The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1903, Page 1

o @all, VOLUME XCIV-NO. 78. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MIGHTY ARRAY OF GRAND ARMY HEROES ARRIDES AND WORK OF THE CHILD DIES AT HANDS 0 IBDUCTOR Wanton Murder of | Six-Year-01d Infant. SR, Searchers ing Boy’s Body in Brush. Montana Citizens Threaten Vengeance Against a Suspect a b that thes n. Later, several ENTERTAINS LABORATELY IN NEWPORT 3 a Brightly Decorated ese Pagoda 1ged w Mrs. Martin received t eight the company adj where a pagod arranged. The w » rare Japanese t g was festooned w pper piazza bee ¢ h a Japa us vine, with here and there bril- glowing Japanese terns of 2 e floral decorations consis £ tiful Egyptian surface of a min Around the pagoda were the liage of which i tiny electric lights in the form of ng on the —————— KICK HIM ON THE BODY TO MAKE HIM CONFESS | 6.—On the strength of a 1 statement made by chief operator of the egraph Company here, was an eye-witness administered to oming stage robber ak several days ago, s ordered that an d on Ortoff’s body. he saw Ortoff kicked in tedly in an effort to name of the person used in the jail break, him the g and frantic cries 1 by insensibility. hanging in his g and it 1s alleged e prisoner was driven to suicide by the e treatment at the hands of the rs. The case has caused the greatest kind of @ sensatiop Find Miss- | [ g Clory of Old Flag to Miles. IEUTENANT GENERAL NEL- A. MILES, somewhat re- y a good night's sleep af- \d journey, which spent the n Francisco. the forenoon, he members of h! 1 of Itha McEwen of Al der Sweeney of Major John D. Black of Val- ED3 George W. Baird, | of Connecticut and Colonel H. | Palace, where they later appeared big court and received quite an | from the congregating veterans, | recognized in the manly form | commanding general of the | comrade of the bloody war | h made history for the world. i GREETS OLD SOLDIERS. | Miles is however, a rule General retiring in nature. Yesterday, he freely | mingled among the old soldiers, bowing | and shaking hands in response to their | greetings and entering interestingly Into | their discussions of wartime incidents. He | ed as one old veteran referred to the | le of Fair Oaks, which marked the | 'g of the general's active military | career, and stood patiently before another | was anxious to remind him that he | rembered the general at the final shes with Wilcox's and Heth's di- at Southerland Station, when then a colonel serving under Gen- eral Grant, distinguished himself by put- ting to rout the Southerners after captur- ing 1000 of their number. He spent an | interesting hour among the bluecoated and then turned himself over to the newspaper reporters. ge, isn't it, that T can mever es- cape the newspaper men?”’ he remarked as a sort of preface to the inquiries that he ipated. ““Well, I will state for information that I am simply here e a good time with the soldier boys and I intend to have it. As to my future | movements I am not yet ready to say just what they may be, for as a matter | of fact I have not had time to arrange my plans. It is possible that I may do a | ttle traveling. NOT DISCUSSING POLITICS. “I am determined not to discuss poli- tics and am sorry to see that some pa- pers have been accrediting me with the | statements on political lines that have no authorization. I have made no state- ments that might have a political con- | struction and all that have appeared in print are absolutely false. As to matters of the army, I am cut -f that now—I have retired. 1 have no word to say | about President Rooe<elt or concerning | those who are identified with the mili- | t-- - forces of the country. Of course I | have gone on record as opposed to the Staft plan of the army, but I do not think it proper to enter into a dizcussion of the subject, for I have nothing further to do with such matters. I opposed it when 1 was in a position to do so, but that is neither here nor there.” Vhen his interviewer began to maneu- ver in the direction of a talk on his candi- dacy for the commander in chief of the | Grand Army the general quickly antici- vet 77 &fimfi"’ T, W AT ER: I Is Comforting || ( ! l kland mole at an| | | JRES/DENT OF CIVAL ‘\ WAR [TUSICIANS. \ D= BRI STEnARZ o K3 pated it and remarked: “Now, you want to know whether 1 am a candidate for the highest position in the gift of these cld vetcrans. It is a rather delicate question, and one to which my answer might be misunder- stood. The advocacy of my candidacy began among my friends on the eve of my departure for the West, and en route we heard a great deal about it. I am afraid I cannot say anything on that topic that will be of public interest. Cer- tainly a man cannot accept or refuse such a position until it is offered him, ONE OF PEGRAM'S BRIGADE MADE CAPTIVE BY UNION SOLDIERS. BUGLER WITH A WAR RECORD AND A NURSE WHO GAVE SUC- COR TO MANY WOUNDED DURING BLOODY STRIFE. and I don't think it would be right for a man to say what he would do if it is of- fered to him. I am not a candidate for the post of commander in chief, which is an honored position and one that Gen- eral Black is .most deserving of. This sentiment undoubtedly is very strong among the delegates to the encampment.’ General Miles spoke of the cordial greet- ings that he had received on the way out to the coast and of the many kind things that had been said of him in the few hours after his retirement from the army in which he had served the better part of his life. ITH the arrival to-day of Veterans and visitors to the Thirty-seventh Annual En- campment of the Grand San Francisco. The momentous cvent in the histd¥y of the men who fought for the Union commences this morning. and State headquarters of the G. R. R. and the affiliated organi- sations will open and the day will be spent in receptions and re- unions. xX Mrs. Reynolds Bear..s the Rank of a Major. ROMINENT among the women who arrived yesterday to attend the G. A. R. reunion is Mrs. Dr. Belle Reynolds of Santa Barbara, who is registered at the Palace. She has the proud distinction of being an honorary major, the title being be- stowed upon her by Governor Yates of Illinois “for meritorious service in camp and on the bloody battlefield of Pittsburg Landing.” Mrs. Reynolds was married just before the Civil War broke out. Her husband was appointed adjutant of the Seven- teenth Illinols Infantry, and for three years in camp and upon the battlefields Mrs. Reynolds never left the regiment. She was not an accredited government nurse, but nevertheless she relieved many a soldler’s suffering and assisted in every way possible In alleviating the distressed. She tells a graphic story of the fearful battle of Shiloh and was on the ground through the entire engagement. Mrs. Dr. Reynolds went to the Philip- pines when the Spanish war began and spent much time giving the nurses valu- able information in caring for the sick and wounded, and also instructed the army nurses, while in Manila, on Red Cross work. She is a member of the Ladies of the | Grand Army of the Republic and also of | the Women’s Relief Corps. She is still a very handsome woman and will no doubt be quite a central figure in the National Encampment. ENCAMPMENT BEGINS TO:-DAY - special trains twenty thousand Army of the Republic will be in The various National Escorted to Hotel. ENERAL THOMAS J. STEW- ART, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, { arrived in this city last night and was welcomed by a distin- guished gathering of soldiers and civil- |1ans. When the train containing his spe- |'clal car arrived at Third and Townsend ‘slree(s the party mounted the steps and greeted the famous veteran. Adjutant General George Stome, Majo) General Willlam R. Shafter and General Saulman were the first to welcome the distinguished visitor. Past Department | Commanders Wilson, Altken, Kinne and Cahen were presented to him, as were also Major E. W. Woodward, Judges Van Fleet and Hunt, Lieutenant Colonels G. H. Pippy and Hendy, represented the | Governor and were in full uniform. Com- mander Whiteside of the Naval Veterans and Major Joseph Louck of the executive committee were also in the party. Carriages conveyed the party to the Palace, where the general and his family will be quartered. The rooms of the com- mander in chief were beautifully deco- rated with flowers. lighted at the warmth of his reception and expressed his pleasure on being here again. GENERAL’'S PARTY. Those with General Stewart are: Quar- termaster General Charles Burrows and wife and two daughters; Inspector Gen- eral Colonel F. A. Walsh and wife; Advo- cate General Alfred Burs, Chief of Staff J. Corey Winans; W. H. Armstrong, executive council; Thomas G. Sample, ex- ecutive council and wife; A. A. Taylor, executive councll, and wife; Thomas Scott, executive council, and wife; Ad- jutant General Schall; Mr. Cummings, executive council; Chaplain in Chiet Shuey, Surgeon General Alex W. Ache- son, Senior Vice Commander William Olin and Junior Vice Commander James Averill. General Stewart was loth to be inter- viewed. He was unable to say who his successor would be, and he declined to tell what his report to the national conven- tion would contain. This is the third time he has been in this State. Seventeen years ago he attended the annual encampment here, and he notes with pleasure the im- provements that have been wrought in that time. He was here last February to complete arrangements for the encamp- ment that opens to-day. He stopped at Sacramento and addressed the members of the Legislature, and his reception was a notable one. Both houses of the Legis- lature extended him marked courtesfes. He delivered two splendid speeches, and it was then that the lawmakers discov- ered that the general w: Kreat ¢n orator as he is a soldier: BATTLE FLAGS IN PARADE. ‘When General Stewart was here seven- teen years ago he was assistant adjutant general of the Department of Pennsylv: nia. At that time, he says, there were 330 men in line. He declares that there will be almost as many in the parade on Wed- nesday and the survivors will carry thir- ty-six battle flags, which have been plant- ed in victory in many of the great battles of the Clvil War. These precious relics of a once great conflict are treasured by the Pennsylvanians and they will certain- Continued on Page 2, Column 6. l Commanderin Chief The general was de- | WOULD TOKE WY RIgHT R AP 'Justice Brewer De- plores Law’s Delays. Urges Prompt Punish- ment of Convicted Criminals. Noted Jurist Believes This Would Put End to Lynchings. NEW YORK, Au, | Davia 3. Brewer . 18.—Associate Justice of the Sug e Court | of the United States has contributed to (Leshe’s Weekly an article on the crime | of lynching, in the course of which he | says: “Our Government recently forwarded to Russia a petition in to alleged atrocities committed upon the Jews. That Government, as might have been ex- respect pected, unwilling to have its internal af- fairs a matter of consideration by other Governments, declined to receive the peti- tion. If, instead of so doing it had re- plied that it would put a stop to all such atrocities when this Government put a | stop to lynchings, what could we have said? “It is well to look the matter fairly in the face. Many good men join in these | uprisings, horrified at the atrocity of the crime and eager for swift and summary punishment. Of course, they violate the law themseives, but pely on the publiie sentiment behind them for escape from punishment. Many of these lynchings are accompanied by the horrible barbarities of savage torture, and all that can be sald | in palllation is the atrocity of the of- fenses which led up to them. For a time they were confined largely to the South, but that section of the country no longer | has the monmopoly. The chiet offense which causes these lynchings has been the assault of white women by colored men. No words ¢an be found to de- scribe the atrocity of such a crime. It is no wonder that the community is excited. Men would disgrace their manhood if they were not. And if a few lynchings had put a stop to the offense society might have condoned such breaches of its laws, but the fact is, if we may credit | reports, the black beast (for only a beast would be guilty of such an offense) seems to be not deterred thereby. SWIFT JUSTICE NEEDED. “What can be done to stay this epidemic of lynching? One thing is the estab- lishment of a greater confidence in the summary and certaln punishment of the criminal, Men are afraid of the law's delays and the uncertainty of its results. Not that they doubt the integrity of the Judges, but they know that the law abounds with technical rules and that ap- pellate courts will often reverse a judg- ment or conviction for a disregard of such rules, notwithstanding a full bellef in the guilt of the accused. If all were certain that the guilty ones would be promptiy tried and punished, the inducement to lynch would be largely taken away. In an address which I delivered before the American Bar Assoclation at Detroit some years since, I advocated doing away with appeals in criminal cases. “It did not meet the favor of the asso- ciation, but I still believe in its wsdom. For nearly a hundred years there was no appeal from the judgment of convetion of criminal cases in our Federal courts and no review except in a few cases in which two Judges sitting, a difference of opinion on a queston of law was certified to the Supreme Court. In England the rule has been that there will be no appeal {p crim- inal cases, although\a question of doubt might be reserved by the presiding Judge for the consideration of his brethren. Hon. E. J. Phelps, who was Minister to Eng- land cduring Mr. Cleveland's first admin- istration, once told me that while he was there only two cases were so reversed. Does any one doubt that justice was fully administered by the English courts? CRUELTY TO WITNESS. “It is said in extenuation of lynching in case of assault that it is an additional cruelty to the unfortunate victim to eom- pel her to go upon a witness stand and in the presence of a mixed audience tell the story of her wrongs, especially when she may be subjected to cross-examina- tion by over-zealous counsel. I do not believe this matter, but it must be re- membered that often the unfortunate vic- tim never lives to tell the story of her wrongs, and if she does survive she must tell it to some, and the whole community knows the fact Even in the courtroom any highminded Judge will stay counsel from any unnecessary cross-examination. and, finally, if any lawyer should attempt it the community may treat him as an outcast. I can but think that if the com- | munity felt that the criminal would cer- tainly receive the punishment he deserves and receive It scon the eagerness for lynching would dJdisappear and mobs, whose gatherings too often mean not merely the destruction of jails and other property but also the loss of innocent lives_ would greatly diminish in number. “One thing is certain. the tendency of lynching Is to undermine respect for the law, and unless it is checked we need not be astonished if it be resorted to for all kinds of offenses and oftentimes innocent men suffer for wrongs committed by others.”