The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1897, Page 1

{ { VOIlUME LXXXI.— SAN FRADN CI%CO, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1897 PRICE FIVE CENTS BLUZJACKET HEROES BRAVE T Admiral Bunce’s Squadron | Passes Through a Big Storm. | | | selt. HE HURRICANE was about to go over the side when he managed to seize a life line and save him- When the sea was shipped astern the sounding apparatus was knocked to flinders and one of the officers nearly | | dashed over the side. WARSHIPS HAVE A VERY | CLOSE CALL. Terrible Experience in the Gale While Off the Coast of | South Carolina. FOUR LIVES LOST AND EIGHT MEN BADLY INJURED. Gallant Marines and Sailors Dash Overboard to Rescue Comrades | From the Waves. CHARLESTON, C., Feb. 8. —The warships New York, Maine, Columb Ampbitrite and Marblehead arrived Charleston bar to-day after a terrible ex- | perience with the storm which swept uy ‘ the south Atlantic coast Frday and Sat- urday. The cruiser Columbia and the battle-ship Maine were sighied from Sulli- | vans Island e: in the forenoon, and | ip New York, the monitor Am- and the cruiser Marblehead inte view later, tiie flagship being of the uadron to reach an age to the north of the Charleston | lightship. All five of the vessels are now | | at anchor abo miles off the bar. Ac al Bunce's fieet ran straight into | trying to save their messmate they lost When morning came the Maine was siguted and spoken. The battleship, it is believed, had the most trying experience of the fleet. Friday night Prentice Kozel was struck by a terrible sea and his lite knocked outof him. The rushing waters carried his body overboard. Two men jumped after him as he was being carried away. They were Seaman John Brown and the marine Alexander Nelson. In | their own lives for they, too, were carried | out into the mountains of black water. Charles Hassell was washed overboard at the same time. | When these four men went overboard | William J. Creelmar, landsman, was | standing on the poop deck. He saw the | upturned face of Kozel floating by. Creel- man dove over the stern and struck out to | save him. In the meantime two life buoys | had been thrown over. Hassell got one of | them. Brown, Nelson and Kozel disap- peared and the brave Creelman was strug- from the buoy intended for him. | Hassell saw him and reached him in time | 10 save his life. The Maine was brought around in the m and a lifeboat lowered from the arboard. Naval Cadet Gherardi was put command with six men. The boat got only & few yards from the ship when she was overturned, and seven more men were in the water. The men were rescued with ife lines. The lifeboat was lost, as were one or more of the ship's boats. These were all torn from their davits by the heavy seas. The Amphitrite, Maine, Columbia and Marblehead were sighted in the moraing in the order mentioned. The Marblehead was laboring heavily and kad out her oil- bags. Grave fears had been entertained for the st the te f a terrivle storm Friday night. | Amphitrite, but she rode onut the gale and The warships were forty miles off the |asfar as can be learned lost no life. On North Carolina coast end well below Hal- | board the Maine a board of inquiry re- teras, snd while the officers are, as usual, | ported on the loss of the three men. They unw to discuss their experiences it is | highly commended Creelman’s brave at- known that both ships and men were in | temvt to rescue Kozel. He will be recom- great When the fleet was visited by | mended for a lifesaver's medal of the first esentative of the United Associated this afternoon it was learned that | loss consisted of four lives, eight men seriously injured and minor in- juries to almost all of the vessels them- seives. The battle-ship Maine had seven of her men overboard, three of them losing their lives. The Marblehead lost one man killed #nd six Injured. The killed on the Maine were: L. C. Kozel, apprentice, dashed to death zainst the tarrets and body lost at sea. Jobn Brown, seaman, washed overboard | and drowned; body not recovered. A. B. Nelson, private United States marines, washed overboard and drowned; body lost. The Marblehead lost Ship's Carpenter Strawhat, who was dashed to death by His body was saved and buried at sea Sunday of the carpenter’s gang, who were on the sea anchor, were hurled the superstructure of the ship by the sea and less injured. Their names are inis Royan, blacksmith; Cnarles Osborne, shipwright; Prentice and Regan and Hicker, | s cond is serious. have been made for | of the injured seamen in the | al here and they will be | m their ships to the shore | ) the Columbia, the Am- te and the Maine were off the coast below Hatteras and about forty miles out when the storm began to gather Friaay | night. The admiral signaied irom the New York for the ships to stand together. The storm was blowing from the so: east. It stea increased during the night and the four ships were separated. | 8o heavily did the New York roll that the big eigbt-inch guns in the turrets wa—»,' Izshed down with heavy hawsers as a pre- caution. During the storm a heavy sea rolled over astern and the aft companion- way was flooded with water, which went down into the officers’ quarters. The gun vorts and torpedo tubes also let the water in. There was plenty of water inside. The boatswain, William Anderson, while on the forward deck, was struck from his 2t by asea and injured by being dashed t. Naval Cadet Castleman, while on the forward quarter deck, lost his footing and | | class. The Columbia, Marblehead and Amphi- trite came down the coast together after the storm. The reason the New York did not arrive until thisafternoon isexplained | by the fact that she turned back and went aimost to Hatteras looking for the moni- tor. The Marblehead came up to the city this afterncon and arrangements were made for putting her injured sailors in the Marine Hospital here. Exactly what amount of injury the vari- ous vessels themselves sustaned during the storm cannot now be stated. The of- ficers say their ships behaved splendidly, | but it was apparent even to a casual ob- | server that the vessels had received rough | age at the hands of the hurricane. Itis practically certain, however, that none of | them has been seriously injured, and it is | not probable that the maneuvers will be ( seriously interfered with or retarded by | the terrille experience through which tne | fleet has passed. | —_—— | GREECE AND TURKEY | MAY KOW GO T0 WAR Such Is the Cretan Situation | That Those Two Powers Cannot Remain Friendly. { — | F:om Athens Comes the Informatioa That Crete and Greece Hove ! Proclaimed a Uzion. { BERLIN, Geryany, Feb. 8.—A larce number of the German newspapers in their comments on the Cretan situation declare that war between Greece and Turkey is almost inevitabie. LONDON, ExG., Feb. 8.—An Athensdis- { atch says there are rumors in circulation that the warships of the powers are bom- barding Canea, Crete. The rumors are discredited here. | In the House of Commons to-day Right Hon. George N. Curzon, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that the EAST ; e "LEGS. rumors of a massacre in Crete were un founded. It was true there had been some firing there, but the loss of life had been small. During the firing, be said, tne Turkish troops are reported to have conducted themselves in an exemplary manner, and there was no plundering. Curzon said that 5000 refugees had em- barked from Canea and that place wa: now perfectly quiet. As there had been a scarcity of food in Canca the udmiral in command of the British Mediterranean +quadron had sent a troop ship With bis- cuit and meat sufficient to feed 600 per- sons for a fortnight. Two thousand refu- | gees were on board the British warship at Canea, Curzon said, and the last of the fugitives were taken off by the Greek war vessels. ATHE and Greece was proclaimed at Halepa yes- terday. It is possible that a cabinet crisis may follow the popular manifestation made here yesterday in favor of the an- nexation of Crete. e PR PACKED IN AN ICE FLOE. Perilous Position of a Steamer That Was Searching for the Missing State of Georgia. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 8.—The steamer Ni:mrod, which went out in search of the missing steamer State of Georgia, is frozen in an ice floe five miles south of Cape Race. Two of her crew came ashore over the ice to-day to report that the Nimrod haa found no trace of the missing steamer. The Nimrod steamed 170 miles off the coast and serrched the ice floes north, but without avail. The general opinion is that the State of Georgia has gone down with all on board, and this opinion is strengthened by the report of the Nimrod. The State of Georgia sailed from Dant- December 13 with a cargo of raw Sne was bound for Halifax and 8t. Johus, N. B. She passed Dunnet Head, on the north coast of Scotland, December 28, and has not been heard She wasan old steamer and belonged to the Allan line. A dispatch from Ferryland reports an unknown steamer frozen in the 1cgtwenty miles off that place. Sheisabout forty miles north of where the Nimrod {rozen in. ST Docker Riots Kenewed at Hamburg. LONDON, Exa., Feb. 8.—A dispatch from Hamburg says the riots resulting from the recent collapse of the dockers’ strike were renewed to-night. The police finally charged with drawn swords on the crowds and several persons were injured. eece, Feb. 8.—A dispatch | | from Canea states that the union of Crete from since. | BANDITS BOARD A SANTA FE TRAIN | b o Two Masked Men Hold Up Westbound Overland No. 1 One Shot and Killed by a Mail Clerk, Who Bo'dly De- fends His Car, The Other S:izes the Packages Within Reach and Makes His Escape. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 9.—A ovri- vate message was received in this city late last night stating that two masked rob- | bers held up the Santa Fe westbound | train No. 1at a point a few miles from Peach Springs, Ariz. The train was stopped by meansof a red light and upon its coming to a stand- still the engineer was covered with a re- volver in the hands of one of the robbers, who ordered him to keep quiet. The other robber then uncoupled the mail and express car and with his com- panion got aboard the engine and ordered | the engineer to run up the road a short | distance. Here the train was stopped and the robbers proceeded to open the | door of the mail car. The door was opened by a mail clerk, who with a revolver shot one of the rob- vers, killing him instantly. The other robber, after grabbing a bundle of regis- tered letters, made good his escape. The dead robber was taken to Peach Springs. The train which was held up is due in Los Angeles at 1:30 this after- noon. Big Haul of Two Kobbera. CHICAGO, Iu., Feb. 8.—Two armed robbers entered the office of Antone Bonert, the Chicago agent for a number ST.Jom e csmonuf} PNt 3. ®EGERINA xR0 Yy 8, 8 P GAUDO 15LA MEDITE / & & A8 ARELY, g 8 P “% 500 AnTr GOILD&. 1 URETIMQ FAXIAADES 15 5 © [ ENATALA J@R-THEODIA NDS, Gozzo t RRANEAN SEA SPHAKIA ”&'*"'//nn\)ww‘:’by? Wi’h”.’%fi“, e, Fet TR e s " e A, CPETE . or CANDIA Q 0% 2 > S ; CALDERON} i3, JANISSARY 1S5 < SALONDN SILANGS) P g KIE?A‘;ERVZJ"Jf CLANGADO &, pCHRISTIANA OR & KOUPHO 15> XACRO Map of the Island of Crete, Showing the Scene of the Insurrection and the Warfare of Christians and Moslems. Crews were recently sent ashore from warships of European powe. to exiinguish fires that had raged for days at Canea, the capital of the disturbed island, 1t was reported yesterdsy that these same ships-of-war had begun a bombardment of Canea as a warning to the insurrectionists. of steamship lines, at 92 La Salle street, to-night and secured about $2000. Bonert and his clerk were alone in the office ana were preparing to close up when the men entered. The money had just been counted and was Iying on the desk. The occupants of the office were covered witn the revolvers and were cautioned agminst an outcry. The thieves scooped the money in sight into their pockets and ran back into the street. Bonert followed them, but they escaped into a dark all Fair's New York Estate. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 8. —Auxiliary letters testamentary on the estate of the Iate Nevada millionaire, James G. Fair, in this State were granted to-day to Thomas G. Crothers, one of the executors, by Sur- rogate Fitzgerald. The valueof the estate here 1s placed at $2,750,000. e e Mrs, Beecher Is Dying. STAMFORD, Coxx, Feb. 8. — Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher was stricken with a very unfavorable turn this afternoon and it is feared she will not live until morn- ing. She had two fainting spells before 11 o'ciock and she is rapidly becoming weaker. — Railroad Shops Burned. PRINCETON, Isp., Feb. 8—The ex- tensive shops of the Louisville, Evans- ville and St. Louis Railway of tiis cit were completely destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is $100,000. CUBAN [XSURGENTS DEMAND FREEDOM 0a No Other Terms Will They Meet Propositions From Spain for Peace. [t Now Seems Cer:ain That Cap‘ain- G neral Weyler Is Soon to B: Recalled NEW YORK, N. Y., feb. 8. —A dispatch to the Sun from Havana says: Gomez has issued a proclamation to the sugar planters of the island and especially to those of the provinces of Santa Clara and Matanzas, copies of which have been pri- vately circulated in Havana. He recalls the earlier decree of the Cu- ban Government and his military orders forbidding the grinding of sugar cane, and adds that he is resolved to enforce those edicts, and all the more rigorously now that General Weyler permits the manu- facture of sugar in some districts. He adds tnat in some places the Cuban army may be lenient when no doubt ex- ists that the work of the sugar estates is more profitable to the revolution than to the Spanish Government; but he says that the principal strength of Spain is in the resources of Cuba’s oil, and the patrios are obliged, therefore, as an ex- pedient of war, to prevent the raising of crops: All estates preparing to grind and all those which have begun to do so in diso- bedience to the Cuban decrees will be wholly destroyed. General Gomez concludes by declaring that the responsibility for the poverty of the island rests upon Spain, and promises a speedy triumph of the revolutionists. Itis well known that General Gomez rejects the the reforms proposed by Spain and says that Cuba's siruggie is for nothing less than independence. He says that only on condition that the Cubans would not accept any Spanish proposals short of absolute freedom of the island did he accept command of the army, It is certain that even should Martinez Cam- pos or Azcarraga or any other Spanish general come here to replace Weyler, Gomez would not pay the slightest atten- tion to tLeir proposals of peace. The pacification of the province of Piar dei Rio looks rather sickly, in view of the fact that a train at Taco, carrying Spanish soldiers and provisions, was blown up with dynamite yesterday by the Cubans. In the province of Havana and at the very gates of the capital the insurgents are concentrating Jarge forces, which threaten a new attack on Guana- bacoa. Delegate Palma of the Cuban Junta to- day received a letter from President Cis- neros of the Cuban republic. It was dated January 12, at Santa Teresa. Official news was received by General Gomez of the death of General Muaceo and young Gomez. Counsel for General Carlos Roloff and Senor Jose Luis, who have been indicted for conspitacy in aiding a filibustering expedition to Cuba from Baltimore in 1895, has waived all formalities for his clients removal from this city and they nave given security for their appearance for trial in Baltimore February 16. LONDON, ExG., Feb. 8—The Times’ Madrid correspondent telegraphs that the Spanish Government considers the di- viding of the civil from the military com- mand in Cuba as preliminary to the recall of Captain-General Weyler. b WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8.—Consul- General Lee telegraphs the State Depart- ment that Correspondent Scovel, arrested at Tunas, will be brought to Havana, reaching there Friday next, and he appre- hends no difficulty in the case. It is thought here that Scovel will be expelled from the island alter a brief imprison- ment. OR. NANSEN HONORED. Explorer Presented With a Gold Medal by the Prince of Wales at a Reception. LONDON, Exc., Feb. 8 —The Royal Geographical Society held a reception to- night in Albert Hall in honor of Dr. Fridjof Nansen, the distinguished Arctic explorer. Sir Clements Markham, the president of the society, presided,with the Prince of Wales sitting at his right hand and the Duke of York at his left. Dr. Nansen delivered a lecture describ- ing the voyage of the Fram and telling of his adventures in the far North., He said that the object of his expedition was not to discover the north pole, but to explore the unknown regioa in its neighborhood. Upon the conclusion of the lecture, the Prince of Wales presented to Dr. Nansen a special gold medal voted to him by the Geographical Society. The recipient, in a few well-chosen words, expressed his thanks for the honor accorded him. The audience was a most exclusive one. Despite the enormous capacity of the building the members of the press were ali provided with facilities for reporting the lecture, and there is & very strong suspicion that it was desired that the newspapers should have a verbatim re- port. Allof thelarrangements were of the “hole-in-the-corner” character, and the general public is resenting the manner in which Dr. Nansen’s publishers are resery- ing his exploration. Dr. Nansen’s reception compares baaly with that accorded Henry M. Stanley upon his return irom Africa. Then Dr. Nansen’s agent has only the slightest knowledge of the American press and its insatiable demand for news. The econduct of the explorer’s campaign here gives the impression that the object of the expedi- tion was simply to make money and that the benetit to science was a smali con- sideration, especially as Dr. Nansen has declared that he will not go on] another expedition. The Epten g MACVEAGHS GIVE A BALL, King and Queen of Italy and Cabdinct Members Present. ROME, ITary, Feb. 8.—A grand ball was given this evening by Hon. Wayne Mac- Veagh, American Embassador, and Mrs. MacVeagh, at their residence, the Palace | Piombo. There was a large assemblage of guests, among them being King Humbert, Queen Marguerita, the members of the Cabinet, the aiplomatic corps, ail the prominent members of the Roman society and a number of Americans who had previously been presented to Queen Marguerita ata soiree. The MacVeazhs will leave Rome upon the expiration of the Embassador's term of office and the bali was given as a for- mal adieu to Rome and as a slight return for the marks of esteem shcwn to them during their three years’ residence there T A Death of an English General. LONDON, Exc., Feb. 8.—General Sir. Wilbraham Oates Lennox, K. C. B., died to-day, aged 67. PRELAN WILL HELP CUBA The Mayor Will Co-Operate With the New York League. TO NAME A COMMITTEE OF FIFTY. An Important Meeting With Jones and Mascherini of the Local Society. ASSOCIATION TO BEGIN WORK AT ONCE. There Will Be Public Speaking and Efforts to Raise a Fund for the Patriots. President Jones and Secretary Mascher- ini of the Cuban Sympathizers’ Society of San Francisco were closeted with Mayor Phelan for an hour, yesterday, devising ways and means for the lawful aid of those who seek to liberate Cuba. At the conclusion of the conference Mayor Phelan said he was willing to co- operate by appointing a committee of fifty prominent citizens, whose duty will be to call meetings and raise funds to be sent to the headquarters of the Cuban League of the United States in New York. “My attention was firsu called to this movement by Colonel Ethan Allen of New York,” said Mayor Phelan, yesterday. “‘He wrote and asked me to co-operate with THE CaLL and the Cuban sympathiz- ers here, and to appoint a committee of filty or more to take charge of the move- ment. While I am very busy with things of more pressing importance here at home 1 surely cannot refuse to appoint the coin- mittee, as requested, and I shall select the names as soon as I familiarize myself with those most prominent as leaders of the movement here.” The officers of the local society feel grateful to the Mayor for his co-operation and they sre anxious to have all sympa- thizers send their names to the head- guarters, 2006 Mason street, as soon as possibie. “The Mayor's kind willingness to aid us,” said President Jones yesterday, “will result in the immediate organization of a Cuban League here, and we shall operate along the same lines indicatad by the New York society, led by Charles A. Dana and Roswell P. Fiower.” The prospectus, which will be circulated by the Mayor’s committee, contains the following announcement of the purposes of the Cuban League of the United States: This league, composed only of American citizens, was organized at a large and enthusi- astic meeting, held in the Fifth-avenue Hotel, New York City, December 14, 1896. The purpose of the league was expressed in the following resolution : Resolved, That this organization be called the uban League of the United States,” and that its purpose shall be to give practicai consolidation to the sentiment of American citizens and the moral support of the same in securing to Cuba, by all legal means, tue inallenable right of self-govern- ment. The officers then electea were as follows: President, Fthan Allen; vice-presidents, Charles A. Dana, Thomas L. James, John R. Dos Passos, Thomae F. Gilroy, J. Edward Sim- mons, Roswell P. Flower, Chauncey M. De- pew, Theodore Roosevelt, George Hoadley, C. H. Denison; executive committee, Paul Dana, General Dan Buiterfield, Ervin Wardman, Frank B. Carpenter, Fred D. Grant, John D. Keiley, John Jacob Astor, John C. McGuire, R. C. Alexander, Coustant A. Andrews, Walter S. Logan, Thomas reasurer, Charles H. Denison, Potter building, 38 Park row, New York City; secretary, Fraucis Wayland Glen, room 404, 132 Nassau street, New York City. It is the purpose of Messrs. Jones and Mascherini to get the names of all sympa- thizers on the roll assoon as they can pos- sibiy do so, after which meetings will be called and other means devised for the aid of the cause of Cuba. The following paragraphs from the ap- peal show the substantial way in which it is proposed to convey benefits to the suf- ferers: While we willingly give our sympathy in words we should remember that there are times when an empty hand carries no favor. Such a time is the present, when the Cubans siand in need of every necessary for life and exhaustive battles. They must, of course, be drained of resources, which our people should supply. Arms and smmunition, and, more than these, food for hungry troops and people, with medicines for tneir sick and wounded, may be shipped to insurgent ports with full permission of our statutes since, with no for- mal blockade against us, we may as freely traflic there as witn the ports of continental Spain. To furnish these things, which may legally be aone, money becomes literally the sinews of war. The league asks for subserip- tions throughout the United States in aid of the patriots, which may be sent to Charles H. Denison, the treasurer, Potter building, Park row, New York City. The Cuban Lengue of the United States is or- ganized to give practical consolidation to the sentiment of American citizens, and the moral support of the same In securing to Cubs, by all legal means, the inaliensble right of selt- government. It is proposed to so arouse pub- lic sympathy by mase-meetings and through the press that recognition as an independent State shall be secured to the patriots. Itis desired that branch orgsnizations be formed throughout the country, and that meetings be held in the other prominent cities ot the Nation. Friends who may read this ad- dress will assist if they organize at once and report progress to the secretary, Francis Way- 1and Glen, room 404, 132 Nassau street, New York City. We earnestly request the co-opera- tion of all men and women in this cause. In grateful recollection of those who crossed the ocean to help our fathers a century ago, let us do now what is necessary to encourage thosy who are repeating the story of Washiugton and his compatriots. From the North and from the South, the East and the West, let one united voice proclaim independence for the patriots, and young Cuba, powerful because of this, shall scourge the assailant from her soil and teke her place with us in the family of republics.