The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 10, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCI-NO. 13 1 SAN 'FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1902 PRICE ' FIVE CENTS. MARKED SEVERITY OF WAR General Miles Says| His Charges Are Verified. No Reports of Native Wounded and No Prisoners. Peculiarities of War| Are Considered | Startling. [ Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. WASHINGTON, April 9.—When Ma- r Waller of the United States Marine Corps made his sensational charge t Brigadier General Jacob Smith, command- ing the troops in Samar, had ordered the extermination of natives, he threw 2 has exploded in the War rmy headquarters Lieu- s feels that there tion of state- the war in the Phillp cted with “marked sev believes the country will now e that there was no ground for the | e President and Sec- d assumed the 1g upon the credit of the investiga- ered without giv- | 1pon whose particu- arges reflect, an op- heard. In the War De- xpressed that Major uld have been made | e publication of the enant General Miles tion contained in the let- r of Tayabas, re- | ry discipline and | at province. If the s Committee makes a | ion into the rumors of | es perpetrated by American troops ational character will come by t that Root he regret er's charge s is WOUNDED REPORTED. | ed general officer, who | rned from an inspection trip chipelago, pointed out oners were taken in | engagements between the Americans and { Filipinos, and there was a decided absence | of wounded from the native casuaity | taught that the ¥ in excess | of killed? Yet the reports ed Filipinos, and as I nowadays there are not many take Smith & number ow few w ted umed command in immediately after the ng of a company of the Ninth This was a most The troops were it. General Smith w of the savage character of the foe no! taken. It was to be ‘General risoners should be s similar to that | paigns in our own Smith became indig- | r Waller because the latter g prisoners and then con- If @ court to try them and eir execution. The country should | d the character of the foe, and | appreciate it no surprise | be exp that General Smith | t the most drastic orders into effect.” | GENERAL SMITH’S ACTION. Mz alle.. made his charges the War Department believes geerated and is disposed to eral Smith’s denial as suffi- answer. General Chaffee will con- V s statement in con- w Maj ssed further proceedings, proved General Smith’s plan | campalgn any action he may take will probably not be important. It was said at the department this afternoon that as soon as the natives had been con- quered General Smith had issued an or- der dated February 22 last, announcing | at “Active opposition to our occupa- on of the island has crumbled away. There are undoubtedly a considerable aber of rebels left in the mountains, but their power of resistance is shattered. We have in the past compelied them to | respect us by force of arms, and we must in future compel them to respect our gen- | erosity of heart for a vanquished foe | and our purity of purpose in waging war upon their misguided leaders and their followers.” ARMY AND MARINES. The effect of the statement of Major Waller has been to intensify the feeling between the army and the marines. One ermy officer sald to-day that even if Smith had given the order Major Waller elleges, an army officer would never have observed it. The marines assert that Wal- ler was justified in executing the order given him, and point to the fact that obedience is the cardinal virtue of a sol- dier. From their point of view, Major Waller's charges are substantiated by the letter of the Civil Governor of Taya- bas, which Secretary Root transmitted yesterday to the Senate Philippines Com- mittee, and which will be submitted to the committee at a meeting to-morrow. Through the flurry caused by the latest developments, General Miles sits in army headquarters, contentedly awaiting de- velopments which will occur, it is pre- dicted, through the efforts of his Sena- torial friends. Pursuing a Rebel Boat. PANAMA, April 9.—The revolutionary | gunboat Padilla was seen this afternoon | off Taboga Island, twenty miles from Panams. Government gunboats have left here to pursue her FAVORS NEEDED REFORMS Congress May Act on the Transport Scandal. Authority Is Required to Change the Service. Secretary Root De-= sires to Abolish Present System. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 9.-No action | has yet been taken in Congress looking to an investigation of the transport serv- ice, the irregularities of which were laid bare in the reports submitted to the House yesterday by Secretary Root. It was said to-day by prominent lead- ers that no action of this kind is prob- able, but that possibly the result will be Congressional authority to the War Department to change the transport serv- ice, as suggested by Secretary Root in his annual report. It is said that Secretary Root has known for some time of the abuses that have been going on in the Pacific, and has been anxious to remedy them. Some of these it is impossible to correct, as for in- stance when it has become necessary for quick action in obtaining and fitting out transports it has been impossible to get this done at reasonable rates. Republican leaders in Congress said to- | day that no amount of investigation could remedy abuses of this character. In his annual report to Congress Secretary Root said: “It is not practicable now to discontinue the transport service upon the Pacific, but I do not think it desirable that the United States should own and operate a fleet of passenger and freight vessels in | | time of peace. It would be gratifying if | the American merchant marine could | furnish vessels to transport our men and supplies as part of the regular com merce between the United States and the Philippines, under contracts which would | enable the Government in time of war | to put vessels under the control of regu- lar officers of the army or navy for| transport purposes, upon reasonable om- pensation. It is desarable that authority be given by Congress to make such con-| tracts in case the opportunity“¥or such'| an arrgngement should be afforded in | the future.” It is altogether probable that Congress will do something in the light of this sug- | gestion. | HARDWARE TRUST WILL BE THE “TOP-NOTCHER' Cne Hundred and Twenty Million | Dollars to Serve as Starting Capital. NEW YORK, April 9.—With a capital of $120,000,000, the hardware trust, which is to include two-thirds of the hardware job- bing trade of the country, is about to be launched. It will be the largest mercan- tile combination in the world. Included in the consolidation will be the Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louls, | Bindley Hardware Company of Pittsburg, William Bingham Company of Cleveland, | Supplee Hardware Company of Philadel- phia, Pacific Hardware and Steel Com- | pany of San Francisco, Marshall Wells | Hardware Company of Duluth, Bigelow | & Dowse Company of Boston, Van | Camp Hardware and Iron Company of In- dianapolis, George Tritch Hardware Com- pany of Denver, Janney, Semple, Hill & Co. of Minneapolis and forty other houses, E. C. Simmons of St. Louis will probably be president of the company. It will be incorporated with $40,000,000 of preferred and $80,000,00 of common stock. General headquarters for buying, selling and | transportation. will be established in sa; Louts. CHILE NEEDS MONEY TO BUILD WARSHIPS Congress at Valparaiso Begins Iis Session to Arrange for New Taxes. VALPARAISO, April 9.—Congress be- gan to-day its special session. Its chief business is to deal with the question of creating new taxes and to provide ¢ther sources of revenue. This action is neces- sary in order to pay for armaments, es- pecially for two battleships now in pro- cess of construction. Chile ordered these new vessels to be built after Argentina, whose navy is stronger than Chile’s, had decided to purchase two powerful battle-ships from the Italian Government. Many Chileans believe that Argentina’s desire for naval supremacy in disregard of her ability to pay heavy debts is traceable, in a large measure, to tempting commissions of- fered to her statesmen by agents of ship- builders. Chile is thus forced to increase her naval strength, and her inhabitants are living under the strain of constant menace from three neighboring republics. The foreign relations outlook, however, was represented as good in the meeling of the Cabinet Council yesterday. SCHCFIELD ARGUES FOR A GENERAL STAFF Retired Lieutenant General Says Bill Is Designed for Economy and Efficiency. WASHINGTON, April 9.—Lieutenant Genera) Schofield (retired) to-day made an argument before the Senate Commit- tee on Military Affairs in support of the War Department bill for the creation of a general staff and the consolidation of the supply divisions of the depart- ment, saying the bill 'was in the interest of both economy and efficiency. General Merritt (retired), who also was present, indorsed all that General Schofield said. | vanced years. REV. DR. HORATIO STEBBINS, STARR KING’S SUCCESSOR, PAS. + TERS ON < SES TO ETERNAL REST DISTINGUISHED PASTOR EMERITUS OF THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF SAN FRANCISCO, Wi‘!O DIED TUESDAY NIGHT AT HIS HOME IN CAMBRIDGE, MASS. HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN MINIS- THE PACIFIC COAST. _— Death of the Noted Pasto)' Emeritus of the First Unitarian! Church at His Eastern Home. OSTON, /April 9.—Rev. Dr. Ho- ratio Stebbins, pastor emeritus of the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco, is dead at his home in Cambridge, after a lingering illness, due to ad- His age was 80 years and 8 months. The burial will be at Port- land, Me., following services for the fam- ily at the home in Cambridge. Dr. Horatio Stebbins was for nearly forty years one of the best known and most influential ministers on the whole Pacific Coast; in fact, in the whole coun- try. A man of fine education, a high de- gree of cultivation, broad and liberal in his views and modest but courageous in their expression, he was ever to be found battling for the best, and was generally recognized as one of the strongest per- sonal factors in elevating the standards of life and citizenship in the community that boasted his membership. DECIDES ON MINISTRY. Dr. Stebbins was born in Wilbraham (now Hampden), Mass., August 8, 1821 He completed his preparatory studies at Phillips’ Exeter Academy, and, after teaching school for a time, entered Har- vard College and graduated therefrom in 1848. He had at one time intended making teaching his profession, but during his stay at college changed his mind and de- termined to find his life work in the | ministry. He passed three years at the Harvard Divinity School, where he grad- uated In 1851. He was ordained Novem- ber § of the same year as a minister in the Unitarian Church, and the same day settled in a charge at Fitchburg, Mass. The wisdom of his choice of work was soon made manifest to his friends, and his fame as a pulpit orator began to spread over the country. In the following year, 1852, the second of his ministry, he was called to the First Unitarlan Church of this city to succeed the Rev. Charles A. Farley, who had been its first pastor. L e e e T e T O M R MO MO0 S S SN WU S8 MMM MO M X6 SO S R0 REMAINS OF RHODES NOW NEAR THE GRAVE Many Thousands Join in the Funeral Chant at an Impressive ‘Service. BULUWAYO, Matabeleland, April 8.— After an impressive service held at the arill hall to-day bv the Bishop of Ma- shonaland, the coffin containing the re- mains of Cecil Rhodes started on the lag* stage of itz journey to the Matoppo Hills. { At to-day’s service there occurred a re- markable demonstration of sorrow, in which the whole surrounding country participated. Hundreds of persons were turned away from the drill hall, which was crowded to its utmost capacity, and, thousands of voices in and around the . He declined the. call and continued at Fitchburg until 1854, when he accepted a call to Portland, Me., where he remained until 1864. From March to August of that vear he filled the pulpit of All Souls Church, New York, and then set out for San Francisco, having been again called on the death of Thomas Starr King to the First Unitarian Church of San Fran- cisco. He arrived here in September, 1854, and at once entered upon his ministry, which lasted for thirty-five consecutive years. The congregation was then worshiping in its second home, the new church erect- ed in 1862 under the pastorate of Starr King, on Geary street, near Stockton, on the site now occupled by the Starr King building. In that church, until it had to give way before the outmarch of business, and then in the present church, on Geary and Frauklin streets, completed early in 1889, Dr. Stebbins worked out his call. He saw his own congregation grow and branch out time and again to other flelds, and Unitarfanism expand until it occupied twenty odd churches over a stretch from San Diego on the south to Spokane on the north, to all of which none more than himself bore a gulding and helping hand or counseled in. wiser words. PASTOR EMERITUS. In 1894, after thirty years of continuous service, Dr. Stebbins was relleved of some of his pastoral work by an assoclate min- ister, Rev. Willlam G. Elliott Jr., who remained two years. Dr. Stebbins con- tinued his charge until January, 1899, when he tendered his resignation. On February 16 following he was made pas- tor emeritus. The pulpit being perma- nently supplied in January, 1900, in May of that year he removed to Cambridge, Mass,, and made his home with his son, Horatio Stebbins Jr. Dr. Stebbins was an ideal citizen and took a lively interest in all matters of building took up the funeral anthem. The streets through 'which the funeral procession passed were lined with traops, and everybody fell in behind the coffin as soon as the cort: left the town limit. The entire population of Bulu- wayo took part in thé procession, leaving the town deserted. The body will rest at night in the hut on the summit of the Matoppo Hills, in which hut Ceecil Rhodes once lived. New York Governor Coming Here. ALBANY, N, Y., April 9.—Governor Odell will leave Albany on April 19 for a six weeks’ trip to California. En route he will stop at Washington, and will time his trip 8o as to be in Charleston on April 23, Tllinois day at the exposition, and will | children. public concern. He was especially in- terested in the schools and matters of education. Soon after his arrival in Cali- fornia he was made a trustee of the Col- lege of California, and a little later ‘was chosen president of the board. He took 2 leading part in the merging in 1868 of that institution in the University of California, of which he was one of the most active progenitors, belng named as one of its first regents and serving with reappointment until 1894, in all twenty-six years. AIDS HIGHER EDUCATION. Dr. Stebbins was a valued friend of the late Senator Stanford, and was named by him as one of the trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. University. Thus identified with the inauguration of California’s two great institutions of learning and con- tributing by his wisdom, foresight and energy to their strong foundation and best upbuilding, Dr. Stebbins had an un- usual participation in planning for the direction of the future educational work of this State, and with it must his name always have close association and hon- orable mention. He was always outspoken in his advo- cacy of a broad and high standard of scholarship and would compromise on nothing less. Besides his degree of bachelor of arts from Harvard and his diploma from the Harvard Divinity School, Dr. Stebbins 'was made a master of arts by his alma mater, and in 1869 Bowdoin College con- | terred upon him the degree of S. T. D. Dr. Stebbins was married in 181 to Mary Ann Fisher, by whom he had two She died in 1874, after having been an invalid for several years, and in 1876 he was married to Lucy Elizabeth ‘Ward, by whom he also had two chil- dren. She, with three of his children, Rev. Roderick Stebbins of Milton, Mass., and Horatio Stebbins Jr. of Cambridge, Mass., and a daughter, Lucy, survive him. BRITISH CABLE LAID TO THE FIJI ISLANDS Announcement in Melbourne of tha Completion of a Portion of, 5 the Work. MELBOURNE, April 9.—The Pacific cable has reached the Fiji Islands. The laying of the Pacific cable referred to in the dispatch from Melbourne was | decided upon at the colonial conference held in London in 1887, but the survey was not completed until 1899. After the report was published in 1599 an agree- ment was entered into by the Imperial Government with Canada and the Aus- tralasian colonies for theconstruction, laying and maintenance of an all-Brit- {sh Pacific cable. A landing site for the WH‘:&} Kelp Bay, SHAFTER HAS THEM GUESSING Politicians Wonder Where the Gen- eral Is “At.” His First Telegram to Major Bell a Plain“Yes.” Later Refusal to Run| for Governorship | Confusing. Special Dispatch to The Call. April 9.—Politicians are endeavoring to reconcile General | Shafter's positive denial in Bakersfield | last evening that he could be induced to | become a candidate for Governor with the telegram the general sent to Majon Hor- | ace Bell last Saturday, a fac-simile of | which was printed in this afternoon’s Ex- | press. Under date of April 2 Major Bell | wrote to General Shafter in part as fol- lows: The Army and Navy Republican League of Los Angeles carries 1000 members on its roll. Forty-two delegates, of which I am one, have been chosen to attend a convention of the Re- Jputlican clubs at San Jose. At a caucus of our delegates, held a day or 50 ago, your name | was brought forward and enthusiastically dis- cussed as an available candidate for the Re- publican nomination for Governor of Califor- nia. The question I am authorized to most respectfully address to you is: “Can we have your permission to use your | name in the coming canvass in the behalf aforesaid?"” 1 write this letter to you at the request of the caucus of which I spoke. In conclusion the major wrote: ‘We regard you as the tallest tree in the Re publican forest and we are of the opinion that, should your rame be carried by us into the next Republican State convention, your nomi- nation ean be carried like a tornado. General Shafter wired the following re- sponse: LOS ANGELES, BAKERSFIELD, April 15. Hon, Horace Bell: Yours of April 2 received yesterda; In reply I say yes. Will write you fclly on my return to San Francisco Tuesday hight, WM. R. SHAFTER. Other members of the league's delega- tion declare that Bell's letter was not au- | thorized and that at the two caucuses | held lately- by the delegation General| Shafter's candidacy was not serisusly | considered, except by Major Bell, who himself broached it with enthusfasm. DENIES HE IS CANDIDATE. Says He Would Accept Office Only | Under Certain Conditions. | Major General William R. Shafter was | seen yesterday on his arrival in this city and was asked if he was a candidate for | gubernatorial honors, as announced the | previous day In dispatches from Los An-| geles. | In speaking of the matter, Major Gen- | eral Shafter said: ’ | “I am not a candidate for the Governor- ship, and it is only under certain excep- | tional circumstances that I would accept the office. | “By exceptional circumstances I mean | the question of salary. I have not even| considered whether I would want the | nomination, and I don't know that I| | would accept it even If it were ten-| dered me. “At present I am in receipt of my pay from the United States Government, | which, with medical attention and other incidentals, amounts to $6000 a year {This | amount I receive for life. To become Gov- | ernor would require that I resign from | the army and forfeit my pay. This is a very serious matter for me to consider. | If I were a rich man it would cut no figure, but as I depend on my pay it u‘ a vital question. “I%have no interest in the political con-] fest in this State, and all the possible can- | didates are my warm Dersonal friends. I would like to see some one of the war- horses of the Republican party secure the | office. I should regard it as one of the greatest honors to be elected Governor of this commonwealth, but I repeat that | even if the nomination is given to me I cannot, for the reason I have stated, an- | nounce that I would accept. | “Whether I could sacrifice so much to | accept the nomination and office is a most | vital question to me. “I am not seeking the ‘office and have | not authorized any one to say so. When | my name was suggested in Los Angeles I made the same reply as I do now, that| under exceptional circumstances I might accept the nomination. These circum- | stances I have explained.” General Stoneman resigned from the regular army of the United States to ac- cept the office of Governor of California. After the expiration of his term as Gov- ernor he was restored to his rank in the army, but the restoration was no euy1 task for the general's friends. An act of | Congress was required to re-establish his | position on the retired list. Section 12, nr}lcle V, of the constitution of this State redds: Section 12. No person shall, while holding any office under the United States or this State, exercise the office of Governor except as here- inafter expressly provided. P The executive relates to the Lieutenant | Governor, who may be called to perform executive functions in case of the death, impeachment or resignation of the Gov- ernor. The point has been raised that an offi- cer of the-United States army on the re- tired list is not a Federal officeholder in the sense of the constitution’s meaning. The pay and emoluments derived from the United States constitute a pension, or reward, for long and faithful service. The charter of San Francisco contains a provision similar to the requirements | fired the first shot | bana | head. | Rosebery MURDERS HUSBAND AND SON Banker’s v;i;’e Ends Awful Tragedy With Suicide. Insanity the Probable Cause of Triple Killing. Home of Everett Fi= nancier Scene of Bloodshed. Specizl Dispatch to- The Cail. EVERETT, Wash., April 9.—A dreadful tragedy was enacted here shortly after 7 o'clock this evening, when Mrs. Shepard R. Bucey, wife of the assistant cashier of her r-old son and her- the American National Bank, killed husband, their four: self ip a fit of insanity. When assistance arrived at the house the clenched hand of Mrs. Bucey still retained the smoking re- volver. In the parlor lay the body of Mrs. Bucey, shot through the heart. Dy her side was her four-year-old boy, Ea- gene, with a bullet hole through his head. In the dining-room, adjoining the parlor, was Bucey’s body, with two bullet wounds behind the left ear. The most reliable account of the trag= edy is given by a servant, Elizabeth Mc- Nulty, who said: “I was In the kitchen when Mrs. Bucey I start . but, see- Ing her approaching with a smoXking re- volver, T returned to the kitchen, where Mr. Bucey's mother was with the eigh- teen-month-old baby. With the second shot the old lady started into the room. Just then Mrs. Bucey ran up to her hus- and fired two shots through his His mother cried out: ‘Oh! she has killed my boy! Mrs. Bueey then kill- ed hérself. “Mr. Bucey came home from the bank about 6:30 o'clock, and everything was pleasant as usual There is no other cause which I can {magine but insanity.” Shepard R. Bucey, assistant cashier of the Amerlcan Naticnal Bank, was one of the most respected young men of the city. He bad been a resident here for a number of year: MILLIONS OF BLANK CHECKS ARE SENT OUT Novel Scheme to Aid the Occupants of South African Concen- tration Camps. CHICAGO, April 9—An appeal ad- dressed to the people of the United States asking for contributions In checks of 51 each for suffering women and children tn the reconcentrado camps m South Africa was sent out to-day by Governor Yates for the Boer relief committee fund. With the appeal were sent 5,000,000 blank checks in amount of $1 euch, made pay- able to Theodore Roosevelt, to be signed by contributors and returned to the com- mittee at Chicago for transmission, to the President. LONDON, April 10.—The Daily Chronicle this morning pub s a rumor that Lord is going to South Airica to study the situation there with a view of submitting his impressions and aivice to King Edward. PRETORIA, Avril 9.—The British are making preparations for a great series of “drives” on the arrival of reinforcements. The general outlook for the Boers is said to be most disheartening. It is thought here that the bulk of the rebels are only awaiting a promise that they will not be banished to come in and surrender. RIOT ENDS MEETING OF AUSTRIAN LAWMAKERS President of the Reichsrath Is Iu- sulted and Narrowly Escapes * Severe Injury. VIENNA, April 9.—The vote on the edu- cational bill in the lower house of the Relchsrath to-day precipitated a riot be- tween the Czech and German Radicals, There was a noisy demonstration, lasting half an hour, resulting in the sitting be- ing suspended. When the president of the Reichsrath trled to calm the house the pan-German deputies stormed his platform. Deputy Lindner brandished a stick at the presi- dent’s head and, seizing his bell, threw it to the ceiling. The president narrowly escaped being struck by the bell as it fell. Other deputies flung paper pellets in the president's face and otherwise abused him. The Ministers were bolding a council in another room and were, therefore, absent from the chamber when the disturbance occurred. The rules of procedure of the lower house do not:pro- vide a penalty for personal assault upoa the president of that bod ot the State constitution, yet Colonel George Mendell, U. S. A., retired, holds his office of Commissioner of Public Works and receives compensation there- for. He has not been obliged to forfeit his army pay in order to serve the city, hence it is argued that General Shafter would not be compelled to forfeit his Government allowance if he were called to the service of the State as Governor of the commonwealth. However, the rule established by General Stoneman’s resig- nation cannot be overlooked, because he was on the retired list of United States army officers when he was chosen Gov~ ernor. There is an impression that Shafter would be elected by a phenomenal ma- jority. His long and honorable service in his country’s cause has won for him the bitter hostility of the yellow press. In that respect he would possess a special element of strength, for people of both parties are quick to take advantage of every legitimate opening to rebuke the common enemy.