The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 12, 1899, Page 1

1 his Paper not to be taken from the Library.++*+* The OLUME LXX O 104. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, FR ENCH EXPLORERS IN AFRICA SLAIN BY THE FIERCE TUAREGS. Mission Headed by Foureau and Lami Makes a Gallant Defense, buc Is Finally Annihilated by Overwhelming Odds. LR e o B o e o R e e B R e “RIPOLI, Sept. 11.—A courier who has arrived here reports that the French mission, headed by Fr. Foureau and Major Lami, has been annihilated. He says the mission was attacked by an im- mense body of Tuaregs, who, after suffering terrible loss, killed ali the members of the mission by force of arms. On March 22 of this year a dispatch was transmitted from Algiers to Paris that a party of Tuaregs had attacked a European expedition on its way to Air, in the Sahara, killing 100 men It was said that the expedition attacked must have bheen the Foureau-L.ami expedition, but on March 23 official dispatches reached Paris from Biskara, 247 miles southeast of Algiers, that the Foureau-Lami expedition had arrived at Agadez months ear- and capturing a part of the caravan. Group of Tuaregs of the Air Country, Where the Mission Is Re- ported to Have Been Massacred. eGP s Dt O s DO OGO eGP eI O e OO IO oe @ Was injured lier, and that it could not therefore be the party killed by the Tuaregs. au-Lami mission the summer of 1898, ng the Sa- ne, Air and Lake fchad country. before, by agreement v and Great Britain, been hin the French “sphere of tion was a large and im- . comprising over 250 Spa- picked riflemen, several and a very large dred caravan men animals. r garrisons, Fort Mac- bel and others of the | Mah ort M Algerine hinterland contributed their at Timassinin of the Taureg- ) miles south , and about 400 made its rendezvous near the northern limi Adzju country, about of Constantine, Algiers southwest of Tripoli. Agadez, the point from which the ex- pedition would strike off to the south- east for Lake Tchad, lies in the coun- try of the Southeren Tauregs, about 200 miles south of Air, about 1400 south of Constantine, and 1200 southwes Tripoll. These Tuaregs have little of Europeans, and, while influences of gifts and tolls exac receive and allow passage to me aravans, they have been averse started | quota of troops to the mission, which ss through their country. The Tuaregs are a main branch 3 r family and the dominant ce th hout the whole region be- tween Algiers on the north and Tim- bucto and Lake Tchad west and southeast. pacity as fighters before tion. other, unite aving at any price a military caravan on the south- Those of the Tim- buctoo and Middle Niger country gave | the French good evidence of their ca- General Ghourko finally effected their subjuga- Among the Tuareg tribes of the Sahara are a number of confederations, which, while they are hostile to each | and make common cause against any military force coming from the outside, and thelr aggregate num- to | bers make them very formidable foes. JOCES W ISk NERLY R DREYFLS Membersof the Rennes Court- Martial Have Signed a Recommendation. 10 PREVENT FURTIIER DEGRADATION Anarchist Rioters Start Disturbances in Paris, and the Firebrand May Spread Rapidly. U Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Aa el e o e e S e o o ] ENNES, Sept. 11.—The judges of . the Dreyfus court-martial to- & | day by mutual agreement ex- + pressed to the President of the P republic, through General Lucas ¢ | the commander of the army corps at Rennes, their sincere desire that Drey- | fus would not be submitted to a fresh o | degradation. PY The court-martial signed a formal & | recommendation for mercy this after + | noon. Its object is to eliminate the & | degradation feature of the punishment. + | The recommendation will be handed to % | General Lucas for President Loubet. €| When M. Labori’s secretary informed 1 | Dreytus of this action he was greatly ? | affected and said: “I still have hopes.” % | PARIS, Sept. 1L.—A serious fire broke 9 | out this evening in the Rue Barbey, g which was recently Invaded by an- archist rioters. A large warehouse ¢ | filled with upholsters’ materials has al- @ | ready been destroyed. When the pclice 4 | attempted to-clear the streets they were ¢ | hooted by roughs and several firemen | were severely injured. @ | Later in the evening an attempt was 4 | made by a band of men shouting “Vive @ | anarchie!” to break into St. Jo- ® | seph’s Church. The sacristan, armed © | with a gun, appeared in the doorway + | of the church and threatened to blow & | the brains out of the first man who en- + | tered. The crowd then retired. & | Shortly afterward a force of police « | appeared and cleared the streets. Dur- & | ing the struggle a revolver was fired + | at the officer in command, but no one | ROME, Sept. 1L—Colbnel Paniszardi, | referring to-day to the verdict at | Rennes, said: “I feit horror, but not ecous demonstrations in favor | of Dreyfus have occurred in manv parts of Italy. In Florence a crowd shouting “Down with the Jesuit threatened the F ch Consulate. Th police interfered and a fight ensued. in which many persons were hurt. Twen- ty arrests were made. BRU LS, Sept. 11.—A violent So- cialist meeting, at which 4000 were present, was held to-night to protest against the sentence of Dreyfus. Many speakers expressed horror at the judg- ment, which was denounced as the greatest crime of the century, and con- tempt for the five judges. They swore that no French soldier or officer should henceforth appear in Belgium without being greeted with shouts of “Vive | Dreyfus!” “Vive la Justice!” and also | that M. Dumont and M. Rochefort should never cross the Belgian frontier again without being put to flight by a storm of public contempt. of SPREAD OF FEVER. KEY WEST, Fla., Sept. 11.—The total number of yellow fever cases up to date {s 189; reported in the past twenty-four LIEUTENANT PEARY MUCH DISHEARTENED Feels Keenly the Loss of His Toes Occasioned by Freezing in the Far North. NEW YORK, JSf:pl. special from Bt o0 e people say that feels keenly the accl- and is_much broken in Though he plans 11.—A Herald Newfoundland, Lieu nt Peary dent to his feet, t owing thereto. Horthern advance for next season on a Mewhat changed basis, they do not be- Tieve that he will ever be able to carry it Heve K eause of the frosting of his feet | OB consequent_amputation of toes. His and Srawal to Etah they attribute to an "¢ dependency upon will endeavor to hi of the work. His in t pon him for Arcti¢ re hom him in much vears will also tell w work. The ice of exceptional thickness t on. ne Basin never and no ship could make latitude winter's ir proved very for the steam ve Robert ] venture north again W e 'his uncle, Captain John Bart when the Windward goes north the latter having determined )n further Arctic work. orweglans in the Fram who foregath- T Peary's hunting party in May ¢ much depressed over their mi ily the death of their sui . Though the Fram did s last cruise, she has falled to | xpectatibns in this. Ice in Green- % is much more difficult to navi- the open Polar ocean north In the former huge id to the dangers of navigation, F ar build proved no g with them. isappointed most to outdo Peary, added v meager results of tific work. They had not of working north tven the satisfaction to the ines of the hitherto explored oglons, as Peary had, and their title, Jime and stores have been expended on e Which is really but the subject for a gummer cruise. Owing to her inability to get far porth this season, it is believed Fram will abandon her proposed ex- ition next Spring. FIERCE FEUD BREAKS OUT IN KENTUCKY ., Sept. 1L.—The nrenln of e Grfl'flnhand P‘h 1 i ?fi' in ©lay County began last night. Lons I e 0F Widow Chadwell, relict of on Chadwell, brother of Deputy Sher- iir Dave Chardwell, the leader of the Grif- Yin faction, was fired into from all sides. the pe LONDON, K. war betwgen t . - . ES . ° o+ D000 S e >es + killed and a rotice was posted on her door giving her twenty-four hours to jeave or be killed. It was done by a body of horsemen whom the ¢ the Philpots. The jail e, which has two Grifins in it, is heavily’ guarded by men with Winchesters. A rumor is also current here that a b: tle was fought yesterday in Clay ounty Tesulting in the killing of four men and the wounding of seven. The rumor lo- cates the battle on Red Bird Creek, cighteen miles from Manchester. Thére have been several killings there of late and the battle may have been either be- tween the Markums and Roberts or the Sizemores and Ashers, which tions are at war with each other. WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Sept. 1.—Shi iff Henderson of Logan County ' and a posse of fifteen to-day went to the Hat- flela fort in the mountains thirty miles “Devil Anse’” Hatficld, his son Bob and John Dingess, relative of the Hatflelds by marriage. The prisoners will be taken to Pike County nnl{‘ tried on charges of mur- der growing out of the Hatfield-McCoy feud. *‘Captain” Hatfield, the only prom- nent member of the faction now at lib- erty, is being hunted with a posse. s Tt SHIP MAY BE SAVED. KOBE, Japan, Sept. 11.—The captain of the United States transport Mor%an City, which was wrecked September 1 strik- ing a rcef eight miles there are good vessel and that divers have been engaged ed by throwing herself on the glolgr.efi the glttle, hogs and dogs wergl for the purpose of trying to float her. 1S say were | '.-»@—0@4—6—0—0—0—&0—@ S OB ST o 1 | l ;roupects of saving the | ure will be fol 1 many parts of Labrador, unless assist- Advance of the Foureau-Lami Expedition, or Mission, Ifez?.ving Fort MacMahon, in the Algerine Hinterland, for Timassinin, the Place of Rendezvous. e e e S ol e e e e el o -0+ 0—0- ELIHU ROOT MAY RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT | Statements to the Effect That He Is the Administration Candi- date for the Place. CHICAGO, Sept. 1L.—A special to the says: There are whisperings in political circles that_Elihu Root, Secretary of War, is | ITKel¥ to be the administration candidate four fac- | for the Republican nomination for Vice Times-Herald from Washington President McKinley has favored the re- nomination of his running mate, but Mr. Hobart's health will probably prevent him from here and without bloodshed captured | from again accepting office. LABRADOR FISHERMEN' MAY SUFFER PRIVATIONS HALIFAX, N. 8., Sept. 11.—Fishermen who have returned from the codfishing grounds on the Labrador coast report a The cod fish- ery has been almost an absolute faflure with small e chief sup- rom Onouchi, says | port of the pcof]e. it is feared their fail- serious condition of affairs. and all vessels are re(urnlni catches. As the fisheries are t! owed by starvation ance is forthcoming. B S S o s SRR SECR SR SO SO = - ] b O S R OSSR SHCRS SaUSe e e R hours, 12. The physicians have failed to make a report to-night. No deaths have occurred in the past twenty-four hours. Nine cases are being treated at the yellow fever hospital and the remainder are in private families. R b NO TRACE OF ANDREE COULD BE OBTAINED GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept. 11.—The steamer Antarctic, which left Helsing- berg, Sweden, on May 25 last with an expedition under Professor A. C. Nat- horst, was spoken off The Skaw, the northern extremity of Jutland, Denmark, to-day on her return from her search along the northwest coast of Greenland for Prefessor Andree. She reported that she had found no trace of the missing acronaut. e Circuit Court in Session. SEATTLE, Sept. 11.—The September session of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals was commenced to-day. Judges_Gilbert, Ross and Morrow were on the bench. Sixteen cases will be heard here. The court opens next Monday morning in Portland. Viscount Clifden Dead. LONDON, Selgi" 11.—Leopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, Viscount Clifden, died to-day in his seventy-first year. in l AGITATION TO ABANDON PARTICIPATION IN THE PARIS EXPOSITION. ASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—1It is believed that when Congress assembles there will be con- siderable agitation of a prop- osition for this Government to abandon its participation in the Paris Exposition. It is known that ex- pressions hostile to the exposition quoted from Senator Stewart are very widely sympathized in, and it is thought that if the conviction of Drey- fus is permitted to stand there will be very little friendly feeling for France among members of either the House or Senate. Such a move, however, would be a grave one. It is pointed out that to withdraw from participation in the ex- position would be regarded as an offi- | cial insult to France. No further legis- | 1ation on the part of Congress is needed to carry out the plans of this country for the exposition. About $1,200,000 has | been appropriated for the expenses of the commission and the Government hibit. The commission has been ap- pointed and the space desired for the | exhibit from this country has been se- | cured. | There are now only twoways in which | Congress could interfere. One would | be to revoke such part of the appro- | priation as has mnot been already ex- pended in the xpenses of the commis- | sion and the other would be to pass a | resolution declaring that on account of the unsettled conditions the valuable Government exhibits should not be sent | to Paris. To do either of these things wouid be sufficient, it is believed, to break off all friendly relations between the two countries. State Department may look at the mat- | ter from different points of view. The | President and the State Department, having the responsibility for maintain- ing our relations with foreign govern- ments, cannot be expected to find in this affair a reason for involving the ! country in an international complica- tion, and it is likely that the executive | branch of the Government will use | what influence it can to prevent hasty action. Unless Congress expressly forbids it | this Government will proceed with the preparations for the exhibition and w send to Paris such Government e: hibits as are decided upon, but this will be done with a realization of the proba- bility that much of the space secured with such difficulty for private Ameri- | can exhibits will be left vacant. Little doubt is felt that the latitude allowed [the private citizen will be quite ex- | tensively availed of to withdraw from | participation in the exposition. | Another difficulty in the way of an 1 | effort to prevent participation in the exposition, however, will be found in | the fact that before Congress has been assembled much of the Government ex- hibit probably will be packed and on | its way to Paris, if not actually there. | The exposition opens in April and the work of transporting and preparing the | exhibit will have to begin some months | before that time. Up to this time, it | is said, the preparation of the Govern- | ment exhibit has not been begun, but | the work will proceed as soon as the | Government officials are ready. Congress and the Franee, R e e s S S + + + LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11.—As- + | 4 semblyman N. P. Conrey of this + city to-day stated that there is 4 a quiet movement on foot among 4 4+ the Jews of this city to influence + 4 legislators, provided an extra 4 + session is held, to ask the Gov- 4 4+ ernor to request the Legislature + |4 to repeal the act of the last Leg- + + islature appropriating $130,000 for + 4 the Paris Exposition. - o e i R R R s Representative Hepburn of Towa said that he had ceased to marvel at the methods of French army justice after | observing how the trial of Dreyfus was | conducted. No such trial or verdict | was possible in the United States. He did not think it would in any way af- fect diplomatic relations between this | country and France, nor did he think it would interfere with United States exhibitors at the coming exposition. NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Congressman | J. M. Levy announced to-day that as | soon as Congress meets he will intro- | duce resolutions in the House with- | drawing the support of this Govern- {ment from the Paris Exposition on ac- | count of the Dreyfus case. | NEWC W. D. Stevens, a shipowner and royal commissioner to the Paris Exhibition, has declared that as a result of the Dreyfus verdict he will not put his foot on French soil. He adds that thousands of his countrymen will take the same attitude. Several important | at Paris. BERLIN, Sept. 11.—The private agi- | tation against the exposition is begin- ning to find vigorous expression. The Vossische Zeitungsays this evening that ,a number of the largest German firms have pledged themselves to withdraw. The Berliner Tageblatt says the Ber- sider a special motion to withdraw the Berlin municipal exhibit. On the other hand the correspondent | of the Associated Press learns on the | highest authority that the German | Government considers the Dreyfus case now, under all the conditions, done with representation at the exposition. official responsible for this assurance | adds that it -should be borne in mind | that despite the Dreyfus case the offi- | cial relations between the two govern- | ments have steadily improved during | recent years. |LONGLEY PROPOSES | WORLD WIDE BOYCOTT HALIFAX, N. S, Sept. 11.—J. W. Longley, Attorney General of Nova Scotia, will issue a letter to-morrow in which he vigorously denounces the sec- ond condemnation of Dreyfus, and urges the nations of the world to join |in a general boycott of the Paris Ex- | position. He says: | The fabric upon which social existence rests is justice. Every poor human being | that is called upon to tread this earth f a longer or shorter period is each m lment at the mercy of the Stronger power of his fellow beings, and his only capa- STLE-ON-TYNE, Sept. 11.— firms have already declined to exhibit | lin Council at its next session will con- | | ana ‘does not intend to relinquish official | The | Injustice of the Verdict in the Dreyfus Case Will Cause Public and Private Attempts to Retaliate Upon life and avail himself of its restz on the conv on that ve justice at the hands of s destiny is limited. therefore, that the ast at the spectacle | city to enjoy opportuniti | he' shall rece | those with whom L I 1t is not surprising | world should stand ag of @ human being condemned absolutely | without evidence after a public trial in | the face of the whole world; condemned, indeed, in the face of the fact that the | evidence pointed almost conclusively to ! his iunocence. At all events, it estab- tished beyond question that his former conviction was the result of forgery, falsehood and conspiracy. The public opinion of the world has a right to make itself heard and felt in_ this and every matter which outrages the sense of jus- tice. Tt seems to me that the means are | at ‘hand to make France instantly and | keenly sensible to the moral conseqiencas of this prostitution of great v held at Paris in ths i of the world | 1 participate in_this it exposition, and most of the great ations of the world have engaged to bo | there, Great Britain, the United States | ada among the number. My s that, In view of this lofa- turpitude of the French peo- , sanctioned by the Government and upheld by the mob. the other nations of | the world should one by one refuse to participate in this great centennial show. hey could very well allege that they were afraid to trust their representativas in a country where an innocent man c: be condemned without a shadow of evi- dence and without any manly protest from the nations at large. Sl |ZOLA DECLARES THE TRUTH WILL APPEAR B PARIS, Sept. 12.—The Aurore pub- | lishes this morning a long letter from Emile Zola, the novelist, which is a pendant to his famous “J'Accuse” let- ter in the early stages of the revision movement. It concludes as follows: The Ministry which its agents have be- trayed, the Ministry which had the weak- >ss_to leave big children with muddled | minds to play with matches and knives, | the Ministry which has forgotten that to | govern is to foresee—has only to hasten | to act if it does not wish to abandon to | the good pleasure of Germany the fifth | act of the dra: the denouncement be- | fore which every Frenchman should | tremble. ‘It is for the Government to play this fifth act as soon as possible in order to prevent its coming to us from abroad. | The Government can procure the docu- | ments. Diplomacy has_settled greater | difficulties than this. enever it ven- tures to ask for the documents enumer- | ated in the bordereau they will be given and that will be the new fact which will necessitate a second revision before the Court of Cassation, which would be this time, I hope, fully informed and would quash the verdict sans renvoi in the plentitude of its sovereign majesty. But If the Government were to recofl the defenders of. justice and truth will | do what is necessary, and not one of us | will “desert _his Proof, invincible proof, we shall end by obtaining. | On November 22 we shall be at Versailles. | My trial will recommence, inasmuch as it is to recommence in all its fullness. If | meanwhile justice is not done we will again help to do it. My belov valiant Labori, whose honor has creased, will therefore pronounce at Ver- sailles the address as he was unable to pronounce it at Rennes, and it is very simple. Nothing will be lost. for me, 1 shall not be silent. He will ly have to utter the truth without | fear 0f injuring me, for I am ready to pay for it with my liberty and my biood. | Béfore the Seine Assize Court I swore | to the innacence of Dreyfus. | it before the | proclaims it with me, | is on the march. At Rennes it has j | stride. 1 no longer have any fear except that I may see it arrive in a thunderclap of the avengifg nemesis, devastating the fatherland, unless we hasten ourselves to make it shine forth under our clear sun | of France. I swear to world, which now and I repeat, truth othing will stop it. ust made @ giant's entire WAR FE " HIGH APE TOWN, Sept. 11.—Four trains containing refugees from Jo- hannesburg have arrived here. Four hundred refugees have also arrived at Durban. During the past week the relief committee of Jo- hannesburg assisted 2000 cases of dis- tress reported throughout the Trans- vaal. PRETORIA, Sept. 11.—Excitement prevails here pending the decision of the Cabinet. Secretary of State Petizo has left this city for Johannesburg and Cape Town. The likelihood of war is much discussed. The coming of British troops is not regarded as meaning cer- tain war, but merely as making up for the paucity of troops in South Africa, much commented upon during the past month. The burghers of this place are of- fering the Government gifts of meai. The town has a deserted appearance. The British diplomatic agent, Conyng- ham Greene, has made a representation to the Transvaal Government regarding the recent arrest of Mr. Pakeman, edi- tor of the Transvaal Leader, and the Government is sending a reply. President Kruger has issued a notice warning burghers who intend to go shooting beyond the River Limpoo, which forms for many miles the north- west and north limit of the Transvaal, that they will be severely punished un- less they first obtain permission from the local authorities. The tension remains high pending patch. It is asserted on excellent au- thority that the Transvaal Govern- ment, with a view of keeping the min- ing industry, has decided to protect it in every way. As a first step the Gov=- ernment has notified the Rand com- panies that their men will receive pro- tection as long as they remain peaceful, and should war unfortunately occur the men will be given a reasonable time to leave the country if they desire. It is officially announced that the article in the gold law about the confiscation of claims and mines belonging to peopie convicted of treason or conspiracy against the State, which was last year eliminated, will be re-enforced. The article also gives the Government power to order that the mines be worked, and provides that if this instruction is dis- regarded the Government may Work them through its own agents, Commander General Joubert denies that the War Department i ordering heavy ordnance and rifles. He de- clares that he is anxious for the preser- the receipt of Mr. Chamberlain’s dis- IN THE T e o O I S S ] ] R e el e ol B oo aon o i vation of peace. JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 11.—The of- ficlals of the Netherlands Railway Company have been nctified to hold themselves in readiness to guard the line in the event of war. The Italians in the Transvaal have decided to re- main neutral should hostilities arise. The Transvaal Hollanders here held a meeting to-day and adopted resolutions SIR ALFRED MILNER, England’s Chief Diplomatic Representative in South Africa. ELING YET RUNS RANSVAAL e O o B O S S e e o . ] 1 i B e S e I e T o S oo S o o o o e S o o 2 | | | of sympathy with the Transvaal Gov- ernment, pledging their support. LONDON, Sept. 11.—The activity in the Admiralty and War Office con- tiues to-day. It is said that orders have been sent to America for light iron girders and bridging sections for probable use in South Africa. Trans- ports are moving to the docks, prepara- tory to embarking troops.