The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1900, Page 1

"VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. s SAN FRANCISCO PRICE FIVE CENTS, n , SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1900. DISPUTE OF LITTLE KINCDOMS —— Pormgal and Holland Wlthghjaw Their Minitrs. Neither Germany Nor Great Britain Will Permit Hostilities. MAY ENFORCE ARBITRATION Tension Is Increased by King (harles’ Open Friendship for Victoria ect Portuguese the offi- River ng s demon- 1 the King k and g s now e speech and ntimation to the strong Mi that of the s explain Count Minister, is tugues: few d ys' difference ween Holland and rt s correspondent of the 8 rd at The Hague, and the Minis- s will return to the respective courts which they are assigned in the course a few ¢ LEGAL APPRAISEMENT OF VANDERBILT ESTATE Executors Agree to Accept Has- brouck’s Figures and the Deadlock Is Broken. v YORK, Dec. 7.—G. B. D. Has- mptrol legal representative of the State to-day announced that the elius Vanderbilt's es- appraised at $52,500,000, at $20,000000. This ap- ller. ity 1 est A bonds on the day of the death « Vanderbilt in September, 1899, asis of this official appraisal Al- red Gwynne Vanderbilt, as residuary gatee and head of the house of Vander- will receive $44,500,000. bry the estate was brought about at a ference last week, at which it was de- that rather than make a fight in the irts to sustain their claims as to valua- r e executors would accept the fig- res fixed by Mr. Hasbrouck i= based upon the market value of | | | DON RLOS, KI OF PORTUGAL. WE GOV | REFUSAL TO RECOGN A DUTCH CONSUL AT | QUES HAS CAUSED A RUPTURE WITH HOLLAND. s b At = ELEVEN ARMORCLADS COST SIXTY MILLIONS Union Iron Works Will Get Contracts for Three of | ——— Uncle Sam’s New Warships. 2k i ' Great Aggregation of Shipbuilding Capital Repre-| sented at Ope ing of Bids. . Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 146 G STR! W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Probably the greatest aggregation of ship-b: a the of bids at the Navy Department of ele for service. than or gathered in the Uni represented to-day ing capital s was tes at open for clads, the There w the construction n armor- will « $60,000,000. bids the construction of t which, ready ernment more < real competition In these result G and as projected battleships and armored cruls- ers will not be confined to three firms- Cramps, Newport News and Union Iron Works, which have hitherto suppl To the ratification of Secretary Long aud other the Navy who partic! in the opening of the bids, other firms besides the pioneers named sels of this type for the service. officials Department ated competed, proposals being-recelved from k Bath Iron Works of Maine; Fore River Company of Weymouth, Mass.; New York Shipbuilding Company; John M. Dialogue of Camden, N. J Moran Bros. Company of Seattle, Wash., and Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works of 8San Francisco. An examination of the bids, which have been referred to the Board of Construc- tion, indicates that contracts will be awarded as follows: Willlam Cramp & Son, one unsheathed battleship at its bid of $3,800,000, and two armored cruisers at $3,890,000 and $3,780,000 respectivel Newport News Engine and Shipbullding mpany, one sheathed battleship at $3, 000, and two armored cruisers at $3, % and $3,775,000. Union Iron Works, one unsheathed bat- tleship at $3,460,000, and two. armored cruisers at $3,800,000 for sheathed vessel and $3,750,000 for unsheathed ship. Bath Iron Works, one sheathed battle- ship at $3,590,000, Fore River Engine Company, sheathed battleship at $3,580,000. It may be that the Board of Construc- tion will recommend that the Fore River Engine Company receive one armored cruiser, but this possibility is considered very slight. The company will probably claim that the contract for two armored cruisers should be awarded to it on the | ground that its proposal for the construc- one tion of the three armored cruisers author- | | jzed by the act of June 7, 1800, is the same | as that of the Newport News Company, ! $2,775,000, and $5000 less than the bid of | the Cramps for one of the vessels. So far | as sheathed, vessels are concerned the | bid of the Fore River Engine Company is out of the question, as for one vessel it is | tan, it is said, wishes to make Turkey a. aking of the continued deadlock | $55,000 higher than that of the Cramps, !s’l‘efl' naval power and has taken the first $90,000 higher than that of the Newport | News Company and $175.000 higher than that of the Unjon Iron Works. It offers to construct one unsheathed armored cruiser for $3,800,000, $20,000 more than the proposal of the Cramps, and two sheathed crulsers for $3,775,000 each. The Union Iron Works’ bid of $3,750,000 is the lowest, however, and must cepted, leaving the contracts for two un- sheathed cruisers to oe awarded. As the un- bid of the Newport News and Fore River ngi Company and the former has had the xperience one of the vessels wiil ¥ go to the Virginia company and th most me probs the remaining contract will be awarded to | the Cramps. The matter is one demand- ing the keenest attention and it is expect- ed that the awards wili not be announced for some days. John H. Dialogue & Son submitted the low bid—3$2,400,000—on one battleship, department officials say it is doubtful if the firm wili receive a con- tract Discussing competition Secretary Long sald to-day: but the be ac- | for these two ships is | “YOU WILL - LOSE SOUTH AFRICAT e Direful Prediction to | Chamberlain in Commans. Colonial Secretary Promises | Civil Government in South Africa. it b GETS CHEEXS FROM LIBERALS WTTERS | | 1 | " LA TALK b CREED Delvers an Address - on “Wealth and - Commonwealth.” | Sad to Possess the ‘ Sordid Instinct. S F | ALLUDES 70 ROSS CONTROVERSY | 'Heads of Great Universities Paralyzed | | With Fright Lest Professors Becoms Plain-Spoken, British Statesm:n Favor the Plan fo Make Lands Seized Pay Costs of tke War. ° el e { + T ST LONDON, Dec. 8.—Two unusual scenes | occurred in the House of Commons yes- BISHOP pOTTER,S terday. The first was an interruption in | = | the speech of Joseph amberlaln STRENUOUS VIEW I ; f State for the Colonies. by 3 X BISHOP POTTER, WHOSE ADDRESS ON “WEALTH AND COMMON- [ | Tetary “’ > "‘l 3 et WEALTH" HAS CREATED MUCH COMMENT. FROM A SKETCH | f”“""- 8 Libera ‘“"'“"f‘“l”" “f“ alk- “Go where you may, talk MADE AT THE TIME HE DENOUNCED VICE IN NEW YORK. | | ne of estshliahing & civll goversmsent in with whom you will—with N 2 ot ‘L‘;::l::r:;'x’.rl’:k;:\‘dfrnm the Boers, ' i BT “You will lcse South Africa.” Proptiap of 9 FAL ank it I The second Incident of the day was the iAbos, With wolgn Sating e | cheers given the Colonlal Seeret by claims of other women upon their social recognition, with the heads of the great univer- sities paralyzed with fright lest the indiscretions of some plain-spoken professor, who tells his age the truth in an hour when it sorely needs to hear it, shall cut down the revenues of the college—it is no matter, the commercial | % question is at the bottom of % Declares She Was Enticed Into the Hom> of De- ¥ it, and decides usuall all 1% others.” ; ‘ ceased and Compelled to Battle for Life. Liberal members. Soon after proceedings began Chamber- lain announced that civil government will shortly be established in the Transvaal and Orange River colonies rlain caid the Government hoped—it was and not profession—that very shortly deed before the Hcuse met again thing in the rature of a civil admini tion might be established both Orange River and the Transvaal colony 8ir Alfred Milner, he added uld pointed Governor of both Here Duncan Pierce, Liberal for North Aberdeen, a former captair the Aberdeeenshire militia returned from Scuth Africa OF KILLING MRS. CASTLE Pale and Trembling, the Girl Gives Her Version of the Fatal Encounter. Chamb A fotteletel o o et wor be ap- member ¢ who re where | EW HAVEN Conn. Dec. 7., EL DORADO, Kans. Dec. 7.—Jessic| Witness salu she seated herself upon the | went to look after the remounts depar: Bishog Pouter in‘an address last | Morrifon to-day took the stand in her | lounge. ment when the war broke out, interr: | night before the Church Club of | OWn defense and in a quiet, de(ermmwl' “Clara sat down in front of me,” sald o4 Mr. Chamberlain, saying, “You wi Y New Haven spoke at length on | Mmanner told minutely of her relations | witness, and asked: “What do you mean | Jose South Africa.” “Wealth and Commonwealth,” | With Olin Castle before his marriage and [ bv following Olin around? I safd T w Chontiiits &iss dald e Bad suupented not. as calmly pictured the scene at the Castl 2 | house during the bloody rough-and-tun:- ble fight with Mrs. Castle. She proved an Then she said: “You know you hate me and I hate you and | am no friend of ours.’ I rese to go. She said: ‘Don’t go “I choose this subject because of its par- | amount importance,” he said. ‘“‘Divorce, | crime and corruption in all our cities have to Sir Alfred Milner that he lssue proc mations in English and Durh forth the Government's intentions sett | one root—the lust of money. The one | Unexpectedly strong witmess. Miss Mor- | ¥et; Olin is coming in a minute. ItSs t00| were animated by no vind | eager, dominant hunger which salutes us | TiSon approached the witrless chair pale | bad for you to run after that poor boy.' | against the men in arms. The Gover | trom one end to another of our broad lana | and trembling and began her testimony | “I told her he was the one who caused | ment thought it Impossible that reasc with an effort. As she proceeded she | her to be so bitier toward me. She sal o b able men could ask it to fix a day | is the passion, the hunger, the greed of | | full gain. “Challenge what method you will in (he‘ complicated web of our industrial, politi- | [ know better. gained confidence and related her story You tried to separate us!” without hesitation. She denied most of | I said I had not and she said: ‘You are o the damaging testimony adduced by the | liar.’ ‘Don’t call me a liar” Then prosecution. She flatlv of | we both rose up together self-government could be granted | The Government had lald down three o & fa The first of these was to e jects. tha denied many | cal or social life and you will find the | ey - suerrflla war. Tt would not surpr “qupsugn of gain behind it. Listen to what 1{1» statements made on the stand by Olin I\l:fl witness paused. ¥ it the Boers had destroyed more | scandal you may in the haunts of politi- | UAStle and declared ikat he had tried to hat was done then?’ . asked Judge ! than the English. Never in history had Redden “My handkerchief dropped and I stooped to pick it up. She moved quickly in the came direction and then she cut me with make Mrs. Castle jealous and that Mrs. Castle had flaunted her husband’s acts her face. On the day of the tragedy, she | declared, Mrs. Castle nad called her into the house as she was passing, had he razor.’ Hear | €used Miss Morrison of trying to separate | “'You had no razor, Knife nor weapon war been waged with so much humanit The women had only their protection. The was answerable for the f outrag of women and children. and it had been shown that in no' case had a British sol cians, in the camps’of soldiers, in the halls of fashion, the final standard of the whole | business may be expressed by a dollar | mark. | “Listen to the talk of children as they | measure and compare their elders. been deported native populati n acts ac a group of young girls, hose fresh youth | NeF and Castle and wnen she denied it (S, o dler Besty Justly Sceniol . The Tarm ¢ one would think ought in the matter of | 2lled her a llar. Mrs. Castle had, thep | (0 MRG0 BBREERCR. o rcross | I8 Was greatly exaggerated ! {helr most tender and sacred aftections to | Witness declared emphatically, begun the | - “She cut twice with ihe razor across | erts ad only sanctioned the ¢ fight, slashing her with the razor agaia | ™ . sald Miss A - b o Sublohasent be as free from sordid instinct as from | In cases of com- | the taint of a godless cynicism, and you | | will find that thes. have their price, and are not to be had without it any more | than a Circassian slave in the market of | | Bagdad. | | *“Go where you may. talk with whom | you will—with clergvmen estimating the promise of a field for spiritual labor, with women rating (ke claims of other women bed at her arid screamed. Then'Clara and | I rushed together and she threw me, and | she kept striking at me all the time. She fell over on me and I got the razor away | from her. After that we rolled over on | the floor.” ssie Morrison told her story in a clear, | voice, without hesitation, but she the threshold of the and again and compeliing the defendant to attack her antagonist in self-defense. During her thrilling recital of the two women rolling over one another on the | floor in their combat the spectators rivet- | | plicity in the rebellion or damage done to the railways. The Government sustained Lord Roberts absolutely. The Govern- ment was bound to leave discretion to the military The second object was that when pacifi- cation was accomvlishéd & ernment would be instituted. The third object was ultimate self-government The statement caused an unusual scene, ed thefr eyes upon Miss Morrison. In all her testimony Miss. Morrigon was direct and positive; never once did she flinci and at only one time during the cross-ex- amination did she shed a tear. It had a crown paused bloody part of it. at most | upon thelr soclal recognition, with the|, . s . o4 even by the,defeuse, that she | “Then what did you do?' asked Judge|the Colonial Secretary being loudly | heads of great universities paralyzed with {nis- | Rodd i r | tright lest the indiscretions of la would break down during cross-examina- odden. | cheered from the Liberal benches. | tright les! s some plain- | ¢, “T cut her,” answered the witness, in a| Mr. Asquith contended that amnesty | spoken professor who tells his age the | | truth in an hour when it sorely needs to hear it shall cut down the revenues of the conversational tone. “Do you know how many times?" should be granted to the Boer leaders. 8ir Henry Campbell-Bannerman said The first part of Miss Morrison's testi- mony contradicted much that Castle had “The bids were very satisfactory, in “N ir.” o > » 54 kvt | A e | said on the stand. At first her voice was No, sir. that Mr. Chamberlain's speech was more | :T:,:, 5 SYNAYELe O 1ot Sher e c:‘::fiz;‘:::'nth?:g;:m'r:; ‘,:"::;ri;“} | harsh, but 1t afterwara became more soft | Do you know what became of the ra- | favorable than the opposition had ex- R e e oraons. CompatiMon | i NNV A1) St otet = | and low. Witness sald she had knowa | Zor’ fected, and that the Government had 1strates growth of the navy. It is Castle since July, 1867, when she began to | ~ “She may have knocked it from my hand | practically accepted the amendment. In interesting to compare the gathering to- day, composed of representatives of mil- lons of capital and great aggregations of labor, with that which occurred ten years ago when bids were opened for battleships of the Oregon class. Then there were but few firms represented in the competition, while to-day there were nine.” Rear Admiral Hichborn, chief, con- structor, also expressed gratification at the result of the competition. “The bids were low,” he sald, “and T was very agreeably surprised. It is per- fectly gratifying to the Construction Bu- rean to find that the average cost of | sheathing, as shown by the bids, is about 3 per cent instead of 4 per cent, as it was | estimated. All the money appropriations | will be required to bu:id the vessels and additional appropriations will have to be made to equip the ships.” Rear Admiral Charlcs O'Neil, chief of | ordnance and president of the Board of Construction, said that at one time it was thought that the designs prepared by the Board of Construction provided for ships that would cost more than Congress had | allowed, but the result shows that the | board was fully justified in its action. SULTAN NOW WANTS A MODERN NAVY Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- a Copyright, 1900, by the Herald Pub- | lishing Company. | CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 7.—The Sul- rstep to that end. He has issued an order | that the fleet be reorganized and the com- | manding Minister of Marine to report | what measures are necessary to ‘place | Turkey on an equality with the maritime | nations of Europe. | *“We read the other day of a woman at the horse show whose attire was a dress | made of the skins of unborn lambs., What do you think of such & thing? Is not this a relic of barbarism? “The situation, grave and threatening as it is to all that is best in a nation's life, is the result of causes that are not far to seek. They are to be found in the spirit of the age, in the conditions of our nag tional life and in the standard of our per- sonal values. “If material wealth be the end of being, it accumulation be the worthiest aim of human ambition, if the palaces or the buying of Legislatures be the final and highest distinction possible to modern manhood, then we must needs look them in the face. “In the country in which you and I live what we call civilization has undergone what is nothing less than a gigantic revo- lution. The huge aggregations of capital, which have practically taken from the hands of the individual the independent disposition” of ‘his labor and have intro- duced Into his existence paralyzing uncer- tainty as to both his comforts and his | his opinion there ought not to be a di- | vision. | Mr. Emmett withdrew the amendment which demanded that the Government an- ncunce measures for pacifying the an- nexed territory. e DEWET'S FORCE PURSUED. General Kitchener Reports That the Boer Chief Is Hard Pressed. LONDON, Dec. 7.—A dispatch from General Kitchener, dated Bloemfontein December 7. confirming the news from Aliwal North, Cape Colony, of"yesterday's date, saying General Dewet's main force is hard pressed, adds that General Knos captured the Krupp gun which Dewet abandoned near the Caledon River and continued in pursuit. The dispatch alse says that while the British were handing over women at the request of the Boers, under a flag of truce at Belfast op Wednesday, December 5, a force of 1M soldiers unsuccessfully attacked a neigh- boring infantry post. JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 7.—In pursu- ance of the reconcentrade policy the au- thorities here are preparing accommoda- or F may have dropped it."” Then Miss Morrison told of Mrs. Mo- berly ~and Mrs, Spangler entering the house. She denied much of the evidence given by these two ‘women. & Captain Waters cross-examined Miss Morrison. The witness denied that she | had ever been engaged to Olin Castle. When court sdjourned at mnoon Miss Morrison was helped to. walk to her cell by her brother. She had not winced once under the cross-examination, which it had been belleved would cause her to break | down, and had displayed remarkable cool- ness, nerve and self-control. During the noon hour the Rev. Mr. Myers, an evangelist, went to the prison- er’s cell and prayed with her. At the afternoon session Captain Waters continued the cross-examination, “What prevented you after you got the razor from going to the door and scream- | ing for help?” was asked of Miss Morri- son. “‘She held my hair and arm.” | Later witness sald she had seen some | one at the window and called for help. Several questions put by Captain Waters work in the racket store, where he was employed, and she had known Mrs. Castle about six years before her death. During the summer of 1899 Castle had come to sec her at her brother-in-law’s house from | one to three times a week anl had taken | her riding frequently. He had written her a letter while he was at Whitewater | and she had answered it. She told about | going to Excelsior Springs last Jahuary | and of Castle asking to come to see her on the night before she went away. “Just before he left did vou tell him you would fix him?" was asked. “I did not,” replied Miss firmly. “Did you ever tell him you would fix him, or use words of similar import?” “I did not.” Bhe told of the interview in the racket store with Castle, who said on the wit- ness stand that she had threatened him. She sald she had asked him to return her letters and things and he had replied: “You needn’t worry: nobody has ever seen your letters and I guess I'll return them.” Morrisan re, wi “Were either of you angry?”’ :::“ "m'.';:e_"“m::'d:;ur.::e"‘c"l“ o d MRSl were objected to and the objections were | tion on the race course for 000 people asses 3 u“ v sustained, and the cross-exa 3 s the distance of the Rand from classes, and the competitions Did you use any expression or make mination end- | from as far as the dis ¢ ed without Miss Morrison having contra- dicted any of her Important morning state- ments. She stuck to her original testi- mony almost entirely. On redirect examination Judge Redden asked Miss Morrison whether she had cut Mrs. Castle after she felt the danger to herself was past.. She replied that she had not. The witness was dismissed, Judge Red- den helping her from the chair to a place near the members of her family. Thé\ burghers will be herded in = laager and will be strictly watched. A notification appears in the gazette to the effect that all able-bodied British sub- Jects are Hable to be conscripted for serv- ice in the Rand Rifles. CAPE TOWN, Dec. 7.—Owing to the at. tempts of sympathizers to communicate with the Boer prisonmers at Green Point camp Maxim guns have been placed Ir position on the surrounding heights, o readiness for a disturbance. any threatening movement. or you don't, you'll wish you had?” “No, sir. Witness denifed urging Castle to keep his promise and come and see her, or that she had told him she was in trouble. Miss Morrison denied having taken any ragors from the racket store or having had a razor or knife when, as she ‘passed the Castle house, Mrs. Castle called her in. After she entered, she sald, Mrs. Cas- | tle fastened the screen door behind them. that, while they cheapen the necessaries oy IE of Iife, increase the elements of perplexity and uncertdinty as to how great muiti- tudes may obtain them—all these are fea- tures of our modern situation full of ‘dan- Ber. “For one, I have no hope that any mechanism of legislation, any system of soclalism, any scheme of agrarian distri- bution or taxation will in the remotest de- gree remove them. The church of God must go up, must stay up, upon a much 1 nigher plane than that.”