The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 23, 1896, Page 1

5 " VOLUME LXXXL-NO 22 . Z4. REGULAR PASSERG:R SERVICE BEGUN ON THE VELLEY ROAD Orders to This Effect Issued Yesterday by Traffic Manager John Moss of the People’s Competing Line. BIG CUT IN TRAVELERS RATES Fares Charged by the Southern Pacific Railroad Split in Half, HIGH - CLASS SERVICE AND ACCOMMODATIONS, A Every Indication that a Large Pro- portion of Business Will Go to the New Line. By the official action of the San Fran- ciscoand 8an Joaquin Valley Railroad yes- terday the entire San Joaquin Valley from | Btockton to Fresno has been forever freed from the oppression and exactions of the Bouthern Pacific Company. The last shackle was shattered by formally opening the Valley road for passenger business, and this important step was taken with the same unostentatious action that has characterized nearly every stage of prog- ress made by the road. ‘What the advent of this enterprise means | to the people of the territory through which it passes cannot be more eloquently or graphically told than in the terse state- ment that for shippers it bas reduced freight raves 3314 per cent, and for trav- elers it has now cut fares to just one-half of what they bad hith erto been compelled to pay. Traffic Manager John Moss of the San Francisco and S8an Joaquin Railroad yes- terday issned orders for the continuation of the present passenger service uutil fur- ther notice. This means that the popular Valley road is now in the field as a full-fledged competitor of the Southern Pacific in the territory through which the new road operates, viz,, between this City and Fresno. Between Stockton and Merced the new line parallels and runs between the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its Copperopolis or east-side branch, while from Merced to Fresno the Valley road runs but a few miies to the eastward of its rival. As the difference in the passenger rates of the two lines is on an average abou: $2 in favor of the Valley road, there is no | doubt most intending travelers will give the preference to the new road, eyen 1if they drive a few miles further (o reach its stations. A comparison of the passenger fare schedule issued by the Valley road yester- day with the existing :chednle of the main line of the SBouthe'n Pacific Ralroad to competing points, show that the latter’s rates have been on an average cut in balf. The two schedules follow: VALLEY ROAD. | SOUTHERN PACIFIC. San Francisco San Francisco [ $0 50 Lathrop 80/ Ripon. 90 05 Modes'o.. 15/ Wat-rford.... Pacific are those charged on the main | line. On the Copperopolis branch, with which the Valley road is also in competi- tion as far south as Merced, the rates are much higher. So far as service is concerned, the Val- ley roaa’s equipment is of the most modern kind, which means that every consideration has peen paid to the com- forc and convenience of passengers in the construction of the coaches. The experi- ence of the past week, during whicn ex- cursion trajns have been run to the Fresno citrus fair, has demonstrated that the roadbed is in exceilent condition and ection arrangements at Stockton a most satisfactory manner. The regular time schedule between Stockton and Fresno will be the same as that in use in running the excursion trains. Itis as follows: Southbound. Northbound. Stations. > LK n, Weber avenu 0. Huncer streef % DOXBEHPPR-1-11 18107 001y on sigaaL At this end passengers will take the boat at 6 P. M. and arrive at Stockton in the morning after a good night's rest on the well-equipped and comfortably fur- nished boats ot the California Navigation and Improvement Company. Fre<no will be reached about noon. On the trip north- ward the train will leave Fresno shortly afier the lunch hour,and arrive at Stock- ton in the evening, s0 as to make a close conpection with the steamer for San Fran- cisco, which leaves at 6 o'clock and arrives in San Francisco early the next morning. Thus passengers will lose but half a day in making the journey either way. On the Southern Pacific the trains are now run so as to necessitate either the loss of an entire day or the uncomfortable experience of arriving at or departing irom Fresno in the small hours of the morning. As the California Navigation and Im- provement Company’s rate between San Francisco and Stockton is hizher on S8un- day than on weekdays the through rate to any point beyond Stockton on tue Val- ley road will be 50 cents additional to those quoted in the foregoing schedule on | that day. The plans are now nearly completed for a fast passenger boav to ply between San Francisco and Stockton in connection with the Valley road. The California Navigation and Improvement Company expect to have her ready for service in | July. She will be finishea in the highest | style of modern passenger steamers and will have a speed of about twenty knots, so0 that she will be able to make the trip from Stockton to tms City in about four | hours and the return trip against the cur- rent of the river in four and a half hours. NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY DINNER. | General Miles Tells of the Patriotism of the Army and Seretary Herbert } Speaks About the Navy. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 22.—The New England Society of the City of New York celebrated the ninety-first anniversary of its organization and the two hundred and seventy-sixth of the landing of the Pil- | grims by a big dinner at the Waldorf. A feature of the occasion was the costume of | the waiters, who were got up as New | England farm laborers and wore blue striped shirts, blue jeans trousers and straw hats. Among the list of toasts were the fol- lowing: “Forefathers’ Day,”” E. J. Phelps, ex-Minister to England; “Our Debt to the Pilgrim Fathers,” the Rev. Dr..Minot J. Savige; “New England Literature,” Hamilton W. Mabie; *“The Results of Puritan Influence,” General Horace Por- ter; “The Navy,” Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary -of the Navy; “The Army,” General Nelson A. Miles. The attendance was the largestin the | history of the society. Among those present besides those mentioned were: Horace Russell, Stewart 1. Woaodforad, Elihu Root, J. Pierpont Morgan, General | Thomas Ruger, Commodore Montzomery ! Sicard, Hon. Charles A. Dana, Cornelius Biiss, C. P. Huntinzton, Arthur F. Bowers and ex-Governor Roswell P. Flower. General Miles in his speech reviewed | the - history of the army, “and, com- ing down to modern times, szid: “In this enlightened age, with greater prog- ress being made in the appliances of war and the effective use of modern .inven- | tions by every nation on earth, it il be- | comes the American people to sleep the | sleep of apathy or dream the dream of | victory ana unwarranted confidence, un- | consciously disregarling all the lessons of | history. Our army springs from the fire- | sides of our people. . No man can ke a | perfect ‘soldier without first being a good | citizen. “He must be prompted by the loftiest purnoses to defend his life, the welfare of | his people and the interests of his Govern- | ment. We have a body of men who are brave | enough to meet in the defense of their | Government the destructive engines of | war now used by every civilized nation, who are patriotic enough to risk their lives in the defense of their country’s flag, the welfare of their people and the | maintenance of institutions we inherited | from our fathers. Our army is one grand school of patriotism, where the best | thought, the best principles and the best ] purposee of our young men find a conge- nial atmosphere.” Secretary Herbert said in his speech: “When eleven years ago I was put in | charge of the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives I knew little or nothing about the subject, but the time had come to build a new navy, and there was a reason why I especially desired to go on that committee. I was an ex-Con- federate soldier and felt that in helping to rebuild the navy, which represented the majesty and power of the United States as one country, I might also help in the good work of reuniting the two sections. No one can tell to what extent, if any, the votes of Southern men for the navy bave contributed. Our Civil War stands | out in the past as an unrivaled testimonial | of American courage.” Mr. Herbert went on to tell of the | buildiog up of the new navy and con- | trasted it with the navy at the command of the descendants of the Piigrim fathers in 1812. — CAUSED BY 4 MISPLACED SWITCH Fatal Wreck on the « hicago und Nowth- western Eailroad. DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 22.—A fatal wreck occurred on the Chicago and North- western Railroad at Ontario this forenoon. A misplaced switch ran a freight train on asidetrack and into some boxcars stand- ing there. The train was completely wrecked 2nd the property loss will be large. Fireman James Tracey of Clinton was instantly killed and Engineer An- drew Sill injured so that he will probably die. Trains were delayed several hours. Itis believed the switch was misplaced with malicious intent and an investigation is being made. Says Olney Is Wrong. TERRE HAUTE, Ixp., Dec. 22—Ex. Secretary of the Navy Thompson, in an interview to-day, says Secretary Olney is wrong when he asserts that the President still has the power to act diplomatically or otherwise as he pleases after the pass- age by Congress of his veto of the resolu- tion recognizing Cuba. Ex- Secretary Thompson says, however, that so far as he can learn tbere is no independent gov- ernment in Cuba which this country can recognize. He hopes the Cubans will es- tablish a Government and be free. Al / i b Z / fit) — . VA PRESIDENT CLAUS SPRECVELS of the Valley Road Gratified That All Promises to the People Have Been Fulfilled. In the formal opening of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad to passenger ‘business, we have fulfilled to the letter our promise to the people.. Our road 1s now a direct and fully equipped competitor of the old monopoly from San Francisco to Fresno, and as soon as we get right of way through Hanford and Visalia we stand ready to at once commence building from Fresno to Bakersfield. If there is no unex- pected obstacle placed in our way we will have the line into Bakersfield by May. The only delay now is caused by a few people who stand in the way of our securing the right of way. I havé already given orders that as soon as the right of wayis settled the work of construction should immediately begin toward Bakersfield. We shall also come to San Francisco as soon as the Bakersfield extension is completed. The people need have no fear on this point. The way-into San Francisco is open to us by more than one route, and there is nothing that can prevent our entrance, though the route will be a surprise to' many people. There will be no trouble about finances. mand to go right ahead building the road whether we dispose of bonds or not. We have money enough at our com- The road is already making money, and there are now funds in the treasury. . We are not, of course, making much money, but there has been a fair profit every month since the road was first put into operation, and we are fully satisfied with results thus far. There are many enterprises in which a return of 6 per cent could be made on capital invested, but I prefer this project, as it will tend to develop the State to an extent greater than anything else that could be done by.public or private enterprise. I have no doubt that when the roadbed is properly ballasted there will be no trouble at all in running trains at the rate of sixty miles an hour. It is oune of the finest roads ever built, as all the material and trimmings are of the best and latest make. It now remains with the people to decide whether the road shall be the fullest kind of a success, and from what has already transpired I have every confidence that we have now and shall always continue to have the support of the people. we, I am sure, fully realize that their interests and {ours are one. They, as The greater the patronage extended to us the lower will be our rates, for we are pledged, as they know, not to charge more than will return 6 per cent on the money invested in the road. Goiie Grerptl? ANARCHISTS ARE SHOT DOWN. They Would Not Disperse and So the Spanish Gandarmes Fired a Volley, Killing Seven of Them. MADRID, 8parx, Dec, 22.—A small band of men carrying a Republican flag as- sembled to-dsy at Novelda, Province of Alicante, and when called upon to dis- perse by the gendarmes refused to do so. Thev were again ordered to disperse and upon their second refusal the gendarmes fired upon them, killing seven of them. The others then fled precipitately, but the gendarmes pursued and captured several of them. A search was made of the lodg- ings of the prisoners and e number of dynamite bombs were found. The police are at a loss to decide whether the assem- blage of the men was for the purpose of making a demonstration of sympathy for the anarchists sentenced Saturday at Bar- celona or whether it was a manifestation of Republicans. The finding of the bombs tends to make them believe the men were anarchists. S Slain by Greek Insurgents. ATHENS, Greecg, De¢. 22— A news- paper here says thaton Sunday a number of Greek insurgents of Prophet Elias in the Olympus district attacked 800 Turkish troops who were escorting eight judicial officials, All of the latter and twenty-four of the soldiers were shot. It is stated that the insurgents lost four killed. The Olympus district is a mountain range on the border of Macedonia, which belongs to Turkey. —_— BROWNJOHN PROTESTED IN VAIN. Gbjected to Temple Becoming Archbishop of Canterbury Because He Be- lieves in Evo.ution. LONDON, ExG., Dec. 22.—The confirma- tion of the Right Honorable and Most Reverend Freder ck Temple as Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All Eng and, in succession to the late Most Reverend Edward White-Benson, took place in the Church of 8t. Mary Lebow in London to- day. The Most Reverend William Dal- rymple MacLagan, Archhishop of York, officiated at the ceremony. At the beginning of the ceremonies the Rev. . Edward Brownjobn startled those present vy rising from his seat and thrice protesting against the confirmation of the newly appointed Archbishop on the ground that be held to the doctrine of evolution. | The action of Mr. Brownjohn created a great sensation, and when the congrega- tion assembled had recovered somewhat from their nnmnmmeqt many persons stood npon their seats and hooted and groaned at the protesting clergyman for some time. When order was restored Archbishop MacLagan refused to entertain the protest, whereupon Mr. . Brownjohn left the church amid the groans of the audience. The excitement then subsided and the services proceeded. Pttt eatening RELEASE OF ARMENIANS, Four Thousand Prisoners May Be Set at Liberty. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 22.—A special cable to the Herald from Constantinople says: The large measure of clemency on the part of the Sultan toward Armenians recently referred to will probably bring about the release of 4000 prisoners and the remittance of all sentences of death. This has been promised ‘to Patriarch Orma- nian, but it needs ratification. At a council of Minis'ers at the request of Mr. Terrell, the United States Min- ister, Hatoum Ardourian, who was im- risoned at Trebizond, has been released. &inu individuals wbo were arrested at Aleppo have also been set at liberty, the release of these prisoners having been promised to Mr. Terrell by the Sultan. S R Death of an Elestrician. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 22.—H.L. Lufkin, the manager of the Crocker- Wheeler Electric Company and a well- known electrician, is dead. He returned a few weexs ago from a Western business trip and was taken 1ll a few days after- ward. He underwent an operation for ap- pendicitis, but did not recover. CONGRESSMEN DIFFER SECRETA WiTH RY OF STATE OLNEY They Do Not Believe That the President Has the Sole Right to Recognize the Cubans. WILL BELLIGERENCY BE ACCORDED? While the Question Is Debated | Citizens Demand Freedom for the Patriots. GENERAL MACEC’S DEATH NOW SEEMS CONFIRMED, But the Insurgents Are Not Dismayed and Struggle Bravely Against the Spaniards. WASHINGTON, D. O, Dec. 22 Though the Congressional debates have not been forthcoming to stimulate the | interest brought out by the latest phases of the Cuban situation, the manifestations of feeling on that topic have not lessened. The position assumed by Secretary Olney has been the main feature of discussion in private and public, and, so far as the opintons of members of Congress go in the matter, it is apparent that the burden of general declarations is antagonistic to the views declared by the Secretary of State. At the same time it is felt that the many instances wherein distinguished gentle- men, prominent in public life, in 1nterna- tional law scholarships and in business, have given open expressions of views, fully indorsing the position of the ad- ministration on the Cuban situation, have not been without a tendency to sensibly temper what some regard a too hastily formed judgment as to the immediate necessity of ignoring Mr. Olney’s views. In all the discussions held by Morgan of the Commitcee on Foreign Relations, be has taken no backward step from his original position that Olney’s attitude is | beyond all proper precedent and an asser- tion of power for the executive that has never been delegated to that branch of the Government by any decision of the Su- preme Court. Shermen, the chairman.of the Foreign | Affairs Committee, holds as well that the position of Olney in the present partizular is untenable under the constitution. Morgan says that if the President can recognize the Cuban republic independ- efitly of Congress, he can displace Mr. de Lome of his rights to represent the Span- ish monarchy here. New England Con- gressmen, with oaly perhaps one or two exceptions, notably Chandler, who vigor- ously adheres to his heretofore expressed opinion that it would be preposterous for an executive to notify Spain not to expect until the new administration comes into power any action on the Cuban question, are disposed to be more conservative. Senator Hawley of Connecticut does not hesitate to say point blank that he disapproves of the Cuban resolutions. The two Malne Senators differ, though very slightly, in respect to the Olney res- olution. Senator Hale does not doubt the correctness of the stand taken by the Secretary of State, and hiscolleague, Frye, who is & member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, while he ha: been in- clined to think Olney is right, has not freely determined what the effect would be if the Cameron resolution shoula pass. A sentiment that has considerable stand- ing upon Western Representatives is ex- plained by the declaration of Senator Mec- Millan oi Michigan, who thinks the posi- tion taken by the President and theJCabi- net on the Cuban question is a proper one. The Secretary of State himself is not content to rest quietly in the face of re- peated dissent to his statements. He has not been siow to refer to the position of Senator Morgan asa clearly inconsis- tent one, and referring to-day to the answer made by Morgan in the Senate yesterday to a question by Senator Hill that it was preposterous to question the right of Congress to recognize the inde- pendence of Cuba. Morgan took an al- most entirely different view last February, when the concurrent resolution express- ing the sympathy of Congress for the in- surgents and urging the President to use his good offices with Spain to bring about a termination of the struggle on the island was in discussion in the Senate. His re- marks on that occasion have a direct bear- ing upon the issue raised by the Secretary of State. According to Secretarv Olney ( the Senator from Alabama at that time coincided with the position now assumed by the executive. L i BURIED IN 4 CANE FIELD, Where Maceo’s Body Was Placed After His Murder. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Presi- dent Tomas Estrada Palma of the Cuban Junta yesterday received a letter from J. A. Huan, the Jacksonville agent of the Cuban republic, stating that there need not now be the slightest doubt that Gen- eral Antonio Maceo was killed. He said he had made a careful investigation of the reports through persons stationed at Havana, and that the result was a confir- mation that Maceo fell and was buried in a cane field. The location of the grave is known only to those who conducted the burial. BUTCHERIES AKE INCREASED. But the Insurgents Seem to Be Overcom- ing -l Obstacles. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 22.—The Sun’s Havana correspondent, writing under date of December 19, says: Since the death of General Maceo' the war has been waged more hotly than ever. Far from losing their enthusiasm, as the Spauiards be- | lieved they would do, the insurgentsin the provinces of Havana, Matanzas and Pinar del Rio are fighting desperately. The only person who has surrendered as a result of Maceo’s death is Dr. Maximo Zertucha, who ccused by Cubans of being a traitor. Thisis doubtless very dis- apnointing to General Weyler. Every night the volleys from the insur- gent vanguard are heard in the suburbs of Havana and in the neighboring town of Guanatacea. Advices from Matanzas say that the same thing is happening in that city. The orders issued by General Weyler to his colonels are more sanguinary than they were two months ago. No mercy is to be given to any peasant found outside the Spanish stronghclds. The orders given to the columns are to shoot on the spot every nutive who does not join the Spanish army. In Pinar del Rio the massacre is awful. The column of Mel- guizo especially is distinguisning itself by its barbarous warfare, for it is even de- stroying the hospitals and killing the sick and wounded. General Ruis Riveria, Maceo’s suceessor in Pinar del Rio, is strongly fortified in the mountains. He and some 2000 men are to the north of the trocha, near Mariel, where it is supposed that Maceo passed. He carries with him the dynamite cannon which he landed when he came with the expedition of the Three Friends. There is nothing positive known about General Gomez. The rumor prevails in Havana, however, that he izon the bounaary ot the province of Matanzas. Theexcitement against the United States is rapidly growing. News was recerved this morning through the corresnondents in New York of La Tucha and Diario de Marina of the adoption by the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ot the Cameron resolutions. But the press cen- sor did not allow the cable dispatches even to be delivered to the editors of those papers. Notwithstanding this precaution, the news has spread throughout the city aug- menting the excitement of the Spaniards. It is said that General Weyler has sum- moned the governors of the forts of La Cabana and Morro to receive exact infor- mation of the conditions of those forts and their ability to resist in case of an attack by a foreign navy. The new forts along the line of the Vendido have been re-enforced. The case of the young American, George Lay, is attracting much attention. He 13 imprisoned in the fortress of La Cabana because his name sppeared in a list of contributore to-buy a mew sofa and tome other furniture for the main ball of the Cuban society, E! Liceo of Regia. “Thee police declare that they have dis. covered that the Liceo was the rendezvous of conspirators, but no evidence against Mr. Loy has been found. Notwithstand- ing this fact he is kept in prison, and there is no telling when his trial will oceur. The financial situation of the island is desperate. Poverty prevails in Havana among families who were rich before the war. The commercial element is very much disgusted, therefore, with Weyler's decree, increasing 5 per cent the import duties in the Custom-house from January 1next. The decree makes it practically impossible for some houses to continue business. Orders sent to Europ= have been canceled, and it is estimated that more than twenty firms will close business on that date. - JULIO BANGUILLY'S TRIAL. The Spanish Prosecutor Insists That the Accuxed Be Conricted. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 22.—The trial of Julio Sanguilly on a charge of conspiring against Spanish authority, was continued to-day. The attendance was smaller than vesterday, when the trial commenced, but there were enough spectators present to fiil the courtroom. The sitting was de- voted entirely to the speeches of the pros- ecuting atlorney and counsel for the de- fense. The formercontinued the argument against the vrisoner which he opened yes- terday, and again insisted that Sanguilly’s guilt had been proved and that he should be sentenced to life imprisonment. He decried any par.iality being shown the prisoner on account of his being a Span- iard by birth or because he was an Ameri- can citizen, and held that exact justice demanded that severe punishment be meted out to him. Counsel for the defense followed the prosecutor. In & cool and reasonable speech he refuted the charges made against his client and demanded that he be set at liberty. Before the speecn had been con- cluded the court adjourned until to-mor- row. e BEFORE >PAiN's CABINET. Cleveland’s Message Discussed and Ke- ferred to the Cortes. LONDON, Ex., Dec. 22.—A dispatch to the Central News from Madrid says thata meeting of the Cabinet which was held to- day discussed the Cuban section of Presi- dent Cleveland’s message to Congress, an official copy of the message having been received by Prime Minister Canovas del NEW TO-DAY. - e ey 4)fistm§15 227 POST ST 217 BUSH ST.