The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1895, Page 1

) Call VOLUME LXXVIIL—NO. 175. ‘SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BIG BUILDINGS GONE: Fire Caused Severe Loss and Imperiled Many Lives. PANIC AMONG EMPLOYES. Hundreds of Girls Dragged From Blazing Structures by Policemen. FALLING OF THE HIGH WALLS. cago’s Latest Conflagration Resulted in Damages of Half a Million Dollars. g fire which oss of §500,000 and imperiled the | £ 1000 persons, mostly young women, ke out at 3 o’clock this afternoon on the ird floor of Charies erich & Co.’s her and down ¢ to 181 | al street. The contlagra as at- ed by scenes of intens citement, caped re by falling When the flames were raging most furi- | u in spite of the best efforts of twenty | engines and a small army of firemen, fire- brands were carried by the wind to adjoin- ing buildings and it looked as if many more would have to go. The seven-story building extending from 175 Canal street south to the corner of Jackson street, the nine-story brick building adjoining on the north and the great part of the four-story bri building in the same direction were entirely destroyed. The buildings occu- pied nearly the whole of the block on the | west side of Canal street, between Adams and Jackson streets. The seven and nine story buildings were owned by Warren ger, and the owner of the four-story icture, which is one-third saved, is . Wilson. The buildings were red. >wing firms were burned out: & Carqueville, lithographers, who most of the Excelsior building at er of Jackson street; George E. & Co., electrotype and stereotype “manufacturers; George E. ., Cleveland and Victor bicycles; Emmerich & Co., feathers and Bros. & Co., ladies’ factory; Gib- xture factory; Chambers, brick- manufacturers; Russell Piano Banner shirt-waist factory, 10-and orean factory, Heus- Bakery Company; Samuel Lyon, mill ieorge F. Blake, steam-pump Knowles' steam-pump works; Derby Cycle Company; Strouss, Eise drath & Dron, manufacturers of mattresses and q es down goods shoes; son’s gas- ¢ were damaged by falling Miller, Hendricks & Co., Jackson street, packers of beef and Hayward & Windsor Company, 161 Canal street. The losses to the foregoing firms are estimared at ),000, and the building losses at $150,000. e started from an explosion of als used in cleaning feathers, and the rapidity with which the flames spread from the Emmerich factory, where 200 girls and women are employed, created a in that building. The frizchtened employes on the upper floors rushed for the elevators, which were smal! and few, the stairways were soon jammed with terror-stricken and fainting females. Cool-headed men and police officers sum- moned by the fire alarms in quick sueces- sion came to the rescue ana prevented a fire horror. Officers stood guard at the elevators and stairways to prevent more than a safe number of women using those means of exit. The excitement was as great among tae 200 female employes of the Banner Waist Company, whose factory adjoined the Emmerich factory. Only a thin par- tition divided the Springer buildings, which were practically one, and in an alarmingly short fime flames had extended up and down and through the walls to tue buildings on each side. The police and firemen had a hard task to getall the young women in safety to the street, many having to be carried out or else driven out, because they wanted to save their small personal property, while there was not time for all to get their cloaks and hats. So far as the police learned all who were in the buildings es- caped without serious injury, although many were bruised and scratched. In the early stage of the fire an engine company and the chemical engine men were sent to the sixth floor of the nine- story building in the rear to fight the fur- ther spread of the flames to the north. The smoke from the burning feathers made a dense, suffocating cloud for the firemen to work in, and they saw when too late that the fire had broken out in front of them and cut off thewr escape in that direction by the ladder. Shouts of warning were sent to them from the chief and his marshals. The im- periled men forsook their apparatus and struck out in the blinding smoke for the stairway. The hose was the only thing to guide them safely, and they half fell, half climebd down to the street. Several of the men had their hands and faces badly cut and bruised, and their appearance on the street was hailed with delight by the thou- sands of spectators. The falling of the towering walls on all four sides was a thrilling and dangerous incident of the blaze. Withont any warn- i three stories of the smaller builaing on the Canal-street side eame crashing to the street. Firemen and officers who were standing or working in front rushed from under the mass of tamblng bricks until uilding on the opposite side of the t stoppea them, and they barely es- avei being struck. The same scene was Witnessed on the Jackson-street side when the three top stories came toppling across th cet without warning. When part of the west wall of the Excel- sior building feli it made a big hole in the two-story brick building of the Miller-Hen- dricks Packing Company. When the fire Was apparently under control a large part of the north wall of the nine-story struc- ture crashed on to the four-story Wilson building, starting flames and playing havoc with the contents. The spreading of the flames in this direction gave the firemen additional work, but they were helped by the thick fire-wall in the center of the buildilag. _ The fire was under control in two hours, in spite of a high wind and a big start. Nothing but parts of the Springer build- ings remain, all the floors having been burned through, carrying with them the costly machinery, lithograph-presses and other stock. CRIME OF A DEGRADED MAN. Hanged the Woman With Whom He Lived and Calmly Watched Her Death Struggles. CHICAGO, Irn., Nov.21.—A murder of peculiar atrocity was committed early this iorning in a house on Clark street. Charles Moe has for a considerable time been living with a woman named Annie Anderson. He was degraded and fre- quently abused the woman. Three weeks ago he tried to kill her. Last night the couple quarreled agamn. This morning Moe got up and began his arrangements deliberately to kill the woman who lay sleeping in his bed. He se- cured a rope and threw it over the gas jet. Then making one end into a noose he quietly approached the sleeping woman and suddenly pushed the rope over her head and drew it tightly around her neck. Before she could make any re- sistance he was tugging at the other end of the rope. He pulled until she had been dragged off the bed and was suspended in the air. Then he tied the end of the rope to the bedpost and calmlv watched the convul- sions of his victim as she sl¢wly strangled to death. When her struggles had ceased the stretched himself cn the bed and went to sleep, leaving the woman haneing. He was arrested this morning. -~ TRAIL FOUR YOUNG WRECKERS. Ample Evidence to Convict Them of Mur- der in the First Degrec. ROME, N. Y., Nov. 21.—The four boys arrested in connection with the wrecking of the New York Central mail train were interviewed to-day by a United Press rep- resentative in the jail. They all appeared cheerful and careless of their condition. Hildreth said he did not know what line of defense he should adopt until he saw his father, who is a New York lawyer. He said he was not guilty and expected to prove his innocence. He says he was so frightened by the detectives that he will- ing answered “‘yes’ to everything he was asked. The other boys now disavow any cannec- | tion with the affair, but they contradict themselves and make a sorry mess of their explanations. The District Attorney says he has ample evidence to convict them of murder in the first degree. e T LEAPED 70O LIBERTY. Daring Escape of @ Man Charged With Grand Larceny. LINCOLN, Nezr., Nov, 21.—By making a daring leap from a second-story window to-day Frank Myrick, wanted at Topeka, Kans., for grand iarceny, made his escape and has not yet been captured. He was arrested with a companion yesterday, and the Kansas Marshal came for them to-day. He asked to be taken to his lawyer’s of- fice and the Chief of Police granted the request. While the attorney and Chief were conferring in an adjoiring roors Myrick opened a window, jumpea and sped away before the officers realized what was going OUIMAEN YET LA His Lordship Talked at a Ban- quet Given Him at Cardiff. Tried to Explain the Controversy Caused by the Pamphlet on the Cup Races. CARDIFF, Warzs, Nov. 21.—A banquet was given here to-night in honor of Lord Dunrayen. Lord Tredgar presided, and there was a large attendance. Responding to a toast to himself, Lord Dunraven said it was the proudest moment of his life when a few gentlemen of Cardiff visited him and ed him to accept their friend- ship and assurance of respect. They, at least, believed in his honor. [Applause.] He regretted the absence of Mr. McCal- montand Mr. Robinson. Both of them were interested in the little vessel he had left, but not abandoned, on the other side. He referred to the controversy his pamphlet on the cup races had aroused in America and said he did not think that the care and attention of those who had the management of the races had in- creased in proporti to the interest shown in them. In cases of this kind, where there was much international im- portance attached to the races and so much involved, he did not think it right or fair to the public or the parties immedi- ately interested that anything should be left to the honor of the A or the honesty of the B, or to the keenness of the moral principles of one man or another. Those having control of the conduct of the races ought to take the responsibility to themselves and leave none to be taken by private individuals. He had been sub- jected to the most extraordinary accu- sations. It has been said that he withdrew from the race from a desire to deliberately in- sult the American Nation. He had also been accused of acting in pique becanse the Valkyrie had been beaten. Most astounding of all was the new accusation of suddenly, and at a safe distance, pre- ferring a charge against the owners of the Defender or the New York Yacht Club. He resented that, because it was a most contemptible thing to do behind a man’s back what it was not dared to do before his face. Asa matter of fact he had done nothing of the kin a. He wished to be pre- cise in what he said, for somehow every- thing got twisted, contorted and misun- derstood by the somewhat excitable per- sons across the Atlantic. He had always felt some difficulty in speakingy because he desired to avoid saying anything that could possibiy be offensive to the Nation, for which he entertained the deepest re- spect. This had led to his being accused of reticence. NOW FOR LIBERTY." Debs Will Lecture Upon That Subject After Release. ALL READY TO WELCOME. Labor Unions Will Give a Big Reception to the A. R. U. Leader. TO LEAVE WOODSTOCK TO-DAY. ‘Will Soon Make a Tour of the Country in the Interest of the Order. WOODSTOCK, Irr., Nov. 2lL.—Eugene Debs, president of the A. R. sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for violating the interstate commerce law, will be re- leased from Woodstock jail to-morrow. He will deliver a speech to-morrow night at the reception tendered him by the trades unions of Chicago. The theme is “Liverty.” He will discuss the American principles of government, taking the ground that judicial proceedings tend to The Fresident of the A.R. V., Who ‘Will Be Liberated To-Day. subvert the constitutional rightsof citi- zens. He wiil contend that the judiciary has been constantly enlarging on its pow- ers, and that the end of tnese decisions is to deprive workingmen of their rights and to reduce them to vassalage. During the speech he will cite a number of cases, introducing authorities. He de- clares that the injunction rule is becoming an alarming feature in our jurisprudence and quotes the words of Judge Trumbuil of Chicago: ‘“‘Every citizen is now at the mercy of a prejudiced or malicious Federal Judge who may think proper to imprison him.” The speech will be of considerable length. Debs will have company when he leaves ‘Woodstock jail to-morrow. Labor unions all over the country have been requested to have their representatives at the jail door when he is liberated and escort him to the city,'where a big demonstration in honor of the event will be made. The demonstration is under the auspices of a committee of the A. R. U. A special train over the Northwesfern road will leave Chicago at 3 o’clock . M. to carry delegates of the various labor organizations to Woodstock. Upon his discharge from jail they will escort Debs to the train, which will then return to Chi- cago. At Battery D the mass-meeting will be held in the evening. The preliminaries have shown some bit- terness among the labor bodies. Last month the Trade and Labor Assembly sent word to Debs in jail that they would keep aloof from the demonstration unless he renewed his pledges of fidelity to trades unionism. Debs haughtily replied that he would not be bulldozed into any expres- sion on the subject. Here is how Debs outlines his future: *‘From Chicago I gp direct to Terre Haute, where I shall be xliged to remain for a period of thirty days or more to put in proper shape my official affairs. This work completed [ shall make a tour of the country in the interest of the order and, according to my present plans, I will begin in Texas, making a thorough can- vass of that State. My whole time will be given to building up the American Rail- way Union, and I expect to visit all the principal centers in every section of the country for the purpose.” It is highly probable—in fact, Mr. Debs acknowledges—that he will bring himself in closer touch with the criminal classesin the future; that he will seek to become a humanitarian in the broadest vense of the word. “All these poor devils need,” he says, is a kind word;and a helping hand and nine-tenths of them can be reformed. “I tell you,” he continued, ““we are only half civilized. Our Treformatories—or, more properly speaking, these deforma- tories—are each in-breeding criminals that will soon overthrow society and plunge this country into’a vast tub of blood to which the Paris commune will be but the tlickering light of a pine torch to an elec- tric glow of numberless volts. There is as much caste in this country as there ever was ig India, and the Brahmins are Pull- man, ’Carnegie, Rockefeller and the Goulds, Astors and Vanderbiits.” HAVE THE RIGHT TO HUNT. An Interesting Decision Sustaining the . Bannock Indians, CHEYENNE, Wvo., Nov. 2.—The ques- tion of the supremacy of the game laws of Wyoming or the treaty rights of the Ban- nock Indians was”decided in the United States Court here to-day, Judge, Riper holding that the treaty provisions are paramount, and ordering the discharge from custody of the Bannock indian, Race Hgrse, who has been in custody of the Sll:e authorities for killing game in the Jacksons Hole district of tie State. He decides that the Jacksons Hole region is unoccupied land in the sense intended by the treaty provisions suthorizing Indians to hunt on unoccupied lands. He regarded the treaty stipulation permitting the In- dians to hunt as binding, and that the right of the Indians in that respect could not be questioned, and further, that the act admitting Wyoming into the Union does not by necessity repeal or abrogate the treaty, and that the treaty provisions remain in force. The case will be appealed to the United States Supreme Cour DANGEROUS CRIMINALS CAUGHT. Carzer of a Noted Trio Charged With Burglary, Safe-Blowing, Murder and Other Crimes. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 21L.—The volice authorities to-day succeeded in capturing three of the most dangerouscrooks known to the criminal records. The names of the three men are Thomas Moran, alias “Blackie,” Charles Fairfield, alias “Balti- more Whitie”’ and F. L. Gilmore, and they are cherged with burglary, safe-blowing and murder. The men have not been operating extensively of late in New En- gland, and the police have had a hard chase to find them. In Canada, it is claimed, a long list of crimes is charged to them for which they will answer as soon as they have faced the charges in this State. When the officers went to make the arrests the three men resisted, making a breaetwork of the jfreightcar and were only captured after a lively fusillade. CHARGED WITH MURDER, Mrs. Caroline Valois- Arrested on Suspicion of Having Killed Her Father. Thrilling Sequel to a Quarrel Over Money Matters That Startles Rhode Island Society. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Nov. 21.—A war- rant has been issued for the arrest of Mrs. Caroline Valois for the murder of her father, John W. Rossler, on the night of October 31. The whereabouts of Mrs, Valois is unknown as she has left the city hurriedly. The warrant has caused one of the greatest sensations ever known in the city, owing to the high character and standing of the parties concerned. Both Mrs. Valois and her father, who lived in a charming suburb of this city named Saundersville, were quite prominent in society circles. The details of the case are very interesting. On the night of October 31 Mrs, Valois and M. Rossler informed the police thist Mr. Kutster had been founa dead in bed with' a bullet hiole1n his head and that he had committed suicide through despondency. The medical examiner, however, after viewing the boady, found very suspicious evidence that the man had undoubtedly met with foul play and so reported to At- torney-General Dubois. At the inquest, which was held to-day, it was shown by the nature of the wound in Rossler’s head that he could not have committed suicide. The authorities at once issued warrants for the arrest of Mrs. Valois and Mrs. Rossler. The latter was found, but Mrs. Valois had fled. Mrs. Valois denied all knowledge of the cause of her father’s death, asserting that it was a snicide. She claimed that he had been very despondent of late, but from other sources it was learned that the relations of father and daughter had become somewhat strained in regard to monetary affairs and the gen- eral impression is that the suicide theory will be disproved. — SWEPT BY GREAT GALES, Havoc Caused Among Fishing Vessels on the New Eng- land Coast. Wreckage of Every Description Strewn Along the Beach by the Hurricane. BOSTON, Mass.,, Nov. 2L.—A gale of terrific force swept over the entire New England States during the last forty-eight hours and was accompanied by a heavy fail of snow. The thermometer fell nearly forty degrees in a single hour. Notwithstanding the warning sent out by the signal service a large amount of the shipping fleet was at sea and was doubtless unprepared, and it is thought that the loss of property and human life will be awful. The storm was particularly heavy along the southern coast of New England in the vicinity of Cape Coa. Revorts from the life-saving stations at Chatham and other places along the south shore state that a number of vessels have been drivén upon the beach and that most of them will be total wrecks. A high sea is running and it is thought that this will prevent assistance from being given them. Some of the crews have been landed in the breeches buoy. From the coast of Maine come tales of the worst disasters.. The coasts are very rocky and are strewn with wreckage of every description, and owing to the terrific force of the hurricane with the sndden drop in the temperature any vessels in the vicinity would almost certainly be lost. At Gloucester the greatest apprehension is felt. The loss of men and ships of the New England flsbinfi fleet this year has been the largest ever known in the history of the industry, and as nearly all the ves- sels are at sea later reports will surely show a sad history of wreck and disaster. gt aES Found in the Bay. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Nov. 21.—The body of Calvert Vaux, the well-known landscape architect, who has been missing, was found in the bay at Bensonhurst this morning. Mr. Vaux was 70 years old. He designed landscape work 'in Central Park, New York, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, an several parks in Chicago, B else- where. "Vaux was born in’ December 20, 1824. He came in 1848 and became - partner of Downing. E ACTS OF BARBARITY, Terrible Atrocities Com- mitted by Spanish Troops. THE INNOCENT SLAIN. Ten Women and a Dozen Chil- dren Massacred for Sneering at Troops. DYNAMITE USED BY REBELS. They Blew Up the Train of General Valdez and Wrecked a Bridge. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 21.—A special to a morning paper brings news of terrible atrocities committed by the regular Span- ish troops, not only of captured insurgents but among the country people. These statements come from a positive source and there is no reason to doubt the gravity of their nature. The alleged atrocities have been com- mitted in the country in the vicinity of Matanzas, and if the charges are sustained there is no possible way in which it can be attributed to the insurgents, as the Spanish hold full control of that province, and at present there are no insurgents in the sur- rounding country. The dispatch says that Colonel Melino, who commands a Spanish regiment, re- cently met a part of the insurgent army near the province and wasdefeated. While some of Melino’s soldiers returned they met some women and children near Gayo- pino. Itis alleged that while the soldiers were passing one of the women made a sneering remark about the Spanisn, whereupon the soldiers fell upen the party and massacred the whole of them, ten women and about a dozen children. The matter has been reported to General Campos and he has ordered Melino and other culprits to be court-martialed. A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba states that on the 11th inst. a filibustering expedition assisted in unloading a large supply of arms and nearly 200 recruits near Cape Maysi notwithstanding the watch kept by the Spanish cruisers. The insurgents are receiving recruits daily, all the country natives flocking to Maceo’s standard. e DYNAMITE FREELY USED. " Oubaw Insurgents Blew Up General Valdez' Train. HAVANA, Cusa, November 21.—A spe- cial train upon which General Suarez Val- dez was returning from Santa Clara was wrecked yesterday by the explosion of two dynamite cartridges, which haé been placed on the track by rebels near Jicotea. General Valdez was not hurt, but of the twenty-five men composing his guard two were seriously wounded and twelve bruised. A band of insurgents stationed alongside the track fired two volleys into the train as the dynamite cartridges were exploded, but did not hit any one. After the train stopped the insurgents were dis- persed by the Spanish guard- The insurgents, in addition to derailing the train, blew up with dynamite the rail- way bridge at Santa Rita. The rebels opened fire on the troops on the train and an engagement: ensued. The insurgents were finaliy put to flight. Ten Spaniards were wounded. General Moreno communicates from Santiago de Cuba a report that a guerrilla attack was made yesterday upon the rebels in the hills at Bodeo, killing two. Colonel Sandoval’s column has broken the rebel camp at Santa Maria. Comman- der Rosabel has attacked a band of insur- gents near Bayamo, killing three and tak- ing one prisoner. FOR CURA’S FREEDOM. Ringing Words Uttered at a Meeting in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 21.—The cause of Cuba was elcquently and boldly advocated at the Academy of Music to- night, at a meeting held under the au- spices of the Philadelphia Brigade, Penn- sylvania Reserve. The principal address of the evening was made by Governor Clande Matthews of Indiana, who deliv- ered the speech upon “Free Cuba” that he had prepared to deliver at the Atlanta Ex- position. The audience was not large, but it made up in enthusiasm what it lacked in num- ber, and Governor Matthews and the other speakers were heartily applauded, and the sentiments they gave utterance to in be- half of Cuban liberty wer® those of their auditors. Governor Matthews spoke in part as follows: “Cuba was the first in all the Western bemisphere to disclose her beauty to the venturesome Spaniard and soon there- after became the base of the various expeditions of “Spain against Mexico and the southern continent. Here were fitted out her expeditions for discov- ery and rapacious greed, of heartless cru- elty and atrocioas inhumanity unequaled in the history of the world.” The Governor traced the further history of the ‘‘ever faithful isle” and contrasted it with that of the Spanish republics hat had long since gained their autonomy. “Poor Cuba,” he exclaimed, “lulled to sleep with false and deceitful promises of reform and the honeyed flattery of ‘ever faithful,’ awoke to find herself deceived, bound hand and foot, her loyalty de- spised, robbed of her birthright and only prey for spoils. The pages.of history no- where reveal more atrocious crimes against humanity, more cruel warfare and wicked oppression, more qrgmplea of outraged truth and justices nor greater crimes against all Christian civilization than have marked Spanish misrule and despotism in Cuba. A gem upon the sea, it would have been a mine of wealth to its possessors through the maturing, fostering care of humane rule, ana would haye well replen- ished the depleted treasury of a decayed and effete nation. But the reverse has been true. e - “The wrongs against which. we rebells the same great principles are involved that aroused to action our fathers in 1776. Yet with all the disadvantages the Cuban patriot has been brave and has fought a good fight. Her sons have inhaled the atmosphere of this liberty-loving country. We can almost hear her agonizing cry for help across the narrow channel that sepa- rates us. “Of the extent of the war and of the actual condition in Cuba we have no accu- rate information. The insurgents can send none, the Spanish authorities give none. Spain, thousands of miles away, by her acts proclaims that it is war, a revolution, not mere insurrection, nor the mad caprice of a mob. A mnation of 17,000,000, with 1,000,000 soldiers on a war footing, is pour- ing into Cuba vast armies of men, mate- rial, supplies and munitions of war— emptying both her arsenals aud her treas- ury.” The sveaker closed his oddress with a tribute to the “Monroe doctrine,’” which he introduced thus: ‘There often comes atime in the lives of nations as well as of men when it becomes necessary to walk in new untrodden paths, to brush aside the cobwebs of tradition which ob- scure the views to grasp great living thoughts and meet the problem of a grow- ing, progressive age—in short, to find a way or make it.” He quoted the example of England and other foreign nations which had not hesi- tated to extend aid to suffering people in remote parts of the world and added, “Godspeed to the Cuban patriot in his sublime hope and his holy ambition. His cause is iust, the right shall prevail and in God’s own time Cuba will be free.”” Governor Matthews was followed by Gonzales de Quesada of New York, the secretary of the Cuban Junto, Mr. de Quesada, made an impassioned and dra- matic speech, appealing to the sympa- thies of the audience for the struggling Cubans and asking that they be recog- nized as belligerents by this Government. Resolutions of sympathy and promising aid to the Cubans were adopted. The resolutions also called upsn the Senators and Representatives of Pennsylvanisand upon the two houses of Congress when they meet to pass a concurrert resolution directing the President to recognize the “Republic of Cuba as a belligerent nation."” A committee of the Philadelphia Brizade will present the resolutions to President Cleveland. Captain W. W. Kerr, Assistant District Attorney of Philadelphia, made the most radical speech of the evening in favor of the Cubans. Captain Kerr has gained wide notoriety of late as the owner of the steamships Leon and Laurada, which have been accused of landing filibustering ex- peditions on the shores of Cuba. Captain Kerr boldly proclaimed his right under the laws of this country to land men and munitions of war upon the coast of Cuba, and the burden of preventing him doing this rested upon the maintenance of a blockade by Spain. He ridiculed the opinion of Attorney- General Harmon that the laws of this country prevented him from doing this, and asserted that under orders from Wash- ington every customs inspector in the ports of the United States has become a Spanish spy. Continuing, he said: ““And they might as well know that, un- til Cuba is free, ships will constantly sail from this country and land upon the coast of Cuba men and arms, and furthermore, if they keep their eyes and ears opeb, they will hear of another expedition being landed in about ten days. They talk about risks. We’'re willing to take the risks.” Captain Kerr spoke at great length in this strain, and told of the opptession im- posed by the Spanish Government upon the natives of Cuba, and asserted that if this Government recognizes the belliger- ency of the islands, and need men to go there and fight Spain, he for one would be willing to go. He laughed at the blockade that Spain is maintaining, and said that there were miles and miles of the Cuban coast upon which filibustering expeditions could land daily without a Spanish cruiser being seen. e PROTEST AGAINST TYRANNY. Cleveland Citizens Show Their Sympathy for Cuba. CLEVELAND, Omuro, Nov. 21.—Music Hall was crowded to-night by the citizens of this city, who wished to show their sym- pathy wRh the cause of the Cuban patriots. Different organizations of the city, patri- otic, secret, religious, military and civic, were present. The principal address was delivered by Senor Pierra. The part of Senor Pierra’s address in which he appealed eloguently for relief from the revolting cruelties he cited on'the part of the Spanish soldiers were received with indignant murmurs and angry protests from the audience. At the conclusion of his address Senor Pierra received an ovation. Scarcely less marked was the enthusiasm which greeted the re- marks of Senor Rafael Navarro. These gentlemen were followed by Mayor McKisson, who said in part: “I am here to-night as a citizen of Cleveland and as a citizen of the United States to express my interest in the cause of Cuban ireedom and independence. No one can read the history of Cuba for the last thirty years and not have his heart go out in sympathy for her unfortunate people. No honest man can learn of the misgovernment with which she has been cursed and not warm with in- -dignation, and none can know of the gal- lant struggles of her brave and daring pa- triots without wishing them from the bot- tom of their hearts the success which they have so unflinchingly striven for. “The struggle of the old thirteen colonies for independence to which we turn with loving pride and reverence, was the out- growth of grievous oppression. But grave as wus the oppression against which our forefathers rebelled, bitter as was the in- justice against which they fought, the present state of the people of Cuba is four fold worse. For more than a century Spain has fastened like a gigantic leech upon the fair Queen of the Antilles and year by year drawn the life blood from her, until to-day her people are in a state of desperation. The patriotism cannot but command our admiration and evoke our sympathy. It deservesa better fate than defeat; it is worthy of a nobler outcome than failure, ignominy and exile.”” Other speakers were Rev. George Pepper, .D., Hon. Francis J. Wing, Rabbi Moses J. Gries, Hon. E. J. Blandin and Hon. Elery M, Avery. Marx’s Eastern Career. LANbASTER, Pa., Nov.21.—Max Marx, under arrest in San Francisco charged with bigamy, was married some years ago to Miss Sallie 'Rosenstein of this city and 8 two ‘children. He deserted. his wife d children, who are living in this city. were not half so grievous nor the:bar- | He is about:4) years old. and was well barous cruelties nearly so great, and yet| known in Hebrew circles here. GUIDED BY GROVER, Goldbug Democrats Are in Favor of New York City FOR THEIR CONVENTION. The President Desires Delegates to Be Influenced by “Sound Money” Atmosphere. SECRET MISSION OF THE TRIO. Cleveland, Lamont and Herbert Started the Movement in Gotham. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 21.—The administration, aided by golibues of all parties, is making strenuous efforts to hold the next Democratic National Con- vention in New York City. The President himself is taking a hand, and Lamont, Whitney and Chairman Harrity are his . henchmen. Lamont is now in New York for this purpose. The scheme was given to THE CaLu by Harrity after his visit to the White House last week. Harrity made no bones of the fact that leading Democrats were working to take the convention to New York. He did not say that President Cleveland was one of the conspirators, but that inference was drawn from his remarks, and subse- quent developments prove this theory to have been correct. Mr. Cleveland wants to get the Demos’ crats where they will be influenced by a goldbug atmosphere. The prediction is made by knowing ones to-night that the convention will be held in New York early in July. It 1s said that during the recent visit of Mr. Cleveland and Secretaries Lamont and Herbert to New York they impressed upon ex-Secretary Whitney and ihose with whom they came into contact the necessity for immediate action looking to the selection of that city as the place for holding the convention. In any event, the dust shaken from the feet of this distinguished trio when taking their departure had not settled until sub~ scription papers were being circulated in every ward throughout New York City for the purpose of raising an enormous fund to be expended in entertaining the convention, if secured. The enthusiastic announcement was made that at least an aggregate of $250,000 would be raised. Nearly three decades have elapsed since a National nominating convention of a great political party was held in New York. The last occasion was in 1868, when Horatio Seymour of that State was chosen to lead the then forlorn hope of the Dem- ocrats against the Republicans headed by General Grant. Since then the Demo- cratic party has given six Presidential nominations to the State of New York without holding a National convention within its territory. Greeley, Tilden and Hancock were each nominated once and Mr. Cleveland -three times. But in those conventions it was a matter of geography, and not finance. Now it is necessary to hold up before the delegates a great object lesson as to the benefits accruing from National mono- metallism. 1f influence, hard work and manipulation can bring such a result to pass the Democratic National Convention will be held in New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov.2L.—A prelim« inary meeting of the convention commit- tee appointed by the Boad of Trade of this city was held to-day in the board rooms. The question of securing the Democratio and Republican National ‘conventions for, for New York City was discussed and a| committee appointed to ‘confer with the leaders and those influential in Republi-| can circles who are now in the city in reference to the Republican National Cone vention. Mr. James stated that ‘‘a guarantee fund, of $250,000 could be raised if wanted.” Ex-! Judge Arnoux moved that the committee be enlarged to one hundred, which was! accepted. The meeting adjourned sub- ject to the call of the chairman. SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE. Southern Editors Who Appreciate the ) United Press. ATLANTA, GA., Nov. 21.—The annual meeting of the Southern Associated Press, which convened here vesterday and ad- journed to-day, was harmonious in its proceedings, and determined to maintain its independence, as evidenced by the unanimous adoption of the following re- port of a special committee: ‘WHEREAS, The contract relations of the South- ern Associated Press and the United Press have roved entirely satisfactory, we, the stock- golders in convention assembled, express our approval of the same. Be it therefore esolved, That the members of the Southern Associated Press pledge themselves to carry out in letter and spirit the full intent and pur- pose of the contract between said associations. Resolved. That the efficiency of our telegraph service and best interests of the newspaper ‘press of the South imperftively demand that the independence and integrity of the South- ern Associated Press be maintained as organ- ized and so expressed 1n 1ts contract relations with the United Press. The following named directors were elected for the ensuing year: E. P. How- ell, J. H. Estill, J. C. Hemphill, C. 0’B. Cowardin, J. T. Rapier, T. T. Stockton, William Rule, 8. S. Nottingham, D. A. Tomkins. PR el Manager of the Big Four. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 2..—The di- rectors of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi- cago and St. Louis Railway (Big Four) have nfp ointed C. E. Schaff general man- ager of the road. His title heretofors bas been assistant general manager. For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Pages 3 and 4. Don’t want to pay Crockers} price for engraving ? _ See the engraving firsty 227 Post street Q15 Bush street- ~