The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. AUGUST 11, 189 | Frits of the Martha Davis had all his | preparattons made to go East after the &t Katherine. He will now remain ashore | 2 - take the newly purchased ship ) when she arrives here. HEA[:H HEHE iN Captain McCallam will take the Martha out on her next trip, Captain Ben- | T ‘ | te chief officer of the transport out as master of the Mar- Will Then Be Ready for Business. nd Captain Jacobson, for- SR of . D. Bryant, will be master > Golden Gate. ooner Alice Kimball, after a retirement in Oakland Creek, gone into commission again and d yesterday for Caspar for a load of n; T } lumb Mrs. J. L. Prior, wife of the well-known i from a visit to Puget Mrs. Prior thoroughly yesterds »d her holiday. Pritchard of Taylor, Adams & 1. is front after | spent two wee THE MORGAN CITY DEPARTS|.omion msmomson 5s wamy.|MAY HAVE BEEN SUICIDE . | '~ | He Refuses to Amswer NY SU N CHAN = R E SUDDENES B That Might Incriminate SHIPMASTERS. | Himself. T his promise Attorney Harvey Phebe Hearst's University of Cali- fornia Final Plan Competition Is morn- | in the lisham, charged with | Attorney 1. N. Thorne to Take Place in the Ferry | case Building. | obtaini v. and when asked the | as to whether Clisham was the | il s R. Davis, he refused e ers and Captain dent, and W. . ground that it might er, of the Santa f. - ! e Gltonr privilege,” said the ; ques- your- you +® and Little Mai ! for the rail- the Comm the work to \yson informed the g for 2 £ give | inking over | sed to prosecute E. keeper, the Judge z him on his own ance. Cl aide was im- ¥ served with an attachment at 5 ice of D. E. Besecker, a col-| toadyertise restrain him from handing on of the land- gyver to Smoot the $500 cash ball he put| up when arrested. Besecker alleges that | he has a claim a t Smoot for $433 49, | — ee————— COUNTERFEITER HELD. Karl Kristensen’s Consort Has a Bad Ot would be In e R Reputation in the Home of )6 Her Childhood. 4 The preliminary examination of Karl ps nsen for manufacturing counterfeit | D as held yesterday before United er Manley. Kris- 54 The examina- R4 Mary Terry, alias Mrs. Kris- . Nellle Brown, was @ & ] t ng. Mrs, ferry of Santa Rosa, 1 + ed in # l ®: n le lodging-house in Santa Rosa | & ® ago. After the house was| ¢ i ip East and on her | T ort of Kristensen. ( ¢ Her parents are res able people. | ¢+ —————— | & % Native Sons Win. ) ‘ )i The Supreme Court has affirmed the de- [ & o cf of the Superior Court of San Luls| § 3¢ s Obispo In the case of Isaac Lasar and oth- [ ) C. 0. Johnson and his partner, | | A k. i aintiffs were the subscription commit- | ¢ % tee of Los Osos Parlor No. 61, N. S. G.| ¢ W., who, for the purpose of entertaining | 4 @ Grand Parlor in 159, procured the | ¥ signatyre of Jack & proprie- * the Ramona Hotel the un- | & 1ding that H r should Y be enterts ate’ hotel | 3 the Ha- | and it w or som Jack & | @ @ oh f o pay the amount of the QMM+®+®—0—@\0—®-VQ+@+@_¢.MH3 + o000+ @ on the she d upon suit lost in the | ription lower court. | — e —— Bands of Mercy Badges. | The lady members c are interested In th W the Mohican. Capta will report. the Soclety for the | AMission uelty to Animals, who | he has suffered such intense mental dis- organization of the | tress that his reason was g the children in the ' and he took an overdose of morphin dis- yyhether his death was due to a deliber- ate sufcidal intent or an irresponsible ac- | will never be known. It will be remembered that Dr. McLay | attended a smallpox patient at made an error of | developed and Dr. | Pesthouse, | | where he was quarantined. Being of a' cident t committee. In two weeks both | McLay DEATH COMES FROM OVERDOSE OF MORPHIE Dr. McLay a Victim of Mental Distress. Questions | coyrp NOT SUFFER PROFES- SIONAL DISGRACE. McPherson in’ ge Was Afflicted With Despondencyi Since His Return From the Pest- house, Seven Weeks DR. G. B. McLAY FINDS REST IN DEATH. vesterday morning In his room at 2430 | needed immediate medical assistance to For the last seven weeks through contact with the body was Mrs. Holbrook wa = 4 irman of a committes | gon Hospita) nge for a suitable hall and Mr AENOSS. ng was chosen to head the enter- street. Dr. George B. McLay was found dead | I e S e o o e e . undermined, | ac gensitive nature and feeling the disgrace he lost his health and spirits to such a degree that it was necessary to call in the assistance of Dr. A. L. Sobey, his life-time friend. Upon his return from the Pesthouse Dr. McLay was never the same man. For a year he has been the vietim of insomnia, and during the last few weeks of his life not a moment of sleep visited him to ease his mind. He was despondent and cared little for life, fearing that the reputation which he had builded as a practicing physician was shattered by the error which he recently made. Tuesday merning Dr. Sobey visited his patient and found him in a deep slumbe: v’ daughter_thought the pa: i and had at last found ich he had been courting for keful nights and days. Dr. v made an examination of his patient and found that his condition was any- thing but satisfactory. The deen slumber was not ural; it was the result of| morphine, and the symptoms suggested poisoning from an overdose of this nar- cotic. Antidctes were administered, but Dr. MclLay never regained consciousness although his physician, with the assis ance of Dr. McDermott, worked ince: santly to counteract the effect of morphine, Their combined efforts proved futile, and at 10 o’clock yesterday morn- ing Dr. McLay expired. The immediate relatives of the deceased assign the cause of death to intense men- tal grief. They say that since his return from the Pesthouse Dr. McLay has wor- ried himself into the grave, but Dr. So- bey’s story has another turn to it. One day last week Dr. McLay called for Dr. Sobey and told him that his daughter was in a precarious condition, and that she + -5 R save her life. Dr. McLay's daughter was quite well, but no matter how strong the protestations the father would not be convinced. This was the first indication of a mind unbalanced by suffering. Dr. Sobey does not think that death was the result of suicide. He Is of the opinion that Dr. McLay took an overdosa while in a temporarily weakened mental condition. The deceased was not addicted to the use of morphine and knew little of the effects upon_himself. Although he repeatedly asked Dr. Sobey to prescribe the drug for him, the latter pers ently refused. Dr. McLay was a tive of Scotland, 59 OUR BOYS ARE NOT RUSHING T0 JOIN THE ARMY Desirable Men Are All Employed. —— FEW SICK AT THE PRESIDIO| e COLONEL GREENLEAF PLBASEDI WITH IMPROVEMENTS. e Chief Surgeon-Major Cardwell and Acting Assistant Sandall Will Accompany the Troops on the Senator for Manila. Sy Unless enlistments for the Thirty-fifth Infantry increase materially during the | next few days the regiment will have to | be recruited in the Bast. Major Brinker- hoff, recruiting officer for this depart- ment, T ed a telegram from the adju- tant general directing that enlistments for the Thirty-fifth be hurried as rapidly as possible, as it was desired that the regiment be filled by the end of this week. The telegram stated that the regl- | ment is short mnearly 1100 men, which means that less than 200 have been en- listed so far. Another significant statement that ap- peared in the telegram was that Eastern recruiting offices had been ordered 1o ac- cept recruits for the Thirty-fifth. It was originally intended that the Thirty-nifth Infantry should be a Pacitic Coast regi- ment, but the small number of men en- listed here has made that impossible. Various causes for the reluctance of prospective soldiers from the Pacific Coast have been mentioned, the principal | one being that men are all employed here, or at least such men as would be accept- able to the recruiting officer. Again it s urged that the population out here is so small compared to the population Iast that enlistments must necessarily be fewer. At any rate the Thirty-fifth prom- ises to be more of an Eastern than a Western regiment. Recruiting stations for the Thirty-fifth Infantry have b established all over the State, an off £ giment be- ing st od at . Lieutenant Becker is at Saer: “aptain Matthews is in charge of offic Ana, Anaheim, Pomona, Ontario, 5, Riverside, Colton, San_ Diego, Oceanside, Fallbrook and National City. Lieutenant Kimball has been detailed to assist him. Lieutenant Tremaine is cn duty at the local ofiice, but will socn be sent out into the try. Licutenant English is at Ma Lieutenant Chappelar TLieutenant Aldrich in Sacramento, Yolo and Colusa and Lieutenant Steele is in San Jose. Major Brinkerhoff has received that any returned volunteer re-enli for the Philippines may be given a thirty- day furlough immediately upon his en- listment. This has not been generally known and may remove some of the ob- jections the returning volunteers have had st going Into_ service again. pector of esterday Colonel Greenleaf, medical ir the army, was at the Presidio inspecting the general hospital. “My occupation is gone when I come Lere,’ was his comment on Colonel Gi- rard’s management of the hospital. He vas through all the wards and buildings X] himself as being much plea: saw. There is another thing that has pleased Colonel Greenleaf; that is the condition of the Presidio camps, but particuiarly the volunteer camp. The percent sick at the volunteer camp is but 4. less than it is in the city. At the recruit camp it is ju 5 5 per cent. In esti these figures a man is counted sick when he {s relieved from any military duts on account of illness. As the men are re- lieved from duty for any slight illnes: the figures are large rather than small estimates. In the hospital there were but two vears of age. An autopsy will be held this morning. deaths during the month of July, with AN ELOQUENT YOUNG HE stercopticon lecture to be glven by Father MacCorry on the 16th of this month promises to be without ladles who have charge of the affair have found it an easy task to dispose of tickets, orc thousand having al- rondy been mold. Thelr only appre- henslon now s that all those who wish to hear the brilliant Paulist will not be able to gain ndmission. Father P. J. MacCorry is to lecture on the life of The subject will be fllustrated by reproductions in colors of the famous Hoffman paint- § § 0 z ngs and with the eloguent priest at : ) * { 9 x ¢ x precedent. ~ The the canvas these scenes will become still more striking. s a lecturer he s without an equal on the coast. He has a host of admi of all denomi- nations who are anxious to hear him, h when and there is sure to be a ru: the sale of reserved se: Monday at Sherman & Clay's, 139 to the hall cents Kearny street. Admi will be 50 cents, reserved se extra. The lecture is for the benefit of the Children of Ma ooth at St. Brendan's Fair. Miss Mamie Mec- «Carthy {s president; Miss Mamie Prince, vice president, and Miss Loret= ta Ryder, secretary. aMQ~¥Q!‘@)f’\\/4@¥<&¥0¥<§-¥‘Q\¥©¥@;Q;Q;Q¥@; a daily average of 700 patients. There are now but two ca of typhoid, both brought to the not contracted there, se is four weeks old! ven the best of care, Under a secret act of Congres vided that for men re bilitating _climate to there shall be added I 10 pounds of butter and 10 dozen eggs. The camps are sewer in the most ap- proved fashion, and $30,000 has been spent in plumbing. It is impossible for disease to get a foothold in them, is Colonel Grecnleaf's opinion. The following orders have been issued: Major Herbert W. Cardwell, chief sur- geon United States Volunteers, now in this_c! and Acting As nt Surgeon L. B. Sandall, United State: at the United States general Presidlo of San Francisco, Cal., , on the 14th instant, report to the command- ing officer, United States troops, on the transport Senator, for duty during the voyage of that vessel to the Philippine Islands, and upon arrival at Manila re- port to the commanding general, Depart- ment of the Pacfic, for instructions. Acting - Assistant Surgeon George H. Calkins, United States army, is relieved from temporary duty at the United States general hospital, Presidio of San Fran- cisco, Cal., to take effect on the 12th in- stant, and on that day will report to the very 100 rations 4 gallons of milk, IS commanding officer, United States troops, | on the transport Siam, for duty during the voyage of that vessel to the Philip- pine Islands. 1‘¥on arrival in Manila, Acting Assistant Surgeon Calkins will re- | port to the commanding general, Depart- ment of the Pacific, for instructions. Acting Assistant Surgeon Guy G. Bailey, United States army, now at the United States general hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., will, on the lith instant, report to the commanding officer, United States troops, on the transport St. Paul, for duty during the voyage of that vessel from this port to Seattle, Wash., and, upon completion of his duty, will return to the Presidio. Surgeon William H. Tukey, d States army, now at the United States general hospital at the Presidio, is detailed on temporary duty in connection with the medical examina. tion of officers and enlisted men of, volun- teer troops returning from the Philippine Islands, in place of Acting Assistant Sur- geon Joseph L. Bell, United States army relieved from duty on account of sickne: Private Thomas J. Ward, Battery A, Californfa Volunteer Heavy Artlilery, now at the gencral hospital at the Pre- sidio, has been discharged from the ser- vice. Sergeant Stewart P. Elliott, Battery A, First Battalion California’Volunteer Heavy Artillery, will be discharged from the service by reason of ‘services no longer required. — e A Boy Missing. Clarence Walker, 11 years of age, the adopted son of Frank Walker, 714 Pine street, has been mising since Tuesday afternoon, when he left home intending to go to the Emporium. No reason can be assigned for the boy’s continued ab- » PAULIST TO LECTURE REV. FATHER MacCORRY. [ i i i i i ¢ i 2 ] ] ] | sence from home. He has dark hair and | blue eyes. The police have been notifled to leok out for hi: EASTERN CAPITAL IS COMING TO OUR MINES SHASTA COUNTY SOON TO EX- PERIENCE A BOOM. D. P. Posey, Owner of the Tom Boy Mine, and G. S. Holmes, of Salt Lake, Come Seeking In- vestments. D. P. Posey of Denver, owner of the famous Tom Boy mine, and G. S. Holmes, | owner of the Knuttsford Hotel of Salt Lake City, are in the city visiting Sidney Smith. The purpose of their visit is to examine Into the merits of the Bully Chupe mines of Shasta County. Willlam Bruce, formerly of South Africa, is now looking at the property, and If his re- port is favorable these gentlemen will | purchase it and a new mining combina- | tion will enter the State with capital to back it. The Shasta County property is | a large deposit of low-grade ore upon which $130,000 has been spent in develop- ment. Sidney Smith is_building a pumping plant on his Bismarck and Glad- one property, near Nevada City, and making contracts to sink 300 feet deeper. Much money has been spent on this mine, and as surface indications are very prom- ising it is thought that the fissure veins will be found to go down, as such 18 the formation of all that part of the country. A clean-up of $1100 has just been made on the Garner mine in Cala¥eras County. This Is the property that was originally | opened by Marion ~de Vries and the | former owners, S. S. Lucas and G. G. Gates. A large body of rich ore was found on the lower level and a tunnel is now being pushed ahead as rapidly as the work can -be accomplished by the ald of machine drills. The owners propose to erect large hoisting works and sink 500 feet deeper. This property has thus far produced over $100,000 on its upper levels alone. Formerly it was necessary to haul the ore some four miles down the river in order to work it, but now the ten- stamp mill known as the Tripp mill has been purchased, together with the water rights that go with it. Ten more stamps will be added, making the mine the cheapest working property in the State aside from some of the old Spanish mines. —_—e—————— $100.00 if you can guess the time of the arrival of the transport Sher- | man with the California Volunteers. See next Sunday’s Call. T BT I TE DT T PHILIPPINE ISIL.ANISS o bk i I B THA T AT AT AT AT AT A A OR O RS ET TR R RS RS HT RTE TSR TSRS, A ESE @ S A< Pennsylvania Soldiers Disgusted With the Country. A A A A kS <> K F I, Company | the =oll. The bard work is done by the B fon in the | Chinese or the natives. I do mnot think > What | the introduction of our labor laws to the 1 ‘ Al | jclands and forbidding the continuance of | contract labor there would change mat S | ters in the islands. There are too man: people there now for a white man with- out money to succeed there. People of our race cannot stand the climate, or at Jeast they soon lose their energy and be- come indolent like the natives. I do not think the Filipinos should be made citl- zens of the United States. PRIVATE SIDNEY COOK, Company B I think the islands are pretty well peo- Ithough there is undoubtedly room The land should not be ( { ley, count 1 think the climz cans to work in t riculture. Mos done by th I do not care | } 3 to the probable g of our nese. Some corn is raised | ar as the the | an bor laws to that cou is concerned a v re if he does not try to do a nnot live there and fred. I am opg | profit. It is too wet. work in the fields- there, and they could climate was not too much for them. All tinue to do it if our labor laws were ex- f tended to the islands. It is no place for 4 o S| Q A Q s 3 3 i i plenty of people in the Philip- | 1 do not know what the oppor- are for obtaining land for agri- Wheat and barley will not, in | flourish in the islands, be- is too much rain and too much ther, Some cattle are raised, but bes not appear to be any good | fzens. intry. Americans cannot work | lds at any kind of work they are | ¢ or in raising the The climate saps his encrgy and the natives and coolies. are not qualified for citizenship. hey so far as I could judge, The Philippine: E7i I populated. I am not appear to be our labor la 1o investigate the question. I do not idding contract labor | think American cereals, such as wheat, xtendi ng fc islands there we and it is 1 be, place for a white man to live | too ‘wet for them. unless he [ of money. I do not| Americans can labor there in our form think the Filipinos zens of the United ates. labor, That work IS nearly all done by B—1 do not think the Philippines are in | labor laws were extended to the Philip- the la and 1 nk a man can get hold of it very easily if he has a little money, but you be made citizens of the United States. SERGEANT H. N. MILLER, Compaay B—It etruck me that there wa{odp euty | of people in the Philippines. 0 not just what the opportunities for get- other American grain. They raise a little | corn, but it is very tough and poor. It is also impracticable to raise either cattle or hogs. American field laborers can neither stand the climate nor compete in wages \}mn the natives and Chinesa, who t(",“é“i“d ek do all the hard work. I do n i 4 Would be broiitable (o chis country | think they ought to be prefty geod, fhere 1€ onr 1abor lnws were shiforceditheroinnd | 18 Dlenty of juud there and most of it be- ntract labor prohibited. It is not a y for a poor man. People of our annot live in that climate and re- ergy unimpaired, The na- islands get along easily enough if he had the money als there it cannot be done. e the natlve products. work there becaus e Philippines are well 'populated the natives and the Chinese. The latter and re of which is owned by th not know of any reason not be y to gain p church.’ T do | 048" of the opinion that the climate is calcu- lated for American cereals. o American grains can. Hogs do not thrive and few cattie are raised. Americans can- mot work in the fields there cultlvatlnzAB—-Tha Philippines have el_mqgh pu_c_:pla extel ot think wheat or other | now. ican cereals can be grown there with | church, and while I think it could bo ob- Americans cannot | tained for agricultural purposes without much difficulty I do not know anything They cannot raise wheat there is small an of hogs, ere are some not comp: ¢ith the natives even if the | about It. Brraes © and the corn that is raised . There are flesh is diseased. 0od cattle, but I do not think the coun- Ty s adapted to 1aising them in large Americans cannot work there e can’ | at out-of-door work. That class of labor 5 not h0s citizens of the | the hard work is done by the natives and | tou the Chinege, and I think they would con- | the! fih a white man unless he is a capitallst. | numbers, work. P agriculture are, but I should | 9P i3 o to the church. I gucss & man could | pany a man, opposed to making the F the American soldier is any judge of conditions. Nebraskans, the Pennsylvanians say wheat and oats will not ripen there on account of the exces- sive moisture, which causes the grain to rust before maturity. A few catile are raised, but the in- dustry cannot flourish as there are no grazing lands to speak of. The land of all descriptions s mostly in the hands of the church, and for a long time at least there will be no chance for enter- HE gallant soldiers of the Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers are equally emphatic with the Oregonians and the Nebraskans in their candidly expressed opinions that the Philippines were not worth fighting for. Of the scores of them interviewed by Call reporters yesterday there was scarcely a soldier who did not declare that the islands are no place for a white man to live; that he could not work in that encrvating climate if he desired, and that the idea 'of white laborers competing with the natives and Chinese coolies was out of the question. They were also, almost to ipinos citizens of the United States. So far as the country is concerned, it appears that American cercals will not thrive there, if As was the case with the Oregonians and the prising Americans to obtain any for agriculture. The soldiers say they are glad to get away from the islands, which they would not accept as a gift. The 10t affe D R for The wages pald to | is done by the Chinese coolies. Y o e Fhipinos | think ¢the islands would be profitable to thie. country If our labor laws were ex- are ot QA bur Indians, and 1 |tended to them and contract labor pro- would not approve of making them cit- hibited. 11l oats. the Chinese. It is hard to say what the | and meither w TATE - ‘ c - raised is of little account. PRIVATE L. H. WILSON, Company | result would be to this country If our | {Fouy St Togs, it ey ara mot it 10 7 very fine cattle are need of any more population. Nearly all | pines and contract labor in the islands eat, and while some {ithera istaymea ity meefhgrml Porbiaden. I do not think white men can l"”“"- it "' "i" ?,';‘gmfl Sonptry,ias }h"e : | live in that country and preserve their |18 no grazing lan speak of. Americans | | e o Phey Dave no bustness there'at | cannot stand the cllmate and therefors 0 | E annot worl n e flelds, ant €Y. WO! Cany ratse wheat there mor ywrdily any | all I do not think the natives should | (ERTOY WOLE 71 ¢ the e Daldithe | natives and Chinese, who do all thé hard do not think there would be ny improvement in this respect if con- ract labor were forbidden and our own labor laws extended to the islands. sed to making the Filipinos citi e United Btate: PRIVATE H. SOUTHERLAND, Com- B: There are lots of people in the : ppines—far more than is apparent, As for raising American cere- | as the natives live in the towns, Wheat or | country looks somewhat deserted. There ortunities at pres- barley will not grow there. Very poor |are no facilities or or agriculture, and 1 not be made citizens of the | Loy ®Y; Taised, but that is all aside from | ent for obtaining lan ie n.;\x;ergl:s:?‘z[c:?no& there wiil not be until after the country SRIVATE - TR e an ecomes somewhat pERIVATE JA MES RUNYAN, Company | }o climate and they cannot compets with | know how American “a o rosper In the islands. is iots of land there yet, most| gy pearly all the hard work in the isl- Fatead, although I doubt it, and some corn By 1f the labor laws of this country |is raised at the present time. K,;“.;’{’,‘z’;"{‘.',‘: were ex%ende?! to the P‘}afllppinles the (,lél- cattle are :f‘f‘m prolduced, but I e st nese and natives would contlnue to do | know whether cattle raising c purpose of agriculture, although I am not | the work and the effect would be Imma- | made a_profitable R s White men have no business in | cannot work in the flelds, either at our’ 2 .Corn 18| that “country except as capitalists and | form of agriculture or in cultivating the wn there in small quantifies, but It | the Filipinos are not our kind of people. | native pro of a very poor quality. Wheat cannot|[ am not in favor of making them citi- | do all the hard work, be grown there, and I do not think other | zens of the United States. malr. b'lrhered\sln%ld;u . valuable, an think they will PRIVATE D. J. CORMAIR, Company |able to this country If oulylzbor laws are ed to th tract labor is ot 2 8 owned by the People of our race soon become enervated in that climate. I do not think e he Filipinos should be made citizens of PRIVATE S. G. ABLE, Company B—{ the United States. pPRIVATE L4 NE informed as to the facilities for obtaining : rom wha saw of the ; bt ” ¢ 1 should say they were very land for agriculture, as I had no_occasion | I should say they were, very, well, nopuc that appears to b practically unoccupled, g g y 4 7 . t al elongs to the The climate is enervating | oats, etc., will thrive in the islands; it is v}l:l:rch “finfi“n?:t it cail G T an talliwi the Netther do T think o " dimculty. American cereals do hould be made citi- | of agriculture, or at all at out-of-door :ga !l‘;;l";e‘f that climate. BENNETT, Company hilippines 1l popu- It is too hot ‘Wheat will not ripen there The corn that is The country and the | iculture would heat might be Some flne do mnot industry. Americans The Chinese and natives rincipally the for- t the islands are e profli- lucts. but I am izens npt forbidden. But it is no place for a work- ingman. People of our race soon lose their enery in that climate. I do not think the Fillpinos should zens of the United States, even though there are some smart ones among them. PRIVATE M. V. McDONALD, Compan; K—The Philippines are well populated, but while there may be some land yet AT AT AT A AT AT A RO ok e stly d D Y 0T | @A ASASADHOATATATASHOHSASHSHSHOHDICASASHOACHOHSHOAS S They cannot compete with the latter in wages, and even if they could they could not stand the climate. I do not think the be made citi- | introduction of our labor laws and the prohibition of contract labor would have a beneficial result go far as we are con- cerned. Even when not engaged in hard labor a white man soon gets played out in that climate. It is good enough for the natives, but they are not good enough unoccupled_that will be available after | for us. I ai not in fayor of making them awhile there are as yet no opportunities for obtaining it. There 1s some coiun raised there, but I do not thing other American cefeals can be grown, especial; ly wheat, which will not ripen on account of so much moisture, combined with ex- | treme heat. Some cattle and hogs are raised, but the latter are diseased. Amer- icans ‘cannot work out of doors in that citizens of the United States. CORPORAL D. 8. DARRAGH, Com- pany B—I think the Philippines are (a.lrly‘ well ({mpula.ted, but as we were on the Island of Luzon all the time we were in the islands we can hardly be expected to have any deflnite knowledge of condi- tions on the others. The land appears to climate, All the hard work is done by the | he nearly all in the hands of the church, Chinese, White people can live there if they take good care of themselves and do “not attempt to do any work. I do|from the native crops and at present there are no opportunities for obtaining land for culture. Aside could not say not think the islands would be prafitable | what could be ralsed there. I saw some to this country If contract labor were pro- hibited and our own labor laws extended to them. The Filipinos are not compe- tent to take on the responsibilities of cit- izenship and 1 am not In favor of mak- ing them citizens of the United States. PRIVATE W. R. HARRIS, Company B—In answer to the question whether the Philippines appear to be Xacklngniln popu- iation T would say they do not. There is a good deal of land there held by the church, but so far as 3blfl|ning land for agriculture is concerned there are at the present time no opportunities for doin, g0. 1 suppose some American crops coul be rnlseg in the islands, but it is alter- nately too dry and too wet for such crops as wheat and oats. The natives raise some nice cattle. 1 do not think Ameri- | cans could work in the fields there for | | | any length of time. The hard work is done prlnolpnlls by the Chinese. I do not think the islands could be made profitable to this country if our labor laws were ex- tended to them and contract labor forbid- | den. People of our race cannot live in the Philippine Islands and remain ener- etic, 1 am not in favor of making the E‘Ilipinou citizens of the United States. PRIVATE J. B. BOYLE, Cmgzug‘ B— There are enough people in t ilip- pines now and the church lxppem 0 0 all the land to be had fo ricultural purposes. ere are no lities for ob- taining land for agricuitt at the present time, but after they get through fighting over there things may be different. American cereals may be raised, but I doubt it. It is certainly too wet for wheat, and while there are some cattle to be seen, 1 do not think they can be raised in large numbers profita 1{. Americans cnnnof work in the flelds in competition = with tne matives and Chinote coolles. fine looking cattle, but there does not appear to be any grazing land. I do mnot think American cereals will grow there on account of the extremes of heat and moisture. The extreme heat would also be a bar to Americans laboring in the flelds. That class of work is all done by the Chinese, I do not think our labor laws could be extended and enforced in the islands with degree of success and profit to us. 'he climate is e tremely enervating and a white man can- not live there longer than three years. I do not want to see the Filipinos made citizens of the United States. SERGEANT G. L. McCLELLAN, Com- pany B—I do not care to say much about the Philippines, as I do'not pretend to know very much about them. They are pretty well populated, though, and I do @ not think there is any great amount of unceccupjed land that is not owned by the church. The climate is not suited for the raising of American cereals and nei- | ther is it adapted to American workmen. The natives and Chinese—principally the latter—do all the hard work, and they | would continue to do it even If our labor Jaws were established in the islands. It is not a suitable climate for peefle of our race. There are some very intelligent Filipinos, but I am not in favor of mak- ing them citizens of the United States. PRIVATE ADAM BERG, Company E— The Philippines are well Wpul&fi. but ‘whether there is any vacant land or an facilities for obm.ln]ns land for agricul- ture I do not know. I do not think Ameri- can cerezls could be ralsed there, as the climate is not adapted for them. Wheat would certainly rust before it could ma- ture. I do not think the cattle industry ONLY FOR BARDARLA NG, Declare a White Man Has No Business Over There. grazing lands, although I saw some fine- looking native cattle in Luzon. Americans cannot work out of doors in that climate. The hard work is done now by the Chi- nese. I do not think it would make any difference if our labor laws were extended to the islands and contract labor prohib- ited. Americans and Europeans cannot !live in the Philippines and retain their energy. They soon find themselves cul- tivating a habit of indolence like the | natives. I am decidedly opposed to mak- | ing the Filipinos citizens of the United States. They are a degraded set of people and not fit to be considered our equals. PRIVATE G. W. BITTNER, Company E—I do not think there is any lack of | opulation in the Philippines, judging rom what I saw of the islands. I do not know anything about the ownership of the land or the opportunities for obtaining possession of it for agriculture; neither am 1 prepared to say whether wheat or other American cereals could be success- fully raised there or not. I do not think Americans could work there either in our form of agriculture or in raising the na- tive products of the soil. The hard work is now done by the Chinese. The climate is not suited to people of our race and they soon become enervated. I do mnot think the Filipinos should be made citi- zens of the United States at the present time, but they might be later after they have become more civilized. PRIVATE JOSEPH SCULLY, Company G-I would not live in the Philippines if I owned every island down there. It's) a pretty place and its natives seem pros- erous and happy, but the climate is too ot for an American. When we struck | the cold weather the boys became invig- | orated. Then we noticed particularly the | difference in the two climates. Some of the boys stood the change, but they lost weight. I don’t think a white man could 1live in the Philippines and be healthy and happy. Of course there are many golden opportunities there for American capital, but American labor had best stay at home, The country is thickly populated and the natives and Chinese coolies do most of the work. In the heat of the day they, too, become indolent and sleepy. The natives should never be made citi- zens of this country. The chance for the introduction of our agricultural system is good. The land is fertile and they ralse good crops of rice, hemp and corn. PRIVATE EDWARD MOORES, Com- ny G—The Filipinos should never be al- owed to become citizens of our country with priviléges equal to ours. They are a low-bred race, extremely treacherous and utterly lgnorant. We soldiers who have endured all sorts of hardships ia the Philippines are prejudiced against the country, but I lleve the islands will ultimately become profitable to the United States. A white man, however, cannot | labor there and live long. The country is too hot and there are only two seasons. The wet season is uncomfortable and un- healthy and the dry season takes all the ginger out of an American. An Ameri- can could become acclimated after a few years if he lived that long, but he would not be able to work. Everything they ralse in the Philippines is first class. ‘Wheat will not grow there, but they raise lots of good corn. The mining nutfnok is encouraging. PRIVATE E. G. LAWTON, Compan; L1—I believe an American could live n ce@ in the Philippines if he did not have to fnrrom manual labor and had all thi ORI Foutial, owins 19 tho sk of weey acilities ' for being comfortable at all OF 98 the 0 to the people of our race, but at the same | time they can easily endure it. The sol ers had much to contend with. They | re laboring under many disadvantages which made their stay there extremely uncomfortable. The possibility of intro- duting our labor laws in the Philippines is quite remote. In the first place, it is out of the question to attempt to raise thelr labor standard, it has fallen so low. They can live so cheap}ly that they work for almost nothing. he Chinese and Filipinos do most of the work. Mining o{geraunm could be carried on profitably. We found good indications of gold, coal and lead, but it would take considerable capital to work the deposits. Most of the natives are low-bred and ignorant and extremely treacherous. The facilities for securing land seem to be good, but after an American got hold of a strip large enough to raise anything on he would have to hire native laborers, as he could not do the work himself. PRIVATE STONE, Company L—In Lu- zon there is the finest farming land I have ever seen, but I don’t think an Am- erican could live there and be contented. They raise good corn, but I did not see any wheat. The rainy season is too wet and the dry season too dry for wheat. | The introduction of Americar. agricultu- ral machines would greatly beneflt the production of the country and perhaps make farming more profitable, but while the labor stardard remains as low as it is there is absolutely no chance there for a white man without capital. The cli- mate impairs the energy of white people, A person doesn’t want to do anything but sleep. The nights are pleasant, and the rich people of Manila are quite an onter- taining class. The lower classes of na- tives are ignorant and superstitious. Why, they thought when we first went down there that the identification tugs we wore about our necks protected us from bul- lets, The country around Manila is thickly populated. ‘I don’t think it possi- ble to Introduce our labor system in th Philippines. No true American _ shoul favor a proposition to make the Filipinos citizens with privileges equal to ours. Paint Case Decided. The case of Coit & Co. of Chicago vs. | Sulllvan, Kelly & Co. of Sacramento was given to the jury yesterday afternoon in the United States Circuit Court. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the gla(ntlfl after-four hours’ deliberation. he suit was brought to recover from the defendants 33600 balance due on account of paints furnished the defendants. The latter filed an answer alleging that Coit Co. had failed to furnish them with the quality of paint they had ordered; that it was not made flccnrdln% to co tract, and that by reason of its bad qual- ity Sullivan, Kelly & Co. lost trade and reputation and were thereby damaged to the extent of 350,000 Lecture on Zionism. Rabb! Stephen 8. Wise, honorary secre- tary of the American Federation of Zion- ists, will lecture on “Zionism” next Tues- day evening before the members of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith and their families in B'nai B'rith Hall. The lecture will mark the second reception of the season of "9 tendered by the commit- tee of intellectual advancement of the well-known society. Dear Madam: egamold’’ says come; Slimate I ROt SWiipd) Fowre yeigome. ghronials !