The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1897, Page 1

Py e VOLUM I‘—J EXSIIT NG SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, DECE MBER 7, PRICE “EXAMINER” DETECTED FORGING A DISPATCH FROM CAPTAIN TUTTLE Form 1. Twis company TRANSMITS ax0 DELIVERS messaces oy on TIONS LiM 8 LABILITY, WHICH HAVE BEEN AGSENTED TO BY THE SENDER OF THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE. ERRORE CAN BE GUARDED AGAINST ONLY BY REPEATING A MESSAGE BACK TO THE SENCING STATION FOR COMPARISON, AND THE COMPANY Will NOT HOLD ITSELF LIABLE FOR ERROR® OR DELAYS IN TRANG® JOHN W. MACKAY, President. W. C. VAN HORNE, Vice-President. PROMPT SERVICE Wi88/0N OR DELIVERY OF UNREPEATED MESSAGES BEYOND THE AMOUNT OF TOLLS PAID THEREON ; NOR (N ANY CASE WHERE THE CLAIM 1S NOT PHESENTED IN WRITING WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER GENDING THE MESSAGE. This 15 AN UNREPEATED MESSAGE, AND 18 DELIVERED BY REQUEST OF THE SENDER UNDER THE CONDITIONS NAMED ABOVE. CHAS. R. HOSMER, General Manager. TORROR, Superintendent. P To "The Examiner": I have seen the clothing “culiarly suited for the rigors of the Arctic climate. e —a—— (e ——— e — Bear could not have criticised Ay —— — — C— ———— —— b seen the articles and will not have such an o —— s S e puts to sea. e —— Received at San Francisco Gal. SEATTLE (Wash.), November 25, 1897. it and I regard effect that "The Examiner's" goods are not good class and up to every requirement of the occasion, is not founded on fact. FRANK TUTTLE, Cagptain. as pe- — ‘The men of the for the reason that they have not pportunity until the ship| e —— —— — MRS. FRANCIS TUTTLE SHOWS HOW “THE EXAMINER” FALSIFIED THE TELEGRAM SENT BY HER HUSBAND. Not satisfied with employing and train- | ing petty larcenists to gain entrance m‘ TuE CaLL pressrcom under false preten- yore of stealing early from which the | news it has notthe enterprise to secure } c d be stolen, the Examiner has at iast the 7 sheets of tion nly taken to the open as a fa e Examiner stands so plainly in- | ed and condemned on the face of the evidence for forgery and mendacity that = thameless ingenuity on which its t is founded cannot avail in its Since the movement THE CALL, prompt- ed by humane co derations, et in mo- | on the wheels of government and offered | aid that ney could extend anm TUTOUUTU BV EEBBB D CAPTAIN TUTTLE'S WIFE DENOUNCES A FORGERY SEATTLE, Dec. 6. —The following sel’-explanatory tibroush ihe mail and was delivered to me this morning: 1004 MARKET £TREET, OAKLAND, Dec. 3, 1897. "2y Dear Mr Steel: On the train yesterday I bought an Examiner to while away the iime, and was astounded to see the inclosed article with Captain Turtle’s name signed to 11. *‘E was present at the interview on board the Bear when the first part of this article was written. The words I have underlined were the captain’s words, in respouse to a request made by Mr. Todd, that he shou.d pronounce the zoods sent oy the Examiner of good quality, He never mentioned the letter cams 3 Any statement that Spreckels' paper may have made, to the| #70 speed to the ice floes of the Arctic an 4 eaition prop equipped for the | 1 4 rescue of the unfortun- e whalers, the Examiner has isirly rpassed itseli in cheapness of and effrontery, for the purpose of adveriisement out of the expedi- >ractically, when ail had been s d, when the Government assign- ments had been agreed upon and the inci- % dental expenses oi equipment guaranteed witbout ostentation and withcut regnest | that contributory ‘‘assistance” from s such an i1tc charitable pretext it started a tund at the head of which it pledged $1500, and drew on its private snap baseball funa for a similar amount. -Here the effort of its pyrotechnic sympathy ended. The pub- c saw through the advertising ruse and deelined to be baited. Not to be accused of bad faiih, ffect:ve as possible, ed out of its trivial 0 Seattle, for the v of the Bear, w':at was advertized, in and to 1ster he accustomed of manner nauseating se, ren. The ent found it inadequate and disappoint- ing to such a degree that they complsined openly, and insisted on ouifittinz them- selves; a neces that caussd the Bear to lay to an additional day. Naturally, the news of thls ridiculous development as to the vastly vaunted Yenerosity of the Examiner escaped from the Bear and foundits T4 to the cuter world, which the Exam- Yntenlded to deceive. “his siiuation, confronted publicly [g0f its paltry meanness, and s with the guffaws it de- aminer did not hesitate to Wice alike dishonorable and s forecistle of 15 ¥x [ ] 2 de 54 & wef .4y -preface the charge further? s. Frank Tuttle, wife of the com- mander of the Bear, tell the facts. She is at her home at 1004 Market street, Oak- land. She said to a reporter for THE CaLL vesterday: I was coming from Seattle when I saw the false statement in the Examiner with my Lbusban i’s signature beneath it. Iwas indignant I could not sit still, and as | soon as I got to Oakiand I wrote to THE CarL correspondent at Seatt'e, who is a ¥ t gentleman, and told him the truth. I did this oat of justice to Captain Tuttle and Mr. Spreckels. “My busband is an officer and a gentle- man and is gratetul to the public for what has been done for the Bear. It isshame- fuj to make it appear that he w¥as guilty { gross disrespect at a time when he had ailed away and could not say a word in ‘is own behalf. “If anybody doubts the truth of my tement, that Captain Tuttle did not any portion of the stalement except " I have underlined, I will make an ath to the effecc that tie last sentence ch Mr. ;Spreckels’ name is used is Tutile took a copy of the state- ment in the Examiner and underlined ® portion that her husband signed, Ch appears above as an exhibit. Notone word did he utter or sign,” she utinued, *‘that I have not underlined. atter upon receiving the consign | e for which the Examiner | ing paim. Under every sort as complete equipment for the | | | 1 words, ‘Spreckels’ paper,’ etc. them both in a courteous manner. makes it all the worse. Captain Turtle's: added after he had as he gave it o Mr. THE CALL, and the Exa demounce it as a forgery. He bas always treated the Captain after the ariicle had left his hands. Francisco Examiner of November are as follows: *I have seen the clothing and I rigors of the Arctic climate. The m LR AR AR R R AR AR I AR AR AR R AR R AR R R A AR AR R A AR T LA R A RAL L LI TR LI LR 2 2 22 R Al 12 2 2 K2 2 2 2 2 tnuuxsu.qmmmu uum,uuxmlnmlnmfl 1 w.s standing by him aboard the Bear when the interview took place, and was looking over his shoulder when he signed the words, and I know positively just what he said. “I was with him nearly all the time be was at Seattle, and every minute of the time after the interview quoted until he sailed, and this particular instance I re- member very vividly. “The Examiner correspondent acted in a very pleasant manner, and impressed me as being a gentleman, and I believe | that the portion of the interview referrin : | to Spreckels’ paper was added after the dispatch reached San Francisco. “Iam very much opposed to publicity, but I will not have my husband placed in a false position by anybody, especiaily during his absence. Neither will 1 be silent while a false statement ap- pears with Captain Tuttle’s signature speaking disrespec:fully of Mr. Spreckels or THE CarL. It is very unpleasant for we 10 say anything at all, but it is simply from a sen<e of duty 1that I do so.”” RICH ST4IKE ON DGG CREEK. Diggings That ;n;r Lut More Gold Than Claims on the World- Famed Klondike. SEATTLE, Dec. 6 —A marvelous strike that in richness exceeds the world-famed Klondike is brought down from Alaska by K. T. Smith, formerly of Colorado. This old miner came 1nto Seattle to-night on the steamer Farallon, having spent seventeen years in Alaska. Smith states that Dawson was in a great whirl of excitement about November when the first renorv was brought in of a Lig and rich strike on Dog Creek. This stream is Jocated fifty miles up the river “As each newspaper has treated him courteously, he has thanked and a gentlemen to have made any such remark as published. “This statement was published the day after he sailed, which 1 do not wish to appear in any public way, but can take my oath that the underlined words were the remainder of the article was gned his name. “*Umless it is immediately corrected and published Todd T w *“Yon are at liberty to show this letter and inclosure to Mr. Todd, sure ne will immediately correct the woras that must have been added “1 am sincerely yours, The inclosure referred to by Mrs. dated November 25, and sent by Captain Tuttle. cized it, for the reason that they have not seen the articles and will not have such an opoortunity until the ship puts to sea.” Thet part which Mre. Tuttle declaresa forgers then follows and reads: *¢ Any statement that Spreckels’ made to the effect that the Examiner’s zoods are mot good class and up (o every requirement of the ocCa casion is mot founded on fact.”’ It is beneath his dignity as an officer 1z iner also i to the office of necessar, and in a genileman!y manner, and I am Tuttle is a clipping from the San 30, and purports to be a telegram The words underiined regard it as peculiarly suited for the en of the Bear could not have criu- paper may have W. A. EreEL. 2922222922222920000220000000R0200002002020000000020000020022020RR0R0R200020R22000020R0R02002200000220020209 | from Dawson, on the south side of the Yukon. The tirst claim was located b Peterson of Peoris, Ill. He u{ul(g:ul:):!’: rock at seven feel, and the first pan showed up nearly $800. Other claims were immediately located, and when Smith left tive had reach~d’ bedrock and were panning cut from §560 to $1200 a aay. A stampede resuit-d such as was never before experienced in Alaska. Hundreds of claims were located. Men who had been nearly jamished for want of food summoned” up renewed courage and sirength to reach Dog Creek, where gold was being taken out in unprecedented richness. WRECK OF A BRITISH BARK. News of a Disaster in the Southern 4tlantic Received by the iIn- verurie From Java. NEW YORK, De: 6—News of the | wreck of a British bark on Inaccessible | Iiand, one of the Trinidad Acunha group in the southern Atlantic, was bro: ght to tuis ‘port io-day by the bark Inveruriefrom Java. Captein Charleson reports that on Sep- | tember 15 he sighted the ship J. B.Walker, which signaled news of the wreck. Tue name of the British bark and the fate of | the crew were not learned on board the | Inveruri>. Captain Charleson is of the opinion, however, that the crew of the ill- s arred vessel ison board the Walker, as she displayed signals that she was short of water, indicating that probably she had on board an extra num. er of persons. The wrecked bark may be either the Craigend or the Taymount, which have been overdue. The former was com- manded by Captain Lewtnwaite, and left Philadeiphia on May 3 last for Hiogo, Japan, with a crew of thirty-two men and a cargo of refined o1 in cases. The lust time she was spoken was on June 8 when she was off the Brazilian coast. The Tayvmount was bound for 8an Fran- cisco irom Liverpool, which port she left on May 1 last. “The Taymount was last heard of June 6 when she was off the coast of Brazil, GERMANT'S - [NVASION UF GHINA Marines and Sailors Take Possession of Kiao-Chau.- NOT MOLESTED BY CELESTIALS. . Troops on Guard of the City Retreat as the Invaders Advance. THIS MOVE IS OF DEEP SIGNIFICANCE. Evident'y the Kalser Intends to Accomplish More Than the Pro- tectlon of Missionaries, Special Dispatch to THE CALL LONDON, Dec. 7.—A dispatch to the Daily News from Shaonghai says that a telegram has becn rece.ved thers from Cbin-Fu asserting that 200 German marines and sailors, with two machine- guns, on Fridav last, December 3, entered the city of Kiao-chau, eighteen miles from the bay, and took possession of the city walls and gates. They were not molested, the Chinese troops retreating us tlie Germans advanced. LONDON, Dec. 7.—The Berlin corre- spondent of the Times believes that Ger- many has proposed to China to take a lease, at a nominal sum, of Kiao Chau Bay and adjacent territory for a long pe- riod. SIGNIFICANT INTEREST. Gearman Aristocracy to Accompany Prince Henry’s Expaiition to Kiao Chau Bay. BERLIN, Dec. 6.—When Emperor Wil- liam received the president of the Reich- stag, Baron von Buol-Berrenberg, and the vice-presidents, Herren, S hmidt and Spahp, yesterday, his Majesty spoke of the momentous labors to be accomplished by the Reichstag and pointed out that on that very day his ounly brother, Prince Henry of Prussin, haa bid farewell to the Grand Duke of Baden ana his mother, the ex-Empress Frederick, in order to devote his energies to the service of his Father- land in Asia. His Majesty then empnha- sized his determination to extend the most complete protection to the German missions in foreixn countries, aliuded to the recent events in Hayti and to various political and economic ques:ions, adding that he trusted the Reichstag wouid be- come convinced of the necessity for the naval increases demanded. Rerlying to the suggestion that appre- hensions were entertained in parliament- ary circles about prejudicing the action of the new Pariiament vy fixing the naval exvenditures for a numter of vears, Em- peror William said future Reichstags Contimued on Second Page. TS OBV T U T ETED NEWS OF THE DAY Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco — Cloudy and unsettled weather Tuesday, probably show- ers; fresh southerly winds. FIRS1 PAGE. Examiner Forges a Teleeram. German Invasion of China. Congress in Session. SECOND PAGE. Annexation Not Certain. Money for the Coast. THIRD PAGE. The President’s Message. FOURTH PAGE. The President’s Message. stanford Honors Fisher, FIFTH PAGE. A. P. A. Fights McKenna, Austria’s Troub.es Increase, Hayti Compeiled to Yield. Mother McKinley Dying, SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. Tne President’s Message, McKenna's Enemies Retreat. Ev.dences of Uonspiracy. National Delenses. a a a ; a 3 3 a 3 % Personals and Quaries, SEVENTH PAGE. News of the Water Frout. Dens of Shame Closed, Durrant Beiore the Court. Nominating Freeholders. Two Small Boys Abducted. A Strange Suicide. EIGHTH PAGE. Career of Majsr Bender., Ena of the B ythe Case. Jim Rea’s G ing Beaten. Barry Knocks Out Croox, At the City Theaters. NINTH PAGE. Racing at Ingleside, John L. Boone Disbarred. Board of Supervisors. TENTH PAGE. Commercial News, ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay, Judge Hayne Vindicated. ‘Tubbs Must Fight Pond, THIRTE! Births, Mar FOURTEENTH PAGE. Two Loaded Trains Collide. L es Roasted by Gunst, Tracing the Lying Circular. 00000000000000000000000 : : : : : E E : E : : : : | CONGRESS OPENS ITS FIFTY-FIFTH WILLIAM McKINLEY. Cary Orrrce. R1ces House | | WasHINGTON, Dec. 6. § At noon to-day the first session of the Fifty-fifth Congress wrs begun. Simul- taneously at both ends of the Capitol— Speaker Reed in the Hou-e and Vice- Presiden: Hobart in the Senate—dropped their gavels and called to order the re- spective bodies over which they preside. The ceremony attending the opening of a Congress, thougn comparatively of a routine character and unusually devoid of interest except for the formal promulga- tion of policies as outlined in the Presi- | dent's annual message, is a specticle which in some respects is regarded as the greatest officiul event of the year at the national cupital. To-day the weather was propitious. The sun shone brilliantly from a ¢ oudle sky, making a glorious, b:izht December day, with a tinge of frost in the air and a breeze just strong enough to keep the stars and siripes snapping from a flagstaff. Long before the hour for the assembling of Congress crowds began wending their way to the Capitol, where they swarme1 into the corridors and choked the marble stairways leading to the galieries. As is .u nal on such occasions< the reserve gal- leries were guarded carefully in both the House and Senate sides, admission being only by card, and the general public had great diffi-uily in wedging itself into tne limited space set aside for it. The attendance upon the session of the Senate, both on tiie floor and in the gal- leries, 'was notably large, despite the well- understood fact that litt e business be- yound the presentation of the President’s message and the proceedincs incident thereto would be transacted. Prior to the convenng of the Senate the members passed half an hour in exchanging greet ings. Mr.JHanna of Ohio, who had been :ll for a week, and Mr. Wolcott of Colorado, one of the members of the International Mon- etary Commission, received especial ai- tention from their colleagues. D:-. W. Godirey Hunter of Kentucky, recently ap- pointed Minister to Guatemala, was an interested spectator of tne proceedings trom a seat beside his frieny, Senator De- boe. The openiug day of the regular se sion in the House passed without unusual in- cident of any character. The formalities attending the inauguration of the session were dry and the spectacle hardly repaid the crowds which thronged the public and private galleries, yet, with f:w exceptions, the visitors sat through the proceedings. Buth bouses ad journed uutil to-morrow after the reading of the President’s mes- sage. —— OPENING OF THE SENATE. Beautiful Floral Tributes Adorn Desks and Membars Take Deep Interest in ths Messaga. WASHINGTON, D:c. 6.—The attend- ance upon the fir.t session of the Senate to-day was notably large, despite the A KRR RAAAKRRARRRAAKRERARAARARAEAARRARRARARAARRRA AR ARRAAARRKAARARK AR RAR KRR AR AR AR KA ARARAK * ¥ THE MESSAGE IN BRIEF. The message of President McKinley to Congress assumes properly that the extra session settled the tariff question, and takes up the cur- rency as the next important. national matter to be disposed of. The President recommends the estoppal of “the endless chain by which the gold reserve is depleted by ho!ding treasury notes paid into the treasury for gold until gold is paid for them by intending purchasers. He ap- proves, also, the plan of Secretary Gage that national banks be allowed to issue circulating notes to the face value of the bonds which they have deposited, and that the tax on circulating notes be reduced to one- half of 1 per cent psr annum. The President believes Spain is in earnest in the desire to paclfy Cuba without turther resort to the methods of the dark ages, and would withhold recognition of belligerency until the new Spanish Ministry can be proven. The larger part of the message is devoted to the discussion of the Cuban affair. He regards the annexation of Hawail as the logical sequence of the present condition, but admits that there are in the islands’ population elements not aitogether fitted to share the duties and responsibilities of American citizenship. He touches upon' existing complications in Central America In thelr bearing on the Nicaragua Canal. While he regrets the partial failure of the Walcott commission In Theinterest of international bimetallism, yet he sees reason for felicitation in the friendly attitule toward silver assumed by France. He would foster trade with all nations by reciprocal agreement, and urges upon Congress the necessity for earnest work in the rehabilitation of the American merchant marine. The preservation of the herd of fur-bearing seals is most earnestly advocated. 3 Arbitration as a means for the settlement of disputes between na. tions finds the same strong favor as under the Cleveland administra- tion. The importance of a proper showing at the Paris Exposition of 1900 is set forth at some length. The President is an earnest advocate of a strong naval programme, and weuld build large dry docks, in addition to those already in exist- ence, on both the Atlantic and Pacific <oasts, and construct an additional battle-ship at once on the Western seaboard. The necessity for more strict governmental supervision of Alaska is pointed out. The President urges, also, the duty of the nation to extend heip, should heip be needed, to the miners in the Yukon Valley. It is desmed wise, for the nation’s good, to make land-holding clti- zens of the five civilized tribes in the Indian Territory. The need for a better system of quarantine, emphasized by the late yellow-fever epidemic, is pointed out. The President asserts the purpose of the Government to buy the Kansas Pacific in case no bidder shall cover its lien, and asks express authority from Congress to take such action. The fact of the completion of the new National Library is recorded. The success of civil-service reform is said to be assured, and the purpose of the administration to adhere to the merit system is most em- phatically asserted. FIVE CENTS REGULAR SESSION i**it**i*tt**t***i*ti*i***t**'k'kt*i*ifi*i*imm OO OO KR KR OOOOOOOU OO R KR OO KK ;i;#¥m4¥t¥l§‘¥l¥!ll‘lil‘ll*i¥4¥l#¥!¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥'tl -‘: beyond the presentation of the Presi-|biind chaplain. dent’s th-reto would be transacted. Precisely at 12 o’clock the Vice-President Hobart fell and the Sen- | ate was called to order. well-understood fact that litile business | was delivered by Rev. W. H. Milburn, the message and the proceedings gavel of | of his mother, The invocation lful passage to the terresirial shore. He made & beautiful : nd touching reference to “‘our beloved Presi- dent,”” who awaited news from the bedside to whom he is devoted, and prayed that she might have a peace. Seventy-seven responded to their names