The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1898, Page 1

XXIIL.—-NO. 32. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 189S. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ENGLAND’S’ IRON HAND | IS SHOWN Situation Backed by the Power of Great Britain China Shows a Dis- position to Resist | Germany. . | | BRITISH FLEET READY TO ACT LONDON, Dec. 31.—A dispatch from Hongkong to the Times says there is the greatest activity in the 1 - yards there, while secrecy is main- The movements of British fleet and its whereabouts are not known at Hongkong. The cruiser Grafton, having taken on supplies of coal and ammuni- tion, leaves to-day. Vice - Admiral Sir Ward Hobart Seymour, K.C.B., who has been appointed British Commander-in-Chief on the China station, suc-. ceeding Admiral Boller, started for Hongkong to-day, accompanied by his staff. LR R R R S R R S S S S e asssas s ad - B e e e LONDO: Jan. 1.—According special dispatch from Shanghai, a sud- den stiffening has taken place in the attitude of the Tsung Li Yamen toward Germany, resulting in a demand for the evacuation of Kiaochau and lead- ing to the belief that Great Britain is bringing pressure to bear upon Peking. A dispatch from St. Peiersburg says that on Th 3 granted Plenipotent the Emperor Nicholas lience to the Minister Yang Yu, who handed ersonal letter from the . Tt is reported that turned on the pro- an Czar Emperor of Ct the con posed ( - he St. P rsburg Herald annournces that some I els have left Port Arthur and gone into the harbor of T; van, with China’s consent, the bor at Port Arthur being too small for the movement of the Russian vessels. A special dispatch from Paris says that M head of the Asiatic departm th: French Colonial Office, st: L secret mission to China Sun connection with the crisis in the F st The dispatc: states that a epecial military misioy start for China shortly. BERLIN, Dec class cruiser yesterday at Kiaoc.ay Bay The Norddeutsche Aligemeine an- nounced in big type t_night that Em- peror William arriveg unexpectedly from Potsdam and had-onferredq with Prince Hohenlohe, the Gancellor, the inference being that the neeting was of special importance. Th paper aiso prints the following evideni, inspired paragraph: “Whatever will also 1.—The German first- talkative persc "8 may write or say about. Germany, pow naval departments, this much i, cer- tain—that when the muse of }u’zory turns the pages headed 1897 ghe yij; pensively linger over the place\whe,, in shining characters ‘tis writhn o, the landing of the Germans on\ the sand of the Yellow Sea.” \ There is more of the soaring c acter, indicating its origin. Liberal Radical politicians, however, are bou to confess that the enthusiasm i creases and spreads daily, and especi: ally in Prussia and Northern Germany. 5 | | { | | to a| | special to the Herald says: “Civilized | | | Srin Augusta arrived | in ' the Orient Becomes Exceedingly | Grave. D R R R S S T s ] | | Korean customs together. | trol of the internal revenue in case of | curable, China will not pay her war | indemnity until 1902, in acocrdance with Brown was removed, will work the The British | warships which were present at Che- | mulpo and Seoul are there in order to | give moral support to Mr. Brown. | It is regarded here as significant that | Queen Victoria should have bestowed | the Order of St. Michael and St. George upon Mr. Brown at this time. Although desirous of obtaining a | British loan, the Chinese Government | | refuses to agree to foreign control of | | the internal revenue, either immediate | or in case of default. Li Hung Chang, | however, is disposed to favor the con- default. In the event of a loan not being pro- | one of the provisions of the treaty of Simoneski. The final decision is post- poned until after the holidays, Further German missionary trouble i reported from the Shantung province. | It will prossibly delay and complicate | the negotiations. | e S EEERE S SEEKING TO CONTROL THE TRADE OF CHINA TO EUROPE’S ADVANTAGE. | | Present Warlike Demonstration { in the Far East. 2 i NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—A Washington | That Is Perhaps the Whole Purpose of the nations have equal rights in opening | the trade of China to the world, and | those powers that attempt to accom- | plish it by war and conquest will do no more than to strengthen the Chinese | wall.” This warning is given by Consul john | France, in a report which has just been received at the State Department. Mr. C. Covert, who is stationed at Lyons, | Covert says four great nations—Eng- | land, France, Germany and Russia— are each engaged in a determined struggle for the trade of China. While | the great nations of Europe are fight- | | ing for Chin territory, it is probable | that the most widespread conquests | %OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO%I | | NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Fair on Saturday, January 1, 1898; northwesterly, changing to easterly, winds. Maximum temperature for the past 24 hours: San Franclsco. Portland . Los Angeles San Diego . % FIRST PAGE. San Francisco's New Year. England Backs China. Oakland’s Crew May Be Safe. SECOND PAGE. Hanna Confident of Winning. Greater New York Celebrates. To Help the Klondikers. Sloan Likes the English. THIRD PAGE. John Sherman to Retire. Russians Incite Indian Rebels. Work on the Valley Road. Eastern Mills Reduce Wages Spain Weakening in Cuba. Mystery of a Bunko Man. Tragedy in a Saloon. British Officer Killed. FOURTH PAGE. Pasadena Rose Fair. Mexicans Haul Down Old Glory. A Jail Escape Shot. Mill Valley Brakeman Killed. Dark Story of a Murder. Secretary Long on the Navy. FIFTH PAGE. Hope Flees From Durrant. Railroad Runs Into an Army Bold Assault on a Chinaman. SIXTH PAGE. PARIS, Dec. 31.—The official news- papers still insist that the reports of French occupation of Hainan Island by Admiral de la Bedolliere are absolutely unfounded. et g e RUSSIA AND ENGLAND AGREE TO COMPROMISE ON KOREAN FINANCES. This Will at Least Remove One of the Causes Leading Up to the Present Difficult Situation. PEKING, Dec. 31.—Advices just re- celved from Seoul, the capital of Korea, say a compromise has been effected by an agreement according to which J. McLeavy Brown, the British customs the Russian agent, to make room for whom Mr., agent, and M. Alexieffi, Edstorial. That Separate Law. The Prospects of the Year. A Plethora of Normal Schools. Reason for Gratitude. The Pasadena Fete. Astronomical Phenomena for 1898. 7all and Winter Literary Fashions. Yersonals and Queries. SEVENTH PAGE. Techers Go Home. A Cariosity in Law. News Along the Water Front. Deadly Duel for a Mine. Hoff Will Make His Defense. EIGHTH PAGE. Sports o the Season. NINTH PAGE. /ith the Commercial Travelers atures for the Jubilee. nger in Shrimps. TENTH PAGE. (;Qc06000400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 NTH PAGE. Ne\ From Across the Bay. TWELFTH PAGE. to the Orient Checked. rriages, Deaths. [RTEENTH PAGE. r Six Policemen. Plymoutiyhurch's New Pastor. Salvation 0000000000000 0000CCOC 0000000000OOOOO00000000000OO00000000900000000000'0000000000000000000000000000000 | L | of better wagon road: | ductive, may be achieved by peaceful methods. American business men will leave nothing undone to advance their inter- ests in the empire. The advantage that France has consists in her open fron- tier through.Indo-China, which will furnish a short route when the Red River is dredged. Another advantage is ion of an abundance of cheap pital. Mr. Covert transmits .a statement from the report of the French commis- sion which recently returned from China, where it made a two ars’ in- vestigation of trade conditions of the empire, and the report is important as showing just what nations of Europe are contending for the Chinese market. France sent a commi »n to China some years ago, and upon its return published its report advantages quickly that the French, and as a re- sult England reaped a better harvest in the way of additional Chinese trade than did the subjects of the Paris Gov- ernment. “The last commission,” states, become formidable rivals of the Eng- sh in China; that they and the Rus- Mr. Covert sians had established cotton factories, tanneries and feather: and that the Rus: tea factorie The commi -leaning shops, ns and were growing coffee. sion states that the coun- try is rich in copper, iron, lead, silver- bearing ores, tin, zinc, native silver and immense deposits of coal. The de- velopment of these mines will open a great field for the use of French tools and machinery and ment for thous s. The commi investigation of the silk industr nish employ- the Lyons market. The commis commercial heart of China. “It has a population of 1,500,000 in- habitants, is the central about 70,000,000 people, the seat of a number of industries conducted by Europeans, and will soon be united to Peking by a railroad now in course of construction by the Belgians. “The commi mercial future in store for Cambodia and Cochin China. commend. Tonkin, It re- the establishment of mills and factories, in China, co-operation with Chinese in the opening and con- duct of mines, the development of cer- tain lines of agriculture, the opening and the build- ing of railroads by French companies. An effort will be made to make Indo- | China into a workshop for China and an entrance w. tined for the C for French goods des- ese market. The aim of France will be to make China pro- so that her itants ma the wherewith to buy.” JAPANESE IIEWSI’AFEI}S TAKE AN UGLY TONE UPON AGGRESSION. 50,000,000 inhab- ng to sell and England saw the set forth in the report more “found that the Germans had ad established rench mechan- lon made a thorough and brought back over thirty specimens of silk absolutely unknown heretofore in ion styles Ou Tchang, capital of Hawp, the market of sion sees a great com- | | | | OAKLAND'S CREW MAY BE SAFE Started in Lifeboats From the Wrecked Vessel. Shipping Men of the Opin- ion That All Hands Were Rescued. Evidence That They Took Their Time in Preparing for the Departure. PILOT HOLDS OUT HOPE. Believesthe MissingMen W ere Picked Up by the Schooner Laura May. Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Dec. 31.—Maritime me.\ express themselves as feeling no un- easiness as to the safety of the crew of the bark Oakland. 'When this vessel was picked up three miles off Cape Flattery on Wednesday afternoon she was entirely deserted and full of water, with heavy Seas running. Men who examined the Oakland say that her boats were evidently carefully un- fastened and lowered, and that the crew either rowed safely to shore or wus picked up by some passing vessel. A. Whitney was the master of the Oakland and her second mate was Mc- Pherson, formerly on the British ship Selkirkshire. One of her sailors was named Gasman. These are all the | rames obtainable. The old crew quit | when the Oakland arrived here and Captain Whitney shipped a new crew | under ‘“‘coast articles” which he had | on board and which he is not required | to file with customs. authorities. No | record of the crew was left at the | :stom-house at Portland. Captain Whitney shipped his men without the intervention of the sailor boarding-houses or re; alar agencies. “I knew she could zuo: live through | another trip,” s¢il Daa Godfrey, the | colored pugiligt. now in this city, who shipped as cook on the Oakland on WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—A high | her trip up. “She was in a terrible Continued on Second Page. | Continued on Second Page. 1I897— £ & —1898 BLEW OUT THE OLD, BLEW IN THE NEW Noise! More noise! Still more noise! All kinds of noise. Tinhorn noise. Noise of bells. Noise of rattles. Any old kind of noise, just so it was noise. San Francisco noise. Noise! That was the impression gained by a walk along the streets last night. It was. New Year's Eve, and with one accord the whole population seemed imbued with an overwhelming desire to be heard. That was the impression obtained by degrees of intensity. There were cow- bells, dinner-bells and gongs. There were tin whistles, tin drums and tin- horns. There were rattle boxes—well, if there is anything that will make a noise that was not on the streets of this city last night it was because it has never been heard of in this part of the world. Even the Chinese residents, who are noted for their peculiar kinds of noise, were amazed at the varied assortment of sounds produced by those who were eager to notify the world in general and their immmediate neighbor in particular that they were glad the old year was going and the New Year was coming. Market street was the favorite stamping ground of the sound-pro- ducers, and from away up toward the City Hall down to Montgomery street, sweeping out Kearny over the hill to the Latin quarter, there was a roar which came from the conglomeration of sound heard nowhere else in the world than in San Francisco. Other peoples have their ways of expressing their happiness, but here the manner is particularly sul generis. It is San Francisco's own way of telling every- body that she is enjoying herself. Humanity has divers and various ways of showing its enjoyment. Some- times men get drunk and think they are happy. Sometimes they make a noise. . Last night was the night for noise. The intoxication came from the volume of sound and not from the alcoholic stimulation. That part came later—after the noise had stopped. Early the crowd was only noisy; later it became boisterous. There grew a de- sire to do more than make a noise. The inevitable horseplay followed, and then it was time for the ladies to go home. Man is a peculiar animal. There are times when he seems to forget all that is due to others, and even to forget that he is supposed to be human. That is what occurred last night after the first boisterousness of the noise was over. The rudeness followed. It was entirely useless to get angry last night. That but made matters worse. The crowd was eager for a victim, and when a man was mad he was immediately the target for every horn within reach. The country cousin who was down se¢ing the sights was the victim ‘until he, too, fell into the custom and purchased a tinhorn and made a part of the immense volume of sound that roared up from all parts of the city. San Francisco has one night to howl, and that night was last night—and she howled. It was a hot time, and every- body enjoyed it except a few pessimists who can see nothing in this return to savagery except foolishness. That sort of man can never appreciate the in- ordinate desire that sometimes takes hold of one and makes him turn him- self loose, so to speak, and announce to the world—through a tinhorn—that he is happy. It is peculiar, perhaps, but it is the way San Francisco shows her joy over the birth of the New Year. PASSING THE CLAUS SPRECKELS BUILDING AT MIDNIGHT.