The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1899, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CENT 189 SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST SR NEW CAMPAIGN IN THE WS ICA T PHILIPPINES COMMENCED HERRICANE LO | neng s o 00 MacArthur, With Four Thousand Men, Defeats Six Thousand Rebels at San Fernando. Route to Guam. WATER SUPPLY LOST ANILA, Aug. 9, 12:25 p. m.—General MacArthur’s force, consisting of 4000 men, advanced five miles beyond San Fernando to-day and encountered and defeated a Filipino force of The Vessel Was So Badly Dam- 6000 men. aged That She Was Obliged to Put Into Kobe for Repairs. v B The enemy retreated, leaving many dead and wounded. The American loss in killed and wounded was twenty. There has been a strong suspicion that for some time past insurgents were among sup- posedly peaceful natives entering Manila. ‘ The Provost Marshal ook steps to learn if these suspicions were true, and soon discovered company of the schooner Bessie stev- | that rebels had-entered the city and were actively plotting to start riots. They were also en- cns e e T ceiting | 0aged in smuggling arms for the enemy. tory to relate of gijve At midnight last night men engaged in hunting down the conspirators located their head- quarters in a cigar factory in Binondo. - A company of the Sixth Infantry, under command of Cap- DREYFUS 1S BREAKING DOWN UNDER THE MENTAL STRAIN| ! General Mercier or Former P‘féfiifenfit?cgassimir-Perier to Be Arrested for Perjury. B T S e e e e +o e eOebebed e ebebee@ be Special Dispatch to The Call. ., Aug. 8.—Copies received ICTORIA. B. of the Kobe Chronicle by the Empre: tain interviews with C Benjamin Havner and the of Japan con- ptain tDe e ens, s in a storm | sie Stevens, encountered July 4.{The Bess told by them, ‘ar_m\rd\n;: to the story j eft Se Srancis or Guam with a | . - : 2 : Lot e Guam with | tain Ames, was at once dispatched to the place, which was surrounded. The soldiers raided the for the traders on the islands | factory and captured forty-three rebels, including a number of officers belongin to the Filipino g Guam was ri hed on June 24 and B S R R army. There were more mer in the building, but they managed to escape by means of the roof received there to pro- instructions we B S R R IR O & {ijgsed W mmonsione Hne s o ey ofthe factony and adjoining buildings. It is believed the authorities have succeeded in capturing f L e e of the northeast trades in | a powerful gang that was giving valuable service to the enemy. longitude 133 degrees minutes east | Sl iehes S o Sl ? and latitude 16 degree 54 minutes s north, the Stevens encountered a severe B & | hurricane from the southeast, which . |1astea for four da The glass on the 3 ® | 5th fell to 29.40, which was the lowest ; : ¢ | reading recorded. Lo oo P g I : ¢ | Captain Havner, who has been four- ' e : ¢ | teen years at says that he has | el 7 @ | hever experienced a hurricane of such i 3¢ ¥ + | force. | 0 7 © | The waves ran, he & over fifty feet | Lo imren e broke. n enormous amidships ¥ ‘high, and what was Wors Oon @ | the third day of the gale wave struck the schooner following cablegram has been received from General Otis: A FOOLIO CONSPIRING + v | b b 1 + + S + + P & o + ® i and, the ballast shifting, the vessel was | '3 MANILA, Aug s.—Adjutant Gen- + | . thrown on her beam ends. As good luck Y oral i'washin Three days’ ty- + 3 & | would have it. no other wave struck 4 phoon rende work on bay impos- 4 . ;) her while in this position, and before 4 sible. The transport Pennsylv + ® the next big wave came the sailors 10538 25 4 leaves Iloilo this evening. + € * | managed to get some of the ballast : ?" r;"a[;l.k with tlht:_ 3)1nme;m-1 : TSRS e bos e ven ke ¢ South Dakotas and discharged sol- ! 1 [istiried and thefhoat @nimg even Keel MacArthur Discovers Plot § § akotas and discharged sol +| Gipong Words From Com- 4 The feelings of Captain Ha‘} ner may be 3 2 D . inst. The Valencia and + i ¢ | better imagined than described wnen it and Drives Conspirators § fasmia "wien couicd reurine + | mander St. John of the 3¢ is stated that he hac wife and chilc 4 ten days' good weather, leave with + o ® @ | on hoard. Of course, a small boat was From San Fernando. 3 the Montanas and discharged men. + British Navy. . prepared for use in the event of the + Suszge: portion of the transports 4| 3 ; L‘:I’(“:r“;‘“h“r’:\‘;ldfi“i‘:‘t“‘;& :‘:‘:‘P”‘f":;“fi + here, where facilities for loading + Doeioeisiaidedebeieie ‘: O -0 ¢-@—0~G‘o B B e o d.-wn"wn‘h v bt o }: and unloading vessels are prg\y}l]fls\.’c‘ : 5 PT\F:[F Aug 8— The Jour @ | tained in the dossier on matter entirely in. such & sea could not have lived five _— e B +H g + to-c says there are outside his ca: minutes. [ + O contrantoliuns ' in ' ey i = o Simooner, as might be expectea, Asks the Powers to Induce the T " | Unless There Is a Speedy Change 3o al Mercier and forme: 9 ACQUITTAL OF DREYFUS Tum;rm; s;\'er@ld;\ml:\u:n. sns wf ha:— United States to Grant Him general, knowing of the COHS]);I- the Americans Will Be President Cassimir-Pe be y strained and leaking, and after the g 2 instead of meeting the O e 9 MEANS MERCIER’S RUIN storm part of the cabins had to be torn Liberty. sl e Beaten. - 5 R, counsel for © 2 |away to find the leak. The head sail ‘\\ISIICS of the deputation, gave : s ng a dra- & | General Billot May Acknowledge That | Was also blown away, and the mai ; 5 | orders for their immediate ban-| 3 o oy propose, © He Waorgeal the topmast and the galley and booby Special Dispatch to The Call e e 3 : 5 | Special Dispatch to The Call. = the respective depositions + I-:xilge hatch washed overboard. N 8§ 1-1slunem from the city. Notwith- 3 s - o nied to the court-mar- @ § St gl To add to the misfortunes of the voy- ANILA, ~\“fl_» 8—Several | (/1 ding their protestations of| l(iTOI\I;,. B. C., Aug.8— 2 charge either General g rence, Aug. 8.—Maitre De- :"f: ‘:"fn;;‘;f“"g ;'}f :::Cn ‘(’:‘“:5‘ ;"h“" days ago General Mac- good intentions, the rebel sym- “General Otis is a silly old 2 cier or M. Cassimir-Perier . " : St > sche row er beam bokd g S S) : > 4 mange, neipal counsel for Capta . sk S 2 4 4 o q it & with perjury under article 127 @ | Dreyfus, expressed SR ads S Wil e na wad Arthur's spies learned | pathizers, for such they were, fool—an old woman—ut e gl dlleliod “himself ias ratls | gor gome time the crew had to be put o 5 ¢ 2 . 2 5 o ortt -‘lyh‘f”“ 3 Wl;; -\2\: m' il min S rday’s y:wmlmgs Colonel | ok ahore sllowanioe. PUt| from unquestioned sources of @ were forced to gather their terly incompetent to manaigr.e the 3 o« nstantly, ust had to play the part of a sevel vaptai G i i = e ict i Cd ai vhich S b3 the sedinistilllin the 'O “had to piay {fie mast of 2 sevgiels Captaln BGIVEEr found it bestey N plot for a native uprising which | women and children together canipaign “_h“h conironts him in £ v -box. % g Folce was ruds and | the prevalliugwinds, Lo nut intc feabe i c i <+ General Mac. | the Philippines, and at least 5000 WL Us oo e T e e a¢ | 0T repairs, ~hich will probably take & included the massacre of General and leave the city. General Mac- : SEeS BT404040+040404+0 404040+ . u as no attempt . ,oiderable time. Arthur has also. as a measure of brave' and courageous fellows home the points raised by the in- is deprived of ust nt Chamoine, M. 1g under arr his sword. The crowd the custodian of the perceived th oner’s head and shoulders as he famous secrét dossier 1 it would take passed by the gaps between the heads four days to examine it, as the examina- of the infantrymen, whose ‘red kepis, | tion w be behind closed doors and most of the witnesses have gone to the lark-blue tunics and bright baggy o s A i ABEY | seaside—General de Boisdeffre to Dinard trousers threw a band of color acro: nd General Dionne to Param. General the roadwdy. Tess than a minute was | Murcier remains here, the guest of G& dway, and ached the the postern occupied in crossing the ro ately after Dreyfus the Manutention, eral Saint Germain, who tells his friends to be prepared for sensational news that must crush Dreyfus and many others with imimne 11l MacArthur and the whole garri- | son of the city of San Fernando, HURRICANES PREVALENT. Telegraphic Communication Is cut | which the United States troops O Hastiof Sobe have occupied since its capture HAVANAL Aile: 5-ThHs Weamier, Bat|| i OSSURICCAR & Sl Seh reau here has warned all stations in Cuba | several months ago. Soon after the discovery oi the as well as Kingston, Jamaica, that tele- graphic communication is cut off east of plot the Macabebes, the ancient enemies of the Tagalos, sent dep- Cuba. The hurricane center is apparently approaching Porto Rico and will probably pass north of that island. e precaution, expelled every native who does not own property. The cable connecting Calamba with| Taguig has been cut by the rebels. Aguinaldo has appealed to the powers for rkcognition of “Filipino independ- ence” in®a document dated from Tarlac, July 27, and signed by Buencaminho. | ed by his utter incompetency. The figures are high, you say. They may ap- pear so to you on this side of the water, but nevertheless they are correct. You think them high because of the reports you have yeen fed with over here, for the have been sacr never wrote thesescented anacreontic bil- quered all the country except Manila, gate’ was thrown open and he disap- him i - ; s peared within. N ,;,{k,',':;L;}.;‘;S;‘::i,"&&': Rural Delivery Route. | utations to General MacArthur It h:!sl been ri{;'ni\':‘d by _allql t:v foreign | press censor, whose duty it is to The shrill whistle was again heard, I S > COUDS | GANTA CRUZ, Aug. —W. E. Annin. s s Consuls in Manila, with the . il = matter of = e aroid i At e e o it ins | Smscial i eenit iafy ths Togiofilse pennin. | professing ardent friendship for | tnat they forward it to their res | ‘blue pencil’ the matter of the asted until 11:45 d galloped back to their barracks, said on his soul and conscience brflyms‘3‘0n:‘rf"‘-x:'hij(;'xlrcrllulx::hx: I3, 10 G whikiover the United States and begging ‘;':P;‘l‘n‘:fiw‘\‘nxs. e % correspondents at Manila, never e oad Galcldy dlspersediand in a | oan s e Ko Sharied mno| e s in Scotts Valley, Bran- - 5 e Filipinos use their old argument | : > £t P assed quiet utes the vici ) e Lycee el . 24 ommend it. bout 15 mili i % £ e o The . T : £ 3 S iRrsdiicrowa it almost deserted latter will issue from this trial ruined If | gccommodated. amilles will ‘be | hich to fight the rebels., The|elgnty of these islands from | their papers the full count of the vie of Dreyfus ¢ other members of the court- o e p “"*pmv Eovenment ot wenich| & & 2 et o ol o e o - @- e e e e @ P,nq_ and therefore Spain was in no = en s s occupied by him in cr Major Carriere, the official! e was a member in 184, and to show | . 2‘205“"'“ to.cede ‘h“;‘" to the United | These were the words of Com- e S v Tl ihe ntative of the Government, and | what diplomatic wires were pulled be-| o &l e bt B Do o | mander P. S.:StoJohn R N of from h prison. During the General Chamoine, all in full uniform, ' tween the arrest of Dreyfus and his em- | )¢ * 0‘_ e 7 3 Spanis prl_» ners, (.flp ure: & the crowd, numbering about S left the Lycee. by the | barkation for Cayenne. Mercier refuses o & ‘:l‘v:_lltih'th:lr_qarlr:s‘,mfiih!lx_::fB:;]zt;m:;”tit:st H. B. M. S. Peacock, the Shl[) rely main portal, the crowd saluting them | to be interviewed. He looks bowed| [ ;‘M' l';]:"-é‘:;:is: :wfmgmy e e | being now stationed at Manila, in respectfully. . down from care. 0 8 Gl g 1 : : > g iti e ey General Billot, on the other hand, seems + |they surrendered Spain's hold was irre- | an interview given by him on > condition of Dreyfus is disquiet- | %, o"taken out a new lease of life. He| & | vocably lost. The document then B el ' ing. His wonderful will power alone is | o hu ® 000 Ol Leticent as, indeed, are | ® T S | R. M. S. Empress of Japan (on lending him strength to o through the | 41 'the witnesses of note. . 1 | requesr 16 release the pri which vessel he had just arrived ordeal. Physically he is ex- M. Ja night. He claims | & © | Spain no longer has politic % % s il sound weak. His stomach re- | to know much that is in the secret dos- 4 |the islands, we asked for a | from Manila, via Hongkong), at was heard and id food and he is abl N Tits ctnisak sorrenronAento (e | 4 || peace unit felendslip befwecm Spg | % : s was heard anc solic 00 e is able s A prCeples PSP - 1 | the Filipin whereby the prisol 11 e 1 sta- mounted gendarm only milk. His family tween two military attach wiiowers ? 4| would ve released. But the commmissl Williams Head quarantine sta f I einds KLt s mixed up in the : said by Jaures L | ers refused, because it would m: 5 S eni ¥ ._‘x;“i]c s RO ;;.) anxious. : e st e e o o2 S : Sinutlon ot our independence. tion this evening. VEDUE -SRI, ¥ The court-martial was able this vo officers ote or fe i ames |+ ? | equivaient to saying t the pri > - & 1 ot | e R R e T e e 4 | must stay in our hands indefin Commander St. John left his the ave- | gecret dossier. The documents were shocked the young courtiers of Nero or ¢ | Soars mothod to adjust our account with ship at Manila on July 8, he hav- submitted to the Judges in the order in | the ribald crowd that gathered around & | Spain and obtain from her recognition of | ;.o o 40 ; 0 e e ner Gonsral| Lovs louse in the doomed city. B iy, | | Independence. ing been inv aIulved Imme./ and Clinnolfie save hucidl explanations o] Tay, Probably, the attaches Lodl [ The Filipinos claim that they con- | toOk passage to Hongkong on { and r men : 4 I points which were not clear te Colonel 7 - Pi 1 5 rald e e : ¢ are. Le Mercier Pick- gl ept Manila, | the steamer Esmeralda, ‘ 2 & '11( “hu’:lfljl Jouaust. Gene Chamoine took the s equal to the task of forging them | and that they of gpesatcdim s s e b thie B e 3 -m rm_-vm(']- documents indiv lly and explained | and he possibly did forge them for a pe- | _the _ltatm”: l‘amllll_flt;m hyds\lr;‘nun(L came thence by the fLmpress. : >C 1 them. M C, ill later state | cuniary nsideration. Hence, perhaps |ing it at the cost of thousands of lives. 2 S % . across the ¢ door of the | the conclusion he draws from the dos. | the mystery in which his sulcide is | | They also claim they conquered the To your correspondent he said Lycee to t} n shrouded | | country unassisted, except for sixty | chat unless some capable soldier sier. | guns that Admiral Dew naldo, and that Admiral v gave Agui- Dewey and ;nsel for Dreyfus met to-day at s residence with the heads of th tentior o Ao orte i o ho | The & e : 2 2 Maitres Laborie and Demange, who | 70 & relieved “the foolish old woman” - —0-0-0-0-4-O-9o- . * @ 3 ® * © alder to cing outward : ¥ 2 | listened with close attention to Gen- , S e & . ard the i | e oa o [ D e A SO O the British and Belgian Consuls rec- | that now commands the Ameri- mounted ge rards e it present r. They went | ¢ 4 | ognized the Filipino sovereignty b o ards | .pter into the discussion of the matter, | there after they had examined the docu 6 i : e Y 9¥.l'can for he campaign can have off. 2 fo-day's disctssion of the dossier belng | ments of the secret dossier in the Judges' | ¢+ | asking for passes to the country. | 41 forces tl campaign cal b t\r--'r\‘:',v shouted, | of a general character and more in the | room. They do not see any- possibility of ‘3 % | . Thn-yA('lflu_n |h;:| thi have letters | but one ending—that is de- “Here he many | pature of a preliminary examination. ing the judgment of 1894 rom American Consuls and generals % Tis 3 of whom had e e fus was greatly fatigued after | ¢ @? ¥ ecb Snisingss Lihe s SovdsdlEnte T ith fcn.t for the U II%ICLI States troops. towns expres astonished at the fact that he W“‘3;"533'1?}.;"‘Tf?’;eéiin3*;',‘1“""1’,‘,‘"“5{;"’? § | promising that the Americans would | “Not a sanguinary defeat, you their necks hoping | prought into the court a prisoner. 2 Bhald g ublic thought | ¢ ? | recognize their independence, “which % % to catch a view of the famous prisoner | believed, according to this paper, that ifi;fl?“{;\%zgafip?h‘;;i;hi‘;l il B i’ | was at the disposition of the powers.” anderstand, but HES ertheless a preceded and followed by gen- | he was entering into the judicial for- | resentatives of nationalist Solualant el it 3G The Filipinos attempt to make capital defeat,” said the British officer, darmes and with a captain of gen- | malities of an immediate rehabilitation | who judge harshly in print express ad- | © { | of the statement that Admiral Dewey | “for the rebels will be able to hold darmes beside him, he passed through | and was thanking General de Bois- | miration for the unflinching constancy | ¢ ¢ | had such confidence Aguinaldo would | ‘ : - = the lane of soldiers wit cuick mili- | deffre for the revision of his case. He | l;‘e 113: d“.s_pllaiorl. L,ead:\g personages here | & i | observe and fulfill the rules of war | their own, save within the cities tary step, eyes front and with soldierly | said in a firm voice: or the trial have much to say about the | that he gave him a hundred Span f Manila s ~ 4 | 1ate G 1 Ann : of Manila and Iloilo, and perhaps bearing, but with the slight, jerky| ‘“Then it is still necessary to i [ B ot el f Pl which the American navy | 7'/ ¢ v dp : DS movement of the left arm and shou gle?” ‘(r;r‘?;er\a}lmfslgrcl?r ang M, I’iar;mllaux. ‘for-‘; 5" hap_::ll‘"“‘t”;d- o a few square miles round about, der of the Continental officer, accus- “Dreyfus,” the Temps continues, | b Foreign Affairs, refuse | ¢ inally- the pinos appeal to the 1d ’ = . | to speak on the subject. 5 = and do as they please. tomed always to resting his hand on|“will be more surprised when he Is & e A H““‘"“X‘l‘ SCHOONER BESSIE STEVENS. An 1{)“’,“‘3"3 t[“ influence Washington to] . o .0 = Pd o0 a the hiit of his sword. Dreyfus, how- [ presented with the 300 documents con- Continued on Second Page. i WWMWO+O—O—Q+Q+MHMMQ ‘\\:?gx ?s :;?a‘snti‘ll;m t‘t: o u:ju“ L Joh 5 rld myr_hwnr{c nm?l‘:nh "::;. ng e countrv. ohn sajd. “the outcoma wi e t