The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1899, Page 1

This Paper not | to be taken from t_he Lib('ar‘y_¢ooo : - The VOLUM LXXXVI—NO. 167. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS CRUISER CHARLESTON WRECKED N A REEF OFF THE LUZON COAST T | First Warship Bulll en the Pacifie Coast Losk While Boing Patiol Disaster Oc¢curred Last Tuesday, and All Aboard the Ill-Fated| Vessel Are Reported to Have Saved--Deseription Duty About the TFOUb—fi lesome Philippine Isl-| ands. structed MANILA, Nov. States cruiser Charleston, which has been pa- trolling wrecked on a reef off the northwest coast Tues- day, November 7. @All on board were saved. A typhoon raged at about the time the Charleston is thought she was driven wdas ashore. Been the Cruiser, W hich W as Con- the lnien at W orks. lost, the northern and it HOW THE CHARLESTON | WENT ON THE ROCKS a ther WASH surgents OTIS REPORTS THE | November 14,—- l'in the storm the ymed vessel were small boats and és to lLingaven orted the disaster mira] Watson. 1 refuses to dis- ntercepted a teteg to a Filipino gen- blame me lve of my FILIPINOS DEMOQRALIZED provisions, with a squadrc tened forward to supply depot was e hundred thousand pe of flour, Mayul 7500 pov 1300 uniform coats (new), | C cuss the matter further than to . of Iron @ et e e e e oo oast of Luzon, was| e to their boats and seek refuge on a small Island flve miles away. The na- tives are friendly. Lieutenant McDonald and a number of and reached m to Manila n dispatched he lieutenant when he last ground w { and well out llao, which brought he gunboat Helena has 0 bring away the crew. describes the Charleston v her as hard and fast e bottom badly stove in water. HE cruiser Charleston was say that he believes the Charies- built by the Union. Iron ton cannot be saved, as she is lit- Works of this city at a cost erally impaled on a point of rock | of $1,017,500, and was this plant’s w deep for divers to TRIED FOR TWO DAYS AGUINALDO S rk. December 16, 1886, under the act of March 3, 1886, authorizing the construction of several vessels of her class. Her keel was laid in 8. In spite of predictionstothe con- hoon arising, the crew were compelled | s put off in a smail | by May | and alterations authorized by the ‘ prietorship in her, and her loss |and four torpedo tubes. OO0+ L e B o D S N A s am L OB SO 2 to Cruiser Charleston Passing Fort Point on the Way to the Philippines. B o el — A the Lfbrary. ERE TS This p[tpc(‘ not be taken from W. A Lok B o S O S o R B o S SRCES SCRS e o o S SO W A A SO L I S e S 1 trary she wascompletedaccording | have always been of the greatest | 1-pounder rapid fire Colt’s ;:tms.ycal]erl at the island of Guam, and to the contract and specifications | interest to the people of our|four 5, 1889. Certain changes ity, who felt a sort of pro- | Government were made, and the | will be especially lamented here, cruiser was accepted by the Gov- | and all over the coast as weil. and - partially filled with water.| maiden effort in the line of | he moment she is released she | warship-buildin The contract | ill sink in seventy fathoms—-too | for her construction was made on rejoicing | ernment in November of that year. The successful launching and | mean draught, Her dimensions were: Length, 318 feet; breadth of beam, 46 18.6; displace- satisfactory completion of this ment, 3730 tons; indicated horse- huge war vessel, the first of our | power, 6666.6; speed, 18.2 knots new navy and the first one of any |average for four hour: ips to be built on this | built of steel, with two propellers, coast, was the occasion of great|one funnel and two masts congratulations | military tops. among the people of San Fran-|consisted of two &-inch breech- | this port as escort to the first cisco, and a large public demon- | loading rifle guns and six 6-inch | military expedition to the Philip- in" honor | breech-loading rifles. of our wars and stration was held 1887, and she was launched in } thereof. From that time to the present | 6-pounder rapid fire guns, movements | 3-pounder the vessel and her She was with Her main battery Her sec- ondary battery contained four two rapid fire, 37-millimeter Hotchkiss | lrapid fire guns, two Gatling guns | She carried a complement of f30(; men. | The Charleston was sent to the | Asiatic station in August, 1:3,()4,_i | where she remained until the| winter of 1897-98. At the time of the breaking out | of the Spanish-American war she | was at Mare Island undergoing some repairs. These were hur-| | ried to completion and she left | pines on May 23, under the com- | mand of Captain Glass. On her way out, under in- | San Luis de Apr | Charles E. Morgan, Jam: > & . | Captain two !structions from Washington, she ! after firing a few shots at tort Santa Cruz, in the -harbor of . affected the place. * She capture of'the ar- | rived at Manila with her convoy in due time, and has since re- mained on the Philippine station doing patrol and escort duty. The full list of officers of the Charles- ton includes Captain George W. Pigman, commanding; Lieutenant Commander John A. Norris, Lieutenant Thomas B. Howard, Lieuten. Willlam. N. Little, Lieutenant ° Willlam Braunersreuthe; Lieutenant Louis S. Vandus (junior grade)-Lay H. Everhart, Lieuten- ant -(Junior grade) Dewitt Blamer, Li tenant (junior grade) Waldo Evans, signs Ivan C. Wettengel, Albert W. shall and James B. Henry Edward T. Constien, C Lieutenant Mar- Naval Cadets H. Fischer, E. Matthews, Frank O'Branch and Charles B. Hatch, Surgeon Charles T. Hibbett, Assistant Surgeon Edward V. Armstrong, Past. As- sistant Paymaster Ziba W. Reynolds of Marines Melville J. Shaw, Boatswain Dominick Glynn, Gunner R. ‘Ward and Acting Carpenter John H. GIIL blankets and other artic second dispatch from General llows MacArthur's troops four miles north of , yesterday, the in- cape to the m ain ng, retiring rapidly without great difficulty aking only slight re Our at Ariag & Second Li Davis of Bapo, Humingan, San Quentin, Layug Volunteers, killed, and three Nicholas, and on through to Li 4. Made strong re- impracticable. a demoralized uch disorganization, ¥ ured tele | serters from th | Y AGUINALDO WITHIN The enemy ap- condition as indicated by raphic dispatches and de- nks. ops have suffered great hardships ormed most severe service, but In excellent condition and spirits. and indomitable will displa rs has never been excelled. of towns In the in the-cable dispatch. As reached a point WASHINGTON, | betng at Nov. 13.—Instead of day the department re- Bayambong, as supposed from LR O e S T S S S i e o SR S S S S A" >-o-5-+-& S R o R O S S SRCES S s S Ria LAKE BANGABONG ' . Vgfi Y ‘ALLGA - ZAMBATED MTS, %5AN 1SIDRO cABAlIO PURSUIT OF AGUINALDO. This map of Luzon between the Pampango River and Lingayen Bay shows f the position of the several columns of American troops who are said to have surrounded Aguinaldo. & B e e R SCR e Sl i Sl o SECR SO S S A USSR SROSs Secan ey ) with a strong station at Arayat on In the Alrection of | N CAT L e e Naa eavie The condition of the roads and Ny e o T a general advance with wagon and | THE CORDON OF TROOPS /| | bined | | aldo is delleved to be within General Otis’ previous dispatches, Aguin- the cordon of American troops established by energy of Generals Lawton, .facArthur and Wheaton. It appears in the light of later information that Agulnaldo was headed for Bayambong, where he pro- posed to establish his headquarters, but it 1s apparent that he delayed his go- ing too long. In any event the capture of his private secretary and property shows that Aguinaldo is not far away and If by any chance he has succeeded in getting past the American lines or is able to slip through, immediate measures will be taken to cut him off. General Otis has notified Secretary Root that the transports now in the harbor of Manila will with the troops on board proceed at once to San Fabian, where they will join other transports with such troops anger command of General Wheaton as can be spared and the com- force, commanded by General Wheaton, will proceed to Aparri, will be occupled, and a rapid journey will be made from the north coast of Luzon down Cagayan and Magat rivers to bay- ambong or to such other point at which Aguinaldo may be located. The energetic advance made by the col- umns operating under the command of General Otis is extremely gratifying to Secretary Root and other department of- ficials, especially in view of the existing climatic conditions. General Lawton's advance is particularly regarded as a mil- itary success, and whether or not Aguin- aldo is within the cordon which has been established by his activity it is evident that many of the insurgent troops have not succeeded in escaping and these will be capturad or destroyed. General Otls in his dispatches states that the insurgents will not escape to the mountain capital, Bayambong, without great difficulty and loss, if at all, and undoubtedly. the officials say, he includes Aguinaldo among the Insurgent force. As General Lawton and General Wheaton have advanced they have left strong de- | tachments at strategic points, and an of- ficlal with whom I talked said that these detachments were so stationed that Gen- | eral MacArthur at Tarlac might be con- sidered the center of a semi-circle whese circumference begins at Arayat, where General Lawton established his base of supplies. Thirteen miles away, at San Isidro, another force is establisned. Twelve miles northward, at Cabanatuan, still another force. Talavera, eleven miles from Cabanatuan, is also garri- soned, and Aligua to the westward, form- ing the apex of an equilateral triangle, is likewise garrisoned. From Talivera General Lawton ad- | vanced to San Jose. fourteen miles away, leaving a strong force there, then follow- ing the road, continued to Lupac, nine miles from San Jose, where he estab- lished another detachment five miles from Lupac. At Humingham the American soldiers are on guard and at San Quen- tin, four miles from that point, are addi- tional troops. Still farther northward. at Tayug and San Nicholas, are General Lawton's troops, and General Otis be- lieves they have established communica- tion with General Wheaton. The latter has his pase of supplies at San Fabian and is believed to have moved to the southward to Mangaldan and thence to San Jacinto, Binaloa and San Miguel, the the | which | | at Carrangian, to the castward of Law- | surgents before him and tow | the American troops which General Law- Wheaton have estab- | Nicholas, General Lawton's farthest ad- vance post. Colonel Hays of the Fourth Cavalry is ton's line, and will gents as may the lines. cut off such insur- succeed in getting through These stations will be main- | talned while General MacArthur is mov- Ing to the northward along the railroad, with arms outstretched, sweeping the in- rd a line of ton and General lished. Of course, it will be Impossible to break the cordon until tne territory now covered by the American troops is entirely clear of the insurgents. The de- moralized condition of Aguinaldo's troops shows clearly, the authorities ay, that they are unfit for further operations, and is exXpected that the next few days will bring e: pines. — BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER PRAISES OUR SCLDIERS LONDON, Nov. 13.—A British naval offi- cer, who has just returned from a tour in the Philippin has been interviewed re- garding the situation there, of which he takes a somewhat pessimistic view. Ac- cording to the published interview, he thinks that more river gunboats are| needed and that General Otis is trying to run the campalgn too economically. Pa ing a high tribute to the “surprising inte ligence and confidence of the American | soldler,” the officer says: 2 ‘Patience and bravery of the American soldier has been shown in a high degree, but he is not particularly mobile. He would be more efficacious if, instead of being collected in comparatively enor- mous numbers, he were used in smaller forces, moving more rapidly and living on the country instead of requiring vast quantities of potted luxuries. Moreover, he looks tired, and as if he wanted some- thing to do. Now, if he were a British sol- dier, he would be diverted by all sarts of sports.” SLATED FOR OFFICE UNDER MAYOR CLARK Sacramentans Likely to Receive Ap- pointments From the New Executive. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 13.—Considerable speculation is being indulged in as to the | appointments to be -made by Mayor-elect Clarke. Notwithstanding the various in- fluences that are being brought to bear in the Interests of certain candidates, the chief executive of the city intends to use his own judgment in the selection of suit- able men. The greatest interest is being centered | There are | in the fight for Chief of Police. several candidates in the field, but it is understood that John E. Sullivan, the popular deputy Assessor, will get the plum. Sullivan has a host of friends who are working indefatigably to secure the appointment for him. It is understood that Hiram W. Johnson will be Corpora- tion Counsel and William Mullenney will be City Surveyor, to succeed himself. Ar- thur E. Miller will be clerk to the Mayor. cellent news from the Philip- | ROUNDED BY THE AMERICAN will be appointed clerk ‘of | Court. | The Mayor has not vet mind whom he will select tendent of the City the Police made up his | as Superin- Cemeteries, POURED ACID DOWN HER | MOTHER-IN-LAW’S BACK | | | Tllinois Woman Placed Under Arrest | on a Warrant Charging Her With Murder. ) AURORA, 1., Nov. 13.—Mrs. Ada Ash- ley Hill- was arrested here to-night charged with the murder of her mother- in-law, Mrs. Eliza Hill, by pouring acid down her back. Mrs. Hill died on No- vember 5 as the result, physicians swear. | of acid burns. Those who say the aged | woman was murdered give as a motive a | trouble of long standing among the mem- | | bers of the Hill family over property esti- mated at $40,000. READY TO PHOTOGRAPH THE METEORIC SHOWER| PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 13.—Professor Charles A. Young to-day completed ar- rangements for photographing the me- teoric shower due here on Thursday morning between 1 and 3 o'clock. Pro- | fessor Young has adjusted a larger tele- scope in the Halstead Observatory through which Assistant Professor Reed will photograph the meteors by means of | | a camera strapped to the lens of the telescope. Commenting on the meteoric | shower. Professor Young suid: i “It may be that part of the shower has already fallen and that we missed it. Calculation as to the exact time of their appearance is ‘difficult on account of the | movement of certain planets. We. hope, | however, to obtain some good photo- graphs of meteors which fall on Thursday | morning.” |ASSASSIN TWICE FIRES INTO A CROWDED TENT | CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo., Nov. 13.—| | News reaches here of a distressing trag- | edy at a levee camp below here. Charles | Pearman, who had for some reasonbecome angry -with a family named Poe, went to Poe’s tent with a double-barreled shotgun and fired both barrels into the tent, strik- ing and dangerously wounding seven out | of the family of nine. .One small child | was killed instantly, one has since died and the mother is_not expected to live. | Pearman escaped across the Mississippf | River and took refuge in the Tennessee forests. A posse followed and captured | him, and he Is now in jail here. Pearman lis about 21 yeéars of age. X T SURVEY FOR A CANAL ROUTE. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 13.—The United States gunboat Scorplon arrived here yesterday econveying the United States commission dispatched for the pur- | pose of surveying the suggested new Co- lombia canal route between Caledonia | Bay and the Gulf of San Miguel for a sea- six miles.of actual canal. |t | dected in favor of the De Lesseps Colon- level waterway, necessitating only twen- | i This is the | originally selected route which was re- | £ latter being only seven miles from San (W. T. Phipps, the well-known lawyer, | Panama route on the ground that tha lat- TROOPS ter already possessed railroad transporta- tion and other facilities, while the former traversed the-alleged- most deadly malar- fal district on the of“the earth, in- cluding the extensive swamp areas ren- dered untenable by men on account of mosquitoes and venomous-tropical pests. CONVICTED MURDERER INHERITS A FORTUNE LONDON, Nov. 13—George Cooper,who in 1882, was sentenced to ten vears’ im- prisonment after a sensational trial for having killed his wife at Douglas, Isle of Man, has just been released. He finds himself the Inheritor of a fortune esti- mated at nearly £1,600,000. Both his father and father-in-law, who were always con- vinced of his innocence nd that the death of his wife was ntal, died during nis imprisonment, leaving kim large properties. e B S FOR THE NEW NAVY. WASHINGTON, Nov. ‘13—The con- struction board of the * Depart- ment at Its meeting to-day took up fhe subject of new construction in the navy for the coming year. This w the request of the Secretary torm the basis’ of his recommendations to (Con- gress for new vessels during the coming session. This matter is confidential, but it may be said that the Secretary is ex- pected to renew his recommendaation for three new cruisers of the improved Olympla type, such as Congress failed to appropriate for last year. e IRRIGATION DISTRICT VOID. RIVERSIDE, Nov. 13.—Judge Noyes to- day handed down a decision in the case of A. J. Condee vs, the Alessandro Irriga- tion District in favor of the planitiff. The plaintiff brought suit to have the-district declared void and the bonds issued by it declared invalid on the ground of irregu- larity in the proceedings incident to tne formation of the district, and by a de- cision of the court the district is knocked out. This decision finishes up all the tricts in the county formed under Wright law. the - NEARLY HAD A ROW. Threatened Trouble in a Baptist Convention Averted. HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 13.—A special from Dallas says: There was much ex- citement in the State Baptistconvention to-day, caused by the introduction of a resolution demanding the unseating of Congressman-elect Brigham H. Roberts of Utah, because of his practice of polygamy. Before it couid be read Hon. Dudley G. Wooten made the point of or- der that Baptists could not .discuss poli- tics in the convention. President Buckner sustained_the point of order and the threatened row was averted. - WILL IS TOO LATE. ' MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 13.—A . Butte (Mont.) special to the Journal says: Andrew J. Davis Jr., nephew of the dead millionalre, says the new Chi- cago will brought forward by Mary G. Wilson is too late, as the estaie, after being in litigation ten years, is nearly all distributed, only the Boston end re- maining unadiusted.