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The Tall ME L VI—-NO. 67 SAN FRANCI UNDAY. AUGUST 6 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENT \ MEXICO IS NOW | WAGING A WAR | OF EXTERMINATION Yaquis Captured in Battle by the': Forces of General Torres Are Promptly Shot. | Meanwhile the Desperate Indians Are Kill-/: ing Every Defenseless Person--Many Americans Their Victims. ‘ The Call. When the| “The Indians burned all the buildings treaty of | on those two ranches and drove off X | over 1000 head of cattle. It is going to BN~ TPex., ui Indians s e with the Mexican Gov take the Mexican Government a long ment a little over two vears ago, | time and a big force of troops to quell and the y which has been | this rebellion. The Yaquis are better 1 but members of d now than ever before for a ¢ campaign. They are uri o il , nearly all of them 1 "~ | having saved $200 per head which the n went from | Mexican Government paid them when ct gold igned the treaty two y will be re- 3 ‘e been making money s following | then, too, and T know it to be a f peace b that they have been laying in big ey cirew. | Plies of arms and ammunition for some 3 time past. It has been common talk abulous rich- | among the American prospectors in the fore unknown | Yaqui Valley that the Ind were rts stimu- | preparing for another outb: but as the braves had always shown a friendly ctors. AR | spirit toward us Americans, we thought they would not molest us when they did in the remote re-| g5 "on the warpath. They are deter- Grevolt, formerly a | mined to recover all of their lost coun- an of Llano County. | try, however, and will kill all within at the town of Ter- | the limits of their old possessions. I had a rough trip over the mountains from my camp in the Soyopa district, of Chihuahua, after nce with the Yaqul|y,¢ am glad to get out alive.” r to D. T. Rainey| Tt is reported from Potam, ceived to-day, Mr. Gre- | Sonora, Mexico, that General Torres at the head of his troops fc to thank that I|a pitched battle with the e of civ- | Vicam, defeating them and | heavy los: and recove to write you these | o the tow cats |- The 1Fe troops reached Vicum un- | under during a heavy comes abo t the position occupied by the re troops met w stubborn the Indians rallying at the ¢ chiefs and fighting with desper fi L and f Th th fo! | dar preventing pursuit. On the following morning the prison- ers taken during the battle of the pre- vious evening were summarily shot General T the gen at with slanned t 1 and mbi g to his avowal made last on of the war vernment would be terminated A cordon of troops has been estat ed on the plan of the famous tr of Cuba, reaching from Potam to To n, to prevent the rebels from retreating to the mountains. Colonel Angel Garcia Peria has been | ordered to advance with his forces from Torin to prevent any reinforcements .fmm reaching the Yaquis. ains when but seve > Indiar ming, FEER CONDITIONS r Pow- Concerning the ref- | er, who sought ¢ an legation and wa T taken therefrom by Haytian offi- Mr. Powell cabled the department to-day that his demand for th of the prisoner had been complied with request had come from Mini ell for a warship. ugee, Du Vi in the Ame! bly release Ti | and that he v again enjoying an T | asylum at the legation. This action I was taken by Mr. Powell upon instru tions from W. ington. Although the | State Department, as a rule, “our- ages the granting of an asylum to po- litical refugees, the department objects to illegal methods pursued by the H tian Government in removing EESHE A Warship May Be Ordered to Port au Prince to Protect Du : Vivier from the legation, and will not Americans. surrender him if he is to be made a FoR victim of arbitrary and illegal methods. Special Dispatch to JIMINEZ SUDDENLY CALL HEADQUARTERS, WE LEAVES HAVANA INGTON HOTEL, W Aug. 5.—Official advices da at g the State Department Minis- It Is Believed He Is On His Way to ter Powell refer to the large n the Dominican Re- ber of arrests being by public. Haytian officials, and the very fev-| HAV Aug. 5.—General Juan Tsidro erish- condition of affairs. Although | Jimine nied by six a0 he dispatch does not so state, the believed | authorities ssume from the tone of Mr. Powell’s advices that there is an extensive plot on foot to overthrow the G rnment, and that the men ar- . suspected of being revolu- leo understood that threats It have been made against the American | Jegation at Port au Prince on account | he of a vho sought gan asylum m"lliwfli\‘[f:‘ with Mir Powell. lvestigati The situation is such that an Ameri- | direction can man-of-war, in all probability, will be to Port au Prince within the hours to protect landing marines ur ANTI-IMPERIALISTS MEET. i Addresses IMade by Chicago’s Prom- inent Citizens. American it threats against the legation should | . | = CHICAGO, Aug. 4 be put into .cution. The New Or- m':‘” c\“; .”.‘\”., well 1 leans and Machias, now at San Do- | was held in Ri I mingo, are within a day’s call of Port | au Princ ’ Up to a late hour 'this afternoon Acting Secretary Adee told me that no | TRANSVAAL ACCEPTS THE TRAN LONDON, Aug. 5—A special dispatch from Johannisburg says it is reported the Government has accepted the proposal for a joint inquiry and has suggested that France, Germany, Russia and Holland be asked to send representatives to take part in the investi- gation. : S According to the same disj atch an unconfirmed report is in cir- culation that General Joubert hcs resigned command of the army of the Transvaal owing to differences with the exccutive. ACTORS IN THE DREYFUS DRAMA ARRIVE AT RENNES B T e T O R O SRR S ® - ® £l e ° @ iot e ENNE! France, Aug. 5.—Rennes | h awakened from its normal condition of sleer s and with the arrival of hundreds of jour- lists from all parts of the world and s and other acto Drey the town 1 rance. front of the cafes are full of people dis- 1g the coming trial, which will n on Monday morning at half-past 6 | 7 o'clock’ * Mercier, en Dreyfus was condemned. rnoon, and careworn ns had ailway but no f ral who was Minister | ar w ved from Paris this aft his face showed an anxious, look. A large number of pers gathered on the platform at the r tation to witness his arrival, oteworthy event occurred. The leading event of the day was the ! arrival of the hero of the Dreyfus af- fair, Lieutenant Colonel Georges Pic- quart. His train arrived at 7 l this evening, an hour late, and only a few people were present at the station except detectives and police officers. Colonel Picquart entered the car- which Maitre Laborie, counsel for ,. s, had waiting for him in the ard, some of the spectators “Vive Picquart” and “Vive | A bas Picquart,” and “A mort, | present. But the bark of the latter was worse than their bite, for not the slightest at- | the trial, and the instaHation of bench their utterly carry out Picquart was made to , and Colonel 1 them. tempt threa ignore DECLARE TIAT THE CZAR WILL | D e S o e g ST. PETERSBURG, Au ost of the newspapers here cor ¥ welcome M. Del Casse, the French Minister of Foreign Affa who arrived here yes- terday. The Novoe Vremya, however, throws cold douches on the importance the French, papers seek to attribute to the visit. It says that while, since the advent of the Waldeck-Rousseau Min- istry, a great deal has happened r dering cxplanations desirable, the sig- nificance of the visit is wholly of a one-sided character, and, to Raussia, it would have made “no serious differ- ence if M. Del Casse had delayed hisre- turn visit and remained at his post, where he might be better emploved in explaining to his colleagues the con- duct which the Franc an alli- ance demande on the ri of France.” The Novoe emya’'s I - is traced to the supposed signs of a French rap- D S g B S B O S S S O s o oo el D R R S e e dr in | Laborie's residence. The authorities co ance of the tranqui | ing the trial, owing to the invasion of | the fu taken this evening to insure peace dur- ing a couple of { which were quite private: niumber of people neighborhood of the house in which the | France, Prince Bismarck replied: “The | meetings were held, and this led gh | authorities to mobolize in the locality | Parads of Troops Past the House Where Mme. Dreyfus Is Stoppirig at Rennes. ove quickly away to a private house | which are placed on the stage. the town, after a brief call at Maitre | Salle des Fetes is proscenium hz left en re apparently be ming anxious regarding the mainten in Rennes dur- of the trial. BEGINNING OF A e town by a crowd of anti-Drey- | sites, and heroic police measures were | opposition meetings. | A small | cable in the | views from Berlin says on the present assembled dreyfus trial is the truggle of parties. of natios beginning As a i P B B e e o . @ | . - * * * * + >+ 5o e >e o e@ amendments by affixiig their names to As the really a theater, the | untouched | © and will form a frame for the scenes | P8 STRUGGLE OF PARTIES | ¢ o suard of honor from each of the NEW YORK, Aug. 5—A Journal| harbor; or Maliets Sked ‘his | were present, the former being ill with tuation in‘ a n, a force of policemen on foot, mounted | France may recover from her present ge: who closed the streets in the vicinity, al sig) Cards of admission to the trial were | issued this afternoon to the representa- it ta- | are doomed unless they are liberated | tives of the press. Every two foreign | from the medieval clergy. Look at the correspondents, without exception, re- | condition of Belgium, where the cleri- | ce m world to evi th which faces the military prison across | These shouts elicited counter | ypo phroad avenue De la Gare, every | two lires daily. m W up the Salle des Fetes in the Lycee for es, co He did not give even a | brought glance to the shouters as his carriage | hung behind the sea pr wh of Fr M. Del Casse’s visit, however, causes ! & SR N & N | > 1y ‘ : 4 St : |Russian Oificials Teny a|s S ® ] Story Connected With the |+ Visit of Del Casse. . el & * pecial Dispatch to The Call & PR R o B g ,‘ A DR + WV YORX, Aug. 5.—A Sun +(*% + le from London The au- + (& 4 thorities of the Russian Em- +1¢ 4 bassy deny the truth of the Lon- +4 4 don Times’ Paris story of the in- /¢ 4 tended abdication of the Czar. 4| & 4 The secretary of the Embassy 4|4 4 added to his denial the rem: #I/.> 4 “I think that M. de Blowitz's in- 4| 4 4 formation upon this occasion is 4 4+ not authentic. 4+ + + L e e e SORS Captain Dreyfus will be conducted to | sickness ;after a time, and Spain from her s banktupte be: rich countr; splendid need development. ndarmes and a swarm of detectives, S0 ause Spain with fertile also il it though there was the slightest | of disorder. not ived one card between them, which | eans that the leading papers of the outside of France will be able | have a representstir» prepeat only ery other day ish being torjous. The general mil: tary service as forecasted by Gener: Brialmont will be mistake. affairs, approaching bakruptey. e new court room in the Lycee, workmen during the Onl orning and returned in the ‘evening | 31,000,000 earn over lires annuall may | hing discontent and | assembled such a vast display of na- a y and mineral wealth, which only | But the Latin races cal party is bound to cave in, the Flem- | had come to Samoa for the good of i al introduced and no “Italy presents a miserable state of | Pecuniary purposes, Tax- ation is pushed to the uttermost, while | ships in the harbor all the year round. | mmer only earn | This means to them many dollars in 3,000,000 out of | 9 from a few anti-Dreyfusites| pctween a double row of gendarmes, | A million and a half of pecple subsis The condition there | upon alms. s d The situation in Austri orkmen have been busy to-day fitting | 2R0R AU wark of Austri commanded-and ever will be by Ge mans, the unrest of the amounts to nothing so long as Russi | has .no other ‘irons in the fire.” . desks, etc., is already practically mpleted. . A large crucifix shas - been from the military chapel and ts of the judges, great satisfaction in Russian diploma ic cifcles! as it has long been hoped }© would attest the solidity of the Francc Russian alliance ‘by* it here. ochement, since, the first mention of hich the paper has published a series articles warning and threatening | rance. B o e B o e L S e M. DEL CASSE, French Minister of Foreign Affairs. Whese visit to St. Petersburg is said to be for the purpose of persuading the Czar not to abdicate. e o e e R i S T o o S ol o o S o o e o A- Hungary is much better, but the bul- being the army, which Balkans ia it he )- He had a long interview to-day with the B S O R R R O S A S SOSY SROT CHIEF Representatives Powers Confer to Mare Island From a Special Corres ONOLULU, H. L, July 29.—The United States steamer Badger, bearing twe of the three Samo- | an Commissioners, arrived at this port Wednesday afternoon, July 2%, eight days from Apia, on he way to San Francisco. On board were | Hon. Bartlett Tripp, United States Commissioner, and Baron von Stern- | beffg, representative of Germany. Mr. | . N. E. Eliot, Commissioner for Great | Britain, sailed by way of New Zealand | and Australia for London to report di- rectly to his Government. The Commissioners are well satisfied with their work at Samoa and are in hopes that the amendments they have )prnpuse(l to the Berlin treaty will se- | cure to Samoa both good government iand perpetual peace. On the evening of July 14 there as- sembled at Mulinuu, the ancient seat of the Samoan Government, 413 chiefs | and high chiefs cf Samoa (250 of the Mataafa faction and 163 of the Malie- , when the changes in the amendments to the original Berlin treaty were laid before them by the Juint High Commission and by | them unanimously adopted, and thir- teen high chiefs from each party were to ratify g¢1d adopt such | selected | the official document. It was a remarkable spectacle. Seat- ard under the wav- several | | ed on the green sw cocoa palms of Mulinuu, hundred savages lovingly embraced and rubbed noses, who a month ago were eager for each other's head. e under escort i | | he Commissioners we | warships of the three powers in the neither Mataafa nor Malietoa a fever and the latter did not care to appear unless his rival was on hand, but both were well represented by their | high chiefs. .Never since. the days of | Queen Salamasene, the fitst Queen of has there been the Samoan: Islands, | tive nobility. If the Samoans are left to themselves | it is thought these relations will last, | for it is believed the natives were sincere in their expressions when they said they “knew that the commission | But this would be in direct opposition to the sentiments of the | white people on the beach, who, for desire to compel the three powers to keep their war- | good money. Since January, 1899, the | | cash estimated to have been paid to the | crews of the various ships in port is | $30,000. The best part of this money has been spent in Apia. One store- | keeper told me that it was worth to | him each month just $1500 for each | vessel in the harbor. The natives also | reap a harvest from the ships by sell- | | ing curios and fruit, this being their only means of making money, and they | of course are desirous of seeing the | ships remain in port. One of the prin- cipal traders on the beach has seven | different stores on the islands, and | since January has twice sold out the | entire stock of each store, and was complaining that he could not receive | his goods from San Francisco fast WORK OF SAMOAN COMMISSION MEETS S APPROVAL gt ihe Fheep With Native Leaders at Mulinuu. United States Government Expected to Pag Natives for Arms Now Being Taken in the Badger. pondent of The Call. enough to stock up again. Had it not been for the war his stock of goods would still be on the shelves. This, of course, is merely one side of the question. There are many other raders who have lost money and prop- erty and who will be glad that peace is at least temporarily established. The report that Malietoa Tanu was to be banished to the Fiji Islands is entirely without foundation. The proposed amendments to the Berlin treaty consist briefly as follows: The kingship is forever abolished on the islands of Samoa. In place of a King there will be an Administrator, possibly some man from the Dutch West Indies, as by long years of ex- perience the Dutch thoroughly under- stand the management of colonies. The islands will be divided into districts, each district to be ruled by a Governor, who will be a native chief. The munic- ipal district of Apia will be governed by a Mayor, and there will also be a Municipal Magistrate. Although the Chief Justice of Samoa has retired, having left on the last mail steamer for San Francisco, there will be an- other man appointed in his place. The native judges will be allowed to try all cases of crimes and offenses com- mitted by natives only, according to the laws and customs of Samoa. So, practically speaking, the Samoans will govern themselves, although every- thing will be subject to the approval of the Administrator, who will be the “Big Chief Man.” The abolishment of the kingship, It was expected, would be a bitter pill to both Mataafa and Malietoa as well as to the chiefs and high chiefs, but on the contrary they seem to all outward appearances to be perfectly satisfied with the decision of the Commissioners. The Badger has on board about 3500 | rifles which were surrendered by the natives on each side. These arms will be turned in at the navy yard at Mare Island. An appraisal of their value was made by representatives of the three powers and the natives will prob- ably be reimbursed. The importation of arms, other than those used for sporting purposes, is prohibited. Violation of this law is made punishable by a fine of $2500. The claims filed with the Commis- sioners by the residents of Samoa amount to about $440,000. Of this amount $25,000 is asked by the native population. The principal claims for indemni are those of the French Catholic Mission, which asks $22,000, and the German firm which claims $1900. These two claims are largely the result of looting done by the native soldiers at Mulinuu while under the in- structions of the English officers. Dur- ing the war and during the armistice the natives were penned in at Mulinuu and were short of rations. The English officers ordered them into the bush on weekly foraging expeditions, and they looted the first available place, which was the property of the French Mission and the German firm. The commissian has received no in- structions in regard to these claims and have arrived at no decision as to what will be done with them. While they have filed the claims, they have in na way committed either themselves or the powers as to the manner in which they will finally be treated. Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, | Count Muravieff, with whom he dined | in company with a number of Russian Ministers. | The French Foreign Minister wil visit the Czar at Peterhof to-morrow. | LONDON, Aug. 5.—The Vienna corr spondent of the Observer telegraph > states that M. s Vi to St. Petersburg is | connected with future plans concerning all the powers of the dual and triple al- liances. Prince Hohenlohe, it is said, made definite proposals to M. del Casse, who approved them, but desires to gain Count Muravieff's assent. The proposals include the formation of a European union against the.United States. WILL AGITATE AGAINST LYNCHING AND MOB LAW Lillian Jewett Takes the Family of n | Man Recently Lynched to | Boston. | CHARLESTON, Aug. b.—Liillan Clay- ton Jewett, the Boston girl who recently created a sensation in that city by de- | claring that she would come tc Charleston | and take north with her the family of the | late Frazier B. Baker, who was lynched | for themselves. at Lake City, §. C., in 1898, with a view to beginning’ an agitation against mob law, na rried out her desigu. Miss Jew- ett arrived here Friday morning, accom- panied by her mother and a young man named R G. Larsen. Sne had frequent erences with the Baker woman and fricnds and as a result she left here or Boston this afternoon accompanied by the entire Baker family, the mother and five chi‘aren. Miss Jewettsaid nerpl for the future were not she proposed throughout sentimert against lynching ar generally The Rev. J. L. Dart, a colored minister of this city, who recently spent some time in Boston, returned to this city to-day and >d violently the removal of the Ba- from Charleston. He declared (hat Miss Jewett and those who stand with her merely want to get conlrol of the Bakers and make notoriety and money mob law - YELLOW FEVER AT HAVANA. ['l‘wo Marines Dead, but Soldiers Are Free From the Disease. HAVANA, Aug. 5—Duncan Marr, a marine, died here to-day of yellow fever. The marines are still in the barracks, where, out of forty, two have died, while out of 2000 soldiers her&there has not been a single case of yellow fever. Within the last two or three months General Ludlow has’ repeatedly urged the removal of the marines. SEVENTEEN KILLE way at Juyisy. cight minutes late. D AND THIRTY-SEVEN INJURED PARIS, Aug. 5.—Seventeen persons were killed and thirty- seven irtjured in a collision at 9:30 this evening on the Orleans Rail- The disaster zwas the result of imperfect signaling. The collision was between the Orleans, Lyons, Paris and Nantes 0:40 train and the Paris and Lyons Mediterranean train, which lef