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The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE.
 OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Colonel Evans Will Return in Ii1ne to Go With the Fifth Fix
 pedition to Ganila.

WASHINGTON, July 2-Colonel J. F. Evans of California. will remaln here. week or ten days and will then proceed to California in time to accompany the fifth expedition to the Philippines. He is receiving his instructions as to the collection of customs at Manila, under the proposed military government.
 The following official order has been issued by the direction of the Secretary of War: Captain Joseph F. Evans, com misSary of subsistence. United States Volunteers, will, upon completion of his temporary duty in this city iu the office of the commissary general of subsistence, proceed to report in person to. the 'coEl- Corps for duty with the expedition to the Philippine Islands.
 M H. de Young whp has been here for several days is an' .dctiVe ,Cahdidate for: Commissioner General of. the Paris :EX-: position, and as. he is fndorsed by: the California delegations his: chances: for this: appointment are believed. to: be. rood: ::.::.:
 Although the IloInina tiGn: of :: exAC'oil-% gressman. C!aminettf: to be. judge adYoea terr General. Merritt: stfA hangs: fire. his friends believe. that he::WilI. yet::be' ap- pointed. The opposttion to his: appoint-.= ment cannot, be definitely located, ai-* though 1t is known: that it ;en1anates: from his enemies in. CaEifornia-:.. ' :. =. =. :.<#
 Pensions have. beeTr- granted as. follows: 2. California: ncrease-zBernard Moran, San Francisco, $ to $Ss :..-.:. :.
 Oregon: Original-Ja Jackson :Kile, Cot. tage Grove, s6 Renewal, reissue and in. crease, special Jl1ie 24-Jobn F. Thomas, Newberg, SIP to $4Q.:..'.- /: .::::
 Washington; Reissue. and fncFease-
 Jeremiah Rockho1d, Crescent s$6 to *$40.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
DUFFIELD'S FORGE CHECKED BY THE
 SWOLLEN RIVER

Copyrighted, 1898. by the Associated Press.
 WITH THE ADVANCE OF THE THIRTY THIRD MICHIGAN, in front of Aguadores, Friday, July 1, noon (by the Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy, via Port Antonio and Kingston, Jamaica, July ?, delayed in transmits sion).-The American fleet has been smelling the fort and rifle pits of Aguadores all the morning. The Thirty-third Michigan Volunteers took a train at Juragua In two divisions, the first at 5 a. m.. and the second at 7:15 a. m. The rickety engine ran the six miles in about an hour and stopped a mile and a half from the fort, out of sight.
 General Duffield, commanding the land forces, signaled to the New York to begin firing at 9:30. The New York and the Suwanee advanced to about 2000 yards distant from the fort The Suwanee, with three successive ~hots, knocked the Spanish flag off the fort, wrecked one corner of the structure and shot away the staff.
 The Cubans and the Thirty-third threw out skirmishers on the hill and shots were exchanged all the morning with the rife pits. The fort and the blockhouse were both silenced bv the New York, whose secondary battery peppered the ravine, while occasionally the deafening roar of her turret guns was heard.
 eEarly in the advance eight compa-
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
TEXAS TRAIN ROBBERS.
 NOT Y EFT CAPTURED
Express Company Refuses. to Make. Public the Extent. of :':....
 Its Loss s:;': .. s. -.

ST. LOUIS, July "A :. special from Dallas, Tex, to the Post Dispatch says. General Manager Thorn of the: Texas and Pacific Railway to-day made the first. statement about the train robbery" on his road near Stanton last night. Said he: .s
 "Six robbers, all masked} except: the leader, Jagged our-:No. 3 westbound ex-' press at 10 o'clock last night. ten miles west of Stanton, on the staifed Plains ~be- tween the Colorado .arid' RecoS rivers; tone The robbers covered the .engitle crew with Winchesters, cut the express ear. loose, forced the trainmen: to moxe:it ofa to-. side track and then blew il up xvi tn. dy ma mite. Nobody was hurt, but: the. car was wrecked, the sides and bottom being blown out. The robbers then: blew uti the through express safe,. :wrecktng It : ana money was in tic safe. ~ 1~ tookh:: ana. Iq. mounting horses rode away to; the south west
 T have no way of knowing what the exs press company'S. loss iS...''We" did. .Iot know of the robbery in our. general offices here until after office. hours. and we: are informed that three pursuing parties" ara land and Stanton. and = larger. posse started eastward from here"on''a special train, under the direction of. Shertn. John Y. Lowell of Reeves County* The Texas and Pacific Railway Company has of fered reward of $250' for the capture of each robber and the State of Texas will duplicate it.'' % ..'. ...s.
 Officials of the Pacific Express Company decline to make public how much money the robbers secured Rumor places the amount at all the way from $lO,OOo to $50 000 '':
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
CHIChGOANS DEPRIVED
 OF DAILY NEWSPAPERS
Proprietors Confident That They Will Triumph Over the Striking
 StereotYpers.

CHICAGO, July 2.-None of the English papers were published in Chicago to-day, owing to the strike among the stereotyp- CTS. The latter demanded a reduction in the hours of labor and an increase in wages. It was refused, and as result, at o'clock last night the stereotypers re- fused to go to work.
 The following newspapers have entirely suspended publication, pending a settle ment of the issue: Times Herald, Rec ord, Tribune, Chronicle, Inter Ocean, Ey aning Post, Daily News, Evening Jour- nal and Dispatch.
 A meeting of the publishers was held at Il o'clock this morning to arrange a plan of campaign, and to provide for the resuming of publication at the earliest moment, and it was announced that no paper could be published tomorrow morning. The publishers are acting to- gether and will do so. Already they have received a large number O. applications from stereotypers in other cities, and 1t Is the general belief that since only about 200 employees are directly involved, the suspension will not be for long. An inn mediate influx of stereotypers from other cities Is expected, and has in some meas ure begun. The Intense interest in the battle at Santiago renders the situation a peculiar one. and this fact was undoubt- edly seized upon by the operatives. There is no little public feeling aroused against the operatives because of this phase of the case.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
MAY REACH VOTE
 DURING COMING WEEK
When the Senate Figures Upon Dis posing of Hawaiian Annexa-
 tion Resolution.


 WASHINGTON, July 2.-There Is a prevailing opinion in the Senate that a vote will be reached on the Hawaiian annexation resolutions some time dur ing the coming week. The opponents of the resolution state that vote is impossible next week. and say that at the inside limit the debate will run a week from next Wednesday.
 The contest seems to have settled to this situation: If the friends of annex ation are able to maintain a quorum until the end of the week it is probable that the opponents will consider fur ther opposition of a filibustering na- ture useless, and some arrangements for vote will be reached. The first admission of any kind by the opposi- tion that the end was in sight was partial assent to the suggestion that vote might be taken after ten days more debate It has been believed by the opposition that after the appro priation bills were passed quorum could not be maintained. These bills are practically out of the way now, as the deficiency bill will probably pass Tuesday.
 Next week will determine the staying powers of the annexationists. When 1t is demonstrated that a quorum will stay, then it is expected the opposition will yield and vote be taken.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL.

WASHINGTON, July 2.-The conferees on the general deficiency bill reached an agreement to-day on everything except the Pacific railroads amendment Chair man Cannon had promised a vote in the House on this matter before an agree ment was made. The principal items of amendment which remain in the bill are: The Canadian Commission; relating to the compensation of gaugers of spirits: re- lating to the government of soldiers homes; to pay forest inspectors SlO0 900; payment of boards of townsite entries in Oklahoma
 All Senate amendments for the war and navy are retained in the bill; also all certified claims. The Senate amendment approprlating sl45,O0O for the purchase of land adjacent to and dredging the entrance or Pearl Harbor was eliminated The inn pression is that the Pacific railroads amendment will be agreed to in the House which. with the adoption of the conference report, would pass the bill.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
FOREST FIRES RAGING
 NEAR MICHIGAN BAR
Damage From the Flames Will Reach Well Into the Thousands
 of Dollars

SACRAMENTO, July Zone of the most serious forest fires that was ever known in that locality swept through the vicinity of Michigan Bar yesterday afternoon.
 The loss ran up in the neighborhood of s10.000. while no one can estimate the damage done to the grazing ranges which abound in the territory covered by the confiagra ton. Thousands of cords of wood were destroyed and miles of fence were reduced to ashes
 Cattle and horses perished in the flames. Birds and animals in the forest came in droves to the open and many of them could not survive the stifing fumes which settled over the locality of the fire in clouds so dense that the rays of the sun were completel obscured
 The fire is still raging and at last ac- counts had passed into the chaparral Of Amador Count and was making it's wa toward Plymouth
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nies marched up the railroad track and another force went around the beach out of sight of the Spanish forts. Six small sheliD were thrown over the heads of the men too close for comfort and the troops were sent to cover un- der the e.nbankment in the raill oad cut.
 At o'clock this afternoon the engine was forced to return for water On the first trip half the command were brought bnck and the train returned for the others. It develops that this attack was merely diversion in favor of General Lawton's movement around the right flank. It Is impossible to take Aguadores as the river is unfordablo and the Spaniards have blown up the far end of the railroad bridge Only Companies 5, D and Fl took part in the acton, owing to the ll.nited space where the men could be deplcyed.
 The killed thus far were all the vic- tims of the first shells fired by the Spaniards, who had the line of range of the railroad, though the firing was high. The men had just thrown off their packs when a shell from a three inch cannon exploded in the ranks of Company L. The killed were:
 John Franklin of Diamondale, Mich.
 Ferdinand Seabright.
 The wounded were:
 Frank Lawson of Lawson, Mich, left arm fractured.
 D. A. Stark, Ann Arbor, Mich, right arm fractured.
 Clifford H. Curtis of Land Lake.
 All the killed and wounded were members of Company L, which was made up of Sons of Veterans.
 As the train left a second shell ex- ploded on the track wounding a num- Der of others.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
: SHOT BY AN OFFICER.
Policemen Dillon Lays Low War
 :: like. Sailor Man.

William McCarthy, sailor, was shot 1ri the left leg by, Officer Dillon in front Of a. saloon at .228 East street at an eearly hour this morning. Mccarthy was. taken to the Harbor Hospital, where it was. found that the ball had passed through the feshy part of the leg just below the groin. The injury is not considered dangerous.
 : Mccarthy became involved in a quar- rel with a woman and her partner in the saloon and fired two shots at them and then rushed out and commenced firing in the air. Officer Dillon. who happened to be in the vicinity at the time. heard the shots and ordered the man to put up his pistol. Instead of do- ing 1t he pointed 1t at the officer, who immediately drew his weapon and fired. Mccarthy was intoxicated at the time
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
resolutions could be entered.

resolutions could be entered.
 This White, to whom Davis addressed himself, said he considered impossible
 Turning to the Republican members constituting the major part of the an- nexaton support, Pettigrew criticized them for their silence and charged them with being "bulldozed" in keeping their lips closed. when a great question was before the Senate. The administration, he asserted, had demanded that annexation be accomplished, and Senators were so under it's control that they dared not open their mouths for fear they would cause delay and incur the Presidents displeas- ure. He said the sugar trusts interest was with annexation.
 We all know what Senators on this floor have been in the past" he declared, friends of the sugar trust, and now every one of them is in favor of annexa- tion. That in itself Is sufficient answer to their miserable contention"
 Hale of Maine presented partial report of the conferees upon the general de- ficiency bill, which was adopted without debate.
 At ,5:2S p. m. the Senate adjourned to Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
BRAKEMAN KILLED
 IN A FREIGHT WRECK

BEDDING, July2.-As theregular north bound freight train was speeding along near Morley to-day the engine jumped the track and the cars were piled upon 1t. Gus Edwards. brakeman. was killed, and the engineer, the fireman and another brakeman injured, although not seriously
 The wrecking train from Dunsmuir and special from Bedding left immediately for the scene to clear away the wreck age. It is thought that traffic will be delayed at least seven hours.
 This wreck was the second in two days on the same section of the road. In both cases the engine left the rails.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
The Popular Comedian Will Play the
 Corporal IE0ther Changes.

but, instead of heaving to, the sloop scudded ahead into shoal water, where the little gunboat could not follow.
 Ensign Ellis and six sailors gave chase in a small boat, armed as the exigencies of the situation would per init, and ran her down after a pur- suit of six miles, pulling against the wind and a strong tide. A couple of shots at close range brought the sloop to terms and she was boarded.
 The pilot dove overheard and swan ashore.
 The sloop, which was flying both the Haytien and British flag carried a crew of twelve men and was laden to her full capacity with provisions, con- sistingly largely of four.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
CHASE" F. ....:. :.
 BENEFIT .:ENTERTA AINMENT
Society Enjoys: an Outing and In- cidentally: Aids a: Chill .. . : : ;. :. dren's Hospital -. .".. .~ ....-:. :.

g N .RAFAEL,:J July '2l-The most n teresting paper chase: of 3the season. took place to-day under the auspices of the San E4faei. Hunt Club :. Louis Hughes. the hare started. from: the Hotel Rafael at: S:45 P. m, and. : the: hounds followed twenty-five minutes later. The hounds were the following ladies and gertlenen:: Miss: Bertha Smith, Miss Theresa :. .NIGrgani IIIlss Della Davidson. Mrs. ::B:' Paxton, and A. von Schroeder, Peter: A F1ntgan F ,Jr:,,: s. H. Boardman; H. Dibblee,. Frank Goad and Franklin D. White: After an exciting run oyer the Collnan. Tract hills the chase ended in: 3 field adjoin- ing the residence of Sidney " Smith; where the whole party .attended:a bene.+ fit entertainment given for the. chtl- drenS hospital. ".. = ':..
 George Quarre was, the winner of the gentlemen's prize and took the. silver cup presented by. the club, with Peter: A. Finigan Jr. a. clese' .secQnd* Miss Bertha Smith won the ladies prize and took a silver cup also: Miss Theresa Morgan was second. -. -::.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
KILLED NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT
 OF TOTAL LOSSES

Copyrighted, 1s9s by the Associated Press.
 HEADQUARTI RS ON THE FIELD, OUTSIDE S-4N TACO DE CUBA, July 2, via Guantanamo.-1A American army drove the Spaniards back at every point in every engagement yes terday. General Shafter expects to capture Santiago to-day or tomorrow. Caney will be taken with 2o0O prison CTS, 1t is now sure. Our loss is prob ably close to a thousand The total proportion of killed is very large, about 25 per cent.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
HOSPITAL SHIP RELIEF SETS SAIL
 FOR SANTIAGO

NEW YORK, July 2.-The United States hospital ship Relief, fitted out by the Woman's Relief Association, sailed from this port for Santiago to- day. She flies the Red Cross flag. Ma jor George H. Torney Is in charge of the Relief One of the passengers Is Mrs. J. Addison Porter, wife of the pri- vate secretary to President Mckinley There is a nursing force capable of caring for 300 patieI ts.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
TRANs-ATLANTIC STEAMERS.

TRANS-ATLANIIC STEAMERS.
 NEW YOR-K-Arrived July 2-Stmr Etr1lria from LiverpooT; Stmr La Campana from 'Amsterdam; stmr La Tourane from Havre
 Sailed July 2-StmT Amsterdam. from Rot terdem; st;nr. Edam. from Rotterdam: stmr La Bourgogne, from HaVre: stmr Anchoria from Glasgow; strlr Eucana, from Liverpool; stmr Alesia, from Naples; stmr Palatia from Hamburg.
 HAXRE- Sailed July 2-stmr La Bretagne, from New York
 ANTWERP Sailed July 2-stmr Nordland from New York LIVERPOOL Sailed July 2-Stmr Campania from New York; Arrived-Stmr Umbria, from New York.
 Arrived July 2-stmr Pehinsular from New. York
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
C0RBIN HAS NO LATE ADVICES FROM
 GENERAL SKATER

WASHINGTON, July 2-At 111O o'clock tonight Adjutant General Cor bin, in leaving his office for the night, announced that no word had been re- ceived from General Shafter. General Corbin said there should be no concern over the absence of advices from the first expedition to the Philippines, as it might take week after it's arrival at Manila for word to reach the depart ment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
HAWAIIAN DEBATE
 IN THE SENATE
Pettigrew Declares the Sugar Trusts Interest Is With Annexa-
 fion

WASHINGTON, July 2.-To-day's ses- sion of the Senate was devoted chiefly to the Hawaiian debate, Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota occupying five hours. An effort was made to secure an agree ment to adjourn until Wednesday, but Davis, in charge of the resolutions, de- clined to listen to the proposition unless an agreement to vote next week upon the
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
SPANISH PRIZE SLOOP
 BROUGHT TO KEY WEST
Bun Down and Captured by the Hor- net After a Pursuit of Six
 Mi1aS

KEY WEST, July 2.-The little sloop Emanuel and Raoul, which was cap- tured after an exciting chase, was brought in prize to-day. She was heading for Manzanillo harbor, when the Hornet sent a shot across her bows,
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

stakes of 1900 sovereigns: Lord ZetlaaGcs as Pillfold was second and the LorHtaf0- Beresford stables Sandia third.
 The all ages maiden plate Of lO3 @ soves- slgns was won by the Lorllard-6eres- This event Is for all ages. that have never won up to the time of entry Five horses ran; distance five furlongs. =.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
NORMAL SCHOOL CHANGES.

SAN JOSE, July 2.-The trustees of the state Normal School, at the quarterly meeting to-day, decided to add a kinder garten department to the institution, and elected Miss Meredyth Woodward of the Chicago Kindergarten College as director of the department.
 Miss Kate Cozzens and IF. H. Howe teachers of mathematics, were not re- elected to the faculty. The resignation of Miss Sarah B. Miller as preceptress was accepted, and Miss Elizabeth McKinnon was elected to the position.
 A resolution was adopted thanking Mrs. M. F. O'Connor for the magnificent art collection given to the city and school on condition that the latter care for it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
Hurst Park Club Races.

LONDON, July 2-At the first days racing of the Hurst Park Club summer meeting to-day MT. Fairies four-year-old colt Eager won the Duchess of York
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
coLLIDED WITH A: BARK: '~ British Steamship. Believed to Have
 Sunk an IInknoNn Vessel. =

BOSTON. July 2:-The. .British steamer Ensleigh, Captain Nicholas Thontas, ar rived here today from ,Ilicata, Sicily with her bows badly !dama ged by. a; .col- lision off. Cape Sable with a.ri .unknow-r ark, which is supposed to :: have gone: down shortly afterward with ,all* on. board. =. ..~
 Bankruptcy; Bill: Signed. |. ...>: :.
 WASHINGTON. Juiy 2.z=Erhe President has signed the bankruptcy bill: -.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

Advances made on furniture and pianos, with T without removal. J. Noonan. 1oi7-1o2s Mission.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-18
IN SPITE OF STORM
Continued ON Third Page

date, elected, with a Republican leg
islature at his back. Upon the stump
he will confine himself strictly to ma
tional issues-the money question and
the war, and his very silence will be
an eloquent argument in favor of
Judge Sawyer.
Chairman Treat, of the Republican
committee, is anxious to get La Fol-
lette out because he thinks that this
will stem the very decided disaffection
of the La Toilette voters. But wise
Democratic authorities think that it
will have very opposite effect and
that Mr. La Follette's determination
not to commit himself will be a very
strong hint that they will not offend
him by voting the other way
The Republicans are bewailing the
strange apathy which they find
throughout the state regarding polit-
ical affairs-that Is, politics of a Re-
publican complexion. Their ableSt ora
tors and most distinguished men fail
to draw crowds when billed to speak.
and nowhere has there been any en-
thusiasm manifested for the Repub-
lican ticket or a desire to hear Repub-
lican orators.
j. o. Davidson, Republican candidate
for state treasurer, said regarding this:
Yes, it is a fact that there is appar-
emily little interest taken In politics
throughout the state. I do not know
what is the matter, but the people do
not seem to get interested. Maybe they
will warm up after awhile, but up to
this time they have not done much"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-18
CHEAPER FOREIGN POSTAGE
REDUCTION IN INTERNATIONAL
RATES HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED
Important Feature of Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Mer-
ritt's Annual Report.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-Third AS
sistant Postmaster General Merritt, in
his annual report, recommends imme-
date negotiations with the postal ad-
ministrations Of England, Germany
and France to reduce the international
postage rates to two cents a half ounce
or fraction thereof. The report says
The administrations named have
direct or separate postal intercourse to
a large extent with our country, and
consequently are more likely to agree
to the change desired than the admin
istration of inland countries that have
to pay transportation charges to tina
sea coast to intermediary nations.
The English administration, partic-
ularly, will probably assent to the pro-
posed arrangement, for it has but re.
Gently decided to adopt the two-cent
rate on letters between the British Isles
and Canada, as we'll as other parts of
the empire-the change being ordered
to take effect on the 25th day Of De-
cember next. The department now real
ICES nothing in the way Of revenue
from ocean letters, practically all thu
postage paid on them going to the
steamship companies carrying the
mails. If the rate should be reduced
the same state of things would exist,
the department would still get moth
ing and the steamship COM
panies would suffer nothing, for the
stimulus given to correspondence by
the reduction of the rate would event.
ually, no doubt, give them as much
revenue as they get now.
An ocean penny postage would per-
meate and include all the sea divisions
Of mankind with myrIads Of new ties
and veins of strength and beautify
each other with bonds Of sympathy and
the circulation Of knowledge. 1t would
be one Of the most powerful aids to
the work of Christian missions.
AN ocean penny postage is demand,
ed by the social necessities Of the An
glo-Saxon race. The reduction does
not require action of congress, as the
postmaster general has authority ur,
der section 39S of the revised statutes. -