The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1898, Page 1

Call | | 1 1us raper not : to be taken from ha HiBdiv ¥ass SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, ‘VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO 92. GOLDEN CARGOD BROUGHT FROM THE KLONDIKE Million and a Half in Dust. The reindeer herds received a gratify- ing increase in the spring by the birth | of a large number of fawns. Dr. Jackson also established the head- quarters of the Laplanders at Una- laklik, where they will be sent to vari- ous parts of Alaska where their services may be needed in carrying the mail with reindeer. Many of -these Lapps have already taken out their first pa- pers, looking to naturalization. Dr. H. K. Gambell of Jowa has been | appointed Government physician at the | reindeer station at Unalaklik. W. F. Doty of New York, a graduate of Princeton University, has been ap- pointed teacher at St. Lawrence Island | in place of V. C. Gambell, who went down with the schooner Jane Gray. AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS ROANOKE REACHES SEATTLE| Bl Saanid | SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—One of the most interesting characters who returned on Roanoke from Alaska is George W. Carmack. He is accompa- nied by his tillicum and partner, “Skookum Jim.” As the first claim lo- | cater in the Klondike mining district Carmack has made his name familiar Few Made Stakes, but Many Gt Jiche: oraeia nver. the world over. His people came to Experience — The Lucky Ones | California in '49, and the turlunal: and Those Who Were Rob- George, who will soon count his we: bed of Their All. BRINGS ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED | cooros o PASSENGERS, among the millions, first saw the light of day on a cattle ranch near Port Costa, Cal., September 24, 1860. It is about fourteen years | George Carmack left his | home and took up his abode with the —_ Indians in Alaska. Until quite recently SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—The steamer | however, he was but a squawman of Roanoke arrived here to-day from St. | indifferent success. During most of the Michael, Alaska, with 458 passengers | time that he roamed from Juneau over g 'n the Yukon to St. and gold dust which a conservative es- | wpn o nd Jown t v S e oo Michael, he had as his companions two The bulk of | brothers, “Tagish Charley” and *'Skoo- it ‘was the property of the Canadian |kum Jim.” They were with him August Bapk of Commerce and the North |17, 1596, when about twelve miles up American Trading and Transportation | Bonanza Creek Carmack accidentally Company. The amount credited to the | 5truck his shovel Into the gravel at the | Canadian Bank of Commerce is $600,- | was full of gold. He staked a claim, | 000. A majority of the passengers were | as likewise did his partners adjoining men who went to Dawson in last year's | him, and thus began the evolution of rush. They have no gold, but lots of | ‘Squawman” George into a man of experience. The fortunate passengers | Wealth and prominence. 5 numbered about seventy-five. Of these | o ;f:nl)‘,":fi“l‘l’ggt(‘)";;2{;5",:‘:x‘l} S probably twenty-five had over $10,000 [#/pon arriving there Carmack proceeded each. The amounts held by the remain-fto celebrate his discovery by getting ing ifty ran from 3500 to $5000. The fol- | the entire camp on a drunk. The Jowing is & list of the richest ones and | 80lden news that the long-looked-gw‘ the'Aimaust they bronghtont: | bonanza had been struck was received G. W. Jenkins, $53,000;: Theod | with shouts, and almost the entire G. W. Jenkins, $53,000; Theodore An- | camp stampeded. Circle City heard of derson, $50,000; George Carmack, $35,- | it a few weeks later and Birch Creek 000; Stick Jim, $35,000; Tagish Charley, | was soon deserted. Bonanza was soon 000; Ike Powers, $15, D. Doane, | located from top to bottom, and those | $15,000; F. Renaud, $15,000. | who did not get claims on the creek These men were among the first who | Degan to locate on El Dorado. This . WeRE dnto’the Kiondike. -G orse proved even richer, and since then the mack was the dibeorersr or oS k- | Klondike has been rapidly growing into dike. He located the first claim on | LD gTeatest gold camp of the century. Bonsnse Cre Stick Jim and Tagien | When George Carmack arrived in Se- Charley are full-blooded Indians, - | 2ttle to-day he presented the appear- An unusual incident s Rt | ance of a fine specimen of Western rival of the maoident attending the ar- | ;annood. He 1s over six feet tall and | nd searching of her passonsere An€ | has remarkably broad shoulders, while | -their baggage for three sacks of stolen | & drooping black mustache adorns his | since Special Dispatch to The Call. old dust. FEach s | firm face. He is well educated for a Was examineq we holdual Passe.Eer| frontiersman and his cabin on Dis- | steamer, but the missing gold was not | COVETy Bonanza s well stocked with found. 'The sacks comtained about|late books and magazines. A - small | 824,000. The owners of the stolen gold | °'821 1s one of the most out-of-place s 5 B looking things it contains. To some of --were Albert Fox, whose | - §14, >. . Adams of Chieago, $900. k contained 000; Wiillam Folmer, $5000, and Dr. The gold | his friends he has confided the idea of aving a yacht built for a trip to Paris. Carmack has looked well after the in- | was taken from a statero { Rouuoke while she wns Yoing on ‘he | terests of his two Siwash partmers and Miehael. Thers is no clew 1o the thief, | the 1600 feet of placer ground they own < 2 o g hasg turned out to be about the richest e enSymade at St | spot in the whole Klondtke. Had it (o, left, Dut Wth D0 not been for Carmack, “Tagish Char- ley and “Skookum Jim" would have | been without claims to-day. He sim- ply would not let them sell out to scheming white men and compelled them to work their claims. Carmack has taken out of his mines | in the past two years about $500,000 and | his kinsmen have realized about the | same amount from their propertles. The combined claims of the three men | could '« readily sold at Dawson for | | over $1,000,000. STEAMER PORTLAND IS MAKING FOR THIS PORT A search of the Michael t better suc ddy. Another robbery is reported to have occurred on the river steamer Cudahy between Dawson and St. Michael. Some got_hold of 3 ing to Jim,” an i containing They dumped out the gold and d the sack with shot. The substi- tution was not discovered until St. Michael was reached. Conditions st St. Michael and Daw- son have undergone no material change sinde last reports. People are arriving daily at St. Michael from up the river in_small boats. The steamer Noyo, which left St.| Michael two ‘days before the Roanoke, T relieved the congestion of stranded SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—The steamship mmders'bivk taking away about one hun- | Roancke, which arrived to-day, o hem. N i ed of - i brought the following dispatch: Dr. Sheldon Jackson, United States| §T. MICAAEL, Aug_g $iThs bidsse Portlana will leave August 22 for| San Francisco with a shipment of dust | from the Canadian Bank of Commerce amounting to 2400 pounds. There are eight Commissioner of Education for Alaska, arrived to-day from St. Michael on the steamer Roanoke. Dr. Jackson returns from his annual inspection of the Gov- ernment schools and reindeer stations | boxes of 200 pounds each. She also car- on the shores of Bering Sea. The sec- 000 for. the, Alaska. Lanmercial coast of Siberfa, where he was success- | who bofore leaving Dawson bought an in: ful. in securing and transporting to Alaska 161 head of domestic reindeer, which were sent to Cape Prince of Wales to replace in part the herd which was taken last winter by the Govern- ment and driven to Point Barrow for the rellef of the ice-imprisoned whalers. El Dorado for $260,000. He in dust with him. Other h amounts ranging from 00_are W. W10, Namee, Charles Lamb e carries over sixty erage of $10,000- each, side from the bonanza kings mentioned. terest in ca; pa PPPPEERPOOOEOOE ®® oY) OXO} OO® @ ® oJol ofoX: foJofoRo¥oYoYofofoyoYoXol COLONEL HENRY ARK STED. j 4 Admits the Authorship of a Letter involved in the Dreyfus Case. Spectal Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. James Gorden Bennett. PARIS, Aug. 30.—Lieutenant Colonel Henry has been arrested and taken to the fort at Mont Valerien by order of M. Cavaignac, Minister of War. He acknowledged that he was the author of the famous letter containing the phrase, “Cette canaille D—" in the Dreyfus-79la case. Lieutenant Colonel Henry was one of the wi es in the recent trial of Emile Zola to contradict minor points of testimony given by Colonel Picquart. He was subsequently wounded in a duel with the latter officer. The arrest to-day was the result of a discovery that he was the author of the famous letter. After he had been apprehended he made the confession. The papers say that, owing to a letter from Colonel Picquart to M. Cavaignac, revealing matters which professional secrecy had hitherto prevented him divulging, the Minister of War examined all the officers of the general staff on the Dreyfus affair. Lieutenant Colonel Henry, on being pregsed with questions, confessed that he was the author of a letter which was one of the three documents connected with the conviction of Dreyfus. PROO @O O) POOEOOPOOEO ® ® G Copyrighted, 1898, by © The arrest of Colonel Henry and the confession that he wrote the letter containing the famous reference to “That canaille D—" ro._ vives Interest in the Dreyfus-Zola case. In fact, the excitement and feeling engendered by the trial of Zola had not yet died down throughout France. The following from the London Speaker treats of the situation as it was before the sensational arrest of Henry: “The Dreyfus-Zola. terhazy embroglio continues to exhibit fresh developments. M. Zola's appeal against his conviction by the Paris Police Court for libeling the handwriting experts has resulted in an increase of his penalty, and the decisions of the Court of Cassation as to the connection of his defense and the Dreyfus case is, so far as it goes, adverse to his claim to widen the issues in his own case. .And the opinion of the French prosecutor that there is no ground for the prosecution of Major Esterhazy and Mlle. Pays for forgery of documents and subornation of forgery is still a graver check. - This opinion conflicts with the views of M. Bertulus, the juge d'in- struction who conducted thelr examinations. The proceedings have brought on the scene one Christian Esterhazy, a cousin of the major, who declares that he himself both arranged the interview with the veiled lady and secured the collaberation of M. du Paty de Clam in the maneuvers intended to divert suspicion from Isterhazy to Dreyfus—all of which is invaluable material for the advocates of a new trial” [oXolooXoRaoola) PEEOEEHOE ® PEEOOROOOONEEOOO® COPOOPOPOEOPOVNOOOOOOOOOEOOOPHEOOOPOOOEOOOEE OO OO OO O i R T J o R OROROXORORORSROROXCROROROROXO) California | ISLAND OF TUTUILA MAY BECOME OURS Plan to Divide the Sa-~ moan Group. EFFECT OF MALIETOA’SDEATH PRESENT GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO BE ABOLISEED. Has Been Unsatisfactory From the Start, and the Three Nations ‘Would Welcome a Change. ) Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—The State Department has not yet been officially advised of the reported death of King | Malfetoa of Samoa. and in all lkeli- hood must remain in official ignorance of the event for some time to come, ow- ing to the slow gneans of communi- cation at the disposal of the depart- ment. It is the general impression here that the death of the King will | result in the overthrow of the present form of government of the islands, maintained as it is by the joint action of the United States, Great Brit- ain and Germany. Official reports to the State Department show that this Government is the most expensive and unsatisfactory of any in the world, having regard to the population of the Samoan group. In the capital eity, Apia, there is maintained a tripartite municipal government at vast propor- tional expense, while the reports show that thirty-two rate payers are obliged to bear the entire cost. For years the existing arrangement for the government of the Samoan group has been satisfactory to none of the three governments, yet it has been | continued for the reason that nothing better could be suggested that would be acceptable to the nations. There are now indications that at least one of the parties is coming around to what was a favorite plan of settlement of the State Department, namely, a disruption of the present tripartite government and an absolute division of the islands of the group between the United States, Great Britain and Ger- many. The particular object of our Govern- | ment has been to retain possession of | a coaling or a full naval station In the | iglands, so as to afford a base for naval | operations in the vicinity of Austra-| lasia, as well as to insure an open port for our steamers on the long voyage from San Francisco to Australia. | The United States now hold title to some ground for a coaling station at Pago Pago, on the island of Tutuila. This island is the least in size of any of the group, but it is large enough 10 support a naval station, so it has been the plan of the State Department to acquire it as a whole in the event of the dissolution of the tripartite agree- ment. Basing the division of the existing interests of the three nations, Ger- many, holding the largest interest, would take the island second in size, possessing the capital, Apia, while Great Britain would secure the largest of the group, but the second In com- mercial Importance. It is probable that among the first duties falling to Mr. Hay when he ae- sumes the office of Secretary of Stata will be the consideration of som: plan to tide over the crisis expecrel to ful- low the death of the King. TREATY OF BERLIN MUST BE OBSERVED Samoan Natives Will Elect the Suc- cessor of the Late King Malietoa. NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—The Herald's ‘Washington correspondent telegraphs: The President has notified the German Government that the United States will expect ne interference with the natives | in Samoa in exercising their right and | privilege to elect a s. “cessor fo the late King, Malietoa Laupepa. When in- formation was received showing that it was impossible for the King to live any length of time, the German Em- bassador here, in accordance with in- structions from Berlin, addressed a communication to the State Depart- ment, asking what action would be taken by the United States in estab- lishing a ruler of the Samoan Islands in the event of Malietoa’s death. The inquiry was only recently answered by Secretary Day, who discussed it with the President. 1 was told to-day on good authority that the Secretary informed the Em- bassador that the President fully ex- pected that the provisions of the treaty of 1889, signed bv representatives of the United States, Great Britain and Ger- many, would be carried out. It is the contention of the administration that the treaty was framed especially to meet the contingency which now ex- jsts, and that there ought to be no question between the three signatory powers as to the programme to be adopted now in view of Malietoa’s death. Instructions have been sent to Consul General Osborne, setting forth the po- sition assumed by this Government and directing him to sharply watch the situation. No action has been taken yet by this Government looking to the dispatch of a warship to Samoa, but it is be- lieved that it may be necessary to do this. A vessel either from Rear Ad- miral Dewey’s squadron or from the Pacific Coast will be ordered to Sa- moan waters. &uch action will be merely precautionary and will be in- dicative of the purpose of this Govern- ment to, have the terms of the Berlin treaty carried out. ALL DUE TO COURTESY. Why Spain Withholds the Names of Her Peace Commission. fal cable to The Call and the N Spe;!.‘:n‘c(t eC«er‘hted, 1898, by ,.y.,;:. ?)‘gr‘f don Béennett. MADRID, Aug. 30.—The Government here absolutely refuses to give the names of the Spanish Peace Commissioners, saying diplomatic courtesy necessitates that gba ministers at Washington and Paris should receive the news first. BERRBBRER WILHELMINA, HOLLAND’S GIRL QUEEN. HE HAGUE, Aug. 30.—The Queen Regent of Holland, in a proclamation just is- sued, upon the occasion of the end of her regency, her daughter, Queen Wilhel- mina, coming of age to-morrow, expresses warm pieastre at seeing the whole nation ¢ ranged- jdyously around the throne of the young Queen,” thanks God that her dearest wish has been heard and, after thanking the people for their loving and faithful support of herself, invokes God’s blessing upon the youthful sovereign, and concludes: “May our country become great in everything in which a small nation can be great.” ERENANRRL L HENRRLERRRLELHURRRLIIIIIIRRIIIIIIRIRIIIIEISS 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. b bl * Ed b 8 £ 3 8 £ e e AGUINALDO @PPEALS TO THE FOREIGN POWERS ignores the United States and Asks That the Republic of the Philippines Be Granted [+] NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—A Sun cablegraf from Manila says: © sued a memorial address to all foréign powers, reciting the fact that the Filipinos have formed a govern- © ment under the constitution adopted on June 23. [+ He adds that the Filipino forces have since carried on a campaign of liberty, have taken forty prov- © inces and have reduced Manila. They have 9000 prisoners. . o Peace and tranquillity prevail in the conquered provinces, and there is no resistance to Aguinaldo’s © authority. The campaign, the memorial says, was conducted with due regard to the rules of civilized ‘warfare. ¢ g He asks for recognition of the Independence of the Philippines republic, or, failing in that, to grant © the Filipinos belligerent rights. [+ The United States is not mentioned in the memorial. [+] LONDON, Aug. 3L.—A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Manila, dated August 27, says: [+] “All the outskirts of Manila are in a state of complete anarchy. The insurgents are hunting and pil- © laging the Spaniards, while the natives generally are sacking villages, robbing vehicles and stealing © horses.” [+] 00000000000000000C00C000000000000C000000000000000000000 Recognition. Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, has is- 00000000C000000000 RUSSIA AND CHINA IN A SECRET PACT Terms of the Treaty Just Divulged. N AN OFFENSIVE ALLIANCE IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES ARE GRANTED TO RUSSIA. China to Be Aided in the Improve- ment of Her Resources and to Be Afforded Protec~ tion. Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 30.—Advices from Shanghat by the steamer Empress of China, which arrived this evening, say the terms of the secret treaty be- tween Russiz and Chlnni. whick has been In existence for some years past, are at length divulged. If the information be correct, this treaty is nothing less than an offen- sive alllance between the two powers. China undertakes to regard Russia as having a preponderating influence in all questions of commercial internal policy and Russia will support China against the demands of door.” Russia finances China in internal de- velopment. China permits Russia pref- erential rates in certain areas, and railways built in the joint interests of the two countries will be under the practical control of Russia. Russia assists China in the develop- ment of her land and naval forces. China co-operates as an ally. The treaty has been in abeyance since Li Hung Chang visited the Czar. That it has become operative at this moment in respect of the Peking- Hankcw concession and Newchaug ex- tension is significant. PREPARING A ROUSING WELCOME FOR GAGE Los Angeles Republicans Will Outdo All Former Efforts When Their Standard-Bearer Arrives. LOS ANGELES, Aug. ®.—When Henry T. Gage, the man who has been selected to lead the Republican party of California to victory next November, arrives home Baturday he will be honored by the warmest welcome ever given a dis- tinguished citizen of this city. All ar- rangements are now completed for his re- <eption at the train, whers 2e wili be met | “the open: 0000000060000 0060000 GARCIA IN DISGRACE. Relteved of His Command by General Gomez. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. _Copyrighted, 189, by James Gordon Bennett. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 30.— Garcla has been relieved of his command by General Gomez, acting under instructions from the Provi- visional Government. This is owing to disapproval of his actions during the Shafter lacident and to the fact that Garcia is persona non grata to the American Government. At the commencement of the war the Cuban officers were ordered to put_ themselves under the orders of the American commanders, and the letter of Garcia to Shafter is looked upon as a breach of discipline. His resignation is not accepted but he is relieved of his command. General Rodriguez, commanding in the East under Gomez, will suc- ceed him. 0009000000000006000000000060065 0o 9009000000000 000090000000066606 | | | by a committee of prominent citizens rep- resenting the following Republican clubs of this city: Los Angeles County Re- publican Club, Army and Navy League, Young Business Men's Republican Club, Columbia Club and the Young Men's Re- publican League. A commlittee has been appointed to se- cure the proper decorations on the busi- ness houses, and the committee invites the merchants, Irrespective of political affiliations, to display the American flag ALGER HINTS THAT MILES 15 INSANE Preparations 'Making for Investigation. WAR OFFICIALS EXERCISED THE SECRETARY ADMITS THE “SECRET” DISPATCH. If the General Made the Statements Attributed to Him He ‘Will Be Court- Martialed. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—The Herald's ‘Washington correspondent sends the following: “I cannot believe General Miles made the statements attributed to him by the correspondent from FPorto Rico. He could not have made them and been sane at the same time.” This statement was made to me to- day by Secretary Alger touching the al- leged arraignment of himself and Adju- tant General Corbin by General Miles in connection with the suppression of parts of certain dispatches and the con- cealment of other dispatches. The pub- lication of the story to-day has been almost the one topic of conversation in the War Department, but Secretary Alger refused at present 10 regard the matter seriously. ‘When his attention was called more - closely to the charges alleged to have been made by General Miles, he said: “‘General Miles perfectly understood when he left Washington that he was not to supersede General Shafter and he so stated in an interview sent from ‘Washington City to the New York Her- ald.” Secretary Alger pointed out the sofa on which General Miles sat when the understanding was reached as to the . purpose of his going to Santiago. “Did General Miles know that e dispatch had been sent to Gene; Shat- ter, saying that Miles was to su- persede him?” I asked. “He did not,” the Secretary replied. “He had sailed, but he perfectly under- stood it from our conversation and from his own understanding as to the situation as given by himself to the Herald. In view of the fact that Gen- eral Shafter was selected lary ly be- cause he was recommended by General Miles, and in view of the fact that Porto Rico was to be the objasctive point of General Miles when he started, I say I cannot conceive how General Miles could bave made the statements imputed to him and been sane at the same time.” “Will General Miles be court-mar- tialea?” Just then Secretary Alger told his private secretary to get the papers to- gether relating to the controversy and said he wanted the statements in the Herald also, “which proved indisput- ably,” he said, “that there was no thought in the mind of General Miles superseding General Shafter.” ““Will General Miles be court-mar- tialed?” I asked again. “If General Miles made these state- ments,” answered the Secretary, “it was unmilitary and proper action will be taken. I do not, however, care to ahticipate events until his acts are offi- clally presented.” Secretary Alger would not believe that General Miles ever gave out the dispatches or gave the interviews. “Of course,” he said, “he might. have beén drawn into imprudent speech, just as men traveling together on a Pull- man car will often talk to strangers about their most personal matters. | There’s nothing that makes one so confidential as traveling together. In this light, after some compliment or other from the correspondent, General Miles may have said something which he did not intend for print.” GENERAL MILES WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.— When General Miles returns to Washington he will be asked for an explanation of interviews lately appearing and the publication of certain dispatches which the War Department had not made public. Whether the investigation will take the form of a military court of inquiry or of a private interview be- tween the President, the Secretary of ‘War and General Miles remains still to be seen. Until the arrival of Gen- eral Miles, the War Department will not discuss the matter. Secretary Alger says the department will not enter into any controversy with its subordinates, and he does not propose to discuss matters affecting General Miles during his absence. The department is of the opinion that Gen- eral Miles made public the dispatches of the Secretary, Gemeral Shafter and himself, published this morning. Such action it regards as a breach of mili- tary regulations, but no military court can secure proof that General Miles made public the dispatches if he and the person to whom they were fur- nished refuse to give the Information, as several military trials have made it settled law that no military court can compel a civilian to testify if he does not desire to. General Miles also may be called to account for the interviews with him, as, unless disavowed, they would place him in the attitude of crit- icizing his superior officers and subject him to military discipline. The publication of the dispatches to- day, taken together with previous in- terviews in the Kansas City Star, were the topic of conversation among officers of the War Department and already there is a disposition by some to take sides in the matter, while others deplore the conditions as tending to lower the tone of the army and to do irreparable injury to the service. It is expected the controversy will extend to both houses of Congress, and it is feared it will have an adverse ef- fect upon legislation which will be asked for to better the army. It is generally understood that the regular force will have to be largely increased, at least until the conquered islands are and national colors Fro(usely on Satur- day, and to close their places of business between the hours of 1 and 3 in the after- noon in honor of the home coming of the favorite son of the sunny south, the next fGovernor of Talifornia. disposed of, and it is feared that legis- lation in this direction will be hampered by the controversy between the Secre- tary of War and the general i» com- mand of the army. l