The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 3, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC-NO. 64 —p § G | B PRICE FIVE CENTS. OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ADMIRAL SCHLEY s WARGLOUD HOVER OVER TWO NATIONS Foreign and Domestic Foes Threaten Colom- bia and Venezuela. Little Republics May Fight One Another and Their Own People. S Invasions Planned to Occur Simulta- neously by Revolutionary Par- ties in the Neighboring Countries. —_—— WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The political situation in the neighboring republics of Venezuela and Colombia and the liability veen these states is attracting attention in diplomatic circles. r actually result the authorities ntries would have to deal not h foreign enemies but also with as each of the countries ats to a civil war on its ther the Venezuelan nor the egation here has much direct fon and the cable reports are ex- v conflicting. fals at the Colombian legation to understand the report of ro’s declaration of martial the ground his country is ded by Colombia. The revolu- d by Dr. Galviras, who crossed e Venezuelan border from Colombia, ere he had taken refuge, is said to be an invasion by Colombians. belonged to the party of was overthrown by Castro, d in diplomatic circles that he heading a rebellion of Vene- of war b loss that Nins ans against Castro’s authority. Uribe’s Movements a Mystery. No des ation has been re- ceived here reg: g the whereahouts of rn is heading a esent. Govern- the Venezuelan the ¥ nbia from Gen wh news of whereabouts he was at Maracaibo and had mbia, where it was would attempt a juncture la, who is still e last revolu- he mountains of the central range Andes. At the Colombian = on a vestige of tion i of the Legation here the Uribe is not consid- s far. The report received here on July 2 last gave news of a projected simultaneous invasion of Venezuela, Ecuador and Nothing has been heard of the movement since. Venezuela Colors Cablegrams. SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Aug. es received here from Venezu- v the censored cable- ms w n Governm allows press correspondents to forward from Caracas sre inaccurate. President it is added, does mot ex- Castro's army, ceed 00 soldiers General Uribe-Uribe is reported to be a v's march from Bogota, the capital of Colombia, with less th d to besi ti n 3000 men. minent. The onists are at San Cris- the “Colombian “ucuta when the were forwarded. COLON, Colombia, ed Bogota Carlos Alba nezuelan revolu itionists maf advices Aug. 2—A decree, July 8, appointed Gene: commander in chief of the d: forces of Colombia in the es of Magdalena, Panama and Bolivar, in recognition of his patriotic zeal in the defense of the republic’s institu- tions. TRAFFIC MAY BE INTERRUPTED Uncle Sam Likely to Take a Hand oa Isthmus of Panama. CALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—Transit across the isthmus of anama may be in- terrupted through the operations of the rebel forces and the Colombian troops, ac- cording to information received by the State Department to-day from the Ameri- can Comsul in Colon. A conference be- tween Acting Secretary Adee and Rear Admiral Crowninshield, chief of the bu- reau of navigation, followed. While no orders have been given to any ships to proceed south, it is understood as soon as the Machias is ready she will be directed to steam to Colombian waters. In case she should not be avallable for several days Rear Admiral Higginson of the North Atlantic squadron will be ordered to send a vessel. The United States is under treaty obli- gations to m ain open and free transit across the isthmus. Should the raffroad between Colon and Panama be threatened the United States would have to step in eand protect it from the operations of either government or insurgent forces. The dispatch sent by the Consul was vague, and Sen @’ Affaires of t unable to amp “Y have rece or Thomas Herran, Charge e Colombian legation, was y it d dispatches from Bogo- ta dated as late as July 27,” he said, “‘and they do not make any reference whatever to the situation in Panama. This indi- cates that the Government does not re- gard the situation there as serfous. I un- derstand there ere a few guerrilla bands operating in the isthmus, but they are un- important. If guerrillas should attack the raflroad then the United States would be required to interfere.” P IS IN SECURING EVIDENCE FROM THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF BATTLE One Report Made by Admiral Sampson Omitted From Publications Made by Navy Department as to Santiago Campaign ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. Additional information of great importance to Admiral Schley has been obtained by Captaln James Parker of counsel for the admiral as a result of his examination of the log books of the ships and reports of officers who participated in the Santiago campaign. The facts gathered bear particularly upon the movements of the flying squadron off lations required an officer to be present whea a person not connected with the service examined log books and official documents. Captain Parker’s complaint, however, had some effect. While two officers re- mained with him in the office of the Sec- retary he was apparently not as much an- noyed to-day by their presence as he was vesterday. Judge Advocate General Lemly is making considerable progress in the 4o —— [ HE foregoing diagrams show th e dulnd. E. tiality and faithfulness In giving the facts. son, on the New York, left the squadron, the Brooklyn. During the battle he stood Captain Cook and Admiral Schley, Cienfvegos and Santiago. The publica- tions issued by the Navy Department do not, of course, contain every dispatch re ceived and sent. For instance, in the re- port made by Rear Admiral Sampson, which includes his correspondence with Admiral Schley, one dispatch, known as No. 7, is omitted. This dispatch directed Admiral Schley to remain off Clenfuegos. In an instruction to Admiral Sampson dated May 19 Secretary Long said: “Report of Spanish fleet being at San- tiago de Cuba might very well be correct, so department strongly advises that you send word immediately by Towa to Schley to proceed at once to Santiago with his whole command.” Position Off Cienfuegos. Admiral Sampson replied that after con- | sidering the information contained in the | message he had declded in favor of the slan already adopted of holding the posi- tion off Cienfuegos. This plan might be changed, he said, when it became certain ‘hat the Spanish fleet was at Santiago. Captain Parker completed his prelim- inary examination of the logs and papers and returned to-night to New York. He will resume his examination next week. The Navy Department to-day admitt: that Captain Parker had lodged a com- plaint with Acting Secretary Hackett about the treatment he had recefved. Hackett explained to him that the regu- MONTANA JUDGE IN'A BAD LIGHT Sensational Charge of Undue Influence in Mining Decision. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 2—A great sensa- tion was caused in Butte to-day by an action taken in the District Court by the attorneys- for the Amalgamated Copper Company in relation to the Minnie Healy mining case, which was recently decided against the Amalgamated and in favor of F. A. Heinze by Judge E. X. Harney. It is claimed that Harney was unduly influ- enced in his decision by which Heinze was given possession of the mine, valued at ten million dollars, for about $100,000. A motion has been made for a new trial, and in support of it a number of affi- davits have been prepared and were filed in Harney’s court to-day. The Amal- gamated people asked for an extension of time in which to gather evidence against Harney, and he has refused to grant it. In their statements made in court to-day it is alleged that they want time to pro- duce evidence as to Harney's relations with Mrs. Ada H. Brackett, a woman in the employ of Heinze, and who, it is al- leged, was employed by him for the pur- pose of working on Harney. A number of letters that passed between Harney and collection of facts and lists of witnesses necessary to inform the court of the cir- cumstances connected with the Santlago campaign. The Bureau of Navigation is also gathering data aiming to establish the correctness of its attitude. It is sald at the department that none of Admiral Cervera’s officers will be asked to testify. Belknap or Kautz for Court. Rear Admirals Belknap and Kautz are | the latest officers to be considered for the vacancy on the court of inquiry. The | department officfally announced to-day its compliance with the request of Rear Ad- miral Kimberly to be relieved from duty. The report that Captain Thomas F. Schley, Twenty-third Infantry, son of Rear Admiral Schley, has repudiated the alleged interview in which he warmly de- fended his father, will. when officially communicated to the War Department, prevent it from taking further action, save perhaps to caution the officer from discussing the matter with reporters. KIMBERLY CANNOT SERVE. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—The Navy De- partment did not successor to Admiral Kimberly on the Schley court of irquiry. The following correspondence with Admiral Kimberly relative to the latter's declination was made public to-day: WEST NEWTON, Mass., July 29, 1901.—Sir: T Mrs. Brackett during the time that the Minnie Healy case was on trial have been intercepted, and coples of them were filed in court to-day to show the alleged rela- tions that existed between the two. In one of the letters from Mrs. Brackett she pleaded for an opportunity to see him and asked him to decide the mining case in faver of his friends, who, she sald, were not to be found among the Amal- gamated people. She offered him money and professed great love for him. The an- swer to the letter, making an appoint- ment, was also intercepted, and several detectives made affidavits that Judge Harney and Mrs. Brackett visited neigh- boring towns together, and that on two occasions they remained over night. Another attorney made an affidavit that he had a talk with Mrs. Brackett after Harney had decided the case in favor of Heinze, and that'she boasted that she did it SOUTHERN PACIFIC ROAD WILL NOT ISSUE BONDS NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Charles H. Tweed, chairman of the Southern Pacific Rall- road board, sald to-day that no proposi- tion to issue new bonds of that company had been discussed. “The rumor started with the prospective increase of $15000,000 of bonds,” said Tweed, “and now the amount has reached $50,000,000. One report is as true as the other.” The directors of the Southern Pacific have practically determined to make no distribution of its surplus in dividends this fall. Wall street operators have been talking about Southern Pacific stock be- ing put on a 3 per cent basis. announce to-day the | spectator to witness every movement and issued by the admiral and was not questioned after daybreak for Guantanamo to coal 2nd the line for the army | eastward. ' Diagram 2 shows the much-discussed Brooklyn on Schley's crder. enemy is escaping.” out of sight signaled to the other vessels of Graham in his version of the battle sa exclaimed: modere!} EX positions of the vessels engaged in the battls off Santiago, 3 and are from the dwwing mada by Ggogse Gray in McClure's Magazine for September, 1895 During the Santfago naval campalgn George E. Graham was ecorrespondent of the Asspclated Press, noted for its tmpar- and was His account of the battle and the ceding and subsequent events was widely distributed at the time Diagram 1 shows the position of the blockading squadron just before the Spanish vessels made their appearance. Massachusetts and the protected cruiser Newark had left soon signaled, “Disregard movements of commander-in-chief.”” and left landing at Siboney, As the enemy appeared the battle call was scunded and Commodore Schley made the signal, Then determining that the New York was | close ing' and started in with the Brooklyn. ““They're all out.and coming to the westward. com- CLEAR EXPLANATION OF THE FAMOUS LOOP MADE BY SCHLEY DURING THE BATTLE WITH THE ESCAPING SPANISH FLEET e successive relative Ty beats are with them. The situation for great Ships con been made suddenly, When Admiral Samp- Graham ., hastened to on the bridge beside the only civilian know of every the Brooklyn's The battleskip at 8:50 a. m. Sampson . some miles to the fer both immediately “loop” made by the *The f the squadron, *‘Ships ““Tell the men at ye: Lleutenant Sears injured started west, and answered this cool commandant, Ft Was HAT HATINCIan - MECauley of the Brook'yh hotated the' stgnal to the fleet to * ship was pointing and moving directly toward the Spanish ng out to the west, west. to herd them off. starboard any one of the Spanis ink her or torpedo her. Svddenly the Vize: headed straight for the that Lientenant Senrs reported this Commodore Captain Cook: “Put your helm hard-a-vort,” and the ship be- gan to move around to starboard eremy instead of away from it Vizeaya nor the Maria Teresa quite understood this movement, Around in a shert circle moved the Brooklyn, perfect mass of flame and smoke as the six S-inch, and elght 6-pounders dealt forth the deadly shot swnn~ toward the four Snanish ships her starboard battery opened and .the din was terrific. modore Schley to Captain Cook. perfect circle, and although under a deluge of shot and shell, un- “and the torpedo t “close up.' the Brooklyn now seemed desperate. The Every ¢uclination, had a decision | was to turn in the same direction, to the But had this inclination.been follcwed side wquld have been so placed (hat h fleet would have been able to ram. her | with the same fatal results. aya left the westward pointing line and Brooklvn. Almost at the same Instant hley sald to steering a circle toward the It was evident that neither the changed their course and ran nearer shore. her port side a six 5-inch Then as she the guns to fire deliberately,’ The Brooklyn had called Com- described a began her famous fight. have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of reseript of a court of Inquiry which s to con- vene on the 12th of September, in which I am named as a member. I regret to have to re- | quest that T may be detached from sald duty. owing to disability from a weak heart and its attending complications. being under medi- | cal treatment for the same. Much to my mortification this is the first department order that I am unable to honor during a naval life of fifty-five years. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, L. A. KIMBERLY, Rear Admiral, U. S. N., retired. John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy, Wash- ingten, D. C. WEARY BOER WAR -GAUSES DISGORD Attempt Made to Reduce Secretary Chamber- lain’s Salary. LONDON, Aug. 2.—A discussion arose in the House of Commons to-night gver the Colonial Offics appropriation, and it gave the opponents of the Government oppor- tunity to bait Chamberlain while making a motion pro forma to reduce by £100 the vote out of which the Colonial Secrctary's salary will be pald. i Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Liberal leader, said that in view of the patience with which the nation had for twenty-three months endured Chamber- lain’s policy i{n South Africa he thought AVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. Aug. 2 1901, —Sir: The department is in recelpt of your letter of the 2ith expressing a regret on your part at beig obliged to ask that you may be detached from the duty of serving upon the court of inquiry convened for the 13th of Sep- tember next. The department learns with re- gret that you are suffering from a weak heart | and its attending complications, for which you are under medical treatment. Such being the case the department is reluctantly compelled to grant your request. Your letter continues: ‘‘Much to my mortifi cation, this is the first department order that I am unable to honor during a.naval life of fitty-five years.” Let me hasten to assure you ony's constitution, which appeared to him to be under lock and key since the decla- ration of martial law. Chamberlain replied that farm-burning had been entirely abandoned and replaced by the policy of concentration camps. He contended that these were humane and satisfactory institutions, as had been shown by the fact that thousands of Boers came into them voluntarily. ““The Government has the best reasons to believe,” covtinued the Colonial Secre- tary, “that a vast majority of the Boers acknowledge themselves beaten and would ghadly surrender and resume peaceful pur- suits but for the comparative handful of irreconcilables who are carrying on a guerrilla war that is rapidly degeuerating into brigandage and absolute murder. Lord Kitchener is adequately dealing with the-problem of establishing bloek- house cordons, within which the peace- fully inclined can safely settle and be protected.” Regarding the announcement by Lord Kitchener that Commandant Kritzinger has declared his intention to shoot all na- tives in British emplov, whether armed or unarmed, Chamberlain said the Gov- ernment had telegraphed Lord Kitchener it opportune to secure a statement from the Colonial Secretary as to the war situ- ation. He went on to point out that Cape Colony was now invaded and overrun with Boers, and he asked what prospect there was of repelling the invaders. what the conditjon of Cape Colony would be after the war, with the prospect of famine to inform the Boer leaders that such acts were contrary to civilized usage and that all guilty persons of this class, if cap- tured, would be court-martialed and exe- cuted. The debate was continued for another hour after Chamberlain’s speech, and the amendment to reduce the salary of the Colonial Secretary was rejected. The House then took up other subjects and as a result of the Government policy of “devastation,” and where was Cape Col- was £till in session at 4 o’clock this morn- ing. LR AT that there is no cause for mortification at this incident. On the contrary, it affords an op- | portunity of .which the department gladly | avails itself to. congratulate you for a record to the service. Moreover, this record amply justifies the wisdom of the Secretary of the Navy in assigning to you the grave and conspicuous duty of serving upon the court. Permit me to express the hope that your health will continue to infprove, so that in fu- ture, should 2 less arduous duty be required of you, you may be fully able to respond. Very respectfully, F. W. HACKETT, Acting Secretary. Rear Admiral L. A. Kimberly, U. S. N., re- tired, West Newton, Mass. g e e S o J a2 e e e e o ) FAILTO ESAPE DEADLY BLAST Three Men Are Killed and One Fatally In- jured in Explosion. LAS VEGAS, N. Mex., Aug. 2—Three men killed and one fatally injured are the results of an explosion that occurred on the Rock Island extension, twenty-five miles east of Santa Rosa, at W. T. Mont- gomery's camp, yesterday. The four men—Francisco Lopez, Cecilio Rael, Pablo Lucero and Calixto Guerule— were engaged in blasting rocks on the railway right of way. They had prepared a heavy blast, but did not get away soon enough after igniting the fuse. The ex- plosion killed Lopez. Rael and Lucero fn- stantly and fatally injured Guerule. Lopez and Guerule had gone from this city to work on the railway, and each of them had a wife and family living here. Rael and Lucero came from Santa Fe and but little is known of them here. — Crispi’s Condition No Worse. NAPLES, Aug. 2.—Signor Crispi, accord- ing to a bulletin issued to-night, suffered no change for the worse during the day, except that the nervous prostration which characterizes his malady Is steadily in- creasing. FORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE RECORDS FIERGE FIRE MAKES. RUIN OF GALISTOCA Napa County Town Al- most Destroyed by the Flames. Business Houses and a Big Hotel Quickly Laid in Ashes. fAEan ATt Summer Visitors Seek Lodging im Private Homes and People Suf- fer From Scarcity of Water. SRR Bpecial Dispatch to The CaL CALISTOGA. Aug. 2. most destroyed by —Calistoga was al- which broke out in the center of the business portion of the town at 5:15 o'clock this evening. The blaze originated in the rear of Sim- mons’ undertaking establishment is located in an old frame structure. Just how the fire started is not known, but it is belleved that it started from some com- bustible substance. The flames spread with great rapidity and inside of half an hour had enveloped the buildings on both sides. In thirty minutes more the flames were communt- cated to Splers’ stabls across the street. The Fire Department met with a serious handicap by having a line of hose burned. By 7 o'clock the entire business portion of the town and several a fire, whiel very residences on side streets were a mass of flames or in ruins extending down both sides of Lincoln avenue for a distance of three blocks. It is impossible in the con- fusion to-night to obtain the individual losses, but the principal losers are: List of the Losers. D. C. Willis, saloon; H. P. Wilson & Sons, harness shop; J. Wittke, saddler; I F, Gerber, vacant building; Mrs, F. Hall, grocerfes; W. F. Simmons, furniture and undertaking; C. M. Hoover, grocer- ies; F. X. Gravel, shoestore: C. W. Arm- strong. drugs: C. W. Carroll, Calistogian printing office; Dr. Fox, dentist; Dr. Por- ter, physician, offices; Ed Largey, saloom, the town hall, Magnolia THotel; G. A. Davis, barber shop; A. Hubbs, notlons: Calistoga Rochdale Company: Mrs. N. Bounsal, restaurant; Siemsen Brothers & Conner, meat market;: Willlam Splers, livery stable and blacksmith shop: Mrs. Cora Fowle, icecream parlor; B. F. Grauss, residence; Masonie Hall build- ing: Willilam Conner, residence; Mrs. L Wixon, millinery; J. Hiltel, vacant build- ing. The Magnolia.Hotel was burned to the ground, entailing a loss of about $5000. The insurance is unknown. The' guests, who lost their baggage, had to seek lodg- ing In vrivate houses. Wind Spreads the Flames. A high variable wind aided materially in spreading the flames. At 8:30 p. m. the fire had reached its limit and only five or six business: buildings remain on the en- tire avenue from the wcgon bridge to the Southern Pacific depot. The total loss will not exceed $50,000. The insurance is about one-third of that amount. Among the individual losses are: M. Hoover, groceries, $3000. insurance - $2000: F. X. Gravel, shoe store, §2500, insurance $1200; C. W. Armstrong, drug store, $2000: Ed Largey, saloon, $1500. partly Insured; J. L. Wolfe, grocery, $3000, no insurance. There was $650 insurance on the Masonie Hall. The water supply Is entirely ex- hausted and water to drink is very scarce. The propesition of rebuilding the burned portion is already being consid- ere@ and it will probably be rebuilt at once. KRUGER DENIES STORY OF MURDERS BY BOERS Declares That the Atrocities of Brit« ish Concentration Camps Are ‘Worse Than Depicted. PARIS, Aug. 3.—The Figaro publishes a long interview to-day with Kruger. After denying the cruelties charged against the Boers in Lord Kitchener's report, Kruger declares that the atrocities of the concen- tration camps were twenty times worse than had been stated by Miss Hobhouse in Great Britain and that when fully kncwn they would cause the world to shudder with horror and move the na- ticns to intérvene. “We are defending our liberty,” contin- ued Kruger, “and when it is granted we will lay’ down our arms. Great Britain knows our conditions. It is not for me to repeat them. We will never renounce our flag and we cannot accept any protector- ate. I am convinced that the hour will ccme when Great Britain will grant what is our right. Moreover, I am confident that God is with us and will not abandon us." Fischer, who was present at the inter- view, said nothing had yet been decided regarding Kruger's visit to America. PSRN Gomez From Devils Island. NAPLES, Aug. Gomez, an accom- plice of Orsini in the plot against the life of Napoleon III in 1858, arrived here to- day. He was condemned to death like Orsint, but the sentence was commuted to transportation for life. He was pardoned a short time ago. When he was con- demned Gomez was a man of 2. Now, after forty-three years of convict life on Devils Island, he is a hale man of 68 l