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Volume lxxxiii.-no. 1.
GOVERNMENT TO HELP
THE KLONDIKE MINERS
THREATENED BY FAMINE
From Entile Jouveaux's "Travels and Adventures in Alaska."
The Hudson Bay Company's Post on the Yukon at the Mouth of the Porcupine River
as It Appeared in Summer at the Time of the Purchase of Alaska by the
United States.
This fort was founded in 1847 and was the most distant of all the Hudson Bay Company's posts. It was abandoned by
them when it was shown that it was within the limits of the Territory of Alaska, but the buildings were lett
standing. Several hundred tons of provisions were discharged here by the Hamilton and other steamers unable to
proceed farther up the river, and over a thousand men are expected to come down from Dawson and winter there.
Call Office, Riggs House, )
Washington, Nov. 30.
The Cabinet to-day considered the sub-
ject of sending relief lo the people in the
Klondike. President McKinlev received
« telegram from the Portland (Or.) Cham
fjr of Commerce stating , that there was
flanger of destitution and suffering on the
t'TCukon and offering to supply the neces
\ \ry food for relief, if ;r the; Government
uhn'.d undertake its transportation.
The information was not definite as to
the actual conditions, but was on the same
lines as that which has been telegraphed
from the Northwest. The Cabinet con
sidered every phase of the situation and
discussed ways and means of affording re
lief.
It was decided that nothing could be
done until Congress meets, when an ap
propriation will be asked for the purpose
of transporting food supplies. Although
many plans have been discussed none has
been decided upon. It is probable, how
ever, that whatever action is t-^k.n will be
under the direction of the War D part
ment, and by the time Congress acts Sec
retary Alger will have formulated plans.
No attempt will be made to go up the
Yukon, as the ice has closed progress in
that direction. The relief supplies will
have to be sent over the passes. Just how
they will be transported is a question re
quiring earnest consideration, and one
that will require the study of many plans
in order tbat an entirely feasible one may
be evolved.
Secretary Alger will gather all possible
information and will communicate with
persons who know . the route to the Klon
dike and who are familiar with the trans
portation methods in the Arctic and other
frozen regions. Reindeer and dogs pos
sibly may be used and there is also a sug
gestion that the steam snow shovel, which
h*s been successfully used in the deep
l^now of log camps, may be used. Secre- ]
tary Alger has confidence in it as a meaus
of transportation.
The members of the Cabinet were all in
tensely interested in the matter cf send
ing relief. Whether the men. who are I
supposed^ to be suffering, went there
against the repeated warnings of all offi- j
cials or not is beyond the question, tbe
simple fact being that they are there and
need relief making it imperative upon
the Government to extend aid if possible.
No estimate has been made a- to the
cost and none can be prepared now. Con
press will be asked to appropriate a suf
ficient amount, and the War Department
will expend it in the most economical
manner, as in the case of the Mississippi
flood sufferers, when $200,000 was appro
priated and only $75,000 expended.
The task of getting supplies to the
Klondike in midwinter is riot under
estimated, and doubts are entertained as
to its being a possibility. Dyea can be
reached by steamer, but thence the j >ur
ney is one of 700 miles over mountains and
through deep rifts of soft, loose snow.
The sun shines for only about live hours
in twenty-four, and the . thermometer
of;en goes down to 50 and (JO degrees be
low zero. But it Is believed an expedi
tion cannot reach the Klondike before
February at the earliest, and the hope is
expressed that there is a sufficient supply
of food to last until they go. It is esti
mated that there are 5000 p.ople in the
gold country.
A report recently stated that 150,000
h'-ad of liorses and cattle recently went to
the Klondike from Dyea, but Comrais
?jr*Jiier Smith of Dyea has wired the Gov
't tn naent that such is not tne fact. He
V that 10i).0 sheep started over the
l-**-'». trail, mid that it is believed they
replied the mines. Some time ago 300
sheep were sent down the Yukon, of
which 200 may have reached the Kion
diKe.
Secretary Alger believes that Captain
Riy has gon • to Dawson, and that he
will make his way back and :eport upon
conditions there. Nothing has been heard
from him since lie left for the Yukon, but
the Secretary expects advices from him
almost any day.
It is probable that the President will
send a special message to Congress J
The San Francisco Call
OLD FORT YUKON.
J asking an appropriation for the relief of I
I the people in the Klondike, and it is be- j
lieved prompt action will be taken and j
I the money be made available immedi- j
j ately.
The following correspondence was laid
I before the Cabinet:
Portland Or.. Nov. 29, 1697.
To the Hon. William McKinley, President
1 *j% the Unitei* Sales WAti i *§l ■■■: Over-.
whelming evidence* te t. ying to the grave
dangers wh.c i confronts the American
miners on the Yukon and its tributaries,
with the dreaded horrors of starvation
when the present small stock of provisions I
shall be exhausted, demands of us, as
humane people blessed with abundance,
that everything in our power shall be
done to relieve the distress which is al
most a certainty unless supplies of food
can be transported to the imprisoned
miners. With tbis object in view the
Portland Chamber of Commerce has
communicated with kindred organ za
tions on the Pacific Coast and has ob- j
tamed in almost every instance assur- j
ances of hearty co-operation in furnishing !
supplies so soon as the Government shall i
promise to transport the same to their \
destination and supervise their distribu
tion. Private resources a c wholly made- j
quate for the task involved.
Out of our abundant storehouses the I
people of the West are capable of furnish- j
ing food supplies in quantities sufficient |
to provide against the impending distress, !
but lack the means necessary to transport
the same; and to provide for this we ap
peal to the nation, through its chief ex
ecutive and its representatives in Con
gress, to the end that an expedition un
der the management of officers of the
army or navy be provided lor and in
structed to make all possible haste in the
accomplishment of the mission entrusted
to them. Assurances thus far received
warrant us in guaranteeing to the Govern
ment that the people of the United States,
and especially that v portion tributary to
Portland, will supply all the food products
which the Government wi 1 undertake to
transport to the beleaguered miners; and
we earnestly pray that your Excellency
will heed our petition and lend to it your
valuable support. With assurances of our
most loyal consideration, we have the
honor of subscribing ourselves, .
The Portland hamper of Commerce.
B.- W. S Mason, President.
E. D. Oliphant, Secretary.
War Department, )
Washington, Nov. 30.
To Hon. W. S. Mason, President Chainlet
of Commerce, Portland: Tie President di
rects me to acknowledge the Tcce.pt of
your telegram of the 29th inst., concern
ing the starving miners on the Yukon,
and to say that he lully sympathizes with
j the expressions contained in your dis
| patch, and hopes thai such raeansjas shall
be necessary to afford the relief contem
; plated will be furnished at the earliest
; possible day. , R. A. Alger,
Secretary oi War.
Commissioner Smith's telegraphic re
| port showed that no horses had gone be-
I vend the American Jurisdiction of the
hike?. The thousand head of sheep that
'■ started over the Dyea trail in July, he
wiied, undoubtedly, got through. There
were 300 sheep shipped lrom the lakes
down the Yukon on rafts in September.
Two hundred beel cattle were started to
the lakes of the Dyea trail and Skaguay
trails. Of these Commissioner Smith re
ports 10 per cent lost or consumed, the
last seventy of which are butchered and
frozen at the lakes, awaiting transporta
tion to Dawson. The telegram 0 cautions
the department against placing too much
faith in the reports from Dyea.
Other advices received to-day and placed
before the President's official family re
ported that a herd of reindeer with sup
plies had been started from a point on the
lower Yukon, about 800 miles from St.
Michael, the herd reaching th* place by
going across land from a point opposite the
coast. The reindeer are carrying supplies
up, and a number of people anxious to
get down from ihe Klondike country will
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING/DECEMBER 1, 1897.
Ibe brought back by this means. The herd
will be used through the winter as far as
| possible.
William A. Kjsllman, superintendent of
the Government reindeer herds in Alaska,
has been here several days conferring with
the authorities, and left to-night en route
for Lapland. * He goes under instructions
to engage a corpa of Lapps for service with
r*>u:dc?i>in Alaska. - Mr.,. X jell man is an
expert in the handling of reindeer, and his
record in taking care of the Government
herd in our own country since he came
here for that purpose from Lapland makes
him an authority on this phase of ti>e
Alaskan problem. It is ordinarily diffi
cult for a stranger to secure Lapps to leave
for a foreign clime for such a purpose, but
in visw of his influence among his people
Secretary Bliss expects Mr. Kjellman's
mission to be successful.
Secretary Alger has written to the citi
zens' Klondike committee at Washington
regarding an order for a military reserva
tion in Alaska. This committee wanted
to know how persons seeking business lo
cations on the reservation should proceed
Continued on Second Page
NEWS OF THE DAY-
Weather forecast for San Fran
cisco — Cloudy on Wednesday;
probably log in the morning,
with fresh westerly winds.
FIRST PAGE.
Government to Aid K'ondikers. ,
Austria's New Cabinet. i
White May BteD Aside. ;
SECOND PAGE. ;
Hnyti B sists Germany. ■** i
Eastern Turf War Brewing. '
Tommy Ryan Bests Stift. '•
THIRD. PAGE. [
Thorn Confesses His Guilt. \
Mayor Koch Scared. i
Los Angeles School Scandal. '
FOURTH PAGE. ' J
Parricide Flannelly Arraigned. '
Cnetco's Murderous Feud. \
The Murder on the Rush. i
Poverty Causes Suicide. '
FIFTH PAGE. <
The Danger From L prosy. '
Actress Arrested tor Larceny. '
llottanzi as a Living Picture, i
SIXTH PAGE. ',
Editorial.
The Situation at Dawson. ,
Senator Perkins on Hawaii. * '
The Corporation Conspiracy. ,
National Academy of Design. '
' Personals and Queries. • \
SEVENTH PAGE. . ;
An Aged Pickpocket.
Tne Miners' Fair Assured.
News of the Water Front. i
Paulist Fathers Will Petition. '
EIGHTH PAGE.
Fusillade Through a Door.
Racing at Ingleside Track.
The Bohemian Art Exhibition. <
NINTH PAGE. |
Oakland's Milk War
.. Why Dr. Tubb May Go. |
Liquor Under Bogus Labels. '
TENTH PAGE. !
Commercial Intelligence. \
ELEVENTH PAGE.
News From Across the Bay. i
School Children in Lockstep. [
TWELFTH PAGE. '
Wine-dealers' Dilemma. ,
THIRTEENTH PAGE. '. [
Births. Marriages, Deaths. . .'
FOURTEENTH PAGE. '
The Big Fight a Draw. \
AUSTRIA'S
NEW CABINET
COMPLETED
Statesmen Chosen to Lead
the Nation Out of Its
Difficulties.
WHERE AUSTRIA'S FUTURE WILL BE DECIDED.
VIENNA, Nov. 30.— The new Austrian i
Cabinet, of whicn Baron Gautsch yon '
Frankenthurn is president, has been I
completed. The assignment of portfolios '
is as follows:
Baron Gautsch yon nikentliurn,
Premier and Minister of tbe Interior.
Count Wolsersheilb, Minister of Na
tional Defense.
.Dr. Yon Wittek, Minister of Railways.
Count Yon Bailie!- Latour, Minister of
Public Instruction.
Herr Rehmbauck, Minister of Finance. ;
Herr Koerber, Minister of Commerce.
Dr. J. yon Ruber. Minister of Justice.
Count Rylandt-Proidt, Minister of Agri
culture,
The Emperor's letter accepting the
resignation of Count Badeni was un
usually curt and merely announced his
acceptance. It is said that Count Badeni
fled from Vienna on Sunday. He lelt the
ministerial palace by a side door and
drove to a railway station, where he took
an expiess train for hi* estate in Galicia.
TROUBLES. IN AUSTRIA.
In the Empire Are M n of Many
D fferent Nationalities Who
Have Nothing in Common.
The riotous proceedings in the tower
house of the Austrian Reichsrath must be
considered as forerunners of much more
serious and far-reaching developments.
In order to comprehend matters thor
oughly it becomes necessary to look upon
the relations existing between the many
different nationalities which haye nothing
in common other than a government rep
resented by a single personality.
The four domineering races in Austria,
the German, tho Magyar (Hungarian), the
avic (Czech and Slavonic) and the Pol
ish, have at all times .been very antago
nistic to each other, and that a rupture
did not occur long ago is mainly due to a
combination of circumstances over which
the different races had no control, as, for
infante, the jealousy ot the grant pow
er-, which required ■ strong stale just on
that part of the Europe*" map occupied
by Austria. Russia and France would not
be pleased to see the German provinces or
Austria in tne possession ol the Father
land, to which they originally belonged,
while Germany would be.opiosed to an
annexation of Hungaria or even of Gali
zien by Russia.
Almost the only t ! o which has Kept the
nationalities together during the last four
decades is the personality of the present •
Emperor, who is beloved and ven<*ratea ■
alike by all his people, who have stood b,*
him in all his adversities. And hard y j
ever has a potentate been more unfortu
nate than Francis Joseph. Defeated in
two great wars (1859 and 1566), he was
compelled to make great sacrifices to in
sure peace; his- favorite brother, the
chivalrous Emperor Maximilian of Mex
ico, was publicly exetuted at Queretaro;
his onl'* -'son' 'and -heir, the late Crown
Prince Rudolsh, committed suicide, if he
was no: murdered, under compromising
and disgraceful circumstances, and many
other members of the large Archducal
family have caused him much embarrass
ment aud trouble.'
The people of Austria have an almost
filial regard for their Emperor, and have
sincerely sympathized with him in all
his sorrows. But the Emperor is now
old, even more so in body than in years;
and what is to ensue in the empire when
he dies or when the passions of tt.e
nationalities assume a more serious as
pect, as is indicated at the present time?
The heir-apparent is a sick man and is
led entirely by influences not popu'ar in
the State. lii case Francis Ferdinand
should die, abdicate or be otherwise dis
posed of. matters would be still worse, ior
his brothers would then be next in succes
sion, and these young fellows have always
led such a disgraceful lite that they are
despised by all mankind — even by their
own families. There has been some talk
ot reviving the pragmatic sanction, so
thai Archduchess Elizabeth, the daughter
of the late Crown Prince, could succeed to
the throne; but there are almost unsur
mounlable difficulties in the way, and
even if it could be accomplished the people
would not Le satisfied, for the times of
Maria Theresia are past und a solution of
the dilemma could not be found in such a
proceeding.
Advces just received from Austria lead
us to suppose thai the ties between people
an.l Government, as well as the ties
which, though loosely, still to some ex
tent exist between the different nation
alities, are on the very point of being
snapped asunder. Without attaching any
undue importance to the boyish and
scandalous scenes recently enacted in the
Reichsrath, they mu*t still be considered
as furnishing a good illustration of the
feeling of the people. If only the mem
bers of the Reichsrath would quarrel
among themselves and call each other
names not fit to be heard outside of the
slums, no great harm would be done, but
the trouble is that the antagonistic nation
alities are promoting discord in all parts
of the empire, and seem even more eager
to cause a rupture than the representa
tives they have sent to Vienna.
Dunng tne last live weeks attacks of the
Czechist students and mobs on Germans
in Bohemia, Moravia and those parts of
the Alpine provinces populated by Slavs
have occurred almost every day. Secret
societies are being. formed with alarming
rapidity, the Jew-bailing in Upper and
Lower Austria, in Sty ria and Connthia is
resumed with unusual vigor, and the
Anti-Semitic party, with the Schoenerer
group (to which iho lately much but not
favorably talked-of Dr. Wolff belongs), is
becoming more powerful and aggressive
than it ever wa 1 * before. The Czechs are
intriguing with Russia and France against
Austria, or at least against the German
clement in the country, and the Hun
garians will nave nothing to. do with
either the Germans or the Slav* or the
Poles. Mire threatening to the security
of the empire is the tendency of the Ger
man National parly, of the students and
of many oi the turner and singing socie
ties to make covert overtures in favor of
the German empire whenever an oppor
tunity presents itself. .':-';. I
The most surprising and at the same
time most alarming feature of all these
affairs is that they are enacted by t^»e edu
cated classes. ". Country people take part
in them only in so far as they are led to it
by agitators, while the mobs in the citie3
participate in tbem as they would in any
thing that tended to satisfy their appetite
for- riotous and disorderly conduct. So
far the Government has been *ble to sup
press all aggressions before they acquire
considerable dimensions, a.id every tning
is done to keep matters -* from be
Continued on Second Page.
SENATOR WHITE
MOST PROBABLY
TO STAND ASIDE
He Will State His Position
Positively Early in
February*
"I am not a rich man. On the contrary, lam just the reverse. I am'
a man without wealth, and the question that arises is purely a personal
one— far as my candidacy for re-election is concerned. Can 1 afford
to continue to be a Senator when the calls that arc made upon mc in
a monetary sense to sustain my family and bear absolutely the neces
sary expenses of my household consume every dollar 1 receive from
my salary and every other source of income that I have? Is it justice
to my family, under these circumstances, for me to endeavor to con
tinue to retain my seat as a . Senator from California'!"'— lion. Stephen
M. White in an interview at Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30.— United States
Senator Stephen M. White left for Wash
ington at 10:30 o'clock this morning. He
departed over the Southern Pacific lim
ited, and it is needless to add that be paid
his fare and that of Mrs. White, who ac
companied him.
"Tbe memory of man runs not to the
time," said the Senator before leaving,
"when a man, be he high or low, suc
ceeded in getting free transportation on
the limited. So my kind friends can rest
easy. I have no pass, asked for none and
desired none."
"Before leaving for the national cap
ital will you make any declaration as to
your intentions in reference to securing a
re-election to the Senate?" was a question
asked by a representative of The Call.
"No, I cannot make a positive declara
tion yet. It is a difficult question for me
to answer, and it has perplexed me a
great deal for some time. I have received
countless letters and telegram* interro
gating me on this point, and it has been
a hard matter for me to answer them
briefly and at the same time to explain
just exactly the position I am placed in.
"I appreciate the fact that a seat in the
United States Senate is perhaps — in fact,
it is undoubtedly — the highest honor that
can be conferred upon a citizen. To be a
Senator of the republic was- to me the
acme of my ambition. I have realized it,
and I have in no way been disappointed.
"A seat in the Senate I have found to
be all that I bad pictured uud painted it
in my mind to be. I have not been dis
appointed in the slightest particular.
The Associations are pleasant and agree
able to me. The work and the duties are
to mv liking. ...
"If 1 were a man of independent means
all I would want or all I would ask would
he a scat in the United States Senate.
There is no higher honor that I would
seek — absolutely none.
"But lam not a rich man. On the con
trary, lam just the reverse. I am a man
without wealth, and the question that
crises is purely a personal one as far as
my candidacy for re-election is concerned.
Can 1 afford to continue to be a Senator
whdii the calls that are made upon me in
a monetary sense to sustain my family
md bear absolutely the necessary ex
penses of my household consume every
dollar I receive lrom my salary and every
other source of income that I have. Is it
justice to my family, under these circum
stances, for me to endeavor to continue to
retain my seat as a Senator from Cali
fornia?
"If 1 were suddenly to be called hence I
wonld leave no provision for their future.
There are in the- Senate many men of
whom the' general public hear but little
who perform a great service for their
country, and whose labors and efforts will
never be appreciated. On the contrary,
as soon as they die they will pass hence
and be forgotten.
"There is Senator F. M. Cockrell of
Missouri. He is a quiet, unoffending
man, who seldom, if ever, makes a speech
upon the floor, and the general public
knows but little about, him. Yet he is
undoubtedly one of the mainstays of the
Senate. Senator Cockrell bas saved the
taxpayers of this country millions of dol
lars. ' Every bill introduced in the Senate
appropriating money is referred to him.
He reads st and examines it. He is on the
Appropriations Committee, of which Sen
ator Allison is ■ chairman. If. after exam
ing the bill, Senator Cockrell pronounces
the appropriation as ill-advised, Senator
Allison accepts the dictum and it is all up
witn the measure. Every day Senator
Cockrell works in a com mil tee-room on
these bills... He has three or four expert
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
bookkeepers with him all the time, and
everything in the way of information as
to appropriating public money is at his
tongue's end or witnin command of if
To this labor he has given his whole life,
and the actual value of the service in a
money sense to the country cannot be
computed. We know that his vigilance
has saved the country many thousands of
dollars.
"But the point I wanted to make is that
although Senator Cockrell will un*
aoubtediy be continued in his seat as long
as he lives, still when he does go, he will
leave absolutely nothing behind him for
his family save a highly honorable
This is indeed a sad contemplation. After
having labored faithfully and rendered
such important service to his country.
Senator Cokerell will, when the last call
comes, be compelled to pass beyond with
out having the satisfaction of knowing
that his family will be provided for, un
less something unforeseen occurs. Who
will provide for or care for those he leaves
behind? That is a question no one can
answer.
•'There are other Senators situated simi
larly to Senator Cockrell, whom I might
name.
"Now, my friends will understand the
position I am placed in. I must decide
soon and I will, for I owe it to my friends,
both in and outside the Democratic party,
to lei them know at an early date what
my intentions are. In February, possibly
before then, but any way not *itter than
that date, I will make positive answer as
to whether I am or am not a candidate
for re-election.
"There is no faction or leader of the
Democracy of California with whom I am
not on terms of friendship. With the
leaders I am in accord and they have as
sured me that if I am a candidate for re
election they will aid to the best of their
ability in securing the election of a Legis
lature that will effect that result. In the
rank-* of my party there is no opposition
that I have heard of. Therefore all talk
of combinations being formed in my in
terest, both in and outside of the ranks of
the Democracy, would strike the average
man as idle chaff.
"I have bsen assured by the wheel
horses of the California Democracy that if
I desire re-election they will favor the
proposition. Inasmuch as all these gen
tlemen have shown me so much consider
ation it is no more than just that I should
let them know whether or not I will be a
candidate at as early a date as possible.
This is the reason why I have selected
February as the outside date for a positive
declaration from me."
"Do you think this will be a busy ses
sion of Congress?"
"Yes, it will. There will be a number
of important questions coming up, but I
do not care to discuss them. The people
of the coast are wall acquainted with my
views upon the public issues affecting
them, either nearly or remotely, and they
can rest assured that those opinions I
have already voiced will be sustained by
my vote and what little influence I have
in the United States Senate." v
"Should you retire from public life at
the end of your present Senatorial term,
would you locate in New York City?
Such is your reported intention."
4, N0, sir; I would not locale anywhere
outside of California. It will always be
my place of residence. I may maintain
an office in New York, but I will always
be a citizen of the Golden State."
KAISER OPENS THE REICHSTAG.
The Navy He Wants Takes the
Principal Place in His
Speech.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.— Emperor William
opened the session of the Reichstag to
day in person for the first time since 1894.
The ceremony took place in the While
Hail of the Royal Castle. His Majesty
read the speech from the throne. The
navy occupied the principal place in the
speech. The passage on this subject fol
lows: "The development of the German
navy does not correspond with Germany's
mission at sea, and in the event of warlike
complications it would not suffice to as
sure the security of the home ports and
coasts against a blockade or more exten
sive operations on the part of the enemy.
Neither has it kept pace with the rapid
growth of German trans-oceanic interests.
While German trade is participating in
creasingly in the world's change of mer
chandise, the number of our war vessels
does not suffice to afford our countrymen
abroad the measure of protection corre
sponding with Germany's position, nor
the support which can only be secured by
a display of power. Although it is not
our object to vie with the maritime powers
of the first rank, Germany must, never
theless, be placed in a position to main
tain, by means of preparedness at sea, her
prestige among the people of the globe."
l'ltilip E. J>r seller Head.
YUBA CITY, Nov. 30 —Philip E.
Dresscher, a pioneer of this State, died at
his home near Nicolaus. this county, this
morning. He was 78 years of age.
Diesscberwas County Surveyor for many
years and prominent in the politics of thia
part of the State.