The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1899, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1899. PRICE FIVE C AMERICAN TROOPS ATTACK THE BRIGANDS OF CEBU Batde With Bands of Native Robbers in | the Wilderness of the lslnnd. | ENEMY DRIVEY FROM THE FIELD. A Saturday. 1404 0404040404040404040404240+4 oqoqoyuquqogu'o,o’oqoq‘ dition to the nava boats captured- or purchased from Killing and )Iunlatinn of Three Soldiers Avenged by a Force of Invaders. first the Navy Depart iting the trafic was by island of Luzon, r recog 'nder international law and fo would be virtually mains to be E with the President GENERAL OTIS MADE ILL BY MELANCHOLIA Suffers From Insomnia, the Result of = mertl et ¢ Worry Over Criticisms of ia company of the His Campaign rd regular started VICTORIA. B. C., Aug. 3L.—General - WHEELER COMPLAINS. Alleged to Have Said That Otis Was idetracking Him. d cable MEXICAN TROOPS ARE ROUTED BY YAQUIS t | General Torres Suspends Hostilities Until Cooler Weather Sets In. Mexico, Aug. 31.—. here this 1 Colonel Pie- 1 arrest the Yaquis telegraph 1i he troops met a band of t .mm \‘uqn..», and a short fight urred, in which one soldier i and the Mexicans routed. s’ headquarters have been sut off from telegraphic com- er world -for s had te country. i a gun i finally | men had to haul it themselves four s over the roughest possible coun- s tatiories The Yaquis burned 4 telegraph poles and vay. olunteers c to arrive daily in | columns of 100 oF 3 and a heavily ded pack train of mules is kept ving new guns and ammuni- the launches at Medino to from Many of the natives who occupy the edge of the town have tion Lorin. huts near become so alarmed that their beds in near the heart bla to pass the night. has suspended hostilities till Oc- when cooler weather will have i in and the troops will be better able take care of themselves. .By Jnl»d to teach the en-| , and finally got position | ) the hills, where he had the | range. Then h and in a she they ecarry of the the heights. | attempt to but re ance up Americans made no the captured position, urned to Cebu that night. During the a ce of the troops the to time there will be about 3000 more sol- diers in the field. The Government has been aware for several months that the in- surgents were securing food and ammunition from places outside the island, and every effort has been made to stop the traffic. force in the Philippines Spain has been followed by a great many captures of filibustering craft, mostly small schooners, but owing to certain international considerations plies has not been so effective as the Government nt has insisted that the only sure means of the establishment of .a blockade of all and this has tion by lhe department to t to be any difference of opinfon as to ing the bv"lflr‘r?"ll v the United States to declare a blockade of the to acl Filipinos were maintaining a government of their own and ex- f overcomi 04040404040 04040404 040404 0+404040404 General Luis | that | 4040404040404 040404040404 04040404+04040+ 04040404040 PHILIPPINE PORTS TO BE CLOSED TO COMMERCE WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—A new and, it is believed, effective means preventing the Luzon insurgents obtaining supplies from the out- side will probably be put in operation by Major General Otis and Rear Admiral Watson within a short time. for consideration when President McKinley returns to Washington The matter will be taken up The recent of light-draft gun- insurgent sup- . From the interdiction of desires. just been followed by a for- effect. f the State, War and Navy ave questioned the advisa- ground it would give foreign of the insurgents. ot blockade its own ports, ports in the nowledge a state of war existed, g the objection can be found re- are confident the conference nmp fon of a plan which, when ut off the means now possessed by ing the difficulty, that an order ption of Manila, to outside a declaration of a blockade reign ‘Governments to recog- @+0404040 OCTOGENARIAN CHARGED WITH FRATRICIOE Aged leermore Resident Accused of Having Stran- gled His Brother. O Special Dispatch to The Call LIVERMORE, Aug. 31L—A shrouded in m tepmother according tc a numetous d on the as a single man to chastise a rther’s who had been complicity, the stri le in Oliver Holmes died or scme like seizure Both ciaim th: heart disease he had choked his wcounter George de- had he not done s hat he had been choked brother and sister-in-law, and that he had been set upon by all the members of the family except Jmep,, who had interceded in his behalf, and on t had been acc by t ing an accessory. He stout that his brother had lived for of an hour after the encounter fallen from his chair as if from k of heart disease, Th» body was brought to Livermore late his evening and an inquest will be held morro which may bring out facts t will clear up the mystery surround- the tragedy. FALLING OFF IN THE PENSION ROLL WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—The an nual report of Hon. H. Clay missioner of Pensions, shows that ring the year there were added to pengjon roll 40,229 names, and 6 were dropped, 34,345 of these by on of death. There was expended pensions $138,355, ade up of 753,451 surviving soldiers, 415 widows and dependent rela- s and 653 nurses. The total num- of original applications filed dur- including those on ac- war da the ber ing the year, J of the The number of original claims was 37,077. During- the classes were re- jected, a large percentage of these be. ing claims for increase. The report will state that the delay in the adjudi- al- cation of claims is in nearly every case | the fault of the claimants or their at- torneys. In order that the present complex system of pensioning may be simplified and to secure a more uni- form. practice in the future the ap- pointment of a commission on the re- vision of the laws, rules and regula- tions is recommended. $040404040404040 40404040404 0404040404040+ o‘o&o‘obo‘ | is ashore on the rocks Evans, | The roll s/ with Spain, .was | year | REVOLT OF 'JIMENES IS SUCCESSFUL ‘President Figuereo of Remnes Prisoner at Last Breaks Down Under the San Domingo Gives Up the Fight and ‘Forzinetti Tells of the Accused Man's Desire to Commit Suicide Resigns. > Council of Ministers Will Assume the Government Until the Ele tlons Speclal Dispatchs to The Call. ANTO DOMINt dent Figuerec has resigned. Ministers will continue at head of their departments until a provisional government is formed, after which the elections for President and Vice President wiil occur. The city is quiet to-day, but business is at a standstill. The Dominican gun The at the entrance to the harbor of Marcris. She proba- bly will prove a total loss. The U d States ~ruiser New Or. leans and the French cruiser Cecille are still in port. 'ERTO PLATA, Aug. 3L—Presi- uereo yielded his executivs au- - to his council of Mini at 12 noon to-day. Official notice of the change in administration has been re- ived from the capital by General Im. bert, who is the provisional Governor of this city by direction of the revolu- tionary committee. With the fall of Figuereo the revolutionists are victori- ous. Rl e HOW SANTIAGO WAS TAKEN BY INSURGENTS Fort Assaulted nnd Captured by Storm, the Victors Being There- upcn Well Entertained. { plau- Damaco, “Aug, | 3.—(Delayed in' tiansmission: ~ Stea August 2 your correspondent has visited | the camp of General Garrido, from this o of the revoluti were found 50 rev was in him chief seat trict. " Dr. > infantry. from Puerto they had Frias all " negotiations n wounded. tees of safet Verde, wh zu their re eposin g JIMENES RELEASED. SANTIAGO DE seneral Juan Isidro lutionary aspirant to the San Dor will leave Cuba to-morrow on a spec tered steamer, the ( Croise, Gen- eral Wood, the military governor, hav from Gen him froni custody un- indicati that g. 31— CUBA, Pr Santiago the revo- sidency of dispate hes San Do- go announcing the downfall of the Governmen and urging his speedy th almost unanimou General J are regime. long proclamation announcing the re- forms he will institute is chosen President. The ting Domingo are, he erts, adequate, if properly enforced. All that is needed is honest execution & s no doubt of his own im & Colonel W. dressed the voters in torium to-night William Goebel's charges made at Bowl- ing Green on Monday. It was the most scathing arraignment | ever made of a political candidate in Ken- tucky, and if it does not mean pistois Kentucklans will have to take down their | fighting sign. He referred to Goebel as a | ‘consciencel crea declared what he id about him was and faise He decl a member of llqlu Le| ure aking gambling ‘\ or was passed | And had nothing to do with its passage. Continuing, he said in part: Goebel is a man whose word is not taken at any counter In Kentucky. He wants to know why I am oppbsed to him. I am opposed to him because he has violated the three commandments, hou shalt not lie,” “Thou shalt not steal,”’ “Thou shalt not Kill.” T am op- osed to Mr. Goebel because in cold posed and premeditation he has vio- Tated all three of these command- ments. I would not touch on the vio- lation of the command, “Thou shalt not kill” were not an attempt being made %o blacken the name of the dead Col- onel John Sanford, whom he slew, and which act drove Sanford’s wife to a madhouse. 'And this is the reason I am oppos- ing the election of Goebel, I have convicted him as being a murderer, fiar and thief. It will be a crime against _society, against right and against Kentucky and the Democratic party to give him a single vote. The only way to correct this evil that has come upon the Democratic party in Kentucky is to crush Goebel and his brazen gang at the polls in November. | | { I | | { | *0, Aug. 31.—Presi- | the | toat R =stau"1r‘!nn i miles | There With | en Co m—rn‘ | trial he gave way to his feelings | sought relief in | the de | char- | | he is revolution has | | words | angel, buurn- Owens, who defeated | Breckinridge in 1894, 1d-. Main-street Audi- | nd answered Senator | malicious | ared Goebel was not | when the law | DREYFUS WHEPS WHEN HIS DEGRADATION I3 REGALLED Severe Mental Strain. Before His Public Disgrace, and Dreyfus Thanks His Wite for Havine Prevented the Act & T S i e S sheb e ed . ? + » s o @i e ed e ENNES, Aug. 31.—Dreyfus the most trving day he has yet gone through. The strain proved for too grea second tim him, and for the course of the The gen s a traitor befc ubordinates rn at hin flinched—when the his t ent on tears. have branded him court, their pointed the fine he has only official report of of Devils Island was read before him and | of his sufferings, thr mental n vividly the picture and physical, w | the screen of his memory. Then he his features and wept. He passed through another such | s to-day when, after in Le- hru'\ Renaud and witness a wit- neés had brought before him that cold January morning which ushe 1in th scene of his degradation, Major Forzi- netti, a man of h told in simple and unaffected manner the story of Dreyfus’ struggle with the maddening temptation to take his life and the intervention of his wife, as an pointing out the road of dut Then again the prisoner’s breast heaved with emotion and teardrops trickled down his cheeks. He aros: and, after a forced effort to remain calm as he spoke a few words concern- ing his denial to Colonel Du Paty that | | he wrote the bordereau, he turned to Forzinetti with a look of thanks for | Dreyfus | his consolation, so needed. then uttered these words of heartfelt gratitude to his wife for the courage with which she inspired him: “It is due to hsr " he cried, “that I am alive to-day The prisoner could articulate more, but sat down abruptly to ceal his distress. The proceedings concluded a few minutes later and he was taken back to prison, where his wife visited him, and in the presence of Mme. Dreyfus and the gendarme guard he broke down completely. The tension had been too much for him. He sobbed convulsively, sorrow joined him in a solace of tears. Captain - Lebrun-Renaud and supporters of his assertion of the Drey fus confession had an nearly the entire session, their deposi- tions containing little but what has already been stated before the Court of Cdssation. Captain Lebrun-Renaud introduced the new assertion that the no con- fact that he had not related the inci- | dent of the confession to President Casimir-Perier was because he ove heard himself called “‘Canaille,” *“Cur’ and ““Traitor” whilc waiting at the Elysee. He, howev ‘could not ex- plain why he kept this to himself fr\r‘ so long a time instead of recounting the | incident before the Court of Cassation. | Nor did his explanation as to why he destroyed the page of his notebook e e e | fession sound had the | and | on | Tells of an Alleged Confession, and Is and the partner of his| tha | inning lasting | | reiterated his testimony given before the R R R St R S ] ] SRS s eb et et ei o eie containing the record of Dreyfus convincing. witnesses were a repetition Lebrun-Renaud. But a stion was put to a member of con- The other of Captain signific Colonel Guerin by the cou Lieutenant rt who sits at Colonel hand and al tions. He ha rfus case, t authorities n Colonel Joau v during the proc 3rongnia s said to be a rab Dreyfusard, and he to-day, in a quiet tone, asked Colonel in if he thought that Weyl, who is a friend o Esterhazy, »w Dreyfus. The latter at e and ¢ ared he had never before heard of Weyl. The point of this question was that Ester- hazy had written to Colonel Jouaust, a3 and has undoubtedly men- ticned Weyl as a go-between for Dreyfus. This is the person referred to in yesterday's dispatch as 'V a mis- take for “W If relations can be proven between Dreyfus and Weyl, then he could assume Dreyfus was a traitor. The generals, if sufficient evi- dence of a Dreyfus-Weyl-Esterhazy connection could produced, o abandon the r‘"n!f‘fl\in" that l'lre\f\u wrote the bordereau and admit that Esterhazy was the author of it. This, ounced is possibly the change of tactics on the part of the generals hinted at recently. It was reported this afternoon that which has been Generals M and” ercier, Roget a M. Cavaignac, who ar quietly the house of a miles outside Rennes, General Mercie: the evidence Colonel Schwarzk ppen’s housekeeper, Mme. Batkin, could give | if she was subjected to a severe exam- ination, with the result that her- evi- did not give three y h dence was not conclusive enough to justify summoning her as a witness for the prosecution. |LEBRUN-RENAUD GIVES TESTIMONY Answered by the Man on Trial. RENNES, Aug. 31.—The fourth session of the fourth week of the second trial by court-martial of Captain Alfred Drey- fus of the artillery, charged with treason, opened behind closed doors, so continuing. until 8:15 a. m. In addition to the usual cordons of troops in the streets leading | to the Lycee an extra guard was posted | so as to completely isolate the hall in which the judges met in seeret session. | Picquart s but as the le oment the is said next witness called. iven befor e Lebrun-Re In closed session the court discussed the | tain’ secret documents relating to the artillery | tel, and that neithe subjects of the borderean to'the alleged cr The first witness called after the public | ;1',;{;“&(1 Ui session began was Captain Lebrun- |giher witne ¥ Renaud of the Republican Guard, who nd that not reply. Major and said. true, Court of Cassation, repeating the terms | of the alleged confession of Dreyfus: “T am innocent. In three years they will recognize my innocence, The Min- ister knows it. If I delivered documents to Germany it was to get more important | ones in return.” The witness' explanation that he did not refer to the confession of Dreyfus in his interview with President Casimir-Perier, | | because he overheard a conversation dur- | {ng the course of which he was called | 1 Seclare T hellove he 1o o e nionel Du “trajtor,” “canaflle” apd “cur,” came as | Paty de Clam’s theatrical devices to sur- a surprise, for he did not mention this in | prise Dreyfus. to which Forzinetti de- inetti said, the words you are an o1 seized his drm repeated as yours are infamous Ik Major Forzinetti then declared that on ting General de Boisd: cars about the health of him his ou d have k that kept my nce opinio; e h“ is innccent.”