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CZAR'S ACT MORE
CRUEL THAN WAR
Russification of Finland
Going On.
Special Cable to The Call and the New Tor-
Herald. Copyrighted, ISM, by James Gor
don Bennett.
LONDON, March IS.— While the
apostles of disarmament are packing
their trunks for Holland, the author of
this pious conference is committing in
Finland an act more brutal than war.
By solemn treaties the Finns have been
since ISOS bound to Russia by the same
rule. Their own successive Czars have
renewed the pledges, and the Finns
have shown their gratitude by loyally
keeping the .ice.
Suddenly this Czar orders a Russifl
ration of the country, and it is being
flone quietly, but forcibly, as though it
were another Poland. A monster pe
tition Is now preparing from Finns in
different parts of the world, and if the
Russian police refuse it access to
the throne it might possibly prove
an interesting document at the interna
tional peace conference.
Peace conferences, by the way,
have become epidemic in England.
There is one every day or so, where
professional philanthropists and ama
teur speakers find an indulgent audi
ence and do very little harm.
So long as the Government main
tains Its policy of military prepared
ness America, should cherish no illu
sions 'on the subject of disarmament.
America needs an army of at least 100,
--)00 regulars and a supplementary mili
tary school besides West Point. Its
navy, should be doubled, and when it
has got thus far then it will be in a
position to command peace, for peace
3oes not come to those who merely talk
about it. y
OUTBREAK OF RIOTOUS
STRIKERS AT SKAGUAY
Town Placed Under Martial Law
, After an Attack on a Railway
Camp.
VICTORIA, B. <'„ March 18. — The
steamer Amur, which arrived this morn
ing, reports a riotous outbreak of rail
road strikers at Skaguay. The strikers
made an unsuccessful attempt to drive
non-striking workmen from Camp 1.
White, the ringleader, led a body of men
to Camp 1, where Dr. Whiting, the rail
road surgeon, and a few men stood guard.
White advanced in front of the party,
parleyed for a few minutes and then
•sprang for Whiting, who knocked him
Sown with a rifle, breaking the weapon
and stunning White. The rioters then
dispersed. White will recover.
A hundred men have been sworn in to
isslst the Marshal, and the town is un
3er martial law. The saloons and gam
bling houses have been closed.
A movement is on foot in Skaguay to
-harter a steamer and send the strikers
jvho are causing trouble here, home. Most
Df them are without funds, and would
tjladly come back, y
McCue's Slayer Convicted.
SAN ANDREAS, March 18.— trial of
Henry Moyle, charged with the murder
»f Frank McCue in Angels Camp on Au
rust 18 last r resulted to-day in a verdict
if euilty of murder in the second degree.
The trial occupied • the entire week, and
he jury arrived at an agreement after a
Jeliberatlon of about fourteen hours. "1 he
ury stood from the time of the first bal
lot eleven for conviction of murder in the
iccond degree to one for acquittal.
Advances made on furniture and pianos, with
« without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission.
GREEN CANDY IS
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Present Promptly Sent
to the Police.
Special Dispatoh to The Call.
NEW YORK, March 18.— Mrs. Julia
A. Mays of 240 Fifth avenue to-day re
ceived by mail a small box of inferior
grade candy, most of it of a green color,
accompanied by a card bearing this in
scription: "To Mrs. Julia Mays', from
Mary, March 17." The woman knew of
no one named Mary whose presents
might assume such form, and she sent
the box, contents and wrapper in which
it was received to the police station by
a hallboy, together with a message that
she thought the candy was poisoned.
Police Captain Price put three de
tectives on the case. At the conclusion
of the day's labors they made their re
port behind closed doors and no part
of it was made public.
"The box came in the early mail,"
said Mrs. Mays, 'and was brought to
my room by the hallboy. 1 noticed that
the writing was perpendicular, but nec
essarily disguised. The box was lined
with green ribbon of a cheap quality.
On top of the candy lay a shamrock
and card.' The first thing that struck
me* as queer was the small quantity
and then the poor quality of the candy.
Coupled with the fact that I knew no
one likely' to send such a gift nor any
one who might see significance in mak
nig me a present on St. Patrick's day,
these made me distrustful, and I imme
diately sent everything to the police."
Mrs. Mays said she had not noticed
at what station the package had been
mailed; neither had she thought to
compare the card with the writing on
the paper.
"I have no violent enemies," she de
clared. "I don't think there is a soul
alive wishful of my death. I don't say
that I believe the candy was poisoned,
j but I am not going to take any
chances."
RETJNION OF PIONEERS.
Sonora Would Entertain the Tuol-
umne Association.
JAMESTOWN, March 18.— Preliminary
steps have been taken with the object of
having the annual picnic and reunion of
the Tuolumne Association of San Fran
cisco held next June in Sonora. The
project has been under discussion since
the completion of the Sierra Railway to
that city, and is received with enthu
siasm in all parts of the county. B. T.
Booze, general passenger agent of the
Sierra Railway, says his company will
grant low rates for the occasion, and it
is reasonably certain the Southern Pacific
will do likewise.
Scattered over the State are thousands
of men and women who formerly resided
in this county who have love for old
Tuolumne and will gladly avail them
selves of low rates and. travel by rail to
visit their old stamping grounds.
FIRE AT WELLINGTON.
The Town Opera House and Other
Buildings Burned.
VANCOUVER, B. C. March 18.— A spe
cial from Nanaimo says: While 300
dancers were enjoying themselves in the
Wellington Opera-house early this morn
ing some one in a candy store below over
turned a lamp and tne whole building
was ln flames in a few minutes. The
dancers fled from the building in confu
sion. The flames succeeded in reducing
the opera-house, Grant Jessop's drug
store, a barber-shop and Henderson's con
fectionery establishment to ashes before
they were got under -control. The total
loss is $20,000, about half covered by in
surance. ■•'. •-.--. '-'-*;.— ■*;•
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 19. 1899.
LIEUTENANT LANE
IS IN DISGRACE
Accused of Scandalous
Conduct.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEW YORK. March IS.— A Washing
ton special to the Herald says: Charges
of scandalous conduct have been pre
ferred against Lieutenant Clarence E.
Lang of the Second Artillery which will
probably result in the court martial of
that officer, and may lead to a divorce
suit. Lieutenant Lang's domestic
affairs have caused the department
much trouble in the past.
Lieutenant Lang has been ordered to
report to the colonel commanding,
Washington Barracks, pending action
by the War Department on formal
charges which have been made against
him by Major John S. Sewall of the
Engineer Corps. The specific charges
are conduct unbecoming an officer and
gentleman and scandalous conduct
prejudicial to good order and military
discipline. The specifications which
Major Sewall- has also prepared set
forth that Lieutenant Lang, who is a
married man, has been living for the
last five days at a fashionable boarding
house in X street, this city, under the
name of Mr. Daniels, and that a woman
not his wife has been with him, who
has passed as Mrs. Daniels.
Major Sewall lives at the same board
ing house. He was at the Military
Academy at the time Lieutenant Lang
was a cadet there, and recognized his
old schoolmate, but was astonished to
find he was traveling under an assumed
name. He knew that Lieutenant Lang
had married the daughter of a commis
sary sergeant at West Point, and, while
making due allowance for the few years
that have passed since he was ac
quainted with Mrs. Lang as a girl, he
recognized at once that the woman
with the artillery officer was not his
wife.
Major Sewall promptly reported the
matter to his superior officers, who ad
vised him to put his charges into writ
ing, which he has done. He also spoke
to the landlady, and "Mr. and Mrs.
Daniels" are no longer under the .same
roof with Major Sewall.
The matter was taken up at army
headquarters yesterday and an order
was issued directing Lieutenant Lang
to report to General Miles at 10 o'clock,
when he received instructions to report
without delay to the colonel command
ing, Washington Barracks. "Mrs. Dan
iels" left, unaccompanied by "Mr. Dan-
iels."
Lieutenant Lang came to this city on
Monday last on sick leave. He is eli
gible for promotion, and the intention
was to order him before the board in
this city for examination for that pur
pose. An effort is being made to in
duce him to resign so as to avoid the
scandal of a court martial. It is re
ported here that Lieutenant Lang
separated from his wife about a year
ago. !
No Smallpox at Santa Ana.
SANTA ANA, March 18.— Santa Ana has
no smallpox. The quarantine on the home
of Mrs. Orr, a suspect, was raised to-day,
her- case proving to be only arsenic poi
soning from wallpaper while her house
was being decorated. .y.yy
fends Life With a Bullet.
JAMESTOWN, March : 18.— Warren L.
Litchfield, a blacksmith, committed sui
cide by shooting himself at Stent last
evening. He was 46 years old and a na
tive of Massachusetts. _-s y . - ■;• ; - y-ry
McKINLEY AGAINST
HIS OLD OPPONENT
The Tickets for Nineteen
Hundred.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel,
Washington, March 18.
The meeting of President McKinley,
Senator Hanna and Mr. Piatt in
Thomasville, Ga., the Belmont din
ner in New York and the early discus
sion of the place of holding the national :
conventions Indicate that the Presi
dential campaign has opened a year ;
ahead of the usual time.
The friends of Reed, too, gave a din
ner, said to have been for the purpose
of launching his Presidential boom.
The distribution of patronage has, as
usual, made a good many enemies for
the Presidential incumbent, and these
dissatisfied place hunters and their
friends propose to rally round the Reed
standard. Failing in this it is generally
believed they will fall into the Roose
velt camp.
Mr. Hanna has doubtless observed
this, and it probably explains why he
has summoned a council of the friends
of the President to take Immediate
I stops to head it off and prevent it from
becoming dangerous. As soon as Sen
ator Hanna returns from Thomasville,
which will be about the Ist of April, it
is understood he will call a meeting of
the executive committee of the Repub
lican National Committee. The meeting
will take place in Washington and the
machinery of the party will be set in
motion.
In this way Senator Hanna hopes to
forestall any opposition to Mr. McKin
ley that may be developed. While Mc-
Kinley and Bryan are strong favorites
for the Republican and Democratic
nominations there is a big minority in
each organization that is working
against them. General opinion hero is
that if the national conventions should
be held within the next few months
both McKinley and Bryan would prob
ably be nominated without serious op
position, but the events of the next
twelve or fourteen months may change
the situation materially.
"Mr. Bryan's friends," said a Bryan
man to-day, "will certainly control the
i Democratic National Convention next
year. They will organize the conven
tion and appoint the committee on con
tested seats. It is safe to say that
there will be contesting delegations
from New York and every State where
the men in control of the party ma
chinery refuse to indorse tho Chicago
platform of 1896. We will not admit
delegates that do not stand squarely
•upon the Chicago platform, as the
point will be made that they are not
Democrats. A majority of the conven
tion will have absolute control of this
matter and can act as it sees fit. Un
less the anti-Bryan people can capture
a clear majority of the delegates to the
Democratic National Convention they
will not be able to defeat Mr. Bryan's
nomination. Two-thirds rule or no
two-thirds rule, we do not propose to
let the tail wag the dog."
Frost Damages Fruit.
WOODLAND, March 18.— Mr. Hamilton,
a -prominent orchardlst of Capay "Valley,
reports a severe frost In upper Capay Val
ley on Thursday night. lie estimates the
damage to his own crop at $3000, and says
others, from Tancred to Rumsey, a dis
tance of twenty, miles, were damaged In
tho same proportion. Apricots and
almonds were affected-
SAMOAN AFFAIRS
ONLY PATCHED UP
Whole Question Not Yet
Settled.
Copyrighted, 1599, by the Associated Press.
LONDON, March IS.— Dealing with
the report that an arrangement has
been arrived at* on the subject of Sa
moa, the Morning Post to-day says:
"It is a mistake to suppose that the
whole question is in a sure way to sat
isfactory settlement. This is impossible
while the Berlin act remains in force,
and, as the present would be a most un
desirable moment to make a change, it
may be assumed that things will be
patched up for a while. Just now, when
the relations between Germany and
Great Britain and the United States are
the most friendly in many years, it
would never do to run the risk of a
sudden rupture by getting matters in
disorder in Samoa. Perhaps the diffi
culty will solve Itself. At any rate, the
Australian federation should assist in
the solution, as not only will the federa
tion increase the Interest of Australia
in Somoa, but, in any diplomatic nego
tiations in the future, * federated Aus
tralia will greatly strengthen the case
for Great Britain."
The Indian Government bill imposing
countervailing duties on bounty-fed
sugar has caused a flutter in Radical
circles. It is frankly and avowedly a
protectionist measure. The Secretary
of State for India, Lord George Hamil
ton, in the House of Commons declared
that the object of the bill was to pre
vent the indigenous trade of India from
being undermined by subsidized foreign
products.
This, the Radicals point out, is a pro
tection pure and simple, and they ex
press fear that it may the thin edge of
the protection wedge, and that it may
eventually be transplanted to Great
Britain with quite as much reason as in
its adoption in America.
The Daily Chronicle remarks! "There
Is a strong Impression that this Indian
duty is intended as a feeler to an Eng
lish duty, and the whole free trade posi
tion is imperiled."
Henry Labouchtrt In Truth calls
the bill a "contemptible and Iniquitous
measure," and says: "The Government
is going to try an Indian reactionary
protectionist policy, which It would not
dare to Introduce m home. The bill
may be the firm step toward a general
system of protection, which will do«
cide our claims of* supremacy once and
for all." ■'■-,-*"-
Ah Rudyard 'Kipling perceived a
moral danger to ""' Ration in the great
jubilee triumph, no the Spectator this
week sees a moral danger for Kipling
himself, when he comes to knew fully
the world-wide homage his genius and
Influence Called forth when the news
of his aeemlnglj approaching danger
was announced, Accordingly, the Spec
tator preaches a homily on "the glare
or publicity"! and lis Insidious moral In
fluences,
The fact that the Pat la Exposition is
drawing somewhat near la shown by
the great Incrcaso In the number of for
eigners'residing at the French capital.
Every foreigner staying over three
months in France -Is obliged to report
himself to the prefecture of police, and
it is announce- thai during the past
few weeks the number of foreigners
presenting themselves has risen by
leaps and bounds. In the meanwhile,
j the Parisians . are disagreeably re-
I minded of the approach* of the great
1 show. The many streets under repair
NO BOOK BETTING
ON PARIS RACES
Layers of Odds Driven Out iQ
the Interest of the Paris
Mutuels.
PARIS, March 18.— A feature of the week has been the decision of
the authorities to put a stop to book betting on racecourses, in the in
terests of the paris mutuels. Two per cent is levied for charities upon
money which goes through this machine and this is held to be in some
sense a justification of its existence. Owners and heavy bettors object
to the mutuels because one cannot tell what odds are likely to come
out and without an occasional coup, made by betting, few owners could
afford to keep up their racing stables.
Encouraged, possibly, by the recent decision of the English House of
Lords, the bookmakers and their patrons are thinking of going to law
to ascertain whether book bets are really contrary to legislation. An
act of 1891 forbids "bookies" to offer to bet with all comers, and it is
desired to obtain a judicial declaration as to the exact meaning of those
words.
Meanwhile a delegation of the fraternity- waited on the Prefect of Po
lice with two suggestions: One that the ring be established as in Eng
land; the second, that a special book be issued with stubs, which would
form a check on transactions and enable taxes to be collected for chari
ties, as in the paris mutuels. They contend that in the latter case
the receipts for the poor would be doubled.
have terribly upset traffic, omnibuses
have been diverted into side streets,
starting points have been altered and
the River Seine steamers have run er
ratically, since several of their landing
stations have been suppressed, the
general result being a great inconveni
ence to everybody.
A millionaire named Alfred Stern,
son of the late Baron Stern, was de
clared Insane yesterday. He Is said to
be worth $15,000,000 and recently cre
ated a disturbance at Marlborough
House, the town residence of the Prin
cess of Wales, by attempting to force
an entrance there under the halluci
nation that he is the Prince Of Wales.
Stern has always insisted upon being
addressed "royal highness," and when
strangers approached him he always
covered his head with a towel or news
paper. He has been in the habit of
clapping his hands for half an hour to.
gether in "order to summon ths ghosts
of Wellington and Napoleon."
A silver fox skin was sold nt auction
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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« BELTS! J
~T9v It ] / X. "*" buying an Electric Belt there are two 9
J*-*' /-"="• ( -3 \. **ay« of placing yourself on an exact leve. |
yy II 7 ._ __#■ with ,he gentleman whose open counten- A
/ V k "-"■•T once ls depicted on our left. |
1 /M | « - V-"*"""__*_r' Th " first 's to allow yourself to be per- A
J^/a VW^ suaded by a quack to part with from UO am
Wssmft J 1 **^%* to -* 50 "**"• exchange for an old-faShloned I
/ \1 Belt, actually not worth more than $3, and 0
I ,V ANO the second method is to stumble Into a i v
_,■ mm v. _• ■] jbb drug store and pay from $10 to $20 for some X
f y*-*r-.y. /_ „ so-called Electric Belt that has. cost the *"*»'
/ il IfAnrosaJf druggist about $1 25 at wholesale.
I 1 A / / _.« _, Now, the RIGHT way to do when you #
I _■* il\ UPON want a GOOD Electric Belt, is to look up
HI . _ // -.v some reliable firm that MAKES Belts. - %
A V I 'iAT Z*. -**" * Well, we make 'em. at from $3 50 to $25 *''
n\ i X *_ (l *}£_) each, and have been established 24 years. I
If I \ /-_>_■ -^y n t'^^&f Come and see us. or send 2 cents in stamps A
I V /¥$ \ 1 1 '^ t^»___ * or "Booklet No. 2.'' ' Address I
VW^f-Uifr^ PIERCE ELECTRIC CO., J
, y}f^'o'o; -y vL<£"' 620 MARKET STREET ;J '
*" *"* l ''' (Opposite Psltce Hotel, S. F. 0
yesterday and fetched the record price
of $1500. ■■__ y
ODD FELLOWS' GRAND
LODGE IN SESSION
Meeting Held at Auburn for the Con-
ferring of the Fast Grand
Degree.
AUBURN, March IS.— A special session
of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows was
held here to-night. Among those present
were Grand Master Karl Brueck, Grand
Secretary' George T. Shaw, Grand War
den J. L. Robinette. Past Grand Master
Ezra Parson and District Deputy H. P.
Jansen. Delegations were present from
Lincoln, Rocklln. Penryn, Newcastle,
Colfax and Dutch Flat.
After the conferring of the past grand
degree, for which the Grand Lodge ses
sion was held in order that all past grands
might avail themselves, a banquet was
served. Toasts were drunk and speeches
made. There were 200 Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs present.