The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 189S. ARMY REORGANIZATION AND WAR INVESTIGATION GENERAL HOWARD STRONGLY OPPOSES THE BUREAUCRACY Tells War Investigators That Com- DECLARES A vVAST ARMY MAY MENACE PUBLIC LIBERTIES Minority of the House Military FILIPINDS BEG FOR “FREEDOM" | Letters Sent to Senator Hale. ‘AGONCILLO MAKES A PLEA | | SELF-GOVERNMENT ASKED FOR’ THE PHILIPPINES. It Is Asserted That Aguinaldo Has Established “a Regular and manding Officers Should Have @Absolute Control of Camps. | | i i | | i | i SEEKS BATTLE IN CIVIL LIE Bryan Resumes His Talking Campaign. MAKES A SPEECH AT LINCOLN DECLARES GREAT CONFRONT THE COUNTRY. Agai the Paper Money Trust and the Gold Standard. ADVERTISEMENTS. i in the V¥ ot that of the pro- fessional man, there are thou- sands at the mercy of a tiger more relentless than any found in all India. ger is the dread disease known as It slays more men and wo- v there are rain drops in a ; It steals upon its victim read. = 2 and certain protection disease, and a sure and if it is resorted to in derfal medicine acts through the blood, tearing down o'd, half.dead tissues, build- ing up rew an healthy ones, driving out impurities z3d disease germs and ex- nding he lurzs an ucing life-giv- ing oxygen the circulation. It has wonderftl cur powers and allays all inflammation of; the ous membranes of the lungs and Bronc tubes. It makes the appetite keen and hearty, the digestion and assimilation perfect, the liver active, the blood pure An elements of the food, and the nerves strong and steady. It is the great blood-maker and flesh-builder. It has the most marvel- Discovery. directly om ous sustaining powers of any known med- | jcine. Thousands who were upon the verge of a premature Zrave have testified to their ry through its wonderful virtues. Medicines dealers sell it, and have nothing else “just as good.” : When a dealer urges some substitute he’s thinking of the larger profit he’ll make— not of your welfare. Dr. Pierce’s book, “The Common Sense ical Adviser,”” is a treasure in any fam- Iyv. It contains roo8 pages and 300 illustra- tions, A copy FREE to every person who will send to the World’s Dispensary Med- ical Association, Buffalo, N. 21 one-cent stamps, to pay the cost of ¥ar clath binding, send 31 stamps. PROBLEMS t the Expansion Pol- rich with the life-giving | ling oaly. | et me improve a ad 0 y, to the reforms rican people ndard as fi President recomm regular army be perman: ased to 100,000 men. 'This be met now or not at all. Taking up the subject of imperialism, Bryan said that the President misin- terpreted the sentiment of the peoble. They are opp: to giving the Philippine Islands k to Spain. but | they have not as yei lared in favor of embarking upon z colonial policy. | So great a change, he said, could not | be undertaken without re investiga- tion and deliberation the peopi had yet give nto the's The prin- cipal part of Bryan's speech ted to the Philippine question. In this connection he referred to Pres d McKinley's e tha bject. a 1y to the the right to haul flag down in the Philippines if they desire when a stable government is tablished there? Our flag stands for an indissol union of indestructible States. Exes State s represented by a star, and evi Territory sees in the constitution a of hope that will some y take its pla in the constellation. hat is there B | in the flag to awaken the zeal or raise the aspirations of vassal colonies, too good to cast away, bat enough to be admitted to the of States? Shall we keep the Philippines amend our flag? Shall we adc —the blood star, Mars—to i we have entered upon a career of con- quest? Or shall we borrow the yellow, which in 18% was the badge of gold and greed, and paint Saturn and his rings to | suggest a carpetbag government, with its | schemes of spoliation? Or shall we adorn our flags with a milky way composed of a multitude of minor sta representing remote and insignificant dependencies? No, a thousand times better to haul down the stars and stripes and substi- tute the flag of an independent republic than to surrender the doctrines that give glory to “Old Glory.” It was the flag of | our fathers in the years that are gone;| it is the fl a reunited country to- day. Let it be the flag of our nation in | the years that are to come. Its stripes of red tell of the blodod that was shed to purchase liberty; Its stripes of white proclaim the pure and heaven born pur- pose of a government which derives its just powers from the consent of the gov- me The mission of that flag is to float, not over a conglomeration of com- monwealths, but over ‘“the land of the | free and the home of the brave that mission it must remain | true—forever true. Colonel Bryan's speech was the only one of length at the reception. which are not good sisterhood and | a new star dicate that . | by the Supreme Court. Commjittee Opposes the Plan for 100,000 Regulars. ave thought they owed it to ent to the House of ute for the bill v here- They ng arm ute provides for a perma.- tanding army of 30,000 enlisted men, about the number in the army before the war with Spain. The reor- ganization provided for in the substi- tute conforms to what it has been wich | changes. A large rovided for artiller: on of the necessity roast d for 50,000 voi- from th tates and Terri the Di t of Columbia, in proportion to population; these volunt are to be mustered out of the service the within two years from the date of “hs | assage ofgthe act, unl sooner termi- nated. heir organization is to be the as that of the regular army. ns now in serv- en preference as to All volunteers now in of the United States are to ered out within sixty days from The substitute charge any com: in the army ior to the war rate to d who W troops ari h the Uni w bears to Pc rto Ri the Hawala ne Islands. sentati red tk penditure of $1000 per man, and rce of 50,000 men n wo during th ny of ent is preparing stimates which will be ready in LUMBER SHEDS AND DRY KILN BURNED Conflagration Rages on the Al- bion Company’s Ground=s at Mendocino. MENDOCINO, Dec. 23.—Three Lumber Company went up in smo! the watchman. surrounding property. but a few yards from the mill of lumber as dry as tinder, shiplo: railroad ties. kept playing upon the mill's smo! across Albion River caught fire, a three dry road ties. property is unknown. nunNuNNn of feet of lumber and huge piles of shingle: was discovered in one of the lumber sheds adjoining the dry kilns by The entire population turned out at the sounding of the alarm and every effort was at once directed toward saving the This was no easy task, as the three kilns con- tained upward of 200,000 feet of dry lumber and the kilns were located There were, besides, huge sheds full The water supply was first class and four large streams wers whole structure would be destroyed. burned away, but the main part of the bridge was saved. pile of ties upon the bulkhead near the kilns was partially destroyed. Thousands of ties were saved by being thrown into the river. The loss probably will reach $2: {ins were valued at $4000. best lumber was burned, as were several thousand shingles and rail- The amount of insurance carried upon dry kilns, several sheds, thousands belonging to the Albion ke early this morning. The fire ads of shingles and long piles of king walls. The county bridge nd for a time it was thought the The approach on this side was The large 000 or $30,000, perhaps more. The At least 200,000 feet of the very the destroyed EEEEAEEEEREER R R R = B & COLLUM RETURNED TO WOODLAND FOR TRIAL Commit Arson May Gain His Freedom. WOODLAND, Dec. 23.—Deputy Sheriff Griffin arrived from Folsom this morning with Phil Collum, who has been serving a term in the State Prison for attempt- ing to burn the Woodland Woolen M y granted a new trial The prisoner was takén immediately before Judge Hart in the Superior Court. W. A. Anderson, As- sistant District Attorney, represented the people, and asked that the case be set for trial. Attorney Clark, on behalf of the defendant, asked for a dismissal on the grounds that the District Attorney should not ask that the case be retried, as there was no possible chance of ob- taining a convietion. the testimony and the applying of the de- cision of the higher court in regard to the law, Judge Hart said that while he had the power to dismiss the case he would not do so if the prosecuting officer of- fered any objection. Mr. Anderson ob- jected. 3 Mr. Clark then said he desired to re- serve the right to present a motion for the dismissal of thé defendant upon the grounds that he had been once charged with arson and a jury found him not fity of that crime, but brought in a ver- §th of guilty of attempt to commit Mr. Clark maintained that to try n the charge of arson im in jeop: y twice for The court informed the attorney for the defendant that he would grant him the privilege of being ard upon that point, and the case was then continued for one week, to be set for trial, as the attorneys cannot agree upon a date at _the present time. Collum appears to be in the best of confinement does not spirits, and his lon; seem to have impalired his robust health. He will remain in_the County Jail until his case is disposed of. Read the first Christmas spent in Death Valley, by a woman survivor of the awful trip, in next Sunday’s arson. Collum again uj would be to put the same offense. lCllL After a reading of | [WORK ON THE WHARF | SOON TO COMMENCE | Man Once Convicted of an Attempt to Men and Machinery Ready for the Construction of the Railway | Structurs at Monterey. | MONTEREY, Dec. 23.—The foreman, R. S. Darragh, and several of the skilled me. | canics of the California Construction | Company’s force, have arrived and es :tahlished themselves in the headquarters | engaged for them. They are making ev- | ery preparation to begin the actual work | of pile dfiving for the Monterey and | Fresno Railroad Company’s wharf on | January 2. A large number of treated | piles are en route from San Francisco, | and those already on the ground will have | their teredo-proof process of treatment completed by the time the workmen are ready to place them in posftion. | _For the past three dayy Foreman Dar- | ragh has been overseeing the building of | sheds for the machinery and horses, and the fitting up of the men’'s quarters with | sleeping and boarding accommodations, Yester: he set men at work upon’ the | preparation of the piles. e ler donkey-engine and a ecarload of macmuun- ery have already been put into position, | and two pile-drivers arrived to-day. | Foreman Darragh intends rushing all preliminary work to the utmost, in order to start upon the actual construction of | the wharf on January 2. s s TRICEERY OF A GERMAN. Consul in Samoa Lands Arms and Munitions of War. LONDON, Dec. 24—The Washington Government, according to a dispatch from Auckland, has instructed the United States Consul at Samoa to act with great vigilance and not to intrust his duties to his British and German colleagues. It appears the German agent has taken advantage of his colleagues’ confidence to land guns and munitions of war with- out their knowledge, and also to obtain important advantages for German firms. ———————— Story of the King of Counterfeit- ,ers in next Sunday’s Call. g the views above | United States | Fitty | 5 FELIPE Orderly Civil and Military | Administration.” Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. Hale yesterday received 23. — Senator two letters from Filipinos in London touching upon the proposed action of the Philippine Islands. The first letter ! is from Agoncillo, the Filipino repre- sentative who came to Washington in behalf of Aguinaldo’s interests and later went to Paris with the hope of in- | fluencing the Peace Commission. The letter follows: LONDON, December 10, 1838. To the Hon. Eugene Hale—Sir: The opening of the present session of the American Senate Wwill put you in a po: tion to influence the Just and good un derstanding - between the American and the Fi.pino nations, and I beg you to help me in my efforts to this end. The free citizens of the United States anc Senators of America cannot follow of the monarchical countries, whose force orm adequate to are ex- zation in submit- country to ts thereof, un- er the form adopted by your republic. ‘reedom, suffrage and independent self- government are the only basis of an or- ganized state in the present times. Like America, the Philippines will grow prosperous and happy if, instead of sowing oppression and militarism and their inevitable comseque: war and disorder, the Senate of the United States, complying with the expectation my countrymen and the formal promises made before the war by all the repre- sentatives ‘n the Far East of the Amer- jcan admin ‘ration, will recognize the independenc: of the Philippines and pro- lalm the everlasting friendship and al- ce of our two countries. joined by their common sentiments, created in the field of honor, combatting as comrades ice and humanity Filipinos to obtain . 1 intend t and high your vant AGONCILLO. The second of these letters reads as follows: LONDON, Dec. 13, 1538, Senator Eugene Hale, Washington, D. C.—Sir: We have addressed to George F. Hoar, U ed Senator of th of Massachuset the following cable: P 0s_evetywhere congratulate and | 1k you, Hale and Vest for noble efforts military rul lonial expans eitizer p | London."” | e beg to confirm the foregoing request most | & ADVERTISEMENTS. L1 On Pourth Strest, LK GAIPPE NOW , VERY PREVALENT | =22 | TO-DAY ONLY! | | | Mr. and Mrs. Loud Among Its Victims. MANY SICK AT WASHINGTON | ASPHALT PAVEMENTS SAID TO { HAVE CAUSED THE DISEASE. | Physicians, However, Differ, but t.he:! Fact Remai: E P Dexine Ehal S Mnw Special to-day (Saturday)—A ber Afflicted Increases 13 (B ) +} Ladies’ Finest Vici Kid Shoe, | if te Shoe, Throughout the East. | | lace and button, in all shapes. Price to- feday. - s G o Special Dispatch to The Call. | Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Dec. 23. Mr. and Mrs. Loud are very sick. | f| { Both were attacked with grip. M | Country ¢ logue. ' SULLIVAN'S, 18 FOURTH STREET, 100 Fezt From Market St. Loud’s condition is serious. A trained | nurse is in constant attendance. The | attending physician eays there is no cause for alarm, and that all they re- | quire is careful nursing. i The grip is very prevalent in Wash- ”ngtan at present. School attendance | Is reduced 33 per cent. As a rule. how- | ever, the attacks are mild. | New Yc reports that the malady in the best ‘sections of the | here thri city, but the poorer sections are nracti- Life’sVanished Joys are the continual source of misery to thosé who | cally immune. T_ms agrees with the suffer from nervous debility and prostration heory of some Washington physicians They never cease mentally comparing them- | that the grip is of recent orizin and lel‘-‘ukI ith the roex ed women or stalwart = = . that come in their way | was not prevalent before the laving of PELOOM, FORGETFULNESS AND pavements. The theory that | in summer asphalt pavement pores ex- > |pand and receive filth, and that in| Mo comsumption Vi winter the pores contract amd expel | NOT REATLY LIV | the poisonous matter, which is carried | THE FAMOUS | about by the air. It is pointed out| | that a large percentage of policemen. | TABLETS !Etreetflsweeper‘hmotormen and drivers | are affected w! the grip. But doctors | ol mfeebled nerve system. who disagree with the asphalt Dave-| Taoy purity the blosd, make brigat ant hap- ment theory say those men are natur- R avws, Sl dletp ok sipetise, Dupnts xigne ally affected most who live most in the Sastiag dbceases and ol cifecis of excesses ad open air. A dense fog has hung over indiscretions; restore failing memory, in s word, | Washington for the past week. and the they re-vitalize young and old of either sex, | doetors attribute the epidemic to tnis MAKE PERFECT MEM AND WOMEN | fact, for this weather aJso prevails in| one 50 Cents 6 Boxes at $2.50, a New York and in Philadelphia, where | Box Re: Guaranteed Cure or | the grip is prevalent. | Vital Energy. — Money Refunded. | — | ruE perrecTo 66 WEDDING AT STANFORD. - s . on receipt of price by Caxton Building, Chicago, it Soid by Owl Drug Co., S. F. and Oakland. Allan Peck and Miss Anna Dixon Join Their For‘unes. CANCER STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Dec. 22— and TUMOR HGSPITAL An interesting romance of under sradu- " NO KNIFE or PAIN Stanford terminated to-day in 2 ive them to fnsanlry, onic aflment being_crushed in . THEY DO DESPAIR sometimes ¢ or eise into the grip of | No Pay Until Cared of Anna Dickson, '8, and Aoy hup i w et The ceremony took place man’s breast is can- v house at noon, ting. After the wedding breakfast was and cer. The poison quickly goes to arm- If large it is too . Men’s face and addresses of honest scures. 8. R. CHAMLEY, M. 0., 2. i | SEND 7O SOMEZ ON LADIES vwmw DR.FELIX LE BRUR'S “1 Stéel 2 Pennyroyal Treatment The home of the groom is in San Diego, and the t e comes from Napa, where a number of prominent po- the public schools. — Repairing the Massaths. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Navy vard en- and pray you o complete your noble | gineers went under the battle-ship Mas- | o s | task by opposing tary occupation' of | sachusetts in the drydock to-day and is the original and only FRENCH. | the islands by the American army. Gen- | measured her damaged plates Workneoa safe and reliable care on the mat- gral Aguinaldo has éstabitshed im the| UO" oo . 1o, catting out rivets Ro ket. Price, $L.00; sent by mail. | Philippines a regular and orderly civil and | military administration and everybody there approves of and obeys his com- mands and those of his authorities. Life, property and the legitimate rights of all are respected. Order prevails everywhere under his government. The American officers, military and naval, in Manfla and Cavite maintain a regular connection, such as is required by the comity of nations, with the recog- nized authorities. Why disturb these peaceful conditions by the enforcement of an American military occupa ? We are, sir, your most obedient servants. F. MADRIGAL, Chairman. BRYAN DID SEE ; ANDREW CARNEGIE LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 23.—Colonel W. J. Bryan was asked to-day about the interview appearing under a St. Louls | date in regard to his seeing Andrew Carnegie at New York. He said: “I | told the reporter that I did not go to New York on purpose to see Mr. Car- | negie, but that I went on other busi- ness. He quotes me as saying that I did not see Mr. Carnegie. That is an | error; I did see him for a few mo- ments.” . | Fire in the Chinese Quarter. | LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.—Fire in China- | town this afternoon resulted In a loss ag- gregating nearly $10,000. It destroyed | twelve frame shacks and one frame dwell- ing. The latter was the property of Mrs. | Sing, an A had a neat home, furnished after the | American fashion. "All the houses burned | were located at the head of Juan street, in the eastern edge of Chinatown and north of Apablasa street. It is a section given up to Chinese vegetable peddlers and merchandise shops. The greater por- tion of the loss Is In destroyed merchan- dise and vegetables. The houses were of | little value. I Countess Thun Hohenstein Dead. VIENNA, Dec. 23.—Countess Thun Ho- henstein, wife of the Austrian Premfer, ericanized Chinawoman, who | - Genaine sold only by GEO. DAHLBENDER & CO., Scle Agents, 214 Kearny st., San Fraacisco. visic DR, JORDAN'S Great Museum of Anatomy 1081 MABIZTST. bet. SR 3 Ti2, 5. 7. Cale The Largestofits kindin the Warld. DR. JORDAN—Private Diseases. Conaaltation frae. Write for Beok Bhilosophy of Marriags. MAILED FRZZ. UNITED STATES BRANCH. STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | pair work will proceed night and day next | week. It is estimated that it will cost | about $40,000 to put the ship tn order and | that the work will take six weeks. The | Board of Inquiry, of which Commodore | | Pickering is president, finished its work | to-day and forwarded the report to the | Secretary of the Navy. | i Transport Mobile a Suceess. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 —Major Hop- kins, military aid to Secretary Alger, re- | turned from Washington to-day from | | Cuba. He was sent by the Secretary from | |'Savannah to Havana on tM€ transport | Mobile, which made her first trip since being refitted, with a view to reporting | personally to the Secretary upon the | adequacy of tnis type of transport for army service. Major Hopkins believes | the Mobile is worthy to form the nucleus | of a first-class army transport. It is not definitely decided that the Mobile will be sent to Manila, as was originally pro- gosed, for there is a demand just now for er service in supplying the remaining troops needed to garrison Cuba. e Cole Mystery Not Cleared. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 23.—The Coroner’s in- | oax preeo o ame Someeee | SOOISY (000 204 National whose charred body was found in her| 'NSURAHGE GUMPANY - burned home last Saturday morning, was | finished to-day, and the jury returned a | g verdict that it was unable to determine | (¥, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, ON THE whether Mrs. Cole perished In the flames | ;- 315t day of December, i. D. 1397, and for | or was murdered and her body placed in t day, 22 made to the | the burned building. Witnesses testified o Jcowhiloris of sectidus | to frequent quarrels between Mr. and Mrs. . | Cole. Cole is still in custody on the arson | charge. . pursuant to t! 610 and 611 of the Pol | per blani furnished b: ST | ASSETS estate owned by company.. 01,587 o Long Wants to Consult McKinley. I!.:::}u on bonds and szv)vugadez. 3 xfis“_fisfl 9: WASHINGTON, Dec. 23—The' publica- | S5z ket yalue of all stocks and | & s & | tion of the denfal that Secretary Long | Amount of loans | will tender his resignation soon was not | Oof bonds, stocks ax | authorized by him, neither was the re- | oShle securities as ol e | port that he will retire; but at the proper | cash in banks i 424,563 57 time Mr. Long will publish his intentions. | Interest due a He wants first to consult the President. g persad the first Christmas spent in | p s i Jur cours of calssion €y, by a woman survivor | _— |of the awful trip, in next Sunday’s ST Call. stocks and L | Interest due and Total assets... LIABILITIES. | s dead. Losses adjusted and unpaid. 835,384 23 Losses In process of adjustms | | in suspense . mas | s ADVERTISEMENTS. e s s i ! aing one vear or less. $l SR { Gross Dremtums on fire is . FEEPEEFEFEEE I P44t -t PRt E 264 ¢ ) 4 | S weniine on etk L B | 420 08; reinsurance pro rata.. 99,233 21 14+ 9 Cfim?iukonsd‘n-l brokerage due and nis e 10 become due... S, : A 5 EEP Total liabilities. INCOME. |+ Kot cash actually received for firs 57 7 Dt e St = S e - Yeetved for i |+ Are Your Nerves Strong? Do You Feel Refreshed Whep ¥ fcoicice s - Prt bbbttt bttt tbt ettt ey Call or address 110 North Main street. You Get Up in the Morning? get help from warm life and soothes the most nerv- ous patient to sleep in fifteen minutes. Call or send for Dr. Sanden’s book, “Three Classes of Men,” or the book for women—both free. Consultation is free and worth your time. DR. A. T. SANDEN, 702 Mazkat Street, Corner Kearny, Saa Frazeisce. Denver, . street; Tex., 285 Main street; Butte, Mont., + O R R R R R R Hecelved for intersst and dividends ‘'on bonds, stocks, loans and from {all other sources. Fracelved for rents. If you do not you are losing your nerve strength and will become a s et o S nervous wreck. You must sleep if you s e nfid R i would keep your strength. You can ‘cluding $291.5345 03, losses of pre- vious years)... ..$1,241,358 83 Faid or allowed for commission or Dr. Sanden’s rel T i e g e LS &3 Paid for State, national and I Electric Belt. e T = uma tures ... caen 131,042 35 It fills the nerves with a glow of Fire. Losses incurred during the year......$1,187,346 9§ Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risks [Premiums, Netamount of risks writ-| “‘Since using your Belt my nerves are my heart has quit troubling me. When I wake up in the morning I feel bright as a lark and full of lite. Your zn&l:tx I:Tcumnxy a grand remedy,’” "AYLOR, 829 Center street, Oakland, Cal. 1 { $336,598,9.3/33, 201,357 48 292,161,257 2,503,530 85 406,050,811 3,557,001 94 MARTIN BENNETT, TUnited States Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this lst day of January, 1388. CLARKSON N. 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