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tured by the Americans is because Of
the guns Of the wounded Filipinos and
many Of those who surrender are spir-
tied away.
The armed tugs Laguna de Bal and
Oeste have returned to San Pedro
Macate and reported the results Of
their tour of the lake. On Friday morn
ing last they shelled the town of Mo-
ringi, the rebels fleeing without making
any resistance The Americans landed
a party, which destroyed a quantity Of
stores and all the store buildings ex-
cept the church. The expedition then
proceeded to Majayguy, where sugar
mill and sawmiu were destroyed.
On arriving at Santa Cruz, a town or
1900 inhabitants it was found that the
enemy was strongly intrenched and
prepared TO defend the position, as
sisted by two gunboats and several
launches. Moreover the mouth of the
river was blocked with rocks and bam-
boo. A few shells caused an exodus OF
the citizens, but not of the enemy s
troops. The Americans did not at
tempt a landing. Captain Grant, who is
in charge Of the expedition, asks for re-
Inducements and will probably take
Santa Cruz tomorrow.
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NEGOTIATIONS TO
TERMINATE THE WAR

NEW YORK, March 19.-The Wash
ington correspondent Of the Herald
telegraphs: Important negotiations will
be begun this week by the Philippines
Commission with leaders of natives on
the island of Luzon, looking to the res
toration of peace.
The State Department has been ad-
vised Of the arrival of Colonel Charles
DENLY at Manila, so that the person.
mel of the commission is now complete,
and it will Immediately commence the
performance of it's duties An official
with whom I talked to-day told me the
administration expects more from the
commission in the way Of securing the
establishment of peaceful conditions
than it expects from military opera
tions. The President recognizes that
If the natives are stubborn the war
can be kept up for the next five years,
and the cost to the island would be
great, both in blood and money. Now
that the natives have been given a Sc
we're lesson and have learned the diff
ference between Spanish and American
methods of warfare it is expected they
will be willing to listen to reason, and
the commission will explain to them
the purposes of the President and of
the intentions of this Government re-
specting the government of the Philip
pine Islands.
Eventually the commission will visit
all the islands, with a view to comuni-
eating TO the natives the friendly in
tentions Of the United States, but at
present it is proposed to confine it's eff
forts to pacifying Luzon.
Military operations will be continued,
of course. In response to authority
given him by the War Department to
enlist Fiipinos If he deems it wise to
do 80, General Otis has wired the
War Department that he will try the
experiment. The commission, of which
General Otis is a member, will deter
mine when the time is ripe for the ex-
periment. The commission will not
promise that home rule government
will be set up over the entire archipel-
ago. but each district will have home
rule under supervision Of the commits
sion.
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CLOSING HOURS
OF THE ASSEMBLY

CALL HEADQUARTERS SACRA-
MENTO. March 19.-There was a quorum
and no more in the Assembly this morn
ing to attend to the arduous duty of ad-
journing sine die. The hour was fixed
at II o'clock, and the clock was stopped
at that time, although it was - minutes
before noon by the right time before the
gavel fell.
There was no little business to be done
before the whole thing could be called
off, and Judge Dibble and AsSemblyman
Rickard assisted Speaker Anderson in
pushing it through as rapidly as it could
be made to go. The enrolling of bills and
the final passage and enrolling of bunch
that did not get through last night
stretched the time limit almost to the IA
tai hour of noon, and even then Judge
Dibble demanded adjournment and moved
it before the Enrolling Committee had got
back from the Governors office with its
All of the bills passed were of .neces-
sity Senate measures, and most or them
though Stratton and Boyce each got one
through.
The bills passed were as follows:
Senate bill 275, Dickinson-An act enti-
tied IAN act to amend section 751 of the
Political Code of the State of California,
and providing for the appointment of
of the Clerk of the Supreme Court.
Senate bill 2S7, Boyce-An act to amend
section sol of the Civil Code of the State
of California relating to street railroad
Senate bill 422, stratton-Appropriatin
money for the repairs and Improvement
of the building and grounds at the Indus
trial Home of Mechanical Trades for the
Adult Blind.
senate bill 459, Dickinson-Making an
appropriation to pay the deficiency in the
AUTHORIZATION for postage, expressage, tel
egraphing and contingent expenses of tfse
Attorney General for the tfueth fiscal
Senate bill 724, Dickinson-An act erti-
tied IAN act to amend section 756 of the
Political Code and providing for the
amount and the time and manner of pay
ment of and making an appropriation to
pay the salaries of the chief deputy clerk
and the deputy clerks of the Clerk Of the
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NEGROES TO
FIGHT THE
FILIPINOS
May Replace the Volunteers
Now Serving Around
Manila.
PLAN OF MCKINLEY
Said to Favor Garrisoning Our
New Possessions With Regi-
ments of COlored Men.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Call headquarters, Wellington Hotel
Washington, March 10.
A prominent United States Senator,
who assumes to have personal and di-
rect knowledge, is authority for the in
teresting statement that the President
has recently discussed a novel solution
of the question How shall our colonies
be garrisoned?"
Although the indications for an early
adjustment of the insurrection in the
island of Luzon are favorable it is the
general impression among army Off
GERS that these people, like all others
of tickle character, will be constantly
rebelling against our authority as from
time to time they find fault with our
exercise of government over them 1t
is pointed out that the Cubans, the
Porto Ricans and the South American
natives are constantly rebelling against
the constituted authority; that this has
been the case for centuries The Fill
pinos, they say, are of the same char
acter. Moreover, while the natives of
Luzon may be subjugated there are
400 other islands in that archipelago,
400 of which are well populated, but
with a class of people with whom it
Will be hard TO deal.
Our volunteers in the Philippines long
ago became tired of exile, and when
the treaty of peace lately ratified by
the United States and Spain has finally
been exchanged which ceremony will
take place in a few days, the war will
have ceased practically and technically,
and the volunteers may then be mus
tered out upon their own application.
1t is needless to say that vast ma
jority of them will apply for release,
and as it will have to be granted this
will leave only the $4,000 regulars.
It is assumed by the President and
his advisers that there would be less
objection among Democrats to the re-
cruiting of the regular army up to the
100000 standard, as proposed in the
Hull reorganization bill, which meas
ure was opposed especially by Demo-
Gratis from the South. if it were under
stood that these soldiers would be re-
cruited from the negro population. It
is assumed that the Southern Senators
and Representative would be willing
to increase the regular army to the
number of $4,000 additional men if it
were understood the regiments would
be recruited largely from the negro
ranks 1t has been pointed out that the
negro regiments are not only very ef-
ficient, but the negro, whose progeni-
tors were accustomed to the rays of a
fierce African sun, will not be afraid
of spelling their complexion in the Phil
ippines, Cuba or Porto Rico.
Whether or not the tentative sugges-
ton will take the form of a recommen-
dation to Congress at its next session.
the Senator was unable to say, but it
certainly presents most novel solu-
ton of the vexed problem Of garrison
ing our new possessions.
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n n ANILA, March 19, $40 p. M
II II Some of the rebels recently ex-
MI PEELED from Cavite and the
h1 small towns in the vicinity of
Pasig combined forces and last
night attacked a company Of the Wash
tnguon Volunteer about a mile and
a half southeast Of Pasig. General
Wheaton Immediately reinforced the
Americans with two companies each Of
the Washington and Oregon regiments.
The post had held the enemy in check
and the fire of the reinforcing cOmpa-
MES repulsed them. driving them across
TO an island formed by the estuary
They were thus in front OF the Twenty
second regulars
On discovering that they were en-
trapped the rebels fought desperately,
aided materially by the jungle and the
darkness, but they were completely
routed, with heavy loss, after two
hours fighting. The Americans lost two
killed and twenty wounded, among the
latter Lieutenant Frank Jones.
General Wheaton determined to pun
ish the natives and at daybreak to-day
his brigade started in the following or
der: The Sixth Artillery, holding the
extreme right; the Oregon Volunteers,
Regiment keeping TO the edge Of the
lake and the Twenty-second regulars
occupying the right of the line, which
swept the whole country along the lake
in a sOutheasterly direction, toward
General Ovenshine's position. The line
thus extended over two miles of coun-
try, rough and covered with thick jun
gle. advanced eleven miles. The enemy
a-d n loc Of haf oh
$50 o'clock this afternoon. At scarcely
any time did the Americans get within
1900 yards of them.
The troops are returning to Pasig to-
night, exhausted by the hard work un-
der hot sun. The Oregon Regiment
had one man killed and four wounded
and the Twenty-second regulars one
wounded. According to the official re-
ports no fewer than 200 Fflipinos were
killed.
General Otis says the American army
and gunbGats now command the lake.
He estimates that property of the in
surgents valued at 100000 has been de-
stroyed. while quantities of rice and
sugar and 400 tons of COAL which is
very valuable here, has been captured.
Many prisoners represent that the
Filipino soldiers are weakening. The
generous treatment that the Americans
administer to the native prisoners and
wounded seemed TO influence the in
surgent army powerfully. In the opin-
ION Of the Americans, however, the
Filipino leaders will continue TO pro-
woke fighting just as long as they can
retain their hold upon their followers,
because they have everything to gain
and nothing to lose.
The enemy has twice as many men
on its firing line as it has arms,
and the fact that so few arms are cap
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STATE SAVED FROM DISGRACE
Legislature AdOnrns Sine Die and the Southern Pacific
Railroad and Its Tool Are Turned Down as
Power for Evil.

CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
MENTO, March 19.-The long fight is
finished and the people have won a
great victory.
Burns is defeated and the State
saved from the C5grace of his election
to the high Office of United States
Senator.
The promise made to the voters Of
California that the Republican party
should not be dominated by the South
ern Pacific Railroad has been fulfilled.
The power of the arrogant corporation
is broken and every true and independ-
ent man of the State may rejoice.
The debt of gratitude which Calffor-
MIA owes to fifty-ffve Republicans of
the Legislature, who stood from the
first to the last against the election of
Burns, can = be appreciated in it's full
measure at this time. They were proof
against corrupt influences and seduc-
tive Establishments. They were vigil
ant and courageous, refusing to yield
to the crack of the party lash welded
by leaders who sought to betray the
party The high sense of public in
tegrity which they possessed repelled
corrupt advances. They were strong
when strength was needed. They were
firm when f1rmness was imperative.
Tonight leading men, in reviewing
the situation. accord high praise to
General w. H. L. Barnes, U. S. Grant
and Irving NJ. Scott. Each served the
cause of clean politics. General Barnes
expelled from his apartments railroad
hireIfng bearing a vast bribe. q. 5.
Grant and his men deserve boundless
praise for the tenacity and courage dis
played at every hour of the long and
earnest battle. The methods which in
troduced Mr. Grant to the scene Of
Senatorial strife may be questioned,
but nothing said in that regard can de-
tract from the record which he made
when the fight was on between the peo-
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CHARGED INSURGENTS
WITH FIXED BAYONETS

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1893, by James doI
don Bennett
MANILA. March 19.-The recon
noitering expedition sent out from the
flying brigade, commanded by General
Wheaton, yesterday found itself in an
awkward position and was obliged TO
charge the Filipinos with fixed bayo-
nets. This dramatic incident changed
the situation.
One company of washington volun-
teers was stationed at Taguig. At
o'clock in the afternoon regiment OF
insurgents marched into the town in
columns Of four. The company OF
Washington volunteers opened fire on
them, and, at the unexpected attack.
the insurgents scattered, 300 retreat1ng
along the shore and 500 inland.
Three companies of the Twenty-sec-
ond Infantry were sent out to recon-
noiter the insurgent position. At s
o'clock in the afternoon these COM
panies ran into an insurgent ambush.
Their ammunition soon ran low. Some
of the men only had four rounds.
They were obliged to fix bayonets and
charge the insurgents, driving them
troops to retreat successfully. Three
men were killed and twenty-one
wounded. Two OF our men were taken
prisoners. One of them, on surrender
inc his rife was knocked on the head
by insurgents. He subsequently died.
The other shot one of his captors and
made his escape,
General Wheaton determined to send
out a punitive expedition. He ad-
vanced the Twenty second regulars on
the right wing with two guns of the
Sixth Artillery. Five companies OF
Oregon Volunteers and six companies
of the washington regiment formed
the left wing. They started at
o'clock this morning. met the enemy
at 8 and drove them along the lake
for fifteen miles. Five miles ofhuts-the
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pie Of California and the railroads
candidate for Senator. U. s. Grant
stands higher to-day in the estimation
of Californians than he ever stood be-
fore. He has shown that he possesses
some of the attributes which made MS
father famous as fighter.
General Barnes gallant fight is re-
marked. He had neither the prestige
of party organization nor the power or
money to assist him, but aided by his
splendid personality, his eminent abil-
ity and his record as a veteran in the
service Of his party he took rank among
the leaders of the contest and main
tained a conspicuous position until the
close of the struggle. He stood for the
people against influences which have
in the past controlled and swayed lead
ing public men. His supporters were
among the ablest men of the Leg1s-
lature and they were proud Of his lead
ership.
There is no exultation over the vic
tory tonight, but a profound sense Of
security from danger of railroad domi-
nation and boss rule is entertained.
Leading legislators of Republican
faith say: 1--WE can now go before the
people in the great campaign of 1900
and say Huntington, Herrin and the
bosses do not control the Republican
party. Look at the Republican record
in. the Legislature of 1899. Only thirty
Republicans could be deceived, misled
or corrupted when the vast power Of
the corporation and all the evil in
huences of political bossism were
brought to bear in order to secure con-
troll of the Legislature. The Repub-
lican party is clean and honest. It
sacrificed the political advantage of a
Senator rather than take orders from
the railroad to elect an unworthy
man.
The members comprising the Repub-
Exr%
fatigue of the long battle. They are
fully satisfied tonight with the result.
as the State has been saved from dis
grace and humiliation.
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hotbed of the rgents-were burned.
One hundred tons of rice were de-
stroyed.
Two of the army tinclad gunboats
secured the lake and took Morong and
destroyed the rice fields. the inhabi-
tants of the towns about the lake re-
firing into the mountains.
The Signal corps kept UP telegraphic
communication with the front during
the long advance admirably.
Our losses to-day, according to pres
ent reports, are two killed and ten
wounded.
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WILL PROTEST TO THE
THE CIVILIZED WORLD

MADRID, March 19-Senor Stlvela,
Premier and Minister of Foreign At
fairs, had a conference to-day with the
French ambassador regarding the lib
Grafton of Spanish prisoners in the
hands of the Filipinos.
Spain, it is rumored, has determined
70 protest to the civilized world against
the attitude of the Americans in him
dering the efforts of General Rios,
Spanish commander in the Philippines,
to liberate the prisoners. The Govern
ment will demand a credit for the pay
ment of the interest on the Cuban debt.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-20
RUMORED TROUBLE
IN STORE FOR EAGAN
Report in Army Circles That the Gen
era1 May Again Be Court
Martialed.

NEW YORK. March ia special to
the World from Washington says It is
believed in army circles that the case Of
General Miles in the meat controversy
has been proved bv the testimony adduced
by the court of inquiry and that the court
cannot fail to recommend the punishment
of those responsible.
There is some talk that General Eagan,
who was in charge of the commisSary de-
partment during the war, would be
brought before another court-martial. The
fact that he had already been court-mar-
tailed and is under sentence would not
prevent his being again called before a
military tribunal
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Of the minority, will also not hurry in his
leave-taking. There remains a pile Of
work at the Capitol yet to be done. and
although there is large force of clerks
held over to do it. it cannot be got
skilled in legislation are on hand to direct
matters. But so far as Sacramento is
concerned it's prosperity is over for n
on its own drinking water and call of
the House tonight would not muster a
third of a quorum
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OTIS REPORTS ON
WHEATON'S WORK

WASHINGTON March 19The War Department to-day received
operations
against the insurgents:
MANILA, 19To Adjuant General, Washington:
Artillery
evening
OF his Pasg killing
the Tweny-second Infantry This
200
N OTIS"
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DEATH OF THOMAS MENzIES.
An Old-Time Business Man Sue
cumbs to PARALYSIS.

SAN RAFAEL, March 10. - Thomas
Menzies, the Millionaire, died here yes
terday morning. He was formerly mem
Der of the now defunct firm of Fa1kner,
Bell & Co. of San Francisco, and also
represented several English syndieates.
Deceased was born in Leith, Scotland,
and came to New York when a mere boy.
He arrived in California with the Argo-
nauts, and since has amassed fortune
and this ailment caused his death. He
was very popular, and leaves scores or
friends to regret his demise.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-20
SEATTLE CHURCH BURNED.
Fire Believed to Have Been Of In.
cendiary Origin.

SEATTLE, Wash, March 19.-The
Church of the Sacred Heart was de-
stroved by fire early this morning. The
loss is estimated at $25,O0O. partially in
sured. The fire is thought to have been
fncendiary. Several attempts have been
made to destroy the church within the
last three years.
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KILLINGS IMPROVEMENT.

NEW YORK. March 19.-Rudyard Kip
ling tonight read the papers, dictated
some letters and saw few friends. He
smoke of getting out soon, and his physi-
clan. DR.. Dunharn, encouraged him with
the promise that he would be permitted
to leave his room IN q few dayA
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CASUALTIES IN
LATEST FIGHTING
KILLED.

Private Johnston, Company K,
Twenty-second Regular Infan-
try.
Private James Page, Company
D. Second Oregon Volunteers.
Private J. Smith, Company E,
Twenty-second Regular Infan-
try.
WOUNDED.
Second oregon Volunteers
Privates Young (D, Clark, Young
% and Fred Bovine.
First Washington Volunteers
Captain Jones, Corporal r. Buck
lin, Privates August Schmidt,
Robert Rice, Charles Farmer,
James Comeforde, Raleigh White,
Nelson Alvidson, William Ellis,
Frank Yunt, Leander Mingee,
Edward Wilson, George Schnei-
der, Earl Edwards, Frank Rue
fer, Carl Crumpholz and Merritt
Porter.
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SERIOUS CLASH
BETWEEN POLICE
AND THE PEOPLE
Many Wounded in an ARRAY
at Havana in Which
Cubans Participate.
PITCHED BATTLE AT A BALL
Insurgent officers Head the Opposi-
tion to Peace Officers and Use
RevOlvers With Deadly
Effect.
PITCHED BATTLE At A BALL
Special Dispatch to The caa.

T 7 AVANA. March ia serious
- conflict between the police and
people of Havana occurred last
Il Il night, resulting in much shoot
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A n ANILA, March 19, $40 p. M
II Some of the rebels recently ex-
lNi PEELED from Cavite and the
lF1 small towns in the vicinity of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
Cuba's wonderfuI Fertility.

DIR. d. B. Hartilge, contract surgeon,
U. S. A, who has recently arrived in New
York from Matanzas, Cuba, where he has
been stationed since last January, says;
"Cuba is a wonderfully productive coun-
try. Any place where you can raise four
crops of corn a year is not bad. That's
what they do there. l know this story will
sound incredible, but l actually knew a
man there who planted some corn three
inches below the surface of the ground,
and within five days there was a sprout
more than an inch long showing. When
Cuba finally settles down and becomes
fully developed, she will be one of the gar
den spots of the world. She can support
an enormous population, and her tobacco
and sugar crops alone will make her rich.
She has, besides, mineral wealth in abund-
ance, and as a winter resort she will be I'M
equalled, and should become the worlds
resort. They raise everything there. Why,
even the cotton grows on trees when they
let it. That's really so. saw tree ten
feet high, and experts say it is fine grade
of cotton. One of these trees is growing
on the Plaza at Matanzas. In that coun-
try wherever earth finds a Judgement some
form of vegetation at once springs into life,
Every lirtle dimple or niche In a rock
where earth lies has something growing in
IT,"