The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1898, Page 1

Call This Paper not to be taken from | the Library. s+ BESEES T VOLUME L SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER = 7, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GENERAL CHIPPEWA PILLAGERS THE BATTLE WITH BRAVE REGULARS Major Wilkinson, an Indian Policeman Among the Slain. : If General Bacon’s His Command Rescued. | 0 Be WALK Minn., e mainland near a Major M. C. W dead; Captain her men have gers. policeman are and a dozen othe Kay-Bay-Gw dead. killed. cartridg . loaded y by the whites braves will e not worth much, to reports to- ech Lake are nd Red Lake A general of the 1 night. not be dis- the Indians dur- an exo- ses to- them. -t here at the agency terribly are allpwed to get to ns no officer will be able to n back. sther expedition to Sugar Point 1 about 10 o'clock to-day. There re fifteen rifiemen on board, all The boat carried coffee r The detail is under ¢ Dr. Camp of Brainerd, an fighter. ps on the island have been siney was very cold, and men without bls s must have suffered. The arrival of a boat at the island with a lition this morning was the sign the immediate reopening of hostilities. The Indians again opened fire and soldiers promptly re- sponded. In a second there was as fierce a fight in progress as that of yes- | terday. 1ulieu narrowly escaped with his life. 8 coat sleeve was torn by a bullet. The firing became so hot the boat was compelled to weigh an- chor and steam out into the lake. The Indians appear to be in force. Ammunition Holds Out Island to-day, and several more brave men were killed and wounded by the savage Pilla- kinson, six privates and one Indlan ay-Tyh, chief of the Indian police, was The | vesterday at noon. | RENEW SRR R BB R R R SRR R R R R R Six Privates and May Soon Be There was more fighting on Sheehan is slightly wounded been hit. Several Indians are QOOQOQGQQ UPRIS ING FEARE -2 [ E N R R R NS R L NN REERNNRENNNNNNRENARRRERERS o @ B Sergeant Leroy Ayers, shot in the leg. 2 Private Godfrey Ziegner, shot through the shoulder. @ Private Charles Turner, shot through the shoulder. = = Private Richard Buckhardt, shot in the neck. E 2 Private E. E. Antoulla, shot in the leg. . = Private George Wicker, shot in the leg. 1 = Private Ed Brown, broken jaw. 8 : Private John Daily, shot through the thigh. 2 The loss of the Pillagers is known to have been heavy. 2 LENNNN :LIST OF THOSE KILLED @ND - WOUNDED BY THE REDSKINS ° WALKER, Minn., Oct. 6.—The following is a partial list of the killed and injured: Major Melville C. Wilkinson. Sergeant William Butler. Private Ed Lowe. Private S. Wallenstocker. Private Alfred Zehell. Private John Ansted. NHRRRNRARNNNS EEEELT D), WOUNDED. RUBRUR BURRRRRNURNNUNRURRRRRNS B NNNNNNY ‘& Masterly Address D UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GREET HENRY T. GAGE elivered to the Young Men of the College Town. A Clear and Definite Arrfiignment of the Principles Represented by Maguire in the Present Cam- paign—Tender ed 2 Grand Ovation. Among the many speeches which the | Hon. Henry T. Gage will have made be. fore the day of election he will probably have reason to remember the one made by him yesterday afternoon in Berkeley before a throng of enthusiastic college students. The whole occasion was a_ decidedly unique affair, with a strong college flavor to everything about it. From the rzoment the Republican standard-bearer stepped off the train at Berkeley station until the | time he took leave of the committee that had acted as his escort he was treated to a royal ovation. By a special order of President Martin J. Kellogg all exercises in the university were suspended shortly before 3 o’clock. Long before that hour Stiles Hall was | made the central point of interest in the university town. The seating capacity of the building is small at best, but to-day it was ludicrously insufficient to accom- i THE PILLAGER INDIAN AGENCY AND VILLAGE ON THE BANK OF LEECH LAKE. 3 | on’s command was too small to take ve action. A detachment is en- | trenched in a good position and can i out as long as the ammunition jor M. C. Wilkinson was shot| irough the leg while walking up and ing the men to keep| w. He had his leg dressed, | again and was shortly d shot through the body. Ly- £ blood he raised himself | ing in a pool upc and said to General Baco, em hell, general; never mind He died In a few me of »aper men who were | t out fr | were last ni probably killed found a safe hi and. »w transpires they ng place on the isl- —_——— | BACON IN DESPERATE STRAITS. WALKER, Minn., Oct. 6.—Scunds of conflict have come from Bear Island all day, but people here are still ignorant of the real 'situation on the battle- ground where General Bacon and his men had their desperate encounter with®the Pillager Indians yvesterday. Up to an early hour this morning there were many grounds for fearing that General Bacon and his command had been annihilated. No direct word had been received from any man who participated in the first battle. Early this morning, however, the fir- ing was resumed and it has continued practically all day. This makes it certain that General Bacon’s command is still on earth and in fighting trim. It is now believed the soldiers are entrenched and in a posi- tion to hold out until reinforcements | reach them. | Lieutenant Colonel Harbach of the Third Infantry reached here late this afternoon and immedlately started for Bear Island. It is thirty miles distant and progress will necessarily be slow. No courier has reached here from Bear Island to-day, so it is impossible to learn the result of to-day’s fight. A posse of citizens succeeded in land- ing on Bear Isiand, s'cured the bodies of four of the men killed in Wednes- day’s fight and brought away nine | wounded soldiers. The citizens were | driven to their boats by Indians firing | from the bush, but no fatalities are re- ported. The condition of the Bacon men, even | turbance. if they are safe from annihilation, must | be desperate. They are {lly supplied | with overcoats and blankets. They have no tents. Their food supplies were | | short when they landed and they were in no shape to stand a long siege. Another special - train will leave| Brainerd to-night with 200 or more | soldiers. Inspector Tinker express the opinion that with 500 soldiers the Indians will be subdued, but thinks there will be much bloodshed. It is said the Indians from the Mille Lacs reservation have started, 300 strong, to join the Leech Lake Indians. and if this is the case it will require 500 additional troops to quell the dis- They are reported to be well armed and going northward at a rapid rate. They will probably reach Leech Lake and Bear Island by daylight to- morrow. Two hunters came in this afternoon from the woods and reported a band of ! fifteen or twenty Indians golng north, | o’clock to-night there had been no in- and it is believed that they are an ad- | formation received by the War Depart- vance guard of the Mille Lacs Indians. | ment officials from General Bacon. or a party of their scouts. The men | During the evening, however, the de- were not close enough to say whether | partment recelved from the general’s they were painted or not, but know | adjutant, now at St. Paul, the follow- they were armed. | ing telegram, giving a summary of con- The inhabitants at Walker, Lothrup | ditions as far as that officer was able and Hackensack, Minn., are terrified | to obtain them: beyond measure and are armed as far| ST. PAUL. Minn., Oct. 6.—Adjutant Gen- as arms and ammunition are procur- | eral, Washington: In answer to a tele- able. Little sleep is taken by the ma- | E7am to the United States Marshal at Jority of the citizens. .| Walker, Minn., I have received a reply, Sinee the uprising of the Bear Islana | EI¥inE the location of General Bacon on Indians, the Indians at the Leech Lake agency have been quiet up till to-day, but word has arrived to-night from the agency that the Indians have broken out and the authorities have no control over them, and fear there will be more bloodshed. Leech Lake and saying: “Commenced fighting at 11:30 yesterday. Indians seem to have best position. Not moving. Ma- jor Wilkinson, five soldiers and two In- Qian police killed; awaiting reinforce- ments.”" Press dispatches and private Western Union dispatches seem to support these statements about the Killed. Reinforce- R e OFFICIAL REASSURANCES. “'ASHINGTON?HCL 6.—Up to 10| this evening. Reliable information indi- cates the Indians quiet in the vicinity of ®9® PEEEODD® ® [0JO; Minn., says: dressed and took the fleld again. through the body. one elbow and shouted to General OJOIOIOJONONOXOROYORORORORONO) These were the last words of OJOJOYOJOIOTO ® mand are crazed with rage. wreak vengeance on the Pillagers ® [CIOIOIOIC among the Northwestern people at fOJOROROROZOORCRORCRORORO] MdAJOR WILKINSON GAME TO THE END « MINNEAPOLIS, QOct. 6.—The Journal's Major Wilkinson was shot through the leg, but had his wound Shortly afterward he was shot Lying in a pool of blood, he raised himself on “Give them h—Il, general; never mind about me."” Major Wilkinson was shot and killed while walking up and down admonishing the men to keep their heads low. No braver man or better officer ever lived. ‘When reinforcements arrive they will not half over yet—the biggest battle remains to be fought. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Major M. C. Wilkinson was well known a volunteer in the Civil War, serving throughout that conflict, and re- ceived on its close a commission in the regular army. ticipated in several Indian campaigns since the rebellion. dams to the northwest. No report yet from General Bacon. Only one of the captains, Gerlach, for duty at Smelling and 150 men. Apprehend no need for further reinforcements unless to send to vicinity of Leech Lake dam to cut off escape of Indians. Would suggest au- thority to be given to utilize one bat- talion” Minnesota volunteers in case of need. Report just received of arrival of Colonel Horbach's command at Walker, about 4 o'clock. STURGIS, Assistant Adjutant General, in the ab- sence of Department Commander. The request to use a battalion of the Minnesota Volunteers was promptly granted and the department command- er can have his pick from either the Twelfth or Fourteenth State regiments. One is at New Ulm and the other at St. Paul awaiting their muster out. General Corbin feels that there will not be any necessity to use the men of these regiments, however, as the regu- lars will be sufficient for all purposes. During the evening Secretary Bliss received the following telegram from Inspector Tinker, which indicates that reinforcements have reached Walker, which is thirty miles or less from the scene of the fighting: WALKER, Minn., Oct. 6., via Brainerd. Two hundred and fifteen officers and men have just arrived with one Gatling gun. Have heard nothing from the bat- tle ground since morning. Two boats left to go to General Bacon's assistance and ® @® ® [O] special from Walker, Bacon: the gallant soldier. The men in his com- in their own way. The fight is ‘Washington. Major Wilkinson was He had par- His regi- OEPEEOEEELEOEPPEPNEOEPOOOOP PO OO ® = d. ® ment was stationed at Fort Snelling for twelve years and was dis- By T ed NI saupaitle: @® patched to Santiago at the opening of the war, but he was left at the e Gran g @ fort on recruiting service. He was over 60 years old, and his family AMPLE REINFORCEMENTS OR- @® are at Redlands, Cal., where he has for two years been starting an DERED. g orange grove, with a view of spending his closing years there. WASHINGTON, = 0 oeeee PEIOE Continued on Fourth Page. oxololoRoRoRoRoRoYoXoRotoRoRoRoRoRORORORORORSEO) the mainland on the southwest corner of | ments will doubtless reach the command | modate the people that trled to gain an entrance. Hundreds were turned away, | while within the room itself was crowded. Behind the speakers’ platform were | | draped the stars and stripes, and on the | walls were hung the pictures of Gage and | Neff. The audience was clearly in a | patriotic mood, and its feeling found ex- | pression in rousing cheers and college | yells, even before the Republican candi- | date for chief executive | the rostrum. A committee, consisting of A. M. Magee, C. E. Thomas, Harry A. Linscott, Duncan McDuffie and B. H. Donnell, met the candidates’ party on its way over | from San Francisco, and conducted the members to the place of meeting. Henry | T. Gage was accompanied by Judge Van R. Paterson, who was also one of the | speakers of the day. Their entrance into | the hall was the signal for an out-| burst of applause, which broke out again | and again whie the speaking was going | on. The untversity men cheered McKin- | ley, they cheered Dewey, and they cheered | Schley, and when all was over they shouted for Henry T. Gage. | President A. M. Magee of the Gage | Club, recently formed by the college stu- | dents, with a few brief remarks intro- | duced the man after whom the club is named. - Mr. Gage spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the University of Califor- | nfa: While I am very much gratified by this pleasing reception, it is_with some diffidence that I address you, because my own early struggies deniéd me the oppor- tunity, with which you are afforded, of a thorough university training. My educa- tion, beginning and ending in the public schools, has, however, none the less made me an admirer of the higher education which it is the duty as well as the desire of the people of lifornia to supply to our young people. With ‘the higher de- yelopment of our faculties the purer and su‘cnqer we be- come, politically as well as ethically. In- deed, ethics and | politics should be in- separably united, for the reason that in the education of the morals as well as the | intellect of the young depend the libertie: of the people. A free mind is indispens- able to a free man, and mental freedom ret‘ulm the development of the moral as | well as the intellectual faculties. That patriotism increases with educa. tion has been filurlousl)’ manifested in this I very seat of learning during the recent war, when Berkeley sent forth gallant | volunteers in greater proportion to the pulation than any other part of the tate. CROWN OF CITIZENSHIP. stepped upon From you, gentlemen, with the hlgh and | scholarly attalnments developed by 3‘:. e'vmqu!hed professors and tutors, e | people hope to select their future stat men and leaders of public opinion. The | and easily refute the pernicious | which form the basis | the destruction of land tenures. | me, common school is the crown of citizenship and the university is the scepter. (Great | applau: Our State branch of the great party which now sustains and guides our na- tional policy under the statesmanship of President McKinley, alive to the pressing need of continuing and improving the high grade and scholars! in this great university, has as follows: “The University o! ornia has in the past been the recipient of the care of the Republican party, under whose lLiberal support it has been enabled to reach its present high standard. We pledge our- selves to continue that support and makse the university worthy in every respect of the most enthusiastic hope of the people, It fitly crowns the educational system of the State.” I assure you, gentlemen, that, if elected Governor, 1 wiil !flilhfulg' keep my part of that pledge and will do everything in my power to assist your professors and tutors in making your university the peer of any in the United States. (Applause.) I am pleased to find you so deeply in- terested in the politics of your State, for it is only through a jealous guardianship of its political affairs by men of educa- tion that the,evils which menace us at all times, through the arts of the dema- gogue and the Insidious wiles of those op- posed to representative government, may be overcome and the liberties of the peo- ple maintained. LOYAL TO REPUBLICAN PRIN=- CIPLES. I take this opportunity to thank the zeal manifested for my candidacy especially for the marked approval shown by the formation of & college club under my name. I do not, however, vainly be- lieve that this approval is due to any of | my individual acts, but is only an expres- sion of your loyalty io the grand princi- ples of the Republican party of which I | am an humble representative. (Applause). Your division Into parties in this uni- versity is proper in the sense that it arouses discussion of principles, and_this discussion will enable the students of the university to determine what will be best for the interests of the State and nation. Touching the issues of this campaign, [ will confine myself to a brief statement of a few important matters to which I wish to direct your attention, and which, I am convinced, materially affect the present campaign. One of the main subjects for considera- tion is substantially Fresen(ed through the personal activity of the leader of the three diverse parties opposed to the Re- publican_party in theory of single tax —a_theory gathered and formulated by Henry George from the socialism of Eu- rope. I am satisfied that the sound in- struction which you have received in po- litical economy from learned professors of this uni- will enable you to analyze e‘flncip!es of this scheme far I will here but briefly call your attention to some of the public acts and speeches of my_distinguished opponent, Hon. James G. Maguire, who has for years advocated in Congress this anarchic doctrine now denounced by the Republican party, and whose Congressional acts and speeches, including those upon single tax, have been heartily indorsed and commended by the platform of the new fusion Democracy. MAGUIRE AND SINGLE TAX. Mr. Maguire’s public acts and utter- ances on the single tax being indorsed by the new Democratic party platform, I will call your attention to his record in Congress upon the socialistic and land- confiscating theory which his party has adopted in nominating and approving the acts of the avowed enemy of land owner- Ship by the people. The first single tax effort of Mr. Maguire was January 31, 1894, just seven years. after his with- drawal from the Democratic party and the return of the changed and purified Democracy to Mr. Maguire. When the Democratic revenue bill (popularly called the Wilson bill) was before the House of Representative Mr. Maguire, the Demo- cratic representative from the Fourth Congressional District of this State, on January 31, 1884, introduced a single-tax amendment to the Wilson bill, providing for a direct annual tax of $31,311,325 to be assessed and laid upon the value of all lands in the United States, exclusive and irrespective of the improvements thereon, the versity | and among other things used the follow- ing language in his peech in support of this extraordinary measure. As Mr. Ma- gulre may_possibly have forgotten this and as he has heretofore called upon me to give the record I will quote the fol- lowing part of his revised speech from he Congressional Record of date Feb- uary 11. 1884, Vol. 26, No. 24, indicating his views upon American property rights. Mr. Maguire then said: QUOTES FROM THE RECORD. “My amendment proposes a tax on that unearned inerement as a substitute for the taxes on other incomes prescribed in the bill which has been offered as an amendment to the Wi n tariff bill. * * * It is understood by you, as well as by to be the assertion of a principle which, If conceded to be sound, must ul- timately transfer the entire burden of all taxation for the purposes of supportin; our Federal, State, county and municipal governments, from all other subjects to the value of the lands of the country; iltimately appropriating the rental value »f all land, exclusive and irrespective of ts improvements, to public use. * * ® My propositio™ to impose all taxes for public -purposes upon the value of land, exclusive and irrespective of the improve- ments thereon, and to abolish all other forms of taxation, necessarily involves the idea that there is an essential, fun- damental difference between private property in land and gfl\'ate property in other kinds of wealt! * ¢ % There is a natural right of ownership in the rela- tion existing between everything pro- duced by labor and the labor that pro- duced it. * * * But there is no such natural right as a basis for private smg- erty in land. No man made the land. It | is the common heritage of all mankind. * ¢ The denial to any man of access to that natural source of subsistence is equivalent to a denial of his.right to live, and any interference with such right o access must correspondingly subject him * to privation and misery. It therefore fol- Jows that the ownership of the land by one class of men, enabling that class to fix the terms on which all others may have access to it, gives to such class unlimited power of extortion and oppres- siow over all landless people. It creates dominant and a servient class amon, a the people of every community in whic! suce:h vanenhlp exists, and makes social