The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. BLOOD IS SHED IN o e ———. < Call, 12. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. < CHINESE SHADOW PUZZLE—WHRY ARE TWO GREAT GENERALS DOING WHAT IN WHOSE TENT? SANTA FE STRIKE Mob Drives Two Operators From Their Keys at Sedalia and Fires Upon Both. One Receives a Bullet in the Arm and the Other Is Believed to Be Badly Wounded. ke on ENVER the Dee. 11 1 between there P 11l be none. MANAGER MUDGE'S STATEMENT Declares That the Strike Is a Com- plete Failure. Kans., Dec. 1.—General Man- t the Santa Fe strike d that the road is the places He still t the key in the gen- wever. In an in- d to-night: Se PEKA rM e says movements r system. It has be to run the trains in t other Western roads - S But the Santa Fe has block x : he others have not. We are = block signals from Chicago to again. 1 gave the order for re- n this mornin message for operators to work, which J for A. Newman says ed to It was taken off the Mice, e shop and originated I don't Newman's personal message me late yesterday been nothing further r since I replied last me went on the an with he Mudge's reply “Your wire to-day that any official she > ve it has been done. Please and name of official that 1 investigat: There will be no ob- endeavoring to get the men back work, as we are refusing to permit m to go back, as you very well know.” All the striking operators received no- ¢ that their services would no be required by the company. Su- dent Sholes claims that there are was as follows: Am also surprised reck, led him gave him the to- by at ers 2 operators 150 vacancies on the force of teleg- | en away by vet to fill and that this will bp o They went | done In a short time. The company claims to be able to re- ceive and care for all the ordinary busi- ness with which it may be intrusted and t as far as the strikers are concerned road need not recognize their exist- ce. As at each r mcts of violence have ¥ kers and their R S — WRECK ON THE SANTA FE. Absence of Proper Telegraphic Facili- ties Costs a Life. TOPEKA, Kans.,, Dec. 1L.—A rear-end col n occurred this morning between twe Fe freight trains near Olathe, wherein one life was lost and several per- uarters of s in this It k the head of but w 't want injured. A north-bound freight | u g 4 t mer Lake | crashed into the rear end of a stock N t feed | train and both were wrecked. Noble | T rs is the | Thomas of Emporia was burned to death places b caboosc . the stock train and his B her was badly mangled. They were STRIKERS' PLACES ALL FILLED. | ko SO AR Y R e absence of the proper facilities in the thought to have of telegraph is ed the wreck. ce President Barr of Santa Fe. s from Olathe and the freight C. Nicholson, the conductor lled train, that when his ed he went back to do the s train started, so he started to get aboard. ted a fuse @ e Calling out the stockmen when he saw iston was inevitable, all succeeded S ting out of the way car but one. = the crash the wrecked way . fire and was destroyed and a loaded with wheat The track e caboose, burned ed in a few hours, CHAIRMAN ROGERS SANGUINE. up. was Says Operators Who Returned to Work Are Again Out. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.—D. G. Roger: chairman of the Order of Raflway raphers, gave out atement to-night: “The situation to-night is more encour- ing than at any previous time. The egraphers on some parts of the sys- a ing normal again. | forge your name. | the following | u On the con- they are a good thing ducted.” VALLEY DIVISION OPEN. Agent Lehmer Seys Not a Train Has ons. Been Delayed. STOCKTON, Dec. 11.—O. W. Lehmer, the a Fe agent, made the followin t to-day in regard to the strike: | tem who returned to thelr desks on forged information that the strike had been de- clared off or temporarily settled went out n when advised that some unscrup- s persons had been tampering with the names of the Order of Rallway Tel- egraphers’ officers. “Railroad travel at best is surrounded with grave dangers and these are en- hanced a hundredfold when trains are not properly handied through special orders ulo by competent and experienced telegraph- ers ““The Santa Fe Company is using super- human endeavors to run passenger trains on time, but is not making much head- way. Freight traffic is becoming more and more congested, and the situation will steadily grow worse, and ‘time’ and per- ishable freight will fare badly.” Font S el TRAINMEN HOLD CONFERENCE. Discuss the Question of Joining in Sympathetic Strike. DENVER, Dee. 1L.—The local committee | | of the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen | held a secret meeting to-day and dis- | | “As far as the Valley division is con- 4 not & train has been delaved by | e strike and even the overland is run- ng as usual. Yesterday it was but fifty | ninutes late, but the strike had nothing | to do with that. The overland is some- | much later than that. There are o operators here—S. W. Bornes and J. | and both sre at work with no of striking. With the strike | ally over there would be no sense r going out. | he only operators that have left their this division are four boys—one rey, one at East Yard, one at Por- and one at Fernandez. They had been its at $15 or $20 a month until the Fe gave them their first job. In 4r gratitude they go out at the drop of © hammer. They were all replaced yes- erday by a special train which came gh beering Chief Train Dispatcher ert Hamilton and the road is running usual, all trains being run on schedule Beyond the four boys who went Out at unimportant poiuts there has been times keys on at Bt cussed the question of aiding the Santa Fe's telegraphers by means of a sympa- thetic strike. It is said that it was prac- tically decided to submit the question to a vote of the body immediately. If thig is done the result will be known by to- moIrTow. Y Four new operators, it is claimed by the | strikers, walked out to-day at offices be- tween Denver and Pueblo and others, it is declared, will follow suit as soon as they can be reached and the situatien ex- plained to them. ' 'FOREIGN MINISTERS CLEAR THE WAY ! L3 ; FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LASTING PEACE IN THE EMPIRE OF CHINA (Arranging as a Basis for Serious Negotiagions a Short Preliminary | “e Protocol That Leaves Many Questions to Separate Conventions to| ! Be Drawn Up Later a-d Considered by the Interesied Powers, | | | | ONDON, Dec. 12 Chinese ‘Reports from sources,” says the Shanghai correspondent of" the Times, wiring Monday, “point to the probability that serious nego- tiations for peace will begin forthwith. It is believed that a short preliminary pro- | ’tocol is in process of arrangement, leav- | ing many questions, including commercial subjects, to separate conventions, to be drawn up later. “The powers should retain their troops in China until these questions are settled and until tangible evidence is given that China honestly intends to fulfill her en- gagements. Progressive Chinese regard | the present as a great epportunity to over- throw the reactionary Manchu methods and to ipaugurate a regime of national progre “It is urged that the powers shall insist rakes of the stock train stuci | upon the cancellation of the claim of the present heir-apparent, Prince Tuan’s son, and the substitution of an heir of full age, free from any connection with the Tuan party. Such a man is available, *p is declared to be legally pos- he Morning Post published the follow- ing telegram from its Peking correspon- dent, dated December 10: “The French have refused to participate in the scheme of a police committee for Peking, formed under the direction of Colonel Baron Gayl, in which the American member is Captain Dodds. The Russians have been excluded because they no longer exercise control | here.” FEAD W OFFICIALS PUNISHED. Sentenced to B;¥Hanged for the Paoting-Fu Atrocities. TIENTSIN, Nov. 5.—The international expedition to Paoting-Fu, after repeated postponements, at length commenced operations on October 12, when, from Pe- king and Tientsin, there started simul- taneously three columns. The Tientsin columns were commanded by General Baellond of the French army and Major General Lorne Campbell, the former taking a direct route to the north of the waterway to Paoting-Fu and the | latter a more circuitous route to the south of the same. At Machou, a small walled city, on the 17th of October, Gen- eral Campbell recelved a letter from Gen- eral Baellond, stating that the French had occupied Paoting-Fu on the 13th inst. without opposition, having anticipated the actions of the allles and broken the promise that they would awalt other | commands. . On the 18th Yienchou Hsien was reachea, and on the 21st the British forces reached Paoting-Fu. | The fanti, or chief provincial treasury | official, the manchu, commander of the | forces, and the chief magistrate of Tien- | tsin were found within the city, and an international court of inquiry was insti- tuted to determine their guilt in regard to the murders at Paoting-Fu during the first week of July. After a hearing the officials were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged, the sentences being referred to Field Marshal von Waldersee for his approval. The fanti was degraded by being com~ pelled to walk through the streets of the city under escort to the place of his con- finement. On the same day thirteen known participants In the Paoting-Fu atrocities were publicly shot. While this was going on patrols were ouring the country to the west and uth, and while engaged {n this way on the 2d inst. a patrol of the Sixteenth Bengal Lancers was fired upon from a fortified village, Kushan, about twenty-five miles north- west of Paoting-Fu, and three of the men were wounded, one severely. On the 24th of October a small force of some 250 men with one pom pom, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Phayre, Third Bom- bay Cavalry, left Paoting-Fu and burned Kushan, killing 100 Chinese in the at- tack. Kushan was a well-known Boxer rendezvous. On the 26th the French column had an engagement, taking a town nine miles to the south of Kushan and killing 200 na- tives. Four Krupp guns were captured, and the loss to the French troops was twenty-one killed, The return march was uneventful. — CHAFFEE SENDS AN APOLOGY., Retracts Objectionable Language in Note to Von Waldersee. BERLIN, Dec. 11.—The German Foreign Office a orizes the following statement regarding the Waldersee-Chaffee incident, based upon a cable dispatch just received from Field Marshal von Waldersee: “General Chaffee wrote Field Marshal von Waldersee a letter in a rough tome. Field Marshal von Waldersee refused to receive it, returning the same to General Chaffee. The latter then wrote a sec- ond letter apologizing for his objection- able expressions, whereupon Field Mar- | shal von Waldersee invited General Chaf- fee to breakfast ond the incident was ami- cably closed.” ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The War De- partment has received a report from Gen- eral Chaffee of the incident that occurred at Peking in connecticn with his repre- sentations to Field Marshal von Walder- see. It appears that General Chaffee did use some pretty vigorous language in protesting against the thieving and loot- ing of the foreign troops. What particu- larly hurt Count von Waldersee was a poiuted reference by General Chaffee to the fact that this disgraceful and unmili- tary practice of looting was being in- dulged in, not by the men who did the fighting and opened the way to Peking but by the late comers who had borne none of the brunt of conflict and hard- ship. Waldersee himself did not reach Peking until long after tke cxpeditionary force had occupied the town. 1t is recognized bere officially that Gen- eral Chaftee had provocation for his de- llverance, but regret is felt that he used this tone in addressing the Field Mar- shal. PARIS, Dec. 11—An officlal of the French Foreign Office, speaking about General Chaffee’s position in regard to looting, sald: * “The fact is principally regrettable be- cause It is likely to result in a break of the concord under Field Marshal von Walder- see. Either Waldersee is the international commander of all the forces in China, or his position is an imaginary one. As the present status has apparently been quite eatisfactory, anything which might occa. sion a brey( in the ranks is disagreeable.”" The Foreign Office official aiso said that | the order stopping the packing of the astronomical instruments at Peking | caused a desire that France should learn definitely her international rights—wheth- er she was entitled to their possession. - | WILL TREAT WITH EARL LI | Ministers Decide Not to Await Au- thenticated Credentials. PEKING, Dec. 1, via Taku, Dec. 1l.— | At to-day's meeting of the Ministers, | called to consider whether Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching had power from the court to conduct negotiations for a set- tlement on behalf of China, some of the Ministers stated that they were author- “ ized to treat with them as representatives | of China, while others, including the Ger- | man Minister, had not received instruc- | tiors in the matter. All decided, how- | ever, that as soon as Sir Ernest Mason Satow, the British Minister, shall have | received word to agree to the joint note | they will commence negotiations with Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching, unless otherwise instructed by their home gov- ernmer Count von Walder: $63,000 as the e has turned over British share of the resuit of the Pagting-Fu expedition to General | | Gaselee, who, in turn, gave the money to Minister Satow to be used for the bene | fit of the Chinese who may | during the winter. Li Hung Chang visited General Chaffee to-day. He says that his powers to nego- tiate with the forelgn envoys, though con- | ferred by telegraph, are absolute and complete. At the meeting of the provisional gov- ernment held to-day, the United States was represented by Captain Dodds of the Ninth Infantry. All of the governments HOUSE TAKES UP HAZING OF BOOZ need help | Orders an Inquiry ASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—In the House to-day a resolution was adopted for the appoint- ment of - special committee of five members investi- gate the death of Oscar L. Booz of Bris- tol, Pa., which ,occurred recently as a result of hazing recelved while a cadet at West, Point. This course was taken over the head of the Military Committes, which reported in favor of allowing the War Department to conduct the inquiry man of the Military Affairs Committee, reported back from that committee a sub- stitute for the Driggs resolution for an investigation of the alleged “hazing’ Booz at West Point. The substitute is as follow: “Whereas,It s alleged in the newspapers that Oscar L. Booz of Bristol, Pa., for- merly a cadet at the United States Mili- | tary Academy at West Point, died at his home from injurles purporting to have been the result of hazing inflicted upon him by certain unknown cadets of the said military academy: and “Whereas, The Secretary of War is now making investigation of the facts, | “Resolved, That scid Secretary jqufls!ed to report the result of such in- | vestigation to the House of Representa- }tives, together with such recommenda- | i | | | fs re- tions as he may see fit to make.” The report of Secretary Root, together with that of Superintendent Mills, is at- tached to the resolution. The presenta- tion of the resolution and the reading of the reports of the Secretary of War and | Colonel Mills aroused great interest in | the House. Slayden of Texas, a member of the | Military Committee, expressed the opin- | fon that the reports concerning hazing | | at West Point had been grossly exagger- | ated. Clayton of New York, who was himself a graduate of West Point, defended the | Military Academy. He said there was no | necessity for bringing up the Dreyfus | case. The record of the academy stood “Why not Investigate, then?” Wanger. “The academy fears no Investigation,™ replied Clayton. “The son of a washer- | woman and & wdllionaire are on the same footing when they enter the academy From his own personal experience Clay- ton sald he knew that the reports of haz- ing were greatly exaggerated. The sen- timent of the cadets was against brutality or doing anything unfair. Hazing as it was practiced years ago, he sald, had been stamped out. Hay of Virginia favored a Congressional investigation not, he said, because he be- lieved there was any ground for the charges, but because an investigation would vindicate the academy and the ca- | dets. In concluding the debate Hull said he | had little faith in Congressional investiga- | tions. It was erroneous to believe that | the army was interested in shielding | West Point, and he told what had beea | done in the last five years to stop hazing “If the charges of hazing should be proved,” asked Driggs, “is there any law which could reach the cadets who par- | ticipated?” “The gentleman can answer that ques- tion as well as 1,”” answered Hull. “But if proved, if the War Department does not take steps to dismiss the guilty ones from the academy, Congress will.” | Driggs of New York, the author of the | original resolution, protested vigorousiy against the adoption of the substitute res- | olution, as it did not include p: n for | an investigation of the general subject of | hazing at West Point with a view of put- ting a permanent stop to such practice: He declared that the practice of infam- ously hazing ‘“plebes”” at West Point was notorious. Driggs sald that he would be In favor of abolishing the academy it When the House met to-day Hull, chair- | ot | asked | Into the Death of the Young Cadet at West Point Aeademy. ‘Wanger Deeclares Officials Seek to Hide the Truth as Freneh Army Guarded i the Dreyfus Seandal. | these brutal practices eould not be stop- ped. (Applause.) Wanger of Pennsylvania, who ap- pointed Ca Congression a'a not tails, let Booz, spoke in favor of a 1 investigation. He sald he presume to know the exact de- responsible persons had made statements relative to the case which had profoundly moved the people of the coun- try. The gross outrages known to have been committed at the academy in the past, he said, had aroused the conviction that the officers of the academy and of the army were so jealous of the fair name of the academy that they guarded it as indisereetly as the officers of France guarded the Dreyfus scandal. He was not opposed to receiving any information | the Secretary of War had on the subject. or to the proposed inquiry by the War Department, but he insisted that only @ sional inquiry would satisfy the Such an Investigation would bring out the facts and lead to action which would forever prevent cadets being s of hazing in the future. Wan- ger said that at the proper time he would | offer a substitute for the committee’s ‘res- | olution providing for an investigation by a special committee of five members of the House who should have the power to send for persons and papers, and if neces- | sary proceed to West Polnt, and that the | committee should report within sixty days. Wanger's resolution for a special committee of five to investigate the case was then adopted without division. The Speaker appointed the following members to constitute the committee: Marsh of Illinois, chairman; Wanger of Pennsylva- nia, Smith of Iowa, Driggs of New York and Clayton of New York. etz = s | MILLS MAKES FULL DENIAL. Refutes the Charge That Booz Was | Hazed by Cadets. l WASHINGTON, Dee. 11.—Colonel Mills, superintendent of the Military Academy, has entered the broadest denial, based upon a full investigation made by himsel? of the report that the late Cadet Osear | Booz was hazed and otherwise mistreated at the academy. The Secretary of War has transmitted Colonel Mills' report tu the House Committee on Military Affairs in answer to the House resolution on the subject, and has accompanied it by the statement that at the instance of Colonel Mills he has appointed the board, con- sisting of Major-General Brooke, Colonel Gillespie and Colonel Clous, to meet at West Point on the 15th inst., or as soon as possible thereafter, to investigate, not only the Booz case, but also the methods employed at the academy to prevent haz ing. Colonel Mills' statement is quite long. He says he had no personal knowledgs of Booz, whose record at the academy he submits to demonstrate that there was no medical evidence of any mistreatment, but that his resignation was attributed to weak eyes and a poor record in stud ies. Having carefully questioned cadets who were classmates of Booz, Colonel Mills finds that the cadet had no trouble prior to August 6, 1598, when he had a fist fight, witnessed by six cadets, all of whom are now at the academy. Two classmates of Booz testifled that the lat- ter invited them to attend the fight; that he went to it and engaged In it willing- ly, and in the beginning was the ag- gressor. All the cadets testify that the unter was short, of little severity and Booz was In no way injured or marked On t timony of the cadets Colonel Mills also denied specifically the story that tabasco sauce was poured down Booz's throat, and that he was called “Bibles” or ridiculed on account of his religious belief. In conclusion he asks for the investigation which the Secretary has ordered. | AT LEAST 'CANAL BILL MAY GO OVER ANOTHER YEAR have entered into the plan except France, whose representatives insist that the French territory shall be excluded from the rule of the commission appointed. A number of subcommittees were appointed. Several high Chinese officials, on being asked, expressed a desire to assist. Though army officlals have been appoint- | ed members of the committee, it is the desire of the generals to make the rule |Probable Result of the Delay in Acting Upon | the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. Special Dispatch to The Call CALL HEADQUARTERS, M08 G ate of the Nicaragua canal bill until the clivil as far as possible. Japan was placed on the charity committee on account of the amount of rice she commandeered in Avugust, most of which she has now. poli el WILL EEEP TROOPS IN CHINA. Italian Deputies Vote Down a Reso- lution for Their Recall, ROME, Dec. 1L.—In the Chamber of Treputies to-day the Soclalist group intro- duced a resolution calling on the Govern- ment to recall the Italian troops in China. Signor Sarraco, the Premier, made the To recall the troops would be impru- dent and unjustifiable at the present mo- ment, when negotiations for peace are in progress. Moreover, Italy Is entitled to reap the advantages of her participation | in the action of the powers in China. The Government desires that the negotiations in Peking should be pressed forward as much as possible and will withdraw the Ttalian troops from China as soon as the dignity of the country will allow.” , “The Chamber then rejected the resolu- tion by an overwhelming vote. STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. | 11.—“An amendment of the Hay-Paunce- | fote treaty will cause indefinite delay in the construction of the Nicaragua canal,” gald a high official of the administration to-day. Lord Pauncefote, British Embassador, has communicated to friends his belief that Lord Salisbury will decline to agree to the Davis amendment, in which event the treaty will fail. Even supposing the British Government accepts the amendment, men say, it cannot be expected to act im- mediately when the United States Senate has considered the treaty for almost a | year. It is conceded to be practically impossi- ble for the amendment to be ratified, pre- suming the British Government will act favorably, before the close of the present session of Congress, and the canal matter will consequently go over for another year. It seems to be the impression of the members of the Cabinet that the Presi- dent will oppose the passage by the Sen- administration | treaty is ratified. Secretary Hay's attitude has been mis- interpreted by his friends, Senator Frye among them, who have been anxious to have the country understand his position | The Secretary is very deeply interested in the fate of the treaty, and he earnestly | supports the President in his desire that | it shall be ratified unamended. The British Government accepted, with- out a suggestion of change, the treaty as drafted by Mr. Hay and approved by the President, and the administration, in view of the concession made, hesitates to offer {an amendment which vitiates the great principle of neutrality the convention enunciates. It is stated positively that Mr. Hay rever said to Senator Frye that he would or would not resign in case of the rati- fication or rejection of the treaty. What the Secretary did say was that no one was authorized to state that he would tender his resignation shofild the treaty be rejected. Close friends of the Secre- tary do not expect, in any event. that he will remain In the Cabinet throughout the next administration.