The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1898, Page 1

The Tall SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1898. MIEO‘gTAHRICA B e DEATH IN MAY ENSUE Hl?)slslé%gléfib THE WATES That Country Sup- Washed F h Pguan Revotuton | Debauchery and Theft of cuning the Alaska Commit- tee’s Employes. PRICE FIVE CENTS EXCITEMENT INTENSE AT [0LA'S TRIAL General Pellieux Tells of the Esterhazy Affair, WAITING MADRID’S APOLOGY The De Lome Incident Not Yet Declared Offi- cially Closed. Seamen on the Gunboat Went Overboard to the Rescue. Colonel Picquart Also Gives Evidence as to a Secret Document. President Zelaya So De- clares Over His Own Signature. Tries to Justify His Acts of Burs glary and Pleads Profes- sional Secrecy. Brave Sailors Secure the Offi- cer, but Fail to Resusci- tate Him. Also States That the Bold In- vasion Has Been Sup- pressed. There Must Be a Distinct Dis claimer From Spain of the Sentiments Expressed by the Minister. Ex-Governor Sheakley Restores the Credit of San Francisco Merchants, but Closes the Chicago Offices. THRILLING RACE FOR LIFE | MOBS GROW FURIOUS, PRISONERS ARE TAKEN. Upon Speeding Through a Storm to Havana All Medical Aid 1s in Vain. Angry Frenchmen Cry “Death to Zola,” and the Novelist Hidses Back “Cowards.” Now That the Revolt 1s Ended Inter- national Complications Are Ap- of T. C. Willis, who seemed to have a O@+++++++4+4++4+4++++@)ter was brought to light, and for that | e A CHICAGO, Feb. 11.—The Inter-Ocean + + he is not inclined to split hairs to-morrow morning will publish the| pull, and whom he could not get rid 41 NEW.| YOREK, Bebhi 1A +|ove iner in which Senor de | following: Debauchery, extravagance (:!.mx'l‘;letSOVerndoxr n;ex:hsenflx; to e Vas gton spe e Her- 4+ Lome w alled. Only failure on the ) avior so unbecoming as to make | tablis e credit o e office, whicl : :‘:(;QT:}.:. 2 :\;l,,i‘,::,r‘o A:b e + : " f Spain to disavow the utterances | Copyright, 183, by James Gordon Bennett. i'::gn:'e;mdisgmw to their city have at- | had fallen to him. He found bills ey- | CoPyrisht. 1S3, by James Gordon Bennett. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call + naval vessel, the torpedo + nor de Lome will prompt the Pres- | o o 006 6 00600 000 000 0| tended the movements of the men rep- | erywhere which had been contracted | HAVANA, Feb, Il—Ensign Joseph| PARIS, Feb. 1i—rhere were the + Cushing, left Key W + | ic to take further steps. This ad- © | resenting the Alaska TradehC;)mmI:tei ’:;r}:d \-{)l‘;;c: :a;’?:n::f:es;fl;r}; :solez;:le; | G Brscmmmge' executive officer of the | usual crowds about the door of the As- 4 for Havana, and +in stration has not doubted the sin- z & = | from San Francisco, since their arrival | e V! S | torpedo boat Cushing, was washed ~ , 4 the Maine. He + ity of Spain, either in negotiations| @ _ MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. Q| fn ?«hlmgo six weeks ago. Not only | quantity of champagne, in the pame of | overboard and drowned during a size Court of the Seine when the fifth + + for a commercial treaty or in her offer 110 Jthie BALor: o the 1:Ier- | are these imputations made, but ones of | the committee, and this had to be set- | stormy passage from Key West to Ha- day of the trial of Zola and Pellleux + + \utonomy to Cuba. Senor de Lome's| @ #1d: I willingly accede to your O] a more serious nature, implying dishon- | tled for. Then there were hack bills| vana = The Cushing arrived this even. | COmmenced. M. Zola and General Pel- + ing to as + letter, written more than two months |9 reauest for informatlon regard- Q| € R S N "o pinds furnished to| and flower bills and many extras In | ing with the bods and signaled, the | lieux were greeted with hostile cries % et s % /a0, has not apparently changed the O Ing events in Nicaragua A body B\, ¥ 1itiee by the people of San | the dining room. It became necessary | Maine for medical assistance. All of. | when they arrived. The court was - direct to + /| views of the administration on these| § Of exiles, numbering 300 men, B . 0 and illegal and dishonorable | for the Governor to draw upon his own | forts to resuscitate Ensign Breckin: thronged. The procecdings operied With + + | points, but will do so unless Spaty|O mMmade an invasion of our terri- daptation to their own use of prop- | funds for the purpose of settling these | rigge were futile. The body will be i + 5o tory with the tolerance and sup- © | 2dapta 2 tht for his desire to see the honor of | General Pellieux on the stand. + hould now, in some very positive way, £ erty of San Francisco merchants, which RERFHOTTILE Of | sent by the Cushing to Key West to- - + show that his utterances did not repre. | @ Port of the Government of Costa Q was sent here for exhibition, showing San Francisco sustained compelled him | morrow. : General Pellieux testified that Gen- + + sent the position of the Spanish Gov-| § Rica. They took possession by 8|}y tages of certaln kinds of furs | to do it. He realized that the city had | The Cushing left Key A West this | ral Saussier, former Military Governor - e © surprise of the port of San Juan ot e fa 'ihe HElonane] been disgraced, but its credit should | morning with stores for the Maine, She | 0f Paris, desired a public trial for + i 50 +| T was assured by an officfal of the|Q Del Sur and made themselves @707, B0 5 U NIVl rnadebyper- | mot be attacked. Proprietor Eden was | pitched heavily in a fearful sea. Ste | Major Esterhasy, but General Billot, + as he had been advised, + agministration to-day that no change Sfrope [therein (e SGavery © | sons high in authority, who held it as | about # order the crowd out of the slowed the engines at 1 o'clock in sight | the Minister of War, ordered that the - et prevails in Havana. 4 of policy on the part of the President | mMent troops attacked their K‘Jr& ©| a disgrace to the city of the Golden | hotel and would have done 80 had not | of the coast of Cuba. Immediately af- | trial be secret. Nevertheless, the wit- + learned to-day that the send- 4 | i) foilow the De Lome incident unless O tifications on F'ebruary T an' 0} Gate, that it ‘should have been so| Governor s_heakley given his persona.l} terward Ensign Breckinridge, who | ness added, the court-martial refused + 1 to Havana +!gnain forces it by a faflure to malke i © after three hours fighm}g drove O‘ shamefully represented by men who | draft for $500 as a guarantee. | was stationed forward, was carried off | to keep the entire proceedings secret, i it of a request of # |, har disclaimer. | © them to the seashore. Night set | are not to be depended upon and whose | Immediately upon the arrival of the | his feet by a heavy sea. He clutched | therefore it was impossible to contend * 0 eneral Lee. This Te- 4| w0/ coynamoN, Feb, 11— As therep. | 2 10 and we postponed untl to- 8‘ sole idea has been to get as much of | PATtY in this city the acquaintance of | the life line as he was swept aft. The | that Major Esterhazy was acquitted by + g due to General Lee's ¥ | s oiive of Spain, Senor Don Ju:n O day the capture of the place. O} " ' = o money for riotous liv- | & YOUNg newspaper man was formed, | line parted, however, and Ensign | order of the authorities. + ain free commu- # | 1y 0 T 0 8t moon to-day at tog| S This morning at 8 o'clock the © ing as was possible, and to spend their | and for several days they led a riot- | Breckinridge went overboard. With General Pellieux on the stand, % event of the Ha- + | . "5 ’ © national troops, after making Q| In€ a8 working out side “‘grafts,” and | Ut existence—wine, women and song | Seamen Everett and Coppage started | M. Zola said: ‘“‘There are several ways 3 % ding biokenk Tha 4| btat epartment avnd presented, in use of artillery, took possession © ki the. work that it was in-| the Whole of the time, and ft is said | to g0 to the rescue in the lifebdat, but | of serving France. You, General, made S F tructions given to Lieutenant + | . ,_nf' ‘,,he( n;;:.‘,flm:m‘ Of’the lS’panIs}; © of the place, which was aban- O :‘e:gdzg 3]5";[ they should do. | that a sober breath was not drawn dur- | it was swamped in lowering and the | your campaign; but I will bequeath to DET: Veh conthmplBtea s Aepart. <+ \. ;:n n ‘_1(7 t e. rirs gna onho © doned by the invading force. Q| i A 3 o ing that time. They didn't stop at:. mle;n vl\erel;hrcti(x;rnfl:imq thet wate{\. | posterity the name of Emile Zola, and 3 e ety Bt + | penor =nridue Dupuy de Lome had g Tpig telling blow puts an end to O B pafostupate cond | Sheak. | 2BYthing, even attempting to take lewd | Ensign, Breckinrldge's strength was | ;ogierity will be my judge.” > The Cushing has been placed + —’v-n accepted and that Senor pubosle © the invasion. S has so disgusted e-x-(x?\ernolr efiea ~ | women to their rooms in the hotel. Al- | with heavy ol gkin boots, The Cush- | Colonel Picquart waos called and nar- + under the orders of the Maine, + (™25 authorized to represent his Gov-|@ JOSE SANTOS ZELAYA, Of ley 1o, Alagka, who o e b R 1% | though they were each only getting a | ing was running through the sea de | rated how he found the fragments of & + and her stay in Havana Harbor +|frnment as ,(h:_‘";"’ a7 Cetssisa nte President of .vicaragua. Q| charge of the work to be o haa | very limited salary, each was always luged from stem to stern. As Breck- | telegraphic card in 189 and concluded 4 will be indefinite. + im. The notification was purely formal, © | after the committee’s reputation had | wop gypnijed with greenbacks, which | inridge was going under Cook Daniel | therefrom that Esterhazy was corre- B4 4 | merely giving the facts of transfer. ! 0000000000000 00000 | been ruined and.its credit derwoyed, were openly admitted to be a part of | Atkins went overboard to the rescue. | sponding with suspicious parties. @+t ++ 444444+ 44+ 0@ Having assumed his duties Mr. Dubosie that he has decided to close up the of- the committee's funds. As a result of | The Cushing finally obeyed her helm Colonel Plcquart said further: “T NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The Herald" spondent telegral { paid a call of respect to the State De- partment. He was not accompanied by Senor de Lome. Herald correspondents Nicaragua and Costa Rica PANAMA, Feb. 11.—All advices from in points in indicate | fices here, and give up the undertak- ing of advertising San Francisco as a starting point for the Klondike. The this spree, C. G. Taylor was forced to spend a week in the Washingtonian | Home for Inebriates. | and swungaroundand maneuvered near the men in the water. Atkins, Coppage and Everett were rescued by lines, and ‘Ensign Breckinridge was taken on | was struck with the resemblance of Major Esterhazy’s handwriting to that of the bordereau, and I submitted pho- official statement made , o that should President Zelaya of Nicar- | J 2 K HRE Ane et stration il RQUUGORT | s s, ablustimeeting tn; day fhe agua finally succeed in suppressing the Lo-oioic 8004 that might have been | “goverg) of them, including C. H. Jen- | board in the same manner, Atkins fas- | tographs to M. Bertillon and M. Paty ‘ hat the administration s s President briefly gave a summary of | 28! LT 3 5 4 done has been ruined by the men who kins ana L. R. Hare, had an advertis- | tening the line to mim. Quick medical | 3," Glam, and the gentlemen declared e De Lome incident closed Un-| the correspondence that has taken | FeDellious spirit at home there is no | g:ot had the work in hand, and al. : ald was necessaty to save the ensign’s g e has been some kind of an offi- cial disclaimer by the Spanish Govern- place up to t noment, respecting the 1ent of Senor de Lome, and re- room to doubt that it will be followed by serious international complications, | though Governor Sheakley has worked | hard to bring the committee out of the | ing scheme which was occupying their attention rather than the work of the committee. Still they were drawing life, and the Cushing headed for Ha- | vana after the throttles were opened. | that it was exactly the same as that of the bordereau, adding: ‘“The Jews would do anything in the world to procure nt of spor for his utt narkec EFY ol A 5 possibly involving war between Nicar- | 5 g . | She tore through the heavy seas on a | s geor I T nlm‘j"t it would be necessary to | PORNBY FYTTRE WM | ’;"“'"' into “1:‘2'::‘ l“:fl‘:a?[ pesn ‘;”“”dv | their salaries and living off the com- | race with death. The crew meanwhile | that writing.’ Paty du Clam said it sure that if a satisfactory rer Ealt fhie = port. 1hne matter was not| ““gi; .o the revolution started it has le]:“’“.rhr:“exm‘bi(s & “ ‘T # hOpeless | pitree's funds. Bach made it his bus- | adopted the usual means of resuscita- | was the handwriting of Dfeitas” rot already been made to Minister [ otHSeet 1B n"‘_‘“ P =5 after this ex- |y on charged, but vaguely, that Costa l?? A e :vhffl_'fll"‘] Sent 10| jness to advertise the business of a | tand arrival in Havana, the Maine's |, Continuing, Colonel Picquart said he Woodford, such action will not be long | > 2" © Status by the President. | Rica was behind the movement lend- d;"so‘;ne AL ad“)r;qln(‘ym’L‘;’ certain Alaska transportation com- | o lp, SR S CAVARE: TAC RAINCE | knew of a superior officer whose name 3 the Sagasta Government. Ensi i’oner D; 7 7Ph }ng m?g‘:]h?:(:nnm;i-eeflfglgigfia I:rélnn&\; G5 i the Giteklon. the wérnid floor. | PARY: for the reason that the proprie- | gant to Consul-General Lee, who sent | Was mighty, mentioned as furnishing The statements made this morning Bu- S es " a oedlx e n e pied of the Great Northern building haws| t0f Was intimate with them and was | Dr. Burgess. Burgess said it was doubt- | documents to foreign powers, adding that the President would not consider PHOENIX, Feb. en John 8 f Syl Catoh: has' beeriirateived, by been closed. As Soon as Goverore | helping them to spend the committee's | ful if medical aid, if available, could | that he did not wish to further Qis- ded until there had been | POTter, United States Navy, dled Jamt| o Congnt Cnoral of the Greator Reit| oespoloned; on 1S GOVernor| noney. In conversation about the B expression. of disavowal from night at the Catholic Hospital of tuber- | bt of Central America: | Sheakley can get the affairs of the hotel lobby this transportation com- fie) \_wro..’mrm”y Criheep BhGE culosis. He :\;s; graduate of Annapolis,; “The revolution has been crushed in | cCOmmittee in shape he will leave for his yany was of more importance than State Department to-day. Up to a 2 | San Juan del Sur and Rivas. Dr. | ©0ld home in Pennsylvania. San Francisco as a starting point for Sate Rour ol the cablegram ex- _ =] ;\(Ii]an Cardehnas, wltth lht’isl remaénlng The first trouble in the ranks of the | Alaska. In fact, they rarely referred pected by Assistant Secretary Day | 99¢@0000000600096000000 | Lo teritory. Bresiaont Inoias o1y | committee’s agents was the arrest of | to the subject. Carman left for San from Minister Woodford had not ar- | NEWS 0 5 @ | ed the invasion. ZELAYA.” | D. M. Carman shartly.atter his arriv- | Francisco shortly after getting his S NE OF THE DAY. @ | “Owing to the fact that the Nk‘aragua;“]' This created mutch unfavorable trouble patched up. According to e President, I am assured, has - = © | telegraph lines have been down the | talk, and resulted in his being dropped | gheakley he was not fo be depended on The P 5 Weather forecast for San Fran- | i G SHa b 8 Y pended_on every confidence that the Spanish Gov- cisco: Showers on Saturday: west. 2 | g’lln“lnr}g has been just got through as manager. ove:‘nnr Sheakley, who | i handling the committee's affairs, al- Was made. through Minister Woodiord o S R € | an invasion from Costa Rica number- | wos twe or three weeks after o) 1= for Senor De Lome's recall will be twenty-four honrer® \T® fOF the past & | ing 500, among the party being Costa | 25 ‘e trou-1 Continued on Second Page. satisfactory. That Minister Woodford PR 5t dogrees S| Rica chiefs. They were repulsed by | — in his cablegram of last night did not Gegrecs | the Government ~troops and ~many give the particulars as to the nature 2 demress | prisoners and arms captured. The f this reply is a matter of some sur- ..64 degrees arms bore the Costa Rica shield.” o p e e e % - ® | Dr. Cardenas, with his Minister, prise to the authorities and I8 the im- | g - | General Jose Hamorro, is now in mediate cause of much spe tion as | ]vn”dv @ Sapoa. Fifteen prisoners of war were to the outcome of the incident. The only explanation that can be made is va Means War. captured in San Juan. Coming from Injured Abroad. ¢ | Punta Arena the Government has 000 that Minister Woodford felt so satis- Officer Drowned 4! l“l"v(‘r’;rps.“'l"]g]e Crg:;&h fil&eag};fm:e‘;a?{ adiionl S S }2‘5 rurtreiema— SE NN’;’;l]P.\GE s through- that Government’s interven- tions and the prompt acceptance of TS Bants Bes o &l Senor De Lome’s resignation would be Semee oLl L BT g . acceptable to the administration, that Old Scandal of Los Angeles. ol he did not think it was necessary to ® Meeting of the Bikers. 2 S \1ORTON BI OCK cable detalils, and that the words “full | ¥ THIRD PAGE. b 7 A Revolt in Guatemala. French Cable Problematical. Preacher Swallows a Live Mouse, Hickey's Body Sent Here. A Widow's Home Looted. Belew Held for Murder., The Barron Will Case, In Fear of Mythical Foes. FOURTH PAGE. Captatn Ray’s Official Report. Gold on the American Side. Canada’s Vexatious Regulations. Gunboat May Go to Skaguay. report will follow” in his cablegram meant ‘“report by mail.” Our department, however, has shown its interest in the matter by asking him immediately to cable full particu- lars of the reply. President McKinley has no to believe that Spain desires other than most friendly relations with the United States and that she will mani- fest this desire in such a way, either b ] RAZED BY FIRE Office Building of the Ex-Vice- President Burned in New York. reason | Half-Million Dollar Blaze W hich Gave Day by the reply which has already been Plyler's Wite Uohee Aoy = nder Arres 4 i made to Minister Woodford or A Tacoma Firm in Trouble, e DommmentpMuch through future correspondence, as to FIFTH PAGE. | Trouble. . completely counteract the effects Fire in the Phelan Block i A Woman Swindled Them. Falr Heirs Win a Case. Cattle King to Wed Again. SIXTH PAGE. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—Levl P. Mor- ton’s seven-story office building, with frontages on Nassau and Ann streets, | known as the Nassau Chamber building, | was destroyed by fire to-night. The fire- | men had a hard battle and for three | hours there was every prospect of a great sought to be produced by agents of the Cuban Junta through the De Lome| letter. Spain’s prompt acceptance of Senor | De Lome’s resignation and the state- ment that a new Minister will be sent to Washington at once is accepted as Editorial Where WIIl This End? Opening the Campaign. The People in Politics. Defective Ammunition, POPPVPPVPP0IPP0000H090P090000000000606 an earnest desire on her part to con- adian Impertinence. | conflagration. Every fire company from tinue friendly relations with the | David Bennett Hill's Plans celioone) fustLdin el Baltory was United States. | ? ;l::ws : :m: the Corridors. The Derby Desk Company occupled both aenic ave been made that the | & wers to spondents, | the Nassau and the Ann street stores, tatements have been e P >regia i TR g 5 TH PAGE. | and the basement of the building, where President will demand an apology @ Fought Over a Woman's Cotfin. | the fire originated, was occupis by the Spain. This is entirely erroneous. The | % Dr. Hart Resigns. Herxélg (’%{:le Cl(;mflpany_ Fl:iom lge ang- o = Grs, = o p @ News Along the Water Front. sau Chambers the fire spread to the four- President cxpycts suns s spie 'h:' @ ' George'B. Sperry Shot, | | story building_aajoining, and the cloth- Spain disclaims responsibility for the |8 TSWECE Shely Shot . | Ing store of Maduro Brothers, on the utterances of her Minister in a private | & EIGHTH PAGE. @ | ground floor, was quickly in flames. The letter, and he has not the slightest|@ News of the Sporting Wiria @ | logs here will be practically complete, : st gl © | Several firemen were badly cut by fly- doubt that this will be done without an ' & Rl H PAGE. @ | ing glass and debris, but none seriously e 3 request from our State Depart- | @ TFrench Socleties at War @ | injured. ment. He not only expects Spain to|® Fixing the Water Rates. @ | The Murray stationery store occupled a at. only exp Sp & “What Happened to Jones.” & | small frontage adjoining the Derby Desk disclaim responsibility for those parts @ TENTH PAGE. e‘ gompanylfix:l N?;-au t’t‘ftet’l.lnd %‘fi firm J of the letter referring to himself, but | @ The Commercial World. & | has very e, If anything, left. e up- he lio cxpects that It will-be made | & ELBVENTH Pace. A o e RS BITS FROM THE ZOLO TRIAL. known in an unmistakable manner that | & ’,;;j'm,“:‘x,f“;}’a;p|fiu}’“‘ @ | ber of manufacturing concerns also had | ble had begun, and he found matters | 8enor de Lome did not correctly repre- | & TWELFTR PAGE. o et froen the fire. Thch suflered se- |11 g very disreputable shape. After Ex-President Casimir-Perier in the Witness-Stand #;°0t Mis Government in those parts of | & Racing at Oakland. & | ing, at the southwest corner of Nassau two or threée days ‘of work, during Giving Testimony as a Citizen. ‘ “,.‘,, which have been interpreted | @ Justice (;”r;{r;xp;l\uj_dflp‘g e %nd filnn;lrcets.cnugh( 3“ s‘e\;,eréll times, | which he found that $5000 of the $10,000 : A 18 5| that Spain was insincere in = @ 2. AGE. & O o rosoed furnished by the citizens of San Fran- the o G 4 is estimated 1f MERiSTed vy s . ,l " of autonomy for Cuba and in | § m"h",_,;‘;'b';‘;;;;;; t;.’;:}"; ® ,hzhf’a:ng. Shore o il h;i]l %e“‘é“,'lf,’.' cisco had been spent in high living and have saved the ensign. Lieutenant | close secrets while he (the colonel) was 1egotiations for a treaty. { g o & | by the Morton Interests, although it ls he lowest resorts of the city, : he ‘| Gleaver, commander of the Cushing, is | still investigating. i 8 y & Schools Honor Lincoln's Memory. $ | e e o thouEh | in the | T Y, G - ma [o) g, e, McKinley has no sympathy for | ¢ @ | Desk Company and the Maduro Bros- w0y | discharged all of the men who ~had heart-broken. The crew is deeply af-| Colonel Picquart pointed out that *1¢ ranner in which the De Lome let- | 00989 0900 90900 ©0606060® | mentioned as the next heaviest losers. | come on With him, With the exception fected, as the officer .was well loved. while the anti-Dreyfus newspapers