The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1899, Page 11

IEERRERE + + + + + + Rt FEEELEETEEEEEEEEIEEIEI A A A Pages 11 to 20 At b b 2 S RS S Sp + +* +i + + * * SCANDAL BRINGS WAR | T0 THE SCHOOL BOARD Bergerot Accused of Treachery by Disgusted Schemers. " Plot of Seven Members to Load Fourteen. Useless Teachers on the Department. A Dream FIRST RECIMENT IS PRACTICALLY IN THE SERVICE The Officers and Men Report Back. o ho had re- f the First total of its number ¢ aw before owance from the It & exp rders from supe- rior headq ; eived in a : existence As Majo! Hugh T. Stme, who was one ajors of the same regiment, and are s the volunteer service. The At- torney G a supple- | of Power. , in the substitute lst m the unassigned list ations the oxmlnr | tes were established receives a ar 1 ind § very hers on onl w schemers b an opportunity s to the de- saw eir frie gest rules adopted by t wh These va- not been filled, as the board waiting to s are tem- S, b the regu- left in the alr Kemp attempted, of such ed the lown who elected supplies events chan, n the fold y that If secti be amended b on_of an the department Any could be forced and others appointe rtment would not oniy e their places but would be protected pointment | ould pave the way for the second | +OHOITIOI 04O+ O+ O+ 040+ O+ O+ O+ 04 010 404 040 40+ 0404 T4 01 ©404 0404 04 04 0404 004+ 04 0+ O+0 40+ 040+ 04 0404 040 of the echeme. By filling the vacan- e regular corps and Juggling he substitute and u igned lists | it was estimat n teachers could be electe partment. The | o the rang ! Kemp Introduced o complete the lergerot made his retary n lulled off | told that the re-| onary condition e teachers, some of | 1 months In steac sery ergerot upset it all, a n ard is not a happy family. l y Governor - other has re-entered | after his regiment of As to the latter, Ma med by some that he | ! the ruling of the Attorne e effcct that an officer severs his tion e National wi o mmission in the volun- e United States, nent was tically f the to teer service under COLORED TROOPS SAIL ON THE WARREN FOR THE PHILIPPINES 7 PAT'S i ME on DA Mantla yesterday with two < and the headquarters and band of the ¥ h In- (colored). The men marched in arriving at the {f about noon All the d societ down to the soldiers a here was not an_off had at least two dies there to bid him good-by. N ly all the officers are colored, and as a e the men take kindly to the inno- There were exceptions, how- and one soldier went aboard un- der arrest for threatening his superior. It happened as the first battalion was marching down the wharf. A second lieutenant (colored) ordered the ranks to close up. One of the men failed to respond and the officer touched up. The soldier grasped his gun by the barrel, and, turning on the officer, sald, “Touch me with your sword gain and I'l break every bone in your body under arrest. There was considerable delay in get- ting the men aboard the transport, and during the delay the band played a cakewalk. Immediately every soldier within hearing began to fidget; then PRESIDIO TO INCREASED Last of the Volunteers About to Go. With the departure of two battalions the Forty-ninth Volunteer Infantry vesterday, the Presidio is almost bare of yops bound for tHe Philippines and by the middle of the coming week the sol- diers constituting the garrison of the past 1l be the only fighters left on the res=r- as the third battalion of the and all the available re- cruits, numbering about 140,are schedulsd sall on the Sherman next Wednesday. The report is circulating in military cir- cles that the garrison at the Presidio is & S e e oo 1o s | soon to be increased by the addition of s 1o volunteers is continuous, | another battery of artlilery and perhaps R t be sald to have quit | o squadron of cavalry. It is only a L Brigadier General | ;o however, and although it is very SSonslderable doubt. When | probable that the garrison may receive o of its officers, but was brig- | some accessions In the near future, and ke is still in the r the National ving been re- . _His commission Regiment of the i 190 His nnot be declared der the act s in which to nd after returning to istered out kinson; Colonel Cluf?, | ieral ‘on the dvision surgeon of the | arboe, engineer offl- | me to taff of Brigadier General Mul- | ral of the State | it at Santa | Cruz_last y. v led that it | was just the place on which the .\'nnrm-" rd of the State can hold its en-| s sit has brought up the subject of | encampment for 190, and there is talk of | trying to Induce the commander in chief | to call a division encampment so that all | the organizations of the guard may meet at the same time. Those who favor this proposition are of the opinion that it would be better to have such an encamp- ment Instead of having brigade or regi mental encampme because the major- | ity of the men have had experience and it | is better that th should be instructed | as a whole Instead of separate bodles, | Those organizations t were unable to practice at skirmish by reason of the | stormy weather or inability to securs a | proper range have had the time in which | 1o do so extended until the 3ist of next | Januar; { On recommendation of the commander of the al Militla, Lieutenant Douglass White has been ordered to repor: tain Hawley of the United St Hartford to join the cruise on sel. This was In response to an invita- | tion from the Navy Department ndsome compliment to that branch of lifornia’'s National Guard. The ljeu- int will take careful observations dur- | ing the cruise, and he hopes that what he will learn wiil be of great value to the It 1= a Cecil C. Dennis, lieutenant of the First Division of the al Militia, has, at his own request, been placed on the retired | list. Donald M. Stewart has been elected | ensign of the Third Division of the Naval Militia, vice McNear, term expire | « mal off rs of the militia ng the petty officers ling and other dutles generally, a W to rating them in January next The examinations will close on the oth | inst. There will soon be an election for Mne | officers in the Seventh Regiment of In. fantry, and it is reported that many of the men of that organization also propose to “get square” with line officers for thelr conduct during the time that they were ml B e o I e L o o g encral will probably be asked if | the volunteer service, larger garrison at this post s and it is practically certain that action whether it will consist of cavalry or ar- tillery or from what regiments the rein- forcements will rest conjecture. be drawn is the The necessity of a conceded that end will be taken by the War De- EF YO' NEVAH WHEN DAT CcoON BAN PLAYED 4DE CAKE- YO KAINT Fop, HEBENLY SM{LE" HE transport Warren got away him with his gword and told him to close He was promptly placed COME BACK" thelr feet began to shuffle and in a few minutes a couple of hundred of them were dancing away for dear life. 1t was the best cakewalk ever seen in San Francisco, and the officers of the transport service and the men on the Warren watched the performance with the keenest interest. The men used their guns as walking sticks and their file man as a partner, and gave an ex- hibition that would crowd the Mechan- fes’ Pavillon every night for a month. The soldiers had only just finished a B+3404 D404+ 040+ 0+ 04 040+ CH 04+ 04 04+ 040404 040+ 0+ 0404 040 +0 +040 4040+ 0404040 GARRISON AT partment as soon as the last of the | Volunteers have departed. A detachment of Light Battery C, Third Artillery, and two guns will be sent to San Jose to take part in the cele- | bration of the Californian Golden Jubllee, | which begins on December 20. Orders to | that effect will soon be lssued and the | detachment will march all the way to the Garden City and return. ajor General Shafter and staff and Colonel Freeman returned from Los An- geles yesterday. They went south to tend the ceremony of presenting southern metropolis with a ca red at Santiago. Captain James Frier, post adjutant, who accompa General Shafter, returned to the Pres suffering with a severe attack of rt matism. He was ordered to the general hospital for treatment and during his ea- forced absence from duty First Lieu- tenant Le Roy FEltinge, Sixth Cavalry, will act as adjutant. | "Colonel Wallace C. Randolph, who re- | cently received orders to proceed to Sul- | livans Island in command of that station, | has secured a two months’ leave of ab- sence. His address during that period will | be the Army and Navy Club, New York | City. | The animal transport Centennial will sall for Manila on Tuesday with 28 | horses, In charge of Captain L. M. Koeh- |ler, Sixth Cavalry. The animal transport | Flintshire with another cargo of horses | il sall for the Philippines about Thure- | day. | _The following officers will sall on the | Sherman to rejoin their regiments in the | Philippines, having completed the duty | to which they were temporarily assigned in this city: Captain William Lassiter, Sixteenth Infantry; Captain Charles G. re, Sixth Infantry: Captains Charles the non cap- Beckhurts and Edward R. Chrisman, enth Infantry First Lieutenants | Clarence N. Purdy and John Robertson of the Sixth Infantry, and Englebert G. Oyenshine, Sixtcenth Infantry. Hospital Steward George Gibson and | the following privates of the hospital | corps have been ordered to ‘report for | duty on board the Sherman: James R. 1nnwles, William H. Bell, Otto Liebracht, for Manila. JES ONE MO CHERUB LIPS. . | porary duty with the recruits at the Pre five-mile order, ready to dance as soon as the band tramp but every in heavy marching one of them was began to play. Even when marching up the gangway aboard the transport they kept up the dance, and only stopped with the music. The Warren got away about 2:3) p. m., but was stopped off Alcatraz to await a tug that was sent after her. Some letters had been left behind, and as they were letters of instructions Captain Bat- chelder sent out the tug to put them aboard. 404540 Charles _Parsons, Richard _Sanders, George H. Swigart, Frank J. Wiethorn, Willlam 'H. Lenfz, Isaac N. Johns, Samuel A. Brown, Raleigh A. Kirkendoll, Lewy McCoy, George L. Riegel Charles W. Stewart, Ralph O. White house, Arthur W. Gorman, Charles Phi | lips, JosePh A. Burns, Thomas G. Crary, James H. Steward, Louls Kragen, | James W. Riggs and Edgar Turner. |~ Commissary Sergeant W. M. Cline, 17 |S."A., will act as quartermaster on the | Sherman during the voyage to Manila. | Second Lieutenant Hugh K. Taylor Sixth Infantry, has been assigned to tem | sidio. Upon the request of Captain Reed, com- | mis of subsistence, U. S. A., a board | of survey has been ngnninlwl to meet | Monday morning on the transport Sher- | man to examine into and report upon the condition cf 25400 pounds of flour, alleged to_be unfit for use or issue. Captain Leslle R. Groves, U. S. A., has been ordered to proceed to Mantla on the Sherman. There have been no new cases of small- pox among the members of the Forty- eighth Regiment on Angel Island during the past week. and the colored volunte are expected to leave for the Phillppt on the transport Grant in ten days or two weeks, barring accidents. Private Lesiie Coombs of the engineer corps died at the general hospital vester- | day_of dysentery. His parents, who live in New Philadelphia, Ind., have been communicated with Doll Show Prize Winner. The “Globe Millinery,”” winner at the Doe- tor's Daughters' annual doll show—in 1897 of honorable mention; 158, first prize, blue rib- bon; 1899, honorable mention—having moderate rent can always sell first-class goods at moder- ate pri 114 Sixth street C: —_—————— Will Explain Social Reform. Rev. W. D. P. Bliss, president of the Soclal Reform Union, will explain this new national movement to-night at the Cathedral Mission of the Good Samaritan, Second and Folsom streets. Qe P eP e eItV tItBIITITEPIDEPIVIIPIIIIEIIDET 4300000000 000000e0 2 d B R T S R R R SRS SO SR S Y L S e S e R SR S Sy ] Transports Grant and Tacoma Arriving From and Warren Sailing + 04040404040+ D+ 04040404+ O+ O Q4 CHO 4D CHO +OH 0404 040 0009000040#0#00000000000&000000000090000004. | Mead of the Irrigation | hereafter come into the treasury took up | investigation that the work planned out | one_1oc: FLOOD SAVERS' PLAN OF CAMPAIGN WAS ADOPTED National and State Workers to - Serve Together to Succeed. Thomas Names Finance Committee and Says He Is Confident Bankers and Moneyed Men Will Give Freely. 8 far as possible the executive committee of the California Wator | and Forest Assodlation perfected its plan of actlion yesterday at he Palace Hotel. The work lasted until | late in the night. Willlam Thomas, | president of the assoclation and of the committee, presided. The other members | of the committee present were: Georg H. Maxwell, Arthur R. Briggs, T. C. Friedlander, P. A. Buell of Stockton, Ma- dor Rice of Bakersfield. J. Richard Freud, | W. H. Mills, Mr. Plllsbury of Tulare, Surveyor General N. P. Chipman, Philip | Lilienthal, Willlam R. Eckert and R. F. McDoble of the Whitney Power Com- pany. There were also present Elwood | 1 Investigation of the United States Department of Agricul- ture and J. B. Lippincott of the United | States Geological Survey. | Constitution and by-laws were adopted, officers were provided for, the duties ¢ the committee were defined to be the ad- ministrdtion of affairs in accordance with the policy of the advisory meil of seventy. " The work of the assoctation was set forth in the following: The objects of the assoclation are to promote the conservation +f the waters of California by intelligent methods of preserving and adminis tering our forests and the impounding | of flc yi also to devise the | mos ods by which the waters of the State may I - plied to mining, agricultural and me- chanical uses, and to carry into effect tform of the convention held in ancisco on November 14 and 15, | | Briggs !hel name commit- | On motion chair was tees on finan publication, campaign a W. H. Mills moved the appointn a committee on engineering, records, to collate and comy a able information from existing surveys s to the topography of California and to consider all questions relating to the | further prosecution of the Government which may have a bearing on the of the association. This was adopted. The disposition of the first $10,000 of Arthur R. to authorized m mbership, legislation, | i transportation, | t of | of | to the attention of the committee for an hour or more. ( rge H. Maxwell in- n pledging that sum, ed, above the neces- sary exvenses of the association, to the prosecution of the work now being car- ried on by the Irrigation Investigation and the Geological Survey. Pillsbury op- posed the resolution. Thomas favored it on the ground that if the committee on finance could show the public what it was intended to do with the money it would be easfer to secure it. Several of the committee_spoke. Messrs. Lippincott and Mead explained that the amounts of money that the Gov- ernment devoted to the work they were carrying on in California were small; also that the policy of the departments at Washington was to help localities that heiped themselves especially. It appeared that the sum of $300 only had been ex- ended in locating reser tes in this Biate auring. the pa under the Geological Survey: also the en- gineering departments of both of the universities in this State had offerec through their engineering departments, to assist in the work pursued by Mr. Mead, asking only pay for the actual ex- penses in the field, the universities pay- ing the salaries of the men representing them. Elwood Mead reported for the irrigation hi that by him in this State for the ensuing year would cost $9800. The total appropriation for the work of that sort in the entire United States was only $35,000. One-sev- enth of the sum he had pianned to expend in California. But the department, when ever there w rge expenditure in any ity, always inquired why—if we could that there was great interest | in the work in this State and tha the | people were putting up their money that | would assist materially in getting future Government ald. He understood that the | treasury of the association was empty, but he was willing to take the pledge that what could be done by the association to help would be done as satisfactory. Probh- | ably what money could be raised for the | for pu e b ose indicated would be known soom gh to avold any harm if there should fallure to get what had been ex- “ | pected. Arthur R. Briggs offered a substitute resolution, which was adopted. This pro- vided that it should be one of the special aims of the association to assist in every re: able way the prosecution of the W being carried on by the Gov- rnment in the State as represented by Mead and Lippincott and that the execu- tive committee should be horized to use any money in the treasury, in excess of that necessary for current expenses, hat purpose. A resolution that was referred to the committee by the convention concerning sheep on forest reserves and national parks was adopted. This provided that sheep should not enter into national parks or forest reserves at any son of the ear; also asking Congress to permit the cation of reservoir sites in national parks where the location did not interfere with any permanent improvements al- ready made in such parks; also approving the rules a regulations of the S, of the Interior for the government of the forest reserves; finally, that all possible ns should be furnished to enforce the gulations by liberal appropri v an increased force of <t nd by giving police power to the st rangers Chipman spoke In_opposition d that this prevented the crossing Government reserves by sheep on their way from one 1ge to another. It had been said that the convention had acted In favor of the cattlemen as against the sheep industry, which was a large one. The effect of the resolu was to practically prohibit the carrying on of the indusiry to a large extent Mr. Lippincott introduced a_resolution, which was adopted, asking the Govern- ment to make an appropriation for the extension of the hydrographic work in this State The resolutions referred to the com- mittee by the convention concerning the Jetties and easement in the San Joaquin ind Sacramento rivers, which was intro- du by Prison Director Deviin, went to a special committee, consisting Messrs., Buell, Devlin and W. 8 and report Just before the afternoon recess a com- munication was read, which was signed by L. A. Nare, representing the Fresno Canal and Trrigation Company, in which he set forth that all the canal companies Green, to inquire | taking water out of the Kings River had met at Fresno and formed an association for the purpose of mutual benefit and to look iInto the question of the cost of a storage reservoir on that river for an extra supply of water during the low- water months, and also to control the waters during flood time. Mr. Nares wished the executive committee to indorse the action he had described Major Rice objected to such indorsement without full Investigation. The chair was instructed to appoint a committes of three to _consider and report. Elwood Mead and F. H. Newell, the last named being chief hydrographer, wers made honorary corresponding members of the assoclation At the evening session the raising o funds and the securing of member: ‘wn: discussed. Mr. Maxwell suggested na scheme by which the secretary of the National Irrigation Assoclation at Los Angeles, Mr. Richards, could take mem- bership for the State and national asso- ciations simultaneously. He also submit- ted a form of letter to be sent by Cali- fornfa merchants to business houses in the East from which they buy goods, and this was adopted Chairman Thomas named the finance committee, as follows: F. W. Dohrmann, M. H. de Young, Tim- othy Hopkins, Philip Lillenthal and E. B Pond. his committee will try to raise money from banks, large owners of real estate and others well able to help the movement. Mr. Thomas sald that he thought Mayor Phelan would give $1000 He also had heard that John W. Mackay had remarked that he would heip largaly if the work was in the hands of the State University. When_the sum of $30.000 had been suggested to Mr. Mackay he had not flinched. Probably he would subseribe liberally. A resolution was introduced by General Chipman which was adopted, asking Con- gress to reserve from public entry all the timber land of the Government within the boundaries of California and substitute a {ystem of selling the stumpage of such ands. TWO TRANSPORTS MAKE PORT AND ONE GETS AWAY Grant Makes a Record Run From Manila. e Two transports arrived from and one departed fcr Manila yesterday. - Th were the Grant, Tacoma and Warren. The latter went out during the afternoon with two battalions of the Forty-ninth Infantry, while the former brought home a few discharged soldiers and sick inen. The Tacoma came in early. She brought up two passengers only. The remains of Captain Charles French, Thirty-sixth In- fantry, also come up on the vessel. Tne transport docked at Steuart street during the day and as soon as the Government stores can be put ashore she will Le re- turned to her owners. The Grant got in about 10 a m. She left Manila on November T at § p. m., thus making the run in the vory ,uick | time of twenty-four days sixteen hovr After passing the 18%h meridian she wus | for four days in a typhoon and the best the ship could average was 24 knots a day, while before that the average had been 311 knots. The Grant was ilying light and in consequence the wind had a great effect on her. In spite of the heav weather the transport comes into port in such excellent shape that she counl be sent out again to-morrow. Chief Officer Crosky and Chief Steward Herbert have their respective departments as clean as a new pin and both were congratuiated by the transport officers on the exceitent showing made by the ship on her avrival after a round trip lasting nearly three months. While the Grant was in Nagasaki the transport Sherman was there coaling and expected 1o leave for San Francisco twelve hours after the Grant. She has not a passenger aboard and should reach ort to-day. The Glenogle arrived just Pefore the Grant safled and the Aztee was hourly expected. Both these vessels should get here during the weck. | 24 the tra The Grant brought up eleven cabin pas- fengers, six soldlers. forty-eight ¢ charged men, seven sailors invalided home d six discharged packers. Oscar Mooy Company I, Twenty-first Infantry, was put aboard at Manil flering (rom ¢ meningitis, and died during the passage. He had six enlistments to his credit and was coming home to enter the Soldiers" Home. He was paid off with at Ma- nila and of that amount all he ent was $3. The balance of the money is now in possession of Captain Haker, cuartermas- ter of the ship, and will be furned cver to his relatives. Among those who came up on the Grant were Chief Engineer Harry Kelly and Purser H. Edwards of the Morgan City. A Japanese firm was going to make an at- tempt to raise the wreck, but the officers of the Grant say it will be a failure, as the steamer {s embedded In the mud. The Grant will be got ready and will probably take the Forty-eighth Regiment (colored), now in quarantine on Angel Island, to Manila. The 'transport Victoria is on her way from Puget Sound to load horses here for Manila. She left Seattle with a load, but was caught in a gale off Flattery and nearly a hundred of the animals were killed. The Government has decided to take no more chances on Flattery weath- er. so the Victoria comes here to load. The Occidental and Oriental Company’s steamer Coptic arrived from China, Ja an and Hawali Friday night and docked yesterday. Among the cabin passengers were: Court I. d’Elloy. who is on a tour of the world: Captain J. T. Sawyer, U. S. A.; Mrs. Haywards. wife of Consul Gen- eral Haywards at Honolulu. and her two children; ex-Attorney General W. L. Smith of Hawali, Rev. J. B. Thompson, Rev. N. Hansen, and Harry Dimond, of this eit The Coptic reports than on port Port Stephens Honolulu. She was from Seattle and had to run south on account of the heayv weather met with on the Great Northe route, There was a clever piece of work done on the tug Fearless yesterday. The “blow off”” valve got out of order and it Wa§ necessary to remove it in order to make the necessary repairs. A diver was procured and he went down and plugged up the hole and then the valve was re- ovember rived at moved, repaired and put back again. Th the diver went down again and remov the plug. after which the steamer was ready for service again. The whole eration only occupled four hours smart piece of work. Bernard Pederson had ers crushed in a press vesterday. At the farbor Hospital Drs. Cherry and Thomp- son had to amputate all of the four mem- bers. Owing to the non-arrival of the coal ship that has her fuel aboard the battle. ship Towa is still in port. She will open to the public to-day and Peterson’s launches 'flrrnrr}' visitors out as usual from the Folsom-street float. a ve four of his fin-