The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1899, Page 2

[ THE SAN ;FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1899 CHARLES MYER of the California Heavy Artil- lery, the Man Who Killed the First Filipino in the Battle. KANSAS TROOPS ARE SHOT DOWN Continued from First Page. sides, to the inconvenience, nat- urally, of the civilians. All the public conveniences at this writ- have either been impressed or have disappeared in some manner or other. Street car traffic, how- ever, has been resumed and the are running regularly, though the streets are almost de- cars sérted. There are few natives to reopen the shops, and white flags in the nature of towels, pil- low slips and aprons tied to bam- boos adorn the windows of the natives’ ences everywhere. But in spite of these emblems of peace, scores of Filipinos, under cness, fired from these same windows yesterday resic o the cover of dar evening on the American patrols. At g o’clock last night there was a-general fusillade in Quiapo and lac Binondo districts. The inhabi- tants of the city generally be- lieved that a battle was raging at their doors, lights were extin- guished inside the dwellings and a majority of the people were in a state of terror. Under the cir- cumstances it is remarkable that no casualties were reported. Sev- eral shots were fired across the river during the excitement. . The Americans now have the railway line to Caloocan, and 600 marines with four Maxims have been landed at Fleet beach, north ‘of the city, near Malabon, and covering that town. There are many indiecations that Manila is full of desperadoes ““who had intended to co-operate with Aguinaldo. The police are continually capturing men and women with weapons concealed .. in their clothing. The vigilance of the authorities in this respect 1is highly reassuring. ", Last Saturday about midnight “two Englishmen accidentally en- countered a gang of armed na- tives in a dark side street. The natives, fearing discovery, im- -prisoned them until morning and threatened to kill them unless they maintained silence. = " Many native clerks employed by mercantile houses are missing. As it is impossible that they should have passed the lines, the -inference is that they are hiding in the city. Several attempts were made to assassinate Americans on the street, but that danger is now at a minimum. The natives are ter- ribly cowed and the precautions taken, especially against incen- .diarism, are admirable. The American troops are be- ing promptly furnished with sgpplies of all kinds. In brief, all the wants of the troops are met immediately by the different military departments whose duty it is to attend to such matters. Artificer Hayes of Company I of the Colorado regiment discovered the missing | parts of the pumping machinery of the water works buried in a coal pile at Singalon station. The machinery will soon be in work- ing order again, and the em- ployes having promised to return to work this morning it is im- probable that the threatened water famine will occur. TREATY MUST BE RATIFIED BY SPAIN Madrid Notified of Its Adoption. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The State Department was advised to-day by the White House that the United States Senate had formally ratified the peace treaty yesterday. Secretary Hay at once sent a notice to that effect to M. Thiebaut, the Charge d’Affaires of the French Embassy here, with the request that he communicate the fact to the Spanish Government. This course is necessary, as direct diplomatic inter- course has not yet been resumed be- tween the United States and Spain, There is nothing now to do but to await the action of the Spanish Gov- ernment. The Cortes must ratify the treaty as did the United States Senate, It assembles this month and it is not believed there will be much delay. It is said to be impossible under the Span- ish parliamentary procedure for the treaty to be held under consideration before the Cortes for any such length of time as it was before the United States Senate. According to the terms of the treaty final ratifications must be exchanged on or before the 10th of June, but it is expected they will actually be ex- changed long before that date. The exchange must take place in Washing- ton and the Spanish Government prob- ably will send an especially empowered Embassador for that purpose, Some time before the ratifications are exchanged the President must sign the treaty, thus formally approving the action of the United States Senate, something he has not done up to this time. — REPATRIATION OF SPANISH PRISONERS WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Nothing has been done since last week by the War Department in the matter of repatriat- ing the Spanish prisoners in the Philip- pines. It was expected on Thursday that by Saturday General Otis would supply the department the total num- ber of Spaniards to be carried home, and that on the receipt of this informa- tion the contract would be formally awarded to the Spanish Compania Trans-Atlantica. On Saturday General Otis was otherwise engaged, and the list has not yet been received by the Quartermaster General’s office. It is said, however, that the military action in the Philippines probably wiil not interfere with the shipment of the Spanish prisoners to Spain, and may rather accelerate it, as the dispatches from General Otis Indicate a number of refugee Spaniards in the insurgent ranks, and the presence of a large num- ber of prisoners of war in Manila makes that many more mouths*to feed, be- sides diverting a large number of Gen- eral Otis’ forces from an aggressive campaign to guard the prisoners against an uprising. Lieutenant Fechteler on Deck. Lieutenant A, F. Fechteler, & son-in-law of United States Circuit Judge Morrow, is navigator on board the boat Concord, gn.m which took a prominent part in th at Manila lu‘: unda; 9 betoe Strength of the Militia. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The Secre- tary of War has sent to Congress a statement on th e militia, showing a total organized force of 101,636: total unorganized and available, 8,999,826, MORE OF THE DEAD | AND THE WOUNDED WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The following additional list of casualties ‘was received to-day at the War Department: KILLED. UTAH LIGHT BATTERY. SERGEANT HARRY A. YOUNG. CORPORAL J. YOUNG. PRIVATE WILHELM GOODMAN. FIRST WASHINGTON INFANTRY. PRIVATE RALPH, T. SHEARER. ' ' FIRST WYOMING INFANTRY. SERGEANT GEORGE C. ROGERS, Company C. FIRST NEBRASKA INFANTRY. PRIVATE CHARLES BALLENGER, Company L. PRIVATE LEWIS PEGLER, Company L PRIVATE F. EGGER, Company I THIRD ARTILLERY. CORPORAL DEAN, Battery G. SERGEANT WHITTAKER, Battery K. TENTH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY. CORPORAL JACOB LANDIS, Company C. PRIVATE ALLEN B. ROCKWELL. WOUNDED. FIRST CALIFORNIA. FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLE HOGAN. CORPORAL JOHN MURPHY, Company A. PRIVATE JOHN SLADE, Company A. PRIVATE A. F. SHERER, Company G. SERGEANT WILLIAM L. WALL, Comptny H. PRIVATE DAVID M. CUTTING, Company H. PRIVATE WILLIAM HOGUE, Company F. PRIVATE OSCAR H. HEIMROTH, Company H. PRIVATE WILLIAM A. ROGERS, Company H. PRIVATE RICHARD JENTZSEN, Company H. UTAH LIGHT BATTERY. CORPORAL GEORGE B. WARDLAW. PRIVATE PETER ANDERSON. FIRST WASHINGTON. CAPTAIN ALBERT H. OTIS. FIRST LIEUTENANT EDWARD K. ERWIN. SECOND LIEUTENANT JOE SMITH. QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT RUFUS D. CLARK. QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT OLYER CLANCY. CORPORAL KENDALL FELLOWS. PRIVATE CHARLES F. DELAGO. PRIVATE JOHN F. MITCHELL. > PRIVATE FRED W. SCHANDER. PRIVATE JAMES A. TIMEWELL. CORPORAL MILES M'DOUGALL. PRIVATE JOSEPH E. DOUGHERTY. PRIVATE JAMES F. GREIK. PRIVATE JOHN CLINE. PRIVATE RICHARD H. M'CLAIN, PRIVATE OSCAR SEWARD. PRIVAT™ WILLIAM C. HEPBURN: PRIVATE NICHOLAS E. POLLY. PRIVATE WALTER P. FOX. PRIVATE GEORGE M. DUNCAN. PRIVATE WILLIAM J. KAIS. PRIVATE ERNEST L. FISHER. PRIVATE JOHN PRUITT. PRIVATE JESSE H. MORGAN. PRIVATE J. D. WEATHERBY. PRIVATE WILLIAM EVERETT. PRIVATE WILLIAM R. FAIT. PRIVATE OTTO H. HOPPE. PRIVATE ALBERT W. ORVEN. PRIVATE FRANK RIVERS. “PRIVATE LAWRIN L. LAWSON. PRIVATE ALBERT F. PRAIN. PRIVATE AUGUST ZELODER. PRIVATE HERBERT E. OSBORN. PRIVATE IRA CUSKER. PRIVATE ROLLA PROUDFOOT. PRIVATE JOSEPH P. BERNIER. PRIVATE WESLEY WALTON. PRIVATE GEORGE M’NEILL. PRIVATE WILLIAM J. BAYES. FIRST IDAHO. MUSICIAN FREDERICK W. BECK. PRIVATE FRED P. STREETER. PRIVATE HOWARD HALLOR. PRIVATE THOMAS P. BURKE. PRIVATE JOHN SWITZENS., PRIVATE WILL C. PAYNE. PRIVATE FRANK A. McCALL. PRIVATE JAMES HANSEN. PRIVATE F. LEWIS. PRIVATE BEACH HARREY. PRIVATE —— RUTHERFORD. PRIVATE FRED SHELL, PRIVATE WILLIAM M. KELLER. QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT ERNEST SCOTT. PRIVATE JAMES PAYNE. PRIVATE PILEY WALTER. PRIVATE ROBERT JONES. PRIVATE ENOCH KOTH. PRIVATE SIDNEY BAILEY. TWENTIETH KANSAS INFANTRY. PRIVATE CHARLES HAMMOND. PRIVATE DANEIL CONWAY. PRIVATE WILLIAM NELSON. PRIVATE GEORGE A. BATTERSLY. FIRST WYOMING. PRIVATE RAY WIEDERER. FIRST NEBRASKA. FIRST SERGEANT ORREN F. CURTIS. CORPORAL HENRY EPP. MUSICIAN JAMES PIERCE. CORPORAL HARRY L. HULL. PRIVATE JOHN L. BRONSON. PRIVATE HARRY BROWN. PRIVATE WILLIAM MADDOX. PRIVATE CONRAD EGAN. PRIVATE SI"TON J. SIMONSON. PRIVATE JAMES P. McKINNEY, PRIVATE HUGH KENOYER. PRIVATE HOWARD L. KERR. SIXTH ARTILLERY. WOUNDED. PRIVATE JESSE G. LOWERBERG, Battery D. HOSPITAL CORPS. ACTING HOSPITAL STEWARD FRANK L. HEMPSTEAD. THIRD ARTILLERY. PRIVATE ALBERT J. CORBERT. PRIVATE NEIMER N. CLAMPITT. SERGEANT WILLIAM M. McQUADE: PRIVATE ROSCOE L. MITCHELL. PRIVATE ANDREW JOHNSON, PRIVATE GEORGE M. SCHULEMREIR. PRIVATE DAVID KRIDER. PRIVATE HOLMER E. HAWKINS, PRIVATE CHRIS B. PLOEGES. PRIVATE JOHN A. GRAY. SECOND LIEUTENANT ROBERT 8. ABERNETHY. TENTH PENNSYLVANIA. PRIVATE JAMES KESSLER. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS STILL REGIMENTS. PRIVATE ISAAC RUSSELL, Battery A, Utah Arfillery. PRIVATE GEORGE L. CLOTHER, Company D, First Nebraska. PRIVATE DOUGLAS L. BRIDQES, Company F, First raska. PRIVATE EMMETT H. FISCHER, unknown. g ©H062000900000630000008 MANILA SITUATION MADRID, Feb. 8.—General Rios, com- mander of the Spanish troops in the Philippines, telegraphing from Manlla, rev-vts that the Americans repulsed the Filipinos after twenty . hours of fighting and now occupy the old Span- ish advance post. Post and the guns of the squadron de- btroyed several villages 1!:‘ the envir- As SEEN BY Rlos ons. The Americans, 8 08 re- borts, are treating the population of == Manila with much severity, Many ar- Tests have been made. Troops occupy the streets and the natives are pre- vented clrcullung Hostllities have ¢eased. General Rios repofts that he has no news from the other islands of ::e ;remlp;lu.sro1 and !uh :kr’xx{o,mhnbout e Spanis! soners the na- The Ametican out- - tives, > AGONCILLO HAS A SPY SYSTEM Imitating the Methods of Carranza. HE WILL NOT BE MOLESTED CANADIAN CABINET DECIDES TO LET HIM ALONE. American Secret Service Men Are Theémselves Shadowed by De- tectives Engaged by the Filipino. Special Dispatch to The Call. MONTREAL, Feb. 7.—Agoncillo was kept busy to-day. He received about a score of telegrams from Paris and Hongkong and spent some time with his secretary replying to them. He re- fused to discuss their contents. In re- gard to the fighting at Manila he was almost equally reticent. 3 “How can I say anything about it,” he said, “having nothing to guide me as to the real state of events beyond the newspaper reports? It i3 absolutely impossible for me to communicate with my people from Hongkong to Manila, bie“use the Americans control the ser- YHee.”* Agoncillo is following in the footsteps of Carranza and his Spanish spy sys- D R R ¥y ALSO this afternoon on his way to join causes us some embarrassment. treal in the morning. be made satisfactory to all” + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 3 4444ttt 4+t 44 THE FILIPINO JUNTA BLAMES AMERICANS Aguinaldo’s London Man Says Otis Schemed to Capture the Water Works. LONDON, Feb. 7.—The president of the European Filipino Junta in an interview with a representative of the Associated Press to-day said: “It is perfectly clear that the unfortunate hostilities at Manila were oc- casioned by an attempt of the Nebraskans to find a pretext to obtain control of the Singalon water works. The Americans for months have endeavored to induce the Filipinos to withdraw from the works, as the latter fully recognized their immense strategic importance. By the de- struction of the villages between the sea w«ad the river banks, the Americans secured a vast open space from which Manila might other- wise have been attacked under cover. “The Americans have captured the water works and the Filipinos will now have to retire to the mountains of San Mateo and Boze Boze, which, as they are only an hour’s distance, command the capital, and it will be impossible to dislodge them from there. “The whole-Filipino strength will now be devoted to the protection of the country outside of Manila, as Aguinaldo is aware that, even if he captured the city, he could not hold it with American warships in the bay. | “The Americans will also have to depend for their food supply on shipments from abroad, as the insurgents will effectually cut off the supplies from the interior.” The Filipino agent concluded with asserting that Agoncillo, Agui- naldo’s agent in America, and the junta had unceasingly advised Agui- naido not to commence hostilities, but he added the Filipinos regarded the landing of American reinforcements as a threat, and these added to the proclamation of General Otis, refusing political rights to the na- tives and inaugurating a military regime, had strained native opinion to JUAN LUNA HAS NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Juan Luna, private secretary of Secrctary Lopez of the Filipino Junta in Washington, passed through this city Luna was met at the station in Jersey City, he was apparently very nervous and ill at ease and avoided attention. our position is a delicate one under the circumstances and naturally ‘We feel that it would be unwise to talk, even if there was anything to say. I do not bear important dispatches for Agon- cillo and we have not heard from him in Washington since he left. ‘We have no private means of communication. there will be no more trouble, and that an amicable settlement will the breaking point. | & 830K S LIATCIST OO I3 L1 83 RIS ORORND [ eifel st et el fud et ot ot S et Her i put et el K i A el Kl Rl Rl e S m R R R e O R R RUN AWAY Agoncillo in Montreal. When Senor He said: “Of course I will join Agoncillo in Mon- We all hope that B T T P PO S S AP Sy S R R R R R R g tem and has now a little detective force of his own. The American secret ser- vice men who have followed him and his secretary for some time are now being followed and shadowed in return by two men in the employ of the little Filipino. A dispatch from Ottawa says the Cabinet has taken into consideration the question of Agoncillo's expulsion and it has b@en decided not to molest him, as his case is different from that of the Spaniards and there existed no state of war between the Filipinos and the United States at the time he came here. ASYLUM ESCAPE SOON RECAPTURED Frank Cheeseman, the Oakland Mur- derer, Makes a Break for Liberty. NAPA, Feb. 7.—Frank Cheeseman, the Oakland murderer, made his escape from the State Insane Asylum this morning, but was captured this afternoon in the hills back of the asylum buildings. Cheeseman went from the receiving ward at breukfast time to an adjoining room, FRANK H. CHEESEMAN. raised a window, let himself down to the und and started away, remaining at iberty about eight hours. Cheeseman some time ago murdered his sweetheart and her father in Oakland. He leaded insanity and was sent to the asy- at Ukiah, where he was confined for ong time. In December, 1898, it was alutl‘ t he had regained his reason and e was taken back to Alameda County for rial. Again he was declared insane and mmitted this time to the Napa State (oEpital. BELIEVES JAPAN WILL MAKE TROUBLE Special Cable to The Call and the New Yark F}:lnlm Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordun Bennett. PARIS, Feb. 7.—There seems to be an idea that Japan will make trouble for the United States by surreptitiously aiding the Fillpinos. The Debats refers to this, though it does not give its rea- sons for believing Japanese filibustering bable. At any rate the paper is sat- fled annexation pure and simple is now certain. The Liberte says the ratification of the treaty entails fresh responsibilities on the United States. They can no longer leave Spanish prisoners in the hands of the natives. They must de-’ mand their immediate release and en- force: the demand by every possible means. In the meantime the New York Herald announces that have been sent to Otis and Dewey or- dering them to assume a vigorous of- fense. Iloilo is to be attacked by Miller. The Fillpinos, therefore, have to make choice between 1<erciless repression or | submission that may be to their ad- vantage ‘ ~ Akia instructions | $11, PUNISHMENT OF GENERAL EAGAN Court-Martial Sentence Commuted. e SUSPENSION OF SIX YEARS DEPRIVED OF HIS RANK, BUT NOT OF HIS PAY. At the Expiration of the Period He Will Be Restored to Full Honors and Re- tired. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The Presi- dent to-day promulgated the sentence in the case of General Charles Eagan. The court-martial sentence was dls- missal from the army and the President has commuted this to six years sus- pension from duty, which covers the re- mainder of the time prior to General Eagan’s retirement on January 1, 1905. The following is the text of the order of the President: The accused, after a trial by courtmar- tial composed of officers of high rank and distinguished services, has been found guilty of conduct unworthy an officer holding a commission of the United States and obnoxious in the hl‘fhest degree to the discipline and good order of the milita: establishment. Such behavior is especial ly deserving of condemnation in an offi- cer holding his rank in the army and charged with the performance of difficult and important army administrative duties in a time of great public emergency and from whom, when subjected to adverse criticism, an unusual defiree of restraint and constant and unfal mgr self-control are confidently expected. he proceed- ’“fis finding sald sentence in the case of Brigadier General Charles P. Eagan, com- missary general of subsistence, Unitea States army, are therefore approved. In view, however, of his gallant con- duct in battle upon more than one oc- casion, which merited and has received the warm commendation of his superiors, and of his long and honorable record of service, extending over a period surpass- ing in duration that usually alloted to a generation, having regard also to the mitigating circumstances which were de- veloped during the trial of the case, and in deference to the recommendation to clemency submitted in his behalf, the sen- tence imposed by the court is commuted to suspension from rank and daty for six years. WILLIAM McKINLEY. It was stated by the adjutant general that General Eagan’s suspension car- ried him to within a few days of his retirement and to the age limit. He Will be reinstated in time to retire with the regular rank and pay provided in such cases. The sentence of suspension, according to legal officers of the de- partment, does not deprive General Eagan of any part of his pay, but as the sentence reads “without rank and duty” he loses his allowances, which include commutation of quarters, ra- tions and fuel and his horse allowances, This is quite a large financial item. APPROPRIATION BILLS. House Passes Favorably Upon Num- erous Measures. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—To-day and to- morrow were set aside for the considera- tion of public buildings bills. The com- mittee had reported seventy-eight bills for bufldings In thirty-five Btates, author- izing in the aggregate an expenditure of $14,060,900. Little or no opposition devel- oped to-da{ and bills. were favorably act- ed upon almost as rapidly as they could be read. There was, however, more or less good-natured chaffing throughout the gession. As a result forty bills, carrying or nuthorlnn‘f appropriations ra,atlug ,364,000, had been laid aside with favor- | able ‘recommendations before adjourn- | ment was reached. Among the bills favorably acted upon by the committee of the whole were: Oak- !1and, Cal., $250,000; Hot Springs, Ark., 000; ‘and ‘Blalr Clty, Neb., $45,000. X Mercer later withdrew the Blair City bili owing to criticism INSURGENT POWER MUST BE CRUSHED Shafter Says No Other Course Is Open. MEANS A HARD CAMPAIGN IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE INDIAN WARS. America Destined to Lose Heavily in Life and Treasure Before ihe Filipinos Are Con- quered. There was an air of Suppressed ex- citement about army headquarters yesterday. Every one, from Major General Shafter down to the civillan employes, was eager to hear the latest news. As fast as the bulletins con- taining accounts of the fighting and casualties were recetved they were eagerly seized upon and read. General Shafter, when asked for his opinion of th present situation at Manila, said: ‘As far as I am able to judge from | the press dispatches that I have read there has been hard and severe fight- ing. To.me the situation Ppresents but one aspect: It is now simply a question of a campaign against Aguinaldo. There is no doubt that he will have to be utterly crushed, but at what cost of life to our forces it is simply fmpossible to form even an estimate, for I am not familiar with the ground or the nature of the fortifications.. In a wav this will simply mean a new style of Indian warfare for our troops. The loss al- ready has been heavy and before we are in complete possession of the islands many moré of our brave men doubtlessly will have to meet the death of a soldier. “I have received no news from Wash- ington' that leads me to belleve that any more troops will be sent here for embarkation, but, of course, I cannot tell what the next few days may bring forth. The War Department evidently is awaiting developments, and while, in my opinion, General Otis has sufficient force with which to cope with Aguin- aldo, still future developments may show that more troops are required, and in that case they may be sent from this point. I do not believe.the campaign would be a very long one, but this is merely a conjecture on-my part.” Major R. H. Noble and Captain B. H. Plummer, aids de camp to 'General Shafter, who saw active 'service in Cuba, discussed the situation in a clear and logical manner. Both are of the opinion that the present campaign may prove to be a costly one in many ways besides the loss of human life. It is evident from what they have to say that our troops will immediately begin an aggressive campalgn against Aguin- aldo’s forces and this will of a neces- sity mean loss of life to our men, as the Americans will be forced to attack for- tified positions. Marius L. Seémann of the Fourteenth United States Infantry, who was killed at Manila on Sunday in an attack made on the insurgents’ lines by his regiment, was a native of San Francisco. He lived at 912 York street with his sister, Mrs. C. N. Jensen. He was just 20 ears of age and a fine, manly fellow, eing sober, industrious and steady in his habits. Prior to enlisting for the War young Seemann was a plumber and worked at 110 Seventh street. His father, who is a rancher, lives in Hux:- boldt County. Only recently Mrs. Jei- 8en received a letter from her brother saying he thought the Fourteenth would be sent home after serving a Year or so in the Philippines. His sis- ter was looking forward with great gleuure to his return, and ever since e left has kept his room prepared for his home coming, which fate has de- creed shall never be. Arthur Osborne of the same regiment, Who is wounded, is & native of San Francisco. He is a brother of Teddy Osborne, proprietor of the Ferry sa- loon, and of William Osborne of the First California Regiment. Both of these young men worked for their brother prior to enlisting for the war. Arthur was well known by the people of the water front. Since he has been in Manila his brother Teddy has been paying him his full salary, which he has sent to him regularly every month. Mr. Osborne does not know how seri- ously his brother is wounded, but he does not think he is dangerously hurt or_the fact would have been mentioned. William A. Rogers, Company H, First California Regiment, who is amon{ those wounded in Monday’s engage- ment, is a San Francisco boy. '~ Before the war he was in the employ of the Southern Pacific, and had an excellent 1repuuuon for sobriety, industry and honesty.