The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING. SELECTING A MINIST 10° SPAIN General Jacob D. Cox of Ohio Is Offered the Mission. AN IMPORTANT TRUST. DEEMED President McKinley to Pro- ceed Very Slowly in Cuban Affairs. DISPLEASED WITH CALHOUN FOR HIS TALKATIVENESS. No sctlon to Be Taken Until After the Chlef Executive’s Return From Nashvllle. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8.—The President has offered the Spanish mission to General Jacob D. Cox, ex-Governor of Ohio, ex-Secretary of the Interior and ex- Representative in Congress. General Cox is in his sixty-ninth year, bat is vigorous in body and mind. The President has known him a long time. The coatingency that Cox may decline bas already been provided for. The Presi- dent has determined in that event he will offer the place to General Stewart L Woodford of Brooklyn. The selection of a suitable Minister to Spain is regarded as very important. The office, President Mc- | Kinley believes, will be one of great honor | and prominence in negotiations that will | ensue concerning Cuba, and the subject | bas been discussed at several meetings of the Cabinet. It came up again to-day | apropos the declination of the mission | by President Seth Low of Columbia Col- lege. Low’s declination is positive, much to the disappointment of McKinley. The President emphasized at the Cabi- met meeting his belief that the Cuban question should be considered with delib- | eration and caution. He has all along shown a disposition to proceed slowly, so there mav be no mistakes to regret on the ground that it had no consideration. One thing thet can be stated with positiveness on the best authority s, that the Prasi- dent will not take action on the Cuban matter until after his return from the Nashville Exposition. The verbal report-of Calhoun on the situation, part of which was made to the President at the White House this after- noon, may confirm the wisdom of any plan in his mind, but has not caused any alter- ation in his intention to postpone positive action uuntil the Nashville trip is over, when a further conference with Calhoun will be held. The great care the President is exercis- g in the seléction of a Minister to Spain indicates his intention to intrust the set- tiement of Cuban affairs between this country and Spain to the Minister. No time will be lost after the new M ter has been confirmed in sending him to his | post. He will carry instructions embody- | ing the intentions of McKinley concern- | ing Cuba. In other woris, McKinley's Cuban policy will have been fully framed before the new Minister leaves for Madrid. Calhoun went almost immediately from | the station when he arrived this afternoon to the State Department to see As istant Secretary of State Day, who bas charge of everything officially relating to the Guban situation. He was accompanied by Fish- back, hix secretary in the Ruiz investiga- tion. Day, Calhoun and Fishback were with the President two hours and a hal:. Calhoun will eall to-morrow morning for & further conference. Calhoun will not accompany the Presi- dent to Nashville. It was intimated a the White House last week that he would be invited to go in order that McKinley might have an opportunity to hear a fuil account of his views on the situation. The information that Calhoun will not be of the Presidential party is coupied with an interesting rumor that the President to- day took the commissioner to task for talking too freely for the newspapers in New York yesterday and while in Cuba. What Calhoun told McKinlev was pretty well outlined in the New York interviews. State Department officials were thunder- struck to-day by bis frankness in talking to the newspapers. It is hinted at the State Department that Bpain is likely to make representa- tions regarding Calhoun’s implied eriti- cisims. The extreme caution of Bpain on the Cuban question at this critical time, however, contradicts the opinions of offi- cials. The Spanish Minister has shown a disposition to preserve the most amicable relations with the administration, and friends say he would hesitate to cause any friction. The statement made about the postponement of any definite action con- cerning Cuba until after the President's return on June 15, applies aiso to the ac- tion the administration will take in the Ruiz case. That the Government will make strong representations to the Min- ister of Foreign Affairs in Madria is cer- tain, but the President will not decide on their character until he comes back. — WEYLER IN HASTE. Desires to Rallroad the Cases of Persons Wrongfully Accused of Being Dynamit-rs. HAVANA, Cusa, June 8.—The military tribunal in charge of the proceedings against many important and well-known persons of Havana who are being prose- cuted as dynamiters has received orders from Weyler to hasten the matter and pass sentence. Owing to the position and family influence of some of these persons | being knocked down three times before he Those adjudged by the tribunal gailiy will be sentenced to death, while those de- clared to be imviicated in. a lesser degree will undergo life impri<onment in chains. These are the only punishments provided | in the special law against dvnamiters which has been promulgated in Cuba by Wegler. It was hoped that Weyler would be re- called and Campos sent here to replace him, in which event it is thought this at- empt to railroad innocent persons to death will be stopped. The military tribunal has sent a note to the civil judges in Huavana and to the pulice & information about the con- duet during times of peace of thirty per- sons who are now under prosecution. All but sixteen are now in jail. The others are in the United States. Weyle: says he will dem their extradition. Their only erime 13 that they are politicallv op- posed to 8pain, and while they are prose- cuted as dynamiters, the real ba-is of their offending is that they have held, while in Havana, political relation with the insurgents or with the New York junta. One of them, Alionsc Lopez. was president of the Cuban junta in Havana. AND J(PAN, How an Enalish Ofiicial Organ Views Their Co.ivorersy. LONDON. Ex June 8. —The St. James Gazette to-day publisnes a seusational article on the situation in the Pacifie | Ocean apropos of the quarrel now existing between the Hawaiian republic and the Japanese empire. The Gazette seems to havea very poor opinion of both the principala ‘in the maiter. It describes | Hawaii as a corrupt little republic run by a handful of American filibusters. 1t says that Japan has been so greatly puffed up by its easy victory over China that it is spoiling for a fiznt with a white power, and that America mey very unexpectedly oblige her if matters come to a crisis in Hawaii. HAwAIL —_— SEVERE PFARTHQUIKE SHOCKS. They Cause Considerable Damage and Alarm in Mexico. OAXACA, Mex., June 8 —The earthe quake disturbances in the southwestern part of this State and throughout the State of Chiapas on Sunday and yester- day were the severest in many years. In many smaller mountain viilages the peo- ple fled from their homes to escape being kilied by falling adobe walls. It is re- ported that great damage was done on the Isthmus of Tehuantepee. It is believed these seismic disturbances are the fore- runners of eruptions of new volcanoes | southwest of here. TWO KLLED, TWG INJURED. Fatal Battle Between a Superintendent | and Striking Poles at an 1//:- nois Mime. MINONK, InL, June 8.—Two were killed and two wijured in a conflict in this city this morning between s venty-five Polish miners and A. J. M irgan, superin- tendent of the Chicazo and Minonk Tile Works. The Minonk miners have been on astrike since May 10. About tifteen men have been working. The strikers to- | day tried to persuade the men to leave. They intercepted Frank Lewis, who was going to work. Lewis went back. Mor- gan went after him, offering to protect | him if he went to work. Lewis started to g0 to the shaft with Morgan when the strikers gathered around. Lewis weakened and said he would not work. The men pushed him toward home agamn. Morgan fired two shots into the ground, but s third shot, struck John Avetoski Jr. behind the ear, causing in- stant cea:h. The strikers sprang npon Morgan, and before rescued he was beaten | and kicked until helpless. Finally Ea- ward Kelly rushed in tne crowd, gathered Morgan in his arms and carried him across the tracks to the company ground 2ot away. Morgan became unconscious and died soon afier. Jcseph Erbeland. top boss, was badly bruised. Harry Halegera, a miner, was suot in the head. — ANOTHER O1i. SYNDICATIE. Secures Rich Fietds and Will Fight the | Standard Monopoly. | TOPEKA, Kaxs,, June 8.—A syndicate of Chicago capitalists, including Armour and Pullman, has secured control of several thousand acres of valusble oil fields in Southern Kansas and Ladian Ter- ritory. and intends to begin war against the Standard Oil Company. The syndi- cate will be known as the Morris Oil Com- Workmen nave been boring wells nce last Jenuary. The company will erect an oil refinery within a month, - GRAVE SI1UALION IN MONT.ANaA. Belicved That Trouble With the Indiams 1 Imervitable. HELENA, MoxT.,, June 8.—Notwith- standing the confidence expressed by the military authori ties, County Atiorney Porter of Custer County say< that the situation is exceedingly serious aud he believes tnat trouble with the Indians is almost incvitable. Sheriff Gibb left this morning for Tame Deer with warrants for the arrest of White Bull, Yeilow Hair and Sam Crow for the murder of Hoover, the stockman. The lndians wanted are with the 200 bucks who left the reservation, and will probably not surrender without a fight. The Indians are under the teadership of White Bull, and will do whatever he tells them to do. Should they make a fignt it may fare badly with the Snerff and bhis posse. TENNESSEE SHOKT OF rUNDS. State Officers ZTrying to Negotiate a Loan From Wall Sirect. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 8.--Edward Craig, Treasurer and Insurance Commis- sioner of Tennessee, is in Wall street to- day negotiating for funds for State ex- venses. Reductions in tax rates in 7Ten- nessee caused the financial straits. Goy- ernor Taylor wili join bim to-aay. Taxes in Tennesses have been rather high for some time past, and there was a very popular demand for the reduction. It js suid that the expense o the Staie Government has been much higner thas, it should have been. The State has fairly good credit and there is vot much doubt that enough smoney for its purposes can be borrowed here at reasonable rates, - Water Works Men Mset at Denver, DENVER, Covo., June 8.—The seven- teenth annual convention of the Amer- ican Water Works convention began here to-day. After arranging some unim- and a lack of evidence against them ihe tribunal has been delaying procedure. There is no truth whatever in the charges, but Weyler wants the suspects Kkilled. portant details the convention adjourned until to-morrow. The headquarters of the cenvention are al the Albany Hotel. It is expected that the session will las untiil June 1L } \ \ ® ‘@ O A %6 ) Y e W Lt THE SPANISH CRUISER REINA MERCEDES Firing on the American Steamer Vallencia at the Mouth of Guantanam o Bay, Cuba. The Vallencia is one of the Ward Line of steamers plving betwesn New York, Nassau, Cuban ports and Panama, and is well known along the whole route, espe- cially by the Spanish war vessels patrolling the Cuban coast. On the last voyage as she was leaving the harbor of Guantanamo on her way to Santiago de Cuba, and was hardly clear of the mouth, she was signaled by the cruiser 10 show her coiors. Not respondin: promptly enough to suit the Spaniard the latter fired a blank, followed immediately by a round shot, which struck dangerousiy near the steamer’s quarter. The Valienci. plaint of the Wara Line Company. shortly after the beginning of the Cuban war. The matter is now in the bands of the State Department on the com- is a sister ship to the Alliancia of the same line, which had a simiiar experience off Cape Maisi, a litile further east, FRANK A LEACH GETS THE PLACE Nominated to Succeed Daggett as Mint Su- perintendent. Selection of the Popular Editor of Oakland Made Sooner Than Expected. \ In Discussing the Appointment He Says No Applications for Places Have Been Consldered. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8 —The nomination of Frank A. Leach of Oak- land as Superintendent of the Mint at San Francisco, which was sent to the Sen- ate to-day, was made a week or two sooner than expected, as the Secreiary of the Treasury wished to have his own man on | the ground when the cash was counted. It is customary for the Mint Superintend- | ent to hold until July 1, or the beginning of the fiscal year. The California delea- tion recommended Mr. Leach for the place several months ago, and his ap- pointment was therefore expected to be made some time this month, Frank A. Leach has been a Republican journalist for neariy ihirty years. He came from the Siate of New York when quite young, and started a litile paper in Napa City of which he was the proprietor, editor, reporter and printer. It thrived for a few vears, after which Mr. Leach moved to Vallejo, where he founded the Vailejo Chronicie and conducted it for many years. He was (wice elected to the Legislature from Solano County, and took a prominent part in the laws regarding | thirty have been included. revenue. | ing superintendent. Oakiand with his family and acquired the Enquirer when it was 8 tri-weekly paper. He soon changed it into a daily and has always been an advocate of pure Repub- licanism and sound money. Thronghout nearly ail of his journalistic career Frank Leach has been on terms of intimate friendship with Coneressman Hilborn, Senator Perkins and Secretary | McKenna, and there 1s Bo doubt that his acquaintance with these powerful forces succeeded in gaining for lim the appoint- ment to the Min:, Mr. Leaci’s strongest competitor was Senator Eli Denison, who was regarded as being certain of the position till about iwo months ago, when Mr. Leach re- ceived a dispaich from Frank McLaugh- lin, who was then in Washingion, telling bim that the California delegation had unanimously agreed on him to succeea John Daggett. Senator Denison was considered by the County Central Republican Committee 1o be deserving of some recognition at rhe hands of the sdministration, not only on account of his personal ciorts on befjalf of Republicanism, but also because of his willinzness to put his hund deep down in his pocket whenever the necessity for it arose. Tne Senator went to Washington and returned a few weeks ago. He still had hopes of carrying off the Mintap- pointment, snd there were many who considered that the chances of both men were equal. To-day’s dispatch, however, has ended all doubt. “Ishall do nothing in the way of con- sidering any apolication for appoint- ment,” said Mr. Leach yesterday, “until L am aciually in ottice, which will not be for a few weeks at least. A very mistaken idea exists regarding the amount of patronage to be dispsased by the incom- Asa matter of fact there is not a single change that can be made except for cause. Every office is un- der the civil service ruies, and even the pr sent superintendent’s secretary has a right to expect that he will be reta ned. ‘it may be in the best interests of the department that some changes be made, but of this I cannot say anthing at this time. When Mr. Dagzett took office out of the 250 people in the Mint there were only thirty that did not come under civil ser- vice rules, and since that time even these 1 have abso- lutely given no one any encouragement Some years ago Mr. Leach removed to | that he may look for a position. Of course FRANK A. LEACH OF OAKLAND, Nominated as Superin- tendent of the San Francisco Mint. 'l 1 sball receive many petitious and shall | consider them carefully. I would say, | however, to anybody who expects an ap- | pointment that they had better pass the | civil service examination at once and | place themselves in line, so that they will | have one more chance than the man who ! | has not passed the examination. { “Being quite confident since my return | from Washington that the President]| would make the appointment I have| uaturally inquired somewhat into the du- | ties and _responsibilities of the posilion.‘ I have carefully looked over every posi- tion in the Mint, and I must say that 1.} cannot see my way clear at this time to make a single appointment.” | | e | SILVER REPUBLICAN PARTY. | White - Metal Men From Many Launch the New Craft at Chicogo. CHICAGO, Irn., June 8—The Bilver | Republican party was launched this after- noon at the Leland Hotel. Iis sponsors were Charles A. Towne of Minnesota, ex- Senator Fred T. Dubois of Iaaho, J. Van- vorhis of Indiana and a hundred others. The States represented were Alabama, Ar- kansas, California, Colora lo, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Iliinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississip- i, Michigan, Minnesota, M:ssouri, Mon- | tana, New Jersey, New York. North Da- | | kota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South | Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming and West Virginia. Oklahoma was the only Territory. Alexander Delmar, a writer on money, came all the way from London to cheer the white metal cause. | Provisional Chairman Towne said that | affiliation with all existing white metal parties would be the rule with the new party if the identity of the Silver Repub- | licans should not be lost, and that plans would be made immediately for perfecting the organization throughout the country. Towne said that the immediate business in hapd was the determination of time ana place of holding the National con- vention, the membership of which could | make an authoritative d claration of prin- c ples, and the adoption of a plan of gen- | eral orgarization in the States and Terri- tories would follow. J. B. Manager of West Virginia was chosen secretary of the conference. Tele- grams of regret wers read from Senator Caunon of Utah and General Warner. At the night session the time was devoted | | entirely to speech makin. ABBITT DEFENDS RADER. ! At the Same Time Expresses His Views as to the Standard of the Chris- | tian Endeavor Society. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 8.—Rev. Dr. Lvman Aobott, discussing the controversy in San Francisco over Rev. William Ra- der's sermons, said to-day : “I took » deep interest in Rader’s views because [ believed him to be a conscien- tious Christian man who desired to get at the truth in all things. ' I have had a good deal of correspondence with him and find him a man of fine spirit, bright mind, and in every semse a true spiritual guide. I took this ground, to which Istill hold, in an editorial in the Outlook: ‘Ifno one | may lawfully hold office in the Christian | Endeavor Convention who could not be admitted to the presbytery, and 1if acci- dent may exclude from fellowship of the Christian Endeavor Society any clergy- man for holding and teaching views con- cerning biblical criticism which are freely beld and taught in Congrezational pulpits from Sandy Hook to Golden Gate, because they do not conform to the decision of the General Assembly, then it may exclude a | Friend because he does not believe in the | sacraments, or an Episcopalian because he does not believe the Presbyterian form of government is apostolic, or a Methodist because he does not believe in election and foreordination. There is only one possible basis for a Christin union in an organization like the Christian Endeavor Society. it isthat no denomination shall seek to impose its own standards on a sis- ter denommation. In denying this prin- ciple one excludes not merely Raier but all Congregational clergvmen from its fel- lowship.””’ Dr. Abbott believes Rader wiil resign the chairmanship of the Endeavor pulpit supply committ, States | i E ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June8.— The Czar to-day gave *n audience to Fos. | ter, special United States envoy in“the in- terest of the Alaskan seal herds, who will | endeavor to gain Russia’s co-operation, l | base of KovalofP’s cottage. | which is so small that it is marvelous how (CALMLY YIELDED 10 THER FATE Fifteen Persons Buried Alive Without Any Resistance. How Members of the Raskol- niki Sect Died Without Moving a Muscle. Victims Donned Thelr Best Gar- ments, Over Which They Placed Shrouds LONDON, Exc., June 8.—Further de- tails have been received from the special correspondent of the Daily News who is inquiring into the Tirespol (Russia) trag- edy, in which fifteen persons belonging to the Raskoiniki, a religious sect, were, of their own volition, buried alive or wallea up in the cellar of Feodore Kovaloff, now under arrest. The cellar is a cave at the In this place, so many were buried there, nine bodies were found, lying alternately head to feet. In oue instance a hollow had been scooped in the cluy to make room for the head of a victim. The governor of the prison in which Kovaloff was confined learned from the prisoner that tha interments were madeat night in the presence of a number of his co-religionists. The victims donnea their, best garments, over which they placed shrouds. Then they prustrated themselves silently and resignedly in the graves, lying in close array, always on the right side. They did not utter a moan nor move a hand or limb while they permitted Kovaloff to shovel the earth upon them. Not even the children relented in their resolution or yielded to the physical in- stinct which causes a dying person to wrestle in the death agony, althou -h they | might have stepped out while the clods were falling upon them PhLotographs of the corpses prove that the victims died motionless. Nine per- sons were immured in Kovaloff's celiar on December 23, six in Gorsin’s garden on December 27, six in Kovaloff's garden, in- cluding Vitalia, the bprophetess, and Kovaioff’s mother, on February 9, and four in Sukhoff’s garden on February 28. Kovaloff, though his face is of a poor type, bears an excellent character, is sober, thrifty, gentle, affectionate and well-to-do, like all the sect. The correspondent suspects that similar practices have been going on for years in the more populous village of Plotzkoe. The police will shortly search for bodies at that place. EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS. Many Persons Injured During a Fu- viliade at a Factory. CHICAGO, Irn., June 8, —A terrific ex- plosion at Nathan Shurl's fireworks fac- tory caused a panic to-night. Thirty-six persons were injured on the streets, which were thronged. Skyrockets shot througn the air, Roman candles and other pyro- technic pieces exploded, sending blazing | powder and balls ot fire hissing into the crowds. Horses ran away and pedestrians were knocked duwn and trampled upon. The remarkable part of the affair was that nobody was burt seriously. Ten or eleven passers-by were painfully cut by broken glass which was hurled from win- dows by the explosion. Tae explosion is supposed 10 huve beer caused by an em- ploye stepping on a rercussion cap. The damage is about $50.000. WILL BE LYNCHED IF CAUGRT. Purswit of a Mexican Who Murdered a Family in iexac SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 8. —Maximo Martinez, the Mexican who murdered a whole family, consisting of a busband, wife and young daughter, in Wilson County, just south of here, Sunday, will be lvnched if captured. The community is greatly aroused. All preparations bave been made for lynching the prisorer as s00n as captured. Martinez, aiter mur- dering the oid couple, aitempied to assault the girl and when she resisted he killed her also. He is being closely pur- sued by a posse, x ',-, -~ \ DURRMNT I STILL DIE FRIDA Warden Hale Has Not Decided Not to Hang Him. ATTORNEY-GENERAL IS SILENT. No Definite Given Instructions Yet to the Prison Official. THE CASE BECOMING A MAZ: OF LAW. The Condemned Man’s Attorneys Manifest Symptoms of Alarm for Their Client’s Position. Durrant’s fate is not settled by any means. 1t is within the range of proba- vility that he may hang on kriday next, despite the apveal now pending in the Federal courts. Atany rate, Warden Hale bas not as yet made np his mind not to carry out the sentence on the day fixed by the State courts, and back of itallisa new chapter in Federal law, which has changed the complexion ot affairs entire- ly. As a result, Durrant’s attorneys are considerably alarmed. ‘The attorneys for the condemned man now rely wholly on the apolication for a writ of habeas corpus, which they hope to make to the Supreme Court at Washing- ton in August. The fact that the Circuit Court of Appeals, while denying the writ, allowed an appeal the lawyers have con- strued as negauiving the decree of death of the State courts for the present. At~ torney-General Fitzgerald was at first inclined to view things from this stand- point. Now heis in doubt. 1f Warden Hale shoutd persistin hanging Durrant on Friday next he might sim- piify the legal wrangle a great deal. The condemned man out of the way the Su- preme Court would be cailed upon to pass upon & “mool’’ case. That is one where the person or thing in whose interest the litigation is brought has disappeared, or gone beyond the jurisdiction of the court. Tue court would then be asked to issue a writ of release for a man dead, or at at least without the pale of any relief it vould afford. This paradox has been presented to the court before, and, as it happens, it was in connection with one of a series of cases that gave Durrant’s attorneys their cue to the present proceedings. It was Attorney Thomas P. Riordan who is entitled to the credit of providing the precedent. An ap- peal was taken by him to the Bupreme Court to prevent the deportation of China- men under the Geary act. The appeal reached the court in due timie, but in tbe meantime the Mongolian was transported, and there ended the whole matter, for the Judges were offi- cially notified wben the case was called that the subject for iL no lonzer existed. The action of the customs officials in this instance was a clear violation of the sec- tion of the United States starutes which declares that pending an appeal the cus- tody of a prisoner shal! not be interfered with. But in Warden Hale's case it is a ques- tion,and a tine one at that, if the carrying out of the sentence of the executioa would be an interference ‘‘with the custody of the prisoner.” Durrant was in the death-~ chamber when the Federal courts were in- voked in his behalf. If matters were allowed to take their conrse, or his cus- tody to run o its natural «nd, the galiows wouid ciaim him as a victim on Friday. The death of the condemned man then, some lawyers assume, would not be an interference “‘with his custody” at all, but a strict adnerence to the letter of the Federal law. In Worden’s case the United States Circuit Court refused an crder for a stay of execution, but granted an ap- peal from the refusal for a writ of cer- tiorari. Attorneys take various meanings from this action. Some say that this re- fusal per se would be authority for the State officers to carry out the instructions of State courts. Had Warden Aull proceeded with Wor- den’s death these same peoplo say the matter would have died with him. The more lawyers get in the case the more elastic becomes the law, and it may be stretched to hang Durrant as well as to save him. The prisoner’s atiorneys de- clare that if Warden Hale should execute Durrant Friday be wou'd be guiliy of legal murder-—whatever that may be. At- torney-General Fitzgerald thinks directly the opposite. At most he believes the Warden would be liable for contempt of court; put once again the interpretation of that phrase “shall not interiere with the custody of the prisoner” might be construed to jus- tify the action. Warden Hale and Attorney-General Fitzgerald held a long conference yester- day. 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