The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1897, Page 1

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et -— VOLUME LXXXI.—NO. 75. RDAY MORN PRICE FIVE CENTS AR SEEMS NEVITABLE | Grecians Enraged by the| Daring Deceit of Turkey. ALL PROMISES OPENLY VIOLATED. | | were attacking the Moslems Céntrary to Assurances to the Powers More Troops Will Be Sent to Crete. _— | ‘ JREAT EXCITEMENT PREVAILS | AT ATHENS. Denunciaticns of the Sultan’s Du-| p icity Coupled Witk a Cemand | That Greece Use Force. | Cretans. | Franco-Russisn scheme to vermit Greece wish to serve in any way Canea, Retimo and the other centers of disorder, pending the settlement of the dispute that will be satisfactory to the Active negotiations on these proposals are now proceeding, A high authority at the Foreign Office to-day told a representative of the United Associated Presses that he be- lieved the proposal of M. Hanotaux was a to occupy the island with Prince George, second son of the King of the Hellenes, as Governor-General, the island continuing to pay (ribute to Turkev. In the House of Commons to-day George N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, announced that the latest news received by the Government showing the situation in Crete was that the Christians were the aggressors and in many localities. A large number of Moslems, Mr. Curzon said, had been killed and thirteen villages had been burned. ROME, ItaLy, Feb. 12.—A semi-official note has been issued h stating that Italy will not oppose Greece in any action the latter country may take on the Cretan question. It is added that Italy does not Christian Insurgents of Crete to Meet the Turkish Troops. LONDON, ExG., Feb. 12.—The Times | has a dispatch from Canea stating that | Prince George of Greece with four torpedo | boats and one transport has arrived there. | The dispatch adds that reports from all | parts of the island add to the gravity of | the situation. An Italian officer has been sent to K. samo to inquire into the condition of & ATH The greatest ment prev here. The newpapers have issued midnight edi- tions containing a report that the Vali of Smyrna has chartered a steamer for the | e of transporting troops to Crete, e face of assurances given to | the rs by the Porte that Turkey would not send re-enforcements to the | The newspapers and the crowds in the street declare tuat the action of the Vali is taken with the full cognizsnce of the Porte, again provea, if proof is | that not the slightest confi- | ced in its assurances or | denunciations of the Turkish G ment are heard on every hand. 1= alive 2t this hour and the 1 streets are 1n.d th Greeks, nand that the Greeian warships 1 prevent the landing of further troopsin Crete. It is believed here that | orders to that effect have already been | given to Prince George, and thereis no | 1bt he will carry out his instructions, | case war with Turkey would | bably result ss dip! y or su- force snould be employed to divert | ece from her determination to protect the Cretan Christians, and also, perhaps, to pring svoutthe losg-songht-for annexa- | of the island. | 2.—The Cretans | n Consuls here have agreed | that Halepa shall be rezarded as neutral | rritory until an attack shall be made on | In the event of such an attack | % decided upon the Consuls shall have twenty-four hours’ notice. The | commander of the Greek warships here | promised the commanders of the | ther war vessels to give them forty | < notice in the event of his attacking the town. Prince George, the commander of the Greek torpedo fleet, has not yet arrived here. | orge Berovitch Pusha, the Christian | wor of Crete, having been threatened | the Moslems has, taken refuge in the | Greek consulate and Lis wife has found an asylum at the krench consulate pend- ing their departure from the island. The | istians, after a prolonged fight, have ven the Moslems into Canea and are holding the suburbs of the town. , GERMANY, Feb. 12.—The Post ‘ 6f this city this evening putlishes an | le in whick says that war between | Greece and T is almost inevitable. The paper adds that Turkey is entitled to allow her troops to cross the Thessa- lonian frontier in view of the action of | RiA, Feb. 12.—Tt is !nid} a blockade of Crete by the powers will be established | Feb. 12.—The Morning Post will i0rrow publish a news agency statement that the powers are unanimous in their condemnation of the attitude of Greece and that they will not allow her to continue her present conrse. | She must, it is added, abandon the idea of | INNA, Avs that European | Tranquility is restored. fairs there. It was at this place where | Moslems were killed on | The Christians then sud- began firing in the streets and the | Moslems stampeded, making no resistance | to their assailants. Seven persons were beheaded with swords, including three | women and two children. The Christians | fired a volley at a Turkish warship which arrived at Kissamo yesterday. | The insurgents are closing around Sitia. The inhabitants of that town begged the Governor of Heraklion to send troops to their assistance, and the Governor in re- sponsa to their appeal ordered 300 Bashi- Bazouks and a detachment of regulars to proceed at once to Sitia. The troops had embarked on a vessel to carry them to their destination when an order was re- ceived from the Governor countermand- ized world. KING GEORGE OF GREECE. By bis bold stand in sending a fleet of warships to the island of Crete to protect Christians in their religious warfare with Moslems, King George has attracted the attention of the civ must ensue in the event of European powers attempting to interfere. Grecians declare they will prevent Turkey from landing re-enforcements on Crete, while the Ottoman empire caimly says such re-enforcements will not be sent. however, it developed that Turkey had violated is assurances to the Powers by preparing to send the re-enforcements. | Divlomats eagerly await the complications that During yesterday, ing the previous order, the Vice-Consuls baving opposed the dispatch of troops. An attack was made to-day upon the arsenal of Suda by a body of Christians. The attack was met with an ertillery fire, and the Christians were compelled to re- | tire. J =2 BSE TO INVADE TH SAYS THE SOUTH SEEKS A PLACE | Colonel Buck Visits Major McKinley in Evans’ Iuterests. ESSALONIA.L | But Grecks Mill Attempt to Keep Out | the Marouders. LONDON, ExG., Feb. 12—The Athens correspondent of the Daily News tele- graphs that Turkey is forming the ma- | rauding bands of Albania into bodies that | will be employed to invade Thessalonia. | The Greek Government is fully alve to | the danger in this direction and is hasten- | ing troops to the frontier to repel any attempted invasion of Grecian territory. Itis reported thata collision has already occurred betwsen the troops and the | Albanians on the frontier. A dispatch from Constantinople says | that the Cretan insurgents are known to | be concentrated in the vicinity of Canea | awaiting the arrival of arms, ammuni- tion and equipment from Shaica, on the coast near the western extremity of the | island of Crete, where they have been landed by expeditions from Greece. When | these supplies are received, the dispatch | says, it is the intention of the insurgents | o to make an attack on Canea. Theais-| CANTON, Omio, Feb. 12.—Major Me- patch adds that the Turkish authorities | Kinley's callers to-day numbered more are now convinced that the pacification of | 241 150, and many of them had to wait the island can only be effected by Euro- | S¢veral hours before they saw him. A e enoenniten flag indicating that Lincoln’s Lirthday was by no means forgotten fioated from a Fires at (yete Extinguished. | window. The significant caller of the day NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 13.—A special | was Colonel A. E. Buck of Atlanta, Ga., cable dispatch to the Herald from Canea, | whois one of the most influential Repub- Crete, says: The fires are extinguished. | licans in the South. To the correspond- The Christians | ent of the United Associnted Presses haveleft. The Turks in the district of | Colonel Buck said: “Major J. F. Hanson Retimo have returned to town. of Macon, Ga., is talked of by our people in connection with the Cabinet, but he is not an applicant or an aspirant for the portfolio. H. Clay Evans has a great many friends through the South, and he would make a most excellent Cabinet offi- cer. He is a representative man. The South could be and would be proud of him.” *Is thers much foundation for the ob- jection that Mr. Evans is not a typical Southerner because he was born in the Lawyers Call in Reference to the Selection of a Patent Commissioner. Prominent Negroes Ask That Ope of Their Race Be Appointed Reg- istra of the Treasury. Zhe MONTREAL, Qu Feb. 12.—Tt is learned here that the Stautons, man and wife, who are said to have kidnaped the | American miliionaire Richardson, are | under surveillance in Englaod and tnat they will be arrested as soon as the neces- sary papers are obtained. . Must Leave tice lsland, HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 12.—Hernando Pino Hernsndez, Ambrosio Garcia and commencing war with Turke; | 1gnacio Sandoval, naturalized American North?"” was asked. I think not. The objection comes M. Hanotaux, the French Minister, has | imated proposals that the powers ckade Crete and that they also occupy DELYANNIS, PREMIER OF GREECE, LIBERATIG from the politicians rather than the peo- ple. Mr. Evans has lived thirty years in the South and that fact ought to natural- |ize bim, 5o to speak. My belief is that citizens who were under arrest, have been turned over to Consul General Lee on condition that they leave the island. CRETE. [Reproduced from the Athens Aristophanes.) the Republican party in the South would be greatly strengthened and encouraged by the appointment of a Southern man to the Cabinet and I think 1t will be done.” Colonel Buck may himseif become a possibility. Among the first callers this morning were four Chicago men, Thomas A. Ban- ning, Charles K. Offield, Philip C. Dyren- forth and Douglas Dyrenforth, who rep- resented the patent law association of Chi- cago. Mr. Bunning presented a printed memorial adopted at a meeting of the as- sociation a few days agw Theassociation recommends that the appointee for Com- missioner of Patents be a man thoroughly acquainted with the patent laws, but did not name any one for the position. Major McKimley listened attentively tothe read- ing and at its conclusion thanked the committee and through them the associa- tion for the suggestion and assured them the subject woula bs given careful con- sideration. Francis T. Root of Connellsville, Ind., and Colonel William R. Holloway of Indianavolis were callers to-day. Colonel Holloway is a well indorsed and hopeful candidate for the position of Public Printer. John P. Elkins and J. M. Clark of Penn- sylvania called to urge the appointment of Governor Hastings to the Cabinet. There were a numb:r of colored Republi- cans at the home of Major McKinley to- day. A delegation of four, consisting of Rev. Horace Talbert, Dr. E. P. Clemens, Lincoin Green of Dayton, and 5. M. Smothers of Colfax, Iowa, came to confer with the President-elect concerning patronage for their race. There are three prominent colored men, Bishop Arnett, B. K. Bruce and John R. Lynch, who have been mentioned for Registrar of the Treasury, and the visitors would like to see one of them appointed. At 3 o'clock this afternoon sixty mer- chant tailors, delegates to the National couvention of their craft, in session at Cieveland, called on the President-elect and shook hands with him. i WILL PREVENT FUSION. An Interesting BUl kelating to Ballots Passea by the Iowa Senate. DES MOINES, Towa, Feb. 12.—The Sen- ate to-day passed an act which is expected to make fusion of political parties prac- tically impossible in the future. Tt has been favorably reported in the House, so there is little doubt it will become law. It is a provision that no candidate’s name shall be printed twice on the same Aus- ‘ralian ballot. Last fall the names of some candidates appearad in as many as tive places on the ballots, the Democratic nominations being indorsed by all other parties excent the Republicans. The Pop- ulists bave declared they will not fuse if they must give up their party distinction and name, as they would Lave to do ander this law, and this the Silverites generally regard as a severe blow at their triple alliance of Democrats, Populists and | Silver Republicans. Ifall parties vote for the same candidates on one ticket the other parties, aside from that under whose name the ticket is printed, go otit of official existence, as the new law re- quires that a party cannot have its tickets on the ballot unless it shall have polled 2per cent of the vote at the previous elec- tion. The Populists on this ground wiil decline to fuse. Pickler Yet in the Lead, PIERRE, 8. ., Feb, 12.—In ths joint session of the Legislature to-day the vote for Senator was as follows: Pickler 47, Kyle 23, Goodykoontz 22, Plowman 8, scattering 3. P.owman lost one vote to Kyle. There is no apparent prospect of a break in the deadlock. P — Settled for HIf @ Million, DULUTH, M1~~., Feb. 12._The case of Alfred Merritt vs. J. D. Rockefeller, grow- ing out of the consolidation of the iron interests on the Mesaba range, which finally got into Rockefeller's control, is rep orted to have been settled for $500000 in cash paid to Merritt. Itisunderstood here that all the members of the Merritt family who have suits against Rockefeller have joined in the settlement. The total claims would aggregate $4,000,000 or $5,000,000. I IMPORTANT MINNG DFAL ! Consolidation of the Aztec, | Carbonite and Trinidad Properties. | | But the Purchase Price of the | Syndicate Is Not Made Public. This Means a Big Boom in Bonarzas That Are Located at Monterey, Mex co. MONTEREY, Mexico, Feb., 12.—The | most important mining deal ever made in | this State was consummated to-day in the consolidation of the Carbonite, Trinidad and Aztec silver lead mines, and the sale | of the controlling interest in the Consoli- | dated Aztec Mining Company stock to a | syndicate of local millionaires. The pur- | chase price has not been made public, but | it is known that ic involved a large amount of money. The newly elected ofhcersare: Francisco Armendaise, president; Thomas Mendi richaga, treasurer; Adolfo Zambrano, sec- | retary. The representatives of the heavi- estestale of California spent some weeks here before and after the holidays endeav- oring to secure control of these three bo- nanza mines, which cover 2000 acres of | the best mineral-bearing ground on Mitre Mountain, and it was reported from the New York offices of the estate that the pur- chase wouid be effected. Therefore much surprise ensued in mining circles when it became known that local capitalists had made the trade. These mines were located early in 1895 bya couple of American miners, who brought them out with remarkable skill and great rapidity, and their success has given a strong impetus to mining in this State. | The new management will begin the construction of a system of aerial wires and cables to bring the ores from the seversl workings to a central point at the base of the mountain for transportation | over a short surface tramway to the Mexi- can National Railroad, thence to Monte- rey smelters, six miles distant. Compe- tent mining engineers report over 100,000 tons of ore in sight, with every indication of still greater quantities ahead. Besides silver, the ore carries gold, lime and iron in combination, and is said by smelting experts to be the finest fluxing ore ever koown on the American continent, in that it contains less than one per cent of silica or other insoluble matter. It isestimated that with cable and tramway facilities the cost of mining and transportation to the Monterey smelters will be less than §1 a ton. The resultant effects of this big deal will be important and far reaching. It means the immediate construcrion of an- other mammoth silver lead smelting plant in Monterey, the extension of the mineral railroad and a greater demand for silicions ores from outside camps. The phenom- enal prosperity of the Monterey smelters is due primarily to the mixing of local flux- ing ores with the silicious high-grade min- eral from Pachuca, Poses, Catorie, Durango and many other districts throughout the republic of Mexico. For several weeks past Leon Signoret, rapresentative of the Bank of London and Mexico, bas been endeavoring to crganize a new smelter company to operate in this city. Ou being advised of the Aztec com- bination he 1mmeaiately became asso- ciated with the syndicate, and now states that the necessary capital, $1,200,000, has been subscribed, and that the construc- tion of the smelter will be carried on vig- orously. He advises, further, that a branch of the Bank of London and Mexico will be established in Monterey as soon as | suitable quarters can be secured. Newton R. Wilson, who built the Monterey smelter in 1891 and operated it successfully for three years, will probably be the manager of the new company. The smelter will probably be located on the Mouterey Min- eral Railroad, and J. A. Robertson, the owner of the road, has agreed to place a third rail on it for the accommodation of both the narrow and standard gauge roads entering into this city. DRIVEN GVER A PRECIPICE. Spanish Guerrillas Raid a Camp of Pacificos and Murder Men, Women and Children. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 12—A Key West special to the World says: Captain Maradras of Riveras’ army, writing to a friend here, relates a revolting story of Spanish barbarity toward pacificos in Pinar del Rio province. At Mount Wanda about forty-five pa- cificos—men, women and chiidren—had established a camp on a high bluff over- looking the ocean inlet. Last week one of Colonel Manderina’s bands of Spanish guerrillas got wind of it and raided the place late one afternoon, while many of the men were absent. Advancing up the hillside quietly they surprised the people, pouring in & de- structive volley as they appeared in the open at the top of the cliff. The terrified women and children and what few men were there attempted to escape, butthe guerrillas closed around them and drove them back with fixed bayonets and waving sabers. Eight were killed at the first volley. Slowly the guerrillas advanced, cuiting down or shooting all who tried to break through their lines. Driving the wretched people before them | like sheep, the inhuman butchers marched up, forcing them nearer and nearer to the edge of the precipice. The women fell on their knees and pleaded for mercy, but the soldiers re- plied witn coarse jests and cruel cuts of their sabers, drivine them over the preci- pice Into the waters far below. Not a per- son of the entire camp escaped, some thirty-four in all. B ENCOUNTERED FURIOUS GALES. But the Stanch American Liner St. Paul Finally Crossed the Atlantic Safely. SOUTHAMPTON, Exc., Feb. 12.—The American Line steamer St. Paul, from New York February 3, concerning the non-arrival of which at this port there was a great deal of anxiety, passed Hurst | Castle at 8:35 o'clock this evening and reached her dock about two hours later. Captain Jamison told a representative ofthe United Associated Presses that for | five days out from New York the weather was the severest he had ever known. Throughout the five days there wasa succession of terrible northeast gales ac- companied by a very heavy sea. The North G rman Lloyd steamer frave, Captain Thalenhorst, from N York February 3, arrived here at 1 o’clock this morning. She reports a tem- pestuous voyage and much delay by fog, which accounts for the extreme length of her voyage. ————— General Couch Dead. NORWALK, Co: Feb. 12.—General Darius N. Couch died shortly after 10 o’clock to-night. Mrs. Beecher STAMFORD, Cox te Easy: Feb. 12. comfortably to-night. ILL AB0AAL OR CARSON Strangers by Trainloads Going to Nevada's Capital. PLANS FOR THE FIGHT PROCEED. Residents of the City Hold a Meeting and Dacide Not to Cinch Visitors. ALREADY THERE IS A DEMAND FOR TICKETS. | Mejor Hooper of the Occidental Hotel | Providing for the Army and Navy Officers. CARSON, Ngv., Feb. 12.—There was a trainload of strangers dumped into Car- son to-day. They were men looking for locations to do business, newspaper cor- respondents and sports. | Arrivals of strangers no longer excite | comment, ana when they register at the hotels they are so thick that they don’t even get a notice in the local press. From all over the United States newspaper men are hurrying to the scene of action to beat rivals in all the great cities of the Union, and yet the fight is more than a month | away and the principals have not reached | the ground. How many men will it take to put up a pavilion that will hold 30,000 people? is the question that agitates every one except the people who have to put it up. The least conceraed man ot all is the imperturbable Dan Stuart, who takes things easy and never lets anybody hurry | bim, It has been the opalescent dream of Stuart’s life to pull off a championsuip battle without being chased all over the country by tlie mulititia and constabulary and being sat down on by the various | Governors of Montana, Missouri and Texas. He can now snap his fingers at all these people and have the satisfaction of selling them tickets at the ringside at $10 apiece and upward, To-day the first indication that the fight | was livening up business was noticeabls on Main street, when a four-horse load of lumber went down the street toward Shaws Springs for the erection of Cor- bett’s bandball court. As the outfit went along the street it was halted a dozen | times to let the camera fiends get a sho$ | at it. Mr. Jaynes, superintendent of the West- ern Union Telegraph Company, arrived on the morning train, and began to hunt The present office over the Bullion Bank is small and on the second floor, o he se cured the old Tribune office in the Odd Fellows’ building. He will begin at once stringing extra wires from Reno, probably putting in eight. They will not re- quire extra poles, but what are already up will be strengthened with supports. They will put in a Wheatstone system | capable of sending 150 words a minnte to | Chieago, which will be one of their big | distributing points, and a number of quad- | ruvlex ‘instraments. It will require | 2000 extra cells for the extra battery, and on the night of the fizht at least thirty extra men will be required to handle the work. He has arranged fora number of extra men to go on after the 5th of next month. The wires will also run into the pavilion and the operators will be under the re- porters’ stand. The desks will communi- eate with the operators’ tables by means of tubes and “‘copy” will be shot througn into the telegraphers’ tables the same as the service is managed in the big National conventions. Dan Stuart has located his headquarters next the Bullion Bank and will begin to occupy the place to-day. The pavilion | will be an inclosure thirty feet high cov- | ered with canvas with tiers of seats rising from the ring capable of seating 30,000, After the first fight a permanent structure will be built. Stuart says the general admission will not be over §3, but of course the reserved seats and choice locations next the ring | will command faney prices. | _Orders continue to nour in for seats. The | quarters for the location of an office. . | first man to apply for the best reserved | Henry Ward Beecher is reported resting | seatsin the house and nearest the ring | was Major Hooper of the Occidental, who

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