The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 16, 1898, Page 1

PTD 1 e to be taken from - The | Call VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO 108. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, SEPTEM BER 16, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PERMANENT AMERICAN CONTROL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Text of the Instructions to the Peace Com- mission. Spain Will Be Required to Give a National Salute to the Stars and Stripes. pines. + + + + < + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ition to the determination of | tion of future possession, con- 1 and government of the Philippines : treaty of peace which the American 1 Spanish commi s are to ne- portant provisions finally disposing of the col Spanish Government, in signed on August 12, self to relinquish all sover- to the United States Porto Rico other islands in the West In- n under control of Spain and to the United States one of the ¢ at have to be definitely and finally carried ut in the treaty. Cuba and Porto Rico will have to be provided for in accordance with agree- mante to be reached by the Cuban and 1lics Mitary commissicns, The n of Guam Isiand, which will be‘ i the choice of the United | the Ladrones, will have to be y provided for. addition to these provisions, the will contain a provision for a 3 t commi n to pass upon all claims arising out of the Cuban war. It will also include a provision for a salute to the American flag minary to the resumption of 1 ations between the United States and Spain. COMMISSIONERS GIVEN CONSIDERABLE SCOPE Will Not Be Bound by Ironclad Or- ders in the Negotiations at Paris. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—The Cabi- I in special session this after- noon and adjourned at 4 o'clock. All members were present except v Alger, who is not in the city. All united in the statement after the ng that thev ° -1 agreed to say nothing more of the deliberations than that the peace commissioners had been 1 structed. As to the nature of ctions they conveyed not a nely impolitic, and g the Spanish against them- approached on the subject made T ponse, thus closing all offi- of information. d that the commissioners structed,” and upon seek- ppeared that the Cabinet had pa- zone over in the discussion with missioners cvery subject that, inion, could be brought into edings .efore the joint com- rs. On each of these, the he proc missio ited with the view and wishes of administration. is not to be v -stood from this t the commissioners go under iron- clad and unchangeable instructions at 1 ts, for there is a certain amount ibilitv in the instructions, else, of the Cabinet members put it, esident might just as well have iced his wishes to paper in the form ultimatum and have sent that to by messengers. The peace com- sioners are in no sense mere mouth- but having chosen with the greatest care and consideration five men, in whom he puts the most explicit confidence, the President feels that they are to bé trusted with the interests of the United States. It is not expected that thev will have a free rein in the larger questions of policy, but with am- ple opportunities for consultations by cable and otherwise, there is no reason why the commissioners should not be able to carry out the desires of the ad- ministration and at the same time have the opportunity to somewhat shape those desires by conveying infor- mation they may require. For instance it is expected that at Paris the commissioners will meet Gen- eral Merritt, fresh from Manila, and in addition they will there have the bene- fit of a special report from Admiral Dewey. T will be of the greatest value, for the commissioners are not acquainted with the Philippine ques- tion in detail and even the information that is to be acquired from the Span- ish peace commissioners is not to be despised when it takes such an official form that it can be relled upon as to accuracy. All the arrangements have been com- pleted for the departure of the com- mission and its staff. Most of the party will leave Washington at 4 o'clock to-morrow afternoon for New York, but . 'rcumstances may detain some of the commissioners until the night train. The Campania salls at 2 p. m, Saturday and explicit instructions have been glven all members of the peace commissioners who | explanation of this phrase | commissioners were made ac. | NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—The Herald’s Washington correspondent telegraphs: Theinstructions finally drawn up and approved by the President and his Cabinet at a special meeting thisafternoon, after a lengthy conference with four members of the Peace Commission this morn- ing, mean permanent American control of the Philip- Although there was an agreement that nothing should be divuiged as to the nature of the instructions, pending the arrival of the commission in Paris, I was told to-night by a high official of the administration, who is familiar with their contents, that the instructions mean a treaty which would make American control of the entire Philippine group inevitable, other matters. | ty rights in the island of Cuba, to | The evacuation of | | | | h one pointed out that to| P R R R R R R R R R party to be on board at that time. Special baggage tags have been printed for the belongings of the commissioners and a small paper paster showing red and blue bars crossed on a white back- ground gives a handy way of making | a ‘“red, white and blue” identification | of the personal and general luggage of | the party. A number of stout cedar chests have been made to carry the books, pamph- lets, typewritten papers, etc., forming a part of the American case. The | chests are like shallow steamer trunks o that they may be shoved under the | berths and thus be avallable on the | passage over, Instead of going with the | baggage in the hold of the steamer. | Department to-night gave out the fol- lowing concerning the discussion to- day between the membeprs of the Cabi- net and the péace commission: The members of the Peace Commission, with the exception of Senator Gray, whose absence was due to his inability to withdraw as counsel in a case in which he was engaged- some time before his ap- pointment as one of the Peace Commjs- sioners, have spent the greater rart(of yesterday and to-day in a free discussion of the duties with the discharge of which they have been intrusted by the Presi- dent. Senator Gray is expected during the evening, and before sailing will have a full conference with the President and his associates. While, for obvious reasons, it was de- termined that the nature of the instruc- tions as to the negotiations about to be entered upon should for the present pe kept secret and made known only after definite results shall have been reached, it is possible to state authoritatively that the commission goes to Paris fully pre- pared to follow a course of action mapped out for it as the result of the consuita- tions of the last two days. At the very outset it will be made clear to the Spanish commissioners that, as in the case of the preliminary protocol, there can be no deviation from or modification of the demands made by the United States. The decision arrived at by the President, after a full consultation with the mem- bers of the commission, subsequently re- cefved the cordial and unanimous ap- proval of the Cabinet at a meeting held this afternoon. As previcusly announced, the commis- sion sails from New York on the Cam- pania at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. s = { DIPLOMATS SELECTED TO REPRESENT SPAIN Having Routed His Enemies, Sagasta Proceeds to Select a Peace Commission. MADRID, Sept. 15.—Ssagasta having ntirely routed his enemies, and, as Romero Robledo says, disposed of them, at once proceeds to nominate his peace commission.. The commissioners . will be instructed that their mission should be completed with the utmost poeSibia promptitude. Cgrtain names of the commissipn up to file are: Montero Rios, Spanish represéntative in Brussels. Senor Villaurrutia, who was chosen because he is considered one of the ris- ing diplomatists of Spain. He ig a friend of Sagasta, and speaks English. General Ceredo, general of engineers, most illustrious of scientific military men of this country. He speaks Eng- h and possesses the cold nature of a ant. Senor Gamica, magistrate, well versed in matters of international law, isiands, to be chosen by the This will permit considerable work on | and a great friend of Montero Rios. all of these pledges will | the trip and it is expected that the | Senor Abadzula, an old friend of Cas- CUBAN LEADERS CLAMORING FOR INDEPENDENCE Gomez Joins in_ the Movement. SPANISH ASSISTANCE ASKED SUDDEN AND PRONOUNCED CHANGE OF VIEW. Islanders Want to Control Tariffsand * Revenues Themselves, and Mer- chants Fear American Com- petition. Speclal Dispatch to The Call HAVANA, Sept. 15.—The . predomi- nant feature of the situation is the feverish and widespread agitation’ of the Cubans in favor of the absolute independence of the island at all costs. Manifestos are being circulated invit- ing the co-cperation of Spanish. resi- dents and merchants to this end, and pointing out that either annexation or an American protectorate would mean death to all trade with Spain in a | couple of years. General Maximo Gomez, who only a fortnight ago gave eXpression to ex- tremely moderate views, counseling harmony and patience, now expresses himself as strongly in favor of absolute independence or nothing. How far the influence of the party agitating for Cubap independence may extend it is at present difficult to esti- mate, but the fact is its agents are working like beavers. This violent impetus given to the agitation for independence is the re- sult, apparently, of the arrival of the Resolute, or, rather, of the arrival of Mr. Porter and the examination he is making into tariffs, municipal taxation and other matters of international gov- ernment which Cubans had expected to handle and administer themseives, One reason why many Spaniards who at first favored annexation have now changed their opinion is that they fear EXTRADITION IS DENIED THROUGH DEFECTIVE PAPERS allowed to land her cargo. There was no further trouble, but the Cubans dispatch- ed a courier to General Lawton with a re- quest that an.armed force be sent to Man- zanillo. This request will not be com- ?lled with, as Manzanillo is outside the erritory embraced by the terms of ca- pitulation. SERIOUS SITUATIGN IN SAN DOMINGO Commercial Panic Threatens the Sta- bility of the Government—Great Distress in the Island. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. PORTE PLATA, San Domingo, Sept. 16.—Serious results may come from the widespread commercial panic that exists in this country. Public discontent has at- tained such force that the situation of the present Government is critical. » The trouble has been accumulating for more than 8 month, and is laid at the door of the financial system of the coun- try. BExchange on: New York has been gradually rising, and the Increase in a month has been more than 100 per cent. This has caused great distress throughout the isiand. Cuts in wages have been made in miany instances, and these have caused strikes. Every effort is being made to avert disaster. BRYAN PREFERS BALLOTS TO PUSSIBLE BULLETS | He Is Anxious to Get Home to Take Part in the Fall Cam- paign. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: Colonel William Jennings Bryan will, I under- stand, soon end his war service. Reluct- ant as he is to resign his commission, in the face of pending orders to his regiment to proceed to Cuba for garrison duty, his desire to get back to his State In time for the fali campaign is seemingly paramount to all other considerations. Strenuous efforts have been made by the Governor of his State and other poli- ticlans to have his regiment mustered out, so as to allow Colonel Bryan to escape the ulternative of résigning his commis- sion._ This he contemplates doing {n case the War Department adheres to its de- | cision to keep the First Nebraska in serv- |ice, and this, I am told, the President has | dedided to do, not because his late politi- | cal rival is coionel of the regiment but be- cause this one remaining regiment from Nebraska is needed for service in Cuba. - “FIGHTING BOB’S” NEW POST. Assigned to a Position on the Naval Botkin. advised that the authorities of showing of the prosecution. cated that he had made a deep bearing on the case. gle case where extradition had had never been in the State. that there was none. . The innocence or guilt of tion of extradition alone. Q0000000000 CO000CO0CCO000 An impression that Cordelia Botkin would not be sent to Delaware for trial on any such showing as the police would | be able to make was greatly strengthened | yesterday during the extradition proceed- ings which took place in a room at the Palace Hotel. It must be admitted that up to the present stage the triumph of the prisoner’s lawyers seems to be complete. Governor Budd stands between the woman and the Delaware authoritles, and seems to entertain the idea that the constitution Inspection Board. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Secretary the competition of American rivals as Long this afternoon decided to assign of the United States sustains him. If the | harangue of District Attorney Hosmer 1‘hxs\d any effect in weakening the opinion TR f - GOVERNOR BUDD HEARS THE BOTKIN REQUISITION commissioners will hold meetings on shipboard. They will go direct from Liverpool to London and there stop for @ day's rest, then proceeding to Paris by the way of Dover and Calais. Senator Frye called at the War De- partment during the afternoon and had a talk with Acting Secretary Meikle- john. While they were together Rep- resentative Willlam Alden Smith of Michigan, who s a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Joined them. In the course of a good- natured exchange Mr. Smith urged Senator Frye to hoid on to the Philip- pines as an entirety, as well as all other territory which we were possessed of as a result of the war. Mr. Frye diplomatically avoided committing him.. self beyond remarking that this idea seeme;\il topye zrowlnz,r As Mr. Frye came from the de - ment he was asked if he favored Efl;;. tention of the Philippines, to which he replied: “I never have given to any human bein; SPAIN WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO PARLEY Must Acquiesce in the American Stip- ulations or Suffer » Resumption of the War. WASHINGTON, BSept. 15.—The State ,my views on that tellar, and a young, intelligent ex-Min- ister, who speaks English, will proba- bly be a member. Dinner to the Commissioners. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—President McKinley gave a dinner at the White House to-night to the members of the Spanish-American peace commission. Invited to meet them were the Cabinet members now here and a few other officials, most of whom have at varfous times been called in consultation on the questions relating to the war. CONNECTICUYT REPUBLICANS. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 15.—The Republican State Convention to-day nomi- nated this ticket: For Governor, G. E. Lounsbery; Lieutenant Governor, Lyman A. Mills; State Secretary, Huber Clark; Treasurer, C. W. Messick; Comptroller, homas E. Grant; Attorney 8eneru. Charles Phelps. Santa Rosa Hotelkeeper Dead. SANTA ROSA, Sept. 16—B. C. Bane, proprietor of the Occidental Hotel, died very suddenly to-night. He had been about the house ail day and appeared to be in usual health. He had been a resi- dent of Santa Rosa for many years, al- though several years since he spent a 00d deal of his time in 0, where he fiaa Jarge property interests. He was @ years of age. storekeepers, hotel managers and res- taurant-keepers. Exactly the same spirit prevails among the planters, especially the smaller ones, who had hoped to sell at good prices the old French and Belgian machinery for which they paid dear and imported under excessive duties. ‘They realize that the American ma- chinery, much cheaper and paying practically no duties, will establish a large central market, close theirs and push them to the wall. SPANIARDS VIOLATED _THE ARMISTICE Attempted to Capture a Cuban Sup- ply Boat—Fire From a Fort Killed a Native. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept 15.—General Lawton has received information from a Cuban courier from Manzanillo that four days ago the Spanlards there violated the armistice by attempting to take posses- sion of the Cuban vessel Fernandino, which was bringing supplies for the Cu- ban army. On board was a guard of twelve men. They were fired upon by Spaniards in the fort near the bay, one Cuban being killed. Immediately information was given to General Rios, in charge :ot _the - ?l“m forces surrounding wn, and he threatened an nmat'?{p e boat was not Captain Evans to duty as a member of the naval inspection board, and he will assume his new duties after a brief va- cation. SET A TRAP-GUN FOR A ROBBER OF HIS CABIN Round Valley Rancher Arrested for Murder—The Case a Peculiar One.’ UKIAH, Sept. 15.—Court Barker, who lives seven miles from Covelo, was arrest- ed yesterday and charged with murder. The case is a peculiar one. Barker owns a ranch in Round Valley, and for some time past has been bothered by parties who entered his cabin during his absence and appropriated several articles. Barker rigged up a rifle Monday and set it in his cabin so that when the window was opened the weapon would be dischary . Blane, a Frenchman, visit the house Monday. He was a stranger in that art of the country, and opened the win- Snw. The gun was discharged and the bullet penetrated his breast, killing him imtmt? g S AR Arrested at Hanford for Arson. HANFORD, Sept. 15.—Willlam Fisher of Cincinnati has been arrested for burning the barn of W. 8. Porter, four miles west of Hanford, this morning. He is also charged w!th having fired the residence of J. W, ne soon after. The evidence against him is sald to be conclusive. of the executive there was no indication of it. The hearing will continue to-day. The apartment in which proceedings were held was not.crowded. About the edges of the room were rows of law stu- dents and newspaper men. One lady re- porter graced the scene. There was among the spectators a craning of necks due to an impression that the defendant was present. As a matter of fact Mrs. Botkin did not appear. She was repre- sented by Attorneys Knight, Wheeler, McGowan and Heggerty. Against this ar- ray Hosmer had to stand alone, and his experience did not gain in comfort from the attitude of Governor Budd, who asked many questions. The presence of Chief Lees and Detective McVey may have sus- tained him. Hosmer explained that the purpose of the law was to punish rather than shield the gullty. The Governor did not desire the matter of guilt or innocence to be dis- cussed. What he wanted to know was whether Mrs. Botkin could be regarded as a fugitive from Delaware. He was direct in his inquiries, and did not appear to be fully satisfied with the answers. That he had himself been devoting study to each oint involved was evident. The proceed- ngs, pudcululy in the afternoon, were not of a lively nature. Hosmer cited in- stances and quoted law, meantime read- ing an address written in a book. It hap- pened that he stood directly In front of a mirror. Occasionally his eye would alight on a gesture reproduced there, and the vision seemed to gleue. At least he would make another gesture and look again. There is reason to fear that that C000000000000000COCO0000OC000000CC0O00 Governor Budd surprised the prosecution in the Dunning poisoning case yesterday, by declaring that the extradition pa- pers do not contain a formal complaint against Mrs. The hearing of the case will go on, but the Governor ward the all-important document at once. He assured Assistant District would not grant the request for His questionings, during the course of the It Indicated, also, that he did not believe her to be a fugitive from justice under asked Assistant District Attorney Hosmer if he knew of a sin- Mr. Hosmer had to acknowledge the case now under consideration, the fight being on the ques- No Complaint Accompa- nies the Demand for Mrs. Botkin. Is She a Fugitive?-—-The One Question Which Gov. Budd Must Now Decide. Cordelin Delaware be requested to for- Attorney Hosmer extradition on that he the present inquiry, indi- and intelligent study of the law the constitution. He been granted when the party Mrs. Botkin does not enter into 0000000000000 000000000 | 0000000000000 00000OC000000000000C00C mirror will lh: heaé-lng. ccording to the view freely expressed l_)y Governor Budd, there is no rrn:on for sending Mrs. Botkin to Delaware. Hos- mer pleaded for it on the ground that it vs'ould be an act of comity. The Governor Wwas not in favor of extending the sort of comity which would conflict with the Su- preme Court. He did not understand how the Delaware complaint could have been sworn to and bolstered up by evidence col- lected in San Francisco long after the date of the swearing. Neither was he pleased with the form of the complaint. Such was the condition when the hear- ing closed for the day. Hosmer had been talking as steadily as the fire of inter- ruptions would permit, but he could not pacify the interrogative Governor. - -t times there were signs of warmth, but after adjournment the Governor called Hosmer “John.” Detective McVey looked depressed. His prospects of an early trip 2 .comi)uny with Mrs. Botkin had ost_their brilllancy. It was with a sub- ued air that Chief Lees gathered up the wealth of exhibits with which he had cumbered the room. Hosmer assumed a solemn aspect. ‘The Botkin attorneys loaded themselves with a law library each and went away. They were observed to be grinning. At 10 o'clock in the morning Governor Budd’s apartments at the Palace were well filled. It had been quietly given out that Mrs. Botkin would avpear at the opening of the proceedings that will have results of so much importance to her. At the last moment her attorneys decided that her presence before the executive would not be necessary. Chief Lees carried his ill-omened black grip, and from it he shortly drew the bun- dle of documents which he was to turn over to the Governor. Upon Governor Budd’s arrival he settled at once at the business that lay befors him. Chief Lees opened proceedings by laying before the Governor the requisition of Governor Tunnell for the person of Mrs. Botkin, the warrant for her arrest be the means of prolonging and the numerous affidavits and exhibits that have been attached during the past month. It was the warrant that first caught the eyes of Governor Budd and he immediate- ly asked Chief Lees for the complaint upon which it was bas: “Why, the warrant is the complaint,” explainéd the Chief. “They are the samio i Budd, plaint. “I do, your Excellency.” ‘““Well, I certainly cannot grant extradi- tion upon any such showing as this. The first thing that the Governor looks for when he is asked for requisition is the complaint, information or indictment that the request must necessarily be based upon. Such an instrument is not here. This paper is not even an affidavit that such complaint has been ever made. It seems to me that it is nothing more than a hodge-podge of both warrant and afii- davit. As far as the affidavit part of it goes it does not say that the complaining witness does make oath that the facts are true, but that he has, at some time made such oeath. Furthermore, sworn to by any one, apparently. name of John B. Pennington, the com- Hosmer,” demanded Governor 'do you consider this paper a com- plaining witness, is signed only once and then in the body of the instrument.” Here Mr. Hosmer and Chief Lees both arose to explain that in Delaware a war- rant for arrest upon a charge such as the one in hand was considered complete when it included an affidavit to the effect that due complaint had been legally made. It was really Mr. Hosmer who made the explanation. The Chief was pulled back to his seat before he had further jeonardized the case. Governor Budd was not satisfied and asked for an explanation from Detective McVey, as agent for the State of Dela- ware. McVey explained that in Delawara a verbal complaint sworn to before a Justice of the Peace was the custom. Upon this verbal complaint, he said, the warrant was_issued. The Governor then said that under the constitution he could not permit the extradition unless either a complaint, information or indictment accompanied the requisition. McVey in- sisted that the warrant in hand was also a complaint, but that no indictment could be brought until November as the Grand Jury did not sit until that time. At this point Chief Lees broke in with: “Governor, you can grant us extradition on this paper, and if the courts back there declare all this work illegal we can hold her till November and get an in- dictment.” The Chief was quickly pulled down into his seat by anxious friends, and the Governor. with a look of amused surprise, replied that he ‘“certainly would not stand in to kidnap the prisoner.” Attorney George Knight broke in at this point and indicated at the start the one point upon which the defense will make its fight. Sald he: “Your Excellency, we grant for the pur- pose of argument that these papers are all right, but there is one admission that I want from the prosecution. T will ask Mr. Hosmer whether or not Mrs. Botkin has ever been in the State of Delaware.” n the body, no,” answered Hosmer, L “How about the spirit?” suggested the Governor. Here Chief Lees made another futile at- tempt to point the way for Mr. Hosmer: ‘““That ain’t it at all, Hosmer," sald he. “We are willing to admit that she has never been in Delaware, but we will prova that_she’s a fugi—" Again that friendly hand at the official coattail pulled him back to silence. < "Iosmer was unwilling to make any ad- missfons until Knight had admitted that the papers in hand were correct, but the Governor answered that the objectlon to the complaint was his and he would not walve it . The Governor continued: “Mr, Hoamer, 1 see that this requisition says that Mrs,