The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1897, Page 1

o : A VOLUME LXXXIL_NO. 164, SAN FRANCISCO, TIIURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS THE HELP OF “THE CALL” IN SAVING THE WHALERS e first repc p to convey it to Norton Sound. proposed expzdition, and a dition. V asuINGToN, D. C., Nov. 10. to relieve the de- she definitely 1 days 1o two weeks. the Secretary of the sram from Aimiral |y e Jackson agai igi — s 2 s gain to-nignt and — | e , 2 X Kir Mare Is and, | ask-d: “Do you understand that the Klon- | °':°:’D'w“"‘“"”“"hrh";“d"t" “"h;]' chartered for ¥ a day. The | Colonel Randall is absolutely settied?’ | secterlywinds Siss see, and | 1 understand so,” said he. “In fact, | FIRST PAGE. P ence with Secretary | the 200 reindeer available for drawing | DED The Bear to Rescue Whalers, . i | leds nave been placed at the disposal of | | Snielding a Boy Murderer. et £ T 1he Secretary of War by the Secretary of S [ SECOND PAGE. rit ) Interior for this purpose. N 3 | SetieE e sy ead. c. Cartioxy | Nearly a Duel Between Scions “rlvn\\\;: 1”1: .{,‘, ke o l,’,. d. I'he " President, | the H of English and French % G e Shoemaker to oF th the work of pre tain i Secretary | 5 Long to-night: he Bear | Pl Al Arrangements Are Made, but Moving for Good Roads. i 1 < 3 E 5 Confession of Mrs. Nack. to go instead of T will any TAT 2 N i i an Explanation Comaes at the tose SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—Captain Francis o G part of this expedition be icted by | Tuttle, commanding the revenue-cutter Last Moment. > 4 3 the Navy Depariment? W depart- | Bear, was interrogated to-night by THE Great Coursing at Merced. ment have anything to do with tne over- | CALL correspondent as to his plans for the il sy Racing on Eastern Tracks, jand journey ? “No,” said he, “the whole expedition | | course the females are unfit for such a ring of the Corwin expects to go in com- | ©0CO000, : WHAT “THE CALL” HAS DONE : TO RESCUE THE WHALERS d starve before spring oy whalers the plan of rescu th= letter whenever called upon to do so. 100 2 to the sc Jeane | trip. will be conducted under orders of the rey- | enue marine of the Treasury Departm We talked the matter over this morning and concluded that $400 . which would amount to about $30,000 for the voy- age, was exorbitant, especially as we were not certain Congress would make an ap- propriation. But the revenue marine has \oney always available to provision ana Juip its vessels. Besides, I have bee e opinion all along that tbe Bear ne very best ve-sel in the Government rvice for the trip. “E wired Ad iral Kirkiand to-day to see ‘The Call’ peo and say that iheir proposi to contr I think. however, there will be no con- | probably be disqualitied by flict about the use of deer. some avaiable for the Bear's pople. There may be | 1f | volunteered, are: {0000 ember 4, THE CALL published a statement by Captain Tilton of the whaler Alexander, that fore, to the effect that tnere was no hope of the eight ice-bound whalers off Point Barrow escap- nty supply of provisions on most of the ships. Karluk, Gavhead and Alics= Knowles arrived, and all confirmed 1s position of the ships and m=n nipped in the Arctic ice. er 6, THE CALL published the first appeal for a relief expedition to undertake to save the , THE CALL offered to fully equip the expedition if the Government would furnish the In addition, THE CALL laid the matter before the President and Secretary of the ng the position of the whalers and the urgent need of relief being dispatched to them. the California Congressional delegatio in the relief expedition to such an extent that all the members oraphed to Secretary Long that day urging the Government to dispatch an expedition at once. On Monday, November 8, THE CALL furnished the President and his Cabinet wi h all the additional details of the proposed by Captain Healy of the revenue service and published exclu- upon this information, President McKinley wired to Captain Tuttle of the cutter Bear in readiness for tae trip at once. mber g, the Government asked THE CALL if it was prepared to furnish the necessary stores in sher was chartered for th2 trip, and the reply was promptly sent that THE CALL was ready THE CALL in addition notified Captain Tuttle that szlected for the undertakinz and the Treasury Dzpartment fitted har out, THE CALL would furnish November 1o, Rear-Admiral Kirkland telegraphed to THE CALL that the Bear had been definitel not, there will be plenty of dogs, and you | know Cotnmodore Meiville says they are | tenant F. C. Billard and Assistant En- better than deer anyhow.” g READY IN A WEEK. The Revenuz Cutter Bear Will Be in Trim to Star:for the Sea relief of the ice-imprisoned whalers in the Arctic Ocean. The captainsaid: “Asyet my only order from Washington is to make necessary repairs and otherwise get | the Bear in readiness as soon as possible ute to the success of togo north. I am expecting something more definite at any time, but until I re- ceive further instructions ss to what is de- sired of me Ican jormulate no plans as 1o the relief expedition. ordered to provision the cutter and do not know whether I will be required to super- vise the contemplated overland expedi- ion froni the nearest point that we can get 1o Point Bairow, or whether I will merely hav, mmand f the Bear. “To-day I bad machinists overlooking the machinery on the cutter and deciaing what was necessary to be done, There 18 noihi riously wrong, only the ordi- NATY repairs necessary every year after a I have not been | | CUTTER BEAR OFF CAPE PRINCE OF WALES. ARCTIC OCEAN. ® THE CALL O] {00000 mand of the Bear, as Cantain Tuttle wiil ckness. The officers of the Corwin, who have Lieutenant B. M. Ch well, Lientenant D. F. A. de Otte, Lieu- gineer W. Tavlor. Nobility, PARIS, Nov. 10.—Le Soir says Sir Robert Peel will fight a duel to-morrow with Duc Clement de Coel as a resuit of a dispute at Monte Carlo. Swords have been decided upon as the weapons. Both men, the paper adds, are now in Paris in conference with their seconds. Sir Robert Peel isa grandson of the fa- mous Prime Minister of England who died in 1850. The young man succeeded to the title as fourth Barouet May 9, 1895. He is 30 yeurs of age and has already made him.- seli talked of ou two coniinents by his fast iif:. H Young Peel has twice visited the United States. Upon the first occasion a confi- dence man named McDermott bunkoed himout of a large sum of money, and | during the second visit of the young man to America he renewed an acquaintance | frmed with M ass | + courtroom to-day when S. | darew a pistol upon an opposing counsel, | who made a rush for him. | esty was about to strike a blow Swinner- CARSON CITY JURY with an Italian amateur, Signor Caselia, which aro-e out of a dispute as to the siarched shirt which the Count of Turin | wore during his recent duel with Prince Henri of Orleans. The representatives of Sir Robert Peel i met the Duke’s seconds this evening at Circle Artisque et Liieracy, a well-known club in Rue !Voiney, and explained that Sir Robert had since .earned that remarks be had attrivuted to the Duke had never been used, and that he therefore regretted his letiers, which were based upon mis- | siatements and tend ‘red a full apoloxy. The Duke's seconds thareupon declared the matter ended, i S PISTOL ORAWN IN COURT. | San Luis Gbispo Attorney Attempts to Shoot an Opposing Counsel. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Nov. 10.—There was great excitement in Judge Egan's Swinnerton esse Hardesty, until recently of San Francisco. Swinnerton taunted Hardesty, Just as Hard- ton drew a pistol, and bu: for the timely interference of George A. Knapp would have shot his assailant. Judge Egan dis- armed Attorney Swinnerton. At the noon adjournment Hardesty at- | tacked Swinnerton and his client, P. O. | Chilstrom of Paso Robles, in the street 'nd knocked boih down with h's fis He was severely beating one of them wh officers interfered. TETBOE NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- Naval Rank Adjusted. THIRD PAGE. Double Murder at Dixon. TLawver Towl:s Not Dead. Leo XI1I Opposes Don Carlos. FIFTH PAGE. Supplies Short at Dawson. Piot to Kill Brazil's President. All-America Beats Baitimore, ‘Will Be Many Freebolders, A Young Debutante. SIXTH PAGE. The Sham Apvpendix. Where Praise Iz Due, Another Step Forward, The Rights of a Woman, Music and Musicians, Personals ana Queries, SEVENTH PAGE. Yarn of the Postoffice Site, ~ A Lightship for the Bar, E!GHTH PAGE. ihe expedition was thankfally | d gratefuliy accepted. Or.| ders were also sent for a sup. | be taken on at | Kittie Sanford of Shooting Over a Debt. Fought With Eequimaux, Ingleside Rac ne. Rowing Over Destitution, siX months’ eruice. Work will be com- | menced to-morow, which I shall urge with all possible uaste, I think in a week’s time or a little longer all necessary re- Bridgeport, Conn., grand daughter of Henry Sanford, presiient of the Adams Express Company. They haa arranged ply of coal to I naiaska. ~ome there, but more will be “nt.”’ How about the reindeer; will there be 7 of them available for the whalers’ ex- vedition, inasmuch as the Secretary of the Interior has placed 200 of them at the disposal of the War Deparcment, 10 he delivered about th> first of January at St. Michael for the use of Colonel Ran- all?”? Weli, I don’t know as to that,”’ said he, with a sinile, “ihere may not be rein- deer enough io zo round, but you had better see Dr. Jackson about that. I un- aerstood him to say vesterday that there were only about two hundred males which were trained to harness, and of There is already | | pairs will have been made. 1 will then take the Bear 10 Quartermaster’s Harbor, where but a day wiil be required to clean and paint her. With a few additional preparations I would then be ready to start for the Arctic, as the securing of provisions could be looked after in the meantime.” — - LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS. C:p aln Herring of the Corwin Ex- pecis to Command the Rellef Exp=cition. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10.—in responsce to a request ol the Treasury Department for volunteers four officers of the revenue cut- ter Corwin have offered to go on the Bear to the relief of the whalers. Captain Her- l recently ha to be married, but when Mr. Sanford heard of it he broke off the match, de- nouncing young Peel in very strong terms. Sir Robert Peel is reported to have an income of over $115,000 per annum. It is understoo.i that the quarrel was the outcome of an argument over the justification of the imprisonment of Cap- tain Dreyius of the French army, who is serving out a sentence of penal imprison- ment for selling important military se- crets to a foreign government. The Duke, who considered himself in- sulted by certain letters from Sir Robert Peel, came especially from Geneva and sent his seconds, including the ‘amous French amateur swordsman, M. Thome- guex, to cail upon Peel. M. Thomeguex 80-called duel with swords NINTH PAGE. Durrant Must Die To-Morrow. Tue Medical Society Fight. TENTH PAGE. Commercial. ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. THIRTEENTH PAGE, Births, Marriages and Deaths. FOURTEENTH PAGE. Ladies 8tiil Wear Hizh Hats, William Hewkins Dead. Wilson Barrett Arrives. Green-Z igler Fizht a Fake. : : : E E : : : : : : E E E R0009020009220000002000002000202020202000222202002022202022000R00000900202200022020002022222220200009220028228 E | CARSON, Nov. 10.—Two verdicts were returned to-day by the Coroner’s jury which held an inquest over the body of United States District Attorney Charies E. Jones, who was slain yesterdey after- noon by 18-year-old Julian Guinan. The first found that Jones came to his death from a gunshot wound infl:cted by Julian Guinan. Three of the jurors brought in a verdict to the effect that the wound was inflicted bv sowe person unknown to the jury. There has been much comment relative to the fact that the deceased was not armed at the time of the killing. His wife stated that she believed it was the first time she had known of his going to Carson unarmed. Intimate friends of Jones account for his being unarmed by the fact that he probably knew there would be trouble, and if it came he pre- ferred to be killed rather than take the life of Jessie Guinan’s father. He was the subject of a mad infatuation beyond his control. The sympathy of the community is with the Giinan famuly in the trouble that has come upon them, and many messages of encouragement have been re- ceived by them. The feeling is that Julian fired to avenge ihe houor of hi« sister ana protect his father at the same time. To-day his class at school wrote him a letter of sympatby, and it was igned by tae entire class—fifty-two scholars. To this leiter Professor Howe, principal of the school, added : “Keep up your courage. We hope for t e best.” The boy was visib'y affected by these messuges, receivel in his cell, and the tears courszd down his cheeks as he read them. Jones' bcdy was shipped to Reno this morning. The preliminary examina- tion of Julian takes place at 10 o’clock to- morrow morning. Dr. Lee was the first witness examined at the inqnest. He testitied that he had conducted an autopsy. The ball had en- tered Jomes' head avove the left eye, passed downward and came out near the right ear. The wound was such as must have caused instantaneous deach. James F. Dennis, the attorney, testified: ] was with Jones most of the day prior to the shooting. We lunched at the Ormsby House together and walked about town to the Capitol and the Federal build- ing. He finally said he had a date with a Government witness in Chinatown and we walkel down that way. This brought us to within a biock of Dr. Guinan’s house. Here he made a signal with his pocket handaerchief. I asked: ‘Are you sig- naling to another woman? His reply ‘Every time I blow my nose you think I am signaling.” My reply was: “Weil, I guess that's about the size of it.’ He started foward (he house and asked me to come with him. Idid so and as we neared the house Miss Jessie Guinan came out from behind a tree. As they joined each other I passed on anhead a few =leps. Tuen I saw Dr. Guinan coming down the street from Main streei. Jessie calied Jones’ attention to the fact that her father was coming, and did not sem to want them to meet. He said: ‘We might as we!l have the trouble now as any time.’ “The doc.or came up and said: ‘Jessie, go to the house.” «She replied: ‘T won’t go.” “Dr. Guinan then walked up to Jones ana in a firm, but not loud, voice said, nolaing up his tinger before Jones’ face: *Haven’t I told you before not to associate with my daughter? Now, this is the last warning I will give vou.” “I did not care 10 be presentif there was to be any trouble and I turned to go. The uext moment there was a shot, and, as I looked around, Jones was failing to the ground. At that time I supvosed Dr. Guinan had killed him. Jones had his band in his right coat pocker as we SHIELDING THE BOY WHO KILLED JONES Julian Guinan May Never " Be Punished for Shoot- ing to Save His Father. walked down. Ha frequently carried his hand that way, but he might have taken it out again and put it back when he met Guinan. As the shot was fired Ithink he called out, ‘0., Jim!" | Guy Guinan, a son of Dr. Guinan, testi- fied: “I was on the lower floor of the bouse when the shooting occurred. Isaw my sister Jessie and Jones together walk- ing up the street, and saw my father come up, and he appeared to be talking | with Jones. Then Jones put his hand into his side coat-pocket and threw it out away from his body. wheeling sideways as | he did so. Then [ heard the shot, and at first I suppose! my father had been shot. A momen: later my brother Julian came downstairs. He felldown—he didn’t step down—eand throwing his arms about me, he cried out: ‘Jones was going to kill father, and I had to shoot rim.” He then rushed into the next room and threw his arms around Mrs. Kuapp and repeated the same words., He was very much ex- cited and acted i1ke a maniac.” There was intense excitement in the rocm when Jessie Guinan was called. She testified that she had met Jones and was walking up the street when her father came up. Her account of the meeting was about the same as that of Attorney Dennis. Whey the shot was fired she had her eyes ou b /father and not on Jones. The shot seemed to come from the direc- jon of the house. Jones always carried a pistol. He had told her he always carried one and had shown it to her. He had told her that if any trouble came one or the other would bz killed. ““Father told me some months ago that if he saw us together he would kill Jones and then himself,” said Jessie. *1 told Jones that father had said he would kill him. In the mornin: I put Julian’s win- dow up and saw the rifle in the room.” The jurors were informed that the win- dow-sill suowed the powder stains, and if they cared to visit the premises they could do so. They decided not to go, as they were satisfied as to who fired the shot. No other witnesses were exam- ined. CHRISTIANS BESET BY A GHINESE MOB One Thousand Soldiers Sent to Quell Rioters in Hunan Province. Fanatics Determined to Prevent the Construc lon of Mission Houses. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. TACOMA, Nov. 10.—Oriental advices just received give meager details of an attack by a Chinese mob numbering 5000 on missionaries who were trying to plant the gospel in Hunan Province, Central China. The mob objected to the erection of a chapel. So turbulent and blood- thirsty did it prove that help had to be telegrapbed for to Canton. The authori- ties dispatched 1000 soldiers to assist the missionaries. Tne names of the mission- aries attacked are not given, but they are believed to belong to the Christian and Missionary Alliance missions, who have been working in the adjoining province of Hupeh and have been planning to ex- tend their work to Hunan this 1all. The report from lin Ching says there was a kiduaping scare there late this sum- mer and one muan, presumably a native Christian, was arrested. He was hanged by hia neck in a cage with his toes just | | | t‘/ B touching the ground and died after a few days of torture. Later advices will be necessary to deter- mine whether any missionaries were kilied or iujured. Itis believed at Shang- hai that the mob's intention was to abso- lutely prevent the buiiding of missions in Hunan racher than exterminate the missionaries. Hupeh and Hunan are ruled by one vceroy, Chang Chih Tung, who has lately organized loca! police service, and it 1s hoped that this force was able to keep the mob back until troops from Carton arnved, Hunan is one of the richest of China’s eighteen provinces, containing great areas of cultivated land and timber and mineral land. Its populetion numbers 2,000,000, and but for its inaccessibility and the fierce disposition of its natives, missions would have been established there years ago. As the Christian and Missionary Alliannce has now 1ully determined to enter th's promising field, further con- flicts may be expected. The alliance de- sires to establish at Ichang Ox Shashi headquarters for work in Hunan. Rev. Coarles Beals, superintendent of the Missionary Alliance in Central China, reports that Missionaries Chapin and Brown met great opposition while travel- ing through Hunan in June and July. They were kicked and stoned and once were picked up for dead. Natives declared to them through interpreters thatno “for- eign devils” shouia dwell in their land. Rev. Mr. Beals declares that Hunan is Satan’s last and hardest stronghold. About twenty-five missionaries are work- ing in Hupek and Hunan, which provinces have an agzrezate population of 50,000,000. Dr. John baptized thirteen natives in | Hunan last summer, these being the first baptisms in the province. The native priests in Hupeh and Hunan are ignorant and many are beggars. They will lead in opposition to missionaries. HAULED INTO DEEP WATER. Steamship City of Nanaimo Rescusd From Her Perch on the Beach. VICTORIA, Nov. 10.—On the principle that one good turn deserves another, no sooner had Captain Johansen of the lit- tle San Francisco steamer Kodiak secured a cargo of coal, in place of that jettisoned when his crait was on the rocks in False Narrows, that he went to the assistance of the passengers of the steamer City of Nanaimo, which had gone ashore in helping the Kodisk. After standing by all night he succeeded in pulling off the Nanwamo this morning. The Kodiak then proceeded on her way to San Francisco. Ty e T00 MUCH RED TAPE. Construction of a Deep-Water Har- bor at San Fedro More Remote Than Ever. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—The Secre- tary ot War said to THE CALL correspond- ent yesterday that if the San Pedro plans and spec fications, which were received yesterday, were found to ‘‘meet the re- quirements of law” the bids for the con- tract would be advertised for. To-day the correspondent learned from an officer of the Engineer Corps that the Secretary would not advertise for the bids. This refusal will be based on the ground that the specifications are not according to his interpretation of the act of Congress. Sy Nearly Ean Into a Whale. DOVER, Nuv. 10.—While a mail steamer was crossin;: to-day from Calais to Dover, the vessel narrowly escaped colliding with n‘vlv’hnle which suddenly appeared ahead of her.