The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1901, Page 1

——— VOLUME XCL—NO 26 SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS RIOTING SOLDIERS GNTHER ARCUND A SALODN NEAR PRESIDIO AND POLI AND THE MILITARY ARE GALLED OUT BEFORE THE DISTURBANGE [5 QUELLED FIGHT STARTS IN DAVE TKI—?EE?S_SAI.OON, {TALIAN GOVERNMENT RENEWS ITS EFFORTS T0 HAVE AMERICAN LAWS SO EXTENDED AS TO GUARD ITS SUBJECTS AGAINST LYNCHING Embassador From the Court of King Victor Emmanuel De- clares a Cash Indemnity Would Not Be Considered S. Adequate Restitution for Recent Outrage in Erwin, Mis . ny G ety = Ja v = — O° xiNng oF 1T VICTOR ErmanuUEL k& = ALy '3 roves One-Sided. Treaty P: ts betwe, > citi: the the recognize st , which as apparent to the statesmen t ve to those of ped this would bring of a law which e Federal Government to guarantees of t aties. 4 be a genulne remedy for af- se which have oc- d Mississippl, and periodical agitation e the POISONED BREAKFAST IS GIVEN TO SOLDIERS ighty Men of Company F, Eigh- teenth United States Infantry, Suddenly Taken Ill A special to the , says eighty r hteenth In- ed at breakfast this ti half of Before the nd soon ail agony ¥y summoned and Forty of the men ne fully leath. man in bl great who rst were in very bad shape relieved all of them and s e e of them were able to full- | other The | 8 o 3 oo - 7 B b ) 3 HE IS PROTESTING TO THE AGAINST THE LY 1 | | RULER OF THE ITALIANS AND THE EMBASSADOR THROUGH WHOM HING OF HIS SUBJECTS. ) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT over cases arising in the States. As these cases arose they would be assured of at- tention under the Federal authority, with careful regard for the execution of treaty obligations. Does Not Seek Blood Money. “Since the recent lynchings at Erwin, Miss,, there has been more or less dis- cussion of the payment of a money in- demnity. But, in the view of the Italian Government, the question of indemnity does not enter into the case. There has been no suggestion coming from us, much less a demand, for a cash indemnity to the Government. The Italian Government does not seek blood money. At the same time the families of the victims, who are the ones most directly affected, are nat- be about. | catty m. | The surgeon is of poison was in the beef. MAY MAKE PURCHASE | OF LAND COMPULSORY England Said to Be Preparing Bill of That Character to Apply to Ireland. LONDON, Dec. 26.—The Daily News gives it as a rumor that the Government | is preparing an Irish land bill providing an equivalent to compulsory purchase. Tt is believed that the measure provides that the tenant may buy at seventeen and the landlord sell at twenty years' rental, the state providing the payment of the three years' difference. One old man, however, is criti- the opinion that I o gl urally willing to listen to a suggestion of a monetary indemnity, and when these suggestions are voluntarily made by the State or Federal authoritles we can do nothing more than be the medium for considering them in behalf of our people. Such indemnities are to the people af- fected, and not to the Italian Govern- ment, which feels that there is a far greater question involved than any finan- cial return to individuals. and the permanent remedy*f having the Federal laws give to Italian subjects the protection guaranteed in our treaties that we desire, and it is to this end that any exchanges of views are tending, rather than to the payment of Indemnities in speclal cases. What the Itallan Govern- ment desires is a system covering all cases.” TYEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF A MISSING SCHOONER Owners Think Vessel Foundered in a Heavy Gale Off Newfound- land Coast. GLOUCESTER, Mass.,, Dec. 2.—Eight men are believed to have lost their lives in the probable foundering of the schoon- er Eliza 8. Parkhurst, which was posted to-day by its owners as missing. The Parkhurst, commanded by Captain John D. McKinnon, sailed from the Bay of Island, Newfoundland, November 24 for this port with & crew of six men ahd one passenger, Lawrence McDonald of this city. The boat carried a cargo of her- ring. A gale sprang up November 25 and in it the Parkhurst is belleved to have foundered. It is the real | | north coast of Venezuela. VENEZUELA INCURS IRE OF FRANGE Castro Involves the Re- public in a Fresh Complication. SR S Seizes Property Leased to a Subject of the Paris Gov- ernment, | Prompt Notice Is Served That a Strict | Accounting Will Be De- manded Because of the Outrage. AT Special cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. ~Copyright, 1901, by the Herald Pub- I'shing Company. | PORT-OF-SPAIN Dec. 25,—Another | complication has arisen between France | and Venezuela owing to President Cas- tro’s proclivity in getting into hot water wkenever an occasion is offered. With a revolution on his hands, with Germany preparing to enforce her claims by a na- val demonstration in Venezuelan waters and with Colombia anxious for his over- throw, Castro has added another to the | grievances of France against the Vene- | zuelan Government, because French citi- | zens' rights have been violated. This new grievance arises from the seizure of the properties of Senor Manuel H. Matos, leader of the mew Venezuelan revolution and a man of wealth. Senor Matos leased a part of his properties to | M. Secrestat of Bordeaux for two years, under the Venezuelan Civil Code, which permits such a transaction to be effected without the necessity of registering the documents. By the seizure of the leased properties Presidemy Castro- has deprived M. Secrestat of their revenue and use. France Takes Prompt Action. The French Government has notified President Castro of the infringement of | M. Secrestat’s rights and that it intends | to protect them to the fullest extent by | | demanding damages and interest if the revenues are not immediately paid over to M. Secrestat. France has made a com- plete investigation and has learned that the demand, even under Venezuelan law, is well founded. Venezuela has been on bad terms with France since the rupture of diplomatic relations in 1895, because the South Amer- ican republic would not pay French claims growing out of revolutions. Germany intends to act immediately | against President Castro’s Government | for the latter's failure to pay interest on the debt owing German bankers during the last three years, and also its failure to settle other claims of subjects of the | German Emperor. The German claims arising out of the late revolution amount to about 2,000,000 bolivars, and it is said that $2,000,000 is due for coupons not paid on the German loan. The naval demonstration, it is said, would have taken place by this time had it not been that the German cruiser Vi- | United States for an overhauling. It is believed that within a short time Presi- | making an efrective demonstration in Venezuelan waters and that a Venezuelan | port has been seized. Germany’s Naval Demonstration. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—United States and German warships are converging on | Venezuela. Three of the German vessels are at St. Thomas and a fourth is at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. They are ex- pected to shortly assemble and, In squad- ron formation, move on and occupy a | Venezuelan port. In order that the United States' inter- ests may be adequately protected, the United States has gathered in the Carlb- bean Sea a force more formidable even than that which destroyed Spanish naval power in the Western Atlantic. The bat- tleships Kearsarge, Alabama and Massa- chusetts are at Havana and will sail to- morrow to continue their crulse, which will carry them very near to the Vene- zuelan coast. The battleship Illinois, now | at Algiers, La., will join them within a few weeks. The battleship Indiana will remain at Curacao. 170 miles from La Guayra, and if the revolution in Vene- zuela menaces United States interests she will hurry to Venezuelan waters; if not, she will join the squadron. | Besides the battleships, the United | States flag flles from the masts of two gunboats and three training ships now in the Caribbean Sea. They will be reln- forced by seven more tralning ships be- fore the winter is at an end. The Gulf of Paria, a magnificent sheet of water which washes the shore of Venezuela, will be the destination of most of these ships. The authorities have not lost sight of the advantage of having warships in close proximity to Venezuela. Complica- tions dangerous to the United States may follow a German demonstration In Vene- zuelan waters, and the administration de- sires to be prepared to meet them, The Navy Department received a tele- gram to-day announcing that the train- ing-ship Prairie would leave Tompkins- ville at daylight for Hampton Roads, whence she will proceed direct to Port- of-Spain, or Trinidad Island, just off the ! BUT SOON BECOMES GENERAL FOR SEVERAL O _— HUNDRED PROTECTORS OF THE NATION e William Ross Is Stabbed in Back but Not Seriously Hurt. OT much of peace on earth nor .good will toward men was dis- played yesterday afternoon by more than 1000 howling soldiers in front of Dave Tarpey’s saloon, on Baker street, near Greenwich, just outside the Presidio grounds. They ‘were men from several regiments, cursing, yelling, demanding blood and mixing in a general free-for-all — PROVO 5T "GUARD Policeman George Brown Is Severely Cut Over the Eye. of Tarpey’s, but they scon returned threatening vengeance and punishment on the head of the proprietor if he brought charges against them or divulged the names of any who took part in the fracas. News of the row traveled fast and in a very short time cholce pusilistic representatives from various regiments were on hand ready for further violence. Ross was forgottten in the fremzy and - o g AN neta needed repairs and had to go to the | dent Castro will find a German squadron | | | AR B S — fight. The riot was finally quelled by the police and several detachments of troops from the Presidio. Revolvers, clubs, stones and mud were brought into play during the riot, and for their partici- pation fifty-nine of Uncle Sam's warriors are under arrest in the reservation and fifteen of them are lodged in the North End police station. The wonder of the riot is that no one was seriously injured. Dave Tarpey’'s sa- loon received a shake-up that brought back recollections of the old Tennessee days. Not satisfied with tearing 'down bottles, demolishing furniture and trying to make debris opt of Tarpey's place, the infuriated mob of soldiers moved down Baker.street to Greenwich and up Green- wich to Lyon, where P. W. Anderson has a saloon. Windows were smashed here and a few shots were fired into the place just by way of variety. At this juncture the police arrived and under Sergeant El- lis did effective work in dispersing the rioters. Fight Centers Around Ross. On one of the cots in the post hospltal at the Presidio lies Private Willlam Ross, suffering from a cut in the back. Around Ross the disturbance of the day centers. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon he was walking up Baker street with a pail on his arm when he noticed two soldiers fighting on the sidewalk. Ross, who is a private In the Seventleth Coast Artillery, TARPEY S Satcoory e SCENES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF DAVE TARPEY'S SALOON ON BAKER STREET, WHERE A RIOT STARTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, IN WHICH 1000 SOLDIERS PARTICIPATED AND WHICH WAS FINALLY QUELLED BY THE POLICE AND ARMED GUARDS. - RN S 3 interfered. The street brawlers belonged to the Eleventh Cavalry and one of them vowed vengeance on Ross for taking a hand. Ross helps to serve drinks in Tar- pey’s saloon whenever he can get away | from post duty. Early in the morning he ejected two bellicose corporals of the Eleventh Cavalry for rowdyism andi threats of destruction. Liquor flowed freely just outside the | precincts of the Presidio all day long and when the early hours of the evening | were reached there was fire and riot in the air. The corporal of the Eleventh that vowed vengeance on Ross collected | a few of his comrades together and then | they went looking for their enemy. Ross was in Tarpey’s saloon waiting on custom- ers at the time. Dave Tarpey hitself was sitting behind the counter reading a paper when the soldiers entered his place. Ross moved out in front of the bar to draw a glass of beer when a corporal of the Eleventh Cavalry rushed toward him, caught him about the neck and stabbed him in the back. Ross fought until he could fight no longer. Chairs were bran- dished, bottles thrown about and clubs used with reckless disregard for heads or turniture. Tarpey saved Ross from fur- ther injuly by dragging him out through the rear door of the saloon and having him carried over to ‘the post. hospital. Riot Quickly Follows. + The soldlers meanwhile had rushed out — the soldier mob was ready for anything. One man had a rope in his hand, another was on the lookout for kerosene. Stones were thrown at windows and at men. The ‘“‘casuals,” recruits who will soon be on their way to Manila, came down from the old site of the Tennessee regiment and joined in the melee. Police Officers Hostetter, Rice and Her- ring, whose details lle immediately out- side the Presidio grounds, rang for heip and Sergeant Tom Ellis of the North End station responded with the wagon and Officers Frary, Brown, Riley, Alvares, Rooker, Meagher and Tierney. The fight between the police and the soldiers was a hot one. Stones wrought the greatest damage and every officer engaged has a mark or two to show for the .confiict. George O. Brown came out of the strug- gle with a deep gash over his eye and was taken tg the hospital. Sergeant El- lis with his men managed to gather in fifteen of the saldiers and they were hur- rled up toward the North End station. They are by name: James Doyle, John Miller, J. F. Kinman iam Edwards, M. E. Sullivan, Ernest "Rodgers, Ros Lounsberg, John J. Jones E. H. Christopher, Walte Hueston, Frank L. Morris, ford and John Stepord Up Greenwich street the soldiers were driven by the police, clubs in hand. Ope ‘amas Taylor, Steven. Sam Dave Stan- Seven, - Ccmdnuedr on Page »