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

VOLUME XCL-NO 12, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1901. MME. NORDICA, NOTED SINGER, WILL SUE THE UNITED STATES FOR THREE OR FOUR MILLIONS Claims the Money Is Due Her as Direct Descendant of Ichabod Norton, a Wealthy New Englander, Who, During the Revolu- tionary War, Had Several Ships and Their Cargoes Confiscated b — TWO-EVED PEACOCK || FEATHER 15 GWEN NOTORIOUS YUNG LU Chinese Governmeént Rewards § | | | General Who Is Regarded as Author of the Anti- Foreign Outbreaks. | G, Dec. 1L—An edict has ap-| bestows honors upon the Chapg and upon Prince Meials their par- peace negotiations. which for A le clause awards Yung Lu the be disciplined troops which opposed the allies) the two- eved p her for having protect- ed for the Boxers from Shanghal iate ust, 1900, that, according to writ- ten evidence which was then coming to General Lu was the real reign outbreaks in Yung I Vicero, who is of Pe- the Chinese nerly he time of the Empress Dowager's’ coup d'etat Yung Lu saved the life of the > raj ise of unprecedented n - years he rose command to the Viceroyship and the | command in the empire. Yung Lu was the Chinese Imperial 'I‘reas-‘ the time of the Boxer outbreak. | He was appointed a Peace Commissioner in September, 1900 SPEAKER HENDERSON [ RESIGNS FROM A CLUB| Alleged Violation of 2 Rule the Cause | of Trouble at the Metro- politan. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Speaker Hen derson of the House has resigned from | the Metropolitan Club. No official state- | ment has been made as to his reason for | this action, but it is learned that he ob- jected to the manner in which his atten- tion was recently called to one of the rules of the club affecting the rights of | members to invite their friends to the club. It is said that Speaker Henderson had disobeyed this rule, of the existence of which bhe was ignorant. His attention was called to his oversight and he became offended at the manner in which it was brought to his notice. He thereupon pre- sented his resignation and it was cepted. ac- L RN L DOWN-COAST CITIES FEEL AN EARTHQUAKE | Lick Observatory Reports the Shock | to Be the Most Severe in | Years. | SAN JOSE, Dec. 11.—The following is| from Director W. W. Campbell of Lick | Observatory, Mount Hamilton: “The most severe earthquake shock felt here during the past six or eight years occurred this afternoon at 1 o'clock 58 minutes and 23 seconds. For-| tunately no damage was done. The pre- | vailiny motion of the earth was from the northwest to the southeast.” ‘ In this city during the earthquake large buildings swayed. No damage was done. SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 11.—An earthquake shock was felt here at 1:57 o'clock this afternoon. | attempted to arrest a bunko steerer, Sid | Preacher, | bal been watching him closely during the | der he went to | the deputy chief of police for J. J. Brock- — IOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 11.—From relatives of Mme. Nordica, whom she visited while in this city a few days ago, it is learned that she has placed with ex-Speaker Thom- as B. Reed and another prominent attorney a claim for between three and four million dollars, which she says is due her as a direct descendant of Icha- bod Norton. Norton was a wealthy New England ship owner during the Revolu- tionary War and had several ships and their cargoes confiscated by French ves- sels. The Government is said to have se- cured indemnity for the loss, but Nordica claims the amount Norton or his heirs. was never paid to She says she has established a complete genealogy show- ing herself to be the direct descendant and heir to Norton. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NOTED OPERA SINGER AND THE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE , WHO WILL ACT AS HER ATTOR- NEY IN A BIG SUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. ot THPLE THGEDY URING CARNAL | N A TEAAS TOWN Bunko Steerer Is Slain After He Had Mortally Wounded | Two Policemen Who { Tried to Arrest Him. HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 1.—When Po- liceman J. C. James and Herman Younst this the latter | pened fire with a shotgun. At the first fire he mortally wounded James, He then | fired at Younst, knocking him down and was on top of him beating him when James raised himself from the gutter and fired three times, killing Preacher. Both James and Younst were dead be- fore assistance came. There is great ex- citement over the matter, as this is car- | nival week and the town is crowded with people. Preacher was well known to the police and had been arrested frequently. They afternoon, With a shotgun on his shoul- the police to-day and complained that they were interfering in his business. The police attempted to arrest him, when he opened fire on them. Several hundred people saw the duel. To-night a warrant was sworn out by | carnival. man, Preacher’s attorney, charging him with murder, and he has been jailed. It is charged by the police that the attor- ney advised Preacher to use a shotgun in case any attempt was made to arrest him. Late in the afternoon a boy with two shotguns and a large number of buckshot cartridges, which he said he was carrying to Brockman's office, was arrested. Tragedy Occurs in a Hotel. GUTHRIE, O. T., Dec. 1L.—Dick Tittle was shot and instantly killed at the Holmes Hotel in Shawnee to-night by Berry Griffin, and the latter made good his escape. The trouble originated from the attempt of the landlady to eject Tit- tle from the hotel. EX-SENATOR WoLcoTT + AND' DIVORCED WIFE BECOME RECONILED Mrs. Roosevelt Brings Abcut the Reunion of the Couple Who Separated Two Years Ago. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, Dec. 1L—Former United States Senator Wolcott has let contracts for $10,000 worth of improvements on Wol- hurst, his beautiful country home, ten miles south of Denver, and his intimate friends say that his purpose is to fit the place up to receive there his former wife, who is at present the guest of Mrs, The: odore Roosevelt at the White House. The story comes from Washington that Mrs. Roosevelt, who often visited at Wol- hurst when the Senator and his wife [ lived together, has interested herself to effect a reconciliation between the two, and has been successful. Mrs. Wolcutt. who as Mrs. Lyman K. Bass, wife 01" President Cleveland's law partner, mar- ried the Senator folirteen years ago, se- cured a divorce from him about two years since on the ground of incompatibility. She then went abroad and but recently re- | turned. Mrs. Roosevelt gave a dinner in her honor last night, and it was there an- nounced that a reunion was early proba- ble. Senator Wolcott is actively engaged in the practice of law here. —_— Ask Clemency for the Girl. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1L—The applica- tion for clemency in the case of Miss Eastwick, the American girl confined in prison in London for “raising” a railroad bond, has been forwarded to the United States Embassy at London, and Mr. ‘White, the secretary and Charge, will do all in his power to ameliorate the condi- tion of the prisoner. The British Gov- ernment has, it is said, been very indul- gent in this case, and there is every rca- son to expect that it will continue to be 80, x| | | Rosebery been | KITCHENER A3 BOERS ARE SAVAGE Declares That Natives Are Being Shot in Cold Blood. Alleges Murders Are Commit- ted to Hide Movements of Commandoes. In Speaking of This Report War Secretary Brodrick Says the Re- publican Forces Disregard the Lawd cf War. LONDON, Dec. 1l.—Lord Kitchener's promised report specifying thirty-seven instances in which natives have been shot by Boers and which involve the loss of eighty-four lives, was issued by the War Office to-night. In some of the cases mentioned the blacks were shot after an informal court- martial or upon being accused of spying, but in numerous instances which Lord | Kitchener indicated the natives were shot | in cold blood in order to hide traces of | the movements of Boer commandoes. The | period covered by Lord Kitchener's state- | ment is over a vear. Speaking at Glasgow to-night Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, referred to. Lord Kitchener's report upon the | PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHILE IS SEEKING A DELAY IN THE SETTLETIENT OF THE CONTROVERSY WITH ARGENTINE State of Affairs Between the Two South American Republics Is Decidedly Strained, and Both Appear to Be Preparing Their Forces for the War Which Now Seems to Be Unavoidable UENOS AYRES, Argentina, Dec. 11.—In official circles there is a growing conviction that Chile is seeking a pretext to escape from giving a definite reply to Argen- tina’s proposals for a settlement of the dispute in regard to roads and pathways opened in the disputed territory. This be- lef is based upon the request by Chile for a postponement of the next conference be- tween Senor Yanez, Chilean Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and the Argentine Min- ister to Chile, Senor Portela, until next Friday. It is generally believed that the dispute will not be settled on that day; that Ar- gentina will be forced to recall Minister Portela; that the Government will send troops to occupy the roads and pathways in the disputed territory, and that a stata- ment will be made to King Edward of shooting of. blacks by the Boers. Brod- rick sald that this report made it per- | fectly clear that these murders were fiot | committed in moments of passion, but | were part of an organized system to cover | the tracks of the enemy and prevent pos- | sible information of their whereabouts. i Dealing with present aspects of the war | Brodrick said Boers had accepted parole | and broken it and that there wouid be no | repetition of such actions. Within recent | weeks Boer commanders had shown less‘ regard for the laws of war than previous- | ly and these bindits would before long | reach a crisis when they could no longer | be treated as belligerents. | No Half Measures. 1 The speaker said that the Government | was for no half measures for securing | a settlement and that any fresh negotia- tions must emanate from the Boers. Referring critically to the dissensions in the Liberal party Brodrick created | amusement by declaring that had Lord | Premier the Liberals | would have had a right to his counsel, | since the captain could not withdraw and | sulk in his cabin during rough weather, especially if the first mate had turned pirate and was engaged in looting the cargo. Brodrick confirmed the Government’s decision, which had already been an- nounced, viz.: To break up the unhealthy | concentration camps and remove the over- flow of concentrados to the coast, where | attempts would be made to provide them | with more permanent shelters. | “Now that General Ian Hamilton is | here,” the Pretoria correspondent of the | Daily Telegraph cables, “Lord Kitchener | has personally taken the field and is di- ! recting the movements of the troops. | A correspondent of the Standard, tele- graphing from Brussels, says that he hears that confidential negotiations are imminent between Great Britain and Hol land which are not unlikely to result in an arrangement for bringing Boer women and children to Holland. | Boer Command Captured. Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Standerton, Transvaal Colony, dated Tuesday, December 10, announces that General Bruce Hamilton, after a night | march, surprised and captured practically | the whole of the Boer Bethel command | at Trichardsfontein early that morning. Seven Boers were killed and 131 were made prisoners. UTRECHT,, Dec. 11.—Paul Kruger, for- mer President of the South African rc- public, has arrived here and has taken possession of his new residence. Kruger, who appeared to be in excellent health, reéelved a great ovation from crowds of people. Chamberlain Is Denounced. BERLIN, ‘Dec. 1l—An anti-British mass meeting at Munich to-day was at- tended by several thoueand people, in- cluding a number of Bavarian Deputies. Violent addresses were made denouncing Secretary Chamberlain, and a resolution was adopted calling on the Relchstaz and the Government to take the initiattye in an effort to terminate the war in Soufh Africa. The 'soclalists of Germany are taking advantage of the ill feeling against Great Britain throughout the country for the purpose of harassing the Government. This they effect by demanding that the Reichstag shall propose joint interven- tion in South Africa to the other powers. Hungary Favors Britain. BUDAPEST, Dec. 11.—Replying in the Hungarian Diet to-day to a demand that the shipment of horses from Hungary to South Africa be stopped, the Premier; Kalofna de Szel, declared the question whether horses were regarded as war ma- terial and to supply them constituted a violation of neutrality had never yet been decided; hence the Government did not intend to stop the trafic. While *ully sympathizing with the Boers, saic iie Premier, the questioner ought to have realized the impropriety of abusing tha “British, who, in difficult times, had shown their sympathy for Hungary. The Brit- ish nation, he added, deserved Hungary’s esteem. The Premier’s statement was approved ik herimeigiis of tho Flouss.. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 11.—The Nipper Con- solidated Copper Company of New York City PALACE o vzro’ A | Rocca -3 * Great Britain, arbitrator of the boundary question. The Government in acceding to the -e- quest of Chile that the next conference between Secretary Yanez and Minister Portela be delayed until Friday expressed the hopé that a settlement of the dispu would take place on that day. The seri- ousness of the situation is apparent from statements made in the Tribuna, Pres dent Rocea’s organ. That newspaper re- flects the opinion in official circles. It says: Grave Condition Exists. “The day has passed with several meet- ings of the officials of the administration. There is strict secrecy observed regarding the deliberations in these meetings, and this leads to the belief that a very grave condition of affairs exists. «The Minister of Foreign Affairs has communicated to the President the report of the Governor of Santa Cruz, which shows that the invaders of Argentine ter- ritory were two Chilean police agents. Tt is sald that the Government received to-day another communication from the Argentina Minister at Santiago. The con- tents of this communication are belng kept secret, but there are indications that it contains alarming news, and that the Government is obliged to adopt the firm- est measures. “It looks as though the first measure to be taken will be the recall of the Ar- gentine Minister to Chile. “Are we on the verge of war? We hesi- tate to believe it, but it is certainly true that the Government of Chile is not firm enough to decide the question in accord- ance with reason and dignity. «This is very bad. The Argentine Gov- ernment cannot adopt the Chilean policy of withholding a decision. We will, there- fore, be obliged to break off diplomatic relations with Chile and to accept the situation which, though not a war, is not very far from it.” ‘War Preparations Made. Another Buenos Ayres paper announces that a private dispatch had been received from a banking house in Santiago de Chile to the effect that President Errazuriz is disposed to obtain an early settlement of the dispute in order to avoid a conflict, but that the members of the Chilean Cab- inet are in a different mood. The dis- patch adds that the United States Minis- ter in Chile has tendered the good offices was incorporated to-day with a capital of $8,750,000. J _of his Government to prevent hostilities between Argentina and Chile. The newspaper in commenting upon this dispatch says: “We know that the United States Min- ister. in Santiago (Henry L. Wilson) is not a friend of the Argentine republic. ‘Our Government will not accept any for- It has dectded upon that | eign mediation. policy.” Military and naval preparations are be- ing made to meet emergenctes. The Min- ister of Marine has ordered the training- ship Sarmiento, which has been at Alex- andria, Egypt, to go to Gibraltar and await there for further instructions. 'The Sarmiento sailed yesterday. Negotiations are taking place for the purchase of two iron merchant vessels to be converted into auxiliary cruisers. The budget commission submitted yes- terday to the Chamber 'of Deputies a report of Government expenditures, which amounted (o 32,444,663 pesos gold and 97,206,912 pesos paper. T PEZET QUOTES PRESIDENT. Shows Lack of Sympathy for Chils’s Aggressive Policy. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 1l.—President Roosevelt has been quoted by Senor Pe- zet, Charge d’Affaires of Peru, in a bock on the Tacna-Arica dispute, which he has just published, to show the lack of sympathy felt by the chief executive for the aggressive policy adopted by Chile to- ward Peru. “WIill Chile be allowed to wreck the work that Blaine initiated and of which McKinley was a continuator?” asks Pe- zet, “‘or are we, in the words of President Roosevelt, ‘to stand shoulder to shoulder and work out our own salvation, not al- lcwing any territorial aggrandizement on this continnent by any Old World power and scrupulously regarding rights and in- terests of each other on this continent,’ so that instead of any one of us commit- ting the criminal fault of trying to rise at the experwe of our neighbors we shall all strive upward in honest and manly ‘brotherhood 7™ Senor Pezet's book is a translation of. the work of Dr. Victor M. Mauctua, Con- sul General of Peru at the City of Mex- ico, to which He has added later observa- | tions so that the history of the Tacna- Arica dispute is brought up to date. The author stated that during the days he has labored upon his book he has derived - CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF THE TWO SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS ON THE VERGE OF WAR. e — no small consolation and enmergy to help him carry out his undertaking for the unmistakable proofs of sympathy that his | country has received from all classes in the United States. He accused Chile, when the battle began over the pre- gramme of the Pan-American Congress, of sending well selected agents to all the principal American States and inaugurat- ing a thorough plan of undermining the actual currents of sympathy in these countries wWhere Bolivian and Peruvian interests were less known and where the consequences of the Tacna-Arica contre- versy would necessarily cause no immedi- ate effect. EEEPING UP WITH ARGENTINE. Chile Will Call Into Service Two Forces of Conscripts. VALPARAISO, Dec. 11.—The Chilean Government will call into service two forces of conscripts as a result of similar action on the part of Argentine. Nothing has happened in the last few da¥s to jus- tify the alarming reports sent out regard- ing the relations between Argentina and Chile. The Argentine Minister, Senor Portela, will not be recalled as has been reported, but will return home when the present negotiations are concluded. The alarming rumors are spread chiefly by unscrupulous stock brokers and pros- pective army purveyors in Argentina and Chile. LAWMAEKERS TO TALK OF CRUSHEING ANARCHY Judiciary Committee Will Hold a Meeting to Formulate Legisla- tion Against Assassins. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1l.—Judge Ray, chairman of the Judiciary Committeé, has called a meeting of that committee for to-morrow, when the important questions of restricting anarchy and anarchists and ot formulating an anti-trust measure will be discussed. In view of the President's recommendations bLoth of these subjects are considered of the first importance. Measures for dealing with anarchy are before the committee. As to the antl- trust legislation conferences will be held with the President and Speaker Hender- son, with a view of determining along ‘what lines it is desirable to progeed with this subject. Chairman Hepburn has called a meeting of the Committee on Interstate and For- eign Commerce for Friday, when some plans for isthmian canal legislation will be formulated. Hepburn said to-day that he saw no reason why the Nicaragua canal bill could not be reported to the House by next Tuesday, but he will not ask the House to act upon the measure until after the pending Hay-Pauncefote treaty is ratified by the Senate. The River and Harbor Committee will meet next week and shape a programme for considering a river and harbor bill