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The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
GIRL SAVES
THE LIFE Of
A BURGLAR
Urges Him to Escape
Before Brother
Arrives.
Prowler Flees Just in Time to
Avoid Volley of
Bullets.
His Capture Soon Follows and No
Time Is Wasted in Sending
Him to Do Time in -
Penitentiary. r&M
Special ptspateh q The call.

REDWOOD CITY, Nov. 26-But for the
tender-heartedness of Miss Gertrude
Beeger of this city Burglar David Miller
might now be reclining upon a slab in
the city morgue instead Of being main
tanned at the expense Of the State. The
was at her window and her brother was
scurrying for his revolver with which 10
open fire upon Miller, decided that she
did not wish to be a party to the she'd
ding of human blood.
my brother is coming with a revolver
to kill you," she said to the man at her
window. ''You had better hurry away"
The fellow, without pausing to thank
her for the warning. made his escape, just
as the brother entered the room with
cooked revolver in his hand.
Miller attempted to force an entrance
into the residence of Mrs. Henry Beeger
early Sunday morning. Miss Pauline
Beeger awakened her sister at about ]
o'clock, saying that she heard somebody
at the window. They listened and were
not mistaken. In a moment they saw a
mans face The elder sister arose ard
went to call her brother. Carl Beeger. The
two returned to tie room, by which time
the burglar had forced up the window
and was about to enter. He saw the two
persons in the room, but did not move.
Carl Beeger then left the room to get
his revolver. The burglar remained at
the window gazing at Gertrude, and she
stood her ground and gazed at him. Fin
ally she asked him what he wanted. and
told him ne would better fee before her
brother returned. He accepted this aG-
vice, descending the ladder he had used
to reach the window, and dashed away
just as the brother reappeared, revolver
in hand.
The Sheriff's office was notified by tele-
phone, and two young Izen, George Botch
and Charles Cullen, hearing Of the af-
fair and being friends Of the Beegers,
started out and captured the man within
three blocks of the scene of the attempted
burglary.
Miller's trip to the penitentiary by way
of the courts was a rapid one. On Nor
day his preliminary examination for bur-
glary was held, and he was committed
to answer to the Superior Court. This
morning an information was filed against
him, to which ne pleaded guilty. He
waived time for sentence, and Judge
Buck gave him a term Of ten years in
State prison.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
KING GIVES HONOR
TO A DEAD DIPLOMAT
Remains of Germany's Late Embassa-
dor Are Escorted by Troops

LONDON, Nov. 26.-F'ull military hon
ors were paid to the remains Of Count
Won Observation-Disclosures the late Ger
James. who died here November %, when
the body was removed from the embassy
here this evening and taken to the Vic
toria Railway station on it's way to Ger
many.
: This exceptional step was entirely. due
to the initiative OF King Edward, wh0
quite Unexpectedly notified the relatives
of the deceased diplomat that he desired
to pay this unusual tribute to the EN-
bassador, who had untiringly labored in
the interests of the good relations be-
tw teen the two nations.
Half battalion Of foot guards was
stationed at the German embassy and
half a battlion of the same troops was
on duty at the railroad station. The cof-
fin was borne to Victoria station on
gun carriage and escorted by the First
Life Guards. One battalion of the Cold
stream Guards and 100 OF the First Gren-
adiers formed a special guard of honor.
Representatives of the British Foreign
Office and other departments were in the
funeral procession.
Much significance is attached here to
this unusual military tribute. 1t is ex-
planned that King Edward commanded
that these honors be paid and it is un-
derstood that the British Government in
so doing desired to show that it was not
affected by the anti-EngIish tempest in
cxerrnan,-
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
PREDICTS LIBERALS DEFEAT.
General Castro of Colombia Believes
the Federal Forces Will Triumph.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Consul General
de Brigard Of Colombia said to-day that
he had received cablegram from Cen
eral Alban describing the situation at the
isthmus. Alban, he said, denied that
Panama was full of Liberal sympa-
thizers
General Diego Castro, who was at the
consulate, said that both Colon and PAN
ANA were free ports, that the temporary
occupation by the rebels would not
amount to much, and that under existing
treaties the United States was bound to
preserve order in that section. He said
that at the present time Colombia had
1000 trained soldiers in the field Of this
force 5000 men were with General Valen-
cia on the Venezuelan border, in the De-
partment of Santander, and another
large force was protecting Bogota, the
capital. At Barranquilla, he said, there
were 1900 men; at Cartagena 1000, and at
Rio Hacha there were $500 men. The
general said that this force of 1000. men
could be concentrated to support General
Alban on the isthmus, but the Govern
ment did not consider it necessary at the
present time to make an assault upon the
little rebel bands. General Castro said
that General Alban with his force of
100 men, sent to take Colon and now on
board the General Pinzon, would be able
to break up the Liberal bands.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
The United States IS Again Prepared to
Offer to Prevent Hostilities Between
the Two Bel. gerent Little Republics

1T Is not surprising that Colombia has
been moved to action in view of the Of
fensive charges made against her by
President Castro and the invasions of her
territory by Venezuelan forces. President
Castro's treatment of the Colombian Min
lister at Caracas caused the latter to leave
Caracas in August. If war should take
place the Colombian troops will probably
be led by General Valencia, an able SOL
der. General Valencia was formerly Min
lister Of War and Governor of the State Of
Santander and is now in command of H.
600 troops on the Venezuelan frontier.
Colombia has a well-equipped army Of
more than $1,000 men, The troops have
been trained in the field, are courageous
and would give a good account of them
selves.
Expeditions Against Colombia.
venezuela has sent various expeditions
against Colombia, but they have been re-
pulsed one after the other. Colombia did
not follow up her victories. because she
was sincerely desirous of peace
Senior Pulido, the Venezuelan Charge
d'Affaires. said tonight that he had not
heard officially that relations between his
Government and that of Colombia had
been broken.
Venezuela was invaded last July by the
forces of Colombia he said. president
Castro asked for an explanation. He de-
sired peace. but Colombia has never salts
factorily explained her hostile action. In
case of an international war Venezuela
could put 100000 men in the field. We have
now available a well trained force of 15,-
900 men. am confident that war will be
averted and that peaceful settlement
will be reached
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
Barbacoas Bridge Midway Between Panama Colon Scene
of a Engagement in Which the Insurgents Are Compelled
toRetrea After Heavy Losses ard Exhausng


Another conference was held on board
the French cruiser Suchet at 10 o'clock
this morning. Among those present were
the commanders of the foreign warships,
the captain of the General Pinzon and a
representative of the insurgents The
General Pinzon left the harbor again this
evening.
There is considerable excitement in Co
Ion, but the insurgents are confident that
they will hold the town.
About one hundred marines who were
to relieve others on the battleship Iowa
arrived here this morning on the steam
ship Orizaba. They left for Panama in
the afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27

- DION, Nov. pa battle between
n the Government troops and the
" revolutionists took place to-day at
- Barbacoas bridge, which is near
the middle of the isthmus of Par
anna. The insurgents were forced to re-
treat toward this town because their am
munition was practically exhausted. The
retreat was conducted IL good order. Be
fore their ammunition gave out the revo-
lutionists repulsed the Government troops
three times. The latter force lost a hun
dred men in killed and wounded. The Ia
surgents' loss was comparatively insIg
niflcant. Two were killed and seven
wounded on their side. The Government s
wounded were taken to Panama.
There was severe fighting. The battle
was begun at 7:SO O'Clock in the morning
and ended at 1:3o o'clock in the afternoon.
The Barbacoas bridge crosses the Cha
gres River. 1t is a strategic point, and
the Government troops, it is admitted,
gained an important victory in obtaining
possession of it. Their march toward CO.
lon will now be less difficult.
y Fighting Delays Trains.
Owing to the fighting along the line Of
the railroad the morning train from Pan
anna, due here at II o'clock, was delayed.
The train did not reach Colon until 4:S0
o'clock this afternoon.
The revolutionists urder General Lugo
are now at Bohia Soldado. near the rail-
road, while the Government force is oc-
cupying Tabemilla, a few miles away. An
other battle is promised tomorrow.
General Alban did not leave Panama TO-
day. The trains which crossed the istn-
mus had United States marines as guards
No further news has reached here con-
cerning the revolutionary force. under
command of General Domingo Diaz, VINO
is supposed to be at Sdp Pablo, near the
middle of the isthmus-
It is announced that the Government S
loss in killed and wounded at Culebra and
Empire station was eigiity-three and that
the insurgents was sixty.
Troops Land From Pinzon.
The Colombian warship General Pinzon
returned to this port this morning with
only one hundred soldiers on board She
landed the other five hundred men at
Puento Bello. which is about twenty-five
miles from Colon. 1t is said that the
force intends to march overland to join
the Government force marching toward
Colon
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27

10SN OOOIA, COlOIlDld, NOV. ZU-1 llG
~ Colombian Government has is
IA sued a decree declaring that dip
So lomatic relations with Venezuela
have ceased and that the Colom-
bian legation in Caracas has been with
drawn.
Senor Concha, Minister Of War, says
that the Government has $4,000 men arm
ed for action.
CALL BUREAU, 14Os G STREET, N.
W., WASHINGTON. Nov. 26.-Colombia' s
severance of diplomatic relations with
Venezuela has created a sensation in Off
cial and diplomatic Washington.
Rather than that war should take place
the United States will undoubtedly again
tender the use of it's good offices with a
view of effecting an amicable settlement
of the differences between the two repub-
lies.
An intimation was given to the Caracas
and Bogota Governments in August last
that the President was disposed to peace
ably intervene Colombia gracefully
acknowledged Secretary Hays note and
States should act as mediator President
Castro presented reply which was a
practical rejection of the American pro-
posal, and he subsequently showed that
his refusal was due to a feeling of en-
nifty entertained for the United States by
accepting the good offices of Chile.
Does Not Mean War.
.Senor Herran, Colombian Charge
dAffaires, said tonight that the rupture
in diplomatic relations did not necessarily
carry with it the inauguration of HOSTILE
ties.
ITO sever diplomatic relations he
said, .is to give notice to an offending
nation that you do not desire to be OIL
speaking terms. Such action does not
necessarily mean war. Relations be-
tween France and Venezuela were sew
cred for more than eight years. Italy
and Colombia to-day are without direct
diplomatic intercourse.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
MAY BoMBARD COLON.
Colombian Gunboat May Defy the
Edict of the United States.

GO4SL O4 bA0 " A1LGo SLdLSSs
CALL BUREAU, 1406 xG STREET, N.
W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 26-Is Colon
to be bombarded by the Colombian forces
despite the prohibition imposed by this
Government? This is a question admin
istration officials are asking as a result
of dispatches received by Secretary Long
late this afternoon from Captain Perry.
in command of the naval forces on the
isthmus of Panama, announcing that the
Colombian gunboat General Pinzon has re-
turned to Colon. This vessel, after an
nouncing her purpose to lombard mys-
teriously disappeared yesterday. If she
attempts to fire upon Colon either the
Marietta or Machias will take station
between her and the city and thus pre-
vent her from making an attack.
The return of the General Pinzon to
Colon is the only alarming feature of an
otherwise peaceful situation. Consul Cen
eral Gudger wired the State Department
this afternoon that trains are running
between Colon and Panama without in
terruption.
B1ueiackets on Guard.
Detachments of American bluejackets
are on the trains and other detachments
are stationed at various points where
stops are made. An interesting question
has arisen in connection with the claim
of the Government forces to transporta-
ton on the road. The presence of Gov
ernment troops might precipitate an al
tack upon the railroad, and on the gen
eral principle that it would lead to an
interruption of transit Captain Perry will
probably decline to permit either the
Government or insurgent forces to use
the road. The authorities say the situa-
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
Calcutta DAMAGED by storm.

CALCUTTA. Nov. H.-The wind blew
here yesterday with hurricane violence
from noon until O'Clock and did much
damage. Warning signals of the approach
of a cyclone of exceptional severity were
displayed and caused great excitement
1t is feared that the steamers at the
mouth of the HoogIy received the brunt
of the storm. Telegraph communication
is Interrupted and news is anxiously
awaited from Allahabad.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
POPE LEO REPORTED
TO BE NEAR DEATH
Physicians of the Pontiff Declare
Their Distinguished Patient Is
Losing Strength.

PARIS, Nov. 2e.-The Rappel publishes
a dispatch from Rome stating that the
doctors attending the Pope say he is
growing slowly but surely weaker, and
the end is possible at any moment.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27

ton is quite satisfactory, and they do not
believe the insurgents have any intention
Of taking action which will bring them
into conflict with the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
French Cruiser Protet Comino

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 26.-The .Frercn
cruiser Protet arrived outside from Pan
anna this afternoon She and the Am
phion are on their way to Esquimalt. The
Protet will put in Al San Francisco on
Saturday.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27

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ha,rn cea sed and that the ColOu1-
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
Turks and Armenians Battle.

CoNsTANTINOPLE, Nov 2s.-Reports
have been received Of fighting between
Turkish troops and Armenians at Sas-
SCUM. No details are available.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27

Continued on Page Three.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27

. DION, Nov. pa battle between
the Government troops and the
II revolutionists took place to-day at
= Barbacoas bridge, which is near
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-27
TWENTY-SIX
MEN MEET
AWFUL FATE
Boiler Explosion at De-
troit Causes a Har-
vest Of Death.
Without Warning a Building
Is Blown to Shreds and
Debris Set on Fire.
Five Of the Killed Are Charred Be-
yond Identification and the List
Of the injured Runs Up
TO Nearly Forty.

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 26.-Twenty-six
=zen are dead, five OF them unidentified
cend so terribly burned and blackened that
Identification is almost impossible, and
twenty-four others are lying in the vari-
Gus hospitals Of the city, suffering from
burns and other injuries, all resulting
from the explosion Of one Of the boilers
in the Penberthy Injector Company s
large plant at Abbott street and Brooklyn
avenue at $50 o'clock this morning. The
dead:
A. e. HOFFMAN.
LOUIS HENNnIG.
PATRICK MALLOY.
A. E MILLER
EUGENE BERTRAM
r MULKEY.
JOSEPH COFFEY.
CHARLES MARVIN.
JOSEPH KOSEK
STEPHEN CHRISP.
GEORGE SCHENOR-
CHARLES LYDY.
JACOB KEOBEL-
WILLIAM MANN.
CHRISTOPHER wALMAN.
ROBERT GREER
EDWARD BURCH.
JOHN SCHAIBLE
RICHARD RYAN.
DOUGLAS DICKINSON, boy.
PETER DOLL
I-TvE T-N-TnEN-7~rEzn D0nrrc
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
Grand Opera in Five Languages.

''The opera Lohengrin which Maurice Grau's Metropolitan Grand Opera is to present in the Birmingham Auditorium next Wednesday night will be sung in several languages and in every one will charm the great audience" said a lover of music.
 We shall hear opera in English, Ger man, French, Italian and Spanish, for there are representatives of each tongue In the company and they are permit ed to sing in their own tongue because they sing better so. That question came up before Grau year or two, or maybe sev- eral years. ago. The singers held out each for their own language, and some of them being great and independent. MT. Grau had to yield; and, besides. he recognized that they could sing best in their mother tongue. At any rate. the singers carried their point and on Wednesday night one shall hear wag- ner's marvellous music in five different languages"
The age-herald., 1901-10-28

tries, including a complete census of them every five years. Through facts gathered from the ginning establish ments 1t could in each February give us the true figures of the cotton crop, whereas now we have to walt until September for such figures to the great delight and profit of the specu- lators but not of the producer.
 Under a permanent bureau the cen sus work of the country could readily be made more accurate than that of any other country. When the next national census is taken this will be country containing 100,000,000 peo- plea great country in every respect in many respects the greatest in the world, and such a country should have the highest possible efficiency in it's census bureau. The cost would not be great. It would be small in com parison to it's value to the varied in- terests of the country.
 A permanent bureau would be skeleton of the force needed each ten years. At present national census is taken by raw hands, but if per manent bureau be established the more important branches of the work would be in the hands of skilled men, long trained to census duties. A corps of experts would be provided, and Congress should act upon Census Merriam's suggestion this winter.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
MIR. M'KINLEY AT TUsKEGEE.

FTOm lHe mOHIBOntTJ JOuTudl.
 The Northern press is making much ado over the story sent abroad over the country at the time of President Mc- Kinleys visit to Alabama, that the President and Governor Johnston of Ala bama had been the guests of Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee on the occasion of the Presidents and the Governors s visit to that institution. The incident as published in the Northern papers is mis- leading It Is a fact that President Mc- Kinley and party and Governor John- ston and friends, including members of the Legislature, were entertained at the school of Booker Washington in Tuske- gee, but 1t is not true that there were any social equality features in 1t. Booker Washington and his wife did not eat at the same table, but the colored students at the school waited on the distinguished guests and they were entertained just as they would have been at public hostelry.
 The Northern people do not seem to draw the distinction between the dln- ner. served at a colored institution, where whites were exclusive features in 1t. Booker Washington and his wife did not dine at the same table, but devoted them selves to looking after the comfort of the guests. The coiored students of the institution waited upon the table. and the distinguished guest were entertained just as they would have been at public hostelry. There was no attempt at social equality. Booker Washington knows the people among whom he lives too we'll for that, and besides, he has too much good sense. If it had become a fad. as stat ed by the Washington Post, for certain peo- pie of the North to entertain Booker Washington at their homes, that is their business. and the fad. it need hardly be said. will not extend very far South
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
BLAINE AND BURcHARD.

From Success.
 Failure to grasp an opportunity on the instant of its presentation, a momentary abstraction of one of the most acute and brilliant minds the country ever knew, brought to naught the lifelong ambition of James G. Blaine. The objected point of years of struggle vanished forever from him for an instant's lack of quick perception.
 Blaine had practically won the election in 1884, and was returning home, one week before, the opening of the polls, with vic tory in his grasp. He stopped in New York. and dined with Jay Gould-an un- wise move at that time. The party man. agers proposed a measure which met with his hearty approval. It was a Ministers Meeting"
 Blaine had smarted under the imputa- ton that he was a lobbyist and corrupt politician. The endorsement of his career by the leading clergymen of New York City would, he felt be vindication, aside from its political value. Rev. Dr. Tiffany, an astute reasoner and careful speaker, was at first selected to make the address, but a committee of clergy men finally decided that the oldset of their members-Dr. Burchard-should be the speaker. He uttered the famous allitera- tion of Rum. Romanism and Rebel lion." i
 Blaine sat there in deep thought, and all expected that his first words would sweep away the dangerous suggestion of the aged clergyman. But the candidate made no reference to 1t, and his silence was assumed by his astonished auditors to have given endorsement to the senti- ment. The die was cast, and Blaine died a disappointed man.
 A week after the election, Col. Alexan- der K. Mcclure, dining with Blaine in New York, asked him if he had not heard the words fraught with such fatal conse- quences to his political aspirations. The statesman answered, sadly:
 T heard them, but they failed to im- press me. I was busy preparing my re- ply, for I had had no previous opportuni- ty of evolving one, and those four words went by me without once stirring my in- telligence"