The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1897, Page 1

/ VICT ABU VOLUME [ A 10 LXXXTII.—NO. 19. FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING DICATE Failing Sight Will Cause the Queen to Soon Retire. RESIGNS THE THRONE IN FAVOR OF WALES. But This DUTIES THAT DAILY BECOME Action Is Not to Be Taken Until After the Jubilee. MORE DIFFICULT. it 1Is Proposed to Posipone the Prince’s Coronation Until After Her Majesty’s Death. [Copyrighted, 18 LONDON, Ex be understood t be Dces of t llen the Queen ca at the he sad infi rmity 1ai important to Great Britain All on this matter which comes to- s high quarter. tion that the Queen is about The stateme not official, but furn inquiries by & person who enjoys the c the nations will profoundest sympathy mation contained in a state an nt on whic It is wvir shed nd ight 1o abd b thi e New York sun.] June 18.—It will readily bearing from ally a declara- is based is 1 response 1o fidence of the royal family and who speaks in this matter with full knowledge. Bays: “The ques dication circles. Her riously considering th Majesty stated to mportant st He n of the Queen’s early ab- being discussed in the highest be se- ep of Tesigning her throne in favor of the Prince of Wales very soon after the jubilee. Her Majesty finds duties of position dsily becoming more difficult to fi!l, and she dreads the responsibilities of the next week very much, although she is unwili- ing to disappoint her subjecis in the least. It is believed that if her Ma decides to take the step indicated, as it almost defini ments will be m w0 p stpone the settled she will, arrange- coro- nation of the Prince of Wales until after her Majesty’s death.” —— HONOE 10 +MERICANS. Reid, Miles and Miller Made Members of tan At. James Club. LONDON, Exa. ine 18.—En ssador Hay to-day introduced Whitelaw Reid, special envoy to the Queen's jubilee, to Salisbury at the Foreign ¢ ice. held 2 prolonged, cordial interview. General Miles and Rear-Admiral M composing the special American bassy, have been made honorary bers of the St. James C filler, em- mem- JUDGE W. R. DAY OF OHIO, Assistant Secretary of Stat-, Who Is Mentioned as |7 Eu1 Wha, son of the King of Corea, has arrived here. He was sent to this country 1o be thoroughly educated. —_— TUPPER SCOLDS THE MINISTRY. Accuses the Concdian G vernment Paying 1: o the Hands of the United S ates. OTTAWA, O»T., June 18.—In the House to-day, Sir Char.e: Tupperdrew the atten- tion of the Government to a cab'e dispatch of stating that Embassador Hay bad suc- ceeded in obtaining from the Government an understanding t Bering Sea case should be reopened before the expiration of the terms of the Paris award. He accused the Ministry of play- ing into the hands of the United States in allowing Americans to exploit the situa tion to their own advantage without a rrotest. The Americans, ue said, had widely published the reporis of their own commi-sioners, and the great American journals were constantly publishing re ports on tie subject, thus creating public favor. He cl nwarrantat ad, as adverse to opinion in their Ministry with withholding the Ca report, wh can contentiof oners’ e Ame The Minister of Marine, replying, stated that the Canadian case as resistible compared with the arguments of the United States, and e ion that as being Gestroyed was entirely unfounded. He ascured House th the rumor that the be reopened was utterly faise. assurance from the Imperial Government was that the Paris award wenld not be disturbed except with the assent of Cana- da, which would not recece from its de- termination to let the award run 1ts full term. KOVALEFF MAY DISAPPEAR. . Russ.a mn a the Fanot.c Diemma Regarding Who Buried Alwve F.tieen Fersons. ODESSA, Russia, June 18.—The j a lies here a n adilemma oaor Kovale a member of the 1cal religious sect known as the Ras- olniki, who is charged with burying alive iteen persons, including I e and tw children. The Minister of . after vrolenged considj ined to deal witn the case t to the syno- dal court. The 1 rator of the Hol Synod refused dicate the case, and as been fo emitied to dis- were committed. It is probable that Kovaleff will not be tried anywhere, but will ¢ the wpyear from pubiic gaze by the mysterious known as an sol “administrative or citude of the civil and eccle: cal officials to hush the matter is signifi- cant. It is feared that if the members of he Raskolniki, who are even more ntthan membersofthe nrthodox church 1 the details of the affair, they will de- mand that the martyrs be canonized. e BARNATO'S BODY IN ENGLAND. An Inquest Promptly Heid and a Vard ct Returned of Suicide While Tem- porarily I-sane. SOUTHAMPTON, ¥ asti- June 18.— Africa, steamer Scot, fro utn ivea to-day with the body of Bar Barnato. afier arrival the steam: N e Coroner, who held an in- The e ence showed that Bar- had been alternately sane and wan- dering in his mind on the passage. His nephew, Solly Joel, noticed on June 14 that his behavior was strange and resolved not to leave him alone. When Barnatc jumped over the rail Joel grabbed Lim by the clothing, but was unable to hold him. Fourth O Clifford, who jumped overboard 1n a vain attempt to save Bar- cer testified. The jury commended T or his b ery and returned = verdict of suicide while s | temporary insanity. 000009992 0000,,, bl Damage Is Done the Outskirts of Paris. Great in TWELVE PEOPLE KILLED AND MANY INJURED. Factories and Dwellings Are Leveled to the Ground by the Storm. B.OTHS FOR A FETE CARRIED AWAY BY THE WIND. In Central France a Cloudburst Causes Great Devastation i and Loss of Life. PARIS, Fraxce, June 18.—A tornado passed over the outskirts of this city to- day, killing twelve persons and injuring ity. The news cansed consternation, the ewspavers having puolished special edi tions stating that fifty were killed and hundreds injured. ories and dwellings were leveled to sund. A cafe at Corbevois, five es nothwest of here, fell upon tne oc nts, many of whom were injured. Two hundred booths that bad cted for fetes at fers om the city, were wrecked. The village of Colombes and the town St. D, ffered severely. There was alsoa s tornado in the more central parts of Paris. As the even been of nis all g advances the account of the suburbs multipties. The tornado lasted Roofs were seen flying ninety feet in the air. A maypole fifteen feet high, which ing used at the Asnieres fetes, was car- ed over the housetops and dropped on a roof af the otber end of the village. All the telegraph poles were blown down. The police, assistea by troops, searching the ruins for the dead wounded. The Coiquet fireworks factory, the largest building of the kind in France, was demolished. damage in only ten seconds. was are and . four miles | A cloudburst to-day caused devastation | in Central France, espe main, where three wers doz n injured. ally at kilied and a A bouse was carried away te.egrupt lines the flood destroyed and much damage to other lone. S SWEEP OF A TORNADO. In This Country Great Damage Done and Lives Lost in Storms. LARNED. Kaxs, June 18.—A tornado swept turough the northwestern part ot the county between 6 and 7 o'clock last t. Rosel, a small viilage on the Jet more extension of the Santa Fe, eighteen miles west of here, was struck and wiped Is Probable Successor of Secretary John Shein ar. St. Ger- | property | | { ‘ i MRS HOFFMAN Al it The Witnesses at the Hoffman Inquest Yesterday. out. Two grain elevators and every house | in the place were sweptaway. A 1aile | orth of Rosel the farmhouse of Ed| Christian was unrc d and one sice blown The barns and sheds on tne Hale | ranch, three off, were demolished, | and in the sa :hborhood the house | and barns of 2 cool were destroyed. | On the Baird ranch all the buildings were | wrecked. The loss to the farmers is many thousands. Great damage was done to | the wheat crop, which was almost ready | to harvest. | NORFOLK, Nepe, June 18 —A tornado | struck Norfolk, tearing sidewalks, | small buildings and thrcwing buxcars | from the tracks. A. K. Leonard and | Loomis McKim were hu . d across the street and braised severely. Great dam- age was done in the rural districts to the northward, which received tne tull force | of the tornado. OSKALOOSA, nado passed six i Iis June 18.—A tor- of this city at | noon to-day. track was two miles long and fifiy yards wide. It struck the nd of the Westbound Rock Isiand extra train, but did no damage. The crew de- serted the train end toc lter under the catile-guard. No deaths are reported BLOOMINGTON, Isp, 13 rain, Monon line, « lock this morning, was struck by a cloudburst and ompelled to siop. Lightning struck one of the cars, stuuning se EATON, Ixp, June 18 molished the Paragon Pap Iwo men were fataily injured. CLOVEREPORT, Ixp., June 18.—Seri- ous damage was done by the storm in this vicinity. The home of a man namea Steehls was demolished by the wind. The son of a farmer and a girl living with the tamily wer- killed. LINCOLN, Itt, June 18.—At 3:45 P. M, following two days of intense heat, | u terrific storm passed over the city and county, and the State institution for | feeble-minded children was badly dam- | aged. At the institution’s farm a large | barn collapsed like an eggshell. Twenty- six boys and two men were in the barn. Four were kilied and three severely in- | jured. The storm came suddenly, and the | crowd ran into the barn for shelter. No sooner Liad they enter d than the wind struck itand the building fell in. | LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 18.—A severe windstorm passed over this city between | 5 and 6 o'clock this morning. Several | houses were blown down and others un- roofed, but in no instan® was theresa atality, although & number sustained in- juries. Reports from Central and Eastern Ken- | ucky indicate that great damage has been done to crops. The wheat fielas bave been laid low; farmbouses and barns | were wrecked and fences destroyed. rEEl Sy, CYCLIST SHOOTS TWO SOLDIERS. al occupants. A tornado de- | r-mill to-day. | Result of an Accidental Coll sion at Night, Ore Deao and ihe Other Dyng. E, Wyo., June 18.—Charles | S Ersweil, the best known bicylist and | baseball player in Wyoming, was arrested | to-day on a charge of murder. On Thurs- | day mght Erswell rode into a party of | drunken soldiers, knocking one of them down. In an aitercation that followed | Erswell shot Private McCrimness tkrough | the shoulder. He was pursued by tne soldiers, wio atiacked his house with | rocks. Erswell fired through a window, shooting Private Thomas Mooney. To- | day McCrimness died at the Fort Russeil Hospital, and Mooney is in a critical con- aiuon. CHEYEN —_—— OUILAW DELK HANGED. On the Way to the Gallows He Bowed | and Zalked Pleasantly. ZEBULON, GA,, June 18.—Tom Delk, the famous outlaw, was hanged this after- noon in view of 6000 persons, many of whom wers former neighbors. On the way 10 the gallows Tom bowed and took off Diis hat to the vomen. He wasin good humor. He said as he regarded the throng about him: “This looks like election day, don't11?’ He died five minutes after the LTAp Was Sprung. s SR R Tha Seotts Wil Make a Bid. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.—H. Scott of the Union Iron Works is here 10 bid on the thiee new torpedo boats. Bids wifl be opened on Tuesday. | overwhelming that annexation will cer- | | posed of in the Senate, which is generally | | treaty and they will be duly considered. | continues to reiterate his often-stated op- | | territory. Taking his cue from Sherman, | Minister Thyrso OPPOSES | THE TREATY N PRIVATE ruse made necessary to protect him from the charge of having made public the sub- stance of what should probably have been regarded as a conftidential conversation. Tue Japanese Government is known to oppose the treaty for many reasons, but chiefly on the ground that annexation wouid deprive the Japanese of privileges of citizenship now enjoyed in Hawaii. Another letter of protest against the treaty bas been filed. This time the signer is Heleluhe, native secretary to Liliuokalani, who protests as a repre- sentative of the people of Hawaii. His protest will be eent to “Limbo,” along | with the ex-Queen’ {Sherman Is Not Ready | scsus vousies 2 to Publicly Express i His Sentiments. | = ol WAS JiP4N DECEIVED?Y ay Be Caused by 10 Gorernment WASHINGTON, D. C, June Japan's atiitude toward the annexaiion the | of Hawaii is becoming much more threat- FOES OF ANNEXATION TO: WORK HARD. | i But the Proposition Is Sure to“ Be Ratified at the Nex Session. | LILIUOKALANI'S PROTEST | 10 BE CONSIDERED. | Japan in an Ugly Mood and May | " Cause the United States Trouble. i WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.—The certainty that the Hawaiian annexation | treaty will not be acted upon the present session Las caused an abatement of in- terest among the friends of the treaty, but | 1ts oppenents are more than ever active in | searching for weapons with which to op- | pose it. They will he prepared in De- cember to make a determined fight, but | the sentiment in favor ot ratification is so 77777 o | tainly be an accomplished fact before the adjournment of the second session. The hostile attitude of Secretary Sher- man and the protest of Japan are the only causes at present working openly against | the treaty, but the handful of Senators who for various reasons are seeking to prevent any favorable action have their plans well laid for securing delay. The Committee on Foreign Relations will at- tempt to take up the treaty for considera- tion at the regular weekly meeting next Wednesday, and may be able to ordera tavorable report. Nearly all the committee members of both parties are warm advocates of ratifi- cation, but at this stage of the eession it | is difficult to obtain a working quorum. | A large majority of Senators on both sides of the chamber are preparing to eave the city as soon as the tariff 1s dis- thought to be about July 1, and it has | therefore been informally acrced that no serions effort will be made to obtain action on the treaty until the next ses- sion. Ii the iriends of the treaty would remain in Washington and make a deter- mined stand they could effect a ratifica- ticn now. Sherman has sent to the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations notification | of the representations made by Cnina and Japan against the ratification of the No official notice will be taken, however, of the letter of protest filed yesterday on behalf of Liliuokalani. | Sherman still continues to deny for publication the report of his conversation yesterday with the Portuguese Ministerin which he repudiated the annexation treaty and expressed the hope it would fail. Privately, however, the Secretary | | position to the exp.nsion of United States | now denies that the Secretary said to him what yesterday he | reported him as saying, but the wily dip- | lomat does not attempt to conceal tha fact that his denial is merely a diplomatic | ening than anticipated, and serious trouble may result, The mem naum of in- quiry filed by the Japanese Minister here will undoubtedly be iollowed by a strong protest against the terms of the treaty. In the memorandum the Minister expressed the belief that his Government's interests in Japanese subjects in Hawaii and the ts of Japan in several treaties with Hawaii would be fully protected in the event of annexation. When the memorandum was handed to Sherman the Minister did not have posi- tive information that the ireaty was to be signed. He had read in the newspapers of | it being negotiated and his visit would be perfected the day tollowing. Informa- tion comes f{rom a thoroughly trust- worthy source that when the memoran- dum was presented Sherman informed the Minisier that no annexation treaty had been prepared and nothing concerning an- nexation was likely to come up for some time. Several days prior 10 signing t.e treaty the State Department bad notified Great Britain and other Governments that the treaty was about to be signed, but Ju- pan was not included in the notice. The intormation given to Japan’s Minister by Sherman that the treaty had not been ar- ranged, and the discrimination against Japan in the matter of notification, have given great offense to the Tokio Govern- ment. It is reported here that Japan views the failureto notify them as an un- iriendly act, and a poliiical crisis may be precipitated at Tokio. Davis, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Kelations, said he had been very much concerned for some time regarding the provable action of Japan. “I was afraid,” said he, “‘that Japan would boldly seize the islands and cause serious wrouble.”” He said he concurred in the sentiment expressed at the caucus the other day to the etfect that the civiliza- tion of Japan was merely a veneer. +Japan,” be said, “is like asmali boy with his first gun—longing to shoot some one.” AT AR SENATOR PERKINS' POSITION, Not in Favor of Hasty dec Anncmation Ireaty WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.—Sena- tor Perkins has received a great many telegrams the last few days asking him to define his position on the question of annexing Hawail. Senator Perkins said to THE CALL correspondent to-night: “1 am not in favor of hasty action on the treaty. I think it should be carefully considered and acted on at the next ses- sion instead of at this one. I want to give the people a fair oppertunity to be heard. 11 it transpires that a majorily seem to be in favor of annexation I will consider their wishes.” Tae CALL correspondent believes Sena- tor Perkins will ultimately favor annexa- tion of the islands. Murat Haistead was a visitor at the White House this morning. He related on on the | an interesting conversation he had last night with Secretary Sherman on the Hawaiian annexation treaty. The inter- view makes the position of the Secretary of State with regaid to the islands very clear. Mr. Sherman said to Halstead: “To ihe general proposition of the ac- quisition of outlying territory by the United States I have always been op- posed, as is well known. The case of the Hawaiian Islands is different from others, however, in my opinion, and I am in Continued on Second Page. | | | 18.— | the Coroner’s | nounced SHIELDING HOFFMAN? The Bookkeeper May Ad- vance That Surprising Statement. SAYS HE BORROWED FOR HIS EMPLOYER How He Will Attempt to Ex- plain the Shortages of Juze 1 EVIDENCE OF THE WIDOW AT THE If QUEST, M-dical Testimony Taat Aci C! the ims Conciusively Prov's Murder Theory. Theodore Figel is to take the stand at inquest to-d Coroner yeste So an- But the in. | there are some who affect to believe that he wiil not do so, basiag their surmise partly on the fact that when he was cul'ed for yesierday he failed to respond, and ata search made for him by his attor- v, ex-Judge Louderback, resulted fruit- lessly. The bookkeeper has made an explana- tion of the discrepancies that have been discovered in his books, so far as $9500 1s concerned. This amount, he says, was surreptitiously drawn from the funds of tbe business by Isaac Hoffman, and he has produced a receipt from Hoffman in proof of this assertion. He further states that he falsified the books at the request of Hoffman. Attorney Ach, however, boldly asserts that this receipt is a forgery, and that Figel is an embezzler. In further proof of his charge agamnst the young book- keeper tne attorney ealls attention to aa- ditional shortages ihat have been dis- covered—to a draft remitted to the firm that was deposited by Figel to the xocount of B. Joseph to pay a aebt due the latter, This draft was for $1482 75. Ach a'so states that there is evidence to show that about $1600 received at the store of Hoff- man, Rothchild & Co. on June 1 had been misappropriated by Figel on that day— the day that Hoffman was killed. It was ais0 on this day that the dralt was misap- propriated by Figel, he claims. Figel has persistently declined to state for publication what became of these re- mittances that reached the firm on the fatal day. The only reply that he would make when asked about them was that these items woald be properly explained at the proper time. The proper time will probably be to-day when he 1s placed on the stand. And this is the explanation he will make. He will state that he borrowed a large sum from B. Joseph, telling the latter that it was for E. L. Atkinson, when it was in reality for his employer, Isaac Hoffman; that on the 1st of June he told Hoffman that Joseph wanted his money, and that Hoffman told him to use the draft from Minor & Co. of Heppner, Or., to satisfy the demand of Joseph. He will staie further tuat this draft was used in such a way that it would not be made to appear on the books of the firm that Hoff- man had drawn the amount from the business, just as in the case of the other large amounts of money that Hoffman had been drawing. In this way he will account tor the .ailure to give credit to Minor & Co. in the books of the tirm on the day the draft was received. In the same manner he will account for the tailure to enter in the books the cash remittances of that day, amounting to $1600. He will explain tnat this amount was turned over to his employer. Figel will still maintain, howaver, that be has no ides what Mr. Hoffman did with all the large sums. Ehrme e HOFFMAN’S WIDOW. She Tells of a Happy Sunday With Her Husband and His Last Day at Home. Mrs. [saac Hoffman, the widow of the mysteriously killed Bsttery-street mer- chant, was the figure of interest at the Coroner’s inquest yesterday. In even, dispassionate tones, without a tremor in her voice, she told of a most happy Sun- day passed by the deceased with his fam- ily, of the last time she saw him alive, of his movements, so far as she knew them, on the fatal aay, and of the various letters that were called to her attention. She frankly admitted the writing of the “Un- cle Jim” letter, in which she spoke of the injustice that she claimed had been done her mother by her husband, and entered into a full explanation of the letters she had written to ber husband asking for money and agreeingto let him open ali her letters for an agreed price. She scout- ed tue idea of there having been any seri- ous trouble between herself aad her hus- band, but acknowledged that her husband and h er mother had not of late been on friendly terms. She was attired in full mourning, as be- came a recently bereaved widow, and her face was heavily veiled. She is hard of hearing, and her examination by ihe Cor- oner was carried on by means of a speak- ing-trumpet, which she held adjusted to her ear. There was considerable pistol pl wi.le the autopsy physician and bhis as- sistants were testifving, and during this pericd, which appeared to be very trving to the lady, she kept her eyes studiously | averted. In addition to describing the result of the autopsy and the character of the wounds that bud produced death, the physicians, Drs. Gallagher and Morgan