The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIII.—NO. 8. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8 PRICE FIVE CENTS. GERMANY’S INVASION OF CHINA ONLY A PRETEXT TO GET A NAVAL STATION ordered the number of volunteers for the China expedition to bs increasea to 1000 men. Prince Henry of Prussca wiil wvisit Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe to- morrow and will spend several hours with the great statesman in order to obtain his views on the Chinese siiuation. PEKING, Dcc. 7.—The Chinese Govern- ment hascaused it to bs made known that, up to the ime of the German occupation | | send away all | even employ training PRINCESS WILHELM. THE GERMAN SQUADRON ENTERING BERLIN, Dec. 7.—Emperor William has | Reizhstag should not further bind itself, | In conclusion, Herr Richter said the naval bill conflicted with all constitutional prin= ciples, and, therefore, he was oppo-ed to any discussion of the measure. [Leftist cheers.] The Secretary of the Navy. Admiral von Tierpiiz, said the flaet was inadequate and that tue Government was obliged to its efficient cruisers and ships as men-of- war. pended caieflv upon the power known to stand benhind them; namely, the fleet of | of Kiao Cheu Bay, no claim was made | battle-ships. by Germany for reparation asa result of the m 1d Hennle, and that there were no other differences between the twa governm point out that the missionary question is regarded as a pretext to obtain a naval x| Consequently the Government officials | Government wouid Herr Lieber, the Center party leader, ier of the two missionaries, Nies Emm his party had not yet got their votes ready. thought the time had come for the legis- | On the whole, however, lature 1o deal with the navy, and if the promise the burdens invoived would be shared by those parts of the world which profited thereby, nine- | station, which it is shown Germany bas | 'en1hs of the opposiion to the biil would long coveted. it is said, in conclusion, will never consent to the Germans remaining at Kiao Chan Bay, as their presence there deprives na of a harbor which, since the war with Japan, bas been regarded as the most suitable naval base of operations. The Chinese Government, | LONDON, Dec. 8.—A special dispatch | m Shanghai says: On Friday last captain Becker, "with 210 German ms. rines, left Kiao Chau Bay to occupy th surrounding villages, whence they pro- ceeded to capture the city. The Cuinese forts opened fire and the Germansreplied killing three of the garrison, which there- upon fled in disorder. captured, but afterward liberated. Sev- eral German sailors were injured by stones flung by the inhabitants of the vil- lage. In return for this the head men of these villages were beaten With bamboo | gaver, sticks by order of the Germsn commander. 1t is reported here that China is will- ing to pay an indemnity of 1,000,000 taels (about $785,250) and to graat all the Ger- man demands, including the temporary cession of Kiao Chau Bay and adjoining territory. A dispatch to the Times from Peking confirms the report that China, hoping for the evacuation of Kiao Chau, agrees uncouditionally to all demands of Ger- many. The Times, dealing editorially with the situation at Kiao Chau, notes that the foregoing telegram enumerating the Ger- man demands, does not include the per- | | | | ve removed. NON-CATHOLIC MARRIAGES. FPresident Pierola of Peru Vetoes the Measure Recently Passed by Congress. | Copyright, 1897, by Janies Gordon Bennett. LIMA, Prru, Dec. 7.—President Pierola |{ has vetoed the measure recently passea by Congress legalizing non-Catholic mar- riages'in Peru and providing for the registration of such marriage: He gives as his reason the fact that the PO bill only autborizea the registration of | The Chinese general in command was | foreigners, without providing for naiive- born Paruvians descended from Protest- ants, who hold to the religion of their fatners. The President’s action in veto- ing the measure has called forth much riticism. With the exception of the official or- gans the press is bitterly opposed to Presic | dent P erola’s project to retorm the home | debt. They denounce the plan as one cal- culated 10 rob the creditors of Peru, and assert that it is dishonest. It is douhtful | if the plan will be sanctioned by Congress, manent occupation of Kiao Chau, and | points out that the evidence is conflicting as to whether manded. It says: “In any case, now tbat the other demands bave been conceded, what will be the grounds for insisting on a per- manent occupation? i and China, demonstrating the 1 value of a stron - fleet, ready to this was officially de- | The double success | | | act at short notice in any part of the| world, will probably give a coup de grace to the declining opposition to the naval biil.” Dr. the German Consul Stuebel, at Shanghai, has been ordered to go to Kiao | Chau and establish a regular German ad- ministration. The Kolnische Volks Zeitung says that | | | the coal deposits in the province of Shan | Tung, which will become available to | Germany with railway and mining con- cessions, are most valuable. s e GERMANY’S NAVAL BILL, Vigorous Opposition to the Gov- ernment Measure Made by the Radical Leader. BERLIN, Dec. 7.—In the Reichstag to- day Herr Richter, the Radical leader, spoke in opposition to the naval bill, which was before the house on first read- | ing, dwelling upon the serious increase of | expenditure for which the bill provides. | He contended that the great display of | power made in China prove that the Government considered the navy equal to the task imposed npon it. Germany’s ex- ports, he continued, had made unexpected strides in spite of the alleged lnck'o! cruisers, The speaker expressed the opin- ion that the protective duties were more harmful to Germany's trade than could be balanced by the benefits derivable even by the greatest fleet. The bill, Herr Iicht er asserted, was not for seven years, but for eternity, and created a condition which the conlinued advance of technical knowledge would make nxppnaulbla to maintain. Herr Richter desired the Gov- crument to repeat in the Reicistag the assurance that the naval programme, as outlined in the semi-official Reichan- zeizer, could be carried into effect with- cut recourse to fresh taxation. ¥ He pointed out that when the quinquen- nial army law was introduced it was de- clared to be an exceptional measure; but now, he usserted, the Government was trying 1o bind the Reicbstag similarly in the case of the navy. Financial conditions, the speaker said, werealways changing and must, therefore, be regulated annually. The Reichstag had N0 power o alter a law once enacted, and in view of its already restricted rights, the Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco — Clearing on Wednesday, with fresh southwesterly winds. FIRST PAGE. Germany Seeking Conquest. Wood Talks of McKenna. Mrs. Oelrichs Badiy Hurt. Annexstion Scheme Losing. Hayti Yields to Force. Stripped Naked and Hanged. SECOND PAGE. A Prize-Fighter K lled. Rain in the Interior. Watch for Filibusters. THIRD PAGE. Mother McKinley Binking. Amall Hope for Dreyfus. Ouuaw Moiina Taken. FOURTH PAGE. Jordan on College Morals. Los Angeles School Scandal, Loot of Banta Clara. Boulevard to Be Built. FIFTH PAGE. Congress at Work, Ofhcers Made Prisoner. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. The President on Hawail, Prospects of the Seaslon. The Pacific Roads Debts. Standing From Under. Prison Reform and Discipline, Personals and Queries. SEVENTH PAGE. The Keramic Club Exhibition. News of the Water Front. Bankoer McCormack Arrested. EIGHTH PAGE. An Incomparable Banjo-Pi The Oakiand Milk War. Death of a Hig:bi Row Among Ball-Piayers. NINTH PAGE. Reaching for Alaskan Trade. Real-Estate Market Review. Supreme Court Justices Differ. TENTH PAGE. Commercial News. ELEVENTHR PAGE. News From Across the Bay. TWELFTH PAGE. Races at Ingleside. THIRTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages, Deaths, FOURTEENTH PAGE. Ned Greedway on the Stand. Police Seeking Elopers, ,Editor Older Charged With Libel Lees and Gunst Make Up. The influence of cruisers abroad de- | they | KAISER. GIFION. KIAO-CHAU BAY., MRS, OFLRICHS | | While Arranging Draperies. | curs in Her Elegant Mansion. | | Attending Physiclans Hops That the Injury Will Not Cause a Permanent Disfigurement Epectal Dispatch to THE CALL NEW YORK, D-c. 7.—Mrs. Herman OQelrichs is suffering from the effects of a | strange accident to one ot hereyes, which | may necessitate a painful operation. Some workmen were engaged in hanging 1apes- tries in the eest parlor of her residence, | the old Paran Stevens mansion, last Sat- | urday afternoon, and Mrs. Oelrichs was superintending the details. One of the men was on the top ladder when a tack slipped from his hand and fell. Mrs. Oel- richs was standing close by, with her face turned upward, and the sharp point of the tack struck her in the left eye, lacerating it and causing intense paiz. Mrs. Oelrichs bathed the eye and, confi- dent that tne injury wasofa trivial nature, was persuaded to attend a silver wedding that evening. Her eye, however, grew worse, and she had to leave before the re- ception was ever. Dr. Knapp, an eye specialist, was im- mediately summoned, and the family physician was called in. 1t was found | that Mrs. Oetrichs haa caught cold in the | eye, and she has been confined 1o her | room ever since. On Monday the eye | krew rapidly worse, and a consulting physician was called in. The opinion | was expressed by the doctors that the point of the tack must have bsen rasty, for the wound had become ulcerated, and to-day it was no better. Mr. Oelrichs was worried by his wife' | illness, and remained with ber all to-day. | Meanwhile many friends of the family | had heard of the acciaent and expressions | of sympathy poured in. The physicisns | expressed the hope that she woufd re- cover from the unfortunate injury with- out permanent disfizurement of the eye. This depends upon whether the ulceration can be checked. Just a year ago to-day Mrs. Oelrichs gave a reception to her friends in her beautiful bome, unon which she isreporied to have lavished about $200,000 in alterations. It was house warming,’”’ ana those who attended suid that the furnishing of the mansion and decorations for the function gave convincing evidence of the artistic tastes of the late Senator Fair's daughter. | Mrs. Oelirichs and her si , Miss Fair, | were beautifully gowned, and the recep- tion went far to establish Mrs. Oelrichs as | a social leader. Since she came to NewYork on her wedding trip in June, 1890, Mrs. | Oelrichs has been a favorite in society circles. | GERMANS COME T0 GRIEF. | Mest With a Reverse at the Hands of Wild Tribesmen in Africa. LONDON, Dec. 7.—According to mail advices from Batanga, on the West Afri- can coast, southeast of the Camaroons, |in the Banoko country, a Ger- man expedition consisting of six white officers and 200 naiives recently met with a reverse at the hands of the Mboulles, a warlike tribe that has long harassed the German trade caravans to | the south of Batanga, in the Molinji country, and especially along the Campo or Ntem River, which divides French and German territory. A German warship with troops is al- ready en route for the Camaroons to rein- force the expedition that is being organ- | ized to punish the Mboulies. R To Swear the Queen. THE HAGUE, Dcc. 7.—Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, will take the oath of accession to the throne on Sep- mber 6, 1898, in the new church at Am- ‘I sterdsaia. EYE INJURED Most Peculiar Accldent Oc-| | | \ | | J | Oregon. 00D TALKS OF JUDGE HcKENNA Struck by a Falling Tack He Says He Did Not Start the Fight. Is Willing, Nevertheless, to Take the Brunt of the Blame. Does Not Want the Judge’s Frlends to Misconstrue His Motives. Special Dispatch to TaE CaLL PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 7.—C. E. 8. Wood was shown a covy of THE CaLL with his letter to Senaior Hoar, protest- ing against the appointment of Judge Mc- Kenna, and asked what he had to say about it. He said in substance: “The opposition to Judge McKenna originated in Caslifornia far more than in My letter was based on state- ments made to me by California attor. neys last October. Itexpressesmy views. I am sorry they are disagreeable. It would be far easier to say pleasant things of him, and more polite. When [ was in California in October there wasa general sentiment against the appointment as a very weak one, unjust to the President himself, but those expressing themselves were alraid to bave their opinions come to Judge McKennu's ears and considered open opposition hopeless. I notice in the interviews one gentleman who was then adverse to but now favors him. Several who were clear in hostile criticism decline 10 express an opinion. “The ovpposition to Judge McKenna, though he may be loath to believe it, is honest and spontaneous, and it only weakens Judge McKenna's cause to ascribe petty motives to his opposition, and attempt to explain adverse action by some contemptible personal feeling. What explanation is to be offered for the adverse opinion of Judges Bellinger or Ross, or, as can be reai between tie lines of their interviews, Judges Morrow and De Haven? A cause is a bad one that has to ascribe to honorable men dirty mo- tives “The California papers beliltle the office of the press if they support Judge McKenna only because he is a Californian. The place is conceded to Californi: nd there are plenty of men there against whose sslection not a word would be heard. It ought to be significant that Judge McKenna's support is political, t.e opposition to him pursly professional. 1t is better, in my opinion, to show we are mistaken than to be conjuring up un- dreamed-of motives. What motives are ascribed by Judge McKenna's friends to his own friends who damn him with faint praise, saving he is not very good, but good enough? *‘Our idea was that President McKinley wanted to glorify his administration by selecting the very best. Apparenily he thinks Judge McKenna is. \E. of the bar donot. Itishisappointment. We have said oursay. Hecan do as he pleases, but let Judge McKenna's friends couceive of men with an Lonest pride in their profes- sion, unbia-ed by dirty malice. *‘From the outset I expected nothing but harm 10 me from my attitude, but I do not care to despise myself as » coward. Do not mistake me as the head and front of this offending. I am willing to accept the regponsibility, butit is not true. The opposition spread like a fire.”” SITE FOR AN ARMOR PLANT. The Special Board Will Keport That It Shou'd Be Near Coal Mines. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—A Washington special to the Herald says: The Armor- Factory Board is preparing a report in re- gard to the sites it inspected, with refer- ence 1o their comparative usefulaess for the proposed armor-plant establishment. It developed during the sessions of the board that the best locality for the plant is near coal mines, provided the cost of freight of finished armor to the ship- building plant 1s not too lar, The board has found that in the man ture of 6000 tons of armor 60,000 tons of coal are needed and 12,000 tons of other materiais. THE LOSING FlGHT UPON ANNEXATION Every Hour of Delay Hurts the Hawaiian Scheme. COMES UP TO-DAY IN THE SENATE. Many Joining the Ranks of Those Working Against Ratification. DANIEL OF VIRGINIA CONVERTED. 1S Regards the Matter as a Schema to Benefit a Few People at Uncle Sam’s Expanse. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. Cavy Orrice. R1ces Housk, ‘WasSHINGTON, Dec. 7. % Senator Davis (R.) of Minnesota, chair- man of the Committee on Foreign Rela- tions, announced to-dav that to-morrow he would ask the Senate to take up the Ha- waiian annexation treaty, and his commit- tee will hold a meeting to-morrow morn- ing before the Senate session opens. He is wise in pushing the treaty to immediate consideration if he really desires its ratifi- cation. Annexation is clearly losing ground, and the longer the vote 1s delayed the poorer are the chances of success. Senator Daniel (D.) of Virginia,who was non-commitial during the soring session, is now squarely against annexation. *I regard the whole matter,” be said to-day, “as a scheme for the benefit of a few peo- ple at the expense of the Government. Where we should get one dollar outof the Hawaiian Islands we should have to spend ten.” Senator Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts makes it a rule not to discuss for publica- tion questions perta'ning to foreizn rela- tions which are awaitling the Senate’s action, but from private sources it is learned that he is, at least, very lukewarm toward the project and will probably vote against it when the time comes. Senator Wellington (R.) of Maryland declares that he has not made up his mind and is still open to conviction. Bat it is believed that he, too, will opposa the treaty. Senator Faulkner (D.) of Virginia be- lieves that, with the exception of Senator Morgan (D.) of Alabama and, perhaps, three or four others, the entire Demo- cratic vote will be against annexation. About the only convert to annexation thus far recorded is Senator Perkins (R.) of California, He was regarded as rather Ilukewarm or opposed to the plan at the spring session. He now declares that he will vote for the treaty, but he adds that he dounts if the two-thirds majority for its ratification can be secured. The prevailing opinion in Washington now is that annexation will surely come by joint resolution, if not by treaty. But that depends. The opponents of annexa- tion say: “One thing at a time.” If thirty or more Senators can now be mustered against the scheme, it 18 not out of the range of possibilities that the majority of the House might be fouad on toe same side. 1t isa favorite remark of Eastern Republicans that they are glad annexa- tion is a Senate question now, and they hovpe they will not have to vote upon it, indicating the hesitancy they would feel in supporting the project, and, on the other hand, their disinciination to antag- onize the administration. It the Democrats in the House should take the same view of the question as their kindred in the Senate, annexation would have a very close shave. There might be twenty-eight more Republicans against annexation than Democrats in favor of it. That would be a question, although it is now generally taken for granted here that there is a majority in both houses for annexation should the treaty fail of ratification ot the necessary two-thirds vote. COULD NOT HOLD HAWAII JUST NOW. Hilborn Points Outa Lack of War- ships as an Argument Against Annexation. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—Congressman S. D, Hilborn, Third District of California, lec- tured at the Kent Theater, University of Chicago, to-night. Several years’' resi- dence across the San Francisco Bay from Mare Island and two terms of service on the Committee on Naval Affairs and Pub- lic Buildings and Grounds enabled him to tell the students a number of things they did not know about the United Siates navy. Mr. Hilborn lectured under the direction of the Political Science and History Club, and his effort was a strong argument against any attempt at annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, at least till our strength on sea is greatly increased. The Ameri- can navy, he declared, contained only four first-class fighting battle-ships. He put the Maine and Texas in the sec- ond class, and not rating well at that. Two armored cruisers, sixteen other cruis- ers, fifteen gunboats, six double-turreted monitors, fifteen single-turreted moni- tors, twenty torpedo-boats and three or four other boats constitute the fighting power of the United States. “The great want of America is more fighting ships— more battle-ships, more monitors,|more torpedo-boats and docks,” he said. “To-day we have only one dock Lontinued from First Page, HAYTLES HOMILIATED bY FORCE Compelled to Accept the | Conditions Imposed by Germany. KAISER’S FLAG DULY SALUTED. This Apology to Be Followed by the Payment of Indemnity. FOREIGNERS SEEK SAFETY ON VESSELS. Citizens of the Littie Island Repub- lic Enraged by the Outcome of the Controversy. Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett. PORT AU PRINCE, Hay, Dec. 7.—The refusal of the United States to interfere in the quarrel between Germany and Hayti over the Lueders incident has caused the humiliation of the latter country. Hayti has =accepted Germany’s condition that indemnity be paid, and has apologized by saluting the German flag and German | warships in the harbor. | Citizens of Hayti are very much dissat- | istied over the outcome, and there isin- tense but suppressed excitement here. German residents have taken reluge on German vessels, while the English are on Atlas Line steamers here. There are no American vessels in the harbor, though | the Marblehead is expected, and Ameri. | can residents have piaced themseives | under the protection of the American Minister and have taken ali their most | valuable property to the legation for safe- | keeping. | It is understood that the question of the indemnity demanded by Germany for the alleged arrest and imprisonment of | Herr Lueders has been settled to the sat- | isfaction of Germany, and that all de- mands of that country have been agreea to by the Government of Hayti. This was done in the face of the display of force made by Germsany, and under the threat of a bombardment of the defensive works of the port unless these demands were agreed to within eight bours following | the time the German ultimatum was de- livered yesterday morning, shortly afier the arrival at this port of the two Ger- man cruisers sent to back up the de- mands of the German Minisier here. The first part of the settlement took | place at 6 o’clock last night, when the Haytian fleet formally saluted the German flag from the flag<hip ot the tieet of Hayti, the Crete A. Pierrot, a small vessel armed with a few guns of light caliber. Admiral Killick, the Haytian com- mander, had charge of the formal salute of the German flag. While the flag of the republic was being dipped on the Crete A. Plerrot, the band of the Haytiin navy played the German national anthem and the Haytian flagship fired twenty-one guns, which were answered by the German flagship, the Charlotte, which is used as a schoolship. The second part of the settlement took place this morning, when Count Schwerin, the German Minister to Havri, was for- mally and publicly received by the Hay- uan President. The latier, it is under- stood, has assured the German authorities that summary justice will be vromptly meted out to those officials of Hayti who csused the estrangement between the re- public and Germany. Naturally there is a strong feeling of resentment agsinst the Government on account of the humiliation inflicted upon | the country by Germany, but it is not ; thought anything more serious than a ministerial crisis will result. [ORTURED, THEN POT 10 DEATH Horrible Fate Visited Upon a Nevada Murderer BARBARISM OF HIS ASSAILANTS. Compsl Him to Wailk Naked for a Mile Over Frozan Ground. KICK AND BEAT HIM ALL THE WAY. Thelr Victim’s Body Riddied With Bullets as It Swings From the Limb of a Tree. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. CARSON, Dec. 7.—One of the boldest Iynchings ever recorded in this State took place at Genoa, at 12 o’ciock this morning. Adam Uber, the slayer of Hans Aunderson, was taken from the jail by muasked men and hanged to a tree. Sneriff Brokliss, who was sleeping in a building adjoining the jail with Constable Gray, was aroused by a knock at the door and called out, **Who's theret” ““We have a prisoner,” was the reply, The Sheriff opened the door, and the moment hé did so he was coverea by a half-dozen rifles and six-shooters and told to give up the keys. A coupleof men brushed past him and covered the Con- stable with their weapons. One man in the party appeared to act as their spokes- man, and demanded the keys, as the side door from the Recorder’s office was being smashed in with asledge. The Bheriff gave up the keys, and they at once un- locked the jail, and going to Uber’s cell anlocked the door and hauled him out of bed. The priscner was aroused from slaep by the noise at thedoorand the light stream- ing on his face. ide was thoroughly frightened and bepgea bard, but the iynchers stripped him naked, and then binding and gsegging him marched him outof the jait. The night was cold, and when he reached the air shivered and cowed and bezged for covering, but his captors were relentiess and dragged him along with blows and kicks over the frozen ground. He yeiled “Help! Murder!’ as he was taken from bed, but made no sound after the gagging. The six men who first overpowered and captured the officers still remained with them, but after the prisoner was brou:ht from the jail about twenty more persons joined in and drove Uber along the road. There were about twenty-five in alle The mob had burst in the door of the Sheriff's office leading from the Recorder’s «flice in the county building wih a sleige ham- mer. The six men who had the Sheriff and Constable under guard made them follow the pang which was taking Uber to his death. The line of march led up to Boyd’s lane, where there was a large cottonwood tree with a branch overhanging the lane. There appeared to be a leader of the Iynching party, and he ordered the rope placed about Uber’s neck. Tnis was done and Uber was told to say his prayers. He knelt on the ground and while he was praying the rope was thrown over alimb and in a minute from the time he knelt the gang was pulling on the rope and he was drawn.up nearly to the limb, He writhed and strugeled like a wild animal, and died in great agony whi e the lif: was slowly cnoked out of him. Afier be was dead several of the lynching 3 arty opened EMIL LUEDERS, Primary Cause of Haytian Tension.