The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1897, Page 1

| | 4 VOLUME LX,\'XI.—N(). 82. RUS ADY 10 USE FORC Prepared to Bring About Expulsion of Greeks From Crete. WILL ALSO BLOCKADE THE COASTS. Xing George Warned That Hs { Will Be Left to Battle With Turkey Alone. ENGLAND AND ITALY JOIN IN THE CONTROVERSY. Salisbury Sends a Note to the Powers Favorirg the Granting of Anton- omy to Crete. S8T. PETERSBURC Russia, 1t is said, is B about the forcible expul the Greek torpedo flotif) from Cretan waters and e disarmament of the Greek troops in rete and a blockade of the Greek coasts e Hellenic Go persists 1n its attitude. If Greece goes to key she will be left to fight Feb. 19.— sSIA, prepared to br on of ment dent es alone. CONSTANTINOPL It is rep L 3, TrerEY, Feb. 19.— i hat Photidaes Pasha, essor to George Bex- ch Pasha as tae Christian Governor of t has declined to ci inue to dis- he duties of that office, and that Karatheodori Pasha will be appointed to norship o the istand. ish squadron in Italian waters sional s the govi The T will cons! nominally of nine nclaas and twenty-five pedo- boa A report is in « ation here that Lord Salisbury and the Marquis di Rudini, the ommended rant that the powers agree to autonomy to Crete upon lines iilar to those upon which autonomy given to the the island of Samos, the and to be administersd & Greek Prince. Unul the completion of these arrangements, tha tish an Italian Premiers’ agreement mits the continuation of the present quo. report that Lord Salisbury, fairs of under the of 5t The British Prime Minisier, had sent a to the powers favoring to the cir- the Crete, with a ter the affairs ar note of ant ce of Greece 1omy to ad of the island, is cc CANEA, Crer: Moslems have aband ave retreated to Al y are now sur- rounded. 1g on there. A crowd ed to-day to the militar: sere and de- mandea tha! d with arms in order to relieve their comrades. Mar- ition were given to y marched out of the city. iting occurred on the hilis near , With no decisive resuits on either The Austrian Vice-Consul at Heralion confirms the report of the massacre of 2000 Mosiems by Cretan Christians at Sitia, the eastern extremity of the island. Colonel Vassos, commanding the Greek forces in Creia, has given orders to the troops to rom molesting or giving offense to ¢ ns and unarmed Moslems, The Greek consulate is now being guarded by Russian marines. The Consu!, in com- plying with the orders to withdraw the Greek guard, protested that the admirals were exceeding their functions. ATHENS, Grrzce, Feb. 19.—A dispatch from Canea states that three of the great powers are in favor of aunion between Crete and Greece. t is reported that King George will ap- el to the Hellenic race for a great na- tional loan to meet the expenses of the military and naval preparations, A British ironclad has prevented the steamer Junen from embarking provis- fons intended for the use of the Grek troops in Crete. The military preparations on the part of Greece continue. Two more classes of the Teserves have been called out. The King openly favors resistance to the demands of the powers. Ia the course of a debate in the Cham- ber of Depuiies last evening Premier Delyannis stated that the Government was seeking to discover the re on for the powers opposing the operations of Greece | in Crete. As a result of the investigations the Cabinet had arrived at certain conclusions which could not be communicated to the Cuamber further than to declare that Greece would persist in its policy and course of action in Crete. The Greek steamer Pan Hellenic, con- sh and Ttalian Prime Ministers, have | CISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. in Crete, has been stopped and turnea | back by a British cruiser. The action of the British vessel has created the fiercest ! indignation here. | LONDON, Exc, Feb. 19.—In the House of Commons to-day, George N. Cun,nn,L | | Under Foreign Secretary, said in answer to questious that the Porte had not an- nounced any intention to send troops to | Crete. The general advice of the powers [ to Turkey was to abstain from precipitat- ing on. Detachments of marines | from the foreign warships were now occu- prine Canea, Sitia and Retimo, and it was | probable they would soon occupy other | Cretan ports. In additon to this the British, Russian and Italian Consuls had | gone to Salino for the purpose of prevent- | riher outrages there, and to relieve | act | the suffering of Moslem families James Lowther, Conservative, asked | | what steps had been tak relieve th- | Moslems in the interior. zon replied | that the powers were | possibly could to all that they Io its issue to-mor: will | | condemn Colonel Vassos, the commander | | of the Greek corps of occupation in Crete, | | for taking the offensive and attacking the | F and jonel Vassos they with the powers atznia. It sayvs that the Greek Govern- wiil hich Tu outpos.s a it King George | ment encourage | bave to reckon | are demanding e adoption of e otac | | mea « To t the | | warning that has been given by the pow- | | ers would be sheer folly PARIS, Frax Feb. s that the powers are to the Government at Ath solely from fidelily to the tradition that France and Great b all means of conciliation din w bef o the other measures so nded by the courts allied to the Gr sty en hundred students took part eht in a Grecophile . wh ed in a conflict with ihe processioi, which was held at a iate hour, was a disorderly one, and when the gendarmes attempted to make the stu- uents behave them:elves a fight occurred, | i which vo of the darmes were | wounded. Eighty of students were arreste 1 to exbaust to- the The Hargér‘of Canea, 148151 VF/b‘h’TS FOR FREEDGH. The Turkish Consul Claims That Treaty and Constitution Are Violated in Hs Case. "W YORK, N. Y., Feb. Consul Joseph A. Tasig ed of bezzl entin connection with his trustee ship of certain estates, and awaitin moval to Boston, was before Judge Addi- son Brown of the United States Distric Court to-day on & writ of habeas corpus The petition for the writ was made by Consul Tasigi, who claims his detention is 19. con Turkish em- re- n violation of the constitution of the United States and of the treaty of 1830 be- tween the Government of the United States and the Government of his Lmpe- rial Majesty the Bultan of the Oitoman | Empir The petition gzoes on to say that Tasigi | 18 held i custody wholly without author- ity of jurisdiction, by reasor of the fact that he, as Consul-General, is subject only to Federal jurisdiction. The Consul says that he is charged with having committed in the commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 1st of July, 1892, the crime of em- bezziement, while agent for Pierre Charles Derieux, of about $6000, but that seve vesrs have elapsed since the alleged em- bezzlement and vet ne has never been in- dicted by & Grand Jury, nor is there proof that he is a fugitive from justice. On the other hand it is claimed thatsub- division 8 of section of the revised statutes, under whicn the Consul claims to be amerable only to Federal jurisdiction, | was repealed in 1874 At the hearing to- | day counsel of Iasizsaid the question be- fore the court is whether the State courts bad jurisdiction. After Judge Brown had heard the argu- ments of both sides counsel was given until Wednesday next to submit briefs in the case. S INJURED BY X RAYS. Boxer Asks Damages From a Physician Who Used the Roentgen's Method | to Locate Bullots. | CHICAGO, Iri., Feb 19.—Roentgen’s | rays figured prominently in a suit for | damages which was commenced to-day in the Circuit Court by John M. Mailett, a young boxer of local reputation. $10,00 damages from Dr. O. L. a recognized expert in the operation of extracting bullets located by the ray’s aid. | Mallett had been carrying the bullets in his breast for two years, and although itdid not trouble him,his employer, a phy- | sician, advised him to undergo the opera- tion. He alleges that Schmidt kept his body exposed thirty-five minutes to the | rays; that he suffered much, while the bullet was not extracted, and a sore on his breast made a hole two inches in diame- | ter, which will probably never heal en- | tiraly. —_— BARON COMMITS SUICIDE. | Descendant of Princely Ho | Himself in etroit, Mich, DETROIT, Micr., Feb. 19.—The body of | | Baron van Oeyen of Schloss-Johannes- | burg, Bavaria, wus found to-day at his home, he having committed suicide dur- | ing the night by taking morphine. | | While a cavalry oficerin the service of the King of Bavaria the Baron became involved with revolutionary agitators and fled to this country in 1850, afterwara be- ing disinherited. He marriea a German | | girl in Baltimore, and while living in | | Lima. Ohio, lost three children, and his | wife went insane. This misfortune hast- ened his desire to die. He leaves a mar- | | ried son here. He was descended from princely German and French Bourbon | s Kills | veving munitions of war to the insargents | houses. | | forlorn people, with emaciated, hungry 0 e ~ Showing the Warships of the Powers Now Assembled There. AUINED HOMES NOW DOT CUBA A Traveler Tells a Tale of | the Desolation of the Island. | Utterly Miserable and Forlorn Natives Dying by the Hur- dreds Every Day. Gimez Concentrates His Forces Pre. | paratory to Muking a Liv:ly | Campaizn KEY W A passen- | ger arrived on the steamer Aran<as to-day who, on authority, is said to have come | an extensi hthe contrai atanzas and . impression of terms The ruin and de<olation was Irightful to witness, he said, the country being bare | and wasied, canefields and plantations burned and little vestige of the couniry homes remaining exccpt those stone-built, whose blackened wails only are stanai Thatched hnts were but heaps of ash villages, towns and cities were partiall destroy but crowded with miserable, iro looking faces. small space: no hyei Thev were all huddled in without commodities, with , and suffering from diseases vond all description and dying by hun- | dreds daily. Ali this state of thi was brought abgut by Weyler's bratal and in- | human decree ordering the concent of the country people in the towns. § is the terror that Wevier inspires that the | mere fact of his approach creates conster- | nation and alarm to all the people, who | rush to the nearest town for protection. Near Sancti Spiritus, a place named Guayo, a column of Spanish troops when passing last Friday, after killing all the | cattle, setfire to the buildings and ranches | and butcher-d tie owner, a planter named | Ramon Napole, a man of independent | means, well known and esteemed in that | district. This was reported as a rebel camp, captured and destroyed. The same | column found a party of rebels lying in ambash. After a desperate fight a Cuban | officer, Lieutenant Perez, and bis men es- | caped. From reliable sourzes it is learned that Gomez will now initiate 8 more vigorous cumpai-n. After arranging with the Cu- ban Government the plans and purposes | of his future movements, Gomez ordered | a concentration of all the rebel forces pre- paratory to his advance into the western | province. His first step wasto s'nd the | Cuban Government back to Cubitas with | headquarters in Camaguay. The party s'arted with an escort ¢ )0 men and suc- cessfuily crossed the central trocha Satur- day night near the best protected part of | the line at La Redonds under the very | walls of a Spanish fort. o — BETRAYED BY A SPY. Arrest of an American for Assisting a Woman to Escape. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feo. 19.—A dis- | COLLIS WILL PAY TO SAVE THE CHARTER. FRANKFORT, Kx., Feb. 19.—For months Attorney-General Taylor has been getting up data upon which to base an action against the Southern Pacific Company for a franchise taxs This corporation received its charter from the Ken tucky Legisiature in 1884 with its authorized capital of $1.000,000, with the right to increase it to any amount, now thought to be be- tween $150,000,000 and $200,000,000. Although a Kentucky corporation it has done no business 1n this State, or but very little. It bas never paid anything as taxes. It has been operating in other States, buying Government, State, county and municipal bonds and operat ng raiiroads. Attorney " the charler at the extra session. The Attorney-! encral contends that under sections 4020 and 4077 of the Kentucky statutes this corporation should report and pay a franchise tax; also a tax on all its personal property, no matter where located. The | domicile of the corporation is in this State, and hence a correspondence has been carried on between the corporation and the Attorney-General jor some weeks. Lust week Mr. Davie of Louisville, the company’s attorney, was here to confer with the jeneral, and went directly to New York to conler with members of the corporation. This morning the Attorney- General was telegraphad to postpone a suit and that it was thought the whole matter could be adjusted without litigation as soon as Mr. Davie returned. The amount the road will be called upon to pay will be about $250,000, which includes the tax for all the years since the franchise tax law went into effect. It is said Huntington has made this play to prevent the repeal of | nounced to the Spanish aushoritie | the | of patch to the Sun from Havana says: In addition to Dr. Emiliano Nunez, whose arrest was reported a few days ago, sev- eral other well-known persons have been cast into jail in Havana, accused of aiding the revolution. Their imprisonment has ed a great sensation, not only be- cause they have many relatives and friends in the capital, but also on account of the extraordinary circumstances which ar» connected with their prosecution. An American citizen, Mr. Scott, a resi- dent of H , a small town across the | bay from Havana, and who was arrested also, is v er similar charges and is being even more sternly prosecuted by the Span- is thoriti helping the Cuban woman, Ana Sotolongo, 10 escape from prison. Mr. Scott, as woll as the others, was de- as all the Cubans here afiirm, by a man named Miguel Beto, who, from the very begin- ning of the revolution, acted here as-an | nt of the revolutionary junta of New York and at first did good work for the Cu an cause. Some months ago the Cubans in New York, as well as here, ob- served that Beto had begun to behave strangely, Several other prominent residents of Huvana, now deported to the Chafarinas Islands, were arrested bere as representa- tives of the Junta. No evidence could be found against them, but Weyler declared that he was certain of their connection with the revolution and refused to pardon one of them, even when asked to do =0 by influential Spaniard, Don Manuel Calvo. Soon it was kuown that a traitor belong- ing to the Junta at New York had de- nounced them, and public opinion pointed to Miguel Beto as the guiity man. Beco protested, and continued to pose among the Cubans as a revolutionist, and as his position had previously been so promi- nent among the patriots here, and as some his friends denied the accusations against him, he won again the confidence of those who were here for the independ- ence of Cuba in the very stronghold of Spaia. In this way he come into posses- sion of important secrets. The result is now another denunciation attributed to him, in which an American is involved, and which has eroused intense indigna- | tion here among the Cubans. The Spanish police discovered about a year ago in a house in San Rafael street a quantity of explosives and other muni- tions of war destined for the Cubans. Several persons were arrested, among them a woman of good family named Ana Sotolongo, who was immediately locked up in the house Jor disreputable women. As no evidence could be obtained by the Spaniards, the trial of the prisoners, as nsual in these cases, was indefinitely de- layed, and Ana Sotolongo was kept in her | cell suffering day aiter day the many privations and insuits. The patriotic woman had friends, how- | ever, in the city who were trying to aid her to escape. When all th- pians to aid her were ready she escaped by jumping from a window to the street, only to be later discovered by the Spanish police in a house on Virtudes street and rearrested. Her presence there had been carefully con- cealed and she was awaiting an opportu- nity to join onme of the revolutionary forces near Havana, and from there ex- vected to be sent to Key West or so. er place in tne United States in a spe- cial boat. Only the members of the Junta because he is accused of | { here and Beto knew where she was. Beto | is accused again of denouncing Ana Soto- longo and the others as her accomplices. | Scott is highly esteemed here, and if he nad anything to do With the escape of Ana Sotolongo it was only because he sympaihized with the woman 1o her terri- ble position. Consul-General Lee has interfered in his behalf and has asked for Scott a civil | trial. e Gomez Norvies the Spantards. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 19.—A report was incirculation to-day to the effect that the rebel forces under Maximo Gomez had re- turned to the vicinity of the city of Santa Clara, but investigation showed that there was no basis hatsoever for the report. Britich rre 1o Honor Washingtan, WAEHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.—The Navy Department has received telegraphic application from Major Caslson of San Diego for permission for the British cruiser Comus 1o land 1ts forces to_take part in the great land parade on Wash- ington’s birthday. Tne request was re. ferred to Secretary Olney. { NEITHER MICOOK NOR GARY CHOSEN They May Get Portfolios, but It Is Not Yet So Decided. Ex-Governor Long May Go From the Navy to the Justice Department. It Weuld App-ar That There Is Stil! a Doubt as to New Yerk's Chances. CANTON, Onio, Feb. 19.—Two impor- tant pieces of political news were deyel- | | oped here to-day. One is that James A. | Gary of Baltimore has been offered and has accepted a position 1 Major McKin- ley’s Cabinet. The othar is that J. J. Mc- Cook of New York, who is being favora- bly considered by Major McKmly in | | connection with a Cabinet position, has | not been offered a portfolio, nor has Mr. | McCook been definitely determined upon | fora Cabinet position, and if he does be- come a member of the Cabinet it is not absolutely certain that he will be the Attorney-General, or that Mr. Gary will be made Postmaster-General. This is on high authority. ‘When the announcement of the Cabinet is made it may seem well to the President- elect to transfer ex-Governcr Long, whom he has fixed upon for the Navy Depart- ment to the Department of Justice, leay- ing the Navy portfolio for a New York man or for Mr. Gary in case it is decided to give the Postmaster-Generalship to New York. Mr. Gary has been an active Republican worker in Maryland for more than fifteen vears, and for a long period was a8 mem- ber of the Republican National Committee from that State. Major McKinley known him for fifteen years, and has deemed him one of the foremost business men of the Sonth. Mejor McKinley is improving rapidly in bealth, but agheres firmly to his resolu- tion to see no visitors save those who come by appointment. The only caller he has received this week was Mr. Gary. & GARY FOR iHE CABINET. Says He Has Been Offered a Portfolio by McKinley. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 19.—James A. | porations in Baitimore and vicinity. Gary of Baltimore has been tendered the position of Postmaster-General in Presi- dent-elect McKinley’s Cabinet. He said so himself at the Union station to-night, where he stoppea off for dinner on his way to Baltimore from his visit to Major McKinley in Canton, on the invitation of the latter. After admitting that he had been ten- dered a Cabinet plsce a reporter asked him, “Then I may say you will accept?’ 0,” he answered, “vou will be sure of that in just about two days.” When asked whether the Cabinet of President-elect McKinley would be made | up as reported, Mr. Gary answered that be could not talk on that or any other po- litical subject. “In a few days,” said he, “everybody will know everything. Just now 1 dare not talk.” It was inferred, however, that all the | Cabinet positions had not yet found cer- tain holders. e JAMES ALBERT GARY. Kecord of the Man #ho Will Be the Next Postmaster-General. BALTIMORE, Mp., Feb. Albert Gary, selected Postmaster-G in President McKinley’s Cabinet, widely known man of Bal n prominent in Rep since 1870 when he was Congress in the Fifth Maryland District. In 1879 the Republicans nominated him for Governor. In those days the State was hopelessly Democratic and Mr. Gary tled of election although he m e has been a Mar is a more and has 1 bl 2 politics minated for land to every y since 1 and from 1880 to 1896 ional Committee. Mr. Gary was born in Uncasville, Conn., in 1836, of English descent. In business he has been bighly successful. He owns valuable cotton-duck miils and is also largely interested in other business cor- For several years he was president of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association nd is now vice-president of the Citizens’ ional Bank and also holds director- ships in several other concerns. il MetCook Not Selected. EW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 19.—Colonel John J. McCook said to-day that all the news he has of hisalleged selection for the Attorney-Generalship is contained in the press dispatches from Canton. He asserted that he had received no intima- tion, direct or indirect, that Major Me- Dol Kinley intends making him a member of his Cabinet. Colone! McCook said that he had never authoriz'd any of bis friends to use his name as that of a candidate for a portfolio. Payments dade for Batile-Ships. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.—The Navy Department to-day made the first payment on the battle-ship Alabama at Cramp’s shipvard, Philadelphia, amount- ing to §¢ also the twenty-sixth pay ment of $90,: yard, making next to the last payment on that vessel before she is delivered to the Government. de an | tional convention of | nted his State upon ths Republican | 0 for the Iowaat the same | CHAMPION M HARD AT WORK |Nevada Officials Witness Some Very Lively Training. | GOVERNOR SADLER SEES | THE SPORT. Corbett Receives th: News That Fitz Also Has a “B.x” on His Train. NOW 11’8 HORSE AND HORSE WITH THE HO0DOO. | Martin Julian Prepares for the R - ception of Lanky Bob, Who Arrives To-Day. CARSON, Nev., Feb. 19.—Lanky Bob | Fitzsimmons, the famous red-headed Cor- | nishman who is to do battle with James J. Corbett on Patrick’s day for the championship of the world, will arrive in Carson to-morrow morning with his family and retinne of trainers. This will constitute the lastof the big events an- | ticipated by the people here prior to the | great baitle itseif, and judging from the talk and excitement on the streets to- night nearly the entirs populace will turn out to weicome the man who has pro- claimed that he will thump the vompa- dour champion into insensibility within a few short and sweet rounds. Martin Julian left to-night for Renoin order to meet his brother-in-law bright St. | and eariy and escort him to Carson. In- cidentally Martin will take good pains to has 1mpart to Bob all of the gossip he rd during few days he has been in @ bulk of it being in reference to Corbett’s supposed physical condition: Julian is puzzled regarding Corbett. While he has had no opportunity to get a | glimpse of Corbett stripped and at prac- tice, stitl he managed to slip a friend or | twointo the opera-house where Corbett | has been practicing daily with his trainers and has received reports from them. Julian is said now to entertain a sus- picion that the Californian has besn play- ing 'possum. In other words, he has a notion that Corbett and his friends have beer encouraging the spreading of rumors to the effect that he was ‘‘not right” in the bove that Fitzsimmons might grow careless in his own preparatory work, while the truth of the matter is that he is in better fix than he has been in years. Julian is not the sort of chap to be easily | caught napping, and the chances are that | he will talk to his protege, Fitzsimmons, like the proverbial Dutch uncle when it comes down (o discussing training items. | A private telegram was received here | to-day which hed a aecided disturbing effect upon the friends and admirers of | Fitzsimmons and caused Julian’s face to | blanch. It was to the effect that the tall Cornishman had seriously injured his right arm near the elbow yesterday while taking exercise en route to the battlefield. There were no particulars to be learned further than this bare announcement and nothing definite will probably be. known until he arrives here to tell the story with Liis own lips. Julian after he had recovered from his first scare was disposed to treatthe matter | rather lightly. “If it had been anything serious,” he said, “I would have received | & telegram before this.” 1tesimmons’ manager is inclined to think that Bob’s injury will be found to be a wrenchora bruise received while wrestling with Ernest Roeber, one of his trainers. Roe- ber, he says, is a veritable giant in strength, and when he and Fitz get hold of each other their play is decidedly rough and conducive to hard knocks and twisting. Before his departure for Reno Manager | Julian took a sleigh ride out to Cook’s | ranch, the place chosen for Fitssimmons’ training-quarters, just to see if everything was in apple-pie order for the pugilist’s reception. It is his intention to take Fitz outto the ranch assoon after his arrival | as possible, rather than permit him to | loiter around many hours in town snd | risk the chances of & brawl with Corbett Standing in the Snow Near the Pavilion on Cook’s Ranch, Where Fitzsimmons Will Train, L