The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 23, 1901, Page 1

B [ VOLUME XCL—-NO 23, SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1901. ARGENTINA AND CHILE EAGER FOR WAR WALLS FALL -UPON SCORES OF WORKERS Fire in a Mexican City Costs Forty-Five Lives. Pacatecas Market-House Col- lapses While Flames Are Raging. SHeat Drives Back Rescuers and Pre- vents the Succoring of Victims Entombed in Blazing Ruins, SAN ANTO? apse of 10, Texas, Dec. 22.—By the ty Ma House in forty lives have been han & score of persons se- of them so badly cannot recover. Fifteen bodies tak the ruins.and a Jarge force is at work clearing away the Gebris though any of those caught Mexico. some have been from in order to recover others no hope that there in the collapse of the big structure will be found alive. It is impossible at this time to learn: the names of the victims. Among those entombed were several offi- th the management of the bu! The market house was one of the larg- dings in Zacatecas and was owned the city. Its lower portion was com- posed chiefly of cold storage cellars, in which the merc s stored their perishable g i 1t was in the base- ment section t e fire started. The flames had gained such headway that the ing was seen to be doomed rts of the firemen and citi- & goods in the e basement cted to sav and on the P28 wrere busily ‘ormed Into ganes and engaged in the work of sav- when rads of ing good the entire superstructure we fiames not been the cries was no hope rtment is poor- y of water in- nce could itself out, leav- the bodies = one of the hand- city and was the munici- of growing $150,000 and merchandise It tho of dollars. was of the chie rces of revenue for city. The insurance on it was light c s @oubtful if it will be rebuilt. CHANGE IN CORONATION ROBES CAUSES TROUBLE Court Ladies Who Have Already Or- dered Costly Garments Resent the Order. LONDON, Déc. 22.—The Earl Marshal's order changing the peeresses’ coronatio robes, w r commended, has created no le consternati among those who ready ordered these cost- Iy garmen rs that the change was due to the 1 action of King Edward, who ha ached on the subject by m declared thelr Tob irely gorgeous s which were to The new robes a long train and with the skirt loop- ver cape ma e back caught up with bows, so as to show the wh underdress, which is edged with miniver. Though the chan doubtless su most of them, it has put | court dressers in a quandary, for seve work on many of the robes had already interesting report is in circulation Queen Alexandra will be attended four Duchesses and wearing their 3 Those selected are , be the Duchesses of Marlborough, Southerland and Portland. The Royal Academy has prepared a unique present to the King and Queen in honor of their accession to the throne. The we members of the academy have nted a water color of uniform gize. These pictures are now being pri- exhibited in Burlington House prior to their presentation to the King and Queen Montrose each Dz atel) France and Italy Sign Treaty. -TENNA, Dec. 22—The Allgemeine Zeitung asserts that France and -Italy have concluded a formal treaty which en- ables Italy to declare a formal protecto- Tate over Tripoll, the spreading of | ied beneath | < possible an | Iis doing us an injury abroad. AND GERMANS T GHLEY GASE T0 BE FOUGHT N GONGRESS Democrats Hope to In- Jjure Popularity of Roosevelt. Grooming the Santiago Hero for the Presidential Nomination. Friends of Dewey and Miles Are Also Bending Their Energies Toward the Same Political Goal. it it Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Has Pres} dent Roosevelt succeeded in *“snuffing | out” the Schley controversy? This is the | question that is being asked on all sides | in Washington. Nothing else s talked of | in army, navy and Congressional circles than the sensational rebuke to General | Miles, the demand for Maclay’s resigna- | tion, the rejection of Admiral opinion that Schley was in command at the battle of Santlago and the approval of the findings of the court against Ad- miral Schley. Republican politicians are watching de- velopments with special interest. They believe they see in the controversy the making of a Democratic candidate for President in 1904 Some friends of Rear Admiral Schley favor’ running him for | President and thus seeking vindication at the polls. As a matter of fact there are Democrats who do not want to limit the field of choice to Schley. General Miles and Admiral Dewey have their champions Dewey’s and General Miles is believed to be a | candid the nomination. The pre- | diction is freely made that one of these three will be the Democratic standard- bearer in 1904. | Plans of Schley’s Friends. Rear Admiral Schley occupies the lead- | ing position at present and his friends will let no opportunity pass to further his | popularity. The Schley question will be | coming up in Congress. Re- | in the Senate are afraid of the resolution of Senator Jones of Arkansas. This extends the thanks of Congress to Rear Admiral Schley and the officers and men under his command for the victory The resolution is favored by several Republicans and practically all the Democrats. Other Republicans, who are opposed to the theory of Admiral Dewey that Schley was in supreme com- mand at Santiago, are uneasy lest the resolution should reach a vote, because, for political reasons, they would hesitate | to vote against it. It is expected that the at Santiago. Schley partisans will press it for contid-’ eration in both houses. They want it to | get to the President. They feel that the President will approve the action of Sec- retary Long in indorsing the findings of the court of inquiry. They want to have a resolution of Congress sent to the Presi- dent so that he will have to take the re- sponsibility of vetoing it. Then they want to run Schley against Roosevelt at the | next Presidential election. Veto by Roosevelt Certain. This phase of the controversy has been discu seriously by the party leaders. The situation is bound to have | its embarrassments. Representatives | may hesitate and dodge, but no one who | has studied the President has any doubt | that he would refuse to approve any res- olution of Congress which sought to give the credit for the victory at Santiago to | Schley at the expense of Sampson. sed very General Miles is in New | army headquarters officials are | silent about the Schley case. Officers of | generally approve the ‘ dent’s action in administering a reprimand | to General Miles, and predict that it will | have a good effect throughout the service. Admiral Dewey continues to observe his rule of not discussing the Schley case for publication. A friend acquainted with his views said to-night that the hero of Ma- nila had rather expected the department | to disapprove his action in rendering an opinion on the question of the command during the battle. The admiral regards the approval by Secretary Long of the failure of the majority of the court to sub- mit a finding on the question of the com- mand as a quasi-censure, but is not dis- turbed over it. Seek to Bury the Resolution. One of the most experienced politicians on the Republican side in the Senate said to-day: “I am a Sampson man. I do not think | that Admiral Schley is entitled to any more credit for that ‘battle of Santlago | than any of the captains. Yet I do not | want to vote against a resolution extend- | ing to Schley and the officers and the | men under his command the thanks of the ‘ United States. The Naval Committee will | try to keep the resolution in a pigeon hole. | Whether it can keep it there is a ques- ‘ tion that has been carefully considered. | | *The opposition is not so much against | Admiral Schley as against the proposition to keep this scandal alive. It is time that | it was dropped. It is time to think of | something else. Yet the friends of Schley., | | for the purpose of playing politics, are | | determined to keep the thing going. We ‘ I the army | all realize that it is hurting the navy and This the friends of Schley admit, but they take the position that their man has not had a fair | Alger, MAY EXPEL NATURALIZED AMERIGANG Syrian Authorities Order Them Out of Country. United States Representative Makes Strong Protest to Turkey. —_— Ukase Gives Aliens the Alternative of Renouncing Allegiance to This Government Within Fifteen Days. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 22.—The au- thorities at Beyrout, ria, have notified naturalized American citizens that they must renounce their naturalization within fifteen days, otherwise they will be ex- pelled from Turkey. Spencer Eddy, First Secretary of Legation in Constantinople, has made an energetic protest. He has written the Turkish authorities, demand- ing the withdrawal of the measure. The incident may become serious, owing to the absence of a naturalization treaty. W. W. Peet, treasurer of the Turkish mission in Constantinople, and M. Gar- guilo, dragoman of the United States Le- gation here, are still at Salonica, endeav- oring to open negotiations with the brig- ands who hold captive Miss Ellen M. Stone, and to fix a rendezvous with them. LONDON, Dec. 22.—According to a So- fia dispatch to the Daily Telegraph, an agreement has been reached between the brigands holding Miss Stone captive and | the American legation in Constantinople, under the terms of which the brigands | are to accept £14,000 for the release of Miss Stone. It is said the ransom is to be paid on Bulgarian soil, and that Miss Stone is to be liberated in Turkish terri- tory. . OPERATION PERFORMED UPON GENERAL ALGER Patient’s Condition Is Serious, but Surgeons Believe That He Will Recover. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 22.—An operation was performed to-day on General R. A. former Secretary of War. At 7 o'clock to-night the following bulletin on General Alger’'s condition was issued: “Temperature normal; pulse 74; only slight nausea following the anesthetics. All the symptoms are favorable. “H. W. LONGYEAR, M. D. “C. J. JENNINGS, M. D.” Dr. Longyear, who will spend the nignt with General Alger, said at that hour that there would be no more bulletins to- night unless an entirely unanticipated change should ocecur. “General Alger is in no immediate dan- ger,” said he, “although his condition is serious. His chances for recovery are very. fair.” @ iiiieiieleied it @ show and they are willing to go to any ex- tent to get some sort of vindication in the nd—even if they have to go to the polls at a national election.” Members of Congress on the Republican side profess not to fear Schiey as a can- didate in 1904. They say that the American people will have forgotten all about the controversy by the time the next Presi- dential election comes around and noint to the signs of wearlness on the part of the public already manifest. But they agree that the best thing that can happen is to have the whole thing “snuffed out” and forgotten right now, without waiting for it to die a natural death duringsthe next three years. MACLAY WILL NOT RESIGN. ITaval Historian Says President Is Acting in Dictatorial Manner. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Edward Stanton Maclay, the naval historian, who has been requested to resign as a special laborer in the navy yard because of what he wrote about Schley’s conduct in the Santiago campaign, said to-night that he had nct vet received Secretary Long's letter, but would probably get it to-morrow. Maclay understood, he said, that he had been dis- missed, not requested to resign. “I don’t see,” he sald, “how the Presi- dent of the United States could violate the civil service law by dismissing me. If T understand it, a man regularly in- | stalled under civil service regulations is entitled to an opportunity to answer any charges made against him. As I under- tand it this order is merely a dictatorial order, and I am commanded to get out. No cause or reason is given to me. “If reports are true the decision will af- fect many thousands in the employ of the United States. The President of the United States is coming to a point whers he is establishing a precedent. I don’t ex- actly know the law, but I passed a regu- lar examination with a 70 per cent record and was appointed a special laborer. “It is a most extraordinary case for the President to single me out and tell me to get out. If this is the case civil service is a hollow farce. “President Roosevelt, 1 believe, made his mark as a civil service champion. I have nothing to say about any other part of the question.” Maclay's friends say he doesn’t intend to be kicked out without a fight, and many predict that Roosevelt has a warm proposition to deal with, CLASH OF TWO REPUBLICS NOT FAR DISTANT Santiago Government Will Refuse to Arb.trate. Does Not Want Medi- ation of King Edward. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.— A long step toward war has been taken by Argentina and Chile. Negotiations = between the two governments have been interrupted, the Argentina Minister to Santiago has been o= Mouiid SN\ Reoca B, \ a PRES oF \ ARGENTINE REPUBL IC withdrawn and Argentina has referred the controversy without the consent of Chile to the King of England for arbitra- tion. Confirmation of the dispatch from Buenos Ayres this morning of the with- drawal of the Argentina Minister in San- tiago was received by Senor Infante, the Chilean Charge d'Affaires. Senor In- fante's message read: “Argentina Minister has left Santiago on leave of absence. Secretary of Ar- gentina legation has been designated as Charge d’Affaires.” Senor Garcia Merou, the Argentina Min- ister, supplied The Call to-night with the following translation of a dispatch re- ceived from Senor Alcorta, the Argentina Minister for Foreign Affairs: “All efforts made by this Government to reach an agreement in the diplomatic reclamations presented to -the Chilean Government having proved useless, and after having exhausted all formulas for a solution honorablé to both govern- ments, I communicate to your Excellency the decision of this Government to sus- pend all negotiations with Chile and to refer the matter to his Britannic Majes- ty's Government without altering the stae of peace which exists with the re- public of Chile.” Chile Opposes Arbitration. It is not believed here that Chile will be willing to permit the dispute to be adjudicated by the King of England. In administration circles a painful ap- prehension exists that the peace of South America is on the point of being dis- turbed. Profound excitement prevalils in Argentina, and Chile is wrought to fever pitch. Both countries have been preparing for a conflict. It is believed to-night that the slightest insult offered to diplomatic officers or to the flag of either nation will INDIANA MURDERER FIRES THROUGH WINDOW Assassination of Noblesville Citizen Believed to Be Due to a Love Affair. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 22.—John E. Seay, aged 27, second miller, employed by the Noblesville Milling Company here, was murdered early to-day. ing on a stairway near a window when an unknown person fired a load of buck- shot through the glass, the entire con- tents of the weapon entering Seay's head. William Fodrea, aged 23, son of ex- County Recorder Fodrea, was arrested soon after the tragedy. He strenuously protests his innocence. It is sald Seay and Fodrea were in love with the same girl. COURT GRANTS DIVORCE TO DUCHESS OF HESSE fevers Uncongenial Matrimonial Bonds of Granddaughter of Queen Victoria. DARMSTADT, Dec. 22.—The ~Superior Court has pronounced the separation of the Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse. For months royalty and the nobility of He was rest- X3 o+ = PRESIDENTS OF QUARRELING REPUBLICS AND THE POSSI- BLE MEDIATOR. E3 <3 precipitate war. The situation is likened to that which prevailed in the United States and Spain just before hostilities were begun. War Spirit in Argentina. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 22.—General Mitre, president of the Boundary Com- mission and former President of Argen- tina, will approve the resolution of the Argentina Government to withdraw Senor Portela, the Minister to Chile, to Argen- tina. The people are flocking to-the public rifle ranges. Each citizen is allowed to shoot thirty-five cartridges from a Mauser rifle. “Foreign legions” of soldiers are being organized. It is calculated here that 80,000 men will answer the first call for soldiers. These men are ready to undertake any duty. There is, furthermore, a reserve of 30,00) young men. The energetic stand of the Government is enthuslastically supported by public opinion. dals that involve granddaughters of the late Queen Victoria. The unhappy mari- tal relations of the Crown Princess of Roumania have been the subject of much gossip and an early separation is ex- pected. Now the other daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh has been freed from uncongenial matrimonial bonds. The present Grand Duke of Hesse is a son of Grand Duke Ludwig IV and Prin- cess Alice, second daughter of the late Queen Victoria: He and the Duchess are cousins. LAl SETS FIRE TO HOUSE #HOLDING HIS CAPTIVES Wisconsin Highwayman Attempts Murder of Two Boys by Awful Means. EAU CLAIRE, Wis., Dec. 22.—Seybreth and Bonell, boys aged 13 and 15 years re- spectively, who had been in the woods for Christmas greens, returned exhausted to- night and said that a highwayman had assaulted and robbed them. The man had, they asserted, strapped them together, put gags in their mouths, locked them in an abandoned summer-house and set fire to the house. The boys freed themselves after a desperate struggle and escaped. England have been interested in two scan-| Both were severely injured. | that, The Buenos Ayres Herald expresses its approval of the recall of the Argentina Minister to Chile. The paper does not believe this step necessarily means war. It says, however, that the Argentina Gov- ernment could not follow a more dignified course of action. The Herald speaks glow- ingly of the power and present state of organization of the Argentina navy. Senor Concha Subercaseaux, the Chilean Minister here, had a conference yester- day with General Roca, President of Ar- gentina. General Roca's demeanor to the Chilean Minister was cold and he spoke with energy. The conference became a little violent in character. General Roca severely criticized the proceedings of the Chilean administration. Minister Portela’s Departure. VALPARAISO, Dec. Senor Portela, Argentina Minister to Chile, will leave here on Wednesday for Buenos Ayres. The negotiations between Argentina and Chile probably will be continued through Secretary of the Legation Bancas. The retirement of Senor Portela has been ac- cepted by the public with great indiffer- ence. Perfect tranquility continues here. A proclamation was read to-day throughout Chile calling out another con- tingent of the National Guard. LONDON, Dec. 23.—Commenting on the Argentine-Chile trouble and the reference of the matter by Argentina to Great Brit- ain the Times to-day declares that the duty of preserving peace belongs no less to the United States than to Great Brit- ain. The Times also says that a word from the United States, or even a strong intimation of the opinion of the American Government, which would assuredly be strongly supported from London, would almost certainly insure\a pacific settle- ment of the difficulty. The Times adds: ‘“We can hardly doubt in some shape or other, the word will be spoken.” @ oottt P @ SOLDIERS OF THIBET T ATTACK EXPLORING PARTY Dr. Sven Anders Hedin,’the Swedish ‘Traveler, Loses All of His ‘Valuable Collections. CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 2.—Dr. Sven An- ders Hedin, the Swedish traveler, who re- cently reached Ladakh, Cashmere, from exploring the Gobi desert and Thibet, has wired his greetings to King Oscar, and at the same time informed him that his par- ty was attacked by 500 Thibetan soldiers during the course of his journey and that all his collections and almost the whole of his caravan was lost, but that his val- uable notes were saved. King Oscar has replied by telegraph to Dr. Hedin, send- ing his thanks and his greetings. COMMANDER OF GUNBOAT REMOVES TURKISH FLAG Replaces it With Colors of Sheikh of Kowyte in Token of His Independence. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 23.—It is re- ported from Basra, Asiatic Turkey, that the commander of a British gunboat has removed the Turkish flag from the resi- dence of Mabarouk, the Sheikh of Kowyte, and replaced it by Mabarouk's own flag, in token of his independence, PRICE FIVE CENTS. HREATEN VENEZUELA GIVES CASTRO LAST CHANCE TO PAY CLAIM Kaiser Dispatches an Ultimatum to Caracas. Preparing for Military Action to Enforce Demand. ERLIN, Dec. 22.—It is stated on on good authority that the Ger- man Government is preparing for military action against Venezue- la in order to compel a settlement of German claims against that country. It is said that Germany has sent an ul- timatum to Venezuela threatening forcl- — ble measures to compel the satisfaction of German creditors of that country. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—If Germany occupies a Venezuelan port she must re- main in possession for several years be- fore she will be able to collect $15,000,000, the amount of money necessary to repay the loan granted and satisfy the claims held by her subjects against the South American republic. This is the serious feature of the Ger- man-Venezuelan dispute, which makes the administration especially anxious that the revolution which has just mani- fested itself shall succeed and that a new Government shall be established which will be disposed to comply with German demands. If Germany should control every Customs-house in Venezuela she would have to remain in that country for two years and a half before a sum suf- ficlent to pay the claims could be raised. If but a single port of La Guayara should be seized, then her stay must last eight years and probably longer, as these esti- mates do not take into consideration the use of any of the customs revenues for support of the Government and are based upon the continuance of the present an- nual value of importations. ‘Where the Danger Lies. Occupation for such a length of time would assume a permanent character dis- tasteful to the people of the United States, and hereln lles the danger, so far as the United States is concerned. in a German seizure of a Venezuelan port, provided Castro remains in power. If Cas- tro should be éjected from office then the administration is hopeful that it will have sufficient influence with the new regime to induce it to meet German demands. Secretary Long said emphatically to- night that the German demonstration had no connection whatever with the orders to the battleship Indiana. Nevertheless the selection of this formidable vessel is not without significance. Secretary Hay has assured the German Embassador that the United States will not interfere with the seizure by Germany of a customs port, provided permanent occupation be not contemplated or attempted. At the same time it is the purpose of the admin- istration to keep a sharp watch upon | Germany In Venezuela, and at the slight- est evidence of permanent occupation to step in and inform the Berlin Government that it must withdraw from the Western Hemisphere. Embassador von Holleben has informed his Government of the formidable fleet which the United States has assembled in the Caribbean Sea, and, in the opinion of authorities, the presence of this force should prove to Germany the undesirabil- ity of prolonged occupation of American territory. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Deec. 22.—The United States battleship Indiana left here this morning for La Guayara, Venezuela. The German training ship Moltke is now here. Three Victims of Explosion Die. PITTSBURG, Dec. 22—Three of the workmen who were victims of yesterday's | explosion at the Singer Nimick plant of the Crucible Steel Company of America died to-day. This makes the total four. I'rhm names are: William Reed (who died last night), F. B. Reed, John P. Brown and Alvin K. Pershing.