The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1895.' NDAY...cc.0n Sesaeeianiannnnsd MARCH 24, 1895 THE SPRING SUIT MAY BLOOAM. Now is = sona the winter of cold and cloud and discontent, and to- day the first tender spring suit may steal forth umbrellaless to meet the stylish new tailor-made for a confidential stroll along the grassy walks of the park. The Midwinter Exposition grounds 2 Wwill revel in a midsummer day, and out beyond the cliff there will be nnf’y sunshine on the sea, for the weathercast for to-day is: Fair; stationary temperature; fresh to brisk northerly to westerly winds. LOOAL NEWS IN BRIEF, The Belgic arrived from China and Japan yesterday. Dr. Morris, U. S. N., was one of the passengers on the Belgic. _ Mrs. E. F. Pease, formerly of South Park, dies in New York State. The British ship Sierra Marinda arrived from Hongkong yesterday. Mrs. Theall is preparing to make fresh effort on behalf of Murderer McNulty. e Sunday-school Association will 16th to 18th. The British ship Wasdale arrived from erpool after a rough experience in the Pacific. The Morris Ravine mine in Butte County has been sold to & syndicate of English capitalists. The First Artillery will give an exhibition drill and grand ball et the Pavilion on the 19th prox. Several firemen were fined by the Fire Com- missioners yesterday for disobéying the rules of the department. . The board of officers of the Third Infantry leased & 50-vara lot on Fulton street for the giment's new armory. Miss A. Londonderry, who started from Bos- ton to circle the globe on a bicycle, arrived from the Orient yesterday. Grading the new racetrack near Ocean View will begin to-morrow. The track will open with 1400 horses on November 1. An unknown vessel ran down the schooner Laura May and almost sunk her off St. George Reef on the night of the 16th inst. The name of Ed Reddy, & brother of Patrick Reddy and an ex-guard at San Quentin, is being urged for warden of that prison. v Walter of the Orpheum was yesterday 50 by Judge Low for permitting the La Regaloncita sisters to perform in his theater. C. A. Spreckels has brought suit against the directors of the Oceanic Steamship Company to compel them o meet and hold an election. Alexander Loughborough was arraigned on ty 1t to murder before Judge r vesterday and was given a week to h ] R Okell, Donnell & Co., agents for the Frank- lin, Patriotic and Westchester fire insurance companies, withdrew from tae combine yes- ter nk Gould, chairman of the Democratic State Central Commitiee, will succeed George | A*Knight as attorney for the State Beard of | Health. has been added in the er- ¥ of JamesG. Fair. Miss Phabe the famons writer and lecturer, is the T. J. Stephens of the def Company was arrested ye warrant cherging him w act Owl Stationery v on another | lemeanor em- | bezzlement. lo On the 6th pr. A of the Infantry will give Third The Hopkins Art Institute has just received from Edward f a handsome gift com- | a photograph and inst A. Farnsworth of the Pacific- 1, charged with misde- ent, was dismissed by Judge | v seiled the British rom London to Yokqsuka Japanese, arrived | Non-union crews were placed upon several vessels under police protection yesterday and sent to sea. Both the union and the association claim the best of the contest. lon Club has decided to run a e Los Angeles fiests and bring Eastern excursionists back with them that they may see the entire State. Harry Meyers, the bunko man, was yesterday | charged by the police with assault to_murder and robbery in connection with the Hagerty hold-up on September 25 last. A search-warrant was issued yesterday to W. A.Baale to search the schooner Anita upon her arrival at this port. It is thought that the Ensenada robbers are on board. Phebe Couzins, the famot riter on woman’s rights qu lecturer tions, was ged to marry the late James G. Fair, but vere separated by envious meddlers. The San Francisco Fire Undersyriters’ Associ- ation has adopted a constitution and by-laws and elected officers, and is now thoroughly or- ganized and launched wpon its career. The memorfal muscum was dedicated yester- day under e fair sky to musicand oratory. The number who passed through the turnstiles without price was registered at 11,184, . Essie Campbell is suing her husband, Charles J. Campbell, for maintenance. She says he put her outof the house because she would not conform to his religious belief. Mrs. Alevina Stein, proprietress of the Little Casino, on Bush and Stockton streets, whose place was raided on Friday night, had the g.lses against her continued yesterday till Tues- ay. Mrs. Alice Taylor, 520 Jones street, was robbed by Mrs. Ma cGrath of 349 Minna sireet, whom she had befriended, and yester- day Mrs. McGrath was arrested for grand lar- C.W. Manwering, cheirman of the Repub- lican County Committee, was swindled out of $10 a few days ago by & smart young man, and yesterday a “John Doe” warrant was issued for his arrest. Mrs. Isabella Martin has notified Sheriff Whelan that she will sue him for the detention of the property seized at her house on Wednes- day evening lust unless the same is returned to her forthwith. electricity as & motive power, instead of the ceble system now in use. The indictments found by the Grand Jury egainst Dr. Jenningson, John Gamage and D, M. Blank may not hold, as their alleged at- tempt to blackmail Dick McDonald is only a misdemeanor under the law. John P. Dalton, an_inspector of painting at the new City Hall, has reported to the %i!y Hall Commissioners that the work of painting Tooms in the southern end of the Larkin-street wing is not being properly done. : Mrs. E. L. Goodwin, formerly proprietor of the Allen Springs of Lake COuan'v is suing A. A. Johnson and others for the value of her land. She saysshe traded it to the defendants ‘l:::npmpeny in Kentucky which they did not Dougald Graham of Montreal has sued A. O Viertong, wife et al. of Tuolumne County, Cal for recovery of $10,000, whi T for the purchase of the “Viertong mines.’ which he now alleges were “‘salted” and ere worthless. Among the arrivals on the Belgic yesterda were Chilean officers who took the Eemeralas from Valparaiso to Japan. They tell a sensa- tional story of how one of their number came near sinking the cruiser San Franciseo by mis- take during the Chilean war. “Who Is This That Challenges the World’s Attention?” will be the subject of an address by Evangelist Varley of London at the Youn Mem’s Christian Association Hall, Mason and Ellis streets, this afternoon at 3 ‘o’clock. The service will be exclusively for young men. A tes of all mations is to be given by the Laaies’ Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. Associac tion at the parlors, corner of Mason and Ellis | parent from the fact that streets, March 29, from 8 to 10 P. M., for the benefit of the building fund. Tea will be served in cups that can be retained assou- venirs. $ Albert Baldetta has been dgnnudlwrit of mandamus compelling Judge Campbell to transier the chorge of selling liquor without & license, now pending against Baldetta, be- cause the Judge’s election pledges disqualify him from trying the case. The writ will be heard next Friday. Sanford Bennett, receiver of the San Fran- cisco and San Mateo Electric Railway, has been allowed to comprom se the suitof the Thomson- Houston Electric Supply Company for the bal- ance due on an account for materfal furnished of $171,650. The balance due is $54,041 25, and if at the hearing on March 29, there is no opposition, it will be settled for $25.000. Considerable commotion was caused at the junction of Lombard street and Montgomery avenue yesterday afternoon between the hours of noon and 5 o’clock, owing to a horse being stricken with paralysis. He fell on the street, where he lay for five hours, environed by all the people of the neighborhood. At lasthe 'i:!lof‘ by a bullet from a policeman’s » CALLED A “FRNCE” THAT IS THE CHARGE MADE BY THE MINING STOCK ASSO- CIATION. THAT SHORTAGE OF $60,000. THE AssociaTioN OFFERS TO AID THE GOVERNMENT IN ITs INQUIRY. The Mining Stock Association of this city is preparing an important document for the use of Government officials who are now trying to find out how a shortage of $60,000 has occurred at the United States mint at Carson, Nev. This document, with letters, atfidavits and a mass of evi- dence, will be forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the disclosures made will be extremely sensational. The association some three years ago called the attention of the Government to the affairs of the mint at Carson, and Rep- resentative Geary introduced a resolution in Congress calling for an immediate in- vestigation, The matter was referred to a committee and has not been heard from since. The Mining Stock Association is of opin- ion that the evidence to be furnished by it will receive prompt attention now that the shortage of $60,000 hac been discovered. The association believes that the real shortage, when all the facts are brought to 1igbt, will be largely increased. l‘he&)etmon to Congress which is being framed opens with ihe following state- ment: When individuals, citizens of the Unitea States, are refused due and proper justice and at tention at the hands of those by whom it should be accorded, it is their duty and their Tight to appeal to you, as their representatives, and ask from you the performance of those acts which will give them the justice which has been reiused them by that department of the Government to which in due course ther wrongs were submitted. Mr. Tingman, secretary of the Mining Stock Association, yesterday said: s refers to certain correspondence between Collins, a member of the association, and the late Secretary of the Treasury, William Windom. On May 9, 1890, Mr. Collins wrote to Mr. Windom charging that the mint at Car- son was being used as a repository of bullion stolen from the mines by the Nevada Mill Com- pany’s Ting. Here Mr. Tingman gave a quotation irom a letter written by K. U. Collins to Secretary Windom. The original is of public record in the Treasury Department at Washington. Mr. Collins wrote: Evan Williams, a State Senator, superinten- dent of the Nevada Mill Company and part ner of the Bullion and Exchange Bank at Carson, takes bullion to the mint at midnight, . In order to avoid the searching eyes of some one of the many unfortunates, stockhold- ers of the mines, whose bullion is thus hanaled, the guards of the mint have instruc- tions to admit Williams any time after dark. The necessity of cautious inquir; es and others, men of wealth and high posi- tion, are the owners of the Nevada Mill Com- pany, and they, including the Superintendent of the United States mint at Carson, may or | may not be parties to Evan Williams’ acts. * * * Mr. Tingman added: There {5 & mass of correspondence relative to the subject which the ‘a: iation is now col- lecting with a view of assisting the Government in its preposed investigation. It desires to pre- vent a repetition of & so-called investigation of the affairs of the mint by C. M. Gorham in 1891, which resulted in a complete whitewash, We' are prepared to prove that the United States mint at Carson City has been made the common “fence” or depository of bars of bul- lion stolen from the shareholdersof mines in the Comstock lode. That this bullion was stolen by an infamons mill ring which controls the politics, and by that means controls and dictates tne Federal appointments of the State of Nevada, including the officials of the Carson mint. That the mint officials so appointed by the powers included in this mill ring are the” will- ing tools of that ring, and prostitute their posi- tions and the United States mint at Carson to such base uses as the mill ring demands. That T. R. Hofer, who was Chiei Clerk and acting-Superintendent of the mint, is also} the cashier of the Bullion and Exchange Bank of Carson City, and that the United States mint at Carson and the Bullion'and Exchange Bank worked together in harmony to cover the thieving of the mill ring. Thet the abstracts of the records of the mint at Carson which were furnished to the Mining Stock Association of San Francisco do not con- tain true descriptions of the bars of bullion which were deposited in or purchased by said mint at certain dates. Said abstracts were cer- tified as correct copies of the records of said Carson mint by T. R. Hofer, acting superinten- dent. Ii said certification is true then the records of said mint are untrue, and if the cer- tification s not true then said abstracts as fur- nished are untrue. If said abstracts are untrue then they were falsified with malice afore- thought for the purpose of misleading the Min- ing Stock Association and delaying them in the prosecution of their search for the bullion stolen by the before-mentioned mill-ring thieves. » ; Thatthe investigation by C. M. Gorham was syperficial, inexact and. carelessly conducted, and the relations of the said Gorham to the mill-ring thieves were such that he could not without injury to himself have made any other rIeport than a non-committal or whitewash re- port, as his msmon in the mint at San Fran- cisco would be jeopardized by other than such Teport as he made. 2 fie association is determined to hfi all the facis at its command within the reach of the Government, in order that the responsibility for the exiiting shortage may be definitely fixed. The association in this connection says, in its communication: That your honorable body may better have information as to the actsof the employes of the £aid mint at Car- son, we append hereto two tables, the par- ticulars in reference to certain bars of bullio as shipped by certain shippers to sundry par- ties and having been marked with certain numbers, which were concealed at the same mint by the employes thereof and not given on the abstracts furnished the Mimng Stock Asso- ciation. Furthermore, that the said shipments were made principally by one James, the brother-in-law of Evan Williams, the reputed principal owner of the Bullion and Exchange Bank, of which T.R. Hofer, then chief clerk and gcting superintendent of the Carson mint, is cashier. The said bars were shlgped toT. R, Hofer and the Bullion and Exchange Bank, and were deposited in the mint by clerks of the bank, one Peters and one Brown, and thevalue thereof was paid to the said clerks, and the said Hofer had full knowledge of the marks and numbers on said bars. 2 It can be proved that Evan Williams was frequently admitted into the mint at Carson after business hours to enable him to deposit there in secrecy bullion from the Comstock mines, and Thomas Deer, now of Virginia City, and John Q. A. Moore of Carson City, former( watchman at the mint and who had let Wil- liams in at irregular hours, were dismissed for their indiscretion in mentioning this fact. The communication ealls attention to the evidence adduced at the hearing of the suit of M. W. Fox against the Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Company in Judge Heb- bard’s court, which resulted in a decision in favor of the plaintiff for $1,011,000. The evidence showed that the mint was grossly mismanaged; that no clear record of the bullion belonging to the Government was kept and that many of the records had been falsified. _Becretary John H. Tingman of the asso- ciation has notified the Government ex- perts at Carson of the evidence in his possession and a meeting has been ar- ranged to take place at an early date. ‘The Carson Mint Bullion Steal. CARSON, Nev., March 23.—Excitement over the mint robbery is quieting down somewhat. Emvloyes say the matter is being sifted down to bedrock. United States District Attorney Jones, who has been here several days, departed this evening. Inspector Mason i’; attending to all the assays. Entertained the Press Club. Messrs. Schaeffer, Catton and Ives, the cele- brated Eastern billiard players, re-enforced by Ben Saylor, a local expert with the eu brilliant exhibition af their game at ?s::f.’.:. ters of the Press Club last night. Schaeffer personally | played Catton an exceptionally fine balk-line game, making the phenomenal score of 160 points in one run. About 200 en&o{ed the en- tertainment, which was & joint affair given by the Press and Bohemian clubs. Sl e MADE HER WAY ON A WHEEL Arrival of a Female All-Around-the- ‘World Cyclist. Miss A. Londondeiry, a young woman who started from Boston to circle the globe on a bicycle, arrived on the Belgic yesterday afternoon from Yokohama. The female cyclist says that she started out from the bean-loving city without a cent to bilk her way on a bike around the world. A wager is connected with her trip and so is an “ad” for the wheel. From the Hub she biked and bilked the way to New York, where she took the steamer for Havre. When she left Boston, she says, her costume was worth 12 cents, but it is uot worth that much now. From Havre the young woman wheeled around Europe and took the steamer at Marseilles for Calcutta. She spun all through India and kept herself going by lecturing about her trip. She had many strange adventures, she says. She flew the stars and stripesat the head of her wheel and carried an umbrella over her head in rain and sunshine. At other times she had to carry her wheel over rough roads, sometimes for thirty miles at a stretch. Herself and her bike have tray- eled, in all, 7280 miles, and she Is now RON EER DOV I THE P SEA AN UNKNOWN VESSEL CRASHES INTO THE SCHOONER LAURA May, A COLLISION IN THE DARK. THE STRANGER RAN AWAY AND LEFT THE INJURED CRAFT T0 HER FatE, The schooner Laura May came back to port yesterday morning in a crippled con- dition. She sailed for Grays Harbor on March 6, and ten days later, when off St. Georges Reef, was run down far out at sea by an unknown vessel and barely escaped | wrote the order, and Robert Lindsay, is going to the bottom with all hands. The accident occurred at night, and the precluding the possibility of visiting states- men from the city interviewing him. Yesterday afternoon Maurice Schmitt went to Ravenswood, and will issue orders till Mr. Buckley recovers. grippe. The doctors have issued ordersl AN UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION. A Sailor Signs Away His Wages Before It Became Due. The following order, which is in direct violation of the shipping laws, which hold that no seaman can legally sign away his wages before they become due, was given by John Edwards, a sailor, now on board the bark Wilna, bound for the Sound: BAN FraNcIsco, March 20, 1895. Please pay to Robert Lindsay the sum of $22 75 for board and lodging, and deduct the same from my wages on the bark Wilna. After said amount is deducted, I have no further claim on the ship or owners. s JouN X EDWARDS. mark. The order was indorsed by the manag- ing owner of the vessel as follows: Accepted, providing the man goes on board the bark Wilna and completes the voyage. W. E. MIGHELL. ‘Whatever argument was brought to bear on sailor Edwards, causing him to unlaw- fully sign away his wages for the benefit of John Kane, the boarding-master, who unknown, but he is wiser than he knew, because he can collect every cent of that W a c THE SCHOONER LAURA MAY AFTER LOSING HER MIZZENMAST IN A COLLISION. (Sketched for the “Cali” by W. A. Coulter.] forty days ahead of the time in which she was to return to Boston. Miss Londonderry’s costume is not very picturesque. She wears a black skirt and a yellow waist, and her shoulders are cov- eréd with a grayish shawl. A little, flat, round hat sits on her head, and her rather small feet are incased in a pair of stout shoes. She is fully capable of taking care of herself, as Pilot Newton Jordan disco v- ered when he began quizzing her on the Belgic. She recited to him some of her adventures, and then told him if he wanted to hear more he would have to pay for it. Miss Londonderry will probably lecture during her stay in the city. ON THE ROBBERS TRAIL A SUSPICION THAT THE ENSENADA LOOTERS ARE ON THE ANITA. THE VESSEL To BE SEARCHED ON HER ARRIVAL AT SAN FRrancisco. The directors of the Ybarra Gold Mining Company have an idea that they are on the trail of the looters of the Ensenada bank and the robbers of the commission- house of Riveroll of the little Mexican town. The story of the robbery was pub- lished in Friday's CarrL. The gasoline schooner Anita arrived at Ensenada from Santo Domingo on March 20, and Henry Schacht, vice-president of the mining company, was one of her pas- sengers. He gave Mr. Riveroll a gold bar, the value of which it is estimated was $12.608, and several smaller bars. That night the robbery occurred, all the bars being taken' and in gold coin besides from Godbe’s bank. The Anita sailed for 8an Franciseo the following morning. W. A. Boole, president of the Ybarra Mining Company, got out a warrant yes- terday giving him power to search'the Anita. The vessel is owned by the com- pany, and the presumption is that the robber has smuggled himself aboard. Mr. Boole when seen yesterday said that he had received no information in this regard. He had secured the warrant, he said, on a telegram sent from Ensenada. The message had merely asked him to assist the captain of the Anita in searching for the stolen treasure. “1 do not expect to find the booty on the Anita.” said Mr. Boole, “but still "we can- not tell. Every avenue leading from Ensenada is guarded and it seems very likely to the authorities that the only means of escape lay in the schooner. My own impression is that the robbers have buried Sze stuff. The Anita is not a pas- senger vessel, but the captain would not hesitate to take a friend. The robber may hnve’ stowed away until the vessel got to sea.” SUBPECTS IN ENSENADA JAIL, Arrest of Clerks of the Commission-Houses of Riveroll & Co. SAN DIEGO, March 23.—The investiga- tion of the robbery of the big gold bar and | gold coin at Ensenada took a sensational turn to-day, when Allan Pratt and James E. Garratt were arrested there, charged with the crime. 7 They are being held on suspicion, but the arrest of Garratt, who was not known to have been suspected, indicated that the authorities have a clew which may result in the conviction of the guilty party. Allan Pratt has for six years served Manuel Riveroll as cashier and confiden- tial clerk, and was in full possession of the secrets of the firm, knowing, also, the combination to the safe. Heis a young Englishman, and has a wife and child. During his residence in Ensenada he ac- E“‘"d a little property, and his reputation as been the best. James E. Garratt has an interesting history during the past five years. Heis a young Canadian, and for some time was clerk for the International Company at Ensenada. Both men are naturalized Mexicans, and cannot, therefore, ask pro- tection from England. ——————— Carpenters Will Not Strike. C. Anderson, recording secretary of the Car- penters’ Union No. 22, Writes as follows: “We wish to contradict the report that a strike is contemplated by the clrfemen of this city, Also, that we as mechanics know of no such wages 8s quoted in an item several days ago. Amn--ufinswfll be held April 6 next at the Temple, 115 Turk street, for organization ‘purposes only. vessel that ran into her sheered off and ran away before the sea and on a stiff breeze like a startled fawn before her identity could be learned. The Laura May had her mizzenmast taken out, her galley smashed | and the cabin partition and several stanch- ions broken. The night was clear, and the Laura May wis beating up the coast against a north | by west wind. She was on the starboard ) tack and had a reef in her spanker. About 10 o'clock at night the stranger was de- scried to the westward running on the wind and before the sea. At first she ap- peared a shadowy mass, and it was impos- sible to make her out until her sidelights were visible. The vessels approached each other ata rapid pace and within a quarter of an hour after. the unknown schooner was sighted she crashed into the Laura May’s port side. Ina moment all was confusion on board the Laura May. The howsprit of the stranger ripped the mainsail and tore out the mizzen lanyards, carrying away all the mizzen rigging. The schooner rolled about in the trough of the sea with her galley wrecked, and the shock sent all hands scrambling ‘to the deck. It was all the work of d few moments, and as the Laura May lurched wildly to port the star- board rigging strained the mast and the spa; went by the board, parting near the eck. Just what happened nobody_on the Laura can exactly tell. Captain’ Hanson was on the poop when the collision oc- curred, but he lost no time reaching the main deck. He says that he yelled to the stranger, asking her name, but received no answer, and the unknown was soon scudding away to the southeast. The Laura May came about and attempted to overhaul the ves- sel, but the latter was swallowed up in the darkness half an hour later. Captain Han- son describes the vessel asa two-masted schooner, which, he thinks, was bound for the sound. The Laura May, taking ad- vantage of the wind, ran for S8an Fran- cisco, but before she reached here she had to weather two heavy southeasters. MRS, GOODWIN'SLAND TRADE SHE FOUND SHE HAD GIVEN GOOD PROPERTY AWAY FOR NOTHING. How THE ALLEN SPRINGS OF LAKE CouNTY CHANGED THEIR OWNERS. Mrs. E, L. Goodwin, who, with her hus- band, kept the resort in Lake County known as Allen Springs, traded her prop- erty for some land in Kentucky in March, 1893, and now she is suing to get it back again, as she claims she has been swindled. The defendants in the case are A. A. Johnson, G. W. Maxon, 0. W. Robinson and W. F. Holliday. According to her story Johnson offered to trade a fine tract of land in Kentucky which was paying a yearly rental of $1475 for her hotel prop- erty. The Allen Springs property in- cluded 160 acres of land, besides the hotel and other buildings, and was valued at nearly $16,000. 1t was mon‘fnzed for $3000. The trade was made and Mrs. Goodwin was %'.nven six months in which to look up the title to her new property. She went East for that purpose, and found when she reached Kentucky that the land, which had been represented as fine agricultu: al Jand, was fit only for timber and coal; it had never been rented, and had been in the possession of the same family for over & hundred years. Johnson had no claim on it whatever. ‘When she returned to California John- son had ly transferred the springs Er?iperty to a man in New Jersey. She ad this transfer set aside by the Lake County courts, but in the meantime the mortgage was foreclosed and the place sold. fie now sues Johnson, and those who she claims are his co-conspirators, to recover $13,500, the value of her land, and her expenses, less the amount of tne mortgage. ————— C. A. Buckley Has the Grip. The lingering illness of C. A. Buckley at Livermore has caused much apprehension at the Occidental Club rooms in this city. He has added to his rheumatism—been stricken with an aggravated case of la | | $22 75 from the owner of the Wilna, Th® new law expressly says that any paymen of advance shall in no case exempt the vessel from Ipmper payment to the man when it shall become due, and shall in no case be a defense in a suit on the part of the vessel to recover the money. THE POLICE TAKE ACTION. HENRY MEYERS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT To MURDER AND ROBBERY. ROBERT D. HAGERTY WiILL Have T0 TELL His STORY IN COURT. Henry Meyers, the bunko-man, who has been in the ‘‘tanks” at the City Prison since Monday was yesterday booked on the charges of assault to murder and rob- bery. Meyers is the tall man against whom Robert D. Hagerty, saloon-keeper at the Cliff House, refused to swear toa complaint although morally convinced that he shot and robbed him on the night of Septem- ber 25 last as detailed in Thursday's CaLL. Detective Cody and Policeman O'Dea;| who arrested Meyers on the verbal com- plaint of Hagerty, are satisfied that some gowerim influence has been brought to ear upon Hagerty since Monday, and they accordingly swore to complaints charging him with committing the crimes on information and belief. Meyers persists in declaring that Hag- erty has made a grievous mistake. When asked on Wednesday night if he -eould recollect where he was on the night of Sep- tember 25 he said that he could not. Since then his memory has been refreshed and he says he can prove that he wasin San Jose "attending the races, which com- menced on the day previous. He slept that night in the same hotel with Johnnie Murphy, at present in Los Angeles, “Duteh” Frank and one or two others. “ngert%vsnd I were always friends,” he said. “When Iand others were at the beach playing the pea-and-shell game we used to run to Hagerty’s saloon for shelter, and he would lock us up in a room till the danger was past. When we made money we used to spend a portion of it in his saloon. “I have met him a dozen times since September 25, and he was_always friendly with me and never showed by his wanner that he suspected me of shooting and rob- bing him. Iamata loss to understand why he should have fixed upon me.” he police seem to have abandoned the idea that Meyers had anything to do with the Stagg murder, as Detective Bowen gave instructions to release him from cus- tody, but learned afterward that he had been booked for the Hagerty affair. ————— ON GUARD IN THE ORIENT. United States Marines Protecting Prop- erty—Return of Dr. Morris. Dr. Lewis Morris, one of the surgeons on the United States cruiser Baltimore, re- turned from the Orient yesterday, en route to his home in Baltimore. He first joined the Monocacy, on the Asiatic station, and afterward was transferred to the flagship. He was with the latter at Port Arthur shortly after the downfall of the Gibraltar of the Pacific, and also at Wei-hai-wei. Shortly after war was declared Dr. Morris was sent to Seoul, Korea’s capital, and was stationed there for three months. There is still a marine guard there at the lega- tion, as well as at Chefoo and Tientsin. ‘When the Belgic left Nagasaki the Ja%:- nese cruisers Naniwa, r which the Charleston is modeled, and the Yoshino, the celebrated 22-knot cruiser, were in the drydock. e ——.——— Misplaced Confidence. Mrs.. Alice Taylor, 520 Jones street, is a vic- tim of misplaced confidence. A few days ago Mrs, Mary McGrath of 349 Minna street called at her house, pretending she was destitute and ‘was willing to work for her board. Mrs. Taylor took pity upon her and gave ner a home. it Thursday mnmn'lxg Mrs. MeGrath left withou Mrs. Axlnr, and the latter foun old watch worth $100 and a dkérchief worth $10 were missing. Mrs. Taylor obtained a warrant for Mrs. Mc- Grath’s arrest on the charge of grand larceny. She wasarrested yesterday and when searched ?B, the gold watch and handkerchief were ound secreted about her person. BiLL Nye was last seen smiling behind an Almighty-dollar Cigar. = A FLAT TRUST STOUTLY OPPOSED. VALLEY ROAD DIRECTORS WANT A LIMIT TO THE POWER OF TRUSTEES. NO FEAR OF SELLING OUT. Bur It Was THOUGHT BEST TO GIVE STOCKHOLDERS THE SUPREMACY. John D. Spreckels, E. F. Preston and Engineer Storey of the valley road went up to Sacramento yesterday, prepared to meet the Governor and the Harbor Commission- ers and give them an exact statement of 1 | what the new road desires in the way of | terminal facilities on the water front. It is understood that the terms of the lease are familiar to all parties inter- ested, and the directors of the road who | were spoken to yesterday regarding the | matter were all of the opinion that the document would be signed last night. It transpires that the trust compact, which was approved by the board of direc- tors last week, had one or two features in it which were a source of a good deal of worry to the projectors. That feature which caused them the most trouble was regarding the extentof the powers with which the trustees to be elected should be endowed. The question of making ita “flat” trust was at first considered, but an important objection to this was pointed out. “Insuch an event,” said Isaac Upham vesterday, ““the trustees would have abso- ute an(f unlimited power for the whole term of their office.” There would be no going behind any action they saw fit to take. Now, we do not for a moment sup- gosc that such an emergency would arise, ut still the fact remains that there would be nothing to hinder the trustees from practically turning the road over to any antagonistic element. It was to guard against any such contingency that we made the trustees subject to a three-fourth vote of the stockholders.” By the terms of the pooling trust it re- quires that proportion of the stockholders to break the trust or go behind the action of the trustees. It wasa matter of much consideration, this question of the exact Eroportion of stockholders which should e required to accomplish such a purpose. Several of the directors thought a’ two- thirds vote would be sufficient, but the present form was adopted because it was pointed out that it made more certain the retention of the road in the capacity of a competing line. This is the bullseye at which all features of the trust fund are aimed, and a unanimity of feeling on the point mentioned was secured. President Spreckels has named Wednes- day, April 3, at 2 0’clock P. M., as the date and the Merchants’ Exchange building, rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, as the lace for holding the meeting of stock- Eolders for the purpose of electing the trustees and adopting the pooling trust. The following notice was sent out to the subscribers yesterday : SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 1895. Dear Sir: The committee who have had in hand the organization and details for same, in connection with the incorporation of the eom- eting road in the Sen Joaquin Valley, beg eave to state that the form for a pooling trust among the subscribers has been drafted and approved in form by the committee. According to the terms of your contract of | subscription your stock is to be issued subject to the terms of a pool or trust to be formed un- der the approval of three-fourths of the sub- scribers to the capital stoek. It is now desired to submit the same to the body of subscribers for their approval and ratification, to the end that the same may be signed by all the subscribers and the stock is- sued in accordance with such trust,as may be determined at the meeting called by this no- tice. In order to facilitate the means of informa- tion, a copy of the agreement may be seen at the offices of the company, 321 Market street, or at the offices of counsel, E. F. Preston, 147 Crocker building, where any one desirous of reading the same will be offered an opportu- nity to do so. You are therefore notified to attend a meet- ing of the subseribers to the capital stock, to be held at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants’ Exchange building, San Francisco, on Wednesday, April 3, 1895, at 2 P. M., for the purpose of adopting a form of & pool or trust under which the stock will be issued, and to select the persons who shall be the trustees under said trust. Respectfully, The Committee on Construction of the San -Francisco and San Jogquin Valley Railway Company. CLAUS SPRECKELS, President. ALEXANDER MACKIE, Secretary. Isaac Upham said yesterday that he thought the new road ought to be finished and in operation before the expiration of a year. A PIONEER LADY GONE. Death of Mrs. Pease, an Aunt of Dr. Justin and James H. Gates. News has been received here of the death of Mrs. E. F. Pease, a pioneer lady of this city, at East Avon, N. Y. Mrs. Pease was the widow of E. F. Pease of the old firm of stockbrokers, Pesae & Grimm, which flour- ished in the bonanza days. She lived in this city with her husband at South Park. By her death considerable property at South Park and New York will come ‘into the possession of her husband’s nephews, Dr. Justin and James H. Gates of this city. e e A Souvenir Edition. Few of the special editions issued by news- papers with a view of advertising resources meet with a hearty reception because of a lack of conciseness. One of the neatest we have seen is the souvenir edition of the Ontario Record. 1t is compact, well written and well printed, and the handsome photo-engravings are very attractive. MONDAY, MARCH 25. SPECIAL SALE SHEPHERDS' CHECK, BLACK AND WHITE DRESS GOODS, NOW SO DESIRABLE, 48 INCHES WIDE. REGULAR VALUE, 50c. SALE 2—5 c - PER PRICE YARD THE QUANTI?Y IN STOCK IS NOT VERY LARGE, THEREFORE WE "ADVISE YOU TO SEE THESE GOODS ON MONDAY. Special Sales Each Day Ths Coming Week SAMPLES ON APPLICATION. KOHLBERG, STRAUSS & FROHMAN. 1220-1222-1224 MARKET ST. NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS. (ITYor PARIN Special Sale of Silks FOR WAISTS AT 850 PER YARD. 1000 yards FANCY HIGH LUSTER TAFFETAS, regular value §1 'on Yard. 2000 yards GROS DE LONDRES, in mule tiple colorings, former price $1 50 AT 850 ANDS -00 EER YARD, 25 pieces FANCY STRIPED SATIN UCHESSE. 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