The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 19, 1899, Page 1

Tall - The SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, BOERS MAY NOW PRECIPITATE WAR Such Opinion E;;);*éssed by Ad- miral Howison in a Report on the Transvaal Special Dispatch to The Call. ADQUARTERS, HOTEL, ¥ got in a pistol sk t 10t. He shoo! two Mexicans ) were finally ego, pherder, or theft two Hanford citizen An enemy. - NO SPECIAL TRAIN FOR NEBRASKA VOLUNTEERS Governor Poynter Was Unable to Se- cure Sufficient Money and Aban- doned the Project. | OMAHA, Aug. andoned cial tr; Rapid _ Trip Across America’s Cup. R O S S S R S SR SR LIPTON'S YACHT SHAMROCK AND TENDER ERIN. ska regiment a D N S NP AP WP SR SO S S S S h be farcer BW YORK, Aug. 1S—With Sir| + 4+ 4+++ 4+ 4+ 44444444 CEssIantedyby. Thomas Lipton's private signal, | e a shamrock on a gold ground, LONDON, Aug. 18 — Sir bordered a broad band of n the British na by resorted to the 1, the hull of the chal-| s s and \g yacht Shamrock, swinging at | and Lin- anchor to the ebb tide off Tompkins- | 5, Lo a morning bore a striking o t > the Columbia. She d a light green. If painted would be a difficult matter at distinguish the yachts by their hul in her trip across the Atlantic the rock carried a loose-footed main- 1 of heavy canvas, having. besides & to its volunteers_the. three sets of reef points, a “bonnet” in tical honors given by other |thefoot of it. Her jib stay sets up with ‘he railroads are arraigned for a turnbuckle to the end of a bowsprit e or e nterests of Ne- | cxtending not more than four feet out- and for lack of practical pa- y,arq. No gaff was carried on the jig- ger mast, the sail being of the leg-of- mutton type. Straight as a reed and very strong PRESIDENT REVIEWS THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT i :h; shamm»k'gmair;‘mas;. It is hPl: t thr wire shrouds on eac Just Before the Parade Mrs. McKin- S'4°: Set up with turnbuckles. A great 5 jeal of the green paint has ley Presented the Regiment sl Aahedioff the bows.of fhe vacht where With a Silk Flag. i ity el she pounded in the heavy swells, leav- ord Boers to th He triott m. for o > steel as good but | PLATTSBURG, N. Y. ing her bronze plates bare and show- : Promptly at 4 o'clock this )N | ing the fine, smooth riveted work done i et ehete stion the cannon on the parade ground at | py the builders. Besides a big lap - Plattsburg Barracks boomed out a gtreak cutter, carried on a pair of brass BOERS VERY ANXIOUS Presidential salute, signifying that qavits, the Shamrock carried two col- President McKinley had arrived at the | japsible lifeboats on deck. Her long T0 GET THE ARMS Government fortifications, where he tiller, with which she was steered, is was to review the Twenty-sixth Regi- | = W0 F U0 ment. The Presidential party drove |c0vered wi : = e PRETORIA, Aug. 1S.—The Govern- over from Hotel Champlain and pro.| Conspicuous on -the yacht's deck - s receive reply to its d ceeded directly to the reviewing stand. | amidships between the skylights and L In the party were President Mrs. waterway: e four large wood cleats, McKinley, Vice Prestdent Mrs. | secured by brass bolts. There are two Hobart and som. Attorney General|on each side, presumably one being P .:‘”',l”_\ 3T ;fi?\d”? :;::'rlr'.:\:: used for belaving the main sheet and one for the st il sheet. Two smaller wooden cleats, forward of those named, are for the jib sheets. The deck itself is of steel, covered at rior Hitchcock. Mrs silk flag to the regiment received it in behalf of his men. McKinley presented a handsome Colonel Rice T until the her topmast truck and | I reserve ensign at her | re- | been | | | Thomas Lipton is naturally very much delighted with the news that the Shamrock has arrived safely in New York harbor, and is also much pleased by the re- ports which have reached here that his yacht met with such an enthusiastic welcome as she en- tered the harbor. When d what he thought about the Shamrock being towed two thousand miles as reported here, he replied that there was no advantage in towing except in a dead calm, but it was, of course, those op the other side— now who could tell most about it. Anyhow, it was great satisfac- tion to him know that the Shamrock was safe on the other side and that she had received such a kindly welcome, R R A R R R R R TR R R D R e R R R R R R R R e R R R & PSP vent the crew from sliding overboard | during a race. The crew are a sturdy looking lot of Scotch and English men. They wore 1hlus- jerseys, bearing on the breast the ! words “Shamrock, R. U. Y. C.” The same words appear on the yacht's stern. The steam yacht Erin flies, besides Sir Thomas Lipton’s private signal, the colors of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club. The Shamrock reached port this morning, accompanied by her tender, the steam yacht Erin. The Shamrock sailed from Fairlie, on the Clyde, Au- gust and made the trans-Atlantic voyage in much quicker time than was anticipated. The Erin towed the Shamrock about 2000 miles and the latter sailed some- thing more than 1200 miles. Her best Most of the towing was done after | passing the Azores, August 19. At quarantine the yachts were promptly cleared. delagoa | 128 was then given to the color resent with tarred canvas. There are mr. it ot | E8 AL oft. Sompeny, Who bUre it bk Sove and aft tatteoktilke koselnaca on | aki trenuous ef- | tire regiment. headed he the mosimorihy | the Columbia and the Defender to pre- e local Portuguese ' band, passed in review before th z 9 thed passage of ent McKinley spoke in th ition. soldiers. The regi. | Nings = ger has persona Manila in about | tion, claims that he has the murderer request to that effect, stating | tV2 Weeks. of Jacob J. Veitinger in custody. Vei- After the review the members of the Pre lunch by Colonel and Mrs remainder of the day uietly by the Pre: weather was decidedly warm. INDIAN ARRESTED FOR | MURDER OF VEITINGER| tinger was a German, 72 years old, who lived alone in a cabin in Lee Valley, © | thirty-five miles east of this city, and was found shot and burned to death in | the runins of his cabin on July 28. A day or two following the discovery odus vivendi with England is du ousand cases of arms are r here to-morrow on the an steamer Koenig from Hz Jul MURDE Estudero was arrested on suspicion. having been seen in the vicinity of the cabin on the day of the tragedy, but RER OF DAVIS IS FINALLY LOCATED Sheriff Jennings Claims He Has Suf- Now Serving a Term in Folsom ficient Circumstantial Evidence : Prison for Grand to Convict Him. 2 Larceny. SAN DIEGO, Aug. 18.—Sheriff Jen- o SFIELD, Aug. 18—Consider- | @ o644 65 6666 660 0eQ { citement was caused here to-| & b nnouncement of the cap-| | 1 murderer of John C. Davis, o 2 hot and killed here on the | 7 ‘ October 18, 1897. Davis was | ¢ )6 home with a friend. The| & 2 at his house and had | ¢ q [ e e g % l @ 3 * 5 ® ! : ! & : @ b $ : & )i 3 . : : ® P ¢ 3 o 3 ® : i b 3¢ ® ¢ ® - . . Elmwood, Cape Flora, Franz Josef Land, Headquarters of the )¢ 1 Jackson Expedition, Near Which the Wellman Party Landed. © Do oo00000-00- SRS R BGRIA N ‘ of the tragedy an Indian named Chavez | @ TOW With another ofithe fragedy | fended the squaw. l@eoe 64546 e6eoeoe@ possession of Sheriff Jennings, along | | | | was compelled to travel hundreds of | find. | will be of great assistance to the au- after a great deal of investiga- | the authorities held no strong evidence | against the Indian bevond the fact that | he was believed to have had a gun. | which he had mysteriously disposed of | in some manner when he was arrested. | It has since been learned that Estu- dero, on the day following the murder | of Veitinger, attempted to steal a young | 2 squaw at El Cajon, not far from Vel- tinger's place, and became involved in Indian who de- In the trouble the woman's protector secured possession of the gun which Estudero attempted to use, and this has since come into with much other evidence which al- most conclusively fixed the crime upon Estudero. The gun is belleved to be the weapon formerly owned by the murdered Ger- man; and which could not be found in the ruins of the burned cabin. In the effort to find this gun a deputy sheriff miles over the mountains of Lower California in a search for the Indian | who took it from Estudero. The dep- uty also brought back information that thorities. = Sheriff. Jennings claims that stronger circumstantial evidence agalnst BEstudero would be hard to CRAMPS THREATENED WITH A BIG STRIKE Recent Wholesale Discharges Have Caused the United Machinists to Take Action. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18.—A secret meeting of the machinists employed at Cramps' ship-building yards was held to-night. Frederick Kunzelman, an officlal of the local Machinists’ Asso- tion, and Jormerly employed at Cramps’, stated that the recent whole- sale discharges at the ship vards were made for the purpose of intimidating the men. Recently 500 employes were discharged from the various depart- ments in the yard, and it was intimated that many more would follow. The reason given by the firm was the scar- city of structuralg -on. Mr. Kunzel- man asserts that che machinists are not affected by this shortage and that there is enough work to keep them busy for two years. He says further that day’s run under canvas was 268 knots. | LIPTON'S YACHT HAS REACHED NEW YORK the Atlantic of the Shamrock, Challenger for the | | D R e e e o St S o o o oo o e o o e 2 G-6-D-0-+-0+C+0-+0-+0+0@ After the yachts had anchored in the upper bay Captain Archie Hogarth of the Shamrock said: “The Shamrock behaved beautifully. I am more than satisfied with her. In fact, I am delighted, because my most sanguine anticipations have been more than realized. But I will say this, that, { gleeful as I am with the behavior of | the boat, I was more surpris with | the generous reception which she got {from the time we were abreast of | sandy Hook. | Dr. Mackay of Edinburgh, who was aboard the Erin, acted as spokesman for Captain Matthew who was busily tengaged looking after the routine work on the Erin. The doctor expressed him- self_8s being delighted with the trip over, and said that no incident of any moment occurred during the entire trip. | He said both boats, with the Shamrock in the lead, left Fairlie at D pLm August 3. Favorable winds prevailed |and the Shamrock went past the Isle | of Man with all sails set. day, the Sth, moderate seas prevailed, but then heavy weather set in, ac- companied by a fog in which the Erin lost sight of the Shamrock. Heavy seas swept over the decks of the Erin and the Shamrock was equally deluged. On the morning of the 9th the Erin picked up the Shamrock and Captain Matthews figured that they were then 225 miles from Corvo, in the Azores. Pleasant weather followed. On the 11th a dead calm was experienced, fol- lowed by head winds. The Erin then took the Shamrock in tow, and during the 12th and 13th and part of the 14th she towed the sloop, on which all sails were up. A slight breeze from the north northeast continued until the 15th. On the 16th a heavy swell made both boats rock, but their speed was not impaired. On the following day several steamers were signaled. At 7 o'clock the pilots boarded the two rachts and brought them into port. Sir Thomas Lipton is expected here on the Campania, which will sail from Queenstown nine days hence. firm caused the discharges in order to forestall this movement. Another meet- ing of the machinists will be held next Wednesday, and Mr. Kunzelman is au- thority for the statement that if 500 machinists agree to strike the entire 4000 employes now at work will go out | a protest against the action of thr | ramps in making the discharges. MINE OWNERS SOLVE THE LABOR PROBLEM | An Advertisement for Men at Good | ‘Wages Brings a Host of Ap- plicants. | REDDING, Aug. IS. San Francisco company that recently acquired and is now operating the Bergin placer mine in Trinity County has found a solution of the | scarcity of labor question. L A week ago the company placed an or- | der in Redding for fifty laborers at $2 a | day and board. Six men were immediate- 1y sent to Trinity County, but before the: could reach their destination the company had already secured the required number and was turning away other applicants As soon as the wage scale was advertised here applications poured in thick and fast. | Word was received to-day that all the men needed were secured and others need | not apply. NEW RAILWAY. Will Run From Williams, Ariz., to Grand Canyon. | LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18.—The statement was made at the Santa Fe Railway head- | quarters here to-day that a new company | cailed the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railway Company has already begun the | construction of a_raflway six five miles in length from Williams, Ari to the| Grand Canyon of the Colorado. 2 | Active operations have been going on for twenty days, and twelve miles of road | built from Williams are graded. The com- pany is financed by Lombard, Good & Co. of New York. s Claims a Misel’s Estate. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18.—A woman giving the name of Mrs. L. Kinsella, who has worked her way here from Syracuse, N. Y. consuming three months in the effort, lays claim to the estate of Joseph Blow, a recluse, who was killed by a switch engine in this city several months ago. About $2500 the employes were preparing to de- mand & nine-hour daY and that the in gold was found under his cabin in the river bottoms after he was killed. The woman claims him sa har | te: Up to Tues- | | regarding | Schwarzkoppen with Dreyfus. STRENGTHENS THE DREYFUS DEFENSE Colonel Picquart Confronts Gen- erals in His Testimony Before Court-Martial. Copyrighted, 1899, by the Aseociated Press, T e R AR R 2R S s s s + 58 RENNES, Aug. 19.—The trial of Dreyfus was resumed this morning + + at 6:30 o'clock, no special incidents marking the opening of the proceed- 4 + ings. 3¢ o The first witness was Captain Guignet, an aid de camp at the Min- 4 istry of War, who was commissioned by General Gonse last to 5 ¥ classify and arrange the different documents connected with the Drey- + fus, Esterhazy and Picquart affairs. 3 24 ptain Guignet declared that he was convinced of the guilt of the e + accused. + + R b R o S SR T o o S o S R R A o ENNES, August 18.—A severe blow to the military t it w when the Schneid: dispatch o’cloc “tories of ju- was made known at?3 this morning in the ref and the hote It was a source bilation to the other side. General Mercier had greatly empha- sized its importance when giving his imony. His manner was victorious as he handed the alleged letter of Colonel Schneider to the president of the court-martial, to be added to and filed with the other papers connected with the trial. These gene 1 Rennes have no standing counsel to ad- vise them. They show forensic ability in n be giving evidence, but they lack law- ver-like prudence and legal practice. Many an advocate would Is how risky it was to dwell on such document as an intercepted letter from a military attache, especially in view of the forgeries with which the sec | dossiers teemed. After all that has transpired about the letters of military attaches to each other in 1894, the at elf-defense were bound to vthing in the secret dos- king speeches when they ought to | have felt | af | gives the impression of one who goes in for the sober and unadorned. His face but not unplea The ne is far. too The blue but the he eves ar and of poetic expression, drooping lids give them e. The prevailing ex- on of his countenance is sad. Still it shows mental serenity. His de- fects are diffuseness, too great facilit d a drawn-out ce He does not strong style. his conviction in swi flashes. He is not graphic and never goes direct to the root of the matter. But he is not tedious, The beautiful | voice saves him from that. It makes the listener patiently follow him through the zes of argument, deduc- tion and demonstration. His arrange- | ment of arguments is cumulative. The presiding judge rubbed him often against the grain and often begged him not to be diffuse, not to speak so much about his own concerns, but to keep to the Dreyfus affair. Picquart respectfully e saying h cerns in orde th reproofs, » of his own con- vindicate his cha acter and to prove himself a creditable He spent two hours yesterda witness, siers. etters were supported by | | z Gl police reports. Were they published | 204 four to- in giving evidence and rld would read them agha As | T angel of Dreyf O ,\‘ s him and the im- i > ) F: who s} e 01 E the the authors, real or allegedy | P2 1 t on the front would find themselves on. the defensive. 2 ; But these considerations never present- | ; o ‘]'1'; ;? -“_‘_w l;lr)an‘l\ ed themselves to Mercier's r:_,fiu. 2o ;\’ a .__‘,‘(mm\; : :,:1 | mind. That he believed in the authen- | Still unheard. ow ang S 3 5 S | hatingly they eved Picquart to-day. @+ ve b e e ei s b eie@ Al ol 1 . o B @ . O SCaL S 1 CAPTAINDARFAIT MEMBER OF COURT-pagy, M. PAPILLON | SLERK OF COURTMARTIAL| e e e ticity of his document and pinned his | faith to it is now laughed at every- where. His best friends call him a donkey, and his enemies rejoice. Colonel Panizzardi trumps Colonel Schneider’s denial of his alleged letter by writing and branding as a forgery the report that General Roget said he | (Panizzardi) wrote to the late Signor Ttalian Embassador, relations of Colonel Rossmann, the the Colonel Schneider sends his contra- diction to the Figaro® from Ems, and Colonel Panizzardi makes use of that paper in telegraphing from Rome to give the lie to the whole of Roget's statement so far as it dealt with the al- leged report to Rossmann. The Figaro at once telegraphed both communica- tions to Rome, where they were posted in the hotels for the edification of the patrons. The Austrian and Italian embassies attest the genuineness of the Schneider and Panizzardi dispatches. Mercier feels that he has thrown the fat into the fire, and he looked depressed and out of+ countenance to-day. So did Roget, who is a stronger man, notwith- standing the tears he shed at the close of his deposition yesterday. They both were tired and pale throughout the tiresome humiliation. Colonel Picquart was again a witness. | He was ‘allowed to sit in an armchair, with which the generals had been su cessively accommodated. Picquart's figure is younger than his face. His voice is pleasant. His diction is good, the emphasis never too emphatic and saldam pxardona, ’ | ings. e e oedeiec@® General Billot, however, | are in their ferocious feel- unruffled by Pic- | quart’s statements. Billot was on the | staff of Bazaine in Mexico and escaped from Metz. He is a born politician, | and is always guided by the instinct of | self-preservation. But he‘is not a bad [man. He took from Metz to Tures in 1870 a commission as colonel which Marshal Bazaine had signed, showed it to Gambetta and then tore it up. | parently st He seemed Do .- . CAPTAIN JACQUIER REPORTER OF COURTMARTIAL B ® |® e B¢ ® Ik 4 e & 7% . * I'e @ | 4 h¢ 0+549006-40006406e0e@ Gambetta at once confirmed then promoted him high of the old red, red s t one might e playing cards in a provincial cafe with a pipe and a glass of absinthe Those who do not know his history are amazed to think he was thrice a Min- ister of War and is a life nator. The Dreyfusites greatly fear for Pic- | quart’s life. The stalwarts among | them now guard him. He lboks a man with an unpropitious star, and he has it, and He is a type ea always been unlucky, unless in having | that ‘peace of soul that passeth under- standing. EMILY CRAWFORD. | COLONEL PICQUART IN DREYFUS’ DEFENSE | Interesting Testimony Given by the Former Chief of the Intelligence Department. RENNES, Aug. 18.—When the second trial by court-martial of Captain Al- | fred Dreyfus, charged with treason, | was resumed in the Lycee at 7:25 this | morning Colcnel Picquart, former chiet ff the intelligence department of the