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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03

was sealed. We do not mean to dis
parage their tenacity in the midst of
hostile fire, but, on the other hand. it
is quite natural that the admiral see
ing that everything was happening as
he had foreseen, was the one who set
the example of running his ship ashore.
All the other commanders followed this
example.
"On the American side the situation
was just the reverse. Admiral Samp-
sons fleet was fully conscious of it's
power. The blockade was being con-
Quoted in accordance with carefully
prepared plans, as were also the ar
engagements in case of the enemy's at
tempt to escape. Frequent engage
ments with the Spanish forts had given
the commanders and crews that calm
assurance in the handling of their
weapons which guarantees success.
The long blockade service, exhausting
and monOtonous, hardly interrupted by
any actit on the part of the Spanish.
had strung the nerves up to the high
est pitch, and everybody was anxious
for the end to come.
Suddenly the enemy attempts to es-
cape. All the passions that had been
smoldering under the ashes break
forth. The welcome opportunity for
settling accounts with the enemy had
come at last, and WI a wild rush the
American ships fell on their Victims
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
MAY MEAN A SHORT
LINE TO THE GULF
Receivership of the Kansas City,
Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Due
to Acts of Unfriendly Stock
holders,

KANSAS CITY, April 2.-The receiver
ship for the Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf Railroad, granted in this city late
last night by Judge Gibson of the Cir
cult Court, will, according to the reports
of officials, interfere in no way with the
operation of the broperty, and the reor-
ganization plans which have been making
for some time will, 1t is claimed, go for
ward without delay. The receivers, all
of whom are Kansas City. men, are
friendly to the president of the road,
Arthur z. Stillwell, who has engineered
the property from its inception. The
act, they declare, is a friendly one and
was made necessary to head off unfriend-
ly Eastern stockholders, who contem-
plated similar action.
The history of the Kansas City, Pitts
burg and Gulf Railroad and it's joint en-
terprises the northern connecting lines
and the Port Arthur ship canal, contains
practically a realization of the long de-
sired short line to the gulf. The finishing
of the line was accomplished mainly
through the efforts of A. Z. Stillwell, for
merly vice president and now president
of the road The road grew out of tee
old Kansas City, Nevada and Fort Smith
line, of which Z. L. Martin was presi-
dent. The Nevada and Fort Smith line
was projected to run to the gulf, but
only a comparatively short part of it was
finished when Mr.. Stillwell picked up the
proposition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03

will be running in conjunction with
the Garonne. Frank Waterhouse, pres
ident of the company, writes that he is
determined to capture the Hawaiian
trade for the sound. His vessels are
British bottoms, and will continue to be
so until American navigation laws are
extended to Hawaii.
The financial substantially of local
banks is illustrated by the prompt
honoring the other day of Mr.. Politics
check for $25O,0O in payment of 1000
shares of Honokaa Plantation by the
bank of Claus SpreckelS & Co.
There are murmur1ngs at the pros
pect of having a garrison of coIored
troops in Honolulu. 1t is especially
deprecated by native Hawaiians. who
had been assured in the annexation
propaganda that as citizens of the
United States the would not be
classed as negroes. Another military
item that is received unkindly is an in
timation by last mail of the intention
of the Var Department to condemn for
its purposes a large tract of land near
Honolulu. This land has been marked
by promoters for a harbor frontage
and city extension deal. This is upon
Kalihi harbor, which could be connect
ed with Honolulu by a short canal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
COURTS IN HAVANA
TO BE REFORMED

HAVANA, April 2.-To-day, as under
the Spanish regime, bribery and fraud
direct the Cuban courts. This is the firm
conviction of the military administration.
Governor General Brooke is taking the
matter up and intends to clean out the
corruption to revise the judicial proceed
ure, to change the court personnel and
to abolish the barbarous practice of In.
communicado, by which a Judge may i'm
prison for life a person ignorant of the
accusation against him, and of the names
of his accuserS.
1t is true that the statutes allow only
three days detention incommunicado, but
judge. under the practice that has
grown up. may make new commitment
at the expiration of the third day, and at
the expiration of the sixth and so on,
without limit.
More than this, the evidence in criminal
cases is taken by clerks, who for a con-
SideratiOn, write into the testimony things
never utterd, thus often making the best
friends of the accused appear to condemn
him. Apparently the whole criminal and
civil systems have been arranged so as
to make it easy to buy and sell justice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
Railroad Changes.

The new schedule of time on the San
Mateo line went into effect yesterday,
and all cars of the ferries branch ran
direct to Glen Park, where transfers were
issued to the cemeteries line. Although
the service, according to the new regula-
lions, was a great improvement, the re-
opening of Glen Park yesterday brought
fully 5000 people to the popular resort and
taxed the carrying capacities of the rail-
road to its full extent.
1t was thought some three weeks ago
that the Mission-street line would op-
crate it's cars over the San Mateo Elec-
trio Company's track from the intersec-
ton of Twenty-ninth street, but this
agreement seems to have fallen through,
resulting in the difficulty of the San
Mateo road to handle the great crowds
which visited Glen Park yesterday.
To celebrate the reopening. of the park
an exceptionally fine musical and vaude-
Vile programme had been arranged. The
Tivoli Theater orchestra rendered some
choice musical selections and the vaude-
vile programme was select and interest
ing
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03

What Colonel Waring did for the streets
of New York Superintendent Doherty has
done for Chicago.
AS Superintendent of the recently con-
soldated departments of Streets and
STRENGTHENING, Mr.. Doherty has made
many reforms in the construction and re-
pair of Chicago streets and in solving the
difficult problem of cleaning the highways
of the second largest city in the country.
Mr. Doherty is an authority on city san
itation, the collection and removal of
garbage, and on all matters pertaining to
the public health. His carefully consider
ed selection of Paines celery compound
as the best possible spring remedy he
could take and carry home to his family
is the recommendation of as competent a
person in such matters as can be found
outside the medical profession.
Department of Public Works, Bureau Of
Streets, Chicago, March IA, 1898.
I have found Paine's celery compound
the best possible remedy for one in need of
q spring medicine; as an invigOrator for
the nervous system it is invaluable. l
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and began to entertain hopes of an early
return to San Domingo.
The Assembly then called upon me to
visit its president, saying that the object
sought was an unofficial exchange of
ideas. But they placed me upon the bench
of the accused, my crime being that l
was inclined to accept the SO 100000 which
the Assembly itself, by its representa-
tives, had induced President Mckinley
to promote, a matter as TO which l had
not been consulted. 1t appeared that |
had broken off negotiations with the 49,,
600 600. To all this l replied that I had
accepted in the best of faith. but moth
the acceptance 1 had given. They then
requested me to array myself on their
side in order TO give strength to their
resolutions. 1 answered that I had al
ways done so and would continue to do
so except in cases where the course of the
Assembly was opposed to my conscience,
to my sense of justice and to my idea
of the best interests of Cuba.
Regarding the matters under. consid
Grafton, l said had no hope of obtain
ing more than the So 100000 from the Uni
ted States, and disapproved asking more,
cOntending that the sum left was to
raise a loan for which the Assembly
lacked adequate authority. Furthermore.
pointed out that the soldiers could not
wait; that already they were too great a
burden upon the people of Cuba, and
that longer delay appeared to me to be
cruel.
The conference ended without accom-
plishing anything. 1 saw 1 could not
make myself understood by the Assembly
and decided not to be mixed up in its
doings, but to await developments. A few
days later three men whom 1 did not
know visited me and said that several
million acres stood dry to fair against
a loan of many millions, but that the
matter was possible only with my CO.
operation. l answered that | could not
consider any proposition of the kind, and
regarded ii as strange that any one
would be ready to lend money without
visitors rpnliP6
City Council could arrange a guarantee.
Then a committee of the Assembly ap-
preached me, asking me to support the AS
semblys efforts to obtain a loan. To this
replied that Cuba could not make a
loan, as she lacked the necessary author
ity. The next day the Assembly deposed
me. l consider l have acted honora bly,
and my strongest desire is to return
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
STRICKEN BY PARALYSIS.
Master of the British Bark Inver-
mark Dangerously Ill.

HONOLULU, March 26.-Captain Alex
ander G. Phillips of the British bark In
vermark was stricken with paralysis on
March g. He had been ashore in the
afternoon and returned to the vessel
shortly before o'clock He was ap-
parently in the best of health, and dis
cussed matters concerning the ship with
First Officer Smith. Then he sat down
at his desk and began to write and Mr.
Smith went out on deck. Four or five
minutes later the steward called to the
first officer that something was the mat
ter with the captain. Hurrying to the
cabin Mr. Smith found the captain lying
on the floor, where he had fallen from his
chair, his entire right side paralyzed. He
was conscious, but unable to speak.
The patient lapsed into Inconsistencies
and has remained in that condition ever
since The physicians, however, have
strong hopes of his recovery, as he is
man of strong constitution and is a COM
paratively young man.
Captain Phillips is A years of age, and
has followed the sea since he was 13 He
has been master of a vessel for fifteen
or twenty years. His home is in Aber-
deem, Scotland, where he has a wife and
four children.
The Invermark is due to sail hence in
about a week for Taltal, Chile, to load
Saltpeter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
BROADER TREATY
WITH CHINA MAY
SOON BE ADOPTED
President McKlnley's Assur-
ances to MOngOlians in
Hawaii.
BY DANIEL LOGAN.

HONOLULU. March 25.-From
trustworthy source 1 have obtained
the substance of an interesting COM
munication received by Chinese Consul
Pin from the Chinese Minister in
Washington. 1t describes an audience
had with President Mckinley by the
Minister.
President Mckinley assured the Min
lister Of his sympathy for the Chinese.
who had been put to great inconve-
nience, and in some cases hardships.
through the strict enforcement of the
instructions of the Treasury Depart
ment to it's inspector sent to Honolulu
to supervise immigration matters I'M
der the Newlands resolution.
Furthermore, the President said that
he had expressed to the Treasury De-
partment his desire that the Chinese
coming and going between the Hawaii
an Islands and their native country be
treated with the utmost courtesy and
consideration. The provisions of the
treaty with China should. in their case.
be interpreted with the greatest iber
ality.
The Minister was also informed that
there was a prospect, in view of the
changed relations between the United
States and the far East in consequence
Of the American acquisition of the
Philippine Islands, of a broader treaty
of amity and commerce with China at
a not distant period.
President Mckinley expressed his
high appreciation of the manner in
which the Minister had brought the
case of his aggrieved countrymen at
Honolulu to the attention of the adj
ministration. Nothing had been fur
Their from the Presidents thoughts than
that the application Of the exclusion
laws to the Hawaiian Islands should
have been the occasion of annoyance
or injustice to any of the Minister'S
countrymen.
President Dole's Cabinet still lacks a
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Public
instruction. There are no foreign af-
fairs that do not belong to Washington
to arrange. Hawaii has quite lot of
public instruction, however. in its free
school system, which is messing up Sc
riously every day that the department
is without head.
Attorney General Cooper was asked
as to the rumor to the effect that the
Cabinet trouble was owing TO the in
tention of Mr.. Dole to retire from the
Presidency. He answered that there
was nothing in the report.
The unheralded arrival of freight
steamer from Tacoma yesterday, 1t is
said on good authority, may prove to
be the starting of second line between
Puget Sound and island ports. On the
same dav came the news that the Brit
American Line with Headquarters
al Seattle, has a small auxiliary boat
to the pioneer steamer Garonne on the
way hther. In a month a 66O0-ton
steamship-or one bigger than the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company's China
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
SALE OF LIQUOR
At ARMY POSTS
Meaning of the Law Not
Plain.

NEW YORK, April "A Washington
special to the Herald says: Attorney
General Griggs will render an opinion
this week on the question of the
authority of the Secretary of War to
permit the sale of beer on public res
ervations under his control.
Temperance men throughout the
country, assisted by the whisky deal
ers, have been making a strong effort
to secure the prohibition of the sale Of
beer at military posts and soldiers
homes, and they succeeded in getting
through Congress during the last ses-
sion a provision in the army reorgani-
zation law that mo officer or private
soldier shall be detailed to sell intoxi-
eating drinks, as bartender or other
wise, in any post exchange or canteen.
nor shall any other person be required
or allowed to sell such liquors in any
encampment or fort or any premises
used for military purposes by the
United States"
The Secretary of War is specifically
directed to issue such general orders as
may be necessary to carry this provis-
ion into effect.
Judge Advocate General Lieber held
that the section required total prohibit
ton of the sale of intoxicating liquors.
but Secretary Alge- simply published
the law for the information of all con-
cerned."
Several officers commanding posts.
including that of Fort Monroe. closed
the exchanges on their reservations i'm
mediately upon the receipt of the law.
A question arose, however. as to
whether Congress really intended to
stop the sale of beer entirely on gov
eminent reservations. The Attorney
General will determine whether the
Government may authorize the sale of
liquor by permitting he employment of
civilians out of the profits of the ex-
change to dispense the beverages.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
DYING IN SQUALoR.
John Sheehan, Aged and Paralytic,
Left by the Police to Perish.

John Sheehan is adding day by day to
his already great burden of 70 years in
the most wretched poverty. In a little
hovel in Butchertown, on Fourth avenue,
between NJ and n streets, palsied ana
purblind, in an atmosphere made pesti-
lential by ever heaping squalor, he is
merely existing on the charity of neigh
bors, awaiting the day when the deliver
ance OF death shall come.
- The condition of the old man is most
pitiable. He is unable to procure or pre-
pare food for himself, he has no relatives
and is entirely dependent on the merest
charity for the little food he manages to
eat. Three. times has the. attention of
the police been called to his condition,
au1 three times have they failed to aid
him. They say each time that nothing
cat be done to better his condition and
thai he is "all right" Now and then
ne.ehbors, almost as poor, if not as de-
creIit as himself, take food to the OLD
mar, but that meager charity will soon
end. as his humble benefaetorS say they
can TO longer assist him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03

America and England to File
Claims Because of
Samoan Affair.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

4. NEW YORK, April "A Washington
especial to the Journal says: The State
department has cabled Consul Osborne
at Apia for full report of the recent
Samoan outbreak, so that the claim for
3ndemnity for the death Of the Ameri-
can marine killed while guarding the
United States consulate may be
promptly filed at Berlin. Great Britain,
which lost three sailors, it is learned on
the best authority, is pursuing the same
;. course.
The aggregate amount to be de-
manded Of Germany, while still unde-
termined, will undoubtedly be very
large. The report from Osborne is
necessary as a basis for the claim.
:: WASHINGTON, April 1.-The opin-
ion is expressed in official circles here
that the outlook for a satisfactory and
. peaceful final adjustment of Samoan
affairs is decidedly hopeful. The state
Inent was made to-day in well-in-
formed quarter that it is altogether
likely that the Joint high commission,
by virtue Of the plenary powers vested
in its individ-al members, will be able
TO conclude a settlement Of the Sa-
:.nioan question satisfactory to all the
ahJWcIS COuCtIIltu, anu lliclb hiiCiS 80
such an understanding between the
three powers ) almost certainly will
prevent any disagreement such as
would make it necessary to ask
king Oscar Of Sweden and Norway to
act as umpire
The peaceful solution of this delicate
question, full of possibilities Of serious
y, trouble, is regarded as a triumph of
diplomacy and as furnishing the
ktrongest kind Of evidence of a desire
son the part of Germany, as we'll as of
the: other powers, to maintain the most
.,atiicable relations with the other pow
ers.
Il. LONDON, April 3.-The Times, in an
Editorial on the Samoan controversy,
says: I'VE do not suppose that Eng
land will offer an objection to the joint
Commission. proposal. Although Ad-
sniral Kautz' downright fashion of say
Ing what he means is i'll adapted to
.sodthe the susceptibilities of others his
. dispatch has the merit of raising a
direct issue. Probably the best way of
securing a modus vivendi would be a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
CYCLERs' ROAD RACES.
Olympic and Bay City Wheelmen's
Events Yesterday.

The Olympic Club Wheelmen held ten
mile sealed handicap road race yesterday
morning over the stretch known as the
second relay, ending in San Mateo.7 The
starters were: E. F. Russ, e. o. Krag-
ness. George E. Kroetz, Percy Dell Joe
Kingsley, Eddie Adams Hank Ford,
James Smith, II. S. Henderson. T. H.
White ]. Bailey, ]. A. Anthony, ]. F.
Carroll and George Tantau. The men
rode alone, unpaced, two minutes apart.
The best time was made by White,
27:15 2-5 for the ten miles. Tom Meherin
acted as starter, and John A. Hammer
smith and William Mackie scored the
finish. The run was very successful, and
from this and subsequent try-outs the
clubs relay team will be chosen.
The Bay City Wheelmen held a five
mile handicap from San Leandro to Hay
wards. Nineteen men started, of whom
sixteen finished, as per the following
table:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03
Testimony Before the Court
of Inquiry Proves Bad
Beef Was Supplied.
EACAN'S EXPERIMENT
Refrigerated and Canned Meat Sent
to the West Indies by Order of
Secretary of War Alger.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, April 1.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Herald tele-
graphs: Summing up facts brought
out by the investigation of the beef
court of inquiry, now nearing a close.
the friends of Major General Miles be-
lieve that he has established the JUS
tice of his allegations. They assert that
he has proved:
First-That canned and refrigerated
beef issued to troops were unfit for use.
Second-That they were issued as
"pretense of experiment" because
canned roast beef, which as a part of
the army ration had long been obsolete.
was revived during the Spanish war,
but is no longer issued to troops All
the facts go to show that in the great
civil war and in Indian campaigns beef
was furnished to the army on the hoof.
The army in Cuba is now supplied with
beef on the block.
Third-That chemical processes for
preserving beef were fully discussed
with Commissary General Eagan to
show that refrigerated beef could be
kept in the tropics only by means of
preservative, and according to the
statements of Messrs. Sypher. Giddings
and Simpson as to conversations with
General iagan, his only excuse for not
giving contracts for live cattle to Tex
an firms was that beef firms had pre-
servatives for keeping beef seventy-two
hours which would be given fair trial,
and if unsuccessful he would then
award contracts to Texans for supply
ing cattle on the hoof.
Fourth-That Commissary General
Eagan and SecretaryAlger were respon-
sible for supplying "embalmed beef"
and canned roast beef to the army. the
general being Ayers agent; since. ac-
cording to Mr.. Giddings, General Eagan
said TO him that Secretary Alger had
asked him to give the contracts to a
Chicago firm, and he considered the re-
quest equivalent to an order.
But while General Miles is confident
that he has established the truth of
his charges, he purposes during the few
remaining sessions of the court to pro-
duce evidence which will further sub
stantiate them.
1 was told to-day that the court of
inquiry is now convinced of the un-
fitness of canned roast beef for issue.
although General Miles intimated he
had about 10000 witnesses who were
willing to testify regarding it. The
court hopes to close its investigation
within ten days and will then deliber-
ate on the evidence, probably reporting
early in May at the latest.