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SECOND REGIMENT
LEAVES THE SERVICE
OUR BOYS MUSTERED OUT IN
AUGUSTA.
Made a Record TO be Proud
of.
Staff Correspondence State.

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Second South Carolina volunteer
infantry was mustered out of ser.
vice here today, according to the
schedule made three weeks ago.
Three paymasters hegan work at
10 o'clock and the work was all
completed in five hours, and the
majority of the men on their
way to their homes.
The Atlantic Coast Line, via
OranSeburg and Sumter, ran a
special train besides its regular
passenger train. and took away
probably half the regiment. The
men received in the neighbur.
hood of $4,000.
A majority of the lieutenants
and the field and staff officers
were paid, but captains and other
officers who had receipted to
Uncle Sam will get nothing till
accounts are audited and found
correct.
Last night 40 or so soldiers
paraded around camp, beating
tin pans and exhibiting enthusi-
asm. This was kept up till very
late. Nothing but good temper
was shown. Two big camp fires
were burned all night.
Up to the time of leaving here
this evening the South Carolina
ex soldiers behaved themselves in
very creditable manner. No
complaint has been made by the
provost guard, the only arrest
being a man who had his coat
unbuttoned.
The special train on the Coast
Line took Orangeburg contingent
and the colonel and staff, who
were invited to attend banquet
in that town tonight.
Four companies of the Second
South Carolina regiment marched
from the fair grounds to Shandon
in Columbia, May 21st last. The
dates Of enlistment for most of
the men being May 5th, in IS
days these men would have been
in the service one year, the or
ganization, the Independent or
first battalion, being the first
from the State for the war with
Spain. One company was taken
from it to fill the first regiment,
the battalion being filled second
time June 18th. 1t was COM
manded till August 23d, when
the Second regiment was organ
lied, by Maj. Henry T. Thompson,
who then became lieutenant colo
mel, second in command to Col.
Jones. On September 18th we
went to Jacksonville, October
22d, to Savannah, and January
Sd to Cuba, returning here three
weeks ago. In that time nearly
30 men have died of disease.
In Jacksonville as many as
800 men were on the sick books
at the same time.
While the service for some
months has been a drag on Off
GERS and men, it was with feel
ings of regret that the members
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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15

government to abandon it's views on
the subject.
This article is understood to be the
outcome of an important Afrigander
caucus held to discuss the Chamberlain
note and il is understood that the ar
gument has been fortified by strong
messages to Pretoria, urging the Volks-
raad to forego the suzerainty objection
and to concede the British proposals.
There is every reason to believe that
Mr.. Hofmeyer, the Afrikander leader,
has wired President Kruger to the same
effect and similar representations have
been telegraphed from the Orange Free
State.
The Pretoria correspondent of the
Times says: 1t is very doubtful
whether an unqualified acceptance of
Great Britain's demands will be given.
The Paris correspondent of the Times
says Delcasse, the French Foreign Min
lister, has directed the French Consul in
the Transvaal to endeavor to persuade
President Kruger to accept Mr. Cham
berlain's proposal.
The Pretoria correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says: The members
of the Volksraad received Mr.. Cham
berlain's dispatch defiantly to-day. In
dividual members declare that Great
Britain must moderate her demands.
On the other hand a rumor is current
that President Kruger favors compli-
ance and has even suggested that he de-
sires the irreconctlables to leave Pre-
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
HILLARY 5, STARR
HAS BEEN FOUND
Missing Man Located in
the Philippines.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1.-THE Times
tomorrow will say: Hillary S. Starr, who
so suddenly and mysteriously disappeared
from his home on the Oak Knoll ranch,
Pasadena. on the night of April "A and
under such circumstances as to leave
little doubt in the minds of his family and
friends and the authorities that he had
met with foul play is alive, but in a pre-
carious condition in military hospital in
Manila. Philippine Islands.
He writes under date of Manila, P. l.,
July 30. to his late employer, s. R. Smith
of Riverside and to his wife, the letter
conveying the intelligence that he is a
physical wreck; rectes that he is just re-
covering from brain fever and a frac-
ttred skull and asserts absolute ignorance
of the manner in which he left home. how
he came to be enlisted in the Third Artil-
lery under an assumed name, or how he
received his injuries.
Starr left his ranch house on the even
ing of April "a to go to the pump house
several hundred feet from his residence.
From that day he has not been seen by
his family or friends. Marks of scuf1e
were plainly visible, and the theory of
murder was borne out by all the circum-
stances.
The letters received from Manila have
cleared up a mystery which completely
bafled the detectives of Los Angeles
county.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15

toria and consult constituents, thereby
avoiding their opposition. This belief
is held in johannesburg and accounts
for the hopeful condition of the market,
but the general public is pessimistic.
The Times publishes the following
from Johannesburg: Mystery sur
rounds the attitude of the Orange Free
State. President Steyn's silence is in
terpreted as showing an intention to
support the Transvaal through thick
and thin. although his inclination at
present is on the side of peace. Public
feeling is running very high, and unless
President Kruger makes an emphatic
pronCuncement in favor of conciliation
the majority Of the Beers will inevitably
vote against any concessions beyond a
seven-year franchise. The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily News says
A thousand men are engaged in
strengthening the defenses of Pretoria.
Trenches are being excavated and
earthworke INSTRUCTED. II is reported
that both Raads VIII adjourn at the end
of the week to enable members to con-
suit their constituents on the questions
raised in Mr. Chamberlain's dispatch.
The Pretoria correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says that when Mr..
Conyngham Greene the British Diplo-
matte Agent, suggested orty-eight
hours as the period within which the
reply of the South African Republic
was expected, the Transvaal represen-
tative replied: IF your suggestion is
serious, the reply will be ready in forty
eight minutes"
President Kruger's intimates. accord
ing to the Daily Chronicle, are pessi-
mistic regarding the situation.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
STAGE HELD
Up By A LONE
HICHW AYMAN
Daring Robbery Of the Lake
port Stage at Desperate
Bend.
A SUSPECT ARRESTED
Effort Will Be Made to FaSten the
Guilt on Him With
Bloodhounds.
A SUSPECT ARRESTED
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NAPA, Sept. 1.-THE Napa, Calistoga
and Lakeport stage was held up at 11:45
this morning by a lone highWayman at
Desperate Bend, about one mile south
Of the dollhouse. The highwayman was
about five feet and eight inches high,
had light hair and a light complexion.
He had on a black hat, pulled down
over his eyes, and blue overalls, and
carried a long old-fashioned double
barreled shotgun.
Pointing his gun at the drivers head
the highwayman ordered him to throw
out the express box, which he did. The
passengers were next commanded to
put their money and valuables on the
ground. They were then permitted to
get back into the stage and the driver
was told to go ahead. The robber
gathered up all the valuables, sprang
over a fence and disappeared in the
brush. Soon afterward the passengers
heard three explosions, which were
supposed to be the blowing open of the
express box.
Rev. C. f. Coy, pastor of the Metho-
dist Church at Middletown, was pas
senger returning from the conference
at Pacific Grove and the highwayman
got So from him. Coy said, Il am
poor preacher and that is all l have. y
The robber then handed him back 81
Newton Stiff, an old resident of Mid
dletown, another passenger, had con-
siderable money in his purse, which he
slipped into his boot, giving the rob-
Der only his loose change. William
Abbey, a passenger who was on his
way to Adams Springs for his health,
was handed back so cents. About SIS
was secured from the passengers. The
express box contained very little treas
ure though the day before it contained
a large amount.
CALISTOGA, Sept. 14.-Sheriff Dun
lap and Constable Allen of Napa and
Constable Spur and City Marshal
Johnson of ST. Helena arrived in town
at o'clock. G. E. Butler joined the
officers here with his bloodhounds, for
merly owned by eX-Sheriff j. r. john
son of Mendocino County, and the Off
GERS are m hot pursuit of the fugitive.
1t is believed by some that the rob-
Der is George Coburn, the Lake County
outlaw If so there will be desperate
battle before he is taken into custody,
if at all. Coburn is so thoroughly ac-
quainted with the country that his cap
ture would be almost out of the ques-
ton Others are of the opinion that it
is not Coburn, but local man. The
description given by some of the pas
sengers is that of a rather tall, SLIM
sandy -complexioned fellow.
At Z o'clock Constable Grauss and
Marshal Nash returned with Joe Weir
a well-known character, whom they
have arrested as the robber. Quigley,
the driver, made statement at the
dollhouse that he was satisfied that it
was Weir who held him up. With this
clew to work on the officers soon found
evidence against the accused. Weir
lives about mile from the scene of the
hold-up, all alone. The bloodhounds
have been started on the track and if
they go to Weirs house no further
search will be made.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
MEMBERS OF PHILIPPINE
COMMISSION RECALLED
The President Desires to Consult
With Them Concerning the Re-
suit of Their Labors.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE recall Of
Colonel DENLY and Professor Worcester
of the Philippine Commission is for the
purpose of bringing the members of the
commission together in this city in No
vember next. in order that they may
frame a report to the President which
may be transmitted to Congress with his
message
Their suggestions regarding the char
acter of government to be given the Fill
pinos will guide the President in his re-
concentrations. 1t was supposed that
Professor Worcester. who. by reason of
his long acquaintance with leading Fill
pinos, has probably accomplished more
in the direction of keeping other tribes
from joining the Tagals than any other
member. would continue in the Islands Tor
some months longer. The President, how
ever. has concluded that he would like
all civilian members of the commission
here and it has been thought by some
that he might utilize this as an excuse
for recalling Major General Otis. 1t was
positively stated tonight. however. that
instructions for the members OF the com
mission still in Manila to return TO the
Tinted States did not include General
Otis and there are no indications that he
is to be recalled.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 4.-The State
Board Of Health met in this city to-day
and as one of the results of the meeting
extreme measures may be adopted ex-
Guiding from the State persons afflicted
with consumption.
The matter was brought up by DR.. d.
D. Crowley Of the board, who introduced
a resolution in which 1t was held that
consumption is an infectious disease
which should be stopped in its progress
in this State, and the board was urged
to look into the propriety of excluding
consumptives from California, who re-
gard the atmosphere in the southern
Dart Of the State as being specially adapt
ed. on account of its climatic conditions,
for the cure Of people suffering from tu-
berculosis.
The board by a unanimous vote decided
+o oive the matter serious attention and
adopted the resolution requesting such
action. Should the board agree with DR..
Crowley upon the exclusion of consump-
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
RECEPTION TO THE
IDAHO VOLUNTEERS
Citizens of Various municipalities
Join the State officials in the


BOISE, Idaho, Sept. IA general com
mittee has been created here to take
charge of the reception to the Idaho vol
unteers on their return to Boise. 1t con-
sists Of Governor Steunenberg, Mayor
Richards, President Pierce of the Cham
Der of Commerce, Adjutant General
Weaver and W. S. Bruce.
The reception is TO be a State function,
while the entertainment Of the volunteers
will be provided for by the citizens of
Boise through the Chamber of Commerce.
Vice presidents of the general committee
have been appointed from the principal
towns throughout the State. Some Of
them are as follows:
Pocatello, Mayor Bistline; Blackfoot.
John G. Brown; Idaho Falls, George
Chaplin; st. Anthony, NJ ]. Gray; Malad.
D. Evans; Rathdrum, Captain f. A Nc
Cali; Lewiston, Colonel Harry McCon-
Vile: Wallace, Mayor Smith; Wardner,
Frederick Burbidge; Occur d'Alene.
Mayor Mayson.
Ii is expected the volunteers will arrive
here on the morning of the 2Sth. On the
evening of that day there will be parade
and an official reception at the natato-
rum A camp will be established, where
the men will be- provided for until Satur-
daV evening.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
CONSERVATIVES MAY BE
EXCLUDED FROM STATE
Resolution introduced at the Meet
ing Of the State BOdfdOf Health
for Most Stringent Quar-
dntinG Regulations.

tives, inspectors will be stationed along
the borders of the State and will board
every train coming over the State line
Any person having the appearance of be-
ing afflicted with consumption will be
placed in quarantine. and If necessary
such person will be returned to the place
he came from.
DR.. Cohn, quarantine officer of the San
Francisco Board of Health, asked to be
appointed State Quarantine officer claim
ing that an appointment by the State
Board would give him a much better
standing in the courts in his action
against the Federal Quarantine officer
The board declines to make the appoint
ment but directed its secretary to re-
quest from its attorney, George A
Knight, an opinion as to its powers and
authority in the entire matter of quaran-
timing vessels coming into San Francisco
harbor The board also decided to take
radical action in the matter of the pollu-
ton of the water courses of the State
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
BELIEVES PEARY WILL
REACH THE NORTH POLE

NEW YORK, Sept 4.-Herbert L.
Rridgeman, who commanded the Peary
Arctic expedition of 1899, arrived in
Rrooklyn to-day The Diana, the ship
which conveyed the members of the ex-
pedition into the northern seas, reached
Sydney, c. B., Tuesday. The members of
the Princeton scientific party remained
in sydney TO superntend the shipping of
their collections made during the two
months cruise.
"Peary's results in the first year of the
four allotted to his greatest Arctic work
will fully reward expectation and justify
confidence. What he has already achieved
removes his undertaking from the realm
of doubt to reasonably certain success"
Mr.. Bridgeman believes that Peary will
accomplish his purpose and reach the pole
before his four years are up.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
THE DEAD.

~ AKERSFIELD, Sept. 14.-Three
women and one man lost their
I lives in an awful wreck last even
- ing at Famosa station. The last
victim, Engineer Ed Wright OF
north bound passenger. train No. 8,
suceumbed at $50 o'clock this morning.
The names Of the dead women are: Mrs.
Maggie Majors, Santa Monica; Mrs.
Angie Larue, Piano. and Mrs. Jessie
Ross, Porterville. The latter was the
mother of Mrs. Majors. Mrs. Majors
was instantly killed and her crushed
body was found over one hundred feet
from the wrecked caboose Mrs. Larue
lived an hour and Mrs. Ross three
hours The bodies of both were badly
crushed.
The three women and Trackwalker
Bockstrandt were the only persons on
the caboose when it was struck. Brock
strandt was on the front platform and
was knocked several feet. He sustained
a broken leg and serious cut on the
face and head and a large splinter was
driven through his right arm. He is in
a serious condition and has been sent
to the Oakland hospital. After the en-
gine had demolished the caboose and
two boxcars of the Porterville train it
turned over on its right side. The i'm
pact of the collision threw the coal for
ward in the cab, covering Engineer
Wright so that he could not extricate
himself and there he was held and
scalded by steam which escaped from
where the whistle had been broken Off
Fireman Keller, strange to relate, es-
Will ar,lx faIx hr1Jic 10
not tell how it happened. He only
knows that he found himself on the
ground beside the overturned engine.
Before he died, Notwithstanding his
great agony brave Engineer Wright
stated that he did all he could. When
he saw he must strike the caboose he
turned on the full force of air and re-
versed the engine, which literally lifted
the train from the track, making such
a commotion that people half a mile
away thought it was an earthquake.
He did not see the caboose until he
was within two hundred feet of it. It's
rear lights were dark.
When the air was turned on the pas
sengers were pitched pellmen from
their seats, many of them being more
or less bruised and cut. One lady's
arm was broken. The baggage car
withstood the shock, but the coach next
to it, being old and having spliced sills,
could not resist the force of the col
lision and about twelve feet of the for
ward end crumpled up against the rear
of the baggage car. Here several wo-
men were found securely fastened in
the wreck, fortunately uninjured, save
for a few slight scratches.
The two boxcars and caboose of the
Porterville train were smashed to kind
ling wood and the engine thrown from
the track. The PortervilIe train was
in the act of coupling on to the caboose
when the passenger struck it. Brake
man Lowe, who had the pin, saw what
was coming and quickly got out of the
way.
Those who reached the scene of the
collision soon after it happened were
dumfounded at the horrible sight that
met their gaze, but soon fell to work
to help the injured and dying. In
little while the dead and dying were
borne to the depot, about two hundred
wards away and placed on improvised
cots and when the special train bearing
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
FILIPINO CONGRESS
BECOMING DISHEARTENEO

MANILA, Sept. 15-Latest reports re-
ceived by Otis regarding the Filipino Con-
eress were to the effect that the body has
become disrupted and members scattered.
Several members apparently abandoned
hope of success in the insurrection, for
Otis informants state they are remaining
in the Tarlac rebel capital awaiting the
expected capture of that town by the
American forces.
The authorities here have received no
communication from Congress recently,
and have sent none to it. A correspond
ent this morning questioned General
Schwan in reference to the report that
Congress had replied to the offer of
autonomy made by the United States Gov
ernment. This reply according to the re-
port, was to the effect that autonomy
might have been accepted and American
sovereignty recognized by the Filipinos
had it not been that the behavior of the
Americans indicated that they entertained
race prejudice against the Filipinos, and
the high-handed methods of the Ameri-
cans created fear as to the future.
General Schwan declared that no such
reply had been received and that nothing
vas known of 1t here.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
SOLDIERS TO BE SHOT
FOR COMMITTING CRIMES

MANILA, Sept. II (via Hongkong. Sept.
1D.-The local papers assert that CORPORAL
Damhoffer and Private Conine of Com
pany B, Sixteenth Infantry, have been
sentenced to death by court-martial and
that Private McBennett has been con-
demned to twenty years ifnprisonment
for having criminally assaulted native
women in Manila a month ago. The
crimes, ii is said, greatly aroused the ma
tives.
The papers assert also that General Otis
has recommended that President McKin-
ley approve the sentence and that he de-
sires a public execution of the men sen
fenced to death as a warning against a
repetition of the crime.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15
MONETARY CRISIS
OCCURS IN SAN DOMINGO
Paper Money Refused and the Poor
People Thus Rendered Unable
to Buy Food

Special Cable to The Call and New York Her
aid Copyrighted. 1899, by James Gordon
Bennett.
SAN DOMINGO, Sept. 4.--A crisis was
reached in the monetary situation to-day.
Merchants refused to take paper money
and the people were unable to purchase
food. This resulted In serious disturb
ances in the market place this morning
and great disorder prevailed.
A Cabinet meeting was hurriedly called
and a proclamation practically demon
etizing paper money, except In part pay
ment of customs duties, was issued. The
proclamation was Kissed and is certain
to cause great dissatisfaction and suf-
fering.
General Caceres has resigned as Minis
ter of War and Aristides Patins, former
Minister, succeeds him. The Government
promises relief when Congress meets, but
the people demand immediate action.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-15

ing left at oclock and not hav-
ing returned. 1t is understood that the
Government will draw up the reply in
its final form tomorrow morning and
Immediately submit the same to the
Volksraad. The reply will be in terms
strongly Influenced by the Orange Free
State and among other features the
maintenance of the convention Of 1884
will be strongly asserted.
The situation this evening is not con-
sidered so favorable as it was during
the forenoon.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-While the staff
of the Foreign Office will maintain con-
tinuous communication tonight with
Mr.. Chamberlain at Birmingham, it is
not believed now that the result of the
debate in the Volksraad will be received
before Friday. Dispatches from Cape
Town dated midnight attach great i'm
pOrtance to an article in the Ousland.
the organ Of the Afridander Bund,
which urges the Transvaal Government
to renew its offer regarding confer
ence, declaring that there is no reason
why the Transvaal should not accept
a conference and calling attention to
the fact that the word ''suzerainty" is
not mentioned by Mr.. Chamberlain and
that therefore there is nothing to lndi-
cate an obligation on the part of either