The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1897, Page 1

Fvorvun @all NING, DECEMBER 1, 1897. PRICE FIVE C TS. GOVERNMENT TO HELP THE KLONDIKE MINERS THREATENED BY FAMINE OLD FORT YUKON. From Emile Jowveaux's ““Travels and Adventures in Alaska.” The Hudson Bay Company’s Post on the Yukon at the Mouth of the Porcupine River as It Appeared in Summer at the Time of the Purchase of Alaska by the United States. This fort was founded in 1847 and was the most distant of all the Hudson Bay Company’s posts. It was abandoned by them when it was shown that it was within the limits of the Territory of Aiaska, but the buildings were left nding. Several hundred tons of provisions were discharged here by the Hamilton and other steamers unable to roceed farther up the river, and over a thousand men are expected to come down from Dawson and winter there. CALL OFFICE, Rices Housg, ) SHINGTON, Nov. 30.{ considered the sub- | ject of sending relief to the vcople in the ! Kiondike. President McKiulev received | @ telegram from the Port'and (Or.) Cham- | Y-r of Commerce stating that there was | r of destitution and suffering on the | n and offering to supply the neces- | od for relief if the Government} uid underrake its transportation. The information was not definite as to | the actual cond.tions, but wason the same lines as that which has been telegraphed from the Northwest. The Cabinet con- | sidered every phase of the situation and discussed ways and means of affording re- lief It was decided that nothing could be done until Congress meets, wWhen an ap- propriation will be asked for the purpose of transporting food supplies. Although many plans have been discussed none has been decided upon. It is probable, how- ever, that whatever action is t=k-n will be nder the direction of the War D part- ment, and by the time Congress acts Sec- retary Alger wili have formuiusted plans. No attempt will be made togo up the | Yukon, as the ice has closed progress in that direction. The relief supplies will have to be sent over the passes. Just how they will be transported is a question re- | quiring earnest cousideration, and one that will require the study of many plans in order that an entirely feasible one may be evolved. Secretary Alger will gather all possible information and will communicate with | ersons who know the route to the Kion- e and who are familiar with the trans- portation methods inthe Arctic and other frozen regions. Reindeer and dogs pos- <ibly may be used and there is also a sug- gestion thatthe steam snow shovel, which has been successfully used in the deep w of log camps, may be used. Secre- | Y Alger has confidence in it as a meaus ©f transportation. The members of the Cabinet were all in- tensely interested in the matter cf send- ing relief. Whether the men. who are supposed to be suffering, went there | against the repeated warnings of all ofh- | cials or not is beyond the question, tbe | simple fact being that they are there and | need relief making it imperative upon | the Government to extend aid if possible, | No estimate has been made a< to the | cost and none can be prepared now. Con. | gress will be asked to abpropriate a suf- | ficient amount, and the War Department | will expend 1t in the most economical | manner, as in the case of the Mississippi | flood sufferers, ¥ben $200,000 was anpro- priated and only 375,000 expended. The task of gelting supplies to the Kiondike in midwinter is not under- esiimated, and doubts are entertained as to its being a possibility. Dvea can be reached by steamer, but theace the jiur- ney is one of 700 miles over mountains an through deep rifts of soft, loose snow. The sun shines for only about five hours in twenty-four, andi the thermometer | ofien goes down 10 50 and 60 degrees be- low zero. But it 1s believed an exyedi tion cannot reach the Kiondike before February at the earliest, and the hovpe is | expressed that there is a sufficient supply | of food to last unt:l they go. It is esti- | mated tbat there are 5000 p-ople in the | gold country. ! A report recently state! that 150,000 headiof horses and cattle recently went to the Klond:ks from Dyea, but Commis- spuer Smith of Dyea has wired the Gov- ment that such is not the fact. He that 1000 sheep started over the #trail, und that it is beiieved thev TeXied the mines. Some time ago 300 sheep were sent down the Yukon, of which 200 may have reacheda the Kion- dike. Becretarv Alger belfeves that Captain Roy bas gon- to Dawson, and that he will make his way back and report upon | conditions there. Nothing has been heard from him since he left for the Yukon, but the fecrelary cxpects advices from him almost any day. It is probable that the President will send a special message to Congress The Cabinet to-ds ¥ { which the Government wi | undertake to | p asking an appropriation for the relief of | the people in the Klondike, and it is be- | lieved prompt action will be taken n:xdi the money be made available immed ately. | The foliowing correspondence was laid before the Cabinet: PortrLAND, Or., Nov. 29 To the Hon. William McKinley, Pr Ay the United S ates. Washington: Over- whelming ey dence te t! ying to the grave dangers whic: confronts the American miners on the Yukon and its tributaries, with the dreaded horrors of starvation | when the present small stock of provisions sball be exbausted, demands of us, as homane people blessed with abundunce, | that evervthing in our power shall be | done to relieve the distress which is al- | | | most a certainty unless supplies of food can be transported to the imprisoned miners. With this object in view the Portland Chamber of Commerce has communicated with kindred organza- tions on the Pacific Coast and has ot- tained in almost every instance assur- | ances of hearty co-operation in furnishing | supplies s0 soon as the Government shall | promise to transport the same to their | destination and supervise their distribu- | tion. Private resources are wholly insde- | quate for the task involved. Out of our abundant storehouses the | people of the West are capable of furnish- | ing food supplies in quantities sufficient | to provide azainst the impending distress, | but lack the means necessary to transport | the same; and to provide for this we ap- peal to the nation, through its chief ex- ecutive and its representatives in Con- | gress, to the end that an expedition un- ; der the management of officers of the | army or navy be provided for and in- | structed to miake all possible Laste in the accomplishment of the mission entrusted to them. Assurances thus far received warrant us in guaranteeing to the Govern- ment that the people of the United States, and especially that' portion tributary to | Portland, will supply all the food preducts | transport to the beleaguered miners; and | we earnestly pray that your Excellency | will heed our petition and lend to it your | valuable support. W.th assurances of our most loyal consideration, we have the | honor of sub«cribing ourseives, TaE PORTLAND UHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Br W. S Masox, President, E. D. OLipHANT, Secretary. 1 S | War DEPARTMENT, 1 WasHINGTON, Nov. 30.§ To Hon. W. S. Mason, President Chamber of Commerce, Portland: Tuae President di- rects me to acknowledge the rece.pt of your telegram of time 29th inst., concern- ing the starving miners on the Yukon, and to say that be tully sympathizes with | the expressions contained in your dis b, and hopes that such means;as sha be necessary to afford the relief contem- plated will be furnished at the earliest possible aay. R A. ALGER, | Secretary ot War. Commissioner Smith’s teiezraphic re- port showed that no horses had gone be- vend the American jurisdiction of the lakes. Lhe thousand Liead of sheep that | started over the Dyea trail in July, he wired, undoubtedly, ot through. There | were 300 sheep shipped from the lakes down the Yukon on rafts in September. 'wo hundred beef cattle were staried to the lakes of the Dyea trail and Skaguay trails. Of these Commissioner Smith re- pirts 10 per cent lost or consumed, the iast seventy of which are butchered and frozen at the lakes, awaiting transporta- tion to Dawson. The telegram cantions the department against placing toco much faith in the repor:s from Dyea. Other advices received to-day and placzd before the President’s official family re- ported that a herd of remnde:r with sup- plies had beeu started from a point on the lower Yukon, about 800 miles from St. Michael, the herd reacfiing the place by going acrossland from a pointopposite the coast. The reindeer are carrying supplies up, and a2 number of people anxious to get down from ihe Klondike country will | be brought back by this means. The herd will be used through the winter as far as possible. William A. Kjeliman, superintendent of the Government reindeer herds in Alaska, bas been here several days conferring with | the authorities, ana left to-night en route for Lavlana. He goes under instructions to engage a corps of Lapps for service with rderr an Alaske. expert in the handling of reindeer, and his record in taking care of the Government | [j berd in our own country since he came here for that purpose from Lapland makes him an authoriiy on this phase of the Alaskan problem. It is ordinarily diffi- cult for a stranger to secure Lapps 1o leave for a foreign clime for such a purpose, but in visw of hisinfluence among his people Secretary Bliss expects Mr. Kjeliman’s | mission to be successful. Secretary Alger has written to the citi- zens’ Kiondike committee at Washington regarding an order for a military reserva- tion in Alaska. This committee wanted to know how persons seekinz business lo- | cations on the reservation should proceed Continued on Second Page TITTTEELOOBIBBEB0BBE NEWS OF THE DAY- Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco—Cloudy on Wednesday; probably fog in the morning, with fresh westerly winds. FIRST PAGE. Government to Aid K'ondikers. Austria’s New Cabines. White May Step Aside. SECOND PAGE. Hayti R sists Germany. Eastern Turt War Brewing. Tommy Ryan Bests Stift. THIRD PAGE. Thorn Confesses His Guilt. Mayor Koch Scared. Los Angeles School Scandal. FOURTH PAGE. Parricide Flannelly Arraigned. Cuetco's Murderous Feud. The Murder on the Rush, Poverty Causes Suicide, FIFTH PAGE. The Danger From L prosy. Actress Arrested for Larcery. Rottanz: as a Living Picture. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. Tue Situation at Dawson. Lenator Perkins on Hawaii. The Corporation Conspiracy. National Academy of Design. Personals and Queries, SEV TH PAGE. An Aged Pickpocket. Tne Miners’ Fair Assured, News of the Water Front, Paulist Fathers Wili Petition. EIGHTH PAGE. Fusillade Through a Door. Racine at Logleside Track. The Bohemian Art Exhibition. NINTH PAGE. O.kland’s Mitk War Why Dr. Tubb May Go. Liquor Under Bogus Labels, TENTH PAGE. Commercial Intelligence. ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Ac:oss the Buy. School Children in Lockstep. TWELFTH PAGE. Wine-dealers’ Dilemmu. THIRTEENTH PAGE, Births. Marriages, Deaths, FOURTEENTH PAGE. The Big Fight a Draw. : E E E E E E E | ,E; : e E | Mr Kjellman is an | AUSTRIA’S NEW CABINET COMPLETED Statestig Chosen 16 Lead! the Nation Out of Its Difficulties. W U BARron G'Ad = THE PARL] AMENT HOUSE NN HOH 2 A Ok &k LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30.—United States Senator Stephen M. White left for Wash- ington at 10:30 o'clock this morning. He departed over the Southern Pacific lim- ited, and it is needless Lo add that he pai his fare and that of Mrs. White, whe ac- companied him. “The memory of man runs not to the time,” said the Senator before ieaving, “‘when a man, be he high or low, suc- ceeded in getting free transportation on the limited. So my kind friends can rest easy. I have no pass, asked for none and desired none.” “‘Before leaving for the national cap- ital wiil you make any declaration as to WHERE AUSTRIA’S FUTURE WILL BE DECIDED. VIENNA, Nov. 30.—The new Austrian Cabinst, of whicn Baron Gautsch von Frankenthurn is president, has been completed. The assignment of portfolios is as follows: Baron Gautsch von Frankenthurn, Premier and Minister of the Interior. Count Wolsersheilb, Minister of Na- tional Defense. Dr. Von Wittek, Minister of Rai'ways. Count Von Baillet-Latour, Minister of Public Instruction. Herr Behmbauck, Minister of Finance. Herr Koerber, Minister of Commerce. Dr. J. von Ruber, Minister of Justice. Count Rylandt-Proidt, Minister of Agri- culture, The Emparor’s letter accepting the resignation of Count Badeni was un- usually curt and merely announced his accentance. Itissaid that Count Badem fled from Vienna on Sunday. He lefi the ministerial palace by a side door and drove to a railway station, where he took an expiess train for hi« estate in Galicia. —— TROUBLES IN AUSTRIA. In the Emplire Are M>n of Many D fferent Nationalitles Who Have Nothing in Common. The riotous proceedings in the lower houte of the Austrian Keichsrath must be considered as forerunners of much more serious and far-reaching developments. In order to comprenend mutters thor- oughly it becomes necessary to look upon the relations existing betv.een the many different nationalities which have nothing in common other than a government rep- resented by a single personelity. The four demineering races in Austria, | the German, the Magyar (Hungarian), the S avic (Czech and Slavonic) and the Poi- ish, have. at all times been very antago- nistic to each otuher, and that a rupture did not occur long sgo is mainiy due toa combination of circumstances over which | the aifferent races haa no control, as, for instance, the jealousy of the grest pow- ers, which required u strong state just on that part of the Euronesn map occupied by Austria. Russia and France wouid not be pleased to see the German provinees ot Austria in tne possession of the Father- iand, to_which they criginaily belongea, while Germany would be oprosed 10 an annexasion of Hungaria or even of Gali- zien by Russia. 3 Almost the onlv tie which has gept the nationalities together during the last four decades is the personality of the present Emperor, who is beloved and veneratea alike by all his people, who have stood by him in all his adversities. And bhardy ever hus a polentate been more unfortu- nate than Francis Joteph. Defeated in two great wars (1859 and 1866), he was compelled to make great sacrifices to in- sure peace; his favorite brother, the chivalrous Emperor Maximihan of Mex- ico, was publiciy executed at Queretaro; his oniv son and heir, the late Crown Prince Rudoinh, commiited suicide if he was not murdered, under compromising and disgraceful circumstances, and many other members of the large Archducal family have cansed bim much embarrass- ment and trouble. 3 The people of Austria have an almost filial regard for their Emperor, and bave | element in the country, sincerely his sorrows. But the Emperor is now old, even more so in body than in ycars; and what is to ensue in the empire when he dil or when the passions of tte nationalities assume a more serious as- pect, as 18 indicated at the present time? The heir-apparent is 3 sick men and is led er:urely by influences not popu'ar in the State. In case Francis Ferdinand should die, abdicate or be otherwise dis- posed of, matters would be still worse, for | his brothers would then be nextin succes- | sion, and these young fellows have always {led such a disgraceful lite that they are despised by ali mankind—even by their | own families. There has been some talk ot reviving the pragmatic sanction, so that Archduchess Elizabeth, the daughter of the late Crown Prince, could succeed to the throne; but there are aimost unsur- mountable diflicuities in the way, and even if it could be accomplished the people would vot te satisfied, for the times ol Maria Theresia are past and a solution of thedilemma could not be found in such a proceeding. Adv ces just received from Austria lead us to suppose that the ties between people and Government, as well as the ties which, though loosely, still to some ex- tent exist between the different nation- alities, are on the very point of being snapped asunder. Withoutattaching any undue importance to the boyish and scandalous scenes recently enacted in the Reichsrath, they mu-t still be considered as furnishing a good illustration of the feeling of the peopie. If only the mem- bers of the Reichsrath would quarrel among themseives and call each other names not fit to be heara outside of the | slums, no great harm would be done, but the trouble is that the antagonistic nation- alities are promoting discord in all parts of the empire, and seem even more eager to cause a rupture than the representa- tives they bave sent to Vienna. During the last five weeks acks of the CUzechist students and mobs on Germans in Bohemia, Moravia and those parts of the Alpine provinces populated by Slavs have occurred almost every day. Secret societies are being formed with alarming rapidity, the Jew-baiting in Upper and Lower Ausiria, in Styria and Corinthia is resumed with unusual vigor, and the Anti-Semitic party, with the Schoenerer group (to which the latelv much but not | favorably talked-of Dr. Wolff belongs), is becoming more powerful and acgressive than it ever was before. The Czechs are intriguing with Russiaand France against Austriz, or at least against the German and the Hun- garians will have rothing to do with either the Germans or the Slavs or the Poles. More threatening to the security of the empire is the tendency of the Ger- man Nauonal party, of the stugents and of many ot the turner ana singing socie- ties to make covert overtures in favor of the German empire whenever an oppor- tunity presen:s itself. ‘The most surprising and at the same time most alarmiug featureof all these affairs is that they are enacted by theedu- cated classes. Country people take part in them only in so far as they are led 1o it by azitators, while the mobs in the cities participaie 1n them as they would in any- thing that tended to satisfy their appetite for riotous and disorderly conduct. So far the Government has been sble to sup- press all aggressions belore they acquire considerable dimensions, aud everything is done to keep matters from be- A PO R T e Continued on Second Page. sympathized with him in all | | your intentions in reference to securing a re-eiection to the Senate?’’ was a question | asked by a representative of THE CALL. | *No, I cannot make a positive declara- { tion vet. Itis a difficult question for me to answer, and it has perpiexed mea greatdeal for some time. I have received countless letters and telegrams interro- gating me on this point, and it has been a hard matter for me to answer them brietly and at the same time to explain just exactly the position I am vlaced in. “[ appreciate the fact that a seat in the i United States Senate is perhaps—in fact, it is undoubtedly—the highest honor that can be conferred upon a citizen. To be a Senator of the republic was to me tie acme of my ambition. I have realized it, and I have in nc way been disappointed. *‘A seat in the Senate I have found to | be all that 1 had pictured aud painted it | in my mind to be. I have not been dis- | appoirted in the slightest particular. | The essociations are pleasant and agree- | able to me. The work and the duties are to my liking. *'1f 1 were a man of independent means all I would want or all I would ask would bea seat in the United States Senate. There is no higher honor that I would seek—absolutely none. *But [ am not a rich man. On the con- trary, I am just the reverse. I am a man without wealth, and the question that zrises is purely a personal one—as far as my candidacy for re-election is concerned. Can I afford to continue to be a Senator when the calls that are made upon me in a monetary sense to sustain my family ond bear aubsolutely the necessary ex- | penses of my houseiold consume every dollar I receive irom my salary and every | other source of income that I have, Isit justice to my family, under these circum- | stances, for me to endeavor to continue to reiain my seat as a Senator from Cali- fornia? “If I were suddenly to be called hence I woiild leave no provision for their future. There are in the Senate many men of whom the general public hear but little who perform a great service for their country, and whose labors and efforts will never be appreciated. On the contrary, as soon as they die they will pass hence and be forgotten. “There 1s Senator F. M. Cockreil of Missouri, He is a quiet, unoffending man, who seldom, 1f ever, makes a speech upon the floor, and the general public knows bu: little about him. Yet he is i undoubtedly one of the mainstays of the Senate. Senator Cockrell has saved the taxpayers of this country millions of dol- lars. Every bill introduced in the Senate apprcpriating money is referred to him. He reads if and examines it. He ison the Appropriations Committee, of which Sen- ator Allison is chairman. If, after exam- ing the bill, Senator Cockrel! pronounces the appropriation as ill-advised, Senator Allison accepts the dictum and it is all up witn the measure. Every day Senator Cockrell works in a committee-room on these bills, He has three or four expert l SENATOR WHITE ['1OST PROBABLY TO STAND ASIDE He Will State His Position Positively Early in February. :‘kflitt* e de ok dedek ook ko ok e okokok ok odekkok ko ok kR ok ko “Iam not a rich man. On the contrary, I am just the reverse. I am a man without wealth, and the question that arises is purely a personal one—as faras my candidacy for re-election is concerned. to continue to be a Senator when the calls that are made upon me in a monetary sense to sustain my family and bear absolutely the neces- sary expenses of my household consume every dollar I receive from my salary and every other source of income that I have? to my family, under these circumstances, for me to endeavor to con- tinue to retain my seat asa Semator from California?’—Hon. Stephen % M. White in an interview at Los Angeles. :t*kii*t*i*fl TRk A AR AR AR KRRk A A R Rk & & AR Ak Ak kk CanIafford Is it justice H Ak ok dok ko koA k! * * bookkeepers with him all the time, and everything in the way of information as to appropriating public money is at his tongue’s end or within command of it+ To this labor he has given his whole life, and the actual value of the service in a money sense to the country cannot be computed. We know that his vigilance has saved the country many thousands of dollare. “‘But the point I wanted to make is that althouch Senaior Cockrell will une aoubtedly be continued in his seat aslong as he lives, still when he does go, he wil} leave absolutely nothing behind him for his family save a highly honoratle wame. This is indeed a sad contemplation. Aiter baving labored faithiully and rendered such important service to his country, Senator Cokerell will, when the last cali comes, be compeiled to pass beyond with- out having the satisfaction of knowing that his family will be provided for, un- less something unforeseen occurs. Who will provide for or care for those he leaves bebind? That is a question no one can answer. “There are other Senators situated simi- larly to Senator Cockrell, whom I might name. ow, my friends will understand the pesition I am placed in. I must decide soon and I will, for I owe it to my friends, both in and outside the Democratic party, o let them know at an early date what my intentions are. In February, possibly before then, but any way not ‘ater than that &ate, I will make positive answer as to whetherI am or am not a candidate for re-election. “There is no faction or leader of the Democracy of California with whom I am not on terms of friendship. With the leaders I am in accord and thev have as- sured me thatif [ am a candidate for re- election they will aid to the best of their abulity in securing the election of a Legis- lature that will effect that result. In the rank+ of my party there is no opposition that I have heard of. Therefore all talk of combinations being formed in my in- terest, both in and outside of the ranks of the Democracy, would strike the average man as idle chaff. “I have been assured by the wheel- horses of the California Democracy that 1f I desire re-election they will favor the proposition. Inasmuch as all these gen- tlemen have shown me so much consider- ation it is no more than just that I should let them know whether or not I will bea candidate at as early a date as possible. This is the reason why I have selected February as the outside date for a positive declaration from me.”” *Do you think this will be a busy ses sion of Congress?” “Yes, it will. There will be a number of important questions coming up, but I do not care to discuss them. The people of the coast are well acquainted with my views upon the public 1ssues affecting them, either nearly or remctely, and they can rest assured that those opinions I have already voicea will be susiained by my vote and what little influence I have in the United Siates Senate.” “Shouid you retire from public life at the end of your present Senatorial term, would you locate in New York City? Such 18 your reported intention.” No, sir; I would not locate anywhers outside of California. It wili always be my place of residence. I may maintain an coffice in New York, but I will always be a citizen of the Golden State.” KAISER OPENS THE REICHSTAG. The Navy He Wants Takes the Principal Place in His Speech. BERLIN, Nov. 30.—Emperor William opened the session of the Reichstag to- day in person for the first time since 1894. The ceremony took place 1n the White Hail of the Royal Castle. His Majesty read the speech from the throne. The navy occupied the principal place in the speech. The passage on this subject fol- lows: “The development of the German navy does not correspond with Germany’s mission at sea, and in the event of warlike complications it would not sutfice to as- sure the security of the home ports and coasts against a blockade or more exten- sive operations on the part of the enemy. Neither has it kept pace with the rapid growth ol German trans-oceanicinterests. ‘While German trade is participating in- creasingly in the world’s change of mer- chandise, the number of our war vessels does not suffice to afford our countrymen abroad the measure of protection corre- sponding with Germany’s position, nor the support which can only be secured by a display of power. Although it is not our object to vie with the maritime powers of the first rank, Germany must, never- theless, be placed in a position to main- tain, by means of preparedness at sea, her prestige among the people of the giobe.” S A Puilip E. Dresscher Dead. YUBA CITY, Nov. 30 —Philip E. Dresscher, a pioneer of this State, died at his home near Nicolaus, this coun'y, this morning. He was 78 years of age. Diesscber was County Surveyor for many years and prominent in the politics of this ‘part of the State.