The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1897, Page 1

Fooiona LXXXIIL—NO. MARTIAL BEEN PROCLAIMED IN THE CITY OF PRAGUE { FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING PRICFE FIVE CENTS. LAW HAS ¥ * » * * * b * X * = * x * % ' 8 % * as & result of re. % i d Wy @s .a result of re. * % t * x * B e e R s R g m t 8 o'ctick this morning, s s 1ntwo streeis- of » Seven ' ba and. 't cailed - out o squadrons of 1o disperse the nal .t gTalz ar ek s of infantry ee batialions from't d the municipal bmitted to the Gov- nst the German tood cen evéenis had caused excitement, he was compelled to 1ointout that. there was. no justification itement.on this subject, and he ¢ declared t. ihe u most rizor uld be-exercied ir order tore-estab ish er .and.. protect the prope of Ger= e Poletik, declaring that the present (tioli was started by persons to whom ¢:-Fatheriand and ‘mnationality s < of indifferénce, appeals to-day tes to.Testrain &' movemént yizht be: faw to the. Fatb i ana i4/its chie. , but 1o aspirations of ‘tue Bohemian na- not o By ere: “have. . been serions collisions ween the police and the ‘mobsin the bew and . 7 how burbs “of the were wounded. The ely arrésts. furiher -excesses to-day at police were obliged to use Altstadersing agers were dis- There were Z:isKowskl, but wer: . quickly dis- Two- per-ons fcg made n There: ‘wer: Tk 2. mobs’ eve :patrolled ¥ iroops. Associatian *has-issued that ‘within the last persons have been wounded and rec. Twenty 1sly inju bien burned oui. n on ‘of the gravity of ¢ wdtion {reops to’ithe number of -equipped with: ammunition and ot parapliernalin-as-for “a ‘campaign, jé' béen engired: in. suppressing the Eiots! 1t is"not exactly martial law that has peen. proetaimed, but ‘rather the institn- {ion 6f stmmary: - clvil. procedure called sl § ieven judges:is empowered to impose ipitai;and - other ‘severe :senténces for | rees ordinarily punished mildly. ho-appeal:against « death sen- sbution within iwo' hours by the ¢ 31 the: -‘habgman is not . avail. intimate ‘knowledge the mob has vea-of . tlre exact positior: of - all the wedifhiest: German beiises and .of vala: wble’ Gernmian - property - 'show that iis. were: orgapized ~in’ advance; g Czechs . hayei ‘paraded tlie stree s & piurdersd jewelry, and compara- ¢ few “German -houses have escaped Prigoe frém, Vienna and elsewhere, and ‘lere Wil be “av:least’ 12,000 the eity and’its suburb-, )+ EIDITO W BUDAPEST, Dec; 2.—In the .Lower H of: the Diet. here to-day, Franz Kossuth;.son of the!lite- Louis Kossuth, +hia i Hulgarian. patriot, asked Baron Iy; ha Premier, whether the Hun- rnment, in: view of the poli- Anstria, would sitbmit 15710 @afc Hungary’s. right, under iy’ circumistances, 10 act as a free ‘niin tié seniement of economic mat- < eonrmon to Ausiria and Hungary. Kosiuth, amid the-applause of ‘his .sup- poriers, concluded his remarks with ex- pressed 1adiznaiion at the recent proceed- iings i the Lower Honse of the Austrian Reichsragh, 2 garon Banffy,- in ‘answer to-Kossath, s:id he vxpecied to be able to make a defivite e to the latter’s question on Monday nexr. > 5 VIENNA. Dec. 2 It is evident that the standreicht was not procidimed a moment 100 soon at Prague:. Weil-dressed men, it BT irian oV b siinatl n i ustadt have ar- the po- | 500 | ¢icht, whereby a ¢pecial tribunal of | ¥ 1he ‘tribunal, wWhich must be put | the | The Furthier froops dre being ‘drafted into | | | 1 | | is'said, rode on bicycles throuch the city | and tie suburby making lists o German places marked for atiack, and as the work of the rioters was being done in accord- ance with these lists, and in many places | simultancously, prevention was almost |- Goldsmiths’ and jewelers’ showcases | were emptied in many cases. The women | | carried baskets to take home the contents | of the crocerv and prov.sion stores, while | furniture and other articlcs too heavy to | |'carry were wantonly destroyed. If the | troops had not used their swords and bay- onets ireely Prague might have been | burned from end to end. " In several cases Jewish shopkeepers es- | caped by the device of placing an illu- |'minated crucifix in the shop window | The pillaging was <o systematic that in j one street alone to-day fifteen jewelry ! shops were ransacked. An ambalance | | corps was attacked savagely because the | doctors were recognized as Germans. The parliamentary deadlock continues. Baron Guutsch, the new Premier, has | made no progress toward a compromi-e | satisfactory to the rival factions, and it bégins 10 be feared that the present | Reichsrath will not reassembe. Certain | itis that if the R-ichsrath rocets with Dr. | von Abrabamovics in the chair, the same | disoraerly scenes will occur as before. Riots, more or less serious, are reported | from Innesbruck, Brunn, Linz and fauz. | In some cases it is alieged that thedis- | turbances have been encouraged by the | manicipal .authorities. Generally the | | Bohemian Jews have suffered most. ! A report is current to-night, though as | yet unconfirmed, that a mob at Prague attacked the to'diers and a sanguinary | encounter ensued. According to this rumor the troops fired four volleys. killing | | twenty-five rioters and wounding many. | BERLIN, Dec. 2.—The advices received here frora Vienca exercised an unfavor- | able: influence on the Bourse to-day, | | owing to the rioting at Prague and the | {-declaring of martial law in the most dis- | | turbed districis. This feeling of depres- | sion, however, was temporarily relievea, 1 decidedly weak. though prices ¢los FIERCE STORMS AGATN RAGING. During the Fury of the Wind Disasters Are Caused to Vessels | { | i | | Velunteer Lifeboat Capsized and Ten of the Crew of Fourteen Are Drcwned. | 1 Special Dispatch to TrE CALL LONDON, Dec. 2.—Fierce storms again broke out over the coasts of England last | night, and the scenes recorded during the eariy part of the weck are recurring. Heavy hai', snow and rain s orms uccom- vanied the gales. The Dover (hannel passage is temporarily susje-ded. and several vessels sre reported to have been wrecked on the Goodwin Sinds. The number of wreckeu veeseis off the Norfolk coast and the fury of the storm on the Kentish board are unexampled | 1 I ;fl&{u 1pF | Nayland Rock, and of the fourieen men | It Is Said the Veteran Statesman is| | | i | | % selection. PROTEST THE APPOINTMENT OF McKENNA The Bench and Bar of Port- land Take Action With- out Precedent. “Appeal of Possible Rivals to the President Not to Send in the Name of the Cali- fornia Jurist and to the Congress Not to Confirm Him. PORTLAND Dec. 2—A petition signed by Jud e Guivert of the United Siates Court of Appeals, Judge Bellinger of the United Siates District Court, the State Juages here and many of the leading law- yers, king President McKinley not to appoint Judge McKenna 10 the Supreme Bench, was forwarded to Washington to- night. Following is the text of the peti- | tionz We, the undersizned, members of the bench and bar of the State of Oregon and the district o1 Oregon, respectfully represeut to the Presi- dent of the United States and o the Senate in Congress assembled that the Hon. Joseph Mc- | Kenra, Attorney-General of the United States, ought not to Le appointed or coufirmed as Justice of the Supreme Co Ttof the United States. Such office is ol life tenure, the high- est known 1o the profession of law and to the system of jurisprudence of this country, and necessarily ouziit to be heid only by one who in learning, intellectual ability and deter- mined characte: has shown himself to be | among the few most eminent of the legal pro- fession, and capable oi executing the great trust placed upon him aud of maintaining the charac.er for ability and indepenaence whicn | hus made the Supreme Court of the United States one of the first, 1f not the very first, of the tribunals of the worid. We submit that rather than di.ute the high quality of this courtit woud be better that some one be selected not from the Pacific Const, but we believe that thera is abundance | of material on this coast from which to make We particularly submit that the - (S 7 £, ST Tokrn. G 1 Town MALL 2 JEWISH SYNAGO6UE 3 BOHEMIA" OF FICE —GER PAPER 4 GERMAN THEATER 5 UNIVERSITY. 3 6 GARON AREN THALS PLACE 7 CZECH THEATER 8 GEWMAN GYMNASIUM 9 KINSKY PLACE TRE CITY OF PRAGUE,. Showing the Town Council House, About Which the Rioting Centered, and the Portion of the City Held by the Mob, With a Portrait of J. Willomitzer, the Editor of “ Bohemia,”” the Leading German Paper, Whose Caustic Pen Has Aroused Czech Wrath. Heavy snows have fallen in several parts of France. The British suip Persian Empire, from London for Table Bay, collided with the British steamer Carlisle City during a gale Tnesday while off Deal, and the Per- sian Empire was considerably damaged on her port side. % Later in the day the Persian Empire | was taken in tow for London. The Car- | lisle City, with which steamer the Per- sien Empire hed been in collision, pro- ceeded on her voyage. MARGATE, ¥ teer lifeboat Dec. zed 2.—The volun- this morning off | comprising her crew ten were arowned. The Marzate lifi boat when the accident oce d was on ner way to rescue the crew of a large vessei, sunposed to be the | Pcrsian Empire. The 1 fevoat was about two miles off shote when she was over- turned. - - SECRETARY SHERHAN VERY ILL. Giving Way Under the Strain of (fficial Cares. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. — Secretary Sherman is ili at his K-street residence | and much anxiety is shown concerning | bLim. He has not been at the State De- pariment for turee days. He is said to be suff ring from a severe cold. Stories are aflont that the Secretary’s physical stiength has finally given way under a long sirain of official cares aggravated by old age. His reurrment from public life is again hinted in official circles, it Fennett to Be Exiradited, VICTORIA, Dec. 2.—Chief Ju-tice Da- vie this morning confirmed the order for the extradition of J. G. Bennett, and the latter was rewanded 0 jail to await the arrival of the papers from Ottawa Andl Washington, common reputation of any man among his professional brethren is & just and a sure guide to his worth. It is always known who are the leaders of the bar, either in the coun- try at large or inaiccality. and itisas cer- tain as any human reputation is certain that an acknowledged leader of & learned profes- sion deserves the leadership accorded to him, The Hon. Joseph McKenna's common repu- tation among his legal brethren or among his judicial brethren has not accorded him a high place, but, on the contrary, though wany who estimated him until now refrained from an expression of opinion, the consensus of opinion has been, and is, that he isnot either by natural gifts, acquired learning or de- cision of character, qualified for any judicial place of importance, wuch less for the highest place in the land. His life record as a barrister, politician, Judge and Attorney-General is accessible and sh-uld spenk for itseli; but, believing the es- timate of him by the members ot his profes- 8100 10 be & test and believing that we of that profession owe it 10 our-elves and our coun- iry (0 no longer keep stlence, we, actiug with- out malice, without personal feeling and with- out preference for aty particuiar individuai, earnestly protest against the sppointment or confirmation of the Hon. Joseph McKenna as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Uaited States. SEATTLE, DPec. 2 —Judge Hanford said to-night that he did not sign any pe- tition against McKenna. When asked whether be knew of such a petition he revlied that Le positively declined to te interviewed or quoted on the subject. He would say nothi ng farther, bl L OFFERED 10 GRIGGS. New Jersey’s GCovernor Askedq Succeed McK2nna as Attor- ney-Ganeral, NEW YORK. Dec. 2—A special to the Tribune from Trenton, N. J., says: A private dispatch from Washi gton, re- ceived by a weil-known New Jersey poli- tician to-day, conveys theintelligence that President McKinley has offered Governor to John W. Griggs the appointment of At torney-General when the office shall have become vacant by the elevation of Judge McKenna to the Supreme Bench. The sender of the mes<age is a man whose rela- tions with Vice-President Hobart and the New Jersey delegation in Washington are such as to make his statement worthy of credence. Governor Griges, the report says, will present his resignation to the State Senate, which mecets early next month. e LOCAL LAWYERS RETICENT. But a S milar Petition Has Been In Circulation In This City. It was ascertained last night in conver- sation with a leading attorney, who de- sires ihat bis name shailnot be made pub- lic, that there is much opposition to Judge McKenna for Justice of the United Siates Supreme Court. It wassaid hat ifJudge Koss was not in sympathy with the move- ment to defeat McKenna he was fully ap- prised of measures being taken by attor- neys to prevent the confirmation. . It ceems that it is regarded as a fore- gone conclusion that McKenna will be named for the Field vacancy and that the «fforts, therefore, of the lawyers opposed to the selection should be made to pre- vent the confirmation 1n the Senate. It is | said that the protest will contain the signatures of some very prominent attor- ney s in San Franciseo. PION:ERS IN BOSTON. Many Making Arrangements to Join in the Celebration of the Golden Anniversary. BOSTON, Dec. 2.—At the usual monthly meeting and dinner of the California pioneers of '49, twenty-six members were | present at the Revere House. Amongthe | number were the president, Samue! Snow. who presided, and the secretary, George D. cpurr. No business of importance came up except that of planning for the | possibie journey of some of the pioneers 1o California, next month, when they will revisit the scenes of their early siruzgles for wealth. Tue celebration in San Fran- cisco of the golden anniv-rsary of the first discovery of gold there is to be recog- nized with fitting ceremony, and the members of -tne association in this State | have been 1nvited to co-overate with the parent society in the events to take place in Junuary. Another meeting will be held here earlv next month to make | final arrangements for such as are to take | the trip to the Pacific Coast. NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco—Fair on Fr day, with con- tinued cold weather, light north- erly winds, changing to westerly. FIRST PAGE. Prague Under Martial Law. Protest Against McKenna. Mother McKinley Dying. SECOND PAGE. Dispute Ends in Murder. Needbam Out in One Round. Socialists Form a Party. THIRD PAGE. Opposition to Annexation. Crispi Demands Investigation. Burns His ¥ather’s Body. Hayti Arming for War. FOURTH PAGE. The Loot of San Jose, Forgery Etirs Up Galt. Mrs. Barnes’ Wounded Heart. The Dens Will S8tay Open. FIFTH PAGE. Russia Preparing for War. To Investigate Park Contracts, The Milk War Sull Raging. News of the Water Front. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. Senator Perking' Position. ‘Watch the Conspirators. Los Angeles School Scandal. T. V. Cator on the Charter. How You Gt the Paper. SEVENTH PAGE. Mr. Magee Praises Sam Wall. Ebanks Habeas Corpus Denied. Jackson Will Fight Jeffries. Tue Symphony Concert. EIGHTH PAGE. Commercial News. NINTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. Another ¥reeholder Resigns, Will Wed to Be a Priest. TENTH PAGE. Racing at Ingleside. ELEVENTH PAGE. Births. Marriages, Deaths. TWELFTH PAGE. Teachers Wno Do Nothing. A Conspiracy to Rob, 2990000000002000902222222200200000000000000002000000000000000000000090290202000202992 | THE PRESIDENT HASTENS TO HIS DYING MOTHER MOTHER McKINLEY. EHEIRK KIAKERKIKR KKK RAERIE | CANTON, Dez. 2.—Dr. Phillips 12 o'clock to-night, said: ‘Mrs. McKinley is barely conscious and is sinking very fast. She may not last longer than morning.” Hok * * » * * * * * » * * | o dede ek Rk dekok kol ok ok ok | CANTON, Omio, Dec. 2.—Atan early- | hour this morning Mr: McKinley, the venera mother of the' President, was stricken with baralysis and Yer death is believed to be only & question of a ehort time. Not since Mrs. | McKiuley was stricken has tnere beén & | faverable feature in her case. That the attack would uitimate:y end in death was | the first fear of .the family on discovering | her illness, and the -consultations of the | attending physicians have tended to con- | firm this beliet. Every effart is being | made to render what will doubtls prove to be her last illness as free from suffering | as possible. | The paralysis, when it first appeared, ‘ was not of a serious form, and seemed to have only affected her vocal chords. She | was able to walk from her own bedacham- | ber to that of her daughter, Miss Helen McKinley, to zive the first -intimation of theattack, and at that time seemed to be in possession of all mental and physical faculiies, but soon after a change was no- ticed, and in the afternoon she sank into a condition of semi-consciousness, in which she has since remained. “Mother” McKinley must have been | stricken some time during !ast night; but the first intimaticn rhe had of any change in her condition was when she awoke this morning and found herse!f unable to | spesk. She walked to thé room of her daugnter and arousesd the latler. Atence Miss McKinley saw that something had happened. She awakened the other mem- bers of the family and a phys cian was called. He at once pronounced the trou- ble paralysis. 4 “Mother” McKinley has -been slightly ill for several davs with a mild attack of | the grip. She had been up and about the house and no.serious resuits from her ill- ness were apprebended. Her son, Abner McKinley of New York, arrived in Canton | Tuesday and his niother “seemed to be | greally cheered by nis presence, - Yester- day she was so brizht and cheerful as to cause the family to remark on her -im- provement, Mr. McKinlev saying he had not seen his mother looking so well and | rugged for a number of years.. That being | her condition when she retirea last even- ing, the blow to the family upon discover- ing what haa come upon her during the night was asad one. During the iore- noon ‘a. letter from the -President was read. It wasread to the aged sufferer, and in response to questions 1f she under- stood its contents, sie nodded her assent. Abner McKinley communicated with | the President as soon as he learned the serious nature of the illness of his mother, and the President asked that he be ad- vised immediately of every change. Soon after noon Abner McKinley nctified the President that the sufferer had japsed into semi-consciousness and promised to com- municate further at 5 o’clock in the after- noon. The President did not wait for the 50’2lock message. He responded: - “Tell mother t wiil be there,” and at once prepared to start for Canton, He is | expected to arrive. here at 10 o'clock to- | morrow morning. Dr. Pnillips, when he saw the patient at | 6 o'clock t is evening, had little to add to | what he had already said, to the effectthat she was very ill and stocd: but little chance of recovery. - It was the -opinion of the aoctor that she could. mot last more than a few days, and that the end might come at any time. 1 The doctor said after he last saw Mrs, | McKinley that there was some slicht evi- dence that the facial expressions.of the patient were less rigid thun they were | early in the day, this being noticeable as ! sheendeavored to compiy with his request to show her tongue, although she was un- able to do 0. 3 3 The patient has taken fiquid nourish- ment at intervals and will not suffer from want of food. Abner McKinley sad late to-night that_he. thouzht his mother was sinking rapidly and he feared the end was not far cff. Inquiries concernine the condition of Mrs. McKinley are coming to Canton Nancy Allison i | of the American. republic. | frame house, ‘| mitied to arb:tration. from all parts of the country, a flood of | telegrams starting as soon as the news of Ler illness was made public. Mrs. McKinley .came of the race of hardy pioneers ‘who izid the f undation She was Miss Naney Campbell Allison, and was born at New Lisbon, Ohie, in 1809. - Her family originally came from England to Vire ginia, thence to Pennsylvania, and finally settled permanently Obio. She was marrie | to William McKinley Sr. Janu- ary. and was living ‘in a' two-story still'standing near Niles, Ohio, when her: di<tinguished - son .was born;” January 29 1843, - Mrs. McKinley Wwas a wornan of steriing qualitics, frugal, industrious, pious and proud of her sons. Her patrio was strong and passionate and her intellectual power was truly won- derful, Her husband died November 24, 1892 Like the mothers of Garfield and Grant she: lived ‘and. rejoiced to see her son President of his and her country. When President McKinley entered Con- 8ress.over twenty years ago he was away from his mother much of the time until e retired from Congress {0 make the canyass for Governor in 1891: During his service from 189210 ‘1896 us Governor he went: to Canton frequently 1o visit his mother and he was. with her from Janu- uary.1896 until be went to: Washingion last March. - Previous to entering publie fe the President was alwavs IGcated near his parents and -spent much time with | them. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. ~President Me- Kinley “left . the ciy. at 0 o’clock to- night. over th- Pennsylvania roasd. to hasten to the bedside of “his sick mother av Canton, where “he will #rrive to-mor- row. . With' him :went Judge Day, As- sistant Secretary of State; the two occue pying the Pallman car Davy:Crockett, ate tached 10 theregular train. The Presic dent:had made hurried arrangements for his departure and during the afiernoon disposed of a large volume .ot business awaiting ‘his attention. ‘He reached the station unattended a few minutes. before the time for the train to leave. Desiring to leave without any.demonsiration the Presiifent instructed . the. coachman to drive to thebaggage entrance, where A sistant Secretary Day, Secretary Porter and ‘Executive Ulerk Cortelyou awaited him, The President’s stay at Canton will de- vend upon the condition in which he finas his mother. Ifshe improves he will return to Washington in time for the opening of Congress and later again go to Canton. REFUSES THE COsDITISHS. The Emperor of China Wou!d Rather Lose His Crown Than Yield 10 Germany: /ONDON, Dec. 2.—A special dispatch from Shangta: announces that the Em- peror of Coina hasdeclared that e would rather forfeit his crown than agree to the conditions demanded bv. .Germany as redress for the murder ot the 1wo German missioniaries, Nees and ‘Henle, ind the de- struction of tie German mission property in the provinee of niung. Admiral Diedrich.- the German com- mander at Kaiochou ‘Bay, the dispaich further states, has proctaimed martial law in the districts around Kaiochou. China, the dispatch ¢onciudes, asks that ber dispute with Germany be submitted to arvitrators appointed by Holland and Belgium. BERLIN, Dec. 2.—The Nationa! Zsitung to-day, referring to the dispaich of Gere man: re-enforcements, says the German fir«t-class cruiser Deutschlan-i_ i going to Kaiochou Bay and that sbe hasthe cus- tomary 100 marines cn bonrd among her crew, ‘which-numbers t68 men all told. But, the paper adds, the German naval authorities are considering the dispaicn of more marines to China for use ashore. LONDON, De-. 2.—A dispat to. the Times from Shunzhai-confirms the report that the Chinese Government is seeking to have the demsnds of Germany sub- Accordinez to the same dispatcu it is reported in Pekin that Russia refuses to intervene in behali of China. : BERLIN, Dec. 2.—Official. investigation shows that there was never the slightest foundation for the sensational alarmigt reports that the Chinese "had massacred 200 German sailors belonging to the Gere man cruiser division in Kiaochau Bay. Py