The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1899, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO. FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, (TN 10 BE PLACED (Y COLD STANDARD National Committeeman H. C. Payne of Wisconsin Makes the Statement. SENATORS AGREED e | Proposed Measure Will Bs Brought | Forward at the Next | Se:sion of Congress. E, Wis., National | an Commit- Pavne of Wis- cons vho returned to-day fre en vhere he at- 5 Committee, makes | a state to the Milwaukee ] T nion a bill { e coming Congre ace the U St s uj a gold stan- dard basis. [is statemientg fol- s my judgment, after be- o onsult with the Sen- ate itttee mem- ber the Fifth Avenue Hotel ew York, that| for the revision of our syvstem that will be sat orv not oniv to the Sen-| a to the House as well will fin woved, and that that wilated into a bill e ill provide for ed States upon It wiil be emi- v to the gold d the friends of formal action Committee has 1t from expressions e no hesitancy monetary re- ation he brought It is certainly legislation do not believe there will be P session of Congress un- re should be some de- ve its in the Philippine situation would require ac- ¢ r than the reg r Session I do not helieve there is any th hed state- tor Hanna is retire from the chair- 1 1ip of the National Repub- lican Committee. 1 quite Mr. Har con- am na-will I had a talk 1im and [ believe this to be is intention.” HEAD-GN COLLISION OF FREIGHT TRAINS Engines Smashed Beyond Repair and Fireman Merrill Seriously e that Injured. MUCCA, Ne June 15— -ut To'clock thie evening a freight tbound, and freight bound, came together . this side of Iron Point, v-four miles east of here, collision. The engines | nashed beyond repair and fifteen ght cars piled up in general disor- smash-up was complete and | k one of the most disastrous | occurred here in months. | Merrill of No. 206 was seri- 1, it is thought, fatally in- Firen cking trains have been ordered | ad isworth and a point east of the wreck. One of ‘the marrowest of the several escapes reported was that of the failure to explode of the two cars of giant powder e westbound train which were in These cars were back_in the train and were not injured. Mad they been further for- | ward the disas would have been ap- | palling, for nothing ceuld have pre- vented a terrible explosion. The cause | of the wreck is safd 10 be the over- looking of order. men NEGRO MINERS IMPORTED. But Most of Them Are Induced Not to Go to Work. PITTSBURG, Kans., June threat of the coal mine oper import negroes to take the pl, the striking union miners, good to-day when the W and Mining Company, which by one of the train- | W is corporation through which the Missouri the Pacific Railway Company operates its mines, brought in 175 negroes from Tennessee and Alabama, and unloaded them at Fleming, where stockades had been built around the Misgouri Pacific mines. - The union men were out in force to meet the negroes and endeavored, wilhl x . the Sen- | o [left VENEZUELAN COMMISSION MENS LIVES IN SESSION. FORMALLY WELCOMED B FRANCE Minister of Foreign Affairs Del Casse Speaks for the Republic. —— Special Diepatch to The Call ARITS, meeting June 15. of the The first Venezuela formal tration Commission ope s morning. The arbitrators, coun- sel and others began assembling it the Foreign Office shortly before 11 O L RCE SR o D R RS R 2 SECSE SRS y were r ived by the 3] reign Affairs, M. del Casse, in the apartment in which the tribunal will sit. These are the rooms used at the meeting of the Spanish- o'¢lock. Min | American Peace Conference and during [ S O R SIS 3 7 $ ] ‘ i \ § : tens, who was universally acknowl- | edged as an authority of international law, he continued, the iabors could only | result happily and in the interest of | humanity, for it would constitute an- | other step toward the realization of the | h noble project which, launc! 0 an | illustrious throne, was ma way into the hearts and cor < the people and had thus imposed itself with singular force on the solicitude of those who govern them M. del Casse concluded with thanking the arbitrators for having accepted the hospitality of France. Pr r de rtens replied, thank- ing the French Foreign Minister for hi welcome and for the hospitality tended to the arbitrators. The speaker | e Q o RoUsseLL o= @i e et et eb e ede@ recalled the fact that he came here seven years ago to attend the Bering Sea arbitration. Referring to the work being done: at The Hague in the matter of arbitra- tion, he said the peace conference sought not merely to arrange a settle- ment of conflicts but their avoidance. and expressed the hope that the present tribunal would have the result of pro- moting the welfare and prosperity of the two countries interested. The pro- fessor announced the rule of procedure agreed upon at vesterday’s conference, and said the arbitrators would meet every day excepting Sunda Sir Richard Webster, the British Attorney General, thereupon rose and said that AN OBJECT LESSON 1N ARBITRATION e Great Britain Will Object to| the Old Spanish Boun- dary Line. Special Dispatch to The Call. desire to extend to them and which is customary between ‘counsel in these Continuing, Sir Richard said he only intended to touch to-day upon the gen- eral topics underlying the whole dis- n, and proceeded to give a brief geographical and historical review of * v e eres @ R O R DANVID JO3), BREWER @t et et ebeiede@ lin order to meet the views of former|the whole question, going back to the the Bering Sea arbitration. 'On a raised | dais at the end of the room, facing the | ve gilt arm , with a table the dais are across clerical entrance are five ma chairs for the arbitrators in front of them. Below half a dozen long tables place the room for counsel and the staff. A large colored map of the dis- puted territory hangs on the wall to the right of the arbitrators, with a smaller map of the whol: of South America beside it. Altogether there were about forts persons connected with the tribunal present. The arbitrators and most of their staffs were dressed in frock coats. dozen ladies, including Mrs. Harrison and others beionging to the American party. The arbitrators took their seats soon Benjamin | | for ordinary | There were less than a dozen spectators | learned Professor Martens is going back in that portion of the apartment roped | to The Hague to-night, what days does off for the general public and half a | he propose to give us next week?” | after 11 o'clock, Chief Justice Melville | E. Fuller and Richard Henn Collins, Lord Justice of Appeals, sitting on the right of Professbr de Martens, the um- pire, and Baron Russell of KillJowen, Lord Chief Justice of England, and Justice David J. Brewer, sitting at his | and Former President Benjamin Harrison and General Benjamin F. Tracey and the remainder of the Amer- jcans sat at the tables at the left side, facing the court and the British rep- resentatives were s the right side. A feature of the pro- ceedings was that counsel used the desk which served during the Bering Sea tribunal proceedings. The proceedings opened at 11:20, when M. del Casse briefly addressed the tri- | bunal in French. He said it gave him special pleasure to welcome the High Commission in behalf of the French re- public, which he added was greatly pleased at the fact that Paris had been chosen for the sitting of a tribunal composed of such eminent men, some of whom had occupied with distinction the highest positions. Under the presidency of M. de Mar- admirable success, to prevent them from going to work. Among the union men were many negroes who had been brought up from the South during the strike of 1893, and these were largely instrumental in keeping many of the newcomers out of the stockades. The result was that,only a few of the im- ported negroes, those having families and being destitute, went into the stockades. There was no disturbance. The agents of the four big companies ated at tables on | President Benjamin Harrison and the | other American counsel, in which the English representatives concurred, he proposed that they only meet four days in the week in view of the extremely | heavy work before them. | Mr. Harrison said he thought there | would be in four days’ work enough men, and he evoked a smile, as looking around on the genera gathering of the most eminent jurists of Great Britain ~nd America, he add- ed: “And we > ordinary men.” The work hefore them, he added, would be a tremendous strain upon the counsel Professor de Martens agreed that meeting a week would be sufficient, arranging that the arbi- trators would not meet on Fridays, | Saturdays and Sunda Sir Richard Webster asked: ir “As the The professdr replied that he hoped 1o give them two days during the lat- ter half of next week, and that he would write from The Hague on Sun- day, fixing the day of his arrival. After this Sir Richard Webster an- nounced counsel had arranged that he should speak first, then two Venezuelan counsel, next Great Britain with pos- sibly two counsel, then Venezuela and next Great Britain. The final speech was to be made by Venezuela. The British Attorney General opened his speech by mentioning that he had the privilege, years ago, to appear in the same room as junior counsel in the Bering Sea case. He was standing at the very desk which served at that time. It was a significant fact that Venezuela was represented by distin- | guished men of the American republic, while America was represented on the bench by two Judges of the very high- est position. It was a great honor for | himself and his colleagues to address such a tribunal. The speaker then paid | a tribute to Professor de Martens, whose reputation was international, and said: “I shall probably have to say much with which my friends disagree, but 1| am sure they will extend to us the courtesy of forbearance, which we In the course of his he said he regarded the treaty time of Columbus. remarks | of Munster as a most important mat- ter for the tribunal, as Great Britain claims Spain was not entitled to claim the whole of the Western world in view of the fact that she was established in the position of the Dutch. He pre- sumed American counsel took an en- tirely different view of the construction of both the Munster and Utrecht treat- ies, and thought the arguments ad- vanced by American counsel were not characterized by that breadth which might be expected from such eminent gentlemen. The representative of Great Britain then took up the terms of the treaty of arbitration and laid great stress on the British contention that there is a contract between Venezuela and Great Britain and not between the Spaniards and the Dutch. The tribunal, he con- tended, had to decide the boundary be- tween Venezuela and British Guiana at the present time, and not between the Spaniards and Dutch in 1814, Counsel said that in order to clear up any misunderstanding he announced that Great Britain recognized Venezu- ela as the successor of Spain and he submitted that the boundary, as it might have been settled in 1814, was not the same as ought to be defined to-day. Respecting the fifty years' title clause, Great Britain submitted that it ought to come back from the date of the conclusion of the treaty of arbi- tration. ing that fifty years ought to constitute a title, whatever might be the para- mount title of the other power, as this would cut hoth ways. Where such case was proved, the matter could be settled in one of three ways—by de- fiecting the boundary line with terri- torial compensation elsewhere, without territorial equivalent or by the pay- ment of compensation, adding that the tribunal has absolute discretion in the matter. Sir Richard Webster spoke in a clear voice and the arbitrators and counsel followed his speech closely, making notes and occasionally asking him to clear up a doubtful point. which are fighting the union declare that enough negroes will be imported to operate their mines in Kansas, Mis. souri, Arkansas and Indian Territory. In Kansas they rely upon the injunc- tion secured in the Federal Court at Leavenworth yesterday to prevent the strikers from interfering with their operations. L MILES OF TRACK FLOODED. AUSTIN, Tex., June 15—The heaviest ralns for many vears fell yesterday throughout Southwest Texas. In several localities cloudbursts occurred, doing great damage to property. Several miles of Southern Pacific rallway track are un- der water, and three bridges were washed away west of Uvalde. A cloudburst flooded the Rio Grande Valley both above and below the town of Laredo and much property was damaged in that eity. All through traffic will be suspended for sev- eral days. | Counsel was adverse to hold- SERVIANS BATTLE WITH TURKS. Trouble n the SACRIFICED 10 INCAPACITY The President Called Upon to Order Home Otis the | Incompetent. | in the Balkans That May Have Seri- ous Results. B 2 > Send Miles to Save the Situation|s e e or Withdraw Altogether From | ¢ . (o the 7Phi’iipgines, .\ : s Srecial Dispatch to The Call ¢ > > HICAGO, June 15.—The|+ . Evening Journal, which |{ : has been an ardent sup-|¢ & porter of the McKinley adminis-| ? 3 tration, in its late issue this after-| ¢ & noon prints on the first page a f i double-leaded editorial calling | e & upon the President to set aside|? - his personal prejudices and ser:d |, ? General Miles to Manila to put|e 6 down Aguinaldo’s rebellion and|* + stop the awful sacrifice of human : b life now being made to the inca-| & s pacity of some one—probably | % 3¢ more than one—and intimating | ¢ 3§ that Otis and Alger are equally ' 3 guilty in the matter of blunder-| 5 3 ing. The editorial in part fo]f‘: 3 lows: 11 3 he President ought to makc;,;; 5 up hi\‘ mi?n] that the ;l(]minist‘\_';%-i:. Entrance to the Defile of Kazan, on the <-: tion is going to rrus.h the Fili- ’: Lower Danube. b pino revolt, and do it soon, or h else gel out of the islands. There Qi 05066 060ebetebeiedeieiedeisisisiedre® advisors to comprehend the crvian villages in the Javlonitza district. It is added that dur- gravity of the sitnation and to es- | ing the fighting a large number of men were killed and wounded on both timate aright the formidable size eloss The Turks, it is potnted out, being in superior force, overpowered the frontier guards and now blockade three villages. A force of Ser- vian regular troops has been sent to the scene of the conflict, with orgers to repulse the invaders. to which the present shilly-shally policy has pern tion to grow. tted the insurrec- [T SRR n;..u.u etrat e ,“unrll—'_' " T WD IR e cans are losing ground, while the | | ' \ATIO Filipinos are gaining. Territory HOLD MAIL FOR once taken is abandoned. If the THE VOLUNTEERS Filipinos rely on mere guerrilla OF AGUINALDO £ P Litarv 8 erintende Thral f tk warfare, \merican military oper- e e telegram from the Postoffice De- ations are hardly more than| 7 2 | partment at Washington yesterday IS REPORTED forays into the enemy’s country, | afternoon, reading as follow : 2 7 “The War Department says hold followed by retreat toward Man- |- all_ mail at San Francisco for the Califor- ila. This is due to lack of men L Utah to garrison the conquered terri-| Story Reaches Manila That Nebraska, Pr444 et it rrt sttt L b e R R e A I S ¢ 11 rst Colorado, First tory, and probably to lack of a the Killing of Luna Has it Mo e South S P L Dakota. The Oregon Regiment is competent 'h(""“l to direct cam- Been Avenged. ordered to San Francisco instead paigns. With almost absolute =, of Portland.” ; : —— + control over the supply of tele- i B e S O s o SR SR S S o o o - . 5 Special Dispatch to The Call graphic SIS fn.rmshml to the CHICAGO, June 15—A copyrighted | rience and military skill. ~ Gen- press, Otis has failed to make a cable from Manila under date of Fri- | arg] \iles’ career gives ample day, June 16, says: guinaldo is reported to have been as; nated by followers of 'General | Antonio Luna. The news of the death of the Filipino gladiator was brought to Manila by a native employe of the much better showing against the Filipinos than the Spaniards made against them, or to dem- onstrate by any test his ability to proof of his ability to handle any military problem that might con- front him in the islands, provid- ed he is properly supported at < st of suc Manila and Dagupan Railroad. 0St of § - | & make the most of such an oppor- | Myl S PEENCile to contirm the | home. tunity as he has been given. report it seems based on goed author-| [ et the President summon ity. The assassination was the result of the manner in which Luna lost his life, for there now seems to be ne doubt of the authenticity of the report that| he was killed by the guard at Aguin- | “Meanwhile the insurgents his are adding daily to their numbers and armament, while the Amer- his resolution and do duty. Let him shake off the hampering influence of his discredited Sec- icans are losing many men aldo's headquarters on June 5. | retary of War, and call to his aic through wounds and disease. P:,l:lh,.'f ?2::::1: J'}:p:i;i:,'ln,',f )‘rm]fif;_ instead the . undoubted = mili- tary genius of the major genera commanding the army. ILet him disregard the caution and timid- ity of the political tricksters about him and confidently appea to the people to furnish him the volunteers Miles will need. “If he cannot do that, let him The Filipinos began to fight with | pine Congress, showed a letter which e 'S, Now 2 he had just received from Cabanatuan, | OWS a a S. L : b .“‘ m_d‘ AT Now they are which stated that the assassination using artillery. They are devel-| took place on June 5. oping major tactics, and learning | AArcnrdmz to the letter Luna went to . i | guinaldo’s headquarters accompanied | to withstand American charges.‘ by his aid, Colonel Ramon. Tt is said The American forces in the isl-|they expected to find Aguinaldo had ands are said to be reduced | been put to death by assassins, accord- tO | ing to a plan which had been made by 10,000 effective men, and it has | Luna and followers some weeks ago. | ® By it Aguinaldo was to be killed and | been found necessary to press [ Luna placed in supreme control. | withdraw the American troops into active service the recently| Instead they found that Aguinaldo|and ahandon the idea o : i had learned of their plot and as soon as| - . . ; recruited and comparatively | they were inside the headquarters they | pacifying the islands. The were killed by the guard. The manner in which Aguinaldo de- feated the Luna conspiracy undoubt- | green regiments of regulars. | {war has been decisive of “After four months of ‘war’ the | nothing. Lawton is capable, but ica sti i edly caused the followers of that cap- | he i3 no th head of i- .—\mencms are still defending e e dectn | otat the f af point where they were first -at’| reason a great many of the American | fairs. Funston is brave, but. his officers here believe the report of Aguin- | aldo’s death brcught by the railway | “Everything points to the fail- | employe is true. | Luna’s death alone, if the report of | rese; = ute of the 12 )‘It‘ p]a“ .Of REC Aguinaldo’s fate is not true, will un-| - 2 cedure, and to an immediate and | doubtedly have a great influence upon |ar€ being sacrificed over and im ive need of m s | shorteneing the life of the insurrection. | gyver on the same ground, now petativerne OT€ troops | 1y as been the leader of the most ir- | . e and.a competent man to direct | reconcilable element among the in- | WON, now abandoned, now con- them. The administrati surgents. quered again. These ineffective 5 e f‘l. 4 Zuon Hean| Should the report concerning Aguin- l K & St have troops if it will summon | aido be true it is believed the insurrec- little campaigns make up one resolution to call for them. It |tion will stop almost immediately. great, useless waste of Americang : Jose Paterno says his brother Pedro | j: ) 2 o has a man at hand, for it has | igready to return to Manila. This would | [1V€s, and the country 1s grow- ing weary of the spectacle. pigeon-holed him in the War | seem to signify the leaders of the in- | su tion are convinced of the useless- “ Department. [ It ought to be ended. The proper way to end it is to send ness of keeping up the conflict. “Major General Nel- D e e 1 g Miles, and more troops. But if the President is unable to rise to son A. Miles should be conquer and garrison given immediate and | the islands. the sacrifice of the feelings of fa- personal command of “The administration should | vorites which the sending of allmilitary operations forget its petty quarrels with him | Miles would involve, and afraid in the Philippines,|over the beef supply and give the | to take the political risk attend- with enough men to | country the benefit of his expe-|ant upon calling for more volun- individual -exploits do 1ot end hostilities. The privates are as courageous as Funston, but they tacked.