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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1899. DAYS OF ALGERISM . IN WAR DEPARTMENT ARE NOW NUMBERED It Is Believed the Secretary Will Soon Retire and Army Reor- ganization Will Proceed. NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—The Herald's ‘Washington correspondent sends the following: The days of Algerism in the War Department are numbered. The resignation of Rt volun- tary or by request of the President, will occur within a fortnight. President McKinley has practic made up his mind as to the Secretary These positive stateme to me to-day by a g informed, and subsequenty as a proba who h talked wil President con- fidentially on the subject. Secretary Alger is in Detroit. It believed he aking plans for return- ing there and resuming his old busi- He is expected to on Friday and it is not un- iis resignation and the appoint- of his suc may be formally announced by that time. Secretary Alger's contemplated jun- usually admitted ty by a Cabinet member man ket to Cuba and Porto Rico, I am told, is off. This is one of the reasons for believing his resignation is to occur im- mediatel I am told by one of his| close personal friends that he had made up his mind some days ago to make an extensive tour of Cuba : Porto Rico to submit a report to the President, and then resign from the Cabinet on the ground of ill health. His idea was that he could retire without sus that he was forced to do so under fire. This same gentleman informed me to. that the Secretary had practi termined to abandon hi: spection trip, but for what reason he did not seem to know or rather was unwilling fo ad- mit. Invitations issued te members of the military committees and their fam- i still hold good, but if the Secretary does not go himself it is probable the trip will be abandoned entirely. In spite of statements to the contrary it can be positively as d that the relations between i and Secretary Alger are decidedly strained. President M felt for a long time the serious e assmen success of his administration c: Alger's mismanagement of the Department, and his close political friends have advised him once, more than once, to find some way of getting a new Secretary of War. Finding that public comment on the report of the | | War Commission emphasized the de- mand for the relief of the War Secre- | tary, the President has found a way of | impressing upon that officlal the de- | sirability of his early retirement. ‘While the report of the War Com- mission in one instance pointed out the inefficiency of the head of the War De- | partment I have reliable information that several members of the committee, talking with the President privately nd individually, made the case against Secretary Alger much stronger than re- {r-u'tt}d in the formal findings of the board. note of these observations and indicated to at least one member of the board | | that he appreciated the full significance of their private statements, and that in | the near future they would not go un- heeded. of an army this_ session reor it in the enactment ganization bill at ment of Secretary from the Cabinet Wwill be made before the-end of the week. It is fully appre- ciated that the opposition to the pend- | ing bill is as much due to disgust at | Algerism as to political motives. With Secreta out the will of tle doubt that much of the opposition to the pending measure will subside. It is believed the President is not un- influenced by the trend of the testimony | at present being given by officers of the army before the court of inquiry inves- | made by Major | General Miles as to the bad quality of | tigating the charges beef supplied to the army. Secretary Alger did everything pos- sible to discredit General Miles and de- fend the beef, and now that an official | inquiry is being made into the matter | comes forward | witness after witness and tells of the nauseating and un- | wholesome character of the canned roast beef. When the court of inquiry was or- dered the issue, in the popular mind, was between the War Department and | There is no doubt that | mornin General Miles. it was the determination of the War for the removal of General Miles. In stead of this the general will apparently be sustained in every charge he made, | his suggestion, the tribunal went into se- and the popular sense of justice can be satisfied only by the dismissal of Secretary Alger. . The President made a mental | By many of those who were interested | is | earnestly hoped the formal announce- | Alger's retirement | the certainty that there is to be a new | y of War capable of carrying | Congress for proper | reorganization of the army there is lit- | Department to find ground if possible | hre WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—To-day’s proceedings of the Court of Inquiry in- vestigating the beef controversy devel- oped little that was new. The testi- mony, with the exception of that of Dr. Daly, surgeon on the staff of General | Miles during the war, and of Colonel | Woodruff, assistant commissary gen- | eral, was generally in line with that of yesterday. The canned roast beef was generally condemned as unsatis- factory, while the refrigerated beef was commended, the chief complaint being that it often decomposed en route to camp. The testimony of representatives of the Subsistence Department was be- | gun, that of Colonel Woodruff, assist- ant commissary general, being the most notable. He purchased more than 800,000 pounds of canned beef and told of the method of purchase and the rea- | sons that prompted it. He took issue with General Miles’ contention that beef on the hoof was the usual source of fresh meat supply to the.army. Another feature of the day was the introduction of Dr. Daly, who charged | before the War Commission that re- | frigerated beef at Chickamauga, Jack- sonville, Tampa and in Porto Rico had been treated chemically. He was not examined, however, in regard to this | charge, Colonel Davis announcing that the contractors who were attacked were entitled to be notified of the ex- | amination upon this point that they might have ample time in which to appear should they decide to do so. The | law required this, he said. Accordjng- | ly Dr. Daly was excused after a Mar- | tial examination and will be recalled | later. The investigation will proceed to-morrow, when General Eagan, for- | mer commissary general, is expected | }to appear and tell the story of the beef | supply as viewed by this department. When the Court of Inquiry met this| Colonel Davis, the recorder, an- | | nounced that the examination of wit-| nesses so far summoned and reported was | ut concluded. The court should con- | ider now, he thought, the questions of | further summons and procedure, and, at cret_session. ‘When_the executive session was con- cluded Dr. William H. Daly of Pittsburg, | who was major NSURGENTS KTTENPT T0 BURN MANILA Continued from F! with Jose L. Vito as secretary and Juan Lilorento president of the council. When Aguinaldo Tearned of their suc- cess in ousting Spanish authority he sent his congratulations to them and also copies of the form of government ch he proposed to establish in Ne- gros, simi of the government of Luzon and sub- servient to it. The leaders of the Negros revolution did not approve of Aguinaldo’s sugges- tions and th asked Captain Glass of the United States cruiser Charleston for the protection of America. Captain Glass promised to forward their com- munication to America. Meanwhile the government has been working smoothly, and the island has been peaceful. Hearing of the fall of Iloilo and fearing similar destruction of the principal towns of Negros should Aguinaldo’s soldiers land on the island, they sent a deputation to General Mil- ler at Iloilo, asking for a definite ans- wer to their application for American protection. General Miller replied fa- vorably, and the deputation returned to Negros. The American flag was hoisted over the town of Bacolod in the pres- ence of the entire population, and na- tive troops saluted the Stars and Stripes with twenty-ore guns. This imposing ceremony took place on Feb- ruary 18. The deputation then returned to Iloilo and came to this city. The present form of government in Negros is similar to that of the Swiss confederation, the island being sub- divided into one canton and two prov- inces. The members of the deputation were asked: ‘“What do you expect un- der United States rule?” They replied: *“We put ourselves un- reservedly in the hands of the Ameri- cans. We trust them to-establish a form of government suitable to the island. We cannot guarantee anything as 1o the line of action the other islands will take, but we will co-operate with the Americans and use our influence to induce the remainder of the Visayan Islands to come under the American flag.” The delegation made an offer to Gen- eral Otis to furnish 100,000 native troops for the American army. The area of the island is a2bout two million acres, and the population about two million five hundred thousand. There are two races of people in the islands, the inland savages and an outer fringe of rich and peaceful sugar planters. REED ROASTED BY GENERAL SHAFTER LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22.—General Shafter, who was a guest of the Com- mercial Club at the annual Washing- ton banquet to-night, in conversation with Congressman-elect R. J. Waters said this morning: “T have been a hot Republican all my life and I think that Speaker Reed showed exceedingly poor taste and very jittle courtesy by his recent actions in working against the President. In my opinion, if there is an extra session of Congress a part of its work will be the election of a new Speaker of the House. Reed has grown very rabid of late and at present is suffering with a swelled head. When any man gets to that point in his career he is lost. Reed is, to say. ar in nature to the principle | the least, acting very unwisely,| place in quest of beer. 9 © 0000000 ® CASUALTIES AT MANILA ® WASHINGTON, Feb. 22— ® General Otis to-@ay cabled the ] War Department as follows: , MANILA, Feb. 22.—Following | 7 casualties in Intrenchments @ caused yesterday by men ex- | | posing themselves to enemy’s fire: o-© e ! FIRST CALIFORNIA. Company K. Sergeant Frank @ N. Turton, wounded, forehead, lightly. Private James P. Cassidy, killed. . ® Following during reconnois- sance this morning, vicinity of San Perdo Macate: FIRST WASHINGTON. Wounded _slightly—Company E, Privates Joseph H. Warring- ton,Christian E.Horn, H.D.Haz- ard; wounded, seriously, Com- pany H, Corporal W. B. Tucker. Killed, Private Edwin L. Hamp- ton, Company H, Second Ore- gon. Following in skirmish near water works this morning: FIRST NEBRASKA. Wounded—Company D, Pri- vate John F. Alley, neck, very severe; Company F, Alonzo Pik®, elbow, slightly; Company K, Charles Govrick, knee, slight. OTIS. 00909900090 ¢ | and will in time see the error of his way. “I doubt if there were fifty men in | the country at the outbreak of the re- cent war who had a suspicion of the | complications which have resulted from {it. No one could foresee the present Philippine trouble, but nearly | person in the country was anxious for | the conflict. Now its results should be taken as the natural outcome of the | war. The idea that 'the Filipinos be permitted to establish a government of | their own is ridiculous. Much as we | may dislike it, it is the duty of the Government to pursue the policy al- ready adopted relative to these islands. ? ® ° ? ® ® [ ] ® ® ? ° L Supposing we were to let the natives | excluded by the extension to the islands try a government of their own mak- 7 Svonld’ be only ‘& ishoct. while 1 of the laws and regulations now opera- England and | ing, it until Germany, France, other European countries would have the islands divided among themselves; this would be just as long as it would | take them to split. them up.” | "This conversation ‘occurred in the |'presence of two members of his staff | and several other persons. INAVAL APPROPRIATION | | | But the House Pauses Long Enough for the Reading of Washington’s | Farewell Address. | WASHINGTON,* Feb. 22.—The House | inaugurated the custom which has pre- | vailed for many years in the Senate of listening to the reading of Washington's farewell address on Washington's birth- day. The address was read at the re- quest of Bailey of Texas, the Democratic leader. Two hours were devoted to the naval appropriation bill, but seemingly only the threshold of the debate upon the cost of armor plate has been passed. Bou- telle’s amendment fixing -the maximum prices of armor plate at 3545 per tonm, but restricting the provision to the appropria- tion made in the present bill, was ruled to be in order, whereupon another | sition was offered by Underwood oF Aga- bama for the erection of an armor-plate plant by the Goyernment.- A point.of or- der against the latter proposition was pendlng when the consideration of the naval bill was suspended to allow mem- bers of the House to pay tribute to the memory of the late Senator Morrill of Vermont. 3 Fall of an Evangelist. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22—W. R. Daly, an evangelist who suddenly disappeared from Stockton a few days ago, was seén A saloonkeeper there said Daly was in . ® | north and fnally every | BILL ON ARGUMENT | ropo- | should be ‘construed so as to apply only | department. 4o ———¢+ and chief sur- 2 geon of volun- 1 teers during the Surgeon Daly E"fir’ b”"}d tesg- ed’ before the and His commission that he had discov- Varied Duties. ered by chemical | analysls boracic | Yo—————o+ and salicylic acld | n refrigerated | beef furnished the army, was introduced. | His examination by the recorder was con- ducted slowly and with great care, de- Veloping with minuteness all of Dr. | Daly’s duties while attached to General Miles' staff. These, besides those of an army surgeon, consisted in making spe-| ial reports to General Miles on camp | sites, water suppl‘y and the like. The re-| corder very carefully developed the fact | that most of these reports were verbal or telegraphic, therein differing from the Now famous meat report which was the | cause of Daly belng summoned as a wit- ness. Tr. Daly testified that he was B.Es‘gned‘ to dnty on the staff of General Miles and | remained at Tampa until a few days| after the Shafter expedition sailed, his | duties being of a miscellaneous chagac- for under direction of the army medical Thence he went to Key West, Miami and‘mhur \Oénls ’tr) study osed camp sites. ater he came porh Joined General Miles at Guanica, Porto Rico, sailing from Charleston _subsequent to the latter’s de- Seire. “ais dutles, he sald, were those | of attending surgeon at headquarters and the general dutles incldent to surgicai and medical needs of the army. Colonel Davis_questioned the witness closely in regard to his duties and the | ure. source and character of his orders, evi- dently with a view to the bearing these developments might have upon the wit- ness’ analysis and report upon beef. Dr. Daly said_ he remained in FPorto Rico five or six days after General Miles departed, being ordered to supervise the greparatlon of the transport Panama for ringing convalescents north in:-a man- ner above repoach. This was because there had been previously considerable complaint as to (ge outfitting of return- ing transports. He received these orders about August 28, and after picking up a load of sick at various points in Porto Rico sailed on September b and arrived at Fort Monroe geplembel‘ 10, landing his patients in a greatly improved condi- tion. He reported to Washington, where he was quite ill, and was given sick leave. ‘The surgeon general was pleased with his work on the Panama and wished him to remain there. While still sick in Pitts- burg he recelved orders from General Miles to go on an inspection tour of the new regiments in the South, who were being fitted out for tropic service. This was the trip on which witness be- came acquainted with the alleged ‘‘em- balmed beef.”” There were several officers engaged in this inspection. Dr. Daly’'s in- vestigation was directed, among other things, particularly toward the food sup- ply and cooking arrangements of the regi- ments. The general objéct of the inspec- tion, according to the witness, was to get the troops into the best possible condition for active service and to render assist- ance and instruction wherever it was needed. Prior to leaving the stand, however, Dr. Daly was examined in regard to the Pow- ell experiment with beef preservation at Tampa, Colonel Davis pointing out that it was merely experimental and that no | contractor was involved. Dn. Daly said J. F. Weston called his attention to a quarter of beef which was hanging on board 4&——————— 54 ship. Westonsald Not Informed it had been sixty | hours in the open air, and that he was waliting to Embalming seo what would | eventuate. T. Experimental. Daly did not re- call” anything of | 4$6—————— 9+ Colonel Weston's statement indi- cating that the beef was other than a art of the een treates periment. remain on the beef and that no larvae were deposited. He thought that strange, and that the beef would not putrefy in the Tampa air after sixty hours' expos- The witness finally cut a plece from the beef and later cooked and ate it. Aft- er ridin; seated. e did not !uEPec[ preservatives on the beef, although his taste suggested an experience he had with antelope some vears before while huntln{. Nevertheless, r. Daly sald, he spoke to no one about the matter. | The witness wanted it made plain that Colonel Weston had said nothing about the quarter of beef being experimental. | and he had no reason to suspect the Gov- | ernment was conducting an experiment as | to the efficacy of any chemical preserva- | tive. | Tn all of Dr. Daly’s detalled recital the question of beef was not once broached | by the court, but when the witness had | been chronologically carried through his term of office the recorder handed, him the famous “embalmed beef report,” and asked If he recognized it. Dr. Daly sald that he did, and that it was all right ex- cept, perhaps, the date, which in the Gopy was September 2L~ He sald, to the best of his recollection, the exact date was October 14. The date, however, he said, was not essential, the report being Fenvine and, in the opinion of Dr. Daly, perfectly accurate. Colonel Davis then addressed the court | briefly, saying that it was only within | twenty-four hours that he had been able | ersonally to study this report of Dr. | afy, and he found therein certain alle: gations against certain persons who had fade contracts for supplying food ma- | terial to the Government. 0 continue the examination of the Witness on this subject in the absence of those persons against whom his charges were directed ould be to deprive them of rights ac- corded them by law. He therefore sug- gested that the other parties Interested— | fhe meat contractors—should be given | reasonable notice of the proceedings and | with a chemical as an ex- genernl supply, or that it had | He noticed that flies would not | BEEF-PACKERS WILL BE GIVEN A HEARING Court of Inquiry to Permit Army Con- tractors to Have a Voice in the “Bad Meat” Investigation. that the witness be excused, subject to recall, when the examination could be continued with the other interested par- ties present. Lieutenant Cole of the Sixth Cavalry, who was aboard the Rio Grande, which carried General Sumner’'s headquarters and the four experimental quarters of beef to Cuba, was much clearer in his | recollection of the beef quarters than Captain Beckman. It was, he said, from 'some firm of meat packers,” and was sent expressly for experimental use by | the soldiers, with the knowledge that it ‘was chemically prepared. The beef lasted only three days, after which it decayed |and was thrown overboard. Some of it was cooked before it spoiled. Witness saw the piece cooked, but did not eat [it. It looked well, tasted it sald it was all r(iht. Lieutenant Colonel H. H. Humphreys, Twenty-second Infantry, said canned roast beef was issued to his command in | small quantities prior to the surrender of Santiago, but he had heard then no com- plaints about it. When refrigerated beef | was furnished it was at first satisfactory, | but it spoiled in large quantities, and the | men finally ceased to care for it. The canned roast beef was then used in astew, | but the men would not eat it. Witness did | not know why. He attempted to eat the | beef from the can. It did not taste right. It gagged him. He gave it up. Brigadier General J. G. Kent, who com- manded a division in the Santiago cam- n.!%n, said complaints of the canned roast eef came from the men. It seemingly nauseated them, but he took no action, considering these complaints unavoldable incidents of the campalgn. He understood much of the refrigerated beef spoiled en route from the docks to the troops, be- cause of the dela{\ incident to transport- ing it. General Kent, replying to Gen- | eral Davis, sald beef on the hoof would | have been preferable to refrigerated beef, but he doubted very much the prac- ticabllity of the live cattle supply about | Santiago. Colonel Charles M. Woodruff, assistant commissary general and United States army purchasing 44 agent and depot | commissary at | | vast Purchases | Governors Island, | New Yor}(. ‘i”’lw | was prominent in ; of Beef a;my supplls‘&);r& | chases, _testifies For the Army. | that he bought a total of $2,256,000 +&———————+ worth of supplies | in the first six | months of the war. He bought between | 500,000 and 900,000 pounds of canned roast | beef at a cost ranging from 1l cents to 14 cents per pound, according to the size | of cans.” Principal dealers would bid on_ horseback he became nau- i monthly on it, and when he received or- ders to ship canned beef he would sample | the beef in the market, accept and order ‘1t at his discretion. All contracts con- | tained clauses providing that contractors should replace .any beef that proved un- fit for use. Each box contained a certifi- cate of inspection and approval from an official of the Agricultural Department approving the cattle on hoof and after slaughter. Most of the beef was shipped to- Tampa. The entire supply in New York and the entire country, together with 350,000 pounds brought from Europe, where it had been shipped, was exhaust- ed, and the factories, Colonel Woodruft understood, were running night and day to meet the extraordinary demand. Re- plying to Colonel Davis' query, Colonel ‘Woodruff said he had been famillar with all campalgns in the past twenty-five vears and never had beef on the hoof been used as the fresh meat supply. This was brought out in response to General Miles' statement to the contrary. Colonel Woodruft declared that fresh beef was secured from contractors, and refriger- ated beef is now practically universally used. The beef brought back from Eu- rope had been shlgped for use French and English armies. ,Captain Howell of the Seventh Infan- try said that the canned roast beef was not palatable, but, he believed, was nu- tritious, and if cooked as a stew would be satisfactory. The refrigerated beef was good when not spoiled, and he had not suspected the use of chemiéals. At the conclusion of Captain Howell’s testimony a can of roast beef that had been with the troops at Santiago was opened and examined by the court, being declared by Captain Howell similar to that issued during the campaign. CHINESE CAN 6O BACK TO HAWAIL Right of Those Who Left Before Annexation. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—Solicitor General J. K. Richards has rendered an opinion, which has been approved by the Attorney General, in which he holds that the Secretary of the Treas- ury has authority to admit to the Ha- wailan Islands such Chinese persons as departed therefrom under the regula- tions of the existing government allow- ing them to return, but who would be tive within the United States. After reviewing the history of the legislation and the decisions of the courts on the subject the Surveyor General says in part: An alien resident is not an alien immi- grant. Under.our alien immigration acts it has been held that an alien who has re- sided in this country without becoming naturalized and who departs with the in- tention of returning is not to be deemed an immigrant .upon his return, although he was an alien immigrant when he first entered the country. Applying this wholesome doctrine to the cases submitted, the Chinese who, under { the former government of.the Hawallan Islands, became domiciied In the islands, acquired certain rights, among which was the right to leave the islands for a tem- orary purpose and return. It is not to e presumed that Congress, which recog- nizes the right of sueh Chinese to be and remain in-the islands, intended to inter- fere with the.incidental right of return- ing to the islands after a temporary ab- sence. Chinese laborers have been for ?'earl absolutely prohibited from coming nto the United States; yet all the time we have permittéd and now permit the Chinese_ laborers lawfully within the United States to leave this country for a temporary purpose and return. Accordingly, {n view of the manifest in- justice of Interfering with a right inci- dental to lawful residence in the islands, the words “no further immigration” to actual additional immigration into the islands, namely, the coming of Chinese into the islands for the first time after annexation, and not to the return to the islands of Chinege who have a lawful residence there and are simply exercising the recognized right of returnlnf. after a temporary absence, to their business and their homes. Fresno Pioneer Gone. FRESNO, Feb. 22.—John Ferguson, one of the pioneers of the county, died sud- to-day in Oak Park, a suburb of this dl‘:rlw J s denly this afternoon while being brough: tle- city for medi u-uuf‘mz “‘A.r: inquest was held and the jury rei ed & verdict of death from natural causes. CLOVERDALE FAIR Thirty Thousand Guests Present. Speclal Dispatch’ to The Call. CLOVERDALE, Feb. 22.—The red letter day of the citrus fair has come and gene and the people of Cloverdale are congratulating themselves on the | success they have achieved. Thirty thousand people came to town, one train in two sections bringing thirty carloads of visitors. This was “Sonoma Day,” and it seemed as though the en- tire population of the county tried to be present to participate in-the festivi- ties. The weather could not have been improved upon. The mercury ascended' until it reached the 85th degree and | there was not a breath of air stirring. | In the big pavilion the exhibits, ffsh- ened during the preceding night, af- forded as brilliant a spectacle as they did on the opening day of the fair. Such of the decorations as had faded had been replaced, and when the elec- tric lights shone on the scene at night| the interior of the pavilion afforded a | spectacle that delighted the eye and won praise from the lips of all who | entered. . There were many amusements to en- tertain the throng of visiters. In the afternoon there wag a balloon ascen- sion, which was made unusually inter- esting by the clarity of the atmosphere, which enabled the spectators to see distinctly every move of 'the daring aeronauf, even after he had ascended to a great height. The Santa Rosa Glee Club gave vocal selections during the afternoon and evening and the Cloverdale Band repeated the concerts that have been such a delightful fea- ture of the citrus fair.® As this was the last day of the fair all the business houses were closed, and the citizens of Cloverdale joined with the thousands of visitors in seeking recreation and pleasure. The fair closed this evening with a ball under the auspices of the Cloverdale Band. i oo icbatnabictoh Burglar on a Bicycle. SANTA ANA, Feb. 22.—A man giving the name of Seabrook, riding a bicycle, ‘was arrested fn Tustin last night by lo- cal officers on an order of Chief Glass of Los Angeles describing wheel and rider. Seabrook is wanted for burglary in Ven- tura, where he and another man, now under arrest in Los Angeles, operated re- EXTRA SESSION MAY BE AVOIDED All Depends Upon the Army Bill. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb; 22. There is still much difference of opin- fon among Congressional leaders as to whether circumstances will nécessitate the calllng of an extra session. Among those who called at the White House to-day the prevailing impression was that an agreement on the army reor- ganization bill would be reached and an extra session avoided. The opinion was general that nothing certain could be told before Friday or Saturday. The condition of legislation on the last of this week would decide the matter. Senator Sewell, cne of the President's callers, said: “All depends upon the army reor- ganization bill. It is absolutely neces- sary that there shall be some legislation on army matters, for the reascn that we have a greater war on our hands than we had In Cuba. More meu and more arms are opposed to the United States in the Philippines than in Cuba during the war with Spain.” Representatives Hopkins and Steele saw the President during the morning. Mr. Hopkins said: “I do rot think there will be an extra sesslon. Considerable ‘bluffing’ is being indulged in, but this-will give way to a meeting on common ground and a sat- | isfactory army bill probably will be passed.” Representative Steele’s comment was: “I think an ' extra session will' be averted, and that an agreement on a satisfactory army bill will be reached.” Senator Gray said an extra session probably would be avoided. The Sena- tor talked with the President about the Philippine situation. The President, it is said, is satisfled as to the authenticity of the Philippine circular discovered by General Otis, planning a midnight ris- ing of natives and the assassination of the American soldiers at different points. The President is highly pleased with the conduct of the Philippine campaign by General Senator Gray thinks the Filipinos should be quickly whipped and later treated with whatever consideration they deserve. Names Dewey and Schley. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Mr. Lentz of Ohlo introduced in the House to-day a :'5:1.1. ,"S':n;; stolen md;‘ e ‘:ien u.\Aa bill reviving the rank of admiral and vice pe. we Se ere. Los "Angeles detective e for Seabrook WX& %:’12"%':',2&';3 thik morning, _Ate fill the Tespective P Sitions, A and the men who | in the CESSION OF oring to Save Rather Than MADRID, Feb. 22.—The meeting otl the bureau this evening to appoint a committee to examine the bill for the | cession of the Philippines fesulted in | only a nominal Ministerial success. | Although the Ministerial candidates | chosen were four and the opposition | candidates only three, yet on a division | the oppesition will muster 92 votes, as against 87 Ministerialists. The opposi- tion will, therefore, submit a counter measure. The Republican motion in favor of summoning the constituent assembly | led to a stormy debate in the Cham-| ber of Deputies. Professor Salmeron, the Republican leader, in the course of a violent speech, said ihe Republicans had resumed their seats in Parliament | in order to force the Government to ac- | cept its responsibilities. In his opinion, [ not only those governing, but the pres-| ent institutions themselves, would fall | victims to the present disasters. He se- | verely censured the.Ministers for en- | deavoring to save the monarchy rather than the country. “Your colonial policy,” he said, ‘‘was disastrous because you Jjoined sword| and cassock in order to restore a feudal | theocracy with all sorts of privileges. | The Government has surrendered to the _United States Spain’s whole colonial | empire, and the peace that has been | signed is the most shameful recorded in | history.” Professor Salmeron, after being called to order for a veiled reference to the | crown, declared that the Conservative party was primarily responsible for the | country’s disasters,sinceithad failed to apply in Cuba reforms voted by all par- ties, and that the present Government must also be held responsible for mak- ing a dishonorable peace. He advocated | calling the constituent assembly, which, he said, would kill forever both Carlism | THE PHILIPPINES CAUSES . ‘A CRISIS IN SPAIN Ministers Censured for Endeav= the Monarchy the Country. 0000000000000000C o LINARES CHALLENGES COUNT D’ALMENAS (] (] MADRID, Feb. 22.—General Linares, who was in command of the Spanish troops at Santiage at the time of the capitulation, has challenged Count d’Almenas to a duel on account of the at- tacks which the Count made upon him in the Senate in con- nection with his arraignment of the conduct of the Spanish gen- erals engaged in the war in Cuba. 000000000000 00000 and any attempt at dictatorship. He appealed to all the Liberal and Demo- cratic forces to co-operate and to “pre- vent the triumph of the Vatican and the reactionaries.” £ Senor Sagasta, replying, said: “We lost the colonies, but we have avolded civil war. When you were in power greater calamities occurred. The United States drove us to war for, which no regime is blamable, and no regime could save a nation weakened by two strong colonial rebellions. I will op- pose reaction with all my force. I am incapable of destroying the nation’s liberties. It is the Republicans alons who endangered the liberties of tha country by breaking the law.” The result of the debate in the Cham- ber upon the motion of Senor Silvela, leader of the Conservatives, censuring the Government for “indifference to ths country’s troubles,” was the with= drawal of the resolution. ] o < (] [~ o 000000000000 000000Q00 GOLFERS HAVE A JOYFUL DAY An Informal Opening of | New Grounds. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 22.—The San Rafael Golf Club chose the anniversary of the birth of the father of his coun- try as a fitting occasion for the infor- mal opening of its new grounds on the Wagner tract, about three miles north- west of this city, and accordingly the | grounds were the Mecca to-day of San Francisco, Oakland and local devotees of the game. The new clubhouse was turned over to the club last Wednesday and the la- dies had its interior tastefully deco- rated for the reception. The structure is built principally of stained redwood. is 60 by 90 feet in dimensions, and has a shaded veranda twenty-one feet wide on three sides. It will be set off with tall trees, an orchard and flowering plants. A. W. Foster, president of the Call- fornia Northwestern Railway Com- pany, will soon establish a new station to be called “Golf” about a half-mile from the new clubhouse and on Satur- days and Sundays a number of buses wiil be in operation between the station and the grounds. The schedule of games for the spring and summer sea- sons will be outlined at the next meet- ing of the board of directors. At present nine holes only are ready for play, but by the middle of May the entire eighteen holes will be ready for the exponents of the “brassie” to show their skill. The course will then be 6281 yards in length, the longest in America. To-day only a series of friendly prac- tice games were indulged in, but the oceasion was brightened by an informal dinner served to about seventy-five persons on the veranda of the club- house. The formal opening will not occur until after Lent. Among those present to-day were: = gl rs. A. W. Foster, Judge 4 W).h:\'llf?rr;gwl!fl Mr. and Mrs. William Bab- cock, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, Frank B. Deer- ing, Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Gerstle, Wil- liam Gerstle, the Misses Maud and I‘:]Hn. 0O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCar- thy. the Misses Ella and Josie McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs. James H. ‘Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs. Hepburn Wilkins, Mrs. Fechteler, British Consul General Pickersgill, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Johnson, Mr. and Mr: &bert Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, Baron von Schroeder, Baron Alex. von Schroeder, Henry C. Campbell, C. Klein. S S GERMANY'S CAVALRY. Rejection of the Proposal for an In- crease of Ten Squadrons. BERLIN, Feb. 22.—The budget commit- tee of the Reichstag, which yesterday re- jected the Government's proposal in tha army bill for an increase of ten squadrons in the cavalry, to-daf‘ rejected the pro- posal to increase the Infantry. Both re- jections were made at the instance of the Centrists. The Minister of War, General von Gossler, at the close of to-day’'s sitting sald: It is imperative that something should be done to arrive at an under- standing, as it is impossible to agree to abandon’ for five vears all prospect of strengthening the cavalry.” Although the actlon of the committes may be modified at the subsequent stages of the army bill, these rejections ara causing no little uneasiness as to the ulti- mate fate of the measure. i STANFORD VARSITY BEATEN. Firemen’s Fund Baseball Team Scores Another Victory. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 22— The game played on the campus_thisafters noon between the Fireman’s Fund nine of San Francisco and the varsity team resulted in 4 victory for the visitors, the score being 7 to 8. To-day's defeat makes | the third this season that the collegians have suffered at the hands of the insur- ance writers. The previous contests wera won by scores of 4—0 and 5—1. The visit- ing team brought with it a large number of enthusiastic supporters who lost no op- portunity to encourage their favorites. The first inning did much to take the ginger out of the varsity. By sclentific hitting the visitors galned four runs. The same performance was repeated he fourth time at the bat, when three men crossed the plate. Stanford did not re- cover until the last inning. A Bit by Mur- phy brought one man in and two others made home on a_ball knocked by Strohn into left field. Botl teams played loose ball. Following is the score: FIREMEN'S FUND, AB. R. BH. SB. PO. A. B. Schmeer, 5. s.. TR 0E 0 T8 o0 W. Hammond, ¢ 1.0 6,70 0 Krug, p.-. L 52 B, 5 . e Follansbee, TaRE R DRk T Webber, 2'D, B0 T Moskiman, Loxsa el oy Butler, 1. 1. S SR e R J. Hammon | I DT & . - Goldsworthy, r. £. 0: 0 0 41 & Totls 3:s%autosct 7 :18.°0- I U FORD, R. BH. SB. PO. A. E., R Al e i TR goilinll ¥ 0 2.0 8.4 0 CREE S P s R 6 1T arigary. g ¢k 0 il % 050 SNy Bentley, . £ s 0 e L0 3 Sheerer, p. WERETAE TS R Carson, p. L0008 R0 & Totals ........ 1. M.18 S. Firemen's Fund. Stantord . an . SUMMARY. Earned runs—Firemen's Fund, 1; Stanford, 0, Three-base hit—Follansbee, First base on errors —Firemen's Fund, 3; Stanford, 4. First base on Fu 3; Stanford, fatt on bases—Firemen's Fund, §; Stanford, 10, Struck out—By Krus, 4; by Sheerer, 3. by pitcher—J. Hammond and Lougheed. plays—Krug to Fl‘;xllan-beo: Lougheed to Strohn to Youns, 2. ball—Swindells. Wild pitch—Krug. Time of game—1:30. Umpires— C. Neal and H. Edwards. e Weds a West Pointer. FAIRBURY, Ill, Feb. 22.—Miss Maud Buttrick of Stockton, Cal., married in this city to-day F. R. Brown of Cornell, Ill., a graduate of West Point. ADVERTISEMENTS. WOXO#O*OXE . 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