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

(&) QT‘A—TE — L ~atay A e l,? Call This Paper not ! to be taken from the Library.++++ VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO 169. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1898 PRICE FIVE CENTS. SPAIN WILL NOT RECED HE E FROM R POSITION Unless the Desi red Concessions Are Made No Treaty of Peace Will Be Signed. Uncle Sam in No Mind for Further Dilly-dally- ing — May Resort Again to Arms and Seize the Philippines. Special Dispatch to The CaR, ADRID, Nov, 15.—According to semi-official statements here the Spanish Peace Commmissioners will maintain their pres- ent attitude in regard to the Philippine Islands and will cer- tainly not accept the condi tions of the United States. Fur- ther, if the discussion does not return to the limits of the protocol, as viewed by the Spaniards, the Spanish Commissioners have de- cided in spite of contrary reports not to sign a treaty of peace. It is also learned from the same sources that complete accord prevails between the Spanish Government and its Peace Commis- sioners. SPANIARDS ARE TREADING | ON TREACHEROUS GROUND WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Adminis- | tration officials do not share the opin- fon expressed in some quarters that the | Paris Peace Commission will fail in its e to agree upon a treaty. This opinion is not based upon any specific information received from Paris, but rather upon the fact that by withdraw- ing from the conference Spain has nothing to gain and all to los It undoubtedly true the Spaniards adopt would should e they s Gov- | grant, and | " now disposed tc also precipitate tr for | all along the li The | tates undoubtec 1d im- take forcible I ion of Philippine group and at a military and naval r upor , wh it campaig an uncon 20,000,000 to $ } w the war, but the ement is delayed the 1 be the indemnity. In any President is not disposed to | X unnecessary prolongation of the | negotiations, and it is believed has so ~ated to our Peace Commissinners. longer a smaller w the nt, SYNDICATE SCHEME VIEWED | AS A SPANISH RUSE Inquiry | ter of the | \arkable syndicate | of the Philip- of $400,000,000. The | y are | s and it is scarcely | doubted that the project has been of enhancing | ds may de- | nt of the manding sum as large as $200,000,000 if they could p oint to the fact that a | issued a decree permltting priests to bury Masons, was called to the attention Dr. Rooker, Secretary of the Legation, ening. ceived no information about eports,” said Dr. Rooker. “All we knc about them {s what we have seen in newspapers. Even if Father Zur- cher’'s book had been condemned, we WO ave no official knowledge about it. In e Father Zurcher would be no- ti e papal decree. 1 believe a hose book is condemned is given a year in which to submit whatever he wisues to say about it and to destroy | copies of the book he is able to secure from circulation. A priest, before print- ing a book, must submit it to the bishop of the diocese in which it is to be printed gnd must have the imprimature of the hishop. “S8o far as the decree regarding the burial of Masons is concerned, we know nothing of it. No Catholic can be a Freemason, and the church is not in the };fihn.px burying people who are not Cath- ox. - SCHLEY IS IMPRESSED WITH PORTO RICO | Rear Admiral Thinks the Future Has | Great Things in Store for the Island. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 — Admiral Sc . who is in Washington, said to The am greatly Iimpressed with Porto Rico. I think it has, under the domina- tion of the United States, a brilliant fu- ture. Of course the industries of the isl- and are not developed as fully as they would be under our system of govern- ment and with our energy. It wlllie nec- essary first to educate the people to the new regime, for the reason that 400 years of Spanish domination have established, not only the customs, but the language and methods of the political government, which are largely at variance with our | It is the contrast | system of government. of day and night. Much is to be sald, however, in favor of the people of Porto Rico. They are peaceable and gentle and entirely unaccustomed to war, and I think could be easily molded to our way of do- ing things. There was a very marked feeling of gratification plainly - visible among the native Porto Ricans at the evacuation of the Spanish army. “I.think Porto Ricans, having enjoyed a longer period of freedom from devastat- ing wars, are in much better condition for s than the Cubans. The former ield much more readily to the new order of things than the latter,” conclud- i % Wl !!};.;x!xn. il f J,.i;fgwmmmmlxmL W, [ ¢ {0 ‘iifll!i””’..qmmm..é 25 gvecyont| | iy | ‘Mfl“ il i MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH C. BRECKINRIDGE. BRECKINRIDGE’S LOW ESTIMATE OF SHAFTER Were Inadequate to the , Sftaation: ™ T e |Declared That Results Before Santiago Would | Have Been Different if General Miles Had Commanded. ? Spectal Dispatch to The Call. gaged in the war had acted with zeal, and every man had done the best of | day dealt with the campaign in Cuba, Which he was capable, and he had i never known a war in which there was | and the transportation of troops to that | | b eritd | | cism | island. He had, he said, gone to Cuba | * pogymine h?: ';'}:mc;‘:;se o;tlt;‘ general as inspector general. AITiVIng at| character, General Breckinridge ex- WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. — Gen- eral Breckinridge's testimony to- syndicate that price dy to pay double | ed the Admiral lands. | 7% d | PROMINENT MASONS Y HAVE 30 TERCH | AT THE WHITE HOUSE Invite the President to Take Part in George Washington Centen- nial Ceremonies. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—A committee of prominent Masons, including Senator SEATTLE, Barneson, commander of States transport Arizona, arriv to-day from Manila on leave of United nere ab- sence Daniel of Virginia and Assistant Secre Captain Barneson left Manila Sep- |tary Allen of the Navy Department, call- teriher 24. He said the general im- |°d at the White House to-day and invited p-esrion among army officers was that | the President to take part in the cere- | when the Peace Commission concluded | monfes which will mark the centennial its labors the United States troops w of the death of George Washington. have serious trouble with the nativ Th <<f1'!r;-s:\l DY:‘ft—nl'idllo_the }-‘r{isldent Admiral Dewey told him that Azul- | of Virginiar with teona Lodge of Masons . 5 . R > : e request of the Grand raldo was not only unreliable. but | Yodge of the State of Qolorads. have Ao treacherous. aldo | termined to mark the centennial of the has promised his ediate- | death of President Washington by suit- ly upon the withdrawal of the Span- |able Masonic Y rr»rvvi]rmi s at Mount Ver- 9. ds he would declare war agalnst the | 'On on Decembe In these ser- United States. Virgin ]'l“'/‘-ir'hm Grzmrl‘ Loa%elgr He says he wi 80l- | & ) ) -operation o e He says he will kill off American sol- | grsg!3 =il have ¢ O D r diers faster than the United States | bin. and prerebi o S Government can ship them to the is- | in the United Miatis anySorand Lodges Lrds |in foreign lands. The observances at Captain Barneson stated that there is | Mnu;u Vernon will consist as nearly as a difference of opinion between the |Possible of a duplica or reproduction oSt land military men regarding the | 9f the funeral ceremonies of December 1, ratention of the Philippines. The naval | 175 ! men strongly favor and military ofi- | thar he eagtht cers oppose the proposition. assured the committee project, and if nothing ent, he would gladly t CUBA MUST BE CLEAR OF |the services s the commit SPANIARDS JANUARY 1| SUICIDE AT DENVER. Prominent Club and Society Man WASHINGTON, Nov. Shoots Himself. ernment has renewed DENVER, Nov. 15.—Arthur Van Inwa- ened its determination gen, a member of the Denver Athletic ish evacuation of Cuba and the Ameri- | Club and a prominent society man, shot can occupation Il not be deferred | himself in the head, inflicting a fatal beyond January 1 next. This conclu- sion has been communicated to the Spanish Government within the last few days, In answer to an urgent re- quest thi the date of evacuation be t off, because the large number of occurred to pre- ake such part in the committee might wish. 15.—The Gov- and strength- that the Span- ing_this morning. He was 2 vears of age and came from Chicago a year ago, cause for the suicide is known. pu Spanish troops remaining on the fsland [ ¥ % % % % % ¥ X X % % % % % % % % 4 » could not be moved before January 1. | % * SIGNIFICANT ORDERS T |5 o o RoASING: * E3 THE ‘SERMIN. FLEET | T rt B o8 I3 From Manila by Gen- * e | * eral Otis. * LONDON, Nov. 16.—The Daily Gra- | * ‘ * phic says this morning: [ WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, — The x o e 4P SR R AR . ollowing dispatch has been re. x e Spanteb’ tras ACINTC ot # ceived at the War Department: x heen ordered to be prepared for a Te- | x AT ANTEA Nov 15, 1006 meor rewal f hostilities, and the forts in | tary of War, Washington, D. o & fhe Canary Islands are being rapidly | § {25, 0f War, Washington, D. C: » manned " _ pare | % Only six deaths in last eight days. % MARTINELLI HAS NOT e # male nurses of the Red Cross are HEARD OF THE DECRE | % doing excellent work in hospitals 3 EJ* here. Twenty competent female % — | # nurses who give strict attention to » Knows Nothing of the Reported Ac- | Jerks A0l rema be“encg!rxsser- : tion of the Pope Regarding (i % ; Burial of Masons. NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—The Washing- | ton correspondent of the Herald tele- | graphs: The report that Mgr. Marti- pelli, papal delegate in this city, had been informed that the Pope had placed # ban on Father Zurcher’s book and had FEEE XKL R KR EEEL RS X% Cannot Rescue the Teresa. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Captain Me- | Calla, after examining the Teresa, has wired the Navy Department -that, in his oglmon‘ it will be impossible to res- cue the ship. at he was in full sympathy with the | wound, in a bathroom in the club bufld- | ? ‘ continued, | | Tampa on the 5th of June, he had ob- served casually the preparations for the disembarkation of troops before the ex- pedition left and had concluded that | they were quite inadequate. | “I made no report, however,” he said, “as General Miles was on the ground and could observe for himself.” He was questioned at some length | concerning the conduct of the cam- | paign in front of Santiago, and replied | that the result was what he had ex- | pected it would be. Everything there, | he said, was strained to get men on | | board, and, consequently, there was | comparatively little effort. to secure | equipment. While he knew mnothing | | definitely of the plans of the campaign, he was sure there was some plan. He | was quite certain, from a conversation | he had with General Miles, that he had | a plan, though he did not say that this | was the plan carried into effect. | “Of course,” suggested Governor Beaver, “‘Santiago was the goal of the | campaign?” 5 | “Certainly.” Asked as to his opinion of the result of the campaign, he said he thought it was consistent With the character of the men who conducted it—what was to | be expected from the limitations of | General Shafter. think it would have been differ- ent,” he said, “if Geaeral Miles had been in command—that it would have | been more satisfactorily conducted. I | think he has more of the spark and genius of command than any man in | the army, and I am sure that if he had had charge he would have been in the front rank.” Ex-Governor Woodbury suggested that the battle in front of San Juan had been fought and the victory won within eight days of landing. General Breckinridge in reply said the victory had been won “when Gen- eral Toral’s nerve gave out.” This, he had been the war of all others when success had been won in | its earliest stages. He belleved that | the war was the Lord’s war, and that | this wonderful success was due to his supervision. 'The time for the battle was, however, short enough. Yet, it must be remembered that the distance between the battlefield and Sibony was | less thap half a day's march, but, while he considered the result as marvelous- ly commendable, he did not feel that General Shafter was above criticism in the conduct of the campaign. He could not believe the result was a miracle, but he ascribed the outcome to the fact that the a:.ny was one which was ca- pable of meeting all calls. “No matter how it was tangled up,” he said, “it went to victory.” He had at the time quoted Lord Beresford, when he said to his army upon a certain occasion: “I have led you into a devil of a fix, 1 | Shafter. and it 1s now your duty to fight like hell to get me out of it.”" He was sure, at least, that all en- pressed the opinion that there had not 'Intimated His Superior’s Talents been enough fighting to obscure other results common to war. He thought that the evils which had been experi- enced were inevitable under our Ameri- can system. He condemned this system s most reprehensible and said the vol- unteer soldier must always suffer the worst of the consequences. “If the regular stands up under it bet- ter than .the volunteer, it is only be- cause he has had time to adjust him- self to the unfavorable conditions.” He traced all the trouble to the want of preparation and mobilization in time of peace and that, in turn, to the failure of Congress to appropriate the neces- sary money for reforms. Replying to a question from Mr. Woodbury, he said that, considering the system, he thought the Government “has done’ far better in its conduct of the war than anybody had expected, and-just about one-fourth as well as it should have done.” General - McCook . asked = General Breckinridge if he had visited General Shafter in his tent when the latter was ill at Santiago, and General Breckin- ridge replied that he had done so. “Did he then offer the command of the army to you, as has been reported in the press?” General Breckinridge replied: © “I very much prefer not to answer that question. You should ask General Such a conversation as oc- curred between General Shafter and myself on that occasion is not of a character to be spoken of lightly. I fail to see how a reply from me would promote the object of your inquiry. You want to know what General Shafter did, not what he may have thought of doing. If General Shafter has not re- peated the conversation, I ought not to do so.” ‘““As a matter of fact, he did not turn the command over to you?’ suggested Governor Beaver, to which General Breckinridge responded: ‘“No, he did not, and I do not think there is any impropriety in my saying that he could not have done so.” : With this the matter was allowed to drop and General Breckinridge was ex- cused. - Dr. William G. Weaver of the Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers proved an im- portant witness. Dr. Weaver said that typhoid had broken out about the 18th of June, and that it had increased from that time until the 20th of August. There had been about 600 cases of this disease in”the regiment and twenty- eight or thirty deaths. The doctor said there was an insufficient supply of drugs, and that at times he failed to get what was needed. He said that at one time there were fifty-six typhoid. patients in the regimental hospital, be- cause there was no accomodation for them in the division hospital. At an- other time there were.sixty-seven fever patients in the company tents, for whom admission could not be secured in_any hospital, division or regimental. In summing up the causes of dis- eases in the camp, Dr. Weaver includ- ed overwork of the men as one. He also expressed the opinion' that the water from Chickamauga Creek was polluted. He considered the water in this stream as hardly fit to bathe in, much less to drink. | [OATHCOMIG 'THE SANTA FE HAS SECURED ITS TERMINAL Harbor Commissioners Yesterday Assigned Slip 28 to the Com- pany for Dock Purposes. MESSAGE OF MR, McKINLEY Much Will Be Left to Congress. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FEW NO STATED POLICY AS TO NEW ACQUISITIONS. Will Favor a Large Increase in the Navy and the Revival of the Grade of Admiral for Dewey. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—The Herald's Washington correspondent sends the following: Those who have been ex- pecting President McKinley to make specific recommendations in his annual message to Congress as to the future form of government of the territory wrested from Spain will probably be disappointed. The message, now well under way, will, I understand, point out that it is too early yet to reach a decision in this matter. The President appreciates that Congress will desire to have a voice in shaping the policy in regard to the fu- ture control of the Philippines and Porto Rico; that congressional com- missions will probably be appointed to visit these new possessions and to in- vestigate and report upon the condi- tions in each island, and he is perfectly willing that ample time should be al- lowed for all this to be done. It is his purpose to have the conquered islands continued under strong military gov- ernment pending a_definite conclusion by the executive and Congress as to the future of these islands. ‘He considers it will take at least a year to enable the American people to determine what our relations should be toward the new Thirty Lots on the Water Front Between Spear and Main Streets Purchased by the Santa Fe People for Their Yards. HE Harbor Commissioners yes- terday granted to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company slip No. 28, lying to the east of the Main-street wharf and west of the space now occupied by the two floating drydocks, as a freight terminal for its line. - This action on the part of the commissioners means the consummation of one of the largest railroad deals that has taken place in this State. Recently the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railwa; purchased the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway, and it was through the latter road that the application was made to the Harbor Commissioners for the priv- ilege of 'a terminal. Yesterday at the regular meeting: of the commissioners Captain A. H. Payson appeared on be- half of the Valley road and presented the following communication: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 15, 1808. The State Board of Harbor Commis- sioners—Gentlemen: The San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley' Railway Com- pany has made arrangements for the pur- chase on the water front of block 328, be- tween Main and Spear streets, together | granted, but that inasmuch as it con- templated a large purchase of water front property he would prefer that the commissioners should take some formal action immediately. President Colnon readily acceded to this and on a mo- tion of Mr. Harney the request as em- bodied in the letter of the railway com- pany was unanimously granted. Behind this simple transaction there is a story of real estate purchase and of increased business for the city that has quietly assumed large and sub- stantial proportions. The Santa e people have virtually purchased thfrty lots on the water front between Spear and Main streets as the site for the terminal to their line. While the for- mal transfer of the property has not taken place sufficient amount of the purchase price has been paid to bind the transaction. Twenty-four of the lots are contained in block 328, bounded by Spear, Main, Harrison and Bryant streets. The remainder of the lots ad- join this block. The latter is now oc- cupied. by Haslett & Bailey’s Hatha- way warehouses and has an area of 560x275 feet. William Martin and John Ballard, well-known capitalists, are the owners of the property. A. H. Payson represented the presi- dent, E. P. Ripley, of the Santi Fe road SITE OF THE NEW TERMINAL OF THE VALII_.EY ROAD. possessions. That the islands may be kept out of politics as much as possi- ble it is his purpose to have all islands governed by military forces, and with this idea in view army officers will be assigned to perform all civil as well as military functions. The President will not recommend any legislation affecting the tariff and currency systems of Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines. It is the present purpose of the administration to allow these recent possessions of Spain to re- main under military control for at least a year, during which time the relations which the islands are to bear to the United States can be settled and all their needs and conditions carefully considered. 1t is said that in the meantime there will be ‘no changes in regard to cur- rency or tariffs, for while the newly acquired territorv is under military control, the President, as commander- in-chief of the army and navy, is an absolute autocrat, and by military or- ders can institute new financial and revenue systems at will. By this course the administration will keep the sub- ject of currency and bank reform be- fore the country until the first meet- ing of the Fifty-sixth Congress, with its Republican majority in both houses, when the task of correcting the evils of the present monetary system will be taken up in earnest. Revenfile revision is not to be recom- mended to Congress by the President or the Secretary of the Treasury. The expenditures of the Government are now far in excess of the receipts, and will probably continue to be so for some time, ‘even after the formal conclusion of peace with Spain. Secretary Gage will advise some minor amendments to the war revenue law, chiefly of an ad- ministrative character, but the whole subject of revision of the currency to conform to the changed situation of the country will be left for the next Con- gress, when it will be more definitely known what the situation will be. The army reorganization will con- template at least 100,000 men. There is no reason to believe that any recom- mendation’ will be made as to a dif- ferent basis of organization, that in force now being considered compact and complete and satisfactory. But a departure will -be made as relates to what is recommended touching the army in Cuba and the-use to be made of the native army, with a gradual ud- mixture of Cuban troops with United States troops. This will involve, ac- cording to the recommendation, the or- ganization of a regiment on the island on a basis at first of one battalion of Cuban troops to two battalions eof with certain adjoining property, and de- sires to use the same for the handling of both incoming and outgoing freight upon the completion of its line to San Fran- cisco, which will be about September 1 next. To enable it to use this property for the handling of loaded cars, this com- pany respectfully makes application for an assignment from the above named date of the slip lying to the east of Main street wharf and west of the space now occupied by the two floating drydocks. We also desire to _make application for the construction of a suitable approach and apron for the transfer of cars from fl.oats to the southern front of the prop- er‘t)e,{ described. e transmit herewith a sketch show- ing in a general way the arrangements proposed, which is submitted for the con- sideration of the board. The officers of this. company will wait upon you for such further explanations as you may desire. Very respectfully, . PAYSON, Second Vice President. After the communication’ had been read President Colnon said that the board wouid be happy to comply with the request of the Valley road, but that as its line would not be completed until next September he thought some later date would be more suitable for the consideration of the matter. Mr. Pay- son was then heard. He said that of course the Valley road would be satis- fled with the assurance of the com- missioners that its request would be in the deal, which was made last Fri- day by Thomas Magee. The purchase price is said to have been in the neigh- borhood of $450,000, and of this, as has been stated, enough has been paid to bind the option on the part of the rail- way company. The plan of the Santa Fe people is a simple one. They propose to transfer their freight cars on barges from their terminal at Point Richmond and the new wharf. Tugboats will be used for this purpose. This is set forth in the letter to the commissioners as the re- quest is made to be allowed to build a suitable approach and apron for the transfer of the cars. It is understood that the option obtained some time ago by the Valley road on the China basin property as a result of this new deal will be abandoned. The cost to the State of partially fill- ing in slip No. 28 for the use of the Santa Fe people will be about $20,000, and this work will be commenced next Jure, so that it will be ready by the time the railway completes its line. The *Santa Fe Company will spend many thousands of dollars in building their terminal. They will put in a double line of tracks running from the bridge of the slip to their yards, where will be innumerable tracks for the ac- commodation of the cars. United States troops. . When sufficient progress will have been made toward a stable government two battalions of Cuban troops will be the proportion to each regiment, leav- ing only one of United States troops. Thus the United States troops will finally practically disappear from the island, ‘when it shall be deemed safe for the purposes of Amexican interests and of stable government in Cuba for the United States troops to be gradu- ally supplanted by native regiments. It is believed that the programme outlined here, together with that for the other islands, will call for the ser- vice of at least 100,000 men. There is reason to believe that the President will make * highly compli- mentary references in his message to the record-made by the navy during the late war, and, it is expected, wii briefly state the events in which it played such an important part. He will indorse the recommendation of Secretary Long for a revival of the grade of admiral for the benefit of Rear Admiral Dewey, and it is expected will also urge a strong increase of the navy along the lines to be recommended by Secretary Long. The Secretary has talked over the: increase feature of his report with the President, but he told me to-day that he had not definitely determined just how many ships he would ask Con- gress to authorize. CHICAGO-VIRDEN COAL STRIKE FINALLY ENDED Company Practically Accedes to All the Demands of the Miners. CHICAGO, Nov. 15.—The Chicago-Vir- den Coal Company to-day practically ac- ceded to all demands of the striking min- ers. The company agrees to pay the union scale of 40 cents for handwork and 33 cents for machine work. SILVER SWEEP IN NEVADA. Sadler for Governor and Sam Davis for Controller Win Out. CARSON, Nev., Nov. 15.—Returns near- 1y complete, with only seventy votes un- accounted for, settle the Governor and Controller fight. Sadler, Silver, for Gov- ernor, wins by about sixty votes, and Davis, Silver, “for Controller, by nearly 300. The smail precincts to hear from are Silver >