The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1899, Page 1

Call XXXV=NO. 77. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1899. e PRICE FIVE CENT BRAVE CALIFORNIANS ONCE MORE UNDER FIRE DRIVING THE REBELS FROM THEIR WORKS Our Own Soldier Boys Cap-| ture the Town of Pateros. Place Had Surrendered and the Treacherous Natives Fired From the Shelter of Flags of Truce. NEW YORK, Feb. 14.| A special cable to the Sun from Manila dat= ed February 14 says: The insurgents at Pa- teros, 10 miles south- cast of Manila, sur- rendered on Wednes= day, but the place has| not been occupied by our troops since their surrender. The Fili- pinos have flown flags | { truce, indicating the campaign. The insurgents, | firing gradually, extended to the| right, where the Fourteenth lost | heavily, and especially Company M, Lieutenant Mitchell, Com- pany J, Lieutenant Millay, and a detachment of Company 1,| under Lieutenant Miles, enfilad- ing the left flank and front. During the fire here Lieutenant Mitchell fell, shot in the stomach, and cried: “Forward, men; me.” The officers and men . highly praise the gallantry of Lieutenant Miles, who, rallying his men, led don’t mind (8 1 their submission. ! fighting at Caloocan on February 10, where the Kansas, Montana and Pennsylvania troops and the Third Artillery were heavily en- gaged. Corroboration of this re- port was given by the finding of a general’s sword beside the rail- way sheds. The Red Cross nurses to-day are repairing the Kansas colors on the church in Caloocan, the flag having been riddled by bul- lets during the engagements on February 7 and 10. THE REBELS BEATEN CLOSE TO ILOILO Four Americans’ Slightly Wounded | by Rebel Fire on the Cali- fornia Troops. MANILA, Feb. 15, 10:30 a. m.—The village of Jaros, one mile north of Iloilo, was captured Sunday afternoon by a battalion of the Eighteenth Infantry. It was learned the rebels were as- sembling there, and to prevent the possibility of their making an attack on the city proper our troops were dispatched to drive them out. It was not expected any serious resistance would be made by the insurgents, but they made a better defense than was This afterncon they | opened fire uponsome | detached troops of the First Californialn- fantry, stationed nearly north of the town. The Califor=| nians replied with a| hot fire, driving the| rebels out of the town. | They moved to the| south, where they made a stand and an| engagement followed, | continuing until dark. The Californians, in| the meantime, were! reinforced by compa:- nies from the First Washington aud First| Idaho infantry ‘and the | Utah Light Artillery. | The former Spanish | river gunboat Laguna | de Bai is now on hcr‘: way to shell the éne-| my in the rear. It is supposed thatj the insurgents whop evacuated upon its surrendep| have been sccretly| gathering at Patefos i Tr 2w e under cover of flags of| works and lost 65 ~I:‘Crr.’1§:mt’:ff§IL truce for several days | detichment. A bullet pierced with the object of| hisfat. Lieutenant Miles was making the attack|compimented by his com- which they deliveped| ™2y . i I pdsed over the battle-field this afternoon. | from San Pedro to Santa Ana on MANILA, Feb. 14.—I tm-]l Monday\ Here it was that the| versed on Sunday the scene of the | Washing'pn troops met heavy fighting about Manila. The of-| oppositios The ground was ficers of the Fourteenth Infantry -hotly cont&ted, and the men of | praise unstintedly the advance of | the right dijsion were anxious | to resume fighting. I visited (loocan to-day. A Spanish pristger who escaped GRANT RECE|YVES 'Numggloqb i BAGS. PTY MONEY the town| the California, Washington anc Wyoming troops on February 3| 35;:'{'”-“ heavy firing. | from Malolos ports that Bal- \s tlw.)‘ charged the i derno Aguinallp, a cousin of| broad plain the movement was| Agyinaldo and f Filipino Min- one of the prettiest spectacles oil ister of War, wa\killed in the over WORKS 15 REMEMBERED (RACKERS aRE CHE, AP) HERRIN - REMEMBERS COLONEL anticipated, with the result that the American losses were heavier than in the capture of Iloilo. Lieutenant Frank Bolles of the Eighteenth Regiment and four men were wounded. Lieutenant Bolles’ injuries are slight. The insurgents held their position an hour, but the Americans made things so lively for them they were compelled to withdraw. The enemy appears to have lost heart. It is suspected the insurgents Continued on Fourth Page. HOWARD WRIGHTS (ASH VALENTINE - W W oo o & b@.\ug DAN VALENTINE DAY IN SACRAMENTO. BURNS' FRIENDS COUNSEL Firmly Convinced at Last Tha SAGE ADVICE THAT MEETS WITH A FOUL OUTBURST The “Colonel” Consigns the Republican Party fo Perdition-—Dan Cole Deserts Grant and Breaks Into the Candelaria Corral, CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- ‘flngers and the railroad press threat- MENTO, Feb. 14.—The railroad scheme | ened all sorts of political d?ath to the for a Republican caucus is defeated. \}:epuglicanss'who :}Zouéd aisnbeyf in- B = structions. nce Saturday every form Sl i e Iy s | of Influence known to political cam- bring.the Republican members who are paigns except the actual disbursement not supporting the “Colonel” into the of money has been brought to bear to Canaelaria corral render the scheme successful, but the The touts put on-an air of proud de- | Republican majority in the Legislature fiance, boasting that Barnes’ men and | IS as resolute to-night as ever in the Bulla’s men would get into the caucus | purpose to defeat the caucus proposi- when Dan snapped his fingers. Herrin | tion. cracked the whip, Dan snapped his The true friends and confidential ad- MILTON GREEN 15 AMONG THE LUCKY QONES. visers of Colonel Burns now realize that he cannot win. The last chance of winning out has gone glimmering. There are no more bright and alluring devices to be sprung. The colonel is up against the real thing now, and for the | first time in his life begins to feel the power of public judgment. He is no longer the self-composed, unruffied po- litical manager. When advised to-day by a high State official to withdraw from the hopeless contest for the sake of the Republican party, he became fiercely indignant and exclaimed: “To hell with the party.” Burns cannot be elected Senator. He must get his coveted vindication through the courts or the ballot box. He cannot; get it from this Legislature, for the majority of Republicans look to higher considerations than the grat- ification of personal ambitions. While the “Colonel” cannot win, he still pos- gesses the power to punish, and the way he threatens is calculated to make the weak and timid fear for results. Colonel Burns has written the epi- taph for Senator Bulla’s political tomb- stone. The refusal of the Los Angeles Senator to entertain for an instant the colonel's demand for a caucus caused a great outburst of wrath in the camp of the Candelaria candidate. The sig- nal has gone out from the corral that Bulla is politically damned for ail time and that no consideration must be shown him. - The railroad is to black- list him and down'him whenever he raises his head. In short, the “Colo- nel” has read him out of the Republi- can party, and Herrin stands ready to drive him from the State. Bulla, it seems, had the manliness to flatly refuse to ‘take orders from the corporation and to make his refusal so emphatic that his meaning could not be misunderstood. The most vigorous on- slaught to break up Senator Bulla's lit- tle camp may be the next order given. It is as. true as gospel that Burns, now full of hatred, is out for revenge. He will probably remain in the field as long as he can inflict punishment on his: political enemies, and when he re-: tires. will send his forces to the aid of the candidate least objectionable to him before the Legislature. Senator Rowell did not vote for Bulla to-day, as agreed upon, but cast his Vote as usual for Thomas Bard. A pending scheme to unite the “talend- | Ul RN \\\‘\\i THE VALENTINES | JUDGE CLOuGH DIO'NT - RECEINE « + HIM TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT t the Mexican Has No Chance Whatever in the Senatorial Contest. ers” probably induced Dr. Rowell to await further developments. Senator Flint may decide to join his voting companion in the departure from Bard. Flint is always:close_mouthed about his own intentions, d his real pur- pose may not be disclosed until he casts his vote. He is non-committal on the subject of a caucus and does not ex- press any objection to the deadlock. Irving M. Scott is again on the scene of the Senatorial conflict. He arrived here from San Francisco last evening, and gave the impression that he was decidedly friendly to the cause of Gen- eral Barnes, It was believed last night that he would use his influence to per- suade Senator Davis and Assembly- man Dunlap to vote for Barnes when he (Scott) reached the conclusion that he had no chance to win for himself. After talking with several Bulla men and listening to the plan for a “tail end” caucus he changed his mind and accepted the suggestion that Senator Davis and Assemblyman Dunlap should first honor the Los Angeles can- didate with their support and get into the Barnes camp later on if the pros- pects of the General should take on the lustre of immediate success. In the absence of ex-Mayor Ellert, Mr. Scott has floundered around. He is not as steady as the Oregon or as speedy as the Chitose. It is suggested that he has made a little combine with Sena- tor Bulla to help the Los Angeles can- didate now, and in return for his sup- port at this time secure, four years hence, the backing of Bulla when a Senator is to be chosen to succeed Sen- ator Perkins. Ex-Harbor Commissioner Dan T. Cole, who now holds a Federal position in the United States Mint at San Fran- cisco, arrived to-night. He is here this trip for Burns. Cole introduced Grant throughout the State. He took Grant's money to influence the election of the legislative ticket in Grant’s favor. He 1 gave some of the money to Assembly- man Jilson, who is now voting for Burns, and kept some for himself to pay his own expenses. The records of the harbor investigation charge this same Dan Cole with reckless misman- agement of a public trust and practical- ly accuse him of defrauding the State of a large sum of money in connection with the construction of the Ferr— De- pot at San Francisco. He comes here to tell members of the Legislature that they should go into a caucus to elect Dan Burns United States Senator. The weight that Cole carries can be imagined, as he is the man who made to Judge Clough a proposition that the Plumas Assemblyman indignantly spurned. When it is called to the pub- lic mind that Cole offered an induce- ment to Judge Clough to vote for Grant, what must the people think of the ex-Harbor Commissioner’s presence at this time to induce members of the Legislature to vote for Burns. A swarm .of touts arrived from San Francisco “to-night and all along the Candelaria line there is talk that the great show-down is to take place next Friday. Men who are on the inside know that it will not happen on that day or any other day of this session. The minority conference appointed to meet to-morrow will probably consist of the Bulla men and two or three others. The Barnes men have resolved to stand firm until Grant and Burns retire from the field. As far as can be ascertained that is the resolution formed late to-night. To-day when Grant was invited to enter the Strat- ton-Bulla conference he declined to countenance any mevement in favor of Bulla. He said his men would stay in the fleld as long as Burns was a candi- date and then if they decided to leave him many would prefer General Barnes to Bulla. Ex-Harbor Commissioner Willlam H. Brown arrived from San Francisco to- night. He is hero to look over the fleld, study the situation and report the re- sults of his observations to W. F. Her- rin of the Southern Pacific. If Mr. Brown shall reach the conclusion that D. M. Burns is engared in a hopeless struggle for the Senatorship, and that a prolongation of the struggle will do the corporation harm instead of good, he will so report to Mr. Herrin, in or- der that some candidate more accept- able to the people than Burns may be put forward. The Call is in possession of informa- tion obtained from authentic sources that the railroad has placed a time limit on the corporation’s support of Burns' cause.. If Dan cannot make substantial gains this week the fight in his_ behalf will be declared off. Brown may be one of several agents appointed to obtain . information for ‘Herrin. In the yellow building there is Increasing belief in the truth of the statements that Burns has reached the utmost limit of his following, and that further efforts. to force his candidacy may provoke throughout the State a feeling of bitter resentment toward the management. of the road. Martin Kelly; who has been sick with the grip, arrived here to-night and held & - prolonged - -conference with:~ Dan Burns. Harbor Commisison Bill. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 14,—The Senate Committee on Commerce, Harbors and Rivers agreed to-night to report back to the Senate with | an unfavorable recommend&ation bill. 426, which creates a board of State harbor commmiissioners, and * which, if allowed to become a law, would compel the pres- ent Harbor Commissioners -to -leave office before the time for which -they are ap- ointed had expired.. Senator Dickinson ad formulated a substitute for the bill which was presented to the' committes and on the representation that the sub- stitute would be introduced to-morrow the committee reported adversely upon the bill. The substitute allows the present Commissioners to hold office during the'= term of four years