The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1896, Page 1

/ 0 { i L5 VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. i SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1896. SAY MACED STILL LIV Cubans Scout the 'Reports of the Brave Leader’s Death. SPAIN HAS OFFERED NO PROOF, Neither the General’s Body Nor His Effcts Have Been Produced. NOT DISHFARTENED BY HIS ABSENCE, Important Engagements Fought in Pinar D:l Rio and Matanzas Provinces. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 16 (via Key West, Fla., Dec. i6.).—Maceo’s death is still sur- rounded by mystery, The body is un- discovered and no further proofs have been adduced, except the official state- ment which led the Cubans to believe he is still alive. In fact, the residents of Puerta Brava, in the vicinity of which the engagement occurred, disbelieve the story of Maceo’s death. ucha continues to give contradic- ory evidence.” He now says the knife tured belonged to Gomez’s son and to Maceo. The Cubans eonsider it significant that the objects captured, in- cluding the alleged written statements of s son, are not yet shown. It is nificant that no Cubans have surrendered since the ‘leader's alleged death, proving either that it will not affect the revolution or that Maceo is not dead. Many rumors are afloat in connection with Maceo’s death, and all are confusing. One is that a major at Cabezas, Matanzas, telegraphed that Maceo passed near the town with a large force. Many couriers have been sent to investigate, but have not returaed. The Cubans disbelieve the story that Maceo was killed by treachery. They say Maceo was not easily trapped and wounld not accept a flag of truce even from Ahu- mada. The marine authorities are indignant at yler's statement that Maceo crossed the trocha in a boat, and, it is said, have cabled to Spain protesting. The Minister laid the fact before the Cabinet meeting. The relations of the naval and military authorities are strained. It is said friction has occurred between Weyler and Civil Governor Porrune on account of the former not promoting Chief of Police La Barrea, who is only a major of the civil guard. Reports from the field are more meager every day. The Government isrepressing news of all important engagements. It is said encounters have occurred in Pinar dei Rio and Matanzas, but the details are withheld. gl o CAMERON'S RESOLUTION, Favored by the Sewate Commiitee on For- eign Relations. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.—The Benate Committee on Foreign Relations this morning reached no conclusion on the Cuban question, but the discussion showed that the Cameron resolution fa- voring the recognition of Cuban indepen- dence and offering the friendly offices of the United States with Spain to bring the war to a close met with the most favor and may possibly be reported to the Sen- ate in the future. -All the members were present except Senators Lodge, Daniel and Gray. The discussion lasted ar hour and a half, and when the comwittee adjourned it was to meet in special sesion Friday morning next. Senators Morgan and Milis advo- cated the vigorous resolutions introduced by them, but it was apparent that the committee was not vrepared to foliow such radical leaders, The verbiage in the Cameron resolution does not appear to be altogether satis- factory, but how best to frame it the com- mittee was unable to-day to decide. Even this resolution is fraught with grave re- sults, for, as one leading member of the committce said after the committee ad- journed, tbe mere recognition of the in- dependence of Cuba mesns a_ diplomatic rupture with Spain, if indeed it does not Jead to more serious consequences. While a definite conclusion was not reachea, members express the hope that within a few days the committee will be able to meet on common ground. The fact that the committee will meet in special session Friday instead of letting the matter go over until the regular meet- ing next Wedne:day is accepted as a favorable sign by the friends of Cuba. No outsiders were present. Ssnator Cameron expects to have this resojution favorably acted upon by the committee Friday, and if thisis done it will be called up promptly after the holi- day recess. —_——— BECRUITING AT BT. LOUIS. Activity That Attracts a Government At- torney’s Attention. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Déc. 16.—Enlistment of recruits and solicitation of funds to as- sist the Cubans continues hereunabated, and is carried on without attempt at con- cealment. This is done in direct violation of legal enactment, and to-day United States Circuit Court Attorney An- thony felt called upon to interfere. Senor Ramon Aquabella, theactive Cuban agent here, to-day received a mote from t he attorney calling attention to the fol- lowing section of the neutrality laws: Every person whe within tne territory or Jurisdiciion of the United States begins or sets on foot, or provides or prepares the means for any military expedition or enterprise to be carried on from them sgainst the territories AFTER THE STORM. During the recent southeaster half a dozen vessels reached port. Their canvas was soaked with sea spray and drenched by Tuesday’s rain. When the sun shone out about noon yesterday every ship in the fleet hung out her sails to dry. The barometer is steadily rising and ship captains PRICE FIVE CENTS. think the storm is over. ordominions of any foreign prince or state, colony, district or people with whom the United States are at peace, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeaing $3000 and imprisoned tor not more than three years. Had the work of enlistment been carried on with a show of secrecy as heretofore this note of the attorney would not have been written. But fora week recruiting and the soliciting of funds have been public. Julius von Gerste and W. C. Carter, revolutionary agents, have been quietly picking up the right kind of mea and shipping them to New Orleans. TkLey left for that point yesterday, accompanied by Cornelins Knott, a chemist, and J. L. Goodner, a mechanical engineer, who have a new-fangled cannon that is said to work deadly execution. Von Gerste claimed that he had sent 200 men out of St. Lounis and that he wouid pick up 300 more on his way down to New Orleans. Prefersnoe is gireon &3 eriaednn of the British or Gepman armies, not citi- zens bf this countr; ok S THE LAUKADA AT PALEARMO, Lying at Anchor Awaiting the Orders of Her Charterers. VALENCIA, Spary, Dec. 17.—A dis- patch from Palermo says that the former Cuban filibustering steamer Laurada had left that port for Gibraltar, where she will ship a cargo and saii for America. BALTIMORE, Mp., Dec. 17. —J. H. Sewara & Co., the charterers of thie steamer Laurada, are inclined to the belief that the dispatch this morning from Valencia, stating that the Laurada had left Palermo for Gibraltar, and inferentially that she would not attempt a landing ‘at Valencia was inspired by the same person who caused a cablegram to be sent to Seward & Co. last Friday, stating that the United States Government had notified the Con- sul at Valencia “‘not to permit tte Lau- rada to enter.”’ “To the test of our knowledge and be- l1ef the Laurada is still at Palermo wait- ing our orders,” said R. A. Tucker of Seward & Co. *Now, that we have cleared up the situasion somewhat through my call at the State Department yesterday, we will within a day or two decide as to the future movements of the Lavrada. Meanwhile she is lying at anchor in Palermo.” CHICAGO'S CUBAN CONTINGENT, BAundreds of Young Men Enrolling for Bervice on the Island. CHICAGO, TrL., Dec. 16.—The Cuban agitation all thropgh the United States has become 80 acute since the President’s message and the death of Maceo that Chairman Cragin ot the local Cuban re- lief committee decided to-day, after a con- ference with his associates, to call a gen- eral meeting of the committee of 100 prominent citizens at the Union League Club Friday afternoon, to consider the local state of affairs and prepare for the coatingency of Congressional action in favor of the Cubans. Cragin estimates the number of patriotic young men who have appliegd for enlistment in the Cuban army from tflis city at 500. Inthe last few days there has been a large increase. Thecom- mittee is not receiving any applications, because the law forbids such enlistments, but it is well known that there is almost a daily exodus of men in small bodies, so that no attention has been attracted. Members of the Chicago regiments of the National Guard are anxious to help the Cubans as soon as belligerent rights are accorded. it PRATES ON SPANISH CHIVALRY. Scathing Criticism of the American Press by a Havana Journal. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 16.—The Diario de la Marina, in consequence of having received from its New York correspondent dispatches giving accounts of the excite- ment caused throughout the United States by the stories of the alleged treacherous mannerin which Maceo wds done to death, prints an energetic protest against the circulation of such reports, which it characterizes as gross falsehoods and in- sults to Spanish chivalry and honor. In the course of its articles the Diario com- ments in scathing terms upon the action of the American newspaper press in print- ing *'such lies.” : SO Zan McLaren Sails for IAverpool. NEW YORK, N. Y. Dec. 16.—Rev. John ‘Watson (Ian McLarer) and his wife sailed for Liverpool to-day. The New Champagne Vintage, A remarkable vintage, eliciting universal admiration, now being sai to this coun- try, is G. H. Mumm’s ixtup ry.” Try it o JOHN OF AUSTAI LIVES ¥ EXILE The Missing Archduke a Resident of Buenos Ayres. His Identity Admitted When Recognized by One of His ; Couvatrymen: Sten in Company With the Woman for Whom He Renounced a Title. PORTLAND, Oz., Dec. 16.—The Even- ing Telegram of this city says to-day: Some dozen years or more ago the Arch- duke John, a brother of the Emperor of | Austria, who possessed a greater passion for mingling with the subjects of his im- perial brother than for the strict conven- tionality of court life, voluntarily surren- dered his title, estates and future expecta- tions. This came about by his falling in love with a beautiful actress at the Hof Theater, at Vienna, whom he resolved to make his legitimate wife, When this reached the ears of Emperor Juseph he grew furious and forbade the Archduke again appearing in his presence until he dismissed the notion of the mesalliance from his mind. Originally the European press had it that the citizenized scion of imperialism left his native country as an ordinary sailor and many other foundationless tales were printed about him, uniil two years ago it was announced in the ‘papers of this country that the Archduke died some- where in South America. But for the sub- joined paragraph in yesterday’s Oregonian the death of the citizen Prince would be an accepted fact outside of the small cir- cle acquainted with his antecedents: The Austrian Archduke John, who became a sea-captain, adopting the name John Orth, and is supposed to have been shot at sea sev. eral years ago, left 1,000,000 francs on degosit in a bank in Freiburg and another 1,000,000 in St. Gall, Switzerland. Matthias Stengle, formerly an extensive timber land operator here, refutesall the sensational stories hitherto printed about John Orth in the North American prees. He returned from Buenos Ayres, Argen- tina, a few days ago, and seeing the Oregonian paragraph, he expressed a de- sire to correct the statement with refer- ence to the Prince’s death. *‘Being born in Josephstadt, a suburb of Vienna, where I lived until 22 years of age,’’ said Mr, Stengle to a Telegram rep- resentative, I knew the Archduke John by sight as familiarly as I did most of my acquaintances. Even when he was yet a young man he would walk the streets un- atterfded and hobnob with respectable burghers as if birth had not distinctly re- moved him from their social realm, “One evening in the summer of 1895, while attenaing the principal theater in Buengs Ayres, my atten! ‘tarily directed to a lary gentleman. While intently gazing at the gentleman: during the entre aets, for no reason I could at the moment explain, his face grew; more. and.more familiar to.me. Before the close of the play I felt assured that he was none other than the oft- reported dead Archduke John of Austria. My apparent hallucination, however, was dispelled upon being informed that he was Signor von Sterrin, a retired German capitalist, long a resident of Argentina, employing his large wealth in the develop- ment of the country. “The following day I saw Signor von Sterrin on the street, and despite his ‘ad- vanced years I detected in his walk and manner John Orth. came across him in the vestibule of my hotel in conversation with two other gen- tiemen. OH the impulse of the moment 1 uttered the words: “*Your Imperial Highness." “With a start Signor von Sterrin whirled about, blushing a deep red, and a second thereafter he again was in the thick of the conversation with his friends.” Mr. Stengle added that he subsequently had an introduction to the signor, and | before he left Buenos Ayres for Portland the signor tacitly admitted to him that he was Jokin Orth, long dead to the outer world. Mr. Stengle was informed that one of the five ladies he had seen in the theater loge was the woman for whom the Prince renounced all possible chances of becoming Emperor of Austria. astranded Off Curacoa. LONDON, Exa., Dec. 17.—Lloyd’s agent at Curacoa cables that the Hamburg- American line steamer Thuringia from Hamburg Novembef 13and Havre Novem- ber 17, for West Indian ports, is ashore east of Point Curacoa, island of Curacoa. It is not believed that she has any passengers. 5 ARCHDUKE JOHN of Austria, ‘the Long-Missing - Prince, Who Was Recently Seen‘in Buenos Ayres. HORACE DAVIS FOR THE CABINET Choice of California’s Re- That evening I again publican Delegation in Congress. - Each Member Has a Favorite,. but Unity Prevails in the S SRR Fruit-Growers’ Interests to Be Reprc- i sented Before the Ways and Means Committee. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.—The Republican members of the California delegation met to-day in the committee- room of Representative Loud to consider the indorsement of a Californian for ap- pointment in President McKinley’s Cabinet. There were present Senator Perkins and Representatives Loud, Johnson, Bowers, Barham and McLach- lan. Senator Perkins was chosen chair- man of the meeting. It was the unanimous sentiment of the aelegation that all should unite upon some one candidate and that harmony should prevail if California was to receive this distinction. An informal talk de- veloped the fact that nearly every one of the gentlemen had some favorite to suggest.© Among the names proposed were those of Horace Davis of San Fran- cisco, James A. Waymire of Alameda, ex-Senator Charles N. Felton of San Franciseo, Colonel Harrison Gray Otis, editor of the Los Angeles Times, M. H. de Young and others. It is understood that the latter was only supported by Grove Johnson. The caucus was a secret one, held behind closed doors. The participants declined to divulge what took plaeeat the meeting, but it is understood that Senator Perkins had a kind word to say for nearly all of the distinguished Californians and espe- cially of his friend Waymire. Repre- sentative Loud championed the cause of ex-Senator” Felton, with whom he was associated in Congress. Representatives Bowers and McLachian thought that the southern section of the State should be recognized. Mr. Barham supported Judge DeHaven of Santa Rosa. After an informal talk around the table only the names of Davis, Feiton, Waymire and De Young were considered. No formal ballots were taken, according to omne of the members of the delegation, and it soon became apparent that the senti- ment was about evenly divided between Horace Davis and Mr. Feltoa, the result being that the former received the in- dorsement of the delegation, before which Mr. Loud withdrew the name of Mr. De Young, Johnson stating that he would support De Young te the end. Mr. Loud thereupon said that he had authority from Mr. De Young to withdraw his name. One member of the delegation present at the meeting to-day said to the Carn correspondent that Mr. Davis was selected as the choice of the delegation because he was the only one of all the Californians mentioned who had achieved a reputation which would entitle him to a place in the Cabinet. All of the members united in eulogy of Mr. Davis, who had served two termsin Congress and who has been president’ of the State University of California. Mr. Jonnson said: “He is a man who represents no factions in the party, but whose appointment would tend to con- ciliate all Republicans of California and would bring the party together. His education peculiarly fits him for a Cabinet delegation’s indorsement and said that it would be satisfactory to both the people ot California and himaelf personally. Senator Perkins, while especially friend- Iy to the aspirations of Juige Waymire, conceded that Mr. Davis, the nominee, was in every way qualified for apy Cabi- net appointment that President McKinley might tender him. The Oregon delegation was not invited to meet with the Californians, it being the understanding that the Oregon men will urge Representative Hermann for Secre- tary of the Interior. The delegation also considered the mat- ter of representation before the Ways and Means Committee in an endeavor to se- cure an increased duty on California prod- ucts, and the following telegram was sent to the officers of the Fruit-growers' Asso- ciation and others: . The Republicar members of the Calfor, delegation have arranged fora hearing be- fore the Committes ou Ways and Means on Jsuuary 5 with reference to the proposed tar- iff on agrieultural and horticultural schedule; 8lso hearings on wines, set for December 28; beet sugar, December 30; lumber, December 31; jute, January 2, and wool, January 6. We will present anydata you may furnish in be- halfof Calitoruia industries affected by this proposed tariff, and will arrange a hearing for your representatives should you prefer. . GEORGE C. PERKINE, Chairman. It is understood that Representative Barham will appear before the comiuittee on December 28, 31 and January 6 to ad- vocatean increased duty on wine, lumber and wool. Senator Perkins will on December 30 make an argument in favor of levying a specific duty of 1)4 cents a pound on sugar, instead of the present duty of 40 per cent ad valorem, as weil as a bounty on the manufacture of beet sugar. Mr. Rutherford, manager of the Oak- land jutemills, has been notified to appear before the Ways and Means Committée on January 2 to urge an increased tariff auty on articles of jute manufacture., BLIZZARD IN NEW YORK. Severest Snowstorm of the Winter Reaches a Climax—Anxiety for Ves- “sels That Are Due. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 16.—This city and vicinity were to-day the center of the severest snowstorm of the winter. It was accompanied by winds of great velocity. The storm started in the Lower Mississippi Vailey last Monday, switched to the At- lantic Coast over Xlorida and passed up the coast, increasing 1n severity, until early to-day it reached a climax. At 2 o’clock this morning the wind had reached the maximum. It was then blow- ing at the rate of forty-eight miles per hour. By 8 o’clock, however, the wind had fallen to thirty-seven miles per hour. By 9 o’clock nearly five inches of snow had fallen, ‘The temperature here at 8 o’clock this morning was 22 degrees. In the next hour it rose one degree. The barometer in the Weather Bureau in this city to-day registered 25.7 inches, the lowest reported from any of the coust stations, making this city the center of the storm. * There are several steamers now due here from European ports. The list con- tains the names of nine steamers that are from two %o six days overdue, this of course being attributed to the rough weather which has prevailed at sea re- cently. At dandy Hook the wind came from the north-northeast, bldwing a forty- mile gale with a blinding snowstorm. Three deaths due directly or indirectly to the storm have been reported. Sy —— COLORADO MINING DISASTER. 81z Men Lose Their Lives by a Blast and a Cave. RED CLIFF, Coro., Dec. 16.—A {errible accident occurred late this afternoon in the Holy Cross mining district. The ac- cident took place in a tunnel 1n the Holy Cross mine. A rich strike was made re- cently in the tunnel, and the company has been pushing developments ofthe new vein. Six men were at work in the tunnel this afternoon. A heavy blast was put in, which tore down a great quantity of earth and stone, under which they were crushed | position, and while he is not a million- | to death. gire he nas worldly goods enough to enter- in style.” tail i l?r. Loud said he believed the indorse- ment of Mr. Davis would be very satis- factory to San Francisco and to all Cali- fornia. S Tbe district is situated sixteen miles from this place. The courier bring in the news of the disaster could not give the names of the unfortunate miners. Physiq cians were sent from here. It isdoubtful _|if any ‘further news will be received to- l Representative Barham ppnrdved the | night, GARD'S MEN N DANG Mexican Rurales Sent to Arrest the Trailers of Dunham, WILL BE IMPRISONED IF CAPTURED, Governor Sangines of Lower California Regards Them as Invaders. PURSUIT CF' THE MURDERER BALKED. Mounted Parties Scouring the Border Country in Quest of the Americans. SAN DIEGO, Car., Dec. 16.—The pur- suers of Murderer Dunham are about to be pursued themselves. If they do not act with alertness and celerity they are likely to be caught by a force of Mexican rurales and taken ignominiously to En- senada jail. The Mexicans have been ordered to apprehend the American party, and they will do so if they can. Not a word has been rcceived from the pursuers of Dunham, and no person is known to have seen them after they 1eached Mexican territory. So curefully were the plans laid by ex-Marshal Gard and Sheriff Lyndon that no one in San Diego is positive as to the exact destina- tion of the party, though it is evident that they are going below the line. The Mexican officers at Tia Juana and elsewhere along the border are fully alive to the situation. and so is Colonel Agus- tin Sangines, Governor of the Northern District of Lower California. The Iatter makes it his business to keep posted on’ everything going on along the border, re- ceiving mews by special ‘courier or by wire, The Mexican officers as a general rule speak and read English. The news of the invasion of Mexican territory by the Lyndon-Gard posse wrought them up to a fever of excitement. The San Diego | papers containing news of the actions of the posse and its destination were eagerly scanned. They were very wroth at Marshal Gard’s assertion that he would enter Mexican territory and locate his man, then return and set the wheels in motion to secure the aid of every Mexican officer and rurale on the peninsula. The Tia Juana people talked and gesticulated over ‘this inter- view and decided to let Governor Sangines know its import at the earliest possible moment. A courier was accordingly dis~ patched on a fleet horse, bearing the pa- pers and letters from the comandanteat Tia Juana. There is said to have been commotion in Ensenada when the Governor learned that an armed force was scouring Mexico withcut permission. Colonel Sangines is a fighting man himself, having condugted several important campaigns in Central Mexico on orders from General Diaz, Sangines in the Tehuantepec uprising dis- played military qualities and firmness to a degree that will not be encouraging to the Americansif they fall into his clutches in violation of the law. Colonel Sangines’ investigation of the matter is said on the best of authority to have resulted in orders to the co- mandante at Tia Juana to gather a force of rurales, well armed and mounted, and to pursue without delay the Lyndon-Gard posse and apprehend it, by force if neces- sary. As was hinted to-day by a Mexican official connected with the consulate, the Mexican comandante is instructed to warn the American invaders to peaceably retire frem the country and accompany them to the boundary line in order to in- sure the carrying out of the.order. If, however, the Americans evince a determi~ nation to keep on and refuse to obey the warning order, then the comandante is ordered to arrest and convey them to Ensenada. At Tia Juana to-day there was a bustling and suppressed excitement on the part of the officers, and men on borseback went out in all directions, presumably to round up the small bands of rurales scattered through the country to concentrate them at some unknown point. It was reported that the Mexican posse was to get away some time to-night and meet another small posse somewhera in the bills about Niji, in the direction sup-~ posed to have been taken by the Lyndon- Gard party. The rurales noticed at Tia Juana to-day were in high featner, dis- playing their arms in full view—carbines, sabers, pistols and all. They conversed excitedly together, but would not revly to any questions propounded by curious Americans who happened to be visiting the. town. Constable Clark, who gave the tip to Sheriff Lyndon that caused that officer to come posthaste to San Diego, said to-day “When Sheriff Lyndon returns from the desert—that is from his trip—and Dun- hum is still at large I shall ask Lyndon if he wants Dunham. If he wants Dunham Ican take him toa manright here who has talked with Dunham within a week. He knows where Dunham is and has known for three mon:hs. Dunham is in Lower California, but he is not within 165 miles of where Lyndon and Gard are go- ing.”” Trans-Mississippt Exposition Officers. OMAHA, NEBR., De¢. 16.—The following officers were to-day elected by the board of directors to have full charge of tha trans-Mississippi AExposition, to be held in Omaha in 1898: G. W. Wattles, presi- dent; Alvin Saunders, vice-president; Joha A. Wakeifield, secretary; Herman Kountze, treasurer; Z. T. Lindsay, chief of ways and means; F. P. Kirkendall, buildings and grounds; W. A. Babcock, transportation; E. E. Bruce. exhibits; Al L. Reed, concessions; G. M. Hitchcock, promotion; and E. Rosewater, publicitye