The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN - FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY' 25, 1899. DISMISSAL OF MEREDITH HAS BEEN ORDERED Upon the Rep ort of Special Agents, Major Moore May Also Have to Go. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Feb. 24. The indications are at Major Moore will have to go also. The report of Special Agents Linck not be ignored. It sub tantiates prac- tically all that The Call has printed, about Moore's with type- writers and other Assistant Secretary Howell ha t yet con- sidered Moore’s case, but the recom- mendation of the Superv Special Agent, Mr. Chance, at Moore be relieved from Chance de- | clined to discuss Moore's case, but The 1 from an- t that this Call corresponde other treasury offic will be Chance recommendation. | he received no information as to the al- There is no d: that it will be car- | leged. dismissal from the service. of Sealeatiby, AssiatantiShoret | Benjamin B. Meredith, chief of - the | When W tonigit o | Chinese bureau. He 'said that M. s e | Meredith was attending to his Quties as e et usual, and that neither of them had-Te- said he had not had time to examine| ceivéd any news from Washington. case of Moore, that it Special Agents Linck and Smith said desk and he might be | that their report must have arrived in it to-morrow. Con. | Washington last Thursday, but that they had not heard what disposition h, he said: *The report of Special Agents Linck and Smith cor- ro! Moore's ¢ ges against Meredith. There is = dc minds that he was not a good officer and should t have been intrusted with the Chi e bureau dut The letter directing that be relieved from is en route to San o and uid reach there in the course of a days. It is brief, d not enter the histo of .the case nor the directs his dis- sustair will b By no °d Assistant Howell, “fc Moore are of v a different nature and have n whatever to do with Meredith's was charged with ‘cond n an ungentle- manly way wit ] “Would the t feel justified ch matters been other had In for hi 1t Howell. “But re- sequently shall take. Supervising al Agent Chance was t . He said that propriety | forbade his discussion of M re’s case until vy of the T; “Will you make any recommendation to Assistant Secretary Howell?” “‘Probably so0,” said he. *It is.a part of my duty.” Mr. Chance spoke of these recom- mendations as leasant duties,” all of which indicates beyond doubt that Major Moore will also have to walk the plank. The report of Agents Linck and and Smith can- | Smith alludes especially to the case of Fong Suey Wan, a Chinese procuress, and other Chinese who were captured in that raid, and shows that Meredith | allowed Fong Suey Wan to escape, not- withstanding the fact that evidence | had been put in his possession showing | that she was guilty of felony. Assistant Secretary Howell said.to- | night that even Collector Jackson was now of the opinion that Meredith was at fault. . The report of the special agents in | | Moore's case furnishes much evidénce ed in San Francisco tending’ to that the major had on various occasions made. improper advances to { women, as alleged in The Call. | adduc | Collector Jackson sald yesterday that had been made of it. There was a large mass of reliable evidence against Mere- | dith tending to show that Meredith de- ubt in our | signedly allowed Fong Suey Wan, the| through his | noted procuress, to slip fingers after he had been warned by N would be brought into court and dis- charged on her certificate of landing. It w also shown that he had engaged | at various times as interpreter Harry | Huff, a man who had the reputation of | owning one or two Chinese slave girls | in Chinatown. The recommendation of the agents, ther with the evidence submitted, | were that Meredith had been guilty of | willful neglect of duty in failing to| prefer the proper charges against Fong | -] Wan, and that his failure to do| € cusable. arge against Meredith was d been guilty of conduct un- a gentleman and Federal offi- in that he had used vile, profane ulting language to 4 member of and to Dr. Gardner, at the ial interpreter for the bu- reau. The testimony showed that Mere- | dith was of an overbearing and testy | disposition while at the head of the| reau, and that he resented a sugges- on from any of his bordinat: an | D Another ch hi S0 W ertinence. On occasion, when Dr. Gardner sugge something in the line of suppressing the notorioudy traffic in and landing of coolie slaves | and contract laborers, Meredith re- | warded his zeal by calling him an im- e nt puppy and-ordering him out e on pain of being kicked out. | Gardiner, being a man of peace, a preacher of the gospel of did not wait to be kicked, but he has the consolation of knowing that some unkicked kicks come home to | | roost. The evidence was overwhelming. against Major Moore He confessed to hi: assault upon Mrs. Pickens. The agents expressed the opinion that he is insane at times and on certain subjects, and | the Treasury Department will no doubt | take the fact into consideration when | passing sentence upon him. THE BULGARIA REACHES PORT Was Believed to Have Gone Down. Copyrighted, 1899, by the Assoclated Press. PONTA DELGADA, Feb. 24—The Hamburg-American line steamer Bul- garia, Captain’ Schmidt, from New York on Janua: 28 for Hamburg, pre- viously reported in great distress by the British steamer Weehawken, 800 miles from the Azores Islands, entered this port this morning under her own steam and reported all well on board. Subsequent to the departur e of Sec- ond Mate G. Scharges and three others | of the crew who were picked up at sea by the British steamship Vittoria and landed at Baltimore, the weather be- came worse and salvage operations had to be abandon All day and night the crew and passengers of the Bulga- ria jettisoned cargo until February During the afternoon c February ‘William Koenig, a sailor, jumped over- | board and was never seen agalin. The weather on the morning of Feb- ruary § is described as fearful, and there was six or seven feet of water in the hold. On the morning of February 9 the weather became calm, and 107 dead horses were thrown overboard. The swell was very high until February 10. By that time No. 4 hold, which was full of grain, had fourteen feet of water | in it and the pumps were foul and un- able to work. tormy weather recommenced on the afternoon of February 11 and las until February 14, when the Britis stéamer Antillian, Captain Fos: Liverpo6l on February 4 for leans, appeared. The commander the Bulgaria asked the captain of the Antillian to take the disabled steamer in tow. made fast between the two steamers between 7 and 8 o’clock that morning. but at noon the hawser carried away. The Antillian succeeded in again tak- ing the Bulgaria in tow, but once more | the hawser carried away. The Antil- lian stood by the Bulgaria until the morning of February 15, when she pro- ceeded on her voyage. In the meantime the crew of the Bulgaria had been working incessantly in efforts to repair the disabled rudder of the steamer, and at 10 o’clock on the morning of February 21 the Bulgaria was again under control. By noon of February 22 she had made 226 miles. and at noon on February 23, 240 miles more had been covered. The balance of the distance here, 194 mliles, was cov- ered by 7:30 this morning. During the storms and in working the passengers and crew of the Bul- garia sustained many injuries, a num- | ber of arms and legs being broken. el S e ] Prizes for Historical Essays. BROOKLINE, Mass., Feb. 2.—The ‘Daughters of the American Revolution have offered prizes for the best essays on ‘American history by students of colleges that admit women, Leland Stanford Jr. University included. This the captain of the An- | tillian tried to do and a hawser was | REV, DR, CRABB W0ED HE N | Miss Perry Denies the Impeachment. Special Dispatch to The Call. | | | | | SAN JOSE, ' Feb. 24.—Miss Carrie | Perry, who Dr. Crabb declared had | been thrown in his way by a s | act of divine providence to rec | ardent love, was the chief attraction in the Crabb divorce case to-day. She | was petite, pretty and modest, and she | denied that the reverend doctor had | ever wooed her. | There was a falling off in attendance, still there was the usual coterie of fe- male admirers of the minister at the trial. No one appears to consgle and comfort Mrs. Crabb, yet the little | woman bears up wonderfully well. The question of the admission of a part of the written confession by Dr. Crabb that he loved Miss Perry was the first considered this morning. Judge Kittredge decided to admit it with the explanation for the missing partby Mrs. | Crabb. Attorney Hassett then tried to introduce Dr. Crabb’s “Lyrics of the Golden West.” The poems 0 Esther” and “Esther, the Ideal,” it was said, referred to Miss Perry. In these there are warm protestations of love, and it was intended to prove that the plain- tiff in reality addressed them to the young lady. The court refused to ad- mit the book as evidence. Miss Carrie Perry was then called to the stand by the defense. All eyes cen- | tered on her. She created a good im- | pression and Dr. Crabb smiled approv- ingly. She denied that the doctor had ever made love to her or proposed mar- | riage.* She admitted having attended a lecture with him in San Francisco. He had written to her that he and Mrs. | Crabb ‘were coming down and asked | her to accompany them. Dr. Crabb came alone, however, and said his wite was unable to accompany him, owing to illness. Miss Perry said she had sent her picture to Mrs. Crabb, and not to the latter’s husband, and that this was the one that was destroyed. The wit- ness had never received a letter from Mrs. Crabb requesting her to cease cor- respondence with her husband.. Mrs. Goodrich, ‘matron of the sanitarium where the witness was employed as a nurse, told her Mrs. Crabb ‘was much disturbed because she thought the wit- ness was paying attention to Dr. Crabb. A letter came for her in the doctor's handwriting and at the suggestion of the matron it was returned unopened. Mrs. Mary Perry, mother of Miss Car- rie, testified to the good character of Mrs. Osborne. The latter was janitress of the Gilroy church, and several times Dr. Crabb had been found caressing her hand and gazing lovingly into her eyes. Both sides then rested. Attorney Burchard, for Dr. Crabb, wanted to submit the case without argument, but Attorney Hassett would not consent to | this. Argument will commence on Tues- day morning. Cameron of the Presbyterian Mis- | on and several other persons that she | | P LONDON, ~Feb. 24—The Filipino agent in London has communicated the following dispatch: | “MANILA, Feb. 24—Americans pur- | chased the principal houses, cafes and warehouses on Escolta street, and the | insurgents set fire to them last even- | ing. Escolta, from the bridge to Santa Cruz, was burned, and blocks of houses | on paraliel streets to Binondo church were aflame. When the flremen ar- | rived the Filipinos cut the hose and fought desperately ~with the troops. The Filipinos also sent a large body of |, men to try to force an entrance to the | old city gates, at the same time scal- ing the walls. | “The Americans, fearing a conflagra- | tion, signaled to the fleet for help, and | twelve vessels began a bombardment, | firlng upon Dulunbayan and Bilibit. | The natives were fighting desperately to hand conflicts. The Americans re- treated across the bridge up to Pasco, | Magallenese and Calzadas in order to | protect the city. Europeans met in pri- | vate houses for self defense, but | were respected when their servants de- clared there were no Americans pres- sent.” Chinese were the principal vic- tims. Fleeing from the natives to the Manila gates, they implored the Ameri- cans to protect them, but the Ameri- cans, mistrusting the Chinese, fired | upon them, killing large numbers of them. “General Otis and the Yankee au- everywhere, and there were many hand | | FILIPINO VERSION OF INCENDIARY DEEDS AT MANILA Insurgents Declare Napoleon’s Expulsion From Moscow Is Being Repeated. thorities, in not venturing outside the fortress, caused an unfavorable im- pression and much comment in Manila. The streets were patroled, although Tagalos were expelled days ago. The flames extended their sinister reflec- tions over the whole capital giving the appearance of a fiendish festival. The inhabitants passed a ghastly night. The Americans are universally cursed and execrated. o “At daylight the fleet continued its work of destruction, and marines dis- embarked on the beach a number of quick-firing guns. The troops then re- crossed the river to protect the remain- ing houses at Binondo and Guiarpo. At 9 o'clock General Otis, from the tower of the cathedral, viewed with a tele- scope the fire area surrounding the town. “There is extreme scarcity of provi- sions. The walls of the suburbs are placarded with ‘Death to Yankees.’ and ‘Respect foreigners.’” The weather Iis very dry and the river and brooks low- er, consequently there is a scarcity of water, and the absence of fire-fighting implements has increased the helpless- ness of the situation. “The insurgents threaten to wreck all of the capital, not leaving a stone or brick within the radius of American control. The savage grandeur and heroism of Napoleon's expulsion from Moscow is being repeated in the far East. Brave races are claiming their independence and their rights, although maligned and misrepresented. Cuban horrors under the Spaniards were noth- ing compared with those of the Philip- pines under the stars and stripes.” CANAL PROVISION Senate Passes River and Harbor Measure. Spectal Dispatch to The Cail. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—After a session of nearly eight hours to-day the Senate this evening at 6:30 o'clock assed the river and harbor bill by the The measure throughout decisive vote of 50 to 3. s under consideration the day and on several was made, but in every instance the opposition availed nothing. The sharpest contest arose over the Nicaragua canal bill amendment. A oint of order was made against it that it was general legisletion, but the Sen- ate, to which the Vice President sub- mitted the point, overruled it. It was then attacked as not being relevant to a river and harbor measure, but this, too, was overruled by the Senate. Fettigrew (Silver R.), Rawlins (D.) nd Teller (Silver R.) of Colo- of Utah ¢ C 0 rado vigorously attac d the bill, their opposition being directed especially against the canal amendment. The statement was made that the measure would never see the light of day in the House, and that the canal would not be built under the proposition inserted in 11l thoh ¢ternoon Sewell of New During the a Jersey delivered a speech in support of ull-Hawley army reorganization {.)Yi]lei‘ {l{l the course of which he declared that the United States was now as much at war in the Philippines as it was with Spain when our army was be- fore Santiago. He expressed the belief that it would require an army of 50,000 men to control the Filipinos and that | we were likely yet to have serious trouble in Cuba. FOR. IMPROVING COAST RIVERS AND HARBORS WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The river and harbor bill passed by the Senate to-day contains the following Pacific Coast items: i Harbors: Californta—San Diego, $50,00 San Luis Obispo, $50,000; Humboldt, $50; 000: San Francisco, removing Arch and Shag rocks, $100,000, and continuing con- tract for $00,000. Oregon—Tillamook Bay | and Bar, $25,000; mouth of Stuslaw River, 20,000; entrance to Coos Bay and harbor, %06, Washington—Olympia _harbor, W0: Everett harbor, $50,00. Hawali— harbor, completing improvement, § s Pearl $100,000. Rivers: California—Tmproving Sacra- mento River, 330,000, with continuing con- tracts for $184,000; San Joaquin River, $20,- 000; Petalyma Creek, $4000. Oregon—Up- per Columbia River, §7500; Coos River, -anal at Cascades, Columbia River, $100,000; Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, at Three-mile Rapids and con- struction and equipment of boat raflway from foot of the Dalles Raplds to head of Celilo_Falls, $50,000; Long Tom River $2600; Lower Willamette River, in front of and below Portland, and Columbia River, below the Willamette River, in Oregon and Washington, $160,000; Coquille River, below Coquille City, improvement, $40,- 000; Clatskanie River, to complete im- provement, $13,000; for gauging waters of Columbia | River, measuring _tidal and river volumes, $1000; Upper Coquille River, $9000; improving Columbla River below Honeue Point, by way of south channel in front of Astoria, $71000. Idaho—Clear- water River, $10,000. ‘Washington—Cow- litz River, $3000; Lewis River, from its mouth to Lacenter, $10,000; Puget, Sound and its tributary waters, $20,000; Chehalls River, for snagging, $3000; Pend Oreille River, from Albany Falls to the town of Metaline, $10,000; Swinomish Slough, $20.- 000; Willapa River and harbor, $5000; Okanagon River, $15,000. i Surveys_authorized in California—Napa River, Sonoma Creek, Sulsun Creek Crescént Bay, channel between Straits of Carquinez and the Golden Gate, off Point Pinole, Point Wilson and . Lone Tree Point, with a view to obtaining a chan- nel 300 feet in width, depth of thirty feet; harbor 6f South San Francisco, San teo County. Z Oregon—Lower Willamette and Colum. bia rivers below Portland, survey and es- timate of the cost of obtaining channel depth of twenty-five feet at low water from Portland to mouth of Columbia River; canal and locks situated on west side of Willamette River, at Willamette Falls, in Clackamas County, with view to ascertaining the deslmhllltg of their con- | demnation and purchase by the United States; mouth of Columbla River, Oregon and Washington, with a view to obtaining a channel of thirty-five feet in depth at lowest low water. £ Washington—With a_view to fmprove- ment of Neah Bay as a harbor of refuge. Honors for Newell Vanderbilt. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 24.—At a banquet given by the ex-members of Company D last evening at the Kourth street bar- Lracks, First Sergeant Newell Vanderbfit, REMAINS IN BILL of the com- | mittee amendments'a determined fighti who was adjudged by ballot at Van- couver to be the most popular sergeant in the Eighth Regiment, was presented with a handsome gold locket studded with diamonds. The locket was presented in a fitting speech by Judge Angellotti. The committee of arrangements censisted of Arthur Scott, V. J. Cheda and County Treasurer Thom: Fallon. ENEMY’S SHARPSHOOTERS ACTIVE ABOUT CALOOCAN MANTILA, Feb. 24, 4:44 p. m.—The en- emy’s sharpshooters have been particu- larly active about Caloocan all day. Special attention was paid to the three gun b&tteries near the railroad, and the improvement of the rebel marksman- ship was very noticeable. The rebels fired volleys at the battery, their bul- lets frequently skimming the tops of the sandbags. - A lleutenant of the Twentieth Kansas Volunteers and three other men were slightly wounded. A man was killed in | the trenches. to-day. The rebel battery has not been used since a shell from the United States double-turreted monitor Monadnock ex- ploded over it yesterday. The ememy’s fire was so hot during the night in the vicinity of Higgins’ house that the headquarters was re- moved to a church four hundred yards inside the line. A tew small fires have destroyed sev- eral native houses in the outskirts of ‘the city. The Twentieth Infantry is being dis- embarked from the transport Scandia. The regiment will be encamped on the water front, at the former quarters of the Tennessee volunteers temporarily. Orders have been issued to enforce the provisional customs tariff at Iloilo, and the following officers have been ap- pointed to conduct the civil affairs of ilo: Major Theodore Stomberg, treas- aptain J. T. Evans, collector of customs; Ensign L. H. Everhart, port captain; E. C. Hatch, Eighteenth ‘In- fantry, collector of revenue. ey GOLFERS COMPROMISE WITH BUTCHER KLEIN For a Proper Consideration His Odor Manufactory Will Be Removed. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 24—When the San Rafael Golt Club attempted to force Chris Klein, the butcher, to move his slaughter house from the vicinity of the new golf links on the theory that the juxtaposi- tion of an odor factory was not condu. clve to an esthetic enjoyment of the game Caledonian, the membérs were not long kept in ignorance of the fact that they had caught a Tartar. Klein declared that “he was there first,” and prepared to make a stand in the courts for what he deemed his rights. Attorney Camp. bell had not counted on such determined opposition; so_ the manipulators of the brassie and the niblick withdrew their forces and held a council of war. Thelr deliberations resulted in a truce being declared, and it was finally decided to see what could be done with the stub- born butcher on a_monetary basis. After a_ conference with the ‘“Hoot Mons,” Klein found enough coin was forthcom- ing to salve his injured reelings and make the sult accrue to his financial benefit. Accordingly, it is stated on excellent au. thority, for a goodly consideration the butcher will move his sausage mill and let the injunction issued b{' Judge An- gellottl continue permanently. In addi- tion to this compensation, the butcher's attorney’s fees will be paid by the club. As soon as the slaughter house 1s re- moved the club will bulld a summer house on ite site and turn it into a sort of villa simflar to the various piaces around the bay now so well patronized by soclety. ———— : FOR A BIG DRYDOCK AT MARE ISLAND Plans for the Construction of a Dock That Will Hold the Largest ‘Warships Afloat. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Chief Endi- cott of the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department will advertise for proposals for building a new drydock at the Mare Island navy yard in two weeks. This dock will be of timber, but otherwise will be like that just contracted for to be placed at the Boston m,vgoy&rd- The length will be 750 feet, draft feet, with a width of 80 feet at the bottom. These dimensions will admit of the dock- ing of any warship likely to be built for many years to come. 5 RUDYARD KIPLING IS GROWING WEAKER Guarded Statement of His Physician Does Not Hold Out ifuch Hope. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—The following bulletin was {ssued at 10:30 p. m.: Mr. Kipling, owing to added {nflammation and a continuation of the disease, is a little weaker, but otherwise as at the last bulletin. HEODORE DUNHAM. J. F. JANEWAY, Soon after it was posted Dr. Janeway was asked: “Is the case likely to prove fatal, doc- tor?” “The progress of the disease is less rapid than in a fatal case,” was all the doctor would say. A B “Tired and broken down women, whose lives are made miserable through the blighting influences of female com- plaints, why do you suffer?” “Why will you allow yourself to be- come ‘blue,’ discouraged and despon- | dent?” “Why will you endure the torture of | backache, headache, bearing down pains, nervousness and other weak- nesses caused by rheumatism or head | troubles?” “If you suffer thus, it {s wholly need- less and entirely your own fault.” “There is help for you and for all other women who suffer in this way.” “Let me read you these words, which were recently penned by a woman who suffered, who endured, who sought and who found relfef.” “Mrs. H. P. G. Carnes, one of the best-known ladies in Butler, Pa., says:"” “For nearly three years I was under | the doctor’s care, .a constant sufferer from female weaknesses in the most | aggravated form.” “Medicine did me no ‘good and my | suffering was so great that at times I felt that death would be relief.” “At last our druggist recommended me to try a remedy about which I had heard much, but knew little.” “I took his advice and before I had finjshed one bottle, I was astonished at the marvelous change it made in my health.” “I am rejoiced to say that it com- pletely cured me. I am now feeling WEAK, WEARY WOMEN. f 7 & | perfectly well, able to attend to all my | duties and I believe I owe my life and continued good health wholly to the use of Warner’s Safe Cure.” “This is only one case among thou- | sands in svhich Warner’s Safe Cure has | been the means of curing the distress- | ing ailments peculiar to women.” “Time and again it has proved to be | unequaled for giving quick and perma- | nent relfef.” \ “No woman who wishes to escape | misery, to avoid suffering, to replace delicacy and weakness with health and ‘Etrength. can afford to be without this grand discovery.” “It is a remedy that can be relied upon, a remedy that never fails and | one that has proved to be woman’s best | friend.” GREATER GROWS HONOR'S ROLL Additional Casualties in Philippines. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Gen- eral Otis to-day cabled the War Department as follows: MANILA, Feb. 24.—Adjutant Gen- eral, Washington: Additional casu- alties, February 22, during recon- noissance near San Pedro Macate: FIRST WASHINGTON. Kflled, Company H, Private Al- bert J. Rupert. The following casualitiescccurred in an engagement near Caloocan February 22 and 23: FIRST SOUTH DAKOTA. Killed.—Company C, Private Oscar . Felker; Company M, Sergeant B. 8mith, died of wounds. Wounded.—Company B, Private Fred Tobin, neck and lungs, mod- erate; Company M, Martin Eide, arm, slight; Musician Charles Hultberg, neck, severe. THIRD ARTILLERY. Wounded.—Battery G, Sergeant Jasper A. Lewls, wrist, slight; Battery H, Sergeant Charles W. ‘Wheeler, head, slight. TWENTIETH KANSAS. IO TPT ISR IS PURITRITY TR ITRTITYRT RS TR YU SE SN R ST EE TS TS TEY S SV U R S SR SO S R Killed. — Company F, Private George H. Monroe. ‘Wounded.—Company L, First Lieutenant Willlam A. Callahan, thigh, slight; Company I, Private John M. Webber, hand, slight; Company C, James E. Rilley, scalp, slight; Company F, Corp ral Herbert Sands, legs, severt Company K, Oscar Mallicoat, head, serious; Company L, Private Wil- llam Woten, thigh, severe; Musi- clan Tolando Blaisch, thigh, se- vere. FIRST MONTANA. Killed.—Company L, Second Lieu- tenant Eugene S. French. ‘Wounded.—Company K, Second Lieutenant Philip Gréeman, side, slight; Company F, Fred Chatel, elbow, slight; Company B, Martin Hyman, leg, slight; Company L, ‘William M. Stedman, thigh, severe; Company D, Willlam F. Kramer, scalp, slight; Company I, William A. Bonham, shoulder, slight; Com- pany C, Glen W. Hurd, foot, slight; Company G, Theodore F. Manchester, thigh and hand, se- vere; Company L, Thomas G. Dunn, head, serious; John F. Dunn, thigh and wrist, slight; Com- pany A, Otto Nelson, shoulder, slight; John Shannon, buttock, slight. Casualties in Tondo Manila, February 23: THIRTEENTH MINNESOTA. ‘Wounded.—Company D, Private Herman H. Hillman, chest, slight; Company M, Edigus Fehr, arm, thigh and across chest, severe; Oscar Frickman, slight; G. Baker, neck, severe. v TWENTY-THIRD INFANTRY. Killed.—Company G, Private Ed- ward Reaver. ‘Wounded.—Company M, Private John L. Barker, thigh and fore- head, severe. Private Willlam Busch, Company A, Fourteenth Infantry, cabled wounded 9th, is error. OTIS. + FH4444 444444444+ WILL GIVE OTIS PLENTY OF MEN Uneasiness at the Celerity With ‘Which Filipinos Pierce Our Lines. NEW YORK, Feb. 24—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Im- pressed with the gravity of the Philip- pine situation the President and his Cabinet gave consideration to-day to measures which should be taken to put an end to the trouble as quickly as pos- sible. It was determined to give Gen- eral Otis all the men he may need. It was pointed out to-day by a member of the Cabinet that Otis would not require any great reinforcement if he succeed- ed in slaughtering the Filipinos as he did in the engagement of yesterday. Of 1000 Filipinos engaged, 500 were killed and wounded and 200 taken pris- oners. This extraordinarily large num- District D R R + ber is taken as an indication of the |purpose of the insurgents to oppose the ALGER DETERMINED TO STAY IN POWER Will Not Get Out of the Cabinet Until He Is Forced Out. sends the following: No one ever doubted this. been instituted. head of the War Department, the =t Tel 4 ud A el X wi H el S S a R v e el | American troops to the last, probably because of reports Aguinaldo has cir- culated among them that the Ameri- cans will torture them if they sur- render. The only source of anxiety to the of- ficials is the apparent ease with which the insurgents, apparently in large numbers, are able to penetrate the American lines. The force of 1000 men dispersed by the Americans yesterday “gained access to the outskirts of the town behind our lines,” according to General Otis. This shows to the of- ficlals that the lines of the American force are so thin that it is not difficult for the Filipinos to get through without detection. FILIPINO JUNTA'S VENOMOUS TIRADE HONGKONG, Feb. 24—The Filipino Junta in Hongkong publishes a venom- ous anti-American tirade in part to the following effect: “Chaos and pandemonium reign at Manila; trade is paralyzed and vpro- visions are at famine prices. The Am- erican officers are afraid to exercise au- thority over the recalcitrant soldiers. ‘While fighting ig in progress both mili- tary and police defy their officers and NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—The Herald's Secretary Alger said to-day that ‘“so far as his own disposition was concerned he would remain in the Cabinet until the end of the present administration.” The President has hoped that he might even unwillingly tender his resignation without a direct request for it. Naturally the President is reluctant to resort to drastic measures, but with the pressure being brought to bear upon him by the most promi- . nent Republican leaders in both houses of Congress and members of his Cabinet there is no doubt that ultimately .the resignation will be demanded if the Secretary does not tender it voluntarily. i Secretary Alger will be so completely ignored in all arrangements for the reorganization of the army and in the selection of officers un- der the law that those who desire his resignation feel confident he can- not much longer withstand the freezing-out, process which has already In view of such occurrences as those in the House of Representa- tives and of the popular demand in all directions for a change in the mind Alger must speedily be unloaded from the Cabinet. ‘Washington correspondent President has quite made up his | | § [ el el Xel el e e s e e e A A e s e Y e e e A e ml R e e | proceed to the front to see what thev style ‘fun.” In order to hush the scan- dal of a wanton night bombardment of the house of a foreign Consul (the name is not given) the American au- thorities promptly paid for the damage. hoping to avoid publicity. The escape of the Consul's family was miracul- ous.” The- manifesto alleges that Major General Otis is “incapable of filling his position,” and then proceeds in a rabid !denundstlon of the American soldiers. | declaring that their conduct is bring- ing disgrace upon the white race. The Junta says the premises of a Hongkong merchant at Iloilo had been looted by Americans and the merchant has lodged heavy claims for his losses. The tirade concludes with the state- ment: “The reports of the hoisting of the American flag by the natives of Negros are practical buncombe.” S Caught in San Francisco. RIVERSIDE, Feb. 24.—Ed Franklin, who stole $7000. from Peter Provensal a, couple of weeks ago, has been arrested at San Francisco. A telegram from the | detectives of that city was recelved by | Sheriff Coburn this morning stating that they had Franklin and that. a large amount of the stolen money Wwas found with him. Coburn left for San Francisco to bring him back. HUDYAN IN DRUG STORES. 50c. 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