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The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26

showed that the town was still
flying the Union Jack on Friday
the cheerful tone of the message
and the evident anticipation OF
the speedy reduction OF Lady
smith are not calculated to cheer
anxious relatives.
The reported silence of the
British guns also again arouses
fears of shortness OF ammuni-
ton, and the fact that the Beers
have just placed in position an
other siege gun shows that they
have not yet done their worst.
The arrival of the German Off
GERS, one of whom, it is under
stood, gained large experience in
reducing a fortified town in 1870
II, is calculated to lead to a
change of tactics which will add
to the suspense of the sorely tried
garrison.
The situation in the northern
portion of Cape Colony is about
as unsatisfactory as it can be.
Beers are turning up in all direc-
tions.
A Cape Town dispatch re-
ceived at late hour tonight re-
ports that the enemy have blown
up railway bridge between Ros-
mead Junction and Middleburg
with the object OF preventing an
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
GENERAL OTIS.

with other letters not copied but held In
reserve. The only impression so far made
by the partial disclosure of these things
has been To increase the anxiety of the
Government to take Aguinaldo prisoner
I'm order TO get possession of the originals
This raises the presumption that these
documents make out better case for the
Filipinos than our authorities have been
willing to admit Many things have given
rise to a suspicion in this country that
we and not he Filipinos changed front and
had to disappoint expectations for which
our representatives were directly respon-
sible. Ii will be remembered that when
Admiral Dewey arrived in this country
his tone varied from numerous utteranccs
before that time. and when he advised the
administration to augment the fleet as
well as the army he said he desired Ag-
uinaldo to know that he had so advised
OF course. but one Interpretation could
be put upon this. The admiral must have
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
ONDON, Nov. 25.-The
position in Natal remains

position in Natal remains
full of perpleXities, which
the censorship has increased. Al
though a division and half have
now reached Durham that place is
practically powerlesS until sup
piled with cavalry and artillery,
and until these arrive the situation
will undoubtedly remain grave.
With three beleaguered garrisons
in Natal besides Kimberley and
Mafeking, and no signs OF succor
in the immediate future. it is no
wonder that the outlook is re-
garded as distinctly gloomy to-
night and that the most possible
is made of General Methuen s
success. such as it was. That bat
tie decided nothing, and it seems
certain that many experts are OF
the opinion that the story OF the
return of the pursuing cavalry
without getting in touch with the
retreating Beers indicates that
the cavalry discovered in time
that if it had gone on it would
soon have been on the Pretoria
racecourse with its comrades OF
the Hussars.
1t will not surprise any one
greatly if the Beers are shortly
again discovered in an in
trenched position near the spot
from which General Methuen has
just evicted them.
From no other point can even
semblance of success be report
ed. Mafeking is apparently in
worse plight than the Britishers
have hitherto cared to admit, and
it is difficult to see how it can be
relieved for some time to come.
While the official dispatch from
the Boer head lager outside OF
Ladysmith, dated November "a,
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26

and TO the partial publication they have
received. The facts developed show the
pitiful straits TO which the Filipinos were
reduced, their childlike confidence in the
justice of their cause and their innocent
belief that II they could be heard in this
country their cry for mercy and justice
would be needed. Therefore, when in
formed that such means Of influential
communication had been provided they
believed implicitly the representations
made to them. Upon investigation II Is
shown that Mr.. Alvah Udell. known in
this State IN various ways, professed to
have made an organization OF Americans.
influential and powerful. who would pre-
sent the Filipino case. The native lead
ers. informed of this through the junta
at Hongkong. began forwarding state
ments of the situation. of their claims
and copies of a very voluminous corre-
spondence. the originals of which are un-
derstood TO be in Aguinaldo's possession.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
LADY SALISBURY'S
BODY LAID TO REST
Funeral Attended by .stinguished
Friends From Home and
Abroad

LONDON. Nov. 25.-The funeral Of Lady
Salisbury. who died November %. was
held to-day. Lord Salisbury was not pres
ent al the public services owing TO illness.
but he attended the services I'm the house.
An the Premier's children now h England
followed the body 10 the grave. The cor
fege also Included A j. Balfour and other
The Earl Of Pembroke, Lord Steward OF
he Household. carried a wreath sent by
the Queen. The Secretary OF the German
embassy also carried a wreath sent in
behalf Of the Emperor and Empress. The
Prince and Princess Of Wales AMI other
ROYALTIES were represented. while tie first
peer of the realm. the Duke OF York, and
other high nobilities paid tribute In being
present In person.
The church was crowded with IN. ten
antry The Bishop OF Rochester offitiated
az a memorial service held In the Chapel
Royal ST. James, which was ATTENDED by
the Duke Of Cambridge, the First Lord OF
the Admiralty. George J. Goschen, and
Mr.. Choate and the entire stan Of the
United States embassy. Other Embassa-
nors were present or represented
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
GENERAL ANDERSON.

felt that Aguinaldo had some reason to
expect a different move on his part II
there were not this reason there was none
at all for such a request.
The Call has secured the mass of matter
that resulted from Filipino dependence on
Mr.. Udell's representations. These were
in the form of an address ITO the Fill
pinos and Their Compatriots In the Phil
ippines.' which. while rather contempti-
BILE in it's composition where II is not an
awkward paraphrase of the Declaration
of Independence. has certain features that
show Mr.. Udell to have good deal Of in
genuity. Among these is a very earnest
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
BOERS' "SUZERAINTY
PLACED IN POSITION

PRETORIA, Nov. 25.-An official dis
patch from the Boer head laager outside
of Ladysmith dated Friday, November
"a. says:
THE garrison at Ladysmth was
strangely quiet yesterday. The cannon
ade to-day hardly evoked a response. The
balloon no longer scars. The third big
cannon. which the Beers have baptized
'Suzerainty.' was placed in position to-
day The German officers arrived last
night.
THE Boer generals think they will en-
compass the fall Of Ladysmith at the end
of this week.
There was a terrific thunderstorm last
night. Four Beers guarding a cannon
were seriously struck
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
ADMIRAL SCHLEY SAILS
FOR WINDWARD ISLANDS
Will Coal at Santa Lucia and Mo-.
the Montgomery and Whining
ton in the Platte.

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-Rear Admiral
Schley of the South Atlantic squadron
sailed to-day on his flagship Chicago for
Santa Lucia. .'indward group. where bc
Win coal Thence he Will sail to Bahio
and Buenos Ayres. In the Platte he will
PICK up the Montgomery and the VIII
mington.
When asked II he had anything 70 so,,
TO the public, Rear Admiral Schley hcia
up both hands and exclaimed:
Absolutely nothing"
Steam was on six OF the boilers NJ ,bo
Chicago-enough TO run her about fifteen
knots an hour. With cheers from hcr
crew. music by the ships band and the
acknowledgment OF salutes by the dir
ping of her flag the Chicago steamed on,
through the Narrows
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26

dinates who had direct control OF the
explosives and in that way the identity
ot the authors and the executloners of the
Pol TO cestroy the Maine may be dis
covered. Two or three men were engaged
IN me destruction OF the Maine A steam
,1l IauHeh 81 spanish make, now used by the
II'eu Sla'es Government in Havana har-
bor conveyed the two torpedoos oc
cording 10 the new evidence. 10 min,
Mllhlh lew feet OF the berth Of the
Maine and anchored them. The torpedoes
We're Kept in position by means OF h,,oy,s
hoated eleven feet under water ten fea,
above the anchors used TO prevent Them
DSliiis sHSpt away. The torpedoes were
Maine as she swung at anchor.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
FOR THE RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.

advance from Port Elizabeth.
This was effected by a small COM
nando which, it is stated, remains
in the neighborhood. The effect
OF blowing up this bridge will
tend to isolate Nauwpoort, which
was recently reoccupied by the
British, and must delay the ad-
vance OF the troops just arrived
at Port Elizabeth.
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; LONDON. Nov. 2s.-A special
, dispatch from Durham. dated Fri
; day. November "a. says the Times
of Natal has received news by way
; of Delagoa Bay that both Mafe-
; king and Kimberley have been re-
; lieved.
This is not only improbable. but IL
is discredited by special dispatch
from Cape Town. which states
that General Methuen is I'm hello
, graphic communication with Kim
berley. which indicates that the re-
lieving force pushed forward after
; the battle at Belmont II this is
true. stirring news may be expected
shortly. as the Beers are in force at
Modder River and Spyfontein.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26

For some time past there have been
fragmentary outgivings AT Washington
of copies of correspondence had between
Aguinaldo and American civil and mill
tary officers, running from May or June.
1898. down TO recent dates. The Call sought
TO find the source through which these
copies found their way 10 this country
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
CLAYTON Sentenced.

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 25.-J. J. Clayton.
convicted OF an assault upon Attorney
Earl Rogers with intent TO murder, was
to-day sentenced by Judge Noyes to one
year In San Quentin penitentiary.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
GUNCOTTON TORPEDOES
BLEW UP THE MAINE
Alleged Discovery Of Evidence That Mdu
Bring the Guilty Parties to
Justice.

nj Ew YORK. Nov. 25.-The World
IN tomorrow VIII publish a letter
mi from Havana stating that United
States officials. after months OF
secret investigation. have discov-
cred that The battleship Marie was blown
up by gunc0tton torpedoes placed IN the
bay for that purpose The guncotton.
200 pounds Cf which was used. was sent
from Barcelona 10 Admiral Nanterola
commanding the port Of Havana. and
was either stolen from the magazine
where the stun was stored or taken away
with the knowledge OF the officials in
charge.
Admiral Manterola's records will IN
doubtedly show the nam PCS 10 his subor-
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
LEADERS OF THE WAR
TO BE EXPATRIATED

NEW YORK, Nov. PA World cable
from London says: The British Cabinet
has come to a decision relative TO the
future Boer republics. Those countries
are to have a representative Government,
II is decreed, from which all the leaders
Continued on Second Page
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4 following dispatch
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this letter, in Spanish. OF which we give
the translation:
% 6, o @ o o o @ 94S8S@
. COMlTE CENTRAL FILIPINO
% @ 9 g o o o o o q o @4A
HoNGKoNG. May .. 1909
Honorable AIva Udeil. san Francisco. Cal.
u. s A.-Dear SIR: I have much pleasure IN
acknowledging the receipt of your letter Of the
81 ultimO. together with all the Enclosures
therein mentioned. The whole budget reached
me through J. ]. Francis. Q. C.. 20 whom the
Hon Ho Kai forwarded II. knowing that Dir
Francis Is my legal adviser and will represent
me in suit now pending trial In the Supreme
Court OF this colony. wherein I am endeavor-
ing 10 obtain from United States Consul Wild
man a proper accounting OF 81. coo. deposited
with him in June last for the good % our
cause.
assure you we deeply grateful FOR the
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26

Continued on Second Page.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
THE END OF THE WORLD.

On Sunday, May 18th, the pastor OF
the Second Advent church. Congress
Place, began series ofidiscourses on the
signs of the Approaching End of the
Present Order of Things, entitled, "Visible
Tokens of Coming redemption" The
subject will be divided as follows:
1-Celestal Tokens. "Signs in sun,
moon and stars" and Aurora Borealis.
2--Terrestrial tokens, volcanoes, earth
quakes, tornadoes, electric storms, etc.
3-Social tokens, immortality, crime,
wealth, monopoly, divorces, etc.
4-Religious tokens scepticism. infidel-
ity, unbelief and worldliness In the nomi-
nal church.
5-Poiitical tokens, the movement OF
the masses for personal freedom. national
unrest and peril, and the coming strug-
gle among the nations.
6-Prophetioal tokens, the converging
lines of prophecy, and the ending OF
prophetic periods in the near future.
In this series the subject will be treat,
ed from original points of view, and en-
tirely outside the ordinary methods OF
exegesis and oritioism-ths whole backed
by indisputable facts. and leading to
positive conclusions Every one should
hear the whole series. The second dis.
course in this series will be given Sunday
at D. m.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
CURRENT COMMENT.
SCHOOL EXTRAVAGANCE.
(Springfield Union.

The schools in Providence will have to
close two weeks earlier than usual this
sum er because the appropriations are
nearly exhausted, and 1t would take
$g5, 900 to pay the teachers for the two
weeks. The school year will have to be
shortened In several other Eastern cit
for similar reasons. This leads the Bos-
ton Globe to philosophize in this manner;
OF course the situation-which is be-
coming general-is we'll understood. No
sooner are the school appropriations avail
able than the imaginations OF high-art
pedagogs soar at random among various
fantastic ideals in the realm of education.
Courses of instruction are multiplied and
anlplified. One innovation succeeds an
other, each imposing an added drain upon
the annual school appropriations, until
suddenly the unrelenting fiat OF the tax
limit clause compels an abrupt halt
After warnings and penalties enough
have followed the substitution of ornate
and snowy for sound and sober educa .
ton In the schools the existing drift
will cease. 1t seems too bad, however,
that In order to call halt an agent as
peremptory and memorable as the over
purdened tax payer should be required.
Springfield has thus far escaped the
northumberland but there is.no telling
what may happen. The school COMMITTEES
will do well to read carefully The Globes
warning.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
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The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20

Deacon Simeon.K. Murray has writ
ten very interesting history of the Con-
gregational churches of Lewiston and
Auburn. The first church in Lewiston
was organized in 1926, when the streets of
the city were three country roads. Ed
ward Little, of Portland, owned the mills
there, and in a house owned by him was
gathered In February. 1926, the council.
consisting of Rev. Edward Payson of
Portland. Rev. Philander Chase of New
Gloucester, Rev. Josiah Merrill of Otis
field and Elijah Jones of Minot, for the
purpose of organizing a Congregational
church, to be known as the first Congre-
gatlonal church of Lewiston Falls. OF
the founder of the church, Deacon Muir
ray says: In the meantime. Edward Lit.
tie, Esq. came to Lewiston Falls, (Gotf's
corner now Auburn, from Portland, a
man of sterling qualities, of uncompro-
missing principle, of generous impulses,
a decided leader in all church work aud
all benevolent work, positive Christian
gentleman"
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20

If the Republicans win a victory In
Ohio this fall 1t will be due entirely to
The feebleness OF the Democracy, and not
to their own strength, for whatever can
be done to disrupt and weaken their own
forces they appear to be doing with igreat
vigor and enthusiasm. 1t is unnecessary
to explain that there is a faotional fight
in the party. This is the usual state OF
yhings in Ohio. But it is bitterer than
usual this year and promises more mis-
chief. So far as the control of the state
convention is concerned that already ap-
pears to be settled in favor of Senator
Hanna. But the opposition which is led
by Bushnell, McKisson and Kurtz alleges
that Hanna's control has been secursd by
sharp practice, and. announces that
If Hanna wins and nominates either
Judge Nash or Col. Dougherty there will
be another convention which will put in
nomination Mayor Jones of Toledo, who
whipped both the Hsnnaites and the
Democrats in the municipal contest in
that city. In most of the states boiling
convention would get little support, but
Ohio politics are not like any other on
earth, Knifers out there do not lose
caste. The performances of Bushnell and
McKisson in the last senatorial contest
would havs ruined them politically in
almost any other state but apparently
they did them very little damage there.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20

Ward one IL very healthful locality, the
most Of 1t on high land and commanding
one Of the finest views to be found In
New England. Its residents are fine
set of people, and We feel certain the
family OF ward which has moved there
to get better school advantages. and any
other family that may follow IL, Will
not suffer in any direction.
1t does not strike us that this
occurrence or many others Of the same sort
If they should come. calls for the destruc-
tion of large, substantial and well sit
uated schoolhouse and the substitution
of structure to cost $780, or So OOo
whilesthe city is burdened witbu taxation
as IL is at present. The people of the
Park street district are not to blame for
wanting a school house as fine as any
thing in the city. but their claim for such
a building Is no better than that Of other
districts The people lin the Casoo street
district and Chestnut street district ana
Center.street district, are putting up Win
school houses far inferior to the Emerson
school, and no better than the Park street.
30 are bne peopic VI thc ahuoAeu eoAA'sSAJ.
If we are going to demolisn the Park
street school building because 1t Is not
equal to the finest in the city, we do not
see but all these other districts can just as
reasonably demand the total demolition
Of their buildings and the substitution OF
something as good as the Emerson
building. The Park street school build
ing can be, for moderate sum, put In q
condition to meet all present demands
1t can be made as healthful as any Of our
schoolhouses, and more nealthful than
good many about which there is no agi-
tation, without being RACED to the ground
and new building substituted, and in
the present condition of the city's imam
ces we think this is what should be done.
That Ii. what we have done in many other
cases without bad results. The Center street
school building was not torn down when
some:years ago there was cry that 1t was
unfit for school purposes. Nor was the
Chestnut street. They were renovated,
and have ever since apparently been Civ
ing satisfaction.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20

Hiram II. Bailey, Of Lewiston, claims
with reason that he belongs to fighting
family. His two sons, Dallos III. and
William H. Bailey, served in the Maine
Heavy artillery in the spanish war of
1898; his father. Hudson Bailey, was out
in the war Of 1912; his great grandfather
(born In Portland where the sole
monument now stands) fought in the
Revolution; and . more remote ancest, r,
Captain Joseph Bailey, was hardy mar
riner who In 1867 fitted out coast expedi-
tions against the Indians, returning with
scalps, canoes, feathers and fish as tro-
plies.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
The dispatches announces the d cath o

The dispatches announce the d cath of
sin, aged SO years. MIR. Potter was
famous man in the days before the
war, and one of the most vigorous of the
Republican members of the House Of Rep
resentatives. He was born in Augusta,
Me-, on May II, 1917. and was educated
at Phillips Exeter academy. In 1888 he
began the practice of law in East Troy,
Wisconsin. From 1857 to 1868, in the
stormy years preceding and succeeding
the outbreak OF the war, ne served in
Congress and took a leading part in the
debates. He was man of large stature,
and in the memorable fight on the floor
between Galusha Grow and Keitt, he was
an Ajax on GROWS side. In 1860, after
Owen Lovejoy's speech concerning the
assassination of his brother, Elijah Love-
Joy, by the pro-slavery mob AZ Aston, III.
Potter. who by the way was born within
twenty miles of the early home of the
Lovejoys, had heated discussion with
Roger A. Pryor, and the latter challenged
him to a duel. Potter accepted, and
using his right to name the place ana
weapons, chose bowie knives in dark
room. Pryor declined on the ground. that
such weapons were unknown to chivalry.
There was great uproar in the country
over the affair, and one day in the House
on roll call, when Potter's name was
reached, someone responded: "He is keep
ing Pryor engagement, and when
Pryor was called very soon after, the same
wag answered, 'He has gone to be made
into Potter's clay" Mr.. Potter was de-
featsd by q Democrat in 1868. Having
declined the governorship of Dakota, he
was appointed Consul General at Mon
treal and held the place from 1868 to 1865.
After that he retired "from public life,
and bias lived SO quietly that his name
and fame had largely disappeared from
the public mind.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20

1t was to be hoped that the cliffs OF
Katahdin. Names highest mountain. and
one of the grandest peaks In all the East,
would long defy the irrsverent hands OF
the lumberman. But the Ayers OF Ban
COR have lately sold the township on
which the big mountain Is situated to
Mr.. John Ross of Bangor who has for
years been noted as a mountsin7 timber
operator and has obtained such good re-
suits that he has decided to attack the
highest mountain in Maine. There Is
much good timber on the mountain.
which has hitherto been preserved by it's
inaccessability.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20

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