The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1898, Page 1

to be taken fro the Library.*** This Paper not m + OLUME LX 2 0, 167 SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1898 PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUNORED DEATH OF DREYFLS Based on Mysterious Telegram. . PARISIANS BELIEVE REPORT FIRMNESS OF THE AMERICANS | GENERAL IDEA THAT THE PRIS- | ONER IS DEAD. All Requests of Mme. Dreyfus toSend Clothing to Her Husband or Communicate With Him Have Been Denied. Special Dispatch to The Call, PARIS, Nov. 13.—It is reported here this evening that Dreyfus is dead. The rumor is unde upon a mysterious telegram receiv from Colmar, capital of Upper Als signed by an unknown correspondent. So far as can be ascertained th s no official confirmation of the repor The father-in-law of Dreyf it. He says he has received excellen accounts from the Colon Office quite recently as to the pr health Despite these assur dark rumors afloat. In rious manner in which the lette Dreyfus, declaring that he d ce, lieve he is dead. | | A dispatch from Paris id that Mme. Dreyfus h that day at the office of t of the Colonies for perr her husband some war s return home. The reque ad lothing for st was re- sa At the same time, ac dispatch, the authorities r ter from her husband to the effe: having for five months addressed ap- for revision to ( Bois- -ffre (recently chief of staff the French army) without gettin Te- ply and being weary and exhausted by he would write no ny one else. mself as and dying and bequeathed to the “generosity of ; country the care of rehabilitating memory.” It appears that Mme. Dreyfus then n to telegraph her hus- n of the Court of Cas- as also refused. s through a friend, she appealed to President Faure with no better re- sult The dispatch said her counsel would bring the whole matter before the Court of Cassation. Careful inquiries made at Colmar this| evening show that nothing is known | there as to the death of Dreyfu It | is now believed that the telegram was | | | | neral De of a hoax. TOO MUCH REALISM IN PLAYING GRAND CPERA Tenor Stabs the Prima Donna—The | Actress Faints and the Curtain Is Rung Down. 5, Nov. 13.—At the course of the Tenor Century presenta- a from the | t ir- w T called for 3 Dr. The vived M retire to serfous. = | Will Make a Tour of the World. DENVER, Nov. 13.—After the expira- tion of his term as Governor in Janu next, Governor Adams will start on a tour around the world. He will visit first th Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, i veturn through India, Egypt 2 Mediterranean. tood to be based | m | to cor It ‘will not be decided until to-morrow | SPAIN SEES HER UTTER WEAKNESS Must Yield on Every Point. DETERMINED TO RETAIN THE PHILIPPINES. | ‘}Their Last Memorandum Regarded | as a Virtual Ultimatum—Cred- itors Watching the Ne- gotiations. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. 13.—Among onlookers here the i ion exists—though it is not the ny official statement { —that the Spanish Peace Commission- PARIS, Nov. American Commissioners It seems almost possible, also, the ign. n the pitiable pressure to which | the Spanish Commissioners are sub- jected between their large creditors, | who are on the spot watching them, the truggl ront and the State: | their Spaniards may abandon es and leave the two force: ach other. morning whether the next joint sessio: | The Spaniards, morning whether they need the day to prepare their next memorandum. It they want Monday the meeting will take place on Tuesday. Under the rules of procedure adopted at the con- ference, it is understood that the de- liberations may not be unexpectedly | concluded by either side. The statement is printed here this evening that the last memorandum from the Americ regarded by the Spaniards as a virtual ultimatum, but as a matter of fact the Americans have not presented an ultimatum, save as their treatment of the subject in hand may be unswervable. It is only since Wednesday last that the Spaniards have begun to feel that the Americans purpose taking over the Philippines and that, too, without any assumption of Spanish indebtedness. As they are now convinced of this, it may be that Spain’s next presentment In the con- ference will be the supreme rally of her diplomats’ argumentative and tactical forces. It may even mark the con- clusion of all she has to say, but if the rules of procedure are followed the Americans would still have another presentation to submit. Ever since October 1 it has been within the range of possibility that at any meeting an open rupture might oc- cur, and on one or two occasions it might have been easily a fact even be- | fore the taking up of the Philippine question. The boundaries of the field in which that question is being worked out are becoming more apparent and the angle of final settlement cannot be far off. If a treaty is to result here it may fairly be expected within three weeks, although it is not true—as re- ported from the United States to-day— that the Americans have instructions embodying a time limit for the conclu- sion of the conference. Judge Day has completely recovered. yaulois this morning says: “The tion of the Philippines for ve years by an international , from which every power may atually acquire them, is a rumor based on facts of which the Gaulois will to-morrow (Monday) give dtails.” Following this lead, the Gaulois and other papers will to-morrow announce the scheme somewhat on these lin A syndicate representing $400,000,000 | capital proposes to take over the com- mercial resources and advantages of the Philippines for a term of twenty- five years, paying to the dominant power therein $125,000,000 for the privi- lege. | Under the alleged terms of this cheme, the dominant power would ad- minister the political and military gov- | ers will not consent to a treaty which | could | n attitude of the United | to occur to-morrow or on Tuesday. | it has been arranged, | will inform the Americans to-morrow | ernment of the islands at its own ex- 1 Philippine question. | 7; | | | SAN FRANCISCOR RerubLican GRIN 'r'!/ \ § e /4600 | | mail service (which is now already be- gun), and the department congratulates itself on having these facilities, getting mails as they do twice a month to the main points in Alaska, instead of having no service at all in winter as heretofore. No extension of the service so far as to provide mail service anywhere north of the Yukon is contemplated. There is nothing in the possession of the postal officials to point to a large migra- tion to the Allankakat region, though if as many as perhaps 500 people settle to- gether in that section it is likely that after location is positively shown, ar- rangements to ship the malil there would be made. Otherwise any who may be up there will have to get their mails from the nearest point on the Yukon, along which the regular carrier travels, the point most probably being either Rampart or Tanana. The points at which the malls will be left on the Yukon route are Eagle, at the mouth of Mission Creek; Star, at the mouth of Forty-Mile Creek; Circle, on the Yukon, at the mouth of the Porcupine idver; Rampart, formerly called Minook; Tanana, opposite the mouth of the Tanana River; Koyukuk, at the mouth of the river of the same name; Anvik, at the mouth of the Alvill, and St. Michael. From Juneau to Tanana the mail serv- ice now in operation for the winter season is semi-monthly. From ‘tanana to St- Michael it is monthly. The department announces positively that no extensions of the service in Alaska will be made dur- ing the winter, and no service whatever so far is contemplated at either Fort Hamlin or Arctic City, inquiry as to which has been made, though sufficlent settlement may call for such action later on. JERRY SIMPSON’S DEFEAT. Sockless Statesman Says He Is Still in Politics. MEDICINE LODGE, Kans., Nov. 18.— DEMOCRATIC /7896 5 A REPUBLICAN /896 AND 898 7 CHANGED 70 REPUBLICAN “Bw - , i) GREAT REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE. This County Map of California Shows the Republican Gain of Fifteen (Probably Seventeen) Counties, While Lozsing Nene. i pense, under the apportionment named, while the syndicate would collect all customs and other revenues for the term specified. The scheme involves glving Spain $175,000,000 to satisfy any real or imag- inary claims she may make as to the territory. This feature is said to be based on the assumption that the United States will be the dominant power. The remaining $100,000,000 of this reputed syndicate would be pre- served as its working capital. The sponsor of the project is a Mr. Young, said to be a son of Brigham Young, and an attempt is apparently made to create the impression that the capital of $400,000,000 is already under- written. 1t is thought possible, however, if the alleged syndicate has an existence, that ‘Americans may have an opportunity glven them to join with it in holdings of large or small amounts. Whether it proves veritable or otherwise, friends of the United States here are asking if the announcement of the scheme is not intended to embarrass the Americans by an offer, real or ap- parent, of $400,000,000 for a limited time, for the use of which the Americans may desire to acquire in perpetuity for a sum relatively nil. Noe-officlal Americans in Paris put aside as unthinkable the assumption that the United States would farm its burdens or its advantages, if any, in the Philippines, which, if acquired, will be taken over as indemnity attending the discharge of high responsibilites. In any event, the Amercan Commis- sioners will doubtless ask whether the announcement is timed to serve the ends of the syndicate or to hinder the efforts of Judge Day and his assoclates to affect an amicable adjustment of the TERRIBLE DEATH OF MRS. MARIE PREAY, WHOSE BODY WAS BURNED TO d CRISP Neighbors dttracted by Her Heartrending Screams Rushed to Her Rescue, but Could Do OAKLAND, Nov. 13. could do nothine for her. In the timely taking off. friends at San Leandro, the other At about 1:90 o’clock this aft, She was kindling the fire, her condition—for she was about her' beautiful hair was ablaze and deadly mission. tell him how it happened. dying woman’s bedside. be alleviated by them. Antonio was half crazed with San Jose. f=3=g=g=3ugegegeagegeetugotoduteetoR R uFaagegesel 6 306 108 06 306 0% 20K 308 308 308 50X 208 108 300 E QA til her little daughter cried out “Mamma, mamma, out on the front porch and screamed for help; al her cries, rushed to her assistance. the flesh was still sizzling when he carried her into the house, The nelghborhood is sparsely settled, Dr. Sill and another physician were summoned, Shortly after 4 o’'clock—after a delicate operation had been performed—the woman died with the corpse of a little one by her side. grief when he learned of his wife’s horrible death. ily, at least, he is a mental wreck. words of his neighbors could not soothe him, and temporar She and her husband were industrious folk, and Mrs. Preay was a native of Portugal, aged 25 years. owned their little home on Thirty-second street, where they have resided the past four mon! Nothing for Her. __Mrs. Marie Preay, the pretty young wife of Antonio Preay, was burned to death this afternoon at her home on Thirty-second street, near Fourteenth avenue. crisp and her agonizing screams were heartrending to the throes of death Mrs. It appears that her husband, together with one of the two child remaining with the mother. ernoon Mrs. when her light calico gown was ignited by a spark. Overcome with the seriousness of he rushed through the kitchen and hall and you are burning.” to become a mother again—sl her dark skin was burning. Unable to call for help any longer she fell to the floor, Quickly a blanket was procured and the flames were smothered, but and between groans she endeavored to but the few neighbors soon thronged to the few neighbors who rushed to her rescue, Preay related the circumstances that led to her un- Preay decided to prepare dinner for her returning loved ones.’ 11 the while the flames were consuming her raiment. A light breeze fanned the flames on their 206 10 106 206 06 10 366 306 6 J0K 306 10 206 08 30K 06 306306 300 06 306 08 306 06 06 0 XU XX RE KA X BX Her body was buraed to a but who little girls, was visiting This she did not notice un- Soon when Louis Fernandez, alarmed by but only the woman’s pains could Kind and condoling ths, coming from INSURGENT FORCE THREATENS ILOILO Filipinos Overrun Panay Island. MAY ATTACK THE CAPITAL INHABITANTS IN A STATE OF TERROR. Spanish Governor Rios cf the Vis- cayas Group Desires to Trans- fer Control to the Amer- jcan Officials. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. MANILA, Nov. 13.—The following ad- vices have been received from Iloilo, capital of Panay, one of the principal islands of the Viscayas group: The insurgents have occupied Linga- nis, Oton and Pavia, suburbs of Iloilo, and are daily expected to attack the town. The Spaniards have abandoned the mote and destroyed the connecting bridges. Business is paralyzed and the inhabi- tants are in a state of terror. The mercantile houses of all nationalities have signed a circular asking the com- mander of the United States cruiser Charleston to remain, as the Spanish authorities are incapable of affording them protection. Tt is reported also that the insurgents have taken the whole of the islands of Negros and Zezu of the Viscayas group. As the cable connections are cut, it is impossible to confirm this rumor. On November 6, General Rios, Span- ish Governor of the Viscayas, is said to have declared a seven days’ armistice in order to communicate with Madrid with a view of transferring control to the Americans. Major Bell has gone to Xoilo to as- certain the facts of the situation. The United States transport Scandia will leave to-morrow with sixty sick and discharged men. ALASKA GETS HER FIRST Semi-Monthly Trips to All Main Points—No Extension Likely for the Present. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—So far as the postal officials are advised there is no warrant for any extension of serviceinthe region about the Allankakat River north- ward. The Postoffice Department has had agents in the interior of Alaska reporting on the needs as well as the conditions of the service, and an inspector from the Raflway Mail Service is now en route there to go over the whole field this ‘winter. The Allankakat is practically unknown to the postal authorities. The winter plans for the postal service in the Yukon region are completed, and will consist of a twice a month service via Juneau, that is, the regular route through Dawson to Circle City to Weare, where the Tanana &lver joins the Yukon, and thence down e Yukon to St. Michael.. This is the time the Yukon has had a winter WINTER MAIL SERVICE| Congressman Jerry Simpson, who has just been defeated for re-election by Chester I. Long, denies the statement that he has | quit polit “I may not run for Con- Fress agal; said Congressman Simpson n an interview, “but I have not quit poli- tics by any means. I am still alive.” Of his ambitions after leaving the na- tional House, however, Mr. Simpson re- | fused to talk. BRAVERY RECEIVES ESPECIAL MENTION Captain of the Cruiser Brooklyn Sub- | mits Additional Names to the Department. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—A supple- mental report of Captain F. A. Cook of the cruiser Brooklyn, relative to officers deserving especial mention in the battle | of July 3, has been filed with the Navy | Department. It is as follows: UNITED STATES FLAGSHIP BROOKLYN. Sir: I request to supplement my report of the battle of July 3, and that it be filed with that report made on July 7. | The splendid and efficient work done in the engine and fire rooms was largely due to the zeal and intelligence of Passed A: tant En- gineer Carter, who went immediately to his station In the engine-rooms and was unremit- ting throughout the action in his efforts to get the best speed. He was ably assisted in the firerooms by Passed Assistant Engineer J. B. Patton and Assistant Engineer Fitzgerald. Naval Cadets U. S. Macy and J. H. Wood- ward were stationed at the battery and were cool and efficient in duty. Naval Cadet J. A. Hand was at the central station and conveyed all orders and Instruc- tions deliberately and well. " Naval Cadets J. W. L. Clements, R. W. Vin- cent, J. T. Bowers and C. W. Forman were stationed in the powder division and did ef- fective duty. Pay Clerk O. H. Hancock volunteered for a station and did excellent Work In the powder aivision. LS P LOST THEIR LIVES IN CONTROLLER BAY Man and Woman Drowned Through the Capsizing of a Small Boat. SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—The steamer Wol- cott, from Copper River, Alaska, brings news of the drowning of a young woman named Grossop and a man named Tanker- son in Controller Bay, October 5. They Wwere rowing from the mouth of the Chil- kat River to Kayak Island, and their boat capsized. The body of the woman was recovered. On it was found $11,000. She formerly lived in Minneapolis. 'With her sister she ran a dance hall on Controller ay. The steamer Dora arrived to-day from Cooks Inlet, Alaska, with about twenty passengers. Amo"fi them were Lieuten- ant Spurr, who, with a party of three, had been surveying the territory between the Kuskokwim and Sushitna Rivers. Lieu- tenant Spurr discovered a new range of mountains of several hundred miles in Jength, running from Lake Clark to the headwaters of the Tanana. The average ?ltltude of the range is from 7000 to 8000 eet. gty TRENTON’S SPEEDY rAYOR. At Least $150,000 Ahead of the Rubber Compary. TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 13.—Vice Chan- cellor Reed rendered a decision yesterday in which he holds that Mayor Frank A. Magown, as president of the Trenton Rub- ber Company, overdrew his accounts in that concern to the extent of at least $150,- 000. He also decides that Allen Magown, the ex-Mayor's father, and a director o the company, is clvilly responsible for $16,990 of the overdrafts, and that William P. 'Haycs, another director, is responsible to_the extent of $3600. Suit was instituted by Receiver Burd with_the idea of holding Allen Magown and Willlam P. Hayes responsible for the ex-Mayor's overdrafts, on the ground that they had been negligent in their duties as directors. The Vice Chancellor expressed himself to. agown's reckless JEALOUSY URGED HIM 10 MURDER Nickle Suspected His Wife. EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST CHILD DESCRIBES THE TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Mrs. Dale Shot Through the Heart After a Vain Attempt to Save Her Daughter’s Life. i Special Dispatch to The Call. PLACERVILLE, Nov. 13.—An in- quest was held to-day over the bodies of murdered Mrs. John Nickle and Mrs. Amanda Dale, and “Jack” Nickle, who committed suicide after he had taken the lives of his wife and her mother and wounded his own child. It was brought out that jealousy was the cause of the crime. There was but one eye wit- ness to the shooting—the eight-year-old daughter of Mrs. Dale. According to the child’s story, “Jack” Nickle and his wife, with their one- month-old child, were at the house of Mrs. Dale. Nickle had a Winchester rifle, with which he fired at his wife. The bullet cut the neck of the child and entered the breast of its mother. Mrs. Dale assisted the wounded wo- man to flee from the house to a place about 100 yards distant, where Mrs. Nickle fell dead. Mrs. Dale was continuing her flight in the direction of a neighboring ranch, where her husband was at work, when Nickle fired a bullet through her heart, killing her instantly. The murderer then coolly removed one of his shoes, placed the muzzie of his rifle to his heart and pulled the trigger with his toe. He fell dead ut the discharge of the gun. Beyond a statement as to what oe- curred at the time of the tragedy noth- ing could be learned from the child. She could not give a coherent reason for the murders and suicide, but enough has been learned to make it certain that Nickle was jealous of his wife and that he believed her stepfather was a rival for her affections. All of the principals to the tragedy had a tinge of Indian blood in their \.veins, but were industrious and of good repute.” WRECK AT STOCKTON. Freight Train Crashes Into the Oak- dale Combination Local. STOCKTON, Nov. 13.—A freight train from the north struck the Oakdale train as it was backing down the Weber- avenue track late this afternoon, and the passenger and combination coaches com- osing the latter were demolished. The reight was running at a high speed, and that a score of people were not killed was due to the fact that the passenger was merely backing into position. The freight struck the passenger coach squarely, knocking it several yards from the track. With it went the combination express and mail car. The freight locomotive was badly damaged. The train hands all escaped. iy A ogeent ZOLA IS NOT COMING. Cousin of the Famous Author Denies a Report. KANSAS CITY, Nov 13.—Edward Zola, a resident of this city, and a cousin of Emile Zola, the champion of Dreyfus, says that the report that the French au- thor is coming to this country shortly is untrue. Edward Zola, who is an exile from his country and who for four years past has been manager of the Kausas City Club, has received a letter from his distinguished cousin, in which Emile Zola states emphatically that he has no inten- tion of coming to the United States on a Jecture tour, as had been stated, or for any other purpose, at least for a time. — - Immune Captain Dies of Typhoid. LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 13.—Captain Peyton Randolph, one of the most promi- nent officers of the Seventh Volunteer Infantry (immunes), died to-day at a local hospital of typhoid fever. ~He was 25 vears of age and commanded Company ... e came from the famous old Randolph family of Virginia and was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. THE CHISPA A CRAFT OF NYSTERY Second Tragedy on the Yacht. NICK BERG FATALLY SHOT HIS ASSAILANT THE KEEPER OF THE VESSEL. Shooter Surrenders to a Sausalito Officer and Claims the Man He Wounded Was a Burglar. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAUSALITO, Nov. 13.—The vacht Chispa has become a craft of tragedies and mysteries. Less than two months ago Captain Brooks was murdered on the pretty little vessel, and his slayer has never been apprehended. To-night there was another shooting on the Chispa, and this, -too, is shrouded in mystery. The victim, Nick Berg, a man who was arrested within the past two weeks on a charge of burglary, but es- caped because of lack of proof, is so dangerously wounded that his physi- cians forbid him to even talk of the affair, and his story of the tragedy can- not be obtained to-night. People along the water front at about 9 o'clock to-night distinctly heard two shots in the direction of the Chispa. A Deputy Constable who was on the wharf at the time at once procured a boat and rowed out toward the yacht to investigate. When about half way out he met a boat rowed by Ike Elg, who has been in charge of the Chispa since the murder of Brooks. In the boat were Mrs. Elg and Nick Berg. the latter unconscious from a wound in the breast. Elg at once surrendered to the officer, saving that he shot Berg. Elg declares that he and his wife were in the hold of the yacht when they heard a burglar attempting to en- ter through the roof of the cabin. He got his revolver, and as soon as he got sight of the fellow fired two shots, one taking effect in the breast, just above the nipple. The wound is very serious, and the chances for the recovery of Berg are slight. Mrs. Elg’s story does not agree ex- actly with that of her husband. Tn fact, she does not appear to have alto- gether a clear idea of the tragedy. It is declared by men who were in a saloon on the water front that they heard the reports of the revolver very distinctly, and they are positive in the belief that if Elg fired from the hold of the vessel, as he claims to have done, they would not have heard the shots. They say that the reports sounded as though the revolver had been fired ia the open air, The officials have not yet reached a conclusion as to the cause of the trag- edy, and whether the story told by Elg is to believed. They are waiting for the victim to recover sufficiently to give a lucid account of what transpired aboard the tragedy craft. In the mean- time, Elg is being held in custody. CUBAN COMMISSION TO VISIT MKINLEY Coming to Lay Before the President the Wishes of Their Assembly. HAVANA, Nov. 13.—The five members of the special commission appolnted by the Cuban Assembly at Santa Cruz ael Sur last Thursday night to go to Wash- ton to present to President McKinley the wishes of the Assembly arrived to-day. They left Santa Cruz del Sur on Friday. A large number of Cubans were at the railroad station to receive them. The commission, which consists of Gen- eral Calixto_Garcia, its president; Manuel Sanguilly, Joe Miguel Gomez, Antonio Gonzales Lanuza and Jose Ramon Villa- lon, its secretary, will leave for the Uni- ted States on Wednesday by a Plant line steamer. There has been no exchange of notes be- tween the evacuation commissions to- day. The order of the city is maintained, and the patrol by the Spanish regulars contin= ues. RANDSBURG MEN GIVE @ WARNING TO DESPERADOES Fearing a Repetition of Incendiary Fires, They Serve Notice on Thugs to Leave Camp. All ex-convicts, of support, and bad with. By order of Dated November 10, 1898 In the past year Randsburg and there have cendlary origin. who would sfop at port. The citizens element, and the action that will be ing be ignored. diary conduct in using the funds of the company for his own personal benefit and says it is clear that Alien Xasown and l!y es ligent in their dealings, but the: held rufinllbls to the - from the time they knew the com- pany to be insolvent. 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