The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1901, Page 21

V4444444444444 4444440 Paoes 21 10 32 e S S S e e a e e St 2 2 O++ 444444444444 44444444440 Pages 21 10 32 R R e S SRR Q44444 + + & + + + + @ b4 3 > Re o - + - + + - s N " VOLUME XC-NO. 177. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEM BER 24, 1901—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS TO BE EXPENDED IN BUILDING THE NICARAGUAN WATERWAY ROOSEVELT WILL FAVOR MONROEISM Reference to Doctrine to Accompany Plea for Big Navy. Does Not Intend to Comply With Britain’s Request to Define Policy. Coming Message, However, Contains the Usual Warning to European Nations to Keep Hands off America. sage that the navy be be accompanied by trong references to the of the message which has the Cabinet, the President on of the Mon- by Great Britain. the necessity of vill enable the pro- dencies and com- spect for the Monroe doc- general and Great r are anxious that the uld in black and white e doctrine, the admin: 0Of Advantage to England. administration who ublished this morn- f the principles said be far more : than to the x e Officially, Ger- and the 1406 G STREET, N. | : 23 —President | in his forth- | Great Britain | l | | | | | i | | 1 GOVERNMENT FORCES PREPARING STRONG DEFENSES AT PANAMA, HOURLY EXPECTING AN ATTACK BY THE ADVANCING LIBERALS THREE PROMINENT COLOMBIAN - GENERALS' AND CHARACTER 'OF - COUNTRY WHERE REVOLUTION IS : IN PROGRESS. Big Battle Is Expected CONGRESS T0 PROVIDE FOR GANAL ‘Will Vote an Appropria- tion Sufficient for Construction. Stretch of Twenty-Eight Miles of Great Ditch to Cost Million a Mile. Facts and Figures of the Engineering Features of the Grand Scheme by Which the Atlantic and Pa~ cific Are to Be Joined. —— Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. BDetalls of the grand scheme under which ths United States will build the Nicaragua canal are rapidly becoming known since the Isth- mian Canal Commission has completad its report and Senators and others have been taken into the confidence of mem- bers of the million dollar board. The Call is able to-day to present facts and figures of the engineering features. Unless a legislative miracle happens Con-~ gress will this winter vote to comstruct the canal at a cost of $189,000,000. This will include two great harbors—one at Greytown, on the Atlantic or Carribean end of the canal, and the other at Brito, at the Pacific end—for a canal of eight locks and ome enormous dam at Con- 4 to utter no other defi- chuda, on the San Juan River, several which was promulgated | ;ue- above the mouth of the Carlos | ver. ‘Wide Entrance Provided. Greytown harbor and the entrance to the canal will cost §2,19,360, and the Brito harbor and entrance $1,509,410. As the canal is to have a depth of thirty-five feet, it is necessary that the harber and entrance should have the same. It is proposed to have the harbors at either end of the canal protected by jetties 3500 feet long. These jetties will be construct- ed of loose stone and will be six feet above water. The entrance will be 0 feet wide and of thirty-five feet depth. Much more dredging will be necessary at Greytown than at Brito. The sand movement at Brito will be less than at : : e on Railroad Bridge il B 15 ik e s E Apribovayagre § will Fo far less. Within the harbors e < gl oo Near Panama. Tl e o g Do ok B et ar: ces for the prote A oad must be built for about 100 " e ory and her colo. mf ¢s. This raillroad will cost, it is esti- is not believed that n Great Britain and important in such one of Great Brit- and if Ger- she would at mmediately aris tes permit German ies ty rice was requested the United nds against th America, re- General Alban’s Defeat at Chorrera Is R =P ported to Have Been Disastrous. OLON, Nov. 23.—Residents of Pan- ama are now in a state of keen anxiety in anticipation of an at- tack on the city by the revolu- tionists, who are on the outskirts of the city. The Government force is working with alacrity to prepare for a | stout defense. Barricades are being pu- General Alban is back again in Panama. | He returned from Chorrera on the Colom- | bian gunboat Boyaca. ' It is now gener- | ally believed that the Government troops | suffered a serious repulse near Chorrera. | According to reliable advices the repulse was attended by heavy losses to the Gov- ernment force. General Alban has not, ‘Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. schooners, but the men refused to go. The Liberals say that 300 men of Alban's force were captured, and that the prisoners de- cided to join fortunes with the Liberal cause. Survivors Go to the City.¢ Just how many men Generai A.ban has left of the original force which left Pan- ama last Sunday is a.mystery, but it is believed that the survivors of the expe- dition will soon return to Panama to de- fend the city. The United States gunboat Concord has arrived at Panama. etta has also reached here. There %re now two United States warships on either The gunboat Mari-_ — Many of the Federal Troops Captured Liberals Join the Insurgent Army. added that a commission will be sent to Bocas del Toro to advise the surrender of that place to the Liberals. ! The situation here is still quiet. The | merchants of Colon are pleased at acts | T'of the new government. All of the export | duties have been removed and the import duties have been reduced one-half. Traflic | trains during the night. They have not forgottef how a thousand Government re- inforcements from Cartagena were rushed to.Panama during the night last year and that this was the crowning cause of the defeat of the revolutionists. More Marines at Colon. mated, $73,000 a mile, and its total cest will be §7,515,000. This is understood to be exclusive of equipment. A branch of this road will also have to be run from the main line to the proposed great Con- chuda dam. Dam to Regulate Flow. This dam is to regulate the flow of the San Juan River in wet and dry seasons and this is to be done,by means of great gates and slulces. A force will have to be copstantly on watch for floods and be | ready at a minute’s notice to put the ma- | chinery in operation which will let the surplus water out or keep the needed water impounded. This dam, including | sluices and machinery, is to cost not to 2 with- | UP near the police station and in the main | given out amy account -1 the fighting, an3 | Side of the isthmus. Warships of other | . "y " on o R RN COD R WASHINGTON, Nov. Z.—Just before | . 4 44017,660. There is also to be an & into | Streets which lead outsiae of the city. that fact is taken as cinfirmation of the | powers are arriving here. The British > the Navy Department closed to-day & | . ino. o '“osteway, ineluding stulces and . | Europe | Special efiorts are bemng directed to th: | story of a revolutionary victory. The best | cruiser Tribune and the French cruiser Prevent Running of Speciais. cablegram was recelved announcing the | approach channels to the dam, which will 5 ertake war, for | allroad bridge, which is being strongly |insurgent advices are that two schooners | Suchet are now in port. The steamer Canada, Belonging to the | arrival of the gunboat Marietta at Colon, | '\ e o5 gm0 N get at either fortified. Two large guns have been |which conveyed part of Alban's forea | The Suchet reports that ?he Colombian | Compagnie Generale Transatlantique | where she has joined the gunboat Ma- Lock No. 1, cluding excavation, will - 2 1 could |moved to the bridge. It is anticipated | grounded near Chorrera and that the rev- | warship General Pinzon, which hastily de- | from Havre, is the first steamer that has cma.sh The Marjetta was sent down to | cost $5719,68. Then Zollows a stretch of on that we | tBat In case of an attack atéthe bridge, | olutionists fired upon the vessels. parted from this port on the evening of.| entered the port under the new regime. | relieve the Machias, but both vessels | ™ o oo siznt miles, costing about e forci- or under any other g s ef- country e said emph attempt on the part of other nation to occup; t Indies would be resisted, left it to be inferred that a similar d have to be observed in the de w COLONEL McCOOK MAY ENTER CABINET Z¢ Is Reported That the Noted Cor- poration Lawyer Will Succeed Enox as Attorney. General. ASHINGTON, Nov. 2—It is reported ight on what appears to be reliable that William 8. Knox of Pitts- orney General of the United whom President McKinley ap- when Griggs resigned, intends to Cabinet soon, and that Colonel n McCook, was men- y as a possible successor to urphy as Police Commissioner. was offered three Cabinet posi- ing the lifetime of President Mc- G o power as | because it commands the entrance to the city, the heaviest fighting will take placa. Barricades are being eerected on the left Several boats’ crews from the Boyaci | started to go to the assistance of the grounded schooners. A terrible fire 'was the capture by insurgents, was at Car- tagena on November 21. The Call correspondent had an interview She will sail for Savanilla to-day. There | is much conjecture as to how her papers will be received on her arrival there. |.at Colon, probably for some time. Marietta is commanded by Commander | will under present circumstances remain The | $1,000,000 per mile. Leaving the river at this point of de- parture from the lake, the course will | side of the bridge and along the railroad |directed upon the crews, causing many |to-day with Colonel Barrera, who is in| The Liberals along the line of the rail- | Francis H. Delano and carfles a marine | |\ v seross Lake Nicaragua for fifty line. | casualties. The boats then returned to | command of the revolutionists here. He | road nightly tie the ralls here and there | Suard of a dezen men. | and a half miles. Nine miles beyond the The Liberals are incensed at the fortify- | the Boyaca. said that he is expecting the arrival at | after the passage of the evening train, re- | At the Colombian legation no informa- lake the plans of the commission bring ing along the railroad, and it is said ave | General Alban ordered the crews to |any heur of Generals Domingo Diaz n;? moving the obstructions before morning, | tion was recelved to-day in regard to the | tpe camal to lock No. 5. Here very ex- anxious to storm Panama. make another attempt to reach the|Lugo with strong insurgent forces. thus hindering the running of special | situation on the isthmus. | tensive work has to b done. The exea- i et e e, @ | vation Decomes very heavy as the divide ASN’T THEIR DANCE AND NOW THEY'RE DEAD Pistol to Keep the Programme Straight. PUEBLO, Colo., Nov. 28.—At 10 o'clock to-night Farrin Gonzales and Jose Marti- nez, Mexicans, were Loth shot and in- | stantly killed by Antorio Tata at a dan st Salt Creek, two and a half miles from Pueblo. Gonzales and Martinez wanted to dance and Tata, who was master of ceremonies, objected. It is alleged that the two men attacked Tata, when the lat- ter drew a pistol and shot Gonzales threa times and Marrinez twice. Both were in- stantly killed. Tata wag arrested and brought to jail at Puei.lo. SUGAR INVITATIONS NOT FOR UNCLE SAM United States Is to Take No Part in the Conference at Brussels. | resented is doubtful, as she has opposed the suppression of sugar bounties, France, on the other hand, has Intimated through diplomatic channels that she will 1 consent to a suppression of the bounties. Colorado Master of Ceremonies Uses a CHINESE WILL EAVE SCHOOLS IN TEE EMPIRE Students Are to Be Sent Abroad for Education in Industrial Science. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—The State Department has received from Minister Conger at Peking translations of two im- perial edicts providing for the establish- ing of schools throughout the Chinese Empire and ordering the viceroys and governors to select and send students abroad to be educated in special branches of industrial science. One of the edicts stipulates that after Chinese sent abroad for this purpose shall have obtained their diplomas and returned to China, the vice- roys, governors and literary chancellors of the provinces concerned shall examine them and find out whether their knowl- edge really corresponds with the state- ments mad® in their diplomas. If 8o, the student passes on to the Board of For- elgn Affairs for further examination, and if this board finds him thoroughly equipped it is to memorialize the throne and request that honors be conferred der. Berious conflicts, in which many werc injured, occurred Jlast night and this morning between Catalan and Castilian students. ROBEMAKERS BUSY \ FOR THE CORONATION Earl Marshal Makes a Display of the Crimson Velvet That Is Required. LONDON, Nov. 23.—Active preparations are on foot for the coronation of King Edward. The Duke of Norfolk, heredi- tary Earl Marshal and Premier Duke and Earl, this morning summoned well-known London costume makers to Norfolk House, where, spread out on wicker frames, were specimens of the robes to be worn by the peers and peeresdes at the next year's great function. This inspection, which was superintend- ed by the Duke, was to enable the cos- tumers to get the exact tint of the crim- son velvet, the position of the Minerver and ermine and other details for the all- important making of the robes, on which work will now be started in earnest. The British Museum has been besieged by those who are searching the records for notes of the dresses and regulations of previous coronations. oflices of the Vicereine, who, when in England recently, showed the Queen some priceless Delhi embroidery and so stimu- lated royal interest as to cause the pres- lent order to be given. | CHEMICAL EXPLOSION ENDS INVENTOR’S LIFE Eritish Steamship Para Is Damaged by Wreck of a New Ap- paratus. i ST. THOMAS, D. W. 1., Nov. 23.—News has just reached here from Barbadoes that the royal mail steamer Para has just put in there damaged to such an extent that she cannot proceed to Eng- land. The Para has lately been fitted with the mew Lawton fruit’ preserving process to compete in the fruit trade. She reports that, November 21, while on her way from Jamaica to Barbadoes, the reserve supply of certain chemicals used in reducing temperatures to preserve fruit exploded, killing Lawton, the in- ventor of the process, and two others, and injuring the captain of the ship and several of the crew. The explosion so wrecked the after part of the vessel that she is unable to proceed on her voyage. Chief Steward a Smuggler. NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—The Journal and Advertiser will say to-morrow: Willlam the city Is said by the customs officials to be implicated with Volkmar and will, it is sald, be proceeded against by civil sult. The specific charge is that Volkmar SOLDIERS WILL MAKE TROUBLE FOR SULTAN Men Who Bsar Arms in Turkey Want Pay for Their 4 Services. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 23.—Never has the Turkish Government been in such financial straits as at the present time. It is impossible. to see how the expenses of the Ramazan and Bairam, due in De- cember and January, involving £360,000, can be met. The Ottoman Bank utterly refuses to | make any more advances, and the penury | is so acute that even the troops in many of the provinces are unpaid. The conse- quence is that there have been mutinies in several districts. Hostile demonstra- tions here recently have only been quicted by the authorities scraping together a few thousand plasters as something on ac- count. The discontent in the army forms the real danger of the situation. VESSEL IS TOSSED BY FURIOUS TEMPEST German Craft Flottbek Battles With Breakers on the Atlantic save herself from being beached at a late hour to-night about one-third of a mile off shore, between North Long Branch and Monmouth Beach. smuggled violet essence and musk into Hoboken on the 19th of last July. Grave fears are entertained by Captain Lockwood and his crew of the life-sav- ing station at Monmouth Beach. | beyona the lake is cmbed, and it has been found necessary to construct enor- mous receiving basins to intercept the Rio Grande, Las Lajas and Chocolaie | rivers. The total cost of the expenditure | at this point will be more than 324,500,000 The Drop to the Pacific. The caral is now very near the Pacific | side and the drop new begins. To loca No. 6 is only a distarce of about a mile. | The excavaticn and le~k will cost about $1,500,00. To lock No. 7 the distance ‘s | less than two miles, and the work will | swell the cost $7,000,00¢ more. The next rapld step down the Pacific slope is to | lock No. § and the last two miles and a | half, which will cost the Governmenr- | nearly $6,000,000. This lock will bring ship- | ping within a mile an4 « quarter of Brito | and into salt water, practically to the end | of the canal. The' length of the canal will be 183.68 | miles. There are several deep cuts on the | canal. Near the Conchuda dam the depth | wint be at one peint more than 200 feet. | The' cut at Tamborcito, twenty-six miles from Greytown, is to be the deepest of Yall. The canal will Fave a system of double locks, so that i case one is diga- ration lawyer, will succeed him Bruxelles says official invitations to the —_— Delhl a quantity of the finest embroldery, | steward cn the Graf Waldersee of the & & ommerce will not be interrupted. McCook is one of the most | sugar conference, the date for which has Serious Conflicts in Spain. for which the {on‘ner capital of India is | Hamburg-American line, was yesterday LO!\? BRANCH, N. J, Nov. 2.— ¢ b ent corporation lawyers in the | been definitely set as December 16, will| BARCELONA, Nov. 23, via Cereboro, | so famous, which will adorn her Majesty's (Saturday) arrested in Hoboken, charged s;“m; om: e :mmae ache French Miners Await Action. es, and for several years has | be issued on Monday. The United States | France—The disorders are increasing and | robes at the coronation ceremonies. This | with smuggling. i e e Gurman shin ] TR TRiY. S i R M ed with the regular organiza- | will not be invited to take part in the | the Government Is stopping telegrams and | action, which has produced the greatest| A prominent perfume manufacturer of | was laborine hard sssinee ol sdac ['soat mitaes f {he Depertmest ot the York City, His brother, | conference. Whether Russia will be rep- | taking military measures to maintain or- | satisfaction in India, is due to the good P Nord has been ended by a resolutiom | adopted to-night to resume work Monday iand to await general action, a decision | regarding which has been referred to tha congress of the federation, which will probably be held In January,