The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1502 PRICE FIVE CENTS. GERMAN WARSHIP FIRES UPON AND SINKS A REBEL GUNBOAT IN GENERAL FIRMIN’'S SERVICE AT ENTRANCE TO HAYTIAN PORT —. by the German gunboat Panther. — CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, Sept. 7.---The gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot, which was in the service of the Firminist party, has been fired upon and sunk at the entrance of the harbor of Gonaives The crew of the Crete-a-Pierrot left her before she went down. DISEASE GERM IN INFANTS Science Finds Source of the Sickness of Babes. Gold of Rockefeller Paves Way to Dis- covery. Now Seeking Drug to Combat the Destroyer. Ith of k” died two years ago e’s heart was wrung When he came back the Dell near Tarry- as to how wealth to others many innumerable of $200,000 1 asked Dr. of the in the Rocke- um of mon one ficient h ¥ required ad f Dr. pkin spital an- scovery se to none that has been v is t Now and his aids will the cove EPIDEMIC OF SMALLPOX CAUSES SERIOUS TROUBLE Residents of Bridgetown Attack the Authorities and Prevent the Isolation of a Patient. STON, Jamaic Sept. 7.—The from West ENOX WILL INVESTIGATE TITLE TO CANAL PROPERTY Arrives in France to Examine Treaty Between Panama Company and Colombia. PARIS, Sept. 7.—Attorney General Knox arrived here tc left New York t abroad for the pur- clear title to the prop- T d States from the Company and to investi- between the company and Government, which is to red to the United States. - RUSSIA SENDS A NOTE TO TURKISH AUTHORITIES Insists That Be’r’"forpedo-noats Be | Allowed to Pass Through the Dardanelles. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 7.—Russia bes refused to accept the declination of the Porte to allow four unarmed Russian torpedo boats to pass through the Darda- ote to the Turkish authori- ng that the boats be allowed to rough. The Porte, it is expected, peal to the powers Gorki’s New Play Is a Failure. BERLIN, Sept 7.—The Petty Towns- people,” a play by Max Gorki, the Rus- sian author, was presented at the Les- ng Theater here last night and attract- ed a great audience. The play distinct disappointment and it was almost hissed. Although interesting it is utterly sacking in dramatic action. It is merely series of scenes from Russian town life, ely thrown together. Spanish Troops Charge a Mob. BARCELONA, Scpt. 7.—The police in- in 2 workmans’ meet- Ing and made several arrests. A crowd then tried to rescue the vprisoners and savalry guards charged and fired on the people. One man was killed and several were wounded. was a terfered to-day SULTANS | | DECLARE | ~ FOR WAR TMoros Tns;; Upon' Fighting Uncle Sam. Demand Evacuation of Mindanao by Americans. Chaffee and Davis Are Preparing for Hostilities. ‘ Special Dispatch to The Call MANILA, Sept. 7.—Captain Pershing, who has been investigating the causes | of the recent attacks upon Americans in | the island of Mindanao, reports that the | Moros reject all offers of friendship and that hope of an adjustment with the na- tives ha> been abandoned The Sultans and Dattos are treacherous | and not to be trusted. One of them who | was trusted remained neutral for a month and then guided a force of Moros in an attack upon an American post on Matal- ing River. Other chiefs demand that the | Americans evacuate the island. General Chaffee and General Davis are holding extended conferences on the sit- uation. The original forces in Mindanao | have been largely increased and possibly | the next attack by Moros will lead the Americans to retaliate thoroughly. Since the battle at Bayan the American troops have remained in their camps and in no tance have they assumed the aggres- ive, although they have been :n!larkedl twelve times. General Chaffee has planned for a thorough protection of | friendly natives in the event of a general | movement. | In an attack upon the Mataling River | which is situated seven miles from | one American was killed and | wounded. The small garrison tem- porarily retreated, abandoning the body of their comrade who had been Kkilled. Later they recovered their wounded. | When reinforcements were obtained the Americans pursued the Moros, killing sev- ral of them. In the pursuit Lieutenant | Parker was wounded. | camp Vicars, three EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS. Resources of the Philippine Islands | ‘Will Be Shown. ’ YORK, Sept Governor Taft of | the Philippine Islands has appointed Dr. ‘William H. Wilson of Philadelphia special commissioner to represent the Philippine Government in the preparation of the ex- tensive exhibit which Taft in- s to make at the St. Louls exposition 1904. The Government of the Philip- participate in the exposition on a large scale in order to adequately dem- e the natural resources of the isl- and present to the world evidence Governor the promised importance of these new possessions. The exhibit will occupy forty acres and more than $500,00 has already been appropriated for it. Dr. Wilson i present director of the Philadelphia Museum, | Dr. Wilson has appointed Dr. ("usia\'o§ Neiderlein to take charge of the promo- | tion, collection and installation of the ex- | Dr. Neiderlein represented the Ar- gentine Republic at the Paris Exposition | in 188 and the Chicago Exposition of 189, He has been connected in a scientific ca- pa with 1 every exposition held | during the past twenty years. Dr. Neld- will sail for the Philippines in about two weeks, | | at | hibit erlein + FIRE FOURS | FROM CRATER || | OF VESUVIUS \ AT ONDON, Sept 7.—A specral dispatch from [ Naples says large vol- umes of flames were issuing from the crater of Mount Vesuvius on Saturday morn- {| ng. + I i e | Smoke Issuing From Dewey Crater. | HONOLULU, Aug. 2.—Manager Wal- | dron of the Volcano House reports that | for several days a pall of smoke has hung | over the region of the Dewey crater on | Mona Loa. He states that the column of smoke is distinctly visible each even- ing when the weather is clear, and that in his judgment activity of a more pro- rounced character may be expected at any time. The hotel at Holi has been closed, but extensive improvements are contemplated at the Volcano House. S e | Americans Profit by the Information. | LONDON, Sept. 8.—A dispatch to the | Daily Mail from Malaga, Spain, says that | as a result of the British Consui at that | place having called attention to openings | for British trade, the agents of two American firms are now prospecting for | the construction of two new rallroads. “Helping Our Rivals” is the headline given by the Daily Mail to this dispatch, I | | Kaiser Avenges Seizure of German Merchantman. ORT AU PRINCE, Haytl, Sept. 7.—The German .gun- boat Panther arrived' here on September 5 and received in- structions from tHe German Government to capture the Firmirnist gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot. She left immediately for Gonaives the Firminist Government. found the Crete-a-Pierrot in the of Gonaives and the commander of German gunboat: informed Admiral K lick on the Crete-a-Pierrot that he must remove his crew and surrender his vess:l in five minutes. Admiral Killick asked that this time be extended to fifteen min- utes. This request was granted on the condition that the arms and ammunition on board the Crete-a-Pierrot should be abandoned when her crew left. The crew of the Crete-a-Pierrot left the vessel amid great disorder. At the end of fifteen minutes the Panther sent a small boat carrying one officer and twen- ty sailors who were to take possession of the Firminist gunboat. When these men had arrived at a point about twenty yards from the Crete-a-Plerrot flames were seen to break out on board of her. She had been fired by her crew before they left her. The Panther fired on the Crete-a-Pier- rot until she was completely immersed. Thirty shots all told were fired. There is much feeling here against the Firminists and thelr cause is considered to be a bad ome. Soldiers are leaving here to attack St. Marc. Port au Prince is calm. CAUSE OF GERMANY’S ACT. The cause of the attack on the Firmin- ist gunboat was the announcement from Cape Haytien on September 3 that the German steamer Markomannia, Captain Hansen, belonging to the Hamburg- American Packet Company, having on board arms and ammunition sent by the Provisional Government to Cape Haytien, had been stopped on September 2 by the Crete-a-Pierrot at the entrance of the harbor of Cape Haytien and that an armed force sent on board the steamer from the gunboat took possession of the war munitions in spite of the protesta- tions of Captain Hansen and the German Consul. The seizure of the Markomannia has been characterized as an act of piracy. But a dispatch from Berlin, dated Sep- tember 6, said German Government cir- cles did not take a tragic view of the seizure of the German vessel, but that satisfaction would be demanded. The For- eign Office agreed with the View held by the foreign representatives at Port au Prince, sald the dispatch, that the action of the Crete-a-Plerrot was piracy, but it was not them known whether satisfac- tion would be demanded from General , the seat of The Panther harbor the Firmin or whether the result of the rev- | wrote Commander McCrea a olution in Hayti would be awaited. CRETE-A-PIERROT’S RECORD. The Crete-a-Plerrot was 4 steel serew vessel of 950 tons displacement. She was armed with one 6.7-inch disc, one 4.7-inch, four 3.9-inch; two Maxim machine guns and four Nordenfeldt machine guns, The Crete-a-Plerrot formerly was in | the service of the Haytian Government, and Admiral Killick was commander of the Haytian fleet. On June 27, of this vear, Admiral Killick disembarked troops from the Crete-a-Pierrot to support Gen eral Firmin, ex-Haytian Minister at Paris and one of the candidates for the presi- dency of the republic, and, after refusing to recognize the constituted authorities, he threatened to bombard Cape Haytien. The consular corps protested against such action being taken, but their efforts failed of success, for a few days later the Ad- miral did -bombard Cape Haytien, al- though little damage was done by the Crete-a-Pierrot's fire. Since June 27 (he Crete-a-Pierrot has been operating in the interest of Gereral Firmin, The Haytian Government disavowed the action of Admiral Killick in bombarding Cape Haytien, and ordered his arrest. The Panther is a steel cruising vessel of 997 tons. She was built at Danzig in 1901 and is 206 feet long. She is armed with six 3.4-inch quick-firing guns, six 1.4-inch and two machine guns. The Panther left Germany on July 9 for the Caribbean Sea. Captain Scheder, the newly appointed German commodore on the American station, had an audience with Emveror William to receive speciai instructions before starting for his post on the Panther. RECENT HAYTIAN TROUBLES. The present revolution in Hayti started in the month of April of this year, and General Tiresias Simon Sam, President of the, Haytian republic, resigned his office and left the island i May. For the last two months American interests in Hayti have been looked after by the United States gunboat Machias, Commander Mec- Crea. It recently developed that at least six European nations had confided the protection of their interests in Hayti wholly to.the United States naval force in Haytian waters. Admiral Killick re- cently declared Cape Haytien to be block- aded, but this blockade was admitted to be inefficient and was abandoned by the admiral after Commander McCrea had made certain representations to him con- cerning it. In a letter to Firminist admiral Com- mander McCrea informed him that he was charged with the protection of Brit- ish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Cuban interests, as well as those of the United States, and that he would prevent a second bombardment of Cape Haytien without due notice, In reply to this letter Admiral Killick Promising to GERMANY’'S FOREIGN MINISTER, THE OFFENDING HAYTIAN LEAD- ER AND MEN AND PLACES MENTIONED IN 3 FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS. e THE_WAR NEWS | +lsl.avnders Sei }J}re to Ves_sél Before Abandoning Her. | observe the usages of civilized warfare | The Firminists have in case’ it became necessary to back with his guns the military forces operating near Cape Haytien, and called his atten- tion to a decree ordering the port of Cape Haytien in a state ol blockade. Commander McCrea communicated the fact of the blockade of Cape Haytien to the foreign Consuls there and advised them to make a formal protest, which they did. It then became apparent that the blockade was ineffectual, as an Amer- ican schooner had come in, reporting no blockade. BLOCKADE NOT EFFECTIVE. ‘When this fact had been established, Commander McCrea proceeded to Cag- nette, found the Crete-a-Pierrot in that port and sent Admiral Killick a letter, in which he said that the Government of the United States considered the blockade of Cape Haytien not effective, even as a de facto blockade, and that the United States denied him (Admiral Killick) the right to search any Americanor foreign vessels attempting entrance to the har- ber of Cape Haytien. To this communication Admiral Killick replied that he aprpeciated the conditions ond admitted the inefficiency of the block- ade, which he abandoned. The blockade incident was thus closed and the Machias sailed on August 30 from Gonalves for Boston The Crete-a-Plerrot stopped the German steamer Markomannia, sent an armed force on board and took possession of the war munitions she carried after Com- mander McCrea had told Admiral Kii- lick' that he had no right to visit or search any foreign vessel attempting to enter Cape Haytlen, and after the admiral bad admitted his blockade to be ineffec- tual. HAYTI'S POLITICAL FEUD. There are three candidates for the Pres- idency of Hayti—Calisthenes Fouchard, Seneque Monplaisir Pierre and M. Firmin. | some cases successful been active and in in their engage- raents with the forces of the provisional government under the command of Gen- eral Alex Nord, Minister of War under the provisional government. M. Firmin is considered by some to have the best chance of gaining the Presi- dency. In 1599 he was Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs in the - cabinet - of President Hyppolite. He directed the ne- gotiations with Admiral Gherandi, who had been sent by the Washington Gov- ernnient to try to obtain a release of the Mole St. Nicholas, and he succeeded in showing that the constitution of Haytl forbade the alienation of any portion of the territory of the republic. Under President Sam in 1807 ‘M. Firmin was Minister of Finance and Foreign Af- fairs. and in’ 1900 Minister of “Hayti to France, where he was decorated with the ribbon of the Legion of Honor. GERMANY WITHIN RIGHTS. Belief That Monroe Doctrine Has Not Been Violated. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Opinion based on press dispatches from Hayti is that international complications probably will not arise from the:sinking of the Hay- tian insurgent gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot by the German gunboat Panther, for having seized the German ship. Markomannia, which was carrying arms to the Haytian provisional government. The Monroe doctrine, it is asserted here, has not been violated, for Germany has committed no act of territorial aggres- sion and has no intention of so ‘doing. She has punished the insurgents by inter- fering with German commerce after no- tice had been served on Admiral Killick, the insurgent commander, by the United States, that the blockade he attempted would not be recognized and that inter- - Carries Arms to Colom- bians. Dispatch to The Special call. ALTIMORE, Md., Sept. T.— With every member of her crew 1 with a riffe and wearing a belt loaded with cartridges, the little steamer Maid of Patuca left Baltimore to-day on her long voyage to South Amer= ica: ~Agents of the steamer in this city have given out the announcement that she is to be used in building a jetty at | the mouth of the river Patuca in Hon- duras, but the general impression pres vails that the steamer is a genuine fili- buster and that she is carrying ammuni- tion to the insurgents in Colombia. In her hold are cases of dynamite and boxes of rifles, wilh a large quantity of ammuni- tior and similar warlike stores that would be of great value to the fighting insur- gents. ‘With their guns and cartridge belts the crew presented a most piratical appear~ ance and seemed quite out of place on the little steamer. The crew numbers twelve, including the captain. Practically in charge of the entire oute fit is a man who has had considerabls experience in filibustering expeditions. This is John Toole of this city, who was engineer on the Three Friends when she was engaged in running arms to the fight- ing Cubans before the United States went to their assistance. Several other mem- bers of the crew also were on the Thres Friends. The Patuca came here last spring and during the past three months Toole was the only man continually on her. He nev- er left her. All orders in regard to re- pairs came from Cleveland. About two weeks ago an agent came here and registered at the Carrollton un- der the name of W. M. Dillhoefer. Scenes of activity at once became noticeable about the steamer, and preparations were begun for her voyage. Several days ago she tcok a trial trip down the river and everything was found to be in a satis- factory condition, Since the trial trip several wagon loads of bcyes have been put on board, contain- ing, it is supposed, ammunition and dyna- mite for the Colombian insurgents. The steamer is owned by a company of which William F. Viiet of Cleveland is sald to be president. All instructions have been sent by him and it was under directions from him that she was provisioned and coaled. The steamer is new and was built m Continued on r,.ge 3, Column 1. | Continued on Page 2, Column 4.