The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1899, Page 2

RANOIS CO CALL, WED Y. AUGUST 2, 1899 GOTHAM’'S ARCHITECT | REFUSED T O ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS Suspicion That He Was Unable‘S to Do So-— Mazet Commission | Resumes 1.—The feature of | gating com- esumed its ses- wee nation of a firm of te Mess rchitec 1 that they oats, Jalls, | dump scows, vy departments. On junt of work per- | & Slattery, Mr. or the committee, tle of “Municipal n hous Moss devoted the g to bring out ts firm of architec acts in the city rey had been al- pl of other ery declined to tions touching his q rchitect, referring | Horgan, ed. ney was the Moss, counsel nted to know if n any action to absence of such the palice. The 1id he was aware that ch action, but such counties as liced. >d Mr. Moss, “in 3 to call your at- this section of the law which it incumbent on Sheriffs to sup- rir Betting on horse races is 1in this city to an extra- and it is our intention ict to the attention of uthori within the resolutio. called President of the Health De- ioning him n- by Horgan & Slat- Horgan & rd Hospital. competition Mr. W e rphy said 1d erected Will Horgan & Slat- i igned said he de steel cells n made by a W Horgan's part- ) ement the new Hall m professional?” saved a million 1id his firm’s report on plan was drawn up by The witness objected to & questions and’spoke in a Its Work. % loud and angry tone when Mr. Moss insinuated that he had been out of the lately to avoid a subpena. Ahat kind of marble, in your opin- t1on,” asked Mr. Moss, “1s most suitable for interior decorations in pubiic build- ings?” said the wit- “onnemara marble,” ‘Now, Mr. Slattery,” said Mr. Moss, has been charged in the public | press, in the newspapers, that you not an architect at all; that in fact| vou do not know anything about ar- | chitectural works. Is it a lie?” , it 1s a lie.” | rgan was recalled. He said v Instance he had drawn all cations for city | it hi ich do an Wh erviceable, you consider the most | order parallelogram | beam or one with flanges?" asked Mr. | Moss. I prefer a beam with flanges.” ' “Give us the scientific explanation | as to why you do so. | “I am not here to give you theories as n beams.” ot to the city of New York, which pays vou “You are not the clty of New York. I am not here to undergo an examina. tion as to my architectural abilities. “That's just what you are here for.” You are not fit to examine me.” | to me my i “I don’t have to. At this point the court adjourned for recess. > After recess, Frederick Clark With- £ m of Withers & Dickson drew the plans for the Tombs prison under the direction of Former Commissioner Wright. Early in 189 > ssioner Lantry informed plans. ner Lantry, the witn said, told him that he wished to have architects in sympathy with the ad- ministration It was intimated that the witness' firm had better retire from the work and finally they were dis- missed. The plans of witne firm | called for the construction of. cel ing $170,000. Horgan & Slattery’s called for an expenditure of Horgan & Slattery used mo than the original speclfications called for in art decoration h prison cells was bad, Mr. Withers because it gave a place for vermin to lodge Mr. Moss read the original estimate the Tombs building, pr ed | by Withers & Dickson, and compared it.2 or item with the estimate in| s finally awarded to Hor- The additional cost to r the Horgan & Slattery e mat recalled and Mr many technical questions wh = refused to an- swer. Mr. E d that the firm of Horgan & SI s a corpdration Mr. Horgan and Mr. Slatter owned most of the stock. No dividends had been declared and no part of the in- come of the co to_pay poration had been used creditors and saved Colonel | from instant death. | iam Dorn, the scot of the Pennsylvaniar an Oregon ched himself to the regi- | in camp at the Pr red hair and the “Searchlight” in 1 favor- \cerely the bu ed him He w one no urned than the littl arried him ion aboard the utenant Colonel | d to get back to| again, but every .giment is sad and dis- Colonel Hawkins' death. from the ground up v all. When the army campaign that led on to Colopel Hawkins was then a sick man. surgeons advised | to return but he flatly re- ‘Wh n go 1 go,’ he sald 1 at Malolos found the front rank cheering his men. | pidly. Those tion had little He was the As yet I can- ent will disem- our orders from B once him not say bark. General £ In the Pennsylvania of other regiments Those who were mer- ptain Dyner and Sixth United :nant Merriam, United ant Wei Lieutenant Merriam f General Merriam, who had | f the troops which over- | ldaho strikers. | are all glad to get back,” | ant Oliver Scott. "We were | » thickest of the fight at nearly | agement and the boys are all | We had a rather sorrowful ss the Pacific. The death | el Hawkins was a sad blow to the regiment. In every battle he was | where the bullets flew fastest, cheering | the men on the heels of the flying Fili- pines. He had heard the hum of flying | bullets before and the din of musket s music ears. Colonel Haw journey of, Colo d a man to go where | bt trust himself. On the following Colonel Hawkins’ | pronounced ver the body of hoys of the regi- | v and a guard of | 81 our ment wple de dead hero. wed the boc der of the trip. aki the Senator was storm. for five days by the severest | of typhoons that have occurred | bound sexic in that vicinity during the last thirty- two years | Scnator left Manila Bay on July | The 1'and arrived at Nagasaki on the 5th. When the storm abated the transport rted for Yokohama via the Inland ving there on the 15th. The were given a short leave at that port and the day following the Senator | headed for home. wenty stowaways were discovered | after the steamer left Yokohama, some | om boarded secretly at Manfla. | nent among these passengers is the “King of the Bums,” a well-known | character among the troops. 4 : B A GALLANT RECORD. ~w ‘the Pennsylvania Men Won Fame and Honor. HE Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment the only one, with the excep- tion of Tennessee, sent by any | State east of the Mississippi River to the Philippines, but their rec- ord as soldlers and fighters during the twp wars in which they took part is one of which the whole Atlantic Coast may placed to guard it during | | marching The committee adjourned until to- morrow. } be p nobly sus- tained t c many a ‘bloody to the “‘old fighting men. The regiment, Colonel A. L for growing under the command of kins, left Sen Fran- cisco with the t military expedition 3 1898, and reached Cav On disembarking they took the g gned advance lin . confronting the , and they soon to show the Rind of metal that was used In their molding. They showed it well and fully, both as to tension and temper, and at itberal cost of the b best, and that, toc that would hav of well-trained veter- Greene ards before good opportuni memorable night of | occasion of the first clash | fast bet n the Ameri is. The night was in poured down in | pitch darki and the r its. Deeming it a _fit moment to the green ~ Yankee volun- | Norine, commanding - at hurled 2000 0f his best troops agalnst the American right, held by the “Keystone” bovs, while Hi$ guns swept the Calle Real lez from Malate to Paranaque, across which- the American | lines extended to the beach. The space betw long sw a stretch of son by a body of insurg: hours of the night th. 1 Colonel Haw ' right and the | rallel to the road, 0 yards, had been held its, but .in the early | ey quietly withdrew. Colonel Hawkins learned of their with- drawal, and with commendable caution threw ‘three companies=D, E and K | outside s to cover his e posed fla he men lay in the | pouring expecting but yet ready for an ck. i At 11:30 ame. From the dense et ting the ®wamps on the right quick successions of volleys from | hundred Mausers. Then came the attempt to “rush” the works. But the | Dons were doomed to disappointment. Though in ordina overwhelming num- bers, they.found every Pennsylvanian like | a true “keystone,” as firm in his place | as if the whole arch depended on him. Then, with the aid of the gallant Cali- fornians and the Utah boys, who, with | O'Hara’s Third Artillerymen, had hurried | through the mud and storm of rain and ot and shell to the scene of battle, they | swept the surprised Spanlards back to their own lines. It was & strong object lesson as to the stamina of the American volunteer soldier, and the Spaniards did | not soon forget. i In this sharp fight the brunt of the | attack fell on the Pennsylvanians, and | when reinforced they had but four rounds of ammunition left to each man, showing | that they were not idle. Many Spaniards | fell before their fire, and six of their own | boys were killed and ten wounded, In-| cluding Captain J. A. Lee and six of his | men of Company B, which was in the thickest of the fight. This was a fa mple of the fight the boys of the Tenth made throughout, 1gh their losses were . fortunately | er again so heavy in any single en- gagement, When the Filipino_attack came on the| American I on February 4, 1899, the | Tenth Regiment was on the left of Hale's brigade. not far from Santa Mesa, where | th braskans made the opening fight, | and they bore well their part in the four days of fighting that followed, losing two killed and seven wounded. 'Among the wounded were Major Brieser and Lieuten- ant Albert Buttermore. They started with MacArthur in, the Caloocan-Calumpit movement and were always right in the place where they should have been. In the sixty s Gf and. fighting they ‘I«Zped to | christen with their blood _every battle- | fleld—Malabon, Mirilaé, Batave, Gui- | guinto, Malolos and Calumpit, at which | was | | latter place their Ifallan[ colonel wnunvl{—d while leading his men to the assault. No men in the whole army performed their duty more fully or more readily, whether in camp, on the march or on the fleld, than did the gallant fellows from | the sides and shadows of the Alleghanies | in_far away Pennsylvania. Well may their State be proud of them! il deeatoail bl TROOPS AT THE ORPHEUM Nebraska and Utah Men Visit the Theater in a Body. By invitation of the Orpheum manage- ment the second instaliment of volunteers who -came In on the Hancock were enter- tained at that theater last evening. There were 450 there, all looking for a | @.-e-o NSURRECTION OF YAQUIS SP e T. LOUIS, Aug. 1.—W. W. Mar- shall, a buiiness man of this eity, who is well acquainted with the Yaqui River Valley in Mexico and who has just returned from that region, gives some interesting informa- tion regarding the insurrection there. He says the Indians live on land grant- ed them by the Mexican Government at the close of the ten years’ war in 1897. These lands, he states, are con- stantly being encroached upon by the Mexicans, and this, in connection with the excitement aroused by dancing which was going on when he left there, has led to the outbreak. @ s - There are five military posts in the lower valley, which were garrisoned by ibout 1500 troops when Marshall was re two weeks ago. Fully, 2500 In- dians are on the warpath and as they | are splendid fighte; and well armed, Mr. Marshall says the present Mexican force in their country is no match for them. Reinforcements are on the way there, however, and a battery and some | eixty cases of arms are said to have | passed through El Paso en route to the | scene of the trouble within the past three days. State of Sonora, Mexico, confirm the persistent rumors of an uprising of the Yaquis, who are gathering in the moun- tains and valleys about the river Me- dano in large numbers. On the morning of July 28 J. M. Rem- ley, an Amerfcan, and for m . years express agent at Hermosillo, while driv- ing to Alamos in a buggy in company with Mr. Miller, an American photog- rapher, encountered the Indians in large force and was Kkilled, together with his companion, and the buggy burned. At Medano, on the river of that name, the Yaquis boldly attacked the ship- ping, setting fire to launches +and schooners and killing several persons, among them Aurelio F. Paredes, a prominent merchant, who was on board the schooner Alondra, about to leave for Guaymas. The Indians were finally repulsed by the inhabitants, led by Commissioner D. Abram Ayala. It is learned on good authority that the Yaquis have been |4 4 444+ 444+ 4+ 44444444 laying in stores and ammunition for several months, preparing for a final outbreak, and it is feared that they are well prepared for a long and stubborn campaign. At San Jose de Guaymas the excite- ment runs high over an anticipated at- tack at that place, and uneasiness is felt over the effect the uprising will have on the Indians about the river | Mayo, who are in a state of restless- ness. The Yaqui Indians inhabit the valley of good time and all ready to dpplaud with hand or tongue. It was announced from the stage that the men were present and who they were, and a round of applause was their greeting. The orchestra played natlonal airs and every one applauded and shouted and cheered until they were tired. They cheered California and San Fran- cisco, the Orpheum, Colonel Mulford and all their officers, but they hissed and hoot- ed at the name of Otls. The men were_furnished with tickets through -Colonel Mulford of the Nebraska regiment. _About 100 of those attending last night were Utah men. Washington in Mourning. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—The sad intelligence of the death of Colonel Hawkins was recelved here to-night and the town is in mourmng. This is the home town of the colonel, and his family and his closest friends live here. Mrs. Hawkins was almost prostrated when she was told the shocking news of her husband’s death. Her only daughter, Jessie, too, was distracted with grief. Mrs. Hawkins did not know her husband had been {ll until two days ago. 8 e PLANS FOR THE ‘ RETURN TO OREGON A BIG REGIMENT WILL FOLLOW GENERAL SUMMERS HOME. Receptions Awaiting the Troops All \ Along the Line — Nebraskans and Batterymen Com- fortable. Preparations for the return of the Ore- gon volunteers have been completed, and now the regiment is only waiting for the day when it will be mustered out of the service. Eight hundred and fifty of the men will go home on the special train. It will leave this city. on the morning of August 8 and will proceed direct to Port- land. On the way, however, it will drop two of the companies that wish to be let off at their own homes. The companies are B, which s from Roseburg, and C, from FEugene. The other nine companies will continue on to Portland. The Governor of Oregon will meet the troops at the State line, and he will travel to Portland with them. It has peen ar- ranged that they will have dinner'at Ash- vigorous | S R e e e S e o the river of the same name emptying into the Gulf of California just below the city of Guaymas. On the north and soutk of them are their neighbors and kindred, the Sul and the Mayo tribes, and the three have long been a source of almost con- trouble to the Mexican Govern- ment and enemies to the peace and lives of the other inhabitants of the province R Yaqui War Party Retiring From a Raid. R e S SR SROIP D SO S SO PPN READING | G +O+ O+ O+ +o++Q | | gl 4 R S O e Y 1 & | + | | b o) AS o il | from them recognition of the authority | & ;‘P!\SOQ‘T x, Aug. 1—Ials +|.,d jaw ot Mexico has led fo Irequent - Trude, who spent the past + | collisions between them and the Govern- | | 3 three months in the heart of the +ment troops; pitched ba have been | ts 5o 2 S ought and though g beaten by DE L o dlan country, reached + | superior forces oreed to retreat for | ere s evening by the way of +|th ime, they have never yet been sub- | | #+ Casas Grandes and reports that + dued |+ on June 2 and 25, while on the + | The whole population does not nomben | | over 20,000, b ey are fine Specimens | Rio Cedros, in Sonora, he met 4 |of physical manhood and good pngmms, | 4 three bands of Yaquis heavily + |as their defeat of General Garcla’s army | armed, numbering about 409 < men, many of whom spoke Eng- 4 lish and who said they were miners and bound for Yaqui Valley to protect their peoples and homes. They said the Am- ericans had never been and would not now be molested. They said they would annihilate the Mexican soldiers who ven- tured to invade thelr country from the eastward as they came through the Sierra Madre Moun- tains. The fighting men will re- tire into the mountains of South- eastern Sonora and there await the Me=xican soldiers. They claim the present war has been brought about by the unfaith- fulness of the Mexican Govern- ment, which two years ago gave them certain lands in the Yaqui Valley and is now granting the same to individuals and corpo- rations for speculative purposes. PELE P L LI I L L e r D R S R O S S S e S R R R l+ ++ | of Sonora, in which they live, and they are ifkely to continue to do so until some show of justice is glven them in regard to their retaining their land holdings, which they ciaim to hold by right of oc. : . for centurfes back and by con- on of title by the King of Spain long before the Mexican Government was | thought of. | _When Mexico revolted and established her independence the Yaquis refused to recognize the new Government and pro- claimed their own independence and au- | tonomy. Since then the effort to obtain June, 1885, with a loss of 400 men killed himseif, in I luding the general tests, Their method of fighting is one taught | them by nature and experlence. When beaten they retreat into the almost in | accessible fastnesses of the Sierra Madres whither the Government troops dare not | follow them, and there await the depart- ure of the troops, when they again de- | scend and clear out the peopie who have | established themselves on their land { | The Yaquig are good agriculturists when | aliowed to till their farms in peace, and | their valley being rich and fertile has | tempted covetous men with littie regar. | for right to take advantage of the pe- i well at: | in | ard to taking up land and file claims culiar “features of the Mexican laws re | on the Yaqui holdings. These, of course, understanding little of law and moved by | a sense of injustice, have resisted the | seizure, and_troops have been called out to enforce the law—that is, put the new | claimant in possession of the Yaqui land | taken under the law. The Yaquls have stood together and made good fights after their fashion, and when compelled to do retired, only to return when the troops ere withdrawn to take forcible posses- | sion of their own agaln. This has been | going on for many vears. Formerly they | | had but few firearms, but when the So- nora railroad to Guaymas was bullt they furnished a large proportion of the labor- ers, and with the money earned Win- chester rifles were purchased, with which | they have been much more formidable antagonists than before and are more conscious of their own strength. Thelr last uprising in 189 was followed by a treaty between the head men of the he, who took the direction of affairs after King Cajimi's death, and the Mexi- can Government, in which certain pledges and guarantées were given in regard’ to their titles and possession of the lands claimed by them. The ignoring of those pledges by the land grabbers, with semi- official approval, {8 what has caused the present outbreak. land, just over the Oregon line, an after- noon lunch at Grants Pass, and a late supper_at Roseburg, followed by a recep- tion. Breakfast next day will be given the troops at Eugene, dinner at Salem, and ft is expected that by 2 o'clock of the third day the men will reach Portland. The public ceremonies at Portland will commence as soon as the troops arrive. They will turn over their colors to the State and then the regiment will formally disband. This will not end matters, how- ever, for a reception to the soldiers will follow. The whole population of Portland will be the reception committee, and a royal time is promised the troops. About thirty of the men will go to Portland by steamer, and nearly 100 have announced their intention of ‘remaining here; but the remainder of the regiment will travel home on the special train. Captain Presscott, Company D; First Lieutenant Crowne, regimental adjutant, and First Lieutenant Brazee, battalion ad- jutant, all of the Oregon regiment, have been allowed captains’ commissions in the Thirty-fifth Infantry, now being recruit- ed on this coast, and they have received orders to join their new command imme- diately. The body of acting Flospital Steward Charles H. Shelton, who died at Manila, was sent to the Presidio yesterday. It was burled with military honors. The Nebraska regiment has settled down into the routine of camp life again, al- though this time the routine is not a hard one. There is only a very small guard posted, and the men are required. to be present but twice a.day—at reveille and retreat. At the Utah camp the same rou- tine is followed. The work of mustering out the new- comers has been started. The Nebraska regiment will take the usual two weeks, but the Utah men will be ready much sooner. On the way over the officers of the Utah battalion worked hard at the battallon’s papers, and as a consequence they are practically ready. Before the batteries left Manila they turned over to the Third_Artillery their guns and equip- ment, and this relieves them of a good { deal of work now. The commissary also | closed up his accounts, and the baiteries have only to get the men’s papers in proper form. This will be finished to-day. One of General Shafter’s horses took fright at a body of troops yesterday and injured itself so badly it was shot. The horse was being broken and for exercise the teamster hitched it with another horse to General Shafter's private car- | riage and drove the team around the pa- | rade ground. The young horse shied at a squ of soldiers drilling near by and | puiled the carrlage against a Jloaded truck. There was a mix-up and the car- rlage was wrecked and the driver was throwa out. The half-broken colt was thrown among the wreckage in such a way a8 to break both fore le‘f" News was received yesterday by Cap- tain J. A. Poorman, Company M, of the Oregom regiment, to the effect that taree misshj men_of his company—Clarence Mills, James E. Lawrence and Ralfh Me- Coy, were in the hands of the Fillpinos. It was supposed that the men were dead. The uews is not taken as authentic. Eight hundred recruits for the transport Indiana left the Presidio yesterday on the 3uarlermss!er‘u steamer McDowell. The etachment of cavalry to guard Yosemite Park also marched away and b?‘uded a special train, which took it south. Hunter Kinzle, loxi( of Colonel Kinzie; Lieutenant C. |, Kilbourne, volunteer signal corps, and Lieutenant Rhees Jack- son, Oregon volunteers, were examined for commissions in the provisional army yes- terday. A general order assigning Captain Ar- thur C. Ducat to duty as ald on the de- pz\ramem commander’s staff has been is- sued. That part of recent orders assigning act- ing Assistant SurTenn Carl H. Andersen to the transport Indiana has been re- voked, and Andersen has been as- signed to duty at the general hospital at the Presidio. MINNESOTA REGIMENT THE NEXT TO SAIL WASHINGTON, August 1.—Under the date of to-day General Otis cables the fol- lowing from Manila to the War Depart- ment: *The transport Pennsylvania ar- rived this morning. No casualties. The transport Pennsylvania sailed from ! San Francisco July 1, Colonel A. 8. Burt, Twenty-{ifth, commanding, with head- quarters, B, F, I, K, L. and M, Twenty- fifth Infantry, and recruits, twenty-two officers and 917 enlisted men. According to a dispatch received to-day by the War Department from General Otis a good many of the Northwestern volun- feers have enlisted In the new regiments being organized in skeleton in the Philip- pines, ‘'ollowing is General Otis’ tele- gram: “MANILA, July 3L—Adjutant General, Washingto The transport Grant sailed yesterday with seventy-eight officers, eight citizens and 1353 soldiers and dis- charged men of the Wyoming, North Da- kota and Idaho organizations. Left be- hind about 200 discharged men, a good many of whom have re-enlisted. The only sick soldier left was Corporal Frank Gore, | Company H, Wyoming. The Minnesotd regiment and discharged men will _go Dext; the ship Will leave in a very few ays."" Santa Clara Milk Company, 721 Howard street. Pure country milk, 6c per quart. Telephone Main 1695. > | bers of the party had entered the room. DEATH'S HAND LAID ON JAMES GREGSON Father of the First White Chilg Born in California Passes Away. Aug. 1.—News of the death of James Gregson " received here with profound regret to-day. He pn.ssed' away a several weeks' illness at’his home in Green Valle,\_‘. He was one of the most widely known pioneers, coming to California long before the golq citement. He arrived here a ' t t :ex;. for Captain John Sutter. At the time General Vallejo was a oner of the bear flag party at Fort Sutter Gregson had care of him vi 848. ogson served with Fremont from 1845 to 1843. : & fio 1850 he purchased a ranch in.Green Valley, Sonoma County, ® where he has since resided. At the time gold was discovered Gregson ° v ilding a mill for Captain Sutter at Colma. ““Gbr‘l'égé?f was the father of the first white child born at Fort s;n;:r_ °® tanding o - He was a prominent Mason, being a member of long s g % fayette Lodge of Sebastopol. The funeral will occur on Thursday. B .H'—..—..-..—...H..OH. OOT TAKES THE ~ BRYAN ASSAILS OATH OF OFFICE, ~ CHANGED POLICY SANTA ROSA, ® in 1845. He was a blacksmith at Fort Sut- ¢ 'n Denounces the War in Formally Installed as Secretary of War. the Philippines. e e CONGRATULATED BY ALGER JUSTICE NOT ON OUR SIDE R R, — ALL TRADITIONS OF THE NA- TION VIOLATED. —p Democratic Leader Does not See How Any Believer in Christianity Could Favor Forcible THE CEREMONY WITNESSED BY MANY OFFICIALS. S Retiring Secretary Left at Noon for His Home in Detroit—Meikle- john Transacts Official Business. Annexation. : Epecial Dispatch to The Call. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 — Mr. Elihu| NEW YORK, Aug. 1.—Colonel Wil« Root took the oath of office as Secretary | liam J. Bryan discusses the Philippine of War at 10:45 a. m. to-day. The cere-| guestion in this week’s Independent. mony ocurred in the large office of the | Secretary of War, In the presence of Sec- retaries Gage and Hitchcock, Assistant | Secretary Meiklejohn, a large number of army officers in uniform and other em- ployes and officials. The oath was admin- istered by Judge Cole of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbla. Secretary Alger arrived at the War De- partment at 10:40, accompanied by Mr. Root, for whom he had called in his car- riage. They went immediately to the Secretary’'s private office, where were Secretaries Gage and Hitchcock, and were soon joined by Adjutant General Corbin and Major Hopkins, the latter be- ing the military secretary of Secretary | Alger. A moment later Assistant Secre- tary Meiklejohn and Judge Cole entered and were formally presented to the new | Secretary. The latter's commi bearing date to-day, was in possess Adjutant General Corbin. By this time a number of army officers had gathered in the maln office, and Mr. Root and Secretary Alger and other mem- He says in part: The Declaration of Independence asserts that Governments derive their just pow- ers from the consent of the governed, and this is the doctrine which we have ad- hered to for more than a century. If the doctrine set forth in the Declara- tion of Independence is sound, how can we rightfully acquire sovereignty over the Filipin: v a war of conquest? If the doctrine set forthin the Declaration of Independence is sound, how can Ws rightfully purchase sovereignty from a Spanish Sovereign whose title we disputed in Cuba and whose rebellious subjects we armed in the Pkilippines? In the beginning of the Spanish war Congress denied that our nation had any thought of extending its territory by war. If we then had no thought of securing by conquest new territory in the western hemisphere, why should we now think of securing in the eastern hemisphere new races for subjugation? It is surprising that any believer in self- government should favor foreible annexa- tion, but still more surprising that any one whe believes in the Christian religion should urge the substitution of force for reason in the extension of our nation's influence. If we adopt the gunshot gospel in the Philippines how long will it be before that principle will be transplanted in American soil? So long as our arguments fare addressed to the reason and the heart our progress is sure; but can we, without danger to Christianity, desert to the an- cient plan of injecting religion into the body through bullet holes? The question is frequently asked, What can we do? Nearly two months elapsed between the signing of the treaty and the It was 10:45 when Mr. Root stood up and took the oath of offic Jydge Cole then addressed hifn as ‘““Mr. Secretary and shook hands and congratulated him. Gen- | ral Alger next advanced and shook his hands most cordlaily, saying with evident | teeling: “With all my heart 1 congratulate HOL“ and the administration. You will find around you here men who will help in the arduous duties of your position. May God bless you and give you strength. Secretary Gage then stepped forward -] ilated Secretary Root. He | beginning of hostilitles in the Philippines. :\A:& ?31'1‘5:{-(\“\ 2\ti\' Sf:crelar)'y Hitchcock, | During that time the President and Con- Assistant Secréetary Meiklejohn, Ad- | gress might have given to the Filipinos the same assurance of independence that was given to the Cubans. Such assurance would have prevented bloodshed. If the President is not willing to take the responsibility of enforcing the doc- trine set forth in the Declaration of In- dependence he can call Coniress together and let it take the responsibility. A spe- cial session would be less expensive than the war, not to speak of the principles involved. WAGES MAY BE RESTORED. | Naval Board to Reopen the Mara Island Case. VALLEJO, Aug. 1.—The Secretary of the Navy has authorized the board of wages at the Mare Island navy yard to take additional testimony in the matter of the adjustment of wages at the yard. The workmen’s pay had been cut by tha board at its last meeting, and a vigor- ous protest to Washington followed, tha action of the Secretary of the Navy be< ing the result. The board will meet to-morrow after< noon at 2 o'clock and will hear testi« mony from the workmen and from those who have been active in their in- terests. State Senator J. J. Luchsinger, who has espoused the cause of the men, will be one of the principal witnesses. The action of the Secretary of tha Navy virtually reopens the case. The outcome is still in doubt, but the men hope it will result in a réstoration of the former schedule. ———————— Ocean Water Tub Baths. 101 Seventh street, corner Mission. water direct from the ocean. jutant General Corbin and Chief Clerk | Schofield. | eneral Alger picked up the commis- | signed by the President and attest- ed by the Secretary of State, appointing Mr. Root Secretary of War. | “Here I8 your commission,” he sald with a smilé, handing it to Mr. Root, “in which_you lose your identity and become ‘Mr. Secretary.’ I go back to become a sovereign_citizen of the United States and | become ‘Mr. Alger.’ " | sincerely wish it were the other said Mr. Root as he accepted the parchment. Then the officers were presented to Sec- retary Root by Victor L. Mason, the confidential secretary of the Secretary of War. As soon as they were Introduced they passed on and shook hands with General Alger. Nearly all stopped to ex- press their regrets upon his retirement and wish him success in the future. They also thanked him_ for his consideration and many acts of kindness and for his| uniform ceurtesy during the time they | had been associated with him. General Miles appeared with his staff in the fuil dress uniform of the major general commanding the_army. He stopped to | talk to Secretary Root for some time long- | er_than any of the others. Following the presentation of the officers the civillan officials and clerks of the de- artment came in and shook hands with | ecretary Root and sald farewell to the | retiring Secretary. Secretary Gage, before leaving the room went-up to General Alger, shook him co dlally by the hand, bidding him good-by. | General Alger left ‘at 12:45 o'clock to-day | for his home in Detroit. ! The last official act of Secretary Alger | was to sign the requisition for an allot- | ment of $20,000 for transports. Secretary Alger intended that his last act should be the signing of the order directing Ma- jor Charles Bird, assistant quartermaster, to accompany the transport Thomas tg Manila when she was ready. He signed such an order, but the other business was presented a few minutes later. Secretary Root did not perform any of- ficlal business to-day. As General Alger is Secretary and draws the salary for to- day it was thought best to avold any legal complications by having the business of the department performed by Mr. Meikle- john as acting secretary. | & | 4 Ball ADVERTISEMENTS. *Waste Not, Want Not.” Litfle leaks bring to want, and little tme purities of the blood, if not attended fo, bring a **Want”’ of health. - Hood’s Sar- saparilla is the one and only specific that GRAND STAMM INSTALLATION. Officers for the «l;ming Year In- ducted Into Office. SACRAMENTO, Aug. lL—After the Grand Stamm, Independent Order of | qil remove all blood humors and impuri- Red Men (German). had instalied the | fies, thereby putting .info a condition newly elected officers to-day, the grand of perfect health strength. chief appointed the following officers: = Grand marshal, H. Schreiber; grand S herald, O. Dreifer; grand .warrior, J. J&Odd ( Friskie; grand T. G., J. Keifer; grand F. G., John Wundner; grand sentinel, H. Beck. The reports of the grand officers were approved upon the recommendation of the general committee. The reports of the district deputies also were ap- proved. The per capita tax was fixed at 26 cents for each term of six months. The per capita tax of the Daughters of Pocahontas was fixed at 25 cents a year. The following district deputies were NeverDisappojnts DR. ABORN EYE, EAR, CATARRH, ASTHMA AND LURG SPECIALIST. OVER THIRTY YEARS' PRACTICE. 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