text: IK AW K EU/ § T^M/ 1^ °TPR P^PEf? P^BLisfet'l{(,s/iK pw<sisco PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOLUME XCVIII— NO. 72. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, AUGUST. 11., 1005. Will the Gift Prove Acceptable tojtlie "Little Father' 1 in St. Petersburg? some one was attempting to kill the whole family, they summoned Sheriff l»acy. in ' whose presence the water was drained from the tank. Nearly a pound of strychnine was found in the bottom of the vessel, and the crystals were still floating on the water when this investi gation was made. - The Sheriff kept the strychnine as evi dence and started an Investigation, call ing In a private detective to assist him. The Investigation started early In July and thus far has resulted only In sus picions which are not supported by suf ficient evidence to justify arrests. Thero were property disputes and financial rea sons which might make several other persons desire to remove the family, but Inasmuch as no person' saw the poison placed :In the task. It Is probable that there ; will . be no prosecutions, although the officers have not abandoned the case. suit of his work Is not known. That he has founcl some gold In the district, which until now has been believed to be thoroughly cleaned up, is certain, for he has sold some nuggets.' Whether his .work is : merely a plan .to advance stock in" some! mining company or not cannot be stated, but , It has caused . considera ble : excitement among mining men gen erally. : V . . . .- In the old mission days It was known that the; fathers secured treasure from some point east of San Fernando in; the bleak; hills- which/ border the canyon. The tradition that they buried much of their treasure under the walls of the San Fernando Mission has caused the walls of that state to be honeycombed until the mission is almost a complete wreck. If any gold treasure has been found there, the secret has been well guarded, but it is commonly believed that the discovery of this gold formed the basis for the rich Leonis estate litigation, which has been in the courts for decades. SANTA ANA, Aug. 10.—Officers today gave out the details of a diabolical attempt on June 24 last to put an end by wholesale strychnine poisoning to Mrs. John Bushard, her three children and Joseph Kaegerer, a ranch hand, all of whom live on the old Bushard ranch, a half mile south of the village of Talbert. On the day in question, all the members of the household were at Huntington Beach, and their would-be poisoners evidently took advantage of their absence to carry out the plot for their destruction. Kaegerer upon his return drew a drink of water from the tank which furnishes $25,000 the ranch house, but noticing a peculiarly bitter taste about it, drank only a small portion. The unusual taste so aroused his suspicions that, in spite of the fact that the others made light of his apprehensions, he insisted upon investigation. Water from the tank was sent here the next morning for analysis, and was found to be strongly impregnated with strychnine. Convinced beyond a doubt that Special Dispatch to The Call. Dastardly Attempt Is Made to Murder Family, in the South. REDDING, Aug. 10.— Mrs. E. Gardner, wife of a prominent dentist of this city, killed a black bear weighing 450 pounds on Noshana Creek, near Gregory, yesterday. While strolling from camp, rifle in hand, she saw two bears facing her. In the road. The animals started, toward her and she raised the rifle and shot one dead in its tracks. The other escaped. Mrs. Gardner's daughter, Mrs. A. F. Dobrowsky, bagged three buckshot deer the same day. Recently her husband died at Caribou, a mining camp near Boulder, leaving a small estate which she was summoned to settle. Grief over his death and the effect of the altitude caused her dementia. Mrs. Irvine may recover after a rest. She will be cared for by the police and city physicians. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 10.— Mrs. Lena Irvine of San Diego, Cal., became insane while crossing the continental divide to day and when the train reached Denver she was taken to police headquarters and cared for by the police matron. She imagined she awaited her at every stop and the conductor and brakeman of the train had much trouble keeping her from leaping off. Special Dispatch to The Call. Grief and the High Altitude of Colorado Effect Her Reason. POISON THROWN INTO A TANK OF DRINKING WATER Wife of a Redding Dentist Kills Animal Weighing 4-50 Pounds. WOMAN BRINGS DOWN A LAEGE BLACK BEAR SAN DI EGO WON'S INSANE ON A TRAIN Continued on Page 2, Column 1. Who Took the Oregon Around the Horn During the War Reached Ac- Limit. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. — Admiral Charles E. Clark, one of the naval heroes of the Spanish war, became 52 years old today and for that reason was transferred to the retired list of the navy. Clark was the commander of the battleship Oregon on her famous run around the Horn and in the battle of Santiago. ADMIRAL CHAKMHS CLARK PLACED ON ITALY LIST "The Portsmouth conference will end in a treaty of peace," said Mr. Taft, "The conference may be long drawn out, but PORTSMOUTH, N.H.; Aug. 10—Fijiro Takasugi, professor of English at the Imperial university of Tokyo, who has just concluded a post-graduate course at Harvard and is to return to Japan this month, had a lengthy last night with Mr. Sato, who has been the spokesman so far for the Japanese peace mission. After the conference, Takasugi gave utterance to most optimistic views as to the outcome of the negotiations. Every Demand of Tokyo. Japan's Declares the Czar Will Meet SAYS RUSSIA MUST YIELD. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10.— The reported discovery of the long-lost gold mine of the mission, fathers, the source whence they secured funds with which to make the San Fernando Mission, the most elaborate of them all, has caused a rush of prospectors; and others to the district around the foot of Mount Gleason, and so generally has the report been circulated that the usually quiet district is now the scene of extensive mining researches. A. J. Peterson, until recently an employee of the Los Angeles Street Department, started the excitement. Some time ago, he saved a young Indian from drowning, and in a reward for that service, an old squaw gave him information which led him to resign his job, secure a mining outfit, and with several pack animals laden with grub, start into the Mount Gleason country. There he went to work in an abandoned shaft which has been known to mountaineers in that section for years. He also staked out other claims, but what was the result? Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 10.— Erma, the eleven-year-old daughter of Thomas H. Bethurum of Redlands, badly burned her hands while saving the life of her four-year-old brother Harold, who was playing with matches and Setting fire to his clothing. The baby's screams attracted his sister, who at once commenced tearing the burning garments from his body. Once or twice her dress caught fire, but the extinguished the flames between her hands. Harold was stripped when help arrived, but badly burned from the knees to the shoulders. He may live. Special Dispatch to The Call. Los Angeles Man Finds Rich Discovery Near Mount Gleason. Tears Burning Clothing Off Body of Her Infant Brother. HEED YOUNG GIRL SAVES LIFE OF BABE LOCATES MINE THAT WAS LOST IN EARLY DAYS Mr. de Witte and Baron Rosen had yesterday, accepted an invitation to dine with Assistant Secretary of State Peirce and in spite of their arduous labors at the navy yard today they kept their engagement. At 9 o'clock upon their return to their quarters in the hotel, they plunged again into work and the lights in their rooms burned until long after midnight. Much excitement prevailed about the hotel, the corridors of which were thronged with summer guests and newspaper correspondents, all discussing and speculating upon the terms while off the corridors dozens of telegraph instruments were clicking off dispatches to all quarters of the globe. The Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries dented themselves to callers no statements were issued and only to a few were Japan's conditions known. The initiative of the decision taken by the peace conferees to keep in absolute secrecy the deliberations was proposed by the Japanese representatives. The Russians had no especial intention of maintaining secrecy, but, thinking they had not the right of opposing the desire of the Japanese, they have consented to this proceeding. The Japanese plenipotentiaries manifest not the slightest annoyance at the prospect of a few days' delay. They realize how serious the issue is and are perfectly willing to give their Russian colleagues ample time for consideration. contending that they only represent fair compensation for the expenses of the war and the victories they have achieved on land and sea, their sole purpose being to attain the objects for which they have fought and the spoils claimed being only such as they are legitimately entitled to as the result of their artillery and naval successes. The Russian plenipotentiaries, as soon as the Japanese terms were in their hands, called five expert delegates attached to the mission, and spent the whole afternoon in the consideration of the terms. Meantime, the conditions had been placed in cipher and cabled to the Czar, with Mr. de Witte's personal explanations. It is hoped that a reply will be received from the Emperor tomorrow, in which case Mr. de Witte expects to have the Russian response ready by Saturday, but it is not unlikely that Saturday being the first anniversary of the birth of the Czarevitch, the presentation of the reply will be deferred until Monday. Meantime, the envoys will not meet unless some unexpected necessity for a conference should arise. The Japanese, on the contrary, as Baron Komura announced at the conference today, consider them moderate, Japan does not mention the amount of indemnity she will demand, but insists on the recognition of the principle of indemnity. As a whole, these terms are regarded as exceedingly harsh in the eyes of the Russians. In addition to the two principal conditions, which cannot be accepted under Mr. de Witte's instructions, there are clauses relating to the curtailment of Russian naval power in the Far East and the granting of fishing rights upon the Russian littoral. These are considered particularly offensive to the amour proper of their country and of such a humiliating character as to be indispensable. Japan, in the terms which she submitted today, will require the cession of territory. Saghalien Island is certainly part of the territory that will be demanded. The demand may be in excess of this, because the Japanese have found a foothold on the coast of Siberia, near the mouth of the Amur River, and even now they may have the Japanese flag over Kamchatka. Japan has provided that she will no longer have an antagonist in Russia on the mainland or on the Sea of Japan. Thus far, the moves on the chess board have been merely fencing. Now will come the real struggle. The situation here is that even the Russian envoys do not know what will be done. This is due to the situation in Russia. Everything might be upset in a night. I am informed that, in case the money indemnity agreed on is moderate, arrangements are practically completed to have the money furnished by capitalists in New York, London, and Paris. That Japan shall be the recognized predominant power in the Far East is the gist of the entire document presented by Baron Koniura to Mr. de White today, no matter how deviously the wording may be expressed. Under the stay of the Japanese party here, the clear intention of the Mikado's Government to become the great power and to rule in time, not only Korea and Manchuria, but all of China, was made so evident that there could be no doubt that it was on this great mission that the Japanese envoys had come to Portsmouth. Cession and indemnity are the questions in doubt. As to all else, there probably will be no serious objection by Russia. The Government is ready to relinquish Manchuria and Japan will be a fixture on the mainland and will be allowed to extend her empire westward and southward. The territory to be ceded is of course the barren island of Saghalien, now used by Russia as a penal colony. The recognition of the principle of indemnity may mean the cost of the war, or it may mean that the Eastern Chinese Railway, the right and property of which are to go to Japan, may count as indemnity. This road cost its builders more than $200,000,000. I do not understand that the future of Vladivostok was mentioned in the terms. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Aug. 10.—Japan's peace terms require the cession of territory, the recognition of the principle of a money indemnity, the retirement of Russian influence from all of Manchuria, the cession to Japan of Port Arthur and the Eastern Chinese Railway and the "independence" of Korea, under Japanese influence. Special Dispatch to The Call. INDEMNITY THE GREAT ISSUE Finally on the sixth day, Head Keeper Ruland returned to the tower and Coster was overpowered and taken to Port Jefferson. Then the maniac's delirium took another turn and he endeavored to kill Hulse and himself. He attacked Hulse, but was beaten off, after which he backed his own throat with the razor, inflicting gash after gash, from which blood poured until the apartment was covered with it. His wounds were not serious, however, and the following day he stabbed himself with a heavy pocket knife. One night the maniac tried to put out the light and did stop it from revolving. After a desperate struggle, Hulse finally threw Coster down the stairway leading to The light tower and the light going again. The wild man then obtained a razor, and, lashing the blade to the handle, started out in search of imaginary enemies. When Hulse saw him next, Coster was hard at work with hammer and chisel, endeavoring to take bricks from the tide of the tower. He told Hulse his foes were pursuing him and were hidden in the brick sides of the lighthouse. Today Coster made up his mind that he would stop the light and went up and stopped the revolving lenses. Hulse fought with Coster in the narrow light tower and succeeded in throwing him out of that portion of the tower. Coster, armed with a razor, tried to kill Hulse and himself. Overpowered after an all-day battle, the madman finally desisted. Stratford Shoals light is on Long Island Sound, midway between this harbor and Bridgeport. It is a lonely spot at all times, and when Julius Coster, the second assistant keeper, returned from a few days' absence, a raving maniac as the result of too much drink, the tiny rock became a bedlam. PORT JEFFERSON, L.I., Aug. 10. — Alone for a week with a madman in the lighthouse on Stratford Shoals, fighting day and night to prevent himself being killed and to keep the light burning, was the awful experience through which First Assistant Keeper Merrill Hulse has just passed. Special Dispatch to The Call. Keeps Beacon Burning Despite Constant Struggle Against Death. Mikado to Be Dominant Factor Throughout the Far East. Tokyo's Future Policy Revealed in Proposed Peace Terms. HOPES TO RULE ALL CHINA Battles Daily for Life With a Frenzied Madman. First — Would be agreed to, in lieu of cash indemnity. Second — Will be agreed to in lieu of cession of territory, provided the indemnity demand be reasonable. Third — Will be agreed to. Fourth — Would be agreed to. Sixth — Russia's acquiescence doubtful WHAT CZAR WILL CONCEDE: First — Cession of the island of Saghalien. Second — Recognition of the principle of a money indemnity. Third — Retirement of Russian influence from all of Manchuria. Fourth — Cession to Japan of Port Arthur and the Eastern China. Fifth — The independence of Korea, under Japanese influence. Sixth — Recognition of Japanese predominance on the Asiatic waters. WHAT JAPAN WILL DEMAND: Lighthouse Keeper Passes a Week of Horror. MURDEROUS MANIAC HIS COMPANION TERMS PROPOSED BY KOMURA FORWARDED TO CZAR PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 10. — It is regarded here as practically certain that Japan has written into her conditions of peace the meaning that Russia shall abandon her position as a seeker after development and an empire builder on the Asiatic shores of the Pacific. It is certain that she has written into these conditions the meaning that Japan shall be the commercial and military mistress of the Far East. JAPAN DEMANDS RUSSIA'S RECOGNITIN OF HER SUPREMACY ON THE EASTERN ASIA MAINLAND. THE THEATERS. ALCAZAS— The Only Way. CHUTES— Specialties. Matinee. CENTRAL— "No Wedding Bells for Her." COLUMBIA — "Weather Beaten Ban son." GRANDE — "The Merchant of Venice." ORPHEUM — Vaudeville. TIVOLI — "Rob Roy." Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, August San Francisco airship— Cloudy Friday; fresh west. A. O. McAOTBA District Forecaster. The San Francisco Call. 