davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
SUSPECT THE TREASURER,
officials Investigating the Burn.
ing Of a County Court.
house.
Evidence That Vaults and Records
Were Tempered With Just Before
the Fire.

LINCOLN, NEBR., Dec. 5.-State House
officials are in possession of facts which
will lead to a searching investigation Of
the burning of the Gosper County court
house at Elwood on November IA. Accord
ing to reports received c. A. McCloud,
State Examiner of County Treasures, ar
rived at Elwood on November 13 and
had spent one day examining the accounts
of w. E. Aldrich, County Treasurer. He
says Treasurer Aldrich and young clerk
came back to the courthouse at night to do
some work and remained until IL o'clock.
They went away. and at o'clock in the
morning the courthouse was destroyed by
fire.
Subsequent examination showed that
the vault was in fair condition, although
some one had been in it and not only
opened the inside vault door leading into
the County Clerks Office, but also left
open the inner door of the vault which
leads into the County Treasuler's office.
The outer door of these two entrances to
the vault preserved the records.
The discovery was also made that many
of the Treasurer's books were missing.
Examiner McCloud has been instructed to
continue his investigation and an ex-
tended report is expected soon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
KILLING OFF THE BUFFALO,,
Within a Short Time No Wild
Animals Will Be Left in the
National Park.
Incompetency of Soldiers and Officers
Shown by the Wholesale
Slaughter.

HELENA, Mont, Dec. 5.-If the present
rate at which the wild animals in the Ma
tional Park are being killed is continued it
will not be many months ere that beauti-
full park will have lost all its larger game.
The wholesale slaughter demonstrates that
the officers and soldiers put there to guard
the park and protect the animals are either
incompetent or unable to do the work.
Not many years or months ago the park
herd of buffalo numbered about 500 and
to-day it is impossible TO find fifty head.
One gentleman who came from the park
last week said that he visited every nook
of the place and saw less than twenty.
He was sent down as an official investi-
gator OF that very matter and made that
report on his return. His visit was con-
nected with the recent arrest of Thomas
Courtney of Butte, who is now under
bonds of $1,000 to appear before Judge Nc
Hatton to answer to the charge of killing
twelve buffalo in the park. He killed the
animals only recently and sold some of
the heads and hides in Butte. The au-
thorities are 10th to take any notice of
these depredations, and Courtney would
not have been molested had he not openly
sold the skins and told where he killed the
animals.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
Waiting for the Presidents Mes
sage Not the Only Motive
for Delay.
SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY AROUSED.
Of All the Concerns That Promised
Gold Only One Made Any
Shipments.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 5.-Some months
ago Pittsburg bankers formed syndicate
for the purpose of raising $1,0OO,0O0 in
gold for shipment to Washington for the
purpose of keeping up the treasury reserve
fund. At that time the Pittsburg bankers
were as willing to help out Uncle Sam as
any bankers in the country. A rupture,
however. has occurred somewhere-iust
where nobody seems to know-and as q
result the 81, 900, 900 has not been raised.
James H. Wilcox, president of the Sec
ond National Bank, Pittsburg, took it upon
himself 10 raise the money in this city.
He is said to have visited every one of the
sixty odd banking institutions here. and
cured promises aggregating $1,000,000.
Eight or ten of the largest and soundest
banks in the city had agreed to furnish
this amount. 1t was resolved to wait
until alter the Presidents message
was submitted, ostensibly for the purpose
of learning just what the administration
desired in the way of financial rehabilita-
ton.
Back of this, however, there seems to
have been hidden motive for delay.
Jealousy had been stirred up among the
banks, and the trouble makers were rap
idly sowing the seeds of discomfort.
Promises were withdrawn and those who
had opposed the syndicate idea from the
first chuckled heartily as they saw the
million-dollar fund dwindle down to
paltry 100000. AS an excuse for broken
pledges several said they had talked the
matter over and concluded that there was
no use of draining the banks of gold when
the depletion of the Government reserve
fund was habtual. They maintained that
as long as there were no remedies forth
coming to stop the steady drain on the
treasury, it was just like sinking gold into
| an endless abyss.
OF all the banks that had promised to
send gold to the treasury only one could
be found to-day that lived up to its obliga-
tions. This was the Peoples National
Bank. which shipped 100000 yesterday.
This bank also shipped $150,0O0 in gold
some months ago, making $250,00O in all.
Most of the cashiers and bankers when
questioned to-day on the matter would
give no reason for the change in sentiment,
but curtly replied that they had nothing
to say.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06

Cleveland'S UtteranceS Cause Dis.
cussion Among Canadian
Politicians.
Government Organs Declare the Presi.
dent Entirely Neglected Home
Affairs.

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Dec. 5.-President
Cleveland. message to Congress has been
of more than ordinary interest to Cana
dian political circles, and for the time
being is causing no end of discussion.
The World, the organ of the Govern
ment party, to-day printed dispatch from
its correspondent in Ottawa, severely
arraigning the message. The principal
topic of interest to Canadians is the section
referring to the Bering Sea control.
The dispatch says: President Cleve-
lands observations on Bering Sea control
show clearly that he has been loaded up
the wrong way. He complains about
British vessels not cooperating in making
the patrol effective. If the English men
of-war do not do their duty the United
States cruisers overdid theirs. Twenty
eight Canadian vessels operated in Bering
Sea during the past season, every one OF
which was visited by an American cruiser
one to six times. OF the United States
sealing vessels, fifteen in number, it turns
out that only two were properly equipped
with licenses and flags, showing that the
United States cruisers neglected to watch
their own vessels. Three seizures were
made of Canadian vessels, none of which
were justified by the courts
Nearly all the other Government organs
in Montreal, Ottawa and Ontario are
equally condemnatory of the foregoing
phase of the message, and speaking edi-
torially, the Globe says that the message
is nothing else than lot of nothingness,
with too much attention to outside affairs
and not enough to home ones.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
THIS FROM THE SPANISH.
reported Defeat OF the United Insurgent
Forces.

HAVANA, CUBA, Dec. 5.-On December
2 the Spanish columns, under the COM
mand OF Generals Suarez, Valdez and Ma
varro. mum bering 1850 men combined, had
an engagement with the united insurgent
forces of Maxine Gomez and Maceo,
which have formed junction in Riforma,
between Las Villas and Camaguey. The
rebels, who were 1000 strong, lost large
number of killed and wounded. The
Spanish troops captured the rebel camp
and pursued the insurgents to Trilladeros.
In the reports of the battle received
here special mention is made of the valor-
Gus conduct of the English officers, Lieu
tenant Winston Churchill, son of the late
Lord Randolph Churchill, and Lieutenant
Barnes, both OF the Fourth Huzzars OF the
British army, who recently joined the
Spanish forces in Cuba.
In the rebel camp was found a number
of doCu ments pertaining to the Govern
ment OF the so-cailed Cuban republic.
The Spanish troops were REINFORCED by
General Aldeco with his command, bring
ing their mum Der up to 1000 men, and this
force followed the retreating rebels. Cap
tain Iencensa ofthe Spanish army has had
an encounter with q band of rebels under
the leader Sayas, in which twenty rebels
were killed and wounded. Sayas' horse
was killed under him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06

roos, Alashgird and Byazio. The entire
Erzeroum province has beeen deluged in
Christian blood and the bulk of Christian
property plundered or destroyed.
The Government is making a show OF
distributing the plunder collected from the
barracks to the rightful owners, though
this attempt is rather farcical. A few will
get something back, a good many will get
| nothing. The Government is giving out
bread to the destitute. How long this will
continue is not known.
more recently there was a scare and the
firing began to be general all over the city.
The people became terrified and rushed
for places of safety. Ten or fifteen were
killed. However, the Government took
prompt measures to suppress the firing
and it continued only about an hour. 1t
started from the quarrel of two soldiers
over loot, in which one shot the other.
The Consuls have done all they possibly
can for the safety of the city. The English
Consuls have done everything for the
safety of life and property. The Consuls
have suggested that the various Governors
be made personally responsible for the
safety of the foreigners, both Consuls and
missionaries. Only foreign occupation will
establish beneficial change. The reform
scheme was born dead and there is no hope
from that quarter. If Europe delays longer
the suffering this winter will be most har-
rowing.
''The Turks declare that the Armenians
made an attack on the Government house,
and so the affair began. This declaration
is absolutely without foundation. There
was no attack even contemplated by Ar
menians The first shot was an aged
priest, who was at the Government house
to present a complaint to the Governor.
He had been robbed in his own house in
the village Of Tivnig, and only got off with
his life by giving a note for $500 for five
days He was an inoffensive old man and
would be the last man in the world to offer
an attack.
THE attack was made by Moslems after
leaving the mosques after the noon hour
of prayer, and it was simultaneous all over
the city. The Armenians were in their
places of business, the most of which were
simply death-traps in case of any sort of
attack. The silversmlths' row was cut off
at either end. Not man escaped, and
the shops were not only plundered but
wrecked.
"The more violent Armenans - the
Hunchagists, had determined to keep
perfectly quiet till the scheme OF reform
was we'll tried. Those who are forced to
give up plumber are bitterly complaining
that they were told to plunder and now are
forced to give up what they got, besides
having ruined their Armenian neighbors
and friends. The scheme of reform has
now become an impossibility. The only
hope of this land is foreign occupation.
This part of the country will undoubtedly
fall to Russia.
''We hope the time is not far distant
when we shall see order restored on a
permanent basis. Very many bread
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
COMPANIES MAY COMBINE.
Judge ShowaKer Decides Famous Case
in Favor of the Chicago Gas
Concern

CHICAGO, ILL, Dec. Sat the conclu-
sion Of arguments in the case of Pitt Bar
rows against the Chicago Gas Company,
in the United States court this afternoon,
Judge Showalter surprised everybody, in
Guiding counsel on both sides of the case
by deciding it at once. 1t was thought he
would take the case, which involves some
nice points at law. under advisement for
at least two months. The decision was in
favor OF the gas company, and according
to 1t they can now com bine when and
where they please. Pitt Barrows, a Con-
neeticut bondholder of the company,
asked for an injunction to restrain the
different companies furnishing gas to Chi
cago from com bining, as he understood
their purpose to be under the new re-
organization plan. This injunction Judge
Showalter refused to grant.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
RESCUED FROM THE GYPSIES.
The Little Daughter of Prominent Boston
Man Kdndped and Taken to
Canada.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Dec. 5.-Secretary
Lamonche of the detective department to-
day succeeded in finding the 3-year-old
daughter of William Leonard, one of the
most prominent citizens of Boston, Mass,
who disappeared over six months ago.
The case has caused great excitement in
New England, as it was thought that the
child had been kidnapped. The develop
ments prove that to have been true. as the
child was discovered with baud of gyp-
sizes at Point Lewis, opposite Quebec, on
the other side of the river. They had
been trying to evade the pursuit of tho
special detective. but were run down to-day
near the former place and the child found
in their possession. The child will be re-
turned to its parents at once and the chief
of the gypsies arraigned on the charge Of
kidnapping.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
Over Seven Hundred Men Under
CampoS Killed in the En-
gagement.
GENERAL ALDAVE WAS SLAIN.
Panic Seized the Regulars, and They
Dispersed in Most DiSorderly
Manner.

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 5.-A special to
the Transcript this evening from Santiago
de Cuba, by way of Key West, says: The
great battle between the Spaniards and
the Insurgents at Ingasco, Department Of
Las Villas, fought late last month, was not
a defeat for the insurgents, as given out by
Spanish authorities, but was a most glori-
Gus victory FOR them. This news is re-
Ceived from the most reliable sources in
the insurgent camp.
The description of the battle as gwen by
the patriots was as follows: In this battle
the Spanish troops mum Dered 10000, under
the command of Generals Campos, Luque
and Garrich. The insurgents mum bered
1000, divided in two bodies, 1000 under the
command of General Maxine Gomez, and
1000 infantry and 1000 cavalry under the
command Of General Antonio Maceo.
The Spanish troops made the attack on
Maxine Gomez with his 1000 soldiers,
The battle lasted all day and only ceased
on account of darkness. The Spanish,
thinking that Gomez had retired from his
position, were ready to move forward in
pursuit when, to their astonishment they
found Gomez and his men at the break of
day ready formed in line of battle.
4 furious engagement then took place.
While the Spaniards were engaged with
Gomez, General Maceo with his infantry
and cavalry fell upon the Spanish from the
rear, charging with sabers and machetes
and scattering the Spanish in confusion.
Panic seized them and they were forced
TO disperse in the most disorderly and de-
moralized manner, leaving 700 killed and
q great numbe wounded,
Among the dead was General Aldave.
The insurgents captured 760 rides and large
quantities of ammunition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06

ago. Detective Reilly suggested it him
self to one of fWestley McReynolds' friends,
saying: II hear that the Wards for whom
Westley worked heard him coughing IN
bed the night of the murder, but don't
believe it." That was the bait Westley
McReynolds heard, and he swallowed 1t.
Since that time he is depending on that
alibi. The Wards deny they saw Westley
that night. There is wonderful reyul-
sion of feeling in regard TO the accused
men since the methods of the private oe-
tectives to obtain their conviction have
been bruited. 1t is now believed that even
if indictments are found a conviction can
not follow on account of the lack OF evil
dence. The situation is so very different
from that of Sunday, when Senator John
Shine of Mariposa, Stanislaus and Tuo-
lumne believed it advisable to drive to
Chinese Camp with Jim Gillis, Truthful
James," as he is better known, to talk to
the mob and prevent the prospective
lynching-
There is quarrel that has started among
some of the friends of the murdered man.
1t seems that at the time of the arrest the
telephone wires of Calaveras and Tuolumne
SOuiitlOo NOiC hCpI bOt W SOhiOOOdy SoAA
ing up George Morris friends, telling them
of the cold blooded murder and urging the
speedy lynching of the suspected. This
was an appeal OF great significance, the de-
ceased standing not only as very popular
man among the masses, but as prominent
member of the Knights of Pythias and of
the Foresters, representing force of 2l3
friends and brothers in the county. The
telephone agencies in the various town.
ships and stations on realizing that trouble
was brewing cut off the wires. Now this
attempt to gather mob for lynching pur-
poses is known to everybody and no one
cares to shoulder it, preferring to let the
blame rest on another. The result is that
the Morris brothers at Chinese Camp, who
are the telephone agents, are being accused
of the whole matter. They deny it, ard in
some way Private Detective Reilly and one
of the night clerks at the City Hotel in
Sonora have come together with mutual
accusations of guilt. No matter who tried
to incite the riot, it had a retrograding ef
feet and the men in Jail have much better
chance for fair trial by jury than they
have had before.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06

has received many recruits, although as
yet he has refused to give his exact inten-
tentions as to the disposal of the army.
The authorities learned to-day of q SINH
lar attempt being made in this city to
enlist the cause of all Eastern Armenians
into an armed struggle The leader of the
Government in this city is Rev. Quarchin
B. Chitiian, and when seen by THE CALL
correspondent to-day he had this to say
about the movement:
"We have begun and will continue to
cause uprisings year after year until we
dismember the Turkish Government.
may not do any fighting in the mountains
myself, but l will do that which Will be of
greater consequence. l will go about
among my people, organize them and
spur them on to fight for their liberty.
They are ready to die: Their dear ones
are dead. We are going to our deaths, but
do not think that this country will per-
nit any further massacres.
''Let 900, 900 die if it will free 2,000,0 900
Armenians. We will not depend on our
force which we gather in America, as it
will probably not number over 1000, but
we will gain recruits in Europe, and then
snail nglC until we are eAtcIInlUdtcU.
know that if do not fight for my liberty
and keep silent that the Turkish Govern
ment will again be on US with slaughter.
We will die fighting rather than in silence.
We are trying to make the people power
in the direct way. If we do not make it
systematic organization we shall be
powerles..
A special meeting Of the prudential COM
mittee of tie American Board of Foreign
Missions was called to-day, and as result
an order has been issued calling on the
members forming the Red Cross Society,
of whic. Miss Clara Barton of Washington
Is president, to undertake relief work in
Turkey a, an international organization
in that country.
1t is though that this humanitarian or
ganization being international in its char
acter is the only one that can sue
cessfully carry out the work of American
relief, as Turkey herself being a member
of the society cannot forbid its work.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
CLEFELAND WIS UNFAIR.
Cuban Patriots Say He Did Not State the
RenE FnctS.

Real Facts.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Dec. Emanuel
Sanguily, brother of Julio Sanguily. who
was recently sentenced in Cuba to life i'm,
prisonment for aiding the Cuban rebels,
was delegated by the revolutionary party
to express the general Cuban opinion on
that part of President Cleveland's mes
sage which referred to the situation on the
island.
Sanguily said: "The message as far as
it refers to Cuba is a severe utterance,
though l do think the President has been
enormously informed concerning the
actual status of the war. He says that the
rebellion is confined to the eastern part of
Cuba. Ii he means by the eastern part all
that portion of the island lying east of
Havana he is correct; but that would
acknowledge the fact that the Cuban.
occupy four-ffths OF the island. If he
means the part east of Camaguay he is in
error, because the revolution extends
throughout Camaguay and La Villas, and
there have been revolts in Matanzas, where
there are many insurgents.
The President says the Cubans are fight
ing in order TO achieve more autonomy.
The truth is that they never had any
autonomy at all The last method en-
ployed by Spain in implanting in Cuba
this so-called autonomy would have led
only to a reorganization Of the Govern
ment in a centralized manner subject to
the dictation of Madrid.
he Presidents references to the dis
orders in the islands, to their effect on the
commercial relations with this country,
were not in the vein which would have
oeen employed by great statesman, but
the PRESIDENT ought to know the cause of
all the disturbances and disorders is the
tyrannical policy of Spain in Cuba against
the feeling and aspirations of its native
inhabitants. think the course which
statesman should adopt would be to pre-
vent this by striking at the root of the
evil"
Senor Estrada, the Minister of the Revo-
iuuonary Government in the United
States, would only say that SanguiIy had
expressed his views He added that he
believed the President had given Spain
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
DELUGED IN CHRISTIAN BLOOD.
Tirid Story of the Bold Plumber of Many
Provinces.

BOSTON, MASS, Dec. ga letter de-
scriptive of recent events in Erzeroum,
Asiatic Turkey, has been received in Bos-
ton from a correspondent, who says that
the city is quiet and the Government is
trying to reassure the people.
"But," he adds, sit did that prior to the
massacre, and the people are in state of
nervous panic. The strain to which they
have been subjected has been wearying,
and the future is uncertain. The doors of
the houses were beaten in and houses
plundered Of everything, and many OF the
poor people have not even money enough
to get the doors repaired, and they are
afraid to sleep behind broken doors.
about 700 houses and about 1900 shops
were plundered of all that was in them.
The number of killed can never be known,
for there were many strangers IN the city
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06

but it must be very near 1000, if it has not
passed it. The number of wounded in the
hospital is over 100 and many remain in
hiding. The very large proportion of killed
demonstrates the fact that the attack was
with intent to kill, which was confirmed
by the awful nature of the wounds.
"The present condition OF the people is
as bad as that of Sassoun after the
massacre. There no houses remained, but
the people could get to districts where they
could be housed and scantily fed. Here no
district has escaped, and the stories from
villages of the outlying districts are heart
rendinQ. The attack seems to have been
almost universal and very bloody. The
wanton destruction of property that could
not be removed will be very marked.
Boxes and other furniture were split and
provisions that could not be carried away
were DESTROYED. Pickles and preserves were
emptied into four-boxes and beets, pota-
toes, -four and other provisions were piled
in the middle OF the floor and trampled
into pulp.
"In Erzeroum alone there are between
two and three thousand people destitute of
fuel, bedding and food, and the majority
have only the clothes they have on their
backs. The remnants of the villages are
even worse off. Seventy five thousand
dollars were to have been expended in Sas-
SCUM this winter. The Sassoun affair is
forgotten in this thousandfold more dire
calamity that has befallen the country.
THE wave started at Constantinople,
and has so far swept through Trebizond,
Il;
most of the intervening districts. OF the
districts, aside from the cities, that have
suffered are: Vegung, at the west; Ke-
makh, Erzingan, Terian, Baboort, Kooroo
Chai, Ezroom slain, Keepoo, Passen, Kra-