The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1898, Page 3

FRANCISCO CALL, PREDICTS AN THE SAN SUNDAY, JUNE 12 occupying temporarily a seat upon the ADVERTISEMENTS. floor. The laughter was renewed when Mr. Clarke added, “It is unnecessary to say that I prepared that for the regular THERE’S DEBATE ON ANNEXATION OF HAWAII Advocates De ands a Necessity. | Opponents Show try Already Has a Good Route to the Ph Call Office, Riggs House, | Washington, June 11. The Hawallan debate in the House began to-day. Six speeches were made, covering generally the contention of the support and opposition to the reso- luttons providing for annexation Hitt (R.) of Illinols and Dinsmore of Arkansas, the ranking Republican nad Democratic members respectively of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, opened the debate for and against annexation. Clay (D.) of Missouri spoke in oppo- on, and Walker (R.) of Massachu- | blebiscite,” clare the Military Isl- That This Coun- ilippines. = It would be, he insisted, the first step upon a policy of colonial aggression, in antagonism to the established rule of the Government and he added that the reaching out into foreign lands and the establishment thereof of American In- | stitutions would necessitate the aban- donment of the Monroe doctrine. Logic would dictate it and the world would demand it. America could not inter- fere in other lands and prohibit for- eign interference in affairs of the North and South America continents. Dinsmore launched into a long dis; cussion of the illegality of annexation by reason, reading from many legal | House adjourned at 4:45 occupant of the chair.” Concluding his speech, Clarke spoke of the resulting representation of Ha- wall in the House and Senate and the attendant danger. He attacked furt- ther the proposition to annex on the ground that the republic of Hawail was the result of a conspiracy upon the part of the sugar interests of the islands. That the people of the islands had been shut out from expressing their desire was shown, he said, by the decrease of suffrage, 14,000 under the monarchy, to 2500 under the republic. “Let there be a declared Mr. Clarke, ‘“‘and let the people exercise the right which is theirs to say how they shall be gov- erned.” Walker (R.) of Massachusetts. spoke for the resolution, denying that annex- ation would be follcwed by territorial | expansion. He said Hawail was a com- mercial, military and naval necessity. He digressed briefly to advocate the construction of the Nicaragua canal as one of the greatest needs of the United | States, and contended that Hafvaii would be essentizl to complete control of the canal by America. At the conclusion - his soeech the m. CAPTAIN RUDGERS TO COMMAND THE PURITAN. The Heat of the Tropics Plays Havoc With the Health of the Officers. WASHINGTON, June 11.—Captain Frederick Rodgers, formerly president of the Naval Auxiliary Board, has been ordered to command the big monitor Puritan, now with Admiral Sampson’s fleet. He relleves Captain P. F. Har- rington, who has been prostrated by the terrible heat to which he has been subjected during his long stay in Cu- ban waters. Lieutenant-Commander W. H. Everett, comamnding the light- house tender Mangrove, has also suc- cumbed to the hardships of the Cuban blockade. Both officers have been re- moved to the naval hospital at Key West for treatment. The assignment of Captain Rodgers EASY VICTORY Views of a San Juan Resident. CITY NOT WELL DEFENDED AMERICANS SHOULD ATTACK BY SEA. Could Compel a Surrender and Land | an Army of Occupation { Without Loss of Life. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. KEY WEST, June 11.—Mr. C. K.| Ajevado, who was for twelve years a | resident of San Juan, Porto Rico, is | in favor of the United States taking possession of Porto Rico at once. He said: “The Unmited States expedition can land where it pleases in Porto Rico, ex- | cept in the neighborhood of San Juan. | The best harbor in Porto Rico is Guan- vea, west of Ponce, and south of San Juan, from which latter place it is dis- tant eighteen hours’ carriage ride. The roads between Guanyea and San Juan, | as, indeed, everywhere in Porto Rico, | are excellent and troops with supplies could be moved through the inland | readily; but I would not advise expos- | ing men to the sun on long marches. | This, in spite of the fact that the cli- | BUT . ONE ADMIRAL DEWEY Whose deeds at Manila stand out in history as the most dashing and daring mnaval engage=- ment in the history of time. There’s but one fitting emulation to im- still in the yound mind of this naval hero, one artistic creation worthy of such a noble hero, and that is our ADMIRAL DEWEY SUIT. It is a work of art. It is a sailor im Sray, with the cross cannons embossed in white satin, with the star above, and em-~ bossed in white satin the nams of owr Illws- setts, Alexander (R.) of New York | works to show, that no power existed et BT o 3 St oW, 0 xis — ~ mate of Porto Rico is the healthiest in | i ; 210, and Gillette (R.) of Massachusetts in |to thus annex. Replying to those who | heicoria . Phs ralaviee daaceantl triows Hero—D=wey. advocacy of the proposition. There was | contend that Hawaif is a commercial begin until August and is of short du- | The sleeve is a plaited affair, wi a good attendance in the galleries, but | an al necessity as a midocean sup- | Satlont s Yellow Feverita simests un-| o 2 : ! Ip oot .fllt 7, with amn nardly a quorum was at.any time upon | PI¥. station, he declared. there was al Jr6nn. Ourlmeh howeserBaic 0oL Imerican }_‘ia,: ands aff embossed in colored the floor. The debate will continue | T8 ,‘"a“rnu‘t];&:D}iorlxi:ng:h };‘(;:fi!(;’:o used to the hot weather and would wilt | silk. Its for little fellows between the ages anc o0 Man! S 8 cisc | ¢ 53 Mondey Dwaisy anf Wosniudcs, ssia{Sol i Musls sl Tomae e o gt B e | of 8and 8. It's a dream of loveliness, and probably forty members will make jcan possessions, 800 miles shorter than be landed, ‘The American fieet should | will be shown to yow Monday. speech the Hawallan route. ine Aleutian | finish the work that Admiral Sampson The proceedings began with a mutual | route, said he, is open the entire year, | started last month ard batter down P al by Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio | and the coldest weather on record at| Morro and Fort San Carles. The forts 4 son (D.). 41f‘\ irginia of “un- a Alle;xptl:;\;u:éaih‘atde};gr:‘ese agl;‘r;;: Srdinot atiall Impregmabla: watoariate| Military Capes for Boys and Girls, in and injurious language'’ zero. 3 08 S | stroy them at some expense, but, j & = : - - » ch other in the heat | with the aid of colllers, could operate | ) e oiian the el gude: : blue, with soldier buttons on ’em. ¥ night, when the agalnst the Western coast. The hold- | | ithontilosator life SRR e troopsi] The House, 42 Tupper Street, Montreal, ccupied by Eamous ““Spy’’ Letter, Recently Made Public, Was Taken. With Having Abstracted It, Senors Carra but Was on Trial Acquitted. uza and Dubosc, From Which the Detective Kellert Was Charged hue conference report was under | deration. ing of Hawali would necessitate the| keeping of a powerful naval force there to the Puritan leaves a vacancy in the command of the cruiser Philadelphia, now fitting out at San Francisco for can be landed to defeat the Spanish | soldlers and take possession of the city. The occupation of San Juan would end | the war in Porto Rico, for the Span- | jards could not make a stand anywhere else. | “I do not under estimate the strength | of the forts. New batteries have been | constructed: new and modern guns mounted and the force of 8000 Spanish | | regular soldiers has been doubled. The | 3000 volunteers are valueless. There are garrisons at Ponce and other towns, but the great mass of troops are at San Juan. ‘After the fleet has silenced the forts | | the harbor may be counter-mined and | | cleared of obstructions, transports | taken and troops landed. As the in-| habitants of Porto Rico are thoroughly | disaffected American troops would not | | be required to subdue the country; the | | people generally would welcome our { soldiers. Porto Rico has not been! | ravaged by a war. Horses, cattle and all food supplies are abundant and al- though there is no railroad system the first-class carriage roads render com- munication with all parts of the island easy. It would be a pity to destroy San Juan, which is a fine town with nicely paved streets, wider than those | of old Havana. Steps were recently | taken to bring in good water. Our | soldiers could obtain good water in all | parts of the island and there is no swamp land as { Cuba. { “The cheapest, quickest and most hu- | mane way of conquering Porto Rico is by the use of the big guns of our fleet. | A land siege of (San Juan would- be slow and expensive both in the matter | of men and money."” [ THIRD EXAMINATION ' OF THE CENTENNIAL The Senate amendments to the bill | and would not relieve in any sense the anizing the naval hos}ital corps | necessity for keeping a great force at service on the Pacific station, to which H ere concurred in, and Hitt (R.) | the seaports of the estern coast. | he was originally assigned several Owners Will Have Another Chance to of Illinois, chairman of the Committee | Speaking of the suggestion that Ha- | weeks ago. In view of the reported de- Show the Condition of on Foreign Affairs, then was recog- | wail would be essential to the control | sire of Captain Crowninshield, chief of the Vessel. ‘ egin the Hawailan debate ad- He reviewed the nds resolution al with those nized to ating annexation visions of th 8 yeing practically identi said, the question was an d annexation met with the the Hawaiian republic, and straint sug- J The only was whether Government to strategic importance he said they constituted but nevertheless nineteen gri ers kept constantly their representatives to protect interests because of their pecu- Hitt quoted many naval s in asserting that the pos- the islands was of great im- and pointed out that no fleet e from Asfatic waters to ope- inst the western coast without a small of the Nicaragua canal, Dinsmore said San Francisco was 1000 miles nearer the proposed mouth of the canal than Ha- waii. the suggested Anglo-American alliance as being something much to be desired | by England, but to_be avoided by th United States. Protesting final against taking the islands, he said: we take them, God help us.” 7 Gillette (R.) of Massachusetts, In| support of annexation, declared that | conditions had greatly changed since | the days of Washington, when the pol- | icy of the new country was reasonably | against territorial extension. Then, he | sald, it was farther from Massachus- | setts to Pennsylvania than now from | New York to Europe. He argued for | Hawall as a military and naval neces- | sity, a controlling point of trade and | naval operations in the Pacific. Alexander (R.) of New York said the t the Bureau of Navigation, for sea duty, it is not improbable he may be given the command of the Philadelphia. It is expected that she will go into com- GENEROUS OFFER OF THE RED CROSS ACCEPTED Aid of the National Association Will Be Welcome at the Army Camps. WASHINGTON, June 11.—Surgeon- General Sternberg of the army has sent to the chief surgeons of the army corps and divisions the following proposition made by the American National Red Cross Association: “We can put any desired amount of supplies, ice, milk, condensed milk, ete., into any of the volunteer camps in a few hours. Wil you be kind enough to WASHINGTON, June 11.—The War | Department has acceded to the request | of the owner of the steamer Centennial, | the treaty before the Senate and| pDinsmore argued that tion | mission at the Mare Island Navy Yard | v o] B % 5 insr gue at annexatior Y Navy Yard | now on the Pacific Coast, that another | - of the one which was negotlated | would mean foreign entanglements and | on the 1st proximo. | examination shall be made of her. The ears sinc in this connection he protested against | | next examination will be made by a board composed of Rear Admiral Kirk- | land, named by the Secretary of the Navy at the request of A tant Sec- retary Meiklejohn; a representative of | the owners, and a third person to be | selected by these two. This will be the third examination made of the vessel | and the decision of the committee will determine finally, so far as the War Department is concerned, the question whether she will be taken as a trans- port_or not. ADVERTISEMENTS. S [n New York a short while ago a baby was born in jail. Its mother was be- Military Swits—two new ones—The Miles, The Merritt; the Miles in blwe, the Merritd in cadet gray. Soldier Caps for Boys anl @Girls, the prettiest of ‘em. Sailor Hats for Boys and Girls, with patriotic emblems on ’em. We're headquarters for these doods. [ % Al i q ,’u{/!“ “”f"‘g"h A wonderfully pretty swit ig 2he suit we call your attention to in picture opposite. It’s a sweet little affair in blue,in & very rich shade of blue, with contrast inlaid collar, many rows of soutache on the collar, on jront revers two embossed silk stars, the vest trimmed very novelly; in fact. a novel suit; in fact, a $5 suit. They’ll be given a run Monday at $2.50. " | i oy N | The question of a fashionabls | hat is no longer an exorbitant expense. Itused to be before we entered the hat business, but our | Hat Department has leaped into such popular favor that every ching at Hawaii for supplies and | victory of Dewey made the annexation | Tomoaling The eontrol of the islands of Hawali a present necessity and made | Pring this letter to the attention of ing tried for | stylish dresser about town is @ would be p: .ally an effectual bar- | it wise to provide for its possession and | Secretary Alger and ask him if there murder. Every i He ex- womanly heart | patron of this department, rier to attack upon our Western inter- ests, As illustrating the value of the fisl-| ands, Hitt spoke of the recent victory of Admiral Dewey and the necessity of sending re-enforcements to him. This work of re-enforcement could not be accomplished without the American | ships putting into Hawail to recoal. | Referring to the present attitude of Hawalil in its open friendship and the aiding of America, involving the viola- tion of all neutrality laws before the whole world, Hitt contended that Spain would have a just and enforceable claim against the Hawaiian republic for all damages done to her by Ameri- can forces aided by Hawaii in violation of neutrality. This country should not | hesitate to relieve Hawali of the pros- pective burden and to show apprecla- control for future emergencies. pressed the conviction that Hawali would be offered by the Hawallan Gov- ernment to England if this country should refuse to accept it, and, having refused, the United States could not interfere with the Hawalians disposing of their own territory. Clarke (D.) of Missouri, opposing the resolution, spoke against an enlarged colonization policy as something “gorgeous in appearance, but fatal in experience, or else history is a lie.” As a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs he said General Scho- field had testified before the committee that Pearl harbor was the only harbor in Hawaii that could be fortified, and “that,” declared Clarke, “is under the control of this country, and from a is any objection to our appointing a Red Cross representative to report to the commanding officer and the chief surgeon in every camp; confer with them as to their immediate needs, and if anything of any kind is wanting open there a Red Cross station and send supplies? We can do this, not in a few weeks or in a few days, but in a few hours, and can furnish any quan- tity of any desired luxury or delicacy for hospital use. We hereby tender our- selves and put our organization at the ‘War Departmen service for co-oper- ation in this field.” Secretary Alger has approved of the propositions, and the surgeons have been directed to co-operate with_ the authorized agents of the association for the purpose indicate — gives a throb of sympathy at fi!hought of the | %~ blight upon the h poor little aby’s life. But 3R a baby need not be born in jail to be unfortu- nate. Any baby which is not welcomed into this world with loving hearts and ready hands is unfortunate. . Anymotherwho is physically weak and incapable of bestow- ing a healthy constitution upon her bab: may darken its future with weakness an ¢ 4 ! "' The pearl Alpine with black band, and with the pearl band |and black binding, is quite the popular hat to-day, but there |are others that prefer otter, |there are others that prefer \black. We have shades for’em gall, and just as good as yow'ld | pay the exclusive hatter $2 for. That's why our Hat Department has the trade of the town, for such hats will cost yow 1Y% the friendship manifested b \ml"la'fy sljxndpolnt we need no == disease. o oL e e the Government, | more.” The “Jingo bacillus,y he declar- | TEWERARIO ORDERED '\ prospective mother ought to insure her 95¢ Ulven in defiamce of the entire world | €d. is indefatigable in its®work, and baby’s welfare by every means that Nature i = Ehd all neutrality laws. In this con- | Proceeding, he said the proposed an- TO LEAVE ASUNCION | and_ science afford to keep her physical l nection Hitt read from a dispatch of | recent date, from Minister Sewall in said: “The strongest in- | been brought to bear upon | the Government tp urge it to declare | neutrality.” | Hitt paid a tribute to the character of | the Americans who have established a | republic in place of a monarchy in Ha- | wali and Who now dare to act inde- | pendently of the world in time of the Spanish-American war. H After reviewing other revolutionary | movements Hitt said: “They are the | same men who took a worthless Queen and threw her from her throne when she attempted to disregard property rights and ignore the constitution | wrung from her predecessor.” Hitt | spoke not quite an hour, much of the | time being occupied with Interruptions by members asking questions. Dinsmore, the ranking Democrat upon the Committee on Foreign Affairs, opened the debate in opposition. He dmmiared bis belief that no constitu- sveust power existed to annex by joint ‘uolut on as was proposed, and op- posed annexation as being undesirable. | nexation of Hawail would be the enter- ing wedge to a policy that would not end until the American territorial en- largement had gone to the extent of including the earth. # “Mr. Speaker,” declared the Mis- souri member in a characteristic burst, “if this policy is pursued as the jingoes want it and you are here presiding over the House twenty years hence you will be called upon to recognize the gentleman from Pat- agonia, the gentleman from Cuba, the gentleman from Porto Rico, the gen- tleman from Greenland, the gentle- man from Fiji, and, with fear and trembling, the gentleman from the Cannibal Islands, as he gazes with gleaming eyes and glistening teeth upon your imposing and tempting self.” A great laugh followed this prediction from the Missourian. Parker (R.) was presiding, Mr. Reed ! Refusing to Disarm the Gunboat, the Commander Is Told to Depart. BUENOS AYRES, June 11.—The Gov- ernment of Paraguay, acting upon the representations of the United States Consul at Montevideo, notified the com- mander of the Spanish torpedo gunboat Temerario, now at Asuncion, that he must disarm that vessel if he desired to remain in port. The Spanish commander refused to do so, and thereupon he was informed that the Temerario must leave Asun- clon as soon as the repairs to her ma- chinery are completed. which must be quickly done. ———— There Is No Friction. WASHINGTON, June 11.—The re- ports of friction between army head- quarters and the various supply bu- reaus of the War Department because of the congested condition of affairs at Tampa ar- denied by officers under whose direction these matters come. powers up to the very highest point. Every expectant mother ought to know and avail herself of the strengthening and | re-enforcing properties of Dr. Pierce’s Fa- vorite Prescription. It gives health and endurance to the delicate organs concerned in motherhood. Taken early during the period of expectancy, it makes the coming of baby perfectly safe and comparativel; easy. It makes the mother strong an cheerful, and gives health and natural vigor to the child. i It is the only medicine of its kind devised for weak and delicate women by an edu- cated, experienced physician, For nearly 30 years Dr. Pierce has been chief consuiting physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y. His thousand-page illustrated book, “‘The People’s Common Sense Medical Ad- viser” contains advice and suggestions which every woman ought to read. A pa- per-bound copy will be sent’ absolutely free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay cost of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Cloth-bound for 31 stamps, A sure and permanent cure for constipa- tion is Dr. Pierce’s Pellets. One *‘ Pellet” 16 a gentle laxative, two a mild cathartic. — A lot of the prettiest of Straws for Children, all high-class ones, with red, white ani blws bands, with the names of our famous warships on ’em in gilt letters. U.S. S. Oregon, Massa-~ chusetts, Indiana, Iowa—and all the other prominent ships. These are all high-class Straws, principally Milan braids. No other store will offer you a straw like 'em wunder $1. Thess Monday at o ik 5960 % *‘t:* K e THE FRISCO BOYS. *‘T‘.r\m fl