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

VOLUM } OPEN THREAL OF WAR 0 TRANSVAAL h .Lmberlams Significan Speech to the Unionists at Birmingham. t 1 contempt. 1 2l eulogize 1or of Cape i High m sione Africa mgest te 1 1« one R el vith great iberation mhasis added enormous 15 procured Ivocates ir the ed a1l but inter ith our prestige who now way reated is not o1 among the the regard € Besides the breaches of n convention, the ntly violz convention was in- 1ded to sect re. Its misgovern- ¢ s a festering sore. poison- g the whole atmosphere of The Dutch in Cape n al would be in the est condition, but so long as 1e disease of hatred and Trans Sus- icion pre the stop the con- since independ- was ted we have been of with the It is erroneous to say ence gran erge war on the Transvaal oy British ernment wants ar; but it is equally erroneous to will draw now that it has put its hand 1e plow. : the Gov ernment We hope the efforts that are being made will lead to an arrangement, for Great but patience be distinguished from eakness and when moral pres '\‘\‘.- 1in only desires justice, e comes a time when omes a farce that cannot 1ed without loss of self rust that time may instance, but respect I never conie in s if it does | the mear a result essen- tial to the peace of South Africa.” The speech warmly - ap- In re of vas plauded. vote thanks, Mr. Chamberl felt strengthened and this confidence n said he by He had cause they had| reached a critical turning point in e history of the empire and that whole world was watching to | how they would issue from | believ he *‘w see the “It is my Ichcf said he, in closing. “that the country will| show itself not unworthy of its glorious history and traditions.” LXXXVI-NO. ons will insist upon | icouraged | 1d support. | vken from the heart be- | SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, J UNE 27, 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS, v.nu..‘_..r Lo e e e = s e i e e 2w P ) ©DEGOGHGIGH O SO HEDIOIDID S OIVIVEVIRI00P SOCIALISTS AT BREST PLAN { B0 DD & el e D 06 OHTE AT & CRDSBHTHASIQ f A DEMONSTRATION @ UDOTOTIGOL cRelces e Ot te > QIO & COTOTSVHD © TGO 30000 P THEY USE DREYFUS AS A PRETEXT. Ww¢,/ PRGOS PARIS, Jupe 26.— The French cruiser x HE Qd‘”OND Sfax, with Captain C GURT-MARTIAL Alfred Dreyfus on OF DREYFUS board, coaled at St. Michaci, Azores Isl- irfyufilsof?nletaxiezx_lg}:z: * ands, on Wednesday. ssyfus by cowrt-martial on ¥ having Captalr red a geons r which 12 about was carrier Dreyfusard meeting, organ- 1z Socialists, was announced for this evening in the Salle du i ireulars had been distr the day calling upon the heir liberties gain- of the four revolt vent the suprem of the condemn took stringent precautions troubl “hments of lac n the houses inity of th .and the regu- ar which wer ) stationed about the place, doubtless gave the pro- prietors of the hall hint, b use when the organizers of peting ar- rived at the hall at 8:30 this evening headed by a local narchist -leader named Brousseouloux the propr ithdrew permis: n for the. me and a hot alter ion without r ensued Finally Brousseouloux and his friends declared their intention of creating a demonstration in the streets and called upon their supporters to follow them, The Commissary of P who was present at the altercation. Immediate ordered forty gendarmes to cordon (hv streets and cut off communiecation with the center of the town. Brousseouloux was then kept outside. There was | much talk, but at that time there was no dis . An hour or so later a erowd of some 500 made a long detour and flocked into the town by another route. They were joined by all the loafers in Brest, and verran the wh place, shouting “A 13 Loubet,” “Vive 1 Revolu- tion. | uch a demonstration had never been ard of before in Brest, whose popula- tion at first thrown into a state | of consternation, but the thing soon be- came farcical. As soon as the crowd met a few police, headed by a police commissary with the tricolor scarf| | around his walst, it dispersed and by half-past 10 the streets were quite | calm except for the ragamuffins singing | | the *Marseillaise” and ‘the ‘‘Car- | magnole™ out of the hearing of the po- | lice. The 1atter ed four, and thesé will probably released to | night. Brousseouloux disappeared at the first sign of a collision. The truth is the anarchists and socialists are here | only to further thir own propaganda through the Dreyfus affair and there is | little likelihood of serious trouble. |FRANCE’S PARLIAMENT | SUSTAINS THE MINISTRY | Noisy Demonstrations in the Cham- ber of Deputies During the Pre- mier’s Explanation. PARIS, June 26.—The Cabinet Minis- ters presented themselves to the cham- ber this afternoon. The Chamber of | Deputies was thronged and there was | great animation at the opening of the So la was ar be [ l the charge of communicating documents connected with ths national defense to the agonts of a foreign power, will take place in the army service building here. M. Mathieu Dreyfus, broth- er of the famous prisoner, has arrived here. % # % % * * * sesgion when it became known that two hostile groups, the Socialist-Radicals and the Democratic Left, had decid: to vote in favor of the Government. and that'M. Paul de C had with- drawn his interpel Identical statements were read the Chamber of Deputies by the Pre- mier, M. Waldeck-Rousseau, and in the Senate by the Minister of Justice, M. Monis. They were as follows: “The Chamber of Deputies, ignac in ex- pressing itself resolved not to support any government but one determined to defend energetically republican institu- tions and assure public order, has clearly defined the task imposed upon the new Cabinet. The Ministry has no other ambiti than to accomplish it. In order to bring about the pacifica- tion of the country and to intact our common inheritance, it seemed to us that existing delusions should be effaced and that the work we speration of all Republicans. aim is definite, though varying ac- | cording to the methods of different | schools, accord becomes easier and con- troversies are lost in the presence of one duty to perform. To end the agi- tations pursued under disgulses easy to penetrat nst_the regime which has been sanctioned and will be upheld universal suffrage and to require ym all the services, loyal assistance and courageous assumption of respon- sibility—such is necessarily the duty of the Government. It is resolved | to have all judicial decisions respected, and if the first wish of the country to listen to the voice of justice it will silence and respect while its ons are prepared. n the front rank of the important of the country, bound up with rvation of the dignity of the we place the intercsts of the which the Republic has con- structed on a stronger and wider basis, and which {8 synonymous with the Republic's security and is the pride of France. We think, with the army’s most illustrious and surest guides, that in- violable attachment to discipline is the first and essential army's own greatness. We defend it with the same energy against | the attacks and solicitatio which | the ‘When o constitute the most undeiPrVLd of in- | sult “We desire, above all, thal appease- ment may be accomplished, and it will come quickly if every one will give up | being a law unto himself and bow to | xhe law of the land. “To accomplish the work which has | devolved upon us, we have need of the ! co-operation of Parliament and whole confidence. We ask the widest | mandate. hility. We ask for a truce of the ir- ritating discussions, hurtful to the in- terests of the country, and that you will | vote without delay a law necessary to public | 1f our efforts are not sterile, | the good working of the services. disunion among Republicans will van- ish and the Republic will scon resume the path of economic and social Progress. M. Waldeck-Rousseau accepted am order of the day, moved by M. Jules Perillier, Radical Socialist, reading as follows: “The Chamber approving the declarations and acts of the Gov- ernment passes to the order of the day.” I-Ernest Roche, Socialist, interpellated the Government regarding the policy and composition of the Ministry. He declared it was a government of war, | and violently attacked the Minister of War, General Marquis de Galifet. Other speakers followed in a similar in | about to undertake required the | first | is | guarantee of the | intend (n; lls\ We take the fullest responsi- | Seacoast Fortifications at Brest, Where Dreyfus Will Probably Land. T, NSO ers of the day were of them approving the 5 ent M W au replied to the laticns, explaining the ting lh:‘ (van«l(mn of motives ani ing to reunite one of the'main oblects k all Repu? s He dded that the Ministers had already assumed some responsibiity, but he thought the back- ing of the Chamber was necessary for further steps and asked what Ministry could for 2 moment tolerate acts seem- ing to create the belief that the army desired to constituts ii<eif the A its policy. e further expressed hope that it would not be necessary take more severe measures and said he | thought it easy to demonstrate whence came the attacks upon the courts, Explaining the inclusion of the gen- eral, Marquis de Galifet in the Cabinet | as Minister of War, he said it was be- cause the gengral had so spontaneously Fuppmlvd thé constitution, and it was thought the nec ry certain milita men could what relaxed if emanating from trusted authority as General de he some- ha lifet. In conclusion the Premier =al Our task Is heavy. Whatever course the Chamber may pursue, 1 have done all | my duty. The speech of M. Waldeck-Rousseau | was much interrupted he noise at times was deafening and several mem- bers were called to order. At the open- ing of the session the extreme Leftists shouted: “Viva la Commr: e, and the Socialists frequently inte.rupted proceedings. but M. Waldeck-Rous- seau’s statement was much applauded by the Leftists and Centrists. The Senate by a vote of 187 to 25 ap- proved the declaration of the Govern- | ment. INSULTING EPITHETS HURLED AT GALLIFET maintain | The New Minister of War a Target for Attack, but He Remains Unmoved. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gor- don Bennett. PARIS, June 26.—-By a majority of twenty-six the Waldeck- Rousseau Min- istry won its first battle to-day. The issue seemed doubtful more than once Aduring the afternoon’s sitting. It was made very plain that a great many Deputies there had no particular affec- tion for the new Cabinet. They even | said so, and in very unmistakable lan- | guage. Gentlemen who went into the | tribunes and others who remained upon the floor of the house were never at a ! loss for disagreeable things to say to Waldeck-Rousseau with regard to the Eiffel syndicate, and found plenty of material for reaching M. de Lanessan about Cabinet affairs, but when every- thing else failed, there was always some insulting epithet that could be | hurled at General de Gallifet. It was a curious sight to see that handsome soldier fronting a more bitter enemy | and a more withering fire of outrage than he ever faced.on the battlefield. He was the point of attack of the op- position and the center of observation | for everybody. The new Minister of War might have been cast in bronze for all the emo- tion he showed when the most hideous insults (“assassin” was the mildest) were pouring down upon him like rain in a tropical storm. Not a muscle of hifi face moved. He sat motionless, with | crossed legs and folded arms listening attentively, as though his adversaries were paying him compliments, | The only sign of feeling he- exhibited was a little impatient drumming of his sunburned fingers upon the lid of his desk durimg M. Mirman’s speech, but | General Gallifet quickly repressed even this little sign of life, and from one end of the session to the other he gave a superb example of self-restraint under outrage. To army chiefs who have chafed under rather outspoken criti- cisms and comments on the part of the press General de Gallifet was indeed a man of moment. As M. Mirman put it, “the people in their simple common sense had already christened the Gov- ernment a Gallifet Ministry,” and the Minister of War certainly served as a Turk’s head for the opposition. et Will Reach Brest on Friday. NEW YORK, June. 26.—A Journal cable from Paris says: According to the Eclaire, the French cruiser Sfax, with Captain Alfred Dreyfus on board, is not expected at Brest until Friday. punishment of | the | INPORTED MEN BEING ~ THREATENED Sinclair Says He Will Im-| prison All Who Refuse to Sign Infamous Permits. REFUSE TO WORK Give Bail to Secure Their Re- lease From the Bull Pen. S g Special Dispatch to The Call. sourr to iakz the plces of strik- g m.ers in thz Ceeur d Alenes, as the claim under a misappre- respected by the mi it ry author - ties nc more than were those of the me:; they were t) displace. Some of the Miss urians, it s into the mines when the situation was made clear to them, are now themse ves thr:zatened with con- finement in the Bull Pen if they do not go to work. The “authorities have brought matters to a strange pass First the members of the union are cause of iheir desire to work, and | now the imported miners are threatened with lke fa e because they will n:t work. The law of the bayonet <hould aiso be con- | sistent. ALLACE, Idaho, Missouri miners who refused to sign the permits are now being threatened with the bull pen. The men were brought to Burke under a heavy guard. No one was allowed to approach the train or speak to the men. As soon as they reached Burke the Missourians an to make inquiries regarding the | situation, with the result that less than | half of the original number are now at work. One of the men who returned to Wal- lace to-day says that on his refusal to sign a permit he was approached Sinclair, who said: “Look here, I'm not going to do any fooling with you. | Now, sign that permit or take the con- sequences.” | night, walking to Wallace. He claims [ he was Induced to leave Missour! by a telegram purporting to be signed by the Mayor of Wallace, stating that there were no miners here, the union men having all left the country. The day in court was consumed in the argument of a demurrer to the com- plaint against the County Commission- ers. The regular meeting of the board must be held under the law on the [ second Monday inJuly. Unless the Commissioners and getting in a new board, which would be appointed by the Governor before that time, they will have no funds with which to carry on operations, during the past twenty-four hours, and interest is centered on the effort to re- | move the Commissioners and Sheriff. | Should the prosecution be unsuccessful in this they would receive a severe set- back, for without the credit of the county they would be seriously hampered. The defense asked for time to pre- pare a further affidavit showing cause why Sheriff Angus Sutherland should not be appointed elisor. Judge Stewart said he thought the defense had made the case, but they argued that they had no suspicion that Sutherland’s appoint- ment was contemplated. The Judge must be specific or the defendant could allege prejudice against men as fast as they could be named, “but I under- stand that the elisor is appointed by the court—not by the defendant.” Finally the matter went over until morning, the defense being allowed to produce affidavits from parties other than defendants. After a long argu- was overruled. quash the information which met the same fate. Then they filed a demurrer, argument on which occupied nearly reserved until to-morrow. The real contention of the defense was that the action was criminal rather than civil and that the action was not properly brought, but the court overruled that point. The prisoners at Wardner to-day voted on the question of giving bail, deciding by a vote of 371 to 4 not to give bail. BURIED UNDER FLOWERS. Ensign John A. Monaghnn’s Body Lies in State at Spokane. SPOKANE, June 2.—The body of En- sign John A. Monaghan arrived in the city this morning and is now lying in state at the City Hall. . As soon as the casket was placed on its resting place it was covered with flowers, which were do- nated in such quantities as to not only cover the box contalning the bodi bu( almost fill the entire asj)ace inclosed by tI columns of the catafalque. The body wlll lie in state until to-morrow morni when it will be taken to the Gonz:]’a ghl:irch, where the burial service will be el The men who went from Mi--| hen<ion. are finding therr rights now sa:d, having refused to go| §rown into the Bull Fen be-| June 26.—The | by | The man signed it and left Burke last | tate authorities succeed in ousting the | The general situation has not altered further sald that charges of prejudice | ment, the motion to quash the citation | The defense then offered a motion to | the whole afternoon, judgment being | 4 Sixty Railroad Agents Are Canvas Prisoners at Waraner Vote Not to Burns OQutlines OVERNOR GAGE will call an extra session of the Legisla- turs. Gage, Herrin, Burns and their followers may deny this assertion, but the Governor | will issue the proclamation | when Burns signifies that everything is in readiness for the event. The Call knows whereof it speaks when it serts that Gage will call the sp session. As General Barnes is ou the race for the Senatorship and U. § Grant Jr. signifies a disposition to re- tire from public life, the followers of Burns belicve that the win out. : Agents of Burns and Herrin are can- vassing the State to sound the feeling of legislators on the topic of an extra session. Ten dayvs ago The Call re- celved authentic intelligence regarding the route and inquiries of one of the canvassers. This particular one was formerly connected with this journal. When his engagement with the paper closed, the railroad managers supplied him with free passes and sent him out to ascertain how many Republican As- semblymen and Senators would agree to enter a party caucus, in the event of an extra session. Several members of the Legislature, whose sympathies are with The Call in its battle to up- hold the honor and dignity of the State, supposed that the man was still con- nected with this paper, and therefore | gave him their unreserved confidence in speaking of the Senatorial situation | and extra session prospects. When | | the facts were reported to railroad headquarters, the agent was specially commended for his sagacity and enter- | prise in obtaining for Herrin and Burns and Gage certain information intended for The Call. Burns has finally decided that Gage | At first the Governor made some show of resisting the decree of the Mexican, but the resistance wos slight. At one time Gage came out openly with a precise statement that he would not call the members of the Legislature to- gether in special session, but his mind has undergone a change since he made that declaration. He will issue the proclamation, probably within sixty days' time. To some extent the time | will be governed by the degree of progress made by the Mexican in cor- | ralling members of the Legislature. | Burns is so sure of his abili | Gage that he speaks of the session as f the whole programme had been ac- | cepted and ratified. Last Sunday, Burns, at the close of a conference on the subject of State patronage, said to one of the men at- tending the conference: “Governor Gage will call an extra session of the Legislature within sixty da This has been positively decided upon. The United States Senate is not | going to seat Matt Quay on the| Governor's appointment. It is all bosh | to stippose that the Senate is going to reverse itself. A commission by execu- tive appointment would leave me out is to call an extra session. Gage and I have decided that this theory of allow- ing the newspapers to beat us out will | not go. The papers may crow now, but | we will show them who will do crowing at the finish. “In canvassing the | have not tried to get them to agree to | vote for me,” remarked RBurns, but | continuing the Mexican said: “We | merely asked them to agree to go into caucus. The United States Senate meets early In December, and 1 want | thirty days for preparation before I go to Washington. When the extra ses- sion is called, the Governor will hold the Senate and Assembly at Sacra- mento until they caucus and send me to Washington. He will keep them there until Christmas if necessary.” Burns i8 further reported as saying that the Governor would announce in | the call for an extra session that the | main purpose of convening the Legis- the election of a United States Senator. On this particular point Burns will probably change | Gage's mind after Dibble has been heard from. As Judge Dibble is an expert in convening and adjourning extra sessions, it is not likely that Burns and Gage will permit his genius in this special field to be wasted. There | may be many Legislatures and a band | lature was | of Senators, but there is only one Dib- | ble. The call for the session may speci- | fy the election of a Senator or it may | set forth that legislation to perfect the | work of the Code. Commission is amended. Herrin, Gage, Burns and the Mexican | push generally are deluded if they im- agine that the canvass of the State to promote an extra session was concealed from the press. The Call knew the day | and hour that Dr. Maggard was inter- viewed by the railroad agent who rep- resented himself as a correspondent at- tached to a news syndicate. Incidents | of the agent's journey from town to town were known in this office. It was known that Senators Bulla and Cutler and Assemblymen Lardner and Raub were sounded, and that Assemblyman TLa Baree was invited to talk through the telephone. It is known further that the main office of the news syndi- | cate is in the yellow building. It is| known that the agent made it a rule to talk with Grant’s supporters and get their views on the caucus scheme. Burns is boasting on the quiet that sixty-one members of the Legislature have promised to enter the caucus, but shall call the extra session this year.| v to master of the reckoning. The only thing to do | the | legislators, we | EXTRA SESSION WILL BE CALLED BY GAGE Proclamation May Be Issued Within Days. sing the State t» Sound the Legislators on the Caucus Scheme —D. M. the Procramme ! he says that he will not direct Gage to {ssue the proclamation until a greater number lg enrolled. ns he wants a wide margin to cover the falling down of weak men No one can quite comprehend why Burns entertains the notion must have thirty day to Washington from the State that he to prepare to go ious departure has been made by the colonel with ch less time for prep- aration. Surely thirty days’ time is not required to prepare a speech. No bond is required fror United States Senator, so it is hard to explain why the colonel wants thirty days for prep- aration. The statement made by Gage w the onl will be became hecause tion in the distribution of water-front patronage wrote that an extra-session was impending and that one of the sub- jects to be considered would probably be the reorganization of the Harbor Commission. THe attitude of TN a that not Burns 1 call an extra session indication that the s called. A State Senator somewhat indignant s who recently he did not get desired recosmi- 8. Grant's friends is not to the liking of the Mexican. Rumors come from the south that Grant may vield to the persuasive fm- portunity | and re-enter the race. | boasting that sixty-one legislators have agreed | caucus. Tt is amusing to observe that Herrin, after the experience of last winter. is not willing to take the Mexi- can’s judgment as to the caucus agree- ment. The railroad politicians were so badly fooled at the regular session that they advised Huntington in New York that Burns could not be defeated. | Their confidence was so great and their of his admiring supporters Burns is now Republican to go into | predictions so positive that Collis P. Huntington, as wily and wary as he is, was_decef Herrin is king his | o%Wn eanvass this t their instructions and their transporta- tion from railroad headquarters and make their returns to the railroad office. Huntington is an exacting master. He wants to know in black and white just how each member of the Legislature stands on the proposition of going into caucus on the Senatorship. It is Herrin's duty to give him the straight tip, hence the canvass of the | State under railroad management. Under the new arrangement Governor Gage is practically relieved of all work. Dibble will doubtless draw up the proclamation and submit it to Herrin. The law department will then probably call in some lawyer to look it over arefully, and if the document all | right it will be handed to Burns. When Burns gets it he will take it to Sacra- mento and tell Gage to sign it. Then | the vaults of the treasury will open to the raiders. DESERTED BY KIN AS SHE NEARS THE GRAVE is | A0 Bending Under the Weight of Years, Mrs. Emily Meller Enters a Poorhouse. | SACRAME tacle was presented here this when Mrs. Emily Meller, 80 vears of age, with form bent and hair whitened, was taken over the rough road to the County Hospital, there to' pass the sunset hours | of her life. Back of the incident is a | story that is calculated to int y sym- pathy for her plight. | "“According to her story she has heen | shamefully neglected by her own children, | who are well-to-do, and had it not been | for a generous woman friend in this city | she would have starved to death. She is | the widow of George Meller, a contractor, who laid the mile or more of stone walk around the State Capitol. Several weeks ago she called at the home of Mrs. Georga Davidson. formerly the wife of Chief of Police Dillman, d¢ nd informed her that her rel rted her and that she and without a Place to sleep. Mrs. Davidson generously Yook her in, and the aged woman has spent weeks In bed under her roof. It ap- pears that she has a son in the person of John Cox, a farmer on the riverside road, nd she says that he con- xm of $4 a month to her sup- princely contribution, accord- was augmented by E. B. | this count tributed the port. This | ing to her statement, $3 a month from her son-in-law, Thorne, a capitalist at 1473 Twenty-third avenue, East Oakland. But this munifi- cence suddenly o the aged and she has been absolutely de- pendent upon charity | "'Mrs., Meller declares her son once told her that he cared no more for her than if he were a stone in the street. little granddaughter supports her in this charge against her son. She s ares that | after she had lost possession of her prop: | Srty Thorne told her she would never want for another cent in this world. While the aged woman was lyving ill at | Mrs. Davidson's house Mrs.” Davidson wrote to the Thornes Mre. Meller's di they come to ¥ Thorne wrote back that his wife was not | feeling well, adding that should her moth- | er die to send them w 1 think they will be good and kind to me at the hospital.” said the S0-year-old Woman as she took leave of her grand- daughter and prepared herself for the journey to the county poorhouse, where she expects to die. ‘ McKENZIE TO BE TRIED. Walters’ Alleged Accomplice Will Be Charged With Murder. SUISUN, June 2%.—Ex-Sheriff George S. MeKenzie will have to stand trial for al- leged complicity in the murder of Alfred Cook in Napa County. Under the com- mon law McKenzi an | Sory before the fact, but u | of the State the charge | be the same as that against tk viz., murder in the first degree. was set for September 26, On motion, the information against Jes- se Walters, who succumbed vesterday to the effects of a surgical operation, was to- | day dismissed. woman, principal, The trial