VOLUME LXXXIII.— NO. 46. SITUATION VERY GRAVE AT HAVANA Rioters, Better Armed, Continue Their Attacks. Autonomist Leaders the Objects of the Fury of the Mob. Troops Charge the Crowds and Many Persons Are Wounded. VIOLENCE IN THE STREETS. Now the Cuban Capital Is So Turbu lent That Martial Law Practically Prevails. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 14.— A spe cial cable to the Sun from Ha vana, via Key West, says: The situation continues very grave, with a great deal more fighting than yesterday, and with ser ious results. Since last night the rioters, better armed, have given haul \vrk to the troops of Gen eral Ar.-ias, Military Commander of Havana. In spite of the pres ence of troops, the rioters, strongly armed, gathered in great numbers in prado in front of the building of the Cen tro Gallego, or Gallician Club, and also at Campo de Marte, not far from there, which is the largest park in the city. About midnight they became so threat ening that General Arolas sent twocavalry detachments against th m. The Government forces charged, and the rioters after some resistance dispersed. This evening rioters got to Central Park again, notwith standing the heavy forces there, where several of th*>m took pns •>f a large one-story a r.J-n <■> uj.;es ,i whole block, called Manzana Gomez. From the top of it they firea sral shots into Central Park, lally at the office of Diario de la Marina, wounding b. A fierce attack was made by the tro, , ps on Man zana Goniez, and the rioters finally wore dislodged. The wounded in this sffray were treattd at the police sanitary stntion. Martial law is practically in force. Th" condition of public disorder and the tremendous ex citement continues. Rioters pa rade the streets in defiance of the troops, arms in hand and shouting generally: "Long Live Weyler!" •. \ \ *. \ »2 \ 83 % •* £2 »2 •; •; ♦; tt *' Call Office, Riggs House, *• "Washington, Jan. 14. "2 "Our latest advices from Con •2 sul-Gent-ral Lee are to the effect ** that all is quiet in Havana. 22 Should there be any further out *. break dangerous to American % interests a naval vessel will be •2 dispatched to Havana to afford c* them protection." This statement made to-day by As sistant Secretary of State Day con tains the latest information received by the State Department regarding tho situation in Havana, the attitude of the administration on this rfew phase of th^ Cuban question and the naval precau tions which have been taken to m<*r>t any possible emergency. It may be said that th^ President will not fe^l easy until a sufficient length of time has elapsed to show there is no likelihood of a repetition in a more aggravated form of thr- riots of Wednesday. While hopeful that the Spanish authorities may be correct in stating that the dan ger is past, they are fearful that the recent riots may be more significant than the Madrid officials are willing to admit. They are apprehensive that It may be a death blow to autonomy. While having no intention whatever of putting any obstacle in the way of a tuance of the present Spanish Cuban policy, th^ administration is making preparation to meet any con tingency which may result from the now situation on the island. As a re sult of cable dispatches received r-arly this morning fn m Consul-General Lee and deliberated upon at the Cabinet meeting the authorities have been very "active to-day in perfecting arrange ments for affording immediate relief for Americans and their interests in Ha vana in case they should be seriously endangered. To show the concern of thw that the squadron's move ments have no reference to Cuba. These orders are made by Admiral Blcard, and are issued in identical fcrm to the commanders of the various ships making 1 up the squadron. They are dated at Fort Monroe. January 11, on board the flagship New York, and be gin as follows: Sir: The squadron Is to be prepared to ?ai! from Hampton Roads, weather and contingent circumstances permitting, with steam for ten knots, at 10 a. m.. on Sat urday. January 15, for the vicinity of the Pry Tortugas, off the coast of Florida. Vessels will unmoor in the morning watch unless signal is made to the contrary. Squadron under sailing orders at 8 a. m. The order of ships will be: First divi sion (1). New York: <2>. low:'., making the first section: (.?> Massachusetts; (4) In diana, making the second section. Second division: (5) Texas, first section. The Fern will proceed singly to Key West un less otherwise direrted. The New York. lowa and Indiana will proceed from Hampton Roads to the first sea rendezvous off CurrJtuck, N. C, lat. 6.30 N. long. 75.20 W.. In about fifteen fathoms of water, the lighthouse bearing W. S. W. 7-8 distant 25 miles, and will re main in that vicinity, weather permit ting, until noon Sunday, the ICth. They will then proceed to a second rendezvous off Cape Fear. N. C, in eighteen fathoms of water. Frying Pan Shoal light, being north distant about seventeen miles, and remain in that vicinity until about 6 p. m. Tuesday, January 1?. when they will pro ceed to Dry Tortugas. communicating possibly by some light draft vessel with Key "West in passing that port. It is expe'-tr-d that the Massachusetts will leave the navy-yard on Friday, the 14th inst., and th* Texas on Saturday, the r.'.l: lnst. The Massachusetts will en d'-nvor to join the Bag first nn the Ci.it rltuck rendezvous, and, if that is i: then on the Cape Fear rendezvous. It is hardly expected that the Texas will be able to join the flag on xho Curritu<.k zvous; therefore, dirertly the Mas sachusetts joins there (prior to noon of the 19th inst.). the squadron will not then await the Texas, but proceed to the Cape Fear rendezvous, and there It is ex; that the Texas will be ahlf to go in at 6 p. m. on Tuesday. January IS. Should the Massachusetts miss the flag at both rendezvous, or should any ship be separ ated from the flag by weather or other contingencies, the next, third and Una', rendezvous will be the harbor of Dry Tortugas, where they will await the flag. While the squadron is on the Florida drill ground, which will include occa sional anchorages in Dry Tortugas Har- Continued on Fifth PagA. NEWS OP THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran cisco: Cloudy on Saturday, but with out rain: southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: San Francisco 51 degrees Portland 50 degrees Los Angeles GO degrees San Diego 56 degrees FIRST PAGE. Rioting Tet in Havana. McKinley Expected Dole. McKenna's Confirmation Delayed. The Jute Bag Scandal. SECOND PAGE. The Meeting of Whiskers. THIRD PAGE. Pope Leo Said to Favor a Republic. Riverside Mystery Solved. . General Clay's Wife In Trouble. Did Bacon Write Don Quixote? Made a Dollar Every Minute. Alaska Boundary Disputes. Two Railways to the Yukon. Tiber Lynchers Scared. The Santa Rosa Stringier. FOURTH PAGE. Congress at Work.. Weak Alibi for Winters. Poet WhittWs Early Love. FIFTH PAGE. . Los Angeles School Scandal. Married Sixty-three Years. Doctors Disagree on Diphtheria. News Along the Water Front. SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. • The Passing of Dole. Mike It Twenty Thousand. The Cat Out of the Bag. Hospital and Zoo".' The Immigration Question. Gold in the East.. Plagiarism In the Police Courts. Stories From the Corridors. SEVENTH PAGE. School Board Loses a Suit. Ordination of a Priest. An Actor as a Hypnotist. Capron Cane ; Decided. EIGHTH PAGE. Sports of the Day. NINTH PAGE. Supervisors Refuse Boxing Permits. A Convict Assails Judge Wallace. Preparing for the Jubilee. *,■ , TENTH PAGE. Commercial -World. ELEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. • Farmers Protest Against Hawaii. TWELFTH PAGE. Jordan on City Governments. Races at Oakland. THIRTEENTH PAGE. ' Births, Marriages and , Deaths. FOURTEENTH PAGE. A Poet's Daughter an a Dancer. Durrant Case Aftermath. Railroad Commissioner Wanted. Arch for Golden Gate Park. Masked Robbers at Work. SAX FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1898. McKINLEY EXPECTED MR. DOLE He Comes to Make Terms for His Re public. Willing to Grant Anything if the Islands Are Annexed. No Surprise Among the Offi cials When the Visit Is Announced. STATEHOOD UNNECESSARY In Fact the Island President Cumes Prepared to Accept Any Amendment. Correspondence of The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 14.— The Times Washington special says: Hawaiian annexation would be beaten if a vote were to be taken at once on the treaty now before the Senate. This is the opinion of Senators on both sides. While the treaty* is under consideration no Senate r can talk about it for publication without subjecting himself to 6evere penalties, so that It is impossible to induce any Senator to be quoted about the situation, but ascertained facts show plainly that the treaty cannot be ratified by the votes of the men who are now for it. Several canvasses have been made to show the probable di vision of the Senate on the treaty. Most of these canvasses seem to have been influenced by the supporters of the treaty, for none has been without a doubt ful list, and a list of doubtful men inclined to vote for annexa tion. As a matter of fact, it is asserted that a correct doubtful iist wnuid be madft up of i.ames now carried in the list of those said to be for the treaty, while those mentioned in the several canvasses as doubtful are cer tain to vote against ratification. Call Office. Riggrs House, "Washington, Jan. 14. The announcement from Honolulu that President Dole Is coming to Wash ington did not create any surprise at the State Department, and It Is evi dent his trip was expected. "While Mr. Dole comes in favor of the treaty and will lend his Influence to that end, it Is understood here In official circles that his visit means something more. It is said he comes clothed with extraordi nary powers from the Hawaiian Gov ernment to act for it In accepting any amendment or change that may be made in the treaty. It is understood that the Turpie amendment now pending, which puts certain restrictions upon the admission of Hawaii as a State, will probably be adopted. If this or any other change is made In the treaty it will have to be again ratified by the Hawaiian Gov ernment. To prevent this delay, •which may mean a great deal for Hawaii, thf» Gov ernment at Honolulu has considered it best to sor.d President Dole to Wash ington with power to accept any change c>r amendment he may consider proper or admissible. It is also understood hero that no objection Is raised to the Turpie amendment as long as the is lands are annexed. Mr. Lorin A. Thurston, formerly Ha waiian Minister to the United States and at present in this city as the island republic's representative In behalf of annexation, to-day made the following statement relative to President Dole's mission to the United States: "The Hawaiian Legislature meets In regular session In February. If annexa tion is to take place, there will neces sarily be some legislation to adapt the laws to the changed conditions. If it is not to take place the refunding of the bonded debt will probably be taken up, which would not be done if annexation occurs. The present bonds draw r> ppr cent interest, and can be taken up at any time. The entire debt can be re funded at from 4 to 4% per cent by the present Government. There being no cable communication, and the mails be ing so slow and wr> far apart, advices being at present very unsatisfactory. President Dole determined to come to "Washington and observe the condition for himself in order to guide him In making recommendations to the Legis lature." Friends of the Hawaiian annexation ; programme are now addressing them- j selves particularly toward neutralizing the effect of the allegation that the in corporation of the Hawaiian Islands within our tariff limits would be a blow at the beet-sugar interests. It Is being urged that the entire sugar pro duction of Hawaii, which has about reached its maximum. Is only 200,000 tons, or less than one-tenth of the quantity of sugar imported into this country annually. This quantity, it is ' contended, is not sufficient seriously to i cut into the American beet-sugar in- ! terests. The persona promoting that particular industry are nt the opinion that within a very few years the United States will be raising beets enough for the entire home consumption of sugar. MCKENNA'S CONFIRMATION IS DELAYED Action by the Senate Postponed for a Week. Hoar Declares That the Charges Were Not Sustained. Fight of the A. P. A. Ignored and the Question of Fitness Only Considered. ALLEN AS AN OBJECTOR. Demands Further Investigation Be fore the Nominee Is Given a Seat on the Supreme Bench. Bpec*l Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Rlggs House, Washington, Jan. 14 Almost the entire four hours of the executive session of the Senate to-day were devoted to the Indirect considera tion of the nomination of Hon. Joseph McKenna, now Attorney-General, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The discussion was the result of an effort on the part of Senator Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska to secure a postponement for two weeks. In the end a compromise was reached, de ferring consideration until a week from to-day, on the condition that the Nebraska Senator should agree to al low a vote to k- t;iken on that date. The Hawaiian treaty was not touched upon during the session. The debate upon Mr. MrKenna's nomination was precipitated by Sena tor Hoar, chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, who called up the nom ination in accordance with his notice of yesterday and asked for immediate action. In doing thi^ Hoar spoke brief ly of the opirfistti.ni to Mr. McKenna, saying that the Judiciary Committee had investigated most of the charges made and had reached tho conclusion that they were without foundation. He said that the greater number of charges had been made for the mem bers of the American Protective Asso ciation, and as they had been founded solely upon the fact that Mr. McKenna was a Catholic in religion they had not been deemed worthy of serious consid eration. Hoar dwelt at Fome length upon this point, excoriating any man who would attempt to inject a ques tion of religion into a controversy over a man's fitness for office. He said that such an effort was entirely un- American and unpatriotic and should not for a moment receive the consider ation of fair minded men. Senator White of <\ilif<>rnia also spoke of the effort of the A. P. A. to interfere with the course of the Sen ate in giving proper attention to a question the determination of which should depend upon considerations of fitness and justice as between man and man rather than upon an appeal to bigotry, prejudice and a false claim of patriotism. He spoke of the A. P. A.'s as fools, who could not be properly characterized in the Senate. He had no patience, he said, with men who held the opinion that Catholics must necessarily consult the Pope or some other high functionary of the Catholic church in every important transaction of their lives, and added that he was convinced that the Senate would not be influenced for a moment by such representations as an order of the character of the A. P. A. would make. Mr. McKenna's confirmation should depend entirely upon different consid erations. As for himself, while he did not contend that Mr. McKenna was a giant in his legal attainments, still he believed him to be an honorable man, a competent lawyer an( j a j ust jurist, and he would support his con firmation. It was here that Allen Interposed an abjection to immediate action. When his request for two weeks' delay was met with refusal he took the floor and proceeded to give his reasons for the request, which were in the main that he wanted, and be thought the Senate should have, more time for considera tion than had been given to it. lie called attention to the imptrrtance of the office to which Mr. McKenna had been named, saying It was a place which he would occupy probably dur ing the remainder of his life, and that the Senate and the American public had a right to demand that the charges should be sifted to the bottom. He said as far as the opposition of the A. P. A. was concerned, it did not influ ence him in the least, and he agreed with all that had been said as to- the impropriety of any interference in a matter of this character on account of the religious prejudices or predilections. There were still other charges which were, to his mind, far more serious, and to prove that such was the case, he read at length from letters and news papers attacking Mr. McKenna's record as an attorney and jurist on the ground of want of legal attainments. The greater part of Allen's speech was devoted to reading those docu ments. He called special attention to an attack made by the bar of the Pa cific Coast which, he said, was deserv ing of more scrutiny than had been given it. He also stated that he had understood that the charge had been made that large corporations had been instrumental in securing McKenna's nomination. He thought this matter should be looked into more thoroughly than the Senate had had opportunity to do. Allen disclaimed any intention to father any of the charges made, but asserted that his sole purpose was to secure time for their proper investiga tion. He added that he might himself vote for Mr. McKenna's confirmation, but said that before doing so he desir ed to be convinced that the assertions made derogatory to Mr. McKenna's character as a jurist were without foundatio-n. Senator Perkins followed Senator Al len. He eulogized the nominee as a conscientious and upright man. Born in Philadelphia he removed to Callfor : n!a at 12 years of age. At the age of I 22 he was elected District Attorney of i Solano County, served in the Legisla ! ture of California, was four times elect ed to the United States Congress; served on the Ways and Means Com mittee in that body, and was then ele | vated to the United States Circuit ; Court bench by President Harrison. ; This was done, notwithstanding the fact that President Harrison was fa | vorably inclined toward Judge Spencer |of San Jose, but the bench and bar of California Indorsed Mr. McKenna. Then, after serving ably and honora bly, the President of the United States, I William McKinley, selected him as one of his advisers, and made him Attor ney-General. He had been intimately acquainted with him while he served on the Ways and Means Committee, of which he was chairman and the latter had learned to appreciate his worth. "When McKenna wan appointed," said Senator Perkins, "the bench and bar gave him a banquet fn San Fran cisco at which many felicitous and con gratulatory addresses were made. Af terward he visited Sacramento, the capital of California, and the Legisla ture gave him a reception at which the Governor of the State presided." Senator Perkins said that the very first requisite for a jurist was honesty, and eulogized McKenna's character as a man, lawyer and judge. He said that no man was learned in all branches of the law. Clifford of Maine and Mil ler of lowa were not better qualified than McKenna when they were ap pointed on the Supreme bench, but were afterward regarded as among the ablest members of that body. Sena tor Perkins said that perhaps the dis tinguished Senator from Nebraska (Allen) was not versed in all the dif ferent branches of the science." The only Senator besides Allen who manifested any opposition to the con firmation was Morgan of Alabama, who Just before the executive session closed said that while he was in California recently he had heard McKenna spoken of among lawyers as a corporation at torney and unfit for this high judicial position. The Senate then, upon request of Senator Allen, agreed to lay the matter over one week and to take it up again for consideration on next Friday. There is no doubt whatever that the nomination will be confirmed, and not more than four or five votes will be cast against it, in the opinion of Sena tors White and Perkins. HON. D. OSTROM, FATHER OF THE LAW. BIG DEALS IN PRISON JUTE BAGS Positive Proof That Dealers Were Favored Last Season. Middlemen Secure Large Lots of Bags by Telegraph, With - out Affidavits. THE LAW CUT NO FIGURE. San Francisco, March 8, 1897. Mr. W. E. Hale, Warden California State Prison, San Quentin, Cal.— Dear Sir: lam in receipt of your letter of the 6th inst., advising that you have reserved 100,000 grain bags for us at 5 cents. We have sent affidavits into the country to be signed by our customers, and as soon as we receive them will forward them to you, together with the necessary deposit. Thanking you, I remain, yours very truly. G. W. McNEAR. OVER THE LIMIT. San Francisco, Feb. 19, 1897. Mr. R. Lichtenberg, San Francisco, Cal.—Dear Sir: I beg to ac knowledge receipt of your favor of even date, with order of Mr. George McDaniel for 50,000 bags and check for $237 50 to cover deposit on same. Bill for same showing balance due, please find inclosed. I have booked this order, although it exceeds the 2,000,000 limit, and have wired to the Board of Directors, who meet at Folsom to-morrow, for in structions as to the 100,000 you placed in Los Angeles. The limit being reached, all orders at 4% cents will be refused hereafter until we hear from the directors. Tours truly, W. E. HALE, Warden. It is now determined beyond ques tion that the grain bag product of the San Quentin jute mill is largely con trolled by speculators and middlemen in violation, of the Ostrom law, and to the detriment of the small wheat rais ers of the State. If any doubt were en tertained as to the intimate relations subsisting between certain middlemen and the board, it will be dissipated by the revelations The Call makes this morning. While the board and Warden Hale have striven to maintain the appear ance of conformity with the law, it is plain from the nature of the facts now brought to light that they disregarded PRICE FIVE CE^TS. their duty much more seriously than was at first supposed. In the case of Marshall Diggs, the Woodland middleman, it has been shown already that he dealt in more than 150,000 sacks, Detween the pur chase price of $4 75 and $5 per hun dred, and the $5 40 rate fixed by the board before the sacks came into use; and that, furthermore, he procured 68, 000 bags by telegraph, without affida vit and without deposit, the day before the price was raised by the board from $4 75 to $5. It would now seem that the Digga transaction was the lesser one of a number in which dealers, not actual