The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1896, Page 1

" VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 133. PRICE FIVE CENTS. T0 VOTE FOR THE BEST MEN, Delegates to the Republican Convention Should Be Left Free. SO SAYS MR. PERKINS. The Senator States That He Is Not a Candidate for the Vice-Presidency. WHAT CALIFORNIA CAN GET. With a Del tion Unpledged the State Will Secure a Cabinet Officer. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—The Post has been casting the | 1 horoscope, with Senator Per- 1 s a star of the first magni- | President. It believes that | e treatment by the convention of Per-| will bave considerable to do with h way are swung the forty-one votes of the Pacific Coast States and near-lying | , and of Utah. he fact that the Pacific Coast would be | tered by recognition on the National ticket is being taken into accoung by those who hope to stem the McKinigy curgent, said to be strong there, say: Pos opponents of McKinl that they hope to defeat him at the convention, but do not yet know how they will accomplish that, are holding the Pa- cific Coast card up their sleeve. Thereis no q n of Perkins availability as a man, nor that his candidacy would receive wide support among his party. But lhei McKinley men will probably not look fa- | ircumstances | to. They will wish rather for a man trom the Atlantic coast. This will be used to advantage by the friends of Reed and of Morton at the convention. Continuing, the Post says: | iand the situation. They also see that nsiderable prejudice will have tobe over- | s. Morton is regarded as an | ¥ of silver, and the bimetallic | iment is in a mood to kick over the traces ¥ soothed. Platt would be in- | > this soothing by attaching to | a man like Perkins, which would | e the ¢ Coast hugely, and all | f 1 to the real benefits that | them. Perkins could be t t without much oppo- | in day- | modera- He would not be a t0 embarrass the coun- silver. btless go to St. Louis om the Pacific Coast. | en extraordinary interest in | b he understands out on a ticket n,or any other man eps moving. conspirac; ins’ attention was called to n as well as to the fact that | papers, notonly in the West, gh the East, have spoken h regard to zhel second on the tic “Iam, of course, very the compliment of movement,” = highly gratified the unsolicited id the Senttor, in reply, “and particu’ at the manner in which the public has manifested its corifidence in me and the kind words which have been | and spoken by my friends and ac- ces. All this has given me the atest pleasure and will be remembered g after the movement has been forgot- ntinuing, he said: There seems to be still a belief in some qua that I am a candidate for the nominstion, but I am not. I do not as- theoffice. WhileI am in public ire will be to secure as many ornia, as well as for the entire country, as are possible, and for this 1 deem that my present position will en- able me to be of greater usefulness than any other I could occupy.” “Have you any notion as to the geo- graphical location of the Vice-Presidential candidate?’” was asked. “I do not think that the Republican National Convention will select a candi- date for the Vice-Presidency from any State West of the Missouri River,” said Eenator Perkins.” The great Northwest and the East will, in my opinion, be the two fields from which the two men to head the ticket Will be taken. With an honest, able, experienced and strong man from one of the States between the Ohio end the Missouri for a Presidential candi- date and the second name on the ticket taken from New York or New Englang, I am of the opinion that the Republican party will sweep the country from ocean ovember.” *But is California to be left out of the machinery of the National Government, as usual ?” “In the convention which is to meet at Bt. Louis in June California can, if it chooses, make her influence felt as she never has before on such ap occasion. It 1s in a position to secure that which it has long desired and which is her due—a Cabinet officer.” “Are you in favor of the delegation to the convention being instructed " “To become a power in the convention, however, the California délegation must be unpledged and act as a unit. The dele- gates should be left absolutely free to vote for the best men brought forward, and in voting they should be actuated solely by the idea of the greatest good of the entire country. The great issues wiich are in- volved render it incumbent upon conven- tions to send as delegates men of the high- est character, ability and patriotism, and California should send to St. Louis some of her best citizens, who are not to be in- ‘fluenced by political considerations on account of holding oflice under the Govern- ment or ary position in the gift of the people. It seems to me that it will strengthen the position of California in the convention if men already honored by the people will consent to the election of delegates who will not be influenced by such ties as political positions impose. With a delegation so constituted, work- ing always together and animated by un- selfish patriotism, Cahfornia will, I think, be able to dictate the selection of a Cabinet officer, and this apolies to the Democratic as well as to the Republican party.” “‘Have you any man in mind as to the Cabinet appointment?” “I believe California should be repre- sented in the Cabinet. The State would be honored as well as benefited by sending there such a Republican as Colonel John P. Jackson, Colonel Charles F. Crocker or John D. Spreckels, or such a Democrat as J.J. Valentine, Governor Budd or James D. Phelan. These are men of high character and eminent executive ability, and either of them would make a Cabinet officer of whom the State would bhave reason to be proud. It is, I believe, within the power of California to secure representation in the Cabinet, but only, I am confident, through such means as have been pointed out. Each of the great parties must have unity of purpose and must be actuated by an earnest desire to act for the welfare of the State and of the entire country.’” QUITE «ONSARTIN" INDEED. Collis P. Huntington Kecites an Ancient Campaign Poem. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—C. P. Huntington is still in Washington. He has been here most of the winter, at the Normandie Hotel, where he engages his apartments by the year. There he has his office and receives reports from his corps of lobbyists. Huntington was asked to-night what | would be the fate of his refunding bill. He replied by quoting some voetry. *In 1840,"'said he, “I took part in the Presidential campaign. Martin = Van Buren and William Henry Harrison were the opposing candidates. It was a cam- paign of songs, and 1 remember very well one that they sang atthe close of that year: Late events have proved to Martin That dountful things are quite *onsartin.’* CYCLON THREE PREDICTED. Charlie”” Makes a Rather Start- ling Prophecy. WICHITA, Kass, April 10.—“Dutch Charlie,” the eccentric “‘Seer of Bolton,”’ living in Cowley County, Kans.,has created a panic among the denizensof the Arkan- Valley by the announcement that three cyclones, each succeeding one more destructive than its predecessor, will sweep the valley this summer. The first is to come in June, the second in July and the third in September. The last, he predicts, “Dutch sas | will be very destructive to life as well as | property. —_—— 4 Reacuer Perishes. BUTTE, MoxT., April 10.—Another life | was sacrificed to-day in an endeavor to rescue the seven men entombed in the Hope Mine at Basin. Albert Boulware, one of a party of men who attempted to go down the shaftto rescue the men, was overcome by foul air and expired before he could be taken out. Superintendent Bach says it is not probable that the bodies can be reached in two weeks. Eatee . Inspected Fort Sheridan. CHICAGO, Irn, April 10.— Marquis Yamaeata, Field Marshal of Japan, and suite arrived here this morning. The party will ‘remain until to-morrow, when they will leave for the East. General Mer- | ritt’ and. staff formally calied on the vis- itors this morning. This afternoon Field Marshal Yamagata, accompanied by Gen- eral Merritt and stsff, inspected Fort Sheridan. el Suddenly Abandoned. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 10.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Cairo, Egypt, says: From. indications’ here to day it is thought that the plan of push- ing the Anglo Egyptian army direct to Dongola has been suddenly abandoned. The purchase of camels and horses has been stopped. E[INFESSIIME HOLMES He Admits Himself to Be the Author of Twenty-Seven Murders. Says That He Was Under the Spell of the Damned, and Is Lost. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 10.—A local paper will print to-morrow what par- perts to be sentences from the confession alleged to have bcen made by Murderer H. H. Holmes. In prefacing the confession, which cov- ers in full nearly three newspaper pages, writtenin Holmes’ own writing, detailing with a minuteness that is simply at times revolting, the arch mutilator and author of twenty-seven murders, as he admits himself to be, states, with something like pathos, that he does so simply that he may obtain enough money to educate his boy. Regret is never for a moment expressed, and he comes out boldly and without compunction on his very opening with the statement, ‘I was' born with the very devil in me."’ He believes he is fully under the speil of the damned, and, despite the assertions to the contrary that he is receiving the at- tentions of a minister of God and is grad- ually becoming imbued with the spirit of forgiveness and religion, he feels he is lost hopelessly. : ‘I couldn’t help the fact that I was a murderer any more than the poet can help the inspiration to song, nor the ambition of an intellectual man to be great,” he continues. *‘I was born with the evil one standing as my sponsor beside the bed where I was ushered into the world and he has been with me since. “The inclination to murder came to me as naturally as the inspiration to do right comes to the majority of persons. Where others’ hearts were touched with pity mine were filled with cruelty, and-where in others the feeling was to save life I reveled in the thought of destroying it. Not only that, I was not satisfied in taking it in the ordinary way, I sought devices strange, fantastical and, even grotesque. It gave me joy to work my murderous will,s and I reveled in it with the enthusiasm of an alchemist who is hot on the trail of the philosopher's stone.” 3 1 b | o L [, “You can’t play in my back yard.” o Koes LATEST VTN, Wounds Baron v. Schrader in a Duel With Pistols. THIRD IN THE SERIES Principals Stand Ten Paces| Apart and Fire Until One Is Disabled. AN OLD SCANDAL IS.REVIVED Sensational Encounters Grow Out of | Accusations Against the Ex-Court Chamberlain. BERLIN, GerMANY, April 10.—A duel with pistols was fought this morning near Potsdam between Lieberecht von Kotzeex- court chamberlain, and Baron von Schra- der, master of ceremonies ot the Prussian court, in which the latter was severely wounded in the right breast. The con- ditions of the duel were that the princi- pals should stand ten paces apart and shoot until one was disabled. Von Schroder was taken to a hospital, and Dr. Bergmann was summoned to his bedside. - It was found that he had been shot in the abdomen, and it is feared .that his wound is fatal. The combat grew out of the old scandal commected with the writing of a series of anonymous letters affecting the character of a number of court personages which Von Kotze was suspected of having writ- ten. He was subsequently exonerated, however, and has since been involved in several encounters with persons who had accused him or intimated their suspicions of his euilt. Last April Count von Kotze issued challenges for twelve duels, and the latest encounter is the third in the series. To- day he reiterated his determination to continue the battle against his enemies until he had paid off every score against them. About a year ago Berlin society was tnrown into a great flutter by the scatter- ing about the city of a cloud of anony- mous letters, descending upon high and low alike, upon the just and unjust. It has been asserted that not even the in.- perial family was spared the receipt of these missives, and it is known that the gravest charges.were contained in them against members of the Emperor’s honse- hold. So, also, were grave charges made against every person of prominence in the court circle, and against a great many per- sons who were not prominent. The facts of the scandal were kept from the newspapers for a long time, though so- ciety talked of nothing else, and at last the story got into print. In the meantime the best detectives in Germany had been put on the case, and soon rumor whis- pered that the Court Chamberiain, Von Kotze, was under grave suspicion. The chamberlain had - many enemies. By reason of his position that was unavoid- able. These enemies caught up the story of his guilt, telling it in a manner which left no aoubt of the fact, and'what they said seemed to have been borne out by the |- arrest of Von Kotze on acharge of hav- ing written the letters and his consequent Suediah, owing to the presence of an un- common number of troops, are all officially denied. ERBEST T ORGANIZATION OF ANARCHISTS. In South Germany the Police Claim to Have Made Important Dis- coveries. BERLIN, GErMANY, April 10. — The Herald Bureau circulates the report that the police have discovered in Sounth Ger- many the existence of asecret anarchist oreganization of wide ramifications. The police pursning this discovery searched the houses of the well-known anarchists, Lindemann and Huber, in Munich, where they seized 1800 collection tickets, de- signed to be issued for the solicitation of funds, together with a large number of copies of a leading socialist newspaper. e Alliance With Dervishea. ROME, Itavy, April 10.—It is affirmed that King Menelek has hastily sent an envoy into the Bezomeder province as bearer of a large quantity of coffee and other presents, with instructions to treat for an alliance with the dervishes. AR e s May Dissoive the Chamber. LONDON, Excranp, April 10. — The Daily News will have to-morrow a dis- patch from Paris saying that the Cabinet is seriously considering the question of dissolving the Chamber. el Explosion of Firedamp. MADRID, Spars, April 10.—An explo- | sion of firedamp occurred in a coal mine at Wallanuva to-day. Four persons were killed and a number injured. I A Officially Denied. ROME, ITaLy, April 10.—Officia! denial is made here of all the rumors which have been in circulation regarding the abandon- ment ot Kassala. MURDERED N~ HAVANA, Rumor Is Current That Consul- General Williams Has Been Killed. It Is Also Reported That H's Body ‘Was Dragged Through the Streets. NEW YORK, N.Y., April 10.—A spe- cial cable to the Herald from Madrid says: Rumor is current here in the cafes and streets that Consul-General Williams has been murdered in Havana and his body dragged through the streets. Excitement prevails throughout the city in conse- quence of this report, but the authorities have no knowedge of any such event. Itis also rumored that Maceo is dead, and that in the battle yesterday the rebels lost 500 men. No confirmation of these re- vorts can be obtained here. DEATH CLAIMS A NOTED WRITER Colonel John A. Cockerill Expires Suddenly at Cairo. ACTIVE TO THE LAST. Was One of the Best Known and Most Successful of Newspaper Men. DECORATED BY THE MIKADO. As an Editor and Correspondent He Had Few Equals in the United States. CAIRO, Ecyer, April 10.—Colonel John A. Cockerill, the well-known American newspaper editor and correspondent, died suddenly at Shepherd’s Hotel to-day. Death was caused by apoplexy. Colonel Cockerill recently arrived here from Japan, where he had spent some time as the cor- respondent of the New York Herald. He was representing the same paper in Cairo. John A. Cockerill was one of the most successful and widely known newspaper men in the United States. He entered the profession when a mere boy, and, except for the period when a drummer at the front in the Civil War, he continued in it, rising even higher to positions of greater authority and wider usefulness. Colonel Cockerill has been at different times editor of the Washington Post, the Baltimore Gazette, the St. Louis Post-Dis- patch, the New York World and Commer- cial Advertiser. In ¥ebruary, 1889, he went to Japan as correspondent of the New York Herald, and his work there attracted world-wide attention. Colonel Cockerill left Japan only a few weeks ago, after the Mikado had bestowed upon him one of the most coveted decorations, that of the Sacred Treasure., He was resting in Cairo for a while studying the Anglo-Egyptian cam- paign before leaving for home, when he was suddenly stricken. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 10.—Colonel John A. Cockerill, whose sudden death is an- nounced from Cairo, was for a number of years managing editor of the Evening Post-Dispateh of this city.” His vigorous attacks upon Colonel J. O. Broadhead and Alonzo W. Slayback, prominent politicians The Late Colonel John A. Cockerill, Who Died Suddenly at Cairo Yesterday. degradation from office. Count Von Kotze was tried for the of- fense and acquitted. He had denied his guilt vehemently all along, and after he was, set free by the courts he swore he would be avenged on his enemies. AUl Officially Denied. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEy, April. 10. —The reports that the Rev. Dr. Knapp, the American missionary who was ex- pelled - from - Bitlis, is imprisoned at Diarbekir; that the Sultan intends to ex. pel all missionaries frém the Turkish do- minions, and that there is a pacic at of National fame, led to a personal en- counter 1n the office of the Post-Dispatch on October 13, 1882, between Cockerill and Slayback. The latter was shot and killed. Cockerilt was exonerated upon prelimin- ary examination. This shadow ultimately forced him to leave St. Louis for New York. % FARMHOUSES BLOWN AWAY. Great Damage Done 'by Fierce Wind and Rain Storms in Southeastern lowa. OTTUMWA, Towa, April 10.—A fierce wind and hail storm visited Southeastern | Towa early this morning, amounting almost to a cyclone in this place. A heavy rain accompanied by large hailstones and a high wind visited Lucas and caused the inhabitants to seek protection in caves. South of town the storm assumed the velocity of a cyclone. Si Brown's barn containing a carriage and farm implements was blown away and scattered all over that section. Simi- lar occurrences are reported. Itisimpos- sible to estimate the damage. No one was hurt. A numberof farm buildings were blown away. In Lucas County houses, barns and trees were demolished. The damage and ruin throughout the sec- tion is very heavy. Hail fell two or thtee inches deep along the Burlington and Wabash railroads. st Hepsaa Y ALL HANDS ARE DROWNED. Captain John Faunce, His Son Percy and a Crew of Seven Perish in a Storm. CAPE HENRY, Va., April 10.—Captain John Faunce and his son Percy of Wash- ington, D. C., were drowned to-dav, with their crew of seven cojored men. Captain Faunce was renewing his sturgeon nets, which are located on the coast just below Virginia Beack. The ocean swell has been very heavy for the past two days, due to easterly storms off shore, and this after- noon as Captain Faunce was making a trip to the fishing grounas, which are about a half mile off shore, several heavy breakers came suddenly upon the frail craft. The first and second breakers were passed all right, but the next, which was unexpected and unusually heavy, struck the little craft, capsized it and drowned | all hands. e e SAYS PHELAN IS A COWARD. Page, Who Accepted the Challenge to Fight in Place of Linton, Grows Wrathy. BUTTE, MoxT.,April 10.—It has just been made public that when Cougressman Lin- ton declined to accept the challenge of Captain Thomas Phelan of Kansas City, it was accepted in his behalf by Cyrus E. Page, a well-known old-timer of Butte. Page selected rifles at seventy-five yards, but Phelan claimed he was now the chal- lenged partv and wanted to use rifles at ten paces. Page said to-day that he be- lieved Phelan a coward and a blowhard and claims he is the challenged party, having simply accepted the challenge for Linton. el S EXPELLED BY THE CLUB. Rawson Too Anxious to Have the Prince of Wales a Member. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 10.—The board of managers of the XIII Club held a special meeting to-night at the Hotel Richelieu and expelled A. L. Rawson of ‘Woodcliff, N. J., from membership. The charges are that on or between the 17th | day of February, 1896, and the 13:h day of March, 1896, Rawson garbled and altered a letter received by him on behalf of the club from Sir Richard Nollys so as to make it appear that his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, accepted honorary membership in the XIII Club, when, in fact, he declired the same, and that Raw- son sent the club what purported to be a true copy of the letter from Sir Richard Nollys, when, in fact, it was the copy ot a garbled letter. T0 THKE THE ORFENIE British Forces in Matabeleland Will Hold Out Against the Natives. Reports Indicate That the English May Soon Crush the Insurrection. LONDON, ExaG., April 10.—In the House of Commons to-uay Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated in reply to a question on the subject that the British forces now in Matabeieland would be able to hold out against the natives who are now in revolt and that they would even take the offen- sive when the whites in the outlying dis- tricts had been gathered in. Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Colony, he said, had expressed his opinion that these forces, together with the companies which were being formed at Mafeking, would be sufficient to crush the insurrection. Mr. Chamberiain, continuing, said thai he had, nevertheless, informed Sir Hercu- les Robinson that the Government would sanction any preparations which he might deem necessary for a prompt supression of the uprising, and was ready to re-enforce, if required, the garrisons in the Cape Col- ony and Natal. This statement was re- ceived with cheers. R e g L ‘ Kruger Wanted in London. LONDON, Exc., April 10.—The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Pretoria saying that the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, British Colonial Sec- retary, has azain telegraphed to President Kruger, complaining of his delay in de- ciding upon accepting Mr. Chamberlain’s invitation to visit London to discuss mat- ters pertaining to the Transvaal. b gige s TS - Manitoba School Question. OTTOWA, Oxt., April 10.—The House of Commons in committee of the whole is still wrestling with’ the motion that the committee rise and report progresson the Manitoba school question which was made at 2:30 o'clock this mornine. The House has been in continuous session 102 hours. e Death of Lady Charlotte. LONDON, E~eraxp, April 10, — Lady Charlotte Mount Stephen, wife of Baron Mount Stephen, formerly president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, aied at her residence at 25 St. James place, this city, to- CUBAN REBELS MAKE ATTACKS, No Longer Wait for the Spanish to Begin Battle. TO FORCE THE FIGHTING An Unsuccessful Assault Upon the Garrison at Guira de Melena. ARE YET BURNING PROPERTY. Numerous Engagements to Be Fol« lowed by a Battle That Wi.l Decide the War. HAVANA, Cusa, April 10.—Insurgents attacked tbe town of Guira de Melena, province of Havanra, in considerable num- bers last night. They attempted to de- ceive the garrison with cries of *“Viva Espana” and bugle calls employed by the Spanish troops. The ruse did not work, however, and the rebels were repulsed with some losses. The insurgents burned the Victoria estate near the town. They are believed to belong to the .party of Nunez. The Alcalde of Guira reports the rebels moving west toward Alquisara. Another party of rebels burned the town of San Matias, situated near the coast of Havana. There are said to be 3000 rebels in the vicinity of San Miguel, between Ha- vana and Matanzas. The leader of this force is not known. Guayabel, near the western line of the province of Havana, has been burned by the insurgents. The official report of the fight on the Fermina ranch, near Jovellanos, states that the rebels lost eight killed. The troops lost seven wounded. The Spaniards pursued the rebels and in skirmishes killed eighteen, without loss to themselves. Thirty-four volunteers, while foraging near Camajuani, were attacked by 140 rebels, who used machetes. A lieutenant and four volunteers were killed and a lieu- tenant was wounded. A band of rebels commanded by “Ingle- sito” and others entered the town of Bermija, province of Matanzas, and de- spite the heroic resistance of the troops in the forts secured some stores and burnea some houses. The rebels numbered 600, and were well armed and well mounted. Large numbers of rebels are coming west. The column commanded by General Oliver attacked a rebel camp near Reme- dios on Sunday last. The enemy was am- bushed fifty meters from the camp. The rebels threw dynamite bombs and fired exvlosive shells. The Spaniards lost a captain and four soldiers killed and one lieutenant and twenty-five soldiers wounded. According to reports received here there have been a number of engagements be- tween the insurgents and Spanish forces at different parts of the Spanish trocha, and a decisive encounter between the rebels under Maceo and Spanish troops is expected to occur very soon. Twenty-five thousand troops are stationed along the line between Maria' and Majana and are kept under arms night and day. The troops forming the garrison at Guan- ajay expected that an attack would be made by the rebels last night, and in an- ticipation of such an event the stores in the place were all ciosed and the troops re- mained on duty all night. Colonel Hernandez reports a battle be- tween his command and parties of rebels under Masso ana Acea in the vicinity of Las Canas. The insurgents lost four killed. The Spanish gunboat Alerta and the fort at Cabanas, on the north coast of the province of Pinar del Rio, have had a bat- tle with the enemy’s forces. e MANY AMERICANS SLAIN. Story of a Portland Man Who Driven From Havana. PORTLAND, Or., April 10.—William M. Posser, who for a long time was a well- known salesman with Murphy, Grant & Co., before that firm went out of business here, returned to this city Wednesday morning, after an absence of a number of years. For the past three years he has been a resident of Havana, Cuba, engaged in the commission business, but last Feb- ruary he was compelled to flee from the country. *‘Press cablegrams to this country as to the state of affairs in the Island of Cuba are fearfully garbled in the interests of the Spaniards,’”” said Posser to-day, “because the censor eliminates any objectionable Was ¢! matter from them, be they private or de- signed for the newspapers. This auto- cratic functionary has'also interdicted the transmission of all cipher cables, so as to be able to supervise all the intelligence going abroad from that source. The sanc- tity of the mails bas bRen violated by the Spanpish Government in the island, to the extent that its postal spies have absoiute authority to intercept and open any and all letters supposed to be conveying abroad con traband information, or in other words giving publicity to the outside world of the atrocities and injustices practiced by the Havana Government. I am person- ally acquainted with the Cuban cor- respondents of ttree of the most influen- tial papers in this country, and they dare not picture the situation in its natural colors for fear of imprisonment, which is almost tantamount to siow and cruel as- sassination. 7 “Since the Cuban resolutions in Congress have fired the Spanish® heart with resent- ‘ment the liyes of nearly all Americans on the island, and especially in Havana, have been rendered insecure and extremely un- pleasant. These facts have been very Lightly touched upon by the newspaper coarespondents; but, as I intend never to return to Cuba, [ am perfectly safe in dis- cussing some things I personally know, and which have never been printed in the American newspapers. ‘“Havana, as well as some of the other