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

- The Lall VOI UM LXXXV—NO. 141. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. QUAY IS BEATEN FOR THE @+ e eis e I Py . 1 . & ) . & 7 . ® 3 . ¢ . o ){ 3¢ @ 3¢ * . “© 3 . © 3¢ . & )t . & A . ¢ i b 4| @ 04 b . 3 * © it @ & . ¢ + 3 . & 1 . 3 - ® 1 . ¢ 7 . 4 [ . - - . . & % * © g . L . t i © . EX-SENATOR MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY. + 0 5000000060 00000600000000006060060606000606666400000000+00000 AT the joint convention m ing the m than three months of hence to-day's moti stru B o such bitter political con- 8 1 There was no chan test was probably ever before waged in ting; the friends of ex-§ this country. The fight has been dis- stan tinetly or and anti-Quay lines Republi es |and both s had numerous represen- | - irg, whi tatives here at all times keeping a = ciose tch on the members and on h other. Both sides promise that ntest for supremacy will be car- 1to every county in the State and intly until final victory is receiv assured to one or the other. The next Y = ey fight will be the chairmanship of the bt State committee. After that will come otfochim T battle for the control of the State | g ¥ nber § which will nominate a can- he never came At State Treasurer. [ 1=l ‘HOECOR ECECEONCHCECRCOECR ECHCBCECEONCGEONY VAT FIRST PROCLATMED A HOLIDAY 19 following 15l in mc troyed manife on the s celebr Arin by patriotic f rnfa, by ne by the ate, do hereuntc of Sta HOPE FOR A UNION OF he rst day of ) =rnor pro- dern the ing be! ratec g 1o e set pub- con- May, ot ate. LL GERMAN-AMERICANS recent veen has reeting “suck sentiment joyfu that it proves Lt A Gide but retain in the hich is of ater f German s ion of es of national sentiment on fes- « ons but which fail when need e pe that ) the Bast- r leading to a courageous all German-Americans.” Dies Laden With Years. CRUZ, il 19.—T! old set of this coun! home at Doyles Gulch. dead at his was a native of Sco is He | de- SENATE. WILL SEND MESSAGES BY THE X-RAY Special Dispatch to The Ca NEW YORK, April 19.—A Chicago special to the H d says: Dr. H. P. Pratt, a practical ctrician and sci- entist connected with the three local medical col as professor of elec- tro-therapeutics, has made specialty of the X- machine and production of shadc aphs and it is through X- r ares, he has solved the | upon which Marconi and Notre professors are now at work. believes he has devised a plan for both telegraphing and tele- phoning without the use of wires, and can reach w York by means of it. “My idea,” he said to-dav, “is to get up where the atmosphere 1s rarer and clearer, say 1000 feet or more on top metal tower. At the base of the tower is a Ruhmkorff coil sending a current of from 2,000.000 to 5,000,000 volts to a Crookes tube to be placed at the apex of the tow The tube would be mounted on a pivot like a search- light so as to be turned in any direc- tion. “Alongside the tower would stand a mast or pole of equal height, capped by a metal globe. A current of low voltage would be sent up this pole and as the Ligh voltage in which the cur- rent from the tower struck the globe it would pick up and carry along the weaker current. The latter would be governed by telegraph or telephone in- struments. “At the New York end of the route would stand another 1000-foot mast or pole surmounted by a metal globe, and as the X-ray current from Chicago reached it pulsations could be recorded a telegraph sounder or heard by a telephone receiver. EXPERT KYTKA'S THEORY. Says the Murdock Note Signature Was Traced From a Deed. WILLOWS, April 19.—In the Murdock note case Expert Kytka consumed the morning session in demonstrating to the jury his theory as to how the signature on the $100,000 note was traced from Wil- liam Murdock’'s signature on a deed Kytka had not finished his direct mony at noon, when court adjourned to attend the funeral of Attorney Frank Freeman’s mother. Kytka will resume his tland and §2 years old. hesumnny to-morrow morning. e SRCRS SRS SRCRD SO TSP MDA SN DS MU D WD S S URGANTZING MILDIERS 1N | THE ISLANDS Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April 19.—A Washing- | ton special to the Herald says: tary Secre- Alger has cabled to Major Gen- Brooke and Henry to report prog- in the matter of organization of Cuban and Porto Rican battalions. Official reports from General Henry show that he began to organize Porto Rican soldiery on March 31. Secretary Alger told me he saw some of the men »t up and apparently very much at their enlistment in Uncle service. At the time the Secre- s in Cuba he said General ke had not commenced to organize | the Cuban battalion, and the Secre- tary seems to be of the opinion that | Cubans make better police than Amer- | fean soldiers. | General Otis has not taken advantage of the authority granted to him to en- list Filipinos, and it is presumed he will not do so until the restoration of peace and order in the islands. DEFENDERS OF BALER REFUSED TO EVACUATE BARCELONA, April 19.—El Diario, eulogizing the Spanish garrison—con- sisting of a captain, two lieutenants, a doctor and forty-eight men—who had been defending Baler against the Fili- pinos, says: ‘“‘GGeneral Rios recently sent Captain Olmedo to order the garrison to evacu- ate, as Baler no longer belonged to Spain. Olmedo, after great difficuity, got within fifty metres of the house in | which the Spaniards were fortified. He managed, however, to deliver his in- structions, but the garrison simply con- tinued to fire from its fortified quar- ters, and Captain Olmedo was com- pelled to return to Manila without a reply. COLORED TROOPS FOR ‘ THE PHILIPPINES | PORTLAND, Or, April 19.—Word | has been recelved at Vancouver Bar- | racks that two companies of the Twen- lty-fourth Infantry (colored), now at { Fort Shéerman, Idaho, have been or- | dered to proceed to San Francisco lnu for Manila. T S o REVISION OF DREYETS CAS 10 BE REFUSED Such a Decision Will Soon Be Rendered by Court of Cassation. THERE IS FOREBODI! " An Injustice That, It Is Predicted; May Cause the Downfall of the French Republic, Spectal Dispatch to The Call. ARIS, April 19.—The deci- sion of the Court of Cassa- {tion, which will probably be de- livered on May 1, will be a re- [fusal of revision of the Dreyfus case. : consternation among the friends of justice in France, and has al- ready evoked manifold forebod- ings of the speedy downfall of the republic as the penalty for its re- newed defiance of the first princi- | ples of truth and righteousness. Shame, indeed, would be the in- | evitable effect of persistence in the suicidal policy advocated by the anti-Dreyfus Parisians. It is universally known and ad- mitted in the light of evidence taken by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation: First—That Dreyfus was con- demned on evidence secretly | communicated to his judges. Second—That this evidence in | no involved the accused man. way L Nobody is more cognizant oi i the crucial facts than the forty- five Judges on the Supreme bench, President Loubet, Pre- | mier Dupuy and other giembers | i | Government of France. | Nevertheless, it is true that the | Ministry is pressing the court to jrender an immediate decision, iand the court has yielded to that | pressure, the understanding be- ing that the application for re- vision will be rejected. Before civilization gives voice to its denunciation of the execu- [tive, the Government and the highest judicial tribunal of France, there is an important word to be said. It might be possible that all high posts of power in the French republic are held by knaves and cowards, but it is hardly possible that they will all be fools as well. Any Minister {or Judge who imagines it pos- sible to refuse justice to a man | been proved, and in whose be- | half the conscience of the civil- lized world is aroused, as never before, would be the victim of a delusion which no sane brain could harbor. There must therefore be some |other explanation for the incom- | prehensible situation created by fto»day’s news. CLERGYMEN TO SEL SERMONS AT AUCTION ‘Will Bid for the Privilege of Preach- ing to Georgia State Prison 5 Convicts. ATLANTA. April 19.—Under the new convict system no provision has been made for chaplains. Before the present reforms were instituted it was the cus- tom to pay $3 per Sunday to ministers for preaching sermons to conviets in camps. Now the Attorney General has decided it is illegal for the State to make the expenditure direct, and the only man- | ner in which the convicts can be supplied with religion is to set aside money from the revenue gained by their labors. Tt has been suggested that, to prevent complaints of partiality from the host of | country preachers who want to minister to the State charges, an auction be held and the lowest bidders be awarded the privilege of delivering a sermon once a week. Under the former system it cost the State over $5000 a year to maintain chap- lains. The Prison Commissioners look for- ward with Interest to the contest, and the bidding is expected to be spirited. ARCHBISHOP CARR COMING. Will Pass Through San Francisco on His Way Back to Australia: NEW YORK, April 19.—A guest of Archbishop Corrigan-is Archbishop Carr of Melbourne, Australia, who arrived on Saturday on his way home from a visit to his old home in Ireland. Archbishop Carr expects to start on Saturday for Melbourne via San Francisco. ] This appalling news has spread | of the Cabinet comprising thc’ whose illegal condemnation has | [ e e L e R O o e I S o o s e S i o o L4 EX-CONGRESSMAN 'HILBORN DEAD L4 S¢ ! = o . £ ¥ + ¢ bt & i + ® 7 4 : ¢ + + £ . T 1 kS b + 34 @ © * o | & @ . : 3 ! B O3 Q it 3¢ * © & | Z © B } | & N | * ’\ | & 4 I+ THE LATE SAMUEL G. HILBORN. t (D096 4000060060000 00e0i00000000000+0 APPREHENSION AS | TO THE FATE OF Special Dispatch to The Call. i ASHINGTON, April 19.—Con- i siderable apprehension is felt | by Navy Department officials regarding the probable fate of Lieutenant Gillmore and party. While Admiral Dewey made no | mention of what steps had been insti- | tuted to secure the release of the men, if they are alive, it is confidently felt | that every effort is being exhausted not | only to learn the fate of the members of the party, but, if alive, to rescue them at once. | This morning’s press dispatches from Manila were shown to naval officers and were variously commented upon. | The impression seems | than yesterday that perhaps they had | met with serious disaster. ~According | to these dispatches a steam launch ! and later three vellevs were heard, but no response - from the machine gun. Some officers place | tions upon this evidence, and one or two | officers expressed their opinion that | the Yorktown's party may have been | suddenly surprised before there was an | opportunity to bring the machine gun into play. In case they were captured it is thought by several officia | the Americans will be held a m- ers, but still there is a graver view | taken by others, especially in view of | the proclamation issued by the rebel leaders that no quarter be shown the enemy, coupled with the rebel warning that cur army made no prisoners, but killed all the captured. Resting confident on the judgment of Admiral Dewey to make every possible effort to learn the fate of the York- towns party, no instructions have been sent by the Navy Department none will be. Secretary Long stated this morning that unquestionably light draft gunboats had been ordered to the assistance of the Yorktown, and it is quite possible that a landing party had been sent ashore to explore the coun- try and discover what had become of the launch and party. A vessel of the Yorktown’s size carries comparatively few men, her crew consisting of not | over 160 at most. Her marine guard is also small, so that Captain Sperry, her commander, would be incapable of landing a sufficient force from his shin for reconnoitering purposes without as- sistance from other vessels. The Navy Department having re- quested a correction of the portions of Admiral Dewey's dispatch of yesterday which were not decipherable was to- day able to furnish the full text cf the dispatch, which is as follows: MANILA, April 18.—Secretary of the Nayy, Washington: e Yorktown vis- ited Baler, on the east coast of Luzon, P. L, April 12, for the purpose of res ing 'and bringing away the Spanish forces, consisting of eighty soldie three officers and two priests, which were surrounded by 400 insurgents. Some of the insurgents were armed with Mauser rifles, as reported by natives. Lieutenant J. C. Gillmore, while making an examina- tion of the mouth of the river in an armed boat, was ambushed, fired upon and captured. Fate unknown, as insur- gents refused to communicate afterward. The following are mi B he officer previously referred to, Chief Quartermas- ter W. Walton, Co: vain J. Ellsworth, Gunner's Mate H. J. Hygard, Sailmaker's Mate Vendgit, Seamen W. H. Rynders and C. W. Woodbury, A([\’pyenlk‘es DWW A. Venville, J. Peterson rdh\aré’ Seamen ¥, Brisolese and O. B. McDonald, Lands- men L. T. Edward: lon and C. A. HOW GILLMORE’S PARTY STRANGELY DISAPPEARED MANILA, April 19, Morrissey. DEWEY. 4:30 p. m.—Ad- to be stronger | vi a achine gun entered the river, | AN 3 | erew. but no trace of them was found various construc- | that | and | | GILLMORE’S PARTY | miral Dew! | strange a jand fourteen members of the crew of the United States gunboat Yorktown. On Saturday last the Yorktown anchored off Baler, on the east coast of the island of Luzon and about 200 miles from here, where was a Spanish garrison of about fifty men, which had been defending itself against several hundred Filipinos for months past. Lieutenant Gillmore, Ensign W. H Standley and a boat's crew were sent up the river from. Baler Bay to com- municate with the Spaniards, the town of Baler being situated some distance inland. Ensign Standley, who landed at the mouth of the river, reports that he heard three volleys, a bugle call and cheers from up the river, but that the automatic gun which was part of the equipment of the boat was not heard firing. Standley later paddled to the Yorktown in a canoe. A -search was made for the Yorktown's boat and her has been notified of the and the Yorktown sailed for Tloilo, from which place her commander reported to Dewey his theories that the Filipinos had captured or sunk the boat or that the Spaniards had rescued the Ameri- | can party. Brigadier General Charles King, who has been taken suddenly ill and who is unable to continue in command of his brigade, has been relieved of further duty and has heen ordered to return to the United States on the first trans- | port sailing from here for home. |ACTIVE HOSTILITIES WILL BE CONTINUED | NEW YORK, April 19.—The Herald's Washington correspondent sends the | following: Notwithstanding the pres- | ence of the hot season and the immi- | nence of the rainy season in the Philip- pines there is to be no cessation of | active hostilities against the Filipinos. This fact was developed at a conference to-day between the President, Secretary Alger, Secretary Long and Adjutant General Corbin. It was also again de- cided not to issue a call for the 35,000 volunteers authorized by the army re- | organization law. It is the purpose of the administra- | tion to send to Manila almost as many regular regiments as there are volun- teers to be returned. There are fifteen | volunteer regiments, which, according | to General Otis, will return home, com- mencing on May 5. Six regular regi- | ments are now on their way to Manila. | With' their departure only three in- fantry commands will remain in the country available for service in the East. It is understood that if condi- }(‘nuple of regiments of infantry will be drawn - from that island and the Eleventh from Porto Rico. There is talk of dispatching cavalry to General Otis. The following cable has just been re- ceived from General Otis: MANILA, April 19.—Adjutant General, ‘Washington: Law returned from Lake country the 17th inst., bringing cap- tured vessels. TInsur § much scat- tered; retreat before Wur forces: awalit opportunity to attack detachments. ter class of people tired of war; desire peace. The enemy build hope on return of our volunteers to the United States. | Its army is much demoralized and loss by desertion large. WIill probably prose- cute guerrilla warfare, looting and burn- ing country which it occupied. Health and spirits of the troops good. Volun- teers' return wi 5 | commence about May 3. Will render willing service until return transports are available. Embarkation will continue through June and July. ports from Visayan very encouraging. Interisland commerce heavy. Customs receipts lncreasmg;ms. | fleld Hospital. appearance of J. C. Gillmore | | tions continue satisfactory in Cuba a | Bet- | Re- | Islands ~continue | Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, | Washington, April 19. | Ex-Congressman S. G. Hilborn died at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the Gar- His wife and daughter were with him. Judge Hilborn was naturally a man of strong constitution and until within the last few weeks enjoyed the best of health. But for a month or two he had not been feeling as well as usual, and his physician at- tributed this to kidney trouble. Neither he nor his family imagined it was any- thing more than a functional disturb- ance, which would ield. readily to treatment, but his case soon developed alarming symptoms of diabetes. The first indication of his serious ill- ness occurred on Monday, April 10 He had ordered a carrlage to take him to the Capitol and was about to leave his house when his right foot suddenly gave way and he was thrown into a state of collapse. A physician was im- mediately summoned and diagnosed his case as blood poisoning. Later in the day he made another effort to go to the Capitol, but with the same result. From that time he grew steadjly worse. Last Saturday he was removed to the | Garfield Hospital. He did not realize that he was critically ill until yester- day, when he was asked to sign some | papers. But the depres: s a suspicion that his end might be near was momentary onl. nd he was soon cheerful again. was his condition as he gradually passed into an uncon- scious state. Three or four days ago his physician gave up all hope of sav- {ing his life, as the process of uraemic poisoning was inevitable and had al- ready induced gangrene in one of his limbs. . Mr. Hilborn served for a while on the | District of Columbia Committee in the | House, but his best record was made |as a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs. He was second in rank on that committee in the last Congress | |ana devoted every energy and most un- | tiring attention to the arduous duties which Congr imposed. The furnish- ing of men and supplies to the navy to carry on the war, providing new ships | for the navy and the reorganization of the personnel by the committee caused a great deal of work, of which Hilborn was called upon to bear a large portion. He was intens interested in the navy, an extensive reader of books bearing upon different branches of con- | struction and armament, and wrote a lecture upon the new navy. There is no doubt that his labors dur- ing the “‘war Congre: in behalf of the service of which he was so proud, hastened the break-down of his s | tem. Mr. Hilborn was held in high es- teem by. his colleagues in the House. He was a companionable man and al- though he ranked among the senior | members in point of age, Me numbered his associates among all classes. He had many warm friends on the Demo- cratic side of the chamber and was universally liked. The funeral will be held at the Con- gregational Church Friday afternoon. | One of the pallbearers will be Asso- ciate Judge McKenna. The body will be deposited in a vault in Rock Creek Cemetery and will probably be interred later in New York instead of California. Mr. Hilborn has brothers and sisters buried in New York, but Mrs. Hilborn has not yet fully made up her mind as to the last resting place. OAKLAND, April 19.—The news of Mz Hil- born's death was a sorpowful surprise to his large circle of friends in this county. He was expected to arrive in Oakland in about a week, and it was the intention of the Mer- chants’ Exchange to tender him a_banquet in { honor of the faithtul work he has done for the Third Congressional District during the past ten years Mr. Hilborn came from Maine, where he was born sixty-five years ago. inclinations were always toward the law, and after his graduation from Tufts College he at once menced preparing for the legal professior When he first came to California, during th civil war, he was admitted to practice and for many vears he made his home at the city | of Vallejo. His earliest political experience was gained as a member of the Board of. Edu- catlon and City Trustees of Vallejo. In | elected a member of the Board of | pervisors of Solano County, but before the pletion of his term he was elected to t 3 s fir ad freights and fares, tution had not been es were under the jurisdiction Mr. Hilborn fought the In the constitutional Hilborn was a delegate the ana_ freight ra the Legislature. | | ot | railroad, but was beaten. convention of 1578 Mr. and fought hard to prevent measures proposed by the Ke falling in this, he attempted adoption of the' constitution. After leaving the State Senate Mr. Hilborn practiced law for a few years, and in 1S President Arthur appointed him TUnited States District Attorney. He then changed his dence to San Francisco and three years moved to this city, which has been his home ever since. Oakland's first experfence with Mr. Hilborn in politics was in the city campaign of 1ss9. He was a delegate from the Seventh Ward to the city convention. With his delegation- he | bolted the convention because he thought un- fairness had been p it of this split was the elect Jlascock, a Democratic Mayor. A couple of vears later he assisted in organizing the Municipal League and held the office of president until he was elected to Congress in IS on the res nation of Judge McKenna Mr. Hilborn was nominated to fill the unexpired term and was easily elected. For the long term he was ap- parently beaten by Warren B. English, al- though the returns showed he had a plurality. After a_contest in Congress Mr. Hilborn was unseated, and all because of the disputed re- turns of Altamont, the smallest precinct in the seven counties comprising the Third Congres- sional District. In 1894 the battle of Altamont was fought out again, and Mr. Hilborn was elected by a large majority over his old competitor, Last_year Mr. Hilborn was again a candi- date, but it was thought by many that younger man should be sent to Congress and h Was beaten at the primaries by Victor H. Met- calf, now Congressman from this district Mr. Hilhorn was married in Vallefo thirty six_years ago to Miss Lou Root, and his wid and only child, Grace, were with him when he died. |WINS THE SENATORIAL 1 TOGA IN FLORIDA | | James P. Taliaferro Chosen on the | First Joint Ballot in the | Legislature. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 19.—The Senatorial contest in Florida ended to- day with the first joint ballot in the Leg- islature. Tallaferro received 59 vot Pasco 3 and Call 651 votes being quired for an election. Mr. Taliaferro was escorted to the chair and briefly re. turned thanks for the honor accorded | him. | Hon. James P. Taliaferro, the newly elected United States Senator, was born | at Orange Courthouse, Virginia, Septem- ber 4, 1847, where he spent most of his boyhood days. He served gallantly as a private in the Confederate army. After the war he removed to Jacksonville, Fla., and engaged in the logging and sawmiii business. He has been and is now con- nected with a number of large commer- cial enterprises. He is president of the | First National Bank of Tampa and vice- president of the leading wholesale house of Florida. He served for three years as chairman of the State Democratic executive committee. In politics Mr. Taliaferro is conservative and practical.