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

Call IV, ()I UME L\\\V 0. 129. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS JAMAICANS THREATEN TO SEEK ANNEXATION Demand the Dismissal of the Present British Officials, and Burn Them TON, Jamaica tion almost chaotic the Government and ha Last ohout C berlain, the sh Se lache, a represe e who, Government appc t, we leaders are reporte ment to the of annexation WILL EXPEL ESTERIAZY Figaro Gets Back at the Anti-Dreyfus Papers of Paris. S H HHOIOH040404 D404040404040 ne Figaro s papers, that gets \\hnh individuals and Exam- mands to ! 1 befo! the mean- to M Court of , the prose- an inquiry he manner in as a magis- to witn, in rega nel Henry Ro- are General himself SERIOUS EXPLOSION OF A SHELL AT A CITADEL and Maimed While rs Killed Being Taught How to Load a Cannon. hurled DRIVEN AWAY BY | A MIGHTY ICEBERG |a Dangers Belgian South Pole Ex- ; pedition. Ca the New Fork | C ghted, 1503, by James Gor- | INTE DEO oril 7.—The British ( 1 brings a report from the | m Arenas on lored ving rlache repancy between the I d G imiralty maps-re- | G ) e whole coast thor- | £ ie adva ~fourth | to change its di- east. It passed the vack of ice at 71 The | | valuable collec- Letters recei At Printe Areens i that a German called Dry | preparing a new expedition | PIERCE WANTS A PLACE. Assemblyman Would Be ' Commis- sioner of Public Works, WOODLAND, April 7.—It is current ru- 'mh\\ man Pierce is a candi- of Public Works, Governor Gage is disposed to his aspirations with favor. | also of this county, has been avowed candidate for some ‘time, and been taken for granted that Mr. roduce be- | the | Attending the Work of the | in Effigy. April 7—The council adjourned to-day, leaving the political situa- representatives having passed a vo ving adopted a resolution deman Hemming. the r ral parishes mass meetings w retary of State for the Colonies; G at the final crisis, voted with the G re burned. There were no other v to be formulating a monster popular ultimatum to the Imperial Govern- he restoration of the original autonomous constitution of 1866, with the al- United States. The agitators sa ive policy is maintained, serious trouble may develop. CHOSECHORORO CHCEOE SCANDIA BRINGS THE BODIES OF HEROES: ARRYING sixty-five duwcaarged and time-expired men and the bodies of four of the heroes who died before the trenches of the Filipinos, the transport Scandia sailed into the bay at noon yesterday, and after touching at quarantine tied up at section 2 of the seawall. She was twenty-eight days out from Ma- nila, via Nagasaki, and had a pleasant and uneventful trip. She came out in command of Captain G. W. Hart and was in charge of Major Cloman of the juartermaster’s department. In the hold were the bodies of Colone James F. Smith of the First Tennesses Major McConnville of the First Ida y Captain Elliot of the Twentieth Kan- sas and Lieutenant French of the First North Dakotas. Colonel Smith died apoplexy on the firing line while leading his men in an @ -+ of O D-D-D-O-O4-D6-O-6-O--- 6O - ffort to take the Filipino trenches. | His body is accompanied by his son, ant Major Smith, who will take ugh to his Tennessee home. An s being made by the .Masonic rnity of this city to prevail upor quartermaster's department to al- low »ody to be held over here for | three days that the Masons may pay fit tribute to their dead brother. Major McConnville's bodv was ac- companied by his son, Private McConn- ville of the First Idahos, who was hon- bly discharged by the department that he might accompany his father's body to Idaho. Major McConnville was veteran of the Indian battles of the Northwest and a gallant soldier. He leading his fell before Caloocan while men in a brilliant charge. Captain Elliot’s body is also accom- panied by his sons, Sergeant John B. Elliot and Corporal James, Elliot, who have been honorably discharged be- ause of their father’s death. Captain iot was picked off by Tagallo sharp- shooters while his regiment was in front of Caloocan. Lieutenant French had neither kith nor kin with him' on the battlefieid, but died as bravely as did his fellow'officers in the charge on the trenches at Caloocan. There was some little trouble occa- sioned when Sergeant Major Smith de- sired to remove his father's body from the transport. would not permit of its landing unless the necessary papers from the officials in Manila accompanied it. It developed that the documents were nailed in the wooden boxes that enclosed the her- metically sealed caskets and the quar- termaster’s department had to be called on for permission to open them. The officers on board were Captain Murphy of the Fourteenth Infantry, Lieutenant Sweasy of the First Cali- fornia, who has tendered his resigna- <ion because of ill health, and Major Cloman. Major Cloman left this city for Manila as a captain of commissary e was supporting him. on Brigadier General Anderson’s staff e The health authorities | te of censure on the officers of ding their removal, including ere held and effigies of Joseph overnor Hemming and Mr. Pa- overnment and who holds a but the iolent developments, y that if both demands are re- B +D4 040404 040404040404+ 040 L] oEom THE POPE'S CONDITION 18 SATISFACTORY His Physicians Agree That His Holiness Is Greatly Improved. Special Cable to The Call and the New York | Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gor- un Eennct | ROME, April 7.—Dr. Lapponi con-,| firms Profes: garding the his Holines: v Mazzoni's opinion re- tisfactory condition health. He says the Pope is about to resume his walks in the Vatican gardens, and will preside at the ceremonies on the anniversary of his coronation, to be held on April 16 at St. Peter's. ¥ NEW YORK, April 7.—A cable to the Journal from Rome says: Archbishop Ireland said to the Journal correspond- ent to-day that at his parting audi- ence with the Pope he found his Holi- ness in excellent health | “The Pope talked for a long time on | an affairs with astonishing lu- | Y said the Archbishop. ‘“‘He dis- | ved a wide knowledge of things in | the United State | | ‘“His ill has not left any visible | results, and his feebleness has nearly | disappeared.” [ BORCEONO R S e e > o e e .wo—e»—@—»@-o—@+®w+o+©w+®+-o B O SO o—@—w@—vg\ . . . & * @ TROOPSHIP SCANDIA ENTERING PORT. and soon earned his promotion to ma- Jorty. He is in poor health and came off the transport this morning while she was in quarantine. Among the sixty-five men on board there were no sick nor was there any sickness reported during the voyage. Two privates convalescing from gun- shot wounds made up the surgeon’s sick list. R. K. Alcott, Ernest Stans- bury and W. R. White of the First Cal- ifornia were all returned on favored discharges. The trio were among the | hundred enlistments from Stanford | University and report tie rest of the | boys on the other side as well and fight- ing like wildcats when the opportunity offers. A big delegation from the Olympic Club was on hand to receive one of the prominent members of the club who went out with the Fourteenth Infantry as a private—George Grant of this city, who enlisted in June last. Grant served all through the seven- teen-hour engagement which began on the night of February 5 and is en- thusiastic in his praise of the men who fought with him and of the California boys particularly. “Beginning on the night of the 5th,” he said, “we had seventeen hours of solid fighting in an effort to take the Filipino trenches. Our boys went into it cheering and yelling like Indians. It was what they had been living in hope of for weeks and when it came they showed what they were made of. We had to fight our way through thickets of brush that had thorns a couple of inches long, and they cut us like knives, but no one seemed to mind it, not even when we got into the rice fields, whers the difficulties were even greater. Tt was in these rice fields that our first calamity came upon us. Lieutenant Mitchell was leading M Company across the fields on the trenches when they struck a bog and sank into the stiff mud up to their middles. They could neither go on nor get out; many of their guns ivere filled with the oazel B e e SRCER SRS S ) and exploded when they tried to fire them. The Filipinos saw their difficulty and centered their fire on them. Lieu- | tenant Mitchell w literally riddled | with Mauser bullets, and there was not \ much of the company left when aid came and stopped the Filipino fire. “‘Our colonel, now general, Ovenshine, certainly won his promotion. He was always in front of the firing line show- ing us boys just where to shoot and he soon got to be the pet target of the | sharpshooters. He would point them | out to us as little puffs of smoke. showed where they were stationed and 2 half dozen guns pumped into the tree | or shed would soon make good Filipinos | of them. | “I do not think the reports of the | Filipino dead have been exaggerated I have seen them lying in heaps in their trenches and piled in heaps of fifty | and a hundred outside, and most of | them shot in the head, too. Thmr, trenches were splendidly built. If 10,- 000 of aur men should take them they | could hold them against 100,000.” The list of those who returned on the Scandia is as follows: an army of ) | First California—Lieutenant W. N, Swa- vates W. R. White, B. K. Alcott, v K; A. E. D. Lance, California Artillery. First Colorado—Privates J. H. Dean, Com- pany G: J. McD. Hoyt, A; Corporal Guy Melntosh, K. First Nebraska—Private Charles Wilson, Company A: E. G. Harwood, G; D, C. Cochran, B; John Williams, G. Thirteenth Minnesota—Privates Moore, Company C; C. J. Rustod, F; Hoyes, B; D. F. Gubesing, G; J. W. G. F. Fenny, L. First Montana—Hospital Paxon. Second Oregon—Privates E. W. Becker, Company K: G. F. Jennings, L; Sergeant Major, James Rintoul Jr.; J. D. New, H; E. Stansbury, L. 3 Signal Corps—Private David Culkins. Hospital Corps—Privates U. C. Hamilton, R. L. J. M. Short, Steward R. H. Raphael Long, Albert Silverstein, W, L. Stillman, Steward Peterson. Volunteer Engineers—C. A. Love, Fourteenth !nlanln —-Prl\mpa G A Continued on Second Puo. h 24—King Ta- | @ accompanied | @ “hiet Tamasese (Who 2 will occupy the position of Vice H King) was crowned King of Sa- | g moa at Mulinuu yesterday. Admiral | @ Kautz and Captain White of the Phila- | @ deiphia, Captains Sturdee and Torlesge | @ | of the Porpoise and Royalist, United |@ | States Consul ( eral Osborn, Consul Maxse and Chief Justice Ide were present at the ceremony, which was | attended by | were | pro | was hoisted | eral and ! by their absence | had not the slightest interest | moa. spent a few days making inquiries and | of the | taafa and hi | they were about to obey the command | GERMAN RIFLEMEN ~AIDED THE SAMOANS b oo i * YANKEES AND BRITONS SIDE BY SIDE. The one fact which the recent disturbances in Samoa have brought most markedly into prominence is the unanimity of feeling between English and Americans in the group. Throughout British and United States Consuls have acted in perfect harmony. Their negotiations have aim—the supremacy of the English-speaking races. lined the trenches like brethren and speedily repulsed the ferocious Samoans. the whole trouble the had one common When it came to fighting British and American bluejackets During the attack on the British consulate American jackies from the Philadelphia worked their Gatling gun with murderous effect, while Eng- lish tars from the Royalist and Porpoise held the trenches with their small arms. all representative Ameri- Fifty bluejackets from the United States warship and fifty from the British v posed the guard of honor. W about 200 friendly troops. ion was through the whole of Apia, preceded by the band of the flag- cans and Britis ship. Lieutenant Miller had charge of the function. The flagship and the Porpoise both fired a royal salute of twenty-one guns when the King's flag The German Consul Gen e Consul were conspicuous and the Falke.lay in | captai in the harbor as if she and her When Admiral Kautz arrived he then called a meeting of all the Con- suls and the senior naval officers of the warships in the harbor. The whole sit- uation was taken under advisement and the outcome of the meeting wa; issuance of the proclamation of 11. This proclamation was taken to Mulinuu by Flag Lieutenant Miller of the Philadelphia and Lieutenant Gaunt Porpoise. It was read to Ma- sociated thirteen chie was rumored around That night it Apia that German Consul Rose had de- was a consenting party to this proclamation. On the same day the proclamation was read to the chiefs the Royalist had gone to the isl- and-of Apolimax and returned with a number of the deported Malietoans. Mataafa and his chiefs, after receiving the admiral’s notice, had quietly left | Mulinuu and gone to the western por- tion of the municipality, and it seemed and was generally understood that nied that he and retire to their homes. They were in Vaimoso when the German Consul issued a counter proclamation in ths Samoan language which was distrib- uted among the Mataafans. The im- mediate result of this act was that ths rebels blackened their, faces, seized their rifles and patrolled the back streets of the municipality, declaring they would prevent any food supplies being brought into Apia for the use of the Malietoa natives. peninsula to protect them. A number hey were stopped by an armed Mz taafa party. manded, and when the native was informed they wished to see Ma- taafa, ¢ould see Mataafa, but if the officers | had any letter for him it would be de- | livered where they were for an answer. tenant Miller handed the ultimatum tc the chief and told him this-letter re- | quired no answer. In Apia a force of fifty men had taken up a position in the center of the town next the courthouse, which was for the time being turr hospital. gun. 2000350060060 28800 PROCLAMATION. Admiral Kautz Gives Notice to Mataafa That He Is No Longer Chief. To High Chief Mataafa and the thirteen chiefs associated with him, in particular, and to all the people of Samoa, both foreign and native, in general. 1. Whereas, at a meeting held this day on boad the United States flagship Philadelphia, at anchor in the harbor of Apia, at which were present the consular representatives of the three signa- tory powers of the Berlin treaty of 1889, and the three senior naval officers'of the same powers, it was agreed that the so-called pro- visional government under High Chief Mataafa and thirteen other chiefs can have no legal status under the Berlin treaty, and can therefore not be recognized by the consular and naval representa- tives, it is hereby ordered that the high chief and the thirteen other chiefs aforesaid go quietly to their respective homes and obey the laws of Samoa, and respect the Borlin treaty. 2. It is further ordered that all the chiefs and their people who have béen ejected from their homes and who have been sent to different points in the Samoan Islands, return quietly to their afore- said homes without molestation. 3. The guarantee of protection as far as lies within the power of the naval force now in this harbor, is given to all who quietly obey this order. On the other hand, it will be used against all who disregard it or the rights of quiet and peaceably disposed people. 4. The treaty of Berlin recognizes the Chief Justice of Samoa as the highest officer under the existing government and as long as he holds his office his authority must be respected and the decree of the court must be carried out. 5. Trusting that all residents of Samoa will have the good sense to observe the requirements of this proclamation, which is is- sued in the interests of peace and with the earnest regard for the rights of all, both foreign and native, and that there may be no oc- casion to use military power to enforce it, I am, respectfully, ALBERT KAUTZ, Rear Admiral United States Navy, Commander in Chief U. S. Naval Force on Pacific Station. March 11, 1899. Their business was de leader | PROCLAMATION. Piece of Folly of the German Consul That Is Causing War. he curtly replied that no one | officers could wait Lieu- and the By the proclamation of the Admiral of the United States, dated the 11th of March, was made known that the three Consuls or the signatory pow- ers of the Berlin treaty, as :d into a war office and well as the three commanders These. were Porpoise men un- tinu A party of Americans protected e to recognize the pro- On March 12, the following day, the | gor [ jeutenant Cave, . Twenty British of the men of war, had been whole of Apia was surrounded by the | ,o45ckets under Lieutenant’ Gaunt unanimous to,no more recog- MataafanFwarric Admiral Kautz | /o' stalled at the British consulate. nize the provisional govern- had to provide for the safety of the| o, 1oty had a. quick-firing machine : ment composed of Mataafa returned Malietoa. prisoners. They | b MTE 8L B A o the | @ and the thirteen chiefs, \\'e.rf:lall mf“;‘:"““”}_fmr,:ill‘,'ll‘;?l‘:‘\;”:_“m_]m‘:] | west of Mulinuu and along the main | @ I therefore make known to Lieutenant Brown and Lieutenant Cave | °30s under Lieutenant Landsdale. With | & was not at all correct. I, the faokt up a position at the neck of ¢he | the suard at Mulinuu neck was a|Q German Consul General, con. }(\\hl\e-]mundf‘l and a Colt machine : of the Malietoans had thelr rifles, which had been in safe keeping on the Porpoise, returned to them, and this, in addition to the guard, made the Mulinuu defense one of considerable strength. The morning of March 13 came and there was no answer .from Mataafa. His men had surrounded the town and Admiral Kautz's command was ignaqred the United States consulate under Lieu- tenant Perkins. chine gun and field piece. sul Maxse and Lieutenant horseback reconnoitered the back roads of Apia. were not interfered with in any way except once, when a rebel covered Lieu- tenant Miller with his rifle. visional government of Samoa until I have received contrary instructions from my Gov- ernment. ROSE, German Consul General. March 13, 1899. ship would fire one of her large guns, They also had a ma- British Con- Miller on They met armed posts, but The lieu- completely. Under this state of affairs, | tenant was unarmed, zm n\‘\'mg (;n {he tallowen By ihreapintit it Ne e caused solely by the proclamation of | Prompt aid of the Consul and Mr. | diier et srt MAthATa: hicsea h the German Consul, the admiral haqd | Gaunt. who accompanied them, the : » ved up by only two alternatives—either to enforce his command or to submit to Mataafa and his German colleague. About mid- day Flag Lieutenant Miller set out on horseback with an ultimatum to Ma- taafa, who was at Vaimoso, inside the municipality. He and Secretary Sel- lars of the flagship had only gone on the main road to the first turning, about haif a mile from the beach, when smalt party of natives broke and fled. The report was quickly the Consul's party had been captured, and bluejackets under Cave hastened to the rescue. and the Consul and lieutenant were met | riding home in safety. Early next morning notice was spread that if no answer were received from Mataafa by 1 o'clock the admiral’s flag- German talk and vague hints of sup- port, defied the admiral. , The natives were fully persuaded that the German proclamation would have the effect of deterring the admiral from opening fire on them. At the request of Admiral Kautz, Captain Sturdee assumed command of the combined forces on shore, Flag Lieutenant Miller of the Philadelphia assisting, Dr. Lung was at Mulinuu in town that The report was untrue