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e VOLUME LXXVIIL—NO. 146, 'SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS, ROUND VALLEY'S REIEN OF BLOODSHED. PALMER THREATENED WITH “JACK" LITTLEFIELD'S FATE PURSUED BY GREGORY. WHITE'S VA THRE TO SLAY HIS MURDER OF CHARLES FELTON. BRrRuTALLY SHOT DOWN BECAUSE He Was A WITNESS IN A CoMING TRIAL. UKIAH, CaArn, Oct. 23.—Murder still stalks abroad in Round Valley and the old | feuds which have been waged so bitterly are now reopened with all their accessories of crime and violence. Following the murder of Charles Felton, another *‘Ves” Palmer man, near Covelo on Sunday came an attempt to slay Palmer himself last evening just after he had been acquitted in | the fifth trial brought against him by the cohorts of *‘King” George White. The startling intelligence of the murder of Charles Felton near Covelo was con- veyed to Ukiah by a private letter to Un- der Sheriff Handy from Sheriff Johnson, who is at Round Valley. Felton had been found desa Sunday at his place, about twelve miles from Covelo, between that place and Laytonville. The body was d by Todd Hart and Charles Grevier, ifrom Covelo. Immediately of the news Deputy Coroner upon r H.R of six. ter due deliberation, found Felton, a native of Essex land, aged 35, had come to his death at the hands of unknown parties. Upon examination Dr. Bellany found that a bullet entered the head of the unfortu- nate man at the base of the skull, ranged upward and forward and made its exit be- low the right eye. Felton’s team was near where the body was found. No harm had befallen the animals. Sheriff Johnson is reported as having stated that officers have a clew as to the manner of the killine of Felton, but every effort is being made to keep the affair quiet until further inquirmes have been made. It is curious, and probably significant incident, that Felton was one of the warm- est friends “Ves” Palmer had in his troubles, and that he was on the bond of *“Jack” Littlefield arrested ona charge of larceny and for which Littletield would have been tried had he not been murdered. Felton also at one time had trouble with J. M. Vinton, alias Clark Melville, George E. White's right bower. He was the principal witness against Vin- ton and one Oliver Austin, who had been arrested for alleged theft ol some hogs from Mrs. Annie J. Tanney. The charge was dism d. The jury in the case of the people vs. Alfred, better known as ‘“Jack,’’ Little- tield and Sylvester B. Palmer, known as ‘Ves" Palmer, late last evening returned a verdict of not guilty after having delib- erated upon the case for about five hours. On the first ballot taken the jury stood | nine for acquittal, three for conviction; on the second ballot ten for acquittal and two for conviction, and on the third and all subsequent ballots until acquittal and one for conviction. About ht the obdurate juryman was won and the jury in their room an- nounced the agreement with a wild shout of joy. Officers of the court, the defend- ant and attorneys were called, and after the necessary preliminaries the reading of the verdict by the foreman of the jury was awaited with breathless interest by the many spectators who, despite the late hour, had waited with intense anxiety for the verdict. It was received with general sat- isfaction. Palmer was indicted last June on a charge of grand larceny preferred by one F. M. Thomson of Round Valley, a close friend of Joe Gregory, who was the prin- cipal witness against Palmer on every trial. Alfred Littletield was jointly in- dicted with Palmer, but as to him no trial ‘was necessary, he having been murdered in the Red Mountain country, and his death is now being investigated by officers of two counties. The charge on which Palmer was tried was the alleged stealing of a certain cow branded *‘H. C.” on right hip and 96 on left ribs, being the property of F. M. Thomson, who made the complaint against Palmer. It was alleged the cow was driven off by Palmer’s vaquero, Little- field, at Palmer’s direction, at the time when Palmer and his riders were driving stock to the summer range at Mad River, which drive has since become famous as being the one out of which the “red bald- faced steer case” arose, for stealing which steer Palmer was arrested, tried and ac- quitted June last. The testimony of the prosecution in the case just tried was, substantially, that the cow owned by F. M. Thomson was seen | by witnesses who swore that she wasin the possession of Littlefield on the range. | This testimony was supported by that of Joe Gregory, a notorious ex-convict, who stated that Palmer told him he had stolen the cow and sold her to one George W. Barnes. Gregory has been the main wit- ness in all prosecutions against Palmer. Palmer is now under indictment by the Federal Grand Jury on a charge of larceny for the alleged stealing of Government cattle, and now that he is acquitted on the case just tried will be taken to San Francisco for trial as soon as that case can be set. A United States Deputy Marshal will be at this place to-morrow noon to take Palmer to S8an Francisco unless other arrangements are effected. It is said to-night thatarrangements have been made for Palmer to give bonds here before T. L. Carothers, United States Circuit Court Commissioner. During the past year Palmer has been arrested on four charges of grand larceny. Two were dismissed, in two he was acquitted and the verdict in QUERO ARRESTED FOR | ed by Dr. B. C. Bellany and a jury | . al agreement was reached eleven for | the last case clears the calendar of Round | Valley cases, unless it be that trial be had in the case of Frank Doolittle for perjury, arrested on complaint of *‘Ves’’ Palmer. This evening it was learned by private advice to parties here that the murdered Charles Felton was the principal witness on behalf of the prosecution in the case of the People vs, Henry Carder, who was arrested last week on complaint of T. H. Spurlock for the alleged theft of a steer be- longing to Spurlock. The preliminary examination of Carder has not yet been held, and, with Felton removed, a conyic- | tion seems to be out of the question. Felton had accumulated a large ount of prop- erty, and had loaned considerable money to & neighbor, Mrs. Anuie J. Tanney. The latter has several sons, but no sus- | picion attaches to them. While a large crowd was waiting {to hear the verdict in the case of the People vs. Palmer last evening con- siderable excitement was occasioned 1by the actions of Joe Gregory, who {had been the main witness in the | case.. Gregory had become angered at Palmer for some allusion made to Gregory and his reputation as an ex- convict in the argument made to the jury by Palmer’s counsel. Gregory had been handled very severely. as he was the prin- cipal witness against Palmer, and without | him the case of the prosecution must fall | to the gronnd. He had become intoxi- | cated, and in that condition announced that he was looking for Palmer, and that he was going to do him up. | Palmer had just entered the doorway of | the Ukiah House to go to his room when Gregory followed him in. Some one warned Palmer, and, he being unarmed. hastily repaired to his room and immedi- ately emerged from there with a revolver in his hand. In the meantime outside | parties dragged Gregory away. Palmer did not follow him up, but kept his weapon in readiness. Gregory was taken onto a porch of a building by his fiancee, Miss Mary Cooper, who has received more or less notoriety | since the trouble in the valley began, and to her he communicated the fact that he was intent on killing Palmer that evening, | and if he could find him would kill him | before morning. i These threats were made known to Palmer. Desiring no trouble he went to the dwelling of Justice of the Peace L. S. | Sullivan, where a complaint was made | against Gregory and a warrant issued. {The warrant was served on Gregory by | Deputy Marshal Burke, who found his man lying on a bed in a room atthe Ukiah | House. He was taken 10 jail and locked | up for the night. | This morning Gregory was required to | give bonds for his appearance in the Jus- tices’ Court at 10 o’clock, and upon his ar- | raignment there pleaded guilty to threat- | ening to kill Palmer. Justice Sullivan | thereupon orderea him to give bonds in’ | the sum of $1000 to keep the peace. F. M. | Thomson, for whom Gregory was the main | witness in the prosecution against Palmer, ;and Lindley Williamson, his step-father, | at once qualified on his bond and he was | released. | He boarded the noon train for San | Francisco. Before he leit he claimed | he intended going to Arizona. It is said | by parties here that he stated before he | left that he would speedily revenge him- self upon Palmer, and it is believed he will await the expected arrival of Palmer in San Francisco in custody of the United States Marshal to carry out his threat. It | is hardly possible that he will go to Ari- | zona, as it is generally understood he is | an important svitness in the case against | Palmer in the Federal courts. The large number of witnesses who have been in attendance here on the trial of | various Round Valley cases are leaving for their homes, and further trouble is not | looked for at this place. The arrival of | Sheriff Johnson is eagerly awaited and in- | formation expected as to the discoveries | made at the scene of the killing of *‘Jack’’ | Littlefiela. He was to return to-day, but it is supposed the Felton murder will de- tain him for some time to come. Round Valley and its troubles and | crimes has kept the attention of the State riveled on its doings the past month. ‘Witnesses without number have been here in attendance on the cases of Palmer, ar- rested for grand larceny, and Gregory, | airested for assault, and both factions be- ing represented, bloodshed was not unex- pected, and when the culmination of the affair was reached last night in the acquit- tal of Palmer on the larceny charge and the arrest of Gregory for threatening to kill Palmer, it was thought that trouble would ensue WAS BENT ON MURDER. Lieutenant Pague's Only Regret Was That His Bullet Had Missed Colonel Crofton. FORT SHERIDAN, Irn., Oct. 23.—The court martial on Lieutenant Samuel 8. Pague of the Fifteenth Infantry, charged | with attempting to murder his command- ing officer, Colonel R. E. A. Crofton, on October 3, held its second session this morning at Fort Sheridan. Colonel Crofton was the first witness. He stated that he was calling on Mrs, Pague on October 3 with reference to her seeing the lieutenant, who was in the hos- pital for drankenness on the previons day. Pague, who had escaped from the hospital, came into the room flourishing a revolver, which was taken from him. Shortly after- ward, Pague followed bhim outside and | fired two shots at him, neither taking | effect. Cross-examined, Colonel Crofton said that the accused had been sent to |Dwizht. for treatment; he had heard no | talk as to his mental condition since. Lieutenant W. N. Blow, who witnessed the shooting and assisted in the arrest of the accused, said that Pague remarked on his way to the guardlouse: “I would have killed him if the pistol had not snapped the first time.” Pague was sober and did not appear ex- cited. Private A. J. McKenzie stated that after his arrest the accused said his only regret was that the *‘d—d thing hung fire.” The Judge Advocate said that the evi- dence for the prosecution was completed, and the court adjourned until to-morrow morning. A R T Due to Another Failure. CINCINNATI, Oxro, Oct. 23.—The Over- man Carriage Company assigned this after- noon. Assets, $30,000; liabilities, $50,000. .The failure is due to the recent collapse of the Standard Wagon Company. WE MUST HAVE THAT CONVENTION. A long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together will bring the great Republi= can Elephant to San Francisco. REVENGE OF THE SULTAN, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE YOUNG TURKISH PARTY TORTURED. BRUTALLY PUT TO DEATH. AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT THE EXECUTION OF FIFTY OTHERS. OF LONDON, ExG., Oct. 23.—The Standard will publish to-morrow a dispatch from Constantinople saying that most sinister stories are abroad regarding the vengeance wreaked on the young Turkish party. Various versions are given as to what hap- pened to Izzet after his arrest, but it is cer- tain that he was severely tortured in the Yildiz prison before he was removed to the Beshiktash prison, where he was mercilessly beaten on the stomach with clubs in the presence of many witnesses. He was then sent back to the Yildiz prison, where he is supposed to have died. It is stated that his wife is insane from grief. It is also stated, although it isimpos- sible to obtain quite satisfactory proof of the assertion, that about fifty of the lead- ing members of the party were arrested on Saturday and conveved to the School of Medicine, where they were summarily tried and executed, nominally being guilty of excesses during the recent riots. These strong measures have effectunally damp- ened the ardor of the party, which lacks organization and the power necessary to cope with the officials. On Sunday the Sultan had his brothers, Mohammed Murad Effendi and Moham- med Reshed Effendi, brought to 'Yildiz, where 1t is believed that they are still Rept. The Sultan’s recent vigor has taken all the spirit out of his opponents. Referring to the Armenians the dispatch says that the new scheme of reform is merely a reiteration of the old law which has been systematically ignored in the teeth of all consular representatives. The opinion is that the whole question must soon be reopened. The Daily Chronicle to-morrow will pub- lish a dispatch from Constantinople sim- ilar to that appearing in the Standard. It wiil say that the arrests and Izzet's tor- ture have caused a profound sensation. The steps taken have filled the Turks with bitter anger against the officials. The agi- tation is spreading and the outlook is serious. Adavices from the Asiatic provinces re- port that troubles there continue. Disor- ders are reported from Kerasun, but no de- tails are given. An attack was rcade by Turks upon the Armenians in the vil- lage of Seulus, in the district of Nudania, and a fight ensued, in which the loss on both sides was twenty-four killed and wounded. SALISBURY NOT WARLIKE HIS REPORTED INTERVIEW WITH MR. BAYARD IS DENIED IN LONDON. Has Notr WARNED THIS GOVERN- MENT TO STAND ALOOF IN VENEZUELA. LONDON, ExG., Oct. 23.—The Central News is authorized to state that the Lon- don dispatch sent a New York newspaper Monday, the gist of which was cabled back to the Times, purporting to detail a conversation between Lord Salisbury and United States Embassador Bayard con- cerning Venezuela, is wholly an invention. The dispatch in question alleged that Lord Salisbury had curtly informed Mr. Bayard, in the course of a personal inter- view, thet the British Government de- clined to recognize the application of the Monroe doctrine to the Venezuelan dis- pute and Iater officially informed him to the same effectin writing. This, with other statements in the same vein, constituted the burden of the dispatch which the Cen- tral News is authorized to denounce as an unmitigated ‘‘fake,” the fact being that no such statements as the writer of the dis- patch aseribes to Lord Salisbury have been made to Mr. Bayard or any member of the United States embassy at any time, either orally or in writing. The Daily News to-morrow will say in reference to the Veneznelan affair that the Monroe doctrine has never been more ludicrously distorted than in its misap- plication to the Venezuelan question. If the United States were to claim that no European Government should interfere in $o_utl§ America, even to obtain redress for injuries received, it would take upon its own shoulders the responsibility for every act of every South American execative. pther leading London papers to-morrow will publish a statement that information shows that the sensational story printed in the New York World regarding Venezue- lan effairs is altogether inaccurate and en- tirely devoid of foundation. A report of an interview with Bishop Swaby of British Guiana, who was geen on board the Orinoco, has been received here. In the course of the interview the Bishop said it was the general opinion of the colonists that the British Colonial Office nad not paid sufficient attention to the colony. He deplored the fact that repara- tion had not been made for the Uruan incident. The strongest feeling prevailed among the colonists that Great Britain ought to relinquish none of her rights. Although the colonists cbviously did not look to the | United States to assist them, they seemed to think that that Government was more in sympathy with Guinea than was Eng- land. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 24.—A Herald cable from Caracas, Venezuela, says: President Crespo was asked yesterday afternoon to outline the position of Vene- zuela 1n regard to the demand of Great Britain, that reparation be made for the | arrest of British subjects and that a settle- | ment of the boundary question between the two countries be arranged. ‘While the President of the republic maintained a certain degree of dipio- | matic reserve, I am able to say on | the highest authority that the Govern- |ment as well as public opinion | disbelieves 1n any attempt at unjust ag- | gression on the part of England and con- fides in the Monroe doctrine. Should, however, such azgression occur, Vene- zuela will resist heroically. iR OLNEY WILL NOT RETIRE. No Truth in His Reported Disagreement With Cleveland. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23.—The report that Secretary of State Olney has had a serious disagreement with Presi- dent Cleveland and might retire from the Cabinet was started by a sensational Wash- ington newspaper. No attention was paid to the matter, as it was too silly to need contradiction. The idea of President Cleveland ‘‘calling | down” his Secretary of State for having | proceeded too far with his “vigorous foreign policy” created considerable merri- ment at the State Department. Of course Mr. Olney has taken no step without President Cleveland’s' knowledge and sanction. The first message to Great Britain, or rather, to Embassador Bayard, was prepared at Gray Gables when Olney was there in the summer. Intimates of Secretary Olney say thata warm friend- shiJ) exists between President Cleveland and his Secretary of State. SAVAGE FIGHT IN- MIDAIR, WORKMEN COME TO BLOWS ON A BEAM TEN STORIES FROM THE GROUND. On~E ToppLED FrRoM His Narrow PERCH, BUT MIRACULOUSLY EscaPes DEATH. BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 23.—A fightin midair to-day and the giving and taking of blows by two men standing on a small beam i the tenth story of a big building, was as dramatic a situation asthe most blood-curdling melodramist playwright could desire. It occurred atthe big Elli- cott-square building, on Main street, this afternoon. Edward Jacobs and Frank J. Connors, iron-workers, employed on the building, had been quarreling for several days over the ownership of some tools. The argu- ment was resumed at the noon hour and was geiting warm when the whistle blew and the men ascended to their work again. They had been working about fifteen minutes when Connors, who wasstanding near the shafting, saw Jacobs coming t owards him, walking on one of the iron scantlings. When he was within a few feet of him Connors recognized in Jacobs’ hands the tools over which they had been disputing. He yelled, “You've got them tools now, You whelp.” “You lie!” said Jacobs. Connors stepped out on the beam and the men began striking at each other. The beam was ten inches wide, and below them was the network of beams—ten stories of them. A fall promised death. The other workmen cried to them to de- sist, but dared not interfere. Jacobs struck Connors in the breast and Connors replied with a staggering blow. Jacobs aimed another blow, but Connors dodged back and the impetus of his own blow carried Jacobs beyond his balance and he fell with a great cry of terror head first inside the building. He leg struck a beam at the eighth floor and this changed the direction of the fall, throwing him toward the shafting. Past the eighth floor he shot, turning over and over. Between the seventh and eighth floors the elevator rope had a loop. In some way or other Jacobs grappled it. With a last effort of nervous force he threw his leg into the loophole and hung. | He was taken down faint and sick from the fall ana’ remoyed to the hospital, contusion on the leg and a bad cut on the head. These and the terrible shock caused by the fall were the only injuries. STANFORD CASE DOCKETED BRIEFS IN THE APPEALED CASE FILED IN THE SUPREME COURT. ALLEGED ERRORS IN RULING. E1cHT CounTs UPoN WHICH IT Is SOUGHT TO REVERSE THE JUDGMENT. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23.—The case of the United States against Jane L. Starford, administratrix of the estate of Leland Stanford, deceased, was docketed in the United States Supreme Court to- day. The case comes up on appeal from the Circuit Court of the Northern District of California. The records in the case make two large volumes of over 1000 printed pages. The assignment of error made by L. B. McKis- sick, special attorney for the United States, in charge of the case, upon which he asks the Supreme Court to reverse the judgment of Judge Ross dismissing the bill of the Govern- SAN FRANCISCO'S BIG CONVENTION BOOM. laws of the State of California to enforce the individual liability of Senator Stanford for his proportion of the debt. That although there was an indebtedness and liability on the part of the railroad cor- porations to the United States, it did not create any indebtedness or liability on Senator Stanford, obliging him or his estate to pay his proportion of the debt. INCREASING SPAIN'S NAVY. The Madrid Government Preparing to Resist the Pecognitron of Cuban Insurgents, LONDON, Exc., Oct. 23.—The Central News has a dispatch from Madrid saying that the Government has decided upon the arming of several of the Spanish Trans- Atlantic Company’s steamers and the con- version of the old cruisers Numancia and Victoria into modern warships. The steamers Reina Maria Cristina, Leon XIII, Alfonso XIII, Alfonso XII. Montevideo and Poeso Trustegui will be armed with fourteen centimeter guns by the beginning of December and will be sent to Cuba. This action on the part of the Govern- ment is regarded as a preparatory measure against the recognition of ‘the insurgents | as belligerents by any American Govern- ment. Itis accepted as a certainty that Spain woula regard such recognition on the part of any Government as a violation ol international law and would place the nation upona war footing and authorize Spanish vessels to capture upon the seas merchantmen belonging to the nation so recognizing the insurgents. S e S SUICIDE OF A MARQUIS. De La Poer of Waterford Ends His Life With a Bullet. LONDON, Ex~G., Oct. 23.—The Central News’ Dublin correspondent telegraphs that John Henry de la Poer, the fifth Mar- quis of Waterford, whose death was an- nounced to-day, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a re-| Ten years ago the Marquis met | with a serious accident in the hunting | volver. field, ana since has been an invalid. Bk oo SAVED BY A POCKETBOOK. Five Shots Fired at the Chief of Police of Leipsig. BERLIN, Germaxy, Oct.23.—At Leip- sig this forenoon an ex-policeman named Ziegenball made a murderous assault upon Herr Brettschneider, Chief of Police of that city, by firing five shots at him from a revolver. Most of the shots struck the chief. but he fortunately carried a large pocketbook in the breast pocket of his coat, which pro- IT SwEEPS UP AND DowN THE ENTIRE PACIFIC COAST. APPROVAL OF THE EAST. OUR' LOCAL SUBSCRIPTIONS ARB STILL COMING IN HAND- SOMELY. “THE CALL” IS HIGHLY PRAISED: UN1OoN LEAGUE CLUB AGREES TO PUTP Up $25,000 To PAY EXPENSES OF COMMITTEEMEN. The people of San Francisco are in earnest in their desire to secure the next Republican National Convention for this City. A num- ber of the leading spirils of the community have already expressed their willingness to contribute to the necessary fund. The thres morning papers of the City have expressed a willingness to aid generously in the enterprise. Many persons of wealth and influence have expressed a desire to give financial support to the movement. The Eraminer, with a commendable prompti= tude, has opened a subscription list for the purpose of aiding in this enterprise. The editor of the Chronicle will contribute liber- | ally. THE CALL is willing to receive such subscriptions as are offered, the same to ba turned over to the proper committze of citi- zens, when it shall have been appointed, either by the Union League Club or by the State Central Committee or by any other appro- priate organization of citizens. E— ‘When the National Committee meets in Washington next December to select a place of meeting for the next Republican Convention it will be evident that San Francisco has made as generous an offer as any other city in the United States. It was apparent yesterday that TuEe CaLv’s suggestion was bearing fruit, and the generous responses from capitalists, merchants, professional men, public places BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 1895. A. 8. Hallidle.... - President George Cummin, Vice-President Charles E. Mooser. Recording Secretary Alex Bardet....... Corresponding Secretary First National Bank of Grove P. Ayers, Henry T. nst A. Denicke, R. P. Doolan, Will E. Fisher, F. Formhals, H. C. Holmes, Rodney Kendrick, Joseph Leggett, Henry Root. MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE, San Francisco, Cal. Institute Building and Library, 31 Post Street, J. H. CULVER, Secretary. San Francisco, October 23rd, 1895. Charles M. Shortridge, Esq., Editor and Proprieter, San Francisco ¢<Call," Dear Sir: In regard to the earnest desire of the people of the Pacific Coast and yourself to bring the Republican National Convention to San Fran- cisco, I wish to say that the Trustees of the Mechanics' Institute will not meet until the first Tuesday inNovember, but I made a personal poll of the Directors to-day, and they all expressed themselves unanimously in favor of tendering the use of the Mechanics' Pavilion free of expense to the Republican National Convention if the same canbe induced to come to San Francisco. Hoping that the delegates of the Republican National Convention will see their way clear to accepting San Francisco as the Convention city, Iremain, Yours very truly, ment, includes eighteen specifications. Ten of these, however, are purely formal or duplications. The others set forth the following as errors in the ruling and judg- ment of the court below sufficient to jus- tify reversal: That the United States are not entitled to any relief against the Stanford estate under the Constitution and laws of California, nor under the Pacific Railroad acts of Congress. That the contract between the United States and the reilroad corporations and stock- holders was an entire contract in respect to the subsidy bonds mentioned in the bill, as on the day when the railroad corporation filed acceptance of the terms and conditions of the act of July, 1862, and that said railroad corporations did not become in- debted to the United States in respect to any of said subsidy bonds until January 16, 1865. That the Federal judiciary are not bound by the dictum or decision of the Supreme Court of the State of California of 1849, which is not and was not seli-executing nor capable of being enforced by courts of justice in proper cases. That section 12 of the act of California, to provide for the incorporation of railroad com- panies and the management of the affairs thereof, as approved May 20, 1861, did not afford a remedy to the United States to collect from the Stanford estate $15,237,000, being Stanford’s proportion of he debt of $60,000,000 owing by said railroad corpora- tions and their stockholders to the complain- ts. .—n’rhu the act of April1, 1863, smending the railroad act of May 20, 1861, did not apply to noraid the case of the United States against the estate. That the United States cannot avail them- selves of mnor can the court apply any of the laws of the ‘State of Cal- ifornis ordained or -enacted since the railroad corporations accepted the terms and conditions of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1892, giving ereditors of corporations a more complete remedy to enforce in the courts the individusl liabilities of stockholders of the corporation debts. That' the United States never intended to hold the stockholders of the California cor- | porations individually lieble for their portion ? 'of the corporation debt to the United States. Where it was found he had suffered a bad | That the United States, under the various Pacific Railroad acts and the couditions exist- ing at the time they were passed, waived the right given to them by the constitution end tected his heart from the assassin’s bul- lets, and he was not seriously injured. Ziegenball was arrested and confessed that his motive in attempting to kill Chief Brettschneider was revenge for what he regarded as a wrongful discharge by that officer from the police force. D e CARRIED TROOPS TO CUBA. Spanish Soldiers Transported by the Steamship San Francisco. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23.—Ac- cording to a letter received atthe Navy Department from the commander of the United States ship Yantic, the steamship San Francisco left Montevideo on Septem- ber 16, with more than 1600 Spaniards en- listed for service in the Spanish army in Cubs. About 100 were deserters from the Spanish service, who re-enlisted to secure pardon, while the others were from Uru- guay. Nearly all the volunteers were boys. They did not formally enlist on shore, but when on board the vessel presented a proper tendering of their service to Spain. On their arrival on the steamship they were taken in charge by a guard of Spanish soldiers. The San Francisco had no Span- ish flag or other insignia of nationality. el A HARRY HAYWARD’S STORY. One Version of the Recent Plot to Break Jail. INDIANAPOLIS, Inp., Oct. 23.—The condemned murderer, Harry Hayward, issued to the public to-day through the press a long statement giving his version of the recently exposed plot to break jail. He admits the existence of the plot and describes {he details, but he strenuously maintains that the whole affair was con- ceived and carried forward by Deputy Sheriff Michael Kierce, for the purpose of making money and ingratiating himself with the authorities. Hayward declares that all his dealings were with Kierce, who secured the false keys to the cell and jail doors and outlinéd the plot to the prisoner. = Jor additional. Pacific Ooast news ses Pages 3 and b of amusement and private citizens indi- cate that the desired amount, if not con- siderably more, will be on hand when the time comes for the money to go for- ward. All sorts and conditions of men have signified their willingness to contribute to the fund and the railroads have offered to cut transportation rates so that the com- mitteemen will not be put to additional expense to reach this City from any part of the United States. The Union League Club of this City has signified its willingness, through some of its leading members, to subscribe the sum of $25,000 to bring the convention here and entertain the National Committee. This alone will have the effect of infusing ad- ditional life into the Republicans all over the State, and it would not be surprising to see contributions come from many of the towns outside of San Francisco. The concerted action in this City points very plainly to the fact that San Francisco means business, and the necessary capital is beginning to flow in at an astonishing rate. The pulse of the public has been felt, and the prospect of securing the con- vention and all its tributary advantages is appreciated by every man who is inter- ested in the prosperity of the City and coast. At present there are a great many who will be more pronounced in their con- tributions after the National Committee has held its preliminary meeting and the feeling of the committee is better known. To-day everything appears to be most encouraging, ana businessand professional men say that they will come forward and make their contributions as liberal as pos- sible when the time arrives for them to lend a financial hand. Senator George C. Perkins, James D. Phelan, the Palace Hotel, Friedlander, Gottlob & Co., the Baldwin Hotel, Raphael's, R. H. Warfield, M. A. Gunst, J. F. Sullivan, K. B. Soule, the Examiner, the Chronicle and Tur Carn have sub- scribed over $20,000, which is separate from the amount to be given by the Union League Club. This is almost bhalf of the necessary amount of $100,000, and there are yet many channels through which