The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 11, 1899, Page 1

Thic Pope o0 to be taken from the Library, s« = (Ll UME LXXXVI-NO. 1blg INTASY: JUNE 19 1899.—THIRTY-TWO P/ GES. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS, INSANE MAN SHOT DOWN BY NEGRO SOLDIERS, A Cold-Blooded Murder Is Committed at Wardner in the Name of Martla! Law Bv HON. PATRICK REDDY. LURED 10 A - DOORWAY BE MURDERED Abanaer 10 | Weird Summons of H. K.| Beldin, Well-Known In- surance Man Here. ATTACKED ) WM AX TO SURVEY THE ISTHMIAN | CANAL ROUTES. [ Baive ae e aicis sole S S SCol o SRS SOM U o SC o St SiCin aicle aiCe e oo oo D e e e o o o o e SR : ; s Sl + Idat | nson, confined in the bull pen at @ Luckily , the Cap" list Escaped. (4] ¥ g3 > £ S ¢ \ few days ago he was examined be- Q Two WI rested for the ; ( 1t time he has been under the hallucination e Crime—f: D rk Mystery. 3 e some of the men supposed to have partici- © e [+] 1 £ 1 1 1 f 1 £ 1 > 3 1S T he frequently begged to be saved from the fate 6 . = P.S § x : ¥ Oneof the most mysteri- + . ; . i : g @ ous outrades ever attempt- g ) wge McKinlay went to Wardner to inquire into the man’s sanity. ¢ |ed in the bay cities was 4 g board sicians declared him insane and Judge McKinlay ordered P perpetrated last night on S : N s 2 . b ¢ 1 + H. K. Belden, manader of [+ . 1 A . . Q. s ¥ ¢ ( ¢ atient in charge, left the penitentiary a few moments be- & the Huartford Insurance 54 2 : as hrough Wardner intending to take him to Wallace, the 5 Company, at his Oakland + D seat. While waiting arrival of the train the nate man started to run. + ’}”v"“/"/lf‘l’- He ”'ll'-\'[ lured i O downstairs b wor Nt 2 o 2 - A < 5 stairs b word of an i B He was fired upon by four negro soldiers and his body fell é el e /””", 3 + = ~ & )" wessade, into the Cocur d’ - o to the Cocur d’Alene River. S when he appeared at the o ( ce ) to have said that fered the soldiers to fire high. The 5 door was attacked with ar 3 6 3 & O gre C re S both the Coroner itary are censured by the entire 5 ax wielded by an wn- 3¢ population a co murder and one of the most & | known miscreant. The af- ® t fair is shrouded in mys- . tery. Jr. Belden denies $ Highton, Mayor Phe- | s ton, Congre all /\/m/"/r?mlvw of aniy mo- M. M. Estee. tive for the crime and is 55 n have already con- | = p ; the meeting, while | PAPPY, apparently, tha Z 58 their consent pro- | e escaped by a miracle. ther circumstances will | 700 qprrests have been . president of tne |Ma@de, but the police are “ouncil, will preside qpparently as much miys- @ i tified ws the wow!d-be vic- + = T BORO ROBOE | {7, of the foul attack b ‘gq} 9 OAKLAND, June 10.—A most fiendish 3 F:) attempt was made late to-night to mur- 8 > der H. K. Belder own doorway B¢ About stranger ng the bell g wered from up- @ @ stairs by Mr. Be The str * 4 f ad & 1 > 3 said that b : REAR ADMIRAL JOHN G. WALKER. 3 « wn. L N B e B O e S e e SCR SO = § @+ ioiosie D S S S S S S SRS SEOR SEOSY SRR SIOR SO SIS S As soon as Mr. Belden opened the 2 s / e : s b A S R s ke Tt T ldvppl)’ interested in the canal question | year out of it, and it is to their interest s g ! Pl gl and: earnestly in favor of the construc- | to Keep the work going. But the great — - Mr. Belden at once dre vack, tion of a waterway as early as possi- | Same is to saddle the Panama Canal e + was closing the door the ble. While in the Senate Mr. Pasco was | 0nt0 the United States—that is, to | & | would-be assassin’s ax passed over his Dl e 2% | make this country pay for it, for T o arm and he was struck with the \ an ardent advocate of the canal. ¢ | France will always want the canal if It iy S i Mr. Noble served as a member of | should ever be built. Lo Wit the Ludlow Canal ¢ ion, the pre. Then there is England. She is only and t . were called. ; ker Commission. | one of the Furopean nations, but her re sted, but Cap- e in New | trhde with the Far East is great and o has not much ) | Yor specialt® | She I it if the Nica- m s the man is bridge 1 he is zlso | jooia England_has 1 | i =180 | ¢ day - apparent of the Mos- | emplo, as consulting | quito country held as a hostage in Ja- [ g enginec 1 r Bure »“""T ice E s him an annuity, a s | + it i members of the commission appointed ince the Clayton-Bulwer f Will Soon Begin Its Work, |t consider the improvement of the sh been trying to get o | { . : water front of New York ha o ‘]“X"L‘]'i"‘,””” i ; : | N N 1glish capitalists have tried a Which Will Cover & | rrofessor Burr is a graduate- ;'t the |- et autales have tried o - 3 Troy Poiytechnic Institute and now ! san Juan River solely € i . 2 an R solely prevent the Wide Scope. | holds a professorship in Columbia Col- | building -of the canmal. The Claytone i Bulwer treaty itself is the greatest ob- T member of le to the building of the Nicaraguan * h to The y of u,,\ University of Penrn- | ¢ glxgl and was drafted in the interests TReatl s The President feels that the | oL {}""\l“j“l trade. : = NGTON, June 10.—Sec- | oot side o e canal questior Now this commission is composed o )¢ tary Hay has announce commercial side of ‘h‘ " anal question | gome of the ablest men in the count ese members of the com- i e In fact you have thrashed all the wheat . sEERlE ke or Johnson is in res f out of this thing already. They have ssion selected by resi- of many commercial organiza- | been down there and spent two < 2 nt to rmine the most | onq- and a lot of money. They have made 1 prac route for a ———— an elaborate report, but who has ever s the is ¢ Panama: POWERFUL OPPOSITION seen it? If that report were published, : John G. retired; NICARAGUA CANAL as it ought to be. the people would of Florida <now by this time why the canal is not . e T0 A building. The commission will go down 1 o) r N FETFE again, spend another two- years, and . . civil engineer, of New Yor] PHILADELPHIA, June 10.—A re:|the same old story will be told. The Peter C. Haines, U. S. A.; Pro-| . kapje criticism was made to-day in | 9PPosition is too powerful.” 0 William H. Burr of Connecticut; | 2.0t S00c B 0 = Nicataguan’ Canal _— - * enant Colonel Oswald H.oErnst, ol )3 revi M. Haupt, one of the |\ WIDE SCOPE OF THE 1 A.; Lewis M. Haupt, civil en-| . ppjladelphia- members of the new | ; of Pennsylvania, and Professor | commission just appointed by - Pres COMMISSION’S WORK “mery R. Johnson of Pennsylvania dent McKiney. Z . There are, therefore, nine membe : - o 5 < . = 2 he ypointment of this commis- 3 ; g e 0. Beside: @s 0066000050 PEPS IS SO SN SIS SN0 S SRS DU 7 S D S S D P D S 1 Y | the commission instead of seven, as | _ [ oEpe i sor i imis- | WASHINGTON. June 10.—Besides Bed. 1| O rally proposed. As a whole the | Sion.” said Mr. Haupt, “is'simply dn- | the Nicaragua and Panama routes, the J ¥ then Pout them | Origina DLUBOSEO. FasS e 1€ { other game of procrastination brought | new Isthmian C: Commission wiil \ D OF THE TRANSVAAL IN SESSI = commission is regarded as very satis- | G0t S O TG T : : . i Vv i in possessy nd the ax. | _ 1 of its b e about by the allied opposition to the | determine the practicability of a canal The would-be assassin was a stronger | [Ctory. All of 1ts members ave In fa | ynited States getting ne of a | across the isthmus of Darien. 28 B AN X 4444 +4444444+4+4+++ neighbors to keep cool, burst out in | to me and I have not the remotest jdea | ©F tf (tlh: 1:?!‘;:::\1:‘“:&':1” n;xl d.»‘i:““-\ short routejtorithe tar S OP- | It is proposed to place a couple of ) 4 1 ‘; + + | a tempest against Kruger with all Why he should wish to murdir me.” ikt ‘l'n{mm“l L e meers &™ | mosition s powerful and active. It | small surveying parties on' this route, ; I it A\\ + JOHANNESBURG, June 10.— +|gorts of threats. The ax is an ordinary implement of | WSUallY e ensineers | never rests, and when you come to an- | one probably to commence work at alaibiz S |+ At the mass meeting of Outland- +| mpat of o ol the woodchopper's style. Had the blow hington are misinformed, they Will | ;3y;0 it it s enough to make one de- bor and the other at Cale- 5 b B i i +| hat, of course, all goes to fan the landeaithere 16 no Aoubt AHAE 1t onid be favorable to the Nic uan nal, spair. While none of the Com- ” i I 3¢ ming and support. + | 18me so much so that if the country |, U."C.v ) My Belden's head. | Two | (ROUSh inquity may change the minds et h e AT so far as I have been able 4 4 | rming and support- N ; % s ave se J Jelde ead. wo S 3 ione =5 4 el iy al| {0 learn, ve any faith in the Darie It b Mal [+ ofsir Alfreqy 4| DA 1 present will Brtatiwould be" Ieh who were e meighborhood at/|\Of S9me 0t the Somu fas ommission _composed of English. | gufe if is deemed advisabel to con- Pt ) D 4 |+ High Com- + | 8il War to-morrow. the time of the assault were arrested | nid at the State Department | prench, German and other engineers | gider every canal-route that has been Vo e i jlution was + e [r&. few minut '“F"I"l and X now in that no “-"“[h“'l‘ been fixec lx“'l | who made their headquarters here last | suggested in order that when the work | , i prison. ax-wielder had chosen his | the organization of the commission. |y, fhent thace he transconti- done the commission cannot by oD Sedlmainiz iy o'n Lty £ : B ¥ hen ther the transconti 1 e LS RVY) S 4 does not provide for the recog- + IN THE TRANSVAAL\ Biour to. et Lis dlnner. #" | new commission, will see the President | the canal would hurt thieir business. e slifEn e tiin ot (o endc + nition of equal political right + 2 : ik | early xfwxx week, ‘.;\51 h\\nl“;llrvu.\.\‘ ;lhv This is a mistake on their part, as deep | ¢ 1i 50" an for an early meeting of T | g i 3 | | date of meeting, which will be within | waterways always incre; the busi- 5 o & »pyrighted, 9, v the Assoclated e 3 ¥ e ¢ ssion, a t is e C Has a Big Force | : nt k| ecarsntsd e by Ui st Seeas SHGOMMERCIAL SCOMPAGH a short time, and the commission will | ness of railways. o T g lis: s inade. 4| LONDON, June 10.—When the Secre- QUESTION IS SETTLED |then receive its formal Instructions| -Then there is the Panama Canal in- | The views of each Commissioner to 711\"1(1 ‘11 Trans- | : and 4 | tary of State for the Colonies, Joseph | from the President. terest. . The “millions that have -been o coniractioffBoLn Eailll enhe ) aus b |+ deman Chamberlain, in the House of Commons , June 10.—A conferen Immediately after organization dna‘ m scheme and the | sought and arrangements made for an ol R 01‘0*‘1‘ I+ un Hlon Thunidas At e e Avstrian and Hungarian Ministe K ha Esiations s ott & of cticability of it are mat- | immediate start. The Panama canal va Shor |+ a Milne Al o S o e scttled the ausgleich, or economic com- | ants, and when the ¢ ssione ters of common knowledge. No French- | route will be first surveyed, and the e e 4 | the Bloemfontein conference by declar- | percial comp ton. on the basis of | 20 “denin : fr e |man can Dbe found to invest a penny | commission will then proceed to Ni . B i g + | ing that “a new situation has been cre- | a compromise, the details of which will he | P24 an opportunit ttle their pri- | 5,% "Byt the company which now | agua.- It is understood that small par- S ¥ Cinded bvE00D Outiandess 4 | ated,” he used a pregnant phrase, open | announced in the Hungarian Diet on | YAte affa they v il from New | controls it bought it for a song and | ties will be placed on the Nicaraguan 1 C 1 Sanse v g = apparently to a variety of inter- 2 | York on a regular passenger steamer | wiped out all former obligations, and | route in order to complete the very full }{+ . The "“\""““’;“ Ladule e : pretations, but in reality open only to ine Zeitung savs it | for Colon and will commence at once |is working upon it to-day data obtained by the late Nicaraguan BEiE e e 3 |onc. The politicians who have closely [the renewal of the aussleich two soltions | the examination of the Panama route, | ernment of Colombia gets $100.000 a | Canal Comm | e A hout Alsbarinir 4| f0llovied’ the, ffairs orthe 0 B\ Ll ISprornmentne iohseatently proce ing S0 VIcetEsL £ MW S = SRR T rhanee. ¥ land Mr. Chamberlain's attitude | e mongation o ‘trsielch, Includ-| 1 some quarters there is a disposition ONDON, June 10. airs in the e 3 Sy respect to them are fully satisfied that | & nk charter until 1902, or the con- | to believe that the commission’s work Mransvasl were the ont abidib-| $ +H 4+ $ 44 4+ 4 4+ +44 the Colouidl Bacelicy vty e £ 0 £ ausgleich under the | will cover at least two years, but it pic of conversation during | On Wednesday many alarming rumors wer rculation, most of which, howev ly been manufactured al purposes. ing Llle woas: where, the whole talk was the break | down of the negotlations and its probable serious effects. There was much gnashing of teeth, and there were. grim references to the e of the most circ ntial of | gtain upon British arms inflicted by mors was to the effect that|tpe Boers during Gladstone’s Pr President Kruger d b given | miership, and there were frequent three months to meet the views of | expressions that the time was now the British Government, and that|ripe to wipe out the defeat at Majuba failing recurrence to war would be! Hill. While _the Government has treated the matter very coolly, when confirmation came that the worst fears were. realized, that President Kruger had refused to yield one jot declared. While such stories obtained no cre- people, dence among well-informed re was no doubt that gr jety existed in Government circles as to the outcome of the conference be- tween Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner. In trains, in ’buses, in lobbies of as it began, the excitement increased. Even those papers which have been |most cautious and warned their and that the conference simply ended | theaters, in clubs, and, in fact every- | tatute.until 190; d A further propo are that by means of the e open- | 1, excluding the pos- ing negotiations in which the British | sibility of the ntenance of the bank Hioh' Goml n, Sir Alfred Milner, | after the expiration of .huv;u\ul‘m‘&‘lund gt e ey § ommercial union, was considered. Which had exhausted every diplomatic re- | Ljan. it any, will be adopted will not Lo source to effect a reasonable settlement | known until Premier Koloman de 1l tatement to the Diet. of th N e to the Neue Freie Presse the | »u‘ (1"Inlll|\ that Pr matters in dispute, it had been dent Kruger provided for the duration of | and that all hope |the custc X \d commercial union and of an arrangement by a suggestion or the Au ungarian charter until 1907, = s et s | The new constitution of the bank will b diplomatic pressure was henceforth | carried out immediately and the U,mme;‘ in - aties which expire at the end of The British are especially exasper- |1%3 will be renewed to run until the end of 1907, they may expire at the so that ated, because they feel they have been | ;ame time trifled with, and the question on every- | body's lips is “what next?” | oms agreement. Mr. Chamberlain is not the man to | CRAMENTO, June 10.—L. Remslet- be diverted from his course. He has | ter, a passenger on the t bound over- publicly and deliberately espoused the |land train, beeame insine while the train was going ‘through the cds | night. He was. taken off at Trackee-and delivered into_the custody of the office at-that place. It is thought the high al titude was the cause of his sudden afflic- tlon. - He has a brother, F. Remslatter, }living at 507 Haves street. San Francisco. cause of the Uitlanders, and his next step will be a demand. Then there will Continued on' Second Paza. Pres that | commission shall submit a report dur- the desire of the ident the | ing the next session of Congress, in or- \'.'hk‘h will result in the construction of | = Unconfirmed Rumor of an Ex- The commission will be a v | sive body, and it is uunmlod to-day S Lt T plosion Aboard the River Steamboat. at the | million dollars has been appropriated | | for the work. A secretary will be | |n>|oclod. a corps of surveyors and expert TOCKTON, June 11.—A rumor was circulated on the streets of this at about midnight last night to the effect that' the steamer T. C. lkker had exploded a boiler or steam drum after passing Antioch on the way to Stockton. Neither the :ource nor a verification of. the rumor a { canal men, numbering about 100, will | | be employed to assist the commission. Three of the members—Rear Admi Walker, Colonel Haines and Mr. Haupt | | —were members of the Nicaragua Ca- 23 ST BRI { 5 2ol s A bR S iiag riar SaMIE Word Habnadtos the” Stemet s S D p ANS | pal Commission which submitted itsre- | &8 jjyer. The report is believed to have been the result of the imagination | port to the President a few weeks ago. | & o o' fertile brain, excited over the many rumors regarding the acci- 1< Former Serator Taares appotntment,| & Jc ¢ T amaran Wave. tnis morning. |is" in compliance with the pressure |8 | brought to bear by the South, which is | @OLOLAGCIRS LR ORONORNT RN 0"02!08‘0%0«40%%‘ ,