The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1899, Page 1

R ERPDRRSERE e This Paper from PR not The Call PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEWEY KNOWS | THE FILIPINO 1S 4 FIGHTER Believes It Will Take Two Years to Subjugate the People. AN DNASSUMING M The Admiral Is in Poor Health and | Should Be Ordered Home at Once. DI Special Dispatch to The Call. | VANCOUVER, B. C., March 8.—Among the passengers who arrived here to-day on the Em-| press of India was Captain Fraser | of London, England, late of the imperial forces. He has just come from Manila. He said: “I dined with Admiral Dewey prior to leaving for Hongkon He is in poor health and certainly should be ordered home. I be- lieve he has aged much, and cer-| ly his hair is v white. He issuming man, and is, I 1ink, a born commander. | The strain which he has under-| ne and is undergoing must be great. From the way in ch the American naval com- | peaks, he fully appre- s the difficulty in the way of should t mander s colonization of the 1200 ds that f the great group | f the Philippines. Admiral| Dewey thinks that it will take at| " not | with the case | tion the after Liliuok PRINCESS KAIULANI ON HER DEATHBED ONOLULU, March 1—Princess Kaiulani, helr apparent to the throne which was wrested from Queen Liliuokalani by force of arms, is near her death. Four physicians in consultation at her bed- side agree that the young woman will live twenty-four hours. Princess Kaiulan! has been {ll for some time, but not until to-day did her indisposi- tion take a serious turn. Rheumatism \as now affected her heart, and her hours on earth are numbered. Princess Kaiulant’s {llness dates back to a trip made to ope of the other islands several weeks ago against the advice of her physicians. She was brought back sick, and since has been confined to her room. A strange development in connection lies in the story. only whispered as yet, that in spite of all | precautions the poor invalid has heard that a section of the natives are bring- ing to hear upon her in her sick condi- the influence of perstitious f anaana, or pr g to death, in teous revenge for her abstaining fre interference in politics on behalf of the ex-Queen It is very true that her d et conduct in recognizing the cond brought by annexation has ade the Princess very unpopular with of the adherents of the Q *h to the grave displeasure of ani, who has e endeav- ored to show that their personal rela- tions were of the most friendly nature. K ghter of the late Princ A Cleghorn, a Scotchman, her father. He is now living in Honolulu. She was born Oc- tober 16, 1875. After the death of Ka- lakaua, when Liliuokalani ascended the throne, Kaiulani was declared heir ap- parent to the throne of Hawaii. This was on March 9, 1891. The Princess was then in England pursuing her studies. In the events that have transpired here during the past six years, the fact that she was being cated in Eng- iscre t land worked against chances of ever being Queen. Th ican ele- ment here wa alwa afraid she would lean toward British interests as against American. On this account, it s safe to say, Kaiulani would not have ascended the throne even had the mon- archy lasted. The large and wealthy American element has never fa- vored her claim to the throne. In 1893, alani was dethroned, state matters were in a very unsettled con- - § g N e - & 4 + & + L d * b d + L4 + & * * % + e AN .5 Iy iy 1, {l & PRINCESS * & KAITUILLANI B e S D SO S TROOPS ARE POURING INTO PORT ARTHUR Russia Acting Under Pre- tense That Her Garri- sons Are Too Small. SENDS A LARGE ARMY Lord Charles Beresford Says That If All Powers Join in the Chi- nese Grab War Will Follow. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., March news that the Russian Govern- ment is pouring troops into Port Arthur and Talien Wan under pretense that the force now gar- risoning these places is too small in view of the apparent discon- | tent of the inhabitants of Lia-| tung peninsula, who have within the last two months risen against the Russians in thirteen different townships and districts. Not less than gooo men have landed at Port Arthur within the $ | past month or so, and it is in- + |tended to add 25,000 more, mak- 046460090404 0090290904040 soeOeoedeie® ing the full strength of the army dition In Honolulu. In certain quar- ters it was proposed that Kaiulani ba placed on the throne, with Sanford B. Dole, who was then President of the Provisional Government, as her chief adv The proposition did not strike the people as being a good one, and nothing ever came of it. Since the Princess has been in Hono- lulu she has received every considera- tion from the Government. When she took the oath of allegiance to the re- public of Hawail she was granted a lib- eral pension, renewed the allowance. Some weeks ago a paper was circulated among the business men, praying the TUnited States Congr to make some provi- sion for the young woman. The paper i now in Washington. ast two years to subjugate the | ipinos, for they e fghters from back,” a phrase that Admiral Dewey himself is said to | ar vay WOUNDED IN EATTLES AT SAN PEDRO MACATE March 8.—The ffll-‘ received from WASHINGTON, ral, Washington— San Pedro Macate, | First Washington, Com pany C rank Johnson, breast, Battery slight; k, leg, light; Russell, st, Com- foot hington, . Thorey, Charles Trimble, Compa ond Oregon, L. Stantom, abdo- Hospital B. Homan, MANILA, Marc to-day at 3 o'clock the h 8.—The temperature as eigh air w gre clou tly in- spite of ded by mat- ever feasible er prostrations, ho eat. Our troops to-day 1 to remain in the open same extent as yester- ere engaged in clear- ‘he rebels seldom ap- pt in the cool of he evening. Our 1 the heat less ng There ever, from the are not compe country to the day, when th ing the jungl pear in the op the morr fers OPPOSED TO THE SPEYER SOUTHERN PACIFIC PLAN Decided Stand Taken by the Com- mittee of American Stockholders in Central Pacific Road. NEW he committee repres tockholders in the Railroad to the ount of mo 2 $5,000,000 (par value) tement de- opposing the the st ares their the! Pacific requesting em in action ftc » method they | known, mplate a su sons for plan of readjust- re hoiders to stand the plan. iopt is not ermin the | srough their minority e Southern Pacific or resort to not force to modif: foreclosure of 1 KIPLING SLOWLY | REGAINING HEALTH| NEW YORK, March S—Rudyard Kip- ling’s health continues to mend slowly. b far beef tea hes been his only article and nothing will be added to it until an improvement in his condition will it. He has not yet been told of the death of his daughter, Josephine. Elsie, other daughter, rested quietly to-day. At 10 o'clock to-night Mr. Kipling was STUFF FED TROOPS WAS HORSE MEAT | New and Probable Theory | Concerning the Canned Roast “Beef.” Special Dispatch to The Call, Call Headquarters Wellington Hotel. ‘Washington! March 8. Light seems to be breaking upon some of the shady transactions involv- ed in the beef scandal. There is a strong probability that much of the canned roast “beef” to which the troops on fransports and in the fields of Cuba and Porto Rico ob- jected was not beef at all, meat. This is a theory constructed by some men who have closely followed the proceedings of the Alger relief com- mission and the beef court of inauiry. It is a theory built on strong circum- stantial evidence. dark red. It did not smell. The fat was Nlowish and unusual in appearance. ye The meat was coarse and fibrous, each fiber being of about the thickness of a toothpick. It was an ugly and unusual looking mass of flesh. Dr. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, said to-day that horse meat is dark red, considerably darker than beef. The fiber is coarse and, as a rule, the meat is tough. The fat is somewhat yellowish and is con- siderably softer than beef fat. Dr. Salmon stated that the depart- ment had official knowledge of two horse-slaughtering establishments. and has two applications on file at present from men who want to establish them- selves in the horse-packing business. When Morton was Secretary of Agri- culture; a German started a horse- packing plant on Long Island, and came down 'to Washington to ask Mor- ton to de 1 an inspector to examine the stock and methods of slaughter. This was done. The proprietor bought old horses at from $3 to $7 a head. These were mostly animals that had outlived their usefulness, such as con- demned car and cab hor After awhile the Government inspection of this plant was withdrawn because there was no law compelling the in- spection of horse meat. A close friend to General Mlles said to-day he could prove that a horse- packing plant is in operation at Chi- cago. Major Lee, counsel for General Miles, who left for Chicago last night to be present at the jon of the court there, will, on his return to Washing- ton, insist that some of the red ns be submitted to the Department of Agri- culture for examination. While in Chicago he will inv igate the horse- slaughtering business SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS’ SERVITUDE PARIS, March 8.—Mme. Charles Blan- chini, wife of the famous scenic artist, whose trial on the charge of attempting to_poison her husband began on Monday ca1d 1o be resting quietly and making en- | last, was to-day sentenced to. five years’ .‘.f:llf;,'n?:g r;.:!roprgi‘sln. i “Was sald ke penal servitude. As she was leaving the probably would be moved toanother suite in the hotel in another week, merely to ~~e him a change nf surroundings. courtroom the prisoner made a futile at- tempt to commit suicide by stabbing her- self with a hat pin. but horse | KEEPS WATCH ON CERMANY Debate on Army Budget Leads to the Usual Talk of Being Prepared. Special Dispatch to The Call, {ooooo0o0o0000000000 NEW YORK, March-8.—A ca- ble to the World from Paris says: A great wave of emotion like that which swept America after the Maine disaster is now passing over France. It has be- come evident that the explosion of the powder magazine at La o [} ] o [} o [} |o o o | 0 Goubran was the work of an en- |0 emy. More mysterious than the | 0 explosives found was the attack | © on the sentinel there. Two shots | 0 were fired at him as he stood on |o guard. The sentry gave an |0 alarm and the guard was turned |0 out, but no prowlers were dis- | © covered. though the sentry says | 0. he say six men running away. 000000000000000000000 o 100000000000000000 1 PARIS, March 8.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the debate on the army budget led to the usual references to the necessity for preparedness against Germany and to comparisons of the two armies. The members of the house, while complaining of the budget, which ag- gregated 875,000,000 francs, admitted the impossibility of retrenching in the face | of the necessity of meeting German in- | creases by corresponding additions. The Minister of War, M. de Frey- cinet, admitted that the French effect- ive force was inferfor to the German, but he pointed out that it was impos- sible to remedy this, owing to the lack of population. The Minister algo expressed the belief that mere numbers above a certain point did not add to the effectiveness of the army, as the excess beyond that point could only act as reserves, and he was convinced that the fate of a | conflict would be decided before the reserves could be employed. It is not necessary, therefore, the Minister said, to be alarmed about neighboring in- creases. France must meet quantity by quality. The rifles and guns of the French army were without their equals, and the country, therefore, might await the future with confidenics. | TOULON EXPLOSION DUE TO FOUL PLAY It Is Believed That Some Clockwork Arrangement Was Hidden in a Powder Keg. | TOULON, March 8.—It turns out that the twelve dynamite cartridges found be- hind the Toulon arsenal yesterday are of foreign manufadture. M. Lockroy, Minister of Marine, in an interview regarding the explosion of the magazine at La Goubran, intimated that the experts now have very little doubt that It was due to foul play. He thinks it was possibly caused by some clockwork arrangement hidden in & powder keg. ATE OF THE FLESH OF A LIVING MAN Horrible Torture of a Priest by Fanatical Natives in China. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., March 8.—Particu- lars of the murder and horrible mutila tion of Rev. Father Victorien, a Catho- lic missionary at Hwel-Fei, were re- the evilly disposed and this at last came to a head In an attack on the Catholic converts at Shihkushan. Father Vie. | torten at first made his escape, but was | so unfortunate as to be caught by a roving band of rioters, who, after beat- ing him cruelly and stripping him al- most naked, tied him on a board and brought him in triumph back to his former home. There a large band of rioters was assembled whose evil pa sions had been stirred by the slaughter- ing of converts in which they had been indulging. “In sight of his late home,” writes a correspondent, “they tied the poor priest to a tree—and here I would glad- ly draw a veil over the rest of this ghastly scene, but that I feel that the world should know of what the Chinese, in their hour of triumph over a defense- less foreigner, are capable, and I would warn all readers who are inclined to be squeamish to read no further or to skip the next few lines. “As this poor man hung from the tree to which he was tied pieces were cut from his thighs and eaten by his tormentors. Fire was evidently applied to his body and slugs were fired into non-vital parts. Finally, before life was extinct, his body was cut open from the chest to the bottom of the abdomen, he was disemboweled and the various organs were taken out and eaten by these semi-civilized people, who at the same time drank his blood. He was otherwise mutilated and his head cut off. One eye evidently was gouged out. “Now, first, as to how these particu- lars are known. The remains tell their own tale to begin with, and I have seen, to my sorrow, the state of things that wonld manifestly result from such treatment as I have described. In ad- dition to this, details are gradually léaking out through native eye-wit- nesses, who are not in any way con- nected with the mission and have abso- h‘xtely nothing to gain by exaggera- tion.” The doctor who examined the remains upon their arrival at Ichang writes: “I have to-day seen a sad and pltiful sight which I wish I could bring home to some of those benighted statesmen who will fatuously insist on regarding and treating this nation of China as a civilized or even semi-civilized people. What I saw—and the horror will re- main with me for many a long day— was all that was left of what but little more than a month ago was a fine, en- thusiastic young Roman Catholic priest, who came out some eighteen months ago to bring light and religion to a people who have done him to death in a manner that could not be sur- passed by the wildest African savage. and the last Legislature | | | corps 36,000, in addition to the garrisons of 15,000 men for Port Arthur and Rooo for Talien Wan. LONDON, March 8—Lord Charles Beresford landed this afternoon at Southampton on the American liner St. Loufs after six months’ hard work as the British empire’s commercial trav- eler in China and the United States. The gallant admiral said he felt all right and fit for anything. When asked to give his opinion on the future of China trade, the feeling in the United States on the matter and future relatfons of Great Britain and the United States Lord Beresford said: ““There is only one thing to do, and that is to maintain a pollcy of open door. If we don’t have that policy and if we go in for spheres of influence we shall drift into war. Spheres of in- fluence means every country grabbing something, and If all the powers begin grabbing land in China they are bound to quarrel and war will be the result. I am convinced that we can keep China on her feet if we do not go in for a policy of every nation grasping terri- tory for itself. “The thing for Japan, Germany, the United States and Great Britain to do is to agree in maintaining the open- door policy, insisting that no ports shall | be closed against their ships of trade. So far as trade is concerned Great Brit- |ain is a predominant partner in China. ‘We must keep ports open if we are to keep our trade. As for competition, ceived by her Majesty's ship Empress | America is gcing ahead with leaps and of India. For some time previous to | bounds, faster than we are, but at the tragedy there had been a feeling | present we have more trade than every- of enmity against the Catholics among | body else. The trade of China last year was worth £55,000,000, of which 55 per cent was with British traders. “While in America I endeavored to show that with her growing trade she is as much interested as England, Ger- many and Japan in securing unrestrict- ed trade with China. Of course I do not suggest a cut-and-dried alliance be- tween these powers or between us and America. I don't think it necessary, and 1 don't suggest for a moment that America would join an alliance of that kind, but I think we might agree, work- ing together, to maintain an open door.” Lord Charles Beresford expressed his appreciation of the kind treatment which he had received in America and paid a glowing tribute to the business activity and industry of the country. He stated positively his mission was purely commercial and not political. CHINA OFFERS TG APOLOGIZE TO ITALY LONDON, March 9.—The Peking cor- respondent of the Times says the Chi- nese are discussing the advisability of making San Mun an open port, so as to evade Italy’s demand for a conces- | sion. ROME, March 8.—The Tribune says it learns that the Chinese Government has offered to send the Itallan Minis- ter, Signor Mino, a written apology through Sir Claude MacDonald, British Minister at Peking, for the terms in which the Tsung Li Yamen couched the Chinese refusal to grant the concession recently demanded by Italy of San Mun Bay, province of Chehkiang, to be used as an Italian naval base and coaling station. S HAS CHINA APPEALED TO UNITED STATES? NEW YORK, March 8.—A cabie to It the Journal from Hongkong says: is reported here that the latest aggre: sions of Italy in attempting to seize San Mun Bay have alarmed the im- perial government, and that China has already appealed to the United States Government. Captured a Burglar. SAN LUIS OBISPO, March 8.—Consta- ble Barr brought to town to-day a burglar who was captured in John Cook’s store at Nipomo, a station on the railroad a few miles south of this city. He was discov- ered by E. R. Ketchum, who was riding by the store. Ketchum had a shot and with the aid of the proprietor, who; he notified, the burglar was captured. 8 —The Empress of India brings| DISGRACEFUL BETWEEN Decent Element of Major McLaughlin Gets Hi Himseli From CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | MENTO, March 8—To-day Major| Frank McLaughlin, chairman of the | Republican State Central Committee, | | was the central figure in a scene on the | | floor of the Assembly that has few | parallels in all the infamous side of | legislative history. | Ignoring every rule laid down by the | | House, every dictate of decency and | honorable procedure, he injected his| presence into the regular business of | the day, and in attempting to make | further Senatorial capital out of the| episode in - which Milton J. Green, | Grant’s political manager, was the | prime factor, stirred the decent ele-| ment in the House to the point of open | | rebellion, and himself escaped being | jgnominiously thrashed by two of the| sturdiest members of the Grant faction | by taking a tip offered by Grove L.| Johnson and retiring from the open| floor to a corner behind the railing in | the back of the chamber. Never in all the long, unlovely story that can be told of California’s Legis- latures was such a scene as to-day’s. From corner to corner and from one | gide to the other men handied epithets | jeerea and cried out ‘to know by what | right the outsiders should come among them, whip in hand, to demand that | they do the bidding of Burns. | From their seats members criticized, | howled at and jeered their Speaker, | who, with uplifted gavel and flaming | face demanded above the roar that they maintain some small semblance of order. To and fro across the chamber raced | the members of the different steering | committees bracing up a man here, | concentrating a half dozen there, where on the floor when the alarm was sent out through the corridors. ment everything was forgotten by the can had invaded desperation the M their very privileges, sacredly exclusive to them by the law itself, in an attempt | to force them to coin his Senatorial capital for him. For a moment it was forgotten that the main question was whether or no Milton J. Green should be relieved of the charge of contempt that is upon him, and every energy was bent to de- feating and rendering of no effect the onslaught that McLaughiin, aided by Johnson and Dibble, had made upon the very honor of the House itself. Upon the first test made they were victorious, but upon the second the Mexican forces prevailed, though in winning they destroyed their last ves- tige of a chance of success. Between them and the Grant forces, whom they fought to win over, they builded up a barrier which it will take longer to surmount than the few remaining days of the session. At the first sign of danger only the Burns forces rallied. The others in the House considered the case against Mil- ton Green too dead an issue to ever again prove a casus belli between the warring Senatorial factions and to-day they expected nothing more than the usual certificate from physician. And in truth it did not seem at first that there was. A letter from Walter Bacon, Grant’s other manager, to As- semblyman Crowder, was read and it explained to the House that Mr. Green's wife was so seriously ill as to preclude any possibility of his appearance. In the same old way Grove Johnson got up to move further time for the accused. He said he knew of Mrs. Green's ill- ness and said also that many of the members knew also of the sad death of the new-born baby. The excuse, he said, was sufficient. Then came Fairweather with an amendment, which was in effect that the charge of contempt be dismissed. Then the speaking began. Burnett, one of the committee whose questions Green refused to answer, spoke with considerable heat against it. He said that Mr. Green's family mis- fortunes were lamentable, but they had nothing to do with the case in hand. He would reluctantly agree to a con- tinuance, under the circumstances, but would not consent to dismissal. Belshaw of Contra Costa said: “If we adopt the amendment we declare to the world that we did not mean it; that | they would best serve their purpose,and | at all times combating McLaughlin and | the gang of touts that had bobbed up | In the anger and hot blood of the mo- | 5 anti-Burns factions save that in his| the attending | SCENE LOBBYISTS AND ASSEMBLYMEN the House Stirred to Open Rebellion. VIOLENCE OFFERED THE SPEAKER mself So Greatly Disliked That He Retires From the Floor to Save Chastisement. all this talk of ours over Green’s con- tempt bas been a joke and a josh. It would virtually say we did not know what we were talking about.” Then Lardner, who seconded the amendment, came to Green's defens=: “I was a member of the investigating committee, and at first I was as earnest as any of you that Mr. Green be brought to book for his contempt. But by the vaflortunate circumstances that have resulted from all this trouble Mil- ton Green has been sufficiently pun- ished.” “This weekly farce!” shouted Cami- | netti, “is a shame to this House, and I shall certainly vote for this amend- ment!"” Then Judge Clough of Plumas mad2 the h that carried Fairweather's amendment on the first ballot. “Gen- tlemen,” said he, “this man’s punish- ment has been enough. Even if you do not agree with me in that you will in the fact that ncthing has been gained in continuing from week to week the charges aganist him. Each week there have been interpositions of Providence | or something else toprevent his appear- ance here. First it was his sickness, then his wife’'s, and now, saddest of all, the death of their new-born babe. I have the emotions and feelings that move all men—you have them—and I for one will not vote to bring him here at such a time as this. I am for the amendment.” Then Valentine fo Los Angeles said he had as much as any man of the milk of human kindness in his breast, but he did not second any move to lift the charges from Milton Green. “It would vindicate Green and write the Assem- bly down a lot of fools who do not know their own minds,” Then it came Johnson’s and Dibble’s time to tip the future play off to the Burns gang. Johson said he hoped the | amendment would not carry. It was not a question of sympathy, he said, | but a question of vindicating the course of the Assembly. “It is Jjust this,” chorused Dib- ble, “Shall we or shall we not disgrace | this House?” | “All those in favor of the amendment by saying aye,” said Speaker son, and after the chorus went up he declared the “nays” had it. A yell of disapproval went up, and a rollcall was demanded and ordered. The Burns people thought they would have no trouble in beating it out, but before the call was half finished little Jake Steppacher shot out into the cor- ridors to sound the alarm and round up McLaughlin. Assemblyman Barry of San Francisco got off wrong, voting “aye,” and started to leave the cham- ber, but Johnson sent the sergeant at arms after him with orders to come back and change to “no.” Mike came back. The roll call won by a score of 36 to 35. Before Speaker Anderson announced the vote Johnson and Dibble demanded a call of the House. Although the amendment kad won they still demand- ed a chance to beat it and took advant- age of the Speaker’'s hesitancy to get it. The call was ordered after a row over roll call and the doors were closed almost on the coattails of McLaughlin, who came in, breathless, with Jake Steppacher closely following. Bliss, Crowly, Greenwell, Hanley, Kelley, Kenneally, Robinson and Works were absent. There were just seventy- two members present and while the roll was being called and recalled Mc- Laughlin strode on the fleor and to Johnson's seat. He talked a while with Grovel, and Grove got into rapid action among the members. Then Lardner of Placer opened the ball against McLaughlin. He jumped to his feet, and, indicating the major, demanded to know if there was not a rule of the House that no outsiders be allowed to lobby on the fioor. His hint was well backed up hy a shout of approval from the Barnes and Grant ranks and McLaughlin gracefully retired behind the railing, only to return to begin operations in another quarter. Back and forth he went, and each minute the anti-Burns element grew warmer. McDonald of Alameda and Blood of Calaveras stood ready to administer a thrashing if he persisted, and finally ylielding to the overwhelming sentiment against him he retired from the floor. Crowder moved that further pro- ceedings under the call of the House be dispensed with, but the Speaker ignored him. Then he put it again and An- derson was forced to put the question. He declared it lost and declined to call a division when it was demanded. Then Brown of San Mateo moved to dispense with further proceedings un- der, the call and Anderson again de- clared the motion lost. A roar of dis- approval went up and McDonald cf spee Continued on Second Page