The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1899, Page 1

e VOLUME LXXXV-=NO PRICE FIVE CENTS. LETTER OF POPE 158 TO THE AMERICANS @ R S S v v e - @ veoe BALTIMORE, ] Bt R SCER SORS S0 23.—The fol peh e tese@ lowing is an ap- e de proved translation of the letter of Pope Leo XIII to Cardinal Gibbons on Americanism, the Latin origi- nal having been received recently by Cardinal Gib- bons, to whom it was forwarded by Cardinal Ram-| polla, the Papal Secretary of State: To our beloved son, James, Cardinal Gibbons, Cardinal priest of the Title Sancta Maria, Beyond the Ti[)er, Archbishop of Baltimore ; o] ), & = tolic blessir W nd to you ) by this letter a renewed ex- = of that good will not failed during ‘the pontificate to manifest u -z to your col- epis ate and to the availing our- v opportunity offered by T ress of your church, or what- r have done sefeguarding ur atholic interests. More- ften considered and ad- e 1 gifts of your tion t yod work which pr of humanity and the vilizatidn: tter be not intended, s, to repeat the words en, but rather to 1 some thir to be rrected; still because it ts' conceived that same spirit of 1posto which has inspired all yur letters, we shall expect that you will take is another proof of our ove, the so because it is intendec 1 contentions which among you to the rce of many souls ved son, that “Fhe Life of I Hecker pecially as inter \d translated n a fore « xcited not therein con- tian use n_opinior ading Ch \. little controver surit “of * our h apostolic off v . in- tegrity of the faith-and.the security of » faithful, are desirous of writing to | you- more at length concerning this Wwhole matter. S The underlying principle of these new ) more eas from her, the hings more that who differ 1d shape her tez »pinions is attract the *hurch sho in‘accord with the spirit of the age and x some of her erity and nake some CONCe w opinions Many think t} concessions pould be made not only in regard to f living, but even *h belong to of the faith. They contend that it would be opportune, in order to gain ce who differ from us, to omit cer- ts of her teachings which are importance -and to tone down hurch has al- deposit f 1 Lirw meaning which the ¢ s attached to them. : does not need many words, beloved son, to prove the falsity of these ideas \f the nature and origin of the doctrine which the church proposes are rec to ‘mind. ‘The Vatican council soncerning this point: “For of faith which God has revealed, has a6t been proposed a philosophical nvention, to be perfected by human in- -nuity, but has been delivered as a vine depc to the spouse of Christ to be faithfuily kept and infallibly de- elared. Hence, that meaning of the | sa ~-4 dogmas is pervetually to be re- ELOVED son, health and apos- | tained which our holy mother, the church, has once declared, nor is that meaning ever to be departed from un- der the pre e or pretext of a deeper omprehensi of them.” (Constituto le Fide Catholica, chapter iv.) We cannot nsider as altogether blameless the silence which purposely to the omission or neglect of some f the principles of Christian doctrine, r all the principles come from the > author and .master, “the Only tten Son, who is in the bosom of ather John i:18. That they are adapted to all times and all pations is clearly seen from the words of our Lord to his Apostles: Go, tr , teach all nations; teach- ing them to observe all things whats ver 1 have commanded you, and be- hold, T am with you always, even to the end of the = world.”—Matthew this point, the Vatican “All those things with divine and faith which are contained in the word of God, written or handed down, and which the church, either by a solemn judgment or by her ordinary and uni- versal magisterium prop: for belief, as having been div revealed. (Const. de Fide, chapter iii.) Let it be r from any one’s mind to suppress for son any doctrine that has been handed down. Such a policy would tend rather to separate Catholics from the church than to bring in those who liffer. There is nothing closer to our heart than to have those who are sepa- rated from the fold of Christ return to it, but in no other way than that point- ed out by Christ. > laid_down 1 a nature ) the for Catho- at it cannot igencies of d church her Divine Master, a kind ful Spirit, for which reason from yeginning aid of himself: 1 to all men that I might save History proves tha which has been intrusted the mission not only of hing but of governing the whole ch h, has continued “in one and the same doétrine, one and the ame sense and one and t nt.” {Const. de Fide, chapt But in regard to ways of iiving she has been accustomed to 50 yield that the d vine principle of morals being kept intz she has never neglected to accomm date herself to the character and genius of the nations which she embraces. Who can doubt that will act in this same spirit again if the salvation of souls requires it? In this matter the church must be the judge, not private men, who are often deceived by the appearance.of right. In this, all who wish to escape the same judgme IV. 5ot blame of our predecessor, Pius VI, must concur. He condemned as injurious to the church and to the spirit of God who guided her, the doctrine contained in the osition LXXVIII of the synod of Pistoi, hat the discipline made and approved by the church should be submitted to ex- as if the church could frame a c useless or heavier than human liberty can bear. But, beloved son, in this present matter of which we are speaking, there is even a greater danger, and a more manife: opposition to Catholic doetrine and di: cipline in that opinion of the lovers of novelty, according to which they hold such liberty should be allowed in the church that her supervision and watch- fuln being in some sense lessened, al- lowance granted the faithful, each one to LEO XIllI, Pope. | follow out more freely the leading of his |own mind and the trend of his own proper aotivity. They are of the opinion that such liberty has its counterpart in the newly given civil freedom which is now ight and the foundation of al- ular state tolic letters concerning the constitution of states addressed by us, tc the bishops of the whole church we dis- cussed this point at length and there sei forth the difference existing between the church, which is a divine society, and all other social human organizations which depend simply on the free will and choice of men. It is well, then, to pay direct attention to the opinion which serves the argu- ment in_behalf of this greater liberty sought for and recommended to Catho- lics. leged now that the Vatican can r icerning the infallible teaching authority of the Roman been proclaimed that nothing further on that score can give any solicitude, and. since that™ has been ' safe tion, 1 sor lyn: i 5 ) (uul(ly. since, if we are to come to any conclusion from the infallible teaching of. the church, it should rather be that no one should wish to depart from it, and, moreover that the minds of all being leavened and direct- ed thereby, greater security from private error would be enjoved by all ther, And fur- those who avail themselves of such ® . sin va sed to set forth by solemr::ed:}d:ig: 1thority and supreme teaching rights s Apostolic See, willed that decision clsely in order to’safeguard the minds the church’s children from the dan- c:~;]fi\‘ of l‘)lt‘s(’ ]vre&fnl times. hese dangers, viz.: The confo license with Iiberty, the passion Torgo! ssing and pouring contempt upon any ssible sub 1 sumed right to hold whatever opinions one pleases upon any subject and to set them forth in print to the world, have so wrapped minds in s lhd(llherc is now a greater need reh’s teaching office than ever ple become unmindful botk o and duty. We, indeed,-have no thought of reject- ing rything that modern industry study has produced; so far from :? ‘x;r;,‘\ we come to the patrimony of truth and to an ever-widening scope of public well-being which also ever helps toward gress of learning and virtue. Yet to be of any solid benefit, n real existence and growth, I only be on the condition of recognizing the wisdom and authority of the church. Coming now to speak of the conclusions ich have been deduced from the above for them. we readily be- there was no thought of wrong or , vet the things themselves certain- t secme degree of suspicion. First, external guidance is set aside for those souls who are striving after Chris- tian perfection as being superfluous, or, indeed, not useful in ani sense—the con- tention being that the holy spirit pours richer and more abundant graces than formerly upon the souls of the faithful. <o that without human intervention He feaches and guides them by some hidden instinet of his own. Yet it Is the sign of no small overconfidence to desire to meas- ure and determine the mode of the divine communication to mankind, since it whol- ly depends upon his own good pleasure, and he is a most generous dispenser of his own gifts. The_spirit_breatheth whereso he list- eth.”—John, iii:8. Continued on Fourth Page. T St i S Sl i el i aCie ol Sl i Sl i oo 2o o o nan o an antd Pontiff having | And to each one of us grace is given | hafore they were captured. HOT FIGHT [N STREETS OF MANILA The Filipinos Growing More Bold Every Day. 0N TONDO BRIDGE. Trenches Built by Natives Close to the Center of | Town. ‘ FINALLY DRIVEN OUT They Threaten to Set Fire to the | Walled City and to Malate Suburb. | | Special Cable to The Call and the New York | Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon | Bennett. ANILA, Feb. 23.—This af- | termoon one of the fiercest; fights for a small one since the war began took place at and around Tondo bridge. A body of daring insurgeénts, about.250 in number, passed General Mac- Arthur's left wing along the swampy shore near Caloocan during the night and entered the Tondo district, where there are three miles of nipa huts. Build- | ing five trenches across the road, | they took possession of Tondo | bridge, which they held until 2| o'clock. ! Thus they were in the outskirts of the c¢ity, and our line of| communication with the front was cut. Two Minnesota com-| panies sustained the first at-| tack, but held on until re- inforced. Captain N. C. Robin- son was wounded in the mouth. Sergeant George Shepherd, Priv- | ates George Wooding and Thomas Galvin and four others were also slightly wounded. At noon to-day one battalion | »f the Twenty-third Infantry un-| ler Major Goodale, three com- | panies of the Minnesota Infan- try, three Oregon companies and one battalion of the Fourth Cav-| alry were ordered to drive the| -ebels from their position. \ The troops advanced along ind on each side of the road, and he insurgents fought from house ‘0 house. In this manner eight were killed in one yard. The American advance was somewhat slow. At Tondo bridge the insur- gents made a stubborn fight. They were on our right and in- trenched in strong. positions in the ditches. Company C of the Twenty-third Infantry moved out to dislodge them, and a hot battle followed. The insurgents only showed their heads from time to time and poured volleys into our lines. We here lost one man killed and one wounded. The fighting of the Twenty- third men at this point was mag- nificent. The nipa huts used as| a refuge by the insurgents had to be burned and hundreds of refu- gees came into our lines, many insurgent soldiers among them, mixed up with weeping women carrying children.” It was diffi- cult to distinguish the insurgents, who threw away their uniforms The American medical depart- REBELS BREAK AMERICAN LINES CASUALTIES IN ¢ LATEST FIGHTING WASHINGTON, Feb. 23— General Otis to-day cabled the War Department as follows: MANILA, Feb. 23.—Adjutant General, Washington: Determined efforts to burn city last night, Buildings fired in three different sections of city. Fires ccntrolled by troops after severe labor. A considerable number of incen- diaries shot and a few soldiers wounded. rly this morning a large body of insurgents made demonstration off McArthur” front, near Caloocan, and were repulsed. The loss of property by fire last night probably half a mil- lion dollars. Casulties caused by insurgents’ sharpshcoters yesterday and to- in district of Tondo and Binondo: Lieutenant Eugene S. Company L, First Montana Volunteers, and Private Oscar Felton of Company C, South Da- kota Volunteers, were killed and two other Dakotans wounded. Thirteenth Minnesota—Wound- ed—Compan Captain Noyes C. @ 9 00 0090 &0 6 @ French of | @ Robinson, iip, moderately severe; Sergeant George K. Shepherd, leg, @ moderate; Private Thomas F. | Caldin, shoulder. severe; George Wooding, thigh, severe; Com- pany D, Orton G. Grinnell, arm- pit, severe; Private Enoch Davis, Company H, 1, shot [ ] [ ] ® ? L] ? ® , [ ] ® [ ] ¢ ? ® [ ] [ ] ® | [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] ® ® in hand, self i dental, vere. Private Clyde McVa Company South Dakota, doing well, fourth toe, right, amputated. OTIS. ment attended to the insurgent wounded as well as our own. Finally the insurgent forces were gradually driven toward the shore, where the Monadnock, under the direction of the signal corps on land, directed an effec- tive fire upon them. I counted twenty insurgent dead and many wounded while simply passing along the line of advance to the right. Our loss is undstermined, but is believed to be relatively light. It was necessary to burn the huts for sev- eral miles and the heat of the fire was terrific. A cartload of arms was cap- tured. x At 6 o’clock this morning the insur- gents in front of MacArthur's division it Caloocan fired one gun six times. This is the most extensive use of artil- lery that the rebellious Filipinoes have made so far in their uprising against the Americans. Under cover of this fire they made an advance upon Mac- Arthur’s line, but were driven off with- »ut any difficulty whatever. Further along on our right Aguin- aldo's men succeeded in pressing the American lines closer. Colonel Frost then took our four companies of the South Dakotans and made a . flank movement, which resulted in driving them back. Frost's loss was two men wounded. In this manner the insurgents are <s¢ling our lines at all points, doubtless wirh the purpose of discovering some weak spot. At the hour this dispatch is sent there is sharp fighting going on near (aloocan. Our loss there so far is one dead and five wounded. 2 The situation in the city is becoming serious. I had a very narrow escape near the Binondo Church, where I was | fired upon, supposedly by rebels. Three ots spl. ed upon the pavement very close to me. Troops were ordered yut and the street was immediately cleared. An American lady passing through the streets in a carriage also had a| very narrow escape. The anniversary of Washington’s birthday was an eventful day here. The fire at Santa Cruz, in the heart of the city, began at 8 o’clock last even- ing at two different points. General Hughes appeared promptly on the scene and it was his energetic measures without doubt that stopped a general uprising. Companies of troops, with the American and English residents, were immediately detailed as fire brigades and succeeded in preventing the spread of the flames to the Escolta, in the principal business quarter. The guards were everywhere doubled and patrolled the streets, preventing an up- rising. One native was killed while in the act of cutting the fire hose. Three hundred houses were burned in this listrict of the city, chiefly occupied by natives and Chinese. { While these events were in progress | there fires were simultaneously started in Tondo and Binondo districts of the city, and more than one thousand | houses were burned. | General Hale to-day discovered a | body of 400 insurgents lying between his lines at the pumping station and the Pasig River. He immediately de- termined to bottle them ap and ordered out the Wyoming troops, stretching them over one flank as far as the Pasig River, where they pivoted. At 3 o’clock in the morning the Nebraska infantry, with two of the Utah battery’s guns, were thrown over to the other side to drive the rebels into the Wyoming lines. In pursuance of this maneuver the Nebraska boys beat up a very rough country for two miles when they were suddenly taken in the rear by a body of insurgents advancing to the re- inforcement of their fellows. BOLD ATTEMPT MADE TO BRIBE C. G. RAUB State Office or lts Equivalent in Cash Offered for a Vote for D. M. Burns. B N L et et S R R R e o ol 2 o o 2 e g | | | i Agents of the Mexican Fighting in the Last Ditch Resort fo Most Desperate Methods. ALL HEAbQUAP-TERS. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 23 G. Raub, chairman of the Committee’ on Corporations house, has:been cffered a remunerative appointive State office or its equivalent in cash as a bribe to enter a et caucus and vote for Daniel M. Burns for United States Senator. Scandal on scandal has marked the progress of the Mexican's campaign for the Senatorship. The names of public men have been held up to public scorn, their reputations have been dragged in the dust of their own dishonor and the mcral sense of ‘the State has been shocked by the Mexican and his horde of political tricksters, but still there is no end to the revelations of corruption that is now defiling the capital city. Evidences of blackmail, bribery and intimidation are forcing their way almost daily into public view, and now Assemblyman Raub, one of the most prominent members of the lower house, adds his condemning testimony, that his name may not be smirched by association with that of Burns. The agents of the Mexican are playing a desperate game desperately. When they attempted to bribe Assemblyman Raub they knew they were treading on ground that might at any moment crumble beneath their feet, but they are fighting in a lost cause and have given more than one evi- dence of the fact that they will travel even to the gates of the peniten- tiary to win. Assemblyman Raub first exposed the efforts that had been made to bribe him at a caucus of the Grant forces held last Monday night. Raub is a stanch supporter of Grant and has been since the opening of the Legisla- ture. His official position as chairman of the Committee on Corporations and his general abilities make him one of the natural leaders in the camp of Grant. That a dishonorable and criminal offer should be made to him in exchange for his vote for Burns shows to what straits of demoralization the forces of the Mexican have forced themselve: At the Grant caucus Assemblyman Raub simply outlined the character of the bribe that had been offered to him. He did not detail the circum- stances under which it was offered. He did no more than to say that a repre- sentative of D. M. Burns had guaranteed to him a remunerative appoint- jve office or its equivalent in cash as a consideration for entering a secret caucus to cast a vote for D. M. Burns. Assemblyman Raub was seen last night by a correspondent of The Call and related in detail every circumstance of the effort made to bribe him. . “Not long ago,” said he, “I was approached by a representative who recognized and very well known agent of Burns. I will not tell his name do not wish to expose him. His offense was dietated by his principal that fact is sufficient. This man accosted me and told me that he some information of importance for me. I asked him what it was and then he told me in a whisper what he wanted. He assured me that if I would go into a caucus he would guarantee me that I would receive an ap- pointment to a good State office, or if preferred, the equivalent of a good office in money. “] was astounded at the proposition and its undisguised bribery. T re- plied that if I went into a caucus my action would mean that I was to vote for D. M. Burns for United States Senator. My visitor answered that. semblyman C. in the lower is a as I and had Colonel Stotenburg was obliged to face his troops about and drive back the enemy. The Filipinos fell back,but Continued on Fifth Page of course, my action would mean that, but he attempted to persuade me to his wishes by reminding me that the vote would be a secret one and no one would know who cast the ballots. I replied that under no circum=- stances will I enter a secret caucus nor at any stage of the contest for United States Senator will I vote for I° *f Rurns. My candidate is Grant,