The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1895, Page 1

¥ VOLUME LIXVIIL—NO. 121, = PRICE FIVE CENTS. RETIRES A VETERAN, Father Time'Sends Gen- eral Schdfield Into Privaje Life. LIFE OF THE SOLDIER.| 1864, he was made brigadier-general in the regular army, and shortly after brevet major-general, commanding the Depart- ment of North Carolina, where his services in the war ended. In 1865 General Schofield was sent on a special diplomatic mission to France in con- nection with the establishment of the | Maximilian Government in Mexico, the result of which was an understanding be- 1m_-een the two countries that the French | withdraw their troops from Mexican soil. | On returning from Eurcpe he commanded the Department of the Potomsc until June, 1863, when he entered the Cabinet of | President Johnson as Secretary of War, | Few Leaders Equaled Him in| Handling Forces of | Men. i MADE A VERY GALLANT RECORD | | Now Comes Nelson A. Miles, Who | Succeeds to the Command of | the Army. i WASH rank of TON, D. C., Sept. 28.—The | ant-general of the army ex- | 1e retirement at noon to-mor- | McAllister Schofield, he thex | ed the age limit of 64 years. | revived in favor of General | v a special act of Congress last | and had previonsly been be- | stowed but three times—on Grant, Sher- | man and Sheridan. By reason of this ex- | tinction of title Major-General Miles, as | senior officer of that rank, will probably become the major-general commanding the army; but the retirement will not, as is usual in such cases, promote any junior officer. General Schofield was born in Chau- taugua County, N. Y., in 1831. He was| retaining that portfolio until March 14, | 1869, when he was made major-general and placed in command of the Department of the Missouri and later of the Division of the Pacific. It was during his command of the Pa- cific division (which he held until 1876) that he was sent by President Grant on a special mission fo the Hawaiian Islands in search of information, the question of annexation being then under consideration. While his report has never been made public, his views were probably adopted by Secretay Fish, who in 1873 stated the position of the Government to be against the control of the islands by any foreign power, which declaration was reiterated by a resolution of the last Congress. General Schofield was Superintendent of the Military Academy in 1876, and com- manded various departments uniil 1888, when he succeeded Lieutenant-General Sheridan as Major-General commanding the army. B INERAL MILES PROMOTED. Will Succeed Schofield as Commander of the Army. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 28.—The Tribune to-morrow will publish the fol- lowing: Major-General Nelson A. Miles, it was definitely learned last night, has been formally by President Cleveland that he has been chosen as the successor of e SVt N N\ LIEUTENANT - GENERAL JOHN M. SCHOFIELD, THE RETIRING COMMANDER. appointed a cadetat West Point from | Illinois in 1849, graduating four years later number seven in a class which contained “Phil” Sheridan and General James B. McPherson, and was assigned to duty at Fort Moultrie, 8. C., as brevet second lien- tenant of artillery. From 1855 to 1860 he was assistant professor of natural and ex- perimental philosophy at the Military Academy, having in the mean time been made a full-fledged lieutenant, and was | subsequently professor of physics at the | ‘Western Urniversity at St. Lonis. At the outbreak of the war he was de- tailed as mustering officer for the State of | General Schofield in the command of the United States Army. General Sciofield term of office ex- pired at noon to-day, and for some time past speculation has been rife about who the new commander would be. General Miles, by reason of his seniority, was generally regarded as the most prob- ble new head of the army, although in y quarters it was asserted that there was a great likelihood of the President promoting General Ruger or General Mer- ritt, but the appointment of General Miles is finally at rest. General Miles was seen last night by a Tribune reporter, and re- S MAJOR-GENERAL NELSON A, MILES, WHO IS TO SUCOEED GENERAL SCHOFIELD. S Missouri and commissioned as major of the First Missouri Volunteers. In May, 1361, he became captain of the First Ar- tillery and a few months later chief of staff to General Lyon, taking part in the en- gagements at Dug Springs, Curren Post- office and Wilson Creek—at the last-named place General Lyon being killed. In No- vember of that year he was made brigadier- general of Missouri Volunteers. In April, 1863, he attained the rank of major-general of Volunteers, and was - signed in the following year to command the Army of the Ohio, which formed the left wing of Sherman’s army, and partici- pated in the famous march to the sea and its numerous battles. In November, 1 plying to an inquiry said that he had been officiaily informed by the President of his appointment to the supreme command of the army. Building and Wheat Burned. DOULUTH, Mixx., Sept. 28.—A fire this morning totally destroyed the elevator of the Daisy flour mill at Buperior, causing a loss of §1,000,000. There were 80,000 bush- els of wheat in the building, most of it of high grade. S S AMra, Steinway Divorced. FARGO, N. D., Sept. 28.—Mrs. George Steinway, wife of the viano manufacturer, has been granted a divorce from her hus- band on the grounds of willful neglect and habitual intemperance. GENERALS AND LIEUTENANT-GENERALS WHO HAVE COMMANDED THE UNITED STATES ARMY TAeutenant-General George Washington, 1798-99. Brevet Lieutenant-General Winjield Scott, 1841-61. General William T. Sherman, 18 69-84. OLD WORLD POLITIGS Therels Something Most Grave in the Far East. PARTITION OF CHINA. All Rumors Point to the Celes- tial Empire as the Scene of Strife. FRANCE ALMOST IMPOVERISHED Frultless Sacrifice of Life In Mada- gascar May Lead to a Great Upheaval. [Copyright, 1895, by the New York Times.] LONDON, Exe., Sept.28.—Lord Salis- bury is still in his Normandy retreat and the date of his return continues to be spoken of as October 12, but the impres- sion has grown hereamong men of affairs within the past few days that he is likely to come back earlier. There seems to be something grave on in the far East. It is difficult to get at definite details, but ap- parently a critical point has been reached in the progress of what may be called in a general way the partition of China. The fact that new developments have arisen is confirmed by complication from numerous sources. The naval ana military clubs are suddenly full of surmises. The gossip is based on signs of unusual activity which officers at ports have obsérved. When the first of these was reported, it was assumed that they referred to the Armenian affair. The British Mediterranean squadron has been moved round from Salonica so that it is now within six hours of the Bosphorus, and it is understood that the concert of remonstrating wers has completely broken down. It may be, of course, that the disturbance of ‘the service barometer which has been noted still means nothing more than a demonstration in the force of the Dardanelles, but later rumors all point to China as the quarter really involved. Nobody seems to have any specific news. There is only this mysterious, formless impression, springing from no one knows precisely what or where, which here in London so often precedes actual events. The Foreign Office itself had never been so absolutely dumb before. In other times it has always been possible to obtain some kind of correcting hints as to what at least was not going on at one period. Indeed, cer- tain city magnates produced in their fellows the effects of knowing more than was quite consistent with the ideal of official reserve, but this time Lord Salisbury succeeds in preserving absolute secrecy. Even the politicians who are of importance in his own party and who areon terms of inti- macy with the Cabinet Ministers, are as completely in the dark as any cab-driver. There are doubts, for that matter, if the Cabinet Ministers themselves are much wiser. Englishmen are driven, therefore, to form conclusions from external phe- nomena. They see an apparent combina- | quiet months of it, and indications mul- | | tiply now that his qualities are to be put | | to a sharper test. Itisobvious that when | the French Chamber meets nexi month | there will be a great deal said about Mad- | agascar. If the Deputies were in session now it is plain enough that Ribot’s Min- istry would have a difficult job to main- tain itself against the popular rage over this terrible expedition. Notbing can save it if another three weeks’ record of mismanagement, falsehood and hideous waste of life is added to the Madagascar tragedy without counterbalancing news that General Duchesne has capiured the Hova capital. Itis doubtful if even this note of triumph will be shrill enough to avail against the lamentations and curses of the French people over this wicked sac- rifice of their sons. The issue is recognized to be uncertain, and, accordingly, the boulevards are busy with rumors of dissolution and a sort of coup d’etat. These gossips predict that Waldeck-Rousseau will be chosenP resident of the Senate; that the scrutin de liste will be readopted, and that Constans, re- turning to the Ministry of the Interior. will manage the new elections and so se- cure a powerful reactionary majority. These are all familiar prophecies. Their appearance now merely signifies that the politicians are getting ready for another shuffle of the ministerial cards. There is, however, a practical as well as a sentimental issue impending in French politics. The national debt now amounts to $7,000,000,- 000 and the deficits increase every year, while new taxation seems practically im- possible. In good times the French did not mind this, but accepted it cheerfully as the price that they must pay for their dream of re- covering Alsace and Lorraine; but the vermanent bad times which settled down upon France for five years of stupid pro- tection have wrought a tremendous mate- rial mischief, The new statistical report of the Ministry of Finance reveals a worse situation than ever. Up to 1890, when the high tariff was adopted. the French foreign trade showed a steady an- nual gain; since then it has sustained an even worse and a more regular diminution, the total falling off in the four years of combined exports and imports being over $250,000,000. ‘What makes the thing harder to bear is the spectacle of Germany’s constant ma- terial advance. In 1880 France’s total for- eign trade exceeded Germany’s by $272,- 000,000; now, on the figures for 1894, Ger- many’s total exceeds France’s by $470,000,~ In the face of this immense shrinkage of the national resources, with the ruinous losses of Panama fresh in their minds and the certainty that new burdens must be leid on the public to meet these huge bills for colonial expansion, it would not be sur- vrising if the French middle-class began to look askance at the Russian alliance, which is based so largely on the theory that France has illimitable money to lend, and which is so fertile in suggestion for scattering gold in all directions. Thoughtful men 0 have not been pessimists here before like Jules Roche are pointing out now that France cannot bear the load that she is carrying, let alone embark in fresh adventures. This feeling that a change of some sort must be made is undoubtedly growing, and it may result in substituting for the Ribot Cabinet a more cautious and economical administration. At all events the French ardor for spending money is just now at a low ebb, and it is suspected that the King of the Belgians finds less eager bidding for his Congo title than he anticipated. He is tion against their country both in the|stil in Paris, and it is noted that he is Mediterranean and the Pacific, on the Nile | taking extraordinary pains to make him- and on the Niger,and are disturbed in |self popular in the streets and in public their minds about it. They try to take it | gatherings. for granted that Lord Salisbury is looking | Itis l_e;(nmnu to guess, too, that he has out for things and safeguarding England | not believed all that he has heard about against all its enemies, but their hope | the incorruptibility of the Parisian press, that he will not be too late grows nervous | for it is advertising him with enthusiasm. at times. This isastateof mind peculiariy | There is a good deal of talk about his open to panic and to propagation of false alarms. These rumors alluded to may be the pure product ot general uneasiness, but I ‘P k that there 18 something in them. resident Faure has had eight pretty willingness to throw in Belgian friendship as a consideration to the Congo bargain, General Ulysses S. Grant, 1864-69. General Philip H. Sheridan, 1884-88, LOUIS PASTEUR GONE. Death of the Most Noted Chemist of the Times. PARALYSIS THE CAUSE. Career of the Distinguished:| Scientist, Philanthroplst and Author. ‘WAS HONORED BY ALL NATIONS Greatest of His Wonderful Discov- erles Was the Cure for Hydrophobla. PARIS, FraNce, Sept. 28. — Professor Louis Pasteur, the distinguished chemist and discoverer of the Pasteur treatment for the cure of rabies, is dead. M. Pasteur expired at 5:30 o’clock this afternoon, at his residence at Garches, near 8t. Cloud. His death was caused by paralysis. For several days past his con- dition had been gradually becoming worse, but the end came somewhat suddenly. It was thought that he had sufficient strength to resist the advance of the malady for at least a few days more. The news of his death did not reach Paris until a late hour to-night. Louis Pasteur was born at Dole, Jura, December 27, 1822, where his father, an old The Late Professor Louis Pasteur, Greatest of Modern Chemists. soldier of the First Empire, followed the business of a tanner. Young Pasteur entered the Ecole Nor- male in 1843, took the degree of doctor in 1847 and was appointed assistant professor of physics at Strasburg in 1848. He bad already begun to devote himself to chem- istry and had also become proficient in molecular physics. In 1854 he removed to Lille as dean of the faculty of sciences. The staple indus- try of the town was distilling, and in view of this fact, still an enthusiast in molecular physies, he devoted some of his lectures to the subject of fermentation. During the next few years spontaneous generation, —————————————————————— | wine, vinegar, the silkworm disease, sple- lhut this is very empty nonsense, Bele ' Continued on Ffth Page e | nic fever, chicken cholers and bydrophobia that an astenuated virus of splenic fever (wool-sorters’ disease), used as inoculat- ing matter could produce so mild a form of this plague that it protected the animals from a more severe attack he saved mil- lions to the grazers. His discovery that inoculating a person bitten by a mad dog with an attenuated virus of the poison-producing rabies acisin such a way that the original poison seems neutralized and the patient recovers has revolutionized one section of medicine. In 1863 M. Pasteur was appointed pro- fessor of geology, physics and chemistry at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and was elected as a member of the institute. The Royal Society of London awarded him the Rum- ford medal in 1856 for his researches rela- tive to the polarization of light, etc. He received the decoration of the Legion of Honor, and in 1878 he became a grand officer of that order. In 1869 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of London. He was the author of many works on chemistry, and for this,in 1861, he re- ceived the Jecker prize. In 1874 a life annuity of 12,000 francs was awarded to M. Pasteur by the National Assembly, chiefly in recognition of his investigations in regard to fermentation, He was re- ceived into the French Academy in 1882 as successor to M. Littre. In 1892 the cholera epidemic led M. Pasteur to make experiments into anti-choleraic vaccina- tion, which were successful in the case of animals. A large hospital and laboratory for the treatment of hydrophobia under the Pas- teur system was erected in Paris by public subscription, the municipality of Paris also contributing to the fund. M. Pasteur received all honor, not only from his own but from many foreign countries. Orders, decorations and other honorary diplomas were conferred upon him by almost every civilized country in the world. 'PROSPERITY OF CALIFOENIA. Oharles M. Shortridge Tells of the State’s Bountiful Yield. DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 28.—Charles M. Shortridge, proprietor of the San Francisco Call, is here visiting. Twenty years ago Mr. Shortridge carried papers on a Des Moines newspaper. He made his WREYED N K 05 | The Steamer Humboldt on the Rocks at Point Gorda. WILL BE A TOTAL LOSS. Passengers and Crew Taken to the Shore in the Lifeboats. WATER INVADES THE HOLD The Unlucky Vessel Is Fast Golng to Pleces—Story of the Disaster. EUREKA, CAL., Sept. 28.—The steamer Humboldt is on the rocks off Point Gorda and is a total wreck. A. H. Buhne and Purser Laird, who got ashore in a small boat at 11 o’clock this morning, have reached this city. Mr. Buhne is laid up with an injured leg. The passengers were all taken safely to | shore this forenoon, probably before the first boat containing the purser and his men landed. This boat landed some fi teen miles above the wreck. The passens gers were taken to the shore in lifeboats, the fog having lifted. All are resting com- fortably at the Petrolia Hotel. This in- formation was telephoned late to-night from the Mazeppa ranch. The mail was not taken off, but in all probability the life-saving crew will do se when the tug arrives on the scene. | The Humboldt is lying about 1000 yards THE STEAMER HUMBOLDT, received his attention. By his discovery reputation and money as proprietor of the San Jose Mercury, which hestill owns. | Speaking of California, he said: “We have had a rich harvest on the coast, and times are improving. The rail- road that is being built by the business men from Stockton to Bakersfield is nearly done, and there will soon be some other roads in California besides those owned by the Southern Pacific. THE CALL has fear- lessly espoused its cause.” Speaking of the Stanford University, he said: ' *‘The university opened with more students than ever. California people be- lieve the Government’s claim is a just one. They think a matter of fifteen millions would not affect the university in the least, as it is commonly believed Stanford left an estate of $50,000,000, though the attorneys who settled it up gave out no such figures. The chances for winning the suit are small, however."” Mr. Shortridge said that the State u.ni- versity has been advantaged by the spirit of rivairy that was aroused by the estab- lishment of the Stanford University. Mr. Shortridge will leave for the East next Monday. TWO NEW MEN SELECTED. Judge Jenkins Named Receiv- ers for the Northern Pacific Road. Edwin W. McHenry of St. Paul and Frank G. Bigelow of Milwau- kee, the Appointees. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 28.—In the United States Circuit Court this morning Judge Jenkins appointed two receivers for the Northern- Pacific, to succeed Messrs. Rouse, Oakes and Payne, who resigned to avoid an appearance before Judge Hanford, at Seattle, Wash., on October 2, to answer to the charges of malfeasance filed against them in that court by Brayton Lves, the president of the road. S The new receivers named by Judge Jen- kins are Edwin W. McHenry of St. Paul, who has for years been chief engineer on the Northern Pacific, and Frank G. Bige- low, president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee. Judge Jenkins said that he would not appoint a third receiver for the road at present, but that he might doso later if it should be found necessary for the proper administration of the trust. The attorneys representing the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company nominated ‘fhomas H. Lowry, the street-railway mag- nate of Minneapolis and president of the Minneapolis and Sault Ste Mare road, for appointment as one of the receivers. The court said that the Minneapolis and. Soo road is a part of the Canadian Pacific sys: tem, a competitor of the Northern Facific, and although Mr. Lowry had agreed to re- sign the presidency of the Soo line in the event of his appointment as receiver he could not consider his candidacy. Mr. ‘Walker, receiver of the Santa Fe system, was also proposed as a receiver. Zor additional Pac{fic Coastnews sce Pages 3, b andé from land, with her stern pointing shores ward, and is breaking up fast. The story of the wreck, as told by Mn Buhne, is as follows: ‘“We were coming along up the coast in a dense fog and met a strong current from the northward. When in the vicinity of Point Gorda, about 3:30 o’clock, the steamer ran into a nest of rocks. Imme- diately all was confusion among the pas sengers, but Captain Edwards was very cool. The officers went among the passens gers, telling them to dress, and the lifes boats were made reaay to leave at an ine stant’s notice. “As soon as daylight came the captain ordered Purser Laird, First Mate Bone and two seamen to take a boat and en- deavor to make alanding. I volunteered to go, being familiar with the coast. One passenger was also taken along. ““At the time we left the boat was reste ing easily, and Engineer Lindsay reported that water had put out the fires and the steam pumps were useless. Several blades are broken off tke propeller. ‘“We craised about among the rocks for six hours before effecting a landing, which we did in a miraculous manner. The fog lifted for an instant, and we ran ona small strip of beach. Immediately upon reach ing shore a man was found and he was sent to the nearest telephone for assiste ance.” As soon as the news reached this city the tug Ranger with the owner, Richard Sweasey, and a life-saving crew started for the scene. Anxious relatives started on the trip overland down the coast. Nothe ing has been heard of the tug up to o’clock this evening. As the fog is stil thick the tug may have difficulty in find- ing the Humboldt. as the latter’s whistles have been silenced by the encroaching water. Captain Edwards said before the purser's boat left that he would stay with the shij unless the danger became too great.’ X sounding taken shortly after she struck foundQ%eet. of water aft and twelve feet forward. On the land side the rocks are LEVISTRAUSS OVERALLS SPRING BOTTOM PANTS. EVERY PAIR GUARANTEER #OR SALE EVERYWHERL, l