The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1898. VOLUNTEERS IN NEW BARRACKS Given Better Quarters at Manila. SICKNESS NOT DECREASED | MORNING SUNSHINE TEMPERED BY THE SHADOW OF DEATH. Hospitals All Appear to Be Crowded to Their Fullest Capacity by the Suffering Boys in Blue. BY CORPORAL F. A, HEALY. Special Correspondence of The Call. ; MANILA, Oct. 1898.—Things con- here about al. | Each succee day brings fresh ru- mor of happenings in the chamber where the Peace Commission deliberates when not occupied with Pa- and each Duropean- equaled if not outdone from the hiils anent tinue to go on sta ~ the wild tale Aguinaldo, and the hordes he ing to crush out the newly power of the Americans. All these dif- ferent reports give us something to think bout and discu but as there is ! practically nothing else for the men to talk about, these very reports have in themselves become at last only an addi- tion to the already long list of monoto- nous happenings. The regiment moved its quarters a few days ago from San iguel"down to the large Spanish bar- s on the other side of the Pasig that muddy and turbid d by the big suspension | which the Second Battalion | ed on the memorable 13th of Au- | \ey were the first Ameri- s to enter the promised land. and Second Battalions are | red in a fine large collection of | ngs adjoining the Division Hospi- al, while the Third Battalion is quar- tered in another lot of buildings about | hundred yards farther down lhe] eam toward the walls of old Manila. | e quarters, the best in Manila, | formérly occupied by the Eigh- | teenth regulars, who have been sent | over to Cavite, replacing the Montana | troops, Who now occupy the old quar- | ters we have vacated. Our new bar- | ks are a great improvement on the They are.larger, better ventilated, | ner and _better drained, in addition | to which advantages they )ossess ex- | r shower baths, something not ex- 2 in any other regimental quarters | in the city, as far as I know. In a foimer letter I said considerable | conrerning the prevalence of sickness | ameng the troops. Well, we have just | as much of it as ever, and each ‘morn- | sunshine still continues to be tem- | red by the shadow. of death. As I| of a''dead| h and, looking out from my win- , 1.see filing past a funeral cortege | aring to its last resting-place the body of a California boy, who died last | night from the effects of typhoid pneu monia. He was Toye Freestrom, a pri vate of B Company, and one of the best men in Captain Filmer's command. He| was sobe steady, brave and able, a write I _hear the strains n good comrade, a good soldier and a good man. None were more ready to help a friend, none more willing to ac- cept a post of danger and hardship. He s extremely popular throughout the command and many a sincere re- ow his body to its island information concerning ical reaches us f the rank and file, and the only way that we have of forming our ideas as to the amount ness among the men is by erv We don’t know just how re sick, but we do know | the division hospital—a | 5 | | e of accommodating con- | °r half a thousand men— B other places hers and there all over the city, and each. one i crowded to its fullest capacity. The| smallpox is 11 with us, and only yes- terday I learned that three new cases had gone out to join what is left of the tents. The convales- blished through the Colonel Smith and Major Mc- alifornia boys, | tands in an of at Hermita for C It is working wonde: ideal location, where it gets the full benefit of the soft b s that sweep in across the broad expanse of bay, and where its comparative-isolation from the noise and bustle of barrack and city life insures the quiet which is €0 Y¥much needed by one recuperating from a long and: severe illness. In ad- dition to this place there will soon be another hospital erected fo- the benefit | of the Frisco hoys, where the danger- ous cas can be sent, instead of to the general hospital. These arrange- ments are of the greatest ben fit to the health of the regiment, and too much cannot be said in commendation of Col- onel Smith and Major McCarthy, to whose energy the success of the two | undertakings is duc. The Red ° Cross | people are still with us, and are doing | excellent work, whic” cou!” be greatly extended - were there more of them. Good nursing is one of the things that is most needed in -very large army, and which, as a general thing, i3 most lacking. The ladies of the Red Cross are doing all and more than was ex- | pected of them, but there are so many | down here who need careful attention that double the numoer of women who | are with us could not nossibly attend to | all. As to Schlott, the manager of this auxiliary branch of the army medical corps, I know not what to say. He has certainly succeeded in winning fame for himself, if to be talked about is to be famous. There is no other man down here who. has béen s~“thoroughly dis- d and so thoro hly burnt up as the suave, good-looking shepherd in charge of thé Red Cross flock.. He has been charged- with most everythine. from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter, though when the matter is sifted down I don’t believe anything ~éry serious will be directly urged against him. As to his competence or incompetence ‘T personally know nothing. What I do know, however, is this: That he - has done everything in-his power to assist Major McCarthy in the latter’s efforts in behalf of the regiment, and since his arrival our sick are better nursed and our convalescent taste delicacies which were impossible to obtain be- fore. So, since these material benefits have come with Schlott, let him stay, competent or incompetent—what does it matter? Before I finish with this portion of my correspondence I would like to mention something that has several times struck me very forcibly. The Red Cross Hospital is situated on the Calle Conception, just below the divis- fon hospital. It is crowded with men and officers, many of whom are sick | e B e B =R egeBaPaEegagel === -F-F-F-3-3-3-3-1 eR=R--R-3-3-3-F-3-3-F-3-3-F-3-3-F-3-3-3-3-3-F-3-3-3-3-F-5-3-3-3-3-3-1 CALIFORNIA 2 FOREIGN MILITARY OCCUPATION OF PEKING MAY BE NECESSARY LONDON, Dec. 3.—The Daily Chronicle publishes the following dispatch from Shanghai: The opinion is growing in diplomatic circles that a foreign military occupation of Peking may become necessary. OB DEUR OO o almost unto death. Evcry afternoon from one to three funerals start from the division hospital and pass the Red Cross place at a slow step, with the band at their head playing a solemn dirge. Now it &eems to me that if I was one of those ‘in the Red Cr wards, lying desperately ill with typhoid or any other old thing, it would require more ». a sense of the humor- ous than I possess to keep my spirits great degree of hilar- ity with three or fou some parades filing pe ] "Tis sort of depressing, you know. Sort of sets a fellow thinking of the sins of his past and the small chance he has of ever committing any more. There has very little happened in the regi- ment since the commencement of its garrison life. Things go on without much variation and the soldier has practically nothing to do but -to eat, sleep, drill and keep himself clean. We ort of an “‘act merely jog along in & the each to-morrow finds us f\ll’:lh&x‘ than to-day” sort of a style, \\‘ulqng for something to turn up, and hoping that that something ‘will pro—-e to be nsport with orders to carry us The other day M Company was enlivened by an incident which at first looked as though it would end in a fatality, but which fortunately con- cluded with a brilliant display of hero- ism and the saving of a life. One of the boys of the company while en- gaged in some sort of an occupation near the river's edge managed to fall in. As he could not swim he was in a fair way to become an addition to Davy Jones' collection of curios, if that ancient mariner ever does any gather- ing at the muddy bottom of the Pasig. Luckily his dilemma was seen by two of his comrades, who, fully dressed as they were, plunged in and swam to his 4 stance. They managed to get him ashore before life was extinct, though they had a hard time of it, and nearly lost their own lives in the effort. The gallant fellows who so nobly imperiled themselves to-se se a comrade are Cor- poral Frank L. Owen and Private Ed- gar A, Taylor, both San Francisco boys and both members of M Company. A German baker by the name of Kline, who came down here on the Valencia, became involved in a quarrel with a woman of the town which ended in his beating his lady love nearly to death with the butt end of a pistol. Mr. Kline has already started in on a one year's sentence in t!e way of reparation for the wrong he did. There is no monkey business when martial law takes the place of civil. Kline is the firs* white man to be charged with a serious offense. At least he is the first I have heard of. By the by, in a previous letter I spoke of the band possessing professional attributes which made the resemblance of their music to that produced by.a Chinese orchestra noticeable to the practiced ear of a trained observer. The band has improved. It now beats anything that can be produced by the best orchestra in all Chinatown. In fact, its leader has by careful attention and constant pratice brought it up to a fair degree | of excellence, and it will now compare favorably with the other bands down here. This is the truth, as was my statement in the previous article al- ready referred to. There dre a few other things in which the regiment has great- ly improved. I mean in its marching, guard mounting and manual of arms. Every morning and evening the boys are put through their paces and in a competition between the First Califor- nia and any of the other regiments down here, volunteer or regular, I would willingly risk a pay day on the boys from the Golden Gate and I never allow sentiment to influence my betting either. The enlisted man may have the hardest time in camp, the line officer may be the worst off in battle, but there is one poor unfortunate in every regi- ment whose lot is a hard one, whether in field or garrison, and who, when he gets the best of it, receives nothing but the worst. This unfortunate individ- ual is the regimental adjutant. He is the recipient of every complaint. the re- dresser of every wrong, the man who must bear every kick and attend to every little matter that arises in the entire regiment and the only thanks he gets is the grumbling acauiescence of the disappointed party. Our adjutant, Captain Kelleher, has troubles of his own, but he manages to worry through them and still retain his health and he, together with the sergeant major, has at last succeeded in getting things so systematized in their department that, strange to relate, for once, at least, in military history, things in a regimen- tal adjutant’s office run as smoothly as clock work. I know that letters of all sorts are being sent from this regi- ment and other regiments have gone beyond mere private epistolary com- plaint and have indulged in general pe- tition trving to impress on the nation’s Executive the necessity of calling them home and mustering them out. Now, I would: like the people at home to know just how the California boys feel on the matter. Firstly, they want to get home, now that the war is over; want to get there in the worst way. They feel that they have done their duty in-every particular and done it well. If there are regular troops at hame to take their places they feel that a great injustice will be done them if they are kept here in garrison when they have so much awaiting them in their business at home. Yet they will make no complaint, keep no wires hot, nor will they get up any petitions ask- ing for their recall. If they must stay. down here they will stay like men and make no complaint. They have proved that they can take the hardships of campaigning and take then: cheerfully, they have proved that they can fight and fight well and they will not spoil the luster of the glory they have won by whimpering to get out of a contract which _has not yet been. half worked out. They want t> get home, but they will wait patiently and in a soldierly manner until the call comes to them from the other side of the water. Inci- dentally there are three things which have received no special mention.in any of the various and varied histories of Manila that I have seen—beasts, babies and bugs. The fecundity of ti > islands in these three things surpass belief. No household but has at least five dogs, no dog but attracts to his person and vicinity at least fifty different varieties of bugs, while for babies, the place can- not be outdone. The dogs aré of all sorts and colors; so are the bugs, but in justice to Manila motherhood I must confess that the babies are generally brown. They range on an average from three to a dozen in a family, though I.know one happy female who boasts of seventeen and blushingly whispers of prospects in the near future. Even anticipation takes the plural in this wonderful country. These idols of hearts and of households may be all right under most circumstances, but when you find that all the dogs in the neighborhood have organized a sport- ing club to bring off nightly events under your window, when you fill in the interlude between canine scraps with infantile choruses and have your attention diverted only in the exciting chase after some curious insect, which eventually eludes you and escapes to some darksome but safe recess in the folds of your blankets—when, I say, you enjoy all these different excite- ments night after night you begin to 13 wish after a while that nature in the Philippines was a little less redundant. F. A HEALY. NEW MEMBERS FOR STANFORD FRATERNITIES Freshmen Who Have Been Initiated During the Present Semcster. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 2.— The_ fraternities at Stanford have initiated during this semester the following fresh- men: Beta Theta Pi—Lawrence Lawson, N. E. Downing, E. H. Knepper, W. A. Wood, A. H. Rice. Delta Tau Delta—Reginald D. Fernald, George J. Kadderly, Harol 3 Harold K. Mann, S i one Delta Upsilon—F. F. Bradley, R. M. Al- len, Sherman Kimble. Kappa Alpha—Frank W. Watson, Haw {horn Josephi, Ward J. Stone, Albért M Phi Kappa Psi—Edmund T. Farnum, George R. Carson. Phi Delta Theta—G. C. Bowman, C. E. Waite, J. E. Johnson, C. C. Kellogg, W. ;\L,“:Laton, H. G. Stevenson, R. D. Fris- Sigma Nu—Charles C. Bishop, Charles N. Bonnemott, Howard P. Tweed, Hugh G. Foster, George A. Cressy. Sigma Alpha Epsilon—Arthur D. Geis- sler, Charles T. Stephens, Fred W. Ban- croft, Charles W. . e e Sell, Joseph A. Sigma Chi—Alexander G. Page, Paul Pauly. Sigma Rho Bta—Edward O. Hull, Thomas Hamilton. Zeta Psi—William E. Hough, Fred E. Naftzger, George G. Gage, Sumner P. Hardy, Frank A. Lieb. The sorarities have taken in the follow- ing members of the new class: Delta Gamma—Christina F. Rose, Helen D. Munday, Ethel H. Birch, Elizabeth Payne. Kappa Alpha Theta—Agnes Arneill, Ha- zel Webster. Kappa Kappa Gamma—May Kimball, Ethel McLellan, Helen Downing, Kate Guidley, Jessie’ Knepper, Eva Wheeler, Carrie” Goodhue. The student body to-day elected a num- ber of the debaters who will com- pete in the preliminaries next semester in the intercollegiate de- bate. They are James Ferguson 99, A. H. Suzzallo %, A. C. Whitaker '99, C.'S. Chandler '%9, H W. Grunsky '%9, E Sehwartz 0, D H C. 2 uncan Mackinnon 99, G. Bailie '$%, R. E. T’ vden ‘00, Charles B. W 1y i . W. E. Dickson '), | Anna Fraser '00, J. O. Daggett 00, F. English ’01, R. C. Victor '01. . L. Berry '99 was nominated for foot- ball manager and E. W. Smith '9 for edi- tor-in-chief of tae Daily Palo Alto for next semester. SAN JOSE GETS THE NEXT CONVENTION Fruit-Growers Decide to Meet in the Garden City in Ninety- Nine. FRESNO, Dec. 2—At the Fruit- growers’ State convention to-day further time was allowed a committee for a con- ference between the manufacturers and university authorities for the framing of legislation to regulate the sale of com- mercial fertilizers. W. N. Rawley submitted a list of sev- enteen of the principal commission mer- chants and receivers of fruits and fruit products in San Francisco, who have ex- pressed their recognition of the value of State inspection and a quarantine law ;'or fresh fruit, particularly apples and ears. M. Theo. Kearny read a naper on the raisin industry, showing “how, through the operation of a combine, there has al- ready been sold this year 22¢ of the 3000 car lot crop, and the market has taken up 1000 more carried over from 1897. The East- ern market has been steady at highest prices, with no_stocks at distributing points. The trade freely bought on the guarantee that prices will be kept up. ales with few exceptions haye been made for cash before shipment. Shortly after delivery an advance of 2 cents per pound has been made, an additional 1 cent is being paid on certain grades, with more to come at the final exportation, so that the net result for the whole crop will equal about ax?x cents per pound in the “sweat- box,” while last year an average net re- turn of 1% cents per pound was not real- ized. Under a makeshift plan and a cost- ly deal with commercial packers over $1 more has been realized to raisin-growers this year than they could possibly have secured for their crops without this or- ga_‘pézmmhm e scheme of pooling and its applica- ;133 b (?e fruit {ngustry Was discussed, a an Jose was chosen as the pia the convention of 1899. DIEoe: B. E. Hutchinson of this county then offered resolutions indorsing the work of the horticultural commissions of the vari- ous counties and recommending that no change be made in the present law in so far as it affects the commissioners. Some | opposition developed, John 8. Dore of this | county declnrln% the law to be an ex- | travagant one, but the resolutions were B.(%gptlsdA 5. P. Hall of San Diego gave an inter- | esting talk on ‘“Methods in Citrus Fruit | Culture.” He considered at length the | matter of trimming the trees, and favored training the branches to grow in a hori- zontal instead of a perpendicular course. ‘When limbs grow upward they produce more wood than fruit. The matter of steaming lemons to bring out the color and make the skin elastic was discussed by the speaker. Oranges were subjected 0 the same process, he was sorry to say, for it did not improve them. The olive industry was next considered, President Cooper and Secretary Lelong taking part in the discussion. Reference was made to the failure of the crop this year, but no definite cause could be as- signed therefor. A technical discussion on the pollination of fruits followed, after which resolutions thanking the citizens of Fresno and the Southern Pacific Company for courtesies extended were adopted. The convention adjourned sine die. =g MEXICO PAYS INDEMNITY. Five Thousand Dollars for the Lives of Two Men. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2—The Mexican Government has paid to Minister Clay- ton $5000 ‘indemnity for the lives of the American, Henry Hoppe, and the Brit- ish subject, James McSweeney, who were | shot by Mexican soldiers in the State of | Oaxcaca September 10, 1894. FAKE PRIZEFIGHT. Ryan and West Defraud Patrons of the Manly Art. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2—The six- round bout between Tommy Ryan and Tommy West at the Arena_to-night was the boldest kind of a fake. From start to finish both men put up the tamest kind of an argument, resorting to clinches when there was any danger of a stiff blow. The spectators signified their opin- ion of the so-called contest by whiscling the dead march and shouting to the ref- eree to take the men off. 4 - Results at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Dec, 2.—Weather cloudy Results: six furlongs—Damocles won, Colonel Frank' Waters second, Borden third. Time, 1:213. Second race, six furlongs—Cuirrassier sier won, Mendacious second, Bright Night third. Time, 1:23 Fhird race, mile and seventy yards—Blue Dan won, Marit!’ second, Moch third. Time, 1:55%. Fourth race, mile and seventy vai ing—Joe Shelby won, Lauretts third. Time, 1:56%. Eeia socimd, Frisket thing, Time, 19 "™ C. v. Huntington Talks About the Trade Possibilities - of the Pacific Coast In Next Sunday’s Call sel D second, Deyo | LOS ANGELES TOVOTE ON. A CHARTER Battle of Ballots on : Monday. TEXT OF THE INSTRUMENT GIVES THE MAYOR INCREASED POWER. Supporters ot the New Organic Law Confident That It Will Receive a Majority of the Votes. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—The voters of Los Angeles are to decide on Monday next whether they are desirous of ope- rating their municipal government un-' der a mew charter. The vo.: upon the proposed new organic law of the city will be taken at the time new ofi\cers; are chosen. If the charter be adopted and approved by the Legislature the city officials elected will hold office for only one year. If the charter be de- feated they will hold for two years. The new charter was drawn by a board of fifteen freeholders and its general provisions may be summarized as fol- lows: It divides the city into nine wards and creates the elective offices c.rrying the salaries named: Mayor, $3600 per vear; nine Councilmen, one from each ward, $1200 per year each; Clerk, $2400 per year; Treasurer, $2000 per year; Tax Collector, $2400 per year; Auditor, $2400 per year; Assessor, $2400 per year; three members of the Board of Education, at large, $900 per year each. The following boards are created, to serve without pay, to consist of five members each, the full term to be four years, but terms of members to be so arranged that each board may be par- tially renewed every year: Board of rark Commissioners, Library Trustees, Health, Fire Commissioners, Police Commissioners, Civil Service Commis- sioners, and a board of three Water Commissioners whenever w.e Council provides for it. The Meyor is given general supervis- jon of all departments, power of veto, power to appoint officers to fill unex- pired terms, and in fact becomes the responsible head of the city government. He has the following appointive offices at his disposal: per year; Superintendent of Streets, $2400; City Engineer, $2400; Superinten- dent of Buildings, $2000; Sealer of ‘Weights and Measures, $1800; two mem- bers of the Board of Education, at $500 per yeor each, appointments to be ap- proved by the Council. The Council is given usual powers ac-. cruing to such a bod¥, and the initiative and referendum is provided for in mu- nicipal legislation. 15 per cent of the voters to petition to secure the initiative. The Council may submit an ordinance of its own along with that proposed by the people at the next general municipal election, when such ordinanc: shall be voted on. The Mayor, Councilmen, members of the School Board and Fire and Police Commissions are the only officials who will be allowed to hold passes on trans- portation lines. Any other city officials accepting them forfeit their offices. Officers who pay illegal demands against the city are liable for the same on_their bond. The section covering contractsand the letting of them fixes eight hours as the maximum day’s labor on contract work. No contracts are to cover more than one year. An emergency fund of $5000 is created, but money from i* can be used only on the affirmative vote of seven members of the Council. The maximum tax rate is fixed at $1 on the $100, exclusive of taxes levied to pay interest and prin- cipal on bonded debt. The tax rate can be raised only by the votes of seven members of the Council and the ap- proval of the Mayor. The salary of tie Chief of Police is fixed at $3000 per year and the health officer at $2400. All city officials are pro- hibited from retaining fees collected. The Board of Fducation is given the usual powers. Not more than 3 cents tax on the $100 is allowed for school building purposes and not more than 25 cents on the $100 for all other-educa- tional purposes. The superintendent is made a member of the board without a vote. Deputies are provided for the superintendent, who are to be teachers of eight years’ experience, to serve for four years, but one to be selected every two years. The maximum tax to support thei public library is fixed at 5 cents on the 00. The Police Commission is given usual powers, but no more than 200 saloon licenses argto be issued until the city’'s population reaches 200,000, after whieh Fone additional license will be allowable | for every 1000 increase in population. There is to be one policeman for every 1000 population and for every two pa- trolmen there is to be one police alarm station. g The Department of Electricity is cre- ated under the direction of the Fire Commission. Any private establish- ment can be connected with police or fire alarm system on payment of fixed charges. The Park Comrission is given power to appoint a city forester to control planting and care of sidewalk trees. The Board of Health is to consist of four licensed physicians and the Chief of Police. They are given authority to appoint a secretary, a health officer and a city physician, who shall act as po- lice surgeon and bacteriologist. The Superintendent of Buildings is given two deputies—an inspector of plumbing and an inspector of boilers and elevators. consist of the Buwlding Superintendent, the Fire Chief and an architect named by the Mayor, is created. Any one dis- satisfied with the Building Superin- tendent’s rulings may appeal there- from, the appellant to pay the fee of the architect on the board. A Civil Service Commission is cre- ated, and city employes, save chief deputies and executive officers, - are placed under civil service rules. The city is prohibited from leasing or selling its water rights, except by li- cense revokable at vleasure. The mu- nicipality is empowered to maintain its own water system, to establish water rates and make collections. % The intention of the city to acquire all public utilities by purchase is de- clared. This i3 to be done by bond is- sues when sanctioned by the voters at special elections held for,the purpose. No franchise can be gmnted Within ninety dayd preceding or thirty days after a general city election. Rights under a franchise must be exercised within six months after it is granted. The City Council is given power to regulate streetcar fares. The maximum of public debt is fixed t $2,000,000, except the amount re- City Attorney, $3000 ; It requires at least’| A Board of Appeal, to | 00000C00000000C00000000000 | [ 0000000000’00,90_00000000000000000000 HERE IS THE sage, written in French: “‘Andree’s balloon has crossed t! “Give this letter to the Consul a message attached to a carrier pi read: 3 “July 13, 12:30 p. m.—Latitude age eastward. All well.” 00000000000000000 MESSAGE FROM ANDREE ¢ STOCKHOLM, Dec. 2.—An engine driver named Detke has written © to the Swedish-Norwegian Minister at St. which he says that he found in the vicinity of the Ural Mountains a © bottle containing two papers, one of which bore the following mes- © The other paper, inscribed in Russian, was as follows: The balloon Eagle, with Professor Andree and two co: Stridenberg wand Frankel, in the car, left Danes Island, of the Spitzbergen group, on July 11, 1897, in an attempt to cross the Pole. @ .Since then no definite news of the aeronauts has been received beyond - © Falken, which arrived at Copenhagen on September 2. (] © o LATEST © Petersburg a letter in © o he Ural Mountains. (] NDREE.” [ o or to the police.” S o mpanions, © [ the whaling ship © This message Q [ (4] (] geon found by 82.2 N, longitude 12.5 E. Good voy- [ 0000000000000 0D00 quired to acquire the municipal water system. s This summary includes the important points of a document which, in its en- tirety, comprises about 70,000 words. There is no organized opposition to the adoption of the charter. Some citi- zens oppose it, however, on the ground that it gives to the Mayor autocratic powers. There are others who. do not favor it for the reason that they are opposed to the initiative and referen- dum clause. On the other hand, some people will vote for the charter simply because it contains that one clause. Among those engaged in the whole- sale and retail liquor traffic there is spme opposition to the charter for the reason that the number of saloons to be licensed in the community is to be re- stricted. The school teachers and their friends are actively supporting the charter for the reason that it provides for some ad- mirable reforms in the School Depart- ment. The general feeling among those who have given the matter any study is that the new charter will be adopted, as it requires only a majority vote. REGULARS WILL SOON BE SENT TO MANILA At Least »ix Infantry and One Ar- tillery Regiment to Relieve the Volunteers. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—The Washing- ton correspendent of the Herald tele- graphs: There is reason to believe that the War Department is considering the advisability of immediately reinforcing General Otis in Manila by at least six regiments of infantry and one regi- ment of artillery. The troops will be of the regular establishment, and if the situation permits may take the place of volunteer regiments now there. The War Department is preparing a bill of its own for the reorganization and increase of the army. This bill is the result of a conference held a few days ago by Secretary Alger, Senator Proctor of the Senate Military Commit- tee and Chairman Hull of the House Military Committee. The. bill will provide that the regular army shall consist of 100,000 men, and it is understood that authority will be given the President to enlist a certain number of natives of Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines for ser- vice in their respective countries, such troops to be officered by Americans. 2 Il TEXTBOOK SYSTEM. Resolutions Adopted by the Yuba County Teachers. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 2—The Yuba County Teachers'-Institute, which was in session in this city three days, adjourned last evening. The following resolutions relative to the State's system of text books were adopted: Resolved: First—That we'do approve of the policy of ihe State in printing 1w own text k. ok. Second—That the present series of State text books is very inefficlent and therefore unde- sirable. Third—That we deem it desirable to publish a new series of text books from the best copy- righted books extant (the right to use such copyright to be purchased by the State of California). 3 Fourth—That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the State Superintendent, the differ- ent members of the State Board of Education and to each county superintendent in the tate. Resolved, That the thanks of the institute are due Professor E. D. Starbuck, Dr. Thomas P. Balley, Professor H. B. Lathrop and Rev. C. . Nugent for their presence at our institute and for their able efforts in advancing our educational interests. Many of the teachers have gone to Chi- co to attend the institute at tuat place. RAE bR ke SAWMILL BOILER EXPLODES. ‘Wrecks the Building and Fatally In- Jjures Three Men. DENVER, Dec. 2.—A special to the News from Montrose, Colo., says: A frightful accident occurred yesterday at the sawmill owned and operated by the Colorado Co-operative Company on the mesa east of Sheep Creek and about sixty-five miles east from Montrose, ‘whereby three men have lost their lives. Word was brought to town last night by a young man named Rowan, who came for médical assistance. His story is to the effect that abcut 10 o’clock on | the morning of December 1, the mill being under operation, a terrific ex- plosion occurred, blowing up the boiler and completely wrecking the mill. The survivors immediately set to work to rescue the missing members of the lumber crew, who were held down by the wreck of the mill: The dead bodies of C. C. Dunn and Miner Dunn, father and son, were discovered, while Ed Whitney, the engineer, was taken out in a dying condition. . NICE QUESTIONS FOLLOW THE EXPANSION POLICY British Claims for Redress in Hawaii Must First Receive \ Consideration. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The United States Government is being called upon to face some questions of interest re- sulting from the expansion policy. The British Government, some time before the annexation of Hawali to the United States, filed with Hawaii a number of claims for redress for the ill treatment and illegal confinement of British sub- jects involved in the revolutionary movement which overthrew the Queen. These amount to several hundred thou- sand dollars in the aggregate, and the question is, the Hawaiian Government having failed to settle them, whether the United States Government does not inherit the liability. The claims are Just such as were flled by the late Sec- cretary Gresham against the Hawaiian Government in behalf of a number of alleged American citizens, most of whom -afterward turned cut to be aliens. None of our claims were pressed, but they formed the founda- tion for the British claims. Another question of more importance is the determination of the status of our newly acquired citizens or sub- Jects. Already a Chinaman by birth, but a Philippine by ecitizenship, has ap- plied for recognition as an American citizen. Another Chinaman in Hawaii wants a passport showing he is a citi~ zen of the United States. The annexa- tlon law prohibits the coming into the limits of the United States of Chinese persons from gtwd& but the constitu- tionality of any act that proposes to discriminate among American citizens has been raised, and this Chinaman is a citizen by adoption. . These are .a few of the questions that have already. arisen, and others are expected to fol- low in the near future. FOR A NATIONAL NAVAL MILITIA Delegates From Many States Discuss the Plans for the Or- ganization. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 — The fourth annual meeting of the Associa- tion of Naval Militia of the United States was held here to-day on board | the old receiving ship St. Louis, rep- resentatives being present from Flor- ida, California, Georgia, Illinois, Loui- siana, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Missouri and other States. The meeting was one of national im- portance, on account of the movement now on foot'looking toward the forma- tion of a national naval militia. To- day’s session was given to a general discussion of the advisability of form- ing a naval reserve of a national char- acter. It appeared to be the opinion of all those participating in the debate that such a step would be a move in the right direction, and about the only point on which there seemed to be a difference was whether or not State naval militias should be dispensed with. Captain John Bartlett, U. S. N., who had charge of the naval militia during the war, favored the continuation of the State militia as a stepping-stone to a higher organization, to be known as the National Naval Reserve. He held that the State militia could be made a valuable training school and give to the National Reserve men of experi- ence. Lieutenant H. H. Sutherland, U. S. N., gave his views as outlined in his recent report and held that the men composing the National Reserve should be trained from the start in that body and under its regulations exactly as is done in the regular navy. WILL LECTURE ON THE VAUDEVILLE STAGE At Chicago Joaquin Miller Will Tell of His Impressions of the Klondike. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—A Chicago special to the Herald says: Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras. is to shine as a star attraction on the vaude- ville stage in Chicago during the com- ing month. His name will appear on the billboards in big black letters, sand- wiched hetween those of artists whose specialties lie along other lines. Mr. Miller is going to lecture to patrons of vaudeville at the Chicago Opera-house. The poet will tell his impressions of the Klondike. ° - CARLIST EMISSARIES : ARE VERY ACTIVE In Consequence of the Agitation in Vizeaya Many Country People Move Away for dafety. LONDON, Dec. 3.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Daily Mail says: In consequence of the Carlist agitation in the province of Vizcaya, families in the country districts are re- moving to the larger towns for safe- ty in case of an outbreak. Carlist emissaries have arrived at the respec- tive Carlist headquarters in Vascong gados, Navarre and Maestras, and it is expected that the Government will or- der the garrison at these places to be increased. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Special Agents Detailed to Look Aftcr Rural Free Delivery Service. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—Thomas H. of the Rural Free Delivery Service, will be specially detailed to look after the Pa- cific coast and Rocky Mountain States. The - following California postmasters were appointed to-day: docino County, B. F. Branscomb, vice Humboldt County, Frank 'E. Gist, George L. Sowash, resigned. The postoffice at Calico, San Bernar- dino County, will be discontinued after December 15, Mail should be addressed to Daggett. 7 Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—Patrick Brady, Soldiers'’ Home, Los Angeles, $6; Reuben Reynolds, 'Sebastopol, Austin Gately, Pinole, $6. Increase—Myron C. Close, 'Oroville, 38 to $12. Original wid- ows, etc.~Mathilda_Schroeder, San Fran- cisco, $8. Mexican War widows—Roxanna M. Mayfield, Cambria, $5. Washington: Increase—Charles Paul, Blaine, $6 to $12. By direction of the Secretary of War First Lieutenant Charles A. Bennett, Third United States Artillery, is relieved from duty as chief mustering officer from the State of Nevada and from his other duties pertaining to the muster of volun- teers, and will proceed to San Dlego Bar- racks and report in person to the com- manding officer for temporary duty at that post, upon completion of which he . Vice will proceed to join Light Battery C, 'An}1‘r G(.'nlted States Artillery, at Savan- nah, Ga. Ao AV Praise for Tod: Sloan. LONDON, Dec. 2—The Earl of Dur- ham, addressing the Gimcrack Club at its annual banquet this evening, de- scribed the past racing season as medi- ocre. Referring to the manner in which some horses had been ‘‘hauled” about on the race course he sald he welcomed the advent of Tod Sloan, a “consummate judge of pace.” ‘ AR A Faster Mail Steamers Wanted. VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 2—The new Senate and House of Representatives have resolved to continue the San Fran- cisco and Vancouver mall service for an- other year from Afifll 14" next. A select committee of the House has reported in favor of faster steamers being employed. —_——— Alleged Abductor Dies. SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 2—F. Carnes, sus- pected of complicity in the Osborne ab- uction case at Watsonville, died in the unty Hospital to-day. Carnes was awaiting trial on a charge of burglary. i Committed to Napa Asylum. SUISUN, Dec. 2—Fred Waller, aged 13 many rich | Haupt and E. J. Rathbone, special agents | Branscomb, Men- | Mary A. Waldron, resigned; Miller, Men- docino County, Mrs. Alice James, vice Robert Patton, resigned; Weitchpec, ! THIRTY-SEVEN WERE DROWNED Unfortunate People on the Clan Drummond. WRECKED IN BAY OF BISCAY TWENTY-THREE OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY SAVED: The Reseued on Board the British Steamer Holbein, Bound From London and Antwerp to Rio Janeiro. Speclal . Dispatch-to The Call. LISBON, Dec. 2.—Thirty-seven people who were on board.the British steam- ship:Clan Drummond, bound from the Clyde, via Liverpéol, to the Cape of Good Hope, and which was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay, were drowned. The remainder of the ship's company, wha were saved, numbered twenty-three and are on board the British steamship Holbein, Captain Shurlock, bound from London ‘and Antwerp to Rio Janeiro, and now anchored off Cascades, seven- teen miles west of here. The Holbein has her propeller shafting in the tunnel broken. The Clan Drummond was an iron ves- sel, built at Dumbarton in 1882, and registered 2908 gross tons and 1870 tons net. She hailed from Glasgow and be- longed to the fleet of Irving & Co. . SUICIDE OF PHILIP METZ. “The Heaviest Man in Harlem” Shoots Himself. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Philip Metz, dealer in paper, known as “the heaviest man in Harlem,” weighing 425 pounds, committed suicide at his home to-day by shooting himself in_the mouth. He was 35 years of age. Business troubles are assigned as the-cause for the deed. e bl Two Vessels Overdue. TACOMA, Dec. 2.—The French bark Colbert, Captain Loreau, and the Brit- ish ship Carradoca, chartered to load wheat here, are overdue and some anx- iety is felt in shipping circles for their safefy. The Colbert is 131 days out from Natal and the Carradoca fifty- eight days from Kobe. Twelve per cent reinsurance has been paid on the Frenchman and 5 per cent on the Britisher. g B The Seventh Mustered Out. LOS ANGELEBS, Dec. 2.—The Seventh Regimegt of California Volunteers is a thing of the past. The regiment was mus- tered out -of ‘the service of the -United States ‘here t 3 ADVERTISEMENTS. Every woman should realize that her health is like a bank account. At the out- set she has so much deposited to her credit in the bank of health. If she draws out more than she puts in she will soon over- draw her account. 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