The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 22, 1897, Page 1

'@ the United States that their clamor | VOLUM E LXXXIL_NO. TWO THOUSAND 144. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS . JAP LABORERS EACH MONTH Imported by the Annexation Planters With the Con- sent of Mr. Dole. J'O COMPETE WITH AMERICAN WORKINGMEN. These Men Brought in as Contract Slaves| to Be Held in Bondage After Hawaii Is Scized by the United States. :t!t'tttitittt*tt*t**fiti: The annexation planters in the * Hawaiian Islands propose to be well stocked with coolie lahor before annexation takes place. They bave been importing con- tract laborers from Japan and China for a long time past at the rate of 1500 A further 000 coolirs has importat been dwill arrive in a few weeks. The Dole Gov- eroment approves of the im- portations and vises the con- trac The talk of resistance to Asiatic immigration is a hollow pretonse. The clamor of fear that dapin is planning to annex the islands is raised simply to to what being done to fill the demand of planters for The schem« is to crush whita in Hawaii by and then ie ubtain to the United S'ates, %0 that the cheap labor of the islands may be used with the distract attention is the cheap labor. % e e e 2k e ok sk e e e Aok ke e e fe ke ke A ok g A Aok ek ke e koA ko Ak ok ek ke ke and native labor coolie mbor annexatic mpete white labor of Cali- fornia and take from it the cream of the that Hawaii and coolis produce. arket in every product labor can B et e et L L E PR PR PR R R R PR TR SRS R R » B e e e R T HONOLULU, Ozt. characte: 14—A striking and feature of the situation islands. The Govern porters have almost hysterical in aking and writing this subject. They have not only declaimed against the been on coming of tie Japanese, but they have de- | clared tnat Japan is promoting the emi- gration of her subjzcis to Hawaii with the intention of using them to assist in tak- ing possession of the is.and On 1 and bility or common-sense. is | the contrast between the way the annexa- | tionists taik and the way they act with re- | gard to the Japanese immigration to the | is theme the annexation orators | riters have allowed themselves fuil | swing, unchecked by truth, reason, proba- | cylinder beran revolving. Nothing fas | | tation of contract coolies from Japan at American people it opposes such importa- tions. The contracts for these labore: have been in every case vised by the Guy- ernment. The annexation plantersare stocking up with cheap labor for at least three years tocome. Theyare hurrying Japanese and Chinese into the country so as o have a full supply of such labor when annexation goes into effect. The Dole Government | vises and approves these importations, and yet they make a pretense of baing de- sirous of preventing further Asiatic immi- gratior If these men are sincere in their protest- ations why do they rush coo'ie contract laborers into the islands in such numbers and with sucn rapidity? If they are de- sirous of annexation to the United States for the purpose of saving Hawaii for white iabor and civilization, why are they so hurried in stocking their plantations with coolie labor bound to three vears of servitnd-? The workingmen of the islands have taken notice of the falseness of the an- nexationists in this regard, and it wiil bs weil for the workingmen of the Uni: S'ates to take notice also. If Hawaii is annexed California fruit-growers and sugar-growers will heve to compete with the cheap labor the annexationists of the islands have obtained expressly for the | purpose of that competition KNAFP'S ROLLER BOAT. Trials That Demonstrate Both the Weakness and Fossibilities of the Vessel. NEW YORK. Oct. —A special from Toronto says: Two trials were made this afternoon of Knapp’s roller-boat, 1t re- volved slowly on the first trial, it 1s said, to the entire satisfaction of the experts. | The second trial demonstrated both the weakness aad the possibilities of the new ship. The barrel-like structure was towed to some distance from the wharf, when the engines were started and th= outer She soon at- tained a speed of about five knots an hour, ment and its sup- | been {00 outrazeous or tco absurd for | and proceeded about two miles, when she them to say. A serted that Japan is here to become vote for the tizens so that they nexation of Hawaii o §7:pan, and at another time they declare \, al among the Japanese sent here are a arge number of traned soldiers, who ere to organize on arrival and make ready to capture the republic by an armed revolution. here They have carried this form of annexa- | tion argument to the extent of deporting a number of Japanese who srrived at the islands and they have poriation. of convincing the peoy here and those against the Japanese is sincer point to the deporied Japs and the ccolies we have had 1o sen of on country. See the danger of Asiatic in- v that threatens Hawaii. See the izilance with which we are guarding the islands from oriental conquest. pr They “Eee sion widely and ve- | hemently advertised the fact of the de-. ) This they did for the purpose | See the | ssing need of immediate anuexation to | one time they have as. | Was brought to a standstill and towed nding her people | back. can | The experiment was not contin- ued, as it was found the plates of the re- volving cylinder were nct strong enough | to permit it teing worked at full speed. Mr. Knapp said the trip demonstrated the boat was under perfectcontrol and the maiter of speed was simply a question of more powerful engines. The cylinder plates will have to be strengthened before another trial is made. The rolier-boat consisis of a cyl nder within a cylinder, | the outside one revolving on the water, the inner one beine fixed and forming the *huli” of the ship THOUSANDS PERISH IN A TIDAL WAV Towns of Tagloban and Her- nania Destroyed by a Cyclone. United States. See the proof that if | he United States does not take the nds immediately Japan wil.” Sucnh is the way the Dole Government | and ferent is the way they act. are raising clamors agzainst the importa- the annexationists talk. Very dif- tic sistently importing thew. The lew coolies they have turned back are as nothing in comparison with the large number they | L.ve brought into Hawaii. For the past eizht months the importation of Japanese contruct laborers by the missipnary plant- ers has been going on by whol:sale. It is no exaggeration to say the number of Japanese coolies imported into ihe islands for some time past has not been less than 1500 a month. Nor is there any s of checking the importations. An rangement has just been made by which spectal lot of 2000 coolies 18 to arrive here within a few weeks. As arule the coolies are bound by three-year contracts, While they | n of Japanese they are swiftiy and per- | Is'ands of the Phil ppine Group Suffer an App:lling Loss From W nd ana Wave. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL MADRID, Oct. 21 —A dispatch received here from Leyte, one of the Philippine Islands, says that place has almost becn devastated by a cyclone, that many per- sons have been killel and damage to property isincalculable, The cyclone desiroye the towns of Tag- loban and Hernania, on the island of | L'yte, as well as several villages. Itis | esiimated that 400 persons lost their lives | throuch the disaster. | Later advices from Manila say the | eyclone occarred on Octole-12, an¢ added | thav Carriga and Burga, on the eustern It will be seen the annexationists are get- | coast of Leyte, have been wiped out, and ting a good stock of cheap labor on hand r use when the islands. by their schem- “g_ are annexed 1o the U made free to ¢ mpete sugar and fruit markets. It is an evidence of the boldness and | brazenness with whica the Dule govern- ment is making tbe fight jor annexation that it frankly gives assent to the impor- ited States and | loban. jor control of the | of Sammar. i that an immense wave swept inland. Sev- | eral thousand natives perishei at Tag- The ciclone also swept the island The ull cxtent of the catas- | trophe is not ye: known. Tue town of Leyte sustained but little dama.e, contrary to first reports received. The damage is eslimated at 7,500,000 pesetas, he very time it is trying to convince the | a | | | | BRITISH TROOPS GOING TO THE FRONT. [Drawn from a sketch for the Illustrated London News.] The Gordon Highlanders, With General Sir Yeatman Biggs in Command, on the Afghan Frontier, Who at the Cost of Many Lives Swept the Tribesmen From the Dargal Hills on Monday Last. ! SEATTLE, Wasn., Oct. 21.—By a decis- ion this morning Judgze Cornelius Han- | ford of the United States District Court has rendered null and vo:d, as far as this district is concerned, the order promul- | gated by the Treasury Department a year | ago instructing Chinese interpreters to re- | quire of the sons, dauehlers and wives of Chinese merchants in this country seek- ing admission to the United States certifi- cates from the Chinese Government that they were such persons as they represent- ed and entitled to come in under the treaty. Government officials in this dist~ict (one of the most important 1n the country, for the reason that a large percentage of the Chinese immigrants pass through Puget Sound), unite in saying thet the decision will result in the influx of thousands of Chinese men and women who have no right to land here. Special Agent Cullum, whose duty it has been for seven years to enforce the exclusion act, said: “The decision simply means that any Chinese boy or girl, man or woman, may present himself or herself at Post Town- send without a certificate, but claim and secure admission on the siaiement that he or she is of the family of some Chinese merchant doing busineas in this country, Anv man who knows the Chinese wiil ap- preciate the drastic effect of the decision. Without a certificate from their Govern- ment properly attested by a United States Consul residing at the place from which line between members of families of Chinese mercnants residing here and those who have no shadow of a right on these shores. “Even with the restrictions imposed by the department the exclusion act, as it operates now, has become almost a farce. Judge Hanford holds that the spirit of the exclusion act does not require such a cer- tificate as the Treasury Departicent has ordered should be presented by all immi- grants entitied to land for family reasons. With their facility for forging certificates, the Clinese abroad will turn to the new method of getting in their slaves, and will send them with the siiaple sworn state- ment that they are the wives, sons or daughters of Chinese merchants living here. The Treasury Department, under this ruling, will be powerless to stem the tide of inrushing Celestials.”” United States Attorney Brinker sald: “1 have advised Secretary Gage of the purport of Jud e Hanford’s decisious and that the cfficials cannot enforce the ex- clusion act in the manner it was designed to be enforced. Attorney-Generai Me- matter, which is ths most serious tbat has arisen in the Chinese business for many yea's”’ THE UNLUCKY TEXAS, Time Cne of Her Steam Launches Has Troube With Its Boler. BOSTON, Oct. 21.—The boiler of one of thesteam launches of the battleship Texas blew up while it was alongside the battle- ship, and a number of men, including two officers and a surgeon, were injured, none fatally. The expicsion occurred just as the launch reached the ~ide of the ship, hav- ing towed down the ship's boats, each full This | they come, it 1s impossible to draw the | Kenna will be asked to take charge of the | OPENS WIDE THE GATES FOR MONGOL | HORDES FROM ASIA 1of men who were engaged in the naval | parade. On the launch at the time were thirty- five men, including Lieutenant- Com- mander Delehanty, | Ensign Wadhams and Dr. W. R. Dubose, the ship’s surgeon. The smokestack, the top of tne boiler and ihe part of the can- opy over the hoiler were blown into the air, and what was left of the launch caught | fire from the sheet of flames that followed little to burn. The men in the pit with the boiler, John Phillips, an oiler, anc Jo 'n Fisher, a coal- passer, were thrown violently azainst the wooden partition. Fisher was badly in- jured internaliy. Phillips escaped with | severe bruises. The cockswain, Thomas | Sullivan, was thrown against the side of | the launch, but only bruised, and the sailor wiih him was completely blackened by soot, but unhurt. Dr. Dubose had two front teeth knocked out. Lieutenant Delehanty and Ensign Waad- hams emerged from the explosion as from a battle, their faces and hands bruised and burned; otherwise they were uninjured. 'MEXICAN FOUND DEAD N A FRESNO STRBET. Ghas'ly Wounds on the Back of His Head Inflicted With a Club. ‘Clrcums(ances Point to a Woman | in the Cas:—Her Lover Is | Under Suspicion. Special Dispatch 10 THE CALL FRESNO, Oct. 2L.—Juan Barrios, an aged Mexican, was found lying dead in a street in the western portion of the city this morning at 3 o’clock. Some wounds on the back of his head, inflicied evidently with a ciub, showed that he had been | murdered. | The authorities were at once notified, and they found that rhey had a very mys- | terious case on their haus, one similar in | many respecis to the tragedy in Bakers. | field the other night. There was no clew ieft on which the officers mignt tuke up the thread of investigation. Thisevening Coroner Long held an inquest, but no light of importance was thrown on the cae. Suspicion rests upon another Mexican named lke Farris, and the only motive that can be ascribed for thedeed is that the | old man was jyutaway because ofa woman. It seems that Barrios just four montns ago was deserted by the woman with whom he had been living for a long time. She took up with Farris immediately and they have been living together ever since. Last pight the old man called atthe house where the woman was during the absence of his successor. He pleaded with her to return and run awey to Hanford with him. She refused and a stormy time was had when Farris returued nome. Barrios was murdered after he loft the house and was on his way home. Lieutenant Bristol, | | the bursting of the boiler, but the fire had | ! RUSSELL SAGE PLANNING TO GET | THE UNION PACIFIC | the Dargai ridge on the Samana range, That Will Pay All Claims in Full. ;’i.fii’i'i.iii)i)”{}‘\ ® Subscriptionsto Russell Sage's ¥ : Union Pacitic Schem :’ B lNussell Sage........%20,000,000 ¢ # R.7T.Wiison & Co.. 10,000,000 ¥ # Samuel Thomas 10,000,000 ¥ : D.H. MeAlpn.. 10,000,000 :’ & Kessler & Co.. 5,000,000 & # Bank of State < ® New York.. .. 1,000,000 ¥ =wnnum Waidort : & Astor......... 5,000,000 ¢ & o NAARSEAAASERARARRARE < NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 2t.—Russell Sage created a sensation in Wall street late to-day by anncuncice that he had been invited by President McKinley to form a syndicate on a basis of satisfying the full Government claim in the Union Pacific. Mr. Sage invited subscriptions to a plan to be hereafter brought out by him for the foregoing object. The pay- | ment of the Government’s claim in full is understood to be tne first condition in this plan. Mr. Sage’s represeniatives stated to-night that he had received sub- scriptions for over §75,000,000 within two hours of his announcement. It was announced that he would con- tinue to receive subscriptions. until Lis plan was subscribed at least three times over. Mr. Sage thinks there is almosi un- limited capital available for the settle- ment of the Pacific roaa’s debts without a loss to the Government and without blind pools. Mr. Astor’s subscription is said to have been received by cable last night. Some of these represent other interests besides the signers. It is said that a New York life insurance company will subscrive to Mr. Sage’s plan for $10,000,000. Mr. Sage goes to Washington to-mor- row to confer with tne President and the Attorney-General at their request. When news of the organization of arival Union Pacitic syndicate by Russell Sage transpired late this atternoon the World telegraphed every member of the House of Representatives asking it they would favor the new syndicate which guaran- teed fuil payment in new securities worth par in all markets, and a large majority of the Congressmen replied they would. MONEY INTcRceSTS ALL VERY ACTIVE Mililonaires, Railroad Men and Cor- poration Lawyers Consider U lon Pacific Affairs. NEW YORK, Oct. 2L.—Millionaires, rail- road men and corporation lawyers metat the Metropolitan Ciub to-night to dis:uss the affairs of the Union Pacitic Raitroad Company. There were present George J. Goula, John F. Dillon, General Samuel Thomas, William B. Hornblower, George | G. Haven Jr., ¥. Eday of Hallins & Co., | C. R, Henderson of the Mutual Life In- surance Company, and representatives from the following law firms: Evarts, Choate & Beaman; Anderson, Howland & Murray; Strong & Cadwalader and Car- ter & Ledvarae. Tue object of the conference was to de- vise a new plan for reorganizing the com- pany, satistying the Government’s claims and operating the properiy on a paying basis. General Thomas stated that there would Decision by }udge Hanford Subscriptions to a Syndicate That Will Cause a Great Chinese Influx. | | from the start. | enemies, and that they have had him put be a large profit even if the Government’s claim were paid in full. The property was in such z od condition, so practical railroad men informed hirm, that money could be made by men who should come in now and take charge. Management by bankers, he said, would be a failure Strong railroad men were the ones to assume control. Itis reported that J. Pierpont Morgan is willing to work with this new syndicate, and Sage and Gould, together with Boston men who control interests of the Ames, Brooks and Sears estates, are to join, pro- vided deposits of stock with the other reorganization committees are wit hdrawn and enouzh common stock secured to out- voie the Schiff tankers’ plan. The Standard Ol Company has now the largest cash balance on hand in years, amounting t $35,000,000 abroed and large sums in New York banks and trust com- panies. This corporation, so the an- nouncement was made to-night, is 1n a position to furnish all the gold needed for the would-be reorganization. Great Snakes. HOLGATE, Oxio, Oct. 21.—Last night a museum was exhibited here in a large car, which had on exhibition a glass and wire cage containing 400 snakes. The crowd was S0 great the cage was crushed, allow- ing the reptiles to run at larie. Among the collection were a number of Black D.amond rattlesnakes, measuring from | five to eleven feet long. They were stepped upon by the crowd and several persons were bitten. All the doctors in town were summoned to give medical aid. - AN THBORIES 43 10 TR ASSASSINATION Bakersfield Officers Are All at | Sea on the Davis Murder. May Have Been a Result of Som: Fresno Troub’e—Hints About ths McWhirt: r Trag:dy. Special Dispatch to THE CaLr BAKERSFLELD, Oc'. 21.—The suppo- | sition that the assassinaiion of John C. Davis originated in some Fresno trouble the man had experienced before moving to Bakersfield 1s raining credence in the minds of syme people here. Davis’ close friends appear to be in possession of some information that causes them to refuse 1o talk about the matter and to declare that they do not believe that the lawsuit trouble Davis had in that city cats any figure. Some hints have been dropped about the McWhirter tragedy. Davis, while a resident of Fresno, took a strong and out- spoken position against the foes of Mec- Whirter, and it is sait in conseqnence he madesome bitter enemies thereby. It is possiole that the dead burber was in possession of some danszerous secrets agawnst the murdered ke n» lawyer's out of the way by reason of 1t. The theory that Davis was assassinated is backed up by minv incontravertibie circumstances. Itis zenerally believed in here. Such enemies as Davis had nere, in the opinion of good judges, were not of a character to murder him. Tne officers arediligently investigating the crime, but are still completely in thedark as to the guilty party, GALLANT UEFICER Wil EELL British Losses During the Storming of Dar= gai Ridge. REBELS IN FORCE. GREAT Tribesmen Had a Contingent of 7000 for Flanking Movements. MUST BE TAKEN YARD BY YARD. Defenders of Afridiland Yet in a Positlon to Hold Out Against English Forces. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. LONDON, Oct. 21.—According to a spe- cial dispatch from Simla, the casualties during the fighting whicn resulted in the storming ot Dargai ridge by the second division of the British troops were as fol- lows: The officers killed were: Captain Charles Judge of the Second Gourkhas. Lieutenant Alexander Lamont of the Gordon Highlanders. Captain Smith of tie Derbyshire Regi- ment. The wounded officers are: Licutenant Robinson, whois dangerously hurt; Major Forbes MacBean and three others. Of the rank and file 156 were killed or wounded. The stanch resistance of the insurgent tribesmen when the British forcesstormed and the apparently heavy losses of the British in that engagement, are facts viewea with serious misgivings in London to-day. The insurzents were evidenily in great force, for in addition to being able to make a stubborn stand against the British ad- vance, they Lad a contingent of 7000 men to spare for a flanking movement. Not any of the stories ol the fierce engagement suggest any demoralization of the enemy, who retired in good order and proceeded to construct fresh defensive works on the adjacent hills, showing that Afridiland wiil have to be conquered yard by yard. The news of the massing of the Afridis in the Sampazha Pass and the report that they are erecting strong {fortifications there 13 also most disquietin, The newspapers here criticize the plan of campaign, which apvarently necessi- tates capturing the same ground twice, as the Dargai ridge, which was carried on Monuaay, was leit jor the tribesmen to re- occupy on Tuesday. But it appears that the British force which first captured the ridge was not provided with commissariat supplies, and the difficulties of forwarding them from the base were insurmountable. AS BREACHES OF INTERNATIONAL LW That Is How Spain Will gard Filibustering Ex- peditions. Re- Escaps of the S'lver Heels Made & Pretext for Evading the Issus of Woodford’s Note. Special Dispatch to THE CALL LONDON, Oct. —The Madrid corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says: Senor de Lome, the Spanish Mini-ter at Wash- ington, has been Instructed to notify the American Government that henceforth filibystering expeditions will be regarded as breaches of international law. Such at any rate is the substance of his instruce tions, although it is just possible that ite form in which they will be carried into effect may modify their import. A very bad impression has been made here by tke news from Havana, thata majority of the important industrial, com- mercial, mining, railway and steamship enterprisas in Cuba are being rapidlv con- verted into foreign companies, chiefly American and Engiish. It is feared that this may enable the companies to claim damages from Spain for losses during the war. Perhans a further reason why they are seeking Eng- lish and American protection is that the Cuban capital fears the :yranny. disorder and throat cutting which will follow im- mediately upon the proclamation of Cuban independence when the time comes or it NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—While the Span- 1sh Minisiers are fuming ov r the escape of the Silver Heels, and making it a pre- text for evadin - the real issue of General Woodf rd’s note, it can be positively stated that the S Iver Heeis did not carry a filibustering expedition to Cuba. This craft cleared from th:s port last Sunday morning with arms alcne, and transferred her cargo on the high sas, As the Attorney-General has held that shipment of munitions of war does not coastitute a hostile act, the Silver Heels bas not violated the law. Hence the wild protest of the Spanish press is un- warranted. A special to the Herald from Havana says: At Chascapibi, in the district of San Julian, belonzing to the municipality of Melena del Sur, wera coneentruted 2500 persons. These reconceniradcs were the only inhabitants of the place. To-day there are only five survivors; the rest died of hunger and fever. In Havana city it is no unusual sight to see ten or a dozen dead on one plaza early in the morning. The authorities employ re ular rounds- men to remove the bodies from the parks.