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

| 1 NIS Faper not j to be taken fmml the Library.++++ | — " VOLUME LXXX._NO. 107. 50 WILL G0 THE NATION Republican Landslides in the Pine Tree State’s Election. PLURALITIES GREATEST ON RECORD. Powers Chosen Governor by a Vote Fifty Thousand Greater Than Others Received. ALL THE FOUR CONGRESSMEN ARE RETURNED. In Sewall’s Own Ward the Demo- crats Are Snowed Under Too Deep for Recovery. PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 14.—The cam- paign which culminated to-day in the greatest Republican victory ever recorded in this State has been the most active known for years upon both sides. It has been a speaking campaign almost entirely and the entire State has been well covered. There were five candidates for the office of Governor, who is the only State officer chosen by the people, all others being chosen by the Legislature. The name of one of these, Willigm Henry Clifford of Portland, the nominee of the Sound- money Democrats, was not upon the official ballot, and those voting for him were obliged to write his name upon their ballots. The other candidates were: Hon. Llewellyn Powers of Houlton, Republi- can; Hon. Melvin P. Frank of Portland, Democrat; Ammi 8. Ladd of Calais, Pro- hibitionist; and Lutber C. Bateman of Auburn, Populist. Congressmen, county officers, State Sena- tors and representatives in the Legisiature were also elected. The average estimate of the Republican plurality for Governor was 25,000 to 28,000 as compared with about 38,000 in 1894 and 12,500 in 1892, but the vote to-day througnout the State was larger than anticipated and the plurality of Powers, the Republican, is larger than the most enthusiastic Republican dared preaict, the latest returns indicating that it will reach nearly 50,000. In nearly every county the county officers are Republican by much larger vluralities than ever before known, and in some counties no candidates were put in the field by the Democrats. In all four of the Congressional districts the incum- bents were re-elected. In the First District Reed’s plurality will be over 10,000, as against 8815 two years ago, while Congressmen Dingley, Milliken and Boutelle will go back 1o the next Congress with a much larger vote than two years ago. o MO RN SEWALL SNOWED UNDEX., In RHis Own Ward the Democratic Loss 1s Very Heary. LEWI(STON, Mk., Sept. 14 —Complete returns from Androscoggin County give Powers 5611, Frank 2203, Bateman 284, Ladd 142, Clifford 33. In 1894 the county gave Cleaves 4348, Johnson 3745, Hussey 233, Bateman 298, Knowlton 42. Congress- man Dingley estimates his majority as rising 10,000. Two hundred towns in Maine give Po w- ers 47,699, Frank 18,875, Clifford 419, scat- tering 2544; Powers’ plurality, 28,823 Same towns in 1894 gave Cleaves 44,263, Jobnson 17,725, scattering 4485; Cleaves’ plurality, 22,538. Republican gain in pla- rality, 6285. City of Portland—Powers 4006, Frank 2071, Clifford 112. Biddeford—Powers, 1038; Frank, 779. Brunswick—Powers, 627; Frank, 185. Belfast—Powers, 720; Frank, 280. Augusta—Powers, 1398; Frank, 455. Two hundred snd fifty towns give Powers, 56,305; Frank, 22,205; Clifford, 472; scattering, 2086. Powers’ plurality, 34,100. The same towns in 1894 gave Cleaves 47,425; Johnson, 20,348; scatiering, 5232, Cleaves’ plurality, 27,077. Republican gain in plurality, 7023. BATH, ME, Sept. 14.—The vote of Bath for Governor is as follows: Powers, 1214; Frank, 432; Ladd, 45; Bateman, 11; Clif- ford, 23. Bath’s plurality for Powers of 782 is a gain of 630 over the last State elec- tion. In Ward 7, Arthur Sewall’s ward, the Democratic loss was heavy. s SHET MOST SWEEPING VICTORY. One of the Greatest Triumphs Ever Achieved in Maine. AUGUSTA, ME., Sept. 14.—Hon. Joseph H. Manley to-night sent the following telegram: AUGUSTA, ME., Sept. 14, Hon. M. A. Hanna, Chairman National Repub- lican Committee, Chicago: The Repubiicans nave achieved this day the most sweeping and mag- nificent victory ever accorded to a party in the history of Maine. ‘We have carried every county in the State; elected every State Senator and at least 140 out of 151 members of the House of Representatives; secured every county officer; given each member of our magnificent delegation to the House of Rep- resentatives the ‘largest majority they ever received; elected our candidate for Governor by the Ilargest majority ever given a candidate for that high offic2; in- dorsed the St. Louis platform, »nd decliared for McKinley and Hobart by 50,000 plurality. The Republican vote will exceed by several thousand the largest Republi- can vote heretofore given, and the vote given the Democratic candidate for Governor is the smallest Democratic yote ever cast, with one single exception, and thatis the vote of 1894, which was only 3000 less. We bave kept pace with Vermont and proven to the country that the Democratic platform adopted at Chicago will not prevail when met by argument and reason. We have been aided in this great contest by many Democrats who placed country above party, who believed that you could not divide the people into two parties upon & question of simple morals and common hon- esty. They share our victory with us. What more could Maine have done for the cause of good government, honest money and Pprotection ? - J. H. MANLEY. — GEEAT JOY IN NEW YOREK. The Viotory in Maine Far Ahead of What Was Expected. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 14.—There was great joy among the Republican lead- ers over the Maine election. Both Na- tional and State headquarters were held open until a late hour. When Mr. Manley telegraphed that the Republican majority would reach 50,000, there was great surprise and enthusiasm. Many expected 10 witness a strong senti- ment in Maine asa reflex on the green- back feeling some years ago, but the re- sult of to-day, closely following that in Vermont, is regarded as a cyclone on the free-silver decline so far as the East is concerned. The National Democracy, through one of its leaders, Mr. Tracey of Albany, expressed satisfaction at the re- sult. L'OLLII"SE OF A CAPITALIST. Squeezed by the Tight Money Market After Twenty Years of Active Busi- ness Lite. DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 14.—D, B. Lyons, capitalist and broker, made an assignment w0 C. S. Bradshaw to-day for the benefit of his creditors. Mr. Lyons has been prominent in financial circles, and in the last twenty years has been the medium for investment for abou: §6,000,000 of Eastern money in the West, largely in Des Moines. His assets are $102,579, con- sisting of $57,000 in bills receivable, $19,400 in real estate and about $25,000 in stocks. His direct liabilities are $77.179, of whicl $49.500 is bills payable and the balance in- dorsements. Inability to realize on co'- laterals that have been considered good, owing to the close money market, is the cause of the failure. bz 2 FReal Estate Men Fail. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixx., Sept. 14—A. F. & L. E. Kelly, real estate and mortgagc loan brokers, made an assignment to-day. Their habilities are estimated at from $100,000 to $150,000. Assets unknown. e Castor Oil Works Burned. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 14.—Thre: buildings of the Marsh Castor Oil Works were destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock thi morning. The loss is $40,000, covered by insurance. ROBBED BY SHADICHTE Systematic Audacity of the New Orleans National Bank Wreckers. Szven Persons Were in the Deal an: They Lived Like Princes Until the Collapse. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. special from New Orleans says There is only one more secret to come out in the wrecking of the Union Nationa: Bank and the bank panic which raged here last we-k, and it is announced that it will be disclosed within the next twenty- four hours; that is, the names of the con- federates—the men on the outside who drew out and appropriated the $602,000 of the bank’s money. The buokkeepers cooked the accounts, so as to keep the bank always in debt to these confederates. The bank was robbed by a syndicate composed of seven persons, two on the in- side of the bank and five on the outside. The whole transaction was business-like and systematical, including the division of the funds. Colomb, one of the book- keepers, whose lack of nerve was shown by his suicide the moment suspicion pointed to him, was the organizer of the project and its director. It is reported that a confiscation has been made, that three members of the syndicate have been arrested and that the only reason names are not now made public is to prevent any escape, as some of them are out of town. The money went mainly in riotous living, the balance in speculation, with the hope of recovering the amount stolen. In the big cotton speculation last year, when cotton went up so high, the syndi- cate wasahead of the game. The sudden collapse of the market prevented it from making good the bank’s money and ren- dered & new raid necessary. The bank has been plundered more heavily than ever since. The outside men are said to be high livers. Not so the bookkeepers, who were kept busy all day covering up their mis- deeds. They had no time for a spree. Colomb spent most of his share on his family. He lived luxuriously, had ten servants and a housekeeper, a rather large household for a clerk on a salary of $150 a month. He had determined on suicide when-the defalcation came out, for he carried poison on his person to be used at a moment’s notice. He had many friends, and they all speak of him as gen- erous and brave, and say that to commit suicide was the only thing a gentleman could do under the circumstances. Colomb was interviewed about the bank’s condition. He was calm and col- This Is How the Big MAINE'S MAJORITY" s A 1 Uo‘- SR IR & 470198 ‘i/,v < s, Tom Reed—*“Just wait till next November. This is only a sample.” lected then and apparently in the best of tumor, although it was only a few hours vefore his death, and he had then evi- dently determined on suicide.” Hedid not teli his family of his intention, and it was not until several hours later that he took the poison and was discovered in an in- ensible condition. Once or twice in the next thirty-six hours he opened his eyes and looked around the room, but he neither spoke nor seemed to know any one. Colomb’s death renders the work of in- vestigating the defalcation very difficult, and United States Bank Examiner Escott toubts whether it will ever be possible to know all the details. The receivers of the Bank of Commerce and the American National Bank will take possession of them to-morrow. The two other closed banks, the Mutual National and Union National, still remain in the hands of the United States Examiners. It is thought the panic is over and that there will be no more trouble. United States Bank Examiner Escott completed his first trial balance of the Union National Bank last night and found the amount swolen to e $602,687 07. This is subject to an inerease when aul the books are fully examined. S il ANARCHY AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Turks Threaten to Blow Up the British Embassy—Lives and Property of All Foreigners in Peril. LONDON, Exg., Sept. 14.—The Standard will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Constantinople saying that threats are bes ing made to blow up the new public offices and the British embassy. The un- rest among the low-class Turks is increas- ing. It is now not a question of Turk against Armenian, but of the lives and property of all foreign citizens in the city. The patrols have been doubled every- where, but if the Government should order the soldiers to fire upon a mob, it is likely tnat the order would be disobeyed and that the troops would fraternize with the rioters. —_—— S4CRAMENTO’S FATAL BLAZE. Jacob Heintzman Loses His Life in a Burning Building. SACRAMENTO, Car., Sept. 14.—The Capital Furniture Factory burned this morning. The loss was about $25,000, and insurance §2500. This afternoon the body of Jacob Heintzman, an aged German, employed as watchman, was found in the ruins. —_—— Fire Near Hollister, HOLLISTER, Can/ Sept. 14.—The dwelling of John O’Connell, east of Hol- lister, was aestroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $1800; insurance, $1000. P T s 7y Li Sails From Vancowver. VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 14.—Li Hung Chang, who is leaving this continent to- day for China, shows remarkable vigor for a man of his years. He arose early this morning, having appointed 8 o’clock as the hour to begin receiving deputations, and until noon he was occupied in giving audiences to the Board of Trade, the City Council, the foreign Consuls resident in Vancouver and the Lieutenant-Governor of the province. He sailed on the Em- press of China at 2:30 o’clock. i Skeletons Found Near Weatport. ASTORIA, Og., Sept. 14.—Graders on the line of the Astoria and Columbia River Railroad, near Westport, unearthed the skeletcns of two white men to-day. Muskets of ancient model were found be- side them. The only other article found was a $20 gold Jviece, dated 1855. The skeletons had evidently been buried many ears. Oldest residents of the locality ave no recollection of the burial or dis- appearance of the two men. Battle-Ship That Is to Be Constructed by the Union THE SCOTTS WIN A BATTLE-SHIP Union Iron Works to Build One of Three New Fighters. TO ECLIPSE THE OREGON ‘Means a Rush of Work at the Potrero for ‘ the Next Two Years. GREAT NEWS FOR THE COAST. Dimensions Giving an Isea of the Formidable Character of the Ocean Warrior. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 14.—There was remarkably close bidding on the de- partmental plans alone, and figures were low, considering the financial agitation, at the competition at the Navy Department to-day for the three new battle-ships, the Newport News company, the Scotts of San Francisco and the Cramps of Philadelphia each winning a ship from among the five bidders. The welcome news was received from ‘Washington yester{ay that the Union Iron ‘Works had gained the contract for building one of the three high-class modern battle- ships authorized by Congress at the last session, In the telegraphic columns the story of the bidding is told. The first in- telligence of the success was conveyed in a private dispatch from Henry T. to Irving M. Scott, of which the following is a copy: WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 14, 1896. To Union Iron Works, San Francisco: Under our 4 per cent bid have ship at $2,675,000. New York to-night. Bally! H. T. Scorr. According to the plans the new battle- ship is to represent the highest style of naval architecture and will be the superior of the Oregon in weight and larger in dimension. In a general way the new ship will bear a close resemblance to the Kearsarge and Jows, but will contain some improvements suggested by the naval architects. Surely the three vessels will constitute & remarkably fine addition to the splendid fleet of ocean-fighters which the United States has placed in commission during the past ten years. The limit of cost fixed for each of the three ships was $3,700,000, including hull and armor. Word comes from Washington that the armor can be supplied by the de partment for less than $1,000,000. The Union Iron Works was ailowed a margin of 4 per cent above the lowest Hastern bids tp offset the difference in prices between the Atlantic and Pacific Coast. Itis a very important consideration to the Government that there should be maintained on the Pacific Coast ai least one great ship-building establishment capable of constructing, equipping and repairing vessels of the largest class. The ability of the TUnion Iron Works to promptly build ships unexcelled for speed and workmansaip and conforming in every respect to the specifications of the department has been amply demonstrated in the construction of the Oregon, Olym- pia, Monterey, S8an Francisco and Charles- ton. That another great success will be scored in the building of a second pattle- ship of vast proportions there can be no doubt. ~ Anidea of the formidable character of the new battle-ship may be gained by a study of these dimensions: Length on load water line, 368 feet; molded beam, 72 feet; mean draft in normal displace- ment, 23 feet 6 inches; normal displacement, 11.500 ions; total disp’acement, 12,500 tons: total coal capacity, 1200 tons; horsepower, 12,000; speed, 16 knots per hour; belt armor, 1634 inches thick, 7 feet 6 inches deep; trans- verse armor, 12 inches; barbette armor, 15 inches; turrets, 17 inches; top of turrets, 54 inches; protective deck, flat, 23 inches; pro- tective deck, slopes, 5 inches. The battery will eonsist of four thirteen- inch rifled guns, fourteen six-inch rapid- fire guns, six six-pounders, four one- pounders, fodr machine guns and one field piece. The ship will carry 200 rounds of ammunition for the thirteen- inch rifles, 2600 rounds for the six-inch rapid-fire guns, 10,000 rounds for the six- pounders and 2400 rounds for the one- pounders. The ship will also carry four broadside torpedoes and display four searchlights, Yesterday afternoon Irving M. Scott ‘was the recipient of many congratulations over the success achieved in winning another ship. It isregarded in one sense as a victory for California. The building of the formidable vessel will give employ- ment to an army of mechanics for two years and perpetuate the activity which has so long reigned at the Union Iron Works. The time allotted for the construction of the new battle-ships is three years, but if the Government is reasonably prompt in supplying material the Union Iron ‘Works will do the work required at that piant within two years. The extensive fa- cilities at hand, andithe experience gained particularly in the construction of the Oregon, give assurance of ability to com- plete the enterprise in due time. Next Friday, at Washington, the Navy Department will open bids for building three torpedo catchers. It isrequired that these boats shall each attain a speed of thirty knots per hour. The Union Iron ‘Works is prepared to enter this field of competition, where the highest speed is demanded. Bids for the speedy catchers are ready to be handed in. LAWLESSNESS AT LEADVILLE. Non-Union iinen Are Beaten and Pris- oners Boldly Taken From the Arresting Officers. LEADVILLE, Coro., Sept. 14.—~Another miner, named E. C: Terry, who wanted to work in the Emma mine was assaualted and feartully beaten by unknown assail- ants at a late hour last night. His story was told to the Sheriff, and an effort was made to capture: the guilty men to-day. Late this afternoon officers entered a saloon and arrested a man named Maho- ney. Before they could get their prisoner out of the saloon, a group of miners as- saulted the officers, rescued Mahoney and vermitted him to_escape. The officers ar- rested a number of these men and took them to jail. Thnese repeated outrages are adding to the suppressed feeling of the public and Leadville awaits with great anxiety the outbreak. DENVER, Coro., Sept. 14.—A rumor is afloat here to-day that the Chaffee Light Artillery, which go to-night to Canyon City to participate in the celebration of Fruit day, carry with them ammunition and supplies for a campaign, and that they are to be held at Canyon City, so as to be nearer Leadville in case a riot shall break out. ALY BABK WAECKED The Captain and Mate Lose Their Wits and Commit Suicide. Seven of the Crew Saved by Clinging to the Rigging and Five Are Drowned. HIGHLAND LIGHT, M ass., Sept. 14.— The Italian bark Monte Tabor, loaded with salt, went on Peaked Hill bar at mid- night and shortly after bezan to break up. The crew became panic-stricken. Even the officers lost their wits. The captain, F. Dellacassa, evidently considering himself responsible for the loss of the vessel, shot himself in the head with a revolver and fell dead to the deck, whence his body was soon afterward washed into the sea. The mate, believing death to be inevit- able and afraid of drowning, drew his razor across his throat, producing a ghastly wound and falling dead into the water beside the doomed bark. The crew, twelve in number, clung to the deckhouse, expecting every minute to be the last. The vessel held together for about an hour and then went to pieces. The twelve men went over the side still clinging to the deckhouse. Five of them, however, were unable to maintain their hold and were soon drowned. The sur- vivors reached the shore in an exhausted condition and were taken to the Peaked Hill life-saving station, where they were cared for, The body of the mate was washed ashore at Race Point at 9 o’clock. An hour and a half later two other bodies were found on the shore. One of these men had followed the example of the mate and had cut his throat before being swept into the sea. The Monte Tabor sailed from Trapani July 81 for Boston. SLAVIN KNOCKS OUT KILRAIN, A Slogging Match Which Tern.inates in the First kound. BALTIMORE, Mp.,({Sept. 14.—Ex-Cham- vion Jake Kilrain was knocked out by Frank P. Slavin at the Eureka Club to- night. The Baltimore heavy-weight was little better than a punching-bag for the ‘Australian, and it took him but two and a quarter minutes to put the ex-champion out. * Kilrain’s weight was announced as 210 pounds, but he looked at least fifteen vounds heavier. Slavin wsighed 194. “ The exhibition was more of the give and take order than scientific, and after two and a quarter minutes of fighting the Baltimore man went down. His hedd struck t.e floor a resounding whack. He rolled over and attempted to regain his feet, but his hands were still on the floor when the referee counted him out. Foes Wlon Wit Apgear Wit Launchied-and Equipped. PRICE FIVE CE DOINGS OF DYNAMITERS Anarchists, Nihilists and Fenians Joined in the Daring Plots. CROWNED HEADS THEIR INTENDED PREY. Visit of the Czar and Czarina to Victoria the Time Set for the First Explosion. SCHEMERS ARE TRACKED FROM THE UNITED STATES. Scotland Yard Detectives Discover the Plans of Assassination in Time to Prevent Them. LONDON, Exa., Sept. 14.—A communi- caton of a semi-official character was issued this afternoon, touching the arrest of the allezed dynamite conspirators. The communication says, among other things, that the Scotland Yard officials have been fully aware for some time past that & gang of desperadoes has been engaged in America in preparing the details and arranzing the ramifications of an exiene sive and diabolical plor to perpetrate a dynamite outrage in England and estabe lish a reign of terror. Chief Inspector Melville of the Metro- volitan police has had charge of the Scot« land Yard arrangements for frustrating the designs of the conspirators, and grads ually and with great secrecy drew a net- work around the plotters. The fact was known to the police that the conspirators were in close communication with promi- nent Russian nihilists in the United States, and through this information the police were enabled to discover upon almost undoubted evidence that the con- spiracy had recently developed a scheme to perpetrate an outrsge upon the Czar upon the occasion of his visit to England. The prime movers of the plot were Fe- niansin America, and when they had car- ried their conspiracy as far as they could in the United States Tynan and the other principal agents were sent to Europe to put the designs of the plotters into execu- tion. They left America as secretiy ag possible, coming by different routes. Their arrival was known, however, and their every movement was dogged by the Scots land Yard detectives. After treating of the arrests of the dyna« miters and the capture by the police of all of their documents, etc., the communicas tion adds that Bell was designated to go to Scotland Yard to direct a series of oute rages there, the necessary explosives to be sent to him from Belgium as they might be required. When Bell was taken into custody he had between £300 and £400 in cash upon his person, together with Amer- ican letters of credit. The Central News says that the plot in which it is charged Tynan, Bell and Wallace were implicated, was hatched in the United States, and that it was wides spread in its ramifications not only in England but in various Continental countries. The conspiracy was started months ago and although those connected with it thought they were working with the utmost secrecy so far as the authoris ties were concerned there were among the plotters two or three agents of the British Government, who kept the London police advised of every move that was made or proposed by the conspirators from the very inception of the plot. The police here knew even the names of the men who were selected by the Ameris can Revolutionary Society to cause ex- plosions here and on the Continent. It was well known that ever sincé the defeat of the Irish home rule bill the physical force party had been active in the spread of its propaganda, and steps were at once taken to closely but secretly watch those who it was anticipated would be likely to enter into a conspiracy sgainst the Government. Thus the tact of the conspiracy was learned, the British agents in the United States completely deluding the chief'plotters into the belief that they were bitter enemies of the British Govern- ment and would go to any lengths to secure the freedom of Ireland. It was learned that the conspirators were in alliance with the Fenians, anarchists and nihilists, and that they were all working together. The nihilists, who do not ap« pear to have been specially interested in Ireeing Ireland from the British yoke, subscriped funds and dynamite for the leaders, but only on the express condition that “business” shouid be done on the Continent. The visit of the Czar and Czarina to the Queen at Baimoral and their subsequent journey to France were deemed by the nihilists to be the most suitable occasion on which to attempt the lives of their Im- perial Majesties. The donors to the funds in America, however, insisted that a blow should first be struck at England. It can be stated in this connection that Inspector Melville recently went to Paris, where itis supposed he conferred with the police as to the best means of circumventing the plans of the conspirators. At that time the English papers were not aware of the existence of the plan, and in their com- ments on the inspector’s journey to Paris they stated, while pointing out the exist- ence in London of a larze anarchist col. ony, that the Czar wouid, without doubt, be tar safer in England without any police protection than he would be in Paris with all the safeguards that might be adopted by the police of that city. The result of the knowledge obtained by the police does not appear to bear out the claims made by the newspapers. It is stated that the conspirators before they left the United States were taught how to mix chemicals to form high explo- sives and to use clockwork to cause explo« sions. The teacher was a Russian profes«