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

VOLUME LXXXIX-—NO. 111. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1901. PRICE F1IVE CENTS. NE OWNERS OF ILLINOIS | | | | | { RUSSIAN COMMANDER WOGACK AT TIENTSIN DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM BRITISH GENERAL WILL COMBINE FormmgBlgcompany to Fight Union Workers Projectors Represent Nine| Hundred Coal Mines and $75,000,000. ¥ gaveem- ding of- Co r\-.ng P ttsburg Method. id, was quie! dis- ¢ the Ti- ap- the Pittsburg to gs of the combination s 95 per cent of the mines in that Eives the owners of Agents were sent t trict. These age report 1t operators. One ihes atenaill 590,000 tons, but - the orders ¢ 4 among the combination it without dels nois in a simflar mines of T tion ar contracts, President Mitchell Active. NTON, Pa March 20.—President 2s in conference with the three during the forenoon the ess tran- Prestdent city to-mor- headquarters ntil some comm tion 1s received from the presidents of fonal and district | ding to a fons drawn Ohio Miners to Strike. N, O At a dele- Mas- s decided to ers of the w fonday ir de- s work dzy for eers and the adop- 4 y screen” are not s to the conven- T PERS ARE NUMEROUS IN THE PHILIPPINES Quarantine Officer ReportsThat Thers Are About Twenty Thousand Cases of the Disease. WASHINGTON, March 20.—J. C. Perry ted States marine hospital ser- | ef quarantine officer for the Phil- | has made a report to Sur- | Wyman on leprosy in the s. Among other things he says: osy is widely prevalent throughout rchipelago. The greatest num- cases exist in Southern Luzen‘ani ern islands. It'ls quite prevalent , the number of lepers being esti- ted &t 2000. The total number of cases is estimated at 20,000, but umber is not known. in Manfia and the surround- ry are isolated in a substantial hospital under the auspices of the Manila Board of Health. There is also a leper Cebu. A board of army officers detafled to investigate sev- - for the purpose of selecting a suitable one for a leper colony, the inten- tion being to deport all cases of leprosy to this place for segregation and isolation. I think in a few months they will have been established.” General ing © hospital D — GATES WILL BUILD AN ENOBIOUE HOTEL Bteel Company Financler and His Rich Friends Prepare to Erect a Costly Edifice. NEW YORK, March 2.—John W. Gates of the United ates Steel Corporation and his friends intend to erect a hotel which will rival anything of the kind in New York in magmficence, if not in size. cost $2,000.000 and will be bullt upon It will 2 lot that is valued at little less than $1.000,000 This hotel will be erected on the Solflh-‘ east corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty- second street. The site adjoins the new Union Club house and was part of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum. The block was sold to the Barney Sheidon Eyndicate. Marble will be the material used and on all its four sides elevations of bullding will be equally handsome. If the present plans are out the bullding will be eighteen stories high and marble only will be used from the ground ficor to the roof. . the operators think they will | s coal compantes, | IN LANGUAGE RESEMBLING AN ULTIMATUM ‘This Action Is Taken Upon Instructions From the St.. Petersburg Government, but the Only Notice of It by Great Britain Is to Hurry Reinforcements---America Ready to S1AN CATSS. RIVAL RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE NAVAL COMMANDERS IN ASIATIC WATERS AND SCENE OF POSSIBLE HOSTILITIES. Offer Good Offices---Russia an1 Japan Reported to Be Rushing Warships to Korea EE émnzsg UADRON. IENTSIN, March 20, 11:35 a. m.—After pulling out of the station yesterday afternoon Count von Waldersee’s train was brought to a stands Special Cable to The Call and the New York MKJQW]V.WI, by the Herald Publishing Company. BY STEPHEN BONSAL. » till by the phe- nomenal storm of dust which has been blowing since Monday. Instead of proceeding to Peking Count von Waldersee was therefore compelled to return here for the night. from the British commander for the alleged trespass of his force. Up to the present time General Wogack has received no reply excepting a simple acknowledgment of the receipt of his demand, which, I am informed, “or | couched in language which resembles an ultimatum. During the night the British, whq had no white troops here, brought up 500 bluejackets and marines from Taku by special train. public a copy of the | are now relieving the Bengal Pioneers in guarding the little half-acre patch of territory, the disputed possession of which has brought two great empires to brink of war. | BUREAU, 146 G STREET, W., WASHINGTON, March @ 1f Russia and Great Britain desire it, the United States is willing to use its good offices to settle the Tientsin dispute. No tender of this kind has been made nor will anything be done except in the event that there appears to ALL . | settlement. | Anxious to preserve the concert of the nations with respect to China, this Gov- | ernment deplores the development of con- | precipitate & dismemberment of the Celes- | tial empire. A high offictal of the administration sald | to-day that no information regarding the | Tientsin trouble had been communicated |to the State Department by any of its agents in China. “This fact is conclusive” the official continued, “that up to this time at least no clash of a serious nature has occurred. Were shots bxchanged our Consul at Tientsin would notify Mr. Rockhill, who in turn would communicate the informa- tion to Becretary Hay. “The fallure of the American represen- tatives to report on the subject is due to pur well-known policy of not interfering in disputes between other nations. We are interested in the troubls because of its possible general effect, but we have nothing to do with the attitude of the British troops toward the Russian troops, or vice versa, or with the conditions which caused them to assume the stand they have. The United States has no right to intervene, nor will it do so, but if the dis- putants should intimate their willingness to have the American Government ex- ercise its good offices it will be glad to do so.” 3 Diplomats in Washington are not in- | clined to belfeve that war will resalt from the Tientsin dispute. If trouble comes, one Aiplomat said it would be because of the Manchurian situation; another diplo- mat said that the world was not prepared | for war and that Russia’s financial condi- | tion, as well as that of Japan, prohibits them from engaging in hostilitles, and Great Wyitain 1s too much occupied in | South Africa. Germany, he sald, is the only European power in position at this time to go to war. —_——— . WARSHIPS HEAD FOR EOREA. Russia and Japan Reported to Be in . Hostile Array. SHANGHAI, March 20.—A dispatch to the China Gazette from Tokio, dated to- day, says that all the Russian warships in Japanese waters have safled for Korea and that the Japanese squadron is mob- {lizing for an immediate departure to the Korean coast. be no other way of effecting a peaceful | troversies which may cause a rupture and | ¢ to the metropolts, | GOvernment, made a formal demand upon General Campbell for the withdrawal of the British troops from the disputed territory. He refrains, however, from making any further efforts ‘to adjust the Anglo-Russian conflict. It now transpires that at the very moment of Count von Waldersee's arrival General Wogack, acting upon LONDON, March 21.—"Russia’s proceed- ings in.Korea,” says the Kobe correspond- ent of the Dally Mail, “are néw openly aggressiVe, and it is believed that she is about to make further demands in connec- tion with Masanpo.” -— ADVANCES IN FAR EAST. Russia’s Bold Moves That Great Brit- i ain Must Ehdure. BERLIN, March 20.—In German officia) circles it is asserted that British and Rus- stan guards still occupy the land in con- troversy at Tlentsin and that a satisfac- tory adjustment of the matter may be ex- pected. The press does not consider the Tientsin incident vital. All the papers ex- press a bellef that Great Britain will yleld. The Vossische Zeitung says that Eng- land cannot afford 1o engage in a serious conflict. with Russia. The Kreuz Zeitung, which takes a similar view, adds: “It would be indeed deplorable if from a mere local controversy there should grow up serious differences, because that would induce the Chinese to show greater powers of resistance.” In an able weekly review the Kreuz Zeitung mentions a series of Russian ad- vances in the far East, including the ac- quisition of territory at Hankow, by means of which Russia invaded the Yang- tse district, adding: “All this England had to endure because the South African war paralyzes her aggressive powers.” The writer of the review asserts that Count von Bulow, when complaining last Friday about the intrigues of private com- panfes in China, meant particularly the Belgian syndicate which is now trying to secure the concession for the rallway from Peking to Hankow. After expressing a hope that the Belglans will fail, because their success would be at the general ex- pense, the er says the powers will probably be able and willing to *'squeéze this tiny “Jack in the box’ into a corner.” Commenting upon President McKinley's proposal that the powers should demand joint damages from China, each of them taking a share in the same, the Berliner Tageblatt points out that Count von Bu- low, speaking in the Relchstag March 15, had already declared this to be the best method, adding that there exists conse- quently a complete agreement,between the German and American points of view. e RUSSIAN PRESS NOT ALARMED. Threat of Czar to Aid Boers Might Cause England to Weaken. ST. PETERSBURG, March 20.—The Russian press is not alarmed about the Tientsin affair. There is no mention of it in the offcial agencies’ dispatches, but the London correspondent of the Novoe Vremya characterizes the dispute as un- important. Another London correspond- ent quotes a French diplomat as saying that an Anglo-Russian war s impossi- ble, and that Russia need only threaten to support the Boers to bring Great Brit- ain to her knees. The Novostl advocates a Russo-Japan- ese alliance, which will assure Japan her present possessions and a large market for her industrial products in Russian ter- ritory, where they will be protected against Anglo-German competition. In conclusion the article declares this alli- ance is as important in the Orfent as the Franco-Russian alliance {s in the Occi- dent. The Novost! apparently regards the Russo-American understanding as perma- nent, as the paper does not mention American competition in Russian terri- tory, which is stronger than the Anglo- German competition. AT e BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS. Sent to Tientsin to Cope With Any New Complications. PEKING, March 20.—The British rein- forcements, consisting of nipety marines, which arrived at Tientsin last night from the Taku forts to replace the Indian guards, was due to a fear lest any inci- dent arising out of the Russo-British land question should cause the French troops, whose conduct has given much trouble, to precipitate a collision. The British commanders desire to have enough troops in Tientsin to preserve order in the streets. General Baillaud left here this morning to inquire into the conduct of the French troops at Tlentsin. At to-day's conference of forelgn Minis- ters general matters only were discussed and no conclusion was arrived at. GERMANY IS NEUTRAL. TUnwilling toTake Sides in the Anglo- Russian Dispute, BERLIN, March 20.—A highly placed functionary of the Foreign Office, sald to- day in regard to Chinese affairs that Ger- many gives her consent to the fixing of indemnity internationally as proposed by President McKinley. He continued: “Count von Waldersee's only mission was to prevent bloodshed among the allied troops. In this he has succeeded. Ger- many is completely neutral in regard to England and Russia. England would be making a great mistake if she belleved that, because she had signed an agree- ment with us, Germany is bound to defend English interests everywhere. We only defend our own interests According to Russian reports there is no question of a dispute over Tientsin territory, as Rus- sla’s title to the ground is indisputable. This was clearly indicated by flags and boundary marks. These, however, were not respected by the English.” MUST PAY FOR LIVES LOST. America’s Demands on China Foot Up $25,000,000. WASHINGTON, March 20.—China must pay for the lives of the officers and men killed in the Chinese campaign. cision has been reached by the powers. In accordance with it, the United Stafes has included in its claim for indemnity a round sum for lives lost during the operations against Peking. Secretary Root and Secretafy Long have furnished the State Department with statements of the casualMes that occurred. The army lost 95 killed and 177 wounded and the navy 2 killed and 57 wounded, a total of 120 killed and 254 wounded. The expenditures of the army and navy on account of subsistence, transportation, etc., foot up more than $5,000,000. The ex- act sum is not available because of the indisposition of the authorities to make it public at this time. Senator Morgan has submitted a prop- osition to Secretary Hay which he believes will satisfactorily dispose of the indem- nity question. This {s that China be al- lowed to sell Manchuria to Russia and with the proceeds liquidate the demands of the other powers. Such surplus as she will have will enable her to institute many governmental reforms. This proposal is not at all acceptable to the authorities, because no provision can be made in case of the alienation of Manchuria for Amer- ican trade. Senator Morgan expressed the opinion to-day that $25,000,000, which is the sum the United States has estimated as its indemnity, is altogethet too large. He thinks a smaller sum should be de- manded. “The suggestion that the indemnity question be referred to a tribunal organ- ized in accordance with the treaty of The Hague,” he added, “furnished the most sensible solution. I hope it will be adopted.” —_— PRINCE. CHUN AS REGENT. Brother of China’s Emperor May Be Placed in Power. LONDON, March 21.—The Shanghal cor- respondent of the Standard mentions a re- port that the allles, in the event of the failure of Emperor Kwang Su to return to Peking, intend to proclaim his brother, Prince Chun, as regent. Ea———— ADMINISTRATION IS LEFT . A WAY TO SECURE CANAL ‘WASHINGTON, March 20.—The reason ‘why the last Republican National Conven- tion used the term “Isthmian” instead of This de- | instructions from the Russian Imperial | He further demanded. an apology is These British forces icaragua’ canal in its platform is made clear by recent negotiations here. with Colombia concerning canal, which is not affected by the Clay- ton-Bulwer treaty. Recent negotiations | Indicate that Colombia is willing to lease the land occupled by the canal for a royalty on the revenues to be derived. It is also pointed out that the right of the | In the big | ditch can be purchased for less than the French company Interested cost and value of the work already done. P SIS COURT DRESS ONLY, IS EDWARD'S COMMAND Great Britain’s King Says He Is Not | Ruling a Republic and Bars the Frock Coat. LONDON, March 2.—At St. James Pal- ace this afternoon King Edward, wearing a fleld marshal’s uniform, received be- tween forty and fifty deputations from various parts of the kingdom, bearing ad- dresses of condolence and congratulation. His Majesty made an acknowledgment to the general body, but separate replles to the Freemasons and to the deputation from Trinity College, Dublin. The Duke of Connaught presented the Freemasons’ address. The King, in reply, "expressed his great regret at relinquishing the grand mastership and promised, as protector, | to continue watching over their interests and to rejoice over their prosperity and growth. To the Trinity College (Dublin) deputation King Edward said: “I 1e-echo the words used by her late Majesty on her last visit to Ireland and have full faith that in the times of stren- vous endeavor which are before us the sons of your ancient institution will each in his place play his part in the mainte- nance and government of the empire, In the development of which your country- men have figured so consplcunuu]y. and that they will add to the long roll of names of Irishmen who have rendered distinguished services in the various branches of human activity.” King Edward is becoming more and more exacting concerning the formalities on these occasiens. A few hours before the reception of a recent deputation his Majesty asked the Lord . Chamberlain what dress thay would wear. “Frock coats, your Majesty,” replied the Lord Chamberlain. “For the last time, then,” sald King Edward. “In the.future uniform or court dress must be worn. This is not a re- public.” Semme— ‘Willamette a Total Wreck. VICTORIA, B. C., March 20.—The col- Mer Willametté, which broke In two last night, is now a total wreck. Tt left | ¢ a way for the administration to negotiate | the Panama | BOERS FIND FRESH HOPE FOR STRIFE ‘Refusal to Surrender Due to Britain's Troubles. Reports of Recent Pighting Show Purpose to Con- tinue War. LONDON, March 21.—Great Britain's troubles in e Far East are belleved here to have given the struggling Boers fresh hope. In fact, the refusal of General Botha to accept the peace terms offered by General Kitchener is said by the West- minster Gazette to be due to the present complications in China. The Gazette says the powers are at sixes and sevens in the Far East, and that any day may see the commencement of a hard struggle from which the Boers may recover thelr own. The faflure of the peace negotiations means that the military position in South | Africa 1s not yet decisive. | A spectal from Durban says: Owing to | the Klip River being flooded, General | Campbell’s column has been unable to re- | turn to Standerton, from which point it | went to bring away the garrison at Vrede, | which the British evacuated. The column ‘ had heavy fighting going and coming | from Vrede. General Campbell has about | | 200 sick and wounded. There are many bands of roving Boers in the neighbor- hood of Standerton. A special from Cradock. Cape Colony, s Colonel Gorringe's force engaged | Kritzinger's commando of Boers on | March 15. The latter lost nine men killed | | s2 and had seven men wounded. The British loss was one man killed and ten wounded, Shot for Treason and Murder. A Cape Town special says: J. P. Min- | aber, S. Minaber and J. A. Neuwoudt wers shot at De Aar last evening for treason and murder in pursuance of the sentence of a court-martial. The death sentence | was passed a week ago, in connection with | the wrecking of a train near Tacsbosch, by which five men were killed. General Kitchener confirmed the verdict. The garrison was paraded and the prisoners were led out at stnset. Death was in- | stantaneous. A Dutch minister and rela- tives remained with the prisomers until the end. Two others concerned in the train wrecking were sentenced to five years’ penal servitude. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail says that he learns on good | authority that the British Government will adopt the dual language system in the new colonies, a decision, which, he adds, | will cause disappointment in Cape Town. | Comment Causes Suits for Slander. B. A. Hawkesley, in behalf of WeNrner, Beit & Co., has brought suit for slander | against Arthur B. Markham, M. P., who | in the House of Commons, during the dis- | cussion of the composition of the Trans- vaal concessions ccmmssion, asserted that the commission was made up of per- sons affillated with several of the great - | South African companies and character- | 1zed Beit's firm as “not being more nor less than a gang of common thieves and swindlers,” expressly announcing that he was willing to forego the immunities af- | forded by a speech in Parliament. With the view of making Markham live up to his promise the present suit is brought. The libel actions brought against the Star and Morning Leader by Arthur Chamberlain, brother of Joseph Chamber- | 1ain, In connection with War Office con- tracts, was begun yesterday in the King's | Bench Court before the Lord Chief Jus- | tice, Lord Alversicne. The plaintifts claim damage for serious attacks on their | commerefal integrity including the state. ment that they have stooped to improper means in order to obtain contracts against the interests of the public service. | HON. JOHN F. KIDDER IS NEAR TO DEATH Relatives Are Summoned to the Bedside of the Nevada County Capitalist. GRASS VALLEY, March 20.—Hon. John F. Kidder, State Debris Commissioner and president of the Nevada County Nar- row-gauge Rallroad, 1s dying at his home in Nevada City: Dr. Jomes, who is at- tending Mr. Kidder, says he may live sev- eral days, but the end is near at hand. Relatives and close friends have been summoned to the bedside. Mr, Kidder was at one time State Sen- ator from El Dorado County. Since the recent death of George Fletcher, secre- tary and auditor of the raliroad, Mr. Kid- der has been much depressed. HIGH RUSSIAN OFFICIAL IN LINE OF A BULLET Disturbances in St. Petersburg Nea:- 1y Cause Assassination of One of the Czar’s Dignitaries. ST. PETERSBURG, March 2L—Another 5hlxh official has been shot at. The au- thorities are disposed to suppress news about this latest attempt at murder, but it undoubtedly had’its origin In the stu- dent disturbances, which have continued since the shooting of the Minister of Pub- lic Instruction. ITALIANS LOSE LIFE IN A FLOODED CITY VERONA, Italy, March 20.—In conse- quence of a sudden torremnt, which de- stroyed a dam, the town of Colognola, in the compartmento of Venetia, was flooded to-day. A number of the houses hava fallen and it is feared that the vietims are numerous. Troops have left to render assistance.