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Pages | .uonmum, i | § f 02 FOESFEIEAOETAOND XX SRGXOXONOE. ‘0000!0{0!-0“ VOLUME XC—NO. 16. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1901-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. all, 08 HORPAPAORORO» PRICE FIVE CENTS. \ CONGER SOON WILL RETURN 10415 POST Tells the President He Will Go Back to GENERAL JAMES F. APPOINTMENT PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT SMITH GETS AS JUSTICE OF United States Commission Names L. F. Wilfley of Missouri to Be Attorney Gen- eral and His Assi June 15—The United Philippine Commission Pekjng. rpointed the following Su- Court Justices: Chief Caietano Arellano; His Action Arouses the Criti- ex-Attorney General; cism of Administration Officials. Their Expectation That He Would Apply for Further Leave of Ab- sence Not Realized. SRR O, Spectal Disnatc The Call. CALL BUREAT w. G STREET. 15.—Edwin disappointed Instead of ap- n of his leave of been confidently expect- informed the President to his post by a Francisco the first x H WASHINGTON, June week In J Mr. Cor ¥ to return to Pe- king is by some persons as due to the £ he desires to be sure of one por g out for has caused c ration ied the Department by Everett Con and who is work. Mr. Conger rather embarrass- s prospects for ob- nomi for swered such in- that he was not a ared there was at he was not the administra- to n- ion assured,” he continued, g has met with f the President and There is no foun- agreement. I g about the v conduect.” ucted to dgemand an trade in- ves China will rom its recent the indemnities GOVERNOR PINGREE IN CRITICAL CONDITION | mis Atte:di_ng Physicians, Although ive, Are Still Hope- !v.u ci H!s Bflcovery 1:30 a. m.—A consul- former Governor night evidenced the Every effort has the exhaustion ed to check of Texas; General James F. lifornia, formerly Coilector of Charles A. Willard of Minne- rina Mapa of Tloilo and Fletch- of New Hampshire. 7 has appointed L. F. issouri to be Attorney Gen- stants Will Be Natives v question i~ X3 of by the £ . At will be CALIFORNIAN WHO WILL SIT ON Lt the Tndtell Biatin SUPREME BENCH IN PHILIP- for a revision of the 3 DR China. He believes - e | tored China winl | % = o “\MTTET ek [eral. His assistant and solicitor will be nger 'E.,E\& the natives. friendly to Harry Finney, a pawnbroker, is to be tried here on the charge of illegaliy. pur- chasing commissary stores. WASHINGTON, June 16.—A report said to have been published in Manila that General MacArthur was coming home by way of South Africa is emphatically de- nied at the War Department. Although General MacArthur c¢ould suit himself as to his route, the cabled report from Ma- nila. that he was to return by way of Nagasaki is affirmed in the department. He will go to San Francisco and then come on to Washington. AGREEMENT THAT WILL TO RATE W PUT AN END ARS OF THE RAILROADS Harriman Joins All of the. “Community of Interests” Transcontinental Lines in a Project. m wh els s g, and while the g phys s re Mr. Pingree has , they are un-| Tribune to-) Willlam Rockefeller, all of whom are di- ise improved. er his natural nable him to with- ng strain of the last t was sleeping at 1 ion will be s morning. That Mr. is critical cannot be ians do not disgaise though they were still o'clock Pingree’s cor nied, and his p {r apprehension of fav hopeful of & rable resul MURDERER OF PLANTZR FOSTER ETILL AT LARGE Governor Heard of Louisiana Offers a Reward for Capture of Prince Edwards. SHREVEPORT, La., June 15.—The situ- ation here to-right with regard to the Foster aseassination is unchanged. There e CHICAGO, June 15.—The morrow will say: E. H. Harriman was the directing figure in two movements be- | gun yesterday and which are expected to affect every railroad running west of Chi- cego and St. Paul What is believed to be the first step to- ward a composite agreement between the great roads running west of these cities verfected at a_cqnference held here Mr. Harriman and the officiais of concerned. By its term agreement to end rate wars 1 other complications is expected to be d over all the roads in the northern grodp, including the Northern Pacific, the Burlington, the Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Union Pac and Northwestern and the Great Northern lines. To the southwest the Santa Fe will op- erate hand in hand with the Southern P ies spr ere many reporis current to-day that the | CIfic: It Will be a “community of inter- negro Prince wards bas been seen 4n | plan and provides that the Pacific | Mai! and Occidental steamship lines, con- leces, but up to to-night the of- no arrest. The twelve negroes upder arrest for ecomplicity in the killing rem in ja'l &t Benton, heav- 1 , and it is belseved there is no danger of violence. The town is quiet and the Sheriff says he apprehends no further trouble Governor Heard to-day offered a reward of $250 for the dapture of Edwards. This makes $750 offered for the apprehension of the fugitive. - ——— Find a Body in the River. SACRAMENTO, June 15.—The body of y C. F ive yesterday afternoon, was found Bacramento River at the foot of R street to-night. At an inquest to-night the Coroner’s jury was unable to deter- mine whether the drowning was suicidal or accidental seen in the — Roosevelt Will Go to Colorado. DENVER, June 15.—Governor Orman t3-Gay received a letter from Vice Presi- dent Roosevelt accepting his invitation to attend the quarto-centennial celebration of Colorado’s Statehood, August 2 and 3, invalid who was last | trolled by the Southern Pacific, shall take | care of the Santa Fe's trans-Pacific busi- ness: The other move directed by Mr. Harri- | man was the practical provision for the transfer of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul to the Harriman syndicate and the turning of this line into a link of the | Union Pacific system. This plan was ar- ranged at a secret conference held at the Auditorium annex, attended by many rail- road men and a*number of bankers. Lit- tle doubt is entertalned that the syndi- cate has obtained control of the Milwau- kee and St. Paul on practically the same lines that . J. Hifl secured the Burling- ton. The stock of the St. Paul road will be taken over by the Union Pacific at the Octoper meeting. It Is reported that the stockholders of the former line will be offered $200 of 4 per cent for every $100 wortk of stocks, and that the bonds will be guaranteed by the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific and the Missouri Pa- cific gnd the Goulds, who are said to be parties to the transaction. Certain large stocckholders of the St. Paul, it is said, have sold or agreed to sell stock amount- &nd the Rough Riders’ reunion, which oc- | ing to $25,000,000 par valye: Peter Geddes curs at the same time at Colorado|is sald to be directly concerned in this Springs, deal along with James Henry Smith and rectors. The deal will be financed at the eastern end by the National City Bank of New York. e NEW YORK, June 15.—The Tribune to- morrow will say: The rerort was current in Wall street vesterday that a rallway combination had been organized with an aggregate capital ‘of $2,000,060,000. The combiration was said to include tke St. Paul, Burlington, Chicago and North- western, Northern Pacific, Wisconsin Central, Union Pacific and Southern Pa- cific. J. P. Morgan was said to be the financial backer of the combination. Ac- cording to a prominent official in one of the lines said to be involved, the story | grew out of the reported St. Paul-Union Pacific geal, by which the latter is said tq have bought a large block of stock in the former. Little credence was given to the report in Wall street. PROTEST AGAINST OPENING LANDS IN OKLAHOMA Lone Wolf and Indian Associates Make Appeal to Secretary of the Interior. WASHINGTON, June 15.—Lone Wolf and twelve or fifteen other Indlsns rep- resenting the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribtes to-day appeared before the Secretary of the Interior and made a ver- bal protest against the opening of any part of their lands in Oklahoma tq settle- ment under the act of the last session of | Congress. They were introduced by Judge Springer. Several of them_declared that the: agreement for the cession of thefr lands had not been secured by legitimate methods. Judge Springer presented the complaint of the Indians in detail. Secretary Hitchcock told the Indians that he had received them only as a mat- ter of courtesy and that under no ecir- cumstances could he consider their pre- sentation while their case was pending In It is understood that the In- gians will not be received by the Presi- dent on account of Mrs, McKiniey's con- dition. the courts. BRITISH WIN 'graphs the War Office on the field. Our casualties were three thinking that the war could not have been | VIGTORY AT HEAVY GOST Eliot’s Column Engages Boer Force Under Dewet. Captures a Convoy With a Train of Ammunition and Cattle. Twenty of the Attacking Force Are Killed and Twenty-Seven Wounded. G Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, June Kitchener tele- from Pretoria, under to-day’s date, as follows: “During the march from Vrede (Orange River Colony) Elfot's column engaged the enemy under Dewet on June 6 and after severe flgh}jng captured a convoy of sev: enty-one l6aded wagons, forty-five pris- | oners, fifty-eight rifles, 10,000 rounds of | ammunition and 400 cattle. The Boers | left seventeen killed and three wounded officers and seventeen men killed, and one officer and twenty-four men wounded.” Mr. Arthur Balfour's denial in the House of Commons on Thursday that there are any negctiations for peace be- tween Lord Kitchener and General Botha | was a dfsappointment to most men on either side of the House. There are mary | Conservatives who, while generally sup- porting the policy of the Government, avoided without loss of honor, would be glad to see peace now concluded on rea- sonable terms. On the other hand, there is a strong | party who believe that the enemy’s sup- | plies are being exhausted and that he| cannot hold out much longer, and that if Lord Kitchener keeps on “pegging away,” as General Grant sald, the Boers will soon surrender without conditions. They point to the fact that the lines of commutication are now better protected than they have ever been before and ar- .gue that as the Boers are largely depend- ent upon what they could capture from the British they must be in some straits. There are pel‘!lltel’_l‘tv umors ofg Europcan erto: proved untonndzd, T have reasoh to belleve that the Queen of Holland did make urgent representa- tions to the German Emperor on this sub- ject. and that the Emperor, knowing how pupular such a step would be with the German people, privately inquired what support it would receive from the other powers. But there is no reason to suppose that Russia or France would be willing to In- terfere, and isolated interference is out of the question. After all England has a navy which no power or group of powers would care to confront. It is no disadvan- tage to her rivals in China and elsewhere that her army should be locked up in South Africa. If, therefore, the Boers are relying upon external ald they are walk- ing in a vain shadow. What their own resources may be far continuing ‘' the struggle unaided they alone know. Lord Kitehener is sald to be hopeful. So is Mr.. Kruger, but Lord Kitchener is on the spot and Mr.’ Kruger is not. THE HAGUE, June 15.—Mrs. Botha, wife of the Boer commandant in chief, who is said to be in Europe on a peace mission, had a two hours’ conference with Paul Kruger here to-day. Afterward she returned to Bruscels. e ASKS FOR VIEWS OF JURISTS Pesce Association Denies the Right of Forcible Annexation. J.ONDON, Juhe 15—The In‘erpational Arbitration and Peace Association has <enl a letier to a number of American and Eurcpean jurists of international repute, asking agsistance to clear up questions of the law on annexation and the rules of | warfare. The committec having the mat- ter in hand, which inclosed the parija- mentary return on farm-burning in South Africa, qgnsiders it desirable to obtain | collective, " authoritative opinion of the leasding jurists of the world on these sub- jeets. Kvents in South Africa and those which have recently occurred in Cuba and tre Philippines,” writss the committee, “seem to call for such an expression of opinion from thcse who have devoted themselves to the study of the philosophy | of law, as it may exercise an important infiluence upon both ‘the people and the | government.” The letter, which is signed, among| others, by Felix Moscheles, chairman of the International Arbitration and Peace Assoclation, incloses what is described as 2 *“rough enumeration of the opinions of recent writers.” All those who are quot- ed deny the right of annexation by force except by authority of the congress of the | states or the declared will of the people. | The inclosure winds up with pointing | cut that the British ‘‘nominal annexation | of South African republics” is in direct contravention of the foregoing opinion. LONDON, Jure 15.—The British steam- shir Duke of Norfolk from New Zealand, | which arrived to-ddy, brings a prisoner charged with murder, Tobbery and arson | coramitteed at Colchester, county of Es- | sex, n 1893, The case promises to develop | a mistaken identity controversy almost ' equal to that of the Tichborne case. In the year mentioned Arthur Blatch | robbed and murdered ‘Alfred Weich and’ set fire to his vlcum s tailor shop in ordar‘ o cover his crime. ' He'escaped. —_—— Reappointed Governor of New Mexico. | ! Brigade was ' the | campward. BUGLES SOUND FOR FLAG-RAISING ON TENTED HEIGHTS AT SANTA CRUZ AND TROOPS OF THE STATE ENCAMP oo IN CommM \$5Av<7. bEPT. CAVA Anm S Guardsmen Throng the Fields Near | the Sea51de City | Vigorously "Begun by all Commands ANTA CRUZ, June Gage is formed. The flag was raised at 4 o’clock this afternoon, the troops are all in and this evening guards patrol the roads in and out, and the camp is closed. Major George Filmer of the First Infantry, first field officer of the day, ralsed the flag, while the band of the First Regiment played “The Star-Spangled Banner.” He had with him at the halyards Sergeant McCulloch, Corporal Rogers and Private Knottner, all of Company B of the First. Drawn up in line in front of division headquarters were General Dickinson and his staff, Adjutant General Seamans, Colonel Bangham, Colonel Young, Colonel Runyon and otkers, who raised their hats as the flag went to the top of the staff and unfolded " its length In \the gertle breeze that came in from the sea. Troop B from Sacramento of the Third first organization in camp. 'he troopers rode in from Glen- brook this morning, and yesterday they rode to Glenbrook from San Francisco. They came in under command of Captain §. W. Kay, and there were forty-five of them, 2!l mounted on gray horses. Quickly following them came Major H. P. Bush with his artillery battalion from San Franrcisco. They came 160 strong and were jubiflant over the fact that they were here before the First Infantry, which was so close on their heels that the men in red had not settled themselves before ‘their | brothers in white marched into the camp ground. The cavairy from the city, Troop A, led the First to the hill and was headed by the mounted band playing marching order. ¥ Busy Mcn on the Heights. Then in rapld succession came in the infantry men from' the interlor countles, the Salinas troop of cavalry, the signal corps from the three brigades, generals and their staffs, quartermasters’ wagons, comissary wagons, visitors in ’buses and carriages, and officers of the Govern- or's staff. It seemed as if everything led The road winding up the canyon was crowded with men and horses and wagons almost hidden by a cloud of dust. All were toiling toward the lines of tents that dotted the ridges of the camp ‘ground. There are now 2000 men in camp, and by to-morrow evening there will be many more. The regiments are settled in their tents and the camp. is practically in working order, but there will not be any | special orders until Monday, when the drills will cofnmence. % { The first ordér was issued to-day as scon as the flag had been raised, and it was sent through the camp to every bri- gade and regimental headqtiarters and to the headquarters of the cavalry ron and the signal corps. The order fixes the preliminary arrangements of the camp and makes a few appointments. Major Filmer of the First Infantry is made fleld officer of the day;, Lieutenant W. E. {/Wehsern, Company E, First Infantry, commander of the guard; Lieutenant W. |- B. Corcoran, Company C, First Infantry, 15.—Camp WASHINGTON, June 15.—The President | officer of the guard; Captain Charles Jan- to-day reappointed Miguel A. Otero Gov- | sen, Troop A of the Second Brigade, pro- errior of New Mexico. His term Gtmred vost marshal. Twelve men from each brigade were ordered detailed for general June 7. £y O8 guard ‘duty and the cavairy squadron was drdered to furnish men for mounted patrol duty. - A .cclor. line, was established In front of the divisional was ordered that all calls shall be blown first by thé chief trumpeter of the divis- ien. -then by the third, second and first brigade trumpeters; then in ‘the artillery battalion, the signal corps and the cavalry of the various commands. Excellent Commissary Arrangements Retreat to-day was ordered for 6 o’clock and within a few minutes of that time the flag came down to the playing of the national anthem by the First Regiment Band. There was no salute, for the naval militia: guns have .not been delivered in Santa Cruz by the railroad. Tattoo will ‘be at 9 o'clock and taps at 10. After re- 'treat at 6 o'cleck, until further orders, the camp will be closed and all men must have -a pass to get by the outposts and the guard line. It is announced that none but necessary passes will be issued. The comm'ssary arrangements of the camp are better than they have been at any camp held by the Naticnal Guard. Colonel Huber, the division commissary, works in an inclosure surrounded by an elght-foot barbed wire fence. One of his issues was 2500 pounds of bread, and that was but a day’s ration. More than that weight of meat was issued and milk by the can was sent to the various head* quarters until the commissary tents were |fllled with the tins and there seemcd ! room for nothing else. The commissary's list includes fresh meat, bacon, pork, codfish, soft bread, flour, oatmeal, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, green vegetables, rice, macaroni, beans (lima), peas, coffee, tea, sugar, salt, pep- these lard, baking powder, soap, syrup, "vinegar and smoked ham are issued to the headquarters of each organization. The fresh meat will.be issued each day, every second day's issue being a small one and supplemented by an issue of %acon or pork. On Friday the fresh meat ration of twenty ounces a man will be reduced to ten ounces and seven ounces of cod- fish will be issued to make up the differ- ence. The bread ration Is twelve ounces, the miik ration is ene pint, that of pota- toes is ten ounces, that of sugar three ounces, and so on in similar proportion. No one will starve in Camp Gage,\for the ration is an ample one, and.it is supple- mented by the men with all sorts of dain- ties that are stowed away in haversacks, blanket bags and camp chests. i Field March Is Planned. ' The plans for the week are necessarily vague as to detall, but the general scheme will be to let minor tactics alone and de- vote all the time to regimental and bri- g¢de movements. The attack and defense | will be taken up, the passage of deflles | and the storming of ridges, and it may 'be that a fleld march will be made by a detachment dufing one day and one night ©of the camp time. The first' guard mount will be held on the big parade ground to-morrow morn- ‘Ing. By that time the daily routine will ‘have been decided upon, and it will be put in force with the appointment of the new guard. Colonel McCarthy, surgeon on the divis- i flagstaff, and it | squadron. This determines the precedence i per; dried fruit, butter and milk. Besides | = - SCENES_ AT THE NATIONAL } GUARD ENCAMPMENT NEAR SANTA CRU 2% ion staff, has established a field hospital { Just behind division headquarters and will put in practice the latest regulations of the sanitary corps. There are no brigade . hospitals - and no regimental hospital. Every sick man will be sent to the field hespital and will be established in one of the two wards, or possibly he will visit the operating room which Colonel Me- Carthy has fitted up with appliances erorgh to carve to pieces every man im the division. He has the combined hos- pital corps of the division encamped just in the rear of the hospital and only one hosrital steward and a private of the hos- pital corps are on duty with each regi~ ment. Major Charles J. Evans, division signal officer, has been detailed to command the sigral corps from each of the three brig- ades. They are camped on a ridge with the three, cavalry troops, and just beyond the cavalry camp is the stable with room on the picket ropes for close to 500 horses. First Liedtenant C” J. Wells of Troop A has been made quartermaster of the squadron and consequently is in charge of the stables. Major Hewes, ald on the division staff, has been assisting Colonel Draper, the division engineer, and he is perhaps one of the hardest workers in the camp. He has put up the division head- quarters tents and has furnished them in addition to his other duties. Plans for the week include an effort to have Adjutant General Corbin, U. S. A., visit the camp while he is waiting for the steamer to take him to Manila. Admiral Casey will also be In camp, and it is hoped an effort will be made to have some of the warships now in the harbor of San Francisco come down to be present when the big parade will be 'held next Friday. The Second Regiment was the last to get into camp. It came through town at 9 o'clock this evening and marched at once to fill the Jast vacant rows om the Third Brigade. — DICTATOR CAILLES = SIGNS THE TERMS OF A SURRENDER MANILA, June 16.—Insurgent General Cailles, who proclaimed him- self dictator of Luzon as the successor of Aguinaldo, has signed “terms of surrender. en at Santa Barbara. - SANTA BARBARA, June 15.—The Con- gressional Commiitee on Rivers and Har- bors visited here this morning, and the members were shawn about the city by the Chamber of Cémmerce committes on coast defense. They expressed themselves well pleased with the visit and im favor of an appropriation for a harbor survey and a port of -entry.

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