The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29 1897. HONGRY MEN s SULDLY TAKE PROVISIONS The Steamers Bella and Weare Raided at Circle City. MINERS CARRY OFF THE FOOD. T | No Opposition Made by the1 Crews in Charge of the Boats. CARGO OF WHISKY REACH- ES DAWSON., 1 Desparate Klondlkers Threaten to Dump the Liquor Into the Wat- ers of the Yukon. Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL JUNEAT, Arasga, v. 24 (by Steam- > City of Seattle to Seattle, Nov. 28 )— bery of steamboats, making desperate s to get to Dawson with provisions, 1i their cargoes has taken place on the iver. Three different parties, g altogether the largest number of persons that have come out of Dawson since the starvation exodus be, arrived here in a bunch this morn f n C kat on Pyramid Harbor, Lynn Canal. I'hey came out over the Dalton trail from Five-finger Rapids on the Le River. ill go down to the Sta t except those who | Thanksgiving dinner here iay, grateful for their successful om a hard winter and star 3 instead of wa . The noted trail was at the head of one party made 1 addition to himaelf, of Jack Loveof s on the boat e here. They to- Jim Stevensoan of Juneau, Hopkins of nnean, William 14 Junea Warren L of Juneau, Arthu Saleen® r ttle, Jim Pairburn of Seat:le, Theo- ] . James Ferguson of Thomas McGee and The the three to shiy s McGee Jr. of San Francisco. ty was the last of Tacoma, cave Dawson. They turned their ba on the town October 17, and br was headed by that dis- and miner of whom so twater Bill” s.and Joseph W. Ont., the pugilist ast summer with s ty were John Brower, the ond of Sea attle, Henry Roberts Iton E had Neison of & T n icoma and M ings of Seat- 30 badly t | - ) on the trail that he may gpse them, | flfered much on the trail. The as led by Doncan Gillis of Victoria B. C., E. M. Pound of Spokane, Chambers of Spokane, P. J. McGraw of Winnipeg, Man., E. Ash of Portland, Or-,, ana T. Wilson of Nanaimo B. C. The Gillis party left Dawson Sep- tember 18 last and were about fifty-five days on the trail and river. They had £ They lost their boat a proportion of - W - toughest experience of ail. 1 the larges their provisions avout half way up the Lewis River trom the Pelly, and had to go back to the Pelly for another boat. Had vy not been overtaken on the trail by ther parties, itis doubtfut that they d have escaped death, as the trail in w nd the snow deep. Authentic news of the most sensationai nature is brought out by the Swiftwater B and Dalton parties, the former hav- left Dawson City October 16, only two d behind the other. Steamboats carrying provisions from Rampart Ciiy to the rescue of starving Dawson have been held up on the Yukon famishing miners and robbed of their oes of supplies. Desperate efforts were made by the Commercial Company to get some grub up the river to the Klondikers from the point where the new steamer Charles H. Hamilton and other steamers, heavily Jaden with provisions, stuck on the Yukon Flats, The twe lizht-draaght boats, the Bella ana P. B. Weare, were loadedlwith about forty tons of provisions each ana started up the river aaring atemporary thaw, which raised the volume of water in the river several inches. At Circle City there were over a hun- hunery Klondikers who haa stopped there on ir flight to Fort Yukon and the mouth of the river. They had eaten supplics at Circle City, and not g had a full meal for several days cally and morally in condition thing desperate. When the Bella and Wear incautiously there the miners walked aboard u cdch boat and took provisions. The cap- la s of these two boats have run long ugh on Yukon waters ‘to know better to oppose the concerted action of a v of, miners, especially when they are il armed, as Circle City crowd was. No display was made with firearms. It was not necessary to make it. Simply the sight of numerous weli-filled cartridge ‘lts and revolvers was enough to close mouths of the captain, the crew and a passenger.. The provisions were de- Libarately carriea ashore without corfu- yn and the steamboars allowed to con- ue their course to Dawson with less two tons of supplies each. is story is tola by Boyle, Dalton, and others except tho=e of the party t before 1t bappened. Tue boats t h hdd been lying at Dawson about four days when the last parties left there. About the same time, Boyle says, a little steamer arrived at Dawson with a-cargo of whisky. There was a *“hLot time” in Dawson that night. The anger of the camp was at fever h The captain was roundly ursed for bringing whisky instead of e giub. The exasperation narrowly escaped cuiminating in smashing in the barrels and letting the liquor lose itseif in the Yukon. No large quantity of gold was brought ovt by either of the parties. Their com- | siar PARTING MESSAGES FROM RESCUERS ON THE BEAR. PORT TOWNSEND, WASH., Nov. 28 John D. Spreckels, Proprietor CALL, San Francisco: We leavs to-night, realiz- ing fully the hazardous nature of our undertaking and determined to rescue the imprisoned whalers if it is within our pow: outfits that you have provided for us, an as to us. er. We are all pleased with the perfect d our success will be a- creditable to you JOHN G. BERRY. PORT TOWNSEND, WASH., Nov. 28. John D. Spreckels, San Francisc As che Bearis about to begin her voyage of mercy I beg to assure you that every memoer of the expedition is determined to do his utmost to effect the rescue of the pedition ever sailed for the Arctic than th Bear. ] P John D. Spreckels, San Francisco: We start at midnight. be the first newspaper to announce the suc whaling crews. No better equipped ex- e one that departs to-night on the cutter . WOODRUFFS, Assistant Surgeon. ORT TOWNSEND, WASH., Nov. 28. May THE CALL cess of our mission and safe return. H. N. WOOD, E. P. BERTHOLF. bined stories are 1n brief to the effect tha while there isa surplus of gold, whisky, women and musjc there1s a great scar- city of grub. Eckert of Seattle is the only man who thinks there will be death from ation this winter. All the others, including Gates and Dalton and Boyle, say there will certainly b2 hunger and | oring, but they do not think any | loss of life. Except one none ef | many restaurants are open. Thisis| sign on the doors: *“Closed; no | The reastaurant at Circle City is wide open and full of savory odors. wiftwater Bill,”” otherwise William actu the the | C. Gates, brought out more gold than any | the twenty-seven. Bill's buck- | kin sack weighed sixty pounds here, equal to about $12,500, at pre; ailing prices | for Yukon gold. Tne nuggets and dust= were on exhibition a short timeherein | one of tue stores and Bill was the center of attraction. e has become the most noted character of Dawson. He is the “Coal Oil Johnnie” of the Klondike and the swiftest boy in Dawson, as his name he'ps to indicate. The -archives of Dawson do not contain | an account of the origin of the nickname, and Bill won’t tell how he got it, When asked if he was “‘Swiftwater Bill"” he said, with a grin, “That’s me.”” Biil isa unique figure. He wears a fur cap which comes to a peak, and it looks as though it mizht have had a tassel on it, lost on the trail. He is otherwise enveloped in a great, beautiful light-colored fur coat, buckskin breeches with fringes down the outside of the legs, fur leggings, moccasins with rea strings, a red cravat of bargain-counter style, but the best that could be bad in Dawson, and it cost him $450, second hand at that. In the center of the cravat blazes a real dinmond the size of a pea. Next to pre:ty faces diamonds are Bill's weakness. On two fingers of his left hand scintillate two larger genuine dia- monds. He bought the biggest diamonds he could induce any one to seil at Daw- son. .Put under the fur cap a man of medium size, a round, derk complexioned face, fringed with short, lichted by dsep, brown, shrewd, roguish | eyes, and that is a picture of the diamond | and gold king of the Klondike. Bill is +:going below” to show the boys how to | spend money, and Boyle says he will | ablow” it all. He is going to Seattle, Spokeane and San Francisco, and if he finds he has time, to Chicego and New York. Three Indians came out from the Yukon with the party. One of them, *“‘Indian Charlie,” Bill will take with him as a mas- cot and to have fun in giving the Indian his first taste ot real life in civilization. “They say I'm broke, but they don’t know me,” said Swiitwater Bill, replying to a question. “I'm going down below on a little trip to have some fun and see old friends. Me, & toft mark? Well, I guess not. I'm a hot number, Tam.” “What do vou think of the Klondike ?” “Greatest camp on earth.” ““What is your advice to people who in- tend to go in there?” “Take plenty of grub and don’t be in a rush. The gold will take care of itself till it’s found.” Bill was greatly impressed with a squaw at Dalton Post, where the party stoppesd a day and a balf. He gave her $200 in dust | and bought her a red shawl and $80 worth of provisions. When asked if be expectea {0 see his former Dawson City flame, Miss Gussie Lamore, in San Francisco, Bill aaid man of “Gussie? Yes, Iexpect to call on her,” and his smile had a far-away look full of | reminiscence. He did not deny present- ing her with $10,000 when she was on the stage in Dawson. Bill is said to have'in a pouch in his cartridge beit a letter of credit on the Alaska Commercial Com- pany at San Francisco for $100,000. He would neither confirm nor deny this. He chuckled to himself. Ona of Bill’s visible characteristics is that he is very fond of “*Swiftwater BilL” Foryears he knocked around Spokane and Rossland, B. C., comparatively broke. He says he was once a foreman in the Lerol mine. He went into the Yukon three years ago and happened to be one of the first in the Klon- dike and located on one of the best claims on Ei Dorado Creek, in whicn he still has aninterest. He owns other claims. He says he will return to Dawson next Feb- ruary or March. William Leake and James Ferguson are other rich men of the party. They own an interest in one of the best claims on Bonanza Creek. They brought out only a moderate sized sack. Currency, convenient to carry on the trail, cost $15 per$100 at Daws=on. They will return next spring. They tell the same story of lots of gold, bu little grub. Every man of the three parties whom I talked with said that as many people will leave Dawson by the upriver rou e coming down to salt water over the Dalton, Dyea and Skaguoay trails as can leave, number- ing not less than several hundred. Be- tween filty and one hundred men, they said, are coming out behind them. A small steamer named the Takola is rucning from Dawson 10 the Pelly River and charging $200 per passenger. Jack Dalton said: * Twenty-five or thirty dog teams were getting ready to leave when we left Dawson. I think the parties coming out will get through all right, as so many will keep the trail open. When the Canadian police posts are es- tablished, which will be soon, that will be a great help to those coming up the river to Lake Bennett. Ed Thorpe is stuck on the trail near Wuite River with four of his eighteen horses dead, and he is short of grub and may be in some danger. We let him have eighty pounds of flour, eight pounds of bacon and some dried fruit. His father turned back with the catile and got out. Provisions are about the same iu price in Dawson as they have been for two months—$1 per pound for flour, for instance. Grub will be mighty scarce, but I do not think anybody will starve to death. They can probably get aown the river to where grub is, Two or three new sirikes are reported in Dead- | rub. lack beard and | offer to go in with them. wood Gulch, but they cannot tell how much is in them till they get down fur- toer. The Sulphur Creek, I think, are the best diggings of all. There are only two or three feet of muck and ten feet of rich, paying gravel.”” Dulton was with Lieutenant Schwatka in some of his Alasku exploration . William Leake said: “Two dozen or more dog teams will come out in a short time. 1he hold-up of the Be.la and Weare? Wall, there wasn’t any fooling aboutit. TiL.+ went aboard and took the I have s good claim ana am satis- fied with it. I dia not bring out much gold. I shall return before long." Warren Werpler said: “'A great deal of work will not be done this winter on ac- count of the shortage of grub. Men can’t work to advantage in that climate on short rations. For this reason next sea- son’s shipment of gold will not be as large as it would be under favorable conditions. The gold is in there, and don’t you forget it—more than 1 evor dreamed of seeing. I donot see how a great deal of sickness can be prevented at Dawson next summer when hot weather comes.’” Puvilist Joe Boyle, when asked how Puogili-t Slavin is making it, said: “We zave some exhibitions at the opera-house, and when I left Frank was inviting all comers to meec him on the stage. He was knocking them all out—and there are some mighty husky men in there, too. We heve a good claim at the mouth of a gulch opening into Sulphur Creek, an in- terest in two more and a ‘lay’ on a good claim. Iam going bac in February. I | am going to San Francisco to see some | friends. No, I am not looking for any fights now.” When Dalton was asked about the big party which came up on the ship Colo- redo and disembarked at Chilcat withfsey- | eral hundred cattle and horses, he said he did not see how it was possible for them to get ovax the trail this winter. H- said the cattle are logging oxen, old and worn out, and that the horses werein poor condition. He declined a profitable The party is still at Chilcar, eetting ready, and is by far the largest single party that has come this wav since the namre Klondike was tirst heard. Ice is already formed along the banks of the Yukon. The three parties had the greatest difficulty in poling up the river. Ice would form on their poles and also under their arms, from wrist to shoulder, from water which ran up their arms from lifting the poles out of the water. The Gourtney party, with 600 sheep, is also snowed in on the Daiton trail, near White River, with the strong probability of losing the sheep. The Miller party got throngh with 1000 sheep. Half a sheep soid for $30. Mail-carrier Brower brought out consid- erable mail from Circle City, Dawson and other points. The Canadian authorities at Dawson have not attempted to collect the percent- age of output of the claims, or other fees objected to by the miners. The law has oeen enforced only to the extent of col- lecting $15, the regular fee for a miner’s license. No information is vet obtainable here as to whetiier they will enforce the | | | | otner levies required by law—such as, for instance, 10 and 20 per cent on the output of smalland large claims respectively. Nearly all the Klondikers who arrived to-day were clad from head to heel in furs. Ambitious amateur and professional pho- tographers shot at them {rom all points of vantage, and three times they posea in the midd!e of the street on a dock just to be accommodating, with snowshoes and dogs. Many men going to the K'ondike were passed on the river, the majority having little more than enouzh provisions to last tbem till they got to Dawson. Dalton and Boyle said that the sentiment in Dawson is becoming more antagonistic to peovle coming in “light,”’ and they predicted that the empty-handed new comers would be sent back to the coast. Henry Cecil of London, Eng., now here from Skaguay, says he represents sn English company which he claims will string on poles and lay by cable on the ground a part of the way a telegraph line from Skaguay to Dawson. He says the terms of the contract require the line to be completed by March 31 next. This would bring Dawson to within from four to five days of the rest of the civilized world. Archie Burns, a Skaguay boomer, has shrewdly ‘located’” under the land laws, the summit of Cnilcoot Pass on the Dyea trail, and he vowsthat if he can get enough barbed wire he will fence 1t in. There promises to be trouble which may not be settlad outside of the courts. Charles Hughes of Portland, Or., died at Skaguay last Monday. The Alaska-Treadwell Company's steam schooner Lucy was wrecked and lost in Wrangel Narrows duribg the re- cent harastorm. Steamer Farallon saved her crew. Two prospectors in a small boat were drowned last Sunday morning during a hard blow off Takou Inlet. Their names are unknown. Har HorrMay. Will ot Be Cloved. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Mr. Perkins, private secretary to Chairman Hanna and in charge o. the headguarters of the Republican National Committee, said that be bad not been informed oi any in- tention to close the headquarters. He uddea that he did not believe thatsuch a policy was under consideration as bhad been reported in dispatches from Cieve- land. e Charges Again.t a Chaplain. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The Navy Department has received from Captain Picking of the receiving-ship Wabash charges against Chaplain A, M. Goodwin of that vessel. The charzes are that the chaplain has been of irrezular habits and he Las been furnished a copy of the docu- ments to make answer and show why he should not be tried by court-martial. DEPARTURE OF THE BEAR DELAYED Seamen Compelled to Go Ashore and Buy Clothing. PROMISES ARE NOT FULFILLED. Proper Raiment No Received From the Boastful Yel- low Journal. SO THE RESCUE WORK IS RETARDED. However, the Revenue Cutter Will Resum> Her Crulse to tha North This Morning. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. PORT TOW ND, Wask., Nov. 28.— In a blinding snowstorm the revenue cut- ter Bear cast off her lines a few minutes after 1o’clock tuis (Monday) moraing and dropped out into the stream to wait daylight and the return of a part of ber crew before.making the final start on her voyage to rescue the ice-hound sailors in the Arctic. The Bear arrived from Seattle shortly after 1 o’clock Sunday morning and would have continued down the straits at night bad it not been necessary for the crew to | purchase neces-ary clothing, which had | b en promised them by a yellow journal of San Francisco, but which promise, it is needless to say, was not fulfilled. The crew were paid off and given shore leave to make their purchases. Some of them used a part of their pay for other purposes, so that wh2n Captain Tutile was ready to cast off last night a number of men were missing. It was necessary to send a Marshal out after the delinquents, so it was impossi- ble to get off to-night. The Bear will start, however, the first thing in the morning. During tihe evening the local lodge of Elks entertained the officers of the Bear at their clubrooms. BENTLY REARED, BUT TEP A SNEAR-THIEF Son of Ex-Governor Laughton of Nevada Arrested at Spokane. Accused of Having Stolen Numer- | ous Articles From the Cosmos Hotel. Special Dispateh to THE CaLL SPOKANE, Nov. 28 —Ray Laughton, ounly son of the late Charies E. Liughton, formerly Licuienant-Governor of Nevada, and afterward Lieutenant-Governor of this State, was arrested here yesierday for grand larceny. Mrs, Welch, proprietor of the Cosmos Hotel, is the complaining wit- ness. Young Laughton's mother lives in San Francisco and has been notified of her son’s trouble. Mrs. Welch charges that Laughton stole a watch and an overcoat left in her charge by a guest of the hotel. The watch was recovered from a pawn- shop. About a year ago Laughton went to live at the Cosmos. He was in reduced cir- cumstances, it being said that he had been disowned by his relatives, save his mother. Mrs. Welch had known his family. Ar- ticles bezan to disappear from the hotel some weeks ago. The police asserted that Laughton was the culprit, but Mrs, Welch did not prosecute. “It was because of his mother,” said Mrs. Welch to-day. “While she is aware of her son’s habits, still she clings to him as only a mother will, while his sister will no longer recognize him. It has been out of consideration for Mrs. Laughton that I bave tried every way to reform Ray, but I see it is hopeless. Two we2ks ago, alter repeated warnings, I cauzht him taking money from the drawer, and then and there told hirm that I no longer dared 10 have him around the hotei. He left and took up his residence with a rouch lot of fellows who occupied a single room over the Leroi saloon, across the street. “Yesterday [ missea a gold watch and an overcoat that had been leltin my keep- ing by a guest. Tue waich was found in the pawnshop over the way, and the tag showed that Ray had pawned it. Isup- pose he got into my room while I was out and took the watch and pawned 1t for money to get drunk on. He confessed to stealing the coat also, and my son com- peiled him toreturn K. I feel that nothing about here is safe 20 long at Ray is permiitzd to go unpun- ished, so I have concluded for the sake of protection to prosecute him for this of- fense. Another young man is equally as | guilty as Ray, and 1 shall cause his ar- rest also.” The police are pleased by the step taken by Mis. Welch, as they say they will now be aule to break up the gang with whicn Laughton trained. Swimming Contests at Stockion. . STOCKTON, Nov. 28.—The swimming contests at Jackson baths this afternoon drew a large crowd in spite of the cold weather. The high diving was one of the principal attractions, and O. C. Schulte, who dived from the Cliff, went from the high dive several times in company with K B. Corneli. Both did clever work in the diving and in the swimming contests which foilowed. The others who came from San Francisco 1o take part in the races were: George A. Hinkie, A. J. Baker and F. Burnett. Tuere was a maich race between John Cavert and H. McBirney, of San Fran- cisco, in whica Cavert proved victorious. One of the most interesting events of the day was a handicap race for Stockton swimmers for a silver medal. Fred Lom- bard was the scratch man, but he easily outclassed all bis oppenents and won the race and the medal in good time, SLAIN AND MOTILATED BY DWARES Horrible Fate of Two Americans in Congo Free State. NATIVES FIRE FROM AMBUSH. Pieces of Flesh Slashed From Their Victims’ Bodies and Distributed. HEART OF ONE CUT OUT AND BURNED, Both Had Enlisted in the Belgian Army for Servics In Africa. Speclal Dispatch to THE CALL WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—A startling and horrible story of ihe killing of two Washingtonians and the mutilation of their bodies by the natives of the Congo Free BState has just been receivel ina letter to Leo Harmon of this city. The men were members of a party which, during November and December, 1894, and January, 1895, went from this city to enlistin the Belgian army for ser- vice in the Congo State. Those enlisting included FE!ward Thornton, a com- mand officer of national fencibles, employed in the War Department; Lind- say Burke, Frank Batchelor, Barry R. Andrews, Harry Sparlin and a Mr. Mellin, or Mellen, who wes at one time a non- commissioned officer of the United States Army. All except Thornton and Mellin were members of the National Guard oi this district. The information received by Harmon is that Burke and a party of fiity natives who were sent out to dislodge a band of dwarfs who had revolted were ambushed and killed. An Arab who was with the command, but wuo was some distanca off at the time of the ambush, states that he knows Burke was dead before the natives reached him, and that the most hideous looking little man he ever saw walked up and cut Burke’s head off with one blow of a knife, ‘The chief then began to slice off pieces of his legs and arms and to distribute them among his foliowers. ‘There were so many of the friends that the pieces were very small, and there was a free fight to see who could get the little remaining. In some manner the dwarfs became alarmed and left the place, one fellow off Burke’s arm. The Arab saw e of their alarm, as Windeye, orker, who had command of an- other deiachment of soldiers, sent out on the same errand, arrived a few hours after the natives left. Windeye gathered up the remains of Burke and buried them. When he learned the strength of the rebels he hurried back to Michau and notified the commander of the post. The other his life Washingtonian who lost was killed on_ March 1, when the troops under the command of Baron Dhanis revolted near Kabanbarre and assassinated a number of officers of their regiment, amonyg them being Mellin, The body of Mellin was buichered almost bevond recognition, his heart having been cut out and burnea. Thornton is said to be in a very pre- carious condition at Basaka. A relief ex- pedition bas been sentto hisrescue. Gage, another American, is very sick with the fever at Vangine. The kiiling of Burke occurred in December, 1896, FRESIDENY AND SHCRETARY DIFFER McKinley and Gage Not Accord on Monetary Reform. in The Chlef Exacutlve Opposes the Refunding of the National Debt on a Gold Basls. special Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Nov. 28, —A special to the Herald from Washington says: Presi- dent McKinley and Secretary Gage are not in entire accord on the subject of monetary reform. The President is still in favor. of international bimetallism, while ‘bis Secretarv of the Treasury be- lieves that with the failure of the Wolcott mission to Europe all hope of interna- tional agreement for the enlarged use of silver perished. There is no suggestion of international bimetallism or any other kind of bimetallism in the plan which Sec- retary Gage will submit to Congress in his annual report. It proposes to maintain the single gold standard by refunding the national debt and making all obli-ations of the Unised States payable, principal and interest, specifically in gold coin. This definite assertion of the gold stand- ard is the keystone of his entire scheme. The message which President MeKin- ley will send to Congress will not indorse Secretary Gage's scheme in its entirety. The President will not give his approval to the goid bond feature of the schems, without which the whole struciure is val- ueless. He will not express any disap- proval of this feature, but will simply re- main silent upon it, and will recommend currency and bank reiorm. It must not be inferred that there is any serious clash between the Presidentand Secre- ary Gage or that there is any threat of a breach which migkt vesul:in the with- | drawal of the Secretary from the Cab- inet. On the other hand, there is a perfect understanding between them. They differ on one of the most important features of the proposed currency reform legislation which they will both advocate to Con- grese, and each i3 to present his own plan. Whether or not_this" division of counsel will operate to defeat all chances of legis- lation during the session it is impossible to predict, but it certainly will not im- prove the outlook. —— Damaged by a Conflagration. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28.—The milli- nery and furnishing stores of Apt Bros., 39and 41 North Eighth srreet, were dam” aged by fire to-day to the extent of abont $75,000, on which the firm carried $50,000 wnsurance. The building, which fronts on Flobert street, as well es Eighth, and which is owned by the estate of Georee S. Lang, wasdamaged to the extent of $10.- 000, covered by insurance. The origin is unknown. George Cost, a foreman, was badly purned about the face during the fire and Bethel Partridge, aladder man, suifered a broken leg. : e e GERMANY'S NAVAL BILL. It Provides for an increase of Five Seagoing Ironciads and Nine Cruisers. BERLIN, Nov. 28.—A semi-official fore- cast of the Government's naval bill was issued yesterday afterncoa. It endeavors | to make it abpear that the scheme gives | scope to the Reichstag’s judgment and | vrovides a total fleet of nineteen seagoing | ironclads, eizh: coast defense ironclads | and forty-two cruisers, an increase of five seagoing ironclads and nine cruisers. Additional expense involved is 165,000,000 marks, the amount to cover seven years, when the warships are to be completed, the Reichstag to decide yeariy the num- ber of vessels to be commenced and tne amount of tie naval budzet. This in- creases the budget from 118,000,000 marks t0 150,000,000 marks, but, according to the | forecast, the additional expense will nut | necessitate the levying of special taxes. | e o KING HUMBERT TO ABDICATE. Representatives of Austria and Ger-| many Try to Dissuade Him From the Serious Step, NEW YORK, Nov. 28 —A correspond- ent of the Sun at St. Louis sends the fol- lowing special cable dispatch from Rome, printed in the Globe-Democrat: 1t is -enerally reported here that King Humbert has resolved to abdicate in favor of his son, and that 7e- cent visits of the Austrian Chancellor, Count Goluchowski, to Monsea, and of Baron von Bulow, German Foreign Min- ister, to this city, were undertaken for the specific purpose of ading him from this serious step. The very possibility of which constitutes a matter of the rravest concern to the Italian monarch’s allies in the tripte alliarice. This concern is chiefly founded on the fact that the Prince of Naples, who is heir to the throne, 1s far more favorably melined toward Russia than toward either . ria or Germany. NOT RECONCILED 10 HER HUSBAND Mrs. Frank 'Belew Denies a Published Statement Con- cerning Herself. Exchanged Not a Word With the Murder Susp:ct on Hlis Visit to Davisville. sSpecial Dispatch 10 THE CALL. | SACRAMENTO, Nov. 28.—Mrs. Frank Bellew sent for TiE CALL correspondent vesterday and asked for the privilege of denying in the columns of THE CArL the statement made in Wednesday’s Exami- | ner to the effect that a reconciliation had | been arranged between herself and hus- band. Mrs. Beliew was very emphatic in ber denial and said: “In the first place, 1 did not exchange asingle word with my husband on the day he visited Davisville, I barely saw him, and that was as he chanced to pass by He drove my brother over from Dixon after the inquest, and the state- ment made in the Examiner of what transpired between my husband and brother on the way over 13 also false, No such conversation occurred. It is doing me a great injustice to convey the idea that I am about to return to my hus- band by reason of the improved condition of his circumstances. Iam nota woman of that cnarzcter and have no more idea of returning to my husband row than I had before the inquest.” When asked if she had anything more to say she replied that sne had not and would have refrained from speaking at all had it not been for the lalse statement made by the paper referred to. | for every square a RELIGY OF AN ANCIENT SLAUGHTER Ore Hundred Thousand Warriors Slain in One Battle. SKULLS THAT TELL THE STORY. Evidences of Prehistoric Strife in the Choctaw Count:iy. AN ENCOUNTER TWENTY THOUSAND YEAS AGO. Professor Walters’ Theory of a Combat Between Mound Bulld- ers and the Mayas. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—A special to the Herald froni Wichita, Kans., says: Pro- fessor Edwin Walters, the eminent archaologist and geologist, at the heaa of a party of scientists, has been investiga ing a remarkable deposit of human bones in the northeast coruer of the Choctaw country, in Indian Territory, which wera discovercd by workmen nearly a year ago. To-day Professor Waliers makes the astonishing announcement tuat a prehistoric battie was fought here, in which from 69,000 to 100,000 warriors were killed. The area of the tract in which this vast number of bodies lie buried has been de- termined, by sounding and digging, to be thirty acres in extent. Extensive exca- vations have brought tolight a great num- ber of skeletons, curious specimens of pot- tery and vast quantities of stone battle instruments. It has been ascertained that there are between 2000 and 2500 bodies ze. Professor Walters made the discovery ! that nearly every skull was pierced with one or mo e spear points or broken in with stone axes, and that some of the bones had been cleft with a javelin, and he was forced to the conclusion that one of the world’s greaiest batiles had bean fought there. ‘Chis accords fully with his theorv that more than 20,000 years ago two great na- tions contended for supremacy in North America. 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