The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1897, Page 1

SEIZED ARMS PRICE FIVE CEN BELONGING TO THE The Spanish Keeping a Keen Eye on CARLISTS Government the Pretender. WEYLER ALSO IS CAUSING SOME BOLD WORK THAT FAILS: TO SECURE BOOTY. A Bennett. i hundred ave been for the Carl- celona aboard lippe. near San Sebastian, two P flicer 1ive been arrested for s x Don Carlos,” “‘Down s here states that an at- by General Wevler's . ze a demonstration at ng there, etermined at- te by e iovernor Sabas Marin. Repre- 8 Government will board s vessel at Co: na and m as to the Havana demonstra- imistic opinions on a irritation here, but the look is regarded as improving. al organs e ss satisfac- ze of the Pope tothe voicir is sympathy fenso an e Queen Regent. cence this ac- es. hops of ¢ i ed as an oppo- lemonsiratic ed States Minl-ter Woodford had a terview so-aay with Senor Mo- | Minister of Colonies, and it is Le- eved be red Senor Moret that the United States Gove is satisfied ‘ e ar by Mar- 1co. ch received to-day from General Kivers, Governor-General of the nes, now in the island of Luzo: e native battalions are u t is needless to send € cements. S ey SPAIN’'S WEAKNESS. s No €h ps and No Buy Them. Striking evidence is furnished Madgrid cor- Dsily Mail. He ment finds it m of £3000,000 xation to carry s, and has de- lisers of 2000 that it is tes as soon r the building placing of { the existing uropesn Nation t the ver ftis now the crui mentione onde ers n negoti mstrongs months ag were woatually signed . f the ew batt hips were he Arm- t refused 1o proce Lout assur- \ces of payment. Now subtiul if will even be able to pay for the and comr 3 neffcctual ich are intende replace the cruisers wl ; ed vatile-shiys. ) spite according to the correspondent Daily Mail, the Spanish naval authorities claim to regard the Spanish navy beinz already su- perior to the navy of the United State which may explain some o the beilic utterings of the Spanish pre In connection with Spein’s hunt for warsk American diplomats nave learned that Spain recently endeavored to make an arrangement with Japan, in the event of war witn the ates the thirty or so warships m various shipyards for be transferred to Spain and supposed that upon the failure of these negotiations the Spanish Gov tered upon a deal with Chile fo fer of the Spanish flag of several ubout completed ior the Chilean diplomats referred to expressthe at from the standpoint of inter- The \w the completion of such a | d ngnt L as an unfriendly act toward the United States. Be s the Rothscuilds other promi- nent financiers of London and Paris have entirely cut off the monetary supplies | wl pain has hitherto succeeded in | obt. BLANCO’S PLAN. C n Planters Asked to Give Money to Help Spain. WASHINGTON ov. 12.—The Spanish ay received the following from Captain-General messag ¢ committee s by & ve al co-operation, but es- pecially by the tobscco planters, who agree to contribute $1 for every bale of tobacco har- vested. Tnis represents help to the amountof from §80,000 to $100,000. The greatest | &pecial Dispatch to Tik CarL ss by General | TROUBLE. Probability That the Friends of the Butcher Will Find Their Indiscreet Expressions of Admiration Will Have Dis- astrous Results, | activity is displaved a!l :hrough the island in | the formation of liLe committees, the success | and in s hoped will prove the for the suffering of th: ler the umstances EL — - AUTONOMY WORTHLESS. Fhe Cuban Le2aders Want Freedom or War to D:ath. LONDON, Nov. 12—A dispatch to the | daily Chronicle from Havana summarizes siatement seneral Maximo Gomez and oth generals all opposing the | 1ything short of indepen- dence declaring that aaionomy would not be worth the paper it was writ- ten on. The same correspondent confirms the | report that General Castillo was betrayed by afalse iriend to the Spaniards, who sent a portion of the civil guard to lie in wait for him and shoot him as he was leaving the sapposed friena’s house. DSCRIMNATING DIYIES SUSPENDED Nco. Nco. | and President McKinley Promotes | Trade Between Mexico and | This Country. Issues a Proclamation That Is of Great Interest 10 Shipping on This Coast. CALL OFFicE, Riges Hous ) WasHiNGTON, Nov, 12.{ The President to-day 1ssued the follow- ing proclamation: By the President of the United States: A PROC MATION. WHEREAS, Satisfactory prooi has been given e that vesseis of the United States in bal- | last which proceed to Mexico with the object | of devoting themselves 10 pearl fishery aud | fishing on the Mexican coasts, or for the pur- pose of receiving aud carrying passengers and | mail, or of loading cattle, wood or any other Mexican product, and which shail go directiy to ports vpen to get c s0 thence they may be dispatched to naton, and steam vessels of the United States, are exempted from tonnmage duties in Mexican ports: Now, therefore, I William McKinley, Presi- | dent of the United Siates of America, by vir- | tue of the authority vested in me by the act | { Congress approved Ju . 1897, entitled | act to authoriz ¢ President to suspend | riminating du imposed on foreign vessels and commerce,” do hereby declare and proelaim that from ana after the dateof twis, my proclamation, Mexican vessels in ballast which proceed to the United States with the object ot fishing on the coast thereof, | or for the purpose of receiving and carrying | passengers or mail, or of loading cattle, wood, orany other product of the United States, and | which shall go directly to ports open to gen- eral commerce, so that thence they may be | dispatched to their destination and Mexican | steam vessels, shall be exempted from the | payment of the tonnage duties imposed by | n 4219 of the Revised Statutes of the | d States. And this proclemation shall | remain in force and effect until otherwise or- dered by the President of the United States. ess whereof I have set my hand and the seal of the United Statesto be to affixed. al the city of Washington this12th vember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and of the independeuce of the United States the one hundred and twenty-second. By the President. WiLLiaM McKINLEY. JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary of State. — - ANAL TO JAPAN. Inw OFFERED 1RE That Rodriguez Would Medaie Wi h. CaLL Orrick, Ric Hot WasniNgToN, D./C., Nov. 12.§ A statement published to-day quotes the officials of the Japanese legation as saying that negotiations are pending be- tween the Greater Republic of Central America ana Japan, looking to Nicsragua | Canal concessions, and that they are not | aware that any have been made In the past. This statement quoted does not re- fute the facis given in Thursday’s dis- patches, for Mr. Hoshi, the former Japan- ese Minister to the United States, has | been quoted in a Japanese paper as hav- | ing said that Rodriguez, the Minister to | the United States from Central America, made overtures to him which were re- jected by Janan. This clipping from the Japanese paper {is now on file at che State Department, and as the paper is considered a semi- official mouthpiece of the Japanese Gov- | ernment its statements are given credence. It is altogetber likely that Rodriguez wili be asked to explain why he attempted to make a treaty with Japan in violation of the treaty of this Government with Nie- | Concessions { curred within the past year. 'ROBBERS DISGUISED AS WOMEN Five Masked Bandits Hold Up the St. Louis Fast Mail Train. | Because They Stop th Desperadoes Do Not From the Express Car Captured. KANSAS C » Mo, Nov. 12.—The Missouri Pacific passenzer train, known as the St. Louis fast mai!, and which leaves Kansa yat9 p a, was held up | by five masked robbers at 9:30 o’ i night, at the Chicago and Alton crossing, | just east of Independence, Mo., and less toan a mile from the famous Blue Cat in | whichseveral train robberies have oc- | Two of the robbers were disguised as | women, and when the engineer saw them | swinging a lantern across the tracks, an | apparent signal of danger, he did not hes- iate to stop. The engine’s crew were im- diately covered with revolvers. ductor Denris O’Brian and B Michael stepped off to see what was the matter and were received by a volley of | builets, which caused the greatest confu- sion in the passenver coaches. The conductor and brokeman were com- velled 10 cut the express and bazgage cars | from the rest of the train, and the engi- neer and fireman were made to get down from their cab. The robbers quickly jumped aboard and took the engine and express-car about two miles furiher east, where they stopped and compelled Ex- | press Messenger Williams to open his car. | He offered no resistance, as he carried no treasure, Thae robbers had evidently intended to stop the St. Louis limited night express, which leaves Kansas City at a late hour, and were greatly surprised upon discover- | ice that the cars which they had cap- tured contained nothing of value. In their raze they pounced upon the express | me-sengzer and went through his pockers, but $2 85 was all that they secured. After this they quickly left the train and disap- veared in the darkness. Aftera delay of over an hour the train was got together | again and star ed on its journey. | The county Marshal and his men were at the scene of the robbery very soon afterward, but there is every probability the robbers were safelv in Independence or Kansas City before any effort was made | to capture them. { Witk the first intimation that the traif wes in the hands of road agents conster- | nation seized the passengers in the r coaches. When the shooting began there was the wildest consternation among the passen- gers. Tbere wasnota man or woman on the irain who had not beard of Missouri train robberies, it seemed, and as soon as | the first sinot was fired half a dozen people inevery car yeiled *train robbers.” | Some of the women began to scream, | and watches and pocketbooks were tucked | under seats, thrown into water-coolers and | hidden in every conceivable place. After the engine and express had been taken | away the vassengers did not dare to leave the coaches for some time. When they did conclude that there was no danger of being shot they got off the train and | some of them went back to Independence. Most of them waited, however, until the | engine had been hunted up and wenton | with the train. All reports agree that the robbers were | deliberate in their movements, and they were no new hands at the business. Several of them were armed with Win- chesters. Three other train robberies bave oceurred in that vicinity within the last thirteen months. The first robbery occurred on the Chicazo and Alton at Blue Cutin October, 1 Therobbers at that time got but little. Just two months ! later another train was held up at the same point, the bandits securing about $23,000. About six weeks ago the Chicago and Alton was again a sufferer, one of its ex- press trains falling into the hands of rob- bers. The outlaws, however, secured nothing, owing to the failure of their dynamiie to explode, after which they | were afraid to return to the express car. The general opinion 1s tuhat all these latter robberies have been commi.ted by parties closely connected, buli the county authorities have so far been unable to bring any of the outlaws to justice. The theory of the county officers is that the gang has 1its headquarters in the “Cracker Neck” district, just east of In- dependence. John F. Keonedy, a loco- motive engineer whose parents live in that district, was arrested as the leader of the | robbery which cost the Chicago and Alton $23,000, but upon his first trisl the jury failed to agree, though James Fiynn, who claims to have been a member of the gang, turned State’s evidence and toid a detailed story of the crime. The case against Ken- nedy is still pending, he being out on Lail. The Blue Cut district was first made | famous by the notorious James gang, who committed the first robverv in that vi- cinity at Glendale, in 1870, securing $35,000. The James gang committed an- other robpery at B.ue Cut in 1881, but se- ar aragua, and if he cannot give a satisfac: tory answer he will be diplomatically in. vited to get back home as fast as he can, cured nothing. In 1839 another hold-up occurred there, on the Chicago and Alton. Tne hold-up to-night is the seventh com- | take this methiod of indicating his desire | ot his term of four years. | Choate. LA I A T D R L R R A R A R A T R R R L A R A R A AR R R R R A R A R A R L R R R R R R R AR R R L R R R R A R L R R R R R A L A R R AR L | e Wrong Train the Get Any Treasure mitted within a radius of four or five miles. CHOATE FuR TH: CABINET. Urged as a Proper Candidate for the | Frospective Vacancy in the (ffice of Aitorney.Censral. NEW YORK. Nov. 12.—Areport reaches this city from Washington that the name of Joseph H. Choate has been suggested to President McKinley for the pro<pective vacancy in the cllice of Attorney-General, and that his appointment is being urged by independznt Republicans of New York as an appropriate recognition of their element of the party in this S:ate. Those independent Republicans who advocate the selection of Mr. Choate for the Cabinet that the President will say to recogn ze the element in tke which has stood out against the domin tion of the Piatt organization A Washington special says: Generat McKenna will not ta!k about re- erning his successor as legal ad- viser ot the President, for tbe reason that tie 18 DOt assumea o now thut he is to cease 10 be Attorney-Ganeral until the end He has noth- ing to say about the report touching Mr. At the White House nothing is known concerning the rumor. — STRICKEN WITH FEVER. ports cc Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett. LIMA, PERU, via GALVEETON, Nov. 2.—President Pierola has been striczen with fever, and is now confined to his bed. The unveiling of the Graus statue, in Callno, whick was fixed for to-morrow, President Pierola conducting the cere- monies, has been postponed in conse- quence of his illness. Qmmmh’w 2 NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cise Partly cloudy Saturday; fresh westerly winds. FIRST PAGE. Carlists’ Arms Seized. Train-robbersDressed asWomen Bear Gets Ready to Sail. SECOND PAGE. TEIO Races on Eastern Tracks. Victims of an Oregon Feud. THIRD PAG Beds of Copjer in Alaska, Died to Save Comrates, Poison Found at Dixon. San Jose kortune av Stake. FOURTH PAGE. Colonel J. J. Avers is Dead. M-, Sovereign Retires. Theater Hats Are Off. Ziegler Muy Be Imprisoned, Art Exbibit Headed Off, FIFTH PAGE. Tne Gold Fover Spreads, Durrant in No Danger. tabbi Nieto Scores Presbytery. Westbound Passengers Troubled Ramey Holds the Olive Branch. The Gold Fever is Spreading, SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. A Phantom Campaign. Why Fear the Bosses? Yellow Feverand Clean Streets, Progressive Ideasin Sacramento Counsel to the Erring, Woes of Countess von Hatzfeldt Personals ana Querie: SEVENTH PAGE. A Comb in Lumber. Tha Durr Sisters Arrested. Debate onHawaiianAnnexation Wiilie Aadrews Wanied to Die, EIGHTH PAGE, Sports of the Duy. NINTH PAGE. Baltimores Win the Game, Southern Pac. Income Reduced Colored Troops Coming. TENTH PAGE. Commercial. ELEVENTH PAGE. Oakland News. TWELFTH PAGE. Racing at Ingleside. THIRTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths, FOURTEENTH PAGE. A Flurry in Society. New Scheme of Harbor Defense. Working for Alaskan Traae. 229922222922202222022229222922299929992222222222220222922222222922292922299222229229929 xmmxmmmmnj Attorney- | Carr, Orrce. RiGos House,) Wasnixeroy, Nov. 12, A satisfactory arrangement has finally | been made whereby at least a part of the | reindeer now on the coast of Alaska near Norton Sound may be used by the expe- dition for the relief of the whalers. Cap- tain Hooper says there may be at least 500 deer available for the purpose. The Cabinet again considered the pro- posed relief expedition to-day. Reports | were received from Captain Tuttle saying | that preparations for.the Bear’s trip were progressing rapidly. It was said at the meeting that .the proposition of THE‘ CALL to contribute to the success of the | expedition ought to be accepted inasmuch | as the trip will undoubtedly be a hard | | 8 one, especially for the seamen, and the } offer of warm clothing and additional | food supplies would be gratefully wel- comed by them. Dr. Sheldon Jackson lectured before the National Geographic Society to-night | on **A Trip to the Yukon and the Klon- dike.” “‘Had it not been for the revenue cutters Bear and Corwin many men who traveled to Northern Alaska must in- | evitably have perished,” said Dr. Jack- son. ““Those two ships have done more to reflect credit on the revenue cutter ser- vice of the country than all the other vessels combined. The Bear has rescued hundreds within the past few years, and is about to continue that work by em- | barking .on a relief expedition for the whalers tied up in the ice at St. Michael and other points.” e > TUTTLE AND HIS MEN. They Are Fuily Competent to Save the Men lcebound at the North. SEATTLE, Nov. 12.—Throughoat this city there is a general expression of com- mendation for the promptitude displayed by the Government officiais at Washing- ton in acceding to the request of THE CaLy that a relief expedition ba sent north to the rescue of the men on the eight whaling vessels imprisoned in the ice of the Arctic Ocean. While it is be- lieved that the success of such an expedi- tion can only be determined by an effort to reach the unforiunate men, the cause of humanity demands that at least a trial to that end be made. By reason of the aciivity and perse- verance upon the part of THE CALL, prepa- rations are now making at this place to get the reverue cutter Bear in readiness with all possible haste to sail to the frozen north.CaptainFrancis Tuttle, who has been in command of the Bear for two years past, will again have charge of this cutter on its perilous mission. Seafaring men on the sound speak in the highest terms tmumummnmmfi i GETTING THE BEAR IN TRIM TO SAIL TO RESCUE WHALERS tor and modesty of Captain Tuttle. Heis also held in the regard that borders on devolion by his subordinate officers. They | say that no commandingofticer who has cruised 1n the northern seas is more com- | vetent to carry out the contemplated ex- pedition with success. The Bear is the largest of several cut- ters that everv summer patrol Bering Sea. Her displacement is 708 tons. This vessel was transferred to the revenue curtter service from the navy after her memora- ble servics in the Greely relief expedition of 1884. She is 190 feet long bv 30 feet beem, and has a draught of I8 feet of water. She is barkentine rigged, and un- der steam can make nine knots an hour. She carries 1wo 3-inch breech-loading rifles and two 20-pounder Dahleren rifles, Her complement consists of eight officers and forty-three seamen. The officers who have volunteered to accompany Captan Tuitle on this special | mission north all returned less than a week ago on the Bear from n six mouths’ | cruise. They are: C. S. Cochran, navi- | gator; B. H. Camden, second lieutenant; | . C. Hooker, third licutenant; H. C. | Whitworth, chief engineer; H. M. Wood, first assistant engineer; H. K. :pencer, second assistant engineer. The Bear has been wirhout a first lieu- tenant for two months past, as that officer, Lieutenant Jarvis, was given leave of absence at St. Micbael to go to his home AC.A'PTAIN FRANCIS TUTTLE, Commander of United States Revenue Cutter Bear. in Pennsylvania, where there was illness in his family. He has since telegrapbed Captain Tuttle with reference to again gos ing north. If he cannot arrange to go another officer will be detailed. r. & J. Call has been the physician on the Bear during the past season, and prior to that time was physician for nearly three vears to the miners on the island of Unga, in aska. When ke cutter reached Seattle on November 6, to winter heére, as is customary, Dr. Call was dis- charged, He haa made preparations to leave for his home at Paso Robies Hot Springs, California, when the order came to Ca; tain Tuttle to employ a ccmpetent and experienced physician for the expedi- tion. He at once decided upon Dr. Call but the latter has hesitated about accept- ing, and will not decide positively for a day or two. Should e not go, it is altogether prob- able Dr. Rolla Camden of Parkersburg, W. Va., will be secored. He has volunteered to zo and is now in Seattle. Captain Tuttle said to THE CALL corre- spondent to-night that be had received no additional orders fiom Washington. He has not as yet commenced to provision the cutter, as he has not been informed as to the quantity of supplies to take north nor how long a cruise the Bear 1s expected to make. He has, however, made inquiries trom the merchants here, and is informed thatin forty-eight hours everything neces- EUGENE H. JCHNSCN, One of the Wkhaler Orca’s Crew, Whose of the indomitable covrage, determina- tion, wisdom and experience as a naviga- Aged Nother Had Almost D: spair.d of Seeing Him Again,