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

- VOLUME LXXIX.—NO T SA N FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1896 PRICE FIVE CENTS STUMT ADMITS IS FAILURE, All Fights but the Big One Are Officially Declared Off. SPORTS ARE DISGUSTED. Have Given Up Hope of Seeing| a Contest Between Maher and Fitzsimmons. | AGAIN JULIAN QUIBBLING. Refuses to Enter Into a Conference to | Arrange for a Meeting on ! Friday. | | and your fights have not materialized. | and sports in k that the erhardt-Leeds, Wal Eyes, Marshall-Dixon and B contests were officially dec he would pay the f each contest to-morrow. T ment was not coupled with an) for this step, but later was Stuart’s behalf by ated in s associates one of that as one of the ¥ past | nother w to-morrow useless out the | lesser features of the c so long as | a the big fight was more- ginning d besn reached sinning with the over, as the little fe to “'kick,”" the c to sponge off tk second likely than ever that the e wiped off to-morrow. ications between the fight- to arise as a result of the Leeds and Everhardt, who ave zht on Tue: -morrow under for: however, recognizing several the game was up, has been things easy and gaining flesh, with be result that he tips the beam to-night at 140, or eight pounds over weight. Cap- tain Glori, Leeds’ backer, insists, however, | that the weighing-in shall take place, and | he will claim the forfeit if Everhardt fails to appear or if he is over weizht. consensus of opinion among the ex- | Jorts rem g here is that the , having been declared off in advance of the weighing-in, Glori's position is un- tenable, The question of fight or no fight, so far as the big 'uns are concerned, has been | put off for one more day. After having | dragged Maher’s representatives down from Las Cruces to-day Martin Julian re- fused to go into conference, contenting himse!f with the oft-repeated statement of “We will make known our position to- morrow,”’ as for two weeks before the Ozark fiasco he chirrupea, “We will be in Hot Springs on October 31.” Fitzsimmons private self this morning to the effect that he re- rded the *jig” as ' and this is en as forecasting his attitude for to- morrow. Both Dan Stuart and Maher, expressed him- the latter having been telegraphed for to- night, will have something to say on the question of forfeit, and the the I ces are that shman will not find himself able to things his own way. and Fitzsimmons came across from J ez this morn for th of meeting the Maher peopl terence had been set for the train from Las Cruces was three hours late, and after hanging about for a while the pair went back to their quarters. When “Buck” Connelly, who was accompanied by Joe Wolcott, also of Pittsburg, arrived at 3 o’clock the crowd was on the way to the bullfight and headquarters were deserted. They at once started for Juarez in a fast rig, and e countered Julian just as he was enterir the amphitheater. In reply to Connelly’s uest for a conference in the evening at eadquarters, with the promoters and cor- sondents as auditors, the brother-in-law manager reported that Fitzsimmons had a dinner party for 6 o'clock, and that it would not be possible for either of them to come to town until to-morrow morning. Connelly asked if Fitzsimmons would consent to another postponement until Friday next, with the proviso that if Ma- her's eyes were still affected on that date no objection would be raised to Fitzsim- mons receiving the forfeiture. To this Julian replied: “We will give you an answer to-morrow morning.” “Wny not now,” persisted Connelly. «] have made a journey of several hun- dred miles at your request and some little consideration is due me as much as to your dinner party.” " “We will answer to-morrow,”’ cuckooed Julian. ve me a straightforward answer here and now,” ejaculated the now thoroughly aroused Tonnelly. “I know your mind is made up and it is as well to answer now as it would have been three hours agoif my train had been on time.” “To-morrow,” lisped Julian. Connelly turned on his heel and b\:mqnt a ticket for that section of the amphithea- ter farthest from the seats occupied by the Firzsimmons crowd. On coming back 1o town he went at once to lxemlquaner_s»and wrote a dispatch to Mabher, telling him to come down on the morning train, even if he had to envelove his head in a Mexican blanket. This done, he said: “We will see whether or not Fitzsimmons takes the forfeit n the morning. Friday next Peter will be in shape to fight for certain, but we will not put him in the ring a day ear- lier unless we are compelled to. Rather than concede the forfeit we will have Makher in the ropes so that his condition may be apparent. By doing this we will save our purse,and the decision will be upon the referee. It must not be forgotten, however, that under the articies the pro- moters must give ustwenty-four hours, notice to get into the ring, and must also advise us privately where that ring is lo- cated and how we canjreach it. We have ful | not heard a word from them yet. How- ever, I would like to see the man who would pay over our forfeit money under such conditions.” Dan Stuart ana his colleagues listened to this talk, but said never a word. The proposed conference of the welter and feather weights and bantams also failed to materialize. Marshall, met George Dixon, came down from Las Cruces to-night for the purpose of weigh- ing in to-morrow. He was toid by O'Rourke, however, that the formality would be waived. Governor Ahuamada sent his secretary over from Juarez this morning to procure | a supply of the Jatest American papers published East of Kansas City. Toa rep- resentative of The United Press the Gov- | ernor said this evening that he was still on the alert and proposed to remain at the post of duty until the fighters had for a certainty abandoned their plans and Mexican soil was free from their invasior Dan Stuart was pressed again to-day by anumber of Eastern men, who are wait- ing over and whistling to keep up their courage, to give them a candid opinion upon which they might determine whether to go home at once or wait a while longer. | One of these, Wells Weidman of Balti- more, spoke his mind freely to the big promoter. Said he: “‘Here I have come nearly 2500 miles on vour say-so, because it was given out that Dan Stuart had this time a sure-thing con- cession for a fightine nival and a bull carnival. Your bull carnival was stopped What sort of a game is it, anyhow? Dan Stuart’s word o, or doesn’t it 2"’ But the Baltimorean and those in the same boat with him are still without satis- faction to-night. Maher’s eyes have improved wonder- during the past twenty-four hours. e catarrhal discharge has been ar- Does | rested, the spots within the lids have van- ished and very Ifttle blood remaius about | | the eyeballs. v | the eyes, however, is seared from the blis- The face above and below te g lotions applied by the physicians, while around the left eye there are several | incrustations. On the whole, however, the improvement has been more rapid than the physician expected. drawn up to-night for a fight between Fitzsimmons and Maher on next Friday. Buck Connelly savs he will deposit $5000 to be forfeited if Maher does not enter the ring or: Friday. The new agreement will be submitted to Julian and Fitzsimmons in the morning. ence in getting Fitzsimmons’ consent to the new agreement. Dixon and Marshall have already been matched to meet before the Long Island Club March 8 and Bright Eyes and Wal- cott before a Boston club March 15. The Olympic Ciub of New Orleans has wired for the Leeds-Everhart contest, and date and other details will be settled to-mor- row. — - TAME BULL-FIGHTING. Governor Ahwamada a Spectator at a Sickening Exhibition. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 16.—The buli-ights at Juarez this afternoon attracted a crowd of 4000, two-thirds men and women from the American side. It wus a brutal and disgusting exbibition. The first two bulls looked more like milch cows and were as harmless as septuagenarian cats. The prodding of the banderilleros, instead of working them into a frenzy only resulted in their getting down on their haunches and bellowing piteously, as though they could not understand what was required of them or why they should thus be tor- tured. The matadors also were mere novices, and one of them broke three spears in one of the helpless animals before giving it its coup. The remaining two bulls put up a lively fight, with the result that two pica- dors were severely injured and one horse killed. Governor Ahuamada with his staff, Col- lector Bauche and the entire force of Chi- huanua State ofhcials, was pressnt. Lieu- tenant-Goveinor Cortes presided over the fight. The sight of a horse whose abdomen had been ripped open by a bull’s horn was so sickening as to cause numbers of the | American|spectators to leave the amphi- theater. At the close of the fights Fitzsimmons, who had occupied a box, asked Governor Ahuamada if hedid not consider bull-fight- ing more disgusting than prize-fizhting. The Governor smilingly remarked that it was the custom of the country, but that he deprecated the use of horses in bull- fights. A Kentuckian Confesses That He Killed His Wife and Niecc. = AUGUSTA, Kv., Feb. 16.—Robert Henry Laughlin to-day confessed that he brutally murdered his wife and his niece, Mary Janes, yesterday morning at his home on the Rock Spring turnpike. Laughlin seemed easy when the visitors arrived, but as the Marshal asked him about some blood on his clothing this manner left him and his hands shook as he grasped thie arms of the chair. After persistent questioning by the Marshal Laughlin half rose from his chair and burst out weeping as he groaned: “I did it. Ikilled 'em both, God help me, and then tried to kill myself.” Alter further questioning he acknowl- enged that he had attacked his niece, and aiter killing both her and nis wife set fire to the house. e MES. LEASE IN A PULPIT. Thousands Assemble to Hear the Re- formed Reformer Preach. WICHITA, Kaxs., Feb. 16.—Rev. Mary E. Lease began her ministerial career in this city to-night, and it is safe to say that no minister ever entered upon his labors with more flattering prospects than did the noted Kansas woman. The Central Chuich of Christ, one of the largest in the city., was crowded to the limit of its capacity, and many thousands were turned away. It had been expected that Mrs. Lease would deal largely in sensationalism, but her theme and its exposition were far re- moved from anything of that mnature. Many noted divines have spoken to Wichita audiences, but none of them were accorded such an enthusiastic reception as was Mrs. Lease. It is predicted that her fame as a pulpit orator will far exceed that which she achieved 2s a reformer. Champagne Imports in 1895, According to Customs Statistics G. H. Mumm'’s Extra Dry aggregate 79,049 cases, or 45,125 cases more than of any other brand. By chemical analysis of Professor R. Ogden Doremus, G. H. Mumm’s Extra Dry is the purest and most wholesome champagne. who was to Lave | New articles of agreement are being | Stuart will use his influ- | —_— ' Robbing Peter to Pay Paul. | CAPTIVE CuBANS PUT TO DEATH, Prisoners in the Cabanas Said to Have Been Slain. GOMEZ WILL RETALIATE He Will Take a Life for a Life if the Rumor Proves True. CONSUL WILLIAMS DENOUNCED. | | An American Correspondent Claims | He Was Denied Protection by Our Representative. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 16.—The air is full of rumors. One is that twenty-four political prisoners in the Cabanas were shot Wednesday night. General Weyler says he knows nothingofit. It is also said Gomez has notified Weyler that if Cubans in the cities are shot he will retaliate by shooting Spaniards in the interior of the island. Gomez and Maceo are both in Havana province. The latter moved eastward after the Candelaria and San Cristobal en- gagements, crossed the military line south of Guanajay, passed around Guira de Melena and is near San Felipe. Gomez has been a few miles east of 8an Felipe for several days. A detached column of rebels moved north and engaged Managua, fifteen miles from Havana, where the volunteers surrendered, joining the in- vaders with arms and ammunition. Other parties moved even to the outskirts of Havana, taking the horses of milkmen in the suburban town of Juburbana, and ex- chanzed shots with the garrison in the house at Jesus Monte. With Castillo’s party 6f 2000 men in the east and Maceo's force from the west, Gomez has 6000 men under arms operating in Havana province. Skirmishes between the outposts are of daily occurrence. The Spanish officers of minor grades generally magnify these into battles, but since the arrival of Weyler the official reports are much nearer the truth than formerly. Volunteers are being sent from Havana to the field. The order forbidding correspondents to accompany the columns of troops is strictly enforced, making it difficult to ob- tain reliable news. Very little is given out officiaily. The American correspondent, Mannix, orderea to leave, owing to having pub- lished obnoxious news, sailed on the Oli- vett for the United States yesterday. Mannix tiled a formal protest with Ameri- can Consnl Williams. Mannix claims the latteraided the Spanish Government more than the American citizen. Williams en- deavored to induce Mannix to leave volun- tarily. Mannix refused until served with an official order. Williams then cabled a protest to the Washington State Depart- ment, which replied that it saw no cause for interference. Mannix shows the fol- lowing copy of an official cablegram said to have been sent to the Foreign Minister at Madrid on February 8: El Duan, Madrid: There is no American cor- Government threatened any such representa- tives with imprisonment. There is a part however, against whom we have received in- dications that his presence here was prejudi- cial, he having, it is claimed, written ob- | noxious news. The matter being laid before the American Consul, he suggested and under- took to inform tne party that his departure from the island was sdvisable. No threats were made. The Government has‘-workéd “in full accord with Mr. Williams, and as & result, the obnoxious party will' embark to-morrow, voluntarily, and without compulsion on the part of this Government, direct or indirect. his excellency, EI Secundo Cabo Suarez Valdes. Consul Williams declined to talk, under the rules of the office prohibiting the giving of information to the press. FraNK CLARK. —_—— | WEYLER ISSUES 4 UKASE. | | Captured Prisoners Will Be Subjected to a Most Summary Trial. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 16. — Captain- General Weyler to-night issued a series of proclamations, in which he still further defines his proposed policy toward the in- surgents and their sympathizers. The first proclamation reads as follows: Article 1. All inhabitants of the district of Sancti Spiritus and the provinces of Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba will have to | concentrate 1a places which are the headquar- | ters of a division, a brigade, a column or a | troop. and will have to be provided with docu- | mentary proof of identity within eignt days of | the publication of this proclamation in the | municipalities. . Article 2. To travel in the country in the radius covered by the columns in operation it is absolutely indispensable to have a pass from the Mayor, military commandants or chiefs of | detachments. | Article 3. All owners of commercial estab- | lishments in the country districts will vacate | them, and the chiefs of columns will take such | mesadires as the success of thair operations | dictates regarding such places which, while | useless for the countrs’s wealth, serve the enemy as hiding places in the woods and in the interior. Continued on Second Page. LILIUOKALAN 15 FREE AGAIN Granted a Full Pardon by the President of Hawaii. BUT ONE RESTRICTION. Must Ask the Consent of Dole Should She Wish to Leave Oahu Island. THE EX-QUEEN IS PLEASED. Now at Liberty to Roam Over a Por- tion of the Domain of Her Ancestors. HONOLULU, = Hawarm, Feb. 7.—Ex- Queen Lilivokalani has been granted a full pardon by President Dole. The decree was signed last night. The only restric- tions it ‘placed upon Mrs. Dominis are that she shall not leave Oahu isiand with- out the consent of the President or his Cab- inet officers. The document which restores the ex- Queen to full freedom would have been N N AL N 7@“ . & respoudent in jail in Havana, mor has this) Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Whom President Dole Bas Granted a Ful [ ardon [From a recent photograph.} signed on the 17th of January, but it was thought that it would have been distaste- ful to her ex-Majesty to receive it on such an unpleasant (for her) anniversary. It was then decided to postpone the matter until after President Dole’s return from Hawaii. He came back on Tuesday after- noon and the pardon was signed yester- day afternoon. It was written on two sheets of paper of the kind usually em- ployed in diplomatic correspondence and sent from the Foreign Office to the ex- Queen’s residence at Washington place by a special messenger. [t reads as follows: EXECUTIVE BUILDING, Hox( Feb. 7. 1896. Mrs. Liliuokalani Dominis, Washington Place: With the advice of the Cabinet I take pleasure in modifying the restriction placed upon your freedom &t the time of your release from your confinement. Until further notice only the observance on your part of the followirg conditions will be required by the Government: Not to leave the island of Oahu without the conseut of the President or a member of the Cabinet. . { I desire to express my appreciation of the good faith with which you have observed the requirements of a former letter. SANFORD B. DOLE. The former letter referred to in the fore- going was as follows: HONOLULY, § MADAM—By the advice of the Cabinet and Council of State,I have this day signed an order releasing you from confinement in the Executive Building, which order provides that you may be remanded to confinement atany time upon the order of the President, «nd also that your enlargement 1s subject to such con- ditions as the President may from time to time require. Until further notice, as conditions of your enlargement, you will be required to occupy Washington place in Honolulu as your resi- dence ,and will not be allowed to absent your- self therefrom over night without the written consent of the President or a member of the Cabinet. During the term of your sentence, or until the same is modified us to time, you are re- quired to live in a quiet, unostentatious man- ner and to abstain from having political meet- ings or other gatherings at your residenc: attending such meetings elsewhere. You will not be allowed to have a retinue or guards, and your attendants will be limited to necessary domestics, the number of which is hereby fixed at thirteen men and eight women, besides children. Mr. Wilson ant family will be allowed to reside at Washington place, if you desire. In regard to receiving calls, I would call your attention to the impropriety of receiving others under the circumstances than personal acquaintances and those coming on business. Trusting to your own judgment and good faith to carry out the spirit of these instruc- tions, I would intimate that your conduct will nave influence upon any future consideration of the further modification of your sentenca, SANFORD B. DOLE. To Mrs. Liliuokalani Dominis. It is understood that the ex-Queen is very much pleased with the removal of all restrictions on her personal liberty. As she never had any desire to leave the islands the proviso that she cannot leave without permission cuts little figure. It is generally understood that the present state of affairs has been brought about by the persistent efforts of Charles B. Wilson, her late marshal and present .2gent, under whose advice she has been acting since her arrest last vear. et s INVADED BY JAPANESE. Hawaii Overrun by Merchants Tradesmen Fr om the Orient. HONOLULU, Hawam, Feb. 7.—The new Japanese. Consul and Diplomatic Agent, Mr. Shimamura, left for the island of Hawaii to-day to personally examine into the condition of the Japanese laborers on the sugar plantations of that island. Mr. Shimamura has been working hard since his arrival to familiarize himself with the needs of the Japanese colony in tnese islands, and there is little doubt but that the Government will soon hear from him on several matters pertaining to the welfare of his countrymen. Leaders of the different Japanese socie- ties are already discussing and drafting petitions to the coming Legisiature for the passage of bills enhancing their business opportunities here. The principal aim of these discussions and petitions is the plac- ing of Japan on a parity with the United States in regard to the importation of ex- clusively manufactured Japanese goods which do not enter into competition with those of the United States. Local Japan- ese merechants want all these goods ad- mitted duty free into the Hawaiian repub- Iic. Another matter which will have to be considered by the Legislature is the re- quest of numerous Japanese for the is- suance to them of letters of denization. Thus far the Hawaiian Government has denied these letters to Japanese, or rather has dallied with the matter without giv- ing a decisive answer. This is probably the entering wedge in a further demand for suffrage, which the Japanese have always claimed under the ‘‘favored nations” clause of existing treaties. Honolulu’s white merchants are begin- ning to feel the encroachments of the Japanese in various lines of business to an alarming extent, but they seem to be powerless to prevent the constantly in- creasing number of stores and consequent competition. Three vears ago the Jap- anese stores in the city could be counted on the fingers of nne hana. To-day there are over a hundred of them. Japanese stores of all kinds are to be found in every block; there are over 150 barbershops and bathhouses run by Japanese. They have even started blacksmith and harness stores. Japanese carpenters, painters and paperhangers underbid white con- tractors 33 per cent, and the Japanese quarter of Honolulu is daily becoming more and more Oricntalized. ket g oo SHOCKED AY A TEMBLOR. Subterranean Disturbances Give Renewed Activity to a Volcano. HONOLULU, Hawar, Feb. 7.—There were several slight shocks of earthquake on the island of Hawaii a few nights since. One peculiar effect from the shaking was to tocause lava in the pit of Kilauea volean to drop suddenly about eighty feet, caus- ing a crust to form over tue surface. Fire broke through the next morning, however, and the volcano is now more active than before. The earthquake evidently opened up some subterranean fissure into_which the molten lava dropped. When it was filied the flow of lava went on as usual. Tourists to the volcano express themselves as highly pleased with the wonderful sight afforded them. and Cruise of the Boston. HONOLULU, Hawam, Feb. 7.—The cruiser Bgston left yesterday morning for Yokohama. She took on board 650 tons of coal here, of which 150 was carried 1n sacks on deck. It is expected she will make Yokokama without difficulty unless she experiences bad.weather. If so her coal supply will run short. MRS, NANSEN 1S IN DOUBT, She Has Received No News From the Fram or Its Crew. REPORTS ARE VAGUE, Scientists Not Yet Prepared to Believe That the Pole Has Been Reached. THE QPINION IN WASHINGTON. Rumor of Nansen’s Success Believed to Have Been Started Through Some Misunderstanding. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 17.—A special dispatch to the Journal from Christiania says in regard to Dr. Nansen’s reported discovery of the north pole: “The news, though exceedingly vague, is believed by some authorities to have some foundation; others are in doubt, be- cause of the source from which it origi- nates. I have not the least conception of where the Fram is now, or when it may be expected. EvVA Naxsk WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—In- credulity still reigns supreme among the scientists in Washington best qualified to form an opinion on the subject as to the reported return of Nansen, the Norwegian Arctic explorer, and the still more re- markable story, without details, of his having drifted to the north pole and drifted back again. Dr. William H. Dall, oneofthe most experienced paleontologists of the United tes Geographical Surv who has made Arctic matters his particu- lar study, to-day said: ‘““‘An examination of the telegrams re- ceived shows that the only facts in our possession are that a rumor has been received from Yakutsk to the effect that Nansen is on his way from the polar sea. The telegram from Archangel is probably the resuit of the receipt there of the same rumor from Russian sources. Since no message from Nansen himself is received and no statement of his whereabouts it seems probable that the rumor is due to a misunderstanding of some expression of his_anticipated arrival by persons in Northern Siberia, who hai been notified to be on the lookout for Nansen's party. “It is quite generally understood among Arctic experts that the alleged discovery of Jeannette relics on the coast of Green- land was due to a foolish prank of some persons connected with the naval vessel which visited Greenland the season of their discovery and that the guilty parties, after finding tbeir hoax taken seriously were afraid to confess the truth. Conse- quently the basisof Nansen’s theories, so far asit was formed by these fictitious relics, is of little weight. “That drnift from the Bering Strait re- gion might, in the course of years, find its way out of the passage been Iceland and Greenland is entirely possible, as the incident of the Alaskan throwing a stick proves; but the particular instance is due to the special circumstances of the case—temporary winds, currents, etc.—in all probability, and there is as yet no evi- dence of any permament system of drift. “If such a system existed it would be incomprehensible why nothing has ev been found of the multitude of wrecks which have been known to drift into the polar basin from the Bering Strait region, and of which nothing has ever turned up.” The El Dorado Floated. NEW YORK, N. Y. Feb. 17.—The steamer El Dorado, Captain Byrne, re- ported ashore on Oyster Island, was floated at high water last ni ht after discharging art of its cargo. 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