The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1902, Page 3

. . THE SAN FRANCISCO CAlLL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24 OFFICERS OF BLOCKADING FLEET MAKE TROUBLE FOR THE CARACAS . Permit Steamship Carrying Call-Herald Correspondents to Enter La Guaira, but Compel Her to Leave Port at Night Without Discharging Cargo and Owners of the Vessel File a Protest 5 PUERTO CABELLO, A, VENEZUE- LAN. PORT THAT IS8 NOW CLOSED TO ALL SHIPPING. ! > e INDIGNATION ] OVER ACTIONS | | OF THE FLEET By Nicholas Biddle. Special Cable to The Call and_ the New York Herald. Copyright, 1902, | by the New York Herald Publish- ing Company | : i LA GUAIRA, Dec. 23.— || Harsh and severe measures are being adoptsd by the al- i lies in their blockade of the | Venezuelan coast with a view | of coercing Castro into yield- | ing., The treatment of the | steamer Caracas, which ar- | rived this morning from New | York, arousad intense feeling } among the foreign residents. | The steamer will remain out- | side the blockade line to- night and if she cannot enter the harbor to-morrow, the | | gunboat Marietta will trans- fer mail to her., o J | { ARACAS, Dec. 23.—The Red D line steamer Caracas, Captain Wood- rick, from New York December 13, via San Juan, Porto Rico, and ‘Willemstad, Curacao, arrived this morning at La Guaira from the lat- ter port and was allowed free entrance by the blockading wessels. Aboard the Caracas were three Call-Herald war cor- respondents. The decision to admit the Caracas was not arrived at without some difficulty, due, it is claimed here, to the | lack of unity of action on the part of the &llies. The commander of the British cruiser Tribune yesterday notified Mr. Schuck, the Consul for Great Britain, that the Caracas would enter the port of La| Gusira to-day. The Tribune then salled | from La Guaira, leaving the Italian cruiser Giovannia Bausan in charge of the blockade. The first act of the com- mander of the Bausan was to notify the @gents of the Red D line that the Cara- cas would not be allowed to land her pas- | sengers, mails or freight. The commander | of the United States gunboat Marietta, | Lieutenant Commander Diehl; the com- | mander of the Freneh cruiser Troude and | ADVERTISEMENTS. WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. Few People Realize the Importance of Good Digestion Until It Is Lost. Many people suffer from dyspepsia and | @o rot know it. They feel mean, out of | sorts, peevish, do not sleep well, do not | have a good, keen appetite; do not have the inclination and energy for physical or mental work they once had, but at the | same time do not feel any particular pain or distress in’ the stomach. Yet all this s the result of poor digestion, an in- gidious form of Dyspepsia, which can only be cured by a remedy specially intended to cure it and make the digestive organs act naturally and properly digest the food eaten. Bitters, after dinner pills and nerve tonics will never help the trouble; they dom’t reach it. The new medical discovery does. It is called Stuart’s Dys- pepsia Tablets and is a specific for dys- | pepsia and indigestion. It cures because it thoroughly @igests all wholesome food | teken into the stomach, whether the etomach is in good working order or not. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets by digesting the food, instead of making the worn-out stomach do all the work, give it a much | needed rest and a cure of dyspepsia is the natural resuit. ‘When you are nervous, run down and gleepless, don’t make the common mis- take of supposing your nervous system needs treatment and flll your stomach with powerful nerve tonics, which make you feel good for a little while, only to| fall back farther than ever. Your nerves are all right, but they are | gtarved, they want food. Nourish them with wholesome every- | day food and plenty of it, well digested, and you can laugh at nerve tonics and medicine. But the nerves will not be nourished from & weak, abused stomach, but when the digestion has been made perfect by the use of this remedy all nervous symp- toms disappear. Who ever heard of a man or woman tlessed with a vigorous digestion and good appetite belng troubled with their rerves? 4 Good digestion means a strong nervous gystem, abundance of energ‘:yu:;nd capacity m, the good things of e. loflfu:’rf’s Dyspepsia Tablets will certain- ly set your stomach and digestive organs right; they can’t help but do it because they nourish the body by digesting the food eaten and rest the stomach. You get nourishment and rest at one and the same time and that is all the Worn-out dyspeptic needs to build him up and give new life to :very organ and an st to every pleasure. B?«fi:r’fis Dyspepsia Tablets are a god- send to the army of men and women with weak stomachs, weak nerves, and justly merit the claim of being one of the most worthy medical discoveries of the time. - | kim he was wrong in his interpretation | be allowea to enter the port of La Guaira | the United State® Consul were immediate- 1y informed of the stand taken by the Italian commander, whose regarded as violating the terms of the Cecrees establishing the blockade, which allowed all steamers coming from the | United States ten days’ grace from the | date of the establishment of the blockade, | December 20, in which to reach Vene- | zuelan ports. Mr. Boulton of Boulton & Co., agents of the line, and all-the foreign merchants “entered protests against the Italian commander's decision and the commander of the Marjetta and the United States Consul cabled to Washing- | ton for instructions. COMMANDER. DIEHL ACTS. Meanwhile Lieutenant Commander Diehl, | after an hour’s conference with the Ital- ian commander, succeeded in ‘convincing | of the blockade decrees and finally the captain of the Bausan assured Lieutenant Commander Diehl that the Caracas would | without hindrance. Boulton then was notified that the Caracas would have free entry and he cabled to Willmestad, where she was awaiting orders, instructing Cap- tain Woodrick to proceed to La Guaira. The captain of the British cruiser Trib- une ndtified the commander of the Cara- cas that throughout her stay at La Gua- ira she must leave the harbor every | night. This measure was regarded as | vexatious, besides causing great expense | to the owners of the steamer. Lieuten- | ant Commander Diehl this afternoon en- deavored to obtain from the commanders | of the foreign warships an extension of | & few hours in the time given the Cara- cas to remain at her dock, in order that she might finish unloading. His request | to this end was refused, and he did not insist. The commanders of the blockad- ing warships explained that they were acting ‘on the orders of the British ad- | miral, and that the orders given to per- mit the Caracas to discharge more than the mail had been given to satisfy Com- mander Diehl. FIRM ENTERS A PROTEST. The Caracas consequently left her berth at 8 o'clock, when she had landed not more than two-thirds of her cargo. To- morrow the steamer will cruise before La Guaira and take on passengers and malil, but on no account is she to.enter the port. Boulton of Boulton & Co. has en- | tered a protest with the American Con- sul and the American Minister here | against the action taken with regard to the Caracas. The German warship which passed La | Guaira on Sunday, towing two large | schooners, was the Panther. She cap- tured the vessels near Maracaibo. The Bausan and the Tribune captured the following prizes yesterday The schooner Castor, laden with salt, from Araya; the schoonmer Maria Luisa, with a cargo of cocoa, from Caronero; the sloop Josefita Carmin de Vega, loaded with general cargo, from Caronero; the sloop Cornelia, from Guanta. ANNOYANCE TO SHIPPING. | The allies have advised the foreign Con- suls here that steamers reaching La | Guaira before December 30 will be allowed | to enter port and discharge their cargo during the day, but they will not be al- Jowed to take cargo on board. This ruling has created general dissatisfaction here. As there is no export duty on goods shipped from Venezuela, the ruling does not affect the Government. Only the ship- workers are affected. All the malil steamers reaching here after December 30 will be boarded from the blockading squadron and neutral pas- sengers and the mails will be sent ashore under a flag of truce. No exceptions to this ruling in the matter of nationalities will be made. A schooner which attempted to enter | port at half-past 9 o'clock to-night was captured. The port of Coro, which is surrounded on the land side by the revolutionists, is not blockaded. In Caracas this fact is be- lieved to mean that the Britis$h and Ger- man fleets are working in harmony with the revolutionists and not blockading Corc in order to allow the free entrance of Dutch schooners from Curacao, bring- ing arms and ammunition. Castro will leave the capital to-morrow for La Victoria, where the revolutionists under General Matos were recently de- feated by Government forces. Baron Carlo Aliotto, who reached La Guaira on the steamer Caracas to-day, has been appointed Italian Minister to Venezuela, in succession to Signor de Riva, who will leave for Italy on Decem- ber 28. It is believed here that the ac- tions of Signor de Riva were not approved by Rome. PLANNING FOR ARBITRATION. Cabinet Proceeds ;n—Auslmpflon That the President Will Act. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Secretary Hay brought to to-day’s Cabinet meeting prac- tically nothing new relating to the Ven- ezuelan situation. No response has been received to the President's original sug- gestion to the powers that they consent to the reference of the Venezuelan con- troversy to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal and no formal request had been received for the President to act as ar- bitrator. That such a request will be received formally and officially is now practically assured. It is known that the President and all decision was | | anty nation to inte: e 3 | the members of his Cabinet at first pre- | ferred that the question spould be re- ferred to The Hague tribunal. It is known that the President’s plan, if he determines to arbitrate, contemplates the appoint- ment of a board of arbitrators. He would not, confide this important undertaking to any one man, nor does he feel able himself to spare the vast amount of time necessary for an examination in detail of each of the many claims that would be presented against Venezuela. It is sald that the crucial point before the arbitration board is the famous *Calvo doctrine.” This doctrine, which was laid down by the greatest of Latin- | American international lawyers and tor very many years has been regarded as beyond question by all of the Latin- American republics, denies the right of cene diplomatically in behalf of one of its subjects where the courts of the country are open to his application for justice. Thus Venezuela has asserted that all of these claimants— British, German, Itslian and French— | | might have gone before the Venezuelan courts and if thejr causes had been just and sincere and so decided by the courts the Government would have paid the judgments. The objection to this view is that no account is taken of miscarriage | of justice. So determined are the South American countries to adhere to this doctrine that some of them have gone to extraordinary lengths In their resistance of diplomatic efforts of foreign governments to secure justice for their subjects. Sogme members of the Cabinet are op- poséd to referring the matter to The Hague tribunal. They have no deslire to submit the Monroe doctrine to the arbi- tration of any non-American tribunal. il it REBUKES THE GOVERNMENT. Campbell-Bannerman Deplores the Venezuelan Embroglio. LONDON, Dec. 23.—Speaking at Dun- fermline to-night, Sir Henry Campbell- Lannerman sald there was no excuse for | the Government in having allowed Great | Britain to “glide” into the present posi- | tion in Venezuela. “It is a paltry quarrel,” asserted the speaker, “with a disrupted, distracted and rickety state. If ever there was a case | for arbitration, this is one.” Sir Henry had only condemnation, he Geclared, for those who by their ‘‘rasping, writing and gibes” had fomented discord between Great Britain and Germany. The War Office, he believed, had done well in such cases where its Instructions had been timely. These instructions, how- ever, were often wrong and sometimes they were not given. He regarded with misgivings certain enterprises being con- ducted in different parts of the world. Sir Henry strongly emphasized. the im- portance of preserving the good will of | the United States. He said it would re- quire a case of the first importance to | justify any action likely to alienate the 2ood feeling and confidence the American people entertain toward Great Britain. It was not enough to be on the best pos- sible terms or avoid actual hostilities; it was essential to the policy of Great Brit- ain to stimulate intimate friendship and any course which threatened in any de- gree the continuance of that perfect feel- ing of friendship or invalidated it to any extent was a crime, not only against both great natlons, but agalnst humanity it- self. CALVO DOCTRINE OBSOLETE. Don M. Dickinson Says Latin Amer- ica Must Abandon It. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 23.—Ex-Postmas- ter General Don M. Dickinson of this city, who was one of the arbitration commis- slon appointed to decide the Salvador case, said to-night: The Calvo doctrine will have to be aban- doned by all countries that have taken it up, as all foreign nations will insist upon the right to intervens in behalf of thelr subjects. Pres- ident Diaz of Mexico, one of the most capable executive officials in any Latin-American country, has decided a case involving $2,000,- 000, in which he ignored the Calvo doctrine. President Diaz's position is a very important precedent and I expect that the beliet of Latin-Americans that they can uphold the principle of nonintervention will not last very long. —_— Blockade of Puerto Cabello. PUERTO CABELLO, Dec. 23.—This port has been effectively blockaded since yes- terday. The blockade is being enforced against vessels of all nationalities. The Red D line steamer Caracas will not be | permitted to enter Puerto Cabello. She | will land the remalnder of her cargo at Willemstad, Curacao. | —_— Fair Treatment for France. FARIS, Dec. 23.—The Foreign Office has recelved President Castro’s acceptance of the conditions of the French note. The President says France will receive equal ireatment with the other powers in the settlement and payment of claims. Rt fiar sy Italy Sends Another Cruiser. 5 SPEZIA, Italy, Dec. -23.—The Italian crujser Elba sailed to-day for Venezuela. T Friend of the Humberts Caught. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 23.—Mme. Bal- onza, said to be a companion of Romaine d’Aurignac, who was arrested with other members of the Humbert family in Mad- rid last Saturday, was taken into custody on her arrival here from France to-day. A quantity of baggage was seized. 1902, _ Established 1823 - WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING CO. Baltimore, Md. TWENTY MILLION 1143 BEEN RAISED | Methodists Succeed in Their Gigantic Task. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. — Success has crowned the efforts of the Methodists of America to ralse a twentiefh century thank offering fund of $20,000,000. About $19,000,000 has already been raised and a promise has been’ obtained from a mil- lionaire to add the required amount to complete the full sum. The name of the donor is a secret and will remain so until New Year's eve, when at a watch meeting to be held in Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in Springfield, Mass., formal an- nouncement of the gift will be made. Many names have been mentioned and there is widespread inclination to believe that $1,000,000 will come from either John D. Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie, not- withstanding they subscribe to different creeds, MEXICAN WAR MINISTER TENDERS RESIGNATION Action Leaves Senor Limantour Clear Field to Succeed President Diaz. CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 23.—General Reyes, Minister of War, has resigned. This is considered a move of far-reaching political - significance, as it practcally leaves Senor Limantour, Minister of Fi- nance, alone in the race for the Presi- dency of the republic. ML L R Kansas City and Back. $60 on January 8 and 9. Stopovers re- turning. Tickets good on “Overland”’ or “California Limited.” TInquire at Santa Fe office, 641 Market street. * ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The special ‘board on the new army uniform has decided in favor of the use of the blue facings for the uniforms instead of white facings, as had been sug- gested. - = X3 ~Oscar Holliday Banghart’s ! career has been meteoric. Ten years ago he was, to all appearances, a typical busi- ness man of one of our lead- ing cities. All this time, however, he had been study- ing in art school of evenings, where he had made such ex- traordinary progress and so impressed his teachers that they insisted on him aban- doning his business career and completing his art studies in Paris. How phenomenally popular are his dainty and essentially Gallic sketches is known to every reader of the leading weeklies and maga- zines. Men like Charles Dana Gibson, Howard Chandler Christy, George Wharton Ed- wards, Henry Hutt and Ar- chie Gunn acknowledge his supremacy and term him “the American Jan Van Beers.” His lasteffort, a series of TWELVE PASTELS now being given FREE with the SUNDAY CALL, will endéar him to all fortunate enough to possess them. o —_— VENT THEIR RAGE AGAINGT CRURCH Anarchists Attempt to Wreck Cathedral “at Geneva. GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 23.—A dy- namite cartridge was exploded at the entrance of St. Peter’s Cathedral last night. The doorway was damaged, but not seriously. The outrage is supposed to have been perpetrated by an anarchist. The damage, it became known later, was caused by the explosion of a bomb filled with scrapiron. The explosion was very violent and but for the clumsy manner in which the bomb was placed the damage to the cathedral undoubtedly would have been serious. Windows of neighboring houses were shattered and an inmate of an adjacent house was thrown out of his bed. An hour before the explosion the police frustrated an attempt to blow up the residence of Councilor Fazy, president of the Geneva administration. The crime is supposed to have been committed in re- venge for proposed anti-anarchist legisia- tion and the refusal of the Federal Gov- ernment to grant amnesty to the anarch- ists who were imprisoned in connectlon with the recent street railroad strike. JURY FINDS HAMMONS IS GUILTY OF MURDER Prisoner Will Be Sent to the Peniten- tiary for Life for Killing Paul Francisco. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 23.—William Hammons was given life imprisonment this evening|fox the murder of Paul Fran- cisco, an Italian laborer, at Tehachapi, on October 11 last. The jury was out two hours. The defendant and a companion named William Taylor were drinking and met Francisco and a countryman, who were talking in their own language. They accused the Italians of Iinsulting them. The men pro{ested that they did not speak English and words followed where upon Hammons fired five shots at Fran- cisco, killing him instantly. Hammons' plea was self-defense, he claiming the Italian had shot him first. The latter was armed, but the evidence showed that he did not shoot. Hammons' companion, Taylor, who is held as an accessory, refused to testify at the trial. He is a son of the Justice of the Peace- electat Tehachapi and well known. Ham- mons Is a stranger in town and nothing is known of his past. Supervisors May Now Proceed. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 23.—In the Su- perior Court this afternoon Judge B. A. Davis dissolved the temporary injunction granted by him restraining the Board of Supervisors from letting the contract to remodel or build the Yuba County Jail The board meets Saturday, when it is ex- pected the Taxpayers’ League will again resort to the court to stay the proceed- ings. Sacramento River in Bad Condition. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 2.—The Sacra- mento River men continue to complain about the condition of the stream between Colusa and Red Bluff. The Sacramento bar is the worst place. The steamer Dover yesterday while attempting to pass it had her rudders torn away and the wheel bucket smashed. Other boats re- port similar costly experiences. e Almond Tree in Full Bloom. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 23.—In the yard of Surveyor W. F. Peck, at Yuba €ity, is the unusual sight for this seasom of an almond tree in full bloom. All about it are trees covered with the brown leaves of autumn, while to the east in plain sight are the snow-capped peaks of the Sierras. CHRISTAMAS GIVES JUDGE A RESPITE Allowed to Leave Jail to Spend Holidays at Home. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 22.—Judge Thomas Nevitt of St. Clair County, Mo., who has been in jail in Marysville for failing to obey a mandate of the United States Court, was released to-day by Judge Phil- lips so he could spend his Christmas with his family. After the holidays he will return to Marysville and jail. Judge Nevitt is the presiding Judge of the county court of St. Clair. He has been in jail ever since he was elected. For many years the judges of that court have refused to vote money to pay railroad bonds for which a judgment was obtained in the Federal Court and Judge Phillips has kept them in jail. A week ago Judge Nevitt wrote to Judge Phillips and begged the privilege of going home for Christmas. He prom- ised Judge Phillips that he would not hold court in St. Clair County, but would return’ after the holidays. RESIGNS SUPERINTENDENCY OF THE ASYLUM AT AGNEWS Dr. Julius Crane Retires Without Waiting for the Election of His Successor. Y SAN JOSE, Dec. 24—Dr. Julius Crane, who for the past three years has been superintendent of the Agnews Asylum, turned its affairs over to Dr. Leonard Stocking, the first assistant, this morn- ing and left for his home in Santa Ana. A couple of weeks ago Dr. Crane tendered his resignation, with the understanding it was to take effect December 23. A successor has not yet been selected and consequently the care of the big institu- tion has fallen on Dr. Stocking. The lat- ter is mentioned for superintendent and it is probable that he will be elected. He has been connected with the asylum from its start and had much to do with straightening out its affairs when Dr. Sponogle was forced to resign. The trustees recently conferred with Governor-elect Pardee in reference to fill- ing the place, but he refused to offer any suggestions. ——— STEAMER PARTHENON IS REPORTED LOST Had on Board Crew of Twenty- Two and Six Pas- sengers. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 23— The Greek steamer Parthenon, having on board a crew of twenty-two men and six passengers, is reported to have been lost. The Parthenon was last reported at No- vorossisk, November 28, from Taganron. —_— Proud of His Birthplace. SALINAS, Dec. 22.—A unique document was placed on file in the County Clerk's office this afternoon by Charley Fong Dong Yu, in which he swears that he is a native son of California, having been torn in the Pajaro Valley thirty-two years ago. He wishes it understood that he is an American citizen and entitled to exercise the rights of an American citi- zen at the polls. Attached to the affidavit is a photograph, which he alleges is his true likeness, e . Miner Is Killed by a Fall. SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 23.—Henry E. Hodges, a miner employed in the Sil- ver Queen mine in the Providence Moun- tains, fell from a ladder into the shaft yesterday, sustaining injuries which re- sulted in his death. The remains will be shipped to Perley, N. C., where the rela- tives of the deceased reside. Hodges was 24 years of age. AERICOLTURISTS MRE ORGANIZED Start Corporate Life With Announcement of Many Aims. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22.—The National Society of Equity of North America will be incorporated to-morrow. It has been incorporated after months of correspond- ence between all parts of the country. The objects, as stated, are: 1. To promote and encourage organization and co-overation among farme: St horticulturists, gardners and mfl;\" of 0:]..]“ Vocations by the establishment of a national cociety, with such branch and local societies as may be necessary to carry out such objects. 2. To obtaiu profiiable- prices for all prod- ucts of farm and garden and orchard. 3. To encourage the building and mainte- nance of elevators, cold storage houses and ‘warchouses in the principal market cities, or all the localities where necessary, so that rn‘-m produce may be held for advantageous prices. 4. To encourage prohibition of the aduitera- tion of food and the marketing of the same. 5. To secure legislation in the interest of agriculture, hcrticulture, stockraising, ete. 6. To sccure stable rates of transportation. 7. To open up new markets and enlarge oid ones. 8. To secure nmew seeds, grain, fruit, vege- tables, etc., from countries, and disseminate the same, with a view to improving crops and giving greater variety. 9. To report crops and conditions and mar- ket reports in this and foreign countries, so that farmers may operate intelligently im planting and marketing. 10. To encourage the establishment of in- stitutions of learning, so that farmers and their sons and daughters may be educated in scientific and intensive farming and for the general advancement of agriculture. 11. To encourage the improvement of high- ways. 12. To encourage the irrigation of land, 13. To promote social intercourse. 14. To encourage the settlement of dis- putes without recourse to law. 15. To establish similar socleties in fors elgn countries. The officers are: President, J. A. Ever- itt, Indianapolis; vice president, S, R. Wil- liams, Fort Worth, Texas; secretary, A. D. McKinney, Indianapolis; treasurer, Hiram W. Miller, Indianapolis; organizer, Sid Conger, Shelbyville, Ind. President Everitt sr'd to-night: We expect to orzanize the millions engaged in agriculture. Knowing the amount of crops produced and the consumption from past exs periences, an equitable minimum price will be fixed by the directors of the national body and Teport afterward to all parts of the countr®s ce fixed, price will rule on that crop for the year. PRETTY SPANISH GIRLS ARE BEHIND PRISON BARS They Are Accused of Beink the Ac- complices of an Alleged House-Breaker. SAN JOSE, Dec. 24.—A buggy ride with an admirer was the means of landing Bella and Ramona Valencia, rather pretty Spanish girls, in the County Jail as al- leged accomplices in a house robbery. Frank Jackson is the alleged thief and to-day he was arraigned on a charge of grand larceny. The trio went riding Sun- day afternoon and in spinning about the city they went to the residence of Mrs. Dolores Lewis, on Willow street. The family was not at home and Jackson, it is alleged, forced his way into the house and stole 327 50, some jewelry and articles of clothing. Jackson and the girls were arrested on a charge of grand lareeny. The girls have confessed, it is said, that Jackson com- mitted the theft. The charge against them will probably be reduced to a minor one. —_—— Justice Gray’s Daughter Is Wed. NEW _ YORK, Dec. 23.—The marriage was celebrated in St. Bartholomew's Church to-day of Edith Romyn Gray, daughter of Justice John Clinton Gray of the New York Court of Appeals, and Robert S. S. Hitt, second secretary of the United States Embassy in Berlin and son of Representative Hitt. Free.—*“When Hearts Are Trumps.”’ Next Sunday.—Free.