The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1901, Page 1

—~em VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. S8. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1901. T ———em——ac— This Paper not to be taken from the | '“”Cl!‘yn LiDr * e PRICE F1VE CENTS. KING AND EMPEROR MEET AT BEDSIDE OF EMPRESS FREDERICK AT KRONBERG Edward of England and William of Germany Visit the Invalid Dowager and Mutely Pledge Friendship at Luncheon. RG, Febdb. 25.—King EA4- 4 Emperor Willlam ar- is morning and to Friederichs- ere ihe : Emperor bade e King and returned to dward proceeded to the ister, ‘thé Dowager Em- King Edward remained & quarter of an hour.. It was obse that His Iajesty, on leav- ing, betrayed no speclal anxiety and it was & refrom that he was favor- P with - the Dowager Em €re was a:luncheon at which sat down. Emperor in the meantime urg, sat next to nter of a long table. aring s glass to King Edward, d the compliment. Afterward the Emperor was alone with his mother for ten minutes. He then r» Homl y twen hind two Hungarian ho - a sl also rode he took tea w Emperor r request Summer red to Chinese. ~Lord ‘Cranborne, s Forelgn Office, ar aske the House of Commons to- 1 — RULERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND — — day by Sir Ellls Ashmead-Bartlett (Con- servative) if the Government had any in- formation confirming the Russo-Chinese agreement regarding Manchuria, mention- ing the clauses in the agreement referred to in a dispatch to the London Times ym Peking, published February 20. ong the clauses referred to were pro- visions that all the military and the other officers shall be appointed subject to Rus- sian approval; that each province shall have Russian officials, one in command of ‘the Chinmese police and the other to contre: the railroad, and that China shall | not be allowed to build any rallroad in Manchuria. Sir E'Us also referred to other articles previously published. The Under Secretary replied that the Government had no officlal knowledge of the terms of the Russo-Chinese agree- ment, but had been informed that it in- cludes most of the provisions enumer- ated. He added that the Russian Govern- ment gives verbal assurances that the agreement was of a temporary and pro- visional character. Lord George Hamilton, the Indian Sac- retary, answering a question regarding the looting at Peking, replied that the British troops had been strictly forbidden to loot. Stringent measures had been taken. Certain articles of value which had been left in the Summer Palace after the Russian evacuation were in the pos- session of the British, and they would be restored to the Ciflnese when peace was established. PORTUGUESE WORKMEN ARE STONED IN SPAIN VIGO, Spain, Feb. 25.—The importation ** of a force of Portuguese workmen to take GERMANY WHO MET YESTERDAyY | the places of Spanish strikers here led to AT THE BEDSIDE OF THE DOWAGER EMPRESS FREDERICK AND A Sahapen., | The Baetuge ; wads LATER MUTELY PLEDGED FRIENDSHIP. sforied jshaishots wedh Al Genakamies ¢ were compelled to intervene to restore . 4 order. + B e D o e B T 2 o 3 e e e e o o e e F RANCE’S FOREIGN TMINISTER THREATENS TO RESORT TO FORCE AGAINST PORTUGAL Reduction of the Interest Due the French Capitalists Is the Cause | of Talk of a Most Warlike Nature, NEW YORK, Feb..235.—A Sun special | from Peris sa Considerable alarm and | indignetion have been created in France by the fallure of Portugal to comply with | her agreement respecting the payment of interest on her foreign debt, which amounts to 1400000000 francs. Of this amount the French investors hold $00,000,- % francs, nominally representing 600,000,000 | francs pald up. A majority of the holders | sre small capitalists. wrtugal suddenly reduced the | y two-thirds. The French Gov- | energetically protested, and the | resulted in Portugal promis- | negbtiati ELE T thirds. fled. Forelgn Minister Delcasse, replying to ex-Minister Guerin in the Senate to-day, said that the bondholders had been de- prived of their rights in an arbitrary man- ner and contrary to every precedent. Por- tugal’s attitude, which it is difficult to un- derstand, has created an unpleasant im- pression In Germany, Great Britain, Bel- gium and France. The French Government, M. Delcasse added, had protested, and Portugal had | replied that she regretted the situation, but the condition of her treasury, which was under temporary difficulties, made 1t This agreement has not been rati- ment at present. It was hoped that the country's finances, would soon improye and that the negotlations could be re- opened. M. Delcasse finally declared that the Government would never allow the inter- ests of the bondholders again to be en- croached upon. He intended to compel Portugal to repeal her measures of spolia- tion. Nobody in Lisbon was ignorant of the fact that the French had means to meke themselves heard, and he would not hesitate to use these means if it became necessary. The Senate adopted a resolution declar- ing that it relied upon the Government to ing gradually to raise the interest to two- | her duty not to ratify the interest agree- ' safeguard French capital in Portugal. ATTERICAN FORCES HAVE BATTLES WITH THE FILIPINO INSURGENTS In Each Encounter the Followers of Aguinaldo Retire, Leaving Many Dead Upon the Field. 2.—Lieytenant West, of ‘the crew of the') & . attacked 200 in- surgents under Cabalies near Cavinta, province of Laguna. After a hard fight | of forty minutes the Insurgents were dis- | persed, losing six killed and four captured. | A detachment of the Forty-seventh Vol- | unteer Infaniry encountered a body of in- | | surzents in the province of Albay, killing | eighteen, and subsequently another body, | | killling nine. The Americans had no cas- | ualties. A squad of the Eighteenth United States Infantry surprised a band of ladrones at Mossin, island of Panay, killing six. The Americans captured five rifles. The Peace Commission is negotiating with the insurgents in Northern Panay, and there is a - fore - prospect of an early sur. FIFTY NEN ENTOMBED IN -~ BURNING MINE One Bscapes and the - Others Have All Perished. Diamondville Coal Mine in Wyoming the Scene of a Terrible Disaster. | SERAE 38 KEMMERER, Wyo., Feb. 25. —A disastrous fire in the Diamondville coal mine No.| 1 late this evening was attended [ with serious loss of life and great | | destruction of property. There | | were some fifty miners and fiiteen ; | horses entombed. One miracu- | |lous escape was made by John| Anderson, who was working near ‘ ! the mouth of the level. When he | realized the mine was on fire he| | with some difficulty reached the| heavy overcoat over his head and | |shoulders he pushed his way| | through the flames and reached | | the main lead completely ex- | | hausted and terribly burned. He {will recover. He was taken out | | by friends. ! | All efforts to succor those far- ther back have failed, as the | flames drove the rescuers back. That all have perished is with- out question. The scenes around {the mine were heartrending. Mothers, wives and sweethearts | wept and tore their hair in terri- {ble agony and all effarts to calm | | them proved of no avail. | The loss of property will reach |an enormous figure and as the of- | |ficials .are very reticent, the! |amount and names of those im-| | prisoned are unobtainable at a |late hour. The cause of the fire is at present unknown. The mine | has been plugged at the sixth! |level, about two miles from the ! | mouth. | | REMARKABLE ESCAPE | OF THREE MINERS Bucket Containih; Them Falls Four Hundred and Twenty Feet to Bottom of Shaft. | BUTTE, Mont.,, Feb. 25.—John Yocum, Tim Stevens and John Regan, employed in | the Rose mine, had the most remarkable | escape from death to-day in the hist: | of mining accidents in this camp. The | entered the bucket to descend the shaf* | 450 feet. The bucket was swung clear and | | the brakes on the hoisting apparatus re- | | fused to work. The men descended at | lightning speed to the bottom. There it | struck the bulkhead and crashed through, | landing with its human freight in ths sump. Yocum had one of his legs broken and the others of the party were cut and bruised. How they escaped death Is a | miracle. - HAYTIENS ATTACKED | BY DOMINICANS | Consul Receives Orders to Proceed to i Scene of Trouble and Stop | Fighting. 1 CAPE HAYTIEN, Feb. 25 (via Haytien cable).—A skirmish has taken place be- tween Haytiens and Dominicans at Phito- bert, on the morthern frontler. A party | of Haytlens was suddenly attacked by a | number of Dominicans. The Haytien | Consul at Dajabon sought refuge at Qua- niminthe, Hayti, about five miles from the | frontier. The Dominican Consul at Cana% Haytien has received orders from his Gov- | ernment to repair immediately to the scene of disturbance and endeavor to put an end to the fighting and cause the Hay- tien consulate at Dajabon to be respected. DATE FOR KETCHUM'S EXECUTION IS FIXED | Notorious Outlaw Known as “ Black Jack” Must Die on March 22. SANTA FE, N. M., Feb. %.—The date for the execution of Tom Ketchum, better krown as “Black Jack,” whose band of cutlaws terrorized this Territory for u long time, was to-day fixed by the Terri- torial Supreme Court for March 22, Al- though accused of several murders and other felonies, Ketchum was only tried for the robbery of a train near Folsom, N. M., the penalty for which in this Ter- | ritory is death. SR S Big Cargo of Bullion. NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—The British steamer Chatton arrived in the harbor | yesterday “from Tampico with a cargo consisting wholly of lead bullion, econ- signed to M. Guggenheim's Sons for their smeltef at Perth Amboy. The percentage W | | main lead and by throwing al midair. | creased, as stated to-day, to $400,000,000 of of gold in the lead is valued at $30,000 and of sllver amounts to 520,000 ounces, The whole cargo is valued at between $450,0°0 and $500,000. MRS. TTOORE’S TITLE IS 'MADE CLEAR TO THE RICH ESTATE OF BLYTHE United States Supreme Court Dismisses the Appeal of Roswell Ground That It Is Frivolous. . M. Blythe on the A SUPREME COURT DECISION. L MRS. FLORENCE BLYTHE-HINCKLEY-MOORE, WHOSE TITLE TO THE VAST ESTATE LEFT BY THOMAS H. BLYTHE IS MADE CLEAR BY ASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—In the{ Supreme Court of the United | States the case of Roswell M. | Blythe vs. Florence Hinckley- | Moore was summarily disposed of in an opinion by Justice Peckham, the | dectsion being tn favor of Mrs. Moore, as in the Supreme Court of California, from ' which court the case was appealed to the United States Supreme Court on a writ of | error. The point raised in the case was | WOMAN LEAPS Fannie Stewart Drops From a Window in| the Third Story of the Florence House at Ellis and Powell Streets. Fanne Stewart, a woman aged about | thirty deliberately committed | suicide at 2:45 o'clock this morning by | years, dropping from a window In the third story | of the Florence House, at the corner of Ellis and Powell strcets. Her brains were | dashed out on the pavement and the bones 1 of her body crushed. At the hour named a hackman stand- ing at the corner opposite the hotel, wait- | ing for a “fare,” nappened to glance up | at the third story of the hotel. At a| window there he saw a sight that seemad to freeze his blood. A young woman, in her nightclothes, was climbing out of the She the sfll and hung tiere for a moment in window. deliberately crawled over The hackman at iast found his power of speech and calling to several belated | pedestrians urged them to run up to th:t floor of the hotel, wlere the room of the | young woman was located and save her | from the terrible d=ath she was seeking. i The horrified dashed the hotel. Meanwhile the hackman was frantically imploring the woman to “hold | spectators into | on."” She made no reply © detetedefeteee el BILLION-DOLLAR STEEL TRUST IS CHARTERED IN NEW JERSEY Three Thousand Dollars Is Named as the Capital Stock of Great Corporation. NEW YORK, Feb. 2%5.—In the office of the Secretary of State in Trenton, N. J., {ncorporation papers of the new billion- dollar steel trust, which is J. P. Mor- | gan's greatest achievement—the United States Steel Corporation—were filed this morning. The capital was placed at the nominal sum of $3000, and will be In- common and $400,000,000 of preferred stock, besides which there will be a $100,000,000 5 pec cent bond issue. The capital so far consists of fifteen shares of 7 per cent cumulative stock and fifteen shares of common stock, each of the par value of $100. The incorporators were William J. Cur- tis, of the law firm of Sullivan & Crom- well; Charies MacVeagh, of the law firm of Stetson, Jennings & Russell, and Charles C. Cluff, general Eastern agent of the Illinois Steel Company, one of the companies owned by the Federal Steel Company, which is to go into the new trust. Each of these Incorporators is the owner of five shares of preferred stock and five shares of common stock. The news of this incorporation, which was accompanied by the news that it was the filing of the papers of the steel trust itself, reached Wall street about the open- ing.of the market and added to the ex- citement which followed upon the an- ncuncement in this morning’s papers, that the mammoth concern was soon to take’ corporate entity. TO DEAT AT THE DAWN OF DAY + | whether a State law is sufficlent to per- mit an alfen to inherit property in cases | in which the alien is a resident of a coun- try with which there Is no treaty covering | the question. The court. however, did not enter upon the discussion of this conten- tion, but dismissed the case with the re- mark that the petition was frivolous, be- cause evidently filed for delay. The case involves the estate of the late Thomas H. | Biythe of California, and it has several times been before the Supreme Court. H Just as the rescucrs reached the top floor she loosened . lier hold and whirled headlong to the pavement. The hackman and the other witnesses to the horrible deed rushed to where the body lay. H The woman was beyond human aid. She lay huddled in a white heap—her brains dashed out—a mass of bruised and broken flesh and bones. It was the pitiful and ter- rible ending of a life wasted In the ten- | derloin. The woman was well known in the red-light Her the habitues of the aistrict. name among saloons of the town was Fannie Stewart, and her companions called her *“Chick.” ~She was formerly the proprietress of a resort on Mason street. Years ago she met with an acci- dent which resulted in the loss of one of her limbs. Not long ago she was arrested on aj charge of robbery, ilie complalnant being | a man from Colma, who had met her In his wanderings about the tenderloin. She was released on bail and was soon have been tried. It is sald that thrice before had she attempted to end her existence. The fourth attempt was successful. > There was a wild scramble to buy when the market opened. The day's transac- tions in steel stocks were notable not only for extent, but for the way In which prices varied. The fact that the payment in the new trust stock is very different from payment in cash did not take long to draw on margin traders, and fluctua- tions were rapid under the conflicting con- victiogs which pervaded the street as to the real future values of the securities. The articles of incorporation set forth that the location of the principal offices in the State of New Jersey is at 51 Newark street, Hoboken. The name of the agent there, upon whom process against the corporation may be served, is the Hudson Trust Company. ‘The objects for which the corporation is formed are to manufacture iron, steel, manganese, coke, copper, lumber and other materials, and all or any articles consisting or partly consisting of iron, steel, copper, wood or other materials, and all or any products thereof. To acquire, own, lease, occupy, use or develop any lands containing coal or iron, manganese, stone or ores or oll, or any wood lands or other lands for any purpose of the com- pany. To mire or otherwlse extract or re- move coal, ores, stone and other materiais and timber from any lands owned, ac- quired, leased or occupied by the company, or from any other lands. To buy and to otherwise deal in trafic In iron, steel, | to finish the negotiations | The Pefho River will oren next week, and | ents and others wiil | Conger has cadled the State Depa manganese, copper, stone, ores, coal, coke, wood, lumber and other materials, and any of the products thereof and any ar- ticle consisting or partly consisting thereof. SETTLENENT WITH Chi 15 ASSUAEL Imperial Court Soon to Return to Peking. Satisfactory an—wer to the Demand of Powers for Punishment. S M PEKING, Feb. 25.—This morning Minis- ter Conger turned over the affair United States iegation to W. W. R particularly to conduct the negotia with the Chinese plenipoter will shortly return to the U a six months’ vacation 1 feel that this arrangement is a tion of the report that everything is tically settled, for Conger felt it his satisfactorily t the Kkhill, then the exodus of diplomats begin. Li Hvng Chang says he expects that the imgperial court will return to Peking as soon as notification is given that the troops of the allies are evacuating the capital. He also asserts her difficulty In the negotiatior Some old reaiden ere think there may correspond- no is po: be difficulty In connection with the cere- | montal of receiving the Ministers of the | powers by the court, but the Ministers themselves do :ot anticipate any The German and Russian barracks for the guards of their respective legations will be ready in a mon Rockhill to-day attended for the first time a meeting of the foreign envoys in an independent ANSWER China Will Inflict Punishments De- manded by Powers. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W.. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2%5.—Mi apacity. IS SATISFACTORY. trom Peking as follows: “Satisfactory edict in answer to punish- ment demands has been received.” From this statement the department as- sumes thet the punishments are to be ad- ministered substantially as stated in Mr Conger’s cablegram received on the 2Ist The Minister has not yet informed the State Department of the date he has se- lected for his departure from Peking for home. BERLIN, Feb. 2%.—The Lokal Anzelgor has the follow from Peking, dated February 2: “The execution of Chin Chiu, former Grand Secretary, and Cheng Fu, son-of the notorious Hsu Tung. to- morrow by the hangman will occur u pon | the same place where last summer two | pro-civilization mandarins were beheaded. The spot is within the German zome. All the other officials whose lives are de- manded by the Ministers of the powers will be beheaded in Stanfu. The opinion largely prevails in Peking that Prince Tuan's punishment will necessitate the chocsing of an heir to the throme other than his son.” A dispatch from Count von Waldersee says that over 30 Chinese were killed when they attacked the Germans at Kuengchang recently. Hoffmeister's col- umn, which started thence, will return to Paotingfu. FRESH MASSACRE REPORTED. Twenty Missionaries and Nine Chil- dren Killed in Shansi. LONDON, Feb. 25.—The Reuter Tele- gram Company has received the following from Shanghai, dated February 2i: Prince Tuan, Prince Chwang Lu and General Tung Fuh Slang are still taking refuge at Ninghaify, province of Kansu. Two native Christians from Kuihua- cheng, in the northern part of the pro- vince of Shansi, report the massacre of twenty male and female missionaries and uine children, who have been missing since October. BIG TREE PURCHASE BILL MAY GO OVER Whiteside Fails to Appear at the Con- ference of the Advocates of the Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The confer- ence appointed for ‘o-day on the Cala- veras big tree bill between Mr. White- side, owner of the big tree grove, and the Secretary of the Interior, the California delegation and Mrs. White and Mrs. Sharon, accomplished nothing by reason of the absence of Mr. Whiteside. Secre- tary Hitcheock advised an amendment to the bill in accordance with the terms of the resolutions adopted by the California Legtslature providing for the maintenance of the park by the State. It is under- stood that Whiteside now demands. $500,- 000 for the big tree grove. Speaker Hen- derson’s opposition to the bill has not yet been overcome. The passage of the measure at this session is very doubtful. i MAGGIE HOEL'S BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER Circumstances Connected With Her Disappearance Lead to the Belief That She Was Murdersd. PUEBLO, Cole., Feb.. 25.—The dead body of Maggie Hoel, the young woman who mysteriously disappeared December 23 and was supposed to have been kidnaped, was found in the Arkansas River below this city this evening. The girl's right arm was shattered, and this fact, in con- junction with other circumstances con- nected with her disappearance, leads to the belief that she was murdered. The case is a mystericus one.