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HANNA IS
CONFIDENT
OF ELECTION
No Fear of Not Being
Returned to the
Senate.
Goes Quietly to Columbus
to Personally Direct
His Campaign.
State Employes of Ohio Are, of
Course, Among the Bush
nell Workers.
LEGISLATORS LINING UP.
And Now It Remains to Be Seen if the
Hepublican Pledges Will Be
Carried Out.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 31.— Nearly all
of the members elect of the Legislature
have arrived in this city to-night, and
the senatorial skirmish is at its height.
Not since the senatorial election of six
years ago, when the Sherman-Foraker
contest was on, have there been so
many politicians in the city at one
time. Many have come merely out of
curiosity, but a large number are here
to take active part in the contest be-
tween the Hanna and anti-Hanna Re
publicans. To the Republicans at
large the situation is inexplicable. The
anti-Hanna Republicans actually In
evidence are so few in number that the
uninitiated can scarcely comprehend
■why there should be such a struggle.
Charles S. Kurtz, who is the leader
of the opposition to Senator Kanlna,
to-day assumed personal charge of the
anti-Hanna headquarters at the Great
Southern Hotel, and a small army of
workers, mostly appointees of Gov-
ernor Bushnell in the State's depart
ments and the State institutions, be
sieged the rooms. The activity at the
Hanna headquarters at the three lead
ing hotels was even more formidable.
The developments of the day were
decidedly favorable to Mr. Hajina, on
the surface at least. The arrival of
Mr. Hanna on the scene during the af
ternoon seemed to turn the tide slight
ly in his favor. His arrival was a sur
prise to those not in touch with the
managers of Mr. Hanna's interests, as
he was not expected, according to pre
vious announcements, until Sunday.
This change of programme was con
strued by some to indicate that Mr.
Hanna's managers considered the s^tu
iition desperate but there was nothintr
* to tm4tet*ta thar this surmise was well
founded. On the contrary, Major Dick
and his coworkers at the Hanna head
quarters were in the most cheerful
spirits and took a more hopeful view of
the situation than yesterday.
There was some rejoicing over the
public declarations of Representatives
Redkey of Highland County and Smith
of Delaware County that they would
vote for Mr. Hanna. Both of
these Representatives had been claim
ed by the opposition. Mr. Redkey
comes from a county where it was
expected the majority of his party
would indorse his stand against Mr.
Hanna, if maintained. Representative
Smith had a war of words with Mr.
Kurtz as a result of his desertion from
k, the anti-Hanna ranks. Representa
tives Mason and Brambley of Cuyahoga
now stand practically alone in their
open opposition to Mr. Hanna, al
though they do not represent the
strength of the anti-Hanna Republi
cans. The others have, up to this time,
kept closely under cover. Represen
tative Mason is the avowed candidate
of Mr. Kurtz for Speaker in opposi
tion to M. Boxwell.
S. nator Jones of Youngtown arrived
this evening. He was reported to have
said that Mr. Hanna would be defeat
ed. In an interview he said: "I am
here to do my sworn duty under the
constitution. I shall preside at th»- or
ganization of the Senate, and think
there will be no trouble. As to the
Senatorial contest. I know nothing
about it, neither do I propose to take
a hand in the matter. It is my place
and duty to be strictly neutral, and
that is the position I will eccapy. I
hope everything will come out satis
factory to the Republican party. What
more can I say?"
Hanna badges were conspicuous
about the hotel lobbies to-night. Tht-y
bore a picture of Mr. Hanna and the
words, "For Senator, the party's
choice." The Senator was besieged by
callers all the evening, but accorded
a correspondent an interview. In re
sponse to an inquiry as to what he
thought of the situation he saifl:
"The contest between the Republi
can and Democratic parties was set
tled hy the people at the polls last
November. Tho verdict was in favor
of the Republican party and it? plat
form. Since then I have not said any
thing or given any good reason why
th>- verdict .should be changed.
"The Toledo convention recommended
the whole State ticket and indorsed the
administration of President McKinley
and Governor Bushnell. The platform
was adopted by the State convention
by unanimous vote. It contained an in
dorsement of my candidacy for the
United States Senate, and so far as the
party could do in the State conven
tion it v.as committed to my election
to the high office to which I aspire.
That combined action was a part of the
platform of the party, and therefore
Republicans all over the State think
the fruits of the victory obtained by
the success of the Republican party at
the polls means nothing less than that
the will of the voters, as expressed last
November, shall be carried out by their
representatives in the General Assem
bly. I know of no reason why there
should be any change in the pro
gramme adopted at Toledo, and having
faith in the loyalty and patriotism of
the Republicans of Ohio I have no rea
son to doubt, the fulfillment of the
pledges made to the people."
"What do you think of the action of
Mr. Kurtz?"
"I do not see any occasion why I
should indulge in personalities. I con
sider that my own personality in this
contest is insignificant as compared to
the importance of this issue, as affect
ing the future welfare of the Republi
can party. I will merely state that I
am confident that the attempt to de
feat the will of the party will not be
successful."
No Combination Railroad Office.
Rumor, recently and persistently circu
lated, has had it that the Union Pacific,
the Northwestern and the Vaatferbilt
lines offices In this city would very soon
occupy (marten together under one sot
of officials in the large new offices of the
Northwestern under the Palace Hotel.
The new lettering on the windows of the
North western's renovated quarters has
been partly responsible for the belief that
the ualoa Pacific would go over to the
Palace .corner. Yesterday. however,
Colonel Hitchcock for the Union Pa
cific, R. R. Richie for the Northwestern
and C. C. Crane. for the Vanderfoilt lines
separately that there is abso
lutely no foundation, for the rumor, and
that no such combination or any other
combination is contemplated or likely to
be. • ' - -- • '••■- •>■■•.
OAKLAND'S CREW
MAY BE SAFE
Continued ' from First Page.
condition vhen she reached this port
on the 24th of Last November. "We had
been thirty-eight days from San Pe
dro, and during that time it seemed
that we could not make land again.
We gut into Astoria the day prior to
Thanksprivinar. in a frightful condi
tion. The bark looked like a wreck.
Wo stopped at Ranier, down the Co
lumbia, for thirteen days, making re
pairs, and then she came to Portland.
When we gbt here the two mates, my
self, the cabin boy and the entire six
seamen left the wsnel. I lHced to sail
on her, but I decided that the Oakland
would never survive another rough
spell on the sea, and told the captain
that 1 would quit. The remainder of
the crew left for the same reason."
OAKLAND'S CREW MAY
HAVE BEEN PICKED UP
BY THE LAURA MAY.
Unusually Large Number of Men Seen on
the Little Schooner by a Passing
Pilot.
ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 31.— What prom
ises to be the solution of the disap
pearance of the officers and crew of
the bark Oakland, wrecked near Cape
Flattery recently, has just been
brought to light. The two schooners
which arrived in .the lower harbor on
Thursday were the Laura May and
the Jewell. They anchored near Sand
Island, the Jewell being still in the
harbor, but when they dragged their
anchors, as reported on Thursday, the
Laura May, being nearest the mouth
of the river and unable to get under
control, drifted out to sea again, and
was not seen in the offing to-day.
Shortly before these schooners
dragged their anchors the German
ship Henrietta came in, in charge of
Pilot Malcolm, and anchored in the
lower harbor. Malcolm reported that
as the May was drifting out he count
ed eleven men on her deck. She carries
a crew of only three or four men, and
he thinks it probable she picked up the
men from the Oakland. Malcolm, who
was outside for a week, says the
weather has been very nasty. Three
days ago they passed an American
ship, south bound, under full sail,
name unknown.
The German ship Henrietta, Captain
Seemann, from Yokohama on Novem
ber 22, barely saved her charter by ar
riving up from the lower harbor be
fore 6 o'clock to-night. The captain
says he was thirteen days off the
mouth of the river and was very much
alarmed when he was anchored below
on Thursday night. He had a rough
but uneventful voyage.
The British ship Drumburton, Cap
tain Spurring, which sailed from
Swansea, Wales, on July 8, with a car
go of coal and coke, arrived in yester
day afternoon. The captain reports a
rough voyage, with every variety of
we.-ither. In the lower Pacific he spoke
a Norwegian bark bound from Panama
to the Sound.
The big tug Fearless, Captain Clem
Randall, arrived from San Francisco
to-day and has been placed in service
here in place of the Relief, which will
proceed to San Francisco on Monday
for repairs. The Fearless is perhaps
the finest tugboat on the Pacific Coast,
with the possible exception of the Can
adian tug Lome.
NEW YEAR'S WISHES.
Oakland, Dec. 31. 1897.
Rev. Robert F. Covle, D.D.—
A new park for Oakhnd ; pros
perity in business interests ; right
eousness in municipal administra
tion, and great prosperity for our
churches.
Rev E. R. Dilie, D. D.— For
California a golden jubilee marked
by a revival of prosperity and
manufacturing interests. Fo r
Oakland improved streets, a Sun
day closing ordinance for saloons,
the purchase of Adams Point and
the Jordan Tract for a park
worthy of our fair city. For Oak
landers religious quickening en
thusiasm foi humanity; applied
Christianity.
Rev. C. M. Hill, pastor Tenth
avenue Baptist Church — I should
like to see the city improved in a
material way — the streets repaved
and some new boulevards built,
and a large, centrally located park
secured. I should like to see
more factories here, so that more
of our people could find employ
ment My programme would also
include moral improvement, such
as stopping all disguised lotteries
and games of chance in connection
with business, a closing of all
the saloons, or, failing of that,
closing of as many of them as
possible. In a word, 1 should like
to see in the new year a revival in
business, morals and religion.
H. M. McKnight, pastor of
Asbury Church — My first wish
for Oakland is not attainable dur
ing the new year. But this one
is possible now— fair and honest
dealing, at living pric;s. 1 pledge
my influence against the credit
system and all forms of gambling,
whether with slot machines,
coupons, stamps or gifts. Let us
be honest or nothing.
The exact cost of an English Cabiriet I
Minister's full-dress uniform is 120 !
guineas. j
THE SAy FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, , JANUARY 1, 1898.
IS NOW THE
SECOND CITY
IN THE WORLD
Greater New York
Is Under New-
Government.
Mayor Van Wyck Has
Sway Over a Vast
Empire.
Many Fat Appointments That
Will Gladden the Tam
many Tigers.
IN WITH A GREAT NOISE.
As the Stars and Stripes Float From
the City Hall Bedlam Breaks
Loose.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.— The citizens
of New York, which to-morrow be
comes the second city of the world, en
ter then upon what is believed to be
the greatest problem of municipal gov
ernment ever presented. With the last
stroke of the clock at midnight an
nouncing the advent of the New Year,
there will be born a city such as the
Emperors and Kings of history would
have deemed great for an empire.
For six months, unless the machin
ery of the new municipality gets into
motion, the Mayer of New York has
the power of an autocrat. He may ap
point officials with salaries running in
to the thousands with as lavish a
hand as ever Emperor treated his fa
vorites.
The Mayor will appoint every de
partment head in the city except the
Controller, who is elected for four
years. He will appoint all commis
sioners. Justices of interior criminal
courts, all the members of the school
boards, with the exception of the Com
missioner of Education, the Justices of
special sessions and the police magis
trates, and is given the power to re
move any official in New York and ap
point his successor.
There are five boroughs in the
Greater New York, namely, Manhattan,
Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Rich
mond. The municipal legislature is
composed of the Council with twenty
eight members and a Board of Alder
men of ; «.y members. The president
of the Council was selected by the peo
ple. The Board of Aldermen will be
chosen by the members of that body
Mayor Van Wyck is given power to
veto any ordinance or resolution of
either body of the municipal assembly
unless five-sixths of the members of
both houses declare otherwise. Each of
the five boroughs has a borough presi
dent, but his principal duty is to pre
side over the various local bodies in his
borough.
The exit of the old year and the in
auguration of Greater New York was
celebrated fittingly to-night. One of
the events that marked the occasion
was a grand parade.
Notwithstanding the warring ele
ments and the announcement made in
the early afternoon that the carnival
and parade would be postponed, a
great crowd of merry-makers, mask
ers, wheelmen and members of various
societies with numberless floats, met at
the rendezvous around Union Square
ready to march through the rain and
mud to honor the old city and welcome
the new.
An hour before midnight bombs
placed on the lawn gave the signal
and the parade was approaching, and
just a little later the first of the pro
cession turned into the park. A huge
balloon with trailing light was sent up
and as it swept across the park a
blazing American flag floated down
and remained burning until the bal
loon went out of sight.
The drizzling rain had turned to
snow, but the great crowds remained
surrounding the paraders, who had
gathered in the park for the chief cere
mc.-ny of the night.
At exactly 12 o'clock the search
lights on the neighboring buildings
were turned upon the flagstaff of the
City Hall. As the hands pointed the
exact hour a little white ball was seen
to climb the staff slowly. The Mayor
of San Francisco had touched the but
ton and the electrical current Bent the
furled flag of the city of New York to
the top of the staff. Here it broke out
and swung into the breeze. Then bed
lam broke loose. Hundreds of bombs
were thrown into the air, sending
down their showers of blazing stars,
and the salute of 100 guns was fired by
the Second Battery of the National
Guard. Soon after the crowd dis
perse. ____________
ALAMEDA NOTES.
AL.AMEDA, Dec. 31.— Watch-night
server-es were held at a number of
j the churches in this city to-night.
The Presbyterian Sunday-school had
j its Chrißtmas tree and entertainment
last evening.
The second regiment of the Boys'
Brigade will hold itn annual shoot to-
I morrow at the High-street range.
The Encinals and a flicked nine from
Stanford and Berkeley will piny n
game of baseball to-morrow morning at
i the Recreation grounds.
The Bellevue Tennis Club will hold a
| tournament to-morrow at their San
'■ Jose avenue court.
Matthew Politeo, an architect of this
city, has started for the Klondike.
At the annual meeting of the Congre
gational Church it was reported that
the society was entirely out of debt and
in a prosperous condition.
There will be a lively game of foot
ball between the Vampires and the
Oakland Association team to-morrow
i afternoon in this city.
Parties who claim to have inside in
formation now allege that M. B. Culver
has the best chance to obtain the ap
pointment as Postmaster of this city.
Culver is at present superintendent of
I station B.
It is now claimed that the appoint
ment of E. W. Masltn to the position
of trustee of the free library is not le
gal, as he is not an elector, though a
resident of this city. And it is also
claimed that the appointment of Weller
as librarian Is also not legal. This and
other important matters will come be
fore the board at Its meeting next
Tuesday evening.
New Y«ar's at the Chutes.
New Year's will be fittingly celebrated
at the Chutes, and in addition to the
Boston Ladles' Military Hand and regu
lar attractions there v.ill be a balloon
ascension and parachute drop at 3 o clock
sharp. The school children of th<» city
will be the guests of the management.
FOR RELIEF
GRATUITOUSLY
DISTRIBUTED
Limit on the Permit
of Canada for the
Expedition.
Goods That Are for Sale
Not to Be Entered Free
of Duty.
It Is Hoped, However, That the
Government Will Be Granted
More Latitude.
FOOD FOR HUNGRY MINERS
At Present Mule Pack Trains Will
Be Used in Taking Supplies
to Daweon.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.
It has been discovered, on careful in
spection of the permit granted by the
British Government for the taking of
supplies into the Klondike country
En B of duty, that the exemption ex
tends only to such goods as are gra
tuitously distributed. Under the terms
of the act of Congress the Secretary
of War is permitted to give supplies' to
such persons as are unable to pay for
them, but the act seems to require that
where the miners are able to pay for
food the money is to be applied to de
fray the expenses of the relief expedi
tion.
A strict Interpretation of the Brit
ish permit would not sanction this ac
tion. Still, as the permit was in the
shape of a letter from Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British Embassador.
transmitting a telegraphic acquies
cence by the Governor-General of Can
ada, and since it was sent the Cana
dian Secretary of the Interior has con
ferred with Acting Secretary Meikle
john, with a full knowledge of the in
tention of the War Department, it is
believed that the Canadian Govern
ment will not interpose any objeetlon
to our Government recouping itself as
far as possible by selling supplies at
cost to miners able to pay for them.
It appears that tne plan of using
reindeer as a means of transportation
from the seaboard to the Klondike
does not promise success owing to the
inability of the Government agent, Mr.
KJellmann, to get the animals from
Lapland in time tr» be of any service
this winter. It is the present purpose
of the War Department, therefore, to
push through with the mule pack
trains as far as possible, and old cam
paigners assert that they can get to
Fort Selkirk at least, leaving the rein
deer to follow up the trail if they come
alone: at all. The dee'- would be of the
greatest use if they could be gotten
through to Dawson, even without a
pack load, as they could be slaugh
tered for fresh meat.
Canadians Wilt Protest
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 31.— 1t Is
stated that a formal protest will be
made to the Dominion Government by
the different boards of trade and mem
bers of Parliament of British Columbia
against allowing the admission of the
Vnited States expedition goods Into the
Northwest Territory free of duty. They
contend that if relief is needed at Daw
son the Canadian Government alone
should be able to attend to It
ENGLAND'S
IRON HAND
IS SHOWN
Continued from First Page.
state of public feeling in the Mikado's
empire over the complications of the
Far East, centering in China, is shown
l>y the last preas advices received here
from Japan. That the Government it
self has an eye to the gravity of the
question is shown l»y a statement of
the Prime Minister, made in the course
of a reply to a delegation. He said:
'With affairs tending toward dan
gerous developments, as is now the
case in the East, w« shall not hesitate
to ask the Diet for 30.000,000 yen, or
even 40,000,000 if necessary."
This was said only a short time be
fore the Premier was forced to resign
because of a public feeling that the
Cabinet was too weak to deal with the
descent of the European powers upon
China and the probable dismember
ment of the latter country.
The Jijo Simpo, the most Influential
paper in Japan, contains a scathing
arraignment of Germany's course,
declaring the occupation of Kiaochau
shows that the laws and tenets of in
ternational morality have ceased to be
anything more than specious pretense
with European powers and that tho
rule by which their conduct is really
regulated is "the fi>sh of the weak is
the fond of the strong." After declar
ing that Germany thrown off th<?
mask and haa tak.-n th«* lead of the
western powers in the struggle to de
\our China, the paper adds, as to the
attitude of Japan:
•The conflagration is on the other
side of the river, but the river is a
narrow one, and the- sparks may easily
fly across. The le.sson for Japan is
that a country's security depends solely
on its strength to resist aggression, and
that aggression haw come to her own
gates. It will not suffice that she
Hh->uld be merely on the defensive. To
preserve what one already has it is
sometimes necessary to add more. A
crisis in the Orient now confronts
Japan, and her undivided strength
must be devoted to guarding against
the perils that menace her."
The Nichi Nichi Shimbun takes a
similar view, declaring that it is a part
of the plan of encroachment of Euro
pean nations upon the East. It adds
for Japan that it has the greatest in
terest at stake in these operations, and
must prepare herself for the emer
gency.
The Nippon Fays the crisis calls for
a resolute foreign policy by Japan, and
avers that nothing tends to impair am
ity more than tame submission to in
sult and wrong. The course of Ger
many is arraigned as a flagrant vlola
tioon of international law.
The Pohuo declares that the time for
tho partition of the Chinese empire has
arrived and adds:
"What shall Japan do? Shall she Join
in the scramble for pieces of the doom
ed State, or shall she oppose its parti
tion? In such a crisis, the like of
which has not occurerd since the res
toration, the portfolio of foreign af
fairs is in the hands of a man in whom
the nation has no confidence."
The TokJo Shimpo takes the radical
position that it is Japan's duty to suc
cor China at this Juncture, on the
ground that the boasted civilisation
and Christianity of the western world
Is slowly tramping down right and
justice in its descent upon the Orient.
Aside from the excited discussion of
the problem in China, the Japanese
press is mainly concerned in the coun
try's extensive naval and military de
velopment. The expenditures on "ar
mament expansion" this year will be
80,645,721 yen and next year 63,250,000
yen.
Brilliant field maneuvers have been
executed by the two army corps of the
north and the south, in the presence of
many foreign diplomats and military
experts. The battle ship Yashima has
Just arrived from the English ship
yards. She is the second of the big
battle ships added to Japan's new
navy, the first being the Fuji. They are
sister ships of 12,517 tons displacement
each, of 20 knots speed and in arma
ment and general appearance much
like the United States battle ship In
diana. The Yashima is the largest war
ship that ever passed the Suez canal,
and it was found necessary to unship
the heavy guns and take off some of
the outer armor to get through the
canal.
♦
RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
Something of a Comparison of the Soldiers
of the Two Powers.
The magnitude of operations In Asia
is not understood by many people of
the United Stat<r3. It seems now to be
accepted as a fact that Russia has oc
cupied Manchuria with the consent of
the Chinese empire. This province, or
state contains a population exceeding
12.000,000 inhabitants. The country Is
rich, and the people, measured by the
standard of Chinese intelligence and
progress, are advancing: in the march
of civilization. It is in the line of prob
ability that the railroad extending
from the main line of the trans-Siber
ian railway will be constructed to deep
water near Port Arthur. According
to the original plans of the Russian en
gineers, Vladivostok was selected as
the Pacific terminal point of the great
line 7000 miles in length from St.
Petersburg eastward, but changed con
ditions in China following the late war
with Japan gave Russia concessions in
Manchuria which will permit the con
struction of the line to an open port
much further south than Vladivostok.
Every Russian enterprise is guarded
v ith so much secrecy that it is exceed
ingly difficult to obtain actual informa
tion as to the number of miles of road
to be constructed in order to complete
this great work. The road is in opera
tion for a long distance east of Irkutsk
and for 400 miles west of Vladh-ostok.
Water transportation is available
through much of the country between
the eastern and western terminal
points. The work may be so far ad
vanced from Irkutsk eastward and
Vladivostok westward that troops and
supplies from Russia in Europe can be
readily dispatched to the expected
scene of conflict in Asia. Contracts
were awarded to American builders for
the construction of large steamers to
navigate the immense lake in the
mountains o£ Siberia. These boats were
built to carry trains in about the fash
inn of the transfer steamer at Port
CocUl It is quite within the line of
probability that Russia Is in position
to march troops from the eastern'-to
the western terminal station. It is
known that an immense quantity of
army supplies has been stored at
Vladivostok, and that point is destined
to be the bu.«e of Russian operations in
a war with Japan.
There is a powerful Russian army at
Vladivostok, but its strength in num
bers is known only to the Russian
authorities. Judging from the number
of troops on transport steamers calling
at Nagasaki for coal during the past
two years, it is estimated by observers
that the force approximates 80,000.
Japan is in position to throw a much
larger army than this to the front in
Korea with very little delay. On the
water as the fleets float to-day Japan
is the stronger of the two, but Russia
cannot be dislodged from her positions
in Manchuria and Korea by warships.
Korea, containing a population of fif
teen million people, is practically un
der the immediate control of the Rus
sians. Seoul, the capital, a. city of
300.000 inhabitants, is only t.wenty-flve
miles from Chemulpo, the principal
sea port of Korea, The military stu
dent would say that England and Ja
pan combined should be able to land
a force at Chemulpo, which would be
ample to capture Seoul in a short time.
The British had experience with the
Russians in the Crimea and there
learned that the soldiers of the Czar
are -not to be despised, henc* a small
British army would not be sent on that
mission.
The popular impression that the Ja
panese army of to-day knows some
thing of war is erroneous, although
many writers on current affairs speak
of the Japanese soldiers as veterans.
The Japanese conquered in the late
war because the Chinese refused to
fipht and ran away. The entire loss
in battla of the whole Japanese army
throughout the entire war with China
was less than the losses sustained by a
single division of the Union army at
Vicksburg in tho assault on the 22d of
May, 1863. Japan may be a nation of
warriors, but her present army knows
nothing of actual battle in conflict
with trained and effective troops. The
Russian troops are exceptional In their
ability to preserve order and discip
line under withering tire. The Japan
ese may be equally resolute and ef
fective, but no opportunity was pre
sented in the late war between Japan
and China to indicate what the Japan
ese army would do in the event of vig
orous resistance.
There is a quickening of commerce
between San Francisco and the Orient
since the concentration of warships in
Asiatic waters. Large quantities of
merchandise, presumably fleet sup
plies, have been shipped to Asia. The
bulk of supplies go the other way
through the Suez canal, hut when a
particular line of provisions must be
had at once San Francisco is the near
est point for the supply. The Cana
dian Pacific and the connecting Hne of
steamships at Victoria are active bid
ders for the transportation of goods.
Chicago is right in the race with San
Francisco for the trade. The Cana
dian Pacific .is giving a very low rale
on through consignments from Chicago
to Hongkong, but not lower than the
rate which San Francisco merchants
obtain from the steamships sailing
from this port to the Orient. The ap
prehension of our merchants has been
excited, however, by the figures which
Chicago houses competing for this new
trade are able to quote.
SAYS HE WAS FOOLING.
BERKELKY, Dec. 31.— Otto Eck
burg of Lorin, who was brought back
to life by San Franciaco physicians
after almost succumbing to an over
dose of morphine, supposed to have
been taken with suicidal Intent, de
clares that he was only shamming and
that It was carbonate of soda, not
morphine, that he took.
There is an increased demand for fine
tortoise-shell goods.
SLOAN LIKES
THE ENGLISH
Repudiates an Alleged
Interview Scoring
Them.
Says He Received iv: ost Courte
ous Treatment by Jockeys
and Trainers.
Never Stated That He Had t n Offer
to Ride for the Prince o»
Wales.
Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon BenneU
PARIS, Dec. 31.— The Herald's Euro
pean edition publishes the following:
To the Editor of tho Herald: Several
days ago there appeared in the columns
of the Herald what was purported to be
an interview with me. It contained so
many statements that are absolutely In
correct that I think I am justified in
tailing your attention to the matter. I
may say, in the first plate, that the
treatment I received in England from
both jockeys and trainers was courteous
and friendly; that it would have been
trOTM than a breach of good taste to
make ;iny criticism upon them, even had
I had any to make, which i» far from be
ing the case. In the second place I
never stated that I had received offers
to ride next season, either for Lord Wil
liam Beresforrl or the Prince <>£ Wales.
Indeed, it in highly improbable that I
can riiie in England next season, as my
exchange contract* in America seem
likely to take up the whole of my time.
Should I be able to arrange it I may
ride for Lord William Beresford and
Mr. Pierre Lorillard. but this is a ques
tion that it is impossible for me to speak
confidentially about until I have been to
America.
The two items will be sufficient to
show you how your correspondent has
been mistaken In the remarks he at
tributed to me— remarks, I repeat, that
I never made — and I beg you will give
these few lines of correction the same
prominence that you gave to the original
article. TOD SLOANE.
Monte Carlo, Dec. 31, 1897.
SHARKEY SHIES HIS CASTOR.
Proclaims Himself World's Champion and
Wants a Battle.
VALLEJO, Dec. 31.— The Vallejo
Morning News of to-morrow morning
will publish the following challenge
from Tom Sharkey:
VALLEJO, Cal., Jan. 1, 1898.
To Robert Kitzsimmons, Esq., so-called
Champion of the World— Dear sir: As
the columns of the leading papers in the
United States have been used during the
past few days to give expression to the
views of yourself, your brilliant man
ager, Martin Julian, and James J. Cor
bett, ex-champion of the world, in re
gard to pugilistic matters, 1 deem that
it is not impertinent In me to ask that I
be considered before this championship is
finally done up in elegant tissue paper,
tied with pretty silk ribbon and handed
about with scented kid gloves between
you and Mr. Corbett.
The history of tho prize-ring will bear
out my claim to be the first man that you
should meet, now that you have decided
to re-enter the ring. It is a well-known
fact that Corbett had the police interfere
to stop the light when I had him boaton
in B&n Francisco. It is a fact known to
you that I received a decision over you
in that same city when we met there,
and, atide from all contention, you know
that you fairly lost the contest by foul
fighting. However, I am willing to let
that pas*, and to show to the world be
yond dispute that I am your superior, I
challenge you to a fight to verify the de
cision given in my favor in 1896. I am the
undefeated champion of the world, and
there is no need of you and your brilliant
manager looking about for new worlds to
conquer till you show beyond cavil that
\<u are clearly entitled to the champion
ship that you claim.
I now challenge you to meet me In a
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WANTS CATCH WEIGHTS.
"Parson " Da vies Submits an Ultimatum to
McCoy for Choynski.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.— "Parson" Davies,
manager for Joe Choynski. the heavy
weight pugilist, to-day issued the fol
lowing ultimatum in answer to "Kid"
McCoy's announcement that he would
meet the Calif ornian at 162 pounds:
"Joe Choynski will fight "Kid" Mc-
Coy at catch weights at any place and
at any time for a purse of $5000. He will
agree to no particular weight."
Prospects for a meeting between the
two pugilists, therefore, are not very
bright at present. McCoy's first propo
sition to Choynski was a meeting at
158 pounds. He afterward agreed to
allow Choynski to enter the ring at 162
pounds, but Parson Davies will not lis
ten to any proposition limiting the
weight of Choynski.
"Heretofore the question of weight
does not seem to have bothered McCoy
so much," he said to-day. "Now, why
is he so particular in this instance? He
fought Creedon at catch weights, and
Dick O'Brien, and when he promised
me a match with Joe after the Long
Island City match, he said nothing
'bout 162 pounds. "VVe will not agree
« pull the fight off at Carson City just
t° please Dan Stuart. That is too far
aw *y. and we won't postpone the
nn J at 'h until next summer either to
pleas, McCoy and Dan Stuart."
COCHRAN MAY COACH
THE CALIFORNIA TEAM.
Captain of Princeton's Football Eleven
Negativing With the Berkeley
Eleven.
PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 31.-Garrett
Cochran, captain of the Princeton foot
ball team, is negotiating with A. J.
Brown of the University of California.
It is generally believed here that he
will be coach at the Western college
next fall.
Cochran makes no secret of the fact
that he would like to go to California,
but his father is likely to prove a
stumbling block. He is greatly op
posed to his son being further mixed
up with the game of football.
BRANDISHED A REVOLVER.
Novel Mear)s Employed by a Berke
ley Landlord to Collect
Rent.
BERKELEY, Dec. 31.— John Hart of
2219 Dana street tried to collect rent
from Mrs- Margaret C. Sullivan and
her son Charles at the point of a re
volver yesterday, and In consequence
the warlike landlord is under $2000
bonds to answer a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon.
Hart was formerly janitor of the
mechanical building at the university.
Yesterday he demanded $48 of the Sul
livans for the premises, 2417 Allston
way. The Sullivans tendered $24,
claiming that was all they owed. Hart
swore that they should pay the $48
before moving a stick of furniture
from the house, but the Sullivans
w^re equally determined and started
to move their belongings. An express
man was called, but when he attempt
ed to move the furniture Hart drew
and began to brandish a revolver. Mrs.
Sullivan immediately set out to secure
a warrant, and soon Hart was arrested
and taken to Jail. Later he secured
his release on bonds to the amount of
$2000, furnished by W. F. Woodsun
and D. O. Kane.
In the meantime Mrs. Sullivan had '
again sent for the expressman, and
the moving proceeded without further
interruption. Hart's case will come up
before Justice Clift next week.
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