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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
.IApANFSF REFUSE
TO EMIGPATE TO
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

system of its cultivation to one which
will benefit the whole country rather
than the people directly Interested IN it.
Day by day the thought is becoming
more pressing and prominent, How is
Hawaii to become AmericaniZed with
50 predominant and continuously in
creasing an Asiatic population, of
which so large a proportion will be
come permanent and antagonlS1c 10
our ideas and customs of ciVIllzatIonE
There is too much anxiety for the spec
ulative results of the passing hour for
many to devote much thought TO the
future, but our legislators should re-
fleet that a powerful japanese colony
in Hawaii is as equally dangerous un-
der annexation as it threatened to be
under the monarchy.
In connection with this Japanese i'm
migration a curious thing happened on
the 9Th inst. The steamer Columbia ar
rived in port with only Y on board in
stead of 700 as anticipated. much to
the disappointment of the planters and
the immigration agents. The excuses
given are that the Japanese Govern
ment interfered and made the passport
regulations SO much more stringent
that there was no opportunity anorded
of getting men for this steamer. Other
reasons are given, such as business
rivalry between opposition 1mmlgra-
ton companies and the desire of Japan
to retain all her able-bodied men in the
country for fear of imminent wars, and
further still that certain important ne
gotiations in reference to immigration
to Hawaii are pending between the
United States and Japan. Should the
motive. which we expect to learn from
the mainland. interfere with the COM
ing of the 5000 expected, the planters
will suffer considerably.
Hon. S. NJ. Damon has published a
statement in reference to the Italians
in his employ, and he is the only en-
ployer of Italians in this country. The
men are happy and contented and
eleven of them have over 500 in the
savings banks. Mr.. Damon, in conclu-
sion. SAYS: ALLOW me to state that
it has been my endeavOr since June,
1897. to promote the cause of Italian i'm
migration to Hawaii, knowing that the
climate and productions here were SINH
lar to those of portions of Italy, especi-
ally of the northern part, 1 am convinced
that when, not only ten but hundreds
and thousands of Italians shall have
taken UP their abode on these islands
a great prosperity to this country will
ensue. and I feel confident that no
Italian peasant, with or without his
family. will ever regret making this
his home Wherever the vine and fig
tree grow. there the Italian can make a
home and a living at least l am sure
it is so on these islands.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
Belle Mckenzie Perishes in
the Burning Tuscan
Springs Hotel.
AROUSES THE GUESTS
When All Are in Safety She Goes
Back After Her Clothing and
Is Cut Off by the Flames.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

RED BLUFF, Aug 1.-THE Tuscan
Springs Hotel, eight miles east of Red
Bluff, was destroyed by fire at l o'clock
this morning. Miss Belle Mckenzie,
an employe there for a number of years,
perished in the flames, after bravely
awakening everybody on the second
floor in time for them to escape. She
was sleeping on the porch back of the
kitchen, on the second floor, and was
awakened by the smoke. She called one
of the walters and the latter awoke
Z. b. Walbridge, the proprietor. They
took fire eXtinguishers and went TO the
second floor.
The fire was roaring between the
ceiling Of the lower story and the floor
OF the second story. \ terrific west
wind was blowing up the canyon, and
by this time the flames broke out in
the rooms over the kitchen and adjoin
ing the chimney from the kitchen
range.
The flames spread so rapidly that
eighty or more guests had barely time
10 escape, and very few saved trunks
or clothing. Within fifteen minutes the
entire building, including the new four
story hotel just north of the kitchen,
the clubhouse, three cottages and the
bottiing works, were in flames.
Miss Mckenzie. awakened a great
many guests. and emerged from the
building unscathed. Then she went
back and when last seen was upstairs
i'm a closet, getting her clothing. \
guest from Sacramento called to her
and told her TO let her clothing go and
save herself. She must have become
bewildered and was cut off by the
flames. Her body was burned to
crisp.
The wcman's heroic conduct, which
cost her her life, will long be remem-
bared by those she helped to save. Miss
Mckenzie was a sister of Isaac Nc
Kenzie OF Paynes Creek and was about
50 years old.
Twelve wOrkmen were sleeping in the
uprer story of the new hotel and some
af them jumped to save their lives
Charles Honeywell, & carpenter from
Sacramento, was badly burned on hand
and head. J. +. Howell, painter from
Sacramento. jumped and alighted on
q tree. which was burning. This broke
his fail and probably saved his life. His
back and. feet were badly burned.
The loss in clothing and jewelry by
the guests was considerab BILE. Many
went to their homes on the train this
morning, while others are still at the
springs. Proprietor Walbridge places
his loss at $50 coo. with insurance Of
s1G. 200 He did not have q dollar of in
surance on his new hotel. which was
nearly ready for occupancy. 1t alone
represents q loss of from $4,000 to
$4,000. Walbridge did not save even
q suit Of clothing or a pair Of shoes.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
ENCOUNTER
WITH FILIPINOS
At QUINCUA
Insurgent Forces Under Del
Pillar Scattered With
Heavy Loss.
AN AMERICAN KILLED
The Rebels We're Attempting to
Destroy the Railroad Between
Bocave and Biga.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MANILA, Aug. ia force of United
States troops from Quingua, four miles
northeast of Malolos, and from Baliuag.
near Bustos, about six miles northeast
of Quingua, encountered a body of in
surgents about half way between Bus
tos and Quingua. In the engagement
that ensued, the FilipinOs were severely
punished and scattered. The Ameri-
cans lost one man killed. The insur-
gents force is believed to have been
under the command of General Paolo
del Pillar and to have had in view the
tearing up of the railway between
Bocave and Biga, about three miles
from Bulucan.
battalion of the Twenty-flrst In
fantry will be sent to those points this
afternoon to strengthen the railroad
guard and to reconnoiter the country
in the direction of NorZagaray and on
the BuStOS road.
General Wheaton, with troops at
Calulut, made a reconnaissance on An
geles, about four miles to the north
west, where he found 500 of the enemy.
He silenced their fire and then returned
/ TO CaluIut
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
BY HORACE WRIGHT.
0~@A~*aA~-~-%-~

HONOLULU. Aug. I'm regard to
the matter OF the Galician laborers, I'M
prisoned in Oahu Jail under the penal
labor contract laws, 1 am now in po-
sition to state, on a basis of authority
that the statements published by a
San Francisco paper are about as base
less as the fake story published by the
same paper of the destruction of
Greater Hilo.
It was evidently unknown 10 the sen
satiOnalists that as far back as last
April an investigation was commenced
by the United States Government at
the request of a prominent national
association and that an official report
was forwarded to that association from
the Secretary of States Department
last month. In its preparation the in
vestigators were assisted by the local
government and the consular forces Of
the countries to which the men be
Ionged.
This statement is not made in justifi-
cation of the Imprisonment and contln-
uance in prison of these men. The men
are there and cannot legally be pardon
ed under the iniquitOus laws which are
almost universally condemned in Ha-
waii in these days.
1t is curious anu DCUellC4di HOW CAi
to note the change in popular feeling IN
regard to these laws since 1872. In that
year they were even Tar more stringent
and cruel to the emplOye than to-day
when. nominally, at least, the laborer-
has some rights which his employer is
bound to respect if he can find the op
portunity to protect himself before an
honest court and procure the necessary
witnesses-not invariably an easy task
in the face of plantation influence. In
the Legislature of 1872 there was
small minority of honest, upright, lib
eral minded men who risked loss of
life and destruction of property by op-
posing these laws and who suffered
much in wealth, position and influence
in so doing.
Curiously enough in the light of
demagogic attacks upon him by the re-
cent arrivals, one of the most prOmi-
nent of these men who aided the brave
minority under the leadership of J. O.
Carter was the present Chief Justice
A F. Judd, who on the floor of the
Legislature denounced the law as a
slave law
1t is to be presumed that no one is
desirous of injuring the staple indus
try Of sugar, which is the present life
of the land, but only of reducing the
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
Is Passing Up the Coast, but
Is Not Expected to Do
Any Further Damage.
RELIEF SHIP STARTS
Is Carrying All Available Food and
Clothing Supplies to the Suf-
ferer5 in the Islands.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE West
Indian hurricane which for almost a
week has been raging in the West In
dies has modified in intensity and is
now designated as tropical storm.
1t appears to be moving up the Allan
tic Coast and the Weather Bureau has
directed that storm signals be extended
northward to Atlantic City, where by
tomorrow morning the wind may
reach 80 miles an hour. To-day at Sa-
vannah it blew A miles and at Charles
ton 40 miles, while in Florida points
over which the disturbance is slowly
passing the wind ranged below IS miles.
The storm is central tonight near the
Georgia coast
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
Romano Declared President.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett.
LIMA, Aug 14-At the close of an ex-
citing session to-day, the Peruvian Con-
gress formally approved the recent Presi-
Dental election and proclaimed Eduardo
Romano President and Senores AlZamora
and Bresani First and Second Vice Presi-
dents respectively.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
PETTIGREW SAYS THE
WAR SHOULD BE ENDED
Only Honorable Course to Turn the
Islands Over to the

Natives.

CHICAGO. Aug. 14.-'This Government
should recall every soldier in the Philip
pines Immediately, apologize to the world
for the error We have made and then turn
the islands over to a native government -
United States Senator r. F. Pettigrew of
South Dakota, who was in Chicago on his
way East from his home in Sioux Falls
gave the foregoing as in his opinion the
only honorable course for this country to
pursue in the Orient. Senator Pettigrew
said: This civiHzing war talk is all a
sham. Any people can maintain as good
a government as they have a right to
have, and you cannot give them a better
one''
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
FOREST FIRE STARTED BY
SMOKING OUT RATTLERS
Aged Prospector in the McCloud
District Fleeing From the
Wrath of the Law.

REDDING, Aug. IA great forest fire
IS spreading over the country lying be
tween the AIcCloud River. and Castle
Crag. and the man said to be responsible
for II is fleeing from the punishment the
law infiicts for such offenses. Wesley
Stanley. an aged prospectOr, started the
fre. He got into a den Of rattlesnakes
and was struck at repeatedly by the poi
sCnous reptiles He put a match to the
Cry wood with the intention of burning
ort the snakes The fire got away from
ward Castle Crac Stanley loft the fol
lowing day win only a loaf Of bread and
a blanket He has neither been seen nor
heard from since
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
FOOD FOR SUFFERERS
FROM THE HURRICANE

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE transport
Mcpherson. with a cargo of supplies for
the storm sufferers of Porto Rico, left her
pier in Brooklyn this afternoon. About
two-thirds of the original cargo of army
supplies was left behind to make room for
the quantities of rice, beans and grain.
clothing, lumber, etc, required fer the
TO within a quarter of an hour of sailing
voluntary donations kept piling in. II is
expected that San Juan will be reached
not later than Friday night.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
BUSINESS SECTION OF
BEREA DESTROYED
Disastrous Fire Caused by the Explo-
sion of Gasoline in Repair
Shop.

CLEVELAND. Aug. IA fire which
started about noon to-day destroyed a
large part Of the business section Of
Berea. a village fourteen miles southwest
of this city. Twenty-one business places
were burned.
The fire was caused by the explosion Of
gasoline in a bicycle repair shop An en-
yine was taken from this city on a spe-
cial train and the fire was got under CON
troll about o'clock. The loss will be
about 500 900, with 40 insurance
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
CHEAP FARES ANNOUNCED.
Los Angelenos May Witness the Ar
rival of the First.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1.-THE Southern
Pacific Railway Company announced to-
day that it will make a round-trip rate
from Los Angeles to San Francisco of SIS,
so that people may go to witness the ar
rival of the returning California Volun-
teers. The date of sale of the tickets will
be made known tomorrow. 1t is ex-
pected the soldiers will arrive about
August 90 The tickets will be good for
five days, provided the arrival of the
troops is not delayed.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
STEAMER ASHORE ON
CORREGlDOR ISLAND
She Is Believed to Be the United
States Cable Ship
Hooker.

LONDON, Aug. 14.-LIoyds has received
a dispatch from Manila saying that a
United States Government steamer is
ashore near the mouth of Corregidor har-
Dor, at the entrance to Manila Bay
The dispatch gives the vessels name as
Smoker" which is an error in cabling
1t is probable that the steamer referred
to in the foregoing dispatch is the United
States cable ship Hooker
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
IMPRISONED AT VIGAN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE Secre-
tary of the Navy to-day received the fol-
lowing from Admiral Watson at Manila:
Escaped Spanish prisoners report that
Gilmore and thirteen other Americans
eight sailors and five soldiers-are con-
fined at Vigan. Four of the soldiers are
in the hospital with sore legs. Gilmore is
being well treated. The supplies sent by
Admiral Dewey were never received:
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
K:LAUEA SHOWS SIGNS
OF ANOTHER OVERFLOW
Natives Claim to Have Chased
Pele's Famous Striped
PiC

HONOLULU. Aug. 7.-Pele's striped pig,
according . to the Hawaiians, was seen by
them and chased into the Wailuku River,
y[bare il. i'm accordance with the Gus
tcmary tradition mysteriously disap-
paar-d. causing the immediate cessation
Gf MokuaweoWeO overflow of lava
The news brought by yesterday $
STEAMERS is that Kilauea is very active
and that a flow is considered very near
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
YELLOW FEVER Is
SPREADING IN MEXICO
All Travellers From the South Are
Being Detained at the Texas


AUSTIN. Aug. 14.-State Health officer
Blunt to-day received a letter from
United States Marine Hospital Service
Surgeon Turpine, stationed in the City
of Mexico. announcing that the yellow
fever epidemic in the cities of Cordova
and Orizaba, Mexico, is growing worse:
There have been a great many deaths
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
DEATH OF ONE OF
H0NOLULU'S PIONEERS
John Babcock, an old-Time Whaler
and Pilot, Passes Peacefully

HONOLULU. Aug. Captain William
Babcock. a pioneer whaler of the early
forties. peacefully passed away on the
Cd inst. at the ripe age of 50; He was born
lars he was one Of the best known Homo
lulu pilots He leaves two children--JQhn
Babcock and Mrs. F. f Lyman his
funeral was very largely attended.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
STEAMSHIP RESOLUTE
SUNK IN A COLLISION
Several Lives Lost Through a Clash
of Two Vessels in East Indian
Waters

LONDON, Aug IA dispatch from
Calcutta says that the survey steamship
Resolute was sunk in collision with the
British steamer Scindia, last reported
from Calcutta on July for Bombay.
Several lives We're lost in the disaster.
CALCUTTA, Aug. 1.-THE Resolute had
a half-doZen European officers and crew
OF about sixty natives aboard. The chief
officer. second and third engineers and
some natives were saved, but the remain
Ger Of those on board are missing.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

from the disease and large numbers of
new cases are reported daily. The epi-
demiC continues to decrease at Vera Cruz.
: II travellers coming from points south of
the City of Mexico en- route to the United
States are detained at the Texas border
in strict quarantine for a period of ten
days.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-26
SOME OF JoHNsoN.s POINTS.
Asks That the President State What Is His
Philippine Policy.

In the course of his speech Johnson
said that if the chief executive would
break his silence and openly state that
we did not propose to enslave the peo-
pie of the Philippines. his word for 1t
the present strained relations in the
islands would cease; those who were
but yesterday our allies would return
to their homes and there would be no
necessity for this proposed increase in
the standing army No, this would not
be done. What meant this hasty dis
avowal of Foraker's statement that the
administration did not mean to hold the
Philippines what meant this clamor OF
the administration press? Why had the
presidents commissions rs demanded the
absolute cession of the islands instead
of simply demanding their evacuation
as he did in the case of Cuba?
He drew a parallel between our revo-
lutionary struggle and the struggle the
Filipinos made for independence He
argued that today they had stable
government. republican in form; pres
ident. a vice president and congress-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-26
R1lll]R9uH5

me Whole founded upon n-Ine tree con-
sent of the governed To atempt TO
subvert that government h9 charged
would be an "unspeakable cfime that
should bring the blush of shatne to the
cheek of every free born american"
They had not waged war forfa change
of matters. They had rejefted with
scorn the high sounding ma1ifestos OF
the president Of the United states. They
preferred to be free and they how stood
with arms in their hands undaunted,
standing against the United States for
Independence and liberty ast they had
stood against Spain. A. people With
such stamina were worthy oftheir free
dom.
Could it be criminal aggHsS.on" to
annex Cuba and not 'crimiu&l aggres-
sion to annex the Philippines? 1t was
true the natives were allied in race,
language and habits of thought and
therefore the whole scheme was to hold
them as Span had held her COLONIES in
times past. as England held hers now
ruled over by military satrfps. They
might not be as capable as We for self
government, said johnson, Hith biting
sarcasm. They might not be able to
corrupt legislatures in ordef to hold
dishonored seats in the senate, as We
were. They might not be able to decide
contested election cases according to
party considerations instead of their
merits, al we were. Ttey might not be
able to practice fraud at elections. They
might be lacking in al these essential
attributes of Republicanism, but they
were capable OF constituting a govern
ment according to their owa idsas.
1t was declared that our failure to
take the Philippines would precipitate
a general European war; that al the
nations of Europe would scramble for
what we left if we withdrew. If they
did they would be but pursuing their
traditions. Let us see that we do no
wrong. The evil was theirs. If there
was. he said, to be a European war, let
us, in Gods name. keep cst Of it. Il
would not. he said, be many months;
before the tide of public sentiment
which the president va!n!y. in23Sines is
now carrying him TO a second te~cJl VIII
rec de and lEavc II n III Il Q I'd Cfy. Let
there be a new treaty he pleaded
vehemently. Let it not give $50 000Con
for cession of the Philippines to the
United States, but let il provi-e un-
equivocal!y that SPAIN wi ,hiraw from
the Philippines and give to the Philip
pines the inestimaple Hess. ngs of l.b-
erJy.
The Monroe doctrine. he declared.
would vanish with the annexation of
the Philippines. If we reached out into
the other heni=phere we could not with
propriety resist assr>ss:dn in this
Johnson said that the cuu OF our ra-
tional humiliation was 81 to over
flowing. and in closing. 50 d; we have
Witnessed the peadid achtev5m ments ot
our soldiers and sailors ssd have il!-
spired in the Old Word IA feeling of
res-ect. Tais country, halbeGcOn light
Of liberty. row depends upon
the intervention of England to keep
other Powers off its back We have
become a miserable n.c1dicant, de-
pendent upon the mother oountry. We
ara compelled to abandon the cardinal
principle of protection ard submit to
the open door policy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-26
JOHNSON WANTS AN ANSWER.
Persists in Asking Leading Question oi
the Gentleman from Iowa.

Persists in Asking a Leading Question of
the Gentleman from Iowa.
A heated passage between Dolliver
and Johnson occurred when the latter
asked if the administration believed in
the forcible 2annexat ton of tho Philip
pines. Dolliyer sharply answered that
he did not speak for the president or
the administration. When Johnson per-
sisted in asking an answer to his ques-
lions Deliver waved him aside and amid
an outbuIst Of applause declared that
the crisis Of the hour was due to the
almost reasonable utterances in this
chamber and in the senate chamber"
There was some excuse for the rioters
at Madrid. but none for those who at
home Joined in reviling their country
and denUuncing our peace commission
ers for what they had done. Dolliver
caused much amusement by describing
the "mingling of tears" between Car
negie. Bryan and Cleveland. and their
lamentations over the decadence of
their country.
When johnson again demanded t.
know if Deliver advocated the forcible
annexation of the Philippines, he re-
Piled: IF 1 had my way 1 would take
possession of the entire Philippine
group and establish in Luzon a base
OF operations, from there scattering the
benefcence Of our institutions and
holding that territory in trust for the
civilization and advancement of the
world"
You have no. answered the ques-
tion.'' exclaimed Johnson. Answer On
your honor, L call upon you, to the
American people,"
I'VE have not yet come t. that oues-
tion, and when we do we will take care
of it, responded Dolliver. amid derislve
laughter from the Democratic side and
applause from the Republicans
Johnson made a five-rninute reply
Eaying: The gentleman has contented
himself with glittering generaIities;
with three cheers for the flag and VIM.
Mckinley " There had been an avoid
ance of the vital question on the forci-
BILE annexation of the Philippines.
II deny that there is any such nuas-