The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1900, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1900 ALDRICH DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL BILL Explains at Length to the Senate the Purposes New Measure This will re- in the peals to him to | e faise nn;mh th 1 this bill adopted through all ban aders who at present dominate the Jarty who belleves for mints to the 3610 1 will om_1its cur- £ mint price, meas- The, Demoeratic ad- page are not in any sense Iver monometallfsfs - of the ia for a reserve sbcure the prompt nigng United is now o purposes. ) cah be held Treasary, witd be th i amoubt 'n his_an 1 ut emberrassment. to. t e 3 g1l not be at rany sell bonds undey the pr. © sectd quoted statistics on v. that there gold contir lering questions affecting the ade * the goid reserve we are bound he ability of the Treasury to ¥ of value between the sil- certificate and gold dol- for diréct exchéngeabil- fence and that of other nee and Germany, clearly | bie to keep in cigeulation | with goid a Jarge but lm- tendes gilver- or motes | without_any ro\'lllon} edemption in- gold. The | cerning the same or in any way relating thereto, for Which the Was Formed. of the act of June rs and silver certi le for all publ long as the ordinary receivts t han $6,000 unt. e of a positive in maintain the valu ¥ through the oid ~ction makes it the duty of the as required by law to retire and cancel an Treasury and ver redeemed sh ¢ $10 or upward s s that no silver cer- section of the substitute gives to inte oy nterest. The pr table anticipation n uent reduct to induce nds to ocons mversion proposed and in consideratio the reduction of interest effected thereby Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to d would congestion 1e effect of this al d was place xpenditures will we mu ¢ pot he world, which led s 1 ould deposi er f one-ha the tax of obe per cent now | reduction in t ge national lation, and At wiil ks to increase doubtedly have Promoting the conversion of bonds r in the sixth section. Aldrich receiv all the Senat rested attention t, but he was At th WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—The House ses- brief again to-day, tne only in- g the adoption of the Sulzer introduced yesterday calling ary Gage for information re- eposit of Government funds 1 New York national banks. The t opted was made more gen- eral in its scope, and an -amendment w added to cover information. respecting ms relating to the sale of the New York Custom-house site. Sec- retary Gage's friends had been informed that he courted the fullest -investigation and was prepared to.submit all the facts Accordingly there was he passage of the resolu- which was unanimously adopted chairman of the House Ways tion Payne and Means Committee, presented the Sul- zer resolution, as modified by the commit- | tee, for immediate consideration. The resolution, as modified, is as fol- lows: ed, That the Secretary of the Treasury he is hereby, requested to furnish the sentatives the following infor- Coplles of all letters, agreements, pa- documents between the Treasury De- partment of the United States, or any person connected therewith, and the National City and the Hoover National Bank of the city ew York, or any person acting for them, or either of them, since the 4th day of March, 1507, relating to the depositing of public funds, ds or revenues in sald bank or banks, of her relations or business transactions or heretofore had between the 1 sdid banks, or either of them. m [ with any national bank by the G upon what security, for what length d and whether Third—And aiso the date of ‘the sale of the | Customi-house property of the United States in New York City to said National City Bank, the date of the execution of the deed thereto, the date and manner of payment of the pur- chase m therefor, the disposition of the proc of sald sale; and whether Government has pald any e sald property, or any portio: rpose, wince the day of sa n; and all facts relating , the minority leader, asked for five minutes, which he desired to yield to Levy (Democrat) of New York. The st was complied with, and Levy .of- i an amendment to the resolution, included a request for the Se sons for delaying the deposits 1 banks until the panic had oc- ationa curred Levy said he had warned the Secretary of the Treasury in September that the anic was Imminent. ad the Secretary eeded that warning and deposited Gov- ernment funds in national banke in Sep- tember and October, instead. of buyin, bonds, the panic would have been aver:a The amendment was promptly ruled oul er and the resolution as offered by e adopted. The House at 12:22 p. m. adjourned un- til Monday. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. - All aruggists refund the money if i 1 cure, E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 2ic. higher denomination than $10 | 4 no | ¥ the silver coinage which will take | e Treasury as fast as standard | under the act of | equal | es that | 1 * : ¢ @ . /s * y 8 N/ ® + )fi/ . i 7 ? l * 3 - ¢ . s /}i"’/'} . % o2 ® * * ® ¢ * w0 * | L 4 Al ® + 278, . & Ad. ¢ : MAJ. CH. BURTCHAELL? * THE HON. W. LAMBTON * i 4 . s i< Prominent British Officers Mentioned in the Dispatches. b . Lieutenant Colonel H.. A. Eagar, S8econd Royal Irish Rifles, was severely wounded at Stormberg December 10. ¢ @ Major C. H. Burchaell, Royal Army Medical Corps, was captured at Magersfontein, December 11. Hon. W. Lambton @ ¢ (son of the Earl of Durham), First Col¢ ream Guards, wounded at Magersfontein, December 11 Major (local general) o ® M. 00d, Northumberland, commancd British force at Orange River, and sent out Colonel Pilcher's expedition to Sun- nyside. Earl of Albemarle goes to the front in command of the infantry division raised by the city of London. ’ w PETITIO | | [ @i e e oo e e NEWS OF THE WhR N SOUTH AFRICA Continued from FY st Page. ther hostilitles. As was announced yester- day, the President has no intention of in- terfering in the war unless Great Britain indica that she, too, desires the aid of the friendly offices of this Government 7+ is the present understanding of offic that there is no likelthood of the British Government requesting the President to | interfere, and it is apparent that she pro- poses to continue the war until the subju- gation of the Boers is completed. It is to be expected that as the success of the British continues appeals from friends of the Boers and perhaps from the Boers | themselves will grow in volume, but the nistration will turn a deaf ear to ac them. LD LR N OF THE BELGIANS FOR MEDIATION | |* BRUSSELS, Jan. 4—Senator Le Jeune, | ies that any national | former Minister of Justice and now a member of the Belgian Council of State, ®Y presided at a meeting in this city to-day notes | Of the committee recently formed to or- ganize a movement in Belgium in suppo: of an address to President McKinley ap- pealing to him to mediate in favor of peace between Great Britain and the Among those present were M. ontaine, former Senator, many other former members of the Senate, several members of the Chamber of Deputies, several professors of the University of Brussels and a number of other prom- inent men, most of them members of the Universal League of Peace. After a long discussion it was dectded to invite the public to send letters in sup- port of the movement to the secretary of the league, and from next Sunday to place petitions for signature in all the cafes in Bryssels and the provincial towns. The petition to President McKinley reads as follows: le Presidente: Rightly moved by the bloody and terrible struggle in Soufh Africa between two of the most clvilized peoples of the world, the undersigned ad- dress a most pressing appeal to your Ex- cellency In favor of mediation, which you alone can offer. They beg you to fulfill the sacred duty of human brotherhood.” Augie S RECEIVED QUEEN'S SHILLING. LONDON, Jan. 4—The enrollment of the second contingent of London Imperial Volunteers to-day s the occasicn for a scene of p pular enthusiasm. Anpproaches to the Guild Hall were thronged with rep- resentatives of all classes, everybody cheering and the bands playing lively mu- glc. The scene at the Guild Hall was high- ly picturesque and impressive. It opsned with a civic procession with the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs end Aldermen in their robes of office, attended vy sword and mace bearers. The escort was comprised of the Honorable Artillery Company and detachments from the other volunteer regiments. After making a speech Lord Mayor Newton read the following extract from a letter written by the Queen's pri- vate secretary, Sir Arthur Bigge: *I have to assure you how much the Queen valu the corps which has been so patriotically raised by the city of London for service in South Africa.” Each detachment was sworn in sepa- rately, every man “kissing the book” and recelving the Queen's shifing from the hands of the Lord Mayor. — FRENCH'S CASUALTIES. RENSBERG, Jan. 4.—The casualties to General French’'s force up to the after- noon of January 3 were five men killed and twenty-four wounded. A detachment of twenty-five New Zealanders had a nar- row escape. While advancing on Coles- berg they were directed to occupy a kopje, but met with & hot reception from a. con< cealed force of the Boers. Another body of British troops, sceing their danger, doubled to the rescue of the New Zea- landers and their retreat was successfully accomplished under the cover of the guns on the hills westward. Coleskop is now the principal scene of the fighting. The destruction of the wrecked train included 22,000 rations and a supply of rum. AMERICAN AID FOR BOERS. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 4—A veryen- usiastic pro-Boer mass-meeting was eld in Music Hall to-night, - about 2000 people being present. The principal speaker was George W. Van Sicklen of New York, who in a dispassionate man- ner described the situation in South Africa and the causes leading up to the present war. A resolution protesting against the misreppesentation of the English Govern- ment that the people of the United States were not in sympathy with the Boers in M e o o e o o o S S W S § their conflict was adopted, and 1t was also voted to have the chairman appoint a committee to collect funds to be forward- ed to the proper authorities for the pur- pose of assisting the families of the killed and wounded of the Boer army. BUTTE, Mont.,, Jan. 4.—Two 4 and sixty men have signed an agreement hundred in | here to go to South Africa and serv the Boer army. They are Irish-Ameri- cans, German-Americans and French- | Americans. Only men between 20 and 40 | and without one depending on them | | were enlisted. They will leave as soon as an agent of the Transvaal Government, | now on his way here, arrives. | - | RETIRED FROM DOUGLASS. an TONT, CAPE COLONY, Wednes- Jan. 3.—Colonel Pilcher, it is officially | announced, being only on a raiding expedi- tion, and for military reasons being un- able to occupy Douglass permanently, has | cvacuated the town, bringing off all the | | t1oyalis He has now returned to the | proximity of Belmont. When he an-| nounced the necessity of evacuating the | place the inhabitants deciared their lives | were not wortl ¥ive minutes’ purchase af- ter the troops.left. Colonel Pilcher there- | fore Invited them to accornpany him to | Belmont. The preparations wera speedily | completed, but the vehicles of the town were totally inadequate to convey the refugees, so the troops gave up the trans- | port wagons to the women and children. | The Canadians acted as an escort of the | refugees, carried bables for the women and kept everybody lively by singing as | they marched pluckily along in spite of | sore feet occasioned by the heavy sand | which made marching extremely tiring. The force received General Buller's con- | gratulations on the success of the ex- | pedition. o | CONFECTIONERY IN SHELLS. HOOFD LAAGER, LADYSMITH, Mon- day, Jan. 1.—The garrison of Ladysmith during the night threw .out feelers on | all sides, exchanging shots with the Boer | pickets. At midnight a couple of shells fell into the Boer camp, killing a| burgher. | The Rev. Mr. Moiring, who has just ar- rived here frogn America, addressed the | burghers this afternoon, dwelling on the | expiring century witnessing the life struggle of a people. This morning shells filled with confectionery and containing the season’s greetings were sent into Ladysmith, Federal shells are selling at Ladysmith from thirty shillings to five pounds sterling. FIRE NIGHT AND DAY. BOER CAMP, COLENSO, Tuesday, Jan. 2—The British naval guns at Chieveley camp continue their ineffective long rango | fire night and day in order to divert Boer | attentlon from the movements of the troops. Federal scouts yesterday pene- | trated Into the British camp. When re- | turning the British plckets discovered them and wounded one Boer. General Lucas Meyer resumes command of the division here. General Joubert de- nies that he has ever protested against the use of lyddite. He avers that up to the present he has not lost a single man from lyddite. stk REINFORCEMLNTS FOR FRENCH. ORANGE RIVER, CAPE COLONY, Wednesday, Jan. 3.—There was a small skirmish near Belmont this morning. The British fired a few shells, but the Boers did not respond. A detachment of about forty Boers at- tempted to rush Klokfontein this morning, but were beaten back by the mounted in- fantry. Possibly this force consisted of fugitives from Sunnyside. Reinforcements of infantry and artillery have been dispatched to General French from De Aar. BN 3 BOERS DEFEAT KAFFIRS. PRETORITA, Tuesday, Jan. 2—Van Sensburg reports from Derdepoort that the Kaffir stations have been destroyed and the inhabitants are fleeing. Chief Lynchwe, with 2000 Kaffirs, attacked the Boer laager, but the natives were dis- persed. A representative of the Assoclated Press who has been in Johannesburg for three | days says the utmost order prevails there, | Looting is exceptional and where dis- covered is heavily punished. The sanitary conditions of the town are perfect and sickness is rare. About 1200 British sub- jects are still in the Rand district. ASTOR'S CONTRIBUTIONS. LONDON, Jan. 4—Willlam Waldorf As- tor has sent £5000 to the fund for equip- ping the city of London volunteers. In a letter accompanying the check he sug- gests that the gift be devoted to the pur- chase of quick-firers for the new battery to be attached to the corps. This brings Astor’s total war contributions to £12,000. e QUARLES’ RESOLUTION. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Representative Quarles of Virginia has introduced the following House resolution: “Resolved, That we hereby tender to our two sister republics in Africa, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, our L n et o ot To ot ook oo ok in ok Ao ot o ] | plain this morning | postoffice. t sympathy in the noble, brave and > they are now making to ‘préserve thelr governments from de- struction by the hands of monarch; - FLED FROM LADYSMITH. HOOFD LAAGER, LADYSMITH, Tues- day, Jan -8ix horsemen made a dash from Ladysmith a few nights ago and, though pursued, escaped. It Is believed the party inclu Colonel Rhodes, bro- ther of Cecil Rhodes, and Dr. Jameson. — SHELLS STAMPEDE HORSES. FRERE CAMP, shelling of the Jan. rers' 4—A vigorous trenches on the forced the burghers to shift their position after their horses had stampeded. THIS FROM PARIS. PARIS, Jan. 4—A report was current on the Bourse to-day that neral Buller had met with another check in his ef- forts to relieve Ladysmith. BATTALIONS OF MILITIA. LONDON, Jan. 4—An army order has been issued directing the embodiment of sixteen additional battalions of militia. OF INTEREST TO THE PACIFIC COAST Bills Introduced by California resentatives, Postal Changesy Pensions. & Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—Senator Per- kins and Representative de Vries to-day called on the Postoffice Department und succeeded in having the postoffices at Fair Oak and Homestead, 8an Joaquin County, abolished and made part of the Stockton At the present time there will be no increase of letter carriers, but in the near future they will be asked for. Representative Waters has recommend- ed Percy W. Ross for the, position of cashier of the Los Angeles postoffice, The following bills were to-day intro- duced by Representative Needham: To detach the counties of Tuolumne, Stanis- | laus, Merced, Alpine, Mariposa, Inyo and Mono from the northern judicial district of California and add them to the south- ern, and dividing the southern district into two divisions, and holding terms of court at Fresno as well as Los Angeles twice a year; providing for the repayment, upon the filing of the requisite proof with the Commissioner of the Land Office, to all purchasers or settlers of public lands who paid double the minimum price for lands within railroad grants that were afterward forfeited and restored to the ublic domain (the bill provides that they e paid at the rate of $1 25 per acre); in- creasing the pension of Albert W. Brush of Belma. Judge Barham: To restore to the ru ic domain the excluded portion of ands at Round Valley Indian reservation, California; to pay A. Berding for suppiies furnished the Indian Department duriug e Modoc war in California; to pension illiam J. Abbott, William Conover, Cy- rus W. Davis and John B. Truvido, and removing the char; milltary record of California. Representative Tongue of Oregon has in- troduced a bill for the erection of a public gol'xjfldlnx at Oregon City at a cost of $60,- . A. Pursell was to-day appointed Postmaster at Waukens, Tulare County, vice B. P. Dayman, resigned. Postal ser- vice betw attle and Saxman, Alaska, will be discontinued after January 31. The Fos!ofl!ce at Willow Glen has been consol- dated with that of San Jose, and will be known hereafter as sub-station No, 2. The Civil Service Commission wiil hold on February 10 an examination for the po- sition of chief clerk in the sub-treasury at San Francisco. The salary is $2400. Pensions: California—Original—George Jenkins, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $10; George 'Brown, Soldiers’ Home Los An- geles, $6; Michael Melia, San Francisco, $5. Original' widows, etc.—Hildres C. Remiey, Healdsburg, 8 Oregon—Original—George H. Durham, Portland, $6. Reissue and increase—Jo- seph H. Reynolds, Westfall, $8 to $5. 'nshh;gmn—-Orlfilnnl—John Goggs, Car- rollton, $8; John H. Berry, Wollochet, $6. ROLAND REED IS ON THE VERGE OF DEATH th W e of desertion from the uis W. Mayer, all of Forced to Undergo a Second Opera- tion, but Scant Hopes for His B«;vcry Entertained. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. {.—The friends of Roland Reed in this city were advised to-day that Dr. Bull, the famous surgeon, had perfomed a second operation upon the comedian in New York. operation, performed about a week ago, was supposed to have been made neces- sary by an attack of appendlcitls. When the wound was explored, however, the surgeons discovered that Mr. Reed was suffering from an advanced attack of in- testinal cancer. 3 Mr. Reed was too weak to stand a radi- cal operation at that time and a delay was agreed upon. The radical operation was performed to-day, and from its na- ture little hope is held out for his re- covery. Should he sufvive the shock of the operation he will. in all probability, be an invalid for some time. —_———— Selling depot for Koh-i-noor pencils and zhcto'ermm fountain pens. Sanborn, Vail D R R R R SRR ) .~ DRUNKEN INDIAN The first | TRANSPORT VICTORIA REPORTED MISSING Freighter in the Govarr)m.ent Ser- vice Causes War Officials Considerable Anxiety. CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, “'AsmN_GTOB)I, Jom: 4.—Constderable apprehension 1s expressed by officials of the War (esz;;r ment for the safety of the transport Victoria, which left San Francisco ' Manila during the middle of October. Quartermaster General Ludington Bas sent a cablegram to Major General Otis requesting him to take such aclhor.l for locating the missing ship or determining what has become of her that may seem proper. Fortunately the Victoria is not a passenger transport. a freighter, which was employed to convey army supplies to the Ph pines. She has no troops aboard. In making the contract for chartering the vessel Major O. F. Long, quartermaster at San Francisco. used the regular form under which the Government is released from liability in case of the loss of the ship. @riedeisiober eied o@;Mo. The transport Victoria, on which the underwriters are now paying 20 per cent reinsurance, left this port seventy-elght days ago, and was spokem by the transport Tartar on November 9. At that time thrust block of her main shaft was broken. Assistance was offered, but the captain of the Vieto- ria refused it, saying there was no danger. The Victoria was loaded with sup- plies and carried no passengers. the +TePeb e 200Dt e Ve eQ : D R R s R R R R e at ] 1 oops and 31,500 are volunteers. With the tnrm%m of Grant the entire volun- teer strength o Philippines. This Volunteer but most « their complement stren. of the volunteer The ¢ volunteer service—the Elev- Phil - .“Phl - r organizations in the 1p- ries - and B, United Tragedy in a Piute Set- lement in Oregon. in short of and the i i | PORTLAND, Jan. 4—A special to lhe! Oregonlan from Prineville, Crook County, The regu are. Companies A States Engin ttalion; Headquarters Or., says: A tragedy occurred near here | 5 D, nd M, Third Cave | among a circle of Piute Indians that has 3 Cavalry; First Ar- 80 far resulted in the death of one Indian, A X and L. Third one squaw, and the probably fatal tnjury | jrtlilery: F. Fourth —Artilesy: B | of another man and two women. Whisk is at the bottom of the trouble. Matthew | Wewa did the shooting with a Winchester | | rifie, which he turned on himself with fatal results. Wewa had a tepee near here, with some other Piutes and a few . Warm Sprir { On the evening of December 2 turned to his tepee badly i F, G, H, L. and O, Sixth Artil- h avage temper ca alarm mily circie, sting of hi ey, his yple and two squay mrvil";l')”‘r“;:;ed}:-)vxlflelp Who we - expected that Genmeral Otis will €. Wewa took offense at something torces so far as possible tn gar- his wife w doing and commenced be cipal cities he archi- vation of peace and e maintenance of fres intercourse with the establishment of & government in the ing brother Charley interfe in her be This enraged Wewa and he seized his Winchester, rushed outside and | and full commenced shooting. islands. Raising the flap of the tepee so he could | point his gun in, he shot his brother Char- | I His f. nd ‘omme pending form the of ley, who fell to the ground B T SR wol Then Wewa shot | CULLEN’S WILL CONTESTED. pie. The two other squaws made rushes for th‘ tepee door to escap Alleged That the Rancher Was In- was too quick for them, however, shoot- ing both of them before y donld get sane When He Made It. away. Then he walked some a: Speetal Disnatch to The Call. from the scene of his bloody work, turned the rifle upon himself and ended his 1ife | of Dennis Culle 1d rancher of Cala~ with a single shot. F help could arrive »ple died before Charley, Tyler and Su- | Yoras Valley, was Attorney W. C inaugurated to-day by Kenn: sie were given what medical attention | = | could be secured, but their cases seem | Mrs. Maria Gaffney and Mar | nopeless. | heirs of deceased residing in the East Culien dfed last month, leaving an est worth about _$§20,000. This was given 1o Mrs. Rosa Sparks of San Francisco sister. The will was made a few days fore his death in Mrs. Sparks’ pi R. L. Sherman, a witness to the will, a fortnight ago, when an attempt was made to prove the will in court, sald that he did not believe Cullen was of sound and disposing mind when the will was |FULL REINFORCEMENTS | | FOR GENERAL OTIS| | WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—With the arri- | val at Manila of the transport Grant, which left San Francisco on the 2Ist ult. with the Forty-elghth Volunteer Infantry | Made. The contestants char gp:r“l?s‘“uv‘g;' | (colored), Generaj Otis will have command | MufRce o8, (b8 PRI OFf M ator was o of an effective force of about 85,000 men. | competent and Incane at the thme the will The army now in the Philippines aggre- | was made. | %% % | zz z l! | | THERED FRONT Alteration Sale! IS NOW IN FULL BLAST, And until Alterations are completed we shall make Immense Reductions | IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, ““InclugggmClothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Shoes, Efc. 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