The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1898, Page 1

This P;'-xper ot to be taken from the Library.+ ¢+« The VOLUME - LXXXV,— ¥ O. 3. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 . PRICE FIVE CENT ASCENDED THE THRONE FIFTY VEARS AGO FrancisJoseph’s Long Reign. JUBILEE FETES IN AUSTRIA | OFFENDERS ARE| PARDONED. POLITICAL In Gaily Decorated Vienna Special Thanksgiving Services Are Held in the Garrison Church. tch to The Call. VIENN —Emperor Francis | Joseph to-day, upon the fiftieth anni- | accession to the throne, | neral order to, ng the soldie the army, a rs for their loyalty ghout his would ever ield and pro- nd fatherland. | ted to political | , and a number of | en gazetted. without distine- h articles ex- r as the in with the 1a grand reveille of all the regi- The city was with flags and the thronged = with peocpie g black and yellow or -ed and te favors and jubilee medals. The hduke attended a special thanks- ice in the garrison church. ribution of jubilee medals to 't ollowed. Services were aiso | celebrated in other churches, commem- orative meetings were held in the uni- versity schools and there was much re- joicing throughout the provin. eports from ail provincial towns of Austria show that the jubilee has been faithfully ob: which is also the ¢ throughout Hungary, where the v was celebrated as a general holi- ay with'fetes, processions and illumi- tions this evening. wor Francis Joseph has received tulatory telegrams from most of crowned heads and at all the Eu- s the jubilee has been embassadorial functions. n. 0ops £ of Vienna. The effects at the Rathaus the Commemoration Church are d. The Emperor’s bust or portrait everywhere figures. -alone and not as formerly, side by side with that of the Empress Elizabeth. . ‘This gives a note of sadness, which is ightened by the decorum demonstrations: usually noisy. Huge crowds are parading the Btre: is 'no shouting d ing, ‘the populace thus npathy with the Em- of of members. of v attended a Te Deum to-day at St. Hedwig’s Church In honor of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. sent Austrians veral were p E at given to the a reception in Berlin, at the Austro-Hungarian® Em- b Count von Szoegyeny-Maric the Austro-Hungarian Embassador, in the course of a bri di > the gendered in ¥ in ‘the Austric Thun Hohen h, alluded in- strian feeling en- rlin by the recent th Reichrath ' -of stein, th i ount { | the Ger- | | mier, to make rey man policy of expelling Austrians from Germany was continued. The Embas- sador id he felt especial satisfaction at his cognizance of the “treaty with a mighty empire which benefits Austria and the world and will endure forever.” WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A brilliant official and religious service commemo- rative of the fiftieth anniversary of Emperor Francis Joseph's accession to the throne of Austria was held at St. Matthew's . Church to-day. The cere- mony ~was under the auspices of the Austrian legation,.and in recognition of its' national character President Mec- Kinley and Secretary Hay Were present in behalf of the United States Govern- ,.-while the foreign Governments wére represented by the full strength of the diplomatic corps. The church was elaborately festooned for. the occasion, flowers and potted plants filling the chancel. As the offi- cial guests arrived they were met by the Austrian officials, Baron Reidl and Baron Paumgartten. in the stunning uniforms of the Austrian dragoons, and Dr. Thodorovich, representing the civil | EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH. T The fiftieth anniversary of the Austrian ruler’s accession to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was celebrated yesterday. The first picture represents him as he appearea when he was crowned in 1848, The second, as at the sian war. close of the Austro-Prus- The third, as at the present day, bereaved and beset with threatened troubles at home and abroad. branch of Austria’s staff. The Presi- dent and Mr. Hay occupied the front pew to the right of the chancel, while across the aisle sat Sir Julian Paunce- fote, British Embassador, and Count Cassini, Russian Embassador, in their richly embroidered uniforms. Among the many other foreign representatives were Baron Speck von Sternberg of Germany, M. Thiebaut of France, Mar- quis Santo-Thryso of Tortugal, the Chi- nese and Korean Ministers with their staffs, and the Ministers of Turkey, Argentine, Brazil, Switzerland and Denmark. Colonels Maus and Michler of General Miles’ staff were present as representatives of the army. Archbishop Martinelli, the Papal del- egate, occupied a place in the chancel and participated in the religious service, which was celebrated by a large numbe yof priests and acolytes. There was no 8ermon, the solemn high mass and an elaborate musical pro- gramme constifuting: the ceremony. Is Gillett Under ArrestP CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 2—Nothing is known In this city of the reported arrest in Chihuahua of Gillett, the missing Kan- s cattle king. It is said at the Ameri- can legation that notaing has been heard in the matter and that Gillett could not be arrested until his extradition had been formally requested. BIG-HEARTED CONDOL GREENSBURG, Pa., Dec. band, Jesse Noss, was killed in the OLYMPIA, FL. My Dear Mrs. Noss: must lessen your sorrow somewhat to fighiting bravely for his country—the sorrow I feel for you. Tears came to the brave mother. day father, mother and daugnter will miral Dewey. ok kR R R R R R R R R R Rk Rk KK g W Rk FRUR R ERARFEARLRF A AL RRFRXRRRRXXR RN 2.—The following from Admiral Dewey by Mrs. Noss of Mount Pleasant, whose hus- 1 wish to express to you my deepest sympathy, the Olympla I watched the fight that fearful night and wondered how many American homes would be saddened by the martyrdom suffered by our brave men, and my sympathy went out to each and every one of them. Your loss has been sadder than others, and I am unable to express the the father who never saw his child and then the loss of all that was left to It is hard sometimes Father, in his infinite goodness, always does things for the best, and some ‘With my tenderest sympathy, believe me your sincere friend, The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noss, who died, was named for Ad- AR R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R A Ay DEWEY’S ING LETTERS is a letter recelved battle of Manila, July 31: AGSHIP, MANILA, Oct. 23, 1898, It know that your young husband fell neblest death a man can know. From my eyes as I read the sad story of to believe, but our heavenly be joined, never to be parted. GEORGE DEWEY. 3 sk ok sk ok sk sk sk ok ok ok ok osk ok ok kR ok ok ok ok ok R X ¥ % % X K X X ND HITCH I PEACE TAEATY PROCEEDINGS Minor Negotiations in Progress. MAIN POINT = UNAFFECTED GERMANY’S SLY GAME TGO AID THE SPANIARDS. Bidding for the Caroline Islands in Order to Make the United States Pay a Higher Price. Specfal Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—It can be stated that no hitch has occurred in the, proceedings of the Peace Commission at Paris, and an impression to the con- trary in certain quarters probably arose through a misunderstanding of the phase those proceedings have reached. ‘With the acquiescence by the Spanish Commissioners in the American de- mands set out in the original protocol | all danger of a failure to reach the point of signature of a peace treaty disappeared, and that such a treaty will be forthcoming, covering at least all of the protocol points, is considered as- sured. What is now going on in Paris is a negotiation respecting certain ob- jects which the United States Govern- ment seeks to accomplish in that man- ner instead of resorting to the more usual but more tedious method of cor- respondence *between the two Govern- ments. These objtcu have been clearly stated in general terms in the cable dispatches from Paris, namely, the ac- quisition of one of the Caroline Islands | as a cable station and coaling station; of certain rights to land cables on Spanish possessions at other points; the procurement of freedom of religious worship in the Carolines, and the re- vival of certain treaties of trade and commerce, etc. But, as stated, these matters are purely the subjects of diplomatic ne- gotiation, and do not in any way affect the conclusion of the p wce treaty. They might all fail to be realized, and still the treaty would not be affected. Moreover, while Spain was the subject of peremptory demands in the case of the protocol points, she is free of com- pulsion now, while these diplomatic ex- changes are in progress. ‘She may sell to the United States one of‘ the Caro- line Islands, or may refuse to do so, and, moreover, if we buy the islands it must be at a price satisfactory to Spain. She may sell the Caroline group to Germany instead of the United States if she can obtain a better price from the former. There is good rea- son to assume the correctness of the re- port that Germany is, even now, bar- gaining for these islands. All the other points covered by .these negotiations likewise are a matter for mutual ar- rangement and not of demand. The statement that Spain has re- fused to sell us Ceuta, opposite Gibral- tar, for a coal and cable station is in- accurate; the United States Govern- ment has not made any such proposi- tion for the acquisition of that island and would hesitate very loi before ‘entering Upon the turh 4 actively involved In thé assumption of territory in the neighborhood of the Mediterranear. ; The case is different respecting the Carolines. The American naval experts have urged very strongly that this group as a whole be retained if possi- ble, and in addition that :the Pelew group, lying to the westward, be pur- chased. They have nointed out that the southernmost island of the Ladrone group, Waloa, lies only 300 miles north of Ponape, in the Carolines, anf the Pelew Islands are only about 600 miles distant from the Philippines. With these the United States would have a complete chain of islands.located at convenient distances more than half way across the Pacific. Moreover, the vast bulk of trade in that quarter of the world passes di- rectly through the natural channel be- tween the Ladrones and the Carglines, of which the United States would have command. Tf Germany is able to out- bid the United States for these islands she may obtain them, but.suspicion is entertained that the naming of $2,000,- 000 was inspired by a friendly desire to get the best possible terms for Spain from the United States hy rais- ing the ‘price of the goods. One of the pledges, which is almost as good as a treaty obligation in its force even now, is that the United of | defense of “their States, in return for the releage of the political prisoners from Cuba and Por- to Rico, held by Spain, will secure the release of the Spanish prisoners held by Aguinaldo. * There has been an almost daily dis- patch from General - Otis “ announcing the arrival of a transport there loaded with United States troops, and the War Department is fairly confident of its ability now to undertake the full con- trol of the islands .with the assistance of ‘the naval contingent under Admiral Dewey. It is realized that the task of inducing Aguinaldo to surrender the captives, for whom he has demanded such an extravagant ransom—$1,500,000 —under penalty of cutting their throats is ‘going to be a difficult one; but, after all, the United States Commissioners in Paris have only undertaken that the United States Government shall use its best efforts to secure the release of the prisoners; they haye not pledged the Government to perform the impossible. AGUINALDO - WILL® ASSUME A CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE MANILA, Dec. 2—Owing to the fact that the result of the Paris conference has long been anticipated here, the agreement of Spain to cede the Philip- pine Islands to-the United States cre- ated no excitement. The Americans made no - demonstration, commercial circles were ‘relieved, the Spaniards were indifferent, and some of the American volunteers were disgusted at the prospect of being detained here now that the fighting is finished. Aguinaldo is certain to assume a conciliatory attitude, because his po- sition is daily becoming more unten- able. His rival intriguers are becoming uncontrollable, especially since - funds have run short and the outlying prov- inces have come disaffected. Al- though never fhuch more than a figure- head, Aguinaldo has been consistently temperate, and the authorities have no Teason to fear that he will depart from this policy. Nevertheless, the native newspapers continue to publish in- flammatory articles. The Republica Filipina to-day publishes an article hefided “The Moment Has Arrived.” “When the conference terminated its labors,” says this paper, “the Filipinos had already conquered all of the island of Luzon and the adjacent islands, ex- cept the towns of Iloilo, Cebu, Layte and Samarillo. Therefore, Spain has geded authority which she did not pos- sess. ' The Filipinos will never consent to the ignominy of being treated as chattels. They will shed their blood in torrents again before bowing to foreign dominion, however light. America brought the great chief Aguinaldo from Hongkong and recognized our nation- ality by allowing our flag to be raised at Corregidor Island ard to sail the bay in. full sight of all the foreign fleets. None dared to interefere. If America now declines to openly acknowledge our independence a great injustice will be committed. Had Spain_asked $40,000,- 000 for the islands, the Filipinos would gladly have given twice that amount or more to preserve their rights, ruth- lessly set aside by the enemy and the nation without a true understanding of the aspirations, rights and sacrifices of those who have, stood torture enough and who are left to fight and suffer in country " from new slavery.” In conclusion the article affirms the friendship of the Filipinos for Ameri- cans, insists that the insurgents will never fire the first shot, and adds that the harmony existing will only be broken by ‘‘priests or traitor inducing the Americans. to attack us.” oo NOVEL IMPERIAL POLICY . AN EMBARRASSING PROBEEM LONDON, Dec. 3.—The Times, dis- cussing editorially this morning ‘“the strange and embarrassing problem fac- ing ‘the United States that springs out from their novel imperial policy,” says: “It is almest impossible to view the pol- icy disclosed in Secretary Alger’s re- port as complete or even intelligible un- til it is krfown what the Washington Government means to do for the navy. If the Philippines are to be effectively occupied a large navy and transport power will be necessary. The United States must show themselves ready to repel any dttempt on the part of other powers to attack a position which, for some time, can hardly be regarded as secure, or to assert a claim to a share in the spoils of disorganized con- quest.” ' COUNT THUN The Austrian Premier Whose Dismissal Has Been Demanded by the Emperor of Germany. ‘ HOHENSTEIN. W. F. HERRIN ATTEMPTS - T0 DENY THE TRUTH Entertaining Spectacle of the Southern Pacific’s Political Manager Trying to Save His Own Scalp. When Trapped He Seeks by Falsehood and Equivocation fo Avert From His Own Head the Conse- “quences of His Double Dealing, ‘Willlam F. Herrin is chief counsel of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the head of Collis P. Huntington’s political bureau. He is also a liar. Many men occasionally disregard the truth, but the fact is passed without comment, as their words and acts con- cern only themselves, their immediate friends or business associates. But when a man resorts to falsehood for the deliberate purpose of deluding the gen- eral public in a matter that vitally af- fects the welfare of the whole people, it is the province of a ‘newspaper to protlaim the fact, 8o that well-meaning people may not be made to suffer. Mr. Herrin has lied with regard to his and the Southern Pacific Company’s support of Colonel Dan Burns as a can- didate for election to the United States Senate. He has lied not only for a mean and contemptible purpose, but he hag lied for gain and lied because he loves to lie. So much for Mr. Herrin's veracity. Now for his motive and the manner in which he has attempted to deny the truth. Shortly after the election iir. Herrin went among his personal friends and acquaintances exhibiting a typewritten list which he called “the scalps I have taken at this election.” The names of the San Francisco Examiner and James G. Maguire headed the list. These were followed by the names of about a dozen dafeated candfdates, some of them Re- publicans. The public is now presented with the spectacle of Mr. Herrin trying to hold his own sealp on with both hands and a lying tongue. He permitted himself to be led into a trap by the proprietors of The Call and the Chronicle and thus revealed the secret workings of the po- litical bureau maintained by the giant corporation by which he is employed. The blunder is one that will never be pardoned or condoned by the shrewd and crafty old man who is the head and brains of the great monopoly, and that is why Mr. Herrin deserted his law business yesterday and spent the day in pouring typewritten excuses, denials and falsehoods into the editorial and local columns of the railroad’s news- papers in this city. The spectacle was one calculated to make the late W. W. Stow turn over in his ~rave. In his efforts to maintain his hold on the position that gives to him the pleas- ant duty of doling out the political largess of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, the Market-street Railroad Com- pany and the Spring Valley Water Company he has found it necessary to deny that he made the statement, when drawn into a trap by John D. Spreck- els and M. H. de Young, that D. M. Burns and no one else was the rail- road’s candidate for United States Sen- ator. r. Herrin did make the state- ment, §hd was frankly told, in words that could not be misconstrued, that neither The Call nor the Chronicle would consent to support Burns for Senator. The subsequent action of both papers is sufficient refutation of Mr. Herrin’s equivocation. In the typewritten statements Mr. Herrin gave to the subsidized after- noon papers he states in one breath that his personal preference in the mat- ter of a Senatorial candidate is M. H. de Young and in another that it is D. M. Burns. For the rest he attempts to cover up with a flood of equivocations, misstatements and falsehoods concern- ing minor matters the main fact that he did make the statement, when driven into a corner, that the Southern Pacific Company is for Dan Burns for Senator. He makes bare reference to it at the very end of his typewritten interview. In the face of the facts that have been printed will Mr. Herrin dare to deny that he went to a prominent at- torney and requested him to use his personal influence with M. H. de Young in an effort to get De Young to.come out in favor of Burns for Semator? Will Mr. Herrin deny that he went to a prominent real estate man in this city and sought to induce him to get De Young to name Burns for Senator? ‘Will Mr. Herrin deny that hé solicited these gentlemen at the time he was trying to induce Mr. Spreckels and Mr. de Young to name a.Senatorial candi- date favorable to the interests of the railroad company? He is hereby chal- lenged to make such a denial. In what has been said in'the fore- going concerning Mr. Herrin only in- cidental reference has been made to Colonel D. M. Burns. ' To those who have a curiosity to know what The Call thinks of Colonel Burns and his candi- dacy reference is made to the editorial columns of this issue. ‘What other people think of Colonel Burns, Mr. Herrin, the Southern Pa- cific Company and their combined at- tempt to steal the Senatorial toga for use as a cover for their many sins is sets forth in the following article copled from the columns of the Oakland En- quirer of last evening: It is certain that the next Senator will not be Mr. de Young, and it is- about equally certain that he will not be Col. onel Burns. The tremendous artillery fire of the Republican press settles that, and when The Call and the Chronicle, the two big battleships of the fleet, trained their guns on the candidate from Mexico it was all up with his chances. There are circumstances under which even the Southern Pacific of Kentucky cannot elect the'pexson of its choice. In other words, those members of the Legislature who under different condi- tions might find their pleasure and their profit in voting to send Colonel Burns to the Senate will not do so under the con- ditions which actually exist. They might like to befriend the man who has ren- dered them service, but they are not ready to go through hades to do it. They want to leave enough of the bridges be- hinl them so that after the session is over they can venture to go home to their constituents. g Even the most hardened of them have not progressed beyond that stage whers In voting for a railroad selection for Sen- ‘ator they could say they did wot think they were doing it, #nd after to-day's exposure to vote for Burns would be like voting that the United States Senator from California should be any attorney whom the railroad might find it conveni- ent to detail from week to week to pro- ceed to Washington and attend to Sena- torial duties. Not for years, if ever, did the political side of the rallroad get such a whack as it received to-day in the exposure mada by The Call and the Chronicle. Every- body has read the story of Herrin's dise comfiture, and everybody is laughing. De Young found that Herrin was send- ing his (De Young’s) friends to him to get him to declare for Burns, and also-that the same offer to “name the next Sen- ator” had been made to J. D. Spreckels. After that the two editors held a joint session and sent for Herrin, who came over to the Spreckels building on the trot. This part of the story is' told by De Young with & good deal of humor. He says: “Herrin complied immediately with the request, and: was ushered into the room ‘where we were. He was so surprised and taken aback that he leaned ‘against gthe wall for support until he could recover * himself. “I'asked Herrin how it was that he had made practically the same proposition to Mr. Spreckels and myself. He hemmed and hawed, pulled out a cigar and stuck the wrong end in his mouth, and finally stammered out something about the de- lay that had been made in making a reply t6 his proposition. - T then asked him point blank: ‘Who is the rallroad’'s candidate for: United States -Senator?” His reply was: “ *Colonel Dan Burns is the rallroad's candidate.” " It is said by the knowing ones' that while Mr. de Young tells the truth he does not tell it all, and that one part of Mr. Herrin's errand was to say that Georgs Crocker and the others had decided that Mr. de Young could not be Senator, this being the first notification Mr. de Young had received that his aspirations were to be blighted. Another. interesting fact is that Mr. Herrin, after he found he ha< been trapped by the two editors, hastened to get his story before the publfc first. To do that he gave the Examiner an in- terview, which was printed Wednesday morning. In this he represented the scena as being quite different from the pictura painted by the two editors and intimated that they both wanted to be Senator, or at least to name the man, and that he told them they could not elect a Senator without votes. Gossip now turns on the question who will be the railroad’s next candidate and also to whose support Burns will go, for it is taken for granted that his own chances have been smashed. Some be- lieve that Burns will eventually assist Grant, although the railroad appears to be opposed to the San Diego candidate. But there are so many candidates in the field, and the feeling excited is becoming so rapidly emblittered, that no quick solu- tion of the matter is generally looked for. One of those trying struggles in which a Legislature ballots without result day after day may be the ill-flavored fruitage which is in store for the State. CRUISE OF BATTLESHIPS. The Oregon and Iowa Sail From Mon« . tevideo. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 2—The Herald's correspondent at Montevideo telegraphs that the Oregon and Iowa, with colliers and supply ships, salled from that port to-day, going to the Philippines, fiq will visit Punta Arenas. -