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f j,Tormer*Queen J Natalie t of is ,so 'deeplyVafiected^by'' the*murder^ of son". ''.ItMsrcqnslde'red'pjobable; that. the pow ers = will^ act" together/ on / the . quWstion of giving forV'wltnboidlng,': recognition- to : the new/ Government. a; Itvis .stated that i k lt ' : the * powers ; individually or col -lectlyely;protest^agalnst;th"e bloody-meth odsi''j this* la 'likely \ to"occur ; in wit li v the^questfon'of , recognizing, the. new Government. v The latter r .thus far has not ¦addressed y communication : '" to : .the "powers, 1 , the ;latter /receiving '> all Ithefr 4a -fofmatlon-'from 'their "own : Ministers ,6r agents. ; v'^" y ,^-.'^' ;.' .' .' 'll -" POWEBS v IN\CONCERT. vilt^ii} staged t'futhoritatlvely,!- that ; thus t f ar {. there i has ' been '. no .'exchange of 'com-, munlcatio'ns- between' the "powers' cbricern lngV-prince -Peter's -^ _of '- the throne > bflBeryiai^but > the 'officials are be ynnini\to/Mriousl_y^'considerjthV^ questlqnVof -tbe''i recognition /of ,'the /new 'sovereignty. 1 ,: It; ls^'expected .< the . Servian authorities rwill* convoke a meeting of the .foreign^ministers \ at'- Belgrade • and - pre ient;:th*eflatter/,wlth"; evidence that." the people ¦ the\ new. Government and 'that lit "lias ] the ability to maintain 'order. X • /¦¦¦'• i -;;nients that ithe 'new Govern ment at 3elgra<le . had abolished the'legis fative 1 . assembly' created by. the late_. King 'Alexander ."and: had- renewed the, ancient Skuptschlnar-which "has 1 been .ordered to assemblV Monday} fqr s the purpose 'of pro claiming Prince" Karageqrgeyitch as 'King. The". assembly;» Just 'abolished was", made u"p*ot appointees 'of i the late King, and . did noti contain :.'a ; meinber \ who ' wu opposed to v policy.' '^- <» ?¦ ¦' - *-r*V J>The -'dispatch" adds .'that* Belgrade con-, tlriuea Lj^ulet, 7 ; the ; people jijiparently^ being reconciled .'tp ; thV£ new, conditions.'. hfre^d^Subtjth'e truth • ot-the^reportj that Belgrade "¦ Is , quiet, as the." authorities {here jare tunable < to 'secure \ further; direct "dis patches;'fijom i Belgrade.^; Even ' the' official dispatches. whic'h 'have.'reached Parls'ap-" > -' ¦-.. "' ' ". ; „", ¦¦ ¦¦ A RIS. ' June . 12.— The Foreign '"i'm'-''^m .Office 'here 'received a ; dls-J l'BLii^0>^. x patch. from. trip French agent » --^i. -on -the r Servian .'frontier con- JmL . . . '¦'* firming "tfie "press l announce- Exciienien t in • Utfe c -of; (the] Former, . \~iPi-etender. , *mr ONDON, j ur i e i 2 ._Full and ¦ M authentic details of the mas •m- ¦ ¦ ftcre-of King: Alexander and j| Queen •Draga were tele rT"^^T from Semlin by • ths BelgrVde corresponderit of the Daily Mail, who. says:;.'- . '. / ' "I was personally an^eye'witness of the events. Pdescribe outside the pal) dee, while I have so far as possible Kathered-from eye-witnesses and.care fully, sifted the details of the. sanguinary doings inside • the royal building itself. I, therefore, discard all rumors and ex aggerations, of which . there are any number." . The revolution, says' Vr.s dispatch, is now absolutjly established to have been. a purely. miflrtary conspiracy. Officers of the general" staff arid ; of the military academy .prepared the plan, and: in so doing they had " secret co-operation, or at least the consent of almost the entire corps- of officers. . t lit is possible some/politicians were just: before the: fatal moment 'admitted into the "secrets, of • the conspiracy, but the plan was solely and exclusively car ried out by i'.c trcops. At xi o'clock Wednesday right .the : conspirators be gan to put' tneir plan" into execution. The royal, family, was absolutely un suspicious of the coming danger. • Silently a battalion of- infantry was jnarched out of its barracks and as Silently occupied 'every a aroach to the palace. The guards inside the buildinsr had , been corrupted and wh forty officers,, who were, to do the- deed, pressed forward, the gates were flunar open. One" officer -remained alone faithful to his trust. He was a captain of - horse, named Panaealoitsch. He stepped forward and tried to stop the inrush,. but he was shot at once. ' "Across .the threshold conspirators were met by the" adjutant. Colonel Naumovics, who although aid-de-comp of the ' King and thrf recipient : /ot many royal favors, had long been privy to - . the ' conspiracy. Yet under his leadership and -¦ guidance. t^= task of tracking do^n the King and Queen was not easy. .'The palace was in absolute darkness and ; the .conspirators had to J Krone along : the 'corridors_and fsel their way Special Dispatch to The Call. Eye Witness Writes of the Scenes of Horror, ."vThe r remains^ of j, the^ill-f ated / King , and Queen; were 1^buried 'almost; stealthily «last nightsin^the -.chapel .wh'ere'*th'e"i'membVri' SECRET^ '"nXOHT"^ BURIAL; : ¦.?¦ "the' fbrtn'ery Minister' ;of ¦ War. perpetrated '{lini j the. jdafk ; hours " yesterday morning\by'''a^band''of "officeVs.- [and* the proclamation .by ."the afipy*9f, Prince Peter Karageorge vitch, pretender to . the i throne, 5 as Klng'bf Servia. have .apparently. It may be -Bald; now^' that,, thirty T slx* houVs'.havo passed. '. been^accei)ted{by,f the •capital 'and the''SeVvIan*pe6ple 1 without "a; murmur.]*. '• r. The' meetlng^of Mon"-" day ,1s 'expected to*., confirm - the'^proclania-^ tioh;aV;Kln^of' Prince .'Karagsorgevltch "and 'to recognize .the^new'^ltuatlbn^'The only ) newl element^ InAthe i^situation I is '&' feeling .among '.the * Intelligent"^classes 'in favor ~of 1 the*; abolition of ayserylan- m'on aVchV a^°'n^?* 4.''-^^^^ an ''r 0^lh V' / i ' ar '*.'"'' public, /and s this - sentiment Ms^share*d* by at ') least' 1 , one Tmember/ of 'the -provisional government.^ *\v.* ' '? -."'•'. " i' '*.' , * ' '• >1 '"' t , '« Differences 'of .'oplnlonjon ' tlils ipolntide-' veloped»to':day;a^almee^glbf,t^e^Cabl net.fwhen ;the;newi ForeigmMinlster.^Lju- 1 Dlhbr Kallevics."expressed;hlmself!for the esta.biishmentVof-a\ republican U'i form" 'of governrnent?/! The ' majority ;'of .'the'THinl^ tefs,»; however,' /declared :. themselves t "in favor^of »a*;new"; KlngJln , Princes-Peter. Kafageorgevitch.',They k strengthehcd ; thelr' declaration* by ; the'j strong; argument I that' lt'^wai: certain that -Austria and/.Russia 1 wouidtnot;cbun^enancfe*the.creatl6irofra republic?"^Thls^ils \*i the ~ viewl r gener'ally. shared^by?politicjiansv.' ¦ .,., ,-^ : : .'.; r . ''¦-, : r \ : """ ''gim'"" 11 '*"- Juno , 12.— The - as f"'i 'W>>^ f * ajs ? 1 ." a M° n *9' King Alexander .-/Mi*(^^and;Queen;braga^-the'Mat{er ! s 'iM-^ij^ i two brothers! {theSerylan^Pre^ 'Jk^J\ ' inler.ithe'' Minister; ofVvVar'and Thrilling Incidents i.) j During^ p. Attacks :; i: < •; >;•; •..- on -'Palace. - ~ ' ; SERVIAN SCENE - AND ." AN * EARLY' PORTRAIT.-: j OF * . ALEXANDER.'; V -, - ¦..*:. \ I . ASSASSINATED RULERS ARE BURIED BY STEALTH AT NIGHT AND SERVIA PREPARES TO ACCLAIM A NEW KING B ¦ k*™ . a complete organ-; k ization. in Servia, with which 1 ; ain \ in frequent .' com munication!: I know., from other sources' .that the of the Servian people ;b* ad " ached its height, biit'I could jnot pos sibly have if iofeseen jthe events of the eventf lib night, r I in no way contributed to their pfep- s aration /and,-' I: took- no- part, directly } or! indirectly, 1 in them." ; On the: contrary, their- perpe trati6h^8urprised.'me | "I | have "received 'numerous messages' "of 'j congratulation, but that is all. I. calmly, await . the trend of events:'* So long as '-. no formal proposals . reach ine . I have "v no\- reasdn* . to -. leave Geneva, *;. and > I : \ will remain here. -No'one' has yet 'asked' me, • to return ..to Servia. "No one has yet offered?-. me the -crown. '% I, am even"with6ut*nerws of the members . of ;) my : family,* who reside 'in'Belgrade.-. My: opin-c ion of th'e of ' the* mng'.and^Queen';lb£.'Serv"ia**'is'. this: '.I ' ; dcepiy;*grieve .that, it r has been ; necessary/'to^ resort' to ' blood! y 'I : formallyj disapprove \ of the .violent measures,^ and} I especiall7^*"deplor"e*;^that '*• . the ' army ( h9B ; h"ad; recourse ;to such; measures^an^arniyj which has '{ nobler, tasks ,to accoinpjish. than assassination; - It v^. would 'have* sufficedi-'-toJ-force.}King i* Alex-, ander V to : sign * his 'abdication.'; He ', could /Have , b>en , bound, * as * has been done iiTTothVr circuni- * stances.' .-It i»|a' bprrible'thing^, to shed blood; ¦' -V \^ %"._'. v «' You 'ask^hat; will fbe V nw' r attitude Vhen ? I . am . in 'posses- r 1 sion; of P^ We ;wilifas-!5 sume Ithat 1 1 $ 'am' : f called: toVthe } throne: v rsh^irn^fail'tatak'e! i tion^£rom>th'V^dmirible'' institutions -^ *o£ .'.^Switzerland,': which' I,have;learned;to'appre-V ciate highly.^I^amjiri'favbr^of : absolute libert^qf; the; press^ I ; hop* !to ¦sjeft^Servia^prosperJun-'; •'derr^eicbn*stit^idnvo£i/l'*889^ which'isyery libefairr ", ./-:•; 'itjbASibeemT^leged;^t^lfam'? systematically /hostileytbTAtes-* tria.^<That lisvfalse} vi Maylje>l; am, in; spirit in- 'sympathy:^with r " Rtissia, • tb.whicH^country.I' sent i .mytfboy]i^ h e|l h^e^h'at t: he) 1 '¦ would '-£. take i service ! tfierei V^ ' Prince' Peter* In] an] interview at \ 'Ctoneva^jy / .' '-, ¦ -^'.'.V-i*'- { \ ' " ; J'r j Prince Declares for the Liberty of Mighty Press COLLAPSE OF GANGWAY 7)ROWNS TWO! HUNDRED Pleasure Party at Azoff Meets With a Terrible - Disaster in At tempting to Land. r" : ,\ ' ST. PETERSBURG.' June 12.— TheNovoe Vremya reports . tnat 200,; lives ; were lost at Azoff on June 3 as a. result of the col lapse jpf a gangway there while' a pleasure party was' landing : from 7 the .'steamer Mskva. ' " ¦ : :. f : '-':'¦"' ,~ '-•:':'; ''PHOENIX. Ariz-. June 12.— A report reached here to-day via Tombstone that jhere was a small but vigorous race war at -Dos Cabezos between the American and .Mexican residents. There are few details, but It is said a house has: been dynamited and that two boys are miss ing. There has been no explanation of the' casus belli, but It Is presumed the trouble has grown out of the killing of the Mexican. Jesus Vindiola, by the cow boy Walter Brice. Dos Cabezos Is a small settlement and it Is hardly possible that the trouble will become extensive or -long continued. KILLING OF A MEXICAN . CAUSES A RACE WAR News" of a Serious Outbreak at Dos ' .Cabezos Is Received at " " . . Phoenix. "" ¦ Sinks Blade of Ax Into His Skull because He Chastises Her Brother.*- SNEEDVILL.E, Teiin.. June 1Z— Louis Bolin, aged 60 ' years, was murdered last night by his 13-year-old stepdaughter, who sank the blade. of, an ax' Into his skull. Bolin was chastising a, stepson, when the boy called to his sister for.hjlp. ." GIRL -OF THIRTEEN KILLS 1 . i HER . AGED . STEPFATHER ident Cleveland has been offered the pres idency of the University 'of Virginia, but does not see his way clear to accept the proposition. .When seen to-night he said: "I should be utterly unable to accept such a proposition." He will remain here with his family un til later in the summer, when they will probably go to Buzzards Bay. University of Virginia Wants For mer President to Take Charge of Its Affairs. PRINCETON, N. J., June 12.— Ex-Pres- CLEVELAND OFFERED COLLEGE PRESIDENCY ITOrTENCI. Ariz.. June 12.— The 6trlke is settled- The men accepted th© companies' offer of nine hours' pay for elght"TH)urs' work." The Territorial Gunrd will leave ramp to-morrow. Five troops of regulars from.F"orts Grant and Huachuca are here. L'olonel Lebo In command. Italians only "are not included In the settlement. " s € Veral of the strike leaders have been arrested and charged with inciting riot. The settlement here means the same re kult in adjoining camps, which have been idlfc for two days. • The trouble at Clifton Is over. STRIKE AT MORENCI • ... IS AMICABLY SETTLED jleri "Accept the Company's Offer of •. • Nine Hours' Pay for Eight Hours* Work. EARTHQUAKE AT SKAQWAYl GIVES RESIDENTS A SCARE Shock Is Felt All Over the ; Country, as Far Down the River as - White Horse. . ¦ * VANCOUVER, B. C. June, 12.—Bkag way people" got the scar© of j their; lives this morning, when for fifteen seconds an earthquake shock had the, buildings' of the town rocking. Out- of! their.'; homes the people ran, Into; the streets, and," for several minutes, women .especially, •, were badly frightened. The . shock was . felt < all over • the northern " country as far •; down the river as White Horse.'\ NoV damage has .been ' reported 1 up to* noon to-day'.j^j • Seven steamers '• belonging j|to^th < e r . White Pass i Railway 'Company* are -waiting , at 'White' Horse) '. loaded with 'merchandise and • crowded 'with ; people '; '> f or^ : Dawson. Th© ice In . Lake Le Barge ' Is moving,-; bu t it : will be , impossible for .- the' steamers to' get ¦ through' unUl. to-morrow. • PlyeJ hun dred: and fifty booked 'on ' these ! "ves'sels and " they. will ,]all; arrive in Dawson. theiiam© day. : . Reports^froni Daweon . are .; that "-] twice 'Jthat * number j of people "are .ready-; to 'Join "the ; spring'' rush f or. the ; outside." ' ;~> > : , • Budget Bill Passes Commons. •'! LOi^DON,^ June 1 12.— In \ th©\' Hous© % o f Commons .^to-day* the"; budget i olll^Was passed without dissension. . . ; '/ '? At ihe Police Station the prisoner was recognized as Jacob Reicn. an unem ployed commercial agent, who called at tne Hofburg January 8 and insisted on seeing Emperor Francis Joseph, declaring he was the son of God and had brought his Majesty an Important communication from the Almighty. Reich, who is pro nounced Insane, was then incarcerated, but has since been released. VIENNA, June 12.— While Emperor Francis Joseph was out driving here to day a pedestrian, holding a stick In. a threatening manner, rushed at the Em peror's carriage. The coachman lashed the assailant and whipped up the horses and the man was seized. The incident caused some excitement. INSANE MAN THREATENS EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH Rurhes at Carriage With Upraised »Uane, but Is Promptly Taken* Into Custody. . The reports of crop conditions from va rious points in^the Northwest indicate that the rain, though averaging from a third, to a. half -Inch, was worth $1,000,000 to- the crops of the Pacific Northwest Style*- The conditions are still favorable Ynr rain "and further jhowers will be wel 'cCrned to clarify the atmosphere, after "the- warm .weather of the past several days'- Reports to-night from Eastern Washington state that rain was falling, putting ihe grain out of further danger unless the hot winds should blow during July-.. ington and Oregon and in a number, of place's dreaded hot winds which destroy wheat before it heads had been blowing with disastrous effects. Grain men are c-f the opinion that serious damage would b*.dpn« if the rain had held off . another week.* • ; TACOMA. Wash., June 12.— Much need eJT rain has fallen during the last forty eight hours ovw Washington. Oregon. Tdeho and Western British Columbia. For weefcs it had been very dry and forest fSres..Trere starting in numerous localities. Whfcat was suffering in Eastern Wash- STimiXY BAINS VISIT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Washington, Oregon and Idaho Be -.. ceive a Drenching in Time to Save Grain Crops. Viceroy Chang Chih Tung and Uchida, 'the- Japanese Minister, have held a con sultation regarding Manchuria. ' Admiral Evans, commanding the Amer ican Asiatic squadron, and ten of,hls of '.Ccer;s Have arrived here. They will be ¦giv&n-'an audience by the Empress Dow ager at tfce summer palace lo-morrow. •* The. kidnaping of an American and some • .r&tlves 'p£.,Haiu>iulu by Chinese pirates, ve*r Canton Is reported. The prisoners •are. lselzyr held for a ransom of 9000 taels. , It Is c^ld that the place* where .they are r,*ir.g..-djetained baa been located. The .Hoata of .Foreign 'Affairs expects' they "willj.be- promptly rescued by the Viceroy v>j Carton 'who has been •ordered to use •a:I -piear.s- to secure their release. In 1s tCingtt^se orders the board acted on rep ..reeenva tiers mad© to It by Conger, the American Minister. Reliable reports show there has been no rx><yflca.tlon in the demands to be pre sented by Lessar, they being practically identical with those- presented by M. Plan cen. This was not unexpected after Les sar refused to co-operate In the American negotiations for the extension of trade as outlined in the proposed new commercial treaty.; -• V PEKING. June 12.— The presentation of ;'£uBEla. t s demands to Prince Ching, head * cf ".'the Board of Foreign Affairs, by M. .l^.«ear. the Russian Minister, at their re • ,cex*t "Interview was formally declined by ' .Prince. Cblsg, who has now been given C^e^days' more rest by the throne. He bnljy recently returned from a leave of ab , feefsce granted on the ostensible ground of his ill health, but which was really due , -.lb the Government's disinclination to dis "ciIes, the Manchurian Question. His latest leave was granted In the face of several requests from various Ministers for Inter views with him. Ej*cial Dispatch to Th« CalL Three men were arrested' at the cabin, they being John Perry, Charles* Prltchett and Robert Smith. Then followed .the' arV rest of Miss Perry. • her . mother, Mrs. John Perry and ; Mrs. Robert. Smith., all of whom- are In" Jail In. this- dty> The women a*re charged with complicity." The three men are supposed ' to be only the 4eaders-of a gang and- they- are -believed to have emissaries in many States. . The spurious coin, which is almost Impossible to detect, has been widely circulated throughout the South. Silver for the man ufacture of the counterfeit was brought direct from the mines in Mexico. - The officials are greatly . elated over their capture and pronounce the counter felting gang the most troublesome of any with which the Goverment has ever had to deal. Following up t\& clew : developments were rapid. The officers mounted- an«l set out from Conroe with provisions \ to last" several' da5"s"for"a"Eearch" of j the j un inhabited and almost impenetrable f thick et." A'i log. cabin. built ;upon the -banks' of a small creek was located* on the second evening- out. . Within^was . found a com plete coin manufacturing - outfit, turning out sliver dollars, and^ besides f some 2G0 pounds ct e^ver. bullion; {->.'.,¦¦>.•.-.. • HOUSTON", Tex., June 12.— After ten years more or less diligent search the United States authorities of this city, headed by Deputy Marshal Vann. have at last located a counterfeiting mint where it was hid many miles from any place of civilization. At this mint dollars as pure as any coined by any United States Gov ernment mint have been turned out In great quantities for a score of years. In the wilds of the bigjhicket of Montgom ery, Walker and San Jacinto counties the little plant was located after a two days* hunt through the thicket by a posse of half a dozen deputy marshals. Th'e eecret of the mint's whereabouts was only obtained • through the frailty of a woman and the cupidity of a man, that man her lover and-promlsed husband. The woman Is Miss Aline Perry, now un der arrest and in Jail In this city.. She had' whispered the secret' to Jame3 'Pea body, the man who was to be her hus band, and for the 'reward of 53000 which has -long been standing he told' the se cret to the Government authorities.' Special Dispatch to The CalL "This proceeding cannot prevent j me from "getting together security holders of this company and reorganizing -It- Talk of* separating the Bethlehem Company from the United States Shipbuilding, ConV pany is absurd. Mr. Schwab stands ready to lake it over at any time, but he. has agreed to put up the $2,000,000 : cash : cap ital in-.the interests of. all concerned.",.. Nixon said to-day he was not the pro moter: of. the company, also that- he did •not assist in the preparation of the finan cial plan and that he sold his plant and business as a going concern and that the price received "was not in any way exorbitant. In certain quarters .a' much different story Concerning the promotion of the Nixon shipyard trust is told. It is pointed out that Nixon recently de clared that the company was not borrow ing a dollar and that the bonds which it is proposed to wipe out of existence were, in his' opinion, a /golden bargain when they were selling *at $50. This -statement was made- by Nixon over his own sig nature, and. it is now known that his plans were then j being considered to re organize the company. , An animated meeting was held to-day at the office of George R. Sheldon, head of the committee on reorganization. Shel don, said: . .AH Wall street was deeply Interested to day In reorganization -plan developments. Injnany : quarters when, the plan was "an nounced some days ago it was -rumored that It would never :be' carrled^ouf on the HneB. suggested. There was- a meet- In? of' the committee and Ion? confer ences were held, but at the conclusion it was announced that the plan would be continued unless the courts make perma nent the restraining order and* appoint a receiver. -.". '•:; '' ': ;> ficial circular of the reorganlzation.com. mlttee," said a Wall 6treet , banker to night, "there should be a vigorous prose^ cutlon of th« men responsible. .It-would be a good thing for, .the community, if such . were done," he continued, "for it would put a stop to the practice o" at tempting to sell ..worthless securities to the public on false statements of officials. That it Is the intention, of the complain ants in the present suit to carry the^mat ter to the last court of redress Is made evident by an announcement In the bill of complaint. .Paragraph 31 states in. part: 'Your orators' charge that the president of the defendant company,' Mr. Nixoji. who' has approved and recommended the adoption, of. said plan of , reorganization, has. been induced, to do so in the interest of paid Schwab with a viei^to investiga tion and exposure of his .conductrby 4 the court and "through! a disinterested receiv er, - on express or Implied' understanding with; said : ,reorga^»tlon?/CiJmmlt4e*^th»t If It succeeds^ In _ carrying out * to^plans neither he nor his cortpariy. directors will be.. prosecuted for' their "tnlscondu*c.t3'ana that no restitution* will - be - sought-, from .him jj by , reason of . his or their "actpjor omissions - in connection with the organi zation • and management, of the'defend ant.' " ' -.*¦¦>.. . - . - ¦ ...>!•• •"If all the allegations are -true,' and many of them are borne out In the of- NEW YORK, June 12.7-Victims of th'e collapse of the United States' Shipbuilding: Company, who number. - thousands, are promised a . thorough Investigation .of Its affairs in the cult Instituted for a receiv ership. In the bill of complaint filed in Trenton on Thursday a story. of financial juggling is told that amazed Wall street bankers. Special Dispatch to Th« Call. American Admiral to Visit '¦•Empress of Flowery . .- '-'¦ i Kingdom. Victims : of Collapse Are Promised Thorough t Investigation. Officers in Texas Capture the Ringleaders and Their Outfit. Prince Ching Obtains ¦;. a New Diplomatic • ;. . Vacation. Secret Is Confided to Lover and Raid Follows. Pointed Charges Are Made in Bill of Complaint. Demands Regard , : ing Manchuria ; Rejected. Counterfeiters Are Betrayed by a Woman. Ship Building Trust Affairs to Be DISCLOSURES AMAZING TO WALL STREET CZAR GAINS NO FAVORS FROM CHINA PRISON CELL REWARD OF HER FAITH Continued on Page 2, Column 5. Continued fbn Page - 2,- 1 Column 3. Continued on Page '.2, Column* 27 PRICE FIVE CENTS. san :. ¦ inaXN^ i^bfe VOLUME XCIV— KO. 13. The San Francisco Call.