The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1900, Page 14

14 THE N FRANCISCO CALL, UND JANU ARY 7, 1900 NEGROES TORTURED BY A GERMAN ARMY OFFICER Captain Von Dannenberg Must Answe Before the Reichstag to Charges of Extreme Brutality. r Arenberg, ation and f ® trice 2 Danner who ordered sev- § a number of others be to death amid tortures. The g8 t up In the Reichstag s« g QRI0%s OROOLOR0%0 HONORO 2000 ORONONON0e BELEASED FROM MAY PRUCEED REBEL PRISCHS AGAINST WRIGHT All Are Safe. Missing. American Captives ‘ spatch to The Call. The board of di- ct Union Savings afternoon instructed its Hatch and Rea, to con- torney Campbell and who was president of the time it failed, could 1 for purloining securities This was made public at sitors this morning l‘) of the bank, who sald such was unanimously taken at the ng of the directors yesterday. It is t he securities that are missing ape of mining stock that was urity for a $1000 note of W. I. JaNgenn ¢ nts made in the that £ of the released all ho have not eid In Sleeper ! Nl will {5, 0 were pres- : ' Vinter presided us chair- - Wretman was secretary ¢ ymmitiee appointed to ¥ of the bank's affairs ight about without 1 tated that afier a e of the instit . n estimat follows: Good and 3 ecared by mo &1 the 1k’s stock, and if the share levied Is ¢ the stock, whi ent, it would b QUARANTINE MEASURES AT PHILIPPINE PORTS N, Jan. 6 executive The orde ssment be re- or liaoility. The 1 i The seventeen stock- 1 P the introd senting about 1000 shares, - the mct of 1883 b lling to pay assessment. - i This view was not taken by & vast ma- Tule eroantiar SEMN Save Sl : ity of those p t e p Mits aaditions] . res- ¥ se present and the meeting me & lively one. The old straw that been thrashed at former meetings as worked over again Attorney 8. G. Tompkins addressed the meeting in bebalf of some of the stock- uire that vessels en- a holders, and asked the depositors to be loilo, | lenient in their demands. He said the s ers acted fairly, and said they ports i offered to turn over the bank's as- e. These officers shall sets to the depositors and give them be- incoming vessels, 1 $150,000 i released from all claims ransports and n ability. He th t the offer should vy, and no entries = Sscepted, and finally raised the bonus without uarantine certifi- Q This caused a general storm. President Rea was seated In the r & - om and ng for United Btates ports | called on 1o state when Snother dicids g th, after com. would be declared. He sald osit- e regulat ors were sure to recover de- gned by posits. A dividend of 10 per cent would e absen . ared probably by the 20th of this medical T nd not later than February 1. He il be the chief quarantine offi- | denounced Ward Wright as & scoundrel e all appointments, subject | and sald the bank had by * val of the Secretary of the speech was a characteristic T political boss. He scored Attor! service rules shall able and the ex- e service shall be 1 mrd revenues, not end others and praised He stated Attorne, y We nts the organized depos conniving with some of the stc D and if it had not be for himself others the attorney w: d have let bank’'s stock be sold assessments levied to the bank and the depositors would have lost every cent they had. J. Leiter, a heavy stockholder, criticized Rea’s man: ment of the b 1 in the year elapsed the expen bank had been excessive and n ing was accomplished. . was os material siready ordered te -he lsla.nd STEAMSHIP VICTORIA TOWED TO MANILA then At noon & recess was taken tfil 1 oclock. At the opening _Attorney LA €—The British steamer | Felknes stated there appeared to be & v ’ Blakeley, arrived here desire on the part of some of the dep ors to compromise, and he moved t be the sense of the meeting that % per cent of the amount of bank accounts be accepted by depositors for claims in full provided the money be paid in ninety ‘1“?[:' or ga’od srrurll)‘ be given lvf' B o 2 A .| holdérs. ~ President Rea aske stes o “{,.’d':fr’:uy ":’:“d:’ | present to vote against the motion and :lllnp‘l?['j"rl‘( II}.A; l‘!l)re;"lu -Tlh‘ zel:lnfi' the full LAWTON FUND NEARLY s ‘oted down' unanimous FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS promise was voted down unanimously The committee’s report recommen WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The total sub- Lawton fund to date all stockhc f which nearly $3000 The Victoria left San tober 17 for Honolulu and spoken on November § longitude 159 east. , having broken her ssment re billty and the support of the meeting be given to directors was carried unani- mously. Adjournment was then taken. LIVES LOST IN A pted up to th g Lawton's arrival at San MC”‘S Bndy Found. .I-[N[M[NT FIH[ . YSVILLE .v rf'n.v- decom- . f Charles H. Morris, a ¥ r who has been missing since No- | vember 4, were found floating in the flood | Three Persons Dead and i Tonnael Eavs o this it T Se Injured 1 a eceased can thiy y Lr 3 last April, and mr’» r'nnn:zhn; veh Saanren. a paint shop. In Novem- not receiving rife was expecting and when quarreled one night over his he left without taking any NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—A tenement house fire in East Ninety-second street early to- day resuited in three deaths and peven persons being badly injured. Following are the dead: MRS. MARY SUTHERLY, a widow. effects with him and was heard from no A bullet wound In the neck in- 4 that he shot himself. The body in the brush until the lain er of this week brought it to | FRANK SUTHERLY, 9 years old. rs. Morris has been with her | JAMES SUTHERLY, 22 months old, n Jose ce he disappeared. | both sons of Mrs. Suxherl) The injured: Harry Sutherly, § years old, critical; Raphael Pitizzo, bruised; tenan: Stone, Fireman Michael Sullivan, artin O'Leary, Michael Charles McCar- overcome by gas ke The fire, which started in the cellar, had galned much headway before the firemen arrived. A policeman aroused the tenants, Harry Sutherly was found unc clous in | the hallway on the second floor. The boy had made his way out of the room, but could get no farther. die as he inhajed flames. Ladders were T d by the firemen and a number of women and children, who had collected upon the fire ¢scape on the front of the bullding, we ‘ely carried down. Raphael F floor, took his family of three smail chil- dren down the rear fire escape to the sec- ond floor. where he was cut off by flames. While clinging to the fire ascape he was compelled to pass his children spikes, which separated from the adjoining house. His arms were cut by the h;ukn'.\ and when he saw the | ghildren all in safety he collapsed and fell, sustaining bad b When the firemen were about to enter the bullding they found the dead body of Mrs. Sutherly Iying face down with her dead baby in her arms. A few feet from her on the floor lay the half-burned body of her boy Frank. The damage to the property is trivial | Accidentally Shot. | SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 6.—Walter Nichols, | aged 19, dled to-day at Pescadero after | baving an arm amputated. While young | Nichols was removin, n from his | boat it was accident ?ly discharged and the charge took effect in his arm. the tenement Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose Will stop & cough. Never falls. Try it. All druggists. It is thought he will | who lived on the third | the | over a twelve-foot fence, surmounted with | | | | | | SHIP SEIZURES NOT LIKELY TO‘ | other week has apparently effected no | Union Bank Sew:urntnes‘(mwe in the | In England the yeomanry are mantully |4 I I O e e el ) NGLAND'S GIFTS T0 HER SOLDIERS Subscription Funds Are Growing. i |SPREAD OF COAL FAMINE‘,? e LEAD TO TROUBLE. B e Press of London Beginning to Realize That the Sympathy of Amer- ica Is With the Boers. B e TS Copyrighted, 1800, by the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 6.—The passing of an- condition of the war In South Africa. It certainly has not been | productive of any serious developments. {3 + B R AR SRR S o o 2 . & 04 & > o Qe eb et oot edededed contending with the difficulties of the rid- ing school, which is putting their patriot- ism to the test of falls on the tanbark and other inconveniences, Coal is getting dearer dally, and the funds for th hsent-minded beggars and others are swelling by the thousands into proportions of unheard-of munifi- cence, while the papers, when not magnl- fying indecisive skirmishes into brilliant successes, devote casual attention to the difficulties which have arisen over the scizure of cargoes bound for Lourenzo Marquez. In the latter respect the Bundesrath incident almost monopolizes the attention, the seizure of Ameri flour being relegated to a very subsi position and not being taken as hav the slightest possibility of producing in- ternational friction. On the whole. the British press has taken a calm view of the German seizure matter and has refused to be led into re- plying in kind to the bitter comments tel- egraphed from Germany. In this the pa- pers merely ling of the Gov- ernment, for at the Foreign Office not the slightest anxiety is felt regarding the ac- tions =0 far taken against the alleged con- traband, though that question in the ab- struct causes no end of cogitation, but more regarding the effect the present dif- ficulties will have upon future events than by the press of contemporaneous difficul- tfes. The Britlsh Government believes It DA & mood ceae hesiat the Bubnieciin: but both in this instance and In the case of the American flour the Government holds that absolutely nothing definite can be done until detalis have been learned n then the fine points of law must be ttled by the careful deliberation of ex- In the meantime it is possible the Government may deem it adv bie to make declarations regarding contraband, especially fflmi tuffs. Such a "((K is quite proble To quote an American diplomat tn London, who, after reading e cabled account that the United States upon her rights ated point of Jaw can be settled or cause any serious disagreement be- tween ) friendly as the United States gland? Commenting upon the American feeling 1 the Saturday Review says: “We fear no accurate pri tment of the real feeling | of the United States regarding the war country, but there is no doubt = is against us. The adminis- gans and financial organs are gly with us, but the latter are o waver, because the war i3 beginning to_ injure trad It must not | be forgotten how completely the adminis- tration is in the hands of the great finan- clers and trust companies.” in the United Kingdom of fiv tes Government doctors to inspeet bound to America for bu- while no_case rbor. At Hull, gned a doctor, a is raging, ites Consul in- resentative uf the Associated ssed far more 4|un|,nr than plague. Melville writes to the Globe l)g it on its efforts to secure for naval engineers, saying *We have had the experience In this | country of the loss of some of our very best men among the engineers, for the reason that private firms are willing to pay S0 much better compensation. Since ' Press the Dubonic l\:lnm ratul hu,hur pa might cause | . saic | in the world do they think such the passage of the :personnel bill there | have heen very few resignations in our country. I wish your friends every suc- cess to get their pay pro Perl\ adjusted. I can say, as a result of our OWn expe- riences, that patience combined with per- sistent efforts will be rewarded at last. It was a long time before the personnel bill passed, but we finally secured what we wanted.” The !earclly of coal continues to such an-extent that four Scotch pig-iron fur- naces have shut down. Iron has reach record prices. It is believed the strin- {‘gency will be somewhat relieved when the railroads become less congested with holi- day trafic. The continued calling out of the reservists has affected the railroads B B e e P oo S A S o g Geierere® 7 i | nt Colonel Otter, who | mmand of the first Can- | | contingent which jolned ] | Lord Methuen early in December, has been called to Natal for ser- vice on neral Buller's staff. Céolonel . S: B. Stadle, lately In com- mand of the mounted police at Dawson, will lead the battalion of Canadian ““Rough Ride: Lieu- tenant Colonel Lessard will com- mand the battallon of Canadian Mounted Infantry now about to sail from Quebec. Lieutenant Col- onel T. B. Evans, lately in com- mand of the mounted polica in Northern British Columbia, is to be second in command of the mounted infantry for South Africa. Lieutenant Colonel Drury will be in command of the three batteries of Royal Canadian Artillery. The second Canadian contingent will_number 1281 officers and men with 1234 horses, and will sail about January 20 directly for Cape Town. 0@0@0@0004-0@0—@0@0%*90 &-04005 *> 00 . $ Z . ® 3 L4 ‘ 4 * & * . ® * ® * ® 4 ® . ® + ? * ks ? ® | as one large coal merchant, oughly realize that a restricted output in- creases wages for less work, and they are D R O e . M well as the collieries. According to the miners thor- by no means anxious to relleve the situ- ation. In the meanwhile the warcontin- ues to increase the demand and coal goes up. The gas companies are reaping large ult. | . At a cost of £420,000 Birmingham has bought from a private corporation- the city’s supply of electricity. - In 185 the city sold It, but now, believing that even at ‘such advanced figures it will vi large substantial profit, It bhas bought it bac | Cardinal Vaughan has notifled the Cath- | olic Bishops of England to keep January 14 as a day of special prayer for those en- gaged in the war. Instances of private benevolence fn be- half of the soldiers are heard everywhere { In one of the most fas! nable houses on Grosvenor square, occupled by the Misses K er, the whole ground flaor has been | fitted up as a hospital date sixty wounded men. Norfolk has arranged to rec e a number of invalids at Arundel Castle, and among others who have given up their country residences for the use of the wounded are | Lady Wolseley, the Duke of Somerset and | Lady Loder. Princess Christlan’s elab- | orate hespital train, bullt at a cost of | l(‘l:mm was shipped to South Africa to—‘ a C\Yhe Queen, not forgetful of those at It will accommo- The Duke of | Globe, commenting on the bad news from | Lapcashire, thinks ‘‘the high tariff Ameri- !Germany’s View on Ship | stoned by | ing of the Prussian Diet on the coming |“Tuesday | out a shadow of doubt that the Bundes- | of the Bundesrath home, has presented a hood- and C0m< forter, knitted with her own hands, to the Royal Bucks Hospital. Dr. A. Conan Doyle's offer to go out | with the Langman field hospital has been accepted. | Coningsby Ralph Disrael, son of the late Lord Beaconsfield and Conservative member of Parllament for the Altricham division of Cheshire, has caused amuse- | ment a remarkable offer to take a | commission in the Royal Bucks Hussars | on account of this regiment’s depletion by calls to the front, but saying he regrets that his ParMamentary.duties must keep | him home. | The secretary of the imperial maritime customs announces that American cotton fabrics are gradually ousting British fab- rics from the Chinese marke The & REMNANTS! i\ REMNANTS! REMNANTS! can manufacturer virtually monopolizes the home trade and is thus able to reap large profits in spite of labor being com- paratively cheaper in England.” BLACK LIST REMOVED. Good News for the Shipwrights at Mare Island. VALLEJO, Jan. 6.—Senator Luchsinger to-day received a dispatch from Senator 3 | George C. Perkins informing him that the = Navy Department has fssued an order re- [ still left on our Rem- moving the black list from the ship- n 4 | wrights at Mare Island Navy-yard. This nant Tables. # | dispatch was in response to a question % | to the status of the matter made by Sen- T & ator Luchsinger. It will be gratifying fl a f l l t 3 | or wauchnger, e Sl iy ere are a few sample lots: § ? | the people of Vallejo as well. b? $! REMNANTS of our fine finished HENRIETTA CLOTH, evening shad - :f‘.: b2+ P00+ 009000+ +5 00+ @ as cardinal, pinks, sky and new blues. old rc nile, et = 8 inches wide, regular #0¢ quality, N ;: 8 I e remnants. ; $ S GOODS in two-toned eoi- REMNANTS of FANCY BROCATELLE DR 2 orings, nice dark shades, 43 inches wide, wool and mohalr mixture, regu- & lar price 3¢ per yard. 2 For the remnants I5¢ per yard. SPECIAL! SPECIAL! 150 REMNANTS of BLACK 3 is week about irt and suit lengths buy for about one-ha er 5-1b. CALIFOR ace on our remnant table LK CREP( 1 waist, or § vards, which you e During our remnant sale w size 66x%0, regular price Special at $3.75 per pair. Come early haven't many pa Al our better grades of BUANKETS are sold at reduced prices ging from of their regular pr IA WOOL BLAN e S S N N R LB, oo ‘ HEMMED HUCK TOWELS. “With blue and red border, size 17x34, well worth $1 50 a dozen, Special for $1.25 per dozen. Secure some of these, as they cannot be duplicated. LR I S S e oL o i S S S e e S o o g R = GREAT BAITAIN N THE WRONG SPECIAL BARGAINS IN TABLE DAMASK. 72 inches wide, unbleached, was 3 Now 40c per yard. €2 inches wide, unbleached, was 65¢, Now 50c per vyard. Seizures. s i CONTRABAND TR g ANGER OVER THE ACTION NOT ABATED. SRS Press Deplores the Isolation of the | Fatherland, Which Necessitates = | Avoidance of a Serious } Quarrel. S S Copyrighted, 130, by the Associated Press. NO ABOARD ks 64 inches wide, unbleached, was Now 25c per yard. CHECKED GLASS TOWELING. 17 Inches wide, Special at o¢ per yard. DAMASK TABLE NAPKINS. Size 22 inches, fine value for $1 50, Special $1.00 per dozen COMFORTERS IN A GREAT ASSORTMENT FROM §1 UP. ON SALE AT MARKET-STREET STORE ONLY. HLBERG, STRAUSS & FROHMAN, 1220-1222-1224 Market Street, s LRGSO, BERLIN, Jan. 6.—The excitement occa- the seizutes of German mail steamers by British crulsers increases and | overtops everything else.* Even the open- | ° | X0 L Th Hambyrg Corro:pundez doubts v\hn‘(")u‘r this is the right time for indig- ation meetings. The Magdeburg Zeitung says: is dwarfed theréby. the strongest current of popular ant- | British sentiment, the German govern- ment still horiestly tries to continue its | course of loyal neutrality, but anxiously awalts favorable British action regarding | the seizures which the government and | nation both regard as unjustified. The government has ascertained with- | In spite of rath was seized on strictly neutral terri- tory_within a radius belonging by Inter- | national law to the Portuguese colony. Thereby, the action of the British cruiser | Magicienne was clearly wrong, as here contended. The news that Great Britain | has released the steamer General, seized at Aden, Is here construed as Great Brit- ain’s backing down. but the proffered the British wounded, assistance was re 1 “He who In official circles to-day the hope was ex- | advocates forcible measures does not pressed that Great Britain would admit [ know that Germany such a conflict she was wrong after detalled and compre- | with England would be Isolated, since in hensive proofs were submbited at Longon. | France everybody awalits the moment Part of these proofs aré the bills of lading the General and the impatiently when a serious quarrel be- tween these two powers will enable her | Herzog, showing that the German East | to act.” 4 African line was most particular to ex-| The Vossische Zeitung says: “All the clude all chances of {t8 vessels containing | political parties in Germany will support contraband. The Bundesrath is shown to | the Government in vigorously prote had on_board forty-two passengers | our interests. The attitude of the whol agon Bay. comprising twelve Bor. | German press shows that. But it would | of whom several were govern. | be foolish n In protest meetings at | HALIFAX, Nova S 5.—The ficials; two former Austrian and | this s = Halifax 1 ! sr German army officer. The| The stte says: "It is regret- | . o ivilians. This line is subsidized | table that an English cruiser dared to | {HEMESE p by Germany to the amount of 900,000 ize the Bundesra , but German ber Truro and marks annually, opinlon disavows agitatory measures. to mobiliz The action of the Colonial Society in| ‘A fact interesting to note 1s t Chap- | oo 1 further inflaming public- opinion {8 con- | lain Fry of the chureh in Berlin, | demned by a large part of the press; The | British Embassader Sir Frank C. 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