The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME- LXXXIX—NO. 127. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. ADMIRAL FARQUHAR’S SQUADRON IS PREPARED TO REMAIN WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF VENEZUELA American Ships of War Are Apparently Placed in Readi- ness in Case the Recall of Minister Loomis Should Re- sult in Unpleasantness With the Castro Government AN DE PORTO RICO, April n of United States the command of har is at Cule- ve miles y pre- The v cruiser Scorpion is ra about tes Minidter about 1d appare: some time. —The State De- d by Minister from La Guay- This should Sa about Wednes- Hampton Roads if he makes close con- Copies of the brief Quinlan Syndi- their proceedings Venezuela against e Warne mudese Asphalt received here. THe he same as that E ar t by ex- 1 for the War- It was submitted the was that cita- sary Castro, spe- | | | Cd - | | [ | PRESIDENT CASTRO IN DUPLIC MINTSTER LOOMIS AND AUXILIARY WILL DEPART FROM LA GUAYRA SUNDAY. CRUISER UPON WHICH HE HIS DETECTION OF JITY CAUSED UNPLEASANTNESS. cial envoy of the Venezuelan Government, left Paris to-night after having drawn up with M. Delcasse, Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, a protocol, which has been approved St | by, the French Government, and which | will serve as a basis for tne resumption of diplomatic relations between France and ! Venezuels = o Rus- is 1 he thought that scarcely th to be danger He ng shotguns County and ghter of General his Rouseke s deserted by his hardson. - General th the girl and is he must leave ra obtained a divorce ALLIGATOR DEVOURS MEXICAN LIEUTENANT rrible Fate of a Popular Young Officer While Bathing in the Tamesin River. beer past. H ficers we Tamesin R seen making was given wa ffort to escape received that Lieuten- my, was devoured bathing in the r Tampico. na was & member of Engineers, and had ampico for some time i a number of other army enjoying a plunge in the hile when a large alligator was | for Lieutenant Carmona. He rning and made a desperate but the alligator overtook wm and the young officer was devoured ular young of- | 5.—General | and married a laboring man, Riley Brock, secems to have made no difference to his feelings. He talked of the matter con- stantly and finally told his daughter that she must go out and get the other rela- tives to relinquish all claims to his prop- erty She went away for a short time and attempted to return home. He met her at the door on her return with his re- volver in his hand. He pointed the weapon at her and said: “If you don’t leave this place at once I will kill you.” Mrs. Clay fled and rcturned to Ricu- mond, where she went to the Courthouse. A writ of delivery was issued for the fur- she had at Whitehall. Sheriff attempted to serve the paper. he knocked at the deor General ed, armed with a revolver. in the presence of his companions. Tieutenant Carmona graduated at the Government military. academy at Cha- pultepec four years ago. He was a leader in society in the City of. Mexico during his residence in that city. —_— DYNAMITE TO BE USED ON COLLIER MERRIMAC NEW YORK, April 5.—A Journal spe- clal from Santiago de Cuba says: The wreck of the collier Merrimac, which was sunk at the entrance to the harbor by Lieutenant R. P. Hobson and his little band of heroes during the Schley-Samp- | son blockade, Will be blown up with dyna- mite to-mMOrrow. Although Admiral Sampson figured out that the sinking of the Merrimac would keep the Spanish fieet in the harbor, it proved only a slight hindrance to naviga- tion. icers Who Go to Whitehail to Get Furniture Are Compelled to etreat From Fusillades Fired by the General. flourishing the weapon. Argument was useless and the Sheriff started to retreat. = General Clay stepped back in the hall and seized a repeatirg shotgun, with which he opened fire. Two laborers, who were General Clay's guard at the holise, loaded other shotguns for him and he discharged them at the Sheriff and his deputies. The officers took refuge behind a huge trees in the yard, and finally by a hur- isd fusillade, intended only to frighten him, forced General Clay into the house. They lingered in the vicinity for several hours and were rewarded by the capture of one of the laborers, whom the general, in a moment of suspicious anger, had driven from the house. This laborer de- clares that he left General Clay pacing the floor like a caged animal, armed with bowie knives and revolvers, and that the out of this place,” he shouteu, | general is wounded. B R R NAVAL GUNS EXHIBIT A TREMENDOUS ENERGY Tests at Indian Head Show That the New Pieces Are of Exceptional Character. WASHINGTON, April 5—The “first of | the new type of five-inch naval guns, de- | signed for cruisers of the Denver class, | was tested at the Indian Head proving | srounds to-day with satisfactory results. A projectile weighing sixty pounds was | fired with a powder charge of twenty-six | pounds. The muzzle velocity reached the exceptionally high figure of 209 feet per | second, showing a muzzle energy of 3724 | foot tons. This is 65 per cent more muz- | zle energy than guns of the same type have made heretofore. It is sufficient to | plerce seven inches of Krupp armor &k the muzzle and five inches of Krupp armor at 2000 yards. MERCHANTS PLEAD FOR TRANSPORTS Fighting o Retain the New York Station, Proposed Change Alleged to Favor Private Steam- ship Lines to Cuba. e Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 14066 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 5.—Formidable opposition has developed to an order of the War Department about to be put in effect abolishing permanently the army transport station in New York City. The change that will go into effect, unless these interests succeed in their present effort of antagonism, will concentrate the transport business with the Philippines at San Francisco and turn the Cuban busi- ness over to private iines. It is boldly charged by business men and representative citizens who are now engaged in laying the case before Presi- dent McKinley, Secretary Root and Gen- eral Ludington, quartermaster general, that this move is against economy and 1n the interests of private steamship lines plying between the United States and Cuba. Incidentally it is claimed that Pacific raflroads will profit by the change at ths expense of the Government, because ail | supplies sent from the East and all troops | transported will have to make a long journey by rail across the continent. influence of the Cuban steamship lines, and especially the New York and Cuban Steamship Company, represented by R. A. C. Smith, is claimed to be the chief factor In persuading Secretary Root to wipe out New York City as a transport city. | i Plea for Present System. Former Mayor Schierin of Brooklyn, | Willis 1. Ogden, Ludwick Nisser and a number of other prominent business men are working up sentiment against ths lic policy and shipping York. . ;i The contention that the abandeament of |army transports in the Cuban service would enrich private steamship lines at the expense of the Government is shown by some figures that have been procured from the quartermaster general's depart- ment. It is shown that the transport | Crook made a trip to San Juan at a cost | to the Government of $956139. The cost to the Government if the same business had been given to a private line would have been $19,907. The cost of a round trip | by an army transport between San Juan and New York was §14,062. The cost of the same service by a regular line would have been $26,419. What the Government Saves. Again it is shown that the saving to ihe | Government by maintaining its own trans. port service with the West Indies, instead interests uf New 230 from 1898 to June 16, 1900, was $9,087, This, it is pointed out is the stake that the private steamship iines are endeavor- ing to win by inducing Secretary Root to abandon the transport station in New York. There are three lines engaged in the Cuban trade. These are the Ward line, or New York Steamship Company, which is maintaining sixteen vessels, eight of which are foreign; ‘he Munson line, ali | of whose ships are foreign: and Funch, | Edye & Co., all of whose liners are for- eign. . It is understood that a delegation will go to Washington to bring all of these facts to the attention of the War Depart- ment and endeavor to have the transport service continued to Cuba as well as with | Manila by way of the ez canal. , MUST FIGHT TRUSTS BY FREE TRADE POLICY This Method, in the Opinion of an English Paper, Is the Only One Open. LONDON, April 6.—The Daily Mall in | the course of an extended article on the American steel trust says it can see no escape for the United States from the op- pression of trusts except in free” trade, and declares that J. Plerpont Morgan has appropriated $200,000,000 to crush American independent concerns. “The operations of the trust,” says the Daily Mail, “may induce general tariff legislation by Furope, and will certainly consolidate the British steel and iron trades, which will give the American trust a hard fight here.” — SULTAN IS GRATEFUL FOR ESCAPE FROM PERIL In a Communication to the Kaiser He Tells How an Earthquake - Affected Him. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 6.—The Sul- tan of Turkey. replying to Emperor Wil- Jiam's telegram of congratulations upon his escape from harm during the recent earthquake in Constantinople, thanks the Kaiser for his cordial senti- ments and adds: “My attitude at the time of the earthquake was the result of a feel- ing of constant submission to the divine will, and I thank the Almighty, who is watching over my person and subjects and who preserved them from peril. T shiall pray God ever to spare humanity such calamities.” Government Collier Ashore. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 5.—The United States coliier Alexander went ashore off Fort Monroe this afternoon while about to drop anchor. The vessel is uninjured and will probably be floated at high tide. The | | change, contending that it is against pub- | of giving the business to a regular line, | TRANSPORTATION AND TRADING COMPANIES ABOUT TO COMBINE IN ONE GREAT CORPORATION Deal May Be Consummated Within the Next Few Days by Which the Vast Traffic of the Yukon and Alaska Will Be Controlled by an Enermously Capitalized Syndicate 5 PRINCIPALS IN PENDING DEAL FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. ITHIN a week or so arrange- | now is nearing combletion. ments will be completed for the formation of a great com- bination of the ing and transportation com- panies. Many millions of capital will be combined and great interests, that now are scattered and to some extent ang, tagonistic, will be centered in San Francisco. The companies in the deal, which bids fair to be completed soon, are the Alaska KExploration Company, the Alaska Commercial Company and the North American Trading and Transpor- tation Company. These three compan- ies are heavily capitalized. The Alaska Exploration Company has a capital stock amounting to $1,000,000, the Alaska Commercial Company is capitalized at $2,000,000 and the North American Trading and Transportation Company has a capi- talization of $5,000,00. Whether the Ames Mercartile Company of this city will be a party to the combine also does not seem to have been determined. The capitaliza- tion of this company is $200,000. When the deal is finally consummated the corporation representing the combined interests will be known as the Yukon Mer- cantile Company. That is the name un- der consideration and it has met with ap- proval. The transaction has a wide in- terest. While three of the companies are located in San Francisco, thelr stocks are held abroad to some extent and the busit ness in which they are concerned has in- ternational importance. The deal will glve the projected corporation control of the traffic of a vast and wealthy region for an Indefinite period. It js said by those most concerned that San Francisco will be greatly benefited. This city wiil ba made the supply point and very largely the Doint of departure for the vessels of the fleet. The business for the Yukon country and for the Alaskan gold camps generally yield a big revenue to this city. As busi- ness increases, which is inevitable, the shipping of the company will have to be increased, as the volume of supplies to be moved will naturally be continually grow- ing. Deal Is Secrstly Conducted. The negotiations have been carried on as secretly as possible and have been actually fruitful of but one large result up to the present time. That consists in the agreement that has been made to regulate the transportation on the Yukon River. There will be no more cut rates. This ‘was considered one of the essential pro- visions necessary to be made at once, in vi-w of the coming season. There is a complete understanding in this regard. Rate-cutting and the need of better ar- rangements for the general welfare lea up to the making of the combination that Alaska trad- | | Each com- | pany had to watch every other company for the preservation of its business and the war has been on for some Hereafter, so say some of the insiders, | the new corporation will be enabled to de- | vote its attention to the development and | upbuilding of the trade of Alaska and the | Yuken country generally, which hereto- | fore it has been impossible to do under the antagonistic conditions that have ob- seasons. tained. Some idea of the magnitude of the busi- | ness of these big trading and transporta- | tion companies may be obtained from a study of the varlous localitles in which they now have branches for the further- ance of the trade with the northern coun- | try. The largest number of branches that any company has may be credited to the | Alaska Commercial Company, which has | been doing business in the North much | longer than any of its associates, having, | in fact, exploited much of the country be- | fore the other companies came into exist- | ence. Lewis Gerstle is the president of | the company and Louis Sloss Jr. is the | general manager. The directors are| Louis Sloss, Gustay Niebaum, Lewis | Gerstle, Louls Sloss Jr. of this city and C. A. Willlams of Connecticut. The com- pany has branches at Kodiak, Hope City, Unalaska, Forty Mile, Orca, Unga, Turn | Again Arm and Rampart City in Alaska | and also at Dawson City and Sunrise City. | Company Headsd by Cudahy. | The North American Trading and | Transportation Company has also many | branches. This is a Chicago corporation and is headed by Michael Cudahy as pres- | ident. With him arc assoclated other | well-known Chicago business men. W. H. | Isom is vice president and Robert B, | Snowdon secretary and treasurer. The board of directors liberally represents the Cudahy and Ware families. Of the Cud- ahys on the board there are Michael and | John, of the Ware family Elf E.. Charles | 4nd Portus B. Ware; also John J. Healey and W. H. Isom. Originally the company had a capital of only $1,000.000, but this was multiplied five-fold in December. 180, | owing to the increase of the corporation interests in the north. This company has branches at Seattle, Rampart City, Ham- ilton, Fort Yukoen, Circle City, Eagle C Ware, Fort Cudahy, Dawson City, St. Michael and Nome. | Isaac Liebes is the president of the Alas- | Ka Exoloration Company. Danlel Meyer, the banker, is the treasurer. The board of directors also includes Lewis A. Phil- lips. M. H. de Young, Henry T. Fortmann and Daniel V. Kelly. The company has a branch at Rampart City. The Ames Mercantile Company, which may be a party to the deal, does business in San Francisco and Dawson City. This | | - is not a transportation but a trading com- pany, with a large developed trade in the Northwest. Fine Outlook for Money-Making. Considering that the outputsiof gold of the Klondike country alone was $15,000,000 in round figures last year and that Alaska is incalculably rich in gold, copper and coah, it will at once appear that the new corporation will practically control the business of a great section, which will largely increase from year to year, unless all signs fail. The importance of the ne- gotiations caused Michael Cudahy to jour- ney from Chicago to San Francisco, whera he has been in consultation with the other principal parties concerned in controlling the trade. From the first publicity has been aveld- ed as much as possible.” In addition to the war of rates between traders, which has terded to disturb the even course of | the brsiness in Alaska, there have been other matters that have led up to the present condition of affairs. Lighterage at Nome and strikes have brought the companies nearer together. The present season, under the arrangements already made for the management of tue trans- portation business of the Yukon, will be much ble than in previous years. It was said last night that when all the matters connected with the pending deal are completed a written statement will be given out to the press for the further enlightenment of the public. more profi WANT THEIR JUDGES TO WEAR SHIRT WAISTS Indianapolis Lawyers Petition ths Courts to Set the Style for the Torrid Season)! INDIANAPOLIS, April 5.—At a mesting of the executive committee of the Indian- apolis Bar Association a resolution was introduced and adopted after some dis- cussion asking the Judges of the Superior and Circuit Courts to wear shirt waists after May 1. The reason assigned for this action is that the trial of cases during the heated term Is attended with great inconvenience because of the heat, and that if the Judges would consent to wear shirt waists the attorneys would generaily conform to the custom an- there would be no neces- sity for lawyers pulling off their coats and collars, as is so frequently the case, when trying causes In the hot months. Judge Allen sald to-day that it was prob- able the Judges would conform to the resolution, and if so an effort would be made to have all Judges wear the same colors when on the bench. Fseashormata il THROW THE NEIGHBOR INTO A BLAZING HOUSE Suspicion That a Man Set Fire to His Home Stirs the Indignation of Others. VIENNA, April 5.—At Zerkowitz. Mon- rovia. Johan Cassel. falsely accused of set- ting fire to his owg house, was seized by angry neighbors, whosc houses were en- dangered, and thrown into the flames. He only escaped . after being shockingly burned and after a desperate struggle. Twenty arrests haye been made.