The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCIL-—-NO. 104. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1902. WITTE CHARGES GERMAN EMBASSADOR WI PRICE . FIVE CENTS. TH ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF ESPIONAGE OVERRUNNING THE UNITED STATES BRITISH KING IS | SCORED ACCUSES CLAYTON OF UNFAIRNESS IN THE MEALEY CASE Harsh Remarks AreiSenator Nelson Calls Attention to Impro- priety of the Conduct of the Em- Made in Borough Councils. Edward Is Declared| to Be Merelv a Figurehead. Oppositiori to the Pro- | | posed Celebrations of Coronation. [ LONDON, M 13.—During the dis- B Borough | ersea the proposal to | for public enter- of the coro- rd, two of the Coun- opposed a celebra- | rehead and that it did mot | ple of Battersea what individual oce . They ridi- | culed the t the name of the King | should be ment with bated breath. | The remarks of the two Councilors| | were hissed and the audience cheered the sponse of a Conservative Councilor, wio | = | ppropriation was [ — Southampton Town Council 2 mo- $100 for the purpose King's coronation way/| and illegal | to pay for arprise | Councilors tion to appropriate preposterous reing the people not believe in.”" § ki teetotaler oh a motion, seeing the King had taken in beer-mak- | wing also that gambling and | were the curse of the coun- | rest the an appropriation was rge majority | nouncement yesterday of | of the proposed visit of | d Queen Alexandra to the Ministers assume imperial boycott, form and causes <f which the action of the erpreted as display- S i ted ir e gene tone d spleen that the announces King | ed visit “o Riviera | ELABORATE CATALOGUE WILL AID HOME-SEEKERS cramento Chamber of Commerce Begins Important Part of the Development Work. M March 13.—The Sacra- £ Co € to-day be complete Sacramento development pur- | classifying them ac- value, adaptability jucts or for manufac tc. The lists are to be detalls and will be Chamber’s headquar- revised for the infor- scékers. The work of pre- edules is in charge of Sac- has begun an al estate men, and equally active canvass B2 INTO, m ar! | a il who he energetic work i= now doing eft on the over- t for Ogden to arrange 1 of an exhibit of Sac- products and the estab- lishmen bure information at point for the benefit of homeseekers. ulk of the colonists who come to California 2s a result of the cheap rates come through Ogden, and this has been decided upon as the best field for work at the present time. In connection with Ogden exhibt there will hibit in the Sacramento depot A privileges have allowed kets at Sacramento. Colonists de for further points will suffer no lo delay MINERS ARE HURRYING TO A NEW KLONDIKE Men Trudge Through Snow to the Gold Region at Thunder Mountain. March 13—A Mountain | special to the Spokesman A. W. McMorran, former of Spokane, arrived here to- he new gold camp at Thunder He reports that about 100 mea there. Provisions cannot be nd sugar are very scarce. ramentc he be an ex- Stopover | on these | ined s on been tickets by SPOKANE, snow pre Deep nts buflding. McMorran is convinced that the district is & rich one. Coming out he met twenty- two me: but plies their bac long the trail. Two had horses, dragging their sup- carrying them on the others were on rawhides or Arrested on a Serious Charge. SAN RAFAEL, March 13.—The Rev. John Emery and B. Novelli, well-known residents of this city, were arrested this afternoon on a charge of criminal assault preferred by the father of eight-year-old Daisy Rubino. Both men emphatically Geny the charge made against them. said the King was | | to be shot | | | suggests the impropriety of a representa- | building tradesmen declare that unless the | the bassador to Mexico. POWELL- LAY TON ASHINGTON, March 13. Attorney Theall, local | counsel for Mr. Mealey, the American citizen, | who is held under an order of court in Mex- ico for contempt, has submitted to the State Department through United States Sénator Nelsen a long statement of the case from Mealey's e, which refiects upon. Unitéd States Embassador Powell Clayton. It is alleged the Embassador has misrepresented the facts in the case to the department and that he is interest- ed in a rival mining company, which h affected his attitude toward Mealey his legal fight with the development com- pany which forms the basis of the present action against him. In sending the papers to the Stafe De- partment Senator Nelson wrote quite a long letter, and referred to the accompa- ing papers, among which is an afidav Spanish by Juan Barrerr, with an En L translation., showing the alleged ‘co: nection of Embassador Clayton with ce tain mining companies in Mexico, in which the Mexican Government officials also are interested Senator Nel the serious nd t son refers to what he calis import of the charges, and tive from this country being a member ! @i fosfoofoorfotony s MAN FROM THE FAR WEST WILL BE CHOSEN Judge Estee Among Those Mentioned as a Successor to Secretary Hitchcock. WASHINGTON, March MecCornick of Salt Lake h: gestion of the Nebraska Senators, an- nounced that he will accept the Secre- taryship of the Interior if it be offered to him by the President. Senator Kearns of Utah and Millard of | Nebraska recently communicated -with McCornick for the purpose of finding out if he could be urged for the position of Secretary of the Interior should Secre- tary Hitchcock resign. It is understood that McCornick will allow his name to be presented by these Senators should a change in the Cabinet position be made. Not long ago an Eastern Senator con- sulted the President with reference to the position of Secretary -of the Interior, and it is said that the President told him that should Secretary Hitchcock resign | the place would probably go to a man | from the far West, possibly to the Pa- cific Coast. Among other names mentioned in this connection is Judge Estee of California, who now holds a judicial position in Hawali. McCornick is a prominent banker of Salt Lake City and has been identified with the Republican leadership in fhe | far West for many years. William €. . at the sug- Employers Issue an Ultimatum. SEATTLE, March 13.—The employers of tradesmen who are now out return to their work by Monday of next week all union building tradesmen now at | work will be discharged and building ope- | rations will be entirely suspended. This ! decision on the part of the contractors | was announced to-day at a meeting of the Employers’ Association. The an-| nouncement was made by the delegates to | the Employer: Association from the Master Builders' Association, which ln-r cludes sixteen of the contractors engaged in the construction of large buildings. — e i Slave Traders Driven Out. | LISBON, March 13.—Portuguese Govern- | ment trpops recently attacked twelve strongholds of the slave traders near Pemba Bay, Portuguese East Africa, and | after a prolonged and desperate fight | drove out the traders and liberated 700 slaves. a company | interested. | Consuls which does not allow them to en- | tant, | jeckey club, after an e — UNITED STATES EMBASSADOR TO M 1CO, ACCUSED OF UNFAIRNESS. of a large mining company which is look- ing for favors from the Mexican Govern- ment. He says such a repregentative will not be in a condition to protect an Ameri- inst, the encroachments of which many of the leading Mexican Government are s there is a rule as to can citizen officials of the He gage in trade in countries to which they are sent, and says that the necessity for such a rule should be made stronger in preventing a {iplomatic officer from en- gaging in speculative mining enterprises. The Senator suggests that the questions involved in the Mealey case are impor- especially as' they_affect the status of the Embassador to Mexico. D R IRE R SRR S ERR R R RRIIPY TRANSPORT SERVICE TO BE INVESTIGATED Secretary of War Is Asked to Furnish House Committee With Information. WASHINGTON, March 13.—A spirited controversy occurred before the House Committee on Military. Affairs to-day over the resolution calling on the War Depart- ment for information as to the alleged irregularities of the transport service. Representative Richardson of Tennessee originally introducéd the resolution call- ing for reports by Colonel J. L. Cham- berlain and Colonel M. F. Maus of the inspector general's office of the army as to the transport service. This resolution when called up in the committee to-day brought on a vigorous discussion between Representative Hay (Democrat) of Vir- ginla and Representative Parker (Repub- lican) of New Jersey. By a party vote the request for the reports of Colonel Chamberlain and Colonel Maus was | struck out and a substitute adopted ask- ing the Secretary of War for “all facts that have come to his knowledge as to the condition of the transport service be- tween San Francisco and the Philip- pines.” S e Tunnel Reveals Rich Ore. TACOMA, March 13.—Manager C. H. Pearce of the Alaska Perseverance group of mines, in Silver Bow basin, near Ju- neau, is en route to San Francisco to purchase machinery for use in driving a tunnel a mile long through the Juneau mountains. This tunnel, recently started, is already proving a great success. Its ob- ject is to provide an outlet for great ore bodies on opposite sides of the mountain, Manager Pearce did not expect to cross- cut any important veins until at least 1200 feet of the tunnel had been driven. He and his fellow workers have been pleas- antly surprised by cutting through a large vein of good paying ore only 300 feet from: the tunnel entranc —_— Suspend England’s Crack Jockey. LONDON, March 13.—The Racing Cal- endar announces that the stewards of the inquiry, have re- fused to license Otto Madden, who headed the list of winning jockeys in 191, and ¥, Rickaby. The latter is also warned cff Newmarket Heath. Both are punished on the ground that they associated with per- sons of bad character on the turf. Among the jockeys licensed are the following Americans: Clem Jenkins, Rigby and Spencer. | Folkething to-day. NATIVES TO MAKE TROUBLE Negroes of the Danish West Indies Are Excited. If the Islands Are Not | Annexed Strife Is Certain. Great Things Are Ex= pected Under Rule of America. COPENHAGEN, March 13.—Confidential reports received. here from the Danish West Indies declare there is intense ex- citement among the negroes of those isl- ands over the sale owing to their belief that it will mean universal suffrage ana officeholding. There are fears of insur- rection and serious trouble. according to these reports, if the treaty is defeated. COPENHAGEN, March 13.—The treaty ding for the sale of the Danish West Tndies to the United States came up for the first time in session In the The Premier and For- eign Minister, Dr. Deuntzer, replying to several speakers, said Denmark acted in ihe best interests of the islanders in neg: tiating the treaty. Denmark, in fact, merely recelving compensation for her ob- ligations in connection with the islands The United States had acted in the best faith and friendlin throughout the negotiations. The Minister felt sure great republic could and would give the islanders a better position in the world than they had enjoved before. onen YOUNGER WISHES TO MARRY BUT CANNOT He Is Legally Dead and Hence Un- able to Enter Into Any Bind- ing Contract. ST. PAUL, March 13—Jim Younger wishes . to m#rry. e cannot betaw legally he is dead. hence i€ unable to ter into any contract. Younger sub- mitted the question of whether or not he could wed to Governor Van Sant, who has looked into the matter with surpris- ing results. In Minnesota a man who is a life prisoner is civilly dead. The only way he can make any binding contract, in the s of the law, is through the board which paroled him, in this case the State Board of Control, which board is empowered to enter into a contract for him. It is not probable, however, that the three members of the Board of Con- trol, separately or as a whole, will agree to enter into a marriage contract with any woman for the benefit of the paroled life convict. The only way for Jim Younger to be- come a married man in Minnesota is to get a pardon, which will restore him to the rights of a living citizen. Another phase of the law is that neither Jim Younger nor his brother, Cole, if they establish any business of their own, as has been contemplated, can be held for any debts which they may incur. In his application to the Governor requesting information as to his rights to marry, Younger said nothing regarding his pro- posed bride. HUGHES TO COMMAND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT General Young Ordered to Washing- ton as Head of the Army War College. WASHINGTON, March 13.—-By the di- rection of the President Major General S. M. B. Young has been relieved from the command of the Department of California and ordered to this city to accept the presidency of the Army War College which is to be established at Washington Barracks, provided the necessary funds are appropriated by Congress. General Young is regarded as one of the ablest and most progressive general officers in the army and was especlally selected by the Secretary of War to organize and direct the proposed college. Brigadier General Robert P. Hughes, now on duty in this city as president of the military board of uniforms, has been selected as the successor of General Young to command the Department of California. EARTHQUAKES DESTROY TOWNS IN ASIA MINOR Several Persons Are Known to Have Been Killed and Many More Injured. ViENNA, March 13.—A dispatch to the Neue Freie Presse from Constantinople to-Gay announced that the town of Kyan- kari, northeast of Angora, in Asia Minor, was destroyed by an earthquake March 12. No details of the disaster have been received. Kyankari had 20,000 inhabitants. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 13.—The fown of Tchengeri, in the province of Kastamouni, Asia Minor, was totally de. stroyed by an earthquake March 8. Four persons were killed and a hundred were injured. ¥ Connecting Venice by Tunnel. ROME, March 13.—The Government has decided to construct a tunnel connecting Venice with the adjoining island of La Gudicela. JIrL en- Belated Lumber Schooner Arrives. SAN DIEGO, March 13.—The lumber schooner Oceana Vance, from Port Had- lock, Puget Sound, arrived in this port to- day eight days overdue. She experienced no mishap, but bad rough weather, -+ GENERAL METHUEN IS RELEASED AND SENT TO BRITISH Member of House of Commons Asks That Boer Commandant Kriisinger Be Given Freedom. ONDON, March lowing dispatch, dated Pre toria, March 13, has been re: ceived from Lord Kitthener: “General = Methuen was brought to Klerkedorp to-day. He is doing well. being done for him.™ 13.—The fol- Before the dispatch from Kitchener was | made public War Secretary ck an- nounced in the House of Commons that he understood that General Methuen, who was captured, severely wounded, by Gen- eral Delarey, March 10, had been released and was expected to arrive at Kler dorp, Southwestern Transvaal, to-day The general's condition was favorable. Brodrick added that the exchange of General Methuen for Commandant Krit- singer had not been contemplated. The trial of the commandant had been post- poned because consideration of ihe evi dence to be presented had not been com- “pleted. Timothy M. Healy, Irish Nationalist, amid Nationalist cheers, invited the Gov- ernment to show equal magnanimity and release Commandant Kritsinger. Brodrick said subsequently that the tel- egram received’ did not specifically say that General Methuen had been released, but from the fact that he was in the hands of a British medical officer it was presumed that the general had been re- leased. RELIEF FOR NONCOMBATANTS. Pressure on Hay in Connection With Concentration Camps. WASHINGTON, Marlh 13.—The resolu- tion of Representative Burleson of Texas asking the Secretary of State for infor- mation as to requests by Rev. Hiram W. Themas to bear relief funds to the Boer concentration camps was ordered report- ed by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day. As agreed to, the resolu- tion recites: Resolved, That the Secretary of State be, and he Is hereby. respectfully requested, if not incompatible with the public Interests, to in- form the House of Representatives whether he declined to comply With the request of the bal.ld Rev. Hiram W, Thomas or any one act- ing for him, for passports or to ask the British Government for permission for the said Rev: Thomas and his wife or to lend his uffices to secure through the British Embassador a per- mit from the British War Office for them to visit South African military concentration camps for the purpose of distributing funds raised in the United States for the rellef of noncombatant nrisoners. A letter from Secretary Hay was pre- sented by Chairman Hitt, explaining the circumstances of the case. In the House to-day Cochran of Mis- sourl made a fervent speéech denouncing the course of the administration relative to the British war against the South Afri- can republics. He said: We have ignored the rights of those re- publics and we have trampled upon the law of nations in doing 1t. We have an Anglo- maniac in the State Department who could see mothing in the causs of the Buers and everything-sacred in the unlawful pretensions of Great Britain. (Democratic applause.) In- deed and in truth at the outbreak of this war every question of international. law involved was decided adversely to the Boers by the Secretary of State. Every. contention for Everything ‘possible is | [ e e BOER COMMANDANT KRIT SINGER, WHOSE RELEASE WAS ASKED IN COMMONS. — which they are fizhting was cast aside and every unlawful assumption of power and au- thority asserted by Great Britaln was con- firmed. And now it has come to pass, when the wails of the suffering wives and children of the heroic Boers are. borne to our ears by every gzale, provoking a responsive chord in the hearts of sympathetic people throughout the world and they are WININg to relieve the sufferings of these unfortunates, that our Se retary of State discovers some rule of inter- naticnal law that uts the mouth of mercy and palsles the hand of charity. lDemecralk-L applause.) Shame upon this farce! Shame upon this hippodrome by which the A, perican republic is yoked in the companionship of this infamous power and made to seem conservator of the brutal Auering army! Representative Randell of Texas to-day introduced a joint resolution extending recognition and sympathy to the people and Governments of the South African republics and the Orange Free State; ap- pealing to the British - Government . to cease hostilities and requesting the Presi- dent - to tender the good offices of this Government. —_——— MINISTER STORRER MAY NOT RETURN TO SPAIN to be a hand of this con- State Department at Washington Has Not Received News of His Departure. LONDON, March 13.—Although it is sald in officlal circles here, cables the Madrid. correspondent of the Daily Mail, that Bellamy Storrer, United States Min- ister to Spain, who has left for America on account of the failure of the nego- tlations for a treaty of friendship, win come back in six months, the general impression is that the Minister will not return to Spain. Bellamy Storrer has informed the State Department at Washingten that he in- | tended to come home on 2 leave of -ab- sence, but the departmen* has not yot re- ceived Information that he has actually left Spain. _— - TUNGUSES AND RUSSIAN TROOPS MEET IN BATTLR ST. PETERSBURG, March 13.—A dis- patch received here to-day at the War Office announced that another fight oc- curred March 3 between Russian troops and 200 Tunguses north of Hubandsy, ‘Manchuria. Two hundred Tunguses were killed, including their leader. Two Rus- sians were wounded. . 1 —_— ALLEGES INTRIGUE IS VAST |Says the Kaiser Is Given Plans of Defenses. \Secret Service Fails | - ta Establish a i ~ Case. Administration Not to Ask Recall of Von Holleben. . —_——— Specia! Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK. March 13—Emil Witte, | | the discharged employe of the German | Embassy in Washington. to-day amplified his charges against Emba dor von | Helleben. He would have the public be- lieve that the machinations of Dr. ven Hdoll=ben extended not only throughout this country, but to Turkey and the { Philippines. It devele to-day that Karl Buenz, the German Censul General here, had* as- | sisted Witte financially solely upon the | man's representations that he was In want. Buenz said to-day that the Ger- | man Embassador had given Witte money for the Witte now declares | ame reason. | that ne an Amer | i been ar has an citizen | sinee 1530, He he wn up these charges, alre=dy given out von Holleben of the pla th rough which a First many became the nzval defenses in the United States Second—Through Dr. von Holleben the an Foreign Office bas a compiete ipHIy Gore all Dr. aware | em of espionage overrunning the | United States. | Third—Bas en information obtained through the means mentioned, Germany has completed plans for tne mobilization of her army and naty in the event of war with the United States. WITH THE PHILIPPINES. Fourth—Through Dr. von Holleben and Professor Blumentritt of Ausiria com~ nections have estabMshed between ; t'ount ven Bulow and the Philippines. | | Firen—pr. Holleben has taken an | active part in internal American affairs and varticularly in the calling of mass- | meetings and tne spreading of anti-Amer- ican feeling among the Germans hére. Sixth—Professor Munsierburg is, with consent of Dr. von Holleben, at the gec vre Lurs 1 estabhshed: for the | purpoce of gwiaing American public opin- 0n. been von at through Dr. von Hollebén : 't the Colum- vengeld ¥, who s the Ottoman ! an eifort was made to prejudice ‘lursey aganmst tae, United rsul General Buenz when shown a copy ot the cnarges said that they were rigiculotis @nd that lucre .nad been o unwipiomatic conduct on’ the part of the German Embassador. Y ukam J. Flynn, who is in charge of the bureau of the Cnmited Siates sccretl service In this city, said that a menth ago Witte wilingly surienge to him certain documents und that he had to:- warded them to his chief in \Washingtoa. NO GROUND FOE RECALL. | CALL BUREAU, Lws G STREET, N. | W., WASHINGTON, March 13.—As show- ing the attitude of the administrat.on with respect tu the German Embassalct it is learned to-day that the secret scr- vice propose to immediatsly rerurn ths papers in the case of Emil Witte, > submitted them to the State Depariment. An examination of the papers and the lu- vestigation made by the seerét seivice have established that there is no ground upon which the State Départment could demand the recall of the kmbassador. de- cret service officlals deny that they forci- bly seized the letters held by Witte, as he claims. They say that he himself offered to- surrender the papers, not only to secret service, but to newspapers, in the hope that _their publication might «m barrass Herr von Hollepen. It is adm.t ted that during the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia to the United States-Witte wus kept_under surveillance, and that for sev- eral months past the police of this city have been guarding the German embassy. At the embassy it is stated that Witte conduct has been annoying, but 4he Em- bassad has never feared the fuilest m vestigation of his charges, because he has never committed any act which invelved interference in the internal aftairs of ths United States. 3 REVOLUTIONARY FORCES ARE ACTIVE IN VENEZUELA Rebels Are Reported to Have Had Several Successful Engagements With Government Troops. SAN JUAN, Porio Rico, March 15.—Ad- vicés received here from Venezuela say the condition of the revolution m that country is unchanged. The revolutionists are very active anud it is reported that they lately had successful engagements with the Government troops near Cara- pano, at Guiria and at Pilar, out \thaw they have not yet captured any verts or cities. During the night of March § the revolutionary steamer Bolivar appeare: before Carupano. took a launch and dis- | appeared in the morning without anding | men or attacking the Some hours ! arterward the Venezuelan Government gunboats Restaurador and Miranda ar- rived at Carupane. with the intention of attacking the Bolivar. It is said that the revolutlonary steamer has recently suf- fered terribly and that President Castro's flect hopes soon to dispose of ler, 19