The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1896, Page 1

CHICAGD WINS BY TWO VOTES, Captures the Democratic Na- tional Convention by Hard Work. ST. LOUIS' GAME FIGHT. Noted Leaders of the Party Present the Claims of Rival Cities. FLOW OF ELOQUENCE AND WIT. It Takes Twenty-Nine the Committeemen to Selection. Ballots for Make a SHINGTON, D. C ‘he ¢ National Convention z0 on Ju the th pallot by t on the al com- on reached N was mittee to- r t, in which Chice . bar rity, w St. Louis « vot. t was practica tween the 1 ve sound ney statement cs votes were ney men. vote which Chi- Smalley of Ver- t, the he St ates lying the Middle and the o were bitterly e St. Louis their out the entire v were loyal to the t. Louis ans at the . as it was believed last she could not teen votes; d then drop cut of the race, it would narrow down to ati she did n the coneluding bai- prrewse her strength show. her forces were disciplined. | poor showing did not sur- o was famil the best pc n Hot Iy to exceed that she woul r with the | New York's | manayged, fo gument that her the support of the com- obvious yesterday after- 1ld not win, but her rep- ntinued the fight ain defeat. It was nati might be the nt number of , but this hope s the day was Cincin- itor, and at no time than twelve votes. at six votes, and it was not ot that she in- She remained prac- the nineteenth ractically still ev ballot, when her in the preceding ballot, 1 p: L h had begun York had wcinnati to 6. It was ot only had the fight owed down to 0 and St. Louis, Chicago’s steadily increasing indicated her ultimate victory. This on the twenty-ninth ballot, when of 21 in the twenty-eightl bailot reased by 5, thus giving her a bare ty and leaving St. Louis a danger- d with while Cincinnati was reduced to 1. New York’s 4 votes on this | lot went to Chicago, as did also one of rcinnati’ The detailed vote on this ballot resulted t then that 24, ous sec Colorado- homas, St. Louis. Connecticut—Carlos French, Chicago. ware—Lewis C. Del Vandergrift, Chi- cago. Florida—Samuel Pasco, St. Louis. Georgin—Clark Howell jr., Chicago. Idaho Lous. Illinois—Ben T. Cable, Chicago. Indiana—Simon P. Sheerin, Chicago. Richardson. Chicago. Charles W. Blair, St. Louis. "homas H. Sherley, Chicago. St. Louis. Arthur Sewall, Chicago. Arthur P. Gorman, Chicago. iah Quincy, Chicago. viel W. Campu, Chicago. Michael Doran, Chicago. \arles B. Howry, St. Louis. C. Prather, St. Louis. Montanz Davidson, St. Louis. Nebraska s Caster, Chicago. Nevada—R. P. Keating, St. Louis. New Hampshire—A. W. Sulloway, Chi- Louis. eehan, Chi- Jersey—Miles Ress, York—William F. § North Carolina—M. W. Ransom, Chi- cago. North Dakota—William C. Lesitikow, St. Louis. Ohio—Calvin 8. Brice, Cincinnati. Oregon—E. D. McKee, (.‘hicago._ Pennsylvania—William F. Harrity, Chi- cago. thode Island—Samuel E. Honey, Chi- ith Carolina—M. L. Donaldson, St. Louis South Dakota—James M. Woods, Chi- cago. Tennessee—Holmes Cummins, Chicago. Texas—O. T. Holt, St. Louis. Vermoni—Bradley B. Smalley, Chicago. | Ailen Thurman of proxy for New Mexico, offered a resolu- | SAN FRANCISCO, JAN 1896 ARY 17, PRICE FIVE CENTS. sinia—Basil B. Gordon, St. Loais. Washington—Hugh C.Wallace, St. Louis. West Virginia—John Sheridan, Chicago. Wisconsin—E. C. Wali, Chicago. oming W. L. Kuykendall, St. Louis. Alaska—A. L. Delaney, Chica na—Charles M. Shannon, St. Louis. trict of Columbia—James L. Norris, Chicago. New Mexico—H. D. Ferguson, St. Louis. Oklahoma—T. M. Richardson, St. Louis. Utah—Samuel A. Monett, St. Louis. Indian Louis. Totals—Chicago 2 naii 1. After the different cities had been put in nomination this afternoon five ballots were taken with closed doors. It was then apparent, as the changes were im- material, that the contest would be long drawn out and a recess until 8:30 o’clock was agreed upon. The intervening time was utilized by the different cities in an endeavor to effect combinations favorable to themselves. A number of informal conferences were speedily called, but they rren of results. nd Gorman, for exam- d a tion in Cincinnati’s arters. Gorman favored New York rice, of course, was using his influ- Territory—Robert Lowen, St. t. Louis 24, Cincin- were in most Senators Brice cases consu Jincinnati. Each tried to win the | other to the city of his choice without avail, and this conference, like many othe came to naught. It was found that the St. Louis contingent were as solid as a rock, and that no break could be made in their ranks Some of the Cincinnati en showed a disposition to go to Chicago | when it was demonstrated that Cincinnati | could not win, and a similar sentiment | was expressed by some of the Bastern men who were supporting New York. On the other hand New York could not secure | nati. | Tt wasthen realized that the forces of the last two cities named would gradualiy disintegrate, and Chicago and Louis become the beneficiaries. A hasty con- sultation showed that St. Louis and Chi- cago would divide about evenly on the vote, a circumstance which lent addi- tional interest to the contest. That Chi- | eago finally secared a majority was due, in part, to personal considerations, Cer- tain members of the committee were in- different as to the location of the conven- | tion. What they wanted in particular was a city where they could be made most com- fortable. The question they asked themselves was whether these conditions could be found more generslly in St. Louis or in Chicago. an additional promise, nor could Cincin- | LED BY HOPE, CALIFORNIA ESCAPES FROM GIANT DESPAIR. called, so as to know definitely the cities which desired to have the convention, stating then that the cities would be callea n their alphabetical order so as to have the claims of each presented, for which purpose half an hour was to be allowed. The first State to be reached having a com- petitive city was Iliinois, and on its behalf They de d that Chicago possessed superior advantages in the matter of | hotels, and this undoubtedly influenced a | | sufficient number to give the Lake City the | | majority. | It is also asserted that the strong sup- port which the siiver men gave to St. Louis created a prejudice against that | place among certain of the sound-money | men who voted for Chicago, not because they cared especiaily for Chicago, but be- | cause they were determined not to join | forces with their free-silver opponents. | It was not until nearly 11 o'ciock that { the final and decisive ballot was taken. | Some of the New York men at once | packed their grips and returned home on | the midnight train. A majority of the | isitors will leave to-morrow and all of the | | number will doubtiess take their de-| | parture Saturda | The executiv session of the committee, which began at 11:30 o’clock, lasted two hours. Mr. Harrity of Pennsylvania, the | chairman of the committee, presided and | Mr. Sheerin of Indiana, the secretary of | | the committee, called the roll, which dis- closed the presence of fifty-one members. Niblack, who holds the proxy of the member from Oklahoma, made a motion, which was adopted, that the committee | on credentials at the convention be in- | structed to admit six delegates each from | the Indian Ternitory and Oklahoma. Howell of Georgia offered a resolution, which was also agreed to without ob- jection, that a committee of seven, of | whom the secretary and chairman of the | committee shall be members, be appointed, to whom shall be delegated the absolute control of the convention, no matter where it may be sent. The sub-committee, to whom was re- ferred the Collins resolution, looking to the holding of the next convention with practically closed doors, reported 1t back unfavorably and it was rejected unani- mousiy. The principal work of the session related to the various resolutions fixing the date on which the convention shall be held. Ohio, who held the tion fixing the date for June 2. Mr, 'homas of Colorado amended this by fix- ing the date on June 9, while Mr. Wallace of Washington offered another amend- ment providing for June 30. Senator ; Morgan of Alabama supported the Thomas resolution and considerable debate ensued. Mr, Thomas spoke earnestly in support of his resolution. A long campaign, he said, would enable the advocates of free coinage to expound their doctrines to greater advantage than a later date, which meant the stifling of this subject. The silver question, he said, would be the issue in the campaign, and he thought the Democratic party ought to meet it like men. Moreover, it was the unwritten po- litical law that the party in power should hold its convention prior to that of its op- ponents, and to break that precedent at this time would be a confession of weak- ness. Serator Morgan of Alabama favored an early date, inasmuch as an important State election will be beld in Alabama in August, and all the time possible will be needed in which to conduct the campaign after the party, formulates its National platform. Mr. Ellison of Virginia opposed June 30, as it would interfere with the Confed- erate reunion, which will occur at Rich- mond on that day. Thereupon Mr. Wallace of Washington moved that July’ 7 be agreed upon. The roll was called and thirty-two members supported the resolution, with eighteen voting in the negative, while one member refrained from voting. After the adoption of the date the com- mittee at 1:30 o’clock took a recess until 3 o’clock. R STORY OF THE STRUGGLE, How the Fight Narrowed Down to St. Lowis and Chicago. WASHINGT@N, D. C., Jan. 16.—At 3 o’clock the banquet-room of the Arlington Hotel was thrown open to all who had cards of admission, and in a few minutes every seat 1n the place was filled. Atv3:30 the city of Chicago was proposed. In due | uccession came St. Louis, New York and incinnati. the spokesman for that city. He said he was delegated by the people of | Illinois and of Chicago to extend a cordial and heartv invitation to hold the next | National Democratic Convention within the borders of that city. Chicago would, as she had always done, fulfill every guar- antee she made. “We have only,” he said, “the kindest | feeling for every city thut has entered into | the contest. We have only a feeling u!‘; generous rivalry. But we have a feeling of | Assassinated by a Band of that modesty which characterizes Chicago. | [Laughter.] We claim _to be the best con- | vention city in the United States. Wa | { n to have the best facilities for enter- ning vast crowds. Our transportation | facilities are unsurpassed. It is the great inland city of this continent. All railroads run to Chicago. Since the last National convention was held there she has had the World’s Fair, s i and has entertained more | city in a similar Jength of time. ““The Democracy of Chicago and Illinois don’t need the stimulus of the convention to do their duty. Whetherthe convention be held in Chicago or elsewhere the | Democracy of that great State will be | found in the campaign of 1896 doing its | duty as it always has done. [Applause.] Gentlemen, if you want to win come to | Chicago. seated a Democratic President who was not nominated in that city since 1856.” {Applause. ] rates would be the usual ones and that the | hall would be magnificent, and he heartily invited the convention to come to Chicago. Senator Brice said that the claims of | Ingalls ana Follett. Mr. Ingalls said that he would be in-| | { Continued on Second Page. | t 8| i | had the millmen made the discovery than | they put & detective on his *railin the shape of a woman in the neighborhood, JTudge Goodrich of Chicago was put for- Fate of a Private Detective |LURED TO HIS DEATH. SOME OF THE SLAYERS CAUGHT. people than were ever entertained in any | Many Warrants for the Arrest of| You have never elected and | 9€T bad been committed and the murdered | person afterward burned, and asking that warrents be sent, together with a posse of | Deputy Marshals to ferret out the perpe- (Goodrich went ) Sav . | trators and secure their arrest. oodrichimention iomay thattlie Hotal During last October a detective by the name of Boilett, hailing from Springfield, | Mo., made his appearance in the neighbor- hood of a sawmill located some six miles | e i x south of Talihana, Ind. T. Cincinnati would be presented by Messrs. | T2 15 allapsR thabtiie ba il meslrsrned hat he was a detective and that he was | hadowing one of their number, who it is said was a fugitive from justice. No sooner | nies of three-quarters of the world, but I PARIS, Tex., Jan. 16.—The Federal offi- cials received a telegram from Talihana, | ind. T., yesterday stating that a foul mur- | who reported his movements to the mill- 5 men. | Itisalleged that his actions confirmed | their suspicions and that a plan was ar- 1| ranged to murder him on the following Sunday. The detective was boarding with one I. A. Blue., Blue was apprised of the | murderous intention of the millhands toward his boarder and he informed him 5 A of the trap that had been placed for him While Shadowmg a and advised him to disappear. This hap- pened on a Saturday night. Suspect. |~ Boilett, the detective, acted upon the | advice of his landlord and immediately left. He had not had time to go very far before hislandlord heard groans, but upon investigation Boilett could not be found. Tt is said that the groans emanated from Boilett and that he was assassinated as he left the house of his landlord. His body was carried off & short distance and burned, the fire being started by pine fag- gots. His bones were found on Tuesday morn- ing by a hunter in the secluded spot where his remains were burned. Seven wagrants were issued out of the Federal Court yes- terday for persons charged with the mur- der. Six of the warrants were for men and the remaining one for a woman, Deputy Marshals Cantrell, Harper and Mackey ar- rived here to-day with three of the prison- ers, named Walter Emory, John King and Henry Wright. The other four have not been apprehended as vet. The facts as stated in the foregoing were obtained from Deputy Marshal Minor of the Fort Smith court and substantiated by Federal officials here to-night, returning from the scene. Conspirators and His Body Burned. Men Implicated in a Most Daring Crime. | | SCORED THE PRESIDENT. Remarkable Lecture Delivered by Presi- | dent Wheeler. NEW HAVEN, Cox Jan. 16.—Pro- fessor Arthur M. Wheeler, head of the history department at Yale, last night delivered a remarkable lecture on the Monroe doctrine. In it he roundly scored President Cleveland’s attitude. He said: “Spain, through special dispensation of Pope Alexander, vicegerent of the Al- mighty, obtained possession of the desti- W YL g N ’{ i i (u'é;w'/um i ’, m;. iL ‘ “SPUD” o’clock. Chairman Harrity rapped for order and dirccted the roll of States to be ; ! f1 The stage running between Ukiah and Willits and driven by Theodore Howard, better known as “Spud ” Howard, appears to be a favorite with the road agents of that section. It was held up on the morning of December 31 last and the driver was compelled to pass down the treasure-box, which the bandit—there was but one—forced open, taking possession of the contents. On Wednesday last the stage, again driven by Howard, was stopped on the same spot, now known as ‘“Robbers Pass,” by a lone high- wayman, and the vehicle, as well as the driver, searched. No treasure was found, however. The photo- graph from which the above engraving was made was taken upon the arrival of the stage at the hotel in Ukiah on the day of the first robbery. “Spud” Howard is shown holding the reins, while the owner of the stage line, W. H. Miller, is standing on the porch with his hands in his pockets. The two ladies were passengers at the time of the robbery. do not know that we have a patent from the Almighty unless it has come recently and through his vicegerent, Pope Grover 1. “Our press says that this act of our President is no cause for war, because England will back® down. When our President shakes his fist in the face of the English Queen, isn’t this the act of a bully? We say that the message was called out by the danger to our in- stitutions. Why don’t we take them in out of the wet, and not let them remain out over night? Our danger does not lie in Venezuela, nor in the land south of the frost line. It lies . not in contact with England, whose institutions are as free as our own. The liberties of our fathers are in peril. The danger lies in the degeneracy of our public men and in the failure of the attempt to get a decent municipal government. Re- publican govertment has often been a curse. The ballot has no virtue, and un- der certain circumstances it is a source of great corruption.’” —_—— ROBBED BY ASKED MEN. The Crewof a Freight Train Held Up by Bandits. NEVADA, Mo., Jan. 16.—A bold robbery was committed last night at Nassan, one and a half miles south of this city. It was payday on the Missouri Pacific, and five robbers with handkerchieis over their faces boarded a Missouri Pacific freight train at this city. When the train stopped at the junction it was held up, and the masked men robbed the engineer, three brakemen and the conductor. The Populist Convention. ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 16.—Chairman Taubeneck and a number of other bromi- | nent members of the Populist National Committee arrived this morning. They will confer with delegations from a num- ber of cities to-morrow and decide upon the place for holding the next National convention. Chicago, Omaha, Dallas and St. Louis are the strongest candidates for the honor, with the chances strongly in favor of St. Louis. FALURE OF A BIG FRM Wholesale Clothing Dealers Are Forced to the Wall on Heavy Judgments, The Establishment of Kahn, Schoen- brun & Co. in the Hands of the Sheriff. CHICAGO, Irv., Jan. 16.—Snrprise was created in the wholesale clothing district to-day when the old and extensive firm of Kahn, Schoenbrun & Co., manufac- turers and wholesale dealers in fine clothing at Adams and Market streets, were closed by the process of confessions of judgments aggregating nearly $150,000. Executions were issued and the Sheriff took possession of the establishment. It is estimated that the liabilities of the firm will reach $300,000. The largest creditors outside of local banks, which advanced money on notes to tide the firm over bad times, are New York houses. The actual assets are hard to estimate, but they are believed to be more than enough to meet every dollar of the liab; es. The firm carried an immense stock of clothing, and their overstocked condition, combined with inability to make collections in time to repay bank loans, caused the failure. The firm stood high among its New York creditors and in banking circles here, An effort is being made to effect a com- promise among the principal creditors who were forced to protest their interests and_arrange for the firm to resume busi- ne The members of the firm also owned a retail clothing-house on State and Quincy streets, known as the Sun, which had recently moved from its original smail quarters to a large building by itself. The members of the firm are Mark and Felix Kahn and Leopold Schoenbrun. Later a bill was filed by Mark Kahn against Felix Kahn asking for a dissolution of the partnership existing and the ap- pointment of a receiver. The confessions of judgment filed were in favor of the Corn Exchange Bank of Chicago for $60,000, Importers’ and Traders’ National Bank of New York for $30,000, National Bank of the Republic, Chicago, 25,000, M. G. Becker & Co. $10,000, and two others for small amounts. The stock of the firm is valued at $400,000 and the accounts receivable form a large part of the assets. WOULD HOT PLAY MONTE i Far e g o T A 1/ et Il 10 i,y 470) i i N HOWARD AND HIS STAGE. So. the Bunko Men Tried to Secure the Money by High- way Robbery. P. W. Campbell, the Los Angeles Mining Man, Fought Bravely at Cripple Creek. CRIPPLE CREEK, Coro., Jan. 16.—P, ‘W. Campbell, president of the Goler Con- solidated Placer and Hydraulic Mining Company of Los Angeles, Cal., arrived in this city last night. On the train he met a man by the name of Morgan, who vol- unteered to show him the camp. The two started out on foot shortly aiter 8 o’clock this morning and had reached Reno tunnel when another man joined them. The old three-card monte bunko game was sprung, and when Campbell refused to play the two men attempted to force their demands with a revolver. A terrific fight ensued. Campbell was fortunate enough to catch the revolver so as to pre- vent the hammer from falling, but in doing so cut his hand in a frightful man- ner. * He was finally overpowered and beaten insensible. Still he held on to his money, and the robbers made a hasty re- treat on the approach of several men who bad been attracted by Campbell’s cries. Mr. Campbell was brought to town and his injuries were dressei by Dr. Cham- bers. Several cuts had to be sewed up. It is thought the skull has sustained a slight fracture. Although badly hurt the injured man will recover. An arrest was made of a suspect, but Campbell was unable to identify the man. Cigar-Manufacturers Fail. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 16—E. N. Steinberg, Steifel & Co., cigar-manufactur- ers, assigned to-day. $350,000, nominal assets $500,000. REPORTED ROUTS OF THE CUBANS, Stories of Defeat Are Sent Out From Spanish Sources. CLAIM MANY VICTORIES. But the Regular Troops Are Bothered by the Tactics of Insurgents, VOLUNTEERS MAKE TROUBLE, Seditious Talk Among Officers, Wha Demand the Prompt Retire- ment of Campos. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16. Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish N er, late this afternoon received the following dispatch dated to-day from the Duke of Tetuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs at Madrid : ‘‘General Valdez met and disbanded Gomez, killing and wounding some of his men, who were left on the field. Colonel Molina defeated a band in the jurisdiction of Colon. The column of Jurro also de- feated the enemy on the Glariera planta- tion. Colonel Marti also met and de- feated another band in Sancti Spiritus. There have been other small encounters, also to the advantage of the Spanish army, but without great results, because of tha policy of scattering adopted by the in- surgents. I telegraph to you the news with perfect accuracy.” et DISSATISFIED WITH CAMPOS. Volunteer Officers Protest Against the General’s Inactivity. NEW YORK, N. Y,, Jan. 16. ald special from Key West, According to private advices from Havana there was great excitement on the ex- change there yesterday, where much sedi- tious talk was indulged in. Several cole onels and officers of volunteers who were present ‘made speeches against Captain- General Campos and a general protest against his military inactivity ana over humane policy was expressed. One major of volunteers proposed that Campos be either forced to resign or be Jynched, and the speech was met by cheers from various Spanish merchants of wells known intransigente princip! The majority of the representatives of Spanish business houses present signed a petition to close the exchange, and many favored closing the stores as a protest against Campos’ permanence in the island. A delegation from the volunteer corps officers was named to wait on Campos and insist that Pando be called and be given full military command and that Campos either radically change his political policy or else resign the governorship. The Spanish sentiment against him is increasing hourly and troubie is feared. Several foreign vessels in the port, by the direction of the consignees, have sus- pended the discharge of their cargoes awaiting the outcome of the affair. Lieutenant-General Marin has been hur- riedly called from Matanzas and is now in consultation with the captain-general. A significant editorial appears in the Diario de Marino. the organ of the Re- formist party, saying that the country and business circles cannot longer stand the crisis, and openly intimating that if Cam- pos can neither crush the revolution nor effect immediate peace the time has come for a new trial, as no time must be lost in the face of the growing strength of the rebel movement. Every attempt of New York or Madrid correspondents to telegraph anything as to the arrest last Thursday of Loreto Cepero, the rebel lieutenant-colonel, from Havana direct has been frustrated by the cable censor, although the Havana papers published full accounts of the detention, announcing the capture in big headlines. The cabling of the news abroad was, it is said, forbidden by Campos’ pe: orders. A court-martial was hurriedly called, and it is whispered on the streets in Havana that the prisoner has already been quietly executed. Havana newspapers are making eds itorial protests against Campos’ arbitrary orders suspending the publication of ex- tras, and energetic protests will be wired to Madrid via this city to-day. Maceo, it is stated here, expects to re- join Gomez in Havana or Matanzas within a fortnight. No big battle will, however, be fought until late in February, when, it is now believed, that Matanzas of Cien- fuegos will be attacked. A new uprising has occurred in the extreme western part of the island and news comes to Key West this morning that the garrison at Cape San Antonio has been captured and the lighthouse occupied by the rebels. ol e RESCUE OF CUBANS. Taken From a Sinking Schooner in the Nick of Time. PENSACOLA, Fra., Jan. 16. — The Nerwegian bark Pioneer, which entered this port on Monday, brought to this city ten Cubans, who were rescued by the crew on the Pioneer from the small schooner Henry, between Kingston, Jamaica, and Tampa, Fla., thirty-five miles off shore. The schooner was in a sinking condition, the crew being over waist deep in water for thirty-six hours, and having only small cans to bail with. They had but two crackers for provisions. They refuse to give their names or any information regarding their movement, and it is beheved that they were bound for Cuka to join the Cubans, and were driven off by adverse winds. Regulations for Launches. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—The bill governing launches and vessels above fifteen tons, propelled by gas, gasoline, naphtha or electric motors. carryving pas- sengers and freight, was favorably re- The liabilities are | ported to-day. Pleasure launches are not affected.