The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1897, Page 1

T XXT HIGH WHEAT WILL MAKE GOOD TIMES Golden Grain Rival the Big Yellow EXPERTS SAY PRICES Wikl "GO HIGHER AT ONCE. The Prosperity of the Agricultural Masses Is| Assured by the Rapid Rise of the Staple Cereal of the | Country. There is a thrill of satis in the | hearts of hopeful people everywhere be- cause the signs of the times are in favor of the farmer and the mas In spite of the predictions of calamit s there sre manifold ev of prosperity. The fact that the price of wheat has for zen- enerations been a measure of prosperity in the Unit-d States can the most blatant of polit: the fact that it hes taken a tremen- dous advance, and promises to go much higher, is equaliy patent to the mosi su- student of the probiem. It is said by those best informed on the ubject that the wheat yield of California s year will exceed 25,000,000 centals. At the present price this will bring an income of more than forty millions of dollars to the people engaged in the growing of wheat. The effect of the rapid increase has already been felt at the banks, where millions of dollars have begun to flow in for the liguidation of adebts long overdue. It has aiready had the effect of making the masses of business men feel that new blood has entered tue veins of commerce | sand that there are strong signs of pros- | perity. The shortage of the wheat crops of th Argentine and of India, compared wit the world’s demand, has been a fortun circumstance for the wheat-raisers of tt and other States. Taken with the better | prices of products already made by the tariff, which has sent up the price of wool and other commodities, there are many signs in the commercial sky. 5w i n the price of wheat has | profit of many millions | of California, so that the | good s sre felt in every branch of industry and every line of trade. The | n fields of grain are already in com- | rellow fields of gold, and | . 2vs conspired under | ologists would probably call a | the prosperity of the us among the com- the year. successes | But there is a hopeful sign in connec- with the advance in the price of the | staff of life—the fact that other cereals ad- ! vance in sympathy with it, and that there | is a general 1 As confi- dence is h cess it is difficult | to say where the e good news is | to be placed. Ye y was & non-com-| mercial day. The great offices in all the cities were closed and e was of course very little to be gleaned in the way of news concerning wheat; but in every ci'y there was a great dexl of anxious spec 1la- tion as io the results that may yet out of the raise in the price of the ¢ American agricultural stapl:s. The opinion everywheres seemed to be, however, that the farmer and tne miner in California ought to join hands and give three cheers for the bear flag. The feeling of general | confidence in business prosperity is to-day | greater in this State than it has been in many years, and here are many signs that | tbe influences now making for the wel- | fare of the State and its masses will bring | far-rzaching results within 2 year. Irndications point to a further rise in wheat. This will probably come at once. Brokers yesterday were looking forwara to a return to a rushing business to-day. The brokers alone have not been mak- | ing the profits. For the first time in years | the California farmer has not sold his | wheat too soon for the general rise, and | this season’s prices to-day mean that the | California farmers are protably about | $6,000,000 better off than they were three | months ago. An evidence of the wholesome effect this prosperity is having upon the agri- cultural districts of the State is the inter- | est on mortgazes that 1s already being | paid into San Francisco tanks by farmer-, | many of whom have been almost hoge- | lessly delinquent for two or three years. A slight movement in the country real estate market is also reported in conse- quence of the increased demand for wheat | and by reason of the excellent prices of | the product. | Among San Francisco brokers several of | the larger firms are credited with heavy winnings, while some of th+ shorts will be losers because of contracts previously made to furnish wheat at a price consic- erably lower than that now obtaining. The heavy operators are George W. McNear & Co., who have been buying right and left since the first sign of a boom in prices. They have contracted for enormous quan- titiles of wheat and have engaged over twenty-five warehouses in the two great valleys of California in which to store what they have bouzht, although they are already shipping wheat East. This firm alone, 1t is thought, will profit to the ex- tent of several hundred thousand dollars during the season. Al Gerberding & Co., Brooks, Bium, Gir- | that, according to indications in Europe, | Says in the West It Is Due to Good | Wise policy of the Republican party in re- Fields That vin & Eyre and Balfour, Guthrie & Co. are among the successful brokers who are suppo-ed to have reaped a harvest, not only for their clients but for themselves. Brooks individually is put down ae a $40,000 winner. An equal.amount is credited to the profit of two outsiders, Henry J. Crockerand Muurice Casey, who began buying early and are still on the long side with other profits probable. Sol Wangenheim & Co. are among the losers by unfortunate coatracts. Joseph Rosenberg and Leon Kauffman are also with the nunhappy siorts. Discussing the rise in wheat and its effects and future William Dresbach, one of the local brokers, said vesterday: “It is generally believed by the grain brokers in this City that wheat is certain to advance in price considerably beyond | the present remarkable figure. I think | it wiil doubtless reach $1 25 a bushel. ““As long as Europe continues to buy wheat, a steady advance is certain in American markets. A conservative estimate of the amount of this year’s crop in California is 750,000 | tons. Since it was harvested its value has | increased about §9 a ton, or this State, as | represented by its wheat yield, is $6,750,000 | better off than it was a few months ago. “There has been a good deal of specula- tion, particulariy in this City, but no re- liable estimate szems to be obtainable as to profits made here. Men who bought wheat oa option have been the greatest winners. Some sa es of California wheat have also been made in the East. “The farmer is reaping the financial harvest this year. Itisestimated that 90 ver cent of the crop in this State has not yet been sold by the farmers—in other words, that the farmers by hanging on to their wheat have already collectively grown over §6 000,000 richer. o may possibly be a temporary slight decline, but it will be only tem- poraTy, as wheat is certain to go up be- c: of the scarcity in the crop irom otker sources of the world’s supply.”’ THE PIIEEIDEIIT ON PROSPERITY. Crops and in the East to the Protective Folicy. YORK, N. Y., Aug. — The Journal will print to-morrow an inter- view its correspondent had with the Presi- aentat B uff Point on the wave of pros- DeTity sweeping over the country. The l’_rm dent, being shown the Journal ar- ticles on prosperity, stated that it should be a source of pleasure to every American cit to know there was a return of prosperity to the country. ‘“I'he cause of the present boom in the West,” he said, *41s undoubtedly due in a 2reat measure to large crops and high prices causea by the failure of crops in other countries. But the fact that pros- perity has set in in the East cannot be ac- counted for in any other way than bv the storing a protective tariff. The present boom is not spasmodic, but will con- tinue to increase, and not only ihe manufaciurers but the peo- pie generally will soon realize that it is only with a protective tariff and sound financial principles that the coun- try will be prosperous and remain in that condition. With the restoration of confi- dence will come the restoration of pros- perity.” g FATAL ra,ILY FrUD. Nasheille Man Kills His Brother-in- Law and Himaself. NASHVILLE, Tex~., Aug. 22.—In East Nashville to-night J. B. Rich shot and killed his brother-in-law and fatally shot himself. Not lon¢ ago Rich instituted suit for divorce, alleging infidelity. To- day he attempted to kidnap one of his children and was arrested. As soon as released he at once repaire d to his mother- in-aw’s home, armed with a revolver, It is supposed he concluded that his arrest was caused by his wife’s relatives and that he became enraged and determined to avenge what he considerea outragous treatment at their hand g Fearful Death of a Child. YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 22—The mother of four-year-old Lilly Jercley left the chi'd in the bathroom beside the bathtub | partly filled with scalding water, while she went to another room to get some ciothes. Wnen she returned the child was standing headfirst in the water en- deavering to get out, When the mother grabbed the child up her eyes fell from their sockets aud her face was scalded to a purple pulp. The little girl died in aw- u I agony this morniog. G / / {/ A j/f, ) PRINCESS KAIULANI, Who Is Soon to Return to Hawaii With Hopes of Being the Com- promise Ruler If Annexation Fails. [From a photograph taken a month ago.] KAIULAN 10 RETURN 10 HAWAL She Hopes for a Compro- mise That Will Make Her Ruler. JUST ATTAINED HER MAJORITY. If Annexation Fails She Is Prepared to Be the Peo- ple’s Choice. IS BEAUTIFUL AND ACCOMPLISHED. Hawaiians Want to See Her, and Her Advent Is Expected to Oreate a Stir. Princess Kaiulani, who has just at. tained her majority, will return to Ha- waii in October after an absence of ten years spent in Engiand and on the Conti- nent. She has hopes of being made Queen of the present isiand republic if annexation fails. The republic, she thinks, cannot be long maintained by itself without the willing support and approval of the ma- jority of the people. She is watcning for a chanee. When it comes she looks for a compromise between the Republicans and the Royalists in fayor of herself; for the chances of her aunt, ex Qieen Liliuokaleni, being re- stored to power are generally conceded to be very shim in any event. Kaiulani is now a beautiful young woman, accomplished and carefully edu- cated. It is believed that her advent in Ha- waii will excite much enthusiasm, not only among her own peope but among foreign residents as well, for she is said to be brilliant and intellectuai and possessed of a magnetic pesonality and graceiul figure. When she left Hawaii she was only a child, and the people of the islands have not seen her since her depariure, ten years ago. 1t is largely cueto the repeatedly expressed wishes of tae natives Lhat she has decided to visit at this time the land of her birth, During herabsence she has been with her guardian and her governess, principally in England, but often on the Continent. Her studies have been pursued with a view to fitting herself some day to rule Hawail. Recently she been carefully watching the annexution question and the possibilities of the isiands. The Princess will arrive in New York about September 25 from England. She will probably stay for a short time in this City, visiting with ex-Queen Lilinokalani. who will then be res.ding here tempora- rily, while Congress is not in session. Kaiulani’s father will accompany her. Though she has just come of legal age the Princess is possessed of very little property in her own right, _ In the course of a long interview on the Hawaiian question recently published in a London journal Colonel George W. Mac- farlane of this City, a prominent Hawaii- (an and formerly chamberlain to the late King Kalakaua, said during his visit to Loudon and Princess Kaiulani less than a month ago: *“The statement of some American pa- pers that the pure Hawaiians favor either the present regime or annexation is misleading and untruthful The fact is— and {am in a position to know—that the pure native born Hawaiians are a unit for the restoration of the monarchy. Iam not prepared to say whether they prefer their deposed Queen or the Princess Kai- ulani, the only heir to the throne, but I incline to the opinion that thier leaning would be to a restoration of the Queen— | day—and then, if she chose, abdicate in fa- vor‘of her niece, the Princess. *“I'his is looked upon as a solution of the trouble by many Hawaiians, who feel that the ele- ment that overthrew the Queen | would never be reconciled to her again taking the reins of government. “She is a very able and ccurageous woman, but she nas alienated the Ameri- can element, and that element would al- ways be plotting to overtbrow her again were she to continue in power; whereas the Princess was never in the least re- sponsible for the overthrow, and there are no opposing factions to her, save that faction which would oppose her only for the sake of anrexation. “There isa possibility in the event of an- nexation not passing the Senate (the Dole Government having been organized for the sole purpose of annexation) that the people might unitedly insist on the re- turn o1 the Princess, who has just attained her majority and completed her studies in England. She may soon e returning to Honolulu, but she would not favor a attempt at revoluuion to secure her posi- tion on the throne.”” Regarding the feeling in Hawaiitoward annexation, Colonel Macfarlane in the same interview, said: “I begin to feel thatowing to English supineness and indifference to the Hawaliun question since the establish- ment of the Republic, annexation is in- evitable. While being somewhat pro Eunglish in my sentiment and feeling, I am forced to admit that I would not op- pose annexation nor would the intelligent voters of Hawaii if full Statehood as an integral part of the American Union were granted to the islands. I would oppose a ratification of the treaty by Hawaii if she were admitted only as a territory like Alaska, as I understand is proposed, for the reason that we are an independent civilized Government, having all the ma- chinery of a well-orzanized State, recog- nized by all the powers, and having trea- ties with them, and not a rude, uncivilized country like Alaska. “If we are admitted as a territory, our Governors and officials will all be ap- pointed by the Federal Government at Washington, and we shall be overrun by carpet-naggers and their like, who will seek to control our public offices. The reins of local government would be taken entirely out of the hands of the taxpayers | even if she were restored only for one | and the conservative element. Asa State of the Union, however, we would elect our own Government officials, our municipal and judicial officers, and hava representa- tives in Congress, to which we should elect our own Senators and Congressmen. “‘Of course I assume the United States could not annex Hawaii without the con- sent of the governed—that is that a majority vote of the inhabitants of Hawaii must be obtained for a ratification of the apnexation treaty. While I do not deny or affirm that Hawaiians will not vote for annexation under any conditions, I have no hesitation 1n saying that a plebiscite on the existing treaty admitting Hawaii merely as a territory would not yield five affirmative votes in 100.” Dealing with the effect annexation of the islands would have on Great Britain the interview says: *Itis a matter of intense surprise to me that no mention has been made of the commercial and political value of the Sandwich Islands to Great Britain, not only as being the only available landing place in the North Paclific for the all- British cable across the Atlantic, via Can- ada and the Pacific to the colonies, but alsoas being the only port in mid-Pacific on the highway of trade and travel with Australia, China and tbe far East. Snould the Panama or Nicaragua canals become | “faits accomplis’ these islands will be on the direct route to Japan and China, and would form the only available coaling and supply stations with the far East. With regard to the British Pacitic cable it will become an impossibility if Hawaii is an- nexed to the United States. The Hawaiian group forms the only possible landing place for such a line. It s quite impos- sible to stretch a cable from Vancouver to any island south of the equator that may be controlled by England withoat an in- termediate resting place, and the only one provided by nature is some port of the Hawaiian Islands. “If annexation, however, be agreed to, the opportunity will be lost forever to lay a British cable across the Pacific via Hon- olulu. I hope the British Government will not shut its eyes to this important fact.”’ 61V 1 JUSTICE. An Assailant Taken From a Kentucky Jail and Lynched. WILLIAMSBOROUGH, K., Aug. 22.— Caney Sullivan was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment for a criminal assault on his sister-in-law. At 1 o’clock this afternooa a mob of fifty mounted men rode up to the jail and rousing the jailer demanded the prisoner. When the jailer appeared the mob rushed him to Sulli- van’s cell and made him unlock it. They threw a rope around Sullivan’s neck and dragged him out to the Cumberland River bridge where he was swung over a beam and left to strangle to death. el Fatal Failure of Bank Robbers. CANTON, Omro, Aug. 22.—One robber stood outside as a guard at Isaac Harter & Sons’ bank early this morning, while oth- ers with steel bits and dynamite endeav- ored to force the money vault within, Policeman Hemminger surprised the guard, who begsn shooting. The police- man fired in return, killing the robber. The others escaped, getting nothing. The dead robber is unknown. TOPEKA, Kaxs,, Aug. 22.—In the great wheat belt the Kansas bankers have agreed to keep their banks open until 9 P. M. for the accommodation of farmers desirous of making deposits after selling | their wheat. Last week several banks in- augurated the scheme, and from now un- til the wheat is sent to the market others will follow their example. SIX TONS ' OFGOLD Frank Riley Tells a Most Wonderful Story of the Klondike. WOULD NOT TAKE MILLIONS FOR TWO CLAIMS. One of the Latest Atrrivals From Dawson City Says That Gambling Is in Full Sway There---Strikes Numerous. TACOMA, WaSH., Aug. 22.—The Klondike excitement here has been increased to-day by the wonderful story of Alaska’s wealth told by Frank Riley, who returned to town last night. He left Dawson July 6, accompanied by his partners, Patrick O’Brien and Frank Flan- nigan. They came out overland to Skaguay, and thence to the Sound on the steamer Al-Ki. They agreed among themselves not to talk about their good fortune, and consequently their story was not made public until Riley fell in with some old companions last night. It is considered doubtful if they brought out $85,000 each, as Riley has claimed, for in that event the trio must have packed out more than half a ton of gold. Riley claims part of it was brought out in the form of letters of credit. His friends believe the three men brought out from $10,000 to $15,000 each. Riley intends starting for Ireland very soon. O’Brienand Flanni- gan have gone to Pennsylvania. The three will meet here in April and return toDawson for another season’s work. Their claims are Nos. 37 and 39 on Bonanza Creek. ““I would not take $5,000,000,”” said Riley, *‘for our two claims. There is gold enough in that district to supply the world. A manwho never had a pick or shovel in his hands stands just as good a chance as an old and experienced miner. When [ left there were nearly six tons of gold waiting to be shipped to St. Michael. I think that amount will come out yet this fall. On Stewart River, 180 miles from the Klondike diggings, rich strikes have been made, and many people are rushing to the new diggings. Dawson City is now quite a town, and has about 3500 people. The best buildings are given up to saloons and gambling- houses, and every one gambles and drinks. Though the country is rich and the strikes numerous, I fear for the thousands who are trying to rush in over the passes at this season of the year. Many of them will fail in their attempt and leave their bones along the trail. Iwould advise all who intend going to wait until spring, and then go in over Wheat Boomm Makes the Bankers Work. the ice or the Hudson Bay route. trouble.” If they go over the latter let them take plenty of horses and cattle with them and they will have no OFF FOR THE NORTH. Departure of the Queen With Two Hundred and Fifty Passengers Bound for the Klondike. SEATTLE, Wasn, Aug. 22.—When Alaska suiling dsy comes on a Sunday at the docks. To-day was no exception in this pacticular and when ths steamed out at 10:30 o’clock there was an immense assemblage of people to cheer on to success the 250 venturesome Kion- dikers aboard the vessel. About thirty of the cabin passengers came from San Francisco and the balance were largely from the East. Over 100 horses are also aboard. Last evening there was general consternation at the Ocean dock when it became known that the freight for the Queen amounted to about 1400 tons and that space had only been provided for about 1000 tons. The officers of the Pa- cific Coast Steamship Company imme- diately set to work to readjust the condi- tions, with the result that butlittle freight was left behind and none of it belonged to prospectors. Pile-driving machinery and ten men were sent up by the Seattle Bridge Com- pany to construct a wharf at Skaguay, where it is badly needed. One of the vpassengers on board the Queen is F. 8. Chadbourne of San Fran- cisco of the Board of Harbor Commission- ers and chief of Governor Budd’s staff. He will go to Dyea and Skaguay, expect- ing to return on the Queen. In conversa- tion he said that he was making the trip in the interest of New York and San Francisco capitalists, who, together with himseli, had outfitted several pariies of men who are bound for the Yukon. He had heard of the difficulty encountered in crossing the pasces and is simply goin: up to render such assistance as might be necessary in order to expedite the croes- ing by his men. He further said that Seattle and San Francisco are bound to be the initial points for sea voyages for Alaska. BSeattle’s advantage is that of location and the shorter distance, but Ban Francisco has from its long occu- pancy of position of most importance on the Pacific Coast established a relation- ship with the East that cannot be over- come. Ieople who nave known of or who have dealt with San Francisco are natur- ally going there to start for the Yukon, and as the prices of goods are thesame and the freight rates are the same to both San Francisco and Seaitle the advantage of one place over the other wiil be small. Frank La Roche, a prominent photeg- rapher of this city who has taken many views of different sectiona of Alaska, went north on the Queen and will take a num + there is always ascene of unusual interest | ber of shots of scenesat Dyeaand Skaguay and along the trails. Another passenger is F. L. Crompton of Mount Vernon, Wash., who will likely establish a hotel at Skaguay. Possibly the most notable figure on board tbe Queen is Jesse Cochran, who at the advanced age of 72 years is going north to shoulder his pack and wiil wield | his pick and shovel along with other pros- Queen | pectors. 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