The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1899, Page 1

Call VOLUME LXXXV-—NO 7 FEBRUARY 16, 1899. THE REBELS NO MATCH FOR THE CALIFORNIANS THEY FOLLOW OUR SOLDIERS TO THEIR DEATH Details of Colonel Smith’s| Gallant Fight at Pateros. Six of the First Wounded by| Treacherous Tagals Firing From Under White Flags. MANILA, Feb. 16, 11:45 | A. M.—Four companies of the California volun- teers which had been clearing the country in the vicinity of Pateros, | ten miles southeast of Manila, and which had been recalled, were fol- iowed by the enemy to- day as they retired. On reaching San Pedro | Macate the Americans made a stand near the churchyard, and the| rebels were driven back. The Californians again advanced occupying the same ridde, commanding the vaey of the river, which they held yester- day. Every one was on the qui vive last night. Sev-| eral shots were fired from the fieet into the Paranaque district, and searchlights were|] sweeping the coast north and south of the| city. In a house close to! Colonel Funston’s head- | ¢ Binondo || quarters, in Church, 150 Filipinos were arrested at a meet- ing. They had no arms, | but had 400 uniforms. In accordance with the policy of General Otis not to extend his lines about Manila any farther at| present, the line front already being vy twenty-five miles long, portions of the California and Washington regiments, the Fourth Cz ned alry, and Lieutenant | battery, | h were about to make a con- Hawthorne’s mountain certe ttack on the insurgents below I »s, had been ordered | to withc last night to their former positions along the river. | A thousand or twelve hundred | insurgents were reported to be massing in the v , some coming the rebels had hoisted white flags 2 Pateros some days assembled from nor ago, and they | secretly under the| shelter of these white flags yester- day and fired upon the Americar outposts. ‘ Colonel James I'. Smith, with | Companies L, D and M of the| California’ Volunteers, proceeded | to clean out the enemy along his front. The rebels opposed him from the brush and several skirmishes , during which six Cali- wounded before The OCCiry fornians were the rebels were driven out. and are now | - * enemy was driven out of Pateros| and routed inthe stand which|¢ he attempted to make south ) of that place. This movement| ¢ was carried out rapidly and vig- : orously, a river boat shelling the | villages and working its rapid-| ¢ fire guns very effectively on -the| 4 jungle. Ten companies of the 7 @0 eIt eD b G D500t B+ 040000 66+04094@ California Regiment, four com- panies of the Washington Regi- ment, two companies of the Idaho Regiment and a battery of the Sixth Artillery were en- gaged. The rebels were driven toward Laguna de Bai. All is quiet along the rest of the line, with the exception of an occasional exchange of shots be- tween sharpshooters breaking the monotony of the day. Lieutenant Potter of the signal corps arrived from Iloilo yester- day evening with dispatches from Brigadier General M. D. Miller to Major General Otis, com- manding the United States forces in the Philippine Islands. On ordered a reconnoissance in force to ascertain the enemy’s po- | sition. Major Cheatham’s bat- talion of the Tennessee Volun- teer Regiment marched beyond Molo without finding the enemy and rgturned to Iloilo. Kellar’s hattalion of the Eight- eenth United States Infantry,|nese there " = ® " 2 War Department to-day: MANILA, Feb. 15.—Twentieth ment at Caloocan: ant Ira K First California—Wounded b; Allen Grant, severe; ate Hursh, Company C, ‘William F. Dunne, with one Gatling and two Hotch-| kiss guns, marched toward Jaro. Midway between Iloilo and Jaro | this battalion encountered a large | body of the enemy, occupying both sides of the road, who met | the advance of the .\mcrican‘ troops with a severe and well-di- | rected fire. The Americans de- Sunday afternoon General Miller | advanced steadily, supported by 3 @ + [ O e e B L O e e % o R. N. BULLA AND HIS FAITHFUL THIRTEEN. BRAVE VOLUNTEERS WOUNDED IN BATTLE AT MANILA, WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The following report was received at the Kansas—Wounded 12th ins Albe; ; Private Wil ; Corporal Henry Ritter, Lieutenant Edwin A. Hartig, First South Dakota, night while attempting to land a Hotchki engage- ithley, Company D, ightly 1o firing Private rt gers, s Private Ray m C. V ergeant any H, slight. drowned last s gun at Pasig. OTIS. EE-H E-E B8 o At 4:10 p. m. Captain Griffiths raised the American flag over the presidencia. During the fighting outside of the town Lieutenant Frank Bowles of the Eighteenth Infan- try, while working the light bat- tery, was shot in the leg. In ad- dition one private was seriously |BURNS AGAIN Announces That He Will Refrain From Capturing the Legislature Until Friday. QUIET IN VA All the Forces Watch- ing for the Next Move in the Struggle. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. —There is more ten- sion and less agitation to-night than at any other time since the Senatorial struggle began. In every camp de- velopments are awaited. The diver- sion of a few votes from the tail- enders to Bulla did not take place to- day as expected. No resistance what- L e O O o O R i o SIS S o o o S Sn o of 2o o oo o B R O e e o SO ] > : 3¢ [ e e e s i SCS ALY L O S o =Y ployed and returned the fire with a number of volleys. The troops | | the Hotchkiss and Gatling guns, and drove the enemy through Jaro to the open country beyond. The town of Jaro was found to be. deserted, and all portable property had been removed. When the Americans entered the place there were only a few Chi- wounded and two were slightly injured. The rebel loss was se- vere. All was quiet on Monday, when Potter left Iloilo. Two na- tives attempted to slip past United States cruiser Olympia during the night in a boat. They failed to respond when hailed, but kept paddling along. After a warning shot a sentry fired at the boat, killing one of the occu- pants and wounding the other. | ference. the | ever was 'made to the motion to ad-‘ journ immediately after the first and only ballot of to-day’s Joint session. By common consent the supporters of all the candidates readily agreed to | await the outcome of the minority con- | Last week Colonel Burns designated | Thursday of this week as the day when | all the touts should be gathered on the | scene of action to witness the advance of the Burns column. Since then the event has been postponed until Friday. i Stephen M. White, whose term of six | years in the United States Senate ex- pires on the 4th of next month, passed through Sacramento to-night on his way to Washington. He was invited by B o O O s SR SR S ) O—404-0-064040-+0+0+0+0 POSTPONES PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE DAY WHEN HE IS TO RECEIVE “VINDICATION” RIOUS CAMPS friends to stop over for a day or two, but he declined the invitation on the ground that his presence here might be construed as an expression of a de- sire for re-election. Governor Gage and Judge Carpenter went down to Benicia and there met Senator White. They returned on the eastbound overland, which arrived here at 10 o'clock to-night. The Sen- ator continued his Eastern journey. General Barnes left the Senatorial arena for a flying trip to Dixon this afternoon. At that place this evening he delivered a lecture in favor of terri- torial expansion, the first of the Dixon High School course. The next lecture of the cdurse will be given by Professor | Jordan, who will talk against the ad- | ministration’s policy of expansion. The | general returned here to-night, arriv- | ing on the Oregon express. | Reports received late to-night from | the various Senatorial camps do not foreshadow any changes in the ballot- ing to-morrow. The touts keep up a show of confidence, but have again postponed the date for Burns’ parade of | his reserve forces. Early this evening | Friday of this week was named as the | time for important developments. Late | State shall have a full representation in Congress when measures vital to the commonwealth are under consideration, but their wishes in this regard must be put aside because Burns desires a “vindication.” Is it mnot time, then, that the people of the State—the farm- ers, the merchants, the workingmen and all others unite in a demand that the Southern Pacific Railroad Company abandon the hopeless effort to force an undesirable man on the Legislature? Must one man’s selfish ambitions stand in the way of State representation in the Senate of the United States? Every day at Sacramento this ques- tion is seriously asked: “Why do not the friends of Colonel Burns and the leading men of the Republican party go to him and say that the future of the party and the welfare of the State demand that he should accept Grant's proposition and step aside in order that the State may not be deprived of the services of a Senator in Congress?"” This much and more has been said to Burns by men who have the right te speak to him, but he resents every sug- gestion for his own withdrawal. He would have the other candidates with- draw or enter into an agreement for a caucus. Whatever may be said by the touts concerning the usages and cus- toms of political parties, the caucus proposition is repugnant to the mem- bers of this Legislature. When the suspicion is universal that the proposed caucus is a trap, sensible and inde- pendent men are to be commended for avoiding its dangers. The political managers in the camp of Dan Burns who have the sense to judge the situation and the courage to give expression to their judgment know that the cause of the colonel is lost, but they do not insist on his retirement from the struggle because they know that the colonel is in the fight for a to-night the prediction was uttered that Colonel Burns’ commission as United | States Senator would be issued abnut‘i Wednesday of next week. On empty assurances of this flimsy and shadowy | nature the touts are expected to get | outside and whisper to the members of the Legislature that it is all settled. Hints are thrown out that the Grant + & + ! @ + ® $ © + 0 ¢ . £ 4 | 5 ¢ + ¢ + ¢ + ? * @ $ ® . b T ? bt ! $ 1 & : L4 $ @ forces are on the verge of dissolution and cannot hold together for more than three or four days. The real facts of the situation are that the Grant men are more determined than ever before to stand by the San Diego candidate as long as Burns ‘is in the field. They advance the idea now that they are in a position to render the State of Cali- fornia lasting service by defeating Burns for the Senatorship. By pursu- ing this course they count on receiving the eternal gratitude of the peo this State. The railroad organs are now busily | engaged in obtaining expressions from people throughout the State to the ef- fect that the deadlock ought to be| broken. Everybody is in favor of break- | the deadlock. Why do not the| railroad journals, that are so free | to give advice to the members of the | Legislature, come out and te}l the peo- | ple the name of the candidate who is | responsible for the deadlock? ‘Burns is | the only aspirant for the Senatorship | who has not openly avewed a readiness to retire from the field in order that an | acceptable candidate may be elected.- | Grant has distinctly expressed a will- ingness to stand aside provided Burns would agree to get out of the way. General Barnes and Senator Bulla have declared their readiness to yield for the | sake of harmony in the party. Burns| is the only obstinate man in the lot. | The party is nothing to him. It can go to hades for all he cares. He is here| for a ‘vindication” and wants to be | vindicated by election to the office of United States Senator. Republicans and Democrats alike in California do earnestly desire that this ple of | | HO+0IO+O4+04+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+04+0+040 “vindication.” The colonel has around him a shabby lot of advisers. For example, two ex- Harbor Commissioners, Cole and Chad- bourne, whose records are writien in the pages of the contracts for the con- struction of the San Francisco depot, are touting for Dan Burns. Only a short time ago Cole was dis- bursing money in the interest of Grant. His own testimony ought to exclude him from any Senatorial camp, but he is here advoecating the election of Burns. The other day a railroad tout made the assertion that Burns by snapping his finger could take six of the sup- porters of General Barnes and as many from the camp of Bulla. These insult- ing allusions create a bitter feeling of hostility toward the “Colonel” and the Southern Pacific. From the outset Burns' campaign fin Sacramento has been managed with consummate stu- pidity. With the same influences at his command as the ‘“organization” controls Martin Kelly could elect Phil Crimmins to the Senate. SUPERIOR JUDGES’ SALARIES MAY YET BE INCREASED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 15.—Assemblyman Cami- netti of Amador called up Senate bill 56 in the Assembly this afternoon on a mo- tion to reconsider, of which he gave no- tice yesterday, when the measure failed of passage. The bill provides for an in- crease of $1000 per annum to the salaries of the Superior Judges of San Francisco, Tuolumne and Shasta counties. There was considerable opposition to the reconsideration, and most of it was volced by Belshaw of Contra Costa, who, while he would favor the increased stipend in the cases of Tuolumne and Shast ties, would oppose the San Francisco clause. Dibble roasted his fellow members for what he termed their provincial proclivi- ties and their inclination to kick at any measure beneficial to San Francisco. He explained that he wanted the bill reconsidered so ‘that he could withdraw the San Francisco amendment, if it could not pass, and leave Shasta and Tuolumne to go it alone and unhampered. The vote was reconsidered and the bill was passed on the file till to-morrow. Senate bill 571, a special urgency meas- ure to appropriate $18,000 for the contine gent expenses of the Senate, was brought in from the upper house and passed un- der a suspension of the rules. ALLOWS MORE HELP FOR COUNTY CLERK JORDAN CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 15.—Assemblyman Bliss of Alameda introduced a bill to-day de- signed to give:to County Clerk Jordan of ‘Alameda the additional help needed in his office to compile the next great register. Jordan was denied this help by a majority of the Alameda delegation and the fight has not reached the finish yet. Bliss’ bill provides that when any officer of any county is charged with the regi tration of voters the County Board of Su- pervisors shall appoint to assist him as many employes as may be necessary. The bill went to the Committee on Elec- tion Laws. gt .OWOOO‘;O$MW NO CHANGE IN THE VOTE. +H CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 15.—The fifty-second ballot for United States Senator was taken to- day without result, the dead- lock continuing unbroken. The vote was as follows Barnes . Estee .. Bulla . Burns Felton Grant .. Scott .... Bard ... White .. Rosenfeld Jeter . Phelan . 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