The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 15, 1900, Page 1

~ . VOLUME LXXXVIII—-NO 168 SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1900 PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAY MEAN PERMANENT OCCUPATION America. Yields Two Points in China Seltlement, Pledges Through Conger to Raze Forts and Keep Permanent Guard. CONCESSIONS TO PREVENT DELAY Unless Additional Demands Are More Reasonable There Is Danger of Fresh Outbreaks. NGTON HO- ~In ugh negotia- order g a ma- impc bled at fre- e to propo- = colleagues. the views of t at the sam n him Mr. States to tain per- guards m of Octo- ns. g the raz- President sipt of ght lay. Bome reason its adhesion to the nent guards in Chil- 1 seem to occupa- 1 the road to the President 1 States to upa- hop list of Chinese will de- anx- uding be maue imper be a re- much larger Forces and Diplomats Are ot Working in Harmony. The Frankfurter ¥ rwaerts, the the Kaiser is in- dignant over the letters from soldiers in Chir wowing German atrocities there, s ordered &n immediate investiga- order of this character is army ration It is incompre il t such letters should cau re in army circles, since they that the soldiers correctly exe- given by their superior ar Office has received the follow tch from Count von Waldersee, kirg, November 11: e garrison of Peking jhai and Ksuenhua y-nine miles respective- <t of Peking. On this account 1se of a request from Bishop tion for Catholies threat- tric an expedition has r Count von Wartenberg, i the First Battalion, First Colonel Jaeger commanding; a f the second squadron, a train fllery, a company of Aus- alion of . allans and & moun- for prote . that di Office n Legation at Peking, dat- from May 31 to August 24. The late ron von Ketteler's dispatches §escribed astively the progress of the Boxer -nt. demonstrating the guiit of the Government. retary of Legation Von Bulow, deal- ith the disturbances at Peking from to June 30, says that with the ap- point dency of the Tsung I Yamen, notification Continued on Second Page. publishes reports | ent of Prince Tuan to the Presi- | 'SAN FRANCISCAN HONORED BY PRESIDENT MeKINLEY s 0o W T B GENERAL JAMES F. SMITH OF POINTED TO THE IMPORTANT AT MANILA NOTHER been hon can by ident Pres re Information has been re- in this city that Brigadier General James F. Smith has been appointed Collector of Customs at Manila The position is perhaps the most import- civil in the and Kinley possessions of particularly an cisean it. The official al Smith’s appo from Was ant on, new nouncement of G ment has not n A will yet been m be undertske the duties of rtant position there is no qu ds who have been in comm cation with him give nce that } will accept. A prominent army office who is now in the city, had the pleasure of being consulted recently by President McKinley in reference to the selection of the successor of Colonel Spurgeon, who is now Collector of Customs at Manila, but who has ked to be relieved because of jliness. The name of General Smith was s consultation and Presi- presented at t - i THIS CITY, WHO POST OF COLL HAS BEEN AP- TOR OF CUSTOMS | ", declared that he would he Californian to the position. al Smith has won the confidence of the administration. To his ability is at- tributed the fact that the island of Negros | has been pacified and is now enjoying a clvil government of its own. General Smith is admitted by the authorities at Washington to possess marked executive ability and it is for this reason that he has b promoted to the distinguished office Manila. In June next his com- mission brigadier general of volun- McKinley t teers will expire. He will retain this mili tary dignity until then, when he will re- » purely civil life as the chief exec- turn te utive officer of customs at Manila. He obably be succeeded In the civil overnment of Negres by Colonel Minor. The customs service at Manila has ssumed gigantic proportions under Amer- n administration. For the six months ng last July its receipts were $7,000,000, a sum without precedent in the history of the city. Over this vast bulk of busi- ness General Smith will be given execu- tive control, which means that he will have one of the most important posts in | the government of the Philippines. BOTHA SAID TO BE READY TO SURRENDER Notwithstanding This Report, Lord Roberts Intimates That All His Troops Are Yet Needed. — ONDON, Nov. 14.—Commandant Gen- L Botha, according to a dispateh to the Dally Mail from Pretoria, has sent to Lord Roberts a statement of the terms which he will surrender. The Portuguese Government,” says the Lisbon correspondent of the Daily Mall, “has cabled depriving Herr Potts, Trans- vaal Consul at Lourenzo Marques, of his exequatur.” ‘We understand,” says the Dally News, “that Lord Roberts has intimated that it i impossible to withdraw more troops from South Africa.” JEWELS BELONGED TD_ WIDOW OF PETER GAY Value Much Less Than at First Al- leged and Owners Deny Any Intent to Defraud. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 14.—The widow of the late Peter Gay, the proprietor of sev- eral establishments here, is the real owner nonds seized by the United stoms officials in New York City. She gave them into the hands of Senor | Presa for sale in the United States and claims she never meditated fraud against | the American customs regulations. The | total value of the jewels is said to be not over $6000 gold and they never belonged | to Emperor Maximilian or Empress Car- |lotta. The case has excited much inter- est here. | NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—The | Maximillan jewels which wer. alleged selzed last | Monday fromm Valino J. Presa and Ale- | jandrino Marencei, who were charged | with smuggling them from Mexico, have | Feen appraised at $6000. The original value | placed on the jewels by the alleged smug- | glers was about $50,000—$40.000 for the brooch and $10,000 for the two finger rings, and they were trying to dispose of them at various diamond shops for something like that sum. They will be given a hearing to-morrow. TORPEDO BOAT STOCKTON RUNS ON THE SHOALS Mishap to a New Addition to -the Navy When About to Enter Upon a Trial Trip. e wAsm:\'GToA ., Nov. 4.—The Navy Department has received a dispatch from Annapolls, saying that the torpedo-boat Stockton has gone ashore un Horn Point Shoals. She struck at 9 o’clock on Tuesday night. There is small chance of getting her off until the wind changes. The Stockton Is one of the new torpedo-boats and was about to have her trial trip, the Board of Inspectors belng on her. WILL MAKE TEST OF EMERGENCY RATIONS Captain Foster With a Detachment of Twenty-Five Men Starts on a Ten Days’ March. WICHITA, Kans., Nov. 14—Captaln Fred W. Foster, one of the army officers | In charge of the emergency ration test left Fort Reno to-day on a ten da march in the Caddo Indian country. H was in charge of a detachment of twenty- five men. They will be gone ten days. On this march they are to test thoroughiy the meat and compound food DI’CD&r!‘,d‘ under the direction of the War Depart ‘ ment. It has been agreed upon by those who made the other forced march that ths cakes of sweet chocolate were of no use in the emergency ration. They think con- densed milk would be cf better service, Captain Foster says the march completed yesterday proves that the rations could be used on long marches, but when the men had to fight and march too they would be of littie service. He and Cap- tain Fountain of the Eighth Cavalry will make detalled reports to the War De- partment soon. S Pension Bill Passes. SYDNEY, N, §. W., Nov. 14.—The legis- lative assembly of New South Wales to-day passed the old age pension bill ‘ RIVAL HERB DOCTORS IN FATAL DUEL Rain ot—fillets on a Street of Log An_g@l_es. One Principal Mortally and His Friend Seriously Wounded. B L S HAVE (LOSE CALL —_——— BYSTANDER rel Over Money Matters by Two Men Formerly Partners, —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4.—Trouble over money matters, which resulted in a bit- ter feud of several weeks' standing, cul- minated this afternoon in a street shoot- ing affray. The principals were Manuelo Yglesias, who was accompanied by his cousin, Genaro Yglesias, on the one side, | and Benjamin Perez and Antonio Rulz on the other. Perez now les at the Cali- fornia Hospital with a mortal bullet wound in his left lung, while the Ygleslas | cousins are confined in the City Prison | and will more than likely be compelled to |answer to a charge of murder. also a victim of Yglesias’ revolver, |in the neck. | The trouble occurred at 5 o'clock in | the afternoon. Perez and Ruiz were walk- |Ing arm in arm north on the west side | of Main street. Just as they reached | the Hoffman Block, opposite Arcadia | street, they were confronted by Manuelo and Genaro P. Yglesias, who are cousins. In front of Kaspare Cohn's an altercation took place which soon became heated. The four men entered the door- way of Cohn's office and almost imme- diately a pistol shot rang out. It was closely followed by five Bthers. Policeman Ditewig, who .as passing | by, ran to the scene and placed Manuelo | Ygleslas under arrest. He was still holding in his hand the smoking pistol with which he had done such effective work, as the bleeding form of Perez, ly- | ing in the doorway of the office proved. Genaro Ygleslas was walking away when | Deputy Constable Willlam Appel seized him and placed him under arrest as an accessory. Patrolman Cicotte, the of- ficer on the beat, arriving in time to sum- mon the patrol wagon, im which Perez and Riuz were conveyed to the Recelving | Hospital. | A cursory examination at the hospital showed that Perez had been shot through the left lung once and twice through the right hand. Ruiz had a flesh wound In the back, which presented no dangerous symptoms. His Injury was dressed and | he was allowed to go to his home at 664 San Fernando street. The condition of | Perez was considered very grave by the police surgeon, who ordered him sent ac once to the California Hospital. The Yglesias made a claim this evening that Perez and Ruiz were ‘ntoxicated and | aggressive. On the other hand disinter- ested witnesses were of the opinion that the Yglesias cousins were the ones who had been drinking. The dispute which ensued upon the meeting was all in the | Spanish language and no one seemed to | be able to state to-night what it was | about. Some were of the opinion that Perez struck Manuelo a blow In response to a vile epithet and that the latter then drew his pistol and began firing. Perez shot, which merely damaged Manuelo's coat, whereas the five chambers of Man- uelo’s gun were discharged before the bat- tle was ended. Ruiz clalms that the hole presuming to ask what the trouble was about. Two men who had just come out of a “barbers’ college” near by had narrow escapes from being wounded or killed. The bullet which plowed - Perez's back went through the coatsleeve of one-of them, and the other apprentice barber had the lapel of his coat punctured, Perez and Manuelo Yglesias came to Los Angeles a year ago and opened an office, devoted almost exclusively to herminology and the cure of diseases by means of herbs, at Seventh and Spring streets. They did an extensive business and ad- vertised largely. While Perez was away Yglesias was arrested for practicing med- feine without a license and . fined $100, When Perez returned he met with similar punishment. Then the parthers had a falling out over the division of the spoils and severed their relafions. Manuelo Ygleslas married the daughter of Police Detective Talamantes about five weeks ago, and it was his purpose to remove to Oakland soon. In furtherance of this plan Yglesias sent his father-in-law, who had secured leave of absence, and ex-Deputy Constable Mugnemi, his interpreter,. to the Athens of the Pacific to prepare him a dwelling place there. They had been gone for some time, but Yglesias still tarried here. Mugnemi tel- egraphed two days ago that Talamantes was on the way home to learn the cause of all the delay. He added a pathetic postseript to his dispatch in the following words: “Wire us money, as we have not got enough left to eat on.” ; At a late hour to-night the physicians at the California Hospital sald there was very little hope of Perez’'s recovery. As- sistant District Attorney Johnstone Jones rn his back was put there by Manuelo for obtain an ante-mortem statement from Perez, but his condition was such that no clear explanation of the shooting and to a second reading. the causes that led up to it could be obtained. Shooting Affray the Result of Quar- | Ruiz was | but | he received only a superficial flesh wound | very | also drew his revolver, but fired only one | and a stenographer made an attempt to | CZAR NICHOLAS SUFFERS FROM ATTACK OF TYPHOID o 4 | | | LY CZAR NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA, WHOSE ATTACK OF INFLUEN DEVELOPED SYMTOMS OF TYPHOID FEVER, CAUSING CONCERN AMONG COURT PHYSICIANS AND OTHER OFFICIALS. ZA HAS has been suffering ha ter of typhoid. Baron de Friederichs, the master of the imperial household, has lowing bulletin: satistactor; thoroughly satisfactory course. illness is ‘“‘not particularly serious.” FREDENSBOURG, |FACTIONS OF | LABOR KNIGHTS IN CONVENTION P S Followers of Hayes Adopt a Resolution Condemning the Industrial ‘ Commission. | ¥ —— . — IRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 14.—At the sessions of the rival factions of the Knights of Labor to-day routine business was transacted and strong reso- lutions were adopted. The Parsons con- vention In its resolutions denounced Si- mon Burns of Pittsburg, a member of the executive board of the Hayes faction, for advising non-union men to take the places of men who were on strike; removed the disabilities placed on former General Mas- ter Workman Powderly by the Hayes fac- | tion, and indorsed the action of the gen- eral officers elected by. the Boston conven- | tion in thelr efforts to secure control of the property of the organization. The Hayes convention adopted a reso- lution condemning the industrial commis- sion, denouncing contract labor and the convict system in the South and protest- ing against any Increase in the standing army of the United States. — RUSSIANS D@T - CHINESE. Claim to Have Killed Two Hundred in One Engagement. TIENTSIN, Nov. 4.—It is reported that an imperial edict has been issued an- nouncing that Emperor Kwang Su and the Empress Dowager will return to Pa- king. A Russian column of 300 men with fous guns, which left hers November 4, re- turned November 9, having engaged the Chinese. At Hsiatin the Russians fought 2000 Chinese troops, dispersing them and killing 200. The Russians had no casual- ties. The population of :he city of Tientsin now reaches 300,000 Chinese and the allles are strengthening the garrison as againsi a possible surprise. It is supposed that one-third of the inhabitants are Boxers. —_——— NOT SEEKING TERRITORY. Belgian Government Does Not Con- template Military Operations. BRUSSELS, Nov. 14.—In the Senate to day the Minister of Forcign Affairs, M. de Favereau, made the following statemert with reference to the intentions of B glum in China: * “The Government does not contemplate military operations in China, nor the for- mation of gendarmerie. We are seeking to acquire a plece of territory but as a simple settlement only and without politi- cal importance. The acquisition will ba made at Tientsin or perhaps elsewhere, but it will not give rise to military action.” Ceases Publication. * PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14.—The Even- ing Call made an assignment to-day for the benefit of creditors and ceased pub- | lication. disposition of his Majesty was first announced November the usual symptoms until yesterday, when his illness assumed the charac- ““His Majesty passed a good night. His general condition is satisfactory. perature 101.6, pulse 92. His head is clear and the strength of the patient is quite The diagnosis shows typhoid, which for the LONDON, Nov. 15.—The Dowager Czarina, Daily News from Copenhagen, has received a telegram saying that the Czar's | +| T. PETERSBURG, Nov. 14.—The attack of influenza from which the Czar | now developed symptoms of typhoid fever. The in- 2. and presented sued the fol- - Tem- presnt is pursuing a “BODY SURGEON HIRASCH, “DR. TICHONOFF, “BARON DE FRIEDERICHS.” according to a dispatch to the | Denmark, Nov. 14.—The Czarewitch, Grand Duke Mich- ael, purposes to return to Russia immediately. CONVICTED OF MURDER AFTER A LONG TRIAL Bitter Conflict Lasts for Two‘} Years Between Jews and | the Anti-Semites in Bohemia. PLEC TR IENNA, Nov. 4.—A remarkable trial for murder has just been concluded at Pizk, Bohemia, after lasting two vears and being the center of a bitter con- | flict between the anti-Semite party and | the Jews. Leopold Hilsner, a Jew, who in 1898 was charged with the murder—imme- | diately before the Jewish passover—of a | young. peasant girl, whom it was alleged he waylaid in a lonely forest on the road | from Kuttenberg to Prague, was found | gullty to-day of being an accomplice in the crime, and was condemned to deatn by hanging. . The jury the terms of the verdict | declared that the killing was not a ritual | murder. by MINISTERS MAKE PROGRESS. Deciding Upon Certain Points Sooner Than They Expected. PEKING, Noy. 12, via Shanghal, Nov. 14.—A protected conference of the foreign Ministers was held to-day. at the con- clusion of which there was a general ex- pression of gratification at the progress made toward reaching a settlement. It was stated that most of the minor points | had been disposed of and that an agree- ment had been reached upon several es- | sential questions. The meeting disclosed fewer difficulties over Important points than was expected, which is largely due to the fact that the Ministers have re- ceived definite instructions from thelir home Governments. United States Minister Conger sald ho was encouraged to belleve that proposals would be ready to be submitted to the Chinese plenipotentiaries at an 'earlier da > than he had heretofore hoped. The Ministers will meet again to-morrow. Reliable indicates a disturbed condition of affairs there. Robbers and pirates are harassing the reglon and interrupting commerce. The Russians are making no effort to sup- | press the troubles, except along the rail- 1 way. The weather is becoming colder, with nightly frosts, but the supply of fu is good and the troops are not suffering. pheanoe - Aeoody BLUEJACKETS DEFEAT BOXERS. Three Chinese Leaders Shot During a Minor Battle. VIENNA, Nov. 14.—The commander of the Austrian squadron at Taku cables that an Austrian detachment of troops left Peking November 12 with an expedi- tion to the northwest, “vhich was expectcd to be gone three weeks. A comipany of Austran bluejackets, it Is added, with sixteen German cavalrymen recently engaged a force of Boxers six miles west of Peking and defeated them. Three of the Boxer leaders were shot. | shoulder, even as yvonder standards side by side information from Nluchwang | AKS THE REICHSTAC FOR MONEY SO0 T Kaiser Reviews the Acts of Germany in China, {Appeals to His Parliament to Financially Support His Course. WANTS VAST * APPROPRIATIONS — | Lawmakers of the Fatherland Expected to Uphold Their Sovereign in His Military Expeditions, B I BERLIN, Nov. 4.—The Reichstag re- assembled to-day. The speech from tha throne dwelt at length on the events in China which have excited deep emotion among civilized people, s: ying “Fanatical hate and dark superstition, incited by unserupulous advisers of (ha court, have driven misguided masses of Chinese to ac t the outposts of western civilization and Chris tian worship dwelling peacefull their | midst. “My Minister dled at the hands of an assassin, in a courageous attempt to over- come the rising peril. The for rs the capital saw themselves threaten life and Ymb. These things of horror united the civilized community, whers otherwise there was a divers 1 nations against which the unparall d onslaught was directed drew closer. Their sons fought with one mind, shéulder to float So the governments show themselves in council, united with the sole wish to restore an orderly state of things as speedily as possible and after the pu ishment of the chief culprits avert a recurrence in the future of such a dis turbance of the peace of the world." | In announcing that the relat many with all the powers are good t speech recalls his Majesty's sorrow at the assassination of King Humbert of Ttaly saying he was “my ally and dear frienl who fell a victim to a damnable outrage." The speech then proceeds A s of Ger- “I would sooner have consulted the Reichstag on the measures in China, bul for the necessity of prompt action and the difficulty of furnishing reliable inf mation. Whenever the Reichstag could form decisions or estimate the expen ture the Government felt confident that the representatives would not refuse their subsequent sanction to the necessary ex- penditure.” Turning to domestic matters his Maj- esty said that In consequence of the n: ural growth of the revenue and the In- creased taxation voted last session abund- ant funds were available In almost eveiy branch of life in the empfre, especially for measures for the benefit of workers and for the defense of the country. Customs tariffs, he added, would prob- ably be laid before the Bundesrath during the present session. The speech commenced by announcing various bills which would be intreduced. The ceremony of opening the Reichstag occurred at ncon in the Knights Hall of the Schiloss, in the presence of the Em- Reror. At the conclusion of the speech from the throne Emperor Willlam was warmly cheered and Count von Bulow, the Im- perial Chancellor; formally declared the session opened. It is announced that the German fipan- cial bill submitted to the Federal Coun- cil shows that to balance it the sum of 2,240,947,301 marks will be required. The bill empowers, the imperial Chancellor to raise a loan of 97,286,384 marks and to fs- sue treasury bills to the amount of 17,- 000,000 marks to strengthen the ordinary werking capital of the imperial treasury. A Dbill providing for a third supple- mentary credit on account of the China expedition will be submitted to the Reich- stag. A memorandum accompanies the bill, explaining that the uprising in China was at first such that its suppression could be left to the Chinese Government, but it assumed a form menacing to the whole foreign community. Its object was then clear, namely, the exclusion of the | whole foreign element by a reign of ter- ror. It added that the Chinese Govern- | ment, if not unwilling, was at least in- | capable of controliing the movemen | and the powers had to protect their sub- jects, the military forces of all the powers participating to an equal degree in the restoration of order. To stop International military action now would bring a fresh sacrifice of time and the lives of peaceful inhabitants. Nevertheless, the object of such action was solely the restoration of tranquillity in China. Its task did not go beyond the suppression of open hostilities and all at- tacks on the inner life of China not es- sentially necessary were being avoided. The supplementary credit bill asks for 152,750,000 marks, it being assumed that | China will eventually pay all the costs incurred by Germany. The Liberal newspapers express dis- satisfaction with the reasons adduced in the speech from the throne for the Em- peror not obtaining the sanction of the Reichstag before sending the Chinese ex- | Dedition. The Kreuze Zeitung, the organ lof the Prussian junker ‘squirearchy, | while approving the speech, asserts that the Right will not be able to support the Government on every kind of question during the session.