The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1900, Page 1

the This Paper not to be taken from Library.++++ VOLUYE LX XXIX—NO. SAN FRANCISCb, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENT POWERS MAY DEMAND AN ENORMOUS SUM AS INDEMNITY FROM CHINA American Government Seeks to Lighten the Burden That Will Be Put Upon the Em- =ire Because of the Boxer Outrages| Suggests Two Hundred Million Dollars as| the Mazximum Sum, Likeiy to Be Many Times That Amount SR Do e Special Dispatch to The Call. this table, the al ht from Siberia. from nd 4 g . all but oned at Kia- 560 mer a stad ited States. ‘ae N 1 from ported from Ttaly. anded from her war- e societies named are religious bod- 13 maintain missionaries in China, many of whom were killed. They will not only want heavy sums to indemnify the balis oF lied, but 15 solace those who were and also to repalr the mage done in the destruction of mis- sion property. Many merchants suffered osses con ence of the outrages. The Ameri egation in Peking was wned by Colonel Charles Denby, Mr. ecessor, and pther legations : - ners .\ foreign gov- TS, will thus be seen that the ity will assume gigantic 1 beliave not be more rase of ina- indem- to the it is reasonable nt will urge the feefeesiiod PEOPLE OF SITKA FEAR AN UPRISING OF INDIANS 1t is point- en nations sign- ry to The H only ten of which ar in the Chi- nese trout remaining six— Denmark Sweden nd Norway, he N and Portugai have will a v the their ablest d be no difficulty in unbias: other pow- the The court t their claims and con- this and | rt, which wonld receive sider them. The only objection pl is the delay that would th! is important in view of of Great Britain, to which been given by the other powers, troops in Peking and province of Chil government complied wi the agreemer to ensue the Chinese he conditions™ ‘until the il PROMPT REPLY REQUESTED. Spanish Minister Will Present the Preliminary Joint Note. PEKING, Dec. 2.—Li Hung Chang, answering an inquiry from the foreign en- i regarding his health, said he be- lleved he would be able to attend meeting to-morrow in order to accept with Prince Ching the preliminary joint note. The note will be presented by the Span- | ish Minister, Senor B. J. de Cologan, Dean | has protested to the Porte against case, | of the diplomatic corps, with a few words expressive of a hope for as prompt a re- ply as possible to a note which has been carefully prepared with every desire to continue the dynasty and not to be hard toward the nation, and of a further hope that the Chinese plenipotentiaries will urge upon Emperor Kwang Hsu the ne- cessity of immediate compllance. - An answer is expected about Thursday. KAIS R MIXES IN OUR DISPUTE WITH TURKEY Protests Against Sultan Buying a Cruiser Before Settling With Krupp. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 23.—The ex- | pected imperial irade authorizing the sign- ing of the contract for the construction of a cruiser for the Ottoman navy by the Cramp Ship Bullding Company, together with the initial deposit of £100,000, has not yet been issued. It appears that the German embassy payment to the Cramps before the amount owing to Herr Krupp for naval guns has been pald. —_— Wuchang an Open Port. PARIS, Dec. 23.—The semi-official Temps announces in confirmation of the press dispatches that the Viceroy of the prov- | inces ¢f Hupe! and Hunan declares that whole indem- | Wuchang was made an open port. o I i e 2 e o B R Y Marine Guard Under Arms Day and Night in Anticipation of Trouble. Special Dispatch to The Call. LE. T A letter recefve night from Sitka, Alaska, date December 17, says: Thi of suppressed exciteme: break se Indians tioned here are lying on their arms, and | the Marshal and deputies have made ar- rangements to do all in their power to | protect white citizens In case of trouble The aspect is serious, as the Indians out- number by far the combined marine guard and the United States Marshal’s force. The presefit trouble is of several years' standing. About two years ago, a ‘“‘pot- latch” was conducted in Sitka by the aif- ferent tribes of A.askan Indians, and at that time & new totem pole was produced bv the Sitka tribes. It bore the emblem of the Aleskan Indians, a frog, and it is because of this wooded figure that resi- dents of this city are in danger. Several the vigorous tribes made vigorous pro- ts against the Sitka tribe having and keeping the sacred emblem of all the tribes, which, they claimed, wes not pro- Auced legitimately. It was proved that the frog was carved by an Indian named Jarry, at the instigation of one Daniel, who is looked upon as an arch enemy of fhe Indians. The cause of the fll-feeling directed @zainst Danlel dates back to the time %hen he joined forces with the United Atates Marshal. Since that time he has @aused the arrest of hundreds of squaws and bucks for breaking the liquor regula- ®ions governing Indians, and has been cor- <ially hated in consequence. After numerous squabbles the quarrel @f the Indians was finally taken before a ecommissioner, and later into courts at Juneau. In both courts it was held that the frog belonged to the Sitka tribe, and that the other Indians had no valld claim upon it. The final decision worked upon the feelings of the Indians to such an ex- here tc fearing an out- The marines sta- | tent that preparations were made to gain | possession of the totem pole and kill both city is in a sta‘e | Harry and Daniel. Word of these intentions was brought | by friendly Indians who arrived from Ju- neau a few days ago in a canoe. Captain J. H. Pendleton, commanding the fifty five marines stationed here, immediately made every preparation to meet the im- | pending difficulty. Ammunition was is- sued to each man, the three-inch rapld- fire and the Colts automatic were put into condition for use at a moment's notice and the men were confined to the barrack | The strength of the guard has grounds. been increased recently and extreme vigi- lance is a standing order. The arrival of the Cottage City lo—da\ | was expected to bring some reassuring news, but nothing of that nature was to be learned. The steamer carried about the usual number of Indian passengers, but they were reticent even to an unusual degree. At a late hour to-day Captain Fendleton issued an order that all ma- rines out of the barracks, on duty or otherwise, should return immediately, under penalty of heavy punishment, on the firing of the signal gun. CONGRATULATES B.EDIOHD Archbishop Walsh Subscribes to Irish Parliamentary Fund. DUBLIN, Dec. 2.—Archbishop Walsh, in a letter to John E. Redmond, leader of the Irish party, says: “The time has come to resume the old practice, in abeyance for several years, of subscribing to the Irish P-ru-.'mntan fund.” He enclosed a check for ten poundl and congratulated Mr. Redmond upon ‘“‘grap- pling with exemplary success with the difficulties of your positian.” + but the Figures Are| of five furists | members of 1te by the| were largely af- | to keep | set forth ia | the | the | | | | | | | KING ALFONSO'S SISTER TO WED A BOURBON S SPAIN NG AND A P AFTER I THROUGH FORMAL | ; A PRINCESS OF | RINCE OF THE: HOUSE OF BOURBON, MANY POLITICAL ENTANGLEMENTS, AUTHORIZATION OF THEIR MARRIAGE BY THE SPANISH CABINET. ’ WHOSE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE, | HAS FINALLY ENDED IN.A HE important Priness Maria de 1 state question | the royal lovers. The sister of King aroused a storm of protest in political to lead to serious entanglements. Mercedes to Prince Charles of Bourbon has been settled aceording to the wishes of Princess Maria is the eldest Alfonso of Spain. some months ago of her attachment for the Bourbon Prince Through the influence of of the marriage of announcement Ministers. circles and threatened the Cortes yesterd the Queen Regent the matter has been amicably adjusted. Last Sunday the Queen Regent received a graceful letter from’ the father of the Prince asking her daughter's hand in marriage for his con. Cabinet and communicated the contents of the letter to the They formally acquiesced and framed a message authorizing the marriage. The Queer Regent summoned the This message was transmitted to RISKS LIFE TO TEST A YELLOW FEVER THEORY —— Volunteer to Sleep in a Room With Infected 1 Mosquitos. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. 23.—Dr. Clark of this eity has recelved a letter from John J. Moran, dated “‘Experimental Sanitary Camp, Quesnados, Cuba,” in which the latter says he has volunteered to test the theory that the germs of yel- low fever are carried by mosquitos. He says he “will be placed in a house bullt for the purpose and sleep there every night in a room with forty-five mosquitos that have bitten yellow fever patients.” He says that two men bitten have taken yellow fever, and that the theory bids fair to be established. | Moran was formerly a coachman in | Youngstown, and enlisted in the hospital | service at the outbreak of the late war. MEIKLEJOHN SEEKS TO BECOME A SENATOR Goes to Lincoln to Assume Personal Management of His Cam- paign. LINCOLN, Neb. Dec. 23.—Assistaut Secretary of War Meiklejohn will arrive in Lineoln to-morrow to assume personal | management of his canvass for a seat in the United States Senate. The Leglisla- ture, which convenes on the first of the new year, will have two Senators to elect, it being necessary to choose a successor to John M. Thurston and to fill the va- cancy caused by the death of M. L. Hay- ward, occupied at present by William V. Allen, by appointment of the Governor. Both houses of the Legislature are Re- publican, but the majority is small in either branch. There are a dozen candidates for the vacant seats, the more prominent, aside from Mr. Metklejohn, being E. Rosewater and Congressman Mercer of Omaha, D. E. Thompson of Lincoln, former Con- gressman Hainer of Aurora, L. D. Rich- ards of Fremont, E. H. Hinshaw of Fair- bury, and former Governor Lorenz> Crounse of Fort Calhoun, himself a mem- ber of the State Senate. There is a disposition to follow the old Senator to North Platte, the other to the | South Platte country, the gquestion of the | long and short term for the present cut- | ting little figure. PARDON FOR FORMER POLICEMAN FURLONG Governor Tanner Frees a Man Who Took Life During a Dispute Over Boer War. CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Former Policeman Patrick Furlong, who in February, 1900, killed Edward lLeach, a brother officer, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for fourteen years, has been pardoned by Governor Tanner and will take his Christ- mas dinner with his family in Chigago. Furlong, who is of Irish parentage, and Leach, an Englishman, became involved in an argument about the Boer war. Leach said England could whip any coun- try on earth and this ied to blows. Then the men drew revolvers and Furlong shot first with fatal effect. Condition of the Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway Better. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 23.—The condition of Prince Oscar, Duke of Scanic, eldest son of the Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, who has been seriously ill, is now much improved. The disappearance of Lieutenant Count Snollsky, Military Attache of the Swedish and Norweglan Legation in Berlin, is at- tributed to mental derangement. rules of geographical lines, according one | |SUMMIT HILL MINE FIRE NOW UNDER CONTROL Burns Nearly a Half Cen- tury and Mauy Last Two Years More. % | TAMAQUA, Pa, Dec. 23.—The afficials of the Lehigh Coal 41‘ Ngvigation Com- | pany are jubMant over the fact that the | fire in the celebrated burning mire at Summit aill, which started forty-two vears ago, is now under control, and it is sald the next two years will see it ex- tinguished. The fire, which has consumed about thirty-five acres of the finest coal land in | the anthracite coal region, has moved | westward toward Lansford. Two im- | mense drilling machines, which have been | constantly probing for the fire, have now | | honey-combed the earth to the west of the burning portion. Culm s being poured into these holes, and a solid mass will thus confront the fire. | GIVES THREE MILLION | DOLLARS IN BENEFACTIONS Dr. Pearsons’ Latest Donation Christmas Present to Colorado College. CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Dr. D. K. Pearsons has sent his check for $50,000 as a Christ- mas present to Colorado College. Within the last seven weeks Dr. Pearsons has given $200,000 to one other educational in- stitution, but declines to state the name of the recipient, who gave a pledge that | the doner’s name should never be di- vulged during his lifetime. These two gifts, together with $30,000 sald to have been given by Dr. Pearsons for the erection of a wiman's dormitory a. Northwestern University, bring the to- tal of his known benefactions during the past ten years to the sum of $2,489,000, though these figures fall short of the com- plete list. The money tendered . anony- mously probably reaches $500,000, making the whole amount very close to $3,000, 000. ACTOR SOTHERN RECOVERS FROM HIS RECENT ILLNESS Will Apepar With Virginia Harned at the Olympic Theater in 8. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.—E. H. Sothern, the well-known acior, who has been suffering for some time from a serlous accldent _whereby he was forced to cancel numer- ous engagements at a consequent heavy financial loss, arrived here to-night from the East in company with Virginia Har- ned and other members of Daniel Froh- man’s company. For the first time since his_illness, Mr. Sothern will appear to- morrow night at the Olympic Theater. It is said that Mr. Sothern has entirely re- covered from the effects of his accident. it 5 ) TO STAY AT LIVADIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 23.—The cor- respondent of the Assoclated Press was informed by one of the Ministers of state this afternoon that Emperor Nicholas and the Ministers of Finance, War and For- eign Affairs do not expect to leave Liva* dta, where the Czar is convalescing, before the middle of January. e WORK SOON TO COMMENCE. Director Kearns of Clark’s Railroad Back From New York. SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 23—Director Thomas Kearns of thc San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake, returned from New York to-night. He has been there to meet Senator Clark, K. C. Kerens and others. He states that there is not the slightest doubt that the road will be built and work will commence in Utah early in the New Year TAGALS LEAVE ’ MANY DEAD ON BATTLEFIELD Sixty Men of the Ninth Cavalry Engage Rebels in Southern Luzon. MANILA, Dec. 24.—Advices brought to- day by steamer from Southern Luzon say that a lieutenant and sixty men of the Ninth United States Cavalry attacked a large body of Insurgents last Wednesday | near Gunobatan, province of Albay. After the battle forty-five dead Insurgents were counted, together with many wounded. The only American casualty was the wounding of a sergeant, who was cor- nered by several rebels and struck in the leg by bolos. The rebel loss was the heaviest recorded among recent en- counters. The cutting of wires has delayed official report of the engagement. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND NOT TO GO TO CUBA Denies the Statement That He Had | Been Commissioned by the President to Do So. ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 23.—Archbishop Ireland returned to St. Paul to-day and | took occasion to deny the statements re- | cently telegraphed from Duluth, that he was to visit Cuba and Porto Rico as a speclal commissioner appointed by the President to settle the disputes in regard to the church property. ‘““There {s nothing whatever to the story,” sald the Archbishop. “Such a'! thing was not mentioned by the Presi- dent, nor by any one on behalf of the Gov- ernment. If I should ever visit the isl- | and—and I have no present intention of doing so—it would be purely on my own account.” The Archbishop said his principal object in visiting Washington had been to at- tend a meeting of the Lafayette Monu- ment Association. “We found that after paying all the expenses of erecting the bronze statue in}| Paris,” he said, “we would have on hand $32000. We therefore decided to duplicate the monumental statue in Washington or some other American city, provided an additional amount can be raised. The matter will be definitely settled at a meet- ing to be held in Chicago early in Jan- uary. “In Chicago I attended a meeting of the Marquette Monument Society. The so- ciety voted to crect a monument to Fath- er Marquette at Point St. Ignace. on the north shore of the Mackinac Straits, where he set out on his voyage which re- sulted in the discovery of the Missis=ipp!, The monument will cost $30,0600, but the design has not as yet been selected, nor has a sculptor been determined on.” BOUND AND GAGGED AND ROBBED OF FUNDS N. J. Neilsen, Treasurer of Work- men’s Lodge, Held Up by Des- perate Footpads. MITCHELL, S, D., Dec. N. J. Nefl- sen, treasurer of the Workmen's Lodge of this city, was held up by footpads at mid- night last night, bound and gagged, his pockets rifled of $250, and left lying in an alley to fréeze. When found by a night watchman Neflsen's hands and feet were badly frozen and he was unconscious. The money taken from his pockets was funds he had collected as treasurer of the lodge and which he was preparing to turn over to his successor. There is no clew to the perpetrators ot the crime. JOEN T. Wl’ ILL wm_nm Onnlpomlnt Suftering From Pneumonia. CHICAGO, Dec. %.—John T. m:cmen- the | eon, the artist newspaper correspond- ent, Is cfltiu 111 at Mu home in this | city. He was ltflekpn with pneumonia days ago. | quite evident that the § | is of little | & rear: gus CAPE COLONY DUTCH LENDING SUPPORT TO THE BOER INVADERS Telearams Frem South Africa Do Not Bear Out Republican’s Raid Lord. Kitchener’s Claim That the Is Aready Checked. Belief at Cape Town That the Force Seen Near Zootpans Drift Are Colonials Has- tening to Join Advancing Commandos ONDON, Dec. 24.—Lord Kitchen-| breathing co dence hardly justified by the contents, are almost the only available news from the seat of | hostilitles in South Africa, but telegrams from Cape Town depict the situation In | anything but roseate hues. Without believing tihe assertion of the | Transvaal agency in B Boers have invaded Cape Colony, vasion was a se- rioys and we!l planned affair. In connec- tion with this a correspondent sends an extremely interesting letter. dated Bethu- lie, December 1, describing General Dewet | and his doings. “Dewet has never been taken serious- Iy enough. says the correspondent. “Tt| use to pursue him, as he fighis | ird action and gains twen'y | miles while he is being fought. He is a born military genius, whose wonderful | powers have kept up this phenomenal re- | sistance. Once he fails, the whole thing | could be erushed in a fortnight. He has| every single commando under his super- | vision. All his patrols and columns march and counter march on his order. The| forces under his command have been re- | duced by his strength of will to a prop- | erly organized army. moving at his word. | The sooner the British rid themselves Ot‘ the idea that Dewet's forces are a mere | rabble.. wandering aimlessly, the sooner ! they will grasp the need of a decter- mined effort which is necessary to capture him."” The Cape Colony had an im- | portant sitting yesterday (Sunday). It ap- | pears that the Boers have destroyed a| | Cabinet raliway bridge ninety feet long about tweive miles south of De Aar and no Cape mails have arrived at Bloemfontein | for three days. Further anxiety has been | caused in Cape Town by the discovery that during the last two months publlc bodies In out-of-the-way places have re- | quisitioned supplies of dynamite. The Co- | lonfal Government s now endeavoring m} recover possession of these explostves and | is removing all stores of arms and amm- | nition from suspected depots. Other advices from Cape Town report» the Dutch element in Cape Colony as greatly elated over the southward pass- | age of the Boers and as boasting that the | whole district of Victoria West will join the raiders. Tt is suspected in Cape Town | that the force traveling from Zootpans | Drift Is not a body of Boers, but one of | Colonials, hastening to join the invaders. The Pletermaritzburg correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “The Boers are active between Jflhfl’]-‘ nesburg and Pretoria, exchanging shois with the British outposts, and ittis re- | ported that parties of Boers are hovering around Johannesburg.” s BELIEVES BOER RAID CHECKED. | Kitchener Reports the Operations of | Forces Under His Command. LONDON, Dec. 22—The War Office has | received the following dispatch from ! Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Decem- ber 22: “As far as it is possible for me to form an opinfon from the reports of officers on the spot, I think the Boer movement into | Cape Colony has been checked. Of - the| two forces that entered the colony the! eastern is still north of the Zoutpans- berg range, while the one that em:red1 | | | i 1 dated Pretoria, { and Delarey, | oes December 21 near west appears to have been turned in the direction of Britstown and Prieska. Our troops are getting around both sides, nnd a special column is also being organ- ized, which wiil e dispatched immediate- Iy when I know where its services are most wanted “The Boers have not recelved much as- sistance in Cape Colony as far as my In- | formation goes. We have armed some of the colonis who are assisting our forces. Railway and telegraph communi- cation has been much interrupted by the very bad weather. “Dewet is in the neighborhood of Senekal. General French, In conjunction with General Clements, attacked a fopce under Bevers south of the Magaliesberg. The Boers broke away in a southwesterly direction toward Potchefstroom, and were followed by General Gordon with a col- umn of French's force. “Yesterday evening about Clement's force was engaged south Oliphants Nek, but I do not know result.” A later dispatch from Lord Kitchener, December 22, says: “The western column of Boers occupied Britstown, and cut the railway south of De Aar Junction. The enemy Is being followed up. “General French has been in contact for | two days with the commandoes of Beyers south of the Magaliesbers. The enemy have 5 o'clock of the He is pursuing them. | lost considerably, and Commandant Kreuz | and others have been captured. General Colville engaged two separate command- Viadkfontein with slight losses, the enemy retiring.” ENGLA.‘N’D BU’Y! HORSES. HttyThoumdAnlmda to Be Rushed to South Africa. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 23.—Captain Hey- gate, of the British Army, !s purchasing 50000 cavalry horses and mules for ‘the British Army in South Africa. He came | here more than a year ago to buy horses | and mules for the British Army, but hs was ordered home a short time ago be- cause it was thought that the Boer war was over. But the unexpected renewal of hostilities has made the purchase of mors horses and mules absolutely necessary. One shipload of the animals will be taken to South Africa by Lieutenant David B. Moberly, leaving New York soon after January 1 Lieutenant -Moberly said: “By the time the horses and mules are landed in South Africa they cost the Brit- | ish Government $360 a head. That is a large price for an animal which will be fit for service only six weeks. Most of the animals die because of the change of cli- mate. They must cross the equator in go- ing to South Africa, and the torrid heat of the tropics kills them rapidly. The average death rate on shipboard is thirty- | two to the 1000. “Since the beginning of the Boer war England has purchased over 10,000 horses and mules in the United States. It re- quired sixty-five ships to carry them from New Orleans to South Africa. Baden- Powell now has 25,000 mounted police, and it is proposed to mount 30,000 of the Im- perial Infantry. England has discovered that her soldlers must be mounted to Be able to cope with the Boer, who ge! the country with alarming rapidity.” over D o e e ] SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST FORMER CONSUL WILLIAMS [Army Officer Accuses American Represent- ative at Manila of Fraud. Epecial Dispatch to The Call CALL HEADQUARTERS, 0§ G STREET, W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Former Consul Oscar F. Wiltlams af Rochester, N. Y., who represented the Tnited States in Manila just before and after the war with Spain, is charged with having sustained very close relations with high Spanish officials who were involved in a bold attempt to defraud the Govern- ment that succeeded Spain in the Phillp- pine archipelago. This charge is made by First Lieuten- ant Charles H. Burritt, Eleventh Caval- ry, In an official repcrt submitted to General MacArthur and by him sent o the War Department. The report is very specific. The Spaniards involved are oncada, former director general of civil| administration; Nonito Prim y Llops, his secretary, and Luis Espina y Capo, in- spector general of mines. “Foreseeing the probable downfall of Spanish power in these islands,”” Lieuten- | ant Burritt says, “a plan was devised and put into operation on May 3, 1888, by | these three officials, whose motives at that time, it would seem, were to embar- rass the Government and reserve to their friends large con.rol in the best known mining regions of: the archipelago, if Spain should be ob: 'l!fl to yield the isl- ands permanently. “That motive, after the raising of the siege, appears to have been increased by the further one of gaining money by se-| curing clalms to large tracts of land to be used in the organization and floating of speculative mining corperations in the United States and elsewhere. “As a result of the activity of the men involved in the mining conspiracy, 1§17 claims, covering 149,288,134.27 square metres of land were filed. *“The record discloses an undefined but apparently close relation of Oscar F. Wil- llams, as United States Consul, with the Inspectorate of mines. It is of such na- ture as to seem to require a statement of facts appearing in the records of this bureau.” —_— AUTONOMY PARTY FORMED. Loyal Filipino Leaders in Manila Sign the Declaration. MANILA, Dec. 28.—The recently organ- ized autonomy party was launched to- day at a meeting attended by virtually all the loyal Filipino leaders in Manila. The declartion of principles was read and af- ter some discussion adopted by a vote of 123, less than half a dozen deciining ta vote. All signed an indorsement of the platform, Including Senor Paterbo, one of the most influential of the former insur- gent leaders, whose real attitude toward American authority had been much ques- tioned. The principal discussion wis with refer- ence to the organization of the Sovern- ment of the party. A courcil of twenty- five members was elected, togethe® with an executive committes.