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VOLUME LXXXIII.-NO. 8.
GERMANY'S INVASION OF
CHINA ONLY A PRETEXT
TO GET A NAVAL STATION
THE GERMAN SQUADRON ENTERING KIAO-CHAU BAY.
BERLIN, Dec 7.— Emperor William has
ordered the number of volunteers for the
Chiua expedition to bo increasea to 1000
men.
Prince Henry of Pru^s-a wiil visit
Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe to
morrow and will spend several hours with
the great statesman in order to obtain his
view on the Chinese situation.
PEKING, Dec. 7.— The Chinese Govern
ment hnscaused it to be made known that,
up to the time of the German occupation
of Kiao Chau Bay, no claim was made
by Germany for reparation as a result of
the murder of the two missionaries. Nies
and Hennle, and that there were no other
differences between the two. governments.
Consequently the Government officials
point out that the missionary question is
regarded as a pretext to obtain a naval
station, which it is shown Germany bas
Jong coveted. The Chinese Government,
it is said, in conclusion, will never consent
to the Germam remaining at Kiao Chau
Bay, as the - r presence there deprives |
China of a harbor which, since the war
with Japan, has been regarded as the most
ri itable naval base of operations.
LONDON, Dec B.— A special dispatch I
: m Shanghai says: On Friday last I
[ < aptain Becker, %rith 210 German mm- \
rines, left Kiao Chau Bay to occupy the !
surrounding villages, whence they pro- \
ceeded to capture the city. The Ci)iiie«e j
forts opened fire and the Germans replied,
killing three of the garrison, which there- I
upon fled in disorder.
The Chinese general in command was
captured, but afterward liberated. Sev
eral German sailors were injured by ■
stones flung by ihe inhabitants of the vil- '
lage. In return for this the head men ol j
these villages were beaten with bamboo j
sticks by order of the German com monder. j
It is reported here that China is will- j
ing to pay an indemnity of 1,000,000 taels •
(about $785,250) ana to grant all the Ger- j
man demands, including the temporary
Cession of Kiao Chau Bay and adjoining
territory.
A dispatch to the Times from Peking
confirms the report that China, hoping '
for the evacuation of Kiao Chau, agrees
unconditionally to all demands ol Ger
many.
The Times, dealing editorially with the
situation at Kiao Cbau, notes that the ;
foregoing telegram enumerating the Ger- j
man demands, does not include the per- ,
manent occupation of Kiao Chau, and
points out that the evidence is conflicting
as to whether this was officially de
manded.
It «ays: "In any case, now that the '
other demands have been conceded, what
• will be the grounds for insisting on a per- j
manent occupation? The double success j
in Hayii and China, demonstrating the
especial value of a stron Meet, ready to
act at short notice in any part of the
world, will probably give a coup do grace
to the declining opposition to the naval
bill."
Dr. Stuebel, the German Consul at
Shanghai, has been ordered to go to Kiao
Chau and establish a regular German ad
ministration.
The Kolnische Yolks Zeitung says that 1
fh« coal deposits in the province of Shan ;
Tung, which will become available to \
Germany with railway and mining con
cessions, are most valuable.
GERMANY'S NAVAL BILL.
Vigorous Opposition to the Gov
ernment Measure Made by
the Radical Leader.
BEKLIN, Dec. 7.— ln the Reichstag to
day Berr Richter, the Radical leader.
Bpoke in opposition to the naval bill,
which was before the house on farst read
ing, dwrlling upon the serious increase of
expenditure for which the bill provides.
He contended that the great display of
power made in China proved tiiat the
Government considered the navy equal to
the taslt imposed upon it. Germany's ex
ports, he continued, had made unexpected
strides in spite of the alleged lack of
crui-ers. The sneaKer expressed the opin
ion that the proactive duties were more
harmful to Germany's trade than could
be balanced by the benefits derivable
even by the greatest fleet. The bill. Herr
Kicht er asserted, was not lor seven years,
but for eternity, and created a condition
which tbe continued advance of technical
knowledge would make impossible to
maintain. Herr Rithter desired the Gov
<rnment to repeat In the Reichstag the
insurance that the naval programme, as
outlined in the semi-official Reichan
sei,»er, could be carried into effect with
out recourse to fresh taxation.
He pointed out that when tbe quinquen
nial army law was introduced it was de
tlared to be an exceptional measure; but
now, he asserted, the Government was
tryine to bind the Reicnstag similarly in
the case of the navy.
Financial conditions, tbe speaker said,
were always cbatnung anl must, therefore,
be repnlated annually. The Reichatag had
no power to alter a law once enacted, and
'Q Vi«w of its already restricted rigata, the
The San Francisco Call
R«i<rhstag should not further bind itself.
In cone ! u«ion, Herr Kicbter said the naval
bill conflicted with all constitutional prin
ciples, and, therefore, he was oppo-ed to
any discussion of the measure. [Leftist
cheers.]
The Secretary of the Navy, Admiral
yon Tierpitz, said the flnet was inadequate
and that ti.e Government was obliged to
send away all its efficient cruisers and
even employ training shins as men-of
war. The influence of cruisers abroad de»
pended ciiietiv upon the power known to
stand behind them; namely, the fleet of
battle-ship-.
Herr Lieber, the Center party leader,
said his party had not yet got their votes
ready. On the whole, however, they
thought the time had come for the legis
lature to deal wita the navy, and if the
Government would promise the burdens
involved would be shared by those parts
of the world which profited thereby, nine
tenths of the opposiiion to the bill would
cc removed.
NOM- CA THOL IC MARRIAGES.
President Pierola of Peru Vetoes ihe
Measure Recently Passed by
Congress.
Copyright, 1897, by Jim«i Gordon Bennett.
LIMA, Peru, Doc 7.— President Pierol*
has vetoed tue measure recently passed
by Congress legalizing non-Catholic mar
riages* in Peru and providing for the
registration of such marriages.
He gives as his reason the fact that the
bill only authorized the registration of
foreigners, without providing for na.ive
born Peruvians descended from Protest
ants, who hold «.o the relieion of their
fatners. The President's action In veto
ing the measure bas called forth much
adverse criticism.
With the exception of the official or
gans the pre*s is bitterly opposed to Presi
dent P prolaS project to relorm the home
debt. They denounce the plan &•> one cal
culated to rob the creditors of Pern, and
assert that it is dishonest. It is doubtful
if the plan will be sanctioned by Congress.
NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather forecast for San Fran
cisco — Clearing on Wednesday,
with fresh southwesterly winds.
FIRST PAGE.
Germany Seeking Conquest.
Wood Talus of McKenna.
Mrs. Oelrichs Bad.y Hurt.
Annexation Scheme Losing.
Hayti Yields to Force.
Stripped Naked and Hanged.
BECOND PAGE.
A Prize Fighter X lied.
Rain in the Interior.
Watch for Filibusters.
THIRD PAGE.
Mother McKlnlev Sinking.
rmall Hope fo- Dreyfus.
Outlaw Molina Taken.
FOURTH PAGE.
Jordan on College Morals.
Los Angeles School Scandal.
Loot of Banta Clara.
Boulevard to Be Built.
FIFTH PAGE.
Congress at Work.
Officers Made Prisoner.
SIXTH PAGE.
Editorial.
The President on Hawaii.
Prospects of the Session.
The Pacific Roads Debts.
Standing From Under.
Prison Reform and Discipline.
Personals and Queries.
SEVENTH PAGE.
The Keramic Club Exhibition.
News of the Water Front.
Bunkoer McCormack Arrested.
EIGHTH PAGE.
An Incomparable Banjo-Piayer
The Oakland Milk War.
Death of a Hignbinder.
Row Among Ball-Players.
NINTH PAGE.
Reaching for Alaskan Trade.
Real-Estate Market Review.
Supreme Court Justices Differ.
TENTH PAGE.
Commercial News.
ELEVENTH PAGE.
News From Across the Bay.
TWELFTH PAGE.
Races at Ingleside.
THIRTEENTH PAGE.
Births, Marriages, Deaths.
FOURTEENTH PAGE.
Ned Greedway on the Stand.
Police Seeking Elopers.
; Editor Older Charged With Libel
Lees and Gunat Make Up.
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1897.
MRS. OELRICHS'
EYE INJURED
Struck by a Falling Tack
While Arranging
Draperies.
Most Peculiar Accident Oc
curs In Her Elegant
Mansion.
Attending Physicians Hops That
the Injury Will Not Causa a
Permanent Disfigurement
*p«clal Dispatch toTmCALu
NEW YORK, D.c. 7.— Mrs. Herman
Oelricus is suffering from ibe effects of a
strange accident to one of her eyes, wbich
may necessitate a painful operation. Some
workmen were engaged in banging tapes
tries in the ci j st parlor of her residence,
the old Pa ran Stevens mansion, last Sat
urday afternoon, and Mrs. Oelrichs wan
superintending the detail*. One of the
men was on the top ladder when a tack
slipped from his band and fell. Mrs. Oel
richs was standing close by, with her lace
turned upward, and the sharp point of the
tack struck her in the left eye, lacerating
it and canting Intense pair..
Mrs. Oelrtch* bathed the eye and, confi
dent thit me ir.jury was of a trivial nature,
was persuaded to attend a silver wedding
that evening. Her eye, however, grew
worse, and she had to leave before the re
ception was over.
Dr. Knapp, an eye specialist, was im
mediately summoned, and the family
physit-iaa was called in. It was found
that Mrs. Oetrichs had caught cold in the
eye, and she has been confined to her
room ever iince. On Monday the eye
grew rapidly worse, and a consulting
physician was called in. The opinion
was expressed by the doctors that the
point of the tack must have been rusty,
for the wound had become ulcerated, and
to-day it was no better.
Mr. Oelrichs was worried by his wife's
illness, and remained with her all to-day.
Meanwhile many friends of ihe family
had heard of the accident and expressions
of sympathy poured in. The physicians
expressed the hope that she wuufd re
cover from the unfortunate injury with
out permanent disfigurement of the eye.
This depends upon whether the ulceration
can be checked.
Just a year ago to-day Mrs. Oelricns gave
n reception to her friends in her beautiful
borne, upon which sbe it reported to have
lavished about $200,000 in alterations. It
was a ''bouse warming," ana those who
attended said that the furnishing of the
mansion and decorations for the function
gave convincing evidence of the artistic
tastes of the late Senator Fair's daughter.
Mri. Oelrichs and her sister, Miss Fair,
were beautifully gowned, and the recep
tion went far to establish Mrs. Oelrlohs as
a social leader. 6ince she came to New York
on her wedding trip in June, 1890, Mrs.
Oelricbs has been a favorite in society
Circles.
G Eft MANS COME TO GRIEF.
Meet With a Reverse at the Hands
of Wild Tribesmen in
Africa.
LONDON, Dec. 7.— According to mail
advices from Batanga, on the West Afri
can coast, southeast of the Camaroons,
in the Banoko country, a Ger
man expedition consisting of six
white officers and 200 naiives recently
met with a reverse at the hands of the
Mbouiies, a warlike tribi lhat has long
harassed the German trade caravans to
the south of Batanga, in the Molinji
country, and especially along the Campo
or Nteiu River, which divides French and
German territory.
A German warship with troops is al
ready en route for the Camaroons to rein
force the expedition that is being organ
ized to punish the Mbouiies.
To Swear the <ju*tn.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 7.— Wilhalmina,
Quean of to? Netherlands, will take the
oath of acce««ion to the throne on Ken
tern ber 6, 1898, in the new church at Am
sterdam.
WOOD TALKS OF
JUDGE McKENNA
He Says He Did Not
Start the
Fight.
Is Willing, Nevertheless, to
Take the Brunt of the
Blame.
Does Not Want the Judge's Friends
to Misconstrue His
Motives.
Special Dispatch to 1 be Call.
PORTLAND, Or. Dec. 7. —C. E. 6.
Wood was shown a copy of The Call
with his letter to Senator Hoar, protest
ing against the appointment of Judge Mc-
Kenna, and asked wnat he had to say
about it. He said in substance:
"The opposition to Judge McKenna
originated in California far more than in
Oregon. My letter was based on state
ments macie to me by California attor
neys last October. It expresses my views.
I am sorry they are disagreeable. It
would be far easier to say pleasant things
of him, and more polite. When I was in
California in October there was a general
sentiment against the appointment as a
very weak one. unjust to the President
himself, but those expressing themselves
weru afraid to have their opinions come
to Judge McKennu's ears and considered
open opposition hopeless. I notice in tbe
interviews one gentleman who was then
adverse to but now favors him. Several
who were clear in hostile criticism deciiue
to express an opinion.
"The opposition to Judge McKenna,
though be may be loath to believe it, is
honest and spontaneous, and it only
weakens Judge McKenna's cause to
ascribe petty motives to his opposition,
and attempt to explain adverse action by
some contemptible personal feeling.
What explanation is to be offered for the
adverse opinion of Judges Bellinger or
Kos. c , or, as can be rea 1 between tiie lines
of their interviews, judge? Morrow and
De Haven? A cause is a bad one that
bus to ascribe to honorable men dirty mo
tives.
"The California papers belittle the
office of the press if they support Judge
McKenna only because he is a Californian.
The place is conceded to California, and
there are plenty of men there against
whose selection not a word would be
heard. It ought to be significant that
Judge McKenna's support is political,
t>e opposition to him pursly professional.
"It is better, in my opinion, to show we
are mistaken than to be conjuring up un
dreamed-of motive?. What motives are
ascribed by Judge McKenna's friends to
his own friends who damn him with faint
praise, savin* he is not very good, but
good enough ?
"Our idea was that President Mr Kin ley
wanted to glorify his administration by
selecting the very best. Apparently he
thinks Judee McKenna is. We of the bar
dv not. it is his appointment. We have
said our s-av. He can do as he pleases, but
let Judge McKenna's friends conceive of
men with an honest pride in their profes
sion, unbia-ed by dirty malice.
"From the outset I expected nothing
but harm to me from my attitude, but I
<i<> not care to despise ruyseli as » coward.
Do not mistake me as the head and front
of this offending. I am willing to accept
the responsibility, but it is not true. The
opposition spread like a rire."
SITE FOR AN AhMOR PLANT.
The Special Board Will Report That
It Shou'd Be Near Coal
Mines.
NEW YORK. Dec 7— A Washington
special to the Herald says: The Armor-
Factory Board is preparing a leport in re
gard to the sites it inspected, with refer*
ence to their comparative usefulness for
the proposed armor-plant establishment.
It developed during the sessions of the
board that the best locality for the plant
is near coal mines, provided the cost of
freight of finished armor to tne ship
building plant » not too large. The board
has found that in the manufacture of 6000
tons of armor 60,000 tons of coal are
needed and 12,000 tons of other n. ateriam.
THE LOSING
FIGHT UPON
ANNEXATION
Every Hour of Delay
Hurts the Hawaiian
Scheme.
COMES UP TO-DAY IN
THE SENATE.
Many Joining the Ranks of
Those Working Against
Ratification.
DANIEL OF VIRGINIA IS
CONVERTED.
Regards the Matter as a Scheme to
Benefit a Few People at Uncle
Sam's Expanse.
Special Dispatch to The Call
Call Office Riggs Hottsk.)
Washington Dae. 7. f
Senator Davis (R.) of Minnesota, chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions, announced to-day that to-morrow
be would ask the Senate to take up the Ha
waiian annexation treaty, and discommit
tee will hold a meeting to-morrow morn
ing before the Senate session opens. He is
wise in pushing the treaty to immediate
consideration if he really desires its ratifi
cation. Annexation is clearly losing
ground, and the longer the Tote is delayed
tne poorer are the chances of success.
Senator Daniel (D. ) of Virginia, who was
non-committal during the spring session,
is now squarely against annexation. "I
regard the whole matter," he said to-day,
"as a scheme for the benefit of a few peo
ple at the expense of the Government.
Where we should get one dollar out of
the Hawaiian Islands we should have to
spend ten."
Senator Hoar (II.) of Massachusetts
makes it a rale not to discuss for publica
tion questions pertaning to foreign rela
tions which are awaiting the Senate's
action, but from private sources it is
learned that he is, at least, very lucewarm
toward the project and will probably rote
against it when the time comes.
Senator Wellington (R.) of Maryland
declares that he has not made up his
mind and is still open to conviction. Bat
it is believed that he, too, will oppostt the
treaty.
Senator Faulkner (D.) of Virginia be
lieves that, with the exception of Senator
Morgan (D.) of Alabama and, perhaps,
three or four others, the entire Demo
cratic vote will be against annexation.
About the only convert to annexation
thus far recorded i-< Senator Perkins (R.)
of California. He was regardnd as rather
lukewarm or opposed to the plan at the
spring session. He now declares that he
will vote for tbe treaty, but he adds that
hedouDtsif the two-thirds majority for
its ratification can be secured.
The prevailing opinion in Washington
now is that annexation will surely come
by joint resolution, if not by treaty. But
that depends. The opponents of annexa
tion say: "One thing at a tim»." If thirty
or more Senators can now be mustered
against the scheme, it is not out of the
range of possibilities that the majority of
the House might be fouad on tne same
side. It is a favorite remark of Eastern
Republicans that they are glad annexa
tion is a Senate question now, and they
hope they will not have to vote upon it,
indicating the hesitancy they would feel
In supporting the project, and, on the
other hand, their disinclination to antag
onize the administration.
If the Democrats in the Hou-e should
take the same view of the question as
their kindred in the Senate, annexation
would have a very close shave. There
might be twenty-eight more Republicans
aeainst annexation than Democrats in
favor of it. That would be a question,
although it is now generally taken for
granted here that there is a majority
in both houses for annexation should the
treaty fail of ratification of the necessary
two-thirds vote.
COULD NOT HOLD
HAW An JUST NOW.
Hilfeorn Points Out a Lack of War
ships as an Argument Against
Annexation.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 —Congressman 8. D,
Hilborn, Third D. strict o\ California, lec
tured at the Kent Theater, Urnv rsity of
Chicago, to-night. Several years' resi
dence across the San Francisco Bay from
Mare Island and two terms of service on
the Committee on Naval Affairs and Pub
lic Buildings and Grounds enabled him to
tell the students a number of things they
did not know about the United States
navy.
Mr. Hilborn lectured under the direction
of the Political Science and History Club,
and his effort was a strong argument
against any attempt at annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands, at least till our strength
on sea is greatly increased. The Ameri
can navy, he declared, contained only four
first-class righting battle-snips.
He put tne Maine ana Texas in the sec
ond class, and not rating well at that.
Two armored cruisers, sixteen other cruis
er?, fifteen gunboats, six double-turreted
monitors, fifteen single-turreted moni
tors, twenty torpedo-boats and three or
four other boais constitute the fighting
power of the United States.
"The great want oi America is more
fighting ships — more battle-snips, more
monitors,|more torpedo-boats and docks,"
he said. "To-day we have only one duck
Continued Jrom Firtt Page
HAYTI IS
HUMILIATED
BY FORCE
Compelled to Accept the
Conditions Imposed
by Germany.
KAISER'S FLAG DULY
SALUTED.
This Apology to Be Followed
by the Payment of
Indemnity.
FOREIGNERS SEEK SAFETY
ON VESSELS.
Citizens of th» Little Island Repub
lic Enragred by the Outcome of
the Controversy.
Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett.
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, Dec. 7— The
refusal of the United States to interfere in
tne quarrel between Germany and Hayti
over the Lueders incident has caused the
humiliation of the latter country. Hayti
has accepted Germany's condition that
indemnity be paid, and has apologized by
saluting the German flag and German
warships in the harbor.
Citizens of Hayti are very much dissat
ished over the outcome, and there is in
tense but suppressed excitement here.
German residents have taken re:uge on
German vessels, while the English are on
Atlas Line steamers here. There are no
American vessels in the harbor, though
the Marblehead is expected, and Ameri
can residents have placed themselves
under the protection of the American
Minister and have taken all their most
valuable property to the legation for safe
kesDing.
It is understood that the question of
the indemnity demanded by Germany for
the alleged arrest and imprisonment of
Herr Lueders has been settled to the sat
isfaction of Germany, and that all de
mands of that country have been agreed
to by the Government of Hayti. This was
dene in the face of the display of force
made by Germany, and under the threat
of a bombardment of the defensive works
of the port unie-s these demands were
agreed to within eight hours following
the time the German ultimatum was de
livered yesterday morninc, shortly af'er
the arrival at this port of the two Ger
man cruisers sent to back up the de
mands of the German Minister here.
The first part of the settlement took
place at 6 o'clock last night, when the
Haytian fleet formally saluted the German
flag from the flagship ot the fleet of Hayti,
the Crete A. Pierrot, a small vessel armed
with a few guns of light caliber.
Admiral Killick. the Haytian com
mander, bad charge of the formal salute
of the German flag. While the flag of the
republic was l»eing dipped on the Crete A.
Pierrot, the band of the Haytiin navy
played the German national anthem and
the Haytian flagship tired twenty-one
guns, which were answered by the German
flagship, the Charlotte, which is used as a
Bcboolship.
The second part of the settlement took
place this morning, when Count Scbwerin,
the German Minister to Hayti, was for
mally ana publicly received by the Hay
lian President. The latier, it is under
stood, has assured the German authorities
that summary justice will be promptly
meted ont to tbose officials of Hayti who
caused the estrangement between the re
public and Germany.
Naturally there is a strong fe«ling of
resentment against the Government on
account of the humiliation inflicted upon
the country by Germany, but it is not
thought anything more serious than a
ministerial crisis will result.
EMIL LUEDERS, Primary Cause of Haytian Tension.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TORTURED,
THEN PUT
TO DEATH
Horrible Fate Visited
Upon a Nevada
Murderer
BARBARISM OF HIS
ASSAILANTS.
Compel Him to Walk Naked
for a Mile Over Frozan
Ground.
KICK AND BEAT HIM ALL
THE WAY.
Their Victim's Body Ridded With
Bullets as It Swings From the
Limb of a Tree.
SpecUl Dispatch to Thk Call
CARSON, Dae. 7.— One of the bolde-t
lynching* ever recorded in this State
took piace at Genoa, at 12 o'clock this
morninp. Adam U her, the slayer of Hans
Anderson, was taken from the jail by
masked men and hanged to a tree.
Saeriff Brokliss, who was sleeping in a
building adjoining the jail with Constable
Gray, was aroused by a knock at the door
and called out, "Who's there "f"
"We havfl a prisoner," was the reply.
The Sheriff opened the door, and the
moment he did so he was covered by a
half-dozen rifles and six-shooters and
told to give up the keys. A couple of men
brushed past him and covered the Con
stable with their weapons. One man in
the party appeared to act as their spokes
man, and demanded the keys, as the side
door from the Recorder's office wa-< being
smashed in with a sledge. The Sheriff
gave up the keys, ana they at once un
locked the jail, and gome to Über's cell
unlocked the door and hauled him out of
bed.
The prisoner was aroused from sleep by
the noise at the door ami the light stream-
I ins on his face. He was thoiou«hly
I frightened and bepged bard, but the
iynchers stripped him naked, and then
binding and gaggine him marched him
| out of the jail. The night was cold, and
' when he reached the air shivered and
cowed and beticed for covering, but his
captors were relentless and drngpfd him
along with blows and kicks over the frozen
ground. He yelled "Help! Murder I" aa
he was taken from bed, but made no
sound after thn gagging.
The six men who first overpowered and
captured the officers still remained With
them, but after the prisoner was brou :ht
from the jail about twenty more persons
joined in and drove Übar along the road.
There were about twenty-five in all. The
mob had burst in ihe door of the Sheriff's
office leading from the Recorder's i-ttice in
the county building wi.h a sOeuge ham
mer. The six men who had the Sheriff and
Constable under guard made them follow
the i?ang which was taking Über to his
death.
The lint of march led up to Boyd's lane,
where there was a large cottonwood tree
with a branch overhanging the lane.
There appeared to be a leader of the
lynching party, and he ordered the rope
placed about Uler's neck. Tnis was done
and Über was told to say his prayers. He
knelt on the ground and while he was
praying the rope was thrown over a limb
and in a minute from the time he knelt
the gang was pulling on the rope and he
was drawn up nearly to the limb. He
writhed and struggled like a wild animal,
and died in eie.it agony whi o the life was
slowly Liioked out it him. Afier be was
dead several of the lynching ; arty opened