The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1897, Page 3

J THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 35, 1897 SPAINS OFFE 10 THE CUBANS The Royal Dzcree Promul-| gating Schemss of Reform Not Popular at Home as It Is|: Regarded as Too Liberal for | Insurgents. ‘ Spiin Will Regulate the Tariff at| First and Maintain Public 0rd r All the Time. MADRID, Spar 4 —1It is an- nounced that t decree promul- gating the scheme of reforms in Cuba, | Premier linister prepared by or ( which had been Canovas and Se for the Colonies, was sig e Queen | Regent to-day. Tt L covers sev- eral pages o . and addi- us, which were ive of the United | the following | | atures of the plan 1ban assenbly, which e Council of Adminis- | will be composed of | s, of which twenty-one i by popular vote and six by municipal and provincial cor- | The remaining eight members t of a leading mugisirate, & uni- | fessor, an arch-episcopal dele- | pro- be disap- ral, can ve ap- by the Ad s tive Counci ally referred to the colonial miz nicipal and provincial councils will nominate the municipal Judges and the Council of Adm ration will frame the budget and draw up a customs tariff unde that a protective mar- | gin of 40 per cent at least shall be allowed | to Spami s againat foreign goods. | The custom Is must be Cubans. The or-General of the island 1s empowered to appoint the high officials, st be Cubans or Spaniards | o have resided on the island for two years. These officials include the magi nd prefects. The municipal coun- will elect their own Presi- nd control the administration of | ation. | The Government reserves full power to | maintain public order and mey adopt | measures even against these reforms | whenever such measures may be needed | to supress rebellious movements. Tbe Government will reguliate the tariff | until a Cuban tariff is decided upon. As previously announced, the Cuban representation in the Senats and Cham- | ber of Deputies will remain as heretofore. The publication of the plan bas made a bad impression in Spain, as the scheme is | generally regarded as giving everything | to the Cubans. The scheme provides that Spanish prod- nets e all be granted a Tebate of 40 ver cent as compared with the duties imposed on foreign products. — WILL KEEP UP THE FIGHT, 4 Cuban Says They Can Conguer Spain NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 4.—Senor Tomas Estrada Palma, the Cuban dele- gate, when interviewed to-day concerning the proposed reforms in Cuba, gave out 4he following statemen “Had genuine autonomy instead of sham reforms been offered to the people | of Cuba before they rose in arms, the | Cubans would surely have accepted it, and, therefore, bloodshed and total devas- tation of the island would averted. “If the Cuban people did not accept | these sham reforms then, and rose in arms for independence, how would they accept | them now and enter into any kind of com- | promise which has not for its basis the absolute independence of the island? They are sure of success, and one thing is | certain—that is that the Cubans never| again will place their necks under the | have been Spanish yoke. i “They have proved so far that they are | able to conquer the Spaniards and govern themselves.” This was .all that the Senor had to say with regard to tbe Spanish promises of | reform, but other members of the Junta talked more freely. “Spain,” said one of them, *will never grant to Cuba the autonomy that England gives to Canada. Instead of real auton- omy Spain desires to get Cuba agai its power by granting it reforms w are virtually meaningless. In fa Cubans generally do not believe th, Spain is capable of being just, and we do not believe that Senor Canovas and | Colonial Minister Castellanos can formu- late or devise any reform without preju- dice or bias. | Were Cuba now to accept autonomy | from Spain it would be a virtual surrender on the yart of the Cubans. A treaty be- tween Spain and Cuba must have for its basis the absolute independence of the island of Cuba,” S S, SPANIARDS ABUSE 4 GIRL, | 4 Cultured Young Lady Banished for| Sympathy With Cubans. TAMPA, Fra., Feb. 4—Among the ar- rivals on the Olivette this morning was Clemencia Arango, a sister of Colonel Arango of tue insurgents in Cuba, She is the daughter of the iate Dr. Arango, the noted physician of Havana, and a young lady of rare culture and intelligence, Her brother being an officer the Cuban army. she was naturally thought to be a sympathizer with the cause of liberty and information on which to hase an edict | banishing ber from the island. A few | uys ago she and two others, who are in | Key West, received the following notice from the Government: Under the reserved seal of the Police De. | pariment of the city of Havana, bearing date | of yesterdsy, his Royal Highness the Governor Through the Secretary of the Government, dated the 16th inst., I am informed as follows: Having seen the information given by the civil Government, dated the 13th inst.,con- cerning certain citizens of this city, to wi Mrs. Kose Cigerrs, Miss Clemencia Arango | 2od Miss Emilia Cordoba, that, on account of | their action in favor of the Cuban cause, they are deemed connected with the insurrection, and sli the more dangerous because they are women. The captain-general, on agreement with the proposition of the civil Government, has de- - ecreed with to-day’s date that these women | into | day saying General A | p shall be hanished from this island, and they are hereby prohibited from returning until an express edict shall be issued permitting them to do so. They are ordered to leave within 0 ing on the day they were notified, together with the intelligence that if they should not abandon the isiand at the end of the t il be imprisoned as long as t Jast. 1hereby notify you O Ee3nos, Tnspecior Third District. HAVANA, Cus, 18.—When the time for her depariure came she was taken a room at the Custom-house and trip by a woman. Her shoes and stockinss W en off and her clotbing tnoroughly examined for information she it be brinzing the Cuban Junta in When she went on board the the same process wus gone h again to make assurance doubly sure. It 1s not certain whether she will de here or go to New York. A telegram was received in this city to- anguin nad burned six miles of Havana. rica. Guanabacos, within Dit. BE ACQUITIED. Consul-General to (he Eescue of an American Lady in Prison. HAVANA. Cusa, Feb.4.—The trial of Dr. Gasper B ncourt, who was arrested on December 8 last as a political suspect, took place to-day, and resulted in his ac- qittal. He was at once released. but was placed at the disposal of the civil Governor. It is suspzcted that Dr. Betancourt was act- ing as a go-between for the insurgents and their sympathizers in the United States. There was no evidence produced at the trial to prove that he was connected in any way with the rebellion. The steamer Manuela arrived here to- day from Nuevitas, province of Puerto Principe. She brought twenty-two politi- cal prisoners, including five ladies who are relatives of prominent insurgents. The men were imprisoned at police headquarters, and the women were placed in the house of refuge. As soon as Consul-General Lee learned that Senora Rodriguez, who is an Amerl- can lady, was among the prisoners he re- q d her immediate release, basing his equest upon a promise made by the Government when she was arrested. It is expected that she will be liberated to- morrow. James W. Luckenbill, a musician of erville, Pa., committed suicide at the Saratoga Hotel here by shooting himself through tbe beart. Consul-General Lee took charge of the body and ordered its burial. S More Trouble for the Three Friends. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Feb. 4.—As 200n as the steamer Three Friends returns from her trip down the coast, she will be d by the Collector of Customs, at the nce of the District Attorney, and be held by him until the attorney files a libel for forfeiture against her, in which it will be alleged thatshe was used to com- mit piratical acts upon the high seas and within the waters of the kingdom of Spain. ROYALISIS FOE <NNEXATION, 4 San Francisco Lady Meeting a Di- voree Suit in Homolulw. HONOLULU, Hawarr, Jan. 27 (via Vie- toria, B. C., Feb. 4).—Colonel McLean, for two years in command of the military forces of this Government, has resigned | on account of disagreement with the of- ficers under him. He is credited with having brought the force into a high state | of efliciency. Two leading balf-white royalists, J. L. Kaulukou and C. G. Hopkins, have come out publicly in support of annexation. Both were successively Marshal of the kingdom under Kalakaua. Mrs. W. W. Dimond is actively meeting ber husband’s divorce suit with counter- charges. She wants divorce with alimony and the custody of her child. Her return from Sen Francisco was unexpected and made a commotion in the other camp. “Envoy L. A. Thurston goes East on the steamer Peking for three months’ ab- sence on private business. He is com- missioned by no public body, but may work some for annexation on his own account. e e GOVERNMENT CRISIS IN FRANCE, 4 Narrow Escape From Reing Over- thrown by the Deputies. PARIS, France, Feb. 4.—It was only through the strenuous efforts of M. Meine, Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, that the Government was saved from being overthrown in the Chamber of Deputies to-day. On Tuesday, during the debate on the sugar bill, M. Herbert moved that boun- ties should only be paid to growers three-fourths of whose employes were French. The Government opposed the motion, but the Chamber, by a vote of 221 to 219, decided to consider it. The mo ion was discussed to-day, and it found many supporters. it looked at one | time as though the Government would be defeated, but eventually, through the active work of M. Meline. enough votes were secured to defeat it, but_only by an extremely narrow margin. The vote in favor of the motion was 232 to 234 against it, the Government thus having a jority of only two. Eventually the in iis entirety was agreed to by a vote bil of 282 1o Laihe QR KIBBONS FROM TRE CZAR. Sent Them to a German Regiment Named in His Honor. BERLIN, Germaxy, Feb. 4—The Em- peror Ale: der Regiment, so named for the late Czar of Russia, paraded in the Lustgarten to-day and received ribbons which Czar Nicholas had sent to decorate the standards. The parade was attended by Emperor William and a number of high officials. A luncheon was given by the officers of the regiment later. The Emperor was present and proposed a toast in honor of the Czar. He begeed the messenger who had brought the Czar's gift to convey his thanks to his Majesty. He recalled the brotherhood of arms of the Russian and German armies, and referred to the Czar heading at Breslau recently the regiment whose name would ever be a symbol of tke relations between their respective an- cestors. —_— ENGLAND'S BATTALIONS, Lansdowne Explatnea the Scheme for the Army’s Reorganization. LONDON, Exc., Feb.4 —In the House of Lords to-day the Marquis of Lansdowne explained the War Department’s scheme for the reorganization of the army with a view of bringing the battalions at home to a higher state of efliciency and aug- menting those abroad in respect of full- ness of ranks and numbers of organiza- tions. The scheme which the Governmeut had formulated, he said, included among other tiings the addition of two battalions 1o the guards, making nine battalions in al , and the emvioyment of three of them sbroad. It was also intended to add & battalion each to the Highlana Malta and West Indian regiments and 3000 men to garrison artillery. The Prince oi Wales was an attentive | listener to the debate on the lecture, el His Loraship Has a Son. LONDON, Exa., Feb. 4.—Lily, Dowager Duchess of Mariborough, wifs of Lord William Beresford and formely Mrs, Louis Hummersly of New York, gave birth to a son at 11 0’clock this forenoon at Deepdene, Dorking. The mother and child are doing well, VORY REACHES A FRIENDLY SHORE He Shed Tears of Joy at His Enthusiastic Reception. May Briog an Action for Indem- nity for False Arrest Against England. Claims That the British Polic: Manu- factured the Evidencs to Be Used to Convict Him. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 4.—The cen- tral figure among the cabin passengers on board the steamship Majestic, which ar- rived from Liverpool to-day, was Edward J. Ivory, alius Elward Bell, who was re- cently released from jail in London by the British authorities after their charges of alleged conspiracy to injure life and property by dynamite had been aban- doned by the prosecution. Ivory was accompanied by John F. Mec- | Intyre, former Assistant District Attorney of New York County, aud three witnesses who went from here to testify in Ivory's behalf. Tue Majestic wassighted off Fire Island at 10 o’clock this morning and arrived at Quarantine about noon. The large ocean steamer was met at Quarantine by the steamer Laura M. Starin with a reception committee on board, composed of mem- | bers of the Irish National Alliance and | prominent Irishmen from all parts of the | country, and friends and sympathizers ready to welcome lvory back to America and freedom. As the Majestic slackened her speed Ivory and his counsel, John F. MclIntyre, stood upon the upper deck and waved their hats and bandkerchiefs to the crowd. They were transferred to the Laura M. Starin, but before leaving the Majestic | Ivory indignantly denied the report that he had received £10,000 from the British Government, nor had he received 5 cents | s indemnity for his incarceration. He | said he certainly would not go on a lectur- ing tour tarough the country, but tuat he intended to live in his home in Harlem ust #s quietly as bhe had done before he went abroad. Mr. Mclntyre said he had been very | cordially and courteously received by couasel on the other side upon his arrival in London, and had been accorded full charge of the defense in Ivory’s cas He declined to discuss the case in detail just then. The Ivory party was most heartily received on board the steamer Laura M. Starin, which at once prcceeded to the city, where the party was landed. After Ivory, Mclntyre and the three witnesses were transferred to the Starin they were immediately surrounded. Ivory’'s friends emoraced him, and the reception drew tears from his eyes. As soon as comparaiive quiet was re- tored President Lyman of the Irish tional Alliance bade Ivory welcome back to New York. He said the entire powerful machinery of the English Gov- ernment had been brought into play to convict Ivory. Mr. Lyman complimented Mr. Mclntyre on the parthe had played in defending Ivory. “If Encland ever Again attempts to convict an innocent Irishman,” he said, ‘she must reckon s:e has to deal with a combination on this side of the Atlantic who will defend his interests to the last.” Whaen Mr. Lyman had concluded there were loud cries for lvo: Mr. Ivory in response to the demands for a speech bowed his acknowledgments. He was about 1o speak when Charles O'Connor McLaughiin, secretary of the Irish Nation- al Alliance, delivered his address of wel- come to him, Mr. McIntyre and the three witnesses. Ivory then madea brief reply. *'I must say,” ne said, “thatever since I was able I did all Icould to advance the cause of Irish freedom and nationality. There is nothing, however. I ever did for Ireland I am sorry for, and there is noth- ing I ever did that could raise the blush of shame to my cheek Mr. Ivory aiso spoke entbusiastically of Mr. Mclntyre’s efforts in his vehalf. This was the signal for another outburst of cheers for McIntyre, who made a short address in response. He said that the lawyers who had been engaged to defend Ivory had advised him to nlead guilty. ““They told him,” he said, *that there was no hope of an acquittal, and that there was evidence of an incriminating character which would send bLim to a felon’s tomb. 1 felt that justice must prevail. I saw Ivory, talked with him and told him not to plead guilty, for I saw no evidence which would justify conviction. Ivory’s immediate response to me was: ‘I willnot | plead guilty, and I never intended to do s0. Mr. McIntyre then went on to tell of the trial. He declared the proceedings showed that Scotland Yard manufactured the evidence for the purpose of sending Ivory to prison. *I say that the testi- mony_against ivory was manufactured,’’ cried Mr. McIntyre, “‘upon my character and as an American citizen, by Inspector Melville and the crowd of Scotland Yard for the purpose of procuring an indictment against Ivory. “Ivory, it is true, was accorded justice, but it was done under pressure. I want to say now that the reason Ivory was ac- quitted of the charge was because he was an American citizen, and because they knew the United States Government was willing to back bim up in the event of in- | justice being done him. Ivory is here. | He has come back, and is a free man once more. It is the duty, however, of Ameri- cans to stand by Irishmen when they are in difficuity. Ivory does not deny that he is a Fenian, or that he wants 1o see Ire- land free once more.” At this juncture there were loud cheers for Ivory, McIntyre and the witnesses. Ivory took a clipping from his pocket and banded it to Mr. McIniyre, whispering <omething to him. *Mr. Ivory,” Mr. Mc- Intyre said, “bas asked me to deny a statement published in one of the news- papers that he received $50,000 from the English Government as an indemnity for bhus arrest.” There was great cheering as Mr. Mcln- tyre concluaed his address. Father Murpby of Boston then made an address. There was a big crowd cathered at the Battery pier when tne Laura M. Starin was tied up there. The crowd went wild as Ivory walked down the gangplank, ac- et S s e e flung in the air, canes were waved on bigh, and Ivory was surrounded by an enthusiastic throng. He sLook hands with everybody near by, and he and his party then entered cabs and were driven to the office_of the Irish National Alli- ance, in tne Potter building. The gathering there was purely infor- mal. A number of friends and members of the aitiance gathered about, but they saw very little of Ivory, as he was closeted with Mr. Lyman, General Kerwin, Colonel P. J. Cody and one or two others. It was said tbat the purpose oi tie conference was to decide regarding the urging of a claim for unjust imprisonment against Great Britain. Asa resuit of the confer- international law bearinz on 1vory’s case, and if sufficient grounds can be found a claim for indemnity for faise arrest and imprisonment will be made through the State Department at Washington. Mr. y went untown to his place at One Hunared and Twenty-third streetand Lexington avenue, where a big crowd was waiting to give him a rousing welcome home. A SANTA FE STATEMENT. Reasons Why It Opposes a Propossd Re- duction of Freight and Passenger Rates. TOPEKA, vs., Feb. 4 —The Santa Fe Railroad Company this afternoon sent a memorial to the Logislature on the pro- posed raiiroad lezislation. The memorial is signed by E. P. Ripley, and among other things it sa “The largest taxpayer and the largest singie interest in your State appeals for justice—it wants nothing more. Its in- terests are indissolubly involved with those of your constituents. It can only prosper as the State prospers; its prop- erty cannot be removed. It has suffered in the depression of recent years as severely as any interest in the State; it is now struggling to earn for its owners not an adequate return for capital invested in it, which is impossible under present conditions, but a small iInterest on a fraction of its cos’. In earlier and more prosperous times the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, like most of its fellow- citizens in Kansas, permitted itself to ex- pand too greatly, for it built railroads as citizens built towns—in the belief that they could be sustained. The belief proved to be fallacious, and asa conse- uence the Atchison, Topeka and Santa %e has upon its hands some 2500 miles of road in Kansas, much of which does not pay operating expenses, and nearly half of which contributes little or nothing to payment of interest on the company’s debt. Yet there is not one of these branches that does not serve many com- munities, not one 8o poor that citizens of its territory could do without 1t, so we all must stay in Kansas and hope for better times. The memorial, which is very lengthy, then goes into the situation in detail, giving tigures to show that a reduction in the preseut freight and passenger rates would not only be unreasonable, but wouid make it impossible for railroads to ao business and pay operating expenses, and in the case of branch lines drive them absolutely out of existence. Mr. Ripley offers to throw open all the books of the company to prove his state- ments regarding the coudition of the road. T T THE McKINLEY TARIFF AGAIN. | Campaign Pledges to the Farmers of the Country Will Be Kept by Repub- lican Leaders. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 4. special from Washington say pul campaign pledges to the farmers of the country by a general incresse in the tariff rates on all agricultural products. the Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee have not formally draftea the sgricultural schedule of their new tariff bill, they have practically agreed on most of the items. With the exception of cattle, neerly every farm product in_ the schedule will be returned to practically the McKinie rates. The duty on cattle, which is 20 per A Herald Thbe Re- cent ad valorem under the present law, | and which was $10 per head o cattle more | than 1 year old and $2 per nead on 1 year old or under in the McKinley act, will be somewhat less than under the McKin- ley act, but will be_hi:h enough to keep out most of the Mexican cattle which under the present law are brought into the United States to be fattened in Kansas and neighboring States before being sent to market. This change in the duly on cattie will not be satisiaciory to all of the cattie farmers of the country, for a considerable number of men in Kansas, Colorado and other States have found it much more profitable to feed Mexican cattle for the markel than Lo raise the stock on tneir farms. While the cattle-raisers of Texas are thus to be given only a partof the | proteciion they enjoyed under the Me- Kinley law, the growers of bariey, hay hops, beans und other products with which | similar products in Canads come into | competition are to have a return to the McKinley rates on most articles. The hens along the border are also to have a return to the McKinley protection of 5 cents per dozen on the eggs laid by the hens of Canada. Butter and cheese makers of New York are also to have the duties on those products increased from 4 cents per pound to 6 cents, and the raisers of vegetables, whose principal competi- tion comes from the early vegetables grown in the 1slands, are to have a substantial return to McKinley protection. NO PERMANENT PROSPERITY. Eeport of New York Chamber of Com- merce Committee on Finance. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 4.—The regu- lar montuly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held to-day. Tue meeting was well attended. The committee ap- pointed to attend the monetary conference in Indianapolis, suomitted its report through its chairman, John Hansen Rhboades. In submitting the report, Mr. Rhoades spoke in the most laudatory terms of the action of the convention and the men who participated in its deliberations. He pre- dicted that there can be no permanent prosperity until the existing evils of the currency and banking system are reme- died. The report reviews the proceedings of the convention and the report adopted by it, and says: *It is hoped and believed thatthe action taken at this convention will meet not only with the approval of the banking and mercantile interests of ihe country, but be followed by the people at large, who will insist to their repre- sentalives in Congress that patriotism sbould rise above partisan feeiing, and that all shall unite in one effort to restore and maintain the credit of the Govern- ment and give to commerce and trade a sound, sclid, safe and elastic banking sys- tem. “Submission to existing conditions is no longer possivle. The dangers ahead are threatening, and something must be one. Your committee believes that the action of the convention has formulated an organi- zation which can and will bring relief. it has meant, and still means to do it. It bas not adjourned sine die, and wili not 80 adjourn until its work is complete: Isador P. Strauss moved that a com- mittee be appointed to consuit with the powers that be, and have embodied in the call for an extra session of Congress a request that in addition to the tariff, the monetary question be also considéred, The motion was adopted. R MISSOURI MOKALITY, Five Years’ Imprisonment for Infidelity and Fines jor Flirting. JEFKFERBON CITY, Mo., Feb.4.—If a bill which was introduced in the House to-day becomes a law a married man who is convicted of infidelity toward his wile will be punished by a term of five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. ;(e\wresem.nive Rcod bas introduced by request a bill which makes flirting with female passengers on trains by conductors and brakemen a8 misdemeanor, and the ruilroad corporation will have'to pay a fine of $25 for each conviction. —— Kentucky Loses an Edwucalor. LYNCHBRG, VA., Feb. 4. —Professor H. H. Harris of the Louisville Theological ence Mr, McIntyre was directed to look up | Seminary, died here this afternoon. can leaders propose to fulfill their | While | | | | | | | | | | NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. TAKEN | A Tumble! [O0C0000D0COORI0T0TT ® A Friday and Satwrday | sale that will pass into the annals of commercial his- | tory as two of the most re- markable days of reckless cutting of prices that's ever oceurred in this city or any | other city in the United State The Big Store has for its object to make this the greatest sale ever made in | its onward and wpward history. The valwes will be | s the dreatest that we ever offered. | Over 600 handsomely tai- | t"{‘[“"!‘?[ Worth lored Overcoats, [ EVER REACHED ON PRICE WILL BE NAMED BY US T0-DAY. OO0 sergde ‘ | lined, models of beauty | i and excellence, in smooth | | Three [ . . Times Worsted Cheviots, Thibets | and Meltons, with deep ; velvet collars, in all colors, | blue, Havana brown, black and awburn melton ; OQver- | coats that are worth 3 times &, but prices have | taken a tumble andwe say | forpick, and a big pick it is, | PEOOEEEE0EOED i N $5.00. We have treated the Suits | in a like manner. Those ° natty Blue Cheviot Suwits in | F l V e single and double breasted | styles, black aswell arein- e, cluded. We never stop at trifles. Such a thing as a ° loss we welcome cheerfully. h When the doors of the | lS t e Big Store are open - this | COPIIOCEOETOOIBT® morning 1j0u can have yowr pick, and a big pick it will be, for $5.00. Price! [0S C 0 CO00C0C00000R00) \nearer right for 'em.” Challenge ® Pricev"t\'_bnj Friday and Saturday! What @ wonderful mag- net that 7 is. Even with the awful weather that we've been having yowr big store has been crowded to the door Nothing else did it but 7 and the big values. Ask any one abouwt town about 7. They'll tell youw it’s themost wonderful sale of values, it's a srand tab- leaw to the end of all owr sales. The very cleverest of pret- ty overplaids, with fly front vests, hardsome Scotches in new Spring coloringds, the ever popular Blue and Black Serd made and buwilt by artist tailors. The big taker of the sale has been those Royal Ker- sey Overcoats in blue and blacl, with deep velvet col- lar. Three times seven would, be nearer risht for ‘em. Until Saturday night ab ] “Yes,” you’ll say, as many others said yester- day, “three times seven is 500 pairs of English| Iy | Tweed Trousers, all color- | ings and all wool ; Special | i to-day at $1.65. (Incorporated), 10, 13 ad 1 Keany et All the new Spring blocks in Hats, in Havana brown, otter, silver dray and black. Hatters' price $2. Special at -—95¢--