The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 5, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXZ PRICE FIVE CENTS. LOLD DELEGATES SHUT OUT, Silver Men Carry the Day at Kentucky's State Convention. JOE BLACKBURN LEADS. | Instructions Given to Vote as a Unit for Him at Chicago. CLEVELAND ESCAPES CENSURE. But in No Uncertain Terms Platform Plainly Declares for Bimetallism. LEXINGTON, K., June 4.—The sécond yo crats was ushered in by a bright day and | breezes, har timent which a night of rest I y had fostered in the silver men. Harmony watchword of both fac- been a feeling of uneasi- the gold men, who the hearts of seemed t ness on the part feared that the s intoxication of v ounce Cleveland Carlisle, t platform while de- g fo diam ally opposed » that of t administration has Democratic 1 of cem for the I res in emphatic terms for the free coinage of siiver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and opposes the issue of bondsin time of peace an the national banking sys- tem. On the tariff -question it declares the Government has no right to con- that 1 revenue iff duties for other than )ses. t tes elected were instructed to t for Blackburn for President. buzn is at the nead of the . Shea, P. W. Hard- e his running mates. ovington and W. B. electors. = was called upon to d an eloquent appeal which was listened and respect by naard ion called to order at with the number of aued out, many hav- rned home. The chair at once reports of committees. The t organization a compiete reor- g machinery from : up. Every gold I i and free-silver Blackburn nted instead. Major P. P. this city is named as the chair- | State Central Committee. ntis committee reported 10 o’clock. The majority re- liy all the gold del- ilowed by a minority t from the gold men. e discussion the minority report ack to the credentials commit- not being regular. el H. L. Stone of Louisville then peech in defense of the Louisville tion. He was particularly severe on Jim Williams, and wuen he re- to the captain’s record as a bully started for Colonel Stone, shak- but he was pulled back. Jack an to shout at Stone. He s t on. klin defended the ma- denying all of Colonel report was adopted. The tes then left the hall. bolt of the Louis 1id not take place. The rmanent or.anization t. The report named s K. Wheeler of McCracken ent chairman. The report of pected men ¢ . W. ressman W. T. Ellis were elected rge to the Chicago conven- y acclamation. majority report of the committee on resolutions was also adopted. The electors the t2 at large are Hon. W. B. fmith of Madison and James P. Tarvin of Kenton. The convention adjourned at 10:57 o’clock. The platform says: We are in favor of an honest dollar, & lar worth neither more nor less than cents. We favor bimetallism, and to d 10K that end we demand the free and unlim- | coinage of both gold and silver at the ) of 16 to 1 as standard money at equal Itender power, independent of the ion of any other Nation. We hold that cretary of the Treasury should ex- ight to redeem all the coin in goid or silver, as may be ited gation: most convenient, and are opposed to the | ssue of bonds in time of peace for the | itenance of the gold reserve. We are ovposed to the national banking system, and to any enlargement of its powers. “We are opposed to any contraction of be currency by the retirement of green- backs or otherwise. ‘We declare it to be a fundamental prin- le af Democracy that the Federal Gov- 1ent has no power to impose and ct tariff duties except for the purposes revenue only, and the contraction of L taxes should be limitea to the neces- sities of the Government.” e delegates to the Chicaego convention nstructed to vote as a unit for Hon. J. Blackburn for President of the ed States. —_— AFTER SECOND PLACE. Speaker Reed Will Decline the Nomina- roT tion for Viee-President, NEW YORK, N. Y., June 4—A Re- er special from Washington says: r Reed will not accept the Vice- if it shall be offered to him. He will decline if he shall be nominated the | he State Convention of the Demo- ingers of peace and | ver crowd would 1n the | | the Republican National Convention, and | if no other way is presented he will de- | cline it after the convention shall have | adjourned. There is no power that can | | induce nim to consider the nomination. | Heis a candidate for the office of Presi- | dent and for that alone. If he should fail | in this he will retire to private life or else | return to the House of Representatives, where for the last ten years he has borne | the brunt of the fight that the Republican party has carried on against Democratic policies. The Recorder correspondent is authorized to make this statement in the most positive and unmistakable language. Speaker Reed’s name will be presented to the St. Louis convention as New Eng- land’s choice for the Presidency. The nominafing speech will probably be made by Henry Cabot Lodge, although this has | not yet been definitely determined. Reed | will receive substantially the solid vote of New England, with the exception of Ver- mont, and on the ballot it is expected he i will receive others. Speaker Reed has already authorized Senator Lodge and Mr. Aldrich of Illinois to announce in unmistakable terms that he will not accept a nomination for the Vice-Presidency 1 case of failure to secure | the other place. Beiore the convention meets he places his statement in writing in such a way that there can be no misurderstanding. If the convention should nominate him it | would act with its eyes open, and Reed | would feel no compunetion about refusing to accept the place. He believes he can render his party better service in the House of Representatives than in the Vice-tresidential chair, If Reed were preparing to retire from public life his friends hold there might be some reason for his accepting such a purely honorary place as that of Vice- ’resident; but they think if he remains | in public life he will continue to be the real leader of his party, whether nom- inated for President or not, and that in his capacity the House is better suited to him than any other place. ———— ] POPULISTIS OF MAINE. Their Platform Declares for Silver in No Uncertain Way. } LEWISTON, ME., June 4—The Maine Populist Convention was held in Auburn | to-day. Isaac R. Clark of Bangor re- ported for the committee on credentials | 425 delegates. O. D. Chapman made re- | marks censuring Senator Allen of Nebras- | ka for his speech in Congress advocating paper currency on & silver and gold basis. Mr. Chapman introduced & resolution against trusts and monopolies and de- manding free coinage of silver and gold at | a ratio of 16 to 1. James E. Champion of Portland led off 1n the detense of Senator Allen and in opposition to the adoption of the resolution. The resoiution was tabled. T he resolutions reposted reaffirm devo- tion to the principles of the Omaha plat- form; demand the coinage of both silver and gzold on a ratio of 16 to 1, without asking the consent of any other nation; demand the payment of our bonded debt, | and that hereafter no bonds shall be | issued under any circumstances; that Congress shall assume its constitutional right to issue a greenback currency,which | must be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, until the sum total of money in circulation shall reach $30 per capita. The resolutions also favor Government possession of all railroad, telegraph and telephone systems; that ali undesirable foreign immigration be prohibited, and | that all trusts and combinations be for- ever prohibited and their promoters treated as political outlaws. Professor Lutber C. Batcman of Auburn was nominated for Governor by acclama- tion. Mr. Bateman ac:epted the nomina- | tion and addressed the convention. | -~ | DELEGATIONS. | | IOWA’S "LARG & They Will Look After Semator Allison’s | Interests at S:. Lowis. | S8T. LOUIS, Mo., June 4.—The two buai- est men m the city to-day were T. E. | Byrnes of the Republican National Com- mittee and Sergeant-at-Arms Swords of the National Convention. Colone! Swords has completed every detail for the accom- modation of the National Committeemen, who will arrive here Monday next. On the Wednesday following their arrival the first formal meeting will be held, when the roll of delegates will be made up. This | roll will not include contestants, as that matter will rest with the creaentials com- | mittee. | General Clarkson of Iowa will probably | be the only absentee, owing to iliness. | Colonel 8words hails from Iowa, and has | been and is still an Allison man. **You can say.” he said, ‘‘that the Sena- | tor’s name will be presented. We have an | abundance of oratorical talent in fowa, and our candidate’s name will be placed in | nomination in a fitting manner. Who | will have this pleasant duty has not yet | been determined. Despite the apparent one-sided appearance of the situation Iowa | will be represent=d here by large delega- | tions. Their adherence to Senator Allison | has not and will not waver. Nothing is decided till the nomination is made.” Mr. Byrnes visited the office of the | ticket-printers to-day and found that the | tickets were nearly complete and would be delivered shortly. The demand for tick- ets is very great. The press committee was in conference this afternoon with Sergeant-at-Arms | Byrnes and has completed arrangeme nts | for the allotment of seats in the press sec- tion at the convention auditorium. The list of employes will not be given out until after the meeting of the Na- tional Committee, June 10. Nearly all of the pages will be sons of distinguished delegates. The sergeant-at-arms will dis- tribute the tickets. Mr. Heath of Cincinnati, the advance representative of Governor McKinley, has already opened his headquarters at the Bouthern. He will be joined in a few days by General Grosvenor. Mark Hanna of Cleveland, who 1s manager-in-chief of the Ohio statesman’s campaign, will arrive Mohday. e REID VISITS McKINLEY And Incidentally Talks About His Name- sake of Maine. CLEVELAND, Onro, June 4.—Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York Tribune, was here for a short time to-day. After a brief call on'Mr. Hanna, he left at 11 o’clock to visi- McKinley at Canton. An inquiry to the position by the unanimous vote of | was made as to Mr. Reid’s views concern- | all the afternoon with the major. | State Convention, and the following dele- Mass-Meeting Held in the Parlors of the St. James Hotel by the Women of San Jose to Help Raise the Sum of Ten Thousand Dollars for the Capture of James Dunham. ing the men to be given the second place on the ticket. “My big namesake from Maine would undoubtedly make the ideal candidate,’” said Mr. Reid. “The sentiment for him seems to prevail in all parts of the cqun- try.” “Will he accept?'’ was asked. “The question should be, Can he re- fuse?”’ *Would you accept the place?’ “I am not a candidate.” “Should protection or silver be made the chief issue?” “The issue is simply that the people realize that they made a mistake when they intrusted the Government to the Democrats four years ago, and that they will put back the party that gave them a strong protective tariff, a creditable foreign policy and a sound currency.”’ i TON, Omnro, June 4.—Whitelaw Reid paia his expected visit to Canton to- day. He went at once to Major McKin- ley’s home, lunched with him and spent What the purport of their interview was is not for the public to know just yet, for neither will talk. Mr. Reid took the 5 o'clock train for Cleveland, whence he goes direct to the East. ——— ,S0LID FOR SILVER. Firginia Democrats Put a Strong White- Metal Plank in Their Platform. STAUNTON, Va., June 4.—The free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 10 1 is the slogan of the Democrats here. It| was put in the platform to-day in the gates-at-large are instructed to vote for the white-metal policy: Jolin W. Daniel, W. A. Jones, H. 8. K. Morrison and C. A. Swanson. The convention was called to order at | noon by Hon. T. J. Eilison, chairman of the State Committee. John Bell Bigger was made temporary chairman and Joseph Dutton of Appomattox temporary secre- tary. After the chairman’s address and the ap- pointment of committees the convention at 1 p. M. took a recess to 3 p. M. On reassembling the committee on per- manent organization submitted the name of Micajah Woods of Charlottesville as permanent chsirman and J. Bell Bigger | and Joseph Dutton secretaries. These | recommendations were confirmed by the | convention. While waiting for the report of the com- mittee on resolutions Senator Martin made a speech, commending the cause of free silver. He was confident that if all the Democrats of the country were in- spired as those present they would elect their President this year, and one, he | said, who would be in accord with his pa 150 one could, he said, be a greater ‘“‘party wrecker’’ than the last one elected by the Democracy. This sentiment evoked prolonged cheers from the silver and some | hisses irom the gold men. | Senator Martin said there were some things with which he differed with his Continued on Second Page. CAPITALIST CORBIN 1S FATALLY INJURED, Expires Soon After Having Been Thrown From His Carriage. OTHERS HURT IN THE ACCIDENT —— =8 Distinguished Career Hewn Out by the Noted Railroad Magnate and Banker, NEWPORT, N. H.,, June 4.—Austin Corbin, the New Ynrk capitalist apd rail- road magnate, aad b nephew, Corbin Edgell, with Dr. Paul Kunzier and Coach- man John Stokes, started on a fishing trip about 3 o’clock to-day. On going out of the vard at the farmhouse the horsesshied, tipping over the open carriage, throwing the occupants down an embankment about eight feel against a stone wall. The family saw the accident and hurried to his assis ance with the farm help. They found Mr. Corbin conscious but terrioly wounded. His nephew and the doctor were also con- scious. The coachman was unconscious and ap- parently hurt the worst of all. They were carried to the house and doctors sum- moned. Mr. Corbin’s injuries were very serious, a compound fracture of the right leg above the knee, a feariul scalp wound over four inches long on the forehead, one on the right side of the head three inches long, and the hip and shin cut badly. Dr. Kunzier was thrown over the wall and sustained a broken arm and sprained ankle, so far as known, and Corbin Edgell had his leg twice broken between the knee and ankle. John Stokes’ leg was broken between the knee and ankle, and he sustained a fractured skull. Stokes died from his injuries about 6 o’clock, without regaining consciousness. The cause of the horses’ shying is said to be that the coachman was driving them for the first time without blinders. Mr. Corbin died at 9:42 this evening, shortly after the arrival of Dr. Cylley from Boston. His son, Austin Corbin Jr., ar- rived on a special train from Boston about 11 o’clock, but too late to see his father alive. All the family were present when he breathed his last. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 4.—Austin | Corbin was born at Newport, N. H., July 11, 1827. His father was a farmer, who was many times elected to the Legislature of New Hampshire. After receiving a | | | | | the country. | home on Long Island and another in New moderate schooling he taught a country school. Afterward he practiced law in Rhode Island and New Hampshire, and in 1851 removed to Davenport, Ia., where he remained until 1865. Though successful as a lawyer Mr. Cor. bin did not practice long. He became a partner in 1854 in the banking firm of Macklot & Corbin, which was the only concern of the kind in Davenport which did not suspend payment 4n the tinancial panic of 1857. Corbin organized the First National Bank, which began business un- der the Natiomal Currency Act of 1863. The bank was successful and he was en- abled to come to New York with a consid- | erable fortune. Here he founded the Corbin Bankinyg | Company and acquired interests until he became one of the leading financiers of Mr. Corbin had a beautifu Hampshire, besides his town houses. His New Hampshire property consiSted of 25,000 acres around Newnvort, all mountain and valley. This last property is the greatest and best-stocked game preserve on the continent. O MEETS. Matters of Interest to the Swedish Lu- theran Ohwrch. OMAHA, NgBR., June4.—The Augustana Synod of the Swedish Lutheran church for the United States and Canada convened here to-day. The opening services were held this eveming in the Emmanuel Church and the sermon was preached by Rev. M. C. Ranseen, D.D., of Chicago, his subject being “The Approaching Conflict with Enemies of the Church.” The session of the synod will be formally opened to-morrow at 9 o'clock, to be pre- sided over by Rev. P. J. Snelard of Omaha. The ministerium or evangelical council, which has been in session for sey- eral days, to-day examined the ministerial certificates. John Constantine, a missionary recently returned from Armenia, addressed the ministerium on the conditions existing in that country. Five bundred delegates have already arrived. The sessions of the synod will continue for several days and subjects of vital interest will be discussed. To-morrow night will occur the ordina- tion of novices, who have been in training as nurses in the hospitals of this city. . CRUELTIES OF THE SPANISH. Neither Women Nor Children Are Spared by Brutal Soldiers, Who Overrun the Island. HAVANA, Cusa, June 4.—Information of a horrible crime committed on a Cuban woman and two girls of 8 years by Spanish soldiers near the town of Arroya Guonea, province of Santiago de Cuba, has just been received in thiscity. The woman and children were assaulted by the sol- diers, then killed and burned to hide the crime. Near the same village a company of Spanish soldiers met five negroes with a cartload of fruit. They were ordered to dismount, and were immediately bayonet- ed and left in the road. At Minas de MAKING A PATHWAY FOR PROSPERITY. Hauling Ties From the Construction Train of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad to the Trackmen Who Were Stationed Along the Roadbed Ready to Complete the Work. Firmesia a party of ten men were held up by Spanish soldiers, and afier subjecting them to all sorts of indignities, they were strung up, some by the wrist, others by the arms, and then shot. After several hours hey were discovered. Some time later they were cut down. On the 25th of May Colonel Rodriguez at the head of 2000 insurgent cavalry was within twenty-four miles of Havana. It is reported on what is considered re- dable authority that General Bermudez has crossed the trocha with a large body of insurgents having met with scarcely any resistance from Spanish troops. It is rumored among naval authorities here that the steamer Laurada sunk a coast guard at the time of the landing of her expedition. ————— HAMMOND TO BE LIBERATED. With Other Johannisburg Reformers He Will Be Released From the Pre- toria Prison. LONDON, Exe., June 4.—J. B. Robin- son, the South African millionaire, now in" London, received a dispatch to-day irom Pretoria saying that John Hays Hammond, Colonel Francis Rhodes, George Farrar and Liosiel Phillips, the four leaders of the Johannisburg Reform Committee, whose sentences to death were commuted to fifteen years' imprison- men, will be released from custody to- morrow. This news does not create any surprisc in official circles, as there has been a feel- ing from the first that there would be no attempt to carry out the severe sentences that were at first imposed. The action of the Transyaal Government in pardoning all except the leaders showed that it was mercifully inclined, and its action witn reference to the four leaders is conse- quently not unexpected. i i ok FIERCE FIGHTING IN MADAGASCAR. Insurgent Bandits Lay Siege to the Capi- tal, but Are Repulsed With Heavy Loss. PARIS, Fraxce, June 4.—An official dispatch received frem Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, under date of May 30, says that a party of Fahavolas insur- sent bandits 1500 strong have made au at- tack upon the town of Anoringbe and de- stroyed it by fire. The insurgents for three days blockaded a house in which was s‘ationed a party of French militia who were protecting Norwegian missionaries and their families. The blockade was finally raised by the French with a de- tachment of Hova militia who routed the Fahavolas, killing 200 of them. Sl s OPPENHEIM IN TORONTO. He Is Not Making the Least Effort to Conceal His Identity. TORONTO, O~t., June 4.—Philip Op- penheim, who, according to a Sacramento (Cal.) dispatch, has been ordered by the Sacramento Superior Court to turn over to T. M. Yates, as receiver, some $70,000 which he held as trustee for his mother, but who disappeared, arrived in Toronto Sunday last and registered at a hotel as Philip Oppenheim, Chicago. At the same time he stated tnat his home wasin Sac- ramento, Cal. He is about 37 years old, plain and unassuming in his manner, and ‘makes no effort to conceal his identity. LA I The Outbreak at Crete. CONSTANTINOPLE, TuRkEY, June 4.— The outbreak in the island of Crete has had the effect of increasing the vigor of the policy pursued by the palace authori- ties against suspects here. As a result 1500 arrests have been made. Most of those arrested are Moslems. They include 123 students of the military college, who are suspected of being in sympathy with the *“young Turk’’ movement. Many officials have been deported to distant provinces, and some secretly put to death. R A Deadly Plague. CONSTANTINOPLE, TUvRKEY, June 4.— The Porte has received information thata disease, which is believed to be the plague, has become prevalent among the men comprising a regiment of Hamdiel cav- alry, stationed at Ceza Oghnas in the Vilayet of Bitlis, Asia Minor, and inquiry into the nature of the disease has been or- dered 5 ————— No Merey for Mrs. Maybrick. LONDON. EnG., June 4.—In the House of Commons to-day Sir Matthew White Ridley, Home Secretary, said, 1n reply to questions, that he saw no reason for ex- tending any clemency to Mrs. Florence Maybrick, who is serving a life term of imprisonment in Woking prison for the murder of her husband. TR LG Turkish Troops Slaughtered. BERLIN, GErRMANY, June 4.—A dispatch from Athens says that a detachment of Turkish troops, eighty-five in number, which had returned to the recently be- sieged town of Vamer for the purpose of removing war material, was attacked by the Cretans and cut to pieces, only two succeeding in making their escape. PRESS FORWARD ON A NEW TRAIL, Officers Think They Are Close to Murderer Dunham. FRESH FORCES SENT IN PURSUIT. It Is Believed That He Is in the Vicinity of Hayes Station. MANY JOIN IN THE CHASE FOR THE FUGITIVE. Ladies of San Jose Aroused and They Will Aid in Securing the l Reward Money. SAN JOSE, CaL, phone message from June 4.—A tele- Juan Edson at Hayes station at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon created much excitement on the streets and was accepted as the most definite information regarding the whereabouts of James Dunham since the message from Oscar Parker that Dun- bam was at Smith’s Creek. Edson is ac- companied by H. F. Plummer aud George Sweigert. These three were sworn in as deputy sheriffs several days ago and were at once dispatched for the south toward Panoche by Sheriff Lyndon in hopes of overtaking Dunham, who was supposed to ve making his way in that direction. This posse was not heard from for some time previous to yesterday. Early this morning Edson endeavored to reach the Sheriff’s office from Mendota by telephone, but Under Sheriff Benson was out for a few moments and Ecson de- clined to await his arrival. In the after- noon he again telephoned to the Sheriff’'s Jffice’from Hayes station, situated in the western foothills of Fresno County, and about fourteen miles from Mendota rail- way station and fifteen miles east of Pan- oche, stating that they had received posi- tive information that Dunham was in that eighborhood, and that they were hot on is trail. He stated that they had this morning talked with a reliable man who described a pedestrian he had seen, and {liatthedescription snited Dunhaw exactly in every particular. The man knew noth- ing of Dunham, but without being ques- ioned gave them all the details regarding clothes, gshoes and hat. From the deserip- tion Edson expressed his belief that Dun- ham was wearing the same clothes in which ae left on the night of the murder. It was claimed that Dunham passed that point at about 12 o'clock on Wednesday, and therefore had but twenty-four hours’ start of the officers. As Dunham was on foot and the officers mounted they thought they could overtake him before another day had passed. A few minutes later Under Sheriff Benson attempted to call up Hayes station again and converse with kdson in regard to the locality of the place und the route to be taken, but Edson and posse had gone on the trail of Dunham firm in the belief that the murderer was only a short distance before them. This clew to the whereabouts of the murderer harmonizes thoroughly with those received by Sheriffs Lyndon, Hol- vrook and Ballou and that received by Deputy Sheriff Gardner and posse, who found supposed tracks of Dunham near the Mountain House. Unfder Sheriff Ben- son at once telegraphed the information to the Sheriffs of Fresno, Tulare, King, Kern and Madera counties. He also sent word to Panoche to have Sheriff Lyndon and posse notified at once by a courier. At the Sheriff’s office the information received from Edson is given great weight. He is known tobe a man of cool judge ment in matters of this pature and his acceptance of the evidence of the man who claims to have seen Dunham is considered significant that be is upon the right track. It is thought that Dunham is still sticking to the foothills as they offer him better refuge than the plains. The employes of every railroad station about that section of the country have been notified and are upon the watch for a man answering tha description of Dunham in case he should apply for railroad transportation, in which case it is thought he is sure to be captured in a short time. The report of Under Sheriff Mansfield of San Mateo County and Deputy Sheriff Haeden of this county, who returned to- night from the south, strengthens the be- lief that the trail upon which Sheriffs Lyndon and Ballou and posse and Deputy Sheriff Juan Edson and posse are working is correct. Under Sheriff Mansfield left on Sunday for Bells station and worked northeast across the mountains as far ag San Joaquin County. They first struck the trail of Dunham at the Mountain House in Pacheco Pass, where he was seen by vaqueros jumping out of a manger at 4 o'clock on Monday morning. They next heard of him twenty-five miles south on the divide, where he passed the same evening about 6 o'clock through a wheate field on the Drew ranch. Here he robbed the garden patch of & quantity of peas. About thirty-five miles below this point he was found to have taken supper at the Mercer ranch at the head of the little Pinoche Valley. Mrs, Mercer stated that the man took supper at her house on Tuesday night. She offered him a bed in the barn upon some hay for the night, but he declined the offer, and went to the bed of the creek to pass the night. She saw him emerge from the creek early the next morning, but he did not stop for breakfast, and went down the creek bed. ‘When the officers showed Mrs. Mercer a picture of Dunham she stated positively that he was the man who had stopped at her house for supper. She did not think, however, that her visitor had any scratches upon his face. The officers followed the gulch for about twenty miles, but hearing nothing of the murderer, returned by a circuitous route, They met Sheriff Lyndon aud Dposse after