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Assaults. Jack MeNamara, the
Saloon Keeper, Who Kires
at Him, a Derringer .Bullet
Passing Through His Coat.
TAX COLLECTOR SCOTT
NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH
IN A SALOON QUARREL
REBEL FORCES ARE ROUTED AND
TWO OF THEIR GENERALS CAPTURED
Government Troops of Colombia Defeat the
Liberals After Some Hard Fighting.
Special Dispatch to The CalL
KINGSTON. Jaiaica. Nov. 2X— The
British «teamer Batjadian, which baa
PANAMA., Nov. 23.— Governor Alban of
the State cf Panama, who left here a few
£ay» ago ci the British steamer Taboga,
ha» telcgrajhed Secretary Arjena here
that he ha» -elieved Du»aa Ventura. ThI*
pert was blockaded by revolutionary craft
s-.« closely be?ie?ed by the Liberal forces.
The d*'er.<Iers were closely pressed and the
Tabcr* was s«*ed and arased In order to
cave the port. Governor Alban telegraphs
that he raljej tie blockade yesterday and
directed an afstult on the rebel position
at Punta Bagar, an important strategi
cal position overhokir.g the city that had
been occupied by he rebels. After a hard
r.gbt the position tm recaptured. Gener
a'.s Ealamar.es anl Hoyes, leaders cf a
portion of the re*el forces, have been
ta.ken prisoners. T»ree of the rebel runs.
•sfcich had been ut»d effectively against
the dty'a defenses, Were captured.
Just arrived here from Colon, reports that
severe fighting occurred Monday and
Tuesday at Culebra. The Government
forces attacked the rebels, who occupied
a good position, with the result that the
losses of the former were heavy. The,
fighting was proceeding when the steamer
left Tuesday night.
The stores and restaurants at Colon were
closed and the rebels held a portion of the
railroad line.
Another rebel force was reported to.be
engaging the Government troops near
Panama. Business is entirely suspended
at the latter place and both Panama and
Colon are in a *tate of terror.
The rebels are attacking In a deter
mined manner, and it is feared the slaugh
ter will be great before decisive results
are reached. The Liberals, it is asserted
by the passengers of the Barbadian, still
hold Buena Ventura, though the Colom-
bian Government Is making a yreat effort
to regain possession of It.
PARIS. Not. 24 (3:40 a. m.).— "A diag
nosis cf the Czar's malady.** says a dis
patch from St. Petersburg to the Slecle.
"shows that he has typholdic enteritis.
HI? brain Is affected and his intellectual
powers are endangered."
day yesterday.. He slept about an hour.
At 9 in th» tvening his temperature wu
102.7; pulse. S2. His Majesty passed a
very good night. His condition and
strength are very satisfactory. This
morning at 9 o'clock his temperature wxs
I3L2; pulse, 73."
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 21— It was
rumored here this evening that Emperor
Nicholas was threatened with lung com
plications, which. If they exist, would
materially diminish his chances of recov
ery. Inflammation of the lungs i3 a com
mon complication of typhoid fever la
Russia! Thus far there la no official con
firmation of the rumor.
LJVADIA, European Russia. Nov. 2X—
The following bulletin was issued this
morning: "The Emperor passed & quiet
If Fresh Disease Develops # It Will Diminish
the Ruler's Chances of Recovery.
CZAR NICHOLAS THREATENED
WITH LUNG COMPLICATIONS
WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.— The Navy De
partment to-day entered into a contract
with the Holland Submarine Boat Com
pany for the construction of a boat of the
type of the six heretofore contracted for,
tc replace the Plunger, the compajiy
agreeing to take the Plunger off the
hands of the Government and to build
tr. her place the best type of modern sub
marine boat for the sum of , 1170,000. re
funding to the Government , the sum of
$90,000 already paid on the • Plunger, and
the sum of J4365, which represents other
expenses to which the Government has
been subjected. ....... ...
WILL BUILD BOAT TO
BEPLACE THE PLTJNGEB
In the Chamber of Deputies Foul Vlgne.
Radical Socialist, for Dodeve. delivered
a long discourse upbraiding the Govern
ment for alleged cruelties In Algeria and
Madagascar perpetrated by the French
troops. '
M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the Premier,
answered: "It Is Impossible to grant am
resty to those who continue to menace the
Government, and as for the Assumptlon-
Ists, their offense has not ceased."
Gustave de L*marselle, Senator for the
department of Morbihan. asked whether
the amnesty extended to the persons con
demned by the Senate sitting as the high
court and to the Assumptlonlsts.
PARIS, Nov. 23.— The Senate to-day
adopted the amnesty bill, which had al
ready been adopted by the Chamber of
Deputies.
FRENCH SENATE ADOPTS
THE AMNESTY BILL
LONDON, Nov. 24.— Special dispatches
Eron Shanghai describe the situation at
Sianfu. General Tung Fu Slang's troops
hold the city. The personal body guard
of the Emperor and Empress Dowagrer
Their Own Troops.
ETaperor and Dowager in Danger cf
GENERAL TUNG'S INSOLENCE.
"An important decision has been arrived
at. however, that this divergence is not
to Interfere with the general peace nego
tiations. Another remarkable feature of
the situation 13 the sudden bold face of
Russia. .which now declines either to with
draw her troops from the province of
Chill or to hand over the railway a3 prom
ised."
LONDON. Nov. 24.-"A serious diver
gence has arisen In Peking," says the
Tientsin correspondent of the Daily Mall,
wiring Wednesday. "Japan, the United
States, Russia and France favor demand
ing a milder punishment than the execu
tion of Prince Tuan and the others, while
Great Britain. Germany. Austria-Hun
gary and Italy 6eem anything less than
the death penalty useless.
Peking Not in Accord.
Ecpresentatives of the Powers at
DIFFEB AS TO PITNTSH^TENT.
TIENTSIN. Nov. 24.-The Japanese have
beheaded two spies. The Boxers bearing
arms who were captured by the Germans
have not yet been tried.
According to the same dispatches the
onl^ hope fcr the court i« In General Ma.
who has 5000 troops outs!d» of Sianfu and
has a blood feud with General Tung Fu
Slang, who murdered Ma's cousin.
consists of only ISO men. General Tung
enters the sacred precincts at will, *a
lutes the imperials with scant courtesy
and almost with insolence and declares
his intention of emulating the notorious
"Wang Hang, who, during the Hang dy
nasty, prevented the court from coming
to terms with the enemy and finally mur
dered the Emperor and usurped the
throne.
The •visit of the battleship Kentucky at
Sn>Tra is believed to relate quite as much
to this matter as to the Indemnity ques
tion.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 23.— The
Pcrte has definitely rejected the request
fcr an exequatur for a United State Con
cul at Harpoot- This refusal is regarded
by the United States legation as a direct
violation of treaty.' rig-hts and conse
quently, despite the refusal. Dr. Thomas
H. Norton, who was. appointed by Presi
dent McKIcley some time ago to estab
lish a consulate at Harpoot, has been di
rected to proceed to his post.
NAPLES, Nov. 3.— The battleship Ken
tucky, which arrived here November 13,
sails to-morrow for Smyrna.
The Turkish objection to the establish
ment of a" consulate at harpoot acd Er
zeroum. under this apparently clear per
mission, has been based on the rather
novel reason that there was no com
merce at these two points, ar.d it has
be*n rather difflcult for our officials to
establish the contrary proposition. But
some time ago the Turkish Government
accorded to the British Government the
right to establish a consulate at Harpoot
and the State Department Immediately
based an additional claim on the "favored
nation" clause of its general treaty, which
would appear to warrant It In demanding
the same privilege of establishing a con
sulate at a given pclnt in Turkey as was
granted to Great Britain.
The State Department holds that Har
poot Is an important commercial point,
and the Interests cf the United States re
<;ulre the presence cf a Consul. An In
struction to Mr. Griscom to repeat the de
rr&nd has been forwarded, but the refusal
cf the Sublime Porte to Issue the exequa
tur Is r^-caxded as shewing that the moral
elect c' the battleship Kentucky's pres
ence wili be nil.
"TI".» Sutl'.iae Porte raar establish Con
euls in the United States cf America and
the United States may appoint their citi
zens to b* Cor.suls cr Vice Corsuls at eca
rseTTial places in the dominions of the
Eutlime Pcrte, where it shall be needful
to fuperintend aJTairs cf commerce."
CALL BUREAU. 'WELLINGTON •
HOTEL, WASHINGTON. Nov.
23.— Turkey has shewn her un
friendliness fcr the United States
by refusing to Issue an exequatur
ta Dr. Thcisas H. Norton, appointed by
the President as Ccr.s-.il at Harpoot- This
ECticn ccrrdzg en top cf the publication .of
the crcerj to the battleship Kentucky to
j-rcceed to Smyrna has caused ecrnrsent
la cCicial circles. " Turkey has always
shown a hesitancy about issuir.g ex
njA.Btl It to American Consuls residing In
the Arrr.^n!an district, and when tte Har
poot ccnsizlate was established several
years «.go :t tock repeated rerrt-seuUtlons
ctl the part cf the American Mini«ter to
obtain the necessary permission for the
Ccnsul to do business. The refusal of the
Turkish. Government do«s not apply per
mocaXtj to Dr. Norton. Minister Griscorn
reports that the interpretation of the.
tnttjr b^twe^r. the United States and
Turkey ty the Pcrte has convinced it that
It has the power to decline to permit an
American representative to locate at Har
pact. The demand of the United States
that an exequatur be Issued rests on arti
cle II of tile treaty of 1SH3. to this effect:
THE PORT OF SMYRNA. TO WHICH PLACE THE BATTLESHIP KENTUCKY IS BOUND. TO REMIND
THE STTLTAN THAT HE OWES UNCLE SAM INDEMNITY. THE SULTAN- IS ALSO -PICTURED " IN
THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATION. -_. - -,— '-" .",-¦"• -. i - ''. ' '- '¦ "''.¦•'- \. , r' I ' ' '¦¦: &
friend when yon wasted cae."
"In what?" asked McNamara.
"In helping you to get your license."
was Scott's reply.
"You are mistaken," rejoined McNa
rsara. "Ycu did not help me in the least
to get my license. I did that myself."
But Scott would cot nave It so. and
words Cew thick and fast. Everybody
was talklss at once and "liar" with a.
dozen expletives not found la the diction
ary was going from mouth to mouth.
Quick as a Cash Scctt struck McNamara
a vicious blew over the left eye and" then
there was trouble. In the Quarrel of
words McNamara. had expressed bis forci
ble opinion that Kelly was no sood. and
when Scott aimed hi3 blow Kelly aimed
another, but McNamara pushed hlsi aslda
and rushed at Scott.
The Tax Collector made a. motlca as IT
to pull a pistol, but he was not Quick
enough. McNamara. pulled & derringer
and Cred at Scott, who seemed to bavo
teen hit, and ran around the counter to a
small room In the salocn. McXamara
chased him and was about to £?& again
when Scott cried. "Don't shoot. Mac; I"va
got It and that's enough."
McNamara lowered his weapon and left
the saloon. When the first shot was fired
Kelly had ran from the saloon and down
the street. He preferred to have the dis
cussion of his friendship, qualities con
cluded without his presence. He waited,
however, and saw MeNamara leave the
saloon.
Then Kelly, still fearful, waited to hear
from Scott or see something of him. la
a few minutes the Tax Collector appeared.
He had had a mest remarkable escape
from death. Although he had been no far
ther than six feet away from McNamara
when the latter fired the bullet M<1 not
struck him. but had gone through the left
shoulder of his coat. He was almost
paralyzed with fear, however, and wa*
taken home by Martin Kelly. Last night
all efforts to see him were In vaia. Vis
itors to his home were Informed that ha
had retired early and under no drcusa
stances could be seen.
the 'Grand Hotel *push* and needed
friends."
One angry word was leading to another
and Kelly stood silently listening to the
discussion of himself. Again Scott took
the offensive. Addressing McNamara he
said: "You shouldn't have any objection
to Kelly or to me, I have been your
larly your friend when you were with
"Why. you certainly know Kelly, don't
you. McNamara?*' he asked.
"Yes." was McNamara'a reply. "Kelly
and I are old friends."
This pleasantry might have ended there.
but Scott was persistent.
"I'm glad to hear It." he said, "because
Kelly and I are also very good friends."
Kelly's friendship Is probably a luxury
which Scott Is privileged to enjoy, but
McNamara retorted with seme warmth:
"I don't know why you should be
friendly with Kelly. He wasn't particu-
lach's saloon on City Hall square. About
3 o'clock in the afternoon Tax Collector
Scott and Martin Kelly, with whom Scot:
has been on terms of Intimacy for some
time, -were standing In front of tne Gaad
laeh saloon. In the midst cf their discus
sion Jack McNamara, who keeps a sa
loon at 117 City Hall avenue, approached
and saluted them.
Between McNamara and Kelly there has
been a political enmity for years. While
both have fought one another politically
they have been socially friends, although
on more than one occasion It has de
manded but very little to provoke a quar
rel between them. Each ha3 been satis
fled to pass the other with a nod. But
yesterday Scott asked McNamara to join
him and Kelly In a drink. McNamara ac
cepted and the three men entered the
saloon.
Then Scott fostered trouble.
T\X_Collector^J. Harry Scott be
came Involved*" In " *, di*«rac*ft»I
saloon row yesterday, la which
he narrowly escaped with his life.
He owes his escape from death to
the mercy of a man whom he savagelr
attacked during an argument In Gund-
TAX COLLECTOR J. HARRY SCOTT. WHO XARROWLY ESCAPED
DEATH YESTERDAY IN A DISGRACEFUL SALOON BRAWL WITH
JACK McNAAHRA. THE SALOON-KEEPER, AND MARTIN KELLY.
Following the Order for the/Battleship Kentucky
to Proceed to Smyrna the Sublime Porte Re
fuses to Issue an Exequatur to Dr. Norton,
the New United States Consul to Harpoot.
TURKEY SHOWS ADDITIONAL
UNFRIENDLINESS TO AMERICA
AND VIOLATES ALL TREATIES
NICARAGUA
ROUTE FOR
THE CANAL
All .Otter Proposi
tions Rejected l)y
Commission.
Recommendation Is Made lor
a Waterway Thirty .
Feet in Depth.
PANAMA PEOPLE ARE BEATEN
Company Merely Attempts to Delay the
Work on the Nicaragua Route to
Further Its Own Interests.
Special Dispatch to The CalL
CALL BUREAU. WELLINGTON HO
TEL. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.— President
MeKinley will have the preliminary re
port cf the Isthmian Canal Commusion In
his hands within two or three day*. It
is now complete and its various parts are
being assembled. It favors the construc
tion of the canal across Nicaragua as
against all other routes proposed: favor3
the construction of a canal thirty feet in
depth at a cost of about IL20.MO.000; dls
courages the building of a thirty-flv,* foot
canal at present, although estimates for
a canal of such depth hav--» been made.
A thirty-five-foot canal would cost abont
J173.COO.C0O. The report recommends, hew
ever, that the locks and cams of the
thirty-foot canal be so constructed as to
permit the canal to be deepened five feet
when commerce requires It. and prac
tically eliminates from consideration the
Panama canal, which route has been the
only real competitor of the Nicirasrua.
waterway. This is owing to the appar-at
inability of Director General Hutin to
make a proposition to sell to the United
States.; s
The present canal commission was ap
pointed to examine all the rossible canal
routes to-be found on the Isthmus. At
an early stage of the investigation it was
ascertained that only two routes -xera
practicable. Nicaragua and Panama, the
next best being the Darien canal, which
crossed the divide 600 feet above the J.ta
level, requiring a tunnel 200 feet in height.
It Is found tfcat there are no englneer'ng
or physical impossibilities on either the
Nicaragua or Panama route. The matte
cf ccst Is largely In favor of Nicaragua
as the estimate for the completion of the
Panama canal as it stands fs about Jl*).
00O.C0O. Th5s does not take Into accnunc
such money as would have to ba paid
for ' Improvements already made on the
Panama isthmus. Serious consideration
of the Panama project has been impos
sible owing to the refusal of .Its ow-iera
to set a price at which It coulo be bc»yht.
The Panama company was asked two
questions, the first being: "Can you sell
outright to the United States?" an-i "How
much will you sell for?"
Representatives of the Panama com
pany in conference with the commUston-
ers to-day have continued to evad? these
questions and the American engineers
have reached the conclusion. Ion? ago
foreshadowed, that the Panama men have
no Intention of selling to the American
Government, the opposition to th<i Nica
ragua canal being based on a desire to
nullify that project so that they can float
another French lean to complete the work
themselves. William Nelson Cromwell of
New Tork Is here as attorney for the
company.
The route adopted across Nicaragua by
the present - commission follows closely
that recemmended by the Walker com
mission two years ago." The total distance
from the Pacific to the Atlantic is 190
miles. Commencing at Brito. on the Pa
cific Coast, and following up the east side
of the Bio Grande a vessel would, by aid
of four Iock3, reach the summit and level
of Lake Nicaragua, which is 116 feet above
the Pacific Ocean. The distance from
Brito to the lake is 17.S miles. The ra^qi
line then crosses the lake, a distance of
about seventy-one miles, to the heaJ of
the San Juan River.
Following this river for fifty-seven miles
the site of the proposed dam is reached
at Boca San Carlos. Here the canal leaves
the river bed. but follows j the valley for
twenty -one miles to a point opposite the
mouth of the Rio SaripiquL From this
point a. nearly straight line Is mad* o th-
Atlantic Ocean at Greytown. twenty-two
miles more.
To build this canal a depth of thirty
feet, as recommended by the commission.
It will be necessary to remove about 1S0,-
COO.00O cubic yards of earth and rock. A
great engineering feature of the enter
price is the proposed dam at San Carlos,
which will be US feet high from its rock
bed to the crest, and the crest will be
nearly 13C0 feet in length. The building
of a dam at point avoids questions
which arose under previous survey* from
possible flood waters of *he river San
Carlos, which in the proposed plan enters
the San Juan below Instead of above the
dam.
The full report, of the commission.
which will be rendered some time thi3
winter, win contain many papers of great
Interest and value upon climate, trade
influences, effect upon population and
other economic questions arising in con
sideration of the canal.
The work of the present commission has
been moat thorough. Every possible va
riant has been surveyed and hundreds of
sites for dams and Iock3 were 'considered
BERLIN. Nov. 24.— Field Marshal Count
von Waldersee cables that Colonel Yorck's
column reached Hsueng Hwa November
1*. The weak garrison immediately sur
rendered. The column commanded by
Colonel Muehlensfels. the dispatch adds,
is proceeding to Amkla Chwang. The
health of the troops is good.*
Another dispatch from the field marshal
says Muehlensfels* detachment. Novem
ber 20, drove a stronger band of Boxers
out of Amkla. Chwang.' after a short en
gagement, during which forty Boxers
were killed and the latter lost eight gum.
A squadron belonging to Colonel Yorck's
column, it Is further announced, has at
tacked ¦ the rear guard of the Chinese
troops retiring I from I Pruen Hwa-Fn . on
the Hwanan- The troops killed thirty
Chinese end captured eight wagons loaded
with money, ammunition and equipment.
CALL BUREAU. WELLINGTON HO
TEL. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—Assur
ances of a particularly gratifying and
important charac^r. declaring their pur
pcrse to act conjointly and In harmony
to effect a prompt settlement of the Chi
nese 'uestlon, were to-day given the
United States by Russia. Germany,
Great Britain. France and Japan. These
declaration* of tbe powers are due to
the diplomacy of the President and Sec
retary Hay. Development? In Peking
had showed conclusively that none of the
Ministers were alive to the Importance of
formulating demands with which the Chi
nese Government could comply. Proposi
tions were being made, especially by rep
resentatives of the powers whose policies
were regarded wltn suspicion, the adop
tion of which could only result In rejec
tion by the Chinese Government and the
resumption of hostilities. . It was there
fore decided .hat in the Interest of a
prompt settlement It was desirable to ap
peal to the powers direct.
An Identical note was. therefore, ad
dressed to the Interested Voyernments In
...ura&e,. ?-=d Japan.'an.V"''.:;.*'correspond
ence- which followed culminated In . the
aseuran - referred to. These assurance*
repeat the declarations which were made
in connection with the indorsement of the
Anglo-German agreement, and would
seem on their face to show that th« pow
ers are actuated by the single purpose
of ending the present unsatisfactory
conditions In the Celestial Empire. Yet
the fact remains that at least two pow
ers have been pursuing in a" eking the
most obstructive tactics, and have evi
dently favored a policy designed to pro
voke the Chinese to armed resistance.
An important point about these latest
declarations is that the powers expressly
state that they desire such solutions of
the Chinese troubles as can be adopted
b" the imperial government without dan
ger to Its safety. Mr. Conger is directed
to urge -on his colleagues the necessity
of agreeing uoon demands which will be
reasonably certain of acceptance by ue
Chinese. The President and Secretary
Hay appreciate the weakness of the Im
perial government, and do not want the
shadow of imperial authority to disap
pear as a result cf th' machinations of
rowerful -"nces and officials. Even de
spite the assurances of the powers that
they desire a prompt settlement and are
willing to work harmoniously to secure
It. the authorities here apparently expect
disagreement. In anticipation of the fail
ure of negotiations and des^ing that ef
forts to reach a Joint agreement shall
continue, the officials are casting auout
for a method of solution that will satisfy
all. This subject has been given care
ful consideration by the President" and
Cabinet, who at to-day's session discussed
the whole Chinese solution. The sugges
tion for settlement of the question by an
international conference, participated In
by the representatives of the powers, to
be held in a European capital, has been
revived, but among conservative oSdals
It is believed that an even better plan
would be the adoption of a policy refer
ring the matter to the Hague Court of
Arbitration. The main aim of the Presi
dent Is to obtain a settlement that will
Insure the territorial and administrative
entity of China.
The story that the President contem
plates acquiring Chinese territory is posi
tively denied by the State Department.
This authoritative statement was made
to-day: "There is no foundation what
ever for the report that the United
States purposes to acquire Chinese terri
tory. This Is contrary to the declared
policy of the President- Every effcrt !s
being made to preserve the territorial in
tegrity of the empire, and to this end the
President is endeavoring to bring about a
prompt settlement." _
FIGHTTNO AGAINST BOXERS.
Special D'.sratch to The CaJL
Clever Diplomacy ol the
President to Secure
Settlement.
ARBITRATION BEING ASKED
» —
This Government Aims to Preserve the
Territorial and Administrative
Entity of China.
Powers Agree to Act
in Harmony as to
Viillidi
NOW READY
TO FOLLOW
UNCLE SAM
before the present ones were selected.
Thousands of borings have been made
from the six-fathom line In the Atlantic
to the six-fathom Lne in the Pacific, and
an intimate knowledge of the geological
formation along the entire" route ha» been
obtained to a depth far below that re
quired for canal purposes. It is found
that It will take less • than ten years tr
build the canal and some of the engineers
estimate that during its construction at
least 50,000 men. will be given "employment
in the United States and on the isthmus.
CHICAGO. Nov. 2X— The poverty-strick
en condition of Mrs. Adella Burton, who
claims to have been a coTifldential servant
In the family of Jefferson Davis during
the civil war. was brought to the atten
tion of the police here to-day and her
wants attended to.
Mrs. Burton, who was discovered fca a
lonely hovel on the somb side, declares
that when the President of the Confeder
ate States fied to escape she was entrust
ed with the private effects of the fugitive.
She was born In slavery elzhty-ser«a
years a* o. ¦
OF JEETEBSON' DAVIS
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1900.
PRICE FIVE— eENTS.
VOLUME LXXXVIH— >~O. 177.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.