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

MAR 8~ 1901 VOLUM LXXXIX—-NO. 98. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MARCH S, 1901. ¢, Per not { ' be taken from the Library, +++4 PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOERS ACAN ATTACKING A BRITISH POST~ OVER ISTHMUS Kitchener Hurtying Reinforcements o | Lichtenburg, Fig Days and Two English Officers Are Slain, | hatever negotia- P CAPTAIN STREETER WANTS NATION'S RECOGNITION Chicago Man Goes to Washington to Represent the So-Called “Ter- ritory of Lake Michigan.” visit the Capitol. brought the erritory of Lake elected delegat from the new Territ ichigan, A ment was es- go. We have ! acrés and we | er the general Gov- higan has control over this territory, and we | organized a civil government there. The | voters have elected me to represent them | r four years, and I am here 1! can't get any satisfaction In this depart- | ment, but then I don’t know much about thir here. If it were anything else I would know more about it. I am| going up to the Capitol to see Mr. Roose- | to do it. velt.” % —_——— | INSULTS TOO HEAVY ; FOR DUKE OF ORLEANS Proposes to Go to Brussels and Inter-! | wvene in the Deroulede-Buffet Affair. BRUSSELS, March 7.—The Naples cor- espondent of La Reforma says that u-eI Duke of Orleans, moved by the insults offered to the Royalist party, intends to repair to Brussels with a view of inter- vening in the conflict provoked by the Deroulede-Buffet affair. Parama lump « PAVING WAY FOR A CANAL —_— Diplomatic Ohstacles Are Expected to Dlsa_gp ear. nting Continues -Some| United States Will Begin. Negotiations With Great Britain and Colombia. —_— ! Dispatch to The Call REAU, 1406 G STR NGTON, March 7.—When xt assembles all diplomatic way of the construction Sec- d the ster to formally Hay for al by inary proto- with these mmer Character of Proposals. ate De- ter of the Silva. als of the chara discuss however, that ints whidh the 1l urge: ars, as long as ates may desire, not exceed- territory across which the canal is being eonstructed. m for such lease Colombla to re- | either a perceitage of the tax on | passing through the canal or a mpensation n of the rights of the French consent In rety Recogni will its to concession the United JAILED FOR ATTEMPTING TO BLACKMAIL A SENATOR Ernest J. Walter, a Nebraska Mer- chant, Demands Money Frcm Thomas Kearns. OMAHA, Nebr., March 7.—Postoffice In- llivan of Den has just He placed F Nebr., merchant, to-day for attempting Senator Thomas Ke He used the mails in his & penmanship ) grief. Walter also wrote ter to the Senator's wife and stated that if he did would kill the children. nest Schuyler, rns of Kearns put the lett in the | sector livan, who went to his man. Some years in Salt Lake City and E nted with the fact | had money a very arm family Walter w mer- chant, t led a rather fast life. 1In T he r the Cash Store and well in the commun! He hails from onsin originally and sprang The letter he wrote s follows: A 19.—Mr. me to be the first to con- w honors. You are . in your family su have a sufficlency of are. But how Dead men tell and 1 must have it d family lte I have nothing to live for. It t get it T would as soon gle with you other way. 1 want $5000. Now, if e an e for mily or any re- r yourself you will send me the money. Get some magazines awl place the bills be- tween the leaves and address the package to box 484, Schuyler, Ne I will down t» Schuyler and get the mo your fam- will re undisturbed. t is not there I will come to Salt Lake You will euffer the consequences. M. D. COX. Walter saye he is innocent of the charge, and that a traveling man has put him in a false light. e T ENSLAVED NEGROES IN CONVICT CAMP South Carolina Grand Jury Makes a Startling Report Upon Viola- tions of the Law. COLUMBIA, 8. C., March 7.—Theé Grand Jury of Anderson County made its report to Judge Nutt to-day and declared that 2 practical enslavement of negroes has Peen conducted in that county. The presentment was prepared by a speclal commission, which visited the convict camp in Anderson County, and, it is alleged, found confined there negroes gulltless of any felony, but undergoing o tgrm of servitude under voluntary con- tracts which they had signed in partial ignorance. The charge of faise imprison- ment was made against J. 8. Fowler, P. D. Allen and W. Q. Hammond, three of the largest planters and most irfluential men in Anderson County. The Grand Jury declared that ;three men who em- ploy convicts from the State were also keeping confined in their stockades ne- groes who for some petty cause had been sent there, altheuvgh convicted by no ofticer of the lew. Thomas | FINDS CAVE OF WONDERS I REWIER Miner's Weird Tale of Froen Giants ~ and Gold Claims He Has Discovereda | Cavern Where Dwelt | Prehistoric Man. —_— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. extreme—so extraordinary that not all of | those who have heard of it can bring | | themselves to regard it serlously—is a tale | of discovery that came from the town of | Chehalis to-day. It is told by H. F. For- | est, who claims to be a prospector. He arrived in Chehalis yesterday and says his | He is an educated | he is not trying to | form a stock company or to borrow | money, but intends to wait In Chehalis a | couple of weeks until he can be joined by | his brother, when he expects to return to | th ne of his remarkable find, on the | south side of Mount Rainier. home 1s in Chicago. man and declares t If his story !c true—and there is as vet | ct it—he has dis- | e of vast wealth and a cave no evidence to contr: covered a mi that will rival the famous Mammoth Cave Kentucky. His find will also set the archaeologists wild with curlosity. Sought the Mother Lode. | Forest says he left Chicago a year ago last February and came West to prospect. He went to Alaska and also made a tho ough investigation of the St. Helens di trict, in Lewis County. Last August he started for the mountains with a.good | outfit, intending to remain there ail win-| ter. He belleved the great mother lode of the Pacific slope lay farther north than St. Helens, and so went to Mount Rainier. He prospected about the base of the mountain for some time, and at last reached a point about 7500 feet above sea The formation of rough gran- | ite covered with a crust of lava, which was hard to penetrate. He at length dis- | covered an opening which showed evi- | dences of human handiwork, as it at one | time evidently had been covered with a | large flat rock. Forest narrates with much detail his | discovery and subsequent explorations. | He unpacked his horses on September 4! | and sent them down the side of the moun- tain, and from that time until a few days ago, he says, he has lived in the cave and conducted his explorations. | The cave Is described as about twelve | feet in height and from eight to fifty or | sixty feet in width. The walls have been | polishea ana are covered by many hiero- | glyphics and figures made by human | hands. The main passage was explored Passages led | off in m directions from the main cave. One of these contained boiling water and in others huge blocks of ice were found. In cne place there was a hot spring and a sulphur spring, with'a cold spring between them. Two tubs had been cut into the stone near these springs. Large Underground Lake. In this same passage was a well about | thirty feet deep and a clrcular stalrway | leads to the bottom. After devious wind- level. for a distance of five miles. v | ings around the bottom of the well an | immense underground lake discov- ered, and at the very entrance a canoe, apparently of but petrified and | chained to the wall by a heavy metal sta- | ple. The chain was five feet long, made | of metal swivels woven together. The bank of the lake was explored a mile and a half one w and a little more than that | distance the other. but Its extent could pot be determined. | Another passage from the main boule- | vard led the explorer to a flight of stmwi‘ | steps leading down a distance of sixty | feet. " At the bottom was a passageway | ten feet or more wide. Along this were | several sealed vaults. One of the vaults had a small 1id resting loosely against | the main slab which inclosed it. The ex- | plorer removed it and entered. | The chamber scemed dry, but was very cold and there was much ice inside. On a | huge slab side by side were two huge human figures, those of a woman meas- uring more than seven feet in length and a man seven feet and ten inches long. | Both bodies were frozen solidly and in a | perfect state of preservation. The man | had a black beard and long dark hair, and on his left wrist was a gold band an | inch and a half wide and a quarter of an | inch thick. On the band were engraved an antelope and a number of characters. Skeletons of Children. The woman Is described as having re- markably long hair. From one ear hung | a heavy pendant of gold. Near the bodies were the dismembered skeletons of two | children, and there were numerous bones | throughout other parts of the cave. There were vessels of different kinds, all of metal, and a number of tools. Seven hammers, eighing twelve to fifteen pounds each, with metal handles, and a great many chisels were among the dis- coverles. The cave is very rich with splen- did white gold quartz and there is much copper. The story is told with a minuteness of detail and great plausibility. The nar- rator says he Is going to file mining | claims on the property and that when his brother arrives they will go in and make | further examinations. | e | Marseilles Strike Disastrous. | MARSEILLES, March 7.—The disas- trous effects of the strike are shown in the notable decrease of customs receipts, which have fallen away to 1300 francs per day. They range ordinarily from $0,000 to 390,000 francs, cedar, FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE NEW TERRITORY OF HAWAII BEGINS ITS WORK WITH MIXED MEMBERSHIP AND A BABEL AS AT BABYLON Secretary Cooper Attempts to Record the Proceedings for Transmission to Washington, but Objection Is Made and He Is Put Out by the Sergeant-at- Arms —English and Hawaiian Both ONOLULU, March 1L—The first Legislature of the newest of the Territories of the United States convened at noon om the 20th ult. The sessions of the law- makers were held in the palace of the an- clent rulers of the Hawailan Is ands. The House of Representatives assembled in the throne room of the defunet dynasty, while the Senate occupled makeshift quar- ters in the upper corridor of the bullding. The upper house is composed of fifteen members, five of them being white and the rest more or less of native blood. Sen- = | ator William C. Achi, from Oahu, is partly N.| SEATTLE, March 7.—Remarkable in the | Chinese, The lower house has thirty members, and in it there are but seven whites. Apukai Akina of Kaual is a half- blood Chinese. Proposed Legislation. With both houses in control of the Tn- dependent Home Rule party and contain- ing a majority of native Hawalians, the Legislature has already been the &cene of scme remarkable proceedings, and the end of the sesslons prom 'S 10 see many very radical measures adopted, among those to which the controlling party. is committed being a liquor dispensary law, a taxation system that will be a combination of sin- | gle tax and the income tax doctrines, an election law based on proportional repre- sentation, application of eity and county government in place of the present dis- trict system, reorg#nization of the gov errment of the leper settlement on Molo- kai and a law excluding from the t tory all persons who may arrive here flicted with consumption or leprosy. Objection to Cooper. On the third day of the session Secre- tary of the Territory Cooper was uncere- moniously ordered out of the House and escorted out by the sergeant at arms. cting under the section of the Territo- rial act which provides that he shall “re- rri- cord and preserve the laws and proceed- ings of the Legislature,” Secretary Cooper took up a place on the floor of the House, with a stenographer, to secure a record of the procecdings. On the second day of the meeting attention was called fo his presence, and Representative Beckley (Ind.) of Molokai offered a resolution re- questing him, to leayg. 'The resoly:tion get forth that his presente on the floor was a violation of the rule that the three de- } partments of government—judicial, execu- tive and legislative—must he kept separ- ate, and it was urged in debate that Gov- ernor Dole had put Cooper where he was with a view of intimidating members hy letting them see that the executive officer was taking a stenographic report of their proceedings. Cooper was declared by Republicans to be present as a representative of Presi- | dent McKinley, as he had been ordered to transmit a report to Washington, but even this plea did not deter the Independents. After long debate, they passed the Beck- Cooper addressed the chalr, stating that he would refuse to leave except under es- cort of the sergeant at arms, and that officer was duly ordered to remove the Secretary of the Territory. The action of the legislators created a great sensation and s the subject of much comment, opin- fons differing. It is thought by many that he shou!d have asked permission to oc- cupy a place on the floor and not have taken it as a right. On the other hand, some of the Independents hold that the Secretary had no right to attempt to make for transmission to Washington any re- port of the proceedings not approved by the House itself. It /is undéstood that Cooper has sent to Washington for a rul- ing as to the meaning of the instructions given him to send a record. J. A. Atkins (Ind.), a half Hawalfan, half Chinese, member from the island of Kaual, has been made Speaker of the House and Dr. Nichoias Russell of Ha- walil president of the Senate. Russell iz a white man. The Senate has not yet completed organization, though it met eight days ago, the time having been oc- cupied in disputes over rules. The Inde- pendents insisted upon and finally adopted a ten-minute debate rule. The House has already begun work on bills, Speeches in Two Languages. The question of languages Is another source of trouble. The organic act says that all proceedings of the Legislaturs shall be conducted in the English lan- guage. Half of the members cannot speak English and Hawaiian interpreters have been employed in both houses. It is the opinion of some lawyers that this S — Spoken and May Cause Complications o - 1 | | | | | | | ‘TERRITORIAL | | | | | | ! | | | | | & HISTORIC MEETING PLACE OF THE LOWER BRANCH OF HAWAIT'S | LEGISLATURE AND MEN WHO FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN THE | AFFAIRS OF THE NEW ISLAND TERRITORY. r 2 -+ - +. some laws have been passed. Chief Jus- tice Frear and Governor Dole, who were members of the commission that adopted the rule in question, have expressed the opinion that it was intended to provide that no language but English should he spoken. Independents claim that it means that laws and resolulions, etc., shall be in English. Every measure and every speech is being given in both English and Hawailan. To Investigate Lepers. The members of the House of Repre- ley resolution by a vote of 20 to 9, the 9 will Invalidate all proceedings and this sentatives will start for Molokal this even- being all the Republicans in the House. ° . VILLAGES IN HUNGARY ISOLATED BY FLOODS Portion of Budapest Is Under Water and Damage Is Done Along the Danube. LONDON, March 8.—The Vienna corre- spondent of the Daily Express says: Sev- eral Hungarian villages have been iso- lated by the floods. All along the banks of the Danube and its tributaries great damage has been done. The lower quar- ter of Budapest is flooded to a depth of five feet. The bitter cold is driving wolves from the Carpathian Mountains to the villages below. They have killed twelve people Quring the last four weeks. i TUSSIANS IN FEAR CF THE MOHAMMEDANS Soldiers Billeted in Families Through- out Eastern Siberia to Prevent a Possible Insurrection. LONDON, March 8.—“The Mohamme- dans in Mongolia are trying to foment an insurrection among the Mohammedans of the Siberian steppes,” says the Odessa correspondent of the Daily Express, “and the Russian Government has ordered at least two soldiers billeted in every family throughout Eastern Siberia, who shall act as menials and be ready to assemble at any moment to suppress a rising.” matter will come before the courts when ing to investigate the jeper settlement. It is understood that some of the Represent- atives have some radical changes to pro- pose in the management of the settlement A municipal government by the lepera themselves will probably be substituted for the present management of affairs by a superintendent under the Board of Health. Another change that may be made {3 that of rescinding the rule tha: no visitors shall go except on permits from the Board of Heulth. It is proposcd to allow visitors to go at any time, but to provide a reservation in which the vis itors and lepers may meet and converse, but in which they wiii be separated by screens so that there can be no contact. e oot fedofodefofefonle el e e el el ek @ AMERICAN SYNDICATE BUYS MEXICAN LAND, Half a Million Acres of Timber Tract Purchased in the State of Chihuahua. CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, March 7.—A syndicate of American capitalists has just closed a deal for the purchase of 500,000 acres of timber land in Sierra Madras, a short distance south of Casas Grandes, State of Chihuahua. The amount involved in the deal is $2,500,000 in gold. The syndicate is composed of H. S. Smith of San Franeisco, Cal.; Robert Fullerton and W.«W. ‘Finkbine of Des Moines, Iowa; Fred M. Stephenson and Shaw Kennedy of ¢Chicago, and John McComb of the City of Mexico. Mr. Kennedy says there is enough timber on the land to keep five of the largest saw- mills continuously busy for thirty years. - STEAMER NUMIDIAN FIVE DAYS OVERDUE Uneasiness Felt for the Vessel That Is Ccenveying the Strathcocs Horse to Canada. MONTREAL. March 7.—Considerable uneasiness is felt here over the fact that the steamer Numidian, with the Strath- cona Horse, returning from South Af- rica, has not been reported. The Nu- midian is five days overdue. 1] GENERAL HARRISON SUFFERING F¥ROM GRIP Ex-President’s Physician Refuses tc Discuss Nature of His Ailment. CHICAGO, March 7.—A special to the Times-Herald from Indianapolls, Ind., gays: General BenJamin Harrison is very sick at his residence on North Delaware street, but it is impossible to learn his true condition, as his physician refuses to aiscuss his case without permission from the family, and this was refused by Mrs. Harrison this eveniug. She said that the general is suffering from the grip, but that his condition was not considered alarming. When asked if the pattent was suffer- ing from any complications of his disease and particularly as to bronchial affection Dr. Jameson, who was with General Har- | rison for more than an hour this evening, refused to answer. Mr. Harrison took a severe cold mgre than a week ago and placed himself un- der the care of a physician. The ailment did not yield readily to treatment and he has been confined to his home since. In- stead -of improving Le has grown worse within the last three days, suffering from a pronounced case of the grip, and has been compellgd to take to his bed. UNCLE SAM WARNS DANISH GOVERNMENT West Indian Possessions Must in No * Event Be Given Over toa Foreign Power. LONDON, March 8.—The United States Government has addressed a note to the Danish Government, almost threatening in tone, says the Copenhagen correspondent ‘of the Dally Mail, to the effect that it | would not permit any transfer of the Danish West Indies to any forelgn power and that in the event of Denmark refus- ing to sell the United States will require | that island and maritime neutrality shail be properly guaranteed and the United States sphere of influence be respected. P FORMER CONGRESSMAN ‘TAKEN TO AN ASYLUM Charles Sprague, a Multi-Millionaire, Leaves the National Capital for an Insane Asylum. BOSTON, March S8.—The Post says: Charles E. Sprague, the multi-milllonaire and ex-Congressman, representing th: Eleventh Massachusetts District, is an in- mate of McLean Insane Hospital at Wa- verley. His term in Congress expired last Monday and ne was driven to the asylum at dusk on Wednesday, accompanied by his valet and a hospital attendants -t .’ f !