The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1897. EHPEROR AND (AR ENBRACE Wwilliam Welcomed at Cronstadt Upon His Arrival. Royally Saluted and Escorted With Pomp to the Palace at Peterhof. Presldent Faure Will Also Journey to Russla, and S:me Interest- ing Results Are Expected. ST. PETERSBURG, RussiA, Aug. 7.— [he German imperial vacht Hohenzollern, with Emperor William and Empress Au- gusta Victoria on board, arrived in Cron- stadt Roads at noon to-day. The war- 1ips in the roads were dressed with bunt- g in honor of their majesties, and fired the imperial salute as the Hohenzollern en ed the harbor. The Czar and Czarina hed gone from Peterhof to welcome the puests. When they met, the Czar and Emperor and Czarina and Empress cordial'y embraced. After a short time spent in conversation, they went on the Russian yacht Alexan- andria to Peterhof, where is situated an mperial residence on the Gulf of Finland. | When the party arrived at the palace, they vere received by some members ot the imperial family and high state digna- | taries, Detachments of troops acted as | guards of honor. Large crowds assem bled. Her majesties were heariily cheered. e oas POLITICAL IMPOKRTANCE. Comment on the Visit of Wiltiam and Fawre to 81. Petersburg. ICopyri 3 LONDON, Exc, Aug ited, 1897, German and sian press is discus with great solemnity the political im- portance of the visits of Emperor Wil- dent try to magnify these in- events, but public in Europe shows no signs Pre and German writers assume the result will and dual alliances will be 1to the most cordial relations, tusso-Franco-German entente is It is admitted, however, upers as the Cologne Gazette , be expected that French re openly the word their programme. French erase , the growing opposition endency of Russian ascen- auce finds free expression. says in the Echo de Par discussing whether Hano- dmiral Gervais and G will atiend the Pre: to enhance the brilliancy of his or whether in some chamber they 0 some myste- ed by thelr R an Clem ncea aure to St. Peters- | e, make no such sug- | < | means without any extra strain. At this moment Mexican bonds are un- | altered in London, principally owing to | The Crown Prince. Prinee Chakrapat. The King of Siam and His Sons, Who Are Making a Tour of Europe. [From a recent photograph, first produced in Black and White.] to which accounts haye heen extended, and have estimated the receipts of the road for June, Jul, ngust and Septem- ber at a sum equa! to that realized during the same month - SILVER CRISIS IN MEXICO. The Government Strained to Pay Interest on Its Indebtedness in Gold | and Merchants Are Paralyzed. 8T. LOUIS, Mo, Aug. 7.—A special to the Globe-Democrat from Mexico City, Mexico, says: The continual fall in silver and the corresponding rise in exchan:e have reached the point when this country is brought face to face with what may be a serious cri o sovhistry can hide the real condition of effairs here. Itisall very well to say that Mexico can live within herself and can raise on a silver basis natural products that she can sell abroad ona gold basis. This would be | perfectly satisfactory if there was such an enormous increase of wealth resulti from such conditions that the country | counld bear a high rate of taxation, in order | that the Government might be able to meet its debt interest abroad. by such the scrupulous exactness under the most i-tressing conditions with which the in- erest has been me gold and their interest has to be met in zold, and at this rate of exchanee that in- terest is exces ana it is only a matter of time, unless there is a favorable change when this republic will be un- nd it. as an ugly sound, but or not matters very Emperor William wiil know all | fore we do. Moreover, if s tardily consent 1o con us it only be for the p ntaining G an peace and giving Germany a| She will continue to enjoy Ve, on the contrar; ir interests in the Ea elp himself to our sa 70 SAL AGAINST THE WiND. Successful Trials of Professor Biles’ | Invention in Sail Pro- pulsion. ie New York Sun.] Au r of the St 7. — Professor Paul and St. w means of sail t made a satisfac- | iampton waters, the of the discovery being a improved sail is fitted, is enobled to make head- wind without much de- | ase of speed, with entire safety. The esemblee a huge nmbrella. It os- es on top of a mast, which differs e from rdinary type. In trials it has been satisfactoriiy proved, as the ve- ty of the head wind increases there is itomatic proportionate decrease in | area exposed, the hemispherical I canting over and presenting a bow- like edge Lo the violence of the breeze. | Hitherto improved sail triais have been nfined to small vessels, but owing to e success of the 1dea it 1s likely to be ned to a more practical account. T A, KEW DIAMOND FIELDS. an the sa Discoveries 7hat Fave Caused a Great Rush for Claims in Cape Colony. [Copyrighted 1897 by the New York Sun.] LONDON, Exc, Aug. 7.—This week news comes from South Africa of the dis- covery of important new diamond fields in the Griqua and West, the same district | the berley mines. Although the | first discovery was made at the end of last year, it was not till May lasi that the Governor of Cape Colony proclaimed it a payable diamond field in accordance with the Cape laws. Over 2000 persons from Kimberley and Barkley rushed to the field and pegged out & large number of claims, These have been tested. The results re- ported in recent cablegrams seem to put it beyond doubt that they are fully equal to the famous Weiselton mine at Kimber- as UNION PACIFIC FINANCES. Appromimate Estimate Filed by Reccivers of the EKoad. OMAHA, Nesr., Aug. 7.—The receivers the Union Pacific have filed in the sited States court, pursuant to the pro- ns of the decree of foreclosure re- «ntly issued, an approximate estimate of thie finances of the road as they wil ap- earon October 1. The estimate shows: Money on hand, 2,198 55; owing to Jeceivers, $826, amount of contin- gent liabil 912; amount of fixed liabil 266 84. ay that in making the statement'they have resorted to accounts as prepared to May 31, 1807, the latest date | of | whic tion of Felix Faure | ™8 i | doltar of which went much like it under pres 1ces must result. The | panies have to meet a gold interest with a | medium that is ever de: “lt does mnot sing in value. matter however great the business and the capacity for mal money, because the money earned is to meet obligations abroad. to do— r that their foreign debt | was contracted in silver. It seems hard that the credit of this | mer that s now so high, and the ign investments here should njured L they have no control. But facts are facts, and it will be interesting to watch at will happen unless there is a sharp in silver before lcng. Merchants hers are paralyzed,and all orders for abroad have been counter- manded. ‘The manager of the Scotch thread monopolv here has raised prices on per cent and the French import- goods have followed suit. A prominent banker said that he be- lieved excnange would go to 150 per cent premium. He considerea the outlook to be most serious for this country; in fact, he cousidered iv too gloomy to speculate upon. O 0 8 FOBBING THE OSAGES. Wealthiest Tribe in the Country Sys- tematically Flesced by a Gang of Indian Traders. WICHITA, Kaxs, Aug. 7.—The O age Indians of the Indian Territory are the | richest tribe in the United States, and they suffer more from the corrapt practices of the Indian traders than any other tribe. They have sold vast tracts of land to the Government at various fimes, and an im- mense sum of money is piled up in the vaults of “the United States treasury which belongs to them. The quarterly interest payments to the 4030 Indians wh compose the tribe amount to about § per capita. The Indian traders, it is said by the more intellizent members of the tribe, manage to get every dollar of this money | almost the very day paid out, and leave the Indians heavily in debt besides. | | ships go down.” The Osages are poor financiers, and the licensed traders seil them goods in un- ited quantities at exorbitant prices. Not content with getting all the interest | money for goods sold to the indians at | elaborate prices, the traders have lobbied through two $300,000 and principal payments of $200,000 into the pockets of the traders, who sold nearly as much more ds in aadition, leaving the Indians as re, with their prin- cipal reduced half a million dollars and their interest payment correspondingly reduced. The traders did not stop here. They | had raised $22,000 for lobbying purposes 10 get two principal payments through. Then thev began agitating the question of a §1,000.000 payment and raised a fund of $50,000 for lobbyinz purposes. This scheme has been temporarily defeaded partly through the personal protests of some of the wealthier Indians of the Osage Nation. The above statements are corroborated by the report of the investigating com- mittee appointed by Cougress Jast year to investigate matters at_the Osage agency. The Osages will send a strong delegation to Washington in a few aays to petition for the removal of the licensed traders at Pawhuska, Osage City and Hominy Post. They will also ask for the removal of In- respectively, every | | | | | | | | | J i | | \ LIBERALS ARE DEMORALIZED Weakness of Opposition in Parliament Is Scored. Dictatorship of Salisbury and Chamberlain to Go On Undisturbed. | Strong Language of the Press That hese debts are in | Represents the Opinlon of the Rank and Fila. [Copyrighted, 1897, by the Now York Sun.] LONDON, Exc., Aug. 7.—A discussion of work in Parliament during the session which closed yesterday has served to em- | phasize the complete demoralization of the Liberal party. The oppcsition, so far as the House of Commons is concerned, has ceased to have any but a nominal ex- istence, and this despite the fact that the Salisbury Government by no means en- | an 1 | its feeling. joys tbe popular support which gave it enormous majority two years ago. Thne real seat of troub’e is in the upper courcil of the party, where, instead of barmony, are jealousies, indifference and lack of leadersiip. The Liberal press to- day is wonderfully outspoken in discuss- ing the situation. The Chronicle throws discretion to the wind and says: “The session of 1897 has illustrated, above all, two great facts—the impotence “tnrough cireamstances over | ©f Parliament in the absence of vigorous public cpinion, and the evil of a weak opposition. It would be idle to deny whether the jubilee is to be blamed or the return of prosperity to the conntry is utterly supine. to ignore the fact, above all, that the op- position front benches are as useless as powerless. “The paralysis of the official Liberal party may account in part for the dullness of public opinion in general. The English peop'e wants leadinr, and though it may disappreve, even detest the methods of its Government, it willalways find it hard to make its inner mind articulate unless there is personality to give expression to What leading has there been of late throughout the session which has established a record in ministerial biun- ders and mistakes? There has not been a month in which any earnest opponent of the Ministry can have been content with the conduct of the opposition in the Commons. “The Government majority is strong, and may be as reckless as ever. “The joint dictatorship of Salisbury and Chamberlain will apparently go on un- disturbed by Parliament until they are unwise enough to quarrel. Neither the privileges and traditions of Parliament nor the good narae of Eogland and her record as an enemy of oppression and friend of freedom signify anything just now; nor will they signify anything until public opinion, which is latent, but not dead, can find expression agzain and gather itself once more into resistless force, before which the strongest dictator- This langusge fairly represents the opinion of the rank and file of the Liberal- Radfcal party. But there is no imme- diate prosvect of reorganization or other radical remedy which might restore Brit- ish Liperalism to its proper place in na- tional politi HOTEMA GIVES UP THE GHOST. Ceritenarian of the Choctaws Of to the Happy Hunting Grownds. WICHITA, Kaxs, Aug. 7.—Hotema, aged 109 years, died at his home in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, yester- day. He was the oldest Indian in the Territory and was prominent at the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, when the Choctaws disposed of their lands east of the Mississippi River. He never saw a railroad train or visited a city in his lite, and would never permit any member of his household to speak the English lan- guage. He was reputed far and wide for his great wisdom, and Indians have been known to travel a distance of several hun- dred miles to counsel with him on impor- tant questions. He had a vreat many in- teresting relics, many of them given to It would be equally idle | NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. THEEXCITEMENTCONTIN THE RUSH TO KLONDIKE AND OUR DEFIANCE SALE UES HAS KEPT THE PUBLIC IN A FEVER OF EXCITEMENT We said we would wupset the Clothing Business of this city. house Saturday and all week. We deserved it. 2 We have done so. We said we would give yow new Fall Styles in Swits and The crowds packed owr Overcoats worth $18 and $20 for §11. We have done so. And that the Swits and Overcoats worth $15 wouwld be on sale at $7.50. Youw've bought’em ; yow know they're worth every dollar of it. - What other house dare do it? We needed coin; that is owr reason for diving yow these EXCEP- TIOQNAL VALUES. We're not doing to the Klondike, but we’ll continue to sive you GOILDEN NUGGETS This week. Use yowr Shovels at home. Bring ’em to ws—see what they’ll uncarth. ARE YOU A LOYER OF FINE CLOTHES ?zsssesssasTHIS DEFIANCE SALE AWAITS YOU! Pretty Dress=up Suits For the Most| Fastidious. In neat Cheviots, in blue and black, very stylish and cut ex- cellent ; new fall styles. We defy the world to equal Shovels Do the Work. We're shoveling out our finest swits. Our finest of Overcoats—: gems, every one of ‘em. The Prince Albert is here in fine French Clay; the Single- breasted Saclk and Dowble- breasted Sack. 3 The dressy Cutaway Frock in all, the pretty new fall colorings, all high-class ZJarments, ele- Zanitly tailored. The Overcoats are gems of the tailor's art in those tan box covert cloths, satin piped and satin sleeve lining. Those beautiful Royal Ker- seys in blue and black, the French Oxford mixtures. The Suits and Overcoats are a pretty lot and are all worth 818 and $20. Monday adain at $11. ‘em at The Defiance Price, Every One $4.50. A Trump. And they won’t last very long, the way they did cut into’em Saturday. A few days more, that’s all. Those pretty Blue and Black Worsteds, the fancy checks and mixed overplaids, in the pretty Cutaway and Douwble-breasted Sack, a beawtiful assortment of colorings. The Overcoats arereally hand- some, a Black Ribbed Clay Wor- sted, pretty Tan Coverts in Blue and Black Kerseys. Some have satin slecve lining. NUGGETS, Every one of them. Worth $15 the world over. Trouser Bargains. For Monday—over 2000 pairs | Qur Defial‘lce Price, $7.50. of Trousers for men, elegantly tailored, in fine Scotches ; excel- lent fitters. For Monday only at $1.25. Stylish All-Wool Cheviots. In neat stripes, pinhead checks, Fancy worsteds. No tailor can | SN malke ’em better if they cost 85 or $6. They're ALL WOOL and will give excellent service. Special Price, $1.75. [0000C000I0000000CCIO00000000) OUR WINDOWS . ARE FULL OF 9 NUGGETS. [S.0C.000 0000000000000 0000 0.C.00000] 9, 11, 13 and 15 KEARNY STREET. 2 Entire Buildings, 8 Floors. petent medical treatment. He finallv ar- ranged for a doctor to meet her at Jack- sons Hole. He says that he did not hear of his wife’s death until Apri! 15, and that the Nowlins refused to allow his children to return to the ranch. About this time he learned, so he claims, that Nowlin had procured a criminal operation on Mrs, Sar:ent, performed by a drunken brute, who was forced to re- sign as Indian physician at the Bannack Agency four years ago. He elaims that morphine was used, probably in over- dosrs. Sargent says that his wife’s death enabled Nowlin to keep a valuable regis- tered bull belonging to Sargent and that it enabled Simpson to get possession of a $500 musical instrument and $1000 worth of other personal property. I sbort, he charges that Nowlin and Simpson formed a plot to steal all be had, force his father to sapport his children and cause bis death by lynching. He says: *They succeeded in sending me out into the world with five motherless children to support from the best ranch home in Wyoming, which they have completely wrecked.” . Sargent says he is willing to refer the whole matter to hischildren, whom he has succceded in again reuniting to himself. He saya that Simpson is also respousible for the story in rezard to Robert Ray CLATNS FOUL GONSPIRACY Story of John D.Sargent, Who Was Reported Lynched. Men of Jacksons Hole Are Accused of Causing His Wife’s Death. They Are Also Charged With Rob- bing a Wyoming Ranch After It Was Deserted. BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 7.—A special from Machias, Maine, says John D. Sargent has issued a lengthy and elaborate sta ement in regard to the occurrences near Jack- sons Hole, which lea to his return East Hamilton. An official inquest, he says, shows that Hamilton came 10 his deatn by accidental drowning wten Sargent was 100 miles away. He refers to General dian Agent Colonel H. B." Freeman, against whom serious charges of arbitrary conduct have been made. — A Bid for the Manhattan Elevated. NEW YORK, N. Y., Avg. 7. is re- ported on good authority tbat Wiiliam C. Whitney and others have made George Gould and Russell Bage 2 cash offer tor tbe Mannattan Elevated and the offer will probably be accepted. Manhatian stock jumped nine points this morning on the strength of the report. him by famous generals, who have visited at bis lodge. He had in his possession a tomahawk, which belonged to Push- mataha, the famous Choctaw chief, who espoused the American cause during the war of 1812, His funeral will be attended by all the dignitaries of the Choctaw tribe. Tt fg wibake Condition of the Ireasury. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 7.—To- day's statement of the condition of the trausury shows: Available cash balances, $229,119,074; gold reserve, $140, 747,866, and to the reports that he had been lynched for abusing his wife and causing her death. Sargent places the whoie blame at the door of W. L. Simpson of the Jackson Hole Gun Club and D. C. Nowlin, an ex-Texas cowpuncher. Sargent says that his wife was taken sick in February and was under the treat- ment of Mr. and Mrs. Nowlin, who finally took her to Jacksons Hole witn the un. derstanding that she was to come East. Sargent had tried his best 1o pfocure com- Schuyler Hamilton, his former partner’s father, in proof of this assertion. ~ Ssrgent says that when his uncle, Charles Sar- gent, of Portiant, went down to Jack- sons Hole for the children, he was forced by Nowlin to pay several hundred do!l- lars and that Mrs. Nowlin whipped and threatened the children. Simpson in the meantime had roboed Sargent’s ranch of $1500 worth of prop- erty and spread the report that Sargent vrould be killed if be returned. Sargent bad left the ranch 10 come East and con- sult with his father and uncle. LAUNCHING OF THE PLUNGER A Submarine Torpedo- Boat Glides Down the Ways. Rolls Violently and Gives Men on the Superstructure a Ducking. Hollacd’s Second Steel Fish Will Soon Bs in Readiness for Modern Warfare. BALTIMORE, Mp.,, Aug. 7.—Amid a din of cheers and shrieking steam whis- tles the Holland submarine torpedo-boat Plunger glided down the ways of the Columbian Iron Works at noon to-aay. As she struck the water she rolled vio- lently from side to side, and the men on her superstructure, who had volunteered to go with her on her first plunge, clune to the masts, which bore the stars and stripes and the navy *jack.” Several ladies screamed in fright, but after a sec- ond or two the steel fish slowly righted and rested with about a third of her body above the waterline. On a platform erected beside the port bow stood Miss Ernestine Wardwel! and her father, Colonel Wardwell. In her right hand Miss Wardwell held a bottle of champazne decorated with ribbons of the National and Maryland colors. The mo- ment the vessel moved she shattered the bottle against the bow and said: I christen thee Plunger.” A cheer arose from the assemblage, which for an hour previous had been pour- ing throngh the gateway of the iron works. Then everything ashore and afloat in the neighborhood that possessed a steam whistle blew it in salute of the strange new craft. The tug Mohawk was in waiting in the stream, and towed the Plunger back to the works. W. O. Beckenbaugh then mounted a platform and sang verses com- posed for the occasion. The first was to the Plunger, the second to William Mal- ster, president of the Columbian Iron Works, and the third to Join P. Holland, the boat's inventor. The Plunger is not regarded so efficient as the Holland, launched in Elizabeth, N. J, last spring. She can only use torpe- does from two tubesin her bow in war- fare. The Holland not only has a torpedo tube in the bow, but an aerial gun in the bow and a submarine gun in the stern. The Plunger is simply asubmarine tor- pedo-boat. The Holland can fight most destructively probably when running on thesurface, being capable of hurling dyna- mite cartridges through the air for a mile or more. New Pastor for the President’s Churehs CHICAGO, Iin, Aug. 7.—Frank Bristol, D.D., pastor of the First M. E. Church ot Evanston, Iil.. has accepted a call from President McKinley’s church, the Metropolitan M. E., at Washington. Dr. Bristol will probably tske charge of the Metropolitan Chu.rcn early next sum- mer. —e——————— ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission 1