The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1897, Page 1

- The et 2 RN ) VOLUME LXXXIII— 0. =. A CZECH MOB HOLDS PRAGUE IN ITS GRASP Germans and Jews the Ob- jects of the Wrath of the Slavs. This A May Mark of Empire the Beginning of the Falling to Pieces of the Great the House of Hapsburg. Fedortodoikokok ko A Rk dokok ke kkkok ok | LITTLE HOPE FOR AUSTRIA VIENNA, Dec. 1.—The prospects for the new M:nistry are ominous. assignments of portfolios heve been received on es with % | id reserve, and h the ismissal of Count has al- layed the sy ebeilion in Vie n towns, ana n the Slav i of the Czechs nt Badeni had. g that mob vio- lence has had in Vienna in bring- g about the downfall of Count Badeni, the Czechs are trying by the same influence o bring pres- sure to bear upon the new Cabinet. The Parliamentary situation is and socialists as Cc the succe 40 k0 026 08 X o % b 3 o 08 30 6 0 o 2 2 4 0 o 4 4 0 unchanged and hepeless. Baron Gautsch hLas conferred with the leaders of .the m and the leaders of the n , but so far 24 242450 3 24 4 2 2 0 2 38 2 2 2 3 2 X0 2 0o 24 08 o 24 o 0 2 4 o 4 both parties apear irreconcilable. 2434 24 5 % o4 2 X * ARKAKRAARKKAARK AR AR K | PRAGUE, BouemiA, Dec. 1.—There was | renewal of tie rioting here last evening. | » windows of the German theater, the | man schools, restaurants, residences | 1 newspaper cffice: were broken. 'l'he; roops cleared the reets, but many peo- ple were injured and a number of arrests were made. ing the afternoon the riot increased. nagogue windows were smashed well as those of the houses of Jews dis- ylaying German trade signs in several stresis of the Jewish quarter. Since 6 o'clock this evening the streets have been Leld by twelve batialions of infantry and a squadron of ho All trafficis sus- | pended and business houses are closed. In spite of the military a large {zech mob made a descent during the evening upon the German quarter and plundered Louses and shops. The furniture of a well-known German cafe was piled up in the street and set onfire. Whena tachment of troops approachgd to dis- pa:se the rioters th= soldiers were greeted with showers of stones, broken glass and other missiles. Tue officer in command ordered his troops to prepare to fire, but at the urgent request of a police official the order was not carried into effect. Shortly after 9 o’clock a mob attempted to attack a cartridge factory at Ziszhcow, a | suburb ot Prague, on the other side of the | ars. Moldau. The troops stationed at the fac- | tory poured & volley into the crowa. Itis known that at least two persons were killed outright, and it is fear«d that oth- ers were killed or wounded. The same | body of rioters set fire 1o a house at Ziszh- | yw, but the flames were soon quencted. | In various other parts of tue city and the snburbs windows were smasiied and German signboards demolished. It is said that the mob was incited by | articles in the Czech newspavers and by a ialse report that the German students had organized an attack upon the Czech Na- tional Thea'er. At alate hour threatening crowds made repeated rushes, and an attempt to storm the German newspaper offices was made, but by 11 o’clock the town was quiet and the troops had been withdrawn, except patrols at threatened points. In Ziszhcow, the southwest suburb of Prague, and a thickly popuiated indus. | trial gquarter, at a late hour in the evening a riotous mob attacked and plundered the German National School. The rioters fired shots at ihe police detachment which arrived on the scene to disperse them, | whereupon the commanding officer, ac i | with great promptitude, draw hisrevolver and fired at one of the rinrleaaers, the bul let piercing his arm. He then arrese the man, and the resuit of this energetic action was the dispersion of the mob witi- | out mren furtser difliculvy. | The German gymnasium in the center | (ftle city was plundered by a mob, which was finally dispersed by a combined charge ot soldiers and police. Already resenting the German jubila- tions and illuminatons of clubs and beer Liatls over the fall of Count Badeni, the | (z-ch population was still further incited v the speech of the Czech burgomaster, clivered Monday night to the Town | wo =pecial sufferers from the riots are on von Aerenthul, the representative | be German land-owners in the Reichs- . and Count von Salm. Baron Aeren- < place is on the Wenzeis Platz. The mob smashed the windows and tore out the window frames on the ground floor last uight, Some ouirages were com- mitted on Count Saim’s place, which is the editorial oflice of the German paper, Boliemia, During the nignt tre Aerenthal place wus boarded up, but the rioters soon re- moved the planks and threw large stone~ jnto the luxuriously Iurnisied room~,] smashing vaiuable objects of art and costly furniture. Damage 10 the amount | plunderers. g : : | i : é E | : : of many thousands of florins has been done to German firms, clubs and other in- ~titutions having German proprietors or patrons. No performance was given at the German theater to-night. The constant cry of the rioters was “Down with the Germans; down with the Jews.” Ladies veniuring on the sireet were obliged to wear the Slav tricolor in order to avoid being attacken. German signboards are being rapidly re- | moved by their owners and replaced with | Czech inscriptions. Nobody dares to utter a word in Germsn. The Kinsky palace was plundered of its furniture, which was thrown through the windows, heaped in the street and set on fire, the mob preventing the fire brigade from approaching. The Wenzels P atz, where the revolution of 1848 began, bas been the chief center of excitement. It is about sixty yards in widih and 750 vards in length, and will bold 100,000 people. The police and the military have made 200 arrests, and 1t is reported to-nightthat altogether eiguty persons nave been in- jured. It is said that the riots were organized | by u secret society animated by hatred of [ Germans and Jews. Shortly fresh before midnight disorders and two shops there were in the | Pingmangasse were broken open and pil- laged. The military patrol wasdispersed by the Disorders ar- reported in various other suburbs. At Weinberg 1he rioters sprinkled a shop with pstroleum and set it on fir. At Liben twenty-one armed rioters were arrested. Another gang plundered a hquor saloon, and shorily arterward the patrol found twenty persons lying drunk in the street. PILSEN, Bonguia, Dec. 1.—Asa result of the threatening mob gathering yesier- day the houses of German residents are pecially guarded by the police. To-day 3000 people patherea in front of the town hall, and, after singing nationel songs, jToceeded to the German gymnasium, where they broke the windows. The po= fice dispersed the crowd, wounding one. The rioters then returned to the town hall, where, failing to obtain the l:bera- tion of some of the ringieaders who had been arrested, they broke the windows of the hall and of several buiidinysadj TEOOUBTEBBEBETUBOBB0 T NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco—Fair on Thursday, with brisk northerly winds. FIRST PAGE. Germans Mobbed at Prague. Hela Prisoners in Mexico. Bennett’s Dash for Freedom. Pando Reported Killed. SECOND PAGE. Millions 1o Make Armor. Capital 2nd Labor Clash. Sloan 1o Ride for Wale-. THIRD PAGE. Justice Fieid Retires. Money for San Pedro. Sibyl Sanderson Married. Kaiser Hurt Hayti’s Honor. Union Pacific Presidency. FOURTH PAGE. Los Angeles School Scandal. Wite Murderer on Trial. Fight for the Boulevard. FIFTH PAGE. San Jose Gang Ashamed. Booming the Miners’ Jubilee. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. The Alaskan Trade. The Wuite Hand of Hawaii, New Hall of Justice. folsom Boulevard. Miu ic and Musicians. SEVENTH PAGE. News of the Fi:uters. One Man'a Night of Agony. ¢ ra-hed Into the Slip. Wine Men Up in Arms EIGHTH PAGE. Art and Beauty in Bohemia. Wilmerding School Site. Com.ng Distress st Dawson, E ks to Honor Their Dead. NINTH PAGE. Stanks Has a Respite. Racing at Ingleside. In a Room With Spooks. TENTH PAGE. Commercial. ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. TWELFTH PAGE. Who Will Sncceed Dr. Walk? THIRTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marriazes, Deaths, FOURTEENTH PAGE, Gladys Wallis in Court, Death of P.oneer Hamburger. KEngelberg’s Insolvency, | | | { | i : : : : : : : § 3 : 3 3 % 3 SAN FRANCISCO, THUR Call SDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2 1897. PRICE FIVE CENT s i ANOTHER SHOTGUN WEDDING WITH NEITHER PARTY WILLING. (From Puck—Copyright.) SHIPWRECKED MEN NOW HELD AT ENSENADA After Encountering Disaster and Suffering the Pangs of Thirst Two Americans Are Detained as Suspected Poachers. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1.—The schooner N.utilus and two luckless young men | comprising her crew are in trouble at | Ensenada. The vessel has been confis- | cated, and the men are liable to be | thrown into jail. And this, too, after they have suffered shivwreck and en- dured the peril of adeath by thirst along “ Uie dry cuast that strelches ior oriy | milas vorth of Ensenada T e Niutilus sailed from this port on Novemver 24 for the Cortez fishing banks, and it wss the iniention of the two fishermen, Aubrey Pedder and Rob- | ert Woods, ta explore the sonthern coast a little on the way, as there is said 10 be a lagoon there abounding in the finest mul- let. Procuring a permit frow the owner of the land surrounding the lagoon, they were safe, and set out. Before they could make a landing at the lagoon the recent eales set in, and the Nautilus had to stand out to sea. She braved the storm for several days, and then put back toward the lagoon. In tha meantime & heuvy fog settled over the coast and the two boys on board without a compass found themselves in an awkward predicament. To cap the climax they were horrified 1o find that one of the water ke:s had been left sbe- hind, leaving tiem with oniy a few pints of fresh water. They dec ded they would bave to make shore somehow. Through ihe log they could hear the breakers pounding on the rccky ashore, but there was nothing eise 1o do and they cast anchbor and pulied for the shore in the small boat. Ia lunding their small boat | was smashed to kinding wood by the angry scrl/, and they found themselves thrown into the sea, beaten back and forth and balf sirangled. But both man- aged to get ashore, They found themseives near the ola mission on a dcsolate stretch of coast, forty miles south of this city. There is no water neir the coast, though Mexican cattlemen in the interior have springs and wells. The shipwrecked men dis- cussed mean: ol returning (o their vessél, but had 10 give.them up and rhen decided to walk to Eusenada, chirty miies distant, While on their journey they were aston- ished to see their schooner dragging her anchor and flying southeast before the wind. Belore long she was far off shore and rapidly drifting southward. They hostened to Ensenada, footsore, hungry and almost exhansted from thirst. They hoped to obtain help irom the custom- of- ficials, but there is no steam vessel ai En- senada and the cusioms officials could do Dr. Tubb Makes Defense, - g &uummmugmuj nothing. Pedder and Woods t.ok passage that | she was taken to Ens-nala. night on the steamer Carlos Pacheco for this port. On the way north a Jookout was kept for the missing schooner and early next mornine she was seen drifting southward. The Pacheco ran close by and lowered a boat, by means of which Pedder and Woods, accompanied by the customs officials, reached the Nautilus The officials took charge of the vessel and Later it was tearned that Pedder and Woods were de- tained and required to explain why they were fishing in Mexican waters without a licens: or entry at the custom-house. The Nautilus was seized and until the case comes up will remain at En<enada. The men are not confined in jail, but are held vntil their case is settled. On account of tbe numerous ceses of guano poaching along the lower coast the officials are very strict, and whenever theycatch a prize they make the most of it. OLDEST OF OLD MAIDS. Death of a Wondertully Virile Spin- ster of the Bay State. Epecial Dispatch to TRE CALL LOSTON, Dec. 1.—After rounding out a full century Miss Susan Wesson, the old- est oid maid in all New England, passed away early this morning at her home, 58 Rucgles sireet, Roxbury. She had been an invalid for the past ten years and aur- ing the last four had beed confined to her room. Miss Wesson was the daughter of Wil- liam and Mary Wesson. She was born in Cambridge and was the olaest of a family of four aaughters and one scn, Atthe tirne of her death she was 100 years 4 months and 7 days old. Miss Wes: 'BENNETT MAKES sensationat turn to the case of J. G. Bea- nett of San Francisco, under arrest here pending the result of proceedings’ for ex- tradition, and who, it leaked out to-day, almost made his escape when returning to jail after the case was jast before the conrt. The prisoner was neither nand- cuffed nor secured in any way, Waraen Jouns evidenily being under the imvres- sion that as bhe had a revolver he could preyeni any attempt 10 escape. He says he had not the least idea that Bennett would make a break for liberiy. This idea proved erroneous, for, accord- ing to Warden Johns, as the prisoner and guard strolled leisurely toward the jail and had reached Hillside avenue, Bennett turned to Johns and said; “Well, zood-by; I've gone as far with you as [intend to.” With this remark Bennett ran down Douglas street with the startied Warden in pursnit. Bennett doubled back and t en made up Hillside avenue, where, in a short time, Johns caught him. Bennett is a large and powerfully built n, while Warden Johns, though nota lightweizht, has only one arm. Aecord- ingly in the siruggle that foliowed Ben- nett came out on top, while Jonns,. in endeavoring to prevent his revolver being taken from his pocket, disiocated his arm. George Walton of the Victoria and Sidney Railway and a man nam d Forbes saw the struggle, and rushbed to Johns® assistance just in time to capture Bennett and prevent his securing the officer’s weapon. Bennett saia siterward ihat if he coulid have zot that. gun he wouid cer- tainly vave siiot Johns rather thanallow himself to be recaptured. Bennett boasts that he will never be taken to Caliiornia alive, and that he will had lived a qaiet and uneventful lite. She was of u retiring dispositior, & de- voted daughter and loving sister. Her whole time was given to the interesis of the home in which she was a leading spirit. pUuul the end came Miss Wesson had possession of all her faculties d was able to read and sew without the aid oi glasses. —— SECRETARY SHERMAN ILL. Confined to His House, but Said to Bs Onlv lightly Indis- posed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — Secretary Sherman was confined to his homa to- day by a coid. It is said that he isonly slightly indisposed. not be dragged there in any event. The whole affair was kept quiet and the police authorities themseives were not informed of the attempt at escape until yesterday. Warden Johns is in bed and is being treated for his dislocated a-m by Dr. Fra- ser, It had been rxpected that the Chief Justice would deliver his decision on the habeas corpus proceedings this alternoon, but when the counsel met in the Chief Jastice’s chambers Walls, for the prosecu- tion, put in a formal doenmont ned by the United Btates Secretary of - S:ate at Washington, authoriziig him to act for the United States in a:king for Bennett's exiradition. To this Robertson, for the prisoner, ob- jected, as argument had been closed and he could not see how at this siage Walls couid patch up his case with further evi VICTORIA, Dec. 1.—There has beena|dence. A BOLD BREAK FOR FREEDOI1 'The Would-Be Wife-Murderer Worsts a Victoria Prison Warden and Gets Away, Only to Be Recaptured. The Chief Justice remarked that he would allow argument on this point to- morrow afler chamber couri. It seemed to him, however, that the ubjection was Iatal to the prosecution. Robertson here took occasion to express bis regrets at the attemptof his client to escape on Monday. In consequence of the attempt to escape, Robertson said, he would withdraw from the case, though for his own satisfaction he would act until to- day and urgue out the point raised. CHANCE FOR A CROP OF DUELS. Parisian Fighting tditors Quarreling Gver the Dreyfus-Esterhazy Affair. NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—A Paris cable to the Herald says: It will be a wouder if the Dreyfus-Esterhazy affair is not pro- ductiye of a crop of duels. Several of the Paris papers are fighting one against the other like “Kilkenny cats” and personali- ties are flying around broadcast. The ed- tor of one evening paver has called the editor of the Morning Journal ail manner of names, and even suzgested that the iatter is not entitled tothe name he is known by. . This bas caused the produc- tion of a certificate of birth of the morn- ing paper eaitor, whereas the evening pa- per returns to the cbarge by asking the morning paper editor how he served his conntry in 1870. Even Emile Zola has been dragged into the quarrel. He hus contributed anart- cle to the Figaro arguing that if Dreyfus’ relations have formed a syndicaie to se- cure newspaper support they were only doing what thev had a perfectright to do. The Journal now asks how much Zola received for the article. COLGNEL M s38Y'S CLAINS. The Ex-Confederate Thinks He Is Entitled to a Consul- ship. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Colonel John 8. Mosby, the famous ex-Confederate, has returned to Washington from his Cali- fornia home and will again prese his claims for a consulship. Colonel Mosby was at the White House to-day, but owing to the press of official visitors dia notiemain to see the President. It will be remembered that he was here early last -ummer and saw President McKinley on several occasions. He returned to Cali- fornia to await a more favorabie oppor- tunity to press his application. PANDO HAS BEEN SHOT BY REBELS The Reported Death of Blanco’s Military Commander. HAVANA SPANIARDS STARTLED. Officials at the Palace Cannot Believe the Report Is True. STORY COMES WITH VERY FEW DETAILS. He Was Leading an Army Through the Country Held by Gomez. Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, Dec. L—A report that Gen- ersl Pando, who was placed in charge of the military operations in Cuba by Gen- eral Blanco, has been killed in an engage- ment with the insurgents in Santa Clara province has just reached Havana. This report has caused the most intense excitement in palace and official circles and every effort is being maae by them to get pews from General Pando’s force and to find out the truth or falsity of the startling news. No details of the killing of the Spanish commander have been received, nothing beyond the statement that he was shot in battle with a force of insurgents while on the march from Sagua la Grande, on the northern coast of Santa Clara, to Trinis daa, on the southern coast of the same province, ‘where he was to take ship and 7o to Manzanillo, in the eastern province of Santiago e Cuba. The afficials at the palace declare the story must be thor- oughly confirmed before they believe it. They say the last reports from General Pando were that he would be in or on his way to Manzanillo by this time. General Pando’s plan was to march right through the heart of the territory which General Gomez's force is declared to have controlled. Reports of his move- ments received here up to to-day indicate that while the Spanish general was find- ing so little oppo-ition he bad to do prac- tically no fienting at all on his march. Communication with the forces in the fieid has not been regular, and until fur- ther news direct from General Pando's army is received Havana authorities will be in a state of the greatest anxiety. Simultaneously with the report of Gen- eral Pando’s death we have news of a battle with the insurzentsnear Matanzas, in which the Spanish forces were routed and driven from the field. This engage- ment was bitterly fought, and it is as- serted the losses of the Spaniards were very heavy. — e AWAIL FARPHER THAN TRELAND Congressman Bell Says An- nexation Is the Scheme of Spsculators. Senator Mallory Compares the Isl- and Political'y 1o the S'ate of Nevada, Special Dispatch 10 THE CArL CaLy Orrice Rices House W AsHINGTON, Dec. 1. } John C. Bell, who was ihe Populist can- didate for Speaker of the House, says re- garding Hawaii: ‘‘The island is farther away than Ireland. The native people do not want annexat on or aid, and I repard annexation as a great business scheme, urged chiefly by speculators.” Senator Mallory (D.) of Florida in speaking of the same subject, says: “Ido not view annexation with favor, though there seems to be considerable affirmative sentiment. The strongest objection is thxt, with a limited area of land suscenti- ble of cultivation, no lar e white popu'a- tion would ever inhabit the islands, and eventua!ly we might have n duplication of the Nevada sitnation. That Nevada shou:d balanc> New York in power in 1he Senate has been thought an unwholesome condition, but the sume thing might haps pen as regards Hawaii sfter the annexas tion volicy had been consummated Tkers has been a cood deal of exa g-ration in recard to Hawaii and the country is far from lli)ei,nx the paradise it bas been pa nted.” M-. Canoon (R.) of Illinois was in Hawait last summer. When asked whether it could ever be made an Ameri- can State he replied that it might be done in about the year 9000 A.D. HENRY GEORGE JR. 70 WED, He Will Marry at Chicago To-Oay the Daughter of Captain E. V. Hitchcock. CHICAGO, Dec. L.—A marriaze license was issued to-day to Henry George Jr., son of the late Henry George, to marry Marie M. Hitchcock of this city. Mr. George procured the license in person. The wedding, on account of the recent death of the elder George, will be quiet and <imple 1n its appoin ments and w Il take place at the residence of tie bride’s father, Captoin E. V. Hitchcock, at 11 o’clogk to-morrow mornin «. The wedded cotiple will leave for the East <oon after, M-, George’s mother and sister and a few relatives of the Hitchcock family will be the onty guests.