The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1897, Page 1

- vsland and VOLU ME LXXXL—NO. 21. 1 MARCH 31, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIA WILL NOT BLOCKADE GREECE'S PORTS Such Action Would Now Be Too Late to Preserve the Peace. CONSTANTINE TAKES COMMAND ssues an Order to the Greek Army in Thes- saly, Saying That All Troops Wil Be Faithful-—Fierce Fight Con- tinues in Crete. ATHE SREECE, March 30.—Tt is re- ported here this evening that Russia has Tefused to take partin a blockade of the ports of Greece npon the ground that su action would now be too late 0 be e aintaining peace. The news h rejoicin: in Greece, as it is 1 believed to indicate a hopeless disagree- | among the powers. ine to-day for- ma sumed the command of ek troops in Thessaly. ssued er o the army in which he expressed his con- viction that at this critical hour, when nd was being weighed in the 1 would do their duty, be faith- oath, exhibit patience and obey the law and their com- March 30.—The insur- ed the town of Izzedin, warships to bombard place was occupied by of international CRET them. 1 a mixed detachment troops. LONDON to the Cen tk ., March 30.—A dispatch al News from Athens states ta strong force of insurgents io-day he Turkish troops at Spina- te. The troops made a desper- se of their posttions, but could and the determined onslaught ristians, and were finally com- 2 There was heavy fizht- throughout the engagement. The patch adds that a vessel lying in the of Spinalonga laden with ammuni- o3 was captured by the removed the captured s to places out of reach of the of the ed to at. INSURGENIS - E ENRAGED, They Fire Upon Kussiam Troops, Al- thounh a Flao of Truce Is Displayed. CreTE, March 30.—The attack ks on the iusurgent leaders who near Retimo, Sunday to meet the Russian Consul, who had been delegated to confer with them, has caused much indignation. The Consul had in- vited them to Coube, but dia not meet them 8 ay because of the failure of the Turkish officials to inform him of their arrival as they had promised to do. Yes- terday the Consul, accompanied by twenty Russian soldiers, went to Coube, hoping to see the rebel chiefs. The insurgents mistrusted bis motives after their enperi- | ence on Sunday, and from the hills they fired upo! the Russians, despite the fact were carrying a flag of truce. y the Consul by signaling per- suaded a score of the insurgents to come to parley, but among those who descended from their positions was none of the lead- The conference, therefore, was vir- ly fruitiess. The Consul found tlhose with whom be conferred utterly ignorant of the meaning ot autonomy, of which he was us of securing their acceptance, He explained the scheme of the powers to give the Cretansseli-government. The insurgents said they would consider the matter. In the fighting at Spinalonga on March and 24 the Turki-h garrison lost heavily and were compelied to take refuge on an island. Tune insurgenis swam to the continued their attack. A French ironclad has gone to Spinalonga, presumably to relieve the T position is extremely precarious. | | The British warship Rodney has re victualed the forts at K ing the insurgen's, who were trying to undermine the Tuikish position. LONDON, Exc., March 30.—The Canea correspondent of the Standard telegraphs that the biockade of Ciete by the powers is not entorc-d as severely ‘as it would be 1n the case of actual war. Provisions are landed daily. Hitherto oniy half a dozen small craft which baa already landed their cargoes have been captured. The dispaica adds that there was heavy firing at Suda to-nigt and it is supposed that the insurgents attempted to surprise the fort. The attack was prob: ably repelled with the assistance of the shells and the use of the searchlights of the warships in th 70 WITHDRAW TURKISH TEOOPS. Russia and England Agree and Other Powers Conyidering. LONDON, Exc., March 30. — In the House of Commons to-day G. N. Curzon, Under Foreign Secretarv, announced that on March 2 Nelidoff, Russian Embas- sador at Constantinople, had commun’- ated to his diplomatic cotleagues at the xish capital, copies of a telegram which he had received from the admiral commanding the Russian warships in Cretan waters, urging the appointment of an European Governor for the island of Crete with full power to act, and also urg- ing the withdrawal of Turkish troops from the island, as the admirals of the foreign squadrons were of the opinion that such action was necessary. Curzon said that the Government of Great Britain supported the suggestions made by the Russian admiral, and that the other pow- ers had the matter under consideration. FOR THE FEDERAL OFFICES. Calitornians ‘Who Will Probably Secure Some Good Appointments From the Fresident. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30.—The CawLw correspondent learned to-nigot from parties near to the President that Hon. W. W. Morrow, United States District Judge, will probably be elevated to the Circuit bench to succeed McKenna, and Hon. Morris M. Estee will probably be appointed to succecd Morrow. Judge James A. Waymire, who isalsoa candidate for Judee, is expected to arrive bere to-morrow. Judge Green of the Ala- meda County Superior Court, is alsoa canaidate for a United ‘States judgeship. George A. Knightis here yet. Jt is un- derstcod that he is opposing the candidacy of Judee de Haven. The CArn correspondent understand that Harry N. Morse will be appointed United States Marshal for the Northern of California. stwithstanding the opposition of the San Diego County Committee, the Cali- fornia delegation will stand by ex-Repre- sentative Bowers and insist upon his ap- pointment as Collector of Customs for the port of San Diego. Itseems to be pretty well settled that Colonel John P. Jackson will be appointed Collector of Customs at San Francisco and | that Joe Spear will be offered the survey- | orship. rks, whose | Mr. Loud will nume the Postmas- ter at San Francisco when McCoppin’s term expires. Asyet he has not decided on his man. Mustering on the After-Deck of One of the Greeck Transports, same after shell- | ;//4//// iy A Y o) oy b, GENERAL JUAN RUTS RIVERA, #- Corhunder of the Cuban Insurgents in Pinar del Rio, Who Was Captured by the Spaniards. GUTHRIE, O. T., March 30.—A cyclone at Chandler, forty miles east of here, at dusk this evening, destroved three-quar- ters of the town of 1500 people, and the jatest news is that 150 are baaly hurt and a dozen or more people killed. The known dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Woodman. Mrs. Mitchell. Mrs. Thomas Smith. Attorney John Dawson. Thbe injured, so far as Enown, are: Bamuel Hightower, John McCartney, brotber-in-law of United States Marshal Nagle; Clerk of Court F. N. Niblack and father, Johu Foster, Mrs. Emory Foster, two daughters of County Treasurer Ulam, Samuel Winthrop, George McHenry. Nearly every cottage in the town. was wrecked, and daylight will undoubtedly reveal the presencs of many more dead. The storm broke without warning, and few had time to hunt for places of safety. Judge Gale was holding court, and the building was rolled off its foundation and tarned over, but the court attaches all es- caped. A large number of physicians left here for a forty-mile drive in the dark with a load of medicine, surgical instruments, ete. The storm came from the southwest with terrific force, destroying everythlng in its path. It struck the town square, and but one building, the Mitchell Hotel, is left intact. A latter message states that a large number of people known to have been in the buildings are missing and it is feared they are dead under the ruins. The ex- AN OKLAHOMA TOWN IS SWEPT BY A CYCLONE Neatly Every Building at Chandler Reduced to Ruins. FIRE BREAKS OUT IN DEBRIS. Many of Those Who Escape the Fury of the Winds Meet Death in the Flames-—The Dead Will Number 55 and the Wounded 200. act state of affairs cannot be learned un- til daylight. S S FIRE IN THE RUINS. of the Cyclone Inerease With Hourly Xeports. GUTHRIE, O. T., March 3L—A dis- patch received at 2 o’clock this (Wednes- day) morning 'says the ruins at Chandler are on fire, and many injured people are burned to death. The dead will reach fully forty-five and the injured 200 or more. The scenes are heartrending, peo- ple dying on all sides, with but one physi- cian on the ground who isunhurt. Six people in one buiiding were pinned down and met a slow death by fire. Twenty dead bodies bave been taken out thus far, amonz them being: - Two unknown women, both with babies. Three unknown children. Mrs. Philip Johnson. F. Demoff. Emma Dressinger. D, C. Johnson. Mrs. Dr. Lee, A. W. Keller and wife. A. McElhenny and family, number un- known. ‘The fatally injured removed from the wreck include Andrew Asher and wife, George Henry, Mrs. J. Lumlev, Charles Reeves, Arch Shepherd, Arthur Jewett, Frank'Johnson, Mrs. Frank McCall, D. C. Goodtng Aleck Bishop. ‘When daylight appears it will reveal an awful sight. Mauny people are reported injured in the wrecked courthouse, and the disaster is believed to be much worse than at first thougnt.” The injured will reach over 200, and there is-little shelter 1he Horrors and no adequate medical attendance, and it is feared that many will die from ex- posure. ——— PASSED ACROSS KANSAS. Unroof d and Cars Blown From the Tracks KANSAS CITY. Mo., March 30.—Re- ports received here indicate that the cyclone which destroyed the town of Cnhandler, O. T., to-night also passed across the State'of Kansas, though in less | destructive force, | Florence, Kans., reports a severe wind- | | Buildings | storm between 5 and 6 o’clock that un- roofed a portion of the Santa Fe round- house, blew down several wooden build- ines and blew box-cars from the tracks. Great Bend reports a very heavy wind, accompanied by hail and rain. Wichita reporis the heaviest rain ever experienced there, accompanied by wind and rain. At Haven -boxcars were blown from the track. Barton reports a very heavy wind, which wrecked several buildings and blew cars from the track. Telegraph service throuchout the State is badly crippled. CHEYENNE, Wryo., March 30.—A blizzard of anow and wind has been rag- ing throughout Southern Wyoming, from the western to the eastern boundary, for the past twenty-four hours. There aave been severe losses of sheep ina portion of the district. The losses in caitle and horses have been nominal to the present time, but stockmen are becoming appre- hensive, as a continuation of the storm for five or six hours more will be destructive to range stock. The main line of the Union Pacific is being kept open with snow-plows, and passenger trains are wmaking schedule time, although the storm extends along the road for 600 miles. MINERS BLOWN TO PIECES. Two Unfor‘unate M:n Meet a Fearful Death by Getting Careless With Explosives. WEBB CITY, Mo., March 30.—Ben Brewer and Lon Gunning lost their lives, both being literally blown to pieces at Orongo. They were miners and while thawing out a box of powder it exploded. Each left a widow and several children. The accident was a great surprise to the friends and acquaintances of the two men, as they knew them to be old and experienced miners. It is thought, how- ever, that long familiarity with powder- boxes made them reckless, and that they did not take the care they should have done. The men were very popular in the com- munity, and their awful death was a sad blow to their friends. Their respective families are' practically destttute and charitable neighbors are doing what they can to help them out. It is one of the most awful catastrophes that ever occarred in this neighborhood, and the community is greatly shocked. Some of the fellow-miners of the deceased say that the box of powder was not properiy fixed by the company which sold it to the miners, and they say that an investigation ahould be held. All the evidence possible will be brought out at the. Coroner’s inquest, which will take place to-morrow. ok il Educational Bill Passed. LONDON, Exc., March 30.—The House of Lords to-dav passed: the educational bill on its second reading by a vote of 109 | to15. “TIME WILL SHOW, HISTORY WILL JUDGE” That Is What General Rivera Says When Asked If He Is Right. THE CAPTIVE VERY RETICENT. Correspondents Visit the Cuban Leader, Who Was Taken Prisoner While Fighting for Freedom—Sanguilly May Take Rivera’s Place. HAVANA, Cusa, March 30.—Several re- porters went to San Cristobal to-day for | the purpose of Interviewing General Ruiz | Rivera, the commander of the insur;ents | in the province of Pinar del Rio, who was | captured by the forces of General Velasco | during an engagement near Cabezedas on Sunday. General Rivera, as stated in the dis- patches of vesterday, was badly wounded in the fight and was taken prisoner as his | chief of staff, Colonel Bacallao, was at- tempting to carry him from the field. Colonel Bacallao was also captured., The reporters found General Rivers, | who was confined in the quarters of the Guardia Civile, resting more easily than yesterday, his wounds having been at- tended to by Spanisn physicians. He was very resicent regarding the con- dition of affairs among the insurgents in the provinces, positively refusing to an- swer any questions. He spoke freely on other topics and dwelt at length upon the history of the ten years’ war, in which he played a prominent part. One of the interviewers asked him if he did not think it useless to cause so mueh bloodshed in fighting against the sov- ereignty of Spain. His face at once be- came very serious and he replied : “Time will show; history will judge.” Both General Rivera and Colonel Ba- callao said that they were thankful for the good treatment they had received since they were captured. General Rivera has presented a diamond ring he wore to the surgeon who has attended him since he was made a prisoner. SANGUILLY 1t 1s Baid That He ill Succeed the Cap- tured General Hiver NEW YORK, N. Y., March 30.—It is stated that General Julio Sanguilly, hero of the ten-years’ war in Cuba, a military tactician of acknowledged 10 COMMAND, sbility, the peer of Gomez as a reneral and of Maceo-as a fightea is to succeen General Rmiz Rivera as the commander of the Army of the West, and his advent will cause a change in the policy and conduct of the campaign in Pinar del Rio, in which province the very aggressive movements of the Spanish forces are now being made. Rivera is now in the hands of the Span- iards, if recent Havana dispatches are to be depended upon. Itis not likely if he is really a prisoner that he will be re- garded as a prisoner of war, but will be tried by 8 drum-head court-martial as a bandit and rebel and be shot to death. In this event his successor will be in the saddle on the day that the sentence is carned into effect, unless the execution is so summary that he will be unable to reach the field in time. General Sanguilly is the Cuban patriot who served two years in jail charged with the crime of rebellion. He isa natural- ized American citizen and was released through the good offices cf this Govern- ment in February. GENERAL WEYLEE PRAISED. Of Course Ha Will Snare in the Glory of Kivern’s Capturs. HAVANA, CuBa, March 30.—The mer- chants of Cienfuegos are jubilant over the capture of the rebel, General Ruiz Rivera, the successor of Antonio Maceo, by the Spanish troops, and have organized a public demonstration in honor of Captain- General Weyler, who is now in that city. They have also sent a cablegram to the Government at Madrid praising General ‘Weyler's campaign against the rebels and expressing confidence that he will speedily put an end to the rebellion. Forty-three political suspects wera exiled 1o the Chaffarine Islands in the Mediter- ranean gnd to the island of Fernandez to- day and twelve men were sent to the Isie of Pines as ‘‘nanigas’—members of an organization of murderers. By AL " HEA¥Y REBLL LOSSES. -~ Leaders tucoumb to Fever and Dynamite Depots Taken MADRID, Eparx, March 30.—A dispateh from Havana states that the Spanisn troops have seized twenty-two rebel dyna- mite depots. The dispatch adds that the rebel leaders Miro, Perico, Delgado and Bermudez have died from fever. It also states that the rebels under Gomez and another band each lost forty | men killed in encounters, the localities of | which were not given. st Cuba Will Win the Struggle. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 30.—Sylvester Scovel, the newspaper correspondent who was recently ‘released from a - Cuban prison, isin this city. “My belief,” said he, ‘‘based upon close observation, is that Cube is bound to win in the struggle. Spain is spending on an average of $10, 000,000 a month and losing 3000 men every thirty days through sickness, battle and starvation. The Cubans are growing stronger every-day. They now number 33,000 fignters and 100,000 sympathizers, 48 against 265,000 available fighting men 1n the Spanish cause. Do g it Judge Day’s Mission fo Cuba. CANTON, Omro, March 30.—Judge Day, who will probably go to Cuba as United States Minister potentiary to assist Consul-General Lee in-obtaining informa- tion regarding the death of Ruiz, returned home from Washington this afternoon. He sai« he had nothing to say in particu- lar as to the report, but said in case an American attorney is elected to go to Cuba he might go, and that he had the matier under consideration. KENTUCKY'S SENATORIAL FIGHT. Hunter Lacks Thrse Votes Elected—Rumors of Freely Circulate. FRANKFORT, Kv., March 30.—Eight baliots for United States Senator were taken by the excited Legislature to-day without chance or an election, and the supporters of Dr. Hunter »- 2 still solid, so far as the votes indicate. The anti-Hunter men, however, are claiming to-night that this was Hunter’s last day 1n the lead and that to-morrow the inevitable break in his columns will come, carrying with it the election of Governor Bradley or St. John Boyle. The sixth ballot, of which the subsequent seven were practically dupli- cates, was as follows: Hunter 60, Black- burn 43, Teavie 13, Boyle 7, Stone L. Hunter lacked three votes ot being elected. This was the first day that more than one ballot had been taken, and it was regarded as a final play of the Hunter forces to force his election. Attempts were made to adjourn at the end of the twelfth ballot, delaying the next ballot one hour. The chamber presented any- thing buta dignified appearance, nearly every member making. a commotion on the adjournment question. The Bradley coalition, whic 1 held a caucus last night, reported forty-eight silver Democrats ready to vote for Bradley and nine gold Democrats. The Republicans present said they had enough votes present to make an election. Rumors of bribery and corruption are in everybody’s mouth. of Being Bribery g e Popal Delegate at Quebec. QUEBEC, Quepec, March 30.— Mgr. Merry Del Val, Papal ablegate to Canada, arrived here this afternoon, and was met by a great crowd at the depot. Mgr. Ma- ros, administrator of the diocese in the absence of Archbishop B:gin, who 1s now in Europe, accompanied by Mgr. Lange- vin and several prelates of the Bishop’s palace, received Mer. Del Val and escorted him to Cardinal Taschereau’s state car- riage, and the procession started for the Basilica, where solemn thanksgiving serv- ice was held. The ceremony ended with atedeum. 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