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VOLUME LXXXV-NO. 95.
THE AIR OF EUROPE
CHARGED WITH WAR
HOSTILITIES ARE
REGARDED NOW
AS INEVITABLE
England Facing a Coalition of
Germany and Russia in Africa
and the Far East.
Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright; 1899,
by James Gordon Bennett.
LONDON. March 4.— The week's I
closing is crowned with indica- j
tions that political events of dan- \
gerous magnitude are preparing.
The machinery is mostly out of '
Bight in the Foreign Office and in the :
undercurrent of popular passion, but ]
nevertheless it is real.
Tht-re is no news from South Africa. |
but a crisis is preparing for which the \
Transvaal is arming under instruc
tions of German officers. England is
quietly strengthening her garrfsons nn
the borders of Natal, and Delagoa Bay
will shortly become either Boer or
Jlritish, for th.- Portuguese have long
ago ceased to command respect at that
port, Th" best in Fouth Africa.
I have learned from good authority
that Russia has 10,000 men at Port
Arthur and 40,000 more In that general
neighborhood, whose principal busi
ness is to discourage others from buiid
ing railways in Northern China and
gradually to familiarize us with the
P tig a> the residence of a
Russian Governor. The Muscovite pro
test against railway extension to New
chang, in uhi'-h considerable American
,1 is embarked, proves that Rus
sian steps in China arc n<u In the line
• f an open door.
In Germany, the utterances of the
Minister, Baron yon Bulow.
are far from satisfactory so far as the 1
FRENCHMEN
THREATEN
THE QUEEN
Victoria's Yacht Will Be :
Convoyed by British
Torpedo-Boats.
Her Majesty Refuses to Forego Her
Annual Trip to the ■
Riviera.
Copyrighted, 1899, by t'n<» Associated Press.
LONDON, March — The arrange
ments for Queen Victoria's departure j
for the Riviera next Thursday have j
been completed. ' Her Majesty will j
travel to the south of France by way
of Boulogne-sur-Mer, instead of via !
Cherbourg, this being the first time she ',
will have visited Boulogne si-nee the
Crimean war.
Some interest is taken in the fact
thar the Queen's yacht will be cpnvoyed
by eight of the fastest torpedo-boat de- :
' p trovers in the British navy, five of
them being thirty-knot boats. Cruisers j
have previously been employed for this j
duty, and the use of destroyers, it Is!
hinted in some of the papers, is in
tended to set off the French papers'
talk about submarine torpedo-bc.-ats.
There is much indignation in England
:at the scandalous and coarse attacks j
.made upon Queen Victoria by some of
the newspapers of Paris this week. The
Libre Parole, In an insulting article, J
said:
Frankly, the Queen will be well advised |
if she does not come to France this
epring The constitutional fiction that *
it was f.or<l Salisbury and not the Queen
■who Inflicted the outrage of Fashoaa
.'and the humiliation of Muscat on France
will not sutflce. It is well known that the |
Queen has' directed England's policy |
throughout her long reign, and she has j
■never missed an opportunity of displaying
her antipathy for France. Under the cir- ,
eumstances, therefore, her visit is an ad- ;
•. tftional msult and a defiance of public
opinion. After this warning it will only
-be her own fault if she meets with a hos
tile reception in France.
M. Cassaignac's Autorile says:
' The Queen becomes our guest at a mo
ment when the British Government has
made Itself more than ever our enemj.
I>r journey will be full of the same risks
8* the Maine Incurred in entering Cuban
waters, and the French Government is
committing the same foolish act as Senor
flnrasta by not preventing France .J" '
ting ia c.l in such a position that the
smallest accident might precipitate both
-powers in a terrible conflict.
' After such insinuations as the fore
. ci.ing it seems possible that tne
Queen visit to France will not pass
without some Chauvinist incident. A
special police staff has left Paris to
watch over her Majesty at Cimiez,
where her heavy baggage is already ar
riving. Queen Victoria pays $12,000
monthly for her own rooms, without
counting the expense of her suite, num.
Bering sixty persons. Altogether her
"little trip will cost her about $<5,000.
Her chaise, favorite white donkey ana
' numbers of pet dogs and birds have i
be-en sent abroad. Her Majesty also ,
.'has a curious whim about sleeping in j
her own bed, which Is taken with her
wherever she goes. i
The San Francisco Call.
United States is concerned, for if his j
words are true we are compelled to
question the veracity of competent
eye-witnesses at Manila and else- j
where.
There are many forces making for >
war, and the Czar's proclamation
seems to have been the signal for re
doubled military energy.
England is conscious that she may
pnnn be called upon to fight against a
coalition of Russia and Germany, and
it is not beyond possibility that France i
may make a third In this coalition.
I believe to-day that the English
army and navy are in a better state of
equipment, organization and fighting
spirit than at any time since Cromwell.
There has been a silent revolution in
both services which cannot be appre
ciated until put to the test.
And, along with all this; it is manifest
• to high and low that politically
and morally there must be no future
differences with America, or if there i
are they must be settled peacefully by
some international supreme court. Re
flections of this nature are uppermost
in the thoughts of Englishmen, consti
tuting for us a golden opportunity,
which no two men can better appreciate
■ than John Hay and Joseph <'h".,
The lady known formerly in Chicago
as "the beautiful Miss Mary Leiter" is
' now toasted in every garrison in British
BRAVE DEWEY
BREAKS OUT
HIS NEW FLAG
Saluted as Admiral by the
Foreign Ships in Manila
Bay.
Filipinos Attempting to Relieve
Guadalupe Shelled Out— Two
Californians Wounded.
Special Dispatch to Th* Call.
MANILA. March 4.— Admiral George
Dewey raised his flap; as an admlra.l
rrn hoard the Olympia this morning and
was saluted by the guns of the forts,
of the foreign warships, the British
cruiser Narcissus and the German
cruiser Kaiserin Augusta, and by the
American ships in port.
At daylight General Wheaton's out
posts discovered a large body of rebels
attempting to cross the river for the
purpose of reinforcing the enemy at
Guadaloupe. A gunboat advanced un
d<T a heavy fir" and poured shot into
the jungle on both sides of the river
; and shelled the enemy's position at
Guadaloupe effectively, temporarily
scattering the rebels. The enemy's loss
was heavy.
Private John T. Oise of Battery C,
! Third Artillery, was killed.
On board the gunboat Privates Wll-
I liam Wheeler of Company L, and Louis
,' Barrier) of Company G, First Califor
'■ nia Volunteers, were wounded.
The rebels in the village of San Jose
i fired on the United States gunboat
i Bennington to-day, and the warship
shelled that place and other suburbs
i of Malabon this afternoon.
The United States transport Senator
j has arrived here with reinforcements
i of troops.
The United States cruiser Baltimore
: arrived here at 4 p. m. to-day from
! Hongkong, having on board two of the
i civil members of the United States
Philippine Commission, J. G. Schur
man, president of Cornell University,
and Professor D. C. Worcester, of the
University of Michigan.
Some of the wives of the officers have
been allowed to land from the United
States transport Morgan City, but they
I have been ordered to return on board
that steamer by 5 o'clock this after
noon.
The United States cruiser Charleston
has arrived here from Aparri.
MANILA, March 5, 10:14 a. m.—Gen
eral Otis, accompanied by his aids.
Captain Murray and Lieutenant Slade,
this morning paid a formal visit to the
civil members of the United States
i Philippine Commission, which arrved
here yesterday afternoon from Hong
kong on board the Baltimore.
A house on the Ermita water front
has been prepared for the residence cf
r the commission. Colonel Charles Den by,
the only one of the commissioners who
has not arrived yet, is expected on the
next steamsl lp from Hongkong.
The troops brought by the transpoit
Senator are still on board that vessel.
A permanent cable has been established
between Manila and Cavite.
WASHINGTON. March 4.— The War (
SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1899— THIRTY-TWO PAGES.
India. At least so tells me an officer just
returned from Calcutta. Another fa
mous American beauty, the former Miss
Mary Perkins of Newport, accompanies
her husband, Admiral Beaumont, to
Vancouver, -where he has been ap
pointed in command of the British ships
in that neighborhood. With a few
more American women in command of
British Governors the Anglo-Saxon al
liance may afford to do without parch
ment.
Not long ago Lord Dufferin laugh
ingly told me that England could never
declare war against the United States
because the House of Lords had been
captured by American wives.
RUSSIA READY FOR
THE AMEER'S DEATH
NEW YORK, March 4.— A special ca
ble to the Sun from London says:
Nothing has been heard during the
last few days respecting the reported
death of the Ameer of Afghanistan, and
it will be several days yet before re
plies of the Indian Government to in
quiries can be obtained.
In the meantime the prevailing belief
in official quarters is that if the Ameer
is not dead he is a pretty sick man, who
may die at any moment.
Sir Thomas Salter-Pyne, the nervy
Englishman, who for several years oc
cupied the post of the Ameer's chief
engineer and director of the arsenal,
is now safely in Calcutta. He says the
reason he left Afghanistan was that
he could see the Ameer had not l^ng to
live, nnd that no European's life was
worth a minute's purchase after the
Ameer's death.
He has given the Indian Government
information of vital importance, which,
according to semi-official dispatches
rore jved in London to-day, fully justi
fies all the suspicions recently enter
tained of the good faith of Russia,
which has already decided to support
the pretensions to the Afghan throne
of the present Ameer's brother, and has
massed troops within striking distance
of the Afghan frontier.
As far as can be ascertained England
will not actively espouse the cause of
any particular pretender, but will let
the rival elements right it out and will
then support the victor if he is not a
too pronounced Russian protege. This
is scarcely a bold policy and British
timidity will probably make Russian
intlucnce paramount for a time at any
• rate.
r Department has received the following
cablegram from Major General Otis.
MANILA. March 4.— Adjutant General,
Washinpton: Casualties near Caloocan:
First Montana, March 2, band. Private
Alfrr.-j CaFhmore, thlph. Flight.
Near San Pedro Macate, Third Artillery,
March 1, Battery G, Sergeant Dennis
Shea. hand, severe.
Just reported as missing. Grant Cullam,
Company C, Tenth Pennsylvania, sent
outside the lines for information on Jan
uary 27 and not seen since. - '
ADMIRAL DEWEY
MAY NEVER RETURN
NEW YORK, March 5.— A cable to
the Journal from Manila says: In con
Continued on Third Page.
CASSIUS M. CLAY INSANE.
General Clay and the Girl Wife Dora, for Whom
He Wrecked His Life.
NEW YORK, March 4.— A Valley
View, Ky., special to the Herald
gays: Cassius M. Clay, abolition
ist, duellist and ex-Minister to
Russia, is mad. The reason of
the "Sage of Whitehall" is almost gone
and his friends fear he will soon be a
total wreck. For weeks the neighbors
have been afraid to venture to his
mansion and he has been living in total
seclusion.
Since his young girl wife Dora left
him and married Rlley Brock and they
settled down in the home given to Dora ]
TRIPARTITE
GOVERNMENT
A FAILURE
Such the Sentiment of the
German Papers as to
Samoa.
WAY OF SETTLEMENT
An Understanding May Be Arrived
At by an Entire Change of Rep
resentatives at Apia.
Copyrighted, ISO 9. by the Associated Pr*M.
BERLIN. March 4.— The press de
votes much space this week to the Sa
moan question. The mails have
brought numbers of letters from Ger
mans at Apia and the leading papers
in many capes describe the occurrences
differently from the English and Amer
ican newspapers, putting the blame
upon the English-speaking officials.
The comments of the papers also differ,
but all agree that the tripartite gov
ernment is a failure, and the idea of
the partition of the islands is much
ventilated.
The organs of the colonial party op
pose the suggestion energetically, as it
would put an end to German annexa
tion of the group.
A writer in the Colonial Zeitung, the
leading organ of the party, attempts to
show that the partition of the islands,
even if peaceful, would inevitably lead
to a much worse situation.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press hears on good authority that the
negotiations thus far tacitly assume
that an entire change in the personnel
at Apia of the representative* of the
three powers will be the basis of un
derstanding to be arrived at, and that
this will include the recall of the Amer
ican chief jr.sti< «•, Chambers; United
States Consul < >sborne, British Consul
M.-ixso. Dr. Raffel. the German presi
dent of the Municipal Council, and Heir
Rose, the German Consul. It is under-
Btood that their removal is necessary
in order to reestablish peace and or
rjpr in the administration of the islands.
The German officials do not attempt to
deny this., though they add it has long
been intended to relieve them at their
own request.
Home of the German newspapers con
tend that a surrender in thiß matter
without similar concessions on the
other side will mean a grave loss of
German prestige.
KIPLING LOST NO GROUND.
But Did Not jtfake the Expected
Progress Toward Recovery.
NKW YORK. March 4.— At 9 o'clock to
night it was stated that Mr. Kipling had
lost no ground during the day, but had
not made quite as much progress toward
recovery as he had on the previous day.
The patient, th* physicians say. had not
spoken to any nn*> since talking a little
with his wife during the evening.
I by the old man a few months ago Gen-
I eral Clay has seen few visitors and his
j mind has shown signs of weakening.
To-day he sent a messenger to this
i place with the following telegram, ad
dressed to- Senator William Lindsay at
Washington:
"I and my former wife, Dora Brock,
| have been prisoners for about five
years, deprived of life, liberty, property
I and the pursuit of happiness by law-
I less persons called the 'Vendetta,' vio
f lating all our State and national laws
[ and rights. They have committed
WAS GOMEZ
PROMISED THE
PRESIDENCY?
A Confidant of the General
Makes an Extraordi
nary Statement.
UNCLE SAM'S PLEDGE
It Is Alleged That the Cuban
Troops Would Be Paid in Full
and Our Forces Withdrawn.
Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, IS^9, by James Gor
don Bennett.
HAVANA, March 4.— ln conversation
with me to-day a member of the Cu
ban Assembly, who is a general in the
army and a close confidant of General
Gomez, made the following extraordi
nary statement, which has weight be
cause of the standing and position of
the man making it:
First— The United States promised
General Gomez that if the offer of
$3,000,000 should be accepted and con
firmed by the Assembly, a further
pum of $10,000,000 would be advanced
to discharge the claims of Cuban sol
diers.
Second— A pledge would be given to
General Gomez that as soon as the
Cuban army was .disbanded and the
machinery for taking the vote of the
people was put in operation the United
States would retire from the island,
turning it over to an independent gov
ernment.
Third— until then the American
troops would be reduced to the lowest
number consistent with the preserva
tion of order in the Island.
Fourth— Gomez affirmed his
ambition to become the first President
of Cuba, and was promised that he
would receive every assistance in ac
complishing this object from the Amer
ican administration.
My informant assures that several
members of the Cuban Assembly have
been taken into Gomez's confidence in
the matter, and that they will strongly
urge the confirmation by that body of
the arrangement to accept the 53,000.
--000. General Julio Sanguillo also is
working with General Gomez, and will
accompany him to Washington.
Stolen Watch Recovered.
' STOCKTON. March 4.— The $400 watc-i
of Superintendent Fillmnre of the South
ern Pacific Company, which was stolen
in San Frandfcco a few days ago, was
a policeman. It teid evidently been ac
cidentally dropped by the man who had
stolpn it. and who is supposed to hf the
burglar who is operating in Stockton.
Made Its Bid in Vain.
CHICAGO. March 4.-The Mitchell Re
duction Company of San Francisco is the
lowest bidder for disposing of Chicago
garbage (its bid was $340,000), but owing to
the condition of the city finances the con
tract cannot be let until taxes are collect
ed. It is probable new bids will then be
called for.
against us all the crimes possible, clos
ing the United States mails and
telegraph offices outside and inside
the
"About th^ time of granting J. M.
Palmer a pension the 'vendetta' In the
town of Richmond, Ky., where I put a
petition of mine in the Federal Post
office and took a receipt for the same,
criminally destroyed it, and they vio
lated my constitutional right of petition
and protest and the penal law of the
United States. Finally Dora's mind and
reason became shaken and my eyes
have been put out so I can't see only
as In a thick fog and can't never read
print any more.
"] pray Congress to send a commit
tee here and save my life and me from
dyii z Mind and alone in my own castle.
Starvation, without crimp, or reward
for a lifetime of service in the cause of
justice and humanity In which I re
ceived seventeen scars; more than all
the major generals from Washington
to the present time.
"CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY.
"Whitehall, Ky., March 4, 1599.
"William Lindsay will immediately
give a copy of this to the President, the
Speaker of the Senate and House of
Representatives of tiie United States."
BURNS' DEFEAT
MAY MEAN THE
END OF HERRIN
Mexican's Ambition Creates War in
the Southern Pacific.
PONIATOWSKI ENTERS THE LISTS
Clashing Factions in the Company Will Meet in Con
flict in June— Herrin's Contract as Head of the
Law Department of the Corporation Will
Expire in July.
The ambition of D. M. Burns to be j
United States Senator has created a j
merry war in the Southern Pacific j
Company. Politicians generally, if not i
the public, believe that all is harmony i
in the big yellow building on Mont- |
gomery and Market streets. Those i
who have watched the exciting contest
at Sacramento have been led to under
stand that the railroad has been united- j
ly and heartily in support of the Mcxi- '
can and his absurd aspiration.
It has been whispered around that
Burns, the shameless politician, was to j
win his "vindication" through the rail
road, and that every energy of the
great corporation is being bent to his j
service. This is the falsehood of Ihe ;
Mexican's touts. The facts of the case !
are very different. There are clashing
factions in the Southern Pacific Com- i
pany and D. M. Burns is the cause of ;
the trouble.
The story is an interesting one. Burns
and Will Turn F. Herrin have fraternized ■
for some time. The crafty head of the !
law department of the Southern Pacific
Company has hazarded his official ex
istence upon the success of the Mexi
can. Herrin has undertaken the tre
mendous task of making Burns a
United States Senator, and he has done
so in opposition to the wishes of the
Stanford and Crocker interests in the
Southern Pacific Company.
In his official capacity Herrin repre
sents the Huntington interests. The
head of 'the law department as a mat
ter of course must attend to the po
litical interests of the company. The
only measure of his service that will
be accepted is success. If he fails in j
what he undertakes he knows that his
employers will not be siow to secure the j
Bervtc.es of some one else. Knowing
this, and estimating political conditions j
as he thought they existed, Herrin j
chose D. M. Burns to be the next United
States Senator.
Herrin now finds himself unable to
carry out his contract. He has cajoled,
threatened r.nd begged legislators to
follow his instructions, but has met i
with stubborn opposition from men
that are necessary to the success of
his plans. He finds himself discredited
in his own household. His political j
prophecies have failed and his enemies j
in the Southern Pacific Company are i
taking advantage of his discomfiture, j
He has gone so far as to link his own |
fortunes with those of the Mexican, and j
in the failure of that worthy he is likely j
to find himself on the street looking for j
a job. This condition of affairs has
been kept a profound secret for some
time, but the facts have leaked out and I
are now a mattei of gossip in the clubs ,
and in those circles where the affairs |
LATE SUPPERS
ARE TABOOED
London Custom Irritates
Americans.
-S
Special Cable to The Call and the New Tork
Heral.l. Copyrighted. 1899. by James Gor
don Bennett. .
LONDON, March 4.— There is nothing
more irritating to a visitor to London,
who in American and Continental cities
is able to procure food at any hour of
the day or night, than the difficulty in
getting a meal after evening entertain
ments and while sightseeing on Sun
days. , 1
Even Londoners are beginning to
"kick" against it now. After the thea- j
ters are out, if one wishes supper, and
there are thousands nightly who do,
for many have long distances to travel
into the suburbs before getting home,
it is a case of bolting oysters, cutlets,
'croquettes and the rest with a rapidity
that would try the digestive powers of
an ostrich. But on Saturday nights,
I with the early closing hour, a comfor
table supper after an evening's amuse
ment is impossible.
Just last Saturday supper was or
dered for a very fashionable party at
one of the leading hotels down by the
Thames Embankment. "When they
came from the theater they had only
time to swallow some soup when they
were forced to depart. It was useless
to plead hunger, for the managers knew
very well how 'strictly the police watch
late parties in hotel restaurants. . : ■
Instead of being remedied, the evil is
likely to be aggravated, for the par
liamentary commission on licensing
laws proposes to curtail the hours, for
refreshments, particularly on Sundays.
There are already signs of indigna
PRICE FIVE CEBITS.
i of Herrin and his employers are ques
tions of passing interest.
The matter is not likely to reach a
: climax for several weeks as far as the
Southern Pacific Company is concerned.
i The Stanford and < 'rocker interests in
J the corporation have maintained a de
i termined. hostility to the Huntington
■ clique for some time, but they have
| been unable to gain any material ad-
I vantage. Herrin could rest easily
I therefore, even in the fare of opposi
i tion were it not for the important fact
i that the annual election of directors is
: not so very remote and several impor
i tant changes are likely to happen.
Herrin knows that he has deliberate
ly antagonized the Crocker and Stan
' ford factions b* championing the dis
; graceful cause of Dan Burns. Herrin
knows also that his own contract as
; head of the law department of th<?
! Southern Pacific Company will expire
; in July next, and he must mend his
I fences rapidly or take the chances of
being thrown out. While he has not
: faltered in his allegiance to the Mexi
can he has nevertheless been extend
ing the "glad hand" to his opponents In
the corporation.
His action is perhaps justified, for the
' programme now i.« to place Prince Po
niatowski in the directory of the South
i ' crn Pacific Company and add new
1 power to the influence of the Crockers.
j It is the purpose of the Crockers, as
sisted by the Stanford interest, to place
Poniatowskl in the directory at th©
election which will be held next June.
I It Is claimed that Poniatowski is in
j terested in the Southern Pacific Com
! pany to the extent of four million and
j a half dollars, and that he cannot be
| prevented from being a director if he
wishes to be one.
He has frequently declared his oppo«
pition to the policy of Herrin as far as
| the support of the candidacy of Burns
iis concerned. Herrin is fully aware of
this fact, which is important to him in
connection with the other fact that his
contract as head of the law department
of the company expires in July. Po»
! niatowski as a director will then have
i a vote in the choice of the paid attor
ney of the corporation. He has ex
pressed a desire to relieve Mr. Herrin
of his present position, and that worthy
1 gentleman is bothering his brain in an
effort to make both ends meet the situ-
I ation. It is not unlikely therefore that
! the failure of Dan Burns to win a seat
I in the United States Senate may cost
William F. Herrin his 'position as stat
j manipulator of the Southern Pacific
| Company. The destruction of the Mcx»
ican as a factor of political evil in th.3
State may compel Huntington to rpnr
! ganize his department of law and select
I for it a new head. The end of Dan
I Burns may be the passing of Herrin.
tion meetings to protest, because it is
on Sundays that many men take their
families for an outing, and of course
dine out as well.
CRITICIZE CECIL BfIODES.
South Americans Say the Briton
Lacks Information.
Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1599. by James Gor
don Bennett.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March
4.— Cecil Rhodes' predictions about the
absorption of South America by the
United States, which have been printed
here, have been very severely criti
cized. The newspapers agree in saying
Mr. Rhodes only proved that he has
not the slightest idea of conditions in
the South American republics.
Welshmen living in the Chubut terri
tory have sent a communication to the
press declaring they did not authorize
any one to request Great Britain to
establish a protectorate over Chubut.
MEXICO CITY. March 4.— That part
of the Associated Press interview with
Cecil Rhodes regarding the absorption
of Mexico by the United States has ex
cited much comment in press circles.
El Tiempo, the organ of the Clerical
party, is pleased, as it has for years
been predicting what it calls the paci
fic conquest of this country by the
Americans. Rhodes' views, it says,
only accord , with what the paper has
been saying for a long time, and now
this typical English imperialist throws
off the mask and shows the real aim
of the Anglo-Saxons, who aim to con
quer the world. The Tiempo then in
dignantly rebukes Rhodes for havinsr
said that the Latin-American repub
lics were barbarously governed. -
El Correo Espanol, the organ of the
Spanish colony here, says Rhodes is a
terrestrial Drake, alluding to the fa
mous English admiral, who was the
scourge of Spain's shipping and fleet in
the time of Philip 11. It assails Rhodes
as nothing but a filibuster, who made a
fiasco in South Africa.
The Mexican Herald says Rhodes is
plainly unacquainted with the progress
made by Mexico in recent years and
does not comprehend the intensely pa
triotic national sentiment of the Mexi
can people. President Diaz has so firm
ly implanted the ideas of peace here
that when he is dead his ideas will still
rule his fellow countrymen.