The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1899, Page 1

N FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1899 PRICE FIVE CENTS. A WAR OF RACES RAGES IN goo 00003 @ NEGROES LYNCHED 8 ERAL DUCKETT. DWARD GOODWIN. ADAM KING EXARKANA, Ark., March 23— | A race war is on in Little River C d during the past hours a number of ve met their death at ated white popu- own to have been 1 in some {11 ng in numbe re scouring tt as shot to scar was The e country perfor leaden T e of thelir work, and the mob ha 1 in g of its xt - wvic of were fot and the| work of two or thr ws soon spread among the , instead of making the re- offering the battle that atened, became panic- | an getting out of the 1s possible. 1 the list of t a good start of the detailed to look after ded in aching the efore being captured. did not escape. They out of breath and exhaustec wung up without cers the k Two con- men them Tex How- Wer: trouble arose o s Stockton by Duckett. t prior nching of Duckett the negroes anned the in ition of a race der, and at let the matter e greatly en. th citizens beca 1t and th Another negro, named Joe Ki rked that Stockton should have murdered sooner. woods and whipped Johnson. Other but nothing oc when the dead body of Goodw found hanging to a tree just ac River from the Stockton farm in Bowie County, Texas. He formerly worked for Stockton and ¥ che across Mud Creek - place whe . trou- ble occ al miles from 4 town of communic; cult to obtain details, ¢ people very reluctant about g out the > went to whe plot are | Advices from St white men, | night are to the the | HOBART SUCCEEDS HIVSELF On the Cards as the Candi-|The President Says He De-| date for the Vice- | stroyed the Fleet of Ad- | Presidency. | miral Cervera. | | 1 == SAMPSON | AR ALL CREDIT | T | | | REED 1S OUT OF IT PROMOTED FOR THAT His Present Job Reply to the Letter of the Admiral Short of the Declining & Rise in House. Rank. | 5T | | Speaker Prefers to Anything White Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 23.—Admiral s recelved from the Presi- lowing reply to his letter of March '9, 1899: interest: the rendered such own who would ¢ gecond place on the ticket for a mo- engenes o me: His one political ambition s to s ma’;;“};;\_;';hc be elected President, and failing in that | advancement yu recommend for he will rest conte ith the high rep- | them, d in wh »u ask nothing for has made for himself as I highly commend this disin- House. It well | 1 action on your part. Let me as-| sure you that I have the highest appre- | clation of your services as commander- | in-chief of the Atlantic naval forces dur- | ing the S 3 blockading Cuba, co-opera ith the army, directing the movem of the great number of ves- sels under your orders, and at last, after the most effecti Reed regards the of- r as superior in itself to that of Vice President. It is belleved here that Vice Presi- | dent Hobart will probably be renomi- | nt. Mr. Hobart | the office of | - consum- | mating with th and men e };2 )‘,"h.n hr? under your command the destruction of recent years. He has Dre- |ine spanish fleet. It was in recognition sided ov te with dignity and | of your services and of your great skill ability, the respect and e that I recomme to the Senate for the ad had earned. ment Very tru WILLI teem of every member of that body. In addition to this he has done what | few Vice Presidents have done in Te- | ont woars iinsthat he hassworkedsindresrAamisal W, T the closest harmony with the Presi- | nm,fl' oy : al dent. He has been given the confi- | l‘ni;wd Bt Ak, ‘Y‘_) \?:\ tnYl(‘)(;k r.;;:_,‘ Gence of Mr. McKinley to as great a | UTREC p 2 , Ha member of the Cabinet. | 5% Bimume ety YOUNGER BROTHERS MAY BE PAROLED that if | ST. PAUL, Minn., March 23.—The pros. pects of the Younger boys heing released | | from State prison are much brighter to-| day. The bill which permits the parole | | of ‘iife prisoners after twenty years' im- | that two Il'am:ms.—nr '\4&?8"? | prisonment, with uninterrupted good be- hot and killed Lieutenant Colonel | havior, was yesterday defeated | Le Marchant of the Hampshire | genate, but to-da tor \'\'X}Sr:‘: r::fi it. The murderers have been ar-| ¢y, pii reconsidered and after an amend- | ment was adopted, requiring the approval | by the Board of Pardons of such paroles by the Board of Prison Managers, the biil | was passed by a vote of 48 to 5. The Board | of Pardons has heretofore strongly op- posed pardon for the Youngers, but their friends hope for a more favorable dispo- sition toward a proposal to parole the prisoners. degree as any and in return his ad Tmore than one occasion a dis to the President. It is urged the nomination of Hobart was wise in | be doubly so.in 1800. | _— i 1896, it will Natives Murder an Officer. CALCUTTA, March 2.—A dispatch from Peshawur, capital of the Punjab di- of that name on the Afghan fron rested. e Moore Will Not Be Lynched. HUTCHINSON, Kans., March 23.—John murdered his children and ken to McPherson to prevent his be lynched, was returned here to-day. He waived preliminary hearing and was remanded to jail to awalt trial. ‘There s no danger of a lynching. Wiliam Goes to Cowes. LONDON, March 23.—The Berlin cor- respondent of the Daily Mall confirms the report already cabled that Emperor Wil- liam will be at Cowes during regatta week, arriving there July 28 Moc oS ) Big Eagle Killed. VALLEJO, March 23.—James D. Whit- | man killed an eagle on his ranch a few | miles from Vallejo recently which meas ures seven feet from tp to tip. The bird had hung over Mr. Whitman’s lambs for {over a week 4 ARKANS AS river several negroes have beenlynched. This morning Benjamin Jones was found dead on Hurricane Bend, and King and Moses Jones were found hanging to trees at Horseshoe Curve Another Jones is missing. In w plotting for a race re twenty-three negroes, and it that the entire number have strung up in the thickets. The are fleeing from the district. To-day three wagons full arrived at rkana, having crossed Red River 1dex at midnight last night. They greatly frightened. The citizens Little River County have suffered uch recently from lawlessness. Some wonths ago the two races clashed at at a sawmill and a small riot followed. that with Duckett seven of the ring- leaders have been killed. NEGROES BRUTALLY SHOT TO DEATH Mi hree were taken from an officer of a lynched by an armed mob in Yazoo County, last After being shot to of the victims were ghted with bundles of cotton bale ties and thrown into the Yazoo River. The negroes were: MINOR WILSON. JACKSON, -groe: BOYD. the ringleaders of the s in a ra encounter on the Mid- ntation early last week. They arrested and taken to Yazoo City > offense with which were ch d having been com- in Sharkey County, the Sharkey ties were notified and last Fri- ening Deputy Constable Sylve: rived and the prisoners were to him. The constable boarded the steamer Rescue with the on Saturd: morning and Silver ( with them. Ail further known is that the fell into the hands of the mob at this point, were shot to death and thrown into the river as above stated s h. were were and held in jail. T they mitted auth Midnight plantation which they, with two other had fired upon two whites on road. A horse belonging to one of the white men was wounded, but the men were not harmed. THE AWEUL ORRORS OF THE FAMINE Russian Peasants in . the Volga Provinces Dying by Thousands. HELP IS NEEDED NOW Red Cross Society Has Exhausted Its Funds and Can Do Noth- ing More. Special Dispatch to The Call. ST. PETERSBURG, March 23.—The newspapers of the city publish piti- able accounts of the condition of the mine district of Russia. cially a, in the eastern part of BEuropean Russia. The rts of the 2ed Cross Society have staved oif the horro of actual starvation, but the society’s funds are almost exhausted. and the dire distress, compelling the consumption of all kinds of garbage, has produced an epidemic of terrible mortality with typhus, scurvy and other pestilential diseases. The peasants are compelled to sell everything and are living in cold, damp and filthy cabins. Weakened by hun- ger, they fall ready victims to typhas and acute scurvy. Unless the Govern- ment gives prompt aid the Volga pro- vinces appear doomed to a repetition of the horrors of 1891 and 189 O'MELVENEY'S CAREER. Well Known in Los Angeles, Where He Has Prominent Relatives. LOS ANGELES, March E. H. O'Melveney, who has good connections in Los Angeles, and who disaspeared from this cit, under peculiar circumstances eariy last July, is reported as being pur- so-called f sued by a posse of Deputy Sheriffs in \Washington on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder. O'Melveney went to Loomis soon after his departurc from Los Angeles and assumed the name of E. H. Melrose. He also recelved mail under his true name. O'Melveney is a son of the late Judge O'Melveney, who was one of the most respected citizens of this city, and a brother of Henry W. O'Melvéney, the well-known attorney of the firm of Graves, O'Melveney & Shank- land. O'Melveney at the t'me of his sudden disappearance was considered wealthy and was a stockholder and president of the California Truck Company. After his departure his stock in the concern was taken up by members of the com- patty. O'Melveney lived on Melrose street, this city, and it is supposed he took his assumed name from that fact. The an- houncement of the trouble in which he is entangled is the first intimation his former business assoclates have had of his whereabouts since he left Los Angeles. e Death of Two Aged Women. MILFORD CENTER, O., March 23.— Aunt Katy Snodgrass died to-day of the grip, aged 103 vears. She was the oldest Woman in the Woman's Relief Corps in the United States. SARATOGA, N. Y., March 23.—Mrs, Anne Hayes Alexander dled to-day at West Charleton, aged 101 years. rom New Boston it is learned that Joe | From all accounts it seems | 4 PREPARING ] 10 ADVANCE N MALOLOS War Department Expects to Hear Something Definite From Otis. , NATIVES LACK GUNS | There Is No Positive Knowledge of the Strength of Aguinaldo’s Army. Special Dispatch to The Call Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, Washington, March 23. War Department officials are hourly | expecting advices from Manila that the forces under General Otis have made a quick adv upon the Filinino ho: They are reticent regarding the recent instructions sent to command- e but the feeling pervades the War building that the decisive blow ought to be struck b the rainy season advances, and before Aguinaldo gets a | chance to m: i troops. Not much stock is ken here in the reports that Agu do intends mak- ing a supreme effort to march in the direction of Manila. The officials have an idea that he will not give battle, 1ce ore ss 1 but will from now on act on the de- | fensive, It would be better for him. | they say, to bushwhack and to have his | | fighters remain in the swampy country | of the interior, where the roads are such poor excuses that the American troops cannot use them for the move- ment of heavy artillery. Army experts, however, hope that the insurgents will stand and fight, for they therein the speedy ending of the rebellion. War Department officials do not at- tempt to explain why General Lawton and his fresh troops are so long kept out of action. They talk as if that matter is left entirely to the discretion of General Otis. The strength of Aguinaldo’s army is not known at the War Department, but is estimated at between 25000 and 30.- | 000 men. Not all of these are equipped | with rifies, however, and the effective force will probably not number more than 15,000. The fact that firearms are rarely found on the battlefield Afighaa skirmish with the Filfpinos, ‘and that a strong reserve usually attends their firing line, and never participates in the fighting, is believed to indicate there are many more men than rifles in the | Filipino ranks | While the department has not been | officially informed of the rearrange- ment of the positions of General Otis | around Manila, it is believed that the greatest force has heen established north of the city, while the men who | were stationed at Laguna de Bal and along the Pasig River have been or- dered to proceed to the north of the island, in order to flank Aguinaldo’s | arm | v, should he suddenly advance on | Maniia. 1 GENERAL OTIS IS ‘ BEGINNING TO MOVE| MANILA, March 23.—A general en- gagement with the rebel forces may be expected at any moment. In fact I am led to the conclusion that to-mor- row will show most important develop- | ments. On every hand are evidences | of husy preparation to strike a final | and crushing blow. The arrival of the | reinforcements on the transports Grant | and Sherman, with the Sheridan due | in a few days, has given new spirit to | the American forces. | There are reports that the rebel cause | is gaining adherents In the northern | end of the island. The general feeling among natives here in Manila, how- | ever, so far as it is given outward ex- | pression, is of submission to the situ- | ation. | The Oregon regiment, the Twenty- | econd Infantry and the troops of Gen- | eral Wheaton’s brigade have been con- | centrating all morning at Caloocan in | the rear of General H. G. Otis’ front. | | Army tugs now command Malabon and | preparations are making for a decisive | |hame, but no movement looking toward | an advance has yet been begun. There | |is every indication that Otis has de- cided to crush the insurgents’ forces | and end the insurrection. The Seven- teenth Infantry disembarked to-day | and was at once moved into position. Last night -Private John Muhr and Sergeant Cohen of the Kansas Volun- teers were killed in a skirmish. Prisoners who have been brought in within the last twenty-four hours say | that the rebels have the “last ditch feeling, and will make the most decis- ive stand they have yet taken. The second line of defense occupied | | by the rebel forces is between San Ma- | teo and Mannaliches. There are rows | of trenches one after another, and the | | advance of our troops can only be step | by step, with resistance to be expected | | at every trench. But there is no lack of spirit and fighting desire among the | American soldiers. Their courage is simply immense. The volunteers, es- pecially, are eager to fight. | | " The weather now is most favorable | | and there are only 875 men reported in | the hospitals. The troops under Gen- | eral MacArthur, holding the strong line | to the north, are provided with shelter to keep off the sun, and as they have no marching to do and are not exposed, they are generally very healthy. General Lloyd Wheaton has been put- ting the men under him through some lively campaigning since he landed, but they are now resting and recuperating and are in fair condition. General Otls expressed himeseif to- day as satisfied with the situation so far as the Visaya Islands are con- cerned. | ) 000 0060 @666 0090 0 | missionaries are subjected AMERICA’S DEATH HARVEST What It Cost in Human Lives for the United States to Go to War ? ° lows. during the war with Spain: show: With Spain. HE records of the United States navy and of the United States army are complete now to tell the harvest of death that Americans reaped in the war with Spain. ments relate, in the language of an accountant, the tragic story of the lives. These statements, which will follow, have been obtained by special dispatch. In many ways, by contrast and by association, they are deeply significant. 18 men and the army 329. The navy, free from the horrors of a strange and tropical, disease-breeding climate, lost by disease no more than it would naturally have done in time of peace—56 men. forced upon an unfriendly land, surrounded with the death-dealing elements of a tropic climate, lost by disease 5277 men, a terrible total, representing an army which suffered all the soldiers’ penalty with none of the soldiers’ glory. The records are of grave interest and are given in the dispatch that fol- It should be remembered that the records do mnot include casualties subsequent to March 1: WASHINGTON, March 23.—The records of the Navy Department show the following casualties Killed in action, 18, of whom one died of heat exhaustion during action, one more fell down an embankment, breaking his neck during action, and one was accidentally killed during action by drop- ping his pistol, which exploded, killing him. time of peace and includes all the ailments of the sailors, and is not traceable to the war. The War Department records, which are made up from official casualty lists to the 1st of March, A total of 56 men died Killed in action, 329; died of wounds, 125; died of disease, 5277. Total, 5731. The department has no figures for March, as returns have not yet been received. They show that the navy in action lost only The tabulated state- cost in American The army, of disease, but this is less than in w il g il A5 900 © 6 0 ¢ 0 e o e 0 090 Group of Rebel Officers Beforé the Head- quarters of Aguinaldo at Malolos. 00 0 00 900 06 09 9 90 RELIGIOU | DISTURBANCE [N ECUADOR Reports of Trouble in the Far j Interior of the Re- publie. APPEAL T0 OFFICIALS The Government at Quito Will See to It That American Mission- aries Are Protected. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 159, by James Gor- don Bennmett. PANAMA, March 23.—Advices from the Herald's correspondent in Ecuador say that country now enjoys compara- | tive peace except in the far interior, | where fanatical influences are making trouble. | Regarding the present wave of fanat- | icism in Ecuador, United States Min- ster A. J. Sampson is energetically in- | isting on the protection of Protestant | missionaries by the Ecuadorean ! au- thorities. News has been received that | in the western section of the republic to many utrages by fanatics. The American Minister laid the mat- ter before the Foreign Office at Quito, | stating that according to the latest re- | ports the American missionaries have | been threatened with general massacre. The Archbishop has been enjoined by the Minister of Public Worship to rep- | rimand those who stirred the natives | to acts of violence. SWEPT BY A CYGLONE. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 23.—The lit- | tle town of Liberty, in De Kalb County, is almost wiped off the map. A furious cy- clone swept over it last night, wrenching trees from their roots and felling houses in all directions. The Christian church, a handsome brick structure, was blown to pleces in the outset and people_were panic-stricken. The damage to property is enormous, but no fatalities are re- ported. o | POPE LEO | IS GROWING MORE FEEBLE Still He Persists in Ignoring | the Orders of His | Doctors. } TALK OF A CONCLAVE Doubtful Whether His Holiness | Will Be Able to Hold the Next Consistory. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, March 24.—Ac- cording to the Rome correspon-| dent of the Chronicle Dr. Lap- poni, the Pope’s physician, has been ill for two days. He is suf- fering from an attack of bron- chitis and will not resume his at- tendance upon the Pope until he has fully recovered. | The correspondent further| states that the Pope ignores his| doctor’s prescriptions and follows | his usual occupations, though he is so feeble that it is doubtful if | he will be able to hold the next| Consistory. The question of a| Conclave is the subject of much| secret negotiation. ‘Wildes Succeeds Sumner. | WASHINGTON, March 23.—Orders were | issued to-day directing Captain Frank Wildes, who was relieved from command of the cruiser Boston in November, to re- port for duty at the New York navy vard | as captain of that vard. He will relieve | Rear Admiral G. W. Sumner, who has been placed on waiting orders. Captain | Wildes commanded the Boston during the | war. o] | where he threatened | ister for Foreign Affairs, PERU 0N VERGE OF REVOLUTION Caceres Threatens to Attempt the Overthrow of the Government. HE STARTS FOR LIMA It Is Not Believed He Will Meet With Success in the Effort. Special Dispatch to The Call LIMA, Peru, March 23.—A dispatch from Antofagasta, Chile, says that General Caceres, former President of Peru, who recently arrived at Arlca, to attempt to overthrow the Peruvian Government at the first opportunity, left Antofagasta to-day by a steamer bound north. He would have no chance of success, in the event of an endeavor to make trouble for the Government. Revolutionary movements are re- | ported in the provinces of Colquechaca and Cochabama, Bolivia. announced that General soon attack the Unionists. Guillermo Porras, brother of the Min- was Kkilled vesterday evening in a duel with an Ecuadorean in Campa Plata. The It is Pando also will | tragedy has caused a deep sensation, as the motive for the encounter was frivolous. The seconds have been ar- rested. The deceased leaves a widow and four children. President Pierola was installed with great pomp to-day by the miMtary and naval board, in accordance with the law lately passed by Congress. Death of John Dillon. WOODLAND, March 2.—John Dillon, one of the oldest residents of the county and at one time a prominent fruit grow- er, died at his home near this city last night. He was a native of Ohio and 71 vears of age. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock.