VOLI'ME LXXXA 1 NO. "7 CALIFORNIA TROOPS ARE HOMEWARD BOUND The Infantry and Artillery Sai From Msoils on th Sherman. Special Dispatch to Th« Call. M ■ - ■_ _ ' E - - c - - r ntir : - 5 aui - B4SIS CF GOVE i THE PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON". July 2S.— lt is stared at tbe War Department .that General Otis 8 hn? made no communications to the department regarding the organi zation of any provisional governments In :h~ islands or provinces, hut it is pre- Fumed that he may be doins- so if con ditions warrant; General Otis is actine ur.asis of government which are to b€ established in the Philippines. GENERAL SMITH'S LATEST APPOINTMENT NEW YORK. July 2s.— A Sun cable from Manila says: General Smith has been appointed civil governor c-f the island of Negros. In establishing what amounts practi cally to home rule in the island of Ne gros. Major General Otis, it is learned at the "War Department to-day, acted under Instructions contained in a letter from the President to the Secretary of War, dated December ;••■• and caßied to General Otis at the time. These instructions were intended to apply to every island in the Philip pines where a separate government could be established with safety. MERRITT MAY BE SENT TO SUCCEED OTIS !f —Jk Washington :.-r.al says: Major General Wesley Merritt. assigned to j the governor generalship of the Philip- j pines. Major General John R. Brooke. as- j signed to the department of the East- j Briagdier General Leonard Wood, or j Major General Elwell S. Otis, assigned j to the governor generalship of Cuba. That is the tentative military slate j formed to-day. • General Elwell S. Otis' official head j ■was never in greater danger than, it Is • The San Francisco Call. -..-: :: Sherman for San aVt nisjht. having on board the he transport will proceed via — p<> aboard :he ves>e! com • -;--:-;l: r forty-eight o facers. i Heavy Artillery, nine orri ; discharged soldiers of other to : Jay -rvi there is good reason to ke- ' ;.• •• •• h<» w 111 ' ->• relieved from the com- i :.-. i-'. if the American troops in the ; pines before the fal! campaign; The President will not permit Miles ■z- co the Philippines and perh-ap^ '.'■■■>;-..•■ .. Pr- rideritial .candidate. Thi.s - .. Republican opinion* here. General Brooke has not made a suffi cient success of the governor general- Ehip of Tuba, where there is no fiarhtinz. to be intrusted with the more compli cated -ituation and graver respon sibilities of the Philippines. Merritt alone remaine-1 and the slate to-day Wfsl^y M-zrritt. to the Philippin-es. Jctjn T-. Brooke, to the department of Che East. Leonard Wood or E. S. Otis, to the governor tT^ncrslship Of Cuba. TRANSPORT SERVICE PUGET SOUND TACOJIA; July li.— For severs' we*k? Seattle ar.d Taeoma have been working vigorously to have s portion of the G&vernrnent transports loaded on Pusret Sound. Success ciovrr.cd their efTorts a ! few days ago. since v.h<=n each city ha^s j bee n keepir.s the wires hot In an en deavor to s*cur-: it? share of the new I plum. Teleprrnms received to-day ar. rtc-unce that Qucrierma-ster General Ludir.^tnn ha? eCectiu what he con siders a fair drvisioTiJ By this arrange ment tv.-o of the four transports already ordered to the Sound will load here- and zwa at Seattle. The Third Regiment of Cavalry will he embarked at Seattle. while Tscorna vrtll .«hin 500 muies. a j !anre nuxnber of horses ar.d wagc-ns. tog-ether with:T.o«o.e»W pounds of -.-ats, hay. etc. ilaycr Xick?us heads the local wm mituuL.-ap^niins-e^—t^-day ta secure a Euita.b!e camp site for -:Uit» -cavalry harse?. which vrIEE be shipped here from various pc-;nts Ihlthe Northwest. It is Ixneetec that the rt£anr.er Port Albert, covv on Ksqulmalt drydock. and the zzcnrr.e-r Victoria, which is en route from .Yokohama.. trTu. be .load?.! here. 'Gavins' the steamers Gcronne and Ctty of Puebla to sail from Seattle. Bids will be iomediate'y called for fc-f the hay. onts and ether provisions to be shipped from here. Tbe transports conrmence ieavir? ttp Sou^d about Au gust 10.. It is believed other- -.viil^fol lotv these, and that possibly the Gov «=rr.r!»er: t^.- ill <_-rder some of the trans ports bringing th<= home-coming sol diers direct to Puget Sound. NEW PLANS TO AVOID SENATORIAL DEADLOCKS Resolution to Be Presented by Sena- tor Stewart at the Nert Session. ■WASHINGTON. July 2t.— Senator Stew art of Nevada said to-day that in order to obviate the apparent necessity of an amendment to the constitution to Insure ?.t all r.'rr.f-s a full representation of States In the United StatM Senate at the next session of Congress. h« would offer relief by legislation which the Senator says may prove satisfactory- He proposes that t^e following paragraph, be added at the end of section 13. WfS*J*; chapter 1 of the Re vised Statutes: "It on the third Tuesday after the or ganization of the Legislature no person has received such majority, then on that day. or any succeeding day, the person receiving the plurality of the votes cast, a majority of all the members elected to both houses beir.g present and voting, shall be declared elected." This, he believes, will meet the necessi ties of the case and Insure the election of a United States Senator in every State at the time specified- by law. WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO SEVEN BABIES CONNELLSVILLE. Pa.. July 2S.— An authentic report comes from Brownsville to-night to v the effect that Mrs. George Hackett (colored) of that place save birth this afternoon to seven babies — girls and three boys. Tney were all alive when born, but to-night all are dead but one. The report says tney were all small, but fall tormed. '"*.,. The parents are poor, the father being a miner. He is about 25 years old. The mother is a young woman and had two children before. She is said to be as well as could be expected, and the one child will probably live.. .. .... w .. . ... SAX FBA3CCISCO, TIimSPAV. .ft'LY »7, 1 Sl>o. HIS PRIESTLY CAREER CLOSES IN DISHONOR Father Guilherme Gloria. Pastor of St. Joseph's Church of Oakland, Mao Resigned to Wed Publicly His Contract Wife, Love Romance of a Young Cleric and Miss Annie B Collins Reaches a Climax and a Startling Denouement OAKLAND is . the ■ - scene of a [ , sensation v/hich in its varied j i and dramatic elements. In its : romance and in its tragic do- i mestic incidents is perhaps j without paral'eF on the coast, j The Pvev. Father Guilherme Gloria, j pastor of St. Joseph's Portuguese ! Church, has promised that to-night ' he will, for the second time, make Miss Annie B. Collins his wife and in the marriage make partial reparation for the injury he has inflicted upon her ar.d atrne for the injustice he has done to his baby son. The love story of the handsome, bril liant paster of St. Joseph's and the ; pretty dressmaker of the Davis block . is an Interesting one. There were few ! in the priest's congregation that knew the secret. There were few of these that flocked every Sunday morning into the Chestnut-street sanctuary to listen to their ------- words, guiding them into paths of virtue, who knew that the frail, sweet-faced, dainty little woman who heeded with rapt attention was the priest's wife and the baby boy with her his son. But if Father Gloria keeps his prom ise to his contract ire the secret will be out to-night. The priest has re signed his pastorate and will violate his priestly vows. He will start again- in a new field and hopes that he may win success. Nearly eight years ago he was married by contract to the woman who has since sustained the responsi bility of motherhood without the dig nity of wifehood. Time and again her priestly husband sought to compromise between honor and humiliation. He wanted to take the girl away to a place anywhere from California and there be gin anew. He wished to marry her openly and to clothe her with the wifely dignity that was her right. He had provided- for her and within his means had protected her, but he could not give her his name. It was this and nothing less that the girl de manded and she would not go away. - - ■ thai - why 3 St. Joseph's I ■ - • s CUPID PLAYED HAVOC IN ST. JOSEPH'S PULPIT. R-=v. FaithVr GaHlierme Gloria, pastor of St Joseph's Portuguese Catholic Church of Oaklar.il. has created a sensation among his people. JLe has resigned from his .jhurch. abandoned his pastorate and promised to marry publicly his contract wife." Annie B. Collins. There has been an intimate relationship ex isting between the priest and the woman for . eleven years. The intercourse began when Miss Collins was fifteen years of age. In IS3I the contract mar riage was made, and Father Gloria has promised that to-night a Justice of the Peace shall pronounce i c words which will make the union public arfd in full conformity to the laws. Nearly four years ago a son was born, and to-night if the promise of the priest be kept will be a turning- point in the little fellow's life. ■ . ■. dramatic climax began eleven years ago at San Leandro. ' At that time, the young, handsome and brilliant priest : came to take charge of the Portuguese Catholic Church in the little town. He had arrived shortly before that from Brazil and was believed to be particu larly well qualified by the Catholic au thorities to direct the spiritual welfare j of the Portuguese at San Leandro. Hi. name 'was Guilherme Gloria. ; The young priest rapidly won the con fidence of his people. He was pious. enthusiastic and sympathetic. He went among the homes of his flock, minister- j ing. encouraging and counseling. I Among the members congrega tiontion was Annie B. Collins., a pretty \ girl, 15 years of age. Father Gloria : took an unusual interest in her. He di , rected her education and seemed to find ! unusual pleasure in her company. At his suggestion, her mother transferred her from a public school to a parochial school. The priest and the girl were , then much more than they had been in each other's company. It was then that the intimacy, which now reaches its climax, began. Only one member of' Annie Collins' family knew of her close association ■with the handsome pastor. Miss Lizzie Collins, -with a sister's intuition, discovered the secret, accused her sister and was told the facts. The relationship now be tween the pastor and the girl were fully j established and continued without in- j terruption or change for two years. The priest and his pretty penitent were . lovers." Still the mother and father of j Annie Collins j knew nothing of her i daughter's infatuation and their pas tor's indiscretion. .Late in IS3I affairs had reached such a pass that for the] girl's protection from absolute shame j something desperate had to be done, j There was but one way out of the diffl- j culty and this was but a poor one. The j handsome priest could not openly mar- j ry the girl without sacriflclnß his j priestly dignities and submitting to the j public humiliation of being driven from j ' his pulpit unfrocked. It was decided.! therefore, that a marriage contract would be drawn up and on September 22, 1891, this was done. The scruples of the girl were silenced and the predicament of the priest was evaded. As a measure of scill greater precaution Annie Collins made her sis- I ter Lizzie a witness of the marriage { contract. The priest arvd Annie signed j the document as principals. Ever since : then Annie Collins has treasured this "piece of paper as the only certificate which can protect her from public shame. She has kept, it safely and has J it yet, notwithstanding an effort to take ' it away from her. About four years ago another crisis came in the relations between the priest and his contract child wife. It j became imperative that the girl should ; leave her home and Father Gloria, re j sourceful as ever, suggested an avenue ; through which Annie might expect to j escape exposure and humiliation. The priest was about to be transferred from I his pastoral charge at San Leandro to St. Joseph's Portuguese Catholic Church on Chestnut street, between Seventh and Eighth. He urged his young contract wife to go with him. but at the same time protect herself from the wrath of her parents. • He declared that he would establish ber as a dressmaker in Oakland and her parents could not then expect to Bee her with any frequency. She would ! have a reasonable excuse for being I away from home and she readily ac cepted the proposition. Apartments j were secured in the Kahn building in ! Oakland and a sign. "Annie B. Collins, : Dressmaker," appeared in the window. i Continued on Second Pa«e. PRESIDENT HEUREAUX IS ASSASSINATED Ruler of San Domingo Slain at Moca by Ramon Caceros. Spe.-ial Dispatch to Th« C Ff DE Fl era.! ses Heul Dominican rer . . ted at 1 sanl .. at 4:30 o'clock t< -SS to 1574. Twice he was ex iled for political reason?. For two years he retired to political life, and again in [878 assumed command to put down a Spanish uprisings He was wounded many times and on several occasions narrowly escaped assassina tion. Heureaux succeeded Fernando A. Merino a? President, the national par ty, of which he xas the active reore sentative, beinj: powerful at that time, j-je served four terms, the country mak ing much progress under his adminis- A serious commercial panic r^ign^-l in San Domingo last year. There wer-i disturbances in the northwestern sec tion of the country about ih* middle of December and troops were sent to Monte Cristi to restore otiJ-t. TIM trou ble was due to the poor nr.ar.ei»JL«ys tem of the country, under which *sr ehange on New York had rts«a so that in September it took $3 in notes ft Uw republic to buy SI tn gold. A« a r*su!i business was interfered ■with. or-i*r? for go<^di canceled, wages cut. strilcH precipitated, and expenses of livinz in creased to those who could least afford to assume added burdens. For some time President Heureaux helped the Government with advances, but be came heavily involved. The republic's indebtedness, is about $20,000,000, on which interest has to be paid out of a revenue of about $2,000,004). Depreciat ed silver coin is issued, worth about 12 cents on the dollar in American money. ; control and eventually extinguished- Fifty I buildings were destroyed, including ' re ' gymnasium and Girls' School, tha I Rathhaus. which was buili in the four ! teenth century, and seventeen historical i houses" built over arcades in the Italian ! style in the market place. The historical records were saved. The I damage win amount to several millions O i [marks.