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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-03
AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS.

pr. Alex Orr of Oak Park is at the Grand.
 Dr. snatzier of Austria is at the Cali fornia-
 pr. O. Mahoney of Cork, Ireland, Is at the Palace.
 E. s. sisson, hotel man of Red Bluff, Is at the Russ.
 A Hudson, a rancher of Lake County Is at the Grand.
 Mir and Mrs. J. s. Happer of Kobe are at the California.
 Edward Swinford, a merchant of Colusa is at the Grand.
 Charles Erickson, a railroad contractor of Martinez. Is at the Grand
 General F. Canedo, Governor of Sina- loa, Mexico. is at the Occidental.
 Pedro Cosca, a wealthy merchant of Guaymas, and family are at the Occi- dental.
 Hon. J. Ferguson. wife and daughter, and Mrs. Sydney Jones of Australia, are at the Palace
 MT and Mrs. Claus Spreckels have just returned from a months visit to Coro- nado MT. Spreckels will leave for Paso Robles in a few days and will be gone for two weeks.
 J. Kruttschnitt, general manager of the Southern Pacific Company, returned yes terday from the annual tour of inspection of the roads from this city to Omaha, and reports very favorably on the condi- tion of the lines.
 Moore N. Falls. U. S. A., assigned to the Eighteenth Infantry, W. A. Liebers of Washington, D, C., assigned to the Twentythird Infantry. and O. L. Spauld- ing. assigned to the Third Artillery, ar rived from the East last night, and are at the Palace.
 The Doric brought a number of visitors to the hotels yesterday The following registered at the Palace: MT. and Mrs. o. Liddell of Shanghai MT. and Mrs. Jamieson of Tientsin, Alfred Brown of Hankow, Julius Belirend of Moscow, R.. c. Tillingham of England.r H. G. Edgar of Fuchau, A. Mcleod and wife of Shang- hai At the Occidental are: R. W. Mus tard. prominent business man of Shang- hai; J. Ambrose. an architect of Shang- hai; Dr. w. Lang Chapman of the Doric; Rev. D. P. Birnee and wife of Spring field Mass; A. F.. Knudsen, a planter of Honolulu; l.. Watts Doney of Tientsin; w: H. Baird and wife of Honolulu; MT. and Mrs. W. F. Allen of Honolulu; George E. Sevey of Cleveland Ohio; T. Wooyeno of Tokio, M. Okadda of Kioto and H. Santo of Tokio. ::
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headquarters and swore out warrant for his arrest.
 Captain of Police Seymour Is satis- fed that Wood Is a clever schemer. Yesterday he was notified that Wood had visited the local office of the Casu- ality and Fidelity Company, of New York and magnanimously offered to release them from any claim which he might have against the company.
 I'm tired of this newspaper noto- riety," he Is said to have remarked. and rather than suffer further hu- initiation I have decided to call 1t off. :"
 Captain Seymour has no hesitancy in saying that Wood had intended to inn pose on the company. When he re- ported that his house had been entered, and that he and his wife had been chlo- reformed by the burglars the police ridiculed the story. Through the efforts of Detectives Fitzgerald and Graham the gold watch, which he claimed had been taken by the supposed desperate housebreakers, was found fin a store on Montgomery street where 1t had been pawned by Wood. When confronted with the evidence of his guilt Wood broke down, and announced that he was willing to quit. Rather than take a chance on being prosecuted by the insurance company he gladly accepted the proposition to sign the paper re- leasing them from all liabilities.
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JAPANESE NAVAL . OFFICERS ARRIVE
ASSIGNED TO THE cHITosE AND
 THE KASAGI. s-
The Crews for the Two New Cruis- CTS Will Come From Japan Within the Next Two
 Months.

Seventeen Japanese naval officers ar rived on the Doric yesterday morning, nine of whom will soon go to Philadelphia to report for duty on the Kasagi, the new Japanese cruiser which the Cramps have just finished. and the rest will remain in this city until the Chitose, which was re- gently launched at the Union Iron Works, will be ready to sail.
 The visitors who arrived yesterday and who have. been assigned to the Chitose are: H. Tukishima, carpenter; S.. Naka- mura,s chief torpedo gunner; Y. Takagh chief gunner; H. Kuma, engineer artif1cer to the kasagi; NJ. Oki, carpenter; T. Soys ejima, boatswain; H. Yamaoka, engineer artificer: K Iitagawa engineer artificer: s. Konda, torpedo gunner; G. Okamato. chief gunner; K. Uyeno, engineer; Lieu tenant of Engineers Kisaki;s A. Saisho, colonel of artillery and lieutenant of en- gineers. Others in the party are B. Shi- mekawa, commandant of artillery; Boku- sai .Harada, fleet surgeon; Hideo Mamizu architect; G. Okamoto and H. Santo.
 The officers in command of both cruisers arrived in this country. some time ago and are preparing for the sailing of the new ships, which will occur as soon as they are turned over to the Japanese Govern ment. The Kasagi will receive it's crew from Japan in about month. Then she. through the 'Suez canal to the country which she was designed to protect. ..~
 The crew for the Chitose will also be supplied by Japan. and arrive in this city within two months. There will be no de- lay set upon the sailing of the Chitose. will steam out of this harbor for Japan in command of the young officers of the Jap aneSe Imperial Navy.
 The three officers of high rank who ar rived yesterday and who will go to Phil- adelpha. are Chief Paymaster K. Naka . hama, Dr. Y. Sujuki and K. Hideshima-
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HE. HAS A NEW SWORD
Colonel Smith of the First Ten
 nessee Presented With Beautiful Weapon.

If the men of the First Tennessee, from genial Colonel Smith down to his. lowly little striker, keep. as weak a guard over their bodies as they have over their hearts, they are going to have sad times of 1t when the fun begins overseas.
 They are already conquered, peacefully, and last evening Colonel Smith surren- dered at their first equalization when, in a graceful speech of sunny Southern courtesy, he accepted from the hands of Mrs. A. S. Townsend as handsome a blade of good sharp steel as ever graced 8 dress parade
 The unstriped ranks were first to waver in their allegiance to Southern hospital ity.
 For a month past the kindly Mrs. Town send has provided for their many wants that unpaternal Uncle Sam does not look out for.
 A dinner to the officers followed and the boots and spurs of the line and staff went over in a body Colonel Smith held out till he found his command had left him and he has now marched gracefully to the winning lines.
 The presentation was a pretty ceremo- ny.
 The full regiment was drawn up In dress parade on the drill ground near the camp and before the evenings manOeuvers were begun Colonel Murphy stepped forward and with assurances of Northern delight at the Southern invasion presented to Col onel Smith, upon behalf of Mrs. Town sured him would never be unslung. Mrs. Townsend, with a party of ladies, was present. but allowed Colonel Murphy to perform the formalities of the ceremony.
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MONTE CRISTO'S GOLDEN ISLAND It's Counterpart Hidden in Alaskan Waters. MINERS WILL SEARCH FOR IT A SCHOONER CHARTERED FOR
 THAT PURPOSE. Trouble Between Shipwrights and House Carpenters Over the Re-
 fitting of the Charles
 . Nelson.
MINERS WILL SEARCH FOR II
A SCHOONER CHARTERED FOE
 THAT PURPOSE.

Another expedition has been got tip to search for "an island of gold" In spite of the Free Trade fiasco and the partial failure of the Altair venture another par ty of men has banded together to search Alaskan waters for an island that will enrich them all. According to the vague reports that have filtered through to the water front the spot in Boring Sea on which the hopes of the. gold hunters is set Is a second Monte Cristo Island. Vir- gin gold is there for the picking up and in such quantities that. everybody in the scheme will be rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
 Captain August Brandt Is at the head of the new venture and associated with him are H. A. Smith, A.. Kraus, NJ Si- mons. W. F. Groves, Max Reopen. R. Pengelly and Thomas Pennington They have chartered the schooner Thomas S. Negus and as soon as she is fitted out a start will be made for Bristol Bay. From there the real search will begin and Captain Brandt has no doubt but Monte CristO Island will be located In short or der. The party expects to be gone about six months and every member of the ex- petition Is sure in his own mind that he is coming back to San Francisco a mill lionaire.
 The Negus Is we'll fitted for the work
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Twelfth the left Lieutenant Nichols account of the fight is as follows:
 We advanced on the town from the north. On our left. on the top of the hill, was a stone fort, with bastions on the four corners and trenches about. II was hardly a fort-more like a stone block house. While We were advancing through line of brush they opened ire on us from both slices ana our men began to drop. We had to run down in valley and up to another ridge For some reason l have not been able to fathom, we were not fired on while we were crossing this open space. The stone house on our left could have annihiiated us. We climbed up the ridge, stopping to rest in dugout road: The block house on our right on this road was silenced, but the stone house poured a heavy fire into our lines.
 We took position along the ridge overlooking stream running into the Aguadores. On the other side was Ell Caney. Across the valley we could see the church of Fl Caney, which was used IS fort: Sharpshooters were up in the two block houses, and another lay away over on the rise of ground to the left of the town. We lay there from noon, to o'clock, and it was there we suffered our heaviest losses. We kept peppering away at the block houses when there was any thing to shoot at, Soon the artillery fire on the stone house drove the. Spaniards out and they ran down the hill across the stream into the town, reinforcing the houses to; the right. We could see them running, but the range was too great to make firing at them effective.
 Then we advanced down into the valley to the town. The Spaniards began treating from the church. and as they ran our men picked them off. Afterward l counted nineteen of them in one bunch. killed by our fire The enemy retreated in the direction of Santiago, leaving their dead and wounded. behind. Our regiment lost thirty-one killed, including two of f1Cers and ntnety-one wounded. Lieu tenant Wansboro of Company c was shot through the heart while we were on the ridge. He stood up and looked out of the trench. We buried him. with some fifty others, near the western block house The Spanish loss must have been very heavy.
 "Three days later-Sunday morning we returned from before Santiago to Fl Caney to care for the wounded SpantardS. In the church were seventy wounded men, who had been looked after by the people of Fl Caney. Some were terribly wounded. Many of our bullets from the Krag- Jorgensen. rifles had rebounded from the stone walls of the church and made fri4htful wounds The wounds were all much worse than ours from the Mauser
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FAILED TO
 COVER UP
 HIS. TRACKS Mrs. Fox Is Now After William Wood.
ACCUSED OF: RoBBlNG HER
A WARRANT IS: SWORN OUT FOR
 HIS ARREST.
The Alleged Victim of Burglars
 Releases the Insurance Com -. ;:pany From Any :. :. Loss.

william: ". cd of IA Fourteenth street: who attempted to swindle the Fidelity, and Casualty Company or New: York by: claiming that his house had been. entered and about 5000 worth of jewelry taken. is likely to find him self la " serious trouble. Yesterday a widow named Mrs. Fox, who lives at 454: :CIementina street, appeared before Judge .Joachimsen and swore to a com plaint. charging him with petty larceny by trick and device.
 According to her story an attach ment: was levied .,on her furniture, for nori-payInent of rent. Wood. on learning of the. attachment. visited her house. ard after representing that he had a .pu1l@ with the Sheriff, promised to 'fix't* matters for a monetary consid- eratfoR Mrs. Fox fearing that her fur niture would be, thrown into the street. gave :hirn all the money she had, which amounted only to ;~ few dollars. The following day the Deputy Sheriff ap- peared and elected her from the house. Realizing that Wood had imposed upon her. Mrs. Fox yesterday visited police
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BUSINESS MEN THE VICToRs. They Defeat Company L., New York
 Volunteers, at Basketball.

The team of Company L. New York Volunteers, was badly beaten at basket ball by. the Business Men in: Y. M C. A. Hall last night.
 The game was lively one from the start, although neither side seemed to be in the best of shape The soldiers are somewhat lighter than their opponents, which told Against them from the start. things pretty much their own way; and when the half closed the score stood 12 to 0 in their favor. In the second half inc soldiers worked harder, but they seemed to have an unnaturai proclivity for just missing the basket, and the. game closed with a. score of 26- to 6 in favor of the Business Men.
 The teams lined. up as follows: Company Lr-Burton, center; Early, right forwapd; Clark left forward; Wood, right guard; Hunter, left guard. Business Men-Titus right forward; Goodrich. left forward; Bernhardt, right guard; Auger, left guard.
 The officials were: Grant, scorer; Har- nahan referee; Mitchell and Oliver, um- pires; Spacher, timer.
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to which she is to be put. She brought party of gold-hunters here from the East. After lying here for time she went to St. Michael and after landing the klondikers she came to this port. She Is now going out again with gold hunters, but whether or not their Monte Cristo Island will turn out to: be a second Klon- Gike remains to be seen.
 The Occidental and Oriental Company's Doric arrived from the Orient last Mon day night. She brought up Il cabin and 6 European steerage passengers and 322 Chinese. In her cargo was $26o sSl4 in treasure. The steamer went to her dock early yesterday morning after the steer age passengers and Chinese had been landed at the Angel Island quarantine station.
 Captain Baker and the mate and crew of the American ship Wentworth did not by the Merchants Exchange yesterday says that the fire broke out among the cargo on July and that the captain, mate and boy died from inhaling the gas They were buried at sea the next day and the ship was headed for Valparaiso.
 The steamer Mackinaw arrived from coal aboard and big raft In tow. The latter Is composed of piles and contains over a, million feet of iumeber It Is for the Southern Pacific Company.
 The British bark freddie, which left here April for Capetewn with 54,544 cen tals of wheat. arrived at Algoa Bay on July s. Her steering gear was damaged and several boats and deck fittings were smashed. The freddie must have been caught in heavy gale off the African coast.
 A gang of men under Fred Raabe have been doing excellent work in front of the new ferry depot during the last few days The old wooden sidewalks are being torn up and the space underneath filled in. As soon as this has been accomplished a concrete sidewalk will be laid down and then work of preparing the remainder of the space in front of the depot for the use of the public will begin:
 The San Mateo electric road was re- placing its rolling stock with larger and better cars yesterday. They were brought on trucks to the terminus of the road at Market and Steuart streets and there put on the tracks. The other cars then took them in tow and took them out to the carhouse, where they will be fixed up for service. The new cars are larger and better in every way and will add much to the efficiency of the service.
 M. R. Roberts has thirteen movable coal hoppers along the water front, and for some time the Harbor Commissioners have been trying to either get the things removed or else a rental of 8 each for them. Roberts refuses to do either one thing or the other, so yesterday the Com missioners held meeting and decided to remove all the hoppers from the front
 The Johnson-Locke Mercantile Com pany and the shipwrights' association have locked horns The former company Is fitting out the steamers Charles Nei- son and Lakme to carry troops to Homo lulu, and the shipwrfghts assert that
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TRANSPORT STEAMERS.
Will Sail for Honolulu on Friday

The transport Charles Nelson will carry to Honolulu 20 officers and 565 men of the First New York Regiment of Volunteers and the Lakme will take 12 officers and 320 men of the Second Regiment of United States Volunteer Engineers. These troops will embark tomorrow and the steamers will probably sail on Thursday.
 The Arizona and Scandia, booked for Manila. will not be ready as soon as was expected. It Is found that much more work than at first estimated will be re- quired to put them in good condition fo.' the long voyage. It will be tE) weeks yet before the Arizona Is ready to sail, Sccndia is finished. The work. however, is being pushed day and nIghr by the 1nrious contractors,
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KIRK ARRIVES WITH
 ALL HIS CLOTHES
HE HAS SUITS FOR EVERY MIN
 UTE OF THE DAY.
The King of Dudes Has a Word to Say on
 Dress.

I. Waldere Kirk of New York, king Of the dudes, and his wardrobe are with us again. The young man regrets the sum mer for his changes are limited to apoul twenty full suits, on account or the con- ventions of swelldom, which has placed @ prohibitive ban on much display durlhg the warm season of the year.
 "Yes," he said last night. at the Palace ''I have brought very few clothes with me this year. It Is summer, you know and there Is no necessity for a large ward robe. The proper thing these times IS the double breasted coat, with waistcoat also double I have ten of these with me. The frock Is not so popular for evening wear this year as 1t was last, and they are seldom worn. l only brought four on this trip. But the thing for evening wear dur ing the summer Is the Tuxedo Last year I had my Tuxedos faced with velvet. You see. that makes difference. It doesn't 9eR so Tnh like your tbis had my Tuxedos made this spring with fancy black silk facing instead of the old plain tails are of vast importance. you know" J, Waldere Kirk arrived from Denver last night in buff travelling suit 1t was otRee ede and s he @ ony suit he has worn more than a single season. "Oh, this Is an ill-fltting suit;" he. continued: fit you there; but it will do as travelling suit. That's all use 1t for. Let us talk of shoes. If you don't wear the military highiheesl shoe 1A inches high ya,9Ge you are twelve pairs of shoes. and they all have this heel. You see, it's quite the proper thing these days"
 The title of "king of the dudes stili clings to him. although he lays no claim to It. 'I suppose I shall be obliged to wear. the crown for all time; haven't heard of successor-one who has dis placed me. Now let us talk about the war; and then the man of many suits all 1frc hyy nh Cua Oh md why you could not hope for good cigar until the war was Oyer
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BATTLE OF FL: CANEY.
Lieutenant, Nichols Tells of the Assault of the Seventh .
 U..: S. Infantry.

Henry C.. Keller of San Francisco has received from; his :son-in-law, Lieutenant Maury Nichols. Seventh: United States Infantry, a graphic. account of the bril- liant assault of: the" American troops at Fl Caney. =.
 Lieutenant Nichols was shot in the left foot in. the trenches before Santiago on the night of July g.. His. regiment, com nanded by Lieutenant. Colonel Gilbert $. Carpenter, bore the: brunt of the battle at Fl Caney. General Adna R. Chafee's s brigade was ordered to take the town The Seventeenth had the right of the line, the Seventh :the... center and the
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THE BOYS FROM KANSAS. Colonel Funston's Regiment Is Assured Of a Genuine Well
 come at the Pavilion.

The boys from Kansas will make their first public appearance at Mechanics Pa vilion tomorrow evening in their regi- mental drill for the benefit of the work of the Army and Navy Christian Com mission and will be sure of a most genu- inc welcome by a large audience. The programme was completed yesterday by Colonel Funston, commanding: as the regiment enters the Pavilion they will be greeted with a sea of flags. Each one in attendance will be requested to bring small flag The athletic class of the
 Young Mems Christian Association will make a splendid appearance in their ori-
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BURROUGHS ALLOWED.
The War Department Makes an Important Concession to Sick

and Wounded Volunteers.
 The War Department has finally granted one concession that will work to the ben eft of soldiers who are convalescing from the many maladies that affiict them. They will be no longer compelled to court re- covery in the fog and wind of the dreary camp, but may go to their homes, at the expense of the Government. as Is an- nounced In the following order received from Adjutant General Corbin:
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. August 1. 1898. Commanding General. Department of Calfor- nia, San Francisco Cal-The Secretary of War directs that sick and wounded soldiers sent to hospitals shall. when able to travel be granted by the surgeons in charge of hospitals one months furlough and transportation to go to their homes. the fact being reported to this office day before furloughs are granted
 H. c. CORBIN. Adjutant General. Until further instructions this telegram will be interpreted as applying to volunteers only. By command of
 BRIGADIER GENERAL MILLER. CHARLES G. WOODWARD First Leuten- ant Third Artillery. Acting Adjutant General
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MANY WILL BE SENT HOME Reginaental Surgeons Needing Out Men Who Are Physi-
 cally Disabled.

All of yesterday the regimental and de- tachment surgeons at Camp Merritt spent in the rigid physical examination of the men under their charge, and to-day their reports will be examined by the Medical Board of Survey.
 8 That the examinations made by the re- cruiting surgeons have been almost crin1- inally superficial Is proved in that from fifteen to twenty men will be dropped from every regiment in camp because of disqualifying maladies and old injuries that they suffered from on the day they presented themselves for enlistment.
 The work of ridding the ranks of weak week
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REFERRED TO ALGER.
President Mckinley Replies to the San Francisco Cham
 Der of Commerce.

The officers of the Chamber of Com merce some time since petitioned Prest- dent Mckinley for the removal of Camp Merritt and the improvement of the Ere sidio as a rendezvous for the soldiers The following reply was received yester- day:
 EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHING TON July 27, 1S9S.-My Dear Sir: 1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Fist inst. incfosing copy or resolu- ton adopted by your corporation ana 10 inform you that by direction of the Presi- dent it has been forwarded for the con sideration of the Secretary of War: very truly yours, J. A; f0hI Ens
 Secretary to the President 'Mr Hugh Craig. President Chamber or
 Commerce, San Francisco, Cals
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THE UTAH CAVALRY.
Troopers Will Leave the Pre- sidio August 8 for Duty
 in the Mountains.

Captain Caine, Troop A, Utah voiun- teer Cavalry, received his orders yester- day, desigating his troop for duty at the national parks in California. The troop will leave the Presidio August 5, by the following route: Burlingame, Mayfield. San Jose. Coyote, Gilroy, Bells station, San Luis ranch, Los Banos, Dos Palos, Columbia ranch and Madeira.
 At the latter place the troop will be df- vided. Captain Caine and Second Lieu tenant Kimball. with two-thirds of the men. will proceed to the Yosemite Ma tIonal Park, and the remainder. under First Lieutenant Smith, will go to Se-