The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1897, Page 1

&« VOLUME LXXXIIL—NO. g\'lb?flflaoouuvu.. SAN FRAN PRICE FIVE CENTS. SAD SCENES WITNESSED AT CANTON Duty Compels the President to Leave His Dying Mother. Soon After the Departure of the Chief L Exccutive the Aged Patent, by a Strange Coincidence, Suf- fers a Relapse. :rtti ek dedek ok ok otk AR kR | ¥ CANTON, Chio, Dec. 5, 1:30 ¥ A. M.—Mother McKinley has not failed to any appr-cinble extent during the night. At1:30 o’clock most of the of family retired for a rest, several of them taking turns at vigil. Little change is now anticipated before morning. members the ok NNNORN NN RN FA KRN ey * Eanaat st S ST PR P T CANTON, Onro, Dec. 4.—Sadder scenes were never wiinessed n the leave- taking of President McKinley frum hi dying mother - this afterncon. To the very last possible moment the President remained at the old homestead. | Before leaving the house he and the other members of the family went to the bedside of the dying motk He looked at her long, spoke to her lovingly and tenderly kis-ed her. There was no re- sponse, no movement. to inaicate that she recognized He remained in a stooping positicn for some time, hopine | that he might receive some sigzn that knew or felt his presence. It did come. With feeiing her son. not s of deepest emotion | be at last iett the room. ‘ It was & strange coincidence that almost imm tely following the departure of the President the mother should suffer a yapse. While yet in his home county t3d within half an bour after he left tue tlec illness of the mother took 2 turn | he worse, and it was thougnt by the | wmily that she had sufferea a second | stroke of paralysis, and such announ e- | ment was made. The attending physician, Lowever, declared it was not a second ac- sault of the disease, but a relapse, which ‘st a time threatened to extinguish the iaintly fickering flame of life. Once more, however, the ruzged consti- tution of the aged woman withstood the assault. She rallied slightly and ere long was back to the condition in which she had been for nearly twenty hours—a con iition of quiet and seemingly restfu pybut which, it was fully reatized, was % t the vital spark of life. that condition she was to-night. How long she might continue no one | 1d tell. It was thought impossibie | at she could linger un:il the President ld discharge the important duties | rebels in Cuba. which called him to Washington. The attending physician again announced to- night that the patient cannot regain con- sciousness. The President left Canton at 2:05 o’clock this afternoon in a special car. Shortly before the departure he held a conference with the doctor, who assured the Presi- dent that no act of aloving son or any other mortal could do anything for the aged mother and that she would never again be able torecognize him or to rea- 1ize his presence or absence. His last words to the family were that he pe tele- graphed at every siation along the route as to bis mother’s condition. ‘The President has definilely arranged to return to Canton Tuesday morning, leas- Washington on Monday as soon as he hus completed his duties in connection with the opening of Congress here. Mrs McK nley accompany him, as will also Mrs. Abner McK v and her daugh- er, Miss Mabel, « New York. The near friends of the family are n all at the homestead, including the sur- viving chiliren, several gran /childrer and M Abigail Osborn, Mrs. McKinley's sister, and mother of Will am McKinley Osbor, Consul-General to England. TREATY OF PEAGE SIGNED. And Now All Differences Between Turkey and Greece Will Be Speedily Adjusted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—The Turkish le:at on to-day received the following: “‘CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 4. —Treaty of peace between the Sublime Porte and Greece has been signeq this day.” L AR it i DELEGATE BARNEI’S MISSION. Will Endeavor to Induce Venezuela to Recognize the Struggling Cubans as Belligerents. Copyright, 1¥97, by James Gordon Bennett. CAKACAS. VENezvera, Dec. 4.—Dr. Barnet, a delegate from the Cutan Juuta ia New York, has arrived here. His mis- sion is *0 try to induce the Government to acknowleage the independence of the : : : : ; 3 : : Weather forecast for FIRST PAGE. MoKy Mk o BiMother - iv | Armenians (o Blame. ! John L. Sullivan Out. McKenna’s Promotion Delayea SECOND PAGE. Slosson King at Billiards. Trolley-Cars Collide. Drank the Lady’s Wi THIRD PAG Californians Reach Washington Swanson on Annexation. Innocents Die in Prison. Sirange Parricide Mania. FOURTH PAGE. The Boulevard Victory. Bblack Jack’s Vengeance. Blai» =——=—%Ione. Grangers Uppose Annexation. Mormons in Politics. FIFTH PAGE. Hounded by Rea’s Gang. IXTH PAGE. | Editorial. : an O!d Grudge. /nat the Committee Will Do. Progressive Sacramento. California Up to Date, The Austrian Crisis. | Gallantry on the Cars. Personals. SEVENTH PAGE. All-America Wins a Close Game Glynn Accused of Treachery. Naws of the Water Frout. Ccwboy Qnelled by a Club. EIGHTH PAGE. Austria’s Grave Peril. TheKaiser’s Speech. The 3host of Dreyfus. Warsaips for Havana. NINTH PAGE. A New Temperance League, Burgiars Work Unchecked. Fuiton Luici ‘e Mystery. Sharkey Will Fight Jeffries. Ball-players Will Go Home. TENTH PAGE. Racing at Ingleside. A Chorus Girl ana Her Dog. Dangers of 1he Klond ke Trail. Curry May Have Assistants. ELEVENTH PAGE. The Treasury Criticizes Jerome- ky. O Y E S T Y A K AN v U 0O T T TS Y B Y VYTV 005 GHI VIV TI LI TTIL VY NEWS OF THE DAY. San Francisco: without rain until in tne afternoon; westerly changing :o southeasterly winds. Unsettled on Sunday, probably The City Found Wide Open. Grant and the Marion. FOURTEENTH PAGE. To-day at the Churches. Births, Marriages, Deaths. FIFTEENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. People of the M s:ion Patient. SIXTEENTH PAGE. A Lying Circular Exposed. Suicide of Vincent Wallace. Sensational Real Estate Frauds, SEVENTEENTH PAGE. Fireplaces of Aborigines. Strange Stories of the Sou*hwest EIGHTEENTH PAGE. The Case of Captain Dreyfus. NINETEENTH PAGE. Tale of Human Sympathy. TWENTIETH PAGE. Passing of the Seal Hunters, A Taleof Two Women—Part I11 TWENTY-FIRST PAGE. A Beggar’s Big Bank Account. Bakerstield Woman's Club. TWENTY-SECOND PAGE. With toe ““Lion of Plevaa. The Public School Depariment. TWENTY-THIRD PAGE. In the Field of Literature. TWENTY-FOURTH PAGE. Current Events in Society. TWENTY-FIFTH PAGE. Kashion’s Fads and Fancies. TWENTY-SIXTH PAGE. Boys’ and Girls' Page, TWENTY-SEVENTH PAGE. A Dissertation on the Drama, TWENTY-EIGHTH PAGE. Per<onal News of the Stuta TWENTY-NINTH PAGE, ! DELAYS MCKENNA'S PROMOTION Will Stay in the Cab- inet Until New Year. TO SETTLE PACIFIC ROADS CASES. | PIPER MILNE'S ACT OF HEROISM:'AT THE BATTLE OF DARGAL. W | into the zone of fire. Bullets fell li ; shot through both legs, but, seated has been recommended for the Victo e rain, and it seemed as if ining again ria Cross. The picture is reproduced fro the column would m the Londen Graphic. hen the order was given to the Gordon Highlanders to taka Dargai the pipers struck up “ Cock of the North” at the head of their companies as they dashed be annihilated, but the hill was ultimately taken. a rock, he sat through the fire wounds=d as he was and continued to play ° Cock of the North.” Corporal Milne was He | the “Big 'Un of‘ the BOSTON, Dec. 4.—John Lawrence Sulli- van will not be a candidate for Mayor of Boston, and no nomination paper in his behalf was filed v. The decsion was arrived at three days ago, after con- | sultation between Mr. Sullivan’s political lieutenants, and it is due to, the expressed wish of the big “an,”” who is now travel- | ing with his vaudeville company. Up to | three weeks ago Mr. Bullivan had every | intention of sianding as a candidate for | Mayor, but tte never authorized anybody lo iake out nomiunation papersin his be- | half. When he was last in Boston he wa visited by a well-known represeutative of | the Boston Tammany Hall party, who | came from Mayor Quincy with full powers te arrange terms, but Mr. Sullivan refused n positive and exyresive language to re- cede from his declaration that he would into the fizht against the Mayor. What has caused Mr. Suliivan to change nis mind? Mayor Quiney did noz doit. | Mr. Quincy's political banner-bearers | did doit. It was the iargeness of Sulli- van’s heart and the sympathetic qualities of his nature which led him almost at the last moment to withdraw. The friend whom Sullivan esteems most highly | among all his friends in thiscity, the man who has been in reality a friend of the eccentric pugilist in prosperity ani pov- erty, tells the reason for Sullivan’'s deci- sion in thislanguage: “Yes, John L. is out, and now some will hasten to declare that he never in- tended to be a candidate. Nothing could be further from the truth. John L. Sul- livan was very much of a candidate and | Mayor Quincy knows it. I founda that | Sullivan would not be crowded out. He | was very angry with Quincy, and nothing | ihat I could do or say would change hi mint, He was pound to ‘knockout’ Quincy, as he expressed it. What I shall now tell you comes to me direct from sullivan. He 'as had letter after letter ince he went upon the road beg. ing him to refrain from usine his name as an in- dependent candidate. Some of them came from city empioyes. “They pleaded with Lim pitifully. They told him that the Quincy machine was desperate and that those who were known to be friendly to Sullivan would be dis- charged without pretext if the ex-cham- pion insisied on making the battle. “*Other letters said that Quincy was wi'l- ing to make any kind of concession, and n one of them it was hinted that Sulli- van could make money by coming back e 20 “Uucle Jim and Uncie Biily.” THIRTIETH PAGE. News of the Fraternities, Mines and Miners. ‘Whist. THIRTY-FIRST PAGE. Commercial News, THIRTY-SECOND PAGE. Trouble at Girls’ High School. Too Poor to Pay Alimony. 2902009892022000222202202922202992200202022222222020000200000020000000000000000 auuuuuunm,uyj Wmmmmmmmmw,j fights that took place in 1812, 10 Boston and engaging in basiness as a ieaming contractor. There has been some correspondence of an important nature, and as a result of it some of us had s con- ferenc: and last evening the final decis- ion was reached. Mr. Quincy has been notified that Sullivan wiil not file nomi- nation papers, but that he cannot vote for + man for Mayor w o refused to shake hands with a citizen of the Hub whose JOHN L. SULLIVAN OUT OF THE RACE FOR THE MAYORALTY; Pathetic Appea's From Friends Whose Bread and Butter Depends Upon Quincy Cause ” to Stay Out Fight. | huve baen made, pledges that have been given ard entreaties that have been made | by those whose bread and butter devended on his action, that Mr. Sullivan is not to- day acandidate for Mavor.” TORTLES FRON THE BALAPACOS Success of the Ro‘*hschild Ex- pedition to the Far South- ern Islands. No Such Collection Has Ever Been Secured Since the Days of Darwin. Speclal Dispatch to THE CALL. AUGUSTA, Mg, Dec. 4—Dr. W. H. Harris of this city has just received an interesting letter from his brother, Charles M. Harris, who is now at the heaa of the Rothschild expedition to the Galapagos Archipelago after flora and fauna. Mr. Harris was one of a party of five, who sajled from New York for Panama on March 20, where they expected to charter a schooner for, the trip. There yellow fever was contracted, from which three of the party died. & Mr. Harris proceeded to San Francisco and organiz*d a party and saiied June 21 in the schooner Lila and Mattie, arriving at t.e islands alter a forty days’ passage. 8o far a. known, the collection of birds and tortoises has been exceiied only by that secured by Darwin in 1836. Mr. Harris writes: *““As 1o our succeas, I think, barring accidents, it is assured. We nave now on board thirty live tor- toises of two species and two prepared skins; about 200 birds have been saved so far. Besides the tortoises ana birds, we have a large number of two species of iguanas and numbers of lizards, snakes, birds’ eggs and turties. We have covered about ‘half of our ground, having visitea the following islands 1n the order named: Kulpepper, Wenman, Abingdon, Bindloe, Indefatigable, Duncan, Jervis, James and Chatham. From here will go to Hood, Charles. Brattle, Albemarle, Mariborough, Tower and Cocos, and then start for San Francisco, which we expect to reach about the middle of March next. We nave so far succeedea in . etting about all the species of birds recorded for the different isiands visited, and undoubtedly some new ones. *On James Island is an enormous vol- cano in a state of great activity.. This is the first active vnlcano on the isiands since 1855. Twenty-nine of our tortoises were taken from Duncan Island, where 1t claims to grestness are not based on “Itis solely because of concessions that wi upposed they were extinct. They were at the top of the island, and in the bottom of an immense crater.” 'ARMENIANS the following from Trebizonde under date of November 12: I bave had long talks with persons— foreigners—who wére present on the oc- casion of the massacres, and they all agree as to the essential facts. I wentto foreign residents for information because both Turks and Armenians are strongly prejudiced. I hada long interview witn one whom a!l Herald readers would trust if 1 were at liberty to give his name. “Where did” the fault lie?” I asked. “Was it with the Turks or with the Ar- menians?’’ “Well,”” said he, “let me tell you a story and you shall judge ior yourseif. You re- member the Ottoman bank episode at Constantinaple ?” “Perfectly,” I answered." *News flies fast,” he continued, “and what occurred there became known here. Two or three days afierward, I-forget which, Bahri Ba<hi was walking the main street of Trebizonde, when a couple of young men, evidently members of the revolutionary committee, fired upon him, their purpose baing assassination.- They attempted to duplicate -the movement . which was bezun in Constantinople. After firing the fellows fled and found a hiding place. The authorities, urged by the populace, which could hardly be re- strained, called on the Armenian com- munity to deliver up the miscreants, and added that unless they did so it would be impossible to answer for the conse- quences.”’ “Ard what were the consequences?” I asked. “That 500 men were killed.” “‘The number was no larger than that?”’ I queried. “That is a somewhat conservative esti- mate, but after a careful investigation I think it is about a fair figure. They were {rightful times and the worst passionsand fears of the populance were aroused. Business was at a standstill and we were all paralyzed. After that as many Ar- menians as could tind a way ot escape fled, most of them io the Russian bor- ders.”” “And the women and children?” asked. _ “There were strict orders not to harm either oue or the other and that order was willingly obeyed by the soldiers. Only twoor three women and children suffered and that by accident, not by design.” Isaid to my friend: *Tell me about the present condition and future prospecis of the Armeniane.” *“Well,” was the answer “‘in most of the villages the Turks and Christians, Greek and Armenian, live in perfect amity. Right here in Tretizonde there have been very serious iroubies, but they are over. These Armenians are an elastic race, and they recover from a wound rapidly. They fled after the massacre, as I told you, but they arenow reiurning, especially from Russian territory. They hate Russia be- I ARE . BLAMED FOR SOME OF THE OUTRAGES An Investigator Interviews Foreign Residents of Trebizonde, Who Tell of a Fright- ful Massacre and Causes Lead- ing to It NEW YORK, Dec. 4—Dr. George Hep- | cause Russia does not tclerate religious worth, the Herald’s commissioner sent to | investigate the Armenian outrages, sends differeuces. In Turkey they are free and can worship as they please. There is never any friction, except when politice is involved. And so Jthey are slowly coming back and setting themselves upin business.’” “‘And this peaceful condition of affairs is likeiy to continue ?” I asked. ‘It looks so.” After this I spent an hour with another gentleman, an Englishman, and a resi- dent also. He showed me copies of re- ports which he had sent home. “What is the present condition of the distriet?” I asked. “Well,” he replied, *it is impossible, as you can see, to make much commercial progress when disturbances are likely to occur.” *“Well,”’ I asked, “‘do you feel that in- security now?” “Nu,”’ he replied. “Evervthing is set- tling down into the old ways. In my judgment we have fairer prospects than have been known here for years.” “What elements of a disturbance are there?”’ “Very few. The Armenians are return- ing, and by spring wa shall be in good condition,” ‘ “Let me say to you,” he continue: 1 108e to go, “that for years there has not been as stroug a sense of security here as there is at the present 'moment, for which ‘we cannot be too grateful,” and so the in- terview ended. EXPELLED - FR.M - THE CLUB. Massachusstts Fsformers No Longer Have Any Use for - George Fred Williams. BOSTON, Dee. 4.—It was announced at the annual meeting and dinner of the Massachusetts Reform Club, hLeld at Young’s Hotel this evening, that two members had been expslisd for non-pay- ment of dues. Geoige Fred Williams was one of these and Herbert S. Carruth was the other. No regret was expressed at Mr. Williams® expalsion, indecd there ap- peared to be a disposition to indulge in hilarity when his name was read. The announcement was incorporated in the report of Becretary Warren ana was unanimously adopted. There is deep sig- nificance in this occurrence. Of course the non-payment of dues is not an excuse for the expulsion of Williams, for he is a comparatively weaithy man, while Mr. Carruth is rated at several hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Carruth was formerly chairman of the Board of Al- dermen and considered one oi Boston's foremost financiers. It is simply the oust- ing of an objectionable member w became odious %o the gold bugs by recent candidacy for Governor on the sii- ver platform and his stumping ot New England for Mr. Bryan. The Massa- chusetts Reform Club has more than local fame, for its repute as a leading mug- wump organization is national. Mr. Williams has always been a very promi- nent member. This Is Reported to . Be at His Own De- sire. GRIGGS CAN’T TAKE HOLD JUST YET. That Is One More Réason Why There Shou'd Be No. Pres=- ent Haste. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL Cavy Orrice, Ricas Hovsl.% WasHiNGTON, Dec. 4. From the best information obtainable at this time it appears that no change is to be made in the. composition of tue Cabinet auring -the remainder of the curreni year. There are two good reasons for this. Attorney-General Mec. Kenna has charged himself with the pr ecution of the Pacific Railroad cases, and it is not to be supposed that he will re- linquish his present cffice until the Kansas Pacific sale has passed into history. Iuis generally understood that Goyernor Griggs of New Jersey has been offered the place in the Cabinet to be vacated by Attorney- General McKenna, but it will not be pos- sible for him to take the office before the beginning of next year. The New Jersey constitution fails to make prov:sion for a Lieutenant-Governor and the successor to tne Governor would be the. -pre-ident of the State Senate, who is limited in the | assumption of the office to the tinie when | the Legislature is in uctual session, «which | will not occur until Janaary 1. Soould Governor Griggs relinquish his place now, there consequ-ntly could bano head to the State governmentduring the period of time between now and January 1, and the Governor is unwilling to leave matters in such a siate. The nomination of a successor to At~ torney-General McKenna, therefore, 1s a good way off. Mr. McKenna will have to be nominated for the Supreme bench and confirmed by the Senate before his suc cessor will be named. There may be some delay in the confirmation of Mr. Me- Kenna becaure of the protests which will be entered, but it is not thought, from present indications, that these protesis will resuit ~eriously. Close friends of Attorney-General Mc- Kenna were somewhat biiter to-day.in talking about the protest. They unhesitat- ingly said that Judge Gilbert is & personal enemy of Judge McKenna and that this is well known on the Pacitic Coast. The two men quarreled some years ago over the appointment of some clerks in their respective courts and Mr. McKeana won the victory, thus making an enemy of Judge Gilbert. Judge Hanford of Oregon, who was pushed for a position in the Cabinet as the representative of the Pacitic Cous., refused tosign any petition. Sodid CircuitJudge Morrow and District Judge de Haven of California. - The California friends of the Attorney-General denounce in unmeas- ——————————————————————————— NEW TO-DAY. SLEEP SKIN-TORTURED BABIES And rest for tired mothers in a warm bath with CUTICURA 80AP,andasingleapplication of CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure. CUTICURA REMEDIES afford instant relief, and point to a speedy cure of torturing, dis- figuring, humiliating, itching, burning, bleed- ing, crusted, scaly skin and scalp humors, with loss of hair, when all else fails. Bold throughoutthe world. Porrzs Dxve AxD Cike -, Sold ., Boston.. ‘&3 ' How to Blire Sxin- Tortured Bables,” res. 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