The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1906, Page 1

ORE Forecast for San Francisco and ursday northeast westerly. H. G beceming cloudy st night; winds, McADIE, Distriet Forecaster. changing to { | { 3 g NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER PU BLISH 3 ORPHETU TIVOLI— g MAJESTIC—When We Were Twenty- Matinee. g CHNTRAL — “By Right of Sword. ALHAMBERA —“The Heart of Mary- land."* “An "Honest Politi- AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PREPARES (T PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' FOR TROUBLE IN CHINA. Fearing that a general outbreak against foreigners, similar to that of 19oo, is imminent in China, has directed he President islands a that recinforcements be sent to General Wood in the Philippines. force can be quickly landed on Chinese territory to protect: Ameérican interests. JUDCE AKES " WROLE ON INJUNCTIONS Deiendantsh Shall Be| Given Hearing in All Cases. BSR4 MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. S.—There will be m ernment by in- junction” im the United States Court fistrict of Wisconsin, posite side in the opportunity for to the official to of Judge J. V. Quarles | , issmed to-day. ! the eastern least until th 1 have had nereafter b sides. | at by | ot a re-| d. Upon | ‘acts as presented by | the ¢ t granted an in- restraining order as the restraining or- ed the defendant ap- | court and presented as & result of pri issues determined. Hence n of Judge Quarles. at this far-reach- by the same ssued that epoch- order by .Judge | American Railway the decision other thing, “government ng Injunction hrase * GIANT POLICEMAN IS BADLY INJURED \jax,” amous in New| Vork. Trampled by Run- ! away Horse. | —Selig Whitman, | an, long knbwn as his remarkable | in duty and in police t s badly h this n stopping a runaway jce it One Hundred and Thir- and Fifth avenue. After ped from the saddle of his bicycle rse’s head at his top speed he | <en off by the excited animal, under its hoofs and crushed wheels of the heavy wagon. He ken unconscjous to the Harlem pital mpled an has many times been com- ed for heroic conduct in the per- formance of duty. He bas saved many tves Lrperiled by runaway horses. \ \ \ \ X3 l 1 TROOP: EMBARKING TOR. THE PHILIPPINES Troops Being Sent to Reinforce Wood in Philippines. W arships:to Be Near in Case of Anti-Foreign Rising. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—The attitude of the Chinese toward foreigners and foreign’ interests generally has become sufficiently hostile to warrant prepara- tions on the part of the various gov- ernments for the suppression of another demonstration such as that which oc- curred in 1900. The Navy Department had intended to order the battleship Oregon back to the United States, but, in view of the threatening .situation which bas developed, instructions have been cabled to leave this vessel in the Orient. There is no change in the pur- pose of the President to increase the KX | IN CHINA AGAINST FOREIGNERS. LABORS EIGHT" DAYS WITH HIS BRAIN EXPOSED A 1 IR Workman'sVitality As-| tounds Surgeons of Denver.. Special Dispatch te The Call. DENVER, Jan. 8.—For eight days Patrick Martin, who is dying in the County Hospital, walked the streets of Denver with a hole the size of a quar- ter in his skull, exposing the brain. Last night he entered the City Hall, | told Police Surgeon Preston that he had a headache and asked for treat- ment. An examination revealed his awful wound and he was hurried to the hospital. Martin's brain had been exposed to air and dust and the bone splinters in it had been causipg increasing inflam- mation for more than a week. The surgeons say the case is without a parallel and they cannot understand how Martin retained his faculties or managed to work as a hodcarrier. One day he felt nauseated, but the attack was of short duration. He was flip- pant last night until told that he could not live. On Christmas eve “Pegleg Jim"” Ha- |ley, a cripple, hit Martin on the head with an iron bolt. Haley is in jalt and the authorities say he will have to face a murder charge, as Martin has no chanoe to recover. Martin remains conscious and rational. ———————— Land Grsbbers Again Lose. WASHNGTON, Jan. 3.—The demurrer to the indictment in the land cases against Frederick A. Hyde, John A. Eenson, Henry P. Dimond and J. R. Schneider was overruled yesterday by Justice Wright of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Three points raised by counsel for the defendants egainst the validity of the indictment were decided adversely. COMMANDER OF TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, WHO WILL BE RE- [ INFORCED THAT HE MAY BE PREPARED TO ACT IN CASE OF A RISING i — battleship squadron in Asiatic waters by two vessels during the coming spring. The Chinese situation was discussed at the Cabinet meeting yesterday, and later Secretary Taft cabled to General Wood, commanding the military -division in the Philippines, that he was to be reinforced {in order that he might always have a strong detachment in readiness to proceed without delay to China in case American interests were menaced. Two regiments of infantry and two batteries of field ar- tillery will be sent from the United States at once and should reach Manila by { March 1 The administration does not expect any rising before that date, but, as an official | said, it is utterly impossible to predict when the Chinese may attack the for- | eigners. The only thing to do, he said, was to be ready, and this is the view of the President and the entire Cabinet. The troops at Manila will be within fifty hours of Chinese territory, and if it should prove necessary to land a force in the southern part of the empire there will not be the long delay which would en- able the Chinese to prepare for desperate resistance. o T A ey NO CHANGE IN SCHEDULE. Troops Being Semt According to Orig- inal Programme. The army officers here have not been officially notified of the Government's intention to send more troops to the Philippines and no change has been made in the sailing schedule of troops which was made out a few months ago. If the present schedule is not changed parts of five regiments, which will be equal to about three full regiments, will be sent to the Philippines, while five full regiments have been ordered to return to the United States from the islands. £ Several officers, high in authority, stated yesterday that there was noth- ing unusual in the sailing of addi- tional troops from this port, as the army regulations state ciearly that all regiments shall serve two years in the islands and four years at home, which means that a third of the whole army is set aside for Philippine duty. The present standing of the army is about 65,000 men and of this number about 22,000 are in the Philippines at present. As there were only two regiments sent from the United States army dur- ing the Boxer trouble in China it would hardly seem necessary to in- crease the standing army in the islands unlel-; an npfl;m in China should ac- tually occur. In case of an e ne; and the War Department lhoumu! to rush troops to China almost the en- tire army in the Islands could be sent there on short notice, beside two regi- ments of tillery, which are stationed in the Pa- cific divisgion. According to the schedule issued a few months ago and which the officers’ declarg has never been changed the troops will sail for and leave Manila ag follows: Troops for Manila—December 15, ten troops of the Third Cavalry; January 5, four troops of the Fourth Cavalry; January 2! Twenty-fourth Infantry; March 5, Bighth Infantry and two troops of the Third Cavalry. Troops returning from Manila—No- vember 15, Seventh' Infantry: Decem- ber, 15, Twenty-second Infantry; Jan- uary 25, Second Cavalry; March Twentieth Infantry, and April Twelfth Infantry. * —_—— DETAILS OF RECENT 16, RIOT. Trouble at Shanghal Follows Arrest. of Chinese Kidnapers. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 3.—The steam- ship Empress of Japan, from Shanghai, brought details of the recent rioting there, arising out of Chinese dissatis- faction with the action of the British ssessor in imprisoning some Chinese women and children, pending hearing for kidnaping before the Mixed Court. Two women and three men were ar- rested, charged with kidnaping fiftegn young girls from Szechuan, and when the case was remanded the British as- sessor ordered that the young girls be taken to a society, the Door of Hope, pending the trial. The Chinese magis- trate, Mr. Kuan, insisted they be taced in the cells of the Mixed Court and his runners attacked the foreign police who were removing them. The police, under Cadet Officer Fenton, re- Epoctor Gitson anasuome. ChiRere were | slightly hurt. Finally = the = polices hustled the girls into vans ‘and re- moved them. The Chinese magistrate and his as- sistant meanwhile shouted to the na- tive municipal constables that if they obeyed the foreigners they would be punished severely under Chinese law. These remained loyal, however, to'their foreign employers, The magistrate and his assistants managed to get the compound gates shut and shouted to Fenton that he and the)vans would pass only over his dead body. He was hustled aside and the vans forced through. When the incident was noised about the Chinese became greatly excited and mass meetings were held by dif- ferent guilds to protest against the treatment of the Chinese magistrate. For several days the excitement con- tinued, then the Chinese Government ordered the magistrate to release the prisoners. Three days later, it was obvious troable was about to break out. The Consuls consequently telephoned for warship: e CHINA ANGERS JAPAN. Unruly Behavior of Students Resented by Nippon. SHANGHAIL Jan. ‘The situation here is normal. Two-thirds of the blue- Jackets who have been patrolling the foreign concessions re-embarked to- day, pending the final settlement of the mixed court question, which, it is alleged, is hampered by the Viceroy’s sided disvatches to the Chinese Foreign Board. Owing to the alleged unruly behavior of Chinese students in Japan the Jap- anese Government has requested that the visit to Japan of the Chinese traveling high commission be post- poned. BARREL OF PICKLED RATS FROM MANILA Rare Specimens En Route to the National Museum in Washington. Special Dispatch to The Call, WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Word has been received at the National Museum that a barrel of rats has been shipped to that institution from Manila. . They are com- ing in pickle. Some months ago rats were very num- erous in Manila and the surrounding parts -of Luzon, and many of them were affect- ed with a disease which is sometimes | The health au- | communicated to man. thorities offefed a bounty of half a cent (gold) for each rat brought in. The na- tives set at work killing, trapping and snaring rats by thousands. Major Edgar A. Mearns, surgeon in the United States army, is an enthusiastic naturalist and collector. He soon per- ceived that many of the rats had con- siderable scientlfic value, and that some belonged to speeies which are unknown to naturalists. The barrelful is now on its way to the National Museum. ARMY ORDERS, 2 WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-—Army or- ders: Contract Surgeon George B Tut- tle is relieved from duty in the Phil- | ippines and about February 15 will proceed to San Francisco and report to the military secretary of the army for further orders. Sergeant, first Robert B. Irving, hospital corps, Fort | Columbia, will be sent without delay | to San Francisto, reporting to the| medical superintendent of ' the army | transport service. z g PA CE, , Jan. 3. The Brofect of Poliee her From the! - the 15th, | (THERS SLAN BY ISSASSI i AR | - in Shasta. First Victim Is Killed| While Working in - His Claim. Thred Hours Later Is Murdered While oni | Guard at Cabin. - Yo Special Dispatch tg The Call. REDDING, Jan. 3.—Thomas Price, a well-known miner of the Centerville dis- | triet, six miles west of Redding, was mur dered this morning while at work on his | claim a quarter of a mile from his cabin. ; The top of his head was blown off with | a shotgun. The murderer then buried the | body in a gravel pit. leaving only the | head and shoulders protrudimg. Three | hours later John Price, an elder brother of the victim, was murdered by the same assassin’ at his brother's | had discovered his brother's body and | sent word to the officers of this city of | the crime. ! Half a hundred men are scouring the | hills and woods in | Middletown districts to-night, and there | will be more work- for the Coroner if a | capture is effected. Thomas Price, who was a pioneer miner | of Western Shasta and 6 years of age, | went from his eabin earky this morning to | his mining claim; .down the mountainside, to put in the day with pan and pick. He | mud:hrebxular noonday trips to the home T, John Price,. for dinner. &M%«dwfiafl'l mile dpart. At noontime to-day Thomas failed to put in | an appearance, and his brother, becoming | alarmed, went down to the claim. On his arrival there he found the body of Thom- | as, buried up to the shoulders in a pit of | gravel and the side of his head torn away | with shot. He had been murdered, and the assassin had evidently become fright- ened in the act of burying his victim. John Price, who was four vears older than his brother, hastened back to his home and started his son Frank and Noel { Hildreth to Redding to notify the officers. | Price, who was married, told his wife he | would go to bis brother's cabin and lock | the door. He then shouldered his rifle and started out. When Young Price and Hil- dreth reached the ridge of an opposite | hill they heard a rifle shot, and fearing | John Price had met the same fate as his | brother they hastened back to the cabin. | They found Price lying dead near the cab- in door, a bullet hole through his head, evidences of a struggle on every hand and his rifle missing. The boys hurried back to the Pricc home and sent a messenger | to Redding. The messenger believing cnly | one man had been Killed so reported, and | it was not until the officers arrived on | the scene that the awful particulars ot | the double murder were learned. i The officers first went to the gravel pit, where the body of Thomas Price was partly buried. They discovered that the | murderer had revisited the scene of his | | first crime after killing John Price and { bad covered the head and shoulders of | his first victim with a blanket that he had | | taken from the cabin after Killing John | | Price. Tracks of the murderer were eas- | | ily followed down the mountainside and | | for two miles to Clear Creek. | | It is generally believed by residents of | the district that the murders were com- | | mitted by a half-breed Mexican known | | as Shumake, who was compelled to Jeave | the district a year ago because of his| fondness for robbing sluice boxes and | stealing horses. He made threats of | vengeance, and it is now believed he has carried them out. Sheriff Richardson is of the opinion, however, that the Prices met their death at the hands of a crazy man. The brothers were pioneer gettlers in the Centerville district and were among the most pi ent miners in Shasta County. Thomas was 60 years of age and John 64. ROCKEFELLER AFTER EGYPTIAN RELICS Places Unlimited Finances at the Disposal of an Explorer. LONDON, Jan. 3—The authorities at the British Museum are about to make an especial effort to interest the Gov- ernment in the purchase by the pnhucl of valuable Egyptian relics. This ac- ! tion, it appears, is due to the informa- tion that John D. Rockefeller has com- missioned a well-known American ! | Egyptologist to survey the whole of ! the Soudan, and has placed practically unlimited finances at his disposal to pick up anything he can that is worthi buying. H The most famous Egyptologist in ' England, in the course of an interview to-day, said he sincerely trusted the Government ‘would take some decided steps to deal with the habit of Ameri- can millionaires of presenting their native towns with Egyptian antiqui- ties, for, with their wealth, the Ameri- /| cans seemed able at present to m‘m’ ything that is precious in cons -mjo7wm Egypt's past. 3 S — s China Now Wants Embassies. LONDON, Jan. §.—It is undershtood | here M‘Smm will shortly follow the | ¥ et Todaciabs ot Wasbingian i ondes ‘Berlin, Paris and St. Pd’gibnri-tb ‘the | rank of embassies, 2 Two Aged Miners |. Are Shot Down Relative | | bin after he . the Centerville and | | [ SWIFT PUNISHMENT OVERTAKES MASHER He Accosts Miss Gene Towner on Qakland Street and Stranger Thrashes Him. = MIss COSTED _BY TROUNCED BY A GENE TOWNER, A HIGH SCHOOL “MASHER, A FOR D, WHO GIRL OF OAKLA WHICH ACT Was - While Miss Gene Towner, an Qakland high school girl, was waiting on the street in that city for her jather she was accosted by a masher. Hevwas bnocked down 1wice by a man answering the name of “Emil.”’ The creature that accosted Miss Towner escaped into the crowd that gathered and cheered the knock-out exhibition. OAKLAND, Jan. 3.—That swift punish- ment awaits mashers who accost lone women in Oakland was proved last night, when a stranger .annoyéd Miss Gene Towner, a pretty High School girl, and was -ioundly thrashed by an unknown champion, who answered to the name of “Emil."™ The thrashing occurred in front of the First National Bank at Tenth street and Broadway, onlv half a block from the young lady’s home, at 7 o'clock in the evening. The streetswwere filled with people at that early hour, and the chas- tisement of the masher was witnessed by many persons who encouraged the young girl's champion. Miss Towner lives with her mother, Mrs. Grace Towner, a copyist in the County Recorder's office, at 465 Tenth street. She was expecting her fathér home from Szn Francisco, where he is em- ployed, and had gone half a block from | her home to meet him. As she awaited his coming, she walked to and fro ™ | front of the bank building, and soon eb- served a flashily dressed young man watching her. She moved away and the young man followed. Then she recog- nized him as a man who had accosted her several times, once at her door. Badly frightened, the young girl stood close to 3 man and a woman, who were looking in a show window, thinking that the masher would not dare to approach clip on the point of the chin that sent him sprawling on the sidewalk. The masher staggered to his feet, and again the strong right arm of the girl's seif-ap- pointed ,shot forth and agaln the masher measured his length on the stone pavement. A crowd gathered and it looked as if the knocking-down process might continue indefinitely, but the res- cuer’s companion caught him by the arm and pulled. him' away. “Come on, Emil, he has had enough for vantage of the temporary lull n what had promisea to be a continuous performance and sneaked away. The crowd gathered around the hero of the occasion, whe got away before Miss Towner or her par- ents could thank him for his services. They are now looking for a sturdy fel low with a knock-out punch whose given name s Emil Miss Towner is a pretty girl of 18 years, and attends' the Oakland High School. Only last ‘week a masher received & simflar beating on the Berkeley campus at the hands of Walter Christie, the tralner of the athletes at the University of California. The fellow had addressed a remark to Christie's wife, and the trainer, after thrashing him, threw him into the mud at the bottom of the creek. In that case the masher was subsequent- ly arrested and he is now awaiting trial in the college town. Miss Towner may be able to furnish tha police with a good description of the man who accosted her, as it was not his first offense, and she bas seen him several times. The police will try to pre= vail upon her to prosecute him, if he can be found. T ot SR . NEW YORK CLEARING-HOUSE TOTAL BREAKS THE RECORD Reaches Sum of Six Humdred and * Eilghty-Six Million as Result of ‘Dividend Payments. * NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The last year'm heavy Interest d dividend disburses ments at this cdnter were reflected im to-day's bank exchanges at the clearw g-heuse, which aggregated 3656844~ 891. ' This is over $858.000.000 in excess of the previous high record made May 10, 1901, the day following the “cormer’™ in Northern Pacific. . The high rate for call momey con- . tinued to-day. The first loan after opening of the market was made at 40 per cent. By 11 o'clock. however, the price had receded slightly and loans were offered at from to 30 per cent. Encounters Heavy Weather. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 3.—The