The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 3, 1900, Page 2

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1900. O e s el i L e O S o st s Vsl e wtsss o oo s e B R i e e COUNTRY’S GROWTH IN PAST TEN YEARS Approximate Estimate Shows a Gain of Almost Twenty Per Cent. According to the Figures Thus Far Available | the Greatest Increase Has Been in the Nerthern States, From Illinois Eastward. Special Dispatch to The Call shitna WELLINGTON | estima here the center of popu- | Eloquent Address of Reformer. Audience in Chi- nese Theater Is Strongly Moved by His Words. of posed Emperor China, Kwang S b ier S p g - - Lo g SN Su, delivered an impassioned ad- . a hree miles east of | dress yesterday afternoon to a large audi- h d a of la west_than that « improbable that e preser on the represe the new appor result of t ¥ X inauguration of a liberal policy towara | Approximate Representation. foreigners. He Is the representative of the s REORE (hie ool el Empire Association of Reform- . il e e | well as the accredited agent of Kwang Su. stated with reasona i "0, brothers, I salute you,” he began. r 1 be 1o reduc “Thousands of miles I have traveled to . "% | deliver the last message of our belovea ' $f | Emperor, who for the first time in our in | 4000 years of history happens to be the which Is more tha b3 ithern between 1880 States two an per cent. counted vet Sa o t is expected that th tion in the rural districts ha- been | mercy of a horde of Tartar politiclans and | . € es r greater in the West than in the ! soldle We have bent the knee and | N but not believed it will be | kowtowed to these heartless forelgners, Tt (P st rates Of 4ns | who have not one thought In common with | figures thus far availabl od of light upen the method ursued by Mr. Porter in takin t the popula ce moved westward | ence of his countrymen plea for the restora- | the country has an the Porter cen- cities of 24.26 per cent gain of 14.64 | thousands of increase in popu- in 18% almost in the Jackson- b ater. H Emperor and the moderniza- rina, and his depiction of the in- 1at had been heaped upon the street Tt tion of tion of ¢ dignitie any the speaker been able so to of the stolcar n to America. tved in San Francls- ¢ t Monday, and his address yesterday was the fi he delivered here. He came his country to gain th pport of the t in the United States for t Emperor and the upon Chinaman it smotions st he 2ppealed to his people »me as one of his direet t yvou give heed to his n only ruler who h for 1 ag a ery for help. noble man who appeals n|to you is the honest Emperor with | n blessed China for | which the Creator 1} For over 230 | our people. e | ply bec; g Why have we done so? Sim- se of our love for the obsolete d ancient precepts of the great s of our native land—laws well maxims philosophe ter, but absolutely inadequate as govern- Si0 % gn EONG KAT TINN, who claims to | be special embassador of the de- | fortunate Kwang Su by the Dowager ress, were so eloquent that the yellow 1 the audi e were moved to tears. | s we have been at the | LEONG TAI KINN SHEDS TEARS OVER THE WOES OF KWANG SU ® - ¢ | i { I I | | { ! { LEONG TAI D wHO | | CLAIMS TO BE AN ENVOY | | OF EMPEROR KWANG SU. but it requires naught but the latter gift, clasped hands in Oriental fashion fna many men of small mental caliber having | covering his face to hide the tears stream- frequently attained great honors. ing down his sunken cheeks. The effect “Brothers, let us pause for a moment and | upon his audience was fairly, electrical, a | consider the result of this system of train- | large number of men weeping like chil- ing. Just think of it—men who have de- | dren. voted half a lifetime to this mit-like | “Do not weep, my brothers” he re | course of learning after they have suc- “Liberty and reform will soon be cessfully passed their examinatio re, . Then we will reverently lay aside given responsible Government positions. relics of barbarism and begin life How can they be competent to fill them? . All will soon be changed and the A man who knows nothing but the “four | regeneration of China will follow. The | intend a modern arser calculated to guide a man’s moral charac- \gz';fi\":z‘fi,m;flzlhl the ot by the census ' ing principles for a great nation. S et B et me that during the last four = § ot S alere | years more has occurred for the edifica- ol . TPARNET | {ion of the Chinese people than in all of e apparent decrease of 26.98 the previous 4000 years of written history. | - tion of Omaha. Patriots have been born to our people who . nt in the Popu- | have not feared to cry aloud their com- SENTIMENT OF EUROPE has reported to the State De- t the incident, referring t 1s here. he Navy Department, will not t there long. ation was the Cavite Naval Statio Philippines, and the State Depar ding of marines by the Japanese nd this presumably has The gunboat to Amoy several days it is be- Her plaints to high heaven: men who have sacrificed their all for the love of China nd our people; men who have even ched the buttons from their caps for the cause of liberty—and every Chinese scholar knows what this means, It means | the casting de of that which has cost | them a lifetime of study to attain; it | means the loss of a badge which insured | | great or comparative luxury for the bal- | | ance of their lives. Every man who h attained rank under China'# educational eystem deserves official position as a re- ward for his Industry, for it means long vears of study and a flawless memory; o | believe in the dest books” may in time be assigned to super- yuld it not be better to select a man as many years in an iron f E nperor Kwa ght-legged ¢ amination. “I do not advocate robbing of all the harmless supc our people the flosophers. moral precepts of our | were constructed for the moral betterm of mankind. “‘One of the principal tenets of our fa is fillal piety or devotion to our p Do you know, men of China, that father of us all {s at this moment a oner? Do you realize that this great and good man is suffering r usg that our parent is being persecuted by his heart- less, wicked aunt, the Empress Dowager? rathers, sons and brothers, can you re main deaf to his entreaties? ¥ather, for- give my weak heart if my eloguence be insufficient to convinee all your children of your peril!” At this point of his discourse the deli- | cate form of the frail scholar seemed con- | vulsed with emotion and he raised his| inspiration comes from the land of glo rious liberty (America), whose hospitality vou now enjoy; the land of the flowery banner whose sons were the first great reformers of the earth. The immortal ther of their country. Washington, has not only liberated Americans, but the his- tory of his ¢ s is now reforming China Let us teach our children to pray ten times each vear for the everlasting hap- piness of the sons of the flowery banner. | We also have our patric “Our first and last crumb of comfort | comes from America. Dispatches tell us tnat America {s about to consummate an alllance with Ru the salvation of Chi We know too well that thi has been brought about solely bv the pir-dealing americans. Of Rus- sia we have never expected anything. In the Manchus who have long ruled our country by an unwritten law, namely, the right of might, are nothing b Rus- sian Tartars. Our faith is in America, for we feel that every American citizen which will mean ct, | understands and appreciates our fight for liberty. We pray that America succeed, but we doubt any country’s ability to soften the cruel Russian.” VINDERBILT n t- . taking advantage of this knowl- s had orders given that she stop at o on the way down to report upon ~“ 3 ived at the Nav De- t the battleship Ore where she has been un > at Shanghal. The assignment t he ed here. I rines if for a FOREIGNERS ARE BEING W to Communicate. nt Time come out of a Jap- | had sailed from Naga- | the man-of-war an- osed to have been made | reason for , she will be of as- ity for this should arise. | MOLESTED IN NANKIN ' ®- n- o 10 THE WEST Transcontinental Line One of the Ambitions of the Millionaire. T gards Pennsylvania Stock as Best in the World, but Has No Use % n | | r EORDC, 4 2. m.—There is no | for the Baltimore < report that the Chi- | . & - allies at Kangchung, | and Ohio. s les south of Peking. | T s of the f: in the Nankin district and assert ‘ : foreigners are being molested in the British Consul having been Accordin dated August to the Standard, an epl > of suici has broken out amon nese in Peking, where entire fam! hanging themsely hanghal correspondent ¥, of i is prepared to act in conce sia with 2 view to a settlemen refore it is pro Russia and Germany with R: ght withd w resy mdents who left party ¥ king ' August The Brit Americans 1tein, sidents at th route. An official telegram fro Fu reports that Kwe! Chun, vie , Chuan and the Tartar gener: of Sze Chuan, by imperial edict, press Dowager is s fonaries." s has been recelved in London th Rob: Chinese Imperfal Maritime Customs, wi | till in Peking on August 20. 'ALLEGED APPOINTMENT showing t the En foreigners was 1 The m to be shared by many s Again Moving sting bit of informa - - ST. PETERSBURG, 2. Sept. zoing from Tyanfu, in the prov- which place she had fled p from Pe . to Hsl ther we han Hesi patch dated Peking, August 20, Russtan Minister, M. de Glers: There an unconfirmed rumor thi atches from Shanghai con- lure of the ric a dispatch from Tientsin, | the | says: “Li Hung A telegram from the r in Berlin, asserting that able Germany her n Peking. Two American cor- of missionaries arrived here were preparing Fighting had en- ny Chinese were | ve both been dismissed ill guided by vindictive | rt Hart, director general of the | OF A CHINESE REGENT| ‘The offi- 1 Gazette publishes the following dis- from the Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. e | lively gossip in railroad circles. b g 1| revived yesterc tral and the Pennsylvania would also ab- said to a Call correspondent: “T cannot s| of the Pennsyivania and the New York Central, but as far as Mr. Vanderbilt, the largest stockholder, is cerned, he would not have the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as a gift. run down and has not for many years been a serious Pennsylvania or the New York Central Tts passenger traffic has continually de: creased. Mr. Vanderbilt cares nothing for Tt t. | 21 he | anxious to acquire control of the Pennsyl- Vania, which he regarded as the finest railroad property in the world, not ex- cepting the New York Central. I will say m to control it will be in the West. long been the ambition of the Vanderbilts to own a road to the Pacific Coast.” al m- .| LETTER CARRIERS ARE Many Delegates to the Convention of the National Association on the Ground. DETROIT, Sept. 2.—Some 400 members of the Natfonal Association of Letter Car- riers had arrived this evening to attend the annual meeting of the assoclation to |be held this week. The early arrivals | came quite largely from the East and i The presence of the letter « t she is moving g Middle West. B the Chic st Prince Ching has been appointed regent, | carriers will result in two Labor day pa- d . - s I but is afrald to return here unless the | rades to-morrow. The re ing of the Emperor guarantee his liber- | Officers of the assoclation announce movemer ested as a possi- i dignitaries remaining in Pe- | that it_has now a membership of 16,000 Bility that he m: left her entc 1ve consequently resolvea to peti- | with 745 local branches, and that all the age and that he e decided to re- e diplomats in the Interest of | Government letter carriers in the country, main where he is to return to Peking. ration of the situation to invite | with the exception of about 1000, are in- His return to the capital ¢ty would prok nce Ching to return to Peking and |cluded in its membership. As usual in v 0 SUp— NORSE PEOD- ve explanations.” the annual meetings, the principal sub- ably completely change the situation. He | ects of discussion relate to possible legis- belonged to the Progressive party before Jation Dby Congress affecting letter car- he was compelled to sign the imperial re- riers. Increases of salaries to uniform | FORECAST OF THE seript of 18%, and if restored to power eace negotintions would undoubtedly be 7 Tiae powers would have more NEW YORK CONVENTIO confidence in him than in the reactionary =0 party. Despite the Empress’ coup of two| SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. ears ago. diplomats here famillar with |cen Chinese affairs say the Chinese people |the following Republican State ticket regard him as their rightful ruler. ! be nominated by the convention, Situation at Ameoy. will meet here Tuesday: Governor, B. Willlam J. Morgan of Eri £tate, John T. McDono: State Engineer. Ed son; Attorney General, John Secretary not concerning themselves over the situa- of Alban; tion &t Amoy, notwithstanding the press reports that great numbers of the Chinese are leaving because of the fear of im- pending trouble, Consul Goodnow, at h !of Cayuga. The con- us of opinion here to-night makes up which Odell Jr. of Orange; Lieutenant Governor, The Government officlals apparently are | Timothy Woodruff of Kings; Comptroller. d Bond of Jeffer- E. Davies of Onelda; State Treasurer, John P. Jareket rates for carriers of both the first and second clase is to be ur¥ed. Carriers of N | bostoffices of the first class now receive $000 and of the second class $S50. What the men desire is a uniform salary of $1200. The question of pensions for infirm and disabled letter carriers, which has been discussed for some years. has resulted in ‘he preparation of a bill providing for payment of such pensions by a spectally appointed officer of the Postoffice Pt to J. of y; pointed officer of the Postoffice Depart- ment :‘:;1 otln fund nb;egl 'by uuujlg; each ci er cen salary. e bill provides for mmfi-mflcn of the ! further expense to the Government. | | | —William K. Van- | derbilt’s purchase of additional stock in | the Pennsylvania Railroad is a subject ol | transcontinental The old report that the New York Cen- | orb the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was | until to-morrow at 10 ¢'clock. . but was denied by one | of Mr, Vanderbilt's closest friends, who | j e Ak for other stockholders | United State individually con- | The road is | competitor of either the the Baltimore and Ohfo, but had long been | GATHERING IN DETROIT ment of such pensions by a speclally ap-| LIMA, SWTATE MR JON TRAFC ASSOCATION Brief Conference of Railway Officials at Glenwood Springs. de Recent Order of Quartermaster Gen- eral Regarding Hauling of Troops Chief Topic of Discussion. PR GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. To-day’s session of the conference of rail- road officlals who have been here for sev- eral days discussing the outlines of a passenger association was only one hour in length. The com- | mittees at work upon a plan were not | ready to report and the meeting adjourned Discussing the question of the handling of Government troops and the recent or- | der of the quartermaster general of the | army to the effect that all | arried to the Pacific Coast | | must go via the Southern Pacific from | Ogden to San Francisco George Nichol- | son, representing the Santa Fe Rallroad | at the meeting, said that the matter| would have to be submitted,to the head- | quarters of his company before he could enter into any agreement that would bind | the Santa Fe people. | _The representative of one of the largest | lines here stated emphatically to-night that he believed the Santa Fe would see its way clear to become a member of the | association. He said: = “The Santa Fe | | has a complete line from Chicago to San | | Francisco and could handle the troops troops to be that if Mr. Vanderbilt makes more large ; 4 rchases ‘pf wailooad mtock with: 3 wiew | SuoutLs break front Chicakb, to [Hd The Government's order deprives It has | the Santa Fe not only of the through | haul, but even the haul over its prairie | lines, and forces business to which the | Santa Fe is'entitled to go to the north- ern routes. Mr. Nicholson can therefore not be blamed for claiming some restitu- tion throvgh the association for this loss of busine:Q.” WHERE IMMIGRATION LAWS fiE 0BNOXIOUS Returning Tourists, Forced to Take Steerage, Object to Compul- sory Vaccination. BERLIN, Sept. 2—Owing to the un- ucually heavy westward passenger traf- fic, as well as to the interruption in sail- ings owing to the Hoboken disaster and to the chartering of passenger steamers by the German Government for use in | Chinese waters, many American citizens | have recently been compelled to take steerage passage in returning to the | United States. The ghysl('ians of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company have insisted upon vaccinating all these to meet the requirements of the United States laws. Recently an American filed strong ohfec- tions with Mr. Henry D. Diedrich, United States Consul at Bremen, Washington for instructions, meanwhile forbidding the physicians in question to vaccinate Americans in the steerage on the ground that the law was intended to apply to immigrants only. who wrote to ! MAY EXCLUDE CHINESE. Peru, Sept. 2—The Peruvian Senate yesterday had under consideration a proposal for preventing Chinese immi- gration in view of a possible exodus from matter by the department without any|China as a resuld of the present disturb- ances, B 5 CENTENARIANS COMMDN AMDNG THE INDIANS Figures Taken ¥rom the Re- cent Census Returns in Indian Territory. 2 A Red Men Who Have Passed Century | Mark and Are Still Sturdy to | Bs Found in Almost | Every Village. | | 1 | | | | —— Special Dispatch to The Call. SOUTH McALESTER, I. T., Sept 2.— The Government census takers, who have recently completed the official census of the various Indian tribes of the Indian Territory, report a number of long-lived | people who reside in this section of the country. It is claimed that the Indians live to an older age than any other class of people on earth. Many of them have attained the age of 125 years, while a 100- year-old Indian is nothing out of the ordi- | nary. Here are a few of them and some | facts about thelr lives. ‘White Horse, a medicine chief of the Otoes, is now 101 years old, and says that | he feels as well as he did when he chased cowboys and soldiers under Geronimo | fifty years ago. To prove his assertions he is now planning a thousand-mile trip across the country to visit some of his warrior friends. He is a great medicine | man among the Otoes and is their ambas- | sador to the Great Spirit, where he makes frequent trips, according to himself. He also leads in the violent medicine dances and takes medicine the same as he did when a young chief. Another aged Indian is Looking Glass, a Cheyenne warrior. He is 104 years old, | and will soon be 106. He was with Sitting | Bull, the great Sioux warrior, in most of his raids, and he has passed through ! seven Indian wars. He says that he does | not remember how many white people he | has killed, but that it must be over 100. | His evesight is keen and his hearing 1s | excelient. He does not speak the Ikng-| lish language. Nancy Jacobs is a Choctaw woman, 100 years old, she lives near Antlers. She was @ cook for the white soldiers during the | civil war and remembers all the big gen- erals and commanders of the Southern forces. She has a married daughter 65 years of age who lives near by. The old oman has outlived three husbands and | still does her own cooking and housekeep- ing. 4 Among_the Apaches there are ten or twelve old women who have passed the 100 mark. One of the cruel features of the Apache home life is that when a woman has passed her period of useful- ness about the house she is taken into the country and left by the roadside to die. The white people have talked the Apaches nearly out of this way of treatment to the old veople, but the custom is still practiced. Rifle Tournament. LEADVILLE, Colo., Sept. 2—The fifth annual rifle tournament of the Colorado Rifle Assoclation was held here to-day and will continue to-morrow. Representa- tive riflemen are present from Denver, Aspen, Cripple Creek, Pueblo, Trinidad | the present volunt is preparing to carry t thi: V1ISiC of :h“' _n\‘h;\‘\illl\;' the law. The regular troops now ! e | sent to the Philippines are to replace th nite | voluntee | sible force to carry on a vigorous cam- | July 1 of next and other points in the State. A: the team Shoot by a score Of 433 pointe Adams of Glenwood won the handicap shoot with a score of §0. Stops the Cough And works off the cold. Laxative Bromo-Qui- Aine Tablets cure & cold in ope day. N com no pay. Price 25 cents. i PHILIPPINE WAR " MAY SOON BE ENDED Authorities Believe MacArthur's Present Force Sufficient to Establish Peace. Majority of the Islanders Desire Peace, ny: Dare Not Openiy Show Their Feelings gs Vengeance Would Be Meted Out ¢q Them by the Rebels. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. For exan ALL BUR HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Sepl. 2. There been no change m the | PUt 10 programme of ¢he War Depa a5 Tay. ‘,‘l_a‘“.m ment in the matter of bringing | by the Americans Imetalled home the volunteer troops now Serving similar fate "X adherents of t it to o also ordered tha diers who sold cans should be Any change of p arawal of the Un The teer under W law i was eniisted army the Philippin: au: provides that the men must be brought totes home and discharged in the United before July 1, 1901. The War Depar of the volunteer: situation unfavorab | Natives Res In Northern Luz | fairly well maintaine: In order, however, that Major General MacArthur may have the greatest pos- paign for a few weeks after the close the present rainy season, it is intended to allow the volunteers to remain as long as | possible without interfering with th plans for discharging all of them before year. This programme was decided upon long before the begin- ning of the Chinese campaign and the sit- that country has But 1 tions are far m zon con Life there is not safe ou Travelers Ra soned towns. | ambush by guerrillas. uation in nothing to [, s without encou do with it. At the same time if the | Pis FFERONE B0 oo conditions should become such as to re-| or Ladrones, resulti a. quire additional American troops in | There are 18,000 troops in that « . China, they would probably be drawn C eral Bates com ':rh'; and 1 aree from the Philippines, just as the Ni q;’_fl"}f""“%,‘mv‘;"‘l ,l;}l-{"r ° and Fourteentn Infantry were sent UP| ooged Jast ‘month. The for the Peking relief expedition. The au- | that the Insurgents h here have no idea, however, that thor session of new rifles there wiil be any necessity for any Amer- | to annihilate some small fcan reinforcements in China and they risons. Conditions In the V' vigorous campalgn which [, Corditions In the Visayas facArthur will be able to uope that the Major General E Ar prevents aggr carry on with his entire force of volun- | Romblon, Masbate, Si teers and regulars will practically wind | Bohol are trangu Mindan up the Philippine insurrection before the volunteers are brought home. Unles it the Lo i is proposed to go to a great expense an- e Filipinos oc charter a large numbver of steamers, | fighting force there Colonel Charles Bird, officer of the | a number of rifies. The sur Quartermaster's Department in charge of | though have noticeably d Sew transportation, says it will pe ne-es- since N ntinue. sary to begin the shipment of men home . from the Philippines early in December. Increase in Imports. “We calculate,” he continued, “upon The experience of Northern € «hhur mrll ports making two trips, ' shows that the American occupat £0 the withdra mmence before o Seindie $o ' - iE TN Wihesw locality tends to its pacification and An unsettled American No orders have en issued by the department for the return of volunteers, | i¢¥ retards the investment of ¢ but under the law such action must be | e ertheless '!;fwlrr{ryrta for t taken and if Congres hotties the ve- | JUSRISF GG & . N o et tention of the volunteer army it wi: be | CUring any perfod of the Spa ary 19 FeoEARize the Legiments Iy | Sime. No doubt the needs of the army the United States. Manila has always | °f occupation are responsible for a very been looked upon by the authorities as an | SO0 » portion of this. The internal excellent base for operations in the Fa: rcvenue collections are a third gr East and _supplies which may not be n _those made by Spain. This is due needed at Taku will be diverted to Man“.a, | {0 an honest system of accounts, to & where they will be stored in case of need. | jack of favoritism and to impartial en- e orcement of the law. The m Troubles of Commissioners. will turn over $.000,000 Mexican to MANILA, Sept. 2—The Filipinos seem commission. and this will probably incapable of realizing the scope and pur- | P¢ eXpended in public improvements. bly in harbor devel h pm the m pose of the legislative functions of the commission of peace. There is no possi- bility of separating the legislative from the executive branches of the Government of which are greatly and therefore the commission’s nounce- in the provinces, n bly in Ment of its assumption of power yester- Pampanga province. Subsequently it will day has met with childish comments at | furn its attention to needed reforms in the hands of the Spaniards and foreign- the civil and ¢ odes, passing in ers who sneer at the new arrangement, Que time to otk tures - of tn- they are apt to do at every beneficial ructions with ea_of establishing novation on the part of the United 2 central civil ment during the States authorities. The commisson enters NeXt elghteen month upon the governmental field under the , TWelve Americ ncluding two cap- following condition: tains and two lieutenants, have been A majority of the islanders desire peace killed d t ‘Weeks. The and the resumption of business under the al re ters in which ‘Americans, but they are so cowed by a se cas 1 are meagre. long series of murderous atrocities and destruction o proper by their armed o Sountrymen that they dafe mot.a y Barker Memorial Hospital. show thelr feelings, éspecially because | ASHEVILLE, N. C.. Sept. 2—George experience has taught them that such an | Vanderbilt has started an endowment e o e ercilensly. rovingice) | {und for the Clarence Barker Memorial rebels. A genuine reign of terror is ex- | Hospital at Bi The hospital will ercised by insergents and Ladrones over | be formally o uesday. It wae peaceful countryfolk In order to collect | erected in memory arence the revenues and recruit require, and _widespread wreaked in the vicinit the operations vengeance is of garrisoned cousin of the Vanderbilts, by his sisters Adela Schmidt Barker and Virginia Pur- | ay Barker Baco: ADVERTISEMENTS. T og : LX) 3 A NEW THING IN FURNITURE THAT IS A SUCGESS! OMBINATION Sofa and Bed Lounge. mahogany frame and richly upholstered in velour; beautiful to look at and lux- urious to sit or sleep on. Inother werds, it’s a perfect couch, that mav te used in the day- time as an ornamental adjunct to a room or at night as a comfortable bed. The price is $35.00! Carpetsand Curtains in - Wonderfu! 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