The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1897, Page 1

! VOLUME LXXXI._NO. 135. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TURKS AND | GREEKS CRY 0R WAR Guiding Hands Cannot Hold Rival Forces -in Check ‘» Much Longer. = | CONFLICT IS CONSIDERED | INEVITABLE. Iust Both Scon | eld to the Popular Clamor. Su'tan and King Y IRREGULARS YET ADVANCE ON THE FRONTIER. TvrkEy, April 13 for war has nimous in in- ilities immediately. | an is analogous to With the eness on one hand and the sensus of opin- » must soon yield to r is inevitable. April 13.—According to ad o-day the insurgent Greeks in Macedonia have occupied Bo- Zova, & town east of Baitino. m Bey , the Turkish Minister here, Foreizn troops did no Minister, why the prevent the violation ¢ insurgents. Skounzes Why did not the Turks pre- vasion?” 6 day Assim Bey again vi itea Skou and that Greek regulars had taken in the invasion. He declared e Ottoman soldiers had identified one of the leaders of the in- | vaders asa Greek colonel.. Sionzes stren- uously de: cusation. by asserted These | view of s for war, and are probably attempts ide to make a beginning without ng the aggressor. ional League is eret movement into Turk- | Career of planning | Itis said to have aiready | = of 3000 so-called irregalars to sic frontier points, intercept | nd gain the rear of the | T Macedonia. Alttot the | as ordered the interception on, it is covertly sanction- meant through subordinates, ¢ the ord ex- | ot spare men enough rs. The volunteers - reached Arta, and more t is the intention of the 1s ready to attack and b, according to the ntiuily belongs to | rce of irregulars is preparing kish communications with ence the Turks at Elassona | plies. If the attempt issuc- the three Turkish army divisions— | 0 near central at and weste a—in ad- vena, can Salonica, wh ecce’s naval mane are al<o sig- One of its fi ear Arta, commands the approaches to the ca, prepared o capture it, s is with desire to | | ed the Foreign Officeand asked | | the island. Salonika is the base of supplies of the Turkish armies in Macedonia. the head of the gulf of the same name. Bucharest. e = Itisa city |THE CITY OF SALONIKA, Showing the Position of the Harbor. of about 80,000 inhabitants, situated at From here a railway extends to the northwest, connecting with a line which reaches Austria has always had a hankering for Salonika, and Great Britain, it is believgd, would be glad to annex it. Externally the city has an imposing appearance, and bears a strong resembiance to a portion of San krancisco when viewed from the bay. It is inclosed by walls five miles in cireuit, its numerous minarets and domes interspersed with gardens of cypress. The city was the residence of Cicero during a part of his exile, and was raised to the rank of a Roman colony by the Emperor Valerian. The harbor is now crowded with transports and ships of war, and presents a mos: animated appearance. and the third fleet is off tne island of Skyro, prepared to attack the Turkish islands in the HEgean. LONDON, Exc., April 13.—The Athens correspondent of the Times compares the momentary calm on the frontier to the | stillness preceding a storm. The Daily from Vienna Government stating that the Austrian bas been intormed that the | United States has decided to recognize the | —_—— READY FOR THE FRAY. | blockade of Crete. | | Grecks Residing on Puget Sowund Pre- pared to Do Battle. ATTLE, Wasn., Greoks, probubly 600 all told, residing in the towns and cities on Puget Sound, are organizing, preparatory to answering the A pre- liminary meeting was heid last night in | h { this city, at which thirteen descendants of | Fther more outspoken than politic. | first call to arms of their King. the Heilenes signed the volunteer roll. | Now formal steps toward organization are | ¢ tae other plenipotentiaries, having re- being taked. From the interest thas far | ferred to the atrocities committed by tbe manifested it is safe to say that from 200 | | 10 300 able-bodied men would quickly re- | spond to any call that King George might make. The meeting last night was held in the store of Nicholas George. ing of all the Greeks in Seattie is to be called some time this week. Nicholas | George was nimself & soldier once in the Greck army. He is a leader among his Jocal countrymen, and he savs they will | ail be glad of an opportunity to reiurn to their native land and fight the Turks. Funds to tbe amount . of several bundred dollars have already been contributed toward deiraying the expenses. s EDHEM PASHA. the Leader of the BSultan’s Forces in Macedonia, Though a Mohammedan by education and relizion, the leader of the Sultan’s forces in Macedonia is said to be a Greek, ; ¥ contemplates | a native of the Isle of Scio, where he was | 10,000 troops into Albania, | born in 18 23, about & year after the great which so nearly depopulated When yet quite a boy he be- came the siave by purchase of the cele- massacre, brated Turkish statesman Khosru Pasha. | He soon attracted the attention and the favor of his master by the mannerin which he performed the servile duties aj- lotted to bim,and was sent in 1832 with three other youlhs to be educated at Paris. There he vecame @ student at the Ecole des Minis and quickly distinguished nimself by bis patient application and aputude for study. He remained in this schooi until 1835, making in the mean- time several tours through France, Ger- many and Bwitzerland in the prosecution of his scientific and mining studies. In 1839 he returned to Constantinople, and his former master and patron recog- nizing great promise in the young man procured his appointment as captain on the general staff and he was assigned to the topographical department. He was promoted until he soon held the rank of colonel. He was also engaged at this time as tutor to Abdul Hamid II, the ® EDHEM PA\SHA, Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish Troops. in Macedonia. Telegraph has a dispatch | April 13. — The A general meet- | present Sultan. | him and he rose rapidly, becoming in 1849 | a1de-de-camp to Abdul Medjid, the re ing Sultan, and captain-general of the imperial guard. He likewise fulfilled the duties of chamberlain of the imperial | palace and was a member of the council of state. Upon the dismissal of Ali Pasha, | Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was ap- pointed to that office and subsequently represented the Suitan at several Euro- pean courts. "hile holding the position of Embassa- | dor to Berlin he was recalled to Constan- tinople to perfdrm the more important |duty of Secona Plenipotentiary of the Porte in the important but futile confer- | ence of the European powers heid in that | eve of the Russo-Turkish war. In that assemblage of diplomats he showed abili- ties of the highest order, though he was During a sitting of the corference some | Turks in Bulgaria, he retorted with a | stinging reference to the massacre of S | Bartholomew’s day and the terribie scenes | oi the French Revoiution of 1783. | His loyalty and ability were highly ap- preciated by the Sultan, and upon the | |downfall of Midbut Pasha, February, 1877, he was appointed to the office of | Grand Vizier. He affiliated with the | *Young Turkish” party, of which Vefik | | Effendi, the President of the Chamber of ! Deputies, was then leader. His courss as | Grand Vizier, though short, contrasts to | ndvantage with that of any other of his | | day. | Edhem Pasha came from the rank of colonel on the general staff to his present position of field marshal without servine | | time in the intermediate grades of general | of brigade and general of division. He is | |nnw the most important figure on the stage of action TALK BY TELEPHUNE IS EVIDENCE. | | An Indiana Judge the First to Mu's al Ruling Upon a New Question of Law. ANDERSON, Ixp, April 13.—Judge | Bundy made a ruling last night which is | said 1o be the first of the kind rendered in | the United States. During the hearing of an sccounting case the defendunts sought to introduce as evidence conver- | sation over a telephone. The court over- | ruled an objection and said: “I fina this point has never been ruled upon. I think it time a precedent is estab- lished. I now admit the legality of the telephone and such conversation will be permitted to go as evidence.”” The testimony in question was of vital importance. o A | BOUND 70 PuSS THE SENATE, Tariff Bill Sure of a Wajority Under | Any Cirewmstances. | | NEW YORK, N.Y., April 13.—The Her- | | ald’s Washington correspondent says: | **The passage of the tariff bill through the Senate is assured regardless of what | amendments may be made. I have made a careful canvass of the situation and find forty-tive Senators who can be depended upon to vote for the bill in any shape. These represent the least possible strength of the bill on its tinal passage, and con- stitute & majority of one, as the Senate will probably stand when a vote is taken | with two vacancies, and the majority may | be increased to two if the Kentucky Legis- lature can succeed in electing a Republi- can. The actual msjority by which the bill will be passed is sure, however, to be con- | siderably larger than this on account of | the attitude of the silver Republican Sen- ators. These do not propose to place any | obstacles in the way of the Republicans, | On the other hand they wiil insist that | tne Republican leaders shall have every opportunity ' to carry out their pro- gramme.” P THE AIRSHIV IN OKLAHOMA. Distinotly Seen by Hundreds of People of the' Jerritory. PERRY, O. T., April 13.—The airship which has created 80 much excitement in Nebraska h:s made its appearance in Oklahoma. Hundreds of people declare that they have seen it in the past few | days. It nas been seen here by fifty peo- | pie in the past two nights. Five days ago | it was seen by a dozen men at Guthrie, | and two days before at South McAlester. Colonel Yates, an editor of this cily, says be saw it last night. He said it went toward the north. He also saw persons inside the machine. Kour other citizens were with Yates at the time. ; —_— Americans to Honor the Queen’s Jubilee, LONDON, Ex6., April 13 —The Ameri- can residents have formed a committee to | promote a memorial of the sixtieth anni- | versary of the Queen’s reign.. The idea is to raise a fund for the endowment of special beds at the hospitals. Among the members of the committe are Lady Play- fair, formerly Edith Russeil of Boston; Lady Randolp Churchill, formerly Jennie Jerome of New York, Mrs. George Curzon, formerly Mary Leiter of Wash- Royal favor smiled on| WEYLER A FOE Any Warning and Incarcerated. capital in the latter part of 1876 on “""Members of Most Respectab]e Cuban Families Corfined in Filthy Jails. The Brutal Cap'ain-G:neral Tells the Police to Show No Leniency to the Fairer Sex. HAVANA, Cusa, April 13.—Sixteen Cuban women from the town of San Francisco de Pauia, Havana province, have been thrust into the house of deten- tion for disreputsbie sromen. Al belong to familles o the iighest sekpectabiaty, In Guanabacos women prominent in Cuban families have also been arrested on a charge of being abettors to the insur- gents. The police enter the houses after mid- night and arrest the women without giv- ing them time to even dress. Weyler has given orders 1o prosecute all women sus- pected of sympatby with the revolution. These women,” he says in an official communication to the Havana Chief of Police, *‘are redoubtable foes, as they can more easily than men keep in communi- cation with the insurgents. The more distinguished they are the more danger- ons, as through social acquaintances they can pick up many important secrets. I recommend you not o be moved to len- iency through any consideration of their sex.” General Rey reports that a column under his command haa a successful engagement with the insurgent forces near the viliage of Guaymo in Manzallo district, Santiago de Cuba. Having learned the insurgents were in force near the place Rey proceeded cautiously in order to guard against an ambuscade. The insur- wents were found in an intrenched pos tion not far from the road. Tins fact excited the suspicions of Rey. The soldiers found four buried torpedoes, which were afterward rendered harmiess by the troops. Orders were then given for the column to carefuily advance and avoid any place that might contain a mine. It was well this precaution was taken for as the troops moved toward the posi- tion of the insurgents three torpedoes were explodea, but without doing any damage. The Cubans were finally com- pelled to retreat. While the troops were 10 THE WOMEN They Are Seizad Without| property pending the proceedings to se- cure the lots deeded by Spalding to Charles J. Ford. Sl CONCERNING THE SEALS. Seoretary Sherman sends a Dispatch to to the British Govermment. LONDON, Exe., April 13.—The Daily | News will say to-morrow: Henry White, | American charge d’affaires, presented to | the Foreign Office on Saturday an impor- | tant dispatch from his Government with | reference to the Bering Sea seul fisheries. The dispaich declared that the Alaskan fisheries are being destroyed by pelagic hunters and urged the necessity of put- ting a stop to the reckless butchery of seals. The dispatch also expressed a de- sire for the holding of an international conference to consider the matter. The tone of the note is friendly, but firm. Itshows that the United States is prepared to demand that the killing of the seals be stopped whenever such kill- ing is detrimental to the ordinary breed- ing of the herds. The United Btates, it | is added, believes that the British expert The White Tower, One of the Most Notable of the Ancient Fortifications of Salonika. returning to Cauto they were attacked by the insurgents, who had re-fcrmed. The insurgents were routed with heavy loss. vl ainey NO BHEADWAX MADE. Spaniards Do Not Hold a Single Provincs in Cuda. LONDON, Ex., Avril 13.—The Times will to-morrow publish a letter from its Cuban correspondent summarizing the situation at virtually the close of the sea- son’s campaign. It says no success has duration of the rebellion. The Spaniards do not hold a single province effectivel and are nowhere in undisputed masier- ship except in some coast towns. Even if the reforms are granted as far reaching as stated they must be, it is feared they wili | b6 walate. Tne Times editorially refers to the definition of the policy of the United States toward Cuba given by Cleveland in | December. Nevertheless the Spanish statesmen must be aware that American intervention is more than possible. WILL ;IMSEDIITE SPALDIKG. Certain They Have Been Robbed of Bonds. CHICAGO, Iun., April 13.—Treasurer C. W. Spalding failed to keep his promise o meet the trustees of the Illinois State University to-day. He bad been sojourn- ing in retirement ever since it became known thata great many bonds belong- ing to the university, supposedly in his custody. had beer offered for sale. The trastees elected Eldridge G. Keith, presi- dent of the Metropolitan Nutional Bank, as treasurer to succeed Spalding and de- cided upon steps to prosecute the default- ing treasurer. One of the trustees said Spalding had sent a list of securities with which he offered to meet his liability to the uni- versity. The face value of these was about $400,000. The board will try to find out what the securities are actually wortb, but they admit they bave little faith they will net much. Spalding’s proffer of the list is to convince them he | has not the university’s own bonds and cannot get possession of them. The trus- tees do not hesitate to say they are now | pretty certain they have b2en robbed. | Attorney Magee, for the Globe's re- ceiver, filed in the Circnit Court this afternocon a bill enjoining ex-Governor Altgeld from disposing of any of his been achieved calculated to effect the | Trustees of the lllinois State University | who took the party of inquiry into the fisheries in 1896 concurred in the views of the American college. | The answer that will be made to the | note by the ¥oreign Office may possibly | be detayed. The matter will not be fully discussed until the arrival of Hay, the new American Embassador. iR S REACH AN UNDERSTANDING. Republicans Accept the Tarms of the Opposition With Regard to the Senate Committees. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—When the “steering committee” oi the Senate, representing the Republican and opposi- tion forees, assembie to-morrow the prop- osifion submitted by the Democrats ana their allies will be accepted and a basis | for the reorganization of the committees | reached. This basis is simply a continua- | tion of the arrangement made for the last Congress. The Republicans will be ac- | corded the chairmanships and control of | important committees, except than on | finance, which will continua to be a tie | between the Renublicans and Democrats, with Jones of Nevada (Sil) holdtng the balance of power. The Republicans, in Morrill, will possess the thairmanship. T'wo vacancies will be filled, one by a Re- publican and one by a Democrat. The vacancies in the committees will be appor - tioned according 1o the strength of the two sides, the Republicans filling 43.83 and the opposition the remainder. In this division Kyle, originally elected as a Populist. is counted among the Re- publicans. He seems to have gone witn them for ail prectical purposes. There are now 35 Keptiblican and 66 Democratic vacancies. By this arrangement, as un- derstood by the Republicans, they will secure the chairmauship of the following committees now held by the Silver Re- publicans. Indian Affairs, Pettigrew; National Banks, Mantle; Claims, Teller. Whether ority position will permit both Teller and Pettigrew, both silver Repub- licaus, to retain places on the Committee on Appropriations is a question their steering committees must decide. 1If they do there can be no increase in Democratic sirength there. | San Prancixcsn Drowned in Utah. SALT LAKE, Uram, April 13.—The body of a man was found in Weber River, near Ogden, yesterday. In a notebook on his person was the following: ““In case of serious accident to me please notify Mrs. E. A. Kilday, 32 John street, San Francisco, Cal.” The body is believed to be that of Edward A. Kilday. ington. GREEK RESERVES AT KALABAKA. This picture, which is reproduced from L'Illustration, shows a company of Greek reserves at Kalabaka, in Thessaly, the station at the terminus of the railway from Volo on the Gulf of Salonika. From this point to the border the distance is less than twenty miles, and it is probable that these were a portion of the troops engaged in conflict with the Turks last Friday. Kalabaka, being the rallway terminus in this part of Thessaly, is bound to be an important place in the immediate future. ) BIG FIRM GOING TC THE WiLL Coblentz, Pike & Co. in the Hands of Their Creditors_. A GREAT SURPRISE TO MERCHANTS. The D=ath of the Senior Partner Precipitates the Dis- aster. SETTLEMENT IS PRACTICALLY DEMANDED. Mr. P ke Declares That Outstanding B 1ls Far Overbalance the Liabilities. There is a sensation in local mercantile circles. The well-known wholesale liquor firm of Coblentz, Pize & Co., doing busi- ness at the corner of Halleck and Battery streets, has been practically forced to the wall, and it is given out quietly that its financial embarrassmen wiil reach in pro- portions something like $100,000. The information that this big house, which had long been considered as stable as a rock, was in financial difficalties came in the nature of a shock tothe commer- cial community. It was wholly unex- pected, and few who were interested in the house’s welfare had an opportunity to prepare themselves for it Scarcely over a week ago Joseph Cob- leniz, the senior member of the firm, died. He was looked upon in his lifetimeas a very wealthy man and one of the most careful business men on the Pacific Coast. That the house was in a flourishing condi- tion no one ever doubted, particularly after the successful manner in which it was steered through dangers that beset all mercanzile concerns during the past three years of hard times and life-sapping de~ preseion. But the passing of Mr. Coblentz, it ap- pears, exposed an unlooked-for state of affairs. It was found upon making an accounting that instead of being rolling in wealth, so to speak, the firm was en- tangled in debt and obligations to such an extent that, in view of the inevitable pro- bate proceedings over the deceased part- ner’s estate, there could be no escape from a raid on the part of the creditors. Boaz Pike, the surviving partner, was keen enough to see what the future had in store for the establishment, but was plucky, and, rather than throw up the sponge at the start, he deliberately noti- fied the creditors of the true state of af- fairs and asked for a private conference with them. After they had recovered from their surprise they granted his re- quest. Nothing definite came of the con- ferente, except that Mr. Pike was asked what he proposed to do, and he asked for a day or two to think the matter over. Every effort has been made by those who are concerned in the disaster to keep the affair quiet, but the anxiety of some of the creaitors, and their consequent in- ability to prevent themselves from talk- ing, let the secret out, and yesterday it was the chief topic of conversation along the wholesale streets. “Well, 1 guess there is no need of mak- ing any fuss about the matter, as long as the story is out,” said Mr. Pike, when seen yesterday by a CALL representative. *We are up a tree, and that is all there is to it. Just where we are going to land I am unable to predict, but I'm afraid it will be wrong side up. “‘To what do I attribute our embarrass- ment? Well, Mr. Coblentz died and leaves a number bf minor heirs. His es- tate will naturally have to go through the usual administrative process, and I as the surviving heir and trustee am left 1n such a predicament that I can see nothing but storm clouds above me. The executor cannot permit me to go ahead as I would like to, for he has his trust to look after and to protect. The probate proceedings will not come up in court until the 19th inst. and in the meantime I am left float~ ing beiween heaven and earth. “‘Probably if I would be permitted to continue the business until that time Scrofula Swellings On the Neck and Great Weakness Caused by !mpure Blood—Was Constantly Growing Worse. “When my son was 7 years old he began tocomplain of soreness on both sides of his neck, and soon lumps began to gather on one side and grew to halt the size of an egg. We then became more uneasy and began to doctor him for scrofula. He gradually grew worse, however, until at the age of 12 years we haa lost all hope of his recovery. He became so weak he could sit up but a few minutes at a time. My wife saw Hood’s Sarsaparilla recom- mended as a great blood purifier and we sent and gota bottle. We began giving our boy the medicine according to direc- tions and it was not long before we saw he was improving. He continued taking it until he was in very good health. He is now 13 years ola and is well. We recom- mend Hood’s Sarsaparilla for all troubles caused by immpure blood.”” 8. M. SiLver, Grouse, Oregon. Sarsa- Hood’s parilla The best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Hood’s Pills 53 {s ko™