The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1902, Page 17

@4444444444444444 444444440 [IPA 4444444440824 0404 9 - -+ A Pages + - - L v + - -~ + - L + ++ L R S R e R i I m Q4+ 444 E4IFF 44444444 402000 IPA Disetees VOLUME XCL—NO. 99. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1 902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE .i"l VE €ENTS. REBELS OF COLOMBIA SURPRISE AND DEFEAT GOVERNMENT FORCE KINDLY PRIEST'S SAD END Rev. Fa;:;r*fwomey Is Drowned Near Smartsville. v Tries to Ford Stream Swollen by Heavy Rainfall. Vehicle Is Overturned and He Sinks to His Death. rch 8.—Rev. e Smartsville Catho- s morning, was and drowned. Par- t were received in telephone this afternoon. Twomey iving a double team from Smartsville to Dobbins, approachei Dry Creek at 10 o'clock this forenoon, at about two miles west of the oid house and six miles from ¢ power Valley. h and s, who lives near d warned him condition of dently was nt struck it nd the rig was swept down e of 100 yards, where e willow but an the rescue fore he waters. The horses e buggy was demol- peared In t dricks summoned assistance and was d late this afternoonm, brush two miles below the Coroner Hopkins evening to hold was fo was a native of ¥ Cork, Ireland, and 3§ For the past fourteen years the capacity of pastor of c church in Smartsville, Yuba kind, genial manner won respect of the residents of town and that section of He was often the guest of rved § oleman s he had made here. oted Christian worker and y acts Twomey was busily engaged in v trips between Smartsville Often had he crossed the edy, but t hed team was At f the r ¥LOWS FIVE THOUSAND BARRELS OF OIL A DAY swolle torrent which his e to struggle against and n could survive, because drift t to a ks an Cutput of the Santa Fe’'s Great Gusher at Olinda Gradually Increasing. SAN BERNARDINO, March 8—The big gusher struck by the Santa Fe Com- one of at Olinda has w from 2265 barrels a day and reports received at the s office are that a force Tap: has proved insuffi- h the flowing ofl. reached a depth of 2420 ol ve ts wells rea o 500 r superintender of fourteen clent to cope The @rill had feet when the strike was made. then was flowing 2265 barrels a day and at that rate beat any gusher ever struck in this State. A big gang of men and fourteen mule teams were put on to dlg out a reservoir for the oil, but these have been pressed to the utmost to keep away from the fluld, thousands of barrels of which have been wasted. } Banguet to Bussian Officers. LADELPHIA, March 8.—A farewell v Charles to Captain E. P. Stehno- officers of the Russlan n and the members of pection of the imperial Count Cassini, the Rus- who was to have been ie guest of was unable to attend. Toasts were dru sident Roosev the Czar of R nd the Sultan of Tu key, two of the r's representativcs being amon be g They are here in connect w the construction at Cramp’'s of a cruiser for the Turkish | Government Military Prison in Philippines. WASHINC March 8.—With the ap- | pros Chaffec, commanding Philippines, a mili- & lished on Pulo Maligi and the 1 na de Bay, to which risoners belonging to the department, er m will be sent. San Domingo Removes Duty. SAN DOMINGO, Sa Domingo, March §—The duties on sug been abol- Py It was expected in ¢ n quarters & the Government would propose " 2 | " propose ‘a on of 2 per cent in the budget, The country U quiet Father | mpting to ford a | He attempted to ford the | running | | the | | the vehicle | | Hend- | c Father Twomey disap- | ommenced to locate the body, | n this city and the news g was a shock to the many | He was an | a church at Dobbins Ranch, | t the scene of to-day’s trag- | heavy rains of this morning | The we'l | head of the Cramp Shipbulld- | — \ALFRED LYTTLETON .~ AS SUCCESSOR TO — State Department Is | Not Notified of the Change. ASHINGTON, March 8 —The State Department { has as yet received no | intimation of the selec- | tion of a successor to Lord Pauncefote. It has been the impression that the choice when made will fall to one of the under | secretaries of the British Foreign Office, | as it was understood that each of them | desired the post. If Hon. Alfred Lyttle- | ton has been selected for the p at | Washington the action marks a departure | from the usual custom of consulting the other Government as to the acceptability of the contemplated assignment. As far as can be learned, Lord Paunce- fote’s plans for the coming summer do not contemplate a journey beyond the shores of this country. He will leave POLICE SEEK IN VAIN TO SOLVE A MYSTERY Husband of Woman Killed by Poison | Sent Through the Mails Denies Guilt. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March §.—The mystery surrounding the murder of Mrs. Ada Klump of Lowell, by means of poi- sgonous headache powders sent through the mails, is still unsolved. Willlam | Kiump, the husband, who has been sus- pected of being the principal or at least an accomplice In the tragedy, is still con- fined in the County Jail. One thread of | what the officers thought to be a poasible clew seems to have been broken by the receipt this afternoon of @ telegram from Chicago, as follows: “In Chicago singe September. “MISS HATTIE WHITFIELD, { #1584 Lexington street.” i TP ! 1 { | e e B R e e aamand ) LORD PAUNCEFOTE | N Hori. SLFRE MEMBER OF BRITISH PAR- LIAMENT WHO MAY SUC- CEED LORD PAUNCEFOTE. Probable DepartureIs Made From Usual Custom. Washington In a few days for a visit to George Vanderbilt at Biltmore, where he hopes to recuperate full his recent attack of gout. THOUSANDS OF HOUSES LOST IN THE EARTHQUAKE CTicial Report of the Recent Destruc- tion at Shamaka Shows Appal- ling Figures. BAKU, March 8.—The official report of the committee which has been investigat- ing the recent earthquake at Shamaka shows that 126 villages, with a total of 908¢ houses, were included in the area of the disturbance; that 3496 houses were de- stroyed and 393 damaged. Besldes the dwellings 4163 farm buildings, 11 churches, 41 mosques, 11 factories and 3 schoolhouses were seriously damaged. ! . RIS ALY | COLLISION IN CHINA } CAUSES MANY DEATHS Steamer and Boat Crash and Ona Hundred and Fifty Persons | until VICTORS TAKE NO CHANCES Pen Enemy Between | Two Embank- ments. Shoot Down }’ederals‘ From a Safe Position. ——— ' Rebels Also Showing} Ureat Activity in Venezuela. PANAMA, March 8.—For the last twe days it has been per- sistently rumored here that the Governmen: forces have sus- tained a severe defeat. It is said that when “the Colombian gun-| | boat Boyaca landed reinforce-| and | ments at Chiriqui the civil military chief of the provincc,‘ R. Lastra, prepared to attack the revolutionists at San Pablo, | about five miles from David, and sent Colonel Luque forward with 200 recruits. The - latter, not knowing the country, is said to have been surprised by 500 of the enemy Jbetween two embank- ments, from which position the revolutionists were { down the Government able to shoot soldiers. Many of the latter are under- | h | stood to haye been made prison- ers. It is hoped-in Gevegnment circles that David was nat cap- tured by the revolutionists, as the town was strongly in- trenched. LASTRA MAY HOLD OUT. Lastra may be able to hold out reinforcements sent by General Castro reach him. The British stéamer, Taboga, due here March 10 from Pecdre- | gal, will probably bring more de- tails of the engagement. COLON, Colombia, March 8. The United States squadron, comprising the battleships Kear- sarge, Indiana, Massachusetts and Alabama, under command of Admiral Francis J. Higginson, commander in chief'of the North Atlantic station, entered the har- bor this afternoon. The squad- ron probably will remain here three days. United States Gen- sul Oscar Malmros boarded the flagship immediately on the ar- rival of the squadron and paid his respects to Admiral Higginson. BIG BATTLE EXPECTED. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 8.—At the request of the German Orinoco Asphalt Com- pany the cruiser Falke has sailed from Trinidad for Pedernales, Venezuela, to protect German interests there. A battle between the Government and insurgent troops is impending at Peder- nales. There is great revolu- tionary activity along the east- ern coast of Venezuela. The in- surgents, apparently, far out- number the Government forces. The Venezuelan revolutionary steamship Libertador was seen approaching Carupano at g4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. ] PEBELS SURPRISE TOWN AND RELEASE PRISONERS There were reports from Lowell resi- | dents that Miss Whitfleld had been seen | _ ‘Are Drowned. | Members of a Chinese Secret Society in Lowell within the past few days. It | YONGKONG, March 81t is rumored | Reported to Be Burning is on the theory of a “woman in the case” | from Canton that a river steamer plying | Villages. | that the officers are working. When close- ; on the Canton River ran down a native| HONGKONG, March §—The Kwang-si I¥ questioned by the Sheriff to-day Klump | Passenger-boat and that 150 persons were | rebels have reached Kaichou, eighty miles broke down and cried like a child. | I think there must be a woman in the * he said, “and if I could tell you I would, but I don't know anything about i | g [ Customs Receipts in Philippines. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 8.—Act- | ing Governor Wright at Manila to-day | cabled the Sccretary of War that the | Philippine receipts from customs for { Jenuary were $622,377, and for February | 8780, The receipts at the city of Ma- nila for February amounted to $57,566, and 4 the miscellaneous receipts were $33,515. drowned. Hearriman Inspects Texas Property. | SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 8.—Presi- | dent E. H. Harriman of the Southern Pacific, accompanied by Vice President | anc General Manager Julius Kruttschnitt, arrived in the city to-day and inspected the company’s property here. Harriman is non-committal as to the object of his | coming trip to Mexico. It was intended | that the party should leave for Mexico | agree in deglaring that a Ministerial crisis | to-night, but the departure has been postponed until Monday night. Harriman | was somewhat indisposed to-day and re- tired early. from Kwong Chan Yuan. They surprised the local mandarins, overpowered the gar- rison and released the prisoners, who joined in the rebellion. A It is reported that the members of the Triad secret soclety have joined the rebels and are looting and burning villages, gl Spanish - Ministerial Crisis Certain MADRID, March 8.—The Spanish papers is almost unavoidable and they express the opinion that the announcement that a crisis has occurred will be made after the Cabinet council to be held March 10, e RUDYARD KIPLING BECOMES SARCASTIC IN CRITICIZING AMERICA AND PHILIPPINES % | | | | | | | | | | ! | N KipLing i | i | | [ ] L] 8 | | | [SENATORY oMmas Parrersen | | | |Says Nation Muddles Along in Great Waste. | ing letter from Rudyard Kip- Dealing with the Philippines, he replied to a Shanghai corre- spondent, who drew his atten- ands, as follows: “All you say about the Philippines, the conflict there between the military and civil, and the pig-headedness of the military and their habit of setting ‘bulldogs to catch rabbits’ is immensely cheering to me, because it is precisely what -we are doing in South Africa. You cannot persuade a big country full of prosperity that it does not know every- thing. When it has lost a few thousand millions sterling it may, if unusually en- lightened, begin to understand that it has taken hold of the wrong end of the stick. But that is a great deal to hope for and prcbably will not come in our time. I am very glad to learn, on your showing, that the American seems to be ‘constitu- tiorally incapable of admitting himself wrong and frankly putting himself in the right,’ because I did not like to think of the Americans as more logical than our- selves. Of course what a new country wants is a high-toned despot of unlimited pcwers and absolute integrity, but as America and England are both free peo- tle, 'we must muddle along in the expen- sive, wasteful, but cheery fashion that attends our methods.” “THE THING IS ON.” WASHINGTON, March 8.—Senator Pat- terson continued his questioning of Gen- eral Hughes in the Senate Committee on the Philippines to-day, taking up the be- ginning of hostilities in February, 1899. The witness repeated his previous state- inent that the first shot had been fired by an American. Senator Patterson asked General Hughes what he had meant when he said upon hearing the firing at first, “The thing s on.” There was some sparring between the two, as on previous occasions, the Sen- ator insisting upon a direct answer and the witness upon replying in his own way. 1 intend,” sald the latter, “to answer in the best way I can to cover the whole conditlon. I wish to answer my own way, as I am informed I have a right to do. I felt that they had made an attack on us and that we must defend ourselves,” he | added. “Did you mean simply that you should defend yourselves, or that you should make an attack’also?” ONDON, March §.—An interest- | ling has been published here. | | tion to American methods In those isl-| Americans, | BRIG-GEN. R. P HUGHES | + BRITAIN AND AMERICA; NOTED ENGLISH AUTHOR WHO CCMPARES METHODS MEMBER OF PHILLIPINE COMMIT TEE, AND AN OFFICER WHO TESTIFIES CONCERNING ISLANDS. OF GREAT +* e stated.” Patterson then sought to bring out the fact that the attack was made before the Filipinos were ready, and General Hughes admitted that the Filipino leaders were absent in a conference at Malolos. He sald that hostilities were so active the next day that there was no opportunity to attempt to heal the breach. KILLED WHEN CORNERED. Senator Patterson questioned General Hughes concerning the effect of President McKinley’'s proclamation of January 19, 1899, for the extension of the military oc- cupation of the United States to the en- tire archipelago, asking the witness if | there was anything to do but to attack the Filipino forces. General Hughes replied that the policy was to use only peaceful means, so long as they were effectual, but that when these were exhausted to resort to war. General Hughes said the Filipinos made their best fight on the 5th of February, 1599. He denied that in subsequent bat- tles they were slaughtered, but many were killed when cornered and continued to fight when they should surrender. A number of questions were asked by Senator Dubois on points covered by the Philippine government bill, now pending in the committee. In reply to these Gen- eral Hughes sald that he thought that white labor would be a total faflure in the Philippines and that other labor would be necessary there. The natives are, he sald, physically weak and lazy, and the | witness thought the only resort would be Hughes Tells How Filipinos Fight and Are Killed After Being Cornered. \ “I had no intention beyond what I have | to continue to import Chinese and Japa- nese labor, for the present at least GOOD PLACE FOR NEGROES. General Hughes also expressed the | opinion that it would be well to encour- age negro emigration to the Philippines from the United States. He added that the colored troops taken to Samar mixed readily with the natives, and that many of the latter shed tears when the colored soldiers were removed. Next tie American negro he thought the Japanese most desirable. The Chinese laborer was the most available, but there was a prej- udice against him on the part of the Filipinos. Speaking of the American Chamber of Commerce of Manila, he said it is com- posed largely of Englishmen and other Europeans, “who did not care a snap for American interests.” PRESIDENTE IS KIDNAPED. Desiring to ascertain the facts as to ¢ 8 to ditions in the province of Morong. Luzon, Secretary Root recently cabled inquiries to Commissioner Wright and General Chaffee, which have brought forth the following ‘replies, dated Manila, March 3: With reference to your telegram of ot in- | stant, Secretary of War, facts from Moreng are: About a week ago the presidente was kidnaped. The perpetrators of were a mew organization gathered in Morong province, about sixty strong prously seareli- ed for: driven to hiding: probably captured in a day or two; have inflicted no material dam- age; no special significance need or should &t~ tach to this event. CHAFFER e Cunti;u';d”&;k!;g; ; i!khnn. >y