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Evening star., 1898-07-23
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

me Following is list Of a1vertised letters re-
naming in the Washinston % C9 PoSt 0.tca So
urtay. July %. 1895. " '
To obtain any Of these LETTERS She n,,,jsc.n.
should call for Advertised Ietters ant
If rot called for within two t2l rSeets .he~ ,,r,t
be sent te the Dead Letter Office "''' "'ii
Evening star., 1898-07-23

1t rushed at the nearest man. a Sikb "a
struck him down at a single blow. One of
the poor fellows comrades fired and miss
ed. jumping aside as the orang-outanr
charged across the room, scattsring he
soldiers right and left, and boi.iny into an
open door. When Quin hurried 20 The snot
ne saw with satisfaction that the -1om he.
yond was the same in which he and SnoIoo
had been confined. There was no other
exit, and by promptly closing the door he
secured the dangerous creature AS he
turned away, a powder-grimed. black
bearded Hindoo in Dyak dress rushed nm
to him and clasped his hand 1t was Cun.
pat Singh. the Sikh.
no other way to help. I opeuad the ami
mars cage and turned 1t loose when the
rebels were pouring their hottest fire Nv
the head of Mahadera.! you should bave
seen the brute ponnce upon the men at the
loopholesr n M
"woll doner exclaimed Quin. "You won
the day for US, Gunpat Singh, and I think
you will get the reward you wish"
Meanwhile, Capt. Jarvis had pursued the
rebels with part Of his force, and without
delay Quin and the Sikh Joined the chase.
In a few moments all was finished.
The greater part Of the enemy broke
through the Gordon of Dyaks; many wera
shot in the attempt, and number were
captured. But Bho Sallah was among
neither the prisoners nor the slam; he Fad
escaped to the impenetrable Businesses OF
the jungle, and was likely to give plenty Of
trouble in the future. 1t was a dearly
bought victory, for no less than thirteen Of
the storm1ng party had lost their lives
Among those slightly wounded was SooIc O.
BY the use of red-hot swords the orane-
outang was driven into Its cage, greatly 10
Quins satisfaction. All the buildings of
the fort were burnt to ashes that same af-
ternoon, and early the following day the
column started on its return. Subsequently
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

:. the boys from California will have most of their fighting to dc. So soon as Agui- naldo discovers that the United States is not going to make him a present iof a Philippine republic on a silver salyer he will grow uglier than he is now, and his followers will break up into as many factions as he now has advisers. It will be the Indian wars over again, with the difference that every Togallo has all the vices of the Apache, with some Asiatic variations.
 Colonel Smith has just called me from my tent-from his tent, rather, for I am his guest for this campaign through his courtesy-to witness the beautiful ceremony of g flag raising. Or course the First California has had its flag up in front of headquarters since it hes been in camp. It was a small flag upon small pole. The off, cers deemed it proper, the Californians being the first regiment in camp and the camp having grown from a bat talion to 2 brigade, to sport a larger flag on higher pole, and so a slender staff Of bamboo, 40 feet long. was cut and the banner. with the beautiful ac- companying ceremony. has just been broken out far overhead, while officers and men stood uncovered at the base of the staff. The American flag flies on the shore of Luzon now, where it can pc seen plainly from the Spanish trenches. and California leads the army in Haunting the emblem of freedom be- fore the eyes of the Dons
 It is to be hoped, for the sake of men and officers both, that a paynaster has come down on the fleet with General Merritt. The other soldiers were paid before they left San Francisco. The Californiars, first to respond to the call of arms, were sent into strange iand to meet new conditions practically without a cent to e bless them selves with. The resultant condition cannot be imagined by people at home with all the comforts of life at their doors. The boys have borne it bravelv. There is only one extreme case of nostalgia in the ranks that I know of, and I will not give the lads name. be- cause l believe he will recover and be properly ashamed of himself in time.
 The fact that the boys have borne themselves well does not excuse the negligence of those officials who sent them, improperly equipped, into far away land with no means wherewith they could purchase proper equipment. It is not as if the United States. like Spain, were bankrupt. The boys all
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
AGUINALDO'S BRAZEN
 LETTER TO ANDERSON
Warns the American Not to Send Any More Troops Into Phil
 ippine Territory.
 BY P. BOERINGER.

FORT SAN FELIPE, CAVITE, P. l., July 25.-In an interview to-day with Senor Douriez one of Aguinaldos staff, I secured some interesting infor- nation. Douriez tells me he (Aguinal- dol has written to General Anderson in a strain somewhat after this fashion: He acknowledges that no nation has replied to his circular letter asking rec ognition of the Philippine republic, but he remarks that he expected such recognition from the American nation. A nation that fought so long for liberty, a nation that maintained such a strug- gle for the abolition of slavery, now struggling for Cuba, he hoped would have looked upon the matter in a diff ferent light, with more benevolence, be- cause the Filipinos have acknowledged it's right to our gratitude. Aguinaldo further claims to have received great fayors from Dewey, and that, being more than desirous to prevent 'any conflict or a severance of pleasant re- lations, which would have as result the intervention of foreign powers in the affairs of the Filipinos, which must be extremely prejudicial to my nation, but also to the United States of Ameri- ca, I consider 1t my duty to advise you of the undesirability of distribut- ing any more troops in territory won by the Filipino arms from Spain. AL though no agreement exists between the North American representative and the representative of the Filipino, my people might consider the occupation as violation of their rights, and the people must be advised in due form" He goes farther and demands notice in writing of such occupation the place to hc occupied. the object of the oecu- patton and the duration of same in or der that the Filipino oeople may be ad- vised in due form and rreserve a con- tinuance of friendship. He then ter inmates his letter with the usual flour ish and last threat as follows: "I can answer for my people, for they have given proofs of their confidence in my government"
 General Anderson Is not man to stand this nonsense, and I so informed my young friend, at which he told me that there were many among the Fili- pinos opposed to Aguinaldo. When bade him farewell on the rocky wall of Cavite he shook hands with me fer vently and told nce low much he val ued American friendship and how when he reached MaIabon. he would tell his friends of Aguinaldo's cheek and neryerSity.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
BY SOL N. SHERIDAN.
special Correspondence of The Call.


 " CAMP DEWEY, HEADQUARTERS OF: THE FIRST CALIFORNIA VOL .ITNTEERS. WITH THE AMERICAN .ARAIY OF OCCUPATION BEFORE MANILA, July 25.-The news has just ;been wigwagged across from the fleet
 before Cavite that Major General Merritt has arrived with the third expedition for the conquest of the capital of Luzon. 1 saw only one ship come up the bay from Cor regidor Island, standing on the beach just below camp, but the Ameri-
 can fleet is six miles away, and with E *the great southeast monsoon blowing 1t is difficult to make more than the : outlines of a vessel at that distance. I know; at all events, that General Mer- ritt has come.
 :; The arrival of General Merritt, as a matter of course. means the beginning of the end. Whether an assault will be made upon Manila before the arrival of %the Monterey l do not know, but am inclined to think the admiral will wait Dewey is a brave man, as all men Q: know, and 1 would be the last to cast doubt upon his perfect willingness and .. entire ability to take Manila alone as :Tndtters stand now. The admiral has a brave mans discretion, and will prob- ably argue that it will be of small avail ito risk his ships of war when he will have at his disposition at once upon the arrival of the Monterey a vessel against which all the modern great guns pos sessed by Spain could thunder away forever and do no harm
 =: The situation here should be Understood at home by this time .. There are formidable shore bat :teries in Manila, in the walled city, along the Luneta and at Malate The . Spaniards il is true, cannot shoot. but they might, by chance, hit ship, and
 one shot would sink the vessel By putting the Monterey forward as his first line the admiral would avoid all risk of this, and the balance of his squadron, firing above the monitor at longer range, would be fully as effect i've as though stationed close in shore All this in the event of lombard ment of Manila. If August gives up without fight We will. still have our friends, the rebels, to settle with It is with these same rebels, in my opinion,
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
Even Their Letters Held Up Be- cause They Had Not the :* Price of Stamps.
Msmanagement Apparent From the Time the * First California Went Aboard the Transports.

know Uncle Sam has plenty of money. and if he had not they would give him their blood freely. Knowing he had money, they were willing to trust him. Now they find 1000 miles away from home, that Uncle Sam Is not willing. in his turn, to trust these men for the hostage stamps necessary to send their letters home. It is pretty hard deal when you come to think of it-and the boys are helpless. Small wonder there was a howl when they heard the American Consul at Hongkong had held up their letters for postage, and that after the circular of the Postmas- ter General to the effect that mall marked soldiers letter" would be car ried to its destination without prepay ment of postage. The officers are as badly off as the men. Why money is so scarce in this camp that even the Tagallos, most enterprising merchants in land where everybody seems to have something to sell and nobody Is ever seen to buy, every hut in every village being a small store for the dis position of fish, or sugar, or betel. or cocoanutS, or mangoes, or native gin, have about ceased to peddie their wares to the First Regiment Can you picture, in your mildeSt imagination, a crowd of Californians without money wherewith to gratify their extrava gances? That anomaly l have seen, though I have had to travel across an ocean and a sea for the sight. The hioher officers here are not to blame. either. They must go by their orders, as the men do. It has been a case of pure negligence on the part of the Pay masters Department, and it is negli gence the newspapers of America should see to 1t is not repeated in this war.
 As a matter of fact I do not think there ever was a campaign undertaken with more complete lack of knowledge on the part of it's managers than this in Manila. General Anderson has made maps of the country about the city since he has been on the ground. There seems to have been hazy idea that Manila was a city on a large bay. hemmed in by precipitous hills. know that was my idea, and I fancy I knew as much about it as any one else. The city and the bay and the hills are here. but Manila, judging from the region around it-and I have been all around the city-is built upon a reclaimed swamp at the mouth of the Pasig River, the land all about 1t is low. marshy and particularly difficult to move troops over, and the nearest of the precipitous mountains Is five miles
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

magnffied by the heated imagination of the colonel of the Colorado regiment, who had also gone into camp that day just behind us, into an attack on the American camp.
 Speaking of the trenches brings me to what has become standard amuse- ment among the boys of the brigade namely, a visit to the insurgent out posts and a peep at the Spanish lines. It is a dangerous pleasure trip for two reasonS First, because the Spanish have an uncomfortable habit of shoot ing at everything in sight, and second, as certain punishment awaits the ad- venturous soldier if he is caught by our own outposts, as these little excursions have been sternly prescribed by Gen. eral Greene, who Is in command Of all the troops on this side. But despite Spanish bullets and general bulletins the excursions go merrily on, and the fellow who comes back from the trenches and has no hairbreadth eXpe- perience to relate is but a poor yarn spinner. Many of them have indeed been very close to the Spanish lines as near as thirty or forty yards-to which point they crawled, protected from the enemy's view by the trees and underbrush, but as they are regarded as colossal liars by their less fortunate fellows their trips result in little save
  selves. The boys are not allowed to indulge in guerrilla warfare, but many of them, when they have succeeded in getting to the trenches, borrow gun from some insurgent ard take a shot for luck anyway.
 All sorts of rumors are flying about here thick and fast. The latest one, which seems to have little more foun- dation than the average, is that peace negotiations are in progress and that Mckinley intends holding Cuba, Guam and Porto Rico, while giving up the Philippines. l hope this is not true. We have given up much, suffered much and are willing to go through and suf-r fer more. But we do wish to see some tangible result from our self-sacrifice. and it will be a bitterly disappointed regiment that will come home if noth- ing is done toward taking Manila.
 The insurgents do considerable talk ing and tell wondrous stories of the slaughter of Spanish soldiery that re- suits from their attacks. This may be so, but I am inclined to think 1t is all bosh, and were it not for our presence here the Spaniard would wipe them off the face of the earth. I would not care to be a Filipino under any cir cumstance, but I would rather be cat in hades with all my claws clipped, or yaller dog In cage of wildcats, than native here with Uncle Sams army and navy In America.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

at the least from the beach, with land between which where 1t is not tropical jungle, is covered thick as they can stand with the bamboo huts of the Tagallos. The woods, 10 an American who has not seen them. simply go be- yond the powers of the imagination. They are impossible in the rainy sea- son even to the water buffalo, which caribou, and the water buffalo is never so well content as when he is wading in mud above his shoulders. This is the kind of country the American soldier must shoot over when he goes out to bag Spaniards-or to bag Tagallos, as he may have to Go hereafter It is well to know, under these circumstances, that the Tagallo has already de- veloped a healthy respect for the Springfield rifle because of the large sized bullet it carries, and that the Spaniard will presently develop simi- lar frame of mind.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
WAL LED IN AND
 LEFT ID PERISH How Spaniards Treated
 Prisoners. PHILIPPINE TORTURE: HOLE GHAsTLY DISCOVERY AT FORT
 SAN PHILLIP. Evidence That Men Were Put to Death by the Slow Torture of Lime-Burning Beneath
 an Old Citadel.
PHILIPPINE TORTURE HOLE
GHASTLY DISCOVERY AT FORT
 SAN PHILLIP.
BY P. BOERINGER.
Special Correspondence of The Call


 FORT SAN PHILLIP, July 13.-In this old fortress the Spanish Governor of Guam and his suite and sixty men are imprisoned. They are under the charge of Captain Geary and his com mand of heavies. Captain Geary upon assuming command began an in vestigation. The solid walls were tested and private. armed with long rod of steel, probed carefully for the hidden chambers.
 In the east wall, in apparently solid masonry. loose rock was found, and upon inserting the rod between the ma sorry it disappeared beyond Men were at once set to work and the dis covery made that here prisoners had apparently been walled in and left to die. The further appalling knowledge was gained that this chamber of hor- TOTS had been used in modern times, On one side were found leg and arm bones of human being and in the rear of this torture room, near rude bench, private picked up a china ware jar with the trademark of an English maker of beef tea and a Hong kong address.
 Almost immediately opposite this oubliette is a citadel built over the en- trance to the fort. In the wall of this fort twice the height of a man above the ground is a hole about the size of barrel and the only means of egress and ingress to dungeon with many lateral passages. All indications point to this having been one of the many pleasant ways in which Spanish in- genufty succeeded in hidinr the evil dence of official crime This was once used as lining hole. Here the vic
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
SPAIN'S PARIS PEACE
 COMMISSIONERS
Senor Montero Rios Will Preside Castillio, Villarrutia, Montero
 and Cerero Are Members.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor
 don Bennett
 MADRID, Sept. 3.-Senor Montero Rios will preside at the Paris Commits sion. Leon Castillo will represent the political side, Senor Vfllarrutia diplo- macy, Sonor Montero the judicial and General Cerero the military.
 Madrid is full of politicians tonight. General Polavieja, the lion of the hour, had long audience with the Queen Regent yesterday and is surrounded and besieged by friends, admirers and followers.
 Sencr Silvela is here and his star shines brightly in the political firma- ment.
 General Weyler will arrive tomorrow and has declared his adherence. to Senor Robledo. He says he advocates the re- organization of the army and navy as was done in France after Sedan.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
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The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
WILLING TO WORK
 WITH INSURGENTS
Radical Autonomists in Cuba Anx.
 ious to Join the Men Who Fought for Freedom.

Fought for Freedom.
 Special cable to The Call and the New Fork
 Herald Copyrighted. 1885, by James: Cor
 don Bennett. L.
 HAVANA Sept. 3.-The radical au- tonomists held two meetings, presided over by Senor Gibera, and adopted resolutions which are kept secret. It is asserted they have received: letters from the insurgent government and are trying to come to a reconciliation.
 The autonomists say that since Spain's sovereignty in Cuba has ceased they will vote for independence and will work with the insurgents to oppose an- nexation or an American protectorate, the autonomists and separatists to- gether forming a strong government, being represented by prominent Gubans. in both parties. ::
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
Pensions for CaIifornia.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 3-Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Or iginal-Henry Buck, dead, Oakland, Ss. !ncreasemWilliam A. Witte, Los Angeles, s6 to $10; Thomas Purcell, Veterans Home. Napa, s10 to $17. Original widows; etc.-Catherine Buck, Oakland, $S. =.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
-----7-------- 7--77--7777-7-7-- - Washed Off the Rocks.

SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 3.-C. H. Ross. a painter in the employ of Greeninger & Son of San Jose, was washed off the rocks up the coast at noon to-day while fishing and was drowned. His body was nn rncnyared
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
Strike in the Demorest Mine.

SAN ANDREAS, Sept. S.--A rich strike is reported at the Demorest mine, near this place. At the 200-foot level a large body of ore was uncovered averaging $45 to the ton. The ledge Is ten feet wide.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

Rko YARD-150 pieces of New Tafeta Silks full range OO new coongs both plain cangeabe On special sale o5
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

7Eo ARD-2oo pieces of Extra Quality Tafea Silk in fu1 GU range Of new coorngs plain changeabIe At 75c
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

PI .0O MRD-24nch Fancy Striped Tafeta Silk in latest sp coongs; excellent quality Extraordinary value at S1 yard
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

OO YARD-50 pieces Satin Duchesse in all the color ep ngs including black; superior quality Regular value SIPS
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

7Eo YARD-10 pieces of Fine Quality Black Satin Ouch
 OC high uster The regular price $1Oo
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

tins of chivalrous Spain met death and oblivion by the slow tortures of lime burning -
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04

25 YARD1o pieces Of Superior Quality Black Duchesse D = extra fine finish Regular value $t5o yard :.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
SILK DEPARTMENT.
 A 1 EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS FOR THIS WEEK. ....=

commencing tomorrow, we place sale an in- mense shipment of NEW SILKS which we shall offer at the following exceptionally low rrices:
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-04
Lurline Salt Water Baths.

Bush, Larkin sts. swimming, Russian hot q cold tub baths salt water direct from ocean
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-22
lie Gets One Year.

~ q much Of the deviltry that is n
~ part Of modern Legislative xpe-
" rience goes unpublished. that
when the processes in court really land
an offender who. on "A fair trial is found
to be a crook. that event attracts more
than ordinary attention.
ohn Bloor the description.
He was clerk of the senate of Montana
at the session of 1861. lie is a mar
ried man and 4 lawyer. Before the leg
islature was a bill which had in view
the reduction of the salaries of GER
ain county officers. II was thoroughly
considered, in the process of receiving
amendments it passed from one house
OF the legislature to the other more
h a once. 1t was ready to go from the
clerk of the senate to the house, for
the signature of the speaker, at the
closing hours Of the session. IT never
reached the speaker of the house.
When the omission was discovered,
our memory is hat Bloor tried TO
throw the responsibility for II on some
of his associates: we are quite sure
lndl MS uiluff dhlle NdS N u
appear that the assistant secretary of
the senate had received the bill from
him I'm proper form and in time to send
II to the house for the speakers sigma
ture. That curse, in view of the con-
illusions reached by the court hat
tried Bloor. must be set down as a
bluff and one. that deprives him of all
title to public sympathy. For the offense
of which he was accused he went
through the formalities of a trial which
was carefully conducted. and Bloor was
found guilty. That was months ago.
An appeal on his behalf was taken to
the supreme court. and hat tribunal,
in a decision hat goes ove all the
points urged in Bloor's favor with
great care, afiirms the findings of the
lower court; with the result that Bloor
must serve his sentence OF one year in
the pe~nitentiary.
There was a lobby at Helena against
the county-salary bill. Bloor proved to
be its too-willing servant-it is not easy
to see how he will ever get even with
those whose tool he permitted himself
to become. But that is not the affair
of the public. While there is no par
ticular prejudice running against Bloor.
il gives the people of the state some
satisfaction that. however many
others may ave had a hand i'm Mon
tana's legislative chicanery, one of the
offenders has been overhauled any
way.