The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1899, Page 1

- The Call VOLUME LX XV-=NO. 76. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. [LOILO IS TAKEN AND NO AMERICAN LOSES HIS LIFE Warships Bombard the Place and Na- tives Beat Hasty Retreat to Set Fire to Their Own Huts Before Retiring, but Do| the Interior. Little Damage to the Property of Foreign Residents. MANILA, Feb. 14, 9| a. m. — lloilo, the stronghold of the Fil- ipino insurgents on the island of Panay | and the scat of gov= ernment of the so-| called Visayan con- fcderation, was cap- tured by the American | forces under the com-| mand of General Miller | on Saturday. . [he United States gunboat Petrel arrived late last evening | with dispatches from Brigadier neral M. P. Miller to - Major | Otis, announcing that Iloilo had been taken by the com- bined military and naval forces.‘ al Miller, on receipt of | 1structions from Manila, sent commissioners ashore he United States transport St. aul with a communication > rebel Governor‘of Iloilo upon him to surrender efore the evening of February id warned him not to make monstration in the interval. | No answer was made to this| 1d from the vessels it was notic- there seemed to be a great deal of activity among the insur- gents ‘on shore. = Armed bands could be seen moving through the streets of the native portion of ‘the city toward the intrench- ments thrown up on the outskirts and. the rebels moved their guns| prepared to defend their po- sition.. .- Thereupon the Petrel| two warning guns, the| rebels immediately opening fire 1ipon her. The Petrel and the Baltimore :n bombarded the town, which rebels having set on fire, im- iately evacuated, The landing was , begun promptly at 6 o’clock and made incident. ~The men ickly formed upon landing and marched into position. As soon as all was . ready to march against the armed insur- ents it was found that. the main 7 of the latter had fled, leav- small “rear- ‘guard.” This 1 made ‘a-slight show of re- nce; and after - firing one” or two ragged volleys, took to: their ticability of annihilating- thé Ameri- Lsene o a de D B e e e R e I S s o I qu In-the skirmish no Americans were hit. - A number . of . insur- probably . twenty-five or| thirty, “were ‘wounded, but “no| dead were found. At the time of the sailing of the | Petrel General Miller . was: in| peaceful possession of the (‘il_v.‘i The native portion of the town almost - entirely destroyed. The damage to the.foreign por- | tioh was-slight. [ AT | AGUINALDO'S TROOPS 1 NEED BACKBONE | The Leader Is Engaged-in the Task:| of - Trying to -Hearten | Them Up. | MANILA; Feb, 13.-~Your -correspond- ent. ‘has learnéd. from’ good authority that Aguinaldo is doing eyerything in power -to- give ‘heart to his disor- zed and dispirited army. - It is ap- parent that. his vanity and his desire to retain atuthority will lead him to com- mit another blupder and again pit his against the Americans. if he can instill enough courage into his men to &et them to face the Yankees. i gents, was they have participated during.the past week, are dubious concerning the prac- cans, much as they desire to ds so. hands, which would mean the bursting |-cles’ which have appeared in the in- EA R R R S S SIS eral Corbin made public the follow was taken on .the 11th inst. and held were given until the evening .of the tile actions brought on an engagem surgents fired the native portion of t the troops are reported. R R T T T DRSO R R R PO During the past week the rebel lead-| weapons, have had enough of such one- | They have deserted the | er has been personally visiting his| troops, who are occupying the country between Malolos, the insurgent capital, | and Caloocan, which is now_held-by the | t Americans. He is seeking . by every | means in his power to encourage hi: men, but he finds the task a somewhat | difficult one. The truth will not, of course, suit his purpose, so he is magnifying the losses | sustained by our troops, placirg them | at very high figures, while, at the same | g time, he tells his deluded followers that | M their losses have been very small. He says his army has not been de- feated, t: THE OFFICIAL REPORT. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Shortly before midnight Adjutant Gen- Otis, reporting the capture of the town of Iloilo by forces under General Miller on the 11th inst: “Manila, ‘Feb. 13.—General ' Miller reports from Ilojlo that the town losses to the property of foreign-inhabitants and no casualties among sided warfare. | Tagallos and fled to their | homes. | both ‘by civilians and fearing there will be another bombard- ment. | ing some annoyance to officers. eral of the men of the Twenty-third and declares that he simply | Infantry visited the line at Caloocan to- R R R R R R R ing dispatch from Major General the American by his troops. The insurgents 13th to surrender, but their hos- ent during the morning. The in- he town.: There was but little B e e A e o o OTIs.” + R ah SR R TR SN P P EPCP U mountain 00 much for them and little trouble is apprehended from them in the fu- ure. Malabon has been practically deserted soldiers, they The eagerness of the American sol- iers who have been on police duty in fanila to join the fighting line is caus- Sev- withdrew his forces in order to draw | day, and while there could not con- out the Americans to a place where he | te can surround and annihilate them. He | shots at the rebels. °nt themselves without firing several One of the sail- speaks sarcastically of the military | ors, who had obtained shore leave, was ability of the American commander, | fc ound among ‘the men of the Kansas and seeks to give the impression that | Regiment firing at the enemy and ap- his plans for the destruction of American army and the ultimate estab- lishment of the Filipino republic are working out MR 7 2 r ) ANz i/ o they should. “ Many of his men believe everything he. tells them, but others, in - view of ‘the events in which Aguinaldo. knows. that his capture is sought by ‘the Ameéricans, and he is constantly taking extraordinary. pre- cautions to keep frem falling into our th M of -the bubble ‘of self-government he has blown for his own. ends. ‘He has turned over the active' command of his army. to General Luna, former Secre- tary ‘of War in the. Filipino Cabinet, and will' himself:keep out of reach of thé Americans. . General Luna is-the author of nearly. all the bellicose arti- a surgent - papers ‘during the -‘past two months.. to The headquarters of the rebel army |th has - been established at Polo, where | ini there. is leaders. The truth concerning the- serious de- feats the rebels have sustained is just commencing to be whisperéd in Malolos and other Filipino towns, despite all efforts to copéeal it. .The leaders first announced thit ' 3000. Americans had been killed in the various engagements eince a week agp Saturday night. and that among they was General Otis. commander-in-chlef. They alleged that their own losses Sunday, February 5, were only. twenty-three killed and wounded. ; 5 The Ygorotes, the\savage tribesmen |\ brought from the upknds to fight with bows and arrows \against modern i great activity among the h ] th ers are stationed at exactly as he intended | northward of Caloocan, and fire at the i Americans whenever opportunity of- fers. This afternoon small bodies of the enemy were seen up the line of the Dagupan Railway. sent a few ‘shells among them, and they scattered in short order. 4:50 p. m.—The Twentieth Kansas and recalled from the marsh lands north of now “entrenched in front of Caloocan. The American lines form a complete cordon, twenty-two miles from the coast north almost to Para- naque, south of Manila. g There has been no change in the dis- position of the troops, except that the Fourth United States Cavalry has re- lieved the First ¥daho Volunteers and try has been stationed on the left flank sharpshooters in the jungle covering the George A. Seaman of Bhttery B, Utah Artillery, standing near his gun. wounded slightly. Brinton, Company B, and Private Ste- vens, Kansas, were wounded. All the enemy’s dead .at Caloocan have been buried—127 last Sunday and 300 yesterday. The United States cruiser Charleston has moved up the coast and is now off Malolos, the seat of the so-called Fili- the | parently enjoying himself hugely. Quite a number of rebel sharpshoot- various points / | | | The Utah Battery e First Idaho Volunteers have been alabon, and the former regiment is in length, battalion of the Twenty-third Infan- prevent the rebels sneaking along e beach. The enemy is -busy throw- g up intrenchments on the left, eir operations. Several Americans were wounded in trenches. Second Lieutenant was shot in the leg while Four men of e Twentieth Kansas Volunteers were Last night Private Company G, of the Twentieth The shrapnel proved altogether e o S SO . MALIETOA TO BE MADE (ING OF SAMOA THIS MAY MEAN WAR WITH THE KAISER Special Cablegram to The Call. AUCKLAND, New Zea- land, Feb. 14.—On the ar- rival at Apia of the United States cruiser Philadelphia, Malietoa |Tanu will be taken ashore from H. M. S. |Porpoise by the Amer- ican and British Con- |suls, who will declare | him King. | If Mataafa refuses to {retire in favor of Malie- {toa, he wiil be arrested | by the Consuls, who| will be backed by a force | from the two warships. There is grave anxiety | in Apia and much loot- ing of property by the| {natives. Mataafa is| |levying taxes and mak- ing his rule obnoxious |in other ways. | When the Alameda left| |Apia the German war- | ship Faalke and the British warships Royal- ist and Porpoise were at Apia. 0000000000000000 | pino Government, at ! | a distance of | about eight miles, from where she can throw shells into the church used as | [CR A R e SOR S e a aaCE SRS SR 3 “JOINT TRADE INTERESTS,” THE RINGING BURDEN OF LORD BERESFORD’S CRY The British Diplomat Asserts That American and English [n- terests Are One. ' First Formal Presentation of a Vital Interna- tional Policy—To Combine in China Against the Russian Bear. @+04040404 0404 0404040404 04040404 0404040404 000*“% | N England would form at least closer nature. ~ The former, nations. 4040404040404 04040404 040404 ORD CHARLES BERESFORD, Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy, in the speech which he delivered before the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, brought out one domi- nant view, although he did not express it in exact words, and that was that the time was not far distant when America and England would have to unite to protect their mutual interests in China and throughout the world and that . to- gether they would have to call a halt fo Russia and cry “Hands off of that which is ours.” in his opinion the time would come when Amierica. and sult because of the mutual trading interests of -the He also intimated that a trade alliance, if not one of a he believed, was bound to re- two 404040404040404040404040404 abcwo#o#o#o 4040404040404040404040404 0404040404040 Rear Admiral Charles Beresford, Royal Navy, was tendered a public re- ception by the Chamber of Commerce of this city yesterday afternoon. ‘Never in the history of-San Francisco has there been such a representative gath- ering in that institution. Not only wag the Chamber of Commerce repre- sented by its most prominent members, but there were also present representa- | tives of all of the other commercial or- ganizations in the city. Besides the civic attendance, the army was repre- ; % N ® + B+ 000006040+ b+0ob o garding the future of American and English trade in the East. In honor of Lord Beresford the ros- trum had been appropriately decorated with the stars and stripes and the Eng- lish union jack. Mr. Newhall entered, followed by Lord Beresford, his private secretary, Mr. Robin Grey, and Mayor Phelan.: As | soon as the assemblage caught sight.of his Lordship they accorded him a wel- come that in warmth of cordiality and | sincere friendship has never before been extended to any other foreign visi- | tor. When the applause had subsided | Mr. Newhall took his seat, with Lord Beresford and his secretary on the right, and Mayer Phelan on his left. Mr. Newhall then said: George Newhall Opens The Public Reception Mr. Mayor and Fellow Members of the WS TARRSIEL W / A‘//////, J/ i D e S e e e e e S o e R o R R R S IR S 1 [ 000 3'@"®°°'°‘9-‘0‘°‘°°®‘@+Q‘®"‘H®”‘©"-@W+®‘ Lord Beresford Making His Significant Address on Trade Re- lations Before the Chamber of Commerce. the seat of government by the Filipino leaders. . LOS OLIVOS SHAKEN. Sharp Earthquake During the Preva- lence of a Gale. LOS OLIVOS, Feb. 13.—A sharp shock of earthquake occurred this afternoon at 4 o'clock, lasting about fifteen seconds. The vibrations were east and west. Oc- curring during a heavy northwest gale this was considered a strange natural phenomenon. CHARLQTTE, N. C., Feb. 13.—A sharp earthquake shock was_felt here at 4:3 this morning. It see: “to_come from {the south. Ko particular damage was done. sented by Adjutant General Babcock in the absence of Major General Shaf- ter, and the navy by Commodore J. A. Watson and other officers from Mare Island. First Vice President George A. New-. hall presided in the absence of Presi- dent Charles Nelson of the Chamber of Commerce. It had been announced that Lord Beresford was to address the chamber at 2 o’clock, but long be- fore that time the assembly hall of the chamber was crowded almost to suffo- cation by those who had assembled to listen to the views of the distingulshed representative of the Associated Cham. bers of Commerce of Great Britain re- Chamber of Commerce: It is with much pleasure that I bid a hearty welcome to our distinguished visitor, Lord Charles Beresford. We have gathered together to-day to do honor to him not only in his capacity as an admiral but as the representative of the Associated Chambers of Commerce | of Great Britain. E He is, as you are all aware, now on his way home full of information on the East- ern question in which we are all so much interested "at this time, and to-day we will have the pleasure of hearing from him on this subject. ‘We, the cousins of the people he repre- sents, are proud of the opportunity to do honor to' so distinguished . citizen, who has sailed into our port on the America 4 impressions: are ‘of this new Promptly at 2 o'clock | Maru, the pride:of the new.Japaness lins, that has just made its second voyage be- tween this, our port, and the Orient. We are now all looking with hopeful s to the far stiores of Manila, Japan and China for our future trade that is just now open- ing up after the glorious victory of our well beloved Dewes Lord Beresford comes- among us o get information and to cement the bonds of friendship that exist between us and.our English cousins. He will, tell us this aft- ernoon what heé has found and- what his peeple * we ibout to open up business relatiors are ‘with. We- look with pride on the navy which ‘our visitor is so distinguis but the ally of eommerce? ] England shows that the commercial men | were the very .first to follow. where the navy had cleared the .- In our own case we will go forward to the lands where Dewey has thrown Old Glory to the breeze, and- I have yet to see the man who will hesitate. When I look around me and. see the army, mnavy, diplomatic ‘corps and ‘the leading merchants of our great metropolis assembled here to-day to do honor to our | distinguished visitor I am proud that it is my good- fortune to extend to him the hand of welcome and to co-operate with him | in-the, promotion of closer and firmer re- lations. between thé two great English- speaking: nations of the world by means of their commercial relations in the Far East. I had-not_expected to' preside at the meeting to-day, and ‘therefore: will not detain you longer. -I regret exceedingly that our president, Captain-Charles son, is unable ‘to be with us:to-day extend in his own génial way-a welcome to our -visitor. I therefore- call upon our. Mayor, the Honorable ‘James 'D. . Phelan, to-. deliver the-address of welcome. Mayor Phelan’s Welcome To Lord Beresford Mayor Phelan spoke briefly and to the point. As if in anticipation of what was to be said by Lord Beresford, he outlined the subject that would be dis- cussed by the English admiral, dwell- ing on its great importance; and point- ing out the fact that by reason of his investigations Lord Beresford was in a position to throw much light on the subject of the future trade of this coun- try and that his words of advice should be attentively listened to and given the greatest consideration. The Mayor was followed by United | States District Judge W. W. Morrow, who on behalf of the judiciary warmly welcomed Lord Beresford, and at the same time dwelt on the great impor- tance of the proper development of our trade with the East. He alluded brief« 1y to his Lordship’s record as an officer and a statesman, and he paid him high tribute for his bravery, sterling quali- ties as a man and astute reasoning as a director of affairs of the great ha- tion that he represented. Horace Davis. of the Merchants’ Association followed Judge Morrow. He briefly outlined the growth of our Eastern trade up to to-day, and pointed ta the' necessity of properly looking after its future. ~'When he had corcluded, Mr. Newhall rose and in. troduced Lord Beresford.: As the dis- tinguished officer came forward to bow his acknowledgments'. to' the ‘assem- blage he was given-a perfect ovation. The British Officer An Impressive Speaker A glance at- his Lordship argued much in favor of what hé should have to say even before he spoke. First, it was evident that he was of that sturdy Anglo-Saxon stock, .though .born in Ireland, that has been in ‘the habit of conquering- everything that it conles in ¢ontact with. He is of the average height, well. built" and holds himself aserect as an arrow. He pos- sesses a genial,. happy, open counte- nance and keeps his face clean shaven. His brow. is high and ponderous. His mouth indicates that firmness of char- acter ‘that he has exhibited .on more than one occasion. . He has a pair of gray eyes, that while théy are gener- ally sparkling with good humor, have at the same time that certain power of fascinating one, and demonstrating the fact that he means every word he ut- ters. Lord Beresford. speaks rapidly but distinctly. He stands squarely on his feet and uses hardly any gesture For the most part he kept his arms locked behind him, and whenever he wished to emphasize a particular statement he did so by leaning forward and punctuating his words by slowly plac- ing the forefingers of his right hand in the palm of his left. There was in the very torie of his voice a certain earn- estness that was not to be gainsaid or questioned. He told of things as he had found them. He produced facts to support his evidence. He was practical