The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1902, Page 17

B Pages L] . - + + + L P eaRaast == 22 S T OO OOY 02 P s L S s S S P OUUUPPN L4 + + * g o + + + [ J e B 14 B} B3 Call. - + + -~ + + [ .33*33?“%‘&?33“‘%4##*##002 Pages + 4444444434000 0044044000 trtd 028 + VOLUME XCI-NO. 155. SAN FRANCISCO, SACRAMENTO BELLES HINT AT FAVORITISM AND SCORN THE CROWN Three Young Ladies _eave the Queen Contest. May, 3.—The & woman who is of the May festi- obably not have to gh slaughter to a nevertheless she her high estate Since yesterday three promineat candi- be crown and scepter have from the more they have made public their which are delicately veiled ay. Miss Clara Kruttschnitt, who is Kruttschnitt, general Southern Pacific Com- and she was followed in = by Miss Ruby Cooper and irew Walsh. This leaves prac- two candidates in the field— d Miss Gertrude ext Monday night is completed and -the MISS KRUTTSCHNITT OUT. Kruttschnitt, who was expected to m the Southern Pa- her with- me to her ears that did not want ste more money on her ooper, who had led the vot- n a card to the pub- v tnings which have m those at first repre- s tha ithougt uncing hese e es Miss Maude Walsh polite, i8 nevertheless e . remarks. « test,” she sai 1 P elieve the street which does r an explanation of th e put in over 20 votes for e recorded returns did not COMMITTE: E EXPLAINS. On be street fair committee committee cannot give heed to by her candidates design en e VOLCANIC ERUPTION ON 1 ISLAND OF MAETIN‘IQUE‘ Plemes and Showers of Ashes Issue | yom Crater Long Considered Extinct. { THOMAS, D. W. 1. May 3—Great | was done by a voleanic | e French West Indian isl- | que yesterday and to-day volcano which has long net, its last eruption urred in 1851, suddenly became iays ago. Yesterday s of flames shot from the jed by suffocating fumes, destructive. showers of an ompan the neighborhood are desert- | St. Pierre, the most important town e island, is covered with ashes and ness is suspended Villages in ERYAN NOT SEEKING A THIRD NOMINATION Nebraskan Makes This Intimation Durirg a Speech to Alabama Bimetallists. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 3.—William 1. B and Governor William Jennings Florida were the guests of the Bir- ,gham Bimetalilc Club at a banquet re to-night. Many prominent Ala- « were present. During his speech an intimated that he would not in be a candidate for the Presidency. referring to the subject he likened pimself to Aaron, who, he said, assisted Moses by leading the children out of the | wilderness by his public utterances. He taid he was perfectly willing to let some person take the part of Moses. sther ettt s et MISS. SUsHNELL RoBx <ooPER rhoto e YOUNG LADI OF SACRAMENTO THE CONTEST FOR QUEENLY CARNIVAL B AUSE OF ALLEGED FAVORITISM BY COMMITTEE. WHO HAVE WITHDRAWN .FROM HONORS DURING THE STREET = = | committee asserts that the voting has queen have thus far been selected: Miss been conducted in a perfectly fair man- Clara Hoag, Corning; Miss Stella Hogan, ner and that it is ready to investigate Stocktcn: Miss Elaine Davis, Santa Rosa; 3 charges of irregularities filed with < Miss Dalsy Carmichasl, Oak Park; Miss the committee in a proper manner. Mies Florette Woodward, Folsom. Cooper's friends intended to poll a very additional vote for her, and $500 in gold was returned would have bought votes for her had s remained in the contest. Several hundred dollars was also raised in Truckee, Chico, Marysville and other places with which to purchase votes for her. The following maids of honor from out- side localities Sacramento May heavy to its donors whicl to the WARRING ON LIQUOR IN THE FATHERLAND Members of Prussian Diet. Favor Movement to Restrict Sale of Stimulants. 3.—Count Scotch soldier of fortune, has proposed a resolution in the Prusstan Diet, bill imposing more rigld restrictions™ on the liquor traffic. All parties except the BERLIN descendant of M ay Radicals supported the measure and the | Radicals did resolution of not speak against it. The Count Douglass set forth that he was no abstainer himself and that on proper occaglons he liked to get a good drink, But he was deeply impressed with the injury inflicted in Germany by the ex- cessive indulgence in drink. The Ger- mans, he added, spend three billion marks per year in drink—twice the amount of the army and navy budgets-and 180,000 persons were brought before the courts through drink. He condemned the drink- ing cult in the universities, saying it was a jolly life while it lasted, but it had many tragical sequels. Practicing physicians followed with statements drawn from thelr own experi- ence. Dr. Endemann asserted that alco- holists succumbed to tubercule bacilius much more . easily than others, and Dr. Martens sald the mortality in all diseases was three or four times greater in the case of aleoholists than among abstainers, comparing persons of equal physical strength. £ 258 Evans Will Go to London. WASHINGTON, May 3.—The Presldent to-day sent the nomination of H. Clay Evans to be Consul General in London to the Senate. o ool ok @ Douglass, a | acking the Ministry to bring in a | SACRAMENTO, May 3. — The May Queen contest committee made an official | count of the number of votes cast for the | two leading ' contestants up to 6 o'clock | this evening, when the open ballot eloged. Miss Fay Jackson had 49,66 and Miss Gertier Plumb 44,845. The ballot boxes have been sealed up and the secret vote | will_continue until Monday night, when the “final vote will be counted and an- nounced. ATTEMPTS TO DROWN HERSELF IN THE TIBER | Private Troubles Prompt Daughter of Don Carlos, Spanish Pretender, | to Court Death. LONDON, May 4.—A dispatch to the | Central News from Rome says Princess | Beatrice de Borrone, daughter of Don 5(:ar10s, the Spanish pretender, attempted | sulcide by drowning herself in the Tiber, | but was rescued. Private troubles are supposed to have prompted the act. i ;. LOUBET RECEIVES i ROECHAMBEAU MISSION PARIS, May 3.—President Loubet this | evening received in audience the Roecham- | beau mission previous to its departure | for the United States and made a speech, { during the course of which he said: “You are going to a country where en- ergy is a religion and I wish you the {g00d we.come which that mighty people ibeyond the ocean has ever reserevd for | those who had gone there td represent France.” ——— Kills Herself on Parents’ Graves. NEW YORK, May 3—In the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, on the graves of her father and mother and not far from the {tomb_of Washington Irving, whom she had known in her youth, and whose | works had always fascinated her, Miss {Maria Hoffmann, 70 years of age, ended her existence with morphine. Miss | Hoffmann's mother belonged to an old Southern family. Her means had grad- A fte Si'firth‘v'v"ivfiihn Republican party in | to go Democratic next fall and practically | | member of his party who could be elected | | from that State, and this is entirely oni ually’ dwindled away, and she ended her life rather than seck aild from friends. SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1902—FORTY PAGES MAY ADD STARS TO THE FLAG Congress Likely to Pass Statehood Bill. Would Give the Dem- ocrats Six More Senator. Outlook Alarms the Republican Party Leaders. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1466 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, May 3.—Republican leaders in the Senate, the House and the National Committee are thoroughly alarmed at the prospect of the passage by this Congress of the omnibus Territory bill, which provides for the admission to Statehood of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. This measure has been reported favorably by the House Committee on Territories, is now on the House calendar and is privileged. It will be taken up early next week, probably on Tuesday. In spite of the opposition of all the House leaders, the bill is likely to pass, because there is a combination in its favor of all of the Democrats and arid land Re- publicans west of the Mississippi River— | a combination that may, for the second time in a month, overthrow the Speaker | and his followers. The control of the next House may de- pend upon the admission of these Terri- tories, and eventually, also, the political complexion of the Senate. It might turn the Presidential election in 1904. Party leaders are’ just waking " to the im-| portance of the measure and the dangers which it involves, but it is feared they are too late. Chairman Knox of the commit- | tee which reported the bill will work for its passage. SIX DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. | According tothe present state of politi- cal affairs; the admission of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico would mean six Democratic Senators and at least five or six Democratic Representatives. The new States of North and South Da- kota, Montana, ldaho, Wyoming and Washington, ‘which were admitted during the Fifty-first Congress, added greatly to gress i [ Wheiis wiflisthe excéption North Dakota, all went Demoeratic on the silver isSue, which was not expected when they were admitted. The danger in the proposed admission of Oklahoma, Arizona and New ' Mexico is still greater, for they are almost certain certain to choose Democratic Electors in | 1904, Dennis Flynn, the Republican Delegate | from = Oklahoma, is probably “the only | account of his personal popularity. WOMEN MAKE A BLUNDER. An incident which nas helped along the agitation for admission is the petition against it which has been sent to Con- gress by the Woman's Board of Preshy- terian Missions of New York. The argu-| ment of this petition is the that Territor- fes should not be admitted to Statehood on | account of the general ignorance of their citizens. This has excited not only the residents of the Territories named, but all of their friends in neighboring States. All of the Democrats will vote for the bill and it is now thought enough Repub- licans from the arid land States will join them to insure its passage. The Far Western Republicans are in the combina- tion for’ the purpose of getting national irrigation votes. | UNIQUE SILVER SERVICE | TO BE GIVEN TO SCHLEY Pieces Are Made From Coins Taken From the Spanish Cruiser | Cristobal Colon. | BALTIMORE, May 3.—The magnificeni | silver service made from silver coins | taken from the Spanish cruiser Cristobal | Colon, to be presented to Aamiral Win- field Scott Schley by his friends in this State and in. Washington, has been com- pleted and is on exhibition In the show windows of .the manufacturers in this city. The service consists of one center- plece, one soup tureen and ladle, four vegetable dishes with covers, one gravy bowl and ladle, one roast platter, one game platter, one fish platter and nine- teen dessert plates. Upon each plece is engraved Admiral Schley's initials in monogram and cagh bears this inserip- tlon: Made of sliver taken from the Spanish crulser Cristobal Colon, destroyed in the naval battle off Santlago de Cuba July 3, 1808, The fineness of the silver used was not interfered with and the metal therefore | has almost the hardness of steel. The weight of the coins used was about 1500 ounces and at the present price of sflver represents a value of $60, but nearly six times that amount was required to pur- chase the coin from the Government. The presentation of the service will be made next Wednesday at the home of Theodore Marburg in this city, who with former Postmaster General James A. Gary and Ives Cobb of Washington com. prise the commisslon In charge of jta manufacture. FIFTY PERSONS PERISH IN EGYPTIAN FIRE Flames Destroy Two Hundred Stores and Thousands of Native Dwellings. CAIRO, Egypt, May 3.—Fifty persons have perished in a fire at Mount Gamtf, a town on the right bank of the Damietta branch of the Nile. The flames were started by the intensely hot weather pre. vailing. Thousands of native r esid and 200 stores were destroyed, Ak iy g PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIRST GUNS ARE FIRED IN WAR WITH THE MORO Natives Open Afttack on Troops. ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHING- TON, May 3.—Despite the earnest efforts to - conciliate the Moros of Mindanao, war with them is in progress. Fol- lowing hard upon the heels of the dis- patch announcing the surrender of more than 1000 insurrectos on the northern isi- ands and in the province of Misamis, Mindanao, came this message from Major General Chaffee: “MANILA, May 3.—General Davis, in commanu of the American forces on the k57 ___HORDES ON MINDANAO GENERAL WHO IS -- island of Mindanao, cables that his ulti- matum_has not been answered; that his messenger has not returned, and that the American outpost .« was fired upon thi morning. The troops adyanced and shelled a Moro fort, but did. not eapture it until the infantry reached the ditch. This fort was strong and well defended by 300 men. 3 . “Fort Panda Padto was then surround- ed and heavily shelled. Heavy firing con- tinued as this dispatch was sent. ““General Davis also reports that Lieu- tenant Henry S. Wagner of the Four- teenth Infantry has been seriously wound- ed and that twenty enlisted men were wounded. . This is the substance of a brief cable message from the field.” MEANS WAR TO A FINISH. A copy of the foregolng dispatch was communicated to the President and was the subject of serious consideration by himself and the members of his Cabinet. It was decided that, as the Moro war had been begun, ‘the best policy to pursue was to disperse the men opposing the American forces. Major General Chaffee has been given to understand the views of the President. 1t is feared that as a result of the ho'T tilities all of the fighting men of the na- tives of the Lake Lanao region, number- ing 250,000 souls, will participate in a movement to_drive the Americans out of that section of Mindanao. There are ‘1500 troops under’ Brigadier General Davis, and it is said at the department that this force is sufficlent to re-establish peace. The Moros are credited with having only §00 rifles. Governor Taft of the Philip- pine Islands was in conference this aft- erncon with Secretary Root. There is no more connection between the war with the Moros of Mindanao and the late war in the Christian Filipino provinces than there was during the Civil War between the Indian fights in the far West and the battles. between Union and Confederate forces. The Filipino insur- rection is broken up, and even in Misamls, which is close to where the Moros live, Continued on Page Eighteen. COMMAND OF THE AMERICAN FORCES NOW OPERATING FANATICS OF MINDANAO, AND THE OFFICER WHO A_YEARED AS COUNSEL FOR GENERAL SMITH DURING THE MILITARY COURT-MARTIAL THAT HAS JUST ENDED IN MANILA. M AGAINST THE MORO | |Smith’s Trial by Court-Martial Ends With Impassioned Appeal by His Counsel. o ANILA, May 3.—The trial by court-martial of General Jacob H. Smith ended to- day. The findings of the court will be forwarded to Washington. The closing address of Colonel Charles A. Woodruft for the defense was a re- markable oratorical cffort, that drew tears:from his hearers. He dramatically sketched General Smith's career, and de- clared he ‘had conducted a remarkable and- Successful campaign in a manner which reflected credit on his valor, hu- manity and kindness. Speaking in impassioned tones, Colonel Woodruff sald that in olden times vic- torious generals tied captives to the charfots. In this case the general finds himself tied. Sentiment was an excellent thing, but there is no place for it in war. LIKENS SMITH TO GRANT. “We claim,” continued the colonel, “that the Samar campaign, just brought to a successful termination, while pushed actively, = vigorously and energetically, was ever conducted within the limits of war. During the last few months It has seemed popular to criticize are army in the Philippines.. People seem to have for- gotten its magnificent services for Amer- jea's honor and glory. We have been worthy members of the army whose bayo- nets never flashed except in defense of the law. “Yet'to-day we dre apparently disgraced. Why? 1 cannot imagine that people at home expect to gaim glory and political ~advancement by abusing the army.. It was. tried after the Mexican war. It was tried after the Civil War, with the result that Grant, ‘the butcher,” was elected President and died loved and honored by every American. While the campaigns in the Philippines have not been conducted to meet the views of sen- timentalists and 'troublesome busybodies in the United States, they have been con- ducted on lines which have reflected — credit upon the valor, pluck, humanity and kindness of American solders.” JUSTIFIES THE ORDER. Colonel Woodruff reviewed the evidence at length, showing the necessity for mak- ing Samar a “howling wilderness” and comparing the campaign In that island with the ‘strenuous® march to the sea, whose route was marked by a cloud of smoke by day and by a pillar of fire by night.” The colonel cited instances of military law in behalf of the defense and dramat- fcally portrayed General Smith's career. “Now,” continued Colonel Woodruft, “after wearing for forty-one years the uniform of the United States with honor to himself and to the benefit of the Gov- ernment; at the close of a remarkably successful campaign, in which he accom-~ plished what Spain was unable to do in 200 years; while returning, as his friends thought, covered with glory, he was halted and taken off a transport to face charges growing out of the language used in giving instructions for the conduct of a successful campaign. The defense feels that the Government has only done this in deference to overwhelming public senti- ment based on rumors fostered for igno- ble and unknown purposes until hysteria Was produced, when this gray, wounded, vietorious general was exposed to the in- dignity of a trial in deference to hysteri- cal public opinton.” _ HIS CONSCIENCE CLEAR. Colonel Woodruff, concluding, said: “General Smith faces the consclence of the court and people with the full knowi- edge that he did his duty as an honorable commander.” The judge advocate, Major Harvey C. Carbaugh, in closing for the prosecution declared the defense admitted everything and that it only claimed justification. He said General Smith's orders given to Ma- jor Waller on the bloody battle ground of Balingiga were such as to cause men to act ruthlessiy, in a spirit of revenze