The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1899, Page 1

- The Call VOLUME LXXXV—NO. 179, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1899— THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NGGETS AS LARGE AS MARBLES e More Stories of the Richness of the Baja California | Placers. et z A BGns e T @ S 7 AT 3 A N ¥ | MINERS FLOCKING IN': $WOES OF TCHERIKOF| [ 4 e, | - »> ® * * S A Man Who Has Been There Says|s ¢ |Informed the St. Petersburg Gov-| That It Is a Poor Man's (3 )¢ ernment That His Position | vy Country. s > Was Infolerable. | ¢ B¢ —— ;9 ® SR Speclal 1 b its The -Call i . s al Dispatch e Call ® | Special Dispatch to The Call. “There 1s no question of the |} f’ l ONDON, May —St. | o/th of the new district. ; . Petersburg advices con- have seen the gold. It is coming |+ ¢l firm what is already pretty well out of the country n a sfeady‘f ‘n_mlcrflm_nl at il‘w \':u%r:_m—thzu stream, and there is plenty yet to |4 ;‘IL']K’]'IIEHL Russian Minister to o, T Epray s S e S }111'10 Holy .I(g: \\‘111 not return to |® o | Rome, and if the Czar's present | view with a recent arrival from the | ¢ Sl e et e ke i )¢ ! | temper continues he will not be i 2”" b . + | represented at the Vatican again. T OS ANGELF May =6l ’ & | Before leaving on a so-called si i ' S ”“”j’"\‘z,“i :/"m(mlhs' leave Tcherikof had an ‘ C ¢ |audience with the Pope. For ; ’I‘“ 'r"“"i”‘:‘ g { [several months previously he gs district, 300 | & & | vainly asked for an audience, but = e AU J 1 ! | no notice was taken of his re- 3 1 h id this morn- | ¢ + | quests. 14 paid atten- 1 e B S 558 s 2 Ll il .“l-\ he bluntly inquired nf se 1 1 the new diggings and % | Cardina ]\‘rnnpnllu what look ~ after | ¢ 7| meant, and the »al Secre e e G g (lAfl . 1€ ‘l] A ecretary th the dirt, | ¢ © | of State informed him that as the | SL TR “;M‘r’;f ‘:’ | Czar ignored the Pontiff's sover- 1d is coarse and the | & eign rights by omitting to a sa v L‘in' ’mcu:fi;!:r. ‘; ¢ | him to send delegates to the dis- | ; “of them | § MAJOR GENERAL JOHN R. BROOKE. :_;arnnmun conference, his Holi- | . as H-AH“‘;‘\* '\h v"\t"-"m-".4f>44\ 404D+ 6—-0—+-O+-0+—0os-esoeoe@ | NS did not feel called .upon to > Ind £ 1e secret of the known to few if a ans and Indians on y little or nothing. n of the wealth of seen the gold country in a re is plenty yet S the lack of water. Mr. s that it could be found in the district a few k surface, and added, what terest to the man with that the country was one in the world in which tic over the ne “first 1thusia. W has just that h 1 Sanchez . that the twenty- n miles and and sixte a northwesterly direction. the ¥ run On ast- rang cording to the w placers have been found scratching. , representing Charles Fair going down on a g CROWDING THE STEAMSHIPS. Gold Seekers Eager to Engage Pas- sage From San Diego. SAN DIEGO, May 27.—There h to the big placers of the Pintada More will be ierra Range in spite of everything. attention was paid to the mines 1« in this city than yesterday, and v iay witnessed more excitement than on the d; previcus. Interest in the diggings continues to increase. Un- mething unexpected happens Monday will witness even greater ex- citement and more names enrolled on | lists of schooners and steamers | soon to sail for Ascension Bay. Late this evening Manager Packard of the er California Development Com- | any telegraphed to Agent Louis Men- | delson in this city that the steamer St, Denis would sail from San Diego for Ascension on June 1 and that berths up | to the full limit of the steamer mu]d‘ be s0ld. “The St. Denis has accommoda- | tions for thirty-five first-clas gers and Agent Meridelson u-\ eral hundred tickets for could be sold if there were adm,uazn transportation facilities. He is receiving teleg fron aphic and telephone 1l over the southern part of the State from men who desire passage to Ascension. The fact that Manager Packard has ordered the St. Denis to sail from here for Ascension on June 1 is taken to in- dicate that favorablé news has been | re ved at Ensenada from the mines, | though he said nothing about it in his | telegram to Agent Mendelson. The schooner Santa Barbara, which is expected to bring definite and full | information concerning the placers, is about due at F enada, but up to 0 ck this evening, when the tele- ph office at Ensenada closed, she had | 10t put in an appear: e. It is not im- probable, however, that the Santa Bar- bara put in at San Quintin this even- ing, and that news of her was received at Ensenada by telephone from San Quintin. The telegraph office at En- senado is not open at night. It red as suggestive of good news that the schedule of the St. Denis | has been changed so as to send her | down on the 1st instead of the 13th, as was intended up to to-day. The schooner Anita has thirty-five passengers already booked for Ascen- CUBANS REFUSE AMERICAN GOLD The Soldiers for Liberty \ Their AVANA, Cuba, May Cuban soldiers applie share of the §3 by the United State tributing sta d, 000,000 provided at the dis- here to-da tion Seven were paid the list and one None turned over f the seven having < in the army. The other given their arms to Colonel Randall took this, <ing for no Randall seemed incline much importance to the saying that he men could prove they 1 been in the 1w in any capacity he would pav them he distributior e remained open | until o'el t rnoc At 6 o'clock nine s wplied for money T d e to- morrow. nel Cespedes s the soldiers are not thoroughly informed as to the time and place of distribution, and he expects a larger number’ will accept the money to-morrow and give up their arms The society of Veter: f Independ- ence, which is anti-Gor claims a great victory to-night Its members say that nine-tenths of the whole army will refuse the money, and go home with their arms. General Gomez is us- ing every effort to have the soldiers disarm. He tells them to refuse the money if they wish, but to return home as peaceful citizens, He is writing a proclamation calling on all dents of the island, Cubans and Spaniards, to unite and work Cuban independence. Colonel Randall has diers to receive money at this distribut- ing station. He says it is doubtful if fifty respond. As yet the Cubans have not turned over any arms to the Mayo or the civil Covernor of this province. The soldie t Guanabacoa and Ma tanzas are making preparations to-day 17 names of sol- D e S sion Bay and will sail on Monday after- noon at 4 o'clock, arriving at Ascen- sion about the 6th. Provisions and min- ing implements have been stor hold to its full capacity The schooner Acme will sail Tue with '\\lplvlh and several passeng day WITH BALING RGPE inquiries | Henry Ramke, a Laborer, Commits | Suicide by Hanging on a Farm Near Woodland. WOODLAND, May Henry committed suicide by hanging on the Ramke ron Jackson farm, southwest of Wood- land, between 4 and 5 o'clock this morn- | ing. He used baling rope with which to | I strangle himself, and the deed was co summated in one of the big barns on the place. He evidently stood upon an or- dinary fruit box to throw the rope n\(r a bheam and adjust it about his neck, as box was found just back of him and bir feet were within thiee or four inches of the gmund When found he had evidently been dead about an hour and his body w, not yet cold. He was dressed in his wox ing ‘clothes, and his hat 5 picked up from the floor of the barn. There was no | evidence of ¢ struggle. In one of his pockets was found a note. It was not addr ed to any particular person. The first sentence read, “I'm tired of living; plea don't think me crazy.”” Then followed some which was not intelligible. The conclud- ing sentence was as follows, “Sell my clothes and give me a decent burial.” Henry Ramke was a native of Denmark and 3 years of age. He had Itved in the United States ever since he was | of age, with the exception of a ye: a halt spent in South America as o m ber of a railroad surveying party. About nine months ago he was employed by G. | H. Hecke, foreman of the Byron Jm,ksun farm. Mr. Hecke was so well pleased writing | Who Fought Will Keep Arms. to rety chiefs h: with their The completely in control and have turned them against Gomez. - THE CUBANS MUST SURRENDER ARMS If They Do Not Takxe Money Now They Will Be Given Nothing. YORK, May 2 Herald sz administ of the arms NEW special to the cern is felt in the A Washington Little ion circles at to appear be- lure Cubans fore the American authorities and re- ceive in ex e for their arms and equipments 5 allotted them as a result of the cor als Brooke and G > getween Gener- The equanimity authorities over the matter is en- ue to a dispatch r from General Brooke, stated in this me: did not care to would send it prompt ac United State 1d that he felt sure he could take care of the situation even if the men did retain thei rms atisfied with Gener; dence, the authorities are turbed by the reports of the failure of the Cubans to appear. The explanation that but few of the enlisted men of the Cuban army live in Havana is regarded by officials as the sole reason for their failure to put in an appearance and collect the ratuity due them. Another reason, perhaps, why th~ au- thorities are satisfied that there will be no trouble is the fact that this Govern- ment has an excellent force in the is- land which, even in the insurgents to turn in their arms, could handle them. hould Gene Brooke find it neces- sary to return the money to the United States i expected he will take meas- eving the Cubans of their arms and equipments and they will re- ceive nothing in return for them. al Brooke’ s confi- not at all dis- e e e S ] with him that he put him in charge of of men employed in the orchard 1 : strious man and appa- 1 rently in the discharge of | dutie vas a man of ir intel- ligence and talked rationally on all sub- xcept one. He scemed to hi whor a at people would believe him ci e confided in Mr. Hecke a hdlluumn | that the polic to he ml hxm on impress him with the i Jucination would influence him to do any- thing desr Mr. Hec 8 o'clock Frida rently -in_his us Ramke arose from bed 3 this morning. Other laborers who in the same apartments inquired why tting up so early. He replied tha 1 three horses to care for, which it necessary for him et out he | we e called to breakfast. Ramke t put in an appearance. After waiting a few minutes Hecke concluded to in- the cause of his absence. arch the unfortunate man wa vestigate L brief s found above described. :VAIN ATTEMPTS TO Now the Chances Are That the Stranded Steamer Will Remain on the Rocks. FALMOUTH, May 27.—Another supreme effort to float the Paris was made this evening, but resulted in failure. Six tugs were made fast to the steamer’s hawsers and anchors were put out astern, the | chains from which were attached to the | steam winches on the stranded steamer. The propeliers of the Paris were driven at full steam astern, but the efforts were un- availing. After an hour's straining, the | main hawser broke and the task was abandoned until to-morrow evening. The hope of floating the Paris is growing faint, as | ainging in the barn and dead as | FLOAT THE PARIS | con- | | e of refusal of | did | After | | (ZAR AND POPE NOT [N ACCORD e Story of the Recall of the Russian Minister to the Holy See. receive his Majesty’s representa- “cherikof tive. thereupon in-| formed his Government that his | position was intolerable and begged to be recalled. T was the six nmmh ? leave. ARBITRATION URGED BY THE ENGLISH — The LONDOX holidays have brought stagnation in politic Most of public attention has been di- rected to The Hague Peace Conference and the Anglo-American Commission. The papers warmly approve of the unison of the work with the American and British delegates at the confer- ence, and inte st in it .is quickened by the prominence unexpectedly given to the arbitration question, especially view of M. de Staal’s speech rev the arder of the points submitted from that of the circular of the Russian Minister of ign Affairs, Count Muravieffe, giving arbitration the first place and making only a minor refer- ence to disarmament, which was at first blazoned as the main purru.w of | the conference. The presented on Friday, and detailed, while ject is attractive by its businesslike brevity and simplicity. The Daily News pondent at The Hague says it ap- to give a satisfactory solution of the problem presented by the Czar, and that Great Britain, of course, will support the American project. The scheme of Professor Maartens, r of international law at the sity of St. Petersburg and arbi- trator of the Anglo-Venezuelan Arbi- tration Commission id to contain the code of procedure which will be adopted by the Venezuelan arbitration tribunal at any rate. Three of the five judges have decided to conduct the trial under its rule when the tribunal meets in Paris. Refe ng to the proposal which the American delegates are now pressing to exempt all private property at sea from capture, the Daily Chronicle presents the British view in saying: “The mat- ter is grave. As many contend, Great Britain yielded more than was wise when she accepted even the Paris rule. However, the House of Commons has always declined to countenance any idea of withdrawal, and if America will come in and sign.the declaration, which she practically invoked in the Spanish war, it will be a material advance in the humanizing of war, and England might well reaffirm the rule and abso- lutely: bind herself in the future.” THAMES ENTRANCE RAPIDLY CHOKING UP Alarming Discovery Made That Ships ‘Will Soon Be Unable to Reach London. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don_Bennett. LONDON ar's heme, very elaborate the American pro- May —Another very alarming discovery has just been made public. It is that the entrance to the Thames is choking up and that all the power of man cannot stop it. This is no fairy tale invented by an alarmist by the aid of juggling with figures, but is a hard, cold fact, published in the annual report of the admiralty hydrographers, he result | in| ing | OTIS WOULD KEEP THEM ~SIY MONTHS e * Macabebes Ask for Arms With Which to Fight the Tagallos. e Special Dispatch to The Call. 'MANILA, May 27. — Major General Otis has issued or- ders inviting volunteers to re-enlist | for six months, according to the act of Congress bearing on the matter. General MacArthur is in favor of the | experiment of enlisting the Macabebe: | against their old enemies, the Tagals. A delegation of the leading Macabebes has visited the general, and its spokes- man read an address assuring the American Commissioners of the friend- ship of the Macabebes and of their will- ingness to transfer their allegiance | from Spain to the United States. They complained that the Tagals murdered | them and burned their villages, and they asked to be protected and given arms to protect themselves. The Maca- bebes have greatly assisted in posting the Americans on the country and the positions of the enemy. General Mac Arthur would arm a hundred of these men and make them scouts, and if the experiment proved successful he would enlist more. The United States transport \Im[‘dn City, which left San Francisco Apri with 600 recruits for various regiments here on board, has arrived and will pro- ceed to Iloilo. Major A. A. Diggles of the Thirteenth Minnesota Regiment, who was wounded in the head while reconnoitering on May 8 at a point near San Miguel, and who was brought to a hospital here, is dead. Colonel J. D. Miley of General Law- ton’s staff has been appointed collector of Manila. NEGROTES ACCEPT AMERICAN RULE Speclal Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1599, by James Gor- don Bennett. MANILA, Ma .—President Lacson and the members of the Cabinet of the insurrectionists on the island of Negros have signed and issued a proclamation, fully accepting the constitution pre- pared by General Smith’s commission, acting in conjunction with themselves. The constitution is similar to that which had been offered to the warring Filipinos on the island of Luzon. The instrument confers upon the people the power of electing executive and judicial officers and .members of the legislative branches. The proclamation concludes thu We are thus governed by ourselves under the wise guidance of the great American Republic. To all the inhabit- ants of the Island off Negros is given equality before the law.” It is believed that tQe island will set- tle down peacefully under the new regime. ADVENTURER SLAIN AND MUTILATED BY REBELS LOS ANGELES, May Details have been received in this city of the death of George Ryan, a boy advent- urer and soldier of fortune, who was shot by insurgents in the Philippines while digging up money buried near Manila by a Chinese. The body of Ryan was lashed to a raft hv the na- tives and was seen floating down a river and recovered by the American troc It was identified by Dr. Samuel Karr, who went to Manila from Hono- lulu on the vessel that carried Ryan. At the time the advices received in this city were written all that was mortal of the young adventurer lay on a slab in the Manila Morgue; mute evidence of thé ferocity and barbarism of the 27.. which says that the Duke of Edinburgh | insurgents. Both of the arms had been Channel, ‘which is the principal passage| cut off and the body was otherwise into the Thames for heavy vessels, has | mutilated. since 1852 been reduced from one and a | The Trinity House | half to half a mile, authorities are very much exercised about the matter, which it is admitted cannot be controlled by works, and thus arises the question, what will London do without the Thames or the shipping that it brings? Ryan was 25 years of age and a Ken- tuckian by birth. When a mere boy he had drifted to San Francisco, where he became a newsboy and blacked shoes at “Champion” Lyons’ stand on Market WANTS VOLUNTEERS TO ENLIST AGAIN Tasgallo Captives in Front of Their Prison in 0ld Manila. [ B e o i o S s e s R R o e T S S R e o O o + =4 + SEAMEN + liner and made his way to Honolulu. He began selling papers in the Ha- wailan capital and soon became a favorite. The revenue he derived from | a bootblack stand he set up soon yield- ed him sufficient to enable him to em- bark in more genteel pursuits. When Queen Liliuo| with her Cabinet in January, the white residents of the formed a provincial army, he was one of the first to enlist. When the gov- ernment of Liliuokalani was over- thrown he obtained Kalakaua's crown | and relieved it of it s pre- cious ston tried and ntenced to 3 imprisonment. He served his time kept the hiding place of the gem cret. When he released he e tab- lished himself in business in Honolulu He had not lost prestige because of the theft of the jewels, for, strange to say, the swords and plate of the Hawaiian has disappeared at the time he took the crown. ‘When the Spanis broke dut Ryan wished to enlist in the American army, but could not get a chance to come to the United State Then the Government sending troops to Manila dnn he went in one of the first v s a stow- awa, He went to work for a friend at Cavite and when the trouble insurgents broke out he donned a uni- form. He took p.m in several engage- ments, but hi i taining wealth lwl him beyond lines, whither he went with the inten- tion of obtaining treasure buried by a Chinese who had fled into vhn city the outbreak of hostilities. He was sur- rounded by insurgents while dim:mL h-American for the treasure and his death and the | mutilation of hi PROTESTS AGAINST body followed. DESECRATION OF TOMB So John Morley Will Oppose the Proposed Big Grant to Lord Kitchener. NEW YORK, May World from Londbn says: As the protest against the desecration of the Mahd tomb, John Morley will oppose the grant of $150,000 to Lord Kitchener when it is proposed in Parliament next week. Mr. Morley s “The Mahdi was an Arab who eighteen or twenty years ago headed the rising against the tyranny and corruption of the Egyptian Government of those days. He was the man who slew our General Gor- don. “Well . now after the victory in Septem- ber last the men, acting under British command, dug up the moldering corpse of this dead enemy of ours; they hacked cable to the | or tore off his head, they threw the rest of the grewsome remains into the- Nile, | and according to an artilleryman who has told this story, they carried the head into a gunboat and put it into an empty there some sh officers came and 'L(’L us see the head,’ and, said the ‘We took a part of . his indeed I have got a bit of it my- We now understand that the Mah- d is buried at Wady Halfa. tory. is the “We shall hear next week whether it is quite true or that the head of this trophy of our dead enemy was put into a wooden box and sent to England and then fetched back. I have said in the House of Com- mons that this desecration of the grave of an enemy and this treatment of the trophy is revolting In itself and reflects no ‘honor upon either thte good sense or right feelings of those who ordered it, and it reflects disgrace upon the British name.” ———- MRS. STORKE ON TRIAL. Accused of Having Sent Libelous Matter Through the Mails. ! SANTA BARBARA, May 27.—The trial of Yda Addis Storke, charged with the sending of libelous matter through the mails, will begin in the Superior Cour| on Mond Because of the promincnce of the names that will be connected with the case and the hard fight that Mrs. Storke is preparing to make, there much interest in the trial. Hand riting Expert Ames is summoned as a witness. Mrs. Storke has gained some prominence as a literary worker and has been on the staff of several newspapers of Southern street. As a youngster it was his boast | California, \ war | commenced | with the | sion for covertly ul»—‘ the | ‘this | D O O S Ca SO O SO Ca o e o ] D R R ROt SECR S + 2 - NOT READY - - + APPRECIATE. 1% \ ) + CALL FILES +| U L} + ol + : OREGON, + | | + P April 25, 1899, + [ + I beg to thank you for the + 7 [ <+ files of The Call which you have 4 4+ so kindly sent to the Oregon. 4| . 4+ The papers are greatly appre- 4 4+ ciated by the offices and men. 4 . . + Very respectfully + But the President May Find - A. S R\RE\II‘ 21 + Captain, N, commanaine. +| 1b Necessary to Secure , 5 Managing ];\h‘mx San Fran- 4 g + cisco Call + Additional Troops. + - R e e e | o that he shined the shoes of King Kala- 3 > kaua and received $5 for the job, | Special h to The Call About thirteen years ago young Ryan Sy O | stowed himself away on an Australian ALL DQUARTERS, WEL- INGTON HOTEL, | TON, May 2 WASHING- Dispatches from | Manila stating that more troops | are needed and that the Ameri- | can army is suffering embarrassment | and unnecessary losses on account of ack of a sufficient force to occupy v from which the insurgents are n attract much attention here. It is assumed that the facts are as stated and that Gene Otis has his own rea- for wanting them to become known to the people of this country. The President’s reluctance to enlarge the army to the full extent authorized by Congress renders it difficult to sup- ply enough trained soldiers for the Philippine campaign, and it is evident that our army has been deprived of re- sults that should have followed from sent operations by being un- re troops to hold positions saptured. It is believed that sons wllantly ¢ | Genegal Otis wants either the retention of tfe volunteers he has or an enlist- ment of the full force authorized by | Congress. | The President, in conversation with some of his callers to-day, is quoted as having said that he had hoped the vol- | unteers would have an opportunity to enjoy the full fruits of their magnifi- nt services by participating in the a tual pacification of the islands and coming home as victors. It was mani- | fested, however, that they could not | wait to see the matter through, and he ened to have them replaced zulars and sent home as speedily as po ble. He id he did not think there was any serious conflict between General Otis and the civilian memb of the Peace Commission, and that theré were he would feel the necessit of the army being free from interfer ence. The President is quoted further ing that it has become manifest lhat the Philippine campaign' should be made as aggressive as pc ble and hould be carried to a conclusion with vigor, as advised by Admiral Dewey. There was a rumor of a possible call for 35,000 additional troops, but it was said that the President was not now giving any serious consideration to that subject. If it is decided later to send more troops to the Philippines a call will be made in time to have the troops reach the island just before the ending it of the rainy season, so that a swift campaign can be inaugurated. The withdrawal of volunteers from the Philippines and the unsettled state of affairs throughout the islands ne- cessitates the exercise of the utmost expedition by the War Department in the dispatch of reinforcements to Otis® small but gallant army. The plans of the department contemplate the send- | ing to the Philippines of all available regular troops not required in the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico or Hawaii. The Grant is booked to sail from San Francisco in a day or two with the Sixteenth Infantry. It was originally intended to send the Nineteenth Infantry to the Philippines on the Sheridan, which vessel has just returned to San Francisco, but this plan has been abandoned owing to the un- expected delay in bringing the regiment back from Porto Rico. The Nineteenth Infantry was on the transport Meade when that vessel ran aground on a reef Jjust outside of Ponce about two weeks ago, and it is still detained in that country awaiting the repair of the troop ship. Owing to the exigencies of the service it has been found inexpedient to hold the Sheridan at San Francisco for the Nineteenth Infantry, and that vessel will start for Manila on the 7th prox. with about 2000 recruits for various regiments in the Philippines. These re- cruits are already at San Francisco, | and were eventually scheduled for duty