The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1899, Page 1

) s g ottt -:, VOLUME LXXXV—NO. 136. SAN FRANCI CO, SATURDAY, APRIL 15 PRICE FIVE CENTS PRINCE HENRY TO BE A KING Talk of Setting Up a Ger- man Monarchy on Chi- nese Soil. lientsin Times, copies of which h Were ive re by the steamer Glenogle, it is generally believed among the foreign element at Peking that the seizure of Kiaochau in Novem- ber 1897, by Germany was a first step toward the realization of a scheme of Kaiser Wilhelm to a German King on Chinese soil. nce Henry, the Emperor’s brother, who rge of the German Asiatic squadron, it is ng and the Chinese province of Shantung i the interior of the province, it toward the mment of ) 10le of the 65,000 square miles of tead of the 400 squ. miles around believed, 1 his kingdom he occupation « 1 out a direct move establis over the w Kiaoc o, ins £s 1au, h was gouged out of the Chinese domain by Admiral Von ) s after the native mob had killed Missionaries Neis Heiking, the German Minister here, although he of absence because of ill health, furlough. He left Peking for t with Prince Henry. The Ger- pedition, which was sent last week into Southern S received a leave seen fit yet to claim his , where he will consu 1an- tell the anti-foreign disturbances there, has occupied Ji- ty-four miles from I-Chou-Fou, the original objective Chinese military officials in t, without opposition. S 1an- ind, rstood, have asked permission from the Peking Gov- r are confident that they will annihilate the foreigners, inst the force of occupation. probably be denied. proceed dga This per- 1 however, w HONOHOBOHEORONG EoROEOBOEONOBONOBOEOR T oxT ) ~ TN ‘v nth Regiment to guard the entran \\ [ l Rl\[\(} | of the river the troops marched to Al il | Longas and found it deserted. Furni- | ture which had been dropped in the | flight of the natives was scattered along the trails leading into the hills. Major Weisenberger's sharpshooters were sent toward Pactos and Ancon- tenca in the afternoon. They ran upon a nest of rebels in some thick bushes which afforded a splendid cover. Five men of the North Dakota regiment were killed and two were wounded, two of the former dying after having been brought to Longas church, wher IS FEARED [N MANILA| Precautions TakentoPrevent Father McKinnon administered th g . sacrament to them. The main body of Sudden Revoltof Natives |%ncican troops, while at dinmer i - . | Longas, heard the firing and advanced in the Clty~ | to the support of the sharpshooters. A scout from the hill saw the little fight [7 SRy r;“n Thilrd Page. e T \ r T \DVANCE OF LAWTON momcacucnoncucncncacnca A FsUARVI VIRV, s | \ Major Weisenberger’s Sharpshooters | Run Intoa Nest of Filipinos and 1 Five North Dakotans Killed. { | | DIC EW YORK, April 14.—Richard Croker was on the stand to-day before the Mazet investigating R e R e e b 'S Pansanghan w found desert- + | applause many times from those gath- 4 | ered in ie committee room. 4| Mr. Croker 4444444444442+ Q‘drx\muu«- tur answer se vents a somewhat when, after refusing to questions + + + commission, and he will be on 4+ MANILA, April 15, 8:30 a + the stand again to-morrow. + Starting :ction 4 | John F. Carroll, the Tammany leader’s 4+ along t a + | chief deputy, was also put through a 4+ party of s 4 | course of questioning this afternoon. + under Lieut 4+ Judge Joseph E. Daly, whom the 4 the Washingtor 4+ | Democrats refused to renominate for + n a trench acrc + | Justice of the Supreme Court last fall, -+ ut a mile out of § 4 | told of his treatment by Mr. Croker and 4 Lieutenant Southern waswound- 4 | Tammany, with other prominent wit- 4 ed. The Americans then ad- 4 | nesses, contributed testimony that 4+ vanced with mounted gun id 4 went to make the day a most notable + the Fourteenth Infantry battal- 4 |one in the investigation into the city’s + ns in the center, Linck's bat- 4 | affairs. + on of the First Idaho Infar + The examlnation of Richard Croker + n the right and Fraine’s 4 | was a remarkable one, chiefly by rea- - ttalion of the First North Da- + | son of the answers which he returned B Infantry on the left, both + | to the questions propounded to him by + flanking. The trench was car- + | Mr. Moss. He was brief and took ad- + ried without loss to the Ameri- 4 | vanta of many opportunities afforded + 18 + | him to retort in a manner that evoked + + + + al concerni pril 14.—For several days e { his private affairs, he held up his right s been extraordinary ac- | hand and said impressively: “If you part of the native popu- | can show me where I have taken a single dollar from this city you can cut that arm off. When the Tammany chief went on 21} the stand at the beginning of the day’s sSi0n | session Mr. Moss conducted a line of abroad to retire to their homes | questioning which Mr. Croker evi. n enjoined. It is known that | dently belleved was a loss of time for i0's officers have | he suddenly leaned forward and said: 1 in the city during the week, and | "It 18 not necessary to bring up what is believed they have been endeavor- | eVerybody Lnows. There is no playing to the galleries; there no In-| yise making speeches. I am the leader ructions have been given to prevent | of the party, and I acknowledge it. All and fears of an up- ed. Strict enforce- nt of the 7 o’clock order requiring all s not having written pern ber of Aguinal to arouse the natives to revolt. all gatherings in the native quarters at | these people are my friends and T am any tim the day or night. More | going to stick to them all the tim troops are needed here. If the Ameri- | Just give me straight talk. Iam going cans expect to hold the towns captured | to give you straight talk. they will have to be occupied. At pres- | M. Moss saidd he wm:lld accommoaace ent when the forces > )sses: him and he endeavored to do so. He they onty Loer . Lossesslon of | g ol from Mr. Croker the fact that the a town they only Keep it until the or- | Tammany chief believed that all the der comes for them to advance. Then | gffices of administration of all depart. the rebels sneak through and around ments should go to the victorious po- our lines, and as the Americans litical party. “To the victors belong town the insurgents resume possessio the spoils,” he added. ¥ fon. General Lawton is marching north | Continuing, M}"l (’rl"ke},'i said that along the road between the hills and | pren the Temucrats Paced men in of- leave the lake with the gunboats Napidan men do what the leaders of the party and Laguna de Bai abreast of his|asked them to do. He himself had troops. The enemy is retreating north- | recommended the appointment of vari- ward. | ous officials and the distribution of pa- On Wednesday the troops crossed the | {ronage. Not In e;'sficecai?s&nhnwevx“;i Paghanjan and concentrated at Lam- | gut " He admitted. nevertheless. that bun, at the mouth of the river. After|he had a considerable amount of po- leaving two companies of the Four- | litical influence. CRO SIN MEN BURIED BY | LANDSLIDE Crews of Rotaries on Great Northern Swept Down a Rocky Canyon. SOME FATALLY TURT All of the Bodies Found Except One, | and Two Hundred Hands Are at ‘ the Scene of Disaster. Special Dispatch to The Call. Wash., April 14.—A land- terrible in its effects, occurred on | the Great Northern railroad this after- noon near Wellington. A half dozen or more of people were injured, several fatally. About 1 o'clock the rotaries used by the Great Northern in the mountains left Wellington for Madison to clear the track for a Great Northern cht train. e outside of Wellington a vast nche swept down the mountain rrying rotaries and all a thousand feet into the canyon | and on the rocks below. At the pres- | ent writing the bodies of the crews have, with one exception, been fn!lurl_‘ The injured are: [} PILOT JERRY MORIARITY, @ @ head cut, injured internally. FIREMAN THOMAS GRANT, € 1cad and body injured. e iEORGE HART, both legs and @ Jaw broken, injured internally, will die. @ CGEORGE hips broken. je= AXEL SINGREEN, injured in- 2 ternally, will die. ® THOMAS SULLIVAN, @ internally. injured @ [ ) Andrews of the tun- Superintendent nel immedis men from the tunnel to di~ out the in- jured men, and 200 men are now at the ne of the wreck. It is hoped to have the track cleared within twelve hours. All of the injured men have been sent to erett in a special train. The ro- | tary was totally demolished. |REVOLUTION IN THE MATTO GROSSO PROVINCE Defeated Candidate for Governor Heads a Movement to Overthrow KER Q¢ +0+0+000+0+0+@, >e . B e S O S e AR 4+ RICHARD CROKER, /: Tammany’s Chief Qsietoeo0bebeieoe@ A matter that Mr. Moss gave attention to was Mr. Crocker’s connection with the auctioneering business conducted by Pe- ter F. Meyer, by whom the majority of the judicial sales were conducted. Mr. Croker said he had been a member of the firm for some years, and as a true Democrat he expected to be befriended in the way of profit from the sales. “Then you are working for your pock- et?” said Mr. Moss. “All the time, the same as you are,” retorted the witness. ““To_the boss belongs the lon’s share of the plumlor.‘ sneered Mr. Moss, “No plunder, no,’ said Mr. _Croker. “You can call it what you like. You may call the bill you send to the Legislature for the work you are now doing plunder, if you please.” here was loud applause at this and Mr. Mazet said he would clear the hall if the applause occurred again, but Mr. Moss sald he rather liked the applause. Mr. Croker told the committee that it was customary for candidates in office to contribute to election expenses, and stat- ed also that contributions had been as high as $8000 or $10,000. He said that the contributions were not compulsory, but r;‘u‘re in many cases, on the contrary, vol- ntary. S Perhaps the most interesting part of the investigation to-day was that in which Mr. Croker was questioned closely as to how he had made his money. Mr. Croker refused to tell of his private affairs, but admitted that he was a member of sever- %7] :?mp(flnil‘s. one A)fl ;Vhlch is lhle ?lrknm} ower Company, with a capital stock o $10,000,000. e said: o “I've got nothing to conceal. If any one comes to me with a good stock to buy I buy it, and so would you, I will not L R o SSORP SO R e e e e e ] +®»Q«—W—®*@—* GO0 D--0-G-o \ ADAMS, arms and @ | W 4 | R IRCR SCES SO SRR S A VIEW ON O IR S PART OF TAHOE IS TO BE INCLUDED IN A PUBLIC PARK e R e e e o o ] & GERMANY HAS AGREED WITH GREAT BRITAIN So the Samoan Commission Will Proceed to the From a photograph by Taber. *O*Oeb e o e ebe o ASHINGTON, April 14.—The President has prepared a proclamation setting apart 136,000 acres of land on the south side of Lake Tahoe, California, as a forestry reserve and public park. The proclamation defines the limits of the Lake Tahoe forest reserve as follows: “Townships 11, 12 and i3 north, range 16 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, California; townships 11, 12 and 13 north, range 17 east, and such part of township 11 north, range 18 east, as lies west of the Sierra Nevaca range of | mountains in El Dorado County, val.” ; Entries of land: already made are excepted from reservation. movement is headed by Jose Mario artinho, the defeated candidate at the ast election. X - o MAY SUCCEED STORRER. Lawrence Townsend May Be As- signed to Belgian Mission. NEW YORK, April 14.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald telegraph 1t of the decision of the Pres to transfer Bellamy Storrer to Ma- s Minister of the United States, I ident under bility of assign- to the Be! t drid | Antonio Luiz. has talked with the | Specal Cable t “all_and th Py ing the Belgian mission | 7 Herald. righted, 1899, by James Gor. | told me to-day t friends of Minister e e ing him for Spain, | BU 5S, April 14.—The Her- | have ¢ t in favor of ald’s correspondent at Montevideo tele- | Mr. ror in Belgium. B s that a m ze from the frontier | and the President, a of his a has be 1 announcing that a rev- | pr fon of Mr. Townsend's w olutionary s taken place in the | offered him the succession to M province to Grosso, Brazil, against | Should he accept it, the Pre the newly ted Governor, Antonio Luiz. | make a new appointment to Portugal. 4 | o cEoECEOR HOR, ADMITS SHARING THE SPOILS g0 into any details of my private bus ness." endeavored in.a persuasive luce Mr. Croker to give yrmation on the subject of mone; but the witness .simply refus to give details. Incidentally Mr. Croker praised Devery and the ' police department was on the stand when the hearing ad- journ Former Judge Joseph F. alled during the id that he had 1 Daly, who was f the afternoon in the r! tion . and it was 11t of his refusing to appolnt a notific: directly from Mr, Croke said, the K a chief clerk of the Court of Common Pleas recommended by Croker and cause he had refused to make a judi order for the removal of the legal 111 Broadw: where Peter F. firm is located. With reference to the statements made during the recent election that Judge Daly had been originally discovered by *Bos: weed and by him nominated for his first judgeship, he denied that he had ever known Tweed or that he had been selected by Tweed. Judge Daly said that he had paid $7000 in assessme T his two nom- inations by Tammany Hall. Former Judge Roger A lowed Judge Daly, testified that he, too, had contributed to Tammany on account of his nomination, he having sent a_check for $10,000, payableé to the order of Richa Croker, chairman of the finance comm tee of Tammany Hall. This returned to him the next da bearer. This he did. other interesting wi vas John F. Carroll, Mr. Croker". lieutenant. Mr, Carroll did not prove a very easy wit- and because of his refusal to answer ions Mr. Moss suggested that he | might have to have Carroll sent to 1 for contempt of court. Later he a that Mr. Carroll’s refusal to tions be reported to the Legi: cause of all this was the question as to whether Mr. Carroll had any connection with the Consolidated Tce Compan: whether he had any stock therein. developed during the examination Mr. Carroll had given up a $7500 position to accept his present position in Tam- Dany, Hall, which theoretically is without salar; Mr. Moss pointed out that therefore Mr. Carroll was without visible means of sup- port and was therefore a pauper. Wit- ness, however, denied this, while at the same timg he denied that he was receiv- ing a salarv from Mr. Croker or from Tammany Hall or from anybody that the could name. during the course of this exami- nation that Committeeman Hoffman made a protest on the line of questions. He demanded that all the witnesses be treat- ed fairly and that questions be fairly put. Mr. Moss, however, continued to direct his efforts to settle the question in the same manner as he had begun. He ended his efforts in this direction by asking: “Dare you tell of the money you have received in the last thirty ‘days?” to which Mr. Carroll replied: “I decline to answer such questions. You can't frigten me. that Carroll ‘made the admission that “what Mr. Croker says goes.” And, ao- cording to him, also, it goes with every- body connected with Tammany Hall or holding his office through the good wishes of that organization. Pryor, who fol- | ely dispatched a shift of | g &g OROECECEORCECSCECECECHOEONONOBOBONOEOROE i | American representatives to | 1y directed to pay attention to the in- | ternational arbitration phase of the ne- | Depariment that he will sail from | York on the steamer 1eaving May | their | that the ARBITRATION AT THE PEACE (ONFERENCE l Instructions for the Ameri-| can Delegates Read to the Cabinet. | NO AUTHORITY TOACT Uncle Sam's Representatives to The Hague Cannot Agree Without Wiring to Washington. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April 14.—The Wash- ington correspondent of the Herald tel- egraphs: Secretary Hay read to the | Cabinet to-day the instructions to the the pro- posed disarmament conference and they will be delivered to Mr. Hol secretary of the delegation, to-morrow or Monda; Officials are keeping the instructions a close seeret, especially that feature relating to international arbitration. which the American delegates will strongly favor. While the administra- tion relies fully upon the judgment of the Commissioners, I understand that they are instructed not to agree to any important proposition without fir: ferring it to Washington for conside tion and determination by the Pre: dent. The attitude of this Government | on the disarmament proposition of the Czar has been already explained by the Herald. This Government has no con- cern in the armaments of the nations of the world and will certainly not agree to prohibit the invention of mcre deadly weapons of warfare. The American representatives are especial- gotiations, and every effort will be made to obtain an agreement of tris kind which may be satisfactory t) all nations taking part in the conference. President Low has notified the y: 9. 1 hold a meeting immediately upon the arri- d. The American Commissioners w' val of all the members, and decide upon line of procedure. They will reach The Hague a few days before the 18th of May, the day upon which the conference will assemble. | e — [ GENERAL SARMIENTO’S | VILLA WAS DESTROYED Speclal Cable to The Call and the New York | Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gor- don Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, April 14.—A dispatch | | from Rio Janeiro announces that Wednes- | da; earthquake destroyed the villa n[[ General Sarmiento. Three liv have been lost—one woman and two children. | CUP DEFENDER TO BE NAMED COLUMBIA NEW YORK, April 14.—J. V. §. Oddie, secretary of the New York Yacht Club, | announced to-night that he had received a dispatch from C. Oliver Iselin stating new cup yacht building at Herreshoff's, Bristol, R. L, will be named Columbia. TAHOE. Islands. VONBULOW EXPLAINS | During Interpellation in Reichstag the Foreign Minister Pleads for Amicable Adjustment. Special Dispatch to The Call BERLIN, April 14.—The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron von Bulow, an- nounced in the Reichstag that an agreement had been arrived at with Great Britain with regard to sending a commission to Samos: The interpellation on Samoa was pre- sented by Dr. Lehr, an Extremist, and was replied to by the Minister of For- S eign Affairs, Baron von Bulow. There s a slim attendance of mem- bers in the Reichstag to-day, but the gal- were crowded. The United represented at the on. speech of the interpel Minister of Foreign A wi ates Y W opening tion to which the fairs had previous not a suc I s ard said that the s interpellation blundered in S presentation ® | to Dr. Lehr. e latter, contrgry to ¢ | agreement, made strong references to 1 | economic matters in @ | American and British ¢ in Samoa, 4 | hinting that Germany fight both & | countries economic i varted peliti- | cally. The party leaders, one after an- 3 , repudiated Dr. Lehr's declaratio St e ot et et eieseseg| Iniu sked for information re; in Samoa and also requested arding the measures taken n by the Government under the circumstanc The Foreign Minister in phasized Germany’s adherence to the Sa- moan act, the igement of which he claimed was desirable to the Goverr Continuing the Minister said the G ment knew nothing of the conflicts s have taken place between the 2 ral, Kautz, and the commander ship Falke. CECHCECBOER quite prepared to expre f an affair which, with ju occupying opinion and ha | for weeks the | upon. the part the other hand n my nment. On 1 understand that e position I shall y - 2 peace. the ~ difficulties ques- rding the history of the compli- tions in Samoa, I have m state- ment to the budget committ 1d have | particularly pointed out how | coming into force of the act, | and frictions between the representatives Declares He Shall Remain |*f4t petimbeis et b i regarding complica- = | tion may be nmmed up in a single sen- ten ‘Adherence to the legal a cre- in Office Through the | inge; Aherence to the icgal stafus cre: modified by the unanimous decision of the powers.’ That is to say, respect for the rights appertaining to others by vir- tue of the act, but at the same time full maintenance of ( Whole Term. REFUSES TO RESIG) : c rman rights. In the interests of the tranquillity of Samoa and in the interest of calmer relations be- tween the powers should they find it ad vantageous, if the act has become inad- equate, it could be replaced by a fresh Arrangement, cor onding better with SR s he present situation. With this idea, X |saldIn_the budget committee that we Intends to Guide the War Depart- |: dvantages | both the ment Unless Unseen or Unlooked- | for Contingencies Arise. ur own initiative. S Samoa agreement ex- be loyvally observed by all The letter and spirit of the require that final de ffected by the unanimous res three governments. & W i no doubt to re don and Washi Special Dispatch to The Call. therefore ain in Lon- that we must re- Call Headguarte Wellington Hotel, el gard as not le binding any changes & Washington, April 14. | to which we have not given our assent. Secretary Alger to-night made a posi- | We could not permit a’decislon regard: tive and unequivocal statement that | I8 Samoa to be taken contrary to the 1 % t ty rights and without or even agains the repcrts that he intends to retire |y i from the Cabinet are absolutely with- “This principle of unnecessary unanim- out foundation, and that unless some hick et up and defended by us hed by America and then unforeseen and unlooked-for contin- ) Britain. Another leading Fonite s he proposes to remain | POInt of view is for us to hold aloof from A of W g : the disputes of the native chiefs, W S « gha s ad- ‘ Secretary of War throughdut this ad- | oo confronted by andidates for ministration. the throne of Samoa have not Mr. Alger had his attention called to | taken sides. But the recent rumcrs that he would resign after the close of the investigation into | the conduct of the war and incident | matters, and that his successor already onal govern- 4 n recognized by the three Consuls, it must have ap- peared to our Consul as the legal status quo until a new government was installed ¢ the unanimous resolution of the three rernments. | had been determined upon. He said| “For the reason that we have taken up all statements of that character were | a )‘u-l;;r:\l ;u!l}’ud» in rl‘:}‘;trd to the inter- ik T 1, | nal affairs of Samoa we have neither par- false; that he had not entertained such | { oteq” in nor approved the interven- intention and they were instigated with | tion of British and American warships in these disputes. “‘Respecting the recent conflicts we have only mutilated and defective tele- grams from our Consul and more or less the evident purpose of forcing him to | leave the Cabinet. He said he proposed to pay no attention whatever to these attacks. trustworthy reports from foreign te 2 5 i 4 graphic agencies, so that it is not yet Mr. Alger authorized the Associated 4 to pass final judgmont Press to make an absolute denial f the reports of his contemplated resignation and to announce once for all in the strongest terms possible that he would retain his present position throughout his regular term of office. Of course, he added, if there should be a great disaster in his private business affairs or he should be stricken in health or some such wholly unexpected and sud- den event occurred it might actuate him to resume private life as a matter of course, but he had not had any idea “Nothing i$ known to us, however, con- g the reported conflict between the can admiral and the commander of I agree with the Secret r of the Navy that the repc t of such a conflict is en- unfounded, and I am convinced that the conduct, sense, honor and self- control of our naval officers were beyond praise, as was_the discipline of the men “Regatding the German subject arrested in Samoa, he was evidently the director of the antation at Vailele, near Huff- nagel. called the serious I We immediately of resigning and his determination to| a¢tention of the British Government to remain, despite reports to the contrary, | the matter and expressed our confident was fixed and unalterable. expectation that no harm would come to our countryman if, lieved, he is innocen: “The final settlement cannot be preju- diced by the events in Samoa. This set- s we certainly be- CHINA'S REPRESENTATIVE AT SAN FRANCISCO tlement will not take place on the spot. It can only be the result of an agreement between the three Cabinets. In order to s brin; about sucix a readjust Ho Yow Has Been Appointed Consul )mvgpl'up(vem]dtn ui,;&.n;-h a i mi: on, have demanded unanimity in its L Es i Sl ot decisions and have carried this point afe Government: ter overcoming considerable difficulties. VICTORIA, w. C., April 14.—The steam- | (Cheers.) 5 : ; . happy to state that the 3ritish er Glenogle arrived to-night from the S 5 2 PR Orlent. Her mall advices say that several | S0Vernment has now officlally declared to me, through its dor, that it ac- cepted the proposals of Germany regard- ing the mode of operation and functions important changes in the Chinese diplo- matic service have just taken place. Ho Yow has been appointed Consul General | of the (-nmm}js on, whlosp fun{crlxlnn and at San Franeisco. Yow has just com- | POWers may be summed up as follo skt e o A LR L B L ““The commission appointed by . ie three pleted an investization of the condition of Chinese in California and thelr adapta- bility to become laborers in Mexico. He is a relative by m;lrri&fie of the Hon. Dr. Ho Kali. He is a brother of the Chinese Minister at Washington, ‘Wu Ting Fang. signatory powers to the Samoa act tuke over the provisional the islands. To this end the commission will exercise the highest powers. All other official personages will have to obey the orders of the Commissioners, and the three powers will Instruct their consular will overnment of his Excellency Followjng Ho's promotion a number of | and naval representatives to lend théir | otner changes have been made. Lai Yew, | support. No measures taken by the | formerly Consul General at Havana. has | Commissioners in conformity with the been transferred to Manila as Consul | foregoing official powers will be legal General and is accredited to the Unitcd | unless all three Commissioners assent States. There are over two million Chi- | thereto. nese in the Philippines. “One of the tasks of the commission