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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-14
THE GENEVA CONVENTION
IN NAVAL WARFARE
This Is Regarded as the First Real
Triumph of the Peace
Conference

THE HAGUE, June 13.-In view of
the statement published in the United
States that Frederick Hollis of the
American delegation to the Peace Con-
ference had cabled to the State Depart
ment at Washington that Germany was
opposed to arbitration in principle, the
correspondent of the Associated Press
called to-day upon Mr.. Hollis, who de-
clared that there was absolutely no
foundation for such statement. He
said that as a matter of fact he had not
sent the State Department a message
of any kind since his arrival here and
the cable messages forwarded by the
delegation had not contained the least
justification for the statement pub
lished.
There is no doubt" said Mr.. Hollis.
that the Germans, in this respect re-
sembling the French and some other
European nations, are not as enthusias-
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CALL HEADQUARTERS,
WELLINGTON HOTEL,
WASHINGTON, June 13.-It
was announced to-day that Gen
eral Otis will be given 5000 more
men than the number he asked
for The method OF raising the
additional men will not be di-
vulged, but it is asserted that
they will be obtained from the
regular army, and there will be
no call for volunteers.
With $4,000 men it is believed
he will have a force ample to pro-
tect Manila, and at the same time
continue offensive operations
against the insurgents.
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THE CUBANS
GET READY
FOR VOLT
Leaders Conceal Arms in
Preparation for Rebellion
Against United States.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted, 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett.
HAVANA. June 13 = Officers in
charge of the Cuban forces at Guiana
bacoa have collected all the arms from
the soldiers and gone into the country
with them. Mayor Hyatt has reported
this condition of things to General Lud-
low. There were about 800 soldiers in
that city. and they We're the best armed
forces in the neighborhood of Havana.
having many Mausers, good carbines
and Springfield rifles. These soldiers
were awaiting the return Of Lieutenant
Colonel Randall from the country to
receive their money at Havana on
Thursday.
The fact that the officers had collect
ed these arms was not known to Mayor
Hyatt until Sunday. He was given au-
thority to receive the arms. but only
nine weapons had been given up. On
investigation he learned that the Off
GERS had represented themselves as
agents for the Government, and on Sc
curing the arms Immediately left the
city.
It is now suspected that a similar
condition of affairs exists in many
places on the island, and that rifles are
being put in hiding, awaiting an up
rising. or have been already distributed
among bandits, who, according to all
reports are we'll armed.
The apparent indifference of the Gov
ernment to the capture of bandits and
to the protection of Spaniards in the
country has brought forth strong pro-
tests from Spaniards in Havana. they
ascribing the seeming apathy of Gen
eral Brooke to the fact that he depends
wholly on reprts of the Cuban secre-
taries, mayors and civil governors for
information, and saying that facts are
misrepresented. Bandits thus far have
killed only Spaniards on their raids,
and Spaniards assert that an attempt
is being made in the unprotected prov
inces to exterminate the race.
0~A>-@<-~N o. go 3-~@%@
brought to the schoolhouse or to the
Catholic or to the Congregational
church Thence they are to be taken to
the cemetery, except in a few cases
where homes still stand. in which the
remains can be kept for a few hours,
during which the final tribute of love
can be rendered by the bereaved fam
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Eleven participants Sunday variously
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lilies The bodies We're prepared for
burial by local and visiting undertak-
ers and as soon as identified were
marked and disposed of as friends re-
quested.
The Catholic priest, who had spent a
-sleepless night and day in looking after
the bodies and souls of his parishioners
was one of the coolest and best workers
among the many who volunteered their
aid. Nurses and physicians from St
Paul, who had come down by special
train on the Omaha road as soon as
the news of the disaster reached the
Minnesota capital. were of great help
all night and day, and when the day
closed all the seriously injured were be-
Heved to have been cared for. Those
whose injuries were serious, but whose
chances for recovery were believed to
be good, were quickly sent to the hos
pitals of st. Paul and Minneapolis.
where better care can be given them
The slightly injured and those whose
cases seem hopeless were kept here and
were given the best attention possible
The list of dead gradually increased
during the day and tonight it seemed
that one hundred might be the mini
mum estimate of the dead. while the
list of the injured will reach and prob
ably exceed two hundred
During the afternoon the body of
Patrick Kaling, the 14-year-old son of
Nat Kaling, was brought to the Cath
olic church. The body was horribly
mangled. A little daughter of a Mr.
Williams was brought to the same place
from the ruins of her fathers home
near the railroad tracks. Walter Far
rell, boy, was also laid among the
dead in that church Pat McNalIy.
who was in the list of injured, died dur
ing the day. At late hour this after
noon the rescuers gathered together
most of the pieces of the mangled body
of Michael Heffron, and his name was
added to the list of the dead.
During the day scattered groups of
rescuers searched the debris where
bodies might be found. A fire company
from st. Paul kept two streams of
water playing on the smoldering ruins.
for fire had been added to the horrors
of the tornado and a dozen fires were
blazing till a heavy rain at the close of
the day about extinguished the flames.
Some of the merchants organized pri-
vate salvage corps and managed TO
save some property, but the amount
was small.
The business portion of the city COW
cred a space of four squares each way,
and was solidly built of brick and stone.
This entire space was swept clear,
foundation walls and in some places
masses of debris alone marking where
the business places formerly stood
Trees that lined the streets of the
neighboring residence district were
broken clear off or twisted and up
rooted.
The tornado came UP the river from
Hudson. where the damage was COM
paratively slight. Following the gen
eral course of the river and the branch
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GENERAL LUNA
Is MURDERED
BY AGUINALDO
Put Out Of the Dictator S
Woy Because He Is
Too Ambitious.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MN ANILA, June 13.-General
q Antonio Luna, one of the bit
terest foes of the Americans in the
Philippines, has been assassinated by
order of Aguinaldo.
Luna has recently found himself in
opposition to the chiefs views, and
has not only disobeyed orders, but at
one time stopped Aguinaldo's Peace
Commissioners while on the way to
treat with the Americans.
Aguinaldo ordered his death, and
these orders were carried out by the
Dictator's fanatical followers.
The report of the assassination
caused great excitement among the
Filipinos in Manila, which was added
to later when the report was con-
firmed. The assassination of Luna
occurred on June 8, at Kabanatuan,
to which place he had gone to confer
with Aguinaldo. He had just been
promoted to the rank of major gen
eral by the Filipino leader. By a pre-
concerted plan, he was kept waiting
at the door of Aguinaldo's headquar-
ters until his patience became ex-
hausted. After demanding admission
several times he attempted to force
his way in. He drew revolver, but
before he could use it was seized by
Aguinaldo's guards, and one of them,
named Ney, stabbed him several
rlmes.
fc 81 IL D.,
who was near him, rushed to the gen
erals rescue, but was seized and dis
armed and cut to pisces with bolos.
Luna and Ramon both died a few
minutes after being stabbed.
It is said Luna had become so i'm
Fortunate in his demands on Aguin-
aldo for power and increased author
ity that the Filipino leader decided
Luna's death was necessary for his
personal safety and the Filipino
cause. The major generals commits
sion was merely a bait to throw Luna
off his guard and render the assassi-
nation comparatively easy.
There is open rejoicing among the
Filipinos here that Luna is no longer
capable of making trouble. They
realize that he was menace to peace
and the complete pacifcation of the
islands could hardly have been ac-
complished while he was alive and at
liberty. He was noted throughout his
career for producing discord and mis-
chief wherever he was. On May 4
Luna was severely wounded in an en-
gagement between his troops and
those of General Funston, before San
Fernando was captured.
d @e.%-@-4~ % -<1-%-o~0
the beach with amigo guides, found ap-
parently a handful of rebels, who re-
treated The men of the Twentyfirst
followed, and suddenly the rebels
opened a terrific fire on the troops from
the sides and rear. The soldiers with
drew to the waters edge, finding what
shelter they could, and were picked off
rapidly. After their ammunition was
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MANILA, June 14.-The Ameri-
can loss yesterday was nine killed
and thirty wounded. The FILIPINO
loss was heavy, forty being found
dead in the first trench. The insur-
gents, who numbered between 1000
and 1900, were driven back to their
Zapote River stronghold, where they
are supposed to have 5000 men un-
der arms, with four field pieces.
Bacoor was taken this morning with
out a fight.
The native Governor Of Cebu, who
was friendly to the United States, has
been assassinated.
MANILA, June 13.-General Lawton
unexpectedly stirred up one of the live
lest engagements of the war south OF
Las Pinas this morning, upon which oc-
casion American field guns We're en-
gagged in the first artillery duel against
a Filipino battery concealed in the
Jungle Companies F and l of the
; lTwenty-first Infantry were nearly sur
rounded by a large body Of insurgents,
but the Americans cut their way out
with heavy losses.
mock and the gunboats Helena and
Zafro trained their batteries on Ba-
koor and the rebel trenches near Las
Pinas all morning. Bakoor was once
on fire, but the natives stopped the
spread Of the flames.
During the night an insurgent can
non was fired three times at the Amer
icans on the outskirts Of Las Pinas.
General Lawton this morning took a
battalion Of the Fourteenth Regiment
and two companies of the Twenty-first
Regiment to locate the rebel battery.
and then two guns of the Sixth Artil-
lery and four mountain guns were
planted against it at 500 yards dis
tance. The rebels had a large gun.
from which they We're firing home
made canister and bombs loaded with
nails and two smaller guns. Their
shooting was most accurate. The first
lot of canister burst directly in front
Of Scott's guns and another shattered
the leg of a private in the Fourteenth
Infantry. Several shots struck the edge
of the town.
The country traversed was as bad
as il is possible to imagine, being main
" lagoons, mud and water fringed with
kan1boos. AS soon as the fighting
Opened the Americans were attacked
bv hidden rifenen on all sides, even
the amigos-or friendly" natives-in
the houses of the town shooting into
their rear. The companies Of the Twen-
ty-frst Regiment, skirmishing along
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nearly exhausted the companies of the
Twenty first retreated. but General
Lawton dashed down and rallied the
men. little group made desperate
stand General Lawton, Major Starr
and Lieutenants Donovan and Con-
nelly, taking rifles from the wounded
men. fired at the enemy, bringing down
some of the rebel sharpshooters from
trees. Finally their cartridges were all
gone, and they were forced to break
through the enemy's flank, carrying the
wounded TO the main body of the
troops
Lieutenant Donovan, whose leg was
broken, floundered for mile through
bog after leading his men in the face
of a greatly superior force.
General Lawton ceased fighting until
reinforcements could be brought. Two
battalions of the Fourteenth Regiment
and one battalion of the Ninth Regi-
ment were hurried to the front, and in
the afternoon the battle was resumed
The Monadnock anchored close to the
shore, and her heavy guns pounded the
rebels continuously while the
smaller warships, steaming along the
fire guns at the enemy. The Filipino
force engaged appears to have been the
largest and best organized body of men
which has met our troops.
The Americans were compelled to ad-
vance along narrow roads and over
small bridges commanded by earth
works ten feet thick.
The only means of crossing theZapote
was by small bridge, which the Fill
pinos commanded with trenches
spreading V shaped, whence they could
concentrate their fire on the bridge.
They also had the advantage OF the
trees and jungles, so the Americans
could hardly see ahead.
When the battle was renewed with
the reinforcements our battery had ST.
fenced the enemy's guns, and the Amer
leans, wading waist deep in the mud of
the salt flats. poured a steady volley
Of musketry at the rebels, driving their
opponents beyond the river.
The armies lay facing each other
Continued on Second PAGE
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THE PATH OF DEATH
THROUGH NEW RICHMOND
Little Wisconsin Town Completely
Destroyed and One Hundred
Persons Killed.

NEW RICHMOND, Wis, June 13.-
The tornado that swept out of ex-
istence the prosperous little city of New
Richmond is the most disastrous in
point of fatality ever occurring in this
section. The exact number of dead is
still unknown, but it will certainly
reach 100 and very probably will con-
siderably exceed that figure. AS they
were recovered to-day the bodies were
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THE TURKS
NAY LEAVE
THE HAGUE
sultan's Delegates Threaten
to Withdraw From
Peace Conference.
GHOST OF ARMENIA
Achmet Ria Raises a Speoter
That May Break Up
the Meeting.

Special Gable TO The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted, 1899. by James Cor
don Bennett.
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Continued on Second Page
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specis1 Gable to The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett.
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REBELS BEATEN ON
THEIR OLD GROUND
Americans Under Lawton Make the
First Move Against the South
ern Tagals.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted, 1893. by James Cor
don bennett.
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THE TOWN
OF HERMAN
DESTROYED
One Hundred Persons Dead
in Track of a Nebra ska
Tornado.
RUIN IN ITS PATH
Not One House Left Standing in
Which to Care for the
Wounded.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

The tornado season IN the Eost
IS fairly open. On Monday night
a black funneLshaped cloud de-
scended upon the little town OF
New Richmond, m Wisconsin,
fairly 6iothng the place out OF
existence and LEAVING death and
deshtutIon IN ITS path.
Last night the little town OF
Herman, IN Nebraska, vas de-
stroyed, and over 100 lives are
SAID to have been lost.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-06-02

Mis- FOX NJ. cone To tine " nIGe Inouil-
tains after she let lnu ut the seaside -
knew quite well th:.t B!.i~y Fox was
one uf tho \ tia. ami How | uud .rstuuu
that lie business had h,,Ii turned over tn
he. 10 ~. ru.:,t candid. / vas burning
with curiosity +" keno" exactly " hat the
business vs. M knew iur certain was
TINT Il co''cCr2cd the identity IF mir Me
son. Beyond that | cuC.,s~d, Int my
gUCrs seemed 50 CEtravnrant that l want
cd t. haTc facts III its place Moro than
that, it all had to 10 with Mason I."dia
had ,ltl:sc,i 20 tr!i re and l thought il
wise not t" tIy Ia Irg INTO the dreadful
secrets ii the seen.
However, rs tia ear StalIoG cGTlv II the
jcurncy and N;,.," h'l:.a,.if i,n& on. with
some other :lIrn, / Thought I:rup92 to s..1
to Mrs. CAo%:
''tIcai,' 1T down jour veil '
Tho w.;rnihs Vas uEn2ar&aarr. She
hat seen Ma+cu nnI recognized MIN IL,
soon us l. Through the rest at the Jour.
ncy l coIlN l., that Mrs. Cunk WIS tcrir
bling and s0bhinc. hut we rrAc.lod ln,
Surg" residence without fart her nGTan-
tlirr
! Lave always thought that, consider.
ing my faithtulnv..i i;Gd care in the dis
charge Of the duty laid Urpa Inc. Lydia.
oght to hay" lat me Ln present at the meet
ing bctwCGn--
Oh, Of course they we're husband and
wife
But this was IyGiias original way oi
bringing them together. She ~ vote Ma,
son note something like the following:
DEA!; MIR. 2iAsCN---r, 80 kind as to snare ono
hour from your TCai estate transactions; IT,
morrow and iunrh with me. il VIII Inc three
colnc:,d party. Ny ether guest IL q iri,I.d ui
mine who il dyin;; ia zee you, and insist ~
~. yO,r coming, even Is You have 10 break an
Uih.r cni,&l "9.ICrt.
She took good caro- :hat Mason ai0:iu
net git her note Until Tho morning, Of tl,
day size wanted hin. Nevertheless l ho-
licvc lie SUSPECTED the truth and Wis:i ter.
ribly friG htcncl.
But h. CaIac. and ct the clCsc of the
lunch there w:'e {. iiStia 'cr.:c--.a most in
tcreatiue one. bobby, Who was net afraid
to hulp himself 20 prlnss freely now, was
tho only spectator
And We're they divOrccd?" l asked
Lydia when she consented ~ tell Fac more
of the stury.
"No." she said, "hut they Guar-clcti
over some rubbish. lie used to practice
as Il physician. but when they separated
ny mutual c"ilsGi!U IhfcS years ago IL made
II talk in the town where they lived. 30
he moved Away and took to real estate.
Then she saw the foolishacSs of it all AMI
tried to make it up and he WAS mislld b.
lies that SOHO divorce shark had told Kim.
His chief uilI in life for moro than IL year
has been to escape from his own lawful
wife and Mt the same time escape adiyurcc
trial. Mason Is ere OF those focl n:en Whn
will ga ten mil, : cut of the way to avoid
scene, as thCy call It. I had 10 bring
him II: to dime sharp.
And did the Ech!ngcr:clt Investigate
and dispose Of NIL thosc--lics::' asked in
awe.
Lydia only smiled and said. Him -
Denver Times.
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l-rL-.I Oh HIM.

When he was 30, no returned to his ma
tive town ''just to see how the old place
looked" He found it unchanged. The
old store, where as IL lad he had clcrked 1t
and sold calico and groceries to the old
farmers, was just the same. He contrast
ed the sleepy old place with himself and
felt glow of satisfaction when he thought
how much those 30 years had done for
him. "They ought to be proud of me-
he said to himself.
Presently he met one of the old inhab-
itants.
"Waal, l declare, is it REILLY you
HankY" said the old man incredulously.
We've heerd you've been prospcring fust
rate sence you went west They've made
you railroad president or suthin of the
sort, amt they? heeri So, but l couldn t
believe it. It's REILLY true, is it? Waal,
all I've got to say is they must be purity
hard up for railroad presidents out there. >
He took the next train for the vest
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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!: liitlr rs.,.n il liti:,. !.n,ct
ina ii,ii. country toNr.
On, a :.t!i, l"tl, with Il lni,sty lnru,
i l..,r va. L. ing dow -,
= a.r,a: H. man, with ,,rrtt Iii. snors,
Ard Re l2y ~ his beck, ynu So,
ard a peaceful look -! iia face he were.
Tor sound asleep be.
IN his dream what Irarv'lC trips he made
What tremendous bills ne sold,
And nobody failed, and every oao paid,
And his orders wcI" ~ good as gold.
L" smiled and ss,ncth"rrd a s,:urYful laugh
Wien his fellow drummer hl;worl,
For liz. knew no other iI;rl sofia the half
OF what his order book showed.
IL got tbs l"t;cT frnH! home ON" cay:
.'Lhar Fir-Hu'vc no filter term
To use IN your ease. h.irl Sil.. nly tn say
H@nr, g;rih you ;.ir. ..r,r of IN. firm
And glorious: ch;.M.r th!- made III his life.
He rUw from IT." road Withdrew,
And really soon got to know his wife,
His soE and his diugltcr too.
And then he moved from his obscure fiat
To house III the avenue,
Lived swell, Was happy, got healthy and fat
Respected and wealthy too.
Bat with Il thump, bang. whauS, thump
HgaIn,
Tl',: landlord stood at the door.
It's purty nigh time for that 6:l0 trnin!
And the drummer; dream YVES DER.
New Orleans Picayune.
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AS We came i'll on II Big Four train
from Delaware we noticed IL well barbcrcd
and highly scented young man Of the
period" complacently admiring fine pair
OF patent leather shoes which were Gle
waited on the scat in front of him. Finally
nc espied thread on ono Of his shoes
and, seizing it, he gently drew it to him
1t seemed to be quite long, SO he wound
around 1t his kid gloved hand. After get
ting quite knot of it he found it was fast
to his side, and, glancing along his leg,
he discovered that he had unraveled one
seam of his trousers leg, which hung in ~
loose flap. The last we saw of him he had
borrowed two pins from the conductor
and was retreating sidewise toward the
smoking car with horror and disgust
plainly depicted on his countenance.-
Ohio State Journal
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His Desperate Resolve.

"She is only amusing herself with mel"
exclaimed young Throggins bitterly. ''She
is all affection one day and all snecrs and
GOODNESS the next day. I'm good enough
to take her to thcaters or other places
where she wants to go and have good
time, but when l call on her to spend an
evening sho looks bored and yawns and
makes me do all the talking If wasn't
SO clean gone on her, I'd drop her right
now. know one thing If ever l get
her off my mind, bgosh, I'll never fall in
love with another girl-never, b'gosh, and
you can bet on itl''-ChicaSo Tribune.