The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1900, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, APREL 17, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS ASSASSINATED BY ITALIAN STRIKERS Militia Sergeant Shot to Death at Croton Dam While Relieving Guard. TON April 16. | de to work the dam, dispersed. firs e outcome New York newspaper: they s ’ ston dam hat troops were on the way. Be- s 1 of Sergeant t arrival the Bowery who stood in groups 5 k of the leaders. At s advis- v them on its 1 when the special train two companies enger rode with all | about the troops in pe was . M cers were aware of und the wing of hors, and . er ng at sta- s st the w 1 to move rty Sk~ American flag crossed the Little s rk e Bowery. Th were men in the Bowery and ' interest by the Deputy | the troons had been rested and b . r camp equip- ked u - e march to the & r w When they were ap- Bowery s the broad m the lians seated To- a holiday in Angelo » to fight soldiers, ing and we come with our the mi- such le reception to the strike at Cr. ir is afternoon, was thrown from his horse and his leg was broken. The accl- dent occurred while the troops were pass- ing a Kingsbridge road Late this afternoon Major General Roe strikers held a effort was its armory. To-night Companies d H left the armory for Croton dam. | TWELVE STEEL AND WIRE MILLS CLOSED Overproduction Results in Depriving CUSTOM HOUSE BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED Benate Committee on Public Build- ings Supports the San Fran- Thousands of Laborers of cisco Appropriation. Employment. E The Cs NEW YORK, April 16—John Gates, A N, Ay 6 American Steel and Wire g en to-day in reference to s the West which stated e Sel tituents concerned c Bufldings main company had suspended op- s rizes the He confirmed the statement and . & f the > of the mills in the con- Tice 3,000 ent companies have been shut down - They are located at Pittsburg, Cleveland, Joliet gan, I11l.; De Kalb, Ind P g . and Anderson, Ind th Gates said the cause of the closing overproduction. when the mills uld resume tions, as they first s would have rtain the extent of the overproducti When asked as to his view as to the trade situation and outlook Mr. Gates said the shut down of the mills s was the best evidence of the current sit- p uation P | Mr. Gates made another statement later, in which he said the twelve mills whi 1 been closed had a daily capacity of & 3000 to 4000 tons. He said that slack s i business an additional reason for the suspension of operations The best information is that the mills ¢ 51 will be closed indefinitely. Jt is said as i many as 4000 men, boys and girls will be e d not affected by the shutdown. ge which the ¢ == hrosen he vitie o« NPKINLEY INTERCEDES et Wil result in immense IN DEWEY’S BEHALF < foreign product » T T w ars. Every steam- | Recommends That the Admiral Be € Is increas n!”the r;:m‘ger of Paid for Extra Services 1 d new nes e ng 7 11 shortly be established Rendered. : & commerce the Govern- TON, ~April 16—Complying n by no means unsubstantial solution of inquiry, the President ing a building for the trans- | SePt to the Senate to-day an {temized fant public business, suft. | Statement of the expenditures of the Phil- « ng in architecture. Commission. The statement in- s<ible means the Government following items: Compensation o Sl Trade 1 to Commissioners Schur- - Stk for ster and Denby, $20.000; per ? . off to Canadian lines nce to Commissioners after | in a great return to the United States, $5255; | & the Govern- smission (compensation v h month for ). $12.220; transporta- oy al offices in household expenses in Manlla, ny ‘my headquar- 1l services, $31,701; miscella- of Californid, with | BEORS. BASEV: b -.lu $117,185. e w the Phelan bufld- re President also transmits with his in- | . o e Gov. | dorsement a recommendation from Secre. | Adelbert H ernn fices in varfous parts of the |tary Hay that provision be made for pay- ment to the naval and militia members of | the commission (Admiral Dewey and Gen- eral Otis) at the same rate as that paid to the other members He says they have |sreceived nothing for their services in ex- cess of their regular salari | MME. MELBA TO WED NAVAL BOARD ORGANIZES. Press Notified That All Proceedings ‘Will Be Secret. 1 16.—The new na- ts first meeting at Doy T peERE oF | PLAYWRIGHT CHAMBERS \dmiral Crowninshiel Rejoices Over the Fact That She Has Obtained a Divorce From Armstrong. g Special Dispatch to The Call fier a general discus- | ‘pARIS, April 16.—Mme. Melba said to- se work to be under- . 3 <o ¢ | night that she would marry Haddon e o }';'"““; of | Chambers, the Australian playwright, be- a of the board, an | g cPe <8 “My divorce from Mr. Armstrong de- e I:: :;t’i:(a;kfl;@ | ights me,” she said. “It is what I have €D, | jonged for. 1 have never had any desire ard, the latter being An organization ot epPrepartion Of | (5 Jive in those awful Dakota and Texas | ¢ of the country., a8 | i ces Now, all is done. As for me, I : ampaigns, renders it | R}l “goon marry Haddon Chambers ' 1 absolutely necessary that secrecy shall | never thought of marrying Herr Joazhim. surround every proceeding. Therefore, | Why, he is 8. 1 have already bougit a the press has been given'to understand | house in Great Cumberland street, Lon- that the work of the body will not fur- | don, where I expect to be very happy as nish material for current news. Mr. Chambers’ wife." 1 be no ordered the Seventh Regiment to assem- | | but for the intercession of Webster Davis, { tion wded | | Transv: SIEGE OF WEPENER RAISED BY BOERS In Full Retreat Along the Basutoland Border Closely Watched by the Warlike Tribesmen. SO & w Y is prohibited. ““Old Creaky,” the Boer Long Tom Which Gives So Much Trouble at Mafeking. All rights reserved ir the T e s e B O o S o B B S e e e e SO SO SCES SROSS SRONP AR, SDAN DA S S e S ] k Herald. Copyrighted, 1900, by the New York Herald Company. Republication of this nited States and Great Britain.] LOEMFONTEIN. April 16.—The rainstorm continues, and must delay the movements of Lord Roberts’ army The Boers have for two days. abandoned their attack on Wepener and trekked from being evidently afraid of our pending movements. At Rouxville also the enemy, or a majority of them, have undoubtedly retired north, except a body of 6000, which is still reported to be going toward Bethulie. LONDON, April 17.—The Bloemiontein correspondent of Monday, says: the vicinity, the ndard, telegraphing The Boers are in full retreat irom Wepener, hugging the Basutoland horder. The Basutos are marching parallel with them along the frontier, watching eagerly for the slightest en- croachment.” The Daily News has the following from Reddersburg, dated Friday: “General Chermside saw the rearguard of the Boers disappear southeast in full retreat. strong force four miles east of Reddersburg. They are falling back before our advance guard.” ONDON, April 17. 4:15 a. m.—Lord | Roberts has spread his net far and wide to catch the adventurous com- mandos that have been making mischief in the southeastern part of the Free State. The net has not vet been drawn in, but at the headquarters )f Lord Roberts the Iimpression exists | he power of the Boers is decreasing. ews correspondent has them . southeast; a Standard cor- -ports them fleeing north- | Telegraph correspondent | t some are going north and others | while a Morning Post represen- | tative says it is not known what ”‘(‘i Boer ire doing. Evidently the feeling at Bloemfontein is that the dispositions of Lord Roberts are such as to enable him to concentrate a| large force rapidly at any point. The| Boers, being aware of thi are presumed to be ing now chiefly of retreat. The investment of Wepener, according { to a special dispatch from Bloemfontein, | absolutely been abandoned. Accord- | g to a Bethany dispatch the Boers are | unable to retreaf northward because the | Briti 1y hold all roads. Diverse reports come from Natal, one asserting | that the Boers have retired beyond the Biggarsberg range and another saying| that some of them are close to Ladysmith. | London waits confidently for almost im- mediate announcement of news favorable to the British. Distrust exists, however, as to any rapid, continuous advance toward Pre- toria, chiefly on account of the lack of horses, many of which die in the course of the long voyages. Letters from the Cape say that three days’ journey by rail is made in open trucks, that the arrange- ments for feeding and watering are inad- equate and that the unfortunate animals in consequence of h str break down rapidly these hardships. Despite the energy of its buyers abroad the War Office foresees much difficulty in supplying the enormous number of horses required: DAVIS INTERCEDED FOR YOUNG MR. HAY KANSAS CITY, April 16.—A Washing- to the Journal states that ton dispatch late Assistant Secretary of the Interior, ay. son of the Secretary of State, would not have received his exe- quatur as American Consul at Pretoria. Mr. Davis was ‘in Pretoria about the time Mr. Hay's arrival was expected. The al officials had heard of the new- comer's sojourn in London, had heard that he had placed himself in communica- with the Foreign Office there, and actually had had an interview with Lord Salisbur They had been further in- formed that after his appointment Mr. Hay had held a three hours' conference with John Hays Hammond, convicted of high treason against the Transvaal Gov- ernment and now an active campaigner against the Boer cause. It was at this stage of the case of Con- gul Hay, according to the Journal's Wash- ington correspondent, that State Secre- tary Reitz took the Assistant Secretary of the Interior into his confidence, “See here, Davis,” said Reitz, “it will never do for us to recelve this young man and admit him to the confidential re- lations to which he is entitled as Ameri- can Consul. With the impressions which he must have received in London in con- sultation with our enemies it would be sufcidal. We would be harboring an emis- sary of Great Britain in our midst.” This was the state of affairs when Davis took up young Hay’'s case. He advised Secretary Reitz to receive him, partly be- cause he wished to avold any possibility of offending the American Secretary of State and partly because he trusted to the impressions young Hay would receive from personal contact with the Boers to | convert him into a friend of the repub- lics. On the plea made by Davis young Hay escaped the humiliation of being sent home as persona non grata. BOERS BOLDLY PROWL NEAR BLOEMFONTEIN LONDON, April 17.—The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Morning Post, tele- graphing Monday, says: “Small bodles of Boers are prowling around and are cven coming within eight or ten miles of | Bloemfontein. Three Johannesburg ‘zarps’ actually entered the town one night and escaped without being discov- ered. “The Boer demonstration yesterday at Karee Siding was designed to cover the withdrawal of an immense convoy of pro- vislons. There is no doubt that the Boer incursion into the southeastern part of the Free State was largely due to the need of replenishing victuals in the most fertile part of the country. This explains why the enemy marched south with empty wagons. - Various important move- ments are occurring, which naturally it is not desirable to specify.” - | PINCH OF HUNGER FELT AT MAFEKING LONDON, April 17.—The Dally Malil has the following from Lady Sarah Wilson, dated Mafeking, April 5: “The pinch of hunger is beginning to be felt, and rellef seems more distant than ever. Since March 31 there has been no shelling until to-day, Commandant Sny- man having taken his burghers to bar Colonel Plumer's road. To-day, however. he returned and the bombardment was renewed ~with splendid, high-velocity guns, firing 14-pound shells such as had not been used since the first days of the siege. The military authorities say the British artillery has nothing to compare with these guns s RELYING UPON INTERVENTION. LONDON, April 17.—The Lourenzo Mar- ques correspondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing Sunday, April 15, says: *“The tone of the Standard and the Diggers’ News shows that the Transvaal Govern- ment is relying strongly upon an inter- vention. Great results are expected from {he campalgn of Webster Davis and from the Presidential contest. “While the semi-blockade of Delagoa Bay has not done the slightest harm to the Transvaal, it has enriched foreign firms at the expense of rulned Britishers.” ¢ ity BOERS BLOW UP MINES., 1LONDON, April 16.—A special dispatch from Ladysmith dated April 16, 9:45 a. m., says: ‘“Native scouts have just reported the Boers in Elands Laagte district re- tiged beyond Biggarsberg. Other infor- mation tends to confirm the report that the Boers succeeded in blowing up three important collieries near Wessels Nek, completely destroying the ‘engine houses and plants.” AR GUESTS OF T{E_ GOVERNMENT. PRETORIA, April 15.—President Kruger is in excellent health. General Botha is here consuiting with the Government. The members of the Irish-American Am- The enemy appear to be in bulance Corps are treated as guests of the Government. < SR BOERS AGAIN AT DEWDORP. LONDON, April 17.—A correspondent of the Dalily Telegraph at Lad dispatch dated April 16, says: are down in at Dewdorp, Ladysmith. WOMEN BRUTALLY BEATEN BY BURGLARS Injuries Result in the Death of Cne and Her Sister Is Rena- dered Insane. Special Dispatch to The Call. TOLEDO, Ohio, April most atroclous crimes in the history of Lucas County was committed late Satur- day night on the Sullivan farm, about five miles from Toledo. As a result of the crime Johanna Sullivan, aged years, died this morning, and her s Kate Sullivan, aged about sixty years, of east is celved. Their injuries were received at the hands of two disguised men, who en- tered the Sullivan homestead at about 7:30 last evening. The two farmhouse. women lived alone in the After the women had been and bound with ropes made from table searched the house thoroughly and se- cured a bag containing over $200. After they had left the house Kate Sullivan succeeded in releasing herself. She crawled to the house of a neighbor a quarter of a mile away and gave alarm. Assistance was hurriedly sent to the house and the alarm given to the neigh- borhood. Sheriff Newton and Lieutenant Odwyer of the central police station quickly organized a posse. An examination of the two women showed they were in a terrible condition. Johanna Sullivan's skull was fractured in three places and several of her ribs were broken by the kicks she had re- celved. Kate Sullivan's frontal bone was fractured and several ribs were broken. The doctors say her mind will be perma- nently unbalanced. Indignation is strong, and soon after daylight the country was scoured In all directions by posses, but as yet no trace of the men has been discov- ered. There is little doubt but that the men will be summarily lynched if cap- tured. ——— _NOT CONSTITUTIONAL. Ohio’s Supreme Court Knocks Out Anti-Lynching Law. COLUMBUS, April 16.—The Supreme Court to-day declared that the anti-lynch- ing law is unconstitutional. The law pro- vides that the heirs of any person who is Ilynched may collect $5000 from the Com- missioners in the county in which the af- fair occurs. The decision was rendered in the cases of Click Mitchell, hanged b; a ‘mob at Urbana, and J. W. Caldweli, who was shot and beaten by strikers at Cleveland. the e e Terry Now a Rear Admiral. WASHINGTON, April 16.—The Senate to-day confirmed the following nomina- tions: _Captain Silas W. Terry to be a rear admiral, and Charles E. Barnes of Illinols to be Consul at Cologne. Siam’s Minister Received. WASHINGTON, April 16.—Phya Pra- slddhi, Envoy Extraordinary g.nd Minister Plenipotenti: of Siam, to-day laid hi: credentials bafore Prestdent McKinley at the White House. PRPSPRPAIDER S S5 S0 o i Yo o S P SO e i S S N A O AP | tors to concen 16.—One of the | fifty-five | insane from the terrible treatment she re- | beaten into insensibility they were gagged:| cloths torn into strips and the two men | | they were part of a gang who had been t | | ington authorities looking toward the re- | coolies under labor contracts. | the matter of freedom from contract ob- CHINESE COACHED AND THEN LANDED “School of Instruction’” at Mazat- lan Where Mongols Were Taught to Become Native Sons.” -~ Special Dispatch to the call. GELES, April 16.—With the | sure of the organized system of importing Chinese contract labor the facts are reached that t - spiracy to defraud the United y involve a Gove important foreign billet; tha Angeles citizens are under nd that a Ch highbinder feveral sicion Los ines been colle: the exnosu gations comp erati from San where different ame results were insti- gang of smug- inspectors cisco in Mazatlan an Through this Chinese ements was demonstrated when claimed to i were known to b; night crossi These were g of three hundred Chinese that wer later to land if the scheme on Mexican soil worked. To-night United States District Attor- ney F. P. “But the early the . and the cu require vices and the unear v the originators and exploiters every instance Chines: be American but the that the ur es came The only e exclusion act Is to give ctors who are held respc class of specialty.” Attorney vears the Chinese for me into this country | by landing in Lower California and in the id that further ting in on, ar- the San course of a few months. by small vessels to lessen the suspi rive at Ensenada and evade Diego office. In the opinion of officials here the Los Angeles exposures forced the manipula- te their efforts at San Francisco to carry out the contracts that had been made in China and that the same heads that engineered the southern plan, if exposures are pushed, will later be found to be identical. An investigation is now being made and is nearly concluded by special agents of rtment regarding a the Treasury Dep chool of instruction” for Chinese at Mazatlan, Mexico, where Chinese who | have been refused admittance at San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles or other ports are taken and put through a course 1d equipped to be able to prove that they are native born eral have been tried in the United tes courts here, and about ® per cent have been deported. There is a rumor that the acts of the American Vice Consul at Mazatlan have S been investigated in this case and- that local men are ated also Deputy of Internal Revenue ny knowledge of the reported influx of Chi- ated that violations of this char- r do not come under his control, but that he has reason to believe that Chinese | are being run into Southern Californta from the Hawatian Islands and Mexico. In December . while investigating wine interests Upper Santa Barbara County, he was furnished informatior relative to two Chinese laborers who were at work on a ranch in Ventura County and who were without certificates. The information as it reached him was given to Chinese Inspector Putnam. In Santa Barbara County he gathered the informa tion or rumor that Chinese were belng | landed on Anacappa Island and then | transferred to the mainland under the guise of abalone fishermen. Recently three Chinese were found on Anacappa in a starved condition, one subsequently dy ing from the effects of exposure and star- | vation. Rumor had it at the time that in run in and left on the island awaiting transportation to the mainland. s e s NOTHING DONE TO CHECK . THE RUSH OF JAPANESE WASHINGTON, April 16—Up to this point nothing has been done by the ‘Wash- striction of the immigration of Japanese into this country beyond the application | of the contract labor laws. The enforce- ment of these laws is entrusted to the | officials of the Treasury Department and | so far as is known they have not dis covered any movement toward the bring- | ing into the United States of Japanese They are not, however, authorized to interfere with the incoming of the Japanese who can satisfy the requirements of the laws in ligations and ability to maintain them- selves. It is believed that unlike other Orientals, few Japanese, even of the la- boring classes, fail to make a sufficient showing on these points to pass muster and secure admission at the Golden Gate. If, however, the tide of Japanese immi- gration now setting toward the British Northwestern possessions should include Japanese coolies under contract to labor in the United States, there will be neces- | sity for a considerable reinforcement of the treasury employes charged with the policing of the boundary lines between Washington and British Columbia in or- der to prevent their entrance into the United States. There is no formal obligation upon the British Colonial authorities to bprevent euch people from crossing the line be- yond that of mere neighborly Interest, a consideration not always sufficient to stop illicit dumping of undesirable immigrants. Although the recent reports from San Francisco of the arrival at the port of nment official | | | Mrs. Johanna Fleischmann, considerable numbers of Japanese labor- in connection with the steady e of the Japanese populati he ce 1e Japane limits should the yond executiv one for the consideration figures of the immigration burea = Pacific Coast are, however. hed, for upon t important recor is subject being EXPOSE OF TRAFFIC IN RETURN CERTIFICATES Ah Fung were Of the others twe pro- tifieat How T m its ancis. puty e blar borrew pointed ot repudiate fRcer the and loar deported. GRANTED PERMISSION TO INSPECT THE BOOKS Widow of the Famous Distiller, Gains a Point in Her Lawsuit. NEW YORK. April 16.—Jus rence in the Supreme Court t ed the application of Mr Fleischmann, v of the late an Fleisc elder of the Fleisch- mann Bros., e millions out st 2 tilleries, to permit her lawyers to inspect the books of the firm brought by her and her chil- ng of the business died t the sons of Charles Fleischmann, who died rec ng property worth them, Julit a w Mayor of Cincinnati, in books required are. was ago which eity Maximilian J. Fleischmann named his wife as his exec and his brother Charles as his executor, and requested that the hip be con and that the r between hi and ami- alleged s death, n efforts to obtain n of the whole business her to sign several pap w to be releases of her inte d will and pro f the bu e defendants oppos the motion on five grounds, all which Justice Lawrence says are untenable. One of them w: that Mrs. Fle 1 lost her right to sue on acec and that her it could MAJOR KNIGHT'S ACT WILL BE INVESTIGATED Approved the Course of a Sentry Who Refused a Priest Entry to an Army Post. WASHINGTON, April 16.—The Secretary of War has ordered an investigation mada at New York City of the charge that Ma- jor D. G. Knight, Corps of Engineers, commanding the engineering school at Willets Point, New York, interfered with Father Tierney of the Roman Catholic church in the performance of his religious duties at the army post. It is alleged that the priest had been stopped at the en- trance to the post at the point of a bayo- net and that the action of thé sentry had been subsequently upheld by the com- manding officer. Representative Fitzgerald of Massachu- sets recently introduced a resolution con- cerning the alleged refusal of certain army officers to permit Catholic priests toadmin- ister their offices at army posts, the rea- son being based on the alleged action of Major Knight in the case of Father Tier- ney. Representative Fitzgerald was in- formed by the Secretary of War that the matter would be investigated and If it | were found that the officer had exceeded he his authority would be CATHOLICS MUST TAKE NO PART IN POLITICS Papal Decision Binding Upon All Congregatiops of the Church. PARIS, April 16.—The Rome correspond- ent of the Temps in a dispatch that has almost official significance says: “The Papal decision prohibiting the As- emoved. sumptionists from continuing the edi- torial management of La Croix was ar- rived at after a solemn conclave of Bishops and Cardinals. Hereafter no re- gious congregation will be permitted to take any part in politics. This decision is binding upon Catholics all over the world, including the American Paulists.” James W. Phillips Sr. Dead. MIDDLESTOWN. Y., April 16— James W. Phillips Sr., one of the original California gold miners and a graduate of West Point Military Academy, died here to-day, aged 68 years. —_— Cleveland Gets La Chance. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 1&—La Chance signed to-day with Cleveland to play first base.