The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1901, Page 1

VME LXXXIX—NO. 83. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1901, PRICE FIVE CENTS. NOVEL MAY HAVE LED HER m I]U MUBU[H Jury Returns REPORTER HAMILTON / GUILTY OF KILLING MILLIONAIRE L. R. DAY Ver dict of Manslaugh- ter in the First Degree With Marie Corp i's Name, a Recommendation for Merc Is Mentioned in - Court. ‘ Goz-sage, Atter Reading “Thelma,” Kills Her Sl?eping Husband. | » i Spectal Dispat ATTLE, P"Y 20.—In of Skagit County, h to The Call the Was Superior to-d; ENCE OF MINNEAPOLIS. AFTER A TRIAL THE FORMER HAS BE RD R. DAY, YOUNG MEN OF PROM- OT WITHOUT SgN- | "ICTED OF MURI I\\I‘AP/\LAS Feb. 20.—The of the State of H rged R K the report rdering Lec after forty naire iished a genuine surpr rt a few inutes be- < this morning and r ing a verdict degree, with a rec- of the court that hope n given deputies at 1t took half e mercy about ed 't arrange the preliminaries. Hamilton was taken into court to hear me | @ ~j=iF T Sase IMPROVES PROSPECTS Committee on the Resolution by Morgan. > Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREATU, 1406 G STREET,N. W,, WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Prospects for the ratification of the Hay-Pauncefote His s e treaty have been much improved by the r s fac- action of the Senate Committee on For eign Relations to-day in making an ad- verse report on the Morgan resolution for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty There could have been little hope that Great Britain would ratify the pending treaty with the practical threat hanging a people of would be abrogated. Scnator Morgan's that the ratification of the Hay-Paunce- fote treaty is not a condition to legisla- tion by Congress for the construction of the Nicaraguan canal. The majority of Tutt. the committee take the ground that the o the place where Hay-Pauncefote treaty must be ratifie s revolver, took it anq | b¥ Great Britain before any legislation e room where he | 100king to the construction of the canal slept, placed the muzzle of the weapon | Can be enacted by Congress. close to his hea Embassador Choate has en res: going to the door of cabled the He is better Gorsage whe: ed 1 an allve,” said e, aroused by the and found her State Departm a brief outline of the Interview yesterday between himself and Lord Landsdowne respecting the pending in her hana Hay - Pauncefote treaty. For obvious iy of the reasons the text of the communication t sorry that is withheld, but it Is admitted that it goes to confirm the press reports already | printed, and, while Lord Lansdewne's response @id not Indicate exactly when an answer might be expected from the British Government or the character of the answer, hope Is entertained that the | British Government before the expliration man she I killed now at issue is sane when she ed Her at- she was taced in pnsnlfvns ed her husband fled the the ratification of the treaty, namely, March 4, will take action either directly upon the Senate amendments themselves or in the direction of extending the time limit so as to continue the pendency of the treaty. REBELS NEAR COLON IN OMINOUS FORCE Serious Fighting Has Not Occurred, but = Town Was Nearly De- stroyed by Fire. where she beern on EDWARD WILL VISIT EMPRESS FREDERICK ng’s Journey to the Continent Sole- ly for a’Call on His En- f=ehled Sister. ®a ment of King hdv ard’s e date re for Friederichshoff, near Cron- KINGSTON, Jamalca, Feb. 20.—The rg. has revived the story that his trip British steamer Louisianian, Captain Ed- be extended to Berlin to repay - | wards, which arrived here to-day from Colon, Colombia, reports that when she left the latter port Monday, February 18, the tebel forces still held their positions f11 the vicinity of the raflroad line be- tween Colon and Panama, but that there had been no serious fighting. Liberal sympathizers attempted to set fire to the town of Bocas del Torre a fort- night ago. The discovery created conster- “ | nation in the town. The streets are now Bdward and Queen Alexandra will | patrolied nightly by business men of the Copenhagen, whence King Edward | community, who include many Ameri- e Henry of Prussia at Iiol. | cans. to England at the and that m's visit 1 Victoria’s death, Denmark. his Majesty has so doing. He will mefely | vate visit of a few days | mpress Frederick. He | accompanied by the Queen. hat at the end of March, however, probable of the date allowed for the exchange of | FOR CANAL| L e 'DOCTOR'S the verdic He had enjoved a gocd sph Hamii no other ht's exce as re mad. ute T pro- 1 to awalt see Miss et for hear- When the prisoner he to Jailer despairing gest gullty, Captain, 3 he crime Hamilton is convicted is from five to twenty. vears. for which imprisonment =@ IMPORTANT DISCOVERY Says Appendicitis Is Due to Grip. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Feb. 20.—A remarkable paper was presented before the Academy of Medicine to-day. Dr. Lucas Champion- nicre demonstrated that one of the com- mon causes of appendicitis or influenza. been advan the Hotel hospitals, is the grip Although this theory had ed by the late Dr. Stmon of Dieu, Dr. Lucas Championniere’s | statements have produced a profound sen- over her that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty | | that the two often co-existed. resolution declares | | ala, sation. The savant called attention to the fact that an epidemic of appendieitis has ever followed the grip epidemic, or He then demonstrated that appendicitis is but the localization of the grip affecting the Intestines and often the appendix itself. The paper cited innumerable instances where this had been directiy proved b, " careful observation. SIOUX SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATE UPRISING | Unless Washington Favorably Con- siders Demands They Will Go Upon Warpath, OMAHA, Feb. 20.—Information from di- rect sources, obtained by the World-Her- indicate that the Sloux Indians are serlously contemplating an uprising if demands now being formulated for sub- mission to Washington are not compliea with. Several council meetings have al- ready been held, particularly among the Ogalalla Sioux, and preparations are now being made for a great councll to select delegates to Washington. Owing to the desire to avold sensationallsm, the gath- erings of the small councils have been glven little notice, but the aspect is now considered grave. Recent orders of the Indian Commis- sloner are responsible, say the Indians, for thelr attitude. One chief openly de- clares hostilities will begin if relfef is not | forthcoming. The trouble is over the cut- ting down of supplies and a claim unpaid for ceding of the Black Hills. st - ITALIAN STEAMSHIP GOES DOWN AT SEA Captain and Enginoer Missing, but Other Persons on the Vessel Reach the Shore. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.—The officlals of the Atlantic Transport Company to- day received news of the loss at sea of the Itallan steamer Jupiter. The crew have been landed at Bermuda. All of the crew were rescued with the exception of the captain, Zannero, and the chief en- gineer, who are supposed to have been drowned by the capsizing of a lifeboat. The Jupiter was owned by the Commer- cial Ttallan Navigation 'Company of Genoa. Her loss will involve $500,000. 4 ‘ iGommutanu OISentencesb ‘ | An armored train.drove off the Boers, but ‘| Commenting upon the one of the chief Paris | CHINA MAKES A COMPROMISE WITH POWERS Yields Poinis for the Purpose 0f Check- ] ing IIIV&SiOIl. | Which Leaders Escape ‘}\ Death. ' | LONDON, Feb. 21—“At thelr latest | meeting,” savs the Peking correspondent | of the Morrning Post, wiring yesterday, he forelgn envoys agreed to a compro- mise. They to permit the impe- | rial court to commute the sentences of dec n in the cases of Prince Tuan, 1d General Tung Fuh Siang to | ment, and will agree to the | following punishment | “Prince Chwang to be strangled, Yu ten to be decanitated, Chao Shu Chiao and Ying Nien to be permitted to strangle | themselves and ¢ Hsien and Hsu | Cheng Wu to be beheaded In Peking. If | | the court es no new obstacles the | | negotiations on the fi point of the de- | s of the powers may be considered | propose the Reuter Telegram | , dated yesterday, | dispatch to ¥s: “The Chinese questicn ¢f punishments, and It is an-| rounced that the demands of the now:rsl the court has not yet been communicated | to the legations. but it is known to have | been received by Hung Chang, 2nd it w municated to-morrow Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from | | Peking. says: “The court has ylelded and | ed to the infliction of the punish- | demanded, petitioning, however, | the sentences on Chao Shu Chiao and | Ying Nien may be strangulation Instead 1 probably be com- of decapitation. To this the forelgn en- | voys have agreed. The question, there- | fore, is vir v settled, and a raison | { Yuen Su expedition | @’etre for the Tal ceases to exist. It was learned that the British Gov- | ernment to-night fs without any further | official explanation of Fleld Marshal | Count von Waldersee's action in plahning an extensive-expedition In China. An ex- vlanation has been asked for in order that the Cabinet at Friday's meeting may have some satisfactory basis for its deliberations on the Chinese question. | The action of the British members of | Parllament and papers, especially the | London Times, in calling Von Waldersee's action a bluff, causes the greatest cha- | srin and has given rise to the feeling that it Is impossible to meet Chinese | finesse with similar weapons. “The concert of the powers,” sald an | official, “Is so unwieldy and is composed | of so many different sections and sub- sections that diplomacy is out of the | | question. It does not require any great | degree of deductfon to assume that Lord | Salisbury, in spite of his professed ig- | norance, and the secrecy at Berlln, was | tairly well informed as to the true in- | wardness of Count von Waldersee's re- cent orders."” latest advices | from Peking the Times says: “There | cannot be any reasonable doubt that the | sudden surrender of the Chinese court | was due to fears inspired by Count von | Waldersee’s order. The lesson will not | be lost on the allles, should the Chinese | resort again to their traditional tactics of ; | | evasion and delay. At the same time, | the powers are to be congratulated that it is not necessary to carry their threats | into executio: “THOU SHALT NOT LOOT.” | How Li Hung Chang Would Amend the Eighth Commandment. | NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—J. Martin Miller of New York arrived on the Oceanic to- day, having reached England from China by way of Ceylon. He gives interesting information of the looting at Peking in an interview which he had with L1 Hung Chang on the subject. “I attended two sales of loot in the Box- ers' palace which Rev. Dr. Ament occu- pled in Peking after its relief by the al- lies,” said Miller to The Call correspond- ent. “Dr. Ament took possession of the treasures which he found there, held} sales and kept account of the proceeds, crediting them against the clalms which he makes for the mission property de- stroyed. Much of the loot was bought by an American speculator who lived in Shanghal, whosé purchases formed quite | a train as they stood outside the wall of the compound pied by Dr. Ament be- fore they started for Tungchow. “In my talk with Li Hung Chang, he sald good-humoredly through his inter- preter: ‘I have just had the Christian commandments read to me and they need revising. The elghth commandment should be made to read ‘Thou shalt not loot.” "+ “‘Do you know Mr. Squires, first secre- tary of the United States Legation, and don’'t you know that Mrs. Squires, his wife, 18 very rich and that she bought many thousand dollars’ worth of loot at prices, far below its value? he asked.” SPANISHE PRETENDER DECIDES TO ABDICATE Report That Don Carlos Will Relin- quish His Claims in Favor of Don Jaime. MADRID, Feb. 20.—The Madrid papers publish a rumor that Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, bas decided to abd!- cate In favor of his gon, Don Jaime, who 1= supported by a majority of the Carlist party. ince Ching and Li| | RAIDING BOERS DERAIL TRAIN AND SECURE LORD KITCHENER'S BAGGAGE, BUT GENERAL ESCAPES Commander in Chief of the British Forces in South Africa Barely Misses Being Held Up Near Klip River by the Daring Republican Troops —_—— ONDON, Feb. 20.—A speclal dis- patch from Pretoria says the Boers at Klip River, February 18, derailed a train containing General Kitchener’s baggage. The train was preceded by another on which the commander in chief was a passenger. the latter secured the train derailed. ILord Kitchener's second narrow escape from capture calls out newspaper warn- ings as to the danger of his rapid flit- tings by train from vlace to place. It is considered better for him "to remain in Pretoria than to risk upsetting his care- fully elaborated plans of campalgn. As Lord Kitchener is now back in Pretoria the inference is that General Dewet has again escaped from the supposed cordon. There is no further news of General French's pursult of Commandant General contents of the | Botha in the Eastern Transvaal. Statements emanate from both Pre- | torla and Brussels that Mr. Kruger con- templates returning o South Africa. It is sald that he has just finished writing a memorial of the war, which will be sent PRETORIA TO VEREENIGING BOERS LOOTING A DERAILED BRITISH SUPPLY TRAIN UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE 1STH INST., WHEN LORD KITCHENER SO NARROWLY ESCAPED CAPTURE. (FROM ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.) MAP SHOWING SCENE OF OCCURRENCE AND PORTRAIT OF BRITISH COMMANDER. -— to the European Governments and Presi- dent McKinley. Grave anxiety is felt for the fate of Sinith-Dorrien’s column, which has not been heard of since Fcbruary 6, when it lost twenty-four killed and forty-six wounded in a heavy engagement with Commandant Botha at Bothwell. The officer in command at Wonderfon- teln, the nearest post onthe rallway to the scene of the engagement, reports that he has no news of Smith-Dorrien. who has about 2500 men under him. A. special from Saiisbury, Rhodesia, says: A conflict between the civil ~and military authorities here has arisen over the order of the latter for the suppression of the Times, a local newcpaper, for hav- ing printed a criticism of tle conduct of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Car- rington. The High Court ordered the res- toration of its rights to the Times and interdicted the military authorities from any interference therewith beyond the necessary censorship. The military au- thorities, however, disregarded the order of the High Court, and this morning the staff of the Times were forcibly evicted from their offices. ————— AS TO THE NEUTRALITY LAW. Britons Claim Contraband of War Is ‘'was now In sight and that within a few Not Obtained in America. LONDON, Feb. 20.—The reported deter- mination of the House of Representatives at Washington to inquire into the ques- y tion whether the United States has broken the treaty of 1871 by permitting the ex- portation of horses, mules and other sup- plies to the British forces in South Africa, created more academic interest than prac- tical concern in the Government depart- ments here. A correspondent brought the dispatch on the subject to the notice of | the Foreign and War offices. The officials | of the latter regarded the possible effects of any future action in the United States as being of small import. as about all the mules and horsess required for South | Africa had been already secured. During the course of the inquiries made the interesting opinion was expressed that | the end of the war as an active campaign months military operations In South Africa would assume that stage which for four years has marked tfie war in Bur- mah, which wore itself out without at- tracting particular interest in Great Brit- ain or elsewhere. 'This opinion was ex- | pressed by no less an authority than the Under Secretary of State for the Foreign Office, Lord Cranborne. He produced | from the files of the Foreign Office a copy of the treaty, where it has peacefully re- | pesed since the days when the Alabama matter stirred both countries, and points out that mules and horses had never yet been classified as contraband of war, So far as supplies go, the officlal maintained | that Great Britain has not secured from the United States anything which would — come under the “head of military sup- piles,” which is the wording of article VI in’ the treaty. “As a matter of fact,” sald a Foreign Office official, “we have found to our cost that contraband is what each nation chooses to make it, all treaties to the con trary notwithstanding. The reported de- termination of the American House of Representatives railses a question which must possibly develop much needed united actfon, leading the powers of the world to lay down up-to-date prineiples defining specifically what twentieth century neu- | trality means and entafls.” | ARSON AND MURDER IN LIQUOR CRUSADE Drugstore Destroyed and a Man . Burned to Death in a West Virginia Town. SISTERVILLE, W. Va, Feb. 2. —At Stringtown, a small ofl village in Tyler county, a fire started last night in a drug store, and before the flames could be got under control, late this morning, several bulldings were consumed and John Clen- denning was burned to death. Two men have been arrested for arson and murder. It appears that there had been a sort of Carrie Natlon crusade against the dives, and a warning had been given that unless the proprietor of the drug store, over which Clendenning slept, stopped selling lquor, the place would be elther burned or blown up