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The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
NEGROTES ACCEPT
AMERICAN RULE

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett.
MANILA, May 27.-President Lacson
and the members of the Cabinet of the
insurrectionists on the island of Negros
have signed and issued proclamation,
fully accepting the constitution pre-
pared by General Smiths commission,
acting in conjunction with themselves.
The constitution is similar to that
which had been offered to the warning
Filipinos on the island of Luzon. The
instrument confers upon the people the
power of electing executive and judicial
officers and members of the legislative
branches. The proclamation concludes
thus
1--WE are thus governed by ourselves
under the wise guidance of the great
American Republic. To all the inhabit-
ants of the Island of Negros is given
equality before the law"
1t is believed that the island will set
tie down peacefully under the new
regime.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
PROTESTS AGAINST
DISSERTATION OF TOMB
So John Morley Will Oppose the
Proposed Big Grant to Lord
Kitchener

NEW YORK, May N.-A cable to the
World from London says: AS the protest
against the desecration of the Mahdi's
tomb, John Morley will oppose the grant
of $3.50 900 to Lord Kitchener when 1t is
proposed in Parliament next week. Mr.
Morley says:
1.-The Mahdi was an Arab who eighteen
or twenty years ago headed the rising
Egyptian Government of those days. He
was the man who slew our General Cor
don.
''Well now after the victory in Septem-
ber last the men, acting under British
command, dug up the moldering corpse
of this dead enemy of ours; they hacked
tore off his head, they threw the rest
of the grewsome remains into the Nile,
and according to an artilleryman who
has told this story, they carried the head
into gunboat and put it into an empty
kerosene can. 1t remained there some
days. Then the British officers came and
said. Let us see the head and, said the
artilleryman, We took a part of his
beard, indeed 1 have got bit of it my
self We now understand that the Nah
dis head is buried at Wady Halfa. This
is the story.
quite true or that the head of this trophy
of our dead enemy was put into a wooden
box and sent to England and then fetched
back. | have said in the House of Com
mons that this desecration of the grave
of an enemy and this treatment of the
trophy is revolving in itself and reflects
no honor upon either the good sense or
and it reflects disgrace upon the British
name.'
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
ADVENTURER SLAIN AND
MUTILATED BY REBELS

LOS ANGELES, May 27.-Details
have been received in this city of the
death of George Ryan, a boy advent
urer and soldier of fortune, who was
shot by insurgents in the Philippines
while digging up money buried near
Manila by a Chinese. The body of
Ryan was lashed to raft bv the ma
tives and was seen floating down a
river and recovered by the American
troops. 1t was identified by DR.. Samuel
Karr, who went to Manila from Homo
lulu on the vessel that carried Ryan.
At the time the advices received in this
city were written all that was mortal
of the young adventurer lay on a slab
in the Manila Morgue; mute evidence
of the ferocity and barbarism of the
insurgents. Both of the arms had been
cut off and the body was otherwise
mutilated.
Ryan was 25 years of age and Ken
tuckian b. birth. When a mere boy he
had drifted to San Francisco, where he
became a newsboy and blacked shoes
at champion" Lyons stand on Market
street. AS a youngster it was his boast
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
CHOKES OUT HIS LIFE
WITH BALiNG ROPE
Henry Ramke, a Laborer, Commits
Suicide by Hanging on a Farm
Near Woodland.

WOODLAND, May N.-Henry Ramke
committed suicide by hanging on the By
ron Jackson farm, southwest of Wood
land. between and O'Clock this morn
ing He used baling rope with which to
strangle himself, and the deed was con-
summated in one Of the big barns on the
place. He evidently stood upon an or
dinary fruit box TO throw the rope over a
beam and adjust it about his neck, as the
box was found just back of him and his
feet were within three or four inches of
the ground When found he had evidently
been dead about an hour and his body was
not vet cold. He was dressed in his work
ing clothes, and his hat was picked up
from the floor of the barn. There was no
evidence of any struggle.
In one of his pockets was found a note
1t was not addressed to any particular
person The first sentence read, II m
tired of living; please don't think me
crazy" Then followed some writing
which was not Ineligible. The conclud-
ing sentence was as follows, Sell my
clothes and give me decent buriali
Henry Ramke was native OF Denmark
and So years of age. He had lived in the
United States ever since he was 10 years
of age, with the exception of year and
half spent in South America as a MEM
Der of railroad surveying party. About
nine months ago he was employed by G.
II. Hecke, foreman of the Byron Jackson
farm. Mr.. Hecke was so well pleased
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
ARBITRATION URGED
BY THE ENGLISH

LONDON, May q. = The holidays
have brought stagnation in politics.
Most of public attention has been di-
rected to The Hague Peace Conference
and the Anglo-American Commission
The papers warmly approve of the
unison of the work with the American
and British delegates at the confer
ence, and interest in it is quickened by
the prominence unexpectedly given to
the arbitration question, especially in
view of NJ. de Stalls speech revising
the order of the points submitted from
that of the circular of the Russian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count
Muraveffe, giving arbitration the first
place and making only a minor refer
ence to disarmament, which was at
first blazoned as the main purpose CT
the conference. The Cars scheme,
presented on Friday is very elaborate
and detailed, while the American pro-
ject is attractive by it's businesslike
brevity and simplicity. The Daily News
correspondent at The Hague says it ap-
pears to give a satisfactory solution
of the problem presented by the Car,
and that Great Britain, of course, will
support the American project.
The scheme of Professor Martens,
professor of international law at the
University of ST. Petersburg and arbi-
traitor of the Anglo-Venezuelan Arbi-
tration Commission is said to contain
the code of procedure which will be
adopted by the Venezuelan arbitration
tribunal at any rate. Three of the five
judges have decided to conduct the
trial under it's rule when the tribunal
meets in Paris.
Referring to the proposal which the
American delegates are now pressing to
exempt all private property at sea from
capture, the Daily Chronicle presents
the British view in saying: "The mat
ter is grave. AS many contend. Great
Britain yielded more than was wise
when she accepted even the Paris rule.
However, the House of Commons has
always declined to countenance any
idea of withdrawal, and if America will
come in and sign the declaration, which
she practically invoked in the Spanish
war, it will be a material advance in
the humanizing of war, and England
might well reaffirm the rule and abso-
lutely bind herself in the future
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
CRowDING THE STEAMSHIPS.
Gold Seekers Eager to Engage Pas
sage From San Diego.

SAN DIEGO, May 27.-There will be
a rush to the big placers of the Sierra
Pintada Range in spite of everything
More attention was paid to the mines
to-day in this city than yesterday, and
yesterday witnessed more excitement
than on the day previous. Interest in
the diggings continues to increase. I'm
less something unexpected happens
Monday will witness even greater ex-
citement and more names enrolled on
the lists OF schooners and steamers
soon to sail for Ascension Bay. Late
this evening Manager Packard of the
Lower California Development Com
pany telegraphed to Agent Louis Men
delson in this city that the steamer ST.
Denis would sail from San Diego for
Ascension on June / and that berths up
to the full limit of the steamer could
be sold. The st. Denis has accommoda-
tions for thirty-five first-cIass passen-
gers and Agent Mendelson says sew
eral hundred tickets for Ascension
could be sold if there were adequate
transportation facilities. He is receiving
telegraphic and telephone inquiries
from all over the southern part of the
Ascension.
The fact that Manager Packard has
ordered the st. Denis to sail from here
for Ascension on June l is taken to in
dicate that favorable news has been
received at Ensenada from the mines,
though he said nothing about it in his
telegram to Agent Mendelson.
The schooner Santa Barbara, which
is expected to bring definite and full
information concerning the placers, is
about due at Ensenada, but up to 500
o'clock this evening, when the tele-
graph office at Ensenada closed, she had
not put in an appearance. 1t is not i'm
probable however, that the Santa Bar
bara put in at San Quintin this even
ing, and that news of her was received
at Ensenada by telephone from San
Quintin. The telegraph office at En-
senado is not open at night
1t is considered as suggestive of good
news that the schedule of the st. Denis
has been changed so as to send her
down on the 1st instead of the 18th, as
was intended up to to-day
The schooner Anita has thirty-five
passengers already booked for Ascen-
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
OTIS WOULD
KEEP THEM
SIX MONTHS
Macabebes Ask for Arms
With Which to Fight
the Tagallos.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NN ANILA, May 27. - Major
V u General Otis has issued or
ders inviting volunteers to re-enlist
for six months, according to the act
of Congress bearing on the matter.
General Macarthur is in favor of the
experiment of enlisting the Macabebes
against their old enemies, the Tagals
a delegation of the leading MacabebeS
has visited the general, and its spokes-
man read an address assuring the
American Commissioners of the friend
ship of the Macabebes and of their will
ingness to transfer their allegiance
from Spain to the United States. They
complained that the Tagals murdered
them and burned their villages, and
they asked to be protected and given
arms to protect themselves. The Maca-
bebes have greatly assisted in posting
the Americans on the country and the
positions of the enemy. General Mac
Arthur would arm a hundred of these
men and make them scouts, and if the
experiment proved successful he would
enlist more.
The United States transport Morgan
City, which left San Francisco April %,
with 600 recruits for various regiments
here on board, has arrived and will pro-
ceed to Iloilo
Major A A. Diggles of the Thirteenth
Minnesota Regiment, who was wounded
in the head while accommodating on
May at point near San Miguel, and
who was brought to hospital here, is
dead.
T
tons staff has been appointed collector
of
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
THAMES ENTRANCE
RAPIDLY CHOKING UP
Alarming Discovery Made That Ships
Will Soon Be Unable to
Reach london

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted. 1899. by James Cor
don Bennett
LONDON, May 27.-Another very
alarming discovery has just been made
public 1t is that the entrance to the
Thames is choking UP and that all the
power of man cannot stop it, This Is no
fairy tale invented by an alarmist by the
aid of Juggling with figures, but is a
hard, cold fact, published in the annual
report of the admiralty photographers
which says that the Duke of Edinburgh
Channel, which is the principal passage
into the Thames for heavy vessels, has
since 1882 been reduced from one and a
half to half a mile. The Trinity House
authorities are very much exercised about
the matter which it is admitted cannot
be controlled by works, and thus arises
the question, what will London do without
the Thames or the shipping that it brings
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

that he shined the shoes of King kala-
kaua and received So for the job.
About thirteen years ago young Ryan
slowed himself away on an Australian
liner and made his way to Honolulu.
He began selling papers in the Ha-
waiian capital and soon became a
favorite. The revenue ne derived from
bootblack stand he set up soon yield
ed him sufficient to enable him to en-
bark in more genteel pursuits.
When Queen Liliuokalani disagreed
with her Cabinet in January, 1893, and
the white residents of the islands
formed a provincial army, he was one
of the first to enlist. When the gov
ernment of Liliuokalani was over
thrown he obtained Kalakaua's crown
and relieved it of it's numerous pre-
cious stones. For this he was arrested,
tried and sentenced to several years
Imprisonment. He served his time and
kept the hiding place of the gems Sc
cret. When he was released he estab-
lished himself in business in Honolulu.
He had not lost prestige because of the
theft of the jewels, for, strange to say,
the swords and plate of the Hawaiian
dynasty has disappeared at the time
he took the crown.
When the Spanish-American war
broke out Ryan wished to enlist in the
American army, but could not get a
chance to come to the United States.
Then the Government commenced
sending troops to Manila and he went
in one of the first vessels as a stow
away. He went to work for a friend at
Cavite and when the trouble with the
insurgents broke out he donned a uni
form. He took part in several engage
ments, but his passion for covertly OBJ
tanning wealth led him beyond the
lines, whittier he went with the inten-
ton of obtaining treasure buried by a
Chinese who had fled into the city at
the outbreak of hostilities. He was sur
rounded by insurgents while digging
for the treasure and his death and the
mutilation of his body followed.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
CAR AND
POPE NOT
IN ACCORD
Story Of the Recall of the
Russian Minister to the
Holy See.
WOES OF TCHERIKOF
Informed the St. Petersburg Gov
ernment That His Position
Was 1ntolerable.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

7 ONDON, May 27.-St.
- Petersburg advices con
firm what is already pretty we'll
understood at the Vatican-that
Tcherikof, Russian Minister to
the Holy See, will not return to
Rome, and if the Cars present
temper continues he will not be
represented at the Vatican again.
Before leaving on a so-ca1led six
months leave Tcherikof had an
audience with the Pope. For
several months previously he
vainly asked for an audience, but
no notice was taken of his re-
quests.
Finally he bluntly inquired of
Cardinal Rampolla what it
meant, and the Papal Secretary
of State informed him that as the
Gar ignored the Pontiff's S sover-
eign rights by emitting to ask
him to send delegates to the dis
armament. conference, his Holi-
ness did not feel called upon to
receive his Majesty's representa-
tive Icherikof thereupon in
formed his Government that his
position was intolerable and
begged to be recalled. The result
was the six months leave.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

with him that he put. him in charge of
a force of men employed in the orchard
He was very Industrious man and appa-
rently conscientious in the discharge of
his duties. He was man of fair intel
ligence and talked nationally on all sub
jects except one. He seemed to harbor a
fear that people would believe him crazy.
He confded in Mr.. Hecke a hallucination
that the police were trying to appre-
hend him on a suspicion of insanity. Mr..
Hecke's conversations with him did not
impress him with the idea that this hal
lucination would influence him to do any
thing desperate.
Mr. Hecke last saw Ramke alive about
o'clock Friday evening. He was appa-
rently in his usual health and spirits.
RamlSe arose from bed about $3.50 o'clock
this morning. Other laborers who slept
in the same apartments inquired why he
was getting up so early. He replied that
he had three horses to care for, which
made it necessary for him to get out
early. At fifteen minutes past the men
were called to breakfast. Ramke did
not put in an appearance. After waiting
a few minutes Mr. Hecke concluded to in
Vestigate the cause of his absence. After
a brief search the unfortunate man was
found hanging in the barn and dead as
above described.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
THE CUBANS MUST
SURRENDER ARMS
If They Do Not Take Money Now
They Will Be Given
Nothing.

NEW YORK, May pa Washington
special to the Herald says: Little con-
cern is felt in administration circles at
the failure of the Cubans to appear be-
fore the American authorities and re-
ceive in exchange for their arms and
equipments the SIS allotted them as a.
result Of the conference getween Gener-
ais Brooke and Gomez. The equanimity
of the authorities over the matter is en-
tirely due TO dispatch recently re-
ceived from General Brooke General
Brooke stated in this message that if
the Cubans did not care to accept the
money he would send it promptly back
to the United States and that he felt
sure he could take care of the situation
even if the men did retain their arms
Satisfied with General Brooke's conf
dence, the authorities are not at all dis
turbed by the reports of the failure of
the Cubans to appear. The explanation
that but few of the enlisted men of the
Cuban army live in Havana is regarded
by officials as the sole reason for their
failure to put in an appearance and
collect the gratuity due them.
Another reason, perhaps, why tho au-
thorities are satisfied that there will be
no trouble is the fact that this Govern
ment has an excellent force in the is
land which, even in case of refusal of
the insurgents to turn in their arms,
could handle them.
Should General Brooke find it neces-
sary to return the money to the United
States it is expected he will take meas
ures for relieving the Cubans of their
arms and equipments and they will re-
ceive nothing in return for them.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

7 OS ANGELES, May &c. c.
Pursley, a mining man, has ar
rived here after a stay of eight
Il cen months in Lower Califor-
MIA and gives glowing accounts
Of the wealth of the new placer dig
gings in the San Rogue district, 300
miles south of Ensenada.
L have been prospecting in the coun-
try for a long time" he said this morn
ing, but have only lately paid atten-
tion TO anything but quartz. I have
several claims in the new diggings and
Will return tomorrow to look after
them: they are worth looking after,
for the gold is there. Some of the dirt,
and a good deal of it, runs $50 to the
yard, and the whole district is wonder
fully rich. The gold is coarse and the
gravel contains a world of nuggets,
more than I ever saw in any other
placer diggings. In fact. many of them
are as large as marbles. The diggings
are really not new, having been worked
in a haphazard manner by the Indians
for nearly 200 years. The secret of the
rich diggings was known to few if any
outside of the Mexicans and Indians on
the spot, and they say little or nothing.
1ueIE IL IO uucSAiOlA VI tic wealth. VI
the new district. I have seen the gold.
1t is coming out of the country in a
steady stream, and there is plenty yet
to come"
Speaking of the lack of water. Mr..
Pursley said that it could be found
nearly anywhere in the district a few
feet below the surface, and added, what
will be of interest to the man with
little money, that the country was one
of the cheapest in the world in which
to live. He is enthusiastic over the new
field and says it is a ''first-class all
round proposition"
J. R. Southworld, who has just re-
turned from Ensenada, says that he
was informed by Don Ismael Sanchez.
Federal Inspector of Colonies. that the
Sierra Pintada placers were twenty
eight miles in length and sixteen miles
wide. They run in a nOrthwesterly and
southeasterly direction. On the east
ern side of the range, according to the
inspector, new placers have been found
that have not yet been prospected be-
yond a mere scratching.
Dr. Frizell, representing Charles Fair
of San Francisco, is going down on
chartered schooner.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
T AVANA, Cuba. May 27.-Eleven
i Cuban soldiers applied for their
share of the 5000, 600 provided

/ ANANA, Cuba, May 27.-EleVen
IL Cuban soldiers applied for their
share of the s., 600, ,000 provided
i i by the United States at the dis
tributing station here to-day.
Seven were paid. Three We're not on
the list and one was not identified.
None turned over his arms, five out of
the seven having been servants in the
army. The other two said they had
given their arms to General Gomez.
Colonel Randall took their word for
this, asking for no receipt Colonel
Randall seemed inclined not to attach
much Importance to the disposition Of
the arms, saying that if the men could
prove they had been in the army in
any capacity he would paw them.
The distribution office remained open
until o'clock this afternoon. At 6
o'clock nine soldiers with rifles applied
for money and were told to come to-
morrow. Colonel Cespedes says the
soldiers are not thoroughly informed as
to the time and place of distribution
and he expects a larger number will
accept the money tomorrow and give
up their arms.
The society of Veterans of Independ-
ence, which is anti-Gomez, claims a
great victory tonight It's members
say that nine -tenths of the whole army
will refuse the money, and go home
with their arms. General Gomez is US
ing every effort to have the soldiers
disarm. He tells them to refuse the
money if they wish, but to return home
as peaceful citizens
10 nc IN
on all residents of the island, Cubans
and Spaniards. to unite and work for
Cuban independence.
Colonel Randall has 4317 names of SOL
diers to receive money at this distribut-
ing station. He says it is doubtful if
fifty respond. AS yet the Cubans have
not turned over any arms to the Mayors
or the civil Governor of this province
The soldiers at Guanabacoa and Ma
tanzas are making preparations to-day
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
MRS. STORKE ON TRIAL.
Accused of Having Sent Libelous
Matter Through the Mails.

SANTA BARBARA, May N.-The trial
of Yda Adds Storke, charged with the
sending of libelous matter through the
mails will begin in the Superior Court
on Monday. Because of the prominence
the case and the hard fight that Mrs
Storke is preparing to make, there is
much interest in the trial. Handwriting
Expert Ames is summoned as witness.
Mrs. Storke has gained some prominence
as literary worker and has been on the
staff of several newspapers Of Southern
California,
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
VAIN ATTEMPTS TO
FLOAT THE PARIS
Now the Chances Are That the
Stranded Steamer Will Remain
on the Rocks.

FALMOUTH, May H.-Another supreme
effort to float the Paris was made this
evening, but resulted in failure. Six tugs
We're made fast to the steamers hawsers
and anchors were put out astern, the
chains from which were attached to the
steam winches on the stranded steamer
The propellers of the Paris were driven at
full steam astern, but the efforts were un-
availing. After an hours straining, the
abandoned until tomorrow evening. The
hope of floating the Paris is growing
faint.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
SEAMEN
APPRECIATE
CALL FILES
U. S. S. OREGON.

Manila, P. l., April %, 1899
Sir: 1 beg to thank you for the
files of The Call which you have
so kindly sent to the Oregon.
The papers are greatly appre-
ciated by the officers and men.
Very respectfully,
A S. BARKER,
Captain, U. S. N, Commanding.
Managing Editor, San Fran
cisco Call.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

sion Bay and will sail on Monday after
noon at o'clock, arriving at Ascen-
sion about the 9Th Provisions and min
ing implements have been stored in her
hold to it's full capacity.
The schooner Acme will sail Tuesday
with supplies and several passengers.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
More Stories of the Richness
of the Baja California
Placers.
MINERS FLOCKINC IN
A Man Who Has Been There Says
That It Is a Poor Mans
Country.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

There IS no question OF the
wealth of the new district.
have seen the gold It's coming
out of the country m steady
stream, and there IS plenty yet to
come. '-Extract from an inter-
view with q recent ARRIVAL from the
new piqcerS IN Lower California.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

to return home with their arms The
chiefs have them completely in control
and have turned them against Gomez.