The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 14, 1898, Page 3

DEEDS OF THE HEROES WITH DEWEY Official Story of the Great Victory at Manila Sent by Mail. Among Those Whose Bravery Is Praised by the Admiral Is ‘. Correspondent Stickney. WASHINGTON, June 13.—The Navy Department to-day made public the following letter received from Admiral Dewey, this being its first mail advices from him since he reached Manila: “FLAGSHIP OLYMPIA, CAVITE, May 4, 1808 —The squadron left Mirs Bay on April 27, arrived off Bolinao on the morning of April 30, and, finding no vessels there, proceeded down the coast and arrived off the entrance to Manila | Bay on the same afternoon. The Boston and Concord were sent to reconnoiter. * * * A thorough search of the port was made by the Boston and the Con«i cord, but the Spanish fleet was not found. * * * Entered south channel at| 10:30 p. m., steaming in column at eight knots. After half the squadron had | passed a battery on the south side of the channel it opened fire, none of the shots taking effect. “The Boston and McCulloch returned fire. The squadron proceeded across the bay at slow speed and arrived off Manila at daybreak, and was fired upon at 5:15 by three b ries at Manila and two near Cavite and by the Spanish fleet anchored in an approximately east and west line across the mouth of Bakor Bay, with their left shoal water in Canacac Bay. The squadron then proceeded to ack, the flagship Olympia, under my personal direction, leading, followgd ance by the Baltimore, Raleigh, Petrel, Concord and Boston, in the order d, which formation maintained throughout the action. The squadron opened f m. “Wt ng to the attack two mines were exploded ahead of the flag- ship, too to be effective. The squadron maintained a continuous and precise fire at ranges varying from 5000 to 2000 yards, countermarching in a line approximately parallel to that of the Spanish fleet. The enemy’s fire was vigor- | but ge: lly ineffective. Early in the engagement two launches put out d the Olympia with the apparent intention of using torpedoes. One was sunk and the other disabled by our fire and beached before an opportunity oc-| ed to fi re torpedoes. ‘At 7 1. the Spanish flagship Reina Christina made a desperate attempt | ve line and come out to engage at short range, but was received with | ng fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated upon her, able to return to the sheiter of the point. The fires started y our shells at this time were not extinguished until she sank. he three batteries at Manila had kept up a continuous report from the be- The ated on the South Mole Head, at the entrance to he south bastion of the walled city of Manila; and mile further south. ze to the Governor-General to the effect that e city would be shelled. This had the effect I ceased firing and withdrew the squadron for of the engagement, which fire was not returned by the squadron. these batteries was situz the second, ate, abot r Rive it 1 it h N0t cease At 7 g 30 a I returned to the attack. By this time the Spanish flagship inish fleet were on fire. At 12:30 p. m. the squadron being silenced and the ships being sunk, burned and p. m. the squadron returned and anchored off Manila, the behind to complete the destruction of the smaller guns which | f Cavite. This duty was performed by Commander E. P. st expeditious and complete manner. The Spanish lost the fol- atterie point « Christina, Castilla, Don Antonio de Ulloa. Don Juan de Austria, Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, General Lezo, | El Correo, Valesco and Isla de Mindano (transport). Rapido and Hercules (tugs) and several small launches. in complete accounts of the enemy’s killed and wounded, ) but believe their losses to be very heavy. The Reina Christina alone had 150 luding the captain, and ninety wounded. I am happy to report that e done to the squadron under my command was inconsiderable. There none killed and only seven men in the squadron very slightly wounded. Several of the vessels were struck and even penetrated, but the damage wasof the | htest, and the squadron is in as good condition now as before the battle. “I beg to state to the department that I doubt if any commander-in-chief | “I am unable to o ware was ever served by more loyal, efficient and gallant captains than those of the squadron now under my command. Captain Frank Wilder, commanding the | Boston, volunteered to remain in command of his vessel, although his relief ar- | leaving Hongkong. Assistant Surgeon Kindleberger of the Olympia | r Evans of the Boston also volunteered to remain after orders detach- | ing them had arrived. The conduct of my own personal staff was excellent. | Commander B. P. Lamberton, chief of staff, was a volunteer for that position, | and gave me the most efficient aid. Lieutenant Brumby, flag lieutenant, and Ensign W. P. Scott, aid, performed their duties as signal officers in a highly creditable manner. The Olympia, being short of officers for the batteries, Ensign H. H. Caldwell, flag secretary, volunteered for us and was assigned to a sul- f five-inch battery. J. L. Stickney, formerly an officer in the United States navy and now correspondent for the New York Herald, volunteered for duty as my aid and rendered valuable service. “I desire specially to mention the coolness of Lieutenant C. G. Calkins, the vigator of the Olympia, who came under my personal observation, being on the bridge with me throughout the entire action and giving the ranges to the guns with an accuracy that was proved by the excellency of the firing. On May 2, the | aay following the engagement, the squadron again went to Cavite, where it re- masned. e “On the 3d the military forces evacuated Cavite arsenal, which was taken possession of by a landing party. On the same day the Raleigh and Baltimore secured the surrender of the batteries on Corregidor Island, paroling the garrison and destroying the guns. On the morning of May 4 the transport Manila wfiiclx ad been aground in Bakor Bay, was towed off and made a prise” ; EAIR GUESTS OF WOODLAND nearly all the delegates | I\'lsimr» Will be present. The Grand Par- or will be in session auri | | mainder of the week. e Woodland Parlor, aided and encouraged | by public-spirited citizens, has prepared to entertain the guests on an elaborate scale. The superb decorations that adorn | &l business houses and a great many pri- vate residences indicate that Woodland’s people recognize the importance of the event and are prepared to extend a cordfal and enthuslastic welcome to the visitors. That the Grand Parlor will be a suc- cess Is now assured., That it was held here at all was the outcome of the pluck progressiveness and publicspirit of Wood. land Parlor of Native Daughters, assist. €d by the liberality of classes Woodland people. " The energy of the YOUng women in raising money and their wisdom in planning and carrying = ont and a great many Native Daughters Are Gathering. GRAND PARLOR DELEGATES :32;.\5 have won the admiration of the peo. ANNUAL SESSION TO BEGIN| Grand President Mrs. Belle W. ik TO.DAY. Grand Past President Mrs. Mary Tillman and the grand trustees are already h, and at work completing th il ro iy & the annual re- The_ dele; Grand Par e ates and the visitors to the or will no doubt numby or 300 women. They are the noweerrzfl California. They represent the intel- Jectuality andI all that is brightest and most progressive of the vigoro woma. - of the State: Avns o » oodlan arlor has a candidat, grand office in the person of Misg ?1;:5 riett Lee, Who will probably bé elected grand trustee without opposition. Visitors Will Be Elaborately Enter- tained by the Hospitable Peo- ple of the Yolo Metropolis. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, June 13.—The advance guard of the delegates to the Grand Par- lor of Nattve Daughters arrived fn Wood- land yesterday, and all incoming trains i since have swelled the number. When the :‘fi":o%'e e B IRy DRI _Francisco. To Entertain Volunteers. LOS ANGELES, June 13.—The City Counell to-day appropriated $250 for the entertainment of soldiers passing through this city to San Francisco. The subscrip- ‘outcome. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1898. e e |J. L. STICKNEY, Herald-Call Correspondent, With Rear Admiral Dewey’s Fleet. this journal. pheres. PPPPCOPOPOPOCOISPIPYD «d. L. Stickney, formerly an officer in the United States navy and now correspondent for the New York Herald, volun= teered for duty as my aide and rendered valuable service.”’— Admiral Dewey in his official report of the world-astounding battle of Manila to the Navy Department. Mr. Stickney, to whom this high tribute was voluntarily paid by the naval hero who planned, fought and won the great=- est sea battle recorded in history, was also at that time and is now the correspondent of The Call, in accordance with ar= rangements then and still in force between the Herald and Mr. Stickney’s graphic cabled story of the glorious victory was the subject of comment in two hemis- PBPIPIPPLVOPPIPODDP00000000000000600 PPPOPPPPIPIPIOPPPOOSS WILL CONFER | AND DISAGREE Necessary Farce at Los| Angeles. WATER FIGHT’S NEW PHASE | CITY COUNCIL TO MEET THE MONOPOLY. Failing to Fix Upon a Suitable Price, They Will Next At- tempt to Decide by J Arbitration. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, June 13.—The City Water Company to-day sent a commu- nication to the City Council giving a complete inventory of its property. The communication was addressed to City Attorney Dunn. The company ex- plained that it did not expect the muni- cipality to take over all propertv. in- cluded in the inventory, as it did not | consider that it came within the pro- | visions of the contract under the term | the | corporation declared it did not expect | of improvements. For instance, the city to purchase any of the prop- erty owned by the Crystal Springs Land and Water Company, which is auxiliary to the City Water Company. In explaining why the company had none of the original plant of the city turned over to it thirty years ago, the communication states that time and in- creased service have demanded that the old plant be entirely taken out and later inventions and improvements substi- tuted. The communication was not dis- cussed, but was referredto a joint meet- ing of the stockholders of the water company and the City Council, to be held to-morrow in the Council chamber. The object of this meeting is to ascer- tain if the Council and the water com- pany cannot come together on an agreed price for the plant. There is not the slightest possibilty of this being effected. But the conference must be held under the terms of the water com- pany’s contract with the city,”which United States District Judge Olin Wel- born has held to be legal and binding in every particular. Mayor M. P. Snyder has not been in- vited to participate in this joint meet- ing, but he wiil be there, and, unless ejected, will, If occasion demands, offer suggestions and talk upon the subject under discussion. If the Council and the company fail to agree, which is practically certain, the next step under the contract is to leave the matter to | arbitrators to determine. This is what the water company will demand. It also will demand that the results of the arbitration be binding on both parties. Just how this can be done cannot now be foreseen. Before it can be made binding city bonds must be voted. If the voters deem the price agreed upon by the arbitrators too high they will defeat arbitration by defeating the bonds. Then the whole matter will be left in a worse complication than be- fore. Despite the fact that it is generally believed the consultationto-morrow will not result in any agreement, citizens are manifesting great interest in the The Council chamber will be crowded during the sessfons. President Herman Silver of the City Council will preside. The water company directors claim that in holding this session and entering into it prior to the expiration of their lease they are making a con- cession to the city and doing something they are not legally required to do. Mayfield’s New Schoolhouse. MAYFIELD, June 13.—The contract for the new public school building here was Saturday awarded to M. D. Greene of San Jose for $10,710. It is estimated the unds for volunteers in | cost of plumbing, heating and ventilating 4 il Be avout Sl extras REFORMS FOR THE ISLANDS New Philippines Tariff Being Arranged. PREPARATIONS PROCEEDING BUT CHIEF AGUINALDO MAY MAKE SOME TROUBLE. Leader of the Insurgents Is Expected to Demand That the Natives Be Given Their Inde- | pendence, Bpecfal Dispatch to The Call Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, June 13. Colonel J. F. Evans of San Francisco is in dally conference with Secretary Gage concerning the Philippine tariff. The account published exclusively in The Call last week on the preparations the administration has been making for the Government was accurate in every way. These preparations have gone far and are now reaching the de- tails of a tax-reform administration. There will be such a reconstruction of methods and such a lightening of bur- dens that with the strong and progres- sive and yet lenient rule of Amerfca the inhabitants will be far freer than Spanish subjects ever were under the most favorable circumstances. Even they will be far better off for a long time than if they were independent, providing that they have any desire to become independent. President McKinley and his advisers in the Cabinet and In Congress, it is said, have come to no formal and final determination as to the disposition of the islands. It is sald by friends of the President, however, that he believes the islands will become the property of the United States and that they will be kept. The War Department’s reason for dis- patching a big force of soldiers to the island is now apparent. There is a possibility that Aguinaldo after show- ing his strength, may not desire to lay down his arms peaceably and surrender to the American commander. Agui- naldo has not in any of his utterances that have been recorded on this side of the world suggested that he desired to surrender these rights to the American Government and raise the American flag over the islands. He has talked of a protectorate of the United States and an independent government under it. In such & plan the United States would undertake to defend him from all for- eign aggression, but would secure no benefit except coaling rights, perhaps, and probably a large part of the trade of the islands. This is not the plan of the United States. The Philippines must become the property of this Government abso- Iutely, both for their own good and for that of the United States. America is now determined that a commonwealth on the American plan is to be raised in the Pacific, with American civilization and American progressiveness, ~Any- thing less will be rejected by the ad- ministration and by the people. It is just at this point that the ad- ministration fears trouble. Tt is be- lieved that the Philippine insurgents may consider their position identical with that of the Cubans. The United States has waged this war professedly to free the Cubans. Aguinaldo may say when the terms of peace are being de- cided or even before that his men are fighting for independence too and that the United States has helped them in the same way and should not expect to take the islands away from them any more than to annex Cuba. Dies Full of Years. SANTA CRUZ, June 13.—Mrs. DIll, wife of Mné:r Seward Dill, died at her home near Soquel to-day. She was & na- tive of Maine and 88 years.of age. | statements of the President’s policy. HAWAIL WILL NOT BE SEIZED But Ultra Annexationists Are Persistent. MDED TO SPREAD THE LIE THE WASHINGTON EVENING STAR DULY SUBSIDIZED. ‘While the Newlands Resolution Is Being Argued in Congress a Speculator Is Doing Fine Work. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, June 13. To-night’s Star and other ultra an- nexationists are persistent in declara- tions that President McKinley will seize Hawail as a military necessity in case Congress fajls to pass the resolu- tion for annexation. This lie has been exposed time and again. The Call cor- respondent can state on the authority of a Senator who favors annexation ! that the President does not now and | has never entertained a thought of op- posing the will of Congress. He re- alizes that it would be revolutionary for the executive to usurp this legisla- tive function. Neither do these East- ern newspapers believe that he will do such a thing. If they felt assured that President McKinley would arbitrarily seize the islands as a war measure, de- spite the action of Congress, they| would not be so anxious concerning the | fate of the resolution. Their anxiety and hard fighting gives the lie to their | The Evening Star of Washington is the chief annexation organ. Its editors | he become rich by gas and street | railway stock speculations. The Star | has in the past been facetiously termed | the “Evening Trolley.” I asked a well- | known newspaper editor of Washington to-night if he could explain the Star’s | overzealous support of annexation, and he replied: “I understand that one of | its editors is related by marriage to | President Dole, and secondly, it is gen- erally believed here that at least one | of its editors is a holder of Hawailan sugar bonds. A stockholder in the Ha- wailfan Sugar Company, who lost| heavily in the recent slump in that company’s stock, has been in Washing- ton all winter and spring urging an- | nexation. It is he who has furnished the Evening Star with ammunition to fire at those who oppose annexation.” | The Hawaiian resolution will un- doubtedly pass the House on Wednes- | day, and it is expected debate will be- gin in the Senate on Thursday. How long it will continue no one can tell. There at least a dozen Senators who are anxious to speak at length and the question is will Senators who are anx- ious to avoid the hot weather be willing | to remain? Senator White leaves on Sunday for Los Angeles, whither he will accompany his wife and children, but he will return immediately via San Francisco. ———— ARGUED IN THE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, June 13.—Newlands (Silverite) of Nevada to-day addressed | the House in advocacy of annexation. The pending resolutions were intro- duced by him. He was interrupted by Cannon (R.) from Tilinols, who pre-| sented and asked unanimous consent | for the passage of an emergency bill to appropriate $417,151, now carried by the sundry civil bill, to pay the Bering Sea award, but Bland (D.) of Missouri ob- jected. Cannon said the time for pay- ment would expire on Friday and the sundry civil bill would not pass before that day. Newlands spoke at length in favor of Hawallan annexation as essential to our commercial growth and necessary to the fbrutec!(on of our Pacific Coast. The Phil- pine and Hawalian questions, he de- ared, were entirely distinct. He was op- poied to the former as involving a policy of "territorial expansion, while the latter was purely one of territorial defense fl.nq commercial expansion. Bell of Colorado followed, opposing the resolutions. He attacked the existing re- public as being an oligarchy and the offer of the islands for annexation as being made by a few in utter disregard of the wishes of the vast majority of the peoJ)le who reside in the islands.” He contended for the right of all people to be governed in accordance with their will. Continu- ing, Bell argued that the population was undesirable and that the location of the islands in the tropical climate made it unlikely that a people resident there would ever be desirable as a component of American citizenship. The conduct of American missionaries and others who had gone to Hawaii was attacked as hav- ing resulted in a successtul conspiracy to deprive the natives of their property and self-government. The existence of leprosy in the islands was commented upon as a drawback to annexation. Bell concluded by saying the annexation of Hawall would be accepted by the world as a vir- tual abandonment of the Monroe doctrine, because it would be a reaching out and an establishment of American institutions beyond the boundaries within which the Monroe doctrine originally apolied and that the latter could not occur without re- ciprocal rights being conceded to Euro- pean powers. Pearson (R.) of North Carolina advo- cated annexatlon. Henry (R.) of Indiana spoke for the resolutions on the ground of strategic val- ue. Illustrating this value, he declared that Dewey, after his great victory at Manila, wouid be helpless and beyond the possibility of aid from home were the Ha- waiian islands controlled by hostile hands. Bland (D.) of Missourl followed in op- position, directing his remarks to a plea for delay in disposing of the Hawaiian question until after the conclusion of the war. He protested against urging annex- ation as a necessary war measure and begged the House to pause in what seem- | ed and what promised to be a mad | course of wild legislation under pretense of it being essential to the proper con- duct of the war. The very fact, he said, | that the Government was sending ont expeditions and withdrawing all ships from the California coast showed how ab- solutely secure was that coast and how unnecessary was the present emergency ulpon the part of the friends of annexa- tion. In brief speeches Barrows (R.) of Mass- achusetts and Stewart (R.) of New Jersey spoke for the resolutions and Smith (D.) of Arizona in opposition. Kirkpatrick (R.) of Pennsylvania ar- gued in support of the power of Congress to annex the islands. Mann (R.) of Ill- inois spoke for the resolution. At the conclusion of Mann's ggleech, upon request of Cannon, the ouse assed the emergency bill ‘appropriating 73,151 to pay the Bering Sea award, which will be due June 17. At 5:18 o'clock the House adjourned. S S Canvass of the Senate. WASHINGTON, June 13. — Senators Lodge and Elkins made a partial canvass of the Senate on the Hawallan question to-day, and they say they are satisfied that a sufficient number of advocates of annexation will be in Washington to make a quorum of the Senate and to insure the passage of the House resolution through that body. They count upon prolonged daily sessions until action is had. "Fhe annexationists have recelved renewed assurance of the earnest support of the administration, and h on this account to control practically the solid support of the Republican side of the chamber. They count upon eight or ten votes from the cl r % ) g ! ! ) % ) ) ) z ) | ) a @ ) ) ) % ) a ADVERTISEMENTS. The Town A OurDoors. It adds another week to this great sale. Owing to the tremendous suc- cess and rapid sales oi our $8.68 suits, which were reduced from $12.80 and $18.00, we are compelled by public clamor to continue this sale for another week. When we closed our doors Saturday night it was our intention of | bringing this sale to an end, but the tremen- dous values we gave brought a good-natured crowd, and the compliments we received from them for doing just as we claimed influ- ! enced us to reduce several hundred : more of these high-priced garments 8.65 down to - - - —_— It is merely a repetition to state that they positively were sold for $12.80 and $18.00. 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We have the greatest confidence in each and every garment offered during this great sale, and therefore agree to keep them in repair one year free of charge, knowing well _ that the wear on them will be very slight. In our children’s de- partment for this week we have selected several lines of Middy Suits for the little fel- lows, in ages from 8 to 8, and consider it the crowning adornment to the little fellow’s ap- pearance. The suit will be sold during this week for $1.95 andisreduced from its former price of $8.00. The various lines represent gray and brown tweed mix- tures and blue chevi- ots. All of them are trimmed with several rows of rich soutache braid on the collar, sleeve and vest. It is positively a very stylish-looking and splendid wearing suit for your little pet. The price is in reach of all and the value exceeds any- thing ever offered in this city. 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