The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1899, Page 1

The all o This Paper not ‘; be. taken from the Library 4445 il A it VOLUME L SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1899 PRICE FIVE CENTS. OTIS TO ATTACK MALOLOS AT ONCE NOT WAITING FOR LAWTON'S NEW SOLDIERS He Expects to Take the Rebel Chief Prisoner. Hale Drives the Insurgents From the Front of His Position at the Water Works. ‘ WASHINGTON, March four hot he will n the Grar for the ar paign against the rebe It is expected in this attack and mu Luzon. M a H4O40 4040404040+ 0404 04040404 ANILA, March 7 expects important news from Manila within the next twenty- Word has been received from General Otis that i ival of Lawton and the troops on Sherman before he begins a general attack Manila while he uses the other troops for an aggressive cam- ch done to end the insurrection the land and naval forces a general or- der was issued to-day directing the United States troops to give particular attention to the specific duty of fur- nishing full protection to the lives and property of all German, Austrian, Dutch, Itallan and Portuguese resi- dents, and with the co-operation of the | resident German Consul, to give aid and as tance wherever necessary. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the tem- perature was 84 degrees Fahrenheit and the heat is intense, especially on the lines, where twenty-five men were temporarily prostrated during the day. ONE MORE DEFEAT WILL SETTLE REBELS WASHINGTON, March 7.—The War | Department officials were gratified to > | learn through the press dispatches that Aguinaldo 1 ‘ = 1 u | an attack had been made at San Juan Del Monte and the insurgents routed with only one casualty to the Amer- fean troops. Much confidence is ex- pressed by the officials that one more big defeat will so forcibly impress the insurgents with the overwhelming | power and superior fighting qualities of the American troops that they will of- fer little or no further resistance. The transport Grant, with more than a regiment on board, will reach Manila in a few days. The Sherman is fol. lowing close behind her, and the Sheri- dan probably has a voyage of three week: before her yet. With these re- inforcements General Otis’ forces will be augmented to the extent of four full regiments of seasoned regular troops, with a numerical strength of about 5000 officers and men. This will give General Otis an army of nearly 35,000, which, in the belief of officers of the army, will be quite with any exigencies. The following transports with their conveying capacities will leave Manila for San Francisco on the dates set: —The War Department gents. Arizona, 1200, March 9; Newport, 600. Ivices say Otis will, either to-day or to-morrow, 2};:;;§n12it§°i}(’,‘,;?'f“a’wh T make the contemplated advance upon the Filipinos with his landia, with accommodations for 600 2SR AR R I = s in port at San Francisco. but entire force. The arrival of the men on the transport$ Sena- will not be able to sail for three weeks e ad Ohio s : i ecause 0 S68 repairs. 2 tor and Ohio has given him enough reinforcements to hold f“ :f,"finrfzn;c:n::p 2 arfiif"i’i\ San Francisco they will be Joaded with froops which are under orders to pro- ceed to Manila and sail with as little 2 . delay as possible Aguinaldo will be captured in the island of — Guerra in Full Retreat. CARACAS, Venuzeela, March 7.—The Government troops have captured Cala- boza, the stronghold of the insurgents | Senor Guerra is in full retreat. EHA0404 040404040404 040404040+ sufficient to cope | T THIS 18 THE BIGGEST TRUST OF THE TIME {Morgan Organizes Eastern | Coal Interests in a Big ‘ Combination. Over Eight Hundred Millions in Sight, but It Will Take Time to Perfect Details. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 7.—The World | says: J. Pierpont Morgan returned | yesterday (Tuesday) on the Kaiser Wil- | helm der Grosse. He went abroad two | months ago to secure assent of lhei Reading English stockholders to a plan | that the Vanderbilts, the Pennsylvania | Rajlrcad Company, Maxwell of the| New Jersey Central and W. H. Truvs»l dale of the Delaware, Lackawanna and | Western had formulated for a consoli: dation of all the great Eastern coal in- terests under one management. Mr. Morgan, when seen after his ar- rival, was very reticent regarding his | work in London. It is understood that his efforts have been successful. From men with whom he had talked and who have been in cable touch with him dur- | ing his absence a general explanation of the plan was learned. | Hundreds of millions of dollars have | been brought into one combination. A | pro rata division of the coal output and of the profits has been outlined, though months will be required to finally ad- just all the details. It is estimated that fully $3,200,000 will be saved annually in | operating expenses. The companies | said to be in the big deal are the Read- ' | | ing, Lackawanna and Western, Penn- | sylvania Railroad Company, New York, Lake Erie and Western Coal and Rail- road Company, Pennsylvania Coal Com- pany, New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company, Central Railroad of | New Jersey, New York, Susquehanna | and Western Railroad Company, | Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company, with a combined capital of | | more than $889,000,000. | | E———— | |PATROL OF BERING SEA ! | WILL NOW BE RENEWED i NEW YORK, March 7.—A Washington | special to the Herald says: In view of | to| @ 6 o b WH%.’@H-WWMWO+@+@*@+QW%M%. | ranch. WILL LYNCH | ASSAILANT OF A WOMAN Vigilantes on a Man Hunt| in the Monterey County Hills. Determined to Punish With Death the Brutal Attack Upon Mrs. Douglass. Special Dispatch to The Call. SALINAS, March 7. — Castroville, | eight miles from this city, was the| scene last night of one of the most das- | tardly crimes ever perpetrated in this | county. As a result, the wife of a prominent citizen lies at the point of | death. Cager to mete out justice to | the criminals, the men of Castroville | have organized a vigilance committee, | and should the culprits be captured | they will be shown no mercy. For some months past a certain| rough element of Castroville has made | it dangerous for any woman to ven- | ture out after dark in the town. The Constable and his deputy have seemed powerless to bring the offenders to jus: tice. The reign of terror came to a cli | max when a brutal assault was made upon one bf the most highly respected women of the place, and since the com- | mission of this crime it has been| learned that other outrages have been | committed in the past, and that the | victims have feared to inform upon the assailants because of threats of death. James L. Douglass lives in the very heart of the town and on one of the principal streets. He has been at the | ranch of a relative in Blanco, some | miles away, and during his absence a woman relative remained with his wife. Last night, between 12 and 2, there was a knock at the door. Mrs. | Douglass, taking a lamp, went to the | door and asked who was there. The reply was that the person had a note from her husband, who had been badly fnjured that afternoon at the Bardin Mrs. Douglass in her anxiety to learn the news opened the door, whereupon the man snatched the lamp from her hand, threw it into the street and attempted to drag her out of the door. She resisted and he struck her | on the head with a club, rendering her | unconscious. Mrs. McPhie, the other woman in the k; ITALY WILL PROCEED TO BULLY CHINA Determined to Get Apology for Refusal to Cede San Mun Bay. Uncle Sam Was Asked by the Italian Government to Support the Grab, but Refused. + o $ & station. > ROME, March 8 —The Italian Government is fully de- termined to obtain an apology from China for the Tsung li Yamen's refusal of the demand of Signor Martino, Italian Minister at Peking, of a concession at San Mun Bay, prov- ince of Chehkiang, to be used as a naval base and a coaling A squadron of five cruisers, with 100 guns and 1500 men, will soon arrive at San Mun Bay. O+O+ 04040 +0+0+4 NEW YORK, March 7.—The Herald's Washington correspondent sends the following: Not onl did Italy endeavor to ascertain what attitude would be assumed by the United States in case of her occupation of Chinese territory, but I learned to-day she actually asked this Government to sup- port her pretensions. ministration. The startling proposition greatly astonished the ad- Never before has the United States been consulted by any Euro- pean power relative to its seizure of Chinese territory. But the note of the Italian representative here is considered by the thorities as formal recognition of the new position in international aff which the United States has assumed as a result of the war with Spe and of the immensity of the commercial interests Asia. of this Government Secretary Hay's reply was brief and sufficiently plain to show Italy how this Government felt. It d: port the Italian Government and tinctly and unequivocally refused to & stated that the United States had supported or interfered in any way with the efforts of other governme:- obtain territory and “spheres of influence” in China, and would mos. tainly not do so in the case of Italy. The tone of the note was deprecatory of Italy’s intention, but no fo protest was made and from present indications none will be. Italy's ef to get the support or at least passive consent of the United States did end with the presentation of the note and receipt of Secretary Ha The Italian Minister in Peking approached Minister Conger several ago and asked him to use his influence in getting China to consent Ttalian demand. cabled to Washington. Mr. Conger diplomatically evaded an answer, and The instruction.sent to him was along the v v from in | & ¥ : oo X 4 [ the repiy made heru. his thtdp\\g;z‘ uerl: | :' & ‘While authorities’ information show that Great Britain is diplor : shrill;\xz ‘xh:, | 9 * orfpnging the Italian demfznd it is apparent to them that Great Brits Two companies of |« @ | ::;himt: y(;ry rtew(:-hqflys either distinctly reiterate her intention to P and three com-|'d ; reverr;a’_grl y of China and support her open-door policy or annou e Y . It was stated to-day that no communication relative to the x et R o | demands had passed between Secretary Hay and Sir Julian Pauncefc : e 50 2 + | it would not be surprising if there had not been a discussion in Lonc Eur; s toward the IA- g River. & | tween the American Embassy and the British Foreign Office. The First W ing advanc d direct! K3 ol The authorities are anxiously awaiting the announcement of Grea’ Bri on the inst ition :n front, _nr}e IR ain’s policy, for it is appreciated that it is of great importance 3 company rward with a yell, | o United States. lowed e hnf{--dmlmm\::; 7 . 5 It was definitely announced to-day that so far as the United Stz c: is L F concerned there is no intention to interfere in any way with the Italie SOt A mand or to take any step whatever, at this time at least. A i L, / The administration is not even willing to its friendly offices to ~~on: Fehat il China’s eyes to the delicate position she occupies, the idea being that k. Captaind. 3. Qi reisit | unwise for this Government to interfere in any W4y, in view of the di .\!:u:‘r I‘LH of the Bureau of | & | problems already gonfrommg it in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip} t a0 R SR Besl_d_es the aqm!nlslratlon appears satisfied that although portions o ke Maentin | maritime provinces nt_ China are passing under the control of Eurcroes | | states no discriminating treatment of American citizens and their »hn Curr : will occur. nded. Diplomats best acquainted with the Chinese situation believe China equently sent out ! L 4 d and soon drove the enemy their position. of sending this dispatch | tre occupy ad- ops an vanced p on nsurgents opened fire across the river from Guadaloupe and killed Private Lovejoy of Company | C, First Washington, and wounded two | others. ’ The insurgents have been concentrat- | ing to the ea the city and will prob- ably try an attack from that side. Their principal object is to cut off the water supply of Ma The American posi- i tions are strong and the attempt wil]‘ | | | be futile. Tt urgent losses have been severe during the last few days. The Madrid Aguinaldo a officers, $100 ¢ authorities have offered som of $1000 each for | r privates and $500 each for t prisoners. No offer has b to ransom priests. Aguinaldo declares he has paid fili- | busters $700,000 and has re ved cnly 600 rifies and 2,000,000 rounds of ammu- nitiion. The fiilbusters say the re- mainder have been captured, but prob- ably they were never bought. | Another example of the treachery of | the natives was given to-day. Two | flags of truce were displayed by the | enemy in front of General Ovenshine’s brigade. Lieutenant Koehler and sev- eral men w:re detailed to advance and Jearn whac the Filipinos des ed. The | lieutenant and his ‘party had gone about 500 yards beyond their lines when It was discovered that the bear- ers of the flags were armed and that a number of natives were concealed in the brush, with the undoubted inten- tion of massacring the Americans who replied to the flag of truce. As soon as the danger of the situa- tion was revealed, Lieutenant Koehler :’;wari‘fa:“;?n; f‘n',}]h;';. ;;i}iurn':, ;:,,:“:.i and will come home as soon as their terms expire. Not even the regu- turned than’ the enemy in ambush lars will remain one day longer than they are obilged to.” i opened fire on them, but fortunately Rees does not see how the War Department can secure soldiers none of our men were hurt. -encugh to carry on the wa- in the Philippines. Rees while in Manila Later the Americans attacked the rebels and drove them acro the Paranaque River, but they returned as soon as our men retired from chase. In accordarn~a with instructions to 5820 LR 0RO RARO RORORLLO! e e S S o e e o OFFICERS REGARD MEN AS MACHINES Private Rees Makes Bitter Com- plaints of the Treatment of Volunteers at Manila. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 7.—George L. Rees, student, who was a private in Company K, First California Volunteers, lectured to-night in the chapel on “Militarism and Democracy,” giving personal experiences at Manila. His talk was a denunciation of the existing army system, with its abuses, especially those springing from the greed of officers and their disregard for the rights of the private soldier, based on the supposed inferiority of the private. He told how the men were given warm water to drink while in the heat of the tropics, while the officers had plenty of lce water and lIced lemonade from lemons that the Red Cross Society had furnished for the use of soldiers. In speaking of the poor rations furnished, he stated that during the whole time that unhealthful food was being served to soldiers, of- ficers, who were living on wine and champagne, knew the food to be sickening, yet refused to listen to the complaints of men on penalty of the guardhouse. He criticized Colonel Smith severely for his domi- neering acts and for his failure to take into account that American sol- diers were more than machines and had an individuality that should be respected. He did not seem to think that Captain Cunningham of Company K was solicitious enough for the welfare of his men, for never was he seen to perform his duty of being in the Kitchen when meats were being prepared. “The volunteers,” he sald, “requested me to tell the American peo- ple of the dog-like treatment they were recelving. They are unhappy proved a brave but insubordinate soldier, being put in the guardhouse eight times for disobedience. He was one of the men recommended for bravery. SIS0 0 8 K128 D SROSIIORIONC SULIONOROR L NN fiw 8301 82 088K SA0BEC SWOMORIRORORONR G 2 0 RN OBOROROROM P P A A s s dn atcin ot o ot ol B e S St 3 the failure of the high commission to finally agree upon the stoppage of pelagic sealing in Bering Sea, the United States Government will be forced to renew its | Bering Sea patrol. The Secretary of the | Treasury has asked the Secretary of State for official motice of the failure of the commission to stop pelagic sealing, and upon receipt of this notice he will order the United States revenue cutters to visit Bering Sea and begin the patrol of these waters. The Bear and McCulloch, now at San Francisco, will probably be as- signed to this duty. The Secretary of the Treasury has been notified that a Canadian sealing fleet of thirty-seven vessels has left its winter anchorage and proceeded to Bering Sea to begin pelagic sealing. This is the fleet of vessels for which the United States Government proposed to pay $450.000 in- demnity provided the Canadian Govern- ment would renounce all its rights to sealing in Bering Sea. YOKOHAMA VISITED BY SEVERE EARTHQUAKE YOKOHAMA, March 7.—A severe earth- quake shock was experienced at 10 o’clock this morning, the disturbance visiting localities of the great shock of 1881, with some loss of life and property. On October 28, 1891, a very destructive | earthquake visited Honde, the principal | island of the Japanese group, on which Yokohama is situated. About $4,000 houses, railways, bridges and the like were destroyed, and 10,000 persons were killed and 300,000 rendered homeless. The loss of property was estimated at $10,- 000,000 Lo Afghanistan’s Ameer All Right. LONDON, March 8.—The Calcutta cor- respondent of the Times says: News has just been received here from Cabul under date of February 25 which says tne Ameer of Afghanistan was then in excel- lent health and had just held a public “durbar.” The Queen May Recover. BRUSSELS, March 7.—Although the papers are complaining of the secrecy concerning the details of the Queen’s filness, it transpired to-day that there is further improvement. Two of the doc- tors are still doubtful, but the third Thirlar, is confident of her Majesty’ cover¥ D S O O e A S 2 house, escaped through a back door and ran to the next door neighbor, A. R. Quinn, and told the story of the as- sult. Quinn notified Supervisor P. Jor- dan and other neighbors and they has- tened to the scene. In the meantime Mrs. Douglass’ as- sailant and bhis companion—for it is supposed he had accomplices—dragged their victim across the street and into @ large grove known as the plaza. The fiends kicked and beat her brutally. She was left in a bleeding and uncon scious condition. Evidently it was their intention to kill her to prevent her re. | vealing their identity, and they thought | they had accomplished this purpose. | After a diligent search by the men | who were first made aware of the at- tack, Mrs. Douglass was discovered in a critical condition. Medical aid was| summoned to try to save her life, while a posse of men was organized to hunt down the criminals. Mrs. Douglass fin ally regained consciousness and gave the description of one of her assailants, who, she said, was a short, stockily built man, probably a Spaniard. From the description a man named Castro was suspected. This morning James Douglass, the husband, found Castro and attacked him. Castro, however, escaped and fin- ally eluded pursuit. It is thought he is in the hills east of this city. Another of the supposed gang, F. W. alias “Buck” Silva, could not be found, and it is reported that he passed through Pajaro on the morning freight. John Castro, who also is suspected, is miss- ing. Sheriff Farly and a posse of vet- eran deputies are in hot pursuit of Peter Castro, and Douglass is at the head of another posse. The Douglass party is determined to hunt the man down and hang him. It will not re« turn until the crime shall have been avenged. At a late hour to-night Cas- tro had not been captured. Mrs. Douglass is reported as in a pre- carfous condition and the chances for her recovery are remote. 4 Sl pas waely not be formally divided up among the several powers. They think the -6ev- g ¢ e Fili- | & | eral governments will try to extend their “sphere influence” until practi- ok i e | cally the entire empire is divided amons them. : re they had | ® in the undergrowth. It is esti- | ¢ killed. The village of La | 4 burned by the Ameri-|& IR rnoon on Wheaton's and | ¢ d ur infantry and ar- | & - B k h b l | The Water Works at Manila Where Hale Beat Back the Rebels. :/ AIN Chinese Rebels Massacre Thou- sands of Men, Women and Children. VICTORIA, March 7.—According to news received this evening by R. M. S. Empress of India, China is again disturbed by a serious insurrection. This time it is the central provinces of the unrestful land that are involved. In the province of Anhui depredations were committed by the rebels. who. led by Niu Suh Hsin, are over 10,000 strong. The imperial troops, under General Kuo, met them in a pitched battle on January 23 and were defeated with great slaughter. Hundreds were kill- | ed, and their bodies, after having been mutilated, were thrown into the river until, according to a correspondent of the China Mail, the stream was like a log-jammed creek. After the defeat of the imperial troops, the victorious rebels swept on to the cities of Kuyang and Meng- sheng, which they took after a short siege. As soon as they passed the walls they massacred men, women and children and performed all manner of revolting cruelties. They afterward pillaged the Yamen and the residences and store and then applied the torch to the captured towns. A After these successes the rebels pushed on to Shachou and Katichon. The gates of the former city were opened by sympathizers within and the horrors witnessed at their first two captures were re-enacted. Kauchon held out for some time. At length Niu and his followers gained an entrance to begin their slaughter. As a revenge for his having held the city against the rebels the unfortunate com- mandant of the garrison was butchered with savage cruelty. It is said 2000 men, women and children fell in the sg{uggle attending the capture of the city. It is feared a great famine will fol- low the insurrection, for so terrified are the natives that the crops have all been left standing and will not be harvested, The people were either killed or feared to return to gather the harvest. Whole villages and towns were tenantless and in other towns whole streets were un- occupied, the late inhabitants having been exterminated. It appears that rebels and troops alike waged a war of extermination, neither man, woman nor child being spared. A gentleman who reached Hongkong from the vicinity of the uprising short- ly prior to the sailing of the Empress said he saw numbers of mutilated corpses floating down the river. Most of the corpses were headless. They were those of male and female, young and old. He said he was sickened by the ‘sight of the headless body of a woman with the headless body of her infant secured to her back. AGUINALDO WILL SUE A HONGKONG BANK Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gor- don Bennett. HONGKONG, March 7.—Aguinalde, the Filipino leader, will sue the Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank next Mon- day, through Attorneys Crispto Lich- .anco and Agoncillo, for $298,000 prin- cipal and interest. The money was de- posited on January 38 of last year.