The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1897, Page 1

7 5N VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. DAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1897. FIVE CENTS. REPLY OF THE PORIE 10 T1IE SIX POWERS. Turkey Will Consent to an Armistice Only on Her Own Terms. DEMANDS INDEMNITY OF FORTY MILLION DOLLARS. Armies of the Sultan Threaten to Force Their Way to Athens, While the Greeks Prepate for a Stubborn Defense. CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, May 16.—The Porte yesterday ce be declared. In reply he Turkish E ubjects in s of peace. Ottoman army will had been redkived t eeting to consider)it. It F lly to modify 1t of the indemnity Ander Eu orders have been issued t Here a final ko state that every m t surprise, but no Turks have SCHEME OF THE POWERS, They Want Control of Greeca's Revenue and Payment of | Her Debts. | LONDON, Exa., Mar 16.—The solution likely to be adopted of the question of in- demnity to be paid by Greece to Turkey is ssian scheme that has been framed he outbreak of the war, when it was n that Turkev wou!d be the victor d would demand an indemnity tha: | Greece would be unable to immediately the R pay. e powers are agreed to the extent of the prolonged Turkish occupa- | Thessaly would raise grave The only solution of the ques- be a European commission to the finances of Greece until ty is comvietely paid. Eu- refore make advances to will permit of prompt pay- key, which country is preatly thinking of om Enropean capitals con- oing. Diplomats in Rome e creation of, control and | e Greek debt similar to the and guarantee of the Ottoman It is reported in London that the | 5| will embrace the interesis of | Greece's creditors. tee of t | | i . Petersburg predicts ers will adopt Russia’s scheme money to Greece to enable et the demards of Turkey for the | of the war. The writer adds he ute anthority for stating that if reeks molestor expel King George | mily from Greece then Russia, fol- wed by other powers, will abandon Greece to anarchy, which will render ner | existence as an independent state prob- THENS, Greece, May 16.—At a late | o-night it was officially announced that, in consequence of the representations of the powers, the Greek armies in Thes- saly and Epirus had been ordered to hold t emselves on the delensive. It was also officially announced that the Greeks had vacuated the province of Epirus, and the | estern squadron hud embarked the troops who had been besieging Nicopolis, re the check to the Greek arms was cribed to strategic blunders. A cessation of hostilities on the part of s is assured from to-day. s T THE INSOLENT THREAT. It Is Asserted That Europe WIill Not Permit Turkey Any More Than Greecs to Be Saucy. LONDON, Exc., May 16.—The Times to- morrow will editorially say: *It would be a waste of time to discuss the Porte’s con- aitions, No doubt the powers will return a prompt and emphatic negative, As re- gards the insolent threat thatif the con- ditions are not accepted the Ottoman #rmy will continue to advance, it may cenfidently be presumed that Europe will not allow Turkey any more than Greece to flout her.”” The Standard’s Constantinople corre- stand must be made. ially to the collective note of the powers requesting that the Porte declares it will not i(\be: own conditions are accepted. aly, the payment by Greece of an indemnity of ($40,000,000), and the abolition of concessions These are the mpire. oses that plenipotentiaries shall meet at Pharsala It affirms that if its conditions are not continue to advance on Athens. he representatives of the powers is believed they intend to urge the e conditions in the direction of placing ropean control, though the strength military party in Constantinople is again given as the reason tan not receding from the high terms imposed. S, GREECE, May 17—4 A. M.—Though instructions have en that the Greek commanders must act entirely upon the hat the army at Dhomo o must on Dispatches easure has been taken to guard been seen for some days spondent says the Turks are gradually ranging themselves into two parties. The first is the Islamic party, headed by the Minister of War. Their ideal is to revive the old traditions of Islam end rule as a conquering race on primitive Mussuiman lines, discarding the hitherto prévalent Osmanlism, which aims to introduce spurious European civilization. The sec- ond is the Osmanli party, headed by Izzet Bey and the diplomats. They seek to use finesse in dealing with the European powers, and not to excite their animosity. | The whole thing is, however, a farce, de- signed by the Sultan to enable him to pose before Europe as the innocent and un- willing victim of fanatical and patriotic subjects. The Times’ Constantinople correspond- ent says that Germany is urging the Sultan to insist upon European control of Greek finances as the only means of secur- ing the payment of a war indemnity. Kepresentatives of the Deutsche Bank will arrive at Constantinople next Satur- day to take advantage of important con- cessions promised the bank by the Sultan. Er IR BORDERING ON PANIC. No Order Among the Greek Troops at Dhomoko and Many Have Deserted. LONDON, ExG., May 16.—A dispatch from Pharsala aated Friday says desert- ers who have arrived from the Greek camp describe the condition of the Greek army as bordering on panic. They say | the troops are half starved, their daily ration being only a loaf of bread. They | are without tents and compelied to sieep 1 the rain. They declare thst since the battle of Pharsala there have been nearly 4000 desertions from the Greek ranks. This is probably an exaggeration, but it seems all discipline is pone. Soldiers don’t salute the Crown Prince, their com- mander-in-chief, and threaten their own officers. A dispatch from Larissa dated Saturday says Edhem Pasha is rapidly completing plans for the capture of Dhomoko. Many battalions of re-enforcements have arrived. The troops who have been impatient to move upon the Greeks started an aavance at the dawn of Saturday. The Greek de- serters say 25,000 men are fortified at Dhomoko. DL s GALLANTRY OF GREEKS Soldlers Fight Vallantly In Eplrus When Properly Led by the Commanders. LONDON, ExG., May 16.—The Times correspondent who is with the Greeksin Epirus, in a dispatch dated May 14, de- scribes the gallantry of the Greeks in the vattie last Thursday. They swarmed up the mountain side exposed to a fierce fire from the Turkisk entrenchments above, proving themselves fine troops when well led. The fighting was stovped by dark- ness put was resumed at dawn. The Turks defended their position vigorously and there was a hot musketry fire. As the sky became clear the Greek artillery opened fire. Turkish re-enforcements were brought up and there was a hot bat- tle at the Luros bridge. ‘When the dispatch was sent the action was of the fiercest character. The Greeks /g iy .l”‘ ¢ ! e 7. 7 | (i | ARRIVAL OF WAR NEWS IN ATHENS—Scene in Place de la Coustitution on Reception of the News of the Retreat From Larissa. {Reproduced from Le Monde Tilustre.| were gallantly advancing from all sides upon the Turks and getting the best of the battle. DECIDEDLY OFF HIS BEAT. Captain Green of the Sacramento Police Is Relieved of $1500 by a Chicago Colored Weman. CHICAGO, ILL., May 16.—Captain Green of the Sacramento Police Department is here, en route home from the convention of chiefs of police which has just closed in Pittsburg, Pa. Incidentaily Captain Green is looking for $1500 and a colored woman known to the Chicago police as Lucy Roy or Rosie Smith, Captain Green arrived yesterday afternoon. He had not walked fifty feet from the station when he was accosted by a colored woman who told him she was starving and asked him to buy meat for her. The captain offered her a quarter, but she insisted on his ac- companying her home to see for himself the evidences of her poverty. Green was conducted in‘o a scantily furnished room and sat down in the only chair. Another woman was present, but Green declares that neither got within reach of him. After a few minutes, Green says, he gave her the quarterand left. H-then thought of his money, and drew his wailet from an inside coat pocket. Upon opening it he found that $1500 in bills was missing. i READY TO “DO TIME.) Banker Chapman Le. for Washing- ton to Begin Hiv Imprisonment. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 16.—Broker Elverion Chapman left to-day for Wash- ington 1o serve the thirty days’ sentence in tke District of Columbia Jail, imposed because he refused to answer questions before the Senate Suear Trust Investigat- ing Committee. Some of Chapman's friends accompanied him to the station to bid him good-by. He appeared in very good humor, and several times referred to his coming imprisonment in a joking manner. He suid: I am sure to be compelled to ‘do time,’ | but I have been a soldier and think I can stand it. Assoon as my time is up, which I think will be about twent-five days on account of good behavior, I will return to New York.” Henry O. Havemeyer was also a passen- ger on the train. He refused to discuss his case, which will be called to-morrow. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.—H. O. Havemeyer anda John E. Searles arrived to-night with their lawyers. Neither reg- istered at hotels, and both gave orders to have no cards sent to their rooms. Searles came over 1o the Arlington early in the evening and was shown to Havemeyer's room, where the two held a iong consul- tation with their lawyers. Havemeyer's case will be called to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock before Judge Bradley of the District Court, and it g expected a mo- tion for a postponement will be made. District Attorney Davis will coasent to reasonable delay, but has announced that he will strenuously object to more than a three days’ postponement. e Two More Victims of the Pire, PARIS. Fraxce, May 16 —Mme. de Laume and daughter have died from in- juries sustained in the charity bazaar fire. CUBAN VICTORIES Two of the Most Im- portant Battles of the War. Hundreds of Spaniards Slain in Provinces Said to Be Pacified. Vast Quantities of Supplies, Arms and Ammunition Captured by the Insurgents. HAVANA, Cusa, May 16.--The most important battle of the Cuban waris be- lieved to be one fought last week near Manzanillo, Santiago de Cuba province, of which authentic news has just been re- “ceived. ' Colonel Ruiz commanded the Speniards, who numbered 2000, and the Cubans were led by Genersl Rabi and Carlos Garcia, a son of General Calixto Garcia. The battle was fought two miles from the town of Manzanillo. After a wholeday’s tighting the Spaniards, unable to retire by land to Manzanillo, had to embark on the steamer Reina de Los An- geles, making their escape by sea. Only 1300 soldiers were able to catch the steamer, and under the fire of the insur- gents the rest were killed, wounded or captured. Spanish forces under Colonel Aguilara, numbering 1500 men, met yesteriay near Guines, Havana province, the combinea Cuban forces of General Rafaelde Car- denas and General Alejandro Rodriguez. The insurgents numbered 1200, and the force under Rodriguez was nearly all cav- airy. After an engagement of several nours, Colonel Aguilara retired to Guines with heavy losses, His defeat was so marked that many of his soldiers threw away their guns, which the insurgents captured, as well as nearly all the horses of the Spanish cavalry. The amount of ammunition and other supplies captured by the Cubans makes this victory worth as much to the Cuban cause as an expedi- tion landed from the United States. The Spaniards left their wounded on the field, but they were cared for by the Cuban physicians, and after the Spaniards had abandoned the field word was sent to Aguilaia by Generals Rodriguez and Car- denas to send for his wounded soldiers. He did so in the evening, andninety-eight soldiers were carried to Guines on stretch- ers by a detachment sent for that purpose by Aguflara, which was escorted by 100 in- surgents to the outskirts of the town. ON EVERY HAND this affair are sent there to be cabled to Madrid. Caustic comments are made by the Spanish corrsspondents on the battle in view of the reported pacification of Havana province and all the western part of the island. The first report in extenso sent President McKinley by Calboun with regard to the situation gces also by the same steamer, and wiil be in Washington on Tuesday. Up to this time Calhoun had only cabled the President his general im- pressions after conferring with General Lee. e 1 b SOE ROV COLONEL AGUIREE’S FATE. One of the Foulest Murders in the List Chargenble to Weyler. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.—A private letter received to-day from one of the United States Consuls in Cuba con- firms recent newspaper dispatches an- nouncing the Xilling of ' Colonel Carlos E. Aguirre of the Cuban army by Spa troops. Accord:ng to the Consul’s state- ment, Aguirre was a victim of murder as foul as any in the long list chargeable to Weyler’s rule. The Consul's letter, dated May 7, says that Aguirre was killed last week by a Spaniaird, and half alive was dragged by the guerrilla with a rope around his neck to General Obregon, who was very angry at the sight. Aguirre was an American- citizen who had lived many years in this country. His brothers, Colonel Felix and Monure, were both killed in the previous Cuban war and his nephew, George Washington Agnuirre, was recently released from a Cuban prison after many months’ con- finement, his case haviug been the sub- ject of a long debate in the Senate. A. A. Aguirre, another brother of the murdered officer, who is one of the most active friends of the Cuban cause in the United States, is now-in Washington and will call the attention of the President and the Becretary of State to the ichuman circam- stances of his brother’s death. Heaiins THE PRESIDEN1'S KEEN INTEREST Long Conferences at the White House 2hat Are Eagerly Watoned. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.—The President gave much of his time to-dsy to tte consideration of reports concerning Cuban airs and the consultation with friends about the advisability of sending a message to Congress recommending an appropriation for the relief of distressed American citizens in the poverty-stricken island. He bad a talk this morning with Judge Day, who has had charge of the compilation of extracts from telegrams and other documentary evidence fur- nished by Consul-General Lee and the consular officers. Judge Day called to give the President all the information he had received during the latter’s absence in Pailadelphia. All of the telegrams telling of the necessity of relief in the various consular districts and a synopsis of the mailed reports which Judge Day had pre- vared were left with the President for his consideration. " The President must have found the Judge’s conversation interesting, for he stayed away from evening service to hear what the Assistant Secretary of State had to tell. Another visitor who came to give the President bis views on the question | was Representative Hitt of Iltinois, chair- man of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was sent for by the President and went to the White House about 9 o’clock. They spent 'an hour together examining the reports and discussing the necessity for a message. When Hitt left no con- clusion in the matter had been reached. Circumstances may alter the inclination of President McKinley to send a com- munication to Congress. He is making no secret of his position in the matter and it was said to-night authoritatively, aiter the visit of Chairman Hitt, that the Presi- dent had not made up his mind regarding the best course to pursue to give comfort and security to American citizens suffer- ing from the havoc created by the war. The President’s idea is that a message recommending a relief appropriation would be a good thing, but there 1s no cer- tainty in his mind that he will send one to Congress tc-morrow. Not a line of such communication has been written to- night. If it should be sent to both houses at to-morrow’s session it will be written in the morning, and a decision to that effect will cause the President to shut off all callers. The introduction of the Gal- linger resolution in ‘the Senate appropri- ating $50,000 for the euccor of starving Americans is the main reason for the President’s hesitation. As Spain bas ex- prested a willingness through her Minister to furnish every facility for distributing aid the President thinks that all thatis desired may be accomplished through the Gallinger resolution. There is consider- able opposition, however, to this measure, and it is doubtful whether it can pe adopted without being backed up by an executive communication. e A4 BOUSING M.asS-MEETING, Prominent Public Men Strongly Advo- cate Heroic Measures. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.—A very large and enthusiastic mass-meeting of Cuban sympathizers was beld at the Celumbia Theater thisafternoon under the auspices of the Woman'’s League. Senator Gallinger made a ringing speech in favor of Cuban ndependence. He thought it was time that the United States should intervene in the barbarous war, and in- timated that the sending of an American fleet into Havana harbor would have the effect of arresting hostilities. His re- marks were . punctuated with cheers, and when he attempted to resume his seat there were loud cries of ‘“‘Go ahead; hit ’em aga.” Karl Decker, a correspondent lately re- turned from Cuba, suggested that the United States force Weyler to permit the people 1o return to their haciendas. Bonner, a local newspaper man, read extracis from a letter in his possession touching the situation. Among others ne read part of a letter alleged to have been sent by Cleveland’s Assistant Secretary of State (Rockhill) to a Consul in Caba. It read : "I advise you to make your reports hereafter less favorable to the Cuban in- surgents, as this administration desires to avoid all possible friction with the Span- ish Government.” This letter brought forth applause that Continued on Second Page. ENGERS CLAMDRING FORAL Men of Angels Camp Enraged by a Foul Murder. THREATENED ATTACKON PRISON DGORS. Harry Arnett May Soon Pay the Penalty for Killing His Wifa. TRAGEDY IN THE MOUNTAIN MINING TOWN. The Victim a Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Who Became a Bride Six Months Ago. STOCKTON, Car., May 16.—One of the most fiendish murders in the history of Calaveras County was committed at Ane gels Camp this afterncon. Harry Arnett shot his 15-year-old wife through the heart and then brained her with a hatchet. Ar- nett is now in custody, but there is such sirong taik of lynching that he may pay the pentlty for his crime before morn- ing. It has been almost impossible to hold back the men who are clamoring lor his life. The murderer is we!l known in Angels Camp. He has been engaged in the candy business there and has accumu- lated some money and property in the famous mining town. He is about 27 years of age and has always been well regarded by the citizens of Angels. Many months ago he fell in love with the youthful daughter of Mrs. Knignt, who had resided fora long timeat Angels, but is nowa resident of Stent, another mining center. ‘The mother’s consent was gained and last December, although pretty Miss Knight was but 14 years of age, she was united in marriage to the man who murdered and mangled her this aiternoon. Since the marriage the child-wife of the candyman bas not been happy, and theras have been frequent quarrels between her and Arnett. This afiernoon they were at home, and with Mrs. Arnett was another girl, her cousin. Words passed between Arnett and his wife, and the quarrel finally became so heated that she talked of getting a daivorce from him. At this he grew frantic and threatened to kill his wife, and when her cousin remonstrated he threatened to take her life also. Be- coming more and more enraged, he drew a revolver and fired at Mrs. Arnett. The buliet entered her breast, and ranged downward ;near the heart. Not satistied with his work, the fiend seized a hatchet and buried it in her brain. He again threatened to kill the cousin, who, thor- oughly frightened, ran screaming from the house and gave the alarm to the neigh- borhood. Arnett dragged the mutilated body of his child-wife to the door, leaving it there with the head on the doorsill, He then fled. When the screamsof the cousin of the murdereG girl drew the attention of the neizhbors they hastened to the Arnett bouse. 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