The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 23, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCI-NO. 14 5. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1902. — PRICE FIVE CENTS. UNITED STATES TROOPS ARE REPORTED WITH A COMMISSION TO TAKE FORCIBLE POSSESSION QUESTIONS TO EXCITE British Premier Is Interrogated in the House of Commons by William O'Brien Coneerning Roosevelts Letter to the United Irish League BALFOUR NATIONALISTS o 1 great + | { [ } | | 7 PREMIER OF GREAT BRITAIN | AND NOTED IRISH NATIONAL- | IST WHO INTERROGATED HIM. ! 5 & .of granting a day for discussion of the ! | L P : 7 ONDON, Oct. 22—William O'Brien among his fellow Nationalists in the House of Commons to-day by “ques- tioning Premier Balfour regarding Presi- dent Roosevelt's letter to"the convention of the United Irish League at Boston, Mass. O'Brien asked the Premier if he hed observed that Roosevelt sent a let- | ter and whether, in view of the future friendly relations -between the United Btates and Great Britain, he could make any announcement that this country was not disposed 1o’ léarn wisdom regarding Irish affairs from the head of 2 end friendly. nation. The Speaker promptly ruled the ques- tion out of order to the evident chagrin of the Nationalists, whose excitement in- creased as O'Brien tried to urge his point He declared the President’s letter was an international fact of the first importance to the future of Great Britain and ft would not be a friendly. thing to the head of a great nation that his letter should be treated as if the House of Com- mons was disposed to “avenge an insult to the Chief Secretary for Ireland and his Femovables.” The Speaker maintained his ruling and ©’Brien tried to move an adjournment of the House to discuss the matter, but the Speaker ruled it was a matter of in- finite importance. Thus foiled O'Brien said he hoped it would be noted in America that Amer- ican as well as Irish opinion was gagged. a0 LETTER SENT TO BOSTON. Becretary Cortelyou Tells Why the President Cannot Attend. BOATON, Oct. 22.—Following is the text of the letter sent by the President’s sec- retary to the United Irish League at its convention in this city: “WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 16, 1%02—Dear Sir: Your kom- munication of recent date has been re- ceived and in reply I would state that while the President very much appre- clates the cordial invitation extended to him by your league he regrets that his public duties will prevent him from being present on the occasion to ' which you refer. Owing to the pressure upon his time incident to the preparation of his annuzl message to Congress he is at pres- ent unable to accept any invitations. *“Permit me, in the President’s behaif, to thank you and through you the mem- bers. of your organization for this cour- tesy and believe me, very truly yours, “GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, “‘Secretary."” L wegsty 2 SIR HENRY GIVES SUPPORT. Second Controversy in Commons on the Irish Question. LONDON, Oct. 22.—There was another lively though futile discussion in the House of Commons to-day on the subject state.of Ireland. It led-to a great deal of straw-splitting, allegations of discourtesy and a considerable increase in the ill-feei- ing prevailing. The Liberal leader, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, again sup- ported Patrick O’'Brien’s request for a day, saying fhat as the Premier had de- clined the Concession “on the mere re- quest of the Irish members,” he as a Scotchman gladly supported the request. Premier Balfour explained that he could only give a day at Sir Henry’s request on the understanding that the motion took a form of a vote of censure on the Gov- ernment, and that it was supported by the opposition as a whole. The Liberal leader, however, disclaimed any such in- tention. He refused to identify himself so completely with the Natlonalists, al- though he strongly contended that the re- quest of the Irish members should be granted, - z Balfour said: “The right honorable gentleman had better make up his mind. If he cannot go any ‘further and take a full plunge he had better defer this discussion.” Sir Henry resented wnat he termed a discourtesy, but Balfour disavowed any such intention. g During the altercation Willlam O'Brien, T. P. O'Connor and others interjected comments on Balfour's “insulting attitude toward the Irish” and the discussion con- cluded with William O'Brien exclaiming: “If we are not given a day, we will take one.”} ’ William O’Brien afterward gave notice of a resolution declaring that, in the opinion of the House, the operation of the crimes act in Ireland was not justified by the condition of the country and was Ln- fair in its application, opposed to civilized usage in the manner of its administration and calculated to undermine respect of the law, estrange the people “of Ireland and deeply injure the interests of peace between England and Ireland, Th Nationalists refrained from votihg on any of the amendments to the educa- tional bill. s Thought to Be a Deserter. - ARKANSAS CITY, Oct. 22.—Allen C. Crouse, said to be a deserter from the Sixty-first Coast Artillery, stationed at San Francisco, was arrested here to-day by the local authorities and is being held awaiting instructions from the military authorities, CALIFORNIA BEET SUGAR ~ MEN BATTLE (Carry Their War to the Enemy’s Country. Shipments ' Indicate a Campaign Against the East. Western Refiners Will Fight Havemeyer, Arbuckles and the National. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW.YORK, Oct. 22.—Refined sugar cir- cles are again seriously menaced by a trade war which is (hrea!‘nlng the East as a result of an aggressive movement on the part of beet sugar refineries of the West. The Havemeyer sugar trust, the Ar- buckles and the National Company have apparently come to an amicable undez- standing on trade matters and they are now joining hands in what promises to be the most bitter campaign yet waged | against the beet sugar producers of the West. The latter this year have throwfi 2 bomb of consternation into the Eastern refiners by their decision to carry thelr war right into the heart of the enemy’s territory. It was learned in lower Wall street to-day that the Western beet men have decided to begin the shipments of beet sugar to Atlantic seaboard points. Already 14,000 bags of refined beet sugar are on their way to this city, the market- ing of which will mark the first shot to be fired in the present campaign. One lat_is-béing sent—by -the. Alamedn Bect Sugar Company of California and another consignment of about 7000 bags has been sent by the American Beet Sugar Com- pany. This company is sending its sugar direct by rail to this city, while the other will .go by water. The 14,000 bags of beet sugar will come into direct competition with the cane goods refilned by the American Sugar Refining Company, Howells and Ar- buckles. - The management of these con- cerns regard the shipments as a bold challenge of conflicts Ear:iy figures made to-day were to the effect that beet sugar will be sold here at 4.30 cents a pound. President Havemeyer says: “I do not care to say anything as to the: extent of our interest in the beet sugar industry, or how our acquisitions Iwere financed. You know that when the increase of $15,000,000 in the capitalization of our company was made last year we were in no way restricted as to the man- ner in which we should use it, but whether we have used some of this to purchase beet concerns or used other avallable funds is a matter of little con- sequence. The sugar trade was never in better shape than it is to-day.” CANINE JEALOUSY LEADS TO A BULLDOG’S SUICIDE Leaps From High Window Because Its Master Had Got An- other Pet. SAN JOSE, Oct. 22.—Because its master had been presented with a cocker spaniel, to which he showed marked attention, a bulldog committed suicide last evening by jumping from the third story of a build- ing at the corner of Orchard and Santa Clara streets to the pavement below. animal was killed instantly. The bulldog, a thorcughbred female, ‘was the property of a local colored man and for several years had been his con- stant companion. When a few days ago its master was presented with a cocker spaniel the bulldog resented the intru- slon and at its master's approach would snarl and show its dislike. The dog grew morose, ate but little and spent most of the time sulking. Last night while alone in the room it leaped through an open’ window to the pavement below, a distance of about forty-five feet. No other theory for the dog's act but suicide can be advanced. SOMALILAND TROUBLE BECOMES MORE SERIOUS SIMLA, India, Oct. 22.—The military au- thorities now anticipate that a whole brigade of troops will be required to cope with the, Somaliland difficulty. The regi- ments are preparing for ‘eventualities. Four Maxim guns will accompany the troops sailing to-morrow. . ROME, Oct. 22.—Negotiations are pro- ceeding with the object of obtaining Abyssinian military co-operation in So- maliland similar to that of 1900, when Ras Makonnen invaded and devastated Ogah- den. The suggestion is that Abyssinlans should hem in the Mad Mullah’s forces from the southward and the British at- tack them from the north. Archbishop Riordan Congratulated. ROME, Oct. 22.—Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco, who, through the United States, brought the pious fund case against Mexico before the international court at The Hague, has been warmly congratulated upon the favorable decision_ of the court, especially as none of the members of the international - tribunal ‘was Catholic. lecl’npe has expressed a desire to see Archbishop Riordan and hear from him the'particulars of the de- cision, e : The | Sensational Dispaitch Sent. Rio Janeiro Is Excited by Story. Fierce Figh‘t Is Won by Bolivia. Special Dispatch to The Call. RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 22.—A sensa- tional dispatch has just been recelved from Para announcing that a commission representing an Anglo-American syndi- cate has left New York and that it is ac- companied by a detachment of the United States army. ‘The purpose of the military force, says the dispatch, is to take pos- session of the leased Acre territory. Dispatches have just been received from Manaos, saying thaththe Bolivian forces have routed the revolutionists in the ter- ritory of Acre. A severe fight took place pear Empresa. The revolutionists at- tempted to take possession of the capital of Acre, but the Bollvians administered a crushing defeat. There is no doubt here over the accu- racy of the news. * MANY ’:‘.‘EOOPB’——PERISK. Dysentery and Fever Thin Ranks in the -Colombian Army. MANAGUA, Oct. 22.—Recent advices from Costa Rica referring to the isthmus state that the situation in Panama and Colon is unchanged, except that the mor- tality among the Government troops in those two ports is on an unprecedented scale. The deaths have been principally due to dysentery and fever, owing to ex- posure to rain and sum, lack of sanitary | rules and h; and merop/err jienic measures, bad food Itering, i CASTRO’S VICTORY' IN DOUBT. British and Cerman Officers Say | Rebels Are Getting Upper Hand. PORT OF SPAIN, Oct. 22.—Officers of the German cruiser Gazelle and the Brit- ish cruiser Indefatigable, which arrived here from La Guaira, declare President Castro.of Venezuela did not win an im- portant victory over the revolaijonists at La Victoria. These warships bring different news. The officers express the opinion that the revolutionists are getting the upper hand. ARMY OF HOME SEEKERS SETTLES ON THIS COAST Seventy Thousand Persons Added to the Population of Threes Northern States. TACOMA, Oct. 22.—Railroad men esti- mate that not less than 70,000 homeseek- ers, most of whom have become actual settlers, have been brought from Eastern States to Idaho, Washington and Oregon during the present year. They have been carried westward by the Northern Pa- cific, the Great Northern, the Burling- ton and the ‘Union Pacific in about equal numbers. The wealth as well as the population of the States named has been materially increased by this influx of new settlers, the great majority of whom had money with which to buy farms or engage in business. Hundreds of homeseekers are still being brought West and it is esti- mated .that Washington's increase in population from this source will not be less than 50,000 during the year. Probably 60 per cent of the immigrants to this State have settled on farm lands in Eastern Washington and will engage in raising wheat and other grains. The Canadian Pacific Railway is re- ported to have carried about 100,000 new settlers into Manitoba and the provinces farther west this year.. These have in- cluded thousands of Hungarians, Finns and Russians, who had very little money with which to start life in the new coun- try. PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER 'WILL SOON BE MARRIED Miss Alice Roosevelt to Be Bride of John Greenway of Arkansas. LITTLE. ROCK, Ark., Oct. 22.—Infor- mation reached here to-day from reliable sources at Washington that the engage- ment of Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of President Roosevelt, to John Greenway of Hot Springs, Ark., will be announced in a few days. Greenway is about 30 years of age and is a'son of Dr. Greenway, a leading phy- sician of Hot Springs. He was a lleuten- ant in Roosevelt's Rough Rider regiment during the Spanish-American war. He has visited Washington several times during the past year as a guest of Presi- dent Roosevelt, with whom he is a great favorite. He comes from one of the best Southern families. He left Hot Springs several days ago for Washington, where he is now the guest of the President. b L O Earthquakes Jar Los Alamos. LOS ALAMOS, Oct. fl.—nree earth- quakes jarred this vicinity yesterday be- tween 1:45 and 2:15 o'clock in the’ after- noon. The first lasted forty seconds. The vibrations were: from south to north and were preceded by a rumbling noise. The shocks were quite severe, but no-damage was done. There was a light quake this morning at 2 o'clock L OF LEASED A SECAET PAGTS ARE AIMED T0 PROVOKE PERU DangerousTreaties Made by Three Republies. ' Chile’s Secret Deal With Colqmbia and Ecuador. Irfrigue to Disturb Peace May Threaten Rights of America. Special Dispatch to The Call. BUENOS AYRES, Oct. 22.—In reference to the secret treaties between Chile, Co- lombia and Ecuador La Prensa will pub- lish to-morrow an editorial saying that Chile endeavored to gain influence over Colombia and Ecuador to proyvoke difficul- tles with Peru. .This occurred while a confiict with Argentina seemed inevitable. Chile’'s proposal was meant to intimi- date Peru and even to induce the two re- publics to declare war with the object of preventing Peru's interference in the Chilean-Argentine conflict. ' Las Prensa de- clares that the concession to transport | troops and arms over the isthmus had for its object the provoking of interference by the United States, because Chile khew perfectly well that the American Govern- ment would not approve of that conces- sion. - La Prensa’s editorial adds: “The whole matter is an intrigue calculated to disturb the peace, and the United States has a | xight to ask for an.explanation:” Other papers comment on the mattei tn the same strain. : EXPLAINS THE TREATIES. Minister of Chile Denies That Ameri- can Interests Are Threatened. s SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 22.—A represen- tative of El Mercurio to-day had an in- teresting interview concerning the secret treaties between Chile, Colombia and Ecuador with the Minister of Foreign Af- fairs. The Minister safd his Government attaches no importance to the publication of the treatles, as the real meaning of these agreements can only be understood as a result of the dangerous diplomatic position in which Chile was placed in the last months. of 1901 and at the beginning of 1%2. Chile was then anxious to strengthen her friendship with some of the South American republics in order to have their help in the pan-American con- ference in Mexfco, where Chilean inter- ests were threatened by her enemies. Chile thought that war with Argentine was possible, and the free passage of the Straits of Magellan would have been rendered very difficult, This Government insists on the point that the agreements were only the result of the dangerous position of Chile and that the treaties have nothing to do with the United States’ interests, which are in perfect harmony with those of Chile. JUBILANT HOP-GROWERS THROWING MONEY AWAY Scatter Small Coin for Which the Children of Dallas, Or., Scramble. REDDING, Oct. 22.—The hop growers of Southern Oregon are so jubilant over the prevailing high prices of hops that they are throwing money away. W. C. Brown, a rich hop grower of Dallas, Polk County, annpunced recently that if hops sold this year as high'as 25 cents he would scat- ter $100 in nickels on the main street of Dallas for the small boys and girls. Yes- terday he sold his hops for 25 cents a pound and he has announced that on Sat- urday he would immortalize himself by scattering 2000 5-cent.pieces on the main street. . Another hop grower yesterday threw away $100 in dimes, nickels and quarters to celebrate the.good prices hups were bringing.- The hop growers of Southern Oregon and Northern California will this yeay realize small fortunes from the sale of their product. . —— CREES SPREAD SMALLPOX AMONG THE BLACKFEET Authorities in Northern Montana Be- come Alarmed at the Epi- demic’s Rapidity. BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 22.—A special to the Miner from Havre, Mont., says that a fearful state of affairs exists as a result of an epidemic of smallpox among the renegade Cree Indians, who were driven across the Canadian border, it is alleged, by the Canadian mounted police. The Crees have a viruléent form of the disease and when they were driven across the line wandered aimlessiy about, half burying their dead, whose graves can be seen along the roadway. On the Black- foot reservation they spread the infection and it is reported an epidemic is now raging there. A rigid quarantine is be- ing maintained| by the authorities to a large ‘band near Havre. The situation 'S CRE TERRITORY LOOKS TO EMPEROR WILLIAM AS THE SAVIOR OF EUROPE Andrew Carnegie Makes a Remarkable Speech in Whieh He Pcints Out the Way for Nations to Repel the Invasion of American Commeree + — g N T. ANDREWS, ‘Seotland, Qet.. 2.~ Andrew ‘Carnegie was to-day for- mally reinstalled - as. reator of St. Andrew’s University in the presence of a large and brilliant assemblage, over which Principal Donaldson presided. The honorary degree of doctor of laws was subsequently conferred by St. Andrew's on Mr. Carnegie, Embassadors Choate and ‘White, Professor Alexander Graham Bell of Washington and Henry White, secre- tary ,of the United States embassy In London. Carnegie's rectorial address consisted of a lengthy study of - the compargtive growth of nations in the paths of indus- trial ascendency, with a striking com- mentary on their future. In this speech, which was replete with notable statistics and important economié prophecies, per- haps the most remarkable feature was an appeal to Emperor William to use his influence toward the eventual creation of the United States of Europe under the form of a political and Industrial union. In this way alone, Carnegie declared, can Europe conquer the foreign markets or repel the American invasion. France, Germany:and Russia, who had already taken joint action against Japan, would suffice to insure a satisfactory union In Europe. WILLIAM AS A DELIVERER. “The -Czar,” he continued, *having taken the first step toward the peace of the world in The Hague conference, the other mighty Emperor might be impressed with the thought that it is due to him- self and to Germany to play a part upon the wider stage of Europe, as her de- liverer from the incubus which oppresses and weakens her, the appalling, paralyz- ing fear of war and of ruin between mem- bers of her own body."” Carnegie, in the course of a glowing tribute to Emperor Willlam, said he could not help believing that “‘one so supremely great” could “influence the few men who to-day control Europe to take the first step, not to, federate, but by an_alliance to insure internal peace, which is all that can be expected at present.” Unless the powers agreed to something of the kind all they could look forward to was to “revolve like so many liliputians around -the giant Gulliver, the American Union, soon to embrace 100,000,000 of the English-speaking race and capable of sup- plying most of the world’s wants."” For the best essays on this subject Carnegie offered a rector's prize. INDUSTRIAL SUPREMACY. Dealing with the events which caused the industrial supremacy, ‘“once yours, but’ now passed to your lineal descend- ant, who bears the Industrial crown,” Carnegie~maintained it was a physical impossibility for Great Britain to produce material things rivaling in amount those of countries the size of America, Germany and Russia, nor would a union of the empire change the situation, for “neither Canada nor Australia give promise of much increase in population or industrial- ism. All thought of material ascendency even with the British empire united muat therefore be abandoned.” Carnegie spared his Scotch audience no detalls. “America,” he said, “now makes more steel than all the rest ot the world. In fron and coal her production is greatest and it i§ also in textiles. She produces three-fourths of the world's cotton. The value of her manufactures is about triple that of your own. Her exports are greater and the clearing-house exchanges has become so alarming that Dr. Longe- | at New York are almost double those of way of the State; Board of Health has London.” taken up the mafter and an appeal may | Germany, the speaker sald, now threatt be sent to the department at Washington. | ened to oust Great Britain even from sec- ' Gnntlmud on Page 3, Column 3. & . 1 FORMER - IRON ~KING WHO | WAS REINSTALLED AS REC- I TOR OF ST.'ANDREW'S. < * ond place. France was not likely to In- crease her trade much further. It was only through the frugality and virtue of her own people that she remained among the first class natioms. HOME MAREKET A FACTOR. Carnegie emphasized the assertion that the: most powerful weapon in conquering foreign markets is a profitable home mare ket. “Invasions of Europe, especially of Great Britaln, by American manufactur- ers ard not to be apprehended to any great extent except at rare intervals, be- cause the home market m America took 9 per cent of the manufactured articles, hence her prosperity. Foreign commerce is a braggart always In evidence at home. Commerce is the true king. The work ac- complished in American commerce by the German element can scarcely be belleved except by those who, like myself, know it by experience. The sobriety and deter~ mination of the Germans form an exam- ple for England, whose enormous drink bill and money spent on tobacco they cut in half, while the gambling of both mas- ters and men is abolished. The great se- cret of success in business and in million- aire making is to make partners of vala- able managers of departments.” Carnegie described as a dark cloud on England’s horizon the fact that in twenty or twenty-five years the supply of Cleve- land ironstone will be practically exhaust- ed. The Cumberland supply is already nearly exhausted. This will bring dearer iron. A “Howevet,” Carnegle added, “even the United States has only a proved supply of first class ore sufficient for sixty or seventy years. With the reserve of infe- rior grades it might last another thirty years, unless the rate of consumption is greatly increased. But the United States, with her enormous extent, had good hopes of discovering deposits now unknown.’ MAGNITUDE OF GERMANY, In proof of his contentions that it was hopeless to fight “magnitude in commer- clalism,” Carnegle cited the supremacy of Germany in the speed of Atlantic liners, and said they were not paid half the sube