The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIIL—NO. 167, oo PRICE FIVE CENTS GIVEN HO' QUARTER, Christian and Armenian Teachers Massacred by Turks. MANY PUT TO DEATH. Wholesale Slaughter in the Dis- trict Between Erzeroum and Trebizond, EXTREME DANGER AT HARPOOT Commissioner Durnham Notifies Ter- rill That Missionaries Are Threatened. RLIN, Gerwmany, Nov. 13.—A dis- to the Cologne Gazette from its cor- respondent in Constantinople says that all of the Christian and Armenian teachers between Erzeroum and Trebizond bave been massacred. g, TCRKEY, Nov. 13.— In reply to an inquiry from United States Minister Terrill regarding the situation of the missionaries at Harpoot, Commis- sioner Durnham has replied that, while they are alive, their position is one of ex- treme danger. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—Secre- tary Olney was closeted with President Cleveland for an hour this morning. On his return from the White House he stated to the United Press that he had received no dispatch from Miaister Terrill con- firmatory of the startling story trans- mitted from Constantinople to the Cologne Gazette in regard to the massacre of the ries in Turkey. NDON, Excraxn, Nov. 13.—The Daily News to-morrow will print a letter from a European in Erzeroum, dated November 1, detailing the slaughter there. He esti- mated the loss at 3000, including some women, and records seeing the bodies that had been skinned or otherwise mutilated. The villages in the vicinity, he says, sui- fered awiully. The massacre was evidently prearranged. A soldier whom the writer knows declares that orders for the slaughter were given by the Porte. The Standard’s Constantinople corre- spondent, in a dispatch appearing in that paper 10-morrow, says if the report that French and American missionaries have been injured be confirmed there is every reason- to believe that France and the Upited States will no longer confine them- selves to remonstrances. The correspond- ent also says that the officials at the Yildiz Palace are much disturbed by Lord Salis- bury’s declaration, and fear that a Euro- pean conference may be summoned. The Sultan and his entourage have been for two days in a state of panic. The con- dition of affairs in the palace is indescrib- able. Everybody believes the énd is near, but nobody ventures to prophesy how it will be effected. — RECALLED BY OLNEY. Failure of Messrs. Chilton and Hunter’s Mission to Armenia. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—Robert B. Chilton and Duloney Hunter of the State Department, who were sent by this Government to esta h new United States consulates at Erzeroum and Har- pout in Armenia, have been recailed by Secretary Olney and it is believed that the project for whick they were dispatched will be abandoned. Officials of the State Department are ex- ceedingly reticent about the matter, and will admit nothing further than that Chil- ton and Hunter had informed the depart- ment of their return to Constantinople. Whether or nqt they are en route to the United States, or bhave been directed to come, cannot be ascertained. It may be that they are in Constantinople making a second endeayor to secure exequaturs from the Turkish Government, but there is good ground for the belief that Mr. Chilton, at least, has been ordered back to Washing- ton. The practical failure of the mission on which Mr, Chilton and Mr. Hunter were sent is due to the difficulties which the Turkish Government places in their way. They spent some time in Constantinople in a vain endeavor to secure exequaturs, and finally decided to push on toward Erzeroum. Chilton and Hunter reached Trebizond on the day of the Armenian massacre there, and Mr. Chilton forwarded a report on what he saw and learned to the depart- ment. This report has not been made public. The journey between Trebizond and Erzeroum must be made by road, and the two Consular officers expected to have a guard of Turkish soldiers on the route. It is probable they failed to secure the granting of this courtesy, and this, in view of the great danger to foreigners in that part of Armenia, is probably one of the reasons why the department deemed their return necessary. Without exequaturs and having no official standing with the Government, the position of Mr. Chilton and Mr. Hunler would have been exceed- ingly perilous and, in addition, they could be of little use to this Government. The dispatch sent to the Cologne Ga- zette from Constantinople about the mas- sacre of Christian teachers between Trebi- zond and Erzeroum created much interest at the State Department. Secretary Olney said he had nothing official about the re- port. This afternoon Secretary Herbert called upon Secretary Olney, butit was stated that the conference had not been followed by any orders for increasing the American naval force in Syrian waters. A cable dispatch was received at the Navy Department to-day from Rear-Ad- miral Selfridge, the new commander-in- chief of the European naval station, stat- ing that he had joined the flagship San Francisco at Marseilles last night. The San Francisco has been ordered to join the cruiser Marblehead in the Bay of Alexandretta, where the latter vessel was sent on account of the Armenian troubles, and it is presumed that she started for Marseilles on that duty as soon as Ad- miral Seliridge came on board. D:;‘;“ Teported to-day that the State ment had received important in- formation from Mr. Terrell, the United States Minister at Constantinople, about the Turkish situation. No hint as to whether this is so can De obtained. Of- ficials of the department absolutely refuse to tell anything about the condition of the American interests in Armenia, where nearly all the Christian teachers are native-born citizens of the United States, and many of their scholars are naturalized citizens of this country. — EIGHT ASSASSINS EXECUTED. The Viceroy at Foochow Forced to Take Final Action. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 13.—A special cable to the Herald from St. Petersburg says: Special dispatches from Vladistock to the Novre Vremya to-day say that, owing to the presence of the British fleet at Foo- chow the Viceroy has executed eight assassins. 8o finishes that question. An- other, however, has arisen in a misunder- standing between the English and Jap- anese. It hasits origin in the 1llegal ex- amination of a British merchant-ship by Japanese, who were seeking the fugitive chief of the Black Flag: — RIVALED CAPTAIN KIDD, Boston Police Find a Mine of Treasure Stolen by a Burglar. They Secure a Map Locating a Second Cache Likewise Filled With Plunder. BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 13.—A story has just come to light through the efforts of the police which puts Captain Kidd’s famous adventures into oblivion, and which doubtless discloses the most daring and successful swindler, burglar and thief of the century. Yesterday the police captured James S. Chaffey while he was in the act of trying to sell some postage-stamps to a dealer in old stamps. The capture was looked upon as nothing out of the ordinary, but on con- tinuing their investigations the officers found that they had arrested a man who, it is alleged, is implicated in more bur- glares than any other man in the United States. The confederate of this man was anold highwayman and burglar named Barrett, who was sentenced to the State Prison for life two years ago for murder, and it was through him that the details of Chaffey’s life were exposed. This led the police to still further press their investigation. They searched the house in which Chaffey had livea for the last few years, and found one of the most valuable collections probably ever gath- ered together. The search of the premises brought to light a collection valued at nearly $50,000, among other things being rare postage-stamps, alone valued at $7000, which Chaffey nad stolen five years ago, and in trying to dispose of which he was captured. It was not until to-aay, however, that the police learned that they had gathered only a small amount of his stealings, Barrett has given to the prison officials a statement that he and Chaffey had nidden treasure in a woods near the house which would surely amonnt to $300,000. He says Chaffey burned up thousands ana thousands of dollars’ worth of bonds and other valuable papers. The property which has already been recovered has been put on exhibition at police head- quarters and people from all over the East arrive in scores daily and identify articles of value stolen from them. A map showing the location of the hid- den treasure was taken from Chaffey when captured, an exact duplicate of it being drawn by his former accomplice in prison, so the authorities believe that the stolen treasure will all be recovered. e BAYARD TALKING AGAIN. Declares That America and England Are Dependent Upon Each Other. EDINBURGH, ScorLaxp, Nov. 13.— United States Embassador Bayard was the recipient of the freedom of the city of Dun- dee this morning. Bayard delivered an address upon ‘“International Comity, Founded Upon International Courtesy, Based Upon International Obligations.” In it he said that there was no real conflict between Great Britain and America. Mr. Bayard also made aspeech at the opening of the Dundec Art Exhibition upon the refining influence of art and aiterward delivered an address before the Chamber of Commerce. In the course of his remarks he said that the United Sl:ates would not be strengthened by any misfortune which might overtake Great Britain, as it had been shown that the suc- cess of the one depended upon the success of the other. He expressed hope that tie merchants of Dundee would find an in- creasing market in America, and said that asan emissary of peace and good will he was here to prevent any misunderstandin, between the two great peoples. £ = BUCKET-SHOP BROKERS. Indictments Returned Against Four Men by a Missouri Grand Jury. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 13.—The Grand Jury to-day returned incictments against W. G. Michael, Emery G. Street, L. A. Wood and E. P. Fullvoye for conducting a bucket-shop business. The action has created a sensation. It is said that one witness who testified before the Grand Jury gave that body an insight into the methods employed by some of tke grainbrokers in carrving on their business. He 15 a Prominent mer- chant of 8t. Joseph, who is said to have lost considerable money in speculating in grain and stocks. Only six witnesses testi- fied before the Grand Jury in these particu- lar cases, and sensationai (levelopments are hinted at in one case whey i for trial, i e e G— THE BEARDED LADY DIVORCED. Mrs. Annic Elliott Secures a Deoree of Separation. S8T. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 13.—In Judge Woods' Court to-day Mrs. Annie Elliott (nee Jones) secured 2 divorce from Jacob Elliott, whom she married in New York in 1888, on the grounds of desertion. She was closely veiled, and not until the de- cree was granted did the court learn that Mrs. Eiliott was Barnum’s bearded lady. EesEge Explosion in a Colliery, LONDON, Exa., Nov. 13.—An explosion occurred in the Blackwell colliery at Alfre- ton, near Darby, to-day, by which seven men were killed, 8 S Uncle Collis to John Bull—‘Give me California and you may have the rest-of the w orld.” DEATH BY DYNAMITE, Cuban Guerillas Blow Up a Train Loaded With Spaniards. FIFTY RECRUITS KILLED. Engine and Coaches Reduced to Debris by a Terrific Explosion. VENGEANCE OF THE REGULARS A Band of Cubans Captured in the Vicinity Shot Without a Trial. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 13.—A dispatch to a morning paper from Santiago de Cuba dated November 1 states that on Novem- ber 1 a troop train containing a body of re- cruits for the garrison in Santiago de Cuba, while passing through the mountains to the west of that city, was run into a mine of dynamite which had been placed by the insurgente, and a terrific explosion took place. The entire front part of the train was blown to atoms and the locomotive demolished. The first car, which contained nearly 200 young Grintas, was blown off the track. Not a single man in the car escaped in- jury,and when the wreck had been cleared away it was found that nearly fifty of them had been killed outright and nearly as many more badly injured. To add to the disaster, the two rear cans, containing ammunition, caught fire and blew up, the men, however, fortunately having time to reach a safe distance. As soon as the report of the disaster came to the ears of the authorities at Santiago de Ouba, an expedition was dispatched and captured a small band of guerrillas in the mountains near the scene of the explosion. The latter protested their innocence, but without being tried | were shot to death. Another dispatch states that the recent battie fought at Las Negres, near Baire, | where it was reported that the insurgents had gained a signal victory, was in fact a | victory for the regulars, the insurgents be- | ing driven back into the mountains and | losing nearly 300 men, NEW LINE OF STEAMERS. Competing Line of the Panama Railroad Company to Be Started on December 1. CHICAGO, IrL, Nov. 13.— Trans- Missouri lines met to-day to consider the expediency of going into the new Wes.ern passenger agreement. It was deemed in- advisable to take any decisive action until the transcontinental lines had been heard from, and the chairman was in- structed to call a meeting of trans- continental lines for a, week from next Thursday, when the matter will be fully considered. In the meantime the Illinois Central has not yet been heard from. Information comes to this city that the Panama Railroad Company will, on De- cember 1, put into operation a new line of steamships from New Orleans to the Pa- cific Coast, thus establishing a new route from Chicago to California. While there can be no doubt that the Southern Pacific will be injured to some extent by this competition, it is not believed that Chi- cago will be a very great benehciary by the aaditional facilities which will be thus brought into play for the reason that the Illinois Central, which will be the con- necting line at New Orleans, has already two powerful competitors for Southern business in the shape of the Queen and Crescent and the Louisville and Nashville, and these lines will probably stand by the Southern Pacific in the fight which is cer- tain to ensue. The —— CRUISE OF THE BOSTON. Will Be Sent to the Asiatie Station Dur- ing the Present Month. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—The cruiser Boston, which has been thorougnly overhauled and repaired at the Mare Island Navy-yard, will go into commis- sion on the 18thinst. Shewill be asssigned to the Asiatic station for duty in the Chi- nese waters. e Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 13.—The treasury gold reserve to-day stood at $92,- 866,368 at the close of business, subject to a deduction of $1,000,000, taken to-day for export to Europe. SAYS HE IS CRALY. Mrs. Mooney's Opinion of Her Son-in-Law Not Flattering, GUARDIAN FOR SHOLTO. She Will Apply to Have His Lordship Put Under’ Sur- veillance. LADY DOUGLAS IS MISSING. Her Husband Has Thus Far Cleverly Outwitted the Angry Mother. in-Law. LOS ANGELES, Cav., Nov. 13.—Mrs. M. M. Mooney, the mother-in-law of Lord Sholto Douglas, will apply to the courts to have a guardianappointed for that worthy unless he comes to time. Mrs. Mooney says he has got to show her proper respect, and show the same respect to her family, or she will prove that he is insane and have him sent to Highlands, where, she says, he belongs anyway. Mrs. Mooney has had one interview with Lord Sholto already. He told her he did not want to talk to her at all, and there it ended. But the irate mother-in-law will make another effort to patch up a truce, and if it is not successful she will invoke the aid of the courts. This morning she spent most of her time endeavoring to see Manager Frawley, to have him continue the contract with Lady Douglas, but he discreetly kept out of her way. She says the fact that “His Joblots,” as she calls Lord Douglas, drew a revolver on Lady Douglas and threatened her lifé goes to show that it is he who is “nutty”’ and not herself. Mrs. Mooney says she canjstand almost anything except being called ‘“nutty’’—that she will take from no man. The mother-in-law appeared at the police G iy S ) R TRACK-LAYING SCENE ON THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RAILROAD NINE MILES FROM STOCKTON. station to-day and wanted Lord Sholto placed under bonds to keep the peace. The District Attorney told her that as the Lord had threatened his wife, Lady Doug- las was the proper person to swear outa warrant. Mrs. Mooney has sent for one of her sons to come on prepared to dissect the Englishman. It was learned this afternoon that Lady Sholto had disappeared. His Lordship says Mamma Mooney will never see her again. “Her Ladyship is out of town,” said Douglas, when seen at noon to-day, “‘and she’ll not be in Los Angeles soon again. I shall remain here a few days and then join her. I decided last night the best thing to do was to send her away. I put her aboard a train this morning. No, I will not tell where she has gone; that would be too good a thing for the old lady. Say, that mother is the worst old hag I ever saw. There’s no question but she's crazy. This trip of hers is disgusting. In a few weeks my wife and I shall sail for Australia and then we’il be free, for my mother-in-law won’t ever have money enough to follow us.” Should Lord Douglas and his irate mother-in-law meet again there will be work for the police patrol. (RSP FOR FREE SILVER He Comes Out Emphatically for a Sixteen-to-One Ratio. Georgia Legislators Addressed by the Ex-Speaker Upon Finan-. cial Issues. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 13.—Ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp spoke before a joint ses- sion of the Senate and House of the Georgia Legislature to-night. He had been invited to address the Legislature-on the political issues of the day, but con- fined himself almost exclusively to the| silver question, coming out most emphat- ically for the free coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and arguing that the United States with its 75,000,000 people was sufficiently powerful to estab- lish bimetallism the world over. His speech was received with the greatest en- thusiasm. Mr. Crisp went into the history of the coinage laws. In 1873, he said, when silver was demonetized, the bullion value of the silver dollar was 3 cents more than the bullion value of a gold dollar The law of 1873 was passed without the full knowledge of the people or their representatives. He quoted from Thurman, Allison, Garfield, | Blaine, Beck and others to show that the full character of the bill was not known, and that it was not known at the time that the bill demonetized silver. Mr. Crisp followed this with an an- nouncement that from that day to this the majority of the Democratic party bad been working to rehabilitate silver. The single- gold standard was a Republican measure. He analyzed every vote on the silver question taken in Congress since the year 1873 to show that a great majority of Democrats had voted every time for the free coinage of silver, except in 1893, when the proposition to repeal the Sherman law was up, and at that time it was hecause they expected to have an opportunity to vote subsequently for a substitute measure, and even then there was but two Demo- cratic majority. The single-gold standard had never met with the approval of the majority of the Democrats of this country, he asserted. Mr. Crisp exhibited a small piece of sil- ver bullion which, he explained, could not be used as money in any way. It could not be used to purchase commodi- ties, but if there wasa law allowing it to be taken to a mint and coined then every- body would want it. He agreed that the value of a silver dollar should be a dollar. The way to establish the commercial value of silver was to restore it by legislation to a money status—to rehabilitate it—to coin it at the rate of 16 to 1. That would re-es- tablish its commercial value. There was no country in the world that would ship its silver down here to ex- change for gold. We had gained gold un- der the oppressions oi the Bland-Allison law and under the Sherman law. He be- lieved that the United States was suffi- ciently powerful to establish a ratio be- tween gold and silver. Gold, he said, was too valuable. He claimed gold had appre- ciated, and argued his claim by compar- ing its purchasing vower in commodities now and before the demonetization of silver. “Qur people should be the pioneersin re- storing & money metal which has been used for all time, but recently stricken down,” he concluded. TO ANNEX HAWAIL A Proposal That Has Received the Sanction of Presidents Cleveland and Dole. CHICAGO, Irn., Nov. 14.—A special to a morning paper from Washington says: Hawaii may, after all, become a part of the United States, and that within the coming year. Information of a trustwor- thy nature has been secured concerning the Hawaiian programme to be adopted by the friends of annexation during the coming winter., The joint resolution will be introduced eiigler in the House or Senate requesting the President to negotiate the treaty of annexation with the Government of Hawaii. This resolution will have the sanction of the President of the Hawaiian Government and of the new Hawaiian Minister to this Government, Mr. Hatch, who to-day arrived in San Francisco en route to Washington. Still more impor- tant, 1t will have the approval of President Cleveland. The resolution as introduced or amended wiil provide that, if the President concurs and the Government of Hawaii be willing, the scheme of annexation shall include a submission of the questipn of joining the American Union to the voters of the islands. In this form President Cleveland will agree to the resolution, and willingly undertake the work of negotiating a treaty. No doubt is felt by Hawaiians of influence and extended information that their Gov- ernment will be glad to. negotiate such a treaty, and that when the question is sub- mitted to the suffrage of the Hawaiian people it will be carried by a large ma- jority. A For adaitional Pactfic Coast news see Pages 3 and 4. WHITE IN CONTEMPT, Round Valley’s King Must Pay His Fine or Go to Prison. MRS. WHITE'S VICTORY. A Supreme Court Ruling Which Settles the Alimony Question. JUDGE HEBBARD SUSTAINED, Failure of the Attempt to Secure a Review of the Lower Court’s Order. SACRAMENTO, Car., Nov. 13.— The Supreme Court sitting in bank has re- fused the application for certiorari to re- view an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco adjudg- ing George E. White, the *“King of Round Valley,” guilty of contempt, and has also denied his application for certiorari to re- view and prohibition to stop the execution ofa certain order of the same court relating to the disposal of the community property in the divorce suit brought against the pe- titioner, by his wife, Mrs. Frankie White, In May, 1889, when these divorce pro- ceedings were pending in the Superior Court, the question of property rights was referred to a referee, and in June, 1894, a receiver was appointed to take charge of all the property. On February 9, 1895, the report of the referee having been received, the Superior Court made and entered its final decree in the action, divorcing the parties and awarding to Mrs. Frankie White $100,000 as permanent alimony and enjoining George E. White or any of his agents from disposing in any way of the community property. The receiver appointed by the court was directed to continue in his ca- pacity, and to take all necessary measures to enforce and secure the payment of the amount awarded by the decree and certain other unpaid monthly allowances, and was empowered to dispose of a sufficient amount of the property to satisfy any and all demands. It was this latter decislon which caused the application for certiorari to review and prohibition to stop the execution. In reviewing the writ the Supreme Court de- cides that as in this case no reason is urged why the right of appeal which the petitioner enjoys will not furnish him complete and full relief and that by such ap- peal the hand of the Superior Court, and that of its instrument, the receiver, is stayed pending its determination, the application should be and is denied. In the matter of the application for certiorari to review an order of the Su- perior Court adjudging George E. White guilty of contempt, it appears that when the receiver was instructed to assume con- trol of the property and hold it subject to the direction and control of the court, and notwithstanding that the cattle king had been enjoined from interfering in any way with the action of the receiver, that he did, i direct contempt of the edicts of the court, lease two parcels of land and cther- wise obstruct the actions of the receiver in the efforts of the latter to take possession of the property, Contempt proceedings were instituted, the "defendant found guilty, and he was sentenced to a confine- ment of five daysin jail ana the payment of a fine of $500. The defendant sought by these proceeds ings to have the judgment of the Superior Court set aside. In the review the Supreme Court de- clares that,, whereas, numerous grounds are urged against the validity of the judg- ment, in their opinion they possess little or no value. The record does not disclose any excess of jurisdiction, as claimed, and as no case is made out for the interposition of the Supreme Court by the remedy of certiorari it necessarily follows that the writ is dismissed. MRS. WHITE'S VICTORY, Attorney Linforth Sums Up the Effect of the Decision. Walter H. Linforth, Mrs. White's at- torney, when seen last night, said: “The case of White against White finally culminated 1n the month of March of this year—Judge Hebbard rendering a judgment in favor of Mrs. White for the sum of $103,000. Immediately thereafter and upoon our application Hebbard made an order directing the receiver in the case, Colonel Wilson D. Smith, to sell at public or private sale all the land of White in one parcel in order to satisfy the judge ment in favor of Mrs. White for $103,000. We at once proceeded to advertice the property for sale, about 70,000 acres, pur~ suant to Judge Hebbard’s order, in the Mendocino Dispatch-Democrat, and the sale was advertised to take place on Mon- day, the 27th of May of this year, at 12 o’clock, at Ukiah, in front of the Court~ house. “In order to prevent us from going ahead with that sale White filed a petition with the Superior Court and obtained an alternative writ of prohibition, returnable before the court in bank on Monday, the 20th of May, 1895. This writ stayed Mrs. ‘White from going ahead with the sale as advertised until the Supreme Court had passed upon the application of White as to whether Judee Hebbard should have made such an order. . “The matter was argued and submitted in the Supreme Court on the 20th of May and has been under advisement by that court ever since. During all this time the sale has been suspended. ““To-day’s decision is a great victory for Mrs. White. 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