The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1898, Page 1

v Tall VOLUME LXXXIIL—NO. 51. N FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SENATOR MORGAN TALKS AND TALKS FOR ANNEXATION While Opponents of the Treaty Are Hard at Work and Have Already Secured the De- feat of the Scheme. nHuRRRUN 23 % = % i3 % WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—In the face of the administration claims of accessions to the Ha- waiian annexation policy, the anti-annexationists insist they have the treaty beaten, and that they have thirty-six votes against it, instead of thirty- three, as they have heretofore announced. one and ir i3 They say also that is in doubt other Senator lined thelr w; Senator Thurston, Republican of Ne- ka, who is supposed to have switched back to the affirmative side of the question, they say will finally vote against the proposition The coming of President Dole excites varied emotions in Wash- ington. President McKinley and the leaders of the annexation t think his presence would be a decided help, and holding that opinion, they are going to make hisstay as im- portant an event as possible. On the other hand, the anti-annexa- tionists contend that he will turn entiment against the treaty. They say he will be looked upon as a lobbylst, and that his assist- ance will be regarded as officious intermeddling, and in that sense an impediment to the treaty. % NRBRRUUNNRRREIRNLNNR Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 19. Benator Morgan of Alabama con- tinued his monologue on Hawalian an- nexation to-day. Very few of his col- leagues listened to him, and the pro- ceedings were utterly devoid of inter- est. Even Senator Davis, the chair- p man of the Committee on Foreign Re- 1 lations, who has charge of the treaty, spent most of his time in the cloak- room, emerging now and then for courtesy sake. There is no longer any doubt in the minds of Senators famillar with the situation that the treaty is doomed to defeat, and this is why its friends are now pushing the appropriation - bills. They hope to gain a little time. Meanwhile the Washington Star is making bitter attacks on all of those who are opposed to annexation. This paper is striving to make it appear that the sugar trust is at work here to oppose the treaty. But the Star’s in- fluence counts ‘for little. ‘Washington people know that it has a selfish interest at stake. It is known as the “trolley organ” because its pro- prietors are interested in the street car lines in this city, and the Washington people are well aware that when the Star is rampant in opposition to or in advocacy of any bill pending before Congress it has some selfish reason for it. But the reason for the Star's advocacy of the annexation treaty is better understood among certain peo- ple in Honolulu than elsewhere. MORGAN OF ALABAWA SAYS MR. CLEVELAND FAVORED ANNEXATION. Insists He Is Right Despite the Fact That the Record Does Not Sustain His Fosition. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. — Senator Morgan continued his speech in adve- | rank and filz of the annexationists and ]opposed by many of the leaders who | cacy of the ratification of the Hawafian annexation treaty in the executive ses- slon of the Senate to-day. He an nRRLLuLNNN | | that it was in every wi | that Honolulu would at some time in "WHY HUNTINGTON FAVORS ANNEXATION. He Wants Cheap Coolie Labor and American Registry for His Foreign-Built Vessels. session that he probably would require one more day in which to complete his presentation of the subject. Senator Morgan dealt to-day with the | question of the agricultural and com- mercial possibilities on the islands, with the character of the present gov- | ernment and with the position of the residents of the islands on the subject | of annexation. He repeated his asser- | tion that President Cleveland was fa- vorable to the acquisition of the isl- | ands and expressed the opinion that it was his intention to have restored Queen Liliuokalani and to have nego- tiated with her a treaty of annexation. He elaborated his views on this subject at considerable length, saying that | while he believed it was Mr. Cleve- | land’s intention to anmex the islands, | he naturally changed his intention to do this through the restoration of the Queen when she made known her; bloodthirsty disposition toward those | who had dethroned her. He expressed | the opinion that Mr. Cleveland would | | never have taken such a positive po- | sition as he did take against the Dole | Government and in opposition to an- nexation but for the antagonistic and | misleading report of Commissioner | Blount. The Senator was interrupted at this point by two or three Senators, who were opposed to the treaty, who wanted to know If it were not true that Cleve- ‘ land had withdrawn the treaty for an- | nexation made by the Harrison nd"f | ministration. He admitted this was the | | case, saying it was a matter of record. but he still contended that under cir- cumstances entirely to his liking Mr. Cleveland would have supported an- nexation. { “Mr. Morgan had been convinced from | private interviews with the ex-Presi- | dent that he not only believed in the wisdom of the annexation of Hawali, but that he would also have recom- | mended the arnexation of Cuba under | proper conditions. | Mr. Morgan took up the criticisms | of the Government of Hawall, defend- | ing it in strong terms and eulogizing Mr. Dole as one of the most competent rulers of the time. He reviewed Mr. |'Dole’s history and said that gentle- | man’s record showed that he would be a creditable head of any nation. He | controverted the idea that the present Government was, as had been charged, | a missionary Government, claiming stanch and enterprising and abreast of the times. He concluded that the resources of the country were such/as to insure a very prosperous future, and predicted the not distant future attain to great commercial importance, equal in all probability to that of Hongkong or other cities of like magnitude. S atar PRESIDENT DOLE’S MISSION REGARDED WITH DISFAVOR. His Trip to This Country Causes Dissatisfac- tion Among the Rank and File of the Annexationists at Home. HONOLULU, Jan. 12—The main toplc of conversation everywhere is the departure of President Dole, and the more the investigation is pursued the more clearly is it learned that it is most unpopular with the majority of the have borne the burden and expense of the conflict. nounced at the conclusion of to-day’ It must be remembered that our | Mass., | A. | morning in the rear of the Mojave Sa- | Government was never constituted to | loon on Rand strect destroyed thirty last longer than a few months, and yet it has continued in power, principally | by the force of arms and contrary to the will of the majority of the people, for more than four years—an almost extraordinary length of time for any political party, and especially for a | Cabinet, to exist in Hawail. Tropi- | cal countries delight in change and novelty, especially among their rul-| ers. For an aristocratic oligarchy it has done well for our interior development even if it has, by force of its test oath, decreased the franchise from 14,000 to 2687 to represent the interests of a pop- | ulation of nearly 120,000 people. Even to its followers, the ‘admission | that in four years the Dole Govern- | ment has proved the fact that Hawalil | can govern herself very respectably, even under a revolutionary form of government, in face of a politically an- tagonistic majority, and has entitled that Government to the commendation of its foreign friends as the ‘‘best Goy- ‘rnment Hawali ever had,” is thought | to be a very weak-kneed argument in favor of anmexation and the destruc- tion of this immaculate Government to give place to a form of government which at present is purely speculative, and probably not yet schemed out in the brain of any mortal man; but then our pious friends tell us that “the gods see everywhere,” so that it may already be arranged. The Japanese Minister 1s awalting | further dispatches from his home Gov- ernment before communicating with the Hawalian Government. He thinks it may be several days before he will be able to accord any information, as he is not yet advised of his Govern- ment’s wishes. The dispatches antici- pated failed to arrive on the Peru. It may be said, however, that the rela- tions between the two Governments are | very cordial and not at all strained, as some dispatches are inclined gest. It is sad to have to announce the death last evening from heart disease of Charles H. Eldridge, an associte of the firm of Willlam G. Irwin & Co. (limited) for the past eighteen year: Mr. Eldridge was born in Charlestown, in 1842, He served with dis- tinction through the Civil War and was wounded several times. He was a member of the G. A. R., of the Amer- ican Legion of Honor, of the Masonic fraternity and of the Pacific Club. A deputy marshal and a special of- ficer were sent to the leper settlement | at Molokai last evening, where dls»‘ turbances are feared. The Govern- ment, yielding to the solicitations of P. A. influence, so it is sald. has re- d the leading Roman Catholic em- s and replaced them with unde- sirable Protestants, In spite of the facts of the devotion of the Catholic sisters to sug- | and fathers at the settlement for many vears: that four-fifths of the lepers are Catholics and nearly 60 per cent of | our whole population are members of that creed. The outcome is watched with grave interest. RHODE ISLAND SENTIMENT SQUARELY OPPOSED TO HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION | Even the Annexation of Texas Was Opposed by the General Assembly of the State. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—T. L. Cole | of this city, a dealer In old books, re- cently found a series of resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island in 1837, which he thinks contain some sentiments ap. propriate to the present Hawaiian an- nexation’ discussion. In any event, | these resolutions indicate the tradi- | tional sentiment of New England upon | the subject of territorial expansion. It is obvious that, aside from the enlarge ment of State territory, Texas, being contiguous to our own territory, fur- nished fewer objections than the Ha- waiilan Islands do. It might be well for Senators Aldrich and Wetmore to look at these musty records, and sseeL where they possess pertinency to the present discussion. They are as follows: Whereas, compact of union between these States was entered into by the people thereof in their respective States in order to form that perfect union, es- tablish justice, insure domestic tranquil- lity, provide for the common defense, pro- mote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and thlrd pr;.‘sler‘l'l)h i And_therefore a republican governm was instituted by them, with unfl'fi limited powers, clearly specified and de- fined in a constitution, all other powers not herein expressly relinquished being “reserved to States respectively or to people.” And whereas, this limited government possesses no power to extend its juris- diction over any forelgn nation and no foreign nation, country or ple can be admitted into this union but by sovereign Continued on Second Page. | minimizing 4 Ban Juan River DISASTROUS FIRE VISITS RANDSBURG Thirty Buildingsin lts Path Are Con- sumed. Loss Fully $80,000, and Not a Dollar of In- surance. Absence of Wind Prevents the Total Destruction of the Camp. NO WATER IS AVAILABLE. Many Heroic Acts—Only One Man Injured—List of the Prin- cipal Losers. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. RANDSBURG, Ca which started at , Jan. 19—A fire 12:30 o'clock this buildings and caused a loss of fully $50,000. So far as learned there was not a dollar’s insurance on any of the prop- erty destroyed. The fire consumed everything on both sides of Rand street from Staley avenue to the Elite Thea- ter, and several buildings on Broad- way. This includes the postoffice and some of the largest stores in the camp. The cause of the fire is at present un- known. The camp was saved from total de- struction by the absence of wind, hard- Iy a breath of air stirring last night. The homeless are all housed in tem- porary shelters, every barn in the camp being utilized for that purpose. Many acts of real herolsm developed last night. When hope seemed gone, as the flames threatened the Broadway Hotel, men faltered for a moment and then climbed upon the burning build- ings and by main strength tore the flaming boards loose and hurled them far away, to be scattered and extin- guished beneath the feet of other work- ers. Had the fire crossed the street and attacked the Broadway Hotel, the en- tire camp would have been burned, and so all worked with the energy of despalr. note occurred, and that was the case of a man named Eness, who broke jzmenting the loss by an earthquake | through the roof of a burning bulld- | which occurred on the morning of De- | ing and was quite badly burned on the leg before he could get out. The heaviest losers were the W. C.| ¢,ungs of wind and rain; then came a | Wilson Company, about $20,000; Ham- mond & Co., $3500; Underhill & Fores, $4000; J. M. Crawford, $2000: S. J. Montgomery, $1500; D. J. McCormack, $1000; St. Elmo Hotel, about $5000; George Toedt, $600; Austin Young, Postmaster, $400; Otto Diesler, $1200; Ed James, $300; Price & Hopper, $2500; Grand Central Hotel, $2000; E. A. Ormsby, $900; Leon Cerf Company, $450. Some of the losers are already pre- paring to rebuild, while others would do so if funds were available. MR, CLADSTONE IN MUCH PAIN Suffers From Neuralgia, but His Strength Has Not Departed. Official Statement Declares That There 1s No Cause for Present Alarm. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Jan. 13.—An officlal state- ment issued to-night asserts that there |18 no cause for alarm as to Mr. Glad- stone’s health, but that it has not been benefited as much as hoped for at Cannes. The facial neuralgic pains per- sist with dally fluctuations, owing to the cold winds and wet weather, but the complaint is quite local. His physical powers have not suffered; his strength is good; his appetite excellent. He joins his family at meals and takes regular drives, weather permitting. It {is not true that the family had been summoned. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gladstone will go to Cannes Immediately in accordance with an arrangement made weeks ago. Lord Stuart Rennel, with whom Mr. Gladstone is visiting, telegraphed to- night at 8:40 that Mr. Gladstone’s health was good. The Westminister Gazette, although the alarming reports con- erning the health of Mr. Gladstone, is ‘constrained to admit the fact that Mr. Gladstone has suffered great pain most of the time he has been at Cannes, being unable to leave his sofa.” Continuing, the Westminster Gazette remarks: ‘‘So far as the vital organs are concerned, however, he is no worse. On the other hand, continuous pain in a man of Mr. Gladstone's age s undoubt- edly a symptom to cause anxiety.” —_— ENGINEERS ACCOMPANY THE CANAL COMMISSION. Party of Chicagoans in Nicaragua Will Par- ticipate in the Descent of San Juan River. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—A Pan-American cable to the Herald says: The Herald's correspondent with the Nicaraguan Canal Commission sends these advices from Managua, under date of January 19: The United States Commission and party of Chicago engineers and surveyors are it e AL 1 # £ together, 3 monopoly. following resolutions: plant; and 000000000000 C000000C000000000000000000 stands pledged to effect; and opportunity. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.—Five thousand workingmen of Los An- geles city and county, through their central organization, by a unani- mous vote to-night passed resolutions indorsing the position the San Francisco Call has taken with regard to the Los Angeles city water fight and in behalf of the tollers, and thanking the proprietor of the paper for the effort the paper is making to save the people and taxpay- ers either $2,000,000 or an extension of the lease whereby the rate pay- ers will for half a century longer be placed under the iron heel of the At its meeting to-night, all the affillated unions being represented, the Los Angeles Council of Labor, without a dissenting vote, adopted the ‘“Whereas, The Los Angeles Council of Labor is on record as favor- ing municipal ownership, control and operation of a water distributing “Whereas, All the officials of the city now in office were elected on a platform pledging them to give their every effort and honest en- deavor to bring about that end; and, “Whereas, Over a year has now gone by and municipal operationand control of a water plant has not been advanced one step, through the faflure of those who should be the guardians of the people's rights and interests to take the necessary action; therefore be it “Resolved, By the Los Angeles Council of Labor, that we, as citizens and taxpayers, demand that the Common Council of the city of Los An- geles cease a-policy of delay in this all important matter, and that it proceed to accomplish that which each and every member of that body “Resolved, That the thanks of the people of Los Angeles city are due to the San Francisco Call and the Los Angeles Record for the as- sistance they are giving the taxpayers and rate payers of this city in this all important battle between the monopoly and the municipality.” Other organizations of all kinds will take similar action at the first | 5000000000000000000000000000C00000 THE COUNCIL WOULD ENSLAVE - LOS 0000000000000000000000000000000000 LABOR APPROVES THE CALL’S. ACTION. COQOO0CCOoCOC0000000000000000000000000 (4] NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—A special cor- respondent of the Herald writing from But one accident worthy of | Puerto Plata under date of January | |10, says: To-day Santo Domingo is | cember 29 at a quarter to 7 o'clock. A | 1oud roaring noise was heard above the | violent shock of earthquake, continu- ing for about twenty seconds. The shock caused a panic. Scores of persons ran out of their dwellings in their night clothing, and in a few min- utes shrieks and groans and shouts were heard all over the city. While | the excitement still ran high at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon of the same day there was another shock and the earth trembled at intervals until the last severe shock, which was at 10:30 o'clock on the morning of January 2. Since then up to last night we have had several light shocks. The lower — e Poe006600 0990000@0@0@0% NEWS OF THE DAY. ‘Weather forecast for San Fran- clsco: Fair on Thursday, with con- tinued cold weather; northwesterly wind. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: San Francisco Portland .. Los Angeles San Diego 54 degrees 6 degrees 62 degrees 58 degrees PPPPP000999 PEOPPHPIPPPO9H O FIRST PAGE. Annexation Doomed to Defeat. Disastrous Fire at Randsburg. Councfl Would Enslave Los Angeles. Great Temblor in San Domingo. SECOND PAGE. Los Angeles School Scandal. Raymond to Hang. Brooklyn Navy Yard Scandal. THIRD PAGE. Quiet Relgns at Havana. How Dreyfus Was Undone. Almost Frozen to Death. Honor Thrust on Senator White. A Quarrel Over News Service. The Ohlo Bribery Charges. No Senator Elected From Maryland. FOURTH PAGE. Cuba’s Cause in Congress. A New Telegraphic System. Dogs at Premium in Fresno, FIFTH PAGE. Every One Talks of Klondike Drowning of a Fishernian. Sacramento Bench Show. A Clever Forger Captured. SIXTH PAGE. ?000000000000000000000000000000 $9690000009009900999000000900000600 $00090000000006000000060009000000060000090000006000606000 Editorial. Morgan Again. San Francieco to the Front. The Jute Bag Exposure. e Is There Another Contract? Los Angeles Water Fight. SEVENTH PAGBE. President Dole Honored. Bulletin Men Under Arrest. A Flutter Among Democrats. EIGHTH PAGE. Progress of the Jubllee. Commercial Travelers' Row. Bold Crime of Burglars. ‘Wells Resigns From the Force. NINTH PAGE. Penalty of Being a Scientist. That Basement Ordinance. Army Honors to Be Allotted. Mission Monkey Ranch Project. TENTH PAGE. Commercial. ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. TWELFTH PAGE. Racing In Oakland. Supervisors to Be Increased. THIRTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths FOURTEENTH PAGE. Fell Seventy Feet to Death. Teachers After Broderick. 0000000060 999099000000 00000000 | the roads. | tion. WIDESPREAD RUIN CAUSED BY SHOCKS OF AN EARTHQUAKE An Eye-Witness Pictures the De- struction in San Domingo ' and the Terror of the People. classes have been greatly frightened by the shocks and religious feeling runs high. The priest of the parish, Dr. Ruiz, | was obliged to stop processions and prayers and marching through the streets at late hours of the right. All is now quiet, however. A part of the village of Altamire, fif- teen miles from here, disappeared dur- ing the earthquake. There was no loss of life, but the cemetery has sunk. It seems as if nature had dropped an enormous pile-driver on this spot. The tombs are destroyed and all In ruins. In the hamlet of Guanabana, as a woman walked out of her rancho, the earth opened and she was swallowed up to her armpits. With picks and crow- bars she was saved from death, but is now a raving maniac. The City of Santiago, of about 12,000 inhabitants, suffered greatly. Public buildings and all of the business sec- tion were greatly damaged. A fine and imposing building, costing thou- sands of dollars and completed after thirty years’ work, was so damaged that it is doubtful if it can be repaired. Many persons abandoned their homes and as yet have not returned, fearing further shocks. For three days all business places were closed, the inhabi- | tants giving themselves up to confess- ing their sins, doing penance and pray- ing. The streets were crowded night and day with processions, praying and singing. Suffering is great, as there has been no work for days, and the poor, dependent on their daily labor, are hungry. Ninety-two houses were damaged. In Jalbon and Esperanza the earth opened and floods of water issued from the crevices, driving people from their homes, flooding estates and causing great damage. It is impossible to travel on the highways in this section without encountering serfous gaps in This section of conntry produces the best tobacco, and it is feared the crop may be lost. In Va- varrette there are large cracks in the earth, from which jets of water are are flowing. In Tamborit and Jacagua springs of water appeared, but finally subsided. It is said mountains have caved in and it is further represented | that near there a volcano has ap- peared. This information is con- firmed. The damage done in the Province of Cibao is hard to estimate, but it must be fully $1,000,000. this town and wrecked completely most | of the other towns and cities of this island, nothing approaching this has been experienced. MERRY AND SMITH MAY LEARN THEIR FATE TO0-DAY. CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—The case of Chris Merry and James Smith will go to the jury to-morrow. Merry expects no mercy; Smith does. “The jury will hang me,” Merry re- peated many times to-day. He made practically no defense. Merry ‘was deaf to all the nriumems of his at- torneys. He feared the cross-examina- He sald repeatedly: “I don’t know who kfi between 4 and 5 o’clock on Frida; - noon, November 19.” e ““Why not go on the stand and t&ll your story to the jury urged Colonel David- son, his counsel. ou cannot hurt your- self, and you may benefit yourself.” Merry. lho«;k hl:l. b::d ‘was useless for him say a word. arguments will be finish The ied by noon to- momwhmthefinwmntoMlm by 3 p. Since the earth- | quake of 1842, which destroyed part of | led Polly. i not see her; have never seen hyer Islgég and declared it ANGELES DELIVER THE CITY T0 HER OPPRESSORS A Scheme to Renew the Water Com- pany’s Lease. Exposed by The Call in the Interest of the Poor. Labor Unions of the South In- dorse the Action of This Paper. GRATEFUL FOR A CHANCE. Local Newspaper Ring, Owned by the Corporation, Has Sought to Silence Hostile Criticism. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, ple of i.os Angeles have never before been as thorough- ly aroused upon any public matter as they are now upon the attitude of seven of the nine members of the City Council and the syndicated local press with regard to the ac- quirement by the munscipality of its water plant now held under lease | by the corpora- | tion. Not until The Call sounded the note of alarm did | the people realize that their rights were being trifled | with and that a | well defined plan | was being gradu- | ally carried to a | successful termin- ation whereby | they were either to | have a burden of 4 now be made. + lalmost two mil- ¢+ e+ oo lion dollars saddled upon them, for | which they would receive no value, or | the franchise and lease of the present | company was to be extended for a pe- riod of fifty years. The reason the people have not been awakened to the situation lies in the fact that the three local dailies—the Times, Herald and Express—were ab- solutely controlled by the water com- pany. All avenues by which the people could be reached were cut off until | The Call took up their fight and gave the first complete and authentic state- ment of the exact situation that had | been published. The result has been that for two days the details given have furnished the sole topic of discussion and now for the first time is given the most start- ling intelligence that has yet been un- folded in this connection. It has never been definitely under- stood just why the water company was so desirous of delaying any and all action that in any way tended to affect | municipal control and operation of the | distributing system. This has always | been the policy of the corporation and of its three daily organs. Through seven members of the City Council the water company has been successful in so blocking the progress of what, under the contract, is a simple business plan, that not one essential step to that end has yet been taken. The object of the delay is to carry out a scheme by which this generation and the next one to come will be held in the tentacles of the corporation. When the water company is forced to do so it will give to the Council a figure for which it will sell its plant. That figure will be between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. g | The idea is then to have its hench- men in the Council call a bond election to vote the required amount of bonds topurchase at the exorbitant figure. If by any chance the bends should carry, | the company would then be receiving over a million and a half above what the plant is worth. But it is well known that any bond proposition giving the water company more than a fair value for its plant would be defeated. This is what the corporation desires. It would herald abroad the announcement that the voters of the city of Los An- geles had declined to vote bonds to purchase a municipal water plant, and would say the result of the election clearly demonstrated that the people | did not want municipal ownership. | Then would come the deliberate be- | | Jan. 19.—The peo- e+ 4 LOS ANGELES, 4 4 Jan. 19.—Stephen 4 4 H. Mott, secre- 4 tary of the Los 4 4 Angeles City 4 4 Water Company, 4 4 was requested by 4 <4 a Call representa- 4 4+ tive to give to 4 4 the paper a state- 4 4 ment in detail of 4 4 the company's 4 <4 side of the water 4 4 controversy, & 4 Mr. Mott sub- 4 <4 mitted the mat- 4 <4 ter to the Board 4 4 of Directors of 4 4 the corporation. 4 4 They decided to 4 4 make no state- 4 4 ment. The prof- 4 4 fer was made to 4 4them in good 4 4 faith in order 4 4 that any state- 4 4 ment the com- 4 4 pany desired to 4 4 make could be 4 4 presented to the 4 4 people through 4 4 The Call, as well 4 4 as the people's 4 4 side of the con- 4 4troversy. A4 4 charge of unfair 4 4 treatment cannot 4 | | trayal of a pubilc trust. The scheme is to have the present City Council give | to the corporation a new lease and | franchise to cover a period of fifty | years, for which the company will give to the city $1,000,000 in cash. Up to the present time the water company has seven votes in the Council. These mem- 4 bers have always voted as the corpo«