The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIIL—NO. 154. » NOVEMBER 1, 1895. FROTH AND VAPORING Those Were Substituted for the Championship Battle. ONLY WORDS AND WIND. Fitzsimmons Detained by Officers at the Capital City of Arkansas. S0 HE DID NOT FACE CORBETT. Governor Clarke Succeeded in Stopping the Big Fight, but Smaller Ones Are Billed. HOT SPRINGS, ARk., Oct. 31.—Froth and vaporing have been the principal haracteristics of the day which was to witness the great pugilistic combat for the world’s championship between Corbett 1d Fitzsimmons. Instead of solid punches gainst solid flesh there has been little else than words and wind. facts stand clearly out from the torrent of disputation, argument, and at times heated controversy in which the aggrega- tion of of-town sports indulged with brief intervals for refreshment from the b fast until midnight. One is that Corbett has failed to find a combatant and isstill the champion heavy- weight of the world; a second, that the k pion and bis manager, William A. Brady, bave decided to submit to the Gov- ernor’s authority by surrendering them- selves in Little Rock to-morrow morning, and a third, that a inal and supreme effort will be made to carry through the carnival programme next week, as witness the of- ficial announcement that Steve O’Donnell and Peter Maher will pull off their match in Whittington Park at 3 o’clock on Mon- afternoon. The action of the authorities in relation to this battle will decide the question whether Corbett and Fitzsimmons may fight in public on Arkansas sc The arrival on the early morning and noon trains of be n 400 and 500 sports from New York, icago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis and other points has a tendency toward livening up the town, and the scenes in and about the Ar- lington Hotel were decidedly animated. Parson Davies, with his aggregation of stars, inciuding John L. Sullivan, Paddy Ryan, Tommy Ryan (who is matched {o meet Smith), came in. Everybody wanted to see the redoubtable John L., and he- tween dignified citizens and the big-boned, wiry individuals who came in from valley and mountain the ex-champion’s right arm was pretty severely tested for nearly an hour. Then he was piloted about town with admiring crowds of men and boys following in his wake. But the bulk of the visitors had come for business rather than for their health and as soon as they had got their bearings they wanted to know just what the situa- tion was. Itdid not take many words to explain that Corbett was in town and ready to be produced in the ring in fifteen notice; that there was actually a and a substantial one at that, in to produce him, but unfortunately 1 concerned Bob Fitzsimmons was in of the law a good many miles v and even had forgotten to send ex- cuses or regrets for his non-appearance on eventfulday. Thiswassupplemented 1 the information that probably the o men could be gotten together early next week after the court proceedings d resulted in their being placed under ace bonas. There was a general demand, however, for some entertainment more immediate and definite, and some one suggested that aher and O’ Donnell might bring off their t in the opera-house to-night for the gate receipts. The proposition spread like wildfire and created a whirlwind of excite- ment. Brady was hunted up and found to be willing. Manager Quinn, for Maher, was equally agreeable. Steve O’Donnell had been turned loose 1n a bath and was being rubbed down to give his flesh a glow. Then it was remembered that a traveling theatrical company had possession of the opera-house for the evening and would probably demand a good round figure to waive the performance, and it was sug- gested that the men could start in at 11 o'olock or at midnight, when the ring- builder protested that he could not pos- sibly get a safe ring on the stage in the space of two hours. The upshot was that after that matter had been regarded as good as settled the meeting was declared impracticable. After this there was a consultation be- tween Brady, Quinn, Parson Davies and others concerned and it was finally agreed that announcements should be made that Maher and O'Donnell should meet at Whittington Park on Monday afternoon and Smith and Ryan at the same place on the following day. In the meantime the peace proceedings against the champion and Fitzsimmons at Little Rock would have been disposed of and the great fight could take place on Thursday, or a post- ponement for one week from the original date. Manager Brady’s word, and it has proved itself reliable ever since he came to Hot Springs, must be taken for the statement that early this morning Corbett wasdriven irom a private house where he is stopping to Whittineton Park, where he walked about the then uncompleted ring in order to comply with the articles of agreement and thus be in a position to claim the for- feit and championship. Peter Maher, however, was not satisfied with Brady’s story, and with Manager Quinn and a number of spectators he waited 1n the park from 11 until after 12 o’clock intending to challenge Corbett should the latter put in an appearance. Their wait was without result, and al- most chilled to the bone by the bleak winds, they returned to the city. In the meantime the workmen had completed operations in the ring. It is a substantial affair of heavy timber, and standing six feet from the ground. Both the posts and the ropes are padded with red and white cotton batten. No seats have been pro- Only three real | vided, but near by is a grand stand capable of seating a few hundred people, and which would accommodate the holders of the highest-priced tickets. In the absence of seats the great mass of spectators would be compelled to locate themselves on the ledges of the mountain with which the ring is surrounded on three sides. Corbett and Brady, accompanied by Attorney-General Kinsworthy and Colonel Martin, will leave for Little Rock at7 o’clock to-morrow morning and surrender themselves before the Chancellor for a hearing on warrants issued at the instance of the Attorney-General and the informa- tion attached, which sets forth that the fight in which the men proposed to engage may result in the killing of one or the other. Brady finally succumbed this after- noon to the argument of Colonel Martin that this would be the best course to pur- sue, and that it would make the prospects of settling the championship contest brighter than they are at present. The lawyer’s position has already been out- lined in the United Press dispatches, and is in brief that having given bonds in Pu- laski County, the men can fight in Gar- land County with a certainty that no petit jury will ever convict them, a pro- ceeding necessary before the bonds can be sued out. Billy Smith and Tommy Ryan will weigh in at 8 o’clock to-marrow and claim their forfeit of $500 each from the Florida Ath- letic Club. New arcicles will then be drawn up if both managers are willing for the men to meet on Tuesday. i By FITZSIMMONS' DIRE THREAT. Will Quit Talking for Publication Until He Mcets Corbett. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 3L.—From all appearances Bob Fitzsimmons is not | likely to be at liberty to participate in a | prize-fight for several daysto come. To- day's legal proceedings were brief and in- conclusive, but they indicate that while Judge Martin will not strain the law against the lengthy Australian, neither will he hurry the proceedings along in order to oblige the pugilistic contingent. this view of the case is correct, immons may be detained here fora , while the Attorney-General and the lawyers for the Hot Springs Athletic Club It | paw over precedents and over old dusty lawbooks containing statutes relating to prize-fighting. But even if it was assured that Fitzsim- mons would be discharged from custody to-morrow there is always the absolute certainty that the redoubtable Governor | Clarke would be on his trail again with some species of legal weapon within five minutes. The Governor is enlisted for the war and evidently means to serve out his term of enlistment. He is enjoying the satisfaction of holding a prize-fighter cap- tive within a stone’s throw of the State Capitol and is reluctant to relinquish the pleasing sepsation. He is not likely to do so, either, so long as he has means at hand to prevent “Lanky” Bob’s exit from the Arkansas capital, and he declared that he has fresh ammunition for any possible phase of the situation that may develop. It is alto- getner likely, therefore, that if thereis any prize-fighting in the vicinity of Hot Springs within the next few days, Mr. Fitzsimmons will not be among the par- ticipants. It was half-past 9 o'clock this morning when Fitzsimmons and Julian arrived in the city over the Cotton Beltroad in the custody of Sheriff Dillard of Texarkana, who made the arrest at the request of the Sheriff of this (Pulaski) county. With his party were J. N. Crenshaw and W. E. Casey, who, however, were not under ar- rest. The party was driven to the Capitol Hotel, where they registered in a hopeful spirit as *‘en route.” They were assigned to rooms on the third floor, and witha local Deputy Sheriff acting as doorkeeper, seitled down to await their appearance in court at 2 o’cieck. Fitzsimmons stretched himself on a bed and Julian busied himself with letters and telegrams. Neither was disposed to be uneasy over the outcome of the affair. Julian, how- ever, spoke bitterly of the reports that had been telegraphed over the country to the effect that Fitzsimmons had thrown him- self in the way of Sheriff Dillard, when he might have surrendered himself to Sheriff Houpt of Garland County and been taken safely to Hot Springs. ““This statement,”” he declared, “is a lie, pure and simple. We knew nothingabout either of the Sheriffs. The Hot Springs people sent us no word of anything of the kind from the time Iieft there, ten days ago, up to the present moment. “We know nothing about any arrange- ments that had been made to get us safely to Hot Springs, if any such arrangements were made. We were left completely in the dark, to feel our way out if we could. Neither Fitzsimmons nor myself is a mind reader and we could not be expected to pick out friends from enemies simply by looking at them. But aside from that fact the truth is that the Hot Springs Sheriff himself surrendered us to the Texarkana Sheriff when the latter made a demand on him. We had no choice in the matter. The Hot Springs man made a mild kick on giving us up, but it didn’t go. “That special train story is another sample of the way the Corbett crowd tried todous up. They said we refused to g0 on a special train that would have taken us through to Hot Springd without moles- tation. Now, in the first place, I never saw that special train, and if I had seen it I would not have got on the same car with Joe Vendig, who, as everyboay knows, has been trying to do us up ever since the match was made. I believed he would have jobbed us somehow. The amount of it is that we have been getting the worst of it right along. We were guaranteed protection from legal interference, and as you see we were arrested as soon as we stepped over the State line. ““The Hot Springs peovle have not sent lawyers here to appear for vs to-day, al- though they promise to send them to- morrow. You may say for Fitzsimmons, however, that in spite of all the discour- agements and bad faith we have had to encounter, he is ready, as soon as we get out of this muss, to fight Corbett or any- body else, as originally proposed. His $10,000 is ready, and so is he. As for Cor- bett, Fitzsimmons will fight him in aring, in a balloon or in an ink-bottle, at any time or any place. He’ll lick him, too.” Fitzsimmons indorsed what his mana- ger said, and added that he was sick and tired of being lied about and misrepre- sented, and that he had about quit talking for publication until after he had fought Corbett. At 2 o’cleck the pugilist and his mana- ger appeared before Judge J. W. Martin, in the Circuit Court. Mayor Watersof the Continued on Second Page. Old Silurian (on seeing the bob-tail cars makes me feel natural once more. Niantic as they did in ’49 and the again on Montgomery street)}—By thunder, that I imagine that the waves are washing the cobbles near the old spring of ’50. SHOCKS IN THE EAST, Chicago’s Experience With the First on Record There. RESIDENTS GOT SCARED. Through Many Sections of Illi- nois the Temblor Was | Felt. SLIGET DAMAGE RESULTED. Most Badly Frightened of All Were the Inmates of a Female Seminary. CHICAGO, Irn., Oct. 31. — The first earthquake on record visited this city this morning at 5:15 o’clock, but it was almost a harmless one although distinct. The disturbance extended throughont Illinois without doing much damage, and reports received from towns in Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio state that the earthquske passed north and west as far as those States, while to the south it spread through Mis- souri, Tennessee, West Virginia, Ken- tucky, Alabama and Louisiana. In nearly all the Western towns the people had the same experience to tell, but it was their first of the kind in most cases. The destruction of property was confined chicfly to fallen chimneys, and plaster- cracked walls, and broken household arti- cles, while nervous systems suffered a shock. Chicago’s maiden shock lasted abouta minute. In many houses pictures were thrown to the floor and crockery broken and some chimneys fell. The shock was unaccompanied by any audible rumblings, coming in gently from the lake and disap- pearing across the prairies of the West. It was most severely felt on the north side, where probably the majority of sleepers were awakened. In the suburbs many persons dashed out of their houses in scanty clothing. At the lake-front hotels the shock was felt plainer than at those in the central part of the business district. Nearly every one in the Victoria was aroused by the shock. Half a dozem people came down- stairs to complain about the noise of the machinery waking them wup. Several thought the engine had exploded. The Great Northern, which is the highest hotel building in the country; was only slightly jarred. One guest on the tenth floor ran out of his room when the trem- bling of the building occurred. The shock 'was noticeable in nearly all the high office buildings, but no serious damage was done. In some instances the occupants of upper floors were badly scared and im- agined that the build ings were tumbling. The enunciators at the Central Tele- phone Exchange all dropped with one ac- cord at the first shock of the earthquake. A distincet vibration of the building and the jostling of desks against each other followed the drop of the instruments and alarmed the overators on duty. The shock was felt all along the river. The boats rocked from side to side and rose as with a tide, and large vessels rocked against the docks with a great deal of force. The force was great out in the lake, as books were thrown from the snelves in the house of the mile crib-keeper and the lamp and ornaments upon the table in his room were overturned. Keeper Doll rushed to the top of the crib, thinking that a gale had blown the top off. In the Maxwell-street station eighty patrolmen were asleep upstairs and the men, scantily dressed, rushed for the stairs leading to the squad-room below. The plastering in several places fell from the walls on the bare heads of the officers. A crack in the wall reaching from the roof to the second floor resulted from the shock. At Pekin, Ill., the shock rolled a man i ing, some towns and cities reporting severe out of bed in the third story of a building. There were about fifteen vibrations at Naperville, lasting several minutes. Hun- dreds of citizens were frightened by sway- ing buildings. | Three shocks were felt at Aurora. | Guests in the hotels at Rockford were | thrown into a panic by the noise and breaking of glass and china, but no one | was hurt. At the female seminary of Carroll the vibration was so strong that it created consternation and seventy white- | robed studentsran wildly about the halls. AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 31.— A slight earthqnake shock was felt here at 5:45 this morning. RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 3L—A slight earthquake shock was felt here about 6 o’clock this morning. DETROIT, Mrcn., Oct. 31.— Advices from all portions of Lower Michigan to- day indicate that the seismic disturbance was general about 5:30 o'clock this morn- shocks. No serious damage was done at any point heard from, however. The shock was felt in this city, but it was not severe. SIX PASSENGERS INJURED. An Accident on the Reading Road Caused by a Broken Rail. READING, Pa., Oct. 3l.—While the Philadelphia and Reading passenger train which left here at 10:15 A.m. for Allen- town was running between Mertztown and Shamrock a rail broke. The engine, tank | and front part of the baggage-car remained on the track. The other part of the train, consisting of three passenger-cars, left the track and careened over on their sides against the embankment of the cut. Among those injured were: Miss Mary Fritch of Rock, Schuykill County, leg hurt; Mrs. Laura Hart of Paterson, N. J., hand slightly hurt; Mrs. Esther Deyher of Kutztown, leg bruised; James Hote of Steelton, leg bruised; George Mundell of Reading, hurt about the hand; Thomas Harris of Philadelphia, leg bruised. CDULDNT CHECK THE M Peace Officers Were Powerless to Prevent the Horror at Tyler, Tex. Three Judges Who Witnessed the Torture of the Negro May Be Arrested. AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 3l.—Information received by the Governor this morning through an eyewitness to the Tyler horror indicates that the Sheriff and other officers were absolutely powerless to protect the prisoner. After murdering Mrs, Bell the negro left her mutilated body and walked about a mile and then got into a passing wagon and rode for several miles. Leav- ing the wagon he made his- way into Gregg County and was found hiding in a pen of cotton by a Deputy Sheriff of that county. The news of the crime had spread and armed men were scouring the country, and as scon as the negro was found over 100 of them collected and forcibly took kim from the officer. Out from Tyler, near the scene of his crime, they were met by others, swelling the number to several hundred. Hon. John Duncan and others made speeches to the mob in Tyler, adyis- ing that the law be permitted to take its course, but they would only agree to per- mit an examination to ascertain if the negro was really the right man, and if not they would not kill him. Judge Duncan conducted the examination and his guilt was clearly established. The negro’s clothes were covered with blood and he confessed that he murdered Mrs. Bell, He was burned in the presence of the three Judges of the State Court of Crimi- nal Apveals, now holding court at Tyler. They were among the lookers-on, and if the Sheriff carries out Governor Culber- son’s orders they will be among the num- ber arrested and presented to the Grand Jury. Noone here believes any arrests will be made and the terrible affair will pass off as did the horrible burning at Paris two years ago. Failure of Wholesalers. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 31.—M. Rosen- berg & Co., wholesale dealers in hosiery, notions, etc.. failed to-day. Liabilities are $175,000, assets $125,000. HORRORS IN ARMENIA, | Corroboration of the Awful Atrocities of the Turks. NO END TO OUTRAGES. Each Day Brings Nothing Else Than a Succession of the Butcheries. AN EXODUS OF CHRISTIANS. It Would Take Very Little to Provoke a General Massacre of All For. eigners. BOSTON, Mass.,, Oct. 31.—A special report received by the National committee of the Armenian Relief Society to-day from their special agent in Armenia fully corroborates the awful details which have been sent out. The report states that even the dispatches sent out bv no means begin to give an adequate idea of the ter- rible state of affairs at present existing. Each day is nothing else than a constant succession of butcheries, men, women and children, young and old, falling before the merciless Turks and the still more merci- less Kurds and native mountain allies of the Mussulmans. The Turks themselves scoff at the 1dea cof foreign intervention, and the feeling ot hostility against all Europeans and Americans has increased so that it would take only a very little to provoke a general massacre of all foreigners in addition to the Armenians. Of late this feeling has been so pro- nounced that a general exodus of all such has taken place. This action is being taken at the advice of the Consuls, who are making every effort in case of a serious upraising taking place. The dispatch citesan instance of a single massacre near Ziflis, when 500 Armenians, mostly old men, women and children, were surrounded by Turkish and Kurd cavalry, and, after being butchered, their bodies were thrown into a deep ravine, where already hundreds of similar bodies lay. On another occasion, when 200 Armeni- ans were gathered in church, the doors of the edifice were locked and the buildingset on fire, cremating the entire number, those who managed to jump through the win- dows being cut down and their bodies thrown back into the flames. The national committee has started a monster petition, which will be circulated all over the country and sent to Congress as soon as it convenes, asking the United States Government to make an official in- quiry. ONE PORTFOLIO NOT TAKEN., M. Bourgeois Has Nearly Completed the French Cabinet. PARIS, France, Oct. 31.—M. Bourgeois has succeeded in forming a Cabinet, all the portfolios having been accepted with the exception of that of the Foreign Ministry. The new Cabinet is constituted as follows: Prime Minister and Minister of the In- terior, M. Bourgeois; Minister of War, M. Cavaignac; Minister of Marine, M. Lock- TO0Y ;. i{iniater of Finance, M. Doumer; Minister of Justice, M. Richard; Minister of the Colonies, M. Combes; Minister of Public Instruction and Worship, M. Berthelot; Minister of Public Works, M. Guyot-Dessaigne; Minister of Commerce, M. Mesuerer; Minister of Agriculture, M. Viger. The Czarowits Worse. ST. PEKTERSBURG, Oct. 31.—It is an- nounced that the Czarowitz is growing steadily worse. He is continuously con- fined to his bed and remainsin a com- pletely apathetic state. g Spanish Forces Routed. J ACKSONVILLE, Fra., Oct. 31.—A ca- blegram to the Times-Union from ‘West, Fla., says: Private letters received in this city by the steamer Mascotte last night state that it is reported in Havana that a battle was fought on Monday in the eastern part of the island between Antonio Maceo and_ the Spanish troops under Colonel Canillas, in which tbe latter was wounded and made prisoner. The Spanish forces were completely routed. —_——— TROOPS ON THE FRONTIER. Colombia Preparing to Assist Threatened Venezuela. BOGOTA, Coromsra, Oct. 31.—The Gov- ernment is preparing to mass troops on the frontier of Venezuela. This afternoon & correspondent saw President Carro, who, in referring to the Anglo-Venezuelan trouble, said that it behoovesall Latin- American countries to stand united against European aggressions, which are becoming too frequent. He said that there was every reason to believe that the United States will not allow England to oppress Venezuela, for the Monroe doctrine is very clear in the present case. He said that Colombia was not alone in siding with Venezuela, but - others had al- ready promised to help. A4 BOMB AT A CONVENT. It Is Reported That Several Nuns Were Frightenea to Death. MADRID, 8parx, Oct. 31.—The greatest excitement has been caused at Corsuela, in the province of Biscaya, by a dastardly dynamite outrage. Some miscreant to-day placed a bomb in the convent at that place and an explosion followed, causing much damage to the building. One report has it that several of the nuns were so terribly | frightened that death resulted. MUST PAY DUTY ON THE SOUP.| So the Cruise of the Schooner Gracie T | Among Turtle Islands Will Not Be Very Profitable. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 31.—Collector | Kilbreth ruled yesterday that turtle soup | made and carried at seaand brought to this port for sale must pay duty of 20 per cent ad valorem, as if the soup had been made and canned abroad to be imported here. The decision spoiled the symmetry of a scheme devised by Benjamin Wood and the Ocean Trading Company. They had a notion that they could undersell the mar- ket for pure turtle soup by sending a float- ing soup plant into the region which tur- ties inhabit. With this view they fitted out the schooner Gracie T and sailed for ‘West Indian waters last spring. The plan worked as expected on the voyage. Turtles abounded and were easily canght. The cooks boiled down and tinned into soup enough turtles to fill 544 cases, or the equivalent of 150,000 quart cans. They brought back only 1700 empty cans. ‘When entry was sought for the Gracie T on Monday the customs ofhcers, refusea to pass the soupas fish. This would have given free entry. The officers seemed at aloss, however, how to assess the cargo, since it had been gathered at sea and had not been brought from another country. Collector Kilbreth heard the appeal of the soup men yesterday. The ground of his decision was that the soup was a manu- factured article and had been imported. He held that the place of manufacture was immaterial, since it wasnot in this country. The soup factory plant, includ- ing the tin cans, was not subject to duty, he said, because the expedition had been equipped here. e i MISS FLAGLER INDICTED. To Be Placed on Trial for Shooting Ernest Green, the Negro Youth, at Washington. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31.—The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia this afternoon returned an indictment against Miss Elizabeth Flagler, daughter of General D. M. Flagler, chief of ord- nance of the army. She is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Ernest Green, a young colored boy, last August while he was picking upa pear from under a tree in the yard surrounding the Flagler residence. Miss Flagler is now under bail in the sum of $10,000, based upon the pro- ceeding before the Coromer’s jury. No new process will be necessary, the District Attorney states, to secure her presence in court to plead to the indictment, and until a day is fixed for the trial, no proceedings will occur in the case. STORM-SWEPT BAHAMAS, Hurricanes Caused Great Desti- tution on the Ill-Fated FUNDS ARE INCREASING Support Is Coming In From the Active Interior. THE EXPOSITOR'S GIFT. Los Angeles Will Hold a Mass- Meeting on Monday Next. EVERYTHING LOOKS CHEERFUL, Nearly Seventy-One Thousand Dollars Already Subscribed for the Convention. The activity displayed by the interior | towns in adding their financial aid to the convention fund has caused some rivalry along the coast. Yesterday the Fresno Republican came into ihe ranks with §100, and immediateiy afterward the Expositor placed $200 to its credit. In Visalia, Los Angeles and Fresno the work of collecting still goes on, and there is a likelihood of many others coming in with substantial assistance. Such activity is of the greatest impore tance to the working out of the project, and will, beyond doubt, be the prime ele- ment of success. THE CALL has always held in this matter that the people were just as much concerned in this particular matter as the great corporations and moneyed interests. It will tend to aid and assist the entire State to that advanced stage of prosperity that only comes with unity among the masses. Los Angeles has called a mass-meeting for tbe purpose of considering the possi~ bility of securing the great Repnblican Convention for San Franeisco, as that city is far-seeing enough to realize what it means to them. This is a distinct case of municipal intelligence, and will be fol« lowed by other moves of a similar char« acter. The railroads are about ready to make their terms known to the public, and it is pretty well understood that they will do all in their power to make the rate for the round trip as low as possible. In the East our champions are permit~ ting no grass to grow under their feet, and San Francisco need have no fear that her friends will leave anything undone to win the point. Charles M. Shortridge, the editor of Tae Carr, while 1n New York and Illinois made as thorough a canvass as was possible, and was assured by leaders of the Republican party that San Francisco had a sufficient number of supporters to fight for it in the National Committee meeting next De- cember. No delay is apparent on the part of the people, and money is still coming in to make up the necessary amount. The fact that San Francisco has crawled up the list from fourt!s to second in the cities that are likely of success is in itself a sufficient ine dication of the support we have back of us in the Bastern States. At the meeting in the Chamber of Com- merce Monday night there will be some great developments that will show beyond a shadow of a doubt that San Francisco has the combined influence of the press, the people and the leading business men to push the National Convention issue to a satisfactory finish. Every day marks progress in the work so nobly begun, which, with the assistance of the interior towns and papers, we will be enabled to complete as per programme. Never in its history has San Francisco had such an opportunity te show its stay- ing powers to other cities in the United States. There must be no idling, and every citizen who can give the plan a lifg should do it with all possible haste. To-day we stand a better chance of secur- ing the convention than any other city in the Union, and we cannot afford to falter in the work begun with so much earnest- ness. Simultaneously with our meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles will also be in the midst of its mass-meets ing, and the work done at both will be wired to all parts of the United States. The energy displayed and the amount ot work accomplished will in a great measure Islands. The Captain of a Passing’Vessel In- formed That the Inhabitants Are Starving. GALVESTON, Tex.,, Oct. 31.—Captain Hudson of the British steamer Honiton, which arrived here yesterday, twenty- seven days from Antwerp, reports that while passing Bemini island on October 25, three days after the terrific storm which swept the Bahamas, he was hailed by two boats flying distress signals. The boats contained ten men, white and col- ored, who claimed to be pilots and fisher- men and who stated that they were desti- tute. The storm of October 22 had made it necessary to ask assistance of pasbing vessels. Captain Hudson supplied them with what provisions he could spare and pro- ceeded on his way, but had not gone far before he was again spoken by several boats which had the same poverty- stricken story to teil. The captain was unable to render any further assistance, however, and says that the men in the boats told him that the storm had blown down all their houses and destroyed all the crops, and that the water has been muddy so long that it was impossible to catch fish, and that the inhabitants of the isiana of Bemini were actually starving. —_—— Fire at a Sawmill. DAVENPORT, Iowa, Oct. 31.—The large band and gang sawmills of the Cable Lum- ber Company were totally destroyed by fire to-night. Fire can&tat from the stack. The loss is about $75,000, well covered by in- surance. One hnndred and thirty men ere have weight with the National committee« men. They will see plainly enough the wisdom of bringing the convention to San Francisco and appreciate the harmony that it will bring forth between this coast and the East. No move could be made that would be as advantageous to the party asthat giving us the convention, and it is evident from the strength we exhibit that the value of it is apparent to the Eastern politicians. The question is still a matter of comment in political circles, and weare looked upon with a considerable amount of favor. Our right to the convention is not disputed by fair-minded members of the National Coms mittee, and we will probably get it. f YA e i ANOTHER MASS-MEETING. Los Angeles Has Called One Simultanes ous With Ours. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Oct. 31.—The in- terest taken in obtaining the next Repub- lican National Convention for San Frane cisco is rapidly becoming a State affair. Many of the principal citizens of Los Angeles are outspoken in 1its favor, and the Chamber of Commerce yesterday re- solved “That its members be requested to use their influence with such members ot the Republican National Commiitee as they may know to secure the holding of the next Republican Convention in San Francisco.”” A petition was circulated toe day and generally signed by the merchants and prominent office-holders here, calling for a mass-meeting of citizens at the Chamber of Commerce Hall next Monday evening to take such action as may be e —— Away from town ? and want engraving done ? thrown out of employment, For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Pages 3 and 4. Tell us. We don’t charge unless we satisfy you. s . il Bohseet H § Crocker Co