The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 24, 1899, Page 1

; This Paper not to B8 takeH from the Library.+++* VOLUME LXXXV—NO. 175 Cxull SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AnisTHE MEN BEHIND THE GONS ON THE CONCORD. i BLOCKED THE ... e e e U0 e T e Ny ABLE LINE FOR PEACE — & g Nothing Accomplished by Seizes Marcus Island in the Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. Middle of the Pacific : the Commission Sent to Ocean. ? General Otis. s B . ¢ HEADS OF l AMERICA 2 10 GO 0N FIGHTING 5 ® s Must Reach Manila by Wire Via : Filipino Leaders Believe They Can Wake Isiand or Not ¢ Get Bettgr Terms by Continu- at All 3 ing the War. Soectas 1 ’7 The Call. | . Special Cable to The Call and the New York <, May 28.—The Wash- | rrespondent of the telegraphs: I learned to-| 4 n of the State | o een called to the re- | o Japan of Marcus | ¢ The acquisition | 4 vy Japan has had the| 4 ; a change in the in- |+ to the collier Nero, | ng the cable route |+ ANILA, May 23.—The Filipino Commissioners called early to-day upon General Otis, but made no offi- cial propositions relative to sur- render. They met the American | Commission later and held four hours’ conference. . Departm cent ocet Island, in of this isl 3 idmx‘;lnlkfirxltdlfnrti. ? It is said that the Filipinos oids Ssmi‘ 2 iyn?fié‘; were ldxsma_verl_ at the terms o.i— in the name of | | fered in President McKinley's es, and contemplated | | cablegram. Gregorio del Pilar = :;"\qbl;:):;:ee::k{fg:i : turned red under his brown skin when he realized that he was be- ing offered nothing but vague promises of possible representa- tion for his people in case of compliance with the American demand that they lay down arms. rican, which pos- capable, with slight | , of accommodating s ht Jdraught. . \nce between Honolulu | y is 1160 miles. The prop- | ¢ en to connect Midway < nd, 1500 miles apart, | * t cable station be- e oh i rany el Every Filipino shrugged his 6 shoulders as the glowing prophe- nd is 1000 miles from | ! ' e ase g cies of the future after the cessa- by e el tion of hostilities were outlined EIR T to them by the members of our le 15 % ey tude 154 degrees o commission. They said that they . d at the Navy De- rding Wake Island s of little value as a being but a few feet| ¢ and frequently sub- | ¢ . asked for independence and lib- erty with dignity, under the pro- tection of the United States, and were now offered nothing but the indefinite assurance that individ- ual natives might hold some offi- cial positions under the proposed government. ~ The native Com- missioners have great dread of fu- ture Congressional action. They will accept not a single condition of those proposed, but will re- turn dissatisfied to Aguinaldo and report. fight. The scheolmate is proud of the | escape was impo-sil’ ", Admiral T' =¥ [ to drop down while he took a snapshot| Major Zailcita, one of the Fili- picture, for it is one of five copies: he | signaled | _ ships to withdraw for|at them. O’Keefe gives his position as| - o e is proud of the other mementoes, too, | breakfast before finis' i UD the 3ob | o 4ne Niort of the officer and directly | PINO Commissioners, said: “As but he is prouder of the letter written|and silencing the guns of Cavite.|. "o = =7 0 man with the cartridge the ultimate form of government o —oeseisgld T O S S e o O S o e T S i e e o O R e SR S o-@»—@»-@-o—@+@+ R T i R e O R S R e aC SECSY SO SN o ) QIEDI (l\'Eit Snapshot Taken on the Deck of the Goncord on the Memorable First Day of May, 1898. : HOMAS O E is a San|being of lighter draught than the other Francisco lad who fought under | American ships, was able to draw clos- Ch ey Admiral Dewey at the battle of | er in shore and complete the work of Chicago Physician Makes a iila Bay. O'Keefe did not| destruction - 1 T : wear gold lace and a sword and O'K » i as modest as he is brave. | by his old chum o speaks so tender- | O'Keefe, in his letter, says the picture 2 . . Wonderful IJIS(‘I)Very in stand on the quar .k dur the | and h thing to say about h Iy of thelr boyhood days when their | was taken after the men had finished | belt on. Partly in front of him is an- | rests in the hands of the Ameri- o lestruction of Mo fleet; he was in the glorious event. He mere teacher was none other than the father ! eakfast and the ship was returning |other. sailor with a black cap on.| .,y Congress, the present pro- Using the X Ray. i a men . six-inch after )mpanying photograph. with a | of his friend. to the attack, The six-inch gun crew, | O'Keefe marked.a small T .on his cap g L B ) gunboat Concord, an important pa agement, for the wvoncord, \ letter and a few trinkets to a| It will be remembered that during|of which he was a me—ber was ready |in order that his friend might the more | posals’ are merely provisional. hoolmate in re re- | the engagement, or 1 after the | for action, when the sux'x]zo;wr;‘ ::mr' | |ir?n(11’l-‘i(' l\-nnz::h him.]l;‘utt it is hardly | The result of the present plan for some souvenir of the =reat ! Spanis cet had b =0 cripple at ' along with his camera and told em | discernible n the reproduction. % nir o reat | Spanish fleet had n rippled that ' alon Sl e reprotueto™ . |would be that Americans would | be at the head of every depart- | ment of government, as the Fili- pinos’ tenure of office would de- S IMXORED BY o= THE BRITISH | v | pend on the will of the Ameri- | ARF DEI A‘/ FD {cans. We think we can get bet- | 4 4 4 - . 34 teg terms. 1/ 3 A leading banker of Manila AT i\lAN[LA says: ‘“The present proposals Brigadier General James F. Smith Acknowl- edges the Receipt of Newspapers and Read- er tzen rays since . | are only a repetition of the provi- o e o o, form —_— | lng Mattel‘ Sent tO the BOVS Of the —_— sions of the American commis- 1 ir h and alimentary | F- t C l-f . e G L | sion’s proclamation. That means st v e e R ITS alirornia. ik e (.that this is an American colony. &h the medium of the fluoroscove. | HONGKC ., M 23.—The United | MANILA, May 23.—The departure of | . L : = fie said: “With my discov- | States eruiser Olympla, with; Admiral} HEADQUARTERS | the First California Infantry for home‘\'ou have adopted an imperialis tomach can ’w’ de fimlv!!.v out- | Dewey on board, has arrived from | has been prevented by a typhoon: The | tic policy, then why talk over 3 g its eize, shape and posi- ' Sub-Military District of the Island of Negros. Bacolod, P. I., April 9th, 1899. it eay” oo Spape and posl. | Manila. She was saluted by the ships (he churnings are fast ox| of all nationalities. cular or irregular. This is ac.| Admiral Dewey, Captaln Lamberton, plished ling the stomach cav- | Lieutenant Brumby and United States e or tracts with what 1 have termed | Consul Wildman were received by a . & metal. | gyard of honor of the Royal Welsh Fy- as compared | joorg when they landed to visit the thus mak-| . Coinor of Hongkong, Sir Henry A. - | Blake, Major General Gascoigne in | 1d of the troops and Commo- | 1 rainy season in fact has already fairly | beguyn s i Y| matters with the envi oys of a hos- Major Bell of the Fourth Cavalry to- | tile force which must be crushed day made a reconnolssance at Santa s P Rita, west of Bacdlod. He encountered | DefOre such a government as is considerable resistance from the enemy | proposed can be established? and had several men wounded. IS 55, S G e There was also a brush with the| Lhe opinion of military offi enemy at Mariquina and later at Pa-|cials is that the negotiations say, where a line of insurgent skir- | 3 st mishers who were shielding a force of | erely encourage the insurgents trench diggers attacked General Oven- | to hold out for better terms, espe- shine’s lines. The rebels were repulsed | - 11 ciine b by a bitealion:of: theiHivas Tagnesrae| Cially since the commading fantry and two companies of the Twen- | American general is not con- | tieth Infantry. The Americans had two 2 i 1nd men killed and two wounded. |sulted. | General Luna is bound These attacks upon _the American |to continue to fight for indepen- forces to-day, while Aguinaldo’s com- 5 Negotiations which en- missloners ate, in Manila negotiating | 4CCE- 1Y CEOLL for peace are held to show a lack of K courage the natives to hope to control of the rebel chiefs over lhelrlobmin great concessions may followers and the futility of negotia- 3 E Soy e tions while armed rebels still keep the | cOst the lives of many American field. Idiers.” Recent events and negotiations for 0 : peace kfa\'e not bruught“about ankaTls OPPdSED T-OA change in the American military policy. So long as rebels appear in arms they CONCILIATORY MEASURES will be attacked and dispersed. AR The railway tracks have been re- ¢ THE CALL, San Francisco. Sir:— It gives me great pleasure to thankfully acknowledge the receipt of a large quantity of reading matter obtained by ¢ ‘The Call'' for the California Volunteers. Every month since our de- parture from San Francisco ¢‘The Call'' has thoughtfully sent a file of papers for the boys of the regiment, and the additional reading matter so kindly supplied through its efforts simply in- creases a sense of obligation already very great. The members of the regiment apprectiate very much the dona- tion of that which helps to kill many a dull hour, and for them and for myself I tender sincere thanks to ¢<The Call'' and those who assisted in the good work. I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully, animal (y\suu comn dore Powell commanding the nav forces. The visit was afterward re turned by the officials mentioned. | Admiral Dewey is in bad health, be- | ny method be | Ing too ill to attend the Queen’s birth- ot It will give an|day dinner. nd by it the The Olympia is going to dock here | | gastritasia, | gnd will remain ten days at this port. $§ non-toxie, non- | made antiseptic, | I any accessible | Dewey Home Fund. WASHINGTON, May 23.—The sub- scriptions for the Dewey home fund so | far received by the national commit- tee amount to $3709. Among those re- | cefved to-aay one of $100 from Vice s | President Hol k into | Lihuming in | o RUNNING FIGHT i o WITH FILIPINOS ation D | Special Cable to The Call and the New York t Herald, Copyrighted, 159, by James Gor- it acts under all don Bennett. urder those I have noted | MANILA, May 24.—The Twenty-second o Il pecome as exact a science | and Third Infantry, while escorting the S surgery. he action produced on the | Signal Corps, which was picking up the mach by hot or cold foods, by animal | telegraph wire from San Miguel to' Ba- able foods, by aclds, drugs and | Haes ord L eunis foht for the whais d other things will be noted. | distance. They lost one man killed and ery tract of the body can be studied | One officer and fourteen men_wounded. tural state while it is in opera- | The American troops reached Balinag at hal tumors, in fact, any di 8 o'clock last evening. They captured it fons oF @l5-| thirty rifles and twenty prisoners. The nt of the functions of na-|insurgents are coming .in from back of e, can be located. General Lawton’s advance, this new £ O4040+0+V4D+WHD 2D+ THI4TITIV 10+ O+ O 40404040+ THO4THO 4D 40+ D+ D + 4040 ooomvow Y l 40404040+ 040+ 0+0+0+040+04C+0+040+ 0+ 040+ O+0+040+240404040+03 04 0+040+040+00 4Q4+040+0+040+04D 42404040404 040 4 0000000009000000000 +04040+0- 00000#0 .Vol.Tnf. /District~or* Negrds . paired and the first train reached San Fernando this morning. The Spanish newspaper, Oceania, has been suppressed by the military au- thorities and the editor arrested for publishing objectionable articles. Two battalions of the Sixth Artillery and 260 marines arrived here from San Francisco to-day. Brigadier General ‘Williston, who arrived in command of the Sixth Artillery, will succeed Gen- eral Hughes as provost marshal of Manila. General Hughes has been as- signed to duty in the Visayan Islands, | To Weaken Before the Filipinos Now ‘Wil Mean Trouble in the Future. MANILA, May 23—The Filipino Commissioners spent the day at the residence of the American Commis- sioners. They discussed every point of the scheme of government and the peace proclamation details, asking for information ‘as to what personal rights would be guaranteed them. Colonel Charles Denby of the ‘American Comw