The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1903, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CENTS, GENERAL BLACK OF ILLINOIS IS ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF GRAND ARMY OF REPUBLIC FOUR T 0B TRAINS NEAR OREANA e Shoot and Kill One of the Freight Handlers. s Bold Criminals Fall Into Hands of the Authorities. el e Them Is Recognized Former Inmate of e minals breaks up ‘ < perated t s f e or their e wo are hang —_———— WRECKED AICAN STORM Reported Lost, an a week —_—————— NEGRO CONFESSES CRIME AND IS HANGED BY MOB Citigens Riddle the Body the Fiend With Bullets. < C., August Infu hanged b led with bul- fter the noose neck. After mob, which concealment, d child was found stain Griffin, her with her throat cut Captain Griffin, whe found to have the s loody knife and s and clothing, and he w once g b zens. PO i Protects Congo Free State. NDON 1.—A Brussels dispatch h says it is stated reement was re- ently concl by which France will not permit aggression against the | Congo Free or any violation of its | territory. : Veterans in Executive Session. ‘B oS Next Con- vention. s was predicted, General John C. Black of Illinols was elect- ed commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. His selection to the place of honor was by acclamation Every delegate in the Thirty-seventh An- Convention, which opened in d Opera-house yesterday, voted for war hero cheered him to th ho when he ascended the platform to press his great pleasure at being cho- to the high office. Never before in the history of the or- ganization has so much business been | cted in one day. The veterans wasted no time and worked with great idit Reports were read, resolutions were adopted, officers elected and much | er business wa posed of. The delegates went into session at 9:30 o'clc terday morning and took a re- hour. On reconvening at 2 remained in session until ck. It is expected that the campment will be com- the convention adjourn o'cl Joston next year. r in Chief Thomas J. Stew- delegates to order and ®r a prayer by the chaplain the busi- s of tion was taken up. A conve roll call the officers showed two ab- One of these was Senior Vice Com- mander In, Chief William H. Olin. He is Be y of the State of Massachusetts apelled to remain away from nt owing to a law recently¥ passed concerning the absence of officiais from the MANY DELEGATES PRESENT. State. The committee on credentials, which consisted of Adjutant General John W. Echall, John A. Thacher, assistant ad- jutant general of the Department of Connecticut; F. A. Walsh, inspector gen- eral; Thomas B. Rodgers, assistant ad- jutant general, Department of Missourl, Peter B. Ayres, general, Department of Delaware, sub- mitted its report, showing that the en- campment was composed of fifty-four na- and | tional officers, fifty-two past national of- ficers and 1204 representatives and past department officers, entitled to seats, making 8 total of 140 delegates In the convention. General Thomas J. Stewart made a short address and then dellvered his an- aual report commander in chief. The ton UGets| i the | assistant adjutant | Generas : <Jomn C. BrAck. | ELECTED COMNANDER Loud Cheers for Ueneral Miles. o EX report, which was referred to the prper committee, s in part as follows: For the second time in its history the Grand Army of the Republic has journeyed to the | Pacific slope to hold its annual encampment. | When we met in the city of San Franeisco, | séventeen years ago, the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean marked the western boundary of the republic. Since that time the foes of other days, the men who wore the blue and gray in the greatest war known in all time, have marched together under the flag of a united country, and carried it forward in the | march of civilization and of progress. To-day, the war for the sup- | pression of the rebeliion and the preservation nd continuance of the Union, we rejoice in the added glory of the flag and the greatness and the power of the nation, all of which em- phasizes the grand results of the war in which we bore a part, and the crowning glory of which was the inestimable blessings conferred on the human race. The gains in membership-the past year were by muster, §183; transfer, 360S; reinstatement, as surviving soldlers of 11,672. The losses—By death, S306; honorable discharge, 0; transfer, 2000; suspension, 13,513; dishomorable discharge, 76; delnquent reports, G022; net-loss, OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY. The observance of Memorial day was of a character to assure us that the heart of the people of the land is still in sympathy with the beautiful and impressive service. There have been, as there always will be, some who | will disregard the obligations that rests upon all the people to pay tribute to those whose valor secured them the blessings and the se- | curity which this and future generations wil enjoy and share. We cannot but hall with delight the participation in the ceremonies of the school children of the land. I believe that in this direction is one of the ways, 1f not the surest way, to Derpetuate the day. We must’ invoke aid in the work. Our humbers grow less and the sacred mounds fncrease- in number with each passing year. In many lo- | calities appropriate services are held In the public schools, and the children told the story of the days of the war, and the meaning of the service of Memorial day. What more im- pressive sight than to see the children of the land gathering from fields and garden, hill and valley, the sweet flowers of springtime, to lay them lovingly upon soldier and sailor graves, or With song cast them upon the wa- Continued on Page 4, Column 2. VETERANS LEAV e - AT ONEL. 3 s ok wrcE, CorrtaN —————p NG THE GRAND OPERA-HOUSE, WHERE THEIR THIRTY-SEVENTH NATIONAL CON- VENTION IS BEING HELD, AND TWO DISTINGUISHED SOLDIERS WHO WERE ELECTED TO HIGH OFFICES IN THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. — Men Selected to High Office by Comrades Have Most Distinguished Records. ENERAL JOHN C. BLACK, the newly elected command- er in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has a distin- gulshed record. When the great war came John C. Black was a student at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. His first en- listment, for three months' service, was on Sunday, April 14, 131 (the day after the surrender of Fort Sumter), as a pri- vate in Company I, Volunteer Infaniry, commanded by Colonel Lew Wallace. Soon after he was promoted sergeant major of the regiment. His first fight was at Romney, W. Va., June "11, 1861. - At the close of his first term of service he returned to his home in Danville, Ill., assisted in raising a com- pany for the Thirty-seventh Illinois Vol- unteer Infantry and was elected its cap- tain. Upon thq organization of the regi- ment he was made its major, and was subsequently promoted to lieutenant colonel and to colonel, and later was given the rank of brevet brigadier gen- eral, each promotion gained for gallant and meritorious service in battle. At Pea Eleventh Indiana | Ridge he was severely wounded in the right arm, and at Prairle Grove his left arm was disabled and remains so to this day. In the campaign and siege of Vicks- burg and on other historic flelds he gal- lantly bore his part. His last battle was at the storming of the Blakeley batteries in the Mobile campaign, April 9, 1865, the Gay of Lee's surrender at Appomattox. He resigned in August, 1865, after a con- tinuous service of four years and four months. PROMINENT IN CIVIL LIFE. Appointed Commissloner - of Pensions March 7, 1885, the fact that General Black administered the affairs of that great trust, so vitally important to old vet- erans, to the entire satisfaction of his comrades of war, approving and granting about 300,000 pensions during his four years’ term, including 71,000 original pen- slons to the soldlers of the great war, others being for Mexican war service, widows, mincrs, increase, etc.—speak vol- umes for his administrative capacity, abllity and fidelity. General Black was elected Congressman at Large from the State of Illinois in 1892. He served as United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Illi- nois from 1895 to 1899. He was a member of the Board of Managers for the Na- tional Homes for disabled volunteer sol- | diers for twelve years. He Is president of the board of trustees of the Illinois Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home and president of the Tilinols Vicksburg Park Commis- sion. Altogether General Black has given about twenty years' services for ex-sol- diers without fee or reward. For many years General Black has prac- ticed law in Chicago. COLONEL KINNE KNOWN HERE. Past Department Commander C. Mason Kinne, elected senior vice commander in chief, is well known in San Francisco and has been connected with the Grand Army since the first post was formed on this coast, being a charter member of post No. 1. He is a senlor past post com- mander in the department and has served two terms as department commander. He is also a member of the Loyal Legion and Continued on Page 2, Column 6. RUSSIANS " TROUSE FEAR N THE TURK 'Minister Hurries to Grant Many ‘ Demands. (Warships of the Czar Cause Increasing g Anxiety. Revolutionists Continue to Murder and Destroy Many Towns. CONSTANTINOPLE, Wednesday, Aug. 19.—~Tewflk Pasha, the Turkish Foreign Minister, yesterday visited the Russian Embassador and notified him t the Turkish Government accepted the Russian demands and begged that the Russian squadron be withdrawn from Turkish waters, The news of the impending arrival of the Russian squadron is spreading, not- withstanding the continued suppression of all telegrams and announcements on the subject. The general opinion of all Europeans here is that the time has ar- rived for a vigorous intervention and the abandonment of all semi-measures which are regarded as the cause of the present rising. According to the Turkish official re- ports, the strongest positions of the in- surgents are at Krushevo, Merthero and Florina. Contrary to previous reports, it is now stated officially that Krushevo is still occupied by the insurgents. The headquarters of the revolutionists are in the mountains in the vicinity of Monastir. Women and children are not molested by the imsurgents, who have destroyed only fortified “dwellings occupied by rich Turks. It is not denfed that they kill all Bulgarians and Greeks found acting as Turkish spies, but the strictest orders have been issued not to interfere with women or children. is offick reported that a strong band of insurgents has been captured pear Florina and that the Deasants are surrendering their arms. il POWERS IN ACCORD. | Negotiations in Progress Looking to New Plan. LONDON, Aug. —~The Associated Press learns that important negotiations are in progress between the powers which promise to result in the early adoption | of a mnew plan for the settlement of the Macedonian trouble. A Forelgn Office official said this after- noon: “It is somewhat premature to say that a definite agreement on the subject has already been reached, as stated by the Indepenaence Belge of Brusse are being exchanged in th 1 In other quarters it was intimated that the scheme was partially the lines referred to by the Belgian newspaper. There is no doubt that an agreement of some kind has been reached, as at the beginning of the negotiations powers started with the general purpose of co- | operation and this harmony has con- | tinued. | ik 1 A | HEPORTS OF BATTLES. | Turkish Families Are Forced | Leave Servian Towns. | - SALONICA, Aug. 2.—Skirmishing is re- ported to be proceeding at Vodena and Ostroro. A large band has crossed the trontler and is advancing on Drama. Servian bands are sald to be forming with | a view to operating in old Servia. Turk- ish families are leaving the Servian towns of Nisha and Vrenja and a number have arrived at Salonica. Although a week ago the Macedonian | revolutionary committee notified the Con- suls at Monastir that they were no longer able to prevent reprisals in vengeance for the Turkish atrocities, Boris Saraffoff, the Macedonian leader, has now addressed a eircular to the Turkish notables on behalt of the committee, announcing that the insurgents will not attack the peaceful Turkish population except in self-defense. AT SR ' GREEKS MAKE APPEAL. Hundreds of Macedonian Houses Ars | Destroyed by Dynamite. NEW YORK, Aug. 2L.—A special to the Tribune from Athens says M. Ralli, Premier and Foreign Minister, ed to the representatives of | the powers here the gist of reports made by the Greek Comsuls in Macedonia, in which it is stated that the Greek church schools and 322 houses belonging to Greeks at Ketchero have been blown up by dy- namite and burned, and that a number of Greek subjects have been killed. M. Ralll appeals to the powers to end the excesses In Macedonia, from which, he says, the Greeks are greater sufferers than the Bulgarians and “urks. PO ITALY IN THE LEAGUE. No Break Has Occurred in the Rus- sia-Austria Agreement. ROME, Aug. 20.—In official circles it is de- clared that the fact that Itallan war vesseis are preparing to start for Turkish waters Continued on Page 2, Columa E 8 | | on to | has present |