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

VOLUME XO—-NO. 165. 4 SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRILLIANT AUDIENCE LISTENS RAPTUROUSLY TO GRAND OPERA AND GIVES WARM GREETING PUTS PAPERS N POCKETS F DEAD NIAN a g Deserter’s Ar- Murder May Follow Attempt to Defraud In- rance Company. establish the One of ir s a tramp whom n in with f Jeffersonville says he of the dead man h laudanum to ted Koh-i- of Queen crown ation, Noor mounted Alexandra for t NEW TREATY WILL 500N BE SIGNED Hay and Pauncefote Are Paving Way for Isth- mian Canal. Senators Assure the President That Ratification Is Not to Be Opposed. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—The signa- ture of the isthmian canal treaty negoti- ated b; fote will Secretary Hay and Lord Paunce- occur as soon as the latter shall receive the necessary powers from London. These will come by cable and will formally the Embassador, tative of King Edward, to name to the instrument, authorize as represen- attach his It is the expecta- tion of the authorities here that the treaty will be signed within the next few days. All the members of the Isthmian Canal Commission ere in the city for the pur- pose of attending the final sessions, which begin to-morrow. The present gathering is to complete the report of the commis- sion and report, in accordance with law, the route for an interoceanic canal by way of the isthmus. The law under which the commission was appointed requires it to name a route; if it fails it will fal short of its duty, to perform which Con- gress voted § 00, all of which has been spent. The commission, If 1t does not ke a recommendation, will also be arged with playing into the hands of the Panama company. It is believed that the con will name the Nicaragua route as best for the United States and eliminate the Panama route as imprac- ticable, owing to the inability or indis- position of the Panama company to make an offer to transfer its property to this | Government. Sentiment in Congress is overwhelmingly In favor of the Nicaragua route sion The preliminary report made public last December placed the cost of the Panama | route at $146,000,000. It gave the cost of | the Nicaragua Canal as $200,000,000. In both | instances these figures will be changed a | few millions. The commission thinks the final surveys of Nicaragua show that route much better than they thought it would be when they signed the prelim- inary report. BULGARIAN SOVERNMENT MUST ATONE Held Responsible for the Abduction of Miss Stone. Liberation of Captives Order Before Demand for Reparation. in Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL B('REAU,—IZOG G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—While the | United States is determined to hold Bul- garia to a strict account for the part she played in the abduction of Miss Ellen M, Stone, President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay are not prepared to initiate action contemplating reparation until Miss Stone shall have obtained her liberty. Conse- quently the representation made by Con- sul General Dickinson to the Bulgarian Government that it will be held responsi- ble, while premature, expresses accurate- 1y the view of this Government. It s re- iterated with positiveness that Secretary Hay is bending all his efforts to secure the liberation of Miss Stone, and when this is accomplished a demand for in- demnity will be submitted and pressed. Dickinson’s conduct of negotiations with the Bulgarian Government has caused the State Department considerable embar- rassment. In his effort to prevent the Sofia authorities from dispatching troops in pursuit of the brigands he has been heartily supported by the department. Dickinson has protested against the pub- lication of facts in relation to the ne- gotiations, which he says are cabled to Scfia, but it is pointed out that he him- self authorized statements even more em- barrassing than those to which he ob- jects., Eddy, secretary of the legation at Constantinople, has, on the other hand, displayed considerable diplomatic abllity in dealing with this delicate question and the authorities are gratified at the course he has pursued. SOFIA, Nov. 11.—From another letter that has been received from Miss Ellen M. Stone, the abducted American mis- sicoary, it appears that she is enduring the trials of her hard experience with fortitude, forgetting herself in her anx- iety for her companion, Madame Tsilka. Miss Stone does not dare to complain ‘of the treatment to which they are sub- jected, but she finds the confinement irk- | some and the weather extremely trying, TO THE FAVORITES OF SONG l i SOCIETY G HE opening of the grand opera season last evening was a dis- tinet triumph for the famous artists ‘who appeared, and also for the representatives of society who composed the vast audience. The superb auditorium of the Grand Opera-house was filled with the leaders of fashionable circles and by lovers of music. The “Four Hundred” came in full force, and beautiful women and men who are distinguished in all walks of life gath- ered ,there to pay tribute to the song- birds of Impresario Grau. 1 There was not a vacant seat in the the- o e LT BT SOCIETY GATHERED AT OPERA PRESENTS A MOST ENTRANCING PICTURE. x ATHERS IN FULL FORCE, 'PRESENTING MAGNIFICENT SCENE ater and “standing room’ was at a pre- mium. Compared . with the opening night of last year the one of this season was greater in every respect. Nothing happened to mar last even- ing's: event, the rain that was feared holding off, and it will be long remem- bered by those who took part in Wag- ner’s immortal creation “Lohengrin” and the thousands who formed the audience. ¢+ Although the performance was sched- uled to commence at 7:45 o’clock, a large erowd’ surrounded the Grand Opera-hous: doors as early as 5 in the evening. <At 7 o'clock- the carriages' with' their ' Opera-house last "evening disclosed l sayly dressed occupants commenced to arrive. The police regulations called for all carriages to enter Mission street from Third street, and by 7:30 there was a lin2 of vehicles reaching up to Market street and along thdt artery for two blocks. The large foyer of the Grand Opera- house was turned. into a temporary re- ception-room for an hour previous to tHe _curtain ascending, for the members of so- ciety desired to see each other and siyly | take ‘note of. what dresses were worn. A survey of the pleasure seekers who walked througn, the foyer of the Grand ths the shrine of music; I nown and divines of high degree, accom- most prominent members of fashion and of professional and commercial ecircles. Wealth, culture, learning,” were all repre- sented. Bankers escorted their wives anl daughters Into the theater; Judges and prominent men of the law played the gallant; merchants of fame forgot the cares of business to spend the evening at medicos of re- panied by beautiful women, mingled in the throng; teachers in the seats of learn- Continued on Page Twa