The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1896. LADKCED W AN PHAT The State Convention of Colorado’s Silver Advocates. TELLER FOR PRESIDENT. Several Sensational Addresses Attacking the Money Power. AN APPEAL T0O THE PEOPLE. The Government Urged to Return to Constitutional Gold and Sil- ver Standard. DENVER, Coro., June 25.—Five hun- dred delegates from two-thirds of the | count ate Convention of the National | lver party, adopted a platform and ted delegates to the National Conven- | tion which meets in St. Louis July 2: The convention was harmonious and en- thusiastic. The platform is a strong declaration for silver, and declares alle- gisuce to any other National party and | candidate for the Presidency that accords | with this view on the financial question. | Benator Henry M. Teller is indorsed for | the Presidency. | Hon. L N. Stevens, acting State chair- | man, cailed the convention to order. He | reviewed the history of the movement | which created this new party, and stated | that its purpose is solely to unite the | people of the country upon one common | candidate for the Presidency who will | favor the restoration of siiverto full legal | tender money power. Senator H. A. W. | Tabor was selected as temporary chair- | man and David Day of Durango secre- tary. After the committee on credentials had reported a permanent organization was effected by selection of Hon. Platt Wicks of Pueblo permanent chairman and Mrs. Sue M. Hall secretary. While awaiting the report of the committee on resolu- | tions Hon. Lafe Pence, Hon. J. B. Belford and Judge D. V. Burns delivered sensa- tional addresses, the burden of which were attacks upon the money power. They | urge 8 campaizn to unite the people un-| der one candidate against.the goldites and their demands. When the comm ittee on resolutions re- ported a long address in the form of an ar- e, which also se- ly attacked opponents to this idea, a storm of protests to the language and style of the platform ensued. After a long di ion the committee was ordered to pre- r platiorm. taken until evening. The delegates named include many prominent men oi the State of all political parties. Upon reassembling in the evening the convention adopted a short platform with- out discussion. follows: The paramount istue at this time in the ed States is indisputably the money ques- Itis betwe e gold standard, gold ) ency on one side and the on the other. On this issue we to be in favor of a distinctly American financial system. We are unalter- ably opposed to the single gold standard and demand the immediate return to the constitu- tional standard of gold and silver by the restoration by the Government, independently of any foreign power, of the unrestricted coin- ge of both gold and silver in standard money at the ratio of 16 to 1 and upon terms of exact equality as they existed prior to 1873, the sil- ver coin to be a full legal tender equally with gold for all aebts and quties, private and pub- lie. The resolutions indorse Senator Teller and recommend him for the Presidency, but failing to secure him they agree to supportany other silver candidate, The platform closes with the following appeal: We therefore confidently appeal to the peo- ple of the United States to leave in abeyance for the moment all other questions, however important and even momentous they may | seem, to sunder if need be all former party ties and affiliations and unite in one supreme effort to free themselves and their children from the domination of the money power. Upon the consummaetion of our desires and A recess was then The money plank is as no bonds and Govern- | T efforts we invoke the gracious favor of divine providence. The convention adjourned immediately upon the adoption of the platform. —— BYNUM’S COMPLAINT. He May Desert the Democracy Be- cause the Silverites Won In Indlana. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., June 25.—On ac- count of his firm stand for gold in the Democratic convention yesterday ex-Con- gressman W. D, Bynum was the recipient of hundreds of congratulations from mem- bers of both parties to-day. Most of them were prominent business men and many of them were leaders of the Democratic party in Marion County. Referring to the episode of yesterday Mr. Bynum said: “My treatment was anything but fair. In fact I never sawa more glaring exnibi- tion of tyranny, injustice and despotism.”” “You did not say in your speech that vou would not support the ticket. What is your position?” “Ido notsee howa man can vote against his honest convictions, though I have not said that I will not support the ticket.” TILLMAN'S FREE SILVER SPEECH [ Continued from First Page.] statement sent out from Kalamazoo, Mich., s of this State organized to-day the | giving the substance of an interview with | H. H. Smith, in which he is quoted as saying that Secretary Carlisle told him last winter that he (Carlisle) would vote for the Republican nominee in case the Demo- crats nominated a free silver man ona free silver platform, is denied by Mr. Carlisle. pas il <oy bl SICKNESS A LUXURY. Comprehensive Preparations for the Physical Welfare of Demo- cratic National Delegates. CHICAGO, ILL., June 25.—There will be a new departure at the Democratic Na- tional Convention. Under the auspices of the sergeant-at-arms a medical and surgi- cal staff will be in constant attendance during the sessions. Colonel Martin’s plans were sufficiently advanced to-day for him to outline them to the United Press. He said that the | records of accidents and sudden illnesses | of visitors and delegates at former Na- | tional conventions, particalarly the last | one in St. Louis, bad convinced him of | the necessity, on humane grounds as well as for the good order of the convention, of providing a staff of able physicians and surgeons. An ambulance, stretchers and all appliances and remedies for instant use when the emergency arises in the | Colliseum or in the crush outside the build- ing will be on hand. To that end he has commissioned Dr. Herbert H. McAuley of this city, chief of the staff, and on the latter’s recommenda- tion seven prominent Chicago physicians and surgeons will also be appointed. From among the visitors to the convention from other cities Colonel Martin will appoint eight eminent doctors to the staff, who will respond to any call for service. The attendance hours of the Chicazo men will be 80 arranged that Dr. McAuley and two others will be constantly in the hall. A room 1s to be fitted up for their special use. RIS S | SEATTLE BOLTERS. Republicanism Renounced by a Number of Men Friendly to the White Metal. SEATTLE, WasH., June 25.—About 100 Republicans from this city and county met to-night, renounced their party and effected a permanent organization for the purpose of commending Senator Teller and furthering the cause of silver. Dr. V. G. Calhoun, a Republican Presidential elec- tor for this State in 1892, was president. | Speeches were made by Hon. John Wiley, | Colonel George G. Lyon, Judge J. L. Crotty and others, Crotty declaring that | the only mistake the St. Louis Convention | made was in not nominating Grover | Cleveland instead of Major McKinley. Every mention of the names of Senators Teller, Cannon and Dubois brought forth the wildest applause. Twenty delegates to attend the State Bimetallic Convention, to be held at Tacoma on June 30, were | chosen. —_— Ohio’s Silver Wave. COLUMBUS, Osnio, June 25.—The Third Congressional Distriet, the last to elect its delegates to the Democratic National Con- vention, last nizht selected two men sup- posed to favor the single gold standard. The Ohio delegation to the Chicago con- vention, as now fully chosen, will contain forty free silver members, four single goid standard advocates and two doubtful. WILFRID LAURIER, LEADER OF CANADIAN LIBERALS. MONTREAL, Quesec, June 25.—Wilfrid Laurier, the Liberal leader, in an inter- view to-day said: “We have been elected those lines we intend to work. We shall tariff, but whatever we do will be done steps will be taken likely to affect any having been given so that all concerned why we consider it expecient to make the the school question, Mr. Laurier stated Commons. UNCLE SAM'S MEN ARE QUTWITTED. Filibusters Pursued by a Revenue Cutter - Escape. LIVELY MARINE RACE. The McLane Fires Four Solid Shot at the Fleeing Commodore. ONE HUNDRED REBELS ABOARD Box:s of Arms and Ammunition Are Transferred From Waiting Schooners. TAMPA, Fra., June 25—When the steamer Commodore left Port Tampa this afternoon she was followed by the revenue cutter McLane, the latter having orders to stop the suspected filibuster. Captain Morton of the Commodore saw the Mc- Lane in pursuit and crowded on steam, and a lively race began. As the Commo- dore gained the McLane sent four solid shot after the filibuster and the latter came to. The McLane’s commander searched the Commodore, bt nothing contraband was found. The Commodore was allowed to go and the McLane started back to port. Six miles down the bay, however, the Commodore came to and was approached by three schooners. Nearly a hundred men and scores of boxes of arms and am- munition were transferred from the schooners to the Commodore. The Mc- Lane's commander saw this transfer by means of his giasses and again pursued the Commodore. The McLane gained at first and fired on the Commodore repeat- edly, but the shots fell short. The power- ful engines of the Commodore soon told, however, and she began to forge ahead. When the boats passed St. Petersburg, the Commodore was leading the McLane six miles. Asthe McLane has no coast pilot, she will have to lay to during -the night and this will enable the Commodore to make good her escape. = SPANIARDS KILL A GERMAN, He Manufactured Explosives That De- stroyed Railway Trains. HAVANA, Cusa, June 25.—Colonel Gas. ton reports that, while pursuing the rebel parties commanded by La Cret, Sanguilly and another leader, his scours killed a German named Walter Zant, the manu- facturer of the explosives recently used in destroying railway trains. troops met the rebels in the Josefa hills, near Limonar, province of Matanzas. The insurgents were perfectly entrenched. After three hours’ fighting they were dis- lodged and dispersed. The troops lost one killed and eight wounded, including a lieutenant. The rebels lost fifteen kiiled and many wounded, including Sanguilly. General Gonzales Munoz reports that he has formed a combination with General Inclan in his pursait of Maceo. On the march the troops destroyed all the rebel huts and plantations found by them. When the troops arrived in the Tapia Hills, the rebels opened fire on them. General Inclan attacked on the left and General Munoz on the right flank. After a strong resistance, the three camps were captured. On the following day, General Munoz took Maceo’s camp in the Olega Hills. The troopsdestroyed all the camps, burning the huts therein, and also the dwelling of Maceo. It is said the rebels numbered 3000. They left thirty-one dead on the field. Three insurgents were cap- tured. The loss of the troops, according to General Munoz, was only two Kkilled and thirty-six wounded; including two lieutenants wounded. e OLNEX’'S MOVEMENTS, The Secretary’s Mysterious Absence Is the Cause of Speculation. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.—Secre- tary Olney returned to Washington last night after his mysterious absence of sev- eral days. If he has been conferring in Boston with Senor Du Puy de Lome, the Spanish Minister, nobody at the State De- partment will admit it. This morning Olney received a number of Foreign Ministers, Thursday being re- ception day. Sir Julian Pauncefote was one of the callers. It is understood that he presented a request from his Govern- ment that Olney would use his good of- fices to bring about a friendly settlement on a platform of tariff reform, and itis on apply ourselves at once to a revision of the gradually and slowly; and, moreover, no particular interest without due notice may know what our intentions are and contemplated changes.” With regard to that it would be settled in the House of He had not decided yet upon the composition of the coming Liberal Cabinet. of the trouble over the arrest of Harrison, a British surveyor, by Venezuelan police. Elr i Campos and Borrero Free, MADRID, June 25.—General Azcarraga, Minister of War, has withdrawn the war- rants that were issued against Marshal Campos and General Borrero at the time they were about to fight a duel, and the in- cident is closed. VICEKOXY M 14 Hung Chang and Bismarck Exchange Flattering Words. BERLIN, GErMANY, June 25.—Li Hung Chang, the Chinese Viceroy, who is on his way back to China from Moscow, where he was the representative of the Emperor of China at the Ozar’s coronation, paid a visit to Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe to-day. Count Herbert Bismarckreceived the Chinese statesman at the railway sta- tion and escorted him to the castle, where the ex-Chancellor awaited him in the salon. Prince Bismarck in greeting Li Hung Chang said: “I feel flattered in having the privilege of welcoming such an eminent statesman. We have both long helped our masters to govern each a great country."” Li Hung Chang in reply to this welcome said that he was only able to direct the af- fairs of China, while Prince Bismarck was equal to governing the whole world. e The Pope Bestows Cardinal Hats. ROME, Itavy, June 25.—The Pope held a public consistory to-day at which the four prelates who were elevated to the cardinalate on June 22 received their hats. | The new Cardinals are Monsignors Fer- rata, Cretoni, Jacopini and Agliardi, re- spectively Papal Nuncios at Paris, Mad- rid, Lishbon and Vienna. man e dsaily Explorer Stanley Seriously Il LONDON, Ex6., June 25.—Henry M. Stanley, M. P., the famous African ex- plorer, is ill in London with inflammation of the stomach. He has been unable to take food for several days and his con- dition is serious, Thé Spaunish. NERVE AND PLUCK! —— il | — —_— _— _— —_—y = e — e The bigdest treat we have ever offered you. Some 500 Suits, cleverly made, in stylish colorings, excellent Cheviot Swits. The sarments are cleverly tailored, right in the height of fashion, neat, natty and dressy. Not a thing ails them ; yow'll pay in other stores $10 for ’em and consider them big valwes at that. Friday and Saturday at the Big Kearny-Street Store at NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. §838888¢8 IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT OF IT TO DO WHAT WE’'RE GOING TO DO. IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT OF NERVE TO FACE THE FACT THAT YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE MONEY AND A WHOLE PILE OF MONEY ON A SALE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE MADE UP OUR MIND T0 DO. §38§88888 A Friday and Saturday Sale that will pass into commercial history as two of the m o st remarkable days of reckless cutting of prices that ever occurred in this or any other State in the Union. The man that misses it misses the golden oppor- tunity of his life. It's for Friday and Saturday. The loss to ws is doing to be big and we positively will not continue this offer be- yond these two days. The values will be the Sreatest that we have ever offered, as the sale will be made up of high-class, de- pendable tailor-made dar- ments. come. We will be his life. 1200 pairs of fine Worsted| Dress-Up Trousers in Blue and Blacle Worsted, with neat stripes in ’em ; fancy hairline stripes, the kind other stores are getting $3 and $3.50 for ; no exaddera- tion ; not a bit of it, yow know; the Big Store never exaggderates. We guarantee the fit. They're cleverly tailored; nothing ails ’em but the price and that will be for Friday and Saturday only --$1.50-- Two days are enougdh for us, and two days oudht to Sive youw ample opportun- ity to dress for a year to evening till 8 o’clock and Saturday till 10:30. The man that misses it misses the opportunity of fectly. open Friday at Those handsome All-Wool Tweeds, those pretty Single and Double Breasted Blue and Black Twill Cheviots, in Ha- vana Brown Twills and Fancy Oxfords, awfully swell Suits and tailored per- These very swell Sarments, natty and Spring-like, swell Spring and Summepr styles; $12 in most stores; Friday and Saturday at the Big Store, and your pick THE EXCLUSIVE HAT- TERS LOVE US, “NIT.” Their $2.50 Fedoras in soft fur Hats, in pretty shades of Pearl, Otter, Havana Brown and Black, wide and narrow brims. Who'll be without a new Hat on Sunday ? No oneif the price will help yow. In our Big Hat Department Friday and Saturday at --95C-- TWO GREAT DAYS, Friday and Saturday, in Our Men’s and Boys’ FURNISHING GOODS Department. RAPHAEL’S INCORPORATED). ——THE FRISCO BOYS—— 9,11,13 and 15 Kearny Street. STARTLING BARGAINS To-day and To-morrow in Our Boys’ and Children’s Department. THE CASE CF MR, PP He Is Cilarged With All Sorts of Crimes by the Gov- ernor of Bitlis. From Carrying Off a Moslem Girl to Murder and Inciting Revo- inticn. [Correspondence of The United Press.] CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, June 10.—Yesterday the Porte communicated to the American legation the report re- ceived from the Governor of Bitlis regard- ing Mr. Knapp. This Governor charges Mr. Knapp among other thing with hav- ing given the signal for the attack by the Armenians upon the Moslems. This signal was the ringing of the church bell. (Be it remembered that not a single Mos- lem was killed during the Bitlis massacre). Mr. Knapp is further said to haye mur- dered a certain Armenian or pai@ men to do it. According to the report he aided in carrying off a Moslem girl, was an or- gadizer and leader of a revolutionary party and was in communication with a certain Hampartsouin, well known in con- nection with the Sassoun massacre and so on. The whole report covers two full pages. The document seemed to imply that it was expected that the American legation would deal with such a danger- ous character. Mr. Knapp will remain in Constantino- ple, and is eager to have the charges brought forward and investigated. His famuly arrived here from Bitlis yesterday, baving come by the northern route. Advices from Sassoun state that an out- break occurred there last week between Greeks and Turks,in which ten Greeks were killed. Those philo-Turks who were so much interesied in the continued able efforts of the Turkish Government to suc- cor the distressed in Asia Minor by form- g a relief commission, under the presi- dency of the Sultan, may be interested in the report published this week. When this commission was formed last winter there was a great blast of trumpets. It met two or three times a week, and a full report of eacn sitting appeared in the offi- cial journale, Two weeks were spent in drawing up regulations and appointing clerks. Two weeks more “were spent in selecting the colors and kinds of tickets to be issued. Then changes were made in its organiz- ation, and less was heard of it. Eight weeks ago everything was ready, and the journals announced that donors’ names would be published, and those who gave $40 or over were to receive a decoration. Last Sunday’s papers published the re- port up to the present. The commission had collected $250 for the relief of the poor and $330 to rebuild destroyed mosques. (Not a single mosque had been touched during the massacres). This report ex- cited ridicule among the Moslems them- selves. Those who had published the re- port were severely reprimanded, and yes- terday’s papers reported that donations from the ministers and the Sultan had brought the totals up to $1000 for the re- liei of the sufferers and $1400 for rebuild- ing mosques. Of this sum the Sultan gave $240. This is the last of this commission. St b g SR LETTER FROM GLADSTONE. The Grand Old Man Denounces the Sultan and His Agents. LONDON, Exg., June 25.—The Chronicle will to-morrow publish a letter from Mr. Gladstone on the subject of the Armenians, in which he says: “Nobody uses language half strong enongh against the Sultan and his agents. To describe their guilt is beyond all bounds, and the language ought to go be- yond all bounds. My choice is between far out-Heroding everybody or absolute silence, for my language abstractly might plausibly be ascribed to temper, whereas it would be perfectly cold- blooded. I am silent only for fear of doing harm. The European mind wants plaus- ible excuses to cover its disgrace. I do not wish to furnish them.” The Constantinople correspondent of the Chronicle telegraphs that the Armenian losses during the recent rioting at Van are estimated to have been 1500 killed, while the Turkish loss was 200. The dispatch adds that the Kurds are gathering from all directions to pillage Van. e Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley Dead. 8T. JOHN, N. B., June 25.—Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, ex-Lieutenart-Governor of New Brunswick and at one time Min- ister of Finance in the Dominion Govern- ment, died this morning. He was 78 years of age. Sir Samuel was a native of this province, descending from one of the loyal- ist families which left the United States after the revolution. Powers in Accord as Regards Crete. LONDON, E~a., June 25.—In the House of Commons to-day Right Hon. George N. Curzon, Parliamentary Seeretary to the Foreign Office, stated that the represent- atives of the powers at Constantinople were in entire accord as regarded Crete, and had jointly urged the Porte to main- tain order in that island. g = - Troops to Protect British Swrveyors. LONDON, Exc., June 25.—The Times publishes advices from Georgetown, Brit- ish Guiana, saying vhat a force of Colonial troops has been dispatched to Acarabisci to protect the Government surveyors at work in that neighborhood. e Degree Conferred by Uxford, LONDON, Exa., June 25.—Oxford Uni- versity has conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon the Rev. Eugene A. Hoff- man of New York, dean of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. DUC DE NEMOURS DEAD. Passing of an Orleans Prince, Once Elected King of the Belgians. Twice Declined to Wear a Crown When Offered by the National Congress. PARIS, FraxcE, June 25.—The Duc de Nemours died at Versailles to-day. Lonis Charles Phillippe Raphael d'Or- leans, Duc de Nemours, one of the Orleans princes, was the second son of, K King Louis Phillippg, and was born in Paris in 1814. He was elected King of the Belgians in 1831, but bis royal father declined this offer of the National Congress on his be- half, as he did also at a later period, a similar offer of the crown of,Greece. After the revolution of "February, 1848, the Duc de Nemours quitted France, and did not return until after the downfall of the empire in 1870. He has since played 'a;'ery insigniticant part in Royalist af- airs. Death in a Squall. 8T. PAUL, MIxx., June 25.—By the cap- sizing of a boat on Clearwater Lake, near Annadale, Minn., three young peovle and a St. Paul woman lost their lives this morning. They were: John U. Putnam, bookkeeper for J. Q. Adams of the Corn KExchange, Minneapolis; his sister, Miss Anna T. Putnam, a kindergartner, em- ployed in the Minneapolis Kindergarten; Miss Bessie Newhall of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Herman of St. Paul. The party had proceeded not more than 100 yards from the shore when a squall struck the boat. It capsizea and all went down, no assist~ ance being close at hand.