The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, LET ENIS HRS.HANSCH Former Countess Rit- Powers Await Reply ter Dies a Suicide at Montecito, { WAY REFUSE THE LIFEOF + TOEXECUTE THE PRICES 0f China’s Dowager | Empress. | B | Leaves No Word of Expla- Should She Prove Defiant nation for Her Grief- Crazed HuSband. PSS v v ¥ w - K w know « & AMERICAN JACKIES ARE ASSAULTED IN LA GUAYRA Minister Loomis at Caracas Tele- graphs the Matter to the State Department. GTON, Feb. 7.—According to a t the State Department fter ¢ F. E Loomis, United there has been G ra between bluejackets g ship Lan- e bl spatch that a went on a their prog- were t zuelans and bad- not ob. ister Loo- to tele- spartment makes it ded by him as serion None of offi- e Department would say Government would take assault ———— QUEEN OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN SAID TO BE DYING Recent Dispatches Announced That She Was Suffering From an Attack of Influenza. NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—A cable to the from London says: A dispatch to the | elegraph from Copenhagen says that the en of Sw n and Norw is dying. o sev dispatches announced that Queen a was suffering from an attack of enza, accompanied with swelling and re inflammation of the throat. They Will Enforce Their | Demands. ‘ ——— r to The Call. 7.—The demand of the ste 1 the death of princes and 11s makes the situation anxious t least until the Dowager Empress r to the messages sent to her by Pr < 13 i 1a Hung tr ymmissioners. aphed to her a full a witth the Mi ad by the forelgn their mee ting me ave they hwarizens the adjournment he- Min also sent de Dr. the German of the During rtzenstein | g that asked for or his, In con- ar statement made by | visit to er ters. on ng the | shments is one for impossible for the s to assume respon- made no recommen- | themselves, although all threats made by They freely rid the court will » the demand for th ed regar ie Dowager Empress egram >mi giving t will how she is frightened compliance with all de- e looked for. However, if and refuses. then the pow- | ly force matters. In such | ssibilities are too serious f‘.r; MAXKE COUNTER PROPOSALS. Chinese Plenipotentiaries Suggest' Punishments to Be Meted. agency in —A Havas says that, dis- re- | ion re Ching PARIS Fet commu punishments, Prir the following n to be exiled to . formerly Viceroy of Chuang to re- | order to commit cide; Ying » be condemned to death, but his to be commuted to life imprison- Yu Hs and his to be degraded, while Sin g and Kang Y1, who are lemned to Kiam en posthumous - Von Troth’s Movements. BERLIN, Feb. 7.—The War Office has " i the following dispatch from rec Ce von Waldersee: ING, General von Troth's Changpinghu, xmn eaching there to-day - Protection for Foreigners. HANGHAI, Feb. An imperial edict | ders officials to protect forelgners from insults and to prevent insults bemg of- It declares that about 100,000 Chi- now en, fety abroad.. CARMAN WAS FORMERLY RESIDENT OF THIS CITY v Arrested in Manila by the Militar, Authorities for Having Deal- ings With the Rebels. NEW YORK, Feb | | { | | 7.—A special to the | E a says: G. W.'Carman, | who ted here, charged with ! having dealings with the insurgents, was | formerly of San Francisco. | Carman wi d last year on similar | charges, but immediately released. This time, the military authorities say, they have a strong against him, based on documentary evidence found in trunks captured from the insurgent gen. eral, Callles, and the confession of the Presidente of Pangasinan concerning the payment by Carman of $100,000 for insur- gent copra, besides selling rebels uniform cloth and supplies, while he was enjoy- ing the sole privilege, through the cour- tesy of General Otis, of running laynches | through the American lines on the Pasig River and laké region. Friends of Carman say that his trading with the insurgents was for the purpose of getting information as to the move- ments of rebels and was sanctioned by the | authorities, PLAGUE IS PREVALENT THROUGHOUT INDIA More Than Two Thousand Deaths Occur Weekly in Bengal Alone. LONDON, Feb. S§—Plague prevalls in every part of Indla, says the Bombay cor- | respondent of the Daily Express. except the central provinces. It is particularly severe in Bengal, where there is a weekly mortality of 2500. In Bombay the deaths reach % per cent of the cases. The kcourge is intensified by a lack of an adequate medical staff, the doctors being chiefly oc- cupied in the famine districts. Sun from was arr was case last | | 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REGAL POMP IS LACKING AT WILHELMINA’'S WEDDING All Holland Joins in Merry-Making- to Celebrate the - Union of the Queen and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg- ny Schwerin —Spirit of Democracy Marks the Ceremo — QUEEN WILHELMINA AND-HER DUCAL CONSORT. e HE HAGUE, Feb. 7.—Queen Wilhelmina's marriage to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who to-day be- came Prince Heinrich of The Netherland was a huge fam r. Al Holland, too, came to The Hague to participate. Thcse who stayed a other cities and villa s of the Kkingdom parades. decorations and banquets. celebrated with Never was seen a more heautiful and happy wedding. The ing to the event, which is generally lacking in roval riages. mar- The ceremonies were the same simple rites of the Reformed church by which the humblest of Queen Wilhelmina's sub- jects are married. The whole spirit of the affair was plain and democratic, although the costly gowns and jewels and the showy uniforms of distinguished personages, high officials of the kingdom, the army and the navy and representatives of the people in Parliament and the municipalities furnished a regal stage 'setting. The venerable pastor administered to the bride and groom a caution that their high positions would not shield them from the common sufferings and sorrows of humanity Queen Wilhelmina made a very winning and human bride. She blushed and became confused over the ceremonial ‘with the ring, as all brides are supposed to do, while her happiness and pride over the enthusiasm of her people were plainly deeper than a mere matter of form. Prince Heinrich was an awkward but stalwart and manly figure. Either he was forgetful or badly trained in the.part, for the pastor had to give him two or three hints as to how to carry himself. Those sitting near enough to hear the re- sponses describe him as saying, ‘Ja, mein Herr,” when he should simply have repiied “Ja.” The scene as the royal ccuple stood with clasped hands be- fore the chaplain in a cirgle of brilliantly arrayed personages, including their relatives and people composing the highest families of Holland and the neighboring German principalities, was wonderfully gorgeous, the masses of varlegated coloring rendering more effective the blue, gold and white banked up against the walls of the church. The- building itself is a cathedral In size, but Is as plain as a Quaker meeting-house In its furnishings. SIMPLE STREET PROCESSION. As a spectacle, the procession preceding the marriage was not noteworthy. Fifty Dutch Hussars rode ahead. Then came a handful of court officlals with the’ grand master of cere- monies on horseback, then a coach with the Queen and Duke Henry. The Queen Mother's coach came after it, and then the chief military officlals of the palace, the Governor of the city, two adjutants on horseback, and, lastly, a group of fitty mounted artillerymen. The progress was slow, because the | procession was frequently obliged to halt while the cheering populace made way. Green and orange decorations, with thou- sands of Dutch flags hanging across the streets, gave the route a brilllant appearance. The costuming of the crowd was equally high colored. The windows and housetops filled and the store windows and yards were crowded by many spectators. All the stands were draped. As the young people pased through the streets such orderly, good natured crowds were never seen. Policemen and sol- diers were few. Through a large part of the route the pro- cession traversed the people were left to make way for the cortege as best they might, whichthey did with great cheer- ing, laughing and squeezing. At 11 o'clock the carriage party emerged from the palace to proceed to the Palace of Justice. Their appearance was an- nounced by a cheer which was heard for squares away, Queen Wilhelmina passing down the steps on the arm of the uni- formed Duke, with her great white wedding dress sweeping .be- hind her, and the Queen Mother in purple and the Grand Duchess Marla and half a dozen ladies of the court follow- ing In groups, the generals and admirals fairly gleaming with gold lace and medals, standing at salute on both sidés, making @ truly regal picture. The ponderous gilded coach, presented | by the people of Amsterdam, was drawn by elght horses with their homes ln; 1 | tice, popular belief that it is a love match gives a romantic color- | | v were | ford Newell, in plain evening dress. orange colors. Many of the stand owners announced that - the proceeds would be given to the widows and orphans of the Boer soldiers killed in South Africa. . Tn the white hall of of the Palace of Justice six ficials waited as witnesees. They, who saw the signing of the contract. high of- with the Minister of Jus- General Vanderlinden, were the persons besides the Queen Mother and the Grand Duchess Maria, and two or three clerk: The six witnesses were the speakers of the two houses of Parliament,” the adjutant general, Van Bergambacht; the Grand Chamberlain, General Count du Monceau, the aid de camp general, and the Vice Presi- dent of the Council of State, Chief/Justice. Mynher Van Schorer, and the The religious edifice in which the final cermony was held is a great bare structure of Gothlc arches, type, with The body Is filled with plain box pews. white WHEN THE GUESTS ASSEMBLED. The scene when the wedding guests was magnificent. a Tnere was an acre of man ssembled, how vaulted ever, colored uniforms and beautiful gowns, with flashing jewels and glittering orders of the royal personages and nobility, and the feathers flowers of a thousand wonderful bonnets In the center. On one side of the church was a square of perhaps fifty feet of space. and From the back rose a big white column with an ancient pulpit of carved oak built upon it ten feet above the floors. and were arranged back of the railing. covered the floor. Banks of palms and white lilies surrounded the pulpit A plain red carpet a On the space before the pulpit was a rug presented by sixty noble ladies of Amsterdam, square of crimson velvet with embroidery, with a border of the royal arms worked in white drapery, on the dark blue emblazoned an orange. lion rampant of The Netherlands. Surrounding the square between the pulpit and the rug was a short oaken rail- ing with a small table covered with green velvet. On ‘the ‘left six chairs, reserved for the marriage party, faced the pulpit bevond the rug. Behind them were some twenty chalirs, upholstered in leather, displaying the lion. They Their gowns, all decollete, were of emerald and orange, pale blue, white and were occupled by the ladies of the court. pink. feathers and jewels in their hair, York. in They all wore Jong white gloves and necklaces, and had It was a handsome array, but a richer display might be seen at many balls In the body of the church, directly back of them, was New a block of handsome blue and gilt uniforms worn by the of- ficers of the court. The larger section of the church, on the right of the pulpit, had several hundred Burgomasters and Aldermen of Holland cities, the majority in bottle green, with red and golden trim- mings. The corresponding section on the left held the mem- | bers of the Senaté and Chamber of Deputies. Facing the left side of the pulpit in front of the organ loft sat the diplomatic | corps, the first two rows containing the ladies of the diplo- matic circle. In the third sat the American Minister, Dr. Stan- General Porter, the United States Embassador to France, In the same attire, was on his left, with the BritiSh Minister, Sir Henry Howard, on his right. 'TRANSVAAL REPRESENTED. Dr. Leyds, the representative of the Transvaal, had the most prominent place in the row, with only the Spanish Minister, Senor Baguer, between him and the British Minister. Sir Hen. ry Howard conversed with Mr. Newell during the hour of wait- ing, but never looked at Dr. Leyds. A large section opposite the diplomats, on the right of the pulpit, wasfilled by several hundred guests of the nobility and leading families of Holland engaged in commerce or connected with the army or navy. The great majority were ladies, whose bonnets, gowns and fluttering fans looked like a huge, gorgeous fiower bed. The galleries around the three sides were filled with guests, most of them men in evening dress. The ushers Continued on Third Page. WALDEN MY 0w B I ASTRALI Missing Accountant Passenger on the Miowera. Victoria Mmtifies Him From a Portrait in ‘ The Call. ——— | Special Dispatch to The Call VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 7.—The publica- tion of the picture of C. J. Walden, the fugitive cashier of San Quentin Prison in | California, embodied in the exposare of his peculations by The Call, may have the the day the steamship Miowe the outer wharf 1 man and two children came into his store ges of cigarettes who said and purchased two and some tobacco. in conversation that he was going out on the Miowera, Glide says he recognized as the abs ing San Quentin cashier. He had the paper near him with Walden's portgait in it, and, on comparing, found that the man who bought the cigarette and whose portrait was published in The Call were cne and the same. The man, woman and children remained | about the stere for some time, and then | went dewn to thie whart to go on b the steamship which sailed that night for Australia and arrived at Sydney on T | day. | Glide haa not said anything about see- | ing the absconding cashier until speaking with a newspaper man here to-day. EOERS" SECOND ATTACK UPON MODDERSFONTEIN British Defenders Suffer a Loss of Nine Men XKilled and Thirty- One Wounded. . Feb. 8.—~The latest ca st the War Office reveals other attack upon Modderfontein not pre- raity an- | viously reported from South Africa. This | occurred February 2, the British losing nine killed and thirty-one wounded. The previcus attack, when the Boers captured 200, occurred Januar: 0. CAPETOWN, Feb. on the invasion says ‘The anticipated in- vasion by Dewet not yet occurred, but it may only be delayed. The official report Maybe there is no considerable movement. Small bodles of men continue to dribble across the | Orange River. The largest of these, 200 | strong, crossed near Bangor Station five days ago. The report gives elaborate details re- garding the present disposition of the Boers and British in Cape Colony. It is announced here that the ernment will advance £100,000 for the re- d refugees. old from the Dorn River s that the Boers have a base Imperial Gov- lief of distre News four country sh at Calvina. From that point they have sent patrols far and wide. Colonel de Lisle is moving toward them. He lost Lieutenant Clowes and one man killed in a skirmish with a Boer patrol. The coun- try is wildly mountainous. British horse buyers have obtained 4000 good horses and 3000 mules in the colony. It was not sus- pected that there were so many animals avaflable. CAPE TOWN EDITOR ARRESTED FOR LIBEL Accuses Kitchener of Secretly In- structing Troops to Take No Prisoners. CAPE TOWN, Feb. Albert Cart- was to-day arrested for criminal and se- ditious libel, contained in a letter over the nom de plume “British Officer,” which sald that General Kitchener had secretly instructed his troops to take no prisone Before the Attorney General instituted the proceedings Hhe wired to Lord Kitchener the substance of the letter and asked if there was any foundation for it Lord Kitchener replied that the state- ment was a base libel entirely devold of foundation, adding: “Dewet was never surrounded in the position mentioned, but had his retreat to the north open. Instructions in the nature reported were never given or thought of. We treat enemies who have surrendered with every consideration.” v FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED. Spreading Rails Cause 'Crouble East of Blue Canyon. TRUCKEE, Feb. 7.—Spteading of {he rails In the snow sheds just east of Blue Canyon caused the wrecking of freight train 211 this evening. Several cars were piled up, part of them being thrown to the bottom of the hill The snow shed was torn up for a distance of 300 feet. No. 4 Atlantic express had passed the point but a few minutes be- fore the wreck accurred. Wrecking crews have been sent out from here. All trains will be delayed ten hours or more. - Confers With the Pope. ROME, Feb. 7.—The Pope had a long conference to-day witk the French Em- bassador regarding tae law of assocla- tions bill. It is sald that his Holiness wiil address an encyclical to the French Cath- olics on the subject. H result of putting the authorities on his | trai. Harry Glide, a pioneer, who came | to this city on the first steamer to round ! the Horn to Victorfa—the historic Hudson | Bay steamer Beaver—keeps a tobacco and | candy store within a hundred yards of the outer wharf at Victoria. The st is fa- | miliar to all who have come to this ity | by steamer, for he has a sign above it | which reads, “The first chance to buy cigars and tobacco™ on the side seen from | the wharf, and “The last éhance, etc.,”” on the other side. Glide said to-day that on January .| wright, editor of the South African News, | and demolished." YOUNG CILS HENBERS 0F AOBBER BN ; Tacoma Police Round Up a Gang of | Thieves. |Female Confoderates Make | a Full Coniession of Guilt, —_— | Special Dispatch to The TACOMA, Feb. 7.—The p e have In | custody a portion of the gang which has been robb! numerot coma houses |and holding up men nightly during the last four weeks 1in the robber { d are two you who to-day | confessed their g e, giving the details of The su in number, as fol- lows: Ed F saloon-keeper: Charles Wilson, hou ker; John Clark, va- | grant; Charles Harbers, héusebreaker: Gus Dogan, vagrant Carl Hansen, va- grant; Joseph Dickson, bu ar; Hannah Wildgrube, servant girl; Pauline Spawn, servant girl | Information which resulted In the ar- rests was supplied by the proprietor of where the two women and some of. the male mem- bers of the gang roomed. Wilson styles himself “third vice president” of an or- ganized gang of thie which, he says. is operating 1mbér of large citles of ording to him, all d in Tacoma in some the Cleveland rooming-house, » a . Clark and Wilson are charged | with having attempted to loot the home f Rev. Lewis J | Funk is cha | He was arres mith last Sunday night. d with highway robbery. d last night after a con- made by the “third vice fession had bee president 1 e Funk was im. lins on of January 31 near the depot robbed of $30 by two men Funk emphatically denles his gufilt. Clark, Harbers and Wilson were given a preliminary examination this afternoon {in the Police Court. Clark refused to testify and entered a plea of not guilty Wilson and ¥ ors went on the siand and made complete confessions, as did also Pauline Spawn. She was formerly employed as a servant in the Smith fam- ily, leaving shortly before Christmas According to her confession Pauline told Clark and Wilson that M Smith had $1000 worth of dlamends. a kin sacque and valuable underwear. On Saturday night the projected robbery was talked | and Detec has learned that gang, went wsked him to dispose to of the agreeing to bring night at 8:30 "o’clock afternoon Pdul- nd showed him the eet. That evening n and Clark picked up and the trio started ine took Clark o lock Wi | Harbers on the st for t on Smith w son boosted Clark up « Harbers keeping watch for Clark pried open the front roc ow, where Paul- | ine haa informea ng box was [ xept whicn conts amon | sealskin. Mrs cries for help | alarmed * President” Wilson and Harbers and wn K s Clark made h way ugh the and got out the front door. rding to | the confession ree men, the two | girls and Ea Funk all met in the Capitol | Saloon afterward Hannah Wildgrube, a pretty girl of gave corroborative evidence as to pla and meetings, describing the return of the men after the Smith burglary, when Wil- son said the deal was off. Not being im- plicated in the burglary, she was bound over to the Superior ¢ s 2 witness. The three men and Pauline Spawn wera bound over to Superior Court for trial. Dogan and Hansen were picked up to-day and are also supposed to be im- plicated in the robberies. Detective Smith belleves that one of the prisoners is a noted criminal from the Middle West, | wanted on many charges, including pent- | tentiary breaking. An attempt will be made to establish his identity to-morrow. DEAL FOR CARNEGIES STOCK NOT YET CLOSED PITTSBU . Feb. 7.—An official of the National Tube Company has received a telegram from President E. C. Converse, which stated that the papers for the pur- chase of the stock of Andrew Carnegie had. been signed, but the deal was not closed. President Schwab has been the only man in the confidence of his chief. He has been a prominent factor in the deal. It was sald on good authority to-day that | he is so closely related to Morgan that he will continue to be the head of the great company and will have greater power after tae change than now. It is now the sentiment in Pittsburg that H. C. Frick is not an active factor in the change. He Is known, however, to favor the Morgan control and will probably at Jeast go on the hoard of directors. Mr. Frick was at his office for a brief time to-day, but refused to make a statement. None of the officials of the Carnegie Steel Company would talk. It is probable that announcement will be made in a few days of the sale of im- portant coal lands in the Pittsburg dis- trict to the Morgan syndicate. Negotia- tions are now being conducted by a Mor- gan representative who is in Pittsburg. It is the ailm of the syndicate to make its Interests independent of the bituminous coal companies. 1 l