter. “The central part of Riga cam be pro- | | tected at the bridges, if the army be | | true. In each block one house has been | prepared as a fortress Im which to | sheiter the Germaans when the massa- cre is begun. Besides this, the house- holders have establisaed various places of refuge. Murders are committed in broad daylight, mostly for revenge, and the police are afraid to iuterfere. The Governor General does not dare com- mand the troops, not knowing whether they will obey orders. “Several country communities have established republics, latending later to confederate into a Baltic republlie. “The revolutionaries are preparing | an irresistible strike for January, and the workmen are being armed. “The revolutionariés have refused to | allow either Germans or Russians to leave Livonia.” The correspon fent says he fears that | the deep hatre@ felt by tho Letts for the German nobillty and German cap- italists will lead to an awful calamity. WEAK-MINDED BOY INHERITS $2,000,000 Wealth of Miliionaire Who Died Intestate Goes to Grandson. Special Diepatch to The Call. SARATOGA, N. Y., Dec. 4.—Billings Bherman, the 13-year-old son of John C. Sherman of Greenwich, Washington County, N. Y., enjoys the distinction of belng the wealthiest lad of his age in Northern New York, but his sad men- tal condition is such that he can hardly appreciate the big fortune that has just come into his possesston. His mother, Mrs. Jeannie E. Billings- Sherman, who dled several years ago, | was & daughter of Joseph Billings, a mil- lonaire,” who died at the age of 78 years on December 8, at his home in Northum- berland, Saratoge County. He was a widower, /his wife, Mrs. Eliza Harris- Billings, having been murdered 25 years ago. Millionaire Billings was twice tried for his life but no conviction was ever reached. He left no will and conse- quently his entire estate, valued at $2,000,000, passes to his grandson, Billings Sherman. The millionaire’s two sisters—Mrs. El- len Boyce of Bacon HIill and Mrs. Fran- ces Cramer of this place—who are ad- vanced in years and who are far from being in affluent circumstances, received nothing. —e—————— Small ad. advertisers can only be cer- tain of their ads. appearing in Sunday’s COall — Christmas Edition — upon the early delivery of their copy at this of- fice. No ads. will be recelved later than 7 o’clock Saturday night. B KAISER PROMISES TO AID THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT Would Take Prompt Action if Other Powers Were to Seize ) Territory. LONDON, Deo. 14.—According to the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Tokio the Chinege Minister at Berlin has notifiled his Government that Prince von Bulow, the German Imperial Chancellor, told him that If the other powers should selze Chinese territory the Emperor of Germany would immediately come to the help of China. i No Secrets To Hide | We have nothing to " to hide! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. find these in Ayer’s Almanac for 1906; or write us them to you. Then to your doctor, and ask him what he thinks of them. | tional RANGES Direct, from the largest. crange grove in Oroville. They are as sweet as honey and for a little money. 73¢ Apiece or 4¢ a Dozen JOE Sale Starts at 10 O’Clock a. m. ROSENBERG THE PRICE CUTTER.... 816 Market St. ly Sold to Women Folks What You Read of in Our Ad. You'll Find in Cur Store. CVIL SERVICE LEAGUE. MEETS National Body Convenes at Milwaukee and Listens to Interesting Reports| ARG MILWAUKEE, Wis,, Dec. 14—The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Na- Civil Service Reform League opened in Milwaukee to-day. Much regret | was expressed at the absence of Secre- tary ot the Navy Bonaparte, who was to have been the ehief speaker. President Charles Van Hist of University of Wisconsin weicomed gathering. * Richard Henry Dana of Boston re- plied to the words of welcome, after which he introduced Samuel E. Sparling, president of the Wisconsin Civil Service Commission, who spoke on the subject “Ctvil Service Reform in the West.” William B. Moulton, president of the | Civil Service Commission of Illinois, read | a paper on the same subject. he annual report of the council was read to-night by Richard Henry Dana of Boston. The report in part is as fol- lows: & ble event of ‘the year in t (f:l‘{‘:d n;::e:“l: ll:e successful revolt against boss rule in politics, as exemplified in so many | parts of the country. As the inspiration to | Sivil service reform is to free the country from the boss, this event Is a eource of great joy o us who have labored so long In the good cause. But with our satisfaction there comes | to all serious minded men the fear lest the people, content with victory, will lapse mnto | inactivity, We bave seen similar revolts be- the the | known as the Walker lands. fore, with no permanent improvement. We have turned out & Tweed, and in came & Croker. Out went Croker, and in moved Mur- phy. We abolished some particular boss: we removed the man, but we kept the conditions which made the man what he was. As to future work, we ought to secure in States which bave cfvil service laws the ex- tension of the merit system to some higher municipal and other positions now exempted by law. For the National Government we hope to see the fourth class postmasters, or at least the higher grade of them, put under the merit system. EARTH FREEZES ABOUT A WOUNDED DRIVER| Ax Is Used to Free Injnred? Man From Painful Pre- | dicament. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LEWISTON, Idaho, Dec. 14.—Although his body had to be cut from the frozen ground with an ax after he had fallen | from his wagon and the wheels had | passed over his arm, Oliver H. Calvin, a | farmer, llving near Russell, walked three miles to Greer to have his wound dressed. Greer physiclans said the mangled arm should be amputated, but Calvin protested and was brought to Lewiston Hospital this morning. There is a chance of saving the member pro- vided blood poisoning does not set In. The accident happened on Clearwater grade yesterday. Calvin, who was driv- ing four horses, fell under the wheels of the wagon. —_——————————— Theatrical Relics Bring Geod Prices. LONDCN, Dec. 14.—The sale of the late Henry Irving’s theatrical relics at Christies to-day attracted lively atten- tion. A Malaccalan which had be- longed to Garrick brought $210, and a plain gold ring worn by Garrick was sold for $215. The sword Irving wore as Richard ITI went for $155, and a flint- lock pistol umed in the character of Peter the Great was knocked down at | $155. Fitty small lots netted $5000. conceal; no secrets You will and we will send show the formulas »If he says they are good medicines, then use them. If he has anything better, then use his. Get well as that’s-the point! soon as you can, S ib Ayer Co., PLANS STANDING OF s ARMY TRIKE-BREAKERS Chicage Employers’ Association to Ese tablish Bureaus in All Large Cities. CHICAGO, 14.—The Chicago Em- ployers’ Association, at a meeting to-day, formulated plans for the establishment of Dee. a standing army of laborers, both skilled and unskilled and representing every branch of trade, to be prepared to go to in the United States to flll the when necessary. association will be ex= tended so as to include every city in the United States with a population of 50,000 or m mployment bureaus will be maintained all cities of this -class in where non-union workmen can register, and when the occasion arises these men will be used to take the place of strikers —_——— Calendars for 1906. Poinsettia, Chiness,’ Redy interesting calga- [ 741 Market st. * ] wood and dars. San STEEL CORPORATION BUYS VAST ORE LANDS TRACT | Consummates One of the Bigzest Deals in the History of the Mesaba Iron Rangg. Minn., Dec. 14—One of the biggest m g deals in the history of the Mesaba Iron Range was consum- mated to-day when the transfer of a half interest in what are known as the J. J. Hill unleased ore lands on the West- ern Mesaba Range was formally made to the United States Steel Corporation. The principal part of the unleased ore lands on this range comprises a vast acreage on the west end of the Mesaba, These lands have been variously estimated to contain from 100,000,000 to 300,000,000 tons of arey running about half Bessemer. DULUTH Cheap Prices China Crockery Dolls Glassware Christmas Holiday Goods COME EARLY ® See Our Tempting Prices Great American [mparting Toe Ca. SAN FRANCISCO STORES: 861 Market St. 2008 Fillmore. 52 Market St. 1419 Polk St. 1510 Tth St. 2141 Center St., Berkeley. 1355 Park St., Alameda. Our 100 stores help us to help you Los Angcles Times SAN FRANCISCO OFFICH 18 NOW IN Room 41, Chronicle Bldg. Telephone Maln 147 Arthur L. 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