The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1896, Page 1

————— This Paper not | 1o be taken fr(:f:‘ the Librasy.** VOLUME LXXTX._NO . 167. TELLER TO LEAD THE DELEGATION, Colorado Republicans Meet in Convention at Pueblo. FIGHT OF THE FACTIONS Wolcott Withdraws From the | Contest for a Seat at St. Louis. WRANGLE OVER THE POLICY. Resolutions Strongly Favor the Free Coinage of Silver and Protec. tien to Industries. PUEBLO, Coro., May 14.—The Republi- nvention was called to order ernoon by C Howbert. Dr. f rinidad was seiected n, and after a creden- Is committee was appointed a Tecess taken. The defeated minority of the Arapahoe County Convention appeared be- this committee to appeal for repre- n in cert Arguments were made on both s It was openly stated that should the convention decide to unseat any of the delegates by favoring the minority appeal the entire Arapahoe delegation will withdraw from the conven- | tion. A telegram from Senator Wolcott was read announcing his desire to withdraw from the contest for a seat in the National Convention at St. Louis as 'delegate from interest of harmony and he friends of re now confining their efforts to enting a vote of censure. It is not be- lieved that this will be done; neither will the delegates be instructed to bolt. The report of the Committee on Creden- as submitted at 9:30 o’clock. It de- ted against the appeal of the McMurray on of Denver for representation. further fight was waged and the conven- tion was ready for work. The delegates were not inclined to allow business to proceed until resolutions de- g the policy of the Colorado Republi- cans were adopted and a long wrangle en- | sued. Speeches in plenty were beard and they kept the delecates in a measure pacified | until nearly midnight when the committee on resolutions reported. There wasa hot fight in committee on account of the ex- peoted clash between the Wolcott and Teller factions. It was finaily decided to let Senator Henry M. Teller head the Colorado dele- gation. This was reported to the conven- tion and his nomination was made unan- imous. Instructions to cast the Colorado vote according to his views were also passed. The resolutions were strongly in favor of free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and pro- tection to American industries. Free trade and the gold standard were roundly scored. 7 .M. the convention adjourned sine die, after electing Senator Teller, J. W. Rockafellow, James Downing and Frank elezates at large to the St. Louis convention. The convention of Republican delegates the Second Congressional District v selected Charles Brickenstein of os and C. J. Hart of Pueblo as dele- gates to the St. Lounis convention upon a platform which instructed them to abide by Senator Teller’s judgment in all mat- t A resolution instructing the dele- s not to bolt failed to pass. State Chairman Irving Howbert has re- signed. Who his successor will be is as yet problematical NO FUSION WITHOUT SILVER. North Carolina Populists Will Not Join the iepublicans. RALEIGH, N. C., May 14.—The Repub- n State Convention did not meet until nearly 1 o'clock this afternoon. A com- mittee on credentials was appointed and the convention adjourned in thirty min- utes. It did not reassemble until 8 o'clock this evening, so numerous were the contested seats. It is believed that the convention will not adjourn until late to- morrow night. It is asserted that Senator Pritchard will head the delegates-at-large to the National Convention. The greatest inter- est is manifested in the nomination of a candidate for Governor. Five names—Oli- ver H. Dockery, Daniel L. Russell, James E. Boyd, James W. Moody and V. 8. Lusk—will be placed before the conven- tion. Lusk isto be permanent chairman of the convention. The offices of Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer and SBecretary of State are to be left open to be filled by the Populists when they hold their State convention, or if this convention declines to fill them, the bolt- ing Populists, who are now affiliating with Republicans, will do so. There was a meeting of these bolters with the Repub- lican conference committee to-day and they relinquished their demand that they should be allowed to name the candidate for Governor. Spier Whitaker was chair- man of their committee and he withdrew as soon as this backdown occurred. He says the Populists in the eastern part of the State, save those in Vance County, follow him fully end indorse his course. Ivis quite clear that the mass of the Pop- ulists are backing Senator Buckler in the declaration that there shall be no fusion or ec-operation with the Republicans un- less the latter pledge themselves to vote for only free silver men. There was no regular session of the con- vention to-night. Two hours were devoted to speech-making, and anv mention of Mc- Kinley was toudly applauded. B AU the WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS. They Declare for a Sound Money Policy and McKinley. CLARKSBURG, W. VA., May 14.—The following delegates to St. Louis were to- day elected by the Republican State Con- No | SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1896. Hon. 0. W. Hardman of Tyler, Hon. F. M. Reynolds of Mineral County, Major J. E. Dana of Charleston and Hon. A. B. White of Parkersburg. They were instructed for McKinley. The convention was one of the largest and most harmonious ever heid in the State. Thomas £. Davis was named as temporary chairman. The usual commit- tees were appointed, and at 12 o’cicck the convention adjourned until 2 o’clock. When the convention reconvened the committee on permanent organization reported State Senator Morrey of Riche County, chairman, and Phillip H. Waters (colored) of Kanawha, secretary. The report of the committee on resolu- tions was read. It denounces the unneces- sary issne of Government bonds in time of peace; demands a sound money policy | which shall maintain an equality of the | purchasing power of every dollar of Ameri- | can money ; indorses protection to Ameri- | can industries as taught and maintained for thirty years by the Republican party and instructs for McKinley as follows: “We declare that our choice for Presi- dent of the United States is that pure patriot, that gallant soldier, the foremost chaumpion of protection, that thorough- bred American, our friend and neighbor, William McKinley of the United States of America. And the delegates chosen by this convention are hereby directed to vote | for Major McKinley in the Republican National Convention &nd to use all other | honorable efiorts to secure his nomina- | tion.” e DELEGATE MAGEE TALKS. Defends the Sound Money Policy of Major | MeKinlry. | PITTSBURG. Pa.,, May 15.—C. L. Ma- Ree, who is a delegate to the Republican National Convention from the Pittsourg district, returned to-day from New York, where he has been several days looking over the political situation. Asked about the talk being indulged in at the metropo- lis concerning McKinley's attitude on the currency question, Mr. Magee said : “The anxiety displayed by Messrs. Quay and Platt as to Major McKinley’s position on the money question is rather amusing, cousidering that whatever record Major | McKinley has made on that question was | made in Congress previsus to 1892; yet in that same year—1892—McKinley’s money record was so good that Mr. Quay cast his vote for him for President in the Repub- lican National Convention. “McKinley’s record on the money ques- tion is as sound as Sherman’s, and nobody questions Sherman’s. Another point. { Benjamin Harrison has au ideal sound money record. Yet this did not prevent Mr. Quay, Mr. Platt and the other con- | spirators of their school from attempting | to defeat the nomination of Harrison in i892, just as they are now seeking to de- feat the nomination of McKinley. | “Their efforts were not effective then | and will not be thisyear. There isnot the | slightest danger that McKinley as Presi- dent will be different from McKinley as | Congressman or McKinley as Governor of Ohio, in both of which positions he has | been the soundest kind of a sound money man. To question McKinley’s soundness on money is as absurd as to guestion his soundness on the tariff.” —_———— PROHIBITIONISTS FAVOR SILVER. Planks in the Platform of the Wisconsin Convention. EAU CLAIRE, Wi, May 14.—The Prohibitionist State Convention, after a long fight over the silver plank, adopted s platform with four planks as follows: Straight prohibition, declaring suffrage should depend on intelligence rather than sex, against appropriations of public money for sectarian purposes and de. manding that silver be restored to its posi- tion prior to 1873. The following State ticket was nom- inated by acclamation: Governor, Major J. H. Berkey of Monroe; Lieutenant-Goy- ernor, Rev. R. Leaton of Kacine; Secre- tary of State, E. B. Knowlton of Manston; Treasurer, Lorenzo Crandall of Hudson; Attorney-General, A. E. Didon of Ash- land; Superintendent of Public Instruec- tion, Professor W. L. Morrison of Neills- ville; Insurance Commissioner, B. E. | Broadwell of Sparta; Rairoad Commis- sioner, Dr. A. Christianson of Washburne. The vote on the silver plank was a tie and Chairman Seventhal carried it by vot- ing in the affirmative. The Congressional District Convention nominated as follows: First District, E. W. White of Evansville; Second, Jesse Meyers of Verona, Dane County; Seventh, John Mosley of Tomah; Eighth, John Evans of Waupaca; Tenth, P. A. Oscar of ‘Washburne. —_— SEATS FOR COKRESPONDENTS. Distribution of Space for the St. Louis Convention. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 14.—The press committee of the Business Men’s League held a conference to-day with Bergeant-at- Arms T. E. Byrnes with reference to the distribution of press tickets for the Re- publican National Convention. It was ar- ranged that the committee should take charge of all applications for seats includ- ing those already received by the sergeant- at-arms. All applications will be tabu- lated and the most equitable distribution possible of the 418 seats will be made by the committee and by them submitted to Mr. Byrnes for his approval. All papers not having applied to either the sergeant- at-arms or Chairman D. M. Houser of the press committee must make application immediately to the latter. In order to facilitate the location of the seats and the distribution of tickets it was decided to receive no application for seats after June 1. el S X CATSPAW FOR NO PARTY. President Traynor States the Stand of the A, P. 4. WASHINGTO,N D. C.,jMay 14.—It is as- serted to-night that since the convention here of the A.P. A. the Ohio delegates tel- egraphed to Mr. Ha nna a dispatch, the na- ture of which was to prevent Mr. Grosve- nor from making any further utterances detrimental to Judge Stevens, and that the reply to the telegram was of a character thoroughly satisfactory to the friends of McKinley in the association. The address of President Traynor, which was made public to-night, says that the A. P. A. has passed the probationary milestone of its existence, and to-day is a recognized factor in American politics, whose favor is openly courted by political leaders, organizers and aspirants for pub- lic office who a year ago ignored, treated with contempt and denounced it. The address does not savor of much re- gard for eleventh hour converts and much stress 1s given to similar points question- ing the honesty of parties in efforts to con .. trol the A. P. A. vote and organization, Uncle Sam: PRICE FIVE CENT together with warnings that the order should in no event be made the catspaw of any party. The address says: “Any aspirant for Presidential jhonors in any section by any party who desires the united suffrages of our order must freely indorse its principles and over his own signature promise to maintain and up- hold them to the best of his ability.” B ) FOR GOLD AND SUFFRAGE. Two Planks in the Delaware Prohibi- | tionists’ Platform. DOVER, DEra., May 14.—Delaware Pro- hibitionists held their State Convention here to-day and named delegates to the National Convention of the party at Pitts- burg, on May 27. They adopted a plat- form in which they say, “We advocate the entire elimination of the tariff question from partisan politics and its reference to & non-partisan commission. With all the progressive nations, we believe that gold should be the standard of value for our monetary system, but we also believe that silver and National notes should be used as mediums of exchange and recognized as equal to the value of gold in payment of all obligations, National as well as private debts included.” The platform also makes the usual dec- laration of prohibition principles and be- lieves in equal right of suffrage. e Grosvenor Is Confident. WASHINGTON, May 14.—Representa- tive Grosvenor, McKinley's campaign manager in Washington, says that Mec- Kinley will be nominated on the first bal- lot by & majority of at least 200, despite all that Platt of New York can do. Platt is actuated by spite, says Grosvenor, and by holding the New York delegation to its pledge for Morton is practically disfran- chising the delegates, as Morton has no chance of nomination, 'GOMEL CONCENTRATIAG THE REBEL TROOPS, | With Twenty Thousand Men the Leader Will March On Havana. HOT FIGHTING IS EXPECTED. Correspondents Gather Evidemce to Show That Spaniards Violate Rules of Warfare. HAVANA, Cusa, May 14.—It is said that Maximo Gomez, commander-in-chief of the insurgents, has ordered a concen- tration of the rebei forces. On Saturday last ne vuncamped with Jose Maceo, Rabi, Carillo Serafino S8anchez and other leaders on the Campania ranch, near San Juan de la Yueras. The combined forces are said to have then numbered about 10,000 men. It is believed that they have started to march into the province of Havana, and that they have been joined by other forces on the way, the whole body now numbering over 20,000 men. It is ex- vected that they will reach the vicinity of Havana about the end of the month, when hot fighting is likely to take place. It is announced on authority that the two Americans captured in Pinar del Rio as alleged fugitives from the filibuster ~ ““Just wait till I hitch this horse on there.” Competitor will not be tried by court- martial. General Weyler ordered an in- vestigation into their case prior to receiv- ing any representations from Consul-Gen- eral Williams. Captain-General Weyler has issued in- structions in reference to his recent edicf® calling upon all peasants to seek refuge in the towns. General Weyler is reported as saying that the concentration of peasants in the towns is not obligatory, but merely for the benefit of the inhabitants them- selves. He also says that he is willing to employ in the army all who shall surren- der voluntarily. He will be an energetic enemy, he says, but generous to those who have repented. TSR PROHIBITED BY TREBATY. But Spaniards Use Brass and Copper Tipped Bullets. : NEW YORK, N. Y., May 14.—It is said that J. C. Creelman and Frederick W, Lawrence, who have been representing New York newspapers in Cuba, have in their possession brass and copper tipped bullets which, it is alleged, the Spaniards have been using in Cuba against the Cubans. The use of such missiles is said to be probibited by the Geneva treaty, and Creelman, it is declared, will take these samples to Washington, where they will be laid before the United States Gov- ernment. i CORRESPONDENTS RETURN. Arrival of Creelman, ZLawrence and Biddle, Who Were Expelled. QUARANTINE, Statex Istaxp, May 14.—The Ward line steamer Seguranca, Captain Hoffman, arrived this morning from Mexico and Havana, bringing fifty- three cabin passengers, Eighteen passen- gers were unable to produce certificates of acclimatization. Among them were Messrs. Creelman, Lawrence and Biddle, Cuban war corre- spondents for New York City papers, who were ordered to leave Havana by General Weyler. The correspondents were most anxious to proceed with the steamer to the city, but the Health Officer was unable to allow them to go. They were sent to the Hotel Hoffman in the lower bay. They will be released at 4 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. ———— MUST MAKE AN EXAMPLE. Otherwise Weyler Would Pardon the Competitor Filibusters. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 14.—A special cable to the Herald from Havana says: The Marquis de Palmerol, Secretary-Gen- eral of the Government of the island, gave this authorized statement in the palace yesterday: ‘“Captain-General Weyler has no preju- dice whatever against American citizens as such, and if it were not absolutely neces- sary to put a stop to filibustering expedi- tions he would take real pleasure in par- doning the condemned prisoners from the Competitor, foreigners as well as Span- iards; butas it is necessary to make an example of them he must perform his duty.” e - To Denounce the Treaties.” LONDON, Ex6., May 14.—A dispatch to the Central News from Madrid says that the question of denouncing the treaties be- tween Spain and the United States will shortly be introduced in the Cortes. AFBAII_T OF ASSASSINATION. So the Switan Causes the Arrest and Torture of Armenians. BERLIN, GerMANY, May 14.—The Vos- sische Zeitung publishes a dispatch from Constantinople which says that owing to the Sultan’s fear that he will be assas- sinated as was the Shah of Persia, 200 Armemans have been arrested in the city during the last few days. It is creditably stated that the prisoners have been cruelly tortured. —_— The Convicted Keformers. LONDON, Exa., May 14.—It is reported from Pretoria, on good authority, that the Johannesburg reform committee prison- ers, who are now held in custody in Pre- toria pending the decision of the authori- ties as to punishment, will, with the ex- ception of the leaders, be fined and re- leased next week. Tue leaders, it is said, will be sentenced to five years’ imprison- ment. OVERPOWER THE CASHIR Silent Robbers Make a Big Haul at an Illinois Town Bank. Not a Word Spoken by the Two Men Who Secure Eleven Thousand Doilars. DECATUR, ILL., May 14.—The Buffalo Bank at Buflalo, twenty miles west of here, was robbed of §11,000 in cash at noon to-day by two strangers, of whom the cashier has been able to furnish only an imperfect clew. At that hour Cashier Huffbarger was alone in the bank and there was no one in the immediate vicinity on the streets. The two men entered | briskly as if on business, and one stepped up to the cashier’s window while the other walked toward the end of the counter. The cashier arose to wait on the sup- posed customer and partially leaned over the counter. He was seized by the throat without a word and in an instant the other robber had got behind the counter and grabbed him from behind. The cashier was tnen bound hand and foot and a gag thrustin his mouth. The money on the counter was shoved into a gripsack and the vault was entered and all the currency taken from it. The cashier had been rolled under the counter and was discovered there half an hour later by a customer of the bank. No one had seen the thieves enter or leave the bank and it is not known positively how they got out of the town, but the sup- position is that they drove to Decatur. There was not a word spoken during the entire transaction. The bank is a private institution. Scene of the Sixty-Mile Course Along Which the Oregon Established a World’s Record for Battle-Ships. . ARTHUR "ALBATROSS s-/AN'rA OREGON SANTA Ml”,m GED NE' ¢HAN NEL UNADILLA m, ey A G IFAST THIAL TRIP OF THE OREGON, Makes an Average of 16.78 Knots, the World's Record. QUEEN OF BATTLESHIPS. Wonderful Time Recorded Dur- ing Some Portions of the Sixty-Mile Course. 17.08 IS THE HIGHEST NOTCH. Builders of the Great War Vessel Are Assured a Magnificent Bonus. SANTA BARBARA, Cin, May 14— After months of patient toil, after weeks spent in preparations, after trial trips on the bay and speed trips in the Santa Bar- bara Channel the Oregon repaid her build- ers by doing all they asked of her. She made an average speed of 16.78 knots, the world’s record, and the people of Santa Barbara are climbing over each other in their efforts to congratulate Irving M. Scott. The weather was perfect. The swell raised by Monday’s storm was laid by last night’s norther and there was scarcely a ripple on the channel. At 6:15A. M. the big battle-ship got under way and headed for Point Goleta. The Unadilla was already in position and the manner in which she acted showed that the swell was not heavy. Captain C. Miner Goodall wassat- istied with the condition of affairs and so informed Mr. BScott. The or- ders were then given and the batile-ship swung around and headed for a point off Carpinteria, where a small stakeboat had been anchored in line with the starting point. Once headed for the Unadilla the engines were gradually opened up and passing the Santa Barbara wharf the Oregon was going like a deer- hound and taking tons of water over her bow at every jump. More and more way she gathered and passing the scratch line, she was beating 1624 knots. Between the Unadilla and the Gedney there was a ten- mile course and in covering that the big battle-ship increased instead of diminished her speed. At times the patent log showed a specd better than 17 knots and the firemen to whom the news was com- municated were spurred on to fresh ex- ertions. Passing the Gedney, half a dozen people took the time, and on sped the Oregon toward the Albatross, the next stakeboat. Irving M. Scott was restless and paced the deck. Admiral Beardslee was anxious and seemed to take as much interest in the test as the builder. Heis proud of the Oregon and wants to see her at the top of her class. General Graham, Dr. Chismore and Messrs. Small and Tucker were inter- ested spectators, and when they heard that the battle-ship was logging seventeen knots they were exultant, but Scott checked them by saying, ‘‘That is only the first leg. Wait, the pinch comes later on.”’ It was thus he referred to the fact that during a sixty-mile run it is an utter impossibility to keep a uniform pressure on the boilers when the engines are “wide open.” He knew and the navy officers knew and Captain C. Miner Goodall knew that at times the speed of the Oregon would drop below sixteen knots, but nevertheless all hoped for the best. Captain Goodall seemed to be the only disinterested party on the ship. He at- tended strictly to his duties and barring an occasional look at the ‘“‘telltale” that gave him an idea he attended strictly to watching the course. He steered the battle-ship closer to the kelp than ever he steered any of the cruisers and so escaped some of the remaining swell. On sped the Oregon and only ten miles of the first part of the course remained to be covered. 1he speed to a landsman did not seem to have diminished in the slightest, but the en- signs who were keeping time became a little serious and there was a general air of expectancy. Down in the fireroom the firemen worked like beavers. They were stripped to the waist and water poured down their backs and chests, making small rivulets along the grime that settled on them from the coaldust. With one big burst of speed the Oregon passed the McArihur on the western range near Point Concepcion. While the long turn was being made at full speed the run was worked out, and when 17.08 knots an hour was announced the scene on the deck of the battle-ship was almost indescribable. Admiral Beardslee, Captain Cotton and all the other officers and the guests con- gratulated Mr. Scott. When Chief En- gineer Forsythe conveyed the news into the fireroom the men did not even turn their heads, but they took an extra pull on their belts and went on shoveling coal From Gaviota Point to Point Conception the swell had been heavy, but when the Oregon was headed for the McArthur the second time it was at once seen that both wind and swell had increased. The battle- ship rushed through it, however, and in consequence sea after sea broke over her bows. The turrets in which the big guns are placed were under water twice, but the good ship never swerved from her course an inch, and although the throttles were wide open the firemen nevertheless man- aged to keep steam from escaping from the safety-valves. 1t wasa hard baltle to Gaviota Point, and had it not been for that ten-mile stretch, the Oregon would surely have beaten seventeen knots. From that point to where the Unadilla was sta- tioned the work was easy, but when the result was figured out it was found that the battle-ship had only averaged 16.49 knots. ‘When the final result of an average of 16.78 knots was announced, however, and the trizl was over, the firemen lost their self-control and a cheer went up that was plainly heard on the upperdeck above the rush of the ship and the roar of the ma- chinery. Almost before Irving M. Scott and Admiral Beardslee were aware of the