The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1897, Page 1

- VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORN G, NOV Call BER EM 1, 1897. PRICE FIVE CE NTS. WILL SECURE THE PROPERTY To the Highest Bidder Goes the Union Pacific Road At Auction. P ALE TO BE HELD TO-DAY IN A FREIGHT SHED. At Omaha, However, It Is Rumored That the Sage Syndicate Will Secure an Injunc- tion at the Eleventh Hour. :tt*t*ti*it*’tfi*ttttt!tiItttitlkt*fi#tfit*t***tt*l to-morro sa i g several hundred milli vidently bothers the , thou committ: proceedings I District Fed T R e e ok e e Ak e Ok % An hot on arrived in Omaha to-day. It now looks ion committee will be the only bidder. In fact, ery Cornish, whom Judge Sanborn appointed to con” with whom the certified check was to have been depos- , to-day practically d that by the reorganization committee.’ o-night there seems to be little doubt that it is—the ne affair except, of course, as far as the t ransaction s can be. representa h they pretend to ridicule rumor that after all the sale will be stopp=d by injunction proceedings of the Sage syndicate. Thereis talk in railroad circles here, and has been for a week, that the Sage syndi uld tie up the y.injunction at the eleventh is at Fremont, Neb., and wili arrive at Omaha at r later the sale occurs. admitted that but one If There is one question, how- reorganization That is the hour. Judge Munger of the RN RNORN NN NN NN NN KRN NN * it*fi'**t*fi**ti*tt"ltt'tttttt***fi****kl**i*fi**tt: At 11 in a OMAHA, NF5r mor down lingy there the Omaha flats saetion that in two on lbea t will be the largest bistory makes men- in the second instance Uncl 1l emerze from a money deal w tenes of his hide th. ce of goc some nce which can- eseen Uncle Sam fails to- eceive his just and lawful due n the sa on that came he Hebrew lawgiver 3 ised land—he d fair, even tion with it at n that, the chances tering the promised o tnose held by 110 one. il be paid by the re- tee for the line of the i Binffs to Og- rumors of other es have been tention of the Coates syndi- be nothing in v people in Omaha a of bidding over o'clock | 8. Vierce wil the pr e pai reorganization committee equire the lens of the Ye lescope to locate them mem ber the reorganization | committee d at they are to be he only bi simply say that be bidders and —at least that 1s w that, however, if a murs *Fifty-eight m after Winslow Pier There may all they know For all ce mur- nd one cant” eight millions,” a tidal wave ot t ease will sweep throush that freight- house, leaving behind dead and dying men who one second before were mem- | bers of a8 reorgan zation committee. There will be but one b the offer of the reorgan Master in Chanc W but one check guaranteeing that is the deposit of the com and that wiil be tiee, has and All or nearly ali of the m f the committee who are 10 atiend the sale ar- rived this morning, and to-day monaey is walking by millions and bunches of mil- lions through the office and hal toe Millara Hotel. Those who this morning are Alexander Millar ton, secretary of the Union Pacific; Re- ceivers J. W. Doane, E. Eliery Anderson and Oliver W. Mink, General Louis Fitz- gerald and Winslow 5. Pierce, the at ney for the committee. John Sheridan of Maryland, one of tae Government direct- ors of the road, came to-day, and General Solicitor Kelly of the Union Pacific har- ried home to Omaha from St. Paul to be present at the sale. Among others who wil be there are Senator John M. Thurs- ton, General John C. Cowan of Omsha, the Government attorney in this case; Judge Sanborn of St. Paul, and all tne prominent cfficials of the Union Pacific in Omaha. The actunl seclling of the road, which will take place in the local {reight depot of the Union Pacific, wiil be made in this man Master in Chancery Cornish will announce thatthe road is 1o be sold under the foreclosure ol the iien of the Govern- ment of the United States. He will then read a descgiption of the road, giving the mileage, number of cars, locomotives, buildings and otlaer property in the hands of the receivers. Tnis description is long and will require sometime to read, but once it is finished the balance of the oper- tion will be over in very short order. Mr. Cornish will announce that the minimum bid to be aceepted is the maximum of the Goveram-nt’s claim. Atworney Winslow ays of in offer the amount for the re- organization commiitee, and Mr. Cornish will wait to see if anybody cares to make it $60,000,000, and, as nobody is going to caie, Le wili declare the sale made to the reorzanization committes and over the check of the committee deposited with him to guarantee its bid to the rep- resentatives of the Government and the m r will be closed. The pavment of the full amount over and above the guar- antee check will be made at some future date, to be arranged between the reorgan- ization coramittee ana the Government. It will, however, be within ashort time er the sale. On Tuesday will be held the second sale, ler forecivsy of the mortgage secur- holders of the construction bonds. The reorganization committee will of ne- cessity be the purchaser. None of the members of the committes are disposed to talk of the sale or the probable line of action that will be pursued afterward. It is likely that the road will for a time be left in the hands of the receivers, uniess it bas been decided who shall be the man- aging officers of the new company. No serious thought has been given to this matter as yet, but it is certain that if Mr. s to be president of the road. as he was before the receivership, he can bhave the position. If he will ac:eptit is not likely that any other name will be considered. Alexander Millar of Boston, secretary and assistant comptroller of the Uniom Pacific road, said this morning tbat he bad no knowledge of any competing bids ing | that would be offered against that of the reorganization committee. **There may be some other bids coming in,”” said Millar, “but if there are I know nothing whatever about them. Mr. Cor- nish, the master in chancery, who is to auction off the road, is the only man who knows just how many bids ave to be made and I know tuat he will not discuss the macter. He is an officer of the court and it would not be just the proper thing for him to do.” While Mr, Millar disclaimed all knowl- edge regarding yprospective rivals to the reorganizaiion committee for the pnosses- sion of the Union Pacific, it was evi ‘ent from his manner that he was quite sure tiat the committee would have no com- petitors. Regarding the futura of the road aiter it has passed into the hands of the reorgan- | ization committee Mr. Millar said: *The actnal turning over of the proerty to the purchaser will be at some timein the future, depending very largely upon who is the purchaser. It will of course be out of the question for the purchaser who buys the road at 11 o’clock to assume con- trol at noon. It will be simply a matter of convenience for the purcnaser. I have known instances where roads have been bougbt by reorganization committees and | these committees have not been entirely prepared to assume control of the road t at the instant. The receivers have been allowed to run the road for two or three months, of course under the direc- | tion of the owners. Then, when the pur- | chasers had made all things ready, toey took hold and managed the property | themselves. Now, if tke reorganization | committee gets this road,”” and Mr. Millar smiled a contented smile, ““that 1s what it will do. The receivers will handle the road until the committee, it the com mittee Dbe the purchass and again Mr. Miilar smiled happily—‘“is reaay to assume for- mal control of the road.’” Allof the receivers who are here, and the other members of the reorzanization committee, repeated substantiaily the interview of Mr. Mil ’ SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 31.—Fire in the business portion of Warren early this morning did $75,000 damage. The towa ball was partially burned and several blocks desiroyed. then turn | i GARLANDS OF PRAISE BESTOWED UPON THE MEMORY OF THE REVERED DEAD Noted Friends of the Late Henry George Who Participated in the. Funeral Services. REACHES HAVANA Relieves General Weyler From Command in Cuba. Then the “Butcher,” Whose Rule of Ruin Is Over, Sails for Spain. Spanish Statesmen Declde to Sat- isfy Uncle Sam’s Demands In the Competitor Cased Special Dispatch to THE CALL. HAVANA, Cusa, Oct. 3L.—The Sparish cruiser Alfonso XIiII, with Marshal Blanco, the new Governor-General of Cuba, en board, was sightea off Huvana this morning at 5:30 o’clock. At 7 o’clock the Alfonso XIII entered the harbor, and Lieutenant-General Weyler, the Marquis Ahumada, Admiral Navarro and other hign military and naval officers went in the special steamer to meet General Blanco. After a long and cordial confer- ence General Weyler yielded up his com- mand to his successor. At 10:30 o’clock Marshal Blanco landed. According to the official account he was “enthusiastically greeted” by “the popu- lace, who shouted ‘‘Long live Bluanco!™" General Weyler and Marshal Blanco ex- | changed farewells on bozrd the A!fonso XIII and the steamer Montserrat saiied at 1 ». M. She was escorted outside the harbor by numerous tuzs laden with friends of the departing general and the officers of his staff. An immense crowd witnessed the de- parture {rom the wharves. According to | the official account, the people cheered for ‘“‘Weyler, the paciticator.” General Weyler’s escort on the Montserrat con- of 600 s ck soldiers. NEW YORK, Oct. 3 from Madrid says: The Competitor case was taken up to-day by Foreign Mimster Guilon, Colonial Minister Moret and Naval Minister Bermejo, to whom the matter hes been referred by the Cabinet. The communication from the United States Government touching the affair was carefully ex~mined, together with the Spanish evidence that the Compegtitor was a fiJibuster. After mature consideration the Minis- ters reactied the conclusion, in view of the precedents established in the case by the Duke of Tetuan, while 1 e was Foreizn Minister, and by Conservative cabinets of Spain of Senor Canovas and General Az- carraga, that Spain must satisfy the de- mands of the American State Depart- ment General Weyler's behavior on leaving Havana, particularly his parting speech to the reactionary party in Cuba, which got up a farewzll demonstratian in his honor, both surprised and highly dis- pleased official circles in Madrid. Killed for Reststing Avrest. VERSAILLES, Ky.. Oct. 31.—City Mar- <hal Stearas shot and instantly killea Jason Miller. a prominent farmer and rader, a: Midway, this county. Miller tesisted arrest. —A World cable | ~ OF THE BALLOTS | of the Contend- ing Parties. Decided Difference of Issues | in the State and City [ Campaigns. In the Various States Where Elec~- | tions Occur Tuesday Republi- cans Will Hod Thair Own. Special Dispatch to THE CALL ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 3L.—Twenty-four | hours before the practical closing of the campaign finds a condition as cnaotic as has ever been apparent in the politics of | New York State, and this is due not to any lack of well-defined ideas of how the vote would run if State issues alone and the election of an Assembly were the pre- vailing factors, but to the injection of some of the most bitter muricipal con- tests that ever prevailed in the cities of the State. 1 In Greater New York, in Albany, in Rochester, in Syracuse and 1n Buffalo, the five greatest cities of the State, there will close to-morrow campaigns upon local issues that have been notably bitter. That these local affairs will Lave a bear- ing upon the vote for the only State office in controversy, the Chief Judgeship of the that they will have a still greater bearing upon the As:emblv district contests is also apparent. | No contest in politics of a purely local nature has ever created such interestin the up-State counties as has the Greater New York contest for Mayor, and the death of one of the foremost candidates bas but added to thatinterest. From care- fully gathered opinicus of Republican leaders, outside of the confines of the municipality where the contest is occur- ring, it is apparent that the general ex- pectations are that Tammany will win and that Mr. Low and M: Tracy will have to fight for secona place. ‘These prognostications are based upon the theory that the normal Republican vote is very much more evenly divided among the candidates than is the Demo- cratic vote, and the information: comes from such reliable sources that itis hardly io be questioned. In the other civies, it s believed, the Republican candidates for Mayor will be universally successful, with the possible exception of Albany, where a D2mocrat may succeed the pres- ent Democrat. NEW YORK. Oct. 31.—The Republican Committee confidently anticipates the election of General Tracy and each of the Repub .ican borough tickets. It believes, according to a statement issued to-day, that the vote for Henry George in the boroughs of Manhatian and the Bronx will considerably exceed the vote of the Citizens’ Union. It is absolutely confident that Seth Low Estimates of Strength| | | 'LIEBES TALKS ABODT SEALS Refutes the Case Put Forward by Secretary Chamberlain. Undoubted Right of the United States to Lease the Priby- lov lIslands. Unless Pelaglc Sealing Is Checked at Or.ce the Herd WIlI Be Exterminated. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. LONDON, Oct. 3l. — Hermann Liebes of the North American Commerciat Com- pany’ and one of theleseees of ithe Priby- lov Islands, has made a statement in refutation of the case put forth by Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in his recent dispatch to Secre- tary Sherman. Mr. Liebes saysin part: “There can be no doubt whatever that the Pribylov I<lands are legitimately owned by the United States, and the United States had an undoubted right to grant a lease of the seal fisheries upon the islands to the highest bidder, viz., my company, and there czn be no further douot that the United States Government has an absolute right to permit the lessees of the island to kill every seal frequent- ing the rookeries. Ii America were to | ise its rignt to kiil off all the seals Court of Appeals, must be conceded, and | X5 c o L upon Pribylov Istads, the whole seal berd would b: exterminated in less than a week, and pelagic sealing in the Bering Sea would be brought to a summary end. The object of America, however, is to preserve and not to exterminate the seals, though we may be ultimately driven in self-defense to kill off the seals as, under present conditions, sealing 1s not profit- able. What is desired by America and the lessees of Pribylov Islands is |that ail parties interested, both in land and ocean sealing, without a moment’s loss of time, confer together, with the view of consid- ering whether or not some arrangement | cannot be made hy which, with fair and | equitable terms 10 all parties, the herd can be protected. “I don’t myself believe that any solu- tion can be found which does not include as one of its terms the absolute prohibi- tion of all velagicsealing. Thisoughtnot to be a difficult matter to arrange, having regard to what I assert as an undoubted fact, viz., that pelagic sealing is not ana cannot uncer present conditions be profit- able. A greatdeal has been said about Russia and Japan. It is suggested that, as they were not parties to the Paris treaty and are not bound by any regula- tlons, and are said to be concerned only in the seal fisheries of the we:tern and not the eastern coasts of the North Pacific, their presence at any conference would be out of place and would be only desired by America to sccure from these countries a majority vote against Enczlish interests. The whole objection to Russia and Japan being represented at any conference is, I Continued on Second Page. Contmued on Second Page. | Late Henry George. | NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—A mourning city, a grief-stricken people, to-day showed honor to the man who had fallen in the battle for what he believed to be right. Henry George, apostle of the single tax, leader of the new Jeffer- sonian Democracy, stricken on the eve of election, was honored as no private citizen of America was ever honored before. Public griefs have bzen many in the great metropolis of the Western hemisphere—many have been sincerely mourned—but none save he who went to eternal rest after having served his people as a leader of soldiers and as chief executive of the land had laid at his bier such evidences of public grief, widespread sorrow and sincere grief as was laid at the bier of Henry George. No one would permit a reminder that he had been a candidate for public office and had been carrying on a bitter warfare on those whom he believed were enemies of the public weal; no one recalled the strong words of denunciation that fell from his lips while on the politica! rostrum. He was remembered only as a man who loved the people and that he gave his life for them. From dawn of day far into the night the outward manifestations of grief lasted. Thousands gazed upon the familiar, beloved features, cold in death yet smiling serenely as in sleep. Other thousands heard stir- ring orations, magnificent eulogies upon the martyr dead. In every temple of God, wherever men gathered to worship or gathered to hear lectures and philosophy taught, garlands of praise were bestowed upon the memory of the revered dead. In the vast auditorium where the dead rested inspired men, teachers of all faiths, Jews, Christians, Catholics and Episcopalians, with hearts wrung with pain, spoke words which Sorrowing People of Every Class Pay Ttribute to the find utterance. THIRTY THOUSAND VIEW THE BODY. People of All Classes Crowd Grand Ceantral Palac: to Pay Last Tr.bu e to Henry George. NEW YORK, Oct. 3L.—The body of Henry George lay in state to-day in the Grand Central Palace, and 30,000 people reverently passed the casket and looked upon the face of the dead vhilosophe_r. From 9 o'clock in the morning till 3 in the afternoon, & stream of men, women and children poured into the hall. The immense throng was comvosed of representatives of all classes, of all shades of life and of ail religious opinion. On every face was stamped the unmistak- able signs of sincere regret, while hun- dreds of faces were drawn with suffering and pain. To thousands of those who passed by, Henry George was personally known, and 1t was these who lingered for a longer moment to gaze again on the face of the man whom they knew was to love. Some of them wept. The children, of whom there were hundreds, were raised along the guard and held up while they gazed at the features of the man who died fighting to brighten their lives. Ia the early dawn the body was moved in a plain hearse from the Union-square Hotel to the Grand Central Palace unat- tended save by the guards of hounor and four policemen. Benind the bearse came a single carriage carrying Anna George, the youngest daughter, who insisted upon accompanying the body to the Grand Central Palace. No persuasion could sway her from her purpose. Weeping bit- terly, she stood at the head of the stairs at the hotel and beggea to be permitted to go. She wished to arrange the flowers upon the casket in which her father’s re- mains reposed. Pleadings proved in vain and she became importunate and refused to permit the body to be taken away un- less she accompanied 1it. The other mem- bers of the fami'y, their grief emphasized by the child’s utter abandon of anguish, yielded and Richard George, her brother, accompanied her to the palace. There she arranged the flowers as she would bhave them and permitted no one to lend the slightest aid. At9 o'clock the doors opened and im- mediately several hundred persons who were in waiting without entered the hall with bowed heads. Theysaw at the head of the hall, in an immense bower of fl ral tributes, a plain heavy black cloth cov- ered casket resting on a dais. Through the glass they saw the remams of the great man reposing calmly, his features unruffled as if in sleep. The left arm rested lightly on the breast, the other by hisside. The remains were clad in black broadcloth, a turndown collar and plain | biack tie. i For the first balf hour the throng filing up the hall in twos passed at the rate of 1500 an jhour, but shortly the numbers swelled and grew until at one time eighty passed each minute. At this rate, 5000 an hour, the crowd passed until the churches emptied their audiences into the vast concoutse which was wending its way down from Forty-sixth street to the palace, and which filled Forty-sixth street and Third avenue for many blocks. For thelast two hoursthe crowd came at the rate of 6000 an hour. This is the highest rate obtainable under such circumstatices as these. Any greater celerity would have meant an undignifiea, irreverential rush. August Lewis, a promiunentsingle taxer, wept bitterly as he passed by, and tene derly laia a bunch of violets on the glass. A woman who followed in the line an hour later placed a modest bunch of pinks inside the violets. A litile before 3 o’clock the line was stopped, and those who could not get in were compelled to turn back and get out from the police lines. A care. confessedly fell far short of the great waves of emotion that sought to Not a dissenting voice was heard to the declaration that Henry George was a lover of the people, who, he believed, were being op- pressed, and that he gave his life that humanity might live. The eulogies uttered and the day gone, the streets became filled with people who wished to see the funeral cortege as it passed in silent proces- sion down New York’s greatest streets, thence across Brooklyn bridge and through Brooklyn’s streets to the Brooklyn City Hall public gave aver the body to the family and the casket was taken to the modest home in Fort Hamilton, from which it will be borne to its fina resting place in Greenwood to-morrow morning. At the lowest estimate 125,000 people saw the casket as it wended its way to that point, where the public was compelied to stand aside in rey E erence and sympathy while the family claimed its own. | | | There the ful estimate of the number who could not get in is 30.000. This number is equal ot the number of those who passed the casker, Then another throng came—those who wished to hear the eéminent clereymen praise Henry George. During the hour an orchestra played Chopin’s * neral March,” Handel's “Largo’” and the “Lost Chord.” The floral decorations were profuse. A mass of wreathed flowers was sent by the Chicago Single Tax Club. On a card ac- companying the wreath was the foliowing verse: Ob, ye. whose cheek the tear of pity stains, Draw near with pious reverence and attend; Here lie the loviug busband’s dear remains, The tender father and the generous friead. The pitying heart that felt for human woe, The asuntless heart that feared no human pride; The friend of man, to vice alone a foe; For ¢’cn his fallings leaned to virtue's side. The casket itself was devoid of any orna- ment, save the heavy silver handles and che plate, which read HENRY GEORGE. Died October 29, 1897, At the back of the platform on a heavy crepe background was a portrait of Henry George surrounded with American flag At the front of the platform stood a bust of the fallen leader, modeled by his son Richard. At the foot of the pedestal upon ch the bronze resied were num NEW TO-DAY. Ten Thousand Suicides. More men murder them- selves than are told of in the papers. A hundred men kill them- selves by overwork, overworry, neglect of health, to one who uses a pistol. A man has a little trouble with his head, his stomach, his nerves—he doesn’t sieep well, or feel well, and he doesn’t pay any attention to it. He loses flesh and strength and says: ‘“Bye and bye” he will take a vacation. He lies to himself. What he needs is a tonic, a blood maker, a nerve builder. He needs Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It is the most wonderful health maker in the whole world. It puts the entire body into good order. It begine on the diges- tion.” Makes the appetite sharp and strong—helps to digest the food—renders t easily assimilable—puts blood making, blood purifying properties into it. Sends it tingling into every fiber of the body. Puts cushions of flesh all around the abused nerves. Brings healthful, restful sleep—makes solid flesh—makes a new man of you. o If your druggist is honest, he will rec- ommend it. If he is not, he will try to sell you something else. Neglected constipation will soon make a man “not worth his salt.”” A listless, sallow, bilious ‘man, continually suffering from headaches and heart-burns is unfit for business or pleasure. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. They are tiny, sugar-coated granules. One * Pel- let " is a gentle laxative and twoa miid cathartic They never cause pain or gripe. Druggists sell