The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1906, Page 2

(=] 5 54 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY Large F orce of Track Layers Put Down C@_ked Road. Gain Advantage OverWestern QUICKLY OBEY COURT ORDERS Men in Charge of Work Stop*Oper- JANUARY 11, 1906. REBELS TO AVENGE DEAD COMRADES in the Terminal Fight. "% WORK STOPS WHEN UNCLE SAM SPEAKS Continued from Page 1, Column 4. Coutinu A from Page The manufacturing int city and county of San F beeu revived tn a gre few months, n in the last year; the demand 1o tx ot land avallable for neer id was supe:ntending the . spurs from the maim work. North of the on the same ' railronds ix now and _about a thousand feet out, were consolidating the pile according to the plans, i northern boundary of cific holdings. Two thousand feet west of the end of the training wall the big dredger of the in Dredging Company was throb- in tofl. The shaft of the “‘cutter” s revolving in an endless movement, and thirty feet below water the whirling eth were tearing up the sand which mediately was :wallowed up by the ant sucking of the pump. The pipés, d on pontoons and plles, were fairly bursting with the flow., compressed streams geysering out of the hole and seams, and at the ¢nd a stream of lquid ooze poured out upon the flats, coagulat- ing there into the precious earth for which men are so bitterly fighting. All along the wall hoote? men with guns r 10 take ad- this defendant in guestion rangements with the Ateh- Fe Rauilway to pecting with its le of the east ind Ssnt » Lo run . cars RECITE PRIOR STEPS. with revolvers, were pacing back and forth. Through the day they were being reinforced till they numbered nearly one hundred. At four places new camps were being es olished for them, and a quar- ter of a mile from the end of the wall rpenters were working upon a house n. Here and there shelters with made of ties were being hese had an aspect strangely he Blockhouses of Indian war- and wiles of iron ralls and iron =pikes were laid about an ostentatious negligence that did not prevent them from forming ery good imitations of fortifications. Farther east the grounds of the Southern Paclfic swarmed with blue-coated police, nd gangs of laborers were laying tracks which are beginning fairly to gridiron the space asked for right of way by the Western Pacific through °condemnation proceedings. MARSHAL APPEARS ON SCENE. It was at the end-day culmination of these activities that a little launch, the Port Costa, steamed silently to the wall and dlscharged & lone and meek-looking man. This man presented a piece of paper to B. A. Arreagada, foreman of the rack-layers. Arrcagada looked at the cument, shrugged his shoulders, raised, his left arm toward the teeming toilers, and as by magic the work stopped. With- out another look the man turned on his heel, climbed back aboard the launch and the little vessel steamed off toward the big dredger of the American Company which works night and day. Meekly. he climbed aboard the big machine, célled for Captain Johnson and gave him an- other plece of paper. Johnson read it. poked his head down the companionway boxes full hem w 4 '“f“ b, | gnd bawled a command to the engine- his action | . ,\om. The rumble of straining _ma- chinery ceased, the revolving ‘“cutter” stopped the turning that was tearing at the bottom of the bay, the big pumps to a etand-stiil with one last, Jong lation; the long pipes stretching 2000 to the edge of the wall ceased to er out of leak and joint, and the mouth the ¢ndless flow of liquid which for days had poured out cessation, suddenly stopped. e man with the papers was Assistant ed States Marshal Burnham, and the papers he was serving were Federal in- junctions. poken. squirt wa at mud, without T { S — ANTOINETTE DUTTON ASKS COURT TO DIVORCE HER Says Husband, Owner of Sacramenteo River Landing, Is Guilty of Desertion. A suit for divorce was filed yésterday Antoinette Dutton, who alleges that her husband, John W. Dutton, has de- serted her. She claims that he has an income of $25,000 4 year from Duttons | Landing, on the Sacramento River, and San Francisco properties of which he is by expected demand of all is| rvisors compel the Western come into San Francisco racks. The | flroading, | the owner. She petitions the court to k the Terminai| 2110w her suitable alimony. ry to its own| . Other suits for divorce were filed by % Fe and tne| Ellen against Lucas Coleres for deser- was onls last | tion, Luli F. against John E. Holden for event ed thelr work of | fallure to provie, Elld A. agains: T. F. arivin ross the proposed | Rowell for desertion, Glovanni against Mario Gaviglic for crueity, Mabel L. against August H. Radke for cruelty, Maggie against Clarence E. Peppler for cruelty, Inez against Raymond Perez | for crueity and Freda against Edward Cofrey for desertion. Eva M. was granted a divorce from Henry Davidson on the ‘ground of de- sertion, and Ethel Broderick a divorce from Wiiliam M. Broderick for cruelty. ————— Insane Patients Committed. Drs McGettigan and Rethers of the n Pacific, very the surface nev- | r elevated struc- | e. but or bwaye n visible e—— SCHOONER MAHUKONA WINS SUIT AGAINST THE NELSONS ' Judge De Havem Awards Full C-ou-'i Prayed For on Freightage of Puget Sound Lumber. United States District Judge de Haven | yesterday handed down a decision in| Lunacy Commissi favor of the libelant in the suit of the ! yesterday. em;,,“fiz‘ h::n. b::lyuz:" ectiobtier Mnkukons Compy:. s The | Among those committed were Archie Charle ison Complny for §3781 Hutchinson, who attempted to kil together ,\? ] .1w1\r~-Ll :;n x‘ha‘\“:um ‘d himself and his wife, and was sent to € per o« om igust 23, 1802, and | Stockton; Joseph ' 2 g e e o oseph Fayne, 326 Seventh street, sent to Napa; John McKeown, sent to Ukiah at his mother’s request; Mary Jane Thompson. a former inmate of the Almshouse, sent to Ukiah, Louis de Paoli, F. C. Jaiser and Ambroge Car- penter will be cxamined to-day as to heir sanity. ————— ney on a cargo of iget Sound to Oakland. was rendered for ghe suit Détween the same r demurrage for thirty-three ition of the Mahukona a Sound, w! the lumber | »d by the Charles Nel-| ypx SHOWN, TO THE WATCHES.—Wil- any. The matter was referred | jlam Reed and Fred Polmer were taken into States Commissioner James | custody by Detective Matheson and Policeman testimony as to the | O Connor vesteriay. is suspscted characters, S, and charged with vagrancy. Théy were shown to the different watches, Judgment Yibe { | 1 to take RUMFORD THE WHOLESOME Baking Powder Best of the High Grade Powders 15 cents half pound can. The United States at last had | ‘Continued from Page 1, Columa 3. and also the lands west of the bulkhead linc to the pierhead line are brought inte question by the allegation con- i cerning damages to the claimed land. | No question Is raised us to the Federal | | | boldings along the retaining wall. The Scuthern Pacific Company, because: of its Kentucky charter, was able to go inte the United States courts, as the Western Pacific and the dredging com- P e both corporations of Culifor- uia, and in sach ecases the Federal courts have jurisdiction. Concerning the Southern Pacific | Company’s position, J. E. Foulds said to-night: ATTORNEYS STATEMENTS. The Southern Pacific Company as- serts ownership to the lands between high tide line and low tide line. of this land north of the training i wall has been occupied by the Wesiern THIEF CREATES ~ SCENE INCOURT | i Special Dispatch to The Call. | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10—“¥ou have | sentenced me to the penitentiary for | three years for a crime of which I am as | innocent as you are. I have been jobbed. | The case has been made against me by | persons who desired to see me put out of | the way, and chief among them is that | woman, my wife, who, if any crime was | committed, is the gullty person, or knows | who is. She is at the bottom of all my troubles and has taken this means of getting rid of me so that she can marry another.’ | Thus spoke Al Mason as he stood be- | fore the bar of the criminal department | of the Buperior Court to-day, after he | had been sentenced to three years' img | prisonment in San Quentin. There was | ring to his voice and his words could be | heard throughout the big room. As he | spoke he pointed his finger at a pretty woman who sat near the rail. She is his | wife and he blames her for his trouble. | She faced him almost brazenly, looked | him squarely in the eye as he uttered | his denunctation, and only those nearest | her caught her reply when she hissed al- most in & whisper: “You lie!” Almost | gloatingly she: saw . her.-husband hand- | cuffed and_led away. Then she left tne | courtroom laughing and talking with a party of friends. Mason- was convicted of entering a rooming house on South Spring street and stealing $120 from a room which had been left open. The evidence against him was conclusive, and there was nothing in any of the testimony to connect the woman with the crime. [CENTRAL PARK WILL | HON END 1TS CAREER | The formation of an amusement com- pany for the purpose of constructing a building for San Francisco, modeled on the plan of the Madison Square Garden of New York, foreshadows the doom of the famous old place of amusSement, Central Park. The old grounds that have witnessed many of the city’s great exhibitions of the past has passed into new hands. No more will athletes con- tend in the time honored park where some of the country's greatest ball players once disported. In the old days when D. R. McNell first took charge of the park, the place was the scene of ball games, walking matches, races, balloon ascensions and the like. With the change in manage- ment McNeil, who has for o long a time | been lessee and manager, gives place | to a local and popular young business man, Roy Mauvais, with whom is placed the capital of several prominent Rulinefls men of San Francisco. The plans of amusement of the new company are not announced, but some- thing new is promised by the first of March. It {8 understood, however, that the lessees will erect on the time-hon- ored circus grounds a building which San Francisco needs. The prospective amphitheater will be arranged so as to have the spectators within the hearing of a speaker standing in the center of the building. To do this the seats will be highly banked. It is planned to hold boxing matches and to place San Fran- cisco in line in bidding for conventlons and spectacles. —_——— PLANNING FOR CROSSING OF GOLDEN GATE PARK Bupervisor Patrick M. McGushin is planning a scheme to present to the Board of Supervisors by which drays, merchants’ wagons and the like will have a means of crossing Golden Gate Park and conecting the Richmond and Sunset districts. The scheme is not yet nearing completion, but Supervisor McGushin believes that some means should be determined upon by which this passage could be made. McGushin is also in favor of adopt- ing a plan whereby the new Geary- street electric line can cross the park and connect these two districts. Bold Thief Steals Diamond Ri A desperate chance was taken by a thjef yesterday morning when he en- tered Cohén Brothers' jewelry store at 1034 Market street and stole two dia- mond rings valued at $400. A man Most | ations When Federal Injunc- tions Are Served. Pacific * Railway Company and the American Dredging Company. West of low_tide line. as far as the pierhead line, the land has also been occupied by | these corporations. The Southern Pa- | cific Company asserts that these cor- porations are trespassers, that they are on our land unlawfully and are work- | ing irreparable damage by shutting us off from access to the water by their occupancy of the land in front of us.” Charles . Snook, resident attorney for the Western Pacific Railway Com- pany, said: = “We are preparing for the legal con- tests that will come on in the Superior Court of Alameda County Friday and in the United States Circuit Court Mon- day. The Circuit Court injunction on the Western Pacific has been served end heeded. We believe we have also obeyed the order of the Superior Court. So far as the general situation 18 con- cerned we feel very much encouraged.” INERICA WAy BRI PEACE ROME, Jan. 10.—It is-probable, accord- Ing to a competent authority, that the Moroccan conference at Algeciras will re- sult in one of ‘the following ways» First—In a rupture of the negotiations, poseibly leading to a.esnflict. 4 Second—In the solution of the several problems to the satisfaction of all the in- terested powers. Third—In a mere academic discussion, which will leave the situation practically unchanged. . It is generally believed, however, that the first named {s altogether unlikely. The Messergero to-day, in appreciation of Henry White, the American Embassa- dor, who is about to leave for Algeciras to represent his Government in the con- ference, says: “‘America is again about to make a pow- erful contribution to the peace of the ‘world. It is a noble mission for this young péople, who desire to attain a place in the history of the world which is to mark the triumph of civilization and the abolition of war.” VIENNA, Jan. 10.—The Neus Frele Presse, in what is obviously an offictal- Iy inspired communication, probably from the German Embassy, indicates the policy which Germany will adopt in the Moroccan conference at Alge- ciras. It declares that war {8 impossi- ble even should the conference break up abruptly, but says that in that even! the relations between France and Gersy many will be stralned. Germany, it is pointed out, will stand unconditionally upon the basis of the Madrid conven- tlon of 1880 ond will not intervene, even ghould France attack Morocco. If at the conference the French dele- gates demand more than they could obtain on the basis of the Madrid con- vention and by the voluntary conces- sions of the signatory powers the de- limitation of the several spheres of in- fluence may have to be postponed, and it s not inconceivable that the confer- ence will adopt such a course. If the conference should be without result, it is added, Germany will continue to ne- gotiate direct with the Sultan of Mo- rocco to secure German interests. GIRL MASQUERADES AS BOY EIGHT YEARS Special Dispatch to The Call. DUBUQUE, Iowa, Jan. 10.—After mas- querading as a boy for elght years, Lillian Burke's identity has been dis- covered, and as “Bob” Giving, night waliter .at the Newport restaurant and at the Hotel Julien buffet, she will not be known| any more in this vicinity. Since last spring she has been em- ployed in this city, and no one sus- pected that she was other than her male attire represented her until about ten days ago, when one of her fellow employes became suspicious and ac- cused her of being a girl. She at first denied hef sex, but later she broke down and confessed. Manager Keeley promptly discharged the girl. Miss Burke, who is about 20 years old, las been wearing male attire since her rents separated at Prairie du Chien, Wis. Her mother, to give the impression of suicide, left some of the girl's female apparel on a river bank, attired her in boy's clothing and disap- peared. ~ IRRIGATORS ORGANIZE NATIONAL FEDERATION OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 10.—The American Irrigators’ Federation is the name chosen for an organization formed 6f representa- tives of the irrigation States, who met in Omaha to-day. . Among the objects of the federation set forth In an official statement are to har- monize conflicting interests, promote es- sential legislation, circulate Instructive literature, aid in the settlement of re- claimed areas, criticise officlals or others for acts of injustice and aid in the adjust- ment of freight rates to and from the re- claimed, areas, The following officers were elected to serve until the first annual meeting, which will be held at Boise Idaho, the date to be named by the executive committee, to correspond with dates selected for the National Irrigation Congress: President, about 5 feet 6 Inches tall approached | ex-Governor L. Bradford Prince, New David Bergeter, the clerk, and asked to be shown some diamond rings. The clerk brought a tray of the precious .stones from the case and handed two of the rings to him for inspection. See- ing his chance he darted from the store and disappeared in the throng of peo- ple on Market street who were on thelr way to work. ANCIENT FORESTERS INSTALL. — The following nemed have as the A G g -&b-:‘uua-ua P 3 (twen term) México; secretary, D. H. Anderson, Chi- cago. RAILWAY COMPANY . CHANGES ITS NAME TACOMA, Jan. 10.—By ‘articles of incorporation, flled with the Secrétary of State to-day, the Pacific Rail Com-~ fi’ :.huaedulg name to the Chicago Ilwaukee al t. Paul w‘“ Com- pany of Washington. By the of the new articles the company is rated to bulld a raflway, commencing at in Seattle or Tacoma and extending thence In an easterly and southeasterly ‘direction to some uuum it point on | the castern boundary line of Washing- ton. The estimated length ven Russian Dragoons Give No Quarter to Entrapped Band. Eighty-Nine Men Put to Death MITAU, Courland, Jan. 10.—A squad- ron of dragoons which was ambushed near Hazenpol, losing two men killed and four wounded, received reinforce- ments later and surrounded the révolu- tionists, No quarter was given and the revolutionists, numbering eighty-nine in all, were kllled to the last man. A band of fifty revolutionists made a {daring raid on Livenhoft, with the ob- ject of obtaining medicines and ban- dages for the revolutionists in the fleld. They carried off two Jewish merchants | and held them for a heavy ransom, | which wag paid. Fugitives who have arrived here; from the interior recount remarkable storfes of the civil administration set up by the revolutionists in the towns and villages they control. They have elected committees, on each of which one woman always serves, to adminis- ter everything, including the courts. The whipping post for theft has been ! revived, and for certain cases robbery is punishable with death. The spirit’ shops are closed and the preaching of | the doctrine of the damnation of souls is torbidden. Only ciVil marriages are legal. et S IR DE WITTE SCORES MODERATES. | Says the Nation Has Abused the Liber- | ality of the Emperor. | ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 10.—Premier de Witte to-day made an Interesting | statement to a delegation headed by the | Mayor of this city, which requested a | relaxation of the orders of the Prefect | of Police against meetings in the in- terest of the electoral campalgn. The Premler could not promise to do any- thing until after January 22. While personally he &id not sympathize with the harsh measures of Interior Minister Durnovo, he regarded them as ecsen- | tial. The Premier could not assume the | responsibility for a course which, If it resulted in bloodshed, would make him a scapegoat. He spoke bitterly of the failure of the Moderates to give the Government support, saying that upon their shoulders largely rested the bur- den of compelling the Government to resort to repression. He added: The Emperor, in the manifesto of October 80, at one gtroke granted the people more rights than any monarch had ever Dbefore given, but you know the attitude which Rus- slan gociety assumed. The Govermment's a; peals for confidence were rejected and every liberty granted was abused by the revoluton- ists. e permission to hold meetings was translated into [icense for street disturbances and assemblages to plot against the life of the Government and for the industrial riin of the country. I have alwi béen opposed to re- pression, but the attitude of the Moderates compeljed me to adopt harsh measures, I am determined to save Russia. Speaking of the innumerable difficul- tles with which thé Government was confronted, the Premier frankly admit- ted that many of the provinclal au- thorities continued to act independent- ly, Instancing Moscow, where, before the revolt, neither the Governor Gen- eral, the Governor nor the Prefect in- formed him of the conditions prevailing there. He sald the Moscow revolt was more serious than people generally be- lieved. Recofinting a remarkable incident that heretofore had escaped notice, the Premier said: At one time all the stations except the Nich- olas depot were in the hands of the revolutio ists. The latter, in desperation, started train hauling two cars loaded with dynamite at full speed for the station, with the in- tention of blowing it up. A frightful disaster was averted by a timely warning of the plot, which enabled the' authorities to have a mili- tary train with steam up ready on a parallel track. As the dynamite train arrived, soldiers from the military train running alongside fired at the end and managed to pierce the boiler of the locomotive, stopping the train before it reached its destination. In St. Petersburg the Premier further remarked enough dynamite had been captured to destroy the entire city. 4 — e MANY KILLED IN TIFLIS. Artillery Shells Houses From Which Bombs Are Thrown. TIFLIS, Caucasia, Jan. 10.—The plundering of this city continues. Last night bombs were thrown at a military patrol, whereupon the house from which the bombs were hurled and the adjoining buildings were bombarded by artillery, with the result that many persons were killed or wounded. A house in which an Armenian who had attempted to assassinate an officer had pought refuge was set on fire and the man was burned alive. i SN S MINERS AMBUSH COSSACKS. Sanguinary Confiict Between Polish ‘Workmen and Troops. BERLIN, Jap. 10.—A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Xattowitz, in Prussian Silesia, says: ‘Another san- guinary collision has taken place be- tween the military and miners em- ployed in the Niemca mine, near Sosno- vice, in Russian Poland, across the frontier. The miners enticed a number of Cossacks into an ambush and there’ attacked them, killing three. e of the miners was killed. Miner® have seized the Saturn mine and elected their own directors.” PRI A S Rebel Headquarters Captured. ‘WARSAW, Russian Poland, Jan. 10.— The troops have captured the ‘ron works at Ostrowlec, Government of Radon, which had been occupied by the revolutionists as their headquarters. Many of the revolutionists were rilled zr wounded during the fight. The rest| PO President of “Republic” Executed. REVAL, Esthonia, Jan. 10.—A taflor named Schultz, who had been elected president of the Hsthonlan republie, has been captured and executed by the soldiers. P 0% MR Soldfers Fire Upon Crowds. OPATOFF, Russian Poland, Jan. 10.— Troops fired upon and charged crowds { here for more than an hour yesterday. Many persons were killed or wounded. ~in the Courland District. | lainite minority and was compelled | shorten his speech. Disorderly meetings, PREMIER HOWLED DOWN BY AUDIENCE! Campbell - Bannerman Com- pelled to Cut Short His Speech. LONDON, Jan. 10.—The election cam-| palgn is daily growing in intensity and | the party leaders, with the ald of motor cars, are displaying the greatest energy in addressing meetings at different places on the same day. The Premier, Sir Henry Campbell-Ban- nerman, who spoke at Shrewsbury to- night, was howled down by a Chamber-, to of this kind are not uncommon. John Burns, president of the local Gov- ernment Board, made a successful tilt, against Joseph Chamberlain, compelling him to publicly retract his statement that a million able-bodied men were supported in the workhouses of Great Britain. Burns produced statistics that proved that the workhouses were at present sup- porting only 214,804 persons, the majority of whom were either sick or disabled. One of the most striking personalities in the campaign is Winston Spencer Churchill, whose tireless energy, it is ad- mitted by friends and foes, is dominating the struggle in Manchester, where he is} being attended devotedly by his mother, Mrs. George Cornwallis-West. Churchill recetves deputations, attends committee meetings and addresses gatherings sev- eral times daily. NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL AWAITS INFORMATION ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 10.—After an at- tempt. lasting more than an hour to ar- rive at exact conclusions as to how far an upper classman could be compelled to testify as to his knowledge of hazing in- cidents in a case in which another mid- an is under trial upon the charge ncouraging or countenancing haz- the court-martial now engaged in the trial of Midshipman Stephen Decatur Jr. at the naval academy rendered no de- cision and adjourned until to-morrow, when the judge advocate is expected to Inform the court in the matter. The point came up after Midshipman Pettersen B. Marzoni had objected to an- swering questions as to hazing, whieh, it is alleged, had gone on before him. In the former court-martial of Midshipman Decatur, Margoni testified that he wase present when fourth classman Gaylord Church was hazed by being compelled to do the “loth,”” and that Decatur was present. Proof of active participation in hazing was necessary to fix that charge. In the present trial, however, encourag- ing or countenancing hazing is charged, and it is claimed that no midshipman who ‘was actually present, particularly a first class man, could testify without incrim- inating himself. * OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Jan. 10. — Senator Perkins to-day Introduced a bill ap- propriating $1€0,000 for the construe- tion of a tug for a coaling station at California City.. Representative Needham has been placed on sub-committees of the Ways and Means Committee as follows: Re- ciprocity and commerclal treatles, sources of rqvenue other than customs and excises nd miscellaneous sources. The Comptroller of the Currency to- day issued a certificate authorizing the Escondido National Bank at Escondido to vommence business with a capital of $50,000. A. W. Wohlford is president, E. G. Logan vice president and L. A. Stevenson cashier. This bank succeeds the Bank of Escondido. The following postmasters have been appointed for California: James F. Scott, Ione; Archie C. Madison, Angels Camp; Harvey 8. Clarks, Jr., Low; William W. James, Monterey; John C. Boggs, New- castle; Edward H. Bautzer, San Pedro: Eugene Don, Santa Clara: James H. Wamsley, Glendora; Willlam Mullen, Mendocino; Samuel L. Smith, Nordhoft; ‘Walter J. Ford, Quincy; Sarah O. Smith, Huasna, Swn Luls Obispo County; C. J. Teagle, Johannesburg, Kern County. MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A FAMILY TO GRIEF SEATTLE, Jan. 10.—Convinced by reading advertisements in Seattle pa- pers that land was so cheap here that it was being given away and that money and work were within easy grasp of any person who lived here, George Parker, his wife and five chil- dren, the oldest of whom is 8, arrived in Seattle yesterday from Monterey. Parker sald that he was absolutely destitute, but that he had read how any one could obtaln land in Beattle by merely asking for it and Improving it by his labor. Not a penny was In the ‘possession of the family when they landed. Parker's wife declared that the money that was expended in railroad fares’ and food on the journey she had earned in California by taking In wash- ing. She sald that she did not want to leave Monterey, but that her hus- band forced her to svend the money for transportation. The police took charge of them and turned them over to the Charity Organization Boclety. They will be sent back to Monterey. CHINESE WASHINGTON, } | AT, T o Roreies | 00" i B Oy ke £ tion consoll of col- | Lakeport. They had been on a tour of -w.mbym mflww m“,..'.“ eion is thought, Indicates the extension of control of the the line to this city. NEW CHINESE CITY 2 OPENED TO TRADE Elaborate Ceremonies Held at Capital of Shantung Provinee. TSINANFU, Jan. 10.—The ceremonies ot opening Tsimanfu, capital of the Province of Shantung, to foreign t_rada to-day was attended by many Chinese and fereign officials. The invited American guests present included con~ sular officials and representatives of prominent mercantile companies. Two hundred and fifty guests attend- ed luncheon at noon, and the Governor of Shantung gave a banquet to many guests to-night at his palatial home. which is built and furnished in foreign style. The Governor's speech to-day empha= sized the fact that the opening of the first international commercial settle- ment by China herself was at the In- stance of Viceroys Yuan-Shi-Kai and Chou-Fu. The area of the settlement is aboutefour square miles. The reception given to American Consul Fowler, who is stationed at Chefu, and the other Americans was very cordial. The boycott does mnot exist in Shantung Province. ETNA AND VESUVIUS ON THE RAMPAGE NAPLES, Jan. 10.—There was a sud- den eruption of Mount Vesuvius yes- terday and the resultant scene of pic- turesque magnificence was witnessed by thousands of tourists, including many Americans. Three streams of lava reached the lower station of the Tunicular Railroad. causing serious damage. There are indications that the activity of the volcano Is increasing. The eruption is thought to, be con- nected with that of Mount Etna, in Sic- ily, which is in a state of actiyity with- out precedent since the eruption of 1399. Mount Etna is, now ejecting red ashes, which form an immense cone over the crater. These ashes are In striking contrast with the snow which covers the main portion of the voicano. KOMURA AND KANEKO HONORED IN JAPAN TOKI10, Jan. 10, —Following the ap- Dpointment of Viscount Aoki as Emnbas- sador to the United States, the Emperor has raised Count Inouye, the Minister to Germany, to the rank of Embassa- dor. Barcn Kentaro Kaneko, a member of the Hcuse of Peers, who recemtly made a tour of the United States, and Baron Jutaro Komura, former Mirister of Foreign Affairs, who represented Ja- pan in the peace negotiations at Ports- mouth, were created members of the Privy Council. Count Katsura, the for- mer Premier, was made a member of the Mflitary Council of the empire. Fleld Marshal Yamagata, president of the Privy Councll and former chief of the general staff. to-day was appointed a member of the military council 9f wwe emplire. —_———— DENY HARRIMAN CONTROLS THE UNITED RAILROADS NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—A representa- tive of the banking firm of Ladenburg, Thalman & Ce. said to-day, with ref- erence to the report that E. H. Harri- man has secured coutrol of the San Francisco street railway system: “You are authorized by us to posi- tively deny the report that in acquir- ing the control of the United Railroads stock our firm was acting for Mr. Har- riman. So far as we are aware not a single share of stock has passed to Mr. Harriman or his agents. Certainly we have done no business with him or for him or his representatives. We shall maintaln control of this stock and shall operate the railways of San Francisco independent of any other Interest and we hope to be able to operate them better than they have ever Dbeen operated before.” —_————— Ready to Pay Off Bonded Indebtedness. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 10.—The Board of Supervisors to-day transferred $32,000 from the general fund to the bond fund, so that the County Treas- urer might pay off the bonded indeb edness of Sonoma County. A speci: tax was levied last fall for this pur- pose, and last month a large payment was made. The money from the sec- ond installment wili not be available for several months, and to save the county about $350 interest the trans- fer was made so that the remaining bonds could be paid off at once. —_———————— Admiral lass Is Indisposed. VALLEJO, Jan. 10.—The Wade court- martial reconvened this afternoon, but Admiral Glass, the president of the board, was sick and could not attend. The court then adjourned until to-mor- row afternoom. Rheymat.ism Co. WAR MADE LIVELY BY SANTA FE WORKERS, - |TROOPS SLAUGHTER ) A