The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1897, Page 3

e —— R T THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1897. OTTOMAN ARMY HELD N CHECK - | sionists on tke coast. Greeks at Pharsala Re- pulse Edhem Pasha’s Force. FURIOUS BATTLE WAGED | FOR HOURS. Turks Hurled Back Repeatedly by the Infantry Under Constantine. CONFIDENCE RETURNS TO THE HELLENES. Wild Rejolcing at Athens When the News of the Victory Is Received. VELESTINO, TrEssALY, May 5.—What appearsto have been the main force oi Edhem Pasha engaged the Greeks at Pharsala at2 o'clack this afternoon. It vigorously attacked the Greek positions, The fighting was se- 7:30 both but was repulsed. nd ended at o’clock manded stood its ground f the Ottoman in- s commanded the g of the Greek & duel with two . The galiantry of the excited enthusiasm kish line of battle formed at were 23,000 Greeks REECE, May 5.—An official d this evening confirms s of the Turkish repulsa at Crown Prince Constantine and las acted in a most courageous king their lives a hundred Their valor was enthusiastically med by the le army after the The Gov warmest congratulations to the Princes. The King and the Government issued a menifesto to the troops, congratulating them upon their courage and pairiotic de- votion. The public is overjoyed and is alreac ing the blunders that marked the g of tre campai A decisive bat- xpected to take place to-morrow. Major Pallis, chief of staff in Thessaly telegraphed to the Government the ain facts concerning the Pharsela. The dispatch concludes: ‘We maintain all our positions. forge! to-morrow. he enemy’s numbers are superior to ours. They are also superior ry and artillery, and the catiber ially announced that the Gov- nt has protested to the diplemats the outrages and cruelties per- petrated by sa neral Smolenski, in an official tele- says: “My brigade underwent a rrible baptism of -blood. The Turks e repulsed at Velistino, but reattacked me other poi ek Eastern squadron has cap- schooner, with Bartlett, member of 3ritish Commons, his son on will be brought to Athens. here that Sir Ellis was the bearer of compromisi LONDON, Ex near Platomona a shmead stated A dispatch to ens, apparently referring to the battle at Pharsala, says that the slaughter was very great. The battle was proceeding when the dispatch was sent. TESTING 4 Engineers Iry a Compowad of Marrelous Force. BOSTON, Mass., May 5.—Co Gloucester, a safe, secluded waste of de- serted coast line, was to-day the scsne of some remarkable experiments with a marvelous new explosive which may be destined to yet change the com- plexion of the Grmco-Turkish war. A rious party, including & prominent engineer from New York and mem- Greek bers of the Henchagist, a Cretan revo- | Iutionary society, repaired to the scene with teams loaded with the explosive and apparatus. In holes thirty yards apart forty-pound Jots of the stuff were planted, with ful- minating caps connected by heavy in- sulated wire with a loop a mile long for safety. When it was ignited by electri- city the whole beach arose in the air one mass of sand, while the earth trembled and the water arose and fell several inches. The second experiment was with a triple quantity, buried deeper and covered with logs and several hundred weight of stone. When it explosea it seemed a veritable earthquake. The stone was shat- tered to dust and the splinters. The new explosive was demonstrated to be a complete success. It is composed of three parts nitro-elycerine and one part a secret dust substance of very high ex- plosive power. The Greek engineer sails for the seat of war on Saturday and will take the secret with him. His intention is to mine the roads over which the Turkish troops will paes. e s REFUSES MEDIATION, Greece Eejeots an Offer From the Rus- sirn Government. LONDON, Exa., May 5.—The St. Peters- burg correspondents of the Chronicle and Daily Telegraph say tbat Russia, with the the other powers, offered latter refused. cognizance of mediation for Greece. Tt Deadly ;l;lur Explosion. KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 5.—The boiler logs to minute | | latest move of ment forwarded the | fighting at | The | certainly be continued | ts, though feebly.” | | yesterday. be tting slow. { Club, encouraged | of th the Torkish troops in Thes- of a locomotive on_the Chicago and Alton line exploded this morning. Engineer Roberts and Fireman Pardoner, who were | on tue locomotive at the time, were in- antly killed and their bodies badly man- | gled. S o THE WHEELMEN'S FIGHT. | Fresident Potter Wires Strcng $200 to Fay Ciams on Preperty Seizad by the Sheriff. YORK, N. Y., May 5.—The Na Yofticers of t L. A. W. bave been veral weeks mapping out a pro- mme to itornia against the inroads of seces The league ofhcer: are now determined {o wage an active campaign throughout California in order to disrupt the opposition movement. Presideni Potter said to-day the North Califo: day-racing anti-L. A. W. Light this week in the form of an attempt on the part of seceders to crivple the division. Hen cock and Pery nent in the r L. A. W. last ye ree combined forces and Hancock began su the division, direciea the of the division.” This morning Po from George H. S accepting the any sul, vice F. H also one from Francis I. Sacra- mento, accepting the appointmentof vice- consul to succeed Wynne. Potter at once sent Strong $200 by telegraph with in- structions td"pay all proper claims against the division and release the property seized by the Sheriff. In response to the blished in the L. W. bulletin of President Potter is in receipot of aications by every mail from North California_members piedging loyaity to the L. A. W. and expressing their willing- ness to sustain it in the contention. I Purse for 0'Brien and MeCoy. BOSTON, Mass, May George V. Tuobey, editor of the Sporting Review, to-night received a telegram from Wiiliam Brady offering a larze purse for a und matca between Kid McCoy )'Brien, to be fought in New ne 10 or earner. Since O'Brien fought the twenty-five-round draw with McCoy in has been anxious for a raturn match. He is now in Maine and will probably acc the offer. erreceived a telegram ng of San Francisco, ntment of chief con- - Winners at Colusa. COLUSA, CaL., May 5.—Another large crowd was at Agricultural Park this after- | noon to witness the second day’s racing. The first event to-day was the Colusa turity trotting race for three-year-olds. It was won by Lynall, with Dr. J second, Pop Eye third. Best time, 2:29) The second was for pacers iu the 2:35 class and was won by Telephone, with cond and Primrose third. Best The three-quarter mile dash tponed until Thursday. - Yesterday’s Eastern Baseball Games. N. Y., May 5.—Brooklyns 5, ay 5.—Bostons 7, Philadel- ., May 5.—No game be- ton and New York tesms . Racing at Bakersfirld, BAKERSFIELD, CaL, M races to-day were not as good as those of The attendance was light and ile and repeat—Fi; t heat, Sontag d Bug s ond; time, :50. The second ame; time, :49 of a mile dasi, third. peat 1t won, Perrine second; no time won, Perrine Another Treat for Petaluma. PETALUMA, CAL, May 5.—The Lady Minstrels of the Petaluma Improvement by the goodly profits and the great success of their first min- strel show, are rehearsing for a repetition ntertainment, with new songs and o ““0la Hoss Hory” May Die. NEW YORK, Y., May 5—William Hoey, actor, the “Old Hoss Hoey” of arlor Match” fame, is confined to bed. His illness is of such a character that it is said his recovery is very doubtful. i e Sues for the Price of a Dog. LOS ANGELES, CAL., May 5.—Whether or not tt:e Cuban bloodhound belongs to a distinct variety of dogs is to be decided by the result of a lawsuit begun here to-day. | John Belt, an ola colored man, who has a pack ol dogs always supposed to be Cu- ban bloodhounds, and which have baen used in tracking criminals in this county, is suing A. G. Frazier for the value of a dog sold to him. Two animals in court as exhibits were claimed to be Cuban vloodhounds, but a local authority on dogflesh, called as an expert witaess, de- clared on the stand that the dogs were | foxhounds, and that there was no recog- nized breed known as Cuban bloodhounds | des pite the popular 1dea. o Yolo Chicken Thief Dying. RAMENTO, Can, May 6.—John rea, the alleged c was shot by one of riff Johnson’s deputies in Yolo County last Saturday while resisting arrest, is sinking iast and has little chance for recovery. Depaty | Ficher, who did the shooting, was to-day appointed county detective by the Board of Supervisors. s ADvANCES made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noouan, 1017-1023 Mission. fortily the organization m | ment of the | this city in 1895 be | Queen May | icken thief, who | SICK AND - WOUND ~ BAYONETED |Cuban Hospital Raided | and No Mercy Shown. TWENTY INMATES SLAIN IN BED. In Munich 1t was pronounced the best of Ros-nthal’s productions, and in the lan- guage of Kaulbach *only to be compared to a large Meissonnier.”” | Sitting lor bis portrait the Cardinal has | fallen asleep. A book dropping from bis hand upon the flocr has attracted the at- | tention of the artist, a young monk, who | is running his bands through his hair in | perplexity and is in doubt what todo in | § order not to_displease the dignitary who | sits before him. | As the Cardinal sits at the table, where | a bottle of Italian wine and a dish of fruit | awaits his pleasure, he looks aged and | [ feeble, but the half-finished portrait on | 3 the young monk’s easel represents a man in the prime of youth and strength—a | mute flattery on the youthful monk’s vart | 8 to one his superior in authority. The con- | trast is most amusing. il “Tue figures are all in a rich setting, | tapestries, carpets and all being handled in the clever fashion that has made Rosen- thai's name famous. | he gingerbread fete is to be held at the | residence of Mrs. Clark Crocker, corner of | Suiter ana Octavia streets. It will open | a1 7:50 o' cloc,k Tuesday evening, May 11, | i and continne until 11 o’clock, Saturday | B8 evening, May 15, | There wili be all sorts of attractions for | young and old, both indoors and out, and | the only sirange thing is that the ladies Young Soldier Shot Dead for Protesting Against the { Carnage. {THE TORCH APPLIED TO THE BUILDING. | A Little GIrl Sold at Auctlon and | Maltreated In the Presence of | Her Mother. HAVANA, Cusa, May 5.—Christina Herrera, a Cuban woman, was living with her youthful son and two daughtersina Cuban hospital, near Govea, this province, | where she sacted as nurse. The hospital | was established by the Cuban leader, Bal- domero Acosta, for sick and wounded Cubsns. Acosta himself had the fever, |and, concealed between two hills, the hospital was believed to be safe from the | Spaniards. Under that beiief Acosta sent P | his cousin to attack a Spanish column, | Deane, Reed Hutchinson, Kathro Barfon, which, as he was informed, would pass some six miles from there. | soldzers remained with Acosta in the hos- pital, and besides Christina Herrera and her children there was anotber nurse and Only six | have managed 10 crowd so many attrac- | tive features into so short a space of time. | Indoors there will be a different booth | in many different rooms. One wiil be the | Oriental booth, where ail things Oriental and Turkish for the gratification of the artistic sense and the gustatory nerves will M be on hand. ) Then tnere will be an Indian room, in which such articlesas Inaian baskets, pot- tery, mats and other things made by these children of nature will be on exbibition. There will, of course, be a bazaar, in | which many articles, useful and orna- | mental, manufacturea by the ladies’ deft | and willing fingers, may be found. In the basement refreshments will be served. The grounds will be illnuminated at night, and in the garden a big teat will be pitched, which is 10 figure as the hall of | surprises. Richard Hotaling has charge of all the surprises to be contained there- in, but jealously guards them from prying eyes tili later on. | In the grounds also will be a kineto- scope, an animatoscope and a shooting galiery. Punch and Judy will be there for the children in the afternoons and | gingerbread will simply abound. There will be a series of tableaux, which will be a graphic education on an inter- esting subject. The tableanx will be ar- ranged by Addison Mizner and Miss Agnes Buates. Those particivating will be: Miss Marie Wells, Miss Gladys Mer- rill, Miss Coarlotte Ellinwood, M ss Ethel Louis Bruguiere, Charles Fernald and Em- ery Smith. On the first afternoon Ferris Hartman | § will sing his funniest songs, and on | Wednesday aiternoon there will be given | glimpses of Spain and the Mediterranean | about tive women more, wives of soldiers. | by Hensy 1‘;«;”:. A spy told the Spaniards of the exist- ence of the hospital, and a Spanish column, 1000 strong, attacked the place on April 25. Torres and his five men, firing | rifles to advise Acosta of tne proximity of | the enemy, fled (0 the forest. Acoste, jumping out from his stretcher, | cried to the women to run with the | children, and stood in the door firing at | the advancing Spamards. Acosta nar- rowly escaped, foliowed by those strong enough to run, ana four women also gained the forest. Marta Corralles was seized by two Spanish soldiers, but snatched a bayonet from the belt of one and killed him. Christina Herrera was caught by the Spanish soldiers and driven back to the | bospital to witness the fate of twenty sick and wounded Cubans, wbo were ruth- lessiy slain. More than twenty perished in their beds, pierced by Spanish bayo- nets. A Spanish soldier, a voung man | from Pontevedra, Galicia, who refused to join in the assassination and protestea | against the crime, was shot dead by a Lieutenant. Most cruel in the work were the irregu- lars of the guerrilia forces—common crim- inals from Spanish penal coloniesin Africa, After the T crs and after the hospi- | tal had been fi | was sold at auction. A captain woun her |for §6 and assaulted her. The child's | mother unsuccessfully attempied to kill | herself and swooned. When she recov- ered she was told that the child had dis- appeared. The mother is now in the Havana prison for disreputable women. | A correspondent of La Lucia saw Chril tina Herrera in prison and published a report of this affair, in which the press censor did not allow the facts to be men- tioned. | THE CHLDAEN'S FAR Kinetoscope, Animatoscope and Other Aftractions Are Listed. An Oriental and Indian Booth Wi!l Be There—Punch and Judy | for the Children. The famous picture called “The Cardi- | nal’s Portrait,” painted by Toby Ro-en- | thal, has been bought by the generous art patrons of San Francisco and loaned to the board of managers of the Children’s | Hospital, to ba exhibited at the ginger- | bread fete. The ladies are highly elated | at this stroke of fortune, and expect the hospital to reap a handsome revenue irom | the exhibition of such a masterpiece. | The picture bas been upon inspection in many of the large Eurovean cities, and bas been praised by leadng artists in the warmest terms. In Berlin Emperor Will- iam saw it and expressed his admiration. ’{f“ | The Clark Crocker Mansion Where the Gingerbread Fete f;a Benefit of the Children’s Hospital Will Be Held, d a young girl of 10 years | It requires $2000 8 month to keep the | hospital going to minister to the wants of | the numberless iitt.e ones that monthlv | # puss throuzh its gates, and this statement gives an idea of the noble work in which the ladies are engaged. Those ladies who | § are civing all their time at present to this work of humanity are as follows: | Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mrs. W, B. Harrington. | Miss May Hoftman, Mrs. L. L. D N F. Merrill, Mrs. William Hardy, Mrs. J. W. { Kerr, Mrs. Robert Oxnard, Mrs. Fred Beave: ‘Z\lh I N. Waite | T. F Mrs. George Grant, Mrs. H. I Steinbart, k & reen, ) H n, Mrs. Henry L. Fiske, Mrs. Crocker-Alexander anc Mrs. Charles Green. The following young ladies are not mem- bers of the board of managers, but form an auxiliary committee, which has ren- | dered great assistance ia the work: . Miss Sallie Maynard (chairman), the Misses | Carolan, Laura Bates, | § Moore, rie Eyre, | ¥ tha Smith, Cora Smedberg, Miss Emery. | The prices of admission will be 50 cents | in the evening and 25 cents in the after- noon. FIFTY CHINESE ADRMITTED. | Queen's Jubilee, Will Visit San | Francisco. | TACOMA, Waism.. May 5.—Fifty of the | 114 Chinese bound for the Nashville expo- | sition, who have been quarantined two | weeks at Diamond Point, were admitted | | this afternoon on instructions from Wash- ington, D. . They are not actors, but farmers, tradesmen and clerks, who are expected to exemplify various phases of | Chinese life at the Tennessee cxposition. | No instructions bave been received regard- | & ing the remaining sixty-four in the perty, | but_Collector Saunders thinks they will be deported. The-examination of the 206 | Chinese, other than those bound for Nash- ville, will be commenced to-morrow. Their destinations are San Francisco, and | Pittsburg, Chicago and other Eastern | § cities. | The quarantined Japanese, numbering | g 23, and_322 Chinese were brought down | from Diamond Point yesterday on the | stezmer Kingston. They had barely got | aboard when the Japs picked a row with | the Chinese. A free fight ensued, resuit- | ing in a victory for the Japanese, who | drove the Cuinamen into one corner of | the hold and kept them there. Pending | g examination both Japs and Chinese are | being boarded on the steamer Sehome. Extra officers have been provided to pre- | § vent any. more fichting. | Chang Yum Tong, Chinese Consul at | San_Francisco, arrived to-night and lefu | [ for Victoria to meet His Exceilency Chang, | 8 special Cuincse envoy to Queen Victoria's | diamond jubilee, and Yu Shi Yi, formerly | Chinese Uonsul to Cuba, These digni- | taries will arrive to-morrow might and will probably go to San Francisco before starting East. b G Aequires an Astoria Hotel. ASTORIA, Or, May 5.—Arrangements were completed to-day whereby Frank B. Locke, formerly a prominent hotel man | of Butte, Denver and Omaha, was placed | in charge of the Hotel Flavel, the most beautiful summer resort north of Cor The property is owned by a syndi- cate of capitalists, which 18 also interested in the new Astoria-Columbia River Rail- rosd. The hotel will be opened about May 15. NEW TO-DAY. Often the pupil excels the master. Trophy Baking Powder and > Spices and Flavor- ing Extracts are an improvement over those that have been the best. Tilmagn & Bendel, Mfrs. Distinguished Mongois, en Route fo the | @ NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Only Eight More Dayé. Now you must hurry in earnest. We have set the date for the end. There will be no continuance, no dilly-dallying. We have nearly enough money already in hand to meet our obligations. We give you fair warning; nothing will induce us to carry this sale a single day over May 15th. Keep in mind that there was a definite reason for this sale,namely, the expected increase of tariff, which induced us to rush an overstock of Wool Clothing into our warehouses; to do which we were compelled to borrow heavily from the banks. The borrowed money must be re- turned; hence this sale. Everything sacrificed for just half its original price; profits lost sight of entirely. Here are a few of the prices. Some of these lots are run- ning very low. The $4.85 Suits, for in- stance, are going fast. The $8.50 Suits are nearly gone, andonly a few hundred of the $3.75 Overcoats remain. $4.8_5 Single and Double Breasted Sack Suits, latest shades new fabrics ; guaranteed pure wool. Regular price $9. Only a few of these left—odd sizes. Sack Suits, single $5 .65 and double breasted —in shades of brown, Havana, slate and over- plaids. Regular price $10. Guaran- teed pure wool. Single and Double $6.0 Breasted Suits, in iots, tweeds and worsteds. cassimeres, chev- $12 is the regular price. Guaranteed pure wool. Exceptional values S in Single and Dou- ble Breasted Sacks, comprising all the latest colorings in exclusive designs. Regular price $15. Guaranteed pure wool. X Cutaway and Sack .50 Suits, in serges, tweeds, cassimeres and worsteds. Former price $17 oo. Guaranteed pure wool. Cutaway and Sack Suits, in fancy Scotch che- viots, in the new brown, gray and olive shades. Very dressv. Regular Will cost double the money any other Spring O $ 3.7 i Very destanie Worth every cent of $io. (COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS), $20 value. Guaranteed pure wool. place in town. shades and fabrics. teed pure wool. DIRECTLY GPPOSITE SANSOME. MAIL ORDERS FILLED DURING THIS SALE. " All-wool Trousers. $1.7 Guaran- S e e By Special Request We Will Keep Open Every Evening Until 8 o'clock During This Sale; Saturdays Until 10 P. M.