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2 PRISONER NOW ON THE VERGE OF A COLLAPSE Continued From Pnfftv 1, Column 7. of the District Attorney, vhose conclu- i Bion on that subject necessarily will be j affected by his legal judgment as to th-» j probability of conviction and his more j purely official judgment whether or not j the county should be subjected to the : enormous expense which another trial of *=uch a case entails." After expressing his appreciation of the work of Judge Davis, and review ing th» fact that there was no Coro ner's inquest and that the defense did r.ot have the minutes of the Grand Jury which indicted Miss Patterson, l^evy continued: "The defendant is wholly without means. When counsel assumed, the de fense of her case it was with the un derstanding and in the expectation that the defendant would be sufficiently equipped with means, if not to properly compensate them, at least to meet the \ disbursements and actual expenses j which were bound to arise. This she has never been able to do, so that dur ing the progress of the trial we did not even have the stenographer's minutes of the testimony, but were obliged to depend upon our own notes as to proofs given through a trial spreading over three weeks. I DEFENSE WITHOUT FUNDS. j •Probably the most important wit- ! ress for the defense should have been t Miss Blake, the telephone operator at | the Pt. Paul Hotel, who received the j various messages which the deceased tent on that morning. But we were entirely without means to secure her attendance at the trial and only discov- j ered her whereabouts in St. Louis vhile th» trial was In progress. •There were many other embarrass ments from which the defendant suf fered with regard to the non-appear ance of witnesses which are well known to the public. "We feel confident now that, in view of the wide publicity given to the caf^, other witnesses will come for ward if necessary to corroborate the defendant's story in all its substantial j details. We question, however, wheth er the District Attorney will move for a third trial of this case." At 10:S0. tho hour which had been Bet for the opening of court, _ word came by telephone that Justice Davis •was delayed and that he would not reach the courthouse until 11:30. In the meantime the police stationed about the courthouse corridors had tcrious difficulty in holding In check the crowds clamoring for admission. The court's order that spectators be rigidly excluded from the courtroom was carried out almost to the letter. Half a hundred persons occupied seats In the courtroom. Among them were three women. Promptly at 11:30 John Randolph Patterson, the pris oner's father, came in and took a seal et the counsel's table. .' FATHER SHOWS THE STRAIN. Xo word had been received from Justice Davis to that time, however, and there followed another wait of ten minutes before a stir indicated that the court was about to resume its 6ession. A moment later the Jurors, their faces showing deep lines as a re sult of their all-night vigil, filed sol emnly in and took their places behind the rail. Miss Patterson had not reached the courtroom up to that time, but as the jurors marched down the aisle her father, half turning in his chair, gazed- intently upon their laces. As he turned back and fum bled nervously a paper which lay upon the table his hands shook as if •with palsy and it seemed apparent that he saw little to arouse hope in the faces of the jurors. 'A moment later Nan Patterson, gowned entirely in black and with a heavy veil con cealing her features, walked with a firm, strong step to the chair beside : her father. As she sat down sh'e j placed one arm across her father's shoulder. With the otherwshe raised her veil and kissed the old man In a very pretty, affectionate way. Of the two the father showed in a far great er degree the strain under which they had been for many hours and. for a time the girl turned comforter. There was scarcely a moment's delay when j the usual question was put to the jur ors. The foreman replied that no de cision had been reached. Justice Da vis said that under almost any other circumstances he would discharge the Jury at that point without further de lay, but this case he considered one j of great importance. The jury again j retired. JURY UNABLE TO AGREE. •When the jury came in again at 12:50 Miss Patterson became very nervous. The color of her face seemed to deepen, If that were possible, and her whole attitude shoved that she was undergo ing keen suffering. When the Jury re ported their disagreement and the Jus tice discharged them she turned to her father end threw herself on his shoul ders, vreeping bKterly. Up to the last ■he hap hoped to be free in time to go home to Washington to spend Christ- ADVERT! SEMK.VTS. HELLER & FRANK f «c"l6Vh"i Vr's OVERCOAT LUXURY . L. to irurely found In our finest ,; 3[ C r»<l^. UV 7* FABRIC fine, dark and rich. -?V f exfnrrf* or blark. 3j LININGS of heavy silk, pure JSL •attn or double warp «*rt;e. *gr CUT ANI» TAILORED with *r .*^": d«lfb*rat#> care and great skill. 4=~ Is' Tuil Rrs-ulars and shapely 3 KS Paletot*. R3 JWj From $15.00 to $50.00. M fe MARKET STREET H ■|g AND GRANT AVENUE' g it' ' • - S mas with her mother, and the disagree ment was a most poignant disappoint ment to h<?r. The old man tried to com fort her, but she fell fainting in his arms. The girl was revived from her faint ing spell, but continued to sob hyster ically. Justice riavis thanked the jury and remanded Miss Patterson to the Tombs. She was Jed out sobbing vio lently and in a state of severe nervous collapse. After the rest of the jury had left the courtroom the foreman remained and had a consultation with Justice Davis. The foreman said that only one ballot was taken, standing six for acquittal and six for conviction. It was then found there was such a vast difference of opinion that the remainder of the tim^ was taken up in argument. DISAPPOINTMENT IS KEEN. The keenest disappointment was felt in the courtroom and in the great crowd outside when the disagreement was announced. Not since the Moli neux care has there been so much in terest taken in a criminal trial in this city and many of those present had hoped for a verdict of acquittal. The closing of the proceedings at this time, just two days before Christmas, added to the sentimental interest In the girl's fate, and the prospect of spending the holiday in prison undoubtedly accentu ated the eirVs a^ony when she heard the words that she was not to be free. Her father, who has sat by her side ever since the trial began, and whose tender caress and devotion to her have been the most touching feature of the trial, tried to comfort her, but his sad dened face and mournful " expression mbbed the words he uttered of force and meaning as he said: "Don't worry, little girl; it will come out all right yet." " PRISONER ' \VKEPS BITTERLY. After her removal from the court room Miss Patterson was taken to a retiring; room and restoratives were given to her. She soon revived, but whi'e passing over the bridge* of 3ighs on her way to her cell in the Tombs she suffered a second fainting spell, from which she recovered slowly. Once in her cell. Miss Patterson wept bitterly. A Tombs missionary tried to comfort her, but she would not be comforted. She cried for her father, but when he was admitted to her cell she did not immediately recognize him. The father wept in company with his daughter. After the prison physician had ad ministered stimulants Miss Patterson recovered some of her former self-pos session. "Do you think." she asked the mis sionary, "t.hat the Jury believed me guilty because I broke down and cried, along toward the last there. You re member, after I had stood Mr. Rand's sttack as long as I could, I Just had to break down and cry, and I thought that may be they thought I was that kind of a woman." The missionary reassured her and Bhe became more cheerful. PRISONER'S MOTHER ILL. Mrs. Patterson Breaks Down When She Hears of Jury's DIs iijjreement, WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. — Deep gloom prevails at the home of Nan Patterson- Charles H.' Patterson, 18 years old, a brother of the girl, was the only member of the family who would see callers to-night. > S "My mother is still very ill," he said. "She has hardly slept since the jury went out yesterday and I was up with her all night. Her feeling, of course, is very intense, and her dis appointment at the failure of the jury to agree when she confidently ex pected an acquittal is very bitter and very hard to bear. "As the jury was kept out so long we all hoped for a final verdict of not guilty and thought Nan would be here to spend Christmas with us. Of course the intimation that the case may never come to trial again is some consola tion." Mrs. Patterson is more than 60 years old and during the strain of the trial has been In very feeble health. »_ TRAGEDY IN A CAR. History of the "Xan" Patterson Murder Case. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. — The crime with which Nan Patterson, the former showgirl, was charged in the trial : that ended to-day in a disagreement of ! th*» jury was one of the most sensa | Ikmal in New York criminal an j nals. Its peculiar circumstances, the prominence of Caesar Young iri sport ling- circles and the glamour, .thrown j around the central figure in the case j because of her membership in one of i the famous "Florodora"' companies, all • tended to lend it an interest hardly j rivaled in recent years. From that I world vaguely defined as "sporting," the interest in "the murder in the han som cab" spread through all circles and ! the proceedings of the trial have bean J read from coast to coast and have held j a place on the first page of the metro i politan press. With Miss Patterson sitting beside him in a cab, Caesar BToung was an his way to a steamer pier, where his wife awaited him to sail with. her for Eu- I rope. The trip avowedly was planned j to break his relations with the girl. It j was early in the morning, and bat a I few pedestrians were abroad In the I street through which the cab was hur j rying to the dock. There was a pistol J shot and Young fell forward dead, his head in the girl's lap, with a bullet In ; his chest. fi?&£ CABMAN* HEARS REPORT. Just what transpired in the glass inclosed vehicle probably will never be known. The cabman testified he heard a report. He knew nothing more. For some days an absolute silence pre vailed. Then a flood of alleged eye witnesses turned up. Their stories, however, could not stand investigation, and one after another ', the witnesses were cast aside as sensation- seekers. Then an old man, Martin Hazelton, of Oneonta, came farword.. .His probity was unquestioned. His standing in his home town was of the best.'and he told what he had seen on that June morn ing. He said he 'saw. the man and a woman, their hands'clasped and held face-high. then_ a flash; a puff of smok'e and the report of a revolver broke the stillness, of -the morning. He was the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24. . 1U04. ACCUSED MAN TRIES SUICIDE Charles Dodge Seeks Death Kather Than Clear Up a Big Matrimonial 31'ystelty ♦ IS HELD FOK PERJURY His Divorced Wife, Who Was ■a; California]!, Now Spouse of C. W. 3Iorse, the ice Kiiig; ■ ♦ • Special Wspateh to Th<; Call NEW YORK. Dec. j 23.— Charles F. Dodge, the former husband of the pres ent wife of Charles W.. Morse, the ice king, was safely landed in police head quarters to-night after he had- made an effort to throw himself from the steam er vn which he. was brought from Tex as. Officers of the steamer Latnpasas, on which Dodge was brought from Texas, say : that en route when they pretended to be off guard, without an instant' «3 warning, Dodge made a rush for the guard rail and was just about to spring over when they grabbed him and got him back into his room. He screamed that he wanted to end his life and that they would never get him back to New York alive. It is reported that Dodge has made a complete confession of the inside facts of the famous Dodge-Morse case, in volving prominent New Yorkers in a double case of conspiracy and black mall. For five hours Dodge was closeted in the private office of Commissioner McAdoo with the United States Mar shals and Assistant District Attorney Garvan. while Bartow S. Weeks, his attorney, stormed at the door and der manded admittance to the room where Dodge was undergoing the third degree. The District Attorney has been after Dodge for more than a year and has spent m^re than $17,000 in the pur suit. Dodge married Miss Clemence Cowles in San Francisco in 1ST". In 1889 she separated from him, and in 1898 secured a divorce. She married the ice king, C. W. Morse, in 1901. In 1903 Justice Scott set aside the decree of divorce from Dodge because he was not served with the papers, and her marriage to Morse was annulled. She again sued Dodge for divorce. A let ter was then discovered in which Dodge admitted he had been legally served with the notice in her first pro ceedings. Dodge was indicted for per jury. The court thereupon reinstated the original divorce and she again be came Mrs. Morse. .MONTANA SUPREME COCRT HEARS BEEF TRUST CASE Attorney General Proceeding Against Swift, Armour, Cudaliy and * Hammond Companies. HELENA, Mont., Dec. 23.— The beef trust cases are now in the hands of the Supreme Court. Several hours to day were / devoted to hearing argu ments on the demurrer filed by the de fendants In each of the five suits brought by Attorney General Donovan. The defendant companies are Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Cudahy & Co. and the Hammond packing companies of Chicago and Pueblo, there being two suits against the latter. Attorney General Donovan alleges that the companies named constitute a trust or combine for the control of prices of livestock and packing-house products. WIDOW OF SYV.ETON MAY BE PLACED UNDER ARREST i French Deputy Supposed to Have \ Been Drugged Before He Was Suffocated. PARIS, Dec. 24. — A news agency says two warrants have been issued, but have not yet been served, In the Syve ton case, one of them against Madame Syveton, widow of the Deputy. Al j though the officials do not confirm this j report, It is believed that arrests are r imminent. : A morning paper affirms that a chem ical analysis of the intestines of the lat e j Deputy Syveton revealed the presence ; of morphine and concludes from this that Syveton was drugged before he suffocated. j most important witness placed, on. the j stand, and the efforts of the prosecu j tion to shake his brief but vital testl ! mony went for naught. ! Then the defendant herself went on the witness. stand and told the whole i story of her relations with .Young. It | was a cruel ordeal, but she told it all j In a straightforward manner, from the j day she met the man who was' to turn l her life in tragedy's path, to the fatal [ moment in the cab. She said her. com j panion shot himself. He held both her | wrists with one hand. As she struggled { to free herself she heard a revolver re • port and Young sank Into her lap, dead. [ MISSING WITNESS. This, in brief, is the story of the case that has been a ihree-times nine days* talk in New York. There were j many sensational side-lights to it, none I of which were brought out at the trial. i One of the strangest of these is the miss i ing eyewitnesses. Hazelton said that j another man stood beside him and saw | the tragedy. He was a casual street j acquaintance/who gave him a Masonlo I greeting and whose name he did not' know. He had Introduced himself as "a brother from the Rocky Moun tains." The unknown has been searched for far and wide by both the prosecu tion and the defense. The story of: his presence has been published In every newspaper In the country, but he did not come forward, "even though a hu man life might have depended upon his word. There were other lines of investiga tion, heralded by the defense or ;the commonwealth as vital, that played no part in the trial, and no case In years, surrounded as it was at first; with .so much seeming mystery, has -been- > so (barren of 'the dramatic and unexpect ed in the court room. • ; To Cure a. Cold; In One Day Take : Laxatjv* Bromo Quinine ' Tablets. ; All druggists refund the money It it falls to ear*. E. W. Grove's signature Is on each box.' ' 25c* RUSSIANS ADVANCE SIEGE GUNS DESPITE HEAVY FIRING OF ENEMY Three Trenetes Evacuated jiu Japanese Czar ; Receives No Confirmation of Report of Escape of Torpedo-Boats.. ; MUKDEN. Dec. 23.— The "Russians succeeded to-day in advancing the po sition of their siege guns four, miles south along the wagon road. This was accomplished in the face of a pretty heavy artillery fire from the Japanese,, who fired upward of a hundred -shells, which, however, did little execution; only two men" being wounded. ' On account of the difficulties. in get ting supplies here many Chinese and other refugees have been sent north by the Chinese officials. Volunteers on the night of December 21 occupied Japanese trenches opposite their positions. Three trenches were evacuated by - the Japanase with scarcely a fight. The victors were sur prised to find a box lying in plain view, which they opened carefully, fearing that it might contain explosives, but they found in it wine, biscuits and sweets, and a letter in Russian politely requesting its acceptance "from' dis turbing neighbors." RUSSIANS ARE SENTIMENTAIj. Correspondent Describes the Burial of Cossacks Killed Below Sindee. MUKDEN, Nov. 25.— Wild and rough as are the Cossacks, they are peculiar ly sentimental and as susceptible as children to the emotion of the hour, •.vhether it be anger or sympathy. One of the most striking sights I have ever witnessed was the whole of Mist chenko'3 division paying Its respects to the remains of the four Cossacks who were killed and mutilated below Sin dee. It was some time back,: just toward the end of the summer. "The burial was fixed for 9 a. m. Mistchenko and all his staff and the Fourth Chita Regiment, to which the men belonged, was accorded the place of prom inence in the v ceremonles. There were no coffin's available, and the bodies were wrapped in plaited straw, but so smothered with wild flowers and native grasses that It was impossible to see the ghastly blood stains' soaking through the covering until the corpses were lifted from the stretchers to be placed in the grave. The churchly ac cessories were scanty. An old table had been brought from a deserted Chi nese hut, and on it was placed an old regimental ikon and before it a single bit of wax candle— the nearest ap proach to a taper that could be had. The priest of the Barnaulski Regiment officiated. He took his place before the table;- the order "Hats oft; pray," was passed down the line, and Mistchenko, setting the example, uncovered and bowed his head, while tJie men knelt, bareheaded, but each with his carbine between his knees. The church ac cessories may have been poor and simple, but the temple was magnificent. It was Ood's own house, a walled-in valley with green hills rising on every side and over all rising a single peak that might have been the spire of this mighty cathedral. The service, simple but affecting, was soon over. The priest blessed the bodies and the stretchers were raised' shoulder-high and passed up the hill past the massed regiments, and the band played a dead march. Mist chenko and his staff followed on foot, like the rest, ' and after the Cossacks had placed the bodies in the open grave NEW HEBRIDES TRIBAL WARS Advices From South Seas Tell of Blood^ Battles Between Savage Islanders MANY NATIVES KILLED Murderers of Captains and Mate of Trading Vessels Guillotined by the French VICTORIA, B. C. Dec. 23.— His Majesty's ship Mutine, which has re turned to Australia from a South Sea cruise, reports that, tribal wars were being carried on in the New Hebrides and many natives were' being killed, especially on the island of Malekula. With the French, warship Muerthe the Mutine investigated the "cutting out" of two .trading vessels and the natives who murdered part of the vessels' crews were guillotined by the French; Four natives were executed for the murder of Captain Pentecost, master of a trading vessel that was attacked, and two were punished with aeath.for the n'urder of the captain and mate of the Ketchla Perle. A joint commission was held by offi cers of the British and French ships to hear complaints of; settlers, mostly concerning land disputes. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Pile*. Your drugglit will refund money if PAZO OINT MENT falls to cure you In 6 to 14 day^SOc.* House us Present to Royalty. BERLIN. Dec. 23.— The cities, of Schleswlg-Holstein are arranging to purchase and present to Emperor Wil liam and Empress Augusta Victoria at their approaching. silver wedding anni versary, the house in Hamburg in which the Empress spent a number of her childhood years. Sherman, Clay & Co. are offering a good mandolin for $2 50. Th«y ; should-. b« • seen ' to day '..&JEM * he threw in a handful of .earth and each officer and man of the regiment did likewise. Then the general shook hands with the priest, thanking him for his attendance on the dead, and also shook hands with and thanked the four Cossacks who had stood in the grave to receive the bodies. Before the assembly was dismissed Mistchenko briefly addressed the men, warning them under no circumstances to com mit any reprisal on the dead or wound ed Japanese who should fall Into their hands. And, so far as . I have j, ever heard, this mandate has been obeyed. But before the day Was out we had p.nother rkirmish with the Japanese, and I heard that every man cut a cross on his cartridge before firing. DOGGER BANK INCIDENT. Russians Say They Will Prove Pres ence of Japanese Torpedo-Boat*. PARIS, Dec. 23.— There will not be the slightest hesitancy on the part of the Russian witnesses in the Hull in quiry to declare dogmatically that they met Japanese torpedo-boats on Dogger Bank. Captain Cladd's testi mony., which will carry great weight on account of his well-known honesty, cool headedness and judgment, will be supplemented by that of other offi cers present on the fatal night off Hull. Three officers detached from Ad miral Rojestvensky's fleet on special missions to the Czar, have just arrived in this city and will lay before the commission what they consider strong evidence of the presence of Japanese in the channel. Lieutenant Valrond, who was in charge of the torpedo operations on the Kamchatka, says he will bring flashlight photographs taken duirng the night of the Hull Incident which will clearly prove the presence of the Japanese vessels. If they were, not Japanese, then what was the nation ality of the vessels, . Is the question. Valrond said to-day: "They cer tainly were not Russian, because they were of different color from our boats. Moreover, I will show wireless tele graph ribbons containing correspond ence between our. vessels that night on the subject of the strange torpedo boats that were following us.' What became of the vessels it is not our business to explain, but personally I am willing: to stak<s my life that I saw them." Valrond speaks of other evi dence still more important, but re serves it for the Czar and the commis sion. '. '.;'»■'■ . ANXIOUSLY AWAITING NEWS. Russian Admiralty Not Informed of Cscapc of Eight Torpedo-Boats. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 23.— The Admiralty professes ignorance of the report printed by the London Daily Telegraph to-day in a dispatch . from Chefu that eight Russian torpedo-boat destroyers had escaped from Port Ar thur during a severe snowstorm. If knowledge of their contemplated escape existed here naturally it would be care fully guarded for strategic reasons un til certain that they were clear. There is no attempt, however, to disguise the CASTRO GIVEN SHARP NOTICE Venezuelan President Must Improve His Manners if He Wants to Avoid Trouble KOOSEVELT IS ANGERED Ruler of Little Republic Is . Given Sixty .Days' Grace to Change His Attitude Special Dlfpatch to The Call Dec. 23.— President Roosevelt has . determined to teach President Castro of Venezuela a lesson in good ' government. Roosevelt is weary of the' long delay of the Ven ezuelan courts in deciding the asphalt controversy, angry over the expulsion from the country of A. F. Jaurett, an American editor at- Caracas, and in dignant over the efforts being made by Castro t6 evade the terms of payment of the foreign debt provided for in the peace protocols signed in Washington by Minister Bowen, acting as the Ven ezuelan peace envoy, and the British, German and Italian Embassadors. v^ Castro will be given sixty days in which to mend his ways. ''If at the end of that period of grace he shall not have assumed an attitude which the President considers fair and just to this tcountry and the foreign powers, a fleet of American warships will be sent to -Venezuela to make a demon stration.. If this -be not sufficient to produce the desired reform, several ports and custom-houses, probably, will be seized and held until all disputes have been satisfactorily adjusted and Castro has .promised to be good. The President is determined, if a lesson has to , be .taught, it shall be thorough, and that the effect shall , be' felt by. all Cen tral, and South American' governments. Castro was to-day given a broad hint of what he rriay^expect when the notice was served on him; by Minister Bowen that his 'explanation of the reason for the : expulsion of Mr. Jaurett is "very unsatisfactory" to the State Depart ment. Department officials say the fact that confirmation of the report would be welcome intelligence. It is quite possible that arrangements were made for the destroyers with the aid of a collier to flee southward and. Join the second Pacific squadron^ to which they would constitute a powerful re inforcement. The Archbishop of Warsaw has sent j to all the Catholic priests of his diocese a special prayer imploring God to send peace, with instructions to read it dur« ing the celebration of mass. The Novoe Vremya continues to re count instances of Japanese agitation in China, pointing out that Russia will suffer the least of the big powers from an uprising, and warning the latter to prepare to meet the coming storm. General Kuropatkin, reporting a small skirmish to Emperor Nicholas, says he personally saw a couple of Jap anese prisoners who were taken De cember 21. They were insufficiently clad, their boots especially being bad. The general also witnessed the amputa tion of the frost-bitten leg of a Jap anese. GERMAN STEAMSHIPS. Jnpanese Keeping an Eye on Vessels in the South Seas. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 23. — Ad vices^ were received by the steamship Aorangl, which arrived to-day from Australia, that three Japanese officers arrived at Fremantle shortly before her departure with the intention of proceeding to the South Seas to watch the movements of forty German steamships reported to be in the vicin ity for the purpose of coaling the Bal tic fleet. .. ' His' Majesty's ships Pleiades and'Cad mus, which were dispatched by Ad miral Lanshawe, commander of the Australian squadron, to search for Russian warships, reported to be cruising in Torres Straits, have re turned to Sydney without finding any trace of the Russian vessels. SUSTAIN HEAVY" I/5SSES. Russians Make an Attack on f.amu tina:, hut Are Driven Rack. GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUAR TERS, via Fusan, Dec. 22 (Delayed in transmission). — The Russians along the front of General Oku's army dur ing the night of December 20 made a determined attack on Lamuting, but ; were driven back with heavy losses. The Japanese sustained no casualties. Dismounted Russian cavalry attack ed the cavalry on the extreme left of the Japanese line on the night of De cember 20-21, but were repulsed with heavy losses. Small detachments of Russians nightly attack the Japanese outposts and patrols, but with no success. Honors for Grand Dnke Vladimir. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 23. — It Is reported that Grand Duke Vladimir will be appointed President of the Council of the empire, being succeed ed as commander in chief of the Im perial Guard by Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholevich. SULTAN'S ACTS OFFEND FRANCE Minister at Tangier Is In structed to Demand an .'Explanation. of the Kuler TEOUBLE HAY FOLLOW Unless Reparation Is Made There Will Be a Military and Naval Demonstration . PARIS, JDec. 23.— The Foreign Office considers the situation in Morocco ex tremely griave. Th^ Sultan's dismissal of his French and other military ad visers has been followed by a number of acts showing his intention to inter rupt the execution of the French pol icy. Accordingly, the French Min ister at Tangier has been instructed to secure the immediate withdrawal from the Moroccan capital of the French Consul and all the membf rs of the mil itary mission and all French citizens unless the Sultan vacates his? previous offensive action and offers a suitable explanation.-./ The French Minister has been in structed to communicate this to the Sultan at the same time he notifies the Consul, military, men and. citizens* to prepare to depart. The officials here say that no definite militsft-y or naval steps have yet been taken, as these await the Sultan's response to the ?/in ister's demand; but a demonstration in force will follow if a suitable ex planation and reparation . are not promptly given. . The correspondent at Tangier of the Matin says that after calling at the French Mission the Ministers of the several powers ordered all the people of their nationalities to quit Fez. explanation was ridiculous and really was no explanation at all. It is reported that Castro fearing trouble with the United States has planted guns at La Guayra. Venezue lans ajje said to be very "bitter against CATCH ROBBER RED -HANDED Harness - Milker's Assailant Captured by Three Nervy Western Addition Youths MAY BE BROWN'S SLAYER Police Say PrisoiW Answers Description of Murderer of Oakland Policeman A- lone highwayman made an unsuc cessful attempt to hold up Joseph Frankenberg at Clay and Spruce streets last night, shortly after 10 o'clock. .The victim blew a police whis tle and the burglar started to run. He was pursued by Romolo Sbarboro, Ed ward Everett Jr. and Wallace Brad ford Jr., and was run down. Policeman O'Neill happened to be near by and the thug was turned over to him. At the City Prison the man gave the name of Charles Henry. Frankenberg is a. harness-maker at 120 Drumm street and resides at 2S23 Clay' street. He was on his way homa last night when Henry jumped out from a clump of trees at Clay and Spruce streets and demanded that Frankenberg throw up hi3 hands. The latter drew a police whistle and blew It loudly. V ' Then the thug: rapped his victim over the head with the butt of a re volver and started off. Branford. Sbarboro and Everett heard the warn ing shriek and xave chase to the thug. They were successful In running him, down and held him till' Patrolman O'Neill came In sight. O'Neill took his man to the Central police station, where he was charged with attempted robbery. The police are of the opinion that Henry is a member of the gang that recently killed Policeman Brown in Oakland and committed other outrages there. He answers the description of one of the thugs, and the police may find a clew that will connect him with the Oakland tragedy. Japanese Fleet Ready to Sail. LONDON. Dec. 24. — Telegraphing from Toklo the correspondent of ths Daily Express says that he learns that In the event of Admiral Kamimura, who Is reported to have gono south with a squadron of powerful cruisers, notifying it of the approach of the sec ond Russian Pacific squadron the wholo Japanese fleet which has been operating at Port Arthur will be ready to proceed south on a day's notice to give battle. ♦ Chinese Seize Rti.«slan Ammunition LONDON, Dec. 24.— The Times* cor respondent at Peking reports that the Chinese have seized at the Fengrtai station, near Peking; three million rounds of Russian rifle ammunition consigned to a Russian firm at Tien tsin and evidently designed for Port Arthur The ammunition ; was., ctm cealed In bales of wool brought from Kalgan on camels. » . . Fleet Withdraws From Port Arthur. TOKIO. Dec. 24.— Admiral Togo an nounces the withdrawal of the majority of the fleet from Port Arthur. Foi» Causes a Fatal Collision. PARIS. Dec. 23.— During a dense tog which completely disorganized traffla to-day the London-Boulogne express ran Into the Lille express outside the North station, the last car riage of the Lille express. Six bodies have been recovered and It Is feared that more are under the engine. -\ score of wounded have been taken td hospitals. All the victims are French. Pope Receives Bishop O'Connell. ROME. Dec. 23.— The Pope to-day re ceived In private audience the Right Rev. W. H. O'Connell, Bishop of Port land, Me. The Pope Inquired about th« different nationalities composing thd emigrants, dealing especially with tha need of caring for them in a spirit ol charity. TWO PROGRAM^IES PREPARED. At the West Slda Chri»tlaa Church. Bunh street, near Devisadero. Rev. Walter M. Whlt» pastor, a select musical programme will b* Klven mornin* and •venlng. . Following t» th« programme : Mornins. 11 o'clock — Organ pr«lud«;-Doz ology (aufllenc* stand): Invocation and Lord's Prayer; anthem. "Behold. I Bring Tou Good Tidings" (Root), choir; hymn. "Zerah." 8'-'; •enpture Jeseon ; prayer: hymn, "Ozrem." *oa; communion aervlce: offertory. "Glad Tldlns* of Great Joy" (Stearns). Mr». Vincent S. Walsh: icrmon, "The Mexsag« of the Angela." W. 'M. White: song of invitation. "I Lov« to Tell the Story." 013; closing service; bene diction: crgan postlude. Evening. T:45 o'clock— LJJe of Jesus la song and scripture: Introductory hymn. "Re joice and Be Glad." No. 649. flve vs.. con gregation. His birth— Hymn. -Silent N'lghu 1 No. 544. three vs.. congregation: solo. "No«l. Mr* R. 1* Riffdon; carol. "O Little Town of Bethlehem.": anthem. 'There Were Sn»p herds" (Birch), choir. The Epiphany—Script ure Matt li:l-l-'. Hla Chlltlhood— Scripture. Luke 11:41-51. His Baptism— Chant .choir. His Temptation— Scripture. Matt .iy:l-n Ui» Manhocd— Anthem. "Dreams ot Galilee lllor ri*on). «hoir. His Triumphal Entry— Scripture. Mark xl:7-ll: solo, "Jerusalem" (Parker). Vr. Robert W. Smith. Gethscmane— Hymn. 'Olive's Ernw," 1X2, fcur vs, congregation. His Crucifixion— Solo. "Calvary ." William A. Connolly. HI* Resurrection — Anthem. "Th« Lord la Risen" (Sullivan t. choir; solo. "Hft snnna" <Grenler>. ilr» Vincent S. Walsh. H:S *«cenMon — Scripture. Acts. I,«-I1. His Coron.i iicn Hymn. "Crown Kim With Many Crowns," 348. three vs.. congregation: prayer, announcements, offering; hymn. "Coronation.-" 19«. 1. -, 5 an 1 •". vs.. congregation. ADVERTISEMENTS. Hood's Sarsaparilla Has won success far beyond the ef- fect of advertising only. Its wonderful popularity .is ex- plained by its unapproachable merit. Based upon a prescription which cured people considered incurable, Hood's Sarsaparilla Unites the best known vegetable rem- edies in such a .way as to .have cura- tive power peculiar to itself. 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