The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1897, Page 1

L VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. 183. SAN FRA\I(,ISCO TUEQ DAY MORNING NOVE\[BDR 30, 1l PRICE FIVE CENTS. FAMHNE IN THE NIGHT OF THE ARCTIC MEN OF THE KLONDIKE ARE NOW FACE TO FACE WITH HUNGER AND DEATH peC DAWSON ‘CITY UNDER THE SNOW. From a descripti on by Sam Wall. UNCLE SAM WILL | SEND A CRUISER ; TO GUARD HAYTI Motwithstandiag NEW YORK, He t from ¥ dml an Governm iited States to use tlement of its co offices for a b Ger- | wit reluctant jon ication but the State De- | that this | rd e any movement in | t cce cy of e of giving 1ate pro tection to American interests and to show Garmany that this Government is alert 10 its Long, after consultati sident, has di- | rected t ad to make a topping at have not ye | B. H. Me( iser, under which he will acr, reason to believe that they wil r bar- | bor of Port Au Prince and see t Ger- many takes no action in contravention of | the well-known principles of international | law. | Orders which have been issued to the blehead especially direct her to avoid | ba, so as mnot to give any se m‘ o Spain. She will not start for Hayti until the latter part of this week. ‘Annapolis, Md., where she will rems until after the trial of the torpedo-b Winslow, and will then proceed to N folk, where she will take on board a sup- | ply of coal. Her orders then rec e Ler | to proceed at once to Hayti. i According to the Haytian Minister, Mr. , even ofter German guns were turre the ¢ shouid this happen Government will not yield to the She is now at | or- | de s of Germany. “Itisa mattero principle with us,” he said to-night. “Our homor is involved, and although c 2 of being crushed we must : up for our mgats. All Hayti now asks is the privilege of discussing the case 0a its merits. Arbitration would seem to ural course, but Hayti wil not | be the na | even insist upon that if Germany will culy | consent to a full and free discussion of ail | sides of tie controversy.” BERLIN, Nov. 29.—The Berliner Tage- blatt says it is rehably informed that the German Government only wants mone- tary reparation from Hayti for the recent arrest and imprisonment of Herr Emile eders by the Haytian tribunals, but it it will not brook any interierence in - ‘matter on the part of the United ates, Captured, .—Charies Bradley , aged 14 and 17 years ho ran away from their rancisco, were returned to rancisco to- day by Chief Kidward. s were arrested here Friday night. ov lives at 717 Tehama street 144 Fell street. They had ana left home witn the Eun determinat the worid, Germany's Brook No Interfecence the Appeal of the Little Republic Is Promptly Responded To. { LR R LR R R R R R R A R R R R R R R R R R R R L R R R L R A R R L R A L R L L L R R L R R L A L R L R R R R RN 1 Lo make their own way ml &Wm Threat to | | | | NEWS OF THE DAY- Weather forecast for San Fran- loudiness and sday; light cisco—Increasing probably rain on T westerly, ch g to southwest- erly winds. FIRST PAGE. Famine Yet Threatens Dawson. Uncle Sam to Help Hayti. Tle Cutter Bear Sails. THIRD PAGE. Chetco’s Murderous Feud. Great Storm Off Engiand. Tuorn’s Story of Crime. Cueck Weyler’s Friend: Spared by Indiar Fiens. The Boulevard Bonds Safe, FOURTH PAGE. Scoring San Jose Boodiers. Great Billiard Tournament. Yacht Aggie Coming Here. FIFTH PAGE. Many New Stars Found. Los Angeies School Ecandal, London’s Social Sensation. Good Ship in a Gale. Trying to Oust Dr. Tubb. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. Foreign Complications. The Corporation Twins. Tue Cary at Dawson. Tue Fruit Industry, Personals and Quer SEVENTH PAGE. Alameda County’s Milk War. A Verdict Against Dr. Hall. Burned 2000 Trees. Ouject 1o Burning Garbage. Among the Politicians. EIGHTH PAGE. Work of the Supervisors. A.J. B. Bergman Arrested. At the City Theaters. Run Over by a Car. NINTH PAGE. Racing at Oakland Track, Betting on the Big Fight. Merchants Want Slot Machines Andrew Sweetzer Missing. TENTH PAGE. Commercial Intelligence. ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. TWEL! More Burglaries THIRTEENTH PAGE., Births. Marriages, Deaths. FOURTEENTH PAGE. Archbishop Riordan’s Lecture, The Miners' Big Fair. Pockwitz’s Ton of Gold. The Charitv Game To-Day. 22020022022222222222029% tnuuu,wm 2290298 | & Co. of Chicago. THE BEAR NOW SPEEDING TO THE ARCTIC Starts From Port Townsend on Her Errand of Mercy to the Ice-Bound Whaling Fleet in the Frozen North. PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 29.—The cut- ter Bear did not get away trom Port Townsend until shortly after noon to-day on her mission of mercy to the north, the delav being caused by the attempt of four or five of the crew, inciuding two firemen, ) todesert a1 this port. Captain Tuttle bad a full comvlement of | men, and he lost no time in moving out of | the barbor and headinz northward. T. e work of THE CALL in behaii of Gov- ernment relief tor the imprisoned whalers has aroused so much interest here that large crowds have gatiered at the wharf since the arrival of the Bear to see ihe vessel and her carzo and talk with her officers about the proposed voyage. Scores of people were inv.ted on board by Cap- tain Tuttle, who took the trouble to show them over the ship and explain something about the probable conrse of the cutter, and of the overland expedition as well. | The officers and crew never lost «n oppor- tunity io vra'se 1HE CALL for iis generous ¢onation of proper «lothing for the north- ern climate, without which the trip would, indeed, be a perilous one, Allon board are now not only perfectly resigned to the work that 18 before them, but they are enthusiastic over the obpor- tunity to do something heroic in the in- terest of humanity, and the nation may rest assured that if the imprisoned whal- | ers can be re-cued st all they will be released by this expedition. That the officers of the Bear fully realize the dangerous undertaking on which they bave embarked was shown to-day, when | those who had not previously done so signed their wills. The parting with rela- tives and friends here was a sad one, but when at last the cutier moved out into the bay she was given a cheer and a ‘‘god- -peed”’ by those on shore. LAWYERS SULD BY BAMK. Attempt to Enforce Payment on @ Prom- i sory Novw. SAN LUIs OBISPO, .—The case of the bank of San Luis OLispo against the law firm of Gaves & Graves was con- cluded to-day and argument commenced. It is brought to enforce payment of a promissory note, against which the dp- fendant set up a counter claim of $12, for professional services. The pl’o:ecullun is conducted vy J. L. Crittenden, the San ov. ! Francisco attorney, who is the president ot the bank. It is rumored that S. W. Wilson wilbe deposed as cashier by the Crittenden stockhoiders. If this is done, Wiison will no doubt join forces with L G. Wykersham of Petaluma, another director, who has fuught the Crittenden faction for a number of years. This will force the bank to go into the hands of a receiver. —_— Kern County Bond dale Defeated. BAKERSFIELD, Nov. 2)—Some weeks ago the Bupervisors decided to refund bonds of Kern County amounting to $250,000. At the same time they con- iracted to sell a new issue to Trowbridge Afier a favorab.e elec- tion other brokers through local tax- payers brouzht action to restrain the Supervisors from carryving out their con- tract. To-day Judge Mahon decided the contract to be illegal holding that the By noon, however, | | | | peal that portion of the act of 1893 requir- | ing bonds to be sola by the Treasurer. He | lalso held that a contract to sell bonds cannot be made before they are issued. | —_——— APPLIES FOR BENNETT'S RELEASE. | Council Begins Habeas Corpus Pro- | ceedings to Prevent His Extradition. VICTORIA, Nov. 29.—In the case of J. G. Bennett of San Francisco, held here | for extradition for an attempt to kill his | wife, his counsel to-day apwlied for his ! release on habeas corpus proceedings, boiding that the commitment was de- fective in that it had not been proved that Bennett’s alleged offense was a crime under California laws, anc also that there had been no proof of a demand by the Unitea States Government for his sur- | render. Coleman, the San Francisco cfficer | sent to bring Bennett back, was repre- | sented by Barrister Walls, who opposed | the abplication. The ar:ument by Rob- | ertson, counsel for Bennett, had not been concluded when the court adjourned un- til to-morrow mornin ALL FORBESTOW IN & CAY REVEL | RejJoices Over Improvements to the Gold Bank Mine. Work on the Longest Upralise of R.cord in the Mining World | Comp eted. | Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL. | MARYSVILLE, Nov. 20.—At Forbes- town, a mining camp thirty miles irom this city, the people bave just concluded a grand jollification, the occasion being the completion of the upraise from the [ big tunnel at tbe Gold Bank mine, the longest upraise of record in the mining world. The raise is 1100 feet and the cross- cut 1300 feet. Work on this tunnel began in August, 1804, and has been prcsecuted almost continuously ever since. A prom- inent feature of the celebration was the resentation of a 8 Iver service to Harry . Stow, the mine superintendent. Throughout Saturday afternoon bells were ringing und al! was life and gayety. It is thought that as a result of the opening of this new shaft a 100-stamp mill will have to be substituted for the 20- stamp mill now 1n use, that the immensa reserve body of ore may be handled. S O Civil Srrrvice jor Asylums. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 29.—The State Lunacy Commission will on December 6 hold a civil service examination at the Mendocino Asyium. The positions to be filled after the examination are medical student, supervisor and laundryman. Foi- lowing the examinations will come those 4 Napa and Btockton. The southern asylum will not be reached until after the Two Boats With Scant Supplies Reach Dawson City and Still Those Who Have No Food Must Go Down the River. While the Ice Shuts Them in With Despair the Golden Lure Is Stll All-Powerful, and There Is a Rush From the Boom City to the New Diggings on Deadwood Creck on the Part of Al Who Can Make the Trip. LR E R AR R R R L LR L R A R R R R L R A R L R R R R L A R R L R A R R R R R LR R LRI R DAWSON, N. W. T., Oct. 16, via Seattle, Wash., Nov. 29.—There is nothing in the books to form a paraliel for the conditions that now exist over a stretch of a thousand miles along the Arctic having a center at Dawson. circle, Moscow. The situation has grown grave with the swiftness of the changing Arctic season. days the picture has turned from that of the buoyant rush of an army toward victory and fortune to same army suffering route and defeat in the heart of an enemy’s country. that of the Q’ E Desolation and loss unrelieved mark that which was to have been and now is the most pic- E turesque stampede of the century. The invading army is stranded, without food or shelter, attempted it by the easier ocean route and who refused the wise advice to return while they might to their homes are camped at Fort Yukon, the most northern and bleakest point on the river, or at some other isolated place between here and St. Michael, and all are as far from their destination as they would be in San Francisco. transportation companies have their caches. The rear guard of that other army, which for months has been marching over the passes above Juneau, is dragging its slow lengths through the lakes and down the river to this place, only to find that starvation faces them unless they keep moving on to Fort Yukon, 400 miles further and E |5 almost directly north. The river has been filled with ice since the 26th of September, with the current, almost impossible until the last few days, when, the unexpected again happening, it cleared. During the run of the ice men and boats have been crushed and many lives lost. went to their death under my eyes while ttey were trying to make a landing. may have been lost on the long stretch of treacherous water will never be known. BY SAM W. WALL. DAWSON, N. W. T., Oct. 16, via Seattle, Wash., Nov. 20.—Of the lag- ging and broken army still on the way here, there is reported to be no less than 1oco at Lake Linderman, the beginning | of the river journey. Another detach- | ment is at Lake Bennett, and from there they are strewn along the river all the way to Fort Yukon and below. Overtaken wherever they may be by the sudden sweep of Arctic winter with its closing of the river, without dogs or sleds, they will be transfixed pelled to remain un'ess searching parties relieve them. Very ones are entirely without food or proper clothes. Here neither food nor clothes may be had, nor even light. It is still daylight at midnight, to be sure, but that is passing. Neither lamp oil nor candles are to be had. The last sale of candles reported was at $70 a box, or $1 for one. For lack of light the saloons and gam- bling places and dance halls will probably be compelled to close at night. Window glass is not to be had at any price. Here, at the center of population of this vast territory, half of the people who may be fortunate enough to find the shelter of huts must depend while in them entirely upon their fires for light. The scarcity of provisions will greatly interfere with the working of mines, while at the same time the influx of people in desperate circumstances has placed such of the mine-owners as are well pro- visioned in a position to cut wages, and they have done so. As a result a strike is on at the mines. So there is nothing but disaster and loss to report for those who took part in this great stampede to Dawson. Those few who have arrived with plenty of pro- visions are a premium in the labor mar- ket, and they are generally able to secure employment at the regular price of $1 50 per hour. That, however, does not mean during the winter season $15 a day, for the days are short, and without candles work cannot be carried on. The commercial agents have been sec- onded by the Government officials in urg- ing people to go down the river, and free barges have been offered in which to make the journey while the river is open. Robberies of caches are daily reported, and an attack upon the company stores was only prevented by a fortunate cir- holidays. The examinations will be open | county government act of 1897 does not re- LW all who wish to apply. cumstance. Within forty-eight hours after my ar- and com- | many of these tardy | %) For suffering 1t threatens toovermatch the French retreat from In a few in a sunless land of ice. Those who But they, at least, have provisions. They. camp where the making travel upon it, even Six men How many others SAM W. WALL. 222022222222922220922292220222902029220202202222 4420222928 Cl 220922229299 ummxmzxum&muxmmmxmuumnmulmmuxmfl rival on the night of September 25 wnh police have organized a canvass of the the news that the steamers could notjtown 2nd of the near-by diggings to ascer- cross the Yukon bar with provisions this I tain who has provisions and who has not. year the price of flour went from §6 50 to I Those who have not will be required to $100 a sack. That price is asked for it | move down the river. | now, but the only sale made is that of an | Every day sees the arrival of travel- occasional fortunate newcomer, who has | weary and hardship-worn parties in their brought more than sufficient for himto ex- | little boats, who, ten minutes after land- iston, and who is tempted by the high |ing at the place they have struggled so prices to take chances. hard and so- long to reach, find that it is Many, frightened by the outlook here, | not the promised land. . They have been are selling what they have and*hastening | following the vanishing light, and they to Fort Yukon. Every new arrival is | must go still further on through 400 miles warned of the conditions that exist here, | of ice and treacherous water, thers t, re- and advised if he cannot meet them to | main through the eicht months of winter, move on. Public meetings are held for | which means, if they get through in the purpose of urging upon everybody the | safety, just that much time lost. gravity of the situation, and the mounted A bargeload of twenty of these left last ¥ti“4i¥¥¥“¥¥‘l!i*¥l!i¥¥l x ¥ ¥¥¥i¥¥¥¥¥'t¥¥‘¥¥‘4¥¥t¥l¥ TO ‘GIVE SUFPLIES TO THE. KLONDIKE. Secretary Alger Believes in Sending in Food at Any Cost. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The Washington corrsspondent of the Herald telegraphs: The administration has been awaiting the coming of the repor® of Captain Ray of the United States army. in regard to Alaskan affairs, before adopting any measures for the relief of posssible sufferers. Secretary Alger told me this afternoon that he expects the report of Captain Ray in about one week. He believes it was brounght over the trail to Dyea and is-now on the way to Washington. The ofiicials will probably consider at to-morrow’s Cabinet meeting any steps that may be taken at this time to get food into the Yukon. If Captain Ray in his report suggests a planfor getting pro- visions into the Klondike during the winter it is the intention-of the Presi- dent to transmit a report to Congress immediately upon “the convening of that body and ask the necessary apprfopriation to carry the plan into effect. I understand that Secretary Alger stands. ready to pay out of his own pocket any expense connected with the transportation of food into Alaska in order that there may be no delay in getting relief where it is needed. William A. Kjellman, cuperintendent of the Teller reindeer station in Alaska, was in the city to-day, having come direci from Alaska. He told Secretary Alger he had gatHered together about 200 trained reindeer and had placed them at the disposal of Lieutenant-Colonel G. M. Randall of the Eighth Infantry, who, with a force of twenty~flvn men, is stationed at Ste Michael. Secretary Alger told me that he donbxad if any great quantity of supplies could be sent to Dawson City until the latter part of Febiuary or early in March. During the carly winter the swow is light, he said, and would not support a man’s weight. I understand that in case it proves necessary to get supplies to Dawson City early during the winter he favors the purchase of packhorses and a large number of trained reindeer and the formation of. relief trains. ) NN LRN NN FOU AN NN NN NN NN NN AN YA NN NN YNNI XM NI NN NN N MNCHOR NN N NN NN N NN N K NN