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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11
C0LWELL GUILTY OF
HIGHWAY ROBBERY

SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 10-The trial of
Victor ]. Colwell for robbing the stage
plying between this city and Bolinas was
ended to-day, and the case went to the
jury at p. m. AT a late hour the Jury
returned a verdict of guilty Attorney
Cochrane had a number of witnesses on the
stand in the morning and during the great
er part of the afternoon in an endeavor to
bolster up the insanity plea, and a few
witnesses were called by District Attor-
ney McISaac in rebuttal
ColWelFs $ parents, sister and brother tes-
titled that he had for years been afflicted
with melancholia. ana was irresponsible
for his actions. Fred Johnson and others
testified that he acted in a peculiar man
ner prior to the commission of the crime
Ex-Sheriff Harrison and several others
said he appeared perfectly rational when
placed under arrest
Both District Attorney McIsaac and At
torney d: w. Ryan made good arguments
for the State, and Attorney Cochrane con-
sumed a good deal of time in an effort to
show that Colwell should not be held re-
sponsible for the robbery. Judge Angel
lottfs charge. to the jury was eminently
fair, and the fate of the young bandit was
left in their hands at % clock
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SWAN THROUGH A
GALE-SWEPT SEA
Desperate Struggle of
Wrecked Men.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Feb. 10.-A ter
rible tale of the sea was brought to
this port to-day. 1t relates to the mar
row escape of four men from drowning
in English Bay, two miles from here,
and of the probable death of one of
them from the effects of his thrilling
experience.
On Wednesday, last August Nelson
and Peter and Ed Corfield of this city,
accompanied by a man named Oscar,
set out in a sixteen-foots sailboat for
Eagle Harbor, up Howe Sound. Little
wind was blowing, but quite a sea was
running and snow fell occasionally.
Corfield has a ranch at Eagle Harbor
and for this the four men were bound.
They ran out of the narrows with little
difficulty, but when between the Capt.
lano and Pilot Cove huge sea struck
the boat and it rapidly filled with
water. Then a second and third sea
dashed over the bow and the boat was
capsiZed about a quarter of a mile from
shore. go 5s.tts st.fS. tl
1t was then dark and in the desperate
battle for life in the ehoppy sea the
wrecked men became separated. All
were powerful swimmers, but the tide
was against them and when, after a
long struggle, they finally reached
shore, they were half dead from cold
Peter Corfield crawled up a steep
bank and heard his friends shouting
for assistance out in the water He
could offer no help, and, as he thought,
left them to their fate. Travelling all
night he found two of them the next
morning on a ranch up the coast, very
III from their awful experience.
Ed Corf1eld and Oscar were missing
Search was made for them and Oscar
was discovered at noon lying in a shall
low stream in a ravine unconscious. He
recovered sufficiently to say that he
got separated from Ed Corfield on a
mountain side and then fell down the
rayine, lying insensible from about 9
o'clock on Wednesday night until
found at noon the following day. He
had struck rock in his fall and knew
nothing afterward.
Ed Corf1eld, Oscar thinks, strayed into
the mountains during the binding
snowstorm and perished. Large search
ing parties were out all day, but could
get no trace of the missing man. Search
will be resumed tomorrow, but the
friends of Corfield have given up hope.
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COLLECTING THE
EVIDENCE FOR THE
COURT OF INQUIRY
Both General Miles and the Com
missary Department Are
Working Theoretically.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-A Washing
ton special to the Herald says: Major
General Miles, in anticipation of the
assembling Of the court of inquiry on
the beef scandal, is collecting all re-
ports and data in his possession for
submission to that body. Though the
court was ordered to investigate Ger
tain allegations of the major general
commanding the army" his friends as
sert that the precept Of the court is in
correct and that he never made any
direct allegations that supplies fur
nished to troops were unfit for issue.
He simply told the War Commission
that he had received reports from Of
ficers and men unanimously condemn
ing the beef and canned meat. But he
will make no objection to the precept Of
the court and will endeavor. to con-
vince them that meat supplied to the
army was generally bad. According to
an official familiar with the scope of
the court of inquiry's present work, it
will be to ascertain who made the con-
tracts for beef and canned meats, what
were the character of the contracts,
and if they could be fulfilled without
the necessity of using preservatives to
keep beef in a tropical climate, who in
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spected the beef, who received the
beef, and, lastly, who is responsible If
1t should be found that the ''allega-
tions made by the commanding gen.
eral'' should be substantiated and what
further proceedings shall be instituted.
The commissary generals depart
ment is also preparing a mass of ev1-
dence which will be submitted to the
court. Both the testimony of General
Miles and Of the commissary depart
ment will consist in the main of official
reports, and both will be voluminous.
General Eagan is still at the War De-
partment, denying himself to all visit
ors except personal friends. He is
now relieved Of the routine work of his
office, which is being transacted by
his assistants, and is free to devote
himself to correlating information in
his possession for presentation to the
court
Colonel Weston, who was appointed
acting commissary general when Gen
eral Eagan was called to answer the
charges preferred against him before
the court martial, is still in New York.
The last news of him received at the
department was that he had recovered
from severe spell of illness that re-
suited from his exposure during the
Cuban campaign, but was now on
crutches with a return of a severe at
tack of sciatica contracted in active
service long ago in the West.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11

POLICY IS
DENOUNCED
Growing Deficit Of Nation
Causes Pointed Talk
i'm House.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

clared, no solitary man in the country,
or dozen men, in fact, had done so much
Speaker. He suppressed debate in the
House, had stified the sentiments and
consciences of members. President Nc
kinley. If he had been here. had not dared
to do SO much, The waters had been
damned up. until the flood was inevita-
Bile. AT last indignation throughout the
country and the wholly unexpected blow
gates
Turning to the question of the future,
De Almond declared that all history
proved that when republics turned to-
ward Imperialism it was only a question
of time when the end came. There was
no goal we, We're travelling new road.
All our grand heritage was to be aban-
doned. Should we not pause before we
made the plunge?
In conclusion, he appealed to the mem
bers to break their shackles, rise in their
dignity and assert themselves in favor of
America in America, in favor of free gov
ernment at home and opposed to oppres-
sion the world over. If Congress ex-
pired without acting and matters were
allowed to drift on, the die would be cast.
Our pride, our vanity would be appealed
to. There would be protests against
parting with the Philippines. They were
ours, it would be argued, because we had
paid for them; they were ours because
we had shed our blood for them.
Gillett (R) of Massachusetts declared
that he had rather pay $4,000, 900 to be
honorably rid of the philippines than
to pay 900 to keep them. The is
Americanized. Corruption and demoral-
ization would creep in and there could
be no compensating advantages.
Kirkpatrick (R.) of Pennsylvania de-
Tended expansion, and Lentz Cd of Ohio
concluded the debate for the day with a
denunciation of the President for COM
muting the sentence of Commissary- Cen
eral Eagan. He declared that General
Eagan's attack upon General Miles had
no parallel in military history. He called
General Miles a liar for simply telling the
truth to which so 900 private soldiers could
testify. The troops had been fed rotten
beef, said 'Lentz. and yet General Eagan
was to be. suspended with pay for six
years and then be retired on three-fourths
pay because he had denounced the truth
as a lie. He was to be rewarded for
attacking General Miles with his pay dur
ing his. suspension. calculating the length
of his life according to recognized NOR
tality tables. General Eagan would draw
$4,000 from the treasury after he had been
convicted by court-nartial of most
heinous offense against military disci-
pline.
The committee then arose At o'clock
the House took recess until o'clock,
the evenino session to be devoted to pen
sion legislation.
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PACIFIC CABLE is
NOW A NECESSITY
The Presidents Message
to Congress.
URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION
CONSTRUCTION WOULD RE-
QUIRE TWO YEARS.
Present Means Of Communication
With Honolulu and Manila
Are Wholly made
quate.
URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The Presi-
dents message on the Pacific cable,
transmitted to Congress to-day, is as
follows:
AS a consequence of the ratification of
united States and its expected ratification
py the Spanish Government, the United
states Will come into possession of the
Philippine Islands, on the farther shores
OF the Pacific. The Hawaiian Islands and
Guam being United States territory and
forming convenient stopping places on the
speedy cable communication between the
United States and all the Philippine ISL
ands has become imperative. Such COM
munication should be established in such
or the United States whether in time Of
peace or war. AT present the Philippines
can be reached only by cables which pass
through many foreign countries, and the
Hawaiian Islands and Guam can be only
communicated with by steamers, involv-
Ing delays in each instance of at least
week. The present conditions should
not be allowed to continue for a moment
longer than is absolutely necessary.
The time has now arrived when q ca
BILE in the Pacific must extend as far as
Manila, touching at the Hawaiian Islands
and Guam on the way. Two methods of
establishing this cable communication at
once suggest themselves. First, construc-
tion and maintenance of such a cable at
the expense of the United States Govern
ment, and second, construction and main
tenance of such a cable by a private Unit
ed States corporation under such a safe
guard as Congress shall impose.
/ do not make any recommendation to
Congress as to which of these methods
would be the more desirable. A cable Of
the length Of that proposed REQUIRES so
much time for construction and laying
that it is estimated that at least two
years must elapse after giving the orders
for the cable before the entire system
could be successfully laid and put in oper-
alton. Further deep sea soundings must
be taken west of the Hawaiian Islands
before the best route can be selected for
the cable. Under these circumstances. it
becomes a paramount necessity that
measures should be taken before the close
of the present Congress to provide such
means as may seem suitable for the es'
tablishment of a cable system.
I recommend the whole subject to the
careful consideration of the Congress and
to such prompt action as may seem ad-
visable. WILLIAM Mck1NLEI:
February 10, 1899.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11
HEPBURN'S PLAN
To- BUILD CANAL
Resulted From Numer-
Gus Conferences.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

' WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Represen-
tative Hepburn's notice in the House of
Representatives that the Nicaraguan
canal bill would be offered as an
amendment to the sundry civil bill re-
suited from the numerous conferences
held to-day. Early in the day Chair
man Burton of the River and Harbor
Committee, conferred with Senator
Morgan with a view to having him
leave the river and harbor bill unin-
numbered.
Morgan is understood to have assent
ed not to embarrass the river and har-
Dor bill. This in turn led to consid-
Grafton of the sundry civil bill as the
medium for advancing the Nicaragua
canal bill. AS a result, Hepburn gave
the formal notice. The amendment
which he proposes is the HepburnA bill
providing for the construction of the
canal 1t appropriatesl $115. 900, 900 for
canal construction and authorizes the
President to negotiate with Nicaragua
and Costa Rica for the route.
The main difficulty lies in the rule
which will be invoked against the
amendment. This rule provides that
no appropriation shall be in order on
any general appropriation bill for any
expenditure mot previously authorized
by law" 1t is claimed on the one hand
that this rule will positively exclude
the amendment. but Hepburn points
out that Congress has already author
ized and appropriated for two surveys
of the Nicaragua canal IN sundry civil
bills and also increased the compensa-
tion of the engineer in charge in one
of these surveys. Upon these acts of
Congress it will be claimed that the
amendment is not obnoxious to the
rule and is germane.
Should Sherman of New York who
is chairman Of the committee of the
whole, rule it out of order. it is possible
that the friends of the bill will seek
to overrule the chairman. Indeed, some
of the members have been sounded with
this possibility in view.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11
CAL LOOCAN FALLS
BEFORE AMERICANS
Continued from First Page.

on board the Uranus sailed for Iloilo
ment, on board the United States trans
port st. Paul. No vessels have cleared
from Manila for the Philippine ports
since Saturday, consequently no news
has yet reached outside points.
The Uranus cleared for Iloilo on Sat-
urday, but instead of sailing on Sun
day she was detained by the American
authorities.
Except that Caloocan has been taken
the American line is about the same as
on Wednesday. On the right General
Overshine's brigade extends to the
beach two miles north Of Camp Dewey
and to the Pasig River Lieutenant
Colonel Treumann, with the North Da-
kota volunteers, has established his
headquarters on the beach where he is
in signal communication with the AM
erican fleet The second battalion of
the Dakota regiment extends along the
front and all of the Fourteenth Infan
try, with the exception of Companies
M and e, is stationed at the Pasig
River and, extends thence to San Pedro
and Malate in a complete line.
Scouting parties of the Dakota Regi-
ment yesterday surprised some Fill
pino scouts at the bridge across the
hurriedly, swimming the stream in or
der to reach the main body of the
rebels, intrenched opposite Troop K Of
the Fourth Cavalry.
A few rebels have concentrated at
Paranque. While they are intrenched
they are fully exposed from the water
front. General Kings headquarters. are
now at the village of Pasig, which sur
rendered yesterday without opposition.
Many Of the rebels are coming in, hop
ing to be allowed to enter Manila, but
they have been refused the necessary
permission and are now afraid to re-
turn to the enemy's ranks.
The California Regiment, whose
members are in excellent spirits is now
occupying the villages of Pasig, Malate
and Santa Ana.
Since the Wyoming Regiment re-
lieved the Twenty third Regiment at
the .-waterworks there has been no
change in General Hale's position. The
Nebraska Regiment, Colorado Regi-
ment, South Dakota Regiment and
Utah Artillery are occupying the same
posts.
One of the Kansas men among the
wounded is Daniel Hewitt of Topeka
He has severe flesh wound in the
right thigh. His condition is reported
by the surgeon to be very good.
Hewitt is son of ex-Postmaster
Hewitt of North Topeka and nephew
of former Mayor Abram S. Hewitt Of
nxxy owl
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BLACKED THE EYE
OF THE TEACHER
Stockton Youth Lightly Fined for
Striking a Pretty School
.~f~" ma'am

STOCKTON, Feb. 10.-Wesley Ewing, a.
17-year-old. youth who lives in the Villa
Tract, four miles south of the city, was
fined IS by Justice Wolf of Lathrop yes
terday for having BACKED the eye Of
pretty Miss Della Russell the school
teacher at French Camp.
The physical culture contest took place
at the French Camp schoolhouse Except
the participants, there were no witnesses
to the affair; but Miss Russell's face and
eye gave striking testimony. Ewing was
one of Miss RusselRs favorite pupils. but
the school trustees have said that he
shall not be her leading scholar any
The little difficulty arose over a singing
exercise. Young Ewing persisted in drop
ping notes and picking up diseords. The
pretty schoolma' am ordered him to stay
after school. He stayed Miss Russell
told him to sing; and instead of appeal
ing to her ear he led for it with his left
fist. After sparring d short for wind, the
surprised teacher landed on Ewing's COL
lar and, shook him seven ways at once.
The loving pupil, contrary to all prize
ring rules, hit during the clinch The
Castora school has consequently taken a
vacation; likewise the teacher has gone
into. enforced, retirement until her fea-
lures shall have resumed, their normal
prODOrtiOnS
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York paper, told by passengers who ar
rived at San Francisco on Wednesday
by the steamer Moana regarding the
threatening attitude of the British
cruiser Porpoise toward the German
cruiser Fake when matters recently
came to a head at Apia. These stories
and all like them are declared insulting
to the representatives of Germany in
Samoa, and either absolutely untrue or
grossly exaggerated.
The Vossische Zeitung, which con-
firms the report that DR.. Raffel, presi-
dent of the Municipal Council at Apia,
is now on his way to Berlin with i'm
portant dispatches, characterizes as
untrue the reports of the conduct at
tributed to the Fakes commander. 1t
says:
1.-THE German naval officers were not
frightened by the insolent words of the
British officer"
The Berlin Tageblatt says: "Chief
Justice Chambers solicitude for the
welfare of dead Germans insulted by
Mataafa, while he himself was insult
ing every living German, is a pad car
nival joke. All the same, the reports
show that the Americans and Britons
jointly tried to suppress German au-
thority, thus emphasizing the 1mpos-
sibility of continuance of the tri-
partite power"
The Lokal AnZeiger says: If Chief
Justice Chambers claim had been that
Mataafa was excluded from the king
ship by the Samoan act the claim would
have been we'll founded, as Germany
would never have supported his can
didacy."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The Sa-
moan trouble is assuming a somewhat
new phase, according to the, view OF
leading diplomatic authorities and one
likely to bring about an adjustment on
lines heretofore not contemplated. This
is in part foreshadowed in the official
statement of the parliamentary secre-
tary in the House of Commons yester-
day to the effect that further informa-
ton would be awaited before consider
ing the recognition Of Mataafa as King
of Samoa. Mataafa is not the claim
ant who has thus far received the sup
port of the British and American au-
thorities as they upheld Malietoa
Tanu, who had been declared by Chief
Justice Chambers, an American, as
rightfully entitled to the throne. While
the announcement in the House OF
Commons is open to various interpre-
tations yet it seemed to indicate clearly
that the recognition of Mataafa, who
was upheld by the Germans, may be
taken into consideration.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11

TO THE PHILIPPINES
IN AN OPEN BOAT

CHICAGO, Feb. 10.--A trip from San
Francisco to Manila, across the Pacific
Ocean, alone in on open sailboat, will be
attempted by Captain Adolph Frietsch in
the near future. Captain Frietsch, who
is a navigator from Milwaukee, was in
Chicago to-day making arrangements for
the proposed expedition. The Captain has
a record for open-boat sailing. In 1894 he
crossed the Atlantic in fourteen days and
three hours, making the 5000 miles from
Sandy Hook to Teer-eight alone in the
ter line. In the Pacific trip Frietsch ex-
poets to reach Honolulu after twenty-one
days sailing from San Francisco and will
endeavor to cover the distance from Hon
olulu to Manila in forty-two days The
boat that Frietsch will use will be twen-
ty-four feet on the water line, f1at-bot-
toned, with a heavy centerboard. The
captain sailed the Pacific Ocean when a
boy, and is well acquainted with trade
winds that will be encountered on the
journey.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11

WASHINGTON, Feb 10.-General de-
bate on the sundry civil appropriation
bill was concluded to-day. Dockery of
Missouri, who is at the head of the
minority of the Appropriation Commit
tee. reinforced Cannon's figures of yes
terday as to the deficiency in the rev.
enues; De Almond of Missouri. Fillette
of Massachusetts and others discussed
the policy of expansion, and Lentz of
OhH severely criticized the administra-
ton for. exercising clemency in the. case
of General Eagan. The latter charged
that there was an evident disposition
to reward those who attacked General
Miles because the latter had had the
manhood to tell the truth about alleged
rotten food fed to our troops in Porto
Rico and Cuba. During the course of
the debate HepbHrn, chairman of the
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee, gave notice that he would Of
fer the Nicaragua canal bill as an
amendment to the sundry civil bill.
Brosius (R.) of Pennsylvania, the first
speaker to-day, characterized the 20OOO,-
OOO 10 be paid to Spain under the terms
OF the Paris treaty a mere-bagatelle.
Dockery Cd of Missouri, who followed,
Congratulated the. country upon the state
ment made by Cannon yesterday: Had
il been made earlier, he said, the country
might have been saved many millions of
dollars. Dockery produced figures to
show that there was already in sight a
deficiency of $S7 900 900 for the next fiscal
year. But this was exclusive of the addi-
tional expenditure of $500 900 involved in
the naval personnel bill, the new ships to
be authorized in the naval appropriation
bill, the Cuban claims, the $lI 100000 for
public buildings and the enormous eX-
penditures involved in the Hanna-Payne
subsidy bill and the bill for the construc-
tion of the Nicaragua canal, should either
of these latter bills be passed. After the
Civil War, he said, Congress had rev.
eled and rioted in the substance of the
people, but the Forty-fourth Congress had
come. Dockery predicted that another
''Forty-fourth' Congress, would come, at
least a Congress animated by the spirit
that controlled the Forty-fourth, and it
would cut down the tax burdens of the
Johnson (R.) of Indiana asked how the
expenditures could be reduced under, the
foreign policy entered upon by the admin
istraton.
Dockery replied that circumstances
would probably necessitate large in
creases in the cost of our military and
naval establishments, but he did believe
there could be a great reduction in Gov
you mean, then' interposed John
son, that we must cut down, the ex-
penses for our internal affairs at home in
order that we may be able TO support
great army and navy abroad?"
Il am not sure but that the gentleman
is about right" replied Dockery. Some
where the pruning knife must be laid or
else the tax burdens Of the people must
be increased
De Almond. speaking of the causes of
the war, declared that great injustice had
been done the Speaker of the House. 1t
was said verywhere that the Speaker had
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-11
OUTLAW YU-MAN-TZE ~ -"
ON ANOTHER RAID

TACOMA, Feb. 1O.-The Glenogiet from
Hongkong and way ports brings the late
papers from China and Japan. The,North
China News says:
Mantle is reported to be on the
raid again and to have captured. two
French missionaries. If he is TO, receive
a button and 100000 taels every day he is
on the rampage, destroying places and
Staying foreigners, his followers will in
crease, his courage grow greatly and a
general insecurity in inland cities will
prevail.
at is reported from the west that after
the raiding at Kueifu. while several hun
dreds of children under the care of the
Roman Catholics were on their way
down the river they were seized and
drowned. We have received no -confirma-
tion of this and trust it may only be
rumor. :" -r-