The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 29, 1896, Page 1

Call | | t | t 1nis Paper et o be- taken from, ’je Wln-'brary, teas VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 90. PRICE FIVE CENT UNCLE SAN'S GREAT UEST Viceroy Li Hung Chang Given a Big Ovation Upon Arrival. | SALUTED BY A FLEET OF WARSHIPS. Batteries Roar a Welcome to the Distinguished Chinese Diplomat. RECEIVED WITH NAVAL AND MILITARY POMP. Met by General Ruger and Escorted by Federal Troops Through New York Streets. quarantine along the rail of the hurricane deck could be seen a row of strongly marked Chinese faces, all eagerly noting the different objects of interest in the harbor. They peered out of their slant eyes with a look of wondering astonish- ment at the impressive fleet lying idly at anchor, They talked burriedly to each other ard kept continually pointing at the death-dealing naval machines. At the masthead of the St. Louis floated the imperial cclors of China, the yellow flag with an 1mmense dragon boldly out- lined in the center in natural colors, blue, red, green and yellow. When the 8t. Louis came to quarantine a steam launch was lowered from the davits of the Dolphin and the receiving | party conveyed over to the big liner. A score of steam yachts and a dozen or more excursion steamers passed in and out among the war vessels and proceeded down to the Narrows to meet the St. Louis. From the arrival of the St. Louis in the upper bay the journey to her wharf was among a fleet of tugs, steamboats and yachts filled with people anxious to get a glimpse of the Chinese Embassador and suite. At quarantine the health officer’s boat went alongside the St. Louis and Dr. | Boty boarded her immediately aiter she passed the Narrows. 1t was 1. when the launch from the Dolphin got alongside the gangway and the reception committee went aboord. The revenue cutter went alongside and a detachment of police from the police boat also boarded the steamship. The excur- sionists on the steamboat saluted the dis- tinguished traveler by discharging hun- dreds of packs of firecrackers. At all the steamboats and accom- panying fleet blew a united blast on their NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 28.—Li Hung | Chang, Viceroy of China, Embassador Extraordinary to Russia and world-re- | nowned diplomat, arrived in New York to-day and became the guest of the Na- tion. The stately St. Louis passed Fire Island at 10:33 . M. with the distinguished visitor on board. The steamer made the trip from Southampton in six days and three hours. She was saluted by the tooting of whistles, tugs and steamers as she passed up the lower bay and entered the Narrows, The day was a perfect one. Bright sun- light overhead, an atmosphere clear as crysial with a tinge of autumn coolness in it and a light breeze that ruffled the sur- face of the bay combined to make the first view that Li Hung Chang had of the har- bor of the metropolis a pleasant one. Added to its natural be: as the im- ce of the finest fleet of warships Uncle Sam has ever gathered together. They were the best of the new navy and every vessel was polished and painted and made ready in Bristol fashion for the reception of the honored guest. There was the fine cruiser New York, flagship of the fleet, with Admirai Buuce on board; the cruisers Cincinnati, Colum- bia, Raleigh, Newark, the battle-ships In- diana and Massachusetts, peerless in their { class; the Maine, the Texas, the monitors | Amphitrite and Terror; the ram Katahdin and the dispatch-boat Dolphin, with the | reception committee on board, The men- of-war formed in double column, and as | the St. Louis passed between the line sa- | luted in turn with the roar of their bat- | teries. | The committee from the Dolphin boarded | the St. Louis off quarantine and accompa- | nied Li Hung Chang to the pier of the | American line at the foot of Fulton street, where the landing was made. | Preparations for the reception of the fa- : mous diplomat had been carefully ar- | ranged. Major-General Thomas Ruger, commander of the Department of the East, | as the personal representative of President Cleveland, with his two staff officers, Ma- | jor George W. Davis and Captain Mills; William Rockhill, First Assistant Secre- tary of State, representing his depart- ment; the Chinese Minister, Yang Yu, and secretary; the Chinese Consul Sze, and a representative of the United Associated | Presses boarded the United States dispatch | boat Dolphin early this morning and | steamed down the bay to meet the Em- bassador. As the Bt. Louis steamed up toward by the pres- | whistles, | Atle m the St. Louis started up the | bay for the city. The flagship saluted as the steamship passed her. The guns of the other warships remained silent. After General Ruger and party stepped aboard the St. Louis they went imme- diately to the after drawing-room, where they were met by Vice-President Wright of the American line. Li was in his state- room and word was sent to him that the Government representatives were ready to meet him. About the big liner were gath- ered craft of every descrintion crowded with people anxious to get a glimpse of | the celebrated visitor. Whistles were | kept going, yachts boomed cannon and on some of the tugs firecrackers were set off. Coming by Fort Wadsworth a salute was fired. As the St Louis passed through the warships the flagship New York fired a salute of nineteen guns, which is the Engiish Lord High Admirai. ucial rec- { ognition. Li Hung Chang, after a delay of fifteen | minutes, was conducted to the drawing- | room by Vice-President Wright and his interpreter and secretary. He was at once prasented to General Ruger, who | said: “Iam directed by the President of | the United States to meet you and extend to you the freedom of the Nation. I bid you welcome.” The Viceroy bowed his head and said, “I thank you for the courtesy.” He wore a dark-blue brocaded surcoat, opening on to one of paler blue, which was turned aside to display the yellow rid- ing-jacket. Tuais was comvpleted by a | ecrimson skirt, which was profusely cov- ered with floral designs. The peacock feather hung from a red-topped button- crowned mandarin hat and dropped down | to the back of his neck. Li was formally presented to all present in the room, some dozen or more. He shook hands with them all. He was asked if he would like to slip out on the deck and look at the harbor as the ship sailed up, but he motioned that he preferred to sit down and talk with those present. General Ruger took a seat to his left and the interpreter to the right. The Viceroy then began to ask questions. He would like to know if the President of the Re- public was in New York. He was told that he was and that he would see him to- morrow. To this the Viceroy bowed his head in acknowleagment. *‘The French people,” said Li, suddenly changing the subject, ‘“tried to influence me to go home by way of Marseilles and the Suez canal, but I declined, telling them I wanted tovisit the United States.” ‘When the steamer came to Castle Wil- liam a salute was fired. The envoy asked Chinese Viceroy Li Hung Chang, Who Is Now the Guest of This Nation. PERHADS -9 = what it was, and seemed pleased when told it was in his honor. All along the water front growds had gathered, and cheer after cheer went up in honor of the great Li. It was 1:20 . M. when the steamer touched the pier. Li’s sedan chair was got ready for him, but he turned to the men and said: “I donot need it. I prefer to walk upon American shores.” At 1:30 p. M., accompanied by the official party, he left the steamer by a pri- vate gangway and was greeted by the navy militia, who beat a welcoming tune upon drums. The party descended from the upper pier by an elevator, which was elaborately decorated with Chinese colors, to the floor below, where another com- [Continued on Third Page,) ’3 i AW WILL SEND A SHIP - OF WAR TO TURKEY, President Cleveland Decides to Dispatch the Bancroft to the Golden Horn. NEEDED AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Required to Do Similar Duty to That of the Guardships of European Powers. WASHINGTON, D. C.,.Aug.,; 28.—The President has decided to send a warship to Constantinople, and the little cadet prac- tice ship Bancroft has been selected as the first American naval vessel since the rati- fication of the treaty of Paris to pass the Bisphorus and anchor in the Golden Horn opposite the gardens of the seraglio. The administration having reached the decision that the presence of a United States war vessel was imperatively de- manded at Constantinople to perform duty similar to that of the guardships maintained there by England and France and other European powers, and the Turkish laws resting on the treaty of Paris forbidding a vessel of over six guns to enter the Bosphorus, the Bancroft alone was found available for the service required. It isimpossible to learn to-night whether any assurances have been received from - s T -t U e L[] “No one has come to ask me for an office.”—From a press report of Mr. Bryan’s speech at Erie, Pa. Turkey that Minister Terrill will be per- mitted to have the naval support of a ship flying the stars and stripes near his lega- tion. Itappeared, however, that the ad- ministration has contemplated for some time the dispatch of the Bancroft to Con- stantinople, as shown by a letter addressed by Mavroyeni Bey, the Turkish Minister, to Secretary Olney last January, in which Mavroyeni says: “His Excellency, Tewfik Pasha, has just informed me that the Sublime Porte re- grets that it cannot comply with Mr. Ter- rill’s request for permission for the Ban- croft to pass tk gh the strait, that vessel baving been authorized -to_remein at.the disposal or the United States legation at Constantinople, . - . *““Your Excellency knows perfectly well the earnest and sincere desire of the Im- perial Government to do allin its power to strengthen, if possible, the ties of triend- ship which unite tke two countries, but in this case a certain fact is involved, to wit: that only signatory powers of the treaty of Paris enjoy the right to have vessels of war permanently at Constantinople at the orders of their respective embassies. Now the United States Government does not appear in the number of signatories of that treaty. I am, consequently, sure that your Excellency will be rvieased to take the foregoing into consideration.’ If any reply was made to this letter or if any correspondence followed or preceded it that correspondence is not obtainabbe. - It is believed in naval circles here that the preliminary orders sendirg the Ban- croft to Constantinople constitute the first step in the administration programme to compel Turkey to respect the peremp- tory demand for full and immediate satis- faction for $100,000 indemnity made last November for the destruction of the American College and other prcperty at Harpoot, and a similar demand for the burning of the college at Marash. It is believed this will be enfoiced before the close of the present year. The cruiser Bancroft’s main battery consists of four 4-inch rapid-fire rifles and a number of small secondary weapons and two torpedo tubes. She carries ten officers and 120 men. In all respects she is a warship of the highest class in minia- ture, equal in appearance to the finest vessels in foreign navies. For her size she is probably the most formidable of United States naval vessels. I PG T RIOTING IS RESUMED. But as Usual the Principal Suferers Are Armenians. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEY, Aug. 28. The principal slaughter in the recent rioting here was done by a Moslem mob in revenge for Armenian outrages. No effort to check the mob in its murderous work was made by the police. Numerous arrests of Armenians were made to-day, ana this led to farther rioting, which, bowever, was of a ‘less serious character. The hospitals are crowded. All tof the guardships have landed parties of ma- rines to assist in preserving order. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 28.—The Times to-morrow will publish a dispatch from Constantinople saying that fifteen sur- viving members oi the party of Armeni- ans who on Wednesday last attacked the Ottoman Bank have been shipped to Marseilles. LYNCHING OF SICILIANS. Governor Foster of Louisiana Reports to the Mtate Department. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28.—The report of Governor Foster of Louisiana upon the lynching of thyee Sicilians charged with murder and confined in the parish jail of Hahn, in 8t. Charles Parish, just below New Orleans, in respect to which Baron Fava, the Italian Embassa- dor, in the name of his Government, has asked reparation from the United States, has just been received at the State Depart- ment. The Governor makes the customary reply in such cases, that the perpetrators of the deed are unknown to the authori- ties, who are taking all possible steps in the matter. This reply was comamuni- cated to Baron Fava, with an expression of regret on the part of the United States Govornment that a subject of the King of Italy should have been dealt with in this lawless manner. g San Francisco Favored. CLEVELAND, Oxro, Aug. 28.—In the morning session of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias Representative Crowley of California introduced a resolu- tion to hold the next biennial conclave at San Francisco. The name was received with applause, and referred to the com- mittee having the matter in charge. While San Francisco is the favorite city thus far the feeling of the Supreme Lodge isthat it cannot afrterd the expense in- cid:ntal to holding the conclave so far from the center of population. Indian- apolis seems to have the call among the members of the outside committee. FIE. HUNDRED LLED Said Klialid’s Forces Suffered Severely During the Bom- bardment. The British Consul Demands the Sur- render of the Sultan From'the Germans. ZANZIBAR, Aug. 28.—During the bom- bardment of the palace by the British warships on Friday the forces of Said Khalid, the seli-proclaimed Su!tan, 1n and about the palace numbered 3000. Of this number it is estimated that fully 500 were killed or wounded. The British Consul has asked the Ger- man Consul here tosurrender Said Khalid, the usurper, who took refuge in the Ger- man consulate yesterday after escaping from the palace during the bombardment of that building by the British warships in the harbor. SPEEDING 10 THE SOUTH Departure of the Alliance Train for Fair Los ‘Angeles. STALWARTS ON A GREAT PILGRIMAGE. Decoraticns That Denote a Strong Policy on Tariff and Finance. NOTED SPEAKERS ACCOMPANY THE EXCURSIONISTS. This Journey Means the Union of Sections to Save the State From Ruin. OAKLAND, CAL., Aug. 28.—While a full brass band played patriotic music the en- “finsiastic Republican Alliance of Oakland it the mole to-night for Los Angeles in its special tramn. A large crowd gathered to see the stalwarts depart, and it was even money as to whether the band or the crowd made the most noise. It was a glorious sendoff. The train is a study of tariff and finance, and it is almost a pity that its speed will not be slow, so that he who runs may read. Along the cars were stretched huge ban- ners bearing the words, “The Republican Alliance of Oakland.,” These were caught up with flags and bunting. On the bag- gage-car and the rear end of the sleeper large two-sheet l..hographs, mounted on canvas, were fastened. These are of artistic pictorial design and at the top a life-size portrait of William McKinley rests be- tween crossed flags emblazoned with the words: WILLIAM McKINLEY, 'The Advance Agent of Prosperity. Beuneath this picture are quotations from the great protectionist, such as: “The Republican party stands for hone est money and a chance to earn it.” *‘I believe that it is a zood deal better to open up the mills of the United States to the laborers of America than to open up the mints of the United States to the silver of the world.” Below this is a comparative table, z..ow- | ing the price of wheat under Republican vrotection as against Democratic free trade, which is comprehensive. On either side of the reading matter sym- bolical piciures of labor under protection, showing the forge fires burning brightly, the mechanic, farmer and miner at work and the factories in full blast, stand out in striking relief to the pictured re- sults of Democratic misrule, where the laborers are shown to be idle and hungry, while a train wreck has killed the farmer and ruined his business. Below all this is a shield surmounted by flags. Inside tne cars bunting, flags and appropriate emblems are much in evidence and certainly the display is calculated to arouse the patrictisza of the mostdormant nature. All the beriis were taken and 141 people will be on the train, exclusive of emploves. When Los Angeles is reached the train will be met by a special committee com« posted of James Cuyner, R. A. Ling, J. T. Martin, G. H. Stewart, E. T. Johnson, J. 8. Slausson, J. W. Hinton, C. E. Decamp, 8. C. Hubbell and others. Hazard’s Pa- vilion in Los Angeles will be the scene of to-morrow evening’s exercises. Itisthe largest hall in the city and though its capacity is estimated at 6000 it is ex- pected that an overflow meeting will be necessary. pl i A EARNEST PATRIOTS. The Special Train Is Speeding Southward, The Prominent Speakers. TRACY, Cai., Aug. 28.—The Alliance special train is making fine time aad all on board are happy. There will be a few stops between San Francisco and Los Ane geles, the principal ones being Port Costa, Tracy, Los Banos and Fresno. Besides the 157 members of the alliance and the Presidio Band the fallowing special guests are on the train: A. G. Mason, chairman San Diego County Cen- tral Committee; Judge Henshaw of the California Supreme Coart, D. C. Reed of San Diego,Con O'Connor of 8an Francisco, Paris Kitburn; E. K. Taylor, vice chair- Palace of the Sultan at Zanzibar as Tt Appeared Before the Bombardment of British Warships. Anchored Nea the Whar Is the Ironclad Glasgow That Was Sunk by the Guns of the British Fleet. [From a picture brought from Zansidbar by Dr. O. 5. Jones of Oakiand.]