The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME LX SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1898 —TWENTY-TWO PAGES. NTS. XXTIL—NO. HERR ANDREE NOW REPORTED TO BE SAFE ON LAND Startling Story Brought Down From the North by a Mail Carrier Just From Dawson City. Jack Carr Wants to Sell the News for Which the Whole World Has Been Waiting Since the Intrepid Explorer Sailed Away. ; 1 received a letter this his ¢ | , making his way over ice—!ANDREE'S PLAN TO 1 rivers and lakes to the Chilkoot | , to salt water, where he took pas- | 1t CTORIA, B. 4| ther 1d it is said big strikes will be | next month. a Unite + from this district shortly. | morning from Ccotain Ernst Andree of P + : + Minook from post to post | SWeden, a brother of the balloonist, and . Michael, + | along the big Alaskan river the veteran :::‘I[;::‘fs‘“';e:‘}:’n‘ei::g 1:;12:)6:’;; i‘r“v)?l‘i{ 4+ Dawson City. C 4 | mail carrier arrived at Dawson City. | ¢ s awson City. Ca ierfarged) ) | would hear from him not later than + have a ssage fro Y ng the Klondike metropolis on | oot Aygust.” B S e + h 2 and still traveling lightly with e AR + 5 + DARE THE WORST. | | He Believed He Could Cross the Arc- | tic Ice Fields in a Balloon of | On iving at the coast he became as close as a clam about his news and| < X Ry S A LR ek His Own Making. woul >t talk save for a consideration. | | Arriv at Departure Bay, he began to| DI A. S. Andree,.the Swedish aero- | ion his story, starting the bidding at {naut, and his two companions left | B R e e S ©® 7" | Dane’s Island on the northwest toast ‘,“.“ 4 | of Spitzbergen on the morning of July | The facts given above a:c supplied by | 11 of last year on their journey into | “those on board the Cente I, who gleaned them from Carr at various times ing the trip. CHICAGO, April 5.—Evelyn B. Bald- win, whovisited the Andree balloonsta- tion in Spitzbergenand who volunteered to accompany the daring aeronaut on his v ge to the north pole but could not on account of the limited capacity of the balloon, was interviewed by the Associated I'ress this afternoon regard- ing the bulletin from Victoria, B. C. Mr. Baldwin said: “While I scarcely believe the report | to be true (it seems too good to be true) vet I realize that it is not impossible that Andree may have arrived in Alas- ka, for to accomplish that feat was his | the unknown. The crew of the Bagle— | for so the historic bailoon was named— | | consisted of three persons. They were | Dr. A. S. Andree, who headed the ex- pedition; Nils Strindberg, a young Swe- dish scientist and aeronaut, and Knut Fraenkel, a civil engineer. All three | were of robust constitution and had much experience in the frosty climate of the north of Sweden and Norway. | It had been intended to start the ex- pedition during the summer of 1896, but adverse conditions led to its temporary | abandonment at the last hour. Last | vear, however, final preparations were | early afoot and at the beginning of June Dr. Andree and his two cnmpfln-" ions journeyed to the starting point and most ardent desire. That he could have | ‘;e‘;;‘r‘;‘"ga;’; t:,;bf;f:;exghb:",::; done so by this time provided this bal- loon carried him far enough eastward, | fi;teo’:;‘li’;l:mds:\:};&?n:"::m“ S:‘:‘;“g: sav to soxe polut on the sea ice in e gor the start. o North Alaska, i# provery’ the mufe [l S fion was constructed in Paris | arrival of a captain of one of the whal- at a cost of about $10,000. It had a gas | ing vessels fast in the ice off the north | ; 5 ! coast of Alaska after a six months' | CAPACItY of about 170,000 feet and from £ Fam |its top to the bottom of its car it was ou southward. o il LR close to 100 feet. It was 67% feet in | £ “_‘eehm“; ha‘ke hfl"P‘e_ at some | giameter and weighed about 2900 e . |peint in the Tchookche Peninsula, off | oungs. Although the ballon may be St. Michael on Thanksgiving | Northeastern Siberia, last autumn. as'|regarded as being in almost every re- 1d jo d up the irozen | Baron Nordenskjold balieved he would | spact a novelty, the most striking char |and'as Andree himself thought he fc was the gulding and steering | 2 team and light supply | . 0 s He first called at Minook, | ™ ght, and thence made his way across | apparatus. This consisted mainly of 3 " | Bering Straits to Alaska. Personally, I | i i | ected nearly 1000 letters | ), ve held that Andree would most like ‘:“:f,]::i r;?,r;:: “;b,‘fl‘,ff"{rf}{;‘ fl:;gi}:{ ::: were on ice-bound |}y pe heard from In Franz Josef Land, | longest about 1200 feet in length. These are pow encamped at | and had about made complete arrange- | ropes hung from a bearing just above d vicinity ments to assist in the search for him |the car and dragged along the earth | \ mining activity is going in that region, my plans being to start | or fce. The idea of having different i was brought by Jac wn United States and | as bered, Carr was the e startling news of | Dorado | e down| r City of Topeka in Feb- | and in an interview | sponde 1 in Klondike. | ed at by the d proved true. on \ EXAMINING: S G DEPARTURE OF THE BALLOON EAGLE FROM | while the other two were at work and DANE ISLAND WITH DR. ANDREE AND HIS COMPANIONS ON BOARD. lengths of rope was that in case one} of them got foul of some object the others would run free.- These guiding ropes were to drag after the balloon and to be shifted by the voyager as he willed, so that their weight and. hold on the balloon should effect its course | in one direction or the other. | ' The car, however, was the most in- teresting part of the whole aerial vessel. It was only about five feet deep and a little over six feet in diameter. It was covered with a lid of basket work, and in the lid was a trapdoor to allow the explorers to pass through. It was the plan for one man to sleep at a time at watch. The latter were to stand on the lid partly screened from the bit- ter wind by canvas. At about the height of their waist there was a large | ring of about the'same diameter as the car and on that were firmly fixed the scientific instruments of the expedition. | At Dane's Island, where the start was made, a shed was constructed to protect the balloon from the strong | winds while it was being filled and pre- pared for the voyage. When all vas | in readiness the shed was torn away | and the huge aerial ship was liberated. | It started almost directly for the norts | at a rate of about twenty-two miles an hour and in a few minutes it, with its trio of intrepid explorers, was lost to sage Will Leave Any Ot TO-DAY CONGRESS WILL DECLARE FOR WAR WITH SPAIN Little Chance That the President’s Mes- her Course Open to This Country. Mediation Has Been Rejected, and It Remains wo ot mrepd eiorers, was ot o Oy t0 Resort to Armed Intervention to starting it on its voyage into the un- explored regions of the north pole. For a year before the start was made new and stable form of government be- | fore there is anything to recognize. The reasons for withholding recom- mendation for the recognition oi Cuban | independence at this time were explain- ed to me by a member of the Cabinet just after the Cabinet meeting to-day. “We cannot afford to do so at this | time. When we get to- Havana we cannot afford to have our movement: handicapped by a Government which can prevent our doing what we think proper. “Suppose we land our troops in Ha- 0000000000000 0000000C00000000000 PROOP00OOO000060606060¢ NEWS O7T THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Showers on Wednesday; fresh southerly wind. Maximum temperature forsthe past twenty-four hours: San Francisco. .54 degrees Portlami .. 58 degrees Los Angeles. degrees San Diego. Sacramento . FIRST PAGE. Andree Said to Be Alive. To-day May See War Declared. SECOND PAGE. Spain Buying Small Arms. Lee to Leave Havana. Fixing Spain's Responsibility. President Rejects Mediation. Cubans to Be Declared Free. Steamers’ Last Trip to Havana. THIRD PAGE. England’s Coup in the Orient. Smoke Comes From St. Helens. Explorers Going to Alaska. Blamed for the Rate War. Elections in Eastern Citles. FOURTH PAGE. California Militiamen Ready. Senators Call for War. Texas to Protect Cruisers. The Spanish Minister Hopeful. FIFTH PAGE. Belew on Trial for His Life. Dreyfus Is Reported Dead. Chinese Fear Mob Vlolence. Food for Flood Survivors. Murderer Hill Faces Death. Senators Are Not Agreed. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. The Chinese Trade. The Law and the Retailers. Eastern Municipal Elections. The Cattle Quarantine. A Needless Protest, Stories From the Corridors. Answers to Correspondents. Girl Who Superintends a Raflway. SEVENTH PAGE. Raw Jockey Club Methods. Usly Rumors About a Shipwreck. EIGHTH PAGE. Fighting the San Jose Gang. Suffering Drives to Madness. NINTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. Real Estate Changes. TENTH PAGE. Racing at Emeryville. ELEVENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths, TWELFTH PAGE. A Mysterious Death. THIRTEENTH PAGE. News Along the Water Front. Government Official Threatened. Politics for Politicians. FOURTEENTH PAGE. The New Charter. TWENTY-FIRST PAGE." The Commercial World. TWENTY-SECOND PAGE. Grand Lodge of Workmen, Preraring for Passover. Jockey Sloan Has Gone East. Grubstaked Their Pastor. ek 2 B3 R6408000806000606009 8000000000000 9029000000000000000900600000PP0900® 90O $00000000000900009000090000000900060900909009009P0PPPPO090IPPPPIIVIVPIVOPDVOOPOPDOOS O & @ © ° ® & @ 4 @ & © & b @ ® @ & & @ ® L4 © b & & & & ® < & @ @ Secure the Freedom of the Cubans. circulars were distributed to all the| NEW YORK, April 5—The Herald's | ¢ 9906606060006 06006060060060660606 LA points visited by civilized persons in | yy. pinston correspondent telegraphs: | ¢ ¢® @ ¢ @0 0008600000000 0000000000000000044 | the northern latitudes, telling of the e e D T o McKin- | @ oe expected voyage of the balloon with its | ~OD&ress will have ITresident ALC. 7a% PRESIDENT DID NOT pOS | explorers and asking those who should | ley’s vigorous indictment of Spain at 0@ g see It to report its appearance as quick- | noon to-morrow. The verdict of war or :® SEEK LEO’S MEDIATON. s ly as possible and to assist those who | peace will then rest with that branch of 9 pre might be with it. Such circulars were | the Government. The President stands P Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. oo distributed along the coast of Alaska | ready to execute the will of Congress to | ¢ & MADRID, April 5—To imagine that President McKinley has at & ® |and S)beria_l}y the whalers who go that | the utmost extent. The accurate fore-| @ ® any time sought the intervention of the Pope is, to my knowledge, & ® way each year, and the Russian Gov- | c,qt of his message, published in the | @ without any foundation. The truth is, the Pope caused certain in- ®® ernment sent out special envoys to its | Herald this morning, shows that he con- | ©® quiries to be made as to the condition of sentiment in Washington. & & subJ_ects along the northern coast of its | siders forcible intervention to be the L 24 Its fully serious character was reported to him from there and & territories, asking that all assistance | ;ml >method now leit for bringing to an © ® seeing war was imminent he determined to do all possible to avert it. © & possible be given to the expected voy- | dy SRgEs Ry e S EE T L a4 His Holiness was told that Spain’s granting an armistice was & & agers. en the war in Cuba, securing gzfib @ @ absolutely necessary. At the same time he was inform.d from here & & A supply of floating buoys was car- | tion for the loss of the Maine an ©® that the sentiment of the army was an obstacle to granting it. s ried by the voyagers for the purpose | American lives, and restoring peace| 6o Upon this the Pope made the suggestion to the Queen, in ¢ & of dropping messadgels in }:hehsea as the | and order in the Pearl of the Antilles. | ©® whom he takes the grectest interest on account of her deep pietv. @& balloon progressed.in the hope that 5 hati this| ©© that he was th. father of the army and should command its heads & & some of them would be recovered by .His HIERIC RS 18 £ ST ®® t cept his verdict in th tt, vhich was that 13ti whalers and so carry word out of the | point as to leave no room for dou‘bt; e g(:'an:&(e(;lrj o gt Pt Yo e M S b b :.‘: advance made by the expedition. There |that this is the line of action le| g This is the simple truth, which nothing can move. Th: report ®® were also a number of carrier pigeons | hopes and expects Congress to take,| 46 capled from Washington stating that General Woodford has been ¢ & taken in the car of the balloon. Since |although he does not in his message| ¢ notified to instruct American citizens to withdraw from Spain is er- © & the start was made four of the pigeons | attempt to ouline the form of reso-| & roneous. The fact is that General Woodford’s daugh‘er and niece & have been found, all ‘carrying messages | ytjon he desires Congress to pass.| @4 are on a pleasure trip to Toledo, which is a st.icient reply to the ©® from the aeronauts, but none of the A sted Tt e et this mor @ & statement. & buoyeimive (EE AU of Hhoimes |, 5,.‘5]“ °t 1n k':ane_rrcmm;mdmoi’ s The Mayor of Bilbao informs the Government that the province © sages brought by the pigeons were he will not max ¥ Aations | ¢ o of Biscay will contribute five million pesetas ($1,000,000) to the pa- & hopeful in tone, but they were all sent | looking to the immediate recognition of | ¢ & triotic fund. P within a few days after the voyage | Cuban independence. On the contrary | ¢ P ::jg:lcg;‘,”:r‘:gcf% ne}:_‘;e"“:agsr;‘c‘g“?;gflé? his line of argument on this subject| 6060606000006 6066060080000000000000606 the balloon, Arctic explorers began to | clearly sho\\'slthal he ;u‘lhcre:l nf;)dly ;lo DR R R R ORI R R R R R RN A A R R R R Ry make preparations to commence a | his opinion, long entertained, that the | . nations of the world, in recognizing | : ’ s gnizing |00 000000000000 :gg{:’;h{g; l“:‘em‘;’“szkfi‘:xn“‘;‘;’fl?fls‘ifl: Cubans have not yet reached a status | . iitependence: = o 0003 gions in the interests of science, but so | Which, tl}l‘ndg }?tsrg‘atllona! lat: ewouh} He stands ready and willing to do| @ THE SPANISH CRUISERS © a stify the Unites ates, in the eyes ol e % far none of them have started. Justify 'y ‘a.ll in his power to bring about the :8 REACH PORTO RICO. | freedom of Luba, but the question of | o prime importance in his mind and |3 . o e by 3 P the one requiring immediate atten- & S sather v e s T tion is to end the war. g 2 = iz " | SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April Independence. in his opinion, will be (g ¢ rhe Spanish cruiser Vizeaya the inevitable outcome of intervention '@ ang Almirznte Oquendo, which such as he favors, but there must be a | @ sailed from Favana last Friday, arrived here to-day and are at anchor in the hArbor. They were received with the greatest enthu- siasm. As soon as they had reached their anchorages they were visited by representatives of the Colonial Government and the whole day was one of re- joicing on shore and in the har- bor. 5 It is understood that the Span- ish torpedo flotilla will be here in a few days and that the crui- sers have to protect it on its way to Cuba. The harbor of San Juén is rec- ognized among naval men as the best point at which Spain could put the flotilla for strategic pur- poses, and it is a matter of won- derment - here that the United States did not take some action before the Spanish cruisers de- parted from Havana. Once in this harbor, the flotilla will be safe, because it can dodge’ through the Tortugas channel among the islands where no war- ships can interfere with it and be out and away toward Cuba before the United States ships could solve the problem of its whereabouts. 0000000000000 000C000CO000CCOOO000C00002020200 2000000000000002000 vana and we want to do something for the protection of life and property which is not agreeable to the insurgents? They can properly say, you have recog- nized us as an independent country and have no authority to now dictate terms. “Suppose some of the insurgent lead- ers want to kill Cubans or Spaniards who are not agreeable to them? Sup- pose we want to do something to restore order out of chaos which will ensue after the entry of the forces of the United States into Havana? How are we going to do it if we have given com- plete independence to the Cubans? ¢ The thing for the United States to do is to forcibly interevne to stop bloodshed and starvation in Cuba; on the grounds, too, that our commerce has suffered for years. After we have reached Havana and restored order, we can then decide whether in- dependence shall be granted to the Cubans. “It can be decided whether the insur- gents are capable of self-government. 1f they are not, we can establish a gov- ernment which we think will be stable and will continue peace and order on the island. It is not our thought, or the thought of the President, to acquire ter- ritory. We simply, want to take right and proper steps at this time. We do not think it is advisable to grant inde- pendence to the Cubans until we go to Havana and know more about the con- dition of affairs and the men who are now running the insurgent government. As a matter of fact not an official of this" country has even seen the insurgent seal of government or any officers of * that government. The United States must intervene on broader lines than giving independence to the Cubans. Should these lines be tha restoration of ,