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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
THOUSANDS PERISH
IN A TIDAL WAVE
Towns of Tagloban and Her
mania Destroyed by a
Cyclone.
Islands of the Phil pplne Group
Suffer an Appalling Loss From
w nd and Wave.
Special Dispatch TO The CALL

Special Dispatch to The CALL
MADRID Oct. PA dispatch received
here from Leyte, one OF the Philippine
Islands, says that place has almost been
devastated by cyclone, that many per-
sons have been killei and damage to
property is incalculable.
The cyclone destroyed the towns of Tag
loban and Hernania, on the island of
l. vie, as well as several villages. 1t is
estimated that 400 persons lost their lives
through the disaster
Later advices from Manila say the
cyclone occurred on Octote- u, anc added
that Carriga and Burga. on The eastern
coast OF Leyte, have been wiped out, and
that an immense wave swept inland. Sew
eral thousand natives perishei at Tag
loban. The cycone also swept the island
OF Sammar. The ull extent of the catas-
trophe Is not vel known
The town OF Leyte sustained but little
dana e, contrary TO first reports received.
The damage is estimated at $500, 900
pesetas.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
TO COMPETE WITH AMERICAN
WORKINGMEN.
These Men Brought IN as Contract Slaves
to Be Held IN Bondage After Hawaii
Is Seized by the United
States.

tation of contract coolies from Japan at
the very time it is trying to convince the
American people it opposes such i'm porta-
tons. The contracts for these laborers
have been In every case vised by the Gov
ernment.
The annexation planters are stocking up
with cheap labor for at least three years
to come. They are hurrying Japanese and
Chinese into the country so as 20 have a
full supply of such la abor when annexation
goes into effect. The Dole Government
vises and approves these importations,
and yet they make pretense OF bsing de-
sirous Of preventing further AsiatIc immi-
grafton.
Ii these men are sincere in their protest
ations why do they rush coo,ie contract
laborers into the islands in such mum bers
and with such rapidity? If they are de-
sirous OF annexation 10 the United States
for the purpose OF saving Hawaii for
white "a Dor and civilization, why are they
so hurried in stocking their plantations
with coolie labor bound to three wears OF
servituds2
The workingmen of the Islands have
taken notice OF the faseness of the an
nexationIsts in this regard, and it will be
well for the workingmen of the United
S ates to take notice also. If Hawaii is
annexed California fruit-growers and
sugar-growers will have to compete with
the cheap labor the apnexatIonists of the
islands have obtained expressly for the
purpose of that competition.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
OPENS WIDE THE
GATES FOR MONGOL
HORDES FROM ASIA
Decision by Judge Hanford
That Will Cause a Great
Chinese Influx.

SEATTLE, WASH, Oct. 21.-By a decis-
ion this morning Judge Cornelius Han
ford of the United States District Court
has rendered null and VOID, as far as this
district is concerned. the order promul-
gated by the Treasury Department a year
ago instructing Chinese interpreters to re-
qulre of the sons, daughters and wives of
Chinese merchants in this country seek
ing admission to the United States certifi-
Gates from the Chinese Government that
they were such persons as they represent
ed and entitled to come in under the
treaty.
Government officials In this district Zone
OF the most important In the country, for
the reason that large percentage of the
Chinese i'm migrants pass through Puget
Sound) unite in saying thst the decision
will result in the influx of thousands of
Chinese men and women who have no
right to land here. Special Agent Cullum,
whose duty it has been for seven years to
enforce the exclusion act, said:
The decision simply means that any
Chinese boy or girl, man or woman. may
present imsef or herself at Post Town.
send without certificate, but claim and
secure ad ission on the statement that he
or she is of the family of some Chinese
merchant doing business In this country.
ANY man who knows the Chinese will ap-
preciate the drastic effect of the decision
Without a certificate from their Govern
ment properly attested By United States
Consul residing at the place from which
they come, it Is impossible 10 draw the
line between members OF families of
Chinese merchants residing here and
those who have no shadow of a right on
these shores.
Even with the restrictions i'm posed by
the department the exclusion act, as it
operates now, has become almost a farce.
Judge Hanford holds that the spirit of the
exclusion act does not require such GER
titicate as the Treasury Department has
ordered should be presented by all immi-
grants entitled to land for family reasons.
With their facility for forging certificates.
the Chinese abroad will turn TO the new
method of getting in their slaves, and will
send them with the simple sworn state
ment that they are the wives, sons or
daughters OF Chinese merchants living
here. The Treasury Department, under
this ruling, Will he powerless to stem the
tide OF inrushing Celestials."
Unlted otatea Attorney Brlnker said:
Il have advised Secretary Gage of the
purport of Jud Hanford's decisions and
that the officials canno. enforce the ex-
clusion act in the manner it was designed
to be enforced. Attorney General Nc
kenna will be asked to take charge of the
matter, which is the most serious thai
has arisen in the Chinese business for
many yeas"
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
RUSSELL SAGE
PLANNING TO GET
THE UNION PACIFIC
Subscriptions to a Syndicate
hat Will Pay All
Claims in Full.

be large profit even if the Governments
claim were paid in iull. The property
was in such g Cd condition, so practical
railroad men informed him, that money
could be made by men who should come
in now and take charge. Management
by bankers, he said, would be a failure
from the start. Strong railroad men were
the ones to assume control.
1t is reported that J. Pierpont Morgan
is willing to work with this new syndicate,
and Sage and Gould, together with Boston
men who control interests of the Ames
Brooks and Sears estates, are to join, pro-
vided deposits Of stock with the other
reorganization committees are wit hdrawn
and enough com mon stock secured to out
vole the Schiff tanSers' plan.
The Standard OIL COMPANY has now the
largest cash balance on hand in years
amounting to $35, 600, 0C0 abroad and large
sums IN New York banks and trust COM
panies. This corporation, so the an
nouncement was made tonight is In a
position TO furnish all the gold needed for
the would-be reorganization.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
MONEY INTERESTS
ALL VERY ACTIVE
MiIlionaires, Railroad Men and Cor
poraton Lawyers Consider
Uaion Pacific Affairs

NEW YORK, Oct. -Millionaires, rail.
road men and corporation lawyers met t
the Metropolitan Club tonight to discuss
the affairs of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company. There were present George J.
Gould, John F. Dillon, General Samuel
Thomas, William B. Horn blower, George
G. Haven Jr., +. Eddy of Hollins & Co.,
G. r. Henderson of the Mutual Lie In
surance Company. and represent atives
from the following law firms: Evarts,
Choate & Beaman; Anderson, Howland
& Murray; Strong & Cadwalader and Car
ter Il Ledvarc-
The object OF the conference was to de-
wise new plan for recognizing the COM
pany, satisfying the Governments claims
and operating the property on paying
basis.
General Thomas stated that there would
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
sxessxxzxxxxxxxxxas

NEW YORK, N. Y. Oct. 2t.-Russell
Sage created a sensation in Wall street
late to-day by announcing that he had
been invited by President Mckinley to
form a syndicate on a basis of satisfying
the full Government claim in the Union
Pacific. Mr.. Sage invited subscriptions
to plan 10 be hereafter brought out by
him for the foregoing object The pay
ment of the Governments claim in full is
understood to be the first condition in
this plan. Mr.. Sage's representatives
stated tonight that be had received sub
scriptions for over $75 600 900 within two
hours of his announce ment.
1t was announced that he would con-
tinue to receive subscriptions until lis
plan was subscribed ct least three times
over. Mr.. Sage thinks there is almost un-
limited capital available for the settle
ment of the Pacific roads debts without
a loss to the Government and without
blind pools.
MIR. Astor's subscription is said to have
been received by cable last night. Some
OF these represent other interests besides
the signers. 1t is said that a New York
life insurance company will subscribe to
Mr.. Sage's plan for $40, 100000.
Mr.. Sage goes to Washington to-mor-
row to confer with the President and the
Attorney-General at their request.
When news of the organiza ton of rival
Union Pacific syndicate by Russell Sage
transpired late this afternoon the World
telegraphed every mem Der of the House
of Representatives asking il they would
favor the new syndicate which guaran-
teed full payment in new securities worth
par in all markets, and large majority of
the Congressman replied they would.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22

HONOLULU, Oct. IA striking and
characteristic feature Of the situation is
the contrast between the way the annexa-
tionists talk and the way they act with re-
gard to the japanese immigration to the
islands. The Government and its sun
porters have been almost hvsterical in
speaking and writing on this subject
They have not only declaimed against the
coming OF TIE japanese, but they have de-
clared tnat japan is promoting the emf
grafton of her subjects to Hawaii with the
intention of using them to assist in TAX
ing possession of the Islands
On this theme the annexation orators
and writers have allowed themselves full
swing, unchecked by truth, reason, proba-
bility or common-sense. Nothing has
been too outrageous or 100 absurd for
them to say. At one time they have as
serted that Japan is sending her people
here to become citizens so that they can
vote for the annexation OF Hawaii 10
Japan, and at another time they declare
Ytn al among the japanese sent here are a
large number Of trained soldiers, who are
to organize on arrival here and make
ready to capture the republic by an armed
revolution.
They have carried this form of annexa-
tion argument 10 The extent OF deportinc
a mum ber OF japanese who arrived at the
islands and they have widely and We
hemently advertised the TACT of the de.
portation. This they did for the purnose
OF convincing the people here and those
I'm the United States that their cIamor
against the japanese is sincere. They
point TO the deporte1 Japs and cry: sSee
the coolies we have had 10 send out of orr
country. See the danger of Asiatic in
vasion that threatens Hawaii See the
vigilance with which we are guarding the
islands from oriental conquest. See the
pressing need of immediate annexation to
the United States. See the proof that if
the United States does not take the
islands Immediately Japan will"
Such is the way the Dole Government
and the annexaIionlsts talk. Very diff
ferent is the way they act. While they
are raising clamors against the mpor, a
ton of Japanese they are swiftly and per.
sistently i'm porting them. The lew coolies
they have turned back are as nothing in
comparison with the large number they
have brought into Hawaii. For the past
eight months the importa tion OF japanese
contract laborers by the missionary plant
ers has been going on by Who'll sale.
II is no exaggeratio to say the mum ber
of Japanese coolies imported into the
islands for some time past has not been
less than 100 a month. Nor is there any
sEEn of checking the importatjons. An
arrangement has just been made by which
n special lot of 1000 coolies is 10 arrive
here within few weeks. AS rule the
coolle are bound by three-year contracts.
1t will be seen the annexationists are get
ting a good stock of cheap labor on hand
fcr use when the islands. by their schem-
W. are annexed TO the United States and
made free TO C mpete Tor control Of The
sugar and fruit markets.
II is an evidence of the boldness and
brazenness with which the DOle govern
nent is N aking the fight for annexation
that it frankly gives assent to the impor-
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
THE UNLUCKY TEXAS.
This Time Cne of Her Steam,
Launches Has Troub With
ITS ROJier
Its Boiler.

BOSTON, Oct. 2L. The boiler of one of
the steam launches of the batlleship Texas
blew up while it was alongside the battle.
ship, and number of men, including two
officers and a surgeon, were injured, none
fatally.
The explosion occurred just as the
launch reached the side of the ship, hav-
ing towed down the ships boats, each full
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
Great Sudkss.

HOLGATE, OHIO, Oct 21.-Last nigh: a
museum was exhibited here in large car,
which had on exhibition glass and wire
cage containing 400 snakes. The crowd
was so great the cage was crushed, allow
ing the reptiles to run at large. Among
the collection we're q number of Black
D ,amond rattesnakes, measuring from
five to eleven feet long. They were
stepped upon by the crowd and several
persons were bitten. All the doctors in
town were sum moned to give edical aid.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22

The annexation planters in the
{ Hawaiian Islands propose to be
well stocked with cOoIfe labor
: before annexation takes place.
< They have been importing con-
: tract iaborers from Japan and
( China for long time past at the
( rate OF 500 month. = further
{ importation Of 1000 coolies has
been arranged for and viii arrive
: in few weeks. The Dole Gov
( ernment approves of the inn
: portatiOns and vises the con-
Z tracts. The talk OF resistance to
: Asiatic i'm mmi ration is a hollow
( pretense. The ciamor of fear
that Jap IN is planning to annex
I the islands is raised simply to
I distract attention to what is
: being done to fiji the d e1uand of
( the planters for cheap labor.
The scheme is to crush white
( and native labor in Hawaii by
ccoIss .abor and then To obtain
annexation to the United States,
so that the cheap labor of the
islands may be used to compete
, with the white labor of Cali
l fornia aud take from it the cream
( of the market in every product
that Hawaii aud coolie labor can
+ produce.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
BRITISH TROOPS GONG TO TIE FRONT


in Command
o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-14
Appointing NOn-Residents.

There should be no occasion for the ques-
ton to arise whether a resurrected act of
the defunct legislative assembly prohibits
the appointment of ron-residents to subor-
dinate municipal offices of the District of
Columbia The appointing power is in
the hands of Commissioners, the civilian
majority of whom must themselves under
the law be residents. The same considera-
tons which caused Congress to pronounce
as essential to the commissionership an
intimate knowledge of local conditions and
Identification with local interests would
naturally induce the Commissioners to ap-
point residents like themselves to serve as
their heutenants in the performance Of
duties concerning which Congress had thus
indicated that residence was a necessary
qualification. The suggestions of common
sense and of regard for the capitals well
fare are so powerful in the direction of
local appointments to such offices that
nothing less than a statutory prohibition Of
the selection Of a resident, such as exists in
respect to the superintendent Of charities,
should suffice to drive the Commissioners
from appointing residents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-14
Responsibility at Hazleton.

rrOm tne New YORK Tribune
1t looks as IL the sheriff and the deputies
lest their heads and thought their business
was to exterminate q band of disorderly
persons, instead of restraining them from
violence. Moreover, the sheriff's own con-
Trajectory accounts of his action tend to
discredit his management Of the affair." He
says he ordered the shooting and he SAYS
he did not order the shooting; he says he
was trampled under foot and severely beat
en-. but those who saw him soon afterward
say he showed no signs of ill-treatment
He may have acted with the best of mo-
tives. and thought himself in imminent
danger from a mob which he knew to be
composed Of ignorant and violent persons
who refused to listen to his commands
We may assume that he has no intention
of misrepresenting an unpleasant situation
but the very confusion of his stories makes
1t difficult to believe that he performed his
necessary for a public officer charged with
his responsibilities
But however lacking the sheriff may
have been in judgment, his mistake, or the
mistake Of his deputies in firing without
sufficient reason does not in the least fur
nish ground for wholesale assaults upon off,
GERS Of the law for vigorously suppressing
violence. Nor does 1t offer the slightest ex-
cuse for further rioting in Hazleton All law
abiding citizens of that region should go
to their homes and preserve peace instead
of seeking further to disturb it; and all
speakers and writers elsewhere should re-
frain from actions calculated to encourage
further violence or nurture more Ill feeling.
Even the mistakes of the law cannot ius-
tify appeals to lawlessness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-14

The present week will witness many
home-comings. Hundreds of Washing
tonians who have spent the season else
where will return to their own residences.
In the rush of their readjuStment of do
nestle routine they may overlook some of
the most important items of house-caring
at this 1uncture, perhaps to the detriment
OF the health of the family. 1t is tc be re-
membered that house that has been
closed all the hot weeks of the mid-year is
liable to hold unwholesome influences when
1t Is first re-occupied, and great care should
be taken Immediately after the return to
see that every room in the dwelling is
thoroughly aired. This process is not well
done if confined to a single day, but should
be continued during three or four days, If
the house-keeper would be sure to remove
all the lurking germs of disease from the
precincts. The first measure of precauticn
in this line should be taken, as a matter
of fact, in the spring, when the house is
shut up for the vacation period. Then the
most thorough cleaning and removal of all
old clothes, papers, and other refuse should
be Undertaken. When thus put IN good
condition the house will remain so during
the hot months but if there be any accu-
mutations in cellars, closets, or other places
where the air does not freely circulate of
miscellaneous articles. bits of perishable
stuff, fragments of food, fruit and the like
decomposition will occur and the atmos-
phere will be laden with a hurtful element
assaiiing the health of all who come into the
house IN the autumn. Sewer traps are liza
BILE in the hot season to become dry
through the evaporation of the water and
this may permit foul emanations to escape
into the rooms Thus the greatest care
should be taken to attend to these details
at once after tine return, else in a few
weeks malarial ailments may develop, per-
haps running into typhoid fever. Then
will come the cry of imported germs. bad
water here and such often groundless ex-
cuses to account for the prevalence CT
diseases. A thorough house-cleaning in
the spring, followed by complete airing
In the autumn when the house is first &C.
cupied. will go far toward preventing all
such troubles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-14
His Mission Begins.

General Woodford has now entered on his
official duties in Spain, and, whether he
proceeds swiftly or slowly, speculation as
to the scope and character of his instruc-
lions will be widely INDUCED in both here
and abroad. The field is open to all, and
for the present one mans guess is about
as good as another's.
Three propositions have already received
a good deal of attention of this kind.
I'd Autonomy. Even Spain comedies that
Cuba has been badly governed, and hence
her talk about reforms. But autonomy. as
understood in the United States and Illus
trated in the case of Canada, 1t not within
Spains meaning respects any change in
her policy toward Cuba. That is admitted
even by Senior Sagasta- Precisely what
autonomy is in the Spanish conception of
colonial government we do not readily
grasp in this free country. But the Cubans
grasp 1t, and refuse it on the score that it
is merely trick-a Encouragement of bur-
dens- They believe that they would be as
much harried under the so-called autonomy
as ever. They have come to abhor Spanish
rule of any kind and of all kinds.
CD Purchase of the island by the Cubans
This proposition is coupled with rhe eug.
gestion that part of the price to be paid
U
share of the enormous debt that has been
incurred by Spain in the prosecution of the
present war The bare statement of this
proposition is sufficient to explain its OBJ
jectionableness in Cuban circles. Spain has
laid Cuba waste, and squandered millions
OF money in prosecuting the Cuban people,
and the Cubans are to be assessed at a top
figure for desert, and for full share Of
the money expended in an effort to oxter-
inmate them There need be no wonder
that the Cubans. even in their distress,
laugh at such thing.
CD Independence. The war still goes on
The Cubans keep the field and continue to
win victories. Spain is bankrupt, and has
been fought almost to a standstill. Why
should not the Cubans insist on independ-
ence? Why should they give up, or dicker
for paltry terms, with success seemingly
In sight? Why not go on until every YES
tge of Spanish authority is rooted out of
the island?
The United States, there is good reason
to believe. is not at this time behind any
proposition but that the war in Cuba should
be brought to a close. 1t desires that re-
suit, and will assist in an honorable and a
proper way to bring that about. but it
would be idle to deny the fact that with
independence for Cuba as the result the
people Of the United States would feel the
liveliest and sincerest satisfaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-14
Uphold the Law.

A good deal of revolutionary talk follows
the tragedy at Hazleton. Some of it pro-
ceeds from sources accustomed to seize any
pretext for such deliveranceS and there
fore it excites no surprise. All Of it. how
ever Is to be regretted. There is 10 war
between capital and labor in the United
States. nor any excuse for war. Differ
ences exist. have always existed. win con-
tinue to arise from time to time. But diff
ferences are not war. nor the excuse for
war. They invite arbitration. They are
best settled by arbitration. A very serious
difference extending over 4 number of
states in regard to this very business of
digging coal has just been settled by the
informal application of the principle of ar
bitration and really there is no difference
conceivable between capital and labor in
this country beyond the scope of satisfac-
tory settlement by this means. Why then
should any man advise the setting aside of
law and the appeal to unrestr;iined force
where the question primarily is the regula-
ton of wages?
The effort to induce the laboring men to
believe that the laws are designed and ex-
ecuted for their enslavenent. where it. is
not piece of folly proceeding from ignor-
ance and excitement, partakes of the
character of a crime. The laws are made
for all alike. The courts are open to all
alike. The poor man is protected in his
home and in his rights, and leans heavily
upon the law. It is proper that he should.
Remove the law and give bride 30 license.
and the laboring man is by far the great
est sufferer of all. lie is invariably the
victim where lawiessness runs riot. He is
unable to get away. But the man of
means when he sees .he storm arising,
hurries naturally to place of safety.
Rich and poor alike are interested in
respecting and obeying and unfolding the
law. 1t is to the common advantage. This
government is the peoples government, in
fact as well as in name. The people have
made it. and they sustain it, and they have
provided tribunals for the redress of griev-
ances. The man therefore who f1outs those
tribunals and their processes and advo-
Gates an appeal to outlawry or force speaks
against the public welfare and safety, and
preclaims himself an enemy of free insti-
tutionS