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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09

VICTORIA. B. c., Aug. SCOPES
of the Kobe Chronicle received
" by the Empress of Japan con-
" tain interviews with Captain
Reniamin Havner and the ships
company of the schooner Bessie Stew
ems. the vessel recently built at San
Francisco They had most exciting
story to relate of adventures in a storm
encountered July 4. The Bessie Stevens,
according to the story told by them,
left San Francisco for Guam with a
party of investigators and provisions
for the traders on the islands.
Guam was reached on June "a and
instructions were received there to pro
ceed to Hongkong and communicate
with Manila by cable. On July 4, about
the middle of the northeast trades in
longitude 134 degrees 90 minutes east
and latitude 16 degrees "a minutes
north. the Stevens encountered a severe
hurricane from the southeast. which
lasted for four days The glass on the
9Th fell to 2940, which was the lowest
reading recorded
CAPTAIN Havner, who has been four
teen years at sea, says that ne mas
never experienced a hurricane of such
force.
The waves ran, he says, over fifty feet
high. and what was worse, broke. on
the third day of the gale an enormous
wave struck the schooner amidshlps
and. the ballast shifting, the vessel was
thrown on her beam ends. AS good luck
would have it. no other wave struck
her while in this position, and before
the next big wave came the sailors
managed to get some of the ballast
shifted and the boat on an even keel
The feelings of Captain Havner may be
better imagined than described when it
is stated that he had his wife and child
! on board OF course, q small boat was
! prepared for use in the event of the
: schooner foundering, 4ss Is allo CAP
/ tain said "One does that sort Of thins
out of habit, but it would save time tC
go down with the vessel. A small boa
in such a sea could not have lived five
minutes"
The schooner, as might be expected
suffered severe damage. She was bad
ly strained and leaking, and after the
storm part Of the cabins had to be tori
away to find the leak. The head sal
was also blown away, and the main
topmast and the galley and BOBBY
hatch washed overheard.
To add to the misfortunes of the voy
age, the shifting Of the ballast Wher
the schooner was thrown on her bean
ends caused a water cask to urst, ant
for some time the crew had to be pu
on short allowance.
Captain Havner found it best will
the prevailing winds to put into Kob
for repairs, hich will probably take ;
considerable time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09
CALLS Otis
A FOOLISH
OLD WOMAN
Strong Words From Com
mander st. John of the
British Navy.
lives THROWN AWAY
Unless There Is a Speedy Change
the Americans viii Be
Beaten.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

o5:: +: S. !: AsH SHY S1 old
fool-an old woman-ut-
terly incompetent to manage the
campaign which confronts him IN
the Philippines, and at least 5000
brave and courageous fellows
have been sacrificed by his utter
incompetency. The figures are
high, you say. They may ap-
pear so to you on this side OF the
water, but nevertheless they are
correct. You think them high
because Of the reports you have
been fed with over here, for the
press censor, whose duty it is to
blue pencil the matter OF the
correspondents at Manila, never
allows the newspaper men to tell
their papers the full count of the
dead"
These were the words of Com
mander P. S. St. John, R. N, of
H. B. NJ. S. Peacock, the ship
being now stationed at Manila, in
an interview given by him on
r. NJ. S. Empress of Japan Con
which vessel he had just arrived
from Manila, via Hongkong), at
Williams Head quarantine sta
ton this evening.
Commander St. John left his
ship at Manila on July 8, he hav-
ing been invalided home, and
took passage to Hongkong on
the steamer Esmeralda, and
came thence by the Empress.
To your correspondent he said
that unless some capable soldier
relieved ''the foolish old woman
that now commands the Amerl-
can forces the campaign can have
but one ending-that is de-
feat for the United States troops.
Not a sanguinary defeat, you
understand, but nevertheless a
defeat said the British officer,
''for the rebels will be able to hold
their own, save within the cities
of Manila and Iloilo, and perhaps
few square miles round about.
and do as they please.
Watch my word" Commander ST.
] John said. 1.-The outcome will be that
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ever. being under arrest, is deprived of
his sword. The crowd just perceived
the prisoners head and shoulders as he
passed by the gaps between the heads
Of the infantrymen, whose red kepis,
dark-blue tunics and bright-red, baggy
trousers threw a band of color across
the roadway Less than a minute was
occupied in crossing the roadway, and
Immediately after Dreyfus reached the
wall of the Manutention, the postern
gate was thrown open and he disap-
peared within.
The shrill whistle was again heard,
then the gendarmes wheeled around
and gallOped back to their barracks,
the crowd quickly dispersed and in
few minutes the vicinity Of the Lycee
was almost deserted.
In the meanwhile Colonel Jouaust
and the other members of the court
martial, Major Carriere, the official
representative of the Government, and
General Chamoine, all in full uniform
as yesterday, left the Lycee by the
main portal the crowd saluting them
respectfully.
The condition of Dreyfus is disquiet-
ing His wonderful will power alone is
lending him strength to go through the
present ordeal. Physically he is eX-
tremely weak. His stomach re-
fuses all solid food and he is able
to take only milk. His family
is very anxious.
The court-martial was able this
morning to consider only part of the
secret dossier The documents were
e,,Trait+a6 RI tho T11dpeS in the order in
which they were classified. General
Chamoine gave lucid explanations of
points which were not clear tu Colonel
Jouaust. General Chamoine took the
documents individually and explained
them Major Carriere viii later state
the conclusion he draws from the dos
sier.
Maitres Laborie and Demange, who
listened with close attention to- Cen
eral ChamOine's explanations, did not
enter into the discussion of the matter,
to-day's discussion of the dossier being
of :. general character and more in the
nature of a preliminary examination.
The Temps says Dreyfus was greatly
astonished at the fact that he was
brought into the court a prisoner. He
believed, according to this paper, that
he was entering into the judicial for
malities of an immediate rehabilitation
and was thanking General de Bois
deffre for the revision Of his case. He
said in a firm voice:
."Then it is still necessary to strug
gle?'
@'Dreyfus," the Temps continues,
will be more surprised when he is
presented with the 300 documents con-
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general, knowing Of the conspn-
acy, instead of meeting the
wishes OF the deputation, gave
orders for their immediate BAN
ishment from the city. Notwith-
standing their protestations OF
good intentions, the rebel SYM
pathizers, for such they were,
were forced to gather their
women and children together
and leave the city. General Mac
Arthur has also, as a measure OF
pfecaution, expelled every native
who does not own property. The
cable connecting Calanba with
Taguig has been cut by the
rebels.
Aguinaldo has appealed to the powers
for Recognition of Filipino independ-
ence" ina document dated from Tarlac,
July 81. and signed by Buencaminho.
1t has been received by all the foreign
Consuls in Manila, with the request
that they forward it to their respective
Governments.
The Filipinos use their old argument
that they had conquered the sover-
eighty of these islands from Spain
before the signing of the treaty of
Paris and therefore Spain was in no
thaT0 the limited
States. They argue that the possession
of the 1000 Spanish prisoners, captured
with their arms, fighting against the
Filipinos, is eloquent proof of the nullity
Of the Spanish sovereignty, as when
they surrendered Spain's hold was ire
vocably lost. The document then says:
Replying to the Spanish Commissions s
request to release the prisoners because
Spain no longer has political interests in
the islands, we asked for a treaty OF
peace and friendship between Spain and
the FilipinoS, whereby the prisoners
would be released. But the commission
ers refused because it would mean rec
ofnition of our independence. rms IS
equivalent to saying that the prisoners
must stay in our hands indefinitely be-
cause their possession is our most efflca-
cious method to adjust our account with
Spain and obtain from her recognition of
independence.
The Filipinos claim that they con-
uuered all the country except Manila,
and that they co-operated in securing
the latter's capitulation by surround
ing it at the cost of thousands of lives.
They also claim they conquered the
country unassisted. except for sixty
guns that Admiral Dewey gave Agui-
naldo, and that Admiral Dewey and
| the British and Belgian Consuls rec
ognized the Filipino sovereignty by
asking for passes to visit the country
They claim that they have letters
! from American Consuls and generals
| recognizing their sovereignty and
promising that the Americans would
recognize their independence, (which
was at the disposition of the powers.
! The Fflipinos attempt to make capita
| of the statement that Admiral Dewey
! had such confidence Aguinaldo would
| observe and fulfill the rules of wal
that he gave him a hundred Spanish
! prisoners which the American navy
| had captured.
Finally the Filipinos appeal to the
! powers to influence Washington tc
! bring a termination to the unjust wal
! which is devastating the country.
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Y VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. s.
" General Otis is silly old
fon1- old MOrnar-l1t-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09
HURRICANES PREVALENT.
Telegraphic Communication Is Cut
Off East of Cuba.

HAVANA, Aug. S.-The Weather Bu
reau here has warned all stations in Cuba
as well as Kingston, Jamaica, that tele-
graphic communication is cut off east of
Cuba The hurricane center is apparently
approaching Porto Rico and will probably
pass north of that island.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09

D ENNES. Aug. S.-The police ar
rangements in the vicinity Of the
Lyeee this morning We're e1aetLy 5
but not more than a hundred
persons had gathered at the early
hour-6:3O o'clock-fixed for the open
ing Of the days proceedings in the trial
of Captain Dreyfus The prisoner was
conducted to the Lycee at 6:15, and ex-
actly the same precautions were OBJ
served as on yesterday. AS soon as
Dreyfus was inside the Lycee, how
ever. the police cordons were removed
and the few spectators were allowed
10 circulate freely in the streets around
the building.
No demonstration was made upon the
arrival on foot of Maitre LabOrie OF
Maitre De Mango. counsel for Dreyfus,
or the members of the cOurt-martial or
Of General Chanoine, formerly Minister
of War, who attends the court to give
necessary explanations as to the secret
dOssier.
General Chamoine appeared in uni
form. He was accompanied by an
officer carrying a leather wallet,
in which were General ChamOine's
notes and other papers referring to the
dossier. which itself remains in a
strong-box in a room contiguous to the
courtroom. This stronghold is guarded
night and day by an officer specially
detailed for this duty.
The secret session lasted until 11:45,
when the court adjourned until to-mor-
row morning. The day passed quietly
There was a much larger crowd than
Yesterday assembled in the hope of OBJ
tanning a view of Dreyfus during the
ten seconds occupied by him in crossing
the avenue on his way to the Lycee
from his prison. During the sitting
the crowd, numbering about 1000 per
sons. and composed purely Of sight
seers, was allowed to pass freely De
fore the Lycee until few moments
before Dreyfus emerged. Then the
chief of the gendar2nie made q sign TO
his assistant who blew whistle. Be
fore the shrill sound had ceased the
sound of hoofs was heard and a strong
guard of mounted gendarmes mo~
ment later followed by gendarmes on
foot, galloped into the avenue from a
side street and divided into two de-
tachments stretching across the ave
nue. and cleared a space Of 300 yards
IN front OF the Lycee. lie IlOl oClliC4i
rode on the sidewalks clearing every
body out. Even the newspaper men
were driven away. Then a detachment
Of infantry, headed by bugler,
dashed up at double line and formed
across the avenue from the door of the
Lycee to the postern gate of the Manu-
tention. The soldiers We're stationed
shoulder TO shoulder, facing outward
toward the spectators and behind the
mounted gendarmes a hundred yards
off.
Soon afterward somebody shouted,
Here he is and the spectators, many
of whom had come from neighbOring
towns expressly to see Dreyfus, craned
their necks and stood on tiptoe, hoping
To catch a view of the famous prisoner
as. preceded and followed by gen
darmes and with a captain of gen
darmes beside him, he passed through
the lane of soldiers with a quick mill
tarv step. eyes front and with soldierly
bearing, but with the slight, jerky
movement of the left arm and shoul-
der of the Continental officer, accus
toned always to resting his hand on
the hilt of his sword. Dreyfus, how
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09
DREYFUS AND HIS DEFENDERS.

PARIS, Aug s. The Jour {
to-day says there are grave
contradictions in the evidence
of General Mercier and former
President Cassimir-Perier be-
fore the Court of Cessation, and
it understands counsel for
Dreyfus are preparing a dra-
matte coup. Counsel propose,
when the respective dispositions
are presented to the court-mar-
tfal, to charge either General
MERCER or NJ. Cassimir-Perier
with perjury under article 127
of the Military Code. An arrest
would then occur instantly,
while the accused is still in the
witness box.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09
Rural Delivery Route.

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. S.-W. E. Amin.
special agent of the Postoffice Depart
ment for Rural Delivery, to-day went over
the proposed route in SCOTS Valley. Bran
ciforte Drive and Vine Hill, and will rec
ommend It. About $50 families will be
accommodated
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09
PLOT TO MASSACRE ALL AMERICANS
MORE BOYS COMING.

WASHINGTON. Aug 8.-The :
, following cablegram has been
; received from General Otis:
MANILA. Aug. S.-Adjutant Cen
eral, Washington: Three days ty-
phoon rendering work on bay impos-
? sible. The transport Pennsylvania
; leaves noilo this evening. The
; Sheridan, with the Minnesotas,
, South Dakotas and discharged sol
, diers. leaves for San Francisco on
,. the 11th inst. The Valencia and
, ZeaIandia, when coaled, requiring
; ten days good weather, leave with
!. the Montanas and discharged men.
; Suggest a portion of the transports
; eoai az Nagasaki. both coming and
; returning 1t will expedite business
here, where facilities for loading
; and unloading vessels are primitive.
| OTIS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-09
TOSSED FOR
DAYS By A
HURRICANE
Trying Experience Of the
Bessie Stevens En-
Route to Guam.
WATER SUPPLY LOST
The Vessel Was So Badly Dam
aged That She Was Obliged to
Put Into Kobe for Repairs.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VICTORIA. B. c., Aug. SCOPES
of the Kobe Chronicle received
VI by the Empress of Japan con-
n tain interviews with Captain
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
Carroll Sells Out.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Anaconda, Mont, 10y 2-The J. T.
Carroll Co., conducting an extensive lum-
Der and coal business, one of the Oldest
established houses in the city, has sold
out and will retire from business. The
lumber department will pass into the
hands of what will be known as the Paw
cific Lumber company, and the coal de-
partment into the Northern Coal COM
pany, which is also a now company COM
posed of prominent Montana and Wyom-
ing parties. The retirement of the j. T.
Carroll Co. from business in Anaconda
will have no connection with Mr.. Car
rolls extensive lumber business in Butte.
His business in Butte is rapidly increas-
ing and occupies all his attention. He
Is one 1;f Anaconda's hrst and most stur-
DIV business men n his retirement will
be deeply regretted by all classes.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
JUDGE LINDSAY'S CALENDAR.

Judge Lindsay's calendar tomorrow
will be as follows, commencing at
p. M:
Estate of w. A. Waller, order to show
cause.
Estate of P. A. Largely, petition to COM
promise V. D. Goa and land claim.
Estate of Kate Toomey, return Of eta
ton.
Estate of John T. Reese, petition fol
letters.
Estate of Joseph Giroux, settlement OF
%cou
Estate of Robert German, petition for
letters.
Augusta Dillon vs.. Clayton Dillon,
plaintiffs proofs.
Joseph A. Cornell VS.. Zoie NJ. Cornell,
plaintiffs proofs.
J. A. Rhodes VS.. John A. DeVlin ct AL,
"a demurrer; (2) motion to strike.
Joseph Bcos VS.. William Maus, plain
tiff's proofs.
Marie s%chrepfer VS.. Hugo schrepfer,
plaintiffs proofs.
Bessie E. Scott VS.. Walter E. Scott,
plaintiffs proofs.
Joseph Koenig VS.. Lizzie Koenig, plain
tiff's proofs.
Francis H. Grosswiler VS.. Veronica
Gosswiler, plaintiffs proofs.
Louis L~innemann ct al. VS.. Anton
Jeski, motion to dismiss appeal.
Ben Falk VS.. w. j. Ditton, motion to
dismiss appeal.
Peter COpette VS.. Peter Jano, motion
to adopt findings and for judgment.
Lawrence Doyle VS.. the City of Butte,
demurrer.
James A. Murray ct al. VS.. the City Of
Butte ct al, demurrer.
Mary Mcdonald VS.. Jessie c. Cox, mo-
ton to dismiss judgment.
Ben Baker VS.. Butte City Water Co.,
motion sor a new trial.
Alice Olsen VS.. Samuel Olsen, order to
show cause.
First National Bank VS.. Twin City
Butte Manufacturing Company, plain
tiff's proofs.
Victoria Dlubala VS.. Louis Dlubala,
motion to- quash.
Michael Reynolds VS.. Alice Gold & Sill
yer Manufacturing Company, motion to
strike for answer.
Joe Klaffki Co. VS.. Barney Shanahan,
(D motion for leave to amend complaint;
ca motion to dismiss action.
H. w. Remick VS.. George A. Mcdonald,
order to show cause.
George A. Baldwin VS.. John C. Moebus
ct al, demurrer of Moebus.
A. A. Lisker VS.. John O'Rourke, motion
for a new trial.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
TO QUASH INDICTMENT.
DOC" MERRILL GIVES TESTIMONY
IN A FEDERAL CASE.

In the United States court rooms this
afternoon before Judge Blake, the testi-
mony of ]. w. Merrill, in the matter of
the mwtion to uuash the indictment
against Aaron Hershfield, cashier, and j.
w. Chivers, teller, of the State National
bank at Miles City, wal taken.
The Indictments were returned at Hell
n last spring by the federal grand jury
of which Mr.. Merrill was a member. The
motion to quash was made on the allie
cation that Mr.. Merrill was a resident of
the state of California at the time he
served as a juror.
Mr.. Merrill this afternoon detailed the
circumstances of his removal from the
state of Montana. He had been engaged
in mining operations in Montana for
many years n had purchased a home
in Oakland with the intention of resid-
ing there. He owned a large number OF
mining claims here and was interested
throughout the state in mining opera
tions and he always considered this his
home.
Colonel Sanders was present during
the taking of testimony. He said, how
ever, that he was not representing the
indic. ted parties. y. s. District Attor-
ney Rodgers appeared for the federal
court,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
$40 sets of teeth $40. DR.. Wig.
PERSONALS

Colonel w. F. Sa.ders is in the city
from Helena.
Hon. Fred L.. G'.sson, editor of the Al
der Gulch Times at Virginia City, is in
the city.
Charles Cockrell, who has been engage
ed in the brokerage business here, will
leave tonight for Omaha to locate per-
m~aanently.
w. r. Johnson of the staff of the Seattle
Times is in the city today. Mr.. Johnson
has just returned from Dawson City and
is en- route east to New York City, and
has entered into a contract to ride on the
cab of the engines over the lines Travelled,
for the purpose of securing views and
data for an illustrated article which will
be published in one of the magazines.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03
DIR c. v, MONROE
Appointed to Look After the
Rocker Smallpox.
OPPOSES THE PARDON
Judge Clancy Writes the Board a
Letter--Connolly Plays a
Practical Joke.

Dfs. Monroe, Sheerin and Alexander
held a conference with the county com.
m~lssloners this afternoon in regard to
the smallpox situation at Rocker. The
ooafd desired to employ a physician to
look after the cases there, believing sucn
a course much safer than having the
county physician attend them and then
return to the city and minele with the
%populace. After discussing the MATES,
fully the board employed DR.. Monroe at
a salary of $3.50 per month. 1t will be
his duty, however, to not only attend
the Rocker cases, visit them at least
once a day, but also hold himself il. read
mess to diagnose and look after suspects
and sure enough cases in the county out
side of the city limits and pest house.
Or. Sheerln vaccinated the inmates of
the county Jail today and made a good
job of it.
All of the cases in Rocker will be quar-
antined there, but outside of tia. town
the pest house will catch them.
Next Monday the state board of par
dons will consider the case of the state
gains Samuel NJ. Nixon. to whom Gov
ernor Smith, a few days ago. extended
a free lease of life after the district
court here had declared him guilty of
criminal libel on Judge w. O. Speer,
sentenced him to three months in the
county Jail and the supreme court had
discarded the appeal taken by him on
account of its imperfect presentation.
The board comprises Thomas 5. Hogan.
secretary of state; c. B. Nolan, the
attorney general, and T. w. PolndeNter,
Jr., state auditor.
Nixon went before the governor with
a strong petition in support of he par
don, but it seems there are two officials
IN Silver Bow county Whose endorsement
he failed to secure, and they intend to
oppose the pardon. They are Judge
Clancy and c. P. Connolly. the latter the
county attorney. The former has writ
ten the board the following letter, which
is self-explanatory:
II have only this to say, that Cover
nor Smiths action in pardoning Nixon