The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1900, Page 3

HE BSA FRANC1SCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1900. GENERAL JOE WHEELER IN FROM MANILA AFTER A HOBNOB WITH THE SULTAN OF SULU e e e s eoe + ® + S Mas.cen JE [/, \ \WHEELE®R / £ Yrree TRANSPORT WARRE R " | } { R e e A e e e e e R e e R RSN SEEE N D s an e S S B B e 2 Y AR S e o kS S RS SRS SRS | simply falled to hear. O i Veteran V T e arrior, e WAYWARD BOY CAUSES DEATH OF HIS MOTHER Mrs. Hattie Bird of Spokane Takes Fatal Dose of Strychnine. — e Btarted to Dissipate When Her Son Was Arrested and Committed Suicide on Hearing of His Conviction. i Epecial Dispatch to The Call. EPOKANE, March 5.—Because her son $ad been sent to the penitentiary, Mrs. Hattie Bird, wife of a wel ’ ght ended her e. Her husband bed in the room at tk e and saw her Iying on the foor, but supposed she was < ot b her. When intoxicated and did nc e woke up several ter she was he same position. He went to found she was dead. Her face s were black from the effects of The cramped position of her the expression on her face ony she must have suffered. she first hear when he was con- a mmati h overed in time to pre- on of her intentions. disgrace did she ut lately she has been aged 17, is by a d been married MRS. WOLCOTT DIVORCED. o0 L Daugh d made under orders order that he may ent the exact condi- those islands. is_accompanied by his Davis. The general r than when he left ¥ has not been very - is in first-class health ome. R e e e A S S ter and Her Fiance, Whom She Left at Manila. Several Army Officers and Numerous Sick and Discharged Soldiers Brought Up on nd Grant, Which Arrived Yesterday From the Transports Warren a On the matter of his home-coming and his reasons for leaving the Philippines the general had nothing to say. Any question he did not want to answer he This was & thing that could be done with great ease and without any appearance of discourtesy, as the general was on the hurricane deck of the transport while the questioner was away below on the deck of a tug. In speaking of his voyage home General | Wheeler says the Warren went first of all to the Sulu archipelago. The vessel re- mained there four days and during her stay the general and his party went | ashore and were entertained by the Sul- tan. Later the Sultan and his court went aboard the Warren and were ban- queted on the best the ship could afford. According to Miss Wheeler the Sultan is a very astute man and a kind ruler. He @+ 4049000400000+ @Q is delighted with the Americans and is very glad to be under the shelter of the stars and stripes. From Sulu the Warren went to Hong- kong and there General Wheeler and his daughter were the guests of the Gov- ernor. A stay of four days was made, during which time the ship was coaled. The mext stopping place was Guam and there none of the crew of the transport were allowed to land. The Warren re- mained five days and during that time the general and his party visited all the points of interest in the island. From Guam the ‘Warren went to Honolulu, where another stap of five days was made, and then the Erow of the good ship was turned for ome. There were no new cases of pl e in the islands since the Australia sailed, but, nevertheless, the quarantine officer would not take any chances and the Warren was ordered to Angel Island. Praise for the Islands. General Wheeler is enthusiastic over the new possessions of the United States. He says Floonly requires American brains and American push to make the Philip- pines, Sulus and Guam the most produce [ e O R e e o o o T o B o I e o & tive islands on the face of the earth. He will remain a few days in San Francisco and will then hurry home. The Warren only brought up twelve Besides General Wheeler's party came up Lieutenant Com mander J. B. Briggs of the Baltimore, Lieutenant Enslow of the Eleventh Cav- alry, Ben Gough, an artist on Harper's Weekly; H. Rhode and J. Gartett. Lieu- 'ADELBERT GALE WINS HIS SUIT - FOR DIVORCE Proven That His Wife Was | Not Legally Entitled to Marry. | She Fails to Substantiate Her Claim. | That He Had a Wife Living [ When They Were | Married. ity e 2 | Epeclal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, March 5.—The sensa- 1 sult of Frances Grant Gale against Adelbert Gale, proprietor of Gey- ser Springs, wherein the plaintiff asked nnullment of marriage and ali- mony pC the ground that at the time Gale married her he already had a wife living, fore for the Judge Burnett in Department 1 of erior Court. Prayer for alimony vas denied In short order, both sides unit- ing in a request for a speedy trial of the annullment ecding. The case was calied at 2 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Gale both took the stand, h n support of her claims and in support of his counter- r a divorce upon the ground that ime the plaintiff had married him ad not been divorced from her hus- hand the required statutory time of one { year. After hearing the evidence Judge urnett granted the divorce to Gale as prayed for in his cross complaint, it hav- ing been established that the plaintiff was divorced from her former husband in Col- orado in December of 1888 and married to the defendant at the Geysers in this county some eight months later, or on August 5, 1899, ‘While on the stand Gale testified that came up for trial hers to-day be- | | he had admitted to the plaintiff shortly after their marriage that he had been liv- ing with a woman whomhe had introduced = as his wife, but he denied that she was VER, March 5.—Before Judge Allen | ..o, guch in fact. Gale is well known, it Co Mrs. Frances M. poth in San Francisco and in this county. granted a divorce | His marriage, which was celebrated just O. Wolcott on the | at the: height of the summer season of The complaint was | Jast year, was a very dizzy event, if cur- ,-day. Senator Wolcott | rent reports are to be belleved. Cham- and no evidence was in- | pagne flowed like water and high revels | were held for a day or two. But the mat- rimonial bark, sod auspl%flou!ly launched, w socn ran aground on the shoals of in- _ Btock-Growers Meet. compatibility and the prosaic denoue- AS, March 5—The Monterey ment of to-day was the result. ou ock Raisers’ Assoclation held a E————————— meeting in the City Hail, with I;’res:aen\; Death of Oscar Johnson. J. R Hebpron in the chalr, Members 1€ | FRESNO, March 5.—Oscar Johnson, sec- retary of the Democratic County Central Senator Offers No”()pposmon to the Charge of Desertion. 5,000 head of eattle were pres- were elected as follows: J. R Hebbron; vice president, Committee and also private secretary to hews: treasurer, H. E. Abbott; ex-Congressman Castle, died this after- B. V. Sargent | noon of appendicitis, aged 2% years. He | was a young man of brilliant promise. Camera supplies in our artists’ materjal S department. An entirely new stock wmf Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop be opened up to-day. Sanborn, Vall & | & cough. Never fails. Try it. All druggists. * Co., 741 Market #t Ol e ———————— ] New State Bank. Ryan Reappointed. | 108 ANGELES, March 5.—A new State SACRAMENTO, March b5—Governor| bank will be started here scon. Colonel Gage to-day reappointed Frank D. Ryan | R. M. Baker is to be president and W. Commissioner of Public Works under the | Mead vice president. Other officers and law passed at the extra session of the the name of the institution are not yet Legiglature. He will now be able to et | selected. The capital will be $100,000 and or his services and his acts will huve the charter of the defunct City Bank will 1 effect. | be absorbed. . REA GANG WILL FACE A STRONG - COMBINATION |Fight for Better Govern- ment Is On in San Jose. e * Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, March 5.—The city campalgn is opening up and from indications it will be the hottest vne ever experienced in San Jose. It will be the old fight renewed | against the Rea gang, which for so many cars has dominated and mismanaged | ety affairs. The citizens are better or- ganized this year than In previous elec- tions, and they will have as their leader a practical poiitician in the person of H. J. Edwards as candidate for Mayor. The committee of one hundred, repre- | senting the best element of the city, ‘v)lvm | conduct the war against the gang, and an | espectal effort wili be made to rid the city | of gang rule so that San Jose may be in | line to enjoy the “boom benefits that will come with the completion of the coast road. The committee meets in two weeks to make full nominatioas for the election, | which occurs May 21. Back of the com- | mittee of one hundred and giving it full | support will be the Republican Good Gov- ernment League, which has a county membership of %00 and which scored a victory at the last county election, { Harry J. Edwards will be the citizens’ nominee for Mayor, and his progressive | career as a resident of San Jose will give him hundreds of votes from both Repub- | lcans and Democrats. Wiillam Fisher will probably be nominated for Treasurer {and W. J. Dougherty for City Clerk. W. | G. Alexander is talked of for Councilman | in u“x')e 'lihlrd ;\ flnilx and J. W. Borchers | and Dr. Davy for the same position | Secona ward. 4 e The gang will support the incumbents in office: J. Martin, Mayor; Thomas J. McGeoghegan, City Treasurer, and J. W. | Cook, City Clerk.” Councilmen Chase e | the Second Ward and Hatman in the Third Ward, both of whom were appoint- ed by Mayor Martin to vacancies, have declined to be candidates at the election, and the members of the “‘push” are accus- |ing them of having “cold feet.” Macken- | zle, who was always the brains of the { Rea push, and has succeeded the latter as boss, will give the nomination for Coun- cilman 'in the Third Ward to Avery Por- ter. Selection has not yet been made for Councilmen in the Second Ward, but there are no less than a dozen willing. The “‘gang” is going to make a fight on the “records” of the present administra- | tion, and to open the campaign will spring |a lengthy expert report showing the “savings” made to taxpayers. The report is now being prepared by Expert Mullen, Every point will, be slretche(relo show a model city government. Everything points to a complete victory for the citizens’ movement, as the admin- istration has incurred many enemies, and even some of the city employes rebel at the way things have been going. This discontent is especially noticeable in the lice and fire departments. The firemen ast_year were compelled to work six weeks for nothing and the pelice nearly a month because of a shortage of funds, In the school department teachers’ sala ries were reduced and some of the kin- dergartens closed. The reet lighting company was obliged to accept half-pay nd the water company donated water for street sprinkling in order to keep the dust from suffocating everybody. 11 these curtallments because of an empty treas- MINERS' WIVES SUBJECTED T0 GROSS INSULT Negro Soldiers at Wardner Given Free Rein by Officers. WASHINGTON, March 5.—Moses S. Simons continued his testimony before the House Committee on Military Affairs in the Coeur d'Alene investigation to-day. He testified to the circumstances of his removal from office shortly after the min- ing demonstration, his arrest and his im- prisonment in the County Jall for five days. A sharp controversy occurred between Chairman Hull and Representative Lentz, who conducted the examination, as to whether or not the witness should state his opinion on the necessity for martial law. On a vote the committee sustained Hull and excluded this line of Inquiry. William Powers testified that he was night watchman and constable at Mullan, Idaho, at the time of the demonstration at Wardner. He disclaimed any knowl- edge of the blowing up of the minin property. He saw two wagon-loads o men returning from Wardner late in the day after the explosion. The town was eniirely quiet and men went about their work as usual. A week after the demo: stration the witness was arrested by sol diers, but later was released. He was summoned to appear before the United States Industrial Commission, when he was again arrested by a deputy. He de- manded to know what charge was against him, whereupon, he said, the deputy drew a pistol and an exciting affray dccurred, in which the deputy lost his “gun.”” A soldier interfered and Powers was arrest- ed and put into the “bull pen.” He sent word to the Industrial Commission that he was there, and they notified him that the commission would come to the “pen” and take the testimony of all prisoners. But the witness said this testimony was never taken, and he never learned the nature of the charge against him. Powers sald the families of imprisoned men suffered until a commissary store was established at Mullan and about $11,- 000 of the charitable contributions from la- bor organizations and the Anti-Trust As- sociation was distributed. The military terrorized the people and the women com- plained that the negro soldiers attempted to enter their houses. One woman whhose husband was in the “bullpen” had a note signed ““A Colored Soldier” put under her door. On cross-examination efforts were made to get the names of the men wha returned after the blowing up of the mining prop- erty. Lentz protested to this as in the line of ~“intimidation,” as the Information could be used to make military arrests. Representative Lentz said he had about concluded the direct presentation of the case, and after hearing one witness to- morrow would yleld to General Merriam, Governor Steunenberg and others denzlnx Several witnesses, includt aster Workman Sovereign of he sald, would be reserved for rebuttal. Lentz asked that the committee again call on the War De- partment for all telegrams con%ected wi e o th the bject, and ticularly tl ln:tr!l}‘mjlons to 8:«-1 Jnflm% Lentz asked that President McKinley be Former the Knights of Labor, was ai to. ked to submit afidavits all to Deen fiied by citizens of 1daho. showing need of lal lJaw ury are to be paraded as savi - Payer. 4 ngs to tax: 3‘1‘ nfi:u vge recurring under at a u military system. This request went "tho. the Philippines. tenant Enslow was wounded in the battle in which General Lawton was killed. He comes home on sick leave. Mr. Garrett is General Wheeler's private secretary. The naval hospital ship Bolace "left Guam for Yokohama a day before the ‘Warren sailed for Honelulu. The Solace should therefore arrive here within the next few days. The Grant Arrives. The transport Grant also arrived from Manila yesterday. She came via Yoko- hama and made the run in twenty-seven dn}x. She brought up 201 sick soldiers, 67 discharged soldiers and 27 cabin pas- sengers. ere were six deaths during the voy- , all from dilarrhea and dysentery. e bodles of the dead were embalmed and brought home. The first to dle was Private Ed Keaner of Company F, Twelfth Infantry. He passed away be- fore the Grant got out of Manila Bay. Private A. 1. Schoenburger of Company M, Twelfth Infantry, died on February 10; Private Morton E. Neilson of Com- Bnn)i{ E, Fourteenth Infantry, February ; Hospital Steward John McKee, February 24; Sergeant John Swarz of Company L, Fourteenth Infantry, Febru- 26, and Private Albert Klemschmidt any C, Thirteenth Infantry, soon © more of the men were too sick to be moved yesterday, but all the rest of the invalids were sent to the Pre- sidio on the steamer McDowell. Late Arrivals. The cabin passepgers on the were: Colonel Thomas H. Barry, Captain C. Flags. assistant sirgeon: Captain B. B. Sixteenth Infantry; Captain J. H. 3 Thirty-second Infantry; Captain F. B. Evans, Grant Eighteenth Infantry; Captain Willlam B Th Forty-sixth Infantry; Lieutenant Hollis lark; Twenty-fitth Infantry; Fran- ‘allum, acting assistant surgeon; Lieu- tenant J. D. McDonald, U. S. N.; Hi 3 Manger, acting assistant surgeon: Kelly, Charles Hutcheck, A. Mrs. M. D. Buford, Mrs. Charles E. B. Flagg, Mrs. F. D. Evans, Willlam D. Comfort, Mrs. H. A. Ide, George Sanford Smith, clerk; C. P. Holcom, civillan: James R. Morse, Edwin Dun, E. C. McCuliock, government printer; Mrs. E. C. McCullock, Amy B. Farquharso Agnes V. Irwine and Eugene Dufusne, nurses; Reva. M. B Vall and J. C. Davison, missfon- arles. Colonel Barry was assistant adjutant general under General Otis during the war. Colonel Barry’s description of affairs in Mantla and_the Philippines is most en- couraging. He says the soldiers are in as good physical condition as can be expect- ed and the percentage of sick is remark- ably low. There are now all told 65,000 troops in the islands, and but 12 per cent of them are on the sick list. Organized Resistance Ceased. Organized resistance, he says, has been broken up and there remains but a scat- tered fragment of Aguinaldo's forces. Practically all his government, in the persons of his officlals, has been captured ri& Colonel Barry says it will be hard for Aguinaldo to leave the island, although not impossible. He is still in the northern provinces and the troops are close after him. The city of Manila Is quiet and trade has been resumed not only in the town it- self, but In the surrounding provinces and along the Pasig River. The 8 o'clock or- dinance has been extended for citizens to half-past 10, but the stores and saloons close at 8 as before. Colonel Barry will go East without de- lay. He reported by telegraph to Wash- ington as soon as he landed, and he hopes to receive orders to proceed this evening. He is in excellent health, but he says the work down there is hard. It Is probable he will meet the President, the Secretary of War and the commanding general with the Philippine Commission and they will discuss the information he brings of the state of affalrs In the islands before the commission leaves for the new possessions. Colonel Barry says there is no talk in Manila about the recalling of Otis. First Lieutenant Batson. whe also came yp on the Grant, was the organizer of the Maccabebe scouts. He and his men chased Aguinaldo until they brought him to bay, and in the engagement that fol- | lowed Lieutenant Baston was wounded. He organized the scouts at the instance of General Lawton. They proved a great success. There are now five companies, com d in all of 640 men, and Lieuten- ant Baston says they are the hr‘vt‘st set of fellows he ever commanded. Of the discharged soldiers who came up on the Grant four were discharged with- out honor and eight dishonorably. The Grant again comes Into port a credit to the transport service. Chief Officer Croskey and Chief Steward Her- bert kept the men in their respective de- ?lrtment! at work, and In consequence he ship is as clean as the day she left San Francisco nine weeks ago. A Lost Island. Chief Officer Croskey reports that on Februagy 3 the ship salled over the spot where Morrell Island has generally been supposed to be located. It is on all sailing charts, but at 11:30 a. m. on the date men- tloned the Grant sailed over the position in latitude 29 degrees 57 minutes north, longitude 174 degrees 31 minutes east, and not & trace of the island could be found. At noon any land forty feet above the level of the sea could be seen for a dis- tance of twenty-five miles. ‘““The island therefore cannot be in any latitude twenty to twenty-five miles north or south or in any long&flde fifty miles east or west of the sition assigned,” is the conclusion reached by Mr. Croskey. When the Grant left Manila Colonel Bird and Major Mills of the lrm:fi;)rt service were on a tour of inspection. er went to the islands via the Suez canal and every transport was thoroughly over- hauled by them. Colonel Bird is on his way home via Hongkong, but Major Mills will remain some time longer in th islands. It is sald that Colonel Bird has advised the Government to purchase the chartered transports Indiana and sylvania to use as interisland ships. i UNDERWOOD APPOINTED INSTEAD OF WHEELER “Fighting Joe” Not to Get a Place on the House Ways and Means Committee. WASHINGTON, March 5—Considera- ble miscellaneous business, much of a minor character, was transacted in the House to-day. During the consideration of a bill to Incorporate the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Asso- clation, the Speaker and Balley of Texas exchanged sharp words, and the latter filibustered and umm%ely prevented the flnal passa; of the bill by demanding @ reading of the engrossed bill. The blil proposes to collect at the residence of the late Frederick Douglass in this city & record of the anti-slavery movement. Underwood (D.) of Alabama was pointed to the vacancy on the Ci [t tee on Ways and Means, which, it was understood, was originally reserved for General Wheeler bad he retucned to Cone gress. SRS QUARTERMASTER'S FIX. Refused to Allow the Customs Offi= cials to Board the Transport Grant. Quartermaster Baker of the Governe ment transport Grant has got himself into serious trouble with the customs officlals at this port, and the indications are that before he gets out of it his annual will display a very largs hole in the shapa of a fine. When the Grant arrived hers geveral months ago a large quantity of Manila cigars were found concealed on board, the evident intention being to smuggle them ashore. They were conflscated by the customs officials. On that occaston Quar- termaster Baker did considerable bluster- "‘f around the Custom-house and igno- minjously falled in his attempt to bully the Government officials. The memory of the past was no doudbt strong upon him yesterday when the Grant steamed in through the Golden Gate, for when the revenue cutter Golden Gate came alongside with the customs officers Baker refused to signal to stop the transport or to aliow them to go om board. When she came to anchor she was boarded unceremoniously by the angry of- ficials, and charges against Baker of hin- dering and obstructing customs officers i the discharge of their duty were preferred against the quartermaster. These charges were flled with Collector Jackson, and If the evidence shall be found to sustain them Mr. Baker will be called upon to pay a fine ranging from $50 to $600. Se— . 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