The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1897, Page 1

IMMATIC PLEA FOF ATRIOTS Morgan Cries Out That Cruelties to Cubans Must Cease. e RAGE OF THE GREEK PEOPLE IS REVIVING Stories of Cowardice on the Part of Leaders Reach | Athens. CONSTANTIINE SAID TO HAVE| DESERTED THE WOUNDED. | Although All Hope of Vanquishing the Turks Is Gone, the Hellenes Desire One Great Battle to Vindicate Their Honor. IN THE NAME OF GOD AND HUMANITY. Such Horrors as Weyler Has Inflicted Should Be at Once Checked. 8 RECOGNITION WOULD PREVENT STARVA1ION. Sleek, Well-Fed Hale of Maine, However, Obj :cts and Causes a Postponement. | side say the Crown Prince in every case avoided an engagement. The effect of such conduct of the commander and of- ficers upon the army was extremely de- moralizing. The danger of the dynasty’s overthrow is increasing, and it is believed the gravity of the situation consequent upon the pop- | ulafexasperation at hearing of the cow- | ardice of the Crown Prince accounts f the diplomatic illness of Kine George an his proposed departure from Athens. Among the reports in circulation it is alternately asserted and denied that an armistice Las been declsred. It ivalso re- ported that the Greeks have begun m" now de- | withdraw from Pharsala to take up al | final position at Damaki and the Othrys | Mountains. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3.—In the Senate to-day the joint resolution recog- nizing the belligerency of Cuba, intro- duced some weeks ago by Morgan, was taken up, and Morgan asked a vote upon it. An objection was interposed by Hale, who said he had only just returned from the obsequies of bis colleague in the House, Mithken, and was not pre- pared to speak uvon the resolution. He said other Senators also desired to speak upon it. He assured Morgan he had no desire to delay action and was willing to bave a vote taken as soon as it could properly be done. He could not, how- ever, agree to have the time fixed for such vote as Morgan snzgesied. Morgan said he had reliable authority for the statement that under the present policy of Weyler thousands of people were literally starving to desth in Coba. In the city of Matanzas and other cities and towns hundreds of persons were naked, diseased, starving and begging for crumbs. That condition had bei: brought about, he said, by tae most inhuman method of warfare which Weyler had institated in Cuba, driving veople from their homes eek force and file re- ank »minious failure of Thessaly become not long to remain test news from Rear-Admiral Pottiers (French). Rear-Admiral Harris (British). The Secretary. The Standards Athens comespondent| REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMBINED FLEETS HOLDING A CONFERENCE. recording instances of the irritation | against the royal family says at Achaia, where the Crown Prince owns a large | estate, the people weresummoned Sunday | by the church be!ls. After they had as- sembled they marched in a bedy to the royal residence, seized the arms of the royal guards, smashed the furniture and burned all the private papers they could and Vice-Admiral Canevaro Itatian). Rear-Admiral Hinke (Austrian is Captain Koeliner (German). Rear- Admiral Andrief (Kussian). English Flag Licutenant. arissa, describing the 3—The admirals commanding the fleet of the foreign powers in Cretan waters had a conference Sunday with Paleokastro. The Cretans were promised compléte autonomy, including the condition that the nomination subject to the ratification of the Cretan Assembly. The insurgent leaders, however, cut the discussion *Aunc.ation”to’ Greece or death.” ¢ CaNDIA, Crete, May the insurgent leaders at for a gour- ks and all hundreas of to their fai L stories, bu do not ques- ct upon the ex- of their ruler should be short and reiterated that their motto remained ilation at Athens can be momentarily ex- inning to be seen even opes of & succeasful be Turks is gone. to retrieve the > that has fallen upon the nation, leadership which the panic during the retreat ncluding a large sec emand that one great even ii defeat is certain, ate the honor of Greece. I be willing to submit and of the powers, which tter are so anxious to exercise. vails that, whatever despite the denials are in a passive a the decision of the 1 prospects of success. finister of Foreign A the diplomat ie is not opposed to media it has not been asked for. tion will doubtless develop speedily after the receipt of the reports of Colonel Minister of War, and Theotk nister of the Interior, who were sent to Pharsala to examine the condition of the It is stated these reports haveal- ready been submitted to the Cabinet, but tements rezerding their tenor vary, one | measure. were impressed with the aredness of the army and 1n favor of cuting the war, while another says he reports are gloomy, their substance the army isnotin a position to as- | he offensive or even resist for any declaring they hopes of the patriots | center in General Smolenitz, | He it anybody | Meanwhile the the hero of Velestino. seems to be able to lead the troops to vic- accounts ascribe to | sound judgment, cool- personal courage and the faculty of | Only as a strategist | Independent bim great ability spiring confidence. e has not yet been proved. invaders and be defeated it ould undoubtedly be the lastactof the | ilitary drama. Thereafter a mo;unen| might be expected. e GUILTY OF COWARDICE. Crown Prince Constantine Avolded Engaging the Turks In Every Case In Thessaly. O, Exa., May 3.—It is believed, | the army in Thessaly, whare the officer is satches allege, besides gross in- c most flagrant cowardice Jlaved by the Greek officers, in-| Newspapers here report thata body of " ctuding Crown Prince Constantine, in the | Greek irregulars commanded by Tertipi, Several | a member of Pariiament, has recapturea English war correzpondents on the Greek | Karditsa and restored the telegraph line find. The disp: renewal of disorders in the churches in Athens and Patras in connection with the offering of prayers for the royal family. Detailed reports of the three days' tighting at Velestino show that the Turks were either badly informed by the scouts or absurdly rash. The truth seems to be | that they did not suspect the presence of | the Greeks. who were skillfully concealed. | The Ottoman cavalry charge on the Greeks’ left wing seemed sheer madness. Very few norsemen reached nearer than 200 yards of the Greek lines. The wheat field over which they charged was thickly strewn after the engagement with the bodies of men and horses who bad fallen victims to the deadly musketry | fire of the Greek highlanders. Many of the dead were clad in portions of Greek uniforms, which wers presumably aban- doned when Larissa was evacuated. The Turkish loss at Velestino is estimated to have been 600 killed and a large number | wounded. PARIS, FraxcE, May 3.—Figaro asserts the King is afflicted with heart trouble which manifests iteelf in the recurrence of cardiac spasms, and his physicians have insisted upon nis immediately seeking a change of scene and climate either on the island of Milo or Syra. VOLO, GrEEcE, May 3.—The Greek war- hip whica is about to start for the Pirmus, the port of Athens, hasaboard over 100 strong boxes cuntaining Government s collected in Thessaly. This fact causes uneasiness, as the peovle believe the removal of the treasure indicates the Goverament has little faith in the ability of the army to hold the Turks in check should they make an_advance in force. Officials here sssert, however, the ship- ment of money mply a precautionary The Turks are again in the vicinity of Velestino, where 18,000 Greeks are en- camped. A French flag has been hoisted over the hospital for the purpose of pro- tecting it from the fire of the Turks in the event of another attack. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, May 3.— The whole of the second-class reserves be- longing to the Third Army Corps have been called out for active service, Sl FOR AN ARMISTICE. Edhem Pasha Reported to Have Sent an Officer With a Flag of Truce. ATHENS, ,GreecE, May 3.—Advices from Pharsala say that Edhem Pasha has sent an officer with a flag of truce to the headquarters of the Greek army request- ing an armistice for five days. Colonel Vassos, the commander of the Greek army of occupation in Crete, has been recalied and Colonel Staikos will suc- ceed him. His recall is officially explained | to be due to the necessity of re-enforcing wanted. There is no intention of recall- ing the troops from Crete. h adds that there was a | | |in his way. | study ot the methods pursued by the to Pharsala, from which place the Crown Prince dispatched a squadron of cavalry, which occupied the town. The Turks fied on the approach of the cavalry. el TO VIEW THE W.iE IN EUROPE. | \ i Major-Genrral Miles and tGeneral | ritt WAll Sail This Week. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 3 —General | Wesley Merritt, who has secured a leave | of absence, will sail on Saturday to wit- | ness the hostile operations of the Tarki and Grecian forces. General Merritt will | not represent the Government official and must pay his own expense:. Al | though some foreign Governments bnvei been chary of sllowing officers in high | rank in other countries to witness the | campaigns of their military forces the | War Department has raised no objection | to Merritt's project, and believes neither Turkey nor Greece will place any obstacle | General Merritt will make a | er- hostile armies and wi ance of one of his aids. Major-General | Miles will also sail this week, accompanied | by Captain Maus and his sscretary. GERMANY WILL STRIKE BACK. | 4 Remorscless Tar ff War Against the | United States Sugnested—Von Bieb- | erstein’s Significant Remarks. 1 BERLIN, GrrMany, May 3.—In the Reichstag to-day Count von Kanitz-Pod- | angen (Conservative) asked the Govern- ment1f, in view of the incressed differ- ence of duties upon German sugar fixed by the new American tariff, it was its in- tention to maintain the agreement with the United States entered into in 1891 He advocated a remorseless tariff war against the United States. Von Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, replied that the governments of have the assist- yet taken definite positions upon the ques- tion and that it would be impossibié to foretell what would happen when the res- oiution passed by the House of Repre- sentatives at Washington should become alaw. The Foreign Minister then rehearsed the commerciai reiations between Ger- many and the United States and protested against the D.ngley bill, which, he said, threatened tocancel the concessions made at Saratoga. There was a mistaken con- viction entertained at Washington that 1t would be to the interests of Germany to maintain cordiality of relations with Amer- ica in any event and he hoped there would be a thorough change of views in this respect. He obiected, however, to an immediate tariff war, which he believed would be a sinister mistake. Such a situ- ation, he said, was a serious one and all Europe would take interest in its develop- ment. The Government would decide with energy, founded upon its rights in the cause, and consider the best interests of the empire. Mexico Subsidizes a Big Corporation. C1TY OF MEXICO, MEx., May 3.—A company has been incorporated here wit a capital of $1,000,000 to be known as the Mexican Navigation and Railway Com- pany. Its 1irst object is to build a rail- road from a point on the National Tenuan- tepec roaa to Vera Craz. The Govern- ment gives a subsidy of over 8000 acres of public lands per kilometer of raiiway con- structed. On some 400,000 acres of land t us acquired the company will settls European and other colonists. | controlled SUDDEN FALL OF A BONANZA KING Financial Ruin of the Builder of Aspen, Colo. James B. Wheeler Loses the Millions He Made by Fraud. Compelied to Make Restitution to the Family of the Man He Robbed. DENVER, Coro., May 3.—Jerome B. Wueeler, once a millionaire of Aspen, Colo., is said to be at the end of his string after half a score of years of unqualified success. He was reputed to be worth at one time from one to five miltion dollars, and mercantile agencies said that the lat- ter figure was a closer estimate of his for- tune than the former. He practically bnilt Aspen, and by the free use of money raised it from the level of a min- ing camp to a town which, until the panic, supported a population ot 10,000 souls. There he erected & hotelat a cost of $60,000, and started a bank that main- tained unimpeachable credit throughout the panic, in spiteof the fact that its doors were closed for a few days while awaiting i th 1 of currency from New i the United States and Germany had not | Lo Srival © y New York. So confident were the depositors of the security of their funds that even after tke doors were opened they did not withdraw a cent. Wheeler was owner of the famous Aspen mine, that netted him at the lowest esti- mate $3,000,000 when silver was ona parity with gold. When at the.zenith of his snccess Wheeler visited Manitou, and so pleased was he with the place that he ordered one of the finest villasin the West to be built on the side of an old trail lead- ing to the summit of Pikes Peak. There he held forth season aiter seasomn, enter- taining with a lavishness that was aston- ishing. Every one attempted to trail after him in the matter of investments, for he never failed to make handsome returns from anything he touched. A residence at Manitou was not enough for a bonanza king who might want to use large sums at any hour of the day, so he started a bank that in the summer season the business between the watering place and the East, for a draft from Wheeler’s bank was deemed so good that it really commanded a premium over larger and incorporated concerns at Colo- rado Springs. But one day a quiet littie fellow named Casserleigh from Kansas City walked into the office of the millionaire ana made a demand for possession of ‘the Aspen mine and a share of the profits that Wheeler had been storine away for ten years Wheeler ordered him out of the office and then Casserleigh, who had spent five years in procuring testimony, went to the heirs of adeceased prospector and toid them they were entitled to a million by proofs in his possession. Hetold them that Wheeler had defrauded one Woods, a poor old miner, out of his property by representing that tne mins would never pay, and getting his relinquishment ‘for the nominal sum of $150. Woods had died and his family was scattered, most of them suffering for want of food when Casserleigh found them. Judgment was rendered against Wheeler for $750,000, and the litigation was carried to the highest courts of the land, where the findings were approved, thus encom- | passing the downfall of the millionaire. | Both of his banke at Aspen and Manitou were turned over to assignees to-day under instructions from Wheeler by telegraph from New York, where heresides. Wheeler is now on his way here and is expected to arrive on Friday. STAVING OFF THE DIVORCE. Latest Western Union Move to Prevent the Segregation of 'the. Company From the Union Pacific. | OMAHA, Ngsr., May 3.—Rush Taggart of New York, solicitor for the Western | Union Telegraph Company, was in the | United States court to-day asking for leave to make a supplementary filing in the case of the United States against his company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company in the matter of separating the telegraph businessof the defendants. The question before the court is the entering | of & decree, in obedience to the mandate | of the Supreme Court, absolutely and finally divorcing the Western Union from the Unton Pacific and compelling the latter hereafter to operate a telegraph line of its own for commercial purposes. Mr. Taggart raises the point that the de- cree wh ch it is proposed to enter is not & correct copy of the original decree signed by Judge Brewer, but this is less import- ant than the request that before any fur- ther.proceedings in the. matter are had the receivers of the Union Pacific be made defendants, the original action having been . brought beoref receivers - were appointed. Before the decree is entered, also, an accounting between 'the Union Pacific and Western Union, with a sched- ule of telegraph equipment owned by each, is asked for. ' The court took the matter under consid- eration. It is the ¢onjecture that the de- fendants are seeking only' for time, noping to defer the entering of the decree until after the contempiated sale of the Union Pacific, when possibly the necessity of a decree muy be avoided by a ratifica- tion of the old contract by the new com- pany and the making of a new con- tract. it gl BOSTON’S CELESTIAL PARKHURST. Wong Kay's Crusade Against the Opium and Gambling Dens—Charges the Police With Corruption. BOSTON, Mass.,, May 3.—Boston has de- veloped within her borders s Chinese Parkhurst, who has appealed to Governor ‘Wolcott to aid him in cleaning the c:ty of Chinese opium and gambling dens, which, he says, are maintained with the knowl- edge of the police, Who, he says, receive $225 a week hush money. He is Wong Kay, superintendent of a Chinese Sunday- school, and he is backed up by Rev. A. A. Berle, chaplain of the Ancients, and forty- eight other Chinamen. The Governor is asked to make a star- chamber investigation. Mr. Berle says the Chinaman has a big story and a good case, but that police headquarters refuse to have anything to do with him ana his Kay professes to be in fear of his life. Lee Hing, one of the most prominent of the non-Christian Chinamen, says that Kay's crusade is the beginning of a war upon the secret society members of the colony, but he denies that Kay is in any danger. The police say that Kay is lying. Kay has been here about five years, coming from Los Angeles, IMPRISONED IN A SEWER. Thrilling Ordeal That Causes a Laborer's Hair to Turn From Raven Black to Snowy White. BOSTON, Mass., May 3.—The newly completed metropolitan sewer, which fex- tends from Somerville to Cambridge, on the outskirts of Boston, was cpened to- day with nearly fatel results, 8 workman enduring a terrible experience. Francisco Lazaroni, an Italian laborer, went back into the sewer to-night to searc h for soms | tools after work was suspended. When | he returned he found that big three-inch planks bad beer nailed over the entrance, «ff>ctually imprisoning him. His cries and blows were of no avail. He could not make himselt heard and could not force the heavy planks. It was inky dark and the only avenue of escape was at the other exit, over two miles away, in Cambridge. The sewer is only four feet deep, which prevented him from standing erect, so he could only make his way slowly and painfutly with bent back, bruising himself at every turn by falling on the slippery bricks. It was an awful ordeal. For hours he walked; often falling exhausted and hope- less in the deathlike blacknessand silence. After four hours and after walking over two miles he was rescued at the other en- trance, more dead 'than alive. When taken out his drawn and haggard features were crowned by a head of snow-white hair, which only four hours'before was black as night. P it ds MORE PLANTATIONS FLOODED. A Negro Who . Persisted in Riding Horse- back on a Levee Is Killed by a Guard. NEW ORLEANS, La, May 3.—The levee on the Angla plantation at West Feliciana, belonging to the estate of 8. L. James, lessee of the State peniteatiary, broke to-day and the plantation is flooded. The steamer Trudeau removed the catile to the highlands. The levee protected only a few plantations, but they are very rich ones and will be seriously damaged. A negro named Jesse Martin was killed by a levee guard near Lobdell Landing, West Baton Rouge, yesterday, for going on the levee. Tke euards have strict injunctions to keep all the people off, for fear of levee- cutters. Martin insisted upon riding on horseback on the levees, and, refusinz to leave, the guard opened fire, killing the horse and wounding Martin, who died to- day. There has been a great deal of firing on suppos:d levee-cutters, but this is the first death. Major Richardson, Chief State Engi- neer, has been ordered by tne Governor to take'charge of the city levees. After care- fully inspecting them he declares that thev are in splendid condition, d that New Orleans need not be in the slightest degree alarmes =S Lo Tour or Puailists. BOSTON, Mass., May 3.—Tom O’Ronrke is arranging for a trip to San Francisco with Joe Wolcott and George D xon, whom he expects to match against George Green and Hawkins. where they might be able to subsist and herding them in towns, requiring them to remain under a promise of support from the Spanish Government. That promise had not only not been ket, but was will- fully violated. He was atraid before the Senator from Maine would get ready to submit his remarks hundreds of persons would starve to death in Cuba under that policy. The peovle of the United States were sending money and provisions to India to help the starving Hindoos, but no such contributions were sent to Cuba. If any attempt to do so were made the contributions would be intercepted by ships of the United States; or if not they would be refused admittance into the ports of Cuba. ““Well, sir,” he exclaimed dramatically, I cannot remain in a state of content- ment while I know these sufferings, these woes, these outrages, these horrible inflic- tions are going on under the name of Spanish warfare. Let the burden of responsibility fall upon those who are willing to bear it. In the name ot God and humanity I am not willing to share that burden. No, sir, not for a day. What 1 conceive to be the duty of the Senate is to forthwith act on this joint resolution and either pass or refuse to passit. Let usstand inan honest and sincere light before God and humanity. Let us not attempt to deceive ourselves and mankind at large with the idea we have got any human sympathy left in our bosoms or any feeling of resentment against the out- ragesand barbarities perpetrated in Cuba, while we stand hero talking about the ex- pression of our honest views on so great a subject. I will not consent, however, to further delay, knowing in doing so I am exposing men to starvation, disease ana death, from which they woala be relieved by the passage of this joint resolution whether passed by the House and ap- proved by the President or not.” Hale said he did not agree with Morgan regarding the present condition of things in Cuba, nor did he think the passage of the joint resolution would tend to improve matters. He thought it would rather intensify themn. He assured Morgan he had no desire to delay action ana would be ready to proceed with the discussion to- morrow. With this the colloguy closed, the joint resolution going over until to- morrow. —— THE CUBAN KEPUBLIC. There Will Be a Meecting of Its Congr: to Revise the Laws. PUERTO PRINCIPE, Cusa, April 17.— Represeutatives of Orient, Camaguey and Las Villas in the General Assembly of the Cuban Republic, which will probably meet in May at Guaimarito have already arrived at the headquarters of the Cuban Government near Sau Jeronimo. The Government has received advices from Matanzas, Havana and Pinar del Rio. Representatives of these States have also been nominated in the elections held in the Cuban army of the West. They ex~ pect to arrive soon. The Assembly’s object is a revision of the constitution prociaimed September 16, 1895. The special law will also be vetoed probibiting chiefs of the army from The party will I plaint. The Governor will hear him later. | leave in about a fortnight. 1 receiving proposals of peace from Spsn- iards and declaring to be a traitor and