The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1898, Page 33

The Call ——— VOLUME LXXXV,-NO. 18. SA N FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1898S—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC PRELATES AT WASHINGTON Attention of the President Called to Cruel Treatment of Priests in the Philippines. Archbishop Ireland Says the Pope Will Soon Appoint an Apostolic Delegate to Look After Matters in the Islands. Special Dispatch to The Call, EW YORK, Dec. 17.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald sends the following: A secret conference of Catholic prelates was held last week in Washington to discuss various matters pertaining to the welfare of the church. It was no formal gathering, as it was not deemed prudent to at- tract the atten High ecclesiastics dropped into the city one by one and called at the house of Mgr. Mart the apostolic délegate. At no time were more than three prelates present. nost all of the visitors called on President McKinley.. Their object was to urge the chief execut influence to have Spanish prisoners now in the 1 ne rebels, particularly priests and monks, released. They told the Pre the prisoners were being treated with the utmost cruelty by the Filipinos. Archbishop of St. Paul was among the first to call on President Mc- He told the Pre t he was going to Rome in a few nd wanted to be to assure the Holy Father the take of Catholic interests in her acquired colonies. He said he did not want any unusual s shown priests in the colonies, but thought it was only fair they should be allowed to retain their possessions by paying a i ‘hey did not, he said, ask to be exempt from taxation on of the press to the conference. artinelli, t that States would care Archbishop Freland further id that the Pope would y appoint as apostolic delegate to the Philippines a pre- late who would be thoroughly with American institutions and who was iy sympathy with American progress and ideas. sat From the Archbishop’ s remarks it was understood that he not accept the position, which it was rumored by e ff to him by Rome. This was re- garded as cn attempt by Archbishop Ireland’s enemies to get him out of the way. His friends say he will frustrate the plc f He has in mind, they say, the s appoint as a delegate who is his close friend. Mgr. ording to cable reports, had a terview with the Pope immediately on his arrival from in which he gave the Holy Father a detailed account the United States. 15ell wo! cable some time ago was of L ents by a oL coup. Rome, and, ac W in matters stood in of how PEACE TREATY TO BE SUBMITTED THIS SESSION “TAPS” HAVE SOUNDED FOR TWO SOLDIERS Will Be Sent to the Senate Immedi- ately After the Holhdsy Corporal George O. Larson and Pri- vate James Healy Pass Away at Manila. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—General Otis to-day cabled: Dec. 17.—Adjutant General, The following deaths h ce last rep December 10: arson, corporal, Company A, typhoid: James Healy, 1z th Infantry, result of an acci- 1 hemorrhage, tall. American Troops at Havana. N d arched to Queadados p from here this morning. There were f music 1600 men in the i They made a_fine display e ars T oused considerable enthustasm. The servance of the cour- n garrison pow amounts to 5000 BARON FERDINAND DE ROTHSCHILD DEAD Had Served as a Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and in Other Capacities. LONDON, Dec. 17.—Baron Ferdinand James de Rothschild, M. P., is dead. ond son of the late Baron Aurelius de Rothschild. usin Evelina. sister of the first Lord Rothschild. 1885 he was returned to Parliament for Avyles- i at the general election 2f 1885 and several In politics he was a Liberal Unionist. {ous times as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, . Justice of the Peace and member of the _ucks County Council Like man s of his family, Baron Rothschild was an enthu- siastic art collector, and in his houses at Piccadilly and Waddesdon he brought together a large number of rare treasures, Rominey’s “Mrs. Jordan” being a notable example. He was the founder of the Evelina Hospital, on Southwark Bridge road, which he established in memory of and named after his wife. The Baron was an intimate friend of the Prince of Wales. It was during the Prince’s last visit to Waddesdon, near Aylesbury, the seat of Baron Rothschild, that he injured his knee. The Baron was a lavish host, and entertained the Queen in 1890. His death was sud- den. It was supposed he was only suffering from a cold. ©0000C000000000000000000000000000 Oovo00OOO0OCO0O0OO0000C000 0000000 CODOOO0000CO0000 DAYS OF THE DREIBUND ARE NOW NUMBERED Such the Opinion of Germans. | STATEMENTS IN - REICHSTAG ATTITUDE OF THE EMPIRE DUR- ING THE LATE WAR. [ | Experts Sent to the United States to Investigate Reduction of Im- ports Have Made Their Reports. I Cop: BERLIN, Dec. The sessions of the ichstag during the present week, though not so sensational as expected, were very interesting from several points of view. The debates were no- | table for giving rise to the first official | ghted, 1598, by the Associated Press. utterances on the Lippe-Detmold af- | | fair, Emperor William's oriental trip, | the Anglo-G an understanding and | the pending rman-A in tariff | negotiations. Some of the statements | | were significant. Thus Baron von | Thielman, Minister of Finance, | the ect did not come in his | king of the Spanish-| said: | ‘“While it true during the war the| sympathies of our nation—I admitted | It quite freely—were on the side of the | weaker and wrongfully attacked party | (loud Leftist cries of “No”), yet the at- | ude of the empire throughout was | ectly correct and statements to the | contrary in the foreign press were ma- licious inventions.” Herr Richt leader of the opposi- tion, while confirming the correctne: of Germany’s attitude during the war, remarked: “I do not see why the sym- | pathies of the German people could have been as overwhelmingly as they ere on the side of the Spanish.” unt Posado - Wehner, Secre- | tary of the Interior and representati of the Chancellor, referring to the re- in imports from America, sai §e have been sent to the United | States to investigate the matter, and | it depends upon their reports whether | we can ate such tmports.” | This statement refers to the dispatch of three German experts to the lead- ling American exporting centers, espe- | cially New York and Chicago, last spring and summer. Their mission was secret and their reports, now | though the | in the hands of the German Government, are ynderstood t6 be generally !avura-i ble to American interests. Another remarkable feat | ur bates was th I to the Drel bund and the Anglo-German unde standing. Neither Baron von Bulo oreign Affairs, nor any other Minister, nor the Emperor him- self, in confidential talk with the pre- siding officers of the Reichstag, has | o ' to either. | commenting on | on von Bulow says: s more remarkable for | han for its contents.” left in the Reichstag p and lasting fizsure had been driven into the Dreibund and it is i t that Herr Basserman, the an of the National Liberals, arto the stoutest friend of the Dreibund, said: “The provocative tone | of Count Thun Hohenstein toward Ger- | many is unjustifiable. It is apparent that the German empire must be strong enough to stand on its own bottom.” A nur er of ot kers expressed themselves similarly and outside in the lobbies the opinion was re-catedly ex- d that the days of the Dreibund the Minister o: pre were numbered. On the other hand the press has much to say on the revival of good feeling toward Great Britain and the United States. Nearly all the comment is distinctly friendly. | The Socialistic fastion has introduced in the Reichstag a number of motions in favor of tne abolition of the lese | majeste paragraph in the cri--nal code, th bolition of the dictator paragraph ecting Alsace-Lorraine, the legal establishment of an eight-hour work day an’ the widening of the present rights of political association. These matte; come before the house after Christmas adjournment. Several of { that Emperor William will pass a ten | it appears, | ment was made, did | ties in order to facilitate the importa- adoption, but they will lead to lively de- bates. A gambling scandal affecting a num- ber of ari *ocrats has been brought to light and has created a sensation in social circles. A “smart” club called the “Joviale Club,” frequented by offi- cers of the guards, cavalry, high Gov- ernment officials, bankers and members of the Reichstag, has existed in Berlin for some years. A stranger was re- centl- introduced by two highly re- spected members and soon became a favorite. All went swimmingly until rumors about his antecedents began to circulate, and it was noticed that luck | invariably favored him. The Berlin Tageblatt says the stranger got many young men of the best families in his power. The whole affair will shortly be sifted in the law courts. Several club men lost immense sums, and the affair is likely to have serious results for the military officers, in view of Em- peror William's determination to sup- press gambling in the army. The Italian papers say they learn days' visit to Rome In January and| give a magnificent fancy dress ball at| the German Embassy. The costumes. | will all be of the time of | the Roman empire, His Majesty ap-| | pearing in a Roman tunic with a great | purple cloak. | Particulars of the acquisition of the | legendary abode of the Virgin Mary at | Jerusalem by the German Catholics. which the Emperor announced during | the Palestine trip, have thrown fresh light on the recent scandal in connec- tion with the sale of the American cemetery at Jerusalem. Coffins’ were said to have been exhumed and the bodies dismembered and packed in small boxes and reinterred elsewhere. The names of the purchasers of the cemetery and the purposes of the tran- | saction have been concealed. It now | transpires that the cemetery formed | part of the site of the abode of the| Virgin Mary, and was bought by the | German Catholics in confidential antici- pation of an arrangement by which the Sultan, to oblige Emperor William, would place them in possession of th rest of the property which was in the| hands of Mussulmans, who were forced | to sell under the order of the Su}mm} The Catholic press notes, in mock sur- | prise, that while the Catholic clergy | and press formally nad Rgenerally | thanked the Emperor for what he had done for them in Palestine, the Protest- | ant press and episcopacy have re-| mained silent. It is a curious fact that though| Count Posadowski-Wehner in the| Reichstag claimed Emperor Willlam | had attained highly important results | through his Oriental tour, “about which the Secretary of State will tell you in detail,” the latter official, al- though present when the announce- | nothing of the| kind in his subsequent speech. The committee of experts app to inquire into the unsanitary condi- tion of the new palace at Potsdam, | hitherto a regular royal residence dur- | ing the greater part of the year, re-| ports that the water from the Havel s increasingly permeating the land) round the palace, and that unless the river is regulated and extensive im- | ointed | provements are made In its banks, the | whole palace, which cost 20,000,000 marks, and on which the present E peror has spent 6,000,000 marks, will b. come permanently uninhabitable. The Prussian Diet will be asked to vote the| necessary sum. The Empress of Germany for some ime has been using, as regular treat- | ment. for obesity, tablets containing the active principal tyrhold glands of | sheep, which 18 a specific for this| trouble. While she has succeeded in re- | ducing her weight, she has been suffer- ing seriously in general health, is be- | coming nervous and is threatened with | heart trouble. The Emperor, there- fore, has induced her to stop using the remedy. A mass-meeting at Kiel, attended by 3000 persons, has adopted a strong pro- test against the expulsions from Schleswig-Holstein. The German Cabinet is working in conjunction with the Russian authori- tion of Rus GEORGIANS WELCOME PRESIDENT MKINLEY SAV. H, Dec. 17.—The Presiden- tial party arrived in Savannah at 11 o'clock this morning. The reception committee boarded the train at Guy- ton, thirty mi.cs out of Savannah. D. G. Purse, chairm.n of the committee, made a speech, assuring the distin- guished visitor of the good-will of the citizens. The Presidential party was surroundeu by a large crowd and was driven direct to the reviewing stand | under th: escort of the Georgia Hus- sars. The First Division of the Seventh Army Corps, two regiments of the Sec- ond Division and about 3000 other en- listed men and artillery, under com- mand of Major General Keiier, passed before the rresident. The programme for the day included a trip by the Presidential party on the pilotboat J. H. Estille down the Savannah River and a reception. There was a ~~and banquet to-night, when the President and members of the Cabinet spoke. | ation th-re when I departed is con- REFUSED T0 RECOGNIZE AGUINALDO Philippine Affairs Dis- cussed by Merritt. | WOULD HOLD THE ISLANDS THINKS 30,000 TROOPS, HALF AMERICANS, SUFFICIENT. Denies the Reports That Admiral Dewey Is Failing in Health. Comments on the Atti- tude of Germans., Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 1J.—Major General Wesley Merritt, former commander of the United States ailitary forces in the Philippine Islands, from whica post he was sent to “aris to consult with the American Peace Commissioners, reached this city last night on board the steamer L cania from Queenstown. | With General Merritt we his bride and her mother, Mrs. Norman Wil- lic » Norman Williams Jr. of Chicago and Captain L. H. Strother, aid de camp on the staff of General Merritt. The general will assume command of the Military Department of the East, which position he held when he was ordered to Manila. The General received a hearty greet- ing from those assembled at the Cunard line pier as the Lucania was made fast | this morning. From the steamship pier the party went in carriages to the ‘Waldorf. “It is some time since I left the Phil- ippine Islands,” said General Merritt, “and all I can say abou: the situa- tained in o.ficial reports wiich I made to the Government and the Peace Com- mission. Al of these report:. have been published in the newspapers, and there is no use of my going over those sub- jects again. I can say, however, that there is no foundation for the that Admiral Dewey’'s health has broken down as a result of his wonder- ful work i: Manila harbor on May 1 last. He was in fine phys. il condition when I left him, and he was then over strain o. the naval fight. There is another thing I would like the people to I'now. It is that the cli- mate of the Philippines is not by any means as bad as it is said to be. I met a number of Europeans there, who had been in the country for fourteen years or more, and they seemed to thrive and had no serious -complaints about the climate to make. The —ortality among our troops sent to the Philippines was not as great as some would have the people believe. i “TlLe Germans acted a little queer when I got there first. They were rather meddlesome in matters which, I think, they should have let alone. The German officers there made me no offi- cial calls until Manila had fallen. and then their visits were not what might be termed friendly. There was no seri- ous clash, and 1 am glad of it. The volunteers behaved nobly during the fight we had. They are good soldiers. “As to General Miles’ bill to increase | the United States army to 100,000, at ent I cannot discuss the proposed measure, for the reason that I have not seen a copy of it. I think it will take about 30,000 soldier's to hold the islands in case the country desires to keep them, and I see no reason why it should not. “1 have no comment to make on the so-called expansion which is being dis- cussed pro and con these days. “There are many Spaniards in the islands who want to remain there. With 15,000 United States soldiers and the remaining 15,000 evenly divided be- tween the Filipinos and Spaniards the islands could be governed properly and with credit to this country. “I did not meet Aguinaldo, but I am satisfied he is a very shrewd man. I did not recognize the insurgents, fear- ing complications. Admiral Dewey, af- ter my arrival, pursued the same course. What was said or done before | my arrival I cannot state. I did not recognize Aguinaldo nor his troops. nor use them in any way. I had been there ten days before Aguinaldo asked to see me, and then T was too busy. Talk-| ing with leading Filipinos, I told them | 1 had no promises to make. but they | might be &ssured that the Government | and the people of this country would | treat them fairly. TREASURY AGENTS FIND RICH PLACER GROUND NEAR SITKA Casual Prospect on Baranoff Island Yields Flattering Re- turns. Twenty Claims Have Been Staked Out, and There Will Be a Stampede to the “Diggings” in the Spring. BY HAL HOFFMAN., Spectal Correspondence of The Call. JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 10.—Possibly | covery. No gold has been produced another rich placer camp has been | from the Sitka diggings, but J. A. struck, and if this turns out to be true, | Becker, an expert mining engineer, who this time Sitka is “in it.” recently removed from Sitka to Ju- Special Treasury Agents Link and | neau, has private information on the Smhith have been in Alaska some weeks, | find. He told me that ke considered sent for the purpose of investigating |the prospect an encouraging one from the long time rotten condition of the | the showing so far made. There will Alaska customs service as applied to not be another ship from or other com- the importation and sale of whisky, | munication with Sitka for two weeks. beer and such things. They could work | United States District Court for Alaska back not only through Collector Ivy's|is now in session here. administration, but back through the | last decade, and find something to do | along this ine. In junketing around‘ SHIPPERS OF WINE between Wrangel, Juneau, Skaguay | WERE IMPOSED UPON and Sitka, Smith and Link have found — a good thing in the way of entertain- | California Association Made to Suffer ment. Collector Ivy has been inde-| for the Act of an In- fatigably at their heels. But the best dividual. thing they have run up against ab-| r0S ANGELES, Dec. 17.—The com- pears to have be2n near Sitka. Llnkl‘ munication ot Cosmo Morgan, Los An- and a man named Carlson Wwere OUt| gqleq ggent of the California Wine As- hunting the juicy grouse one day, and, sociation, printed in The Call of to- finding themselves at White Stone| day, was directed to H. J. Woollacott. narrows, made an excursion along the | 15" (ya¢ communication Mr. Morgan shores of Quashkansky Bay, Baranoff | exonerated Mr. Woollacott from all Island. Grouse are tame enough in| fault in the matter of being a party Alaska to kill with a club, but Link | to the alleged adulteration of a carload B e e T i went armed to meet almost any old| 0 L0 "0 The Call, who formed thing, for in his belt stuck a big horn | o ygea that Mr. Morgan desirsd to spoon such as the Indians make. They | girect the statement to the editor of went up a creek and Carison remarked | The Call personally. The statement as that the gravel and sand looked as| printed was correct, but it was not though there might be gold there. So! directed by Mr. Morgan to the edifror he began to pan with the big horn | lot T};:a Call. It was given to Mr. Wool- spoon. It would hold about a gill of | a§,‘1’; Morgan is very indignant that sand. Going down to the creek he wash- | the association should be placed in a ed out the sand carefully and was as- | bad light by the fact that some wina tonished to see remaining in the bottom | maker had used an adulteration. He of the spoon at the lower end of a lit- | Says that it is impossible for the as- tle puddle of wet sand which persisted | Sociation to analyze every droo of wine - | it ships. As long as the growers use in remaining there many colors and a | , the association is liable | adulteration, deep ring of fine, flour gold. Link nearly | {5 pe innocently imposed on. fell into an epileptic fit. They tried it | several times in different spots along MORE WAHSH'PS TO BE SENT TO CUBA the creek bank, and it was always the | Several Light-Draught Gunboats to same—fine, flour gold and plenty of it | proportionate with the quantity of sand | Help to Preserve Order Along the Coast. the spoon held. i Grouse were forgotten. Taking their | jackknives they cut sticks and marked | the ground. They had no ax with NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Arrange- ments are being made by Acting Sec- retary Allen for the dispatch of more which to make stakes. This is in| American territory, only a few miles | naval vessels of light draft to Cuban waters to aid the army in coast cities from the staff on which the stars and | stripes went up and from which the in establishing and preserving peace and order. It wi intended several Russian flag came down in 1867. Placer | mining claims under United States laws are 1500 feet or about twenty acres. Of | | months ago to assign four of the sin- gle turreted monitors to Cuba as port ships, and they were fitted up for this course Colonel Smith got in on it United States Commissioner Tuttle also purpose, but it was found they would be too hot for service in the south, and has a claim, and Collector Ivey, too, having been as close up to the push for it is now proposed to assign small gun- boats to the island. In addition three weeks as he could get, was next, and he small converted yachts are being pre- has a claim. Then there was a small-sized stam- pared for surveying duty and they will be available for providing protection pede from Sitka to Quashkansky Bay. In all up to date about twenty twenty- acre claims have been located, but|ang of quieting disorders. The de- nothing further has been done. The| partment has finally abandoned its increasing snowfall will prevent any | purpese form a Gulf squadron, and Cuba and Porto Rico will be continued in the North Atlantic station under command of Rear Admiral Sampson. It is expected the battleship Texas will arrive at Havana very soon, and the Brooklyn will reach her destination to- morrow or Monday. but the most limited development work before spring. The ground gave a fine prospect, running from 10 to 20 cents when worked with a pan. it is said. That is excellent ground. Sitka is much agitated over the dis- e e THE NEW ISLAND REPUBLIC. General’ Views of Cebu, the Second City in Size of the Viscaya Group of the Philippine Islands, Where the Viscaya Republic Has Just Been Proclaimed. FREIGHT-UAR THIEVES SHOOT TWO OFFICERS One of the Culprits Arrested With Stolen Goods in His Possession. COLUMBUS, Dec. 17.—James 8. Foster of Cleveland, detective for the Panhandle Rallroad, caught two men robbing a freight car to-day and was shot twice. He returned the fire, but fell from loss of blood. An hour later Fred Deering, a speclal liceman, went to the home of August rokawski and was found later suffering from a pistol shot. He was taken to a hospital, where he died without making a statement. A revolver with three empty chambers was found on him. Bro- kawski was afterward arrested, the stolen goo0ds being found in his house. WHISKY TRUST IN TROUBLR First Steps Taken t) Have a Receiver Appointed. NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Chancellor Mc- Gill, in Jersey City, has granted the peti- tion to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed for the Whisky Trust. ‘The application was made on bebalf of the Atlas National Bank of Boston, Mass., and the American Surety Company of New York. It is alleged that the oon- cern is insolvent. The petition stated that the liabilities of the trust are $974.949, and the assets, con- sisting principally of real estate, stock and book accounts, $316,685. The rule is re- turnable next wee! i S "SENATE‘ INNOVATION. Plan for the Distribution of Appro- priation Bills. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The subject of distributing the appropriation bills to various committees of the Senate has again been brought forward. Sixty Sena- tors have signed an agreement to vote for the change and about the same time a number have united in a request to Senator Allison that he bring the matter up in the Senate and propose & rule to that effect. %