The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1900, Page 13

.*_.._--—‘ s HPELLOLEX SADES X SXOXGLIXOXOQ Call, PusBod] 02 WOD VOLUME LXXXIX-—N 2 0. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1900—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. KENTUCKY WILL GIVE AN OBJECT LESSON TO SULTAN OF MOROCCO Big Battleship O rdered to Convey American Consul to Renew the De- mands Made for Payment of Claims Special Dispatch to The Call ON GUAM Buildings There the Gov- ofcd and plaza: age in o' to the ‘mor- expos- been was 1é f the murdered man and ‘the other | Jaims that have been pending against the Government of Moroce disposi- overnment is els that it has n of the United St tirely friendly, but it f n asked to | v the Consul the Moor- the nearest and fo’await Turkey's Sultan Entertains Amer- jca’s Representative at His Palace. TINOPLE, Friday, Nov. 30.— that a: rupture of diplomatic | een the. United States: and eni are unfounded. The | ween' the Sublime Porte and | ; excellent. ¢ harge d’Af- 1 € Griscom, has - been’. re- | audience six umes’ this year. ight ago he was Invited to a ntertainm at’ the s proves he battieship Kentucky to » the nature of ftself with ot indemnity, it of sohi- rton 15 going to. take Harpoot Monday., gation will continue for the €1 Will: be “small, the price be- h-pounds. Turk COMMITTEE - CONSIDERS SHIP SUBSIDY BILL Senator Frye Bnys Ke Will Try to| Have It Made Unfinished Business. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1:—The. general e tee of men ‘prominent!y identified | with try which ‘was appointed by Senator Frye three years. ago-to promeéte legislation in that ‘intérest, held -a ‘meeting at: the Arl- ington Hotel for the purpose of. consider- ing ways and means. £or securing action the shipping subsidy bill at the ap- hing session of Congress. C. A. Griscom, prestd line, ‘presided and about’ twenty of the tee were present. Sepators Hanna and d.:| frye and: Representative Grosvenor were also In atiendance.:' The commiittee con- € v 1 at length the . objections ' which (““: been urged against the DHl as it ana tood | Stands and-declded. to use the utm iy patch in getting the bill before-Congress Fiour, d it is sug- sent from the from Cavite, Francisco, due e immediate f three amigos; the rebels had on entered SUGGESTS CHANGES IN NEW YORK'S CHARTER Revision Committee Appointed . by the Legislature Files Its Final Report. t public to. all lmitatic 1 Legislature all powers of Jeg- powers of and that 1l powers of fixing salaries | om the administrative ends that every shall have a seat in the Board also that a large and in- of Estimate and Apportion- regommends the abolition of the ,al Council and the retention of the of Aldermen, which shall consist of ected by the city at large, ents of the several boroughs and from each Addermanic district. he next legislative apportionment E 'rruual size. The president in the Board of Aldermen and the 1 of Estimate and "Apportionment. oo M Posse Pursuing Gibson. HLAND, Ky., Dec. 1.—A posse is n t of Gibson, accused of killing his 2- d stepdaughter by running a red- ker down her throat, and it is ex- be captured. The lagt heara e pursuers was that .uring the tin a remote part of the country they re two hours behind the fugitive Ad-4 affects the Health, Pogpass ju Dock and Building de- | head of a| wer of legislation be vested in | ie Aistricts are to be formed | for consideration, Senator Frye, who.has ‘cbarge of the shipping sidy bill, annouriced ‘to-day. that he would ‘call up that bill in the Sei- ate next Tuesday - and move to have .it made the unfinished business; the ‘Spoor Philippine “bill, Senator Frye will make a speech explaining the bill and | will ‘then yesume the chair, leaving. the | management of the bil to some S‘wamr | on thé: floor. - He also said:that: he: ex: peeted to secure the irdorsement of this programme by the Commitice on Order of Business, which will méet Monday. + Wd v A READY FOR OPENING OF LIVESTOCK SHOW Ten Thousand Animals Are Already | on the Exhibition Grounds at Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. .1.—The -International ck ‘Exposition -praectically opened | to-day in thé Drexel pavilion at the Union stockyards. = The formal opening, how- ever, will not take plice until Monday evening, and the show will continue dur- ing all the coming week. Ten thousand animals are already on the grounds and the show promises to be | one of the most notabie events of the kind | ever Held in this country. Six hundred ! exhibitors, representing thirty-five States of the Union and including forty-five. ex- hibitors from C; land and Scotland, chotce k. The prizes to bs dlstri are' here with ‘their | value of the cash ted during the coming | week will amountRo about $75,000. Sixty- five judges of recognized ability in thelr rious departments have been secured to gment on the exhibits.' ‘Among them will be J. B. Ellis of England, who will judge the fat cattle. The entire-diplomatic corps of the South American countries at: Washington. was Iordered by the different governments to come to Chicage lnd get all possible in- formation relative to the livestock Indus- try. The party arrived to-day. Senator Chauncey M. Depew is expected to dellw the openln( ‘speéch Monday night. . RPN Fire Department Shake-Up. BAN JOSE, Dec. L.—A shake-up of the | Man Jose Fire Department is threatened, and a dozen or more émployes are wor- ried. Charges of negligence and disor- derly conduct pending against Al Ho- # n, captain of the chemical engine, and John Russell, driver of the Franklin kn- gine Company, are sald to be the -fore- | Funners of a series of complaints. . Act- ing Chief Tennant fs the ene who - pre- ferred the charges, which have been set for hearing by the commissioners' next Tuesday evenmg. S, Stewart Again a Republican, WASHINGTON, Deé. L—Senator Stew- art of Nevadd has had his name placed on the Republican caucus .list. He has been a siiver pnny man for the last eight years- onsideration, and | his future move- | Yidiz | persona: grata | h it does induce the | exequatur, | of this-question is amps of Philadelphia | shipping” interests of the coun- | nt of the Ameri- | twenty-five members of the commit-| displaeing | a and four from Eng-J [ OLIUMBI'S, Ohio, Dec. 1.—Mrs. Bmma Van Liew, who yesterday at “Van Wert - pleaded guilty of manslaughter by throwing vitriol into the face of Miss Alice Ham- mell last September, causing -her death, was delivered at the' penitentiary this morning in a carriage, accompanied by Sheriff Webster and her husband, the lat- [ ter being a special deputy by appointment of ‘the .court. : The -prisoner- was. put | through the usual course at the prison [ female department, being shown no _spe- | ctal favors, nor was application made for |'any special consideration. -She was taken | to & hotel for the night by reason of fll- | ness. The parting between husband. and wife ‘was very affecting. - Mr. Van: Liew is a batiker of Van Wert and respected in the community; Mrs,. Van Liew was sentéenced to .ten years' imprisoriment. é The crime of Mrs. Van Liew was com- mitted early ir the evening of September 12; at the door of Mrs. Samuel Neil's resi- derice, on the outskirts of the town of Van | 'Wert.. Miss Hammell was Mrs. ‘Neil's | niece, ‘and livéd at the Neil home. She had just stepped out into the yard when some one ran up to her and dashed a pint of vitriol-over her head. The vitriol was thrown from a tin pall. This pall and a Bottle with a chloroform label were found near the gate by a sen of Mrs. Neil. Miss Hammiell ‘was blinded ard rendered un- conscious. When her aunt and other mem- bers of the family ran to-her assistance there Wwas 1io one In sight. The injured woman'lay in.torment for five weeks. . Her eyes, her nose and. her | cheeks were eaten away by the acld, and she ‘was: terribly burned upon. the neck and ‘shoulders:. - At first ft was impossible ¥o Dlace sus- | picion upon any ‘one i Van Wert, for it was believed: that Miss Hammell had not an enemy in the world. "While she lay sick; howeyer. the indifference of Mrs. Van Liéw caused comment. Then the de- tegtives’ discovered that the bottle found at- Mrs. Neil's gate had been sold o Mrs. Van: Liew by ‘a druggist named Rennell g3 & MRS. EMMA VAN LIEW, WHO CAUSED A GIRL'S DEATH BY VITRIOL. g . the day before the attack upon Miss Ham- mell. Rennell sald that at the time Mrs. Van Liew bought the chloroform she also purchased a large bottle of sulphuric acid. E. P. Noel, another druggist of Van Wert, said that on the same day that Mrs. Van Liew purchased the vitriol from Rennell =he had asked for #t:at his store, but that he had not been able to supply It. He sald that she explained that she wished ‘to use th&vitriol as g disinfectant. ~ Before Miss Hammell died, October i7, it was rumored ‘that she had told her rel- atives that Mrs. Van Liew was the person who hnd attacked ler, and that she saw the face of - her . former friend as the woman appreached. the light-from a win- dow shiniog. vpon it. One plecelnk in the- cha'n of circumstantial evidehcg that was woven about -Mrs. Van Tiéw :was based upon = fhe ‘fact that she is left- handeld. "‘Tkat the. sulphuric acld was thrown by a left-handed person the ex- perts declared was an abeolute certainty. As stated in the dispatches the case never went to trial,.Mrs. Van Liew plead- ing guilty to manslaughter without dis- WIFE OF OHIO BANKER GOES TO PENITENTIARY Mrs. Emma Van Llew Causes the Temble Death of a Young Girl by Throwing Vitriol Upon Her, and to . Avoid Public Trial Pleads Guilty of Manslaughter. 3 * closing the mative for the crime. It is supposed, however, that gossip over the ‘marriage of her daughter was at the bot- tom of -it. - Winnie Van Liew married a singer named Hauerbeler' and joined him as a member of ‘an opera company. Mrs. Van Liew is-a proud woman and -had great ambitions for her pretty daughter. It was a terrible blow to her when the girl married. The sewing socleties talked and there was:a.stir in the churches, for Van Wert, which prides itselt upon its conventionality, never had had any of its residents upon the stage. Mrs. Hauerbelér spent her vacation last summer at her parents’ home in Van ‘Wert. She was invited to many. enter- tainments given especially in her honor “and she received much attention from men and. women. ' She had imbibed. the ideas of the outside world and recetved many callers, among them some of the youths formerly - numbered among her beaux by the gossips of Van Wert. Once or twice Winnie Hauerbeler went to drive with young men who had formerly danced attendance upon her, and this caused the girls to talk more or less. The older wo- men took up the topic and one day when Miss Hammell was talking over the tele- phone with -a friend the. conversation turned upon Winnle Hauerbeler. Miss Hammell expressed her disapproval of Mrs. Hauerbeler's methods of amusing herself and declared that-it. was a pity the young men would pay attention to a married actress when there were so many pretty young girls in the town. It hap- pened that a cousin of Mrs. Van Llew was employed in the telephone exchange and these remarks were reported to Mrs, Hauerbefer's mother. A few days later, when the actress met. Miss Hammell on the street she asked whether such reé- marks had been made, and Miss' Hammell said that she had criticized Mrs. Hauer- befer. The theory set up is that the actress told her mother' that the woman had ac- knowledged making the. objectionable re- marks and- that Mrs, Van Liew immedi- ately began. to- plan some method of re- venge. MYSTERIOUS NEW YACHT |Prince to Be Aboard When the New Cup Challenger Is | Tried: ONDON, Dcc. 1.—There-1s. a per- * sistent rumior that the mysterious | new ‘yacht building at the Hen- | dersons is . for the Prince. of | Wiiles. Tt is learnéd, hewever, that in spite of Lord Lansdale’s denfal, | that it:is more probably the order of the | | Emperor of Germany.- Whichever {t’1s | of these royalties it can be said that the | Prince of Wales will be on board the new | eraft when she sails in the Shamrock II's |-trial ‘races’ on -the Clyde. In thése frials [ the riew Shamrock will ‘have 'as. frial | horses not only this new royal ya¢ht and the old Shamrock,. but also the Sybarita in addition. There will. be a great race | oft Cowes bétween these yachts and per- haps the Meteor and others, for which | the Prince of Wales or Emperor ‘William will give a cup. The Prince of Wales is taking the keenest Interest in tlie neéw challenger.. He intends to personally ‘test her sailing qua‘lllleu before she crosses the Atlantic. The new yacht, being built at the Hen- ‘dersons, the -identity of whose owner Is from the fact that the instriictions given to George'L. Watson, who is to design her in such a manner as to make her the most useful trial boat-for the Shamrock II. The real object of Sir Thomas Lip- ‘ton’s recent visit to the Hendersons was to compare her lines with those of tne néw America's ‘cup challenger, whloh is being built at Denny’s. COBLENTZ VICTOR . - ? IN uo'rm ‘DUEL Womd- Captain oum, an Arl:l.ll.ry Officer, With Whom He Had : Quarreled. FONTAJNBLEU. Dec. 1.—Captain' Cob- lents, who on November 17 fought a duel with swords with a brother-in-law of the turfman, M. Lebaudy, this nmm fought another duel with an artillery of- ficer, Captain Gillot, in consequence of = dispute arising from the unpopularity Captain Coblentz with his c.m.un Glliott was wounded in flu M FOR WALES| 80 closely concealed, Is chiefly interesting. 'TWO MOST BEAUTIFUL ATERICANS Miss Meatide Coleman Wood and Maxine Elliott: Are. Chosen.-. - EW YORK, Dec. 1.—The Pan-Amer- ,N ican - beaity contest ‘closed to-day | and -theawards were made. This was a.competition for thé purpose of se- lecting .the two most-beautiful women In | Americd, blonde and bfunette, to typify North and South-America on the officfal emblem .of the.Pan-American’ Exposition in ‘Buffalo in 1%1. .A committee of ten, of which Serator Chauncey ‘M. Depew was chairman, selected from thousands of pho- tographs sent to New York Miss Maude Coleman Wood of Charlottesville, Va., to _represent Narth America, and Miss Max- ine Ellliott (Mrs. N. C. Goodwin), bru- nette, to represent South America. ke Indians Corralled. SILVER CITY, N. M., Dec. 1.—A band ot over two hundred Indians, who have been slaughtering game and starting fires on the Gila forest reserve, has been re-. turned to the reservation in Arizona by twenty mounted police from Fort Defl- ance. The Indians returned without trou- ble. The band consisted of Navajos and Apaches and the settlers were greatly alarmed, fearing depredations. The action was taken at the Instance of the author- ities at Wlllllnmns E 3 Decision Against cuugo CHICAGQ, Dec. L—Judge Chetlain of the Circuit Court to-day handed down a decision ruling that the city of Chicago has exceeded 'thé limit of its bonded in- debtedness. The a on, #f sustained, will prevent the city from building new bridges and making many other-oqnm- plated improvements. The case will be ‘carried immediately to the Supreme Court. | The matter may be lald before the Legis- lature this winter if the final decision is against the city. from the. life sentence m -npau-m h“flu,gfl-l cun CAPSIZED SCHOONER TOWED IN The Czar Is Taken to La Pas, but the Crew Is Lost at Sea. ASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—-The Unitea Wslatel Embassador to Mexico has telegraphed to the State Depart- ment information recetved by him from the Mexican Government to the .ef- fect that a vessel named the Czar of San Francisco ‘was fcupd capsized off El Paso receatly. The vé‘:el was_towed to Las Pas, near San Blas, apparently loaded and with her hull in good condition. The local Mexiean lutlgoxmel have been instructed to take all necessary steps to care for the vessel and her cargo.. The schooner Czar !alled from here six months ago in command of Captain Wag- ner. When last heard from she was to safl from San Blas in ballast for San Francisco. That was on September 20, and since then no definite news was re- celved until' Monday last, when Captain William Olson, the managing owner, re- celved a dispatch stating that the Czar had been sighted floating bottom up off Cape Caliente. According to this she could not have been far from her starting point when she turned turtle. The Czar was 127 tons net burden, 98 feet long, 26 feet beam and 9 feet 7.inches deep. She was bullt in 1881 and at one time was used 2s a yacht. Captain ‘Wag- ner was well known on the coast. sheroo e Survey Completed. SALT LAKE, Dec. 1.—The Burlington surveyors have completed their work to North Salt Lake and have returned to Weber Canyon. The people of this city are greatly enthused over the prospect of BOERS ARE MAKING A DESPERATE STAND BEFORE THE BRITISH Fierce Fighting Is in Progress in the Orange River Colony and Both of the Contending Forces Sustain Losses. ONDON, Dec. 1L—The first dis- patch from General Kitchener in his capacity of commander in chief of the British forces in South Africa, is dated Bloemfon- tein, November 30, and confirms the re- ports of fighting between General Pilcher and General Dewet, as cabled November 29, and adds the latest reports—that Gen- eral Knox is In touch with General De- wet’s force near Tafelberg, twelve miles north of Bethulle (Orange River Colony), and that the Boers attacked Boshof No- vember 28, renewed the attack November 29, and were repulsed without British loes. General Kitchener also reports that No- vember 28-29 General Paget was fighting with the Viljoen and Erasmus commands, and that he drove the Boers to a position in the vicinity of Riofontein. The Btitish casualties wers heavy. Col- onel Lloyd and' flve other officers were wounded, five men were killed and fifly ‘wounded. The Eyening Standard reports that a great fight is in progress between General Knox and General Dewet near Rouxville, in the southeastern extremity of the Orange River Colony, and that the cap- ture of General Dewet Is considered im- minent. A special from Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, says: A patrol of fourteen South .African constabulary, during the night of ‘November 23, engaged a con- tingent - from Haazboek’s ' commando, southwest of this town, with the re- ‘sult that thirty-five Boers are reported to have been killed or wounded. i Nt et ROBERTS’ ENTREATIES FAIL. TUnable to Induce Canadians to Serve Overtime in South Africa. LONDON, ' Dec. 1L—Boer General De- wet’s coming out of a period of seclusion and scoring a victory at Dewetsdorp has set the people wondering whether the British army is of any good at all. The only redeeming feature of the week, from the British point of view, is the return ot ‘the Royal Canadian Regiment from South Africa, which affords the editorial ‘writers a glorious opportunity for dilating on the solidity and splendor of the British empire, As the Canadlans remain here Mr. Kruger and General Dewet are likaly to be quickly forgotten, so accustomed has Great Brijsin grown to reverses. How truly pathetic was the meeting of the Queen and her Canadian soldlers seems to have escaped the papers. Sitting in a carrlage the Queen Intently watched the men as they marched by within & few feet of her and she commenced her speech in brave tones. It was only a few words, but before it was finished tears rolled down her Majesty's face and her voice broke and at the end it was almost a sob. It is not astonishing, therefore, that when Colonel Otter replied it was trembling tones, and not one of the men whom he led into nearly fifty engage- ments felt ashamed of the grizzled colonsl because his cheek was wet with tears, Although deeply affected the Queen ape peared to be enjoying her usual health. The reason why only three companies of the Canadians came back to England is that shortly before the end of the year for which the Canadians had volunteered had expired Colonel Otter communicated with Lord Roberts, notifying him of the fact. The commander In chief sald -he would much like the regiment to remain longer and asked Colonel Otter to sound the men. The colonel asked the officers, who, without ‘consulting the men, enthue siastically guaranteed that their come panies would remain. When the men heard this they took umbrage at not bee Ing consulted and informed the authore ities that they wished to return in the stipulated time. Lord Roberts wrote a letter practically begging them to stay & little longer, but the regiment being spli§ up in various parts of the country and the decision having been made they voted to go direct to Canada, with the exception of A and B companies. I Company, bee ing composed of regulars, was obliged to remain, and A and B were stationed at headquarters. As a reward for staying in South Africa Lord Roberts enabled A, B and I companies to participate in the Pretoria celebrations and then sent them home by way of England only & month later than their comrades. The disinte. gration of the regiment at such a period caused the keenest regrets and hearte burnings. e —— | il BROTHERTON EXPLAINS HIS FINANCIAL DBALS Denies That He Ever Attempted to Sell Stock in Doubtful ¢ Companies. ‘DENVER, Dec. L—Joseph H. Brother- ‘ton, agalnst whom In the Sheriff's Court of London, England, the London and estminster contract corporation secured judgment for £66,400, is now living In this city. “I was interested in the contract cor- poration and had $30,000 worth of stock,” sald Mr, Brotherton. “The company was capitalized for £250,000, but only £80,000 was pald in. Its objects were similar to those of the Venture corporation—to buy mining properties that promised to de- velop well and be good investments and to put capital in other things. The company bought properties in West Australia and South ;Africa, and the preliminary cause of its downfall was the Jameson raid and the South can panic, which carried dewn many companies at the same time. “I was a director in the company, but instead of inducing Sir James Linton to jofn it, he was chairman of the board of directors before I became interested in it. 1 never sold the corporation mining stock in doubtful companies, as is claimed, and when the corporation failed I lost my money as well as the other stockholders. Afterward I came to America simply as a business. proposition, for I am interested in mining in this State and Califotnia. * “I know nothing of any’ proceedings to ‘be commenced in American courts and I have not been served with any papers. " “I am not.an American Methodist min- ister, and I never have been in Boston In my life. “J. C. Kemp Van Ee, who is named in the London dispatch as ‘an alleged con- federate’ with me, is now mining in Cala- veras County, California, and is prominent there.” AT b N AYPM‘ RISE IN AMERICAN EXCHANGE Possibility That London May Be Obliged to Borrow Gold From New York. LONDON, Dec. 1.—Surveying the money position the Statist says: American ex- change this week has appreciably risen. There is now little probability that any demand will be made on London for gold for America. On the contrary, should a pressure arise in London toward the end of December, as is not improbable, we may have to obtain gold in New York. The Investors' Review thinks “individ- ual securities may be higher and that, perhaps, the whole list will be hoisted,” but, it adds, “frequent sharp set-backs are probable, especlaily in December, ‘when the money agony might be acute in New York as well as in London and Ber- Jin." Republicans Elect Officers. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.—The conven- tlon of the League of Republican College Clubs ended to-day. The following of- Kiertland, Harvard; vice presidents—M, H. Maxwell of the Unlversity of Nebras- ka, R. P. Cross of Leland Stanford Uni- versity of California Madison Bell of Emory College, 3 secretary, Gay- lord R. Hawkins of Princeton: treasurer, CZAR'S CONDITION VERY SATISFACTORY Decline in His Temperature Is Dus ta & Milk and Beef Diet. YALTA, Dec. 1.—The condition of the Czar this evening is satisfactory. The de- ciine inhis temperature since Sunday fs explained as being the resuit of a dlet of extract of beef and milk. His physiclans are satisfled with the progress he has made, and if no new complications set in the daily bulletin of his condition will be discontinued shortly. His Majesty is en~ tering upon the period of convalescence. A nurse and physician are In constant at- tendance, but the Empress has not ceased her watchful care and is attending per- sonally to the wants of her husband. In spite of the strain her Majesty shows no signs of fatigue and enjoys good health, She looks remarkably well. Nobody sees the Czar except the Empress and the physician. The statement that Queen Vietoria had sent her -private physician to report onm the illness of the Czar is without founda- tion, but the Queen Is daily informed of the course of the Czar's malady. Most of the Ministers are here. The weather is dull, with an easterly wind, but the teme perature is pleasant. s R SNYDER FAVORITE IN LOS .ANGELES BETTING Democrats Offering Odds of 100 ta 65 on Their Candidate for the Mayoralty. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.—The main Inter< est in the civic campaign, which will be decided by Monday's election, centers in the Mayoralty contest between Herman Silver (Repuolican) and Meredith P. Sny- der (Democrats). The liquor dealers, who during the past few months have been subjected to unusual discipline and have been compelled to remove private boxes and to close their side entrances, are us- ing every effort to bring about Snyder's election. The betting, which a week ago was 100 to 75 on Silver, has veered row until to-night it is 100 to 6 on the Demo- cratic candidate. Although the city gave McKinley 2300 plurality, it is feared that the influences behind Snyder may over come it. With“a single exception the rest of tha Republican ticket for city offices prob ably will be elected. The election «F Councilmen is complicated by the meC Xae two of the Republican papers have waged war upon several of the party nominees, Nevertheless, it is predicted that at least seven of the nine Councilmen will be Rés publicans. MOVES FOR Dlm OF OLEOMARGARINE CASH Defendant’s Attorney Claims That It Is Is Outlawed by the Time Limit. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 1.—Frank H., Platt, representing P. D. Armour and the Armour Packing Company of Chlcago, ‘to-day moved before Justice ‘Hiscock to dismiss the actions brought by the Stats of New York to collect §2,000,000 penalties for the alleged illegal sale of oleomarga« rine in this Statq. The State was repre~ sented by Attorney General John C. Da- vies and Frederick C. Schraut, formep