The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 103. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. CAEAT BRITAI I CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA King Edward's Men Forcibly Holé 2 | Siding. | Czar's Commander Enters Protest and Serious Friction Follows. While Cermans Baitle Wifh Chinese Near Great Wall New Compli- | cations Arise, | | rch 13, 4:30 a. m.—Friction the Brit- of land who ref . r to General Bar- n Peking. who ling with armed cDonald the line by w ng to a village in the mmer palace, es now oceupy Ir troops that. as by nd all trou- no cause for Great Wall Causes ge Reports. r Office has tch from the fight west e slightly dead on the r quick rers, | A bat- ard n nd west a re re that it ctly what nd the re spreading is engi- and Man- MEXICO’S PRESIDENT IS DECLARED TO BE IN DYING CONDITION Passing of the Aged Ruler May Be Followed by a Political Upheaval During the Fight for Succession. -_ DICTIONS THAT HIS DEATH IS GENERAL PORFIRIO DIAZ, THE AGED PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, WHOSE FAILING HEALTH CAU! SES ALARM AND FREQUENT PRE- DRAWING NEAR. 3 L PASO, March 12.—Reports from Mexico to-day Indicate that the| fon of President Diaz is causing considerable alarm, and is even caid that his end is| The general’s advanced ag: | 71 vears, and his long continued iliness. | 11 as the fact that the succession is cussed in all parts as we being energetically of Mexico, add weight to the report. The people of Mexico are filled with forebodings as to the iesult should the aged ruler of the republic pass away sud- denly and an effort he made by ambitious leaders to succeed him. Official and un- official denials that the President’s con- s e 4 dition is serious continue to reach the ’ On the other hand it | United States from Mexico City, but ol that the Chinese | the dispatches are considered as In S wal e but slig ting merely the conirary, as they em- | ey e, s the reports of anate from subsidized newspapers and| . s engagement seems to aintain their believed that these inferior to those sent before the capture of Russia insists upon the Manchurian con- remains that the t been signed as yet. | as to the published re- | alists are negotiat- | Chinese believed their fortified mountain belt impenetrable. CHINA'S PROBABLE APPEAL. In Her Extremity, She Seeks Uncle: Sam’s Aid. WASHINGTON, March 12—There s | reason to believe that China has appealed to the United States in her extremity, but whether the appeal is broader and /s to officlals for the at Nanking, Wo , but the rumor is STORMING OF THE GATE. Chinese Driven From Apparently Impregnable Position. LONDON, March 13.—The Peking cor- respondent of the Morning Post, wiring Saturday and giving details of the storm- ing of a gate of the great wall by Colonel Ledeburs’ column, March 8, says: he Germans captured the Chung- ghun pass between the provinces of Chill nd Shansi after several hours' fighting. The result was brilllantly achieved by the Bavarian battalion, which marched 125 es from Paotingfu In four days, through mountains and over difficult mule racks, The Chinese held an apparently im- pregnable position on the wall at the highe 1t of the pass. They had sev- 1 dred troops and artillery of every The Germans attacked them h 600 Infantry and two howitzers. The ng movement, over an almost im- sable country, occupled seven hours and was completely successful. The Chi- nese fled into the province of Shansi, leaving at least one hundred dead and four Hotchkiss gurs. The victory will bave an excellent moral effect, as the | other nations as well it is not possible to Jearn at present. Nothing has been heard from Russia since the verbal communica- | tion made by Count Cassinl last week | getting forth the rectitude of Russia's ob- | jects tn China generally and in Manchu- ria in particyar. Minister Wu has been almost a daily caller at the State Depart- | ment, and 1t is evident that the Chinese | are impressed by the belie? thet the cris!s | has been reached and that the destiny of | Manchurta depends upon the {mmediate action of the power: QUESTION OF PUNISHMENT. | Ministers Think Six More Culprits { Should Be Executed. | PEKING, March 12.—A general meeting | of the foreign Ministers was held to-day | at which representatives of the commit- | tees were heard. Regarding more pun- jshment of the Chinese connected with | the Boxers there s strenuous opposition | against demanding any more heads, but a list containing the names of ninety-six minor officials will shortly be presented to Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang urging that they be tried for complicity in the outrages and punished when found guilty in such manner as the Chinese themselves see fit, except in the case of six men, whom the Ministers think should be executed. — Special Dispatch to The Call. prestige with the Mexican authorities Everywhere along the border the wildest rumors are afloat concerning a political upheaval that will result should Diaz die. The El Paso Herald this afternoon pub- lishes a report concerning the condition of the President, and says the military power of the country 1= preparing to cope with any situation that may arise. translation from a Spanish paper is pub- lished in the same issue, which says: is approaching not only on account of his advanced age, but from a chronic disease from which he has suffered several years It is necessary then to prepare for the succession. General Bernardo Reyes, Min- ister of War, who can control the army, ana Governor Miguel Ahumada, Governor of Chihuahua, whose popularity with Americans is proverbial, are spoken of as probable successors of Diaz.” eral principles on which indemnity clatms should be considered was adopted. Those claims which are palpably unjust will be disallowed. Mr. Rockhill's proposition providing for dally meetings of the Ministers will be followed so far as practicable. When any Minister is unable to attend meetings, the meeting will not take place. Otherwise the meetings will occur daily. The report of the committee on the lega- tion quarter defenses probably will be con- sidered to-morrow. Though the commit- tee has declined to notify the Chinese owners of property confiscated, the regis- ter of claims of the Ministers probably will, where just, see that the amount in- volved is added to the total of the gen- eral indemnity. The Ministers will soon meet Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang to consider questions regarding public build- ings and grounds. VERY SERIOUS RIOTS CONTINUE IN RUSSIA Students of Kharkoff Joined in a Street Demonstration by Thou- sands of Workmen. S8T. PETERSBURG, March 12.-On March 4 the city of Kharkoff (capital of Kharkoff province, 220 miles southwest of Moscow) experienced disturbances similar to those which occurred here upon that date when the Russian police brutally dis- persed a gathering of 1500 male and female students who had petitioned the priests of Kazan Cathedral to celebrate services for Alexander IL. It is now privately re- ported that several thousand workingmen joired the students at Kharkoff in their street demonstrations. The authorities suspended this participation and erdered the factory gates to be closed, but too late to prevent the workingmen from com- The report of the committee on the gen- | ing out. | s menaeing Mexico and | Al eneral Diaz has to die, and his end | |leave them at this time. | the public as to his condition. | the last twenty-four hours. HARRISONS LIFE SLOWLY EBBING AWAY Death of the Former President Hourly Experl General Makes Gallant Bat- tle Against Grip of , Pneumonia. | Viality Maintained by the Use of Oxygen, and Physicians Admit the End Is Near. INDIANAPOLIS, March 13,—At 3 o'clock this morn- ing physicians at the bedside of General Harrison say there is no change in his condition during the last two hours. There is little apprehension, they say, that he will die for several hours at least, though they qualify this by saying it is impossible to say certainly what the next few hours may develop. General Harrison is apparently - resting without pain, butremains unconsecious. INDIANAPOLIS, March 12.—General | Benjamin Harrison can live but a few hours. His condition up to to within a few hours of this morning (Tuesday) was encouraging, but at this time he became restless and an hour or two later Dr. Jamieson, who left the bedside for his own home, was hastily summoned by Dr. Dorsey, who has constantly been in the sick room for several days past. None but the physiclans and intimate friends are admitted to the house. al- son, Dorsey and Hadley and trained nurses. Russell Harrison and Mrs. McKee have been advised by wire of the serious turn in the general's condi- tion, and the former has wired that he will leave Washington at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday for Indianapolis. Mrs. Mc- Kee, however, is detained in her home at Saratoga, N. Y., through the illness of her children, it being impossible for her to 1 When the general was taken {ll, it is said, he requested his physicians to make no unnecessarily alarming statement to As the physicians have decided to heed this re- quest it has been with the greatest diffi- culty that any authentic news has been obtained from tRke sick room up to within When an in- quiry is made on the telephone as to the general's condition, the inquirer fis promptly referred to Dr. Jamieson. The latter is now issuing hourly bulletins to the press. Condition Is Critical. At 2 o’clock this afternoon Dr. Jamieson declared in his bulletin that General Har- rison's condition was critical. At 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock additional bulletins were Issued which simply stated that no | change in the condition of the general had | occurred from earlier in the afternoon. Drs. Jamieson, Hadley and Dorsey watched by the bedside, not leaving it for a moment except to retire for a short, low-voiced consultation in a corner or in an adjoining room. Mrs. Harrison still walted for the most minute symptoms of favor. At 5 o'clock this afternoon it became apparent that General Harrison was dy- ing, and the physicians at the bedside of the distinguished patient made no effort to conceal the real gravity of the situa- tion. They say that it is a matter of hours only, and all hope =f his recovery has been abandoned. General Harrison cortinued to sink from early this morning. He was for the great- er part of the time in a semi-comatose condition, and ‘thers ere symptoms of approaching delirfum. The signal spread- ing and deepening of the inflammation and congestion were the cause of the great danger that had been fcared from the be- ginning of his fllness. Early to-night there was inecreased respiration, which told of the creeping congestion, and the slrength of General Harrison began to diminish rapidly. At 10 o'clock he was mucn weaker than he had been two hours before, and from that time on the sinking rap!dly continued. Shortly after 10 o'clock to-night, with his face plainly betrayng his agitation, Dr. Jamieson, the phvsician in charge, left the residence of Gcreral Harrison to go to his office to prepare some addi- tional medicines whicia the gravity of the case demanded. When he returned he sald that the condition of General Har- rison was extremely critical and that it was impossible to say how long in nis weakened condition the patient might be enabled to resist the dacpering of the con- gestion. Resort to Oxygen Treatment. During the afternoon the physicians re- sorted to the oxygen treatment in an en- deavor to furnish relief from the constant pain and labor of breathing with whicr the general contendel. It consisted in supplying the lungs with pure oxygen. By this means the ability of the parts of the lungs not congested and Inflamed to purify the blood was greatly increased, The congested and inflamed parts are APPOINTS PAUNCEFOTE A MEMBER OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF THE REALT Edward VII Honors the British Embassador to the United States by Selecting Him for a Post of Honor. i I LORD PAUNCEFOTE (FORMERLY DOR TO AMERICA, WHO HAS BEEN MADE A MEMBER OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF KING EDWARD VIL SIR JULIAN), BRITISH EMBASSA- 1 e ONDON, March 12.—Lord Paunce- * fote, the British Embassador at Washington, has been n_gpolntedv * 7 4 memaber of the Privy Couneil. . | WASHINGTON. March 12.—Nothing has been heard at the British Embassy of Lord Pauncefote’s appeintment to the po- permitted to rest by means of the oxygen treatment, while the parts still unaffected work double. It was this treatment which saved the life of Rudyard Kipling when he suffered his severe illness from pnenu- monia. Dr. Jamieson, in giving out the public bulletins has been conservative, and it was thought by some that General Har- rison’s condition was even more alarm- ing than these bulletins would indicate. It was stated this morning that a promi- nent member of the Harrison family had telephoned from the residence that all hope had been abandoned. Interest Is Widespread. The widespread interest in the former President 18 shown by the hundreds of messages from 21l parts of the country which poured into the newspaper offices and the Harrison home during the day. Thare was not a State or Territory that did not make inquiry by wire, and many were the expressions hoping that there might be a turn for the better. Among the many telegrams of inquiry received to-day by Private Secretary Tibbetts was the following from the White House: “WASHINGTON, March 12—Will you be good enough to advise me of General Harrison's condition? The President is very much pained to learn by the latest reports of the serious character of the general's illness. “GEORGE T. CORTELYOU, Sec.” Numerous similar messages have been received. All the members of General Harrison's Cabinet have telegraphed. D. M. Ramsdall, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, left Washington for Indianapolis to-day when he learned of the serious condition of General Harrison. The peo- ple of Indianapolis who have known the general 50 long were not less eager for news from the bedside than were other citizens of other cities and other States, and the newspaper offices were busy all day answering inquiries. News Comes as a Shock. The news to-day that there seemed to be little if any hope for recovery came as a shock to the neighbors and friends of the general, although they knew he was a very sick man. They recalled that it was less than a week since they had seen his familiar form in the street. They seldom saw him in street cars, for he never rode in good weather. Twice, and sometimes oftener, a day, he walked from his home downtown and back, and of evenings he liked nothing better than to hunt up a friend and stroll over the northern part of the city. The sudden fllness of the general re- called to the public that he had been seen in public more this winter than for many years, and it was remembered, too, that he never before appeared so willing to discuss subjects of general interest. On New Year's day he made a notable ad- dress at the dedication of the Columbia Club building and since that time has been conspicuously 1n the public mind by reason of things he has been saying in a gerles of articles in the North American Review. General Harrison was in perfect health last Wednesday and, contrary to common report, was not sulfering from a cold or from illness of any sort. He was in full possession of the vitality and vigor which has characterized these later years of his life to a remarkable extent. Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock he ) sition of Privy Councillor. The Embas- sador, by virtue of his position, was a member of ‘the late Q-ieen’s council, and | the appointment announced to-day is pre- sumably a mere = formality consequent. upon the ascension of King Edward to the throne. A - @ went downtown to the law office of Mil- ler & Lamb, where he remained for about an hour and a half talking with several friends. He walked all the distance to Eet the benefit of the exercise. He re- turned from his walk without even feeling Tatigued and in the evening went to one of the neighbor's to make a short call. He then came home, and after talking with his wife and playing with baby Eloise about an hour retired early. Pneumonia Develops From Cold. Thursday morning he awakenéd with a pain in his chest, which at first was hard- 1y noticeable, but later gradually grew worse until Mrs. Harrison became alarmed and the family physician, Dr. rounced it simply a cold, and at the time feared no alarming results. " Then the lungs became rapldly affected and the illness was complicated with in- tercostal reuralgia. Saturday his condition was serious, but not such as to cause par- ticular alarm. Sunday for the first time the physicians began to have fears for the recovery of the patient, but said little to the public about the seriousness of Gen- eral Harrison’s condition. The next day it was announced to the | papers and to the public that the illness was more alarming than was at first sup- posed and that there was danger that the general would never recover from the at- tack. Since Monday morning his condi- tion has gradually grown worse. Shortly after 11 o'clock to-night U, 8. Miller, who was Attorney General in President Harrison's Cabinet, telephoned from the Harrison home to his law part- ner, John B. Elam, that death was liable to come at once to the house. The two will remain at the Harrison bedside all night. TWO SHOTS TO BE FIRED AT TWENTY-FIVE PACES Seconds Arrange Details of the Com- ing Duel Between Buffet and 3 Deroulede. PARIS, March 12.—The seconds of An- dre Buffet in his dispute with Paul De- roulede, De Cassagnac and De Ramel, { and the seconds of M. Deroulede, Mau- rice Baurres and Dr. de Villeres, met in Paris to-day and deiiberated over the pro- posed duel, after which the following statement was issued: “Messieurs Baurres agreed that M. Buffet is the offende party. The weapon chosen is the pistol. Two bullets will be exchanged, at the word of command, at twenty-five paces. The place, day and hour will be fixed later. The weapons, place and direction of the duel will be drawn for by lot. “The undersigned undertake to call to the attention of the principals the fact that the invariable rule in affairs of honor forbids a gesture or a word being ex changed on the fleld between the com- | batants.” The statement was signed by the four seconds. LANDING IN KOREA. Reported Action of Russian Marines Not Believed. BERLIN, March 12—The statement current that 600 Russian marines with guns have been landed at Ma San Pho, on the Straits of Korea, is regarded as unfounded. In authoritative quarters here it is pointed out that the ment between Russia and Japan pledges Russia not to land troops in Korea with- out notifying Japan. - Henry Jamieson, was summoned. He pro- | and De Villeres BRAVE. BOERS 10 GET OFFER OF AMNESTY Great Britain Amends Proposed Terms of Surrender. {Cape Rebels Only Are to Be Punished by Disiran- 1 chisement. If the Republican Forces Lay Down Arms They Will Receive a Crown Colony. LONDON, March 13.—The Dally News this morning makes the following import- ant statement: “We understand that the | Government has greatly amended the un- conditional surrender reply. We belleve Lord Kitchener has been authorized to offer amnesty to both the Boers and the | Boer leaders exceot where treachery is clearly proved. Cape rebels only are to be punished by disfranchisement. Loans are to be granted to the Boers for re- building and stocking their farms: and | finally the Government will offer to es- | tablish some kind of civil government as =oon as the commandos have surrendered. | Tts form will probably be that of a crown | eolony, but with the important concession | which Sir Alfred Milner advises, namely, a council Including Boers of position, liKe General Botha, General Lucas Meyer and Mr. Schalkburger.” Botha Waiting for Dewet. | There is no further news regarding the | peace negotiations at Pretoria, except a | report that General Botha fs walting for the return of General Dewet to the north before coming to a decislon. According to the Bloemfontein correspondent of the Times, there are as many as elght separ- | ate military commandos in Orange River | Colony, and two villages have been de- clared seats of government by the rebels. “Progress must remaln arrested,” says | the correspondent, *“until the twenty- seven columns now In the colony or Gen- eral Botha's action in the Transvaal alears_up the military situation.” Tt was rumored on the Stock Exchange yesterday that the Government would is- sue & war loan of £50,000,000. Mr. Balfour, replying to a questton fn the House of Commons yesterday, re- peated his statement that the Government declined at present to furnish any Infor- mation regarding the negotiations with General Botha. Kruger to Ignore Surrender. A special from Rouxville, Orange River Cclony, says: General Bruce Hamilton arrived here to-day and found Rouxville completely deserted. The houses wers open and many of them contained no fur- niture. The column on its way here de- stroyed the grain. A Brussels special says: Dr. Leyds an- | nounces that Mr. Kruger will ignore the ;nrrrender negotiations between General | Botha and Lord Kitchener. Dewet Near Brandfort. |‘ A dispatch from General Kitchener, dated Pretoria, March 12, says General Dewet is mnorth of Brandfort, Orange River Colony. Continuous rains have in- | terfered with the movements of the troops ! in Cape Colony. Two bands of Boers are | being hunted among the hills by troops | urder Gorringe, De Lisle, Grenfell and | Henniker. A Bloemfontein special says: Colonel Pllcher's column has cleared the country | of Boers between this place and the | Orange River. The column has arrived here, bringing thirty-three priscners and 3000 horses. A special from Calcutta says: The Gov. ernment is preparing for the possible ar- rival of 5000 Boer prisoners, who will be located in batches of a thousand. Retirement of Colville. In the House of Commons last evening the debate continued on the motion of- fered Monday by Charles Mackinnon Douglas, Liberal, calling for an Inquiry regarding the retirement of Major Gen- eral Colville, who was sent home from South Africa by Lord Roberts for alleged inefficiency on the fleld. General Colville's friends contended that he had never been heard by a compe- | tent tribunal. Those opposed to him, among them Winston Spencer Churchill, assert that he had been properly dealt | with. Churchill exclaimed: “I shall pin my faith to Lord Roberts. A more dam- | aging case than that of Sanna’s Post, as | deseribed by the Secretary for War, was | scarcely ever put forward.” Mr. Balfour, the Government leader, ob- dected to Parllament constituting itself “an amateur court to, deal with military nd strategic questions.” He declared that the commander in chief was the only adequate and proper judge In such ques- tions. | The motion of Douglas was refected by | a vote of 262 to M8. | PUNITIVE EXPEDITION BATTLES WITH TRIBESMEN Fierce Fight on the Oasis of Tooat in Which French and Algerians Lose Heavily. ALGIERS, March 12—A dispatch has been received here frcm General Severs announcing that anothier engagement has been fought between the French punitive expedition, consisting of French and Al- gerian troops, and the Meroccan Berbers, in the district of Timimoun, oasis of Tooat, In which the tribesmen were dis- persed with great loss. The French expedition lost two French officers and twenty-three mea, including four Frenchmen killed, and had many oth- ers wounded.