The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1898. Hw MOENT0 THEOREoN Puts BACK — [TWIIL) [eedmemsECINEE | NAVIGATION BN " *RAGiNG v HeR Horp, (INSTMMATE HIATRED OF | BILL PREPARED THE PASSES A CRIME FOREIGNERS e s e the manger, refusing to accept the territory ourselves or to allow others to take it. He attempted to contro- vert the statement of Benator Petti- grew, that warships could not carry sufficient fuel from Hawaii to make them effective either for or against the United States in case of nostili- ties, and quoted statistics to show the contrary view. He said that if it were even true that a vessel could not carry sufficient coal itself, coaling vessels could be taken along for that purpose. Framed A Conflagration Starts on the Alaska-Bound ¢ Conditions Owing to i Vessel and Creates Almost a Panic Many Lives Reported | Lost in an Alaskan Blizzard. Blinding Snowstorm De- | scends Upon Crowds of Argonauts. Score of Men Said to Have Perished on the Skaguay Trail. GALE ALONG THE SHORE. sels Compelled Junesu Until the Hurri- cane Abated. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 8 (by steam- 14)— ship Rosalie, via Seattle, Feb. During the last four days a terrible blizzard has been raging along the coast from the head of Lynn Canal to Fort Wrangel. The wind came down in irresistible blasts from over the tops of the mountains and through the gaps. Vessels in the harbor were afraid to venture out. The steamer Chilkat, from San Fran- cisco, while on her way to Juneau, was caught in the storm. She steamed for ten hours against the wind without making: four miles. She lay here twen- ty-four hours waiting for the wind to go down. The steamship City of Topeka lay s part nd she was blos d dropped Old-timers say it wind they evi At Dyea and vas the hardest in- tense. ar a blinding snow fe trail suffered greatly. A ort has reached Ju- wn on the small boats, at were frozen todeath on the summit of White Pass and on the s evidence of the he weather, W. Murruatt, the was brought ith both of surgical operation will li to his g from There is the even. f getting at re out that bodily and the drop fearing up it comparat * men are so conspicuous, i garroters re work in unwary and be- citizens of hands on and are now running the The theater where the fatal United States Deputy Mar- and McGrath occurred is 1 doubt remain oled the temper of town. 1, a time ® States Marshal Shoup will for Skaguay. the last boat from rinted a number the and Me- did not know the form ed State Deputy Marshal wh lled him. ' Shoup for the rv recent appoir decorate his deputies with the badges of their authority As face- tiously suggested h be a sign, to the followir “I'am a Deputy Uni Mar- shal. Don’t shoot.” The Governor will make a show of force at the head of Lynn Canal He will shortly make annual trip of inspection to Yakutat, aboard the Wheeling, now at Sitka, and he is ex- pected to drop anchor before Dyea and Skaguay on the way. News that Gov- ernor Brady had appealed to President McKinley for help created a big sen- sation at Skaguay and calmed the town. Governor Brady also admitted at Sitka last Friday that the report sent exclusively to The Call last week that he intended to take the gunboat ‘Wheeling and make the Killisnoo store to the Hoonah Indians the $ worth of blankets and other property forced from the unfortunate Hoonahs by superior numbers is correct. He will stop before the Killisnoo village on the way to Yakutat. There can be but one result when two big G's—a to Remain at Among Her Six Hundred Passengers. % aboard. The steamer proceeded to dent. was ascertained. & while there was consternation. damage to life or property. back to port. of unloading the coal ~ommenced. way and the cause. amuck. tice of the Peace here and fined § to jail for thirty-seven days. sengers from Astoria. ANTORIA, Or., Feb. 14.—But for the timely discovery of a fire in the hold of the Alaskan steamship Oregon, the vessel might now be & mass of raging flames, at the mercy of the waves and winds. The Oregon salled from her dock In this city at 12:30 o’clock to-day, carrying 600 passengers and as much freight as it was possible to place When just about to cross smoke was dlscovered issuing from the bunkers, where 600 tons of coal were stored. ately given, but it was some time before the exact position of the blaze In the meantime the passengers had learned of the fire and for The steamer was twenty miles from a suitable berth and as the terrible possibilities of the situation dawned upon the fortune-seekers the excitement was intense. The officers of the Oregon were cool and went among the frightened passengers, assuring them that the fire would be extinguished without The excitement then subsided and the crew was better enabled to work at the bunkers. The fire was at the bottom of the coal and it was necessary to put The steamer arrived at her dock at 5 p. m. and the work was easily extinguished. While the Oregon was on the way down the river from Portland drew Hill, one of the walters, seemingly lost his reason and ran In endeavoring to suppress him one of the passengers, F. A. Smith, was knocked down and severely beaten about the head. raved and swore like a maniac, insulting the women passengers jeopardizing the lives of all who came near him. He was finally seized and bound, handcuffed to the backstay. ceased when a hose was turned on him. He was taken before a Jus- The Oregon will sail in the morning. She carries about twenty pas- the mouth of the river without inef- The alarm was immedi- The fire had gained but little head- Spentaneous combustion was Hill and He continued his abuse, but 75, in default of which he was sent e sENEERR RN IS BBNBBBIEnBNBR & IRRAR R U RN NN RRREREEES Governor and a Gunboat—are arrayed against a few Indians. On the Rosalie were a few Klondik- who left Dawson on December 19 1 have sent reports of parties who left Dawson at much later dates. The hearing of the action in the TUnited States District Court to remove E. F. Cassell, as receiver of the Nowgell mining properties, the biggest gold ng concern in Alaska next to the 2dwell, and appoint F. D. Nowell receiver was begun here this week. Mr. Nowell managed the properties be- fore they went into the hands of a re- ceive; HAL HOFFMA MRS. JACK GARDNER SETS SOCIETY AGOG. | Anxious to Create a Flutter, She Appears at a Concert in an Invalid’s Chair. BOSTON, Feb. 14—Mrs. ‘“Jack” Gard ner could not wait until Friday's con- cert to show society that a little thing like a broken leg could not keep her home. Perhaps it was love of music, but talk made her desire to do some- t g to set society agog. Yesterday it was printed that on Friday Mrs. “Jack’ would attend a recital in Music Hall, being wheeled to it in an invalid's chair. The publication of this news took away all the novelty attending the act, so the brilliant society leader must fina some Alexander ti, the f: ssian pianist, was to give a re- ci at Steinert Hall to-day, and Mrs. “Jack” would attend. ociety was out in full force and the m e was just ready to begin when rs. Gardner was wheeled up the aisle in her chair. She had come to the hall in an open brougham, was lifted into the chair, taken up_in an elevator and ar- rived’ just at the proper moment. She caught society a and her entrance ed a terrific sensation, Mrs. Gardner receiving an_ovation equal to that given Siloti when he appeared. - * Woman Sutfragists. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—The after- noon session of the Woman Suffragists was devoted mainly to hearing short ad- by State presidents or other pro They were all of an encourag- ing character, and showed satisfactory growth of the movement in behalf of speaking includ- “alifornia, Laura Irs. Clara Ber- At the evening session a short address was made by Miss An- thony. Mrs. Stanton was sick and un- able to attend. Public Park at Sutter Fort. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 14—The trustees of the Sutter Fort property held their an- nual meeting here to-day. They are F. D. Ryan, C. E. Hollister and W. W. Greer, of this city, and Senator Thomas Flint of San Luis Obispo. It was found rear 6000 strangers from ountry and Europe had visited the historic spot. It was resolved to ask the city to aid in the purchase of two adjoining blocks of land for a public park. L el g Flow of Natural Gas. HANFORD, Feb. 14.—A flow of gas that creates whenlighted a blaze four feet wide and six high was struck by men boring for artesian water fifteen miles south of Hanford a few days ago. The well flows 100 gallons of water a minute also. The owner, J. McCord, will utilize the water for stock purpeses and the gas for light- ing and heating. The well is 277 feet deep and only cost Mr. Dole Slightly Ill RIVERSIDE, Feb. 14.—President San- ford B. Dole of Hawali, who arrived in this eity Saturday, has not moved about much since, as he is slightly indisposed. His sickness is not serious and is attri- buted by him to the long journey he has taken and the excitement of his trip since landing at San Francisco. Mr. Dole has not decided on what day he will start northward. Sovereigns From the Antipodes. SYDNEY, N. §. W., Feb. 14—The Oce- anic Steamship Company’s Moana sailed an Francisco to-day, carrying 300,- reigns ($1,500,000). China and Germnny. LONDON, Feb. 14.—A special dispatch from Shanghai sa the relatiops be- tween China and Germany are seriously strained over the latter’s fresh demands. BEAR IN MIND! Only 4 days remain in which you may order Scribner’s great History of the United States at over 40 per cent dis- count (in 5 massive volumes). 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Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 14. | Senator Hansbrough to-day offered | the following amendment to the House | blil pending before the Committee on laws and providing for railroad right | of way in Alaska. | _ That permission to enter goods under ]ibond or to place them in bonded ware- | or exportation to any Columbia or the Northwest Territory shall not be granted until the proclamo. tion by the President of the United States Q}g n:hrm:gh British Northwest Territory goods or passengers in Alaska has been or will be granted to any person or corporation by the Gov- | ernment of the Dominion of Canada; and | further, that the privilege has heen duly accorded to responsible persons or eor- porations operating transportation lines in British Columbia or the Northwest Territory or making direct connection Wwith transportation lines in Alaska; and has consented to and is allowin g the en- try, free of duty, of all miners' outfits and a_supply of provisions and eclothing the whole not exceeding in quantity 2500 pounds for each person proposing to en- the Northwest Territory; a that fishing vessels of the Unied Sirtrs having authority under the laws of the United States to touch and trade at any port or ports, place or places, in the Brit. ish dominions of North America, shall have the privilege of entering such port or ports, place or places for the purposs of purchasing bait and all other supplies and outfits in the same manner and under the same regulations as may exist there applicable to' trading vessels of the most f.;l‘vnrnr] n:tlnns. and of n their catch to be transporte through sald Dominion witheut poyoond of duties in the same manner as other merchandise destined for the United States may thus be transported. ey FROM EDMONSTON TO THE KLONDIKE. The Great Commonwealth Develop- ment and Mining Company to Build a Railway. NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—A dispatch to the Evening Post from Montreal says: The Great Commonwealth Develon- ment and Mining Company intends to build a railway from Edmonston to the Klondike via the Peace River Pass. The British Columbia charter has been obtained by the company, which now asks a Dominion charter. The route is northwesterly, via Fort Assinab Sturgeon Lake, Fort St. John :n mt';fé Peace River, up Half-way River, through the Rockies by the Peace River Pass, across the north corner of British Columbia :taslg‘?)rr,: Halkett, on the Laird River, up the the Pelly, which is really the Y and down that to Fort Selkirkm:lnnnd. Dawson, and the boundary of Alaska. This is about 1600 miles, and the com- pany is prepared to guarantee the building of the line to the Pelly, 1100 miles long, within twenty months. The highest point will not exceed 2500 feet above sea level. LIVED LIKE A HERMIT. Death of Wealthy Peter Christianson on His Stockton Ranch. STOCKTON, Feb. 14.—Peter Christian- son, an aged farmer and capitalist, who lived like a hermit on a ranch eight miles | from Stockton, was found dead in his bed on Sunday. He left an estate worth about §150,000. He had no relatives in this coun- try. A sister came out from Denmark a few years ago to keep house for the old man, but she died and since then he lived alone. He was a large stockholder in the Farmers' Union, the Union Transporta- tion Company and one of the local baaks. Christianson told friends that he intend- ed when he died to leave the bulk of his property to found an institution in this city for the maintenance of destitute old men, but the probability is that he left no will. His house has been searched and inquiry made at every place where such a document might be left. Government | Public Lands extending the homestead houses at the port of W | rangel, in the dis- trict of Alaska, and to withdraw the same place in British | that no exclusive privilege of transport- | Columbia or the | further, that the Dominion Government gage_In mining in British Columbia or transhipping | Francis, along the Finlayson River to | Senator Pettigrew’s Protest Against Annexation. Taking Hawaii Means the { Final Act in a Great | Conspiracy. | | | This Government Has No Right to Secure the Islands With- out Consent of Natives. | | i I OVERTHROW OF RULER. | 1 Lilluokalani’'s Downfall Due to In- trigues Backed by the United States Minister. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 14. The Senate devoted almost four hours in executive session to the considera- tion of the Hawaliian treaty. The prin- cipal speech was made by Senator Pet- tigrew, this being the third installment | of his remarks upon the subject. | Senator Pettigrew devoted himself to-day largely to the administration | of President Dole, showing how the | Government of Queen Liliuokalani had | been overthrown, and to a presentation of his views of this Government's par- ticipation in the revolution. He con- tended that the downfall of the Queen’s Government was due to a conspiracy on the part of Minister Stevens, repre- senting the United States, and a few citizens of Honolulu, of whom Presi- | dent Dole was one, who were backed by the marines from a United States bat- tleship. He argued that at the time there was | no armed force on the island opposed to the Queen's Government except the Senator, “if the islands were as rich as the dream of avarice and their ac- quisition as desirable as that of Louis- jana, we could not take title from a Government set up by ourselves with- out submitting the question of annexa- tion to a vote of the Hawaiian people. “To do this,” he continued with em- phasis, “would be an international crime which would place us on a level with Great Britain in her subjection of the weaker nations of the earth, which would be an abandonment of the posi- | tion as to the policy of our Government | from its earliest history. A Govern- ment which declares, as does this Gov- ernment in its constitution, that ‘all Government derives its just power from the consent of the governed, could not afford to depose a friendly Government, set up a usurping Govern- ment in its place and then acquire title | to the country without first obtaining the consent of the people of that coun- v Pettigrew read a letter from Hon. J. C. Carter, formerly of Queen Liliuoka- lani’s privy councl], giving his views of the revolution. Pettigrew also con- tended that the passage of the McKin- | ley tariff law had been the direct cause | of the revolution by which the Queen’s Government was overthrown, the mo- tive being to secure the bounty of 2 cents per pound on domestic sugar which that law provided. He quoted a letter from Minister Stevens saying that the provision for this sugar bounty had ruined the sugar business of the islands unless they could be annexed to the United States, and cited other au- thorities to maintain their contention. Pettigrew discussed briefly the char- acter of the present population of Ha- waii. He said that two-thirds of the people there were males and that this fact applied to all nationalities, includ- ing Americans and other Anglo-Saxons. This circumstance, he contended, went to show that the Anglo-Saxon does not go to Hawalii, as he does not to any tropical country, to make a home. The man capable of self-government, he | said, must wear woolen clothes a part of the year and for some months feel the frost in his blood. Summing up, Pettigrew said that the | opponents of annexation claimed to | have established four points. They | have, he said, shown, first, that the | route to the Orient via the Aleutian | i Islands was 1000 miles shorter than that via Honolulu; second, that no bat- tleship coaling on the Hawaiian Is- lands could reach the United States in condition to fight and that on this ac- count the possession of the islands would be an element of weakness rather than of strength, which was in opposition to the theory that the is- lands were necessary to defense; third, that the commerce of the islands, which had been claimed to be one important reason for their annexation, was con- stantly declining and was less than that of an ordinary county of the United States; fourth, that one of the Aleutian Islands would afford a more secure footing and a shorter route for A cable to Asia than would the route | via Honolulu. At the close of his three days’ speech | Senator Pettigrew was cordially con- gratulated by many of the Senators, in- cluding some of the opposition, upon the thoroughness with which he had | gone into the subject and the ability | with which he had presented the oppo- sition to annexation. Teller made a brief statement calling | Pettigrew’s attention to the fact that | the United States Minister was not the only representative of a foreign Gov- ernment who had recognized the Dole | Government. Pettigrew replied that this was true, but that the recognition of the other Governments had not come until the day following the Queen’s ab- dication, whereas Minister' Stevens’ recognition had been before that time. Senator Proctor of Vermont followed with a brief speech in favor of annexa- tion. He devoted himself exclusively to the military phase of the question. He cited the fact that England has strongly fortified posts all along our Atlantic seaboard, beginning with Hal- ifax, and taking in the Bermudas and the West Indies. He also called at- tention to the strong fortress at Esqui- malt, and said that if England should possess the Hawaiian Islands, as she might easily do in case we let this op- portunity to acquire them pass by, her drum beat would be heard almost en- tirely around the United States, and that she would be able to attack us from her own territory in any direc- tion. He also contended that it would be a comparatively easy matter for the Jap- anese to acquire the islands by popu- lating them, as they were apparently very strongly inclined to do. He said that the United States, failing to make the islands a part of this country, could United States marines, “and,” said the | He thought the islands of essential im- portance to the United Btates, both for the purpose of offense and defense. During the session, Senator White of California attempted to ascertaln from Senator Davls, in charge of the treaty, whether there would be any early at- tempt to secure a vote upon it. The California Senator stated his opinion that there ought to be at least three weeks’ notice of a time for a vote for the arrangement of pairs. He stated that he would be compelled to be ab- sent from the Senate for the next three weeks, and expressed a desire to know something of the plans as to bringing the discussion to an end. In reply, Senator Davis simply stat- ed that he could not at present say when the debate would cease, or when the Senate would be prepared to take a vote. RACE FOR A JUDGESHIP. Many Candidates for a Vacancy in Del Norte County. EUREKA, Feb. 14.—The contest for the appointment of a successor to Superior Judge James E. Murphy, deceased, of Del Norte County, has interested several members of the Humboldt County bar. It aplpears that the Democratic County Central Committee of Del Norte does not agree upon a candidate from that county. There are three Del Norte candidates— District Attorney L. F. Cooper, Samuel T. Porter, and John L. Childs, the latter being a Republican. Many of the leadin Democrats of Del Norte have decide upon F. A. Cutler of this county, and if he will accept they will no doubt recom- mend his appointment to Governor Budd. If not, Lawrence F. Puter of this city of Eureka is also a candidate. and Ryan left for San Francisco to-day on the steamer North Fork. | MAY HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE DESERT. No Tidings of Two Prospectors Who Started From Riverside Months Ago. RIVERSIDE, Feb. 14.—The indications are that two more men have lost their lives on the desert in this county. They are George Engelky and Peter Edmin- ston, who left here on a_ prospecting trip several months ago and who have not been heard from since they went away. Both had relatives here, but none of the latter has ever received a letter since the men left. The City Marshal is in receipt of a letter from a brother of Engelky at Ogden, asking for information relative to the missing man. ‘When the men left here they promised to write to relatives, and as they have not done so the gravest fears are enter- tained. Engelky and Edminston started for the heart of the desert in Northern San Diego County—in fact, right to the section which has proved the last rest- ing place of many a prospector. MISS WILLARD IS NOW VERY ILL. | Inroads of Cancer of the Stomach, Combined With the Grippe, Shatter Her Health. NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—The World says: | Miss Frances Willard is ill at the Em- pire Hotel in this city. She has been suf- fering from cancer of the stgmach for several years. The inroads of this dis- ease, combined with a bad attack of grippe, have completely shattered her health. She broke down in Madison, Wis., about a month ago, while making an ad- dress upon her birthday. It was then de- cided that she should go to New York and submit herself to specialists. Miss ‘Willard was exhausted by her work and insufficient rest. She went to the hotel with_her secretary, Miss Jordan, where she has since remained in complete se- clusion. The agitation occasioned by the attack _on her co-worker, Lady Somer- set, affected her powerfully, and she rapidly grew worse. : e MORE WAGES FOR SAILORS. Substantial Raise Made by the Ship- Owners’ Association. | Wages will be increased by the Ship- owners’ Association. The increase is made because the ship-owners can af- ford it and not because of any fear of trouble or apprehension of a scarcity of men for a long time to come. The owners are getting better charters for their vessels and freighting has raised correspondingly. Rates have been in- creased $5 all round for able seamen, for all ports, excepting for vessels sail- ing for Australia, Asia, Europe and South America, on which the rate re- mains the same, $20. The reason for this exception is that the foreign ship- pers control such rates. The schedule, as increased, to go into effect to-day is as follows: Sailing vessels, lumber, bar harbors, Pa- cific States, Alaska or British Columbia, $35; sailing vessels, coal, bar harbors, Pa- cific States or British Columbia, $30; sail- ing vessels, lumber, outside roadsteads, Pacific States or British Columbia, $40; sailing vessels, Hawallan Islands and Mexico, $30; saillng vessels, Central America, $25; salling vessels, Asia, Aus- tralia, Europe, outh America (no change), $20; steam craft, bar harbors, $40; steam craft, outside roadsteads, $45; steam craft, foreign voyages, $25 and up- ward. e ——— AID FOR VON DER AHE. National League Presidents to Get Him Out of Jail. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 14.—Chris von der Ahe is still behind the bars in the Al- legheny County Jail, his friends in St. Louis having practically deserted him. The promised money from the west failed to arrive to-day but the baseball mag- nate may be released to-morrow morning. This may be accomplished by W. H. Wat- kins satisfying all the demands of the court, relying on the National League presidents to reimburse the club by a pro- rata assessment. Chris asked the Pittsburg president to- day to procure his release, promising in- demnification later. Watkins then tele- graphed to National President Nick Young ,requesting a telegraph vote of the club presidents on the proposition that each pay his share of the expense in the case. Young answered that the vote would be taken at once and he was doing all he could to have a decision to-night or early in the morning. It is understood that three favorable replies have already recelved and the others are expected to fall into line to-morrow. T AT Of Interest to the Coast. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—Alson I. Hoskins, Santa Cruz, $6; Henry O. Wright, San Diego, $6. Addi- tional—Samuel Wilder, East Oakland, $ to $8. Increase—Frank Hewitt, San Fran- cisco, $8 to $12. Original widows, ete.— Eliza J. Morton, Santa Rosa, $8; minors of Curtis H. Richards, Santa Rosa, $16. Oregon: Original—John H. McElhaney, ‘Wedderburn, $8. Lieutenant A. W. Dodd is in the city under orders. He has just brought an in- sane patient to the asylum here from the Mare Island Hospital. R e R Suicide of a Blind Man. PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz., Feb. 14.—Fred Ayres, 2 years of age, committed sui- cide yesterday in Prospect Valley, near the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, sixty miles north of Peach Springs. The young man was almost blind and in poor health. He had been left at Prospect Springs for a few hours by his father, who was mining in the vicinity. Ayres was sup- sed to have been overcome with the oneliness of his situation. He tied a string to the of a rifle and blew out was lately from Illi- nois. g5 may be selected by them. Edward J. Ryan | Cutler | Epidemic of Attack and Riot in the Empire. Isolated Rufflans of Many Provinces Are on the Rampage. Robbery and Murder Among the Daring Crimes Now Committed. PIRATES ON THE RIVERS. European Missionary Woman Held Up by Thieves and Her Boat Plundered. Correspondence of The Call. SHANGHAI Jan. 9.—Authentic re- ports have reached here of recent date from all sections of the Chinese em- pire indicating that riot and attack upon foreigners is the order of the dav. | The attacks seem to be those of isolat- | ed ruffians rather than a concerted ac- | tion on the part of the populace. In one of the central provinces, Hu- | peh, a riot was instigated by the stu- dents of the military academy. Prop- erty was stolen and the members of | several native churches were scattered over the country. Seventeen leaders of the riots have been arrested and are | standing trial. A chapel of the Wes- | leyan mission was destroyed during the riot. In the same province several Chi- nese merchants were set upon by marauders, and, after a flerce fight, the robbers carried away the spoils, consisting of 7000 taels, which the mer- chants were carrying in coin to a ueighboring city. From Soo Chow, in Central China, comes the authoritative information that in the collection of rentals in and | around Soo Chow there has been a per- sistent refusal on the part of the nat- | ives, and that an altercation occurred | in which a woman was killed and | others injured. The native Magistrates | themselves, when attempung to hear | those cases, have been mobbed, pelted | with mud and compelled to flee from | the court of justice. In Canton, from the very south of China, where most of the travelling is by rivers and canals, steam launches carrying foreigners have been repeat- | edly held up by bands of ruffians, and recently a European woman mission- ary was brutallv treated, her boat be- ing held up in the river. The men over- powering her coolies, boarded it by force, and robbing her of her money left her in a sorry plight. From For- mosa, just off the coast of Central China, authentic reports come that the whole of the country is disturbed. Re- peated attacks by armed bands of rob- bers are being reported day by day. Travel in the interior is unsafe at the present time. From the Province of Chuen, one of the provinces nearest the highlands of Thibet, authentic information comes of riots instigated and led on by military students, and of the destruction of- property. In the well-governed city‘of Shang- hail and the European section there are confirmed reports of insulting treat- ment of foreigners by Chinese. A prominent lady riding upon a wheel, passing the west gate, was insulted by a Chinaman who spat in her face. Chinese soldiers, even in Shanghai, have attempted to throw foreigners from their carriages. Boys in the streets are set by older people to follow at the heels of prominent European residents of the city, throwing mud and calling indecent names. In view of the fact that the treaties are soon to throw sections of Japan open to foreigners, there are interest- ing reports of the Buddhist and Shinto priests assembled in one of the princi- pal provinces to discuss the siuation. They have promulgated the following four resolutions and request all Japan- ese to be governed by them. 1. To cultivate feelings of abhorrence of foreigners and to. refuse in principle to sell or buy of them anything whatever. 2. To refuse absolutely to rent their houses or lands to foreigners. 3. To refrain entirely from using foreign terms in speaking and writing. 4. To positively decline to Christianity. Amerigo Vespucci’s Birthplace. ROME, Feb. 14—A long-continued “listen to search has resulted in the discovery of the birth record of Amerigo Ve;_pnccl in the Church of San Giovanni in Fl orence. The date is March 18, 145 the Yukon Rush. Rules Governing the Coasting Trade Are Made Very Explicit. An Increase of the Penalty for m Violation of Regulations by Forelgn Vesssls. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. 5. Call Office, Riggs Houseqg ‘Washington, Feb. 14. The House Committee on Merchan®j Marine and Fisheries held a meeting| to-day, going over the proposed changesi in the navigation laws to removey troublesome problems arising in Alas- kan commerce. As a result the com= mittee later favorably reported to thet House the Payne bill providing fory several amendments to the navigattony laws. ' The bill is framed to meet new conw ditions created by the gold discoveries in the Yukon River and its objects andi effects are explained in a comprehen= sive report made to the committee by Secretary' Gage. It strengthens and makes explicit the laws declaring ow general policy that the coasting trade (including the trade between the res of the United States and Alaska) shal be reserved exclusively to American | vessels, and covers more explicitly this situation. Seagoing vessels can proceed to St. Michael, near the mouth of the Yukon. The Yukon is very shallow, in some places only four feet deep. Transfer of cargoes and passengers from deep-draught seagoing = vessels to river vessels drawing little water is therefore necessary at St. Michael. Substantially the same is true of | Stickeen River and Wrangel near its mouth. The essential amendment, as pointed] out by Secretary Gage, is on the ques- tion as to whether American goods consigned to Alaskan ports from Seat- tle can be carried in American vessels to Victoria, a distance of only 72 miles,, and at Victoria be put on British ves- sels to be carried to Dyea, about 900 miles, or to St. Michael, about 2000 miles. The Treasury Department has ruled that this is a violation of the laws reserving the coasting trade to Ameri- can vessels. The policy of the United States, Secretary Gage says, is to con- fine carrying by water “for the whole voyage” between American points to American vessels, and section 1 of the bill is believed to explicitly affirm this policy and remove all doubt. The com- mittee has increased from $100 to $200 the penalty for each instance of a for- eign vessel transporting a passenger between ports or places in the United States, either directly or via a foreign port. WEEK OF GRACE FOR COLONEL FINIGAN. Illness of a Woman Saves Him From Possible Incarceration for Contempt. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 14—Colonel Peter A. Finigan is the most abused man in the world, according to his own story. To- day, through a woman's iliness, he was saved the ignominy of again occupying a cell in the Marin County Jail. Colonel Finigan was on hand early in Superior Judge Angellotti’s court, on an order to show cause why he should not be ad- judged guilty of contempt of court for failure to pay alimony to Mrs. Emily B. Finigan. The one-time millionaire in an affidavit alleged that Mrs. Finigan had annoyed and harassed him and exposed him to contempt and ridicule. He said he had no income or means of support and was dependent for his maintenance on the credit he had been able to obtain. Mrs. Finigan's persecution, he explained, pre= vented him from engaging in business. Colonel Finigan was asked by M gan's counsel what property he had fore the divorce suit was commenced. Judge Bigelow said it was intended to show that Colonel Finigan had proper- ty standing in the names of others amounting to over $100,000. Objection: were raised and it was decided to pos pone argument of the point until the af= ternoon. A subpena was issued for Mra. R. H. Warfield, wife of General Warfieid of the Hotel Rafael, where the Finigans lived. ‘When court convened Attorney Crowle: sald that Deputy Constable Crit Sheppar had served the subpena on Mrs. Warflel and she had informed him that she wos not come. Crowley asked that an attache ment be issued to bring her into court. Judge Angellotti said that a certificata had been given him, signed by Dr. H. Howitt to the effect that Mrs. Warflel® was sick and could not appear in court, The court put the case over until nex# Monday. Mourning in St. Helena. ST. HELENA, Feb. 14.—Mrs. Lila Ken= yon, the wife of Edward Kenvon, died at her home here last night. She was one of the best known women of St. Helena and a prominent worker in religious cir< cles. ADVERTISEMENTS. Commencing Monday, February 21, we inaugurate our initial sale of Cloth= ing, Gents’ Furnishings and Hats in our new store. To commemorate the occa= sion we will make reductions unheard of before, same to be announced in Sunday’s papers and goods displayed in our show windows. When secured it grows slowly. treasure without price, to be carefully guarded and judiciously fostered. There=- fore we keep a constant eye on goods and prices, and see Public goodwill is a to it that prices advertised are exactly in accordance with facts. S. N. WOOD & CO. (Co- lumbian Woolen Mills), 718-722 Market street.