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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
WANTS THE OREGON TO
PREVENT INTERFERENCE

NEW YORF Feb. 26.-The Heralds
Washington correspondent sends the
following: 1t is because of his desire
to be prepared for emergencies and to
prevent interference by the moral eff
feet of a formidable naval force that
Rear Admiral Dewey sent hurry call
for the Oregon.
While officials of the department deny
that any explanation has been received
from Rear Admiral Dewey as to the
political reasons which induced him
to ask that the Oregon be sent to Man
liza at once, they make this statement
with the confidence borne of knowledge
of the situation.
In German diplomatic circles there is
disposition to resent the insinuations
which have been made that Rear Ad-
niral Dewey's call for the oregon was
based upon his apprehension that the
German government contemplated in
terfering. I was informed that the Ger
man government has given repeated
assurances that it recognized the sover-
eighty Of the United States over the
Philippines and had no intention of
committing any action respecting the
islands which would be distasteful to
has but two ships to-day in the Philip
pines-the Kaiserin Augusta and Irene
not large number when it is consid-
cred that much of the trade of the
islands is in the hands of German nler-
chants, and that besides protecting
German subjects and merchants Adj
miral Won Diedrichs has to take care
of the subjects and interests of four
other European countries.
There is disposition to believe that
Germany, at the slightest opportunity,
will land marines at Manila. AS a mat
ter of fact, was. told that German
marines would only be landed in the
event that General Otis requested such
action. According to a diplomat with
whom I talked, General Otis has an
nounced that he will provide protection
to foreign subjects and their interests.
He is therefore responsible for their
safety. Should developments occur
showing that he is unable to provide
such protection, then he may call upon
foreign admirals to land marines, or if
it becomes generally recognized that he
is unable to meet the situation then
marines may be landed merely for the
purpose of protecting immediate prop
erty of foreign residents. With such a
large force guarding Manila and sub
urbs, with reinforCementS near at
hand and with large fleet in the bay
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
GENERAL REYNOLDS
YIELDS TO DEATH
Passing of Warrior Who Performed
Valiant Service in the
Styles

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-Major Cen
eral Charles ]. Reynolds, Z. S. A, retired,
is dead, aged II years. A month ago Gen
eral Reynolds had an attack of paralysis,
which eliminated in cerebral hemor-
rhage, causing death late yesterday.
After the beginning of the civil war
Reynolds rose rapidly in rank from colo
mel of the Tenth Indiana Volunteers to
major general of volunteers. During the
time he was in command at Camp Nor
ton, Indianapolis, and the Cheat Noun
tain District w. Va. In Tennessee he
was engaged in the actions at Hovers
Gap and Chickamauga and the battle of
Chattanooga. Later he commanded the
division of New Orleans, was in COM
mand of the Nineteenth Army Corps and
assisted in organizing forces for the cap
ture of Mobile and for Gaines and Nor
gan, Mobile Harbor.
General Reynolds was later in command
of the Mississippi River from its mouth
to Memphis. He was mustered out of
the volunteer service in 1866 and reap
pointed colonel in the regular army in the
same year. He was brevetted brigadier
general in 1857 for gallant service at the
battle of Chickamauga and was in the
same year breVetted major general for
similar services at the battle at Macon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

tempts are being made to smuggle
arms and ammunition into the country
try with view to an early Carlist ris-
ing.
Ell Correspondence Militair estimates
that 44,0O0000 pesetas will be required
to cover the cost of the last two wars
in Cuba.
The committee of the Senate for the
verification of credentials has exam
ined Admiral Cervera, who had con-
tended that he was entitled to sit in
the Senate, inasmuch as criminal pro-
ceedings had not been taken against
him. The admiral declared that if the
must be attributed to the Government
which sent him to the Antilles against
his will. He told the committee that
he wept on receiving the congratula-
tions upon his safe arrival at Santiago
de Cuba, for he had foreseen disaster.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
REV. FREDERIC G.. LEE.

the legislators had had the decency to
turn it to the wall.
The Examiner article is as herewith
reproduced:
"If there is anyhere about the halls of
the Capitol at Sacramento a portrait of
have had the decency to turn its face to
the wall. Why?
Because a man is known by the COM
cannot afford at this late date to lose his
weIl-earned and time-honored reputation.
Would you look upon the full-length
portrait of patriot? Go stand before the
picture of Washington. Patriotism, no.
bility, manhood eliminated here. The
genius of Washington was the genius of
patriotism. If Plato stands for pure
thought, Demosthenes for oratory, Lin
coin for liberty, washington represents
civic devotion-which is patriotism.
"Can you picture him as a bar-room
brawIer? Can you think of him as de-
faulter? Can you imagine him bullying
or bribing or buying seat in the Senate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

financier? Yes, perhaps the latter when
he was Secretary of State. Is he de-
batter or versed in constitutional law?
for the position he fights for?
Surely the time has come when by
constitutional amendment we shall elect
our Senator'S by direct vote of the people,
and SO put it beyond the power of so
mean a man to block the affairs of state
by pointing his pistol and saying to our
representatives, Your vote or your po-
litcal lives
'Once again shall call the roll and
direct the attention of the people of the
State and of the nation to the names
Quay, Roberts, Burns But the meanest
of these three is Burns"
Thus spoke Rev. Frederic G. Lee of the
California street M. e. Church to a Call
reporter yesterday, celebrating upon his
article in the Examiner explaining his
Washington's birthday lecture, in which
the reverend gentleman said that If there
was a picture of the Father of His
Country In the State CAPITOL he hoped
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
ex7 and 9x6 Eggs in Georgia.

Last Monday Judge G, w. Smith of
the Four Hundred and First District
attended Ordinarys Court here, and
presented us with two of the largest
hen eggs we ever saw, the largest one
measuring 8 inches. and inches
around, while the other one went down
the tapecord to the tune of Sx6. This
monster hen fruit was from the poultry
yards of Messrs. j. L. and j. w. Smith
of Daisy These fine Wyandotte hens
that laid the eggs certainly had some
thing to cackle over, but then, when it
comes to fine country produce, and es-
pecially chickens and eggs, Tatnall can
crow over any county in the State
Tatnall Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
FORMER SOLDIER WOUNDED.
Army Quarrel Results in the Shoot
ing of a Kentuckian.

ASHLAND. Ky, Feb. 26-P. f. Carr,
late captain of Company L, First Ken
lucky Regiment, was shot through the
left arm at the elbow by Harry Price,
young lawyer of Catlettsburg who was a
private in Carr s company. The men met
in a saloon, the lie was passed and it is
said Price drew his pistol and fired.
Captain Carr took the. pistol from Price
and fired one shot as Price retreated up
an alley. The trouble originated while
they were in the army.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
Lord Charles Beresford,s Sunday.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Rear Admiral
Charles Beresford spent the day respond
ing to social calls upon him. He began
with a. breakfast given by Commodore
Philip, commandant at the navy yard.
Whitelaw Reid, where eX-Mayor Hewitt
also was. a guest. A part of the after
noon was devoted to calling and tonight
the admiral was guest of honor at a
dinner given by General and Mrs. Lloyd
Brice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
Austrian Statesman Dead.

VIENNA, Feb. 26.-Count Jean Bernard
Rocheburg- Rothenlowen, the distin
guished Austrian statesman. formerly Min
lister of Foreign Affairs and the incum-
bent of other important administrative
posts under Emperor Francis Joseph, died
TODAY in his ninetY-third year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
One New Smallpox Case.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26.-One new case
of smallpox was found in this city to-day
and in district not known or thought to
be infected. The victim is a woman re-
siding at 1923 Easton street. There are
several suspected cases being closely
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
Epidemic of Meningitis.

FORT WORTH. Tex. Feb. 26.-Texas is
passing through an alarming epidemic of
meningitis. Thirty deaths from the dis
ease have occurred in this city in the past
week, and reports from the country towns
give a similar situation. Many schools
have been closed on account of the ravages
of the disease
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
No Lives We're Lost.

MUNCIE, Ind, Feb 26.-Nobody was
Injured in the fire in a two-story tenement
house near the factory districts in this
city that occurred this morning at 2:30
o'clock It was first reported that twelve
people had been burned
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
VIII Not Name Roosevelt.

NEW YORK, Feb 26-The Herald's
Washington correspondent telegraphs: It
is absolutely untrue that the President
has any idea of appointing Governor
Roosevelt Secretary OF War, or that the
colonel of the Rough Riders has any in
tention of accepting such an appointment
If ii were offered to him
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
Sunday Baseball Games.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 26-The Sacra-
mento Gilt Edges defeated the Athletics
of San FRANCISCO to-day, the score being
to 3.
SAN JOSE. Feb. 26-To-day the Santa
Clara College first team defeated the I'm
perialists of San Francisco by a score of
Is to 8.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
ADMIRAL CERVERA HAD
FORESEEN DISASTER

MADRID, Feb. 26.-The newspapers
are urging the Government to maintain
its precautions against Carlist activity.
especially upon the frontier, where at
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

NEWARK, Feb. 26. = Coursing at
Newark Park is at an end. The revenue
man has decided that no liquor can be
sold on the grounds without license and
the managers cannot make the park pay
without a saloon, so the park has been
closed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
Mrs. Logan Seriously III.

CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-The Times-Herald's
Washington special says: Mrs. John A
Logan is seriously i'll at her home in this
city. She is suffering from an attack of
la grippe. She has been unable to leave
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
INDIANS QUARREL
AND ONE IS DEAD
TWO Others Seriously Wounded
in an ARRAY in Grove Near
SebastopOl.

26.An
Two wereb
the guilty
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

feet among the other islands, which,
though not entirely convinced, are. in
General Miller's opinion, open to rea-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
Pears

Unless you have used Pears
soap you probably do not know
what we mean by a soap with
no free fat or alkali in it-noth-
ing but soap.
The more purely negative soap
is, the nearer does it approach
perfection.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
No coursing at Newark.

her room for more than week, and this
causes much alarm.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

brought the news that the American
flag had been raised over the island Of
Cebu, the United States gunboat Pc
trel, Commander c. Cornwell, visited
Cebu on February % Commander Corn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

DLEASE state that my object is not
Ito talk politics in the sense of par
tisanship. The pulpit and the minis
- try should never be thus degraded;
1t is the duty of the church, through its
ministry, to take high grounds and give
forth no uncertain sounds along the lines
of truth. purity and righteousness. There
is right and wrong, good and a bad
side in affairs of state as well as in af-
fairs of business and religion. Nothing
can be practically right that is morally
wrong. and the political evils of our day
are moral evils.
Bribery, theft, fraud, drunkenness,
immortality. Is the preacher of the
gospel who says thou shalt not steal, lie,
bear false Witness to hold his peace?
If he is to cry aloud and warn men against
stealing, lying, bribe-taking. and the
political offender in all these things is to
be exempt, then / and every other
minister of the gospel, priest and bishop
should lay down our credentials, for, like
Othello, our occupation is gone.
rs there any difference between steal
ing sheep and stealing votes? Yet we are
so mixed in our ethics that the man who
steals cattle is sent to San Quentin, while
the man who steals votes by bribery and
political knock out drops is sent to
Sacramento and Washington. Now
which is the greater criminal? Which
of the twain is more dangerous to So
ciety?
Representatives and Senators in the
Legislature assembled at Sacramento,
hear me, You cannot show any respect
for yourself Or your party by voting for
q man alive physically. but morally dead
and politically corrupt to the core The
worth and the strength of nation de-
pend far less upon It's form of govern
ment than upon the character of its men.
National prosperity and progress Is the
sum of individual industry, energy and
uprightness. while national decay is in
dividual idleness, vice and selishness.
II ask the question that The Call asked
some time ago. What has this man Burns
ever done in public or private life that he
should pose as fit person TO represent
our State in the United States, Senate?
Has he marked ability as q statesman or
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

) VI there is anywhere about
. the halls of the Capitol at
kSacramento portrait of the
father of his country, I hope
they have had the decency to
. turn its face to the wal.
!, Whyp
3 Because man is known by
the company he keeps, and
? George Washington cannot af-
: ford at this late date to lose
his well-earned and time-hon-
ored reputation.
Would you look upon the
: full-length portrait of a pa
triorp Go stand before the
picture Of Washington. Pat
3 riotism, nobility, man
. hood eliminated here. The
genius of Washington was the
: genius Of patriotism. IF Plato
stands for pure thought, De-
. mosthenes for oratory, Lin
! coin for liberty, Washington
3 represents civic devotion
which is patriotism.
Can you picture. him as a
, barroom brawlerp Can you
think of him as a defaulterP
: Can you imagine him bully
3 ing, or bribing, or buying a
seat in the Senate, though in
possession of all the mines in
MexicoP
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

The man who first made steel pens got
81 apiece for them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
floods SaadabaaAS

Hoods Pills cure liver ills; the non-irritat-
ing and only cathartio to take with Hoods
Sarsapar illa.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
FIGHT OF
INSURGENTS
ABOUT MANILA

Continued from First Page.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27

ID give us men! A time like this demands
rong minds, great hearts. truth faith and
ready hands.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-05
The Chicago Election.

OF the three nominees for mayor of
Chicago voted upon yesterday none
measured up To the highest require
ments but of the three the one elected
was decidedly the best. Carter HarrI-
son in politics is Democrat, and that
is against him. He is also a spoiis-
man, and that is not much better. He
has the misfortune (or shall we say
good fortune) to be popular with the
sporting element, which is a large one
In Chicago, and hence arises the cry
that politically he is a creature of the
saloons. But on the other hand he
has shown a good deal of his father q
grit in blocking schemes to turn the
city over to pillage; he has been an
affable, approachable and level-headed
mayor and he has won the signal
honor of being marked for slaughter
by the franchise grabbers who could
not use him i'm their crooked business.
In the great Chicago fight against
the Yerkes street railway combination
which captured the Republican party
Organization in Cook county, elected
John II. Tanner governor, gained con-
troll of the state legislature. at Spciny-
Aeld, passed the notorious ~Allen bill
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-05
Proof of England's Good Will.

The Washington correspondent Of
the st. Louis Democrat has
obtained confirmation of the recent re-
port that the British government had
authorized it's ambassador at our cap
ital, Sir Julian Pauncefote, to inform
the president of it's willingness to
abrogate the Clayton -Bulwer treaty
which stood in the way Of American
contro. of the Nicaragua canal. But
that was not all. At the same time
Sir Julian was authorized to say that
if the United States desired the repeal
of the Rush-Bagot convention FORBID
ding the construction of war ships on
the great lakes England would not
object.
The Clayton -Bulwer treaty came
about as follows: In 1S49, during the
rush of gold seekers from the Eastern
states to California, the United States
entered into a treaty with Nicaragua
for the opening of a ship canal from
Greytown, on the Atlantic coast, 10
the rGiific coast, by way of the Lake
OF Nicaragua. At that time, how
ever, Greytown was virtually oc-
cupied by British settlers. The whole
eastern coast was occupied by the
Mosquito Indians, over whom the Brit
ish government claimed to exercise Il
protectorate. This contention was dis
puted by the United States, but, as
any attempt to force a canal through
the Mosquito county might precipitate
a war, United States Secretary OF
State Clayton asked British Minister
Bulwer at Washington, TO withdraw
the British pretensions This the Brit
ish government declined to do, but
agreed to enter into a treaty for A
joint (Anglo-A -American) protectorate
over the proposed canal. This agree
ment was signed at Washington April
19, 1850, and ratfications were ex-
changed on the Fourth Of July follow
ing, and is commonly known as the
Clayton -Bulwer treaty. It's language
in the first article is as follows: "The
governments Of the United States and
Great Britain hereby declare that
| neither the one nor the other will ever
obtain or maintain for itself any ex-
elusive control over the said ship
canal: agreeing that neither will ever
| erect or maintain any fortifications
| commanding the same or in the vicin-
| ity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or
colonize, or assume or exercise, any
dominion over Nicaragua. Costa Rica,
| the Mosquito coast, or any part OF
| Central America, nor will either make
use of any protection which either
affords, or may afford, or any alliance
which either has or may have to OF
with any state or people for the pur-
pose of erecting or maintaining any
such fortihcations or Of occupying, for,
tifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa
Rica the Mosquito coast, or any parI
of Central America. or Of assuming OF
! exercising dominion over the sams. nSl
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-05
THE INFALLIBLE MAN.

There was a man who never made
blunder in his life:
He loved a girl, but was afraid
If she became his wife
That he or she might rue the day
That brought them bliss, and so
He put the happiness away
That welded lovers know.
One day the man who never made
Mistakes perceived the way
That led to fame, but still afraid
Drew back and stole away;
He Stunned the winding paths that led
To distant, unseen ends,
And kept the road that stretched ahead
With neither sleeps nor bends.
At last the man who never made
Mistakes fell by the way;
In garments that were badly frayed,
And pale and starved he lay;
No weeping friend bent o'er him there,
Nor servant, child nor wife;
But victory was his-he ne'er
Had blundered in his life.
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-05
Declaring American Intentions.


The proclamation of the Philippine
commission recites nothing which has
been unknown in this country but It's
declaration of American intentions in
categorical form exposes the hollowness
of the sentimental objections which
have been raised to the nations pres
ent procedure in the Far East Liberty
in the truest sense is the American pro-
programme; liberty but not license;
equality in place of favoritism before
the law; honest application of revenues
to local needs; release from inherited
prejudices and oppression; in short,
encouragement and help toward the
highest planes of possible achievement
individual and collective. Where there
is government there must be response
bility and this the United States pro-
poses to assume. Conversely, Where
there is responsibility there must be
government, and this the United states
will esablish over all opposition. But
once established, the benefits will be
free to all; the American programme
provides no place for pillage or mon
opoly.
independence for the conglomerate
races inhabiting the Philippines is
dream of the far off future. In polit-
ical sense the proclamation wisely
holds out no delusive inducements. Not
q word is said concerning the contin-
gency, so freely mooted in America,
when the American flag will be furled
and the ensign of the affranchised Fill
ipino republic substituted in its stead
The commission on the ground sees
that such a contingency is not worth
considering at this time. 1t recognizes,
however, that the natives have been
misinformed; that nefarious lying has
taken place among them; that their
imaginations have been inflamed and
their heads swelled with false represen-
tation and ignorant flattery; and it
proceeds as best it may to dispel these
wrong impressions and to make plain
the American governments honorable
and humane intent. The proclamation,
coming on top of a first-class drubbing,
will command attention and simplify
the problem. II should also put to
blush these doubling Thomases at home
who have perslstently encouraged the
misguided Filipinos in their unjust dis
trust.