The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1899, Page 1

The Call VOLUME LXXXV—NO. 148 SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 2 - ‘! 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NATIVES IN SAMOA FIGHTING FIERCELY Twenty Reported Killed, but There Are No Europeans Among Those Who Lost Their Lives. UCKLAND, N. Z., April 26.—Advices just received| here from Apia, Samoa, dated April 18, report that severe fighting has taken place between large bodies of peaceful natives and the rebels. The casualties, it was thought, would not exceed twen- ty, and no Europeans were among the injured. CHOECECEOEOEOECECEONONOEOR 3 fel fel foi foi fal | ARR’S FATE REMAINS T0 ) . | BE SOLVED ce of the Oak Knoll Superintendent Found. e Call April 26.—Hillary dent of the Oak Knoll to have been not been Suppos e mys- appear- Manna- a num- ching every f.the yod- 1 to get a trace of nd it is now Dr ns Lake, & body m the ranch, ignt enter- disap- ing gen- of foul vlay nothing him to run away ideas are % brother, Smith, manag for hi one rece 1 that ave been cause f statements that alth, and that all whom had no ene- 1 all the em- arr. who is children. is at the gudden husband. and is was through no it he is now as known her Charles, since her nt that it s of that t 1 together at the lit- lo., twelive miles coming to Ca out four ye husba S. ATS nd whom he the Oak Xnoll is confident also that hi t due to any f his ow There wa o Starr credit ranch, d ) on last Fri- ilready used almost the ount in p: vol- $600 a ying off the hands er necessary expenses. Starr ) meet Messrs. Smith and R \geles on._ Tuesday to pertaining to the the ranch, and it was that he ne point that > thought to indicate that St live. t Franke, living near 1y eve the German shoe- the ranch, yS he ing between 8 and ring the running s the ar t anch and that when he him he only ran the fas ts o in the that we t pond Sta sa 1an arr acr at er plow s closely point ve & who wore a 7% shoe. dragged to-morrow will 3 ery may then be the Starr °r husband was in habit of to the pumphouse ry night about 10 o'clock to see that ine was properly at- to s it would p all night, and quite often he ould be gone till midnight when the pump or engine would happen to be out of order. “harles Starr ys his brother re- rted seeing somebody hanging about hedge a few nights ago and that ‘med himself with the revolver b terward found in the at the pumphouse) in order to be for anything that might come. it was a worthless weapon was act that when going rasoline eady That plainly shown by the found three cartridges were snapped, but had not exploded. T 8. | 1 | eaks very highly of | f this | > STEAMSH disap- | 1| the i| coming run the | WARDNER 1S TURNED INTO | ARMED CAMP | Strikers Fire the First Shot and Further Trouble Expected. Epecial Dispatch to The Call 1 \ WARDNER, ldah(;. April 26, —The | first shot has been fired and this vlace | an has suddenly been turned into armed camp. The strikers were in sion all night long at their hall. At 5:30 o'clock a compact body of men, headed by President Boyles, started up the canyon. They halted a short distance from the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine. Soon after, in little bunches. came the non-union miners to go to work. They were stopped by the strikers. and |- Boyles urged them not to go to work. One or two of the non-union men tried to push through the crowd of strikers. but were forced back, with the remark | have | that the union did not intend them to g0 to work. Then T. S. Murray. a leader of the strikers, drew a big re- | volver, which he leveled at & bunch of | Bunker Hill employes. “I tell you what the proposition is. he shouted; “you walk down that hill again inside of four minutes, or else Zo down some other way.” He drew his watch and as he counted the seconds the working miners fal- tered and started down the'hill. A half dozen of them went into Black’s board- e|ing house, on the main street of the town. They were pursued into the house by strikers. “What will we do with them?” shouted somebody. “Run them down the canyon,” wasthe | on the best of | reply. With that they started the non- union men toward the foot of the town. Dr. France, Coroner and physician of the hospital, remonstrated. “We will run you out bf town. too.” | some one shouted, and one of the| strikers struck him in the face. The doctor stepped aside and was not fur- | ed. | kers then dispersed and the | non-union men were invited into a friendly saloon and then later returned to the boarding house. Later, in a fight between a number of strikers and the men from the Bunker Hill, one of the union men fired the in- | itial shot of the strike. It was directed | at a door behind which some of the working miners were belleved.to be in | hiding. To-night no attempt was made to interfere with the working force. and about eighty men went on duty when ; the shifts changed. Sheriff Young arrived from Waliace to-day. To-night armed men are on guard | both at the Bunker Hill mine and the mill. They halt all comers and demand | the countersign. The strikers have tapped the telephone betwen the mill and mine, and are intercepting all mes- )Sen- | sages. IP CRASHES ‘ INTO A BRIGANTINE| 4IT | The Blakeley Almost Cut in Halves | Amidships by the Homer | | at Seattle. ‘ SEATTLE, April In broad daylight | early to-day the steamer Homer cras into the brigantine Blakeley, 8 moored fast to her dock, and almost cut | the vessel in halves amidships. This is | the second collision within two months | Homer has had in daylight while into her dock. In fact, the steamer was on her way from the ‘ship- vard where the injuries she sustained when she collided with the Al-Ki had just been repaired when she ran into the Blakeley. Captain Higgins of the Homer claims | the accident this morntng was due to the fact that the ropes to the bells in the engine-room broke and he was unable to control the stegmer. The inspectors at this point blamed the Homer for the Al- Ki collision, but on appeal to the Super- vising 1 tors at San Franc | decision was reversed, and the A brought a_suit for damages : e Homer, which is pending. Captain Hig- gins takes all the blame for the collision to-day. The Homer is again on the ways, and the Blakeley, by shifting the cargo and lifting the breach in her side above water, = still at the dock. oS ol Soundings on Brazilian Coast. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, by James Gor- don Bennett. RIO JANEIRO, April 2.—The papers here are commenting on the soundings and other investigations which the United | the Brazilian coast.: States .gunboat Wilmington is making on | per | on my own property, the London. | extends to several other claims owned BORCECRONOEGEONON, IMMENSE MATT QUAY 10 GET SEAT [N SENATE Friends Claim a Poll Shows That He Has Plenty of Supporters. SIXTY-SEVEN VOTES It Is Asserted That a Deal Has Been . Made Whereby Pennsylvania Will Support McKinley. Special Diej tch to The Call. | (Pa.) special to the Herald says. Close friends of M. S. Quay claimed to-day | they have information th=t the Senator has completed a preliminary poll of the United States Senate and secured the absolute pledges of sijxty-seven votes in | favor of seating him on the commission issued by Governor Stone. There will LEDGES OF COPPER ORL Montana Mines Rivaled by a Discovery Recently Made in Washington. Speclal Dispatch to The. Call. TACOMA, April 26.—The largest cop- per ledges ever found in the Northwest have been uncovergd in the Carbon District, north of Mount Rainier and sixty miles east of Tacoma. They be- long chiefly to Chester Thorne, presi- dent of the National Bank: of merce of this city, who has kept men at work on them for several years. His superintendent, Thomas Wilkins, said to-day in describing the new discover: “An immense body of ore exactly simllar in character and geological sit- uation to that found in Montana has been located in Carbon. Thé ore we have been taking out of the Clipper mine has been running $75. The tunnel | has struck a vein, which has just been assayed and ghows a value of $186 60‘ to the ton. At the current price of | copper it will be worth about $193 80 | ton. There is an immense solid from scores of large, rich| s. We have found over fifty paral- | lel veins of this ore running from east to west all through the Leola proper- ties. The ore runs in one sample 293 | ounces of silver and ninety pounds of copper to the ton; in another it is 127.5 ounces of silver and 125 pounds of cop- per. It is chalco-pyrite, containing a | great deal of native silver. The .Butte | mines are of the same material; but not | any richer. Heretofore they have been | regarded as the richest in the world. mountain of ore in that district, which radiate We can mine ore at about one-half the | expense. The Butte mines ship all their | coal from Missouri, while we have coal | nd wood right at the mines. “The new discoveries are about six miles from Fairfax Railroad and we | will ship the ore to the Tacoma smelter. The cost of production will be about $30 per ton, leaving a bonus of about | $150 per ton. The ore from which the richest specimens were obtained came from a five-foot vein in the Clipper mine. A fourteen-foot vein has been found in the Apex and six-foot veins in the Carbon, Pyrite, Rockford and Climax. All these properties are owned by Mr. Thorne and associates. They will put many men at work on the | properties as soon as the snow is off | and the ore will be shipped out imme- diately. | “This same rich ore has been found | It by different men, forming a great ore basin. It will startle the world when its development gets fully started.” Mining men agree that Thorne and his associates will be made immensely rich by these discoveries. His associates include Judge C. E. Richardson, his at- tornéy, and John Heitman, the original locator of the Clipper mine. D. O. Mills of New York and Alvinza Hayward of San Francisco arrived here last. night on a trip of inspection of | Northwestern properties, in which they are interested. Mr. Mills visited the Tacoma smelter, which is being en- larged to four times its former size with capital supplied by him and his associates in control of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine in Idaho and the Treadwell mine in Alaska. Both of these are making extensive shipments of ores and concentrates to the Tacoma smelter, which is being enlarged with the primary object of handling their output. Hereafter 200 tons of ore wili be smelted daily instead of fifty tons as formerly. To-day Messrs. Mills and Hayward Jjoined President P. B. Cornwall of the Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad at Whatcom. They will ac- company him to the scene of: the recent coal discoveries on Cornwall Creek, in the Mount Baker region. President Cornwall's carriage yester- day was shipped to Sumas, the present terminus of the line, where it will be used to-morrow to convey the party to Cornwall Creek, a distance of twenty- three miles. The tunnel, now in 600 feet, has uncovered an eighteen-foot vein and the prospect is so favorable that Superintendent Donovan has ad- vised the extension of the road to the new mines. Their visit will determine whether this shall be done. Mr. Mills will next go to Alaska to look over the, Treadwell mine and decide on proposed improvements there, After returning Com- | | Btate, | | ble to the ‘World says: be only eighty-six Senators in the up- : per branch of the Fifty-sixth Congress, owing to the deadlocks in Delaware. California, Pennsvivania and Utah. so | that forty-four votes would be suffi- | cient to i re the seating of Quay. Qua will have les: | them say they believe that there will be no concerted opposition whatever, owing to the fact that three national chairmen of the Republican, Demo- | cratic and Populist parties are in fa- | vor of giving him a seat. These three e Hanna of Ohio. Jones of Arkansas and Butler of North Caro- | NEW YORK, April 26.—A Pittsburg | lina. It is also intimated now that after | | Quay’s managers decided to maintain | the deadloc. to the end of the Legisla- | ture a careful poll of the Senate was made. which at the time assured a fa- vorable termination of the contest for the seat, and that the McKinley ad- ministration fell in line with this pro- | gramme with the understanding that | the Pennsylvania delegation to the next national convention will support Canton man for renomination. Quay men say the Democratic affec- tion for tle [enator dates from time that he enginéered the retirement of the force bill. General W. W. Dudley, of “Blocks of Five’ fame, who was counsel before the Senate Committee on Judiciary for Henry W. Corbett of Oregon, who claimed a seat in the wenate on the appointment by. .he Governor of that practically confirms that Quay will be seated. “Quay will be recognized,” he said. he case of Corhett is no precedent. That case was nevey determined on its merits, Had it gone to a vote in the Senate Mr. Corbett would have been seafed.” the the | the story,| ‘ CLOSING SCENES IN MRS. GEORGE’S TRIAL Sheds Tears Saxton’s Slayer While Her Counsel Talks for the Defense. e e SCh o . @ . @ . + IR IENEe. MRS. SEMPLE C. GEORGE. L A o o L e S ANTON, Ohio, April 26.—The closing argument in the. trial of Mrs. George was in progress when court adjourned this evening. Prose- cuting Attorney Pomerene began his argument shortly after 2 o'clock, and will probably occupy the greater part, if not all, of to-morrow v forenoon in completing it. It iSnew thought that the jury will be charged immediately after the ncon recess on Thursday. The day <was without special incident, so far as the accused was con- cerned. Mrs, Geodrge sat all day with downcast eyes, and was occasionally moved to tears as the story of her life was narrated. The courtroom was thronged from early morning to the hour of ad- journment and many who could not gain admission stood in the courthouse corridors all day to get what they could hear and see at'long range. L R R e o ] GERMANY IS TEMPORARILY APPEASED. DEWEY AND FON DIEDERICHS C00D FRIENDS Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YO K, April 26.—A Manila ca- Admiral Dewey was seen to-day by the World corre- spondent on the Captain Coghlan inci- dent. The admiral is still unacquainted with the details of the famous speech. but he declared that his relations with Captain Coghlan are most cordial. He received a cablegram from the captain of the Raleigh when that warship reached Algiers, congratulating the admiral-on_his promotion. Admiral Dewey is certain that Cogh- lan could not Lave said anything cal- culated to place the admiral In a false position. He showed the World cor- respondent a letter from Admiral von Diederichs of (he German navy. con- gratulating him on his “deserved pro- motion,” and also- his letter in re- ply, which closed with the words, “All our differences were of neyfspaper manufacture.” The admiral says he is on the most friendly terms with Prince Henry of Prussia. who succeeded Von Diederichs as commander-in-chief of the German fleét in Chinese waters. Before sending this telegrarh I showed the original to Admiral Dewey. and he made 't official by indorsin~ it with this line: “0 K—George 1 ewey.” The particulars of the Coghlan epi- sode are awaited with impatience. COMMON SENSE WILL RULE N THE CONTROVERSY LONDON, April 2.—The Earl of Sel- bourne, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, addressing a Conservative mass meeting this evening at St. Albans, Here- ford, said he thought that if any ‘justl s tion of Lord Salisbury’s policy was r Quired it was afforded by the present ro: Jations between the United tates and Great Britain. “At a trying time,” said his Lordship, “the Government preserved their self- control and waited for coolness, justice and common sense to reassert themselves, Now the dark, miserable cloud which so fonk hung ovér the Anglo-Saxon people has drifted off. It is only a few days since British and American officers and men fell on the same field of conquest. They -were not engaged in fratricidal strife, but were fighting shoulder to Shoulder; and small though the incident Was, it will be of importance in the his- tory of the world.” ’All ‘must regref, continued Lord Sel- bourne, the lamentable cause of the inci- dent, but the only three nations con- cerned were what he might term the “three cousin nations of the world.” He remarked that he had no doubt America | he will be accompanied East by White- law Reid, now in California. hd Germany in this matter would prove ’:s amenable as Great Britain to_the dic. tates of common sense. KAUTZ SAYS GERMANS DO NOT LIKE HTY Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CINCINNATI, April 26.—A letter written by Rear Admiral Kautz to his‘ cousin, Mrs. Charles Lindley of. Cin- cinnati, has been made public by the recipient. It is dated March 23 and is in the easy vein of a relative’s private correspondence. In the letter he says: “You will probably read a lot of stuff about me in various newspapers, but 1 can assure you that I am all right and have done nothing that I or my friends may be ashamed of, unless it is the mak- ing of a King, which I am obliged to do to-day. But he is a very inoffensive sort of young fellow, a native 19 years old. He wears a French admiral's cocked ha but no shoes or stockings or trouser: Still, considering the torrld weather, he looks very well in this.climate. But I hardly think he would logok as well on | Fourth street, Cincinnati. I am not King | here, but just plain ‘boss of the ranch.’ The German Consul had that position up to my arrival, but since’then he has been a very sllent partner. I am very much afrald he does not like me; in fact, I-am not at all popular here with the Germans. But I am all right with the English, and hope to pull through with them. 'I have no doubt of being sustained by the Gov- ernment in all 1 have done. I hope to get away from here in a month from this time, but will not be in San Francisco before the middle of May. With love to the Kentucky colonel and yourself, your cousin, RT KAUTZ. “P. 85.—1 am in error about the shoes and trousers of his royal Highness. At the last moment his advisers prevailed on him toI put on both, just for this oc- on_only. ca\?}AsHlI‘?’GTON. April 26.—The publica- tion of Admiral Kautz's letter referring to his position at Samoa caused absolute consternation at the Navy Department and State Department at first reading. but there was soon exhibited a disposi tion to minimize the affair, because it was clearly apparent that the letter was noth- ing more than a strictly private communi- cation passing between members of the same family. Nevertheless, coming as it does close upon Captain Coghlan’s indis- cretion and following the publication of | Judge Chambers’ letter to his brother | criticizing the Germans in Samoa, the opinion was held that Admiral Kautz's letter could not have other than harmful effect upon the relations between the United States and Germany. In officlal German -quarters the letter was not treated very seriously, and there was no indication that the German au- thorities would take cognizance of it. The spirit of fun in_ the letter.appealed to some of the diplomatic officers, who laughed heart ‘tv( over Kautz's description of the young King's make-up, and this amusing feature largely offset any irri- tation which might have been felt over the criticisms contained In the letter. The_impression prevailed, however, that the Navy Department probably would deal with ‘the indiscretion {n such a way as it Aeservs THE COGHLAN INCIDENT IS DULY CLOSED Special Dispatch to The Call. ‘WASHINGTON, April 26.—The case of Captain Coghlan may be considered as finally closed. The German Embas- sador, Dr. von Holleben, called at the conference on the subject with the President of such a satisfactory nature that the matter was regarded as settled. The President explained the course the Navy Department had taken in administering a reprimand to Cap- tain Coghlan. It was also pointed out that the officer's explanations of the in- cident stated that his utterances had been much exaggerated. On the part of the Embassador there was every dis- position to deal as lightly with the matter as possible and not to permit it to become a source of friction. During the day the Navy Department administered to Captain Coghlan the reprimand which had been determined upon yesterday as stated in these dis- patches. letter from Secretary Long to the cap- tain. It is stated at the department that the letter will not be made public before the officer has received it and probably not then. The department ma statement of the contents of Captain Long's request for an acknowledgment of responsibility of the utterances as- cribed to him. The statement is as follows: department stating that the newspa- pers have not reported him with sub- stantial accuracy. Also, that he in- tended no disrespect or contempt to the German flag and is extremely sorry that any such interpretation.was put on his remarks. Reprimand will be sert and such action taken in respect thereto as is proper.” POPE LEO’S STRENGTH SAID TO BE WANING NEW YORK, April 26.—A Rome cable to the Journal says: effects of his recent exertions, particu- larly in attending the services in St. Peter’s, and takes a glass of cordial every two hours. Without the stimulant his Holiness would collapse. His audiences are limited to fifteen min- utes, and after each of them the Pope re- tires to rest. i Vatjcan authorities think now that the likeliest successor to Leo is Cardinal Gir- olamo Marla Gotti of Genoa, a Carmelite monk., He is distinguished for learning A and plety.. + ® + ® . ® + @ 11 R4 . s * . 4 . £ * S + @ + £ 4 4+ § + L3 . L4 + @ . L4 + % . @ + @ White House this afternoon and had a | This was in the form of a de public a brief Coghlan’s letter in answer to Secretary “Captain Coghlan has replied to the The Pope is feeling the AMERICANS CLOSING IN ON CALUMPIT |Heavy Fighting With Agui- naldo’s Troops Along the Rio Grande. THEY USE SHRAPNEL Carrier Pigeons Bring News of Suc- cessful Operations of Columns of Lawton and Summers Special Cable to- 1ne can ana the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. MANILA, April 27.— The Kansas Regiment, led by Colonel Funston, attempted to sur- prise the insur- gents across the Rio Grande last night. .The attack was discovered -and abandoned. ANILA, April 26.—There was hard fighting to-day on each side of the rail- road line, the rebel forces for the | first time using two shrapnel guns, from which they poured a | heavy but ineffective fire on the | American forces from the north | bank of the Rio Grande River. General Hale, with the Fifty- first Iowa and the Kan i ment, held the positions on the east of Calumpit which were {gained yesterday. Wheaton's brigade, on the west of the railroad, advanced west of Ca- lumpit toward the Rio Grande, |on the north side of which were | strong intrenchments of the in- surgent forces guarding the rail- road bridge spanning the stream. | There was heavy fighting on | each side. One man in the Kan- sas Regiment was killed and the Montana Regiment lost one killed and eight wounded. | Through the kindnessof Senor | Villemer I have just received by carrier pigeon an account of the advance of Major General Law- ton, whose line of communica- tion had been cut off. The same bird also brought a message from General Lawton to General Otis. The story brought by carrier pigeon says that two columns— the first under General Lawton and the second under Colonel Summers—met at Norzagaray, in the hills fifteen miles east of Calumpit. General Lawton had marched twenty-eight miles un- der almost insurmountable diffi- culties. This advance is one of the most notable feats of the en- tire campaign against the insur- ; gents. | The road over which the ex- | pedition advanced is a mere trail across rough hills. The entire force had to turn in and help the ‘wagon train, as the use of water buffaloes proved an inefficient method of transportation, ten of the animals dying of exhaustion. The enemy offered little resist- ance. Colonel Summers, with force, had reached Norzagaray | Sunday ~morning, taking town after a little fighting. The enemy retreated to the hills. On Tuesday the American forces | took and burned the village of Angat, the total loss being five wounded. The insurgents continue to fire on Norzagaray from the hills, but do not. seem inclined to make a determined stand, pursuing in- stead guerrilla tactics. AGUINALDO'S ARMY MAKING A LAST STAND MANILA, April 26, 6:10 p. m— Aguinaldo’s army to-day is defending Calumpit _energetically, which is said 1 to indicate that the rebels are finally R R R IR R R R R R R