The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1897, Page 1

> -~ Y VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. 101. V'IV‘HURSDA This Paper not to be taken from i the ‘Library. *++** MORNING, MARCH 11,-1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PLUCKY KING | GEORGE THE NATIONS. Greece Protests Against the Attempt to Coerce Christians. SCORES . . | | INTERNATIONAL LAW VIOLATED k Not Watranted- Frontier Becomes More Setious. . ATHENS, Grercr, March Greek Government has instructea its rep- resentatives abroad to protest against the expulsion of Greek subjects from Canea as an arbitrary violation on the part of the powers of international law. ELONDON, Exe., March 10.—The entire | staff of employes at the Devonport doc yards, numbering 5000, has been ordered to work overtime for the purpuse of hast- | ening the comnpletion of the fitting out of vessels upon which they are engaged. The order is believed to have been issued in view of the crisis which has arisen over the Cretan question. | The Daily Chronicle will publish a dis- | patch to-orrow from Athens saying that | Greece has 60,000 troops on the frontier | and that the Turkish and Greek outposts | are very close together in places. For in- [ ce, at Arta the Turks hold one end of | g bridge and the Greeks the other. A Greek general, recently, while inspecting t2J frontier, accidentally entered Turkish territory and was captured by the Otto- man patriots, but was eventually rescued by his tzcops. The situation on the fron- | tier, 1t is said, 1s & dangerous one and 1 tie wonld be requirea to set the country | The Daily News to-morrow will pub- | lish a dispatch from Canea saying that | tne British, French and Italian admirals landed this afternoon and held a confer- ence with the insurgent leaders at Akro- tiri. They expressed regret that they al- lowed the Turkish ships to fire upon the insurgents during the previous day’s fighting, believing then thbat the insur- | gents were the aggressors. nce then, | they said, they had learned that it was the Bashi-Bazouks who provoked the conflict. In the course of the interview, the dis- | patch adds. the Cretans stated that they had not received the admiral’s warnir previous to the bombardment of February 21, and that they were unaware also of the promise of autonomy for Urete, which communications were intrusted to Com- mander Repeicke of the Greek warship | Hydra. The News, in commenting on this dis- | patch, will suggest that the communica- | tions intrusted to Commander Reneicke | were delivered in' the wrong quarter. The Standard to-morrow will publish a | dispatch from Canea saying that it u! | } rumored there that the Greek army of oecupation unaer command of Colonel | Vassos is short of provisions, 1ts supplies of eatables consisting only of biscuits and | oranges. | The dispatch also savs that the admi- | rals of the foreign warships have warned the commander at Canea that if the Bashi- | Bazouks again provoke the insurgents to | an encounter their village will be bom- barded by the warships, and moreover, that no band of Bashi-Bazouks wiil here- aiter be aliowed to enter Canea, or to sally out into the interior. To-morrow the Standard will publish an Athens dispatch saying that the summon- ing of the Greek reserves for service has compelled several large commercial houses 10 close their doors. Numbers of families have been left without supporters, and the | ntire social life of the country is at a standstill. The Times will to-morrow publish a dis- patch from Athens saying that the firing st Hierapetra yesterday and the expulsion of M. Baraklis, the Greck Vice-Consul at Carea, has rearonsed the war fever there. | The Times will also publish a dispatch | from Canea saying that the situstion at | Hierapetra is one of great anxiety. The | insurgents are well suppliea with guns, | Proposed Expulsion of Greeks From Crete! 10.—The yand it is feared that thay will make an- | | other attack upon the town. | SAN FRANCISC 5//, 0 the Governor declares the inhabitants and the garrison would have been abie to re- ! sist the insurgents for a year. Situation on the | il THE RELIEF OF KANDAMOS. Moslems Grateful to England for Her Keady Assistance. LONDON, Exc., March 10.—The Daily ! News will to-morrow publish a dispatch | from Canea saying that the Mussulmans | who have been besieged at Kandamos and | who have arrived at Canea were conveyed | thither on ! i board the Italian transport | Trinicia, and that another vessel is ex- | pected to arrive shortly with more refu- gees. The force which relieved the be- leagured inhabitants at Kandamos re- leased eleven soldiers who were imprisoned | in the blockhouse. The arrival of the trensport with her load of refugees has | created a great impression in Canea. One of the chief Beys says it is impossible to express the gratitude of the Moslems toward Great Britain. | The News correspondent relates the | story of the rescue of the beleaguered in- habitants at Kandamos. His account says the utmost credit is due to Sir A. Biliotti, the British Consul at Canea, who man- aged the entire affair personaliy. With- out his aid the people could not have escaped. The place was surrounded by Cretans, who kept up a fusillade, which some times was replied to by asiight fire. Consul Biliotti entered the town and remained until nightfall, 00 | when, having become convinced of the absolute necessity of employing a force o | Europeans to effect the release of the be- lesguered ones, he returned to Selino, | from which place he started on his return | to Kandamos with a force of 250 British, | 100 French, 100 Austrians, 150 Russians | and 5 Italians, with four guns. This force was commanded by the captain of the British warship Rodne: Upon arriving at Kandamos the troops remained on the outskirts while the Con- sul entered the town to arrange for the sortie, Some delay occurred, owing toa | Iack of beasts of burden. The Cretans had ceased their firing and cousented that the Moslem soldiers should retain their arms, | but when the latter emergzed and a start | | was made for Selino a scene of the wildest | confusion and one of great danger took place. The horde of Cretan insurgents sur- rounded the refugees and everywhere a gap occurred in the escort would dash in and tear the weapons from the Bashi- Bazouks and snatch the bundles which | many of tie women and children carried. It was with the utmost difficulty that the | Moslems wera prevented from firing on | the insurgents and thus bringing about a horrible slaugnter. During the confusion one girl was kidnaped by the Cretans. The insurgents followed pressing in upon their column as far as | Spaniako, where there is a gorge, which was blocked by the escort after the refu- gees had passed. This prevented the Cre- | tans from advancing further. The em- barcation on board the Trinicia began at | 5 o’clock in the evening and ended at 9| o’clock. Alfter sunset the Cretans at Belino began to make hostile demonstrations against the Moslems. With a view to puttinga stop to their manifestation the warships fired several rifle shots into the air and also fired one of their guns. The Governor of Kandumos says that when the people in the town were relieved by Europeans there was only seven boxes of rifle cartridges leit, and that the gun ammunition had become completely ex- hausted. There was neither bread nor rice in the town, but there was a pientifal supply of me Had there been a sui- | ficient amount of bread and ammunition the refugees, | continuous | # | and resentment. | regards France. | When the refugees boarded the trans- port their arms were removed to the Rod- ney. The correspondentsays the refugee- are rapidly embarking at Canea and the | Trinicia will return to Selimo. A few have houses left, but a majority of them are utterly ruined and many have been made invalids. During the passage of the transport from Selino to Canes a child was born on board. The rabble at Selino, the reporter says, was very troublesome, and, despite the fact that the sailors had been on the march for twelve hours, they were com- pelled to remain under arms all night in order to keep the rabble out of the town and to protect the embarking refugees. They were obliced on several occasions to fire on the insurgents, so menacing were their actions. When the ship left Selino it was feared thata general attack would be made upon that place. S SALISBUKY EXPLAINS. | His Government Could ot Yield to Per- | sonal Sympathies. LONDON, Exc., March 10.—At the din- nerof tue Associaied Chamber of Com- merce, which was held here this evening, Lord Salisbury delivered an address, in which Greece overthe Cretan question. His Lordship said it must be remem- bered that the British Government could not be guided in its policy by personal ! sympathies or relizious proclivities and They were the irustees of a | great nation’s interests and obligations, | which they were bound to maintain above | they manfully aid | PERKINS SEES sentiments. It the everything their duty else. under circuiostances it would promote, as no other course of con- | dmet could do. freedom and justice, and, ‘hove ali, European peace, upon wh commerce, industry and well-being must depend. The Premier's remarks were received with loud cheers. The syeech throughout was devoid of any exposition of party feeling. i gpgs iy OPINION TRIUMPHS. PUBLIC France Derves Notice That It More Against Greces. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 11.—A spec- ial cable dispatch to the Sun from London The danger of war in the East has icedly diminished for the time b-ing. he reason 1s not to be found in the reply of Greece to the ultimatum of the powers. Russia, Germany and Austria interpret thig refusal to comply with the terms of the identical note, and they are not in favor of an immediate resort to the co- ercion which was threatened. The situa- tion has been completely changed, how- Cannot say! ever, by the new power—namely, public | opinion in Western Earope. | The French Government has been com- pelled to give notice, reluctantly, to its Russian ally that it cannot Vindictive or severe measures against Greece while public opinion in France re- mams as it is now. Lord Salisbury would gladly give a simi- lar notice in behalf of Great Britain, but it | would be received only with suspicion It is quite different as Russia bhas ample as- | surance that M. Hanotaux and his col- leagues would be glad to join in the Rus- sian policy if it was in their power to do £0, but they dare not in the face of the opposition of Parliamentand of the masses of the French people. The most they can do is to request de- lay until an opportunity is given to change or amend the popular mind. Great efforts are to be made in this direciion between now and Saturday next, when the ques- tion will be debated in the French Cham- ber. It isdoubtiu! if a safe majority in favor of severe measures against Greece can be assure In fact every day’s delay is now of the greatest advantage to Greece, whose clev- ! erly designed answer to the demands of the powers is disarming her enemies in at least three nations. The indieations grow stronger that it will no longer be Continued on Fijth Page. he referred briefly to the crisis | | which had been reached in the affairs of ot all | barrassment? Iam willing to share the responsibility, but I cannot make any ap- pointments from your State unless you select the men. You must get together, too. Idon’t propose to settle any contro- | versies.” ‘ That is the sort of talk the Presi- | dent gives to nearly all the Congressmen | who visit him, and as a consequence the }dslegltions from the several States will the character and qualifications of condi- dates of their districts and States. SHERMAN AND DIPLOMATS. Distinguished Foreign Assembly Meets the New Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, March 10.—The | corps diplomatic was received by Secre- tary Sherman in the diplomatic parlor of the State Department at 11 o’clock this morning and shortly afterward presented to the President, The members of the corps assembled in the diplomatic reception-room shortly be- fore 11 o’clock by appointment, the Chi- nese, Korean and Turkish Ministers alone Laving other attire than the cusiomary morning dress. Frocx coats and high silk hats were un- exceptional and all decorations were com- spicuous by their absence. At 11 o'clock the corps. in & body, THE PRESIDENT His Batch of Diplomatic Candidates Causes Surprise. Told to Fick Out Five or Six In- dorsed by ,the Entire *Delegation. Should De Young B: Semt to Italy, Many Plices Will Be Lost to California. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—Sen- ator Perkins went to the White House to- | day with a big batch of recommendations for the appointment of Californians to foreign missions and consular positions. “You don’t expect me to apnoint all those men, do you?”’ said President Mc- Kinley. “Well, Senator. as mapy as you can. men.” ‘‘How many places in the consular ser- vice do you consider your State entitled to?” “I should think we ought to pull out five or six good ones.”” “Well,”” retorted the President, “sup- pose you take those papers away with you and after consulting on that basis with your delegation pick out five or six of the best men and all join_ in recommending ther. There is “It would be aifficult to make tior,”’ suggested the Senator. “Not so difficult for you as for me,” re- turred the President; ‘“you know the men and Idon't.” “1 mean that it would be embarrassing for' me to indicate a preference in many cases.” “Do you want me to assume that em- I don’t know,” returned the “I’d like to have you appoint They are all good selec- PLANTANIA, Near Canea, Where There Was Some Lively Fighting Between the Turks and the Cretans on Monday Evening. hold meetings to decide between the cliims of contending constituents. They are,pretty well convinced that they will act together for the welfare of their party. | The Star this evening says: “Theré isa | upon their individuai influence and must . | feeling of contidence among the Califor- } nia people to-day that Colonel Harrison Gray Otis witl receive the appointment of Assistant Secretary of War. If the ap- pointment 15 made the California men | think they will not get much more in the shape of departmental positions. With Secretary McKenna and Colonel Otis their | expectations would be about filled. “]t is felt that if M. H. de Young gets the Embassadorship abroad which he wants, the other candidates for forelen appointments will not stand much chance. If De Young fails in the appointment, then a number of places will go to the | State. The friends of Speaker Coombs of | the State Lecisiature regard his chances for going to Japan as good. The fiiends {of Judge Dudley, who wants to go to| Hawaii. think he stands a good chance.” Senator McBride of Oregon doubts the report that ex-Senator John H. Mitchell is u candidate for appoiniment as United ates Circuit Judge. to succeed McKenna, inasmuch as Mitchell has not advised him | of his candidacy. A gentleman of some fame as a writer, who might, claim a residence in any of three Statcs and who has been a warm personal friend of the President, asked to | be considered a candidate for an attrac- | | tive foreign mission. I have not brought any papers’’ ho | said, “for you know me as well as any- | body and can judee as accurately of my | fitness as all the Senators and Representa- | tives and politicians in the country. Still, if it is necessary I will get some letters.” “I would do so if I were you,” observed the President quietly. “From whom do you suggest?” “From the Senatorsand Representatives of your State.” “I doabt if I could get either one of the Senators,” was the reply, “‘but I can get the Representatives.” “Better get the Senators, too, if you can,” remarked the President, and he turned to another visitor. Some of the office-seekers are beginning to go home; others are arriving by every | train. Those who came before the 4th have found very little encouragement to | remain. They have discovered to their chagrin that most of the offices are nailed down, and that others that do not come under the civil service rule will not be dis- turbed until after the tariff bill is passed and the terms of incumbents have ex- pired. Certain people who had apprehensions lest Major McKinley might lack decision of character have been relieved of all anxiety on thatscore. He is affable, be is gracious, and even cordial to to every one who calls, but he is like a stone wali when the candidate runs against him, and has as large & stock of silence at his disposal as General Grant. People are begmning { to notice a resemblance in President Me- Kinley to the silent soldier. He can listen patiently and with manifest attention to whatever is said to him and let the speaker go Without offering any reply whatever. He does not gush like Garfield, or endeavor to explain his difliculties like Hayes. He is never rude and gruff, like .Cleveland, and he does not give his visitors the chills, as President Harrison did. He manages to show a cordial inter- est in every one, but is firm when people try to crowd him. - President McKinlev places himself behind the Republican Senators and Representatives, and will consider no applications for office that do not bear their indorsement. He recognizes them as the representatives of the people and as the best source of information concerning not be able 13 secure Ippointments THON | consultation with his former c beaded by Sir Julian’ Pauncefote, were ushered by Aesistant Sécretaries Rockhill and Adee into the diplomatic parlor, swhere they stood in their proper order of precedence, each head of embassy and lezation being supported by uis secre- taries and atiaches. Secretary Sherman invited Major-Gen- eral Miles and _bis aid, Captain Michles, who were with him_at the time to witness the function. The Secratary was escorted around the entire line and presented to each diplomat in turn. At 11:30 o’clock Sir Julian Pauncefote led the way in a parting handshake with the Secretary, with whom all future nego- tiations are to be held, and, foliowed by the eighty odd members of the body, went over to the White House. ——— GENERAL HASTINGS® MISHAP. Knocked Down by a Wagon and His Leg Fractured After Calling Upon the President. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 10.— General Russell Hastings of Bermuda, West Indies, who commanded the Twenty-third Oh:o Regiment, in which President McKinley was an officer, was knocked down by a wagon while crossing Fifteentn street, opposite the Treasury Department, this morning. His right leg was fractured near the knee joint. At the time of the accident General Hastings and General and Mrs. J. L. Bots- | ford of Youngstown, Ohio, were returning from a visit to President McKinley. Gen- eral Hastings had gone tnere to say good-by to his old comrade preparatory to sailing for Bermuda on Saturday. After the accident he was accompanied to the Emergency Hospital by General Botsford, who went back to the White House to tell the Presi.ent when the irac- ture had been set. The President sent a bunch_of flowers and a personal note to the injured man and later drove to the hospital and hela a mand- ing officer and gave directions to the sur- geous to give him the best of care. ‘When the President was told that the injury would not_result sriously, he re- minded General Hastings that he had last seen him wounded at Winchester, where the same leg was injured. ““Now, General, command me day and night,”’ saia President McKinley in leav- ing, *‘and while you are in the hospit al I shall make it a pleasant duty tocome and see you. Good by, old fellow.” General Hastings was taken to Garfield Hospital soon afterward. Rty kg SUGAR BCHEDULE SUGGESTED. Differential Duty One-Eighth of a Cent a Pound. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—The sugar schedule was finished to-day by the Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee. The conclusions reached were foreshadowed in the United Associated Presses’ dispatches of last night. The differential duty was placed at 35 of a cent a pound. A countervailing duty against bounty-paying countries was fixed +o0 as to equalize the net amount of the bounty—that is to say, the exact amount of the bounty less any internal revenue tax levied. ‘The woolen schedule was taken up at the afternoon and evening sessions and several tentative rates adopted. vut an- other session will be necessary before the schedule is completed. S e To Reduce Freight Rates on Meats. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 10.—The Board of Managers of the Traffic Asso- ciation has decided to reduce rates on meats until June 30, placing them on the basis of third-class freight. ezl ol Bondholders Buu the Monon Railroad. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp, March 10.—The Monon Railway was suld here under or- der of court to-day for $3,001,000. The bondholders bought it 1n. —_—— Orerdue Auranta Sighted. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 10.—The steamship Aurania, three days overdu 'was sighted this afternoon. FAKERS 10 St IN COURT Habeas Corpus Proceedings Will Be Heard To-Day at Sacramento. LIBELERS MAY TENANT CELLS. Trouble Yet in Store for Long Green Lawrence and His Subordinate. SLANDEROUS ATTACKS ENRAGE SACRAMENTANS, Cringing Under the Lash, the Hyena of Journalism Snarls at All Who Spura It. SBACRAMENTO, CaL., March 10.—Ow- ing to the fact that Senator Dickinson is busv on the Printing Office investigation further proceedings in the Senate investi- gation of the Examiner fake of Februsry 27 has been deferred for the present. To-morrow at 1:30 P. M. the habeas corpus proceedings in the cases of Long Green Lawrence and L. L. Levings will ba heard before Judge Hughes. If the peti- tioners offer no objection, Attorney-Gens eral Fiizgerald will appear therein on behalf of the Senate. There was no criticism of Judge Hughes for issuing the writs, but the admission of the vrisoners to bail under the circum- stances was something unheard of previ- ously in the history of jurisprugence. Every decision bearing on the subject of habeas corpus for more than a century | past shows that no course isopen to Judge Hughes other than to remand the pris- oners 1o j In this event an appeal will NEW TO-DAY. BOARD OF HEALTH'S INVESTIGATION — Ok — (ONDENSED MILKS AND CREAMS. ITEM OF INTEREST TO MOTHERS. It has been disclosed by the in- vestigation of Dr. Wenzell, the Chemist of the Board of Health, that the so-called evaporated creams are nothing but pure and simple condensed milk, and in many in- stances very poor condensed milk at that, and while little or nothing can be said in favor of these evaporated creams by Dr. Wenzell, still less is said in favor of most brands of condensed milk, which suffer equally under his searching analysis. Amid all this investiga- tion and hue-and-cry one prominent fact has been brought out with unusual distinctness, and that is, the Gail Borden EAGLE Brand of Condensed Milk has passed through the fiery furnace of investiga- tion of a most searching character, with its usual great success. Every brand, except the Gail Borden Eagle Brand, that has come under the attention of the chemist has had more or less criticism be- stowed upon it, but the Gail Bor- den Eagle Brand has been found to be without a single flaw, and has been pronounced to be the purest and the richest in quality of any brand on the market; superior to evaporated creams in richness; stronger than any milk now before the public. The Pure Food Investi- gation bids fair to be a most searching one, and the public have a great interest at stake, and it is with pleasure that we re- fer now to one brand that seems to have met with the approval of all.