The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCIII-NO. 26. CASTRO AGREES TO ARBITRATION PRICE FIVE - CENTS. UT GERMANY MAY BLOCK THE WAY CA RA CAS, Dec. 25 -President Castro has telegraphzd from La Victoria his acceptance of the proposal of submittal pending dzfierences to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal, subject to certain conditions, which include cessation of the blockade and the return to Venezuela of the fleet L seized by the allied powers. President Castro’s acceptance has been trunsmitted to the Washington Government, from which the proposal emanated. SILVERTOMN [ NEARING DESTINATION Ship Will Probably| Reach Honoiulu To-Day. Work of Paying Out Cable Is Going On ‘Rapidly. English Company May Pur- chase Fanning Island for Cable Use. 'NEARING ISLANDS O latitude 22 degrees 22 |’ minutes north, longitude | 155 degrees 23 minutes west: Total amount of cable laid, 2108 knots; weather, mod- erate; wind, northeast. Ex- pect to make buoy Friday morning. Amount of cable laid' during last 24 Hirlk 215 kuots, s HE cable-ship Silvertown @id not T reach Houolulu last night. as was expected, but she will probably rive at her destination this morning. Then the island end of the cable will be epliced with the vast stretch of wire in the d the Hawaiian Islands will be in communication with the rest of the world and the project of the late John W. N board the Silvertown, e kay will be well on the way to com- pletion it was expected that Engineer Benest, is in charge of the cable laying, send another message som& time g the night, but the officials of the Postal Company abandoned all hope of hearing anything further from the cable- ship at a late hour. The next message from the Silvertown will probably the effect that she has finally reached her would destina When Hw*‘m\ lu comes in sight the cable- ehip will anchor about thirty-five miles from shore and then the cable will buoved. After this ends will be spliced. has been done the The instruments and all the other equip- | ments to be used in connection with send- ing messages across the Pacific are on board the Silvertown. It will take some time to get them all in perfect working order and for this reason the cable will not be in active operation at once. How- ever, the officials of the Postal Telegraph Company say that the cable will be in working order with the office in this city to-morrow, if nothing happens in the meantime to delay the work in any way. Henry Bicknell, a resident of Honolulu who owns one-half of Fanning Island, .is &t the California Hotel. in reference to selling his portion of the island to the British cable company ‘which | recently 1aid a cable between Vancouver, | B. C., and Australia. This cable also taps Fanning Island, the Fijis and New Zea- land The first link in the cable is that to Fan- ning Island and it is the longest link in a submarine wire in the world, being 3200 knots distant from Vancouver. The cable company has already made Bicknell an offer for his share of the island, which he does no ink is enough. He will attempt to mnegotiate the sale ‘with the officials from this eity by wire, without making ‘ the trip to London. Fanning Island is 1050 miles south of Honolulu and §s thirty miles in circum- ference. egg. The half of the island not owned by Bicknell is the property of George B. Gregg, Who lives on this bare spot. Bicknell does not know whether the ca- ble company is anxious-to secure the en- tire island, but'has made Gregg an offer half of the propert +— The cable steamer Silvertown is expected here by Christmas. day and everything will then be ready for the immeédiate working of the land lne at this end. It is already laid to & point within 9500 feet of the station at Waikiki, Some delay has been experi- enced through the heavy rains, but the men now work with tents erected over the manholes. KING VICTOR EMMANUEL CONGRATULATES MARCONI « GLACE BAY: Dec. % Joessage by wireless telegraph has been Tcceived from the King of Italy by Mar- coni in reply to the latter's trans-Atlantic marconigram: “I learn with the greatest pleasure of The following constitute a fresh triumph for you to the greater glory of Italian science. “VICTOR EMMANUEL.” be to | be | He is in the city | It is in outlipe the shape of an | SUSPECTED HALF -BREED 15 KILLED e Sonof “Wild Goose | Bill” Slain at | Keller. ?May Have Been Guilty of Aged Couple’s Murder. | Particulars Not Known, but | It Is Thought He Was Resisting Arrest. Special Dispatch to The Call. | SPOKANE, Dec. %—Another link in | the startling chain of events beginning with the terrible double tragedy of Al- mira last week was added by the killing at Keller, Wash., to-day of the young half-breed Edward Condin, who was sup- posed to have been impiicated in the mur- der of the venerable Judge Lewis and his wife. Particulars have not been learned, but it is understcod that he was resisting | arrest and was shot by office | Condin and a full-blood Indian named | Towit Lewis were seen in the- vicinity of U ATmtra Avdrder -about ! th it was committed. They were on thein wdy to visit a half-breecd famiiy lived four miles south cf tire Lewis farm. The impressioh .prevails at Almira that the aged couple were killed by Condin and the full-blood, Lewis. Last Sunda Condin left for the reservation, and Lewis still visiting @at the Sousbury Condin is about 24 years old and is a son of the famous “Wild Goose BIill,”” Wil- | liam Condin, who was killed on the Co- lumbia River near Wilbur five or six vears ago. The shooting affray at the time attracted widespread interest. It oc- curred at the Wild Goose Bill ferry, at the Columbia River, on the road from Wilbur to the Okanogan count fight started over a woman. the woman in the arm, and Burt Woodin, a white man, who had been mixed up in | the quarrel, started to run and shot the heel from his shoe. ]U cture a man by the mame of Park shot /ild Goose” through the heart. man, however, walked several Condin self fell back dead. ing a shotgun on a mowing machine when the gun fell and the discharge killed him instantly. One son died in a Spo- kane hospital, and the one who was killed at Keller is the third one to die. Edward Condin was a would-be bad man, although he was never suspected of any grave crime until the Almira mur- ders. He always carried a large navy six-shooter on a belt. His father often told him that he would not die in bed. It | is expected to find upon the body of young Condin somse evidence of his gullt | if he were implicated in the Almira trag. | | cleared up. TEN BODIES RECOVERED - AND OTHERS MISSING | Development Shows Great Loss of Life in Colorado Train ‘Wreck. TRINIDAD, Colo.,, Dec. 25.—Develop- ments indicate that the wreck on the Colorado and Southern Rallroad just outside of this city last night, which was caused by a collision between a mer- chandise freight train and a heavily loaded coal train, was the most disas- | trous in the history of the road. It is known to-night that at least ten men werce killed, and rumor has it that sev- eral more bodies will be. unearthed be- fore the wreckage is clared away. The iist of dead as it stands to-night is as follows | _Elmer - Plerce, engineer, unmarried, | Pueblo. | J. Fox, fireman. | — McDermott, brakeman, recentiy ar- rived from Boston. J. Goldtrap, engineer, Trinidad. —— Devereaux, fireman, Pueblo. Phil Landis, who boarded the train at | Ludlow. Is supposed to have .been a contractor. L. F. Richards, brakeman. | — King, a machinist, riding 8s a pas- | senger. | Two unidentified bodies are exposed to | view, but have not yet been removed ifrom the wreckage. It is belicved that several miners who werc supposed 1o be riding.on the coal trair and were on their way to Trinidad to spend Christimas gre under the debris. Wrecking crews have worked diligent- ly 2ll day clearing the tracks, and have suczeeded in removing the wreckage of | the engines. The freight cars are pilcd up | the great results yon have achieved. They | in a great heap on the right of way, and it will require all day to-morrow to get things in shape for running traius over the road at this point, thne that | who farm. | The | Condin shot | At this | The | paces and shot Park dead, when he him- | Condin had four sons, | three of whom are dead. One was carry- edy, and it is hoped the mystery will be | United States Will * Not Guarantee the Claims. Italian Gevernment Will Demand Due Recognition. | | ‘L p PRESIDENT | ROOSEVELT BARON DESTOURNELLES ™= . OE CONSTANT, — PRESIDENT CASTRO oF VENEZUFLA £ | B = . i ARACAS, Dec. 2%.—Officials | EW YORK, Dec. 25.—Baron ! here declare that the coast d'Estourrielles d'Constant blockade is absolutely inef- has written to Foreign Min- fective. Certain ports, such ister Delcasse notifying him as La Guaira, 'Puerto Cabello and Maracalbo are closed sub- Ject to new rules and regulations devised by the fleet commanders. Other ports, including Core, are open, as no warships of the allles are perma- nently outside of the harbor. Several ves- sels have arrived at those ports. 1t is very qulet here. Residents are-won- dering what will be the result, but they are confident of prompt settlement, as President Castro is about to send word that he is not only willing but anxious to | have President Roosevelt act as arbitra- tor. A note to Roosevelt requesting that he be the arbitrator may be sent to-mor- | row, All of the Venezuelan high officials | are eager to end the present unsatisfac- tory condition. Notwithstanding the establishment of the blockade, there has been no order that it should apply to the Venezuelan island of Margarita. German warships continue to cruise along the coast and to take soundings. P : el o ] S WASHINGTON OFFICIALS ARE EXTREMELY RETICENT No Confirmation Is Obtainable of the Report of Castro’s Willingness to Arbitrate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—No confirma- tion could be obtained in Washington to- night of the report coming from Caracas that the proposition had been made to President Castro that all pending differ- ences between Venezuela and the Euro- pean Governments having claims against her be submitted to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal, The officials here have refused absolutely to say anything on the | subject since the receipt of the proposal of the allles, or even to give out anything bearing on the terms of the proposal. The impression here to-night is that an early determination of the matter will be reached. No matter by whom the matter is arbi- trated, either by the President or by The Hague tribunal, the feeling here is strong that the United States Government, if the occasion should arise, will insist that the blockade be called off while the arbitra- tion 1s in progress. The present blockad- ing flect along the Venezuelan coast is a | culties of various kinds may arise at any time through arbitrary action of some of the commanders of the ships of the allied fleet or to the intrepidity of some of the skippers who may attempt to run the menace to peaceful conditions and diffi- | that the writer will inter- pellate the Government on the reassembling of the Chamber concern- ing the disregard of article 27 of The Hague convention shown by the allied Powers in coepeing Venezuela. In his lettef’ d"Esfournelles strongly sup- ports the contention of the United States that the Venezuelan trouble should be re- ferred to The Hague court. After point- ing out that the present is just the con- tingency contemplated by article 27, the writer says: “The conflict rests befween Wenezuela and seyeral of the signatories to The Hague convention and the formal obliga- tions that France and the twenty-five other powers signed is not only being ig- nored, but we observe a systematic inter- diction of The Hague court of arbitration by the European governments. An ex- planation has become necessary. It can- | not be objected by the ailied powers that Venezuela took no part in the conference, as she is asking for arbitration and an oc- caslon exists for reminding the powers of the obligations they signed. WARSHIPS OF THE ALLIES CAPTURE THREE VESSELS British and German Cruisers Are Keeping a Close Watch Along tite Coast. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Dec. 25.—The American steamer Caracas, which was not permitted to discharge all her cargo at La Guaira, owing to the allies ordering her to leave the port the night of the day she arrived there, has brought the undis- charged portion of her cargo here. The vessels on the blockade are using their.searchlights along the coast at night to prevent vessels running by them in the darkness, Forty ;vessels are detained at La Guaira. The British cruiser Tribune captured a sloop and schooner yesterday and the German cruiser Falke captured a schooner. L e e e e B R e B ol 1 blockade. But the greatest objection to a continuance of the blockade pending arbi- tration will be the loss to the American shipping interests, which this Govern- ment does not believe should be tolerated. oSt b et Bl Vanderbilt Is Siowly Improving. NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—A bulletin issued to-Right by the physicians in attendance upon Cornelius Vanderbilt reads: “Mr. ‘Vanderbilt has had a good day, holding the (mpruvement he has made.” CENTRAL FlG!’RES IN PROPOSED "ARBITRATION AND FRENCH CIT- 1IZEN WHO SUPPORTS CONTEN- . " ASHINGTON, Dec. 25.— Germany's attitude to- ward the arbitration of the Venezuelan difficulty, persisting as she does in | seeking arbitration by the >Pre=|dent Wwith impossible conditions at- | | tathed and at the same time refusing to accept The Hague tribunal, has caused a { distinct feeling of uneasiness and criti- cism in Washington. { In view of Germany's attitude it is now very doubtful if a séttlement of the case | with ‘President Roosevelt as arbitrator Is | possible. Correspondence between the State Department and Great Britain and | Germany and Italy is continually passing {cr the subject. There is much doubt in high official circles over the outcome, and a peaceable settlement seems as far away as it was a week ago. President Castro ‘is willing to accept The Hague tribunal plan, but would also impose conditions which the allies are likely to refuse—a discontinuance of the blockade and a return of the fleet which they captured. .GERMANY IS INSISTENT President Roosevelt has not yet accept- ed the post of arbitrator, and it is under- stood is still striving with all his energy and with praiseworthy motives to have Great Britain and Germany adopt the only course that now seems possible when a peaceful and fair settlement of the case is in view. Although there has been no official * statement, it is reggrded Here altogether probable that the Berlin report is true that that Government is insisting on part payment of its claims in cash be- fcre yielding to the arbitration of either the President or The Hague tribunal. It is furthermore believed thaf Germany will attach an important condition of in- direct guarantee by the United States in case of a settlement' by the President. This wotld make it impossible for the | President to accept, and unless this con- 1 dition were withdrawn by Germany there could be no hkrbitration by the highest officer of this Government. WILL GIVE NO GUARANTEE. Both powers have been repeatedly in- formed that such guarantee, either direet or indirect, was impossible, and there is some criticism of Germany's insistence. It is believed that if that country wishes 1o get fair arbitration and a final settle- ment of the situation without further re- ccurse to.acts of war it should not place obstacles in thea way in the shape of im- possible conditions. The attitude maintained by Germany has “strengthened the feeling here that that country is still the irritant. The President did not go to his office to-day, and held only a brief conference with Secretary Hay at the White House. ‘he only announcement made was that the President had not yet agreed to act as arbitrator and that the correspondence between this Government. and the allics is still in progress. —_— GERMANY EXCLUDES O CLAIM FROM ARBITRA' Inspired Article Says It Must Be Settled Before Other Matters Are Taken Up. BERLIN, Dec. 25.—The Lokal Anzelger publishes to-day the following statemen:, which was evidently inspired by the For- eign Office: “The German Government has excluded trom the scope of arbitration of the Ven- ezuelan difficulty a claim of $100,000, which must be paid immediately in cash before arbitration shall be begun.” The paper adds that it is understood lere that President Roosevelt's undertak- | I | SHE THROWS ~ AWAY RIGHT 10 A CROWN Princess Will Not Return to Her ! 4 Home. Demands That Mar- riage Ties Be First | Dissolved. g Pope Hopes for Reconciliation After She Has Retired To a Convent. GENEVA, Dec. 25.—The Crown Princess | of Saxony, Professor Giron, Archduke Leopold and Mile. Adamovics, the actress of whom the Archduke is enamored, took a promenade this morning, the couples walking arm in arm. They were all in high spirits. They visited jewelers’ and ather shops, and exchanged presents. The party dined toge\her in the evening. They | are recelving scores of letters and tele- grams, and to-day visited the postofilce to id replies. lew with the fugitives In the course of the, day. A lawser, representing “me‘ Crown Printe Is expected here to-mgrrow. The Crown Princess and Mlle. Adamovics refuse to employ malids, preferring to wait upon themselves. The Crown Princess has issued a state- ment, déclaring she does not intend to re- | turn to her husband. She will not go to| Austria or Germany until a dissolution gf | her marriage Is arranged, as she is per- | suaded she would be represented as in-| sane and placed in an asylum. Archduke | Leopold announces he will not leave Gen- eva until a settlement of his sister’s diffi- | culties is effected. He declares he accom- panied her expressly to protect and help her. ROME, Dec. 25.—1It is stated as a result of negotiations with the court of Saxony the Pope has sent a prelate to Geneva to report on the action of the Crown Princess of Saxony, who recently fled from her husband. The Princess is a devout Cath- olic. His Holiness, it is said, recommends she sojourn in a convent for a time, after which he thinks to effect a reconciliation as he did one previously. @ il 0 ing to arbitrate involves an indirect guar- antee for the payment of the sum to be awarded. 4 Confidence has grown in Government circles during the past twenty-four hours that President Roosevelt will accept the task of arbitration. -~ VENEZUELANS ARREST BRITISH SHIP'S CREW Bombardment of Puerto Cabello Re- sults From the Pro- + ceeding. (BY GEORGE P. DAVIDS, CAPTAIN OF BRITISH STEAMER TOPAZE.) KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday, Dec, 25.—'‘Just before I left La Guaira, on De- cember 4, for Puerto Cabello the British cruiser Indefatigable and cruiser Gazelle ana gunboat Panther of the German navy arrived, but as it is ‘no unusual thing for foreign warships to put in there I did not think their presence had any- thing to do with the rumored trouble. In Puerto Cabello, which we reached on De- cember 5, everything seemed quiet and business was going on as usual. “I heard on Degémber § that several British and German warships were ex- pected at La Guaira. Of this we got no definite information, but on December 9 1 was informed that the combined fleet had seized what vessels of the Venezuelan navy they could get hold of in La Guaira and that trouble had begun. In retalia- tion the Venezuelan Government gave orders that the national guards should be called out and that all British and Ger- man subjects in the country shoyld be fmprisoned and that their property should be seized. “I knew nothing about this order un- il December 9. At about 8 o'clock in the evening, while we were discharging coal at the wharf, we were surprised by the sudden appearance of an ¥rmed guard, which without parley rushed aboard and, {in a ‘very rough and excited manner drove myself and my crew at the point of their swords and loaded Mausers from my vessel to the wharf. HAVE NO CONSIDERATION. “The crew consisted of men of several nationalities, but this made no difference. All were treated alike in this matter. We were treated more like cattle than like human, beings. ‘We were not given time A lawyer had a lengthy in- | "| ot the Times at to lock up our rooms or put on 'more cicthing. 'Venezuela, even at this time of year, is a very Hot country. My crew had not much clothing on, and a few had no TUATION N MOROGCO 15 SERIOUS The Government Is Too Weak to Attack Rebels. The Pretender Gains Many "~ Adherents to His Standard. Many Tribes Awaiting Issus of First Battle to Cnoose Sides. —dide LONDON, Dec. 26.—The correspondent Fez, Morocco, describes the situation as having become very se. rious owing to a large increass in the number of the pretender's followers, whom the Government troops are too weak to attack. Reinforcements amount- ing to 12,000 men, he says, will leave here to-morfow and an additional force of reg- ular cavalry has been called out. Many tribes not already in rebellion are wavering and are ready to join the rebels in the event of a serious Government de- | feat. The pretender is fully supplied with | everything necessary and has distributed Lis forces ovef a district where. they can | be either collected or disposed of very quickly. The “Times correspondent adds that the pretender's posifion is a very strong one. He professes not to claim the throne for himself, but desires to over- throw the Sultan on account of his Eu- ropean tendencies. I successful the pre- tender proposes that the rebels shall nom- inate a new Sultan from the Sherflan family, who would promise to continue war against the Christians. @ imieieirinininie il il @ shoes. We were driven and pushed in a brutal manner on to the whart, where we were guarded for a couple of hours and then we were ordered out. “We formed single file and with o strong escort we were marched out to the police station. We presented a very un- couth appearance as we passed through the town. The residents had tuwned out in great numbers and they were not spar- ing in their jeers and laughter. *“This behavior on the part of the inhabe itants in no way served to improve our tem.per. When we reached the police sta- tion we were about to be thrust into some dirty, damp and bad smelling cells. 2 « “I vigorously objected to being put into such filthy places. This protest had its ef- fect, as our captors took us on parade again. Eventually, at about midnight we were consigned to another prison. There my whole crew and myself, twenty-two persons in all, were crowded into a den about sixteen feet square. There wers only two heles about three feet square close to the ceiling for ventilation. FINALLY ARE RELEASED. ““At 10:30 o'clock we were allowed to go abodrd our ship again. By means of code signals the commander of the Charybdis asked me to come aboard his vessel and report. After I had given him the detalls of our treatment in prison and told him of the insult to the British flag he sent an armed boat’s érew on board of my vessel to afford us protection. “Alter we were safely outside the har- bor the British commander demanded an apclogy from the Governer for the insult to the British flag, giving him two hours in which to mak~ this reparation. This time was, however, was extended to threé hours and a half. If the Governor failed to apologize the British commander declared that he would blow up the fort. - Just as we were leaving our an chorage, at 5 o'clock in the aftarnmoon, both of the crulsers opened fire on the forts., Our feeling was that we were get- {ing paid for the Injury done fo us.” GOVERNOR-ELECT BAILEY IS NOT SEEKING A WIFE New Chief. Executive of Kansas Is Overrun With Proposals of Marriage. TOPEKA, Kans., Dee. 3. —Governor- elect Bailey's private secretary will to- merrow begin the task of replying to all the women of Canada and the United States who have proposed marriage to the new bachelor Governdr. To all of them he will say he is directed by Bailey to decline their offer of marriage for the reason he is not seeking a wife. Fifty photographs sent to Bailey will be, Te- turned to the senders. He has declined positively to give the names of these women, for the reason, he says, that many of them are honestly seeking a husband, and they would no doubt make happy homes. Many are school teachers, stenographers, clerks and dressmakers. New Yerk leads, with sixty-six applica- tions, while Illinois is second, with forty- seven. No letters weres written by Kan- sas women?