The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1897, Page 1

B~ S Cal VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. 63. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENT IGLSE GARRISONS Y DANGER Tribesmen in Chitral Are Gathering Their Vast Forces. FIFTEEN THOUSAND NOW UNDER ARMS. | All British Reserves Ordered to Re=Enforce Threatened Positions. MANY WOUNDED AND KILLED IN ONE SKIRMISH. During a Forced March to Relleve Dargal a Score of Sikhs Perish From Sunstroke. LONDON, Eng., Aug..1.—No further news of fighting in- Chitral| has been received; but dispatches to the Governmeént show that the tribesmen are apparently. awaiting; | re-enforcements for “the' renewed attacks on .the garrisons. . A large force under :Colonel . Reid--has re-= enforced. the: English . troops. at p Malakand: garrison”" at. Bargai was strengthened by the arrival to-day of :men and ‘supplies_after a forced march wherein “a score: of -Sikhs perished from sunstroke. | Owing to the -spread-of. the're- volt, from 12,000 t0 15,000 natives now “being under -arms; the Goy- ernmeént: has ‘orderéd . the reserve brigade: . fo. assenible, under com: mand of Colonel Wodéehopse. The white regiments will await events at‘Rawalpindi, :and ® native regi- ments at Mardan.". Fort Chakdara is. strong -€nough to resist any at- tack;, and has a.good supply of am-] munition. The great fear. is that the garri- son . may -become ::exhausted by constant. fighting. - A reconnoiter- ing ‘squad-found.-a detachment of rebels blocking ‘the road to Chak- dara; and;iafter za. lively skirmish, wherein- -fourteen- British were wounded-and 100 tribésmen killed, the British. rétreated. General - Biood, . with every available - man, will - start -to-mor- row:for the -relief of Fort Chak- dara. BOMBAY;, India, - Aug. 1.—Ra- zoul, the ‘prominent Mohammedan arraigned “at Lucknow for ma 'mg} seditious. speeches, has been sen- tenced to one ‘year’s imprison- ment; bejng unable to produce securities :for good behavior. In| his speech..'Razoul _insulted the Queen;-declaring-that but for the | forbearance of the Sultan, the ¢ old- woman’s ribs would have been broken years ago.”’ NEW YOKK'S ¥KUIL MARKET. Rainy Weather of Last Week Interferes -With” Trade. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. L—The rainy weather of Iast week seriously inter- fered with the wholesale fruit trade, so far as the demand from retailers was con- cerned, but.as the receipts were com para- tively light-the market was remarkably steady. 5 There ‘were seventy-seven carloads of California fruit sold at public auction, against eighty-four carloads the previous week and fifty-six the corresponding week last year.” Bartlett pears sold at $1 55 to $2 25 per box; peaches of fair size and good condition, $1 20 to $1 85 per box—a few lois 0f extra choice realiz- ing §220 to $285. Plums and prunes were only in moderate supply, and sold at fairly satisfactory prices. Oranges were scarce. Rodis =old at $3 to $4 a box and Sorrentos $2 25to $3. Astuere are only 93500 boxes of oranges now on the way from the Mediterranean improved prices are predicted. The lemon markes was dull and prices declined from 25.to 50 | cents a box. 2 There are now on the way to this coun- try from the Meditterranean 242,000 boxes of lemons, of wiich 225,000 boxes are des- tined for this port and 17,000 for Balti- more. Southern Le Conte pears were in only moderate supply and many were received in such bad order that they were sold for virtually nominal prices, while choice ones commanded $2 50 to $2 & barrel. Southern peaches were Jentiful and of better quality than thos: feceived the pre- vious week. . They s.fd at $1 to $3 a carrier. Carolina grapesreczived in small quantities sold at $150 to $250 per 25- poujgd carrier, g MALAKAND PASS, Leading Into the Swat Valley, Where the silver convention of 1000,50 that the meet- ing will be a representative one so far as thesilver forces are concerned in Nebraska, —_——— P-ach Crops in Atlantic States. FLEMINGTON, N.J.,, Aug. L—Despite reports that the peach orop is a failure conservative estimates place the crop of Hunterdon County at 750,000 to 1,000,000 baskets. Warren County will provably equal Hunterdon, and Essex and Somer- set will z ive 500,000baskets each, KINGSTON, N. Y., August 1L —Unlesa windstorm comes to blow the fruit from the trees there will be a heavy peach crop in the Hudson Valley. The trees are loaded and the fruit is in good condis tiou. British Forces Are in Such a Dangerous Situation Fiom the Assaults of the Rebel Tribesmen. T0 USE FORCE [F NEGESSARY Admirals Will Prevent Landing of Turkish Troops. This Action Taken to Keep the Sultan From Increasing Crete Garrisons. Fresh Delay Caused In the Negoti- ations for Peace Between the Moslems and Greeks. LONDON, Exc., Aug. L—A dispatch to tie Daily News from Canea savs the admirals of the foreign fleets inform d the Governor of Crete thatthey had given orders to pr'vent the landing of any Turkish troups on the island, using force, 1f necessary, to carry out t'e order. The JGovernor replied he was not authorized to accept their decision. The fact that tne foreign admirals have signified their intention of preventing the Sultan from augmenting the Turkish forces in Crete casts doubt on his agree- ment to reduce the garrisons there. Itis probable that the admirals have received information that instead of withdrawing troops Turkey purposes increasing them. Such a course would be certain to precipi- tate further contlicts with the Christian insurgents who are now maintaining a peaceful attitude through the promise that Moslem soldiers will be withdrawn. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEY, Aug. L— It was expected that the signing of peace preliminaries would have taken . place yesterday, but it was delayed by tbe Em- bassadors presenting to Tewfik Pasha a new article defining the time and method of the evucuation of Thessaly. There- upon Tewfik Pasha proposed a new text for other articles, with the result that nothing conclusive was done. The con- ference will meet again Tuesday. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY The inventor Explains That He Has Succeeded in Sending Messages Twelve Miles. NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 1.—The World prints a London interview with Marconi, | inventor of wireless telegraphy, in which the lattersays: “The greatest distance we have been able to transmit messages by telegraph without wires is twelve miles, but that is by no means thelimit of the instrument; it simply signifies existing appliances not yet perfected. ‘At Spezia I sent messages without wires from San Bartolomeo arsenal to the warship San Martino, twelve miles out in the harbor, without difficulty and with absolute accuracy, before the royal com- mission. Official experiments will be re- newed when I return to Iialy in Septem- ber. I have successiully experimented at the Italian Ministry of Marine and at the Quirinal before the King aod Queen. I ma.e the discovery almost by accident. ‘1 had been studying electrical phe- nomena three years when two years ago I found that by putting Herz's radiator to the earth, connecting it with a wire exs tended vertically in the air and repeating the process with the modified Bramley receiver a current could be transmitted about 100 yards without connecting wires. Then I found that withont in- cressing the battery supply, but simply increasing the heicht of the vertical wire, the influence of the instrument extended over 2 distance increasing in geometrical ratio to the increased height of the wire. The wire must extend into the air. A wire carried to the top of & hich mast of a ship ought to enable a captain to tele- graph a considerable distance, figuring that 100 feet in the height of the wire means twelve miles in the distance of communication. “By the same process, magazines could be exploded in war from a great distance, and signals be sent so an enemy could not possibly interrupt communications, It has been said a current radiates in all directions from the sending instrument, therefore a message woula go to the enemy’s camp as well. *‘But this could be easily prevented, as T have proved by means of electrical: re- flectors which would arrest the progress of a message in all directions but one. It is not certain that I will ever be able to send messages across the Atlantic, but see no reason why not if I can increase the height of the vertical wire enough. “It will not cost more than haif as much to install a telegraph system by my plan as on the old system. Instruments are slightly more expensive, but I imagine the decrease in cost will be brought about by the absence of miles of wire and poles.’" That the invention is a practical fact is shown by the formation of a com- pany at London on Saturday, controlling all the rights except those of Italy, which company paid Marconi $60,000 spot cash ana gave him $499,000 worth of shares. g b THREE SILVER CONVENTIONS. Populists, Democrats and Republicans of hebraska Who Champion the White Metal. LINCOLN, NEsR., Aug. L.—On Septem- ber 1 three silver conventions of the Popu- lists, Democrats and Republicans will be held here. All arrangements have been completed to muke the occasion a great jollification of the silver forces. The three bodies will act separately but in conjunc- tion, and will nominate the same candi- dates, After the meetings the mass con- vention will be held. Lettersfrom several prominent National bimetallists have been received by the committee saying the writers will be present. W. J. Bryan, Senator Henry M. Teller and Hon. C. A. Towne will in turn ad- dress the conventions. The plans have been made more elaborate in order to counteract the influence of the reports that have been circulated recently con- cerning the alleged caucus of Bryan’s friends in Nebraska to force him to quit talking silver for a while. The meeting wiil also be the occasion of a National ad- dress to be issued by Bryan to the advo- cates of the silver cause throughout the world. It will touch upon the progress of the cause being made throughout the country, and the evidence that Bryan has himself received during the past six months on the lecture platform about the renewed interest in silver. The address will reiterate that it is the only living issue, and that all factions are to-day tending in that duection for the campaign of 1900. Bryan’s friends will also at the same time formally deny that they have contempiated asking him to withdraw even temporarily from the platform, and will deny that they have said silver was a dead issue. The Populist convention will be com- posed of 2700 delegates, the Democrats of the same number and the Republican THE OLD WORLD'S TREATY RUMPUS German Press Com- ments on Great Brit- ain’s Attitude. Signs of a Commercial War in Which This Country May Figure. Agrarlans Take Comfart In Anticl- pating an Anglo-American Conflict. BERLIN, GErMANY, Aug. 1L—All the German newspapers comment lengthily upon the action of Great: Britain in de- nouncing a commercial treaty with the German Zolverein. The semi- official papers are generally careful to disguise any sugeestion of uneasiness, and express the belief that a new treaty, containing a “most favored nation” clause but ex- cluding British colonies, will be concludea beiween the two nations. It is said that Sir Frank Lascelles, British Embassador, has already suggested such a treaty. - The Liberal papers urgze the re-establish- ment of satisfactory commercial relations with England. The semi-official Ham- burgischer’s correspondent is chiefly im- pressed with the probable result of the denunciation, coming as it does on top of the new American tariff. It contends that the agitation was started by the agrarians, for the customs war with the United States has gainea immensely in importance in consequence of tne denun- ciation, and says the situation is simply this: “In 1895 the German export trade to North America was 10.8 per cent of the whole export trade of the empire, and the export to England was 19.8. Thus 30.6 per cent of the total exports of Germany are threatened by recent events.’” The paper appezlis to the Government to deal with the difficult task of protecting the nation’s industry wisely and energetically. The agrarian papers make no attempt toconceal their anger. The Postadvocates a customs war withGreat Britain unless another treaty be concluded. The Kreuz Zeitung takes comfort in anucipating a conflict between Great Britain and the United States, the European countries meanwhile banding together to presenta united commercial front against England. BRUSSELS, Berciom, Aug. 1L.—The Of- ficial Gazette, in announcing that Great Britain has signified ber intention of ab- rogating the commercial treaty with Bel- gium, adds that the British Government has given notice of its willingness to ne- gotiate a new treaty. AERIAL CYCLIST'S AWFUL DEATH. Frank Donohue Falls With His llu- minated Gicycle From an’ Electric Wire. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug, L.—Frank Donohue, who under the name of Professor Orion: had given throughout the West exhibitions of aerial bicycling on a bicycle illuminated by five ‘eet to-night, dying soon afterward. Donohue’s -act was to-ride-a safety bicycle on a tight wire charged with ectricity, fell seventy- electricity, stretched on poles high above the ground. His bicycle wheels had metal tires with grooves that fitted the wire. The frame and wheels were decorated with incandescent iamps of various colors, which blazea with light as he pedaled along the wire. He also carried lamps on hie clothing, which were connected by wire with the feeders on the bicycle, and as he rode these were lighted or extin- guished by means of switches which he controlled. He gave a successful exhibition last night, and to-night he started out before a large, applauding crowd. . The grounds had been darkened and the lights on the wheel made it seem as if was riding in the air. -He had ridden 250 il A SWAT VILLAGER teet, when, without warning, he toppled to one side and, clinging to his bicycle, fell. The lights wentout suddenly. Some of the crowd saw Donohue fall, and every one heard the crash when he struck the ground. When the grounds were re- lighted Donohue was found stil! alive, but severely hurt. The bicycle had been smashed to bits. While a physician was examining him Donohue died. It could not be determined from a superficial ex- amination whether the boy accidentally come into contact with the uninsulated conductor or whether he lost his balance. Donohue lived at Fort Wayne, Ind., and leaves a widow and baby. He had been giving similar exhibitions for several years. Heissaid to have ridden across Niagara rapids two years ago. . SENATOR QUAY'S MISSION. Will Visit Hawaii and Report Upon the Feasibili'y of Annexation. NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 1L.— The World's Atlantic City special say-: Sen- ator Quay of Pennsylvania, intormally acting as agent for the Committee on For- eign Relations, will make a personal visit to Hawaii to make a thorough study of the country. He will report at the reconvening of Congress upon the feasibility of confirm- irg the treaty of annexation. Quay made this announcement at an informal con- ference with his lieutenants at the Hotel Windsor here to-day. He will leave this city August 12 and, after a three weeks’ fishing trip in Florida, go direct to San Francisco, and sail thence to Hawaii. The Journal's Washington correspond- ent agrees that the Foreign Relations Committee will send a member {o invest1- gate the condition of Hawaii, but says that Morgan, not Quay, has been se- lected. NOW WANTED IN FRANCE. There Is a Peck of Trouble in Store for Balensi. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 1.—William A. Bellwood, alias Guillaume Balensi, banker of the famous French spendthrift, Max Lebaudy, now in rrison here on a charge of defrauding jewelry firms, may be taken buck to France on extradition proceedings, there to stand trial on charges of embezzlement and forgery. Lawyers of Marcus, one of the defraud- ed jewelers, sent word to the French Con- sul-General, who cabled to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the latter cabled thisreply: *Hold Balensi on the ground of embezzlement ana forgery. Ex- tradition papers will follow.” Balensi will be called upon to answer the charges which Marcus has made be- fore he is surrenderec to the French Gov- ernment for extradition. If found guilty he must serve his term bere first. STRIKERS BEGIN TO DESPAIR. Debs Says a Crisis Will Occur This Week—President Dolan Ar- ; rested. " PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. L—The strik- ing miners were a little disappointed to- day at the small number of strikers who appeared about De Armitt's mill. * It was expected that 2000 wouid come together, bat only about 500 showed up. Meetings were heid all through the day at the various camps of the strikers, but there was no collision between ‘them and the deputies. The strikers are careful not to infringe upon the companv’s property, but they are in ugly humor just now over the Sheriff’s proclamation forbidding them to assemble in numbers. 8. B. de Armitt, superintendent of the company’s mine, telephoned to-night that he is positive the Plum Creek mine men will all go to work to-morrow morn- ing. He says the Turtle Creek mine will not be so well manned, nor will the Sandy Creek mine. ‘“‘Some of our men have told me that the strikers have threatened to burn their houses if they do not strike,” said De Armit.. “They have asked us to be patient with them, and say they will return to work as soon as the excitement dies down. “We have had an offer of fifty miners for Tuesdey, but have refused them, as we believe our men who are staying out will have r-turned to work be- fore then, They haven’t struck; they're afraid of violence.”’ The Union Labor League met to-night and pledged support and sympathy to the miners. PITTSBURG, PA., August 2.—Patrick Dolan, the miners’ district president, was arrested about 1 A. M on a warrant sworn out by T.B. DeArwmitt, charging Dolan with starting out at the head of a“crowd of strikers who intended to iry to keep De Armiit’s men from going to work this morning. TERRE HAUTE, Isp, Aug. 1.—8ecre- tary Kennedy of the Indiana miners’ or- ganization says another effort wilt be made this week to get the 400 men at work in the Ayrshire and Evansville districts to join the strike. Kennedy says the continued passage of Kentucky coal through the mining dis- trict to the Chicago market is havinga bad effect on the men. He has written to the National officers of the organization, asking them to send organizers to Ken- tucky to coax the miners there to strike. Debs, who spent last night at his home here, says this week will bring a crisis in the strike. Unless the West Virginia ana De Armitt’s men are brougat our it can- not be won. He believes West Virginia is to be the controliing factor in the soft- coal industry hereafter, and coal from that State, the output of which has been rapidly increasing the past few years, will go into the old competitive market of the lake trade and Chicago regularly. - Here- tofore 1t has been a factor in’ that - market only in time of a strike. —_—— 8 Guy-d to In<anity and Death. : CLEVELAND, Onro, Atig. 1.—Guyed by former siopmates and a dude, because he had been promoted to an office position at the Kilby foundry, Thomas Cushing be-- came insaue to-day and cut his “throat. He was taken to a hospital, where as-a sur- geon was attempting (o aitend the wound, " he jumped out of a four-story window ontor a boiler in the engine-room below;. and | died soon aite SOLOTION OF THE MYSTERY It Is That Alice Barrett Feared to Face a Defalcation. But Several Points ‘Are Yet to Be Cleared to Prove Suicide. So Far, However, the Flighty Book- keeper Has Only Been Con- victed of Deceaption. BOSTON, Mass, Aug. ‘L—Alice Bar- rett kitled herseif rather than suffer ‘the exposure that, it seemed to her, must come sooner or later from an examination of the books which she kept of the firm of Codman & Codman. AL Thnis seems to-day to be the solution of the mystery. It is probable that never before in the history of mysterious deaths in tuis city bave officials had to deal with 30 peculiar a case, The girl was an adept at deception. Investigation ptoves that not a single story that she advanced in ex-. planation of acts which, if explained, might give rise to suspicions, -has.been true. So ciever had she been in cloaking whatever she wished to hide that even her own mother is now dumfounded by the | developments. Mrs. Barrett’s only con- | solation is her belief that Alice was in- sane. The Fire Marshal has learned that Miss Barrett went to a house on St. Botolph street with a woman. The identity of the woman could not pe learned. She:may be the mysterious woman in the case: The Fire Marshal gave so much im- portance to:the story that he atonce sent. his aids out to invesiigate-it.- Thay were; however, up to midnight unable to find out anything definite. "Only three’ points’| remain to be cleared-up. The-first'is the question ‘as to whether “or riot the books show a defalcation, . The investigation 1s | now being. made. ' ~The “secund: is her reason for visiting the Thorndike Hotel." Sha had. a .purpose; -what was it? The third is the” blood spot-on- the ribbon-on her keyring. There-:is a sufficient ele-. ment of mystery in these: tiree. points 16 preserve the intense interest that the ‘case| has aroused. Sy s After all that is ‘said, it should not be forgotten - that the poor,. flighty beauty has not been convigted ye thing worse than taking 'her own money: from tue bank and’ spending. it:for fine clothes, while deceiving her mothet. the dispositon she made of She may have done worse. .. It is not ‘known now' that she did. though probabiy -the burned cashbook which set the fire. bespeaks so an irregularity, which Mr. Codn cannot be large. Her' honor as. re association with men bas not been peached, though ker discretion may have been. Mr. Foss by his very frankness in regard to the visit to- her at the Hotel. Thorndike has practically disarmed ‘sus-. picion. 3 Pk B Fictoru for Sunta Crus, < 'SANTA CRUZ, CAL.,Aue. 1,—The 8. N.- ‘Woods & Co. basebsil team met the Santa Cruz team in an exhibition game. - It re- turned home defeated by a score of 10 10 4. The game was not an exciting one, to hire | S MO Over the Slave -~ Cases. I GHBINDERS MAKE JRE THREATS Many Prominent Merchants Are Placed Under the Ban of Death, SOME - INTERESTING ~ DEVELOPMENTS Those" Uonnected With the Case of Kan Kam 0i Tell Contra- dictory Stories. SIX MORE DOOMED MEN. Lee Wee BDoo, cigar-manu- facturer on Dupont street. Chan Foo, interpreter. Wong Si Shun, merchant, formerly treasurer of the See Yup Company. Hong Chung, editor. Chin Gim, merchant on Sace ramento street. - Lee Mee. Doy, merchant om Commercial street. Chinatown was: stirred “from. circumfer- enge o center vesterduy morning over ihe article, - pubtished - -exciusively. - in. ‘THE Cary,; regardibg ‘the - threstened murder of.six: of ‘thé most: prominent merchants among the Chinese residents of the Ciy. On:all the streetcorners and in thie clubs nothing else: was: talked of and nothing has oecurred - since ‘the highbinder war that:has created so. much general interest aigng these people. ‘The “prominénce of the men who have been. placed " under the ban; as well-as the causein which they are working, makes cthe case of much greaterinterest than any of the minor. Chinese feuds which have been: so' constantly brought to the surface by ~he bickerings of the Morgolians. It 'was.learried yesterday that six others had been included in. the ‘list; and toone of these the ‘information was vouchsafed that bis death was ‘sure. The nouce said that ‘he mmust ‘die whether any of ‘the others were killed - or not.. He had been ingefesting ‘himself too much,and it was | absolutely necessary for the welfare of the -| daughters: the money.’ slave-owners that-he shouid be got out of the way. g % The ‘additional :list includes ‘men who ‘stand’ high -'in “business eitcles’ and: who have always interested themselves in aid- ing the .cofficials. in their efforts to make Chinatown a law-abiding place.. The men who have been ¢ondemned are: Lee Wee Do, one of ‘the: most promis nent' cigar ‘manufagtarers whose place of business . is: on. Dupont street. .He has been notified that his death is'sare. Chan; Fee, interpreter. and ‘information agent, a Baptist. ‘Wong Si: Shun, . merchant; formerly treasurer-of the See Yup Bociety, Hong Chung;. editor: . of :the Chinese . neWspapér. 3 Chin’ Gini, merchant. on' Sacramento street, : i Leé Mee Doy, merchant sireet. i ‘When questioned regarding the threats against their lives these men:stated that they: believed it was the intention of the | slave-owners to.intimidate them if possis ble. . They. :believed that ' they - were marked, but felt confident they could take the necessary precautions: to protect their’ lives. 3 ’ S Among the interesting' developments of iyesterday was & visit to’the womai who claimed before Collector Jackson that she was the motherof the'girl held for invest- on Commercial |igation. = A.party wert. to.-a‘house on:the corner of Comniercial:and Dupont sireers nd:asked: for Hoo Ki. ' Thee woman came o thie door ‘and said:hé was not'at home. When: asked - who her husband ‘was she replied, *Hop Ki” “To the Uollector’'she said;- and swore:10:it, that Quan: Hing was girl on the ship was herdanghter. - To the ' party - at the: housa. she said she:had no _daughter oi the ship, and pointed to.a‘eirl in’ the “house. ‘whom! slhie claimed asher only daughter. "It is claimed by those who know her in Chinatown: that this girl is:not. her .daughter, and they say she'is ¢ woman whoclaimed the’girl who ran away: from Chinatown,: Presbyteriai: Missioa-! o SRty In this: connection it is: that'a ‘certain womsn'in Chinalown, who keeps uge of . ill-repute, has: gone be- fore the Collector several times within'the past-three years .and girls. coming in - from’ China. we -1t is ‘also rioteworthy . (hat in . each'insiance the girls:were - permittéd to . The :parties_ 16 -these: transaction’s dently - trying-to. work “Caliector Jackson.in the same depending upon w.-W.hén the case of Kan Kam 0i comes before him he will undoubtedly have his - Amotlier K ; NEW ORLEANS, LA Aug. L=The | duty-of $1 50 a barrel on-oranges provided by the Dingley bill has revived the orauge growing industry of Louisiuna.” More than 100,000 budded ofange trees have been set out in Plaquemine Parish. The Bradi«h Johnson Company, which owned the largest orange grove in the State, has planted 10,000 budded trees,