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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13


TIME HAGUE, June III ques-
toned a member Of the Peace
Conference to-day as to what
i would occur if during the confer
ence England were to take up
arms against the Transvaal. His re-
ply was:
THE question would be very difficult.
England would certainly contend that
it was her own business, the TranSvaal
being a vassal and her action against
the Beers amounting to the simple
quelling of an internal insurrection or
rebellion. AS, however, the Beers
maintain they are an independent
power the conference would certainly
offer friendly intervention and propose
to act as arbiter."
The question is already being talked,
about in private conversation, the Eng
lish delegates alleging that the Trans
vaal matter is only question between
mother and child, but this would not
ultimately prevent the Peace Confer
ence from believing it could not stand
aloof and witness a bloody struggle
silently without being ridiculous in the
eyes of the world
/ had a long interview to-day with
two eminent diplomats, members of
the Peace Conference. I gathered that
the American proposal for rendering
private property inviolable at sea is
strongly supported by the Dutch dele
gates and most of the other countries.
Germany, however, is Indifferent
France strongly opposes it. She APP
pears to think that in case of war with
England, the possibility of which has
been shown by the Fashoda incident,
the American scheme would rob her of
her principal weapon against England.
In case of a naval war it has always
been the idea of the French to strike
on every point of England's merchant
marine and trade. They are not at all
willing to relinquish for the future
what appears to them to be the best
chance against the nation that rules
the waves. 1t is quite certain also that
Russia supports the French view. es
pecially because she considers herself
bound in duty to back her ally.
The fate of the American proposal,
therefore, is very uncertain. although
Germany probably, in the end, will be
found siding with the United States and
England, which may possibly turn the
scale.
At present the whole attention of the
conference is centered on the arbitra-
ton question. 1t has falsely asserted
that the arbitration scheme, as dis
cussed, leaves arbitration optional. 1t
IL HldIe compulsory III Twelve SpeCllleu
cases, especially applying to interna-
tional conflicts out of differences of con-
tention regarding the meaning of treat
les.
I have been able to read the Russian
proposition. 1t enacts that the con-
ference will choose five powers to be
called upon to arbitrate. Each will ap-
point judge, five constituting a court,
to which two of each contending par
ties will be entitled to add judge of
its own appointment with the same
right as the other judges. A permanent
arbitration bureau, representing the
five original arbitrating powers will be
instituted, with headquarters at The
Hague, the expense to be borne by all
signatOry powers in the same proper
ton as for the existing international
.postoffice bureau.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
SOON TO START
FOR THE |STHMUS
Canal Commission Not
Disposed to Delay.
ITS WORK TO BE HURRIED
WILL REPORT TO CONGRESS BY
JANUARY 1.
Civil Engineer Haupt to Lose His
Place Unless He Disavows
Interviews Credited
to Him.
ITS WORK TO BE HURRIED
WILL REPORT TO CONGRESS BY
JANUARY l.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel,
Washington, June r.
Admiral Walker, chairman of the
new Nicaraguan Canal Commission,
has called meeting of the commits
sion for next Thursday June Is, when,
it is expected, the question whether
the Commissioners shall proceed at
once to Central America and begin the
work in hand, or delay until the yell
low fever season has passed, will be
decided. 1t is believed the start from
New York will be made by July /, or
before. 1t is said the commission will
endeaVor to finish its work in time to
report to Congress by January l next.
Unless Civil Engineer Lewis Haupt
dtsavows the authenticity of published
views credited to him, his resignation
as member of the Isthmian Commits
sion will be asked for and the vacancy
filed by the appointment of another
engineer. Notice has been taken by
the President Of the interview with Mr..
Haupt, and it has been called to his
attention with the request that he at
once inform the President of it's cor
rectness.
This action is due to the earnest de-
sire of the Chief Executive that COM
mission shall be organized which will
make fair and impartial investigation
and submit an unbiased report. If Mr..
Haupt is already claSSed in favor of the
Nicaragua canal, as the statements at
tributed to him would seem to show
and so strongly opposed to the Panama
waterway, it is apparent that his re-
tention on the commission, now that
his views are known to the admins
tration and the public generally would
injure the value of it's report. For this
reason the President has been con-
strained 70 ask Mr.. Haupt for an ex-
PLANTATION.
The friends of Mr.. Haupt here are
confident that the views attributed to
him are substantially correct, as it is
said he has talked in much the same
way to them. His removal from the
commission will mean a distinct loss
to the Nicaragua element, in view of
his Nicaraguan canal attitude.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
Troubles of a Policeman.

MARYSVILLE, June 12.-Police officer
j. E. Parmelee, who on last Friday was
convicted in Justice Aldrichs court of
battery committed on a prisoner he had
arrested, made application in the Su-
perior Court to-day for writ of prohi-
bition restraining the Justice from pass
ing sentence. His contention was that
Justice Aldrich was usurping the powers
of Police Judge, who, he claims, should
have sole jurisdiction over offenses COM
court did not make formal decision on
the merits of the case, It's rulings on a
demurrer offered by Aldrich's counsel to
Parmelees complaint indicate that he
will permit the Justice Court to pass sen :
tence Friends of the man whom Par
melee battered have caused charges to be
filed with the Mayor and Council against
the officer 1t is thought Parmelee will
resign as this is the second time he has
been called upon to answer to a battery
complaint.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
TWO SHIPS OF WAR
UNFIT FOR SERVICE
Bad Bargain in Purchasing of
English Builders.

NEW YORK, June ia special TO the
World from Washington says: Naval ex-
perts have pronounced the cruisers AL
bany and New Orleans dangerously top
heavy. These two warships were pur-
chased in England by the Navy Depart
ment just before war was declared with
Spain. The New Orleans was brought to
this country and was in service, but the
Albany is still in the course of construc-
ton. She was tied up in English waters
by the laws of neutrality.
Rear Admiral HichbOrn. chief of the
Bureau of Construction and Repair, to-
day filed with the department the report
of Naval Constructor Bowles who in
spected the New Orleans at the Brooklyn
navy yard and made discoveries. This
news is disappointing to the department,
as the New Orleans, by reason of her
good showing in Cuban waters, was looked
upon as worthy ship. What is worse
the experts have no remedy to offer for
the defects.
The Albany is at Armstrong; ship
yards in England and is advanced so per
cent toward completion. The two ships
are built along exactly the same lines and
what is true of one is true of the other.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
CARS GUARDED
BY POLICE MEN
Scenes of Wild Disorder
at Cleveland.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 12.-The at
tempt of the Big Consolidated Railroad
Company to move its cars was to-day at
tended by scenes of wild disorder in vari-
Gus parts of the city, though nobody was
hurt and very little damage done TO prop
erty Cars were run on two lines at very
irregular intervals, but without passen-
gers and mainly under the protection of
policemen.
The principal work of the mobs. which
were composed largely of idlerS and spec
tators, was to blockade the tracks, in
which they were materially assisted by
accommodating drivers OF trucks, TO cut
trolley wires and jeer at non-unlon men,
Occasionally stones and pieces of mud
We're thrown, but nobody. was hurt. The
strikers discouraged violence, but they
did most effective duty in inducing the
non-union men TO quit, ana IN thlS they
were assisted by several women, relatives
of the strikers, who boarded the cars and
pleaded with the new men to leave their
positions. One of these women was pro-
Vided with money, and when argument
failed she induced the nom union men to
quit by paying them
MANY of the cars were left on the lines
deserted and were afterward picked up
by inspectors and taken to the terminus.
The company says it has sufficient men to
operate it's cars tomorrow, but this Is
denied by the strikers.
The important development OF the day
was the refusal of the company to let the
state Board arbitrate the only question
involved-the recognition. of the union
The strikers say they feel greatly en-
couraged and that they will be better pre-
nared than ever to resist the running Of
cars when the attempt is resumed to-
morrow morning.
AKRON, Ohio, June 12:-Unless the
strike in Cleveland is ended inside Of
fortv-eight hours it is believed the Akron,
Bedford and Cleveland and the Akron
Street Railroad employees will ri, be called
Toade are owned and operated by the
same same people in control Of the Big Con
soiidated at Cleveland. The A. B. and q.
cars are run only to the suburbs OIL CleVe-
- 4lnn cit
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of the faintest chance of success.
Germany and both her Austrian and
Italian allies are 'strenuously opposed
to it.
The American delegates tonight is
sued a manifesto to the effect that al
though the English proposals have been
used as the basis Of the arbitration dis
cussion this does not mean the aban-
donment of the American plan, which
will be presented by the Comite de
Reduction, with their own draft, to the
plenary sitting of the third commission
and judged on it's merits.
The discussion as to furnishing the
newspapers with abstracts of the pro-
ceedings developed remarkable scene.
NJ. Bernert, head of the Belgian delega-
ton, on rising to speak. addressed M.
de Staal, and in the most pointed man
ner said that publicity might as well
be granted, as certain documents had
been published in the newspapers.
Some of these documents" he said,
were stolen, l have heard, from M.
de Staal, but I cannot believe this,
feeling sure that the visitors to the
Ouddoelen Hotel are all far too honest
to stoop to that"
NJ. de Staal made no reply.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
SEEK To CHECK
RUSH To MINES
ProSpectors Send False
Reports.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES. June IA letter
to-day received by DR.. Victor RendOn
of this city from his brother. Pedro
Rendon, scouts the idea that gold does
not exist in the Sierra Pintada placers
in Lower California. Rendon. who is
an attorney, gives instances where such
reports are cOntradicted by Individual
experience. In his letter Rendon says:
Our company has received word from
man who was sent down to the Sierra
Pintada fields by us saying that gold is
there in paying quantities. This man,
who is trustworthy, informed us that his
son, twelve years old. got IS in gold dust
in two hours work with his own hands.
The dirt from which the SIS was obtained
was dug and washed by the boy himself.
Some persons who have come back from
the placer fields, say that there is not
enough gold there to work with profit. 1t
is generally believed here that those who
have brought back such reports are not
miners of experience, but men who do not
know how to go at the work properly.
Again, some of them are miners who
know their business but who do not want
the fields overcrowded with newcomers.
but want to profit for themselves. Some
men, in order to keep persons from go
ing down there, are only too willing to
spread discouraging reports.
The steamer Saint Denis brought 492
ounces of gold dust to Ensenada on her
last trip. Some of this was consigned to
our company and some to E. Romers, a
merchant of Ensenada.
DR.. Rendon, in explaining this, said
it was customary for some Of the min
ers to consign their dust to the COM
pany, which paid them the standard
amount for all that was shipped to
them.
General Andrade, the Mexican Con-
sui in this city, said that, in his opin-
ion, the reports of Pedro Rendon could
be taken with as much confidence as
official reports.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
CONVICT PUTNAM TO
DIE BY THE MOOSE
Folsom Prison Assassin Convicted of
Murder in the First
Degree

SACRAMENTO. June 12.-The jury in
the case Of George Pullman. the Folsom
Prison convict who murdered John Show
ers. a fellow convict, a few weeks ago,
tonight brought in a verdict Of murder in
the first degree, which carries with ii the
death penalty.
The crime was a brutal one. Showers
was reclining in the prison corridor in
front Of his cell door when Pullman
came along and. without a word. stopped
over Showers and repeatedly drove dirk
into his neck and side before he could de-
fend himself. 1t was discovered that
Pullman had conceived a grudge against
Showers because the latter informed on
Abe Majors for some infracton of the
rules when the latter was in the prison.
Pullman is an opium fiend and his de-
Tense was that he had one of his spells
and did not know what he was doing
when he assaulted Showers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
DEEP OCEAN ANIMAL LIFE.
p It Will Be Studied by an Expedition
Under Professor Agassiz.

NEW YORK. June PA special to the
World from Washington says: An ex-
petition headed by Professor Alexander
Agassiz of Harvard University will be dis
study animal life in deep ocean. The en-
terprise, which will be under the auspices
Of the United States Fish Commission.
has the hearty approval Of President Nc
Kinley.
The Albatross will go first to Tahiti.
one Of the Society Islands, where the
ocean reaches depth Of five and a half
miles. Dredges have been worked on the
bed Of the ocean where the water is three
miles deep, and strange creatures unlike
anything ever seen before have been
archipelago, the Friendly, Fiji Marshall,
Ellice and Gilbert islands will be explored
also. From Gilbert Islands the Albatross
will return via Hawaiian Islands to San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
Drowned in the San JOAQUIN.

STOCKTON. June 12.-G. B. Sofa. a
farmer residing on the Whittier tract.
was drowned in the middle river branch
Of the San Joaquin last night. The
drowning must have been accidental. II
that Sofa tried TO jump from the river
bank to a small boat which was kept
moored near his place and miscalculated
man and single. The body was found to-
day Another body was recovered near
Bouldn Landing. 1t was that OF an UNI
known man who was seen by the pas
sengers on the ]. d. Peters to leap into
the river on Saturday night during the
trip TO San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
TWO NEGROES LYNCHED
BY THEIR OWN RACE
Laborers at a Phosphate Mine Mete
Out Punishment to
MurdererS.

OCALA, Fla, June 1.-TWO negroes
were lynched at Dunnelon last night by
a mob of their own color. Some weeks ago
Ma,sbal Payne was shot by a negro. Sat
urdav the negro was captured and re-
turned to Dunnelon, hen it is supposed
some negroes were employed to take him
down the river and drown him.: Sunday
evening the laborers Of the Dunnelon
phosphate mine organized to mete out
similar justice to those implicated. They
succeeded in lynching two of the
men and were only prevented from lynch
ing others by Sheriff Nugent and an
armed posse, who went down on special
train from Ocala The posse returned
this morning and reported everything
quiet
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13

LONDON, June 12-Comman-
der-in-Chief Lord Wolseley has
been busy for several days and
evenings at the War Office, pre-
pairing for possible eventualities
in South Africa The effective
lists of the first-class reserve
have been prepared and trans
portation for the First Army
Corps has been Professionally ar
ranged. The officers on furlough
have been warned to hold them
selves in readiness to return to
their regiments. The general
trend of news, however, is more
pacific.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
DEWEY STEPS ON LAND.

SINGAPORE, June 12.-Admiral Dewey
landed to-day from the United States
cruiser Olympia, his flagship to pay a
visit to the Governor of the Straits Set
Elements, Lieutenant Colonel Sir c. B. H.
Mitchell at the Government House He
was received with military honors. On
his return to the Olympia he was visited
by the Governor.
The admiral declined an invitation to
stay at the Government House, preferring
to stay quietly on board the cruiser The
admiral declines to be interviewed and
refuses all invitations to attend social
functions.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13


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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
Indictments Against Terrill.

SAN JOSE, June 12.-The Grand Jury
to-day returned indictments against
Samuel B. Terrill, the attorney-three for
forgery and one for embezzlement. These
take the place of the four that were pre-
viously found and which. on account of
defects were reSubmitted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
PRINCESS IN AN ASYLUM.
Louise of Coburg to Remain in a Pri.
vate Retreat,

NEW YORK, June ia cable to the
Journal from Vienna says: Princess Lou
Use of Coburg was transferred to-day to
Persons famous asylum at Lindenhof,
near Dresden, for permanent residence,
the medical faculty and court doctors
having decided that she is weak minded
and irresponsible Princess Louise's men
tai debility is attributed by. the medical
faculty to conclusion of the brain, caused
wears ago by fall when she was noun
tain climbing and to an attack of typhus
", hich followed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
Mcdonald Ill at Manila.

WOODLAND, June 12.-Robert McDon-
aid of this city, private in the First
California, is sick at Manila. Word comes
from Washington that orders have been
issued to transfer him to San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
CHAMBER AN INCOMPETENT.
Supreme Court Declares Former Hus-
band of Amelie RiVes Insane.

NEW YORK, June 12.-The Supreme
Court has decided that John Armstrong
Chanler is incompetent to manage his
own affairs. Mr.. Chanler was the former
husband of Ameie RiveS. Proceedings
were begun by Lewis S. and Winthrop
Chanler, brothers of John Armstrong
Chanler, who allege that he is incapable
of managing his own affairs.
Chanler was not in court, his counsel
saying that his condition is such that ne
could not leave Bloomingdale asylum.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
Yacht Club Property Sold.

SAN RAFAEL, June 12.-The property
of the Pacific Yacht Club at Sausalito was
sold to-day at public auction to A. B.
Spreckels for s15025. The auction took
place under a decree of foreclosure on a
trustees deed, and $4,000 of the judgment
remains unsatisfed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
SHAH OF PERSIA INSANE.
Has Hallucinations and Toys With
the Telephone.

LONDON, June ia dispatch to the
Daily Graphic from Sebastopol says that
a Cossack ex-officer who has just return
ed from Teheran, Persia, declares that
the Shah is mentally and physically in
capacitated and that he suffers halluci-
nations He finds his chief amusement
with telephones. which are installed
throughout the palace.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
Stanford's New Hall.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, June r.
Ground was broken this afternoon for the
erection of the new Hall of Natural Sci
ehces at the university The contracts for
the stone work have been let TO ]. d. Nc
Calvary and work will be hurried
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
Stewart Children Released.

SEATTLE, June 12.-Superior Judge ia
cobs to-day ordered the release of Adele
and Mabel Stewart, the two children ar
rested last Friday on the request of the
California Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children. They were ordered
returned to their mother.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
Russian Admiral Arrives.

NEW YORK, Juhe 12.-Admiral Iva
shlntzoff of the Russian navy was a pas
senger on the French Line steamer La
Touraine, which arrived to-day from
Havre He will return to Russia by way
of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
BANDS Improved Condition.

LEBANON, Mo-, June 12.-Mr. Bland's
condition tonight is encouraging. His
pulse is stronger than for several days
and he has taken more nourishment than
during any day since his collapse, ten
days ego.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
To Nurse Returning Volunteers.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-Mss Anita
MCGEE has sent twenty additional female
nurses to the general hospital at San
Francisco to care for volunteers upon
their return. This makes a total of forty
seven nurses at this hospital.
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Californians Graduate.

WASHINGTON. June 12.-Among the
graduates of Georgetown Law College to-
night were W. T. Sherman Doyle of San
Francisco and r. P. Troy Of San Rafael.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-13
Woodlands Tennis Cracks.

WOODLAND, June 12.-John Craig and
Harry Porter of this city will enter the
tennis tournament to be held at Wheat
land on Wednesday.
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On the other hand, it seems that all
hope of a disarmament scheme in any
shape has been definitely relegated to
the land of Utopia, even the timid sug-
gestion of delaying for five years any
transformation or Improvement in guns
or war material in order to save eX-
pense all round seems to be stripped