The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 136. NG, APRIL 14, 1896. PRICE FIVE CENTS. | enacting, her artless abandon in the forest, her adroit deception of Orlando, her mis- chievous intercession with the sylvan lovers, the intense womanlinessever show- | ing through her disguise and mocking her | assumption of manly dress and character, | and the undercurrent of merry satire dem- SANTA BARBARA'S FESTAL SEASON, A Week of Pleasure Opens in the Quaint Old Town. COMEDY IN THE OPEN.| “As You Like It” Presented on the Beautiful Eddy Grounds. AMATEURS SCORE A TRIUMPH Nature Combines With Talent to Render the Prcduction Re- alistic. TA BARBARA, Carn, April 13.— is the first day of the carnival week e famous old carnival town. Santa- ara-at-the-Sea is rousing itself from iness for one of the gay seasons that thousands will not arrive until Taesday night and Wednesday. Few decorations can be seen, for it is too early in the week of the flowers. Some re over the streets, o suggestion in the carpen- ork the - beauty that they wil . On State street joining the on grov are the long rows of grand- stand benches. These, too, will bloom on the aay of the procession, and with the that out s the radiance of the Summer costumes were to-day the x of the city, and the is so warm and bright that the s find them the most comfortable ap- view The event of to-day in the carnival pro- gramme was the production of “As You | Like It” under the ancient live-oak trees | home of William M. Eddy. The | om which the fashionably at- | at the onstrating itself in speech and look and | act, even after her return to the duties of her exalted station, all combined to give | the audience a Rosalind in distinct con- | trast to the usual conception. | Orlando was played with spirit by Dr. | Thaw. Mr. Worthington made a delight- ful Touchstone. Amiens was personated | by Robert Fulton, one of the best bary- | tone singers in Southern California, and | his two songs evoked enthusiastic applause and recalls. It is interesting to note that | the exquisite melodies to which these verses were sung were composed for the occasion by Gerard Barton of Santa Bar- bara, the musical director who conducted | the orchestra. Miss Doremus as Audrey played the rus- Doulton and ty girls, se- | tic maid quaintly and M Miss Fernald, popular soci | cured well-earned applause. Kinton Stey- | ens scored a success in William. Indeed the excellent work done in minor parts | elevated the play to a standard of merit | rarely seen on the professional stage. The | players unquestionably felt the insvira- tion of their surroundings. The day was perfect and the sun, glinting through the | green boughs arching overhead, shed a grateful warmth. The sward that served as a stage was dappled with sunlight. | Birds sang in the trees overhead and in the mist of the play an amusing diversion | was created by a pair of bluejays, which, angry at the prolonged and persistent in- | trusion upon their preserves, finally flew from bough to bough, shricking their dis- pleasure. characters: Duke (Senlor) .Edward Greenleat | Duke Frederick ...W. E. Noble | Amiens.... . .....Robert Fulton Orlando. ..Dr. A. Blair Thaw Adam Touchstone. Le Besu.. ! Charles.. Willlam.. Joseph Worthington .Dr. C. C. Park _Henley Booth ..Kinton Stevens J. W. Taggart ..Herman Eddy - 1 A. Blair Thaw ..Miss Florence Fernald Miss Ethel Doulton Yoo [iss Anita Doremus | Mr. Worthington and Mr. Baley are both gentlemen of wide experience in the di- recting of amateur theatricals, and their own excellent work and perfect ease gavea smoothness to the play usually lacking in amateur performances no matter how great the talent of the participants. To-morrow a reception to the officers of the Philadelphia will be given at the Mon- tecito home of the Country Club. The Audrey The following was the cast of Gardener Rainey—Those other fellows can’t raise cabbages like that. of a tube about six inches long, with a cap at one end. The police will make a full investigation to ascertain the contents of the tube. After the package had soaked Captain 10 BE SETTLED its and visitors alighted at the | first large excursion party of the week will 0’Brien and Roundsman Sweeney opened it. 1 the roadsides for a hundred | arrive to-morrow from Los Angeles. The It was composed of pasteboard, not | metal, as had been supposed. It looked like a roman-candle. A fuse led to some | matches, that it was intended should have | been ignited when the package was opened. | It contained black powder, which flashed | when touched with a lighted match. Pres- | ident Roosevelt had not reached head- quarters up to noon. —— EXPLOSION OF A PNEUMATIC GUA. General Miles and Other Army Officers Had | a Narrow Escape During a | Test. i GLENCOVE, L. L, April 13.—During a | test of the new Dudley powder pneumatic gun to-day the piece exploded and General Nelson A. Miles and the members of the Board of Ordnance had'a narrow escape | Al from death, or at least severe injur. | spectator named Joseph Rome was hit by a piece of metal and barely escaped with | his life. The first test had resulted satisfactorily and for the second experiment a target | composed of a large red, white and blue | flag was put up against a sandbank about | 2100 yards distant from the gun. Two of the dummy missiles had been fired, when, on the third attempt to discharge the gun, it exploded, scattering broken fragments | of the gun metal in every direction. The officers who were investigating the | merits of the gun were standing in a semi- circle behind the piece when it exploded and 1t is marvelous that none of them were inj ured. Mr. Rome was hit on the side of the neck by a flying piece of metal and an ugly wound resulted. The explosion put an end to the tests for the day. B Fight Between Factions, NEW YORK, N.Y., April 13.—A Sun special from New Orleans says: In East Baton Rouge Parish Saturday night each of the two political factions which are con- tending for political supremacy held meet- | dent will not recognize belligerency. ONCE FOR ALL Cubans Will Not Compro- mise With Their Span- ish Oppressors. NO FAITH IN PROMISES. Leaders Refuse to Lay Down Their Arms Until the Island Is Free. BRAVELY FACE THE ENEMY Engagements in Which the Patriots Fight Gamely Against Over. whelming Forces. HAVANA, Cuss, April 11 (via Tampa, Fla.,, April 13).—All the talk here this week is conjecture asto what Mr. Cleve- land will do with the resolutions of the two houses of Congress. The brief cable dispatches from the States which the Havana papers publish after the press censor has allowed them have been read with interest by all classes of citizens. Little light has been thrown upon the sub- ject so far, although the loyal Spaniards still claim to be confident that the Presi- The systematic suppression of truthful news of the progress of the revolution has blinded many people here, and has undoubtedly Dr. and Mrs. A. Blair Thaw, of Santa Barbara, Who Took the Roles of Orlande anrd Rosalind. been of great help to Spain abroad. The ings at Spanishtown. official report of every engagement is care- [From a photograph.] vards when the play had begun. The grand-stand seats were all occupred with the exception of a few upon which the | sun too warmly shone through an opening | Several in the trees. parties of men | lounged comfortably on the lawn, and | among these were individuals whn; were instantly recognized wealthy | English tourists or mistaken for such. The orchestra was hidden away in | u bower at the right of the stage area, an artificial arrangement of evergreen | branches assisting the growing shrubbery to form the place of concealment. Huge old oaks were the stage settings, and the players roiled about the grounds as naturally as though their actions were of real life. Beyond the expanse of lawn and through the native forest trees some portions of the imposing front of the mansion could be seen; but it was ieal place for “*As You Like It.” There were some old playgoers at to- day’s performance who declare that Santa Barbara’s amateur society of players has given the very best representation of Shakespeare’s comedy ever witnessed on this coast. The company has been long | in training under the able management of L. R. Baxley, who as the Jacques of the cast gave one of the most notable artistic characterizations of the day, and the per- fect harmony of sentiment existing be- tween the members of the cast and their director in their conception and presenta- tion of the comedy contributed materialy to its success. No more bewitching Rosalind than Mrs. Dr. Thaw ever appeared on any stage, nor was & more original conception of the character ever presented before a delighted audience. Mrs. Thaw is a little woman with an expressive, sparkling little face. Quick and graceful of movement, uncon- scious of everything but the role she was an programme for the remainder of the week is as follows: Wednesday, April 15.—Exhibition of fruits and flowers in the pavilion; prom- enade concerts; music in the afternoon and evening by the band and orchestra, under the direction of Herr Hans Schuy. Thursday, April 16,—Floral procession of decorated floats, carriages, carts, eques- trians, etc., to be immediately followed by the battle of flowers and the distribution of vprizes. Thursday evening—Concert at the pavilion. Friday evening, April 17.—Fancy dress balt at the vavilion. INTENDED FOR ROOSEVELT. A Package Containing an Infernal Device Was Mailed to the Police Commissioner. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 13.—There was considgrable excitement in the post- office on S#urday night on account of the arrival of a peculiar-looking package ad- dressed to Commissioner Roosevelt. The authgrities were so sure that it was a dan- gerous machine of some kind that it was taken out of the regular mails and put in a place of safety. An effort to find Roosevelt yesterday was unsuccessful. To-day 'Impecto-r Meakes of the general postoffice took the suspicious package to police headquarters, but was again disappointed, as Roosevelt had not arrived. The inspector exhibited the package, and Chief Conlin and the lat- ter advised that investigation be made at once without waiting for Roosevelt's ar. rival. 8o the package was placed in water to soak, and when thoroughly wet the wrap- per was carefully torn off. It was found to contain a genuine bomb, in tle shape After the meeting members of the two fully cooked so as to make it appear that factions met each other and a shooting affray occeurred, in which G. Johnson was killed, his brother, T. Johnson, was seri- ously wounded, Manuel Jackson was mor- tally shot and Deputy Sheriff Duncan was slightly wounded. Political excitement is | Madrid authorities, impatient at trivial running very high in East Baton Rouge, | items, cabled for encouraging news. The but this is the first fatal encounter that has | emergency was met by sending out the re- taken place during the campaign. | port of Gomez’ death and designating the the Spanish have won a victory, and even then, if there is danger of wrong impres- sions being created abroad, the foreign cor- respondents a*e not permitted to telegraph the news. On the eve of the elections the vlace of his burial in Matanzas, when he was marching with an escort of 4000 men 1n another province. Spaniards here profess to believe that | President Cleveland will not recognize the | beiligerency of the Cubans, basing their assurances upon Minister de Lome’s dis- | pateh, but their confidence in Government messages is weakening. There is no war talk among Spaniards here. They say that recognition of belligerency will not help the Cubans materially, and claim that the sending of additional men-of-war frum Sgpain will offset any advautage gained. All talk of compromise between Spain and the men in arms is idle. Cubans have no faith in the promises of autonomy or reforms. The insurgent leaders declare they will never lay down arms until Cuba is free. The decrees of General Weyler, the harsh treatment of political suspects and the killing of pacificos has made com- promise out of the question. All intelli- gent people here recognize that the diffi- culty between Cubans and Spaniards is to be settled once for all. Insurgents have burned the Moralitos estate near Jaruco, this province. It is the property of M. A.de Morales, an Amer- ican citizen, and was spared by the in- surgents on that account until two days ago. rll{ez:ently General Melguizo, who has made himself particularly offensive by killing innocent people, encamped on the estate several times, using the sugar- houses for his troops. For this reason the rebels burned the buildings. The owner has filed a claim for $200,000 damages with the American Consul, stating that he re- peatedly asked the Government for pro- tection and did not obtain it. J. FRANK CLARK. REPORTED BY THE SPANISH. Engagements in Which the Insurgents Are Defeated. HAVANA, Cusa, April 13.—Colonel Tort reports that the column under his com- mand had a series of fights with 2000 in- surgents led by Maceo, Castillo and others. The scene of the engagements were south of Guira de Melena, in the southwestern part of the province of Ha- vana. The rebels awaited the approach of the troops with a line of cavalry one kilo- meter in extent, the insurgents on foot forming an ambush on both sides in the shape of a horseshoe. The vanguard of the troops deployed to the right and the artillery fired grenades and grapeshot into the enemy. The fight lasted two hours. The rebels then retreated for a distance and awaited the troovs behind the ruins of tne buildings on the Lyisa estate.. The troops used cannon and made several bayonet charges beforg they succeeded in Glimpse of Residence of William H. Eddy Esq., on Whose Grounds at Was Produced. { Santa Barbara‘‘As You Like It” dislodging the insurgents. The official | report says the rebels retreated in com- | | plete disorder, after leaving twenty killed T[] HEPUHT THE and eighty wounded. The troops lost tive wounded. Colonel Segura reporls having had an | engagement with insurgents near Piedra, | province of Santa Clara. According to Colonel Segura, twenty-four rebels were killed, while the troops had only five of their number wounded. Maceo is camping in the hills south of Cabanas, in the northwestern part of the province of Pinar del Rio and a compara- tively short distance from Havana. Go- mez is near Sancti Spiritus. It is now said that the elections yester- day in Sancti Spiritus and Remedios re- | sulted in the return of Gonzales Fuentes | and Marin Barcena in place of Augosto de | Figueroa and Martin Zosaya, the candi- dates of the Union Constitutional party, whose election was announced yesterday. The election of Senor Barcena, however, is doubtful. ————— WILLIAMS WILL RETIRE. The Consul-General to Cuba to be Suc- ceeded by Fitzhugh Lee. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—The President to-day sent to the Senate the nomination of Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia to be Consul-General of the United States at | Havana, Cuba, vice Ramon C. Wilson, re- | signed. The appointment of a successor to Con- sul-General Wiiliams caused no surprise in official circles, as it has long been | known that Mr. Williams was anxious to | retire from his position. When Mr. Wil- liams visited the United States last year he tendered his resignation, but was per- | suaced to remain in office on acsount of | the then threatened seriousness of affairs. | Williams had become obnoxious to the | Spanish authorities in Havana on account | of his vigorous manner of caring for the | interests of this Government, and it was | reported that he and Captain-General | Campos had a personal quarrel, in which | strong words were used. In March last | Mr. Williams renewed the expression of | his desire to relinquish his post, and it is | said that he finally agreed to remain until | a successor was appointed, or until the end of the open season—that is, until the present time. It has been claimed that one of the causes why Mr. Williams did not have the good will of the Spaniards was that bis brother-in-law managed from the United States a West Indian express company suspected of carrying on an un- derground trade with the insurgents. SRS NEW ELECTIONS DEMANDED. Serious Trouble Ahead for the Spanish Government. MADRID, Spars, April 13.—Ex-Prime Minister Sagasta contends that the elec- FUNDING BILL, Powers Is So Authorized by the House Com- mittee. SEVEN VOTE FAVORABLY Hubbard of Missouri and Bell of Texas Will Present a Mi- nority Report HUNTINGTON MEN AT WORK. | They Expect to Hasten Action by Congress on the Objectionable Measure. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—The Pacific Railroads Committee of the House to-day authorized its chairman, Powers, to report the bill drafted by the sub-commit- tee to the House. The measure is prac- tically the same as that printed in Tug Carr of March 31, with the several unim- portant changes as printed in THE CALL on last Tuesday. There was barely a quorum present. The vote stood 7 in favor of the bill and 2 against. The two who will compose the minority are Hubbard of Missouri and Beil of Texas, but Kyle of Mississippi and possibly one other member may conclude to sign a minority report which Hubbard is now preparing. There were five abe | sentees besides Boatner, whose seat has | been vacated. The absentees were: Hep- | burn, Kyle, Johnson of California, Harri- | son and Sulzer. The seven who voted to | report the bill were: Powers of Vermont, | Wright of Massachusetts, Watson of Ohi Black of New York, Arnold of Pennsyls vania, Faris of Indiana and Patterson of Tennessee. A report was in circulation to-day that | Speaker Reed had decided to not recognize the bill at this session, but this cannot be tions in Madrid must be nullitied. All | verified, and is contrary to the zeneral ex- the papers and all the politicians except | pectation that the bill will be considered the ministerialists concur in this opinion. The excitement and indignation caused by the action of the Government in vir- | tually stealing the elections continue to increase, and there are grave apprehen- in the House before adjournment. The | fact that Grove L. Johnson was not pres- ent at to-day’s session of the committes was a subject of comment, but any eriti- cism passed upon him is unjust, for Johne CAHILL — Joseph Worthington of Santa Barbara, Production of the Touchstone of the Cast in the Outdoor “As You Like It.” [From a photograph.1 sions that unless other elections are o1-| sonis quite sick with la grippe at the Hoe dered to be held there will be serious trouble, though every precaution has been taken to guard against an outbreak. | gk GENERAL GARCIA WRITES. If He Survives the War He Is Willing to | Be Tried. | NEW YORK, N. Y., April 13.—Estrada Palma, Cuban delegate, has received the | following communication from General | Garcia: | To the people of the United States of America: | Iam fully aware of the obligation which I have contracted to stand trial for my alleged | violations of the laws of your country. I| have not remained to face the consequences of | my acts, simply because I feel that Ihavea | higher duty to perform as & soldier anda | Cuban. Having fought for the independence | of my country for ten years, and having ever since promulgated the idea for which we then fought, I deem it my highest and holiest duty | to fight and bleed, and, if necessary die, to at- tain the independence of my countay. Should I fall my death will expiate, I hope, | in your eyes any possible offense for which I | might have to stand trial there; should I sur- | vive, I give you my word as & man and | as a soldier to return to your country and cheeriully abide by the consequences | which the laws of the country may visit upon me. My conscience tells me that in this pro- | ceeding I will satisfy the laws of justice,and | I am confident that the citizens of the United | States will so judge of my conduct. | CALIXTO GARCIA, Cuban Libre. March, 1896. RIOT AMONG LABORERS. During an Outbreak at La Boca Two Persons Are Killed. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 13.—The Her- | ald’s special cable from Panama says: A riot occurred in La Boca Sunday among a body of laborers employed on the canal. | One man and one woman were killed and | many were wounded. The troops were called out to suppress the riot. The woman who lost her life was the wife of the murdered man. She at- tempted to wrest a bayonet from the hands of asoldier and received a thrust which killed her instantly. | tel Cochran, in this city. The new bill will probably be known as the “‘Powers bill”’; at any rate, the venere able chairman of the House committes seems to be quite anxious to father the measure. He was very careful to inseriba on the manuscript, “Mr. Powers reported the following bill."” Huntington and his agents were at the Capitol in full force to-day. They seem ta be plucking up fresh courage. Charles H. Tweed of New York, attor« ney of the Southern Pacific Company, is also on hand, as well as Winslow 8. Pierce, the Union Pacific “‘expert.”” The railroad has determined to make a desperate effort to pass the bill at this session, and from present appearances a powerful lobby wiil be at work. WITNESSES ARE THEEATENED, Pals of a Daring Thug Kept Out o Courtroom. CHICAGO, IrL., April 13.—A sensation was created this afternoon in the Criminal Court building by Judge Horton’s order to exclude from his courtroom all persons who were not known to have any business there of a satisfactory character. The trial in progress was that of Julius Manow and Joseph Windrath, charged with the cowardly assassination of Carey B. Birch, the | a cashier for the West Chicago Street Raile way Company, for the purpose of robbery, The police had been warned that an at- tempt might be made by the pals of the prisoners to liberate them while in court. It is said the jail officials some time ago discovered a nlot to get dynamite to tga | prisoners’ cells for use against bars ana jailersin an attempt to escape. The wit~ nesses have also been threatened with vio- lence if they testified for the State. The session passed off quietly. Mayor Strong’s Peto. ALBANY, N. Y., April 13.—The message of Mayor Strong on the Greater New York bill was read in the Senate to-night and is a veto. i