The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1898, Page 1

1 NS Faper not | to be taken from the Library.+++« The all VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 138. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1898—THIRTY-TWO PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS VICTORIA NOW |ALL HINGES MOST ANXIOUS | ON THE REPORT 10 ABDICATE. OF MARCHAND Desires to Yield the|Great Britain, France| Throne to Wales. and Fashoda. BUT THE PRINCE REFUSES VERY SITUATION GRAVE! | | By | NOT WILLING TO RULE WHILE | IL. NEVER HIS MOTHER LI ‘ENGLISHMEN WILu ABANDON THEIR CLAIMS. Weighty Reasons Concerning Pos- sible Complications With France Induce the Queen to Retain Her Crown. On the Other Hand the Paris Press Is Shouting for an Alliance With the Abys~ sinians. Spectal Dispatch to The Call 1898, ted, by the Associated Press. | Copy NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—The Mail and | 15.—The week opened | | LONDON, Oct Express prints the following special | . n ominous rattling of sabers over cable from London Apparently well- with the rumblings | founded reports of grave Imports volcano In Paris. with regard to Queen Victoria rising out of the ques- reached me. ~The death of the Queen 1t Britain and France imark following so closely on the zht of occupation of Fash- assassination of the Empr of Au is extremely grave. Everything tria had a v her Majesty. ssing effect fact that it ¢ to take m 3 he nature of the report of d, the French com- O CN e CNH. 060 thought ne shoda, which is on its| ous precautions against possi way from Khartoum to Paris. archist plots, as cablad to tw The evacuation of Fashoda by the weeks ago, has also gr Th nch 1st, however, take place if | ar between Great Britain and France | is to be averted, as the Marquis of Salisbury has nailed his colors to the mast and cannot recede from the posi- tion he has taken up, and in which he received the unanimous support of the | country. The Speaker, the organ of the Liberal party, refers plainly this week tu ine impossibility of relinquishing the Brit- ish claims, and points out that if it comes to war it will not be merely for Fashoda, but for the maintenance of t Britain’s place in the world, plus undoubted rights. The Speaker adds: “If we abandoned our claims Englishmen would not only luse the re- spect of others, but would lose their own self-respect, and English state manship wouid be dragged in the mire.” These emphatic decla the English press and public ready had a certain influence across the chanrel, and the inspired state- ments of the French press belittie the importance of Fashoda and shift the ground to an undefined claim upon the her. effect has b ult of all en ¢ the Prir of her des the step t con- ssured much pride gn as any 1 that all his the ar ereater out to the affairs in sibilities that the might at any time break in that country's rela- th England. at Britain to change rulers | now, especially when it is known the fine n's intense desire for peace has | Province of Bahr-Eil-Ghazal and a port one of the strongest factors in |2 the Nile. S The mouthpiece of the French For- avoiding hostilities on more than one | ejgn Office is preparing France for the occasion in recent-wears, wight bring | abandonment of Fashode by asserting with ¥'rince which would other- | that Major Marchand overshot his goal be avoided. Reluciantly the|and that instead of going to Fashoda {elded for a time. She is still | he ought to have stopped at the con- seriously contemplating a re- | fllénce of the Bahr-El-Ghazal. Many iy 5 | British publicists, however, scout the al of the argument. : idea that France will be permitted to terday’s and to-day's develop- | install herself on the Bahr-El-Ghazal, s in Paris, however, add such|which is described as the “‘paying reef” E gth to the Prince’s position that|of the Soudan. All the rest of the re- it is probable Queen Victoria will give | conquered territory, as far as Fashoda, g iher plan: |is comparatively valueless, being | mostly desert ground, which cannot be made to pay for many years to come. | But the Bahr-El-Ghazal territory is | thickly populated and has magnificent | trade prospects. During the Governor- | ship of the late General Gordon, Bahr- | El-Ghazal had immense exports of | ivory, grain, beeswax, skins, etc., while |it contained whole forests of arrow GOT MORE THAN TRAVEL RATIONS NGTON, Oct. 15.—Surgeon berg sent the following to n to Investigate the War root. Besides the cotton grown there Departme It relates to a statement | surpasses the Egyptian product. | made by Major Seaman, who testified| The Chauvinist Paris papers are de- | nouncing Great Britain and doing their utmost to excite French feeling in the matter. Other French papers are making bitter complaints against Rus- sia’s inactivity. The Gaulois declares the time has ar- | rived for Russia to repay ,the service which France lent her in the Far East | by helping France against Great Brit- ain, while the Patrie, after declaring they had been betrayed by the Brisson Cabinet, demands the Gespatch of an Embassador to King Menelik of Abyssinia ‘“for the purpose of seeking an alliance with his 300,000 valiant, | faithful warriors, who will co-operate | with us in the event of hostilities at Fashoda.” The moderate thinking section of the French press is earnestly urging a peaceful arrangemen® of the affair. These papers candidly admit that France is no match for- Great Britain in the event of war. There has been a great deal of talk about the possibility of war with ‘Franre and various preparations upon ‘(he part of the British are reported to | have been made. For instance, it is | announced that a leading small arms RiOT AND A DEATH | ek whetner i was preparedts tirs AT CAMP SHIPP| out a thousand magazine rifies weekly. The significance of this will be appre- ANNISTON, Ala., Oct. 15.—At 2 o’clock | clated when it is pointed out that the this morning a number of volunteers and | Britlsh Government works alone are regulars from Cemp Shipp became In- | capable of turning out four thousand volved in a free fight and pe | magazine rifles weekly. HY Ty 1 8 rlot ensued. | T g also rumored that war insur- efore the cc 1 yesterda t P published b ed nothing by my for his convalescents on the Obdam pended on the Red Cross S and National War Rellef Ass; their food. Major Bradley just sent me th copy Of receipt given to him be Obdam started. Yours very D. M Major and Surgeon, The receipt shows that Major ¥ bottles whisky, four ba rels ginger ale, one box cornstarch, one barrel Jjellies, four boxes condensed milk, two boxes clam broth, two boxes ers, two boxes lemons, two | feet jelly, two boxes | sixty pounds arrowroot, one quibbs mixtures, two bottles bismuth subgallat The Tennessee Vol P ro- | vost guard was summoned. Ona of the | @nces have been affected at Lloyd's guards, whose name has not been | during the last few days, but they ap- learned, fired a shot from his Springfield. | pear to have been more in the charac- 4 bullet crashed through the brain of | ter of bets than trading. Bergeant Heiz, Company F, Second In- | n the Paris fantry (regular), killing him instantly, It e o, meee on. hen cut off the thumb of Corpc t| tions the Speaker says: “It is clear Y0y of the same company worerarcon” | there will be mo abatement of the It next shattered the of Private A. | American minimum demands. President R. Diffin, Company C, Third Tennessee, | McKinley's speeches, indeed, Indicate and finally lodged In the shoulder of Pri-| that those demands are likely to be. vate Oliver Shepherd, Company ¥, Sec-|come more rather than less extensive. His reference to new responsibilities and his deprecation of the charge of miligarism can only refer to the Philip- pine Islands, where alone responsibili- ties of @ new order await the American nation, and the President’s speeches in- dicate the intention of assuming them fully.” Axdrow Carnegle has written a letter to the Spectator protesting against its statement that the late Thomas F. Bayard had the honorable distinction, “rare among American politicians,” of dying a poor man. Mr. Carnegie classes this remark as bitterly unjust, and he points out that Mr. Bayard was well- to-do when compared with the major- ity of the Presidents of the republic. He adds: “The reason why the most ambitious public men do not seek wealth is that it 1s fatal before a nomi- nating convention. No candidate for the Presidency would be thought of who had a large income. There is no record of honest poverty among the | prominent politicians of any country comparable with that of the great re- public.” Thirty Tons of Fish in a Day. VANCOUVER, B.C., Oct. 15.—The tug New England, belonging to_ the New England Fish Company of Boston, has arrived in port with a cargo of thirty tons of fish, which was caught in less than one dav by twenty flshermen. i Infantry. ieiz went through the Santiago cam- i and was promoted from private to nt for bravery » up San Juan hill. R ot R R SRR R SR S R Y COMING TO THE PACIFIC COAST President MoKinley Intends to Make a Western Trip Next Year. shown in the ¢ KANSAS CITY, Oct. 15 — Mayor Jones returned to-day from St. Louis, where he took part in the celebration of Presi- dent McKinlev's visit. “The President told me,” said Mayor Jones “that he intends to make a trip to the Pacific Coast in June or September next year and will then stop in Kansas City.” i ¢ + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + 4 + + & + + A b SR R I S S Y NS P U 44+ 44444444 o4 b s e Fr c @ ¢ ¢ € © < ~ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ © CCovCvLe Loy w oLl Orveceeoovv ooy Corclccora mm G \f‘h\vrm\ - Examiner Editorial---October 15.---“They know they cannot steal the people’s money so long as he (Phelan) is on guard.” Widber---“Anybody can steal the people’s money when the ‘hefting’ Mayor is on guard.” SPAIN MAKES DESPERATE STRUGGLES Trying to Get Rid of Cuban Debt. ALSO WANTS PHILIPPINES BUT UNCLE SAM WILL RETAIN FRUITS OF VICTORY. From Now On the American Commis- sion Will Prevent Haggling and Be Most Per- emptory. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: Spain is making a desperate struggle to retain the Philippines and obtain the assumption of the Cuban debt by the United States in exchange for Cuba. While no advices have yet been received from Chairman Day re- garding the work of the Peace Commis- sion at its sessions yesterday. it is the understanding of the department offi- clals the subject of the disposition, control and government of the Philip- pines was under consideration, but from the fact that Mr. Day had not ad- vised the department of the work done it is only too evident that no agree- ment was reached either with respect to those islands or as to the independ- ence of Cuba and the cession of Porto Rico and Guam to the United States. There s reason to believe from now on that the tone of the American com- mission will be more peremptory in character, it being the intention of the officials not to permit the Spanish Commissioners to haggle and procras- tinate as they have been doing. I was informed to-day by a high of- ficlal of the administration that the Spanish Commissioners are making every effort to secure the assumption of the Cuban debt by the American Government in exchange for the island, or its guarantee in some way when the island is given its independence. “The truth of the matter is,” sald an official, *‘that Spaiu wants us to buy Cuba. After conquering her she wants the fruits of the victory. She will not get them. The Cuban debt will not be assumed by this Government in any way, and Spain has been told so.” What.is true of the Cuban debt is also true of the Philippine debt. 1In the first place, Spain objects to the cession of any territory in the Philip- pines to the United States, and she be- lieves that under the terms of the pro- tocol this Government should withdraw upon the signing of the treaty of peace. Such a proposition has not been con- sidered for a moment by the American representatives, who have submitted their demand for the cession of the isl- and of Luzon to the United States. HOW MADRID VIEWS THE PROCEEOINGS MADRID, Oct. 15.—The semi-official Correspondencia attaches much impor- tance to yesterday's meeting of the peace commissions. It says It believes that besides discussing the Cuban debt and the evacuation of Cuba, the Phil- ippine question was under discussion, which this paper claims to regard as incredible, as “all unpre'udiced people must think that, after the signature of the protocol, the rights and sovereignty of Spain would be unquestioned.” Continuing, the Correspondencia says: “The Americans are uncompro- mising and disposed to only yleld on points of unimportant detall. They are not disposed to agree to arbitra- tion, while Spain is willing to accept Russia or Germany. The public is anxious, but we cannot immedlately re- assure it, the telegraph not being, un- der the present circumstances, the best means of information.” Pacific Coast Pensions. WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Pensions have been granted as follows: Levi Boswell, ncrease— California — Original Stockton, Reissue and 1 George F. ond, Gardena, $6 to $12. Oregon—0; : 'George M. Graves, in, , 36, .-finmn—-lnenwx Abraham Dillon, Ritzvllle, $8 to $17. IGUNALDD D HS ADHSERS REMAI LT Awaiting Resultof the Paris Conference. IDLE TALK OF RIVAL LEADERS NO DANGER OF AN ATTACK ON AMERICANS BY FILIPINOS. Most Strenuous Efforts Being Made to Improve the BSanitary Con- ditions of the City of Manila. BY SOL N. SHERIDAN. e e capyriEnted. 19 by James Gor: don Bemnett. MANILA, Oct. 15.—All things here are walting upon the result of the Paris conference. Aguinaldo and his advisers continue quietly at Malolos, although there has been some idle talk among the Filipino soldiers about the purpose of the insurgent leaders to at- tack Americans. American officials know perfectly well that the rebels are no more desirous of committing an overt act than Major General Otis is to precipitate trouble. If a clash comes before the Peace Commission concludes its labors it will be due to an indiscre- tion of some native leader opposed to Aguinaldo’s faction and deflant of the Malolos government. . Luzon is filled with factions, each lit- | tle leader fancying himself a great gen- eral and each desirous of impressing the people with his prowess. This is the danger of the situation here. Sev- eral days ago Provost Marshal Hughes appointed Domingo Pacheco, a Span- iard, as administrator of the rich estate of the leper hospital, a public institu- tion with a self-sustaining endowment. The next day placards in Tagallo were posted, calling upon Filipinos to arrest Pacheco, fatten him, and when he had grown fat he should be skinned and his flesh fed to dogs. Pacheco’s offense was collecting rents for the support of lepers. His life is safe, but this inci- dent shows the disposition of some of the native party. Aguinaldo’s people are not respon- sible for this, for he controls only a small faction. The sickness among the American troops continues, but the percentage of deaths is decreasing. Most strenuous efforts are being made to improve the sanitary condition of the city. Smallpox is now entirely un- der contral. There were no new cases this week. All five men in the pest- house will probably recover. The First California has established special sick quarters at Ermita, where even those men slightly ailing are taken for treatment. Neither the Cali- ornia troops nor the Astor Battery ave any men alarmingly ill in those quarters or the division hospital, al- though both organizations have. large sick lists. Daniel Pryibil of the Astor Battery died of dysentery Wednesday. Most of the Americans have concluded that they are booked for an indefinite stay and are making themselves as comfortable as conditions permit. Many officers have their wives here and more have been sent for. The great need at the present time is more women nurses for the boys in the hos- pital. Women can give the sympathy that many a homesick lad needs to enable him to regain his strength. The complaint of the irregularity of mails from home continues. Americans not unreasonably hold the opinion that the Government should get mails here more frequently and at regular in- tervals. MENELIK HAS SCME TROUBLE AT HOME Revolt of Ras Mangascia Said to Have Been Engineered by the British. PARIS, Oct. 15.—Advices from Djiboutil say it is pelieved that the revolt of Ras Mangascia, the. most important of th, fimulltmn chiefs, was engineered by zh: 5] King lafl'o;d‘l,; is und‘;‘ 40,000 troops, comman Ras nnen, t down the insurrection, and as Ras 1 gascla has only 10,000 troops at his com- mand it is expected that the revolt will be easily quelled, despite British MOHEGAN WENT DOWN WITHIN FIVE MINUTES Rapidly Sank After Striking Rocks. ONLY FORTY-FIVE ESCAPED REMAINDER OF THE 161 PER- SONS ABOARD MET DEATH. Executive Officers Perish at Their Posts in Directing the Efforts to Rescue the Pase sengers. Special Dispatch to The Call FALMOUTH, Oct. 15—From the best evidence obtainable at St. Keverine, it apvears that the Mohegan, which went ashore near the Lizard last night, foun- dered five minutes after she struck the rocks. She was going at full speed; she struck twice, stopped and rapidly settled into the water. As the captain and the executive officers of the steam- er went down with her, it has been im- possible thus far to ascertain how she got out of her course, as the Falmouth light and the coast were visible. Out of the 161 persons on board, 45 escaped. Up to a late hour to-night thirty bodies have been washed ashore at dif- ferent points. A southerly wind is now blowing, and it is expected that the bodies of many more victims will be recovered before to-morrow. An inquest will be held on Monday. | The survivors, without exception. speak In the highest terms of the devo- tion, heroism and coolness displayed by the officers and crew of the ill-fated steamer, and declare that all were in- stantly at their posts when it was known that she had struck. The perilous position of the ship was noticed on shore and a warning rocket was sent up, but it was too late then to avoid the catastrophe, which oc- curred so suddenly that there was not sufficient time to get all the life-saving apparatus out of the ship. The terror of the scene was indes- cribable—men jumped overboard in an agony of despair and the women pas- sengers huddled together and refused to leave the deck. The officers remained on the bridge to the last and many in- stances of sacrifices are recorded. Members of the crew are known to have stood by and watched the boats launched and put off when it was ap- parent that these were the only means by which their own lives could be saved. A lifeboat with a load of forty pas- sengers on its way to the shore passed many who were battling for their lives in the water whom it was impossible to save. The villagers, headed by the vicar and coast guard, stocd on the shore and cheered the boat. When the Iifeboat entered the little cove the fishernen waded into the sea to help drag the little boat upon the beach and tenderly car- ried the exhausted survivors to their homes, which had been already pre- pared for their reception, and the vicar attended the injured. The lifeboat was again launched and put out for the wreck, on its outward Journey picking up three survivors. The trip to the wreck was fruitless so far as taking any one from the vessel was concerned, but on its w back to the shore sixteen other survivors were taken from the water. This was just before daybreak. Among the incidents recited is the escape of the Pembertons. Pemberton jumped into a lifeboat, his wife threw him their two children, then she leaped into the boat herself and thus the whole family was saved. The bodies of six persons, four males and two females, have been picked up and landed here. —— VILLAGERS CARE FOK RESCUED AND THE DFAD ST. KEVERINE, Oct. 15.—In the lower end of the church here lie fifteen bodies, among them those of four wo- men and one twelve-year-old girl. The bodies are laid out reverently. The faces of the victims present a sad sight, showing how rudely the waves and rocks played with their features. The whole village and neighborhood are alive with excitement, and knots of men linger about, talking with the rescued members of the crew. It is exceedingly difiicult to trace the events of the disaster, but so far as can be ascertained, it seems that the weather was not thick, but that a strong southeast wind was blowing and there was a heavy ground swell on and a strong current running. Dinner was ready and Captain Griffiths was about to proceed to the saloon when a sudden crash made it apparent that the steam- er had gone ashore. The captain imme. diately went on deck, and the survivors say they saw him on the bridge doing all that lay in the power of a brave man to lessen the disaster. Authentic particulars of the evenix occurring after the ship struck are not yet obtainable. It seems, however, tha* one of the ship's boats, containing sev- eral women, got away safely, but was capsized. A number of its occupants were rescued by MNfeboats. Another boat with sixteen hands was picked up by a lifeboat and safely got ashore, and two or three other persons man- aged to reach land. ‘The rescued persons are receiving the greatest attention from the inhabitants, and the utmost kindness is being shown to the female passengers. PASSENGERS DINING WHEN STEAMER STRUCK FALMOUTH, Oct. 15.—One of the passengers rescued by the Port Hou- stock lifeboat says that all the pas- sengers were dining when the catas- trophe occurred, although some of the children and those who were sick were in their bunks. Suddenly the Mohe- gan struck with a grating noise. At first the engineers thought this was caused by coal falling down in the bunkers, but a second shock followed and the vessel began to settle. A coast guardsman, who was on duty at Coveract, says he noticed the Mohe- gan was pursuing a dangerous course. Wi Moore, a seaman of the Mo- »