The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1899, Page 1

Tall VOLUME LXXXV—NO. 1 - 4. FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1899, PRICE FIVE CEN CLOUD OF UNCERTAINTY IS REMOVED e Brooke and Gomez Having Agreed Cuban Soldiers Are to Be Paid. MST GIVE U ARV Y American Commissioners to Proceed With the Distribution of Money to Former Rebels. LRt Spectal Dispatch to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 159, ames Gor- don Bennett, AVANA, May 22.—The cloud of uncertainty that has been hanging over Cuban affairs was dissipated to-day as the result of a long conference between Generals Brooke and Gomez, and there is no reason why $3,000,000 fund should ributed and the sur ed unless unexpected develops among officers the not arms oDL es that an | d between | Gomez and the 1 by the Amer- pre desig- jall and Bis ned over tc whe! viously ee, the The ment of a his order | | rein | | that at | antiago. nding has z states that everything He asked me to deny 1 the American McKinley had to consider his Cuban s not heard on the mat- t that he con- ight here that the ney and collection of | will now go on without a show of ance on the part of the soldie The long delay and repeated hitches | have caus much te PSS among | the : some lvise the | without the money and | s, but it is thought the ng will be small. The | atisfaction among mmissioners began tructing Gov method of re- STRIKES ON A REEF NEAR OYSTER BAY Canadian Navigation Company's Alaskan Steamship Danube Goes Ashore. VICTORIA ved he coaling May ading now to s spot, and both oin in an effor will J VALUABLE JEWELS TAKEN FROM A SHRINE Daring Robbery of a Most Famous Place at El Cobre, Cuba. 0 DE CUBA. May 22—The overy was made y E ne of Nuestra Senora Cobre had been robbed of valued ¢ and that the head statue } been broken off and ed. The report caused great excite- n the town, wnere the shrine had g been t principal attraction. It is| i miraculous heal- s an isited annually by of pilgrims from all parts of Mexico and even from Eu- have loaded the image with t outrage. F 2 n will be ed to-morrow on the charge of be- the criminal, and the police hope to r the NO SETTLEMENT OF jewels THE SUGAR WAR | Some Refineries Closed Indefinitely Because There Are No Profits at Present. YORK .—Concerning re- < that the sugar trade war would be settled a member of the Howell & Sons, who repre- Mollenhauer and National sugar ald: s no truth whatever in the re- ported settlement of the differences be- tween the various refineries., Some weeks negotiations to that end were under but were dropped because of the ut- ailure of the interested partles to me to terms. The situation is without change and it is doubtful whether there will be anything like a settlement for a long time o come. Qur two refineries are 3t is absolutely im- posgible to refine and sell our products at & profit while the war lasts.” secret police are making efforts to | A 0 r | ” Representatiye Hopkins is in Wash- sterday | will result ix [ @ereieseie SHIP ADDED TO THE NAVY ‘Captured Spanish Cruiser Reina Mercedes Reaches Hampton Roads. e S R SRS SO S o> e@ 3 & | + © + * + 6| * ? | ¢ 3¢ + 5¢ > 'l ¢! o & & . ‘| * i | . | » & . + 4 -9 . . > o . il > % | * - | . . * - g | PS @ . . ® © * * . 3 $ THE REINA MERCEDES. $ b edebed EWPORT NEWS, Va., May arrived in Hampton Roads yest of the Merritt Wrecking Company steamer S. and accompanied by the anchor nearly two miles off Old Point Large crowds went to Old Point Comfort to see quarantine for five da the crui is rel pair: The Mercedes left uneventful with the ex was heralded by training ships are in the roads. ed from quarantine she antiago a ption of the Aboard the Mercedes there are about twenty men of the Merritt wreck- ing crew, but Dr. Pettus would not allow any of these, nor, in fact, anybody D s e ] r and hundreds went out to the vess will go to Portsmouth Navy Yard for re- week the boom of cannon on hoard the monitor Amphit¢rite, the | and Alliance and the small cruiser Peoria, all of which | | from either the tugs or the barge, to one save himself. Friday. maritime demonstration in her The Relna Mercedes bore no small part in bringing the strain upon the feel- United States toward Spain by her insolent treatment of steamer Valencia of the Ward line, in June, 1897. , with the other steamers of that line, plied between New York, | | ous drawback to the ings of the people of th the American The Val Nassau, the ports on the south coast of Cuba and Panama known to the several Spanish war vessels that were watching that part of the Cuban co: to prevent assistz e reaching the insurgents, and theit going and coming were regular almost to the hour of the d at any given place. On the 3 the Vz morning of June was le when she _ trolling vei with this vers he fired a blank shot ac rou uous in nearly the same lo the American steamer's qu; bent on,” were flung out and the s This incident added greatly to the fe as approached at beat, s her bows, o th -five miles, and h; seas-for twenty HOPKINS 1S AFTER THE SPEAKERSHIP —— Gpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 22.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Represen- tative Hopkins of Illinois is one of the | candidates for Speaker who believes | the contest will be settled long before | next December. He is conducting a | campaign which he confidently believes his own favor before 1 | | July 1. Mr. Hopkins is not content with writ- ing letters to colleagues. He believes personal interviews are more effective, | and it is his purpose to follow up com- munications with personal calls upon members at their hom He has made | visits to Wisconsit. and Kansas, after having made sure of the delegation from his own State, and is now confi- dent that the delegations of these two States can be placed to his credit. ington just now to catch any stray Representatives who may be here. He had a long interview with the President to-day and will leave soon for work in ! other directions. One of the main arguments Mr. Hop- kins uses in behalf of his candidacy is that Illinols has become the pivotal State in politics, and upon holding it may depend the continuance of the Re- publican party in power. ““At this time,” he says, “Illinois is a doubtful State. The great city of Chi- cago has a Democratic Mayor, and if the election occurred at this time no- body can safely predict what the result would be. Under these circumstances Representatives must feel that they ghould take Illinois into consideration and do whatever they can to strengthen the party there. The loss of the State would be a very serious thing, and any uncertainty there should be guarded against as far as possible. “If Tllinois were given the Speaker- ship State pride would operate to make the people stand by the party which had honored the State, and would, I believe, take Illinois out of the doubt- fud column.” The Mercedes will come up to the Norfolk Navy Yard Arrangements have already been made there to honor. encia_having made her ving the harbor and heading west the Spanish cruiser Ri nd signaled v demand as promptly and followed d shot, which, thanks to the bad marksmanship which made itself so conspic- ality a vear lat The Star; ling of indignation that had been aroused some time before, when the Allianca, a sister ame line, was fired upon three times off Cape Mal Cuba, by the Spanish gunboat Conde de Ve d the American steamer not been the swifter vessel she would probably have been sunk. —The Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes | [ party of Mexicans who exhibited con- | rday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in tow tug 1. J. Merritt and the Rescue, | T. Morgan. She 18 now at Comfort, where she will be held in s in launches. When she | ago Saturday. The voyage was | quick time made. Her arrival very land, nor was she boarded by any give a rousing They were all well 1} at the port of Guantanamo, for Santiago de Cuba, her next call, | na Mercedes, one of the pa- | to show her colors. Not complying seemed proper to the Spaniard, almost immediately with a feil short, though dangerous near nd Stripes, which had already been allowed to proceed on her way.' ship of the V. lencia and belonging at the east end of adito, which pursued her on the high . @O+ P+ 3000000000300 eI0Pe e e Ee0PDIITII 40050000 eDedededed district. 400 miles south of this city. | | dertul richness of the diggings and said | miners were flocking to the camp from | | all directions. | and they were taking out an average of | from $15 to $20 a day. |1s only by the crudest methods of dry | deserted and hundreds have | ment land, | camp, and drinking water may be had G FORTUNES TAKEN 0UT BY MINERS Lower California’s Newly Discovered Placer Field Very Rich. e GROWTH OF THE BOOM e | Workmen in the Peninsula Mines Desert and Rush to Santa Clara Diggings. L Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, May 22.—Allan G. Fra- ser, a Los Angeles mining man, ar- rived here to-day from the newly (]ls-i covered placer fields in the Santa Clara | He confirmed the reports of the won- | He saw nuggets taken | out worth $500, and nearly all the Mexi- cans possessed either dust or nuggets. The placers are located about twenty | miles inland from San Pablo Bay, and the ground thus far opened covers an | area of about twenty square miles. The territory beyond has not been thor- | oughly prospected. Mr. Fraser said: “I have no desire to connect my name | with a fake story and thereby use | many people to invest their all possibly | in an effort to reach a mythical field. 1 found the placers quite as rich as had ‘ been reported, and I can say that the Santa Clara placers are in my estima- tion among the richest ever discovered. There were about 300 Mexicans and In- dians working the placers when I left, “Not far from the diggings I met a | siderable gold. They had about $25,000 | worth and declared that the was | plenty more where that came from. The | nearest water is ten miles away, and it | washing that the gold Only the coarse gold is way. is obtainec saved in this | The Cammalli mines have been | left the | Santa Rosa copper mines for the new diggings. There is also intense excite- | ment at Ensenada. When I was in camp it was necessary to go to Mulege, a distance of about 100 miles, to file a claim, but T heard that a representa- tive was on his way to establish an office at the camp. “The diggings are located on govern- and under the Mexican laws a man may file on as many acres as he wishes by paying $10 on each| pertenencia, which is three acres, and | paying taxes. This may prove a seri- district, as a| company could come in and file on the whole district. The gold, however, there in enormous quantities, and m. s be had without the privation and suf- ferings that must be contended with in | Alaska. | “The best way to reach the diggings is from San Pablo Bay. There is a fairly good trail from there to the six miles from the coast. This is the nearest water to the placers.” A letter has been received in this city from D. Goldbaum of Ensenada con- | 40404040+ 04+ CHO+O+DID +C4D4O40+ 0+ 0 + O+ C+O+0+040 FORM OF GOVERNMENT OFFERED TO TAGALS E. G 1 VERY VOLUNTEER TO LEAVE MANILA BY LAST OF JULY eneral Shafter Ordered to Get Ready to Receive 4000 Men at the Presidio. N\ ASHINGTON, May 22—The War Department is proceeding on the theory that by the end of July not a volunteer soldier will be left in Manila and General Otis’ report to-day that the transport Warren has arrived advances the time when the homeward movement of the volunteer troops will begin. Already information has been received that mail for the First California Regiment and the Second Oregon Regiment should not be sent to Manila, but to San Francisco. In anticipation of the prompt return of the volunteer troops in the Philippines the Secretary of War to-day tele- graphed instructions to General Shafter, commanding the department at San Francisco, to establish a model camp at the Presidio for the accommodation of 4000 volunteers from Manila pending their muster out. General Shafter is instructed particularly to make ample provision for water supply and sanitary features, “'to the end that the camp may be comfortable and healthful.” He is in- formed that bedracks are to be furnished and floors laid if he thinks it advisable. The returning troops will leave their tents at Manila, but will bring their field ranges and cooking outfits. The quartermaster’s department has been ordered to supply the recessary tents to the camp at the Presidio. 40404 0+ O+ 0+ O+OHIOHOID4CHOH0404 0+ O+ 0O+ D40+ 0+O4O Gold is C The | side an rati steamer St. Denis to-morrow night and the | MA The LONDON, Tim Clemens (Mark Twain) has postponed his departure from that city until May 26 in consequence Emy sadc ceive him in audience May in V Mr. Cle: ibaum says the name of the camp terro Pinta, and not Santa Clara. | glowing reports have caused con- rable excitement in this city. and umber of men are making prepa- | ons to go to the new fields on the | TEXAS 18 VISITED BY A TORNADO e Ruin and Death in the Track of a Most Destructive Storm. schooner Anita on Thursday. RK TWAIN'S BOOK A GIFT TO POSTERITY Present Work Will Not Be Pub- lished Until a Hundred Years After His Death. 23.—A dispatch to the says that Samuel L. | es from Vienn of a notification from the peror, communicated through Embas- v Harris, that his Majesty will re- s stay ienna M; 1 a wel d familiar figur | | society, while the American colony, head- | ed by the official representatives of the | United Stat nity the , has not lost the opportu- to do him honor. Mr. Clemens told | correspondent his new book, in wh E i he tells of the remarkable people he has | . & - met from childhood. will occupy a great | Lightning and Hail Accompany the part of the x’om:nn(}flr his _1l|1ro. ln hls Wind i L Stri ¢ a bequest to poster and will only be ublished a hundred years after his death. | Ind, and a Large Sirip 0 he ts were drawn solely for his own who! spec The “‘with all their w. Country Is Swept. pleasure in the work of telling the le truth without malice, but with re- t to persons, conventions or pruderi men and women depicted will appear rts.”” 'The book will not . — firming the reports of the rich dis- | be Wmt]e‘nhlnth ,:u'(kh T\\'u!‘n,'si” tfami"'?\‘; Special Dispatch to The Call. coveries and the intense excitement | Style. Which, the author anticipates, w sy 3 | be forgotten by the time the work is pub- 7 ¢ Tex S that prevails on the peninsula. Mr. | lished: P HOUSEON, Toxes, | Slay S8 Qne of the worst tornadoes that has ited [ R O o e S e e o S = SIS SIS ) Texas since the storm which destroyed the town of Cisco three years ago, and in which some fifty people were killed, passed over the business portion of Frath County yesterday. The storm came from the northwest | and passed in a southeasterly direction over a strip of country about 200 yards O R O | wide. The tornado was accompanied | by vivid lightning and a heavy hail- storm. Several homes and church buildings were wrecked in several lo- calities, the mcst serious damage being at Mount Pleasant, Titus County. The noon services of the Baptist church had just closed and the people were leav- ing when the wind struck the building. A bolt of lightning and the wind de- scended upon the house simultaneously, wrecking it and scattering the debris in all directions. William Kauffman was instantiy killed and some fifteen other 'persons were more or less injured, some fatally. Three are in a dying condition, accord- ing to reports. A woman with a babe in her arms was struck by lightning, but miraculously escaped death. A lit- tle girl was stripped of her clothing, but only slightly hurt. The tornado struck Stephenville and did considerable damage, wrecking many houses, but no one was killed. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was unroofed and badly damaged. Many buildings in Stephenville were leveled, among them the Methodist church. One man was killed and three in- jured near Dublin. It is reported that several were killed seven miles north- east of Stephenville.. Trees and crops in the wake of the storm ‘are reported to be destroyed, but authentic details of the disaster have not been received. DETROIT DID NOT SINK THE GUNBOAT No Truth in the Reported Destruction of a Nicaraguan War Vessel. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. PANAMA, Colombia, May 22.—The Man- agua correspondent of the Herald cables that the report that the United States cruiser Detroit had fired upon the Nica- raguan gunboat San Jacinto and sunk her is untrue. Everything is quiet alopg the antic const of Nicaragie Pl B S I T R o [ Ba — Bpecial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, by James Gor~ don Bennett. MANILA, May 23. — President Schurman of the Philippine Commis- sion made this statement to me to-day concerning the plan of government offered to the Filipinos - | “Now that the American arms are successfully bringing the war to a close it is an opportune moment to submit the scheme of government which is authorized by the President, who believes that conciliation is as necessary as force. “The present scheme should satisfy the legitimate aspirations of the Filipino people for participation in their own government. It gives insurgents a good opportunity to lay down their arms. ““Under it they will possess more freedom than under the Malolos gov- ernment, éven though the latter de- and clares them an independent sovereign state.”” ANTLA, May missioners in Manila, the mi tary operations continue w unabated vigor. The visito were apparently ignorant of the trus condition of affairs here. Upon their arrival they were immediately inundated with invitations covering both day and night, and express sur- prise at the condition of affairs within our lines. They had been led to believe that everything was chaotic and are de- lighted at the reception accorded them. Reports received from persons who have arrived from the interi show that no troops are left in the northern provinces. They were all drafted south after the outbreak of the w The villages on the west coast are almost deserted, and the Ilocanos especially are desirous of joining the’Americans, for the purpose of crushing the Many natives of Benguot and Ilocos said that if the Americans had not arrived civil war would necessarily have ensued, owing to the friction be- tween the Tagals and the inhabitanis of other provinc It is added that the only Filipino troops left now 7000 men under General Luna at the Tarlac, and about 4000 under General Pio del Pilar. These are short of arms and supplies. Many of their rifies are disabled, and the Filipinos are unable to repair them, owing to the lack of mechanics and materials for so doing. A coasting steamer which has a rived here reports that the Spanish garrison at Zamboanga, Island of Minandao, is held by the rebels in much the same manner as the Ameri- cans held them while they were in the of Manila. Every night the iards are subjected to an ineffec- tual fusillade, and if they are not soon relieved they will be reduced to the condition of the Spanish garrison at Iloilo just previous to its evacuation of that place. Professor Schurman, United States Philippine Commission, has submitte the following written propositions to the Filipinos: While the final de n as to the form of government for the Philippines is in the hands of Congress the President, un- der his military powers, pending the ac- tion of Congress stands ready to offer following: A Governor head of the General to be appointed by [ the President; binet to be appointed by the Governor General; all the Judges to be appointed by the Presic the heads of departments and Judges to be either Americans or Filipinos, or both; and a general Advisory Council, its mem- bers to be chosen by the people by a fo of suffrage to be her m after carefully de- termined upon. The President earnestly desires that bloodshed cease and that the people of the Philippines at an early date ¥ largest me: of self-government ¢ patible with peace and order. he m- The United States Commission pre- pared the scheme and the Pr ient cabled his approval of the form of the document. The Filipinos have made no definite proposition except for a ce sation of hostilities until they can pre- sent the question of peace to the people. Professor Schurman told the Filipinos they had no means of gathering the people together, as the Americans con- trol most of the por re- minded them that a liberal form of government was offered them. and pointed out that it was better than the conditions existing under Spanish rule. Gozaga, President of the Filipino commission, replied that nothing could be worse than Spanish rule, and admitted that the form of government proposed was liberal. The civilian members of the Filipino commission have declined to co-operate with the other members, as the former consider Aguinaldo’s latest demand to be preposterous, ter General Otis’ refusal of an armistice when the dic- tator asked for time in order to con- sult the Filipino Congress. After a conference to-morrow with the United States Commissioners, the Filipino commissioners will lunch with Professor Schurman, and will after- ward visit the vessels composing the American fleet. ———e FILIPINOS MUST SOON ACCEPT OUR TERMS WASHINGTON, May 22.—The War Department has received the following cablegram from General Otis: MANILA, May Adjutant General, Washington: Con s follows: In province Baliumg, rthur still at San Fernando. and will occupy cities south and westward; insurgent forces disinte- grating dal& Luna's forces at Taltac Lmuch dimi has destroved seyeral