The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCI SCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895. SCORED AT REDWOOD Henry Miller Is Roughly Handled by Lawyer Campbell. DENOUNCED IN COURT. Bitterly Assailed in the Closingi Argument in the Jesse Potter Case. | HOW MRS. LUX WAS DEFRAUDED | The Attorney Claims She Died in| Poverty Because of the Cattle King's Machinations. | REDWOOD CITY, Car., Dec. 6.—The Jesse Potter removal suit was resumed in Judge Buck’s court to-day, and J. H. Campbell, representing the German heirs, made the opening argument. He referred to the many phases the Potter-Miller ‘\'[ Lux litigation bad assumed during the past several years, and charged that it | was one of the greatest conspiracies ever bro t to the attention of any court, in | which complications have been evolved without equal in the realms of fiction. Miller, said 1 er Campbell, com- menced his op: ons in a small way, but now had vast possessions in three States, and an acreage that more than equaled the | area of the whole State of Rhode Island. This principality was so magnificent in extent that Henry Miller could rot harbor the thought of partitioning or cut- ting off even the smallest portion of it. Miller had come to look upon it as some- thing of his sole creation, as a monument to his own industry. This idea took posse. sion of him soon after his partner’s death. At that time his only opponents were a weak and defenseless widow and a few German heirs under the will of his deceased partner. To carry out his control Henry Miller took it upon himself to appoint an attor- ney, who bad been his own, one who would not obstruct his wishes. The next move was to so arrange with Mrs, Lux, his partner's widow, that no opposition could come from that quarter. Mrs. Lux was for a considerable length of time an invalid | and fell under Miller's influence, to after- ward die in comparative poverty, al- though she was the heiress to millions. The accounting suit was not a vigorous | cr aggressive suit, continued the attorney, | and for y Lux, which left Jesse Potter in the posi- | X Yl Je i FOI* | and was not known to have rela tion of executor. Potter had come into | the employ of the firm as a young man. | The conditions surrounding Potter were such that Miller must have sounded the very depths of his character. Potter was | as plastic as clay in the hands cf Miller. The land monopolist knew Jesse Potter’s weaknesses, knew how he spent money, a:.d he kept making advances to Potter and led him on, a belpless tool. Miller's plan was to entangle every person who might stand in the way of his wishes, so they dared not say no to anything he de- ed to accomplish. §iMiller furnished mon including the German he whichr during | nine years amounted to some $360,000. | But t would not represent the earning: of Miller & Lux for more than six months, and eighteen of such distributions should | have been made during the nine years. *‘We have thus seen the extremes to which the master hand of Henry Miller dare go in carrying out his wishes,” said Mr. Campbell. *“Even the front ranks of the bar have been taken in a body to bring about his wishes. “The agreement which Henry Miller signed or the plea that he would consent | to a distribution was impracticable and contained features that are believed were purposely retained so that a settlement could not be brought about. Henry Miller is the representative of a conspiracy. Pct- ter stands behind him, not to carry out | his own judgment, but to carry out the plans of the master mind which controls and directs him. The only hope for the German heirs 1s that Potter shall be re- moved and that a man shall not be put in | h Henry Miller.” Attorney Pillsbury then took up the argument for the defense, merely stating that argument had been insisted upon by | the prosecution, while his clients had of- fered to waive it. v to others also, | ter, saying that point after point oniginaily charged had been abandoned by the prose- cution until it all now rested on a matter of Potter's expenditures. When Mrs, Lux died the entire income of that estate, valued at $3,500,000, came to Potter. Even | 2t 2 per cent a year that was an in- | come of $75,000, and Potter had only spent | his own money, as he was entitled to do. The argument will be resumed on Mon- day morning next by Attorney McEnerney for the defense. D. M. Delmas will then close for the prosecution, MILL VALLEY POACHER. Gamekeeper Johngon Captures August Ferari While He Is Teking Quail From a Trap. MILL VALLEY, CaL., Dec. 6.—Ben Johnson, gamekeeper for the Tamalpais Sportman’s Club, early yesterday morning detected an Italian named August Ferari trapping quail on the property of the Tamalpais Land and Water Company. Johnson was accompanied by Deputy Con- stable E, E. Gray. some time that quail were being illegally killed near this place and laid plans to catch the p oachers. Gray located a trap on the ridge above Mill Valley and in- formed Johnson of his find. The two officers went to the trap before daylight yesterday and hid in the brush. Just before dawn some quail coming out to feed entered the trap and were caught. Ferari immediately appeared upon the scene and was captured while taking the quail from the trap. Ferari was arrested and taken before Justice of the Peace Thomas Fathe}l, who stated that as this was the first case of the kind that had come before him he would be lenient. The Justice lectured the pris- oner, stating that in the next similar case brought before him he would fine the guilty person $100, He allowed Ferari his freedom on payment of a $30 fine. Ferari paid the fine after vainly endeavor- ing to strike a bargain with his Honor, whom he tried to persuade that $20 would be enough. —Saapar Good Roads for Sonoma County. _SANTA ROSA, Caw., Dec. 6.—The ques- tion of good county roads is being consid- P place who is under the dominion of | ¥ »it. He madea general de-| i nial of all the charges urged against Pot- | i They had suspected for | f ered by the Board of Supervisors. Meas- ures to compel the use of wide tires are being advocated. The probably be a six-inch tire for wagons of e tons capaci The question of w a hardship upon the farmers chief consideration, though it is claimed that can be obviated at slight expense by the use of a new tire now on the market, which fits cver the narrow tires now so much in use in this count, oo CLOVERDALE CITRUS FAIRS, Incorporation of the Association Having Them in Charge. A, Cat., Dec. 6.—The Clo- verdale Citrus Fair Association filed arti- cles of corporation here to-day. The di- rectors are W. ‘I'. Brush, John Fields, el Menihan,Charles E. Humbert and h. The capital stock is $5000, a large portion of which is already ap. PR object of the association is to hold a rus fair each year. Cloverdale's orange oves produce abundantly, and two suc- cessful citrus exhibits have already been neld. The next will be held next spring. . Death of a Former Sonoma Man. SANTA ROSA, Carn., Dec. 6.—A cable- gram was received in this city to-day an- nouncing the death of Dr. W. E. Nye in Central America. Dr. Nye was a promi- nent ist of Sonoma County, and for a number_of years was located in Healds- burg. He left this county for Central America last summer. The causeof death BIG CANYON'S DEAD MISER Joshua Keys Found to Have Had Large Deposits in Banks at Sacramento. El Dorado County’s Treasury Receives the Fortune of a Man Who Perished From Exposure. PLACERVILLE, CaL, Dec. 6.—The death of Joshua Keys was reported to Coroner C. P. Winchell of this city on September 2. Keys lived a retired life in a lonely hovel in Frenchtown, near the Big Canyon mine, twelve miles below Pla- cerville. The verdict of the Corener’s in- quest was that Keys died from exposure and want of proper nourishment. The Coroner had known the man for thirty years and knew him to be a miser. He suspected that the man had money, which had probably been buried. Neighbers, however, who knew Keys to visit Sacra- mento twice a year, maintained that he had money in a bank. Coroner” Winchell opened communica- tion with the banks of Sacramento and learned of a credit of several hundred dol- lars to Keys in the Union Bank, but found no bankbook. The Sacramento Savings Bank, however, notified Mr. Wincheil that it held Joshua Keys' bankbook and a credit to his account of $29,000, which it wouid tarn over to the Coroner at any time he satisfied the bank that he was the legal custodian of Keys' money. Keys was about 63 years old. In early acation of a miner, He later years was a woodchopper. ed in this county about fo. ing, thongh it was believed he had rela- tives in Buston. He was sober and inaus- trious, but exceedingly penurious. Corouer Winchell to-day, acting under the law, deposited the §: 0in the treas ury of El Dorado County. i Quicksilver at Suiphur Banks. SULPHUR BANKS, Car., Dec. 6.—8ul- phur Banks quicksilver mine, Lake County, is doing excellent work. A superior grade of ore is being taken out. The output of quicksilver has been 500 bottle per month for September, October and November. The shaft is down 200 feet, with pienty of good ore in sight. About fifty men are employed. R Tt Port Crescent’s Postmaster Indicted,’ SEATTLE, Wasn., Dec. 6.—The Federal and Jury this morning indicted Joel A. Albright, the Postmaster at Port Crescent. Clallum County, Wash., for the embe ment of the receipts of his office to the ex- tent of §1000. SEASON OF PRAYER. Retreats at St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Joseph’s and St. Iznatins Churches. A tridvum was begun at St. Mary’s Cathedral Thursday morning and will continue until to-morrow. It is under the auspices of the Immaculate Conception Sodality of the cathedral parish. A mass | was celebrated at 6 o’clockin the morning, and was largely attended. In the evening prayers were recited, and the benediction to the blessed sacrament was celebrated. At the evening services Rev. TFather Mulligan delivered the sermon. His sub- ect was ‘‘Mary, Our Model.”” Thisevening ev. J. M. Gleason will speak on “True Womanhood,” and to-morrow evening Dempsey will discuss *“The Rev. C. A. Ramm will deliver the sermon at_the 10:30 o’clock mass on Sunday, and Very Rev. J. J. Prendergast, V. G., will deliver the ciosing discourse in the afternoon. A triduum for young women was begun seph’s Church last evening. The rmon was preached by the Rev. M. D. Connolly of St. Paul’s Church. Th evening Rev. Father Crowley of Youths’ Directory will preach, and to- morrow evening the ciosing sermon will be delivered by the Rev. John McDonald of St. Peter’s parish. Tne music rendered during the servicesis by the Young Ladies’ Sodality choir. The re which is being held at St. Ignatius Church tiis week is drawing large crowds each evening. It will close on Sun e TO ASSIST THE LADIES. Mayor Sutro Writes on the Subject of Eiver Improvem Mayor Sutro has decided to give the ladies of Stockton, Cal., who are opening a crusade in favor of the improvement of the San Joaquin River and Stockton Slough, and has forwarded the following letter to the chairman of the Committee and Harbors of the House of ntatives: Sir: The ladies of Stockton, Cal., ng the San Joaquin River and the Stockton Slough in order to t deep-w v San Francisco Bay have in view an es and one that comme fective mau as deserving The San Joaquin Vall i bire—capable of supporting millions of day dependent for its ontl y ‘on the Southern Pacific railroads. inflict such heavy charges as_practically results in the impoverishment of its inhabi- 1y Dea have united for the purpose ot impr This improvement would give an outlet so that the monopoly would be broken. Asa 1 h citizen of San Francisco I therefore urge you to g“‘i nexs e, -,efmlfi‘e‘d"‘fi,f,“‘;};',‘;‘;",,‘.‘fi‘ 'i‘f;‘c‘: crant all the aid in the power of the National ¥ had Tef Sovernment to this improvement. Very re- | Curred to me that I had left my purse up- spectfully yours, ADOLPH SUTRO. —————— Run Aground in the Fog. One of the Oakland ferry - boats on the 12:30 trip last night ran into Goat Island owing to the dense fog. The steamer 8150 ex- perienced trouble in landing et the slip, but no injury to passengers reported. Guy de Maupassant’s statue in the Parc Monceau will be very modern. His bust stands on a column, around it is arranged a marbie bench with cushions, on which reclines a young Parisian woman dressed in the laiest fashion, with puffed sleeves and an hour-glass waist, reading one of Maupassant’s worst novels. SNSRI McAreg BRos.’ auction sale of Brittan Ranch San Mateo Co., sure to-day. See advertisement. oy | Was effected onl, FIRED N TEN PLACES, A Handsome House Near the Park Burned by an Incendiary, EUGENIA SCHULLER ACCUSED. Charged With Setting Fire to Her Own Building With Gasoline. Heavy Insurance. Mrs. Eugenia Schuller was charged at the Central police station yesterday with arson. Sbe is the wife of Andrew Schuller, a broker at 508 Montgomery street. About 12:20 o'clock yesterday morning the house numbered 124 Lyon street, cor- | ner of Oak, was discovered by a special | watchman to be on fire. The cries of a conductor and gripman on a passing car | aroused the people in a flat of the burning | house, and life was saved by a mere acci- dent. The fourth and fifth stories were entirely perienced so much wear and tear during the past month that it was almost neces- sary to wash it. o To-morrow, weather permitting, the most sensational balloon ascension ever given in San Francisco will take place. Three aeronauts who have distinguished in various parts of the world, Emil Marke- berg, George Weston and Andrew Burke, will simultaneously be turned loose with their big airships, and when at a height of several thousand feet will jump with varachutes. The man doing “the best work generally will be awarded a hand- some prize. Silea s UTAH'S PROSPECTS. State Senator-Elect Allison of Ogden Speaks of the New State. E. M. Allison of Ogden, State Senator- elect to the first Legislature which will meet after Utah becomes a State, is at the Baldwin. Mr. Allison said last night that the prospect of statehood for Utah is al- ready having a beneficent effect upon the business outlook. - The new State will be Republican, as shown by the election for State officers held this fall. “The Utah people are with California,” he said, “in the desire for the Republican National Convention at San Francisco. | Our members of the National Com- mittee will vote for San Francisco. There s no good reason that Ican see why this City should not have it and many good | reasons why it should. The people of the | East need information of the West that they will never rightly acquire in any | other way. | *‘No, I have not come here to spent the burned out, and upon; searching for the | winter, but I should like to remain. This’ | | | | | | | | | 1 SCHULLER CON. i MRS, i | | cause the patrol and police discovered a | state of affairs which showed that it was a | se of arson. | In every closet and pantry—there being | ten altogether in the two upper stories— | bottles either broken or standing nearly | | full of gasoline, surrounded by charred | paper, were found. #(n some jars pieces of | caridle still remained where they had heen i vlaced to burn down to the paper, and, | catching it on fire, to explode the contents of the bottles, scattering the flames around. Most of the bottles were of the kind mil | men use in leaving miik to their custom- | ers, and, baving a patent stopper, they | { were not sufficiently heated by the flames of the burning paper to explode the con- | tents. | The Fire Marshal and a detective, fol- | lowing up the clews, discovered that the | gasoline had been brought to the piace the day before in a demijolin and a_gallon can by Walter Scott and Frank Hitchcock, boys who were doing some painting on the roof for Mrs. Schuller. They brought it from Oakland, where they had been painting two houses for her. At 4:30 o'clock yesterday evening Mrs.Schuller and the two boys leit the house together, and | went as far as the corner of the sidewalk, | when she suddenly said she bad left her | purse upstairs in the part they had been working in. She was gone some time, and when she returned gave one of the boys the key to the door to the upper part of the house, telling him' to come this morning and finish painting. | The boys npiman-d at the house this | morning astonished at the sight that met | their gaze, and told those in charge a straightforward story. The owner of the property, according to the boys, kept going from one part of the | house to another, opening and sbutting | | doors and walking up and down; they | | being on the roof working could hear her | beneath them on the bare floor quite dis- | tinctly, but upon quitting work never looked to see what she had been doing. Mrs. Schuller arrived shortly after 12 o’clock at noon, and said she had just | learned of the fire at her agent’s oftice,and | immediately went out to see. She was | arrested by the Fire Marshal and taken to prison. About 10 . M., an occurrence that is | | | ing in the two flats beneath were arroused | by a sound as of gravel or small pieces of | dirt striking the front window, and as it | occurred last Sunday evening, frightening | | them, the called for help, and a gentle- man hearing them got a Iwohccmun, who watched the house until 12 o’clock, only twenty minutes before the fire broke out, his time for going “off watch.” The house at 124 Lyon street is owned by Mrs. Schuller, and is insured for its full value, $7000. A portion of this, $1000, a few days ago. Mrs. Schullerdisclaims having borrowed the key, saying that Scott opened the door, and further waited her return. Her side of the case, as told in the City Prison | last night, is as follows: “On Thursday last I employed two painters from Oakland to do certain work about the house, as I expected to rent it ina few days. About 4:50 o'clock I told them they could stop work, but to report stairs. The man who had the key un- locked the door and I ran upstairs, re- turning as quickly as possible and one of the men loc‘ied the door and took the key away. I stopped to talk with a friend and 50 missed one or two cars. know absolutely nothing about the origin of the fire, and was not even aware it had occurred until told so by my rent- ing agents. NOVELTIES OF THE CHUTES. Balloon Ascensions and Other Attrac- tions on the Programme. The management of the water chutes took advantage of the unpleasant weather, and during the Jast two days emptied and WITH | Gate Pa | such a pr HER ATTORN FOR BONDSM weather, even if it does rain a little, is de- lightful. I had a good opportunity to-day to judge of it ina ride through Golden rk. The delegatesto the Republican Convention will miss a good deal if they do not come here.” Mr. Allison 1s an attorney who Las made aname for himself in Utah, and while making a careful study of politics has held aloof from any candidacy until there was the hope for statehood, When that comes he will be a member of the State Legislature. DIPUTE QR PROPEAT, Howard Presbyterian and Park Congregational Church in Conflict. The Congregational Home Missionary Society May Have Recourse to the Law. “So we died decently and congregation- ally.” Rev. J. A. Cruzan, pastor of the Olivet Congregational Church, and until last Sunday pastor of the Park Congregational Church, thus closed his story of the life and struggles of Park Church. He came from Santa Cruz early last summer to take charge of what seemed at that time a promising charge at the Panhandle. There were prospects, through the aid of the stronger Congregational churches, of the speedy erection of a handsome place of worship. But a month later Howard Presbyterian Chureh signified its intention of building within a block of the contemplated site. Park Church disputed the right and equity of such a proceeding, and appealed to a comity committee composed of representa- tives of both denominations. The decision was adverse to the Congregational branch. being insestigated, is that the family liv- | A council of Congregational churches was called to advise Park Church in its dilemma. The result was the appointment of a lay council to devise ways and means to put the church on better financial foot- ing. The lay council recommended that a committee make an attempt to raise $5000 by subsecription. The committee reported failure after its canvass. Park Church con- sidered the matter last Sunday morning. A vote was taken as to whether the church should dis , and_all but two favored ceeding. The church was then declared disbanded. Butitseems probable that the ‘‘Requiscat in Pace” of Park Church has not yet been pronounced. The Congregational Home Missionary Society may have recourse to law to Prass it. The fixtures of the hall which had been used as a place of worshi were sold early in the week to Howas Church, which proposes to worship there Sunday morning. The Home Missionary Society proposes to return the amount to Howard Church and conduct services there with Park Church members instead. ———————— Question Caddington (boastfully)—Yes sir; I come from people! Why, my grandfather was a_celebrity in old_ New York—they called him “Gentleman Joe.” Fulljames—Indeed! What was he, a burglar or a boxer?—From Puck. A A Confinement and Hard Work Indoors, particularly in the sitting posture, are far more prejudicial to bealth than excessive muscular exertion in the open air. Hard sedentary workers are far 100 weary after office hours 1o take mach needful exeriion in the open air. They otien need | @ tonic. Where can they sees invigoration more certainly and thoropghly than from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a renovant particuiarly adapted 10 recralt the exhausted force of nature. Use also renlled the big iake, as the water had ex- for dyspepsia, kidney, liver and rheumatic all- ments. 2 | Francisco. A CONSPIRACY ON FOOT. Four Big Eastern Cities Said to Be Combined Against Us. OUR STRENGTH INCREASING. Encouraging Reports From Our Dele- gates Continue to Come In From Washington. Most of the activity for the convention is now going on in the East instead of the West. The people of San Francisco have done their share in supplyine the funds for the delegates to goon to Washington and they are now waiting for results. From the dispatches that arrive daily through the press and private sources it seems as though very substantial work is being done, and that our representatives will succeed if hard work is the basis of success. They are gradually strengthening our cause and pulling forces from all over into” the combination pledged to stand by San Yesterday the following tele- gram arrived: WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6, 1895. Hon. Wendell Easton, Chairman Ezecutive Com- mittee, San Francisco, Cal.: Yesterday inter- viewed Senators Allison, Thurston, Teller, Speaker Reed, Judge Long of Florida and others. Thurston for Chicago, San Francisco second choice, unless some very powerful in- fluence intervenes. Our prospects are fair, as we have committed severel partisans oft Pitts- burg, St. Louis and Chicago to vote San Fran- cisco second choice. Knight here. Expect De Young, Friedrich and Chipman to-day. Per- kins, White and all Congressional aelegation giving splendid assistance. H. Z. OSBORNE. General Chipman, the delegate from the north, in a letter to Mr. Eastman presents the following statistics, which ou ght to be of great weight in'locating the next seat of the convention: In working up my data I find am other things that since 1856 the Democratic and Re- publican conventions have assembled 10 times in Chieago, 3 in Cincinnati, 2 in Philadelph 3 in Baltimore and 2 in St. Louis; in New York end Minneapolis, once each. Neither party has ever ventured west of the shores of the Mississippi River, and yetI find that over 77 per cent of the territory of the United States lies west of that river and over 28 per eent of he population resides there. I find that nearly one-half of the increase of population in the decade ending 1890 is west of thatriver. I find also that 25 of the 51 members of the National Committee reside west of the Missis- sippi. The combined voice of these members, with one vote in addition, would not only lo- cate the place for holding the convention, but could control the destinies of the Republican party. Is it too much to ask that the committee. recognize the greatness and importance of this region? Yours truly, P. CHIPMAN. Bosd sl Lo CONSPIRACY ON FOOT. A Combination Trying to Destroy San Francisco’s Chances. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6.—There is a report in circulation to-night that St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and Pittsburg are combined to prevent the convention going to San Francisco, ‘The story is that the combination was brought about by Powell Clayton of Arkansas and other friends of St. Louis and Senator Tom Carter of Montana, Committeeman Tanner of Illinois and some Pittsburgers. As far as can be learned the combination is not in the interest of any particular city, but was formed to keep the convention from going to San Francisco. The Californians are not paying any attention to these rumors, but are hustling ‘with might and main. THE CaLL correspondent saw Chair- man Carter at the Chamberlain to-night, where he was in conversation with Senator Mitchell of Oregon, Senator Shoup of Iaaho, Rosewater of the Omaha Bee, who was formerly committeeman from Ne- braska, being succeeded by Senator Thurs- ton, and National Committeeman Tanner of Illinois. Mr. Carter was asked plainly whether he favored Chicago, as reported. He said: 2 No, sir, T have expressed no preference. 1 am not Montana’s committeeman. Alexander C. Botkin is our representative on the National Committee, and I do not know how he will vote. Several of our Montana towns have passed resolutions favoring San Francisco, and there certainly can be no objection urged against that City by any of our far Western people. I heer that San Francisco will probably have a majority of votes on the first ballot, but this is only hearsay with me. I have no per- sonal knowledge of the truth of this state- ment."” If there has been any combination formed against San Francisco, Carter did not know it; at least he did not say any- thing about it to Mitchell or Shoup, who were at the Chamberlain with him for a considerable length of time to-night. Senators Mitchell and Shoup said to Tue CALL correspondent that they believed that: there was an excellent chance for San Krancisco to win. Senator Mitchell said: We are doing all we can to assist San Fran- ciscy’s committee, and they are doing some lively work. Senater Perkins and T have pre- sented them to many of our brother Senators on the Republican side, and they have madea good impression. Senator Shoup said: Some time ago Idaho people were in- clined to support Denver, that being our nearest city, and as National Committee- man from Idaho thougnt I would vote for Denver. Ido not know what kind of a fight that city will put up, but the probabitities are that she will not persist in her candidacy aiter she has been “favorably mentioned.” This will gratify ber ambition perhaps. The same may be said of Salt Lake City. If either of tiiese cities has any chance to win of course I will be with either one or the other; but, eventually, I think that Denver and Salt Lake will both drop out, and their delogates will heartily sup- port San Franeisco, as it would be of advantage to both Denver and Salt Lake to have the con vention held in the far West. Thousands of visitors would stop off at Denver and Salt Lake, s0 the candidacy of these cities need not dis- turb friends of San Francisco. Governor West of Utah said to-night: Our committee from Salt Lake, which ar- rived on Tuesday, will present Salt Lake for the honor of entertaining the convention, but you may say that we are for the great West, and if Salt Lake is not “in it” we will all be found pulling for San Francisco. This is the view taken by all San Fran- cisco supporters. They do not regard the aspirations of Salt Lake and Denver as calculated to injure San Francisco's chances, but believe that the presence here of so many far Western Republicans will redound to San Francisco’s advantage in the end. Colonel Isaac Trumbo is vne of the delegates from Salt Lake to arrive Tuesday, and he will certainly work en- thusiastically for San Francisco after Salt Lake has received a complimentary vote. The Salt Lake men are only working for an “ad” for their city, and the same can be said of Denver. O. J. Sdlisbury, Na- tional Committeeman for Utah, tola Gen- eral Friedrich in Salt Lake the other day that Utah would cast her vote for San Francisco when the proper time arrived. De Young is expected to-morrow or Sun- day. Mr. Osborne said to-night: The committee saw Generel Powell Clayton at the Capitol to-day, but he expressed himself in favor of St. Louis. We had heretofore counted upon his vote for San Francisco, but | he would not even commit himself in favor of San Francisco as second choice. We labored | with him and he finally consented to take the matter under advisement. One of the great objections to St. Louis is that theleading hotels will not entertain colored delegates. General Chipman, who arrived in Wash- ington at noon, stated that the Chicago movement is not a popular one, and also | said: We think the time is opportune and the con- ditions favorable for success, and we feel very hopeful. The expression of goodwill is uni- versal. It is based upon the desire of the thinking members of the ccmmittee and gen- tlemen who have influence with it. The idea seems fo strike all favorably that it would be well to hold & convention that would be a de- liberative boey. General Friedrich stated that on his way East he stopped in Louisville, Ky. and had an interview with Governor- elect Bradley, who is the Kentucky mem- ber of the National Committee. Gov- ernor Bradley will not be able to attend the meeting of the committee on December 10, but he is very friendly to San Fran- cisco. He has given his proxy to Mr. Forester, managing editor of the Lonisville Commercial, and has tele- graphed that gentleman not to commit himself until he hears from him. General Friedrich said: Ifound the sentiment in Kentucky almost universally in favor of San Francisco. Even the Courier-Journal, a Democratic paper, has come out and given us a warm and enthusias- tic send-off. Mr. Osborne said: One of the most gratifying events of the afternoon was a call upon the commit- tee from Congressman W. W. Grout of Vermont, who stated that he was very much impressed with the idea of sending the convention to San Francisco as a matter of political expediency. He gave excellent reasons for thinking the convention should go there, and spoke of the unbiased con- dition of the public mind of - that city between the several candidates, and he thought it would be a grand thing for the Re- publican party to go clear across the continent and name a candidate. He introduced to the committee & very prominent Republican of Tennessee, Major E. C. Camp, who was as enthusiestic as Mr. Grout. He assured the com- mittee of the support of Tennessee. The com- mitteeman from Tennessee will not be able to | get here, but Major Camp stated that he would | see to it; that he sent his proxy to the proper | person. He sald he would make it & personal matter to see how he voted, and that his vote should be for San Francisco. He assured the committee that there was a very kind feeling for S8an Francisco in Tennessee and in the South generally. This evening | ex-Governor N.O. Murphy, delegate to Con- gress from Arizona, stated to the committee | that partisans of the other cities were growing | the increasing very much alarmed at sentiment in favor of San Francisco, and that those. who have not here- tofore treated 1t seriously are now beginning to ask whether it would not be a good thing to send 1t there. Delegate Mdrphy | will probably represent the committeeman from Arizona, and told the committee this | evening that Arizona was all right for| “Frisco.” " One of the interesting reports circulated | among Californians to-night is that Editor | poses San Francisco and has telegraphe: Tom Williams to make the Examiner's convention tone Messrs., Fredrich, Chipman, Osborne and Rader had a talk with General Clarkson to-night. Clarkson stands by San Fran- cisco nobly and will help all he can. | A delegation of Ohioans came to-day and | they made no secret of the fact that they | are here in the interest of McKinley for President, although they declare they do not favor any particular party for the nomination. e CHICAGO ADMITS DEFEAT. She is Over $60,000 Short of the Amount Required. CHICAGO, 1rr., Dec. 6.—The report of the committees appointed to canvass for a guaranty fund to secure the Republican National Convention for Chicago did not meet the expectations of the movers in the enterprise, and it is generally believed that Chicago’s prospects for securing the event are by no means so favorable as they seemed before the attempt was made to raise the $100,000 required. According to figures submitted to the local committee, only $34,000 has been subscribed. Over $60,000 more must be obtained to put Chicago in the race. The few local politicians who are interested in having the convention here say that pres- eny indications are that it will be located elsew here. *‘Chicago’s chances of getting the Na- tional Convention are mighty small just now,” said a prominent Republican leader to-day. “‘Only $34,000 raised, and the National Committee meeting ounly five days away. 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