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i ) 1 The » o SRy W ap: 2 o VOLUME LXXXI._NO . 138. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HAS WAR NOW COMMENCED ON THE FRONTIER? From Larissa Comes a New Report That a Contlict Is in Progress. ARTILLERY IS Greeks Are No Longer So Confident in Case of Hostilities, but They Say Defeat Is Preferable to Humil- iation. LONDON, Exa., from tue Greek army’s headquarters at Larissa, received at midnight, reports an engag ment has taken place at Nezeros, on the fromtier. llery was largely used by both sides, and the firing was beard for some time. No details of the | Emperors of Germany and Russin, ana to | {abide by and help execute their final| ent of the Times | conthict are given. The Athens correspor telegraphs that the public is awakening to the dangersof the situation, and is no April 16.—A dispatch | who are directing the course of Cretan FREELY USED.| and Greek questions. “Under the present deplorable scheme, all our Government has to do is to plesd for ‘its ovinions as if it were before a tribunal of those youthful despots, the determinations. They tow Austria behind | them, and the (wo have a resistless hold upon France. Our disgraceful office seems El&sson 70 35 Mles 5 7 78 This is one of the most picturesque cities in European Turkey. reported that Greek irregulai the Turkish v o Hiy, % iy, % 2 £ e— e ——— ] Scale Roads of Miles Railroad SALONICA AND ITS VICINITY. The city of Salonica itself and the lines of communication with Flassano and Grevena, where the Turkish armies on the frontier are stationed, are dangerously exposed to attack by way of the Guif of Salonica. The waters of the upper part of the gulf are broad and deep, and batteries placed on the eastern bank, which is high, can be avoided by huggin ¢ the shore, and the Greek war vessels could come right up to the city, the batteries on Point Mavro, four miles south, offering little hindrance. Or they can go up the main mouth of the Vardar River as far us the stone bridge, over which passes the roads to Monastir, Veria and Grevena, and cut off communication with those points except by a very roundabout way via Uskub. This has necessitated the adoption of long and expensive lines of defense, involving a line of torpedoes from Cape Kara on the eastern side of the gulf across to Atberida Point, some fifteen miles avove Katerina, and a line of fortifications on down the coast to the latter place, where the road to Elassano strikes up over the mountains through Pstra Pass. longer confident of victory in the event Nevertheless the desire for war is as strong as ever. Even a crushing de- feat is regarded as preferable to the hu- miliation of yielding. A letter written by Gladstone to Dampzes, the Macedonian leader, will.be published here to-morrow. Gladstone sa; *I have often seen the question debated as to what state Macedonia, when the day of her liberation comes, should be an- nexed and how she should be divided, but 1 have never heard any sufficient reason why, as Bulgaria has gone to Bulgarians and Servia to Servians, Macedonia should not become a free state for Macedonians. Bu: we seem far, indeed, from being able 10 realize effectually a question of this kind at a time when we appear ignomini- ously incompetent to deal even with questions opened for us and forced upon our notice. You might, and ail Hellenes might, count upon the sympathies of the pepple of this country and in most mat- ters when you have the sympathies of this people you can count upoxn the action of our Government, but it is not the peo- Dla &es tha Government of Great Britain of war. tohave placed our ships and guns and soldjers and sailors at their disposal for the purpose of keeping down the move- ment for liberty in Crete and securing to these young despots, who have in no way earned the confidence of Europe, the power of deciding questions which, in point of right, belong to Cretans todecide.” LARISSA, Greece, April 16.—Tuesday last the Greek insurgents in Macedonia captured the town of Kritades after a severe engagement with the Turkish force there. The Turks sustained a loss of at least eighty kiiled. Twenty-five pris- oners were taken ana 150 rifles and a quantity of ammunition captured. The Greek loss is not stated, A Trikhala dispatch announces the dis- banding of the force of Iialian volunteers commanded by Signor Cipriani, the well- known Bocialist. The Italians took part in the invasion, but suffered severcly from the cold and the lack of a proper commis- siarat, They did good service for a time, but retired & few days ago. FIVE THOUSAND REBELS. Spanish Troops Pursue the La. Philippine Insurgents. MADRID, Bpary, April 16.—Polavieja, of the the retiring captain-general of the Philip- pine Islands, has cabled the Government that all the northern and central provinces of the island of Luzon have been pacified, and that the insurrection in the province of Cavite is nearly suppressed. He says that after the publication of the decree of amnesty r cently issued 24,000 insurgents submitted to the Government. In the southern part of Luzon 4000 men are still in rebellion. Troops are in pur- suit. SRR GRAIN KA1ES 10 THE GULF. Inte: e Commerce Commission Hear- ing Testimony in a Tewas Case. AUSTIN, Texas, April 16.—The Inter- state Commerce Commission met here to- day and beard the testimony in the case of the Kansas Reilroad Commission vs. the Banta Fe road et al., to have erain rates reduced from Kansas to gulf ports, The Railroad Uommission asked for 24 cents per 100 pounds. The rate now aver- ages over 33 cents on corn and 28 on wheat. The testimony of Kansas gen showed that the farmers of that Stat, barely making a living and that farm: going to wreck. The railroad represen tives said they couldn’t pay expenses at the rate su ted. The sans re- torted that they could do so if some of the are annum had their salaries cut. The hear- ing will be resumed to-morrow. officials receiving $20,000 ana $30,000 per l | promises that it would be sent at once, the v < 2, - 14 7 7 ‘,// I{f,”r/fl’?/i (l 7 . M %b\\ ‘Z?/; by N '1 7, L 3\\\;{‘.\\\\ ;’4‘13,,' i JANINA, THE CAPITAL OF ALBANIA. It is situated on a peninsula extending out into a lake of the same name. have scouted close up to the walls of the city, and only a few days ago telegraphic communication between Janina and Elassona, headquarters, was destroyed. It is GENERAL RIVERA 5 SURELY DYING Neglected by the Doc- tors, the Wounds Will | Be Fatal. | ! Brave, Tender Message Written to His Devoted Wife Sup- pressed by Jailers. it Is Such Tactics That Now Cause Respectable Spaniards to Cry Out In Disgust, NEW YORK, N. Y., April 16.—General Ruiz Rivera is dying from his wounds which were neglected till gangrene He asked permission of the Spanish ers 10 sena a tarewell message to his w who resides at the Estrada Palma insti- tute in this State. The jailers consulted with Weyler. Then an order came from Weyler to allow the dying man to'tele- graph a farcwell. Rivera wrote a message and a brave, tender message it was. With Inimor go to him and mustwait, wait, { 290 enlisted. Spanish left the dying man and destroyed the messege. Mrs. Rivera has not re- ceived it. Bhe knows her husband wrote hera farewell. She cannot go to him. Seen to-day she said: “The men talk of the glories of war, what about the women? The men go to the front and fight. Tneir lives are filied wiih excitement and they achieve things. Women, God pity us, we simply wait and wait, eating our hearts with longing and fear. God knows I love my Cuba, but what shall T aoif my Ruizis taken from me? Ihavenot be:en allowed to write to wait. Oh, what torture.” HAVANA, Cusa, April 16.—The latest | news from Madrid is that the efforts made by the Spanish Government in an agree- ment with private companies to recruit | volunteers for the war have failed com- | pletely. An appeal was made to mei country to send 6)00 volunteers tore- | enforce the Spanish army here, but only The Repablican newspapers of Madrid say that this failure was aue to the reports | of great suffering among the Spanish sol- | diers, a lack of food and slowness of pav- ment of the troops. The Repnblican leader, Francisco Margall, in a letter to friend in Havana shys: | »The failure to recruit volunteers for | Cauba proves that the nation is tired of | that bloody war in which Spain is achiev- | ing her ruin and losing her best young men. The Government thought that the calling out more reserves, now that the deadly rainy season is so near the island, would meet with the opposition of the in- dependent press and of liberal public opin- ion. The recruiting of voluntecrs was a crooked way taken to arrive atths same end, but the country has answered ‘No more blood, no more victims." ** STRUCK BY A DERELICT. Drifting Surv.vors of the Ville S8t. Nazaire Went Insane and Saw Women in the Waves. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 16.—From the Paris Figaro, jus: received, is a re- markably thrilling story writien by Com- mander Jaquenean of toe lost stesmsnip Ville St. Nazaire of the sinking of his ves- | sel and the subsequent Lorrors in ine life- boat in an attempt to reach land. He advances the positive opinion, not before suggested, that (he steamer struck a dere- lict. When the vessel lurched. just be- fore the leak was discovered, many on board experienced a violent shock as though she had struck a hard substance. The captain says he is positive a dere- lict sent the vessel to the bottom. After escaping 1n the lifeboat attempts were m&ie 10 reach land, but they were driven back by westerly winds. Several occupants of the boat went mad. Those afflicted with erotic insanity fancied they saw women and even corps de ballet. | That was probably because there was a reat number of fish of strange form porting on top of the water around the boat. These fish, dancing in waves, did really in some degree look like women. With their long fins ending in what re- sembled claws they cluiched at each other, and in the waves thev became grestly magnified. Gieat schools of these fish traveled alongside on the port and starboard sides of the boat. The lines of the boat were reflected in them so that tke occupants fancied sometimes that fhey were in the long wirgs of some fairy palace. | apprentice left soon after. SHD FATE M 0LD ThsH Cut Down by a Thug Who Loots the Bank at Leisure. DEALT A FATAL BLOW FROM BEHIND. Daring Murder and Robbery' Committed in Broad Daylight. THE VICTIM HAD BEEN THERE MARY YEARS. After a Quarter of a Century of Falthful Labor the Officlal Is Treacherously Killed. SOMERSWORTH, N. H., April 16.—Jo- seph A. Stickney, the aged treasurer and cashier of the Great Falls National Bank, wasalonein the building ten minutes after noon to-day. When his assistant, a young woman named Swasey, left him he was busy on an account which he wished to tinisa before leaving the bank for dinner. Ap hour later he was found lying on the floor with a battered head anda grew- some knife wound in the throat extend ing from ear to ear. Marks on the head suggested the use of a blackjack, and the | beiief is that the murderer crept quietly in while the old man was engaged with his figures and strack him down before he had a chance to utter asound. Just $9100 in cash was taken by the murderer and robber. Of this §2500 was in gold, and the balance bills. There wasa large amount of money represented in checks and other ne:otiable paper, but these were not touched, a circumstance. which seems to indicate that the robber was not new in the business. : Somersworth has a population of about 8000. The bank is in a two-story and halt building, up one flight. Underneath is a barness store. Itis evident that no ate tempt was made to enter the building until everybody had left it for lunckeon. The noon whistles had scarcely ceased sounding when the assistant cashier had donned her wraps and started for home. Tie proprietor of the harness-shop and This left the building with but one occupant, Stickney, and he undoubtedly was so busy that he failed to notice his siayer until he was close upon him. The door from the entry at the head of the stairs, leading to the bauking rooms, opens directly in front of the cashier's window. The theory is that the cashier was strack through the window. The door leading through to the cashier, and where tbe money was, was slight and lightly built, and this was broken. The murderer must have been greatly excited, for the old man’s head wag bruised, his skull fractured, and the black- jack used on him was broken, for the leather-covered leaden bulb was found close to the body when the alarm was given. What weapon was used to cut the oid man’s throat is not known, as none was found. The murderer must, however, have ween coverel with blood. It is be- lieved that only one person was directly | concerned, and that he came prepared (German). (Austrian). These are the. men who have enforced the pol CAPT. KOELLNER, REAR-ADMIRAL HINKE, VICE-ADMIRAL CANEVARO, (Italian). REAR-ADMIRAL POTTIERS, (French). REAR-ADMIRAL ANDRIEF, (Russian). THE ADMIRALS OF THE POWERS. REAR-ADMIRAL HARRIS, (Britisk). licy determined upon by their Governments in dealing with the Greeks and Turks in the Mediterranean. The picture is reproduced from the Illustrated London News.