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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
ALL READY TO SAIL.
Maior-General Otis and Staff
VIII Go on Board the
Steamer Peru This
Morning.

g The transport steamers Peru and
@ City Of Puebla will start for Manila
9 to-day. Major General Otis and the
g members of his staff will go on
. board the Peru this morning. The
@ mail and final orders will be re-
o ceived on that steamer at l o'clock
9 in the afternoon, and the two yes
9 sells will sail soon after-probably
(. about o'clock.
. AT Honolulu, where they will re-
Q main for some time, they will be
. joined by the Pennsylvania, the City
9 of Rio Janeiro and the st. Paul,
. which will sail from San Francisco
. on or about the 2lst. The fleet of
D five vessels will continue their jour-
9 ney to Manila in company from
8 Honolulu.
. The troops to sail on the Pennsyl-
> vania, Rio Janeiro and st. Paul will
. be in command of Brigadier Cen
9 eral Harrison Gray Otis, the fol-
. lowing being the official order:
. Headquarters Independent Divis-
. ion. Eighth Army Corps.
. SAN FRANCISCO. July IA, 1898.
. Special Orders No. AZ.
. 8. Brigadier General Harrison
. Gray Otis, United States Volun-
8 teers, will accompany and assume
. command of the troops directed to
. embark on the steamers Pennsyl-
3 vania, Rio Janeiro and ST. Paul.
, He will select the vessel upon which
3 he, with his staff, will sail, and will
8 report TO the commander general,
3 Camp Merritt, for instructions. BY
Q order of
. MAJOR GENERAL OTIS.
. THOMAS II. BARRY,
. Assistant Adjutant General.
Q Colonel C. w. Whipple, chief ord
. nance officer, United States Volun-
9 teers. and Major George Ruhlen,
. chief Quartermaster, United States
3 Volunteers, will accompany the
o troops to sail on the 2lst, and will
3 report to Commanding General Otis
9 en- route.
8 Captain S. B. Bootes, commissary
. of subsistence at Camp Merritt, has
o been ordered to sail to-day on the
o City of Puebla.
o The gunboat Bennington hove up
o her anchor at $3.50 p. m. yesterday
9 and went to sea. Lieutenant Com
O mander Moser was the only man
= aboard who knew her destination,
9 and he would not tell. All the OFF,
O GERS were in ignorance Of her des-
o tination, but many of them seemed
8 to think that she was going to
O Alaska to relieve the Wheeling.
O which has been more than her limit
8 of time in that station. When the
o gunboat got outside she was head
O ed northwest, and while that would
o be her course for Alaskan waters,
o 1t would also be the great circle
o route for the Ladrones and Philip
O pines. Every man Jack on the war
o ship was hoping that the latter
@ place Is her destination.
@
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
SIXTH ARTILLERY.
Batteries D and G, in Command
Of Major Grugan, Go on
Board the PERU

Light Batteries D and G Of the Sixth
Artillery left Camp Miller at the Preside
at o'clock yesterday morning and rode
in the Union-street cable-cars down to
Montgomery street, where they formed in
line and marched to the Pacific Mail dock
there sm6ark drs On the Peru Battery
tieutenants Hawthorne, Fleming and
Scott. The officers Of Battery G are Cap
tain v. H. Bridgman. Leutenants
Ostheim, E. d. Pearce and F. A. Pearce
The former has 129 men and the latter 146
The battalion is IN command of Major F.
c. Grugan, under whose direction the
men will give a good account of them
selves, as he is a thorough soldier. Dr.
Clarence Quinan is the surgeon of the
command
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Thirty Comrades Rally to the Defense of
Private DUNCAN and Define
His Position.


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saulted his superior in a murderous man.
ner, and it was with great deal of diff
Guilty that he was finally overcome
Miller was up before the general court
martial on Monday on charges of as
saulting an officer and general insubor-
dination. His trial developed that he was
the worst character in the regiment hav-
day since his enlistment He was SEN
fenced to two years at hard labor at Al
catraz and to forfeit all pay and allow
evening by a squad of men from his regi-
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Soldiers Benefit

On Thursday evening of next wea,. q,
enspces of the viii Na be given under the
Cross Aid to raise money fo s sad Red
California soldiers at Manila. Tba 70 III the
e enfh f ca1qGn will be the drill of the Sew
S SUI 0 aiai regiment. 300 strong
and a quartet of officers Will sing seveTei
songs SONG l., The evening will be eoneluded
of which Mrs. Theodore Lunstedith ;s cnaarge,
man and Miss Carrie Creigh se 20 etia.r-
MN the a mgeI romorrow evening to complete
for the enfertainS;.tt me ne price of tickets
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
FOUND A BAD MAN.
Private Miller OF Montana Sent
to AlcatraZ for q Term Of
Two Years

George w. Miller, a private of Com
pany l.. First Montana, escaped from the
guardhouse on Friday night last and bar
ricaded himself against the officer of the
guard and a squad of men in the bath
room of a saloon just across from the
camp on Point Lobos avenue: With the
succeeded in holding off the guard until
the door was broken down and until by a
well directed blow from the officer of the
guard he was knocked into bathtub.
He quickly gained his feet and as
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
THE FIFTH EXPEDITION
First Montana and First South Dakota
Volunteers, Together With Recruits, Will
Comprise the Brigade.

General tits d issued the following orders a and their
pt
GLOWING t command vii re o for Pe
d y @ a
First s
ing of three # h
To the steamer t. alton sothD recruits Of First CoIradovd
ut tr md NgalC conasun of
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
NEW YORK AKFAST

The First Regiment Of New York Volun
teers. which arrived in San Francisco II
two sections, several hours part, had {
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15

LIE CRYSTAL SWIMMING BATHS
physicians recommend the Crystal warn ss.
water tub and swimming baths. North Beach
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state. The mines can be all taken up at
a small cost"
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-08-20
PARSON HUNG IN EFFIGY.
Action OF Chaplain Wear In Resigning
Caused Great Disgust.

Action OF Chaplain Wear in Resigning
Caused Great Disgust.
A Montgomery dispatch says: The
sensation of the hour in Alabama is
the conduct Of Rev. Robert Wear, Of
Birmingham, the resigned chaplain Of
the immune regiment which sailed
from Savannah for Santiago.
Citizens Of Birmingham were so
outraged at the parsons conduct that
they hung him in effigy before the
courthouse door.
A dummy was strung up dressed in
the fashion Of a chaplain with aplacard
on its breast, which bore these words:
CDR. WEAR.
Fifth United States Immune Volun-
teers."
Rev. Wear explains his conduct by
the statement that he can accomplish
more Of good by administering to the
needs Of his congregation at Birming-
ham than by going to Santiago-now
that the war has terminated-and
dying with yellow fever.
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FIVE WE'RE LYNCHED.
Tragic Result OF the Assassination of
Merchant Orr In Arkansas.

Tragic Result OF the Assassination of
Merchant Orr In Arkansas.
A special from Little Rock, Ark.
states that as tragic denoument OF
the assassination Of John r, Orr, a
wealthy merchant, at Clarendon few
nights ago, five negroes were found
hanging from the limbs of trees near
the railroad track Monday night, and
the widow OF John Il. Orr was discov-
cred dead in her cell at the Jail.
The wife died Of q dose Of poison,
self-administed, while the negroes, her
associates in crime, were strung up by
q mob OF citizens.
The report OF the lynching was re-
ceived at Little Rock at an early hour
Tuesday morning after Geographic
communications had suspended for
the night, and the only authentic de-
tails OF the affair came from a railroad
telegraph operator ut Clarendon, who
saw the lynching.
He reported that four bodies, two
women and two men were hanging
from the limb Of tree not far from
his Office and q Few PAGES away dangled
the body OF another negro woman. for.
mer cook in the Orr household.
Miss Morris, the Jewess implicated
in the assassination, was not hanged,
she having disappeared.
Last Saturday night John T. Orr
was assassinated while making q glass
Of lemonade. He had just returned
from church, where his wife was or
ganist.
The affair was shrouded in mystery
until Miss Morris told somebody that
she knew who fred the shot.
A coroner's inquest resulted in the
arrest Of the five negroes and Mrs. Orr
and Q warrant for Miss Morris. It was
charged that the wife had hired the ne
groes TO do the murder.
Orr's life was insured for IS, 900 and
il developed at the inquest that Orr
and his wife lived unhappily.
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SLEPT OVER RAGING FIRE.
TRANSPORT MORGAN CITY WAS
IN GREAT DANGER.
FLAMES IN HER COAL BUNKERS.
Besides Peril Of Fire, . Number of
Troops succumbed to Disease On tho
voyage-A Terrible Experience.

A dispatch to The New York World
from Manila Bay, under date Of Au.
gust 4, via Hong Kong, says:
The third Philippine expedition is
heres 20 days out from Honolulu.
Never did an expedition encounter
more dangers or endure more perils.
On the voyage six men and one officer
died, and fifty more were taken sick.
Typhoid and meningitis played havoc
with the transports. Two fremen
went insane and leaped overheard.
But fire was the worst peril OF all.
Those who died on the voyage were:
Ralph Bowers, Ernest Bokger,
Frederick auckland, Lieut.. r.. d.
Kerr, Stephen Roddy, w. d. Kelly,
John Stockville.
The feet OF transports and their
convoy, the monitor Monterey, were
three days out from Hawaii when fire
was discovered aboard the transport
Morgan City. One Of the crew re-
ported to Captain Dillon that there
was blaze in the coal bunkers.
AT midnight when oil the troops
were asleep Captain Dillon assembled
the crew and told them the news.
Every man was pledged to secrecy.
To let the soldiers know. they were
over O raging fire would be to precipi-
tate panic.
Silently the men coupled on the
hose and the steampipes. Then they
began battling the flames in the hold.
Next morning the fire was as fierce
as ever. Night and day the heroic
crew fought the fire, but with little
success. And still the troops aboard
did not know that fire was burning
beneath their feet.
The Morgan City fell off in speed,
and the whole feet was delayed. Cap
tain Dillon did not signal the flagship.
He kept his men at work fighting the
flames In the bunkers, while the troops
went about on deck, all unconscious Of
their peril.
The bunkers were still burning
when the Morgan City arrived at
Manila Bay. Then for the first time
the troops learned Of their danger.
The flames were extinguished after
the ship had been in port few hours.
On board the Morgan City were 600
men Of the Idaho volunteers end de.
tachment Of Nebraska volunteers.
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THE ANSWER IS DELIVERED
CANNON HOLDS LONG CONFERENCE
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
The OUTCOME NOT MADE KNOWN
Impression IL That Spain Seeks TO Have
Some Changes Made In Phrase
ology OF Demands.

A Washington special seys: More
than twenty.four hours after 1t had
begun to reach Washington the Span
ish note In answer to the presidents
peace conditions was presented at the
white house by the French ambassa-
dor. The nature of the answer was
not made public, the secretary OF
state at the conclusion OF the confer
ence making the formal statement that
nothing whatever could be said on the
subject. The conference lasted an
hour and twenty-five minutes.
While the outcome OF the conference
h unknown, the best opinion obtaina.
BILE Is that the matter Is still open;
that Ambassador Cambon will report
to Spain the results OF his efforts and
the desires Of this government and
that another reply from Spain as to
some details will be necessary to q
final conclusion.
It was noticeable that neither Assist
ant Secretary John Moore or Assistant
Adee, both Of whom are authorities
on diplomatic phraseology, and one or
the other of whom has been called in
to conference on previous occasions,
were present.
Secretary Day left the white house
about 8 o'clock and went to the state
department. In response to inquiries
concerning the result of the confer
ence with NJ. Cambon he reiterated
that no information could be made
public. He could not discuss in any
way, he said, the answer which had
been submitted by Spain.
Secretary Day returned TO the white
house about half-past o'clock. Mean.
time Secretaries Alger, Bliss, Post.
master General Smith and Attorney
General Griggs had arrived at the
executive mansion. The five members
Of the cabinet remained in conference
with the president until 1890 o'clock.
Assurance was given that the confer
ence did not amount to formal meet
ing of the cabinet, although the reply
submitted by the Madrid government
was discussed.
At the conclusion OF the conference
Secretary Alger said that nothing
could be given out about the reply OF
the Spanish government, indicating
that it was subject of further con.
sideration than had yet been given II.
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never to be forgotten. During flashes
of lightning the dead and wounded
could be seen lying in blood-red water,
but neither the element OF heaven nor.
the power of man could wiring q cry Of
protest from the wounded. They on.
couraged their comrades to fight aud
handed over their cartridge belts.
On the night of August LIST the
fighting was renewed, but the enemy
had been taught lesson, and made
the attack at long range, with heavy
artillery. The Utah battery replied
and the artillery duel lasted an hour.
One man was killed. He was Fred
Springsted, First Colorado. Two men
were wounded.
Lasted Through a Night.
On the night of August I'd the artil-
lery duel was renewed. Two men
were badly wounded and were later
reported dead, bringing the total dead
to thirteen, with ten in the hospital,
MORALLY hurt.
Preparing To Take Manila.
Immediately after the arrival OF the
expedition General Merritt organized
all his forces for an attack on Manila.
The troops were formed into one di-
vision, under command Of General
Anderson. The division is composed
of two brigades, the First under Cen
eral Macarthur. and is made up Of
the Twenty-third and Fourteenth reg
ular infantry and the Wyoming, North
Dakota, Idaho, Minnesota volunteers,
and the Aston battery. The Second
brigade is under command of General
Greene and is made up of the Eight
eenth regular infantry, Third artillery,
engineers, signal corps, and Califor-
MIA, Colorado, Nebraska and Pennsyl-
vania volunteers and Utah battery.
The two brigades number 1000 men.
The Oregon troops garrison Cavite.
Admiral Dewey's feet commands
the trenches and camps Of the Span
iards.
Omcinl Report From Merritt.
Tuesday the war department receiv-
ed the following cablegram from Hong
Kong:
"ADJUTANT GENERAL, Washington.
-McArthur's troops arrived 3lst. No
epidemic, sickness. Five deaths.
Lieutenant Kerr. engineer, died OF
spinal meningitis.
Landing at camp delayed on &C.
count Of high surf. To gain approach
to city, Greene's outposts were ad-
vanced to continue line from the
Canine Real to beach on Sunday night.
Spanish attacked sharply. Artillery
posts behaved we'll. Held position.
Necessary to call out brigade. Spanish
loss rumored heavy. :Our loss, killed
Seventh Pennsylvania--John Bra
dy, Walter e. Brown, infantry; William
E. Brinton, Jacob Hull, Jesse Moss,
William Stillwagon. First California
Maurice Just. Third artillery-Eli
Dawson. First Colorado-Fred Spring
sted.
seriously wounded: Tenth Penn
acknowledgement Alva Walter, Pri-
Yates Lee Snyder, Victor Holmes, @.
8. Garter, Arthur johnson. First CAL
ifornia-Captain r. Richter, Private
@. j. Edwards. Third artillery-Pri-
Yates Charles Winfield, j. A. Noel.
roth. Thirty-eight slightly wounded.
- "MERRITr." !
Secretary Niger regards the Manila
fight as the beginning Of the general
attack upon the Philippine capital.
General Merritt's force in the Philip
pines consists of three expeditions
which have arrived there, amounting
to 400 officers and 10, 464 men.
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TO ANTICIPATE HURRICANES.

and Ready For Dusiness.
The West Indian weather service
was practically inaugurated Wednes-
day when the Washington Office re-
ceived reports from six Of the ton OBJ
servstion stations recently established
there.
Professor Moore states that the sys-
TEN is now in complete working order
and the department will be enabled to
forecast the terrible West Indian hur-
ricanes that for years have swept the
Atlantic coast without war ming. The
whole group OF islands has been plot
ted and meteorological conditions are
chartered daily.
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wHIsKY'S FEARFUL WORK,

Drunken Policeman Kills His Mother,
Children and wife.
Policeman Henry @. Hawley, of the
Tenderloin station, New York city,
while in o fit of drunken rage Thurs
day shot his wife. his mother, Mary
Hawley, his four.year-old son and his
daughter, six years old. He then shot
himself in the head. He was taken to
Bellevue hospital, where he died.
The others were taken to the New
York hospital, where it was said they
would die.
The only explanation Of the crime
was statement made by Hawley's
mother to the effect that drink had
caused all the trouble.
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TRAIN HELD UP.

Secured the Express Safe But Subsequent
ly Abandoned Their Booty.
The Omaha flyer on the Burlington
road was held mp at Dug Hill, two
miles north Of st. Joseph, No., at 8
o'clock Thursday night by Eve or six
men.
After securing possession Of the ex-
press car, the robbers rolled the Adj
ANS Express company's small safe ont
Of the car door into wagon and en-
deayored to haul IL away.
They abandoned their task, how
ever, and soon dumped the safe ont
upon the highway. The safe was re-
covered two hours after the holdup,
and had not been opened.
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NEGRO DEMOCRATS MEET.

National League OF Colored Voters In
Conference ut New York.
The fifth biennial convention Of the
Negro National Democratic League
began in New York city Tuesday. r.
E. Manning, of Indianapolis, called
the convention to order. George E.
Taylor, of Iowa, was made temporary
chairman, and Henry G. Smith, Of
New York, temporary secretary.
A. e. Manning was named as chair
man of the convention Of permanent
organization. Henry O. Smith was
chosen chairman OF the committee on
platform and resolutions. The pre-
liminary meeting was held behind
closed doors.
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SIGSBRE TRANSFERRED.
Ter Commander Of Maine Will Relieve
Captain Philip.

inner Commander Of Maine Will Relieve
Captain Philip.
Two important changes in the com.
md of vessels of the navy have been
bounced by Secretary Long. Cap
b Charles d. Sigsbee, who com.
|nded the battleship Maine when
y went into the harbor OF Havana,
! who has been in command Of the
Hillary cruiser st. Paul since the
j began, has been ordered to relieve
plain John w. Philip Of command
The battleship Texas. 1t is under
|od that Captain Philip will be as
|ned to shore duty, probably the
hmand Of the Mare Island navy
ID at San Francisco.
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BOTH REAR ADMIRALS.

President viii Recommend the Advance.
ment OF Sampson and schley.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president has determined to re.
commend to congress that acting
Rear Admiral Sampson be adj
vanced eight numbers and Commodore
Schley six numbers. This will result
in making each rear admiral, but
with Com modore Schley ranking i'm
nediately below Admiral Sampson.
Captain Clark, OF the Oregon, will
be recommended for IN advance Of six
numbers In the captains grade, md
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
will go up eight numbers. Other
promotions throughout the feet will
be recommended.
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HAS ENOUGH TROOPS.

Further Expeditions For Porto Rico Have
Been Stopped.
Orders were sent out from Washing
ton Tuesday morning TO stay all troops
from embarking for Porto Rico and to
hold in port oil transports which are
not actually under sail. These orders
are the result. Of protest from Gen
eral Miles against sending any more
troops to him, one reason being that
he does not need them, and another
that he does not want TO be saddled
with an unwieldy army In Porto Rico.