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

Call VOLUME LXXXIIIL.—NO. 63. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIA WILL RAID BRITAIN’S INDIAN EMPIRE —8-5-58 588588885008 ESlE0EE0s0sEEEENea RUSSIA’S GAGE OF WAR. o6 Ea. finances.’ mirs to the Indian poss L o B B B e B B o B B LONDON, Jan. 31.—There is a startling dispatch in the Daily Telegraph to-day. °It comes from St. Pe- tersburg. This paper’s correspondent there had an interview with a Russian admiral, now chief of squadron, and with an eminent Russian- diplomat. must remember that the Daily Telegraph is not given in general to faking. This is what makes the St. Peters- burg dispatch so serious. Practically the declarations it makes amount to a menace from Russia toward Eng- land, that unless England chooses toacquiesceinthe policy being pursued by Russia in the far Bast, war is in- evitable. If this dispatch is not‘a fake, Russia h¢s thrown down the gage. It remains to be seen whether if true, so important that I send it to you in full: who has been appointed to the post of chief. of This officer, in the course of his remarks, said: ‘Nearly to the far East, - ‘Their declarations, if true, have semi-official weight. You England will take it up or back down. “I have had a conversation with the Russian ad squadron, concerning the situation in the far East. the whole of the marine forces of Russia will be dispatched place herself in a position of naval strength in Chinese waters equal to that of Great Britain. Russia will not permit the opening of a new port, either at Port Arthur or at Talien Wan. the same thing with regard to Kiaochau and the bay of Sara Sa, while France will prevent the opening of the Russia, France and Germany will permit no European power to carry out such an attempt against their interests upon the pretext of encouraging China-European trade, for under that condition the power In question would become the real mistress of China, directing -both her politics “and - her The dispatc Siam Gulf and Nankin as free ports. “I also called upon a celebrated Russian diplomatist, who sald: ‘The conditions of the loan of 12,000,000 pounds which Great Britain has offered to the Chinese Government are directed principally against the interests of Russia and France, and for this reason our Embassador at Peking, together with his French colleague, will By the opening of Talien as a free port, the value of In the spring Great Britain will no longer occupy her- self with the Chinese question, and will certainly not take the offensive, finding, as she will, the necessity of devoting her strength and energy to Indla, where a revolt infinitely more serious than the Sepoy mutiny is about to break out. There Russia will be able, without difficulty, tc penetrate through Afghanistan and the Pa- dictate terms. We have enough troops, and well fortified frontiers with outposts well connected in the rear for our reserves. By rallways and tele- graphs we could, in the course of a few days, place upon the Afghan frontier an army of 100,000, men. You per- struggle to prevent China accepting British overtures. Port Arthur as a naval station would be diminished. sions of Great Britain, to whom she will for it is necessary for Russia tb We shall see that Germany will say W ceive that all the chances are on our side, and we do not fear the threats of England.’” [} e e e e e e e B e e e WOULD BE - BENEFITED BY A CANAL | People of Niearagua Are Hoping for Its Construction. The Future of the Country Depends Upon Proper Development. President Zelava Says He Pre- fers Direct Dealing With Uncle Sam. PROMISES ARE BROKEN: Declares That Concessions to the Eng- lish Have Not Intérfered With American Interests. Spectal Dispateli o The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—Under date of | Managua, Nicaragua, January 20, the Herald correspondent writes: Canal commissioners and & party of engineers EED B EESE0808EENEEEEOnEEE-0E88E008-888 , cheago havecome and gone and CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 31.—The Russian military cruiser Saratoff, be- longing to the Volunteer fleet, with twelve quick-firing guns and 1600 troops on board, p: yesterday on her way- ta Vladivostok. LONDON, Jan. 31.—It is announced on the best authority that the talk of an Anglo-Japanese plan of campaign in certain eventualities is unfounded. No such matter tion of the st tries and no agr land and Ja e to secure the free development in China. ar Port Arthur, the Russian according to the same authority, there for winter quarters, and tatement as to a Russian occupa- the tion are unfounded. China is willing | that the English warships should an- chor there if desired. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail says a dispatch has been received there from Port serting that no British vessels. remain | in the harbor and that the Iphigenia | and the Daphne left a week ago. PEKING, Jan. 31.—TIt that Great Britain's withdrawal from Port Arthur, and her ceasing to exert pressure for the opening of the port of Thllen Wan, which actions are re- garded as incredible and interests and prestige, owing to her disbelief in the existence of a secret treaty between Russia and China. The Chinese Government, how- ever, quotes this treaty as the reason for Russia’s presence at Port Arthur, and Russian dispatches to the Tsung Li Yamen allege that the occupation Arthur is in accordance with sed the Bosphorus | occupied the atten- | men of the two coun- | ement exists between | n except the common | MANCHESTER, Eng., Jan. 31.—The solved by the opening of Port Arthur to trade on the same terms as Kiao- chau, Great Britain withdrawing her demand for the opening of Talien Wan. GEORGE CLARK TO BE GIVEN AN EARLY TRIAL. Objects to Pleading on Saturday, on the Ground That That Is His Sabbath. NAPA, Jan. 3l.—George W. Clark, the St. Helena fratricide, was arraigned In “ourt this morning at 10 ct Attorney Bell for the people.and Henry Hogan, C. J. Beer- stecher and E. L. Webber for the de- fense, were all present, the latter pledg. in}z his support. to the accused to-day After consultation and other preliminar- ies Saturday next at 10 a. m. was fixed as the time for pleading. Clark objected to the date, contending | that Saturday was his Sabbath, but his objection was ignored. It is commonly e e 5 | believed that the court will permit very Manchester Guardlan hears that the | jjitje delay in the trying and sentencing has been ' of this monster. TRICOLOR PLANTED AT FASHODA IN THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN. the soverci ashoda, planting t ¢ tricoior within its waulls and proclaiming y of France over the circumjacent territories, M. Marchand, the leader of the transcontinental expedition from the French Congo, has made a “coup” second in importance to none ever before effected in the history of the colonial enterprises ra of his country. | the capital has settled into its normal state again. The hospitalities extend- ed to the visitors during their stay were numerous and enjoyable, and both the | Government representatives and pri- | vate citizens of thé United States de- | parted for Rivas fog an inspection of | the western division of the canal line f, with pleasant memotries. The two par- | ties are traveling ‘independently, of | course, and their itineraries are so dif- ferent that it is hardly probable = that they will meet again. In all the cities and towns of Nie- aragua the inhabitants are hoping for the construction of the canal. across their country with greater earnestness | than ever before. | They realize that the future of the country depends upon | its commercial development and ap- | preciate fully all the canal would mean for them. During a recent meeting with Presi- | dent Zelaya at the Palacio Presidencial, | the head of the republic discussed with i me the condition of the country and the | various phases.ef | 1e canal question. { “Nicaragua v ree ly witil the'iffiited States,” by sald, “in this matter of a canal across our country. The canal company has not lived up to the obligations included in the concession, and we consider that it has deceived us and we believe that | further dealing with it would only re- | sult in further deception. For this rea- | son we would prefer dealing directly | with your Government, knowing thatitis stable, which the canal company is not. ‘We consider that the concessions which are now held by the canal company ex- pired some time since, and that they are therefore void, although the canal company think differently. The Tipo- tapa canalization is one of the most striking -illustrations of the failure of | the company to keep itsagreementsand | one of the chief features made with Mr. Baker, the retired United States Minister, dealt with this very matter. ‘We have no objection to the Congress | of the United States passinga bill look- ing to the support of private capital in | building the canal, but when it came to the United States actually controlling the canal this government would have something to say about that. But in the event of a possible transfer of con- trol the matter could be discussed by this government and the Tnited States.” ‘Would the concession granted to the Atlas Company interfere at all with the operation of the canal?” | “Not at all. The concession was granted ‘to the company for navigation rights of the San Juan River, and it is not such as to retard the construction of the canal. This government took good care in granting that concession | that it should be such as not to lead to any international complications.” g o CENTRAL AMliBICAN INTRIGUES In the Event of War They Would ! Have Some Bearing on the ! Nicaragua Canal. | SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 31.—A Mexi- can paper of recent date contains an interview with a recently returned traveler from Honduras, who gives a detailed inside history of the intrigues of some of the Central American re- | publics. These intrigues are generally of no interest to the world at large, | but in view of the recent mysterious | workings of an American syndicate in Honduras, and the possibility of war affecting the Nicaraguan canal, they are of importance. The interview | says in part: “In the present affair the dispute be- tween Costa Rica and Nicaragua is much more serfous, as 1t affects the sovereignty over the line of the so- called Nicaragua canal. Costa Rica may count upon the energetic support of many Hondurans, for there is a bit- ter grudge on the part of a certain section of the people of Honduras to- ward the present Government of Nicar- agua. General Domingo Vasquez, the Honduran soldier of fortune, proposes, -If successful, to depose the present President of Nicaragua, Zelaya, and then, with a friend in his place, pass through the country and enter Hon- duras. | quez will’ again assume the power for | which he played and lost in the chance of battle. This will have an Interest- | Ing bearing from an American point of | view. Boniila, now President of Hon- | duras, has recently granted to an | American syndicate a concession of | such magnitude that the country has practically passed into the hands of the * syndicate, which has power to collect taxes and pay the liabilities of the Gov- ernment’s army and civil service. The | syndicate Is practically the receiver for the entire republic. It is said that the Vanderbilts are the leading capitalists interested in this syndicate. No such important concession was ever before granted unless it . was by the Britigsh Government to the Great Hast Indla Company.. Some of the greatest capi- talists in the States are fn this syndi- l cate. . © rrafar dealing di- “Bonilla will be overthrown and Vas- | SUPERVISORS ACCUSED OF My refusal to be shaken down do not want to appear as a kicker, but the Committee on Health and the chairman, is raw in his work. Ned Lanigan is broker for Delany, claims to be. Silence on my part BRBNBBBBBBIBNRNRRNN the straw that broke the camel's back with the Board of Supervisors. I for $250. I did business with him personally, after he had been rubber- necking about my place, but I would not trust him or his committee out of sight,’and would not pay until they had delivered the goods. As they did not deliver the permit, they did not get the money. BRUUBVVUBRU{RRRRIR{IRNLIILIIIILRILN BLA BRRRRRRVRUEERRRRRRIRIRRRIIUEINEKS YOUNG MITCHELL ACCUSES SUPERVISORS OF CORRUPTION. in the Walcott-Lavigne fight was or to show undue feeling or spite, Police, of which Captain Delany fis I have refused to be shaken down. Rivers, Haskins and Devany, or he is no longer golden. Haskins asked JOEN HERGET. SEBBBBBoeBBBEBBRRRNRS Children Dying and Starvation, and Many Vessels Locked in the Ice. ’ NEW YORK, Jan. 81.—The Red Cross line steamship Portla arrived to- day, four days overdue, from St Johns, N. F., and Halifax, after a des- perate encounter with' pack-ice off the Newfoundland coast. She brings & har- | rowing tale of blizzards and destitu- tion in the coast section of that coun- try. | Hundreds of men, women and chil- dren dead and dying from exposure [ and starvation,” with aburdirice | by and hundreds more threatened with | a like fate, are the conditions reported by the Portia.’ The Portla was penned in by huge Arctic floes in plain sight of St. Johns, unable to move, and finally man- aged to escape by the merest accident. Many other craft, several of them re- | et vessels sent by the Canadian Gov- ernment to succor destitute fishermen, had to abandon their errands of mercy and return to St. Johns, where they | were still in the ice when the Portia | struggled into clear water. | Close to where the Portia lay the big | steamship Virginia was locked tight. | She had been sent north by the Cana- | dian Government with food for the | starving fishermen, but a short ~dis- ———————————————————————— POPOPOPO POPOO 000 990060® NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco and vicinity: Probably rain on Tuesday; fresh southeasterly winds. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hous San Francisco . Portland . Los Angeles San Diego .. 9060000006000000000000000000060000000066000000600000000000066000066066060® FIRST PAGE. Russfa Will Rald India. Zelaya Opposes Canal Company. Awful Suffering in Newfoundland. Corruption Among Supervisors. SECOND PAGE. Sacramento Loses a Court. Rain in the Interfor. Britain’s Strength in the Pacific. Sacramento’s New Chief. Judge Budd on Church Rights. Miners at War in Alaska. Trouble Over Kentucky Christening. THIRD PAGE. Los Angeles Council Recalcitrant. Chinese Dies to Escape Demons. Bullet in His Brain and Lived. A Hermit of Banta Cruz. Confession of a Murderer. Ohio Bribery Scandal. FOURTH PAGB. The Annexation Plot. All Quiet at Havana. Brutality to a Sallor. Loot of San Jose. Jordan on Fur Seals. To Rival Pacific Mail. FIFTH PAGBH. Teller Resolution Beaten. Los Angeles Tax Raiders. Transactions of the Supervisors. A Policeman’s Bad Blunder. SIXTH PAGE. FEditoral. What Do They Want? Making the Issue Plain. The School Scandal. The Weak War Argument. Republican League Clubs. Stories From the Corridors. Tale of a Presidential Yacht. SEVENTH PAGE. The Law and Widow Trubody. Policemen Make a Record. News Along the Water Front. d's Water Combine. Oakland's S EHTH PAGE. The Pound Now In Politics. Baby Victim of the Street Car. The Big Insurance War. A Critic at the Theaters. NINTH PAGE. ' A Soclety Man to Turn Actor. Features of the Miners’ Fair. She Victimized Many. Police Captains May Be Shifted. TENTH PAGE. Commercial World. e ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the. Bay. Knocked Down and Robbed. Ministers Indorse The Gall. TWELFTH PAGE. Racing at Ingleside. Made & Raid on Whisky. THIRTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. FOURTEENTH PAGE. Trail of the Harbor Commission. 9000 000L 00000 000000400 9990090000006 6¢ DESTITUTION ON COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND ‘Hundreds of Men, Women and oy 9900900000000 0000000060009000000600000600000000060600000000000600000060660666000066000006060 From Exposure tance up the coast she found the route | securely blocked and was forced to re- | turn to port to prevent being ice- | bound all winter. Before her departure | news had reached St. Johns that un- less assistance was promptly dispatch- ed the unfortunate inhabitants would be beyond relief. Among the detained fleet at St. Johns were a dozen or more sailing vessels loaded with codfish for | England and Brazil. The city of St. Johns was in a ter- rible condition on acceant of the bliz- rurd.' The#treets: were rendered im- passebis, the railroads sudpended work | and the poor were suffering through | hunger and cold. Prices of food had | advanced until they were beyond the reach of the poor. When the Portia was working her way out to sea she was closely fol- | lowed by the bark Flora, and these | two vessels were the only ones that | succeeded in leaving St. Johns. Sev-‘l eral miles off the shore the Portia | passed the steamer Grandland fast in | the ice and in a perilous condition. The steamer Virginia was released | from her perilous position after the | departure of the Portia from St. Johns, and the position of the rest of the distressed fleet has been reported by telegram, that relief measures may be taken. ARRANGING FOR THE MOHICAN'S VOYAGE ‘ There Is No Diplomatic Significance in the Proposed Visit to Samoan Islands. | WASHINGTON, Jan. 3L—The Navy Department is about to arrange the itin- | erary of the coming cruise of the Mohi- can with her crew of apprentices, through the islands of Oceanica, and particularly to Samoa. The vessel is expected to start the last of February and to occupy eight months on the cruise. An effort is mak- | Ing to increase the number of apprentices | | on the vessel from sixty to 150, which will | glve her a full complement. Probably the | first stop will be made at Honolulu, and | then the Fanning Islands, half way from | Honolulu to Samoa. The vessel will not | stay long in Samoan waters, but it is expected will return to Mare Island by way of the Soclety Islands. There is said to be no diplomatic significance in the voyage beyond a desire on the part of the State Department to avall Itself of this opportunity to show the American flag on a warship in-Samoa in partial ayment of an obligation imposed on the Jnited States to take turns with Great Britain and Germany in keeping a man- of-war among the islands. MUST ACCEPT GEORGE AS GOVERNOR OF CRETE But in Making This Concession the Turks Will Be Less Disposed to Evacuate Thessaly. . NEW YORK, Jan. 3L—A dispatch to the Commercial Advertiser from London says: There is an Impression here that the Suitan in the end will be compelled to accept Prince George as Governor of Crete. It is strong enough to provoke discussion_of the consequences, namely, that the Turk, with Mohammedan feel- ing aroused, will be less disposed than ever to evacuate Thessaly, and that the Balkan states, already disturbed and restless, will be likely to ask compensa- tion for Greece's virtual gain of Crete. The European concert, as to the near east, is temXornr!ly dissolved, with Ger- many and Austria on one eide and the olhergmwers on the other, but it is not re-establishment. The GreeKs are likely to be calmer and more content with the dynasty, but there are fears of worse than the existing anY‘rchy for a time in Greece, with the Turks clustered about Canea and jealous Cretan clan chiefs ready to provoke disorder. St ) it CONSPIRING TO MURDER THE SHAH A Younger Brother of the Ruler of Persia Is Anxious to Ascend the Throne. BERLIN, Jan. 3L.—The Post says it learns from Russfan sources of the dis- covery of a conspiracy at Teheran, Per- sta, to murder the Shah and to install a younger brother at the palace. Mouseaffer Ed Din, the Shah of Per- the eldest {s ud 21 bo , snd e second 18 Kamran Mirza, CKMAIL NED LANIGAN CALLED | BRIBE-TAKER Scoring of Captain Delany’s Committee by Young Mitchell. Says Haskins Demanded Money for a Boxing Permit. The Inner History of the Late Walcott - Lavigne Fiasco. A PERMIT THAT WAS LOST. The Maher-Jackson Contest Knocked Out as a Matter of Re- taljation. According to “Young Mitchell,” the well-known manager of boxing con= tests, whose right name, by the way, is John Herget, the Supervisors’ Com- mittee on Health and Pollce consists of a band of highwaymen, whose man- ager is Ned Lanigan, heretofore ac- cused of being a political washer of solled linen and handler of boodle for various corrupt politicians. Mitchell’s statement is startling in the extreme. It comes on the heels of the sensa- tional charges of Officer Wadham of the Society £ar Prevention of Crueity - to Animals, and 5 strangely cor- ‘foborative of the charge that Supervi- sor Delany’s committee is as rotten a body as the city has ever tolerated in polities. “They wanted me to shake down for $500 on the Walcott-Lavigne fight,” said Herget, “and Ned Lanigan was the broker who came to me and said I would have to do right by ‘the boys,’ meaning the Supervisors. We agreed on $500, but I never paid it because they did not send a collector whose credentials I was sure of. I had the money ready, but nobody came to me to ‘do business,” and I was determined not to chase them. I feit this after- ward when I wanted other permits.” According to Mitchell's story there was a great deal of hard feeling on the part of Messrs. Delany, Haskins, Riv- ers and Devany because the $500 did not materialize, so when Mitchell applied for a permit for the Griffo-Lavigne fight he decided to do business with the crooked Supervisors in person. His story of this is startling, and, if true, shows a monstrous state of political corruption. He says: “I called on Haskins, who had been rubber-necking around my place, and I asked him what the Griffo fight would cost me. He said, after some haggling, that it would cost 3250, and I agreed. 1 offered a check, but he demanded the money. I went out to the board with the money, which I showed to some of my friends. Haskins tried hard to get it, but I always said: ‘No permit, no money; show me the permit first,” but he did not show it. He said every- thing would be all right on the follow- ing Monday. I told him I would not trust the board out of my sight. While this talk was going on the other mem- bers were walking ahead of us. The result was I was knocked out of the fight. I never got the permit. I was told to fix the matter with Lanigan, but I could not see it their way. I wanted to have my permit first.” The last chapter of the disgraceful story came to light yesterday. Mitchell had a permit hanging fire for the Jackson-Maher fight, but he has failed to get any satisfaction. “They lost my permit in the shuffle,” he said, “and there is probably no chance that it will ever be obtained. The reason is the fact that they have not been able to ‘shake me down’ and they are sore on me and my fights. “All the fights are going to the Em- pire and the National clubs and Brother Groom has been shaken down good and hard to get what he-has ob- tained. This Committee on Health and Police is not in business for its health, but for what it will pay. Lanigan makes no bones about being broker for Haskins, Delany, Devany and Rivers. It is about the rawest play for money that I ever saw. If the committee had sent the right man all would have been well. “When I agreed to pay Haskins $250 I suggested that I would bring a check for that amount to the board at the date agreed upon. He said, ‘Don’t you bring any check near here, but come here with the money. ~We don’t want to deal with any checks or with any- thing but spot cash.” Mitchell is not making his entire fight at once, for he says he still has more cards up his sleeve to be used if necessary. He has no faith in the in- tegrity of the committee or the honesty body that has in charge matters of health and police. B S sia, has six younger brothers, of whom Lot the methods now in vogue with the