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The San Francisco call., 1897-12-10
READY To
EVACUA4E
KIAO CHAU.
In Exchange Germany
Gains a COaIing
Station.
KEEPS A FOOTHOLD
IN THE ORIENT.
ItefarenCe to the Wishes of
= Russia and France Is
ViSibly Shown.
NOW ENGLAND MAY HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY.
China Having Compiled With the
Demands the Invading Forces
Will Be Withdrawn.
ItefarenCe to the Wishes of
= Russia and France Is
Visibly Shown.
NOW ENGLAND MAY HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY.
China Having Compiled With the
Demands the Invading Forces
VIII Be Withdrawn.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

LONDON, Dec. "a dispatch to the
Times from Peking says that to-day
(Thursdayl the Tsung Ii Yamen tele-
graphed the Viceroy OF the Province of
Chi Lii north of the province of Shan
Tung, that China having complied with
her demands. Germany undertakes to
eyacuate Klao Chau at date to be fixed
hereafter. AID will receive instead as a
coaling station thu Sam Sab Inlet, in the
province OF Fo Kien, over against the
Island OF Formosa.
The Times, com menting editorially upon
the exchange OF Kiao Chau for Sam Sab,
says: Germany, spontaneously or other
wise, has shown Difference to the wishes of
Russia and France, and England may have
something % say to the creation of great
German naval station at Sam Sab.
BERLIN, Dec. "a dispatch to the
LokaI Anzeiger from St. Petersburg says
that before Germany took any steps at
kiao Chau Emperor Nicholas and Emperor
William exchanged kilograms.
The Hamburgische correspondence
jslys: Baron Won Bulow, the German
Fore gn Minister, will make fresh state
,Eeat IN the Reichstag, explaining the
Negotiations between Germany and China
as 10 kiaochau.
The Reichstag today resumed the de-
Late on the first reading of the Govern
ment's naval bill. Herr Hammochock.
National Liberal, said that his party
unanimously Y approved the principles OF
the measure and attached the greatest
Importance 10 the navy. In connection
wsth the export trade, the speaker
thought the commercial policy of the
United States and Great Britain should be
particularly considered.
Herr Caller Peoples party, said his
party would oppose the bill, which, he as
serted, was the first step toward the esta b.
Hshment of naval absolutism.
Guns" he continued, cannot open
new markets. South Germany is abso-
lutely opposed to the measure"
Herr Zimmerman said the reform party
desired TO favorably consider the measure,
but they demanded guarantees that the
burden OF the new taxation would not fall
upon the distressed middle class. He be-
Iieved a majority OF the party would vote
for tue amended DILL.
The Bavarian Peasants Association
said Herr Holpert, reserved its decision
pending the Governments explanations
relative to The manner OF providing the
money necessary.
After other speeches had been delivered
the naval bill was referred to the Budget
Committee.
- VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 9.-MaiI advice,
from VIadiyostock, via steamer Tacoma
from Yokohama. are TO the effect that the
Russian far Eastern squadron is now leav.
ing Vladivostock for the south. The ves-
sells Will be divided up for the winter
among ChemuIpo, Shanghai, Nagasaki,
Kobe and Yokohama.
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CANTON. OHIO, Dec. 9.-The day has
been almost devoid of incident in the
room o. Mrs. Mckinley, who still fingers
at the point of death. Her rest during the
day seemed trife less peaceful than here
tofore and at times she experienced
trouble in breathing, the trouble being ac-
com panied by apparent distress in the
throat, the direct evidence of which was
an ominous rattle.
This evening President Mckinley
thought his mother had failed very rap
idly during the day, that she was so weak
that the end could not much longer be de-
layed, and he was prepared for the dissolu-
ton at any moment. He has been at the
bedside nearly all day and will remain
there at least until midnight.
He slept but few hours this morning,
and with bis brother, Abner, took q short
walk during the day. The patient has
taken no nourishment since Monday and
has not even taken sip OF water for
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REDDING, Dec. 9.-The Mccormick
Saeltzer Com pany's branch store at Kes-
wick was held up by a lone masked rob-
ber at 9 o'clock tonight and robbed OF
$1,000 Manager Steve Coughlin clerk
named Rose, Pete Foley and Miss Nellie
Braynard were in the store. 1t was just
after the cash had been made up and
Coughlin was engaged in conversation
with Foley. The front door was opened
and the masked and muffled robber
stepped inside and leveled his revolver at
the inmates. Locking the front door be-
hind him. he forced the people to the
rear of the store and taking the safe KEYS
from Manager Coughlin he rihed the
vault of its contents, walked out of the
back door and locked it be eaind him.
AS soon as possible an alarm was raised
and a telephone message was sent to Red
ding asking for the aid of officers. Con-
stable Eldridge started for the scene at
once. Sheriff Houston has organized a
posse and is now on the way to the scene
of the robbery. All the roads will be
guarded tonight, and it is thought pos
ible the robber may be taken before day
light.
Sheriff Houston received letter from
WARDEN Hale a lew Gays ago warning him
that many discharged convicts were in
this neig ighborhood and advising him to be
on the lookout.
The amount of money taken by the rob
Der was $1,000, $1,000 of which belonged 10
the Mccormick Saeltzer Company, and
the rest to Mccarthy & Gillespie, besides
a small sum belonging to Miss Braynard,
school Manager Coughlin took
from this city to-day to Keswick $500 with
which to cash checks of the Mountain
Copper Company, tomorrow being pay
day at the smelters.
The robber was a tall man and heavily
masked. 1t is believed that he is known.
1t is misting here, and if no heavy rain
occurs before daylight it is hoped that the
fleeing robber may be successfully tracked
to his hiding place. All of the nearby
towns have been warned of the robbery,
and officers everywhere will be on the
lookout. 1t was known that there are
many hard characters at Keswick, which
is a wide-open, booming mining town, but
such daring robbery as this was little
dreamed OF. Keswick Is distant six miles
from Redding and is the site of the Noun
tain Copper Company's smelling plant.
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MRS. LUBTGERT
POSSIBLY ALIVE
Wife of the Sausage Maker
Said to Have Been Seen
in Boston.
Declared to Have Lived at the Hub
Last July Under the Name of
Mile Barker.
Special Dispatch 10 TIE CALL.


BOSTON. Dec. 9.-Tne Globe says: Mrs
Luetgert, the supposed victim of the
sausa manufa cturer murderer, so-called
in Chicago, is alive and well.
Mrs. Luetgert was seen in this city dur
ing the month OF July, acknowledged her
identity, besides giving more or less ex-
planatlon of the reasons which caused her
to leave her husband, who is again to be
tried for his life. Such was the startling
declaration made by John Schofield of St.
Louis to a Globe man.
Mr.. Schoheld supplemented this state
ment further with the positive assura ce
that Mrs. Luetgert was at the house Z
BulItinch place, for a period of three or
four days during the middle of July
last. He SAID he based this assur-
ance upon the fact that Mrs. Luetgert
while in Boston, acknowledged her full
identity, with the assertion that she lett
her hus band, the Chicago sausage aker,
because of his actions with other women,
as well as for reasons she thought would
help him in his financial embarrassment
in business. He further asserted that he
believed Mrs. Luetgert was still in Boston
and that she would yet be found.
The Globe has interviewed Mrs. Moss of
Z Bullfinch place, who says that the woman
supposed to be Mrs. Luetgert went by the
name of Mile Barker. One day the
woman seemed distressed after reading
an account of the trial OF Luetgert and
when questioned by Mrs. Moss said
"You would be surprised II l told you W no
l am"
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-Four new Jurors
were secured in the Luetgert case to-day.
The jury now lacks but one man and it is
expect ed he will be secured tomorrow.
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CALL OFFICE. RIGGS HOUSE, /
WASHINGTON Dec. 9. {

w ASHINGTON, Oec. D. }
The presentation to-day by Senator
Hoar of the petition against the annexa-
ton of Hawaii was witnessed by the ma
tive Hawaiians uprising the delegation
now here TO oppose the plot, who made
their first visit 10 the Capitol to-day.
They told those with whom they con-
versed that their people were unalterably
opposed TO annexation.
The fact that the petition was presented
bv Hoar is significant of his attitude.
When the announcement was made in
the Senate to-day that the remonstrance
was signed by more than q, 600 of the ma
tives the effect was noticeable. The Sem
ators who had been leo to believe the
natives were indifferent about annexation
were convinced that they had been falsely
infor med. An evening paper, rampant
for annexation, tries to distort the fact by
stating that the petition was signed by
over 200 natives. This was not a misprint,
but a willful attempt to deceive the
people.
Senator Davis of Minnesota, chairman
of the Foreign Relations Committee, is re-
ported tonight as saying that the attempt
TO ratify the treaty will be abandoned and
the bill will be taken up. He said further
more that President Mckinley would ask
an explanation of the Republican Sena-
tors who are going to oppose the admins
tration and the Repu blicsn national plat
form concerning annexation, and that he
would use the power OF patronage to bring
them into line, or the denial of it to
punish them. This is mere gossip, and it
is not believed the President has expressed
any such intention.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the
House has mum Der of bills before it. The
annexation of the Hawaiian Islands is
proposed IN several bills now pending be-
fore that committee. Mr. Sulzer has
bill making Hawaii a Territory. assuming
the Hawaiian debt up to 81, 600, 600 and
prov ding for five commissioners to re-
commend n plan of government for the
islands. Mr.. King of Utah has a bill on
the same lines. Mr.. Spalding OF Michi-
gan proposes the creation of Hawaii as a
State of the Union, with one representa-
tive in Con gress for the present.
The tide against annexation is setting
stronger daily in Congress. Polls of the
Sen ate, carefully made by experienced
men, agree in giving the treaty only fifty
assured votes. 1t would be necessary to
change five votes from the anti-annexa-
tion to the annexation side to obtain the
necessary two-thirds majority. There is
nothing left 10 cut figure with in Con-
gress except the plainest facts and sta
tistics, with which it is hard to juggIe un-
discovered. Tue plea so commonly made e
that for commercial and naval purposes
the United States needs Hawaii because
that country lies at the intersectirg point
of all the great tracks of commerce in the
Pacific Ocean is denied by men who have
carefully studied the question.
"HawaiI lies 500 miles out OF the track, !"
was the comment of Representative Shat
roth OF Colorado when faced with this
time-worn geographical argument.
Another significant fact is that among
the Senators who can speak against an
nexation from personal observations are
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SAYS JEWS ARE TO BLAME.
A Roumanidn Minister Makes State
me1t Worthy of the Reign of
Terror in France.

VIENNA, Dec. 9-In the Rouman!an
Cham Der of Deputies on Monday NJ. Nor
baum, the Minister of the Interior, threw
the whole blame of the anti-Semitic riot
ing upon the Jews and declared that the
foreigners, meaning the Jews, would not
be allowed to hold any more meetings
This statement is described as being
worthy Of the reign of terror in
France"
L is evident tha the Roumanian Gov
ernment has revived the anti-Semitic agi-
tation in order to divert attention from
numerous subjects OF discomfort. The po-
Ilce it is said, did nothing to stop the
riots at Bucharest, which were worse on
Tue sday than on Sunday, while the
authorities suppressed kilograms relating
10 lhe outbreaks
The Ministers of foreign rowers at
Bucharest have notified the Roumanian
Government that they will demand COM
pensatIon for the in iuries inflicted upon
The subjects OF their respective govern
ments during the riots.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-10
MRS. MCKINLEY
LINGERS AT THE
POINT OF DEATH.
Devotedly and Patiently the President Of the
United States Continues the Loving
Watch at the Bedside of His
Dying Mother.

many hours. That she retains life so long
without any nourishment is the most sur
prising feature of the case.
At 11:3o o clock tonight Mrs. Mckinley
Is still living, but very weak. Otherwise
there was no change in her condition
when the doctor left her. probably for the
last time tonight. He had some hope of
her surviving the night, but said the case
had reached that point where it was i'm
possible TO make any prediction with the
slightest assurance of certainty.
The family is very apprehensive and
entertain only slight hope OF the pa
tents surviving the night. They fear a
relapse at any moment, which in the
present condition could scarcely be sur
vived. The patient lies quietly and at
times shows scarcely any evidence OF AMI
nation.
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men like Mr.. Pettigrew Is. RI of South
Dakota, who would under ordinary con-
diuons and on general principles be
counted among the men favoring any
change in the existing status, particularly
revolutionary policy. Mr.. Pettigrew
went to Hawaii to spy out the land and
returned absolutely settled in his belief
that annexation would be great blum
der.
His fellow-Senator, who also made the
voyage-Morgan (D) of Alabama-is a
warm annexationist as ever, but the Ha-
waiians did not deck Mr.. Pettigrews head
and neck with garlands of flowers and
march him in procession, which possibly
accounts for the difference. Senator Bacon
(D.) of Georgia. who was one of the Sem
ators invited to go to Hawaii ana have all
his expenses paid by the local annex
ationists, is now congratulating himself
heartily that he did not accept. The form
in which the invitation came to him and
others was practically an offer of so much
junket i'll exchange Tor so much support
IN the Senate. Mr.. Bacon's answer was
that his objection TO annexation was
fundamental and that nothing his enter
tainers could show him on the islands
would change it. Speaking of the matter
to a visitor he said: when l announced
last summer that 1 should not support the
annexation project l did so with some
hesitancy because 1 supposed 1 should
have little ompanionship in my opposi-
ton. To my astonishment l find my
party practically solid on the same side.
l am opposed to annexation because the
islands are too remote IRON the rest of the
Union.'
A prominent member of the House.
speaking to-day of the trend of feeling in
the House on the Hawaiian question,
said that, although ne could not speak by
the card he was inclined to think that If
q vote were taken to-day the House would
give a majority in favor of some such an
nexation measure as Morgan's.
This, said he, 'is due not to any con-
sideration of the question. but to a sort of
madness for national aggrandizement
which seizes Congress from time to time.
The more the question is soberly de bated,
however, the smaller Will grow the vote"
DO you consider" he was asked, that
the failure of the Senate to muster a two
thirds vote for the treaty, or to consider
the treaty st all, would have any in
huence upon the House in shaping its
course7'
Il do not think that would weigh nearly
so much with the House as a thorough
discussion of the Morgan bill. Whatever
discussion might be given to the treaty In
| the Senate, you know, would be in secret
session, and the House would not get the
benefit OF it. Debate on an annexation
bill, however, would be public, and those
/ Al IT
fair chance to inform themselves on the
subject would be able to read the pros and
cons In the record. The opportunity for
thorough debate in the House is less, be-
cause there has to be some restrictions on
time consumed where so many men would
like hearing.
The Senate will undoubtedly give the
whole question good sitting, and upon
the strength of the arguments offered by
| the opponents of annexation may depend
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A LONE ROBBER
WEARING A TASK
LOOTS A STORE
He Holds Up Two Men and Woman at
the Point of a Pistol While He
Goes Through the Safe,
Then Locks Them In.

them, and also insurance on the life of
the mother of his first wife, on the life OF
his daughter by his first wife, and on the
life of a man named William Schmidt
The police regard the deaths of all these
persons within so snort time, taken IL
connection with the fact that Zanoli col
lected the life insurance in each case, as
suspicious, and while no charge is made
that Zanoli is In any way responsible for
their taking off yet the police are investi-
eating each case for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether death was regular.
When the detectives placed the man
under arrest ana searched him they found
a Loaded pistol in his pocket. The prisoner
declared be regretted that he had not had
an opportunity to shoot him self before be-
ing disar med.
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MAY BE A MURDERER.
At An Events, Charles ZanoH Has
Been Collecting Too Much Life
Insurance.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9-Charles ZanoIi. a
barbe 46 years old, was arrested this
afternoon, charged with grand larceny and
forgery in having collected death policy
issued by the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, and with having signed the
necessary papers as the brcther-in-!aw of
the dead man, when in reality he was no
relative.
The prisoner later admitted the truth of
the charges against HIM, and also aaid
that he had been married four times since
1883. All OF his wives are dead. He has
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-10
TRIED TO XIII THE SULTAN
Nwo Soldiers Arrested for the Crime
Are Tortured to Make Them
Confess.

LONDON, Dec. 9-The Athens corre-
spondent of the Daily Chronicle says that
on Monday last two soldiers in the i'm
periaI service at the YiIdiz Kiosk, the
palace OF the Sultan, made an attempt on
the Sultan's life. This was frustrated by
the attendants of the Sultan. The Sultan
ha the men tortured in the hope OF e1-
tracing the names of the instigators, but
both succumbe without revealing any.
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Steamer Ctyd- h Safe.

VALETTA, ISLAND OF MALTA, Dec. o.
The PenInsular ana Oriental Steam Navi-
CATION Company's steamer Clyde Captain
Gordon, which was overdue at this port,
has arrived here from MarseiIIes.
The Clyde encountered terrific hurri-
cane in the Gulf OF Lyons, during which
all her sails were blown to shreds and her
commander was compelled to heave her to
for forty-eight hours. Tho Clyde had
about hundred passenger.
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Riofs i'm Ho,JTf.

NEW YORK, Dec 9-The Suns Lon
don cable says: A dispatch from Berlin
to the Daily Mail says there has been
riots in Port au Prince resulting from
popular indignation against the Govern
Germany.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-10
10 transfer Mails by Uaoon

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-The contract
for the transfer of the mails "by wagon"
from the railway stations to the Postoffice
and branch stations in San Francisco has
been awarded to Smith & Stewart of
Omaha on their bid of $500.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-10
AGAINST THE 0HeRNMERT.
President of Brazil Has SUPPRESSED
Military Club Hostile to
Him.
,opyrirht. lse7. by James Gordon Rennett.

Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett.
BUENOS AYRES. Dec. 9-The
Herald's correspondent at Rio Janeiro.
Brazil, telegraphs that President Moreas
has dissolved tae military club which it
is alleged has been cons piring against
the Govern ment.
General BIanco has been appointed one
of BraZils commissioners to settle the
Amapa question with France.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-10
MRS. 0ELRICHS BETTER.
Physicians Are of the Opinion That
Her Eye viii Be
Saved

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Mrs Hermann
Oelrichs, who is under treatment for in
jury to her left eve, caused By a RUSTY
tack, was in much improved condition
tonight. 1t is now thought the eve will
be saved.
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Q NEWS OF THE DAY o
Weather forecast for San Fran @
o cisco - Cloudy and unsettle o,
. weather on Friday; pro badly q
o showers; southeasterly winds. o
o FIRST PAGE. .
Q Germany Gets a Port. q
Q Mother Mckinley Sinking. O.
Q Bold Robbery at Redding. O
= Hawaiian Annexa ton Dead.
Q SECOND PAGE. q
. The Great Bicycle Race. -
o Chinese Girl Abducted. @
= Los Angeles School Scandal. Q
q Kentucky After the S. P. o
Central American MuddIe. q
o THIRD PAGE. o
Rich Strike Near Dawson. o
o Wheat Takes Jump. =
Q Negro Kills Family. o
o FOURTH PAGE. =
q Work of Congress. o
- A Poetess in Trouble.
o FIFTH PAGE. o
q News of the Water Front.
o After Northern Trade. o
Burglars in the Potrero. O
Q SIXTH PAGE. o
: Editorial. O
o The State Misrepresented. o
. The i tile White Gar. O
. The Kiss of Peace.
q Business is Business, o
= Financial Reform.
. A Romance Of Poverty. o
g Personals ami Queries. o
. SEVENTH PAGE. Q
Durrant Nearing His End.
p Mrs. Frustuck in tor Bigamy. Q
. EIGHTH PAGE.
% Commercial Intelligence. Q
= NINTH PAGE.
p News From Across the Bay. Q
Q TENTH PAGE. Q
% Races at Ingleside. o
9 ELEVENTH PAGE. Q
p Births. Marriages, Deaths. Q
@ TWELFTH PAGE, Q
q Justinian Caire Seriously Ill. c
Went by the Gas Route. Q
,o Bids for School Property. g
q Oakland's Health Board Roused c
81 Allender Is Ready to Die. =
4 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Qpa
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CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 1O.-At
thing was quiet at the Mckinley
residence. The family had evil
IDENTIFY retired for the night.
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LAST PLEA
OF HAWAII
FOR LIBERTY
Mr. Hoar Presents IN the
Senate the Petition of
the Natives.
Opposition to the Treaty Spreads Like Fire
and It Is Now Certain Enough Votes
Cannot Be Secured for It's
Ratification.
ANNEXATION IS DEAD.

NEW YORK, Dec. 0-The Worlds Washington
special says: Senator White of California, who has
been leading the opposition to the Hawaiian treaty in
the Senate, declared tonight that the proposition to
annex Hawaii was as dead as door nail
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REPUBLICAN.

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REPUBLICAN, FOR LIBERTY.
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