The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1896, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1896. 3 GREAT LOSS OF LIFE Ruin Wrought by Repeated Earthquake Shocks in Persia. VILLAGES DESTROYED. It Is Estimated That at Least Eleven Hundred Perished in One District. THERE WAS NO SAFE RETREAT. t Two Years Ago Twelve Thou- ons Met Death in the Uniucky Land. Jan. 9.—Two se- I s, cau o the loss occurred in the Khal- h was experienced very severe. It anza- r villages. hed in the there was an- great damage es in the district persons e. Large numbers of ed were BAKER'S WARNING T0 AL NATIONS ilized attitude and sing it is in an un- e EXPECTS A REPLY. The Chronicle Places Its Correspondence pre England. ExG., Jan. 9.— The D menting on the di: h om Henry Nor- ner in Wash- s that and po political system t outside of the messages the fide cean STORING COAL AT ST. LUCIA. Great Britain Displays Activity the Venezuelan Coast. SHINGTON, D. Jan.9.—Informa- reached the N Department jovernment is displaying storing coal at its well- Near y station S coast. between Great are given as the - — THEY HISSED OLD GLORY. Canndians Noisily 3 owed Their Prefer- ence for ¢ Union Jac W YORK Y., Jan. 9.—A Record- al from Montreal s: There st night at the Academy of t there was much disturbance. re of the statue of liberty was I e of the fort on the Hud- and in the second act, march, in which several ared, nothing would do Union Jack carried by ient then was tremendous. lled with McGill University rs and others, attracted by extravagant remarks in the storm of hisses, jeers and with cries for “the while the people downstairs want a row tried invain to ® was packed, and the noise al- g. Mr. Seagrave, who played t out and waved a Union ndous size. Then they cried hman to carry it, and only ve announced that he was iiet down. earance of the starsand s greeted with mingled bove and applause from be- v Rice reconsidered his n replacing the ture of e aissolving views, which instead of the big stars sed the row on Mon- order of the Academy Old Glory. This was the gallery had been were agreeably d ived the Queen’s pic- and yells of delight or blocks. performance the cur- and the company God Save the Queen.” BOWELL READY TO RESIGH. Pending the Estailishment of a New Cabinet the Premic r Will Remain in Office. Jan. 9.—In the to-day Sir Adolph it Premier Bowell had 1 House Caron e i the Governor-Gen- esulted in the resignation to his imated that he ® it because he first have-an and passing npon the speech from $he e Times to- | these circumstances Sir Mackenzie Bowell bas, as the head of the administratron considered it his duty as far as it him lay, to reorganize the Government and there- | fore he (Caron) moved that the House ad- urn until next Tuesday. | " An exactly stmilar statement was read | in the Senate by the Premier. | Mr. Laurier, the Liberal leader, objected 4"‘ any adjournment of more than from | day to day as the constitution provided. i Besides reading in the Senate the same | statement which Caron read in the Com- mons, Premier Bowell said he was willing to leave to the good judgment of the peo- | ple his own action and that of his col- | | leagues who had attacked him. | Japan’s Offer to Russia. | ST. PE SBURG, Russia, Jan, 9.— | The Vladivostock correspcndent of the voe Vremya telegraphs that Japan has offered tc give Russia free and unlimited anchorage for her warships in all the har- bors of Japan. Itisassumed that the in- tention is to divert Russia from acquiriug | a harbor in Kor !unone which was now before it. Under | { | | -— Storms on the Italian Coast. | ROME, Itavy, Jan.8.—A violent storm !in Northern Italy has done much damage {on shore and to shipping along the coast. Itis feared that many lives bave been lost. A torpedo boat employed in the customs service on Lake Maggiore foundered and e persons aboad of her were drowned. AT LAIGHES BENEFI, | The “Kid Did” Some Very Neat Sparring With Woods and Ryan. ‘Given a Good Send-Off Before His De- parture to Fight Burge at London. i s NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—The Grand Cen- tral Palace was crowded to overflowing to- | night by the friends and admirers of “Kid” Lavigne. The benefit was given in honor of his departura for London, where | he will meet Dick Burge at the National | Sporting Club for §5000 a side. The pro- | gramme was excellent. | George Lavigne opened by sparring with Harry Woods of California. Lavigne re- ceived a rousing reception. Woods got alot of punishmentin the first round, the *“Kid” giving his leftabout | { the head and body, occasionall the performance by driving in right. Lavigne was again the aggres in the second round, showing some very | | prett ence in short-arm fighting. The | t 1 fourth rounds were rattlers, La- | vigne doing ali the fighting and never let- | | ting up on the Californian. | The final bout was between Lavigne and | Tommy Ryan of Chicago. Ryan started | off quick, leading for Lavigne's body. | Lavigne stood in, both men putting up | plenty of science. Ryan hit hard all | through the second round. Lavigne stood | | up and got in three or four that had plenty of power behind them. The last |\\ui is were repetitions of the others, both hitting hard, which pleased the on- lookers, who gave them a rousing send-off. | | a - RECORDS ACCEPTED, WHEEL Bulletin of the Racing Board of the L. A. W, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 9. — The following bulletin has been issued by | | Chairman Gideon of the L. A. W.: | ed: One mile, class B, compe- start, , by Otto Zeigler | Ky., 1:53 November 12, 1d's record, unpaced, | arnett, New Orleans, aced, flying start lo, New Orleans, 1895, lonal, paced, fiying start 1. Berlo, New Orleans. 1, paced, flying start ! e disdie 8:51 2-5, December 13, 1895. - The Chess Tournament. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Jan. 9.— o, New Orlears, | 3 Z ite) en’s gambit declined The score up to date | Lasker and Pillsbury, 634 chigorin, beat Lasker in a qu | after thirty moves. is as follow each; Steinitz, ? ONLY GAINED SYMPATH, {Stubborn Defense Made by a Woman During a Trial for Libel. Lawyers and Judges Denounced, but the Jury Found Her Guilty. RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 9. — A criminal trial that will be noted in the jurispru- dence of the State was on here yesterday in the Superior Court. A woman indicted for libel defended herself before a Judge and jury. Mrs. Pattie Arrington was some vears ago divorced from her husband. Out of this trouble sprung many lewsuits, A number of lawyers appeared for Mrs. Arrington in different suits. Among them was ex-Judge Spier Whittaker of the Su- perior Court, late chairman of the Demo- cratic State Committee, and now one of the leading Populists of the State. Mrs. Arrington began last summer the publication of a newspaper known as the | Criminal Document. In this she charged | Whitaker of having stolen $1300 from her i by an order he made while Judge in the case he had appeared in before he was elected Judge. For this she was indicted. | The trial began yesterday. Not being able to employ a lawyer Mrs. Arrington defended herself, and she did it with skill and ability. She gave ex-Judge Whitaker a scorching cross-examination. She went | | on the witness-stand and her evidence was graphic and startling. She got beyond the control of the court and detailed her | experiencesin all her litigation. She de- | nounced many of the most prominent lawyers and Judges in the State as being | guilty of crimes for which they should be breaking rock in the penitentiary. It is the first time 8 woman was indict- ed in this State for this offense. It was the first time a woman was compelled to be her own lawyer. The Courthouse was crowded, and those present seemed to | sympathize with Mrs. Arrington. There is another indictment against her for libel- jing the late Chiel Justice William N. H. Smith in publishing in hergpaper after his death a statement that he had defrauded her and her children out of their home. i Mrs. Arrington is from one of the oldest and best families in the State, and her character is good. She made & strong speech to the jury, and at times was im- passioned and eioquent. She frequentiy criticized the District Attorney, and de- nounced parts of his speech as willfully false. The jury promptly found her guilty. CAMPOS WILL REMAIN Spain’s Cabinet Decides Not to Accept His Resig- nation. TO INCREASE THE FORCE. | More Men and Warships Are to Be Dispatched in Haste to Cuba, DEFEAT OF THE INSURGENTS. Minor Engagements in Which the Natives Are Said to Have Been Driven Back. MADRID, Srarx, Jan. 9. — At a Cabinet council held to-day it was decided not to accept the resignation of Captain-General Campos. It was resolved to increase the military and naval forces in Cuba. It appears from the tenor of the first part of the foregoing dispatch that Captain- General Campos had tendered his resigna- tion. There have been many rumors that he intended to do so, and also that he would be replaced. At the political dem- onstration recently held in Havana Gen- eral Campos announced that he would not resign in face of the enemy. It is therefore surmised that General Campos has not actually resigned, but that the Council has predetermined not to ac- cept his resignation should he decide upon retiring from the command in Cuba. Additional advices to those already re- ported have been received from Havana concerning recent engagements with the revolutionary forces. These show very great activity on the part of the Spanish army and indicate an important and pos- sibly decisive engagement at an early date. General Garina Navarro, as already re- ported, recently met and put to flight at Gunajay the combined forces of Maceoand Gomez. The assaultof the Spanish troops upon the insurgent forces was so vigorous and spirited and the retreat of the enemy so precipitous that two companies of Gen- | eral Navarro’s command pursuing a heavy contingent of the fleeing rebels were for quite a long time separated from the main hody of the Spanish army. Some details of this engagement have already been given, including the casualties which at- tended it. After the engagement the Cuban army fell back to Ceiba, but was forced 10 make a countermarch because of an attack on them by the column of General Luque, who surprised and engaged them during the night. The Cuban loss in this en- counter is given as twenty killed and a large number wounded. The battle was for a time very hotly contested. Spanish neral Suarez Valdez arrived with the | troops of his command about the end of the engagement and contributed to the | dispersing of the rebels. A fact tending to strengthen the im- pression that a decisive battle 1s imminent manifests itself in the nearness or prox- imity of the two armies to each other, and that the generals who recently engaged Maceo and Gomez and who have followed them vigoreusly from the provinces of Santa Clara and Matanzas are in command of the troops now hoping daily to engage the main body of the insurrectionary column. HAVANA, Cuss, Jan. 9.—The report circulated yesterday that a battle had oc- curred near Artemisa is untrue. General Bratz had an engagement with 2000 rebels near the Central sugar factory at Lucia. The fight lasted four hours, and resulted in the defeat of the insurgents, who were led by Maceo, Miro, Zayas and Nunez. It is reported that Miro was wounded. The rebel loss was eight killed. Thirty-two horses were captured by the troops. Ivis supposed that the rebels were at- tempting to cover the landing of a filibus- | tering expedition, as a bark acting in a suspicious manner w seen hovering off the coast in that vieinity. A column under the command of Colonel Molini has captured, at the point of the bayonet, a rebel encampment near Alfonso doce. The insurgents retired to Manjuari. Their wounded were taken to Cienga, Their loss is not known. The Spanish loss was two officers and several soldiers wounded. The troops cap- turea 120 horses and a quantity of ammu- nition and medicine. Sixteen horses be- longing to the troops were killed. A band of rebels attacked the three forts on the Esperanza Central factory, but were repulsed by fourteen soldiers com- manded by Lieutenant Navas. The civil guards who were repairing the railway line at Navjas repelled a rebel at- tack, wounding their leader, S8anchez, and killing two of the insurgents. | PHILADELPHIA POLICE CORRUPTION Evidence as to Purchased Protection for * Speak Easies "' and Policy Shops. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.,Jan. 9.—The pro- tection by the police of “speak easies’ and policy shops. the brutal conduct of police- men and the discharge of employes from the city departments because they did not agree with their superiors, were brought out this afternoon at the meeting of the Senatorial investigating committee. Ex-Policeman George Slook Jr. testified | to having reccived, together with Special Ofticer Martin and other policemen, sums of money which were paid them for pro- tection by proprietors of “policy shops” and ‘“‘speak easies.” The witness further stated that Martin was indicted in Octo- ber, 1894, for an alleged bribery in Janu- ary, 1892, but that the case against him was dismissed last month on the ground that the time for the prosecution had ex- pired by statute limitation. The witness declared that although Martin is unable to read or write he is stili connected with the Police Department. . MARRIAGE OF THE PULLMANS. Son and Daughter of the Car-Builder Soon to Wed. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 9.—The Re- corder says this morning: A piece of society news will be made public on Sun- day next through the Chicago papers. It is the engagement of Miss Florence Pull- man, youngest daughter of the palace car magnate, and Frank O. Lowden, a young lawyer and member of the Chicago bar. The date of the wedding has not been de- | cideda upon, but reports have it that it will be celebrated in the near future. The affair will ve an elaborate one, commen- surate with the wealth and position of the bride’s famiiy. The wedding of George Pullman Jr. and Miss Felicite Oglesby, daughter of the second war Governor of Illinois, is also soon to take place, and the dual engage- ment may result in a double wedding. e CAMPAIGN OF McKINLEYX. The Governor Called to Chicago to Make an Address. CHICAGO, Inn, Jan. 9.—General Wil- liam Osborne of Boston, who has been here for several weeks in the capacity of advance agent for the Presidential inter- ests of Governor McKinley, making his headquarters at the Union League Club, has advised the Governor to come to Chi- cago before the Tllinois convention of the party 1s held and address the veople of the city and State. According to present ar- rangements the Governor will speak at the Auditorium February 12, under the anspices of either the Lincoln or Marquette Clug. or possibly both. The supporters of the Governor intend to make his address the biggest affair possible. ——-— MADE AN ASSIGNMENT., Reorganization of a Big Distilling Com- pany Necessary. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 9.—The Belle of Nelson Distilling Company, one of the largest concerns in the country, filed a deed of assignment at 1 o’clock this after. noon to the Columbia Finance and Trust Company. The assets and liabilities are not known, but it is thought that they will be about $300,000. The company will be reorganized and resume business.” The assignment is said to have been caused by the firm carrying tbe stock of Bartley, Johnson & Co., which assigned about a year ago, and which is involved in the present failure. ———— Death of an Aged Woman. CHICAGO, IrL., Jan.9.—Mary Fitzger- ald Welch, who was probably the oldest | 12 per cent had been paid on the common | died yesterdav at her | stock and 7 per cent on the preferred} person in_Chicago, home, 795 North Robin street, aged 105, She was born in Ireland, and could clearly remember the home rule uprising in 17 T0 AVOID AN EXPOSURE Suicide of First Lieutenant Swift of the Ninth Cavalry. Fearing a Court-Martial for Dishonesty, the Officer Sent a Bullet Through His Heart, FORT ROBINSON, NEBRr., Jan. 9.—Offi- cars and men of the post were excited this afternoon by the suicide of First Lieuten- | ant Swiit of the Ninth Cavalry under cir- | cumstances wbich indicate that he took his life as the alternative of bearing the disgrace of exposare for dishonesty and | consequent punishment by court-martial. He shot himself through the heart. He had been filling the positions of post ex- change officer and commissary oflicer, but | 1ast week had been relieved of both duties | and an investigation of his accounts was in | progress. The suicide leaves a widow and | a large family. | PROSPERITY OF A TRUST. Handsome Dividends Paid by the Ameri- can Sugar Company. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 9.—The Ameri- can Sugar Refining Company, otherwise the *‘Sugar Trust,” neld its annual eet- ing yesterday afternoon in Jersey City. John E. Parsons and John F. Searles were | elected directors for three years, Presi- | dent Havemeyer stated that a dividend of stock. He said that the condition of the | company was prosperous. The price of | sugar had gone up 1 cent per pound during i the past year, and would be likely to be | increased = very materially during the There will be no grinding of sugar-cane | in Cuba this year owing to the rebellion, and consequently the world’s supply will be decreased by 1,000,000 tons, one-fifth of the entire production of the world. A considerable increase in prices was there- fore certain. The loss in Cuba will, how- | ever, be partly made up in Germany, where | the bee¢t-sugar crop will be much larger. e TESIIMONY OF DOCTORS. An Interesting Decision That Bears Upon the Subject. NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan.9.—The Court of Appeals in the case of Mary A. Morris against the New York, Ontario and West- ern Railroad has rendered an interesting decision bearing directly on the question | of privileged communications made to doc- | tors. The Code of Civil Procedure sa that a doctor shall not be allowed to di close any information which be acquired | in attending a patient in a professional | capacity. | Mrs. Morris, in the case decided, sued the railroad company for injuries received. At the time of her illness she was attended by two physicians. She called one, but when the defendant attempted to call the | other she objected on the ground of privi- leged communication. Her objection was sustained and the suitdecided in her favor. The decision, of course, does not alter the | confidential relations of a physician and his patient where there is only one physi- cian, but where there are two or more physicians and opinions differ no one of | them can testify without giving the de- | fendant in a lawsuit the right to call all the others. gt s Yery Weary of “Lord Bereaford.”” | NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 9.—)(nndi Lascelles, who in 1891 married Sidney | Lascelles, known to many as ‘‘Lord Beres- ford,” was before Judge Beekman yester- | day for a divorce. Lascellesisnow in a Georgia prison, serving a five years' sent- | ence for forgery and swindling. M Lascelles is said to be heiress to a fortune variously estimated at from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. She met Lascelles while travel- ing 1n Europe. The husband’s lawyers made no effort to contest the divorce suit. Axmg D SMITH FOR rECEIVER. May Be Selected to Manage the Atlantie and Pacific. DEN VER, Coro., Jan. 9.—All the parties interested except the Mereantile Trust | Company of New York have agreed to request the appointment of Charles W. Smith as receiver for the Atlantic and- Pacific Railroad to succeed John J. Me Cook, whose resignation was presented to Judge Collier, with that of Aldace F. Walker. The appointment of a receiver was deferred until to-morrow, when Attor- ney Green, counsel for the Mercantile Trust Company will be here. The court refused to consolidate the two cases | brought by the first and second mortgage bondholders. e Prosperity of Colorado. NEW YORK, Y., Jan. 9.—John B. Farish, a prominent mining engineer of Denver, says that. Colorado has not only completely recovered from the silver panic, but has become one of the most prosperous States in the Union. When it found that silver was not profitable it | turned its attention io gold-mining, with the result that last year it produced $17,000,000 in gold—an increase in the year of '$6,000,000—and this year the yield romises to be much greater. This makes Colorado the first in rank as a gold-pro- ducer. Cripple Creek, which has recently become famous, is only one of many localities where rich gold deposits have been found. —_— Ex-Governor Marshall Dead. ST. PAUL, Mixy., Jan. 9.—A private telegram was receivéd here to-day by rela- tives of ex-Governor W. R. Marshall of Minnesots, stating that he died last night t Pasadena, Cal., where he went two vears ago for his health NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. WANT YER MA HONEY, WANT YER MIGHTY BAD! SPEAKING OF VALUES, HOW DOES THIS STRIKE YOU ? Hundreds of small lines of Men’s Suits, embracing those pretty Blue and Black Twill Cheviots in the single and double breasted style, high-class tailored garments. -—$5.00-- RAPHAEL’S (INCORPORATED), THE STORE OF THE MASSES. WE’'RE HOUSE-SWEEPING! HOUSE-CLEANING! Tons of Desirable, Fashionable Merchandise, that’s been sold down to few of a lot, that’s skipping tra-la-la-boom out of the house at prices that keep our crowing imitators in continual hot water. Small lines have no value to us, whenever they get down to three and four of a kind. We lose sight of their cost, our only object is to get ’em out of the house, and they’re going. If you were in your big store you’d ’a’ seen how the people are grabbing at ’em. Some awfully swell English Kersey Overcoats, made right in the height of fashion, cleverly tailored, with deep velvet collar, fine worsted linings. Can’t touch ’em elsewhere in town under $12. Now —$6.00-- RAPHAEL’S (INCORPORATED). FRISCO'S BIGGEST STORE, Those awfully pretty Reefer Suits of ours ; there’s somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000 of ’em ; 4 and 5 of each individual style ; awfully pretty, prettily braided. $5.00 was the price of some of ’em, $4.50 and $4.00 the others. Ages 3 to 10 years. Your pick The goods are truly irresistible at the prices. Your short - trousered son, bring him to us to-day. Some awfully swell Blue and Black Cheviot Suits; some awfully nice All-Wool Tweeds, in fash- ionable colorings, for lads be- tween the ages of 6 and 15. $5.00 was the price for some, $4.50 and $4.00 for others. Now -—$2.50-- RAPHAEL’S (INCORPORATED). 9,11,13, 15 KEARNY ST -$2.50-- RAPHAEL’S (INCORPORATED). 2 ENTIRE BUILDINGS, 8 FLOORS.