The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1900. NEFFECTUL ATTENPT T0 ROB A TRAIN Bold Work of a Gang of Masked Men at Fair- banks, Arizona. N0 BOOTY SECURED. While Defending the Safe Express senger Milton Is Shot Down by the Highwaymen. Mes: Feb. 15—A special to the on, Ariz., = The New passenger train for Nogales was held Struck by an EL KO telellelededfofooletefefmfedbelelefe shefolofofofelefodefefofefotafels el AMERICA'S GRIEVANCES AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN Investigated by Congress—Status of the Seizure of Flour in Delagoa Bay. @ iivivieiet WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Representative Wheeler of Kentucky introduced the following resolution: Whereas, Charles Macrum, late Consul of the United States Gov- ernment at Pretoria, Transvaal Republic, over his own signature charges “that when this (his) mail was finally forwarded to me after Colonel Stowe, the American Consul General at Capetown, had secured its release, I had the humiliation as the representative of the American Government of sitting in my office in Pretoria and looking upon envelopes bearing the official seal of the American Government opened and officially sealed with a sticker, notifying me that the contents had been read by the censor at Durban,” and whereas, he further states in the same article, “when I accepted my post as Consul I knew nothing of any secret alliance between America and Great Britain,” therefore be it Resolved, By the House that the Secretary of State is direct- ed to inform the House of Representatives if said Charles E. Ma- crum, as Consul of the American Government, informed the State Department that his official mail had been opened and read by the British censor at Durban, and, if so, what steps, if any, have been taken to obtain an explanation and apology from the British Gov- ernment. Section 2—Be it further directed to inform the House of Rep- resentatives what truth thers is in the charge that a secret alliance exists between the republic of the United States and the empire of Great Britain. The Speaker referred the resolution to the Forelgn Affairs Committes. \ Muacrum, it % § | ASHINGTON, Feb. State Department officials were averse to-day to discussing the 15.—Respond- | ate’s resolution of the President to-day he Senate a report from ate, accompanying pa- was authoritatively the steps that have been on of prop- @S+ S+ O+ b+ oo e @ can seized by the | e rities of at Britain in i d a Bay, South Africa. The entt of correspondence Department and Em- te and the British Govern- The fact that the e on December 6, and re- | on of the British ship | ¢ ure of the British ship | o bring he Britisn | ¢ s ter was inst to the atten nt and t +9-o-& CHARLES P. GROTE. t the s prote e time R e o SRS ¢t the pr to opert; Mr. Macrum had ever reported to the de- partment that his officlal mall was be- th note, dated January flour ¢ lAlleged Tampering With Official Correspondence to Be statement published of ex-Consul | stated | ¢ | gaining. 4 | force of revolutionists, attacked | hundred Government troops under Gen- | | that a search of the records failed to show | OBJECTED TO PASTOR'S VIEWS So Huntington Quits His Church. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Collis P. Hun# ington and his family no longer attend service at Bt. Peter’s Protestant Episco- pal Church, West Chester, because the views of Mr. Huntington and the rector, Rev. Dr. Clendenin, do not coincide. Formerly the rector and the millionaire were on very good terms and Mr. Hunt- ington has given in all more than $10,000 to the church. There were most cordlal relation: - tween Rev. Mr. Clendenin and Mr. fiu:eb ington some_years ago. Mrs. Clendenin. whom Mrs. Huntington has known since her childhood, was a frequent visitor at the handsome residence of the Hunting- tons at Throggs Neck. Mr. Huntington, although he is not himself a churchman, is opposed to extreme views of any kind, and for this reason the two men could not agree. The rector made a determined attack upon the saloons of West Chester several years ago. Mr. Huntington, it is under- stood, does not believe in attacking the saloon so long as the proprietors keep within the law. Further back, the West Chester free hospital was closed on ac- count of a controversy srarted by the rec- tor, who insisted that half of the hos- | pital be given over to nomeopathic phy- sicians. “There has been no serlous disagree- ment between Mr. Huntington and my. | self,” said the rector. “I have mot been | talking against trusts and money power. It {5 possible that some of the lefsure class do not like my teachings, but I al- | ways regarded Mr. Huntington as very | democratic.” |REVOLUTIONISTS WIN e VICTORIES IN VENEZUELA 15.—While | | Forces of General Ron Defeat Govern- ment Troops, Securing a Large Number of Rifles. | Spectal Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyrighted, 1300, by the New York Herald Company. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb. 15.— ¢ | Latest advices from Venezuela are that the Hernandez revolution is active and is General Ron, commanding a twelve erals Martin and Guevara at Guarico. The hed. le ¢ | Government troops were defeated. Eight with the re- | [ & | hundred firflgslu;ndma Larsde q}xantlly of s | amunition fell into the hands of the revo- =, docated &t | L ¢ | lutiontsts s | Robbed by Footpads. e . N a and also the Beatrice, all carry- | ) I 3 ShA“E-AM .\ThO, Feb. l}sl,fi_a r;:an named iz pe » . ohn Larey, who says he is from o i a and other loods::‘\eff; : 4 | was to-night held up on the river rrog‘tog’}: three men and robbed of $170. He could | #ive no description of the footpads. | sailed on the 2d inst. THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS TORTURED BY INSURGENTS Dropped Out of the Column at Balinag, Were Captured by Rebel Hangers-on and Murdered on the Public Plaza. BOSTON, Feb. 15.—A dispatch to the lleutenant, wounded, was the only loss | sustained by the Americans. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 tant general recelved the following cable to-day from General Otis: MANILA, Feb. 15.—Bates left to-day with two regimeénts and a battery of artillery on transports for San Miguel Bay, province of Ca- Globe from Tloilo says: Three Massachu- | setts goldiers of the Twenty-sixth Regi- | ment, U. 8. V., have been tortured to death by insurgents. The men were Den- | nis Hayes, Willlam Dugan and Michael Tracey, privates of Company F, under marines Sur, to move on Nueva Caceres and Captain William M. Tutherly. They re- | l0%Ds In that section. The road cas - timonan, through the province of Tayabas, not practicable for troops. The imsurgents in malned behind the column at Ballnag last Camarines show considerable actlvity, and November to get a tuba, and refused to accompany the corporal sent by Captain Tutherly to bring them along. They were captured by the insurgents hanging on the rear of the column and were cruelly tortured and murdered by the rebels in the public plaza at Balinag, the action being countenanced by the Spanish priest. The padre has since left his parish for the mountains. When the men remained behind they had with them their full equipment of arme and ammunition, which Was cap- | got il arroo tured. | had a conference with the President to- MANILA, Feb. 15.—Insurgent forces, es- | day and it Is understood was offered a timated’ to number 5000 soldiers, mostly | place on the new Pmllgplna commission. bolomen, attacked the American garrison | :rr‘x:'psi?‘z;{) assured the President that in the convent at Daraga, in the province | mm‘] h iy S Bte consittuente; do- of Abany, during the night of February | MouETS BS SR (5 fie jensiiuents S 5. They were repulsed, however, after|Senate. He said, however. that he would they had burned much of the town. One | take the matter under advisement. PLAGLE YICTIMS IV HONDLULL Two Whites Attacked by the Disease. that they hold several hundred Spanish and a few American prisoners in the vicinity of Nueva Caceres. Kobbe, with two regiments, occuples the southeastern extremity of Luzon from Tobago on the north to Donbsol on the south: also all important points of the islands of Cantanduanes, Samar and Leyte. The con- improving. All coasting vessels are now en- ed in transporting mewchandise and prod- The ladrone element is troublesome the islands and keeps troops very actively engaged. adjoining ones were destroyed by fire on the 7th inst No new cases have developed durin 5 the past four days. The house to house in- spection is being kept up. The health officials are feeling easier and ha t- ed permission for churches, schools and places of amusement to reopen. A bounty of 25 cents for live rats and 15 cents for dead ones has been offered. It lieved that the Japanese ratcatche: take advantage of this offer and much to rid the city of the plague-spread- ing rodents. The Board of Health will also set a day apart for the wholesale slaughter of rats; all householders will be supplied with packages of poison for use on their respective premises. expected that this latter plan will prove to be an effective one. The island of Lanai, with a population of 600, is.sadly in need of provisions. A launch came to this city on the 7th to notify the authorities of a famine. Steps were taken at once to send a supply of provisions. The schooner Golden Shore had a nar- row escape from destruction by fire on the Tth. The vessel was fumigated and forty-eight hours later flames were dis- covered in the hold. A bucket brigade was organized and the fire put out, but not before the vessel was damaged to the HONOLULU, Feb. 9.—Five cases of plague have developed since the Alameda Among the stricken ones were two white men—J. Weir Rob- ertson, a clerk in a large hardware store, | and J. H. Hartman, a stableman, who recently came from San Francisco. Rob- | ertson lingered twenty-four hours and then succumbed; Hartman Is sald to be improving under the Pasteur. treatment. | Where Robertson contracted the dis- ease has not been discovered. Hartman was employed In a stable next to the | ntheon saloon, a place from which e Aken The ssloon, is) for the Sound in ballast. — The adju-| ditions throughout the Philippines are generally | of South Carolina | appreciated the honor, he | | It 1s | threatened | l L J extent of §1500. The schooner will leave | still in confinement, the p | refusing to recognize Taylo —_—— 'GAME OF CARDS CHLSES MURDER Italian Fatally Stabbed at Merced. | Dispatch to The Call MERCED, Féb. 15.—This mornin o'clock V. Chinotto and G. Glofer: natives of I . engaged in which resulted in the latter kil mer. The two, with several other country- men, had been ng cards during the greater part of the evering in the office of the Legura Hotel arose, but friends of of the matter about 3 o'c he intended to re a S hi: | room, when Giofera called to the street and there renewed the quarrel about the cards, and drawing a | his pocket he thrust it | body, the blade enterin piercing the heart. A phy moned. but life was e reached the murdered man. Glofera when under the influence of liquor is very quarrelsome, and a short time ago was arrested for striking a man on the head with a bot dead man was about 32 years of age. Giofera was arrested Immediately after the fatal affair and is now confine: the County Jail. RIVAL OFFICIAL SUES | FOR INJUNCTION | blamed for his case and this buflding and | Kentucky’s Political Fight Is Trans- ferred to the Courts by the Contestants. LOUISVILLE, Feb. 15.—Following the lead of Governor Taylor, who yesterday brought suit for an injunction against Governor Beckham, claiming to be Gov- ernor of Kentucky, and General John B. Castleman, claiming to be Adjutant Gen- eral of Kentucky, Lieutenant Governor John M. Marshall this afternoon s for an injunction against Govern ec! ham and against Lillard H. Carter, Pr. dent pro tem. of the Senate, now mee: in this city. The suit is similar in general averments to that of Govern Taylor. No application has yet been made for a restraining order in efther case. FRANKFORT, Ky.. between the Democrat a branches of the Sta emphasized to-night by the p releasing John Seals, a Lo on a pardon issued b Deputy Warden Pu den to-night, and whe: were presented to b released, and the la night. Douglas Hays, a Knott Co recently pardoned by Gove: as Governor. Single and double the Loss of Appetite ! Loss of Energy! | the effect that he shoul ws of this Governm can be show it does not apture under tances represented.” ; 4 Mr. Choate reported a Lord Salisbury, who, he and the violation of v of Great Britain, the ae matter w nothing of - 0 that trice had been dis- and that there t it, no seizure 1 the 1 rgo of the Bea; allegation agal been contemp he Marie was Durban free for take; that the Mashona e Tow) but that owing to the ct that there were no bills of lading ere was much difficulty in dealing with Carg | ntally Mr. Choate states in a dis- patch of the 15th relating an interview with Lord Salisbury that “he claims no blockade or siege of Delagoa Bay, but only the right to seize real contraband o war on the high seas which is destined for the enemy’s forces.” On the 2th Mr. Choate reported the isions of the British authoritles that large quantities of the flour carried by the Beatrice were destined for the South African republic, making it necessary to land at East London, as it was impossible to discharge this part of the cargo with- out discharging the remainder, allowing removal of parts of the cargo for local Portuguese consumption. - —_— = Secretary Hay tock apparent excep- 1 ConsuL | Conputt Froe the | oo 0t Proceoding, eaying it whs FREE Hudyen Doctors. Call | “4n conflict with the assurances that = + _or wriic to them. | fooastuffs with hostile intention are not | contraband of war unless intended as supplies for the enemy’'s forces, and in- admiseible from the view of the United MUNYON'S GUARANTEE. |8 at Lord Salishary haa disciaimed “the Streng Assertions as to Just What ose indicated. the Remedies Will De. orrespondence closes with a notice —— oate to Mr. Hay of February that the American goods a had been placed at the to this point Mr. Choate sald m C |5, to the effect | on the Mashon: | disposal of the American Consul General :‘Lu_-‘:‘:;t’f"m‘:“:- i,g Cape Colony Ef".‘}:é."l%‘:u’:é‘;“ | GENERAL HARRISON WAS ROBBED IN PARIS & | INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 15.—It s being related here to-night that beth ex-Presi- | dent Harrison and his wife were systemat- ically robbed and otherwise swindled dur- | Ing their visit to Paris last summer, when the general was engaged in the Venezue- lan clalms affair, The ex-President was asked sbout the matter to-night and he confirmed the story, although he said he did not know that it was abroad and did not authorize it. He now thinks that a young Frenchman who acted as his valet gatarrh o matier bos long standing; that bis Headache Oure wii! cus acy kind ie weive Brac, Munys It i wbsolutely free. BAJA CALIFORNIA Damiana Bi was the swindler, or if not that he knew all about the larcenies. Aside from sums f money th » ex-President m 5 \he boid. most accomplished opera’ %on consisted in a series of forgeries per. ®irated on Mrs. Harrison. During the nmer she looked for drafts due on soin ate investments of her own. They r came. Quite recently they came to vith her name fairly well indorsed on tters INVIGORA- =, t of the va us drafts Lo ALFS & and the forger could nut he . F.8 for Circular). | jemrsy General Harrison would give no — | detaif beyond saying that the story was DR. CROSSMAN’S » - g g o A g A e e R B o g SPECIFIC MIXTURE, ESM AR NCA ~c RE OF GONORRHOEA. look &t page 11 of next Sun- platn re Organs of Generation. 11. Clever pictures of Frice 31 a bottle. For sale by druggists. | our Francisco notables |7 in wellknown theatrieal roles. Wrights Inian Vegetable Pills| many Temiliar A persons who have used them {or forty | aa:’s%’ifl?xéi?“r?rfi;:z,, Pimoles and purily the R R S SR S GIDDIN b in 0 o o B g 4 B Mr. Choate | : that the car- | @ 4ttt dptbttbbetsl ing regular ish autho 4 in a general way, report that both offi- v 2 Mr. Choate was 1n3tmElE§ }‘c!l] and private malil, intended for Ameri- | can citizens, did not reach him punctually and asked that protest be made on ac- count of this rather arbitrary proceeding on the part of the postal authorities, The | department Investigated the matter and { learned that no unnecessary delay existed | and dces not credit the statement that [ =a¥ correspondence, official or otherwise, was opened, British authorities. Mr. Macrum stated that his Vies Con- su busines took the oath of allegiance to > and went to the front as a The records show that when Ameringen api;ued for appoint- as Vice-Consul at Pretoria he stated z Y;:\ was born in Holland: that his nce was at Pretorfa and that a nat lized citizen of the South A X Tepu This application was dated Pretori. mber 12, 1898, MACRUM Hab NO AUTHORITY IN SOUTH AFRICA | commendation of all the American peo- ple. He is a noble man and was stmply | forced to leave Pretoria because our Gov- than an American representative.” This statement was made yesterday by | January 11 after a residence of two years | ana a half in the Transvaal is an Intelligent, earnest appearing man, and he is very bitter over the manner in which he and other Americans have been treated in the Transvaal, all due, he declares, to the restriction of power on the part of our Consuls there in the interests of England. Grote says that he has been forced io to merely secure a duplicate of his clti- | zenship papers, which would permit him | to remain in the Transvaal. He came to America from Hanover when 16 years of | age and was admitted to citizenship in | this city in 1888 He 18 a machinist | trade and worked for years In varlous coast citles, including Oakland and San | Francisco. ‘Having pfocured a certificate | of his naturalization he will depart again for the Transvaal. “I had saved up about $800 or $1000 yesterday, ‘and most of it will be spent been tled down so. near Johannesburg at $§ a day when the war broke out, and all foreigners were ordered to get out unless they could ob- tain officlal permission to stay—the Brit- ish subjects from the Transvaal Govern- ment naq‘ll and all others from their re- spective *Consuls. 1 had been some time before of some documents, in- cluding my naturalization papers. “Wishing to stay in the country, I went to the Vice Consul at Johannes| urg and explained my predicament to him. He permit. “I then went to Consul Macrum at Pre- toria and told him my story. He said, | after hearing it: ‘Grote, I feel as sure ac | T am of anything that you are an Amerl- | can citizen, and 1 am Wwlling to let you | stay, and am anxlous that you should, but T am so bound down that I can do nothing. * Even my telegrams to my own Government are not answered. My coun- try will not give me enough authority to {do many things that I should do—not enough to properly look after the fnter- ests of those of my fellow-countrymen who look to me for assistance.” over the position he was in and asked me | if I got to America to tell the matters stood. When I heard Ee had left [ FE e "Boers are & noble, hohest 5 “The S . hones le. Why, after I found I must get nmpf?’fh'e country because I could not prove my cite izenship 1 went to the Postal Savings Bank in Pretoria. conducted by the Gowve ernment, and asked for $500 1 had depos- ited there. They said If I was going to re- main in the country I could deposit, but not withdraw. When I told them | was going to leave they gave me all my money, That lcoks like honesty, doesn't “Those who were ordered from the Transvaal were treated like beasts while being conveved by the English companies from Delagoa Bay to Cape Town,” Grote declared. Grote will make an open statement to- night before the Transv. Reliet Com- mittee, In the Phelan buliding, of what e knows of Bouth African affairs. “Charles E. Macrum should have the | ernment made him act more as a British | Charles F. Grote, an American citizen of | German descent, who reached this city | Mr. Grote | | travel half-way around the world In order | “Mr. Macrum seemed much exercised | eople how | tampered with by the Brit- | It was said that he did, inspected and delayed by | Mr. Van Ameringen, closed up his during my stay in Africa,” sald Grote | on the long trip over and back, which | would have been utterly unnecessary had | our representatives in Bouth Africa not | “1 was working as machinist at a mine | robbed | safd he could do nothing for me. I called | on the Landrost at Johannesburg, and he said T could stay if I got a Consular | T i breasted blue serge suits—ten dollars Surely we do not have to tell you of the popularity of the blue serge to arouse your interest. Neither need we say that the price is low at $10. Simply this statement should convince you of the value of the suits: They are all wool. well dyed, fast colored, carefully cut and properly made. If a suit should not come up to the customer’s expec- tation we buy it back at the same price— 10 Boys’ middy suits Economizing mothers will find it of interest to come here for the boy’s clothing—we make our own clothes and retail them at prices one-third less.than the usual market prices. Middy suits in blue serge and cheviot, ages 3 to 10 years, sailor collar, seven rows of silk soutache braid trimming, vestee with imitation shield and.buttoned front, two pockets, pants lined throughout. $6.50 values—price now for a time 4,50, | The suits are Out-of-town orders for the suits will be filled—write us—we will inform you how to take your measurement; we will be able to send you a surt that fits as it should. Ask for our catalogue No. 2.