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VOLUME LXXVIII.— NO. 175.
BIG BUILDINGS GONE
Fire Caused Severe Loss
and Imperiled Many
Lives.
AMONG EMPLOYES.
PANIC
Hundreds of Girls Dragged From
Blazing Structures by-
Policemen.
FALLING OF THE HIGH WALLS.
Chicago's Latest Conflagration Resulted
in Damages of Half a Million
Dollars.
CHICAGO, 11t.., Nov. 21.— A fire which
caused a loss of $500,000 and imperiled the
jives of 1000 persons, mostly young women,
broke out at 3 o'clock this afternoon on the
third floor of Charles Emerich & Co.'s
feathei and down goods factory, 175 to 181
Canal street. The conflagration was at
tended by scenes of intense excitement,
and a score of firemen narrowly escaped
during the progress of the fire by falling
walls.
When the flames were raping most furi
ously, in spite of the best efforts of twenty
engines and a small army of firemen, rire-
Drands were carried by the wind to adjoin
ing buildings and it looked as if many
more would have to go. The seven-story
building extending from 175 Canal street
south to the corner of Jackson street, the
nine-story brick building adjoining on the
north and the great part of the four-story
brick building in the same direction were
entirely destroyed. The buildings occu
pied nearly the whole of The block on the
west side of Canal street, between Adams
and Jackson streets. The seven and nine
story buildings were owned by Warren
Springer, and the owner of the four-story
structure, which is one-third saved, is
William J. Wilson. The buildings were
amply insured.
The following firms were burned out:
Shober & Carqueviile, lithographers, who
occupied most of trie Excelsior building at
the corner of Jackson street; George E.
Lloyd & Co., electrotype and stereotype
machinery manufacturers; George E.
Lloyd & Co., Cleveland and Victor bicycles;
Charles Emmerich & Co., feathers and
down goods; Schnadig Bros. & Co., ladies'
shoes; Abner's shirt-waist factory; Gib
son's gas-lixture factory; Chambers, brick
machinery , manufacturers ; Russell Piano
Company, Banner shirt-waist factory,
Epworth virTno and orean factory, Heus
ner Bakery Company ; Samuel Lyon, mill
supplies: George F. Blake, steam-pump
works; Knowles' steam-pump works;
Derby Cycle Company; Strouss, Eisen
drath & Dron. manufacturers of mattresses
and quilts.
The following were damaged by falling
wahs and water: Miller, Hendricks & Co.,
53 West Jackson street, packers of beef and
pork; Hay ward <fc Windsor Company,
confectioners, 161 Canal street. The losses
to the foregoing firms are estimated at
$350,C00,and the building losses atslso,ooo.
The fire started from an explosion of
chemicals used in cleaning feathers, and
the rapidity with which the flames spread
from the Emmerich factory, where 200
girls and women are employed, created a
panic in that building. The friehtened
employes on the upper floors rushed for
the elevators, which were small and few,
aud the stairways were soon jammed with
terror-stricken and fainting females.
Cool-headed men and police officers sum
moned by the fire alarms in quick succes
sion came to the rescue ana prevented a
fire horror. Officers stood guard at the
elevators and stairways to prevent more
than a safe number of women using those
means of exit.
The excitement was as great among the
200 female employes of the Banner Waist
Company, whose factory adjoined the
Emmerich factory. Only a thin par
tition divided the Springer buildings,
which were practically one, and in
an alarmingly short time flames had
extended up and down and through
the walls to the buildings on each side.
The police and firemen had a hard task to
get all the young women in safety to the
street, many having to be carried out or
else driven out, because they wanted to
save their small personal property, while
there was not time for all to get their
cloaks and hats. So far as the police
learned all who were in the buildings es
caped without serious injury, although
many were bruised and scratched.
In the earJy stage of the fire an engine
company and the chemical engine men
were sent to the sixth floor of the nine
story building in the rear to fight the fur
ther spread of the flames to the north.
The smoke from the burning feathers
made a dense, suffocating cloud for the
firemen to work in, and they saw when
too late that the fire had broken out in
front of them and cut off their escape in
that direction by the ladder.
Shouts of warning were sent to them
from the chief and his marshals. The im
periled men forsook their apparatus and
struck out in the blinding smoke for the
stairway. The hose was the only thing to
guide them safely, and they half fell, half
climebd down to the street. Several of the
men had their hands and faces badly cut
and bruised, and their appearance on the
j-treet was hailed with delight by the thou
fcunds of spectators.
The falling of the towering walls on all
four sides was a thrilling and dangerous
incident of the blaze. Without any warn
ing, three stories of the smaller building
on the Canal-street side came crashing to
the street. Firemen and officers who were
staiiding or working in front rushed from
under the mass of tumbling bricks until
tiie building on the opposite side of the
street stoppea them, and they barely es
caoe-u being struck. The same scene was
itnessed on the Jackson-street side when
the three top stories came toppling across
the street without warning.
Wnen part of the west wall of the Excel
sior building fel) it made a big hole in the
two-story brick building of the Miller-Hen
dricks Packing Company. When the lire
was apparently under control a large part
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of the north wall of the nine-story struc
ture crashed on to the four-story Wilson
building, starting flames and * playing
havoc with the contents. The spreading
of the flames in this direction gave the
firemen additional work, but they were
helped by the thick fire-wall in the center
of the building.
The fire w»s under control in two hours,
in spite of a high wind and a big start.
Nothing but parts of the Springer build
ings remain, all the floors having been
burned through, carrying with them the
costly machinery, lithograph-presses and
other stock.
CRIME OF A DEGRADED MAN.
Hanged the Woman With Whom He Lived
and Calmly Watched Her Death
Struggles.
CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 21.— A murder of
peculiar atrocity was committed early this
morning in a house on Clark street.
Charles Moe has for a considerable time
been living with a woman named Annie
Anderson. He was degraded and fre
quently abused the woman. Three weeks
ago lie tried to kill her. Last night the
couple quarreled again. This morning
Moe got up and began his arrangements
deliberately to kill the woman who
lay sleeping in his bed. He se
cured a rope and threw it over the
gas jet. Then making one end into a
noose he quietly approached ttie sleeping
woman and suddenly pushed the rope
over her head and drew it tightly around
her neck. Before she could make any re
sistance he was tugging at the other end
of the rope.
He pulled until she had been dragged
off the bed and was suspended in the air.
Then he tied the end of the rope to the
bedpost and calmly watched the convul
sions of his victim as she shjwly strangled
to death. When her struggles had ceased
the stretched himself on the bed and went
to sleep, leaving the woman hanging. He
was arrested this morning.
FOUR TOVSG THAIS- WRECKERS.
Ample Evidence to Convict Them of Mur
der in the J^irst Degree.
ROME, X. V., Nov. 21.— four boys
arrested in connection with the wrecking
of the New York Central mail train were
interviewed to-day by a United Press rep
resentative in the jail. They all appeared
cheerful and careless of their condition.
Hildreth said he did not know what line
of defense he should adopt until he saw
his father, who is a New York lawyer. He
said he was not guilty and expected to
prove his innocence. He says he was so
frightened by the detectives that he will
ing answered "yes" to everything he was
asked.
The other boys now disavow any cannec
tion with the affair, but they contradict
themselves and make a sorry mess of their
explanations. The District Attorney says
he has ample evidence to convict them of
murder in the first degree.
IEiP£B TO ZIBERTX.
Daring Escape of a Man Charged With
Grand Larceny.
LINCOLN, Nkbr., Nov. 21.— 8y making
a darins leap from a second-story window
to-day Frank My rick, wanted at Topeka,
Kans., for grand larceny, made his escape
and has not yet been captured. He was
arrested with a companion yesterday, and
the Kansas Marshal came for them to-day.
He asked to be taken to his lawyer's of
fice and the Chief of Police granted the
request. While the attorney and Chief were
conferring in an adjoining room Myrick
opened a window, jumped and sped away
before the officers realized what was going
DUNRAVEN YET DEFIANT
His Lordship Talked at a Ban
quet Given Him at
Cardiff.
Tried to Explain the Controversy
Caused by the Pamphlet on
the Cup Races.
CARDIFF, Wales, Nov. 21.— A banquet
was given here to-night in honor of Lord
Dunraven. Lord Tredgar presided, and
there was a large attendance. Responding
to a toast to himself, Lord Dunraven said
it was the proudest moment of his life
when a few gentlemen of Cardiff visited
him and asked him to accept their friend
ship and assurance of respect. They, at
least, believed in his honor. [Applause.]
He regretted the absence of Mr. McCal
montand Mr. Robinson. Both of them
were interested in the little vessel he had
left, but not abandoned, on the other side.
He referred to the controversy his
pamphlet on the cup races bad aroused in
America and said he did not think that
the care and attention of those who had
the management of the races had in
creased in proportion to the interest
shown in them. In cases of this kind,
where there was much international im
portance attached to the races and so
much involved, he did not think it right
or fair to the public or the parties immedi
ately interested that anything should be
left to the honor of the A or the honesty
of the B, or to the keenness of the moral
principles of one man or another. Those
having control of the conduct of the
races ought to take the responsibility to
themselves and leave none to be taken by
private individuals. He had been sub
jected to the most extraordinary accu
sations.
It has been gaid that he withdrew from
the face from a desire to deliberately in
sult the American Nation. He had also
been accused of acting in pique because
the Valkyrie had been beaten. Most
astounding of all was the new accusation
of suddenly, and at a safe distance, pre
ferring a charge against the owners of the
Defender or the New York Yacht Club.
He resented that, because it was a most
contemptible thing to do behind a man's
back what it was not dared to do before
his face. As a matter of fact he had done
nothing of the kin a. He wis-hedto be pre
cise in what he said, for somehow every
thing got twisted, contorted and misun
derstood by the somewhat excitable per
sons across the Atlantic. He had always
felt some difficulty in speaking* because
he desired to avoid saying anything that
could possibly be offensive to the Nation,
for which he entertained the deepest re
spect. This had led to his being accused
of reticence.
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1895.
NOW FOR "LIBERTY."
Debs Will Lecture Upon
That Subject After
Release.
ALL READY TO WELCOME.
Labor Unions Will Give a Big
Reception to the A. R. U.
Leader.
—————
TO LEAVE WOODSTOCK TO-DAY.
Will Soon Make a Tour of the Country
in the Interest of the
Order.
WOODSTOCK, 111., Nov. 21.— Eugene
Debs, president of the A. R. IT., sentenced
to six months' imprisonment for violating
the interstate commerce law, will be re
leased from Woodstock jail to-morrow.
He will deliver a speech to-morrow night
at the reception tendered him by the
trades unions of Chicago. The theme is
"Liberty." He will discuss the American
principles of government, taking the
ground that judicial proceedings tend to
The President of the A. a. XT., Who
Will Be Liberated To-Day.
subvert the constitutional rights of citi
zens. He wiil contend that the judiciary
has been constantly enlarging on its pow
ers, and that the end of tliese decisions is
to deprive workingmen of their rights and
to reduce them to vassalage.
During the speech he will cite a number
of cases, introducing authorities. He de
clares that the injunction rule is becoming
an alarming feature in our jurisprudence
and quotes the words of Judge Trumbull
of Chicago: "Every citizen is now at the
mert-y of a prejudiced or malicious Federal
Judge who may think proper to imprison
him." The speech will be of considerable
length.
Debs will have company when he leaves
Woodstock jail to-morrow. Labor unions
all over the country have been requested
to have their representatives at the jail
door when he is liberated and escort him
to the city, where a big demonstration in
honor of the event will be made. The
demonstration is under the auspices of a
committee of the A. R. U.
A special train over the Northwestern
road will teave Chicago at 3 o'clock p. m.
to carry delegates of the various labor
organizations to Woodstock. Upon his
discharge from jail they will escort Debs to
the train, which wiil then return to Chi
cago. At Battery D the mass-meeting will
be held in the evening.
The preliminaries have shown some bit
terness among the labor bodies. Last
month the Trade and Labor Assembly
sent word to Debs in jail that they would
keep aloof from the demonstration unless
he renewed his pledges of fidelity to trades
unionism. Debs haughtily replied that he
would not be bulldozed into any expres
sion on the subject.
Here is how Debs outlines his future:
•'From Chicago I ra direct toTerre Haute,
where I shall be wbliged to remain for a
period of thirty days or more to put in
proper shape my official affairs. This
work completed I shall make a tour of
the country in the interest of the order
and, according to my present pJan3, I will
begin in Texas, making a thorough can
vass of that State. My whole time will be
given to building up the American Rail
way Union, and I expect to visit all the
principal centers in every section of the
country for the purpose."
It is highly probable— in fact, Mr. Debs
acknowledges— that he will bring himself
in closer touch with the criminal classes in
the future; that he will seek to become a
humanitarian in the broadest sense of the
word.
"All these poor devils need," he says,
"is v kind word and a helping hand and
nine-tenths of them can be reformed.
"I tell you," he continued, "we are only
half civilized. Our reformatories— or,
more properly speaking, these deforma
tories—are each in-breeding criminals that
will soon overthrow society and plunge
this country into a vast tub of blood to
which the Paris commune will be but the
flickering light of a pine torch to an elec
tric glow of numberless volts. There is as
much caste in this country as there ever
was ijj India, and the Brahmins are Pull
man, " Carnegie, Rockefeller and the
Goulds, Astors and Vanderbilts."
HA YE THE MIGHT TO HUIST.
An Interesting l>eci*ion Sustaining the
• Kannork Indians,
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 21.— The ques
tion of the supremacy of the game laws of
Wyoming or the treaty rights of the Ban
nock Indians was decided in the United
States Court here to-day, Judge Riner
holding that the treaty provisions are
paramount, and ordering the discharge
from custody of the Bannock Indian, Race
Horse, who nas been in custody of the
State authorities for killing game in the
.Tacksons Hole district of the State. He
decides that the Jacksons Hole region is
unoccupied land in the sense intended by
the treaty provisions authorizing Indians
to hunt on unoccupied lands. He regarded
the treaty stipulation permitting the In
dians to hunt as binding, and that the
right of the Indians in that respect could
not be questioned, and further, that the
act admitting Wyoming into the Union
does not by necessity repeal or abrogate
the treaty, and that the treaty provisions
remain in force.
The case will be appealed to the United
States Supreme Court.
DANGEROUS CRIMINALS CAUGHT.
Career of a Noted Trio Charged With
Burglary, Safe-Blowing, Murder
and Other Crimes.
BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 21.— The police
authorities to-day succeeded in capturing
three of the most dangerous crooks known
to the criminal records. The names of the
three men are Thomas Moran, alias
"Blackie," Charles Fairtield, alias "Balti
more Whitie"' and F. L. Gilmore, and they
are charged with burglary, safe-blowing
and murder. The men have not been
operating extensively of lats in New En
gland, and the police have had a hard
chase to rind them. In Canada, it is
claimed, a long list of crimes is charged to
them for which they will answer as soon
as they have faced the charges in this
State. When the officers went to make
the arrests the three men resisted, making
a breaetwork of the Jfreightcar and were
only captured after a lively fusillade.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Mrs. Caroline Valois- Arrested
on Suspicion of Having
Killed Her Father.
Thrilling Sequel to a Quarrel Over
Money Matters That Startles
Rhode island Society.
PROVIDENCE. R. L, Nov. 21.— A war
rant has been issued for the arrest of Mrs.
Caroline Valois for the murder of her
father, John W. Rossler, on the night of
October 31. The whereabouts of Mrs.
Valois is unknown as she has left the
city hurriedly.
The warrant has caused one of the
greatest sensations ever known in the city,
owing to the high character and standing
of the parties concerned. Both Mrs.
Valois and her father, who lived in a
charming suburb of this city named
Saundersville, were quite prominent in
society circles. The details of the case are
very interesting. On the night of October
31 Mr 3. Valois and Ms . liossler informed
the i>o:'ce diL.t Mr. Lusai^r baa been found
dead in bed with a buitet hole in his head
and that he had committed suicide
through despondency.
The medical examiner, however, after
viewing the body, found very suspicious
evidence that the man had undoubtedly
met with foul play and so reported to At
torney-General Dubois. At the inquest,
which was held to-day, it was shown by
the nature of the wound in Rossler's head
that he could not have committed suicide.
The authorities at once issued warrants
for the arrest of Mrs. Valois and Mrs.
Rossler. The latter was found, but Mrs.
Valois had fled. Mrs. Valois denied all
knowledge of the cause of her father's
death, asserting that it was a suicide. She
claimed that he had been very despondent
of late, but from other sources it was
learned that the relations of father and
daughter had become somewhat strained
in regard to monetary affairs and the gen
eral impression is thatf the suicide theory
will be disproved.
SWEPT BY GREAT GALES
Havoc Caused Among Fishing
Vessels on the New Eng
land Coast.
Wreckage of Every Description Strewn
Along the Beach by the
Hurricane.
BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 21.— A gale of
terrific force swept over the entire New
England States during the last forty-eight
hours and was accompanied by a heavy
fall of snow. The thermometer fell nearly
forty degrees in a single hour.
Notwithstanding the warning sent out
by the signal service a large amount of
the shipping fleet was at sea and was
doubtless unprepared, and it is thought
that the loss of property and human life
will be awful. The storm was particularly
heavy along the southern coast of New
England in the vicinity of Cape Cod.
Reports from the Jifer-saving stations at
Chatham and other places along the south
shore state that a number of vessels have
b?en driven upon the beach and that most
of them will be total wrecks. A high sea
is running and it is thought that this will
prevent assistance from being given them.
Some of the crews have been landed in the
breeches buoy.
From the coast of Maine come tales of
the worst disasters. The coasts are very
rocky and are strewn with wreckage of
every description, and owing to the terrific
force of the hurricane with the sndden
drop in the temperature any vessels in the
vicinity would almost certainly be lost.
At Gloucester the greatest apprehension
is felt. The loss of men and ships of the
New England fishing fleet this year has
been the largest ever known in the history
of the industry, and as nearly all the ves
sels are at sea later reports will surely
show a sad history of wreck and disaster.
Found in the Bay.
BROOKLYN, N. V., Nov. 21.— The body
of Calvert Vaux, the well-known landscape
architect, who has been missing, was
found in the bay at Bensonhurst this
morning. Mr. Vaux was 70 years old. He
designed landscape worK in Central Park,
New Yorjc, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, and
several parks in Chicago, Buffalo and else
where. Vaux was born in London, Eng.,
December 20, 1824. He came to America
in 1848 and became partner of Andrew J.
, Downing,
ACTS OF BARBARITY.
Terrible Atrocities Com
mitted by Spanish
Troops.
THE INNOCENT SLAIN.
Ten Women and a Dozen Chil
dren Massacred for Sneering
at Troops.
DYNAMITE USED BY REBELS.
They Blew Up the Train of General
Valdez and Wrecked a
Bridge.
BOSTON, Mass.. Nov. 21.— A special to
a morning paper brings news of terrible
atrocities committed by the regular Span
ish troops, not only of captured insurgents
but among the country people. These
statements come from a positive source
and ther? is no reason to doubt the gravity
of their nature.
The alleged atrocities have been com
mitted in the country in the vicinity of
Matanzas, and if the charges are sustained
there is no possible way in which it can be
attributed to the insurgents, as the Spanish
hold full control of that province, and at
present there are no insurgents in the sur
rounding country.
The dispatch says that Colonel Melino,
who commands a Spanish regiment, re
cently met a part of the insurgent army
near the province and was defeated. While
some of Melino's soldiers returned they
met some women and children near Gayo
pino. It is alleged that while the soldiers
were passing one of the women made
a sneering remark about the Spanish,
whereupon the soldiers fell upon the party
and massacred the whole of them, ten
women and about a dozen children.
The matter has been reported to General
Campos and he has ordered Melino and
other culprits to be court-martialed.
A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba
states that on the 11th inst. a filibustering
expedition assisted in unloading a large
supply of arms and nearly 200 recruits
near Cape Maysi notwithstanding the
watch kept by the Spanish cruisers. The
insurgents are receiving recruits daily, all
the country natives flocking to Maceo's
standard.
DYXAMITE FREEZY USED.
Cuban Jntturgrnta Jtlew Tip General
Valdez' Train.
HAVANA, Ccba, November 21.— A spe
cial train upon which General Suarez Val
dez was returning from Sunta Clara was
wrecked yesterday by the explosion of two
dynamite cartridges, which had been
placed on the track by rebels near Jicotea.
General Valdez was not hurt, but of the
twenty-five men composing his guard two
were seriously wounded and twelve
bruised. A band of insurgents stationed
alongside the track fired two volleys into
the train as the dynamite cartridges were
exploded, but did not hit any one. After
the train stopped the insurgents were dis
persed by the Spanish guard"
The insurgents, in addition to derailing
the train, blew up with dynamite the rail
way bridge at Santa Rita. The rebels
opened fire on the troops on the train and
an engagement- ensued. The insurgents
were finally put to flight. Ten Spaniards
were wounded.
General Moreno communicates from
Santiago de Cuba a report that a guerrilla
attack was made yesterday upon the rebels
in the hills at Bodeo, killing two.
Colonel Sandoval's column has broken
the rebel camp at Santa Maria. Comman
der Rosabel has attacked a band of insur
gents near Bayamo, killing three and tak
ing one prisoner.
.F OK CVB AS FRJSED OM.
Ringing Wordt Uttered at a Meeting in
JHhilfidrlphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Nov. 21.— The
cause of Cuba was eloquently and boldly
advocated at the Academy of Mmic to
night, at a meeting held under the au
ppices of the Philadelphia Brigade, Penn
sylvania Reserve. The principal address
of the evening was made by Governor
Claude Matthews of Indiana, who deliv
ered the speech upon "Free Cuba" thai he
had prepared to deliver at the Atlanta Ex
position.
The audience was not large, but it made
up in enthusiasm what it lacked in num
ber, and Governor Matthews and the other
speakers were heartily applauded, and the
sentiments they gave utterance to in be
half of Cuban liberty wetk those of their
auditors. Governor Matthews spoke in
part as follows :
"Cuba was the first in all the Western
hemisphere to disclose her beauty to the
venturesome Spaniard and soon there
after became the base of the various
expeditions of Spain ajrainst Mexico
and the southern continent. Here were
fitted out her expeditions for discov
ery and rapacious greed, of heartless cru
elty and atrocioas inhumanity unequaled
in the history of the world."
The Governor traced the further history
of the "ever faithful isle" and contrasted
it with that of the Spanish republics that
had long since gained their autonomy.
"Poor Cuba," he exclaimed, "lulled to
sleep with false and deceitful promises of
reform and the honeyed flattery of 'ever
faithful,' awoke to find herself deceived,
bound hand and foot, her loyalty de
spised, robbed of her birthright and only
prey for spoils. The pages of history no
where reveal more atrocious crimes against
humanity, more cruel warfare and wicked
oppression, more examples of outraged
truth and justice nor greater crimes
against all Christian civilization than have
marked Spanish misrule and despotism in
Cuba. A gem upon the sea, it would have
been a mine of wealth to its possessors
through the maturing, fostering care of
humane rule, and would have well replen
ished the depleted treasury of a decayed
and effete nation. But the reverse has
been true.
"The wrongs against which we rebelled
were not half so grievous nor the bar
barous cruelties nearly so great, and yet
the same great principles are involved that
aroused to action our fathers in 1776. Yet
with all the disadvantages the Cuban
patriot has been brave and has fought a
good tight. Her sons have inhaled the
atmosphere of this liberty-loving country.
We can almost hear her agonizing cry for
help across the narrow channel that sepa
rates us.
"Of the extent of the war and of the
actual condition in Cuba we have no accu
rate information. The insurgents can send
none, the Spanish authorities give none.
Spain, thousands of miles away, by her
acts proclaims that it is war, a revolution,
not mere insurrection, nor the mad caprice
of a mob. A nation of 17,000,000, with
1,000,000 soldiers on a war footing, is pour
ing into Cuba vast armies of men, mate
rial, supplies and munitions of war —
emptying both her arsenals aud her treas
ury."
The sneaKer closed his address with a
tribute to the "Monroe doctrine," which
he introduced thus: "There often comes
a time in the lives of nations as well as
of men when it becomes necessary to
walk in new untrodden paths, to brush
aside the cobwebs of tradition which ob
scure the views to grasp great living
thoughts and meet the problem of a grow
ing, progressive age — in snort, to find a
way or make it."
He quoted the example of England and
other foreign nations which had not hesi
tated to extend aid to suffering people in
remote parts of the world and added,
"Godspeed to the Cuban patriot in his
sublime hope and his holy ambition. His
cause is iust, the right shall prevail and
in God's own time Cuba will be free."
Governor Matthews was followed by
Gonzales de Quesada of New York, the
secretary of the Cuban Junto, Mr. de
Quesada, made an impassioned and dra
matic speech, appealing to the sympa
thies of the audience for the struggling
Cubans and asking that they be recog
nized as belligerents by this Government.
Resolutions of sympathy and promising
aid to the Cubans were adopted. The
resolutions also called upsn the Senators
and Representatives of Pennsylvani*and
upon the two houses of Congress when
they meet to pass a concurrent resolution
directing the President to recognize the
"Republic of Cuba as a belligerent nation."
A committee of the Philadelphia Brigade
will present the resolutions to President
Cleveland.
Captain W. W. Kerr, Assistant District
Attorney of Philadelphia, made the most
radical speech of the evening in favor of
the Cubans. Captain Kerr has eained
wide notoriety of late as the owner of the
steamships Leon and Laurada, which have
been accused of landing filibustering ex
peditions on the shores of Cuba. Captain
Kerr boldly proclaimed his right under
the laws of this country to land men and
munitions of war upon the coast of Cuba,
and the burden of preventing him doing
this rested upon the maintenance of a
blockade by Spain.
He ridiculed the opinion of Attorney-
Geneial Harmon that the laws of this
country prevented him from doing this,
and asserted that under orders from Wash
ington every customs inspector in the
ports of the United States has become a
Spanish spy. Continuing, he said:
"And they might as well know that, un
til Cuba is free, ships will constantly sail
from this country and land upon the coast
of Cuba men and arms, and furthermore,
if they keep their eyes and ears opeD, they
will hear of another expedition being
landed in about ten days. They talk
about risks. We're willing to take the
risks."
Captain Kerr spoke at great length in
this stram, and told of the oppression im
posed by the Spanish Government upon
the natives of Cuba, and asserted that if
this Government recognizes the belliger
ency of the islands, and need men to go
there and fight Spain, he for one would be
willing to go. He laughed at the blockade
that Spain is maintaining, and said that
there were miles and miles of the Cuban
coast upon which filibustering expeditions
could land daily without a Spanish cruiser
being seen.
PROTEST AGAINST TYRANNY.
Cleveland Citizen* Shote Their Sympathy
for Cuba.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 21.— Music
Hall was crowded to-night by the citizens
of this city, who wished to show their sym
pathy w^h the cause of the Cuban patriots.
Different organizations of the city, patri
otic, secret, religious, military and civic,
were present.
The principal address was delivered by
Senor Pierra. The part of Senor Pierra's
address in which he appealed eloquently
for relief from the revolting cruelties he
cited on the part of the Spanish soldiers
were received with indignant murmurs
and angry protests from the audience. At
the conclusion of his address Senor Pierra
received an ovation. Scarcely less marked
was the enthusiasm which greeted the re
marks of Senor Rafael Navarro.
These gentlemen were followed by Mayor
McKisson, who said in part: "I am here
to-night as a citizen of Cleveland and as a
citizen of the United States to express my
interest in the cause of Cuban freedom and
independence. No one can read the history
of Cuba for the last thirty years and not
have his heart go out in sympathy for her
unfortunate people. No honest man can
learn of the misgovernment .with which
she has been cursed and not warm with in
dignation, and none can know of the gal
lant struggles of her brave and daring pa
triots without wishing them from the bot
tom of their hearts the success which they
have so unflinchingly striven for.
"The struggle of the old thirteen colonies
for independence to which we turn with
loving pride and reverence, was the out
growth of grievous oppression. But grave
as was the oppression against which our
forefathers rebelled, bitter as was the in
justice acainst which they fought, the
present state of the people of Cuba is four
fold worse. For more than a century
Spain has fastened like a gigantic leech
upon the fair Queen of the Antilles and
year by year drawn the life blood from her,
until to-day her people are in a state of
desperation. The patriotism cannot but
command our admiration and evoke our
sympathy. It deserves a better fate than
defeat; it is worthy of a nobler outcome
than failure, ignominy and exile."
Other speakers were Rev. George Pepper,
D.D., Hon. Francis J. Wing, Rabbi Moses
J. Gries, Hon. E. J. Blandin and Hon.
Elery M, Avery.
Marx' a tastrm Carter.
LANCASTER, Pa., Nov. 21.— Max Marx,
under arrest in San Francisco charged
with bigamy, was married some years ago
to Miss Sallie Rosenstein ol this city and
has two children. He deserted his wife
and children, who are living in this city.
He is about 40 years old. and was well
known in Hebrew circles here.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GUIDED BY GROVER.
Goldbug Democrats Are in
Favor of New York
City
FOR THEIR CONVENTION.
________
The President Desires Delegates
to Be Influenced by "Sound
Money" Atmosphere.
SECBET MISSION OF THE TRIO.
Cleveland, Lamont and Herbert
Started the Movement in
Gotham.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21.-The
administration, aided by gol ibues of all
parties, is making strenuous efforts to.
hold the next Democratic National Con
vention in New York City. The President
himself is taking a hand, and Lamont,
Whitney and Chairman Harrity are his
henchmen. Lr.mont is now in New York
for this purpose.
The scheme was given to The Call by
Harri + y after his visit to the White House
last week. Harrity made no bones of the
fact that leading Democrats were working
to take the convention to New York. He
did not say that President Cleveland was
one of the conspirators, but that inference
was drawn from his remarks, and subse
quent developments prove this theory to
have been correct.
Mr. Cleveland wants to get the Demo
crats where they will be influenced by a
gold bug atmosphere.
The prediction is made by knowing ones
to-night that the convention will be held
in New York early in July.
It is said that during the recent visit of
Mr. Cleveland and Secretaries Lamont
and Herbert to New York they impressed
upon ex-Secretary Whitney and Uiose
with whom they came into contact the
necessity for immediate action looking to
tne selection of that city as the place for
holding the convention.
In any event, the dust shaken from the
feet of this distinguished trio when taking
their departure had not settled until sub
scription papers were being circulated in
every ward throughout New YorK City
for the purpose of raising an enormous
fund to be expended in entertaining the
convention, if secured.
The enthusiastic announcement was
made that at least an aggregate of $250,000
would be raised.
Nearly three decades have elapsed since
a National nominating convention of a
great political party was held in New
York. The last occasion was in 1863, when
Horatio Seymour of that State was chosen
to lead the then forlorn hope of the Dem
ocrats against the Republicans headed by
General Grant. Since then the Demo
cratic party has given six Presidential
nominations to the State of New York
without holding a National convention
within its territory. Greeley, Tilden
and Hancock were each nominated once
and Mr. Cleveland three times. But in
those conventions it was a matter of
geography, and not finance.
Now it is necessary to hold up before
the delegates a great object lesson as to
the benefits accruing from National mono
metallism. If influence, hard work and
manipulation can bring such a result to
pass the Democratic National Convention
will be held in New York.
NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 21.— A prelim
inary meeting of the convention commit
tte appointed by the Boad of Trade of this
city was held to-day in the board rooms.
The question of securing the Democratio
and Republican National f conventions for j
for New York City was discussed and a
committee appointed to confer with the;
leaders and those influential in Republi
can circles who are now in the city in
reference to the Republican National Con
vention.
Mr. James stated that "a guarantee fund:
of $250,000 could be raised if wanted." Ex- '
Judge Arnoux moved that the committee (
be enlarged to one hundred, which waa
accepted. The meeting adjourned sub
ject to the call of the chairman.
SATISFIM* WITH THE SERVICE.
Southern Editors It'ho Appreciate the
United l're*a.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 21.— The annual
meeting of the Southern Associated Presb,
which convened here yesterday and ad
jonrned to-day, was harmonious in its
proceedings, and determined to maintain
its independence, as evidenced by the
unanimous adoption of the following re*
port of a special committee:
Whereas. The contract relations of the South
ern Associated Press and the United Press have
proved entirely satisfactory, we, the stock
holders in convention assembled, express our
approval of the same. Be it therefore
Resolved, That the members of the Southern
Associated Press pledge themselves to carry
out in letter and spirit the full intent and pur
pose of the contract between said associations.
Resolved. That the efficiency of our telegraph
service and best interests of the newspaper
press of the South imperatively demand that
the independence and integrity of the South
ern Associated Press be maintained as organ
ized and so expressed in its contract relations
with the United Press.
The following named directors were
elected for the ensuing year: E. P. How
ell, J. H. Estill, J. C. Hemphill, C. 08.
Cowardin, J. T. Rapier, T. T. Stockton,
William Rale, S. S." Nottingham, D. A.
Tomkins.
Manager of the Big Four.
NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 21.— The di
rectors of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago and St. Louis Railway (Big Four)
have appointed C. E. Schaff general man
ager of the road. His title heretofore baa
been assistant general manager.
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