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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04
WEYLER'S PECULIAR
 BEHAVIOR Government Is Defied to Take Action
 Against Him. As He Is a Senator a Spe- cial Vote Is Necessary
 to Prosecute. Shufflinq of the Ex-Cuban Butcher to Straighten Out
 His UtteranceS. NOW HAS SMALL SUPPORT. Only Three Spanish Generals Are in Sympathy With the Clustering
 SOldier-Statesnaan.
Shuffling of the Ex-Cuban Butcher to Straighten Out
 His UtteranceS.
NOW HAS SMALL SUPPORT.
Only Three Spanish Generals Are in Sympathy With the Clustering
 Soldier r-Statesnnan.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MADRID, Jan. 3.-General Weyler has defied the Government to take pro- ceedings against him. AS he is Sena- tor, a special vote is necessary to de- prive him of immunity from prosecu- tion, and the Cabinet is embarrassed, as the army appears to side with Wey- Ter in his attacks on the subject.
 General Weyler's behavior. which is classed here as 'shuffling." in apolo- gizing to the Queen Regent and hastily explaining to the Premier. Senor Sa- gasta, that he was not responsible for the publication of his protest, has alienated many of his supporters among the Carlists, who hoped to en- tangle the General in the revolutionary meshes. They are especially disap pointed at the fact that the Govern ment appears to be satisfied that the so-called Weyler bubble has burst, and that the Spanish army is not gan grened.
 It is said that only three of the Span ish Generals are in sympathy with General Weyler. The Government will send 5000 troops to Cuba at the end of January and further troops up to 14,- 900 will be sent to that island if neces- SarV
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04

Count Esterhazy is the French off, cer on the retired list who, at the time of the Dreyfus agitation, was brought into prominence by the publication in the Figaro of number of letters, of which he has admitted the authorship, reflecting most severely upon the French army and upon France.
 It has also been alleged that Count Esterhazy was the author of an anony- nous note which played a prominent part in the court-martial of Alfred Dreyfus, the former captain of French artillery sentenced to imprisonment for life after having been convicted of sell ing important military plans to agents of a foreign power.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04
LI HUNG CHANG AR0USES THE WORLD
 M CHIMES BEHALE.
The Old Diplomats Able Presentation of the Case Of His Nation Gives Stntesmen
 Food for Thought.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-A Washington special says: The strong presentation of China's case by Lii Hung Chang through the columns of the Herald this morning attracted wide attention in official Washington to-day. No phase of this great international prob- lem yet presented through the medium of the newspapers has been read with deeper interest or has received more serious consideration than the appeal of the Chinese Minister of Foreign Af- fairs to the sense of justice of the Western World. It has been read and discussed by State Department off, ciaIs, the diplomatic corps and mem- Der of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Congress, and I understand will be the subject of discussion at the Cab- inet meeting tomorrow.
 That is a very good presentation of China's case,'' said Secretary Sher- man to me tonight, when he had fin- ished reading the exclusive interview with Ii Hung Chang published in the Herald this morning. ''The fact that Germany has occupied Chinese terri tory shows again the military weak ness of the Peking Government, a weakness first made apparent in it's recent war with Japan. I do not think there is any present danger of dis memberment of China by the Euro pean powers. While we have no in- portant official information regarding it's occupation of Kiaochau we under stand that all Germany proposes to do is to establish a commercial post at that port. She has large interests in China and has desired a port at which they can receive protection. The es- tablishment of a commercial post at Kiaochau will be advantageous to the commerce of the United States, just as the possession of Hongkong by Great Britain is beneficial to our shipping. It opens up a new point for the recep- tion and distribution of American goods where Americans may obtain protection.
 We have been given to understand by the Russian Government that the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Shanghai cor respondent of the Daily Mail says: '.The Russians tricked China into con- senting to an occupation of Port Arthur by representing that the British fleet was coming to capture it. They also asked the Chinese to prohibit the Eng fish from landing. The latter refused, but the Englishmen going ashore at Port Arthur are shadowed by the Rus sians.''
 There is considerable activity in the defense department. Lord Wolseley, the chief, came unex- pectedly to London to-day from Brighton and spent several hours at the War Office.
 HONGKONG, Jan. 3.-The British warship Powerful has arrived here. The Powerful is a first-class cruiser of over 14,000 tons displacement and 25,000 indicated horsepower, with an estimated speed of about twenty-two knots. She carries a crew of $40 men.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3.-No- vosti publishes an article strongly urg- ing a Russo-Japanese alliance as the best means of guaranteeing the mu tual interests and the maintenance of the political equilibrium.
 It is reported this view is favored in Russian official circles, where it is felt that such an alliance would contribute to avert such complications in the far East
 PEKING, Jan. 3.-The Chinese au- thorities spent three hours at the Ger man legation yesterday discussing the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04
AUTHENTIC NEWS OF THE
 MARcHAND EXPEDITT0N.

PARIS, Jan. 3.-Authentic news of the Marchand expedition as late as September IS has been received. At that date it had arrived at Rafai, in the Tambura district, and was pro- ceeding to occupy Rumbeka, in the Bongo district, in the territory of Bahr-el-Ghael. This disposes of the rumors of the massacre of the expedi- tion in that section last August. All were well at the time and fortnightly mail service was working regularly be- tween Tambura and Banghi, on the Ubangi River, to the west.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04

The latest arrivals in this city with news and mail direct from Skaguay and Dawson are Harry DObson and J. D. Barnes, who are at the Palace Hotel.
 These rugged gentlemen-who very easily comport with the idea of the typical miner on his return to civili- zation on business or pleasure or combination of the two were inter viewed yesterday and they gave an interesting account of their experi- ences in quest of beauteous yellow in the icy northland and the conditions of life which obtain in that Mecca of the fortune hunter.
 "Dobson, he's the talker of this out fit," remarked MT. Barnes. You get him started and he'll keep it up till you get all you want or I stop him. He'll do the talking for the two of us, and if he doesn't get things straight I'll call him down."
 MT. DobsOn at once evinced a dis position to corroborate his partners announcement, and proceeded to sup port the same with the palpable evil dence of speech.
 we left Dawson" he said, Ion the 22d of November, with dogs and sleds. and traveled down the Yukon River which was frozen, of course-and then over the many lakes-aIso frozen sol- idly-in that region. Our journey was. as you may imagine, full of hardship and danger. We were freouentIv obliged to cut our path through the ice and snow. At night one of us was obliged to keep awake to keep the fire going, in order to prevent our freezing to death.
 "There would have been famine at Dawson with awful suffering if so many men had not got away down the river. There will be shortage of food as it is, but with care all who are on the Klondike now will pull through. The pressure of mouths to feed has been lessened by the exodus
 Sam Wall, The Calls correspondent at Dawson, is occupying our cabin and looking out for our claims. Sam is a thoroughbred, and no mistake! Dur ing the short time he has been there he has made hosts of friends by his gen. iaI, kindly nature and no end of ad- mirers on the score of his daring voy- age up the river. Yes; Sam's all right they swear by him up there.
 MT. Walls statements of the condi- tions existing throughout that country are invariably fair and reasonable. In this connection, I will say that when he was writing his last 'story'-the one we brought through to Seattle-there was danger of starvation, but since then many have left for Skaguay and Circle City, and the danger is now reasonably over.
 Joaquin Miller left for Circle City with the rest of the crowd as soon as the ghost of hunger commenced to make it's gloomy threats. He started off at the head of a procession consist ing of himself, couple of dogs and a sled, bravely trying to keep up his part in a whistling duet with old Boreas, interspersed with pathetic snatches from Home, Sweet Home
 Dawson is the most peaceful mining camp ever known. Only two men have been killed this season, and they in- vited death in an attempt to rob caches. The mounted police have nc difficulty ip maintaining order, and. on the other
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04
Sam w. Wall.

hand, no one can complain of the treatment received from the represen- tatives of law and order.
 Sickness has been unknown this winter. In fact, we are beginning to think of booming Dawson as a health resort. The air is very irvigorating, and everybody seems full of life and animal spirits
 Asked as to the chances of new prospectors in Alaska next spring, Mir. Dobson replied that they were very encouraging. He stated that all the best claims had been taken up, but that there was no doubt of many more discoveries being made in the near future.
 "The country is full of gold,' he de-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04
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MANCHESTER, Jan. B. The Manchester Guardian to-day says: The Govern ment has categorically stated that Great Britain will re- fuse to recognize any special rights granted at any Chi nese port to any particular power. Any port opened to one power must be opened to all or open to none. If Rus sia has been granted the right to winter ships at Port Arthur, Great Britain will enforce her rights to the same privileges and her ships will winter there whether China comedies or does not concede the right.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04

Continued on Second Page.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04

Messrs. Dobson and Barnes expect to remain in this warmer zone for the next two months and to depart for their Dawson home early in March. They will return over the same route by which they came, and of which they are the acknowledged pioneers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04
PICKED NUGGETS FROM THE BED OF 4 CREEK
 W THE KLONDIKE LAND.
Tdie Of q Golden Treasure Trove Which IS
 Given Upon the Word Of Cape .a Enx fndinn

TACOMA, Jan. 3.-Gold in quantities beyond the fancy of the most frantic Klondike adventurer is reported among Alaska Indians, according to l.. T. Watson, a member of the Saxman In- dian Council, instituted by the Govern ment to civilize the Cape Fox tribe, on the Alaska coast. NIT. Watson and an- other white man are the only members of the Saxman Council who are not In dians, and the influence Watson has gained among the tribesmen gives him confidence of all the Indians.
 Last fall, while the Indians were all engaged in packing for miners Klon-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04

the Ice Has Formed About the Boats of the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04
COUNT ESTERHAZY 70 BE
 TRIED 8Y c0URT-AARTIAL

PARIS, Jan. 3.-General Saussier, the military governor of Paris, has de- cided to try Major Count Esterhazy by court-martial behind closed doors on January 10.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04
British Ships Will Go Wherever Russian
 Are Anchored.
Lii Hung Chang's Appeal to the Justice of the Western World Has Set States
 men Thinking.

recall of the commandant of Tsao Chou, province of Shantung, who is charged with having used threatening language to a German missionary, and finally consented to summon him to Peking for explanation, also prom ising that he should not return to Tsao Chou.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-04
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran cisco: Cloudy and probably rain on Tuesday; northeasterly. changing to southeasterly wind.
 Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours:
 San Francisco. .56 degrees.
 Portland ................42 degrees. Los Angeles. .66 degrees. San Diego...............62 degrees. FIRST PAGE. Dawson City as it Is. Weyler Is Acting Strangely. England's Hand in China. SECOND PAGE. Sanger Postoffice Blocked. Land Mayor of Sacramento. Crit Robinson Married. State Board of Education. THIRD PAGE. , worden Must Hang. Ships of War for Esquimalt. Subsidies for Ocean Liners. Hanna Scores a Defeat. Killed by a Collapsing Floor. FOURTH PAGE. Warehouses on Fire. Los Angeles School Scandal. FIFTH PAGE. Stowaways in an Ice-room. The Harry Morse Overdue. Crooks in the Tanks. Laborers Score Fitzgerald. SIXTH PAGE. , Editorial Portuguese in Hawaii The Dutiful Servants Reward. Lesson for Wage Farmers. Civil Service Debate. An Ignorant Boodler. Demand for Olives. ) Reorganizing the Personnel of the Navy. , Personals. , SEVENTH PAGE. Society at Columbia The Bulletin in Hot Water. ) At the City Theaters ,, EIGHTH PAGE. Los Angeles Lothario. } Volunteers Love and Wed , Racing at Ingleside Trouble for Officer Harrison. , NINTH PAGE } Robbers Use a Blackjack. } Mckinley and the Jubilee. ) TENTH PAGE. , Commercial News |, ELEVENTH PAGE. } News From Across the Bay.
 , Dow Tragedy Unsolved. ] TWELFTH PAGE. , Police Put on Pensions
 ; Rowing School Directors. ; THIRTEENTH PAGE , Births, Marriages and Deaths , FOURTEENTH PAGE. ! Crusade Against Curbstone Brokers.
 , Durrant's Hope Dying.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-21
Police Court.

In Judge WiIcox's court yesterday
morning, Pain Fook was fined SIS and
Sin Wo $50 for opium in possession.
KaIeikinf and Kamakee were fined
So each for ARRAY.
Matsua was fined So for violating
hack regulations.
John Moluhi, the native charged
with highway robbery in Nuuanu val
ley, will be heard today.
Ella was fined $40 and court costs
for assault and battery on Mrs. Lem
ming.
In the case of Akina, common nui-
sance, sentence was suspended for six
months.
Ueda, the Japanese charged with
cutting a fellow cOuntryman, will be
given a hearing on September 26.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-21
GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE.

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cures, and cures quickly. For sale by
all druggists and dealers. Benson,
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On tap or in bottles at the Criterion
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The Portland daily press., 1898-04-08
RIOTS IN THE FAR EAST.

Vancouver, B. O., April From the
latest reports from Hong Kong it is
learned that there have been very excit-
ing times in the Philippines, Spanish
troops being surrounded and Tnassacred.
The Bolina staff of the eastern extern
sion telegraph were recently beseiged for
five days on account of Spanish soldiers
taking refuge there.
From Spanish gunboat marines were
landed and the station was opened after
hard fighting between the detachment
and the rebels.
Two days afterward the British cruiser
Edgar arrived. About the same time
Gen. Monet and one thousand men ar
rived overland. Gen. Monet said he had
five engagements between Bolina and
Ljngayen.
The insurgents suffered heavy losses
and the Spanish losses were one lieuten-
ant and one soldier.
The garrison and priests of neighboring
villages had been killed, only six sold
iers managing to escape.
kilograms received at Shanghai report
that chapel in Chung King insu prov
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-08

The concluding paragraph of President
Mckinley's reply to the ambassadors of
the powers, who-called upon him to ex-
press the hope that peace would be pre-,
served, was very significant. He said !:
THE government of the United States
appreciates the humanitarian and dis
interested character of the conlmunica-
ton now made on behalf of the powers
named, and for it's part is confident that
equal appreciation will be shown for it's
own earnest and unselfish endeavors to
fulfill duty to humanity by ending a
situation the indefinite prolongation
of which has become insufferable y The
Presidents purpose has been described
almost as clearly as it could have been in
the delayed message. He has made up
his mind, with the cooperation of Con-
gress, to end situation, the indefinite
prolongation of which has become in
sufferable. The situation here alluded
to is of course the war in Cuba and the
starvation consequent upon it; and the
purpose expressed in regard to it can only
be accomplished unless Spain backs
down, by force. Hence the President s
reply is in effect notification TO the
world that war is corning unless the
Spanish government recedes from its
present position.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-08

that Bath was the first city to take action
In this line. Gen. Hyde is not the man
to claim credit for himself or his city
that he has reason to believe belongs else
where. His awarding of precedence to
Bath in this case simply arises from not
being informed as to the facts. The first
movement to form naval brigade in the
state was started in Portland, and it was
progressing successfully when Adjutant
General Richards appeared on the scene
and practically notified the men who
were at the head of 1t that they were pro
ceeding without warrant of law, if
not in defiance of law. Gen. Rich
ards, SO far as he based his opposition
upon the law, relied upon Chapter 1925 of
the militia act which provides that no
organization not enrolled in the mill
tia, unless licensed by the Governor, shall
be permitted TO bear arms. This is said
simply by way of showing that the credit
Gen. Hyde claims for Bath really belongs
to Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-08

Whether there was any truth in the
rumors that gained circulation on yester-
day that Spain had manifested more
yielding disposition, and in consequence
there was chance for the renewal of Ne
gotiations with hope of a favorable issue,
may be doubted. But il there was Spai n
rolapsed yesterday into an unyielding
mood which gave little hope of renewing
negotiations with any prospect of success
The truth probably is that however much
the Sagasta government would like to
yield, 1t must remain 1rm in it's refusal of
our demand that it .bandon sovereignty
over Cuba, or incur 5he risk of revolu-
tion at home. The Spanish people are
not ready TO give up Cuba and prefer a
foreign war to it's voluntary relinquish-
nent. This fact hes to be rsckoned with
by the ministry.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-08

Whether the only reason for delaying
the message of the President was the fact
that it might put the lives of Americans
still in Cuba in jeopardy may be ques-
toned, but that in itself was a sufficient
reason. 1t would have been an extremely
rash act for the President to send his
message with that possibility staring him
in the face, and il massacre had fol-
lowed he would have been held responsible
for it. The impatienoe of Congress is en-
titled to weigh very little beside danger to
the lives of several hundred American
citizens, and President Mckinley was
amply justified in taking the course he
did.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-08
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY, APRIL s.
STATE OF M AIN Z.
A FAST DAY PROCLAMATION.

In Difference to the practice of the early set
tiers of New England, and following prece-
dent that has obtained ever since Maine was
admitted into the Union of States, and also
with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, do appoint THURSDAY, the 2sth
DAY of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight as a
day of
FASTING AND PRAYER.
1t Is fitting that this time-honored custom
should still be respected and 1 earnestly re-
quest all the people of our State to properly OBJ
serve the day in their homes and churches, and
to refrain from all unnecessary labor. remem-
bering, reverently, the source from which SO
many favors have come to us.
GIVEN at the Executive Chamber. in Au-
usta. this tWenty-fourth day of March, in
The year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
bred and ninety-elght, and of the indie
pendence of the United States of America
The one hundred and twenty-secoud.
LLEWELLYN POWERS.
BY the Governor.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary OF State.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-08

1t seems that the eagle eye of Adjutant
Gen. Richards was more successful in
finding laws that prevented the organiza-
tion Of brigade of naval militia than
those that permitted it, though the latter
were there and in just as large type Mr..
Anson M. Goddard, of Augusta. seems to
have had no great difficulty in finding
this statute:
necessary to protect the coast from in
vasion, they may procure, equip, officer
and man such armed vessels as they think
expeuient, to cruise along the coast of the
state, for the purpose Of protecting the
Inhabitants thereof; and Tx the relative
rank and compensation of the officers,
and the number and compensation of the
seamen employed.
The Governor has already committed
himself on the question of the danger to
the seacoast in speech in Boston in
which he took a very gloomy view of our
defenceless condition. That point is
therefore settled, and the only question
is whether he will exercise the authority
which this statute confers upon HIM of
recognizing and commissioning the naval
brigades organized at Portland and Bath.
His adjutant general has intimated sew
eral time that he and the Governor were
both anxious to find way to legalize
the Portland brigade. Here seems to be
the way, straight and narrow.