The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 22, 1898, Page 1

This Paper not to be taken from the Library. +4., The Call VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO 114. . = SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBEB 22, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALGER LAYS ALL BLAME ON THE CAMP OFFICERS Says They Alone Were Responsible for the Mortality in the Army. General Waites Accuses Quartermasters and Ludington Point Blank of Gross Neglect. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Secretary of War, who to-day spected Camp Poland and reviewed the | enlisted men encamped, made a speech to the commanding officers at General McKee's headquarters during the | morning, in which he fiexed the blame for the sickness in the camps through- out the country on the commanding officers. General Alger congratulated General McKee on the splendid condition of the camp and the troops. He expressed | satisfaction at the location of the camp and the showing made by the| men. After the review of the troops in camp General Alger asked the com- manding officers to assemble at Gen- eral McKee’'s headquarters, and at the latter’s tent the Secretary was sur- rounded by the officers and the Knox- ville citizens’ committee. He removed his hat and in a delicate and carefully ch said: sit this camp for the f with the aring and to hear from recommendation which the camp. | r what the commanders | it division hospitals and spitals more especially. There has been a great deal of talk about | the co ns of the camp hospitals. | I want to say that had the War De- | partment been a ainted with the con- | ditions sald to have existed at Chicka- | mauga, the troops there would have been | moved long before they were. | We received only good reports at Wash- ington from the commanding officers and 1 that the outside reports d. s of camps are responsi- | tion of their camps and | if the men are not well cared for, and [ hospital ‘and -sonitary conditions | bad, the commanding officers must wer for it. | o War Department has been and is | ready to supply the demands of the troops | for medicines and sustenance, and there is no reasor onditions other than the best possible should exist. LEXINGTON, KXy., Sept. 21.—A prominent gentleman close to the na- | tional administration as well as to the officers here at Camp, Hamilton says | the tour of inspection of the Southern s by Secretary Alger, Quarter- er General Ludington and Surgeon General Sternberg will develop numer- ous charges from regimental and gen- | eral field officers against both the med- | fcal and the quartermaster's depart- | ments, and especially against some commissaries. The talking was begun here to-day by General Waites against | the quartermasters, and other officers will add testimony before the tour is | over. Secretary Alger stated that all| of this information and all other evi- dence that he could secure would be presented to the investigation commit- | tee at Washington. . | At the conference last night of Sec- | retary Alger with General Breckin- | ridge, the commander of Camp Ham- | flton, and other officers General Sanger said that ‘ghile the division hospital | might be a good thing as now con- | ducted it had been a disgrace to the service; that it had deprived the regi- | ments of their surgeons and caused | hardships on the sick, who would have had better attention at the proper | time. Surgeon General Sternberg in reply insisted that all requisitions had been honored in Washington and that | any medical men failing to do their duty should be reported. General Walites told Secretary Alger that the failure of some quartermasters to furnish supplies was criminal. While | in Chickamauga he frequently made re- quests which were not honored. An imperative order had been sent to have all water boiled. He had made a requi- sition on Quartermaster General Lee for water boilers. No attention was paid to his requisition and he repeated- | ly urged Quartermaster General Lee to send the boilers; and, telling him | how the men were contracting typhoid | fever, he met with a reply which read: Sept. 2L.—The | in- | nish boilers.” | port Increased the list of deaths and of | Quartermaster Lee and it was the fault | in four miles of the Colon, Lee “The War Department does not fur- General Waites then purchased the boilers himself, but the seeds of ty- phoid had been sown and the daily re- cases in the hospitals. Pointine at Quartermaster Ludington, General Waltes said: “These men cannot say it was some- body else’s fault. It was the fault of of Quartermaster Ludington, who is standing right there.” Ludington made no reply to Walites, as Sternberg had done to Sanger. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—The Quar- termaster’s Department of the Army states that the claim made by certain officers that boilers were not furnished for boiling water at®Chickamauga is | not true. On the same date that Chief | Quartermaster Lee telegraphed for the | boilers, 2000 were sent and a little later 500 more. It is also stated that the soldiers would not drink the boiled water because it had a flat taste, and preferred and drank the fresh water. CHARGES UPON WHICH WINTYRE WILL BE TRIED One Allegation Is “Scandalous Con- duct Tending to the Destruc- tion of Good Morals.” 21.—The attention al Lemly being | t of Chaplain Melntyre that he had not been informed of the charges upon which he is to be tried by court martial at Denver on the 26th inst., the officer very promptly fur- nished the papers in the case for pub- lication. The chaplain is to be tried upon three charges, all growing out of a lec- | ture delivered by him In the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Denver, on August '8 last, referriug to the hattle of | July 8. The first charge is “sciadalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals.” There are three specifications under this charge, fn brief that he referred to Ad- miral Sampson as reporting himself with- when she ruck her colors, in order to get his re of the prize money; second, he | charged that In the chase after the Colon the Oregon met the Iowa going to the | rear and that “Fighting Bob took the | Iowa to_the rear and kept her there dur- | ing the battle”; third, that Eastern-made ships falled to come up to expectations because the builders got their orders through political pull, and *did not care how muc;’: they cheated t Government.” The second charge is nduct to the | of good order and discipline.” t recites the three specifications of the | first charge with an additional one based | on the chaplain’s “‘public and contemptu- | reference to_ Captain E | ghting Bob.” The third charge is | “conduct unbecoming an officer of the | pavy,” and recites the same specifica- tions. | | BUYS A ST. LOUIS PLANT. } American Tobacco:Company Absorbs the Brown Company. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21.—J. B. Duke, presi- | dent of the American Tobacco Company, | who has been in the city for several days, | to-day consummated a deal whereby his | company has come into the possession of the Brown Tobacco Company’s plant at | Eighteenth and Chouteau avenue. He | paid $1,290,000 for the property and took | posse: at once. Ever since President Duke and his at- | torney have been in St. Louis have connected his company purchase of t Drummond Tobacco Works. In answer to a question as to! whether he had been negotiating for the purchase of the Drummond plant or con- | templated buying it Mr. Duke in an inter- | view to-night said: | “We are not negotiating for the pur- chase of the Drummond Works, but we are always on the lookout for a bar- gain. If we can get what we want at our price we will take it. Otherwise we will make 1o deal. o FLOODS IN SOUTHERN SPAIN. Many Persons Perish and the Olive Harvest Ruined. MADRID, Sept. 21.—The southern part of Spaln has been visited by terrible floods. At the village of Herrerra, near Cadiz, elghty persons have been drowned. A great number of cattle have also pe: ished and the olive harvest is lost, espe: ally in the provinces of Seville and Gran- ada. There have been many deaths in other parts of the flooded country. BUTLER’S OFFI APPEAL FOR dID Proof of the Cruelty of the De- mand for Duty on the Comal’s Cargo. are writing home soliciting friends trustworthy reports and their ‘own such as the Comal does not carry. able, ooovooco0o000 HAVANA, Sept. 21.—So convinced of the necessity for special re- Q lef here have the officers of General Butler's staff become that they © requested me to do so through The Call and Herald. vinced that the amount of suffering here not only makes the demand of $60,000 duty for the Comal's cargo an act of cruelty, but also necessitates charitable contributions of fresh milk and other delicacies . The commission has no fund for £uch purposes, and the strain on private purses is already consider- 0000000000000000000000000060000000 CERS for contributions, and they have As result of investigations the officers are con- © o (] o © [ (] (] -] ] BRIDGEPORT’S MURDER MYSTERY. MURDERED WOMAN MILLPOND MYSTERY NEARING SOLUTION Dismembered Corpse Identified as That of Emma Gill and One Arrest for Murder Made. . BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Sept. 21.—Another development in the yellow millpond mystery was made known to-day with the announcement of the arrest in Hartford of Walter C. Foster. The police have reached the conclusion that the young woman whose dismembered corpse was found in the pond last week was Emma Gill, daughter of Harry Gill, of Southington. Young Foster is accused of being an accomplice in the murder of Miss Gill. Miss Gill was 24 years of age and had been employed as a domestic in the family of James H. Pratt of Southington. Her brother descr’bed a mole upon her neck and a similar mark‘ was found on the corpse. The brother told how his sister started on a vacation. announced to Mr. Pratt that she was ill and was going away again. At the end of the two weeks she returned home, but To her parents she stated that her suitor, Walter Foster, of Hartford, had a sister living m Stratford, and she had invited her there. Two letters sent by the parents to the daughter were answered, but a third one, with directions on the outside to the postmaster to return within three days if not called for, was received to-day unopened. Mrs. Dr. Nancy Guilford, 2 midwife, is suspected of complicity in the murdex, She has disappeared. 5 GARCIA AGAINST = : INDEPENDENCE = s - X £ Latest Report Concerning » the Disgruntled Cuban Insurgent Leader. bed Speclal cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyrighted, 183, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA. Sept. 21.—There is an apparently well-founded re- port, which I cannot confirm without seeing him, that Calixto Garcla is in the near future to head the Cuban anti-independ- ence, pro-annexation party. The motive attributed is his chagrin at recelving only twenty-seven votes when beaten by Bartolome Masso, the present President, and his soreness over the slights cast on him by the Cuban lead- ers after his behavior at Santi- ago. His attitude then is said to have been due to personal feelings against General Shafter and to be no criterion of his sentiments toward the American Government. [-%-3-3-3-%-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-2-3 -3 -1 PAYMASTERS NEEDED - IN THE PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, Sept. 2L.—A few days ago orders were issued directing the re- turn to San Francisco from Manila of three paymasters, as it was thought they were not needed in the Philippines longer. The order was revoked to-day upon the receipt of a telegram from General Otis saying that the men could not be spared. He said that most of the paymasters in Manila were employed in duties outside of the regular duties of paymasters. Major ‘Whipple, chief paymaster, was Auditor of the corporation of Manila, Major Kel- leher was provost marshal and In charge of finances, Major Lord was in charge of the customs of Manila, and Major Kil- bourne was employed in another field capacity. This made it impossible to send the three paymasters home, as was de- termined. i T AL ] Cozzens Found Not Guilty. SANTA ROSA, Sept. 21.—The jury in the case of the People vs. D. Cozzens, the Geyserville ploneer, charged with an at- tempt to murder J. Rambold, a Healds- burg merchant, returned a verdict of *“not gullty.” age. 3080108 308 300 206 508 108 106 308 308 108 308 100 100 308 308 200 08 308 308 0 RO R XH K 4% Cozzens is over 70 years o fififififlfiflfifififibfi;‘fifififififlfifiC!Gflrifi_fiCE):E ADUGH RIDERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE Delegation Visits President. the PRAISED FOR THEIR VALOR EACH CALLER IS PRESENTED INDIVIDUALLY. Give Hearty Response to All That Mr. McKinley Has to Say About the Officers Who Led Them. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—President McKinley to-day informally received a delegation of about a dozen members of the Roosevelt Rough Rider Regiment. A majority of the delegation is from New Mexico, and is en route home. It was presented by Delegate Ferguson of that Territory, who stated that New Mexico had furnished four of the cap- tains and 440 of the men constituting the regiment. Each of the callers was presented in- dividually to the President, who, after greeting them personally, talked with them and to them as a body in an in- formal manner. He spoke with earnest enthusiasm of the work of the regiment in the Santiago campalgn, saying that he was pleased to have the opportunity | on his-own behalf and on behalf of the country at large to thank the regi- ment, through the presented delegation, with the work it had done. “Your record is one,”” he said, “of ‘which' the entire nation is proud. T tell people who talk with me about the Rough Riders that you left the boats in squads of twenty or thirty inquiring the way to Santiago, and that you hardly stopped until you arrived there. “You have not only done well,” he continued, “but I-have no doubt you would all be willing to again serve your country in an emergency.” The response was that they would to a man. “We want our colonel to raise a bri- gade instead of a regiment next time,” 406 306308 206 308 X0 306 30 306 308 306 306 306 306 XX 3% = SAILORS FOR DEWEY'S SHIPS Navy Department Orders That 400 Be Sent to Manila. ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—The Navy Department has ordered 400 sailors sent to Admiral Dew- ey’s squadron at Manila.. The men will be sent from San Fran- cisco on a merchant steamer. It is the purpose of the department to gather most of the men from the Pacific coast, but orders have been given to Lieutenant Commander Vail, in charge of the permanent naval recruiting station in Chicago, to recruit 110 of the sailors there. This detail does not amount to a reinforce- ment of the forces at Manila, for the men are to take the places of sallors whose terms of service have expired. £X 308 30 308 3CF 306 308 305 30F 306 308 308 308 308 306 3¢ pug=BugapegugegaagaoFugaagagugaaB et PeRugaBaReReRaRel 30 308 308 X0 308 308 08 308 308 0% 308 108 308 308 3 308 08 308 308 308 30¢ 308 308 X0F 30 208 X0 206 308 308 30K 30K ¢ said one of the younger members of the party. The President also congratulated the scldiers upon their good fortune in hav- ing competent officers to lead them and met with a hearty response to all that he said about Colonel Roosevelt and General Wood and General Young. The delegation comprised the follow- ing named members of the regiment: Captains W. H. Llewellyn, T. Muller, R. C.. Day and M. Lun; Lieutenants W. F. Danie, J. H. Carr, Thomas H. Rhin- ning, F. 8. Keys, Coleman; Cor- porals Llewellyn, Fries, Denny, Cald- well and Keithley, and Troopers Knox, Coulton and Wood. GENERAL AUGUSTI ARRIVES AT VITTORIA The Former Captain General of the Philippines Said to Look Very 1L, MADRID, Sept. 2l.—General Augusti, the former captain general of the Philip- pine Islands, has arrived at Vittoria, cap- ital of the Spanish province of Alava, about thirty miles south of Bllbao. It is sald that he looks {ll and is reticent con- cerning the recent hapenings at Manila. The general, however, admitted that .e contemplated surrendering before the capitulation actually took place. He also praised the army elo*uently and ex- pressed the hope that the Supreme Court ‘would pass judgment on his conduct. ICORRUPT WORK OF SAN JOSE’S BOSS AIRED IN COURT Sensational Exposures in Jarman’s Slander Suit Against “Jim” Rea. |How Certain City Officials Were Bulldozed Into Doing the Bidding of the Political Rings ters. SAN JOSE, Sept. 21.—Rea’s methods} of doing politics were ventilated in | Judge Kittredge's court to-day during | the proceedings in the Jarman-Rea | $50,000 slander suit. Ex-Councilman Jarman related how Rea and Macken- zie had interfered with himself and other Councilmen in the performance | of their officlal duties. Mayor Paul P. | Austin, he said, also was activesin this respect. These worthies tried to dic- tate the election of certain policemen and firemen. As was expected the case will bring out many new things in San Jose poli- | ties. It establishes beyond doubt that Rea and Mackenzie have been running the city government for years and have had control of all the City Councils. | The courtroom was packed. Jarman | was on the stand all day and had just completed his testimony at the hour of adjournment. At the opening of court this morning | Attorney Burchard questioned Jarman in regard to the date of his altercation with Rea, when the slanderous remarks were made. The witness was then passed and Attorney Delmas elicited | the following story of the workings of | Rea and Mackenzie in politics: Jarman said his relations with Rea | were friendly before he became a Coun- | cilman. He was elected to the Council | in April, 1895, and about this time Rea called at his home to discuss such po- | litical offices as would come within his power as Councilman. Said he: “At Rea's first visit he importuned me to support John E. Richards for City Attorney. Mayor Austin also called | and urged me to support Richards. | Rea came to my store two or three | times in relation to the selection of firemen and policemen. He wanted me | to programme and vote for the slate he would make up. I told him I had my own view as to who should serve as policemen and firemen and would | exercise my own judgment in selecting them.” i On the Sunday morning before the annual election of policemen and fire- men UCouncilmen Jarman, Dittus, Krieg | and Martin met at the office of the | wood yard of Councilman E. P. Main to | go over the names of applicants for po- | sitlons in the police and fire depart- ments. They had been in session but a few minutes when a knock was heard and “Boss” Rea entered. In his usual blunt manner Rea said: “You people think you can get along without me, but I want you to know I have something to say in the matter.” Rea then went over to where Council- | man - Richard Martin was standing, | and, slapping him on the shoulder, said: | “What in h—l are you doing here? | You know perfectly well you can’t vote | with these people. If you do you will lose your job Tuesday morning. Be- sides, remember that little financial obligation you are under to me. Come with me; get out of here.” Rea took Martin with him and thus broke up the meeting. Martin at that time was working for R. J. Langford, Rea’s present candidate for Sheriff, and through Langford Rea intended to enforce his threat of discharge. Rea told those in Main’s office when he left if they would come to his home in the afternoon he would arrange things satisfactorily. Jarman’s testi- mony about the visit to Rea’s home fol- | lows: “Councilmen Main, Dittus, Krieg and | myself went to Rea’s home. Besides | Rea there were present John D. Mac- kenzle, Major Starck, W. J. Wolcott, superintendent of the Almshouse; Z. L. Orcutt, superintendent of the In- firmary; Mayor Austin and Colonel Bennett, Street Commissioner. Coun- cilman Martin was absent. “Rea took nencil and paper from his pocket and began to write down the names of those firemen and policemen to whom tr-~e were no objections. I was the principal objector. The first objection I raised was to the removal of Chris Shannon from the police force. I said he was a very efficient and com- petent officer and a sober man. Rea also wanted to drop Mike Durkin, an- other very efficient and competent offi- cer, from the force. I entered another objection and said I would not vote for a ticket that did not contain these two officers. Mackenzie said some had to be dropped to make room for others. ‘When the name of Joe Nolting was presented by Rea and Mackenzie for a place as policeman, I also objected bes cause I knew Nolting to be a drunkard and not a sober man. Mackenzie said Nolting had to go on because he was a brother of Councilman Nolting. Mayor Austin said he knew Joe Nolting had been drunk 160 days out of the year, but | he would vote for him in preference to the “~st man in the city on account of his brother. During the discussion I said I wanted to name James F. Reed for policeman if there was a vacancy. Rea objected. He said Reed had been a tinhorn gambler and had no political influence. Rea sald years ago Reed controlled the Spanish vote, but had lost it and now had no influence. “Rea had a slate made up for fire~ men and this he submitted to Main, Krieg, Dittus and myself. I objected to Ed Mangin, because he had been be- fore the council for grossly insulting a woman. Mackenzie said to me: ‘“‘You haven’t a foot to stand on. That man is worth fifty votes to us and has to go into the Fire Depart- ment;’ Jarman would not agree to these slates made up by Rea and Mackenzie and the “boss” got angry and said he would wash his hands of the whole business. Rea served some cold meats and tea and coffee, and Jarman said this was the hospitality the defendant accused him of having partaken of and then been so ungrateful as to refuse to accept the slate. Jarman said that on the following day he, Krieg, Dittus and Main went to San Francisco so as to delay the election of policemen and firemen a week, so that in that time influence could be brought to hear upon Martin to yote for a clean set of officials. He said Councilmen Hogan, Nolting and Mangrum stood in with Rea. At this point Delmas asked this pointed question: “Mr. Jarman, did you ever receive any money on the purchase of a steam roller or any other proposition while a member of the Common Council?” “No, sir,” answered the witness. He said he had heard rumors that Councilmen Fay and Nolting and Mac- kenzie had each recelved $100 for work- ing for a purchase of a roller. Jarman said that at the meeting at Rea’s house Krieg wanted John P. Scully for policeman and Main nomi- nated Buckley. Rea wanted to drop Officer Prindiville, but Dittus objected. The “boss” also suggested Eugene Evans and M. F. Marshall for police- men. He said Wolcott, Starck and other old soldiers wanted Evans. The witness said Rea asked him to do sev- eral things while in the Council. He wanted him to vote for Richards for City Attorney and to draw up an or- dinance increasing the Park Commis- sion to twelve. Mackenzie also had been to see him. Jarman said that when he announced himself as a candidate for Supervisor friends of Rea asked him to call at the latter’s office. C. M. Shortridge also came. to see him several times. “On one occasion,” said the witness, “Shortridge said he would like me to go around to Rea’s office with him. When we got to Rea’s office Shortridge said: “*Jim, I want John to have the nomi- nation for Supervisor, and want you to stand in with him and not oppose him.” “Rea said: ‘All right, if the old man (meaning Greeninger) is not a candi- date. “Rea sent for me several times and I went to see him.” Jarman said he never asked Rea to support him. CAMP SITES SCARCE AROUND HONOLULU Reason Why Uncle Sam Will Send Only One Regiment for Garrison Duty. ald telegraphs: There is no fixed ease. be on account of the difficulty of $100 per acre per year. This, it is duty. \ 0000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—The Washington correspondent of the Her- that troops will be kept out of Hawaii on account of a fear of dis- The real objection to sending troops to Hawali now seems to at the department that the nearest available camp ground Is 100 miles from Honolulu. Otherwise troops will have to camp either on rocky sites or tillable rice land will have to be rented at a cost of Government may decide to leave only one regiment there for garrison opinion in the War Department getting a camp ground. It is said (-] ] © o ] (4] o o © said, is the real reason why the © [ (-4 [d °