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2 +4+ Biidsbttttttssttsistrsssse :oo P et anhs 4 + . ¢4 + + g . + + P - . ot o~ & -3 4 * ) -d + < ’ « + & - C + . B4444444434044444434544430 B+4+444444452400 4000440400 % = = o 0. 120 SAN FRANCISCO, S DAY, MARCH 30, 1902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ROOT AND ROOSEVELIT CHINESE GEN. FUNSTON DECLARES IGARG SOLDIERS X . G | Miles’ Plan to Pacify the Phili, “] Will Stand by All I H. Said,” Philip- eneral Miles’ Plan to Paci e Philip=|yundreds Meot Death i and b ave Said,” Ph . . e o . . . ring Ri lIs Int pines Brings Forth Sharp Comment. Dpring Fiom ine Warrior Tells Interviewer. > ) iy in Chili. 28 7 AR 17 ‘ long iliness. The wound left by the oper- ‘ i M | ation for appendicitis that was performed Resistance Is ade j in the island bothered him a little in the - >, <. - ity s hadé n- to Collection of | East. and at Kansas City he bad to un | g | dergo a sitght operation. It is this last [ Indemnity. { from which he is recovering. | | R Three months and ten days have passed | over the head of General Funston Jr., but H H he is still without a Christian name. His Villagers With Spears | e e . e i they w8 | na 1 il they get to the new post Are Slaughtered | name him unct ey get 1o the new po | “He hasn't felt the need of a name yet,” by Troops' | General Funston Sr. says. “I haven't | heard him complain. He will probably PEKING, March 29.—Chinese officials worry along nameless for a week or two | say that 1000 people have been killed m' yet. ' Neither his mother nor I have had riots at Tamingfu, the southernmost pre- | - fectire of the province of Chili. This Is, | - perhars, an exaggeration, but the loss of | | life was undoubtedly great. The riots were due to attempts of local officials to collect indemnities for the Catholics, as arranged between the officials and the priests. Soldiers have been disphtched to quell the disturbances and a taotai has been sent to adjust the differences. MISSIONARIES ARE WARNED. | The officials warn the misslonaries to { keep out of the disturbed district. Such resistance to the payment of missionary | claims is to be expected in localities where the population is poor and large sums are levied. The latest reports from Tamingfu say | the greatest loss of life occurred during i the fight between Yuan Shi Kal's soldiers | and the populace. The Inhabitants of | several villages who were enlisted in the | so-called United Villagers' Society resist- i ed the soldiers, but as most of the vil- i lagers were armed only with spears and ; swords they suffered great slaughter. i RUSSIA AFTER THIBET. | The Russlans are not pressing the prop- ositions to give the Russo-Chinese Bank { | exclusive mining and other rights in Man- | churia, so the powers are not likely to [ - oppose the signing of the Manchurian | — GEN | treaty, as now practically agreed upon NELSON 4. between Paul Lessar, the Russian Min- | o | ister here, and Prince Ching, president of | & the Chinese Foreign Office. The signa- | o | | tures will probably be attached in a few CADiR CRNEE AR D | [ase ERICK FUNSTON is not at M. Lessar has been suggesting to Prince . dicubbed Svpr RN GritE Ching that Thibet should De granted in- O i et Tl i dependence. The Chinese believe that this ; | portends a Russian attempt to acquire et Bith 105t R S ! 4 _about_the capture.of Aguinal- Thibet a8 compensation for compromising | 4o 1o sald yesterday at the Blankart | | Russia’s Manchurian ambitions. ho;né i Hgt. Gexland, where he joined [ Le""l",‘ G";"“,"d"i"""“c“"_‘;fl Who Were | pio wife and the infant General Funston | | formerly employed In the Chinese army | oo, phe came from: an early ar:iving | have requested their reinstatement, but | g o po o grom the East, that it is i ‘:(;mg'::]orfp}fr‘l‘za;ncs]l‘r‘:;‘t::: agreed | yseless to pay any attentlon to things that y n ac- 3 3 5 a count of the jealousles of the powers. :::f e s o e g | | Nevertheless more Japanese officers re- | “i\What's the use of worrying about the | cently joined Yuan Shi Kal's army. They | talk of people who really know nothing | are wearing Chinese clothing and their | apout the situation In the Philippines or | efforts have already resulted In great im- | the capture of Aguinaldo,” he said. *He | provements in the equipment of the forces. | was captured, and that ought to end the | | e . | discussion. There is no such thing as | VICE PRESIDENT OUT ethics or kid gloves in war. If we were | IN TROUBLED COLOMBIA |fighting with a European nation we | | - A might follow upon some agreed method of | | One of the Ministers Reported”to Be | warfare, but you can't do that with the i | Acting as Chief Ex- Filipinos. They're too treacherous. They | N\ . ecutive. ambush you, they set spring guns for =% = SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua,|You and they massaere you, and you have B March 20.—Advices received by the steam- | to get even with them by practicing war- { COSEVEL ship Aconcagua from Panama report im- | fare that perhaps it not strictly in line | ) portant news from Bogota to the effect | With the kind that two civilized natlons | C | that Vice President Marroquin ‘has re- | would employ. ; % | signed or has been forced to hide: him- IT WAS HIS PLAN. | E - ‘ COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THE COMMANDER IN.CHIEF AND THE HEAD :i"\'v::d l’:::talseon(l’:ffi;:n:\:iebzl;x‘nls{cr Vo o DIB;I for ‘:h:(::rp(:l‘z i tAlK‘ldllflflldo i B ), E 7. 2 M NCE J * ' % ‘was agreed upol areful scus- =| Of THE WAR DEPARTMENT, WHOSE EXCHANGE OF CORRESFONDENCE AND ANTERESTING COM- | | "The advices further stato that there was | s ‘smong the military heads fn the | FAMOUS BRIGADIER GENERAL AND HIS WIFE AND CHILD, WHOM 4 g i ; i ) REPRESHNTA TIVES. great animosity against Senor Fernandez | jgands, It was my plan, and it was in- HE WILL TAKE TO DENVER, WHERE HE HAS BEEN ORDERED B + | for having threatened to shoot several| rygted to me to carry out. I carrled it TO COMMAND DEPARTMENT OF COLORADO. BUREAU, 46 G REET, N. W., WASHING- March 25.—Another ad- fon rebuff to General 2s made public to-day, dent Roosevelt in re- on resolution trans- mitted to th the “correspondence relating to t commanding general's proposition for bringing hostilities in the Philippines to an end. The President gives & final sting by concluding the entire cor- respondence between Secretary Root and General Miles with this note: sponse to “The memorandum of the Secretary of War is approved as a whole and as to every part. Had there been any doubt before as to the wisdom of denying Gen- eral Miles’ request, these papers would remove such doubt.” The only other part taken by President Roosevelt in the matter is & brief note of approval of the Secretary’'s original action w4.nd the messege of transmission; in which the President states that he includes cer- tain additional memoranda added by Gen- eral Miles since the passage of the reso- lution, together with the action taken thereon. The correspondence was read in the House, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs. The proposition of General Miles was to take Cubans and Porto Ricans with him t6 (e Philippines, who were to act as mission- aries for purposes of pacification. Secre- tary Root opposed this on the ground that it was “spectacular and sensational.” Other severe criticisms are made of the commanding general in regard to his per- sonal conduct in the matter, particularly to his efforts to obtain publicity. The Sec- retary says that the plans proposed would only accomplish what is now being done, and in the meantime would establish a military dictatorship and displace the present civil and military authorities Not satisfied with this General Miles, on March renewed his request. It met with the same fate and he suffered still another rebuff. In view of this sharp Gisapproval of his recommendation, even 4 the friends of General Miles do fot see bow he can retain his present office. But General Miles, it is stated to-night, will, notwithstanding the contrary report In circulation, remain as commanding gen- cral unless retired by the President. | There is no longer doubt that the gen- eral's usefulness has gone, it is said, and the President is prepared to retire him when a favorable opportunity presents itself. PAPERS ARE SUBMITTED. Correspondence Concerning Miles’ Plan to Pacify Philippines. WASHINGTON, March 29.—The Presi- dent to-day sent to the House of Repre- sentatives the correspondence and papers bearing on the request.of Lieutenant Gen- eral Miles to be assigned to duty in the Philippines. The papers were sent to the House in response to a resolution intro- duced by Burleson of Texas and passed by that body. They are as follows: To the House of Representatives: In re- sponse to the following resolution of the House of Representatives of March 26, 1902, “Resolved, That the President of the United States be and he is hereby respectfully re- quested, if not incompatible With public in- terests, to transmit to the House copies of all correspondence relating to and papers bearing on the matter of the reported request of Lieu- tenant General Nelson A. Miles, U. §. A., to be assigned to duty in the Philippine Archi- pelago and to be allowed to put into effect there a plan outlined by him to bring about a cessation of hostilities,” I transmit he:ewith coples of all the papers upon which final ac- tion in the matter was taken. Since such fingl action and since the intro- duction of said resolution a further memoran- @um has been added to'the papers by Lieuten- ant General Miles, and I transmit also a copy thereof, together with the action thereon. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. White House, March 29, 1902. MILES’ PROPOSITION. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, WASH- INGTON, Feb. 17, 1902.—The Honorable the Secretary of War—S8ir: I have the honor to invige attention to a subject that I have had under consideration for several months and to request that this letter be lald before the President. It is now three years since the opening of hostilities between the forces of the United States and those of the Philippine Islands, and this warfare has been conducted with marked severity. More than 120,000 United States troops have been at different times sent or are now under orders to go to the Philippines, and more than 40,000 still remain on duty there, which service, with the assistance of the naval forces, involves an enormous expenditure of public money, as well as the loss of many valuable lives. During the past century thousands of In- dians have been called to the capital for con- sultation and council, and I have, under au- thority, sent to Washington many red-handed representatives of different tribes of Indians, the result of which has been a reconcillation, @ restoration of confidence, the provention of war and the establishment and continuance of peace within the States and Territories. Our friendly relations with the people of Cuba and Porto Rico have been largely pro- moted by consultation with the representatives of those islands here in Washington, both be- fore hostilities occurred, during the Spanish war and since, and I have never found any people, whether savage, semi-civilized or ciy- ilized, who were not benefited by candid, frank and honest consultation and council, In view of the above considerations I make the request that I be authorized to proceed to the Philippine Islands, taking with me ten men whom I may select from Cuba and Porto Rico, whose assistance has been found useful in promoting friendly relations between the people of those islands and the United States, and who could properly explain to the Fili- pinos the benefits thelr people have derfved through friendly relations with this country, and while there to give such directions as T may deem advisable and judiclous for the best disposition of the United States military forces, to the end that they may occupy the m‘:l; heaithful and strategic positions, with due re- gard to economy, and be afforded the greatest comfort and benefit; also to take such meas- ures as will tend to restore as far as pos- sible confidence to the people of those islands and demonstrate that the purpose of our Gov- ernment is prompted by the highest sense of Justice, and that on returning I be authorized to bring to the capital such number of rep- resentative Filipinos as I may think advisable, in order that they may see and know the ad- vantages of our civilization and realize the disposition of our Government toward them, at the same time affording an opportunity for a full consultation, whereby intelligent and Continued on Page Eighteen. ) prominent Liberals imprisoned in Bogota. Dr. Felipe Paul, an intimate friend of Dr. Caro, who was recently appointéd a Minister of the Government, is supposed to be now acting as President of the re- public and to have formed a new Min- istry entirely opposed to Marroquin’s pol- fcy. It is belleved that he may also call a general convention and thereby bring about much-desired peace arrangements, giving the Liberal party a share in Gov- ernment affairs. The Liberals hold now all the provinces in the Department of Panama and have about 5000 well-armed men and plenty of war materials. The Government has about 2000 men concentrated in Panama and Colon. has been taken by the Liberals. ———— POPE LEO DEPLORES TENDENCY TO ANARCHY Pontiff Entreats People to Return to Christ for Peace and Salva- tion. ROME, March 29.—The Pope to-day pub- lished a long encyclical letter, the tone of which suggests testamentary recom- mendations. After thanking God for pro- longed life, he reiterates once more the teachings he has already promulgated to the Catholic world. He deplores the at- tacks on the church and recent errors of humanity, instancing divorce, and pic- tures the present condition of society as having drifted into a state of anarchy. He entreats the people to return to Christ and the Roman pontiff as the only sources whence the world can hope tc obtain peace and salvation. Charity Idea Was Lipton’s. LONDON, March 29.—According to a statement in To-Day, Sir Thomas Lipton is responsible Yor the idea of King Ed- sward’s coronation dinner to London’s poor. It was Sir Thomas' wish to furnish the money himself. He offered to place a sufficlent sum in the hands of a responsi- ble committee, but the idea seemed such a happy one that the King decided to identify himself personally with it and to supply the funds from the privy purse. It was at King Edward's personal request that Sir Thomas Lipton joined the com- mittee of Mayors, who will superintend the dinner. It is reported that Casanova |’ out and met with the commendation of Generals MacArthur and Wheaton, my superiors. Surely they know that all's fair in war. There was nothing barbarous about the apprehension of Aguinaldo. He was the head and front of the insurrec- tion and it was necessary,to capture him. “The criticism that was indulged in over my recent speech as to the methods for the subjugation of the natives is not all fair. There would probably have been no criticism if the reports of my speech had not been garbled. The reports left out DREIBUND'S RENEWAL IS NOW WELL ASSURED Conference Between German Chan- cellor and Italian Minister Pro- duces Satisfactory Results. LONDON, March 20.—The correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette at Rome, re- ferring to the meeting between the Ger- man Imperial Chancellor, Count von Bu- Jow, and the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Signor Prinettl, says: “They add the last touches to the re- newal of the dreibund. The most im- portant modification of the old treaty, so far as Italy is concerned, relates to the Mediterranean, Italy claiming that if she remains in the triple alliance her politi- cal influence at Tripoli must be recognizcd 4nd her allles must bind themselves to help her in the event of an attempt of any other power to seize it, such an at- tempt being considered “~a casus belll. Although Tripoll is thus recognized to be in the Italian sphere, Italy has no inten- tion of eccupying it. The public is wholly agalnst colonial expansion, after the ex- ment would be immediately overthrown if it embarked on such an enterprise.” BERLIN, March 29.—Semi-official state- ments made here represent the German Government as fully satisfied with tne result of the interviews between Count von | Bulow and Signor Prinetti, the Ttallan Minister of Foreign Affairs, in which all questions between Germany and Italy were fully discussed. While the ne- gotiations were not finished, it is now re- garded here as assured that through the interview the renewal of the dreibund will soon be concluded. perience in Abyssinia, and the Govern- | o+ s the parts that modifled the strongest statements, and, of course, these emascu- lated versions left an unpleasant impres- slon upon the minds of some people. However, I will stand by all that I have said.” HEALTH IS IMPROVED. General Funston’s health is much im- proved and he Is filling out again. He says he feels much better than he did, barring a little weakness resultant on his BRITISH LOSE MEN IN A SEVERE BATTLE Eight Killed, Ten Wounded and Twenty-Nine Captured by Cape Colony Boers. LONDON, March 29.—A casualty list published this afternoon records a hither- to unreported fight in the Rhenoster Val- ley, near Sutherland, Cape Colony, March 24, when the British were evidently se- verely handled. They lost eight men Kkilled, had ten men wounded and twenty- | nine men were captured. The latter have since been released. INDIANAPOLIS, March 2. —Herman Liber, president of the North American | Turnerbund, said to-night that the bund is about to send a large sum of money | to the Transvaal for the relief of the | women and children in the concentration camps and for the furnishing of surgeons and hospital supplies to the wounded | Boers. This movement, to begin in this | city, will be extended over the country. Liber said: “We shall make a ¢all on all our so- cieties in the United States to contribute, and we have 40,000 members from Boston | to San Francisco.” Blaine’s Daughter Loses Gems. WASHINGTQN, March 29.—Tt developed to-day that the $3000 necklace stolen from a Pullman car running between Charles- | ton, 8. C., and Jacksonville, Fla., on March 7, belonged to Mrs. Harrlet 8. Blaine Beale, daughter of the late James i G. Blaine. Mrs. Beale was en route to | Cuba, accompanying Miss Alice Roose- velt, the President’s daughter. The au- thorities are still without a clew to the gems and the identity of the thief. time to consider the list of names.” The general and his wife and family are packing and getting ready to take the train for Denver, where they will live as long as General Funston is in com- mand of the Department of" Colorado. They will leave in five days. and immedi- ately after their arrival General Funston will take command, succeeding General MacArthur, who has succeeded to com~ mand of the Department of the Lakes. 2 S e R o o R e a a e a CATTLE AND SHEEFP MEN HAVE DESPERATE BATTLE Two Brothers Killed During a Con- flict Over Division of Wyoming Range. SALT LAKE, Utah, March 2.—A spe- cial to the Herald from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: Late this afternoon a telephone message was received from Big Piney, a small town in Ulintah County, stating that a flerce fight occurred on the range near there yesterday between cattle and sheep men and that two brothers named Hall hand been killed. No further particulars were received at Big Piney, but a messenger was at once dispatched to the scene of the conflict to secure further details of the battle. The report that a battle had been fought in the Upper Green River country caused o surprise in Cheyenne, for the sheep and cattle men of the section have been at war over a division of the range for the past two years. Several collisions have occurred between the two parties, al- though until the present conflict no fatal- ities have resultes w PSR Revenue Cutter Bill Argued. WASHINGTON, March 29.—The House devoted most of to-day to the bill In- creasing the efficiency of the revenue cut- ter service, but did not complete its con« sideration. The opening argument was made by Sherman of New York. Speeches were made in its favor by Minor of Wis- consin and H. C. Smith of Michigan, and against it by Richardson of Alabama, Little of Arkansas, Cochran of Missouri and Mann of Illinois