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

U — VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. . 133. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DRIVING BACK THE TURKS ON THE | l FRONT]ZERl Greek Invaders of Macedonia Occupy the Town | of Baltino. BLOCKADE TROOPS IN BARRACKS. Already the Loss Inflicted Upon the Moslem | Forces Is Serious, and the Army of the Sultan Is Eager for Open Warfare. 11.—The y Macedonia on Fri- | town of Baltino, sh troops garrison at all of whom in the barracks. surgents bave taken a number of whom have been sent Jorts of the successes ve reached the ears of ts of despite the eifo to check yners, nine of Re er for an open dec- iostilities and orders to ad- | and have creatly excited | i n Prince Constantine and | SIA, April 1L—Up ocon the precise detiis of the | fighting in the vicinity of Gravena have | not becn received. Edhem Pasha, the Tarkish commander-in-chief, has sent an officer to Gravena to asc all the facts, It is undoubtedly cue to the fact that Edhem Pasha has nct yet received positive information that Greek regular troops were among the invaders that the oru t for an advance of the Turkish army has not been given. | ATH GEEECE, April 1L.—The Gov- ernment has forbidden the circulation of | official reports of tbe incursion of Greeks | into Macedonia. It is said that every | effort was made to prevent the leaguers | {rom leaving Greece, but they evaded the | tain frontier. Other insurgent bands are along | the frontier of but detachments | of the regular Greer army them under survei are keening ce to prevent them | Contradictory reports con- tinue to be received regarding the move- ments of the Greeks who crossed into Macedonia and fought the Turks there. Oune report says the fizhting close to the from moving. frontier tias entirely ceased, but that the | Insurgent Greeks are battling in the in- | terior of Macedonia. itis asserted they ! gained n erial successes in the engage- | The Greek loss | been several killed and | while the loss inflicted upani | | { ments along the frontier. is stated tc wounded rks was I more serions. nteers under command the on Ciprian well - known the frontier, ted enereetic action agit where they iz are against the Tur with dy 1 Turkish outpos| and itis said they eble uneasiness among the Turkish lead- | ers, who fear the success already achieved | will cause them to attempt the further use of dynamite, which would demoralize | the troops. The Government ilance of the troops and got across the | structed its agent at Constantinople to deny that Greek regulars took part in the invasion of Macedonia. | coNsTax TINOPLE, TurkEey, April 11. | —The Porte has sent a circular letter to the Turkish representatives, declaring tne force that crossed the frontier Friaay were Greek regular troops. The letter adds that the Greeks had artillery and directed the movements by a bugle corps, which | would not bave been the case otherwise. For these reasons the Porte contends that Greece was the aggressor, and that Turkey, therefore, is entitied to assume liberty of | action. A circular issued by the Porte subs quent to the above says the Greek in- vaders were driven back and the status quo on the frontier has been restored. WAR WILL FOLLOW. Henry Norman Reviews the Greek Situation, Which Could Not Ba Much Worse. LONDON, Exc., Avril 1L.—A Larissa dispatch says the general opinion is that war will be declared to-morrow or day. The Greek outposts are being quietly strengthened. Small detachments of troops are being sent forward under cover of darkness. Henry Norman, special commissioner of the London Chronicle, who is about to return from Athens, had farewell interviews with King George, Prime Minister Delyannis and Skouz nister of Foreign Affairs. From their conversation Norman regretiully draws the deduction that the situation could not be much worse. The frontier incident, he | says, will probably be closed, but if it does not set the frontier afire it will only be due to the discipline of the regular troops | and the severity of orders tuat they re- | main quiet. Normau declares that Greece has loy- restrained the irregulars to the ut- most of her power. She repeatedly warned | Europe she could not check them defi- nitely. If the present actdoes not pre- cipitate matters the next will. Despite the fact that Turkey is defying the treaty of Berlin and fortifying Preveza at the en- trance to the Gulf of Arta, Greeee has re- right to forcibly prevent the construction of these fortifications. Norman says a friendly power a few days ago pressed King George to make a proposal respecting Greece. The King re- pliec: “Greece has already made three proposals—annexation, Bosnian regime Ii the powers re. want peace they need regime they would die rather than accept and allow them to decide their own fate. ‘Lhe writer continues: “Prime Minister telegraphs he has | ined from exercising her undoubted | Tues- | | biown up | and plebiscite—and has no other to make. | A ) W ! ll”""'\/” % RIZA PASHA, the Turkish Minister of War. Riza Pasha has been at the head of the War Office of Turkey for the past six years. He gained a reputation for bravery and ability in the field during the war with Russia, and has been gradually advanced until he was given the direction of all the military forces of the empire. There are seven army corps, in addition to the forces in Crete, which have their bead- quarters in Constantinople, Aarianople, Monastir, Erzeroum, Beyrut, Bagdad and Yemen. Fach has from 35,000 to 40,000 men, drawn from the surrounding provinces, and is well supplied witn military stores and all necessary equipment. than agreeing upon the principle of the Cretan Assembly, and that the Cretans shall elect their own Prince.”” The Times prints these details of the Gravena skirmish: A band of 1500, com- manded by Greek officers, crossed the frontier near Balino, and advanced to- ward Gravena Friday. the picket of the Fifteenth Chasseurs in the woods and surrounded them. The | Sixth Battalion of Chasseurs, under com- mand of Islam Pasha, came to the rescue, and two hours later drove the insurgents to the frontier, killing 150. The number of Turks killed is not known. An Astack on the Turks. LARISSA, Greece, April 1L—Itisru- mored here that en attack has been made on the Turks at the rear oi Mount Olym- | pus, where the Greeks have succeeded in planting a flag. FACE TO FACE. A Place Where the Turks and the Greeks Confront One Another. From opposite sides of the straits of Prevesa at the narrowest part the Turks and the Greeks are closely watching each other and the entrance to the Gulf of Arta, which stretches away eastwardly itito the land for some twenty-five miies, and whose control means much to botn parties. At the extremity of the penin- sula, on which stands the old city of Prevesa, and just outside its walls the Turks have two strong fortresses—the | one with its prineipal face southwest to- ward the sea and the other facing directly across the narrow chaunel. On the oppo- site side, a little over a mile away, on the heights above the town of Aktion of an- cient fame, siapd two Greek fortresses— Fort Fanta anél another of more recent construction, having a more direct com- mand of Preveso itself. Both parties are ready for any move, a declaration of war or any attempt on the part of either to violate the stipu- lations of the treaty of Berlin and send ships with military stores or war material into the guli will wilnass a critical test of e caused consider- | OnlY stop trying to thrust upon Cretans a | the' strength of the works and the effi- ciency of those that man them. Itis not bere, however, that the clash may bs looked for. Twenty miles away on the Delyannis’ last words to me were: ‘I have | Grecian side of the Arta River lies the but little hope. It appears the dipiomats in- | at Constantinople bave gone no further city of Arta, the Ambracia of the ancients. Whatever may be said of the uncer- They encountered | ) tainty as to the exact location of the trontier line between Thessaly and Upper Macedonia and the difficulty of deter- | mining when one party is trespassing on | the territory of the other, and the conse- quent room afforded for explanations and disavowal of overt acts of invasion, does not apply here. Just south of the moun- | tain pass of Metrovo, a few miles to the | northeast of Janina, the frontier line strikes the head of the river Arta, and, | following the middle of that stream down to the gulf, cuts off the port of Epirus be- tween the Arta and the crestof the Pindus | Mountain range, running nearly parailel | with the river, and gives it to the Greeks. | On the east sideof the river are to be | found Greeks under Greek rule, contented | and happy thiat after centuries of waiting | & beneficent Providence has answered their prayers for release from Mostem | rule. On the west side, and within fifty | miles of Christian Italy, the people, asa | whole, are aiill Greek—Greek in religion, Greek in language and Greek In the sacred memories of the past and blessed hopes of the future. But. in spite of the blood so | freely poured out by Bozzaris and other | lovers of Christian liberty, they are, by the dictate of the devil or lus late agents, tie diplomats of the Berlin Conference of | 1878, separated from their brothers over | the river, and still kept under tbe rule of | the Turk. A startisall that is needea to | set them into an open flame. Turkish | troops are always kept among them in | force, but these are now engaged in watch- | ing the Greeks. At the City of Arta a stone bridge of a single arch spans the river. At the opposite ends of this bridge, but a few rods apart, with cannon trained and guns ready, the Turks and the Greeks are awaiting the signal for attack and closely scrutinizeall who come and go. A state of war, except actual fighting, al- ready prevails. Not only. here, but at | many other points, the river frontier is readily crossed. Greeks going over find themselves among friends. The Turks | are literally in an enemy’s country under an srmistice which may, be broken at any | moment. Should the Greeks be able to | force a paseage ‘and hold their own in | Epirus by seizing the roads leading north | irom Prevesa they will effectnally cut off the Turkish garrison there from all com- munication with Janina and other towns to the north, and with _their navy would soon make the reduction of the citya matter of a short time, This picture, reproduced from a carbines of the most apprcy=d patiern, AR \‘ ,..*fl&ms Troop of Turkish Cavalry. photograph, represents a troop of one of the crack cavalry regiments of the Imperial Ottoman army. The men are armed with bave been tuoroughly drilled and are considered excellent soldiers. SHOCKING FAT O STRMRGE WO Murdered and Decapitated While Walking in the Woods. Her Head Fourd 200 Yards From the Body,"Which ‘Had Been Stripped of Flesh. A Wcod-Cuiter Who Disappeared About the Same Time as the Victim, Is Supected. MOUNT VERNON, Iin, April 11— Boys passing through the woodland on the Volney Osborne farm, five miles north- west of this city, vesterday, found a woman’s head lying near the public road leading to Richview. They reported the discovery. A searching party was organ- ized. They found the body 200 yards from where the head lay, with the fiesh stripped from the bones, both the trunk and head being So badly decomposed as to render recognition impossible. Deputy Ccroner Scatterfield to-day held an inquest. The testimony showed the body to be that of a woman who was in the locality early in November. She was apparently of middle age, under medium beight, with plack hair. She staved in the neighborhood two or three days. She refused to divulge her name, but said her home was in Carmi, IIL, and that she was going afoot to St. Louis. The last seen of her alive was while walking along the road on which her body was found. A men who passed her shortly after she had entered the wood & quarter of & mile farther on encountered a woodcutter, to whom he mentioned the woman’s approach. The woodcutter said he wouid take her along in his wagon. They were never seen together, but the theory is that another Pearl Bryan mur- der has been committed. It is said that the man suspected of the crime left the country shortly aiter the woman’s disap- pearance. DESCENDANTS OF SIR FRANCIS. They Form an Association to Lay Claim to the Drake Esiate in England Worth Millions. ALTOONA, Pa, Aprit 1.—Two hun- dred descendants of Sir Francis Drake, the famous English navigator, have formed an association in the western part of Pennsylvania, to put forward a claim | to what was once nis estate. The prop- erty is situated in Devon and Somerset counties, England, and consists of about 6000 acres and over $200,000,000 cash accu- | mulation of rentals for about 150 years. They say the famous sailor lent property to his two sons, John and Francis. In 1749 the' heirs of Francis Drake became extinct and the estate reverted to the heirs of John. The members of the asso- ciation claim to be direct descendants of John. i gt CRAZED BY THE CALAMITY. Sad News From the Tornado-Swept City of Chandler—Everybody Constructing Cyclone Cellars. PERRY, Oxranoma, April 1l.—News comes from Chandier, the city whica was nearly wiped out by a tornado two weeks ago, in which twenty were killed and nearly a hundred wounded, that many of the wounded and some not injured have zone crazy. Women principaily are af- flicted. It is estimated that more than 1000 cyclone caves are being made throughout the region, although the town ‘was never tornado-swept before. CUBANS CRUSH THEIR SPANISH ADVERSARIES An Overwhelming Defeat of Forces Under Zamora in Matanzas. VICTORIES FOR THE PATRIOTS. Weyler Greatly Worried Over the Fate of the Garrison at the Fort at Seborucal, Which Was Bombarded With Dynamite Shells. HAVANA, Cusa, April 1L.—News comes | from Matanzas of a big battle fought yes- terday near the estate Andes, a few miles | from El Coliseo. The Spanish official re- port published here claims one of the greatest victories obtained by the Span- iards since the war began. From other sources, however, it is known the fight ended in the total defeat of the Epanish column led by Colonel | Zamora, with Captain Andrade in com- | mand of the cavalry forces. The news | proves the strength of the revolution in Matanzas province, where, according to the last official communications, only a few scattering insurgent bands remained. | The Spanish confess the loss of thirty- four killed and fifty-one wounded, but, as | in all similar cases, the casualties were | only among the regulsr soldiers of the | battalion, and the killed and wounded of | the gueniila forces, which, according to the | Spanish plan, always march in front of | each column, are not mentioned. The | Cuban general, Betancourt, reports that | Zamora lost 120 men in the engagement. The battle began after the Speniards | had completed the destruction of the | plantation at Andes, under the instruc- | tions of General Molina, commander of | the Spanish forces in the province, who | received news that the insurgents weras | taking provisions from that estate. He | sent Zamora with 2500 men to reduce the whole property to ashes. After that work | was completed, when Zamora was leaving | the place, his vanguard was suddenly at- | tacked by the Cuban cavalry. The engagement lasted five hours, and the Spauish column was compelled to re- tire to El Coliseo, which Zamora entered | about 6 o'clock in the evening, with the | soldiers panic-stricken and many missing. | Of the cavalry of Captain Andrade only a | fow men remained. | In Pinar del Rio the war is being carried | on with great enthusiasm by the insar- | gents. An engagement is reported at San Francisco and Recompensa between the Spanish forces of Veraga and the Cubans, ( led by Bermudez, in‘which both sides had | heavy losses. Weyler is reported to be greatly con- cerned over the fate of the garrison of the | principal Spanish fort at Seborucal, near | Placetas. The fort was attacked Friday by a large force of insurgents who bom- | barded it with dynamite shells from a | pneumatic cannon. The fort was utterly destroyed, half the garrison being killed, and the other half, excepting four men, captured. Those who escaped fled to Placetas. General Weyler and staff arrived at Placetas vesterday from Sancti Spiritus, after baving made an inspection at the Jucaro-Moron trocha. HIZ AND JIM FOOLED. They Were Induced to Pocket a| Very Small Share of the Picture Privilege. | your appetite is poor, your stomac Statements That Caused the Pugilists | to Take a Moderate Part of the Proceeds. | BOSTON, Mass., April 1L.—According | to a letter received by Editor George V. Tuohey of the Sporting Review yesterday | from a man close to Enoch thereport that | the Rector pictures of the Carson fight | are a failure was sent out to help kill the | bills probibiting the exhibition of the pictures now before several Legislatures. Charley Mulien, who assisted Rector in | making the pictures, is quoted by Tuohey | as stating in an interview that they were | perfect in every respect. Tuohey’s cor- | respondent further says: “It will surprise the average person to learn that Corbett and Fitzsimmons each received $3666 66, or one-third oi $11,000, the Fgure supposed to have been paid by Rector to Stuart for the control of the pictures, “This is how it was done: Fitzsimmons raised a rampus over the money and | finally changed the articles of agreement 50 that he and Corbett were given a third | interest, and it was agreed that the com- bination should work on a royalty, with Stuart as a third party. “A few days later the machines were seized in New York, and to the uniniti- ated it looked as though they could not be forwarded to Carson in time for the fight. | other | away from the | clear them ¢ This frichtened Fitzsimmons and Corbett into accepting Stuart’s statement, that Rector was willing to pay $11,000 and take his chances. ““After considerable bickering Stusrt told Fitzsimmons and Corbett that there was danger of the pictures being spoiled be- cause of the rarefied condition of the air. This proved a settler, and the men signed on the terms made by Stuart. Edison was willing to pay at least $250,000 for the picture privilege. Thus Stuart outsharped the boxers and secured for $11,000 some- thing for which another concern was will- ing to pay $250,000. Wheelock, Rector and Stuart form the combination that se- cured the privileges." (ONE DEAD, THREE DYING, Result of a Shooting Affray at the Miping Camp of Altman. Serious Trouble Foliows the Attempt of a Drunken Miner to S‘'op a Pool Games CRIPPLE CREEK, Coro., April 11.—A serious shooting affray occurred this aft- ernoon at Altman, one of the mining camps of this district, about five miles southeast of the city. at the top of the famous Bull Hill. The trouble occurred during the progress of a garae of pool, and was started by a miner named John Cox, who was intoxicated. Cox attempted to stop the game, and was warned by the vlayers—Robert Dailey, Harry Minor and Samuel Losher—not to inter- fere. Cox suddenly drew his gun and shot Duiley in the chest, the latter dying in- stantly. Minor and Losher attempted to disarm Cox, but he turned the weapon upon them, wounding each in rapid suc- cession. As Losher feli a shot from his revolver inflicted a mortal wound upon Cox. Losher’s injuries are probably fatal, while there is no hope for the recovery of Minor. The latter 15 the superintendent of the famous Victor mine, one of the largest gold properties in the Cripple Creek dis- trict. He isa man of considerable prom- inence, while all the men who participated in the affair are well known at Altman. The body of Dsiley has been brought to this city and the three dying men are at the Miners’ Union Hospit. This is the most serious tragedy that ever occurred in the camp, and has created great excite- ment. NEW TO-DAY. 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