The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1898, Page 1

\ VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 164, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1898. NINE NEGROES SLAIN IN STREETS OF WILMINGTON Three White Men @lso Wounded During a Day of Bloodshed and Turbulence. Trouble Precipitated on Election Day Also Re- sults in the Slaughter of a Dozen Negroes at Rehobeth. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. ILMINGTON, N. C., Nov. 10.— | negroes of the town. The rumor spread After a day of bloodshed and | that the whites were going to burn and turbulence Wilmington has | murder in the negro quarter. This subsided to-night' into com- | TUmOr reached the negro employes of parative pe“‘erulms: Einht"“ cotton compress, numbering 860 or 2 i cork t th negroes were killed and three white quit work Enashang sban | 400, who " | streets in manifest terror. Other par- men wounded during the day, one of : Tilli o it tles congregated in the neero section, lh;?'n};lif”‘*:; 2'1?; O SCTIOUSlY. o of | and it was in one of these that the first 2 iR s % nacted. The men were & new municipal government and law S onial (-¢>~n;r arid S7ereiordared and order is being established. This ik afternoon the Board of Aldermen re- { : hey declnetna s e e e s e x| A tusillade was immediately opened St iambt Ty fhe Siriscas pommpt.| TPon ey T etlies ad Hes tee until the entire board was chan%e? | wounded slightly. One hesro ran down Eally. They reslgned in response io|the strest, and, passing a residence, - ens o ard 1s | 505 a rifle at Willlam Mayo, white, composed of conservative Democratic | citizens. standing on the veranda, shooting him | The Mayor and Chief of Police then resigned and the' new board elected recognized, pursued and captured while | G d elected | paing under & bed. It is sald he con- thelr successors according to law. X' fessed to the shooting. He was riddied Representative Waddell was elected | PR 0 C8 SO0 T8 o and Killed. Mayor and E. G. Parmalee Chief of Police. The first act of the new government In the meantime the town was in a state of great excitement. The whites rushed to the street from every direc- as to swear In B0 Specla P ane | tion. the local militia company Was or- e o e Tk O L, | dered out and a battalion of United w .‘? C}‘Z"hns»_ vThlE?h“'T o *‘i‘“‘_f“ States naval reserves proceeded to the the authority of the law, anc Wil | yj.nitv of the trouble with a rapid- take charge of the city. citizens’ | £ 00 e e i 2o on guard | 440001 o'clock some negroes In a | roughout the town prevent at. house fired upon & passing party of white men. The house was surrounded and four negroes captured and take to the jail. One negro broke away ar ran, but was shot down and killed t fore he had proceeded half a block. During the afternoon there wer The new gov attention to re among thy as well as keeping down law- s among the negroes. Further trouble of a general or serious nature 18/ notsexpeotad, other affairs of this kind and eight ne- _Soon after the meeting Mr. George | gp,e5 were killed during various times Rountree received a telegram from |, ;o gisturbed sections. Their names | Governor Russell saying that he would | v ope SO B0 oen use all his efforts to influence the | ', (5 LR S0 FOmh ¥ ot spread Mayor and City Council to reslgn if | yyrough the neighboring cities they of- thal v s aaBapre pomw: | fered to send help, but all such offers Mr. Rountree sent the following re- | were declined, except in the case of ol { Mayor;as dermen resigned. | payetteville, from which town came Two hundred and fifty special police- | apout 150 men. As night fell the town men sworn in. Law will be maintained | was completely patrolled and guarded. and peace re: Very few negroes were on the streets Mr. Rountr a prominent attor-|and they were not allowed to congre- ember of the Demo- | gate anywhere. Committee. The action of the citizens in organiz- | Wilmington to-day |ing a new municipal government s ex- | ts at incendiarism ernment will devote it straining reckles: nal The commenc ) this morning when | pected to bring peace and order, and | an armed b of citizens, numbering | no rioting is expected to-night. It de-| about 400, ed by ex-Representative | veloped later in the day that the negro | Waddell, cha an of a committee of | committee summoned last night had| ppointed for the purpose, | agreed to use their good otfices to have the publishing house of & | the press removed, although the editor er, the Record, to wreck | had disappeared and they had no au- tor of this paper had pub- | thority on the premises. This letter icle defamatory of white | instead of being delivered to the chair- mass-meeting of citizens | man of the committee of twenty-five anded his expulsion from | in person was put in the mail and did | within twenty-four hours and | not reach him until three hours after oval of his press. Fifteen lead- | the expiration of the time limit which ing negroes were galled in by the com- | had been fixed for the reception of the mittee of twenty-five last night and di- | answer. rected to notify the chairman by 7:30 | A crowd was formed to-night to take this morning whether they would agree | from the jail and lynch two negroes, to the removal of the press. They were | Thomas Miller and Ira Bryant, who told that if no answer was returned the 1 were arrested to-day, charged with press would be demolished. | making threats and were regarded as | No answer was received by the chair- | dangerous characters. The Mayor, Col- man this morning and after waiting an | onel Waddell, promptly prohibited the hour the citizens proceeded In a body | assembling of the crowd at the jail and and demolished the fixtures of the | he hi f headed a guard of twenty- printing office. The building was also | five men with Winchesters to guard the fired and gutted. Tt that | prison: this action was the work of irresponsi- | Ar ble persons and as soon as the fire was | Tenth discovered the fire department wa called to extinguish it. The burning of the printing offic created a great commotion among the lished an a ther negro was killed to-night at ind Mulberry streets. He was a guard, but refused to halt shot by the guard. Three npanies of the State Militia | | will arrive .during the night from | INSURGENTS AND SPANIARDS RESUME THEIR WARFARE General Wade Has Interfered <:|r)d§ May Prevent Any Further Hostilities. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. HAV. between A, Nov. 10.—There was a narrow escape of a serious clash he Spanish and insurgent forces at Navajos, near Matan- zas, to-d. The Spaniards, because of illness of the men, had tem- porarily abandoned two blockhouses near the railroad track, which were taken possession of by insurgents under Dontin. Hearing of this General Molinas sent a captain with seventy men to recapture the houses. The Cubans prepared to resist and the good judgment of the Spanish officers alone prevented bloodshed. General linas ordered the captain to remain In camp until re- inforcements reached him. ‘To-day Dontin telegraphed Betancourt, in charge of.the Matanzas division of the insurgents, for Instructions, The latter replied that he must kold his ground. Meantime Menocal, chief of the fifth corps of the insurgents, instructed Betancourt to push forward cavalry reinforcements to Dontin. Word was sent to General Wade last night and he ordered two of his aids to go to Navajos tc bring about an understanding. Gen- eral Wade advises Dontin to yield to the Spanish demands. Similar instructions have been sent to the civil governor of Matanzas from the Spanish authorities. R R R R RS R R RS D R P T T T OGN B O Y through the left lung. This negro was |, 3 / / 4 2 7 (S e o N neighboring cities and aid in maintain- ing order. 5 EIGHT MASKED ROBBERS - LOOT @N EXPRESS TRAIN FERGUS FALLS, Minn.,, Nov. 10.—FEight masked men held up the express train of the Great Northern road two. hours to-night while they robbed the passengers and blew open the safe in the express car with dynamite. The robbery was committed five miles outside of the city, the robbers evidently having boarded the train at this point. As soon as well out of the station two bindits climbed over the tender, covered the engineer and ireman with revol- vers and when nearing a lonely spot near Pelican River bridge, compeiled them to stop and get out of the cab. The conductor and flagmen came running up to learn the cause of delay, and the entire crew being rounded up, were left in charge of two men armed with Winchesters. An attack was then made on the express car door, which the messenger refused to open and it was blown off with dynamite. The shock of the explosion was so great that the messenger was rendered unconscious, and could not use weapons, though he had a rifle in his hand and evi- dently had prepared to put up a fight. He was quickly carried out, where others of the crew were under guard. . Two robbers then set to work to blow open the safes, and four others with drawn revolvers went through the passengers in the coaches, taking weapons as well as valuables from all. After getting all of value in the coaches two robbers were left on guard, the others returning to help in the express car. The safe was a particularly good one or the dynamite was not skillfully applied, as five charges were found necessary to blow it open. When this was finally ac- * complished the robbers took watches and money from the engineer and conductor, and escaped to the woods. The ex- press car was so badly damaged by the explosions of dynamite used to open the door and safe that it was some time before it could be chained up (the front trucks being demolished) to enable the train to proceed to Carlisle, where an alarm was given to the Sheriff and police of this city. Posses were immediately organized and a search for the robbers instituted, but at 11 o’clock no arrests had been made. It is not known how much money was in the ex- press safe as all bilis and other papers were either carried away or destroyed by the explosion. other was killed to-day and likely four | armed troops of countrymen are scour- others are dead and lost in the woods. One white man was buried, three others lie at the point of death and four more have been wounded. Four heads of| families have left the country and oy WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—A special to the Post from Greenwood, 8. C., says: Five negroes lay dead at Re- hobeth all day along the roadside, an- \ All of this is the outcome of an elec- tion riot. : 3 Continued on Becond Page. __ ing the cout hunting other victims. | military, represented in the 1y, i e and gratitude TN MASO AND HIS CABINET RESIGN |Cubans Preparing for Self-Government. MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO CON- - TROL DURING RECESS. Appointment of a Commission to Confer With President Mec- Kinley Regarding Pres- ent Conditions. Spectal Cable to The Cail and the llew York erald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. . __ SANTA CRUZ DEL SUR, Nov. 10.— President Maso and the secretaries representing the so-calied Cuban re- public since October, 1897, presented their resignations to the Cuban Assem- bly to-day and they were accepted. The Governnient of the republic is now in the hands of the Assembly. At the session to-day Senor Gonzales Lanuza presented a resolution to elect an executive committee of five with power to act during the recess.of the Assembly. This committee, in con- junction with the permanent officers of the Assembly, will take charge of af- fairs until the Cuban people elect a new Government. The committee has not been elected owing to the pressure of other business. Juan Gaulberto Gomez presented a preamble and resolution regarding the election of a commission to the United States to present the true state of af- falrs regarding the actual condition of Cuba to President McKinley. The pre- amble is a long document, exceedingly well written, drawing a parallel be- tween Cuba to-day and the United States at_the close of actual hostilities between England and the colonies. It is full of historical facts and shows the author to be a close student of Ameri- can history and institutions., Its de- ductfons are logical and in accord with American ure in Cuba. Before the vote to-day it was eloquently dis- cussed by Manuel Sanguilly, Freyre Andrade, Rafael M. Portuondo, Gon- zales Lanuza and its author, No one, after listening to the remarks of these gentlemen who represent the Cuban revolutionary sentiment, need fear any act hostile to the United .States on the of the Cuban army. During all the sessions of the Assem- bly I have not heard one word reflect- ing on the honesty and good faith of the United States respectingCuba. On the contrary all elements, eivil and Assembl and resolution were ted mously and at to- session co be elected. e PRICE FIVE CENTS. WILL PAY ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC . IMPROVEMENTS One Million for the Philippines. SPAIN'S SMALL INDEMNITY PRESIDENT McKINLEY DETER- MINES UPON HIS COURSE. The Dons Will Accept Rather Than Take Chances on Also Losing the Canary % Islands. e EW YORK, Nov. 10.—The Wash- ington correspondent of the Her- ald telegraphs: Instead of pay- ing Spain $40,000,000 as indemnity for the cession of the Philippine Islands to the United States, President McKinley intends to reimburse her only for her debt of about $1,000,000 contracted for public improvements. President McKinley and his Cabinet have carefully noted that the sentiment expressed throughout the country by the elections has been in opposition to the suggestion of indemnity to Spain to the extent first proposed. As first announced by the administration au- thorities, it was intended to give Spain the principal of the entire debt floated in the Philippine Islands as security and amounting to $40,000,000. What will be paid by the United States, ac- cording to the present intention of ths President, is the debt contracted by Spain for the establishment of light. houses, harbor improvements and pub- lic buildines. All told, I was informed to-day this does not amount to a very large ¥ a, being fixed at about $1,000,- 000. It ts not believed in official circles here that Spain will withdraw her Com- missioners from Paris. She has no de- sire to lose the Canary Islands, and I | understand she is apprehensive that in case of the resumption of hostilitles the American Government would seize and perhaps permanently hold them. I was told by a high administration of- ficial that in case o[ the withdrawal of the Spanish Commissioners the United States Government would com- plete the military occupation of the Philippines, and would take such other ;steps 82 it might deem advisable for the protection of this country’s rights in the far East. From Mr. Day the officlals have learned that the American Commis- sioners yesterday presented a reply to the Spanish refusal to surrender the is- lands and it is expected that now the administration has been so satisfac- torily indorsed by the country, the Spaniards will appreciate the hopeless- ness of their position and accede to the demands of this Government. APPALLING CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN HOLGUIN NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—W. R. War- ner, writing from Holguin, Cuba, says his drrival there with a portion of the supplies on the schooner Moose oc- casioned much surprise on the part of the 10,000 Spanish troops still in garri- son at that place. He made a super- ficial examination of the town and found much smallpox. He estimated the deaths at thirty a day for the army and as many in the poorer quarters. Every hut is infected, and women, chil- dren and men lie literally rotting to death without the care of “even one doctor.” The poverty, he declares, is beyond description. ‘““But,” he adds, “the poor devils are patient; they don’t complain. They are used to it, I suppose. The Spaniards -have harassed them so long that nothing troubles thefn any more.” He speaks hopefully, however, and says he will, upon the arrival of the vaccine points shipped to him, begin the work of vaccination. Lt oudad HORDES OF BEDOUINS ESCORT THE EMPEROR Unique Display of Horsemanship and Swordsmanship on the Route From Damascus. BAALBEK, Syria, Nov. 10.—Emperor ‘William and Empress Augusta Victoria left Damascus this morning, lunched at Palaka and arrived here this afternoon after a four-hours ride. They were es- corted by hordes of Bedouins, who kept up a display of horsemanship and swords- manship along the entire route. Thelr Majesties encamped in the ruins of the Temple of Baal, and the Emperor un- veiled a marble slab, bearing a commemo- rative inscription in Turkish and German in front of tge Temple of Venus. All the ruins were magnificently illuminated to- night. To-morrow morning their Imperial Majestles will start for Beyrout, where they will embars for Trieste, Austria. 444444444444 b b { FRANCE ORDERS MANY WARSHIPS + INTO COMMISSION PARIS, Nov. 10.—The Matin says that at a council of the ad- mirals, held yesterday, it was de- cided to fit out all the French ‘war vessels available and thirty reserve ships have been ordered into commission. 2 The newspapers of this eity, notably the Gaulois and the Fi- garo, express satisfaction at the Marquis of Salisbury’s speech delivered at the Guildhall ban- quet last night, which they con- sidered as tending toward a peaceful solution of the misun- derstanding and as placing the Fashodd question on its proper ground. 1*§t+§¢+}++¢:f+{tit : B R SRR RS TR B R S LR