The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1898, Page 3

» THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1898. AMERICANS HAVE TO FIGHT THE REBEL FILIPINOS R the Baltimore will ald by bombarding. MAY YET S and Dewey Instructed to Maintain United States Authority at Iloilo “at All Hazards." | Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Dec. 28. HE Call correspondent has the highest authority for the statement that the President has instructed General Otis and Admiral Dewey to maintain United States authority in Ilcilo “at all hazards.” This means that if the Filipinos refuse to surrender the town is to be taken by force of arms, and that It is hoped and believed, however, that the good sense of the Fili- pinos will prevall to prevent bloodshed. A prominent army officer who saw the instructions wired to Otis says that General Miller will march into the city and take charge in the name of the United States. The news of the evacuation of Tloilo by the Spaniards and its capture by the insurgents has given fresh en- couragement to the oppoments of the Paris treaty, who point out thattrouble with the Filipinos will be never-ending Ss We grant them indeperidence. he is! of opinion. tion of the islands, or that he w r shoulders. Brigadier General Miller is in command of the expedition sent to Iloilo. The troops consist of the Eighteenth regular infantry, Fifty-first Jowa Volunteer Infantry and a battery of regular artillery. v Department that no instructions have been sent to Admiral Dewey to dispatch vessels No doubt is felt over the ability of the American forces to compel the insurgents to evacuate Iloilo by the guns, but there is a hopeful feeling that bombardment may not be necessary. detachment numbers about 2100 men, and it is believed the insurgents have not a greater It is said at the to Tloilo. the Baltimore’s General Mille s Filipino ar that if-he were 0s U r arms. islands, the even now dispatch, and tk as had been the plan. NEW FILIPINO CABINET ! IS ANTI-AMERICAN A, Dec. rnment 28.—The first repub- has resigned over 1 of American’ intervention | in the government of the Philippines. owners of property desire Amer- co-operation. The present tem- ry Cabinet, which will exercise er pending the elections, is very/| American. It allows of no Amer- peration whatev: and wants 2C a free republi and con- the Americans as allies. illing to grant liberal commer-./| aties with a monopoly of mails and pay the expenses of | can occupation of Manila. 1 due to malcontents con- | ti in the provinces of Tarlas and.| Pangasinian. Insurgent troops have been sent there to quell the disturb- | ances. OTIS CABLES REGARDING CAPTURE OF ILOILO, WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The fol-| lowing message was received at the War Department to-day: MANILA, Dec. 27.—Adjutant General, | BOLD STAND OF THE | DUNHAM SUSPECT Declares He Is Ready to Go to Cali- fornia if His Expenses Are Paid. Ohio, Dac. COLUMBL 28 —The fiden- eld at the City Prison been determined, but to-day’s pments indicate that he is- not| ies C. Dunham, the Santa Clara murderer. There are so many | rks of resemblance, however, that the horities to release Chureh, | s Wilson, In spite of his vigorous pro- Among the points of , height and color of but Church has a tendency to bald- | Dunham has a square chin, whllei the suspect decline ness Church has a pointed one. “I will plead guilty to being Dunham,” said Church, “if the police will pay $40 I | owe in Columbus and take me and my wife back to California. 1 know Dunham, and he killed some one, I believe. Church says he lived at Sacramento at the time of murder and was familiar with the case, as was every Californian. In his opinion, Dunham is dead. He v ter, a Mrs. Bateman, | on K street. t he theory of the police has been some- complicated by the statement of a | man calling himself Thomas Ward. Ward called at the prison to see the suspect. He told Chief Kelly that he was once connected with the Hotel Vendome at San Jose and knew Dunham. He was| permitted to see the prisoner. After a careful scrutiny, he informed the officials t, while there were many points of mblance, Church-Wilson was not ham. _When Chief Kelly was told | t Ward he sent for him, but found | t he had gone to Newark. ACRAMENTO, Dec. 28.—Diligent in- s falled to discover Mrs. Bate- r anybody who knows her. OUIS, Dec. 28.—The police of St. - searching for James C. Dun- & anted in Santa Clara ., for murdering an en- of six persors. There is a 11000 for his arrest. . A letter Detectives Desmond from J. the Sheriff of Santa Clara Dunham has been riff George Smith Towa, a warrant the arrest C. Dunham, the nurderer of t family. Sheriff Smith has a ody_for a minor offense _whom s is Dunham. Sheriff Lyndon i= awaiting -photographs, ending the rival of which he is not yversanguine. CLAINMS VAST FORTUNE IN RAILWAY BONDS Heirs of the Late Governor Durkee ¢* Utah Ask $100,000,000 of the Government. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—If the assertions | f the heirs, of. Charles Durkee, formerly | oyernor of Utah, are well founded, National Government may be compelled to pay to thgm more than $100,000,000 on count of sgme Pacific Railroad bonds which it is slleged the former Governor on his deathbed said belonged to him. According to| the attorneys for the es- tate Mr. Durkee told his wife he had ised to be farwarded to the Metropol- xercise sovereignty over the islands. relations of the isiands to this country. vill recommend their independence. iiring all the information he can get. done he promptly asks them to give their views as to how it ought to be done. | cable communication. | will have happened in the | It s presumed that General Otis dent has been studying the Philippine situation in connection with the peace treaty. -atified by the Senate, and that no amendment wiil be adopted declaring that it is not the policy of | He has received assurances from a number of Democratic Sena- | s that they will not oppose the treaty, but will reserve the right to develop their position later as to the future of dent believes that no man can .at this time form and hold a settled conviction as to what should be That is a question over which he believes there may be much dif- Never by word or indirect allusion has he given anybody to understand that he will favor the He is listening to the views of others, and When public men approach him and ask why such and such a thing | 1 the Raleigh paid a visit to Iloilo the officers were received coolly and suspiciously by the officers of the y near the town, who had received orders from Aguinaldo not to have any dealings with the Americans. stubborn and defiant attitude of Aguinaldo which causes the greatest concern. removed from power there would be no difficulty in arranging for the disbandment of the Should he make up his mind to enter into a contest with the Americans for the control of the riment. may find it necesary to dispatch heavy reinforcements to both Otis and Dewey. pite denials at the Navy Department, that the orders to the Oregon and Iowa were changed since the will proceed directly to Manila by way of Honolulu, instead Washington: I sent Colonel Potter on a fast vessel to Iloflo on the 24th to com- municate with the Spanish general, Rios. The latter evacuated on the evening of the h and Potter was thirty-nine hours late. The insurgents took possession of the city on the 2th, and Potter found Aguinaldo’s flag flying. , Cannot now re- | port the probable resulfs; will not hear from there for four days, as there is no The anish forces have evacuated all the stations in the southern islands except Zamboanga and | Mindanao, by orders, they say, from Madrid. OTIS. The evacuation by the Spaniards of all the Philippine ports, as reported by General Otis, although doubtl in- spired by a desire to secure their safety | by concentration, undoubtedly has done much to complicate ghe problem already presented to the War Depart- ment of” extending the military juris- | diction of the United States over the islands. * It will now be necessary to expedite the execution of the original plans and it may be fully expected that within a week important events Philippines. | wil) demand the surrender of Iloilo into his hands, and this demand may at once raise the issue between the insurgents and our own Government of the pos- session of the islands. The province of Tloilo is set down in the official directories as having a pop- the town is the importance in the | ulation of 472,000, an in second seaport | box containing an as nment of railroad | bonds amounting to more than $64,644,000, | but from that time until this, it is al- | leged Iy the attornevs, they have been | unable ta get any trace of the box. There. a rumor afloat in 1884, it is | said, that some of the bonds passed through the hands of Grant & Ward and the matter was called to the attention of | the Secretary of the Treasury. The heirs are said to have obtained information | ter that some If not all of the bonds in | stion were recovered and lodged in the | vaults of the treasury in Washing Since that time the matter has been eral times taken up by the authoritie: ‘Washington at the reques yers for the Durkee heirs and they made strenuous efforts to establish a case whereby they might prove their rights to the big claim. Senators, Representa- tives and others in high positions have had a hand in the effort to bring about a | | lation looking to the settlement of He is satisfied the The responsibility is shifted to The Government officials It is said of coming to San Philippine group. It is located on a river navigable for vessels of fifteen feet draught, so that very few of our gunboats would be available to assist | the troops in case it should be neces- s?ry to take forcible possession of the city. The Spaniards have chosen a strong place for the concentration of their troops in the town of Zamboanga, which, as the reports here indicate, is strongly fortified and possessed of | considerable natural strength from a | defensive point of view. It is not doubt- | ed that they will be able to maintain | themselves for an indefinite period of | time against the insurgents, presuming | that they are not cut off from obtaining | supplies from the sea. The town itself has a population of 21,000. e BUFFALO HAS BROKEN ALL NAVAL RECORDS WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — The | cruiser Buffalo arrived to-day at Port | Said en route to Manila just sixteen and | a half days out from New York. Thus | she has broken all naval records up | to this point in her voyage. She is needed badly at Manila, as she carries 500 sailors to relieve the men in Dewey’s fleet whose time has long expired. settlement and there have heen several hearings in regard to the matter in Wash- ington, but nothing so far has come of-At. S S R MANY CLAIMS TO BE PAID. Damages Sustained by Americans in Cuba and Porto Rico. | WASHINGTON Dec. 2.—Immediately upon the ratification of the peace treaty by the Senate the President will reco mend to Congress the enactment of legis- the | aims of American cltizens for damages sustained in Cuba, Porto Rico and other Spanish possessions which formed the seat of war. Claims to the amount of 326,000,000 on this score have already been lodged with the State Department. c PLUCKY SPY WHO o o b bed Eod litan National Bank In this city a tin of Navigation at Washington, visited Gibraltar, Cadiz, Porto Rico and other towns in Spanish territory during the war and forwarded much valuable information to the Navy Department. He passed as an Englishman. ENSIGN H. H. WARD, a Californian, connected with the Bureau fageg=$=3c3-g-3=3c3c3-F=3c3-2-3-3-3-F-F-F-F-F-F-8-3-5-3.5-F-F-5-F WENT TO SPAIN. bad =4 < o o o o e e ADVERTISTMENTS. 662 ' 999 TO RECEIVE A BIG SEND OFF! F you are in search of novelty, why you will have it to your heart’s content by looking into our big corner window to-day. There you will see 7 gentlemen dressed in 7 of the swellest garments of the season. A silk-faced Tan Covert Top Coat with velvet collar; there’s 3 shades of em, and they’re beauties; $15 won’t buy a prettier Top Coat than the one we mention anywhere. Then you will see some of the nobbiest Double-Breasted Suits you have ever laid your eyes upon, in neat Checks, satin faced, just as swell as anything can be. Then youw'll see those pretty Serdes, in the new shade of blue, Double and Single Breasted Sack style, that other = stores are detting §18 for. Just to make the last days of 98 hummers in our Men’s Big Suit and Overcoat Departments, and to dive 1899 a big send off, we have taken these Suits, these Top Coats, the finest speci- mens of the tailors’ art that we have shown this season, and you’re diven the free and unrestricted pick of any of ’em, be- ginning this very morn- ing, at $9.99. ESTIMATED COST NICARAGUA CANAL Preliminary Report of Commission. THREE FEASIBLE ROUTES MAXIMUM FIGURES SUBMITTED | ARE $124,000,000. Senator Morgan, However, leieves‘ That One Hundred Million Will | Cover the Entire Expense. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Copies of the preliminary report of the Nicaragua Canal Commission, of which Admiral Walker is chairman, have been fur- nished to Senator Morgan and others interested in the bill now pending in Congress on that subject. The commission has not fully worked out all the details of construction of the proposed canal, but the ‘report simply presents briefly the views of the commissioners as to the feasibility of the work and the maximum cost at which it is believed the waterway can be constructed. Three routes are spoken of, viz.: The old low level, the high level, or Menocal route, and an intermediate route, and all of these, Senator Morgan says, the commission considers feasible of con- | struction. For the purpose of arriving at an estimate of probable maximum cost the commission submitted figures on the low level route, which the Senator says is considered the longest and most ex- pensive. For this route Admiral Walk- er estimated the cost would be $124,000,- 000 and Professor Haupt $123,000,000, while General Haines added 20 per cent to the figures because of various con- ditions, chiefly the question of the cost of labor, which it was thought impos- sible to figure with absolute definite- ness. The report, says the Senator, shows conclusively that.the project is an en- tirely feasible one, and that in its con- struction the Government has the choice of any of these routes. It shows THE further, Senator Morgan stated, the ab- solute accuracy of the survey made by Engineer Menocal some years ago. that The Senator believes, however, all these figures are too high an presses the opinion that $100,000, cover the entire cost of constructicn, basing the belief nrx\\'hat has been done in the case of the Manchester, the Kiel and the Chicago drainage canals, and on the reduced cost of material and labor to-day, as compared with what would have been necessary In the ear- lier discussion of the building of the proposed waterw. PANAMA CANAL SEEKS AMERICAN SUPPORT LONDON, Dec. 20.—Th spondent of the Times say: Paris corre- At the annual meeting of the new Pan- | ama Company to-day (Wednesday) a long report was read, in addition to show- ing that no definite plan has as yet been adopted for the completion of the canal. The report refers to the American inter- est in the Nicaraguan Canal since the Hispano-American war, and indicates the means taken to acquaint the United States Government and the American peo- ple with the position and prospects of the Panama canal. On this point it says: “We have offered to place at the d posal of the United States every facilit for examining our works and plans, whic will readily convince them of the superi- ority, from all points of view, of the Pan- ama route. They will find in the treat- ies existing between them and Colombia, and in the facllities allowed by our stat- utes, ‘all the guarantees and advantages which their national interests can rea- sonably require. The Panama route is 5 undisputably the maritime highway, which ! can be opened to navigation in the short- est time and at the least expense.” Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. WHOLESALE DISTRICT TO BE TRANSFERRED Plan That Will Revolutionize the Appearance of a Business Sec- tion of Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28—The whole- sale district of Los Angeles is about to undergo changes that may completely revolutionize the appearance of one sec- tion of the city. The proposition is to move the wnolesale district from Los An- geles street to the block that runs from First and Alameda to Vine. P. M. Daniel, president of the Pacific Crockery and inware Company, for months has been quietly purchasing the block that extends from First and Alame- da to Vine. Mr. Daniel, it is said, has now control of the entire property. Dan- iel and his associates will erect substan- tial warehouses and supply suitable switches. The enterprise will cause the expenditure of $1,000,000, including a cold storage plant to be erected. —— True story of the Phiiippine Is- lands, by Sol N. Sheridan, special cor- respondent, in next Sunday’s Call. ’FRISCO BOYS. OSTRICH FEATHER DUSTERS BOUGHT San Jose’s Extravagant School Board. PATRONIZING ITS MEMBERS PARLOR FINERY FOR THE USE | OF JANITORS. Because of Recent Treasury Raids the Streets of the Garden City Will Not Be Lighted Next Month. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Dec. 28.—The extrava- gance of the San Jose School Board continues to attract attention. While funds have been so short as to cripple the schools the trustees have gone right on buying the most costly supplies. In fact the janitors have been given al- most carte blanche, and what extrava- gant tendencies they lacked in purchas- ing have been supplied by members of the committee on supplies. A bill allowed Supervisor F. M. Stern, who deals in harness, saddles, et shows the nature of the board’s ex- | travagance. The items amount to $150 | and the purchases were delivered be- tween August 1 and November 30. The principal charges are $5 for feather dusters and $4 50 for floor brushes. The dusters are made of ostrich feathers and are of the very finest kind. Other articles are chamois skins and sponges, but the expensive dusters and floor brushes make up the major part of the bill. At this rate it will cost the city several hundred dollars a year for dus- ters and brushes. A cheaper and as serviceable article could be purchased for half the money. The expose by The Call a few months ago of Trustee Graham drawing $15 a month from the city for rent of the Cottage Grove Kindergarten building under the assumed name of J. N. White has been apparently verified. When in the name of Mary McDonald, his sis- ter-in-law. The warrant for $30 was cashed by Miss McDonald, who ap- parently has an interest in the build- ing and lot. Previous to his having beon exposed Graham always drew ths money himself and indorsed the war- rant. The City Board of Education—that is, Trustees Graham, Langford and Ken- yon—are endeavoring to open the kin- dergartens, which were recently or- dered closed because of a shortage of funds. The opening of the kindergar- tens will plunge the school department into an indebtedness of from $10,000 to $12,000 at the end of the fiscal year. It is proposed to draw on $16,000 that will be available from the State funds in June. Opposing this action are Trus- tees Wemple and O'Neil, but they are unable to hold the others in check. The streets of San Jose will bLe shrouded in darkness for the next six months and the belated business man will have to grope his way home. This condition Is brought about by the fail- ure of the two electric lighting com- ranies to put in bids for lighting the streets for the rest of the year. At present the Electric Improvement Com- pany has the contract for street light- ing at $1510 a month. This expires at the end of the year. Owing to the shortage of funds the Council decided to diepense with half of the lights, cut- ting down the cost of lighting the city to a little over $700. No bids were ro- ceived to-day from the lighting comn- panies, and Mayor Martin says the streets will not be lighted next month. Urless new bids are called for darkness will prevail until after June 30. A year ago the same difficul'y overtook the city and the streets were not lighted for several months. This condition arises from the ex- trevagance of the old Council. —_— SAN FRANCISCAN GOES INSANE. | Joseph Elliott’s Trip to Ireland Inter- rupted at Denver. DENVER, Dec. 28.—Joseph Eiliott of the firm of Montgomery & Co. of Polk street, San Francisco, went insane here to-day. He was ‘on his way to London- derry, Ireland, on a visit, and carries through tickets. When the train arrived this morning Elliott ordered a cabman to drive him to a suburban depot, but when he reached there gave other orders that aroused the cabby's suspicion that his passenger was deranged. On the way back Elliott rushed from the vehicle into a jewelry store and immediately ran back and gave more incoherent orders. He was driven to the police station, where he was confined in a hospital cell under treat- ment for extreme nervousness. The city authorities will hold him_till he Is fit to resume his journey or develops chronio R OIS e Booker T. Washington, the most talented negro in the Souwth, tells how the dark- skinned races of our msw colo- | troubles. the bill was presented for the six months ending December 16 Graham | nies should be goverm:d, im gave orders to have the warrant drawn | next Sunday’s Call