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Quadruple Sheet TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 103. AMUSEMENTS Los Angeles' Society Vaudeville Theater Week S&ey/nnmy Wfonday, fan. 17 j AMERICAN DEBUT—DIRECT FKOM EUROPE TJhe 3 jfvolos THE WORLD'S GREATEST ACROBATS. Xittj/ 77fi'tcheil THE WINSOME SINGING COMMEDIENNE. Slmore Sisters IN A NEW AND ORIGINAL COMEDIETTA—' THE IRISH 400." Tlfusical 7)ale CAMPANOLOGIST X, PzattOphelita ....PREMIER DANSEUSE CcirlQttctf Contortionist Xast week of .. . , fa e // x , Vaudeviile Circus Prof. ooAer(y's Canine Circus mj . . 70 . ANY SEAT 250 y/Jattnee Ooday ™v N ::::::::::^ PRICES NEVER CHANGING —Evening Reserved Seats, 25c and 50c; Gallery, 10c Reg ular Matinees, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday Telephone Main 1447 gut bank Theater JOHN c FIBHEB MsnaBer THE ONLY THEATER IN THE CITY HEATED BY STEAM. SSSSS*. Oid farmer Stebbms WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, JAN. 17 MATINEE SATURDAY • 77L~ 0 A „„„ S"PPortin S O/ICIW UOO tyr. Sam Z7. <J *«"J Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, t # Thursday the Great Com- I) fl 6 Of?Tit.3f edy Drama Friday, Saturday and Sun- 7-. f7\ r (7\ t * day the Sensational W» Of V^ttTtS Melodrama BRILLIANT SCENIC EFFECTS. NEW AND NOVEL SPECIALTIES. Prices, 15c, 25c, 35c; 50c. Telephone Main 1270. fyj The management respectfully announces to its patrons that a new and fgQTQ —powerful steam heating plant has been installed, and in the future the f theater will be properly and comfortably heated. |Os Angeles Theater &fcw^*BM. w Vhree Rights and Saturday 9/fat/neo C,i- . A „ r7o » t) , a i,/oo Otuart Jzobson Thuraday—THE JUCKMNS „ Mr. Robson aa Lemuel Jueklln FridHv Eve., satnnlav Mat. THK HKNKIETTA. Mr. Robsou as Bertie, the Ltinb Saturday Eve. —A !'<> >!. AND HIS FRIENDS Mr. Robson aa The Fool Beats now on sale Prices, JSc, 80c, 75c, 11.00, tI.W. Telephone Main 70. Hazard's Pavilion— €xt ra TTfondat/ Evening . . find Jf// Uhis Week . Jforse Show. j Z»ho SBost TJhat Goer Jfappened I J AUDIENCES DELIGHTED, I ASTONISHED AND AMUSED. I Uhe Sreat Sleason In the most instructive-educational exhibitions of Horsemanship In the world. * • • Cntiro Performance Sivcn Tifith Vicious Jforses , . Admission to all parts of house 25c. Grand Band Concert from 7:30 to 8:15 p. m. glmpson Auditorium and eighth FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1898 AND SATURDAY MATINEE, JANUARY 22, at 2:30 *£*t /e ZPaloma Schramm The wonderful—the great—Child Musician. This appearance ot Little Falotns is given in r, spouse to hundreds of reque ts from enthuoa tlo admirers, many of whom beard tier in her Art concert a mou h ago. ASSISTED BY tm _.. Ny% , The Phenomenal ■\=— — —r- fffyrtie Vf/arAson i oy ear.old Contralto Exclusive management Fitzgerald Music Co. Advance sale of seats begins Tuesday, Janaary lath, »tOO a. m. at Fltzgeraid Muaio Co., 113 South Spring Streak The herald THE RIOTS AT HAVANA Show the Hopelessness of Home Rule Plans ORDER WAS RESTORED But Public Opinion Is Not Changed TROOPS BROUGHT INTO TOWN LEAVE THE INSURGENTS FREE PROM CHECK The Official Advices Say the City Is Quiet —Other Reports Show That Another Outbreak Is Imminent Special to The Herald. HAVANA, Jan. 15.—The anti-auton omist riots inaugurated on Wednesday have clearly manifested the farce and failure of autonomy and will, no doubt, put an end to Blanco's humane military tactics and generous political policy. The outbreak was not unexpected to those acquainted with the true senti ment of the Spanish residents of the is land with reference to the granting of home rule to Cuba, and Americans should now be convinced of the imprac ticability of a measure which is neither satisfactory to Cubans nor Spaniards, and hence, while it has served to de ceive President McKinley, senators and congressmen into a policy of forbear ance, can never be regarded as middle ground upon which the opposing ln transigeante elements can meet for peaceful compromise. A TOTAL WRECK La Dlscuscion office was attacked just when its Wednesday's first after noon edition was going to press. A Kan sas cyclone could hardly have made of the office a more complete wreck. Asso ciate Editor Moran and Reporter Gran ados, the only employes who made no attempt to escape, were seriously mal treated by the leaders of the attacking party. For a wonder, the rooms of the Exam iner-Journal correspondent, upstairs. THE "WHITE SQUADRON" ORDERED TO TORTUGAS , ' • —From the San Francisco Examiner. were respected, though his Interpreter, an American citizen, who attempted to leave the building during the height of the excitement, was seized, and, but for the timely interference of Acting Military Governor Garrlch in his be half, might have fared badly at the hands of the mob. No other Americans were 111-used or threatened. The cries of the rioters were: "Down with autonomy!" "Long live Weyler!" ''Death to Blanco!" and "Vlvaßspana!" with an occasional timid, half-sup pressed shout, "Spain or annexation, but autonomy, never!" THE MOB IN CONTROL The city police, apparently sympathiz ing with the volunteers and those who Joined with them in their protest, made absolutely no effort to protect the Dls cuscion office, allowing the military gov ernor and the chief of police, both of whom were present, to urge them In vain to do their duty. Only when the crowd moved across to Central park, toward the El Dairlo office, did a squadron of mounted gens d'armes, called by tele phone from their barracks, show any disposition to keep them back, but even these refused to use their sabers in charging the mob, leaving the author ities powerless as the mob grew in num bers, holding the principal streets throughout the day. Several of the El Dairlo newsboys were fired upon during the afternoon and others were beaten by the rioters and their sympathisers. Wednesday was a day ol terror LOS ANGELES, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16 1898 ItE All-ADMIRAL FRANCIS M. BJJNCE Who Is in Command of the Atlantic Squadron, Which Is Under Orders to Rendezvous at Tortugas, Near Cuba throughout the city. At night mobs took possesison of the Plaza de Annas, In front of the captain general's palace, demanding Blanco's resignation and shouting themselves hoarse for Weyler's return, but not a "viva" for the queen regent or the king, although the name of Don Carlos was not mentioned. During the afternoon many American residents and Spanish property holders called upon Lee, urging that he ask for warships to protect the lives of for eigners and non-combatants In the event of necessity, and, indeed, It was reported, though later denied, that, at the sug gestion of Secretary General Congosto, who had been alarmed at the menacing attitude adopted by members of the Fifth battalion of volunteers, on duty at the palace, who did not hesitate to show their sympathy with those who were shouting for in the plaza outside, GenTLee offered to Key West for two vessels to be placed aft Blanco's disposition in case of emer gency, but Blanco declined the offer and assured the consul general that upon the arrival of reinforcements of troops of the line, which were expected from interior points, order would soon be restored. TROOPS ARRIVE As anticipated. Gen. Arolas, with 2000 cavalry and mounted Guards Civil, en tered the city before midnight and was Immediately put In full command as military governor, succeeding Gen. Garrlch, and armed as well, by an order declaring the place to be In a state of siege, with civil and municipal power. Under energetic instructions from the Madrid government and from Blanco, he soon broke up the more Important groups In Central park and the principal squares. In charging the mob in front of the Hotel Pasaje, Arolas' forces seriously clubbed many and slightly wounded sev eral others. ORDER RESTORED Thursday dawned in comparative; quiet. Arolas had kept the bulk of his men under arms in front of Hotel Ingla terra as a safeguard to the American and British consuls and to insure safety to the hotel property owned by Terrle, a Cuban-American, now in Paris. A squad of police guarded La Dlscuscion and two Infantry companies were kept under arms in front of El Diario. Arolas con tinues to make the Inglaterra headquar ters of himself and staff, directing all operations therefrom. Thursday afternoon a secret call to the riotous volunteers was Issued from the office of a local Car-list newspaper, de manding their reunion 'in uniform" at 8 p. m., to attack El Dlarlo; but, advised of their purpose, Arolas nipped it In the bud! and Blanco issued an order requir ing all volunteers to be In their garrisons at the hour named. Only about 600 re sponded to the Carlist call, and Arolas, cavalry soon dispersed them. The explosion of a tremendous bomb near the Aiblsu theater caused some temporary alarm. Reinforcements of regular troops continued to arrive all night. Friday morning all the resident Spanish merchants in sympathy with Weyler and opposed to Blanco and home rule closed their places of business to enable their employes to swell the ranks of the mob. Blanco removed Chief of Police de Castro at noon for lack of en ergy In supporting Arolas, and appoint ed Col. Pagllery to the post. The latter has since arrested many merchants, charged with aiding and abetting the rioters. A GLOOMY OUTLOOK The theaters have all been closed since Wednesday. Last night the office of El Leon Espanol, which expressed editor ially Its regret that men in uniform should stoop to outrage, was attacked and sacked. Today another antagonis tic demonstration was made against Govln, who Was expected to have arrived from New York late this even ing to assume an Important portfolio in colonial cabinet. Blanco Insists upon the reappearance of both La Dlscuscion and El Reconcentrado, but the editors and publishers have refused to resume publication unless all of their staff and employes be first supplied each with a Remington rifle ar/l a revolver and 1000 rounds of ammunition. Blanco thinks this unadvisable, but haß placed twenty- five police in each office and offers to send a cavalryman with drawn sword behind each newsboy to protect the sales. El Dlarlo continues publication pro tected in this way. Cubans in Havana province, taking advantage of the situation in the city and the temporary withdrawal of the Spanish troops from the field, have sud denly resumed activity, seizing and burning several important towns and villages on Havana, Batabano and Matanzas Railway lines. Batabano was raided and looted last night, and Guanabucoa, Just across the bay from Havana, was attacked. Word comes from eastern Cuba that Manzanillo is besieged by Rains' in surgent forces. The outlook for Spain grows gloomier daily. GEORGE EUGENE BRYSON. THE WHITE SQUADRON Movement Delayed Waiting Arrival of the Texas Associated Press Special Wire NORFOLK, W. Va., Jan. 15.—Up to 11 o'clock this morning there has been no movement of the fleet In Hampton Roads and It is expected it will not sail before tomorrow. The New York, Mass achusetts and lowa are off Old Point. THE TEXAS COMING WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The battle ship Texas sailed from New York at 2 oclock this afternoon to Join the North Atlantic squadron. Admiral Sicard has been granted permission by Secretary Lang to delay the sailing of the squad ron from Hampton Roads until tomor INDEX TO THE TELEGRAPH NEWS Illness of Cornelius Vanderbilt throws the burden of management up on his brother William. The death of J. D. Allport at Hele na, Mont., leaves a million dollar es tate for the lawyers to fight over. The house devotes the day to army appropriation bill and eulogies; some work done in committee, but not too much of it. Cotton operatives' wages through out New England will be reduced Monday; 10,000 workers at New Bed ford will strike. Stockholders of the Crowned King Mining company at Prescott, Ariz., allege gross mismanagement and mis appropriation of the company's prop erty. Russia and Germany in full accord on Oriental questions; stoppage of sugar exports to the United States leads to renewed demands for a retal iatory tariff. The Taylore-Starbuck wheel race'at New York spoiled by a spill, in which Taylore dislocated a shoulder and a knee; Oakland races run in a sea of mud; coursing results. Poor old General Clay talks half foolishly and altogether pathetically concerning his domestic troubles, say ing why he still loves his child-wife, though she has deserted him. Cuban advices show the hopeless ness of the attempts to establish au tonomous government in Cuba; official advices report all quiet at Havana, but riotous outbreaks seem to be immi nent. General Booth reaches New York and his visit will cause renewed activ ity in Salvation army circles; Com mander Balling-ton Booth will meet his father, but not in an official capacity. England intensely interested jn the hysterical excitement in France ovei the Dreyfus affair; it is not considered unlikely that party feeling may result in political chaos and a foreign war, in the hope of restoring the waning prestige of the French army; personal and social affairs in lands beyond the sea. row morning in order that the Texas may Join it off the Chesapeake capes. ON THE ISLAND KEY WEST, Fla., Jan. 15.—Passen gers who have arrived here from Ha vana tonight report that Captain Gen eral Blanco has been threatened by at attack from the mob and Is mobilizing his loyal forces to be ready for any such demonstration. Most of the newspapers have beer compelled to suspend publication anj those that are published are compelled to have their matter examined before using it According to Spanish advices, Brig. Gen. Molina had an engagement lasting two hours at Boca Camaraica province of Matanzas with a force of 300 insur gents. The latter, the advices say, oc cupied well intrenched positions but were compelled to retire, leaving six bodies of their number dead on the Held. A quantity of ammunition was cap tured by the Spaniards. The Spanish loss was three killed and twenty-eight wounded, Including two officers. A dispatch received from Spanish sources In Pinar del Rio says that the Insurgent Brigadier General Perico Del gado has been killed by his followers and that his chief of stall, Louis Lopez Marlin, has surrendered to the Spanish authorities. A dispatch from San Juan de las Tereas, province of Santa Clara, an nounces that the insurgent leader Lo-' relo Cepeiro, a naturalized .American citizen, has surrendered to the Spanish authorities. Captain Calvo and others, who were leaders In the recent raids upon the offices of the newspapers Dlario de la Marina, La Discussion and El Recon centrado, will be prosecuted for their connection with the disturbance. Over 300 army officers it is said will plead guilty to being concerned in the demonstrations. INSURGENT ACTIVITY NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—According to the Herald's correspondent in Havana the insurgents destroyed 1,000,000 to bacco plants growing under the protec tion of forts at Camajuani. Santa Clara province, on the night of January 6. They also destroyed 25,000 plants within sight of the forts of Sitto Grande. A (Continued on Page Seven.) ' 32 Pages j PRICE FIVE CENTS ENGLAND'S INTEREST In French Discussion of Dreyfus' Case THE OUTBREAK OF HYSTERIA THREATENS TO END IN VIOLENCE AND CHAOS Attacks on the Republic Certain and a Resultant Foreign War Is Hot Improbable ■ \ Associated Press Special Wire LONDON, Jan. IB.—(Copyright 1891) The new phase Into which the Dreyfus case has entered is a distinct advance. The era of secret courts martial is over and a civil and public court will have to investigate Emil Zola's charges of per sistent distortion of Justice. The be havior of military authorities in "burk ing" the Inquiry casts the gravest re flections upon the oft-asserted honor of the French army, which has shown an nbstinate determination to stick to gether, right or wrong. Outside of France all Europe believes Dreyfus is the victim of a conspiracy and the prose cution of Zola has broadened the ques tion, for the whole French army is now virtually placed on trial. The gravity of the situation, is enhanced because the whole of France is in a sdfte of growing hysterical excitement. Temporarily the republic is generally supported through out the country, but history shows that similar hysteria has frequently led to violence and chaos. When France is able to analyze the situation, and <ih ivl 1 the suspicion prove that the honor of the army Is really affected, the conse quences to the republic might be C most serious description. The P .wttja scandals have defiled political 1 .'c and the law courts have been discredited therefore, If respect for the army must also be surrendered, the desire to change the government may be irrepressible, In which case the temptation for the [i ers to divert the attention of the ooufl try to a foreign war wiP. be well nisrh irresistible. Hence the deep interest of France's neighbors. For the moment the Intense excite ment will probably find an out! t In tha renewal of the spectacle presen- d dur ing the last days of Boulanglsi... Hot altercations in the streets, leading to. assaults, are frequent, the po''' ara guarding the houses of prominent Dreyfuslans, and it is impossible to fore see where the arrests will end. Slander and denunciation are so rampant that the authorities are taking special pre caution to prevent the calumniated from taking the law Into their own hands/ Duels have already resulted. A mons ter manifestation Is preparing in Paris for Sunday. Allegedly It Is antl- Dreyfuslan, recZly It is anti-Semitic, and unless prohibited It is feared seri ous riots may be the sequel. . AFRICAN QUESTIONS Temporarily overshadowed, the move ments of the French on the Upper Nile are again becoming unpleasantly prom inent to those who Imagined that Eng land had undisputed claims upon those regions. It is immaterial to discuss the exact whereabouts of the French expeditions. It suffices that, according to the bulk of evidence, they have penetrated to Bahr-Ghazal, the most fertile province of the Egyptian Soudan, with the dis tinct mandate of their government. If this Is true and the declarations of successive British cabinets mean any thing, M. Hanotaux has brought about a casus belli. Thus far M. Hanotaux seems to have the advantage, but the game Is danger ous. Fear of war with France will not stop Great Britain from recovering the whole Egyptian Soudan and driving out any French expeditions which may be found there, when, In the opinion of the Marquis of Salisbury, the proper time has arrived. In the meantime Prince Hefiry of Or leans is fitting out at Marseilles, evi dently with the approval of the govern ment, an armed expedition to subdue the Equatorial provinces which (fee Negus presented, claiming they had be longed to Abyssinia In prehistoric times; but in reality these provinces are Identi cal with those Great Britain Is seeking to restore to Egypt. So, perhaps, there is some truth In the story that the activ ity of the British is due to the Egyptian intelligence department learning that the French Abasslnian troops have reached Fashoda, that King Menelik Is preparing re-enforcement with the In tention of following up this success, and that a common policy, which Is morally supported by Russia unites France and Abyssinia. TROUBLE IN" PERSIA There are persistent reports of grave troubles threatening In Persia. The shah's sovereignity has always been shaky and It is now affirmed to be rapidly slipping away from his grasp. Indeed, the situation at Teheran Is de scribed as being so precarious that a coup d'etat may be precipitated at any moment. Probably the murder of Greaves, the English telegraph operator, and the out break at Mekran are connected with the tendency to revolt in Persia. It is believed In well Informed circles that the dispatch of Indian troops to the Persian gulf is due to general unrest. The news that Sir William Lockhart, the commander of the British forces on the Indian frontier, has postponed his Journey homeward, In the expectation of a settlement with the Afridls, who are seemingly desirous of submitting, points to the early conclusion of the most seri ous of the quartet of "little wars" In which Great Britain Is engaged and