The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1897, Page 1

TNGLAND'S Suiip This Paper not to be taken from the Library.++++ VOLUME LXXXL_NO. 69. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1897_THIRTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHALLENGE Sir Michael Hicks-Beach’s Speech Angers the Paris Press. .RESORT TO THE SWORD DEMANDED. Great Britian Said to Have Dis- dained and Defied France and Russia. GERMANY LOCKS ON WITH EQUANIMITY. It Wou'd Now Seem That the Egyp- tian Question Threatens the Concord of Powers. Fraxce, Feb. 6.—The Paris| are greatly excited over the speech the British House of Com- rday by Sir Michael Hicks- | Beacn, Chancellor of the Excheauer, up- | on the occupation of Egypt. | { | The Journa an article commenting upon the speech, “The inso. lenge throws rance and Russia ht to be taken up.” The Auto ys: “England disdains and defies ce and Russia and will continue to do so until both of these pow- ers resort to the sword."” Libre Parole y “The reply to nd’s challenge musi be action, not word. BERLIN axy, Feb. 6.—Officials and newspapers regzard the renewed strain between e and England with com- plete equanimity, and the declarations | concerning Egypt made by Sir Michael Micks-Beach, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons »ndon yesterday are attributed 1at gentleman’s knowledge that England has the support of Germany, Austria and Italy in regard to her occupation of o2y pt. The Hamburg correspondent article on the subject gives expression to the opinion generally entertained in Ber- lin when it says tihat France has no legal sht to force England to evacuate Egypt. scerning the attitude of Russiatoward pt the St. Petersburg Novce Vremya to in an RETURNING FROM CANTON - @ > PATENT STOVE S DESIGNED FOR THE DISTRUCTION OF COYOTE SCALPS - ‘DUCKWORTH AND H1S FRIENDS STILL THROWING BRICKS AT EACH OTHI BUTNOT IN VAT DISAGREE. ASTOTHE —— LOCATION OF THE B!G FIGHT CUBA REFUi‘ES STHE H SRR L3 oF SPAIN the east, with premonitions of more to come, and then rain began to fall. By evening the wind had registered a velocit of 60 miles an hour and the steady down- nour of rain had amounted to = little over | half an inch. | The Washington weather bureau sent | out a notice that dangerous northeast | cales were due along this and the New England coast and_that shipping shouid | be hield in port. Hurricane signals were ordered here fo-day and as a consequence several outbound steamers came to anchor off Quarantine to wait_for better weather. Before midnight a small fleet had gathered there: —_—— ye that Russia intends to coufine her- se!f to placing the Suez canal under in- ternational control, otherwise she has no. n Egypt. peaking of the attitude of the Austro- arian Government, the Pesther yd, in aninspired communication from Vienna, expresses regret that the line of the Franco-Russian entente menaces the concord of the powers at the very time hen a perfect harmony is most urgently whe needed. “The effect will likely be,” the paper adds,” to defeat a solution of the difficul- ties in Turkey and we must now exert| v effort to restore the harmony of the ns between France and Great Britain.” The adhesion of Germany ana Italy to thie ‘policy, it was hoped, woula lead to the abatement of the English aggressions in the Transvaal, but reports irom Pre- toria announce the occasion of a severe split between Dr. Leyds, the Secretary of State of the Sontu African Republic, ana President Kruger, which advices furnish an explanation of the reported intention 2 Leyds to resign his office. Dr. Leyds has a large number of followers, and, according to the dispatches, the prediction is frecely made that he will obtain a Boer majority in favor of the in- dependence of the Transvaal Republic or such a revision of the Anglo-Boer Con- ventién us will give the Transvaal Govern- ment absolute control over 1ts foreign re- Iations. e Vossiche Zeitung published a dis- patch from its correspondent in Pretoria which says the fort works which have heen in course of construction around the Boer capital are now being pushed for- ward to completion with feverish haste 'ix.u also that distrust of the English is in- reasing everywhere in the Transvaal and a rapidly increusing war feeling has set in Dr. Koch, the eminent German bacteri- ologist, has telegraphed that he is return- ing with & newly giscovered serum which will lessen the force of the rinderpest. In the meantime, Le says, he is unable to say whether he will be able to prevent mals from being infected with the dis- ease. He has demonstrated that sheep dnd Horned cattle are the most liable of | all animais to contract the disease, and that dogs, monkeys and rodents enjoy complete immunity from it. Dr. Koch wires that be is not going to Bombay to study the bubonic plague which is raging tuere, despite the fact that he has been asked to head the commission which is to be sent to Bombay for that purpose. The speeches delivered in the Reichstag this week by Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstefn in regard to the prosecntion of Baron von Luetzow and others for libel are pronounced everywhere to have been the best he has ever made, and have won admiration on all sides. ‘The Conservative opponents of the Minister are profuse in their praise of ¥im. Count von Mirbach, the Conserva- - tive'leader, remarked at the conclusion of X of Freiberr Marschall's speeches, ie Conservatives are proud of him s a 14n Who once sat in tbeir ranks,” and ount Limbur.-Stirum, another Con- rvative leader, expressed hope that the ster wonld long retain his office. HURRICANE AT NEW XORK, Outbound Steamers Come to Anchor off Quarantine. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb, 6.—A West Indian storm which has been working up. the coast for some days arrived here at noon to-day. The wind came out Irom REV. DR. BOLTON'S SAD CASE. Peculiar Hallucinaton That Causes Him to Separate From His Wife and | Leave Chicago. OHICAGO, Iri, Fob. 6—The Bouth Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Caurch is without a regular pastor on account of the departure of Rev. H. W. Bolton under | peculiar circumstances. Bishop Merrill | of the diocese, who understands the de- | tails of the trouble. said to-day: | | caused by the packing in the valves. | Hampton Roads, reached the Navy De- *‘A separation between Re: lieves his wife has attacked his moral | character with regard to six or seven women, and if I were to tell you who they | were you would at once see that his delu- | sion would be laughbable if it were not so | sad. His wife has never doubted him in the least and has protested to me and others that she had never for a moment questioned her husband’s purity, much less impugned it to him or to any one else. “She says he is subject to these mental lapses, and will come out this time as he | nas before, and then willnoteven remem- ber anything he has said on the subject. Itis possible that .events may so shape themselves that an investigation of the rumors Dr. Bolton has given currency to may not be necessary. His physical and mental condition is such that there is no prospect of his resurn to South Park Av- enune Church.” | Rev. Dr. Bolton has gone South and | will deliver occasional lectures, His wife is in South Bend, Ind. Dr. Bolton has | been prominent in church, Grand Army, Masonic and other secret circles for years. He was chaplain durine the Civil War, is past commander of U. 8. Grant Post and State chaplain of the P. 0. S. A., and & thirty-third degree Mason. He has always been in demand as a patriotic orator. e e HONITOR PURITAN UNSEAWORTHY. Many of the Valves Found to Be Leaky | and Pumps Used to Keep Out the Water. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 7.—A morning | paver says: Sill another vessel of the United States navy r:as been found unsea- | worthy. Itisthe monitor Puritan, the last | one added to the list of vessels ilable | forservice. The Puritan was to have left | the navy-yard next Tuesday to join the | fleet in command of Admiral Bunce off | Charleston hurbor. | ‘The engines were given & dock trial a | few days ago and it was then discovered that they did not work smoothly. Many of the valves were found to ve leaky. Tue valves connecting the outboard aelivery pipes with the condensers are also L ak- ing and the pumps have been working for the last two weeks in order to keep the vessel free from water. Men from the construction department have been mak- | ing repairs, but it will be some time be- | fore they are completed, and the vessel will not be able to join the squadron for about two weeks. The engines worked roughly in the trial, and in less than fifteen minutes emoke came from the journals. They were taken apart and the fittings were found to be badiy burned. They were sent to the | steam engineering shops, where new ones | will be made. One of the officers attuched to the ship said yesterday: *‘We found that the valves connecting with the pipes leading to the outside of the ship leaked to such an extent that it was necessary to keep the small pumps | same 1nfluences, | they did not get loose from the ex'ra fast- | tbe naval officials attribute to the neces- | strictions as to movements she could navigate working all the time. The trouble was It is of & metaliic composition and was not properly fisted. We expect to have this repaired within the next few days.” —_ THE INDIANA’S ERRATIC CONDUCT Captain Taylor Makes a Detailed Report and the Navy Depar‘ment Giyes Out a Statement. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6.—Captain Henry C. Taylor's detailed report upon the performance of the battle-ship In- diana in heavy weather off Hatteras, which caused him to leave Admiral Bunce's squadron and seek safoty in partment late this afternoon. It appears that the fcur eight-inch gun turrets, weighing abont 150 tons eaeh, under the strain of the vessel's rolling | were found to_move laterally one-eighta | of an inch wilh the ship’s motion, and that the two thirteen-inch gun turrets, weighing about 500 tons esch, moved lat- erally one-quarter of an inch under the Oue of the latter turrets, when Captain (“Fighting Bob") Evans took the ship ito s storm last fall, revolved bodily through a greater portion of the arc, but in the breeze of the day before yesterday enings that had been applied during the winter's stay at the New York Navy-yard. Theinfinitesimal lateral movement, that sary flexibility of the vessel, alarmed the ship’s officers, who signaled Admiral Bunce and secured his pesmission to seek the nearest haven. From the character of the storm encoun- tered off Hatteras the officials deduce the opinion that the vessel exhibited stanch- ness in a remarkable degree and they as. sert the opinion that no stiffer battle-ship of such weight as the Indiana and her class is possessed by any navy. The Navy Department has decided to withhold tne official report from publica- tion, but Assistant Secretary McAdoo gave out the following statement: The report of Captain Taylor, with reference | to the bebavior of the Indians, has just been received. The officers of the ship, as appears from the report, owing to the former trouble with the locking devices of the turrets when the ship was subjected to heavy rolling, were exceedingly cautious and observant as to the action of the improved devices put on at New York. S0 far as the report states the new device did not give way in any. part nor develop any permanent, deformity, but when the snip rolled rather heavily in the trough of the sea there was a slighy play in the device obsery- ant, the whole movement not exceeding a quarter of an inch, which was eonfined al- most entirely to the torward 13-inch turret. It is quite probab.e that had tuere notbeen unfavorabie experlence with the oid device tnis wouid not have been observed. This very slight moveme:t of the turrets was readily checked by setting up the bolts, which are very heavy,being four inches in diameter and far in excess of those formeriy used. There was a heavy swell running into the trough, into which the ship was thrown owind to her course, and Captain Taylor in- formed Admirai Bunce by signal of the fact that this slight movement of the turrets was observant,and that he feared under continu- ous rolling it might increase and carry away | the locking device. Alter some messages had passed between them the Indiana was directed to return to the roads. She had no trouble on the way back, and, indeed, it is certain that were she free-uanded and not subject to squadron re- in any kind of ses or weather. So far as the report shows, the locking mechanism is in good condition, but Con- structor Stablof the Norfolk yard has been ordered o inspect and refort on the same, g p Solly Smith and Peddler Palme NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 6.—A cable- gram has been received by Acthnr Lum- ley from the manager of the National Sporting Chub of London, £ngland, offer- ing & purse of $2506 for a 20-round bout between Solly Smith and Peddler Palmer, to take place on Derby night. Palmer de- mands a $2500 side bet. Smith has ac- cepted the terms and will sign articles as soon as they reach here. REFUSE TO ACCEPT PROMISED REFORMS Cubans in Arms Not Yet Ready to Submit to Spain. Gomez and Garcia Will Not Meet the Eavoys Sent Out to Treat for Peace. In a Speech Weyler Declares the Estab’ishment of Reforms Depsnds Upon Triumph of Arms. KEY WEST, Fra., Feb. 6.—Advices | from Havana state that Canovas’ famous Cuban reforms have been current talk among the people during the week. The Cabinet crisis on account of deprecintion in paper money and war issues are laid aside to discuss this important event. Although the Government stops the publication, the facts have leaked out and have been widely commented on. The very fact that the authorities prevented the printing of the news has given occa- sion to the people to express doubts and misgivings of the efficacy of tue reforms. The consensus of opinion of enlightened Liberal Spaniards is that although the re- forms sre sufficiently ample to satisfy their aspirations, the fact of their pro- mulgation by the Conservatives, who have always opposed any concessions and who not many months ago openly declared their policy ‘*‘Guns—not reforms,” in- clines them to hesitate. As to the Cubans, it need not be saia that, with the exception of the renegades, all agree that the reforms are too weak and certainly unacceptable to Cubans in a rmi Reliable information states that Gomez flatly refused to meet Marcos Garcia, the delegate sent by the Government to make Is of peace. Gemez would not hear of any overtures or receive any com- munpications tending to open negotiations unless based upon absolute independence. Another delegate appointed to g6 to Marzanillo to talk with Calixto Garcia de- clined the commussion on the spot by say- ing/it was useless. Gasper Betancourt’s continement, de- spite the decision of the court for imme- diate release, is the greatest outrage ever done an American citizen. The case has not & precedent. On the contrary, Span- ish law requires thac as soon as a prisoner is found guiltless he be released on ihe spot. The proof is that the Judge, as soon as the tribunal gave sentence, at once signed a warrant ordering the jail warden to place him at liberty, conse- quently his remaining in jail under the alleged formalities to be complied with is simply a flagrant violation of Spanish law and a shameful injustice to an inno- cent man. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 6.—When Cap- tain-General Weyler reached the outskirts of the city of Santa Clara, where he ar- rived to-day, a delegation of prominent residents of the city went out to receive him and presented him with an address. General Weyler replied to the addzess and amone other things said: *I am disposed to finish the rebellion at once in the Santa Clara province. Those speaking about reforms must know' that the Government has published them and given the subject thorough stndy, but the establishment of these reforms depends upon the trinmph of the Spanish arms.” The Government has asksd the. Su- preme Court to furnishit with a copy of 1 f | the military proceedings nagainst the | | American " citizens, George Aguirre, | | Estaban Gregory and Lorenzo Vives, all | | of whom are charged with taking part in | | the rebeltion. e WEYLEE IS IN DANGER. His Bovse Shot From Under Him by a Cuban Sharpshooter. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 6.—A special to the New York World from Key West, ‘Fla., says: As General Weyler was lm-mhing with his columns just before entering Santa Clara his horse was shot {rom under him by a Cuban sharpshooter. ‘It is supposed the shot came from a dis- tant hiliside. Throughout the march from Rodas the Captain-General was assailed by missiles of this kind, and several times barely escaned being wounded. He is greatly worried over it, and large scouting parties precede the advancing | Spanish columns to capture the daring marauders. A Spanish force of 500 men was am- bushed Wednesday night near Nazarene, just west of Santa Clara, where General Weyler was then and narrowly escaped | annihilation. | The insurgents had mined the road and | bridge over a creek and hid on the road- | sides. As the Spaniards were crossing the bridge mines’ were exploded, killing twenty or thirty men and wounding many more. The blowing up of the tridge di- vided the Spanish force. The Cubans fired on those in the rear and then they charged with machetes. Many Spaniards | were driven into the creek, where they were drowned. The soldiers in the rear column just managed to escape annihilation. The Cubans captured fifty prisoners, and report over 100 Spaniards killed, | drowned or wounded and missing. The Cuban loss was slight. WILL MOT MEET WEYLER. General Gomez Doubts the Sincerity of the Spanish Government. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 7.—A special dispatch to the Herald from Havana, | Cuba, February 6 (via Key West, Fla.), s: General Weyler's attempt to ar- range for a secret conference with General Gomez in Santa Clara over the question of the proposed Cuban reforms hes proved a complete fizzle. General Gomez sent word, it is said, that he would not confer with General Weyler upon any subject whatever, and refused to meet him under any circum- stances. ‘While the rebel leader doubted the sin- cerity of the Spanish Government and de- clared that the vroposed reforms would not be promulgated in good faith he expressed a willingness to meet any accredited agent of the Government except Captain-Gen- eral Weyler, for the purpose of giving the insurgent views upon the question. The news of General Gomez's refusal to treat with General Weyler caused intense exciit.emam to-day in official and political circle LiiEls GENERAL KOLOFF DISMISSED, Difficult to Convict Members of the Cuban Junta in New Yori. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 6.—General Carlos Roloff, Becretary of War of the Cuban Provisional Government, and Dr. Jose J. Luis were arraigned to-day in Commissioner Shields’ office, the com- plaint being made on two warrants re- quiring them to-appear in Baltiniore for trial to answer charges of counspiracy, and “‘aiding and abetting” in connection with the expedition which left Baltimore for Cuba in July, 1895. They furnished $3500 bail each. Assistant United States District Attor- ney Heinmann consented to the dismissal of charges against General Roloff pre- ferred in tais city 1n. connection with the filibustering expedition on the steamship ‘Woodals, which occurred in 1895, and con- sented to Dr. Luis’ release upon his own recognizance in the same case. The hearing of the charges against Dr. Luis and Editor Enrique Trujillo to the effect that they were concerned in the steamship Horsa expedition was set for to-day, but the lawyer who appeared for them waived examination before Commis- sioner Shields and the matter goes before the Federal court. On Monday next at 11 ’clock Assistant United States Attorney Heinmann will move before Justice Brown in the United States criminal court for the removal of General Roloff and Dr. Luis to Baltimore. It is very gemerally believed that this formality, will ena all legal proceedinge against Cuban natriots in. the United States courts in this city, as in no instance has conviction been obtained here. Tne holding of. the Luis and Trujillo cases in abeyance is regarded as mere formal proceedings. There is a belief among prominent Cubans in this city that a sensational move against the Junta is in contemplation by the Spanish authorities. Just what form they anticipate it will take they wiil not sav. g = ‘Three Friends B¢ z-d as a Pirate. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Feb. 6.—The steamer Three Friends arrived in port at noon to-day from Jupiter, and was imme- diately seized by the Coliector of Customs under instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury upon the charge of piracy, itb-ing alleged that she committed pirat- ical acts on ber trip to Cuba last Decem- ber. The steamer Dauntless returned to port this morning from a wrecking trip. =Nl World Correspondent Arrested. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6.— Con- | sul-General Lee telegraphs to the State Department from Havana as follows: “Sylvester Scovel, the World’s correspond- eni, was arrested yesterday at Tumas, Santa Clara province.” Consul-General | Lee will watch over the interests of Scovel MORTON, R:ID OR DEPEW? Triangular Fight for Embassador to Eng- land That M y Leave New York Out of the Cabinet. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 6.—New York Republicans have by no means given up hope that this State will be representel in Mr. McKinley’s Cabinet, but they admit that one or two complications have arisen. The principal one arises out of the fight for the embassy to England, which is coveted by Levi P. Morton and Whitelaw Reid, while Depe:: has been promised the support of the Republican organiza- tion for the same place. The organizatioa of the State has no objection whatever to the appointment o: General Horace Porter to be Embassador to France. McKinley would like to have Cornelius N. Bliss, and some of the friends of Bliss indorse General Woodford for Attorney- General, It was declared that Mr. Bliss does not desire to do this, and that General Porter and Anson G. McCook and others of Mr. Biiss’ friends sustain him in the position. The foregoing is the situation which confronts the Republican organiza- tion of the State, and in view of the alleged opyosition of Cornelius N, B.iss to General Woodfora, it .mmay be decided within aday or two by the Republican organization to drop General Woodford and concentrate on Representative Sherman, aithough it is stated on the authority of Chairman O’Dell of the Ex- ecutive Siate Committee that Mr. Sher- ;nl: is not a candidate against Mr. Wood- ord. The situation, according to well-in- formed New York Republicans, is nota mleasant one. The complication over the Embaseadorship to England, it 1s said, will leave an unpleasant taste in the mouths of many Republicans, and it was added that the decision about this great place of Embassador to England will have very much to do wit the selection of a New York Republican for McKinley’s Cabinet. s Rally of Kyle Supporters. PIERRE, 8. D., Feb. 6.—To-day’s vote for Senator resulted: Pickler 50, Kyle 56, Plowman 10, Goodykoontz 21, Palmer 1. Kyle to-day received the entire Demo- cratic vote, with one exception, and his ;x:lronanu claim that this will be his unj Y | mento, cat. LOSES § OWN SCALP Bookkeeper McCalvy Put Out of Office by Mr. Brown. COYOTE BOUNTY CLAIMS SCANDAL, Manipu'aticns of an Employe Not Tolerated by the Secre- tary of State. LEGISLATORS WILL RECONSIDER THE REPORTED BILL. Further Investigation That May Pre. vent California From Being Fieeced by Coyote Scalpers. SACRAMENTO, Car. Feb. 6.—Coyvote scalps have cost Bookkeeper McCalvy of the office of the Secretary of State his position, and his doings are to be made the subject of official investigation by the Senate Finante Committee. When Secretary of State Brown this morning heard for the first time the story of McCalvy’s trip to Bakersfield to seil his services on behalf of the coyote bounty claims he immediately demanded the resignation of the bookkeeper. In response to this' McCalvy at once wrote the follow- | ing und " tendered it to his saperior, who promptly aceepted it: Hon. L. H. Brow DEAR S pointment a5 bookkeeper 1o ihe Secretary of State. pending an’ investigation which I pro- pose to demand in reference o certain charges. - Yours respectiully, GEORGE A. MCCALVY. Secretary of State Brown was highly in- dignant to-day over the action of his sub- ordinate and the false position in which My baby had Eczema in its worst form. ‘The top of her head was as rawasa piece of beef, the hair eaten down to the scalp by ap- plying tar poultices, and I thought if she ever got well she would be bald. 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