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The Tall VOLUME LX AN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENT THE AIR OF EUROPE CHARGED WITH WAR HOSTILITIES ARE REGARDED NOW AS England Facing INEVITABLE a Coalition of Germany and Russia in Africa and the Far East. Special cable to The Call and the Ne w York Herald. Copyright, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. ONDON, g | owned with indica- tical events of dan- gnitude are preparing. hinery is mostly out of Office and in the n, but that pe ti ger T spular p: s al om South Afriea. g for which the instruc- f ngland is ing her garrisons on 1 Delagoa Bay Boer or se have long and respect at that th Africa. good authority n at Port 1t general pal b m build- rn China and us with the sidence e Muscovite pro- to New- American s of the Bulow, e utteranc Baron v FRENCHMEY THREATEN THE OUEEN LY | | Victoria's Yacht Will Be| Convoyed by British Torpedo-Boats. | Her Majesty Refuses to Forego Her Annual Trip to the Riviera. Copyrighted, 1599, by the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 4.—The arrange- ments fe n Victoria’s departure for the Riviera next Thursday have completed. Her Majesty will to the south of France by wa ulogne-sur-Mer, in ad of via Cherbourg, this being the first time she «ill have visited Boulogne since the P S is taken in the fact interest e Qu yacht will be convoyed t of the f: st torpedo-boat de- in the British navy, five of hirty-knot boats. Cruisers sly been employed for this ity, and the use of destroyers, it is hinted in some of the papers, is in- tended to set off the French papers’ bout submarine toerpedo-becats. re is much indignatfon in England the scandalous and coarse toria by some of at made upon Queen V the newspapers of Paris this week. The Libre Parole, In an insulting article, said: Frankly, the Queen will be well advised if she not come to France this epring. The constitutional fiction was Lord S iry and not the Queen ho inflic outrage of Fashoaa d the \ of Muscat on France i1l not st It is well known that the Queen T lirected England’s pollcy throughout her long reign, and she has never missed an opportunity of displaying ipathy for France. Under the cir- -, therefore, her visit is an ad- al insult and a defiance of pubiic opinion. After this warning it will only be her own fault tié reception in F does iffice nce. Autorile says: our guest at a mo- h Government has n ever our enemy. 11 of the same risks -d in entering Cuban jovernment is h act as Senor France from tion that the Cassalgnac’s e Queen becom when the Brit M. Her jc : a5 the Malne incur waters, and the French committing the same fool _Sagasta by not preventing. i in such a posi smallest rrv“l-]ya in a terrible conflict. After such insinuations as the fore- going, it seems possible that the Queen's visit to France will not pass without some Chauvinist incider A &pecial police staff has lefi P: watch over her Majesty at Cimiez, | where her heavy baggage is already ar- riving. Queen Victoria pays $12,000 monthly for her own rooms, without counting the expense of her suite, num- bering sixty persons. Altogether her| little trip will st her about $75,000. Her chaise, favorite white donkey and numbers of pet dogs and birds have been sent abroad. Her Majesty also | has a curious whim about sleeping in s the | attacks | that | f she meets with a hos- | ident might precipitate both | March 4.—The week's | United States is concerned, for if his | are compelled to | words are .true we question the veracity eye-witnesses at where. There are many forces making for war, and the Czar's proclamation seems to have been the signal for re- doubled military energy. England is conscious that she may soon be called upon to fight against a coalition of Russia and Germany, and it is not beyond possibility that France may make a third in this coalition. 1 > to-day that the English army and navy are in a better state of equipment, organization and fighting spirit than at any time since Cromwell. There has been a silent revolution in both services which cannot be appre- ciated until put to the test. And, along with all this; it is manifest to-day to high and low that politically and morally there must be no future differences with Ametica, or if there are they must be settled peacefully by some international supreme court. Re- flections of this nature are uppermost in the thoughts of Englishmen, consti- tuting for us a golden opportunity, which no two men can better appreciate than John Hay and Joseph Choate. The lady known formerly in Chicago as “the beautiful M Mary Leiter” is now toasted in every garrison in British BRAVE DEWEY BREAKS OUT IS NEW FLAG Saluted as Admiral by the Foreign Ships in Manila Bay. of competent Manila and else- Filipinos Attempting to Relieve Guadalupe Shelled Out—Two Californians Wounded. Special Dispatch to The Call. | MANILA, March 4.—Admiral George Dewey raised his flag as an admiral on hoard the Olympia this morning and was saluted by the guns of the forts, warships, the British and the German | of the foreign cruiser Narcissus cruiser K; American ships in port. At daylight General Wheaton's out- posts discovered a large body of rebels attempting to cross the river for the purpose of reinforcing the enemy at Guadaloupe. A gunboat advanced un- der a heavy fire and poured shot into the jungle on both sides of the river | { and shelled the enemy's Guadaloupe effectiv scattering the rebels. | was heavy. Private John T. Oise of Battery C, Third Artillery, was killed. On board the gunboat Privates Wil- liam Wheeler of Company L, and Louis | Barrien of Company G, First Califor- nia Volunteers, were wounded. The rebels in the village of San Jose fired on the United States gunboat Bennington to-day, and the warship shelled that place and other suburbs of Malabon this afternoon. | The United States transport Senator has arrived here with reinforcements of troops. The United States cruiser Baltimore arrived here at 4 p. m. to-day from Hongkong, having on board two of the j civil members of the United States Philippine Commission, J. G. Schur- man, president of Cornell University. and Professor D. C. Worcester, of the University of Michigan. Some of the wives of the officers have been allowed to land from the United States transport Morgan City, but they have been ordered to return on board that steamer by 5 o'clock this after- noon. The United States cruiser Charleston has arrived here from Aparri. MANILA, March 5, 10:14 a. m.—Gen-~ eral Otis, accompanied by his alds, Captain Murray and Lieutenant Slade, this morning paid a formal visit to the civil members of the United States Philippine Commission, which arrved here yesterday afternoon from Hong- kong on board the Baltimore. A house on the Ermita water front has been prepared for the residence cf the commission. Colonel Charles Denby, the only one of the commissioners who has not arrived yet, is expected on the next steamstip from Hongkong. The troops brought by the transpoit position at ly, | Senator are still on board that vessel. A permanent cable has been established her own bed, which is taken with her wherever she goese between Manila and Cavite. serin Augusta, and by the temporarily | The enemy’s loss | WASHINGTON, March 4—The War | India. At least so tells me an officer just returned from Calcutta. Another fa- mous American beauty, the former Miss | Mary Perkins of Newport, accompanies her husband, Admiral Beaumont, to Vancouver, where he has been ap- pointed in command of the British ships in that neighborhood. With a few | more American women in command of | British Governors the Anglo-Saxon al- liance may afford to do without parch- ment. s Not long ago Lord Dufferin laugh- ingly told me that England could never declare war against the United States| because the House of Lords had been captured by American wives. RUSSIA READY FOR THE AMEER'S DEATH NEW YORK, March 4.—A special ca- | ble to the Sun from London says:| Nothing bas been heard during the | last few days respecting the reported | | death of the Ameer of Afghanistan, and | it will be several days yet before re- [ plies of the Indian Government to in-| quiries can be obtained. In the meantime the prevailing belief | | in official quarters is that if the Ameer | is not dead he is a pretty sick man, who | | may die at any moment. Sir Thomas Salter-Pyne, the nervy | Bnglishman, who for several years oc- | cupied the post of the Ameer’s chief | | engineer and director of the arsenal, s now safely in Calcutta. He s the | reason he left Afghanistan W that | he could see the Ameer had not long to live, and that no European's life was werth a minute’s purchase after the | Ameer's death. | He has given the Indian Government | information of vital importance, which, | according to semi-official ('l|,=palr‘hr-s‘ | | | received in London to-day, fully justi- fies all the suspicions recently enter- tained of the good faith of Russia, which has already decided to support the pretensions to the Afghan throne of the present Ameer’s brother, and has | massed troops within striking distance | of the Afghan frontier. | As far as can be ascertained England will not actively espouse the cause of any particular pretender, but will let the rival elements fight it out and will then support the victor if he is not a too pronounced Russian protege. This is scarcely a bold policy and British timidity will probably make Russian | influence paramount for a time at any | rate. Department has received the following | | cablegram from Major General Otis. | MANILA, March 4—Adjutant General, | Washington: Casualties near Caloocan: | First Montana, March 2, band, Private Alred Cashmore, thigh, slight. ! Near San Pedro Macate, Third Artillery, | March 1, Battery G, Sergeant Dennis Shea, hand, severe. Just reported as missing, Grant Cullam, | Company C, Tenth Pennsylvania, sent | outside the lines for information on Jan- | uary 27 and not seen sinc ADMIRAL DEWEY ‘ & MAY NEVER RETURN NEW YORK, March 5.—A cable to | | the Journal from Manila says: In con- Continued on Third Page. TRIPARTITE GOVERNMENT A FAILURE Such the Sentiment of the German Papers as to Samoa. WAY OF SETTLEMENT An Understanding May Be Arrived At by an Entire Change of Rep- resentatives at Apia. Copyrighted, 1899, by the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, March 4.—The press de- votes much space this week to the Sa- moan question. The mails have brought numbers of letters from Ger- mans at Apia and the leading papers in many cases describe the occurrences | differently from the English and Amer- jcan newspapers, putting the blame upon the English-speaking officials. The comments of the papers also differ, but all agree that the tripartite. gov- ernment is a failure, and the idea of the partition of the islands is much ventilated. The organs of the colonia! party op- pose the suggestion energetically, as it would put an end to German annexa- tion of the group. A writer in the Colonial Zeitung, the leading organ of the party, attempts to show that the partition of the islands, even if peaceful, would inevitably lead to a much worse situation. The correspondent of the Associated Press hears on good authority that the negotiations thus far tacitly assume that an entire change in the personnel at Apia of the representatives of the three powers will be the basis of un- nding to be arrived at, and that will include the recall of the Amer- fcan chief justice, Chambers; United States Consul Osborne, British Consul Maxse, Dr. Raffel, dent of the Municipal Council, and Herr Rose, the German Consul. It is under- stood that their removal is necessary in order to re-establish peace and or- der in the administration of the islands. The German officials do not attempt to deny this, though they add it has long been intended to relieve them at their own request. Some of the German newspapers. con-. tend that a surrender in this matter without similar concessions on the other side will mean a grave loss of German prestige. KIPLING LOST NO GROUND. But Did Not uake the Expected Progress Toward Recovery. NEW YORK, March 4.—At 9 o'clock to- night it was stated that Mr. Kipling had lost no ground during the day, but had not made quite as much progress toward recovery as he had on the previous day. The patient, the physicians say, had not spoken to any one since talking a little with his wife during the evening. the German presi- | WAS GOMEZ PROMISED THE PRESIDENCY? A Confidant of the General Makes an Extraordi- nary Statement. UNCLE SAM'S PLEDGE It Is Alleged That the Cuban Troops Would Be Paid in Full and Our Forces Withdrawn. Epecial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1599, by James Gor- don Bennett. HAVANA, March 4—In conversation with me to-day a member of the Cu- ban Assembly, who is a general in the army and a close confidant of General Gomez, made the following extraordi- nary statement, which has weight be- cause of the standing and position of | the man making it: First—The United States promised General Gomez that if the offer of $2,000,000 should be accepted and con- firmed by the Assembly, a further sum of $10,000,000 would be advanced | to discharge the claims of Cuban sol- diers. Second—A pledge would be given to General Gomez that as soon as the Cuban army was dishanded and the machinery for taking the vote of the people was put in operation the United States would retire from the island. turning it over to an independent gov- | | ernment. Third—That until then the American troops would be reduced to the lowest number consistent with the preserva- tion of order ip the island. Fourth—General Gomez affirmed his ambition to become the first President | of Cuba, and was promised that he would receive every assistance in ac- complishing this object from the Amer- ican administration. | My informant assures that several members of the Cuban Assembly have been taken into Gomez's confidence in the matter, and that they will strongly | urge the confirmation by that body of the arrangement to accept the $3,000,- 000. General Julio Sanguillo also is | working with General Gomez, and will accompany him to Washington. | . Stolen Watch Recovered. STOCKTON, March 4—The $400 watc. of Superintendent Fillmore of the South- ern Pacific Company, which was stolen in San Francisco a few days ago, was/| found on a street in Stockton to-day by a policeman. It Jmd evidently been ac-| cidentally dropped by the man who had | stolen it, and who is supposed to be the | burglar who is operating in Stockton. Made Its Bid in Vain. CHICAGO, March 4—The Mitchell Re- | duction Company of San Francisco is the | lowest bidder for disposing of Chicago garbage (its bia was $240,000), but owing to | the condition of the city finances the con- tract cannot be let until taxes are collect- ed. It is probable new bids will then be called for. | P O S S S R S R R S iy S EW YORK, March 4—A Valley View, Ky., special to the Herald | says: Cassius M. Clay, abolition- | ist, duellist and ex-Minister to Russia, is mad. The reason of the “Sage of Whitehall” is almost gone and his friends fear he will soon be a total wreck. For weeks the neighbors | have been afraid to venture to his! mansion and he has been living in total seclusion. Since his young girl wife Dora left him and married Riley Brock and they settled down in the home given to Dora | .W-@»@+00®4@+@>«@4—&0—-%@4@%»&0—0% CASSIUS M. CLAY L R R R SR O O General Clay and the Girl Wife Dora, for Whom He Wrecked His Life. WMW+MM®+@+@M+M&ME by the old man a few months ago Gen- eral Clay has seen few visitors and his mind has shown signs of weakening. To-day he sent a messenger to this place with the following telegram, ad- dressed to Senator Willlam Lindsay at ‘Washington: “I and my former wife, Dora Brock, have been prisoners for about five | years, deprived of life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness by law- less persons called the ‘Vendetta,’ vio- lating all our State and national laws | Speaker of the Senate and House of and rights.- They bave committed | Representatives of the United States.” against us all the crimes possible, clos- ing the United States mails and| t;lvgranh offices outside and inside the — — — “About the time of granting J. M. Palmer a pension the ‘vendetta’ in the town of Richmond, Ky., where I put a petition of mine in the Federal Post- office and took a receipt for the same, criminally destroyed it, and they vio- lated my constitutional right of petition and protest and the penal law of the United States. Finally Dora’s mind and reason hecame shaken and my eyes have been put out so I can’t see only as in a thick fog and can’t never read print any more. “T pray Congress to send a commit- tee here and save my life and me from dying blind and alone in my own castle. Starvation, without crime, or reward for a lifetime of service in the cause of justice and hufhanity in which I re- celved seventeen scars; more than all the major generals from Washington | to the present time. = B O e S AR GRCER SRCS 08 41.» - @+ +000+000-+006+0 “CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY. “Whitehall, Ky., March 4, 1899, “willlam Lindsay will immediately give a copy of this to the President. the | services of | getting a meal after evening entertain- flict in June—Herrin's The ambition of D. M. Burns to be| United States Senator has created a merry war in the Southern Pacific Company. Politicians generally, if not the public, believe that all is harmony in the big yellow building on Mont- gomery and Market streets. Those who have watched the exciting contest at Sacramento have been led to under- stand that the railroad has been united- ly and heartily in support of the Mexi- can and his absurd aspiration. It has been whispered around that Burns, the shameless politician, was to | win his “vindication” through the rail- | road, and that every energy of the| great corporation is being bent to his service. This is the falsehood of the| Mexican's touts. The facts of the case are very different. There are clashing factions in the Southern Pacific Com- pany and D. M. Burns is the cause of the trouble. i The story is an interesting one. Burns and Wil F. Herrin have fraternized for some time. The crafty head of the law department of the Southern Pacific Company has hazarded his official ex- istencé upon the success of the Mexi- can. Herrin has undertaken the tre- mendous task of making Burns a United States Senator, and he has done | Stanford and Crocker interests in the | Scuthern Pacific Company. | In his official capacity Herrin reprfl-i sents the Huntington interests. The | head of the law department as a mat- | ter of course must attend to the po- litical interests of the company. The | only measure of his service that will be accepted is success. If he fails in what he undertakes he knows that his employers will not be siow to secure the | some one else. Knowing this, and estimating political conditions as he thought they existed, Herrin chose D. M. Burns to be the next United | States Senator. Herrin now finds himself unable to | carry out his contract. He has cajoled, threatened and begged legislators to | follow his instructions, but has met | with stubborn opposition from men | that are necessary to the success of his plans. He finds himself discredited | in his own household. His political | prophecies have failed and his enemies in the Southern Pacific Company are taking advantage of his discomfiture. | He has gone so far as to link his own fortunes with those of the Mexican, and in the failure of that worthy he is likely to find himself on the street looking for a job. This condition of affairs has been kept a profound secret for some time, but the facts have leaked out and are now a matter of gossip in the clubs | and in those circles where the affairs BURNS' DEFEAT MAY MEAN THE END OF HERRIN Mexican’s Ambition Creates War in the Southern Pacific. PONIATOWSKI ENTERS THE LISTS Clashing Factions in the Company Will Meet in Con- Contract as Head of the Law Department of the Corporation Will Expire in July. of Herrin and his employers are ques- tions of passing interest. The matter is not likely to reach a climax for several weeks as far as the Southern Pacific Company is concerned. The Stanford and Crocker interests in the corporation have maintained a de- termined. hostility to the Huntington clique for some time, but they have | been unable to gain any material ad- vantage. Herrin could rest easily therefore, even in the face of opposi- tion were it not for the important fact that the annual election of directors is not so very remote and several impor- tant changes are likely to happen. Herrin knows that he has deliberate- ly antagonized the Crocker and Stan- ford factions bv championing the dis- graceful cause of Dan Burns. Herrin knows also that his own contract as head of the law department of the Southern Pacific Company will expire in July next, and he must mend his fences rapidly or take the chances of being thrown out. While he has not faltered in his allegiance to the Mexi- can he has nevertheless been extend- ing the “glad hand” to his opponents in the corporation. His action is perhaps justified, for the programme now is to place Prince Po- niatowski in the directory of the South- ern Pacific Company and add new so in opposition to the wishes of ‘the 'power to the influence of the Crockers. It is the purpose of the Crockers, as- sisted by the Stanford interest, to place Poniatowski in the directory at the election which will be held next June. It is claimed that Poniatowski is in- terested in the Southern Pacific Com- pany to the extent of four million and a half dollars, and that he cannot be prevented from being a director if he wishes to be one. Y He has frequently declared his oppo< sition to the policy of Herrin as far as the support of the candidacy of Burns is concerned. Herrin is fully aware of this fact, which is important to him in connection with the other fact that his contract as head of the law department of the company expires in July. Po. niatowski as a director will then have a vote in the choice of the paid attor- ney of the corporation. He has ex- pressed a desire to relieve Mr. Herrin of his present position, and that worthy gentleman is bothering his brain in an effort to make both ends meet the situ- ation. It is not unlikely therefore that the failure of Dan Burns to win a seat in the United States Senate may cost ‘William F. Herrin his’position as sta» manipulator of the Southern Pacific Company. The destruction of the Mex~ jcan as a factor of political evil in this State may compel Huntington to reor- ganize his department of law_and select for it a new head. The end of Dan Burns may be the passing of Herrin. LATE SUPPERS ARE TABODED London Custom Irritates Americans. and _the New York § Cablé to The Call L R ] 1599, by James Gor- Herald. Copyrighted, don Behnett. 74 LONDON, March 4—There is nothing more irritating to a visitor to London, who in American and Continental cities is able to procure food at any hour of the day or night, than the difficulty in ments and while sightseeing on Sun- days. Even Londoners are beginning to “kick” against it now. After the thea- ters are out, if ome wishes supper, and there are thousands nightly who do, for many have long distances to travel into the suburbs before getting home, it is a case of bolting oysters, cutlets, croquettes and the rest with a rapidity that would try the digestive powers of an ostrich. But on Saturday nights, with the early closing hour, a comfor- table supper after an evening’s amuse- ment is impossible. Just last Saturday supper was or- dered for a very fashionable party at one of the leading hotels down by the Thames Embankment. When they came from the theater they had only time to swallow some soup when they were forced to depart. It was useless to plead hunger, for the managers knew very well how ‘strictly the police watch late parties in hotel restaurants. Instead of being remedied, the evil is likely to be aggravated, for the par- liamentary commission con licensing laws proposes to curtail the hours for refreshments, particularly on Sundays. There are already signs of indigna- tion meetings to protest, because it is on Sundays that many men take their families for an outing, and of course dine out as well. CRITICIZE CECIL RHODES. South Americans Say the Briton Lacks Information. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 15%, by James Gor- don Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, Argentina, March 4.—Cecil Rhodes’ predictions about the absorption of South America by the United States, which have been printed here, have been very severely criti- cized. The newspapers agree in saying Mr. Rhodes only proved that he has not the slightest idea of conditions in the South American republics. ‘Welshmen living in the Chubut terri. tory have sent a communication to the press declaring they did not authorize any one to request Great Britain to establish a protectorate over Chubut. MEXICO CITY, March 4.—That part of the Associated Press interview with Cecil Rhodes regarding the absorption of Mexico by the United States has ex- cited much comment in press circles. El Tiempo, the organ of the Clerical party, is_pleased, as it has for vears been predicting what it calls the paci- fic conquest of this country by the Americans. Rhodes’ views, it says, only accord with what the paper has been saying for a long time, and now this typical English imperialist throws off the mask and shows the real aim of the Anglo-Saxons, who aim to con- quer the world. The Tiempo then in- dignantly rebukes Rhodes for having said that the Latin-American repub- lics were barbarously governed. El Correo Espanol, the organ of the Spanish colony here, says Rhodes is a terrestrial Drake, alluding to the fa- mous English admiral who was the scourge of Spain’s shipping and fleet in the time of Philip II. It assails Rhodes as nothing but a filibuster, who made a fiasco in South Africa. The Mexican Herald says Rhodes is plainly unacquainted with the progress made by Mexicd in recent years and does not comprehend the intensely pa- triotic national sentiment of the Mexi- can people. President Diaz has so firm- ly implanted the ideas of peace here that when he is dead his ideas will still rule his fellow countrymen.