The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1899. 4 H Ider the Spanish regime. Their swarms i of laborers were paid 20 to 25 cents & | day, Mexican money, equal to 10 or 12 | cents gold. The laborers were obliged | to board themselves. The plahtation system, however, is rapidly passing through a renovation since the Ameri- can occupation. The monks are dispos- ing "of theirlands as fast as’they can, and will probably succeed in selling all their holdings to one or more English vndicates. A Boston syndicate also is represented here, negotiating for the purchase of hemp plantations, Employers of labor complain that the THE PHILIPPINES American Capital Now Pouring In. 1 American occupation has caused a - LRy ;nlouhling and trebling of wages on plantations and elsewhere. Admiral | Dewey began paying the natives $1 50 MANY SPECULATORS ARRIVE | for Government work imme- ely after the destruction of Mon- fleet and has kept up that scale. Chinese and Filipino laborers, who for- merly worked for $ to $8 Mexican per month, will not turn a hand for s than $1 a day Mexican. Plantation horers are being contracted for at 50 cents a day. The consequence will be a rise in the price of raw hemp, sugar and tobacco, unless more intelligent management and improved machinery CAUTION SHOULD BE USED IN BUSINESS VENTURES. | 1e Islands Arg Not a Paradise and Chinese Contm} the }‘ert)b_: i serve to equalize the increased cost of Tracts in the | labor, 5 Coal mines are being worked in the Valleys. southern part of Luzon Island and on the island of Cebu, but the coal is soft and far inferior to the Australian and Japanese varieties. Prior to the break- ing out of the war Cebu coal was deliv- ered at the coast in large quantities at $3 50 a ton Mexican, but was consumed mainly by the interisland steamers. The price under new conditions is prob- lematical. Surveys indicate that the coal beds are in scattered localities be- tween the eighth and thirteenth paral- 18ls of latitude. An English syndicate, Spectal Corpospondence of the Associated Press. MANILA, Dec, 13.—Americans are ar- riving By every steamer from the United States to look for Investments. Some represent syndicates in Chicago, New York, Boston, or other money cen- ters, but many appear to be organizing speculative companies for themselves | with headquarters in Manila, owns and associates. One concern of Taco- | practjcally all the coal lands known on ma, Wash,, is in the fleld with a Philip- | the islands of Luzon and Cebu. For pine and industrial company, cap- | that matter English capital controls talized at $100,000. Its purpose to | nin % buy and develop coffee lands, mines and | Prises in the group. Sl p]am;m, D nd do & pamne® 877 | Good opportunities seem to be abun- roohdcomag e S Fl T~ | dant for dealing in hardwoods. The S cintat o T the Galedd” taroe | Elmndsierd Glsse Sl the Sholpet of usiness men in/ e nite States mahogany, iron wood, camphor wood who contemplate making investments | andunany other varieties of hardwoods. in the Philippinies will be very cautious | capable of taking a high polis if they are rightly informed of condi- | This is not a fruit or vegetable coun- try. The climate is too hot and damp tions here. The population of Luzon | I} g : ' or thei: vation. Bananas grow Island, the largest and most Important | {0F thelr cultivation. Bansnas Sro% in the group, is generally estimated at | apq’ pasty. The Philippine orange is 3,000,000. “Some good auth es put it | two inches or so in diameter. The fiber peeling thick and the like spoiled awdust. as high as 4,000,000, A nigh, rugged range of mountains forms the eastern coast line. Another - range extends along the western coast. These mount- | ain ranges are thinly populated by half savages, and the gravelly soil and | cloudy climate there are not adapted to cane, coffée, tobacco, or rice, the staples islands. The main part of the &, therefore, confined to leys and the low lands adjoin- ing the coast. The population is con- in villages and settlements of to 5000 huts, or nipas, in each set- tlement, Outside of Mantla there is no settle- ment in the Philippine group that de- is coarse, the juice has a flavor much vinegar seeped through The coffee industry has never been developed to any extent. Europeans who have tried it declare that coffee few rly favored s of air. But a supreme consideration to be kept in mind by intending investors is the enervating influence of the climate. Here, in Luzon, the climatic conditions are more favorable than in the south- ern islands. The thermometer is rarel below 80 degrees, and generally abc particu- dry n regior comparatively of the mount by serves to be called a town. The native |90, The high humidity of the atmo- huts bunched together anywhere off | sphere increases the oppressiveness of Manila Bay are put there without |the heat, and ultimately brings on a order or system, With narrow trails | Janguor and indolence that render men, windin circuitously through mud a ally white men, incapable of per- Occasionally there is | athedral and perhaps three or | buildings connected with i, | | SAN JOAQUIN IN LINE. ther do in the temperate zones. of Moorish architecture, some of them than 100. years old, and all more dilapidated, which present a range contrast .to the squalor and | poverty of the hundreds or thousands of surrounding nipas. The rice fields are chiefly in the hands e A rice patch of a half- acre is a pretty good sized farm for one ing of Legal Firms. STOCKTON, Jan. 14 — San Joaquin Supervisors voted unani- ind their recent action | day when its | mously to re g the employment of certain leg au- al man. Three crops are harvested each | thorizi i year. The rice lands are not as a rule | firms to :mmfi r the m'fwu' I‘l‘x w;}(lwt-lh;: owr v the coolies w ultiv money due y from the State in ned by the coolles who cultivate | MOne 4 o i oo them, but the rich Chinese half-ca: who lease the tract, usually on shar There are some large plantations 1000 to 10,000 acres managed by over- o | of State taxes. Kerwin and Gans Matched. CHICAGO, Jan. 14.—"Mystery” George seers. These plantations are devoted | .- Kerwin -has been matched to meet Joe to the production of tobacco, SuUgAr | .o ine colored lightweight. The con- caneand the plant from which the hemb | tist “'which is for twenty rounds, will be fiber is taken. The monks and Spanish ore the Lenox Athl b c Club of New Y 2 as not been officials were the plantation owners un- The d HUDYAN is the greatest remedio-treatment that has ever been produced by an combination of physicians. % cures prematurity. 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Hudson Medical Institute, Stockton, Market and Ellis Streets, SAN FRANCISCO R R R e S Y + CONSULT THE HUDSON DOCTORS + + GIRCULARS AND TESTIMONIALS + R T TR SS - - CAL. nine-tenths of all the industrial enter- | n be successfully cultivated only in a | g more than half the amount of | | Rescinds Its Contract for the Enrich- | | followed the detion of other counties to- | treatment for men only. It cures nervous | main at Iloilo. naldo’s party: B4 4444444444044 0 00040444 04@ shot the other. troops around Manila. forty thousand. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 14. The War Department will not make | public the text of the message received | from General Otis this morning, but it is similar in character to the one given | to the press several days ago, in which | he told of improved conditions. General Otis said that the conditions were improving, and that he was well satisfied with the situation. There was nothing in the message-about a mutiny among United States troops. The statement from Madrid that American troops were disaffected and were de ing and threatening to | mutiny was absolutely denied at the War Department to-day. On the con- trary, the spirit of the soldiers is re- | ported as ellent and the men are anxious to fight the Filipinos. dispatch shows, it was ince it became evident | General Ot asserted, that Aguinaldo and his insurgents the ma- | jority of the American soldiers who had | applied for discharge or to be mustered inu[ have withdrawn their applications | and informed their officers that they | will remain in the sérvice until the last vestige of opposition to this Govern- | ment has been wiped out, either by peaceful methods or hy fire and sword. Instead of being dissatisfied the troops | are enthusiastic and filled with patriot- | ism. It was denied at the War Department | that General Miller and his forces had | been ordered to abandon Iloilo and re- turn to Manila. Had such a step been | taken General Otls would have mien- | tioned it in his cablegram to-day. “You can say,” said an army officer, | “that the American soldiers in the Philippines are not disheartened and anxious to return home. There is ‘a prospect of fighting, and that in itself is enough to destroy all germs of nos- talgia.” Bl HOAR'S RESOLUTION FOR FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—At the open- ing of the Senate’s session to-day the blind chaplain paid a tribute to the late Nelson Dingley. b A letter was presented from Frye of Maine, president pro tempore, appointing Gallinger of New Hampshire to preside over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President and himself. Proctor of Vermont introduced a joint | resolution providing for busts of the late | Senator Morrill and Senator Voorhees. to | be placed in the National Library. The esolution was referred to the Library Committee. 5 Hoar introduced the following resolu- fon: “Resolved, That the people of the Philippine Islands of right omsght to be free and independent; that they are ab- solved from all allegiance to the Span- ish crown, and that all the oliticai connection between them and Spain is | and ought to be totally dissolved, and they they have, therefore, full power to “do all acts and things which inde- endent states may of right do; that it 8 their right to institute a mew govern- ment for themselves, layinq a founda- tion on such principles and organizing its power in such form as shall seem most likely to effect their safety and | happiness, and that with these rights the people of the United States are not disposed to interfere.” “1 should lflx(; Itio have it adopted im- diately,” sa oar. m‘e‘I Objgc‘." said Davis_of Minnesota, chairman of the Foreign Relations Com- | mittee, and the resolution went over. The resolution of Allen for the appoint- ment of a committee of five Senators to investigate the conduct of the late war was laid before the Senate, and Allen took the floor. Allen said he had no desire to embarrass the President,. but so many complaints had been .uade by the press and individu- als of the conduct of the war that he thought it (ime for a rigid and impartial investigation of the war to be made. He Had, he said, no confidence in the “‘Alger Relfef Commission,” which was not cgn- ducting an investigation of the war. He criticized the sending of troops to Chicka- mauga, Where they were faced by sick- ness and death. e Intimated that the troops of .the West were sent to Chicka- | mauga for the benefit of transportation | companies, He declared that there had ! been gross irregularities in the handling of th¢ commissary and other supplies. | He said it had been charged that the sup- plies were in many cases unfit for use, and he was satisfied the charges were If the troops had been furnished “embalmed beef,” world kad a right to know it. Interrupting Mr. Allen, Spooner of Wis- consin criticized him for his anticipation of an unfair and partial report from the commission and suggested that he might Dbetter wait until the report was presented before he attacked it. At this point a message was received from the Iguusr announcing the adoption of “’%‘zl“‘llo“s on the death of Representa- tive Dingley. Hale igequested that the resolution be laid before the Senate and read. Hale then offered resolutions expressive of the deep sensibility with which the | Senate had learned of the death of Rep- | resentative Dingley- and directed the ap- pointmeént of a committee of Senators to accompany the remains to Maine. | _Hale also delivered a feeling eulogy of | Dingley. The Senate then adjourned. el Aal T Captain Leary Governor of Guam. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—Secretary Long to-day ordered Captain Leary, at The situation is difficult. It is estimated that they number He has many secret allies inside Manila. The conference between General Otis and Aguinaldo’s good result so far as has been reported. there would be an open rupture with |- | the people and thelstrain her to establish civilization, and AGUINALDO | IS GROWING ~ MORE BOLD His Army Is Massed Around the City of Manila, and It Seems Difficult to Avoid Hostilities. .+ Bpecial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. MANILA, Jan. 14—The American troops will re- The Indiana will take down 200 tons of provisions and a full cargo of coal. General Miller is await- ing orders as to landing. The natives are still hostile to the Americans, owing to the attitude at Iliolo, of General Agui- Last night two natives attacked and wounded a sen- / try of the South Dakota Regiment, who bayoneted one and Aguinaldo is massing his Seven extra trains carried representatives has produced no It seems difficult to avoid hostilities. Aguinaldo, emboldened by the vacillating policy of the Americans, will not listen to a reasonable solu- tion of the question, and his army is strong enough to dominate public opinion. thousand natives have left Manila. day and thousands are leaving by the roads. WILL TALK FOR PEACE MANILA, Jan. 14.—Brigadier General Reeves, Major Strother and Colonel James F. Smith, of the First Califorhia Regiment, have been appointed as commis- sioners to treat with the Fili- pinos to prevent hostilities and explain the situation. S bbb bbb bbbt + Hid 444044404040 44444440 44 Twelve many out of the city yester- Het444444444 'MAY GIVE THEIR INDEPENDENCE TO TH The President but if They Can Govern Them- selves They IfE\\’ YORK, Jan. 14. graphs: President McKin has dec ippines to make a thorough study of the situation and advise him as to v of the United States should be regarding those iglands. sked these gentlemen to serve on the commission: e Dewey, commander-in-chief of the Asiatic squadron; General E. 8, Otis, Military Gevernor of the Philippines; Professor J. G. ident of Corpell ‘University; Colonel Charles Denby, former Minister to China, and now member of the War Investigation Commission, and Brigadier General Charles B. Whittier of New York, recently on duty what the poli He has miral Geor; Schurman, pr at Manila. . Admiral Dewey will be president question as to whether or not the gentlemen named will consent to serve and as to the date when the commission will start for the Philippines. The fact that Professor Schurman has been summoned to Washington to confer with the President indicat appointing the commission immediately, though there is a probability that he may wait for the ratification of The President desires not only Professor Schurman’s views regarding the future attitude of this country toward the Philippines, but his advice as to the phases of the question that ought to be considered by the commission. Should he consent to serve there will be little difficulty in making up the, rest of the personnel of the commiss thoroughly familiar with and interes be glad to accept service. President McKinley is not averse if it can be proven that they are capable of maintaining sovereignty and control of the Philippines permanent ground before taking any definite stand. The Herald’s Washington correspondent tele- E FILIPINOS Wants Advice, Will Be Free. :ided to send a commission to the Phil- Rear Ad- Major of the commission. It is now only a es that Mr. McKinley contemplates the peace treaty. ion, as all of the other men named are ted in the subject and will doubtless to the Fillpinos having independence ly, but he wants to be sure of his present commanding the San Francisco, | to proceed to the island of Guam and assume the duties of Naval Governor of the new acquisition. He will carry with him a proclamation to the natives inform- ing them of the designs of the United States Government toward them in pre- | cisely the terms employed in the case of the acquisition of Porto Rico. At SENATOR FORAKER'S SPEECH ALARMED THE ENGLISH LONDON, Jan. 14.—When the Amer- can correspondents succeeded in im- pressing upon the British mind that Senator Foraker, in his recent speech in the United States Senate, spoke only for himself when he suggested that the United States might eventually with- draw from the Philippines, a distinct sigh of relief might have been read be- tween the lines of the newspapers. Every one here assumed that because the Senator was from the President’s State he spoke for the President, and the declaration made not only succeed- ed in giving British public officialdom an unpleasant shock, but it fell like a“ dash of cold water on the ardor of the | British for an Anglo-American under- standing. They began to question what was the profit of this friendship if America did not propose to back up Great Britain's policy in the Far East+ by retaining the most important base of operations in the event of war over China. The incident has illustrated how deeply the late war has left the United States entangled in the world's policies, for one of the foremost arguments ad- vanced against Senator Foraker's sug- gestion was that the United- States owed it to the world not to disturb the balance of power and not to furnish a possible subject for war by throwing the Philippines :into the field, to be scrambled for by the colonizing nations. The leading editorial writers fell to proclaiming most strenuously that America’s duty to the world at large as well as the Filipinos should con- throughout the British press and in the clubrooms and streets only one voice was heard. The principle of the con- sent of the governed, all contended, does not apply to people who are in- capable of forming a rational opinion upon which to base their consent, and that the United States stood in the place of parents of the Filipinos and must regretfully chastise her rebellious children for their own good. —Many drew a parallel from the so-called co- ercion of the South into the Union. The solemn Spectator flippantly fin- quires whether Senator Hoar does not chastise his_children when they are naughty and imagines a Louisiana Congressman talking consent after the litary occupation whereby the State, ter its purchase from Napoleon, was reduced to order. The Spectator then asks if the Americans are going to give the Mexicans, saying it believes great races, when the hour of opportunity comes, expand greatly, regardless of arguments. Continuing, the Spectator remarks: | “We believe the Amerieans are to be | one of those. Fifty years hence, under | their control, the Filipinos wil] be or- derly, law-abiding persons like our own Hindoos, with a taste for acquiring money and the foible of believing that rhetoric is an admirable substitute alike for thought and action.” - WILL BRITAIN OBTAIN FOOTHOLD IN PHILIPPINES?I NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—A Sun London special says: A subject which will en- gage the attention of Embassador Choate immediately upon his arrival in England | is one which links the political fate of the | Philippines and that of the British West | Indies. Several public hints have been made within the last few weeks as to the great mutual advantage that would ac- crue to the United States and Great Brit- afn from the latter’s relinguishment of her principal possessions in the West In- dies in exchange for a foothold in the Philippines. I will not venture to assert that there have already been important pourparlers on the subject, and that consultations and | an exchange 'of papers bearing thereon | between the foreign and colonial offices have taken place: this week, because such an assertion would probably call out mpt and official denial. I will, ever, go so far as to affirm that such a project will encounter no_serious oppo- sition in either of those denartments of the British Government. It would be pre- | mature to say more. I will add only that this is one of the possible solutions of the Phillppine problem which are within range of practical politics. e NAVAL TRANSPORT SERVICE TO MANILA WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The Navy De- partment to-day took the initial steps for the prosecution of its plans for the forma- tion of a naval transport service. It pro- mulgated a schedule for the sailing of the two vessels now available for this service, by which the Solace is to sail from New York for Manila in January and July, and the Buffalo is to run from San Frauncisco to the same port in April and October. The schedule will give a three months’ service to begin with, allowing the yvessels ample time to refit between trips.’ They will carry stores for the forces in the Philippines, and Admiral Dewey will not only erect a storehouse for the goods but will have the Celtic and the gulgua to | use as refrigerator ships, to use for the storage of fresh provisions. othndis faisadis PREPARING FOR THE PHILIPPINE CABLES ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—General Gree- ley, the chief signal officer, has gone to New York to look after the execution of contracts for the supply of ocean cables for the Philippines. The arrangements up Texas and hand California back to are moving along rapidly and General | ‘“ The Interest in Our JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE HAS NOT ABATED. OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE BARGAINS CONTINUE AS THE FOLLOWING EXTRAORDINARY OFFERS WILL SHOW. Additional lines of fancy Silks have been taken from our stock, worth $1 and 8&c a SILKS AT yard, which we offer A A Yard G Yard to close at 50c a yard. DOMESTICS. A YARD—4About 225 pleces of Flannelettes in light and_me- dium colors; good quality. Reg- ular price 10c and 8 1-3¢ a yard. We continue our Great Silk Sale, and have added some goods of choice fancy silks worth $1 and Ssc. To close at 50c a yard. DRESS G00DS DEPT. A YARD—AIl wool, 40-inch Seotch Cheviots and 36-inch c Novelty Dress Goods, worth 50c; to close at 25c. inches wide, in blues, browns, greens and black; reduced from $125 a yard. gray and tan; fine quality; reduced from 65c a yard. A YARD — Novelty Goods In_dark colorin signs; 6 yards to a 40-inch_all wool cheviots duced from 60¢ a yard. $12 and $13.50. 5 Tatest styles, lined throughout, in piain and fancy Taffeta; some V. ; regular price $9 and $S on sale to-morrow at $5 A YARD- pi inch All Wool Pink, Cardinal s ©"| Regular price e feces of 27- Biderdown Blue, and Gray. ‘A YARD—Fine quality Mo- hatr Wool Diagonals, 46 CH—10 cases of large ze Bed Comforters, Silk- oline covered in pretty de- signs, filled with extra EACH—100 dozen large size All Linen Hemstitched Huck quality white cotton, nicely tufted. | Regular price §2. Towels; extra_good quality. E A YARD-—35-ini all wool Granite Dress bric, in EACH—30 large size pure Eiderdown Comforters, covered with finest qual- ity French Sateen in beautiful designs. Regular price $6 50. 395 of large size s 5 _cas ‘White California All Woal Regular price $4 a dozen. A YAR 50-inch all wool | black Storm Serge; extra good quality; reduced from $1 yard. SUIT—Choice black es, Poplin th rich Mo- Blankets, made of extra qu:‘;lha’ wool, Eilk hound in very pretty border: ood vaiue at 3: beautiful de- | 6 500 " © e b ;' regular value ey | Sheets and Pillow Cases. Silk Waists. ; Made, of extra quality sheeting, with a two-inch hem, ready for use. SHEETS. CASES, Each | Each. Size 0 S 121 15¢ . 16 2-3c ...54x38% SEE WINDOW DISFPLAY. COUNTRY ORDERS RECEIVE FPROMPT ATTENTION. WONDERS OF FRUITS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—At the annual dinner given by the Fruit Auction Company to the fruit trade of New York last evening J. H. Schneider, in the course of his address, said: “The fruit trade has in the year just passed undoubtedly been amazed at the performance of California. We have received oranges from that State during every month of the year, and when we con- sider that five years ago scarcely a box of California citrus fruits could be disposed of here to advantage the growth of this trade alone is beyond comprehension of man. Out of a total output of 15,000 car- loads of oranges and lemons in 1898 cur city alone has disposed of 2000 carloads, or nearly a seventh of the entire crop.” HRREURERIBREUKRRRRINNER |BOY DRAGGED BY A FRACTIOUS HORSE Animal Races for a Half Hour With Lad at the End of Its Halter Rope. SALINAS, Jan. 14—Clyde Cornell, the 9-year-old son of John Cornell, a promi- nent rancher of Alisal, was leading a refractory horse to water this evening, and for greater security fastened the halter rope aroun chest, tying it into a running knot. The whistie of a locomotive frightened the animal, which started to gallop and plunged around a two-acre lof, dragging the boy after it. The” continual striking of his head and body on various obstructions _soon rendered the lad unconsctous, and the Tope, tightening from the repeated ;}xungcs, caused a cessation of respira- tion. After a half-hour's wild run the horse was caught by the boy’s brother and the rope cut. A physician summoned from Salinas the boy is in a critical con- dition and there is" ho hope for his re- v, as he suffers from concussion of rain as well as external and internal injuries. R e A g ] $308082800 082008082008 08 g 5% 8 & 0 %5 8% % bR sRRuLLw Greeley expects that within one month at most his specially chartered cable ship will have started from San Francisco for the Philippines, carrving the cable which is to connect the Philippine Islands of the northern group with the American head- quarters at Manila. One of the first links to he supplied will be a line between | Manila and Iloilo, and the islands first to be connected with Maniia wul be Mindora, Masbate, Samar and Leite. Later on the | cable may be extended to the Sulu Archi-| pelago. % SEAMEN TO MAN | CAPTURED GUNBOATS VALLEJO, Jan. 14.—In obedience to an order from Washington, all the available men of the Independence are prepa g to go to Manila for duty on the small gun- boats captured from the Spanish. The draft will include about 100 men, and the will leave next Tuesday on the steam: Coptic,- safling from San Francisco, in charge of Lieutenant Gill. NATIVE ENGINEER SLAIN BY THIEVES MANILA, Jan. 14.—A native engineer at the water works outside the lines was | murdered on Thu ¢ evening by an or-| | | > Lt Sudden Death of a Miner. ANGELS CAMP, Jan, 14.—John O'Brien, a miner, 75 years of age, was found dead in a cabin at Los Mertos by a Mexican .| who had accommodated him with lodg- ings last night. O'Brien appeared at the cabin at about dusk yesterday and asked i(he inmate for permission to spread his | blankets on the floor and sleep there T b abl | S5 and She Srvrior ok The. capin, on S The -Helena s for Manila. G At e e © cabin, on awak- PORT BAID, Jan, 14—The United States | 108 this morning, discovered that his est was dead. Exiination showed th gunboat Helena has sailed for Manila. | deceased had died from natural causes. ganized gang of thieves armed with vari- ous weapons.. 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