The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1900, Page 1

T This Paper , : taken f; the Library, + ——— to r— ¢ all, VOLUME L XXXVIII—-NO. 176. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NICHOLAS UF RUSSIA STILL ALIVE Dispaches Denying| Rumor of Czar’s Death. Report IS Freely Circulated, but Confirmation Is Lacking. ST G NEWS AT THE EMBASSIES| —_—— | Latest Bulletin From the Sick Ruler's} Bedside Indicates the Crisis | Is Past. ‘ g e NO 2.—The rumor of the LONDON, N hing and Paris office The soctated Press says it has re- the h a rumor was, last evening. at the Min- they declared the | | | SUPER STEALS FROM NETEERSOLE'S COMPANY During a Performance He Leaves Suddenly, Taking With Him Money and Jewelry. veral members at he exg h period ended or v three d evidence that le family and s mother resides in this cit per West Side. Leslie, who is a ta king fellow with a manner confidence, per” in Miss 8t the beginning of the season. that a position company APACHE KID IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED President Joseph Smith of the Mor- mon Church Returns From Mexico With the News. LOUIS, Nov. 2—A special to the obe-Democrat from EI Paso, Texas, that President Joseph F. Smith of formon church, who has arrived accompanied by O. A. Woodruff and Seymour, after a tour among the lonies in Mexico, reports the killing of | notorious Apache Kid in the recent rald at Colonia Pacheco. Mr, uff was one of the party that pur- ed retreating Indians and assisted t the burial of the Kid, who is now pos- identified as the ndtorious Apache | Mr. Woodruff said they will put | application for the reward offered him in the United States. COLOMBIAN TROOPS CRUSH REBEL FORCES | Nov. 22, via Galveston.—The | Buena Ventura have been com- crushed by the Colombian troops, ich captured two cannon and two gen- General Alban, the Governor of | ama, personally directed the opera- ne from on board the British steam- p Taboga, seized by the Colombian au- ritles, and saved the situation there. $AN JUAN, Porto Rico, Nov. 22—The | énezuelan Consul in this city *has re-| ved a cable dispatch from Caracas that e rebels seized the principal seaport of jlombia. The news was conveyed by s steamer which arrived at La Gulyl'll to-day from the west. o ere né a ian 0ol vel als K3 CZAR OF ALL THE R o s % g e . R ; Ly USSIAS AND FAMILY. KRUGER RECEIVES A GREAT OVATION FROM THE FRENCH Upon Landing at Marseilles For- mer Transvyaal thusiastically 2 | | or dle and MARSEILLES, Nov. 22.—To-day proved | a triumph for Paul Kruger such as even the Boer delegates and his most ardent admirers failed to anticipate. The en-| thusiasm which marked every step of his | progress from the time he landed until the hotel was reached was a revelation, euen to the people of Marseilles them- selves. It fully equaled if it did not sur- pass the frantic demonstration of pa- triotism with which France opened her arms to Major Marchand at Toulon on his return from Fashoda. An assembly of such masses, exceeding even the most sanguine estimate, might perhaps be partly explained by the cere- | monious obsequles of the Bishop of Mar- seflles, including an imposing religious procession from the cathedral, but noth- ing can minimize the spontaneous explo- sion of sentiment displayed toward Mr. Kruger by the entire population of the first port and one of the largest cities of France. Yet the grandeur of this demonstration perhaps ranks in importance to the em- phatic manifestos of “Nor compromise’ which Mr. Kruger delivered in a low voice, but one vibrating with emotion, accom- panied by energetic gestures of the right hand, stirring the hearts of all within hearing. The last sentences of his decla- ration were uttered with a vigor and a decision which bore out his reputation as the incarnation of iron will and stub- born resistance. His mere delivery of a declaration of such far-reaching im- portance testifles to the independence of his character, as it came as a surprise even to his intimate political advisers, who, up to the last, were in ignorance of his determination. Fearless Determination. | He announced to the world this morn- ing that the Boers would be a free people the faces of the men about him—Fischer, Wessels, Groebler and the other Boer representatives—bore the look of fearless determination, reflecting the spirit that Mr. Kruger declared animated every man, woman and child of the Transvaal. The unfortunate occurrence at the hotel on the main boulevard alone marred the character of the demonstration, which, {up to that time, had been unanimously sympathy and exclusively a tribute of and admiration. “Vive Kruge les Boers” and “Vive la Liberte” the cries that formed a hurricane of | cheering and swept over the city. Un- fortunately the reprehensible foolishness | of half a dozen persons in throwing small | | coins into the crowd as Mr. Kruger were TO THEM—GRA. AND THE GRAND DUCHESS ND DUCH A (SEA MARIE (IN ARMS), BORN JUNE, 1899, v NICHOLAS II, BORN IN 1868, MARRIED IN 1584 PRINCESS ALIX OF HESSE, GRANDDAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA. THREE DAUGHTERS HAVE D IN FRONT), BORN NOVEMBER, 18%; GRAND DUCHESS TATIANA, BORN JUNE, 1807, POSSE CLOSELY t Is Now Believed That Held Up the Canmnon DARING PURSUES TRAIN ROBBERS the Masked Bandits Who Bail Express Secured a Big Sum of Money. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. 22.—Reports to-night from the vicinity of last night's train robbery on the St. Louls, Iron Moun- and Southern Rallroad show that e robbers are still 7t large. to-day was close to the fugitives, and it was thought capture was certain. Offi- cers are confident that the robbers are still around Gifford, where the robbery occurred, and it is suspected one or more of the gang joined a posse to throw the authorities off the clew they are working on. Accurate descriptions of the men have been ured from the train crew and sev- eral arrests are likely to be made soon. Governor Jones could offer no reward to- day, the State reward fund having been exhausted, A Gazette special from Hot Springs to- night says: The indications are that the robbers of the express car on the Iron Mountain train last night near Malvern secured a large sum of money, though it was reported that only a small sum was taken is positively known that a man in Hot Springs telephoned to Malvern just before the north-bound train arrived esterday afternoon (o ascertain if the express company would have the large safe in the car en route north opened and deposit thereln $15,000 which he desired to send away. plied t the safe was to go through and would not be opened. The money was sent and hence must have been placed in the small safe, which was blown to pleces and robbed of its contents. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 22.—The Cannon Ball train which was held up by masked men at Gifford, three miles Ark., last night, reached here at 10 a.. m. to-day. Sam R. Avery, the express mes- senger, who was injured in the attempt to Adynamite the through safe in the express | car, was ‘the only one of the crew who came through with the train. He is not seriously injured, though his face was badly cut by flying eplinters. The mes- senger could not tell just how much the The posse | The agent at Malvern re- | from Malvern, | robbers secured, but thought the amount was small. large safe, which was subjected to five explosions of dynamite, to yield up its strong-box, was brought to St. Louls. In all its exterlor portions and its cement linings, it is a complete wreck. The Inner casing agalnst which the strong-box rests, however, is intact, al- though battered and twisced out of shape. Another charge of dynamite would have made all the funds in the box accessible. Officials at the headquarters of the Pa- cific Express Company would make no statement as to the amount of money taken by the robbers, except to say it was small. Only the way safe was broken into. General Manager Harding, of the Iron Mountain, and General Superintendent L. A. Fuller, of the Pacific Express Com- pany, to-day issued a joint circular offer- | ing $500 reward for the arrest and con- viction of each person engaged in the | hold-up and robbery. The circular also states that the Pacific Express Company 11 pay 10 per cent of the moneys recov- | ered and returned to it which were stolen | from the express car Wednesday night, | the reward to go to the presons who actu- | ally return the money, but no portion ot it to go to persons engaged in the rob- | bery. PORTER'S EXECUTIONERS WILL BE PROSECUTED | Governor of Colorado Insists That Mob Who Lynched the Negro Be Punished. | DENVER, Colo., Nov. 22.—District At- torney McAllister of Colorado Springs has ordered Sheriff Freeman of Lincoln County to proceed against the members | of the mob who burned Preston Porter Jr. at the stake last week. The order was issued after a correspondence be- tween Governor Thomas and Mr. McAllis- ter. Just how the Grand Jury will be chosen has not vet been decided. Mr. McAliis- ter says it will be composed of men who will do their duty at all hazard. The Governor insists upon a prosecution. 'TWO AMERICAN : Be Created WASHINGBON, Nov. 22.—The ap-, proaching Papal Consistory at Rome is attracting much attention in the highest ecclestastical circles of the Catholic church, owing to the growing impression that honors may be conferred upon one | or more of the representatives of the church in America Private advices re- ceived recently from sources close to the Vatican express the belief that Monsignor Martinelli, the present Papal delegate to the United States, will be elected to the cardinalate. This is entirely unofficial, and until the Consistory assembles on December 17, there can be nothing definite, but the sources of the informa- tion are such as to strengthen the bellef that the appointment is under considera- tion and will be announced at that time or soon thereafter. The name of Arch- bishop Chapelle of the archdiocese of 3 PRELATES WHO MAY GET RED HATS |At the Next Papal Comnsistory It Is Believed Momn=| than dangerous and the police wisely left signor Martinelli and L elegate Chapelle Will | Cardinals. | | New Orleans and Papal delegate for Cuba and the Philippines, Is also being | mentioned as a possible reciplent of the | distinguished honors, although this is not | based on the advices from Rome hereto- | fore alluded to. It is noted, however, that Archbishop Chapelle is expected to | be In Rome at Christmas time, about the | time of the Consistory, after having | spent some time in the Philippines ad justing affairs relating to the church. His visit to Rome is understood to be for | the purpose of making a report of his | work as delegate to the new American acquisitions. In previous rumors con- cerning the bestowal of the red hat, the name of Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul has figured, and there is a renewal of this comment now, as there is sald to have been some recent movement in that direction. WILL DEMAND REDRESS FOR EXPULSION FROM TRANSVAAL BERLIN, Nov. 22.—The Pan-German Association has taken up the cause of several hundred Germans who were ex- pelled from the Transvaal by the British. It announces that it “will force the Gov- ernment to make an energetic demand upon Great Britain for adequate dam- ages.” BLOEMFONTEIN, Nov. 22.—The Boers under Brand were defeated November 18 at Baderspan, with heavy losses, the Lan- cers charging through the Boer line, do- ing deadly damage, as a number of rider- less horses demonstrated. Brand himself was ‘wounded. The British casualties were not serious. MASERU, Basutoland, Wednesday, Nov. 21.—Natives report that former President Steyn and General Dewet, with a thousand men, traversed the Brit- ish lines between Alexandria and Ward- ingham's- store and attacked a British post, subsequently retiring by the road to Dewetsdorp, in the Orange River country. EKRUGER SENDS A | MESSAGE TO LOUBET MARSEILLES, Nov. 23.—Mr. Kruger has sent the following to President Lou- bet: “In debarking on the hospitable shores of France, my first act Is to greet the worthy chief of the French republic and to forward to you a testimonial of my gratitude for the marks of interest your Government and country have so kindly wished to offer me.” The prefect of the department of Bouches du Rhone visited Mr. Kruger to present President Loubet's compliments and thanks for the telegram. s S FORMER BRITISH VICE CONSUL IN DISGRACE LONDON, Nov. 22.—At the Old Bailey to-day F. F. Hodgkinson, a former Brit- ish Vice Consul at Bremerhaven, was sen- tenced to eighteen months’ penal servi- tude for trying to sell a Foreign Office code book to an agent of a foreign power. } | found nece | torms, who joined in the ovation. | passed acted like magic in conjuring up | an anti-British outburst, which it needed | all the promptitude and energy of the | | police to prevent becoming a serious | disturbance. The hotel remained for the rest of the day In a state of slege, while | at one time a procession several thousand 1sn'nng marched in the direction of the | British Consulate, shouting “Down with | the English” and raising other threaten- | Ing cries. The result was that a strong body of police was compelled to disperse the demonstrators, although it was not ry to make more than a few temporfry arrests. Students Denounce England. Throughout the evening, however, large bands of students and other youths marched up and down in front of Mr. Kruger’s hotel and of the hotel which was the scene of the unfortunate Incident. cheering in chorus for Mr. Kruger and the Transvaal and denouncing England. These demonstrators were more nolsy | them to relieve their feelings by shouting instead of interfering with them, which might have created disorder. The incident was the main topic of con- versation this evening anl Indignation was universally and vigorously exprassed, but the adult better classes did not seek to magnify its importance. The Mayor, immediately on hearing of what had oc- curred, issued vigorous instructions for the discovery and prosecution of the cul- | prits. Every one expressed astonishment at | the robust and healthy appearance of Mr. | Kruger, considering his advanced age. He walked frmly, leaning but lightly | upon his cane, when he crossed the land- | ing stage to the landau in wnich he drove | with Dr. Leyds and MM. Pauliat and | Thourel. The landau was foilowed by five carriages containing Boer officials and these were followed by six others convey- | ing the officers of the Gelderland and the | members of the Marseflles raception com- mittee, all forming a procession, headed | by various socleties with handsome ban- | ners and escorted by a large police force. Mr. Kruger repeatedly zcknowledged | the acclamations of the crowds that filled | the sidewalks and balconies cf the aouses, | black with sightseers waving hats and | handkerchlefs. At several points along | the route several bouquets were presentad | to him and on the balcony of the Milltary | Club stood a group of officers in gala uni- On ar- | riving at the hotel Mr. Kruger's ears were | greeted with the strains of the Boer| hymn_ played by a local band, while the standard-bearers drew up in two racks at the entrance and waved the standards as Mr. Kruger, bareheaded, passed be- | tween them to his apartments. Kruger’s Thrilling Speech. Replying to the addresses of welcome of the presidents of the Paris and Mar- seilles committee Mr. Kruger spoke in Dutch and in a low voice, accompanying his words with energetic movements of his hat, which he held in his right hond. He sald: “I thank the president of the Marseilles committee and the president of the cen- tral committee of the Independence of the Boers for their welcome. I thank all tais population assembled In great concourse | Marseilles President Is En- Welcomed—Says the Boers Will Never Give Up. to greet me, for although I wear mou Ing for the misfortunes of my coun and although I have not come to seek fes- tivities, still I nevertheless accept with all my heart these acclamations, for I know they are dictated to you by the emotions which are inspived you your trials and by your sympathy for our cause, which is that of liberty, which awakened you. I am truly proud happy at having chosen as my poat « landing a port in France, to set foot on free soil and to be received by you as a free man. But my first duty is to thank your Government for all ths tokens of in- terest that again only recently fi was pleased to give me. I believe England had she been better informed, would never have consented to and since the expedition of n, who to seize the nece: y of firing a rifle shot, I ne bitration, which up to been refused. “The war waged on us in the two re- publics Fas reached the last limits of bar- the two republics with ave ver ceased to demand a tribunal of ar now has always barism. Du my life I ve had to fight many times the savages of the tribes of Africa, but the barbarians we have to fight now are worse than the others. They even urge the Kaffirs against us. They burn the farms we worked so hard to construct, and drive out our women and children, wh brothers and husbands have been killed or taken prisoner, leaving them unpro- tected and roofless and often without bread to eat. But, whatever they may do, we will mever surrender. We will fight to the end. Our great imperishable confldences reposes in our God. We know our cause is just and if the justice of men is wanting to us, He, the eternal. who is master of all peoples, and to whom be- longs the future, will never abandon us. “I assure you that if the Transvaal and the Orange Free State must lose their independence it will be because all the Boer people have been destroyed with thelr women and children.” Soon after, in response to a thunderous ovation, he appeared on the balcony and repeatedly bowed, but as some ten min- utes elapsed without.a sign of abatement in the enthusiasm, he spcke a few words which were interpreted in French by Dr. Leyds and were followed by a renewal of the enthusiasm. Presses Tri-Color to His Heart. Finally, to testify his gratitude, he took in his hand a corner of the French tri- color that was flying from the balcony between the Transvaal and Free State flags and pressed it to his heart again and again. The enthusiastic people cheered him until he withdrew his roo which he found half-filled with bouquets and garlands presented by his admirers. The Prefect and Mayor then. called to pay their respects, the latter, M. Flais sleres, making an eloquent speech in sympathy with the Boers. Mr. Kruger repiled briefly, declaring how deeply he had been touched by the unexpected warmth of his reception in and by the sympathy of the French people. After luncheon and a little repose Mr. to Kruger descended to the hall of the hotel, where he recefved the delegations. He sat in a gilded chair immediately in front of the fireplace, Dr. Leyds and Messrs. Fischer and Wessels standing near him Dr. Leyds briefly interpreted the ad- dresses of the various speakers, but it was evident that Mr. Kruger was tatigued and found it a great strain to of orators s to h follow the ges: aking a language unintellgible listened attentively with his ear as Dr. Leyds gave him what had been said. Eventually becoming fatigued, he asked that the other addresses be presented (o him in writing and then withdrew again to his apartments, where he passed the eevning quletly, recelving no one. Dr. Leyds represented him at the ban- quet given in his homor, where all the Boer officials and members of the pro- Boer committees were present, and read the following message from him: “I am fatigued and am In mourning. Moreover, I never attend banquets. Oth- erwise I should have liked to spend a few minutes with you and to thank you. I shall never forget the warm welcome I have had in your beautiful city. Your re- ception of me has surpassed all I could ures | have expected even from the city which gave France her admirable national hymn, that ‘Marseillaise’ which is the song of all the peoples whose independ- ence is threatened and who are struggling against invaders. I would that your ac- clamation could have been heard by all those Boers in arms who are encamped in our mountains. They would thank you from the bottom of their hearts. I thank you in their behalf. Could I have been with you I should have also expressed my thanks to all France and would have raised my glass In honor of her worthy President, M. Loubet.” Dr. Leyds then sald: “In the name of President Kruger I have the honor to drink to the health of the President of the French Republic.” Mr. Kruger will leave for Paris at 9 o'clock to-merrow rmorning. For the Paris Reception. PARIS, Nov. 22, 1:40 p. m.—The commit- tee of Boer independence has posted a placard in Paris calling upon Paristans to give Mr. Kruger the warmest possible ‘welcome. “Welcome him,” says the appeal, “Ia the name of that liberty which you ail have at heart. Give him a most positive testimony of our most profound admira- tion for and ardent sympathy with the race of heroes of which he is a magnifi- cent Incarnation. Paris should say to Mr. Kruger that sh® is entirely with him in his sacred mission.