The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCL-—NO 33. @ SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1902. all. FIGHTING MEN FOR THE PHILIPPINES paper sy from | taken PRICE FIVE CENTS DEPART ON THE TIHRANSPORT SHERIDAN TAKING 2 A LAST LOoo o Sas: reasscisce SIHEMIDAN PULL Docr . SENATOR MORGAN GETS Negotiations for the Acquisition of Terri-| CHEERING NEWS ABOUT THE NICARAGUA CANAL tory Terminate in a Manner Much More Satisfactory Than Had Been Hoped For Special Dispatch to The Call. hoped for is taken to mean that the Government the in this ¥ under which it to transfer to the United States ory and that this price one. This is good new ua canal project, b price is a tor it use hostile to this route had been at work in agua endeavoring to have the price marked up to an almost prohibitive figure Panama Route Too Cheap. Representative Grosvenor of Ohio to- 1 himself in favor of the Nica- S S o 7 BHLS anal bill. He said: give 2 alls, because they | «These Panama fellows have fooled around here a long time, and I don't be- lieve they should receive any more at- tention. They say they have spent more than $100,000,000 on their canal, but they are willing to sell it for $40,000.00. Now, if the canal is worth anything they should not be willing to sell at such a discount, and since they appraised it at stch a small proportion of the cost price to him in such a way | { ne tion, | Senator | Nicaraguan ca- y canal, and just erable atten- will have no | The | is cons It : Pe| the question arises whether it is worth RO~ v early day. | gy.ything at all. d News for the Project. | “I belteve there should be no delay and w 50 pass Nicara- | that we should go ahead with the Nica- reguan canal. It is reported to-day that Colombia is not willing to grant this s | country a permanent concession of the er Papama canal route. A long lease is of- tat t that t red, but to many members of Congress able than he at is not acceptable.” ¥ okl S =2 e nNTT ONE MILLION IS GIVEN FOR A FRENCH SCHOOL C HICAGO, J. miilion dollars is the sum offered by ch multi-millionaire, for the establish- t French indust in connection with the Uni- C go. The tender was to President Harper to-day i gen Ridel of the French army. Dr. thing the university desired The new school is to be an , and the necessary buildings, 1 furnish the money, will be located on the M. Lebaudy does not expect to end his in- the proposed school with the gift of $1,000,- X « h an endowment fund I es on still greater importance from the fact that e active ostered by the French Government. The students v duates of French colleges, to be selected by the G 200 will be sent over each year.. They will come on of tramsportation and living being defrayed by / sion of his conference with Dr. Harper M. Ridel left Was to consult Embassador Cambon. — AT A FRrRoM TEHRE. has been reported that malign influences | = | | { | | ‘ i INTERESTING SCENES AS THE UNITED STATES TRANSPORT STARTED ON HER LONG JOURNEY TO THE PHILIPPINES, CARRYING OFFICIALS, SOLDIERS, TEACHERS AND CIVILIANS TO THEIR NEW FIELD OF WORK IN THE CITIES AND ON THE FIRING LINE. UNITED STATES OCEAN CARRIER | SAILS WITH MORE SOLDIERS FOR ARMY IN THE NEW POSSESSIONS Many Women Are Also Among the Passengers--Teacher Reaches Dock Too Late and Climbs Aboard Outgoing Vessel Off Alcatraz by Means of Rope Ladder---Lieutenant and Wife Left Behind HE army officers who went away yestérday on the Sheri- dan, the transport officials and the Police Department were pleasantly surprised. A big “drunk draft” was expected to depart on the transport, but instead of that every man of the levy was sober and | as chipper as a sparrow. The troopship's destination is Manila. The officers of the vessel thought the crew would also celebrate and it was ex- pected that some of them would “‘turn up missing.” Instead of that every man re- ported for duty on time and the vessel went out with a full and thoroughly com- petent crew. There was really only one drunken man on the vessel, and as it afterward turned out, he was not a member of the crew, but a visitor who had been celebrating over night. The Sheridan took away four companies { and the headquarters and band of the Twenty-seventh Infantry, four troops of the Eleventh Cavalry, 747 recruits, 17 mem- bers of the hospital corps, eleven members of the signal corps and 125 cabin passen- gers. The men of the Twenty-seventh came down headed by their band and as they marched along East street they were cheered again and again. The cavalry also had to march, as the horses were left be- {hind. The cavalrymen will get new mounts in the Philippines. After the infantry and cavalry came the recruits, and in spite of their ‘newness,” they presented a soldierly appearance. | = Quite a number of them attempted to break ranks and make a run for a saloon, but every time the runaway was caught and brought back to his place. Once there he was admonished by his officer and rarely made a second attempt. Once in a while a man got away, but then Sergeant “Tom” Mahoney and a special squad of police were speedily on his trail and it was only a few minutes before the runaway was back on the transport whart. Sergeant Mahoney was here, there and everywhere all morning and it was malinly due to his vigilance, seconded by the officers of the vessel, that the “big drunk draft” did not come off. Many Whisky Bottles Smashed. Hundreds of men caiymg whisky flusks and bottles tried to pass the lines, buc all were known and enough whisky to generate a New Year's celebration for the entire ship's company went into the bay in consequence. Many a groan went up as bottles of good Scotch or Irish were broken, but when the bottles of good old Kentucky bourbon were smashed against the ship's side there was a howl of indig- nation from every soldier aboard. It 1s a remarkable fact, but neverthe- less true, that in spite of its being a holi- day the Sheridan took away the soberest body of men that has ever left San Fran- cisco. It was orderly, it was quick to obey orders and it was pre-eminently American. There were more than- one thousand people down to see the transport away and General Long ‘was among them. Later he boarded the Government tug Slocum and paid another visit to the ves- L e sel as she lay to off Alcatraz. In the meantime the crew had been put through a fire and boat drill and when the gen- eral was satisfled that all was as it should be he allowed the Sheridan to proceed to sea. The transport will not call at Honolulu, but will stop at Guam to deliver stores and a few recruits. She will not re- main long at Manfla, but will hurry back to San Francisco with discharged soldiers and invalids. Those Who Sailed on Transport. Those who went away in the cabin of the Sheridan are: Colonel Frank D, Baldwin and wife, Major C. J. Chub, Captains James T. Moore, James A. Hutton, C. Shuttleworth and wife, A. An- drews and E. Nuttman. Lieuterants O. 8. Eskridge, C. S. Fries, Evan | D. Murphy, James M. Kimbaugh and B. Mc- Namara. Second Lieutenants W. 8. Parsons, John J. Fulmer, Kelton L. Pepper, Arthur A. Dalton. Chaplain Rice of the Twenty-seventh Infan- try and wife, Major J. R. Rickey, Captains J. T. Haines, W. M. Rowell, wife and two children, and E. M. Leary and wife. Lieatepants T. B. Taylor, A. S, Odell, F. P. Anies. Sscond Lieutenants D. D. Tompkins and wite, John Symington, C. M. Baird, W. G. Meade and H. Westmoreland, Veterinary Sur- geon Alexander McDonald, Surgeon Captain James S. Kennedy of the Eleventh Cavalry, Major Thomas F. Davis. Lieutenants G. B. Rodney and R. K, Smith. Continued on Page Two. i | States on the high seas, she was forcibly TO CLASS AMERICA WILL REFUSE FILIBUSTER STEAMER AS A PIRATE If President Castro of Venezuela Carries Out His Threat Concerning th= Ban High, Great Britain Wil Demand Reparation Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU., 46 G| STREET, N W., WASHING- TON, Jan. 1—If Venezuela communicates to the United | States a declaration that the | filibustering steamer Ban Righ is a pirate, an explicit reply will be | returned refusing to agree to any such| designation. According to officials of the | State Department the Ban Righ is no | more a pirate than were the American | vessels which conveyed munitions of war to Cuba during the insurrection in that island against the Government of Spain. The Ban Righ has a British register, and the British Government will, undoubtedly, compel President Castro to make ample reparation in case her officers and crew should be unlawfully dealt with. The authorities say that the case of the Ban | Righ much resembles that of the steamer Virginius, though, of course, it has not yet met the grewsome end of the Ameri- can ship. Case of the Virginius. The Virginius was duly registered at the port of New York as a part of the com- mercial marine of the United States on October 4, 1870. Having received the cer- tificate of register in the usual legal form, she sailed from New York on October 31. ‘While salling under the flag of the United seized by the Spanish gunboat Tornado ; and was carried into the port of Santiago de Cuba, where fifty-three of her passen- gers and crew were put to death. Presi- dent Grant, In a message to Congress, called attention to a Senate resolution declaring that American vessels on the high seas In time of peace, bearing Amer- ican fidgs, remain under the jurisdiction of the country to which they belong and + any molestation or detention of such ves- sels is in derogation of the sovereignty of the United Sta.es. Accordingly the re- storation of the Virginius was demanded, with full reparation. ‘Will Exact Reparation. Great Britain entertains the same view regarding the inviolability of her. mer- chant marine on the high seas in time of peace as does the United States. If Ven- ezuela, therefore, attempts ‘to seize the Ban Righ either by her own national ves- sels or by privateers to whom President Castro may grant letters of marque, the authorities say Great Britain will have ample ground for exacting full repara- tion. With respect to- President Castro’s declaration that the Ban Righ is a pirate, the authorities say that it is ridiculous and will receive no attention from any Government. Secretary of State Fish de- clared that those concerned in the enter- prise of the Virginius were not pirates at common law, and with precedent the au- thoritles say that the Ban Righ cannot be placed in the category fixed by Presi~ dent Castro. Faithful Dogs Guard Body. RAWLINS, Wyo., Jan. 1.—The body of | W. M. Moody, a sheepherder who was lost in the Red Desert during the big storm several days ago, was found to-day, frozen stiff. Searching parties have hunt- ed everywhere for the herder's body, but without success until to-day, when they were attracted to the spot where the dead herder lay by the barking of dogs. The dogs had remained with Moody during the storm and were standing guard over the frozen body. B at the Old Palace at noon to-day he sador, Andrew D. White, to ask the to christen the vessel. now building in the United many was let to the Townsend and ALICE ROOSEVELT HONORED BY EMPEROR ERLIN, Jan. r.—Emperor William desires that his new vacht, dent Roosevelt’s daughter Alice, and at the New Year's reception The contract made by Carey, Smith & Barbey, naval architects, to construct an American schooner-yacht for Emperor William of Ger- Shooters Island, Staten Island. The yacht_is to be completed in time for next year’s racing season. Special specifications made by the Em- | peror are being carried out in the building of the vessel. Y States, shall be christened by Presi- requested the United Statés Embas- President to allow Miss Roosevele Downey Shipbuilding Company of