The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME LX SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 189 PRICE FIVE CENTS, MORGAN ASSAILS THE NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT Says It Violated Pledges in Let- ting a Canal Franchise to Speculators. Senate Committee Submits a Report Upholding the Maritime Company’s Rights. ASHINGTON, Dec. sult of the meeting of the Committee on the Ni- e caraguan canal to-day, Sena- tor Morgan gave notice of an amendment of the Nicaragua canal bill, authorizing the immediate is- suance, with a guarantee by this Jovernment, of $5,000,000 worth of bonds for the redemption of all obligations. He sut ed at the same time & report upon the situation with reference to the , dealing exclu- sivel the fact that the Govern- ment icaragua granted a conces- sion to construct a canal to a company e M:-itime Canal Com- nced this trans- upholding the n denou term for an extension of its con- s more. The report duct of the republic of well as that of the procuring the new severe terms, at- of Nicaragua to present and on for ten gns the co Nicaragua n citizens n in most tributing the course lousy of Costa Ri cessionaires to “obstruct a great na- tional policy in seiling out to a trans- nental railroad company for the of a supposed competitor.” as defea “It w ime Company for the | 7.—As a | those concerned,” he says, “in thus dis- honoring governments for their. per- sonal advantage and using their powers | to create jealousies between States, if a, and that of the | it should appear that their conduct is not also corrupt.” The committee adduces as a justifica- tion of the new report the seriousness of the situation, saying on this point: “The serious cqnsequences likely to result to the United States from the un- precedented and unwarranted -action of the late Government of Nicaragua, and the evident purpose to force our Gov- ernment into payment of a large sum as compensation for the future consent of the republic of the United States of | Central America to the creation of a maritime canal through the San Juan | River and Lak Nicaragua, require the committee to present the grounds on which it insists that this ~roceeding is without any support in law, justice of equity and that it violates the hitherto cordial relations of the United States | with Nicaragua.” The report t-kes issue with the con- tention of Nicaragua that th country owns both banks of the San Juan River, calling attention to the fact .at Costa Rica has equal rights, since t’ ~ arbitra- | tion of President Cleveland, as the owner of one bank of the stream. At- fact that in ould be well for the reputation of | tention is called to the making the concession of right of way granted by Nicaragua, no mention was made of Nicaragua's claim, rendering it incumbent upon' Nicaragua to put the canal company into possession of the channel of the river. “Here,” the committee says, “was a breach of the agreement for which the canal company had paid $150,000 and that entitled the company to the return of the money and to other damages. It also imposed on the United States the duty. of compelling the redress due them if redress had been sought.” It ia asserted t! 't in view of the fact that Nicaragua had made the conces- sion it was her duty to obtain a conces- sion from the Costa .Rica Government when the claims of that: country are established, but instead of that it is pointed out that Nicaragua made a formal threat to renounce its co:cession if any concession were obtaiued from Costa Rica. “Thus;” the committee concludes, “by conduct equivalent to mal force, Nica- ragua prevented progress in the work on the canal and put a cloud upon the credit of the company of execution that could not be otherwise than disastrous.” The committee contends that the-cir- cumstances of the concession point to the fact tht the concession provides for a charter to be granted to the United States. “In this attitude,” the committee con- tinues, “the dutl s and responsibilities of Nicaragua are very high if they do not even rise to the dignity of solemn pledges and consequent and sovereign responsibilities. to. the United States, whose intervention is sought in the chartering of the-corporation.” It is then set forth that Costa Rica’s interests in the canal are as.great as those of Nicaragua, “and it follows that | the action of ‘both republics is essential to the assertion of the right of either to claim a forfelture of the concession. If Nicaragua claims that the conces- sion it has granted is forfeited, Costa Rica has the equal right to assert that it is not forfeited.” It is then s t forth that the United States is a party to the measure of building the cane’ at the instance of both Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and it is claimed that the consent of this country is necessary to any proceeding on the part of Costa Rica looking to the forfeiture of the concession. “Nicaragua,” the committee asserts, “cannot repeal an act of Congress which dedicates the canal and its con- Continued on Third Page. HENRY T, GAGE SCORES GRANT OF SAN DIEGO Plain Talk by the Gov~ ernor-Elect. ACCUSATION OF TREACHERY BELIEVES THE STATE TICKET WAS “KNIFED.” Senatorial Aspirant or His Intimate Friends Traded Votes at the Expense of Their Party. Special, Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7.—Governor Gage believes Ulysses S. Grant be- trayed the State ticket during the re- cent campaign. Judging from the re- marks the Governor made to-day Mr. Grant will find in Mr."Gage a foe who does not. know the meaning of the word “compromise.” “L am not friendly to Grant.” sald Mr. Gage to-day, “for I believe that he or some of his.intimate friends in San Diego County acted the part of traitor to the State ticket during the recent campaign. A few days ago Mr. Grant met me at the Palace Hotel and asked me to state my position. I told him that considering what had taken place in San Diego County I did not think I was under any obligation to him. If Mr. Grant had reflected for one moment he would not have interviewed me. “I did not object to the editorial that he published last summer in the Wave. The editorial denounced me. but as it was published before the State con- vention, its publication was to a cer- tain extent excucable.. For the same reason I did not object to the postal card campaign that Mr. Grant con- KINGSTON TO BE MADE A WESTERN GIBRALTAR England Planning to Create a Great Naval ‘Base Near the Proposed Nicaraguan Canal. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, VIEWED FROM. THE HARBOR. dockyard, it is said, is to be the largest and best equipped in the British dominions. A naval authority who has been inter- viewed on the subject says the intention is to make Jamaica another ‘Gibraltar to command the canal and be a rallying point for the naval and military forces of the Anglo-American alliance, when, by domi- nating both oceans, it holds the political and commercial balances of pawer in the o3=F=ReReFegeRaFagegaRugaFaFuTaRaFuRa INGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 7.—As part of the scheme to convert Kingston harbor into a great naval depot and extensive dockyard, and in view of the con- struction of the Nicaraguan Canal in the near future, the Admiralty authorities have just completed negotiations for the purchase of Greek Pond, at the western ex- treme of the city, where the proposed dock- yard will be constructed. work will be commenced immediately. . The CU}):().‘():():(&fifififi)&fifi)}):():(fififi#'fifififififil!fiflfififi#h#flfi-fi-#fi&-fififififlfi-fiflfifl 106 108106 102506 306 1030 06 00 UK 06 0 X Itis said that the hollow of its hand.” A ducted throughout Southern California After the convention, however, I ex- pected loyalty for the whole State ticket. “As far as the Senatorship is con- cerned, I am equally friendly to M. H. de Young, John D. Spreckels, Dan Burns, General Barnes, George Knight and Mr. Bulla. “The Governor does not appoint the Senator, and I have troubles enough of my own without seeking those that do not concern me. I wish to say. huw- ever, that I shall be unalterably op- Posed to any candidate who is not spen- ly and above board in favor of San Pedro harbor. Every candidate will have to proclaim himself in advance.” Although Governor Gage absolutely refuses to say whether he leans to any one of the foregoing candidates, some of the best posted politicians in the south say he is not averse to the can- didacy of Bulla. In the fight for the gubernatorial nomination Bulla was originally a rival of Gage. When Gage won, however, Bulla took off his coat and worked for the success of the Re- | publican ticket. Gage is not unmind- ful of the generosity of his rival. The Governor will leave Los Angeles on Friday for a trip to his mine at Ac- ton. When he returns he will turn hls law business over to George Dennis, formerly United States District Attor- ney. The Governor will then go north, and until Christmas will divide his time between San Francisco and Sacra- mento. He has not vet selected a resi- dence, and has not even thought of his inaugural address. As far as patronage is concerned. Mr. Gage has made only two selections— his private secretary and the executive secretary. -It is understood that the Governor will appoint Colonel Stone adjutant general. As soon as he takes office he will name a secretary to the Board of Examiners. He has not yet selected a man for the position. LIFE’S CURT AIN 'RUNG DOWN ON HEREWARD HOYTE The Idol of Mati nee Girls of Two Continents Passes Away in Thi s City. Widely Known Owing to His Marriage With Mrs. Lucy Williams-Auzerais Three Years Ago and His Meteoric Career Since. Hereward Hoyte, the actor, is dead. ‘With the name Lucy, that of his wife, on his lips'the man who in hi= day was the idol of the theater-goers of two con- tinents simply fell into the sleep which knows no awakening in this world. The curtain was rung down on a life that had not entered upon its most serious duties. The end was hastened by the attempt of the brilliant young actor to burn the candle at both ends. Hoyte’s career during the past three years has been meteoric, not to say tempestuous. Born in Australia thirty- five years ago, he first came to this country in 1890 and at once assumed a prominent place on the American stage, playing leading juvenile comedian roles to all theatrical people that I felt In my heart they should be allowed to pay him some tribute. “You won't speak harshly of a dead man,” she pleaded between sobs. “Newspaper men have a wav of saying sharp things, but there was so much of goodness in my husband’s life that you can mention without seeking un- pleasant things that are not all truth. He was always kind to me and I feel alone in the world without him. The end came all so suddenly that it is hard for me to realize it. He should have lived to a good old age, as his mother is 78 and his father died at 82. ‘“He grew so stout recently that I feared for his health. While in London i = WARD HOYTE.... A well-known actor who died Tuesday and was quietly buried yesterday, and the woman who was both wife and pupil. ENGLAND WILL BE ASKED TO CO-OPERATE LONDON, Dec. 8.—The Washington correspondent of the Dally Chronicle says: “I have ascertained from the highest source that President McKinley has no thought of ignoring or violating British rights under the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty. On the contrary, when the proper time arrives, England will be invited to co-operate regarding the Nicaraguan canal.” The Washington correspondent of the Times makes a similar statement. The Daily Chronicle says, editorially: “The assurance given by our Washing- ton correspondent cannot but cause great satisfaction here. " Yet there prob- ably will be some division of opinion in England on the question of making the canal with public money. There is no reason why the work should not be done by private enterprise under a gov- ernmental guarantee by both mations. Our interest in the matter is only that the canal should be free, neutral anc open to all the world on equal terms.” The Madrld correspondent of the Standard, who contrasts the indiffer- ence of the majority of Spaniards to the President’s message with the same anxiety regarding his declarations fore- ‘Wwar, 8ays: .h‘.‘i'il(\’:’ g:-gm does r’:’ot hide its satisfac- tion at the indications in the messaga and elsewhere that American colonizing will be fraught with difficulties and ex- penditures. The prediction is made P 106 06 15 18 106 306 200 06 K 00 06 0K 0K K 6 b b' nlmmrpe. that the Nicaraguan canal will lead to I‘)etween the United States and with Rose Coghlan and other stars. ‘After appearing in all the big cities he returned to the Colonies. He was a man of splendid presence and with his nat- ural ability it was predicted that he had a brilliant future before him. After a fnort stay in Australia he again re- turned to this city, where he soon met Lucy Williams-Auzerais, a woman of great beauty and independent means. She had both talent of a kind.and an inclination for the stage and the fates sent them across each other’s path, whether for good or for evil let no un- kindly one say. In a Ittle vine-covered cottage on Oc- tavia street a brown-eyed, brown- haired widow mourns for the dead actor whose passing away ends the one ro- mance of her life. The sorrow shown by Mrs. Hoyte is too deep and too poignant to be affected for the moment. Dressed in somber black and with a black bordered handkerchief to stem the tide of tears that will not dry she is a pathetic little figure of distress. “He died with my name on his lips. Oh, he was so good and so kind to me. It seems hard for one like him to die. He was only 35 and such a splendid man. He was as big-hearted and kind- ly as any one could be and I idolized him.” Her mood changed as her thoughts reverted to his plans. “We were going to act again and the future seemed so bright for us. He had planned it all, and now to think he is gone from me. It was not my wish that the funeral should ‘be so quiet, but my friends he had liver troubles from drinking, perhaps a little too much, and his prhysician denied him all strong drink. He had cirrhosis of the liver. He did not die of this, but of pulmonary con- gestion. “I have hardly left his bedside for a moment during the past fortnight. Monday night he seemed to be improv- ing and was quite cheerful. After a | time he asked me for a drink of water and repeated my name several times. Finally he looked at me and, saying ‘Lucy,’,softly dropped off to sleep. He did not awaken. “My boy, who was devotedly attached | to him, has not been told the news of his stepfather’s death. He is attending Dr. Spalding's school and will be told so that it will not shock him. He is such a manly, honest-faced boy, and he thought so much of poor Harry! Here is his photograph. Isn't he a boy of whom any mother could be proud?” Tears, the solace of the afflicted in all lands, then came to the relief of the bereaved widow. Out in St. Luke's Hospital an aged woman whose once active brain has | been dulled by the years that have passed over her head calls piteously for her boy. This is Mrs. McDonald, moth- er of Hereward Hoyte McDonald, who was buried yesterday in Masonic Ceme- tery. Mrs. McDonald’s condition is so | serious that her physician dreads the | result when she is told her youngest | son, always her pride, is dead. He brought her proudly from Australia | and installed her in his home here. There came a time when she required the continuous attention of trained nurses and then her son and his wife provided for her at St. Luke's, where all that modern science can do for her is applied to lessening her sufferings | for the short time left her on earth. The romance which was ended by death on Tuesday had its origin some three years since. Mrs. Auzerais had | just divorced her husband, whom she found caused too heavy a drain upon | even her splendid income. The craving | for the stage was strong within her at | the time, and she placed herself under | Mr. Hoyte’s tuition preparatory tomak- |ing her debut as an amateur. This event, which was one of the great func- tions of 1895, was a most impressive affair at the Palace Hotel. Admission was by invitation, and the maple room never held a more brilliant gathering. Mrs. Auzerais’ gowns were marvelous creations of the modiste’s art and cast {into the background any ever worn on | the local stage before. At the time her | greatest talent was in the wearing of these gowns gracefully, as though to | the manner born, her acting being ama- teurish. The apparent success of her debut made her stage mad, and she at once organized a company for the road. Here the troubles, which have beset her { path, commenced. The tour proved a junketing trip. The company went north into inhospitable Alaska, and the traveling expenses made heavy inroads upon Mrs. Auzerais’ purse. However, ithought it begt. He was so-well known | it had its compensations, &s the