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

q : This Paper not | to be taken from the Library.++++ Call ¥\L\l Ul]]v'/’ B S 4 STATE . A VOLUME LXXXV—-NO. 178. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS. o o C (] oz No. o YOO00O000000O000000000 THE WESTERN UNIO 520000000000000000000000000O00000000000000000000000000 DEWEY STATUE AN ASSURED SUCCESS Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Sub- scribed in One Day to the Monu- ment to the Hero of Manila. N TELEGRAPH COMPANY. 89 2 INCORPORATED ————— 0 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. +] This Company TEANSMITS and DELIVEDS méssages only on couditions limiting its labilty, which bave been assented to by th lendtrgl i tollowlng mosesge ‘é e B B B o o the achouRYO L pad thereot, B L2y B e o seosoaiad i #Fiiig within 51 dagn 3] e I Kk D a S A aud i doivoned by roquest of the ssader, uader the conditons samed above. ) THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manage [+] sx.7 Y C'D BY I = CHECE [ v A | 3 = —= . ° RECEIVED a gan ,hw %aunuu Tk, 7 b A . = Dated - s o ’@ Y S To. a4 AN | E ! JZ (arq o / 7 o [ [} Q (=] [ [ (%] Q (] (] o o rd the monu- g:« Dewey and et e f the citize © G mmittee having charge of the © project had begun the actual work © of raising fourth of [ necessary for o he result. But the p i 000 is not going to = in in $5000 and $10,000 lumps. =k be distinctly understood it t Califor: s tribute to the hero 9 of ) . Bay and the officers and © men who shared with him the glorious victory is an offering from all the pe le, and t from a few. The committee wisely decided to give the people an absolute guaran- tee of the success of the movement by securing afe start before calling upon the multitudes for their offerings. Thousands have already been now the dimes and dol- n to pour in. committee met in private office at 4 f oon, there thah at revious meetings, to the growing popu- ledged; r Phelan’s of larit the De monument Mayor Phelan pr .d, and there were nt E. B. Pond, Irv- i aptain Fletcher, F n, G ge D 1 D. Grant, B. WG ford, J. Reinstein, Charles Bundschu, Jo- seph S. Tobin and Colonel C. H. Murphy. Mr. Scott announced that he was going East on the evening train and would see the California colony in New York and elsewhere and enlist the ration A finance com consisting of E. W. Hopkins, B. Pond, L. Patton, F W. Van Charles OO00000000000000OO0000O000O00DO0O0O0 KILLED BY LIGHTNING WHILE PREACHING Awful Death of Rev. H. H. ]?aldwm While Conducting Revival Services in Oklahoma. A special to the Rev. H. was killed religious ain, in Dewey County, , week he had been con- and the little church was crowded yesterday. He gave out the out his text. Then )pealed to the con- and to feel in, the he J : 1 of thunder came, while a brillia almost blinded those in the front pews en they recovered from the cor minister I on the floor de tion was in a great e men in the audien , feared to e minutes. inted. in the Ter- came from Illi- 1 had been livin ritory several years. He nois. AN APPEAL TO AID THE FAMINE SUFFERERS Rev. Mr. Francis Writes That Two Million Dollars Are Required for Russian Relief Work. NEW YORK: May 2%.—A cable to the | Sun from London says: Rev. Mr. Fran- cis, pastor of the British-American chyrch in St. Petersburg, writes to the papers a pitiful appeal for help for 5000, 0% famine sufferers in the eastern proy- of Russia, where he is now work- ince i ing as chairman of the relief committee. He glves distressing details of the suf- fering of the people. He says that $2,000,- 000 will be required to keep the starving people alive during the three months to the next harvest. er, and then went | CLAUS SPRECKELS.... MAYOR JAMES D. PHELAN.............. JOHN W. WACKAY -.....---..---..- | | | | Sicklen and Leon Slos; s ap- pointed to take charge of scrip- tions as they come in d attend to the other financial matters. Captain Fletcher submitted a de- sign for a souvenir receipt, which was adopted with a few slight al- terations suggested by the mem- bers present. The souvenir is a marvel of artistic elegance and will hed by the fortunate SOTS Then the question of raising funds pos: was brought up and it was ided after some discussion as to the best method of proceeding, that it would be advisable to go before the people with a positive assurance of the success of the movement in the shape of a sufficient sum pledged to dispel all doubt. Mayor Phelan an- nounced that though First ¥ipa< " P dent Claus Spreckels has been out of town for some days, and consequently unable to attend the meetings of the committee far, he had sent word to the Mayor that he would be happy to send in his sub- seription to the fund as soon as the committee was in readine: to re« ceive it. The Mayor was requested to send a telegram to Mr. Spreckels inviting him to head the list. The dispatch was sent and promptly came the reply that Mr. Spreckels would head the list with $10,000. Mayor Phelan told the committee that he was anxious to pay $5 for one of those souvenir re another member announced John W. Mackay’s check for a similar amount s awaiting the committee’s pleasure, and still another stated that 'a friend” who modestly declined to have his name made public just at present Wz ready with the third $5000 subscriptic Each announcement was received WHEN DOES THE 19TH CENTURY CLOSE This Question Takes the Presbyterian Assembly Longer to Decide Than the Roberts Case. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 26.—It took the general assembly of the Presbyterian church longer to decide to-day when the nineteenth century ends than it took to pass the resolution against the Mormon Congressman Roberts and in favor of the anti-polygamy amendment to the na- tional constitution. These resolutions, which represent the matured thought of | the Pr erians of the United States after months of consideration, so exactly expressed the sentiment of every commisisoner that they were adopted without even 4 single supporting speech. The commissioners generally feel that in calling for the expulsion of Roberts and for the adoption of an amendment to the national constitution defining legal mar- riage to be monogamic they have started a movement which will be taken up all over the country and will reach event- ual success. The adopted resolutions were originally written by Rev. liam Paden of Salt Lake City, but were modified and expanded by the ‘committee on bills and overtures, though not essentially. ‘As for the end of the nineteenth cen- tury, one of the reports spoke of next year as the opening of the new century. pon objection and after a little debate the stated clerk held that next year is the last of this century. Presbyterians will henceforth get along without this exciting topic of discussion. it |DEWEY AMAZED MY LAVISH PREPARATIONS NEW YORK, May 27.—The World's Hongkong corespondent cables he gave Admiral Dewey to-day the first informa- tion that the city of New York will ex- pend $150,000 and the State of New York $75.000 in_giving a fitting welcome to the hero of Manila Bay. Tfile Admiral said: “I am amazea at such lavish prepara- tions.” 4 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Q0000000000000 0O0VOO0O00CO0OC0O0NOVO0O000DO0CO0000O0ONO0ROD .. $10,0009 50002 50002 5,000° ...825,0000 applause, and the ed themselves as than satisfied with the out- Some of them suggested that the committee on deslgn would have to hurry up with its work or the money would all be collected before the plans had been com- pleted. With a cuarter of the total amount pledged at the start, the committee felt that the people would feel assured that the monu- ment was beyond the sentimental stage and had become a reality, and they would respond according The city was divided into districts and every member of the committee assigned to one section with in- structions to make a most thorough for funds. Every bank and insurance company, merchant and broker, tradesman and professional man will be called upon to contrib- .. As the Dewey monument is a State affair the country is looked to for support as well as the city, and for the benefit of those living out of town as residents of the outlying dis' s all the local news- papers have been authorized to re- scriptions. The commit- tee will appoint no collecto and nobody aside from the business of- fices of the daily papers and the members of the committee them- s authorized to collect sub- If you are not nerson- ally acquainted with some member of the committee the best plan is for you to drop into one of the newspaper offices and leave your contribution or write to the com- mittee for a subscription blank, which has been prepared and will be sent to you. Fill this out and d it in and one of the committee call upon you. The first $25,000 was raised in one day, the people should strive to > the second $25,000 in equally as short a time. with hearty members e O0O00000000TOC00000T0VO00OOOO0VUO000V0DV0VOT0000 |RECOVERS THE BOY HE MOURNED AS DEAD Kidnaped Son of T. S. Gardiner Found With a Family at Otter Bay. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 2.—The seven-year-old son of T. S. Gardiner, said to be a merchant of San Francisco, was discovered to-day by the police in the pos- session of Samuel Cawker, who lives at Otter Bay. Three months ago the Gardi- ner boy mysteriously disappeared from Seattle, where his father had placed him in a private family. It was learned that he had been stolen while on the way to school, but the father persisted in the be- lief that he was dead. So certain was he of this that he wrote to a firm of under- takers in this city, asking if they knew anything about the boy having been bur- ied. They did not, and then the case was placed inthe hands of the police, < The boy, who is a bright little fellow, was enticed away by his stepmother, who deserted Gardiner two vears ago. She brought him to Vancouver, and here treated him cruelly. Then she took him to the Cawkers, which is an out of the way place, and Jeft him there, promising to pay for his board. The child was thin and emaclated. Nothing has been seen of the stepmother since. She lived at the place for a while, but used the child so badly that Cawker, taking a fancy to the oy, agreed to take care of him. rdiner is expected to arrive here next week after his son, who will be placed again in the care of friends at Seattle. - GERMANS ARE JUBILANT. Gratified by What They Are Pleased to Term Kautz’s “Recall.” BERLIN, May 26.—The newspapers here are jubilating over what they term Admiral Kautz's “recall.” The Lokal Anzeiger says: This shows anew the American Government's good- Wwill to remove all obstacles to a peaceful understanding. It also says that a third German, Captain Knise, i now under ar- | James Irving, the | grounds in the Santa | The half has not been told, neither has | gold will | out from $1 to GOLD BEDS WILL YIELD MILLION ——— Thus Declaresthe Discoverer of the Cerro Pinto Placers. e ALLEN FRASER TALKS Ll g By the Crudest Methods Indians and Mexicans Have Taken Out Fortunes. e Special Dispatch to The Call. 0s Fraser, who has gained prom- inence through having been the first white man to enter the rich placer diggings in the Santa Clara district, 300 miles south of En- senada, in Lower California, is a fruit grower, having his home at Arlington, Riverside County. In “I can fully confirm the repor discoveries of gold in the . placer Clara district. the greatest wealth in that section been touched. These placer grounds have been worked in a crude way by Indians and Mexicans for many years. They have used the simplest of appliances. | In keeping with their nature they have been ver ive. The large quan- tity of gold that came from the interior had aroused much speculation, hence the recent discovery. “The find that I practically covers about fifteen square miles, but there is another field that is equally as rich several miles from the first that has so far not been touched. The fu- ture alone can tell how much the dig- gings will yield. The output will run into the seven figu hausted. Present appliances are so im perfect that the heaviest gold only is taken out. When modern dry washers are in operation the yield through finer swell the output. made “The Indians 0 a day. and shall go back as as I complete some business up 250 acres | ments, ““One peculiar thing is that after dig- ging down two feet water is encoun- | tered, and it iooks to me as if an un- rest on the German cruiser Falke, at arquardt, with complicity in the recent Apia, charged, like Herren Huffnagel and insurrection. | ney derground existed. It is a peculiar condition and one that offers opportunity for the student. I think sufficient ater can be developed for all purpose Fraser s the process of taking up claim ow and the Me n Gov- ernment will not i less the claim has proper pe! sue a certificate un- been surv: d by the He knows nothing of the $158,000 reported to have been shipped to Guaymas That the report is true he does not deny, because the field is rich and the con- tributions of the many would soon reach that figure if nuggets were in- cluded in the shipment. The Santa Fe passenger department is making preparations to accommodate the travel expected from here. The new El Dorado can be reached only via the Santa Fe from San Diego, and in quiries as to rates and routes are pour- ing in upon the passenger department. Work will at once be begun upon the printed matte howing, in detail how to reach the district. ' Rates of s will be quoted and dates of the ing of steamers out of San Diego. Should the bonanza pan out as been predicted, a regular passenger service v will be instituted from San Pedro down | the coast. The Southern Pacific pas- senger department may also recom- mend to headquarters at San Francisco that a steamer line be placed in service from Port Los Angeles. THE STAMPEDE IS ON. Schooner Anita to Take the First Load of Gold-Seekers. SAN DIEGO, May Scores of peo- ple are only awaiting an opportunity to try their fortune in the Cerro Pinta placers. Captain Dunne of the schooner Anita, which will sail on Monday for San Pablo Bay, has been besieged with applications for passage on his vessel, and application was made this morning | to the Board of Inspectors of Hulls at San Francisco to allow the vessel to take fifty passengers in addition to her crew. “We could book 250 passengers the Anita,” said Agent Mend morning, for them.” At noon to-day Mr. Mendelson re- ceived a dispatch authorizing the Anita to take the additional passengers asked for, and when the vessel sails she will on on this ‘if we could only find room be loaded to the guards with passen- | gers and freight for the placers. Manager Swain of the Ibarra Mining Company at Calmalli, who has a thor- ough knowledge of the country where the excitement is on, believes implicitly in the reports of the rich gold discov- eries at Sierra Pintada, and has given local carpenters an unlimited order to supply him all the dry washers they can make by Monday at $25 each. They will be taken down on the Anita, and will sell at the mines for not less than $150 each. The St. Denis is being fitted up with additional berths, and on her next trip will go to Ascension Bay. She will have accommodations for 100 passen- | gers. The next definite news from the placers will be received by the Santa Barbara, which is due at Ensenda about May 30. The schooner was sent south from that port with a full cargo of provisions, and is expected to bring back a quantity of gold. Every available ctaft on the bay has GELES, May 2.—Allen G. | before it is ex- | th their methods took | I have taken | swamp had at some time | arriva +D4D4O4CHD+ O I04DI0LO40+O CHINA WILL TURN UPON HER SPOILERS Orders to Put Troops on a War Footing to Resist German and Italian Aggression. ONDON, May 27.—The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “Orders have been issued from Pcking direct- ing the Viceroys and Governors of the ncighboring prov- inces te put all their forces on a war footing, owing to the 1 of six Italian warships in San Mun harbor. “It is thought also that the Chinese propose to drive the Germans froma the Shan Tung peninsula.” NEW YORK, N. Y., May 26.—A Sun Cable irom Shanghai says the North China Gazette says Great Britain has agreed to transfier Wei-Hai-Wei to Germany two ycars hence in return for German concessions in South Africa. 2 ¢ 3 : 9 % 3 s o 5 3 e 1 + b * ¢ | -9+ SR RS ® '0 ¥ (_o) > { t ¢ L4 ¢ + L4 + } : L4 4 ¢ ¢ + ° * @ * L4 X (g ‘0 | FINLAND INTENDS TO SAFEGUARD ITS RIGHTS L S o B O O R O e e e S S e e e e ] . © - ® B * 3 T 1 ¢ + @ * @ * @ b § @ S | - - @ - @ . R e e S SRR SRR SR - B o000 eIt 00000500 ei et e eI ed+iedededtisdebeied+ieie@® ALEXANDER’S STATUE AT HELSINGFORS. Around This Monument, Built by the Subscriptions of Thousands of Finns in Grati- tude to the Czar who Granted Them All the Liberty They Enjoy. the | People Lately Gathered to Protest Against the Tyranny | H ELSINGFORS, Finland, May 26. | measure by which some of the Rus- | will be strictly safeguarded. of Alexander II’s Grandson. The closing of the Diet is now im- The Finnish Diet, after a pro- minent and will accentuate the differ- tracted deliberation over the new ences | military law, is discussing a counter .inns. between the Russians and The Iinnish press declares that sian institutions will be accepted, but proclamations are being circulated the principle of the rights of Finland among the population, urging them to make ‘‘common cause with the Poles against Russian barbarism,” and declaring that the acceptance of Raussian rule will resuit in a division of the land among the poor. The nress adds that this agitation is inspired by malevolence and with the object of involving the Finns in differences with the Russian Government. | ing the past few days. Horace G. Lowe, W. E. Hadley, A. J. Culver, M. Kew and T. M. Loop have organized a company under the name of the On- ward and Upward Mining Company, and to-day commenced to get their out- fit together. T. Loop, F. A. Culver and J. T. Kew will represent the company at the mines, and will léave for the Sierra Pintada gold fields as soon as their transportation can be obtained. | Inquiries regarding transportation were received to-day by the agent of the schooner Anita from Virginia City, San Francisco, San Jose and many other parts of the West. The following passengers were booked to-day for pas- sage on the Anita, en route to the placers and as many more are expected to engage passage to-morrow: F. A, Garretson, F. M. Vernon, W. W. Morris, G. Brackenhoff, S. K. Weed. W. C. Ral- | been chartered by parties going to the | ston, Theodore Baker, J. Mos: mines, and business houses report a de- | F. S. Carter, Frank Saffor | cided increase in sales of supplies dur- | J. W. A. Bell, red Orn, Thorman, Alfred ave, Fred Hacke, J. P. Israel, E. C. Hickman, Mr. Kahin, S. J. Agnew, Runk, W. Sheldon, H. M. Snyder, joe Tobin, M. O. Loughlin, J. J. Price and partner. |NO MORE PAPER MONEY FOR THE PHILIPPINES Uncle Sam Cannot Afford to Feed Ants on Bills of Large Denom- ination. NEW YORK, May 2 special to the Herald cannot be used in the Philippines, for there is variety of ants in the islands which cat almost everything, and are par- ticularly fond of paper. In a recent ship- ment of money for troops was $1,000,000 in paper money of small denominations, and preparations were being made to send more paper in the next shinment, when a warning was given that hereafter nothing —A Washington Paper money | stated that the ants nd attacked the pack- aved from de- care. As v none of the . the dam- Y no more serious of the edges of r rhaps making holes through some of them. | PRUSSIAN DOCTORS DRUGGED RECRUITS Method of Exemption From Military Service Has Caused Four Deaths. BERLIN, May 26.—A sensation has been caused by the arrest of two physici in Elberfeld and Renischeid, towns of Rhenish Prussia, charged with atically drugging recruits so as to e: them from military service. It is assert- ed that four of the persons thus treated have died from the results of the druas administered to them. The prisoners of- fered bail in the sum of 50,000 marks, but but gold and silver coin must be sent to | this was refused.