The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 12, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—-NO 138. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1901 PRICE FIVE CENTS. LOUBET AND GENOA CEMENT TIES OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN ITALY AND FRENCH REPUBLIC President Visits the Duke on the Flagship Lapanto and Both Express Sentiments That May Af- - fect Future of Two Nations. e s T ARIS, April 1L—At the conclusion | of the festivities at Toulon to- night President Loubet departed e at Montelimar, In | ent of the Drome, to visit his aged mother and take a few | days’ repose the fatigues of the | sy Pamciion the week which have kept from early morning until The satisfactory man- | has been | success for se is heard, | | nd the tact dis- | Loubet, Birilefr the events True Diplomatic Significance. As to the political side of the Franco- 4 4\ /6 PRESIDENT LOUBET . | = o | PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH RE- PUBLIC AND THE COMMANDER OF THE ITALIAN SQUADRON. { - i by the tact, courtesy, abllity, culture and savoir faire of the Duke of Genoa.” | Loubet Leaves Toulon. ‘ Presidenit Loubet left Toulon shortly | after midnight for Montelimar, where he { | will meet Mms. Loubet and visit his mother. A great crowd cheered his de- | parture. | The Duke of Genoa with the Italian | warships will remain here until to-mor- | row (Saturday.) The Italian sallors were allowed ashore last evening and they fraternized with their French comrades | in_the cafes and along the streets. ‘ The local fetes will continue until to- morrow night, until the international | | | fetes are over. BOERS READY FOR STUBBORN RESISTANCE 3 & the speech-making is dver, puts ight with the fol- | s pronounced by M. Loubet | f G specially the tele- | een M. Loubet and P the proceedings ze diplomatic sig- | i Italy yesterday | lly the title of s so well with the nius and blood. This must not be distorted But there is lit- its importance, verything into considera- | ble. Both It gave one and | s! e the We cannot | will bring n | | proclaimed fact. | Pacific Sentiments of Powers. | Henotaux, the former Minister of | Affairs, in an interview is quoted | sing the opinion that the Toulon | fons were a valuable indica-| he sentiments animating | it of the Italian squad- | of a painful period of | established, avowed e v the powe h ron marks the end tersion §n the relations between France nd Itaiy and points to an evolution of | the sentt ents of the Italian Government France. the Juncheon on board the Lepanto, | the flagship of the Italian fleet, to-day, t function was held on -~ gun ch was transformed into a ban- | Il Footmen belonging to the | 1 of the Duke of Genoa, in scar- served the table, which was adorned with gold plate and centerpieces filled with flowers. service was used for M. Lou- Duke of Genoa, a sllver serv- for the attending Ministers, | able Saxon porcelain service | the other guests. Genoa and Loubet Talk. TOULON, April 11.—In behalf of the King of Italy the Duke of Genoa to-day ber of decorations to the ers and military, naval and President Loubet spent the the day in making a tour and afterward received 1l delegations from the He also. distributed s to workmen who had been thirty years in the same employ. At noon President Loubet boarded the Lepanto, the Ital flagship, and lunched | with the Duke of Genoa. ‘The latter, in | toasting the chief executive of France, | said” “Permit me, Mr. President, to express fo you my acknowledgment of the very cordial and sympathetic welcome accorded by France to myself and to the squadron under my command. I shall retain an un- alterably happy recollection of the mag- nificent receotion. I drink to France and her armies on land and sea, and T also de- sire to express my high regard for your- self personally.” Before he resumed his seat the Duke touched glasses with President Loubet and the two warmly clasped hands. President Loubet replied: “Monseigneur, I am profoundly moved by the friendship you have just expressed for | the French republic and its President and | by the sympathy which you show for its | army and navy. It is unnecessary to re- peat to you what are the feelings of the French nation toward Italy. You already know them and I have described them to you. But I wish once more to assure you that we are profoundly touched by the evidence of friendship which his Majesty | the King of Italy has given to France by | sending your grand squadron here. drink to the health of King Victor Em- manuel, to the royal family, to their pros- perity and to the Italian fleet. . I drink also to your personal health, monseigneur. Just now I noticed in your cabin the pic- tures of those dear to you. Permit me to associate them with yourself in the good wishes I am now expressing and to drink to the health of your entire family.” Lessons Taught by Big Guns. While on board the Lepanto M. Loubet discussed with the Duke of Genoa the in- crease and perfection of modern arma- ments, remarking that it would be a ter- rible responsibility to provoke war. The Duke of Genoa said: “You are right, and I think such visits as these are calculated to render the relations between nations more cordial.” M. Loubet and M. Delcasse spent half an hour on board the submarine boat Gus- tave Zede and part of the time she was going through evolutions submerged. The President also visited the Russian battle- ship Czarevitch and the Russian armored cruiser Bayan, bestowing commanderships in the Legion of Honor upon their cap- tains. Later M. Loubet attended. a banquet given in his honor in the principal theater. M. Loubet took a cordial leave of the Duke of Genoa at 11:30 p. m. Wants a Commercial Treaty. ROMT™ April 11.—The Patria publishes a dispatch from Toulon giving an inter- view with M. Delcasse, the French For- eign Minister, regarding the significance ofgthe festivities there. M. Delcasse is re- ported as having said: “The interests of Frarce and Italy are not, happily, op- posed. Diplomacy ought to profit by this absence of motives for conflict. My am- bition is to conclude another commercial treaty with Italy. I have been charmed Route From Leydsdoran to Zouts- pansburg Is Heavily Fortified. LONDON, April 12—No further news has been received regarding the reported resumption of peace negotiations in South Africa, but the fact that the censor al- lowed the report to pass and the fact that the Government has not issued a de- nial are held to prove that negotiations of some sort are in progress. The . casualty list issued yesterday re- vealed the fact that Lord Methuen was discharged from the hospital last week, this being the first notification that he had been ill. There is no information from South Africa beyond the fact that the British have evacuated Hoopstadt, which, the Daily Mail cbserves, “seems to show that Lord Kitchener's force is still none too strong.” 1t is announced from Brussels that the Dutch Transvaal committee has handed to Mr. Kruger a check for 1,000,000 florins, ccllected in Holland for the assistance of the Boers. . Tt appears that Kruger's entourage as- sert that the route from Leydsdoran to Zoutspansburg is heavily fortified and able to resist the British a long time. The British War Office has issued the following speclal order regarding surren- ders in the field: “Any officer or soldier Who, when in the presence of the enemy, displays a white flag or other token of surrender will be tried by general court- martial.” MABTIAL LAW ABOLISHED IN IDAHO RIOT CENTER Governor Hunt Finds No Further Necessity for It in Shoshone T County. BOISE, Idaho, April 1L.—Governor Hunt to-day issued a proclamation abolishing martial law in Shoshone County. He re- cites the circumstances under which mar- tial law was prociaimed there and sets forth that he has recently made a per- sonal investigation and found the county prosperous and peaceful. “Martial law,”” he says, “is the spirit of force necessary in its employment to pro- tect life and property and applicable at any time for that purpose. Its operation in time of peace after danger and peril are over is repugnant to our form of gov- ernment and a menace to our institutions. Our legislation safely places the adminis- tration of the law in the hands of the civil authorities, there to remain during their ability to smaintain it.” Martial law was proclaimed May 4, 1899, following the riots of April 2. For a long. time it has existed in form only, the ad- ministration of affairs being entirely in the hands of ordinary county authorities. VERELUELANS STRNING TO STIR STHI Claim That America Seeks to Control New World. Demonstration Against the Castro Government May Be Necessary. —_—— Spectal Dispatch to The Call PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, April 11.— Efforts are being made by the official press of Venezuela to create apprehension throughout Latin-America that the United States is seeking to control the New World. A great outery Is being raised over the American pelicy in Cuba, which is cited as evidence of the far-reaching am- bitions on the part of the United States. The most influential Caracas journal is- sued in mourning its edition announcing the capture of Aguiraldo. The Filipino ‘| leader was ranked among the great heroes of history and the American policy in the Philippines bitterly assailed. News from Barcelona, Venezuela, is that Ithe Venezuelan Government definitely re- | fuses to make reparation in the case of twice imprisoned without cause and from whom large sums of money were extorted under threat of torture, The Venezuelan Foreign Office boasts that it never apologizes. Possible Naval Demonstration. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April 11.—Fran- cis B. Loomis, United States Minister to Venezuela, arrived here this afternoon on the United States cruiser Scorpion. He will sail for New York to-morrow, accom- panied by his wife, on the steamer Cara- cas. Loomis refused to discuss at length the situation in Venezuela. He admitted that there had been demonstrations of ill feeling toward Americans, but. declared that all was quiet when he left Caracas. Asked whether the presence of the North Atlantic squadron in waters near Venezu- ela had any significance he admitted the possiblity’ of navel demonstration iiz cass relations should become strained. He ex- plained, however, that at present there is no breach in diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela. He is absent onfy on leave and has left Secre- tary Russell In charge of the legation at Caracas. He believes it will be months be- fore the asphalt dispute is decided by the courts of Venezuela, ac only preliminary steps have been taken in the litigation. Castro’s Big Savings. Loomis emphatically declined to dis- close the nature of his report to President McKinley, but judging from casual re- marks which he let fall he Is cvidently quite antagonistic to President Castro. He said that the latter’s salary was $12,000 a vear, but that he had laid up $2,000,000 in the last two years.. “President Castro told the Venezue- lans,” he said, “that they and the-Euro- peans in Trinidad were at liberty to seize claims in the Orinoco district on land pre- viously ceded to Americans. It was evi- dently his intention to embarrass the United States Government and force it to make armed demonstrations, such as eign nations owing to the large German and British commercial interests on the coast. Revolution Is Impending. “The Venezuelan constitutional conven- tion elected Castro Prowvisional President until the autumn, when there will be an election for an eight-year term. General Andrade will not be President, but his friends are working and a revolution is possible in the course of a year. He is now at Curacao awalting developments. “The situation so far as the United States Government is concerned has passed the acute point. Such differences as exist can be settled diplomatically. I scarcely expect to return to Caracas. I have already served four years and am quite satisfled to bring the experience to a close.” Great Britain May Take a Hand. LONDON, April 11.—At a general meet- ing of the North Coolgardie Company, limited, held to-day Chairman Chambers announced that the directors had just made further representations to the For- eign Office claiming damages for the flle- gal action of the Venezuelan Judges re- specting the company’s propertles in that country. Through the British Minister at Caracas the Forelgn Office had already rescued the mines and machinery of the North Coolgardie Company from an em- bargo made possible by the Venezuelan court’s denial of justice through trumped- up charges. The company now wants rs- imbursement for the expenses forced upon it and anticipates that the Government ‘will present the claim in a manner to se- cure satisfaction. > KRUPPS WILL DISCHARGE LARGE FORCE OF WORKERS Cther Factories Will Follow Suit and Berlin’s Industrial Depression Continues. BERLIN, April 11.—It is stated that the Krupps are gbout to discharge 5000 hands from their Essen, Buckow and Kiel works. They have already dismissed 4060 since October. It is also understood that the Erhardt works at Dusseldorf are about to reduce their staff. The industrial depression continues. Ac- cording to a recent estimate one-fourth of the workers in Berlin are very insufi- clently employed or are totally fidle. The ‘distress of many is most acute. There is no pnme&t of improvement. iy the American Consul, Mr. Baiz, who was | would possibly lead to trouble with for. B IS mjm—v I =4l KING OSCAR ACCEPTS POST AS ARBITRATOR OF THE SAT10AN CLAITS Will Decide What Is Due the United States, Great Britain and Germany as the Result of Last Uprising. S have general charge not only of the de- termination of the amount of the claims but also will have the more important determination of what claims arose as a necessary result of the military opera- tions during the last uprising in Samoa. ASHINGTON, April 11.—King Oscar of Norway and Sweden has accepted thé post-es arbi- trator of the Samoan claims of the United States, Great Britain and Germany, although it has been made known that his illness thus far has pre- vented his giving active consideration to the subject. The German case has been made up and is now at Stockholm. The United States case is about completed. The British claims probably are in Stock- holm by this time, although definite word SANTA BARBARA, April 11.—The rec- crd of disaster on the new coast railroad was appallingly increased to-night, when a light engine, racing down to the track toward this city to connect with a wait- ing train, left the rails at a dangerous curve and toppled over a fifty-foot em- bankment, carrying engineer and fire- man to horrible déath.. The unfortunate engineer was Elmer Balloo and the name of his companion in the cab was Perry. The disaster occurred at 7:20 o'clock. Engine 1446 was on its way here to con- nect with No. 2 train for the run south- ward. It had no cars attached and the only persons aboard were the two men in the cab. ¥ When nearing Miramar, a small sta- tion about four miles north of Santa Barbara, the engine was obliged to swing around a sharp curve before reaching a high trestle. What caused the engine to leave the track has not been determined, but it is thought that the roadbed gave way near the trestlework. ¥n leaping from the track the heavy WASHINGTON, April 11.—The Depart- ment of Agriculturo has received a dis- patch from a prominent packing company of, Chicago announcing that they have just been advised ihat the English Gov- ernment has excluded all beef excabt home-bred from the British army con- tracts. This, it is stated, is to be effective 1 next. J"‘l?:e Chicago concern has asked the Ag- ricultural Department for any assistance it can render. It has pointed out that the action of the British Government s a severe blow to American beef and cattle exporters and producers and means not alone the loss in government trade but If is feared it will serve very materially toward inciting a prejudice on the part of the people of Great Britain against the beef cattle of this country. To demonstrate the importance of the move now said to be contemplated it is pointed out that the value of our exports of live animals to Great Britain amounts to $40,000,000, while the total of animal products exported from the United States | to Great Britain is stated to be, in round & - KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN, WHO WILL ARBITRATE THE SAMOAN CLAIMS. has not come as to that. King Oscar will + E 5 @ it et e el e el @ ENGINE LEAPS FROM A TRACK AND BEARS TWO TMEN TO DEATH Terrible Disaster at a Dangerous Curve on the Coast Road Near Santa Barbara. wheels tore away a large section of the outer rail and the giant mass of steel and fron plunged into a gulley half a hundred feet in depth. In the descent it turned completely over. The engineer and fireman evidently had no chance to escape. When found they were lying beneath the fragments of wheels and cylinders near one of the cab doors. Balloo was probably killed in- stantly, his head having been almost torn from the body. Perry's head had been crushed by a bar of iron, but he lived for ten minutes. There was no witness to the accident, | but some graders at a nearby camp heard | the shriek of a whistle, the cries of the | men and then the fearful crash. The engine is a total wreck and les 300 feet from where it left ~the track. The rails at this point are the same as those used on all the old section of the road. The curve has been considered a dangerous one, and the company has been | planning to eliminate it. B i s I s T (.3REAT BRITAIN’S PROPOSED EMBARGO ON ATIERICAN BEEF Packers vAppeal to the Agricultural Department to Head Off Threatened Exclusion. numbers, $200,000,000. It is pointed out here that this proposed embargo may really | be a sequel, in greater or less degree, to the proceedings instituted at New Orleans against shipments of horses and mules from that port for use in the South African campaign. CHICAGO, April 11.—Packérs of this city ‘were not disposed this evening to discuss the reported action of the English Gov- ernment in placing a ban on American beef. None of them seemed greatly sur- prised at the action and all said that they had determined on no course of action. ‘“We will wait until we know more about it,” said General Mauager Meeker of Ar- mour & Co. “There is no earthly cause for such action that I can think of. It cannot be on account of the quality of the beef, for it has always been first-class in every respect.” Swift & Co. expressed similar views to those of Mr. Meeker, and General Man- ager Lyon of the Hammond Company said he did not know enough about the matter to discuss (, but he did not an- ticipate that the American packers would be badly hurt. ROCKHIL'S WISSION 15 70 AESCUE CHi Diplomatic Combine Against Greedy Powers. Germany Is Preparing for Permanent Stay in the Celestial Empire. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 1l.—Informa- tion recefved by the State Department shows a decided disinclination on the part of some of the powers to accept the sug- gestion of this Government that they ma- tefially reduce their claims for indemnity against China. Special Commissioner Rockhill has earnestly pressed his eol- leagues to urge their governments to be more moderate, but it is apparent to offl- cials here that his representations will likely have little effect. Germany Is in- sisting upon her pound of flesh. She has announced her purpose to require pay- ment of every ounce she has demanded. It will therefore be necessary for Special Commissioner Rockkill to form a diplo- matic combination against her in the hope that she will abandon the extreme posi- tion she has taken. While this was pos- sible on the question of punishments it does not seem so easy of accomplishment on the question of {ndemnity in view of the exorbitant claims which nearly all the powers have filed. May Remain Permanently. If the powers Insist upon the payment of an indemnity such as has been de- manded the authoritles say that it will be almost impossible for the Chinese Gov- ernment to satisfy It. There has been some discussion in offlelal and diplomatic quarters as to the methods to be adopted to induce China to guarantee payment of the claims. It was fointed out to-day that China’s entire commerce before the Boxer revolt was valued at only $260,000,- 000 and her trade at present has decreased | | to_ope-halt that sum. But the customs revenues must pay the expenses of collec- tion and are pledged for certain loans. It is conceded. that the suggestion of Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang that the cus- tdms duties be increased must be adopted. The powers will probably appoint a com- mission to supervise the collection. It Germany stands by her declaration to retain troops in China until the indemnity is paid the authoritles say that this will mean that she will remain permanently. For this reason thcy are endeavoring to induce the powers to reduce thelr, claims so that payment can be made much more expeditiously by the Chinese Government. absastan s AWAITING COURT’S RETURN. Count Okuma Says Russo-Japanesa Crisis Is Merely Postponed. LONDON, April 12.—“Count Okuma (formerly Japanese Premier) asserts that the Russo-Japanese crisis is postponad until the Chinese court shall have returned to Peking,” says the Tokio correspondent of the Daily Express, “‘when Japan must send to Russia another protest against the occupation of Manchuria.” According to the Shanghal correspond- ent of the Standard the Chinese assert that the court has decided to leave Sianfu via Peking for the province of Honan May 7. MANY DEATHS FROM PLAGUF. Consul McWade Sends Report on the Disease at Canton. PEKING, Aprill 1L.—F. M. McWade, United States Consul at Canton, China, reports that 1000 deatis from the plaguc have occurred there during the past six weeks and that there are thirteen cases of smallpox on board the United States monitor Monterey. Only one death has re- sulted on the Monterex and the other cases of smallpox are essing favor- ably. The meetings of the foreisn Ministers at Peking have been postponed at the re- quest of M. de Glers on account of tha Easter holidays. MRS. ARMOUR INTENDS ° TO EQUIP A BUILDING This Is in Addition to the Gift of a Million to the In- stitute. CHICAGO, April 11.—In addition to the gift of $1,000,000 to Armour Institute, an- nounced yesterday, Mrs. P. D. Armour purposes soon to erect and equip a new building for the imstitute. General John C. Black, one of the trustees, to-day said: “The gift of $1,000,000 to the institute by Mrs. Armour and Mr. Armour, which was announced yesterday, has no connection with the building project which has been under consideration for some time. That money will be used exclusively as an en- dowment fund to provide for running ex- penses. But the erection of the new building will be an event of the near fu- ture, and it will be paid for by Mrs. P. D. Armour.” REGULATE PASTOR AND WIFE WITH BARREL STAVES INDEPENDENCE, Mo., April 11—A number of negroes made up of members of the faction in the Baptist church that opposed its pastor, Elder J. T. Fitts, seized the minister and his wife after prayer meeting last night, threw ropes around their necks, dragged them Into a hollow beside the read and ‘“regulated” them with barrel staves laid vigorously on their backs. Minister Fitts to-day swore out warrants for six of the regu- lators,