The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1897, Page 1

a LT VoI ME LXXXIL—NO. 165. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNIN NOVEMBER 12. 1897. TH E REVE PRICE_}IVE CENTS. NUE CUTTER BEAR IS GETTING READY TO SAIL TO RESCUE THE WHALERS A Nov. jr.—"Tt THE CALL in be- lief expedition to go to the aid ATTLE, WASH., halers are deserving of said Cap- nanding the He added: best my have ted very definitely | erence to the g food to ttie with r & rtunate Northern Alaska. e floes of s rmed of ideas of superiors. the subjact to a CALL to-night Captain Tuttle | I received orders to hasten Bear with all possible o ctart north with the cutter n be made ready. 1| to secure the services | experienced physician | Dr. Call, who h:x:{ st two vovages with the ) go to . California | 2 consequence | Just who it say positively, but | ther of our sec- e selected. He is a res but is nowin Se- tle express gness to make ade of me from Washing to whether | could procure at such provisions as would be necess V on an ex- on of t! re. | repiied that they 1ld be secured hers in any quantity and hortn ““All the officers and crew of h but one exceptio \ tice. the Bear, sed hearty willingness the trip north. They are anxious to do all in their power in aid of the unfortunate | whalers. Of course, some of them nat- urally feel a disappointment that they so soon to go again into the Arctic regions, after having just recurned from a six month But they a terested in the project and feel pride that th= Bear has been selected cruise. in the emergency. *“I hope to be able to sail north the of next week, aithough there some slight delay. The to D H will be made out There two days will be nsumed <ing on coal, after which 1 push through Bering Sea and to get through the s raits. s, of course, impossible at this time to say how far north the Bear can get so ile in the season. She is a stanch ves- I certainly will put forth everyl ier as close to Point Barrow | latter | run bor in ol b RS FLENY: OF REI@ER [ TO CARRY SUPPLIES | mas Hanna, who bas just returned Cape Prince of Wales, says it is ut- 1sense to siy an expedition to Point | row for the relief of the ice-bound whalers impracticable. *‘There are plenty of reindeer in tue country,” id, “which are available for the trip. While there may not be enouzh aiready trained, the matter of breaking them to harness is a very simple one. The natives can take an animal andin the course of two days have him thoroughly broken to asled. At Unalaklik there are nearly 300 deer. Partof these viere ordered by the ~avernment {0 be taken to St. Michael to is VIEW probably spend the coming winter. | make a trip up the Yukon to carry relief | to Dawson. That proposed trip is, in my opinion, an absur! pronosition, the aistance of =ome 1500 miles 18 too great for as the deer. Now, if these deer which have teen o-dered to S could be transferred to the Poin tion it would simpiify matters wonder- fu However. if the Bear can get as far up as S. Michael there is not much doubt that she can go up to Cape Prince of Wales, as the strait s generaily open until Christmas. At this point there are 3 natives and the American Association. secured and the expedition coula start from there. There 1s pleniy of moss along the coast 10 feed the deer and the natves could get their meals at the no- merous little villages. The trip should be made along the coast, the traveling being dune ou the ice which is frozen for about A considerable disiancs can be ¥ crossing the Kotzsbue Sound, starung over the ice from Cape Espen- berg. W Point Barrow deer oxned by the Missionary will be about 500 miles. Two Lundred and fiftv deer at the most | will be enough to carry in fifty tons of provision. Two deer to a sied can draw 1000 pounds twenty-five to forty miles a day with ease. A suitable sysiam of re- lays and rests coild be arranged so that without much difficulty the entire trip could be made in about a month. “In my opinion, the best man to lead the overiand party would be Kjelimann, the superintendent of the Government reindeer station at Telier. He is at pires- entin Chicazo on hLis to Lapland taking a perty of Laplanders home. Some one else could be placed in charge of ihese people and Kjellmann be given charge of the rescuing perty. He knows all atont the handiing of the reindeer and what is about as important, the managing of the natives. Another good man would W. T. Lopp, who 18 a missionary at Cape Prince of Wales. “Sleds and harness for the expedition shouid be procured here in the States and taken up on the Bear. I doub if enough could be touna in Alaska with wuich to tit out 1ne expedition. If they were se- curei here anc taken up there would be a gieat savine of tin.e at any rate.” STRIFE BETWEEN THE LING AND THE STAFF Difficul.ies to Be Straightened Out by the Naval Per- sonnel Board. Scme of th- Departments Oppose Belng Left Out In the New Arrargemsnt. Speclal Dispatch to THE CALL Cavy OFrice, Rices House, | W asuineton, D, C., Nuv. 1L The Naval Personnel Board, of which Assistant Secretary Rooseveit is pres- ident. nas closed its deliberations, and has taken a recess unui Mon- day we in order to allow the v rious sub-committees appointed to con- sider different branches of the general question time in which to prepare their reporis o the board. Ashas been already staied it has been decided by the board to recommend the amalgamation of the pres- ent engineer corps with the line of the navy, giving the members actual rank and corresponding power. Ohe of the sub-committees is charged | with the duty of preparine a bill making provision lor the eniorcement of sucn & scheme, for the action of the board with & | View 1o its submission to Congress with the indorsement of the United States Navy Department. it is hoped in this way to settle 1o a great extent, at least, the lone-continued strife between the line and staff of the navy in the vital matter of rank resionsibility. The engineer corps 1s the only siaff department consid- ered in this connection, and it issaid ther is considerable dissatisfaction in the medical anid pay corps at being left out. One of the pronositions submitted to the board contemplutes the 'ransfer of the murine corps to the lineof the navy. This proposition 1s vigorously opposed by tbe cffice s of the marine corps, who much prefer their presentstatus as an independ- ent organization, With tunis cut off the distance to| AUTONOMY FOR THE CUBANS | 1 | A Royal Decree to Be| Gazetted This Month. These could no doubt be | Madrid Surprised at the Ac-| tion of Weyler When Leav- ing Cuba. | | Allowed Demons‘'ra‘l>ns in Honor as Though He Were Still in Au hority. iHis Copyrighted, 1697, by James Gordon Benuett. MADRID, Nov. 11.—Much surprise was | | caused here by notices received regarding ! General Weyler's conduct at Gibara, Cuba, where the steamer had to put in for re- pairs. It seems that he landed and a manifestation was held in his honor. The road was patrolled by troops and tiesame | honors paid to General Weyler as though | he were still a cartain-general. He vis- ited aclub and the same inflammatory | speeches were made as at Havana. | General Blanco, on hearing of these pro- ceedings, dismissed the commaundant of | Gibara from his post. | A royal decr:e granting autonomy to | Cuba will be formally gazetted on Novem- | ber 23. — THE CARLISTS WAITING. | They WIII Risa Against the Spanish Dynasty at the First Chance. LONDON, Nov. 12.—The Madria corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says: “Find- ing it impossible to raise the sum of £3,- 000,000 by the loans or tax 10 carry out its original naval plans, the Government has | decided to build two new cruisers only. “They will be of 2000 tons each. It is in- tended to summon the Cortes as soon | as possible, in order to obtain credits | to build more men-ol-war and to place | more powerful guns in the existing ves- sels. “The Spanish naval authorities regard | | the Spanish nevy as already superior to | the American navy.” | Theor-anof Senor Sagasta, El Correo, says to-cay it is ‘‘convinced that the | Carlists are only waititig for the complica- tions in Cuba to provide them an oppor- tunity for rising.” TO SATISFY ITALY’S DEMAND, Brazil ends Word That the Shooting in Spiritu Santo Will Be Investigated. | Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett. | BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 11.—The Minis- | ter of Foreign Affairs of Brazil has senta | note to the Italian Charge d’Affaires, stating that the shooting of several Ial- ians in Spiritu Santo will be investigate.l | and Italy’sdemand for redress considered. | Several persons arrested on su-picion in | connection with the alieged plot to kilt | President Moraes have been released, as | no evidence was found against them. | | Many were held, however, as serious evi- | dence against them has been found, and | several others have been arrested. ub v ook e b FRIEDERICHS | | | [ 70 GET THE FLACE| It Is Reported That the General Will Be Appointed Federal District - [ i Attorney. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1L—THE CaALL correspondent iearned to-day that General R. P. Friederichs of San Francisco will probably be appointed United States Dis- trict Attorney. McKenna has had a Sac- too early to speculate about HACEzs OF PORI CLARENGE the principal reindeer station in Alaska. The picture shows the Bear in the harbor, where she will ramento man in view for this position but will probatly vield to a desire for the appointment of Friederichs, T sondent learns, furthermore, . Foote. the District Attor- ney for the Northern District of Califor- nia, wili be allowed to serve out his term. The report that Cclonel G orge A. Knight is here seeking to have a friend appointed 1o his place is denied by Knight. l. Ford seems to be a favorite for the at- torneyship to succeed Foote, but it 1s vet ihis appoint- a year to serve, that Henr ment since Foote SEVERE GALE 0N ER.E. Owing to Great Velocity of the Wind havigation Is Suspended on the Lake. CLEVELAND, Nov. 1L—A severe gale which hus been blowing nearly ail day and 10-night has suspended naviga- tion on Luike Erie. 1 o'ciock this afternoon the wind reached a maximum velocity of sixty-seven miies an hour. - Army Officnrs Transferred. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—These trans- fers have been made: In the Eighteenth Infaniry, Second Lieutenant Murray Bald- win from Company H to Company K, Second Lieutenant H. Y. Grubbs from Company K to Company H: in the Ninin Infantry, Captain W. L. Carpenter from Company B to Company I, Captain C. M. Rockeieiler from Company I to Cow- pany B. WWWQ NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Cloudy Friday, probably without rain; southwesterly changing to westerly winds. FIRST PAGE. Cutter Bear Soon to Sai! North. Autenomy to Be Given Cuba. P an to Partition Bolivia. D.xon Murcer Mystery Decpens Murder on Dawson Trail. SECOND PAGE. Merced Coursing Meeting Ends, Races on Bastern A Hitch in Thorn’s THIRD PAGE. Sacramento for Good Roads. Holds Laborers at Bay. San Jose People Aroused. Kaiser Movas Against Hayti. Leavitt Not the Strang er. FOURTH PAGE. More Time for Durrani. Sealing Must Be Stopped. Boy Murderer to Be Tried. FIFTH PAGE. Aftermath of the Fignt. The Baseball Outlook., Pride in the Midst of Poverty. Local Cyclist to Fizht East, Al Hayman Returns. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial, New York’s Kingiy Mayor. Inflamed Vermiform Appendix A Month of Meteors. Discrimipating Duty Aeain. Canada and the British Empire. Personals and Queries, SEVENTH PAGE. Inzleside Rac ne. Two Wel -Known Men Dead. EIGHTH PAGE, Commerctal. NINTH PAGE. News From Across tne Bay, TENTH PAGE. Hard Luck on « Waaler. Assessment for Democrats. ELEVENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths, TWELFTH PAGE. Rottanzi Out for Hats, The Frawley: Sail Away. Six Involuntary Cannibals. A Question ot Med:cal Ethics, strychnine Did Not Kut. 2922222222082, E E g : e E E E E E E : g 20020200202922220229020222202020220222022R9R000R000020022000002020200029R0R08822002020R0022200202002202202022020008¢8 Tirey | | | against Chile is intense. | tween Chile and ] ! NOW PLAN 0 GRAB OLIVIA Chile, Peru and Argen- tina Scheming to Form a Dreibund. INTRIGUE IN SOUTH AMERICA. Schemers Who Are Figuring to Wipe One Nation Off the Map AND BOLDLY DIVIDE THE TERRITORY. UP Everywhere In Bolivia Chile Is ‘Talked Of as a Falthless, Disloyal Country. Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett. VALPARAISO, CHiLE (via Galveston, Tex.), Nov. 1L.—I have received informa- tion from official sources to the effect that a plan for the Dreibund of Chile, Peru and Argentina is in existence which, if adopted by the three governments, will wipe Bolivia off the South American map, Chile, Peru and Argentina dividing her territory. Startling as this statement is there are many who are inchined to give it cre- dence. Without doubt some international step of imporiance is unaer contempla- tion. Chile and Peru have become en- tangled with Boiivia and what the result will be noone can tell. Demands of the Alarmists for an explanation from the government, it is generally believed, are justified. Ihave 1ton the best of author- ity that Senor Salinas, Chile’s Minister to Sucre, Boiivia, has gone to Santiago to confer with the government on the situa- tion. The government flatly deaies that he will not return to Sucre, though there are grave fears that he wili be murdered if he does return, as the feeling there In clubs and cafes and at social gather- ings everywhere in Bolivia one hears Chile talked of as a faitbless, disloyal na- tion. Reasons for all this feeling against Chile are to be tound in the rebellion of 1891 and its bearing on the Ancon treaty. Revolutionists promised Bolivia, if she wouid recognize the belligerency of the rebels, that 1f they were victorious they would give 1o Bolivia two years after vie- tory the two Peruvian provinces, Tacua and Arica, heid temporarily by Chile under the Ancon trealy. More than six years have eupsed since the victory of the revolutionists and Chile has not ful- filled her proniise, for the reason that by doing so she would trample on the Ancon treaty. Bolivia now insi<ts on the fulfiliment of this promise, which Chile holds is illegal. In the meantime Chile has recalled Senor Lira, Minister of Chile to Peru, wio be- longed to the revolutionary party, and has sent Senor Vicente Santa Uruz, a Bal- macedist, there with iustructions to sound Peru on the alliance against Bolivis, against which the Government of Peru has many grievances. I am told that for Peru’s acsistance Chile promises to return to Peru the provinces of Tacna and Arica, without putting the question to a popular vote or demanding of Peru the 10,000,000 soles ransom, as provided in the Ancon treaty. Chite, I am told, is also prepared to furnish Pera with all necessary arms and ammunition to carry ou the war with Bol'via. In this conuection the D.eibund against Bolivia, I am informed, is being considered. Argentina, itis said, will be invited into the alliance to give strength to the movement. I'ne Heraldo savs this a’ternoon that it is reported ail international affairs be- Bolivia and Peru will soon be satisfactorily settled, Chile ac- cepting the commercial and peace treaties drawn by Bolivia, and leaving the solu- tion of the Tacna-Arico question until next year. THIRTY PERSONS MET DEATH, Terrible Disaster to a Wedding Party at a Railroad Crossing in Fussian Poland. ST, PETERSBURG, Nov. 11.—A ter- rible uccident ha. occurred near Bielostok, Russian Poland, resulting in the death of thirty persons. A weddinz party was returning from the church to the house of the brice. All were In one wWagon, a huge vehicle, drawn by eight horses. The road along which they drove crossed the rallwav track on the level and the driver, either through carelessness or iguorance of the train scheduled, pushed his swiftly moving hor-es upon the crossing just as the ex- press was coming up. The locomotive struck the vehicle squarely, killing many members of the party outright and maim- ne others so that they soon expired in frighiful agony. Not 2 member of the party escaped. At ens o Eruption of Vesuvius. NAPLES, Nov. 11L.—The eruntion of Mount Vesuvius, which began Monday, is increasing 1n activiiy. The spectacle is grand. Columns of smoke and tongues of flame are beiching from the crater, while showers of cinders are falling. | e Swedish Polar Expediiion. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 11.—King Oscar and a number of private persons have contrib- uied sufficient money to insure the dis- patch of a Swedish polar expedition in 1508, wnich will be led by Professor Nathorst, the geologist. The cost of the expedition is estimated at 70,000 crowns. UNABLE 10 SULVE THE MYSTERY Dixon’s Double Murder Still Puzzles the Officers. THEORIES,BUT NOT A CLEW. Failure So Far to Connect Anybody With the Crime. FRANK BELEW AND WIFE INTERVIEWED. Indlgnantly Deny a Number of Ru- mors— Excltement Over the Crime Unabated. Special Dispatch 10 THE CALL. WOODLAND, Nov. 1L — The Belew poisonin: case is still a mystery to most of those who are directly concerned. Tne ofticers have been working to-day upon a theory that death was the result of foul | play and that there was a strong motive tor it, but they have not been very suc- cessful 10 accumulating evidence. They learned that Frank Belew met his wife at the Davisville depot Wednesduy night and perbaps attached more importance to the circumstance than it deserved. They have been Living apart for some time and there was much speculation as to the mo- tive that brought them together on the day or the double funera'. District Attorney Devlin, Sheriff Rush and Constable Newby, all of Soviano County, went to Davisviile to-day and sought an interview with Mrs. Belew. i She was verv reluctant to talk, but finaliy consented 10 answer auy rea<onabie ques- tions that might be asked her. She ex- plained that the meeting at the depot Wednesday wa: not presrranged. She went to the train to meet her sister, who | attended the iuneral. The officers had been told Mrs. Belew had made.the state- ment that ber husbind had declared that a part of the estate was justly due him and be intended to have it by fair means if possible, but by foul means if necessary. Mrs. Belew denied this in the most posi- tive terms. She said, however, that there never could be any reconciliation between herself and ber husband and that she was afraia to live with bim. Belew returued from Sacramento on the afternoon train. He wot off at the Davis- ville depot and shook hand with friends, but made no effort to see his wife. He continued his journey to Dixon. A CALL repre-entative met him on hi~arrival, and told him frankly t he was suspected of knowing something ubout the poisonineg of bis brother and sister, und asked him | if ne had any statement to make. He stoutly protested his innocence, and said he courted prompt and thorough investi- gation. ' He admitted that there hud been | wn ill feelnz between himself ana bis | brother ana sister, but declared that there had been a reconciliation, and that for some time befor- the awful tragedy they had been on amicable terms. Hedeniel that he had made any objections to the proposed marriage of hissister with young | Ehmann. Hedid object to her marriage with Harry Allen, anl he and his wife had been instrumen ai in breaking off the match. He spoke w'th much bit:erness concerning Allen, and while he made no | direct accusation there was an evident de- sire to glve out an impression thut Allen is a bad man. District Aitorney Devlin to-day received a telegram from tne San Francisco chem- ist who is making the analysis of the stomachs, water and various articies of food, stating that the waier contained o | evidence of the presence of arsenic. He advised the chemist to hurry up theanaly- sis of the salt. Late Wednesday evening he received another telegram stating that there was neither arsenic nor antimony in the salt. Proiessor Grinstead of the Dixon High School applied the Marsh test to-day to water taken from the tea-kettle and found arsenic. Water from this kettle was used in making coffee and mush in the morn- ing and soup in the afternoon. The offi- cers now believe that the arsenic was put | in the kettle and not in the well. The re- | sult of the stomach analysis is awaited with great anxiety. Although the victims have been buried and the emploves who were poisoned are considered out of danger, the excitement is unabated: indeed, ibe feeling is so in- tense that conclusive proof of the guilt of any person would prooably iucite a lynch- ing bee. CONSERVA1,¥eS 4Rc FLOTTING. The Folitical Eituation in l-‘o/amb/'ai Is Now hegarded as Extremsly Lritical. Copvright, 1837, by James Gordon Bennett. PANAMA, Nov. 11.—The political situa- tion in Colombia is critical. Fears are expressed in oflicial circles that Conserva- tives are conspiring against the Govern- ment, and the-c expressions have created general uneasiness. Advices just received from Bogota state that V.ce-President Caro has had a conference there with General Reyes, candidate for President, and Dr. Aquiies Parra, leaders of the Con- servative und Liveral parties. The Vice- President aeclared that in his opinion the only vractical soiution of the political proolem was to re pectevery citizen’s vote n the coming electior Conservatives are alarmed at this stand, which 1f adopted, would inevitably bring the Liberal pariy legally to power. Thi« has caused the Conservaiives to openly declare against the Government, and plotting is feared. l MURDERED ONTHE WAY 10 DAWSON Thornbury Peterson Is Brutally Slain at Marsh Lake. EDWARD HENDERSON THE ASSASSIN. Upon His Arrival at the Klon= dike He Will Be Promptly Hanged. TWO MEN DROWNED ON THE HOOTALINQUA. In Many Instances Canadian Polic» Have Aided Americans on the Way to the Gold Fields. Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL. JUNEAU, Ansska, Nov. 5 (by steain- ship Faralon to Victoria, B. C., Nov. 11).—Following the Nicholson-Burns party the next to arrive here with information from Dawson and the state of things aloneg the trail and Yukon River were a party of five Canudian police from Tagish Lake, under Captain Fred Bevan of Vic- toria, B. C., to-day on the steamer Faral- lon. They are going home on a furiough. Bevan 1s just out from Dawson. brings particulars of the murderat Marsh Lake in October of Lnornbury Peterson by Edward Hendersor, which proves to be the most brutsl and cold-biooded crime commitied in tbe Ynkon country. Hen- derson was formerly in the employ of the Seattle Company and Peterson is a native of Stockbolm, Sweden. These two were members of a party of five, inciuding others, named Wally, Friednall and a thi:d man, name unkunown, said 1o be from New York. 2 Peterson and Henderson occupied a tent together, while the others sleptin a larger tent. Avout 2 o'clock in the morning of October 18 Peterson and Henderson quar- reled about tne bedclothing, Henderson, who was the much larger man, drew a revolver and beat Peterson on the head terribly, lacerating the scalp. In the scuffle’ which followed Henderson shot nis bedfellow in the abdomen. Wally, Friedwann and the third partner were afraid to go near Henderson, and leaving Peterson, who was still alive, with his murderer they returned to Tagish Lake to inform the police. The otficers hurried down to Like Marsh and found Hender- son sitting moody and silent in the tent with his dying partner. Peterson was mortally wounded and suffering ereat agony from his wounds and from thrsi. Henderson had not attempted to alleviate his condition. He died in about an hour after the police arrived, being conscious 0 the last and leaying a dying siatemeni. Henderson was arrested without diffi- cuity and sent on down to Dawson under astrong guard. Captain Bevan said that the news of the murder had preceded * arrival and that the feeling against F derson was very bitter. Lynching threatened. Henderson will have was his triul at Dawson and the police think he wil furnish the first hanging that wili be cele- brated at Dawson, and weeks. Captain Bevan says that the miners at Dawson were beiting on the arrival of the steamers when he left there on September 12, with odds against their arrival. He says there will be a shortage of grub if the vessels do not arrive, but he does not think there will be any real starvaiion. Hundreds can go down the river when the ice forms to the settlements below, where there 1s plenty of fcod. ¢ He had not heard of the extraordinary rich strikes reported on the benchesof Skookum Pup Creek. These dispatches chronicled the discovery of rich “diggings’’ on that creek over five weeks ago. which was the first report made of them. The Maloney party of Juneau first brought out the news. Major Walsh of the Canadizn police is busy at Tagish establishing, with over 200 men, posts every forty or fifty miles between Lake Linderman and Dawson. Thbis work will be compieted in abont taree weeks, The aanger of attempting to get into Da n during the winter wiil then be greatly reduced. In many instances the Canadian police have fed Klondikers and assisted them on their way, irrespective of whether they were Canadians or Americans. A sort of a fort anl house has been built at Tagish. Many Americans who were “‘broke’’ and could not pay the duty on their outfits were allowed to work out the duty in the construction of the house and fort. Cap- tain Bevan savs he has seen doctors, law- yers, ex-Government oftiials and other professional men working with shovel, pick, ax and saw alongside the scum of the stampede. Nealy a thousand people, instead of going on to Dawson, have gone up the Hootalingua, Stewart, Pelly and other creeks and rivers to prospect. Captain Bevan says that there are fine indications of pay dirt on the Hootalinqua, the outlet of Lake Teslin. V/hen most of the crowd arrived at Dawson he says they were gaunt, bungry and had the uncanny look of a lot of wild men whose only thought was gold. Two men whose names were not secured were drowned from a sailboat on the Hootalinqua about ten days ago. The third man of the party went insane over the loss of his companions and was taken on to Dawson guarded by the police. His name is also unknown to the police, but they said he formerly worked in a hard- ware store in San Fr sco. A negro named Edwards, who accom- panied the Miller party of Port Town- send, which started with 1000 sheep, stole that in a few