The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1902, Page 1

A U] UME XCL ~NO 42, vy e L S e e e Loy [ the Library.++++ O‘ tar\pn from SAN FRANLISL6 SATURDAY JANUARY 11, 1902. WARSHIPS GATHERING IN VENE PRICE FIVE CENTS. ELAN WATERS, AWAITING THE OVERTHROW OF PRESIDENT CASTRO MODOC GRAND JURY, SUSTAINED BY COURT, INDICTS PRISONERS Accused Men Fail in an Attempt to Challenge the Investigating Body on the Ground That It Is Prejudiced Against Them Special Dispatch to The Call. LTURAS, Jan 10.—Counsel for the alleged Lookout lynchers played a new card to-day and lost. An attemot was made to have the Modoc County Grand Jury brought into court, brder that it might be challenged by the men now held on the charge that they took peft in the hanging of Calvin Hal his three sons and Daniel Yantls. Afc ®n argument tlLat lasted the entire day, Judge Harrington overruled the motion of | the lynchers’ counsel. Following this ection the Grand Jury to-night returned indictnents against eight of the men now in custody for alleged complicity in the iynching. The attempt to challenge the Grand Jury was based o grounds that sev- eral members had expressed opinions averse to the prisoners and that the Grand Jury was not a competent body by of these alleged staiements. The particularly at four Brown, Cannon and stler, foreman their opening address, counsel for the ense said they were ready to prove Heard was a party to the prosecu- he had acted the part of de- the prosecution and that he prosecution materially in the confession of John Hutton Hutton immunity from unsel also declared that promised financial reward ve for aided the as accused of being a not eligible to nty Grand Jury. ving said that he ed men under the ther the testimony estion involved, and argument of the entire Whether or not were er\lued to chal- the fact that the ng on this case for during that time members became influ= The discug- hours g to reading ew of aimed that a member of power to make a per- and report the fa to his fellow jurors; disqualifie? the entire member of the jury facts to his fellow d no place in the investiga- certair the men in court had been they warrant w issued Cherry Judge E. M and on a com- issued by Judge Harrington in of not until charges had been ferred could the defense challenge the 1 of the habeas corpus petition Attorney Gen 1 Post been organized if it had form ¥ of certain But had members of formation of that challenge could hardly said the jt monthe ago ons as tc persons it was or opinions been expressed by he jury before the right a The prosecution argued that the defense | greatls suming that in- dictments we ned against any The Grand Jury was 4 magistr: have been held to the Grand presumed ir t bound 1 the accused nswer at the time Jury wa in before he could question quali- ms of an individual juror; in sh fore a person had a standing in court get into court. sworn ficat o © i MINERS THRILLING DROP DOWN INCLINED SHAFT Falls Seven Hundred Feet and Occupants Escape Serious Injury. 1P, Jan. 10.—As the day on shift at the Sheep ne on Wednesday a ratchet on e hoisting drum slipped. Seven men p going dowy, while three ne coming up. The engineer Skip e just starting down foot level, at which point | let off without any one be- started up had risen about | t began falling. The en- check it and it struck e shaft with typmendous two of its oceu- n “ractured ankles, o vwcaped uninjured. it incine. — Exp‘cs:on Kms Three Men. HUN w. Jan. 10.—A boile the =ber mills of Lewis Midkift, in rhr soutbern part of this county, to- illing three persons and fnjuring seve al others. The dead are: Lew's Midkif of Pomeroy, Oble; Burt Trippett; Benjamin Messenger, Sait Rock, W. Va. » say, Ve in | h skips, but' did not suc- | The | Each side argued on the same line for several hours, at the end of which the court ruled in favor of the prosecution. | H. P. Heard and J. O. Boothe, business | men of Grants Pass, Or., arrived here this evening. They came to appear in be- | half of Brown, whom they gave a good | character. Brown was formerly a butcher | in Grants Pass. : et | + 3 o1 ] { | | | <+ | YOUNG LOOKOUT LYNCHER WiOSE CONFESSION VI]N BIJU]W THIES T0 CHECK THE WRATH OF BRITISH PLOPLE | German Chancellor Regrets | Storm Caused by Criticism of Chamberlain. Special Dispatch to The. Call | BERLIN, Jan. 10.—During the debate on | the estimates in the Reichstag to-day | Herr Basserman declared that the Na- tional Liberal party would oppose any | suggestion of a loan of 35,000,000 marks to }(O\vr the deficit. Financlal reform was | necessary and the National Liberals were mot averse to direct imperial taxation. | The Count von Bulow. | making a general reply, took occasion to Hmur oil on the recently troubled British | waters. He spoke sharply against the | abuse of Chamberlain, the Colonial Secre- tary, indulged in by several speakers since the opening of the debate, as well as against the aspersions cast on the honor | of the British army, to which the Chan- cellor paid a warm tribute. The Chancellor said he regretted the in- | cident, which had too long inflamed pub- [m cpinion in both countries. He hoped | that in future the endeavor to live on good | and friendly relations with England would | in no way be disturbed. The Chanceller concluded with an ex- pression of approval of the recent speech made by Prince von Wolff-Metternich, the German Embassador to Great Britain, at Hamburg, advocating more cordial rela- 1 tions with Great Britain, Chancellor, Y3 VACCINATION RENDERS SMALLPOX NO LONGER DEADLY Asa Clark Believes the Disease Will Soon Disap- pear Entirely. Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Jan. 10.—Local physicians disagree as to the character of and proper name for the disease which has been termed smallpox In this city? Some main- tain that it s genuine smallpox, only in a very mild form, while as many others assert that it is not smallpox or varioloid. All agree that the disease is less danger- ous than chicken pox usually is. None of those who have the disease are seri- ously ill and the majority of the patients spend their days sitting in windows and watching the passers-by. Dr. Asa Clark, superintendent of the Stockton State Hospital for the Insane, to-day advanced an original theory to account-for the disease being of so mild a form. He sald: = ~ “For generations the custom of vac- cinating against smallpox has been grow- ing until at present you will find compara- tively few who have not been vaccinated, and it is the rule for persons of middle age t6 have been vaccinated several times. “Now, my theory is that increased vac- cination, through several generations, has evoluted against smallpox-until the mal- lady of ‘to-day, instead of being deadly, HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY NUMEROUS e ARRESTS. | — CHIEFS SURRENDER INEONDITIONALLY T0 GENERAL BELL Filipino Léaders of Batangas Promise to Yield All Men and Guns. Special Dispatch to The Call. MANILA, Jan. 10.—Colonel Marisegan, Major Cabrera and a renegade priest named Castillo, who stole a valuable im- age of the Virgin from a church, for which he obtained a large sum of maney, have surrendered unconditionally to Gen- eral Bell, who is conductingjthe campaign against the insurgents in Batangas Pro- vince. They had control of the district of Toael, extending westward to the sea, In- cluding the towns of Banan and Guenoa. The agreement is that thcse chiefs shall on Monday absolutely surrender = every man and gun in their district. It is esti- mated that 160 guns will be turned in. Many men and guns have been captured during the past few days and small en- gagements occurred daily. General Bell visited the city for four hours to-day and had a conference with General Chaffee. He says the present campaign is securing valuable results and that it is possible Malvar, the insurgent leader, wlll surrender next week. .-K-HH-H-H'H‘H-H-!-H-I-H—H-. as it was fifty years ago, has come to be nothing but a mild contagion in the ma- jority of cases. If my theory is correct, the dlulu will entirely dlnppeu- a few years hemse." SHVANNAH PEOPLE CHEER THE POPULAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY Series of Ovations Received From the Time of the Officar’s Arrival. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 10.—Rear Ad- miral Schiey, accompanied by his wifa, arrived in this city this afternoon one hour and a half late. The station was thronged with peopie, who waited patient- 1y to greet him. As he alighted the cheer- ing was deafening. Mayor Myers and a delegation of Aldermen extended the ad- miral a cordial welcome and asked his consent for a_formal reception to-morrow afternoon at the City Hall. The admiral agreed. Carriages were then taken for the residence of General W. W. Gordon, where Admiral and Mrs. Schley will visit for ten days, General Gordon was a mem- ber of the Porto Rican Commission, of which Admiral Schley was a member. In the evening Admiral and Mrs. Schley occupied a box at . the theater Where Mme. Nordica sang. When the audience recognized him there was enthusiastic cheering of such volume and persistency as to temporarily delay the performance. After an encore Mme. Nordica crossed to the box and shook hands with Admiral Schley while the audience stood and cheered. Upon the conclusion of the even- ing’s bill npwrently prattically the whole audience waited at the door and cheered the admiral as he entered his carriage and | drove away. The public reception to-mor- row will last two hours, Brigands May [Turn Over RELEASE OF MISS STONE 15 EXPECTED IN A SHORT TIME Their Captive for Part of Ransom. Special Dispateh to The Call. LONDON, Jan. 10.—The release of Miss Ellen Stone by the brigands who have held her in captivity since September 3 is believed to be only a question of hours. An official telegram received in London this afternoon, which was dispatched from Constantinople after midday to-day, says the release of Miss Stone is immi- nent. g Desire Cuban Tariff Reduced. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—At a meeting of the members of the Produce Exchange of New York to-day, a majority of the firms having commercial relations with Cuba being represented, resolutions were adopt- ed" declaring it to be the sense of the meeting “that Congress should give imme- diate relief to the strained situation in Cuba by a substantial reduction in the tarift dutles on Cuban imports into the United States, as recommended by Presi- dent Roosevelt. This is demanded by every consideration of generosity and fair @ealing and the welfate of Cuba, to ‘which we are pledged. Ind to !he great betterment of commerce." ——— Coroner Mehrmann Ill. " OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—Dr. H. B. Mehr- mann, Coroner of Alameda County, is confined to his home in Golden Gate, suf- fering from a sévere attack of muscular rheumatism, | lowed by the a HIEEINSON'S UADRON 13 WITHIN CALL French, Britich and Ger- mans Also Prepar- ing to Act. Pcwers Fear State of Anarchy if Colambian Government Is Defeated. Revolution Is Making Good Progress and the Unpopular Chief Execu- tive Is in Danger of Be- ing Deposed. e o-ed Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The over= throw of Castro in Venezuela will be fol- atch of the entire Nortn Atlantic squadron to the waters of that country. A formidable naval representation will then occur at La Guayra. It will consist of the battleship Indiana, now at Cura- cao, the battleships Kearsarge, Alabama and Massachusetts and the gunboat Mari- etta, all under command of Rear Admiral Higginson, the commander in chief. British, German and French vessels are alse gathering in the vieinity of Vene- | zuela, and they will be represented at La Guayra in case of trouble. Because the administration deems it advisable that the senior officer present shail be an Ameri- | can, it desires that Rear Admiral Higgin- son shail be with his flagship at the sea- port of Caracas when conditions require. No instructions have yet been issued to Rear Admira]l Higgiason to sail for La Guayra. With his squadron he is maneu- vering off Culebra Island. From Culebra he will sail for Guantanamo, touching en réute at a Porto Rican port. The authori- tfes say that it is unnecessary to direct Rear Admiral Higginson to be in readi- ress to- procéed to Venezuela. He is pre- pared to sail the moment he is ordered to do so. State of Anarchy Feared. No comprehensive advices concerning developments in the revolutionary situa- tion have been received by the State De- partment. Such information as has comis is of a fragmentary character. It con- firms the press dispatches showing that the revolution is making progress. and the intimation is thrown out that Castro will not be able to maintain himself at }the head of the government. If Castro is defeated anarchy, It ie feared, will prevail for a time. American interests in Venezuela are extensive and they must have protection. Th Indiana will’be able to reach La Guayra in a few hours and can land a force sufficient to proceed tc Caracas and protect the Amer- ican legation if it is in danger. Official denial is given to reports that the purpose to assemble American men- of-war in Venezuelan waters has any connection with the proposed demonstra- tion of Germany and the reported inten- tion of France to carry out a programme similar to that of the Berlin government. Germany is considerately awaiting the outcome of the revolution in Venezuela, as she promised the authoritiés here she would do. It is confidently expected by the administration that if General Matos succeeds Castro as President it will be able to use its influence to effect an ami- cable adjustment of the various questions pending between Venezuela and the Euro- pean states. Combination Against Colombia. COLON, Colombia, Jan. 10.—The Presi- dents invited by President Zelaya of Nica- ragua to attend a meeting at Corinto, Nicaragua, are those of Costa Rica, Hon- duras, Guatemala and Salvador. President Iglesias of Costa Rica cabled to Ehrman & Co., the agents of the Chilean line of steamers, to send the Tucapel to take himself and twelve others to Corinto. The agents asked a large sum for the passage of the Costa Rican President and his friends, and as this d patch is sent it is expected that an accept- ance of the agent's offer has not been re- ceived. General Alban, the military governor of thie district, had a conference yesterday with Ehrman & Co. and proposed to char- ter or-buy the steamer Lantaro of the South American line. The Lantaro is of 2600 tons, and arrived at Panama yester- day with a crew for the Chilean warship recently purchased at Newcastle, Eng- land. It is'a powerful vessel and was constructed for use as an auxillary cruiser of the Chilean navy in case of war. The matter has been referred to the company’'s headquarters at Valparaiso. The norther here is abating, but the sea still is very rough. The French; Spanish, British, German and American line steam. ers are anchored outside the harbor, being unable to reach their docks. Revision of Postal Law Compilation. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The work of revising the cgmpilation of the postal laws and regulakions will be completed by the Postoffice Department in the course of a fortnight or so. The present com- _pilation of these laws and regulations was issued at least ten years ago, since which time there have been radical changes, which make it inadvisable to sgnd any of the old compilations in response to the demands of postmasters throughout the country. -