The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC-XO. 173. SAN FRANCISC Call. 0, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1901. FENIAN LEADERS INSTIGATE THE PLOT FOR YUKON'S REVOLT AGAINST CANADA - ETAILS of a conspiracy to overthrow the authority of the Dominion of Canada in the gold fields of Northwestern British Columbia and establish a Yukon correspondence to The Call on Sunday, November 17. It was shown that the revolutionary project had its origin in Dawson and its headquarters in Skagway; that 5000 miners had pledged their support to the movement. Officers of the Northwest Mounted Police, learning the plot, had called wupon Goyernment been under the surveillance of the Dominion authorities. UNGLE SAM WILL NEVER BE A BULLY Secretary Hay Speaks of Diplomacy of the Present. J says America Is Not in the | Business of Driving Hard Bargains. Outlines the Friendship of Southera RBepublics and Shows the Neces- | sity of an Isthmian Canal | PRESIDENT’S United States ORDER FIXES THE STATUS OF MANY OFFICIALS Sxxteen Hundred of the Civilian Positions | Are Restored to the Classified Gov- ernment Service. and Pacific Cable. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—The one hundred Covers for 450 the main banquet-room, ted principally e of honor, presided over by Morris K. Jessup, were Embas- H. Choate, John Hay (Sec- Senator McLaurin of Donald Sage Mackay, An- | Mayor-elect Seth Low, son A. Miles, J. | jam E. Dodge, Ma~ R. Brooke, Carl Schurz, Governor Odell and S. Barker. The pro- ess circles of the city | in the list of the g was opened. by Pres- e v few words. He | o the memory of It was drunk with | ence. President | toasted, while at the next d of England, them was played. Toast to “Our Diplomacy. ing ‘Secre Hay President “Our Diplom- v wel- ch nthusiasm, the name speech e applause at ob- h will ever rd bargain with is weak, nor criticism tempt ower be- ecause it i the mem- y Secretary Hay because you e wished feelings when they And if I the standard to d you, the very 1l be a tribute to something about our | from me nothing f I confine myself t help feeling that I a,wrong in the been in the diplomacy an occult s alchemy and s to morals as municipal poli- be a at this con- aidiomatic function s not tain historical foundation. I\ot Science of Intng—ue re was a time when diplomacy was of intrigue and falsehood, of nd mines and counter-mines. It er instance of that credulity I have often been charged by Suropean critics when I say that I reaily world has moved onward in acy as in many other matters. In ce of diplomatic life, which more years than I like to look | as in the far greater record | an diplomacy which I have read | without hesitation | told squarely what d early in negotia- | were willing to give, and’ e other side 1o accept or reject During the time in which 1 have been prominently concerned in our foreign relations, I can say that we have | been met by ghe representatives of other | powers by tlie same spirit of frankness | and sincerity. | As to the measure of success which | i ur recent diplomacy has met with, it is ve eve the re announc we our terms Continued on Page Two. hird annual banquet of the | Commerce was held at Del- | with aw Reid, Governor- | , Senator C. M. De- | DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE WHOSE NAMES ARE NOW TO TEE FORE FOR THE IMPORTANT CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. | | EX ALL BUREAU, 1408 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.— President Roosevelt to-day issued an order restoring to the classified service about 1600 civilian positions of the quartermaster, medical, ordnance and engineering departments of the army. | It is alleged that these positions were handed over to spollsmen a few years ago and have been withdrawn from their control upon the recommendation of Sec- retary Root. Numerous appointments | have been made to these positions since May 29, 1899, when they were exempted from the civil service, and as a result of President Roosevelt's action the ap- pointees will be incorporated in the civil | service without even the formality of un- dergoing examination. In an official memofandum to the Presi- dent, upon which the latter based his ac- tion, Secretary Root says: Causes of the Complication. In May, 189, the civil service rules. were amended. and the rules as thus amended re- mained in force until May 29, 18%9. The amended rules of 189 provide for trades and other non- educational examinations In different depart- ments and the Indian service. The working of these rules was in the main satistactory to the departments concerned. On May 29, 1809, by an executive order, | e certain civillan positions in the quartermaster, medical, ordnance and engineering departments were taken out from the operation of the exist- ing regulations and it was provided that ap- pointments to these designated positions should hereafter be made on registration tests of fit- ness prescribed in regulations to be lssued by the Secretary of War and approved by the President. No resulations have been fssued, by the Secretary of War In relation to these posi- tions. The result is that the legal status of all the appointees to these designated positions 1s somewhat In doubt, owing to the fact that, as no new regulations have been prescribed, and as the appointments are not governed by the provisions of previous regulations, there are no rules or regulations governing their selec- tion. It regulations were formulated by the Secretary of War it would result in two sy tems’ running side by side in the same depart- ment. Such a dual system of appointment in the bureaus would be open to serious objectton. It is learned to-night that had Presi- dent McKinley lived he would have issued such an order as was signed to-day by President Roosevelt. He ordered the ex- emption of the places upon the recom- mendation of General Alger, but Secre- tarv Root convinced him of the desirabil- Continued on Page Two. WILL LAY LABLE T0 HONOLULU R Contract for First Link m Line ke ————— Cherished Hope s Promised, Without Delay the Wire Wil Be Extended Under Pacifc {o the Philippines, ——t oy R Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—The Commercial Pacific Cable Company, recently organ- ized for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a cable across the Pacific Ocean, and of which John W. Mackay is president, to-day awarded the contract for the manufacture and laying of the first section of the great submarine strand to the Silvertown Cable Manufacturing Company of Silvertown, near London. The cost of making and laying this sec- tion is estimated at about $3,000,000. The section will reach from San Francisco to some central point in the Hawalian Isl- ands, probably at Honolulu, and it is ex- pected will be completed about the first of January, 1903. The Silvertown Company will commence the work of construction immediately and will have the work finished about the first of next July. The cable will tnen Francisco, the starting point of its jour- ney across the Pacific. The actual work of l&yln%_(he cable will consume about seventeen days and with the additional time for establishing the stations and allowing for possible mis- haps, it will be ready for service in two months after its arrival here. George G. Ward, first vice president of the Commercial Cable Company, said to- day: “The company has assured us they will complete the cable and have it here in seven months. Just as soon as this sec- tion is complete and out of the way we shall commence work on another section that will connect the Hawalian Islands with the Philippines. Our station tnere will probably be on the island of Luzon, near Manila. We have not decided on that point yet, nor have we fixed our schedule of rates, but we shall reduce them to a reasonable figure. We expect to have the work completed in about two or three years. The estimated cost of the undertaking is about $15,000,000, but we have capitalized our company at only $3,000,000 because we prefer to increase owdioapitalization asiwe Pproceed.” Ward sald it was expected that the - new cable would allow the transmission of messages in nearly four hours less time than required at the present. e e JOHN W. MACKAY ARRIVES. Is Unaware That'Big Cable Contract Has Been Awarded. John W. Mackay, millionaire and presi- dent of the Commercial Pacific Cable Cempany, which yesterday awarded the contract for thegmanufacture and laying of the first section of the cable to be laid from San Francisco ‘to the Phlllypl.neu. arrived on the overland from New' York last night. Mr. Mackay took his old Continued on Page Two. PRICE FIVE CENTS. republic were published exclusively in Skagway that arms and ammunition had been shipped in, and officials in Alaska for the support of the American checking the conspirators, and United States Marshal Shoup had hastened to Seattle to telegraph the facts to Washington. From Victoria comes news fully confirming the statements contained in The Call's Skagway correspondence. The Times of that city corroborates the details given and declares that the consplracy originated in the Fenian centers in New York and Chicago. It says the Skagway leaders in the plot have long DOMINION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE WATCHING SKAGWAY CONSPIRATORS Realizatonof a Long- be loaded on board ship and it will be'| three months more before it reaches San | Chicago. the same gang.” few days. ritory. BLANCHE BATES MAY the Actress Is to Become a Bride. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—A telegraph spe- clal from Detroit, Mich., says: The act- ress, Blanche Bates, is rapidly convalesc- ing at Grace Hospital. She is happter now than she has been at any time since she was taken sick at the Detroit Opera- house while presenting ‘“Under Two Flags,” and there's a man at the bottom of it. Frank Worthing, who plays the leading male role in Amelia Bingham’'s company, is now here presenting “The Climbers.” In the greenrooms it is said that Miss Bates and Worthing are engaged and it is just possible that this week may find a happy little marriage in one of the private rooms at the Grace Hospital. In any event, when “The Climbers"” company reached Detroit Sunday night, Worthing sent his baggage on to the hospital, while he entered a car- riage with & bound and to the jehu called out sharply “To Grace Hospital.” In a few minutes he was at the bedside of Miss Bates, where there were affection- ate greetings and the two talked just as long as Miss Bates’ physician would per- mit. Monday morning Worthing was there again, and again in the afternoon and twice every day since. Worthing was- asked to-day the reason for his tender so- licitude and he blushed guiltily. DREAD PLAGUE INVADES SODTE AFRICA HOMES Eight Hundred Cases of the Disease Beported to Have Recently NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 19.—The British steamer Monmouth, Captain Troap, which arrived here direct from Cape Pown, ‘South Africa, reports the existence of over 800 cases of bubonic plague in the vicinity of Cape Town when she left that port. Up to the time she sailed some 330 deaths from the plague had occurred. WED FRANK WORTHING\ Reports From Detroit Declare That | Special Dispatch to The Call. Itis TROOFS MAY SEEK TO FREE MISS STONE Diplomatic Agent Dickinson Said to Have Asked for Bulgaria’s Assistance. SOFIA, Nov. 19.—It is .reported that Dickinson, the United States diplomatic agent here, has informed the Government of Bulgaria that the abductors of Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mme. Tsilka, with their captives, are concealed in a defile of the Belleritza Mountains, near Smotch, district of Dubnitza, and has requested that troops be sent to surround the place and liberate the captitves. Both Dickin- son and the Bulgarian Foreign Office de- cline to confirm or deny this report. Nevertheless, it is belleved that Dickin- son, persuaded of the impossibility of coming to terms with the brigands and relying upon his belief that they will not harm their captives if troops are employ- od against them, has, after consulting with Washington, decided upon this move. Only eight bandits now guard Miss Stone, and some of these are known to sympathize with her. About a fortnight ago Dickinson approached the Foreign Office and proposed this same plan, but its carrying out was abandoned because of the uncertainty ‘of the location.of the bandits. Seotanm AT Arguments in Considine Case. SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—The Considine murder case will not go to the jury before Thursday afternoon, unless counsel yet to be heard n argument occupy much lgss time than those by whom the argument was to-day begun. The whole of the fore- noon session and the larger part of the afternoon was taken by John B. Hart in presenting the opening argument for the State. During the latter part of the after- noon Will H. Morris, for the defense, was heard. Following him’ to-morrow will come James F. McElroy for the defense. The closing address for the State, to be made by Prosecuting Attorney Fulton, and Judge Emory’'s charge to the jury will probably go over to Thursday. 'Victoria Newspaper Says the Plans of the Goldfields Revolutionists Are Directed From New York and Chicago. ICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 19.—According to persons who have recently arrived in this city from the nofth, says the Times of this city, the story of a conspiracy being hatched at Skagway for the overthrow of Canadian rule in the Yukon territory has every sub- stance of foundation. The news was given first in the Sunday Call, being sent from Skag- way under date of November 6. According to reliable information that to-day reached the Times, Inspector Corrigan did arrive at Skagway from White Horse on the evening of the 5th and held a consultation with the United States officers in Skagway. generally accepted as-a fact that some mischief was brewing, and it is attributed to the machinations of a Fenian center, with its local headquarters in Skagway, but in direct affiliation with the head centers of New York and The leaders of this local center are very well known to the authorities, and have been watched for some time in connection with their workings among the local populace and their communication with the head centers. “The exceedingly mean and hostile spirit which prevails in Skagway toward everything Canadian and British is said to be largely due to the plotting of this local center. to the British flag, culminating. in the actual tearing it down by the mob on ome occasion, as well as certain weil carried out plots to bring Canadian officials into disgracé, are all traceable to The Times says in this regard: Recent insnlts The informant of the Times avers positively that the report is thoroughly reliable, and that Canada now and always stands in need of great alertness and preparation. The Times continues: “In the event of any move being made by these Skagway Fenians against Dawson, or Canadian rule in the north, a force of more than 4000 men could be landed on the scene within a In such an emergency the vessels of the fleet on this station, which carry more than 1000 men, could be immediately dispatched. These are heavily armed and could carry a plen- tiful supply of artillery with them. : “In addition to the men of the ships, there are 500 men of the royal lery, royal engineers, army ordnance corps and army medical corps stationed at Work Point bar- racks in this city. These could be moved at almost a moment’s notice. The Fiith Regiment C. A. (militia) of this city and the Sixth Battalion (rifles) of Vancouver, each numbering ahout 300 men, could be dispatched in a few days’ time, swelling the expeditionary force, including the Rocky Mountain Rangers of Nelson, Kamloops, Rossland and Revelstoke, up to nearly 4000 men, all armed with the latest and most modern rifles and armament. “The force could be thrown into White Horse in a few days, point, while exacting enough, would present no insurmountable difficulties. very similar to the rebellion of 1885, the last outbreak under Louis Riel in the Northwest Ter- garrison artil- and the march from that In fact it would be “The Northwest Mounted Police in the territories could also be brought over in a few days to the coast to assist in the work.” | BRITISH CFFICIALS SUSPEC! A VESSEL Steamer 'l'hought to Have Supplies for the Boers Is Detained at London. LONDON, Noy. 19.—The Government has caused the detention of a British steamer which Is fitting out, ostensibly for a pleasure cruise, at Viectoria docks, on the ground that the vessel was laden with contraband of war destined for the Boers. A searchlight fixed to the steamer’s mast brought her under suspicion, and it is sald a subsequent search disclosed four fleld guns and quantities of raw material for the manufacture of powder and that the vessel was fitted inside to accommo- date five or six hundred men. The cap- tain of the vessel says the instmuctions from his employers directed him to call at Hamburg after leaving the Thames. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is the subject of much severe comment to-day for having declared in a speech last night at Plymouth that he despairéd of over- coming the peril now facing the country in South Africa so long as Chamberiain and Lord Milner retained their present offices. —_—— Great Payment for Timber. MOSCOW, Idaho, Nov. 19.—This morn- ing C. B. Stunenberg, chief clerk of the Idaho State Land Board, received $101,- 652 as final payment for 13,000 acres of white pine timber in the Potlach district sold several months ago by the State of Idah6 to- Henry Turrish and associates of West Superior, Wis. The body of timber sold exceeds 100,000,000 feet. Madrid Students Run Amuck. MADRID, Nov. 19.—Students’ riots have begun in Madrid. To-day the tramways ‘were attacked and attempts were made to set the cars on flre. Several persons ‘were wounded. AT Nty Girls Perish in a Fire. ROME, Nov. 19.—Fire to-day destroyed the Sampler-Darena sugar reflnery at Genoa, the largest in Italy. Two girls lost their lives.