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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 361.
FILIPINO FINANCE
XHE QUESTION OF RAISING
FUNDS IS TACKLED
NORTHERN PROVINCES
FLATLY BEFUSE TO PAY TAXES
QE ANY KIND
AGUINAIDO GETTING ANXIOUS
But Hopes the Nations Will Give the
Filipinos a Chance to Govern
Themselves
Associated Press Special Wire.
MANILA, Sept 23,-The Filipino con
gress Is engaged In the consideration of
the question of raising funds to defray ex
penses of the maintenance of the army,
pending a decision by the Paris conference.
Hitherto the army of tho FY.llplnos has been
chiefly supported by public subscriptions,
but now the native government contem
plates the Imposition of various taxes. Tho
Inhabitants of tho northern provinces,
however, especially of Pnmpang and Ill
cots, flatly refuse to pay land or poll taxes,
because It was the popular Impression that
the revolutionists would abolish taxation
entirely.
The natives of Fampang and Rangaslnan,
the two richest agricultural provinces of
tho Island, and those of Ilocols and Zam
bales, who are tho sturdiest mountaineers,
distrust the Tagais and Insist upon the es
tablishment of an American protectorate.
Yesterday the assembly debated the ques
tion of a land tax. A majority of the mem
bers were opposed to the maintenance of a
burden unequally distributed and unduly
favoring the Tagais, and demanded that
a scheme of expenditures be submitted be
fore the matter was decided. 1 The system
was not forthcoming and the question was
shelved.
Agutnaldo realizes the difficulty of recon
ciling the conflicting Interests, but hopes
the nations will allow the Filipinos a fair
chance to show that they are capable of
self-government.
Agutnaldo desires the Associated Press
to Inform the world that there Is con
clusive evidence that many Spaniards and
priests are Intriguing with a faction of the
natives to foment disturbances, so that
Americans will believe the whole popula
tion to be Irreconcilable. He asserts that
the Intriguers have money and provide
uniforms to persons who Impersonate rebel
officers and enter the town, and he accuses
Eugene Blanco of being the chief paid
agent of these Intriguers.
In the course of an Interview with the
Associated Press correspondent, Agutnal
do said that the Filipino fleet comprises
eight steamers, which are now engaged In
conveying troops for a grand campaign
•gainst the Spanish garrisons in the south
ern Islands. These vessels are practically
unarmed. ,
The Spanish gunboat Xl Cano, he Bays,
recently entered Masbate and caught and
sunk the Filipino troop ship Burlsan,
which was lying at anchor there.
He admitted the recent purchase of the
steamer Abbey, formerly the Paslg, but
denied that she had landed rifles and am
munition at Batongas, but he admitted
that she carried two Mnvlrns and a ship
load of stores. The United States steamer
Hugh McCulloch captured the Abbey 60
miles south, of Manila. It is believed that
the Abbey has landed 7000 rifles.
Waiting for Transports
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.-The rain of
Saturday night and today has caused the
Issuance of orders by the military author
ities at the Presidio to have all defective
tentage Immediately repaired or replaced.
• Major Rafter of the Twentieth Kansas,
chief surgeon of the division, says he thinks
the men will get along all right in tents
during the few weeks remaining to the
foroes here before their departure for Ma
THE DUKE OF ORLEANS,
The Most Formidable Pretender to the French Throne, Who Hat Denounced
the Follower*, of Dreyfus and Declare* That Frenchmen Will Not Permit
the Idebrattoa of the Prisoner of Devil's Island.
nUa.. All that now delays their sailing Is
the non-arrival of transports. The first of
the returning vessels should arrive here
this week, and It will take at least a week
for them to recosi and load supplies, so
that they could not hope to get away under
ten days after they make this port.
THE SEAMAN'S TERROR
Orew of the Bark Olga Stricken With
Scurvy
PHILADELPHIA Sept. Jo.—The Ger
man bark Olga arrived at the Delaware
breakwater tonight for orders from Bam
i arang, Java, laden Willi sugar. She
brought to a close a voyage of strange fa
talities, having only a few of the original
officers on board, Capt. Dreyer, her com
mander, and Aye others'having died of that
dread disease, scurvy, which so often
breaks out on board vessels from the far
east. The Olga sailed from Sourabayn
on April 3. When about two months out
from port the disease first made Its ap
pearance, and one by one the men were
taken 111, until the ship's company was
reduced to four men able to be about.
Capt. Dreyer was among the first to be
stricken. He tasted only a few days, suf
fering great agony. Then the mate took
charge, and he, too, was stricken down,
leaving In charge of the vessel men who
had little knowledge of navigation. When
St. Michael's was reached a neiw captain
was taken aboard and the fateful voyage
continued. The Olga Is now waiting or
ders and will probably come to this port
to discharge her cargo.
NORTHERN RAINSTORMS
LONO CONTINUED AND BATHER
HEAVY
Too Early to Be of Use Except In Dis
pelling Fears of Another
Dry Season
SAN JOSE, Sept. 25.—1t has been raining
Intermittently since last night and at pres
ent there are no signs of a cessation of the
storm. Up to Bp. m. today the fall for tfiV
storm was 1.23 Inches. The damage to the
fruit crop In the valley will be small, but
In the mountains, where the crop Is late,
the effects of the rain will he heavily felt.
The vine growers say that the grapes will
come out all right If the cloudy weather
does not continue too long, as the vines are
not heavily loaded. In the valley most of
the prunes have been ploked and' those not
dried have been stacked. Generally speak
ing, the rain will In the end do more good
than harm, as It will help to revive busi
ness and dispel all fears of a dry season.
Monterey—A heavy, soaking rain fell
throughout this entire section last night,
beginning about 9:30 and continuing a
steady downpour for twelve hours, the pre
cipitation being .82 of an Inch. The present
atmospheric conditions indicate) more rain
tonight. The farmers in this locality ut
greatly fielaaed.
Fresno—lt began raining lightly here
aobut 6 oclock this evening and half an
hour later this changed to quite a down
pour, which has continued all the evening,
and at midnight It Is raining very heavily,
with no sign of cessation. If the present
rate of precipitation is kept up until morn
ing the fall will amount to about one Inch.
The damage to raisins will be very slight,
as the growers had plenty of time in which
to stack their trays, having received forty
eight hours' notice of the approach of the
storm. The storm will of course delay cur
ing somewhat, but this will do no harm.
Sacramento—A light shower of rain fell
In this section tonight, with prospects of
more before morning. Should a heavy
shower fall considerable damage would be
done to grapes, as picking Is still In pro
gress.
A Floster Found
PORT COSTA, Sept. 25.—The badly de
composed body of an unknown man was
found In the straits near here this morning
by men on the schooner Theresa. It had ev
idently been in the water for seven or eight
months. It was that of a man about 30
years of age, dressed' as a fisherman, or
deck hand on the river. The remains are
supposed to be those of a sailor on the
schooner Nettle, who was drowned early in
the year.
THE HERALD
A SUNKEN SPANISH WARSHIP FLOATED
The Infanta Maria Teresa Raised and Towed
to Guantanamo Bay
FLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sept. 25.—The wrecking company engaged under
Lieutenant Hobson in the work of saving the wrecked Spanish warships has succeeded in floating the
cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa. The cruiser, after beinb got afloat was taken in tow by the Potomac and
convoyed by the cruiser Newark, the Scorpion and the Alvarado, proceeded for Guantanamo bay, where
she arrived last night. The successful issue of the attempt to float her was greeted with the blowing of
whistles, the firing of national salutes and by cheers In which the Cubans joined, disturbing their
noon siesta.
Off Siboney the barometer and the wind indicated the approach of ta hurricane and the towing
power was increased*. The Newark, under Captain Goodrich rendered valuable assistance in the work
of saving the Maria Teresa. The cruiser) is being put in condition for her trip north by the repair ship
Vulcan I
THAT ASHCROFT TRAIL
LEADS TO DEATH INSTEAD OF
THE KLONDIKE
Many Who Tried It Are Dead and
Many More Are Starving
to Death
SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 26.—A Vancou
ver (B. C.) special says:
Brindley Mills and P. G. Grant, two mem
bers of a Montreal Klondike syndicate, ar
rived here today, after spending four
months In trying to get through to the gold
country over the Ashcroft trail. At Ques
nelle they met Sir Arthur Curtis, an Eng
lish baronet, and his party, and also ran
across them at Mud river, where Sir Ar
thur mysteriously disappeared and was
never seen by a white man again. Mr. Mills
said they Joined in the search with Indians
for the body, and that they are confident
that the latter knew all about the noble
man's death and where the body might be
found. They want $1000 reward for bring
ing It out of the woods. The unfortunate
nobleman, Mills believes, met with foul
play.
Mills and his party were lost for four days
without food 100 miles from Telegraph
creek. On one occasion they took the ad
vice of a treacherous Indian guide and went
50 miles out of their way.
They describe tholr experiences as ter
rible. They declare emphatically that the
route la a fraud and that hundreds of poor
fellows are actually In danger of starva
tion on it now. They are stalled 50 and 100
miles apart, without provisions and with
out hope.
Mills and Grant started out with 58 horses
and lost 30 head on the road. Their out
fits were also lost, and when they reached
Telegraph creeflc they were broken In
health and without money.
The Season Closed
SKAGUAY, Alaska, via Seattle, Sept.
25.—The close of the gold season, under
the British Columbia laws, was ushered
In on September 15th, and nearly all the
men who do not Intend remaining on their
claims this winter have returned from (he
Atlln country. It Is said nearly a thousand
men will remain at Atlln lake until spring,
so as to be on hand early to prospeot for
new discoveries. From all Indications the
Pine creek, Spruce creek, Wright creek
and Musket creek mines will prove very
rich.
Men who rushed Into Atlin six weeks ago
are coming home, many of them with from
8500 to 31500 In gold dust, which they washed
out in a very crude manner from their
claims. The Atlin district Is sure to prove
one of the most profitable placer regions
In the world, and the rush there next sum
mer Is anticipated to be very great.
Brady's Beport
SKAGUAY, Alaska, Sept. 21. via Seattle,
Sept 25.—Governor Brady has returned
from an official trip to the Prlbytoff Islands
and other points south. He said that he
found everything running smoothly at
every point he touched. Speaking of the
Aleutian Islands, he said:
"They are destined to become the home
of countless herds of cattle and sheep.
Bom* of the Islands nave not a stick of
LOS ANGELES, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, I8?8
IT'S UP TO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT
timber on them, but are covered all over
with a luxuriant growth of grass, affording
the finest kind of pasture land for cattle
and stock of all kinds."
He says that at the Seal Islands he found
that the seal herds are dying off rapidly,
or rather, are being killed off. Pelagic seal
ing Is dally decreasing the herds.
Had Some Dust
SEATTLE, Sept. 25.—The steamer Rosa-
He arrived tonight from Alaska, with 110
passengers, most of whom were from Daw
son. There was a small amount of gold
dust In the crowd, amounting In the aggre
gate to about $40,000.
Major Marchand Declines io Retire
From Fashoda
LONDON, Sept. 26.—The Daily Tele
graph's Cairo correspondent telegraph's to
day (Monday), saying:
Gen. Kitchener found the French at
Fashoda. He notified Major Marchand
that he had express Instructions that the
territory was British and that the French
must retire, and offered them passage to
Cairo. Major Marchand absolutely de
clined to retire unless ordered to do so by
his government. No fighting occurred.
Major Marchand was given clearly to un
derstand that the British Insisted upon
their claims and the rest has been left to
be settled by diplomacy between the re
spective governments.
SAUSALITO, Sept. 25.—Another link of
circumstantial evidence that the authori
ties have collected in the Brooks murder
is supplied by Town Marshal Hannon,
George Smith and William Harrison. When
they arrived at the Chlspa, between five
and ten minutes after the shots were fired,
they found the mutilated body of Captain
Brooks stiff and cold ml death. Coroner
Eden, states that a body retains considera
ble warmth for some hours after death. He
believes that the wound In Nelson's leg was
not Inflicted by a bullet. He says It looks
more like a scratch than anything else.
TO TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Filipino congress finds the na
tives unwilling to pay taxes of any
kind.
The Seventh regiment is expected to
start for Los Angeles next Wednes
day morning.
An unconfirmed report In circulation
in London that the Chinese emperor
is dead, probably by poison.
Consular reports indicate the
growth of trade in American made
goods In European countries.
The Spanish warship Infanta Maria
Teresa raised and towed safely Into
port at Guantanamo.
Short sketches of the lives of men
who make up the commission appoint
ed to Investigate the conduct of the*
war.
Troops at Camp Meade In pood
health, with the exception of one reg
iment, the First New York, which is
isolated to prevent the spread of ty
phoid.
The New York Republican state con
vention meets tomorrow, and will
nominate Theodore Roosevelt for gov
ernor; the Oregon legislature convenes
today to nil the senatorial vacancy.;
FOUND THE FRENCH
The Brooks Murder
INDEX
AMERICAN FACTORIES
TURNING OUT GOODS TO SELL IN
AUSTRIA
United States Products) Making Their
Way Into Markets of Other
Nations of Europe
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—The United
States consul at Vienna, in a report to the
state department on the trade of Austria-
Hungary for 1597, ascribes the general de
crease In exports to this country to the
fact that the same goods are now manu
factured In (he United States and can be
sold at the same or lower prices than
the Austrian goods. The report is that
American silk Is being sold In Lyons, the
real silk center In Europe, and thatt the
French manufacturers are buying It In
large quantities—practically all that Is
used for lining purposes, to take the place
of that formerly Imported from Austria
and Germany. There Is a falling off In de
mand for pearl goods and for glassware,
due to the popularity and superiority of
the American product. It Is frankly ad
mitted, the consul says, that the American
cut-glass is finer and more elegantly cut
than any manufactured In Europe.
The American bicycle, according to the
consul, Is finding favor with the wheel
men, notwithstanding Its higher price
over those of domestic make. He thinks
that If the United States manufacturers
desire to get their wheels Into the for
eign market they should be satisfied with
a little less profit and try to make easier
terms for their agents. The Wheels sent
from America are generally without mud
guards, brakes and other necessaries, and
the agent Is put to the additional expense
and trouble of supplying them.
There Is a growing demand for American
canned goods, but 'high prices prevail be
cause the goods go through the hands of
middlemen.
The consul at Antwerp, Belgium, re
ports that the exports from that country
to the United States In 1896 were valued at
$9,437,700, an Increase of 5 per cent over
the preceding year, and the Imports direct
from the United States In 1896 were valued
at $37,504,800, an Increase of 31 per cent over
1895. An Important Increase In the con
sumption of beer Is noted, amounting to
about 51 gallons per capita. Figures are
also presented Showing a large increase
In importations In a number of articles
from the United States for the first eight
months of the fiscal year 1897, over the
corresponding period of 1896, notably In
starch and non-edible products, timber,
rye, barley, oats, corn and buckwheat.
STILL A MYSTERY
Murderer of Captain Moss Is Not Ap
prehended
SAUSAX/TTO, Sept. 25.—The identity of
the murderer of Capt. John Moss Brooks
of the yacht Ohlspa Is as much of a mys
tery as tt was at the time Brooks was found
dead in his bunk on Saturday morning.
Although robbery was supposed at first
to have been the motive for the deed, the
officers have changed their minds and
think It was the result of a grudge. Sher
iff Harrison of Marin county, who Is work
ing on the case, Is Inclined to think that the
deckhand, Peter Nelson, knows more about
the case than he has yet revealed. Nel
son, who is In Jail, was Informed today
that he was suspected of the murder of
Capt. Brooks. He laughed at the Idea and
said that he had no cause to commit the
urlme as the captain had always been
kind to Mm. The Inquest will be held, to
morrow at San Rafael.
NOT A CANDIDATE
An Oakland Office Seeker Loses His
Kind
OAKLAND, Sept. 25.—George C. Hunt,
an Independent candidate for sheriff of
Alameda county, lias become insane. To
day he was taken to Fabtola hospital. His
family will have him cared for at a pri
vate institution and hope that rest and
proper treatment may restore his facul
ties.
The afflicted man was formerly a deputy
sheriff In Alameda county under Robert
McKllllcan. He Is a Republican and sev
eral months ago declared himself a can
didate for the Republican nomination for
sheriff. Failing to secure this, Hunt con
tinued his canvas as an Independent.
Lost in the Hills
NEW WHATCOM, Wash., Sept. 25.—The
party sent out to search for Walter Schroe
der, the young St. Louis artist who was lost
In Mount Baker hills, have returned with
out finding him. They found his outfit,
which they brought In. They say that fur
ther search is impossible on account of the
snow.
TROOPS AT CAMP MEADE
ALL IN HEALTH EXCEPT ONE
REGIMENT
The First New York Isolated to Pre
vent the Further Spread of
Typhoid Fever
CAMP MEADE, Mlddletown, Pa.. Sept.
25.—Major J. E. Weaker of Norristown was
relieved today as surgeon-ln-chief of the
Second division hospital and assigned STs,
acting surgeon of the division. The change
was made necessary by the resignation of
Major Devine, who returns to Boston to
resume his private practice.
Private George Morgan, First Maryland,
died last night at the Bed Cross hospital
jf typhoid fever. Corporal August F. Ross,
company H, Second regiment, engineer
corps, also succumbed to typhoid fever.
To prevent the spread of typhoid fever n
camp the Twenty-third New York regi
ment, which Is infected with the disease,
will be isolated from Camp Black. Chief
Surgeon Girard says the fever had Its ln
ciplency In the New York camp, and the
sick will be sent to Philadelphia hospitals.
The Red Cross will send a hospital train
to camp from Philadelphia tomorrow to
take one hundred patients. They will Be
carried to the Women's Homeopathic and
Women's hospitals.
The Reading hospital will also send a
train for fifty patients.
Major-General Qresham Issued an order
today consolidating the Fifteenth Pennsyl
vania and the Ninth Ohio battalions. The
new organization will take the place of the
First Delaware in the First division, and
will probably be ordered to Cuba for gar
rison duty. The battalion is made up en
tirely of colored troops, In command of
Major Toung.
Eight companies of the First Delaware
have received orders to move to the
grounds vacated by the Twelfth Pennsyl
vania, and as soon as their muster rolls
have been prepared they will be forwarded
to their home station for a thirty days'
furlough, at the expiration of which they
will be retired from the service.
General Graham expects soon to begin
practice marches by regiments. They will
march to a rendezvous within a radius of
ten miles of camp, and will take with them
baggage and water wagons and ambu
lances for the sick.
The health of the corps, with the excep
tion of the New York regiment, !s excel
lent, and unless there' is a change the
troops will stay here until cold weather.
The prospects are that the First d!vis'on
will be the first ordered south to prepare
for duty in the West Indies and the Phllip
p'nes.
The Trench Officer Who Is the Sole Obstacle to the British Advance tn
Africa. He Is Believed to Be in Possession of Fashoda, on the Nile, Four
Hundred Miles South of Khartoum
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THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS
Together With Brief References to
Records Hade in the Service of
the Nation
Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—The commis
sion appointed by President McKinley t<
Investigate the administration of the wai
department In relation to Its conduct of thi
Htspano-Amerlcan war will begin its la
bors formally tomorrow.
The commission effected an' organisation
yesterday by the election of Gen. Uren
ville M. Dodge as president, Richard
Welghtman as secretary and Major Steph
en C. Mills of the regular army as record
er. It is the president's desire that th«
Inquiry should be rigid and searching,
as was Indicated by his statement to the
commission when It assembled at the
Wlilte House for a conference with him
yesterday. No limit Is placed by the presi
dent to such investigation. It Is to Include
all affairs of the army, and the president
assures the commission 1a advance that
he will afford It every facility In his power
to make the most searching Inquiry Into
every department of the war. Among
other things the president said:
"I cannot Impress upon you too strongly
my wish that your investigation shall be so
thorough and complete that your report
when made will fix the responsibility for
any failure or fault by reason of neglect,
Incompetency or maladministration upon
officers and bureaus responsible therefor—
If It be found that the evils complained of
hare existed.
"The people of the country are entitled
to know whether or not the citizens who
so promptly responded to the call of duty
have been neglected or misused or mal
treated by the government to which they
so willingly gave their services. If there
have been wrongs committed the wrong
doers must not escape conviction and
punishment."
The following are biographical sketches
of all members of the commission except
of Dr. Connor, Cincinnati, who has not ar
rived in Washington.
THE RECORDS HADE
By the Men Who Will Conduct ths
Inquiry
Major Gen. Grenvllle M. Dodge, president
of the commission, was born April 12, 1831;
graduated from Norwich (Vt) university
as a civil engineer. He entered the service
April, 1861, as captain, was made colonel of
the Fourth lowa Infantry June 10, 1861,
brigadier general March 10,186t, major gen
eral May 10,1863. Commanded the Sixteenth
corps In the Atlanta campaign in 1864. In
November, 1864, he was assigned to com
mand of the Indian campaign. He left the
army In 1866, built the Union Paolflc and
Texas Pacific roads. Was a member of
congress from lowa. Since then has been
connected with the railway systems of the
United States. President of several rail
roads. Succeeded Gen W. T. Sherman as
commander of the army of Tennessee.
Now commander of military order of Loy
al Legion, state of New York.
Gen. A. MD McCook
Major Gen. Alexander McD. McCook, U.
S. A. (retired). Is a member of the fighting
McCook family of Ohio He was born ApnU
22, 1831, and was appointed to the military
academy in 1847, graduating in 1852, and
was assigned to the Third Infantry. When
the civil war came he was on duty at ths
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