The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1901, Page 13

g...u'n»m exexe ron ml-m.mg i Paoes 13 10 228 * Y PEEOrO FEHETOHPAO% & % PHOHOHOX: be @all, [husi 022 ROR ORORORINIRIP SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1901—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. GENERAL FUNSTON RECEIVES REWARD FROI'' THE PRESIDENT FOR CAPTURING AGUINALDO War Department Opposition Overcome and the Hero of the Philippines Is 'lade a Brigadier in the Regular Army. g £X —— treasonable communication with the in- surgents still in arms. The tardy recognition to Brigadier Gen- eral Funston has at last been granted by the War Department. Adjutant General Corbin sent this dispatch to-day to Gen- eral MacArthur: “The President directs me to express hig ents were announced at House to-njght: ajor general, United gadier General Liloyd promoted to lleu- generals in regular cob H. Smith, Seven- tes Infantry, brigadier vice Daggett, re- Frederick Fun- Volunteers, vice romoted ncement of these appoint- s was made after a conference be- Secretary Root and and at the same t list of appoint- f majors and captains in the Pay- rtermaster's and Commis- and of chaplains, was Iist included two ma- captains in the Pay twenty-one c ary Department, All of these ap- are in the regular army under the t act of Congress enlarging and re- ing the army, and without excep- staff appointees are from volun- teer organizatio Th chief interest, however, centers in the three appoint- ments of major gene nd two brigadier generals, and more particularly in the selection of General Funston after his br nt exploit in captyring Aguinaldo. Following the ouncement General Corbin sent the fol '€ to General Mac- Arthur “WABHINGTON, March 30.—Mac- Arthur, Manila: The following appoint- ments made: Wheaton, major general; Smith and Funston, brigadier generals. Secretary of War joins me in congratula. s to all LCORBIN."” FUTURE OF AGUINALDO. Held as & Prisoner of War and May Receive Amnesty Later. CALL BUREAU, 1408 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, March 30.—If Emilo Aguinaldo has violated any of the laws of war and declines to take the oath of the United States he will allegiance to be tried by a military commission to be appointed by Major General MacArthur. This is the important feature of the in- ctions sent by Secretary Root to Gen- MacArthur to-day regarding the dis- » to be made of the prisoner. Gen- cArthur will make no bargain with 1 giving nim freedom in return establishing a recognition of sovereign He will inform that the Government is dis- lenfently with him and he "ld for the present as a prisoner He will be kept under close sur- ., 80 as not to be able to com- municate with his former subordinates to the injury of the United States. He will be allowed, if he desires, to take the oath of alleglance and then to acquaint the | + 474 AGUINALDO TRAVE love Ldeck = | | ) | | | | | R - Lk <ALMAMHQ *£5 By Meag | RELICE OF RULE OF AGUINALDO u Amu:f‘;';:&m AND HEADQUARTERS OF AMER- = | ICAN COMMANDER. 5 resotls Filipinos generally wilth what he has done and his views as to their future course. Amnesty for Aguinaldo. It was explained to-day that, notwith- standing the fact that Aguinaldo was cap- * tured, the President holds that his case comes within the &cope of the amnesty proclamation issusd by General Mac- Arthur last summer and the enabling act recently passed by the Philippines Com- mission, which provided “‘that all persons Who on the 1st day of April, 1901, or there- after shall be in arms against the au- thority and sovereignty of the United States in the Philippine Islands and all persons aiding and abetting them on and after sald date, are hereby declared to be ineligible to hold any office of honor, trust or profit in the Philippine Islands.” Aguinaldo’s fate depends to a great ex- tent upon Aguinaldo.. If he is disposed to meet the President half way he will find that the American executive will not be backward. It may be that eventually he will be given an office, the authorities holding that he is eligible under the terms of the enabling act, but this is regarded as a remote contingency. Before obtain- ing his freedom Aguinaldo must give con- vincing assurances of his loyalty. The amnesty proclamation excepts from its application “‘persons who have violated the laws of war durlug the period ‘of ac- tive hostilities.” Army officers say no difficulty would be experienced in obtaining all the proof that might be required for the conviction of Aguinaldo In case it were desired to punish him. Attention was called to-day to the proclamation issued by Aguinaldo soon after the outbreak of the insurrec- tion directing the ‘extermination of Americans.” No Trial for the Present. “Philippine families only will be respect- ed,” the proclamation directed. “They should not be molested, but all other in- dividuals, of whatever race they miay be, will be exterminated without' any ccm- passion by the army of liberation.” Should Aguinaldo prove unwiling to take advantage of the generous policy of the United States, the military commis- sion, which would try him on theicharges growing out of his conduct during the in- surrection, would probably recommend his deportation to Guam. There Wwill be no trial, however, for the present. Aguinaldo is to be given an opportunity-to consider what he shall do, but in the meantime he hmbosz-prhnmmmm‘ high appreciation of the gallant conduct of General Funston and of the officers and men of the army and navy engaged with him in the Raranan expedition. The Secre- tary of War personally joins in this ex- pression.” The copy of the dispatch given out con- tained several “stars,” showing the entire message to General MacArthur was not made public. There were rumors at the department that the part omitted contained instruc- tions regarding Agulnaldo. e AGUINALDO LOUDLY JEERED. Natives Seem to Have No Use for the Captured Leader. MANILA, March 30.—In company with Colonel Vellia, his chfef of staff, and Dr. Barcelona, ex-treasurer of the Filipino government, Aguinaldo now occuples one of the nicest apartments of the Malaca- nang palace. He is closely guarded and courteously ‘treated. He spends much time seated by a barred window, watch- ing the boats passing up and down the Pasig River, This morning Aguinaldo was recognized by a crowd of natives going up the river in a lighter. The natives gazed at him a while in silence and then began to jeer, calling him Emilio and vile names in the Tagalog language. The guards quieted the disturbance and Aguinaldo left the window in disgust. The natives in Manila are undemonstra- tive concerning Aguinaldo’'s capture, and it is difficult to ascertain what the ma- LONC TRIP WD FOR PRESIENT Twenty-Five Thou- sand Miles of - Travel, i —— Elaborate Plans for the Coming of the Chief Executive's Party. L Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, March 30.—President McKinley’s coming trip to the Paeific Coast will be the longest ever taken by a chief magistrate of the United States. He had not thought of an extended tour of the country when he first accepted the invitation to attend the launching of the battleship Ohio at the Union Iron Works, but what was originally intended to be a straightaway journey to San Francisco and return has grown now to a trip which will Lelt almost the entire United States and will involve at least 25,000 miles of travel. The President on his special train will leave Washington on Monday, April 29. He will probably return to Washingten about June 10, after having been In at least thisty of forty-five States in the Union and two if not three of the Terri- torfes. In the six cars constituting the special train will be centered almost the entire executive departmental government of the United States, for the President is to be accompanied by his entire Cabinet, with the exception of Secretary of the Treasury Gage. Accompanied by Cabinet Members. President members will have with them their secre- taries and stenographers. Secretary Hay will direct forelgn affairs, leaving Dr. HIll, Assistant Secretary of State, to see diplomatic representatives of forelgn pow- ers in persom-in Washington. = Secretary of War Root, leaving Colonel Sanger, his assistant, nominal War, will be In.touch with the War De- partment and our insular.possessions by wire. Secretary Hitehcock will be able to turn the trip to much advantage in the way of Ipspecting the public domain, for- est preserves and national parks. Secre- tary Long will be in constant communi- cation with. his bureau chiefs, and of course will be master of ceremonies at the launching of the Ohio. Mr. Knox, the new Aticrney General; Postmaster Gen- eral Smith, and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson are arranging their affairs so they | can be absent from their posts, Proposed Meeting With Diaz. Nothinrg has yet been officially decided as to whether the President of the United | States and President Diaz of the republic of Mexico shall meet in EI Paso and shake hends across the border. President Diaz has been Invited to attend the launching of the battleship Ohio. It is not known at the White House whether he has accepted or declined this invita- tion. Presidenf Diaz has been contem- plating a European trip, to begin in a few weeks. It is settled that President McKinley will practically end his tour, so far as speechmaking and receptions are con- cerned, at the Pan-American Exposition the first week in June. There he and his party will be entertained by the citizens of Buffalo. Arrangements are being made for the President to start the machinesy of the Pan-American Exposition in Buf- falo, May 1. ington for a short rest, preparatory to going into New England, where he will be late in June and early in July. Mrs. McKinley is looking forward to the trip with great pleasure. Although not ot robust health, the President's wife is a splendid traveler and she will make tho entire tour with the President. Not a Speech-Making Tour. The trip is to be In no sense a speech- making tour, it being the President’s de- sire as far as possible to avold addressing the crowds which will congregate at the various places at which he will stop. Some set speeches at several places are already arranged for, but the Presiden. will make no rear platform speeches to the multitudes. Another feature of the trip will be tha substitution of a drive through a city for a public reception. The trip will be o ar- ranged that there will be no traveling on Sunday. President McKinley will in a few days definitely inform the Union League Cluo of San Francisco whether he will be able to accept the invitation to be a guest of the club during his visit. Deputy Aftor- ney General Abbott, accompanied by R. ‘W. Bates, representing Senator Bard, called upon the President to-day and pre- sented the club's invitation engraved oa a gold plate. y. jority of them really think of it. It is certain that Aguinaldo’s influence is less strong than formerly, though it is still great. of A correspondent interviewed many Fill- pinos, including both business and pro- fesslonal men in Manila, as well as repre- sentatives of the lower classes and former insurgents, on the capture of Aguinaldo. The majority of the persons questioned were unfeignedly glad that Aguinaldo-had been captured, and said they considered that the worst obstacle to the speedy paci- fication of the islands had been removed. Some. men distrust Aguinaldo and advise his iImmediate deportatic Others believe he can render vast tance by. his coun to acquiesce to L e B e e e authority. All men agree that the outlook to-day is much brighter. o LEE PRAISES FUNSTON. British Military Attaghe in Cuba Talks of General’s Deed. L4 LONDON, March 30.—General Funston’s clever capture of Aguinaldo has elicited a variety of opinions from the host of mil- itary critics, or those who imagine them- | selves such.. writer quotes Lord ‘Thring’s manual of military law to prove that the capture was not much to-be ‘proud, of, but. the Dbest expression wasg heagd from Colonel Arthur Lee, M., P.; McKinley and his Cabinet | acting Secretary of | Later he will come to Wash- | | formed in 1889 with'a canital stock PRICE F1VE CENTS. THIRTY-MILLION-DOLLAR SALIMON-PACKING TRUST NOW BEING ORGANIZED J. Pierpont I'lorgan and Other New York Financiers Said to Be Planning to Control All the Pacific Coast Canneries. THIRTY million dollar syndicate deal is pending in San Francisco and with its successful consum- mation the entire fishing and ' packing industry on the Pacide Coast will be controlled by one big cor- poration. The principal stockholders in this new syndicate, should the deal be closed, will include the well-known New York finan- clers J. Plerpont Morgan, August Bel- mont, W. Seligman, J. Seligman and the 4 J.PIERPONT MORGAN S S SR R. Onffrey arrived in the ity from Puget Sound several days ago and regis- tered at the Palace. He has been Inter- ested in the salmen packing Industry for several years and is a director of the Pacific American Fisheries Company. He has been a very busy man since his ar- rival here and has had daily interviews with prominent business men connected with the salmon packing industry, among them being Senator George C. Perkins. He was seen last evening and though ad- mitting that he was here on business re- fused to be interviewed. It is generally believed, however, that he is here as the representative of the New York million- ajres and that his business here is to close the deal for the purchase of all fish canning establishments on this coast. President Fortmann Talks. Henry F. Fortmann, president of the Alaska Packers’ Association, in an inter- view last night spoke freely on the sub- ect. 3 “That anybody is trying to buy us out is nothing new,” he sald. “It is a regular thing about twice a year that people call on us and ask us what we will sell outs for. Mr. Onffrey has called at my office, presidents of several of the most exten- sive banking houses' in New York City Negotiations have been pending several onths and represerffitives 6f the Easi- ern capitalists who have been working ajl over the coast have secured options on a ge majority of the canning plants, and the syndicate will be able to control the entire salmon industry with the exception of a certain per cent that Is controlled by the Alaska Packers' Assoclation of this clty. & It was learned yesterday that negotia- tions haye beéen commenced with. tha Alaska Packers' Association for an option on its plant, but nothing definite has yet been done. President Henry F. Fortmann sald last night that he had learned that inquiries had been made in the matter but that he had had no serious talk wich any one in reference Lo the matter. The rumor, however, {hat a representa- tive of the syndicate has secured options on all the other canncries on the Pacific Coast from North Alaska to the Columbla River appears to be borne out by facts known. Among the companies that wili be absorbed should the deal go through will be the Pacific American Fisheries Company, of which John Cudahy of Cli- cago s the president, and the Paciic Steam Whaling Company, of which Sena- tor George C. Perkins is the head. Headquarters in This City. Should the syndicate be finally success- ful the headquarters of the big corpora- tion will be in this city. The shippingz center will all be here, the vessels will sall from thig port and the help will all be en- gaged by the headquarters in-San Fran- cisco. All supplies will also be purchased in California, which is an item of vast im- portance to San Francisco and means the mobilizing of enormous capital in this city. o T);ne principal corporation that at pres- ent Is in on the deal is the Pacific Ameri- can Fisheries Company, which at present controls a majority of the fisheries indus- try on Puget Sound. This company e o It has at Fairhaven, Wash., a $5,000,000. +* + EASTERN FINANCIERS SAID TO BE INTERESTED IN CAN- NERY SYNDICATE. > * cannery that occuvles an area of twenty- eight acres and is the largest establish- ment of Its kind in the world. The com- pany has also another cannery located at Friday Harbor, Wash. The company has a capacity for handling ten thousand cases a day. The Pacific Steam Whaling Company has a number of ships which, in the event of the deal, it will sell out to the syndicate. It also owns several small canreries in Alaska. Should the promoters of this syndicate succeed in their scheme this will be one of the largest commercial deals ever made on'the Pacific Coast and means that the salmon’ canning Industry will be convert- ed:.jnto a' big trust. It will of course mean the elimination of a number of the smaller establishments and the conecen- tration of the industry at a few central points. This would mean the saving of thousands of dollars to the syndicate, which could also dictate the price for packed salmon. but I dld not see him and he left after making a few inquiries from the secretary of my company. It may be possible that a syndicate is being formed to control the whole salmon packing industry, but at present we are not in the deal. I should think, though, that with the exception of my company an’option could be secured on évery other canmery on the coast. “If Eastern capitalists’ attentlon has been drawn to the coast and to the salmon packing industry here I can readily under- stand it. This last year we had a large supply of canned salmon on hand, but more than any other year. We made a market price for the goods, which was universally adopted. I mean by that we piaced a fair profit on our goods and the other canneries all fell in line. From this step it may be that Eastern capitalists were surprised to see such a small con- cern as ours could dictate the price to the world. . “To answer the question whether we will sell out is a hard matter. I suppose anybody will sell anything if he gets the price he wants, and yet for instance thers are some things that you don't want to sell at any price. I don’t know whether we would sell out or not. Nobody has come and made us an offer, so what is ther good of asking? “R. Onftrey I know by reputation as an officer of the Pacific Ameri¢an Fisheries Association. I have never met him, but my opinion is that he is the promoter of this syndicate. Should he be successful in securing the option on all the canneries on the coast in my opinion he will go back to New York and inform the financiers. Could he go back and place before them this proposition they might possibly buy" up the entire canning industry.” L R o an o nwww et what he expected from his personal knowledge of the Kansas soldler-reporter. “I met General Funston at Tampa,” he sald, “at General Shafter's headquarters, before my departure for Cuba. I was then military attache representing England. He was a volunteer frgm Kansas. He struck me immediately as having the making of a magnificent scout. I got to know him well and am not in the least surprised to find that he has distinguished himself. “I should call this feat pecullarly Funs- tonian. It shows what I have always claimed, namely, that the American sol- dier as a scout is far and away ahead of every other nationality.” - In general the opinions declare that the stroke was one of the cleverest in recent warfare. Military clubs are delighted at its outcome,: foresce a similar fate for Dewet in Africa and think it a splendid plece of work. oG DEATHS AMONG THE TROOPS. Wounds and Disease Decrease the Ranks of Americans. WASHINGTON, March 30.—The War Department has received the following* casualty 1ist from General MacArthur ‘at Manila: ; Died from wounds recelved in action— March 3, Company I, Sixth Infantry, Cor- poral Hugh Nelson. Killed by accldent—Company B, Fourth Infantry, James G. Smith. & AJl other causes—March 21, pany B, 1 AR Tnfanirs, Joseoh A, Mojers Lt a3 £ T LT I, Twenty-ninth Infantry, John C. Tyson; Company K, Thirty-first Infantry, Hugh Neiswonger; March 15, Company I, Eighteenth Infantry, Erwin I Brown; March 24, Company E, Twenty-fourth In- fantry, August Schultz; March 21, Battery F, Fourth Artillery, Wallle Griffin; Feb- ruary 5, Company A, Fifteenth Infantry, Otis W. Huffer; March 24, Company I, Forty-sixth Infantry, Henry Howe: Jan- uary 2, Company E, Eighteenth Infantry, Artificer Angel Calacari; March 26, Com- pany D, Forty-second Infantry, Thristo- pher Moring; March 17, Company M, Fourth Infantry, Axtel Freden; March 8, Company B, Twenty-seventh Infantry, Charles A. Meller; March 15, Company B, Twenty-sixth Infantry, Harry C. Ander- son; March 18, hospital corps, Willlam H. Bennett; March 21, Company C, Third In- fantry, Andrew Pflaum. C ———— SURRENDERS ARE REPORTED MacArthur Tells of ths Action of ‘Geronimo and Contreras. WASHINGTON, March. 30.—The War Department to-day received the following cablegram from General MacArthur at Manila, dated March 30: “Genéral’ Geronimo, commanding East- ern Bulacan, Morong Province, surren- dered yesterday with twelve officers, twenty-nine men, thirty guns, took .the oath and returned to the mountains in order.to .secure. guns. . Contrefas, com- manding North Panay and Sulzan, surren- dered at Panay with thirty guns.” s how i, Courtesy Extended to the Wife and March 30.—The wife and mother of Aguinaldo, who have been liv- ing at Binacayan, near old Cavite, have been granted permission to visit him. The Spaniard, Lorenzo Prieto, who was charged with aseisting the insurgents by furnishing information to the Insurgent general, Cailles, in exchange for trading privileges, was tried by a military com- mission, found guilty and sentenced to death. General MacArthur commuted the sentence to imprisonment for ten years. Prieto was the agent of the firm of Men< dezona & Co., and to a certain extent was associated with D. A. Carman, the Ameri- can’ contractor, also charged with aiding the Filipino insurgents. —_—— SAYS IT IS INSULTING. £t. Petersburg Paper Criticizes the Ambition of America. ST. PETERSBURG, March .—The Russian press has not particularly come mented upon the capture of Aguinaldo. The St. Petersburg Zeitung (German) alone attacks the United States for using traitors. The paper thinks “the ambition of the United States to exercise its influ- ence to secure a foothold alongside the Old World powers is positively insulting, seeing that America assumes the right to intervene in every dispute between Europe and Latin-America.” The paper also blames the United States for the delay in the Chinese acceptance of the Manchurfan arrangement. The Zeitung does not represent Russian sentiment, usually taking its cue from the pan-Germans or German conservatives. —_— Stanley Cables Congratulations. TOPEKA, Kans., March 30.—Governor Stanley last night received a message from Washington informing him that the JPresident had appointed Funston a briga- dier general. Governor Stanley cabled his congratulations to General Funstom. v