The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1900, Page 1

The VOLUME LXXXVII—N 0. 99 Tall, i SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1900. NSSTON | FORTIFYNG THE CANAL Many Senators to Support the Amendment Proposed by Davis. DEFIANCE OF HAY'S WISHES &rticles From the Suez Canal Treaty May Be Incorporated in the Hay-Pauncefote Con- | vention. sections m igation of the = will mdke fa- from the thinks he has ates of amend have by who to-morrow mists who defending the but who appre- American de- rk w ay Be Fortified. treaty it is de- the high cont: nd main- Sl t ceded Lo the territory. but is to be r cost a dollar, yet ights have now considered an A enterprise under treaty rights from Niearagua conseqt The United States ¥ of policing ral locks flag take necess: own forces on which Pacific Coast, against invasion by way of th canal, is held by the Davis school of esmen to be paramount. | ator Morgan is against the Davis emendment. He agrees with BSecretary at the omission of article X is of ience so far as the safe- | ican rights is concerned. view that strict neu- of the canal is all the protec- | ‘nited States requires for the | ic coasts. - SEEEKS INFORMATION. Desires Correspondence With | England Relative to the Canal. | Y March 8.—Senator Ma- ced in the Senate a| g upon the State Depart- ndence between the d tes and 1 the isthmian the late Secretary also “a chronologie of the contsntion made by ries of State since the | yton-Bulwer treaty as | . the replies Britain and of the treaty which have vernment of the have operated as abro- the resolution »dy of Is an-| it to “secure from ment a complete explan- he attitude of the various | arfes of State relative te the Clay- wer treaty.” ! preamble General Lew Wallace ted as saying that Mr. Blaine had wt retary of State that he e Amercan Min- ucting him ‘to | t Great Britain by had rendered” that treaty | contrasted with tributed to the State De- Secretary Frelinghuysen | v Secretary of State who had e view that the Clayton-Bulwer had been canceled. i fered. RECIPROCITY TREATY NAY BE DEFEATED Opponents of the French Convention Are Claim- ing a Victory. IAVE STAYED PROCEEDINGS| — Prevent Action Before the Date Upon Which ‘the Agreement Must Be Either Approved or Rejected. ol 9 Special Dispatch to The Call Aldrich and the Senators who are with him in__opposing the ra tion of the French treaty are asserting to-day that the: have pr cured ally dings which will prevent aty before March 24, the a n he treaty must either be a As the subject fon, Senators g it for pub- proved or rejected ng in secret sess French Governm ring an extensi in ratification > the treaty ce the several Senators s are defective in certa i certain modifications are sug- i which may make it more accept- has been stood the conditions in the explained to the President of State to-day, and not- nt t the aty In its present req of the oppositi 1 to convince him that not now be ob- of the friends of the treaty are insist Pe making an open the more conservative Senators r ratification realt at with the & only March 24 and sles of the Senate to aid the n open fight will avail nothing reaty. on now to be determined is he treaty shall be killed in session by prolonging its con- eration beyond the time limit, or shall be allowed to go he Finance Committee for examina- report, providing France is will- ing to grant an extension of time. It is freely predicted that unless the treaty fs ratified now the opposition will see to it that 1t is put safely and securely to Sieep in the Finance Committee room and 1t wiil never be heard of again, except as 2 bun- dle of waste paper. The strongest kind.of pressure has been brought to bear upon the proposition without avail, and the Ser small of a substantial majority. to na 1l a whether | tion a MRS. STANFORD IN MOBILE. Will Remain There Until Thoroughly Rested. spatch to The Call MOBILE, Ala., March S.—Mrs. Spectal Leland Stanford, widow of the California million- | afre, arrived in this city New York, and will to-night from remain here some INTERIOR VIEW, SHOWIN te is again in the position where a | minority is able to defeat the wlll‘ THE COMEDIE FRANCAISE. ARIS, March 8, 11 p. m.—The Thea- tre Francails, the historical play- house of Paris and the home of the world-famed Comedie Francaise, is to-night a mass of smoking ruins. { Only the mere outside shelis remain. The | dome has collapsed and the interior is an | utter wreck. The magnificent celling, | bearing the allegorical painting by Maze- rolle, the ceiling painting by De Boeuf the | of ‘“Truth Enlightening the which adorned the foyer, and a of other mural tableaus and | works of art, together with a portion of the invaluable library of manuscripts, per- ished in the flames. Practically all the sculpture, however, was saved and removed to the Ministry of Finance, which faces thc site of the thea- te n the Rue de Rivoll. The priceless statue of Voltaire, by Houdon, one of the chief beauties of the foyer, escaped by being enveloped in a pile of mattresses. only victim of the fire so far as is nown was Mlle. Henrlot, a beautiful young actress of 19, whose photograph has been exhibited along the boulevards as a type of beauty. She came of a theatrical family and her mother has been filling an fmportant role at the Theatre Antoine. It was, however, only a matter of an hour that saved Paris a repetition of the Opera Comique catastrcphe, as a crowd of women and children had already gath- ered at the doors, awaiting the opening for the matinee, when the alarm was raised. Had the performance begun few would have escaped owing to the with which the flames spread, 1 could even get to work. e staff of the theater and several actors and actresses had arrived and the \eshifters were busy preparing the the matinee when a passer- by perceived smoke curling up from the windows near the roof. An alarm was given and men rushed irside the building shouting fire. A general scramble for the doors ensued among the staff, and it was | at first thought that all had escaped. but | it was found out afterward that several | persons Miles. in the upper storles, including Henriot and Dudlay, had been for- gotten. | | | G THE GRAND STAIRCASE. time for much needed rest. Mrs. Stanford is traveling in a private car of the Cen- tral Paclfic road, accompanied by her business manager, Colonel Russell J. Wil- son, and a party of ladies, including Miss Rice of New York. Mrs. Stanford came direct from New York, where she recently disposed of her stock in_the Central and Southern Pacific roads. When thoroughly rested the trip to San Francisco will be resumed. SRR FORTY BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE LEAD, 8. D., March 8—Fire this morn- ing destroyed forty buildings and entailed a loss of $500,000, covered by about $150,000 insurance. At 2 o'clock the fire was under control, The big Homestake property was in dan. | ger at one time, but was not touched. | None of the big mining industries suf- Meanwhile the fire brigade had been summoned, but twenty minutes elapsed before the fire detachment arrived, and then only hand pumps were bronght. Finally steam pumps came, but then it was found that no water was to be had. It was 12:45 p. m., nearly three-quarters of an hour after the alarm was raised, before a stream of water was poured into the burning building, which by that time was quite beyond control. The smoke ‘which arose and formed a heavy pall over | the theater acted as a magnet to the Parisians, who flocked to the scene In crowds. “Le Francals is in flames!” spread from mouth to mouth until the news hai reached every quarter, and nothing else was discussed, as the home of the French classical drama has been as familiar to Frenchmen as is the Capitol at Washing- ton to Americans. An immense concourse soon assembled at every point from which a view of the fire could be obtained. The police endeavored to clear spaces around FIRE DESTROYS THE NOTED COMEDIE FRANCAISE AT PARIS Mile. Henriot, the Promising Young Actress, Perishes in the Conflagration, Which Is Believed to Have Been Started by an Incendiary. END OF THE MOST FAMOUS THEATER EXTERIOR VIEW, the theater for the firemen, but eventu- | ally the troops had to be summonel m‘ keep the crowds back and to assist in the | |w.»rk of saving the sculpture, paintings, ‘Hhrar)‘ and other treasures, which were being hastily lowered from the windows and heaped in the square or carri | the stores near by. During the confusion thieves cut several | paintings out of the frames and got clear | | away. In one case the police actually as- sisted them, under the impression that the thieves were workmen from the Comed! | Francase. The actual causé of the outbreak has | not been determined, as the alarm cama | from the outside, but it is helieved to have | | been of incendiary origin. The back of the | | stage was first consumed, the scenery be- | ing like tinder. Owing to a derangement of machinery the iron curtain could not | be lowered and the auditorium was quick- 1y involved. Mlles. Dudlay and Henrlo: were on the sixth floor preparing for the nmiatinee. Mile, Dudlay says: “I was nearly dressed when I smelled smoke, which entered under the door. I flung the door wide open and found utter darkness. The corridor was filled with smoke, which choked me. T rushed along the corridor and reached a window, where I shouted for help. My cries were heard below and a fireman mounted a ladder, tled a rope around me and led me to the ground, just in time, as I could feer [ ‘was about to faint.” Mile. Dudlay was dressed in the costume of the play, and great excitement pre- vailed in the crowd below as she was gradually brought to the ground. Mile. Henrlot's dresser relates that she | left the dressing-room with her mistress, but that the latter completely lost her head, and Instead of descending ran up- stairs and sought refuge in another room, where, presumably, she was asphyxiated. The fireman found Mlle. Henriot lying on the floor. Only her face had been burned. The body was carried out and placed in an ambulance car, a dozen of which were drawn up In front of the door. As her face was so much burned that she was unrecognizable, the body was taken to the Morgue, where it was identified by M. Coquelin and other members ~f the Comedie Francaise by the clothing. f Meanwhile the mother of Mlle, Henriot had hurried to the scene, bareheaded and crying wildly for her daughter. The trutl was concealed from her as long as possi- ble, and when it was finally told to her | she was distracted with grief. Mile. Henrlot's dresser was badly burned, but not dangerously. A number of the firemen were slightly injured, chlefly by the stifling fumes. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day M. Deschanel. president. of the house, an- | nounced the destruction of the Theatrs | Francals by fire, and pralsed the effurts of the firemen, who, he sald, were work- ing-hard to’save the art treasures, ft is positively asserted that the fire was due to malevolence. M. Glard, chief of the municipal laboratory, has made 'n- uiry into the matter and is convinced that the fire was due neither to gas nor electricity. ed into | IN THE WORLD [ONONERS_ | CHEER FOR THE QUEEN Victoria Given an Ovation on | the Drive From Buck- ingham Palace. f JUBILEE SCENES RIYALEDf S i | teeling which Vast Crowds Line the Route and Greet With Boisterous Ac- | claim the Royal Party. i e LONDON, March 8.—Queen Victoria and | the people of the greatest city in her em- | pire to-day celebrated the victories which they believe have transformed the cam- paign in South Africa from one of reverse into one of success. That is the only ex- planation of the unbounded, the unpar- | alleled enthusiasm with which hundreds of thousands hailed thelr sovereign. In many ways these demonstrations outdid those of the diamond jubilee, although there were no glittering pageants, no tri- umphal arches, no procession of princes, | but only a dozen life guards followed by a little old lady in the plainest bl tume, who had come for a few d at Buckingham Palace, as many a time before. Yet, her the hearts of her people was probably never more strikingly manifested. Un- iike that of the diamond jubilee, to-day's popular outburst was almost impromptu The fierce pride in the strength of a mighty empire that pervaded London ex- | ultation when the Queen last drove through the streets in 1887 had vanished, | and In its place there were thankfulness and rejoicing for the victories which had succeeded months of gloom. The depth of this Cemonstration repre- sented could only be gauged by those who mingled with the crowd. Mothers in deep mourning for sons killed on the far-off veldt struggled bravely with the most hilarious to catch a glimpse of the Queen whose womanly sympathy and thought- fulness for the soldiers had tonched their hearts. Often the long cold vigils were rendered futile by tears that dimmed the eyes and blurred the vision as the royal s done & upon | carriage passed. As one very old woman sald: “I've seen her many a time, but she sald she was sorry for my boy and 1 HISTORIC THEATER. Burned Structure One of the Most Famous in the World. The soclety which gave its name to the | splendid building in the Rue de Richelleu, | often called the Theatre Francals, is a na- | tional and historical monument most Inti- mately eomnected with the history of French literature for more than two and | a quarter centurfes. It dates back to the | time of Henry IV, and, beginning with | Moljere and Rotrou, the greatest of | French writers and actors. down to the present time, have been identified with it. The bullding itself the society has occu- pled since 1799, when it was installed therein by the First Consul who reconsti- tuted the Comedie Francaise. after a | lapse of seven years—in the troublous times of the Revolution. It was commenced by the order of the | Duke of Orleans in 1787. The principal face fronting on the Rue de Richelieu, presented a peristyle of the Doric order, | with vestibule of the same. The plafond, which was sustained by two rows of pil- lars, also of the Doric order, was highly ornamented with sculptures. In the cen- ter was a fine marble statue of Voltaire, by Houdon. From the vestibule the boxes were reached bv four staircases. The grand staircase, which was added by the archi- tect, Chabrol, when the theater was en- larged in 1864, was one of the most splen- | did pleces of work in all Paris. Busts and | paintings of Duclos, Rotrou, Piron, Rous- seau, the two Corneilles, Quinaunlt, La Fontaine and others, by artists equally eminent in their profession, priceless and irreplaceable, were among the treasures and ornaments of the Comedie Francalse. Its museum, one of the most interesting and unique in all Europe, contained auto- graplile manuscripts of the greatest va- | riety and value. | The Comedie Francaise enjovs a sub- | vention of 240,000 francs per vear from the | state, which also appoints an administra- tor general, at a salary of 30,000 franes, as its head. This functionary. is usually | chosen from among the most distin- | guished literary men of the day. The act- | ive personnel of the theater numbers 208 persons, receiving a total of 798,701 francs as salaries, exclusive of the djvision of profits falling to-each. Since 1572 the re- ceipts per vear have been aver the million mark, and since 1885 over 2,500,000 francs. KRUGER AND STEYN WANT INTERVENTION | NEW YORK, March 8 —The Journal has this from Rome: The Itallan Conmsul at Pretoria has telegraphed to his Govern- | ment that Presidents Kruger and Steyn request the intervention of the great pow- ers in order to restore peace on the basis of the status quo ante bellum. Fighting at Oosburg. CAPE TOWN, March 8.—The squadron of New Zealanders constituting the ad- vance guard of the field force sent to operate against the rebels in the north- west districts of Cape Colony arrived at Carnarvon yesterday. A squadron of South Australians has gone to Vosburg. The rebels there have artillery and heavy firing was heard on Tuesday. The dis- patch of three small advance forces is fraught with danger. The Canadian mounted rifles have gone to the front. e s wnds Readjustment of Commands. LONDON, March 9.—A readjustment of some of the higher commands is taking place. General White is to go to Storm- berg to take supreme command of Gen- eral Gatacre's division and the Tenth Di- vislon, now in process of formation, which will be under the immediate command of General Hunter, Sir George White's chief of staff. Kimberley Traitor’s Fate. LONDON, March 8.—The Daily Mail has the following from Kimberley, dated Wednesday, March 7: “Benjamin Silpent, born in Russia and alleged to be an Amer- ican citizen, has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment at hard labor for signaling to the enemy during the xege.” Hains ks Entrenching at Bfigulhrg. LADYSMITH, March 8.—The Boers are | don even on Jubilee day. must see her again before I die. Thousands Wait Patiently. Thousands braved the raw east wind | and stoed for hours waiting patiently who | have often seen the Queen and who, In ordinary circumstances, would scarcely | budge to watch her pass. Among those were many personal friends of the sover- | elgn—for instance, the Countess of Brown- | low. a great friend of Victoria and a fa-! vorite at court, who sat on the curb shiv- ering for hours with the crowd outside Buckingham Palace. In short. it was not =0 much a desire to see the monarch as it was an overwhelming need of an out- let for jubllation over the war and a nat- | ural inclination to let the Queen see and share the gladness of her people, that prompted London spontaneously to make to-day one of the most memorable cele- brations of Victoria's reign. It was quite different from the mad re- joicings that marked the relief of Lady- | smith. Rowdyism was conspicuously ab- | sent, although the crowds reached such | proportions that the number —of police | would have been quite inadequate had the people been obstreperous. Moreover, in- | termingled with the rejoicings of patriot- | ism there was a particularly keen appre- | clation of the Queen's personality, her | womanliness, her great age. This little touch of reverence for sex rather than for sovereign rendered the huge crowds tract- able in the hands of the good-natured po- lice, and it was not a hard task to induce them to surge back and to make way for | the royal carriage. When the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India did pass, nodding as if to many friends, intsead of bowing with royal re- straint, there echoed under the roar of | cheers many heartfelt expressions, such “God bless her,”” *“God keep her,” he's a brave woman,” and scores more | like them. It was small wonder that now and again tears of joy rolled down the cheeks of the aged sovereign. The semi-official duties undertaken by the Queen during the day would have | tried the resources of many a woman un- der 81 years of age. Starting early from Windsor by train she reached the metrop- | olis shortly after noon. Until she reached Buckingham Palace there was never a moment of quiet. Cheers spread along | her route like prairie fire. Previous to her arrival Lord Roberts, General Buller | and other heroes of the war had monopo- lized the lung power of the walting crowd, | and such crowds were never seen in Lon- Whenever a soldier or a sailor appeared he was al- most mobbed, so anxious were the people | to show their patriotism. The stald equip- ages of nobles that never before were guilty of displaying anything more start- ling than a crest were gay with colored | streamers. Every house along the route | to the palace made some attempt at deeor- ation. ‘When the hoarse volley announced the royal approach children and women were hoisted on the shoulders of men. The art students at Kensington, male and female, as on Ladysmith day, were again to the fore, bareheaded and singing patriotic songs, while throughout the day medlcnl' students in large bodies led the cheering | and singing. | Unprecedented Scene. The scene in the quadrangle of the pal- | ace after the Queen’s arrival, when Lords | and Commoners joined In singing the na- | tional anthem, was unprecedented and will probably never be repeated during | the present reign. Viscount Cross and Mr. | Chamberlain acted as spokesmen, and graciously greeted the royal visitor, but it was to Lady Buller that the Queen | quickly turned with a grateful smile. Then, in the presence of the legislators of the United Kingdom, drawing the wife of the reliever of Ladysmith closer to her, she whispered words of thanks. After | scarcely three hours of rest her Majesty made a tour of the city proper, amid the | greatest enthusiasm. i It is impossible to estimate the extent | of the crowds through which she passed | before returning to Buckingham Palace, | ‘but the numbers were well up in the hun- dreds of thousands. After it was all over and while a cheering crowd of 10,000 people still hung outside the palace, the Queen dined with the Prince and Princess of ‘Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York and the other members of the royal fam- fly. The Prince of Wales had been absent entrenching at Biggersberg. The scouts report that all the Natal Dutch farmers have fled from the surrounding country. a the day, owl to the sale of the | R e 3 i ntmtustar's e b at Kingsclere, but the Princes had come in for a large share of the ov | their a | shown to the Presiden | cert in Dawson | hanging him. BB NG { This Paper not ¢ pbe taken from the Library.++++ PRICE FIVE CENT (ONES FRON \FAR TO THE HUNAY LIFE John Hammond Murders Mrs. Guy Gale at Stones Landing. SUICIDE CLOSES TRAGEDY. He Had Been a Suitor for the ‘Woman’s Hand and Swore That She Should Never Live With Another Man. il s o 0 The Call. Spectal Dispa: TACOMA, March 8—Mrs. Guy Gale, & farmer’'s wife, aged 25 years, was killed yesterday at Stones Landing by a man known here as John Hammond, who ar- rived on Tue Y. Tammond or for Mrs. Gale's jected. He had sworn that she should not live with another and carried o He went about the deed busi- iessiike manner as he had coolly 1 impatient would go to ay mornirg. his s t Is reported fr there proposed that Mrs. Gale should accept his and go East | with him. She turned af ear to his story of devotion, only find that he was prepared to take t ware of his in- Almost before she was a whipped out tentions he S new revol are s A neighbc cussio chiid, who heard part of gave the alarm. Mr. was in Seattle. A messenger was sent to inform him, as well as the King County Coroner. Gale passed the mes- senger on the road and did not know of the tragedy until he reached home. He married Mrs. Gale last year after the death of her first husband, whom she had married in the East in preference to Hammond. She was a pretty woman of the blonde type. Hammond's body will be buried at Stones Landing. Mrs. Gale's will ba brought to Tacoma, where she had a large number of friends. BIG-TREE BILL IS SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT Measure for the Preservation of the Sequoias Becomes a Law. e Gale Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 3. — President MecKinley d this afternoon the joint resolution which will protect the Cala- veras and Tuolumne big trees from de- struction and preserve one of the most rema al wonders in the world. Accompanied Alex- ander Sharon of San F' o rep- resents the California Club, which has been lic sen: trees, Mr. de V f these went to the White House to-day with the enrolled resolution handsomely printed on parchment and signed by Senator Frye, vice president pro tem. of the Senate, and Speaker Hen- derson of the House ey were at once s private offics, where they found Mr. McKinley awaliting them Mr. de Vries handed the President & gold pen which he had brought with him for his use in affixing his McKinley took the pen and after signing his name, he, at the suggestion of Mr. de Vries, handed it to Mrs. Sharon to ba given by her to the California Women's Club in recognition of the good work dons by its members. Mrs. Sharcn thanked him and expressed to him the appreciation of the women of California for the timely interest he had shown in the preservation of the groves. Before leaving the White House the President told Mrs. Sharon that he would send the club an autograph letter express- ing his admiration of the work done by the ladies of the Pacific Coast. DAWSON CONTRIBUTES TO BRITISH RELIEF FUND Money Raised at a Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans of Soldiers. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., March 8.—To-day's Klondike advices by the steamer Cottage City include the detalls of a patriotic con- for the British Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund, at which $150 net was raised in less than an hour. It is also told that on February 20 a laborer named Swanson was killed a mile and a half up Cariboo trail from Dominlon. He was hauling wood down and had the rope at- tached to his neck. Coming down a sharp incline the rope must have caught under the runners, dragging him under and When found an hour later he was stone cold. Thomas Lamont, on 27 Gold Run, an Australian from Brisbane, showed his mettle and his patriotism by walking fifty-six miles one day last week to hand in his name for service in South Africa. As there have been nearly fifty names handed in without the stimulus of any- thing definite yet as to acceptance, the Dawsonites are satisfled that a first-class corps of a hundred or more of the very men needed to fight the Boers could be secured in the Yukon in a few days. Residents of the Yukon are greatl leased with the showing up of the Roc iver coal properties, nineteen miles from Dawson. On development a weil contin- ued seam of high-grade lignite five feet thick is being worked, 80U tons of coal now being on the dumps. Improved ma- chinery is being brought in. Preparations are being made on the creeks for an early clean-up, which Is also expected (0 be a very profitable one. fes