The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 24, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1897. D ! A 11 M LDIERS STARY Pitiable Condition Troops Stationed in Cuba SPAN 3 of MUCH ILLNESS IN THE RANKS. Men Sent to Fight the Rebels Are Worse Off Thanthe F gry Natives. MUTINY DECLARED TO BE IMMINENT. and Medical t O Aid s been pEeepe ppiied s and that it is as- it ving the als hos they were < a kectls contained is all the in and day morr cer ar- on the heir blan- er. From i was thickiv the rest looked tinel at y permit I ty of dyna- re red revailed is, and eaker than der their hat accom- Lose ins the best 1w the best aven help the ed the am army ntend w at that h to cc Spanish of e WEYLER AT BARCELOVA xpresses Ragret at His Recall and Tries to Justify His Cruelty n Cubn. BARCELONA, Nov. 23 eral Wey- number of irival here, expressed 1 1rom Cuba, add- rticularly annoyed at rtain newspapers, which ne favored the insur- the general remarked : v de of d that Contin ring hese papers as they have the concentration of the | near the towns of that Weyler explained that he | a step pies and to peasants ng n the most devoied the former eap- | “Autonomy in most unfortunate for na- The riches of Cuba be- i autonomy means the Spanish workmen and | throughout the island. ich reason for Catalonia, the Bal islands and the other prov- inces to for autonomy as Cuba. Iuis vuderstood in Barcelona that Gen- to autonowy, al of Cuba said: be Cuba tion ! Jong to Spain, disappearance complete mis There is ons re- anish | 8 friends | owever, have the same | necessary, -because | eral \\( gler will ho'd aloot from the Carl- | d licans, but ne desires to the champion of “nutional pro- .’ aims at reorzanizing the Con- party, and n order to realize his »nist ideal he will vizorou se the rrant ng MADRID. repl oL rarifT autonomy fo ¢ | Premier Sa-asta, | ’ a Catalan depuiaiio tormally deciared that the Government of | Spain could in no way modify 1ts pro- | gramme of autonomy for Cuba., Continu- | ng, the Premier expressed the hope that | | tne’ Cuban Assembly would elect a com- | mission which would co-operate with a Spanish commission in determining the | ommercial reiations between Cuba and | S ain by consulting the:r mutual intereste. | This is interpreted as meaning that the | Cabinet wiil adopt the scheme of Sencr Moret, the Minister for the Colonies, l\ho | as cabled yeste:day, announced toa C 1 delega ion that he bad fully consid- 1terests of the colontes that his policy alone | eful solution. e Cabinet council cle in the autonom v Cubuns the control of tiie customs. Its terms will not be published untilit nas received the sanction cf the Queen Regent. In addition to the granting of an autono- | {m tariff tor Cuba the ioilowing reforms | have been proposed: The Chamber of | Depnties of the isiand shall be anvoscd | the general ir s convinced of between forty and fifty member teputy for each 40,000 of the population. | ernor-General is to choose from | Chamber fi embers to form 41\‘1 ecutive Committee, consisting of a esident and Ministers of the Inter:or, inance, Justice and Public Works. The ] jovernor-General shall have the right to | veto legislation. | CLAY FEAnS HIS ENEMIES. While Waiting for His Wife to Return ke Proposes to Resist the Work of Incendiaries NEW YORK, A special to the | | Herald irom ays: General | Cassius Marce slept but litule | last night, being d over the failure | his young wife to return to him as she | bad promised. He was feeli Le adly when L called on him to : clock was trying to eat a He said he v : usua: with him. bis enemies y man gaged to-day doors to prevent the house from the <aid, ieve ng st incendinries fr yuiside. He enemies were attacking him in the press, and that heintends to le blic know | all tie inside facts since | he married Dora R ne fully | expected his wife to retur v \'1i when n e | looked f He is watching nd wal to-night. the way | GUATEMALAN RISING WAS A SMALL ARFAIR the | Say the Officers of United States Gunboat Alert. Were Not Called Up>n to Protec the Interests of Amsri- cans. i Spectal Dispatch 10 THE CALL SAN DIEGO, Nov. 23—The gunboat | ert, Commander Richards, arrived to- | from San Jose de Guatemala, via | n Jose on Novem- on coal here she will San Francisco, arriving t next Sunday. Alert was to Sa American interests du ainst Reina Barrios of the vessel said this even- ing that the backbone of the rebellion was practically broken by the time the Alert arrived, and two weeks afte 1 they re- ved offici: notice that Barrios was gain in the saddle. There was nothine at any time, he added, that demanded ac tion oa the part of the American warship. The revellion seemed to be a very smali Jose 1o the in- ered ng Jose on account of the yellow fever. and no communication was had with shore except when sbsolutely necessary. Th sen was almost constantly rough in the offing, so that the gun ports had to b the old ve: It was very not all and el 1olled feariully. tbe time, but there was no sickness o board. and the report that the payinaster and surgeon nad been 11l is denied. closed, At Acapuico the Alert met tha British cruiser Amphion, en route to Cognimbo, to remain as flagship of the South Pacitic squadron. — FOILS THE TRAIN RUBBERS. An Engineer Stops in Short Order and Backs Away Amid a Volley ! of Bullets. DUBLIN, Texas, Nov. 23.—An attempt was made to rob a west-bound passeuge: train on the Rio Graude Railroad at 4 three miles rounded a | o’clock west of Dublin. this morning about s the train curve approaching a deep cut the en- gineer observed a pile of rock on the in the midale of the cut. He re- | versed his engine, ~topping the train with | { almost instantly had his train motion again, backing toward this | ‘The engineer’s action was so quick | rotbers were unable to board the . but as the train backed out of the: they opened fire upon the locomo- | eer and fireman crouched to avoid the bullets. ur roprers and they were When officers had reached ‘e the robbers had disappeared. lie passengers on tne train rewarded the eneineer wii a liberal purse. R SAYS THE LAW NEEDS REFGRM. Rev. J. Lee Black of Sania Barbara | the a jolt, an to Practice Courts. SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 23 —Rev. J. Lee } who has bLeen pastor of the tisiian chu:ch, bas resignea his charge j and on tue first of the year will leave for San Francisco to take up the practice of Jaw. Mr. Biack has been very successtul since coming here, and through hisefforts fine new church has been erected by his congregation. He first studiea for the n lack. stage, but, beinz converted to religion, | | took up the m nistry. Mr. Black says | that reformation is needed in law aid | politics, and for this reason he leaves the pulpit to enter a wider field. | — e — Farmers Mest at Petaluma. PETALUMA, Nov. —The opening | ression ofthe Fa:mers’' In-titute was held nere this afterncon. The institute was | called to order by C. D. Grover, whof officiated as presidineg « ficer, and delivered | an eloquent address of welcome on behaif of the grange, under whose auspices t o institute is being hel Douglass F. Fowler of ihe Univer: of Culifornia spoke on “Farmers and Farmers’ Insti- there | tutes.” The session was uevoted princi- pally to the poultry industiry. MISSING | For th | DET it is Feared the Young Woman Fell In BOS' | of the disappearance of Grs 1 | the millionaire heiress who dropped out myst | est detecti guesse and not the first shadow rrimarily as a second line of defense. There are two very important features which should be attended to bv such a second line. One is the placing of mines, the other the estabiishment of signal sta- +I have discovered footprints of Miss Bertha Mellish two and one-half miles | from South Hadlev on the line of the Connecticut River at a place cailed the VALUE OF THE NAVAL MILITIA Gorge. This, the studenis say, was a tions for coast defense. favorite haunt of Bertha’s. Seven men “The department should request that are now starting in teams to dragz the there shouid be inserted in the provision river where the footprints ceare. They | for the maint-nance of the nava: militia the words ‘submarine mining outfits, as to allow of t ning them for this pu pose. The department has also been ma- turing plans for the s'gnal station for the coast defense, and a very slizht expendi- ture of money, with the co-operation of the Treasury Department, will put this on a satisfaciory basis. The organizations are continually requesting the detail of officers to instruct them, and they can best of all be instructed by regular service on war vessels or under the supervision of naval officers and in corjunction with the are accompzanied by Dr. Hammond, the family physician.” | At a late hour to-night the report came that notbing had been found, and so the mystery deepens. ~Something very important is to hop- pen four weeks from yesterday, namely, my first debate here and my lasi, too, probably.” So wrote Miss Me!lish to her father four days before Lier disappearance. One might detect a touch of pathos in the FROM THE DOLLEGE | ar t, although it may have | : sailors. |Strange Disappearance | ater statement, aithough it muy have| Roosevelt Speaks N |®0i% ucn o te wisted that Congress f Miss Bert L | been meant to convey the impression | ; will authorize, in the first place, the sub- of Miss Bertha Lane | it there would be no future devates| High Terms of Its Sutntion for the oid paddle-wheel Mellish. while she was at college in which she | steamer Michigan on tbe lakes of a small ellis wou'd be required to take part. Usefulness. | modern gunboar, pernaps of the Petrel riod et Miss Mellish, in addition to her other iyve, i0 b~ devoted largely to cruising swudies, was & great student of botany | ‘In(')monvéfneee‘llzll.emmmnn (lyrw:ur\laix’::nse.u;d i Sfitaicin 2 = rs em; and, furihermore, to i - & ! the building of one similar small cruiser MURDER OR KlDNAP and was in the habit ¢f taking long walks BlG DEMAND FOR OLD Re'bnildi N 1 for the purpose of ad lin to her practical | knowledge of the subject. These walks | were, as a rule, taken in the afternoon, | and it was no: unusual for the young girl | to go alone. If accompanied at all it was by a classmnte, whom she dearly loved. Last Thursaay afternoon, when Miss Mellish went for her customary walk, she on the Pacific and two on the Al be used for this same purpose. these cruisers it would be poss! bring the naval militia organizauons to a very high standard of efficiency, and the sers themselves, of course, would be evaiiable at any moment for any of the regular naval uses in an emergency MONTR Nov. 23. — The United ING FEARED. VESSELS. Five. Days a Search for So e Missing Student Has the Assistant Secretary | Asks That Boats Be Progressed. was alone, but as near as can be learned Provided. States warship Yantic left yesterday for | ! | not of her own volition. She got up from | Ogdensburz en route for Detroi'. She is the dinner-table about 1:15 and asked the | | (l:;llvl\;:elf::;d‘x‘:llsvxx‘pmlmfius by :!s;;mll:fi classmate referred to to take that walk | i i 'y e feet of T bo { . ars have bed v ECTIVES OBTAIN A|(00 Hor referring evidently to a walk | RESERVES WOULD BE ON | erspars bave been remov SLIGHT CLEW. which had been planned before. For the | first time since the girls have been to- getter, it is said, the classmate dectined for some reason or other to go, and Miss | Meliish passed out alone. She was seen | | stor tly afterward walking along the road to Smiths Ferry, and did not return to the { HAND IN GASE OF WAR. TRIAL OF WARTIN THORN. Witnesses Tell of the Finding of Different Portions of the Body of Gu densuppe. Citizen Sallors Whose Propar Train- | Ing Requires the Construction of Cruisers for the Purpose. to a River Whlle In Pursuit of Botanical Studies. exercisesin (hollieragon: | NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—In a little more | e | At night, when she did not return, e ! than an hour this morning three addi- S pecial Dispatch to THE CALL | semren was mude. Bt ifont’ result. e | tional jurors for the trial of Martin Thorn, = | Miss Mellish had disappeared "as com- | Special l’l‘l’""‘”’ AT the allezed assassin of Willlam Gu!den- the ear.h had opened Miss Meilisn was21 years | nexgnt, quite s ender, | pletely as if swallowed her. of age, medium TON, Nov. Cavt OFrice, Ries Hous | suppe, were secured in the criminal branci W ASHINGTON, Nov. 2 Assistant Secretary Roosevelt has sub- | i | 'he gren! mystery | e Stevenson, This made ten jurors in those selected all, of sight seven months ago, now finds an | With auburn bair and brown eyes. Amo mitted 1o the Secretary of the Navy the -day being: 't‘hulda Biake, a carpenter equally cinating parallel, and the | some the theory of suicide is enteriained, | report of Lieutenant Givbons, who has:| cport; (1“,1‘\ Schreiber, a real tushionable Mount Holyoke Colleze, | but it 1s not considered that there wasany | cuoroo of naval militia matters. The re- | r'of Vailey Stream, and George | which is greatly excited over the mys- | teason for this unless Miss Mellish’s sen- | m”":p“ks in high terms of the opera- | n oy<ter man of Great Neck. terious disappearanca of Bertha Lane Mel- | :itive nature accepted as a slight her | ;00" 't he naval militta and is approved 4 eling of the jury was com- | 2 eSma s eludal ¢ 7 hel pleted when the time arrived for the noon ie beautiful young daughter of Rey. | classmate’s refusal to accompany her, or | po nr Rooseveit. In his own comment | racess, the last two jurors chosen being John H. Mellish of Killinely, Conn. For | unless she was temporarily deranged. A | v R0 evelt says: e Wiz & turineriof Dynn Biodk | five days an unremitting seurch has been | Vi-Orous search is being made for tne girl “The different organ zations are contin- 2d Elins Velsor, a carpenter of kort kept up for the missing studert, but not | by the Massachusetls Secret Service | yally asking for old vessels, and the de- | Washington. 4 the slightest clew has been found. The | Azency, also by Detective Mack of Hol-| jartment has finally tried the experiment | District Attorney Youngs opened the e for the people in an address which ., for the most part, a repetiiion of his yoke and State Detective Muayon. of sending the Yantic to the lakes for the | use of the Michizan militia. The supply of these old wooden vessels has now be- come practically exhausted. The depart- ment has tried the experiment of loan- ry is complete and baffles the keen- Not even & motive can be for the zirl had no love affairs, had crossed her | Soicide theories | wa Pacific Coast Fensions. WASHINGTO Noy. - Pensions have been granted as foliows: d at, two weeks a0, John Maguire, one of the boys who pure and happy career. 5 g .re scouted as out of the question. Ene. | Caiifornia: \)r“}n “l“ “'UJII‘“’-‘L Los | inz monitors 10 the different organiza- | remains in the East River, was called as 5 : elope. | Angeles; Clyde J. McDevitt, Randsoure; s s e ; the first witnes 3 mies she had none. A voluntary elope- | % 4 i i i ARG R tions, but the res uhs_hu\ s not far been | “'The testimony of the several witnesses men: it could not have been. I' must|Samuel Conn, Pasadena; Allen C. Reid | satisfactory, as monitors are poor ships ! . ot @3 i1iq aiternoon related solely to or have been a case of murder or kid- | (dead), Alameda; Svdney Bliss, San Jos for craising or for use as barracke. | the finaing of the different portions of the aping. rancis M. Stransberry, Dyerville. Orig- here are three or four of these or- | body. 1t was praciically the same as that The first clew to the mystery came to- | innl widow—Ella A Reid, Alameda. ganizations which, in the event of a sud- | ~oue over at the first_trial, and nothing night, when the following word wa fireguu: Originai—Monroe Sheets, Mc- | jon emergency, could be utilized at once | NOW Was elicited. Several of Guiden-| ceived by the Massachusetis Secret Sar- | & et mandiaERhanmalier matioaaTea Saray| upne s feliow;workmen at the bathliol-e | St Ay . ginal—Charles D. Row- | © DR STE £ Sers, | jescribed the marks by which they had | vice Agency, which is at work on the case, | ; ; Stephen F. | but this, of course, cannot generally be | identified the bodv as that of the missing | | which may poss.bly lead 10 tl.e solition | aal widow—Mary se with the majority of the organi- | rubber, and at 4:50 the court adjourned of the girl's disappearance: 16 They musi be depended upon | until to-morrow. of the <uhn~mp Court of Queens County. | “peech to the jury when the trial began | found the first bundle of Guldensunpe’s | DETAILS FOR THE - BIG ARMOR PLANT { Plans for an Establishment to Cost the Government Over $3,000,000. Process of Manufacture Will In= clude All the Latest in the Art of Metaliurgy. Speclal Dispatch to THE CALL | Cary OFricE. Rrees HousE.) | WasHINGTON, Nov. { The naval board apjointed to examine into the cost of armor-making wiil present to Congress deiails of a plant which it has aesigned. It will cost more than $3 000 - | 000and will have a capacity of 6000 tons of armor per annum, which is about the com- bined capacity of the two armor plants now supplying the navy. The processes of manufacture will in- clude the very latest developments in the art of metallurgy, and while th= plans contemplate the manufacture of Harvey- | ized nickel steel armor, according to | methods used in the rc!orged process, they will admit ofeasy adaptation to lha new secret Krupp process of hardening armor by the use of gas. The plans are said to be perfect in every detail and having teen diawn under one of the leading experis of the country the specifications are said 10 ve so well de- tined that no difficulty is exrected to arise in securing straight bids. The board has prepared the form of advertisement cal~ ing for bias for erecting this plant, as Congress desired that informarion, and Secretary Long will ~con issue the adver- tisement. [t13 the purpose to have al of the plans in the Secretary’s hands by the 1st of next month, and if the advertise- ment is prompily sent outit is hoped that within three months at the iatest Congre will have before it full information asto the cost of an armor vlant as well asoffers from existing plants to seil outtothe Gov- ernment. SA g MRS. RUDD ADMITS GUILT. l | i But She Is Unable to Explain Why She Stole the Articles of Jewslry. \1 NEW YORK, Nov. 23 —Emeline H. Rudd, widow of Commodore John H. Rudd, U. S. N., was arraigned in courtat New Brighton, S. L, to-day, to answer to the accusation of stealinga quantity of jewelry from a house in which she had boarded. Mrs. Rudd adm:tted that she had taken the property, but said sie could not tell why she had done =o. She said she would make good the value of | the property taken if the complainant | would not prosecute her. She wascom- mitted for further examination to-mor- row. Mrs. Rudd is about 65 years old and dressed well. Her daughters are the wives of British naval officers. - A Postoffice Discontinued. WASHINGTO! Nov. —The Post. | office at Fraucis, Trinity County, Cal., | bas been discontinued. | NEW TO-DAY CLOTHING. ,,, L, Y We are going right along—on a fixed course—with a fixed policy, and win- ning the solid approval of lovers of honest all-wool clothing. When we say we give you a Suit or an Overcoat for $1o, cut well-MADE WELL BY WHITE LABOR AND MADE WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT MADE, on our ground floor— clothing that fits, YOU BELIEVE YOU WILL GET YOUR MONEY’S WORTH. sted Sacks and Three-button Cut- swellest effects, weaves of Kerseys, Meltons, Clay There’s suits in Single and Double Bre: aways; Overcoats, latest cut, Worsteds and Cassimeres; they are just typical of what these high-price tailors charge $35 and $45 for; they are WHAT YOU WANT, and we can fill that want. We can dréss you (as we have thousands of others) with satisfaction all round. We repair free for one year all clothing bought from us, and it will surprise you to step in and inspect these Suits and Overcoats....cvecececcoconcccenncees AT We want to impress this upon the public: We mean just what we say when we quote ALL-WOOL Suits or Overcoats—they are ALL WOOL—and they are $10—no more, no less—and, like everything else, are sold with the understanding We do “Notl”“Brooke™any interferencelll that if unsatisfactory bring them back within one week and we will refund the money in full, obligingly—immediately ! N. WOOD & CO COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS 718 & 722 MARKET ST POWELL & EDDY