The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 3, 1898, Page 1

The Call VOLUME LXXXIIT.—NO. -65. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SALISBURY’S SURRENDER TO THE RUSSIANS IN CHINA ANGERS THE ENGLISH TAKU FORTS Which Guard the Mouth of the Peiho River, the Waterway to Tientsin and Peking, With the Russian War Vessels in the Foreground. pen conflict with Russia. @++++++++++++4++4+0] + + | > g BERLIN, Feb. 2—An article 4| 4 in the BSt. Petersburg Novoe + 4 Vremya, which has attracted + 4+ the attention of Burope, de- + 4 clares that France and Germany + + orted I determina- 4 | + d . England's +| + to Tallen Wan, + + Salisbury, it is 4+ + iged to consult + + cagues before the + - + + beat a retreat if 4 + n wishes to avold + + + + + BD+44+ 4444444+ +4+4+440 LONDON, Feb. 8.—The Times' Tallen itement among poli- | eagerly discussed at | The Liberals vigorously de- the reported backdown of the sh Government, while the .Con- | rvative members of .the House. of | mmons @id not conceal thelr bitter sappointment. Many - declined “‘to | edit the report until it should be of- cjally confirmed, and a prominent onservative offered a Liberal oppo- ‘ nent to pay a substantial sum to a public charity if the reported back- down should be confirmed. The Liber- als declare it would be a humiliating surrender to Russia and a severe blow interests and prestige. bers of the iate Cabinet are communicating with each other th the view of using the mat- as a point of attack upon the Gov- nounce | nt. i A wave of over the press throughout the country at Lord Salisbury’s alleged backdown at Talien Wan. Conservatives, no less than Liberals, bewail the supposed re- unassailable position on ground that Great Britain, sup- by the United States and Japan, safely defied Russia. It is | the Times for revealing indignation has swept | | | | | | | from sition. e Standard this morning, in the of editorial expressing its t, assumes that “since there is ial information to the contrary, Times' correct.” Tt thinks “this will be pain- lly. felt in the course of the pending | ve-elections, especially as the story | suggests suspicions of a larger and wider surrender.” | The editorial concludes by advising | the Government to let the couy:nryL know as speedily as possible exactly | where it stands. | The afternoon papers yesterday com- | mented In the most severe terms upon | \ | the q the matter. Some of them refused to | credit the report. The Globe said: “No wonder if the opponents of the ministry regard it as a | national humiliation when its support- | ers are unable to find a reasonable ex- cuse for it. The public was led to_be. lieve that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach and | other Cabinet Ministers meant what | they said, so the Ministers have only | themselves to thank if they lose pres- | | | tige at home and abroad through the withdrawal of the Talien Wan demand. England, with her strength and enor- mous resources, has the game in her own hands if the Ministers will cnly play it with the necessary spirit.” An official statemept on the subject. | sust issued, is as follows: o com- | munication can at present be published | concerning the Times’' Talien Wan re- | port of the negotiations as a whale. The negotiations thus far are abso- lutely confidential. Many telegrams from China contain statements not merely going far beyond the Govern- ment's information, but in some in- stances are quite at variance with known facts.” The Peking correspondent of the Times telegraphing says: Colonel Wor- onoeff, the Russian military adviser to | China, has commenced his duties and the German military instructors have been notified of the non-renewal of their contr: »"ROZEN TO DEATH IN A NEVADA BLIZZARD. C. S. Kellog, an Old Prospector of Churchill County, Found Dead Near His Cabin. RENO, Feb. 2—C. §. Kellog, an old cesident of Churchill County and,about 76 ?.00000000006909@@@@@09@@60@@@@00@@@6@@@@ PPPPPPPVVPPLVIPINIPPIPOPIVPIVPVVOPOIPS PO @ et | had sold out years ago, | American claims against that country. | of the schooner. Jessie Minor met with la version of the situation s | vears old, was found frozen to death yes- | terday a short distance from his cabin | in the Silver Hill range of mountains in that county. The old gentleman had been g prospecting work on a claim and started home, but was overtaken by a snowstorm and presumably lost his way, and he was frozen stiff when found. Mr. Kellog built the first quartz mill ever put up in Gold Canyon. where Sflver City now stands, and could have been liv- ing in a brown-stone front to-day if he He has been of- fered large sums for his prospects sev- eral times. - ITALY MAY SEND A WARSHIP TO HAYTI. Is Expected to Enforce Her Demands for the Payment of an Indemnity. Copyright, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, Feb. 2.— This city is conslderably disquieted by seemingly well-founded rumors that one or two Italian. warships will arrive here within a fortnight to enforce payment of an indemnity to Ttaly. ° Circumstances - permitting, President Sam will. make his first tour of the coun- try’ this month, beginning February 18. There 4s. as T have cabled, a strong un- dercurrent here against the Government, and should the President begin his-tour soon. there is: grave danger of trouble | here; The Manigal party has formed a strong- secret ‘combination against the Government, and it is this that would precipitate trouble. Minister Powell of the United States will soon visit San Domingo.for the pur- pose: of arranging for a settlement of The warship. Presidente ran aground the harbor channel yesterday. She was hauled off to-day. INJURED BY HEAVY SEAS. Mishap to Captain Whitney of the Schooner Jessie Minor. EUREKA, Feb. 2.—Captain Whitney in COCORCVUROVOVOV OO RO AT LA O painful accident yesterday. While crossing in over the bar at the entrance | to the bay the vessel shipped two heavy seas; jamming the captain against the wheel with great force. loosening three of his ribs from the breastbone, and then | throwing him against the cabin housing, which obstruction saved him from being washed overboard e ——————————————————— DE9000099 600096606 L4 2200} NEWS OF THE DAY. L X X% 4 ‘Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco:. Showers on Thursday; fresh southeasterly winds. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four, hours: San Franci 62 degrees Portland .50 degrees Los Angeles 76 degrees | San Diego .68 degrees { FIRST PAGE. | British Wrath Aroveed. Blanco's Mission Faf. A Lynching at. Copper River. United States Ammunition Worthiess. SECOND PAGE. Los Angeles Not to Be Fooled. His Houss an Ice Palace. Harvard Opposes Oyer-Training. Baseball at Stanford. Congress on Cecast Defense. THIRD PAGE. Dutles to Ba Paid by Miners. A Ralilroad to Dawson. War Coming in Alaska Rates. Canada Wil L Tribute. Pruséla Wants No American Frult. A Bank Cashier Indiscreet. Corona’s Passengers Picked Up. FOURTH PAGE. Whilte Scores Annexationists. Forger's Fight for Freedom. Mrs. Clemishire in Trouble. Mr. Thempson Was Insane. Wreckage After the ¢ orm. FIFTH PAGE, ‘Webb the Target for § pite. ‘The Loot of San Jose. Bound for the Gold Fields. Mre. Hinckley Settles, ‘The Unreifable. Examiner. Train Wreck in Texas. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. The Insolence of Boodle, The Farmers” Stake in Annexation. Victory in Sight. Luring the Boys to Ruin. TI?Q Sclence of Forgetting. Vigaries of the Navy. Music and Musicians. SEVENTH PAGE. A Blacksmith Detective. How Boys Are Lured. Two Deserted Husbands. EIGHTH PAGE. Rottenness of the Harbor Board NINTH PAGE. Oakland's Fight for Fair Rates. Fun at the Miners’ Fair. Alleged Crook Identifed, TENTH PAGE. Commercial. ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. Vining Makes Hasty Answer. A Forgotten Charge. TWELFTH PAGE. Racing at Ingleside. Another Bar to Chinese. THIRTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marrfages and Deaths.” FOURTEENTH PAGE. Light on Supervisor Delany. Two Lowly Artists Pass Away. Clunie Out for Blood. | several important rebel chiefs. through the Isthmus of Panama or object by the possession of Cuba. the Colonies. Nicaragua to Asia would be one to Tonquin at present, and hereafter HAVANA, Feb. 2.—General Blanco is on his way back to Havana. He left Santiago de Cuba on a special steamer yesterday. His mission in Oriente has been, it is said, fruitless so far as checking the rebellion is concerned. He was to make a personal surrender of It was said by palace officials that General Blanco had cause to feel confident of securing the surrender of General Rabi and possibly of General Calixto Garcia. This was not accomplished, and reports say that the rebel forces under General Garcla inflicted a severe blow on the Spanish ‘under General Linares and General Luque, killing several officers, including a son of General Luque. of- ficlal reports say that eighty-five were killed or wounded. Failing in securing the surrender, Spaniards here expected General Blan- co to take the field and conduct a vig- orous campaign against the rebels. He publicly announced that such was his intention, but for some reason his plans miscarried and now he is com- ing home without having struck a de- cisive blow. The volunteers are making fhreats again and the authorities, in order to be fully prepared, have deemed it nec- essary to take precautions against a demonstration. Guards have been placed about the public buildings and the residences of members of the au- tonomist Cabinet and American con- sulate. About the cigar factory of the Rabel Company, which supports au- tonomy, is gathered 200 cavalry, The new government is worried over the threatened resignation of several members of the autonomist Cabinet. The official statements which will be published are to the effect that the rea- son General Blanco was not successful in securing General Rabi's surrender was that General Rabi had been ar- rested by General Garcia and stripped of his rank because it was feared he would surrender. General Rabli's brother, it is reported, has been shot by order of General Garcla for the same reason. One of the most important engage- ments of the present campaign in Ori- ente was fought on January 21, near Caiman between the forces under Gen- eral Luque and the rebels under Gen- eral Garcia. The Spanish, it is re- ported, had 150 killed and a large num- from him. attempt to secure the 0900999 000000000000000000000000000000000046090060000090060000000050006 OPPP92909 9000000900000 2900009000 ber wounded. From accounts received mmtmnnfinbhmw,mv PARIS, Feb. 2.—The Echo de Paris publishes a lengthy communi- cation from its Madrid correspondent which, after describing the Cu- ban situation as being none too gloomy despite the “awkward” pres- ence of the Maine at Havana, goes on to say that, besides the success of Cuban autonomy, we may expect diplomatic action to be taken by Europe with a view of securing the Europe is convinced that it is no longer of any use to devote all her attention to Egypt, where England is trying to close the route to the Indies, but to the Gulf of Mexico, where the United States has so much interest in controlling the road to China through Nicaragua or Panama that it may well be thought they are seeking to attain this Frequent conferences have taken place In Madrid of late between the French Embassador and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of We shall be happy to think something was said at these conferences regarding the situation which affects all France as much as any other state, for the route through Panama or which sooner or later must come into our hands. When General Blanco started out on | his trip to Oriente much was expected BLANCO FAILS TO ALLURE THE REBEL LEADERS Cuban Generals Refuse to Be| Drawn Into the Snare Cun= ningly Set by the Span- ish Commander. R 1o 2= 1= 1 T-0 -2 1 - F-F -2 - -3 -3 3 -F-2-F-F-2-F-2-F-3-3-3-F-F -3 FRANCE COVETS PANAMA. - freedom of any canal Central America. route Europe, and be,followed by our vessels toward toward that fragment of China VOO CROCOVUDVODOAEROCTH T B AT o b= fegeFegogogog-FogeReRegeRugePugeRogeioRueeeg=FoFoPePePoPu Fog R ok Spaniards being boxed up in a ravine. General Luque sent to Cauto, where the main body of Spanish troops was sta- tioned, for assistance, and commenced to retreat toward = Holguin. He | reached Holguin on January 27 and on the same evening General Linares, who chased Into the town by another rebel force. The rebels employed their light field guns with great effect. Reports received from the Cauto River state that the troops there are in a deplorable condition. General Pando is lending every energy in his attempt to make the river navigable, so as to send supplies. Several small towns have been entered and raided by rebels and in Santa Clara several estates have been attacked and destroyed. In the ‘western provinces the rebels are show- Ing unusual activity and some com- bined movement is expecteq dalily. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—It is said at the Navy Department that the Mont- gomery, after leaving Santiago, will stop at some other ports on the coast of Cuba and then proceed southward to the coast of South America, per- haps extending the cruise as far south as Rio, where she may join' the South Atlantic squadron. Other cruisers and gunboats will probably follow the course of the Montgomery generally from time to time so that the United States flag will be seen oftener in the future in the waters south of the Unit- ed States than it has been for many years. FRANCE TO GREATLY . ENLARGE HER NAVY. Estimates Involving Many New Warships Submitted to the Chamber of Deputies. PARIS, Feb. 2.—During the discussion of the naval estimates in the Chamber of Deputies to-day M. J. Dkerjeu (Rep.), re- porter of the committee, replying to the criticisms of the navy, contended that the French ships were quite equal to those of foreign navies. The committee proposes that an fron- clad, three cruisers and eleven to: . boats be begun this year. ipedo Vice-Admiral Besnard, the Minister of Marine, said the Government's naval pro- mme had made the Mediterranean a rench gulf. It was intended now to build ironclads for extra European waters, with an extensive sphere of ac- tion, and a larger number.of small ar- mored crulsers. The vernment, he added, was actively pursuing experiments with submarine boats and the improve- ments in the initial velocity of the artil- lery were maun, it the best in the world. Meanwhile the fortifications at Bizerla B Pt chiescloy ‘were more than in Sther navies. it had been sent to his assistance, was | THE SHELLS EXPLODE 100 00N Light Artillery Sup- plied With Poor Ammunition. Sensation Created by the Discovery of a Lot of Flimsy Shrapnel. Firing Tests at the Presidio Con- ducted by Lieut. Babbitt of the Ordnance Corps. THE HARBOR DEFENSES. Orders From the War Department to Hasten the Work of Mounting the New Guns. A genuine sensation was created in army circles of this department yester- day. Tests of shrapnel shells were made by Lieutenant E. B. Babbitt of Benicla Arsenal. Twenty-six shells were fired and fifty per cent of the ammuni- tion was found to be wholly worthless. The flimsy shrapnel was supplied by the American Ordnance Company of cepted by some one of the gilt-edged society men on staff duty at the na- tional capital. The - first definite intelligence that some of the ammunition supplied to troops of this department was defec- | tive came to the knowledge of General Shafter last November and was report- ed by the officers of the light batteries of the Third Artillery. The firing tests at Redwood City revealed the exist- ence of defective shrapnel. One of the shells fired during the Redwood prac- tice burst in the bore of the fleld gun. The fragment, nearly half the size of the whole projectile, was sent to Gen- eral Shafter. He reported the facts to the chief of ordnance at Washing- ton, D. C., and urged investigation. { directing that Lieutenant Babbitt of Benicia Arsenal proceed to the Pre- | sidio and there test the shrapnel. In obedience to orders Lieutenant Bab- bitt arrived at the Ptesidio yesterday and proceeded to the testing. He placed one of the field pleces—a three- | inch rifled gun of Captain Petts’ Light Battery F—near the water’s edge, a short distance from the Presidio wharf. Twenty-six rounds of ammunition were taken from the ordinary supply. The first three shells fired seemed to be all right. The explosion in each in- stance took place at the proper dis- tance from the gun and the fragments, scattering, splashed the water at the points desired. The fourth shell was defectlve and so was the fifth and the sixth. When the twenty-six rounds were | discharged it was readily calculated | that 50 per cent of the shrapnel ammu- nition was worthless. The defective shells burst near the muzzle of the gun and scattered the inclosed bullets and fragments in the water a few yards from the shore line. It was found that the chief cause of the premature explosion was the thin ness of the wall of the shell. The wal was made thin in order to give room inside for a heavy charge of explosive | material. It was clear to the minds of officers who saw the experiments that the wall of the shell was not of suffi- | cient thickness to resist the force of | the propelling charge of powder. The shell was practically shattered before it left the bore of the cannon. The report had been circulated in !Wushlngton or . elsewhere among ‘frlends of the company supplying the ammunition that the defects existed only in electrically welded shrapnel. To make the test certain all the shells fused by electricity. were excluded from the twenty-six rounds selected by Lieutenant Babbitt. Yesterday Colonel Charles R. Suter, chief engineer of the Pacific division, received instructions from General J. M. Wilson, chief of engineefs, Wash- ington, D. C., to hasten the work of mounting the modern guns for the de- fense of this harbor. ‘In accordance | with instructions the force of workmen on the fortifications will be enlarged. Word was received by wire yesterday from the chief.of ordnance that two additional ten-inch rifled guns, to be mounted on disappearing carriages, had been shipped from the proving grounds to San . Francisco. Each gun weighs thirty-eight tons and will come through on a car contsructed specially for hauling heavy ordnance. Twelve carriages for the new mortar battery have arrived from the East. The re- maining four will be along in a few days. Something has happened to suggest activity in defensive work. Army nq(_i navy officers do not exactly know what is in the wind, but they know that some reason exists for recent preparations. The modern ordnance known as the high-power guns now mounted and in position for immediate use to defend the harbor of San Francisco consists of five twelve-inch rifled guns on the hill near Fort Point, three ten-inch guns on disappearing cdrriages, three dynamite guns and sixteen mortars. At Lime Point, on the other side of the channel, there are three twelve-inch rifies. Thirty high-power guns are, therefore, in place and ready for imme- diate use. At the Presidio, Alcatraz and Lime Point there are eighteen 16-inch muzzle-loading guns of the old styles, which are effective at a range of one mile, Washington and must have been ac- | | A few days ago orders were issued | | | | curred on January 2 and 3 at Valdez, | Prince William Sound. ! indication that quick justice had been | | members of the party and the pecula- | reckless and unscrupulous in crowds | Tanner, a Kentuckian, | which it was about decided that be- | each. LYNCHE FOR T D AKING TWO LIVES “Doc” Tann er’s Punish= ment at the Hands of Mi Tried, Convicted ners. and Executed at a Copper River Camp for - Avenging an Alleged Wrong. Out of the rush to the north has come one more of the tales of horror to which men become accustomed | when the lure of gold draws .the from the restraints of civilization. | Because he believed that he had been defrauded by his companions “Doc” opened fire | upon a party of gold-seekers camped near the mouth of Copper River. | He had overheard a conference in | cause of his complaining he was to be turned adrift by the men he had accompanied to the north. Tanner | was a dead shot and at his fire two miners fell dead. The extinguishing of the light in their tent saved the other. Tanner surrendered to the miners of the camp and was at once | tried before a jury of thirty-eight | men. They found him guilty and sentenced him to death. Tanner pleaded his own case, but scorned to | ask for mercy. He was taken to a point near the camp and hanged. SEATTLE, Feb. 2—The steamship | Alllance arrived in port this afternoon from Orca, near the mouth of the Cop- | per River in Alaska. She brought | news of the killing of two men and the | lynching of the murderer. Thre tragedy | and subsequent sensational episode oc- | Millard Fillmore Tanner, familiarly known as ‘“Doc” Tanner, of Lexington, Ky, fired the fatal shots that almost instantly ended the vxistence of two of his comrades. They were W. A. Lee of Lowell, Mass.,, and N. Call of ‘Worthington, Minn. B. F. Haines of | Salem, Mass., narrowly escaped a bul- let that was sent. in ‘his direction. ‘Within a few hours after the double | murder Tanner’'s lifeless body was dangling from the limb of a tree, an meted out. / The killing was the result of a long f series of quarrels between various | | tions of Haines and Hogue. When | first formed the party included J. J. Murphy, B. Carlin, B. F.-Haines, W. A. Lee, Andrew Scott, John Scott, H. | Bent, James Pierce and a Mr. Hil- | dreth,-all of Massachusetts, and a Mr. Hogue of Newsburgh, N. Y. They were under the management of Haines, who guaranteed to land each man at Orca, Prince. William Sound, with six months’ supply of food, clothing and prospectors’ tools for the sum of $250 The party arrived in Seattle the last | a cabin. of October. Here they met Tanner and Call, ‘who were added to their number, Tanner represented himself as a prac- tical miner and prospector and an all- round mountaineer and plainsman. He | was short $70 of the required $250, but the amount was made up by the other members of the party. In addition to a contribution of $10 Call presented Tanner with a 44-caliber Colt’s re- volver, which was afterward used in the murder of the donor and Lee. The party set sail from Seattle for Orca and reached there without any particular incident. After a few days spent there they finally decided to go by the Valdez Glacier, which was rep- resented by the employes of the Pa- eific Steam Whaling Company to be the only way by which they might hope to | reach the upper waters of the Copper River. This company has located two townsites on Port Valdez in expecta- tion of a spring rush into this district, which it is booming and which it is believed may cause many a poor miner to curse his fate should he be unfortu- nate enough to come to the country under its direction. Odiak, via Orca and Algauk, is the only practicable route, as many have already learned. After the goods of the party had been unloaded it was seen that there was only :a sufficient quantity to give each | man of the party a three months’ sup- ply instead of the six months’ supply they had paid for. Hogue had been in constant ‘company with Haines from the very inception of the party's or= ganization, and he, with Haines, was held to be responsible for this condi- tion of affairs. This incident ‘was the beginning.of all the trouble which fol- lowed after: reaching Valdez. Tanner took it harder than the balanee of the party and before leaving Orca he en- deavored to force Haines and Hogue to give an itemized account of their ex- penditurés, but without success. At Orca and after arriving at Valdez, it is said, Tanner made himself par- ticularly offensive to the-rest-of the party by reason: of his swaggering airs and ctatorial . policy. Heé' did not, however, shirk his part of the work. At Valdez there was six feet of snow on the level, so it was decided to build The roof was covered with clay, which was procured two miles distant. While hauling it on sleds several seriQus controversies occurred, with the result that the feeling was embittered against Tanner. That night the trouble culminated in the death of three men. C. G. Hubbard, who was on the scene of the murders the day following, sent the following particulars to The Call: That night after supper - Tanner went out from the cabin to an adjoin= ing tent, where he had been sleeping. During his absence - Call, Lee and Haines discussed his unruly disposi- tion and suggested that the best way to keep peace in the party was to give Tanner his share of the supplies ‘and let.- him go on his own resources. While this talk was going on the sub- ject of it quietly returned, and, after . GENERAL W.’ R. SHAFTER.