The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1897. KNS SUOE AR MG RRL e T - NOMIRATON *FROM THGVRECKED STEAMER. BATILE Vi | e A A A e e s ) i , S ] | [:] ® I [ VICTORIA, B. C., D:c. 16 —The Government steamer Quadra left this morning ‘ | | for Barclay Sound to institu @ a se reh ‘or the three boats which six days ago left the | steamer Cleveland with twenty-two men and which have not since been seen, and | | 8130 to render assistance to the survivorsof the disaster who are staying with the | Fierce Conflict Between siranded steamer. Nan.ed by the President Captain Irving went down on the Quadra, and his company's steamer, the > : ; th Succeed Judge Willapa, is al-o on the way with Diver McHardv and some work ng apparatus on Miners in Lower Field board. Inspector of Hulls Collister is also on the Quadra, so that a thorough investi- Cal ifornia A gation can be made of the steamer. It is quite possible that the vessel can be raised, —— but scant hopes are held out for the three missing bosts and their occupants. The ’ indians did considerable damagas in looting the ship. Constable McKenna went on SENATE WILL DEFER| . Quadra to take steps {o prosecuts the offenders. Tnited States Consul Smith | MEXICANS AGAINST ACTION. nidown AMERICANS, i = , | S = The brilliant assemblade of ihe world’s finest bench is Justice Peckham of New York 74 : o5 4 7 oy 5 | the junior member of tne court. Tnose 5 e fabrics, the brilliant assembladse of hidgh-class Sut the Confirmation Is to| who have followed bis brief career in the | evera aqui ndians Are S s & : L = AL 5 . : O e highest judicial tribunal in the land con- DR fashions, dems of sartorial denius, that we have Holidays. CALIFORNIA MEMBERS ARE UNANIMOUS. 12re Is No Longer Any Opposition Among the Pacific Coast Senators. Special Dispatch to THE CALL cede to Judges Gray and Brewer in judicial ability. He looks every inch a Julge, and his opinions are equal to the ablest papers ever handed down by that court. Justice ] Shiras of Fen lvania and Justice Wite of Louisiana, while not brilliant as jurists, are hard workers and devoie much time and attention to their law booksand their | decisions, Judge White had litile or no judicial training when he was taken from the Senate and placed upon the Supreme bench by President Cleveland. During the few years he has been a member of the court he has studied ind ously and him a place right alongside of point of Carr OFrice. R1ces Horsg,] W ASHINGTON, Dec. 1¢ General McKenna was to-day 3 20m ed by the President to fill the va- pe— " been brought up by Jose De Luna oi Los caney on the bench of the Supreme Court L | | Angeles, one of the participants. It was e Un s cecasioned by the e | Gongral Lew Wallace Takes Excep-| RETREATING IN SNOW | nothing else than a free-for-ali me.ce, ement of Associate Justice Stephen J. The nomination of Judge McKenna ot pected, for it Bas been settled the advent of the nley admin- has been freely can- e Senate, and while of opposition it isnot icient magnitude to when the vole is was doubtless the intention of the bestow this hiph judicial r upon Judge McKenna at this time to ceed Judge | followed the proceedings y, until | now he is regarded as ot { members o! the court clos of the coming WOULD DISCIFLINE HILBORK, tions to Statements Made by the | Congressman. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 16.—*Spesking | about our engaging in war,” savs General | Lew Wallace, the soldier-autnor, *I noticed in the papers the other day that Congressman Hiborn of Californis, a member of the House Committee on Naval Affairs, made the statement that, while we Lad some vessels, we did not have in | tkis country enough powder to fire the | ordinary szlutes. He made this state- this country has concealed in some place | PERISH N THE TRAILS Arrivals From Dawson Tell of the Fearful Situation. AND ICE. Over Two Hundred Persons Said to Be Fleeing From Starvation. MORE THAN HALF SURE TO PERISH. Hop: of Taking Provisions by derous Melee. ONE OF THEM IS BLOWN TO ATOMS. Story Toid by Juan de Luna of Los Angeles, One of the Partici- pants. Special Dispatch to THE CALL SAN DIEGO, Dec. 16 —Particulars of a remarkable duel between Mexican ana American miners in Lower California bave with dynamite as the weapon of destruc- tion. One man was killed by the explo- sion of a stick of dynamite burled by an- other, and most of the others are in jail at Muleje awailing trial for murder. De Luna, who seems to have been an inno- cent participant in the scrimmage, was not held. The fight bezan at the silver camp at San Juan, where a quarrel over work em- bittered two miners. Others were drawn into the quarrel and the bad feeling broke outina ght at Las Flores, the port of the San ines. Tuere one or two at e McKenna will be deprived of Three Mex named Mendez, Chaves e title of Associate Justice of the Su- | in the Alleshany Mountains enough sait- | S.eamer Is Gone. and Rodriguez, learned that De Luna, reme Court of the United Siates untl | Peter 10 make all the powder we would | another miner named Romero and several holiday recess. r Hoar, chairman of the Senate iiciary Committee, to whom the nom- ion was refe special meeting of ihe cummittee, so at the nomination of Judge McKenna be reported back to the Senate for mation beiore the adjournmsent for hiday recess next Saturday. The 2 is Monday, consequently if confir- 1m0 was to be had before the holidays a speisl meeting of tbhe committee would to be called. After the nomination ced the Senate this afternoon the ion of calling a special meeting of t eommitiee was considered, and it was cdecied that, in view of the nature of the oppeition to Judge McKenna’s confirma- t would not be advisable to take r action on the nomination, so 0 over to be taken up at the first ar meeting of the Judiciary Com- »e 1n January. Itis said that some of the Pacific coast Senstors, who were originally opposed to McKenna's confirmation, have withirawn their cpposition, and a ma-. hay tion the Senators who was for- remarked to- is a very appropriate time nt to send in Judge McKen- We have not received one of h the opposition : *‘This Presid omination. n the coast, and as there are sev- ni for th stances where the selections were not any more acceptabie than this one. We have gone this far with the administration, and we might as well swallow Judgze McKenna ¥ 10 look vleased.” e strong point in favor of Judge Mc- is that voth of the California Sen- | . ators aie wrglug his confrmation. Liiy| MateRly lor tue parpose uf rscoverio | pousibie” that the thousands of raven: | gnoif, BAVErL It i wndersioed fnn truly a floor of Overcoats that we offer you, rang- difficult to make a successful fight against | t0e_territory. Mexico will formally re- | 5 ch jnhabit that section have, at this | on the sronud | a confirmation when the Senators trom the State interested are united in favor of the candidate. In view of Judge McKenna's long ser- vice in the House of Representatives, and the fact that he is at present a member »f the Cabinet, it was supposed that some ed, was expected to call | ir meeting day of the Judiciary Com- | it | r of the Senaters will voie to confirm | need in a long war. That statement was | | highly injudicious, and I believe not true. Even though true, however, it but adver- tises our weakness to the worid and in- | vites trouble. Congress should appointa | | committee to have that uiterance invosti- | gated, and if proved to be accurately re- ported, he should be censured—yes, even | expelled from the House. He is not fit to| | WECO CLAS | " CLPPERTON SLAND the Alleged British Cccupancy. It Is Not Anticipated That Anything Like a War Wil Follow. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. CITY OF MEXICO, Dec.;16.—Some time ago when it was rumored that a British warship bad seized Clipperton island, local papers took the matter up and there was some aritation over the reported really hud taken possession. Four days ago the corvette El Democrata, Captain | Ocofoli Genesa, left Mazauan for the island. Should it be true that the island which Mexico claims, has been szized by the British the matter wiil be taken up diplo- quest the restoration of the island. No | one here expects any serious difficulty and there 1s as yet no definite official in- formation regarding the alleged seizure of Clipperton. At the Foreign Relations Department to-day it was said the object of the ex- pedition was not warlike, but merely to Warship Sent to lnvestigatel Special Dispatch to THE CALL DYEA }Dec. 11 (per steamship Corona (o Victoria, B, C., Dec. 16).—Word as late as November 3 has just been received here from Dawson. A party of five prospec- tors—J. Kastner, George McLaugtlin, Georgs Rutn, J. P. Holland, and William King—leit Dawson on thatdate. first named arrived little worse for their trip, but Ruth had one foot badly frozen and kis face and hands are slignhtly frost- bitten. The other two have reached here. The party separated below Rink Rapids. ‘Though the thermometer was 52 de- grees below the three who have arrived abandoned all their blankets except one and made a rapid trip out. | from the mounted police a: High Salmoa | after anotuner River, where Major Walsh is now camped by Kastuner and his two companions, and they entertain the hope that the two fol- lowing will reach there in safetv. The situation in the interior is far more serious than when last reported. At Daw- son the food question is the all-absorbing topic. But Kastner, who is an exper.~ enced prospector and woodeman, says that the actual starvation wouid not take place there. The loss of life will occur on the route tetween that place and Dyea. Neariy 200, thirty of whom have already siarted, will attempt toscome out, and not to perish. One poor fellow whom they overtook at Five Fingers, and who was nearly exhausted, asked if he could not travei with them. in the sfirmative, be ralied and joined them. However, after two hours’ travel he dropped behind, and it is not at all im- writing, picked the last particles of flesh irom his bones. Maujor Waish and his associntes will nou reacu Dawson this winter. One obstacle bas been met until now they are unable 1o longer use their boais. Nearly four tons of provisions have been lost, and they are now living on the plain- est kind ot food. When the last party The two | not yet | All were short | | of provisions, but supplies were secured Receiving an answer | Indians were coming to the coast. Tuey plotted to get one of the Indiansd and hire him to kill De Luna, by throwing dynamiie at him, the stick being pre- viuu\‘y capped and prepared for ex- plosion. @ When De Luna and the others arrived, the programme was carried out all too well for Romero, who was killed, An Indian, known as Jose Juan, a Yaqui, was made drunk, and the plotters told him stories of how De Luna had wronged | bim. This made bim frenzied, and he egreed to kil De Luna, The dynamite wus prepared, and the Indian siarted to xecute his mission. De Luna and the others were on the lookout, howsver, and W ed to run. The indian threw vev deadly stuff ing miners, but only one stick exploded. It struck Ro- mero's heel, and the force of tbe explo- sion was sich as to throw him thirty feet away and shatter every bone in his body. The back of his head was almost entirely blown off. De Luna made a circle, got | several of the dynamite sticks and pur- sued the Mexicans who had plotted azainst him. They promptly got out of the way, and no iurther casua ties resuited. The au‘horities at Muleje got wind of the story, and arre ‘he three Mexi- cans and the Indian. De Luna was al- lowed to go, but was required to be back at date of the prosecution. Romero was buried where he fell. De Luna mude his way 1o Santo Domingo, and there cau:ht a vessel for Ensenada on his way to Los Aungeles. ral sticks of the MILNEE'S Tk aL ILLEGAL. Foreman of the Jury that Convicted Him victed to-day of manslaughter, is likely to receive anotker and third trial because of a veculiar condition of affairs, which is that George H. Dole, foreman of the jury, 1va citizen of the Hawaiian repubiic. Dole is a brother of President Dole of the | republic, and, although bhe has lived here | several years, be hus never tsken out citi- PSOOSOLHUOBK been showing up this week, the magnitude of our offer, the tininess of our price, have broudght the town to our doors. Never yet in all our career have we scored such a distinet triumph, such a palpable hit, nor have we yet seen such enthusiasm as evinced by the men folks through and over the Suils and Overcoats which we have been offering them at | SOCOOOOOVTOOONK as a token of Iriendship and | ment to express the absurdity, in h‘H‘ Mexicans f t with the Americans, and iton of his ability, but also to | vp:nion, of this country engaging in war. | even an dian or two became mixed up. 1gle with it the compliments of the| ‘‘That feliow should be disciplined for ‘ . | 1t was at the beach that Luna nearly Jost stmas festival. Itappears, however, | that kind of talk. He ouzht to know that | NoW the Yukon Is Closed and All |} jife by a dynamite cartridge. | GEMS, from, the richest, prettiest and handsomest of Overcoats in tan shades, with sleeve lininds of satin ; some Tan Top Overcoats, silk lined ; rich and elesant Kerseys in blue, brown and black. ing in values up to $20. To unload quickly, these garments at ALL OF ’EM! ersl Federal appointments in that section | ’I_f"clbl" olgle\ln:lmn l;fl Me{xlcn: .mll{. d'lll:,e more than one-half will ever reach civili- Not & Oitizan. &’flt’fil”ifl‘&!"l‘?"!"{"’C"{‘”\!f"’:'*'!"*“l"i" "!"‘!”i"‘!"‘!"{'"‘fi‘*fib**% of tiie country pending, 1t is fust as well | (OTCIEN te allons Lepartment asted the | zation, Of the thiriy passed on the trail| RIVERSIDE, Dec. 16.—John F Mil n p - for us (o stand by the administration in | War Depariment to send an expedition o | by K ustner and his companione,more than | the siaser ot 7. ot Dorars Lr b Milner, You have nearly a floor of Overcoats to select th case as we have donein other in- | the 1siand to investigate if the British | bait were out of food and aimost certain s Ts s s oo i s i ;‘{ "v“,',n::;i.xf?efib.“f‘;i :Z;;:"::'::::E ascertain the irue condition of sffairs. | Came out it was the intention of the major 3 irmation o imes The same thing was said at the War De- | '© tT¥ to resch Fort Selkirg, where fairly —% when Senatorsare taken from the Semate | .. 4vent. Thereis no disquietnde over | comfortable quarters can be had A man, Gqeds o *VF’S‘Q“F‘F%**W***’? and appoinied to other bx:ancncs of the | (1o matter here. The newspapers, how- | @8 Americau by the name o! Freeman, o i = o . pub service. Thi: subject was ulso |ever, are likely to make much of the | Who was employed by the major's party, = e —— i i considered, but it was not deemed advis- | te'zure if it turns out to be a fact, for | W28 drowned below the White Horse —=x. &ble by -ome of the very best iriends and strongest supporters of Judge McKenna 10 make the attempt at this time. Until the Benate acts upon the nomina- finally, there will be no change in the Governor Griggs of New Jersey, who is slated to become Attorney-General, | - e | aies Geveriiuntns 16 Brais oibt g ¢ 4 % : 5 3 s : et whin e i 3 e suy. | Coptain Hastort! Tolls of the Drad- | (s, " Goversmen o™ furnill 1ol | 4 wesn by i st fowdh for whic and all purposes, in fancy fabrics, in plain lack inet circle until the middle of January. | tul Storm That Caused Her | further than Wuite Horse Rapid and | There is no place in Natiron e,,,mm;,g,- & Frdlach GI Worsted. the C 0 P Hence, the delay in the confirmation of | o 6o i Fort Selkirk they would bo the means of | o chilalcas marsiage. Weddcd conples £ LEnglish Clay Worsted, the Cutaway, the Double- g o 5 g z han ersons childless ‘are g = = = v ; AL J . Judage McKenna will not embarrass the e o S OO e e P are childless are never truly married. A % T St b > - >-hren.cte, b 8 et riee | ASTORIA e Dein. Tishtanipier)| PhOWIISGOR A enbETHPISID oMt By 3t e that biads.he by i tie oo bn (w.\ful' Sack, the ,\/,(2/1 breasted Sack, all tailored new Judge. | which went adrift from her station last | Jer Daw-on about the 20ih of Octcber for | PICARe that makes husband and wife ore in in the highest dedree known to that particular art | o Z : - ci nature and in fact, and that teaches mutuai = = . A glance over the personnelof the Bu. | Saturday, was brought down from the | Fort Yukon with the intention of making self-sacrifice and sympathy. Thousands of ” 3 J . prome Court as now constituted shows | buoy station this morning and fuily | another trip with provisions, did not re- | courleg are childless becauise of the wife's These are ihe darments that are offered to you. tha the bench is stronger now tuan it has | equipped with chain and mushroom L‘l*l”,';n:‘(“;.“:yc‘f‘ ":VB‘f”‘! practically closed | pegiect of her health as a woman. Too few TH 9. e - bid cor: Al low ¢ b been for many decades. Chief Justice | nnchor. She tosk on 166 tons of coas, a | 14ROV Klvenup ULl syring, © 7| \GEn Gl appreciate, the mportance of wey’re in our bid corner window, at Fuller, whiie not a great Judge, has im proved materially since his appoiniment. His long service and hard study has brought him welil up in the estimation of Jastice Gray of Brewer of the judiciary generally. Massachusetts and Justice { a- are considered the giants of the bench in point of legal ability, and their dec sions are regarded as masterpieces by the legal profession al! over the world. considered a great lawyer wnen he was aprointed a member of the court, but, be- inza hard student and a man of remark- able literary attainments, he nas become one of the strongest mem bers of the court. Close to him comes Justice Brown of Michigan, who is personally the most popular member of the court. He is one of the most scholarly and pol- ished lawyers on the bench when put to the test, but, like the late David Davis of Lilinois, he is tco full of good humor to wear his life away 100 soon among musty law books. One of the brightest legal lights on the Jusiice Harlan of Kentucky was not there is a sentiment among the Mexican people that Envland unjustly acquired Belize or British Honduras from this country. SN S R | LIGHTSHIP 67 AGAIN ON GUARD. full compiement of supplies, and will | leave out for her station at 7 o'clock to- mOIrow morning. In talking over the events of the recent storm with an Astorian reporte:r last night. Captain Hastorff stated that, con- trary to reports, his anchor b-oke 3C0 feet from the ship and not at the hawse pipe. “It was beastly dirty weatier for three we ks,” he said. *“‘Saturday and during a poriion of that night we could not see the landing marks or lights ashore on ac- count of the heavy fogs. There was little or no wind, but a iremendously heavy sea was running, We cou'd not get our bear- ing proverly, and with such a length of chain dragging, the strain on the ship was about (he sume as usual. For this reason we did not notice the breaking cf the cbain at once, although the best man in my crew was on watch.”" LS Audden Death at Lakeport. LAKEPORT, Dec. 16.—This commu- nity received an unexpected shock to-day. C. C. Jenkins, one of the oldest and most vrominent residents of Lake County, died very suddenly of hearidisease. He leaves & widow and three small children, Rapids. Kustner, who is an old acquaintance of Major Wulsh, brought out the latter’s official mail, Though the contents are not kuown, I bave learned that the major bas written Minister Eifton of the Interior Departmeat ureing immediate action if | possible in conjunciion with the United The eteamers Weare u.d Bella, which there were twelve beeves passed Dawsoa, being unable to land owing 1o the run- nin: ice in the river. The raft will prob- ably be carried o far down the river that the meat will not be furnished to Dawson people at all. Up the river, 150 miles from Dawson, there is ar abandonod rart ou # sindbar which coniains the carca-ses of 135 siaughtered sneep. The loss of this meat, which has been estimuted with the food supvly of the people at D.iwson, will in itseif make the siarvation question | more serious. HaL HoFFMaN. STATE OF SEIGE RAISED. President Earrios‘ Publishes a Decree Declaring That Order Is Restored. Copyright, 1897, by James Go.don Bennett. 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