The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1897, Page 1

{ This Paper not ! om \ken el fr The Call SAN FRANCISCO, ERIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 18 7. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOLUME LXXXT. GREFCEDECIDES TOINTERFERE Notifies the Powers That Christians Protected. IS COMPELLED TO TAKE Crete’s Demand for a Union With the Mother Country Heeded. STATESMEN UNITE IN THE BOLD MOVE. It Would Now Appear Powers May Become I Warfare Started by Religious Fanatics. , G excE, Feb. 11.—The Gov—‘ rmulated a notification to | owers setting forth that Greece can- main & mere spectator of the events are taking place in Crete, and that s of rece and religion compel her to | e in behalf of the oppressed and traged Christians in that island. e Chamber of Deputies last even- | ing Premier Delyannis said that either | the Porie would be prevented by the pow- from sending re-enforcements to Crete persist in sending them there. In either case, the Premier declared, the sreek Government haa decided to take | [ action promptiy and decisively. When ete demanded a union with the mother | he said, Greece could not remain | rent. At the conclusion of the remarks of Premier Delyannis the leader of the op- | position assured the Premier that the Government woulda have the heartiest of the opposition, which assur- ance evoked prolonged cheers. The Cretan commitiee here is making preparations on a large scale to land men and munitions of war upon the shores of Crete, and the first installment of 600 man embarked and sailed last evening. Assim Bey, the Turkish Minister, to- day visited the Koreien Office, and acting under instructions from his Government made a protest against the dispatch of the Greek torpedo fleet to Crete. Assim Bey | ted with tbe utmost courtesy, was informed, so far as diplomacy »wed, of the attitude of Greece on the | tan question. His protest, however, was 30 as known productive of no result. The Greek Government will not recall the fleet, and furthermore a second flotilla will shortly start for Crete. The troubles in the island have caused many of the residents to flee to Greece for safety. Since the outbreak began fully 8000 Cretans have arrived at the Pirmus, As in the case of the previous exodus from Crete, many ot the refugees are un- able to care for themselves, and the Gov- ernment will be compelled to extend aid | 10 them. 1 Advices received here from Crete say | that & fight occurred at Kastelli in the ovince of Kissamo yesterday. Thirty istians and 100 Moslems were killed. wds continue to surround the palace, | cheering the King for his action in send- | ing warships to Cre | MAKKETS. er we iar FLURKY 1IN id Frofit by a Gemeral European War, LONDON, Exc., Feb. 11L—The stock market was weax and flat to-day on the reports of threatened fighting between | Greece and Turkey, and closed depressed. PARIS, FrANC b. 1L.—A very pan- icky feeling prevailed at the Bourse at | the opening this morning, but later there was an improvement on the report |bal| Speculators ¥ the powers intended to prevent Greece from intervening in the Cretan trouble, BERLIN, Feb. 11.—There was a depressed tone at the ovening of the B GERMANY, se” here to-day, but afterward as a calmer feeling, sTRIA, Feb. 11.—The Cretan juestion caused heavy sales to be made at the Bourse to-day. The market was weak. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Feb. ll.‘i | ous of resigning his office, but that the | should remain here. | are burning. | only of the native Christians, but also of | foreign warships there will intervene and |in | when that support is better understood | It is generally admitted, however, that | come it will be impossible to tell how far | o Europe. Must Be That All the Leading nvolved in the Island It is said that semi-official circles here are | strongly opposed to Turkey being ousted | from Crete. —_— MASSICRES ARE RESUMED. Moslems and Christians Both Perish by the Hundred. CANEA, Crere, Feb. 11.—It is stated on good anthority that the Governor of Crete, George Pasba Berovitsch, is desir- | Porte bas expressed the wish that he | The entire Moslem | population about the city of Heraklion hes entered that place, where they at- tacked the Christians and pillaged their shops. The Prefect of Sitia reports that 300 Moslems have been killed in that district by Christians. It is reported that the Moslems at Retimo have blown up with dynamite a number of houses owned or occupied by Christians. No mention is made of loss of liie being caused by the explosion. It is reported that Christians are mas- sacring Moslems in the villages around | Canea, and that thirteen of the villages The Moslems continue to prevent the departure from the island not the foreigners. It is probable that the demand that those who wish to leave the island shall be allowed to do so without | hindrance. | Confirmation has been received of the reports of utrocities committed on women and children in Kisame and Kasteli. GRECIAN INIERFERENCE. It May Cawse a General Mar Among European Powers. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Feb. 11.— The news of Grecian interference in the Island of Crete has caused intense ex- citement here. The Porte has commnni- cated by telegraph with the powers, ask- ing their support in the efforis of Turkey to restore order in Crete, and the Em- bassadors are conferring upon the ques- tion of exerting pressure upon Greece to compela recall of the Greek dfeet trom Cretun waters. The next few days are awaited with great anxiety,as it is ad- mitted that the situation is more threat- ening that at any time within recent years and that war may be the result. LONDO ~G., Feb. 11.—Much interest is felt as to the effect of the action just taken by Greece regarding Crete. The action was not unexpected, as the events of the past few days have pointed steadily that direction. What the effect of Greclan intervention will be can hardiy be predicted. 1t is believed that Greece would not have acted in this manner had it not been assured of strong support, and it will be easier to forecast the future. affairs are more threatening than they have been fora long time. If war should | it will go, as in the present unsettled con- dition of affairs it may involve the whole — SEEIOUS WARNING T0 GREECE. Powers Will Leave lurkey a Free Hand to Act, NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 11.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Vienna says: The Vienna Cabinet has directed a most serious warning 1o Greece. It is learned further from exclusive sources that the powers have informed Turkey that they cannot force Greece to withdraw her fleer, but will leave Turkey a free hand. Anarchy is reigning at Athens. Ths Ministry was only temporarily saved by embarkation 1n a bad enterprise. COLLIS MUST PAY THE TAXES. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 11.—Judge A lex Humphrey of Louisville left for W York to-day, where he will meet the Railroad and hold a conference in rezard to the contemplated suit that will shortly be filed against the road by the Attorney-General, unless the attorneys for the road agree to pay the tax. The Southern Pacific people will report back with- in a week’s time, and it will then be definitely known what action will be taken. chief atiorneys for the Southern Pacific It is now believed that the road will conclude to pay the taxes rather than have an official recommendation for the repeal of its charter. General Taylor said to- night that speedy action must be taken by the road. | from Sebastopol to land is accused secretly of having forcea Raussia’s hand. Even the ultra-liberal Tageblatt says: “If King George is deaf to earnest re- monstrances his impotence must be drastically brought home to him.’’ The Neue Fri Presse warns Greece that if provoked Turkey would be justified | in attacking Thessalia with disastrous consequences to Greece. The same jour- nal publishes a telegram from Constanti- nople showing that the whole of the Cre- tan troubles have been long and syste- | matically fomented by a Cretan committee at Athens, which has sent numerous emissaries to Crete, honeycombing the island with seditious pamphlets. This latest Greek coup was not entirely unexpected in diplomatic circles, since re- peated suspicious inquiries have been ad- | dressed by the commander of the Greek fleet to the ccmmanders of ships of other nationalities in Cretan waters as to what action would be taken in certain eventu- alities. | A special cable dispatch to the Herald from St. Petersburg says: In certain dip- | ceeding speculative and nervous anxiety | concerning the Black Sea squadion, which | is collected and ready to steam at any | hour from Sebastopol. | Here the Admiralty staff has been | busied calculating exactly the time in | which the most rapid run could be made | Constantinople and bow quick the British fleet could get to the Golden Horn. | As alarmist rumors are gaining ground | it will be useful 10 publish tue true situ- | ation as told by one who has the best | reason to know. His words were: “The Russian fleet is prepared, not for the pur- | pose of seizing Constantinople, but to | start at once i England were to attempt any such movement, in which case it | would be a fight to the end.’ ' PARLIANENT BUILDING BURNS. Damaging Fire in Ottawa and There Was | No Insurance on the Property Destroyed. OTTAWA, Ost, Feb. 1L — At 5:45 o'clock this afternoon fire started in the packing-room of the public works in the upper part of the Parlisment buildings. Owing to lack of water pressure the flames spread over almost the entire roof, and at 10 o'clock to-nizht were still in progress. The offices so far burned were for clerks. Some old records have been burned, but most of the valaabie papers were removed. I'he stationery oftices and photograph gal- lery of the public works are in the por- tion of the building burned. There 1s no insurance. The loss is estimated at $100,000. At10'clock this morning the fire is still smotdering. The MacKenzie Annex, Public Works Office, Marineand Fisheries and Mounted Police departments are all in ruins. Nothing but charred walls and towers with a little of the iron work is left. Atalate hour the departments af- OAN STURRT AT CARSON And Now Arrangements for the Big Fight Will Proceed. NEVADA’'S CAPITAL THE MECCA FOR PUGS. It Is Certain That the Race- Track Will Be the Scene of Battle. |OTHER SITES OFFERED NOT LARGE ENOUGH. The Man:g rs of the Fistic Carnival Expect to Scat Twenty-Eight Thousand Spectaters. CARSON, Nev., Feb. 1L—This morning a great crowd was at the depot and wit. nessed Dan Stuart get off the train. He was sccompanied by Mr. Wheelock, his agent, and Al Livingston. Billy Woods and Joe Egan, Corbett’s private secre‘ary, also arrived. Stuart had come direct from San Francisco and looked s trifle tired, as he had been up unni 4 o’clock in the morning. It had been a merry party along the road, and the press correspond- ents soy that they all had & headache. Stuart had painted the car with cham- pagne, and in fact exhausted the supply. He went ‘rom the train to the Arlington, where rcoms had been engaged, and after registering he called the press repre- sentatives together and suid: *The fight will ke in Carson. You can wire it to the press.” He then headed for his room and went to bed. There was a race for the telegraph office and the news was soon on the wire, and it spread from mouth to | mouth, causing a broad grin of delight to wreathe the face of Carson. Coming up on the train Stuart said that there was talk of a go between Maher ana Sharkey, but he did not seem to have much of an opinion of either man as a law. They now keep horses hitched up to buggies ready to race off anywhere at a moment’s notice at the beck and call of newspaper correspondeuts who are after scoops. It was known last evening that Fred | Dangberg had offered Stuart the old base- ball grounds near the box factory for nothing if he would build there. Circus exhibits, baseball matches and feotlall matches have hallowed the spot to sports- | men, but as it was only 250 feet square | it was regarded as rather small, and noth- | ing about Carson seems quite big enoush | but the racetrack. There is talk of put- ting up a Tattersall hotel and making it a | sporting headquarters, but any attempt on the part of the promoters of the scheme to purchase a lot on Main street suitable for such a building is met by a demand for money enough to pave the ground with gold. This wretched policy will kill | all the intentions of the promoters if it is | kept up. Carson could afford to give these lots to investors, and she would still be largely the gainer. : SE DAN SIUAKT'S REASONS Why Carson Was Selected as the Scene of the Fight. CARSON, NEgv.,, Feb. 11.—Stuart bases | his ressons for selecting Carson on tie ground that the accommodations are | ample and that the people worked hard | to secure the passage of the glove-contest bill ana were therefore entitled to what- | ever benetits might come from the big crowd that will follow the fight. The | re-idents of Carson are beginning to wear | athletic sweaters instead of white shirts. Major Hooper of the Occidental Hotel, | San Francisco, wired yesterday for | | twenty-five front seats for the fight. | | Bheriff Kinney received a dispatch from | {atown in Obio that 100 firemen wanted | seats at the ringside. | Some Eastern detectives arrived to-day and arranged with the Sheriff to keep an eye on the Eastern crooks which will visit | Carson next month. They bring photo- graphs of all the noted Eastern pick- pockets, and these pictures will be pub- lished and circulated to enable the -public to spot them. Corbett is billed. to givea sparring exhibition next Thursday even- ing at the opera-house. The Western Union Company says they can string extra wires from Reno to handle the fignt for §2500. P ety FITZ IN FINE FETTLE. Just as Confidrnt as Ever That He Will Wnap Corbett. | CHICAGO, ILL., Feb. 11.—Bob Fitzsim- | | mons and three men and two dogs ar- | rived at the Grand Central station to- night on the Baltimore and Ohio train from New York. The pugilist’s manager, Martin Julian, Dan H.ckey and Ernest Reeber, with whom the Cornishman trains, were of the party. A big and cari- ous crowd of men and boys were at the depot to welcome Fitzsimmons. Georze Silver, who is to referee the big fightin Carson City, was also there to greet oneof CORBETT IS HOME AGAIN, Looks Hearty and Asserts That He Never Felt Finer. CONFIDENT OF DEFEATING 15 § 374 In One More Week He Will Go Into Active Training at Shaws Springs. SUNDAY HE WILL SPAR AT THE CHUTES WITH McVEY. Some of the Champion’s Opinions on the Fight and on Other Things—Win or Lose, He Declares That This Will Be His Last Battle. §iCorbett arrived yesterday morning on | nap. You have to give up and read the the overland, accompanied by bis wife, | pavers or talk. bis brother Harry, who went to Nevada to meet him, Jack McVey, his trainer, and one or two others. He looked in first-class physical condi- | tion as he greeted a number of his friends in Oakland. His eye was bright and clear, his skin healthful in tint, and the old ugly wrinkles that gave him a dissipated look on the occasion of his last visit here have entirely disappeared. In motion he O — Canea, the Capital of Crete, Showing the Harbor and Neighboring Buildings, Including the British Consulate. fected say they did not lose any important | papers, though a batch of old records bad | disappeared. The Governor-General was | on the grounds. | S A DINNER TO BAYARD. | Peers Were Present and the Embassador | Dwelt on the Ties That Bind Great | Britain and America. LONDON, Exg., Feb. 11.—The Royal | Societies Ciub gave a dinner to-night in honor of Embassador Bayard. Among those present were the Archbishop of | Canterbury, the Marquis of Lorne and | Lord Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief Jus- | tice of England. Mr. Bayard delivered one of his char- | acteristic speeches, dwelling npon the ties that bind Great Britain and the United States, and predicted that they would grow stronger with the course of time as the two peoples came to understand each other better. Referring to the Anglo-American arbi- tration treaty Mr. Bayard said that now the principle of arbitration had been ad- mitted he did not believe the treaty cou'd | be permanently obstruc ed, though there might be delay in bringing it into opera- tion. e i SR P Poicond Their Husbands, VIENNA, Avstera, Feb. 11L—A story of wholesale murder reaches here from a small village in Hungary. Itappearsthat thers were alarge number of unfaithfal wives in the village who were desirous of ridding themselves of their husbands in order that they might the more easily carry on their liaisons with their lovers. Eighteen of them procured poison, which they administered to their husbands with fatal results. The murders have caused the greatest excitement among the peas- ants, to which class the womenjand their victims belong. | Hi drawing card. His idea was, however, that a battle between Lavigne and some man he might be able to find would be a great event. Lavigne weighs 137 pounds in the ring, and he regards him as the greatest fighter of his weight in the world. e is trying to locate some man near the same weight who 1s fit to go against him. As yet he knows of no one who could meet the great pace the lightweigiit could set when callea on. The exact location of the pavilion was not announced, but wiil be to-morrow. It will be lazge enough to hold 28,000 people, and Stuart expects to fill it. It will be nearly square in form. The Carson and Tahoe F.ume Company must have had a tip some time ago or felt pretty certain, as the yard has been running full-handed on lumber and dimension timber. The place of location will probably be the racetrack, as it is near the track which takes lumber from the mill and close to where the Pullmans would cidetrack. The north haif of the track is an ideal place for such a bvilding, where the ground is as level as a billiard-table for twelve or fifteen acres. Yesterday the town was invaded by re- porters, artists and kodak sharps who were ‘“shooting’” at every conceivable place thay could imegine a big. building might be put up. The plans are on the way and will be in Carson this week if they are not already here. Yesterday the location of training quarters was still in abeyauce. Corbett’s private secretary insisted on having tlie Hot Springs man- agement put up the handball court, and Charlie Slingeriand was about town with a subscription paper in the afternoon raising the amount. He succeeded very easily in securing it and Corbett will train there and the court will 2o up at once. As soon as this was known there was a rush of reporters and kodak people to the spot and the livery men began to experi- ence the immediate effects of the “P. R."’ the parties to the contest and have a talk with Julian. The representatives of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad invited the party to take a carriage and go to some sporting resorts for refreshments until time to board the 10 o'clock train on the Rock Island road for Colorado, but Manager Julian and Fitzsimmons declined with thanks. They strolled leisurely over the two blocks to the Van Buren streei depot, | the Australian champion leading his dogs | to give them exercise. He was followed | by a gaping crowd and had to take refuge in a baggege-car with his pets. To a representative of the United As- sociated Presses Fitzsimmons said he was feeling in fine condition, weighing about 179, and if be did not think he could whip Corbett he wou!d not have si ‘ned articles. He expects to arrive in Carson City next | Thursday, which would leave bim & month | of exclusive training at his guarters—all he would want. Martin Julian showed a big roll of bills, amounting to §5000, which he explained was the side bet for the figit. He an- nounced that he would send the money from Colorado Springs to Al Smith, the stakeholder, in New York, explaining that he did not pay over the money in New York so as to avoid any possible chance of legal disturbance. He intends to o right through to Carson and select the training quarters. He has offers from three places. Fitzsimmons will make three stops to give exhibitions—at Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Leadville. Julian said he, Hickey and Roeber would be benind Fitzsimmons in the ring. Steinitz Taken Suddenly Il BERLIN, GeryAxy, Feb. 1L.—The Lokal Anzeiger has a dispatch from Moscow stating that Steinitz, the well-known chessplayer, has been taken suddenly ill with a nervous disease, and that he has | get any sleep worth mentioning. been removed to Dr. Morosoff’s institute. was lithe and alert and in voice firm anc configent. At Sixteenth-street station he was met by his father and mother, his two broth- ers, Frank and Joe, and his little sister Hazel. The greetings exchanged were very affectionate, though his relatives were g0 glad to see him that at first not much was said on either side. { “How are you, Jimmie boy ?” exclaimed | the delighted father. looking fine!” “Oh, I'm in tiptop shape, dad,” replied the son. “You can’t imagine how I've been developing muscle lately. Why, muscles have been making their existence manifest 1n the last few months that I never dreamed of having before.” Jim’s tatber nodded his head in high approval. “That’s justit,” he said with coaviction. “That’s perfectly true. You're just like a fine-blooded racehorse. It needs only a little training to put you on your mettle.” On the way across the water to this City the ladies went into the cabin, but Corbett himself, *My, but you're who happened to be on the boat and knew him, preferred standing on the deck out- side, where the salt air could be breathed without restraint. He shook hands with everyboay in a hearty, genial fashion, and in respouse to a query regarding his con- dition replied with a laugh: “By George, it is astonishing how the first question everybody seems (o ask is about my con- dition. Imust have been looking pretty rocky when I left here, or else I cannot account at all why this is so. ‘‘Last night, to tell the truth, I didn’t It is impossible to sleep when one comes to San Francisco by way of Sacramento. You’re just deep in siumber when you reach the capital, and there you're shaken out of it so thoroughly that there is at- selutely no use in trying to get another surrounded by the gentlemen | who had ruet him in Oakland and others | every city at which we stopped. “But what's the use of making a fnss over the loss of a little sieep,”” be added. *“This air is one of the best recuperators I ever ran across.” Just then Corbett’s eye happened to fall upon his trainer, McVey, ard his father, who were standing off to one side talking in subdued tones. He watched them a minute and then laughed heartily, causing both to turn their eyes in his direction. “Do you know?” he queried in under- tones, “‘that Ican tell you exactly what they’re talking about? Well, Ican. He's wanting to know of McVey if I'm in good shape to do 'im ail right. Mac'll brace bim up all right.” ‘When the two drew near the main group again Corbett asked his father if he was satisfied things were as they should be. Corbett Sr. apparently thought so, for be just laid his Land affectionately on his big son’s shoulder and looked confident. “Tuey gave you a great greeting in Nevada, cidn't they ?”’ queried a member of the party. “Ob, yes; they’re good people up there,” was the answer. “Things there are pretty siow, usually, Iguess, and they like anything to break the monotony. *I saw Governor Sadier, and took ad- vantage of the occasion to compliment bim for the stand he has taken in favor of manly sport. The Governors of other States are afraid of losing some votes. While I was in Carson the Governor went with me to look over my training quar- ters.” “They tell us,”’ suggested one of his brothers, with a sly wink to the crowd, “that they laid you out in some of the | bandball games you played on your way West.” *Who in thunder said that?” blurted the champion indignantly. “Why, from the time I left New York I have done up every man I met, the crack players of They put their champion against me in St. Louis, and when he got Leat they claimed that it was because we used a soft instead of & bard ball. Iinvited him to try it again with a hard ball, and though I wasn’t used to it, I did him up worse than eyer.”” Everybody laughed. Then Corbett saw the point and laughed as well. About this time the boat drew into the slip. When the party landed Corbett elbowed his way through the crowd, stopving here and there to shake hands with a friend, and led his mother, wife ana sister to a carriage in waiting. Stepping in himself they were driven to the St. Nicholas Hotel, The remainder of the party followed on the cable-cars. At the hotel Corbett changed his travel- ing suit for one of a mixed gray tweed, and donned a milk-white sweater. He will stay at the botel until he leaves for Nevada Monday evening. In the al noon he walked downtown in company with his brothers Joe and Frank to his brother Harry’s poolrooms on Ellis street. Here a great crowd was waiting to re- ceive him, and be spent some time in shaking hands and answering queries. Harry Corbett’s Scotch collie, Laddie, stm- ply fell in love with Jim, who took great delight in tantaiizing him by bouncing a rubber ball and keeping it out of the dog’s reach. Even when he went into a rear room for an interview the dog followed in few minutes, having spent the interim in searching for him, and iay down at his feet. “How do I feel? Well, candidly, I feel asstrong as I ever felt in my life,” said Corbett in answer to the oft-repeated question, as a smile lit up his counte- nance. “Ido notintend toremain in this City long, as 1 bad a little experience in Carson while I was there tbat gave me to understand that a man must be thor- oughly acclimated,to the high aititude if he bopes '0 engage successfully in any athletic competition. “You sce, I had a little try-out, by way of experience, with one of my trainers, and don't vou krow the effect was sur- prising. Iwas puffing like a good fellow after each round, and it was no easy task for me to catch my wind. “The air is very light and the least ex- ertion will tell on a stranger 10 the moun- tain atmosphere. They tell me that after I am a week or so in Carson I will get along all right, and that I can engage in heavy exercise without feeling in the least bit fatigued. You know I have taken the best of care of myself since my last visit