The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1899. NINE KILLED ¢ IN A WRECK ON THE RALL e More Than a Score of Passen- gers Also Receive Injur- ies in the Disaster. DUETO A CLOUDBURST One Man Dies After Having an Arm Sawed Offf, While Another Vie- {im Was Going to His Wedding. e Special Dispatch to The Call. WATERLOO, Iowa, wough train from Chi May g to Minne- 28 . polis over the Rock Island and Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern railways v wrecked at 1:15 o'clock this morning at the crossing of Sink about four miles southeast of s place. The train cons e ches, including mail cars, smoking e twe coaches and a were killed and twenty-thr The list of dead is leepe s follows: e ARNOLD, umberman, Minne- apolis. W. A. McLAUGHLIN, Muskegon, Mich R. H. SCHWETTE, Alton, IIL DAV neapolis F.S , St. Louis. HAWKI an conductor. GEORGE ~WAINWRIGHT, train condu WIL , Waterloo. Miss Anna H. right nda Norec ace badly wegian bruised; going to Jeremiah Murphy of Mont., head in- s, Pre e fre Pullm Will Sch crushed and 0§ W. Currington, Chi- , Cedar TIowa; ed; twenty together 10 indicate the road. The engine and was derailed the track and be- re piled in a con- mail car toppled over coped by the baggage be- the rear end of the baggage oped the smoker. sleeper plowed its way 1 the day coach, while the lower the latter crushed thrcugh the held engineer and fireman Jjumped m the train and escaped with slight S of Alton, IIL, ty alive, but died badly cut about and it was evident from the g that his injuries were fatal. aph his fell her,” € t I have been detained b 1 wreck and cannct keep the ap- pointment on time. Don’t say any more.” s was brought to this city clerk, the fire whistle was switch engine and coach d and a The inj Ye e ated from ught here. lief train sent red pas: t debris Another relief train soon ived from Cedar Rapids and tock a the iously injured to be ted in the hospital in that city. . J. Day of Allison, Iowa, a 8. 1ger, said: “The train was running ng at a good speed, and at a point ut three or four miles from Water- it left the track. The engine and car were thrown about ten . engineer evidently had his under excellent control; as never saw such-a sudden stop. The smoker, where I sat, telescoped baggage car, and I found m If with the eparec engine coach.” will travel nd Schollian of Waterloo, who for a St. Louis tobacco hous \akes his headquarters in thi suffered more severely than any r of the Waterloo passengers. He found in the second coach, to which he had gone after leav- ing the smok his arm crushed be- k;:‘ en lmn front end of the sleeper and the sic the wreck. He did not'lose conscious- ness, but begged that his arm be sawed off, 80 as to set him free. When it was found th was no possibilty of saving the arm, this was done, the am- putation being effected by a common hand saw. Mr. Schollian displayed the utmost fortitude, and after he was re- leased walked to the adjoining farm house of Mrs. Caroline’ Mericle, where he subsequently died Mr. Day, in speaking of the cause of the accident, said: “There must have been a waterspout, for a powerful stream of water washed the dirt out from under the track for a distance, I should think, of half a mile, With the foundation gone there was nothing to hold up the rails, and as the weight of | the train struck the weak spot, down and over we went.” BOSTON VETERANS TO SNUB “FIGHTING JOE” BOSTON, May 28.—At the close of the | memorial services at the Howard-streot Baptist Church this morning, at which eph Hooker Command No. 9, Union | lunteer Union, was present, Colonel | John Dammers, 4 member of a Chelsea Grand Army post, S verely ticized the | wearing of a Confederate badge by Pre Gent MeKinley and the action of the E. | W, sley Post, G. A. R., In asking Ge eral Wheeler to delfver a Memorial day ‘Adress. Colonel Dammer's remarks were A i- The | brakemdn on the roof of the day | passenger | - of the car holding him fast in | LD BY IS HOLINESS e |Incidents of the Audience | Granted the Popular Priest of San Francisco. g POPE OX JOURNALISH —— ~ | Greatly Interested in the Work in Behalf of the Catholic Church in America. — | Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 28.—Private ad- vices from Rome state that on May 4 the Pope granted a special and private audience to Father Yorke of San Fran- cis When the Pope received him in his private room, and, after welcoming him, took his hand in a fond clasp and held it so during the entire audience, he was consoling and rewarding Catho- lic journalism in the United States. “In decorating you 1 decorate the whole orde aid President Carnot, as he pinned a medal on the breast of a nurs- ing sister, and in so exceptionally hon- oring Father Yorke the Pope honored all Catholic journalists of the United State: “What can I do for you?” said the Pope, fondling the hand of Father Yorke. “Bless me, Holy Father; ble: my - self, my jmother, my family and friends.” “Then you are a journalist?" “Yes, Holy Father, 1 did what I could for the defense of the church and the rights of the sovereign pontiff.” The Pope put inquiries which showed his close and warm appreciation of the of Father Yorke on the Pacif , and elicited the answer: “Ye! spoke to an audience of fifty thou sand.” The Pope threw up his hands, having loosened hold of the priest's hand for the f and only time during the audience. “You must wield an immense influ- ence, id the Pope, as he marveled at the large audience of one Catholic journalist. He proceeded to enlarge upon the power of the Catholic press. This done, he said to Father Yorke, “Ar many Protestant newspa- ornia?"” Holy Father, the newspapers are for the greater part merely secular neutral, There are onl a few tant pape weekly one Dog- matic Protestantism is not strong in California.’ . did the Catholics help your work “Thi Holy F helped with great devotion, ather, and I may take the op- portunity of saying that there are no more I 1 children of the see of Peter than the Catholics of America.” “How are the Protestants disposed toward the church?” “Holy Father,.all love the Pope of great encyclical reach home,” said Leo, your friends and helpers in my Tell them that the Holy Father is deeply interested in your work and that he showed great interest in it when he spoke to you and that he en- couraged you with all his heart. More than that, tell them that he encouraged you and with you all those who helped vou and forwarded yoyr great work, and that in giving his paternal ble ing to you he sent it also through you and all of them. Tell them 5 thi Be sure you tell them that thé Pope blessed you and ssed them also.” Father Yorke then excused hims and received the formal act of ble: ing. During the audience the Pope had to sit motionle He had displayed no emotion in his body except at the men- tion of the audience of fifty thousand, when, impressed with the immensity of 1 this influence for good, he gesticulated with his hands and arm throwing them up in the air and wide apart His health seemed to have in no way changed for the worse since his {llni and he gave the impression of a non- agenenian with a length of life in promise before him. The advices state that Father Yorke intends to make a visit to England, re- maining three weeks. He will then spend three months in Ireland before setting out for the United State: There he will do about a fortnight traveling before reaching San Francis- co in October. 'WARDNER STRIKE COSTS MORE THAN A MILLION | The Miners Themselves and the Gov- ernment Bear a Large Part of the Expenses. 2 Idaho, May 28.—Up to the pres- | the cost of the Wardner riot has reached the enormous total of $775,000, and | the expenses have just commenced. The tmportant item, of course, was the of the Bunker Hill plant, worth amiters destroyed. Xt to that comes the charge of $200,000 s to the employes of railway and smelter companies through the shutting | down of ore production of the Coeur @' Alenes because of the riots. The miners themselves, deprived of work through the shutting down, have lost altogether $175,- W00 in wages otherwise a. The expense borne b ernment In bringing troc timated by the mili authoriti $60,000. The expel borne thus fa the State alone have feached over $30,000. To defend the union miners under arrest the Western Federation of Miners has collected a fund of $10,000, and it is un- derstood to be on the verge of ralsing $60,000 more. Immense e the expenses Already accrued, they will be added to fmmensely by the costs of the coming trial and the maintenance of martial law, it it will be impossible at best to repair fhe loss for anything like $1,000,000. NEW YORK, Mav 28— he Central Fed- erated Labor Union to-day received a re- ply from the War Department to the in- Hiiries it made as to Whether the depart- At was responsible for General Merri- BOISE, ent time ue | Am'’s action in the Coeur d‘Alene mining { district. g The letter says In part: eral Merriam was ordered to ur | @’ Alene on request of the Governor of the State of Idaho to preserve peace and to protect life and property. He had ° other instructions except as above given and these. of course, it has been neces- v to carry out. NVER, May 28—The Denver Trades’ nbly to-day adopted resolutions iy condemning the action of the Federal authorities in relation Vardner strikers and ,.!L.dfilng na flaancial aid to the striking i miners. ceived with tremendous applause. Colonel Hallet, colonel of the command, said after the meeting that while Colonel Dammer might have been a little radical, he undoubtedly represented the views of most of the members and that few of the Jatter would be present at the Boston Theater on Tuesday when General Joseph Wheeler would speak. Mrs. Ann Faull Dead. SAN JOSE, May 28—Mrs. Ann Faull, ow of the wealthy miner, Christopher Faull, for the alleged embezziement of the funds of whose estate Samuel B. Ter- rill was arrested lateg in Arizona, died l:st 'x:ight from fatty degencration of the car THEIR OLD TRENCHES Ff}{TL%lEl[{‘ 10RKE |FILIPINOS RETURN TO ,._M._@+@+@+H—H@\—~e B B B B e e o OSSR S o o , e O+ oe@ [ I SRS SRS SO U0 D D D SO SPAD DD S MDY D PR S U Y ANILA, May 28, 8 p. m.—The approach of the wet season finds the insurrection seeming- ly taking a new lease of life. All along the American lines the rebels are showing more aggressive | activity in their guerrilla style than at | any time before or since the fall of Malolo: troops in the trenches, sleeping in their clothing, and constantly on the alert against dashes on our outposts, and then make life warm-for the American garrisons in the towns. The bands of General Luna and Gen- eral Mascardo, which retreated toward Tarlac when they feared they would be caught between General McArthur and General Lawton, have returned in force to their old trenches around San Fer- | nando, where there are daily collisions. Opposite our lines on the south, pro- tecting Manila, all the way around to San Pedro Macati, the Filipinos have | three rows of trenches most of the dis- | tance. e the insurgents construe the peace ne- gotiations to mean that the Americans | have enough of the fighting. The Fili- pinos are encouraged by the belief that the Americans are preparing for an in- terval of inactivity during the wet sea- This period is sure to be foliowed | son. Thousands of much suffering. acres of land that were under cultiva- | tion last year have not been plowed | this year, and the Government will probably be obliged to feed thousands, just as it fed the Cubans. Friendly natives, amigos, continue to pour into the American lines by land and river routes, coming from the territory the passage of the two armies has left no food, and practically throwing themselves upon the charity of their conquerors. Such able-bodied men as are not in the Filipinos’ ranks have been kept by the insurgent leaders to dig the trenches, and the old men, women and children form the mass of the refugees. These are doing some plowing, but they will be confronted by hunger before they can realize any subsistence from their crops. The United States army has organized a system of distributing rice at Malolos and some of the smaller towns where | Filipino stores were captured, but the Jatter will soon be exhausted. The United States transport Morgan City, which arrived here from San Francisco with 600 recruits for various regiments, sailed to-day for Iloilo with the troops. As it was impossible to take to Spain the remains of the Spanish General, Montero, who was fatally wounded in a recent engagement with the Filipinos in the island of Mindanao, and who died while being brought here from Zambo- anga, on the transport Leon XIII, It was decided that the interment should take place in Manila. The funeral took place to-day, hundreds of Spanish sol- diers and civilians attending the ser- vices in the cathedral and following the cortege to the grave with wreaths and flowers. - The Spanish papers declare that Mon- tero v a victim of the Spanish Gov- ernment’s neglect FILIPINOS MUTILATE THE AMERICAN DEAD NEW YORK, May 28.—A Washing- ton speeial to the Herald says: In- formation received here in private let- ters from- officers serving in the Philip- pines state that the Filipinos show no respect to the American dead. In one instance an officer who was on the fir- ing line says he was shocked to see three bodies of American soldiers, who had been killed in an advance and which were brought within the Amer- jcan lines, badly mutilated. The earp of each of the corpses had been re- They keep the United States | orts from prisoners indicate lhill‘ of | the insurrection into the country where | Town of Jolo, Capital of the Sulu Archipelago, Over Which the American Flag Was Hoisted on the 2ist Inst. The Sulu Archipelago is the most southern of the whole Philippine group, form- ing the connecting chain between Mindinao and Borneo. about 150 islands, with about 100,000 inha® tants, who are Mohammedans, and were ruled by a Sultanate until 1878, when they were annexed by Spain. B R O D A O e S o O o S 1 '{ REPORTED DEATH | OF AGUINALDO ANILA, May 28.— Spanish., newspapers publish a report, which is impossible of confirmation, to the effect that Aguinaldo is dead. The cause of death, the papers say, is not exactly known, but they declare he either committed suicide or was assassinaced. Filipino passengers who have been brought here state the agents of General Luna are arresting all mnatives who are suspected of sym- pathizing with the move- ment for peace. Among those thus arrested are several mil- itary and civil officials, who are kept closely guarded. The wound General Luna re- ceived in the recent battle is troubling him, and he intends to relinquish the uctive com- mand of the troops in order to recuperate. Lawton has returned to the city from San Fernando. Since his withdrawal fromthatplace the natives, under command of Mascardo, are reoccupying the country in the vicinity of the town. i T e SRS ] moved, noses cut off and hearts torn | | out. Such mutilations disproves | Aguinaldo’s claim that the insurgents |are conducting a clvilized warfare. |"The American troops give the Filipino dead a decent burial, and provide every | comfort and afford the best medical | | treatment possible to the wounded. | | The fact that the Filipinos are commit- | ting such atrocities further removes them, the officials believe, from consid- eration at the hands of foreign govern- | | ments, from which they have been seeking recognitio: ———— GENERAL HALE PRAISES THE VALOR OF TROOPS WASHINGTON, May 28.—The War Department has made public a report from General Irving Hale, who com- manded the Second Brigade, Second Division of the Eighth Army Corps at Manila upon the stirring events be- tween the nights of February 4 and 9 there. This division was quartered in the vicinity of the water works and a portion of it, the Nebraska Regiment, fired the first shots that began the ac- tive fighting with the insurgents. General Hale tells the story of the operations of his command with great precision and military minuteness. He | vs he received his first information of the outbreak along the front of the Ne- braska Regiment through the lucky hearing by one of his operatcrs of a part of a telegram dispatch that was passing over the wires .from Colone Stotzenberg to division headquarters. His account of the beginning of the difficulty with the insurgents agreed in every respect with the stories of Colcnel Stotzenberg and General MacArthur, and he adds that his own troops did not begin firing until the.insurgent firing had been going on for some time. R LS T O SOOI PRSI PP P PR RS S O O The first opportunity the United States troops had to test the real quality of the insurgents appears to have been at the attacks at the block | bushes and houses in surp { ments of the command with | orderly was sent to the water works to It consists of i + ! . : § ! 1 ! t : ! : houses near Sampoloo Cemetery. Here, says General Hale, the First Colorado Regiment made a charge in fine style, rushing and halting alternately in case the enemy’s fire became too strong. When half way to the block houses the insurgents broke from the east works ng num- bers and ran for the hills, the Ameri- cans picking them off as they ran. Thirty-five were gathered up in the im- mediate vicinity, twenty-four dead and eleven wounded. This movement broke the insurgent center and showed that | they could not stand a charge. There- fore, the tactics were repeated and other charges were made by other regi- | like gal- | lantry and success, the Tennessee and | South Dakota troops being commended among others. | General Hale speaks in one portion of | the report of finding the body of As- sistant Surgeon Young of the Utah Battery with a powder-stained bullet- hcle in his head, indicating that he had ?een captured and killed after his cap-l ure. The successful campaign ngainst‘\ Mariquina, to protect the water works, | is set out in detail and an explanation | is afforded of what all the time ap-| peared to have been a check experi-| enced by the advancing American forces. General Hale tells how his troops had been excellently placed and stopped the advance because of the ap- proach of darkness, this deciding them to remain where they were until morn- | ing. General Hale then says: Lieutenant A, P.Hayne, California Heavy Artillery, who had voluntarily accom- panied Major Goodale as aide, expressing a desire to return to the city, was al- lowed to do so and on his arrival went tc the department commander with a grossly exaggerated report of the situa- tion, on the strength of which the de- partment commander directed the with- drawal of the battalion. Captain Krayen- buhl and Lieutenant I’erry of the brigade staff, with a platoon of Oregon troops as escort, and carrylng two canteens of | water per man, with a larger supply on a | cart, were therefore daispatched to the re- | lief of the Twenty-third battalion. An- notify Colonel Stotenberger of the with- drawal of this covering force on his left, so that he could take other means for pro- tection. It was found that the report was practically groundle that the position Was a strong one; that there was no fir- ing and no apparent danger, and that Ma- jor Goodale was reluctant to withdraw, especially at night. They therefore left the platoon there and returned, Lieuten- ant Perry reporting the facts to the de- partment commander, who authorized me to leave the battalion wh it was and proceed according to my best judgment in the morning. This was about 8:30 a. m., February 7. OTIS REPORTS RECENT DOINGS IN PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, May 28.—The War Department to-day made public the following dispatch from General Otis, commanding at Manila: MANILA, May 28—Two battalions, Twenty-third Infantry, quiet posses sion of Jolo. Spanish troops withdrawn from Zamboanga after battle with insurs gent: vere loss to latter. nine Killed, twenty .dmong whom Commanding General Montero died from wounds; buried here yesterday. In- surgents used rifles, artillery and ammu- nition captured from gunboats, expending major part of #mmunition. Conference followed between General Rios, who went from Manila to withdraw troops, and in- surgents. Latter stated to him would not oppose landing Americans, but would ac- cept conditions in Luzon. 'Spanish troops Withdrawn, now here; depart for Spain £0-MOrTow. Fecble attack by insurgents on inhabit- ants southeast portion Negros neces tates sending battalion troops from Man- ila_there. Will soon restore. Insurgent falsehgods circulated in southern islands of overwhelming insur- gent victories in Luzon keep up excite- ment in that section among the more ig- norant classes, although intelligent people know American arms have never met re- verse, and they call for United States pro- tection. Have turned over to navy for use on coast southern islands number of pur- chased Spanish gunboats; excellent results expected. ~ OTIS. SUNDAY WORK OF THE PEACE DELEGATES The Hope That a Permanent Arbitra- tion Board Will Be Established Grows Brighter. THE HAGUE, May 25.—The newly ap- pointed sub-committee of the third com- mittee of the peace conference, the arbi- tration, will meet to-morrow. It will be known as the drafting committee, indi- cating in its name the scope of its func- tions. The delegates have worked un- ceasingly to-day, although the formal labors of the conference were suspended. An effort s belng made, and with a cer- tain degree. of progress, to combine the Russian and British proposals in such a way that the report of the drafting com- mittee may secure the support of both gurlles in the plenary committes M. de Staal and Sir Jullan Pauncefote, chiefs ot the Russian and_ British delcgations re- spectively, and other do!pfiates had a long conference to-day with this end in view, and there is no doubt that an agreement in principle will be reached. The hopes of the delegates that a per- manent arbitration board «will be estab- lished is rapidly improving. The different points now reiate to the composition of the tribunal, how the representation of the powers s to be arranged and the limitations to be placed upon the juris- diction of the board. LONDON, May 29.—The correspondent of the Morning Post at The Hague says: The discussion of the proposed modifica- tion of the Geneva convention provisions regarding sick and wounded neutrals constitutes a distinct success for the American delegates. When it was first broached, the Russians declined to take any part in the discussion, on the ground that the subject was not mentioned in the circular of Count Muravieff. The Americans urged that the Dutch invita- tion included all subjects bearing on the circular, a view which the conference up- held. The Russians as yet have not aban- doned thelr position, and they will make another effort to-morrow to have the American proposals rejécted on technical grounds. Interesting “developments are expected. I el WRECK OF THE JESSIE TO BE INVESTIGATED Government Will . Learn Whether Passengers and Crew Were Slain by Indians. PORT TOWNSEND, May 28.—The Gov- ernment will, it is said, investigate the wreck of the steamer Jessie, which oe- curred last summer near the mouth of the Kuskokwin River, Alaska, with a loss of sixteen lives. One of the cutters form- ing the Herlnf Sea patrol, which leaves for the north in a few days, has been_or- dered to stop at the mouth of the Kus- kokwin and make inquiries. News of the wreck of the Jessie was first published last August. Later it was reported her Eassen ers and crew had been murdered v Indians after reaching shore. The Swedish missionaries stationed at the mouth of the Yokutat Bay have investi- gated the report, and according to ad- vices just received here believe there was -no foundation for it. The Kuskokwin Indians have given a straightforward account of the wreck of the Jessie. The high sea prevented them going in thelir canoes to the rescue of the passengers. They secured a large amount of wreckage from the barge which the Jessfe was towing. Other Indians who trade along the coast knew of the wreck, but none of them believed that any of passengers reached shore, as the breakers at the mouth of the river run very high and there is a strong undertow. ot CAPTAIN THOMAS MEIN ILL. San Francisco M;{ng Man an In- valid at Victoria. TACOMA, May 28.—Captain Thomas Mein, a mining man of San Francisco, lies critically ill with lung trouble in a hospital at Victoria. He has been in Alaska looking after his interests in the Silver Bow Basin and inspecting the works of the new stamp mill at the Treadwell mine, of which he was the con- sulting engineer. A week ago he was taken ill, and decided to return home. He boarded the steamer City of Topeka, which arrived yesterday, but became worse on the trip down. He had a num- ber of hemorrhages and might have died had his own physician not been with him. He was critically ill when taken off the steamer at Victoria. His lung trouble was contracted while he was imprisoned in South Africa for alleged Dflrtllz:lpalmn in the Jameson raid. SUCCESSFU (MP FROM THE BRIDGE et Passengers on an Electric Car View a Thrilling Spectacle. e KRETZ'S DARING FEAT —_— . Demonstrates What a Man Can Safely Do Without Injury by Exercising Will Power. e Specfal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 28.—Howard Kretz, a young man about 22 years of age, who says he is an art student of the Academy of Design of this city, made a startling and successful jump from the Brooklyn Bridge just before dusk this evening, and came out of the river uninjured. Just before 6 o’clock Kretz boarded a trolley car bound for Brooklyn. It was an open one and afforded all the ad- vantages which he was looking for. When the trolley reached a point about 100 yards from the first arch, near the highest point of the span, Kretz leaped from the car, and like a flash vaulted over the high railing. He took no time to steady himself for a perpendicular drop, and swung some distance from the structure before he assumed an upright position. The passengers jumped from the car and through the railing, while hundreds of persons on the promenade tried to_ get a glimpse of the figure. Kretz’s body flashed through the air almost in a per- pendicular streak. He struck the water feet first, cleaving it like an arrow. He disappeared for some seconds and then shot up in view, only to disappear for the second time. The waters had hardly closed over him when he - reappeared and immediately struck out strongly for the New York shore. One of the deckhands on the steamer Vulcan, which was coming down East River at the same time. saw Kretz flash through the air and disappear in the water. The deckhand gave the alarm and the Vulcan was headed for the young man, who by this time was swimming. A line was thrown to Kretz and he was hauled aboard the Vulean, which immediately put for her dock on the New York side. When taken on the Vulcan Kretz placed his hands on his abdomen as if in pain, but when the boat reached her dock Kretz sprang from the boat onto the wharf. He was at once taken into custody and hurried to the Hudson- street Hospital. Not the slightest in- jury was found on his person, but he was suffering from shock. He was de- tained on the charge of attempting sui- cide. Kretz is about five feet eight inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds. He lives in this city. He said he had been reading a book on theosophy, and that he wanted to demonstrate that a man, by exercising his will power, could do anything he wished without injury to himself. PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED AND A PORTER KILLED OELWEIN, Towa, May 28.—The Chicago Great Western passenger train that left St. Paul Saturday night was wrecked two miles north of here this morning. Richard Manning of Minneapolis, the colored por- ter, was killed. Several men and women on the train were more or less seriously injured. The train was running over the lowlands when the track began to settle, and the train was derailed. P Nearly all of the passengers in the sleepers were undressed in their berths when the wreck occurred. The rain was coming down furiously, lightning was flashing and thunder pealing. The porter was crushed to death at the forward end of the first sleeper. o5 Scribner of Boston, who occupied a compartment in one of the Pullman sleepers, said: *I was waked by a loud crash and a lurch. Then I felt the coach I was in slide over to one side. I dressed as fast as possible but was unable to open the door of my stateroom, so 1 got out of the window. Several men were res- cued in their night clothes.” The passengers were brought to Oel- wein and well cared for, most of them taking the first train out. The ‘entire train and the locomotive are almost a total loss. The train was an elegant one and the ?‘:\muge to the railway company will be eavy. peered | ROLLS OF THE CUBANS [NACCURATE i R There Has Been Considerable Stuffing in Order to Cheat Uncle Sam. | e OME NAMES OMITTED e | i Out of 111 Applicants Yesterday for Money Only 30 Receive ‘a Share. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. HAVANA, May 28.—Thers were 111 applications to-day for shares in the $3,000,000 which the United States has offered as a gratuity to the Cuban troops. Thirty were given $75 each. The others were not on the rolls, al- though they had guns which they were ready to turn in, and certificates of service. The United States military authori- ties consider that the rolls are very un- reliable. Indeed, the opinion is freely expressed that a large proportion of the names are fictitious and that the rolls omit a majority of the names of | those rightly entitled to share in the | gratuity. The object of this, apparent- | ly, is to discredit the proceedings and to show the Cuban public that a large | number of the troops refused to take American money. Lieutenant Colonel George M. Ran- dall of the Eighth United States Infan- try, the commissioner superintending | the distribution here, went carefully over the rolls of one battalion with its commandant. He pointed out thirty- four names of men who are dead and names of others who had not been heard of outside the rolls. Of those paid to-day, twenty-five turned in arms—Mausers, Remingtons and carbines. The other five showed receipts from the Alcalde vouching for the delivery of their arms. The pay- ment will continue until noon to-mor- |row in Havana city, but Colonel Ran- dall says it will be necessary to have }flddiuonal days after a while here and | extra pay rolls for men who have un- doubtedly seen service. He also be- lieves that were tht payment to be con- tinued for the next three months at least 90 per cent of those entitled to apply would do so. Most of those who received shares to-day asserted that they only heard By aecident that the | distribution was now actually taking | place. Colonel Randall will send to Senor Perfecto La Coste, the Mayor, all the arms turned in to-day. The first pay- ment outside of Havana will be made on Tuesday at Santiago de Las Vegas, whither Colonel Randall, the clerks and thirty soldiers will go with the pay- master. S I, HALL FOR ODD FELLOWS. Wheatland Lodges to Dedicate Theix New Home. MARYSVILLE, May 28—On Wednes- day, June 14, the Odd Fellows of Wheat. land will dedicate their new hall, which was bullt on the site of the building de- stroyed by fire a few months ago. The laying of the corner-stone will be en. trusted to the Wheatland lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, which organization will hold its meetings in the hall. The programme outlined by the commit- tee on arrangements for the day is as fol- lows: Dedication of hall by Suiter Lodge, I 0.°0. E.; laying of cotner-stone by Nig- olaus Lodge, I and A. M.; baseball tour- nament, daricing, bluerock ‘shooting, bicy- cle racés, games and races for children, coursing matches, tennis {ournament. The committee in_charge consists of W. H. Niemeyer, R. P. Stagner and E. J. Man- well. A few days before the celebration the first rabbit drive ever held in Northern California will take place near Wheat land. | | SRR e Preaches to Graduates. WOODLAND, May 28.—The Methodist church was erowded this evening, union services being held. The feature was the commencement sermon of Rev. J. A. Van Anda_to _the graduating class of the Woodland High School. ‘“Human Life” was the theme and it was handled in an able and instructive manner. Hermann Sons Celebrate. 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