The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVII—N SAN FRAN CISCO, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, Tall, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALMOST A IN COURTROOM AT FRANKFORT Rival Attorneys Engage in a Dis- pute and Spectators Rush for Cover. Prosecution Closes Its Case Against Secretary of State Powers Without Having Called the Wife of Golden. @rosieieieieoebeoed . RfOT Pietei et et e b e P S S S S . e e e h 26.—The most g the examin! R ican Secretary 8 . red this *clock 2 w 1 oked as though be prevented r the de e compe of for people to armed. I came made the state- ! much excited and with arms advance toward was crowded tly thought a mad rush for one ng for order and ging his gavel down g the people -r five or ten 1& scenes since was restored. he room began to grow or srown, onme of the defense, whispered to promptly arose and the court, n a very happy he record it ell had mis- Mrs. Galden Not Called. e f the examination of rested ¢ that Mrs. Golden iced as a witness, stand. It is lling witness efense asked for court at 4 o'clock for nference with the de- witnesses that will be nd in his behalf to-mor- adjourned for this pur- g learned about uld be arrested he knew about the | . if he did tell, the commonwealth would n from prosecution. omwell, who swore out the et Powers, was the first ed to about the assassina- | had been to the moun. | warrant person he ta tion. Cromw tains and heard that he was connected | in some way with the murder and sent | for him. Golden told Powers of his con- versation with Cromwell, and that he | wanted to get away from the State House. He got a leave of absence from Republican Assistant Adjutant General he told Judge Fleming of he intended to tell all he | While he was in | d, he was stopped by two and William Stelle— whe ;.'"al,md him by the arms and cursed 1 for exposing the Republican party. n replied that he had not exposed the party. Governor Brown asked him if he had not told the two men that he knew noth- | ing about the affalr. Golden said he have told them that, as he would sald anything they wanted him to. sovernor Brown asked him if he made f saying anything @ person de- to which the witness re- m to, when I am on equal terms with | ampbell, for the prosecution, | the way Governor Brown was | e witness. While the ques- tion ¥ argued, Golden asked to be exc r a few minutes, as he said | he was growing weak, and he was taken | out ourtroom by a Deputy Sheriff. Powers Denounced the Shooting. en resumed testifying a lttle after ock. He could not remember that he ever heard Powers say that he in- tended to harm any one. Dick Coombs, | the alleged was brought to | Frankfort, William Culton, one of the defendants. Culton told him that he had brought Coombs down. The witness said that when he had beard on his way to Louisville with Pow- ers that Governor Goebel had been shot, he told Powers what had happened, and | Powers sald that it was a dirty shame end outrage. When asked about the man who vul | magnitude of the task which has yet 1o | advance. He continues: | It is quite possible that the Boers may be | able to prolong the campaign for several | monthe, 4 the British advance, though it | | must hav crushing effect, can be carried on only by the persistent exertions of those in | be treated and as tc how loyal colonists are to | ous and forgiving policy toward the rebeis i longer be endured. us,” as one of them said, Mayor Phelan, as is his custom, Al it @ he has injured. [ ] * ® . ® - * & DEPUTY & - JAILOR P o CJ-ROBINSON. 2 * + ® * 1 + #JAILIN FRANKLIN COUNTY, KY, ¢ 4 Here some of those who have ¢ & been arrested in connection Wwith & | ¢ the Goebel killing are imprisoned , and are guarded by soldlers. @+ e oo ioeies +@+. given the key on the morning Goebel was killed, Golden said he did not know his name, but could recognize him anywhere. He said he saw him here Saturday, and Governor Brown asked him to get up and #ee if he was in the room. Golden scru- tinized !he large crowd, but said he did | not At o (‘l"r'k the defense announced that it was through with the cross-examina- | tion, and the State commenced its exami- | nation in rebuttal. Attorneys Campbell and Denny got into thelr argument,.and the lie was almost passed. Governor Brown informed Col- onel Campbell that he had misconstrued Colonel Denny's remarks, and Colonel Campbell at once arose and apologized to Colonel Denny and the court. lhort g CHINN WILL TAKE TO THE LECTURE PLATFORM | FRANKFORT, March 26.—Colonel | Jack Chinn, the ted friend of Gov- ernor Goebel, who was with him when he was shot, announced to-night that he would shortly take to the lecture.plat- form. His subject will be the political sit- | uation in Kentucky, beginning with the | campaign for the Democratic guberna- torial. nomination and covering the detalls of the regular campaign, the contest, as- sassination, trials of suspects and all oth- | er occurrences relating to it. Colonel | Chinn says he will visit all the leading cities and will devote the entire proceeds to the Goebel monument fund. He has, he says, received offers from a number of theatrical organizations asking him to go on the stage, and this has suggested | the lecture tour. GENEROUS TREATMENT OF REBELS IS URGED LONDON, March 27.—Spencer Wilkin- son in the Morning Post to-day warns the public against blinding themselves to the 3 be performed in South Africa. He theg refers to the fact, that an immense dis- tance has to be traversed and points out that only the smaller portion of the Free State has yet been touched by the British the fleld and those at home. Another task which does not appear to grow | easier on nearer acquaintance is the settiement | of the districts disturbed by rebellion. The pacification of these must be difficult, owing to their vast extent. Little can be done until Sir Alfred Milner is authorized to announce the Government's decision as to how rebels should be compencated for losses, There should be, of course, no policy of re- venge, nor will the Government forget that its first duty to itself is to vindicate its author- ity. The sooner these decisions are announced the soomer will the trouble diminish. Winston Churchill, in a dispatch this morning from Cape Town, urges a gener- | instead of yielding to the demands of the loyalists for severe treatment. He says: The Dutch traitor is less black than the renegade British-born burgher, but both are the results of our own mistakes and of crimes in Africa in former years. Unless actually | caught fighting, rebels should be treated with the utmost leniency and generosity. - | STRONG EXPEDITION LEAVES KIMBERLEY LONDON, March 27.—The. Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail tele- graphing Monday, March 26, says: “A strong expedition will leave Kim- berley to-day, primarily for Griquatown. Its movements are likely to attract con- siderable notice.” - Burghers Elude French. BLOEMFONTEIN, March 26.—General French has returned from Thaba Nchu, having failed to enun the Boers, who are trekking n S 6-000000+0+0000000-00+0+84843 0040 | setting forth these facts. | not take this action voluntarily. ool -H-(—H-H—H-I—H%H-l- defelefodels el ool | AYOR PHELAN was compelled yesterday to turn down his Board of Health and declare to . the| world in unmistakable language that there is no case of bubonic | plague in San Francisco and that there is no danger here, thus putting an end to the fraud upon the city that he has| been inflicting for some weeks. He sent a dispatch to the Mayors of forty cities | The Mayor did He was visited by a delegation of leading busi- ness men representing the Merchants’ As-| sociation, who pointed out the damage | | that was being done to the city and in-| sisted that the Board of Health should | question | be asked, point blank, the whether there is one case of bubonic plague in the city. Two representatives yesterday a climax and a rebuke. terday before Mayor Phelan to protest. was conciliatory. Mayor Phelan Busy Calling Off the Indignation Meeting. H44++H+H+H1+H++H—H—H4+H+H+1+H—H-H—H+++H—H-H+. of the | tain Charles Nelson, president | Chamber of Commerce, and President A. | Sbarboro of the Manufacturers’' and Pro- | ducers’ Association have expressed them- selves as favorable to the meeting 'to | call down the Health Board. The mem- \ bership of the assoclations of commer- cial men that ‘they represent embraces | several hundred firms. \ Mayor Phelan thereforé went to the tel- ephone In his office and called up Presi dent Watkins. An animated conversa- | tlon over the wire took place. Mr. Wat- kins was informed of what the Mayor proposed to do in the maicer of the tele- gram to be sent to the Eastern Mayors and he was requested not to issue any call yesterday for a meeting. To this Mr. Watkins acreed. Mayor Phelan then prepared and sent $ COPY OF MAYOR PHELAN’S DISPATCH 0 MAYOR ——— disinfected. (Signed) the following telegram to the Mayors of | yesterday could have headed off one of of the board were in the City Hall when the delegation arrived and they were in- vited into the Mayor’s office. They were Messrs. Willlamson and O’'Brien. They were led to pass an unhappy half hour. The merchants meant business. They were determined to have the truth. The Health Board representatives admitted under questioning that there was not one case of sickness in the city that could be reasonably suspected of identity with the plague. They tried to justify their acts, but were unable to do so. They did not answer directly at first, seeing the position in which they were placed, but they finally admitted that there was not even one suspicious case in all the city limits. The merchants at the City Hall con- ference had no authority to promise that other merchants, who were preparing to call a meeting for the purpose of setting forth the truth about the plague scare and to lay the rod upon the backs of the members of the Board of Health, would not take the expected action. There was danger ahead that there would be the public censure that Mayor Phelan and the Phelanized Board of Health deserved, to be couched in cutting speeches and resolutions of no uncertain sound. A. A. ‘Watkins, president of the San Francisco | 0&7- Board of Trade, was ready to about the gathering of merchants. SENT YESTERDAY TO EASTERN MAYORS SAN FRANCISCO, Eastern papers just received refer to a spo- radic ca:e of bubonic plague in San Francisco. Health reported such a case ¢n March 6, twenty days.ago. Since then our Chinatown has been thoroughly inspected and No other case has appeared. freely visit the district as usual. and efficiency of our Health Department and Federal quaran- tine there is no future danger. cal press as an act of justice to San Francisco. JAMES D. PHELAN, forty of the big Eastern cities: SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, 1900. To Mayors: Eastern papers just re- celved refer to a sporadic case of bu- bonic plague in San Francisco. The Board of Health reported such a case on March 6, twenty days ago. Since then our Chinatown has been thoroughly in- spected and disinfected. No other case has appeared. All persons now freely visit the district as usual. On account of the vigilance and efficlency of our Health Department and Federal quar- antine there Is no future danger. Please sive m-wmrlmlmnmm After these proceedings Mr. Watkins was asked by a Call reporter whether he would call a meeting. He said that he would not in all probability. He had can- clyded that the one to take the initiative where the iInterests of the merchants was concernied was Mr. Dohrmann, president of the Merchants’ Association, which em- braced about six hundred business firms, as he had taken the lead customarily in municipal matters. Probably there would be no meeting unless Mr. Dohrmann saw D e e e ] On account of the vigilance Please give this to your lo_ CITY PLAGUE SCARE A CONFESSED SHAM Phelan Forced by the Merchants to Give Final Publicity to the Truth. His Honor’s Own Health Board Turned Down to Lull Rising Wrath and Telegrams Sent to Forty Cities of Foremost Rank. B T N aaaa s ] HE bubonic buncombe of Mayor Phelan, his Board of Health and his yellow associate, the Examiner, reached The outrage committed on this city by this preclous Added to the distress brought upon the people of San Francisco by dread of a terrible dis- ease came the terrible affliction of unwarranted and lylng advertisement to evary other city in the Union. The merchants of San Francisco could no longer tolerate the criminal misreprese.hation and they appeared yes- They demanded that redress be given and at once. ‘“‘as a community waving a yellow flag in a cave of death.” He penned a telegram to forty American citles and declared that in San Francisco there is not a single case of bubonic plague, that there has not been one for three weeks, that there is not a suspicion or a fear of a case, and that there never was more than the suspiclon of a case. This telegram was sent to these forty cities as a measure of scant justice to San Francisco after the commission of an outrage that is without parallel in the history of the city. Mayor Phelan, truckling to the merchants, propitious to the Board of Health, for whose actions he stands respon- sible, has again stamped his official acts with the seal of fraud, which makes in its fixing small compensation for the city triumvirate could no “You have proclaimed Z= 3 | | | in. the city and that there was no danger to be apprehended from the plague. That appeared to him to:clear up -the facts for the apprehension of people abroad and | he was of the opinion in considering the | Mayor's dispatch that a meeting would be | likely to result in more harm than good to the city.. He would await the publica- tion ‘of the dispatch sent by the Mayor before he could say anything further con- | cerning the matter. | While the meeting was in progress in | the City Hall the merchants exhibited | eopies of the New York Journal of the | 18th inst. to show how the plague scare | was being used to the injury of the city | in the East by the Hearst newspaper. | The comments on the outrage were em- phatic Only the politic action of Mayor Phelan { March 26, 1°00. The'Board of All persors now Mayor. L e O U o B i R S S P o S R e e e R e AR AECaR TR SRS S o the most notable indignation meetings in the history of the city. During the past week the presidents of al! the commercial | crganizations have been repeatedly urged | to have some action taken to set forth | the facts. All classes of citizens have been concerned in these appeals—mer- chants, shipowners, retailers, hotel men and others—and the pressure was growing stronger daily. Every mall outbound from the city has carried scores of let- ters telling the correspondents of business houses that there was no plague in this city and that there had not been one au- thenticated case of the plague. A large sum of money in the aggregate has been expended In telegrams and cable messages answering questions that were urgent. The amount of damage that has been doné is high in the thousands of dollars. —_— TROUBLE AHEAD FOR THE BOARD OF HEALTH There is trouble ahead for the Board of Health as a result of its most recent at- tempt to raid the city treasury, and when the matter is presented to the Board .of | Bupervisors its scheme will meet with de- caiccsd o R S e o e i St s et Al Continued on Second Page. | lish correspondents indicate FREE STATERS LOYAL TO THE BOER CAUSE Rumors of Violent Quarrels Be- tween the Republics Not Given Credence. Burghers Are Intrenching at Kroonstad to Make Their Stand Against Lord Roberts’ Army. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1900, by the New York Herald Company. ONDON, March 27.—A strong coi- umn {s now moving on Griquatown, whence, after scattering the Boer force at that place, it will advance to the relief of Mafeking. Reports that the Boers are abandoning Kroonstad are regarded generally as false. Many here also hesitate to believe the stories of sudden. violent quarreling between the allie: In the view of the Globe's expert all the Transvaalers and a considerable minority of Orange Free Staters show every sign of an intention to make the coming military eperations of the British army as difficult as possible. Tt would seem that the Boers are ac- tively intrenching at Kroonstad and preg paring to make a stand there in the hop that Roberts will attempt a frontal at- tack. Their problem is a difficult one. If they do not make a stand there for bat- tle. they virtually abandon the whole of Orange Free State. If they offer resls- tance in force they run serious risk, since Lord Roberts has now fully ten thousand mounted men to use in a flanking or turn- ing movement, while he has at least twen- | ty-five thousand infantry to spare for a direct attack. The Boers in Natal appear to.be falling back from Biggarsberg Range to Laings Nek. It is a question whether there are ‘more than ten thousand burghers in Natal at present. The main force of the repub- lics seems to be concentrated at Kroon- stad. where relnéorcemems from the ve n(fi(?a rx‘x‘o‘;ell;'e']r;‘ that General Buller will attempt to make a move until Lord Rob- erts is ready. Any advance in Natal will be a sign that the commander-in-chief is again prepared to move. The pacification of the southern half of the Free State is evidently not yet com- plete. Some of the dispatches from Eng- that when General Pole-Carew and the Guards went down the railway to Springfontein and | met Gatacre, farmers close to the rall- | way submitted and gave up their arms, but that on either side of this belt there were great tracts of territory where Brit- ish rule is not vet acknowledged. | NO DISSENSIONS ON HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE LONDON, March 2.—Major Julian M. Cabell, formerly chief surgeon of-the American hospital ship Maine, is now in London on his way back to Columbia Hospital, Washington, his leave of ab- sence having expired. In an interview to-day he said: Nothing could have exceeded the hospitality and warmth with which the American doctors, nurses and attendants were recefvea m South Africa. The stories of internal dissensions on the Maine are quité unbased. Lady Randolph Churchill antagonized no one. On the con- trary, it was owing to her tact that several little threatened annoyances were avoided. She wished the Maine to stay at the seat of warfare and I agreed with Rer, but it had been arranged by the British authorities that she was to leave after the rellef of Ladysmith, and. though Lady Randolph Churchill believed this action would diminish the ship's sphere of use- tulness, she was too good a disciplinarian and diplomat to question the decision of the com- mander-in-chief. Another reason prompting the sending of the Maine home iy that the troop ships returning are not well equipped to take wounded soldiers. The British Govern- ment is behind our own in this respect, for while the hospital ships at Manila and in Cuba were able to transter to transports the wound- ed and remain on the scene of action, those in South African waters must needs return them- selves with their human cargoes We were very fortunate on the Maine with cases. Ouly one man died before I left, and I belteve nome have died since. Perhaps our most remarkable case was that of an officer of the Gordon Highlanders who was shot clean through the brain and who completely recovered on board the ship. Mauser wounds in the intestines, which, if made by the Springfield or Remington, would surely have been fatal, healed without operation. [ had seen some similar cases in the Philippine Islands and avolded operations on such wounds with comblate success, the Mauser wonnd be- ing so clean and small that it heals better when left alone. I saw no case of explosive bullets, and T be- Heve that the reports that the Boers are using such bullets are greatly exaggerated. Fromu my experiences in Manila and South Africa I believe it is almost impossible to distinguish between the explosive bullet and that of the ordinary Mauser when the latter is fired at point-blank range. The Maine will return to South Africa intmediately after landing her wounded here. PROLONGED HALT AT BLOEMFONTEIN LONDON, March 26.—The continued ab- sence of aggressive movement on the part of the British ts best explained in a dis- patch from Bloemfontein dated Sunday, March 25, and published in the second edi- tion of the Times to-day. It says; “The conditions existing in the occupled territory render imperative the somewhat prolonged halt at Bloemfontein. It Is necessary that the effect of the pi - Continued on Third Page. $ FIELD MARSHAL STEWART PASSES AWAY IN ALGIERS 3 | | | i SIR DONALD MARTIN STEWART. Wl i I e S T S i e o S o Qeove B o e e oo o LGIERS, March 26.—Fjeld Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart died this morning in his seventy-seventh year. The late Sir Donald Stewart, who was born March 21, 1824, was educated at Aberdeen University, and entered the Bengal Staff Corps in 13#. He ‘was @ major in 1558 and a general in 1581. He served at Peshawur in 1854, In Allygyhur in 1857 and was deputy assistant adjutant general at the siege of Delhl, assistant adjutant general at Lucknow and served In Rohilkund. In 1367-68 he commanded the Bengal troops in Abyssinia, and was chief commissioner of Andaman and Nicobar islands from 1869 to 1874. He was with the Candahar divis- jon in the Afghan war, 1578-80, was at the battle of Ahmed Khol in 18% and com- ‘manded the troops at Cabul and in Northern Afghanistan till their final withdraw- al in 18%. He was a member of the Viceroy's council in 1380, commander in chief in India in 1851-8 and member of the Indian Council in 1885-%. Sir Donald Stewart was the fifth In point of seniority of the eight fleld marshals in the British service. He was gazetted on May 26, 1364, at the same