The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1898, Page 2

(] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1898. all of the claims that are being made by his political touts. These men claim that Burns has already sufficient votes pledged to him to insure his election. They say that he is sufficiently power- ful politically to get all of the Repub- lican votes he wants or needs when the time comes for the taking of the vote for United States Ltor. this sertion they say that Burns is prepared to spend $175,000 to influence voters in his behalf. - A part of this money, they say, has already been “put out” where it will do the most good, and that the balance will be forthcom- ing when it is needed. There are scores of men, them legislators, to whom Burns has, through his lieutenants, promised po- litical jobs under the State in return for their support of his candidaby. All of these men have been made to be- lieve that Burns is in a position to “de- liver the goods,” in other words, that he has the power to dictate ap- or, pointments to the Governor-elect. To | carry out the illusion Burns has estab- lished his headquarters in th: ooms of | the Repu n State Central mmit- tee at the F e Hotel, and because of this fact members of the Leg! ture the country are led to believe that | andidacy has the moral and pos bly the active support of the State ition. He uses the committee 28 a dragnet and mem- re who ventures to nce pounced upon by his whose bu is to nsuspecting one into the The Man from Mexico.” every ANONYMOUS LETTER EPIDEMIC REVIVED Promine the Recipients of Abusive Missives. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. letter epidemic, which S ff Jaw d to the collisio between e herif s Tunsted and E an Anse , has again ent form, and there citizens who are Ip. Many schemes ct the m who 1s cowardly attacks ding citi proc ntit clew leac caught I the let rs bear date of Del t 7a. m., showing that en dropped in the 1 1t precedi y elopes s the p 13 there from missives ¢ ted. s was sent he ni regarding his , started 1 He | n th ex-Sheriff is told that Mulverill him- ldier, who has four bullet arm. A newspaper man sh between Mulverill and is accused clty 2 of sordid rmed th t the reason the fed was that was not rs Tun- ard” and a follow fact, talk rs {s common on the part INDIANS WANT GOLD AS WELL AS LAND Government Experiencing Difficulty Allotting Colville Tracts. in Age rry Hu ne to allot the e, the Indlans and allot- rnment pays tnem he Nez Perces and Couer > paid for theirs. ndian Agent Ha for some e met nds, on the res- have no title to 10,000, claiming this ommission_w Ateriaoine was under the mined - the ag by clamation in July, 187 set part obtained on a promise taken to Wash. nt Anderson to r the truce sur lville Reser- of thriving them Republic, ited the famous Republic orth half of the reservation n to mineral location in the south half in July of has 1 are proce fon contains mining towns among g 189 this vear - SHOOTS TWO GIRLS TO AVENGE HIS DEATH Dying Youth Kills One and WoundsJ a Second Daughter of His Slayer. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. patch to the Times Tex., says: T Two pe r Yo from T quarreled ade. McKnight t Firquin, but wounded Whi stood nea shot Eastley Elegant Austrian China Green and gold border with flower decoration. Attractive shapes Bread and Butter, Tea and Cake Plates. Salad Bowls, Fruit Saucers, and everything that’s new Effective prices breat American mport p Tea Co, 861Market, 0. Pewell 705 Larkin St, 140 Sixth St, 1419 Polk St, 218 Third > 1819 Devisadero St 506 Heurnz 2008 Filimore St. 148 Ninth St. 521 Montgomery Av, 2510 Mission St. 1190 Kenkucky " St. 8006 Sixteenth St. 3285 Mission St 855 layes St. 5Z Market St. OAKLAND STORE: Washingtonst. 131 San Pablo Ave. roadway. 618 E. Twelfth St. 1310 Seventh St. ALAMEDA—1335 Park St. BAN RAFAEI—3B St., near Fourth. Write for Catalogues W In making | many of ‘ Citizens of San Anselmo | The anonymous | the Govern- | CARNIVAL OF CRIME AT THE ~ CUBAN CAPITAL | Rioting Continues Un- checked. |DAY’S RECORD OF BLOODSHED | ONE MAN KILLED AND TWELVE WOUNDED. WICHITA, Kan,, Dec. 26.—Governor- elect Stanley states he will not sign a warrant for the death of John H. | Collins, convicted Saturday evening of Colored Cubans Murdsrously Assault | the murder of his father. He does not a Spanish Merchant Who Re- fused to Shout “Viva Cuba Libre.” | believe in capital punishment is the | reason given. | John Henry Collins, | man, was a student in the Kansas State HAVANA, Dec. 2%.—Francisco Quintero, | a Spanish guerrilla, while walking along | Genios street to-day, was flred at from | the convicted University and a licensed lay reader of Episcopal the leading Protestant the roof of a house and serfously wound- | v uroh of Topeka. The motive of the | ed. During the last- twenty-four hours i | one man has been killed and twelve have | crime was found in the youth's greed | been wounded differe; city, and elev burglaries committed. The city is in a st rest. Three more wards of Hav evacuated to-day La Lucha says it can see no disloyalty of Spanish residents in Cuba | 100se to hoist American and beca Spain renounced the | ut consulting the Spaniards. | tain General Castellanos, after for- g _over the and to the s on January 1, will leave for for money which would come to him upon the death of his father. The elder Collins carried $26,000 life insurance, | | Matanzas, where he will remain a fort- night g thence to Cienfuegos. | A party of colored Cubans t morn- n red the wholea Senor Mes: & and to cry “Viva Cuba Libre, : ed to obey, whereupon one of | the Cubans cut his'head badly with a machette. to e |CHRISTMAS DAY AT SANTIAGO DE CUBA SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. %.— Most of the Americans in Santiago cel- ebrated Christmas to-day, though hard- | Iy able to realize that this is Chfist- | mastide in the midst of dis- | comforts of summer weather. The pal- ace clerks presented General Wood | with a magnificent gold mounted tor- toise shell walking stick in a mahog- season, [ case. The various regiments en- ored to enjoy the season in Amer- jcan fashion, while the Hist and the hospital ship Bay State were gayly dec- orated. As the result of the charges brought nant Colonel Henry Ray, at Guantanamo, against rmes Valiente, General Wood will appc commission to in- | vestigate aff that district. P e GREENE REPORTS ON ACTORS IN AN ATROCIOUS KANSAS MURDER CASE Conviction. The Youth Who Killed His‘ Father at Topeka in Order to Gain Insurance Money, and the Young Woman Who Aided His and it was provided that of this amount $6500 should go to the son. The young student was enamored of Miss Frances Babcock of Lawrence; whose family is considered wealthy, and the trial developed the fact that Collins had lived beyond his allowance at Lawrence; that he had contracted numerous bills at the university town which he could not pay, and that hei had planned tojoin the Babcocks when they went to spend the summer at an Atlantic coast resort. Miss Babcock was among the witnesses for the State, and told of the wild stories which Col- lins had related to her about the threat- ened assassination of his father. 2 CUBAN CONDITIONS | WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Major Gen- eral Francis Greene, U. S. A., ac- General Corbin in regard to the condi- tion of affairs in the Cuban capital. He said that there would undoubtedly be | trouble in the maintepance of order companied by his aid, Lieutenant | pending the transfer of control of af Schuyler Schiefferlin, = Forty-seventh | fairs from the Spanish Government to | New York Infantry, passed through the United States military authorities, this city to-day on his way | but he did not anticipate that it would | reach proportions bevond the control | of the American forces. | According to his representations, the | feeling between the Spaniards and | Adjutant | Cuba is intensely bitter, a serious | from Havana to New York city. Gen- al Greene paid a flying visit to the War Department and spent about an hour in consultation with MURDERER ROSSER'S FATHER DIES. <‘ | | | | BRIDGEPORT, Ala., Dec. 26.—Walter Rosser Sr., father of the Tennes- see soldier who was recently acquitted for killing Henry. Hildebrand at San | Francisco, is dead at his home in Stevenson, Ala. He had arrived with his son the day before his death, which is-said to have been caused by grief and exposure. He was division superintendent of the Nashville, Chatta- nooga and St. Louis Railroad. | | | [ W. M. Rosser was a native of England, where he was born in 1823. When quite | a young man he came to America and soon becanfe engaged in engineering. He took part in many Important constructive enterprises, both before and after the Mexican War, for which he enlisted at New Orleans immediately after it broke out. When the Nashville and Chattangoga Railroad was first projected his ser- - vices were sought, and he remained with the company .in one capacity and an- other until his death with the exception of the period between 1880 and 1894. His services were of the highest value when the facilities and resources of the road | were taxed to their utmost by the demands of the military operations during the Civil War. His energy and attention to his duties always commended him to the esteem of his superiors in the company, as his gentle nature and lovable disposi- tion and unswerving integrity won for him the respect and affection of all with whom he came In contact. Mr. Rosser was not a man of large means, as has been so frequently stated and generally believed in this city. On the contrary, his worldly possessions con- sisted of a small farm near Stevenson, Alabama, where his family resided. His only relatives in America besides his immediate. family, which consisted of his wife, son Walter and a daughter, are the children and grandchildren of’ his brother, who came out to California many vears ago and now reside in Sacra- mento and the adjoining counties, and of whose existence he was not aware until the notice in the papers of his presence here attracted their attention to ‘the name and resulted in meeting and recognition of kinship. In 1880 Mr. Rosser, who was then getting to be an old man, thought to retire to the small farm which he had purchased with his savings and spend the rest of his days in a more quiet pursuit than rallroading. The enterprise was not a success, however. He did not make as good a farmer as a rallroad. man, and after four years’ trial in which he expended his surplus savings he went back to the old position of roadmaster, not expecting to give it up agaln until death or old age forced him to do so. i | i I rupture between the two factions now being averted only by the presence of American troops and the knowledge that the American military authorities are determined to preserve order by the prompt exercise of force in case of necessity. General Greene has large private in- terests in New York State, and to-day gave notice to the adjutant general of his desire to be relieved of further mil- itary service, in view of the practical conclusion of peace between Spain and the United States. He expected to re- turn here Wednesday for further con- sultation with the authorities in regard to the conditions and military necessi- ties in Cuba. If perfectly agreeable to the President, he will tender his resig- | nation from the army. pE S L, CRUISER CINCINNATI NOT BADLY DAMAGED | WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—It was an- nounced at the Navy Department to- day that the cruiser Cincinnati would remain at Havana until after January 1 and take part in the ceremonies at- tending the Spanish evacuation of Cu- ban territory, at the conclusion of which the vessel will go to New York. Latest reports indicate that the Cin- cinnati sustained no material damage by running aground in the harbor of Santlago several days ago. A telegram was received saying that the collier Vigilant had arrived at Ma- nila with her cargo on fire, but giving no_details. { Commodore Cromwell, commander of | the new naval station at Havana. has notified the Navy Department that he | has hoisted his flag on the auxiliary cruiser Resolute, which has just ar- rived at that port. That vessel will remain at Havana as a station ship. Other naval movements were report- ed as follows: The tank steamer | Arethus has arrived at Havana with a | full supply of fresh water. The col- lier Sterling arrived at Montevideo yes- | terday, and the Spanish prizes Sando- | val and Alvarado have arrived at Nor- folk. Word was received at the War De- | partment that the hospital ship Bay State, which arrived yesterday at San- tiago de Cuba, has proceeded to Kings- ton. There is a board of medical offi- cers on the ship, who are to inspect the methods adopted by the British army for the care and subsistence of troops in the tropics. BODIES OF SOLDIERS " TO BE DISINTERRED Dead of Camp Wikoff Will Be Re- moved to a Military Cemetery. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Arrangements were completed to-day for disinterring the bodies of the soldiers who were buried in the improvised cemetery at Camp Wikoff, Long Island. Lieutenant Williain F. Chase of the Sixth Artillery will super- vise the work. Forty coffins were shipped to-day to Montauk. It was at first !houil"fl the bodies would be_removed to the National Cemetery at Washington, but they will be buried in the military %l;r;\ll(nds in Cypress Hill, in East New At the head of each grave at Montauk. Point was placed a bottle in which was sealed a piece of paper, with the name, | rank, company, regiment and .all partic- ulars concerning the dead. By this means there will be no trouble in identitying the bodies. g ERrUag T Death of a Veteran Editor. WHEELING, W. Va., Dec. 26.—Colonel Philip Henry Moore died to-day of paraly- sis. He was the editor and owner of the Ohio Valley - Manufacturer. When . the Civil War opened he cast his fortunes with the Confederat army and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the engineer corps. {}1 11&-79 he established the Wheeling Daily nion. e To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AIl drugglsts refund the money if it falls to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. Q. on each tablet. GIVE THE TAGALLO HIS INDEPENDENCE This Is the Advice of | Merritt. FAVORS A NATIVE REPUBLIC MILITARY GOVERNMENT BEST FOR THE PRESENT. Captor of Manila Pleased at the In- crease of the Standing Army to One Hundred Thousand | Men. | Special Dispatch to The Call, CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Major General Wesley Merritt, retiring Military Gov- | ernor of the Philippines, accompanted | by his bride, formerly Miss Laura Wil- | liams, and his chief ald, Major Strother, has arrived in this city from New York. General and Mrs. Merritt will remain at the residence of Norman Williams. Mrs. Merritt's father, until after the holidays, when they will return to New York City, where the general will again the Department of the East, which he left to go to Manila. In regard to the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands, General Merritt said: “The best we can do is to give them a good military government, give them what civilians are necessary to admin- ister the civil functions of government, and when they are ready to form a gov- ernment of their own give them our blessing and let them do so.” ‘When asked what he thought of the proposed increase of the starding army 10 100,000 men the general declared he had always believed such increase was necessary. ‘‘We need a standing army of at least 758,000 men here in the United States,” he declared. “Now that we have acauired these new territories we shall need a few more. But, in my belief, 25,000 {men are ample and sufficient for all possible emergencies in Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines together. The rest are needed in the United States for garrison duty. If a larger force is | wanted in the Philippines it can easily be had from among the natives.” General Merritt continued: “By offi- cering the native soldiers with Ameri- cans a most effective army for duty, in the islands can be quicklv formed. 'In time, perhaps, it would come to resem- ble the British army.in Indla, where the greater part of the men are natives. The Filipinos are anxious to enlist in such service, and they could be made into effective soldiers.” vouchsafe any opinion as to what Con- gress might do or as to what he had learned of its action during his short stay in Washington, He declared. how- ever, that he would assume his former post as commanding general of the De- partment of the East. S 5 b e EL SR Proposed Duel Abandoned. BUDAPEST, ‘Dec. 2.—Owing to the failure of the seconds to agree upon con- ditions it has been decided to abandon | the proposed duel between Baron Banffy, the Hungarian Premier, and Deputzfl}i& ransky of the opposition in the wer House of the Hungarian Parliament, who, in the course of last Friday's debate upon the Government's policy, called the Pre- i+ order to enable them to formulate modi- resume his position as commander of | General Merritt was careful not to| CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ARE DISCIPLINED Crisis in Affairs : of Teaching Order. AN APPEAL TO .THE POPE THIS AROUSES THE WRATH OF CHIEFS IN PARIS. | | Punishment, While Members of | the Order in This Country Are Not Overlooked. | Special Dispatch to- The Call. | b ) | NEW YORK, Dgc. 26.—A, grave crisis | has arisen here in the affairs of the| teaching order known as the Christian | Brothers, members of which have charge of many of the parochial schools of the Catholic churches throughout this country. The difficulty arose over a funda- | mental rule of the order set down by its | | founder, John Baptist de la Salle, that | brothers should confine themselves to teaching elementary subjects to chil- dren of the poor. They were forbidden | to include classics in the curriculum for | fear that they should be so doing | wander away from the object he had in establishing the order. | The heads of colleges and the m"dor: here did not think that this French | idea was for the best interests of the Brothers in the United States, and they | drew up an appeal to the Pope. This | document will be presented for them | by Bishop Thomas S. Byrne of Nash- ville, Tenn., who sailed last week to pay an official visit to the Vatican. | The movement of the Brothers in the | United States greatly incensed the gen- | eral of the order and his counsellors in | Paris, especially the appeal over their | | heads to Rome. Four of .the Brother | visitors and several heads of colleges | here were summoned to Paris, where a consultation was held. It is now learned | that they have been severely discip- | lined. The director of a house in Balti- more was ordered to a house in the | interior of Francé. Brother Felix, head of the college in St. Louis, Mo., was | sent to an obscure school at B)rming-‘ ham, England. Brother Paulian of St. | Louis was kept in retreat in Paris. | Others of the American branch of the | order are expecting similar punishment. As may be supposed the bishops of the United States do not intend to tamely submit to the interference of Paris officlals with the educational | | problems of this country. They seri- | ously resent the contention that they | have no jurisdiction to direct and con. | trol the teaching orders in the schools | here. Their course at Rome will con- sequently be watched with special in- terest for the very important bearing it | will have on the future of many of the | successful Catholic colleges in large | cities. If the decision is against the Ameri- | can Brothers, and the old tule of the | order is enforced, it is expected that | many of them will leave {ts ranks and | imedr seminaries to study for the priest- | 00d. Archbishop Ireland during his coming trip to Eurcpe will spend some time in | France, where he is engaged to deliver | one of the chief addresses at the Joan | of Arc celebration. His good offices | may be asked to straighten out the | tangle. | | RUSSIA TO SUBMIT A PLAN FOR' DISARMAMENT | Convention Suggested by the Czar| ‘Will Be Held in St. Petersburg in May. 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