The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1898, Page 4

9 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1898. N AID OF THE NICARAGUA CANAL Amendment of the Clay~ ton-Bulwer Treaty. EARLY ACTION NOW SOUGHT| RECIPROCITY MAY FIGURE IN AGREEMENT. By Giving Up Rights to the Water- | way England Likely to Secure Concessions for Canada. v Dispatch to The Call. —The State | 1 not comtem- | gotiationsto nt of the 1 Congress desired amendn ty un ress & to- nt of the Ni aguan partment wishing not f position of ne- fal ct which Congress lusion, deem to experience on. inclina- s attitude. matter has yminence the opened at an originally con- 1y be taken for initiation will be an nt’s conviction some acceptable wdjourning. to English com- | fairly expected to | res n of the car Government v s important t ritain as it is to thc United St is still evidence going to 8 I: rovernment may | se unity to ask for rd to perceive | will take, but siderable plaus- ; a ford the key to problem, assed the In reciprocit y embar ion. ation of the ghts in the Nica- existing circumst PRELIMINARY REPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED Figures of the Walker Commission on the Enormous Amount of Work Required AN YORK, Dec 23.—The ovre-| ary report of the Nicaragua Canal consisting .of General al Walker and Professor cen completed and will be the committee snate give details of ion in regard to the proposed also a close figure on the en- the taking as far as ingenu for costs has been out in sections, and, without go- ing into the details of curves and , they ar s follows: The eastern HoT jetties will require about 000,000 cubic tion. require about prap stone. section of the canal. ction beginning at the aching to the east divide, many huma A made ummary of an vards of soft excav thems yar > jetties 00 cubic The which harbor a require will 16,000,000 cubic yards of carth and clay e ations. The three locks in this section will cost in the neighborhood of ten million dollars complete, with three millions for ex- cavati This section is about thir- 1d a half miles length and ough the jungle country near coast. There will be 700 ac f | : and grubbing also in th - incidental expenses will | to little besides those above ted; therefore they are ide section re s from here | higher rauge of hills to miles further. There are | half million cubic yards of cut and about five million rth and The depth of will be mi by the height which > 112 feet The actual cutting will feet in is low cuttir country the 2, which will ach to the Ochoa dam, thirty-four a half miles from the Caribbean will only add 10,000,000 yards to the figures, m King a trifle over 40.000.000 cubic yards to the d From here a summary of the cut through the San Juan Ri will ag- grega 34,000,000 cubic rds with about 5,000,000 more for curve widening, and 2000 acres c grubbing This will not includ of the dam: or embankments, but simply the chan- nel cutting the bed of the San Juan ¥ 3¢ This makes 5,000,000 cubjc yards of all grades of cutting to Lake aragua. The cost of the Ochoa | dam, upon which rests the entire feasi. | bility of the route, has not been ac- curately computed, as the undertaking | is of so colossal a nature as to be be- 1 ring within a unit or even he dam will be over 1500 feet its foundation 75 feet below alt in the river bottom and | 30 feet. As the river will | ed from its course dur- Cties 7, remi v fimwem T many details will have to be taken into | consideration for an estimate of its cost. [ The San Carlos embankment will cost several million dollars and the esti- | mates being made. The cuts in the shallow part of the lake will aggregate 10,000,000 vard making a to Pears’ Only they who | use it know the | | ing to his 12 Fresno County Supervisors Who Are Accused of Malfeasance by a Grand Jury. 000,000 to the western division of the canal. The estimates of the western division have not been maae y: PROPOSE TO BUILD A BROADER CANAL | Nicaraguan Commission’s Estimates Differ From Those of Menocal. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Ex-Senator Warner Miller said to-day that the quan- tities and estimates mentioned in the port of the Nicaraguan Canal Comm! sion indicated that the commission pro- posed to build a broader canal than the one provided for in the estimates of E gineer Menocal’s report to the old Nica- ragua Canal Company. The estimates of Menocal were for the total excavation of 70,049,377 cublc_yards of rock and earth, and old board of consulting engi- neers estimated the aggregate cost at $88,799,000. The commisison, of which Ad- miral’ Walker is chairman, proposes to make the channel in 8. Juan River much wider than was proposed in Menocal report. the e NICARAGUA CANAL PROMOTERS ENCOURAGED Fresh Hope Given by the Assurances | From the President and Advices From England. WASHINGTC Dee. —Nicaragua canal promoters are gre encouraged for two reasons; first, because of ed that th dent e canal pra As one itrol. FITTING CLOSE OF THE CAREER OF GHANI BEY The Cutthroat Aid of Turkey’s Sul- tan Killed by Hafuz Pasha During a Quarrel. CONSTAN OPLE, Dec. 23. — Ghani Bey the Su de camp, was Hafuz Pasha ‘n s proceedings in Epirus He also inspired terror here by extort- ing money under threats of death. The officials of the foreign embassy have fre- quently demanded, the punishment’ of Ghani Bey, but always unsuccessfully. Hafuz Pasha escaped and is still at large. The official press bureau prohibit: any mention of the matter in the n papers. It appi , how , that H Pasha, after a slight altercation, placed the muzzle of his revolver close to_ the the head of Ghani Bey and fired. Ghani after a few hours of suffering. Ghani won the Sultan's favor and pro- motion by committing numerous crimes He was sent to restore order in Epirus after the Greco-Turkish war. At the head of 300 lawless companions he robbed, pillaged and murdered by the wholesale until he was summoned home, only to be promoted to a colonelcy. Then he con- tinued his iniquities here. He would enter a shop, draw a_revolver and compel its owner to open his safe and give up its contents. MISSING SCHOONER RETURNS TO PORT Blown a Thousand Miles Out of Its Course by an Atlantic Gale. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.—The missing four-masted Philadelphia schooner Matil- da D. Borda, Captain Norton, which from Portsmouth, N. H., November this port, the day before the terrific gale which caused sich sacrifiece of life and property along the coast, and which was blown over 1000 miles out of her course, arrived here to-night in tow of the tug Asa Hughes crew of this vessel, which had for some time been given up as lost, was one that will be long remembered by their rela- tives, who have passed through weeks of great anxlety. Bl e experience of Captain Norton and his men was a thrilling one as the vessel scudded off shore before the terrific gale, with seas leaping high over her. She was provisioned for only a short run, and for days the men have been subsisting on re- i rations. The British steamship dad supplied them with some food, wise it i not unlikely they would have perished from hunger. Captain Nor- ton upon learning of the fearful havoc wrought by the storm said that their safe arrival was due to the interposition of providence. e REPUDIATES AN INTERVIEW. Marion de Vries Did Not Speak in Favor of Expansion. STOCKTON, Dec. 23.—Congressman Marion de Vries, in a letter to the Mail from Washington, denies an alleged inter- | view credited to him by several papers. The statement in tha in: was to the effect that Mr. de Vries was favor: messag it was a plain, straightforward state- ment of the executive department's af- WS- fairs,”” Mr. de Vries is quoted as having said. “I am against the acquisition of territory remote from our own shores, but I have repeatedly said that I hold the opinion that, while a Senator or Repre- sentative In Congress may have positive nvictions upon matters of governmental policy, he must not forget that he is the | r:lflwrcsenkal]\'e of a community of peo- ples SEALERS FORM A POOL. Canadians Will Not Accept This Country’s Offer to Purchase. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 28.—Owners and agents of sealing vessels here held a meet- | ing yesterday and decided to incorporate a company with a capital stock of $650,- 000, sufljo(l to the rr)xr?mlus!nn of the in- ternational commission’s conference at ‘Washington. This means a determination on the part of -the any offer to purchase. e | Bret Harte has one of his old-time luxury of it. Christmas stories in next Sunday’s Call. Read it. and_sec- | c London advices that Eng- ill consent to a modification of the ayton-Bulwer treaty with tne result t the canal will be under American The home-coming of the | impressed with the President’s | sealers not to accept | | Call. HYPNOTISM ened After a 8 ©Q fluence of hypnotism. Miss Brospeit retired as usual July last. of ‘suggestive therapeutics,” On the following morning, when it was time to awaken, she kept on sleeping, and though at times she would open her eyes, she seemed unconscious of her surroundings. a form of hypnotism, was tried and the patient to-day was brought out of her long trance. weak, she was able to say a few words to those around her. has been kept alive with liquid food. RUBABRURUARUBRURURRURRUNNIRLNNS USED TO END A TRANCE ‘Milwaukee Young Woman Awak- Sleep of Six Months. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, Dec. 23.—Tony Brospeit, a woman 23 years of age, who has been in a trance for the past five months at her home in this city, was brought to her normal condition through the in- in her apartments on the 23d of At last an application Though very She sagses ot aneani e 4 % WAKE ISLAND WILL BE TAKEN Orders Given to Raise Old Glory There. CAPTAIN TASSIG’'S MISSION TO PROCEED WITH THE BEN- NINGTON FROM HONOLULU. | TUncle Sam Needs the Little Rock in the Pacific for Use as a Cable Sta- tion. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The Gov- ernment has determined to hoist the flag over an island far out in the Pacific Ocean, and orders were sent out late this afternoon to the commander of the Bennington, Captain Tassig, to proceed at once to take possession in the name of the United States Government of ‘Wake Island, lying in latitude 19 north, longitude 166 east. It is distant about 2000 miles from Nihau, the westernmost of the Hawaiian Islands, and 1300 miles | east from Guam. It is almost in a di- rect line between these possessions of | the United States and is admirably adapted for use as a station for a Pa- cific cable to connect the Philippines | with Hawalii and the United States. 1t | is about three miles in length and en- | closes a lagoon of salt water. The | average height of the island is eight |feet above high tide. It is scarcely | capable in itself of sustaining life, but it is expected that a cable station can be | maintained without difficulty by the | erection of a condenser to supply fresh | water. Some station in this locality is deemed | to be absolutely necessary to the main- | | tenance of a cable and for that reason | | the American Peace Commissioners at | | Paris endeavored to secure one of the | Caroline Islands, but without succes: | vvake Island is said to be by right al- | ready American territory, for in 1851 | Admiral Wilkes surveyed the place and | | asserted title. It is not inhabited so | far as known at the present time, | though in the past some guano gather- |ers have temporarily lived on the is- {land. The Bennington is now at Honolulu, | and the orders to her will go out by steamer. After hoisting the flag on ‘Wake Island she will proceed to Guam and make the survey of the island, which was expected some time ago. She has already completed a survey of Pearl harbor, seven miles from Hono- lulu, which will form the foundation of | | the Government plans for the enlarge- | ment of .the harbor there and the | | straightening of the channel connecting | 1ihe inner harbor with the ocean. | | | | GALE AT THE SOUTH. Some Damage to the Orange Grov | at San Bernardino. ° SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 23.—An ex- tremely severe north wind visited this | valley to-day. The dust from newly | plowed fields was blown into the air until it was impossible to see a mile distant. | | Trees were uprooted and fences and tele- | phone wires blown down. Reports from | the citrus district say that the damage to the orange crop is slight. The most serious effect was in the open country | between here and Ontario. During the full fury of the storm trains were obliged | to feel their way along, at times stufip ng | to shovel sand drifts from the track. New York Troops Speeding Eastward. DENVER, Dec. 2. — The Denver and | Rio Grande train bearing Companies H, | K and M, of the First New York Volun- teers, left Salida, 216 miles west of here, | at 7 o'clock to-night, expecting to arrive | | in Denver between I and 8 o'clock &. . | ——————— Stuart Robson tells how to win | success on the stage in next Sunday’s | | _ Pgst Chaplain u. pEA - FRENCH CLAIMS 10 BE RESISTED Objection to Extension at Shanghai. AMERICAN RIGHTS INVOLVED ENGLAND FOLLOWS THE LEAD OF UNCLE SAM. This Government Particularly Inter- ested in Maintaining Open Mar- kets for Our Goods in China. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—So far as can be learned here the conflicting claims between the French Government and the United States Government at Shanghai, China, do not involve any broad question relating to the acquisi- tion of large tracts of China by France. Complaint was made to this Govern- ment that the French representatives in China, under guise of extending the | limits of their extra territorial conces- sion in Shanghai, had included in the claim certain property, valued mainly for riparian uses, which had long been occupied or enjoyed by American citi- zens and American corporations. Upon this statement United States Minister Conger was instructed to protest to the Chinese Government against any action on its part which would result in in- Jury to the American citizens above described. It is gathered from the Shanghai dis- patches that the British Government has taken a similar course. But beyond that there has been no joint action be- tween the two governments. It may be stated as to the broader question of territorial extension in China, that without entering into any formal compact with Great Britain on this subject our Government is deeply interested in maintaining the integrity of China, and as England’s policy seems to lie in the same direction, she will thus receive the moral influence of our attitude. which may be as effective as formal joint action. The particular in- terest of our Government in this mat- ter is to maintain the open market for American goods in China. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Captain Loughborough Detailed for General Recruiting Service. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—By direction of the Secretary of War Captain Robert H. R. Loughborough, Twenty-fifth In- fantry, is detailed for duty on general re- cruiting service, and upon being relieved as special regimental recruiting officer in this city will proceed to Sacramento, Cal., and report by letter to the com- manding general of the Department of California for assignment to a recruit- ing station. He will act as quartermaster while on recruiting duty. dward H. Fitzgerald, A., will report in person to the commanding officer of the Twenty-second United States Infantry for duty and ac- folmpgny that regiment to the Philippine slands. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original — Anthony Holler, San Francisco, $8; E. D. Mardon, San Francisco, $6; Joseph Tidrow, San Luis Obispo, $6: Francis Meeker, Oakland, $12. Increase—Wi'_am W. Woller, Rosedale, 38 to §10; Jo ® R. Atherton, Tipton, $6 to $8. Original widows, etc.—Charlotte C. M. Schwab, San Francisco, $8. Oregon: Increase—Onisimue M. Frink, Philomath, $6 to $; Richard Mauam, Irving, $6 to $8. ‘Washington: Original—John E. Voice, Ellensburg, $. Increase—George W. Bur- ton, Toledo, $24 to $30. Relssue, increase— Harrison Y. Dorman, Aldy, $6 to $8. Missing Official Indicted. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 23.—The Grand Jury found an indictment for em- bezzlement to-day against ex-City Clerk C, 8. Sammann, who fled to Mexico soon after his term of office expired last spring. Sammann’s shortage was $300. CITY FATHERS OF FRESNO ACCUSED Malfeasance in Office Charged. GRAND JURY ON THE WARPATH RETURNS ANOTHER BATCH OF ACCUSATIONS. Board of Trustees Alleged to Have Expended Public Funds With- out Having Called for Bids. Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Dec. 23.—The Grand Jury is after public officials with a venge- ance. The public hardly had time to talk about the sensation of yester- day, when the accusations were found against the Supervisors, before an- other sensation was sprung. This even- ing similar accusations were presented against the entire Board of City Trus- tees, charging it with failure to live up to the strict letter of the law in the transaction of public affairs. The ac- cusations against the board were filed by District Attorney Snow in the County Clerk’s office and conies of the documents were placed in the hands of the Sheriff for service upon the city fathers. To-morrow each member will receive formal notification to appear within twelve days and answer to the Ppresentment. The specific charge against the Trus- tees is that they expended an amount in excess of $100 without first calling for bids. The expenditure was incurred in repairing the engine-house across the track, which was built at the in- stance of Trustee Joe Spinney over a year ago, and which is said to be one | of the finest houses of its kind in the State, $10,000 having been spent in its construction. It is out of all proportion to the needs of that part of town. But it is not in reference to its con- struction that the Grand Jury has brought the accusation, but to the re- pairs made subsequently. It is alleged that on March 31 of this year the Trus- tees, acting in their official capacity, “willfully, unlawfully and corruptly expended out of the public funds be- longing to the city the sum of $1795 25,” and “willfully, unlawfully and cor- ruptly failed and neglected to publish ;my notice for bids, as required by aw.” As in the case of the Supervisors, the Trustees have twelve days in which to appear in court and answer to the ac- cusation. Should they fail to appear the charge will be heard in their ab- sence. The purpose of the action of the Grand Jury is to remove them from office for failure to comply with the law. It is hinted that during the trial sensational matters will come to light in connection with the construction of the $10,000 engine house in Spinney’s ward. The Trustees accused of corrupt mis- conduct are: C. J. Craycroft, chair- man; W. F. McVey, Joseph Spinney, E. L. Austin and F. M. Chittenden. Spin- ney, who can neither read nor write, is commonly known as the “boss of ths board.” He is also the “boss” of the Fifth Ward, and has been running things with a high hand. He was de- feated for Supervisor at the last elec- tion. McVey ran for Constable and was defeated at the recent election. Craycroft is a contractor and bulider. McVey was until recently in the furni- ture business, and Chittenden is in the insurance business. After having returned the accusations the Grand Jury adjourned for three weeks. HURLED TO THE BED OF SANTA ROSA CREEK Two Rincon Valley Women Seriously Injured in a Runaway Disaster. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 23.—While driving from this city to their home in Rincon Valey this afternoon Mrs. 8. T. Fulker- son and daughter, Mrs. Willlam Wendt, met with a serious accident which may result in Mrs. Fulkerson losing her life. ‘While passing the rock quarries near the municipal pumping station their horses took fright and ran away, finally dashing the carriage and the occupants down a twenty-foot embankment to the bed of Santa Rosa Creek. Both ladies were bad- ly injured, and Mrs. Fulkerson may not Tecover. s aigeNAI Files an Election Contest. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 23.—C. A. Pal- mer, Republican candidate for District Attorney, who was defeated by twenty- one votes, filed a notice of contest for the office to-day against A. E. Campbell, the successful fusion candidate. Tremblings, Flutterings, eye-sore—red . or bleary—parched throat, perspiration quick to come, faltering or halting galt, a sense of dizziness, you have it and you get over it in two seconds; electric sparks before the eyes, as quick as thought; mind uneasy, pains in the small of the back. also pains up each side of the backbone, pains in the head, shooting pains, suffocating sensa- tions, curious weak feelings; RINGING In the ears, rush of blood to the head, constipation, nervous pulsations in different parts of the body, milky sediment, means the approach of Nervous Debility And the way to get rid of this trouble is to apply to the doctors of the Hudson Medical Institute for their remedy-treatment, Hudyan. Hudyan will cure where you are. Hudyan is the creation of the doctors of the big ‘Hudson Medical Institute. No one can give you Hudyan but the Hudson doctors. gau or write for the particulars of Hudyan. ree. Particulars and Testimonials Free. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ells Sts, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL | YALE DIVINITY in Rev. James says: city were found by the police. to regard his guilt as proved. streets. purely commercial spirit. % %k k% ok %k %k ok ok sk sk ok sk ok sk ok sk ook sk sk ok ok sk %k ok ok ok ok ok Thousands of Volumes Found by Fears are now expressed that the university library itself may have suffered by Mr. Miller's depredations. among which the accused clergyman has many friends, not a little sympathy is expressed for him and there is a strong disinclination Several hundreds found in his room, however, have been positively identified as hav- ing been stolen from leading book stores in Chapel and Church His case has been compared to that of Eugene Aram, but while the crimes of Bulwer's hero were inspired by lofty motives, Mr. Mil- ler's oerations appear to have been conceived and carried out in a All the evidence so far appears to show that for several years Miller, protected against suspicion by the fact that he was a well-known divinity student, has s books wherever he could most safely do so, solely for the purpose of selling them. He is known to have done a large business in the sell- ing of books to fellow students, and it is now fully established that long lines of books stolen from certain stores have been found in other stores not a stone’s throw away, in which they had been left by Mil- ler to be sold for his account on commission. LR R R R R R R STUDENT A PURLOINER OF BOOKS Police Brittain Miller’s Rooms. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—A New Haven (Conn.)special to the Herald Yale University and the city of New Haven are talking of scarcely anything except the case of Rev. James Brittain Miller, a graduate of Divinity School, who was arrested yesterday charged with theft and in whose rooms in West Divinity 5000 volumes believed to have been stolen from book stores in this Hall upward of In university circles, of the volumes stematically stolen ok ok ok ok K ok ok ok ok ok ok sk kK ok o ok K ok kK K R ok ¥ % CONDITIONS OF THE EVACUATION How Cuba Will Pass Into Uncle Sam’s Hands. DUE EXCHANGE OF FLAGS RESPECTIVE SALUTES OF TWEN- TY-ONE GUNS WILL BE FIRED. There Will Be Some Interesting Gere- monies at Havana on New Year’s Day When 0ld Glory Is Raised. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. HAVANA, Dec. 23—At the joint meeting of the United States’and Span- ish Military Commissioners to-day the programme was finally agreed upon for he exchange of flags on January 1 at noon. Just before 12 o’clock the Amer- ican war vessels will fire a salute of twenty-one guns in honor of the Span- ish flag. Promptly at 12 o’clock’ the Spanish flags on the various public buildings will be lowered and Immedi- ately thereafter the stars and stripes will be hoisted over El Morro and the public buildings of the city, while Spanish artillerists at Cabanas Fort- ress will salute the American flag with twenty-one guns, Spanish warships in the harbor participating in the salute. At the same hour the Spanish troops, if any then remain in the city, will be paraded in barracks and will render | proper salute to the American forces [ passing. Just before noon the American and Spanish Commissioners, General C tellanos, the Spanish captain general, | and the American ranking officer in | Cuba, Major General John R. Brooke, if he arrives in time, and otherwise | Major General Lee will assemble at the | palace. The Spanish Commissioners will then surrender the Government to the United States Commissioners, who will immediately transfer it to the Ameri- can general commanding. After this the varjous functionaries will remain a while to receive those who may wish | to pay their respects to the incoming authorities. It was agreed at the joint meeting that the Spanish troops remaining in Cuba after January 1 should be con- sidered in the light of foreign troops in a friendly country, and to be accorded the privileges usually granted under in- ternational law. The quarters, build- ings and grounds occupied by them are to be covered by the immunities of ex- tra territoriality, and further stitpula- tions were entered into respecting the prevention of any disturbance of public order consequent upon their presence. Matanzas and Cienfuegos will doubt- less be the only places where Spanish troops will remain after January 1, and Cienfuegos will be evacuated first. The Spanish sick in the hospitals will | remain under the safeguard of the American flag, the Spanish authorities providing medicines, attendance and food, repatriating them on recovery. Generals Wade, Butler and Clous, ac- companied by their aids, were received | at the palace to-day with full military | honors. The Spanish trumpeters blew a flare and the police guards saluted. The same ceremonies marked the re- tirement of the American officers. The Eighth and Tenth regular in- fantry regiments occupied the forts at El Vedado to-day, but .there are no American flags in sight. Torpedo-Boat Davis Coming. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 23.—The torpedo boat Davis left the Wolff & Sewicker Iron Works here to-day for Mare Island, where she will be delivered to the Gov- ernment. hear signature of SEE GENUINE WRAPPER CARTERS ITTLE IVER PILLS. Price | Very small and as easy to take as sugar. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSHESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION GENUINE MUSTHAVE 25 Cents | Purely Vegetable., E— e e o ‘PRINTED ON RED PAPER. ADVERTISEMENTS. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS must S T SEE GENUINE WRAPPER NATUR| * For three years I before 1 felt better. dyipepsia and stomach trouble, and had tried every- thing from patent medicines down to the ‘hot water’ rcmedy.a Last spring I noticed Ripans Tabules ad- vertised in the village paper, and bought a package of Dr. Durant. I had not used more than a dozen I keep them in the house all A 7 had been suffering from | the time and give them to my friends, but I rarely have occasion now to take one myself”,