The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1898, Page 3

‘THE FRANCISCO CALL, ATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1598. MORLES DIES 1S | PRISONER Captured by the Guate- malan Troops. l FUGITIVE FOR SEVERAL DAYS | JLL FROM HUNGER AND OTEER | PRIVATIONS. Rebel Leader Expires While Being | RBemoved to San Marcos—This | Is the End of the Rev- olution. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. | WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The State Department to-day received a cable | dispatch from M er Hunter at Guater te of the dramatic dedth -of Morales, leader of the Gu: svolution. The dis- | ed from | e destruc withou Bri Téport but. the 1 events w A e town | A reign housand re burned ‘ most _au- tribute f his laying Consul and | in the | n re- t from | forts were made, In | > Mexican authori- | redations. | United atemalan ing to the a con- American He that 1ent the | The latter 1 fled to fficials here eath will re- American af- 1t store a fairs: wh months . owing to the wic spread »f Morales. He was about 45 yes & man of education | and of marke - of character. | RUSSIA COMES TO THIS COUNTRY FOR WARSHIPS Impressed by the Excellence of Our Vessels, She Gives the Cramps n Order for Five. < 19.—A ¥ e of this countrs A I Cramp of Phi tract with that ree protected ¢ 2 to be of NEW Y gpecial to pressed 8] sh 12,000 d twenty-th will be of the Olym- ht g guns in their main batteries. Russia will > her own guns. will be required to maintain | -d for a period of twelve four hours usually p for ships for our navy. | vided n co; CUBAN EVA':UATION COMMISSION NAMED General Parrado, Admiral Landers | and Marquis de Montoro to Represent Spain. MADRID, Aug. 19.—The Cablnet decided to appoint Parrado, second in | comn Pastor uba; Rear Admiral Luis who succeeded Ad- ro, the Spanish comman- der in Cuban waters, and Marquis de Montoro, Minister of Finance in the| - Cabinet, as the commission of for Cuba. 1 commission has not 1, the Government | f the views of on General rwGovernor . but it “has| been decided that al Vallaoino shall be one of the oners. The peace com have not been nominated, but it is believed the composition of the commission has been decided upon, though the names | of its members will not be published yet, as the Government Is resolved to take advantage of the delay granted by the protocol in order to avoid a Cabinet crisis. - Tariff Rates for Porto Rico. . WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The War De- partment to-day promulgated the tariff rates for Porto Rico. tes are the Spanish minimum tariff rates heretofore enforced in the island. The tobacco sched- Zule is-the same as that for Cuba. _————— Soldiers Cannot Vote in Marin. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 19—The District Attorney has decided that the sixty sol- + dlers from Fort Baker enrolled in the ." Great Register by Depjuty County Clerk CA. Bylva In Bausalito cannot ]efll?jy vote ‘in this county at the coming election. | cans were now uni = 0 GATEWAY TO FORT SAN PHILIPPL The cross Indicates where the Spaniards lined up their prisoners to be shot. Natlve insurgents are not granted the rights of a prisoner of war, but are shot immediately after capture. This wall shows signs of hundreds of bullets. Immediately to tha rear of is the “liming hole” written of in my letters. This Is the headquarters of Captain Geary of the California volunteer artlllery. The window is one Ip the Captain’s Room. (From a sketch by a Call staff artist.) the spot marked by the cross AGED TO BUILD THE WATERWAY Nicaraguan Canal Now a Necessity. LESSON TAUGHT BY THE WAR OF VITAL IMPORTANCE AS A DISTANCE REDUCER. Eloguent Plea by Judge Grosscup for a Policy of Expansion—Domi- nation Over Asio Our Future Destiny. Special Dispatch to The Call. SARATOGA, Aug. 19.—The National Conf on the foreign policy of the United States was opened N here to-day with an address by He Wade Rogers of Chicago, chairman the committee of arrangement said that the conference called to consider some of the most momentous questions in the history of the republic. He referred to the close friendship between the Americans and British, which would probab!- tivnal arbitration and finally to uni- versal peace. The speaker spoke fa- | vorably of the Nicaragua canal, which, he argued, should be built and con- trolled by the United States Govern- ment. That canal will shorten the distance by water to San Francisco by 10,000 miles. A reference to the trip the battleship Oregon elicited hearty applause. Mr. .Rogers said that the principal problem before the present conference was that of territorial ex- , on which many distinguished s urge that we ystem, sald alone ought Commercial interes’ should adopt a colonial Mr. Rogers, but busines not to control our conduc: The question of the N was taken up and Warr ragua canal r Miller of New York took the platform. He briefly spoke of his persistent advocacy of the canal. Events of the past three 1s demanded its immediate con- ction, and he eved all Ameri- lly in favor of mc it, as was also all of Europe. He spoke of the numerous surveys ms of every proposed route to pierce the isth- of 1id the route by the way canal has received the i as being both He added: built for from 0,6 \000 to $140,000,000, as shown by ie by experts. Is the That it would re- the distance between New York and San Francisco 10,000 miles is alone t answer to the affirmative. “The aragua canal would be a at outlet for those States on the Pa- cific Coast. The continent Is grid- ironed with transcontinental roads, but these do not alone afford the advan- tages that could be secured by a canal. It is a question of cheap transporta- | tion, and the Nicaragua canal would solve the problem. Within ten years after its completion the population of the Pacific States will have increased to 10,000,000. One of the best results of the Spanish-American war is that it will compel the building of the Niz- aragua canal.” The entire morning session was de- voted to a discussion of the Nicaragua canal. The annexation problem was taken up at the afternoon sesslon. Carl Schurz of New York spoke at length, giving the views of the anti-expansion- {sts, whose cause he advocated. He was opposed by Judge Grosscup of Chi- cago, who Is an earnest expansionist. Judge Grosscup said in part: “I am among those who believe that the people of the United States, with- out breach of faith to the promises of our past or serious danger to the ex- pectations of our future, should hold manently all, or a portion, of the er Petritory that has been occupled by our troops during the progress of the war. I am ready to go a step farther and assert that the obligations of cur duty foward mankind, and especially toward the particular peoples who have been drawn within the sphere of our opera- flons and toward the future usefulness of ourselves, demand that we should permanently retain so much of these, the captures of war, as are needed to round out the maral purposes for which it was inaugurated and the greater destiny on which, as a nation, we are about to enter. “he immediate! question, the one that, by its solution, will either bring us in or bar us out of this larger na- tional sphere, relates to the perma- nent occupation of our Spanish con- quests. The true guestion 1s not whether Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines are intrindcally worth the responsibilities incurred by their occu- pation; whether their commerce and resources will counterbalance the new dangers that their acquirement would introduce into our political system. For 1 see behind them, in the horizon toward which we are heading, looming up from the Pacific, in mountainous lead to interna- | opportunity — against | and which the outlines of the Philippines are but a handspeck—something more | than islands, nothing eise than a con- tinent. ‘ “Within Asia lies the interest and op- | | interest i | | portunity that by its largeness dwar | e other prospect. I favor the a quisition of Porto Rico, partly becuuse’ ' the moral purpose of this war demands | political | that it should no longer be a plague spot in the otherw purified ribbean Sea, but chief because it | at the gateway to the Caribbean—a | sea that when the comme | s fully developed and the Nicaraguan | canal ‘opened will, from both a mnava | and commercial view, become the most | | important water on the face of the globe. 1 favor the acquisition of Ha- wali, and I favor the acquisition of th | Philippi or so much of them as may be needed, solely because in the new career of commercial wctivity upon | which, I trust, we are adout tou enter | ced clear across the Pacific a line | stations and home ports; sta- y sense our own, carrying 0il the American title and in | under the over it the American flag. “I favor the retention of the Philip- | pines or at least a part of them, that they may stand as a tangible continu- ing demonstration of the physical pres- | ence of the republic in As ic waters. | The value of these conquests is not in | their territory, nor their resources, | separately considered, but in the fact that as an entirely they constitute a chain precisely adapted to the expand ed sphere in which we are to enter. care little for the links, individually, but everything for the chain that will henceforth hold us to our opportunities in the far East.” Judge Gre up declared that in his judgment the most interesting and im- | portant object of our future foreign | policy was involved in the immediate | future of Asia. The break up in the | | current of Asiatic life is at hand, he | declared, and the gates are opening upon a market the full magnitude of | which has not yet dawned upon the | world. The far-seeing statesmen of | Europe appreciate the situation, he | | said, and far-seeing America must soon compass it. In conclusion, Judee ared that the course of the nation r. If the American people are in their purpose to participate development of the East, he sald, need these islands as strategic and as an integral part of the force. Without a naval display. 'rted the country can never se proper share in the commerce t, or protect it after it is ob- Grosscup de- | ated in by Judge Schurz, Harry C. Garfield of Cleveland, | F. B. Thurber of New York, John W. Coushlin of Fall River, J. Davis Duf- field of Fall River, F. S. Shack of New | York and others. William Dudley Bull of Indiana to- | night made a lengthy and strong ad- | dress in favor of territorial expansion. Congressman Frederick H. Gillett of | Massachusetts made an address on the | in.morality of prize monev. REST WILL RESTORE ‘ CAPT. CLARK’S HEALTH | Grosscup, Carl Condition of the Naval Hero Not so Serious as Has Been Believed. i ST. JOSEPH, Mich.,, Aug. 19.—Cap- tain Charles E. Clark. commander of | the battleship Oregon, and one of the | heroes of the naval battle of Santlago, | is coming to St. Joseph to meat his wife and daughters and seek rest and re- cuperation. He will be the guest of his brother, Lloyd Clark, custodian of | the United States lighthouse station at this port. Mrs. Clark and her daughters arrived from California a month ago and have been anxiously waliting the close of the | war and the captain’s return. He is expected here within a few days, hav- ing arrived at New York on the steamer St. Paul. Immediately on his arrival he telegraphed his brother that he was in good condition and that s soon as he could get through the quar- antine restrictions he would start for St. Joseph. Mr. Lloyd Clark says: “The captain’s illness is not at all so serfous as might be supposed on account of the Medical Board of Sur- vey's report. He was worn out by his long cruise from San Francisco, his arduous duties and the supreme exclte- ment of the battle. The strain caused a recurrence of an intestinal trouble which he contracted while engaged in a survey along the South American coast some years ago, and the doctors recommended, as timely and wise, that he be released from duty for a period which would enable him to recover | completely. He was given six months’ | leave of absence.” Mrs. Clark’s daughters, who, with her, are counting the hours until he arrives, are the wives of naval Lieu- tenants Robinson and Hughes, at pres- ent on duty with Admiral Dewey’s fleet at Manila. OSBRSS SIX CHILDREN DROWNED. Cloudburst Causes Loss of Life in Pennsylvania. PITTSBURG, Aug. 19 -A cloudburst up Sawmill Run this morning caused a tidal wave In the stream, endangering the lives of a dozen persons. Six children are missing and are supposed to have been drowned. Mrs. Loftus, the mother of two of the drowned children, is dying from the ef- fect of the shock. There was a hea: and continuous downpour of rain throughout Western Pennsylvania from midnight until » o'clock this morning, and considerable damage was done by the overflow of small streams, but as far as known there ,were no other casualtfes. | WATER FAMINE AT SAUSALITO Inadequate Supply for Household Use. NONE FOR FIGHTING FIRES TOWN AUTHORITIES AWAKE TO THEIR PERIL. | Making Vigorous Efforts to Relieve | the Situation—Bonds May Bs Issuea to Secure a Satisfac- tory System. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAUSALITO, Aug. 19.—The scarcity of the water supply in this town bhas| | assumed a serious aspect, so much so, in fact, that the authorities have de- cided to take vigorous efforts looking toward immediate relief. This decision was reached shortly after the late fire which proved so dis- astrous to residents of the northern psrt of town. At that time the water supply soon gave out and the entire community wouid have been at the mercy of the flames had it not been for the pumping engine of the Norti- ern Pacific Coast Railway. As it is now, the water Is permitted to run only from 5 to 8 in the morning and be- tween the same hours in the afternoon. The Sausalito Land and Ferry Com- pany has been at work for some time digging extra wells and purchasing new engines, but to little advantage. Now M. M. O'Shaughnessy, the San Francisco civil engineer, the original engin has been selected to make a report and give advice to the town authorities as to the best method of providing for a | water system that will furnish an ad- equate supply. Thigs move really means that if a feasible plan can be discov- ered for a good system the town will| issue bonds and own its own watar system. JOHN JACOB ASTOK TO SET A GRAND EXAMPLE/ Will Ask to Be 'taxed on the True Valuation of His Enormous Realty Holdings. YORK, Aug. 19.—Friends of John Jacob Astor say that he NEW Colonel { has determined to set a grand example to the wealthy men of the nation, and will ask that he be taxed on the true valuation of his great holdings of realty. He is now having his stewards | prepare a statement for the purpose,of determining what he is really worth. He now pays $300,000 in taxes. Colonel Astor has phiianthropic schemes and intends to rank with Cooper and Pea- body. He will build a college and en- dow it, and proposes to establish cheap restaurants throughout the city on the plan of those of the Princess of Wales in London. CHILD FATALLY BURNED. ‘Was Lighting a Fire With Coal Oil at San Bernardino. SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 19.—The nine-year-old girl of J. I. Baxter of this city was fatally burned last evening. The child was trying to light a fire in the kitchen stove, using kerosene to aid in kindling it. In some unknown way the ofl 1¥‘nl(ed. exploding the can and scattering the ofl over the entire room. The mother, hearing the screams of the little one, ran to her rescue, and within a few moments extinguished the flames. A physician was called and the wounds of the little one were dressed, but to no avall, as the (’_‘llllll;lt passed away at 11:30 o’'clock last night. ALer i ey BAR ASSOCIATION ADJOURNS. Election of Officers Followed by a Banquet in the Evening. SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 19.—At the concluding session of the American Bar Assoclation to-day these officers were elected: Joseph H. Choate of New York, president; John Hinkley of Balti- more secretary, and Francis Rowle éf Philadelphia treasurer. This evening the annual banquet of the association was held at the Grand Union Hotel. Covers were laid for 165. SN Ll NO EXTRA SESSION. Senator Cannon Receives Positive Assurance at Washington. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Senator Can- non of Utah, who has been in Washing- ton since Congress adjourned, will leave for his home in a day or two, having re- ceived positive assurance .aat there will be no extra sessfon of the Senate this fall as had been for some time anticipated. Senator Cannon believes that an extra session will follow adjournment on March 4. Santa Rosa Junk Dealer’s Windfall. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 19.—This afternoon an old man named Elmer Van Buren, who runs a small junkstore in this city, re- celved news that he has fallen heir to an immense estate, valued at many thou- sands of dollars, left by a relative in the East. A letter came unexpectedly with jthe news. of Mill Valley and Belvedere, | SELLS KLONDIKE CLAIMS ABROAD “Padlock’ Pettit’s Suc- cessful Trip. LONDON CAPITAL PLENTIFUL HOLDINGS ON WHICH $200,000 IS REALIZED. | How the Enterprising Prospector Got His Name—Sale of a Padlock the Nucleus of His i a Fortune. A Epectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Aug. 19.—H. C. Pettit of Snohomish, better known as “Padlock” Pettit, has returned from London, where he sold four entire Klondike claims and interests in eighteen others to Englishmen for $200,000. These claims comprise holdings on Bonanza, Bear, Hunker and Dominion creeks, which Pettit acquired last spring. Oth- ers are interested with him in the sale, but a large part of the sale price named will represent Pettit’s profits on less than two years’ work. En route to Dawson last fall Pettit got stuck in the mud on the Skaguay trail. and reached Dawson $200 In debt. sold his padlock to an old miner for $20, and taking this hint he twice went up the river, buying all available pad- locks of incoming Klondikers, which he sold at Dawson for $20 each, clearing 700 by the speculation. With this he began speculating in Klondike claims, with the result that he came out last spring with deeds to all or part of the twenty-two claims he has now sold in London. He says there is a good de- mand for Klondike claims in England. RETRENCHMENT IN ARMY D EPARTMENTS Men Discharged as Rapidly as Is Consistent With the Good of the Service. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Retrench- ment in nearly all branches of the army is following close upon the cessa- tion of hostilities. Notably is this the case in the ordnance, quartermaster of the supplies rjquired and the men employed for the exigencies of war no longer exist. It the ordnance bureau the force at the various arsenals is to be accomplished without detriment to | the service. | aispensing as rapidly as possible with such of the transports as were char- | tered and for which there is now no necessity. In the engineers’ department the ser- vices of electricians, mechanics and laborers engaged in the work of harbor and river mine defense and of boatmen employed to patrol the adjacent waters to warn approaching craft of their | danger also are being discharged as | rapidly as is consistent with the good of the service. WARSHIPS GATHER Seventy Vessels of the United States Navy Will Rendezvous | There. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—One of the largest fleets of warships ever as- sembled in an American port will be brought together in the next few days | at Fort Monroe. Already fifty-seven warships are under orders to rendez- vous there and the orders still to be | jssued will raise the total to the neigh- | borhood of seventy. The movement of these ships north- ward is due to the close of hostilities and more particularly to the desire to get the ships away from points of pos- sible fever infection. They will now be put into thorough repair and their crews will be gradually changed from naval militlamen to sailors of the regu- lar navy. CONDEMNATION OF A FRUIT PACKING HOUSE | HELD TOTALLY UNFIT FOR HU- MAN OCCUPANCY. Inspector Dockery Orders the Over- | land Company on Battery Street to Vacate Its Premises ‘Within Ten Days. The filthy condition of the Overland Fruit Packing Company’s establishment, at 912 Battery street, discovered by Chief Food Inspector J. P. Dockery yesterday, caused him to give official notification that the place must be vacated and closed within ten days. Mr. Dockery said last night that during the past two months of the fruit packing season he had not met, in all the inspec- tions made, another such instance of ut- ter disregard of the laws of sanitation and the rules that should naturally gov- ern the conduct of an industry of this character. “There are about 100 women, youn girls and little children there,” he sald, and many of them are compelled to wear rubber boots: or shoes in the frult paring room. Under the plank flooring there is an inch or more of stagnant we’er, which spurts up through the cracks between the planking, rendering the room an unfit place for occupancy.” Mr. Dockery was accompanied by Chief Market Inspector Davis, who agrees with him that It was the worst case that has come under the observation of the Health Office this season. Mr. Davis, assisted by Inspector Rivers, also condemned yester- day four tons of fish and 500 pounds of hams at the Clay Street Market, and pounds of salt pork at the Washington street wharf. —_— e “Charged With Burglary. Fugene Terrier was arrested for burg- lary last evening by Officers Dillon and Whittle at a saloon at 106 Steuart street. The saloon had been closed by the Sheriff, and the lock put on by one of the depu- ties had been wrenched off. Terrler was found in the place, and the lock, with keys to the saloon, found in his posses- ;(lonv were booked as evidence against im. — e—————— New Furnace Company. The Economy Smokeless Furnace Company incorporated yesterday with a capital stock of 36000, all of which_ has been subscribed. The directors are John L. Howard, Harry E. Richards, Adam Heberer, J. G. Whittington and Doug- las R. Wilson. B Funeral of Thomas Jewett. The funeral of Thomas M. Jewett, late clerk of the United States District At- torney’s office, was held yesterday from the Church of Nuestra Senora de Guada- lupe in this city. The interment was Aiprivate. ¥ He paid a big price to packers: He | | and engineer bureaus, where the needs | be reduced in all cases where this can | The quartermaster’'s department {s AT FORT MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS. Buys an extraordinarily good suit of clothes. Appreciating the fact that this particular line of suits is proving one of the most popular offerings we have ever called attention to, we continue it for the rest of the week. Stylish and perfectly tailored in Cassimere and fancy Cheviots or Worsteds, and in the best selec- tions of the popular colorings, these suits offered are worth every cent: of $15.00, §17.50 and $20.00. But at the uniform price-of $9.95, that they have been reduced to, they are certainly a wonderful bargain, and should tempt you. We have gathered together a lim- ited number of $4.00 and $4.50 Trou- sers and reduced them to $2.45—a splendid bargain, any one of them. They are of seasonable, handsome new patterned striped worsteds—trousers that will give you in wear many times their cost—positively guaran- teed to fit you. S.N.WO0O0D & CO. 718 Market Street, S. F. A salesman who travels for a Bridgeport, Conn., factory reports’ that he has always been subject to colds caught from exposure in drafty places. “I used to muffle myself up no end,” he says, * and yet my head and throat were continually stuffed up and I was hoarse as a crow. I was waiting at Plainfield Junction for a train one day and wet a man who gave me a % Ripans Tabule ‘anid said he guessed that would cure my.cold, and it did. Since then,” he says, “I always keep the TABULES by me and take one at the first sneeze. If I do this the cold seldoms get any farther.” DR. MCNULTY. viste DR, JORDAN’S oreat Museum of Anatomy 1051 MABKET ST. bet. 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