The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1899, Page 1

Call ~ This Paper not to be taken from the Libcapi 18"’ VOLUME PRICE FIVE CENTS WHEATON PURSUES AND PUNISHES THE FILIPINOS, KILLING TWO HUNDRED ANTILA, March 19, 6 ¥ ebels 1 Some ¢ front of the Twer ming to Pasig to- hard work un- Oregon Re; ent and four wounded regulars one ond to the official re- at property d at $500,000 has been de- quantities of rice and which is n captured. nt that the continue to pro- long as they 1d upon t everythin, g to gain twice as many men e as it has arms, that so few arms are cap- E+0404 040404 04040424040 o< CASUALTIES IN LATEST FIGHTING KILLED. Private Johnston, Company K, Twenty-second Regular Infan- try. Private James Page, Company D, Second Oregon Volunteers. Private J. Smith, Company E, -nty-second Regular Infan- ‘WOUNDED. ond Oregon Volunteers— tes Young (1), Clark, Young 1d Fred Bowne. t Washington Volunteers— n Jones, Corporal R. Buck- vates August Schmidt, Rice, Charles Parmer, es Comeforde, Raleigh White, Alvidson, William Ellis, Yunt, Leander Mingee, d Wilson, George Schnei- arl Edwards, Frank Rue- r1 Crumpholz and Merritt o + o B o + o + o 5 [} + [} + o + o . o > o o7 o e I tobert o + o <+ [} o ] o o W4040404040404 04 0404040404040404 0404040404 o + 5 e + o >4 +8 N4040404 0404040404040 | panies ran into an insurgent ambush. | charge the | from ambush, and thus enabling our | i | Santa Cruz to-morrow. | Oregon Volunteers and six companies | the left wing. From a photos D R e o e e e e e e e o T o o b o o S S e o T b o S SR S WASHI followin th March 19.—Th; dispatch from rgents: h 19.—To Adju insu sion of Laguna de B: shore of lake at our mercy. ing Wheaton moved against this on field. PHEEE PRI LA it bbb 44 OTIS REPORTS ON WHEATON’S WORK Ger ats under Captain Grant, Utah Artillery, have full troops, Wheaton's brigade on Pasig River line drove enemy mnortheast into province enemy attacked portion of his force pouth of Pasig, killing two men and wounding twenty of the Twenty-second Infantry. south fifteen miles, experiencing very slight loss. e War Department to-day recelved eral Otis regarding operations tant General, Washington: Our inhabitants and property on of Morong. Last avenieg This morn- insurgent force, driving it to the Enemy left 200 dead OTIS. R R R R R R D e o T e e e e e e S S B S R S o tured by the Americans is because of | the guns of the wounded Filipinos and many of those who surrender are spir- ited away. The armed tugs Laguna de Bai and | Oeste have returned to ‘San Pedro | ate and reported the results of | ir tour of the On Friday morn- g last th shelled the town of Mc gi, the rebels fleeing without making r resistance. The Americans landed . which destroyed a quantity of stores and all the store buildings ex- cept the church. The expedition then proceeded to Majayguy, where a sugar- mill and sawmill were destroyed. On arriving at Santa Cruz, a town of 1200 inhabitants, it was found that the enemy was strongly intrenched and prepared to defend the position, as- sisted by two gunboats and several launches. Moreover the mouth of the river was bilocked with rocks and bam- boo. A few shells caused an exodus of the citizens, but not of the eany'si troops. The Americans did not at- tempt a landing. Captain Grant, who is in charge of the expedition, asks for re- inforcements and will probably take CHARGED INSU.RGENTS WITH FIXED BAYONETS | all and the New York | by James Gor- »n Bennett. MANILA, March 19.—The recon- noitering expedition sent out from [hei fiying brigade, commanded by General ‘Wheaton, terday found itself in an awkward position andiwas obliged to charge the Filipinos with fixed bavo- nets. This dramatic incident changed the situation. Qne company of Washington volun- teers was stationed at Taguig. At1 o'clock in the afternoon a regiment of insurgents marched into the town in columns of four. The company of Washington volunteers opened fire on them, and, at the unexpected attack, the insurgents scattcred, 300 retreating along the shore and 500 inland. Three companies of the Twenty-sec- ond Infantry were sent out to recon- noiter the insurgent position. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon these com- 3 | Their ammunitioh soon ran low. Some of the men only had four rounds. They were obliged to fix bayonets and insurgents, driving them troops to retreat successfully. Three men were killed and twenty-one wounded. Two of our men were taken prisoners. One of them, on surrender- in~ his rifle. was knocked on the head by insurgents. He subsequently died. The other shot one of his captors and made his escape, General Wheaton determined to send | out a punitive expedition. He ad- vanced the Twenty-second regulars on the right wing with two guns of the Sixth Artillery. Five companies of Washington regiment formed | They started at 5 o'clock this morning, met the enemy at 8 and drove them along the lake for fifteen miles. Five miles ofhuts—the | of the hotbed of the insurgents—were burned. Omne hundred tons of rice were de- stroyed. Two of the army tinclad gunboats scoured the lake and took Morong and destroyed the rice fields, the inhabi- tants of the towns about the lake re- tiring into the mountains. The Signal vorps kept up telegraphic communication with the front during the long advance admirably. Our losses to-day, according to pres- ent reports, are two killed and ten wounded. NEGOTIATIONS TO TERMINATE THE WAR NEW YORK, March 19.—The Wash- ington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs: Important negotiations will be begun this week by the Philippines Commission with leaders of natives on the island of Luzon, looking to the res- toration of peace. The State Department has been ad- vised of the arrival of Colonel Charles Denby at Manila, so that the person- nel of the commission is now complete, and it will immediately commence the performance of its duties. An official with whom I talked to-day told me the administration expects more from the commission in the way of securing the establishment of peaceful conditions than it expects from military opera- tions. The President recognizes that if the natives are stubborn the war can be kept up for the next five years, and the cost to the island would be great, both in blood and money. Now that the natives have been given a se- vere lesson and have learned the dif- ference between Spanish and American methods of warfare it is expected they will be willing to listen to reason, and the commission will explain to them the purposes of the President and of the intentions of this Government re- specting the government of the Philip- pine Islands. Eventually the commission will visit all the islands, with a view to comuni- cating to the natives the friendly in- tentions of the United States, but at present it is propsed to confine its ef- forts to pacifying Luzon. Military operations will be continued, of course. In response to authority given him by the War Department to enlist Filipinos if he deems it wise to do so0, General Otis has wired the War Department that he will try the experiment. The commission, of which General Otis is a member, will deter- mine when the time is ripe for the ex- periment. The commission will not promise that a home rule government will be set up over the entire archipel- | ago, but each district will have home | rule under supervision of the commis- sion. SEATTLE CHURCH BURNED. Fire Believed to Have Been of In- cendiary Origin. SEATTLE, Wash., March 19.—The Church of the -Sacred Heart was de- stroyed by fire early this morning. The | 1oss is estimated at $25,000, partially in- sured. The fire is thought to have been incendiary. Several attempts have been made to destroy the church within the last three years. UNLOADING GOVERNMENT STORES AT CAVITE. ph taken for The Call | ; o e e e e e = ] e O o o S Q6460 06040-00046045406064-040-40 R A I W P S EGROES T0 FIGHT THE FILIPINOS May Replace the Volunteers Now Serving Around Manila. PLAY OF McKINLEY Said to Favor Garrisoning Our New Possessions With Regi- ments of Colored Men. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, Washington, March 19. A prominent United States Senator, who assumes to have personal and di- rect knowledge, is authority for the in- teresting statement that the President has recently discussed a novel solution of the question “How shall our colonies be garrisoned?” Although the indications for an early adjustment of the insurrection in the island of Luzon are favorable it is the general impression among army offi- cers that these people, like all others of fickle character, will be constantly rebelling against our authority as from time to time they find fault with our exercise of government over them. It is pointed out that the Cubans, the Porto Ricans and the South American natives are constantly rebelling against the constituted authority; that this has been -the case for centuries. The Fili- pinos, they say, are of the same char- acter. @ ! + Moreover, while the natives of | Luzon may be subjugated there are | 1400 other islands in that archipelago, 400 of which are well with a class of people with whom it will be hard to deal. Our volunteers in the Philippines long ago became tired of exile, and when the treaty of peace lately ratified by the United States and Spain has finally been exchanged, which ceremony will take place in a few days, the war will have ceased practically and technically, and the volunteers may then be mus- tered out upon ther own application. It is needless to say that a vast ma- jority of them will apply for release, and as it will have to be granted this| will leave only the 60,000 regulars. It is assumed by the President and his advisers that there would be less objection among Democrats to the re- cruiting of the regular army up to the 100,000 standard, as proposed in the Hull reorganization bill, which meas- ure was opposed especially by Demo- crats from the South, if it were under- stood that these soldiers would be re- cruited from the negro population. It is assumed that the Southern Senators and Representatives would be willing to increase th> regular army to the number of 35,000 additional men if it were understood the regiments would be recruited largely from the negro ranks. It has been pointed out that the 0 regiments are not only very ef- ficlent, but the negro, whose progeni- tors were accustomed to the rays of a fierce African sun, will not be afraid of spoiling their complexion in the Phil- ippines, Cuba or Porto Rico. Whether or not the tentative sugges- tion will take the form of a recommen- dation to Congress at its next session, the Senator was unable to say, but it certainly presents a most novel solu- tion of the vexed problem of garrison- | 108 our new. possessions. populated, but | Ad | ficers, | called out. SERIOUS CLAM BETWEEN POLICE AND THE PEOPLE Many Wounded in an Affray at Havana in Which Cubans Participate. PITCHED BATTLE AT A BALL Insurgent Officers Head the Opposi- tion to Peace Officers and Use Revolvers With Deadly Effect. Special Dispatch to The Cafl. AVANA, March 19.—A serious conflict between the police and people of Havana occurred last night, resulting in much shoot- ing and clubbing. From thirty to fifty people were wounded, some se- riously. Among the injured is Police Captain Estampes, formerly a colonel in the Cuban army. Ever since the police interference about a week ago at the demonstration in honor of General Maximo Gomez the police have been unpopular with the populace, who jeer them and de- clare them inefficient. Certain news- papers let no opportunity escape to criticize the force, denouncing the ar- rests as unfair and charging the po- lice with “trampling upon the rights of a free people.” The police are vir- tually in the position of men who have | to make the people fear them in order to secure obgglience, as they have no record to fall bac: upon for example. Last night's trouble occurred at a public mulatto ball in.San Jose street, an unsavory quarter. Many Cuban of- colonels and captains among them attended the affair. A policeman on duty in that street, following orders to prevent a crowd collecting in front of the building where the ball was in progress, asked a group of men to go in or disperse. His request was un- heeded, and after repeating it he was attacked by the group, whereupon many men issued from the building and set upon him, took away his club and revolver -and handled him ronghly, The policeman immediately notified headquarters, which ordered twenty re- serves to the scene. The crowd had prepared for their arrival. It is said they opened with a revolver fire upon the police, which the latter returned, the shooting being kept up until the ammunition was exhausted. The opponents of the police acted with determination in the affray. Many who were in the building mounted the roof, which was low, and fired upon thé po- lice from that point. They were appar- ently well armed, and this fact, together with the resolution with which they fought, seems to confirm the belief that the attacking party was mostly made up of Cuban officers, as ordinary civil ians would have fled from the revolvers of the police. Many women were wounded. A re- port is in circulation this evening that two of the injureg civilians had suc- cumbed to their \Wunds, but this is not confirmed. Among those seriously hurt are Policemen Donato Aroza, En- rique Munoz and Benigue Vasquez and | clvilians Jose Dominguez, Etou Gali- ano, Alberto Aleja and Irene Roque. It is reported on good autherity that | many were wounded who withdrew hastily because unawilling to have it known that they were present. American troops weére called to the scene when the trouble was over and numerous arrests followed. Police Cap- tain Estames, who is well known in Cuban military circles, is so badly in- jured that fears are entertained that he will not recover. Numerous permits have been issued for similar balls this evening and it is | feared there may be further trouble. Shortly before 9 o'clock it was re- ported that another conflict between the people and the police had taken place this evening in the outskirts of Havana, and that two policemen and several civilians were wounded. It is| asserted also that two policemen were killed and that the reserves had been p— WILL PROTEST TO THE THE CIVILIZED WORLD| MADRID, March 19.—Senor Siivela, | Premier and Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, had a conference to-day with the French Embassador regarding the lib- eration of Spanish prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos. Spain, it is rumored, has determined to protest to the civilized world against the attitude of the Americans i hin- dering the efforts of General Rios, Spanish commander in the Philippines, to liberate the prisoners. The Govern- ment will demand a credit for the pay- ment of the interest on the Cuban debt. RUMORED TROUBLE IN STORE FOR EAGAN Report in Army Circles That the Gen- eral May Again Be Court- Martialed. y NEW YORK. March 19.—A special to the World from Washington says: It is believed in army circles that the case of General Miles in the meat controversy has been proved bv the testimony adduced by the court of inquiry and that the court cannot fail to recommend the punishment of_those responsible. "There is some talk that General Eagan, who was in charge of the commissary de- artment during the war, woul® be rought before another court-martial. The fact that he had already been court-mar- 'The Exodus of Politicians of THE FIGHT IS Victory Crowns th Railroad and Its Tool a Power CALT. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| MENTO, March 19.—The long fight is finished and the people have won a great victory. Burns is defeated and the State saved from the ¢ sgrace of his election to the high office of United States Senator. The promise made to the voters of California that the Republican party should not be dominated by the South- ern Pacific Railroad has been fulfilled. The power of the arrogant corporation is broken and every true and independ- ent man of the State may rejoice. The debt of gratitude which Califor- nia owes to fifty-five Republicans of the Legislature, who stood from the first to the last against the election of Burns, can. * be appreciated in its full measure at this time. They were proof against corrupt influences and seduc- tive blandishments. They were vigil- ant and courageous, refusing to yvield to the crack of the party lash wielded by leaders who sought to betray the party. The high sense of public in- tegrity which they possessed repelled corrupt advances. They were strong when strength was needed. They were firm when firmness was imperative. To-night leading men, In reviewing the situation, accord high praise to General W. H. L. Barnes, U. S. Grant and Irving M. Scott. Each served the cause of clean politics. General Barnes | expelled from his apartments a railroad | hireling bearing a vast bribe. U. S. Grant and _his men deserve boundless praise for the tenacity and courage dis- played at every hour of the long and earnest battle. The methods which in- troduced Mr. Grant to the scene of Senatorial strife may be questioned, but nothing said in that regard can de- tract from the record which he made when the fight was on between the peo- | people against OVER, THE BATTLE IS WON, THE PEOPLE REJOICE ¢ Efforts of Clean and Homest Men. STATE SAVED FROM DISGRACE Legislature Adjourns Sine Die and the Southern Pacific Are Turned Down as for Evil. ple of California and the railroad’s candidate for Senator. U. S. Grant stands higher to-day in the estimation of Californians than he ever stood be- fore. He has shown that he possesses some of the attributes which made his father famous as a fighter. General Barnes' gallant fight is re- marked. He had neither the prestige of party organization nor the power of money to assist him, but aided by his splendid personality, his eminent abil- ity and his record as a veteran in the service of his party he took rank among the leaders of the contest and main- tained a conspicuous position until the close of the struggle. He stood for the influences which have in the past controlled and swayedlead- ing public men. His supporters wera among the ablest men of the Legis- Jature and they were proud of his lead- ership. There is no exultation over the vie- tory to-night, but a profound sense of security from danger of railroad domi- nation and boss rule is entertained. Leading legislators of Republican faith say: “We can now go before the people in the great campaign of 1300 and say Huntington, Herrin and the bosses do not control the Republican . party. Look at the Republican record in the Legislature of 1899. Only thirty Republicans could be deceived, misled or corrupted when the vast power of the corporation and all the evil in- fluences of political bossism were brought to bear in order to secure con- trol of the Legislature. The Repub- lican party is clean and honest. It sacrificed the political advantage of a Senator rather than take erders from the railroad to elect an unworthy man.” The members comprising the Repub- lican party are almost worn out by the fatigue of the long battle. They are fully satisfied to-night with the result. as the State has been saved from dis- grace and humiliation. DEPARTING SOLONS HAVE NO REGRETS FOR THE CAPITAL High and Low Degree From Sacramento. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 19.—And to-day the ex- odus. Out of the Capitol, out of the Golden Eagle and out from the places tucked away behind the “beer at V the glass” signs that everywhere decorate this river ridden city, every train cityward has taken its quota of legislators and lobby- ists, every one of them glad it's over and all of them afraid of a call for an extra session. Not every one is gone. Jake Steppacher and Charlie Kenneally are still in town and may be for a day or so to come, but the rest have departed. The Los Angeles delegation got away to-night on the 5 o’clock southern, and the five-ten car- ried most of the San Francisco crowd. The hegira began as early as 5 o’clock this morning. Belshaw of Contra Costa and Atherton of _.arin led a crowd of those who have been voting for General Barnes down to the depot at that time, and since then the depot has been the liveliest spot in town. There is nothing on the streets but rain- to-night, and there is so little of that that the cow county representatives kicked all the way o trains. : N;;‘j“or MecLaughlin and Hervey Lindley went aboard the 5 o'clock train.this evens ing and took with them a whole bunch of those who have stayea with Mr. Burns all through this wearisome fight, and not one in the party but looked as smiling a; though nothing serious had happened. . Burns himself remains in town. The candidates, those of them ‘who have gone, caught the 2 o'clock train this after- floon. General Barnes and Irving M. Scott_were aboard, and it was expected that Mr. Burns would be with them, but he did not turn up nor did he leave on the train this evening. Mr. Grant stays over a day or so, although most of the Los An- geles and San Diego delegation pulled out on the southern this evening. Works of San Diego switched to Oakland, where Mrs. Works has been seriousl, ill for some weeks past. Crowder an Charlie Huber, who have stayed so loyally by the Southron since his candidacy began, got away with the rest, and Assemblyman Radcliff of Santa Cruz, another of Mr. Grant's leaders, pulled out for his home at ‘Watsonville. It has not }?een a ha every one, however. deleya(h)n was _not altogether mirth- strickeén. Mike Barry and Fred Lund- quist, Lon Henry and the rest made suc- cessive attempts to get away on every train that pulled out, but they didn’t make it until the last on the schedule. Charlie Kenneally got as far as the depot but took the next car back. “Dis is no treatment for a legislator,” said Mr. Ken- neally_in explanation. “I've voted for every Espee bill what's come up, I've been friendly to de railroad and don’t care who knows it, and den just look how far apart dem ties is. Dat’s not de way fer Herrin to do. I wait till to-morrow and mean- while wires home.” Jake Steppacher has stayed behind to sottle up_the little account of the State Central Committee and see that its erstwhile headquarters are left in pre- sentable shape. Judge Dibble will not leave until he has straightened out the crooks and cranks that the hurry of the last few days has left Assembly business in, and Valentine 2 B leave taking for PPle San Francisco tialed éml;ll xsbe‘lmder sentancaedwould not 1.7: 1..oap uAngeLes filelhbeogn hand for t:!e revent his being again before a |same purpose. Los_ Angeles, I tary tribi L Who shares with Caminetti the leadership | of the minority. will also not hurry in his leave-taking. There remains a pile of work at the Capitol yet to be done, and although there is a large force of clerks held over to do it. it cannot be got through with unless some of the more skilled in legislation are on hand to direct matters. But so far as Sacramento is concerned its prosperity is over for . n- other two years. It is left by the Leg.s- | lature to drink itself to premature death | on its own drinking water and a call of the House to-night would not muster a third of a quorum. CLOSING HOURS OF THE ASSEMBLY CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 13.—There was a quorum . and no more in the Assembly this morn- ing to attend to the arduous duty of ad- journing sine die. The hour was fixed at 11 o'clock, and the clock was stopped at that time, although it was 1) minutes before noon by the right time before the gavel fell. There was no little business to be done before the whole thing could be called off, and Judge Dibble and Assemblyman Rickard assisted Speaker Anderson in pushing it through as rapidly as it could be made to go. The enrolling of bills and the final passage and enrolling of a'bunch that did not get through last night stretched the time limit almost to the fa- tal hour of noon, and even then Judge Dibble demanded adjournment and moved it before the Enrolling Committee had got back from the Governor's office with its last batch. All_of the bills passed were of neces- sity Senate measures, and most of them were measures of Senator Dickinson, al- though Stratton and Boyce each got one through. The bils passed_were as follows: Senate bill 275, Dickinson—An act enti- tled “An act to amend section 751 of the Political Code of the State of California,” and providing for the appointment of a chief deputy clerk and five deputy clerks of the Clerk of the Supreme Court. Senate bill 287, Boyce—An act to amend section 501 of the Clvil Code of the State of California relating to street railroad cars. Senate bill 422, Stratton—Appropriating money for the repairs and improvement of the building and grounds at the Indus- trial Home of Mechanical Trades for the Adult Blind. Senate bill 459, Dickinson—Making an appropriation to pay the deficiency in the appropriation for postage, expressage, tel- egraphing and contingent expenses of tiM Attorney General for the fiftieth fiscal year. Senate bill 724, Dickinson—An act enti- tled “An act to amend section 756 of the Political Code and providing for the amount, and the time and manner of pay- ment of and making an appropriation to pay the salaries of the chief deputy clerk and the deputy clerks of the Clerk of the Supreme Court.” DEATH OF THOMAS MENZIES. An Old-Time Business Man Suc- cumbs to Paralysis. SAN RAFAEL, March 19. — Thomas Menzies, the milionaire, died here yes- terday morning. He was formerly a mem- ber of the now defunct firm of Falkner, Bell & Co. of San Francisco, and also represented several English syndicates. Deceased was born in Leith, Scotland, and came to New York when a mere boy. He arrived in California with the Argo- nauts, and since has amassed a fortune. For several years he has been paralyzed, and this ailment caused his death. He was very popular, and leaves scores of friends to regret his demise. S e KIPLING'S IMPROVEMENT. NEW YORK. March 19.—Rudyard Kip- ling to-night read the papers, dictated some letters and saw a few friends. He spoke of getting out soon, and his physi- c}m , Dr. ham, encot him with the promise that he would be permitted to leave his room in & few daymk -