The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1898. DERVISHES ARE MASSING FOR ACTI0 Forces Rally Below| Khartoum and Omdurman. Supplies and Munitions of War Being Rapidly Forwarded. Is Evident That Stubborn Resistance Will Be Made Against Invaders. it GREAT BRITAIN'S GRAB. France Has Outwitted England in the Struggle for Territory and a Clash Is Imminent. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. GATRO, Jan tinue massin 9.—The dervishes con- their forces at Mete- ndy, between eighty and below Khartoum and durman, and there is great activ- Omdurman with forwarding of es at that point. | thing is known here in confirma- | of the report that the French mission under Captain Marchand has | ived at Fashoda. v to Assouan, just below | be completed | the first cataract, will in & few days. | THWARTS ENGLAND I IN CHERISHED PLANS FOR SOUDAN CONTROL. | Quistly Advancing From Both East and West, | France Has Established Continuous Con- Dark Continent. nection Across ti Eastern Soudan | he last few days ugh- . posi- attitude of both nations so ch contact » spark that will es of war between s of Europe. | territory 1in , England has , though France r heels as to nations — England, nd Portugal ons having cor Itz African col- 25 short and @ than any of the r qu itage that great as out of the ‘With the English for neigh- 5 n badly beaten in the game. “schurtz- young German ctual when directed nd ignorant black mpted to stay his nothing against the bers of Great Brit- he red paint-brush questionable claims of h interior chief- e advance of supported presence of her and has managed | spread of her meager bounds, r ndered the | she claimed choicest of | stead of the in- | and slow non-coloniz- had to meet and stions with the xperience in with no quietly and s and Senegal on and the Kong on the Guinea shut within h at Slerra Lagos coun- title by o ation of gov- the whole of ‘West Africa, 1 1ding the large and } fertile and populous Upper Niger re- glon and the Central Soudan north of Sokoto. These acquisitions with French Congo have giv France some two and a millfon square miles of the wholeelev millions in Africa, against th ¥ of Great Britain, counting Egypt and Nubi Two yea: cupation and ernment o ago there remained un- | any European nation some- 1 one and a half million which included a number. ndent states about Lake ween it and the Congo southeast, Abyssinia on east and the Nile and Libyan on the northeast, generally the Desert known as Central and Eastern Soudan. Over the latter division, formerly | ruled by Egypt, the Mahdi and his suc- | cessor, Abdullah Khalifa, have exer- | cised rule from Korasko to Lake Vie- | torfa. From the defeat and death of | Gordon at Khartoum in 1885, mo | European has set foot in the | country except as a captive un-| til within the last few weeks, when the | French have carried th colors to Fashoda, on the White Nile, and most likely ere this, by an understanding | the Mahdl, have advanced them 11 on toward Khartoum, their ulti- te goal. A great coup d'etat has indeed been achieved ¥ n French Congo on the Atlantic base the active Gaul has developed hinterland” proposition on the the Congo and Central Soudan even more effectively in their own favor than in the west, and given it.a new meaning | in the ears of the over-confident Gov- ernment in Downing street. ‘Agreeing with Germany as .to the eastern boundary of the Cameroon v up to Lake Tchad, which her --Algerine hinterland touched on the north, thus checking British advance eastward from Sokoto, and with the friendly Belgians in the Congo State on the south, France has pushed her | achieve it she has from first to NSl g DARK CONTINENT. THE RACE TO KHARTOUM—THE FRENCH ADVANCE ACROSS THE posts all over Central Soudan to. the verge of the Nile basin. Now ‘comes the final move, the de- nouement of the quiet play that been made from both sides of the con- tinent at the same time. Captains Marchand and Baratin, with a number of other off and a well-equipped es- ort of white and native troops, setting out last spring, secretly,as it were, have pushed their way up through the Congo country via Bangui, Ahiras and Semio, over the divide to the head waters of th Bahr-el-Ghazil, floating down which in a vessel which they have car- ried with them in parts, and set' up on s, have, it is said, reached Fashoda, on the White Nile. A little later in the spring M. Bouchamps, who went with Embassador Legarde to Abyssinia, with the favor and assist- ance of Negus Menelik, set out from Djibouti, the French port on the Gulf of Aden, and made his way via Harar and Groa westward to the Nile,.and meeting the Marchand. party at Fa- shoda raised the French standard and proclaimed the soverelgnty of France | over the whole region traversed from sea to sea. | All this has been done so quietly that not even the subordinate officials of the French Government were aware of the plans, and while Sir Hubert Kitchene with his Anglo-Egyptian army has been lying practically idle at Berber, 300 miles from Khartoum, where the | Mahdi holds his seat of government. The control of the Egyptian Soudan | down to the lakes and the establish- | ment of connections from Cairo via | Khartoum and Victoria Nyanza to Mombasa on the Indian Ocean, has long been the aim of England. To last bent much blood and nearly £200,000,- 00! The French, by winning Emperor Menelik on the one side and a well- timed, a well conducted dash from the other, have planted themselves on the ground, and everything indicates that they mean to hold their position. Large stores and war supplies have been accumulated at Djibouti and a railroad put under construction via Harar toward Fashoda. A Frenchman, M. Lioutiff, has been placed by Mene- lik in the governorship of Southwest Abyssinia, fronting the British on the south. Menelik has before mesasured ewords with England and come off with honor. In securing his alliance France not only gets short access from the sea to the Nile, but a ready and strong arm as well. She has completely outgener- aled and outwitted England. Will the | lat withdraw from the fleld? The tion will soon be answered. Al- ready the word has gone forth and Sirdor Kitchener’s columns are run- ning their advance southward toward Khartoum. Should they find the French there before them the clash will surely come. CHINA MUST YIELD I TO RUSSIA’S DEWANDS. | \ | Three of the Eurap;aT Powers in Quest of Territory Have Arrived at an Agree- ment Concerning Korea. LONDON, Jan. 10.—The Hongkong correspondent of the Times, under date of January 6, says: A high Russian official has left Peking for Canton to | discuss Korean matters with the Vice- | roy, who has been ordered to agree to his demands. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Hongkong, dated yesterday, says it is reported there that England, Japan and Russia have arrived at an agree- ment respecting Korea. The details of the agreement are not known to the correspondent, but the dispatch says the British fleet is returning to Hong- kong. PARIS, Jan. 9.—The cruiser Duguay Trouin, flagship of the French Pacific | squadron, has been ordered to Chinese waters. Orders have been given to the offi- cials at the French dockyards to has- ten (;he completion of the war ships on hand. o Will Wed Miss Gordon. LONDON, Jan. 10.—A marriage has been arranged between Hon. Rowland Charles Frederick Leigh, youngest son of Baron Leigh, and Miss Mabel Gor- | Alaskan coast. | copper and gold ore have been uncov- | nish power for stamp mills. | long and sixteen wide, don, daughter of Colonel W. W. Gor- don of Savannah. MOUNTAINS OF [T0 OVERHACL GOLDEN ORES - [ONE™S SCHOOL Fabulously Rich IslandsiBusiness of Importance on the Alaskan Coast. Inexhaustible Supply of Aurif- erous Rock Awaiting the Miner. Ledges Easy of Access, Ideal Mill Sites and an Abundance of ‘Water and Fuel. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Jan. 9.— Southeastern Alaska towns, including Wrangel and Juneau, are greatly interested in what are described as mountains of gold ores found on the Gravina, Annette and Revillagigedeo islands of the Immense ledges of ered on these islands. Some locations have been made, but enough territory remains where the foot of a white man has never trodden, to Keep hundreds of prospectors busy for many years. Solis Cohen, who has returned to Wrangel from a cruise among these islands, de- | clares that fortunes beyond the wild- est dreams of avarice await their prac- tical and intelligent development. Co- hen says: “It seems extravagant to speak of mountains of ore, but that is exactly what describes these as well as the Prince of Wales and Mary’'s islands. | Hundreds of thousands of tons of ore are practically ready for smelters or stamp mills and may be shipped with- out putting a pick beneath ground. Ledges ten to fifty feet wide, extend from the beach to the base of the mountains several miles inland, rising in places in fantastic shapes like ruins of ancient castles. Jther ledges ex- tend beneath the salt water and may be stripped at low tide.” Cohen’s party blasted open several | jedges, finding gold mixed with white quartz in each instance. They believe values will increase with depth, which is proven by development work done on a number of Gravina Island claims, all of which show up well in free gold. Cohen says these ledges are compara- tively easy of access, being near land- locked harbors having seven fathoms of water, with ideal mill sites and numerous waterfalls which will fur- Yellow cedar is abundant for fuel. On Revil- lagigedeo, about Georges Inlet and Helen Bay, very rich free milling ledges have lately been located. Gra- vina, the richest island, is thirty miles lying along Nicholas Passage and Tongas Nar- rows, from four miles opposite New Metlakahtla to sixteen miles above Ketchikan, TRIED TO BLACKMAIL ALEXANDER OF SERVIA. Sensation Caused by the Arrest of Rosa Benke, a Music-Hall Singer, and Sey- eral Male Accomplices. BUDAPEST, Jan. 9.—A sensation has been caused by the arrest of Rosa Benke, a music hall singer, together with several, male accomplices, on the charge of blackmailing King Alex- ander of Servia. It is said that they algo tried to blackmail Prince Ferdi- nand of Bulgaria and ex-King Milan of Servia when here recently. The ar- rests were made at the latter's insti- gation. Some curious disclosures are expected. 2 Transacted by the Trustees. New Superintendent Files His Official Bond and Makes Suggestions. Alleged Shortage in the Contingent Fund Vigorously Denied by Ex- Secretary Bernard. ' Spectal Dispatch to The Call. IONE, Jan. 8.—The trustees of the OUESADA'S VERY PETTY SPITEWORK Animus of His Award | Against the United States. Decision Adverse to the Claims of Americans Not Accepted. Why Argentina’s Representa- tive Favored Mexico While an Arbitrator. HATRED FOR UNCLE SAM. | It Dates Back to the Time When He ‘Was Beaten in Diplomacy by Blaine. | Preston School of Industry held their : regular monthly meeting late last night and much business of importance was | transacted. D. S. Hirshberg, the new | superintendent, filed his official bond and made a brief report of contemplat- | ed improvements, such as the starting | |,of & blacksmith shop, in which all the 1'repulr work and horseshoeing can be | done, | tural building, in which plants and | trees can be propagated, and instruc- tion given to the cadets in both these lines of industry. The new superin- | tendent reported also that he had ap- pointed Harry H. Budd as supervisor, a new office, at a salary of $75 a month, and this appointment wasunan- | imously confirmed by the trustees. Ex-Superintendent O'Brien, in a | written communication, recommended ‘the discharge of about fifteen cadets, but the trustees did not act on the mat- ter, choosing rather to postpone action on discharging or paroling inmates un- | til sufficlent time had elapsed to give the new superintendent a knowledge | of each case and then act upon his | recommendation. | In the matter of a reported shortage | of ex-Secretary H. R. Bernard, the board granted Mr. Bernard a hearing. | The former secretary claimed that Ex- pert Wadham broke faith with him in submitting an incomplete inspection of he openly and boldly declared that there was no shortage and showed sev- eral receipts, among-which was one from the former superintendent, Dr. E. S. O'Brien, for $200. Mr. Bernard also | declared that the report of Expert ‘Wadham upon the condition of the con- tingent fund was a job to ruin his (Bernard's) reputation as a bookkeep- to postpome action upon accepting ‘Wadham's report upon the contingent fund until the next regular meeting of the board and to permit Mr. Bernard to go over the tags and the approved claims on this fund and submit his statement for final action on February Mr. Bernard completed the work to- day, and In an interview stated that he can show that instead of the contin- gent fund showing a shortage, it ac- tually shows a balance of $21 in his fa- vor. Bernard claims that the ex-su- perintendent, Dr. O’Brien, caused all the trouble by making a demand upon him for a lump sum, instead of approv- ing claims and turning them over to him for settlement, and the ex-secre- tary declares that he will prove that he has not misappropriated one cent of the funds even if he has to resort to prosecutions to have himself set right in the eyes of the public. Superintendent Hirshberg started ‘East this morning on a three weeks" trip to inspect the reform schools of Michigan, Pennsylvania and New A York. and the building of a horticul- | the contingent fund as complete, and | er. Trustees Maddox and Tyrrell voted | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—The Herald's ‘Washington correspondent telegraphs: Behind the exclusive announcement recently made in the Herald that the claims of Oberlander of San Diego and Messenger, citizens of the United States, agalnst the Government of Mexico, for damages to their persons and property by Mexican officers for $50,000 and $25,000, respectively, had been decided adversely to the Ameri- can claimants by the arbiter, Senor | Don Vicente G. Quesada, Argentine | Minister at Madrid,there lies an inter- esting history of diplomatic intrigue. The award of Senor Quesada is not | accepted by the Department of State, | as it is not based upon sound pub- | lic or international law. It ignores en- i tirely all precedent, the consideration being that, as the United States had | declined to recognize the rights of the | Government of China to recover in-| demnity for the murder of certain | Chinese subjects in Wyoming, it was| precluded from claiming damages In the case of Oberlander and Messenger. Although there is nothing in common{ between these cases and the Chinese | murders, the outrage in one case being | perpetrated by officers of Mexico and in the other by private persons, Senori Quesada held them to be parallel. | When the matter of arbitration was | first discussed several persons were | considered, but none was found compe- | tent until Senor Quesada was Ssug- | gested by Mr. Romero, the Mexican Minister, who aliuded to the fact that he had been formerly accredited to | Washington, where he had seen ser- | vice for several years, and was fami- | | liar with English and American law, | in addition to elvil law. The depart- i ment acquiesced in the selection, and the papers were duly placed in the| hands of Senor Quesada. | ‘When President Harrison determin- | ed upon an aggressive attitude toward Chile during the winter of 1891-92, for | the purpose of recovering the indem- nity of $75,000 for injuries inflicted upon American seamen in Valparaiso, | and, in expectation of resistance on | the part of Chile, inaugurated a| movement looking to actual hostilities, the situation became very grave. Dip- lomatic negotiations were carried on by Mr. Blaine, as Secretary of State. | Mr. Blaine received a call from Senor | Quesada, who was then Argentine Min- | ister, and who in great confidence/ stated that in the event of war with | | Chile the United States might desire to | transport troops across the Andes, through the passes, and the Argentina Government was prepared to offer cer- tain privileges to the United States. It was rumored in Buenos Ayres that a secret treaty of alllance between the two existed which could only be check- | mated by a similar alliance with the | United States. Some further meetings and correspondence followed. Mr. Blaine in the meantime was ver- bally urging Mr. Montt, the Chilian plenipotentiary, to ask arbitration, | while the President had let it be known that he would not submit a question of honor to the judgment of others. These negotiations were taking place when the President abruptly ordered | that Mr. Egan present at once an ulti- matum demanding indemnity and im- mediate apology. { Senor Quesada meanwhile was busily | engaged in drafting a treaty of alliance | ‘and congratulating himself on the clever manner in which his instructions | had been accomplished. Mr. Blaine, at| the same time, was entertaining and encouraging proposals for the purpose | of peace from Brazil, against whom | Senor Quesada was principally direct- | ing his shrewdness and diplomatic skill. | Next followed an apology and offer of reparation on the part of Chile. It served together with diplomatio corre- | “ spondence, then made public, to thor- | | oughly convince Senor Quesada that he | had been made the victim of his own | indiscretion. He remained in Washing- ton for a brief period, though sufficient- | ly long to openly declare his undying | disgust for everything American, his| pronounced hatred for the United | States in general and its department of | | state in particular. Upon his own re- | quest he was transferred to Madrid and | departed in silence, without exchang- ing the usual compliments and regrets. | SECRETARY ALGER IS SERIOUSLY ILL. Physicians Fear That He Has Typhoid Fever, and the Outcome Worries Rela- tives and Friends. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Members of the family and immediate friends of Secretary Alger are seriously disturbed about his illness. His physiclans now fear that he has typhoid fever, and if this diagnosis should prove correct the outcome will be in doubt from the start, as the Secretary is in no condi- tion to contend with the disease. General Alger has been confined to his bed for more than three weeks. To-day the symptoms of typhoid ap- peared, and while the doctors will not say it is a pronounced case of that disease, they are apprehensive that it will turn out that way. They said to-night that the case would be fully developed to-morrow If it is typhold tever, i NEW TO-DAY. 3% WEEK OF OUR GREAT uvvosona SALE! - We intend it shall bs the banner week with inducements greater than ever—prices way below cost. IT'S MONEY WE ARE AFTER—NOT PROFITS! Others don’t carry such well-made, perfect-fitting clothing at the price this great sale offers them. and must % OVERSTOCKED itz MEN’S DRESS SUITS. Blag, Black, Brown and Gray; Cas- simeres and Cheviots. Elegant single and donble breasted Sacks ; regalar $11.50 ; We're overloaded and they go for $6.65, OVERCOATS—BIne and Black Ker- 8eys, Balf silk lined ; dressy, swell gar- Tents that others can't offer ; regularly $12.50; we're overloaded ; they go for 86.65. ' MEN’S DRESS SUITS. In Black, Clay Worsted, single and double Dreasted Sack, Cutaway and Frock ; latest and wost stylish Browns and Grays—rvery swell suits; also in Cheviots and Tweeds. High - grade clothing ; regularly worth $16.50 and $15.00; we're overloaded and they go for$9.65. We were 90 days late in opening our nev; store. YOU KNOW THAT’S A FACT! We must get rid of a $50,000 surplus of high-grade clothing at a loss. PROFITS GO TO RAISE MONEY. ) < o = £ e BELOW cosT MEN’S PANTS. All-wool, Stripes, Fancy Checks and latest patterns ; our windows show how choice they are ; former price $3.50 and $3; they go now for $1.9. Our $5 and $4.50 PANTS shall g, Decause we're overloaded, for $2.45, CHILDREN’S SUITS. Extra choice Tweeds and Cheviots, ' latest shades of Tan and Gray. All-wool 2-Diece suits—dressy and exclosive— formerly sold for $5, $4 and $3.50 we're overloaded, so fake your choice for $1.95. SALE PRICE QUICK SALE BEWARE! There are imitators all round us. See how they have copied our signs and our methods. Your eyes tell you we first started this great sale. Come in and see how we save you money. That’s where we beat them all. PAUSON & CO The Big White Bullding Corner g Sutter& Kearny Sultan, and do as they please with Turk or Christian, fearing no conse- EPWORTH AT ALEXANDRETTA Travels of the Commissioner Through Wilds of Asia Minor. First Party of Foreigners to Make the Perilous Journey to the Sea Coast. Copyright, 183, by James Gordon Bennett. ALEXANDRETTA, Jan. 9.—We have reached the seaccast at last, nearly 900 miles from Trebizond, the traveling be- ing mostly accomplished on horseback. ‘We are the only foreigners who have done the whole journey. We laid out the route ourselves, and visited what places we pleased without hindrance. ‘We found the country settled down and in fair order. The last city we visited was Aintab, an important center of American missionary and educational work. We sail to-night for’ Constanti- nople. GEORGE H. HEPWORTH. PARIS, Jan. 9.—The following is the summary of a letter written by George H. Hepworth on the road to Bitlis, dat- ed December 12, 1897: ‘““We have pass- ed through many dangers. Twenty soldiers of cavalry went ahead to clear away the snow drifts. Every man has been ill except the Herald correspond- ent. We know how to take care of our- selves, and the Turk does not. We avoided the food of the country and the water, which is deadly. It was a nine days' trip from Erzeroum to Bit- lis. There are practically no roads, but I am glad to have come. I would not have missed the jour- ney for worlds, but I would not take it again for a mortgage on a thousand planets. Not far out of Erzeroum we reached a village of a score of huts, where a European has never been seen. The women and children are in rags and barefooted in some of these vil- lages. Up to a few years ago Armeni- an and Kurdish fathers sold their daughters for about £30 each. I have never seen so filthy or so contented peo- ple. “We had a curious experience near the Persian-Russian frontier in a vil- lage with. an unpronounceable name near here. The Turk who received us was the landlord, which was a rever- sal of the order of things. He allowed me to talk freely with a dozen or so of Armenian villagers. The farm land is worked on shares, half the profits go- ing_to the landlord. We caught sight of Mount Ararat in the distance and saw a good deal of Hamidieh cavalry, who were an important factor in the last massacres. They are the flercest men we ever met. They swear by the quences.” 4 e Shhiey John E. Redmond Welcomed. NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—John H. Red- mond, the Irish political leader, re- celved a rousing popular welcome in the Broadway Theater to-night. Every seat was occupied, and as Mr. Red- mond stepped upon the platform there rose a cheer from every throat. Among those upon the platform and in the boxes were Recorder John W. Goff, former Congressman Bourke Cockran, William Astor Chanler, Congressman ‘William Sulzer and O'Donovan Rossa. e bl Narragansett Bay Mansion Burned. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Jan. $.—The Steer mansion at Nyatt, one of the best-known residences along the shors of Narragansett bay, was totallly de- stroyed by fire shortly after midnight this morning. It cost $30,000. NEW TO-DAY. WASTE NOT, WANT NOT. 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