The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1897, Page 1

e VOLUME LXXXI.—NO. P JNYL 177. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS WILL NOT G0 FOUTY Spain to Levy Tribute on Food for the Starving. MAY DELAY PROPOSED RELIEF. Pr ent McKinley Turns Over the Distribu'ion to the War Department. WARD LINE SHIP FURNISHED FR*E OF CHARGE. The Spanish Government Afrald to Bring Up the Question of Re- | mitting Customs Taxes. VASHINGTON, D. C., May —After ne Cabinet the matter of tributing relief to uba the Presi- ction this afternoon bv le matter over to the com- ment of the army under e Secretary of War. neral opmion was expressed at ing that the appropriation would t be sufficient to meet the demands any | h of time, as1200 Americans need im- mediate relief, ana it is likelv the Presi- t will have to for more monev. The meeting of the American consular officers is to be held a to consider the m tive campaign ¢ : this exchange of views will be telegraphed to the State Depar:men Commissary-General Sullivan had a talk with Secretary Alger about purchas- : d and other necessities, and will o work at once t the wishes f the President Smith and Colonel John J. McCo New York to- | y tendered to the Govi ment one of | he Ward line vessels for nsein transport- 1o Cuba. The er was accepted at once. The ill earry focd, clothing, medicines, etc., and will be used to convey destitute ericans who desire to leave the coun- Smith said the vessei would be at the disposal of the State Department at any time. h assurances have been received would co-operate in the distri- of supplies, it is now learned that wiil probably be levied on them. ion of remitting the duties had rred to the Spanish Government, <e idea was that the supplies would ased in Cuba and not in the States, and be furnished to needy nder the direction of Consul- | Fee at Havaus and Consul Hyatt ntiago. of these officials Spain has con- but other consular officers are d of sympathy and even collu- sion with the insurgents, and the Madrid and Havana authorities did not want ¢ to have a hand in giving out the es. lhey are afraid the pro- n Consuls would furnish aid znd omiort to the enemy. Remittance of the ties can be secured only by royal decree act of the Cories; but Spain is afraid to resort to either oi these metheds. To vring up the subject in the Cortes might a fiery discussion o the Cuban >n and the downfall of the Canovas try. It is clzimed by the Spanish authorities that a yal decree would result in an interpellation of the sent in the Cortes and bringabout state of affairs. The new complicaiion may cause a fur- ther delay in the reiief measures. Com- ary-General Suilivan will purchare eitk New sur G a simila her in New Orleans or Nothing will be bought in Cuba, where prices of everything are very hich. i disd i BRUTAL BUTCHERIES. Spaniards Rald a Cuban Hospital and Put th» Sick and Dea- fenseless to D=a‘h. HAVANA, Cupa (via Key West, Fla.) May 25 —The Spanish forces of San Quan- tin attacked a Cuban hospital at Loma Calderon, near Managua, province of Havana. The sick and wounded Cubans in the hospital were slain, also two women acting as nurses. One of the nurses behaved very bravely and fought against the assailants to defend ber life. The otber begged for mercy, crying and kneeling before the Spaniards. Both were beLieaded with machetes. In the province of Havana the war is assuming a more ferocious character. Never before have the assaults by the Spanish columns upon Cuban hospitals aud defenseless pacificos been so numer- ous. The insurgent forces in the province number 5000 men, wetl armed. Genersl Alejandro Rodriguez is commender-in- chief, and under hinr are Generals Rafael de Cerdenas and Adolfo Castillo. Colonel Nestor Arangnerr- commands the cavairy forces of Cardenas’ brigade. Colonel Raoui Arango leads about 1000 infantry. A1l these forces are constantly harassing the “is enough for me, and ought to be enough for all Spaniards.”” T1he dispatch adds that Morel also asked on what side the sympathies of European nations were eniisted in the Cuban war. Canovas re- | piied that he positively knew Spain had | the sympathy of Europe, and for this rea- | son the Government needed the advice of foreign nations 1o establish reforms in Cuba. The Prime Minister s2id also that public opinion was in favor of reforms to hasten the pacification of Cuba. It is believed Morel's question is a mere preliminary to a bitter campaign against | the Government in the Cortes if a minis- terial crisis arises, Famine is making ravages in the prov- ince of Matanzas. Both Spaniards and Cubans ere perishing. The city of Ma- | tanzas itself is in dire distress. At Carde- nas, same province, the depreciation of paper money has reached a ridiculous ex- treme. Ten dollars in paper is worth only 50 cents in silver. The distribution of relief to American citizens here will probably produce a con- fli~t with the Spanish Government if the $50,000 voted by the American Congress is really to be applied in favor of the starv- ing Americanz. The Spanish army is hostile to the idea of American Consuls distributing relef, and this plan is locked upon by the Gov- ernment officials as involving interference by the United States in Spain’s affairs. They say that the food and money should be given to the Spanish authorities, who would take care of the distribution. Calhoun and Lee will probably return Wednesday from Matanzas. It is gener- ally believed here that if Calboun intends to proceed farther east than Matanzas Weyler will interpose objections. e LIBERALS REFUSE. They WIill Not Return to Parlla- ment Until Given Satisfaction for the Insult. MADRID, Srary, May 25.—In accord- ance with the request of the Government supporters in the Cortez, the President of the Chamber of Representatives to-dav | visited SBagasta and asked him to inflvence | the retcrn to Parliament of the Liberals, declined to attend sittings until they | receive satisfaction for the affront put | upon them by the Duke of Tetuan in box- | ing the ears of Comas, the Liberal Sena- | tor, after an altercation in tke lobby of the Cortes. Sagasta thanked the President for his courtesy, but said he regretted that he could not advise the Liberals to comply | with his request. He added that the | differences of the Liberals were not with | the majority 1 the Cortes but with the | Government, which must first give satis- | faction to the Libeials before they would | return to their legislative duties. The Senate and Hhouse of Representa: tives met to-day, the Ministerialists aione attending. Senor Castellane, Minister of the Colonies, submitted biils for a loan to | cover the expenses of the campaign in th Philippine Islands, and also credits to en- able the Government to continue the war in Cuba. The newspapers here consider the sitna- tion very grave. i AMEKICANS IN ENGLAND, Some Adve Patriotic, Whils Others Re- pudiate Their Cowntry. LONDON, Exc, May 25.—The first in- novation made by Osborne, the new United Siates Consul-General, is to have he American flag hoisted daily at the consaulate. Subscriptions to the fund for the en- dowment in perpetuity of a bed in each of the five leading London hospitals, which wus started by Americans residing in | England as a memorial to the Queen’s jubilee, are comiug in slowly and without much eclat. The largest subscription is that of Mrs. John' W. Mackay, $500. Astor | subscribed $100. Some who had been | asked to put_iheir names on the lists de- | olined, notably the Duchess of Mari- borough (nee Vanderbiit), who pleads as a | rea:on that she i< no longer an American. | s s Brooke = Mujor-General. | WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—Briga- | dier-General John R. Brooke was to-day nominated by the President o be major- zeperal. Tie nomination was confirmed immediately by the Senate. The cross represents the place on the line of railroad where a Spanish military train was attacked by insurgents a few days ago. Several dynamite bombs were exploded by the attacking party which resulted in the.killing of a number of Spaniards and the destruction of the locomotive and one of the cars. CRISPI THREATENED KING HUMBERT Declared That Unless the Scandal Ended Two Would Be Exiled. One Would Be His Majesty, With Millions, and the Other the EX~Premier. Developments Connected With the Scandal Growing Out of a Big Loan for Election Expenses. ROME, ItaLy, May 25.—Concernlng the connection of ex-Premier Crispi with the bank scandals, one of Orispi’s intimate friends gives the following account of his transactions: ““Shortly before the election of 1895 Crispi, with the assent of - Lis colleagues, asked the sank of Naples for a loan of 400,000 lire for election expenses, the money to be repaid from the secret service fands. Shortly afterward came the downfall of the Crispi Cabinet, at which time only 220,000 lire of the loan had been repaid. rispi at once informed the King of his distressed condition. His Majesty gave 120,000 lire toward paying the re- mainder of the indebtedness, and Baron Blanc furnished the 60,000 necessary to | | | make up the full amount. paid the bank completely. “When the newspapers began the agita- tion he hurried to Rome and demanded an audience with the King. He was received by the King, to whom he showed the re- ceipt of the bank for the money he had repaid, and demanded that his Majesty put an end to the campaign of injustice against him. The ex-Premier declared that unless the campaign of prosecution against him was ended he would defend nimself to the last, adding: ‘in such a case two persons go into exile—I as a poor man, and you, sire, with your mil- lions.” " The general impression is that the mat- ter wiil receive a speedy trial in the courts, but it remainos to be seen what will be the effects of the ex-Premier’s in- terview with the Kin Crisp’s friend maintains that, in view of tie interview; atrial in the courts is quite an impossibility. Thus Crispi ‘8 to the Duty on Upium. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9. — Special Treasury Agent Moore, stationed at San Francisco, bas made a report to | the department in which he argues against an increase in the duty on opium in the Senate tariff biil from $6t0$8 a pound. He bases tne objeciion to an in- crease on the experience of the custom service in San F.ancisco. When opium was assessed at $12 the drug was smuggled in to the States in large quantities. After the duty was reduced to $6 smug- gling vractically ceased, and a larger revenue wus secured than under ihe higher duty. He thinks $5 would be a safer duty. The officials at the treasury agree with Moore’s view. ) gty As Minister to Brasif. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—Among the nominations submitied to the Senate to-day was that o: Edwin H. Concer of Iowa to be Envoy Extraordinary and Min- ister Plenipotentiary t o Brazil. Conger was born in Iilinois in 1843, served in the aray during the Civil Wur and was elect- ed to Congress from Iowa in 1884 GERMAKY GIVES HER APPROVL {So the Powers Present | the Identical Note to the Porte. | One Additional Step Toward the Conclusion of Peace Negotiations. Prince Francls Joseph of Batten- berg to Be Appointed Gov- ernor of Crete. VIENNA, Avustria, May 25.—The Neue | Freis Presse’s Constantinople corre- spondent says Germany has finally given ner approval to the conditions of peace between Greece and Turkey formulated | by the powers, and the identical note of the European Governmenis setting forth these conditions was consequently pre- sented to the Porte to-day. The text of the note is unknown, but it is said its tone is mild and rather suysgesiive than imperative. It does not admit the Turkish demands regarding the | cession of Thessaly or the abrogation of | capitulations in favor of Greek subjects in Turkey. Itadmits the principle of in- demnity‘but claims the payment asked by Turkey is excessive. In conclusion, the powers refuse to accede to the peace nego- tiations being conducted at Pharsala and insist that the terms of peace be discussed at Constantinop! LONDON, En May 25—The Stan- dard's Berlin special says the powers and Turkey have assented to the appoint- ment of Prince Francis Joseph of Batten- berg as Governoz of Crete. ATHENS, Greece, May 25.—The United States cruiser Cincinnet: has arrived at the Pirzus, port of Athens. With a view to preveniing brigandage the Government has ordered that mem- bers of the Ethnike Hetairia be disarmed wherever found. Colonel Btaikos, who succeeded Vassos in Crete, telegraphed the Minister of War Monday night that, altbough ready to depart from the island, the admirals commaunding the foreign fleets in Cretan waters would not allow him to do so unless be took the cannons that were in possession of the insurgents at Akrotiri. e Ralif, following the receipt of the dis- paten, visited Egerton, the British Min- ister, and protested against the action of the admirals as iliogical and unjust, de- claring that Staikos could not force the insurgents to give up the cannon. Later Ralli instructed Staikos to request the in- | surgent leaders to deliver the guns to him, and a dispatch from Canea announced that the request was complied with, CAIRO, Ecypr, May 25.--The public prosecutor, at the instance of the German Consul here, bas begun proceedings lagainst the editor of the Monshir on the charge of lese majeste. 'The Moushir printed an article in which the writer sought to explain Germany’s support of Turkey by slleging that Emperor Willjam had rece'ved the sum of 6,000,000 francs from the Sultan. Eeid as special Envow, LONDON, Ex May 25.—Divlomatic correspondence is in progress concerning the proposal to send a special Embassador from the United States to the Queen’s jubilee. The name of Whitelaw Reid is mentioned as the probable appointee. BENNINGTON COMANCHE Spaniards, and 2000 regulars who are rating against them can’t make the urzents abandon tHe small territory of the province. Tbe discipline and organi- zation of the Cubans is perfect. The “pacification’” of the province by Weyler has been made most ludicrous by recent events, A cable dispatch from Madrid says that Sencr Morel asked the Government for Proof of the reporied defeat of insurgents in the Occident, and Canovas answered that he could not produce any document regarding the victory except official com- munications from Weyler. “But Weyler's word,” added Canovas, ) o MONTEREY. SAN FRANCISCO s e IS WELL MONADNOCK WHEELING . PROTECTED. . MARIETTA. . It is many a long day since so many warships have been bunched in the bay at one time. Early yesterday morning there could be seen from Folsom-street wharf the old monitor Camanche, the gunboat Bennington, the sloop-of-war Alert, the coast-defense steamers Monadnock and Monterey and the two new gunboats Wheeling and Marietta. The Alert was under way at the time, bound for Unalaska. On her arrival there she will take the Pinta in_tow and bring her to San Francisco. The little warship vears, and on her arrival here will probably be placed in Rotten Row at Mare Island. On her return the Alert will be sent to Honolulu. The Wheeling and Marietta were out for when it comes to an offi:ial trial. has seen continuous service for ‘trlal spins around the bay. Both vessels have so far exceeded the expectations of their builders, and the chances are that they will beat all vessels in their class The Monadnock and Monterey are just back from cruises up and down the coast, and will remain in port for some time to come, while the Camanche will go to the Mare Island Navy-yard in a few days for a thorough overhauling. She will be repainted and renovated throughout and. on her return to her moorings Lieutenant-Commander Turner says she will ‘look as spick and span as any warship in the bay. Bcfore going to the navy-yard the members of the battalion will go for a cruise around .the bay on the old-timer. The Bennington is awaiting orders. “Just where she will be sent is not known, but the chances are that she will go to Honolulu. With all these warships in port, the Folsom-street landing has been carrying visitors to the various vessels, and those, in conjunction with the men on shore leave, have made things very lively crowded daily. Launches and rowboats around the south end of the water front. have been coming and going every hour, THREE DIED DURING THE TRIPNORTH The Colon Is Placed in Quarantine Pending Investigation. REPORT OF THE SHIP'S SURGECN. Says That in None of the Cases Were There Symptoms of Yellow Fever. THE VESSEL AND PASSENGERS FUMIGATED. Some Cases of the Scourge In Cen= tral American Ports, but Not Epidemic in Panama. Another of the Pacific Mail Company’s steamers was sent into quarantine yester- day. There were three deaths during the voyage, and owing to the yellow fever scare the quarantine officers considered it better to be sure than sorry, so they de- cided to fumigate the ship, passengers and evervthing connected with them before allowing her to dock. The Colon brought twenty-three cabin and forty steerage passengers. The United States Consul-General wrote stating: “‘There are several cases of yel- low fever here (Panama) and a few deaths, but the disease is not epidemic and the scourge is no worse than it has ever been.” This communication, coupled with the fact that Dr. Park had a slight doubt as to the cause of death in one case, decided Quarantine Officer Chalmers to act promptly. The Colon sailed from Panama on May 1 and twenty-four hours later the passen- gers began to sicken and all three died within ten days. Dr. Park of the steamer makes a very full report of the cases, and his statements as to the cause of death are countersigned by Dr. C. Renz of the Mail Company’s steamer City of Para and Dr. A. Marshall of Quezeltenango, in Guate- mala. In substance the report sets forsh: “Left Panama on the 1st inst., and next day Gustave Benderel, a native of Switz- erland, aged 75 years, was taken sick, and on the 7th inst. he aied. Idiagnosed his caseas one of pernicious malarial fover, complicated Wwith Bright's disease. He was conscious up to within a few hours of his death. There was no vomit, no diarrhea, and the body did not change color. Dr. Renzof the City of Para and Dr. Russell, a well-known physician of Guatemala, were in consultation with me and both came to the same conclusions as myself. “On the 3d inst. Fieder Peiger was taken down, and I diagnosed his case as one of pernicious malarial fever, compli- cated with pulmonary pnthisis. His symptoms were the s=me as those of Benderel, excepting that Peiger, who was only 13 years old, suffered from severe pains in the back of the nead. I was a little doubtful as to the diagnosis, but am positive it was not a case of yellow fever. Peiger died seven days after -he was taken sick.”’ . T. Bennett, aged 35 years, also died on the 10th inst. He had been working in the mines in Central America and wanted to reach San Francisco. T ex- amined him in Panama and found him to be suftering from entero-coletis. On my advice the company’s agent refused to sell him a ticket, as I considered him dapgerously ill. He stowed himself away, however, and the second day out was dis- covered and brought before the captain. There was nothing for it but to bring him along. I did everything possible for him and when the consultation was held we found he was also suffering from inter- mittent fever. He died on May 10. The remains of all three were buried at sea. In no instance were there any of the symptoms of vellow fever, and we had no yellow fever on board.” The cabin passengers by the Colon were: Fred J. Eliiot, Watter B. Scott, W. J. Rogers, C. F. del Rio, L. Matthius, Fred Wade, J. R. Kose Linaros, Max Rivlish, William Mar- tin and wife, Jose La Paros, XMrs. T. Shiner, William Corwell, Willam W. Putd, Leociarar Priciar, Rafal Volaica, Richard Egan, Erpest White and three Chinese for Hongkong. After their baggage had beerf fumigated they were allowed to land. The tug Mil- len Griffiths brought tbem to the Mail dock and will bring over the steerage pas- sengers to-day. Then when the steamer has been fumigated she will dock, and then the Millen Griffiths will be fumi- gated. In talking about the matter yesterday Dr. Chalmers said: ““There is no yellow fever on board the Colon, and’the only reason for sending her into quarantine was the prevalence of the disease in the ports whence she came. Besides this the ship’s physician was Are You Tired All run down in health, without vitality, with noappetite, cannot sleep? This con- dition is aue to impoverished blood. 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