The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1902, Page 17

Di444443343843455440%40 1068 R AR e et s Drrrirer 2 443 - - + + + - - L] +4+4+ - + - - * + - ® CBL3443443305390 580404404 Pages 4444344082000 0000040 A 2 b4 + + - - - + o VOLUME XCI-—-NO. 134. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BELIEVE PEACE IS NOW NEAR)| Britons Prepare to Celebrate Good News. Ministers Consider| Reports of Lord Kitchener. Ammnesty to the Cape Rebels One Condi- tion of Boers. postponed until settled are TEW. ED BY CABINET. ropo: que; REV Is of the Chanc Sir Michael Hicks- are bound to be storms of criticism from vari- Peace will not modify the 1 revenue, but it from the ad- bound to raise | they jonal the war these industrial pro- 1 to sight. g | e if it is announced re budget presentation | en postponed, and ce Parliamentary of the best practically termination circles is as- of the 1 to-day, while it the sensationally dly reviewed the as regards some in South Afric possible of off- latter question can be authentic state- | nburgh News | daily e independ- come to future internal | a| | tion | | | | be canceled | be restored te stock rit- ebts contracted > the date | | | [ { [ he offers of be accepted to super AMNESTY TO REBELS. Of these, the ¢ point, and the| concede, is e Cape reb- | oppo- | : osition in While there is self no | eve that th is not a semi- v of the Boers’ demands, on to think ti the Government pe may be judged from the London police officials rdered to keep large forces in id any repetition of “Mafek- which, it is feared, might en- the conclusion of peace be an- may be ow strongly e curious featupes of the pres- )ns is that five of the Boer | es secured a legal lralning‘ bar. | ated rumors of Joseph Cham- of the office of Colo- h were received after is signed denial, may They rise out of ces existing between him- e Chancellor of the Exchequer | disregarded and other colonial co-operation, n mentioned in h appear to be whi acut they have been for rtained late to-night that e r Cabinet meeting has been ar- to-morrow afternoon. April 12—Acting President Generals Louis Botha, . Del and Dewet and | here morning from | ey this and Orange Free State journeyed on separate trains, ich were rushed through, the | raveling all night. The trains e together. The two parties lodged together here, but are arc not jubilation over| | | if this | | omens | of deciding between | DEATH SUMMONS FAMOUS DIVINE Rev.Dr.T. De Witt Talmage’s Life Work Ends. s, | : Church Loses Renowned Pastor. Sermons Are Read Over “h SR R b | NOTED PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER WHOSE SERMONS AT THE | BROOKLYN TABERNACLE WERE TRANSLATED INTO MANY LAN- | GUAGES AND READ BY AT LEAST THIRTY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. = + ASHINGTON, April 12—Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, the noted Presbyterian clergyman, died at 9 o'clock to-night at his residence in this city. It had been evident for some days that there was no hope of recovery, and the attending physicians so informed the family. The patient gradually grew weaker, until life passed away 0 quietly that even the members of the family, all of whom were watching at the bedside, hardly knew that he had gone. The imme- dlate cause of death was inflammation of the brain. Dr. Talmage was in poor health when he started away from Washington for Mexico for a vacation and rest six weeks ago. He was then suffering from influ- enza and serious catarrhal conditions. Since his return to Washington some time ago he has been quite ill.. Until Thursday, however, fears for his death were not entertained. The last rational words uttered by Dr. Talmage were on the day preceding the marriage of his daughter, when he said, “Of course, I know you, 1d.” - Since then he had been unconscious. At Dr. Talmage's bedside, besides wife, were these members of his family: Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage, Chi- cago; Mrs. Warren G. Smith, Brooklyn; Mrs. Daniel Mangum, Brooklyn; Mrs. Allen Donnau, Richmond, and Mrs. Clara Wickoff and Miss Taimage, Wash- ington. While arrangements for the funera] have not been finally complete, the family have about decided to have the remains taken to the Church of the Cove- nant here on Tuesday, where seryiees will be held. The body will then be conveyed to Brooklyn, where interment will be made in the family plat in Greenwood Ceme- tery, probably on Wednesday. CAREER OF THOMAS DE WITT TALMAGE. Thomas DeWitt Talmage was born at Bound Brook, Somerset County, N. J., January 7, 1832, - He was the youngest of a family of twelve children, seven of whom were boys. His father, David T. Talmage, was a well to do farmer, whose mearked traits of character were geniality, firmness and decision, all of which the Youngest son in a large measure inherited, with amiability, gentleness and keen Wit from his mother, combining these with acute powers of observation, a very retentive memory and great bodily vigor. Young Talmage's preliminary education was obtalned at the public schools of New Brunswick, N. J., and at the age of 19 he entered the University of New York. He withdrew, however, before graduating, but received the degree of A. M. in 1862. While at the university he did not exhibit any great brillancy in his { studies, but displayed a talent for oratory and a dramatic ability that made him a notable figure on exhibition days. On one occasion, at Niblo’s Garden in 1853, when he spoke on the “Moral Effects of Sculpture and Architecture,” his speech aroused his audience to a high pitch of enthusiasm, and was given in full in one of the New York daily papers, being the first of his productions to be published. On his withdrawal from the university he began the study of law, but after three years' work in a law office he decided that he had made a mistake in the choice of a profession, and determined to prepare for jthe ministry. Two of his uncles and three of his brothers were already preachers of the Gospel, and he himself had joined the Reformed Dutch church, to which his family belonged, when he was 18 years of age. He entered the theological seminary of that church at New Brunswick, N. J., and was ordained in 185. Prior to his ordination -he had already received two calls, one of which, from a church at Bellville, N. J., he accepted, and remained 11f the charge three years. 3 ONE CALL COMES FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Such a field was, however, too circumscribed for a man of his ability, and in 1559 he accepted a call to Syracuse, N. Y., where he remained another three vears. His church was almost always crowded, and his fame as a pulpit orator began to grow widely. In 1862 he became pastor of the Second Reformed Dutch Church at Philadelphia, where he remained until 1369, when he had three calls, one from Chicago, one from San Francisco and one from Brooklyn. The latter, from the Central Presbyterian Church of that city, he accepted, at a salary of . 47000 per annum. The church at the time had but nineteen members, with a total congregation of thirty-five. Talmage preached his first sermon there in March, 1869, and then the congregation began to grow. At the end of fifteen months he induced the trustees to sell the old church and erect a new edifice, to be known as the Brooklyn Tabernacle, offering to give up his salary until the new plan Quartered in scparate bouses. Continued on Page Eighteen. | 8an yesterday at Liege, Mons, Charleroi | tle action to be taken in this city. SERIOUS CRISIS IN BELGIUM Many Subjects Are Joining in a Revolt. Spread of Disorders Started by So- cialists. UGeneral Strike Has Been Proclaimed for Monday. BRUSSELS, April 12.—This exciting week ends with.the lull before the storm. The coming week has already been dubbed revision week, and it promises to witness important events. A general strike has been proclaimed for Monday, and on Wednesday a political crisis will be reached by the opening in the Cham- ber of Deputies of the question of the revision of the constitution, on which the Belgians are now divided. The Socialists and Liberals have for a long time past been seeking to force the Clerical Gov- ernment to an issue on the question of the ‘electoral law, modification of which will necessitate a revision of the constitution, At the present timeé any elector can cast from one to three votes, according to his qualifications. The Soclalists and Liberals declare that workingmen can- not obtain more than two votes, whereas the rich get three; and moreover that in the rural districts voters who are under the domination, of the priests and who support the present Government are often fraudulently given three votes instead of the two to which, at the most, they are entitled. & GAIN FOR REVISIONISTS. The Liberal leader in the Chamber of Deputies, M. Janson, submitted a motion for the revision of the constitution, which the Government had agreed shall go be- fore the Chamber next Wednesday. If the Clerical majority consents to take the proposition under consideration it will be be referred to a committee for examina- tion. This will be the first gain for the revisionists, and it will undoubtedly have an immense effect in calming the coun- try, which, at the present, is everywhere in a state of evolution: The belief pre- vails in many quarters that the Govern- ment will give this opportunity to the re- visionists with the’ privilege of afterward throwing out. the proposition. $ In the meanwhile, from almost every mining and industrial district comes news that large numbers of men have decided to strike on Monday. Partial strikes be- and elsewhere, and it is reported 20,000 men are already out. There is lit- indication, however, that a general strike will occur in: Brussels itself. The workmen's committee will meet to-mor- row to come to a decision regarding the that WORKMEN SECURE RIFLES. The Government is very anxious con- cerning the situaticn in the mining dis- tricts. Regiments of infantry and cavalry have been drafted to the variolis centers, and quarters have been prepared at many mines and industrial works for detach- ments of troops to guard the properties. The papers report that no fewer than 17,000 old pattern rifles have been trans- formed into breech-loaders, sold and are now in the hands of workmen. ‘When M. Van der Velde, the Socialist leader, left the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon and emerged into’ the street he was recognized and followed by a number of persons. The police dispersed the crowd and arrested M. Van der Velde, who was conveyed to the police station, but was soon relcased with the official explanation that his being taken into custody was due to mistaken iden- tity. After being released M. Van der Velde proceeded to the Maison du Peuple, where he addressed the crowd, urging them to refrain from creating a disturbance and not to give the police a pretext for fur- ther violence. The crowd gradually dis- persed, but later reassembled in the souare facing the Maison du Peuple. A detachment of the Clvic Guard thereupon marched through the square, clearing ii and the contiguous thoroughfares. BATTLE WITH POLICE. At half-past 10 the mob again grew troublesome and the guards were ordered to clear the marrow adjacent streets in which threatening crowds were massing. The gendarmes charged with drawn swords and fixed bayonets and were greeted with a hail of stones. The people in some of the houses hurled flower pots, knives and lighted boxes of matches upon the heads of the charging police. A re- volver fusillade was begun by both sides, and some of the gendarmes fired their rifies. Several rioters were injured, two of them being shot, one of whom has since died. A few of the police were hurt. After this encounter a wide area around the Maison du Peuple was systematically cleared by successive charges of gen- darmes carrying drawn swords and re- volvers and civic guards with fixed bayo- nets. Mounted gendarmes, whenever the crowd looked ugly, fired blank cartridges from thelr revolvers, while the officers shouted at the top of thelr voices, *Close your windows.” Every open window was covered by the rifles of the troops until it was closed. RIOTERS ARE WORN OUT. BRUSSELS, April 13, 2 a. m—The squares in the neighborhood of the Matson du Peuple are still occupied by troops, busily engaged in dispersing the groups ‘which have gathered on the outskirts of the cleared zone. Most of the rioters, however, had become worn out and gone home. and there is little Ukelihood of REBELS MAKING GREAT HEADWAY Chinese Imperial Soldiers Appear Powerless. N \WwoopwiILLE =7 il i\, 2 - — DISTINGUISHED DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN RE- PUBLICS WHO MAY SOON BE SELECTED TO SUCCEED CONGER AS UNITED STATES MINISTER TO CHINA. B - + ANTON, April 12.—Couriers from Nanning, a city in the province of - Kuangsi, have brought dispatches to the Viceroy announcing that the imperial troops are powerless against'the rebels, whose numbers are daily.growing. . Trade is at a standstill and the missionaries have been ordered to,leave the districts held by the rebels. Refugees are flock- ing to Nanning. General Ma and General Su are unable to advance from Lienchou and Kao- chou, in‘the adjoining province of Kuangtung, until reinforced. The Viceroy has telegraphed to Peking, and General Yuan Shih Kai, ‘the Governor of Clhili, has ordered the dispatch of foreign-drilled troops and artillery, overland, to the scene of the troubles. The authorities of Canton have ordered a force of Black Flags to proceed to Nanning, under Chief Lieu, and General Ho has been ordered to send gunboats to protect Wuchou, the commercial capital of the province of Kuangsi, and to dispatch torpedo-boats to Nanning. HONGKONG, April 12.—The latest advices from Nanning say the rebels have captured Apinchou, Hengchou and Kinyuen-fu, in the province of Kuangsi, and Hingyuen: in the province of Kweichou. All the local mandarins in each of the towns were made prisoners. ROCKHILL MAY.SUCCEED MINISTER CONGER. WASHINGTON, April 12—There is a well defined rumor in Washington that Minister Conger will be recalled from China, and W. W. Rockhill appointed his successor. Friends of Conger admit there are some grounds for the rumor, but neither of the Iowa, Senators has been consulted as yet, and they do not belleve \the' President will recall Conger without notifying them. - It is known that Sec- retary Hay has been much annoyed over the confusion in the signature of the powers to the protocol for the peace treaty with China last fall. The administra- tlon’s directions were not followed to the letter. Conger as Minister was held responsible for ‘the misunderstanding regarding the instructions of the State De- partment. Hay hoped that Conger would be nominated for Governor of ITowa last summer when he was home on leave. Had Conger been nominated, Rock- hill, who was then in Peking as special commissioner of the State Department, would have been named to succeed him. Conger was not nominated for Gov- ernor and returned to Peking. Rockhill returned to Washington and resumed his duties ‘as director of the Bureau of American Republics. The President shares Hay’s confidence in Rockhill, and also the Secretary's displeasure with Conger. Friends of Conger insist that Rockhill was more responsible for the fail- ure to carry out the Department's instructions than was the Minister, because Rockhill was trusted to represent the Government at the conference at Peking for a settlement. But they say that Rockhill threw the responsibility for all mis- takes on Conger, while he planned to secure Conger’s position. If Conger is re- called and Rockhill nominated for Minister to China there will be trouble over his confirmation. The Iowa Senators will not permit Conger to be humillated after his record in China during the Boxer rebellion and the slege of the lega- tions. There may be a compromise by transferring Conger to some other good diplomatic post. His friends will agree to that, but will not accept without a vigorous protest his recall, and they will make that protest felt in the Senate by-an effort to prevent the confirmation of his successor. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT GIVES WARNING. ST. PETERSBURG, April 12.—The text of the Manchurian convention, which was signed April 8, was published by the Official Messenger to-day. It is prac- tically identical with the version of the Associated Press (cabled from Peking April 3). A note.from the Russlan Minlster to China, M. P. Lessar, to the Chi- - nese Plenipotentiary, is appended to the convention, declaring that “if the Chi- nese Government, notwithstanding the assurances given by it, violates any provis- fons of the convention, the Russian Government will not hold itself bound either by the terms of the Manchurian agreement cr By the declarations previously made in connection with the matter, and would be compelled to repudiate any re- sponsibility and consequences that may result therefrom.' L e O e Y further trouble to-night, but there is every reason to expect renewals of the disturbances at daylight, as a majority of the rioters are apparently roughs and young irresponsibles who will not obey the injunctions of the Soclalist leaders to refrain from disorder. The detective department is busy weed- ing out the anarchists and revolutionary suspects in the coal districts. Ten for- elgners gullty of revolutionary propagan- da were deported from .the mines near Mons vesterdav., The vresident and sec- retary of two of the principal Socialist so- cletles at La Louvre were arrested yes- terday. The regiment of the line which was brought from Antwerp to reinforce the Civic Guard at La Louvre Is patrol- ling that town. A great Soclalist demonstration oc- curred last night at Liege, where a mob numbering 3000 paraded the streets, smashing windows and shooting. A mass- meeting was held In the square in front of the Maison du Peuple, at which vio~ lent speeches were made. L \BATTLE OF BEEF BARONS Striving to Prevent Action Against Trust. Attorney General May Soon Commence a Suit. ntrsvegh President Is Satisfied Anti=-Trust Law Is Violated. | | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET. N. | W., WASHINGTON, April 12.—On author=- | ity of a member of the Interstate Com- merce Commission The Call correspondent can make the positive statment that the Department of Justice has been moving against the beef trust. It is useless to attempt ta get any confirmation from the Aftorney General or any of his assistants, because they refuse to discuss such mat- ters, but information comes without res- ervation and is to be accepted as true. What form the first public step of the De- | partment of Justice will take is a matter | of surmise. Proof sufficient to form the subject of a bill of complaint or an in- dictment must be first obtained. This may come through the United States Dis- | trict Attorney of any one of the cities which are central points of the operation of the trust. It is said that there is | scarcely a city in the United States that cannot furnish the proof. STAND OF PRESIDENT. The President has had hig attention | called to the matter repeatedly and he has never had the slightest hesitation as to what should be done. He has felt that if the people were being oppressed by ex- ‘tm’(lnn and that a monopoly was being created by this gigantic combination for the purpose of restraining trade and rais- ing prices, then the legal machinery of | the United States should be put in opera- | tion to stop these practices, and if neces- sary to close the packing houses. But just here the same influences that always make themselves heard when the question of trusts comes up in the Re- publican party appeared on the scene. Representatives of the big butchers and packers themselves came to Washington soon after agitation began against the beef trust. Representatives of the beef trust came to Washington two weeks ago. These thrifty and practical gentle~ men wanted the administration to hold its hands, and took the ground that there had been no violation of the law on their part. This brought up the question as to what they had to fear if there had been no violation of the law. This was a puz- zler, but the matter took a different turn, it is reported, and an effort was made by the beef men as soon as they recovered from their embarrassment to show that | if the beef matter was forced by proceed- ings it would open up the whole question of combinations. “Let it sleep,” was the argument. “It is an awkward question, and what differ- ence does it make even if the people are paying a higher price for their meats s¢ long as they are making higher wages than they ever made before?” AGENTS ARE ACTIVE. But agents of the trust, it is said, went even further than that and called atten- tion to the fact that they had been the best friends of the Republican party in | the West, and whenever hundreds of national or congressional committees needed replenishment they always came forward with generous contributions. Therefore they were entitled to protec- tion and they should not be singled out for attack when dozens of other trusts and combinations were engaged in doing the same thing. In addition to these elaborate argu- ments others were made to show the big Republican politiclans that the price of beef was raised not simply for the pur- pose of making big profits, but because of the scarcity of beef cattle in the West and the high price of corn. This did not deter the administration from having proper steps taken for the establishment of the facts whether the anti-trust law was being violated, whether the public was suffering in consequence and whether competition had been crushed. It was said to-day that just as certain as it can be proved that there has been an agreement between Armour, Morris and other packers as to prices all over the country and as to an apportionment of territory, just so certain will the Gov~ ernment proceed to break up the combi- nation. This is supposed to be the case the Attorney General Is seeking to estab- Hish. BRITISH MEAT FAMINE. LONDON, April 12.—The so-called meat famine which has been exploited through- out the British press has become a mat- ter of keen interest to Londoners, who hitherto have not been affected by the prevalling scarcity. A careful canvass of London shows that the retailers at the present time are the sole sufferers by the advance in the wholesale price, which amounts to a penny per pound on all grades of meat. Since January the major- ity of the retailers have been running tkeir business without profit, because lack of organization prevented a uniform in- crease of prices. A meeting, however, has been called, which will undoubtedly result in a uniform increase in the price of meat on the part of retallers through- out London. To Invade Turkey. VIENNA, April .12—The Neue Frele Presse to-day publishes a dispatch from Sofla, Bulgaria, announcing that a procis- mation has been issued by M. Sarafoff, the Macedonian leader, calling on the Macedonians in Bulgaria to join in a gen- eral rising April 27. Bands collecting on the Turkish frontier are to co-operate and Invade Turkev at differen: pointa.