The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 16, 1899, Page 4

i HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 1899 TRANSVAAL CRISIS NOW AT ITS MOST AC matters which led up to the dispatch UTE PHASE B = [ e e e S S SRS SN D AR F e S e T e e A T A S A s = e R ] . ; . . + @ ‘ . s . s ! . . > ‘ . . ‘ Rtz View of Lourenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay. ! Ir which {8 from a sketch by J. Harrington, the Portuguese custom-house is shown in the foreground. B oo i 0 et e e eDeieiedeietededed et +deOelieidsieiedeiededede + 44+ 4+ 4444444+ 4+4+49 %44+ High Commissioner, Sir Alfred Milner, | + + has issued a proclamation prpscrimn? >RETOR et 15 + severe penalties for inciting natives o Ve ROy Gy SLthe Basutoland and other districts to re- + ! ussion both the + | JARULO . met in secret session to +| JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 15.—The | J + the final draft of the 4| Eastern Star of Johannesburg asserts | + s reply, which will be + | that a martial law proclamation is be- | - Con am Greene, + iDng printed. | - h nt here, in the + |, 1t i reported here that the reply of | § teretood the + | the Transvaal to the British note will + lerstood the suggest a seven-year franchise, + I 'ges the ac- + EReeL ) « + P e 3 BRITISH BLUE BOOK : | ON TRANSVAAL DISPUTE | George MillsWounded - 2 2 L THEEEP IR RNV SONDOR. Bept, 15-A Blue hook: ‘ by J. McCullom. LONDO: Se special dis- | contalning the last Transvaal dispfl.lchi s h fr Pr The Trans- of the Secretary of State for the Colo- | ‘ nies, Mr. Chamberlan, relating to the |BOTH MEN ARE EX-CONVICTS | being sent, was ted to-day. The :xt of Mr, Chamberlain’s note is iden- | 21 with the dispatch as cabled to the | ociated Press September 13. The only important new feature revealed is gram from the British High Com- Alfred Milner, dated ing to the copmercial is: any sug- make with ic t the course sed some ng representations from ‘ ge the Imperial ‘ > the suspense. sh South is prepared for | e ’ reme measures s ready to suf- ound to estab. | f€r much more in order to the vin- | > ¥ ation of British authority. It is the As to su negotiations, end- that is dreaded. I r seriously t there will be a strong reaction of feeling against the | policy of the Imperial Government if matters drag. Please understand that ngation of and indec at tance of | I invariably preach confidence and pa- | tience and not without effect. But if I s Association | did not inform you of the increasi id 1 culty of doing th kable growth of uneasiness about the present situation and of the desire to it terminated at any cost, I should be failing in my dut Other lengthy dispatches from the | British High Commissioner are pub- lished, but they only reiterate the Ult- | lander claims regarding the franchise and the Commissioner’s ideas on the | propositions already made. | Mr. Conynaham Greene, the British ent at Pretoria in a letter to the ansvaal Government, said the Impe- | rial Government did not desire to hurt | the Boer susceptibilities by publicly re- asserting suzerainty, so long as no rea- sorn to do so was given by the Trans- ef- | d in to the garrison limits the svaal to a num- naintain inter- Association. t the pressed and | independent of statment, which nands of the epted under re- but it is not Government Kruger prove obstin- The Globe, commenting on this letter, ed the greatest regret at such anguage and trusts Mr. Greene’s words do not represent the attitude of the Co- lonia] Office. The Globe adds: ‘‘The | blue book gives little encouragement to the bellef that the Boers will show | themselves reasonable.” > JOHN MORLEY PLEADS editorials ing reached i - Daily New to believe that Presi- ) foolish as to reject | ain's moderate demanc g re paper The I nicle, which appeals | | ser “to accept while It TO MAINTAIN PEACEI be =ngland’s terms | “A refusal of | MANCHESTER, Sept. 15—The Rt. | involve the ruin | Hon. John Morley, Liberal member of | 1 President Kru-| psiament for Montroseburgh, while m-f? ‘;‘;}:;’::g‘;,"‘é | addressing a peace meeting in this city | and must perforce | to-night, at which a son of the late i then the fourth. If | John Bright, the distinguished British | sinister condi- | statesman and friend of peace, presided, | ili grow worse frequently interrupted by cries of Majuba Hi and other anti-Boer imminence | demonstratior Retorting to the inter- | hes from |ruptions, Mr. Morley said : escribe the| *A year or two ago the United States ides. |saw only an aspect of war; and what | are they to-day? They are repenting. Boers as- | They have thelr yellow press and we e, Brit- | have. our yellow press. If I am asked | agent at Pretoria, knew | to speak in this hall a year or two later, ntention to adopt the g suze ed them, forty string of | i of the| > says: “The { yngham Gr repenting also.” The proceedings finally became 8o | noisy that Mr. Morley had great diffi- TSARIAh B ana culty in obtaining a hearing. He urged sponsible, have adberence to the five-year franchise here Ve proposal and advised President Kruger to accede to Great Britain's suggestion ything is 3 Mr. Hofmeyer and [ regarding the conference. ember of the Cape M. Leonard Courtney, Unionist mem- ber of Parliament for the Bodmin Divi- wired, urging ac- ° sh d:.m\;\xl]";_r}‘k %% gion of Cornwall, in seconding Mr. The Pretoria correspondent of the Morley's resolution in favor of secur- Times, in his of the Trang- | Ing reforms by pacific means, advocated vaal's reply the Boers the remitting of the question of suzer- alnty Mr. to the privy council, Morley’s resolution was carried a large majority, the noisy minority expressing its dissent by holsting the Union Jack RIVER DANUBE IS OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS In Upper Austria on the Traunn a Bridge Collapses and Nineteen ars’ fran- der and r stand in the Lon- chise for the rest don convention The Times “We cannot believe | that President Kruger will reject the latest proposals of the Government, and | we would remind him that even Mr. | Morley has indorsed the five-year fran. | ise and urged him to accept the Cape | own conference.” Tt is understood that a Cabinet Coun- cil will be summoned as soon as the | S Transvaal's reply is received. s . The FPretoria correspondent of the | VIENNA, Sept. 15.—The Danube 18, still dian, telegraphing Fri. | F5ing and 1s now 476 centimeters above its normal level. As yet no serfous danger threatens Vienna, but the raflway sta- tion and the streets along the banks of the river are submerged. A dispatch to the. Neue Frefe Presse from Gmunden, on the river Traunn, Up- per Austria, says that an iron bridge over the Traunn collapsed this afternoon while twenty men _were deavoring to strengthen it. Nineteen were drowned. MUNICH, Sept. 15.—The floods are sub- slding in Upper Bavaria, but railway communication with the gouth and souths | west is still interrupted. The Danube and | the Inn have risen stili further, and two | | persons have been drowned by the cap. | sizing of & boat. Direct communication with Vienna is impossible. — e — COW CAUSES MURDER. SHELLTON, Wash., Sept. 15-—m@, A Haskell was shot and killed last night on The situation has become | v grave. The material changes iraft of the reply delivered to | patch is not of the Volksraad.” he dispatch then gives what pur- 'ts to be a summary of the reply, | ch is similar to the other forecasts, | concluding as follows: ‘“The Transvaal | feels at liberty to depart from the joint | quiry, which she accepted in the bona ie belief that it would lead to a final ttlement.” The correspondent adds: “Both the sidents and the Executive Council firmly convinced that no finality is | tended and that further concessions ould only postpone the struggle. The. Uransvaal regards herself as tricked | was sent TRIVIAL SLIGHT THAT NEARLY ENDED IN MURDER. Pl Would-Be Assassin Taken Into Cus- | tody for His Crime, and His Victim in a Precarious Condition. e Shortly after midnight John MecCul- lom, an ex-convict, shot and dangérously wounded George Mill; convict, and wa v Officer O'Shea and i son awaiting the of now in ome of ‘ ed on S and is the outcome of a jealous quarrel McCullom’s wife had been drinking with Mills the night previous and in an unwise W moment told her husband. He became insanel ealous, and arming himself vent in search of his rival, He found n coming out of a coffee house with man named Fred Grey, alias Wood, and after applying a vile epithet to ‘Mills pulled hispistol and opened fire, first bullet lodged in the latter’s foot, and he started to run away McCullom fired again, the bullet taking effect in the groin.” Before the asdallant could do fu ther damage Officer O'Shea rushed up and took him into custody. The wounded man immediatély to where his wounds were treated by the ghysiclans. While the latter do not think Mills will die, they carfous condition. McCullom will probably an 3 ault to murder to-day LARGE FLEET OF THE AMERICAN NAVY | List Published Showing the Addi- tions That Have Been Made Recently. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 —According to a list just published by the Navy Depart- ment the navy of the United States con- sists of 304 men-of-war. This enormous fleet is not actually in commission, as vt.‘h(‘re are sixty vessels under construec- on. The list includes thirteen battle- elght of which are under construc. n; ' five armored cruisers, three of which are projected; protected and un- protected cruiSers, ‘monltors, gunboats torpedo-boat destroyers and torpedo- boats, safling and schoolships, recelving- ships ‘and ten unserviceable vessels which are used by the naval militla as drill- ships. Some of the increase In the number of vessels Is due to the purchase by General Otis of thirteen gunboats from Spain and captures of the navy during the war with Spain. Captain A. S. Barker, formerly com- mander {n chief of the A tic station, re- | ported at the Navy Department to-day He is under orders for examination for promotion next Monday. He was in con- sultatlon with officials relative to his ac- ceptance of the presidency of the exam. ining board, made vacant by the assign- ment of Rear Admiral Howell to com- mand the Norfolk navy-yard. Orders were Issued to-day directing the retirement on October 18 of Rear Admiral Howison, commanding the South Atlan- tic station. Admiral ?‘Iowlson 1s now on his Wa{ to New York. He will be detached immedlately upon his arrival and ordered to proceed to his home to await retire- ment. e New Pipe Organ. SBANTA ROSA, Sept. 15.—The new pipe organ in the First Presbyterian Church was used, for the first time to-night. Otto Fleisshner of San Francisco presided at the instrument. The organ was presented by the Ladies’ Ald Boclety of the church and was fully pald for before it was used. o Demorest Mine Sold. SAN ANDREAS, Sept. 15—Through the instrumentality of F. J. Solinsky, a prom- inent attorney, the Demorest gold mine has been dold to George E. Stickle of Angels for $80,400. a| the hospltal, | think him in a pre- | be charged with SIMPLE FUNERAL F YMDERBILT No Ostentation Marks the Rites. e g TWO SERVICES ARE HELD T i CEREMONY AT CHURCH PRE- CEDED BY ONE AT HOME. R I ¢ ‘Body of the Dead Millionaire Is Tak- en to Newdorp, Staten Island, to the Family Mausoleum There. — e | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Funeral services were held over the remains of Corneifus Vanderbilt to-day in St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. The church funeral was preceded by short exercises at the | house, to which only members of the fam- ily and close friends were admitted. The Rev. Dr. David H. Greer, rector of St. Bartholomew's, officiated at both ser- vices. From the house to the church {he funeral party included Mrs. Vander- bilt, her o Cornelius, Gladys, fldren, Reginald and Mrs, Harry Payne Whits ney; Willlam K., Frederick and George Vanderbilt, brothers of the dead man; iMr!. Elliott F. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. W, D. Sloane and their two children, and Mr. and Mrs. H. McK. Twombley. At the church the casket was preceded down the aisle by Bishop Potter and Dr. Greer, the Bishop reciting the first sen- tences of the Episcopal service be%innlng: “I am the resurrection and_ the life.” The first lesson was read by the Rev. Henry Morgan Stone of Trinity Church, Newport. Dr. Greer read the burial ser- vice and the Bishop performed the rite of springling dust on the casket, accord- ing to the Episcopal ritual. The' services were extremely simple. A choir of sixty mixed voices, under the direction of the church organist, Richard Henry Warren. sang the music of the services and Chopin’s funeral march was Ylsyed as the procession moved up the alsle. The only floral tributes at the church were from the members of the family, One great cross of roses, orchids and lilles of the valley, more than six feet tall, stood near the casket. Mrs. Van- derbilt walked with her eldest son, Cor- nelius. At the close of the church service the casket was _taken to the Vanderbilt mausoleum, Newdorp, Staten Island. WER TRACKED © | OVERWORK BY BLOODHOUND The Animal Stops at His| Door. S e | HELD AS A HIGHWAYMAN { EVIDENCE IS NOW ALMOST COM- ; PLETE. — Is Believed to Be the Lone Highway- man Who Recently Robbed . the Lakeport Stage. LR i & Special Dispatch to The Call. CALISTOGA, Sept. 15.—There is now ry little doubt In the minds of the of- s but that Joseph Welr, who was ar- | rested last night, is the man who held up the Lakeport stage. * Shortly after the arrest was made a| | bloodhound was started on the trafl. The | | tracks were cold and it took the dog three | hours to cover the distance of a mile, but | but he brought up at the house occupied by Joe Weir and was savage when he | s ; hed the door. The officers returned to | tilne last spring, | town this afternoon satisfied that they | had the right man. They were unable to ! find the gun, black hat and mask. They | were probably hidden in the thicket. | | H. T. Quigley, the driver, is here to- day. He says he is positive that Welr | stopped the stage, and knew so at the| of them did me any good. A. J. Criss, Canton, Chio, writes : 1 1 used two bottles and experienced almost immediate relief. | “I used many other so-called remedies before using Paine’s Celery Compound, but none I am confident from my own experience that there is no medicine in existence that will build up the broken-down system so quickly as Paine’s Celery Compound.” EXHAUSTION OF NERVE FORCE. THE DI- GESTIVE ORGANS ARE SLUGGISH, MAKING IMPOVERISHED, ACID BLOOD FILLED WITH MORBID MATERIAL. THE SYSTEM IS UNNOURISHED AND LOSES STRENGHT, ENDURANCE. THE BODY DOES NOT REST AT NIGHT AND CANNOT WORK IN THE DAY. PAINE’S Celery Compound Makes nerve fibre, nerve force; keeps the organs of ithe body in healthy action. The blood is made clean, rich and in full quantity. Muscle tissues are nour- ished, invigorated, and the body is healthy. “] commenced using Paine’s Celery Compound some | time, but was unable to place the man untll’ be reached Mirabel mine. The pas- | sengers, Rev. C. F. Coy and Newton Stith are here for the purpose of identifying | the robber. Coy says he recognized the man at once to-day. He says that during | the robbery the mask came down over the highwayman'’s nose, and before it was re- placed he got a good look at the forehead, eyes and nose. He says he never saw the man before yesterday, but recognized him FEDERAL TRUST | * COMPANY FORMED to-day. Newton Stith, who is acquainted | with Weir by sight, corroborates Coy's e statement. The officers have given up further| Members of Gould Fam- search, as they are satisfled that they have the right man. District Attorney | ily Control. | Bell is here gathering evidence, and the | preliminary examination will ' be held early next week. Weir's mother came up from the city to-day. The prisoner as- sured her that he is innocent. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—The names of ARRESTED FOR INDUCING the incorporators of the Federal Trust Company, which was organized several | weeks ago by Frank J. Gould, were made | MINERS TO STRIKE | pubiic to-any. They inciude’ Thomas . | | Eckert, president of the Western fon | B TM‘-grxmL Company; Henry Marquand, LONDON, Ky., Sept. 16.—W. C. Purcell, | George J. Gould, Howard Gould, Frank a member of the National Board of Mine -{gy ;inu,}glh. }“lh:(\): \xr‘»{)\d,}Jn!\lrlhu_.m;\lltlflr:. Vi - | W b ompson, ¢ 5 eyer, T o e hevan minas | Charlcs A. Gardiner (attorney of the rant by the operators of the seven mines now on a strike at Altamont and Pitts- burg, Ky., charging him with inducing the | miners to strike while under contract. | He says his board will fight his case in the highest courts. He is from Terre Haute, Ind. The strike continues. The Lilly miners went out to-day, affecting 1000 miners. PURSUING JOE PETE. Indian Who Killed Willie Danbury Believed to Be Near West Point. ANGELS CAMP, Sept. 16.—The pursuit Manhattan Railway Company), John T, Tucker, G. E. Fisher, T. Wistar Brown and 8. G. Bayne. The work of perfecting the organization of the company will be performed without loss of time, and some prominent finan- cler will rohnbl{ be made executive head. The stm& has been several times over- subscribed, the controlling Interest, it is understood, being held by the four Goulds. A general trust company and banking busfneas will be conducted. Rumor first announced that a portion of the Gould millions was to be invested in a trust com- | any, to be known as_the Federal Trust “ompany, on August 17. It was then sald of *Joe Pete,/ the Indian who shot and | that the project had been quietly under s $ way for two months and that owing to killed Willie 'Danbury at Gardnerville, | ®ay for (o, mORAs, ang that OWing to Nev., last Friday, has reached this place. It Is believed that the outlaw is now lurk- ing in the vicinity of West Point, this county, and the posse which traced him here has divided and the men are search- the exact interest which the Gould family would take in the new company could not be learned. It was said that the capital stock of the company would be $1.000.000, with a sur- ing the county singly and In groups. | SIS €000, and that of thie 10,000 shares of stock af least 5500 would be under the control of the Goulds, all members of that family. witn the exception of the Countess of Castellane, being Interested in the project. morning to ‘continue the search, Should the Indlan be caught he will be dealt with summarily, as it is the intention of the pursuing party to take him dead or allve. There was much speculation in financial | leave. SOLDIERS DESERT BY THE WHOLESALE Over One Hundred Members of the Thirty-Second Regiment Leave the Ranks. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 15.—Over one hundred members of the Thirty- second Regiment of Volunteers decided on the eve of the regiment’s de- parture for San Francisco, en route to Manila, that they cared less about fighting Filipinos than they thought they did, and took French The desertions began when marching orders arrived a week ago and have increased in number as the hour for departure approached, until the regiment is now nearly an entire company short.” The regiment was circles as to whether the proposed com- pany would do a general banking business or would be devoted to the management of the Gould money alone. It was noted at the time that the Federal Trust Com- pany would be the fifth organization of the ‘kind incorporated since July 10. VANDERBILT'S MILLIONS. Statement That YAoTng Cornelius Was Disinherited Denied. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—The World to- morrow will say: F. V. Rossiter, treas- urer of the New York Central Rallway, late last night made the following brief statement In answer to a_ question con- gerning the dispositign of the millions of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt: “Young Cornelius Vanderbilt has not been disin: erited. — e POSTAGE ON SUNDAY CALL. SUNDAY CALL wrapped ready for mailing—postage 2¢ to all points in United States, Canada and Mexico, and 4c to all for- | ing’ the fact that a ct into a proposal by Mr. Chamberlafn. The Orange Free State will certainly stand by the Transvaal” CAPE TOWN, Sept. 16.—The British Hortstein Island by Wallace W. Lott, The shooting was caused by Haskell's cow_breaking into and damaging Lott's recruited In Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. garden. ST SORICATBONOIY ROBLRUKOGN LG nmmmm% eign points. FORESTERS' DAY AT STATE FAIR Tendered a Reception at the Pavilion. S Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 15.—To-day was Foresters of America day and the mem- bers of the order attended both park and | pavilion in large numbers. Notwithstand- | s was running to- | night the attendance at the pavilion was very large. The members of the order, with the Ex- position band in the lead, left Foresters' Hall at 8 o'clock for the pavilion, where they were recelved by the representative of the State Agricultural Socfety, who had them march around the great hall to view the magnificent displays of the | The grand chief_ran- | State’s resources. ger of the State, Superior Judge J. W. ughes of this city, was given a position of honor in the procession, which was about four blocks long. In addition to the local Foresters there were large delega- tions from Woodland, Auburn, Oak Park, Elk Grove, Walnut Grove and other cities and towns of Central and Northern Cali- fornia, Each member of the order wore a small sflk banner representing the stars and stripes. It is predicted that there will be an fm- mense throng at the closing night of the State falr to-morrow, for which a special programme has been arranged. ENTIRE BLOCK MAY BE BURNED DOWN Fire Raging in a Big Printing House in Lincoln, Threatening Ma- sonic Temple. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 15.—Fire broke out at 11:80 {n the Jacob North printing house, a three-story establishment con- taining an immense amount of printin machinery and the home of many publi- cations. “The North bullding will be a total loss. A high wind is blowing from the north, and if the flames cross the alley to the Masonic Temple an entire block of solid business houses Is threatened. - PELTON’S TRIAL ENDED. Jury Accuses Him of Murder in the Second Degree. EUREKA, Sept. 15.—The trial of Sath A. Pelton for the murder of Alex Masson terminated at a late hour last night, when the jury returned a verdfct of mur- der In the second degres. The verdict oecasloned great surprise, as the murder was generally regarded as one of the most cold-blooded in the history of the country. Unknown Man Dies. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 15.—~A man was found in a dying condition this afternoon at Capitol Park and died shortly after be- ing eonveyed to the Receiving Hospital, the cause of Jeath belng bellaved by, the H ARQUT YOUR - CASE- L4 WRITE, FREE OF City Physician to be opium poisoning. HIS coat was made in San Fran there. “Kruse, and “Jim K “Dear Jim.” inches ~ in height, weighed about 165 pounds and was dressed in a fine check coffee-colored sult of clothes, made in San Francisco. 3 e Heavy Fruit Shipments. VISALIA, Sept. 15.—Including to-dav's shipments, 240 cars of green fruit have been shipped out of Visalia this season. The quality of the fruit has been excel- lent, and the packing houses occupied by ions to “‘Johnny. addressed t- contained al “Mamie B, and him as He was about five feet nine green fruit men now are being fairly transformed Into dried fruit establish- ments. The total shipments of green and alia this season will These dried fruit out of be 550 cars. S be Kidney Disease, MOST DAN ous disease it allowed to its course, for when the kidneys ars entirely broken down, thé impurities that accumulate in the blood remain, to pot- £on the system and breed disease e ki of y most important organs. If you have pains v in the head, Fiz. 1 uffiness under eyes or swelling of g, 2; & thirst, Fig. back, Fig. 4; pain in limbs, Figs. 65 swell- ing ot ankles, Fige. 6—5; a-pale or sallow com- plexion, or with gemeral weakness of entire system, then take warning. 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