The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 14, 1898, Page 1

to be taken from ! I'the Library.++++ - PRICE FIVE CENTS. Vi'ew of Port Arthur, MAY BE THE SCENE OF GREAT EVENTS. Leased to Russia by China. It Is on the North Side of the Gulf of Pechili and Opposite Wei-Hai-Wei, Which Hes Been Personnel of ject of 1 Many Problems NEW YORK. Aug. 13.—The Wash- ington correspondent of the Herald | telegraphs: The most important task imposed on the President at this time is the selection of five American mem- | bers of the joint commission to deter- mine- the fate of the Philippines. Secretary’s Day's name is the only lute certainty on the list of commis- sioners. A name that has not been New York, and there may be much significance in the fact that the Presi- one that can be put down with abso-‘ | mentioned Is that of Joseph Choate of | MEN WHO WILL DRAFT THE TREATY the Peace Commission the Sub- nterest. That Now Con- front the Administration at Washington. mediate necessity for passing upon them. The War Dspartment was busy all day with matters pertaining to cessa- tion of hostilities. Secretary Alger con- sulted the President for some time, but when he returned said that the mili- tary commissicners for Cuba and Porto Rico would not be announced to-day. There is no need of haste, he said, as | by the terms of the protocol ten days were allowed for the selection of the | commisston. There has been some speculation as Leased to Great Britain. dent mentioned his name as a possi- bility to a caller who was talking in behalf of another man. There are reports to-day in adminis- tration circles that the selection of | to who will bé commissioners, and | nearly all of the more prominent offi- | cers of the army have been canvassed, | both volunteer and regular. It seems | to be generally conceded that General | Lee will be one of the commissioners oXoXoRoXoRo R oRoRoRoR O X CROR O ROROROROR RO OXORORORORORORORGRORORCIO] (Y OXCXCYOXOXOR IR ORORORORCROROROXOROJO] HALF-MILLION | ~ MIDNIGHT FIRE RAGES ;N_ecrly Four Blocks Swept by ‘the Flames and Many Pack- ing Houses Thrée Chinese Reported - Circumstances That of Incendiarismy). NO, Aug. 13.—The most d(sas-!‘ -4rous fire in the history of Fresno oc- “curred shortly before 12 o'clock to- Inight, the entire space on the west | ‘rafiroad reservation from Mariposa | street. to Mono, a distance of four blocks, being almost swept clean. The | ‘aggregate loss-is conservatively - esti- | imated at from $400,000 to $500,000. ‘ The buildings destroyed were the fol- {1éwing: The Forsyth Seeded Raisin | _Pdcking Company’s establishment, | “the Phoenix Packing _House, the National Ice Company’s estab- lishment, Farmers’ warehouse, Ein- " stein " warehouse, Hobbs & Parsons’ warehouse partially destroyed, and the residence of John Doyle, yardmaster. In addition to the buildings enumer- ated the Southern Pacif 1 will be _‘considerable. Several strings of freight s along the sides of the packing es and the warehouses were a of flames before the force of rail- ad men could haul them away. | The fire also spread to the roof of the | . Chinatown building, and for a while ‘there .was also danger of that quarter | of the town being wiped out. | - Three Chinamen .were fatally in- | Juré One of them got hold of a live | . ire, another jumped in fright from'a | building,. and the third was run over ‘ by, a hose wagon, which mashed his | S 1. skull.. A The fire is supposed to have been of | incendiary origin. The fact that the fire.department was carried to another | irt of town by a smaller blaze shortly | .before the Forsyth plant burst forth in | 4 mass of flames goes “to ‘support’the | théory that the large industries of Frosno' were burned bv an arsonist. | . The fire is the hardest blow -in an\ industrial way the town -has eyer re- ceived. A -man named Harper who_ slept in - the Forsythe establi hment s supposed | to have hed in the flames.. The 000-. The building was a large frame ructure, but contained very expen- “.-sive machinery. It was the first seeded : ‘packing house in the State, and up to a | V¥ear ago was the larges _The Phoenix was dire street.” A wind. v blowing from the horih and carried the flames to the long .- shed of the Phoenix building. A quan- tity of oil then exploded and the fire | Jéaped to the new two-story addition. 2 sparks were then carried ahead of - the fire and other buildings caught :- ahead, The Farmers’ ehouse, which | i s faull of grain, caught and also the Binstein warehouse, | In ‘the meantime the fire from the | Phoeniix Packing House spread to the | National Ice Compan establishment, - hich was practically totally destroy- "'éd, aithough the buildings were not . burned to the ground. Garlenlaub & * Pratt, of the Phoenix estimate their Joss at $70,000, including building ma- :- terial and machinery. Their plant was -partly insured, but the exact amount - -ig unknown. THe Forsyth plant also was partly insured. . General Muller of the Farmers' ware- . house places his loss at 3$25,000. The grain was insured. Einstein’s loss can- pel " fire burned so furiously-that it is not believed he could have possibly es- | - rbaped. | Forsythe's loss is estimated at $100,- | | in the world. | tly across the | packers had many Eastern d cords of wood are piled. "Heavy | rain fell in the northern part of the county. AT FRESNO Destroyed. o R R e rorarcrolererclolele (oo ko oo oy Yoy oY oy oy cYORoRoXo) to Be Fatally Injured. Create a Suspicion | § 1 not be computed exactly, but it is sup- | posed to be about the same as that to the Farmers’ warehouse. The destruction of the packing houses at this time means a terrible blow to| the raisin growers, as well as the pack- | ers themselves, as the crop will be ready in about two weeks and the contracts to fill. The packers whose establishments were destroyed were members of the California Ralisin Growers’ Association and the effect the fire will have on the association is problematical. The own- ers of the buildings and Hi Rapelji, the'l Chinatown night watchman, who was one of the first to see the fire, all agree that it must have been incendiary. LIGHTNING STARTS A FIRE. Butte County Visited by a Disastrous | Electrical Storm. CHICO, Aug. 13.—A severe storm visited this section this much damage being done to phone and telegraph apparatus. At Cana, twelve miles north of here, lightning started a fire in a field on the Stanford place. - At 6 .o'clock it is.still burning over 1500 acres of stubble, and man miles of feneing have been ' consumed. Farmers are fighting hard to keep the fire from the river bank, where tho ands of sacks of grain and many hun- electrical morning, the tele- dre Sonoma Mountain Fires Spreading. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 1 fire is raging on Canyon, about twenty-five miles from this city, and scores .of people-are engaged in fighting it. - The flames have swept over a big area of country destroying much timber, wood and fences.: If the wind comes up it is feared immense. damage will result. Pavilion Burned at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 13.—At 3 o'clock this #fternoon the baseball stand, amuse- ment pavilion and bicycle track were de- stroved by fire. The loss is estimated at .$10,000. . REPORTED ESCAPE OF BLANCO FROM HAVANA Dispatch ¥rom Washington Starts the American Warships on a Merry Chase. PLAYA DEL ESTE, Aug. 13.—The American warships New York, Brook- lyn, Oregon, Indiana, lowa and Mas- sachusetts will sail to-morrow for Tompkinsville unless the Navy Depart- ment decides that they shall wait for the troops from Santiago de Cuba. Commodore Watson left this after- noon on the Badger to raise the south- ern blockade and take the marines off the Isle of Pines, where, it is thought, they were landed yesterday or the day before. By Monday, Admiral Sampson says, the blockade will be thoroughly raised. The St. Louis and the St. Pagl left on Thursday for New York with some of General Shafter’s troops. On Thursday evening ‘the Scorpion conveyed to Admiral Sampson Wash- ington dispatches from Plava del Este, saying it was rumored that Captain General Blanco has escaped from Ha- vana, probably on the Montserrat. Commodore Watson wag communi- l States is as follows: the island of Cuba. countries. now under Spanish sovereignt sioners at the most, for either country. ¢ TEXT OF THE PROTOCOL GIVEN OUT AT MADRID MADRID, Aug. 13.—The text of the protocol signed between Spain and the United His Excellency, M. Cambon, Embassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic at Washington, and Mr. William Day, Secretary of State of the United States, having received respectfully to that effect plenary powers from the Spanish *Government and the Government of the United States, have established and signed the fol- lowing articles which define the terms on. which the two governments have agreed with regard to the questions enumerated below and of which the object is the establishment of peace- between the two countries, namely: D Article I—Spain will renounce all claim to all sovereignty over and all her rights over Article II—Spain will cede to the United States the island of Porto Rico and the other islands which are at present under the sovereignty of Spain in the Antilles, as well as an island in the Ladrone Archipelago, to be chosen by the United States. Article IIT—The United States will occupy and retain the city and bay of Manila and the port of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace, which shall determine the control and form of government of the Philippines. Article IV—Spain will immediately evacuate Cuba, Porto Rico and the other islands To this effect each of the two governments will appoint commissioners within ten days after the signing of the protocol, and these com- missioners shall meet at Havana within thirty days after the signing of this protocol with the object of coming to an agreement regarding the carrying out of the details of the afore- said evacuation of Cuba and other adjacent Spanish islands, and each of the two govern- ments shall likewise appoint within ten days after the signature of this protocol other com- missioners who shall meet at San Juan de Porto Rico within thirty days after the signature of this protocol to agree upon the details of the evacuation of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the Antilles. Article V—Spain and the United States shall appoint to treat for peace five commis- The commissioners shall meet in Paris on Octo- ber 1 at the latest to proceed to the negotiation and to the conclusion of a treaty of peace. This treaty shall be ratified in conformity with the constitutional laws of each of the two in the Antilles. Article VI—Once this protocol is concluded and signed hostilities shall be suspend- ed, and notice to that effect in the two countries shall be given by either government to the commanders of its land and sea forces as speedily as possible. Done in duplicate at Washington, read in French and in English by the undersigned, who affix at the foot of the document their signature and seals, August 12, 1898. IorororololoXckcXoXooXoXoXoXOROROooFoXOoXOXoXOX RO KOX OXOROXCROXOXOROROROROR ORORORORONOXOROROXOROROXOXOXO] Senators Allison and Gorman is not as | likely as was supposed a few days ago. The reason given is that neither of these Senators is a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, and that if any Senator is to be on the commission it should be a member of the committeee which will have charge of the peace treaty. It is said with much positiveness to- night that Secretary of State Day will | September 15, which is about the date that the Peace Commission will have to | start for Paris, and that he will be | succeeded by Ambassador Hay. President McKinley is not yet pre- of the army and navy officers who will represeat the United States on the joint military ¢ommission to arrange the de- tafls of tfie Spanish evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico. Unless there is a change in the pres- ent determination of the President, th& Porto Rican commission will be made up of Major General John R. Brooke, Brigadier General Guy V. Henry and Captain William M. Folger, commander of the cruiser New Orleans. It is ex- pected that both the commissions will be announced early next week. GETTING IN SHAPE FOR "CONDITIONS OF PEACE Important Details That Will Have to Be Attended to at Washington for Some Time. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The sud- den transition from war to peace was reflected to-day in a complete dullness and stagnation through official circles. There will be a large amount of im- portant details to be worked out from this time forward—a gradual reduction of the army and navy to peace foot- ings, the establishment of temporary and permanent administration for our new colonial possessions, caring for the prisoners and the relief of the distress in Cuba. The question of immediate attention is the appointment of the peace com- mission which is to meet at Paris, and of the military commissions to meet at Havana and San Juan. The President conferred with Secre- tary Day during the day relative to the peace commission, but it was said at the State Deépartment late in the day that an announcement of the commis- sioners might be deferred for some PPPEPEPOOPEOOPOOO pYoXoYcRoYoYorCToRoRoXCXOXO RO RO RORORCRORORORORORORONOIOKORORONORONOXOS [OXOJOJOXONOKO] were sent to the Bahama Channel to head off Blanco. Admiral 8ampson at once decided to go to the western extremity of Jamaica to intercept Blanco, should he attempt to escape in that direction. The flag- ship made sixteen knofs an hour, de- spite the foulness of her bottom, and arrived off Jamalica yesterday morning and cruised. L o On . Thursday ~ evening ~Commodore Watson instrueted €ommodore. Schley to go-to the southern blockading line and warn the ships of the rumored es- cape of Blanco. While leaving the | harbor the Brooklyn, in endeavoring to get out of the way of a transport, went hard aground and did not get off until yesterday afternoon, when she was | hauled off by the Oregon. No damage was done to the ship. but it was too late then for her to perform the com- mission upon which she was sent. The Vixen was sent after the New York yesterday, but returndd late in the af- ternoon. Admiral Sampson has inspected the Maria Teresa and says he thinks she will be got off all right when she has been lightered, which work will take probably a week or more. Lighters are to be procured ~+ Santiago. | SATL FROM SANTIAGO. Second Massachusetts and Seventy- First New York Returning. WASHINGTON, Aug: 13.—The folowing cablegram was ‘received at the ‘War De- partment to-night: SANTIAGO, Aug. 13, 1885.—Hon. R. A. Al- ger, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: Socond Massachusetts has already sailed; also Seventy-first New York. Troops are being sent by brigades and divisions. SHAFTER, Major General. Humboldt’s Democratic Delegates. BUREKA, Aug. 13.—The Democratic County Committee has elected the follow- ing 1ist of delegates to attend the State convention on August 16 at Sacramento: . ¥. Coonan, Hon. J. P. Haynes, P. W. Matthews, L. E, Mahan, S. I. Allard, L. . Puter, Con O'Mara, Frank Oliver, | ‘harles Carr, John McConaghy, Thomas Bair, H. H, Neibur and J..E. Quinn. The 1 cated with and the Dixie and Yankee | delegation 1s unpledged. CORBIN PROMISED O HIARRY H Jessie Laib Accuses the Millionaire. BRINGS SUIT FOR DAMAGES THE RAILWAY MAGNATE SAYS t ‘WRONGED HER. Young Woman Institutes a Sensa- tional Action for Twenty-five Thousand Dollars in a Spokane Court. Special Dispatch to The Call. SPOKANE, Aug. 13.—Jessle Laib, daughter of the late Matt Laib, for- merly a City Councilman and well- known -Horseman, has brought suit against D. C. Corbin, the millionaire ‘railroad man and financier, for $25,000, ‘alleging breach of promise to marry. She asserts that Corbin, under promise lof marriage, accomplished her ruin in ‘this city in 1891; that, continuing his promises, he took her in his private car to New York the folowing year under the name of Mrs. Kimball, and kept her there for several months; that, return- ing to Spokane, he continued his rela- tions with her until last year, when he = hdayn 4 Several public men who saw the President to-day weresatisfied thecom- mission would be made up of Secretary Day, Senators Allison and Gorman, either Joseph K. Choate or Elihu Root of New York, and probably a promi- nent army officer. General Corbin is spoken of favorably in connection with the army appointment on the commis- sion. The military commissions for Cuba and Porto Rico are not receiving any attention from the State Depart- ment as the military authorities will have entire charge of these branches of the peace settlement. Many congratulations kept coming to the State Department and to the White House on the establishment of peace. It is expected that the occupation of Manila under the terms of the protocol will occur within the next few days. It was first thought the Navy Depart- ment had a dispatch-boat at Hong- kong, ready to carry forward the or- ders to Admiral Dewey and General Merritt, but the department learned to- night that no dispatch-boat was at Hongkong, aithough one was likely to reach there to-day or to-morrow. Meanwhile it is possible that Consul Wildman may charter a steamer and informed her he was a ‘married man and unable to keep his promise. Mmn Corbin’s wife is an invalid and is in an Eastern sanitarium. His daughter, the Countess of Orton, with the Earl, her husband . is expected here shortly to visit Mr. Corbin. It was his niece who married Alsop-Borrowe. Cor- bin is a brother of the late Austin Cor- bin of New York. ‘He has been building rajlroads in the West for several years. Ten years ago he began the construc- tion of the ‘Spokane Falls and North- ern, which opened the Kootenay miner- al region in British Columbia. He sold at a profit of $1,000,009 recently to Pier- pont Morgan, who turned the property over to the Great Northern. The plaintiff is a petite brunette of charming face and figure. She was for- merly the wife of John Brace, now of lSPsitgtgl;, from whom she”was divorced n 1891. ALBION BACK FROM ALASKA. Towed Up a Stern Wheel Steamer and Dredger Combined. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Aug. 13.— The steam schooner Albion arrived here to-day, fourteen dav- from Norton Sound, Alaska. Tne Albion left Astoria, Or., early in June with a stern wheel steamer and dredger combined, which she successfully towed to the mouth of the Yukon River. ~The Albion reports that a syndicate has established a new town named Blair, five miles from the mouth of the Unaliklik River, where | send the orders forward. He has gen there is already a mission and r - < sen: Siation. From thls town it 15 ;;.!33;55 eral instructions as dispatch agent, and to build a railroad to a point on the Yu- kon River where the river opens for nav- igation from four (g six weeks earlier than at the mouth. even hundred miles of travel will be s: b s LOS ANGELES WATER SUITS. Arguments Concluded and a Decision Soon Expected. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13.—Arguments in the injunction suits between the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles City Water Company were concluded at noon to-day. Decision will be rendered soon, and a receiver for the company appeinted by the court, it was saild at ‘he State Department to-day that the instructions govern in the present case. General Greely is satisfied no use can be made of the cable connecting Hong- kong with Manila, as there are no ca- ble opérators at the Manila end. - Acting Secretary Allen sald to-day that the matter of establishing coaling stations, the disposition of Admiral Cer- vera and other Spanish prisoners, and like: questions brought up by the peace settlement would receive consideration | in due time, but that there was no im- retire from the State Department on | pared to definitely, announce the names | | for Cuba, on acount of his knowledge of the conditions in the island. Gen- eral Brooke and General Henry are mentioned as probable commissioners | for Porto Rico. The subject of mustering out a part of the volunteer forces has been con- sidered and it is probable 'the total force will be reduced to 100,000. This mustering out will not begin at once. Garrisons of both regular and volun- | teer soldiers will remain in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. Manila and | Porto Rico will be governed through the military arm at present and prob- ably the authority which the United States exerts in Cuba by the same | method. This state of things is likely to continue until Congress meets. It is understood at the War Depart- ment that the Spanish soldiers in all places over which the United States | exercises jurisdiction will be virtually | prisoners of war and under the orders of the United States officers in com- mand. T0 KEEP UP OUR ARMY FOR GARRISON DUTY NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—The Wash- ington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs: The army will not now be scattered. It will be kept consoli- dated, at least until the question of garrisons for Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines has been specifically de- cided upon. This was the statement Secretary Alger made to me this morn- ing. “The troops at Montauk Point will not be- immediately assigned to sta- tions,” he continued. “The work of garrisoning the islands must be taken up before any change in the organiza- tion of the army is perfected. Un- doubtedly a large force will be re- quired in Cuba. These troops will be put at different important points in | Cuba. The regiments that will go have not yet been designated. It will be the policy of the administration to have all the States represented as far as possi- ble, so that there may be no possible | basis for complaint or unjust discrim- :inmion. which it is desired to avoid. | “An army will remain in Porto Rico. | I am not certain that it will be in- creased, as that seems most tractable territory, and as we are in full pos- session with no doubt or contest as to our claim. But it will take. a much larger force to garrison Cuba and ad- ditional troops will be sent over as soon as, from a sanitary point, it is safe to do so.” SPANIARDS NOTIFIED THAT WAR IS ENDED General Shafter Sends the Informa- tion to Commanders in Eastern Cuba. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gor- don Bennett. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 13.—On receipt of the President’s proclamation of a cessation of hostilities General | Shafter took steps for the immediate | notification of the Spanish commanders in the vicinity and also the insurgent leaders. The Spanish commander at | Manzanillo, Colonel Pirron, when he was notified, was asked to transmit | the news to the insurgent leaders in the neighborhood. | Jibari also was communicated with | and steps were taken to send couriers |d1rect to Garcia, who is before Holguin, | to inform him of the facts. General | Shafter szid to me this morning: “I have no doubt the insurgent lead- ers will act on the notification to cease hostilities. Though not instructed from Washington, I have taken measures to {inform them of the signature of the preliminaries of peace between the United States and Spain.” HAVANA LEARNS THAT THE WAR '~ ENDED Residents Eager to Discover the Terms Upon Which Peace Was Effected. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 188, by James Gor- don Bennett. HAVANA, Aug. 13.—Although noth- ing official has been published, a’/semi- official note in the newspapers assures [ the people that peace is about to be made. The people doubt this and are now awaiting officfal confirmation. The colonial cabinet met this after- i | |