The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 30, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC-—NO. 122, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIERCE ATTACK IS MADE UPON THE SOLDIER GUARDING THE TOMB OF THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT McKINLEY AT THE CANTON CEMETERY COMPANY OF REGULARS CUT DOWN BY FILIPINOS AND FORTY-EIGHT SLAIN An American Force on Island of Samar Is Sur prised by Insurgents and Only Twenty=Four Survive the Disastrous Onslaught. ANILA, Sept troops and insurgents occu near Balangiga. A large bo. Nintt , only twenty. All the others are rep: pany was at breakfast when he overwhelming numb retreat f the survivors, who have According to the latest returns th two. Th nclude Captain Th Edward / Cap Bookmiller of the 29.—A disastrous % a force to attack the insurgents. fight between United - States rred yesterday in the Island of Samar, dy of insurgents attacked Company C, our members of the company escap- orted to have been killed. The com- attached and made a determined re- er of the insurgents compelled them to arrived at Basey, eleven are wounded. e strength of the company was seventy- omas W. Connell, First Lieutenant Dr. R. S. Griswold, surgeon. Ninth Infantry reports that General The insurgents cap- the company and all the rifles except on of ASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—News | of the disastrous fight between | of the Ninth Infantry | surgents in the island vesterday was sent command- | 1 Chaffee at | mitted to the It reached the depart- 1y hours to-day and | realizing its im- it public after | House. Gen- | which agrees with 1 follows —Adjutant General, Hughes reports following rn Samar: Ninth Regiment, | wounded, have Balangiga; remainder gents secured all rifies except attacked during | he morning of September | seventy-two strong; officers, , captain; Edward A. | was as W. first lieutenant: Dr. R. 8. Gris- escaped. Connell rgeon, : AFFEE.” News Creates Sensation. sensation in official was the first severe reverse ccurred for a long time. “Stil Is were not unprepared for news haracter from Samar, in | e revolution started by Aguinaldo | The news created a about as large as the e American forces of numbered in all between 2000 and 2500 men. These are distributed among various posts in the island, a large num- ber being located at the more important Btate of O cecupati centers. Spain never made any efforts to occupy ar, and it only has been for probab: ee months past that the Unit- ed Btates has undertaken that work. The made by General Hughes to tment was that the num- t rifies in the island ag- t 300. The Filipinos carried warfare and operations were difficult. The disaster > of the Ninth Infantry oc- eved, while it was engaged n to clear the country of insurgents. The were attacked tes the daring urgents. Immediately | ch Adjutant Gen- al Chaffee to send e fight'and a list latest repo the War De ber of inst rred, it is an expe ing rov bands of and pluck of t DID VALIANT DUTY IN CHINA. Good Record of Unfortunate Members of Company C. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Company C was a portion of the Ninth Regiment of | United States Infantry which | me of the Boxer outbreak | h there performed valiant serv- Later the troops went to Manila and went to | lce. were engaged in provost duty in that city. During the past summer a battalion of the Ninth was sent to Samar. All the sfiicers connected with Company C, which was almost wiped out by the insurgents, are named in General Chaffee’'s dispatch, there being no second lleutenant now with the compeny. Captain Thomas W. Con- gell, who commanded the company, was wpointed to the Military Academy from New York in September, 1589, and First Ldeutenant Bumpus was appointed to the wrmy from Massachusetts, having served 1s a private in Company A, First Massa- thusetts Heavy Artillery. Surgeon Gris- ¥old is & recent addition to the army, seving crossed the Pacific Ocean with Ad- utent General Corbin on his recent trip i the Philippines. During his trip General Corbin visited Me island of Samar. It was just seven veeks ago to-night, he remarked when | liscussing the news of the disaster to Sompany that he was talking with | jeneral shes at Tloflo about the condi- fon of affairs in the islands. The point where Company C was sur- | irised, he said, was a considerable dis- | ence from General Hughes' headquarters. fe was not surprised at the attack on he troops in Bamar, as that was one of he islands considered particularly trou- flesome. The natives along the coast are ¥iendly, but many of those in the interfor he regarded as dangerous guerillas, e ——— AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. Seneral MacArthur SBays Samar’s Re- | volt Will Scon Be Put Down, MILWAUKEE, Wis., BSept. 20,~When ds attention was called to the dispatch | mnouncing the disaster that had over- bken Company C of the Ninth Infantry, feneral Arthur MacArthur said: lated incidents which will have no effect upon the general result. It is a portion of the insurrection which has been con- ducted by Gereral Lukban, who has never been suppressed. There are plenty of soldiers there to ultimately subdue the rebellion in the Island of Samar.” AROUSED BY ASS;BSINATION‘ Activity of Insurgents Due to Presi- dent McKinley’s Death. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—News of re- newed activity on the part of the Philip- pine insurgents has been expected at the War Department since the assassination of President McKinley. Officlals familiar | with the situation in the Philippines have | been looking for a revival of the rebellion. | Details of the shooting of President Mc- Kinley have not been received in the Phil- ippines. All that is known is that he was killed by an anarchist, and this intelll- gence has by this time spread throughout the archipelago. The natural inference | that the ignorant natives who were in the rebellion would draw is that the Presi- dent, being dead, the United States would be bordering on a state of anarchy and revolution. This would embolden those who are still in the fleld to greater ac- tivity. Further bad news would not sur- prise any one in the War Department. Adjutant General Corbin said to-night Mthat Samar was one of the! mos: fertile of the Philippine Islands and had an ares equal to the State of Ohlo. It was never subdued by the Spaniards, and is in a very wild and uncultivated state. Natives near the sea are all friendly, and General Hughes sald when General Corbin visited the island that there were only about 330 insurgents in Samar. Those, he said, were scattered, and if he could only get them together in a bbdy he felt certain he could pacify the island in an hour. It is General Corbin’s bellef that all those insurgents collected and attacked the iso- lated company of Captain Connell ana then took to the mountains. He thinks the officers escaped, because they were breakfasting apart from the men. Pur- suit will be a very difficult thing, because there are very few passes-through the dense woods and only recently $20,000 was sent to General Hughes to be expended in road building. General Corbin has tel- egraphed General Chaffee for a complete list of the dead and wounded. The fight- ing must have been very severe and the number of insurgents overwhelming, when forty-eight men out of seventy-two were killed and eleven wounded, leaving only thirteen of the entire command escape unscathed. When General Corbin returned from his tour of the islands last week he had this to say about the conditions there: “The" conditions in Luzon now are as peaceable as the State of Maryland. I went everywhere without any molesta- tion. There was never the slightest dan- ger. Of course in some of the islands the conditions are not so peaceable. Down 1n Mindanao and in Samar, where our peo- ple have not come In very close contact with the natives, there is still some little trouble. I saw General Hughes, who to | commands in Samar, and he assured me that, though the situation was much im- proved and that it is only a question of time befors that country will also be quieted, one must take into consideration that it is a difficult undertaking to reach the interfor of all these islands and con- vince the natives of our sinceré intentions, Samar itself is as large as the State of Ohlo, and it is really the last of the fsl- ands in which we have undertaken the work of reform and education,” -~ JUAN 'GA.EDONA ARRESTED. Noted Bandit Who Prominently Posed as Pro-American. MANILA, Sept. 20.~Juan Cardona, who until recently was president of Genona, province of Tarlac, and who was appoint- ed secretary of the Tarlac provinelal gov- ernment, has been arrested on the charge of accusing people of crimes for the pur- pose of extorting money from them. More than fifty persons assert that they have been robbed by him in this way, some de- claring they have even surrendered title deeds of property. Cardona has been considered one of the most reliable natives holding pro-Ameri- can views. An examination of his record, however, shows that for several years he was & bandit, and that he served two terms of impriconment, S — AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED. Captain Connell Must Explain His Conduct in the Fight, WABHINGTO; ept, 20.~General Chaf- fee will convene & court of inquiry to make & thorough invesdgation into the disaster suffered in Samar, As the catas- trophe was the result of a surprise, Cap~ *“This is one of those deplorable, llo-‘ tain Connell will be required to explain KITCHENER ORDERS BANISHMENT OF CAPTURED LEADERS OF BOERS AND WILL SELL BURGHERS’ HOMES ¥ % 3 LORD KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE PICTURE IS REPRODUCED FROM THE WORLD'S WORK, AND IS FROM A SNAPSHOT TAKEN WHILE THE GENERAL WAS TALKING TO A TURKISH MILITARY ATTACHE. - — + -t Commander of the British Forces in South Africa Announces That the Imperial Government Reciprocates Schalk-Burger’s Desite for an Early Peace. RETORIA, Sept. 29.—A pamphlet has been published here under Lord Kitchener’s authority con- taining notice of the permanent banishment of several Boer lead- ers captured since September 15, and also a long letter from Kitchener re- plying to a communication from acting President Schalk-Burger, recelved Sep- tember 15. Lord Kitchener promises to send the Schalk-Burger letter to the Im- perial Government, which, he says, recip- rocates the Boer statesman’s desire for peace. Lord Kitchener then proceeds to explain that the responsibility for the war rests with the burghers, ‘‘whose invasion of unprotected British territory opened the saddest page in South African-history.” He quotes a letter from a member of the Volksraad to a member of the Cape Col- ony Assembly declaring that “the time is ripe to drive the English from South Africa.” In conclusion Lord Kitchener declares that, having annexed the two republics to Great Britain, he cannot break faith with the people who have shown loyalty to the new regime, and so far as clemency to Cape rebels is concerned, this is the pre- rogative of the rules which must be ex- ercised with unfettered discretion. A proclamation has been issued provid- ing for the sale of the properties of the burghers still in the fleld, in accordance with the terms of Lord Kitchener's pre- vious proclamation. LONDON, Sept. 30.—The Daily Express publishes a report that Lord Kitchener has asked for 25,000 more seasoned mount- ed men and for power to hang rebels, traitors and mureders without reference to the home Government. Immediately on his return from the Con- tinent, says the Daily News, the King summoned a meeting of the Councll to consider Lord Kitchener's position. It is understood that his Majesty assumed a very strong attitude and closely ques- tioned the Ministers upon their proposals. The Daily Express says it understands that when the war in South Africa is over King Edward and Queen Alexandra in- tend to visit the Colonies and India and that while in India his Majesty will be crowned Emperor of India. L e e e e e e B S e T ) the cause of his fallure to promptly mo- bilize his men for defense. Officers In ‘Washington are not disposed to criticise’ Captain Connell until they know all the facts. Burrounded as his command was by an enemy’s force, it was his duty to have been constantly on the alert. He will have to explain just where he posted sentinels and fully describe the action he took when théy were driven into the camp. Bhould Captain Connell be found guilty of negligence he will be sentenced to dismissal. ——— LEADER LUCBAN IS BLAMED. General Otis Explains the Nature of the Native Ambuscade, CHICAGO, Sept, 20,—General Elwell 8, Otis, in command of the Department of the Lakes, sald to-night that the slaugh- ter of members of Company C of the Ninth Infantry in Samar did not mean that there {8 anything like widespread re- volt in that province, Concerning the dis- aster General Otls sald: “Samar 18 in the Department of Visays, over which Brigadier General Hughes has command, This department includes all the gentral islands of the Philippine archi- pelago. During the last month our sgl- diers have been active in an attempt to subdue the rebéllion, which is confined to the boundaries of that island. The insur- gent leader, Lucban heads the natives and he and his galo followers have been instrumental in keeping alive the spirit of opposition to this Government's authority. “The location of the ambuscade is in Southern Samar, of which the insurgents are ignorant and barbarous. Probably Lucban got a party of Bolomen together and surprised the American soldiers while at breakfast. I think Lucban knows something about the attack, at any rate. There has been trouble in that section for two years and the character of the country and the barbarity of the natlves combine to make its suppression difficult, poie o e ot HOT FIGHT NEAR CANDELARIA. Americans Gain a Victory, but Lose One Killed and Two Wounded, MANILA, Bept, 20.~Captain Lawrence J. Hearn of the Twenty-first Infantry reports a severe engagement with insur- gonts near Candelaria, the Americans losing one killed and two wounded. The Insurgent loss has not been ascertained. The Americans captured 30,000 pounds of rice and several rounds of ammunition. COSTA RICA OBSERVES LAWS OF NEUTRALITY Minister of That Country Says There Will Be No Interference in Colombia Affairs. ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 20,—Referring to news In regard to the Colombian revolution in which it is sald that the Liberal party has organized in San Jose, Costa Rica, for the purpose of carrying on the revolu- tion now in progress in Colombia, the Costa Rican Minister states that the Gov- ernment has observed and will strictly observe the laws of neutrality. it i ik o Britain to Protect Kowe, BOMBAY, Bept. 80,—The Bombay Ga- sette says it belleves that a British pro- tectorate will soon be proclaimed over Koweyt, the proposed terminus of the Bagdad Rallroad, on the Persian Gulf, as & rosult of the Anglo-Turkish dispute, " |BELIEF THAT ANARCHISTS SEEK TO BLOW UP VAULT SO SACRED TO NATION Guard Is Assailed by Two Men, Knocked Down and Wounded by a Masked Ruffian, Who Car- ried What Seemed to Be 2 Bomb. Special Dispatch to The Call. - ANTON, Ohio, Sept. 20.—To-night Guard Deprend, stationed in the rear of the vault in which the body of the late President McKinley lies,was attacked by a man and cut slightly. The guard had challenged a man seen prowling about the cemetery near the vault. man made the assault on the A second guard. Military men, obeying the rules, will not be quoted on the matter, but the story in brief is stated authorftatively as follows: Guard Deprend saw a man behind a tree about 7:43 o'clock m-n';g_ht. He requested the man to halt, but the fellaw dodged from his first position to a second tree about ‘ten feet nearer the guard. raised his gun and fired. Just as he did this a second man, proached, knocked the gun from its Sentinel Deprend then masked, who had stealthily ap- aim. At the same time the soldier was struck a heavy blow on the back, and was assaulted with some sharp instru- ment. He was knocked into a small ravine at the vault Guard Deprend says the man behind the tree carried a package of white and some instrument in his hand which showed a glint. The men escaped despite the prompt rush of the officer of the day, and other soldiers to his assistance. Military men say they believe it was an attempt to blow up the vault. To-night there are reports that men were overheard to say recently about the vault that there are many men who would like to see the place blown to pieces. An extra guard has been posted near the vault, and all men of the local militia company are moment. There are seventy soldiers at the \f the seventy-two ordered to be ready Yo respond at any cemetery, twenty of whom are con- stantly on guard duty about the vault and camp. ANTON, Ohio, Sept. 20.—Lieutenant Ashbridge was on duty less than a nundred feet away in front of the | McKinley vault and is said to have | reached the top within a few sec- | onds after he heard the shot, but when he | arrived the guard was at the foot of the slope in which the vault is puilt, where he rolled after the assault, and the sup- | posed prowlers were making their escape with a good lead. Others of the company | were attracted by the report of the rifle but reached the sceme too late to be of | pursuit and the search made of the cems= etery and in increasing the guard for the night. Stories regarding the incident when they reached the city were connected with the jail delivery that occurred about the same time. » While there seems to be no doubt that at least two prowlers attempted to reach the vault, there is much difference of opirion as to the object of the intruders, who evidently made good their escape, as the cemetery has been searched over any assistance except to participate in the | in vain. D e 2 e e o ROOSEVELT HAS A BREVET RANK OF BRIGADIER —_— War Department Publishes Transcripts of an Old Proceeding. WASHINGTON, Seot. 29. — Adjutant General Corbin announceés that the board or brevets, recently appointed to meet at the War Department Monday, would de- vote its attention solely to the cases of officers and enlisted men who especially distinguished themselves in the cam- paigns in China and in the Philippines. It will have nothing to do with respect to the cases of officers who rendered special service in the West Indian cam- paign. The latter class of cases was disposed of by a similar board, which concluded its sesslons over a year ago. While the fact that a brevet had been recommended to Congress for Coldnel Roosevelt was pub- lished at the time the nominations were sent to the Senate, it appears that there were two separate recommendations, and | the exact basis for the board’s action was not made public. Therefore the adju- tant general to-day furnished these tran- scripts from the proceedings of the board: “Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, First Uritéd States Volunteer Cavalry, to be breveted colonel, United States Volun- teers, for gallantry in battle, Las Gua- sfmas, Cuba, June 24, 1398;*for gallantry in battle, Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to be breveted brigadier general.” — BROTHERS ARE ACCUSED OF A DOUBLE MURDER Two Missouri Men Thought to Have Killed Their Sister and Her Lover. DESOTO, Mo., Sept. 29.—Daniel Willlam Greenhill are under arrest here on susplcion of having murdered ‘Mrs. Uren, their sister, and John Meloy, a sultor for her hand. The couple were killed last night at the home of Mrs. Uren's father. The inquest developed the fact that the forehead of each had been cut with some gharp instrument and bullets fired into the wounds. A bloody ax was found in the bed of Willlam Greenhill and a blood- stained hatchet was discovered elsewhere in the house. These finds and because of the conflicting stories toid by the brothers caused the arrest. e el GREAT FOREST FIRE SPREADING TO TOWNS Residents of Mining Villages in Colorado Prepare to Save Their Homes. REDCLIFF, Colo., Sept, 20.—The big- gest forest fire ever known in this locality is raging to-night on Battle Mountain and threatening the town. The conflagration extends for a couple of miles along the west side of the mountain and near the summit is burning flercely, The citizens tear for thelr property and homes, and all the fire-fighting paraphernalia Is In readiness for an emergency, The fire Is traveling in the direction of the mining camp of Gilman, and that place is in even more danger at present than Redclift, and SAYS SCIENCE DID NOT AID COLUMBUS Writer® Declares Discoverer Had Conffrmation of Land’s Existence. PARIS, Sept. 29.—An important wark, which throws a fresh light on the discov- ery of America by Columbus, has been written by Henry Vignaud, first secretary of the United States Embassy here. Vig- naud, who is the vice president of the American Society of Paris, has made a life study of the early history of America. In an interview with The Call correspond- ent Vignaud said: “The present work is intended to show that for the last four centuries we have been deceived by a fraud which hides from us the real beginnings of Columbus’ project and that the famous documents ascribed to Toscanelli, the famous Flor- entine astronomer, were fabricated. I sub- mit excellent reasons for believing that Toscanelli never wrote the letter of 1474 to King Alfonso of Portugal and never traced the chart alleged to have accom- panied it. Columbus’ design was not founded on any scientific basis, but’ upon positive confirmation as to the existence of lands to the westward.” AUTOMOBILE FRIGHTENS THE VFISEKTING BULLS Animals in Ring at Bayonne Draw the Line at a Modern Im- provement. PARIS, Sept. 30.—A dispatch from Bay- onne to the Figaro describes ‘a bullfight that occurred there yesterday, in which an automobile replaced the horse of the picadore. The novelty drew an enormous crowd, but seven bulls In succession turned tail and fled at the sight of the automobile. M. Henri Deutsch of the Paris Aero Club, who established the prize for a steerable balloon which M. Santos-Du- mont, the Brazillan aeronaut, made such a vallant effort to win, furnished the au- tomobile and presided over the fight, SULTAN OF MOROCCO PROMISES TO SETTLR Receives Spain’s Diplomatic Repre- sentative and Says All Claims Will Be Satisfled. TANGIERS, Sept. 20.—Saavadra, the dragoman of the Spanish legation, has arrived at Marakesh and has been re- celved In audience by the Sultan of Morocco, who promised that all the Spanish claims should be satisfled. The Sherifflan Government declares that th: Spanish boy and girl who' were recently abducted by the Moors are still alive. -— Fresident Roosevelt at Taurcl. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2).—President Roosevelt attended divine services to-day at the Grace Reformed Church, accom. panled by his daughter, Ethel, and his son, Kermit. The little bullding was even more crowded than a week ago, Chairs were placed In the alsles and about the end of the room, and several availed themselves of seats In the window sills, The President and his children walked from the White House to the church and arrived after the bullding had i,