VOThTATiJ' r WVTIT -NO. 4.
VIGIL ANTES ASSIST
IN SUPPRESSING THE
RIOTS IN BOHEMIA
I RAGUE, Pe.-. 3.T- City authorities, the
. •'/•'■ Bohemia n Nationals, the Students' Asso
c atiois and the Workmen's Society met
to-day arid appointed a vigilance commit*
i**«- : - The Sfauthalter was waited upon
..;;a.i,dThfer:hi r d • that the object of the com
. mittee was to' secure order and safety of
life and property.. He. was asked to with
draw the troops,- hut recused to do so, de
;'•' ; ?ciar|ng that. he was responsible for the
; a.!i.'eji.t-.ice of ..order. The Stadthalter,
"■"'Vpw.v-.ei. invited the deputation from the
■■-. "Hgilance. committee to request the com
:^Vtee to. use it?, influence to pr*veht
' fi&tijei* disturbances,
Ip other, regiment of infantry and a
-: ; lad r<2*n -. of dragoons have arrived to re
■;»V.'?pf**^Jf&e;garr._.ison'het, Up to 2 o'clock
this afterpodn there had teen no further
• .^d.js-.tij'banc'es;, ' '
ATL-Jsen last evening the troops were
.•j ;.'-' ed .-oh; to disperse a riotous mob of
..'■•if -ith<>u>and youths. Some of these
•: y- V/ *? ■''^yunded and many arrests made.
,; PabscqK'inTiy ■ ihe military forces were
'fwitlifirawu. The town has since been
■ .:' "qmet. '"■ v "■• ••'.''■: '
Owing toan attempt to wreck the Bo
' iiemian-jsclpols at Badenboch military
• 'uses 'us been asked for to quell the
t dh/tprba-ices^
1 At Beraum'vii.e windows of the houses
Gccupiedb*. G&mans and military officers
were broken -a*- yesterday afternoon and
, the troops Buteeqdeplly occupied the
stre-'ts.'j.ndd:-- ! the- mobs.
•^ '■ Although the. of Prague are still
T. strolled 'hy the Military businesses being
gradually resume*. A military court has
•eh ■established »t the courthouse, and
:.. tfte local hang a* .v, h.s assistants and a
priest will remain '.here until further or
-11-;iiss3]F&*Ssfi**s11-;iiss3]F&*Ssfi**sl 1 -;ii$$3]F&*S$fi**$ to carry out death sen
. tepees *hduld- siqhVteps be necessary,
: The fir-Sops how here 3 nibe- 28 battalions
dl- infantry and two squadrons of cavalry.
S#tO}is excesses are reported to have
been cdm mit ttd at Koeniggraetz, where
tj&i/'iE^M.dieiriio-iel has been partly de
:V;-riroiuhe'd. Troops » aye been dispatched
t-:her^
import*, Horn various places in Bohemia,
including New. Bidschow, .Yembik and
Krafup, tell of ■ disturbances during the
last few days, the houses of Germans and
, . Jews being aitacKed 'uy -he Czechs. ' The
Germans of Bodenach made reprisals in
..the neighborhood., of the Bohemian vil
*• Jes. ol Krc<(.fel/,z, . where a school, two
.T 'is and a ,shop were lacked, a number
y.oi people: being badly injured.
:'-'■• I ?: e '• Germans .also .lamented . riots at
. Gahloriz, stoning a Bohemian scout. It
was necessary to cdl out the troops to
; quell the disturbance
VIENNA; p.?c, 3— -A deputation of
Germans from Prague that waited upon
Baron: ypn.Ga-utzs.ch. yon Trankenthurm 0
the new Austrian Premier, to-day, was
assured that every measure passible would
be taken to preserve order and protect
1 property.
ry Herr Kramniricii, vice= president of the
lis rath, declares ; that neither nor
,^ Dr. Abrabamavies. ila president, will re
sign in the lace of mob intimidation. He
Considers, however, that ii will be im
possible to: crrry the Ausgelich (Austro
liungarian cbiupromse b II) in the Reich
erath, and that -the prl.'s.-ni arrangement
with Hungary will have to bo prolonged
by imperial decree, without the assent of
the Keuhsrath. This, probably means
mdennite prorogation ol that, body and
the resignation of something like abso
lute Government.
V . ".The enforcement, of thectanreicht (sys
. tern of summary trial without appeal )'at
Pracue speedily quieted, the disturbances
there. Four rioters who were arrested
yesterday Were tried last night and sen
tenced to twenty years' : Penal servitude
within three hours of the time of their
arrest. '• •
There seems little to choose between the
Germans and the Czechs. In towns where
the former predominate they huve com*
mitted serious excesses against the latter.
• The heavy snowstorm,. which has. been
/"'•n.inuous since last night," has assisted
V 1 ■'•ping the people quiet. The streets,
.. if-'fes and theaters are almost deserted.
W advertisements appear- in the news
papers; trade is at a standstill, 1 ana it is
feand that there will be many, failures
on ing to the losses from the rioting.
Much inhumanity and brutality was »x
--hibited during the ' disturbances: The
windows of a children's hospital were
: smashed, exposing the inmate*) to the
bitter cold, and other hospitals suffered
similar treatment.
Smaller riots are reported from Chrudim,
Schlan, Gablonz, Tetschen and iNachod,
. all Bohemian towns.
The San Francisco Call
EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF at the
• Three Critical Periods of His Life.
When as a youth of iS he ascended the throne during the revolution of
1 848-49.
When as a man of 36 he concluded the peace which ended the six weeks'
war with Prussia in 1866.
As he appears to-day beset with the internal troubles of his empire.
SNOW BEGINS TO
BLOCKADE TRAFFIC
In low , South Dakota and
Nebraska an Early Winter
Is Certain.
__
Railroad Travel IsA ready Retarded
and the Gathering of Corn
Delayed.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
DES MOINES, Dec. 3.— lt bas been
snowing here for twenty-six hours with
out interruption. The fall has been be
' tween six and seven inches. If the wind
| increases in severity railroad men fear
that all the roads centering here will be
blocked. There are no present indications
of a cessation of the storm.
OMAHA, Dec. 3.— Snow has fallen in
Nebraska continuously for twenty-four
hour-. At Omaha the fall amounts to
i about eight inches. It is light and dry,
and while it Hies easily on the wind the
! drifts it makes are not formidable obsta
| cles. In the northern part of the State
| the fall was much heavier. One point,
I Parting on, reports sixteen inches, with
j snow still falling at 9 o'clock to-night.
Reports from Western lowa and South
Dakota tire to the effect that the snow is
throughout this section. As yet no dam
ace is reported. To-night the wind is
rising and by morning the snow will
likely be badly drifted. The storm has
already stopped the gathering of corn,
I with fully a fifth of Nebraska's big crop
| yet in the tiel d. Railroads have suffered
some inconveni encs all day, tne move
ment of trains being greatly hamjered.
The lowa lines have had the worst of it.
trains from Chica go averaging more than
an hour late. The Burlington's last mail*
was an hour and a half 1 ate this afternoon
SIOUX CITY, lowa. Dec. A foot of
snow fell. here to-night. It .has fallen
heavily all over Dakota also.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1897.
GOVERNOR GRIGGS
SUCCEEDS M'KENNA
New Jersey's Chief Executive
the President's Choice for
Attorney-General.
Judges Coff and Day Have Both
Declined the Proffered
Appointment.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office. Rigos House.)
Washington, Dec. 3. j
John W. Griggs. of New Jersey will in
all probability be the next Attorney-Gen
eral to succeed McKenna, who will be
nominated to succeed Field on the Su
preme Court bench. Grijrgs is the Gov
ernor of New Jersey. He was called to
Washington unexpectedly and is the
guest of Vice-President Hobart to-night.
The Attorney-Generalship was first of
fered to Judge Goff of West Virginia and
taen to Judge Day of Ohio, the assi, ant
Secretary of State. Jndee Goff declined
the appointment, for he now has a lite
position as Uniud States Circuit Judge.
The Call correspondent ascertained be
yon .i si dontot two weeks aco that the new
Attorney-General would not come from
California nor from On o, and it was inti
mated that he would be selected from a
Northern State. It is almost ceitain that
Griggs will accept, although he did not
have time to fully discuss the matter
with the President, who was called sud
denly to Ohio to be present at the bedside
of his mother.
PATERBON N. J., Dec 3. -Governor
Gruj.s arrived home to-night trom Wash
ington. He was seen soon alter he
reached Ins residence, but reinsed to talk
about i ho report that he was to be the
next Attorney -General. He . would not
say that the office ha i been offered to him •
neither would be deny ii. Close friends
of the Governor an 1 of Vice-President
Hobart, who were seen at the* Hamilton
Club later, expressed the belief that- the
Cabinet position had been tendered 'the
Governor, and added that he would prob
ably accept it. • ; is-
McKINLEY
WILL BE AT
WASHINGTON
President Decides Not
to Delay the Opening
of Congress.
DUTY CALLS HIM TO
THE CAPITAL.
Mother McKinley Faintly
Recognizes Her Son Upon
His Arrival.
NO HOPE FOR THE AGED
WOMAN.
There Is a Gradual Sinking: and
Death Seems Only a Question
of Hours.
special Dlsnatcb to The Cam.
STEADILY SINKING
CANTON, Ohio, Dec 4, 12:50
A. M.— Mrs. McKinley la still
living, but is growing steadily
weaker.
CANTON, 0., Dec. 3.— President Mc-
Kinley will be in Washington for the
opening ol Congress next Monday, what
ever may be the issue of his mother's ill
ness. Although there has never been in
the history of the Government a case ex
actly similar, it is nece*eary for the Presi
dent to be at the Capital in person for the
opening of a session of Congress, to re
ceive the two joint committees from the
two Houses, and until this committee bas
waited on the President and received his
communication the regular business of
Congress cannot proceed.
Mother McKinley is unconscious and
the attending physician can give the fam
ily no hope that she will* ever return to
consciousness. Tb» President can do ab
solutely nothing for her by remaining
here. In view of these facts the President
leels that it is his duty to return to Wash
ington so as not to delay the opening of
Congress at the regular lime. He has ar
ranged to leave Canton at 2:05 o'clock to
morrow afternoon in tbe special car pro
vided for him, attached to the regular
Pennsylvania train, which reaches Wash
ington Sunday morning. Assistant Sec
retary of State Day expects to return to
Canton early next week. He will leave
Washington as soon as possible after at
tending the functions of the opening of
Congress.
T.>-day was one of ereat suspense in the
McKinley home. The nearness of the
messenger of death was realized every
moment of the .lay, and that there could
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NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather forecast for San Fran
cisco — Fair Saturday, with light
variable wind*.
FIRST PAGE.
Vieilante*- Hold Prague.
MrKinley's Mother Dying.
McKenna's Jealous Rivals.
SECOND PAGE.
Local Bar for McKenna.
THIRD PAGE.
Opposition to Annexation.
Warship- Ordered South.
Thorn Doomed to Die.
FOURTH PAGE.
San Jose Ring Job.
Parricide Flannelly Fiehls.
Chase of a Smuggler
Gambler Shot Dead.
Los Angeles School Scandal.
Desperado at Large.
FIFTH PAGE.
Matching Jeffries and Sharkey
Fremont's Lieutenant Dead.
Great Billiard Tournament.
Fight for the Boulevard.
St. Marys street doomed.
Sooting Between Colored Men
SIXTH PAGE.
Editorial.
T c Oregon Protest.
One-Man Power.
City Extension in Sin Jose.
March Ou? of Eeypt.
Woes of Mr. and Mr?. Ngoni
Fong.
Personal and Queries.
SEVENTH PAGE.
Park Commissioners Calm.
Surplus High School Teacher.
News of the Water Front.
EIGHTH PAGE.
General Sportin- News.
NINTH PAGE.
A Review for Mrs. Hearst.
Fraud Against the Revenue.
TENTH PAGE.
Commercial New?.
ELEVENTH PAGE.
News From Across the Bay.
Rainey'** Men Discomfited.
TWELFTH PAGE.
Racing at Inj-leside.
THIRTEENTH PAGE.
Births, Marriages, Death-.
... : FOURTEENTH PAG J).
The am. am! Oakland Milk.
'/Bunko* Men Alarmed.
Fillmore Declares War.
FIGHT ON McKENNA,
AND JEALOUS RIVALS
WHO ARE LEADING IT
JUDGE C. H. HANFORD OF SEATTLE.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 3.— THE
CALL correspondent called to see Judge
McKenna at his residence on California
avenue to-night, and showed him a dis
patch from San Francisco stating that the
Federal Judges of Oregon and the leading
lawyers of Portland had signed a petition
to the President protesting against his ap
pointment as United States Supreme
Court Justice, and that the same petition
was now being circulated in . California.
The Judge had already been apprised of
this, and the nature of the petition, had
been made known to him. |
Mr. McKenna was not at all disturbed
over the affair. When THE CALL cor
respondent reached his residence he was
in fine spirits.
He expressed considerable reluctance
about discussing the matter, and was a
good deal amused over some of the state
ments made in the petition. He said:
"As far as one of the Federal Judges is
concerned, I think I understand his ani
mus in the matter, and am sure that the
Californians will understand. But 1 do
not desire to make any comments as to
the other Federal Judges in Oregon.
The petition alleges lark of ability on my
part. Of course you understand why I.
cannot discuss this, but the author of
the petition must be lacking in the sense
of humor by making such statements to
the President, who appointed me Attor
ney-General of the United States.
"The petition assumes that the Presi
dent contemplates making me a United
States Supreme Court Justice. This
assumption could • not be based -on
his dissatisfaction with my service in the
I office of Attorney-General, and yet the
author of the petition alleges my unfit
ness for the position. Certainly no com
ment is necessary. 1 have filled a num
ber of offices in California whether ably
or otherwise is for others to say. 1 hope
1 shall not be asked to answer the criti
cisms of these, who have been or shall
be misled by enemies.
"It is a significant fact that this oppo
sition started in Oregon, and it may be
surmised that the same person who origi
nated it there is responsible for it in Cali
fornia. But there are gentlemen in San
Francisco who can explain it all. Ido
not care to dwell on the matter."
There is no doubt of Judge McKenna's
nomination and confirmation. The Presi
dent served on the Ways and Means
Committee for several years with him,
and was greatly impressed with his abil
ity. This was so well known to the Con
gressmen at that time, and to the corre
spondents who attended the sessions of
the Fifty-first Congress, that McKinley's
admiration for McKenna was a matter of
everyday comment . They are now the
warmest kind of friends. The President
thinks more of McKenna than any other
member of his Cabinet. They . drive to
-1 gether nearly every : day, and the Presi*
dent consults him on matters of public
policy" invariably. ' - ■'■■ ";•.•" "'"■. . *-':$:".
Judge Fitzgerald, Attorney-General of.
California, laughed heartily to-night when
informed that McKenna's enemies had
charged him. with lack of ability. ;.:;. ; : '-'-: ;*■'.
■ "That is a joke," said he. "They cer
tainly are trying to impeach the Presi
dent's estimate of men with whom he has
intimately associated for years. : , I fancy,
this petition will not be relished by the
President, who appointed. Mr. McKenna^
in his Cabinet. It would be a reflection on;
the j President's judgment, and they , are
very unwise to do this. McKenna is one;
of the ablest lawyers: I ever knew.": .'-'•;
FUDGE HANFORD " ,
; *■■': "• 5. . ■ WAS AMBITIOUS
Political Deal b- Which He Hoped
to Reach the Supreme ;
;t Bench. ..
PORTLAND. Dec,:. 3.-Jud Hanford
will nave nothing to say ahenti he protest
of the Oregon bar and Federal judiciary
against the appointment of Judge Mc-
Kenna to the Place on the supreme bench
vacated by Justice Field. /Under the rose •
it is known here that Judge Hinford is
himself a Candida c for the appointment :
or rather that his cal friends ; have
been planning for years to make him the
successor of the California member of the
court. Oregon protest is regarded by
those who know a thing or .two about the
undercurrent, of King County noliiics, as
THE OREGON LAWYERS
WHO MAKE PROTEST.
With an Expression of Editorial Opinion From the Principal
Paper of Stat;:,
,_ , PORTLAND.Dec. 3.— Among the names signed to the protest against the ap
pointment of Judge McKenna to the Supreme Bench are: Ex-Attorney-Gen
eral George H. Williams; Rufus- Mallory of Dolph, Mallory. and Simon, and .
ex-Member of Congress; W. b. Gilbert, United States Circuit Judge; C. B. Bel
linger, United States District Judue; E. D. Shattuck, Senior State ; Circuit
Judce; W. W. Thayer, ex-Chief Justice of Oregon; Alfred F. Sears Jr., State
Circuit Judge; George E. Chamberlain- ex-State Attorney-General; Wallace
McCammant and Zsra Snow of Snow & McCammant; W. W. Cotton, general
counsel for the Oregon Railway and Navigation" Company ; J. N. Teal and
Wirt Miner of Cox, Cotton, Teal & Minor; Warren E. Thomas, State Repre
sentalive; Charles Fulton, State Senator; Frederick- V. Holmin C. E.S.
Wood. J. C. Flanders and S. B. Linthicum, of Williams, Wood & Linthicum:
Ellis G. Hushes; Martin L. Pipes, ex-State Circuit Judge; William D. Fenton
and E. C. Bronaugh Jr., cunscl for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany. ",.'..■ ■'■*",.'' ",-Vv • • ■.":•'..- ■'.''• : :'i: : .
The Oregonian to-morrow will say: .'The demand of California newspa
pers lor information as to the. protest in Oregon against the appointment of
McKenna to the. Supreme Bench indicates an interest in the subject that :
seems not to be supported as it ought to be in California. Why has not action
there corresponded with action here? The common opinio*, in Oregon is that
McKenna is by no means equal to the position. : Such is the judgment of our :
leading citizens and ablest lawyers. Of course politicians and. office-seekers. ■
who want favors from the administration think McKenna fit for any ■ position, :
and the lawyers here who favor him are grubstake politicians, who. before all '
things else, want the smiles of the administration." ,'-:y. •
PRICE FIVE CENTS*
the first. step. in a campaign having Hah«
ford's preferment a* its possible fruition.
■■ Politically. Washington is; not in a posi
tion to insist on; such recognition as the
gratification of Hanford's ambition would
emphasize. Though it was aided ma
terially by the National Committee in the
recent: national contest, it was lost to; the
Republican' party, largely through the
mismanagement of the campaign by : Sen
ator Wilson's adherents. The bar ami
judii iary of . the State: are closeiy allied by
practice and ; fraternity. to the bar and
bench of Oregon, which went .Republican.
Oregon, therefore, may filly object to
Judge McKenna as a step; precedent to
a combined effort;: on;, the part -of the
Northwest Pacific Statss on behalf of
Jud-^e Hanford. It will he interesting to
note the developmenta.
Senator Wilson, . who will be a candi
date for Te-eleetionlin the next Legisla
ture, will be the advocate at Washington
of tie efforts to have • McKenna dropped.
Judge Hanford.'.. is the especial favorite Of
the relic of what wast denominated In
Washington ag ''The King County
Ring," He respected and admired by a
set of men in the profession of the law"
who are past masters in the arts of poli
tics. Nearly all of them were oppO'ed to
Wilson's candidacy for the '-short*. term*
senatbrshiD two years ago, and really bad
him defeated,; when the exigencies of the
situation enforced a lent change of
programme. Wilson had taken down his
headquarters sign, dispersed his lobby
and quit the fight. Levi :Ankenny, the
millionaire, banker candidate, though
willing to execute the demands Of the
men who controlled the situation' was
not acceptable from the standpoint of po
litical expediency. The. alternative can
didate. Judge Dunbar of the State Su