The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1900, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1900. WEYLER DECLARES HE COULD HAVE. DRIVEN AMERICANS INTO THE SEA Shafter Replies Spaniards Might Have Made Better Resistance, but Their Defeat Was Inevitable. 1 NT GENERAL WEYLER, WHO GAI} MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM R. SHAFTER, WHO — TITLE OF “THE BUTCHER” WHILE CON- WAS IN COMMAND OF THE AMERICAN TING 118 CAMPAIGN AGAINS THE | TROOPS THAT INVADED CUBA AND CAP- SLING CU NS. TURED SANTIAGO. 3 —_— - — - — - 3 - e Weyler has emerged om his NERAL WILLIAM R. SHAFTER was not inclined t axons gen- ke General Weyler's assertions seriously, when protested d for him by purposes. He lending ear to rum th t these Iying stories, negroes 11k P brave little, the Cubans . fighting t war. People the Cubans to have seen a slow martyrdom understand the pecullar did my duty as a soldier and am est reply to my traducers is the I am held by the whole Spanish » which have always been lavished in arms, both those in Cuba and he Liberal party, General Weyler of recent events. strong Conservative party :ave prevented the loss roops which were then the Americans into the ns weuld never have been I should never have asked ces down there (in “If 1 had been able t after the death of ( of Cuba. At the he: in the island I shc sca. The hasty levies able to cope with the for a fieet to be se ) were quite ambie “General Blanco made horrible mistakes. He concentrated all his troops in Hav of adopting tactics which would have permitted ievote his efforts to the points threatened by the It would have been easy to save Santiago b: y_dispatching there reinforcements at an earlier stage and with greater rapidity.” » g2 legram yesterday at the head- He said that evidentl, ffect, as every military man knew that the Span- . withaut the aid of a fleet to prevent the land- Ts in any required rumber, could not have held inst the Americans. General Shafter said: do not ecare to ak of General Weyler': or whether or not he has received unjust censure. My |n- on that quastion is second hand, as Weyler had and a more conciliatory policy on trial some months befora I redched Cuba. Of course we saw everywhere the ef- fects of the Spanish occupancy, but T do not care to discuss the responsibility for the conditions that existed. - It is very well known that the force of Spain in Ciba out- numbered by several times force landed for the reduction of Santiago, but there were but few available to operate against the American troops landed in that part of the Island; -y were In distant parts, and transportation facilities for them were very poor. This is shown by the fact that the 10,000 Spanish troops reported to be at Holguin, the 3400 at San Luis army and the 7500 at Guantanamo remained at these places from the date of the landing of my army corps, June 21, 22 and 23, until July 15, the upon which the surrender was made, the eity Dbeing occupied on the morning of the 17th. ““Had these troops promptly moved to the attack of the TFifth Army Corps the difficulties of the Americans would have been greatly increased, but I do not think they could have been driven into the sea. 21,000 troops had. co-operated with the 3000 troops that did re- inforce the troops of Santiago on the night of July 2 in mak- ing a vigorous attack, they might have placed the American _army on the defensive for a few days, but the ultimate capture of Santiago could only have been delayed. General Linares’ telegrams to his Government as to the condition of affairs clearly Indicate this. “That the fleet was necessary for the preservation of Spanish possession in Cuba was clearly shown by the fact that immediately after its destruction and the surrender of 24,000 of the 150,000 soldiers then in Cuba, overtures for peace were commenced, the island being then absolutely at the mercy of the American army and pavy. “I do not care to oriticize the statements attributed to Gen- eral Weyler, as the war with Spain is over, and everything connected with it s & matter of history. General Wevler did not drive the American army into the sea or inflict any very serious losses upon them, or even de- lay .their advance. It may not be generally known, but it is a fact that they did not capture a single prisoner from the American army. : “Results are more conclusive than theories, and what Gen- eral Weyler might or might not have done'ls a matter which appears to me to be of very little interest at this time. LOSS OF CUBA DUE TO BUTCHER WEYLER'S CONDUCT. CALL BUREAU, W of the army, who took par that the Un LINGTON HOTEL, in the campay, WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—] against Santiago, said to-day ted States determined to do what was possible in the cause of humanity, which he had abused. rigadier General J. C. Breckinridge, inspector “It was on account of Weyler's stay in Cuba I know of no time that General Weyler's conduct of affairs did not hasten the loss of Cuba, and necessarily would continue to hasten it wes ene involving the problem of dominion of the seas. ripe apple would drop when the tree was shaken took that port for the sake of the fieet that lay in its harbor. long as he observed the principles of the policy illustrated. The plan of campalign in Cuba was, of course, that the war Whichever nation acquired that secured the island as surely as a We did not prepare to take Santiago. At the solicitation of the navy we The whole problem was a naval one, and when the Spanish fleets at Manila and Santiago were destroyed and Spain was threatened at home the military problem, toevery well-instruct- ed military mind, was solved—decided. It was more desirable for us to make war at Santiago than at Havana, ded as the capital. jards wished it so, because it was not as well defe if the Span- If Blanco had moved against Santiago an expedition would immediately have been sent against Havana. As it was, when the capitulation of Santiago took place, it was found that more Spanish soldiers had surrendered than comprised our army:. The course of events as well as the military situ- ation decided the contest against them, and one of the prominent causes of the loss of Cuba was the conduct of General Weyler.” bungled the job. by evidence Sheriff Armstrong. th LAWS VENGEANCE VISTED This was corroborated subsequently In springing the trap | 8tood his story and that he was not gufity. by | He was a young Mexican, barely gathered of age. William 8. Moffatt was a native of New Weyler was talking | record in Cuba, | It is possible, however, that if these | The successors of | UPON FIVE MURDERERS, (Continued from First Page.) Sheriff 8id Moore and Chester L. uty ¥ in the Dragoon Afnsworth In April, 1 mountains, were hanged at noon to-day & Tombstone from the same scaffold. hey had been-once reprieved by Presi- dent McKinley and once by Governor Murphy, and felt confident that the Gov- ernor would again event the hanging, but at 11:30 when e Call correspondent left the condemned men they had given up hope and both talked freely of the | crime of which they were convicted. Wil- liam, the elder brother, said: “J could go and die as easy as the water runs in the river if it was not for my brother who has to go by my side. He ie innocent. I did the shooting and I shot to kill Sid Moore, who also tried to kill me.” About 100 persons witnessed the hang- ing. As the men entered the jail yard he bright sunlight of midday blinded them, so long had their eyes been accus- | med to the darkness of the cells. Sher- Scott White read the death warrant nd as he read Willlam Halderman asked im why he shook s0. Don’'t get seared,” sald the condemned | man, as he lifted the rope at bis side and €00 placed the noose about his own | neck. Asked if they had anything to say, the men replied that it. was no use to Tk now, as it would do them no good. | , they talked to the crowd and ng the District Auur~l said jeeringly “Well, Ed, my boy, I hope this will be | a Jesson to you.” The men never for a moment lost their | nerve. g —_———— | CHINESE ASSASSIN EXECUTED. | Hangman Bungles in Cutting Short | Yip Luck’s Career. | VANCOUVER, Nov. 16—Yip Luck was | hanged in the yard of the Provincial jail | ew Westminster this morning. The | condemned man had confessed many other | murders besides that of Chief of Police Main of Steveston, for which he suffered the death penalty. The hanging took place during a storm and the rain beat pitilessly down upon the wreich as he swung from the scaffold. The suspicion that Richard’ Radcliffe the public hangman, was intoxicated, w: deepened by the manner in which he -] | county, remote from railroad or e hangman caused Yip a half-minute of dreadful suspense. The Sheriff finally seized the bar and practically sprung the | trap himself. ¥ip Luck had prqcured a tambstone on which was inscribed his name, bithplace and date of execution. This he kept' in | hi2 cell for several days and insisted upon carrying it to the foot of the scaffold. Yip Luck was known locally as “‘the man of the red ax,” from the manner in which he killed previous vietims. Early this morning Yip professed Christianity, remarking that after the hanging he would go straight to heaven and that he would subsequently return. He devoured a huge breakfast of pork chops, which he criticizcd with the air of an epicure, re- marking naively that he would have bet- ter food in heaven. SRR ORTIZ GIVES UP HIS LIFE. Atrocious Murder of William Moffatt Avenged at Yuma. YUMA, Ariz., Nov. 16.—Santiago Ortiz was hanged here at noon to-day. The crime for which Ortiz paid the penalty with his life was the murder of Willlam Scott Moffatt at Harrisburg, Yuma Coun- ty, on the night of August 1. Harrisburg is a little station of but a half-dozen houses near the Harquahala Mountains, and is in the extreme northern part of the other means of communication. Moffatt con- ducted a little store and corral, and Ortiz had been employed by him but a short time before and was familiar with his habits and surroundings. On the night of August 11, after the old man had retired, Ortiz crept up to where he was sleeping and hit him over the head with a steel drill, crushing in his skull. Appearances Indicated that the first blow killed him, though others were rained u})nn him till there was no possibility of life remaining. The murderer then rifled the store of everything in the way of cash and checks, mounted his horse and rode away. The crime was not discovered until next morning, when word was sent to Yuma, and on ‘the following Wednesday Ortiz was captured by a Sheriff's posse. He then had on his person $50 in cash and checks and practically admitted his guilt, offering no ‘excuse save that he wanted the money. At the request of the officers he showed them where he had secreted other personal effects of his victim. He was tried and convicted and sentbnced to be hanged in Yuma, really making lit- tle defense until he was told to.stand up 10 receive his sentence, when for the first time the full magnitude of his c; seemed to dawn upon him, and he falter- ingly remarked that they had not under York, 66 years old, and had liver in Ari- zona for many years. He was an estima- ble man and was universally respected. He left no family. == LPEC AT Wife Murderer’s Fate. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 16.—A. K. Zelgler was this afternoon sentenced by Judge Smith to San Quentin for life for wife murder. He received the sentence stolid indifference. ks OLGA NETHERSOLE WITHDRAWS HER SUIT Decides Not to Prosecute Dr. Easton for Calling Her a Lewd Actress. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Miss Olga Nethersole has decided not to prosecute Rev. Dr. Easton of this city for denounc- Ing her as a “lewd actress” in his sermon preached last summer on “Sapho.” The Suit instituted against the clergyman at that time for $20,000 damages was with- grlur'n to-day without having ‘come to rial. When Dr. Easton was informed of withdrawal of the suit he expreueg Mtx}x‘: self as somewhat relieved and said Miss Nethersole’s action was no doubt due to an explanation of his remarks which was made by him on demana of her attorneys shortly after the sermon was preached. Dr. Easton insists that this explanation was not a retraction. He had only de- nounced Miss Nethersole in her character role and not as an individual. Miss Nethersole's attorney remarked when withdrawing the suit that his client had not Instituted proceedings with the thought of recovering any money from Dr. Easton, but solely for the of vindicating her good name. The conclu- ston had n reached that Dr. Easton could make no further reparation, there- fore the case was discontinued. Frederick W. 3 WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Frederick W. Royce.lwldel}:, kn:wn as an Inventor, electrician and veteran tel h :’or, dropped dead from upop!ex‘ h:r:"t;. ay. —— Earthquake at Caracas. CARACAS, Venez., Nov. 16.—A severe earthquake sHock was felt thig in uleq island of Caracas. Only lllsrl??m! age, however, was done. — e To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, refund the 1t it fails to =1V, Grove's slknature is on —chbut.m MRS STANFORD IEFENS HER FNDLS ACT Refuses to Believe the Explanation 0f Ross. — . A STRANCE PROPHESY Sty gt {Theories of Late Semator I Sasford on Modern See alism. R Mrs. Jane L. Satnford, who s at present enice, Ital lacated yesterday 11 corres: at Paris-and tele- | graphed ation that Professor | Ross, in explaining the reasen for his en- | torced resignation, said: | My coolie Imm:! tlon sneech was not my only offcnse. Last oril 1 complied with an Invitation from the Unitarian Church of Oak- | {1and to lecture before it on ‘“The Twelfth | Centursy City Iressed myself wholly to | Questions of city growth and city health and | touehe 1 only fncidentally on the matter of pub- | Mo utiiities. I pointed out, however, the drit, | both herc and abroad, toward the municipal owne of water and gas works, and pre- | dicted that. as regards strect ratlways, Ameri- can cities would 'probably pass through a period of municiral ownership and then re- vert to private ownership under regulation. In repiy Mrs. Stanford wired the fol- lowing: ““Professor Ross cannot have made such a statement, as he knows there is no foundation for such an asser- | tion.” | As this eliminates from the case, as far | as Mrs. Stanford is concerned, the ques- | tlon of outside influences, it leaves it | where Dr. Jordan put it, that Mrs. Stan- ford was firm in her belief that Professor | Ross has been teaching a doctrine that is | false and not for the best interests of the | university. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. 16.— For the present, at least, the last appears to have been sald created by the resignation of Professor | Ross. The student body and faculty are unanimous in the opinion that no good | can come from further agitation and | acrimonious debate. The best interests | of the great institution demand that the subject be dropped and this probably will | be done. It is likely that resolutions of | confidence in Professor Ross will be adopted and there the affair will rest. In the present controversy a great deal of interest attaches to what Btanford | ftself thinks of its position in the edu- cational world, of its relation to older uni- | versities and generally accepted methods of instruction. In this regard the best which has been said on the subject is in | & pamphlet entitled “Stanford University and Thereabouts,” & publication author- ized by the university and one which, in the highest spirit, is favorable to Palo Alto. In this little book, published four years ago, an effort is made to locate Stanford Unlversity in the educational world and to describe the hopes and fears of its friends. Following is an excerpt: “On its educational side, the university has naturally made less popular impres- sion. Yet it is In its break with tradition, in the vigor and freshness of its educa- | tional methods, that it is at once an ob- Ject of solicitude to conservative scholar- ship and an inspiration to educational radicallsm. Naturally, neither believers | nor doubters are able to give to the | course of affairs at Palo Alto quite the | serfous weight of established things. On the one hand, its friends regard the cir- cumstances under which its experiments are being tried as altogether exceptional, jand wait for the day of trial. On the other its fearful censors cannot bring themselves to regard with perfect gravity the freaks of 80 youthful a faculty, At any rate, the university has been assured 2 comparatively free field for develop- ment, and its growth and progress cannot fail to be watched with increasing in- terest.” In_the light of what Is now happening the foregoing words were prophetic. Mem- bers of the “youthful faculty” have cre- ated a storm and aroused the Interest of the nation. In the discussion over Professor Ross, the retired Instructor has been accused of having leaned too far to radicalism in his theories of social government. He is charged by certain eritics with havin, been intemperate in his ideas of civilize government. It is also known, however, that the late Senator Stanford also held views of an extremely socialistic nature. One of his pet theories was that co-oper- ation in soclety is of the greatest possible’| benefit, and in outlining the object and pur“ou- of the great institution he found- ed he was particular to Insist that co- operation in society should be taught to the students. He spoke as follows: “The object and purpose of the uni- versity should be to qualify students for personal success and direct usefulness in life and to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of hu- manity and civilization, teaching the bleseings bf liberty regulated by law and Inculcating love and reverence for the great principles of government as derived from the inalienable rights of man to life, liberty and the pur!lllt of happiness. “It should be the aim of the institution to entertain and inculcate broad and gen- eral ideas of progress and of the capacity of mankind for advancement in civiliza- tion. We have also provided that the benefits resulting from co-operation shall be freely ta;xght. It is through co-opera- tion that modern progress has been mq #chleved. Co-operative socleties bring forth the best capacities, the best in- fluences of the individual for the benefit of the whole, while the good influences of the individual ald the many.” Labor Council on Professor Ross. At ‘the regular weekly meeting of the Labor Council last night the dismissal of Professor Ross from the Stanford Uni- versity was the principal theme of discus- slon. The fact was brought to the atten- tion of the delegates that it was at the suggestion of the Labor and Buiiding Trades counclls of this eity that the meeting in Metropolitan Hall Professor Ross spoke was called. A reso- lutlon which was prepared by Delegate Zandt, condemning the dismissal of Pro- fessor Ross, was not adopted, as it failed to express an opinion that Stanford Uni- versity is a private not & public insti- tution. The preparation of further reso- lutions was referred to the law and leg- islative committee, with instructions to report at the next meeting. of the controversy | NO ANXIETY AS TO CONDITION OF CZAR Is Suffering From Typhold Fever, But His Strength Is Sufficient. Speclal Cable to The Call and New York Her- gld. Copyright, 1900, by the Herald Pub- ng PARIS, Nov, 16.—The Herald is author- ized to publish the following dispatch concerning the Czar’s illness, which has been received in Paris and which is fro; the highest source: 4 “LIVADIA, Nov. 16.—Abdominal ty- ursuing its normal course e slightest complication. g'he ysicians are free from any anxiety u-ficn that the Czar's strength is 1:: ite &1 ll:.f:{fi'; vla;v“?f fthc fact that it is 3 of the fever. His 18 cheertul.” s te e chi ture is “‘Professor Pop_ou-z:lr:odr\‘?odu { says he saw what TUAN AND OTHER PRINCES DEGRADED AND ORDERED IMPRISONED FOR LIFE Chinese Imperial Decree Which Metes Qut Punish- ment of Noted Boxer Chiefs. oo 1 -+ PRINCE TUAN, THE NOTORIOUS BOXER CHIEF, AND ANOTHER OF THE CHINESE PRINCES, WHOU HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF RANK AND OFFICE AND IMPRISONED FOR LIFE. ASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Min- ister Wu has received from Director General Sheng the following cablegram, which he communicated to Secre- tary Hay to-da; “An imperial decree of November 13 de- prives Prince Tuan and Prince Chwang of thelr ranks and offices and orders them e to be imprisoned for life; Prince Yih and secondary Prince Ying to be imprisoned; secondary Prince Llen to be deprived of his rank: Duke Lan and Ying Nien to be degraded in rank; Kang Y1 belpg dead, no penalty can be imposed upon him; and Chao Shu Chiao to be degraded but re- tained in office; Yu Hslen to be exiled to the farthest boundary.” The Chinese officials mentioned in the decree ‘are among the highest In China it not all, and comprise most, of those against whom the p ©Orous punishment. the head of the anti-foreign and Boxer movement. Previous edlcts have degrad- ed him and taken away his oifice and ser- vants, but this ju 3 son= ment is the any of the troubles. Fre is an extreme blood, but it rem the powers will Prince Tuan's « toned were Tuay two of them v tor punishment retary Hay's the Chinete ¢ try would exp thelr just dess ofticlals who mands for punis probably by suic! who to cide, but still allv. As the Ministers been consid. 1 ment it w thei s whet Emperor giv regarded as and handing cldn court The edict m. formal peace n PARIS, Nov here from abandoning survei from Taku to T: von Waldersee the Russian Min strongly of this m not been. previo ALLEGED ér:cam- TREATY. Russia and China Sald to Have Agreed Regarding Manchuria. LONDON, Nov. 17§ a. m N rmed statements emanate from Pari nd Odessa that a seécret treaty concluded between Russia and the Russian occupation of Manch There is fresh news this morr ing light on the actual situatic panese Minister in London, who was terviewed yesterday, hinted at th bility of the allies pursuing th court into the interior, if they desir although he said it would be a long pro- cess. Shanghal sends a report that the Em- ress Dowager; alarmed at the r {ansu province, now contemplat turning to. Tgiyuen Fu From Hankow comes a report that Gen- Stanf ng in Te- eral Tang Fu Hsiang is still at protecting the Empress Dowager: t Prince Tuan has fled to K and t the whereabouts of Yu Hsie Shansi, is unknown It is said that Prince Ching will be s to Germany to_apologize f of Baron von Ketteler. the mur THROWS HATCHET AT THE KSER An Insane Woman Makes a Vain Effort to Kill the German Emperor. LONDON, Nov. 16.—A Breslau special says: Emperor William was the object of an attempted outrage to-day, which, how- ever, falled. As he was driving in an open carriage to the cuirassier barracks, ac- | companied by the hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, a woman n the crowd hurled a short hand chopper or hatchet at the carriage. The hatchet struck the car- riage, but the rapidity with which the vehicle was passing saved its occupants. The woman was immediately arrested. She is believed to be insane. The woman’s name is Selma Schnapke. She occupled a place in the front rank of the spectators, on the side of the Emperor. A crowd of people who witnessed the out- rage threw themselves on his Majesty’'s assallant, but the prompt intervention of the police saved the woman from injury. The assallant is a tradeswoman of Bres- lau. A provisional medical examination of the prisoner was had and she has been | pronounced insane. While the Emperor was returning from the barracks to the rallroad station he was cheered by an im- mense crowd of people who were gath- ered along the route. According to most reports, Emperor William did not notice the incident, but the Breslau Scleschie Morgen Zeitun had happened an turned very pale, but continued to greet the bystanders pleasantly. According to a special to the Lokal Anzeiger, his Majesty was ‘‘apparently in a serious mood after the incident.”” The entire Breslau garrison was im- mediately alarmed and drawn up in line on both sides of the route which the Em- peror took in returning from the barracks to the depot after luncheon. ‘The news of the attempt on the Kalser made a great sensation in Berlin. It was first reported on the Boerse, where the market weakened. While the attack upon the Kaiser may not have farmed any part of an inter- national plot, there is no doubt that un-- usual anarchist activity is developing in varlous countries of Europe and that the police are taking exceptional precautions agalnst it. The entire line of rallway from Budapest to Goeboelloo, where is | situated the palace of Emperor Francis Joseph, Is guarded by special police, a thing which was never done before. Otto Albrecht, editor of Neues Lenien, an an- archist paper published in Berlin, was ar- renfed to-day In the suburbs of Alder- hof. SB:ubery Sees Trouble Ahead. % A special from Glasgow says: The E: of Rosebery was installed as T.ord P | tor of Glasgow University to-day. His rectorial address on the subject ut “iuc | British Empire” was a stirring appeal to the race to realize its responsibilities and to prepare to fight for its existence, Never, said his lnrd:hlg, did the empire S0 urgently require the strenuous sup- port of its subjects, because there was a disposition abroad to challenge both its naval and its commercial supremacy. The twentieth century, he declared, ‘would be a period of keen, intelligent and almost flerce international competition, more probably in the arts of peace even than in the arts of war. Therefore, he added, it was necessary to undertake peri. odical stock-taking, to remodel the state machinery and educational methods, and to become more business-like and thorough as warriors, merchants and statesmen and to look thoroughly to the training of first-rate men for the strugsie ahead, as on' these depended the future of the empire and the race. He thought ‘the now antiquated methods of training had almost resulted in commercial disaster, and the time had arrived to reconsider the educational apparatus. Real World Powers. A St. Petersbul special says: The Moscow Vledomostl, a reactionary organ, regards ‘“American and French imperial- | ism as an indication that those republics are strengthening to real world wers, that is, monarchies,” and descri! the centrifugal tendencies of Austria-Hun- gary as democratic. Julian Arnold Arraigned. tree 't:u ds, “‘::lch chplvrmph =k lt nds, on e he was recent] .xtnhtedm' from Cclltm-nl‘ a. He was c2m7 I M DEWEY ARCH | 1S TORN DOWN Rush of Relic-Hunters to| Secure Pieces of “Victory.” —— NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—A dozen men with pickaxes, crowbars and shovels ap- | peared at Madison Square at midnight to begin the work of removing the Dewey | arch. In a few minutes the laborers pulled away the heavy coating of stuff around the base of the pedestal situated | on the park side, near Twenty-fifth street. | A crowd collected around the men. Relic | hunters by the score appeared and each | sought to obtain some section of the sculptured figure of “Victory,” which or- naments the front of all the columns. The skeleton of the column was laid bare in a few minutes and. the woodwork was torn apart and laid on the sidewalk. The work was done under the direction of a foreman of the Department of Streets and Highways. Return of Good Fighters. The North German Lloyd steamer Trave, which arrived this morning, had on board thirty-four of the Chicago Irish Ambulance® Corps who fought in the Transvaal. They were met at Quaran- tine to arrange for their landing and re- ception. The delegation consisted of Vice President Buckley, Patrick Egan, Dr. O'Neill and J. J." Judge. The returned Irishmen are all in good health and spir- its and greeted the delegation cordially, saying they were glad to get back. They were all clad comfortably in winter cloth- ing and looked as if they dld not suffer for means. Their soft, broad-brimmed felt hats were decorated with buttons and other insignia of the soldiers. On their arrival_in _this city they were escorted to the Vanderbilt Hotel, where they were entertained. The original number of the corps who went to South Africa was fifty- eight. One was killed, one wounded, one taken prisoner, some are in the hospital and some remain in South Africa. The corps left South Africa for home about a month and a half ago, going first to Trieste, and from there to Paris. They boarded the Trave at Cherbourg. John Escholman, who went out under General Hassell as a scout, sald the men had all glven a good account of themselves. Marble Palace to Be Razed. The Stewart mansion, the famous mar- ble palace at Fifth avenue and Thirty- fourth street, will be torn down. Con- tracts for the sale of the property have finally been !Ig‘ned‘nd it has passed into the hands of the Barney-Sheldon syndi- cate, composed of C. T. Barney, George R. Sheldon, John A. MeCall, Henry gell - man, Edmund C. Baylies, Wiiliam E Havemeyer, George F. Victor and C. W. orse. Mr. Barney said that the man- | sion, which was the home of the late A. T. Stewart, and later the home of the Man- hattan Club, will be at once torn down. No other structure will be erected. The | land will be held for speculative pur. | poses. Was Rockefeller’s Pastor. The Rev. Alfred Pinney, at one time astor of a church in Cleveland which ohn D. Rockefeller attended when a Yyoung man, and one of the oldest Bap- tist ministers in the country, is dead at Briercliff Manor from heart” di: . Mr. Pinney was born eighty-nine years ago in Cleveland and became pastor of a Sap- tist church in that place. He was after- ward pastor of churches in Syracuse and Auburn and in Zanesville, Ohlo. He left his last church at Morristown, N. J., over a quarter of a century ago. He leaves two sons and a daughter. Amused by Mark Twain. As the guest last night of th Soc of American Authors, "lhrk Twoun c.!::\! vulsed a company of 200 men and women thered at a reception in his honor in elmonico’ Clemens was accom- panied b, and daughter and was resente one present. He was ntroduced by ex-Surrogate R. §. president of the soclety, and mia.“':":‘r’{&' address. Paterson Crowd Pleads. McAllister. Campbell, De: and accuised of causing the desth o3 — Bosschieter in Paterson, N. J., last month by administering a arraj, were igned before Supreme Jud, on 1 3 it ned n in Paterson Was Set for Janvary 14 "C' SULtY. Trial | Valet Jones Committed. Charles F. Jones, valet of the late mil- lionaire, Willlam Rice, who, with Pairick, has been {n the Tombs for Fhor weeks charged with forgery, was to-day taken before Recorder Goff, and. tion of the District Attorney, committed to the House of Detention. His bond was fixed at $2000. Californians in New York. The following Californians are in N York: From San Francisco—W. W line at the Imperial, J. wife at the Everett, the Hoffman, D. M ron, C. B. Pritchiow, Broadway Central; Miss the Amsterdam. From Los Angeles—D. Edwards Murray Hill. M. S. Randall, H. cott and wife at the St. De: DIVERGENT VIEWS AS TO THE ARMY CANTEEN NEW YORK, Nov. dinner of the International comralittee the Young Men's Christian Asseclation to- night at the Hotel Savoy the feature of the evening was the address by Major General Brooke, commander of the De- partment of the East, who surprised some of his hearers by saying that the canteen was a good thing for the army. Rear Admiral Barker, commanding the Brooklyn Navy Yard, followed Mitjor Gen- eral Brooke, and at once characterized the canteen as an “‘abomination.” bl i b NEVER TOO LATE To Try a Good Thing. 1 am fifty-two years old, and for forty years of that time I have been f_chronic catarrh sufferer, says Mr, James eshing of Allegheny City: with every change of weather my head and throat wouid stuffed up with catarrhal mucus. I could not breathe natu the nostrils for months togeth of the time I suffered from catarrh of t stomach. nally my hearing began fail and I realized something must be n mo- at ‘the Crite. iminof at the Vanbergen at at the 3. Woolla- 16.—At the annua ———— through and much 1 ¥ one. 1 tried inhalers and sprays which gave me temporary rellef, physician advised me to spray with Peroxide of Hydrogen tarrh would speedily retu and I became thoroughly discournged. 1 had always been prejudiced agail atent medicines. but as everything else ad fafled I felt justified in at least mak- ing a trial. 5\“ good old family physician, Dr. Ramsdell, laughed at me a little, but said if 1T was determined to try patent m cines he would advise me Catarrh, Tablets, d salves and my heard of several remarkable cu ing from their use, and, further they were perfecily safe ‘tocalne or opfates. ‘The next day I bought a fifty-cent box at a drug store, carried it in my pocket and four or five times a day I would take a tablet. In less than a week I felt a marked improvement, which continued until at this time I am entirely free from any trace of catarrh. My head is clear, my throat free from irritation, my hearing is as as it ever was and I feel that I camot say rt's Catarrh Tab- enough in pralse of Stu lets. These tablets contain extract of Eueca- Guals lyptus bark, ol. blood root and other valuable iseptics combined in pleasant tablet form. and it is e to say that Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are far perior in convenience, safety and eff tiveness to the antiquated trealment b inhalers, sprays and douche: They are sold by druggists evsrywhere in the United States and Canada -0 visiy DR JORDAN’S saczar MUSEUM OF ARATOMY 1081 aRZ3T ST Dat. §:2270, S.0.020 Coasuteation and persoraliy or by Tre ument. cr. A Pos.tive Curs O MEVERS & 0, Specialists. Disease nd weakness of men. Established 1881. Consultation and private book free 731 Mar- ket street (elevator entrance), San Francisco, 14 » 4