The herald., 1898-04-19
THE SOLDIERS COMING
GEN. SHAFTER's SPECIAL TRAIN
LEAVES FRISCO TODAY
GENERAL NEWS OF RAILWAYS
The Phoenicians Kick at the Santa Fe's
Rates-News Notes and
Personal Mention

Francisco for New Orleans via this city
with the troops under command OF Gen.
Shafter, who has been stationed at the
Preside. on their way to New Orleans.
1t has been some time since Gen.
Shafter visited this city officially, the last
occasion being when Mr.. Debs was cavort-
ing about the country, burning cars,
wrecking railways and making United
States judges strain their intellects In
studying out hew forms Of injunctions and
contempt of court proceedings. The gen.
erals presence on that occasion sufficed
to keep the turbulently inclined in order.
and there was not a chance for his gallant
men to do any shooting.
Someone, that most convenient anyone
who is always responsible for good stories.
yesterday said that a dispatch had been
sent from Gen. Shafter to Gen. Miles, ASK.
ing permission to march his men down
Market street to the ferry so as to make
some reason for a public demonstration
and the commanding general sent back
the terse and pointed reply: This is no
picnic take your men to Oakland by the
most direct route"
The following are the officers who will
form the command. Their stay here will
be very brief, but will afford time in which
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most Of them have many friends here:
Company A. First infantry-Capt. Louis
P. Brant First Lieut.. Hiram Mel. Powell,
Second Liuet. Charles L. Bent.
| Company B, First infantry-First Lieut..
Francis e. Lacey. jr., Second Lieut.. Lin
coin F. Kilbourne. First Lieut.. Charles
| B. Vogdes. commanding. The latter Is
from Company 1.
| Company c, First infantry-First Lieut..
Frank Ferris, Second Lieut.. Frank A. Will
| COX of this company was ordered day ago
to report to Capt. Thomas L. Casey corps
| of engineers. Fortress Monroe, Va, for
temporary duty.
Company D, First infantry-Capt. James
S. Petit, Second Lieut.. James N. Picker
ing.
Company E, First infantry-Capt. John
]. O'Connell, First Lieut.. w. II. Noble at
present aid to Gen. Shafter; Second Lieut..
William H. Crofton.
Company F. First infantry-Capt. Chas
G. Starr, First Lieut. George A. Detch-
mendy. Second Lieut.. Dana w. Kilburn.
Company G, First infantry-Capt Nat
Phister, Second Lieut.. Dennis Nolan.
Company H, First infantry-Capt Leo
pold Parker.
Light battery c. Third artillery-Capt.
Joseph Califf, First Lieuts. William Birk-
heimer, John D. Barrette; Second Lieuts.
Lloyd England, Archibald Campbell.
Light battery F. Third artillery-Capt
Ramsey D. Potts, First Lieuts. Charles
Palmer, John P. Hams; Second Lieut.
Edward p O'Hern.
The department staff is as follows: Lieut..
Col John H. Babcock, A. A. c., adjutant
general of the department.; Maj. Stephen
| ia. -
Moore. A. @. NJ. G., chief quartermaster;
Lieut.. Col. Charles Eagan. assistant COM
missary general Of subsistence; Lieut.. Col.
Johnson Middleton. chief surgeon; Lieut..
Col. Frank Coke. chief paymaster; Lieut..
Frank Greene, signal officer; Maj. Edward
Field, artillery inspector.
Col Evan Miles commands the First In.
fantry. Lieut. Col. William H. Bisbee
Maj. Thomas K. Smith, now manding
the Benicia barracks; First Lieut.. Everett
S. Benjamin. adjutant of the regiment,
and First Lieut.. Leon s. Roudiez, quarter
master, commissary and treasurer, are his
staff assistants.
The Phoenicians Kick
AS mentioned in this column last weeS
the people of Phoenix are kicking against
the Santa Fe harder than the Griefers
, who, by the way, seem to have stoppei
their contest with Manager Nevin, since
The Herald qouted President Ripley te
, the effect that he would stand by the dis
liked head of the local concern. Ths
= Phoenicians are trying to get that afro
, phied body, the interstate commerce com
, mission, to take up their quarrel which
q shows how little shey know about bringing
a railway to time.
The first news that came from the kick
C ers was that they did not complain
. about the rates from and to this city at
, fecting their trade, but now it seems the,
= take different view. 1t is said that th'
, fact that rates from California to Arizon;
! are nearly as cheap at Tucson as tn
q rates given to business from Phoenix. 1:
r certain classes of shipments the assertioi
: IS made that the rate from Los Angeles tt
Deming and Ell Paso is lower than th'
| Phoenix rate.
II The Arizonans have to learn yet tina
e it takes a stronger club than the inter
$ state commission to make railway for
!. sake it's evil ways and be good Some
X times a suit in a federal court will accom-
n plish the desired result but even this T
doubtful. If Arizona could get an indie
@ pendent road to tide water at San Pedro /
@ would feel the erect OK water COmpetlIlOl
at once. The fact that heavy goods cal
: be sent from New York to Los Angelo
d by water keeps the freight rates on sucl
: articles down to one-half Of what they ar
h to an inland point like Denver. For ex
e ample one can send pig iron from New
e York to Los Angeles for one-half of wha
it would cost to ship it to Denver.
Notes and Personals
Vice president T. E. Gibbon of the Ter
a minal railway is in San Francisco again
J., AS Mr.. Kerens, who is one Of the chic
a owners of the road, confided recently to {
; San Francisco reporter, that the line would
;, not be extended this year, Mr.. Gibbons
}. frequent visits to the metropolis OF thu
coast may mean that Mr.. Kerens is right
: or they may not.
Cochise county, in Arizona, will ship IS ,00
head of cattle this year, great portion d
i which will come to this city.
The Santa Fe seems to be firm agains
using Chinese labor. The company re-
Gently had two employed in the shops a.
Ell Paso, and they have been dismissed
and their place filled by white men at ar
advance of pay.
The Santa Fe is continuing its attractive
policy Of making parks about its depots
Mr.. Haas, a landscape gardener of Pasa
2 5opo ho choroa of tho uork and ia a H.