The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1906, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 9 1906. ‘MAJOR GE} RETU jor General Henry ( Ase there is no evid nce that prudent folk consider reliable.” ". Corbin, who returned yesterday from the Orient, speaking of the situation in China, said: even armed protection of our people there unless the Government of China falls. Of this there are predictions, but YESTERDAY ON THE THE MILI “ CALLED TO SAVE EMPEROR), Nominal Ruler of the Celestial - Kingdom Is 1/ and the Court at Peking Is Alarmed. Iving SIX TIM HAVE V TRIED TO W=2J CK TRAIN Four Young Men, tempting to Derall Buffalo Express, Make Startling Confessions. NE YORK, M , have confessed that this w the United States or Charged With At- Major General Henry C. Corbin, who has been commander in .chief of the United States army in the Philippines, ar- rived here yesterday on the liner Korea, accompanled by Mrs. Corbin and his three | aids, Captains Julius Penn, W. E. Horton and J. A. Moss, | There are no frills about General Cor- bin. When the revenue cutter Golden Gate ran alongside the big’liner yester- day morning, the general could be seen pacing the hurricane deck in a cloud of smoke. With his hat jammed tight on his high-held head, his hands plunged deep it the voluminous pockets of a loose over- coat, the general was puffing serenely at a free-drawing and well-seasoned briar- wood pipe. He was home again and he was happy. % When thé customs officlals were ready to receive the general's declaration of ar- ticles dutiable, the former commander of the -Philippine forces sauntered into the dining saloon, still wearing his hat and still pufing at his pipe. A number of | | passengers, many of them women, were | | still lingering over the breakfast table. | | The general's business in the saloon was speedily dispatched, but before he was through the broken up the belated breakfast party, to the joy of the white robed Orientals who were waiting to clear the tables. Gathering together his baggage and the members of his party, General Corbin boarded the Golden Gate, which carried him to the transport wharf, where Major Devol, who had met the general in quar- | | antine, had a carriage waiting. General Corbim said that although he was glad to get home again, he had never resigned a command with more reluctance | | or left a people with greater regret than he did those in the Philippines, The gen- | | eral gave out the following statement: Manila f6 no longer the city known o our voluntesrs of ‘98 and '99. The constant prog- ress under American rule has in the past year Lown a most marked advance. New streets have been made and old thoroughfares widened | | and paved. A new highway has been bullt to Fort William McKinley. The new electric strect raillway connects all to Malabon and from the Custom-house to the historic bridge at San Juan del Monte. The city hes an up-to-date electric light plant and a_modern telephone system s being installed. The new harbor and the vast echeme of harbor improvements are now nearing completion. GREAT IMPROVEMENTS. New water works and the new sewer system to be installed during the next two years will | | further accentuate the onward march ‘of the | | new Manila. A new and modern hotel is also among the possibilities of the new year. Manila is today the most attractive city of the Orfent, and its winter climate chnnet be sur- passe As to peace and order the conditions are bet- ter than they have ever been. Never since civilization made its advent in the islands have been €0 good mission in going to the command of the Philippine division was to unify all-military forces there in cordlal, earnest support of the civil government. -~ The regulars and the scouts, under the three department command- ers, Generals Wood, Randail and Carter, ail excellent men for the work, were placed in close touch with the civil government. Every officer and soldier was given to understand that no effort was to be spared in restoring and keeping order in the islands, protecting in every way possible the good and order loving people and bringing to justice the disorderly ones. For years in_certain parts of the islands— ably in Cavite and Batangas provinces— anized bands of ladrones had levied tribute on the farmers of these localities. General Randall placed the regular troops and scouts under Major Sibley, Second Cavalry, all in support of the constabularies under Col- onel Baker, who was acting under the imme- diate instrictions of Governor General Wright. This resulted in a unification of these forces that produced satfsfactory results. In Min- danao and Jolo General Wood cpacified the re- fractory Moros. MOROS HALF-CIVILIZED. In November last some of his troops, under Captain McCoy, Third Cavalry, killed Datto All and dispersed his followers. All, ‘whose Geath brought peace and good order to the rich Cottobato Valley, was by far the worst of the ro cutlaws. The Moros are at best no more than a half civiMzed people. They are anti- Christian and Mobammedan fanatics, and can | | points from Pasa n s ur young | be expected o make mlp\;hl‘:f :‘;h;neve’: an op- me who were arreste: S - | portunity offers. General Wo as, however, o v “Lf] S . u}‘ near Passalc, | fluont them so many lessons thal we may : o rged with attemplng | safely count on their good conduct for a long > k an eastbound Buffalo express | time to dome. S p 54 on the Delaware, Lackawanna | The several islands of the Sulu archipelago stern Railroad early this morn. | are under army officers selected for their good judgment and patience in the management of ihese people. The result is an increase of all products, notably hemp and copra, which, with the pear] fisheries, are the principal products of_these islands. The same course that was pursued in Cavite correspondent desire 1o witness the {and Batangas was followed by General Carter ' says that Yuan | ich would result in the troublesome island of Samar, where ef of the im- express today escaped |.the hill tribes have long made war on the es, yesterday forward- an exceedingly narrosw | PEOPle Of the coast towns and -settlements. It was running at a high rat when the engineer saw th ructions. He managed to stop th less| than a car length from wher imber of ties and iron -fishplate were placed upon the track. ———— A remedy specially designed for th treatment of all kidney, liver, stomac ’.| and bowel troubles is Lash's Bitters, * fr of Chih! ch 8.—That there is f war of Pe- be- | neral Carter gave Governor Cprry, the. civil Sovernor of Samar, hearty and intelligent sup- port, resulting in better' conditions than -we have ever before had there. That island hase been afflicted with warring factions so long that it will take time to bring about the con- ditions of prosperity that its wenderful nataral richness of soll warrants, The outiook in the archipelago, however, is one of promise, 80 that from any view even the casual observer can see on the hor{zon the light of progress and prosperity. Peace e e s | | e | | e h zeles with I ana order are having their influence on all e vk i o e it £ s e been a o judge & i e the people. While the Filipinos are yet some X e Whfi n A ."" ‘J :!‘ PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS distance from what our people would call pros- - is not look: HONOR MITH AT FEAST |perous, they are making marked and steady Sam, i the ad approaches to thefe happy ll]nd Jong:looked-for “The menacing nation in | ILA, March 8.—Gener: ~ | conditions. The story is well told in the state- . of- nationsl CHRNITEr. ~bat tly teneral James F. | 0L GN (here 18 less ladronism and bigger S ovirnmbar- il e et recently appointed (Governor | crops than.ever before. One who has been e G ment will be able | of the Philippines, was ten- |active and_ prominent in the affairs of the 'S itself. | popular banquet previous to |great island of Luzon for eighteen years said | aval dist Governor General was given y on the islands BUY IT BY It is the Easiest Thing in the World THEBOTTLE. § to Quickly Relieve and Speedily Cure < J CONSTIPATION THE GLASS Buy a bottle to-day of the only reliable Natural Mineral Water Laxative, HUNYADI JANOS, and drink half a tum- blerful, on arising, before breakfast; within an hour you will have 2 free and pleasant relief. No griping, no purging, but just gentle RELIEF. Keep the balance, it never loses its virtue, and have it always ready for use. One bottle contains many doses, one dose affords relief. Always re- liable, changeless and odorless. Bottled in Hungary—used the world over. Ask distinctly for tatives of the provincial Governors, at send-off. He enjoys great the other day: “It is the first time in my nconseg parture for a six months' vaca- ther duy: Tt is the Akt o it So & Sulons it by oy T experience here that there are no hungry, idle Eiowerl & ¢ D D e of urope. rhiene was | [0l in the island. For the first time thers e e . endance, Including repre- iis work and plenty of food for all, every- where.” FILIPINO WILL NOW WORK. The Manlla and Dagupan Rallroad, with its branches, has been bullt and is belng operated by Filipino labor. The street rail- vay, as good In every way as the system cllyc; the Statgs, was largely gon- structed by native labor and at & cost of 60 per cent of the estimate of its owners— and is being operated mostly by natives. The mechanics in the ordnance and quartermaster's hops are also largely natives and they .are doing good work. The mechanical work of the Government printing office and ot our American news- papers, which are by far the best and most progressive in the Orient, is done by native labor. We employed many Filipinos to ad- vantage in thg construction’of the large mil- itary post of Fort Willlam McKinley, near Manila, now one of the finest in the army. The payment of living wages in good money has worked wonders in awakening the industry of these people. To them it is a new order of things. The best feature of our work in the Philip- | pines is that we have as a nation lald aside our marked characteristics - of gain-gatherers and put forth the honest and unselfish efforts of building up these people . for their own betterment us well as for that of mankind. This even honest critics must recognize and admit. e majority of the people of the islands fully appreciate this fact. The eclvil government, the press and the pulpit. no less than the army and the navy, are fully In accord in the work on those Nnes, The churches have, for the accomplishment of thelr great work in the islands, made most wise selections in_thelr leaders.” They make common cause in the upbuflding of a peopls a and depressing influences. In this work there is much with which to fcemena, All engaged in it have to meet a1 couragements, but at the same time there {s cncouragement in the fact that steady pro- gress has been made. The visit of the Secretary of War and his party resulted in great and lasting ~ good. Secretary Taft's stand egainst immediate in- dependence was timely and efficaclous. Bourke Cockran’s utterances on the same subject did much to qm- ‘Dmlfim silence t%‘o agl- less than 2 per cent of the popula- fumes from his pipe had | who have been living under disadvantageous ! | i (ERAL HENRY C. CORBIN RNS FROM PHILIPPINES. “There will ! Army Officer Discusses Conditions on Uncle Sam’s Far Eastern Frontier. Does Not Believe Chinese Situation Need, i Cause Any Alarm-in This Country. tion, it ‘was becoming mure nolsy and aggres- sive and there is no saying what the effect might have been had not Secretary Taft, by his firm stand, placed a quietus upon it. It is now an accepted fact that more volce in government will be given the Filipino when his intellizence and fixed habits of industry fit him for it, and not before. The schoois now in operation will increase the number each year, but the older generation must pass { away before this new and better equipped | genefation will "become a majority. Until this comes to pass the. government should re- | main much as it now is. Public expenditures | should be confined, as far as possible, to the | improvement of sanitation, harbors, highways and pubilc schools. To this end the Govern- ment of the United States should take over all expenses of internal as well as frontier pglice. The commanding gemeral should be a member of the commiselon and, under the Governor General, have direction of all 1a- ‘jternal police affairs. I wouLD coMBINE FORCES. ' * The constabulary, now some 5000 strong and supported by the Philippine Government, should be merged with the Philippine scouts, { which is a native organization belonging to the army and pald by the United States. The | strength of the new force should be fixed at about 6000, which would mean a few hundred more than now in the service as scouts, and | these would, in the opinion of those best in- | formed, be able to keep order throughout the archipelago. This would relieve the people of {a tax of several millions and permit of the return to labor of the constabulary now in service. These men are the best of their kind, Their services will be In great demand for the con- atruction of the twelve hundred miles of rafl- road now about to be undertaken. This would sive but one native organization instead of two, as we now have. It would relieve the Fili- Pinos of a heavy tax—one they are mot yet able to bear—and vould add very littie to the cxpense of the United States. I have urged that this be done. I hope that it will appeal to_the Government at Washington, The condition of health of the troops I am glad to say s very good. There have Dbeen come cases of cholera, but only sporadic, | and our medical officers have been able to | keep them under control and soon stamp out | the aisease. When 1 left there was not a single case among the troops and It was fast disappearing among the people. The general | health of the troops as shown by the officlul | rerorts compares favorably with that of those serving 4n the United State The reported possible transfer of the Phil- ippines to Japan has been so persistently re- | peated, even after Secretary Taft's positive denial, as to give concern to the people. In | sume. ‘instances this concern was tantamount | to alarm. I do not know nor bave 1 heard of a single Filipino in favor of it. The report | was keot alive and very much discussed up to the time of my departure. In Hongkong particularly it was apparenily a topic of great interest. An English friend of mine wanted me to tell him about it. I sald to him the tranefer to Japan or any other nation would take place when the English Government turned over Hongkong to the Chinese; and mot a cay sooner. | FLAG MUST REMAIN. The fact is. our duty no les than our in— terest will keep the flag at full mast in.the harbor of Manila for a long time to- come. Those most Insistent that this be so will be the Filipinos themselves, The vieit of William Jennings Bryan, too; was good. He saw quite a Geal of the isiands. In all his utterances he cownseled industry-an education, leaving other questions to the futute. | Every one gave him every possible opportunity ) sce all he desired to see. There is reason to Belleve that he was very favorsbly impressed with our educational and other work in the islands. | By the assembling of the troops in larger posts and the discharge of a large number of superfluous civillan employes and in varlous have been reduced some $1,600,000, saving may be further | Wood, ; Undue importance has been given the matter of rushing refnforcements *to the Philippines. You sce, the division commander has dual duties, First, the Internal military police. This he owes the local authorities. Second, of even greater importance so long as we occupy | the islands, he has to guard and police a full thousand miles of frontier designated by me, “Qur Far-Eastern Frontier." Much is being printed wbout keeping our troops In_constant readiness for active field service. This I made a feature of my adminis- tration from the day Of assuming command, and this is no more true now than at any time since 1 went there in 1904 Unless our troops are In_a constant state of préeparedness for war, they, In my opinion, fall far short of what the country rightfully expects of them at all times and in all places. Some younz and inexperienced officers have attached fo this. pol- icy & significance foreign to my mind and _to that of any one else in high authority. The sending of two additional regiments of fnfantry and two fleld batterles simply means the strengthening ot our forces on our Far-Eastern frontler. This strengthening of our frontier And this lowered by General guard I consider timely and & wise measure. TROUBLES IN CHINA, The reported troubles in China have been greatly magnified, and many of the reports ap- pearing from there 1 know to be greatly ex- aggerated. It would require a long statement of facts to give anything ltke an intelligent account of conditions obtaining there. In brief, they are in no way 50 alarmig and serious as frequently reported: There is no greater deel- ing against our people than toward other for- eigners. There I8 a feeling against those who have in various ways obtained, through schem- ing and corrunt Chinese officials, franchises and concesslons that Chinese feei should be thelr own. These' they want abrogated and vested In their own people. They are willing to refund money already spent. which as a matter of fact they did In the case of the Can- ton and Hankow Rafiroad. . A prominent Chinese told me the Chinese people are not at all friendly to the presence of forelgn mission- arles, They have, perhaps, a more firmly fixed religious bellef than any other people in the world and do not look on ours with any favor. At the same time the Chinese Government loses no opportunity to enforce laws and regu- lations for the protection of the missionarie About Canton there have been outrages on for elgn missionaries, but they have not been Committed by the Government or the people, properly speaking, but by bands of river birates” that kave long infested that country and which the Government has been unable so ar. to suppress, although making persistent efforts to do so. These pirates prey on their own people quite as freely they do on any others. They go after any one from whom they can get plun- der. The .Government of China is perhaps quite as friendly to our Government and people as toward any other. Our efforts should be put forward to maintain these relatfons, but noth- ing has a greater tendency seriously to strain them than the frequent publication of false re- ports and threatened armed Invasion: Even though these reports have no foundation in fact and are in no way encouraged by the Gov- ernment or any one speaking authoritatively for it, they constitute a grave menace to the continuance of amicable relations hetween the Chinese and Americans. As these misleading reports, by means of the native préss, gre cir- culated broadcast throughout the empire and find ready credence among the masses, the harm they work to American interests is only too apparent. o 3% Scan the Chinese horizon carefully as you may, no cause for our going to war with the country is to be seen. There will be no cause | for even armed protection of our people there unless the Government of China falls and falls_ Of this there are predictions, but there is no, evidence that prudent folk consider reliable. o Sl N BOYCOTT STILL SERIOUS. Passengers on Koren Tell of Trade Conditiows in Far ELast. : Accordiug to one passenger who ar- rived from the Orlent yesterday on the liner Korea, the boycott situation in j China shows little sign of improvement. i The Standard Oil Company’s business, hessays, fell off 85 per coent for tho last three months of 1905, and is still de- creasing in volume. The American To-' hacto Company, which onee supplied China with 95 per cent of all the man- ufactured tobacco consumed in the Flowery Kingdom, 18 now virtually out of business. It has been supplanted by the Japanese Government, which three years ago purchased the tobacco com- pany’s business in Japan. B o . This same nger, who for busi- ness reasons prefers not fo haye his name mentio) _says that many other ways the anaual expenses on all accounts | PAARAS MAKE NCAT WERD Guests of Hotel Rex Tumble Down Escapes Like Panto- mimists When Fire Breaks SMOKE GIVES A SCARE Painters’ Materials.in Bar- room Brings Out Engines Great excitement was created shortly before midnight by an incipient blaze in the barroom of the Hotel Rex on Turk street, near Jones. Women fled madly down the fire escapes In scanty attire and more than one suit of pajamas floated precipitately down the iron ladders and the stairs. The elevator worked over- time and many frightened guests were rushed to the ground floor before the | panic began to subside. | The fire, which was probably started by spontaneous combustion from paint- ers’ material left in the barroom, which | was being remodeled, caused a great deal of smoke and much more excitement | than was warranted. The fire was dis- | covered by K. Okuto, an_employe of the | Japanese American, a daily newspaper which occupies a part of the ground foor of the hotel. He rushed into the hostelry and gave the alarm. _The elevator boy and the night. clerk aroused the occu- pants of the house and then ensued a wild scramble for the elevators. Those who could not crowd into the small cage | climbed hurriedly down the fire escapes, attired in their night clothes. Fright- ened women scurried far out into the street with flowing hair and disarranged apparel. The department responded promptly and soon had the blaze out. It was some time before the frightened people could be induced to return to the hotel. The damage was nominal. EALTHY MR DES SUDDEALY Joseph Hollenbeck, mining man and brother of the proprietor of the Hollen- beck Hotel at Los Angeles, dled sud- denly at his room in the Russ House yesterday. On- Wednesday night, just presentiment that his active life was to be cut short. “I am getting near the end of the trall,” he said to one of his old mining “partners,” Harry 8. McDonald; “I don't feel well tonight.” McDonald laughed, but Hollenbeck could not be cheered up. When Mc- Donald knocked at his old partner’s door yesterday, there was no response. He became alarmed and summoned Charles Newman, brother of the pro- prietor. found Hollenbeck dead. As with all mining men, Hollenbeck’s purse was always at the disposal of the needy. One of his prettiest extrava- gances was his generosity to children. While he was stopping at the Russ House he deeded over to children in the place stock worth.many thousands of dollars. The money that he ad- vanced to miners in trouble he never tried to keep account of, but there are hundreds of successful mining men who are proud to say that “Joe” Hollenbeck helped. them out when they were “up against it.” —_—————————— Prisoners Are Convicted. Rockey A. Clow was convicted by a jury in Judge Cook’s court yesterday on a charge of robbery and will be sen- tenced on Saturday. He and Ike Abra- ham and Louis C. Smith, who knew E. F. Taylor in Montgomery, Ala., con- spired to lure’ Taylor into Chinatown and rob him. The robbery was con- summated on the night of December 7, $65 being taken from Taylor and di- vided. Abraham and Smith have yet to be tried. John Harrison was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon by a jury i/ Judge Dunne's court, and will be sentenced on March 17. On Decem- ber 30 he stabbed Ernest Kindler, pro- prietor of a restaurant at 789 Mission street. —— e We are closing out a big lot of broken lines —odds and ends of stationery t;t one—hulf the ice. Box papers, tablets, envelopes, Tenelia ok mucilage, etc. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market street, . —_——t China have been traced back to -Jap- anese sources. “There is no doubt jn my mind,” he sald, “that Japan was the inspiration of all our trade troubles in the Orfent; but I also believe that the matter has now gone beyond Japan's control, and that the anti-foreign movement it has started will operate against it just as much as against any other foreigners.” Rev. M. C. Mackenzie, a representa- tive of the English Presbyterian Mis- sionary Soclety, who has spent many years in China, does not regard the situation seriously. “But one can:never tell from the surface in China what is going on un- derneath,” he continued, “and we may be on the eve of a great outbreak, but 1 do not think so. \ Mackenzie was stationed at Swatow. Snortly before he left he heard of the attack on the mission houses near Amoy. ‘The buildings were burned, but the missionaries reached Amoy in safety. A : ‘Among the passengers on the Korea were ftwo Japanese who are on their way to St. Petersburg. K. Otchial goes to the Russian capital as secretary of the Japancse legation. N. Sato, his traveling companion, Is a iegation at- tache. Sato declares that the stories of Jap- anese famine have been greatly ex- aggerated, He denies that there is any serious suffering; and says that the crops, ‘which will soon be ripe, prom.ls: to be unusnally bountiful. “And then, he added, “there Will be no famine any- ere.” wzmo and Otchial will spend two wecks in Paris for the purpose, Sato explains, of getting a little European w‘?:d when we reach St. Petersburg,” he-concluded, with a smile and a bow. “we will be very much fine gentle- men.” Orient on the Korea were H. R. Bur- rill and R. F. Crist, special agents of the Department of Commerce and La- bor. They have been investigating trade conditions In the Far East, and the result of their labors will be em- bodied in a lengthy report to Secre- tary Metcalf. B ——e————— If you employ people it is impo for you to read the !'situations wa ads. every day—even If you rai change or add to your force. Spontaneous Combustion of | , PRAGERS—6 Floors Crowded With Mdse.—PRAGERS FridaySurprise N0.85 Friday Surprise 50 Dozen Women's Waists 45¢ Each White lawn and . colored walsts; embroidered panel fronts and polka dot effects; ten '-ty‘:u.'w m%z m-:u all- colors and sizes. Worth 8Se. Friaay Surpriss. . 48C 50c Melton Suitings 33c¢ Yard Very similar to a. broadcloth; 86 inches wide; used for skirts colors wine, black. cadet gray and 383c Women’s Patent Leather Belts 19¢ Form fitting patent leather _belts, with giit braid trimming. . navy, myrtle. = Regular price 50c. 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Regu- larly S0e to 780 Friday Surprise 39c PICKPOCKETS PLY THEIR VOCATION Dentist Robbed in Saloon and Two Brothers on a Street Car. Pickpockets, both male and female, are making their presence felt in the city. Dr. Charles D. Devlin, dentist, 566 Geary street, 1s one of the victims. Shortly after midnight Wednesday morning he met two women and they asked him to treat them to a drink. He took them to a salcon at Ellis and Mason streets, where they remained for about half an hour. One of the women sat on his lap for a few minutes and after he had parted with them he discovered that $15 in gold had.been taken from his purse. He gave a description of the women and Detectives Braig and Taylor are search- ing for them. A. M. McLaughlin of Decoto and his brother, E. C. McLaughlin, 1709 Market street, went to the Clff House on Wed- nesday afternoon and took a return car about 5 o'clock. The car was crowded and the two brothers had to stand. They took a Halght-street car at Stanyan street, and left it to go to a res- taurant on Market street] op- posite Van Ness avenue. There each missed his leather wallet. The vis- “itor's wallet contained $0 in bills, but the other was empty. They reported the matter to the police and said they sus. CLUB MANAGERS ARE GOING OVER THE LAW Have Not Yet Decided Whether to Give Up or Fight. The Seattle and the Tahoe clubs con- tinue to main:ain open doors, but around the tables the chink of the poker chips is not heard. The managers of the clubs expected to Yeach a decision yesterday over the advisability of fighting the order to cease gambling issued by District At- torney Langdon, but after an hour’s con- ference they came to no agreement. They are waiting until they feel gure of their iegal standing before they make the first move by opening their clubrooms to poker playing. This does not mean, however, that they- have given up the fight. They are mere- 1y going over their position to determine whether they can withstand an assault in the courts. M. Franzini, one of the managers of the Tahoe Club, said yester- day afternoon’in discussing his position: “We have fiot yet fully decided to fight the proposition. We belleve that we have the same legal rights as the most ex- clusive clubs in town, and once, we,aze. satisfled that the law will uphold Gg,we will carry on the fight. Until we become thoroughly satisfled as to the law we will cease poker playing.” The managers of the Seattle Club take a like stand. 8. Osterhout declared yes- terday that Langdon was “too stromg.”™ pected two young men who were standing | but his fellgw managers are not willing beside them on the car. to admit such to be the case. Among those who returned from the oak, CHIN. A CLOSET £ golden finish; a —Made of quar- ter-sawed _oak, Of every grade for every taste. An immense stock to select. from. Prices speak for themselves. 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