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VOLUME LXXXYI-KO. 65.
JIMINEZ STARTS
HIS REVOLUTION
Forces Led by Able Generals Will
Try to Overthrow San Dom
ingo's Government*
Special Dispatch to The Call.
CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, Aug. 3.— lt has just become known that an
armed insurrection has broken out at Tavoga, a town seventy
eight miles northwest of San Domingo, in favor of Jiminez, who
aspires to the Presidency in succession to the late President Heureaux.
Later advices from the Dominican republic indicate that the rev
olution is growing in strength.
At Santiago de la Cruz 500 well-armed men have risen under the
command of General Ramon Pacheco, and General Preyes. who is
very influential in these districts, has joined the insurgents with sev
eral other generals, each commanding fairly important forces.
JIMINEZ TALKS IN
A BOASTFUL MOOD 1
6p*"-l.i! Cnbl*> to The Call and the New. York
Hmlfl. Copyrighted, 1599. by Jam« Gor
don Pntinett.
HAVANA. Aug. 3. — Tn conversation I
•with a Herald correspondent to-day i
Juan Isidro .Timiiiez, candidate for
the dictatorship of San Domingo, said:
"For the last few years I have been
•working against -ident Heureaux.
I have worked Eunoi foreign powers,
I have landed filibustering expeditions
and at last my plans are successful.
"They were my agents who killed j
President Heureaux, and I am going to
the Tnited States in a day or so to or
ganize another party who will go with
me to San Domingo, and if necessary,
take forcible possession of the Govern
ment. The people do not want Fi
guero; they want me and they shall
have me."
General Jiminez will be accompanied ;
to the United States by Captain Pied
ra of the police force and several
prominent Cuban army men who sym
pathize Ith him.
I saw cables to-day that General j
Jiminez sent to his agents in San Do- J
mingo, saying that unless the present |
Government retired before the 15th of
this month he would lead a general up
rising and take forcible possession of
the island. His movement is attracting
attention here because of the number of
prominent men concerned. Gomez is
said to favor Jiminez.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Adminis
tration officials h^re are not disposed
to take the Havana interview with .
Jiminez seriously. It is hot believed
that he will attempt to organize a fili
EFFECTS OF GERMAN
BEEF PROCLAMATION
It Will Prevent the Introduction of
American Meat Through
Belgium.
WASHINGTC " -Official letters
■ ■ resentatives of the
in Germany bring man>
- ng The recent action in
that country looking to the exclusion of
■ ed in Belgium from the
Greman n •••■•• lltt!^ r ' lin
■ that this is done for the pur
ting the indirect introduc
■ product. The letters
•hat proclamations have I
ithorittes of the Prussian proy
• Di Osnabrook,
Schleswig. Pantzig and Gum
. I a i so m the grand duchies of
tnd Mecklenburg, and by the
try of Alsace-Lorraine, against the
■ ef slaughtered in Belgium.
risions of territory ™ver the
tier of German]
r it Impracticable to introduce any
■ . the empire. While the
■ Government of Germany
•::cial action in the premises it is
re that the course of the.
• governments is inspired fmm
• :.. • the proclamations set
action is taken at the in
... Chancellor. Others
m that th, eason for the step s
' fear of introducing Texas fever
en the American-born cattle slaugn
. .;:,. The exclusion orders
ffect on the 15th of July.
STRIKERS USE DYNAMITE.
.An Attempt Made to Blow Up a Car
in Cleveland.
CLEVELAND. Aug. The -withdrawal
of Bevcral companies of troops was fol
lowed to-night by another dynamite out- ;
rage, but fortunately nobody was hurt.
The explosion occurred under a Jen
rJngs-avenue car on which there were six
It smashed the flange of a wheel and
.ashed the flange of a. wheel and
gpllntered the board at the side The ,
passengers were badly frightened, but
none were Injured and the car proceeded
on its way to the end of the run. ..
AUTOMOBILE BTJENED.
Vehicle Was Destroyed, but the Pas
sengers Escaped.
Bpec'.a! Cable to The Call and the Hew Tork
Herald. Copyrighted, 1599; by James Gor
don Bennett.
PARIS. Aup. 3.— An automobile coi.tain
lr! ~ nY) persons, which left the Chateau
d'Vn yesterday, jroine to Chartres, when
in the forest of Sugerea caught fire sud
denly All escaped, but the automobile
was 'destroyed.
TANDEM TOUR OF THE WORLD.
Kr.^'al Ca ble to The Call and the New York ,
P Herald Copyrighted. 1899. by James Gor- i
don Bennett.
P4.RIS Aug. 3.— tour around the ;
world on a tandem has been commenced j
by two Italian cyclists. Eeiter and Fon- i
tana They left Florence last week and
have rt^w" arrived at Nice. They wil
come to Paris and work their way around ;
by way of England and America.
♦-
Road Wagon Record Irowered.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 3.— At the Be<
mont Driving Club'? track this afternoon
Mr Goodwin drove Bellewood A a mile to
a road wagon in 2:12 V lowering the record
of Sunland Belle of 2:14. made at Cleve
land. Later in the afternoon Mr Good
win drove Bright Light a mile, also to a
road wagon, in 2:13^. After the exhibition
Mr Goodwin announced his willingness to
rac>- against Sunlight Belle or any other
light harness horse to a road wagon.
Railway Mag-nates at Wallace.
LLACE. Aug. 3.— President Meuen ;
•rid other Northern Pacific officials were
hpie t'-itay considering the building of ai
branch line to tn» jnlnet|j>nJ3unsot Peak.
The San Francisco Call.
bustering expedition either in the
T'nited States or in Cuba. He will be
' watched, however, and if h>=> under -
I takes to organize an expedition or vio
late in any way th»- laws of neutrality
he will find the United States Govern
ment in his way.
If he undertakes to leav^ th>^ T'nited
States he will be dealt with under the
neutrality and navigation laws of the
country, just as were expeditions
which were detected in their efforts to
reach Cuba during the insurrection in
that island. If he undertakes t<> go
from Cuba he will be taken in hand by
military authorities. It is not believed
here that Jiminez would have said
anything about his intentions if he
really meant to head a filibustering ex- j
pedition.
MINISTER POWELL
SAVES PRISONERS
PORT AT* PRINCE, Hay:i, Aug. 3.— ,
At the request of United States Minis- ;
ter Powell. President Figuero will not
execute the prisoners arrested yester- J
day.
Th<> political situation here has im
proved and the city is calm. The
prompt action of Minister Powell, in
the case of M. Duvivier. tho newspaper
man, who was taken by police officers
out of the American Legation, has
created an excellent impression among
the foreign population. wh<> consider
that the action of the Hayttan Govern
ment in surrendering the prisoner to
the Minister on his demand probably
avoided serious trouble. The people
who have been BXMSted here are ac- i
ciised of plotting the overthrow of the.
Government.
TO TAKE NEGROES OUT
OF THE COUNTRY
! Bishop Turner of Georgia Moves to
Ask Congress for a Large
Appropriation.
BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 3.— At the . pre- !
sidjng elders' council of the African
! Methodist Episcopal Church of Alabama
f and Georgia, in session he.re to-day.
Bishop Turner of Georgia, who Is pre
siding, introduced a resolution, which was
! adopted, calling upon Congress for an ap-
ropriation of $100,000,000 to be used in
transporting negroes out of the country.
The Bishop said the determined aliena
'.tion of whites and blacks would never be
j overcome and the only solution of the race
j question lies in the separation of the
'■ races. Practically all the others present
| phared-in this sentiment. The conference
also adopted a resolution condemning the
1 bad elements of both the white and black
f races as responsible for so much lawless
ness.
PREFERS SUICIDE TO
PUBLIC DISGRACE
Deceived Young Woman Attempts to
End Her Life With a
Bullet.
MERCED, Aug. n.— Mis? Uzzie Wil
iiams. th<=- sixteen-year-old daughter of
Charles Williams of this' city, Is hovering
between life and d<ath. For some time
past sho hap been k'-r-ptng company with
a young man residing a short distance
from Mero»d. He was to have married
h<*r this morning, but at the appointr-d
hour he failed to put in an appearance,
and upon inquiry it was found that h^
had left town. Rather than face disgrace
she procured her father's revolver and
then kissed her sisters and brother, tell
ing them that she was tired and intended
to try and sleep. She retired to her
apartment and bolted the door, placed the
pistol to her body and fired. The ball en
on the right Bide, just above the
stomach, causing an ugly wound. The at
tending physicians fear that she will not
recover.
REMARKABLE FEAT
OF CYCLIST TAYLOR
Paced by a Steam Motor the Colored
Rider Covers a Mile in
1:22 1-2.
CHICAGO. Aug. 3.— Major Taylor, the
colored professional cyclist, rode a milo
•m motor at the Garfield
I'ark to-night in the phenomenal .time of
1:22%, thereby breaking the world's;
record by 5 3-5 seconds. The first quarter
was made in 20 1-5 seconds, the half in
3ft 2-5 seconds and the three-quarters in \
SUICIDE WITH DYNAMITE.
Chris Wold, a Farmer, Lays His
Head Over a Blast.
ri'MBERLAND, "Wis., Aug. 3.— Chris i
Wold, a farmer near Peskin Lake, this
county, committed suicide to-day by delib- S
erately blowing: off hi= head with dyna- i
mite. He. placed a quantity of dynamite I
In a hole in the ground, laid his head over j
it and touched it off. <f-xclaiming, '"Here I j
go. and the Lord go with me."
His head and an arm were completely '
torn away.
OSBORN APPOINTED
Is Now united States Consul General
at Apia.
BEKLIX, Aug. 3.— A dispatch to-day
from Apia, Samoa, under date of July 17,
confirms the report of the appointment of
Luther W. Osborn, United • States Consul
General at Apia, 'as Acting Chief Justice,
and aeeertß that he was appointed on the
proposal of Dr. Solp. German president of
th<* jHunlclpftl Council. ■■;. - - ...
— — : — s - - .
SAN FRANCISCO, FKIDAT, AL^GXJST 4, 1899.
MERGER SAYS DREYFUS WILL
BE CONVICTED.
PARLIAMENT BUILDING AT RENNES.
Where the coming second court-martial trial of Captain Dreyfus will be held this month.
PARIS, Aug. 3. — The Intransigeant publishes a statement which General Mercier is said to have made
to a friend, in which the ex-Minister of War said: "Certainly Dreyfus will be convicted again. Either
he is guilty or I am, and I shall prove him to be a traitor."
Revisionist organs assert that General Mercier intends to declare at Rennes that Count Munster,
the German Embassador to France, showed him proof of Dreyfus' guilt, at the same time saying if Mercier
published the evidence he (Munster) would deny it.
It appears that the Minister of War. General Marquis de Gallifet, has absolved all military wit
nesses at the court-martial of Captain Dreyfus at Rennes from professional secrecy, with the exception
that he has requested them not to divulge the names of French agents abroad or disclose anything which
could complicate the foreign relations of France.
LONDON. Aug. 3. — The Paris correspondent of the Times, referring to the Mercier matter, recalls
Germany impressively denied that any of her agents or officials had relations with Dreyfus. The corre
spondent adds: "Everybody is aware if the attempt is made to involve Germany in the affair the coun
try will consider such proceeding a premeditated insult, and would immediately ask for a disavowal. We
need not, therefore, further heed the intentions attributed to General Mercier, unless it is part of a plan
of the general staff, of which General Mercier is an unintelligent instrument, to use him for the purpose,
obliging the court-martial to be held in camera, in order to avoid possible complications that might arise
from such a declaration as General Mercier is reported to contemplate making. This method of throw
ing an air of mystery around a portion of the proceedings will vitiate the whole trial by giving an op
portunity for saying that as all is not known to the public the verdict remains uncertain and question
able." ,
CHAPLAIN MILBURN
PROSTRATED BY HEAT
LINCOI«N. Aug. 3.— Dr. W. H. Milburn.
the blind chaplain of the t'nited States
Ser.ru* . was prostrated by sunstroke and
fell unconscious this afternoon while de
livering a lecture at the Nebraska Ep
worth Assembly at Lincoln Park. He
was brought to this city and revived un
DR. RADER DENOUNCES
THE PHILIPPINE WAR
"God May Be Upon the Firing Line," He Says,
"But I Do Not Believe It."
SAX RAFAEL. Aug. 3.— "lt is said
that the anchor of the battleship
lowa has been sunk deep in the
waters of San Francisco Bay.
Much graver and more important
is the statement of a legion of repre
sentative American citizens that the
iron anchor of the Declaration of Inde
pendence has been sunk out of sight in
the mud of politics. I am not bo sure
that their words are not right. Ladies
and gentlemen. God may be upon the
firing line of the Philippines, but I do
not believe it."
In impassioned words and with vehe
ment gesture expressing firm convic
tion in the truth of his utterances. Rev.
Dr. William Rader, pastor of the Third
Congregational Church of San Fran
cisco, stood in the pulpit of the Prpsby
frian Church of this city to-night and
denounced the policy of the adminis
tration "in the present war. The ex
tract heading this article forms one of
hiß most vigo'roua utterances. During
his sermon, which came as a surprise,
a pin could have been heard to drop,
and at the conclusion the audience
burst into long continued applause.
The occasion was the fiftieth quar
terly convention of the Golden Gate
Union of the Christian Endeavorer*. the
eloquent preacher being scheduled to
deliver a sermon upon the subject of
"Our Personal Responsibility to Our
Country." His first utterance way that
the citizens of the American republic
are living in troublous times, a
period when every man should watch
the signs of the times, a day when the
dally papers are almost as indispensa
ble as the Bible.
"I knew a boy," he continued, "who
at the beginning of the war in the
Philippines was the most skillful ath
lete In the Christian organization of
which he was a member. His eyes
sparkled with animation, and his
cheeks glowed with perfect health. He
went to war. Some time later I was
preaching to a body of young soldiers
about to leave for Manila, and telling
them to fight for God and their coun
try, when that boy came In and stood
fler the care of a physician. To-night he
Is much improved and thf doctors look for
an almost complete recovery in time.
Suicide With Morphine.
MARYSVM.I.K. Aug. .'..-John Carey, a
teamster, committed suicide in his room
in the Golden Eagle Hotel this evening
iking paorpblne. He had been on a
protracted apree. Three sisters reside in
Nevada « lounty.
REV. DR. WILLIAM RADER.
before us. His sunken eyes. his
shrunken frame his limping step, and
the cane on which he leaned, were a.
material condemnation of McKinley, <-f
Otis, of everybody who has had any
thing to do with promoting this ter
rible war. I stopped preaching and
thought a while. I have thought since
then, and ladies and gentlemen, I tell
you that if God is upon the firing line
of the Philippines, I cannot see it."
Turning his attention to war rs a
generic theme. Dr. Rader declared the
Peace Conference of the Czar of Rus
sia would result in nothing. The world,
in his opinion, is hungering ior war,
and will have it. He believed that the
nations of the earth are trembling on
the verge of the bloodiest warfare ever
known in the history of mankind— a
FLAMES PLAY HAVOC
IN A RUSSIAN TOWN
BT. PETKRSBI'RG, Aug. 3.— The west
ern part of the town of Grodno, capita!,
of the government of the same name,
southwest of Vilna, has been destroyed by
fire. A temporary military hospital and
numerous public and privata buildings
have been swept away.
I struggle that will test the capacity for
suffering and horror of every man,
woman and child in civilized climes.
"I would like 1 to say pleasant things
and tickle your fancies," he continued,
"but my Americanism and my con
science will not let me do it. Under the
! present condition of affairs there can
not fail to be a political revolution in
the United States within five years'
time. Trusts and bossism, anarchy and
• agnosticism are factors leading to a
i revolution, but the doctrine of expan
sion deserves mention in the same cate
; gory. But I am not wholly pessimistic.
I The groan of every dying soldier, the
I crack of every death-dealing rifle is
but a harbinger of the time when there
will be no war, of the time when all
people will live together in the perfect
unity of God."
The Endeavorers arrived here 500
strong at 8 p. m. and marched to the !
Presbyterian church singing hymns of j
praise. President Charles M. Whitney'
offioiatr-d as chairman at the confer
ence. The praise service was led by Dr.
G. G. Vanderlip of San Rafael, the
Scripture reaoing and prayer by Rev.
William Marshall of San Rafael. Re-
ports showing, the union to be flourish
ing: were read by Secretary Hattie M.
Hall and Treasurer J. ML Thompson.
George B. Littlefield spoke on the sub
ject of "Floating Work" and State
j President J. A. Wells on "California
and Christian Endeavor."
The consecration service was led by
Rev. Dr. E. G. Mathena of Olivet Pres
byterian Church. An offertory solo was
rendered by Miss Ella Shaver and
speeches were made by President Lyons
of the Alameda Union, Dr. Ward of the
Placer County Union. Delegate Bingham
of the Placer County Union and Miss
Arthur, secretary of the British Colum
bian Union.
At the conclusion of the exercises the
speakers, officers and delegates were
banqueted in the basement of the
church by the local union. They re
turned to San Francisco by a special
narrow-gauge train at 10:30 p. m.
MANY AMERICANS
ARE IN DANGER
Two Thousand Miners in Mexico
Threatened by the War
like Yaquis*
Special Dispatch to The Call.
CABAS GRANDEP, STATE OF
CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. Aug.
3. — A party of several American
miners arrived here to-day direct
from the Upper Yaqui River
country. They were driven out by ma
rauding bands of Yaqui Indians.
Tom Harvell, one of the members of
the party, stated that there are prob
ably 2000 American miners and pros
pectors scattered through the Yaqui
country, and that their lives are In )m- ,
minent danger, as the Indians are
growing bolder and more desperate
each day. He states that the news of
the bloody outbreak among the Yaquis
in the lower valley of the Yaqui River
had not reached the upper part of the
stream when he left, and that as soon
as such news is received by the scat
! tered bands of Indians in the placer
mining region they will massacre every
1 white man along the river. He esti
mates that there are fully sOno Mcxi
i can troops to conquer them if they are
'■ enabled to reach their former strong
COEUR D'ALENE MINE
AGENT DRIVEN OUT
DENVER, Aug. 3.— Daniel Connell. a
Coeur d'Alene mine agent, who was en
df nvoring to get miners to go to the Idaho
fields and who was attacked by a gang of
m»n at ('ripple <"reek station on Tuesday
night and carried away, was located in
Denver to-day.
"I was taken in charge at the depot by
three men," h» said, "and hustled along
Florence and Cripple Creek tracks, south
of the Rio Grande sampler, and then up
over Gold Hill to the head of Grassy
Gulch. From there I was taken to the
edge of the town of Gillett and my captors
toM me to leave the country on the first
train in the morning. "While under the
charge of the three men I was informed
several times I would be killed. They
threatened to take me to Altman and
burn me alive."
Corcoran Asks for New Trial.
WALLtACE, Aug. 3.— The attorneys for
Paul Corcoran, convicted of the murder
of James Cheyne during the riot at Ward
ner In April, have filed a motion for a
new trial.
BETROTHAL OF LADY
RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL.
COWES. Augr. 3— The sensation of the day in the yachting world assem
bled here was the announcement of the engagement of Lady Randolph
Churchill to Lieutenant G. F. M. Cornwallis West, son of the famous beauty.
Lady Cornwallis West. It is said that the marriage will occur in November
next Lieutenant Cornwallis West is tall and good looking and very closely
resembles his sister. Princess Henry of Pless. Lady Randolph Churchill and.
her son. Lieutenant Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, have apartments
at the Marine Hotel.
Comte and Cnmtesse de Castellane entertained them and the Prince of
Wales at dinner this evening on board their steel yacht Valhalla. Music
was supplied by a Hungarian band and the "Musical Japanese." Among the
euests were the Duchess de Luynes, Madame de Gallifet. Mrs. Arthur
Paget, Lady Randolph Churchill and Hon. Sidney Robert Greville, private
secretary to the Marquis of Salisbury.
The "yacht dinner table was extravagantly decorated with flowers, but at
the special request of the Prince of Wales the meal was as simple as pos
sible as his Royal Highness is disinclined to sit long at dinner.
Covers were laid for twenty. The deck of the Valhalla was converted
into a regular saloon, with carpets, artistic chairs and festoons of electric
lights. Roses and carnations were hung on the same wires all over the
Arthur Paget has given up Morris Castle and is now staying on board
the Valhalla. This evening there wa»a brilliant display of fireworks. The
yachts were illuminated. The principal set pieces were portraits of Sir
Thomas Lipton, Mr. Thornycroft and Mr. Fife and the motto, "Good Luck
to Shamrock." Mr. Martineaux. marine painter for the Queen, who is on
board the Erin, will paint "The Shamrock En Route" for Sir Thomaa Up
ton.
PKICE FIVE CENTS.
hold in the Sahuaripa range of moun
tains.
The Yaquis have never been con
quered. They quit fighting and signed
a treaty of peace with the Mexican
Government of their own accord two
yean ago, and it is claimed that the
present uprising would not havp oc
curred had not Mexican citizens at
tempted to encroach upon the land
which had been granted them by the
Government.
It is known, however, that during the
two years that the Indians have been
•at peace they have been quietly invest
ing their savings in arms and ammuni
tion and that they are now better pre
pared than ever before for a long and
active campaign.
Two regiments of Mexican cavalry
! are on their way here. They will hf*
sent overland to the upper section of
the Yaqui country, and used to drive
; out the Indians from their stronghold
- in the mountains.
SUED BY THE ESTATE
OF CHARLES F. REED
AT'BURN. Aug. ?,.— The executors of th*
Charks F. Heed estate have filed suit for
}I(Ym»vi damage? against E. A. WUtsee of
San Francisco, the Siberia mining expert.
The complaint alleges damages In the.
amount named were caused by the mis
management of the Gold Blossom an.l
Drummond mining properties, In which
both parties are Interested.
Veteran Telegrapher Dead.
PI,ArERVIT.I.K. auet. I.— Albert Galla
tln Stewart, a pioneer of this State, died
at noon to-day after a long Illness of
heart disease. Mr. Stewart was one of
the oldest employes of th.c Western T'nion
Telegraph Company on the Pacific Coast
He had been the manager of the com
pany's office In this city for nearly forty
years. A widow, two daughters and a
son survive him.
German Empress Departs.
BERCHLESGADEX, Bavaria. Aug. 8 —
The Empress of Germany left here this
afternoon for Wtlhelmshohe. Her Majesty
received a popular ovation.