The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1900. WANT NO FORTS ON THE CANAL Central American Republics Are in Favor of the Hay-Paunceforte Convention. Special Dispatch to The Call. can negotiate any treaty it sees fit with 2 European government respecting the isthmian canal, you may regard it as cer- tain that the isthmian republics will de- | cline to recognize the provisions of any | instrument which they rezard as hostile | their interests and welfare.” CALL HEADQUARTERS WASHINC WELLING- ON, March 19 NEGROES ACCUSED OF KILLING GOEBEL IN DANGER OF VIOLENCE Much Speculation Among Leading Kentucky Re- publicans Over Golden’s Alleged . On the Verge of a Clash. Reports have reached dl?luma(lc quar- ere resp g disturbances in Cen- erica, which show that Costa Rica f complete preparedness for have been placed in ons along the Nicaragua tructions to resist an a v others to have 600 sol- er his command, and it has been as 2000 men under arms. believed to be exag- purpose of Costa Rica for war until she has re- s from Nicaragua that be invaded. that one of the objects s visits to Managua is gua government to v act of hostility and to a that her fears are un- rther unde: s not certain whether it s been formed by and Honduras, and alvador are bound t of aggression on governments named. | vador has en- gua. Just is in_this report 1ed here. The authori- 10t only desirous of ascertaining is true, but also if there is tion between 1t and prepara- e which are being made for the con- ruction of the canal | ate in the day and the com- | tee adjourned. NEGRO SOLDIERS IN A SHOOTING AFFRAY Two Fort Sherman Regulars Seri- | ously Wounded at Coeur | NOT SUPRENE AT WARDNER . d’Alene City. WASHINGTON, March 19.—News of the f tw gro soldiers near Fort from the Coc g district, and the State Officials Permitted to|A: DIIE' Operatlons of not ted with the mining troubles. Wash., March t and- | rernor Steunenberg and His Agent 1 Control of the the United tates. in parties under ul. _All quiet MeCAIN ng Assistant Adjutant General, in absence partment c ander. ATHDRUM, Idaho, March 18.—At 2 e o’clock Sunday morning a row occurred in | in Pheifer’s saloon, in colored sol named Hayes | den, were sh ayes was shot the lungs and will dle. The ball rough the body and was af ked up on the floor of the sa- shot In the breast, the 1l entering near the heart and ranging | ward. The bullet has not yet been lc- vound is serious. After hav- ot both negroes walked down the garrison, about a half-mile away. who fired the shots has not b CLAIMS AGAINST SPAIN Senate Passes the Bill for the Ap- pointment of Commissioners by the President. WASHINGTON, March 19.—The Senata took up a bill to carry into effect ipulation the T ed States and Spain. It ! for the appointment by the Pres- nt of three commissioners to receiv examine and adjudicate all claims of ¢ ed States against Spain ted States agreed to adjudi- e and settle. The sum of $50,000 annu- 2 | ood that an alliance herman, was re- | i\s’ffi’nr I+ came out at Frankfort to-day that |tha Coeur d'Alene | | confession affair i3/ of article 7 of the treaty | t y B B Confession. Specia] Dispatch to The Call. 'W.H.CuLTon @ ; AV ®*n 50000 0000 00° R e e @ 0009000060000 000000000000 0000 000000000000 +000+000+04+0+0+0 EXINGTON, Ky., March 19.—When news of the alleged confession of Sergeant F. Wharton Golden reached leading Republicans at Frankfort, Louisville and Lexington there was much discomfiture. They be- lleved Golden the most rabid Republlczn; ad- in the State and they are unwilling to mit that he has made a confession. One of the leaders at Frankfort said he would never believe that “Whart” Golden had become a traitor until he heard it from his own lips, but to-night the former jdol of the Republicans is in hiding and no- body knows where he is. He passed through this city this afternoon at § o’clock and departed immediately over an- | other road for the north. Many persons do not believe he will be present at the trial | of the suspects, which has been set for next Friday at Frankfort, as the prosecu- tion was not ready to-day when the case: were called. At Barboursville, Golden" home, there were loud threats made against him by his former friends and | -jates and he was denounced as a Ie the name of a mulatto, who s accused by the prosecution of being the man who which killed Goebel, fired the shot He was for- merly a citizen of Winchester, where he got into some trouble, and departed for the mountains. A negro who went to Frankfort with him is named s | llow Dick” Combs and that he is now | | in Beattyville, Lee County. | Beckham and Taylor took | train for Frankfort to-day after spend- Hecker | Ing Sunday in this eity the negroes boarded and they know that one of the men now under arrest paid their board. It is given out to-night that the reason these men have not been ar- rested is the danger of mob violence. If they are brought to the capital during the present exciting times it is believed no | ower on earth could prevent Goebel's | riends from hanging or probably burning them to death. Arraigned for Trial. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 19.—Caleb Powers, John Davis and Willlam H. Cul- | ton, charged with being accessories to the | murder of William Goebel, were arraigned for trial to-day before Judge Moore. The commonwealth announced not ready, and | by agreement the trials were set for next Friday, at which time County Attorney Potsgrove sald he thought he could get | his witnesses and not ask a further con- | tinuance. Ex-Governor John Brown made | a demand for a list of witnesses for the commonwealth, but this was refused by he attorney for the prosecution on the | ground that publicity might cause some of them to avoid being summoned. The commonwealth's attorney, Frank- lin, and County Attorney Potsgrove re- | | fused to either aflirm or deny the story | t Sergeant Golden had made an alleged | of knowledge concerning the Goebel assassination. - Beckham and Taylor. LOUISVILLE, March 19.—Governors the same quietly. It is be- Smith. The prosecution knows with whom | lieved nothing occurred during thelr visit | vet arrested. that will have an important effect upon their contest. The Democratic attorneys flled with Judge Field to-day a demurrer to the amended answer of the Republicans in the Governorship suit. As no new points were raised by counsel for Governor Tay- lor, it is expected Judge Field will not re- quire much time to lsgose of the case. A decision reaffirmi; is recent ruling that his court lacks the power to review the action of the Legislature seating Beckham is expected within a day or two, when the case will be taken to the Court of Appeals. st AT E An Anti-Goebel Conspiracy. CINCINNATI, March 19.—T. C. Camp- bell, who has been employed by the brothers of the late Willlam Goebel to assist the commonwealth’s attorneys in the prosecution of the assassin of Goebel, was here to-day fresh from a conference with his assistants at Lexington, Ky. In conversation Mr. Campbell said that so far as now known the assassin was not He added that the assassin would be arrested whenever a force of 3000 armed men could be had to go to a certain county in Eastern Kentucky. He sald further that the attorneys for the commonwealth claim to have proof to es- tablish a conspiracy for the assassination, but he made the assertion that this con- spiracy was not charged against the Re- ublican leaders, but against what Is nown as the “anti-Goebel party.” He further said it includes men who were officials prior to the late election and men who_thought they became officials after the late election. BLOCKS THE PORTO RICAN - RELIEF BILL House Refuses to Concur in Amendments Made by the Senate. Republicans Vote Solidly in Opposi- tion and the Democrats in Support of the | Changes. s 1’ WASHINGTON, March 19.—The House | to-day refused to concur in the Senate bill. The Democrats supported a motion to concur on the ground that it would avoid further delay in extending relief to appointed for the expense of the life of the commission be- the measure, at substantially ail dy been filed with tha nd they aggregated ex- n amendment proposed by Hoar was ced to, extending the time for filing 15 with the commission from s'x to one year after the organiza‘ion commission. At the suggestion of 1 offered by the of ‘the ckrell the right of appe 1I, to both the United Sta and the mants, to the Supreme Court of the ed States was stricken out. The bill es for but one appeal, namely, ings of the commission to the States Court of Appeals, As ded, the measure was passed with- division. ADVERTISEMENTS. [ e | PITIABLE DISTRESS i OF THE PORTO RICANS i - WASHINGTON, March 19.—Adjutant | General Corbin received a cable message to from General Davis, commandi the’ Department. of* Porto 00, ehylils that the condition of the inhabitants of the island is distressing and the suffer- ing 8o general and widespread that he will require at least 500 tons of food sup- ally attends to her tre- ’ ies weekly until further notice in Pro- portior 7 2-7 beans and 1-14 each mendous correspondence | ", with suffering women. [ requisition as promptly and regularly Her traimed assistants |:: possivle The transport Burnside, | Which s are all women. | for San Juan on the 21st inst., probably will take the first consignment of relief r' Imn 'mm women -'° lies, and similar shipments 1 be are opened by women n 2 made each succeeding week by other transports. | W00y, W only. | PUPILS FILE CHARGES. They are read ‘,y WO~ | Claim They Were Unfairly Treated | in the State Normal School. men only- | Bpecial Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, March 19.—There promises They are answered by waormen and only women. The correspondence is sacrediy confidential. Wirite for a book Mrs. | protty ceriain that an investigation will Pinkham bas just pub- | 0% o0 mRE W M g Ilshe-‘l which wn“in‘ la‘- through prejudice and malice, refused to ters from the mayor of the regular meeting of the trustees of the State Normal School on Thursday next. against Mrs. Place, head of the training partment, by Mrs. N. P. Kelly of Gon- H. E. Milier of this city and llow Henry Miller and Lizzie Kelly, a daughter of Mrs. Kelly, to graduate, con- ditioning them in manual training after Lynr, the postmastor Of | they had passed in all other studise. ’DO’" Both these complaints have been made Lynn and othcrs of [ to the trustees before, but they refused to act because they were not In writing. Lizzie Kelly spent about seven years at the school, starting in the training de- own city who have careful investigation: partment. She claims Mrs. Place took & special dislike to her and frequently { | firs. Pinkhkam Bas | Dt i Soula never let her got 3 i 1 helped a milllon Women [, .. months azo began an action who sufferedwith female |i» covr o compel the faculty to grant troubles. She can cure | him a diploma, and the case is still pend- it "%n uriusually large number of &mdavits scheduled to leave New York | to be some interesting developments at | At that time charges will be preferred | 7, and it | | duties col | rage.” | give the Porto Ricans free t the inhabitants of the Islands, but the | Republicans stood firmly behind Chairman Cannon in his demand that the House should insist on its original provision to appropriate not only the money collected on Porto Rican goods up to January 1, 1900, but all subsequent moneys coliected or to be collected. The remainder of the | day was devoted to District of Columbia business. Cannon called up the Porto Rico appro- | priation bill and moved that the House non-concur in the Senate amendments. McRae of Arkansas moved concurrence. Cannon explained the changes made in the bill by the Senate which, he sald, re- | stricted the appropriations to the duties | collected to January 1, 1800. The House [ provision appropriated also the duties col- | lected after that date and those to be | hereafter collected. The other change | made by the Senate, that designating the | purpose to which the money should be put, he said, was only a change of form, $he House provision having left the expen: diture of the money to the discretion of the President. Pell of Colorado advocated concurrence | in the Senate amendments, because, he | said, the language of those amendments | distinctly assumed the Installation of a | civil government in Porto Rico in the near future. a | Ball Chides Cannon. | Ball of Texas sald he was astonished to | hear the gentleman (Cannon) move non- | concurrence in the BSenate amendments. When the bill was originally before the House Cannon had appealed for “storm- swept, starving Porto Rico.” Concurrence would send to the island immediate relief. Non-concurrence would cause delay. 1 aid his respects to the “anonymous Cab- | inet officer’” who some days o attacked | as crafty politicians those who had re- fused to support the Porto Rican tariff bill. He said he could hardly believe that one who assailed others in such an under- hand way could be a member of the Cab- net. ; Moody of Massachusetts supported Can- non’s motion and sald the conflict of the two members had absolutely nothing to do with the question of free trade between | the United States and Porto Rico. McCleary of Minnesota, in advocating Cannon’s motion, declared that the Porto Rican tariff bill proposed to treat the people of the island better than the peo- ple of any territory of the United States ever were treated. Swanson of Pennsylvania denounced the Porto Rican tariff bill as “4nfamous” and said the ‘)endlng bill to give back the ected under the Dingley law ar-coat the out- The power to fix the duties on goods coming into and going from this country was the power accorded by Eng- land prior to the revolution and was one of the main reasons why the colonles threw off the yoke. Democrats Inconsistent. Hemenway of Indiana said the trouble with the Democrats was they_talked one way and voted another. The Republicans proposed to deal with the situation in a practical way. They did not tapoze' to e and m- internal revenue taxes upon them. proposed to give the le of the was an attempt to ‘s B islands every dollar heretofore collected under the ngley law and every dollar under the 15 per cent rates. ey ‘annon W ‘were cl lon uflaf His was was ma A m designed to turn over to the Porto Ricans r address Iis | been secured {o u. ”O.. d| ’ {‘,‘,:;‘,?m ex-students and graduates of the ‘.’ "” ol sustainin r charges, ans ese y lfiuoba preun&ez. e every doll i Llected. Eo_ ‘1"_‘1"}_{‘ McRae was d amendments to the Porto Rican rellef | lar heretofore and hereafter col- lesigned | I S to limit the appropriation to the money collected to January 1, 1900. Cannon ridi- | culed the Democrats for their harsh words concerning the treatment accorded Porto Rico in contrast with the treatment ac- corded it by Spain. They had, he said, changed their tune in two short years. Now to hear them one would be]ievesgain had the kindliest government on earth. The motion to concur was lost, %6 to 116, a strict party vote, except that of Thayer (D.) of Massachusetts, who voted with the Republicans” The motion to non-concur then prevailed without division. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Cannon, Moody and McRae conferees on the part of the House. The Senate agreed to the request of the House that a conference be held on the bill appropriating $2,09,000 for the benefit of the people of Porto Rico, and Senators Allison, Hale and Cockrell were appointed as the Senate conferees. e SENATORS DISCUSS PORTO RICAN TARIFF WASHINGTON, March 19.—Two meas- ures of national importance, and many of | slightly lesser interest, were D‘!!efl by the | Senate to-day. The legislative, executive | and judicial appropriation bill, carrying | more than $25,000,000, was passed without | debate. The measure providing for the appointment of a commission to adjudi- | cate and settle claims of the people of the | United States growing out of the war | with Spain was also passed without oppo- | sition. For a brief time the Porto Rican gov- ernment and tariff measure was under consideration. Mr. Foraker, in charge of the bill, submitted some committee | amendments. to, but the important ones are still pend- ng. A free trade amendment to the bill was offered by Senator Beveridge. It was as follows: All articles coming into the United States trom Porto Rico or going into Porto Rico from the United States shall be admitted free of duty, but this act shall not be construed as ex- tending the constitution of the Unied State or any part thereof over Porto Rico, and it i hereby declared that the constitution of the United States s not extended over Porto Rico. Foraker then called up the Porto Rican government and tariff bill for the purpose, as he explained, of perfecting the bill so far as possible from the standpoint of the committee, in order that a reprint might be had of the measure. The first amendment suggested by For- aker related to the citizenship of the in- habitants of Porto Rico. As reported, the bill provides that the inhabitants of Porto Rico shall be ‘“‘citizens of the United States.” The amendment offered by For- aker inserted some words after the term “citizens,” making the paragraph read: “Shall be deemed and held to be citizens of Porto Rico, and as such entitled to the protection of the United States.” e amendment was objected to by Bacon of Georgla and went over. Another amendment eliminated entirel section 5 of the original Senate bill an insorted in lieu thercof the following: The Commissioner of Navigation shall make such_regulations, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, as he shall deem expedient for the nationalization of all vessels owned by inhabitants of Porto Rico on April 11, 1899, and which continued to be 50 owned up to the date of such nationalization, and for the adrission of the same to all the benefits of the coasting trade of the United States. And the comsting_trade between the United Stazes and Porte Rico shall be regulated with the provisions of law applicable to such trade be- tween any two great coasting districts. This amendment was agreed to. After some further amendments, principally changing the phraseology of the original measure, had been offered, the 'Senate held a brief executive session, adjourning at 4:45 p. m. BEVERIDGE EXPLAINS HIS AMENDMENT WASHINGTON, March 19 —Senator Beveridge made the following statement to-day regarding the amendment to. the Porto Rican bill offered by him providing for free trade between the island and the United States, but expressly declaring that the constitution of the United Statcs is not extended over Porto Rico: We have followed the President's fon appropriating $2.000,000 for the immediate re- Tt of Ports Rico, which s more than the House bill would have given the island in the entire two years of its life. This removes the reason which members had for veting fér the bill, and restores us to the position first ai ncunced by the President. On the great pri ciple involved we are in harmony with the President. The object of my amendment is the same as that of Senator Davis, but the lat- ter e: all of the taxation and visions of the constitution over Porto Rico, and Een any part of the constitution s extended it is . It may be that experience onstrate that we shall want to change the of taxation in Porto Rico, and if so, A few of them were agreed | fons of the constitution would prevent us. On all questions of power Congress should be left with an absolutely free and unshackled hand. ‘Would Elevate Mil WASHINGTON, March 19. — Senator Lodge, in the Senate, and Representative resolution making the senior major gen- army, a lieutenant general, and the adju- tant general of the army a major general. r L .§ = = N 3 = g 2 Z | responsibility for their future. tary administration of the islands is be- | BISHOP POTTER ON PHILIPPINES Praises Work of General Otis, and Declares Natives Not in Con- dition for Self-Government. NEW YORK, March 19.—Bishop Potter, who has just returned from a five months’ tour which included visits to the Philip- pines, Japan and India, talked to-day re- garding his impressio: The trip was made at the instance of the comimittee on increased responsibilities of the Protestant Episcopal church. He was most inter- ested, he said, in the condition of affairs in China and Japan. He noticed a grad- ual friendliness between the two natlons and prohpesied that when Japan has taught the Chinese the art of war neither England, Russia nor Germany will decide the fate of the East. The Chinese do not love the Japanese, but, recognizing that they have nothing to hope from the Euro- pean nations, are gladly establishing an entente cordiale with the Japanese. Referring to the Philippine situation, Bishop Potter said he went to the islands in an attitude of antagonism. He de- clined to say if his opinions had altered, but said he recognized the question as a purely academic one. “Whatever we might have dome, he said, “‘a year or more back, there is but one thing for us to do now, and that is to hold on to the islands and assume the The mili- yond praise. General Otis has not re- ceived half the recognition to which he is entitled. His position has been one of ex- treme delicacy. New questions are ari: ing daily and he has handled them all with discretion. One thing is evident, and that is that the Filipinos are in no condi tion for self-government. If a civil go ernment were imposed it would need a large military force to maintain it. “Several friends of Aguinaldo,” contin- ued the Bishop, “called upon me in Hong- kong and told me that they were satis- fled that therecould be no success for his underlakm%. The better class of Fili- pinos are satisfied that American occupa- tion means increased prosperity and are not raising any objections.” Bishop Potter told of a visit he made to a factory in Manila, where about 450 Fili- pino boys and girls were spinning cotton cloth. he overseer told him they had learned to work the looms in about six weeks, whereas Irish and Scoteh children took as many months before they were of any service. The natives seemed to take kindly to the confinement of factory life, but they objected to the orders against smoking in the factories. Asked about the future of the Anglican church in the islands, Bishop Potter said he saw no reason why it should not be successfully introduced to the natives. He had found, he said, no evidence of any pagan religion. The Roman Cathelic religion was pretty generally observed, and as education spreads the tenets of the Anglican _church will receive general acceptance. Much of the good order ex- isting and the many manifestations of good will to the Americans Bishop Potter attributes to the high moral character of the American soldfery. HOPES SENATE WILL RATIFY FRENCH TREATY | sador, is awalting instructions from his Davis Will Work for Its Adoption at This Session. —_— Is Preparing a Statement Showing the Advantage to American In- terests Which Will Result From Its Operation. et Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLING- TON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, March 19. —Senator Davis, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in charge | of the French reciprocity treaty, said to- day that notwithstanding the purpose to extend the time for the exchange of rati- fications, he proposes to do all he can to obtain a ratification during the present | session. The Senator is preparing a careful statement showing the advantages to American interests which will follow the operation of the treaty. He expects to | complete his statement in the cou Moody, in the House, introduced a joint | 3 week and will ask that it he’pnm‘:?, gg | that each Senator may be supplied with eral of the army, while commanding the | 43 a copy and at his leisure consider th heneft’c)al results which it shows will flo: from its Davis ratification. Senator This ‘will state that the French treaty is a falr bargain for both powers. Only in eight cases has there been a reduction of 2 per cent and in no instance to the detri- ment of American industry and labor. The average ad valorem duty remaining after several reductions (which apply only to France) are sufficient to fully protect the American producer. The French treaty will expire in four days unless an extension should be agreed upon by the two governments. It i{s un- derstood that Secretary Hay proposed to the Paris authorities an extension of one year. M. Cambon, the French Embas- Government before signing a provision ex- tending the time of ratification. No doubt exists at the French Embassy of the will- ingness of France to extend the time of ratification. The authorities are satisfled that consideration of the treaty will show the Senate the desirability of ratifying it. They still declare, however, that until rat- ification occurs, no neiodatifms of a new reciprocity treaty will be begun. SEEKS LEGAL SEPARATION. Mrs. Bertha Branch Files Suit for Absolute Divorce. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, March 19.—Mrs. Bertha Branch, who had her husband, George Branch, arrested a few days ago for at- tempting her life, to-Gay began proceed- | ings for divorce on the ground'of crueity. t The couple were married June 29. 1868, that time the plaintiff was a Mrs. Kohl- becker, and a widow of but a few months, with a fortune of about $25000. Branch was an employe about her husband's ranch. 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