The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 141. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. AGUINALOD SUBMITS TO THE SUPREMACY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 155UE3 A PROCLAMATION GALLING UPON ALL INGURGENTS TO SURRENDER ——e joying the liberty and the promised generosity of the great American nation. By acknowledging and accepting the sovereignty of the United States throughout the Philippine archipelago, as I now do and without any reservation whatsoever, I believe that I am serving thee, my beloved try. MANILA,P. 1, May happiness be thine. April 19, 1901. o ARRING DIL MEN BATTLE WITH RIFLES Vigilantes Attack Claim- Jumpers in Midway District. i Two Men Mortally Wounded | in the Combat That Follows. e L T Both Factions Prepare for Further Strife and Another Clash Is Likely. | — The Call D, 19.—Vigilantes m-jumpers fought a furi- | bout midnight last night in | il district, between M and about forty-f Two of the claim-jump- | wounded. So far as the vigilantes v\(rei remcteness of the scene of | afls are difficult to accurate sourc: April re were about twe: and from six to ten impers enkzged in the fight; that pistols w at close range. ed men are G. P. Cornell Jr., s County, and J. T. of Nevada. Cornell was hit bullet through his believed he Walker the ast is badly | and heavy contest was one It passing will die. and > be professional a hts in following the he engaged in last night. He fought last night was shot down. During the a water tank. It is was riddled by bullets. | were _laagered on section proposed to begin were expecting quence had their first intimation they ahd of the enemy The vigi to hoid up his hands. d and with an oath ed them to hold up their ne me step farther or he would fire. The vigilantes kept com- ing, Cornell fired and the battle opened. When the firing ceased—why, it was nul‘ the vigilantes warned the jump- | this was their first call, and a | one would & ma Jopers did not evacuate the land. a ead game ter k they They rresence post ell defi ly refus com: if the inter- They | thén retired in order that the wounded | ht be cared for. | W. Crosland, at one time deputy | Recorder, is said to be leader of mpers, and he is reported as having morning at McKittrick, wherz he e to the home office, “Let "em we're heeled for them,” when dis- ibility of another collision went to w e vigilanies are determined men and id the district of jumpers, and s ore than likely another baitle will ke place to-night. ir the stion, section 26, is t Diablo Oil Com- and the jumpers represent the Su- | set Company. They do not deny | t Diablo was the first lo- | but claim it failed to do its assess- work in time, and hence lost title to he Mount Diablo people claim | r Sunset people say they by Judge Claflin, late of cunty. The Judge said to-day: | 1 up against vigilantes and | got the worst of it. The vigilantes com- | tee was instigated by the Mount Diablo | ople.” The land was jumped last Saturday, and ever since the air has been redolent with war talk. Eight or ten members of the| it Diablo Company, armed to the | is said, were camped a half-mile | away when the batle raged. DEATH AND DAMAGE | IN COLORADO SNOWESLIDE TELLURIDE, Colo., April l)u-'!‘hl!% afternoon a snowslide carried away the bunk and boarding houses of the Alta mine near here. Richard Pendergast, the cook, lost his lifs. The slide oc- curred fifteen minutes before the miners came out of the mine for the supper hour. | the present system—complaints that many NEED OF A HIGHER THE THEME OF W ADDRESS T Says Universities Should tention to the Individual Pupil to Advance Him to the Highest Pla 0 STANFORD STUDENTS EDUCATION | HITELAW REID’S Give More Individual At- ne of Intellectual Life i TANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 19.—The lecture by Hon. Whitelaw Reid to the students of Stanford University to-day was a plea for récognition of the higlier ideals of education. The distinguished statesman and diplomatist took the advanced ground that the worth of universities should not be judged by the number of graduates they might turn out, but rather by the | highest intellectual planes achievéd by those whom these institutions have fitted for their life work. The address began with a reference to current estimates of the world's progress in the century ended four months ago. des America has made in ihis ex- nary century in subduing a conti- nent, in spreading out over the islands of the sea, in gaining and maintaining in- dependence and in abolishing slavery were not its most important achievement. That in building up from ocean to ocean a gigantic system, free practically to the poorest as well as to the richest child of the republic, under which any man could learn anything. Not in the work of arm- ies and navies, not in the inventions that amazed, not in the growth that bewildered nor even in the general diffusion of com- fort that beggared the world for parallels was our great glory to be found. Rather it was in the mind that had been en- lightened, in the life that had been shaped and directed—in a word, it was in the kind of man that America reared. The lecturer referred to Stanford Uni- versity as perhaps the greatest and cer- tainly the most beneficent monument of parental grief the world had ever seen, and paid a warm tribute to the Stanfords and to the university. He spoke next of the enormous aggregate of other recent private gifts, as well as public appropria- tions in this country for education, and asked what was to come of it all? Should we rest content with the widest diffusion of learning in the world or should we in- sist also on the highest and best learning of the world? The lecturer enumeérated and discussed things often said against were being educated out of fitness for anything they were capable of doing, com- plaints that many small colleges and even some large ones are little more than pre- tentious high schools, cheapening degrees, deceiving students and degrading educa- tion; complaints of the bookkeeping spirit in others that makes hours of study rath- er than maturity of mind and acquirement the prelimirary for professional courses; complaints that colleges keep a young man too long from an active business life and so make bim enter it at a disadvan- tage, and complaints as to post graduate studies shaped not so as best to promote sound learning but so as quickest to get a @octor’s degree. He then said: An acate English observer, Mr. Bryce, re- marks that German universitie# are popular but not free; English universities free but not popular, and American universitiss both popu- | | | | 3 B3 HON. WHITELAW REID, WHO APPEALS FOR INDIVIDUAL- ISM IN EDUCATION. * * lar and free. Let us hope that these charac- teristies in cur system may be preserved in their purity. Long may we continue to have universities popular in the sense that they are open on equal terms to every rank and condi- tion of life—that they have no unwritten laws estricting them to the sons of gentlemen of birth distinction and making them un- comfortable for anybody else; long may they remain free in the sense that the instruction is limited only by the desire to seek and to teach the truth. Duty of the Instructor.’ But the popularity will be harmful if it de- generates into a vulgar catering for numbers by throwing down the bars of admission which time and experience have sanctioned, and the liberty will be disastrous if it de- generates into license, whether for the students in their conduct or for the professors In their teaching. Th> freedom for a student which absolyes him from the obligations of a gentle- man 1s no better no worse than the free- dom for a professor which absolves him from the duties of a scholar and a patriot, and converts his relations to his country Into rail- ings against its present and its past policy, rather than the exercise of an Influencs Justly belonging to the highly educated and highly placed upon his country’s future. It Is a mis- fortune for the colieges, and mo less for the country, when the trusted instructors are out of sympathy with its history, with its de- velopment and with the men who made the one and are guiding the other. It was hinted a few minutes ago that the splendid glfts to learning which {lluminate and ennoble our history and in an unprecedented degree our recent history entitle us to expect for our country the highest and best learning of the world. But what is the highest and best? Or if that question be too abstract. for a conclusive answer ever to be given, what is the hizhest and best for this country? What sort of education does a republic most need in the daye of its overwhelming success and unparalleled prosperity? Pehrapsa solution may be easier if we state the problem differently. What defects of human character does a re- public tend to develop that the higher educa- tion should correct? 2 Well, our critics, foreizn and domestic, are free-spoken enough to leave us little difficulty in finding answers to that. We are conceited beyond endurance. We brag like Bombastes. We are slow to believe that other people can teach us anything. We have the provincial idea that because we are conspicuausly ahead In some things we are ahead in everything. We reach conclusions without seeing a sub- ject on all sides, and are then intolerant of diversity of opinion. We value things stmply because of their bigness. We live tn a whirl of money-making or amusement ‘or exeitement or Continued on Third: Page. wish cannot be ignored by the men still in arms if they are animated by a desire to serve our noble people, which has thus clearly manifested its will. | After mature deliberation I resolutely proclaim to the world that I cannot refuse to heed tlie voice of a people longing for peace, nor the lamentations of thousands of families yearning to see their dear ones en- In this banner they repose their trust and belief that under its protection the Filipino Lo LA e 1 L S BELIEVE I am not in error in presuming that the unhappy fate to which my adverse fortune has led me is not a surprise to those who have been familiar with. the progress of the war. The lessons taught with a full meaning, and which have recently come to my knowledge, suggest with irresistible force that a complete termination of hostilities and lasting peace are not only desirable but absolutely essential to the welfare of the Philippine Islands. The Filipinos have never been dismayed at their weakness, nor have they faltered in following the path pointed out by their fortitude and' courage. The time has come, however, in which they find their ad- vance along thispath to be impeded by an irresistible force, which, while it restrains them, yet enlightens their minds and opens td them another course, presenting them the cause of peace. This cause has been joyfully em- braced by the majority of my fellow-countrymen, who have already united around the glorious sovereign banner of the United States. people will attain all those promised liberties which they are beginning to enjoy. The country has declared unmistakably in favor of peace. So be it. There has been enough of blood, enough tears and enough desolation. This So do T respect this will, now that it is known to me. | l EMILIO AGUINALDO Y FAMA. -~ | ONE THOUSAND PRISONERSTO OF RELEASED Must First Take the Oath of Allegiance to Uncle Sam. An Important Step in the Pacification of the Archipelago. et Full Acceptance of American Rule Expected on the Part of the Natives. —_— MANILA, April 13.—Aguinaldo has at last issued his address to the Filipino peo- ple, advising a general surrender of the insurgents. To signalize this important step in the pacification of the -eountry General MacArthur orders fhe iolease, on swearing allegiance to the United States, of one thousand insurgents prisones General MacArthur and General Bates, the commander of the department of Southern Luzon, who is shortly to sail for the United States, reviewed to-day the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Volun- teer Infantry, which sail on the trans- port Sheridan Monday next for home. During the past week 288 rifles have been surrendered. ‘Will Have Good Effect. WASHINGTON, April 19.—1It is believed by the administration that the manifesto of ,Aguinaldo will have a decidedly good effect both in the Philippines and in this country. It will take some time for its dissemination among the Filipinos, but it is expected to be of great service and make rapid the improvement of the situa- tion which set in some time ago, and which has become much marked of late. Especial gratification is felt at the un- reserved tone of the document and the full acceptance it indicates of American rule. This, it is felt, will bring to the support of the government many Filis pinos, who, wishing for peace, have hesi- | tated to assist the Taft Commission. More Liberty for Aguinaldo. In this’ country it is expected to reduce the criticism of the administration, and to cause less discussion of the general of the war in the islands and more sideration of the important matter of the best administration to be evolved for their government. It is to this work that the Taft Commission is now bending all its energies. Aguinaldo, now that he has accepted American sovereignty, probably will be given more liberty than he has enjoyed hitherto. His services will be used as far as possible in the pacification of the islands. The extent, however, to which he will be permitted his freedom is for General MacArthur to determine, with the assistance of the Taft Commis- sion, for the aim of the home government will be to rest largely upon the views held by its representatives in the islands. Root Receives a Copy. Coincident with the issue of the mani- festo at Manila, Secretary Root made public the copy received from General MacArthur. This came to hand on the 10th of April, and differs slightly in its phraseology from that made public in Manila. General MacArthur informed the department at that timé that the manifesto had been prepared by Aguin- aldo with the assistance only of the two staff officers who were with him at the time he was captured. Secretary Root declined to be interviewed on the sub- ject of the manifesto further than to say that it was dignified in tone and admir- ably constructed. TORNADO HURLS HOUSES TO RUIN IN FLORIDA . — Two Men Are Injured and Much Damage Is Done by a Furious i . ‘Wind. ! MIAMI, Fla., April 19.—The hamlet of | Biscayne, seven miles north of here, was struck by a tornado this morning. Sev- eral houses were demolished. John Peters was fatally injured and William Cook se- riously hurt. Peters’ house, a new and substantial structure, was carried about a hundred yards and dashed to pieces. Peters’ head is badly crushed; and his body was pierced by several pieces of wood. Every forest tree in the path of the wind was torn up by the roots. 3 THERE WILL NOT BE ANY CHANGE IN FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES UNTIL AFTER CHAFFEE ——— SUCCEEDS MacARTHUR AS THE COMMANDER It Is the Present Expectation That Civil Government Will Be Established by June 30, and Troops That Have Done Arduous Duty on the Islands Will ASHINGTON, April 19.—Ad- Jjutant General Corbin author- izes material changes will be made in Lthe army in the Phil- ippines until after the War Department has. heard from General Chaffee on the subject. In accordance with orders pre- viously issued General Chaffee will re- lieve General MacArthur of the command of the military forces in the Philippines on June 30, and the present expectation is that a general -civil government wiil be established in the archipelago about that time. General Corbin says that re- cent developments in the Philippines have caused no, change in the general plans of the department for the dispatch of regu- lar troops from the United States to re- | i e 5 b V8 the statement that mo MANAGER OF EVANS & CO., CON- Be Relieved as Rapidly as Possible by the Regiments Now Organizing TRACTORS, WHO LAVISHLY EN- | TERTAINED AT MANILA, | | | | | | 3 -— place the volunteers ordered home for dis- | charge before July 1 next. General Cor-\ Ein gives an cmphalic denial to the pub- CLEAN-UP Output at Thirty Million Dollars. SEA' LE, April 19.—James H. Ardern cf one of the mining companies of Daw- son arrived here this morning on his way to Lcndon, Mr. Ardern says that the clean-up this year in the Dawson camp would, from a conservative estimate, amount to $30,000,000. making it the biz gest output in the history of the Klon- dike. Mr. Ardern has had an extensive experi- ence in the Klondike. He says that the | new strite in El Dorado below the level of the old bedrock is not in the least ex- aggerated, He is taking to London sam- | ples of the quartz from the ledge lately struck in the country rock, and which ex- tends from Victoria Gulch on Bonanza to El Dorado. This quartz, which is said to be rich in free milling gold. will, M.. Ar- dern belleves, raise the Dawson camp a | great deal in the estimation of the §fan- cial centers of the world and esiablifa the fact that the northern gold fields aye only in their infancy as a producer of the pre- cious metal. A Dawson dispatch of April 13 says: S O T e O lished reports that General MacArthur | has been instructed to reduce the army mmediately to 40,000 men. Y il % LEADER OF MAYAS IS ASSASSINATED MERIDA, Yucatan, April 19.— General Feline Yama, the chief leader of the Maya rebel Indians, has been assassinated by some of his under officers, who were exas- perated at his advice to surrender and end the war. Three minor fete] chiefs attacked him with ma- chetes, nearly cutting him to pieces. Then the Indians gathered around the cornse and indulgedyin a long orgie. This action, it is be- lieved, shows a determination of the chiefs to keep up the Indian fighting, though deserters say food has given out. rs. names unknown. who ar- rived yesterday from Nome, bring sensa- tienal reports of wholesale deaths by freezing along the coast. They report that 200 persons have died from exposure or freezing before the middie of January at various points up and down the coast. | Their stories are not credited hers, as they lack confirmation. “The remains of the lost Dr. Bettinger have been uncovered a few miles up the White River trail, where he had doubt- | vice in the Philippiaes. the Secreta less died of exposure, having mistaken the trail.” With a view to relieving all the res troops who have had a long period of se War has decided to replace them a rapidly as circumstances will permit with the new regiments now in course of or- ganization in this country. A plan has been adopted by which troops will be given one year's s the United States and two year rvice in the Phii- ippines. Its operaticn will result in each regiment always having one battalion in reserve in the United States. The regular troops in the Philippines will be brought home gradually and the movement will begin as soon as the neces- sary arrangements can be perfected. Tha troops having the longest service in tha tropics will be the first to return to the United States. MANILA, April 12.—The extent of the commissary irregularities is not yet de- fined, but is possibly smaller than at first supposed. CONSIOERS SANETITY SUPERIDR TO LABOR Elder of Ecclesia Sect Fails to Support His .Wi.fe. TACOMA, April 19.—Eider J. D. Christle §f Ecclesia Mission failed to appear in court to-day to answer to the diverce suit brought by his wife. Christie joined the faction of the First Baptist church which separated from that denomination three years ago under the leadership of N. P, Harriman, forming the new Ecclesia sect, ©One of their doctrines was that (rue Christians were sanctified and could not touch unclean things. Elder Chriszie ab- sorbed this idea to such-an extent that he was unwilling to work at ordinary occu- pations and his wife was compelled to support herself. They were married in Missouri twenty-two years ago and have a son 20 years old, who has supported his mother’'s contention for a separation. Judge Stell granted the divorce, statfhg that a religlon good enough to preach ought to be good encugh to practice.