The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1896, Page 1

’ P - ——— " VOLUME LXXXI,—NO. 31. FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MO PRICE FIVE CENTS. “0UR MACED STILL LIVES” This the Joyful Cry of Patriots Heard in Cuba. SAY TEE GENERAL WAS ONLY WOUNDED. Startling News Reaches Havana From the Camps of the Insurgents. HIS FOLLOWERS HAD BELIEVED A HIM DEAD. When Born: From the Battle-Field the Chief Was Found to B: Breathirng. HAVANA, Cusa, via Key West, Dec. 80.—**Our Maceo still lives!” is the Cu- bans’ joyful cry. The first rumors, ac- cented with incrednlity, are now gaining ground. city aaily giving precise details. It is said that when he fell from his horse his fol- lowers thought him dead, but found that he was still living and spread the news that he was dead in order to carry him to a place of safety. Undera strong escort they carritd him to the Siguaues Hos- pital where, under the | treatment of doctors, the chief is now slowly recuper- t The acute period has now passed. ms that oniy one wound is danger- ach. It see ous, that being in the s Zertucha’'s treachery is being confirmed aid that Maceo’s first words were to order bo had aiready Zeitvens wrote daily. Itis when he was able to speal Zertucha's capture, b fled to the ish line nd on Gomez's bouy. Gomez a bayonet thinst, and did self as the Span’ {1 sav. Guanabacao, ualed 0 .. & % other side of the harbor, is terribly ei'cited by the crimes that the notorious Major Eonde- the paper fo was killed not stab hi villa_is_committing daily. Families are | moving to Havana, being horror stricken. The daily butcheries by Spaniards are said to exceed thirty. It is hard %o obtain facts, as the people fear to (”car\', but herewith is an incomplete list and dates of those Killed: On the 234, the same day he took com- nand, heordered the brothers Ruizkilled; man named Sotolongo; z, and others on the 26th; s old, on the farm of more, besides Pastorisa, Havana as ca, and -known in is said that during the last three 1ts more were killed. All were taken at night from their homes, bound and brought to the outskirts of the city, slashed with machetes and their bodies left on the field. Their families were pro- hibited from burying them. No formal trial was given—not even a semblance of one. All were killed at once on Fonde- villa’s urders. Bome foreigners appealea 1 2ir consulates for protection. s, ved in Havana, aled a great impression among the Cu- The Spaniards admit the facts and of them strongly protest. ate information received from Sauta Spiritus reports that Gomez with a large force, Quintin Banderas, commanding the vanguard, is now in that section moving west; also that another expedition was landed in that province. It is said that the Marquis Apezleguia sailed to-day for Spain commissioned by Spanish merchants and planters to ask for Weyler's recall. Weyler's unpopularity among the Spaniards is increasing. Hos- tile sentiments are now openly expressed. It is admitted that the campaign in Pinar del Rio is a complete failure, and that the marches through the province are simply promenades along the base of the hills. They are furious whén realizing that 25,000 men do not darz to attack the rebel oids on the mountain summits. It is said that the rebels are quietly wait- ing to allow him to march unmolestea, He will soon leave the province ana de- clare the same pacified, when they wil swoop down from the hills with fire and | sword and lay the whole country waste. At the last moment news was received of an engagement in Pinar del Rio, Munoz, with 800 men, defeated Colonel Begura, inflicting heavy losses on the Epaniards, thirty of whom are reported d and over 100 wounded. - During the fi:ht Charles Dougherty, an ‘American citizen, was captured by the Spanish troops and slaughtered, A gold watch with his monogram was found on his person and is now in the possession of Segura. None of the encounters in Pinar del Rio are allowed to bz printed and no official reports are given. Weyler's scheme is to declare ths province pacified and that the rebels have disbanded and offer noen- counler. B S INTERVIEW WITH S4GASTA. 2ne Liberal Leader Says Europe Sym- pathizes With Spain. MADRID, Siain, Dec. 30.—A report of an interview with ex-Premier Sagasta, the leader of the Spanish Liberals, is pub- lished in El Liberal, in which Senor Bagasta is reported as saying that Europe is in sympathy with Spain in her main- tenance of Spanish sovereignty in Cuba, but that Europe wishes to see the estab- k shment of reforms in Cuba. Senor Sagasta farther expresses his belief that Premier Canovas only awaits a report from General Weyler that the Pinar del Rio and Havana provinces are cleared of rebels when he will introduce reforms in Cuba which will virtually be tantamount ‘0 autonomy. The ex-Premier further says tbat Captain-General Weyler bimself is Information is coming into the | a baseball | the chief obstacle to the pacification of the island, he being imvotent to quell the rebellion, and he believes that the in- surgents will reappear in the Pinardel Rio province as soon as the Spanish troops are withdrawn. St S WAR MATEKIAL FOR CUBA. The Dauntless and Commodore to Sail With Heavy Cargoes. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Dec. 30.—The structions to grant clearance papers to the Dauntless, with a cargo of munitions of war for Nuevitas, Cuba, and require the master, owners and consignors to take the oath required in sections 4197, 4193 and 4200, Revised Statutes. This oath is the same required of masters of all vessels with a general cargo bound to foreign port The Collector was instructed to notify the captain of the Boutwell, so that he would not interfere wilh the vessel other than to see that an arnied expedition was not carried. In consequence of this authority the owners of both the Dauntless and Commodore are preparing to send heavy cargoes of arms and munitions of war to Cuba. The clearance of the Dauntless was authorized in the following communi- cation from the Collector of the Port to the owner: Sir: Responding to yonr application of yes- ierday for clearance of the steamer Dauntless 1 have to inform you that Iam authorized by the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury to clear th r Dauntless in & strictly regu- lar way for the port of Nuevitas, The Dauntless left Jacksonville Tues- day on a wrecking trip and has not yet been heard from, but her owner expects the vessel in port to-morrow. The Com- modore has been on the ways for some { time, but 1s now ready for sea WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30.—Up to the hour of elosing the department no in- formation had been received by the Secre- tary of the Treasary respecting the action of the Collector at Jacksonville upon his t am as to granting a clearance of the Dauntless. A dispatch from Jacksonville, bhowever, stated that the tug was down the coast somewhere, and no application for clearance had been made by her master. | This afternoon an applicativn was re- | ceived at the department for clearance for the steamer Commodore with a cargo of merchandise and munitions of war for | Cienfuegos, Cuba, and the Collector was | instructed to follow the same course re- | garding that application as in the case of | the steamer Dauntless. e WEYLER'S KBECALL DEMANDED. Strong Morceme:.t in Madrid Political | ana Military Circles. LONDON, Exa., Dec., 30.—The Standard rorrow . wiil 1 blish = dizpat. 7. ndeut saymg thata in opposition to Cap- i i&va-Goueral syeyler is on foot in political | and military ‘drcles. General Weyler's | failure to make'thy progress 1 the direc- ! tion of the suppression of the revolution in Cuba is regarded in Meadrid, the corre- spoudent says, as involving his recall at an early day, unless e meets With' strik- AR sUCLErs. . The correspondent also says that Gen- eral Polavieja, the newly appointed Gov- ernor of the Philippine Islands, has initiated vigorous repressive measures for the crushing of the rebellion in those islands. He has issned orders that only the more prominent of the rebel leaders shall be sent to Manila for trial, and all otner reb- els who are taken prisoners, including the | leaders of less note, shall be tried by court-martiol where they are captured and their sentences summarily executed. P am— SAYS MACEO IS IN HIDING. Colonet Montero’s Widow Belicves That the Cuban Chief Lives. KEY WEST, Fra., Dec. 30.—Dolores Montero, widow of Lino Montero, lieuten- ant-colonel in the insurgent army, arrived in this city to-night, twenty-two days from Jaruco. She reports tnat the insur- gents are numerous in the province of Havana and are well suppliec with arms and ammunition, and the bugle call of the insurgents can be distinctly heard in many of the cities. She states that before leaving Jaruco Maceo had been wounded and it was re- ported that Dr. Zertucha shot him, the ball entering the back of Maceo’s neck and coming out of the mouth. The chief was carried off by his men and is now in hiding, attended by four of the best physi- cians in the ineurgent army. She states that she knew of the murder of Charles Govin, and that she was told by ber husband on the day following the arrival of the Cowley expedition that Govin was xilled in a most shocking man- ner, having been literally hacked to pieces. The lady has been taken in charge by the Cuban relief committee. 1 wenty-two paciticos were killed on the night of the 28th inst. in Guanabacoa. oo X 5 Cials INVITING MEDIAIION, Ds Lome Said to Have Made Overtures to Secretary Olney. LONDON, Exe., Dec. 30.—The Chronicle 1 publish a dispatch from Washington 1% that Senor De Lome, the Spanish Minister to the United States, has in- timated in an unofficial way to Secretary of State Oiney that Spain will accept the | mediation of the United States for the settlement of the Cuban trouble after Captain-General Weyler shall have cleared the Province of Pinar del Rio of rebels, when the Spanish Government will be prepared to grant the Cubans vir- tually everything they demand except complete autonomy and independence. | The dispatch says it is a matter of doubt whether or not the Cuban leaders will be willing to enter into negotiations with Spain under these conditions, but 1f they are willing General Fiizhugh Lee, the Counsul-General in Havana, will act as go- between. S L A UBAN FLAG. Priest’s Act Cawses a Clash Between Mexicans and Spaniards. SAN DIEGO, Can, Dec. 30.—The en- mity between Mexican and Spaniards because of the Cuban question, broke out in open warfare at Coatepec, State of Vera Cryz. Southern papers tell of the intense feeling on both sides, as a result of the desire of all Mexicans to see Cuba free and their painstaking efforts to make all Spanish residents acquainted with the fact. At Coatepec the trouble arose. over the act of a parish priest in raising the flag of Cuba Libre over his church. The good man, inspired by the passionate love of liberty that Mexicans are taught to believe BOISTED should be manifested, whatever the con- sequences, made a flag with a single star, Collector of the Port to-day received in- |- A e Funoin BiL 18, == ! = = - WE SNLL HAVE RO NEW POST OFFICE. AND STiLL THEY FIGAT. sy ) CUNDING BTEL 9 N THTTIG - JEKINLEY SNEEPS THE COUNTRY. RNING, DECEMBER 31, 1896. . I YEORTHF | BRVAN SAVES THE = COUNTRY ano RETIRES PHELAN GETS WHAT HE DESIRED WP TURKEY REEKS WITH GORE FEATURES OF THE CLOSING YEAR. in the Cuban colors, and when the news came that the insurgents had won a sub- stantial victory over “Wevler el asasinato,” the priest hurried to the church, unrolled hic flag and flung it to the breeze. In an hourorso the Spanish residents of Coatepec numbering several hundred gathered and began to threaten the priest. The Spaniards held a meeting and drew lots to see who should climb the steeple and haul the flag down. The act was con- ceded to be a daring one, as the Mexicans and Indians wouid doubtless: kill the of- fender if he were captured. Tue natives learned of the meeting and 1ts object, kastily armed themselves add went to defend the priest and the Cuban flag. The Indians for several mijes around armed themselves with machetes, pistols, kn.ves, elubs and brickbats and hurried to the church. The Spaniards in smalier numbers than the natives made a raid and tried to force an entrance to the church. A storm of missiles met them and several broken heads: resulted, One Spaniard shot at the flag and was almost killed by the clubs and sticks that struck him. After a half hour of clubbing and wary plotting on both sides, the Spaniards de- cided to treat the matter with supreme contempt and withdrew. The sturdy In- dians returned to their labor and the little parish priest kept the flag of Cuba libre flying all day. —_— GOVERNOR FRANKLIN SCORED, Arizona Peoplo Resent His Statement Questioning Their Loyalty. PH(ENIX, Ariz., Dec. 30.—An immepse crowd gathered ut the courthouse here to- night and were addressed by a number of speakers, including Chief Justice Baker and Mayor Monihon, in the interest of Cuban recognition. The following resolu- tions were passed unanimously, and hun- dreds signed the roll for their country’s service: WHEREAS, The patriotism of the people of Arizona and their loyalty has been put in question by reason of a certain telegram sent by Governor B. J. Franklin to the New York Journal stating that in case of war between the United States -and Spain on the Cuban question Arizona would not furnish a volun- H teer; and, whereas, the statement in said tele- gram does notreflect or voice the sentiment of the people of Arizona in the premises; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the statement of Governor B, J. Franklin contained in his telegram to the New York Journal, expressing his belief that Arizona would not turnish a volunteer in thy defense of the Government in case of war with Spain, be hereby repudiated and condemned, as it does not express the sentiment and feel- ings of the people of Arizona in the matte, The people of Arizona, being patriotic and loyal to the Government, would, in case of war between the United States and Spain or any other nation, stand firmly by the Government and furnish their proportion of able-bodied men and means to sustain the Government to the end; and be it further Resolved, That we are in sympathy with the ople of Cub a, who are struggling for their iberty, and are in tavor of the recognition by the United States immediately of the inde- pendence of Cuba. 5 gy’ The Newark Puts to 1 KEY WEST. Fra,, Dec. 30.—The New- ark wili leave for sea about 1 a. M. © SAN PEDROITES ARE SANGUINE Fight for a Deep-Water Harbor Ends at Los Angeles. Supporters of the Rival Sites Await the Commission’s Decision. The Opponents of a Southern Pacific Monopoly Confilent That They Will Triumph. LOS ANGELES, Car, Dec. 30.—The karbor fight is ended so far as the general public is concerned. After a day of re- capitulation and rebuttal Admiral Walker, president of the board, asked this after- noon: “Gentlemen, are you all through ?”’ The response came from both sides and in the same breath: “Your Honor, we are.” “Then,” said the admira!, “I declare this hearing adjourned sine die.” The contest has been a memorable one in very many particulars. The friends of the free harbor are more than satisfied with the showinyg they have made in favor of the **only natural harbor both for refuge and commerce on the coast of Los Angeles County.” That it far outranks Santa Monica was proved by the testimony of an imposing array of shipmasters of long experience, as well as of pilot masters, contractors for dredging and the under officers. These people had no pecuniary interest to subserve and were indifferent as to the result of the investigation. On the other hand the advocates ot the Hunt- ington scheme, with the single exception of Captain Alexander of the steamer Santa Rosa, had been especially employed, ac- cording to the statements of Huntington’s managers themselves, to conduct this fight, and were or are employes. of the Southern Pacific and directly accountable to Hood or Muir, who managed the fight for Santa Monica. As to the result of the inauiry San Pedro’s friends are sanguine. Engineer Corthell was the first witness to-day in rebuttal in behalfof Santa Mon- ica. Referring to the requirements of a commercial harbor, the speaker inquired if they could not be found at S8anta Monica as well as at San Pedro. The estimates made by Professor Benyard would suggest that the cost of the necessary work at San v Jedro would far exceed the amount named in the appropriation biil. Corthell gave data as to the construction of modern har- bors and the deepening of channels. Where these improvemeants were contem- plated, the channels were planned to be at least thirty feetdeep at low water, The Suez canal had plenty of water at one time; but a greater depth was now demanded. The Nicaragua canal would carry at least thirty feet of water. The modern style of deep water ships called for that depth of chan- nel. It would be useless to build a harbor on this coast at a less depth. The engi- neers for San Pedro, he declared, did not contemplate such a depth of water. Corthell, in again mentioning the im- aginary drifting sand, argued that a har- bor at San Pedro would greatly suffer by reason of the sand and sediment that would accumulate in that quarter. Re- ferring to the mouth of Wiimington Har- bor, he said the current formed a crooked entrance. It constantly created a bar and if a breakwater were built this bar would simply be moved further out. Kour plans had been offered by eminent engineers for a harbor at San Pedro, indicating the great natural difficulties that existed there and must be overcome. But one pian had been offered for Santa Monica, as the con- ditions were simple, In mentioning de- tached breakwaters like the one at Santa Monica Corthell again defended their utility and usefulness in forming harbors of refuge and commerce. The question of swells was again taken up. Corthell said he could not be made to believe that an oblique swell was less dangerous to a breakwater than a normal one. y Super ntendent J. A. Muir of the South- ern Pacific Railroad Company was intro- duced and offered a little evidence in re- buttal of what had been said by certain gentemen who had appeared before the board. He quoted from a letter written by the master of an English vessel, who had an experience in Santa Monica Bay. He wrote that he was well pleased with the shipping facilities at that port and considered it a safe place to take a ship to. Mr. Muir referred to the statement made by Pilot Weldt, as to the length of time he (Weldt) had been a pilot at San Pedro. The records showed he had been commis- sioned as a pilot but avout ten years, and not fifteen, as Weldt had stated. Captain Smitli, in bis testimony, had asserted that he had commanded the ship Whitelaw. Muir read a telegram from the owner of the Whitelaw, which stated that he had no recollection of Captain Smith ever hav- ing commanded the Whitelaw. At a later stage of the proceedings, Cap- tain Smith was permitted to make a per- sonal explanation. He said that at one time, while the captain of the Whitelaw was ill, he had been placed in command. Mr. Eyde, an employe of the Long ‘Wharf, was called to throw a little light on the character of Captain Johnson, who had been in command of the Enoch Talbot. Johnsou had testified that he was forced on one occasion to stay in Santa Monica Bay for the greater part of a month with a load of lumber. The sea was so rough that it was impossible to discharge the cargo. Hyde stated that the delay in un- loading the Talbot was not due to an agry sea but to Captain Johnson, who neglected his duty. He spent a great deal of time on shore and lelt the work of unloading to others. Captain Dornfeld also told of why Captain Johnson was de- layed at the whari. He said the captain dic not attend 'to his business. Johnson was absent a great deal of the time and his statement that the sea was too rough was absurd, said Dornfeld. Engineer Hood announced at this point that he would like to makea few remarks. He scid it was unfortunate that the wit- nesses intreduced at this hearing had not been placed under oath. It might have caused some of them to testify more cautiously. In reference to the introduc- tion of petitions signed by business men he said his side had not thought it neces- sary to make an effort in that direction. He personally had great contempt for all such petitions. He made reference to the petition signed by business men and in- troduced by the friends of San Pedro and said the list included the namesof but few importers; it was made up of all classes of residents, regardless of their interests as shippers. Hood scouted the idea that the real business men were in favor of San Pedro. Engineer Moore offered rebuttal tesii- mony i favor of San Pedro. No new facts were developed, his remarks being more in the nature of a review of some of his previous remarks and the expressions used by other witnesses. In relerring to the height of waves and the statement that they were higher at San Pedro than at Santa Monica, Moore insisted such an as- sertion did not conform t» the facts. In conclusion, he said he believed his side had sapplied sufficient evidence to con- vince any one that Santa Monica Bay was not a good place at which to construct a deep-water harbor; that the facilities of- fered at that point ‘would permit of but one company operating there. On the otber hand, San Pedro was a site where a harbor of refuge might be constructed, as well as a great harbor of commerce. In reply to a question by Morgan Moore reiterated a statement previously made by him, that Point Dume would be a better site for a harbor of refuge than the point where the Southern Pacific’s long wharf | was located. He referred to theflimited space ships would have in making port at Port Los An- geles 1n case of a storm. If they failed to get behind the breakwater they would be in great danger of running into the wharf or onto the shore. Seeking refuge in time of danger in such a harbor would be very hazardous. Such difliculiies would not be encountered at San Pedro. Mr. Gibbon of the Terminal Railway made a brief reference to what Hood said in regard to petitions. He said the gen- tle man and his associates at one time did not entertain so contemptuous an opinion of the views of business men. This virtually closed the proceedings, and Admiral Walker =0 announced. The board will continue its work, and will probably remain in this section for some time. SUGAR PRODUCERS SEEK PROTECTION A Day Before the Ways and Means Com- mittee. Every Branch of the Industry Arrayed Against Foreign Competition. S:nafor Perkins ‘Submits a Written Argument Ccntaining Facts of Vital Interest. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30.—The session of the Committee on Ways and Means to-day was given to the question of sugar duties. The opening was devoted to the sugar importers, whose views were voiced by John Farr of New York, who said that at a recent reeting of the sugar importers of that city it was unanimously decided that an ad valorem rate of duty was unfair, unequitable and exceedingly difficult in practice; that 1 cent a pound snould be imposed on all sugar below 75 degrees polariscope, and that additional discriminating duties should be levied on all sugars coming from bounty-paying countries. The beet sugar interest was represented by Henry A. Oxnard of Grand Island, Nebr.; Herbert Myrich of Chicago, editor of the A merican Agriculture, and R. M. Allen of Ames,' Nebr., president of the Beet Sugar Association. The cane sugar interest of Louisiana was represented by J. D. Hill of New Orleans. No representative of the sugar-refining industry haa applied for a hearing, and there was a conspicuous absence of the members of the sugar trust. In the course of his statement Mr. Farr gave the following figures as being the nearest to an advance from the present basis as representing fairly all interests: On all sugars tested by the polariscope, when landed, 75 degrees and under, 1 cent per pound on net landed weight—sdding .03 per cent for each degree up to 100 de- gree, a fraction of a degree to be assessed in proportion. “I think,” said Mr. Farr, ‘“that omne- fourth of a pouna differential duty, in- stead of one-tenth of a cent, would ap« proximate what is right.” ‘W. J. McGahan, president of the McGa- ban Sugar Refining Company of Phuadel- phia, eaid tbat.we bad had now two years and four months of the present tariff, with a protection of one-eighth of a cent per pound, or about 4 per cent, while beet- growing countries pay a bounty of about three-eighths of a cent, giving foreign re- finers of bounty-paying countries about a quarter of a cent advantage in our mar- ket. This had resulted in 1896 in an in- crease of about 110 per cent in imports of refined against 10 per cent increased im- portations of raw, while our refineries have been running less than 60 per cent of their capacity. He favored an ad valorem duty on sugar, and advocated placing mo- lasses on tke freelist, it being a by-product of sugar. Mr. Myrick of New York next addressed the committiee. He said it required every pound of wheat and flour exported by the United States during the past fiscal year to pay for the sugar imported. The total value of ail live and dressed beef, beef products and lard exported during the past year barely equaled the amount paid fox imported sugar. Our immen:e export trade in cotton represents in value only twice as much as our imports of sugar. Our vast export of tobacco must be mag- nified thrice to counterbalance sugar im- ports. The barley, oats and rye, fruits, nuts, hops, vegetable oils, oleomargarine, butter and cheese, pork and hams that were exported last year, all put together, represent in value only two-thirds of the sugar imported. Itis an economiccrime to compel American farmers to raise sta- ples in competition with the cheap land and labor countries with which to pay for imported sugar, besides standing the freight and commission both ways. “The Awerican farmers,” Mr. Myrick continued, “demand a fair chance to pro- duce everything our people consume that can be grown in the United States. They want to begin with sugar. They have found by practical experience and scien= tific tests that from the Hudson River to the Pacific and from the Carolinas to the lakes they can grow sugar-beets as rich or richer in saccharine contents than those of Europe. They want factories to afford a market for these sugar-beets, which they are willing to furnisn at from $4 to $5 per ton. “At these prices the crop is both a new and profitable one. Every acre devoted will by so much reduce the competition in other branches of farming. What stands in the way of the American beet-sugar in- dustry is mainly European competition. Europe is now sending us nearly one hun- dred times as much beet sugar as she did fifteen or seventeen yeurs ago. She has developed her beet-sugar industry by a liberal system of direct subsidies, high protection and export bounties until the European beet-sugar industry has prac- ‘tieally ruined the cane-sugar industry of the tropics and monopolized the sugar margets of the world. ‘W'o complete the destruciion of the American sugar in- dustry, or at least to prevent the further development of the beei-sugar business in this country, Germany has recently in- creased its export bounty and France is about to follow suit, thus enabling their sugar to be sold in the United States be- low the cost of production in this country. “What is needed is a reasonable specific duty on all imported sugar and an addi- tional discrimination duty from countries paying an export bounty: eaual to that bounty. Then with such aid as the various | States and localities inierested may offer, to secure sugar factories, the beet-sugar industry could be put on its feet in this country within a very few years. It would afford farmers the new and vprofitable crop they must have. I[f by 1910 the domestic industry supplies the home market, as 1t should, it will be putting into the pockets of our people $200,000,000 a year that other- lwin would be sent out of the country. The committee here took a recess. On