The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 163. ' SAN FRANCISCO, MOR DNWARD MARCH OF INDUSTRIES Major McKinley’s Election Unlocks the Wheels of Enterprise. Manufacturers Determined Make Up for Time Lost Dur- ing Uncertainty. to INCREASED ORDERS RECEIVED. Workmen in All Branches of Trade Benefited by the Renewed Activity. DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 9.—The Des Moines Packing Company opened its packing-bouse to-day after a long period during which it was shut down on account of hard times. Itempioys 150 men. The Des Moines Knitting Works has put on day and night forces, doubling its capacity and employing seventy-five men, The Des Moines Woolen-mill has also doubled its force and will employ 150 hands. The Rock Island road has ordered nine hours’ work daily in ail the shops in Towa, for the first time in a year. G. Van Ginkle to-day entered into a “contract to erect a four-story block as a warehonse for the William Deering Machine Company, which will open a general agency here. The Keokuk and Western road on Satur- to extend its line from n Kansas City. Banksof the city are receiving immense amounts of gold anc g it out freeiy. YOR v. 9.—A great industrial boom following the election has mani- fested itself here in a substantial manner. The York Card and Paper Company has increased working hours ana employed moré men. The York Carriage Company works have started up full time and sent out ten new men on the road. Morgan Smith's foundry has menced working night and day. Hench & Dromgold have increased their force. MEADVILLE, Pa., Nov. 9.—The Erie Railroad carshops in this city started ran ning on full time to-day. The road ex- pects a big increase in freight tariff on ac- “connt of the revival ol business. LYONS, N, Y., Nov. 9.—The Manhatlan Silver-plate Company, which during the past summer has been running ou irregu- - Jar time, commenced to-day running Gvertime. President Thomas says orders were received conditioned upon the result - of the ‘election, and since then letters and telegrams have been received renewing . the orders. Salesmen report a greast - picking-up in trade, and the company’s branch agencies in New York, Chicago, ‘Et. Louis, New Orleans and San Francisco gre rushing in tetegraphic orders for more Zoods. CLEVELAND, Ommo, Nov. 9.—J. C. Moorehead, general superintendent of the Erie Railroad here, to-day issued an order which will affect for the better several thousand men. The order cslls for longer hours and increased pay and men. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Nov. 9.—The carshops of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in this city, employing 700 men, began this morning a ten-hour day. The shops have been on eight-hour time for a com- VILLE, Cox~., Nov. 9.—Cheney Bros.” big silk mills at South Manchester, employing 2500 persons when working at their full capacity, began running on full time to-day. Talcott Bros. Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of woolens at Taicottville, will increase their running time this week. The Vernon Woolen Company of Vernon is now running its mills on full . time, The Fitch Stocking Company of this city has started its mills on full time and is also running evenings until 8 o’clock. < Segmey e MAY ASSIST McKINLEY. Tumor That General Harrison may Be Asked to Act as Premier. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 9.—A Sun special from Washington says: Politicians and public men generally Washington appear to agree in the opinion that Presi- dent-elect McKinley has already deter- mined to offer ex-President Harrison a place in his Cabinet. This honor, it was thougkt, is due to General Harrison be- cause of his high standing in the party " and his reputation as a citizen. Moreover, tbe fact that he personally conducted the affairs of the State Depart- ment during his administration, especially after the death of Mr. Blaine, demon- strates nis ability as an international lawyer and diplomat. Inthe Chilean and Hawaiian affairs Harrison held the reins in his own hands and made personal an- nouncement of the various steps in the vigorous and patriotic American policy that was adopted. The possibility of General Harrison’s appointment as Secretary of State has aroused much gossip over the interesting point of whether the proprieties of mod- ern statesmanship and politics would allow an ex-President of the United States to ‘become a Cabinet Minister. The consensus of opinion in Washington seems 10 be that General Harrison’s dig- nity wounld not suffer in the letst by his consent to become the Premier of the McKinley administration. Nothing is known here, however, as to General Har- rison’s personal inclinations beyond the fact that he has repeatediy said to his friends that he now desired to spend a few years at least at the practice of law for the purpose of making money and at the same time find leisure for reading and study. His recent marriage will undoubtedly ave considerable influence upon his fu- ture plans, however, und if President Mc- Kinley should offer him a place in the Cabinet Mrs, Harrison’s wishes might de- fermine whether he would accept. There are very few political Jeaders here at present, but among those who are here ,/u, iff f { / WELCOME TO ‘TR of Senator Palmer, Becretary Carlisle, General Buckner aud others, who will all be out of office after March 4 if Carlisle is not elected Senator from Kentucky, in'a manner satisfactory to them. A well-in- formed Republican politician said yester- day that in the opinion of the old soldiers, without rezard to party, President Mc- Kinley could make no more popular ap- pointment and no more deserving one than that of General Daniel E. Sickles to be Commissioner of Pensions. This is an opinion in which old soldiers and sailors only are greatly interested, and General Sickles’ appointment, it is thought, would be as gratifying to the veterans as was that of Corporal Tanner by President Harrison. —_——— MAJOR McKINLEY ACTIVE. ZTakes a Long Walk and Wades 1hrough the Newspapers. CANTON, Ouro, Nov. 9.—President- elect McKinley has so far recovered from the fatigue incident upon the labors of the campaign just closed, that he has again resumed the methodical manner of living that has characterized his every-day life | for many years past. He arose at the | usual hour this morning, disposed of his | early meal, which was not of an uncom- | monly large quantity, and then in cum-j pany with Clark Tonner of Canton, in- dulged in a walk about the residence por- tion of the city. The air was cool and | bracing, and the pair walked at a brisk gait for nearly an hsur. After calling at his mother’s residence | on Tascarawas street the President-elect | returned to his home on Market Hill. He announced that he was feeling excellent ana at once plunged into his favorite oc- cupation of perusing a pile of newspapers | that daily come to him in the mail. Al- | though Major McKinley has never had | any newspaper experiegce hs has a fac- | ulty of disposing of and getting the meat out of a huge pile of newspapers that would reflect credit upon some of the | most trained exchange editors of the pro- fession. Later in the afteraoon quite a number of visitors called to congratulate Presi- dent-elect McKinley. - Among them was Dr. Satterthwaite of Fargo, N. D., with whom Mzjor McKinley held an unusually long conversation. The newspaper men who were on duty at the Chicago National headquarters, and who were banqueted in New York by Chairman Hanna, will pass through Can- ton at 10:26 o’clock to-morrow morning. Major McKinley will drive down to the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago de- pot, where he will meet and greet the correspondents en-route. Many congratulary messages were re- ceived to-day by Major McKinley. e MECRETARY UF AGRICULTURE. i Friends of Samusl W. Allevton Anzious to Secure Him a Portfolio. CHICAGO, IrL., Nov. 9.—The friends of Samuel W. Alerton, the well-known stock dealer, have inaugurated a move. ment looking to the appointment of that gentleman as Secretary of Agriculture. Last week Secretary Baker of the Chicago Livestock Exchange mailed letters to all livestock centers asking for the opinion of their members, and favorable answers have heen received from Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph and Denver, ‘When asked if he had been approached on the subject Mr. Allerton said to-day: “The choosing of such a position is left to the President and is a sortof family affair. Sv.u'l, if my friends and Mr. McKinley saw,| the opinion seems to be general that Presi- | fit to honor me—well, I wounld think over dent MeKinley will recognize the services | the matter.” Mr. Allerton has heen identified with livestock interests all his life and owns big i Tanches in the West and Southwest. | LalizeT o | A TARIFF ON WOOL Payne BSays That American Int-rests Are to Be Prot-cted. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 9.—Henry C. Payne left for New York to-day to at- tend to private business and consult with | Chairman Hanna of the Republican Na- tional Committee on plans for the future | campaign work of the purty and perhaps | incidentally help the big chieftain with his advice relative to Cabinet and other | appointments for the man from Canton. | Mr. Payne said that the o!d McKinley | tariff act will not be revivea by Congress, ! but that thers will certainly be tariff legis- Iation as soon as possible to protect Amer- ican industries and raise enough revenue for the expenses of the Government. A tariff on wool will be one of its chief fea- tures. CE e AMBITION UF CUMMINS, Would Be Willing to Become the Next Attorney-General. DES MOINES, lowa, Nov. 9.—The name of A. B. Cummins of this city has been mentioned in Chicago newspapers in con- nection with a place in McKinley's Cabi- net. The position of Secretary of+ War has been most spoken of, but it deveiops that this is not the place to which Mr. Cummins aspires. From close. friends of Mr. Cummins, who is Iowa’s member of the National Committee, it is learned that during the campaign he has béen.much talked of by campaign leaders in connec- tion with the Attorney-Generalship. It has been commonly conceded that lowa was likely to secure a representation in the next Cabinet, and Senator Allizon has been generally looked on as a probable Secretary of the Treasury. In case he does not desire that place, it is understood Mr. Cummins will be pushed for the posi- tion of Attorney-General. It isalso stated in ‘this connection that Senator Allison will not be a candidate for a Cabinet posi- tion. Mr. Cummins is a lawyer of fine attainments, an orator and for years a leader in the party in Iowa. T IO Atkinson Aqgainst the Field. ATLANTA, GA., Nov. 9.—The Demo- cratic members of the Legislature are in caucus to-night to nominate a United States Senator. The twelfth ballot re- sulted: Atkinson 47, Clay 47, Powell 36, Lewis 21, Evans 15. It seems to be the field against Governor Atkinson and it is ossible that the deadlock may not be Eroken to-night. Balloting in open ses- _sion begins to-morrow, but before adjourn- ing the caucus will instruct certain mem- bers to vote for the lowest man on the list 30 that the Populists may be prevented from making & nomination. —_—— Watehing the Can CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Nov. No Wyo- ming returns have been received hers to- day. Both parties have sent representa- tives into Big Horn County. to watch the canvassing of the vote. it is probable t ontest will be made in the Con- mal election, as irregularities and violations of the election law are chargea by both parties. QAP Breckinridge to Protest. LEXINGTON, Ky, Nov. 9.—Colonel Breckinridge will not make a formal con- test for the Ashland district seat in Con- gress, but. he will enter a protest before the State. Reiurning Board against the vote of Ower County being counted be- cause ot the violati: f ths election laws, Snow Fallx in New York. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., Nov. 9.—Eight or ten inches of ‘snow has fallen in ‘the mnorthern part of cay, and the storm is still raging, - i Wy 1 Chautauqua County to- | 8 ‘ho /, I/ IR SETTLES DOWN N SOFT 140D Disaster Seems to Overhang the Big Battle-Ship Texas. Almost Sunk While Being Docked at the Brooklyn Navy- Yard. SAVED BY SHALLOW WATER Carelessness and an Accident Prob- ably Cause the Engine-Rocm to Be Filled. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 9.—The battle- ship Texas added another to the list of her misfortunes this morning at the Cob dock in the Brooklyn Navy-yard. The yoke of the valve of her main starboard injector gave way. The water poured into the starboard engine-room and the battie-ship went to the bottom. There was less than thirty feet of water in the dock and the Texas draws about twenty-four feet, so she did not go down far. She restea easily in the soft East River mud, with her water line four feet under the surface. The Texas has been at the navy-yard for a week undergoing nll;ht repairs. The repairs include some minor changes in the starboard injector, and 10 make these the pipes connecting 1t with the condenser were disconnected and the engines coverea with temporary plates. On Bunday afternoon Captain Glass made an inspection of the entire ship. He saw the injector with its valve and condenser pipes, and they seemed to be all right. The injector is the ap- paratus through which sea water is taken into the condensers. It consists of a 13-inch pipe running from the bottom of the ship to the starboard engine-room where it ends in a bowl from which the pipes lead to the con- densers. It is furnished with a steel valve closing against a flange tos| keep the water out when it is not needed. This valve is raised and lowered by a steel screw operated by a wheel and working in a yoke at the top of the bowl. The yoke is of steel and weighs about 500 pounds. The strain of water against the valve proved too much for the yoke at 6:15 this morning, and it broke short off, allowing the valve to rise and thus permitting the water to rush into the bowl. The temporary caps over the pipes were blown off and the bonnetof the bowl was dislodged. A stream of water 13inches in diameter rushed into the starboard ‘en- gine-room. ‘ i 0 Engineer Higgins was in .the engine- room when the yoke gave way, and he ran -up on the deck 'when he saw what' body of water was flowing in and w serious the accident - was. He NING, NOVEMBER 10, 1896. i PRICE FIVE CENT gave the alarm, and the steam siren whistle was blown, thé signal to close water-tight bulkheads. Then the gongs sounded the call to general quarters and the men came up on the run. Captain Glass took personal command. The order to close the bulkheads was cbeyed by the men as though they had been at a drill and it was executed in two | minutes and twenty seconds. The water continued to ' pour in un- til “the starboard engine compart- ment was completely flooded. The longitudinal bulkbead dividing the 'en- gine-rooms has several emall openings in it and the water leakea throuch and soon flooded: the ‘port engine-room, but the closing~of the transverse bulkheads pre- vented it from reaching any other part of the ship. When the Texas came to a stop on the bottom of "the river ~her bow had sunk five feet and the siern a little more. Captain Glass re- ported to Commodore Sicard, the com- mandant of the navy-yard, and a reporg of the accident was at once forwarded to | Secretary Herbert at Washington. Then the work of raising the ship was begnn. ‘Wrecking tugs steamed alongside and a diver was sent down in the starboard en- gine-room 1o try to plug the injector and make it possible for the water to be - pumped out. Late in the alterncon the divers succeeded in fitting a big wooden plug into the end of the injector, and then the pumps began to make an imvression on the water in the engine-room. 3 At 8:30 o’clock the ship righted, and soon after that she was floated. She was launched from the Norfolk Navy Yard on June 28 1892, and went into commission in the spring of 1895 Her life has been one of mishaps, several of which have been of a more serious nature than her present accident. She has had more acci- dents than all the rest of the North At- lantic squadron put together. 7 ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9.—Seere- tary Herbert ordered the following court of inquiry on the accident to the battle- ship Texas: Commodore J. N. Miller, now command- ant of the Boston Navy-yard; Chiet En- gineer W. W. Dungan, the senior officer of his corps, now inspector of machinery at Cramps, and Naval Constructor J. F. Hanscom, with lieutenant B. T, Walling as judge advocate. The court will meet at the navy-vard, New York, 8t 1 P, Wednesday. The only additional information the Navy Department has received is con- tained in the following telegram from Commodore Sicard : ¢ A section of the starboard miasin imjection- pipe was removed for repairs/and the pipe to seaward was blanketed off just inside of the main injection-valve, just above the floor- plates. This morning ut 6 o'clock the yoke through which /tne stem to the injection-valve passed under the pressure of the water outside and the ses water fi led the starboard efngine compartment and thence leaked througly the closed water- tight doors and graaually flooded the port engine compartment. Thie ship is not flooded in other paris. The ship/settled down upon the soft bottom, beading south, and now lies easily at high water in twenty-five feet of wateron the pont side jand twenty-nine on /| the starboard side, sectired to Cob dock, just south of the Verimnont's ,and listed about six degrees to starboard. . »Two tugs of the Chéipman Wrecking Com- pany are alongside ing. and adiveris ‘[ down in the starboard room endeavor- ‘Ing to stop the. leak. The eeta is in st tendance; the Nina’s boilers are repairing, “canwnot be used. No. 2 is being pre- “pared to réceive the Texas is stopped. Further details will be wired a® soon as obtainable. SICARD. It appears from this that the unsual pre- cautions prescribed by the regulations |’ were observed by those in charge of the work, which invelvea ‘bankinz off”’ 'the connections, and ‘as the workmen ‘bad | left the valve ali right Saturday, the acci- dent early this morning before work was resumed indicates that the yoke gave way to the one:ton vpressure that had been upon it for about thirty-six hours. The ‘reference to the naval tugs Narkeeta and Nina is taken as explaining why outside tugs were called upon in the emergency. MRS. CASTLE IS FREE. The Home Secretary Signs an Order for the Release of the Unfortunate Woman. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 10.—A special cabie dispatch to the Sun from London says: The Home Secretary signed last night an order for the release of Mrs. Castle from ‘Wormwood Scrubbs Jail. She will be dis- charged to-day unless she is unable to leave the infirmary, where she is still prostrate. Her husband will go with her to America us soon as she isable to travel. The pressure that has been brought to bear upon the Government to secure Mrs. Castle’srelease has been of astonishing weight and influence. Both the Home and Foreign offices have received many messages daily from this country and the ‘United States beseeching immediate ac- tion. Popular sympathy in England isentirely in ber favor, and there will be no criti- ¢ sms when her release is announced this afternoon. WENT WITH ““POWELL’S PLAYERS.” But the Enraged Father Camped on the Trail of the Stage-Struck Girl z and Took Her Home. CLEVELAND, Onio, Nov. 9.—A sensa- tional elopement was nipped here to-night by the police. Saida Chambers, the 16- year-old daughter of James E. Chambers, a capitalist and banker of Painesville, Ohio, left her home Sunday with Robert Powell, manager of a road company known as “Powell’s Players.” They came to this city with the father in hot pursuit. “Powell’s Players'’ played in Paines- ville last week, and a constant attendant at the performances was Miss Chambers. She became stage struck and made her desire to go on the stage known to Powell. The latter planned for her.to secretly leave with him when he departed from Painesville. This shedid. He promisea marriage. The giri‘had not left her home before she was missed. Her father secured the assistance of Deputy Sheriff Macy, and the two came to Cleveland and applied to the local police for aid. The couple were iocated and both were arrested. The girl clung to her lover and wept at the parting. Powell was held on the charge of abduc- ::zzg. The girl retarned home with her er. Ssvop Abandoned at Sea. NEW YORK, N. Y. Nov. 9.—The fianld‘u cable from Panama says: Six officers and thirteen members of the crew of the steamer Linlithgow of Glasgow, Captain David Petrie, have arrived here on the steamer City of Panama from San Josede Guatemala. The Linlithgow was abandoned at sea in October. The captain an! crew will be sent to England on the next Royal Mail line steamship. The value of the Linlithgow and her cargo was 5 5000 as the lepk | £80,000, - LORD SALISBURY'S POLICY QUTLINED, Says’ That the Venezuelan Boundary Dispute Is Settled. Pleased Wiih the Triumph of National Honor in Amar- ica’s Election. VIEWS THE TURKISH QUESTION Believes That There Should Be a Concert of Powers and Praises the French Stand. LONDON, ExG., Nov. 9.—There was a sumptuous display to-night at the ban- quet marking the installation into office of George Faudel Phillips, the new Lord Mayor of London. The banqueting hall of the Guiidhall was crowded, many of those present being of world-wide celeb- rity, including Prime Minister Salisbury; the Right Hon. George J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty; Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of Stat: for India; Lord Salsbury, Lord High Changeilor; the Right Hon. Charles T. Richie, president of the Board of Trade; General Lord Wolseley, commander-in-chief of the British rorces; General Sir Herbert Kitch- ener, sirdar of the Egyptian army; the Right Hon. William Court Gully, Speaker of the House cf Commons, and the Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, the American Embas- sador. 4 Interest centered in the speech made by Lord Salisbury, 1t being the custon in recent years for the Prime Minister at the Lord Mayor's banquet to make a state- ment regarding the foreign and domestic policies of the Government, Embassador Bayard replied to the toast, “The Foreign Representatives.” Mr. Bayard, in treating of the com- munity of interests of the nations of the world, all being affected by the doings of others, referred to the Presidential elec- tion in the United States, saying: *“I am very sure that it was 1t no narrow party sense, no merely National sense, that the heart of the people which it is my kighest honor to represent was echoed in a ver- dict that’ could not be misunderstood, standing as it does for National honor and the continuity of National obligations, making she natious saferin the trust of each part, and speaking as emphatically as the human mind and human heart ever spoke in favor of ihat honesty which is an essential condition of civilization everywhere.” [Loud cheers.] When Lord Salisbury arose to reply to the toast “Our Ministers”” he received an ovation. After thanking the Lord Mayor and the othegs present for the warmth of the welcome extended to him he said: “I thank the Embassador of the United States for his presence here, and for join- ing a great historic meeting. By the few words he has uttered he has raised nis own vplane of observation so high above the mere level of party that, though con- trary to practice to remark upon the inter« nal politics of other states, I may be per- mitted, without impertinence, to congratu- late him upon the splendid pronounce- ment the great people he represents have made in behalf of the principles which lie at the base of all human sdciety. [Cheers.] *“You are aware that in the discussion had in the United States on behalf of their friends in Venezuela our question hasnot been whether there should be arbitration, but whether arbitration should bave un- restricted application, and we have always claimed that those who, apart from historic right, had the right which attached to established sectlements should be excluded from arbitration. Our diffi- culty for months has been to define to settied districts, and the solution has, I think, come from the Government of the United States, that we should treat our colonial empire as we treat individuals; that the same lapse of time which protects the latter in civic life from having their title questioned should similarly protect an English colony, but beyond that, when alapse could not be claimed, there shounld be an examination of title, and all the equity demanded in regard thereto should be granted. Idonot believe I am using undue sanguine words when I declare my belief that this has brought the contio« versy toan end. [Loud cheers.] “'It is a matter of no small satisfaction to the Government that at a time when anxious social questions, which are far more important than political questions, are troubling the TUnited States, and therefore troubling the worid, we should have any semblance of political difference that might hinder common action 1n de- fense of the common heritages of society. ““We have had an anxious year at the Foreign Office, but we have floated into a period of comparative calm, and I do not intend to trouble you with matters that have passed away.” Lord Salisbury then proceeded to the Turkish question. Herepeated the argu- ments against Great Britain taking iso- lated actionagainst the Porte and empha- sized the fact that the military occupation of Turkey would be necessary if such ac- tion were taken. Great Britain, he de- clares, could not occupy the country un- Jess she established conscription. He pictured the risk of an European war and said that the six great powers must act in concert. Any one of these powers was able to veto the other. He denied that the powers were acting on selfish prin- ciples. They had firm ground for differe ence of opinion. The motives influencing the British Government must influence all conscientious rulers. Her Majesty’s Government, he added, had been urged by the Right Rev. John Morley and others to abandon its poiicy of the past and renounce certain lands, in which case the foreign powers would ac- cept Great Britain’s policy. He did not believe in anvthing of the tort. At all events he did not see any cause to abandon the policy hitherio pursuea or to relin- quish an acre of ground now occupied by the British. [Cheers.| Continuing, Lord Salisbury declsr