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VOLUME LXXXVI- NO. 67.
MEXICO IS NOW
WAGING A WAR
OF EXTERMINATION
Yaquis Captured in Battle toj the
Forces of General Torres Are
Promptly Shot.
Meanwhile the Desperate Indians Are Kill
ing Every Defenseless Person-Many
Americans Their Victims.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. s.— When the
Yaqui Indians signed a treaty of
peace with the Mexican Govern
ment a little over two years ago.
and their country, which has been
a terra incognita to all but members of
their own tribes for over two centuries,
was thrown open to settlement, hun
dreds of adventuresome men went from
this part of Texas to prospect for gold
along the Yaqui River. It will be re
membered that immediately following
the signing of the treaty of peace by
the Yaquis reports were freely circu
lated that gold placers in fabulous rich
ness existed in the heretofore unknown
region. These glowing reports stimu
lated the rush of prospectors.
Among those from this * section who
sought their fortunes in the remote re
gions was Thomas Grevolt, formerly a
prominent stockman of Llano County.
He has just arrived at the town of Ter
razas. in the State of Chihuahua, after
an exciting experience with the Yaqui
Indians. In a letter to D. T. Rainey
of this city, received to-day, Mr. Gre
volt says:
"I have Providence to thank that I
have again reached the outskirts of civ
ilization and am able to write you these
few lines. The Yaquis are on the great
est rampage in their history, and un
less speedy relief comes the hundreds
of unsuspecting American miners in
the Yaqui country will all be massacred
and robbed of what gold they have ac
cumulated. It was only by mere luck
that I got out in time. John Herkner,
one of my partners, who used to live
at San Antonio, Tex., was on his way
to San Javier after supplies, when I
got word of the outbreak from a friend
ly Tomachic Indian. I have no doubt
that Herkner was killed. There were
several Americans below me to the
south of Soyopa, and unless they were
•warned in time many of these prospect
ors were killed. This Tomachic Indian
told me that the Y'aquis had planned to
sweep the whole valley and kill and rob
every American and Mexican in their
path. He said that the ranches of Jose
Merea and Andreas Longera, near
Cocori, had just been attacked by the
Yaquis. Merea and five cowboys were
killed in defending their home, and his
wife and two children were massacred.
Longera managed to get his wife and
children into the mountains when he
saw the Indians coming, but several of
his cowboys, who resisted the attack,
were killed.
FEVERISH
CONDITIONS
IN HAYTI
Warship May Be Ordered to
Port au Prince to Protect
Americans.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELL
INGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON.
Aug. 5.-— Official advices received at
the State Department from Minis
ter Powell refer to the large num
ber of arrests being made by the
Haytian officials, and the very fev
erish condition of affairs. Although
the dispatch does not so state, the
authorities assume from the tone
of Mr. Powell's advices that there is
an extensive plot on foot to overthrow
the Government, and that the men ar
rested are suspected of being revolu
tionists.
It is also understood that threats
have been made against the American
legation at Port au Prince on account
of a refugee who sought %an asylum
'with Minister Powell.
The situation is such that an Ameri
can man-of-war, in all probability, will
be sent to Port au Prince within the
next twenty-four hours to protect
American interests, landing marines
if threats against the legation should
be put into execution. The New Or
leans and Machias, now at San Do
mingo, are within a day's call of Port
au Prince.
Up to a late hour this afternoon
Acting Secretary Adee told me that no
TRANSVAAL ACCEPTS HE
JOINT INQUIRY PROPOSAL
LONDON, Aug. 5. — A special dispatch from Johannisburg
says it is reported the Government has accepted the proposal for a
joint inquiry and has suggested that France, Germany, Russia and
Holland be' asked to send representatives to take part in the investi- ,
gation. -'>.;.■ . .'■-'■>-
According to the same disjatch an unconfirmed report is in cir-
culation that General Joubcrc lies resigned command of the army of
the Transvaal ozving to differences with the executive.
The San Francisco Call.
"The Indians burned all the buildings
on those two ranches and drove off
over 1000 head of cattle. It is going to'
take the Mexican Government a long
time and a big force of troops to quell
this rebellion. The Yaquis are better j
prepared now than ever before for a
long and bloody campaign. They are {
well fixed financially, nearly all of them j
having saved $200 per head which the I
Mexican Government paid them when j
they signed the treaty two years ago.
They have been making money since j
then, too, and I know- it to be a fact j
that they have been laying in big sup
plies of arms and ammunition for some j
time past. It has been common talk !
among the American prospectors in the !
Yaqui Valley that the Indians were
preparing for another outbreak, but as I
the braves had always shown a friendly
spirit toward us Americans, we thought
they would not molest us when they did
go on the warpath. They are deter
mined to recover all of their lost coun
try, however, and will kill all within
the limits of their old possessions. I
had a rough trip over the mountains
from ray camp in the Soyopa district,
but am glad to get out alive."
It is reported from Potam, State of
Sonora, Mexico, that General Lorenzo !
Torres at the head of his troops fought
a pitched battle with the rebels at j
Vicam, defeating them and inflicting
heavy losses and recovering possession
of the town.
The Federal troops reached Vicuna
under forced marches during a heavy
rain storm, which ceased about sun- !
down. Taking advantage of the favor
able change in the weather. General
Torres ordered a general advance upon
the position occupied by the rebels. The
troops met with stubborn resistance,
the Indians rallying at the call of their .
chiefs and fighting with desperate cour
age. They finally broke and fled, leav
ing several prisoners in the hands of
the Government forces, the ensuing i
darkness preventing pursuit.
On the following morning the prison
ers taken during the battle of the pre
vious evening wore summarily shot by
order of General Torres, the general
adhering to his avowal made at the
conclusion of the last war with the
Yaquis that if they ever dared to rebel
against the Federal Government the
entire race would be exterminated.
A cordon of troops has been estab
lished on the plan of the famous trocha
of Cuba, reaching from Potam to Torin,
to prevent the rebels from retreating to
the mountains.
Colonel Angel Garcia. Peria has been
ordered to advance with his forces from
Torin to prevent . any reinforcements
from reaching the Yaquis.
request had come from Minister Pow
ell for a warship. Concerning the ref
ugee, Dv Vivier, who sought an asylum
In the American legation and was forci
bly taken therefrom by Haytian offi
cers, Mr. Powell cabled the department
to-day that his demand for the release
of the prisoner had been complied with
and that he was again enjoying an
asylum at the legation. This action
was taken by Mr. Powell upon instruc
tions from Washington. Although the
State Department, as a rule, discour
ages the granting of an asylum to po
litical refugees, the department objects
to illegal methods pursued by the Hay
tian Government in removing Dv
Vivier from the legation, and will not
surrender him if he is to be made, a
victim of arbitrary and illegal methods.
JIMINEZ SUDDENLY
LEAVES HAVANA
It Is Believed He Is On His Way to
the Dominican Re
public.
HAVANA. Aug. s.—General Juan Isidro
Jiminez, accompanied by six Cubans and
four natives of San Domingo, is believed
to have left here this afternoon for the
Dominican republic. It has not vet been
ascertained how the party left, but if.
as it Is thought, they went on one of the
Herrora line steamers for the north
coast, expecting to obtain a schooner at
Nuvitas; they will pronably bo arrested
or prevented from continuing their jour
ney. Jiminr:* claimed to he ill yesterday'
but the many visitors whom he received
this morning led to the belief that some
move was on foot. One-thing is certain,
he has gone, taking his baggage with
him, as 'lid al_"> his companions.
The authorities are making a close in
vestigation in order to discover in which
direction the party went. ;•: -;
ANTI-IMPERIALISTS MEET.
Addresses Made by Chicago's Prom
inent Citizens.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—A well attended
meeting of the Anti-Imperialist Lcuguo
was held in Rosalie Hall. I'rofe.s-.,,,-. [I.
Laurence Laughhn of Chicago University
was the- principal speaker. Ad'lrc-*se_
were made by Professors A. 11. Tolman
and Paul Shorey of Chicago University,
Frank li. Scott and Bigmund Zeisler.
SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1899-THIRTY-TWO PAGES.
ACTORS IN THE DREYFUS
DRAMA ARRIVE AT RENNES
Parade of Troops Past the House Where Mme. Dreyfus Is Stopping
at Rennes.
RENNES, France, Aug. s.— Rennes '
has awakened from its normal
condition of sleepiness and with '
the arrival of hundreds of jour
nalists from all parts of the world and j
witnesses and other actors in the Drey- ■
fus drama, the town is assuming an j
animated appearance. The terraces in,
front of the cafes are full of people.dis
cussing the coming trial, which will
open on Monday morning at half-past 6
or 7 o'clock. . 'r.t. *
General Mercier, who was Minister |
for War. when' Dreyfus was condemned,
arrived from Paris this j afternoon, and I
his face showed an anxious, careworn
look. A large number of persons had
gathered on the platform at the railway
station to witness his arrival, but no
noteworthy event occurred.
The leading event of the day was the
arrival of the hero of the Dreyfus af- !
fair, Lieutenant Colonel Georges Pic- j
quart. His train arrived at 7 o'clock ;
this evening, an hour late, and only a
! few people were present at the station ;
except detectives and police officers. j
As Colonel Picquart entered the car
; riage which Maitre Laborie, counsel for
Dreyfus, had waiting for him in the!
station yard, some of the spectators
shouted: "Vive Picquart" and "Vive
Dreyfus." These shouts elicited counter i
' cries of "A bas Picquart." and "A mort, |
a l'eau" from a few anti-Dreyfusites j
present.
But the bark of the latter, was worse
than their bite, for not the slightest at- ;
tempt was made to carry out their
threats, and Colonel Picquart utterly
ignored, them. He did. not give even a ,
glance to the shouters as his carriage |
DECLARE THAT
THE CZAR WILL
NOT ABDICATE
Russian Officials Eeny a
Story Connected With the
Visit of Del Gasse.
— ♦ —
Special Dispatch to The Call.
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NEW YORK. Aug. 5.— A Sun
cable from London says: The au
thorities of the Russian Em
bassy deny the truth of the Lon
don Times' Paris story of the in
tended abdication of the . Czar.
The secretary of . the Embassy
added to his denial the remark:
**1 think that M. de Blowitz's in
formation upon this occasion is
nut authentic."
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. -Most of
the newspapers here cordially welcome
M. Del Casse, the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs, who arrived here yes-,
terday. The Novoe Vremya. however,
throws cold douches on the importance
the French, papers seek to - attribute to
the visit. It says that while, since the
advent of the Waldeck-Rousseau Min
istry,' a great deal, has happened ren
dering explanations desirable, the sig
nificance of the visit is wholly of a
one-sided character, and, to Russia,
it would have made "no serious differ
ence if M. Del Casse had delayed his re
turn visit and remained at his post,
where he might be better employed in
explaining to 'hif. colleagues the con
duct which the Franco- r.u.ssiar. alli
ance demand- or. the part of France."
The Novoc V remya's humor Is traced
to the supposed signs of a French rap
drove quickly away to a private house
in the town, after a brief call at Maitre
Laborie's residence.
The authorities are, apparently be
coming anxious regarding the mainten
ance of the tranquillity in Rennes dur
ing the .trial, owing to the invasion of
the town by a crowd of anti-Drey
fusites, and heroic police measures were
taken this evening to insure. peace dur
ing a couple of opposition j meetings,
which were quite private. .-.A small
number of people assembled in the
neighborhood of the house in which the
meetings were held, and this •" led the
authorities to mobolize in the locality
a force of policemen on foot, mounted
gendarmes and- a swarm of. detectives,
who closed the -streets in the vicinity,
although there was not the slightest
sign of disorder.
Cards of admission to the trial were
issued this afternoon to the representa
tives of the press. Every two foreign
correspondents, without exception, re
ceived one card between them, which
means that the leading papers of the
world outside of France will be able
to have a represent*!!', fr U7r߻nt only
every other day.
Captain Dreyfus will be conducted to
the new court room in the Lycee,
which faces the military prison across,
the . broad avenue De la Gare, every
morning and returned in the evening
between a double row of gendarmes.
Workmen have been busy day fitting
up the Salle dcs Fetes in the Lycee for
the trial; and the installation of bench- i
es, desks, etc., is already practically,
completed. A large crucifix -has 'been
brought from the military chapel and;
hung behind the seats of the judges, '
prochement, since, the first .mention of.
which the paper has published a series'
of articles Warning and threatening
France. .-;: {.". -:-
M. Del Casse's visit, however, causes:
M. DEL CASSE, French Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Whose visit to St. Petersburg is said to be for the purpose of persuading the
„: 1: „ :_ -: >„ .. Czar not to abdicate. : . -
which are placed on the stage. As the
Salle dcs Fetes is really a theater, the
proscenium has been left untouched
and will form a frame for the scenes
of the trial.
BEGINNING OF A
STRUGGLE OF PARTIES
•'NEW YORK, Aug.. 5.— A Journal
| cable . from Berlin says: Asked hi.s
j views on the present situation in
i France, Prince Bismarck replied: "The
Dreyfus trial is the beginning of a
| struggle '. of parties. As a nation,
| France may. recover from her present
sickness i after a time, and so may
I Spain from her seething discontent and
, bankruptcy; because Spain is also a
rich country, with fertile soil and
i splendid mineral wealth, which only
! need development. But the Latin races
j are doomed unless they are liberated
i from the medieval clergy. Look at the
j condition of Belgium, where the cleri
\ cal party is bound to cave in, the Flem
ish being victorious. The general mili
■ tary service as forecasted by General
I Brialmont;- will be introduced and no
mistake. ■*•_'■*
- "Italy presents a miserable state of
i affairs, approaching bakruptcy. Tax
j ation is pushed to the uttermost, while
i workmen during the summer only earn
j two lires daily. Only 3,000,000 out of
I 31,000,000 earn over 250 lires annually.
! A million and a 'half of people subsist
I upon alms. The condition there is de
; "plorable. The situation in Austria
j Hungary is rhuch better, .but the bul
| wark of Austria being the army, which
c is commanded and ever will be by Ger
mans, the unrest of ,the Balkans
amounts to .nothing so long as Russia
I has no other irons in the Are."
great satisfaction in Russian diplomat
ic circles; as it has lons, been hoped he
would attest, the solidity of the Franco-
Russian '"alliance ' By* a visit' here. He
had a long interview to-day with the
WORK OF SAMOAN
COMMISSION MEETS
CHIEFS' APPROVAL
Representatives of the Three
Powers Confer With Native
Leaders at Mulinuu.
United States Government Expected to Pay
Natives for Arms Now Being Taken
to Mare Island in the Badger.
From a Special Correspondent of The Call.
HONOLULU, H. 1., July 29.— The
United States steamer Badger,
bearing two of the three Samo
an Commissioners, arrived at
this port Wednesday afternoon,
July 26, eight days from Apia, on her
way to San Francisco. On board were
Hon. Bartlett. Tripp. United States
Commissioner, and Baron yon Stern
berg, representative of Germany. Mr.
C. N. E. Eliot, Commissioner for Great
Britain, sailed by way of New Zealand
and Australia for London to report di
rectly to his Government, v.;
The Commissioners are well satisfied
with their work at Samoa and are in
hopes that the amendments they have
proposed to the Berlin treaty will se
cure to Samoa both good government
and perpetual peace.
On the evening of July 14 there as
sembled at Mulinuu, the ancient seat
of the Samoan Government, 413 chiefs
and high chiefs cf Samoa (250 of the
Mataafa faction and 163 of the Malie
toa party), when the changes in the
proposed amendments to the original
Berlin treaty were laid before them by
the Joint High Commission and by
them unanimously adopted, and thir
teen high chiefs from each party were
selected to ratify 9id adopt such
amendments by affixi..g their names to
the official document.
It was a remarkable spectacle. Seat
ed on the green sward under the wav
ing cocoa palms of Mulinuu, several
hundred savages lovingly embraced
and rubbed noses, who a month ago
were eager for each other's head.
The Commissioners were under escort
of a guard of honor from each of the
warships of the three powers in the
harbor; neither Mataafa nor Malietoa
we. re-Present, the former being ill with
a fever and the latter did not care to
appear unless his rival was on hand,
but both were well represented by their
high chiefs. .Never since, the days of
Queen Salamasene, the first .Queen of
the' Samoan- Islands, has there been
assembled such a vast display. of na
tive nobility. <
If the Samoans are left to themselves
it is thought these relations will last,
for it is believed the natives were
sincere in their expressions when they
said they "knew that the commission
had come to Samoa for the good of
Samoa." But this would be in direct
opposition to the sentiments of the
white people on the beach, who, for
pecuniary purposes, desire to compel
the three powers to keep their war
ships in the harbor all the year round.
This means to them many dollars in
good money. Since January, 1899, the
cash estimated to have been paid to the
crews of the various ships in port is
$30,000. The best part of this money
has been spent in Apia. One store
keeper told me that it was worth to
him each month just $1500 for each
vessel in the harbor. The natives also
reap a harvest from the ships by sell
ing curios and. fruit, this being their
only means of making money, and they
of course are desirous of seeing the
ships remain in port. One of the prin
cipal traders on the beach has seven
different stores on the islands, and
since January has twice sold out the
entire stock of each store, and was*
complaining that he could not receive
his goods from San Francisco fast
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Count Muravieff, with whom he dined
in company with a number of Russian
Ministers.
The French Foreign Minister will
visit the Csar at Peterhof to-morrow.
LONDON, Aug. s.— The Vienna corre
spondent of the Observer telegraphs:
The Nene Frele Presse states that M.
del Casse's visit to St. Petersburg is
connected with future plans concerning
all the powers of the dual and triple al
liances. Prince Hohenlohe, It is said,
made definite proposals to M. del
Casse, who approved them, but desires
to gain Count Muravieff's assent. The
proposals include the formation of a
European union against -the -United
States.
WILL AGITATE AGAINST
LYNCHING AND MOB LAW
Lillian Jewett Takes the Family of a
Man E,ecently Lynched to
Boston.
CHARLESTON. Aug. . s.— Lillian Clay
ton Jewett, the Boston girl who recently
created a sensation in that city by de
claring* that she would come to Charleston
and take north with her the family of the.
late Frailer B. Baker, who was lynched
SEVENTEEN KILLED AND
THIRTY-SEVEN INJURED
PARIS, Aug. s.— Seventeen persons were killed and thirty-
seven injured in a collision at 9:30 this evening on the Orleans Rail-
way at Juvisy. The disaster was the result of imperfect signaling.
The collision was between the Orleans. Lyons, Paris and Nantes
9:40 train and the Paris and Lyons Mediterranean train, which leit
cicht minutes late.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
enough to stock up again. Had it not
been for the war his stock of goods
would still be on the shelves.
This, of course, is merely one side ot
the question. There are many other
traders who have lost money and prop
erty and who will be glad that peace la
at least temporarily established. The
report that Malietoa Tanu was to b»
banished to the Fiji Islands is entirely
without foundation.
The proposed amendments to the
Berlin treaty consist briefly as follows:
The kingship is forever abolished on
the islands of Samoa. In place of a
King there will be an Administrator,
possibly some man from the Dutch
West Indies, as by long years of ex
perience the Dutch thoroughly under
stand the management of colonies. The
islands will be divided into districts,
each district to be ruled by a Governor,
who will be a native chief. The munic
ipal district of Apia will be governed
by a Mayor, and there will also be a
Municipal Magistrate. Although the
Chief Justice of Samoa has retired,
having left on the last mail steamer
for San Francisco, there will be an
other man appointed in his place. The
native judges will be allowed to try
all cases of crimes and offenses com
mitted by natives only, according to
the laws and customs of Samoa. So,
practically speaking, the Samoans will
govern themselves, although every
thing will be subject to the approval of
the Administrator, who will be the
"Big Chief Man."
The abolishment of the kingship. It
was expected, would be a bitter pill to
both Mataafa and Malietoa as well as
to the chiefs and high chiefs, but on
the contrary they seem to all outward
appearances to be perfectly satisfied
with the decision of the Commissioners.
- The Badger has on board about 3500
rifles which were surrendered by the
natives on each side. These arms will
be turned in at the navy yard at Mare
Island. An appraisal of their value
was made by representatives of - the
three powers and the natives will prob
ably be reimbursed.
The importation of arms, other than
those used for sporting purposes, is
prohibited. Violation of this ; law is
made punishable by a fine of $2500.
The claims filed with the Commis
sioners by the residents of Samoa
amount to about $440,000. Of this
amount $25,000 is asked by the native
population. The principal claims for
indemnity are those of the French
Catholic Mission, which asks $22,000,
and the German firm which claims
$1900. These two claims are largely the
result of looting done by the native
soldiers at Mulinuu while under the In
structions of the English officers. Dur
ing the war and during the armistice
the natives were penned in at Mulinuu
and were short of rations. The English
officers ordered them into the bush on
weekly foraging expeditions, and they
looted the first available place, which
was the property of the French Mission
and the German firm. •
The commission has received no in
structions in regard to these claims and
have arrived at no decision as to what
will be done with them. While they
have filed the claims, they have in na
way committed either themselves or
the powers as to the manner in which
they will finally be treated.
at Lake City, S. C, in IS9S, with a view
to beginning an agitation against mob
law, has carried out her design. Miss Jew
ett arrived here Friday morning, accom
panied by her mother and a young man
named R. ('. Larsen. Bne had frequent
conferences with the Baker woman and
her friends and as a result she left here
for Boston this afternoon accompanied by
the entire Baker family, the mother and
five children. Miss Jewett said her plans for
the future were not yet formulated, but
she proposed t*j> hold mass-meetings
throughout the north t.i arouse popular
sentiment against lynching and mob law
generally
The Rev. J. L. Dart, a colored minister
of this city, who recently spent some time
in 80.-ton. returned to this city to-day and
opposed violently the removal of the Ba
kers from Charleston. He declared chat
Miss Jewett and those who stand Witt
her merely want to get control of the
Bakers and make notoriety and money
for themselves. -
YELLOW FEVER AT HAVANA.
; Two Marines Dead, but Soldiers Are
Free From the Disease.
HAVANA, Aug. 5.— -Duncan Marr, a
marine, died here to-day of yellow fever.
\ The marines are still in the barracks,
i where, out of forty, two have died, while
I out of 2000 soldiers he^there has not been
I a single case of yellow fever. Within the
i last two or three months General Ludlow
. . has* repeatedly urged the removal of the
marines.