The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 8, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXL—NO. 159. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ET REFUSES TO EVACUATE CRETE ISLAND Greece Prefers to Fight It Out Rather Than Be Humbled. POWERS GLORY IN THE DEFEAT OF HELLENES. Feeling Secure in the Protection of the European “Concert, 7 the Turks Are Committing Shocking Mas- sactes in LONDON, The ws describes ENc spondent o ituation as cri Athens | cal, owing to thea and delay of the Rumors persist nistry is impending, nce between it an t advocates an e uance of the s avoid f desires to ther blood- | of those in di | tan insists v spondent adds that a dipl nformed him to-day that nothing agread upon by the powers, | ntervention is in the air. The | her lecation said Greece | must be thoroughly humbled in the dust | to teach her not to meddle in Eastern affairs again. His Government, he added, would view with equanimity a Turkish ance on Athens. The German Minister the other day ostentationsly visited a few wounded T ish prisoners in Athens. He has not | even sent a porter to see hundreds of wounded Greeks in the hospitals. i certain the powers are undoubtedly e ulting at the Greek discomfiture, says the correspondent. The critical point at the situation is reached, and it is now time to negotiate peace, is the attitude of the Suitan. The best authority on this matter is the Epeaker's Constantinople correspondent, ) in to-morrow’s issue says tan) has done his work He was never so strong as Now his policy will be magnani- It bas been said that pride of suc- cess would make him insufferable to the Idon't believe it. Their meek- g suffering are inexhaust- he's too wary to trespass m when there is nothing to He has already intimated his de- o end the war. Having vindicated boner ana destroyed the prestige of | says he is distressed by the | and property, and asks, | ot restore the status quo ante bel- He says he knows this to be the t of the war, however long it may | and so he is ready for peace imme- diately. The Sultan would not have de- d war if he bad not been pushed the military here. | 4 have accomplished his ends in | another way, but he is merciless in war against individuals, “The prisons are filled with Greeks now | en sember of ano sire his Greece, he y and party Only one contingenc | Dhomoko. Epitus. as they were with Armenians a year ago. | Incalculable misery must result from the expulsion of a quarter of a million of Hellenic subjects, as well as ruin to what is left of the commerce of the country. may bring the Sul- tan in conflict with Europe. He may find the military party too strong. This party s opposec Greece. It is believed Lere, even by some omatic circles, if the Sul- pon holding Thessaly no European power will go to war to turn himout by force, especially if there be a revolution in Greece."” il MASSACRE IN EPIRUS. Fearful Outrages Sald to Have Been Cocmmitted by the Ottoman Troops. LONDON, E May 7.—The corre- spoudent of the Times at Velestino sum- | ming up the result of the recent fighting says: ““The Turks seem to have driven bick the Greeks along the line extending from Pharsals eastward to Alvali and turned the flank of the Velestino division at Cynospehalae, dividing the Greeks into | two masses which retreated to Dhomoko and Almyro. They will probably rejoin at Mustapha Bey pass, where the next big battle should be fought, though Iam semi- officially informed a stand will be made at The Turks havereached the outskirts of Volo, which at noon to-day it was rumored had alieady fallen. Tnis report is not confirmed. Anyhow its cap- ture is only a matter of hours, the de- fenses landward being very feeble. The Times’ Athensdispatch says General Smolenski’s gallant defense of Velestinois counteracted by the irritation caused by abandoning Pharsalos, and is regarded as wiping out the disgrace of Mati and Larissa. The corresponaentdeciares that, contrary to other reports, under the influ- ence of recent defeats the bellicose enthu- | m of the Greeks has vanished, and the e for peace is general. A partof the brigade of General Smolenski went by rail | to Volo, where it took ship for Almyro. The Coronicle’'s Athens dispatch says Colonel Manos telegraphs from Arta that the Turks have begun a wholesale massa- crein the interior of Epirus. All the in- habitants of the village of Kamarina have been murdered, with the exception of a very few who escaped to the mountains. Women are arriving in Arta from other places praying for protection, their hus- bands and chiildren having been mur- dered by enraged troops. Many refugees are mad and unable to speak, while others relate unwritable horrors. The dispatch adds the Greek \ \\\ THE DUC D’AUMALE, Who Died of Grief Yesterday. to giving back Thessaly to VIEW OFBHOMOKO AND ITS FORTRESS, to Which Prince Constantine’s Army Has Retired. Dhomoko lies about fifteen miles south of Pharsala, in the gap between the Khassidiari Mountains on the east and the Paleomonastiro Kange on the west, belong- Three roads leading south {rom the Thessalian plains unite here, and joining the main road A strong fortress on the summit of the ridge to the west of the town commands it and all the roads from either To the left is the Episkopi, or Bishop's house, and the principal iug to the great Orthrys Range, whose cre: just west of the fortress continue as one over the Orthrys. The point of view is from a hill to the northwest of the town, near the road to Pharsala. A little farther to the west are remains of an old wall and buildings antedating the Roman occupation, second century B. C. Dhomoko was formerly called direction. church. isnine miles farther south. Thaumakoi, or Wonder City, from its beautiful situation. | losses at Velestino Thursday are esti- mated to have been 300. The Morning Post’s Larissa dispatch says the last entrenchments at Velestino were captured last night and the Turks are advancing on Volo. - IN PERILOUS POSITION. Members of the Royal Famlly In- sulted When They Appear on ths Street. LONDON, Exc, Msy 7.—The Daily Mail’s Rome corr-spondent says private dispatches from Athens which escaped the Greek censor give the true details of the situation in the Greek capital. These dispatcbes show the position of the royal | family since the retreatof the Greek army from Pharsala has become more perilous than ever. Members of the family rarely leave the palace, and their portraits have | been withdrawn from all public places. The Queen and Princess are insulted in the streets when they visit the hospitals. The palace is watched by revolutionary agents lest the family attempt to flee. The writer ascribes the decision of the powers to intervene to the dangerous po- sition in which the Greek reigning family is placed. The Telegraph’s Athens correspondent; Government wili says be is authorized to state the Cabinet will not consent under any circumstances to the evacuation of Crete,or accept arbitra- | tion without previous knowledge of the terms. any movement toward agreeing to with- | 8mount to Spain. The financial agents of draw all the Greek troops from Crete or accept the powers as arbitrators of the war, without knowing what conditions they will impose as the price of peace, the Ministers conid not keep office a day. The result would be a revolution. The The correspondent adds thatin | | written him from Paris and London that correspondent learns all the powers are | willing to intervene without preliminary conditions except Germany, which de- mands the evacuation of Crete first. ->-— GREEK SHIPS BOMBARD. But the Shells Seem to Have Had No Effect on ths Turkish Camps at Cassandra. ATHENS, Ggeece, May 7.—The Greek fleet bombarded the Turkish camps at Cassandra on the peninsula of that name at the entrance to the Gulf of Salonica yesterday, but the shells from the war- ships had no effect. The fleet made no attempt to land men. The Government has notified the diplomatists that the Greek naval squadrons are blockading ef- fectively the Gulf of Salonica and the coast of Epirus. The British, French and Italian Consals at Volo have requested their Governments to instruct warships of those nations now at Volo to land men to protect the town. | It is stated positively that if the powers insist on the evacuation of Crete as a con- dition of mediation Greece will reply she | prefers a war of extermination. A dispatch from Canea says that yester- | day Colonel Vassos, commanding the Greek troops In Crete, made a request of | the foreign admirals that the blockade be relaxed satficiently to enable him to em- bark his troops safely—in other words that | an opening be provided for their exit. The request was refused by the admirals, who would only allow Vassos to purchase food for the men. FAREWELL DINNER TO BAYARD. The Ex-Embassedor 1o St. James Makes a Sort ot Apoiogy ftor His Official Conduct. LONDON, Exc., May 7.—Three hun- dred and fifty guests artended the farewell dinner give to ex-Embassador Bayard to- night in the great hall of the Hoel Cecil, under the auspices of the American So- ciety. Right Rev. Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London, gracefuily toasted Mc- Kinley. CLarman Crane toasted Bayard, and presented 10 him a gold loving cup, in the shape of & pumpkin, supported by four silver eagles, surmounted by a bust of Bayard and flanked by figures repre- senting Columbia and Britaunis. Bayard made a long, rambling response, which was the most pro-American speech he hes ever made in England. Without its being sn actual apology for his con- | duct ouring his term of office, he made allusions in such a manner that it ap- peared o be an apology. He recalled the Venezuelan affair, saying that he had the courage to tell the truth, because there was no just cause for a quarrel between England and America, adding: *“I tried to stand here for the honor and in the in- terest of my own country first.” Baron Russell of Killoween, Lord Chief Justice of England, toasted Embassador Hay, who responded in a stilted, formal speech, strictly confined to personal praise of Bayard. i 2 The speech-making was interspersed with music and singing. Bayard and nis family sail for New York to-morrow. | powers is now made a fool of.” | | cases, although the loan of this class made | 1n March caused a general protestin finan- | cial circles. The general opinion isthat | dentist, alleged to have been murdered in | a Spanish prison, will leave Washington | Monday morning, arriving at Havana a BORROWING MONEY 10 PAY SOLDIERS Spain Carrying On the| Cuban War Under Difficulties. | Another Big Loan That May | Wreck the Government’s | Chief Prop. In Spaln the Indignation Agalnst Weyler for His Lying Reports 1s Increasing. HAVANA, Cvrs May 7.—The Spanish vorrow $i:0,000,000 from the Bank of Spain in order to continue the payment of Spanish troops in Cuba. For a third {ime in less than six months for- eizn bankers have refused to lend that Castellanos, Minister of the Colonies, had it was useless to depend on creditabroad any longer, as foreign markets will be closed to Spain until the war in Cuba is | over, and that no kind of Spanish security | would satisfy money-lenders. The §60,- | 000,000 which the Bank of Spain will give is the bank’s paper. The bank by special permission from the Government will in- crease its issue, as it did 1n all previous the bank will be driven by the Govern- ment to bankruptcy. Madrid dispatches say great indigna- tion prevails against Weyler principaily among Liberals and Conservatives of the group led by Don Franeisco Silvela. They openly declare that Weyler has deceived Canovas with a view to retaining the office of captain-general. Silvela has said that this state of affairs is proof of the decad- ance of Senor Canovas, adding, “The man who ten years ago had so strong mental | Silvela also considers Wey ler's falsehood | in yeporting pacifications which do not exist has brought it to the pass where no self-respecting general would like to re- place Weyler, taking on his shoulders the responsibility of continuing a war which his predecessor had declared ended. Wey- ler would always say he left the island pacitied and the war was renewed after his departure. Santos Guseman, representing the un- compromising Spaniards of Havana, has declared, after long conference with Canovas, that he could not give hisap- proval of introduction of reforms now. Marquis of Vega de Armijo, an influential Liberal and ex-Minister, says it is neces- sary to offer strong cpposition to the Gov- ernment on the Cuban question. Finally Sagasta, chief of the Liberal party, de- clares that reforms, if offered at ali, must be offered sincerely. To deceive the Cubans, he said, will do untold harm. The war is zoing on here with an average of sixty engagements a day in all the six provinces. An expedition for the Cubans has landed in the province of Havana. —_— MISSION OF CALHOUN. Will Act as Adriserto Lee in Investigat- ing the bwiz Case. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.— J. Cal- houn, who has beun selected by the Presi- dent as legal adviser to Consnl-General Lee in the case of Dr. Ruiz, the American to-morrow night for Tampa. He will sail from there for Havana Suuday night or few hours later. Calhoun spent part of the day at the State Department reading the correspond- ence between Lee and the department on the Ruiz case. Later he called on the President and had a long talk on the same subject. To-morrow morning Mr. Cal- houn will receive final directio; An er- roneous impression has been circuiated that Calhoun will personally investizate the case. The investigation will te conducted by Lee and a Spanish official. Calhoun does not expect to go outside Ha- vana. He will probably be away three weeks or a month. Secured by Huntington. COA1ZACOALCOS, MExico, May 7.— It is reported that Pearson & Sons, Eng- lish harbor contractors, have transferred their lease of the Tehuantepec Isthmus Railroad to C. P. Huntington for the Southern Pacific Company, and that line will be operated in connection with the Pacific Steamship line. The road isowned by the Mexican Government. S e FEARFUL CRIMES OF A FARMHAND. Shoots Down Four People Who Befriended H.m and Then Robs the H.use. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, May 7. — What may yet prove a quadruple murder oc- curred at the farm of Alexander Harris, five miles south of Waukesha, early this morning, the victims being Harris, his wife, hired girl and hired man. The crime was committed by a farmhand named William Pouch, who bad been sheltered by the farmer over night. Harris was killed ontright. Mrs. Harris may recover. Helen Vesbach was fatally wounded. Nelson M. Holt was probably fatally wounded. Pouch arose about 5 o’clock this morn- g and went to the yard, where Harris and the bired man were milking the cows. After pleasantly wishing them good-morn- ing he drew a revoiver and shot them. Then he walked leisurely to the kitchen, whers he chatted with Mrs. Harrisand the hired girl a few minutes. He said Harris would not be in for a few minutes and | he would partake of his breakfast at once. The woman waited upon the murderer until he concluded his breakfast. Then Pouch aross and started toward the door, but suddenly wheeled around, shot Mrs. Harrie in the breast, and then fired at the hired girl. After finishing the bloody work the murderer robbed the house, mounted a bicycle and rode away. A posse of farmers are in hot pursuit. They | openly avow they will lynch the murderer. — - FIENDISH CRINE OF FOOTPADS. Beat Their Victim Into Insensibility, Rob Him and P.ace H.s Body on an Electric-Car Track. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., May 7.—Shortly before midnight last night four footpads held up Thomas Brady, a landscape gardener, on the outskirts of the city, robbed him, re- moved bis shoesand hat, battered his head with sandbags, laid him across the subur- ban railway tracks, between Gamuoell place and Etezell avenue, and left him to be ground beneath the wheels of an electric- car. As the unconscious man lay on the track with one of the footpads bending over him arranging his shoes and .hat with the purpose of making it appear that Brady had fallen into a drunken sleep, a suburban car came thundering down the grade. The highwaymen fled, but too late to escape the notice of Motorman E. M. West, who vainly tried to stop the car before the prostrate man was reached. Brady was drageed beneath the fender and frightfully matilated. His right arm was broken and his left thigh cut open from hip to knee. Brady is now at the Baptist Sanitarium, where his death is momentarily expected. Motorman Wes! s that he saw two men on the track rifliag Brady’s pockets, who fled at the approach of the car. e STEAMBOAT RUNS THE GAUNTLET. Fired Upon Continuously by Mississippi Leves Guards fcr a Distance of Fifly Miles. NEW ORLEANS, LA, May 7.—The steamboat New South, whick reached Plaquemine to-day, had a perilous trip up the river. It seems that the vessel aroused the enmity of the levee guards in going 100 near the levee, for she was fired upon nearly all the way from Convent to Plaquemine, a distance of fifty miles. At Convent nine men with Winchesters fired a volley, putting two builets through the pilot-house, one of them within a couple of inches of the pilot’s head. At several other poinis the guards opened fire, and when the New South reached Plaquemine the captain and passengers were thor- oughly frightened. Captain Kerwood tied the boat up, saying he would keep her so until the high water subsided, even if she has to remain idle all summer, rather than run the gauntlet again. He denies that the New South violated the levee laws. — WORRIED HINSELF TO DEATH, Inventor Watson's Demise Hastened by a Nreach-of- Promise Swit, BOSTON, Mass, May 7.—Jeremiah M. ‘Watson, the wealthy inventor, died at his Back Bay bome this afternoon. Ten days azo a verdict was given against him in a | feet high. sensational breach-of-promise case, his housekeeper, a pretty widow, being the plaintiff, and his physician says that his demise was caused principally by worry over the disgrace brought on his name by the case. — e —— GRANT MEMORIAL TREE. Li Hung Chang Shows His High Regard | for the Dead Soldier in a Mast Appropriate Manner. | NEW YORK, N.'Y., May 7.—On the southwest corner of the old site of Grant’s | tomb, within 100 feet of the present monu- ment, a tree was planted to-day by Yang Yu, ex-Minister from China, as a tribute | from Li Hung Chang to General Grant, | Yang Yu personally representing the | Viceroy at the planting ceremonies. Tke bigh regard which Li Hung Chang enter- | tained for Grant has been manifested on | numerous occasions, and when in New | York last summer he expressed the desire | of indicating his esteem in a permanent manner. It was suggested to have a tree planted on the site of the old tomb, and | the Viceroy was greatly pleased with the | idea. Nothing more was said about the mat- | ter until Yang Yu was instructed by Li to | attend to the matter before bis departure | for Europe. This instruction was re- ceived several days ago, and Yang Yu's private secretary immediately communi- cated with the Park Commissioners, ask- ing them to furnish a tree. On Thursday | a small ginkgs biloba tree, found both in | Japan ana China, was selected. | The tree planted to-day is ni 5 seven | Yang Yu read a few lines from a Chinese manuscript and threw a shovel- | ful of clay upon the roots of the tree. His | secretary furnished the following literal | translation of Yang’s words: This tree was planted at the side of the | tomb of General Grant, ex-President of the United States, for the purpose of commemora- | ting him, by L1 Hung Chang, Guardian Prince, Grand Secretary of State and Earl of the First Order. | The original, in Chinese and its trans- lation, will be cut on marble nesr the | tomb. | —_———— RUSSELL SAGE EXPLAINS. Denies That Ho Has Ever Had An| Surious Friction With George | Gould. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 7.—Russell | Sage said to-day in regard to his reported | friction with Gould: ! “The story is written for sensation. My | relations with Gould are not unfriendly | or strained and have not been so. Isee | him every day when in the city and dis- cuss with him the affairs of the companies | in which we have common interests. I| regret the circulation of such rumors be- | cause they are calculated to do great| harm. What I regret most is the possible | effect ou holders of the Pacific securities. | Idid about a year ago ask Gould to ap- | | point a committee to exsmine transactions | involving the construciion of the Louisi- | ana line. Gould has not appointed the | committee yet, but promised he would. The Missouri Pacific isdoing well. Treas- urer Calef told me oniy yesterday that our finances are in better shape than they have been for four years. I have $1,000,000 of the company’s bonds in a safe deposit vault and never touch them except to cut off coupons as they come due.” George Gould went to his country place in the Catskills Wednesday. He will not return uatil next week. BURIAL OF MANY FR VCTINS Twenty Funerals Held Amid the Scenes of Mourning. SORROW PREVAILS IN PARIS. Sudden Death of the Duc d’Aumale Due to Shock~ ing News. | EXPIRED SOON AFTER READING CF A RELATIVL'S FATE. Two Prominent Residents of Penn= sylvania Supposed to Have Perished in the Flames. PARIS, Fraxce, May 7.—Paris has re- covered somewhat from the shock of the great disaster, but 13 now in mourning. Twenty of the victims of the fire were buried to-day. The churches in which the services were heid and the streets along which the funeral passed were | densely crowded with people, all of whom dgisplayed the deepest sympathy. Never since the funeral of President Carnot has there been such an appearance of general sorrow in the city. The ruins of the charity bezaar have been so thoroughly exvlored that there | is little chance of the discovery of more bodies. Of those recovered but few now remain to be identified and it is probable that some of the bodies may never be rec- ognized, as there are always in Paris peo- ple from all parts of the world who would vperhaps not be missed for months. An investigation will be made as to the cause of the terrible loss ot life, with the intention of fixing the responsibility if possible. Itisnow believed that the fire was started by the explosion of a lamp used to illuminate the kinematograph. Iu the debris to-day the police are re« ported to have found a purse marked, “H. L. C. K. 8., New York,”” with a frag- ment of aburnt skirt, to which was at- tached a belt and pocket. In the side pocket were a purse, gloves, nickel key, red powder-box marked *Perry, London,” a small medicine-case containing pase tilles, and two pocket handkerchiefs with | red borders. In the presence of the Russian and German Embassadors the Comtesse ae Hunolstain, sister-in-law of the Duchess d'Uzes, was buried to-day from the Church of St. Clotilde. Delegations from many charities supported by the Comtessa followed the coffin. Embassador Eustis, who had previously written to M. Hanotaux, Minister of Foreign Affairs, expressing condolence for the families of the victims of the fire, called personally upon the Minister this afternoon and reveated the expressions of profound sympathy. President Faure has received a dispatch from the Czar, expressing sincere sym- pathy with tbe families of the victims and staiing Russia is profoundly moved by the | catastrophe. Duc d’Aumale expired at 2 A. M. to-day in a villa at Zucco, Sicily, of cardiac apo- plexy. The shock upon learning of the charity bazaar disaster, in which the Duchess d’Alencoa perished, is supposed to have caused the seizure. The Duch was the wife of the Duc’s nephew, second son of Prince Louis Phillipe d’Orleans, Comte d’Eu. The attack which caused the Duke’s death lasted only a few mo- ments, and he expired without suffering. Princess Clementiue of Orleans, wife of Prince Auguste of Saxe-Coburg and | Gotva and sister of Duc d’Aumale, at whose villa at Zucco he nad been staying, isvery ill. The Princess is 80 years oid and the shock caused by the sudden death of her brother may prove fatal. Upon bearing of the death of Duc CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME, PARIS, Where Funeral Ser viczs in Memery of tie Cead W.I Tak: Flace Tc=Days