The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1899, Page 1

4, Call VOLUME LXXXV—NO. 155. : SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TAKES LIFE 10 AVENGE (115 WRONGS i S Alexander Masterton Mur- lered in a New York Hotel. = A es Neal Plumb Slays One of the Metropolis' Best-Known Business Men B pecial Dispat NEW YORK, May —Alexander Mastérton, a d or of the Farme:s Jame » Hot nd years fter- in the rirtieth t five times The s evi- statement Plumb, and r two. unding red 1 him lien- t 1:30 ed by n there \ five_shots were n. Plumb then @ the reception by ag at had occupi be rton 1- the affec- nch is and nspir er, Minnie, his v letters and tel 21l into the trap and A been entrapped u trap ¥ f displayed the motive te s in Surrogate Rollins’ T , action brought in con- v of the mar- g Plumb. in imed Anna Bur- ks in no com- ing the blame rriage at Mas- fers to what he calls y of Alexander Mas- culminated his long indictive oppr ion by I 1 ment decreed by an out- H hat s after his son's 8 he went to make his home in ind, and he and h as happv there as they a cloud hanging over moral death of his son. rs to the kidnaping of ita in 1888, after they York. She was to a carriage the agents v rton, he a nd taken to t Victoria' Hotel. Later she w Tre She subsequently r & freedom. The object of the s to force Plumb terton His ould reach ought all this trou- g years no law can | these conspir : ngthy details re- 3 of Maste, about a m, between one of his daughters and yrthless fortune-seeking Englis ho had m the boast that h uld win the litt merican miss, umb appeared cool immediately his st, but when at the police ame that Masterson had b broke down and said, “It jon word d, Plu A chambe id at the Burlington, as the only one near the room in h the sbooting occurred, told the that she heard the men in angry sation just before she heard the ol shots. One of the men, she said— . | nation in the cause which he hz { ;.0;020\40~0 4 o . &3 . b et e e el e * e @ Sign the MATAAFA, SAMOAN CHIEF. 1 rman Offici MATAAFA 1S WILLING TO ~ MAKE PEACE O-o-0-0-0— - .00 00-00s000+0 als Armistice Proclamation. PIA, Samoa, Mataaf =7 April (via Auckland, N. Z the rebel chieftan, has accepted an armistice. May 3)— The Germans, however, declined to sign the proclamation. EW i YORK, May ton corresponde ald telegraphs ce the re- ipt by the Navy Department of the dispatch announcing that received the uctions notify- m of the appointment of the Sa- moan Commission and of the desire of the President that the status quo should ntained nothing has been heard 3.—The Wash- | t of the Her- from Rear Admiral Kautz. The news that Mataafa has accepted an armistice, though the Germans failed to sign the proclamation, has consequently not been officially con- firmed There is no doubt, F correctness of that featu ge relative to the suspension of hos- tie s it was the desire of the three governments during the investigation to be made by the commission that peace and order should exist in the In view of this well-known de- d at the re- refu t Rose to sign the proc expression lamation unless it contained some which he regarded as in- In view atch from Auck- Jand it is expected by the department that it a message within ur hours from Rear 1 Kautz reporting the situation. his instructions he is required communicate with the department to | as often as possible. @+ Ot I+ IIIIOSDIHIHEEI O 0+0 0000404600 04@Q TO A .—The Coghlan inci- I am told, worried his Majesty | the Kaiser not d little at fir Full details were cabled to him from Wash- | long conference ington and led to a with Count Wolff-Metternich, who on| his trips accompanies his Majesty as| the r esentative of the Foreign Of- fice. What shocked him most was the lack | of discipline in an officer under any | circumst es permitting himself sueh | liberties of comment. In Germany any | such breach would be summarily pun- ished, but occurrence would be a thing unheard of. The Kaiser felt the affront all the more because he consid- | ers that he long ago made the amende | henorable when he personally rebuked its | Admiral von Deiderichs, recalled him | | and placed Prince Henry in his place, with instructions to be specially con- | ciliatory to Americans All that is over and the disagreeable incidents referred to more than a | vear old and therefore are considered as | bygone But in the whole affair the | Kaiser has found consolation, bec: out of it he has extracted yet another | ich would appeal to the German | s had at heart for years—the increase of the German navy. Captdin Coghlan can | take it that in this dinner he has been | the ally of the Kaiser. Yesterday 1 was talking with one of | the most peace-loving men in this coun- | try, but even he had become a jingo on | the question of an increase of the nav The newspapers are more than ever are use | fact wh % | il of the same subject. There is abso- ' and she is positive it was not Master- | son- id in a loud angry tone, “I not be satisfied with that amount. 'Alexander Masterton was a leading resident of Mount Vernon, where he oc- | cupied a handsome home with his wife and two daughters, Mrs. C. B. Tibbats and Mrs. W. H. Ferris. He was for- merly connected with the old Manu- | facturers’ and Merchants’ Bank of | New York, and later was interested in | the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Com- pany. He had the management of many estates, and was interested +oe b ei e heavily in Westchester real estate. He man. COGHLAN’S SPEECH HELPS THE KAISER NEW NAVY lutely no doubt that in the immediate future a measure for a large increase in the German navy will be submitted by the Government and carried in the face of recent events. It has been said concerning the peace conference, which has been described as a modern phantasmagoria born under great difficult that the Kaiser would | take this opportunity for making some proclamation as to his sentiments of amnesty to all political prisoners. This is without foundation. His Majesty has no sentimental ideas about the possi- bilities of universal peace. His volce is to be heard in his appointment of an apostle of increased armaments, Professor Stengel, as counselor to the Count von Munster. His Majesty has often expressed his opinion that peace can only be maintained by being pre- pared for war, by having the force necessary to command respect. Since the Spanish war he realizes more than ever that his theory is right. “How leng will the peace conference last?” 1 asked of one who will take part in it. “It is difficult to say,” he replied, “but we may count on a month or six weeks, according to how the delegates agree as to the best means of assuring peace. All we know definitely now is that the varicus governments have se- cured rooms for their delegates at The Hague for the 17th inst., that the con- ference will begin on the 18th, and that until the delegates do meet there will be no programme announced. Some of the delegates up to the present time llml:we Jrecelved absolutely no instruc- ons. +- 0060 +0+0+00+@Q had held a number of public offices. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and was a popular man in Mount Vernon. J. Neall Plumb was at one time very wealthy, occupying a fine residence on Fifth avenue, and having a half-million dollar villa at Islip, L. I It is sald by those who are intimately acquainted with Plumb that he lost most of his fortune, aithough he had sufficient left to retire from business twenty years ago. He is said by those who know him best to be a popular, easy-going B R S e e e e e RO BSOS SO S 2 Refuse to SCORES OF SIRIKERS ARRESTED Law at Ward- ‘ Martial ‘. ner. e WORK FOR SOLDIERS g | | | Rioters. { e Special Disnatch to The Call R e R R Sk T SN S SR PP + + > BOISE, Idaho, May Gov- 4+ 4 ernor Stuenenberg to-night is- + 4 sued a proclamation declaring + + Shoshone County in a state of 4 |+ insurrection. This will result in + |+ placing the government of the + 4 county, in so far as may be nec- + |+ essary, under military rule. + |+ < [+ 44444444444 44444+ | WARDNER, Idaho, May All day | Iong the work of arresting the men t lieved to have been connected with the Bunker Hill outrages has in progress. To-night 104 2 | under guard in the bs has be turned inte a jail for their detention. | Among them are many ringleaders in | | the organization. More “of the chief | dynamiters, however, have fled and are | | now getting out of the country as best | they ma Their capture is a ma of | time.« They will not escape. The State will go bankrupt, if nece ry. in order to bring about their conviction. By 10 o'clock this morning the work drawing the formal complaint been of | against the more notorious strikers had | been completed. The document was a lengthy one, and in it were set down | the names of about fifty suspects. Then the work of making the arrests com- | menced As martial law had not at that time | been declared, the local constables were deputed to serve the warrants, but they were not alone in the work. Cap- | tain Batchelor of Company M put a colored fighters at the command of the constables, and they | began the hunt. Up to the head of the | gulch marched the pursuers, and then, | turning back, they commenced a search of every point where the rioters might | be in concealment. Their coming in caused a panic among the strikers. | There was a wild scramble among them up the sides of the canyon, but they were not to escape in that way. As they dodged through the brush on the mountain side the constables and their deputies started in pursuit, and in most cases the chase was a short one. The sight of the dusky soldiers’ glis- tening rifles was generally sufficient to make them meekly surrender. Lined up two abreast and colsely guarded by the soldiers, the captives were marched back down to the camp at the station in little bunches of twenty or thirty. | There they were turned into a vacant | lot and kept under guard until about 5 o'clock, when they were transferred to the loft of a near-by barn. While the arrest of the men in Ward- | ner was under way searching parties of | soldiers, headed by the newly created | constables, were sent out all around | the surrounding country to pick up the | fugitives As it was known that many rioters were trying to escape over the hills toward Harrison, Auditor Sinclair, who is in charge of the campaign, engaged a special train, which was rushed down | there. It brought back five strike | Five or six more armed with ri seen from the train, but owing to the nearness of other trains it was impos- sible to stop the special and start in | pursuit of them. | Among the men under arrest are five | or six Deputy Sheriffs, who were ele- | | vated to that office by Deputy Sheriff | Bell since the trouble started. |WHITE PASS LOCOMOTIVE CRUSHED BY AVALANCHE| ‘squad of his | | | | Immense Slide on the Trail to Daw- | | son Wrecks One of the En- | gines Near Glacier. | VICTORIA, B. C., May 3.—The usual | springtime avalanches are occurring on | the White Pas: According to late ar-| rivals from the trail many slides have oc- curred during the past month, although fortunately nione have yet been the cause | of any loss of life as far an be certained. The deadly avalanche, how ever, is responsible for the derailment of an engine of the White Pass and Yukon Railway with considerable damage to the Arctic iron horse. It was on April 27 that the slide took A heavy mass of | snow and ice, carrying quite a quantity earth and general debris with it, down the hillside on the Whita Pa Yukon track, about midway Glacier and the tunnel above that It struck an engine standing there and swept it from the rails. The locomotive was badly injured, but no further damage was done. A large mass of snow and lce covered the track for some distance. Men were put on to clear it, and it was ex- ected that traffic would not be delayed ong. - EAGAN DROPPED FROM THE LOYAL LEGION Expelled Because of His Vituperative Criticism of General Miles. NEW YORK, May 3. Washington special to the Herald says: Eagan, for- mer commissary general of subsistence, is no longer a member of the military or- der of the Loyal Legion, Commandery of the District of Columbia. By a large majority vote of the commandery passed to-night a resolution declaring that as a result of ghe finding Of the court which tried him on a charge of conduct unbe- coming an officer and a gentleman, based upon his vituperative criticism of Major General Miles before the War Investigat- ing Commission, General Bagan has for- tefied his membership, Idaho’s Governor Proclaims . | Colored Troops Ass'st in Runnine | ‘ Down and Capturing the || |FRED GRANT’S DAUGHTER | f | sian | aunt, WHEATON'S BRIGADE TAKES SAN TOMAS S SIS S . S A s aCan Om Sl o G T e b5 e N W b A D D D s ee@ ////"In,‘ufl/ ! Train on the Manila and Dagupan Railway at Manila Station et ANILA, May 4. (by ca toward San Fernando. + e T'omas burning. General MacArthur moved forward at 8 o'cloc S e o = SCE SR S SR SR o of American Troops. B R e O e GRS e St in Possession B . rrier pigeon from the front).—General Hale is pushing insurgents After a severe engagement General Wheaton's brigade entered San Tomas this morning, the insurgents fighting desperately. The Americans found San ¢ this morning with the Kansas and Mon- tana regiments along the railway, the Utah Battery and the Nebraska, South Dakota and lowa regiments on the right. Tomas, where the insurgents were found in force. There was a severe engagement at a bridge four miles t Summers’ brig now advancing northward toward Maasin. S MERRITT IS ANTOIS 70 IIST MILES A | Explanation of His Fulsome Praise of General Alger. > 1 | | | | Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, May 3.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: Considerable comment has been caused in army circles here by Major General Merritt's fulsome praise of Secretary Alger, in his speech in Detroit, last night, before the Michigan Society of Sons of the Revolution. everal of the officers on duty at the Department recalled that thirtv- five ars ago General Merritt placed an indorsement on General Alger's record which caused an enmity be- tween the two men lasting from that day until about a year ago. Then the difficulty was patched up by the action of Secretary Alger in tendering Gen- eral Merritt the command of the ex- pedition to Manila and to placing at his disposal all the troops and supplies needed to make the expedition success- | ful. Army officers with whom I talked ridiculed General Merritt's change of mind. Tn 1864 he wrcte upon the papers regarding General Alger's absence without leave: “‘Severe measures should be taken to prevent a recurrence | | of this evil." 1899 he declares that “is the best Secretary has ever seen.” It has been hinted for some time that it is General Merritt's ambition to be commanding general of the army. It is known that at one time General | Alger strongly urged the President to | appoint him as successor to General Miles. General Miles, however, has not | been relieved and General Merritt will | be placed on the retired list next vear | in all probability, as commanding gen- | eral of the Department of the Eagt. Secretary of War In Alger the world TO BECOME A PRINCESS | Granddaughter of the Great Soldier Will Wed Prince Cantasuzine of Russia. -A NEW Chicago spe- cial to the He says: General Fred D. Grant to-night annuonced the engagement of his daughter, Miss Julia Dent Grant, | to Prince Michel Cantasuzine of the Rus- Imperial Guard. | Miss Grant has been abroad with her Mrs. Potter Palmer. for several months, traveling almost continually. They are now in Paris, but it is their in- tention to return to the United States | within the next few weeks. Miss Grant will come to Chicago with Mrs. Palmer and make preparations for her wedding, he date for which, however, has not been set. Prince Cantasuzine is 25 vears old and a lieutenant in the Imperial Guards. His | family is one of the oldest and greatest in Russia. RECEPTION TO OTIS. | YORE The General Welcomed Home by Friends and Neighbors. LOS ANGELES, May 3.—General Har- rison Gray Otis appeared in fatigue uni- form at a reception given him at the Chamber of Commerce rooms to-night. Responding to an address of welcome home, General Otis said: This demonstration is far beyond any thought of mine. If I have succeeded in doing my duty %o the degree of meeting your commendation, I am proud indeed. 1 have a greater right to be proud of the fact that I have performed my duty, if that be your verdict, than over any- thing else. I remained with the army in the Philippines until the backbone of the rebel- lion was broken. Otherwise I would not have left when 1 did. 1 thank you again for your kindness, and 1 am proud to be able to re- sume my place among you as a citizen of Los Angeles, | Cardinals. OPPOSED TO~ TEACHING OF - Important Decision Is Ex-| pected Soon From Rome. s Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, May 3.—According to current report in Catholic circles an- other important decision is expected soon from Rome. It will affect the scientific teaching of evolution as op- posed to special creation. It said that in ecclesiastical circles the opinion is that the decision will be adverse to the theory of evoluticn. As in other recent controversies that have agitated Catholic circles the inspection and propagation of this new cult in Ca- tholicism comes from the Wes In its teaching the most ardent advocat have been friends and associates of Archbishop Ireland. Notably prominent as a leader of this school of thought is Rev. Dr. John Zamm, once professor of science at Notre Dame University, but now superior in America of the teaching and missionary order known as the Fathers of the Holy Cross, nu- merous and popular in the West. Dr. Zamm is the author of widely known volumes, notabl entitled “Catholic Science and tists,” “Bible Science and Faith” and | ‘Degma and Evolution.” Although he had long been held in special repute as a scientist wider at- | tention was drawn to his views by a series of lectures he delivered three years ago at the sessions of the Catholic Summer School at Plattsburg, N. Y. In these his advanced themes on the an- tiquity of the world, the time God took to create it, the extent of the Noachian deluge and the compatibility of certain | evolutionary processes with the Cathc lic faith and dcgma created sharp and | extended criticisms. 1In publications recognized as speaking for the Jesuits the appropriateness and advisability of such speculative theories as a part of Catholic teachings were strongly de- nied. v After the subject had been widely di cussed Dr. Zamm was called to Rome. | It was known that his theories had been referred to a commission of Car- dinals to be investigated and passed upon, and it was thought he would be disciplined. But he was received with honor, made a doctor of philosophy and | later {he representative of his order in Reme as procurator general. He was then sent back to the United States as superior of the order here. Nothing was heard of the Cardinals’ investigation until the present report | that they will find against the evolu- tion theory. - e COLLEGE OF CARDINALS. cien- Delay of France and Spain in Pre- senting Candidates. NEW YORK, May 3.—A cable to the Journal from Rome says: Cardinal Rampolla, Papal Secretary of State, is annoyed by the delay of France and Spain in presenting their candidates for appointments to the Sacred College of Cardinal Rampolla inti- mates that the Pope might hold the consistory forthwith, appointing only Italian Cardinals. IGNORED DEWEY’S RANK AND WAS TAKEN TO TASK VANCOU Hongkong Dewey gave a French cruiser a lesson in | naval courtesy recently. When the crui- | ser Jean Bart arrived at Manila she gave | ; ER, B. advices May 3—Recent | that Admiral say a rear admiral's salute. Admiral Dewey | ordered the salute to be returned exact, ly as given. He then sent an officer to the Jean Bart to call attention to his admiral’s pennant, which they had ap- parently not noticed. 4 OHOHOI0+ 0+ 0 + 0+ DIBIDHT4D | Rio Grande. side of San ade, of Lawton's command, is JOHN FE. BASS. NacARTICR MEETS STRONG RESISTANCE g The Filipinos Set Another Town en Fire Before Abandoning It. — Special Diepatch to The Call. O+THTHOHOITH O+ THO4O+04D > ANTILA, Thursday, May 4.—The American forces under General MacAr- thur this morning attacked a large force of insurgents, well intrenched, near San Tomas, a few miles northwest of Calum- pit. They are meeting with stubborn resistance and seem unable to make any impres- sion upon the enemy. Fire has broken out score of places in the be- leaguered town, which is taken as an indication that the insurgents are preparing to evacuate. Q G4THTIOIO+TH D+ THTHO+T+040 MANILA, May 3, 8 p. m.—The Fili- in a SHTIOI0PTIO 4O+ D 4044040404 0 pino env Major Manuel Arguelezs and Lieutenant Jose Bernal, have abandoned the pretense under which they came to General Otis, that they represented General Antonio Luna, and to-day announced that the ime as | representatives of Aguinaldo himself. aries used all their wiles to secure a reply from General Otis to the letter from Senor Mabini, Agui- naldo’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the dictator’s Cabi- The two emis net, which they presented yesterday, but General Otis refused to make any reply, on the ground that to do so would be equivalent to of the. so-called government Filipinos. Arguelezs said that Aguinaldo knew he would be overpowered in time, but that he would be able to continue the fight for months and that he would do 80 unless he were given what Majc Arguelezs termed “peace with dignity Mr. Schurman, dent of the United States Philippine Commission, expre: the opinion that the inter- views accorded by General Otis to the Filipino representatives” will have good moral effect as tending to ‘con- vince Aguinaldo’s representatives that the American authorities mean to give the Filipinos a good government, and not one of the Spanish sort. Certainly it has had a civilizi fluence in inducing them to obs amenities of war and consent a recognition of the a to Americans furnishing food for Ameri- can prisoner: The exodus of nativ surgent lines continues. By filling in the roads where was required, putting canoes on the rivers and plowing fields south of Malolos, the army is in a fine position for the ex- pected decisive blow. General MacArthur has moved his headquarters to San Vicente, across the General Wheaton's brig- ade has advanced beyond Alapit. General Hale has returned to co- operate with General Lawton. At Bali- bag last evening there was a running fight, during which one' soldier was killed and three wounded. The rebels scattered before General Lawton and General Hale. Yesterday, while Captain Wheeler with a detachment of the Fourth Cav- alry was covering General Hale's ad- vance, he discovered a large body of from the in-