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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
CUBAN SOLDIERS
SHOULD Be PAID
Views of HaVana's Civil
Governor.
SENIOR MORA TALKS PLAINLY
IMPORTANCE OF THIS QUESTION
NOT REALIZED.
Money Needed to Enable Island War
riors to Get a Start in the
Work of Agricul-
ture.
IMPORTANCE OF THIS QUESTION
NOT REALIZED.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HAVANA, Jan. 2S.-Senor Fredrico
Mora, the civil Governor of Havana, in
an interview to-day declared that the
question of the payment of the Cuban
army was of much greater Importance
than the Washington Government
seemed to realize. He said if the
Cubans were to collect the customs Of
the island, which were their property.
their first action would be to meet
Cuba's sacred obligation to the army
by payment in full of the soldiers. The
customs administration being in the
hands of the Americans, the Cubans
made a simple business proposition to
the United States Government that 1t
should advance money to pay the
troops, holding the customs as security.
If the Americans We're not present,
Senior Mora further said. Cuba could
easily obtain the necesSary1 loan. The
distribution of this money to the army
was essential to permit the country TO
proceed with the work Of agriculture,
which must form the foundation of its
reconstruction. The army contained
many men who considered that Cuba
was in a position to demand the full
payment of the army by the United
States, and asserted that other action
on the part of the American Govern
ment would be worse tyranny than was
exercised under a Spanish sovereignty.
Senior Mora considers the underesti-
nation of the Importance of this mat
ter unfortunate, and his views are held
by majority of the Cubans. The heat
of the discussion is daily increasing and
the newspapers of the island are full of
arguments in favor of the payment of
the army.
General Snyder reports that 500 or
800 members of the Cuban army are
camped near Sancti Spiritus, loafing
about and pilfering and begging food
General Snyder. sent word to them that
if they would come to Sancti Spiritus
to help the Americans clean the town
they would receive pay and rations,
but the offer was refused, the Cubans
replying that they were soldiers, not
scavengerS.
A prominent Spaniard, long resi-
dent of Cuba. all of whose interests are
here, declares that If the Americans to-
morrow demanded the disarmament of
the Cuban army without pay a storm
Of passionate protests would follow,
but the army would obey. possibly a
few becoming bandits and taking to the
hills. He says the most salutary steps
taken by the Americans since their ar
rival on the island have been those en-
forcing obedience to and respect for
their authority. A policy of too great
consideration in the Americans rela-
tions with the Cubans produced the
impression that the Americans feared
them.
The recent strikes in the country on
plantations and railways are said to
be due to the fact that the Havana
police and other Cuban servants of the
Government are paid too much. This
breeds discomfort among the laborers,
who consequently demand more than
the farmers can afford to pay.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29

NEW YORK, Jan. 2s-The Washing
graphs Only President Mckinley
stands to-day between Brigadier Gen
eral Eagan, commissary general, and
dismissal from the military service of
the United States Without delay the
court signed this morning its verdict.
the text of which was made public in
the Herald this morning, and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Davis, the judge advocate.
delivered the record ana finding TO the
Secretary of War. The court then ad-
journed sine die, and Lieutenant. Col
onel Davis left tonight for West Point.
II, view Of the order convening the
court requiring it to try General Eagan.
and such other persons as may be
b4ougnl before II, Inere were some
who thought and hoped developments
would occur during the trial which
would enable it to bring General Miles
before the court. But it IS explained
at the department that the order was
in the usual form, and that even If the
administration had any charges TO pre-
fer against General Miles it could not
bring him before the Eagan court, be-
cause of its final adjournment.
1t was reported to-day that the
President, in view of the testimony
brought out during the trial. would.
as has been done before. order a medi-
cal board TO determine whether General
Eagan was responsible for the state
ments he made, and, if the board should
so recommend, to retire him. No such
action was taken to-day. however. and
il is not thought that it is contemplat-
ed In any event, it seems to be the
general impression that the President
will mitigate the sentence.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-The War
investigators Commission continued in
executive session all the forenoon. no
witnesses appearing. Several cases of
canned meats bearing the labels of Chi
cago packers arrived at the rooms of
the commission early in the day. but
the members denied all knowledge of
these new shipments, and would not
say whether or not any fresh tests Of
the meat were to be made.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
AIMED AGAINST THE
SWEATSH0P SYSTEM
Quartermaster General Ludington to
Inaugurate Reforms in Cloth
ing Contracts.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-A Washington
special to the Herald says: Brigadier
General Ludington, quartermaster
general, has determined to prevent
hereafter the manufacture Of clothing
for troops under the sweatshop system.
This matter has been under careful in
vestigation by Lieutenant Colonel VIII
liam S. Patton, one of General Lud-
ington's assistants. who has been con-
sidering a plan for putting an end to
the practice several New York con-
tractors are known to have pursued of
cutting out clothing and then giving
the pieces to tenement families to sew
together. Lieutenant Colonel Patton
has been assisted by regular inspectors
of the Government, by the New York
State authorities and by the contract
ors themselves, who have frequently
made reports against each other.
1t is understood the quartermaster
general will hereafter award the con-
tracts to firms, calling only for such
quantities of clothing as they will be
able to furnish with their own facili-
ties.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
WALTERS ARRAIGNED
IN SUPERIOR COURT
Slayer Of Alfred Cook at Napa Given
Until Monday to
Plead

NAPA. Jan. 2s.-Jesse Walters was
arraigned before Judge Ham in the Su-
perior Court this morning on the charge
of having murdered Alfred Cook, and
was given until Monday to plead
Before the time for pleading was set
Attorney Beerstecher, on behalf of the
defendant, made q motion to have the
prisoner discharged on the ground that
there was no reasonable ground to be-
Heve him guilty of the effense charged
or of any public offense, and that the
defendant had not been legally COM
mitted by a magistrate.
District Attorney Bell read a recent
decision of the Supreme Court that
where a magistrate had held prelimi-
nary examination and had committed
the defendant the Superior Court could
not review the evidence on a motion to
dismiss the charge. This could only
be done by habeas corpus proceedings.
1t was on this showing that the court
denied the motion.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
PLANS OF THE GOVERNMENT
THREE EXPEDITIONS WILL BE
SENT NoRTHWARD.
Within Two Years Trains May Be
Running From Valdez Straight
Through to Eagle
City.
Special Dispatch to The Call

SEATTLE, Jan. 2S.-Private word
reached Seattle to-day that the Gov
ernment is contemplating vast improve
ments in the Copper River country and
will this year send three detachments
of militia there to lay out mail route
to the Yukon and establish posts.
The three bodies of military men win
go northward from Seattle in the early
spring, the first detachment leaving
here probably in March. They will be
thoroughly equipped with surveying in
struments and other tools and in po-
sition to have the trail complete by the
end of the season and ready for use
next winter.
The route will be from Valdez around
the Valdez Glacier and straight north
east past lake Abercrombie to Copper
Center; thence over the Millard trail to
the mouth of the Slina River; on north
west to Forty Mile Creek, following
that stream to it's junction with the
Yukon and ending near Eagle City,
sixty miles below Dawson.
Three military posts will be estab-
lished at important points on the trail.
one of which will be where the road
crosses the Tanana River. another near
Eagle City and the third somewhere
between Valdez and the headwaters Of
Copper River.
These stations will be occupied the
year round and supplied with provis-
ions and accommodations for mail-Car-
riers and others who use the trail. It
is intended to send the mail TO the
Yukon over that route in the future.
There already has been a railway
right of way granted and it is believed
that within two years one may board a
train at Valdez and ride straight
through the 400 miles to Eagle City.
This will revolutionize travel to inner
Alaska, and, it is believed. result in the
opening of the rich agricultural and
stock-raising districts that are around
the headwaters Of the Copper and Ia
mana
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
JUSTICE At LAST
FINDS JOHN LONG
Desperate Sentenced to
Eighteen Years.
CALAVERAS COUNTY RAIDS
NUMEROUS RoBBERIES TO HIS
DISCREDIT.
Excellent Detective Work of Sheriff
Thorne Results in the Fellows
Capture and Con-
fession.
NUMEROUS RoBBERIES TO HIS
DISCREDIT.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN ANDREAS. Jan. 2s.-In the Su-
perior Court at this place to-day John
Long, alias "Slivers," pleaded guilty to
charges of burglary and robbery and
was sentenced to serve eighteen years
in State prison. This ends what
was one of the most puzzling criminal
cases that ever confronted the officers
of this county.
Long is the man who in last Febru-
ary looted a house at O'Byrne's Ferry,
this county, and escaped. After this
exploit the desperate robbed the same
house in the following June, but OBJ
tained less plunder than before, when
he got $500 in money. Not satisfied
with his spoils, "Slivers'' walked over
to a store on the public highway and
in broad daylight held up the two men
who were in scharge and robbed them
of everything of value about the place.
He then committed an assault upon
one of the men, beating him about the
head in such a manner that the victim
barely escaped with his life.
The robber was masked and made
good his escape. All trace of the man
was lost. but Sheriff Thorne stuck to
the trail and continued the search un-
til last November, when he obtained a
clew that soon led to the arrest of the
culprit. The fellow was in Stockton
and was arrested and brought to this
place. He strenuously maintained lfs
innocence, but the Sheriff continued to
work on the case and at length OBJ
tanned from him confession.
To-day "Slivers" confessed in open
court that ne had committed the crimes
he was charged with and pleaded
guilty. receiving the sentence OF eight
cen wears.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
STRIKE RIOTS IN COLON.
Stores Closed to Prevent Them Being
Looted by a Mob.

COLON, Colombia, Jan. 2s.-There
was much commotion in Colon to-day
arising from the strike of the dockmen
and railway employees, and large crowds
of men and women gathered at various
points in the city. The military guards
were reinforced and number of shots
were fired in the air for the purpose of
intimidating the crowds. During the,
demonstration several persons were
wounded.
A number of stores have been closed,
the proprietors fearing that their es-
tablishments would be looted by the
mobs Efforts are being made by the
strikers to prevent the workmen in the
machine shops and the switchmen from
continuing work
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
PARKE STABLE SOLD.
Horses Disposed Of in the Paddock at
New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2s-The racing
stable of Q. G. Parke was sold at auction
in the paddocks this afternoon Eleven
head brought s24g0. Trebor brought the
highest price, s4s5. Four horses belonging
to ]. ]. McCafferty and one belonging to
E. Ferguson were sold at the same time,
the five bringing $40, an average of Sl42
c. Z. Mahone's colt Branch, by King
Galop- Brooklet, who has shown far more
class than he was credited with, galloped
away with the Live Oak handicap to-day
The weather was cloudy and track
muddy. Joe Shelby and Applejack were
the winning favorites. Results:
First race, selling, six furlongs. Prince
Harry won, Hobart second, Tinker third.
Time 1:17.
Second race, two-year-olds, three and a
half furlongs, Caviar won, Muey Chico
second. Jen third. Time :4424
Third race, selling. mile and a half. Jo
Shelby won, Sadie Levy second, Rock
wood third Time. 2:43s+
Fourth race, the Live Oak handicap, one
mile, Branch won. Sea Robber second
Wilson third. Time, 1:4511.
Fifth race, selling. one and a sixteenth
miles, Frances Booker won, Swordsman
second, The Plutocrat third Time. 1851
Sixth race, seven furlongs, AppIejack
won, Lauretta u second, Watercrest
third. Time, 1884.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
MUcH-wANTED CONVICT.
Murder Charge Hanging Over a Man
Sentenced for Burglary.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2S.-A convict
serving term for burglary in a peni-
tentiary of this State is wanted in Ne
vada to answer TO charge of murder
The Governor of Nevada has made a
requisition on Governor Gage for the
prisoner. but the Governor of the COM
monwealth cannot see how he can COM
ply with the demand for the release
of the burglar. If the Governor of
Nevada will be patient and wait until
the California term for burglary ex-
pires, the prisoner may then be ar
rested here and sent to Nevada, on
proper requisition, TO be tried for the
crime of murder
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
"THE WEAK AGAINsT THE sTRoNG."


is
health
portion
of the specimens
indosed by 10000 permanently cured They sing its praise
he
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
For the Governors Mansion.

CALL HEADQUARTERS. sACRA-
MENTO, Jan. 2s.-AssembIvman Kniehts
of Sacramento added a supplement to-day
to the bill which he recently introduced
making an appropriation of ss9 500 for the
building of a mansion for the Governor
The supplement provides for the living
provides that such expense shall be maid
out OF the general appropriation The bill
directs that the renewal of furniture. the
pay or necessary servants and other ex-
penses shall be paid out of the general
appropriation. No reason appears in the
bill why the cost of renewed furniture
should not be paid by special appropria-
ton when necessary. AS it is, 1t leaves
the choice of amount and quality solely to
the occupant of the Gubernatorial man
sion The bin is in the hands of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
CARRIES A FLAG MADE
BY ITALY'S QUEEN
Standard the Duke of Abruzzi Hope:
to Raise Over the
North Pole.

LONDON, Jan. 2S.-There is much in
terest here in the Duke of Abruzzi' s
north pole expedition. Before his de-
parture from Rome Queen Margaret, his
aunt, presented him with an Italian flag
embroidered by her own hands, with
"Sempre avanti Savoia" always for
ward Savoy, "a motto identified with
the family. In receiving the gift the
Prince said This flag shall wave
over the north pole or 1 shall not re-
turn"
The Queen had difficulty in suppress
ing her emotion and pressed his hands,
excIaiming: You will return, Luigi.
You will return"
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
ARE BOUND TO WIN

s a
of life
in that might had been
why others should be and afraid acknowledge
hdence Yourself feel tired when should be bright and full OF
this
a
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
ToPEKA's BOILERS DISABLED.
The Cruiser Examined by Surveyors
and Condemned

SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Jan.
2S.-The United States cruiser Topeka
left here to-day in tow of the supply
ship Sterling. Several days ago orders
were received for the Topeka to con-
tinue her cruise, but her engineer re-
ported that her boilers were disabled
and that 1t would be unsafe to pro-
ceed. The local board of surveyors
made an examination and condemned
the vessel.
1t is the opinion of prominent naval
officers that the disabling of the To-
peka will lead to an investigation by
the Secretary of the Navy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29

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spit up blood and was also troubled with night
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so concluded to continue its use. I did so and
have improved both IN strength and in weight
7 have not had the phthisic, nor spit ND any
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It invigorates the liver and aids the natural
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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
Quarles Has a Good Chance.

MADISON, Wis. Jan. 2S.-Another
week has closed without any change in
the Senatorial deadlock. Two ballots
were taken in open caucus to-day and
one in joint assembly, without any ma
terial change. The talked-of combina-
tion of the field against Quarles is
looked upon as possible as the Mil
waukee man is said to be the second
choice of many supporters of the op-.
posing candidates. If Quarles continues
to hold his present strength over till
Monday the chances for taking the
prize would seem to greatly favor him.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
REMARKABLE GOLD STRIKE.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, Jan.
2s.-Great excitement prevails on the
mining stock exchange here over re-
markabIe strike in the Isabella mine at
Cripple Creek Assays from the strike
run from $4,000 to 100000 to the ton.
The stock jumped from 971a cents to
81 so per share to-day, over 1O0.O00
shares changing hands. Six weeks ago
the stock sold at p cents.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
GENERAL EAGAN
FOUND GUILTY
Verdict of the Military
Court.
OFFENDERS FATE IN DOUBT
PRESIDENT MAY MITIGATE THE
SENTENCE.
Mr.. Mckinley Alone Stands Between
the Commissary General and
Dismissal From the
Army.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
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= NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.-The I
= Herald will say tomorrow: In :
September, 1897. only g. few :
= months before the war. W. (
+ Clarke Marshall, a retired meat :
= packer of Chicago, wrote to Sec (
= retary Atger about dangers that :
y lurk in canned meats. There Is :
no proof that General Alger ever :
saw the communication, but the :
= fac-simile published in the Her (
= aid is indisputable proof that :
= Generals Eagan and Sternberg :
saw it and penned Endorsements :
y upon it. The letter was sent back
= to Mr.. Marshall, with a note of :
= comment that W-5 nothing short :
= Of a snub.
A year later, when soldiers :
= were dying like sheep in camp. :
= Mr.. Marshall wrote to the War
= Department again, calling atten- :
= tion TO the poisonous proclivities :
= Of chemical beef. This commu-
+ nication also was put through :
y the red tape routine OF the War :
= Department and officially in :
= dorsed by Generals Eagan and :
= Sternberg. The letter was re- :
+ turned to the writer with the
+ surgeon generals report that
+ this man" had added nothing
4 to his communication of the year
= previous.
In Chicago the War Investiga-
+ ton Commission refused to re-
+ ceive Mr.. Marshall as a witness.
= He accordingly appealed to the
= President, and some weeks later :
+ received word from the commits
+ sion calling for information un-
y der conditions that, he says. he
= found it impossible to comply :
+ with.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
EX-SENATOR SLATER DEAD.
Represented Oregon in the Upper
House of Congress.

LA GRANDE, Or, Jan. 2s.-Ex-
United States Senator James H. Slater
died to-day. He was born in Illineis
in 1926 went to California in !s49 and
came TO Oregon in 1850. In 1876 he was
elected to the Forty second Congress
and in 1878 was elected United States
Senator, where he served until 1883.
Senator Slater figured largely. during
his life in the politics of the St4te. He
leaves a widow, four daughters and five
sons
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
RACED AGAINST
A RISING TIDE
Hunters Whose Boat Capsizes
Wade a Half Mile in Water
Up to Their Necks.

SAN RAFAEL JAM & duck hunting party OF four had peril
dumped into the icy their
half
mile them
The F. Phil
Tom
tineo a sail that coming its
AS halfcock exploded
o
placed it.
and then of the would in the mud and
When
and home,
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
AWFUL MEANS OF SUICIDE.
Insane Man Beats His Head With q
Rock and Cuts His. Throat.

BAKER CITY, Or, Jan. 2s.-George
W. Plummer, aged As. beat his head to
a jelly with a rock near here to-day
and then ran a mile to a ranch. where.
obtaining a knife, ne cut his throat
from ear to ear. He died almost in
stantly after cutting his throat. He
had been i'll with Ia grippe and, it is
thought, became insane from the sick
ness. He leaves a widow and family
in Central City, Nebraska
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
DINNER IN HONOR OF
MISS VIRGINIA FAIR
Mrs. Oliver a. P. Belmont Entertains
Her Future Daughter-in-

NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.-Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver H. P. Belmont gave a dinner to-
night in their house in honor of Miss Vir-
ginia Fair and Mrs. BeImont's son, Will
liam K. Vanderbilt Jr., whose engagement
was receutlv announced
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Figures Don't Lie.

II doesn't take
much knowledge
of mathematics
to figure out the
facts about that
dread disease
cons u m p Ii n.
StatistiCians long
ago demonstrated
that one seventh
of all the deaths
in Christendom
year may be
safely attributed
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29

to consumption and allied
diseases.
There is an almost certain
cure and q positive prevent
i've for this fatal disease if
taken in time. The story of
what it will do is told in the
following letter
About two and a half wears
ago, whe1 was at Flat Lick.
Kr " .r-ftes W rn-ln e.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
MEDICAL ADVICE FREE.
!. CIRCULARS AND TESTIMONIALS FREE.


ored body
certainly blood faint in
hat
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-24
Special Correspondence

be had here. The writer does not be-
lieve it, but believes the chances are
better here than in most other places,
because large part of the waters OF
the Rio Grande are lost between here
and the south line of Colorado and come
into the river again below Fl Quitman.
1t is possible that this underground
channel does not pass under this valley
but we believe that it is more probable
that it does.
If this underground channel can be
struck it is more likely to be within
500 feet of the surface than below.
We do not know of any we'll ever be-
ing sunk 500 feet in this valley still we
hope to be prepared to go 5000 feet it
necessary. We can see no reason why
oil, gas, coal copper. silver, gold or other
minerals may not be found if we should
fail to strike water. It is q well known
fact that at Colorado City, Texas, in
boring for artesian water, the Lone
Star Salt works were discovered.
In California an artesian well was
sunk, and flowing water found, but as
it did not flow fast enough to suit q
smaller pipe was inserted and a new
we'll was started from the bottom. The
result was natural gas we'll inside of
the flowing water we'll, so no one can
tell what may be found here. 1 say
let us try and see what we can get.