The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1899, Page 1

The VOLUMYE LX 90. AN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1899. *‘PRICE FIVE CENT AGUINALDO IS READY TO QUIT, GERMANY MAY MAKE TROUB THE FILIPINOS SAY THEY WANT NO MORE FIGHT Eight Thousand Now More Than Willing to Lay Down Their Arms. MANILA Senores Rosa Feb. through the American lines with reference to the Spanish through the lines this mornir 1i hes for the Spanias ners saic While the F: tures. $ 30, the value of the food anc Shortly after the envoys of truce. flag and They were met by a ps fla of truce part After the pa returned their feet. EAOH04+O4+0404040404 0+ 0404040404 040404040404 04040404040+ H ASHINGTON, Feb. -87.-It} umed in official | re t the arrival of | an cruiser Kaiserin 1t Manila is the cause Admiral | n, which | as to This is the flagship of | with whom there | of our | s known sage of for the Ore as so indiscreet n Governr that the have had Teason at Hon and ino rebels hat the coming of the this time will be | . to their cause by Barlin anxious to | are friendly | resents them ave detailed this to watch events ange. at Manila at clos Evidently Admi Dewey believes | that trouble may grow out of it. H has had too much experience with this Ger admiral to feel comfortable in his presence. \\".:r Department officials are gener- | with conditions in the icated in the press dis- Everything tends to show ouble need be feared in und Manila, however, apart from ifficulties which are thought to be- Admiral. Dewey in the harbor h the attempted interference by other powers, the conditions are not so favorable and a dispatch announcing a more trous battle than has yet been fought would not be received as 2 surpris t the War Department, not- withstanding reports that many insur- gents have shown a disposition to sur- | render. It is thought probable here that Agui- s leaders are desirous of making nalc a last desperate effort to get within the | American lines, burn Manila and do whatever other damage they can before of reinforcements the they know to be on way. Grant, according to yesterday’s dis- patches Gen| Lawton, will reach Manila about March 12. She will | be followed by the Sherman and Sheri- | dan and by April 15 all of the troops now on the way to the islands will have | Janded, according to the calculation of the offic! here. The dical force now on the islands is beHeved to be sufficient for ordinary purposes and to meet any demands of | the future The hospital ship Relief, which will sail from New York direct | for Manila by the Suez route in a day or two, will 150 picked men from | the hospital corps and about -ten doc- | tors will also be aboard. This is in ad- | dition to the regular equipment of dl)cA:\ tors and nurses of the Relief. The ves- sel will be placed at the disposal of | General Otis, either as a floating hos- pital or for u transferring the sick | and convalescent to the Federal hos- | pital now under way at San Francjsco. | The Relief is loaded with all the medi- cal supplies that she can Carry, though there has been no official call from the | Philippines for such supplies. The au- thorities there thave full authority to| obtain. all supplies of any character | that are wanted wherever they can be bought. Lieutenant Colonel Woodhull, deputy surgeon general, is mnow en| route across the continent for duty as chief surgeon at Manila. 27.—Two Spar and Obogado, who were permitted to pass and confer prisoners at Malolos, returned were both at Malolos and inclined to listen to pacific over- pinos are not yvet prepared to surren- der the Spanish prisoners, they will gladly release two Amer- ns who have been held for si Bornelli, comandante in several hundred of the enemy left the Filipinos’ lines ““No quicre mas combate. Americanos muchos buenos.”” [Don’t want any more fighting. Americans very good.] rty from the American side, and the comandante said that fully 8000 of his men had had enough and were anxious to surrender. in the jungle many women and children were visible. A woman laid down her rifle and attempted to cross with the , but she was sent back. enemy on the right fired a volley, the bullets dropping at | ing with the greater propriety in this | best of reasons for withholding confi- | peril American lives and interests. : entering into any entangling negotia- |a pretext for, formal recognition of the { active for the past two days. | The | the natives, and it is enforced rigidly. | patrolling the island In search of fili- of Them Are ish commissioners, with Aguinaldo o, near Caloocan, with sealed 4 that Aguinaldo and Santico x weeks on payment of clothing furnished to them. came in the rebels sent in a Fernando la Cruz, Among the enemy to the American lines the 40404 THO4O4O40+ 0+ O+ O 40404040404 040404040+ 04040+ 04040+ H The offictals of the War Departaent were asked to-day why General Otis had refused to recognize the commis- sioners who had come to Manila from the insurgent headquarters at Malolos when they came to seek peace. The reply was that General Otis was act- matter. He was careful not to commit | his Government to any recognition of | Aguinaldo that would make a prece- | dent, and then there was always the dence in every act of the insurgents | where the placing of trust would im- | The Filipino insurgents will have no difficulty, in securing amnesty, it- is said, if they lay down their arms and | submit unconditionally, for there is no | purpose on the part of the American commanders to wreak vengeance upon a submissive foe. In addition to military reasons why | General Otis should be very cautious in | ions with the insurgents, there is the ever-present danger that he might by failing to be cautious in this particu- lar give to some jealous foreign power insurrection with all the embarrassing consequences likely to follow. THEY LET THE REBELS THROW AWAY BULLETS MANILA, Feb. 27, 5:30 p. m.—The in- surgents have been comparatively in- Except for occasional shots from the jungle near Caloocan, at San Pedro and along the river, all was quiet along the American lines last night. The troops have become so0 used to this idle night firing of the rebels that they give it no attention. Rebel sharpshooters also continue their efforts to annoy the American troops in the daytime. They are al- lowed to waste their ammunition with little attention until they appear in the open. Then a single volley.or a shell generally suffices to drive them to cover. In this city absolute quiet prevalils. | order to clear the streets at 7 o’clock has had an excellent effect upon The streets are deserted after 7 o’clock by all save the patrols and European residents with passes on business: Brigadier General King is ill with gastritis and has been relieved by Brigadier General Lloyd Wheaton, for- merly colonel of the Twentieth In- ces from the rebel lines say the fantastic reports of American losses during and since the fires are circulated by the rebel leaders. The Filipinos are told the Americans had 200 men killed and hundreds wounded during and since the fires. Advices from Iloilo say all is quiet there. The natives who fled at the landing of the Americans are returning to Iloflo and many are taking the oath of allegiance. The Charleston and Concord are busters. The insurance agencies, after confer- ence and receiving instructions from their home offices, have decided to ac- cept war risks at an additional prem- ijum of 5% per cent. Most of the in- surance companies here are English. Alford Admitted to Bail. LOS ANGELES, Feb, 27.—William Al- ford, charged with the murder of Jay E. Hunter, on the 13th inst., was admitted to ball in the sum of $8000 by Judge Smith to-day. Alford's claim of self-defense was established at the Coroner’'s inquest. | personal affair. M. RADZIWILL SATS HE WAS MISQUOTED German Prince Repudiafes the Interview Published in La Liberte. FRIENDLY T0 AMERICA Declares He Did Not Uttér Any Remarks Denunciatory of the United States. | EAOICHO+0+ 040+ 040+0+0+040+ 0+ O+ 0+0+0+0+ 040 + O+0+0+0+040+m Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 158, by James Gordon Bennett. BERLIN, Feh. 27.—Copies of the Her- ald containing the reported interview with Prince Radziwill arrived this morning. It caused much antonishment in political circles that the Prince could have uttered any such idea concerning the United Stat#s as that Europe should make a coalitfon against her. The Prince, when I saw him at his palace in Pariser Platz, was most as- tonished of all and exceedingly an- noyed. He said that his feelings re- garding the United States were echoed by what Baron von Bulow recently said in the Reichstag—nothing but the most friendly. . He further declared he had not talked to any one for publication and certainly not in the sense indicated He said later in the day to one of the Ministers -of State that he had made some friendly remarks about France, but even those especially referring to the sentiment of the Emperor were not uttered. The whole interview was grossly exaggerated. Later the Prince sent to me the fol- lowing letter for publication: To the Special Correspondent of the New York Herald: .In answer to your question about the interview I can as- sure you that you could not ‘be more as- | tonished than myself by the article of La | Liberte. I received M. Salanson in Paris because of the recommendation of a friend and because I thought it was a Salanson found a third person in my room. There was a short general conversation, but I had no idea I was being interviewed. I have certainly not said any -word which could be interpreted in a sense un- | friendly for the relations of Germany and | the United States. I decline any respon- sibility in the article of La Liberte. PRINCE ANTHONY RADZIWILL. At the Foreign Office, Baron von Bu- low being shut up studying the budget for to-morrow, I was received by Baron von Richthafen, Under Secretary of State, who frankly and briefly said the Foreign Office looked upon the part re- ferring to the United States in the in- terview as a mere invention, untrue and s @ L e B B S S e L e e e i i SR e SO e ol 2o e i o o SMALL NEED FOR MORE TROOPS AT THE PHILIPPINES Volunteers Will Be Ordered Home When the Regulars Now En Route Get to Manila. from San Francisco. more. General Otis or Admiral . graphed. in no way reflecting German sentiment, which is friendly in every way and in | regard to the Samoan question ready to arrange matters amicably as might seem best for all concerned. SPAIN TO HAVE A WAR INVESTIGATION | MADRID, Feb. 27.—The Senate to- day, by a vote of 130 to 7, approved the motion of Marshal Martinez de Cam- pos, signed by all the Spanish generals in the Senate, demanding a Parliamen- tary inquiry into the conduct of the recent war. The Government supported the motion and Count d'Alemenas strongly opposed it.. 3 Major Barrington Dead. SAN JOSE, Feb. 27.—Major P. L. Bar- rington, proprietor of the Democrat, a weekly paper here, is dead, aged 47. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and but little is known of his history. He leaves no family so far as is now Known. L O R e o SECT S PSS S SN P N BN 2 N B N spondent of the Herald telegraphs: was given by the President, Secretary Alger and Adjutant General Corbin at a conference to-day to the question of sending additional reinforcements to General Otis. derstand the three transports now at New York or en route there, the Logan, Thomas and Bufford, will be re- fitted for use in transporting troops while arrangements will also be made for sending troops NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—The Washington corre- Serious consideration Dewey T SENATU WREATH - to the I un- Philippines, There are now about 8000 troops on their way to Ma- nila, and as General Otis has not asked for any additional men there is apparently no need for haste in dispatching The volunteers will be brought back on the trans- ports which are carrying the regulars to Manila. No report from General Otis except a list of casual- ties has been received since Saturday, and the authorities think that no important developments have occurred. They are certain that no foreign marines have been landed, or would have tele- Secretary Long denied to-day the report that the Iowa had been ordered to proceed to Manila. repairs to her machinery, and before she goes to Manila will be docked in Puget Sound and have bilge keels -af- fixed to her bottom. She cannot leave for the Philippines The Iowa needs LE H4O4+0+040+040 4040404040434 O+ O +04+0+04CHO40+ 0404040404040 BURNS TREATED TO A HOT ROAST - IN CONFERENCE An Oratorical Castigation That Is Unusual for Senatorial Candidates. CAUCUS IDEA FULLY VENTILATED Honest Legislators Want Everything to Be Fair and Above Board and Are Unwilling to Pursue Dark Lantern Methods to Break the Deadlock. i r—— the deadlock. -0 69000 06060000660 OO..‘—Q ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27.—Late to- night the Grant and Burns forces, meeting separateliy, de- cided to attend another session of the conference of Republi- can legislators. If an agreement cannot be reached to adjust the questions involved outside of a caucus, the anti-Burns forces may adjourn the conference sine die and take other measures to break 00 0e0-© CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 27.—The much-heralded conference of Republican legislators | was held at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and the result was a catch-as-catch- can contest in which Senators and As- | semblymen vied with each other in dealing Dan Burns such an oratorical | castigation as seldom falls to the lot of | a candidate for the United States Senator. Assemblymen Dibble and Johnson made a feeble effort to protect their /‘ high office of! chief, but the odds against them were | 0 0 0 9 00000 00 000 009 0090 scheme as a method by which he hoped to defeat the wishes of the people of the State. It was decidedly a bad day for Burns. As far as actual results are concerned the conference did not develop any- thing. There was much oratory, a few suggestions, a deal of beating about the bush, and then all agreed to ad- journ to meet again to-morrow after- noon at the same hour. Eighty mem- bers were present. Early in the day 'the anti-Burns men, consisting of the followers of Senatorial candidates other than the Mexican, believed that Burns would in less than two months except m an extraordinary emer- too great. One after another the mem- | ot ™20 Sttempt to have one of his oency bers took a shy at the Candelaria can- | voters selected as the chairman of the S oz didate and denounced his caucus | conference. ; Accordingly word was e e ey @+ 0000000000000 000000900000r eIt It 0400090 G sDeoeoQ B e e o e R R e S g SR I S S SECSN SRS PP DR DD A A A ol o i o i ol S S S S S S *—o—o—@—o—o—o—@»—o—@mm FAILING TO WIN IT BY FAIR MEANS. THE MEXICAN WILL TRY FOUL.