The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1896, Page 1

" VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 130. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GUMYAQUIL IS SWEPT BY FIRE Many Lives Reported Lost in the Ecuadoran City. Thousands of Homeless Citizens Camping 1n Near-by Fields. BUSINESS SECTION BURNED. Provisions Are Scarce and the In. habitants Are Threatened With Famine. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 8.—The Herald's special cable irom Guayaquil. Ecuador, says: More than half this city has been destroyed by fire. The loss of life is great, but the exact numkber cannot be given. The fire has been burning for twenty-four hours and is not under control. Many persons who were in the arsenal when the flames burst forth are believed to have been burned. Thousands of citi- zens are homeless and are camping in the fields near the city. Provisions are scarce, and there is some danger of famine. In February last the city was visited by a destructive fire, in which property worth $1,000,000 was destroyed. The Herald’s dispatch from Panama says that a dispatch from Guayaquil states that the whole commercial portion of the city, including four of the largest banking institutions, were swept away by the flames. The losses are ronghly estimated at 000,000 The correspondent says the tire is believed to have been of incendiary origin. Guayaquil has a population of 40,000 people. It is a Bishop’s see and has nine churches, s college, 8 seminary, convents and two semi-weekly newspapers. Large ships can come up to the town, which is the principal port of Ecunador. The chief exports are cocoa, Panama hats, hides, cotton, tobacco, calisaya and other barks, coffee, etc., valued in some years at over $400,000,000, the imports being even greater in value. Itisthe seat of several manufacturing enterprises. NEBRASKA BANK-ROBBERS. Vaults at Cleytoria -~ end Shelby Wrecked by Explosions of Dynamite. LINCOLN, Nesr., Oct. 7.—Claytonia, a village in Gage County, twenty-seven miles south of Lincoln, was aroused at 1 o’clock this morning by a loud explosion. It was found that the vault of the Clay- tonia Depository had been blown open and abou: $1500 stolen. Two horses be- longing to Rev. Edward Ballenbach were i Three suspicious-looking men been camping in the woods and y were in the village buying bread T A large posse is scouring the country for the robbers. William Steinmeyer, president of the came to Lincoln this morning, and oln police Albert P. Anderson arrived ort that the Bank of Shelby, Polk bad been robbed of $3100, of 20 was in pennies. Mr. Anderson ident of the bank and lives in Lin- coln. He reported that the robbery oc- curred about 2 o’clock. - The burglar-proof safe was blown open with dynamite. Many heard the explosion and hurried to the bank but found no one in sight. Shelby and Claytonia are seventy miles apart, 80 two gangs were evidently at work. The safe in the postoffice at Glen- ville, twelve miles from Hastings, was blown open Bunday night and $230, besides stamps, was taken. All the work is that of experts. PoS el FOG WRECKS FOUR TRAINS. Curious Combination of Accidents in the Santa Fe Yards—Only One Man Injured. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 7.—A curious and unprecedented combination of wrecks took place this morning in the yards of the Santa Fe Railroad at Argentine. Adense fog caused the trouble. Four trains were wrecked, but, strange to say, obly one man was hurt, and he not fatally. An easttound freight train in trying to enter the yard was stopped by a switch that refused to work. Before the trouble could be remedied a special fast freignt, which was following close behind, came along. On account of the fog the danger signals were not seen until too late. The second train crashed into the rear of the first one, wrecking the engine and several cars, Hardly had this collision ocenrred when passenger train 8, due in Kansas City at 6 crashed into the rear of the wrecked special train, and a few minutes later passenger traip 2, the California limited, plowed throngh the rear cars of No. 8. Only one ‘person was hurt in these wrecks, a stockman named George Slater, who had his arm broken ana bis Lead badly cut. His injuries, although vainful, are not concidered dangerous. The passengers were somewhat shaken, but no one else wasinjured. The . damage to railroad property amounts to $50,000. e PANIC AT A MATINEE, Boys in the Gallery Yell “Firel” and Women Are Irampled Upon. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 7.—Several women were knocked down and trampled upon in & panic at Hopkins’ Grand Opera- bouse during the matinee performance this afternoon. A womar giving her name :s Josephine Wright of Kansas City fainted and was carried to an adjoining grngg(ore. The panic was started by boys in the gallery yelling fire. An usher an_,pped a tray of glasses with a crashing noise, and instantly men, women and children made a wild rush for the exits, [ _ e This Paper not to be taken from " THE LOCAL SITUATION. The attendants and police succeeded in restoring order in about fifteen minutes. None of the victims are seriously injured. A IR RUN ON A SUB-1IREASURX. The Political Unc-riainty Causes Anz- iety at St. Lowis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 7.—For the past heavy demands have been made upon the United States Sub-Treasury here for gold by people presenting treasury notes and gold certificates. There was an average of twenty in line all day to-day. At noon the maximum was double that number. lhis gave rise to the report that local brokers had organized to take all the gold. It was explained by those in line that they were drawing the yellow metal to de- posit, owing to the uncertainty of the re- sult of the election. There is still about $1,500,000 gold in the vault here. s £ g AFTER ¥FOKTY X¥EARS. A4 New York Manufacturing Firm Gets Into Receirers’ Hands. NEW YORK, N, Y,, Oct. 7.—E. S. Greely & Co., manufacturers of telegraph and railroad supplies, electrical apparatus, etc., at 5 and 7 Davis street, and at New Haven, Conn., are in financial difficulties and Judge Lacombe of jhe United States Circuit Court has appointed General E. 8. Greely, the presi'ent, and J. W. ds, the secretary, receivers for the company. The business is a very old one and was csiablished over forty years ago by L. G. Tiilotson & Co. The liabilities are said to be $160,000. The assets in this city are $180,000 and in Connecticut $500 in office iurniture. e RS Cigar-Makers Flect Delegates. DETROIT, MrcH., Oct. 7.—The princi- pal business transacted by the cigar-mak- ers’ convention to-day was the selection of delegates to the next convenuion of the American Federation of Labor. Those selected are Samuel Gompers, Thomas Tracy of Boston, John C. Dernell of Chi- cago and G. A. Whittaker of Salt Lake City. The convention voied to establish the international headquariers at Wash- ington on January 1. —_— e River Packet Sunk by a Snag. GALLIPOLIS, Omo. Ost. 7.—The Ohio and Kanawha rniver packet Columbia struck a snag at Redhouse this morning en route to this city, and sank, breaking in twain. The passengers had a narrow escape, but the work of the crew with yawls ‘prevented any one from drowning. Theboat is a total wreck. She was vained at $12,000. T ) San Franciscans Return From Abroud. NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 7.—Among the passengers who arrived this evening on the Trave from Bremen were Nicholas Onlandt,Mrs.Mathilde Ohlandt, Miss Tillie Ohlandt and Miss Nellie Ohlandt of San Francisco. Among the passengers who will sail to-morrow for Hamburg is Miss Alma Schmidt of San Francisco. ; g o) i Suicide in Lincoln Park, Chicago. CHICAGO, IrL., Oct. 7.—Richard Hugo Shober, an expert lithographer, com- mitted succide to-day by shooting himself in the head at Lincoin Park. ey S : OPERATORS RETUKN TO WORK. Besult of a Conference With the Cana- dian Pacific Superintendent WINNIPEG, Maw., Oct. 7.—All the Canadian Pacific Railway operators re- turned to work to-night at 7 o’clock. There was a hitch in the agreement this morning, but after & conference with'the general superintendent it was agreed that all should go back, pending an investiga- tion of the grievances, ‘ . BANK ROBBERY AND DOUBLE MURDER Thrilling Tragedy at Sher- bourne, in Southern Minnesota. Two Strangers Ride Into Town on Bicycles and Kill the Cashier. ALSO A TRAVELING SALESMAN, They S-cure a Thousand Dollafi and Escape, W th Many Posses in Vain Pursuit. SHERBOURNE, Minw., Oct. 7.—This town is in a state of excitement to-night over the most thrilling tragedy that ever occurred in Southern Minnesota. The Bank of Sherbourne was robbed of a large sum of money and two men were almost instantly kilied, about twenty minutes after 1 o’clock this afternoon. About noon two men, one of whom looked like a mere boy, rode into the town on bicycles. They were both weil dressed. No particu- lar attention was paid to them as Sher- bourne is a town of but 300 people, most of them workingmen, and at that hour they were hurrying home to dinner. The strangers hung around the out- skirts until shortly after 1 o’clock, ap- parently sizing up the situation. At that time they sauntered lazily down the street and stopped in front of the Bank of Sher- bourne. After a moment’s talk they went into the bank and the eider of the men engaged Assistant Cashier George Thor- burn in conversation. Precisely what oc- curred in the bank is not known, as no- body was on the street in that vicinity at the time. One of the desperadoes, how- ever, evidently got hold of a roll of bills amounting to about $1000. Thorburn probably tried to prevent the men from getting away with the money, and they drew their revolvers and began firing, at the same time retreating. One of the bullets struck Thorburn in the neck, caus- ing almost instant death. 5 The shooting in the bank aroused the town, and people began running in that direction. The first man to reach the place was Olaf Ostern of Luverne, a traveling salesman for the Wood Harvester Com- pany of St. Paul. The desperadoes evi- dently feared they would pe captured, as they quickly turned their firearms upon Ostern. He made a dash to grapple with them, but was not quick enough, as he was struck in the head and fell dead at their feet. They ran down the street, firing at random, while people in the street scurried to places of safety. The fleeing robbers ran about three blocks to a | the Library- *&&E clump of bushes, where they mounted -their wheels and rode rapidly away toward the county line, six miles to the sonth. Mayer C. E. Everrett at once did all in his power, together with the Town Mar- shal, to run down the bandits. He also sent a dispateh to Governor Clough at 8t. Paul telling him of the tragedy and ask- ing his advice. The Governor answered immediately: “Wire all points and send out posses surrounding Sherbourne.” The Governor also wired W. P. Hill, Sheriff of Martin County, to send out posses at once and to wire all surrounding points. 4 Sheriff Hill was at Fairmont, the county seat of Martin County, twenty miles east, but he came on here by train and organized a large posse of determined Sherbourne men, which moved southward on horseback Iate in the afternoon. At 10 o’clock to-night the Sheriff’s posse returned to town, having found no trace of the desperadoes. A posse. of 500 men will leave here at daylight. CEDAR KEYS' DEATHROLL. Early Reports of the Loss of Life in the Recent Tornado Were Not Exaggerated. CEDAR KEYS, Fra., Oct. 7.—A suffi- cient time has now elapsed since the late storm to gather some data and make an estimate of the losses therefrom. The first reports of loss of life and property sent from here, though hastily given, were not exaggerated. Words fail to describe the appearance of the town or to describe the condition of the people. Not a single honse on the island escaped damage. From all reports the losses are deplor- able along the coast, from here to the Suwanee River not a house is standing, and the survivors are without food, shel- ter or clothing. They are constantly com- ing with sorrowful stories of want and suffering. The town is doing all that is possible to give employment in the way of clearing the streets, etc., but this goes only a little way in providing relief. The people here do not expect a train for months, though the railroad has a large force of men at work. Everything 1s washed out from the four-mile post. The names of those known to be drowned follow: George, Henry and Frank Havens; Mrs. Beacham, Mrs. . W. Doar and three children, Mrs. Missouri Branch and daughter, 8. C. Gauz, Sam G, Robin- son, Frank Hall, 8im_ Branin, all white, and Bradshaw Campbell and four spongers, colored. Added to this list are D. J. Spear, Ailes Bass, Joe Brooker and Bob Ezell. They had started from here on Monday night for a point up the coast, though warned of an aporoaching storm. Only one body hn‘been found, that of Spear, but there is nodoubt thatall shared the same fate. The sponge fleet must have scattered in several directions, and some no doubt escaped the fury of the storm, as it is learned from both sides of this place that there was notHing serious in the way of wind or tide at a distance of thirty miles off. Others were undoubtealy lost. : Peoria Watch Factory Burnegd.’ PEORIA, IrL., Oct. 7.—Eariy this morn- ing fire broke out in the watch factory building occupied by the F. F. Ide Manu- tacturing Company and the Parsons Hor- ological Institute, and in's short" the structure was in ruins. The total is $124,000; insurance, §136,000, i TURKEY'S: SULTAN DEFIES AMERICA Refuses to Admit United States Guardships to the Hellespont. His Decision Said to Have Been Reached With the Aid-of Russia. THE PORTE GROWS EOLDER. Demands the Right to Board Foreign Vessels and Scarch for Arme- nians. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Oct. 7.— The Porte has sent a note to the powers demanding the right to board foreign ves- sels in Turkish waters for the purpose of searching for Armenians, LONDON, Exe., Oct. 7.—The Post to- morrow will print a dispatch from Con- stantinople, saying that the Porte has de- cided not to admit Greek, Dutch and American guardships to the Hellespont. It is known, the dispatch says, that Rus- sia objects to the admission of these ves- sels. The United States Government, it is added, has not asyet made application for the admission of her warships. ——ne RESIGNS THE LEADERSHIP. Lord Rosebery Disagrees With His Pasty on the Turkish Question. LONDON, ENe., Oct. 7.—The Central News is authority for the statement that Lord Rosebery has written to Sir Thomas Ellis, M. P., the first whip of the Liberals, resigning the leadership of the party. The reason given for his lordship’s resignation is that he disagrees with Mr. Gladstone and other leading Liberals regarding the proper policy to be adopted on the East- ern question. 2 Lord Rosebery’s letter is dated at his seat, Dalmeny Park, Linlithgowshire, October 6. In the communication bis lordship says: “The recent course of events makes it necessary to clear the air. I find myrelf in apparent difference with a considerable mass of the Liberal party on the Eastern question, and in some conflict with the opinion of Mr. Gladstone, who must necessarily exercise matchless authority with the party, while scarcely from any guarter do I receive explicit support. This situation, except as regards Mr. Glad- stone, is not altogether new, but in saying this I complain of no one and regret only that I should appear todivide the energies and try the faith of the Liberals. ¢ “This question, however, is above and beyond personal considerations, and when 1 speak, which I do this week, I must speak my mind, withoutreference to party. “‘Under these circumstances it is best for the party and for myself - that I speak not as a leader, but as a freeman. Conse- quently I beg to notify you that the leadership of the party, so far as Iam concerned, is vacant and that I resume my liberty of action. I can only feel the deepest gratitude and regret at parting from you and those who like you have given me such loyal co-operation under circumstances so difficult.” ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA. The St. James Gazette Bitterly Complains of Affronts and Outrages Perpetrated on Its Countrymen. LONDON, Eve., Oct. 7.—The St. James Gazette devotes a leading article to the discussion of the Venezuelan question and insists that no progress has been made toward a settlement of the dispute. The paper recites the Venezuelan affronts and outrages perpetrated on Englishmen and concludes by saying: ““If such insults and outrages had been addressed to the meanest sister republic in South America there would have been war long ago. Any other European power would not have stood it a week, yet we sit with folded hands and permit one slap in the face to succeed another. We hope most sincerely that the negotiations with the United States wiil result peacefully, but nothing is to be gained by shutting our eyes and crying ‘peace’ where there is no peace.” The Gazette adds that Venezuela's atti- tude in regarding the construction of a railway to Barima as a violation of the Venezuelan treaty is an insult. SR “BEST SOLDIEEK OF FRANCE.” General Louis Jules Trochu Finally Fan- gquished by Death. LONDON, Exg., Oct. 7. — A dispatch from Paris to the Central News announces the death of General Trocou. Louis Jules Trochu was born March 12, 1815. He became captain in 1843, served as chief of the general staff in the Crimean war, and obtained the rank of general of brigade in 1354 He was a great strate- gist. in 1864 he was raised to the rank of general of division, and about 1860 was directed to perfect a plan to reorganize the army. On this subject he wrote a popular book call 'Armee Kran- caise.” In Augusi, 1870, he was appointed major-general of the army.and com- mander-in-chief of the forces in Paris. ‘‘He is undeniably,” says the Army and Navy Journal for July, 1870, “the best soldier of France.” On the formation of the republic, Sep- tember 4, he became president of the ex- ecutive committee, the highest office in the provisional government. He com- manded the forces which defended Paris against the Germans during the siege of 1870-7L g s VIOTOR PE LESSEPS DEAD. Ciroumstances That Lead to Rumors of Suicide, @ARIS, Fraxce, Oct. 7.—Victor de Les- seps, son of the late Ferdinand de Lesseps, the famous engineer, promoter and diplo- mat died to-day, aged 43. It was given out that death was caused by an acci- dental fall, but it is rumored that it was really a case of suicide. A bt Spanish Cabinet Crisis, LONDON, Exe., Oct. 7.—A dispatch to the Central News from Madrid says a min- sterial crisis has occurred. No details are given, e FOUR SPEECHES BY MAJOR McKINLEY Piercing Cold Wind Has No Effect Upon the Visitors. The Thousands Warmed by the Logical Utterances of the Speaker. MANY FARMERS IN THE THRONG Bring Wives and Children Along—Over Two Hundred Women in the Parade. . CANTON, Iir., Oct. 7.—Major McKin ley had 3600 visitors to-day and made four speeches. The weather was disagreeable. A sharp wind from the north chilled the air and made people shiver. The inclem- ency of the weather had no eifect upon the size or enthusiasm of the delegations, however, the visitors from Geauga County, Ohio, numbered 2500; from Ashland County, 400; from Parkersburg and other points in West Virginia and from Indi- ana, 100. The big delegation from Geauga County and the one from Ashland were composed of farmers. They brought their wives and children with them and there were more than 200 women in line when the delegations paraded the streets. The first speech was made to the First McKinley Club of Indiana, as follows: My fellow-citizens: Itgives me great please ure to meet you here at my home this morne ing. It is always a distinction to have a po. litical orgenization to adopt one’s name. It is especially gratifying to me to be assured that if you were not the first club in the United States to give me the honor of adopt« ing my name you were certainly the firstin the State of Indiana, and I thank you for this honor ana compliment. We are engaged this year in a great National contest, the result of which will determine for years to come the public policies which shall govern this country. Government is always an interesting study. There is a good deal of misunderstanding as to how a Government gets its money. There are some people who seem to believe that the way the Government gets its money is to make it. The Government gets its money by taxation, and can getitin no other way. There are three or four sources'from which the Government of the United States gets tha money with which to pay the runnng ex~ ‘penses. The chief sources of revenue are through tariffs and internal revenue, Then the Government gets some money through the sale of its public lands and gets some money from its postal service, and from these sources there comes the money that is annually required to meet and discharge pube lic expenses. Now if the Government had power to make money, as some people believe, or had the power to adopt the value of a thing, +it would Dot need to resort to taxes; it would simply setits mints to work and make the necessary money to pay its running expenses. There ig another thing I would have you all know, that is, the Government cannot get gold or silver except through the Custom-house or the Ine ternal Revenue Office or from the sale of public lands without giving something for it, just as you and I have to give something for it if we want gold or silver or paper money. Now, how does /the Government distribute its money? Somebody asked me that question the other day. How does the Government dise tribute the money? The Government distrie butes its receipts—its annual receipts—by an appropriation of Congress to its creditors, That’s the way the money of the Government is distributed. It is distributed in payment of the army, the navy, public improvements, rivers and harbors, the great postal service of the country, the Congress, the interest on the Government bonds and the principal of the Government bonds, and the pensions of soldiers, and there is no other way for the Government to distribute any money it has except to the people it owes. There is 1o such thing as a geueral distribution of money by the Government of the United States. The point I want to make in the little talk Igive you this morning is ‘that the Governe ment does not create money, cannot create money, and whatever money it needs it hag got to collect from’ taxes on its people, either by a system of direct taxation or by a system of indirect taxation known as the tariff, and it the Government wants to have any gold or silver minted for {ts own use it has got to pay for that gold and silver just as you and I have to pay for it 1f we want it for our purposes, [Avplause.] He concluded: I thank you, my fellow-citizens, for this call, and it will give me very great pleasure to meet and greet each one of you. [Applause.] Major McKinley spoke briefly. His utterances were full of patriotism and strong pleas for the cultivation of a broad National spirit. The next speech was to the Ashland County del:-gation. Responding to the remarks of Dr. Chess, the spokesman, he said: Inad expeeted to concentrate the visiting delegations from Ohio into one audience tos day, but the delegations that are coming ara 80 large that there is no hall in the town thag would hold them. [Laughter and applause.] Taking up the money question he saids 1t Is proposed now that we shall enter upon the day not only of depreciated currency, but of depreciated paper money. But to that the Republican party answers: *“No; forever no." Some people seem sometimes to despair of the