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VOLUME LXXXVI- O. 28.
A BRITISH SCARE AT THE
CLAN-NA-GAEL
NO PLAN TO FIT OUT PRIVATEERS
The Royal Dragoons is one of the crack regiments of the British army and will probably soon be ordered
to the Transvaal to aid in pacifying the Boers. The regiment was received by Queen Victoria at Aldershot
on Monday.
L'.'Nl" iX, The Si. James'
Gazette, which has been remark
able for its jimi n the sub
• ■ Tra ns\ ;«:i I, capa in- 1
climax to-day by earnestly ap
ng to the British' admiralty to
"take Imi I teps !■> counteract
■ • \es of the
rael from the L'nited SI ites
Prei rla, with a view
ithority to start a fleet
of pi nder the Transvaal flag
■ ' liners."
CHICAGO, June 27.— Chicago [rish
men of Clan na-Oael affinities say th y
have not heard < I th< alii ged plans of
the Clan-na-Gael representatives from
this country, nov ai Pretoria, to start
a fleet of private" rs under the Ti
vaal flag; and loot British commei
This is the first time r have heard i;."
said J"hn F. Finerty, editor of the Citi
"but 1 hope it Is so. 1 want ?
th" commerce of the English damaged
in every way. bui -his scheme is new
to me. England should i«-> struck by
Irishmen in everj possible quarter, and
I wish Onm Paul luck if he fights th»
FRENCH BOAT
IS SEIZED BY
THE BRITISH
Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, ISS?, by James Gor
don Bennett.
ST. JOHNS. June 27.— Th» French
fishing smack Nouvelle Ecosse, from
Grand Banks, arrived at <"ape Broyle.
on the southern enact of Newfoundland.
yesterday in <|iiest of herring bait. She
n*u seized by customs officers for vio
lation of the fishery laws.
An officer was given tho custody of
th» ship and crew, but th^ latter at
t::"kod him, got tlv- Bhip to sea, threw
him into a boat and left the coast.
Tho British special service vessel
Columbine was ordered t<. chase and
seiz*=- the Nouvelle Ecosse. which hns no
register, that being in tho hands of the
toms officials.
Serious complications are expected to
result from this affair, and the French
admiral is coming here to undertake an
Investigation. .
Fever Is Checked.
A eeiaJ Cable to The Call and the New York
■ Herald. Copyrighted, 1593. by James Gor
don Bennett.
PANAMA, June 27.— The fever Is di
minishing here. There are a few cases
under treatment In the hospitals, but none
In the city proper. Copious rains are fall-
Ing and it is expected that in a few days
the fever will be completely under control.
IRISH GOLD
TOO SCARCE
There Are Other and
Better Ways to Fight
the English.
r?ei*l Dispatch to The Cs.ll,
GROUP OF ROYAL DRAGOONS.
redcoats."
James W. Murphy did not credit the
story. "The English papers," he said,
•'are always getting up scares like this.
I do not believe the Clan-na-Gael of
United States has any money to buy
privateers nor any rich friends who
are willing to spend their money that
way."
;-". W. c^uinn laughed at thp story be
cause, as he said: "The Irish in this
country can put their money to better
usr-s than buying privateers for British
battleships and cruisers to blow out of
the water. We can't hurt the English
that way. The St. James' Gazette Is a
little hysterical."
A. J. Callum, who Is credited with
being high in the Councils of the Clan
na-Gael in New York, Philadelphia
and Chicago, and whose home is In
New York, said that he would have
heard of the privateer matter had there
been any chanc of it. "It is alto
gethei too costly a plan," he remarked,
"because the English would have the
best of us from the start. Of course I
am in favor of anything that can be
RIOTERS IN
SPAIN ARE
SHOT DOWN
Dispatch to Th" Call.
SARAGOSSA, Spain. .lur.c 27.— Many
people were Injured during the rioting
here yesterday. Th>- troops were
obliged to fire upon the m->b.
Tlit- anti-budget riots were continued
to-day and all the shops were closed
In consequence. Tho troops again
fired on the m>ib In the Plaza de la
Construction, killing one person and
seriously wounding two others.
Martial law hns been declared at
Valencia ami fighting has occurred at
Granada, whore the troops charged
and wounded several people.
Anti-budget demonstrations hare
also occurred at Burgos, Toledo and
Logrono.
THE STATE PROSPEROUS.
Such Is the Report of the Board of
Equalization.
SACRAMENTO. June 27. - Messrs.
Brown, Colgan and Toland, members of
the State Board of Equalization, have re
turned from a tour of the northern coun
ties. They report that end of the State
to be in a very prosperous condition, both
in the agricultural and the timber locali
ties.
At the next meeting of the board the
matter of the assessment of the cars of
Eastern refrigerator lines will be consid
ered.
The San Francisco Call.
I rlone to hurt England, but I would
hardly approve such a plan, as It is
too risky, to say the least."
WASHINGTON, June 27.— At th<>
British Embasy it is stated that no
communications relating to the Trans
vaal have been received, and the pub
lished report that representations ha.l
been made as to the shipment of
American-made arms to the Boers is
characterized as rubbish. In this con
nection it appears that a London press
agency recently had a dispatch from
New York statins that American firms
| were selling arms to the Boers. This
: dispatch came to the attention of
: Colonel Lee, British military attache
j here, and In the course of his inquiries
on military affairs he asked as to the
truth of this dispatch, receiving: but
little information beyond the fact that
■ arms were not likely to be shipped to
th" Transvaal, as it had no ports and
no means of receiving them. Colonel
Lee says this Inquiry was entirely on
his own account, and, so far as ho
, knows, the British Government has
, paid no attention to the matter.
BELGIUM IS
VERGING ON
REVOLUTION
Special Dispatch to Tlip Call.
BRUSSELS. June 27.— Stormy scenes
were witnessed In the Chamber of
Deputies to-dny in connection with de
bate on the electoral law introduced
by the Government. The socialists ac
ensed the questors of bringing lopal
officers of the crown to the chamber
for the purpose of taking notes of the
proceedings. The questors hotly pro
tested, and an inconceivable tumult
ensued. The sitting was eventually
suspended. The socialist deputy,
Furniment, sang snatches of the "Mar
sellaise," and the socialists Joined in
the chorus. Shouts of "Vive la Re
publique" were also raised.
The chamber later voted by 88 to 16
to debate tho franchise bill July 5, and
| the house adjourned amid terrific up
roar.
The committee of the Federation of
j Labor party held a meeting in this
city to-night and decided upon a gen
eral strike of Brussels workmen as a
; protest against the Government elec
: toral bill.
The strike will begin on tho day
i when the debate on the measure opens
I in the Chamber of Deputies.
SAS FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1899.
SEEKING TO
DRIVE MEN
FROM IDAHO
Citizens Can Gain Freedom
Only by Promising to
Leave the State.
WHITE CZaFoUTDONE
Nothing: Like It Since the Russian
Autocrat Drove the Jsws
From the Pale.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
As the citizens of Idaho con-
tinue to insist upon \heir rights
as Amer/ca r s, notwithstanding
military tyranny, the officers in
con to' of affairs in the Cceur
d'Alenas, and whose control is up
held by United States bayonets,
have concluded that men who wII
not live according to their fashion
shall not live in that region at all.
It is a kind of assisted emigation
new to America, although the
White Czar has tred something
like it in The Pale ar.d finds it se
cures results in ridding Russia of
Polish Jews. The Idaho effort
will be watched with a cons der-
able degree of interest.
WALLACE, Idaho, June 27.—
The State and military au
thorities have at last thrown
aside all subterfuge, and the
pretense that martial law is
! continued in the Cover d'Alenes for the
purpose of suppressing an insurrection
has gone with the others. The Gover
nor induced President McKinley to send
troops here by representing that Sho
j shone County was "in a state of in
surrection and rebellion," and Issued a
proclamation to that effect. Since the
date of that proclamation the authori
ties have insl»iN»<i tbat.'he condition of
anarchy described by - the Governor
still continues, and have sought to jus
tify every outrage perpetrated in the
name of martial law on the ground of
necessity.
When the wife of the editor of the
Mullan Mirror endeavored, through the
courts, to obtain possession of the few
paltry type taken from her by a com
pany of soldiers while her husband was
in the bull pen, an answer under oath
was returned to the process of the
court stating that the type had been
seized by order of the Governor and
"as a necessary means of suppressing
the insurrection now existing in Sho
shone County."
According to residents of this district,
no insurrection ever existed here, and
even the authorities now seem to have
wearied of the absurd pretense. They
have come into the open and the citi
zens of this county now confined in the
bull pen, without any charge whatever
against them, are told they may se
cure their liberty by signing an agree
ment to leave the State and promising
never to return. Yesterday Auditor
Sinclair was asked If he would release
a certain prisoner on bail.
"Why, certainly," he replied; "there
are more than 100 men in my charge
whom I should be glad to get rid of,
but they have become so attached to
their quarters they refuse, to leave. I
cannot drive them out."
This astonishing statement was made
with such positiveness that it bore the
stamp of truth, but investigation has
developed the fact that the reason Sin
clair cannot drive these men out of the
bull pen is because he requires of them
a promise to leave their homes and
families and the State of Idaho as a
condition precedent to their release.
There are many owners of property in
prison at Kellogg. Many of them are
married and are householders. These
man cannot understand why they
should be driven from their homes and
the locality in which they choose to
reside, when they have committed no
wrong. They refuse to be thus coerced
and maintain that they will pass the
rest of their days in the bull pen rather
than purchase their liberty by such
means.
This is why Sinclair cannot "drive
them out," and he will probably not
succeed, even though aided by officers
of the United States army who disgrace
the uniform they are enabled to wear
by the. toll and Industry of just such
men as they are now imprisoning.
Elisor Sutherland left to-day for
Pierce City and the south of Shoshone
County in search of jurors who will try
the cases of the rioters. This will carry
him 250 miles from here through Kob
tenai, Latah and Nez Perce counties,
Idaho, and Whitman, County, Wash
ington. No juror from that end of the
county has been summoned in the Dis
trict Court since the county seat was
moved from Pierce City to Murray, fif
teen years ago.
HELLOING OVER BARBED WIRE.
New Telephone System at Le Grand
STOCKTON. June 27.— E. C. Dickinson
was In \jO Grand on Saturday, nnri while
there trifl the barbed wire fence tele
phono system which is being set up in
that part of the valley. He talked a dis
tance of about four miles over the line
and claims that the sound was carried
better than by the regular system. The
electrician in charge of the work is now
engaged in putting in th° fourth tele
phone box. All residents of the country
about T.e Grand are desirous of having
u-lrphones put in. as the system is prov
ing to be quite a success.
Proves a Success.
DREYFUS A MAN WHO IS
BROKEN DOWN.
SLOWLY HE DRAWS NEAR FRANCE
Prison at Rennes, Where Dreyfus Will Be Lodged.
Special fable to The Tall and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted. 1899, by James Gor
don Hennett.
PARIS. June 27. — Le Matin
has interviewed the mate
of the American steamer
( ionfalonia, which passed the
Sfax at the Cape Verde Islands
on June 19. The mate saw Cap
tain Dreyfus on deck and lie says
he looked broken down and like
a man of sixty.
The captain of the Sfax or
dered them to keep off. Captain
Dreyfus saluted the flags when
the usual salutes were exchanged.
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day
M. Taul Deroulede, founder of the so
called League of Patriots, and mem
ber for the Angouleme division of
Charente, introduced a proposal for
revision of the constitution, with the
view of substituting "a popular for a
parliamentary republic," and demand
ed urgency for his motion.
The Premier, M. Waldeck-Rousseau,
opposed the proposition and asked that
the motion be referred to a committee.
PRESIDENT
NOT COMING
TO THE COAST
Special Dispatch to The Call.
CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELL
INGTON HOTEL. WASHINGTON,
June 27.— Mrs. MeKinley's ill health
was the sole cause of the return of the
President and his party to Washington
two days before they had planned to
do so. Heretofore the excitement of
travel and receiving visitors has been
of benefit to Mrs. McKinley, and a dis
tinct improvement in her physical con
dition has been noticeable when she
has been away with the President.
Largely for this reason the President
went to New England and arranged
the Western trip which he had expected
to take later. It was found, however,
that instead of the New England trip
being beneficial, it had an opposite ef
fect upon Mrs. McKinley, and the
President and Dr. Rixey decided that
it would be better to bring her back
to Washington without delay.
The state of Mr?. McKinlcy's health
at this time is decidedly worse than it
has usually heen since she has been in
the White House, and the probable re
sult will be that the President will re
main in Washington practically all
summer, and will take very little if
any vacation out of this city.
President McKinley's projected trip
to the Pacific Coast, which had been
looked forward to in anticipation of the
enjoyment for himself and the Improve
ment in Mrs. McKinley's condition, has
been indefinitely abandoned. His pro
posed trip to Minne~ota has also been
abandoned.
The unfavorable turn in Mrs. McKin
ley's condition is attributed partly to a
cold which she contracted just before
leaving Washington. She is never
strong, and this cold seemed to weaken
her to such an extent as to make it
advisable to avoid exertion, which
would have been necessary had she re
mained, away as long as had been In
tended.
M. Deroulede asked permission to \
speak, but the President of the cham
ber, M. Deschanel, refused to allow
him to do so.
M. Lasies, anti-Semite, member for
the Condom division of Gers, accused
the Premier of having recourse to
subterfuges and a violent tumult en
sued. Sveral of the Deputies tried to
speak, but their voices were drowned,
and the President was compelled to j
suspend the session. When it was re
sumed urgency was proposed for M.
Deroulede's motion and was defeated j
by a vote of 397 to 70.
As a result of an altercation in the
chamber between M. Berteaux, Social
ist, and M. Millevoye, Republican-Na- j
tlonalist. these two Deputies will fight
a duel with swords to-morrow.
NEW YORK, June 27.— A Journal ca
ble from Brest says: Dreyfus will ar
rive here on Friday night and will be
taken to Rennes for his court-martial.
The president of the Western Railway
has been notified to make the neces
sary arrangements for a special train
to convey the prisoner at that time.
No explanation is given for the de
lay of the cruiser Sfax, which was ex
pected to arrive several days ago.
Every imaginable supposition and ru
mor are advanced. Government offi
cials refuse to give the slightest infor
mation. I
ALGER WILL
NOT LEAVE
THE CABINET
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WASHINGTON, June 27.— Secretary
Alger this afternoon called on the
President and had an extended discus
sion of the situation in Michigan as to
the Senatorship and Governor Pin
gree's alleged utterances. When the
Secretary left the White House and his
attention was called to reports in cer
tain quarters that he intended to re
sign from the Cabinet, he promptly
and emphatically denied their truth.
He added that his resignation had not
been asked for, that he certainly did
not intend to offer it, and that he in
tended to remain in the Cabinet until
the expiration of this administration.
GOSSIP OF A SUCCESSOR.
Despit9 Secretary's Assertions, Otis
Is Said to Be Slated.
LOS ANGELES, June 27.— Brigadier !
General Harrison Gray Otis has heen or
dered to Washington, where, on July I,
ho will be mustered out of the volunteer |
service. This journey O the national j
capital revives the tale that General Otis I
is the probable successor of Secretary of
War Alger. When General Otis suddenly j
left his command in Manila it was then
asserted that, the editor had returned to
America with full knowledge that a po- j
Htlcal emergency was the motive for his
home-coming-. This statement has never
officially boon denied.
That Otis and McKinley are friendly is
shown by the proffer made the Los Angr>- i
les man two years ago of the Assistant !
Secretaryship of War. That the prize j
was not landed by Otis arosn from the j
opposition of Alger. who bitterly fought j
the appointment on the ground that Otis |
had accused Alger of playing, during the |
San Pedro harbor imbroglio. Into the j
hands of Collis P. Huntingdon. It is now
asserted that as Alg^r, owing to political
complications, will leave the Cabinet, the I
time is propitious for Otis to be taken i
Into the official household of the President
and that the home-com'.ng and the jour
ney to Washington will permit Otis to
slip into the berth prepared in advance.
Edwin Markham at Chicago.
CHICAGO. Juno 27.— Edwin Markham of
Oakland. Cal.. -who has become suddenly
known from onp end of the country to the
other as the author of "The Man With the
Hoe," is in Chicago, a guest of Stanley
Waterloo.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
QUIETLY WAITING AT
BREST FOR DREYFUS
The Authorities Will Not Furnish
Any Information as to His
Coming.
France! June 27.— The delay
in the arrival here of the French cruis
er Sfax, which left the waters of French
Guiana on June 10, with Captain Drey
fus on board, increases the interest In
the landing of the famous prisoner. All
sorts of reports and suppositions are
current. For the moment attention is
concentrated on the putting to sea this
afternoon of a ligfcthouse relief
steamer. Such vessels usually start in
the morning and return in the evening,
consequently the departure of the
steamer this afternoon has given rise
to the conjecture that she has gone to
meet the Sfax, and that Dreyfus will
be transferred on board of her.
The authorities continue refusing to
furnish the slightest information re
garding Dreyfus to the regular army
of newspaper men of all nationalities
now gathered here, anxiously seeking
news of the Sfax.
In the meantime the effervescence of
yesterday evening has quite evaporat
ed and this evening the inhabitants are
calmly promenading the principal
square, listening to the marine band.
WHITES AND
NEGROES IN
A BATTLE
Special Dispatch to The Call.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June Threo
negroes are dead and one is not expected
to live until morning as a result of a riot
between the white and negro miners at
the ore mines near Cardiff, in Jefferson
County. The dead are:
ED ELLIS.
JIM DILL.
ADAM SAMUELS.
The wounded: Rudolph Williams;
George Thomas, mortally.
The two races came to a clash late In
the afternoon in Glasgow Hollow, whero
the negroes had congregated armed with
Winchester rifles. A white man passing
along the road was heldup and roughly
handled. This news soon spread and an
armed body of white miners moved to
ward the Hollow. It is supposed it went
around by a circuitous route in the moun
tains and came upon the negroes unex
pectedly.
Ed Wise, the ringleader, armed with a
Winchester and a Colts revolver, fell at
the first tire. A rifle bullet did the work.
There was another volley and four other
negroes fell. Jim Dill and, Adam Sam
uels died in a few minutes after oeing
removed to a negro's house. George
Thomas was shot through the abdomen
with a Winchester bullet. He is not ex
pected to recover. Rudolph Williams
will live.
The trouble started yesterday when it
was thought that John Shepherd, who on
last Wednesday assaulted Mrs. Monroe
Jones Carcerona, was in that community.
The negroes armed themselves to pre
vent his capture. Both sides were
aroused, and only the timely arrival of a
Sheriff's posse prevented an outbreak.
This morning the negro miners held a
mass meeting and refused to go to work.
They all belong to a secret organization
known as the "Knights of Africa" or the
"Mysterious Men." They keep rifles and
ammunition on hand at all times. It was
in the afternoon that they gathered in
Glasgow Hollow, although with what in
tention is not now known.
Influential citizens say that the ring
leaders are now out of the way and they
hope to manage the other negroes.
Shortly after the riot Sheriff O'Brien
left here with a hundred armed men. He
has the situation in hand for the time
being, although late reports say the- ne
groes are talking of avenging the death
of their leaders.
Sheriff O'Brien, who is now at Bloss
bure:. has received a message from
Adamsville. three miles from that
place, askinp for protection. An armed
body of negroes is gathered in the