The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1899, Page 1

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GOMEZ WILL DISOWN THE CUBAN ASSEMBLY e e S S o 2 ot ol i o B e e o e e et ] @ 1l and the New York Special Cabl Herald 1599, by James Gor- e to The C: Copyrighted, ett » B AVANA, March 10. —General Gomez will disown the Cuban 1y D asted with the ¢ jealousies of the members, 1 ated the antagonism ard himself, he will dis- connection with that body ite its right to control his ac- lving upon his popularity with the « people he will proceed to discuss with General Brooke the settlement of he probl of th fication of the pac y without regard to the action embly, which has by its un- d conduct and bitter sentiments of hostility to Am 1s lost the con- ber-mm Cuhans. tement made to me ber of the mbly interests after Gomez s the old chief's con- firmed by other offi- in touch with the Cuban tion that General 2, whose honesty of purpose is be- leved in, has cut hims se from a faction whose sole work s to be to discuss in secret session who shall be the first President 1 that Gomez has 3,000,000 granted by be dis buted under & war between ain. This will 1 States and e the number of par- - unde 10.—The results inaugurated at Havana of pub works in this rowing men out of em- i to show. Yes- captured in the of Concepcion, all of were formerly workers in the T N they have no either rob or starve. -d in the City Jail ympathy is displayed ¥ the populace. t of thing is hap- istrict of Holguin, where 1 bandits endarmes s of the not ex- 11_take a o the probability med next week. GENERAL MAXIMO GOMEZ. L e o S CE Se i S i e ol o e D S S ST S W S A S PO AN SO NI S DU S S Gl S DN SO SO U/ DG DD SO 70 ADVANCE 0N MALOLOS TAMEDIATELY General Lawton Will Lead the Americans to Agui- naldo's Capital. Otis to Give His Attention fo Civil Government and the Outside Islands. NEW YORK, March 10.—The Wa ington correspondent of the Herald tel- esraphs: The arrival at Manila to-da of General Lawton with reinforcements, Departm as « War nt, means g of an & n- paign t Filipinos. General Lawton will have, under General Otis, tions ir al, mili command of nduct ¢ operations will ¢ and islar It was though Fale's brigade the beginning of other in the advance of General days was rd movement, but it is supposed General Otis | gecided to await the arrival of Lawton. | Now it is expected that offensive opera- tions will begin at once and be directed toward Malolos, the seat of the insur- which the officials say gent governmer will soon be jed by American - cabled to General g him to detach 2 1 M. P. Miller from the troop Iloilo and order command of at him home for retirement. neral Otis ral Miller's successor, be General Anderson hur. er's retirement on March y in the grade y of the regular probability will be of General Sumner. tter likely to be re- tired at once and General Anderson made brigadier of the regula rviee so that that officer will not be given a vol eer commission as major general, as originally determined. The cab m received at the War Department to-day dated Manila, March 10, says the t sport Grant ar- rived with the troops in good condition. 1 Newport 1 the Ne i - i Grant carried to Manila ourth Infantry and four com- of the Seventeenth Infantry. adds to the troops under the command of General Otis 42 officers and 1716 eniisted mer The Grant, with w. .awton in command, Vew York January 19. < Peruvian Diplomat in Disgrace. I Cable to The Call and the New York ald. Copyrighted, by James Gor- Bennett. . March 10.—The Government to- day decreed the dismissal of the Peruvian Consul I at Hamburg, Julius wcellor Julius M. Chocano, defalcation of 22271 marks, a for his allege has ordered th eriminal courts and an embargo placed upon the property of Casos in Peru. | Special Dispatch to The Call } | matter submitted to the] OTIS SAYS BOYS DESIRE T0 REMAIN |Long for Vengeance on the : Filiptnos for Their Com- { rades Slain. | ?War Department Decides It Has Authority to Keep Officers and Men. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINTON, March 10.—One of the paragraphs of the army reorganization act contained an authorization for the | enlistment again of the volunteer troops now in the Philippines. It was stipulated that these troops should be re-enlisted only for a period of time necessary to replace them by regular troops, in no case longer than .six months. ’ The question has been presented to the War Department of whether or not it was able, under this provision. to avail of the services of the officers of the volunteer regiments as well as of the enlisted men until the troops can be replaced by regulars. The law officers of the department {have concluded that the word “enlist” employed in the act was used in a broad sense and that therefore the President has authority to take over all the vol- | unteer regiments now at Manila and | other points in the Philippines into the | service of the United States in organ- |izations, with their full complements | of officers and men. | It has been represented that the vol- | unteers there are longing to return to the United States and to private life. | The officials say that this Is a mistake. | General Otis has reported that the men, | volunteers as well as regulars, do not | want to come home, but are anxious to | fizht and crush the insurgents. Nearly | every company has suffered through the wounding of some of its members at the hands of sharpshooters and they | are anxious to make the account even. ARTILLERY ORDERED TO THE PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, March 10.—In view of the possible necessity of having to use more artillery at Manila in the fu- ture than has been required in the past, the War Department issued orders to Battery B, Sixth United States Artil- lery, now at Fort McHenry, to move as soon as possible to San Francisco, there | to take ship for Manila. Two light bat- teries of the Sixth are already at Ma- nila, and the rest of the regiment has been ordered there, but some of it may stop at Honolulu, relieving the Second United States Volunteer Engineers now there. The Sixth is one of the two regiments authorized by Congress last March. 5 TURKS FIGHT ARABS. LONDON, March 1l.—According to a dispatch to the Morning Post from Bom- bay severe fighting has taken place be- tween the Turkish troops and the Aral tribesmen near Shalil, in the province of Yemen, Arabia, whete an insurrection has been in progress for ten months. The Turks lost 160 men and the Arabs 300. 1 | | | | | | | NEW TORK WANTS THE CONVENTIONS In the Fight Early for the Big National Party Gatherings. Bryan's Opposition ‘May Keep the Democrats From Going So Far East. Special ‘Dispatch to The Call. Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, Washington, March 10. If San Francisco [is to make a bid for one or both of the national conven- tions next year, it behooves her citi- zens to begin their campaign even as early as this, for New York has ac- tually entered the field fo capture both. A committee has been appointed- by the Boards of Trade to look after the matter. New York has had a hanker- ing for a political national convention for a good many years, but it has usually waited until the eleventh.hour before making any move toward se- curing it. New York .possesses many attrac- tions as a convention city. It has a building suitable for the purpose, and | it can alo accommodate all visitors without the slightest inconvenience. It is safe to say that the national con- ventions next year will be either held in New York or Chicago. After the experience of the Republicans at Min- neapolis in 1892 and at St. Louis in 1896, the leaders of that organization are convinced that it is a mistake to hold their convention in any place outside of Chicago or New York. The Democratic leaders hold similar views. They selected Chicago in 1896, although that town offered no special inducements. Mr. Croker and his friends will no doubt endeavor to have the Democratic National Convention of 1900 held in New York. The supporters of Bryan will favor Chicago, and as they are in control of the Democratic National Committee, the chances are that the latter city will be selected. However if New York offers sufficient induce- ments it may stand a show of getting the Republican convention. The principal objections heretofore urged against San Francisco have been distance, lack of telegraph facilities and the difference in time. BODIES OF HEROES MANILA, March 10, 5 p. m.—The re- mains of Colonel W. E. Smith, Major E. McConnville, Chaplain David S. EI- liott and Second Lieutenant Eugene S. French, who were killed in action, were shipped home to-day, being placed on board the United States transport Scandia with military honors, the Sec- ond Oregon Volunteers furnishing the escort through the city. Major General Lawton, who arrived here to-day on board the United States transport Grant from New York, for- mally reported to Major General Otis, after which he returned on board the Grant. The troops that reached here on board the Grant, the Fourth Infan- try and a‘ battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry, will be disembarked immedi- ately. PLOTTED T0 MURDER THE AMERICAN Porto Ricans Want Their Freedom and Will Fight for It. FEELING VERY BITTER Conspiracy Discovered to Enter Barracks and Machete Soldiers by Wholesale. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 10.—Colonel Hubbell, who returned with his com- mand, the Forty-seventh Regiment, from duty in Porto Rico on the trans- port Manitoba to-day, gave some inter- condition of affairs in our new West Indian possessions. “There are many persons,” he said. “who think we were welcomed to Porto Rico and sent away amid a shower of bouquets. This was not the case. The Porto Ricans do not like the Ameri- | cans. They want and are planning for | their freedom. | “We had more or less trouble all the time with these natives, but their hos- tility was more openly displayed when it was learned that we were going to leave. All the while we were subjected to petty annoyances. A number of at- tempts were made to knife our sentries. The natives are treacherous and we had to use severe measures at tires. “There was at no time an open in- | surrection, but I discovered three | weeks ago evidence that the so-called ‘Educational Sociefy’ was strong and meetings which we dispersed. We dis- covered and nipped in the bud a con- | spiracy which had for its object an en- trance into our barracks and the wholesale macheting of our soldiers. “Unless there is a great change, I am convinced that sooner or later there will be serious trouble down there. I not for their personality, but because | they want to be free. The feeling in the interior of the island is more in- tense than along the coast. The Span- jards are not responsible for it because they are migrating. - The peopls there do not like their old enemies, either.” — |NATIVES THIRST FOR AMERICAN BLOOD | CHICAGO, March 10.—The Tribune will to-morrow print the following spe- cial correspondence from Porto Rico from a Tribune correspondent: SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, March 1.—The real situation in Porto Rico is not understood. People in the States gen- erally regard Porto Rico as a sort of haven of peace. The War Department | has just requested of General Henry that | he immediately report how many regular | troops he could spare from the island. | The One Hundred and Forty-seventh regiments that remain are so scattered that in many places where there is neces- sity for a strong force only a corporal's guard can be mustered, and territories the greatest evidence of discontent at | American rule are unguarded. General Henry is in a dilemma. He has only three regiments of troops—the | Eleventh Infantry, the ineteenth and the Fifth Cavalry—and two batteries of the Fifth Heavy Artillery. | “I need twice the troops I have,” said the general at his residence in San Juan. “Because of the easy victory of | troops here in the war and in the appar- ent friendliness of the natives to the American soldiers when they invaded the island, a notion prevails in the States that there is little necessity for a strong force | to maintain order in the island. The idea | is erroneous. | “THe conditions are alarming. These people are now clamoring for local self- government. They are no more fit for local self-government than I am to run a locomotive. More troops are needed in the island. The seeds of discontfent plant- | ed by professional agitators are rapidly growing and can be kept down only by a rong military force. “The ill feeling between the natives anad the American troops seems to grow | stronger every day. The American offi- | cers have to maintain the greatest vigi- Jance to prevent their men from wreak- ing vengeance on the natives, especially on the native police, for acts of violence that are continually committed against the troops.” At Caguay, a small town on the mili- tary road twenty-five miles from San | Juan, a soldler of the One Hundred and | Forty-seventh New York was murdered | last Saturday mught in a manner that illustrates the treachery of the natives. Private Michael Burke of Company I had entered the Porto Rico Literary Club o» Caguay and was sitting at a small table reading, when a native slipped up behind him and with one stroke of a machete, sharpened to razor edge, severed the sol- dier’s head from his body and sent it roll- ing across the floor. Another soldier happened intb the club some time afterward and saw the dis- membered trunk of the dead man still in the chair, with the. head lying where it had rolled. Several Porto Ricans were standing quietly around discussing the matter. No one would admit having seen the murder committed. Suspicion fixed on one man, but When a provost guard went out to arrest him he had fled. and although the entire country around Caguay was thoroughly searched for the murderer he has not vet been found. Only four nights before the Killing of Burke the bad blood between the na- tives and soldiers asserted itself in a brutal assault on Private Fitzpatrick. The native police arrested Fitzpatrick without a warrant, and when he resisted beat him into insensibility. The soldiers of the four companies of the One hundred and forty-seventh sta- tioned at Caguay waited until night and then started out to “police the town,” as they called it. Three cafes were ‘po- Continued on Fourth Page, esting information to-night about the | | bitter in its antagonism. They held | should, however, qualify their feeling | by saying that they hate Americans, | New York started home last Sunday. The | where there are continual mutterings and | our | THREATENED BY FLOODS S0 +>-+>+T40$04C Hotel on the Levee at the levee. stant fear of being swept away. | be tremendous. Water Is Steadily Rising. | | | | HAWNEETOWN, Ill., March 10.—The city is threatened with a flood similar to that which almost swept the town away a year ago. residents are moving out as rapidly as possible ‘and all the livestock has been removed. The levee is thought to be weak in some places and a break is liable to occur at any time. Business is suspended and the citizens who remain are in con- | Last April the levee broke without warning. Twenty-five people were Adrowned and many residences and business houses destroyed. has been practically rebuilt, and, should another flood occur, the loss would o OO+ O+ O +-O 040404049 ® Shawneetown Where the D Ot SRCES SR S S o S o e Sl o The Many men are patrolling The town HOW CHINA WILL BLOCK ITALY'S CAME [San Mun Is to Be Made Free to All the Nations. Italy Not So Much Inclined o Mix Into the Far Eastern Question. Special Dispatch to The Call P s LONDON, Mar. 11.—The Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail says the overnment has ordered three more cruisers to get in readiness to proceed to Chinese waters in connection with the demand of Italy for a concession of San Mun, province of Cheh- kiang. P A NEW YORK, March 10.—The Her- ald’s Washington correspondent sends the following: Information has been received by the State Department showing that serious consideration is being given by the Chinese Government to a proposition to make San Mun a free port. By this action China hopes to checkmate Italy’s plan for the seiz- ure of that port and the creation of a sphere of influence in its immediate vicinity. Since China’s refusal to cede the ter- ritory to Italy the Rome Government has not pressed its demand and in its failure to act the authorities be- lieve they see evidence that Great Brit- ain and Japan ha¥e taken such meas- ures as to show Italy the inadvisability | of continuing her efforts to acquire Chinese territory. In throwing open San Mun to the trade of the world China will take a step which will be entirely satisfactory to Great Britain and Japan and pleas- ing to the United States. Because of the important effect which the granting of the Italian demand Frr et bt reeas China, the United States authorities have been closely following the devel- opments in the Far East, and they now appear to be satisfied that in the face of the opposition of Great Britain and Japan Italy’s request will not be grant- ed. Italy did not make this move with- out consultation with the powers, and she had good reasons to believe that she would be supported by them. but it is now evident they have considered their promise fulfilled in supporting her claim with diplomatic representations. I was told to-day that the matter is not being vigorously pressed by the Italian Government, and it is not be- lieved it will be. No information has been cabled to ger relative to the Niuchwang loan crisis, because it apparently has had no effect upon the affairs of this Govern- ment, The newspaper reports showing that it has been settled, however, are accepted as true and both in adminis- tration and diplomatic circles an easier feeling regarding the Far Eastern situ- ation is apparent. PR R T P would have had on the partition of | the State Department by Minister Con- | THE CLAR'S TROOES [ THE PAMIRS This Is an Act of Aggres- sion Against the Brit- ish Interest. Believed in England That It Will Be Difficult to Avert Armed Conflict. Special Dispatch to The Call. AR e T LTt LONDON, March 10.—A dis- patch from Allahabad, capital of the northwest province of India, says it is reported there from Yarkand, Chinese Turkestan, that large force of Russian troops has arrived at the Russian post, Fort Murghabi, on the Murghabi River, In the Sari (great) Pamir, with the inten- tion of seizing Sir-I-Kel, the hun- dred-mile stretch of territory north of the Mustagh Mountains, which was left undefined by the Pamir boundary commission in 18 5. Its seizure by Russia will cause complications with England. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + # R e R R e o B B S S S LONDON, March 10.—The weekly papers issued on Saturday will treat China as the cardinal question. The Spectator will say: It is coming rapidly to this—FEurope must make serious agreements respecting the spheres of influence in China with well defined boundaries, or the effort to pre- vent a general war will be a failure. We regret the necessity, for we can fore- see the terrible strain on' the resources of Great Britain, which are already somewhat overtaxed, but we can perceive no other way out of the impasse. Lord Charles Beresford's policy of keeping the open door by reviving China and so ob- taining a dominant influence at Peking is impossible. Corpses never revive. The Speaker says: We are primarily committed to the open door and the maintenance of the in- tegrity of China. We are also partially committed to’an approval of the system of spheres of influence which may disin- tegrate China. Must we not insist that the policy of partition go no further until the matter has been discussed in Euro- pean conference? Meanwhile it is our duty to civilization to defend free trade by every means. The Outlook, regarding partition of |some kind as inevitable, urges, before trouble becomes irretrievable, the con- vening of a conference of the powers to agree to broad principles on which the partition of China may be pacifically effected. It suggests that The Hague conference put aside academic points and deal with the greatest menace to peace, namely, the international scram- ble in China. Connecting the Muscat | incident with the Far Eastern question, the Outlook remarks: Of the five powers who have estab- lished themselves territorially in China only one—England—has safeguarded her seaway thereto by strong places for sup- plies and repair. Until the others are sim- flarly equipped they must be more or less at the mercy of England in the event of }nppflsed the acquisition «! | pines and of Porto Rico, and was un- | ministration is for. P R R TR war, which now seems inevitable. PRESIDENT WILL FIGHT T0M REED Washington Politicians Say That the War Is On in Earnest. THEY ALL DEPLORE IT Will Be a Historic Battle, and William McKinley Will Exert All of His Strength. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, Washington, March 10. The administration’s contest against Reed for re-election as Speaker is oc- cupying much space in the Eastern press. It is likely to become historical, and may have a most important bear- ing on the Presidential campaign next year. Reed’s jealousy of McKinley is well known. It is of long standing and appears to have become chronie. In discussing this subject a leading Republican to-day said: “I am sorry that events have so shaped themselves as to force the President fo fight Reed. Mr. Reed is of course a tough customer, and he can make a great deal of trouble, but Mr. McKinley has demon- strated that he is a pretty good poli- tician, and I am satisfied that he will prove to be equal to the present emer- gency. Mr. Reed was given every op- | portunity to adjust matters on a satls- | factory basis, but declined to avail him- self of it. That the administration can defeat Reed for Speaker of the Fifty- sixth Congress is the conviction of the great majority of conservative observ- ers. Some Western man will be picked out for the administration forces to rally around. It may be Henderson of Iowa, or Hopkins of Illin is, or some unknown man, but the decision is in favor of a man from the West. “There is method in this, of course. The bulk of the Republican member- ship of the next House will be com- posed of Western men. They will be in the majority and should, in the na- tural order of things, dominate the House. It will be easier to defeat Reed with a Western man than with Mr. Sherman or any one from the Eastern States. “Mr. Reed can also continue his fight against the administration from the floor, but the President believes that if Mr. Reed can be reduced to the ranks in the House he will become more tract- able. Anything would be preferable, he thinks, to his re-electipn as Speaker.” It is pointed out that Mr. Reed was opposed to the annexation of Hawail, which the administration favored; that he was at no time in sympathy with the administration’s Cuban policy; that he the Philip- friendly to army reorganization on a permanent basis; that he opposed the Nicaragua canal, which is regarded as essential to the development of the ex- pansion policy, and the Pacific cables, being responsible for the defeat of both schemes. It is suggested that his opposition thus disclosed to the general policy of the administration will be almost cer- tain to hinder action if he is Speaker of the next House, and that moreover, his great power and prominence en- courage the development of an anti- administration faction in the party along almost the same lines of opposi- tion, save on the money question, as those adopted by the followers of W. J. Bryan—anti-expansion, anti-army, anti-almost everything that the ad- Moreover, it is as- serted that even on the money question Mr. Reed's plans differ from those of the administration. Notwithstanding the opposition to Reed for political reasons, it is con- ceded that he is the biggest and brain- iest Republican alive, and it is probable that when it comes to a show-down many of those representatives who now talk bravely of opposing him will fall into Reed’s lines as heretofore. MARYSVILLE WOOLEN MILLS LIE IN RUINS Frank Peck, a Bay City Wheelman, Loses His Life During a d Conflagration. MARYSVILLE, March 10.—A fire that broke out at 8 o’clock this evening destroyed the Marysville Woolen Mills, located in the heart of the city. The blaze was first discovered in the engine- room on the lower floor of the two-story brick structure. The supposed cause was spontaneous combustion. During the progress of the fire Frank Peck of Yuba City, aged 19 years, a prominent Bay City Wheelman, en- tered the building and was overcome by smoke. He was burned to death. Superintendent Knight places the loss at $100,000; insurance, $30,000. A large stock of wool and finished goods was destroyed. The machinery was ren- dered useless. Luckily there was no heavy wind. The fire. throws 100 per- sons out of employment. —_—————— POPE’S CONDITION STILL ALARMING Though His Illness Is Passing, He Fails to Gain in f Strength. LONDON, March 11.—The Rome cor- respondent of the Daily Chronicle says: The Pope continues to improve, but his physicians say he shows great weak- ness, which is rather alarming to his entourage. e Belgium’s Queen Improving. BRUSSELS, March 10.—Queen Marie Henrlette is much better this evening, but she is not yet regarded out of danger,