The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1897, Page 1

i | "VOLUME LXXXIL_NO. 48. all SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1897—THIRTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS OR CABINET PORTOLIOS President-Elect McKinley Is Choosing His Chief | Advisers. | JUDGE McKENNA GETS A PLACE. | Secretary | country bas ever bad have been iawyers | To Be Attorney-General, and| Later the Successor of Justice | Stephen J. Field. TEXANS TRAVEL TO CANTON IN | DR. GRANT'S INTEREST. Ex-Governor Long of Massachusetts | Will Be Appointed Secretary of War or of the N:zvy, \‘ CANTON, Omro, Jan. 16.—Major Me- an extraordinary day of it to- library was never free from greater or less importance. The rtant callers were Judse Joseph of California, who bas been tly mentioned for Secretary of | or; Senators M. S.Quay and rose of Pennsylvania and ex- r H. L. Morey of Cincinnati. enator Quay and Senator- looked upon as some- vent, not because either of idate for office, but because as party leaders. The ns reached Canton »n and were met at the fajor McKinley's secre- | were cordially greeted by elect, with whom they re- erence for over an hour. or Quay nor Major Mc talk on the subj:ctof pr anc tne v denied to the United As- | sociated Presses reporter that there was | any discussion of Charles Emory Smith’s Senator-elect Penrose said name of Gov- Qaition, and | hoom. ernor Hastings for a Cabine that while no ce been named he would make an excellent | tary of War. | It is thought here that Senator Quay merely desired to put himself in evidence before eny appciniments were made in Pennsylvania and to remind the Presi- | dent-elect that he was the same Senator | Quay who had been to see h m last June. Both gentlemen left for the East this afi- ernoon. Some Familiar Characters Seen Around the Capital City. - - - - | due and careful consideration to the mat- | Zater, Judge McKnena remained with Major McKinley unti! late this evening, when be started for Chicago en route for San Francisco. He said before departing that the question of racitic Coast representa- tion had been discussed, but no definite decision had been reached. ““The whole matter has been left open for further consideration,” were his exact words. { Judre McKenna deciined tosay whether be came to Canton at the solicitation of Major McKinley. He admitted, however, that his name had been mentioned in con- | nection with e Cabinet portfolio. As toa choice for a Cabinet p.ace he said : “That I must also decline to state. You know lawyers are given the right to object | even before a question is answered,’’ he | said, adding, “naturally to lawyers the of the Treasurv und the Attorney-Generalship would be preferable, The Interior is also a esirable place. Some of the best Cabirdet officers the who occupied the Navy and other port- | folios.” | The party of Texans traveling to Canton | reached the city at 1 o'clock, having started from the Lone Star State Thursday | morning. The delegation is comvosed of over sixty representative citizens of Texas, and they came to Canton to pay their respects to the President-elect and to formally pre- sent the name of John Grant, National Committeeman from Texas, for a Cabinet place, the preierence ‘being for Postmas- ter-General, The party occupied two | special Pullman coaches and came from | Cleveland, where they paid their, respects to National Committeeman M. A. Hanna. The delegation was headed by President Leach of the United Republican Clubs of | Obio, President H. B. Lane of Palestine, | Texas, and several newspaper men. The | party filed into the library, where they were cordially received by the President- | elect. After shaking bands with each of | the visiiors President Leach introduced | Hon. H. B. Kune, who, in behalf of his | fellow-citiz:ns, formally presented the | greetings of Texas. | A memorial recommending Dr. John | Grant for a Cabinet position was handed | the major, also a monster petition bound | in eight volumes and containing over | 100,000 names of Republicans indorsing | Dr. Grant. Foilowing Mr. Kane, Major | R. M. Grubbs of Indian Territory spoke in behalf of his Territory and New Mexico. Major McKinley made formal response to the gentlemen, saying he wou!d give ters brought to his attention. The visit- ors left for their homes at 5:20 o’c.ock. o KNEY 10 BE ATI10 Judge Succred Justice Field. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. visit was n -GENERAL, Howsver, Mokenna Wall 16.—The Judge Joseph McKenna to Canton e at the solicitation of President- | Kinley. There is no longer any cubt that McKenna bas been tendered a Cabinet position, thus confirming THE CaLy's dispatches. 1t is believed that Mc- Kenna will be appointed Attorney-General | ot Secretary of the Navy, with a promise from Major McKinley that he will ba ele- vated to the United States Supreme bench when there shall be a vacancy in that court, and it is expected that there will | soon be one. “Justice Field 15 so i&ble that his retirement may be compelled in | the mear It is understood here future, that Judge McKenna is unwilling to give up his present life position for a place in the Cabinet unless he hasan assurance of appointment to the United States Su- preme Court. R LONG’S NAME ON THE LIST. The Ex-Governor Is at Present Slated for a Portfalio. BOSTON. Mass., Jan. 16.—Ex-Governor Joha D. Long of Massachusetts, who ar- rived here from Canton, Obio, this after- noon, makes the following statement re- garding his visit: “I went to Canton in response to a let- ter which Governor McKinley sent me last Tuesday. I reached there vesterday and just missed seeing Mr. Lodge, who was there Thursday. However, I met Senators Sherman and Burrows, the for- mer of whom announced his acceptance of the State portfolio. “Governor McKinley sent for me to talk with him, and tbe subject of the Cabinet was mentioned together with other mat- ters. Itistruet at he has my namein mind for a Cabinet place, but nothing more definite than that is settled. Con- tingencies may arise under which the posi- tion may not come to me or may not be accepted if it does. 1t would be more | likely to be Secretary of the Navy or War than anything else.” SHEKMAN 5 SUCCESS. Governor Bushnell Non-Committal as to the Senatorship. NEW YORK. N. Y., Jan. 16.—The pres- ence in this city of Asa Bushnell, Gover- nor of Ohio, coincident with the formal acknowledgment of Senator Snerman that he had accepted President-elect Mec- Kinley’s proffer of the State portfolio, attracted much attention. Governor Bushnell held a reception ali the morning, and it was noticeable that several of his callers made the determina- tion of Senator Sherman to gointo the | Cabinet a subject of personal congratulas tion. The Governor accepted all con- gratulations, smiled aund said nothing. To the query. of a reporter asto how the |- successor of Senator Sherman would he chosen, whether by bimself or by the | Legislature convened in special session, | Governor Bushnell was non-committal. I have really not had time to decide that question,” he said. ““Until this morn- | ing 1 had no positive assurance that the Senator would go into the Cabinet, ai- though T thought he might accept the | offer of the President-elect, and Lam there- fore unable to say what I shall do, “The selection of Senator Sherman gives me, personally, the greatest gratifica- tion,” said the Governor. “We have known tor some time that he would have the opportunity to enter the Cabinet, but a good many doubted whether he wouid be willing to give up his place in the Senate. His selection will please every- body 1n Ohio.” “You have been named as a possible successor to Senator Sherman,” it was suggested. “Yes, I have seen some reference to it, bui if I name the successor as Governor [ could not name myself, and if there is a special session of the Legislature, that body will, ¥ suppose, do as it pleases.”” eyt BACHELDER WOULD 4AcuSbw The Gencral Says He Cowld Not Afford fo Eefuse a Portfolio. | SARATOGA, N. Y., Jan. 16 —General | Continued on Second Page. WARFARE N CUBA Troops Continue Skirmish- ing in the Principal Provinces. + MINOR ENGAGEMENTS ARE REPORTED. As Usual the Spaniards C'aim to Have Siaughtered Many Insurgents. CARLOS ROLCFF RAISES A BIG LXPEDITION. But Detectives Closely Watek Him in Order to Check His Departure From New York. HAVANA, Cusa, Jan. 16.— A summary of the military operations for the past twenty-four hours, according to official reports issued to-day, shows ibat the troops are continuing their skirmishing tactics in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzas and Santa Clara. The aggrogate losses of ‘the rebels cannot be obtained, but they left fifty-two of their dead on the several fields of battle. The iotal losses of the troops were two ofticers and flfteen privates wounded. Captain-General Weyler has ordered the beginning of grinding in the Pinar del Rio provinee, and is organizing forces for pro- tection of the men eneaged in the woik, 10 be paid by the owners of the estates, abolishing the system of payment by the state. The gathering of the crop for grind- ing, according to the order, will later be extended to include the provinces of Havana and Matanzas, and in the near | future the order will be put into effect in the province of Santa Clara. e i ARE WATCHING ROLOFF. Spanish Offiolals Trying to Check His Big Empedition. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 16.—The Her- ald this morning says: General Carlos Roloff, Secretary of War for the insurgent Cuban Provisional Government, hes just completed the organization of one of the largest military expeditions ever prepared in this country for the aid of the Cubans. The disclosure of Roloff's plans led to his arrest again. Senor Beldsna, the Spanish Consul- General in this city, was notified a week ago that Roloff was organizing this ex- pedition. Great efforts were made to se- cure some evidence that would prove that Roloff intended to leave the coun- try, but such evidence could not be pro- cured. It was learned that the Cubans had purchased a large amount of arms and munitions of war within three weeks, more than ever before in the history of the Cuban war, but noth- ing further could be Uiscovered by the 8panish officials concerning this war ma- terial, except that it was intended for the insurgent army. Roloff was under $2500 bail to appear for trial on a charge of participation in the Laarada filibustering expedition. He had furnished $2500 in cash, which the Government held. [he case, however, would not be tried until the middle of March. As the contemplated expedition was to sail from this country in avout ten days, Consul-General Balaana secured a wa the Woodhall, which sailed on a filibuster- ing expedition from the United States in June, 1895. The 1nsurgent leader when arraigned was held in $2500 additional bail. He has deposited a cash amount to satisfy this bail demand, ahd now the Spanish officials nave ordered detectives to watch every movement he makes, as they say he will possibly forfeit the $5000 and steal out of the country with the expedition. The filibusters are said to be ready to sail at a moment’s notice. The Cubans purchased for the expedition 2,000,000 car- iridges, 5000 Mauser rifles, four rapid- tirine guns, 2000 gun cartridges and a large quantity of dynamite and hospital stores and camp material. This entire expedition was organized in this eity in a cigar factory in the lower part of the city. A son of Jose Marti, who was killed at the beginning of the revolu- tion in 1895, joined the expedition as aid to General Roloff. The Spanish authorities, aided by the United States Marshals and private detec- tives, are watching Roloffand all saspected of having joined his party. Cubans say if the expedition can be got away the insur- gents will be able to strike a telling blow in the field, . Pelieves Maceo Is Dead. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 17.—A special from Jacksonville, Fla., says: The report as to Maceo being at Dsyton on January 11is denied here by Cubans. J. A. Her- rau, the Florida agent of the Junta, laughed at the idea last nigkt and said it was news to him. He believes that Maceo is dead and says that all these rumors have no foundation. All the Cubans spoken to say that had Maceo been in Florida it would have been impossible to keep the fact quiet. e g santa Clara Mot Captured. MADRID, 8parx, Jan. 16.—An emphatic denial is given to the report that was ca- bled here from the United States to the effect that Maximo Gom: the rebel leader, had-captured Santa Clara, the cap- ital of the province of that name. the last | rant for the arrest of Roloff in the case of’ Connection 'ATLANTIC AND Clara Valley to Th What the 8an Francisco and San Joa- quin Valley Railroad will in all probabil- | ity do in the way of coming into the City | of San Francisco and of making Eastern transcontinental connections was learned | vesterday from Vice-President Robert | Watt. It is vossible that the company may not build down to the Alameda or Contra Costa county shores at all, and that it will touch tidewater first on the San Francisco side of the bay. There is a strong probability that the rails of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Map Showing Probable Routes, Termini and Transcontinental Connection of the Valley Road. Fo system and the Valley road will be spiked together in the near future at Mojave and that the yellow coaches of both companies will be flashing into the bay cities in transcontinental and State competition with the Southern Pacific. Point Richmond, Contra Costa County, is one of the many points that the Valley road officials are considering as a possible terminus on the other side of the bay. Other points in that and Alameda County have also received consideration. Each bas its peculiar advantages and disad- vantages, and the matter of making a se- lection between them is a problem that is still being investigated and will not be de- termined for some months to come. The other places on the bay thatare being or will be surveyed by the company in seek- ing a terminus are Malata Point, San Pablo Point and Dumbarton Point. The advantages of Point Richmond is that it juts out into deep water and terminal fa- cilities there could -be constructed ata small expense, as compared with other points where the water 13 shallow and where extensive piling would have to be done. On the other hand, Point Richmond has very serious disadvantages. Back of the point is a serious obstacle in the way of railroad construction in the form of a marsh. Back of the marsh is a more seri- ous disadvantage in a steep grade over the Coast Range of mountains. There is a stretch of fifteen miles with a grade of eighty feet to the mile, or what is called a 134 per cent grade. On a 1§ per cent grade a locomotive can do only 20 per cent of the work it can do on a level grade. The question of grades, particularly those through mountains, seriously affect the cost of operation and are among the most merious problems with which surveyors and civil engineers have to deal. Point Richmond is remote. If it were selected as the terminus the company would abandon the possible profit to be derived from ferry travel were the ter- minal point located convenient to the thickly populated sections in and around Berkeley, Oakland and Alomeda County generally, The grade back of Point Rich- mond is steeper, more difficult to over- come and more expensive to operate a raiiroad on than any other point on the eastern shore of which anything is known at all. Another point that has been considered by the company as a terminus is a shor distance south of the narrow-gause pier. The company would be almost in the midst of ferry trade nere, but the disad- vantage of shallow water and the great expense of piling and building a long pier presents itseli. i VALLEY ROAD AND SANTA California’s First Compet- ing Transcontinental Railroad. VICE -PRESIDENT WATT’S . OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Will Be Effected by an Ultimate at Mojave Junection. PACIFIC TO BE SOLD THIS MONTH. The Route May Be From Madera Through Santa is Side of the Bay and China Basin. lation and there wouldn't be enough in- come from the ferry travel to buy axle- grease for a handcar. If this point south of the narrow-gauge mole was selected tha San Francisco ferry terminus wou!d be at or close to the foot of Third street in China Basin, on which the Valley road basa 50-year lease granted by the State. Avery large proportion of ferry travel would thusbe diverted from the foot of Market street to the foot of Third street. In case the south-of-the-narrow-gauge location were chosen the San Francisco and San Joaquin Vailey Railroad would come through Fruitvale. Tt wou!d use most of what is known as the old Ken- nedy survey, made for the projected San Francisco and Great Salt Lake Railroad which was defeated by 4 Lechnical point in the Legislature and is a dim recoilec- tion of some years ago. The Valley road has inheriiad this survey. The maximum grade on it is foriy-five feet to the mile, about half of what it is on the grade be- bind Point Richmond. This survey ex- tends through to Stockton, the present northern terminus of the Valley Railroad. This route also afforas a much shorter ferry passage than Point Richmond. If either one of the pointson the eastern shore is made the terminus there woula be an all-rail extension from Stockton to the bay. 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