The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCIII-NO. 12. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. e——— T R st e it 0 DA HRANCIPEO. Ml S B EMBIR A0 L h o el s e R T R VENEZUELANS SEIZE TWO CONSULS 1 ONDON, Dec. 12.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Willemstad, Island of Curacao, dated December Il, says: The Venezuelan authorities at Puerto Cabello are fortifying that town. They have seized and imprisoned the British and German Consuls there, as well as otl}er Britons and Germans, and have taken possession of their property. The authorities also seized a British steamer wl!ich was discharging a cargo of coal at Puerto Cabello. This vessel was unable to escape owing to a breakdown in her machinery. The American Consul at Puerto Cabello attempted to intervene, but he was disregarded. The British Consul at Puerto Cabello is R. Kolstar. The German consular repre-= ’ sentative is P. Tiedo. L. T. Ellsworth is the American Consul at that port. .-WOMEN AID IN FORTIFYING TOWN PN PLACUR [ACTIVE MEN OF COMMERCE RENDER HIGH __|Powers Find TRIBUTE TO THE OCEAN CABLE PROMOTERS Feminine Foes. FAKE IS Mayor of San Francisco and California’s Governor Join Commercial| rpe ~Conflict EXPOSED ~ Bodies in Reception to Clarence H. Mackay and Associates. | Is Drawing Near. | Special Dispatch to The Call, ~ A (;L':\’fi?:\, Venezuela, Dec. 11.—A division of the Venezuelan army 2100 strong, under command of General Ferrer, | Minister of War, arrived here | this morning, and strong detach- | | ments were at once set to work [to construct defenses and | strengthen the existing fortifica- | tions of the town. Patriotic ardor has been ex- cited to such an extent by President Castro’s appeal to his | countrymen that even women | are assisting in the work of im- | proving the defenses at La | Guaira, and filling sandbags and | making themselves wuseful in Dr. Glennon Says| Bubonic Tales | Are_@lse. Declares in Report Disease Did Not E@re. Declares Bacillus Found to Be That of Chicken preparation for possible eventu- Cholera. i | alities. : & Almost t¢o aman’ the male y = 1% ! | population of the town has vol- r— | 11 R. A. H. GLENNON, | | the aceredited || representative of the || United States Govern- ||| ment, is preparing a || reporc to his superiors | | in Washington, D. C., ||| to the effect that there | hasnever been bubonic | | plague in California. || Dr. Glennon’s report || will go further and de- | || clare positively that ||| after a thorough and | | | exhaustive investiga- || | tion the bacillus sup- | | | posed to be of the | plagueis that of chick- | en cholera. | unteered to assist in its defense. | It is noteworthy that the troops which arrived here this morning | displayed tricolor flags instead of | yellow ones. Yellow is the color | of the Castro party. ‘The use of }t'nc tricolor instead of the yellow | flags is designed to show that the | war with which Venezuelans be- | [lieve they are confronted is a na- tional and not a partisan quarrel. | I learn that prior to the land- | |ing of a force of 200 Germans | {and 50 British at 5 o'clock Ilast | | evening for the purpose of escort- | | ing on board the warships several | | German and British subjects, in- | | cluding Prince, Le Page and | | Fieldwick, who had barricaded | | themselves within the offices of J | La Guaira barbor corporation, a British company, word was sent | | to the local authorities of the in= | tended landing of the parties. It | was declared the warships would | at once sheil the fort, signal sta- | | | < -+ HE - bubonic plague scare with which the local Board | of Health has persistently| | sought to injure the com- thercial and developmental interests of this eity has been ex- ploded by the investigations of | | | | | | tion and custom-house if any op- | position were made. The reinforcements which the Government had dispatched had not then arrived, and as La Guaira authorities had at their | disposal only one battalion they wisely ordered these troops not | to oppose the landing of the Ger- - ; | mans and British. I am informed R Ay T ; G o i I : v ' ] | | on high authority that if another 4 Dr. A. H. Glennon, who was| sent here by the United States!| Government to investigate the | alleged existence of the dread| | disease. Dr. Glennon, after an exhaus- tive investigation, which took | avenues of commercial enter- ! ‘ : \ ‘ P 7 A | |landing were attempted, now place in the cities of San Fran- prise in San- Francisco el { ; . . | that reinforcements have arrived, cisco, Stockton, Sacramento, L”;i,’,z:;"s::m“;"::? ;r;]ace J | = g / it would be a signal for open hos- Watsonville, Vallejo, Santa Cruz, Hotel to welcome Clarence H. " * o tilities. Mackay and his associates of the Com- | Bl d? | THANKS FOR BOWEN. | Diplomats Are Pleased at the Release of Their Countrymen. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—From the | | British Government assurances have come | | through their Embassador to the Amer~ | ican State Department that neither Great | Britain nor Germany intends to depart in | | any particular from the plan of joint ac- San Jose and on Bouldin Island, | mercial Pacific Cable Compans. is preparing to report to Surgeon | The honor of presiding was accorded to - 1 W f the Marine | Sbarbero, who introduced the speakers (;ener_a v )m'an o .1e A AriNe |in brief and commendable style. Flowers Hospital Service at Washington, |and l;]aaxms, artistically placed, and elec- L i tric lights acjusted to give a genial glow D. L._that there never ha§ begn to the surroundings rendered the hall at- bubonic plague in California. |tractive. @ 2 i in| Eusene E. Schmitz, Mayor of Sah Fran- Dr. Glennor’s report will contain | .o ana senry . Gage, Governor of the additional important inform- | California, were the first official repre- x . tatives to arrive. A few minutes after cillus osed | 5 . - ation that the ba supposed they were ushered to the small platform to be of the plague, as reported |the officers of the cable sompuny. 1o b s g iologist of the local | Whose honor. the reception. was -given, g B e D by the bacteriologi ¥ were escorted to their respective places \ e e e = Board of Health, is that of by George A. Newhan, George W. Mc- i : 1 ST % | Sir Michael Herbert, British Embassador, chicken cholera, a comparatively | Near. A. A. Watkins and F. H. Wheelan. ‘I . 4 | tion against Venezuela which was drawn | up in London and Berlin and was suo- mitted to the State Department several : to-day presented to Secretary Hay tha 'S . In the party, besides Mr. Mackay, were SCENE AT THE RECEPTION TO CLARENCE MACKAY AND SOME OF THE SPEAKERS (hankys beyrypihe o s fop s o harmless disease when compared| George G. Ward, vice president. ot the i vices of Minister Bowen, who secured tha with the germs of the plague | Commercial Pacific Cable. Company; wil- | % y release of the German and British sub- . f Health 1d liam H. Baker, general manager of the In his introductory remarks A. Sbarboro changed congratulatory messages. May- Gentlemen of the Commercial Pacific Cable portance and magnitude of the great enter- | jects arrested by Preuidel';t Cllt;o ‘;c which the Board of Health would | postar “relcgrapn Company. ana . C. | recalled incidents of the Atlantic cable or Schmitzs introduction was halled With ‘Company asd Fellow Citizéns of San Fran. Prise which this reception seeks to commone. | Caracas. The diplomats discussed the Bradley, vice president of the same com- | celebration in 188, when Queen Victorja applause. The Mayor responded as fol- cimeg: On behalf of the city of Sem Fran. o= : Continued on Page 2, Column 2. |pany. R 3 and President James Buchanan ex- lows: oRiSY ey on ot e 1. Continued on Page 8, Cal T | - Gomtinsiedt 5a Bege % 0nk y