The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1897, Page 1

/ VOLUME LXXXL—NO 178. R PRICE FIVE CENTS. " FLOUTING . EUROPE' ~ CONCERT Turkey Flatly Refuses to Relinquish Her Conquests. DETERMINED TO RETAIN THESSALY. lective Note From the Fowers. ! EASTERN SITUATION IS AGAIN GLOOMY. Active Preparations at Athens for a Possible Resnewal of the War. CONSTANTINOPLE, TuRKEY, May 26. The Council Ministers to-day dis- c the collective note of s decided to prolong the of sed i srmi 1 Thes points involved to the arbitration of the at len rs. It indefiniteiy. to even discuss the abandonment of iy, but agreed to leave the other powe il-Rifeat Pasha, the Grand Vizier, ted = statement to the Sultar day last declaring that the successes e Turkish army had revived the urdor e nation, which, thereby reunited, rround the throne in an invinci- The Grand Vizier urged the d the powers as enemies 2 to destroy Turkey, and who were plotti said we y 1d to European pressure we o te Mussuimans. Therefore, 1 e vo ajesty for t'e sake of your s ances:ors to retain Thessaly ! Vizier then recailed quest ding the Armenian ms a the Bultan refused to ted to, with the resuit that he he victory. He urged that his be guided by those examples ns atable he begzed to resign. The text of yesterday by representatives of the powers has not yet been made pu ut 1 that it expresses the gratifica- t of hostiiities, and also the right of Turkey to cation of the frontier and to de- proportion to the resources uy. ote concludes by informing the that the foreign diplomats are pre- s terms of peace with the n Minister or any other Defiant Answer to the Col-| The Ministers re- | said that if his advice was unpal- i | e note presented to the uropean governments at the | e payment of a war indemnity | | representative of the Ottoman Govern- | ment. RASR DRIVEN FEOM ATHENS, Folunteer de Felice of Italy Forced to Leare Greece., | | ATHENS, Guerce, May 26.—The noto- ‘ rious tociulist, Giuseppe de Felice, a mem- | | | | ber of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, who volunteered with the Greek army, casually met Premier Ralli at the Min- istry ol Marine to-day and vehemently abused him for the treatment accorded 10 | Italian volunteers. Ralli summoned a | po'i ceman and ordered him to convey De | | Felice on board the Italian warship, with | | the request that ne never be allowed to | i again enter Greek territory. | The Garibaldi brothers, Riciotti and | Giuseppe, who also served with the Greek | | troops, tried to rescue De Felice when he | | was being conveyed to a railway station | | en route (0 Pirmus. They were aided by a | numberof others. A sharp fight resulted, in which some of the participants were in- | jured. De Felice was placed on tie war ship Sardegna, but was released as soon es he arrived on board, owing to the in- tervention of the Italian Minister. He promises 1o leave Greece peaceably forth- with. i —_— WAR MAY BE EENEWED Gresk Govermment Preparing for a Pos- sible Ctash. LONDON, ExG., May 26.—The Standard, aliuding to the refusal of the Porte to abandon Thessaly, says that, whether the Sultan is bluffing or is the victim of | popular pressure, peace such as Europe expects cannot be reached without the | gravest complications. | ~ Tue Athens dispatch to the Times says: | “Itis believed complications have arisen | owing to the advocacy by some of the | powers, including Russia, of Turkish oc- | cupation of Thessaly until the indemnity | is paid, and to nd’s firm resistance | 1o such a project. The Greek Govern- ment are preparing for a possibie renewal | of war.” | spatch to the Times from Larissa s the im pression is general among the Turkish troops that there will be more fi g. A brigade has started for P.ourka, armed with Mausers. Another dispatch’ seys the Turkish Government | has mobilized 50,000 additional troops, who are now in readiness to advance into | Thessaly, and that the Government is active preparations for the Turk- | nistration of the province. e e | England’s 1hreat. | S, E [ May 26.—It is an- | nounced here that land has issued an official declaration that she will abandon | the concert of the powers if the Turks are allowed to remain in Thessaly until Greece has paid the indemnity demanded of her. i At Tk Insurients Active, £, May 26.—There is again | considerable citement among the in- | surgents, especially near the city of Can- | | dia. They have burned several houses in | the environs of Retimo ! HOPED TO SHCOT THE CZAR. { Wortophaos Arceatads: Hetous-tte - Oowlp Succeed and ~ Be Hangsd Like Other Heroes.” BERLIN, GERMANY, May 26.—A Lokal Anzeiger ~pecial from St Petersburg | states that a young man in the garb of a workingman was lately observed for some days loitering near the pathson which the | | Czar is accustomed to walk in the park | at Tsarskoe. He was arrested and a loaded revolver | and a aagger were found upon him. | When questioned as to his intentions he | said that he bad been a close reader of | Dostoiewski’s novels, and wanted to mur- | der the Czar and be hanged like other | l heroes. sqaare. \LHOST REE BUT HTECT Convict McCarthy Saws Through the Bars of His Cell. BETRAYED BY A SLIGHT NOISE. His Scheme Frustrated on the Eve of His Intended Departure. THEN THE TUNNELER MAKES A CONFESSION. Graphlc Story of the Attempt to Rob a Los Angeles Natlonal Bank: LOS ANGELES, CarL, May 26.—J. J. McCarthy, one of the gang that tunnelea under the First National Bank and came <0 near securing the treasure in the vault, has again displayed his skill as a me- chanic. Since his conviction on the charge of attempted robbery and sen- teace to ten years in the peni- tentiary McCarthy has been confinea in | the County Jail here awaiting the out- come of bis appeal to the Supreme Court. His cell was in the United States tank at the top of the jail. He came very near succeeding in an attempt to change his hearing of the turnkey. Late Tuesday night Turnkey Harring- | irom thbat portion of the jail where Mc- | Carthy was confined, but every time he | went upstairs to investigate the sounds ceased. When finally the officer’s suspicions were thoroughly aroused, he made an investigation, resulting inthe discovery that the prisoner had sawed out a portion of the grating at the top of his cell. Eight bars had been cut through, making an opening twelveinches The detached pottion was held in pluce by a string tied to a piece of stick three feet long, which rested on top of the grating. An investigation by Jailer Kennedy de- veloped some most astounding things. McCarthy nad not only passed through the top of his cell, but he had penetrated | the ceiling of the jail proper,having covered the hole with & square of white paper. The jailer passed through this hole into the attic, where he found a pleated rope, forty feet long, madeof a jail blanket. The jailer followed the trail beneath the roof to the west wall of the jail, whera the prisoner had removera tier of brick, leaving only one tier between him and liberty, and this frail barrier he could have put his foot through when he | quarters. That he was discovered before | he escaped from jail is aue to the sharp | ton heard some unusual noises proceeding: -~ FRANK McCOPPIN, THE DEAD PO_STMASTER.‘ pleased. As he afterward admitted it was his intention to escape to-night by means of the openings he had made, and bat for the opprtune discovery his plan would have succeeaed. Whuen the jail officiels had success- he had used. In a cuspidor they found federate visitor. In the attic was found, beside the coil of rove, a one-inch wooa chisel that had come from somewhere outside, and a jimmy that had been improvised from a fully headed off all of McCarthy’s plans | for escape, they set about to find the tools | fragments of a broken star saw that had | been brought to the prisoner by some con- | piece of bar-ron wrenched from the jail | wall. No one knows who supplied the tools, but they were used only as a skilled mechanic could use them. McCarthy claims to have served appren- | ticeships first as s navigator with his | fatuer, then as a plumber and later as an engine-fitter, and that he has learned much by experience is shown by his crim- inal acts. Since last Saturday, when the Supreme Court affirmed the verdict of the Superior Court sentencing him to ten years in the penitentiary, McCarthy has been such a different man as to excite the suspicion of his guardians. When he found, as he expressed it, that “the jig was up,” McCarthy became com- municative and expressea a willingness to tell all he knew, not oniy about his at- tempt to break jail, but about the at- tempt to rob the First National Bank. To Jailer Kennedy anli a reporter Mc- Carthy related the particulars of the dar- ing attempt to rob tte First National Bank about a year ago by excavatinga tunnel from a Commercial-street saloon cellar to the lower vault of the bank, a distance of 190 feet. The conspirators had spent about two and a half months’ time in digging this tunnel, which terminated in a lower vault of the bank, where no valuables were kept, Continued on Third Page. oF THE CAVALRY WAS WEST THESE TREES \ a gy SUPPORY TNy BATTERTCOM MANDING A PPRORCH; oF THE'ENEMY BATTER? BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE PRESIDIO AND POINTS THAT WERE PROTECTED. The victure represents the military post that was defended yesterday from a supposed enemy approaching from the south and west. . The view is from the eminence near the gate nt‘ Pacific and Central avenues. The trees in the foreground were the ones in which the pickets and the supports of the cutpost were concealed, ready to move at a moment’s notice. The reserve was posted at the line of trees north of the open ground, while the cavalry was posted behind the trees on the left. H 0 HON, FRAN MeCOPPiN San Francisco’s Post= master Succumbs to an Operation. HIS PROMINENT CAREER ENDED. Took a Leading Part in the Early History of the Municipality. WAS ONCE MAYOR OF THE CI1Y Golden Gate Park Created Through His Efforts and Streetcar Fares Reduced. Postmaster Frank McCoppin died yes- terday morning at the Mount Zion Hospi- tal, corner of Sutter and Hyde streets, from the effects of a surgical operation for cancer of the stomach and performed last Sunday morning. For some hours after the operation the patient seemed to be resting easy, but on Tuesday afternoon he began to sink. Mr. McCoppin had been in poor heaith for nine months past, but went to the hospi- tal only last week. As soon as the news of the Postmaster’s death had been received at the Postoffice the Postmaster-General at Washington was notified by Assistant Postmaster R. E. Doyle. Tue bondsmen of the deceased Postmaster met at noon, but adjourned until 3 o'clock in the aff They then appointed Assistant Postmaster Doyle to act as Postmaster until McCop- pin’s successor shall have been appointed by President McKinley. Tnis action was decided uvon by W. F. Goad, G. F. Farco and Matthew Nunan, who, with Lloyd Tevis and C. N. Felion, both of whom are now out of town, are the bondsmen of the deceased official. It is believed that President McKinley will soon appoint a successor to McCop- pin, whose term would not have expired until a year from next July. It is un- likely that the appointee of the bonds- men will bold office until the expiration of his predecessor’s term. Among the candidates for the position who had made application—supposing that the office would not bacoma vacant before July, 1898—are B. F. McKinley, an uncle of the President; Daniel T. Cole and others. It is understooa that Congressman Loud has the position at his disposal, althougzn he refuses to say whether he has or not. McCoppin received the appointment of Postmaster of San Francisco from Presi- dent Cleveland on the 20th of June, 1894. Frank McCoppin was born in Longford, Ireland, July 4, 1834, and came with his varents to Morgan County, Illinois, in 1853. In 1858 he came to California and was one of the moving spirits in the con- struction of the Market-street Railway, of which he was superintendent. It was un- der his guidance that the sandhills were cut through to the Mission. He was elected Supervisor of the Eleventh Ward in 1850 and served so satisfactorily that he heid the position for seven years, during which period he servea as chairman of various important committees. In 1867 he was made Mayor and during his term of oflice many public improve- ments were made, most important among them being the creation of Golden Gate Park. From 1875 to 1878 he served as State Senator and in such capacity he in- wroduced and successfully promulgated some important legislation, including the one-twelfth act, which put a check upon the powers of Boards ot Supervisors, and the act creating the Board of Police Com- missioners. One ot the most beneficent of his pub- lic acts was in starting the movemen. re- ducing streetcar fares in San Francisco to the uniform rate of five cents. Beiore the reduction four tickets were sold for a quarter and a single iare was ten cents. Mr. McCoppin’s next service was in the capacity of president of the Board of Harbor Commissionera. After that he <ngaged in sugar raising in the Hawaiian ds. Subsequently ne returned to Ca'ifornia settling on aranch in San Luis Obispo County. In 1888 he was appointed intestines oon. commissioner to the Melbourne Exposi- tion. It was Frank McCoppin who, after a careful study of the scale pest thatin- troduced into this State the Austra! lady-bug which exterminated the pestand saved the orchards from threatened ruin. M-. McCoppin was possessed of great physical sirength, and was a man of com- manding presence. His was indeed a “faultless physique,” an expression of which he himself was theautaor, and with which his opponents sought at ilmes to annoy him. His bright eyes and healthy complexion were but piaced in relief by his silver hair and closely cropped white beard. He was, perhaps, one of the most pro- gressive und energetic men who have ever had an influence upon the affairs of the State or municipality. Arrangements have not yet been com- pleted for the funeral, which will probably not be held for several days vet. A dele- gation of letter-carriers was sent to watch over the body as soon as news of the Post- master’s death had been received. The flags ot various public buildings were lowered to half-masi—over the Postoffice, the City Hall and the Chief Wharfinger's office, the deceased at one time having been a member of the Board of Harbor Commissioners.