The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1895, Page 3

_— e ——————————————————————— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1895. 3 AID FOR ARMENIANS, Continued from First Page. i | after waiting there two months for exequa- ‘ turs were, Sentember 11, directed to go to | their respective posts without them. | ““The statements that consulatesof Great | Britain and France were already estab- lished at Erzeroum and Harpoot were made on the authority of early advices. It has since been ascertained that no foreign | consulate representation of any kind ex- | ists at Harpoot, which is embraced in the | consular jurisdiction of the British con- | sulate for Koordistan, the residence of the | principal officer being Erzeroum. There | are subordinate Vice-Consals at the towns | of Diarbeker and Van. At boih these lat- | ter places and also at Mosul, in the eastern | part of Koordistan, vice-consulates of other powers are established, although as regards lack of foreign trade they much the same fix as Harpoot. At roum consulates are maintained by Persia | and Russia and vice-consulates by France | and Italy. RicHARD S. OLNEY. | “Department of State, Washington, D. C., | December 28, 1895.” e A4S TOLD BY A GIRL. Horrors Fxperienced During the Looting | of Harpoot. | BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 30.—An Armenian | in this city has received a letter from his 16-year-old sister, who wasa pupil in the | college at Harpoot at the time of the ma: sacre, giving in detail her personal experi ences and events that came under her ob- servation. The letter says in part: “Monday morning at the breaking of dawn the boys sent us all to the girls’ col- lege because the dangerous moment was at hand. The Kurds had besieged the denly we were told to run. The bullets were pouring upon us like hail- | stones without ceasin the flames of the burning buildings rose up to bheaven #nd everywhere nothing could be seen but swarming crowds of Turks and Kurds. “During the rush to escape, the people separated into two groups. We ran hither and thither on the mountains. In what- ever direction we went a Turkish mob tonted us. The scene was heart 7 with wailings, screamings and anings and the noise of the guns. | While terrified and mad with anguish wedid not know where torun. We saw the military commander. Every one of rushed to him and he said that he would protect | us. Then he led us to the direction where cannons were located. Then all of a sud- den the mouth of the cannon was turned toward us. When we saw this we left the chief and began to run again toward the city. The soldiers ran after us, velling | that they would shoot us down like dogs if we kept on running. Many did not give attention to this threat and ran to the callege, where the other group had entered. *We wen: back to the soldiers, who took us and poured into the Adaneldan’s house, which was robbed and stripped of every article. There we gave up all hope of ever getting out alive. We were kept there until evening. Suddenly we s house in which we were set on the sight of the fames we began to wail | and cry until the soldiers took us| all out and promised to take wus| to the boys’ college. But they led | us in the opposite direction to Abdul | Mahlass. We saw Turks and Kurds pass- ing us like ants, every one with something onh oulder. They took us out of the | house at 5 o'clock P. M., and until 9 they wandered us through the terrible mudds streets of Abdul Mahlass like 8 horde of slaves. We were finally taken to Khran. | We sat down on the earth the whole night and wept. | “A prominen: Turk came to us and said: ‘You are safe here. Accept: the true feith and nothing will happen to you. it is already impossible for you to get out of this place alive. You will remain here until we receive fresh orders. All these | things that are being done to you are by | the order of the Padishah.’ He repeated this proposition once more to the men, calling them aside and whisperingto them. He bad told them unless we ail accepted | Mohammedanism the men would be first | put to death i then the women. | ““In the morning one of the boys went | secretly to the college and told all to Dr. Barnum, sent soldiers to escort us | there. We saw the daylight once more, | which revealed to us the horrors of the deadiy deed. We passed through the | streets soaked red with blood and covered with corpses. so that we closed our eyes not to see. We reached the college, where we remained a whole week. Now are in a hali-burned house which is empty altogether. We have lost everything. We | sit on the bare floor, naked and hungr; Several families are crowded in each oi the few remaining houses which escaped fire but not plunder. The whole quarter is de- we hat passed over our heads pen will | never describe. We are in daily fear for the life that was spared us. For heaven’s sake help us in any way you can. Do what | you can. Only send us help, and that very | soon.”’ — AROUSED THE ARMENIAN. Bahri Pasha Presented Four Fair Cap- tives to the Sultan. NEW YORR, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Recent | letters telling of the massacres in various | Armenian cities contain certain informa- tion that helps to explain many points in | the awful outbreaking of so-called Moham- | medan fanaticism. A letter from Trebi- zond says: Bahri Pasha, Governor of Vanshkd, started to come to Constantinople, and it was learned that he wasbringing with him four of the fairest young maidens of Sas- soun, who had been spared in the massa- | cre, to make an acceptable present of | them to his Sultan. This aroused the | Armenian people of Trebizond to a frenzy, and .it was impossible to restrain the young nen, the more daring of whom fired upon Bahri Pasha, wounding him. But| he carried out his mission to Constanti- nople, and was honored with the highest decorations and appointed Governor of Adapa. Afterward the pasha oi Trebizond, calling twelve of the leading men of the city, demanded tbat they should hand over the young men who attacked tie Goyernor, and gave them just a few hours 1n which to carry out his order. The next day they answered him that the Govern- ment had no means of finding the men out. When the mails had arrived and the people went toward the postotlice the trumpei was sounded three times and both the soldiers and the mod rushed upon the people. And this we know is only one and not even the most terrible of the mas. sacres. In view of the revelationsas to the ac- tual political conditions in FEurope in- fluencing the fate of the Armenian people in Turkey, the Armenian Relief Associa- tion in New York yesterday cabled tne fol- lowing message to the London Times and to the London Dailly Néws: Europe pushed Armenia into the mouth of hell and turned to celebrate Christmas. If the Continental powers are dead to honor and con- science, can England forget justice? Does she | monopoly. Armenian not velieve in Almighty God, that she waits for help before stopping the sassination of Christian their flocks, We send Grosvenor House Committee, food when fire and sword exterminate? Shall we sdvise Armeniuns to apostatize? Surely the wrath of God aud the blessing of the Christ have still & significance for the men of Eng- ministers and £1000 to the But what avails Jand. Does she no more expect them to do their duty? Christian Ameriea will support England. BLEECKER MILLER, Chairman. HErANT M. KIRETCH. y: (eneral Secretary Armenian Relief Association. e g RUSSIA BACKING TURKEY. Rumors of a Treaty Between Czar and Sultan Revived. LONDON, (ar., Dec. 30.—The Constan- tinople correspondent of the Standard telegraphs that M. Nelidoff, the Russian Embassador, bad along private audience with the Sultan on. Wednesday. He adds that it would cause no’surprise should it be learned that there is a secret Russo- Turkish treaty. It is well known in Constantizople that the so-called concert of the powers con- sists of & confused entente between five of them, while Russia backs Turkey, whose finances are in a hopeless condition. Russia, it is said, is now offering to loan money to the Porte. A Russian syndicate, which is strongly supported by the Russian embassy, has applied for a concession jor a petrolenm monopoly, offering therefor the sum of £250,000 yearly. All the foreign embassies, with the ex- ception of the Russian, are prepared to strenuously resist the granting of the Turkey’s financial troubles reached such a pitch last week thatthe treasury applied to every province for £20,000 with which to pay the troovs. Smyrna was the only vilayet that was able to meet the demand. APPEAL FOR AID. tmericans Asked to Subscribe to @ Fund Jor Armenians. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 30.—The fol- lowing has been sent to the press: The public has already been made acquainted through the press with the sufferings in parts of the Turkish empire, which is most appalling, both in itsextentand character, and which is sure to be of long duration. It is probable that 50,000 people have been t to death, and no less than 350,000 are | now entirely destitute and in danger of perishing unless relief is promptly fur- nished. Relatively small amounts have already been raised in England and America and distributed through local channels, but it is clear that nothing commensurate with the needs can be accomplished except through a strong and thoroughly repre- sentative agency. For the purpose of raising funds and supplies on an adequate scale the National Relief Committee has been formed with headquarters in New York. Local co-operating committees have or are being organized throughout the country. David J. Brewster, Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is president of the National Armenian relief committee,which includ+s Archbishop Corrigan, Chauncey M. Depew, John Kennedy, Alexander E. Orr, Bishop Potter, Jacob Schiff, Everett P. Wheeler and others. The national committee now appeals in the name of suffering humanity to the people of the United States, irrespective of race, party or creed, for immediate and generous contributions for this purpose. The immediate need is for money. The only supplies which can be wisely used are grain and coarse cotton and woolen goods in the piece, but no such contributious should be forwarded with- out previous communication with the committee. The refugées themselves can be utilized in making up their own cloth- ing if tbe material is furnished, and so modest are their wants that.they can sub- sist on a pound and a half of bread at a cost of 2 cents a day for each person. Funds should be sent to the treasurers, Brown Bros. & Co., New York, Boston and Philadelphia. General correspond- ence and inquiries regarding local com- mittees should be addressed to the Na- tional Armenian Relief Committee, 45 Williams street, New York. It is requested that boards of trade, Mayors and other prominent citizens take steps at once to organize strong repre- sentative branch committees in their re- spective localities throughout the country, and report the same to the national com- mittee for enrollment and suggestions. SPENCER TRASK, Chairman Executive Committee. TERROR IN THE TUNNEL. An Explosion Caused a Panic Among Men Who Were Working Under the Lake. CHICAGO, Itn., Dec. distress from the one mile intake of the new water works tunnel, off tne foot of Cnicago avenue, to-night caused a ‘great deal of excitement about the city hall and tug offices. The tug Bobbie Dunbam of the Dunham line was immediately sent to the intake. Tt was found that one man had been seri- ously burned about the face ana arms by an explosion of waste oil thrown into the furnace used in the tunnel. The injured man is James Whitney of Columbus, Ohio, second cook, who is burned severely abouc the face and arms. He was brought to the city and removed to the County Hospital. About 9:30 last night, while the men were at work, Whitney was standing in front of the furnace used to heat the boilers. A quantity of o1l and water which had dripped from the engine and machinery had accumulated in a pail and one of the firemen concluded to throw the refuse into the furnace to get it out of the way. he did 5o a small explosion followed. The explosion of the oil was accom- panied by a dull, rumbling sound, which was greatly increased by the close quarters in which it took place. The laborers at work under the bottom of the great lake believed that they were in a living tomb, and a panic folloved. The sixty-five men were for the time being wild 1 terror and few expected to reach the air alive. The gang foreman soon convinced them that there was no danger. BOTH WOMEN ARE FREED. Miss Roden of California Is Anxious to Sce Burdick Sent to the State Prison. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 30.—Judge Rumsey to-day granted an absolute divorce to Grace P.Burdick of Livonia, and an- nulled tbe marriage of Marjorie S, Roden wholesale as- | As | | good deal of abuse from of California to William P. Burdick on the | ground that Burdick had a wife living at the time he married the California girl. Miss Roden is the girl who came to this city to marry Buirdick who represented himself as being single and said he wasa cousin of Hon. George Aldridge, then Mayor of the city. Marjorie says she is going to stay in Rochester until she sees Burdick in Auburn State Prison, and then she will return to her people who are well to do in Califorma. HEALDSBURG AFFRAY, Attorney J. W. Rose Twice Shot by Roland K. Truitt. FIGHT IN A POSTOFFICE. A Blow on the Face Answered With Bullets From a Pistol. RESULT OF AN OLD QUARREL. The Lawyer Had Accused His Adver- sary of Slandering His Daughters. HEALDSBURG, Car., Dec. 30.—This city is in great excitement to-night over the shooting of Hon. J. W. Rose, a promi- nent lawyer of this place, by Roland K. Truitt, an equally prominent business man. The wounded man is still alive, though the chances for his recovery are not bright. Shortly after the evening’s mail arrived Truitt walked into [the postoffice, which was crowded with people awaiting their mail. Mr. Rose followed soon after, and waiking straight up to Truitt struck him in the face. Truitt drew a revolver, and with Mr. Rose grasping him about the body, shot at him three times, two bullets taking effect. The crowd in the postoffice lost no time in getting out of the way of the flying bullets, and the wounded law- yer, who is a larger man than Truitt, soon had his combatant so he could not usethe weapon again. Rose was taken to his home near by, and it was found that one bullet from Truitt’s revolver had entered his breast a little be- low the heart, while the other entered the body below the left armpit, passing en- tirely through, coming out near the shoulder blade. He was resting easily when a CALL correspondent visited him, but declined to say anything relative to the trouble, save that Truitt bad been siandering the good name of his daughters and in other ways persecuting his family. Truaitt gave himself up to the officers im- mediately after the shooting. At the jail he said: *Rose is a big man, and he has been fol- lowing me long enough. I have stood a him, and al- though I have been trying to avoid him he was looking for the fight he got to- night. 1went to the postoffice after my mail, and was talking to some one when Rose came in and struck me in the face. He bit me several times before I got hold of my revolver, and then I had trouble shooting him, for he held me. “Rose says I msulted his daughters, This 1s not true. He has had a grudge against me for a long time. I don’t know how badiy I hurt him; neither do I care.” Much regret is felt over the unfortunate affair. Boih Rose and Truitt are among Healdsburg’s influential citizens. At this time it cannot be stated how serious the wounds of Rose are. The attending physician has extracted the ball which lodged in the body DECIDED AT SANTA RS, Verdict for the Plaintiff in the Chenoweth-Skaggs Law- suit. Property Restored by a Jury to a Man | Worsted in a Real Estate Trade. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Dec. 30.—The jury | in the Chenoweth-Skaggs case has reached a verdict in favor of plaintiff, Chenoweth, who had sued Skaggs to have a proverty trade between them annuled, claiming that Skages had by fraud and misrepre- sentation induced him to accept property ly under value to that traded by him kaggs. Chenoweth owned fifty acres of good bottom land near Occidental, valued at $7000. He exchanged this for eighty acres of land in Lake County, a lodging-house and building lots in Santa Rosa and a house and lot in Windsor. The jury fixed the value of the latter properties at $935. Chenoweth also claims to be incompetent at times to transact business. The case has dragged along since last spring, but the real strug was com menced two weeks ago. kvery point has been stubbornly contested by the opposing attorneys. In charging the jury Judge Dougherty submitted two general verdicts and thirty-one issues. The jury found on about two-thirds of the issues and re- turned a verdict in Chenoweth’s favor. Skaggs’ lawyers will ask for a further hearing on the ground that the jury did not find on enough of the issues presented to form a foundation for judgment. R B AL Gave Way to Her Grief. SANTA ROSA, Car., Dec. ~Mrs. F. W. Lewis took a dose of carbolic acid with suicidal intent last night near Sebastopol. Her husband, who was well known in San | Francisco, died a few days ago and was buried yesterday at Sebastopol. ~IHis death preyed upon ber mind, it is thought, and | Mrs. | induced the effort to destroy herself. Lewis is the mother of four children, who live with her on a ranch near Sebastopol. PR Death From Exposure, SANTA RCSA, Carn., Dec. yesterday meorning in an old shanty in the tules a few miles from Sonoma City. Duna was a hunter and fishermann. Death was caused by exposure and insuf- ficient nourishment. AFFRAY AT ANGELS CaAMP. Harris Kirk Assaulted by a Man to Whom He Was Indebted. ANGELS CAMP, Car., Dec. 30.—As the result of a quarrel of long standing Harris | Kirk, a mining man, was assauited to- night by another miner named Johnson, who knocked Kirk down with a blow from a revolver. The butt of the weapon caught Kirk back of the ear, severing that mem- ber almost entirely from his head. It is claimed that Kirk owes Johnson money, and that when he got paid off yes- terday he refused to liquidate. Johnson met Kirk in a saloon to-night, and draw- ing a revolver ordered Kirk to throw up his hands. Kirk, with his hands in the air, protested that he was unarmed. John- son cearched him to make certain that he was not prevaricating, and having satisfied himself on that point struck him a ternific’ —John | Dunn, 74 years of age, was found aead | The | body ind been lifeless for several days. | blow over the ear with his weapon. He then backed out of the saloon, threatening to shoot any one who foilowed him. Kirk did not recover consciousness for several hours. KERN COUNTY EJECTMENTS. | Settlers Upon Swamp Lands Lose in the | Extended Litigation With J. B. Haggin. BAKERSFIELD, Car., Dec. 30.—The | famous swamp land cases which caused so | much excitement last spring came up in | the Superior Court this morning and were summarily disposea of. Judgment for the plaintiff was quickly renderea. | The cases were in the nature of eject- | ment suits brought against several claim- lantsby J. B. Haggin. When they were | | called this morning the defense asked | leave to amend its answer by setting up | the alleged frandulent character n#(hc} patents to the land in dispute held by J. | B. Haggin. | The court szid that it had already ruled | against such a motion. It had given the | matter careful consideration and saw no | reason for acting differently. The attor- | neys for Haggin then produced the original | patents to the lands in dispute. The de- | fense had nothing to offer and judgment was thereupon ordered for plaintiff. It will noi be necessary to issue writs of | ejectment, as the defendants have advised the counsel for Mr. Haggin that they will give up peaceably possession of the prop- erty to-morrow morning. CAIME OF K WALLEIO. ‘John Carrington’s Brutal Attack } Upon a Young Woman in | | Her Home. Frustrated by the Unexpected Return of His Intended Victim’s | Husband. | VALLEJO, Car., Dec. 30.—John Car-| rington, a painter, is lodged in the City | | Jail, under a warrani issned by Judge | | Lamout and sworn to by William J. Riley. His attempt at a brutal crime has caused | the wildest excitement in the town,and | threats against the prisoner are heard upon every hand. Carrington is accused | of having forced an entrance to the home | of Mrs. Riley, a bride of three weeks, and | attacked the young woman. He was frustrated by the opportune return of | Riley to his home, after Mrs. Riley was | exhausted from a desperate strugele with | her assailant. ‘ Riley and his young wife have been re- | ding in a new cottage at the corner ofi Virginia and Alameda streets since their | marriage. The residence was not quitei completed, and mechanics and painters | have been finishing the work on the | structure in basement: and attic. Riley | has spent the davs following his honey- moon assisting in completing his dwelling. This afternoon he found it necessary to | leave his _home for a short time to go to | | town. arrington was employed as a | painter in finishing the house, and in this | way knew of Riley’s absence from home. | When Riley returned from town and | approached his front door he was startled | by hearing his wife’s voice calling for help. He rushed around to the back door and as he passed the side of the | house a stick of wood was thrown vio- lently through a window. It afterward | developed that Mrs. Riley had thrown the | wood in the hope that it would attract | attention. When Riley reached the back | door it was fastened, but it yieided to his | | efforts to 1orce 1. He hurried through the intervening rooms, finally reaching one in which he found his wife almost fainting and bearing outward evidence of having had a desperate struggle. In the same room, and evidently surprised at Riley’s asrival, was Carrington, His chagrirn, however, was short lived, for be- fore Riley could act he drew a revolver | ana, covering the husband, moved toward | the back door. Riley was unarmed, but displaying ex- | | cellent nerve he followed Carrington | and kept him in sight until he could | secure the services of a messenger to send for officers. When they arrived Carring- ton was arrested and placed in jail, o GUESTS OF VALLEJO. Baptist Pastors of San Francisco and Oakland Entertained. VALLEJO, Car.,, Dec. 30.—Departing from the usnal custom of holding their | meeting 1n the Young Men’s Christian Association rooms at San Francisco, the | Baptist ministers of San Francisco and Oakland held to-day’s meeting in Vallejo, and at noon were sumptuously dined by | | the members of Cornell Baptist Church of | | this city. | Adfter the call to order by President E. | H. Hayden Rev. W. L. Gaston, pastor of Vallejo church, welcomed the visitos Dr. A. B. Banks of Sacramento was pres ent and read a_paper on “Church Work in | a Capital City.” The paper was ably writ- | ten and energetically delivered. It ar- | | raigned lecislators for unbecoming con- | 1 duct and abandonment of principle, and | deplored the fact that so many otherwise | { good men were trying constantly to get | pusitions where the pay was vastly more | than they pretended to earn. The discus- sion was crisp and to the point. 8 After dinner, which was served in the church parlors, a visit was paid to the Naval Union through the courtesy of | Superi P, rintendent Rey. T. F. Burnham. | Later one of the yard launches conveyed | the party to the navy-yard, where, under | the direction of Chaplain A.A. Mcallister, | the visitors were shown the attractions of | | the yard and allowed to inspect the Mon- | | terey and other vessels on the bay. | s | Death of a Pioneer Woman. VALLEJO, Car, Dee. 20.—Mres, Samuel Brown, who has lived in this vicinity for | nearly forty years, died suddenly last | night. She had been visiting at the home | ot her daughters, and while returning to her own residence was attacked by a sud- | den sinking spell. ' Before medical assist- ance could arrive she had passed away. Mrs. Brown was noted for her many philanthropic acts, the poor and needy being always welcomed at her home. ki s Prepaving for Its Cruise. JO, CaL., Dec. 30.—The cruiser | Boston will leave the navy-vard Tuesday | for San Pablo Bay, there to swing ship and test compasses. .- TOPSY GRADLE'S BOLD BANDIT. Qutlaw Oliver Attempts to Escape From a Deputy Marshal. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 30.—Deputy Mar- shal Gordon arrived here to-day, having in custody Lee Oliver, the Klamath Falls stage-robber. During the trip Oliver at- | tempted to escape by jumping from a car wingow. When caught in the act he broke down and wept. Oliver claims that be can prove an alibi, but Mrs. William Wright, a woman passenger on the stage which was held up, is sure she can identify the robber. Menlo Park Railway Accident. REDWOOD CITY, Carn, Deec. 30.— Thomas Welch of Oakland, a horse-rubber- by occupation, was struck by a train at Menio Park yesterday and perhaps fatally injured. He was hurled twenty feet onto a side track, where he lay bleeding and | unconscious for some time before discoy- ered. Wnen found he was lying across one of the rails, and a train due a few minutes later could be heard thundering down upon the spot where the unconscious man lay. Welch was removed to a San Z | “fight or arbitrate”—in fact, anything | two clergymen, whose names are suppressed. | for one day of old Peter | use, and they should subject him to a disei- | him in the copied article, and his opinion of Francisco park hospital. PLACERVILLE WHATH.[ People of the Mining Town Defend a Popular Pastor. ALL FRIENDS OF PIERCE. Bishop Wingfield Denounced for His Attack Upon the Minister. TWO STORIES OF THE TROUBLE, The Benicia Divine Denies That He Struck Mr. Pierce a Year Ago. PLACERVILLE, CaL., Dec. 30.—The ex- citement over the church trouble of yes- terday, when Bishop J. H. D. Wingfield of the morthern diocese of California de- nounced the aged pastor of the local Prot- estant Ipiscopal Church. as an “unmiti- gated liar,”” has not abated one whit. Al classes in El Dorado County are thoroughly aroused, and the popular old man, who has for years carried on a Christian work in this vicinity, is be- sieged by people vwho offer him their sympathy and their services. Rough- handed miners, some of whom, probably, have not seen the inside of a church in years, have expressed their willingness to Pastor Pierce may order them to do. A bandit raid or a record-breaking gold strike could not have caused nearly as much excitement. Rev. Mr. Pierce is a graduate of the General Theological Seminary of New | York, and was ordained in Trinity Church, | New York City, July 1, 1860. He came | at once to California;and for eight months temporarily occupied the pulpitof Rev. F. C. Ewer in San Francisco. He came to Placerville in 1861, and for five years held services in the courthouse. In 1866 the present church was built. It is a neat structure, out of debt. The vestry holds title to the property. Mr. Pierce contracted with the vestry that he be the officiating minister, and his services were given gratnitously. He is 70 years of age, goes on foot as a rule to twenty-four districts in the county and holds what he calls Gospel meetings. Here 1n Placerville, in the Cnurch of Our Saviour, he conforms strictly to the letter of the Protestant Episcopal ritual. In his travel on foot while in the county he has covered 50,000 miles. He has grown into the affections of the people of every de- nomination. The origin of the trouble between Mr. Pierce and the Bishop dates back to the Bishop’s visit here one year ago. While showing the Bishop about the town Mr. Pierce visited the new Masonic Temple, looked upon by ail as the principal orna- ment of the city. The Bishop is ciaimed to have taken exception to Mr. Pierce’s devotion and time given the lodges, and is alleged to have struck Mr. Pierce. This occurrence was made public by the clergy- man in the El Dorado Republican, but no reasons were given. Therefore the Moun- tain Democrat printed the following ed- itorial on December 15, under the head- lines, ‘‘Church Militant and Masonry’’: From our local cotem we get the shadowy outlines of what recently occurred in the lodgeroom of the Masonic Temple between But as the episode thus shrouded in the mys- teries of church and lodge has been profaned Dy public report, we venture & brief comment of our own: The Rev. C. C. Peirce, a Christian gentleman and all-around good man, with characteristic civility, was showing Bishop Wingfield, a non- resident dignitary of his church, through the superblodgeroom of the Masonic Temple, when he was assaulted and insulted, as stated in the articie republished. It is too late for us to pose in the capacity of peacemaker, but not of plug-ugly. The scandalous affair made us long Cartwright, the double-fisted fighting evangelist of Western notoriety. But the good Methodist frontiers- ‘man, who never struck a cowardly blow, is in heaven, and a high churchman holds the belt by a foul. For the living bruiser neither church militant nor mystic order can haveany pline that will remind him of New Orleans and make brave old Ben Butler appear to him as an augel of light and blessed memory. The matter grew to fever heat. The Bishop wrote the Mountain Democrat a re- joinder, whereupon the following appeared December 22, under the caption “The | Pierce-Wingfield Controversy'': | We have just received a letter from Bishop Wingfield relative to the article copied from the Republican of last week and to our com- ments upon it. We respectfully refuse to pub- lish such parts of it as in our opinion are un- Just to others. But his denials of the angry in- | dignities to a brother clergyman imputed to our editorial comments upon them, are taken veratim from his letter. Of the article npon which our comments | were based, he says: “Tt is manifestly a tale most absurd on its face, & story ridi 1]0||.uly‘; i | unlikely, and fmpossible.” Again it is eharacterized as a ‘“‘baseless and most pre- posterous fiction of a distempered imagina- | tion,” and again he says, “The scandalous affair never to my knowledge had any | existencest, i Although clearly demurrable, these denials | seeme to raise a question of veracity between | the militant ministers, which we sin- cerely regret. . Upon this aspect of | the controvérsy we decline to dwell And without & suggestion from us, the Bishop should revise his exegesis of our savage com- ments npon what, if true, is admitted by him- self to have been & “scandalous affair.” He is t0o well grounded in polemics to mistake charges not made by us. For our comments upon them, however savage, to these and no more we plead guilty. IHere we take leave of this unfortunate affai Unacquainted ‘with Bishop Wingfield as we are, and respecting his high calling and office as we do, we would treat him with disps ate fairness, but kuowing Mr. Pierce as El Do- rado County knows him, we shall be very slow to believe that he would wrongany man on earth. On Sunday, in accord with the Bishop’s announcement to visit this place for confirmation services, the divine came to town and took rooms at the Cary House, while the minister sojourns at the Ohio. At the proper hour the Bishop appeared at church-and conducted the services, pay- ing no heed, it is alleged, to, the clergy- man. Mr. Pierce, however, arose at the proper time to anncunce the closing hymn. This done, the Bishop interrupted him, saying: “I want to meet the vestrymen at 3 o’clock this afternoon. I want to know if this be a mission or a parish. If it is a mission,” pointing scornfully at the ven- erable clergyman, “I will remove that | man. Furthermore, if he states that I struck him about a year ago he is an un- mitigated liar.” Thereupon the women screamed and be- gan leaving the edifice. The Bishop en- tered into a discnssion with two men. Mr. Pierce, anticipating trouble, had secured the atiendance of a Deputy Sheriff, and also prepared a statement, which he arose and read as follows: As the dignified seriptural and sacred ser- vice of the Protestant Episcopal church has been so disgracefully interrupted I will resd the following affirmation: Aflirming, as under the penalties of perjury to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, Charles C. Pierce affirms That on Monday morning, December 3, 1894, when passing the new Masonic Temple in Placerville, J. I. D. Wingfield was asked to go in with him and view the lodge hall. This was done according to the usual enstom of in- viting visitors to our town {o see one of its improvements. Thisaflirmant states that in all respeets he acted exaetly as to all visitors before or siuce accompanied; that there was no werd of dispute or coniention by him; that after a short time the visitor exelaimed, “Ah, that is what keeps men out of the chureh; they are here, when they onght to be in the church”; that the or then said to this affirmant, “Hey, my boy, not here, but in the church, sir,” and then struck,with clenched fist, a violent blow on this affirmant, and fol- lowed it with the words, “Not here, but in the church, my boy.” The aflirmant states that there was no word or act of his of provocation, personal reflection or opposition to cause irri- tation when he heard these threatening words and felt the beating with the fist. This is af- firmed under the earthly and eternal penalties of perjury. December 28, 1895. Having read the statement, Mr. Pierce said: “Now we will close with the hymn.”’ The Bishop left the edifice. In the afternoon Doctor Wingfield met the vestry and apologized for the impul- sive language he had used during the fore- church was noon. In the evening the packed and standing room was at a premium. The Bishop preached on the subject “What Think Ye of Christ?” Mr. Pierce conducted the services, but the two churchmen exchanged not a word, and each hied him to his own hiotel. All day long and deep into the night crowds gathered on the streets and hotel lobbies threatening the Bisbhop. A com- mittee was orgonized to notify him to leave town within an hour, but better counsel prevalled. To-day the excitement is not abated. All the town is aroused. and, while prudent men seek to pour oil on the troubled waters, the anger of the ! populace will not down. The Bishop started on the early train for Benicia. Mr. Pierce has been secretary of El Dorado Lodge, No. 26, F. and A. M., for twenty-one years; prelate of the Com- i mandery Knights Templar thirty years; chaplain of Morning Star Lodge, No. 20, I. 0. 0. I, over thirty years; for one year grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of California, F. and A. M.; one year grand preiate of the Grand Commandery; since 1861 continuously Superintendent of Schools, and since 1830 a member of the County Board of Education, to all of which he gave his devoted attention in addition to his ministerial duties. - BISHOP WINGFIELD'S He STORY. Denounces Rev. Mr. Pierce’s State- ments as False. BENICIA, CAL., Ds=c. 30.—Bishop J. H. D. Wingtield to-day gave to a CawLycor- respondent his account of the trouble be- tween himse!f and Pastor Pierce of Placer- ville. The Bishop claimed the situation had been misrepresented, and placed the whole blame upon Mr. Pierce. Said he: “One year ago I had ocoasion to visit Placerville in the line of my duties as Bishop and met Mr. Pierce, by whom 1 was treated very nicely, and with him visited the churck members. During our walk we had occasion to pass the Masonic Temple, and Mr. Pierce invited me to go in and see the inside of the build- ing, he taking a kev from his pocket and opening the door. His manner and his having the key in his possession showed me that he took a great interest in the order, and after examining the rooms, while we were in the audience-room, I laid my hand upon his arm in a goodfellowship way and said: ‘Dear brother, this is all very nice, but this don’t bring any men to the church.’ Afterward we visited three of the parishioners and then went to the hotel, where Mr. Pierce excused himself, and I returned home without seeing him again, “] was, of course, astounded when T re- turned home to see an account in a paper of my having knocked him down, called him a boy and abused Masonry. I also received an anonymous letter from Placer- ville, which I answered by a letter to a paper there, but they refused to publishit. “The matter lay dormant for a year, when last Sunday I visited the church again, calling first at the Sunday-school,’ where I waited for a considerable time. Receiving no recognition, I left and soon after went to my duties in the church, robing in the vestry-room, where Mr. Pierce did also. After reading the service, and seeing that there was still . some ill feeling, T took occasion to defend myself before the peo- ple, especially as it was my first oppor- tunity of doing so. I stated that I would not preach a sermon, but I desired to cor- rect some reports that had been spread abroad regarding my last visit ta Placer- ville, and during my remarks I used the words that the reports were unmitigated and unqualifiedly fasle. At the beginning of these remarks a great many of the audi- ence guitted the church, but after I had finished they returned, and proved to be friends of Mr. Pierce. *Mr. Pierce had retired to the chancel rail, and as soon as I finished he drew a paper from his pocket and commenced reading an article reiterating his former statements. I listened attentively while he read his statement, and after he finished T left the church and went to luncheon. In the afternoon I called a meeting that had already been announced in the vestry-room, for the purpose of finding out whether the church was a parish or mission, for 1 case it was the former I had ne jurisdiction over Mr. Pierce, but if it was the latter T should be compelied to remove him, as I did not consider him worthy. “Lam at a loss to know the cause of the trouble, as I always considered Mr. Picrce a friend of mine und a brotherin the church, and as for me striking him, it is absurd. He never said anything at the time he says I struck him to arouse my anger, and the most charitable construc- tion I can put on this whole affair is that Mr. Pierce must bg partly deranged.” GILROY MOURNS. Mrs. Mary Willson, a Pioneer of ’49, Borne to the Grave. GILROY, CaL.,, Dec. 30.— Mrs. Miary Willson, the wife of Dawson Willson, was ‘buried here yesterday. Scores of rela- tives and friends followed the body of the pioneer woman to its last resting place. Mrs. Willson came to Cahfornia in 1849 ana to Gilroy in 1851. There is butone living resideut here who settled in the town before she did. The deceased was the wother of nine children, and had thirty grand and grest-%nmd chilaren, be- side being connected by blood or marriage 1o over 200 residents of thiscommunity. She was well known among early settlersall over the State. Blood poisoning caused her death. UPRISING IN ALASKA, | Over the Murder of a Brave. SITKA IS THREATENED. A Powerful Tribe Determined to Avenge a Redskin's -~ Death. DONNING THEIR WAR-PAINT. Two Seamen of the Cutter Walcott Figure Prominently in the Trouble. VICTORIA, B. C., DEc. 30.—The steamer Danube brought news irom Alaska to the effect that serions trouble is anticipated from the Kilisnoo Indians, a powerful tr}he whose settlement is some eighty miles west of Sitka. The Danube put into Sitka on the 16th inst. and found the people in & state of commotion. In the local jail were two men of the United States revenue cut- ter Walcott, two miners and thirteen Kake Indians. They were held in conneetion with the murder of a young brave of the Kilisnoo tribe, whose mutilated body wad found by some of his kindred near the settlement. At the date the Danube’s visit three war-canoes put into Sitka, manned by an angry crowd of braves, in war paini. From all that could be learned the In- dians had held a council of war on their reservation- and decided upon getting full satisfaction for the murder o] their tribeman, who was a popular youn, brave. When the Alaska Indians decide uporn a crusade of revenge there is reason for fear. Among themselves they mete out speedy justice on the cld principle of “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” In the present instance there are four white men included in the number now in jail for the murder and the white people naturally fear the angry warriors. The Danube left before actual hostilities had commenced, but the people of Sitka were fearful of a general uprising of the Kilisnoos and were preparing for a re- sistance. JAILBREAK. n Cuts His Way Through a P on Wall. ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 30.—Samuel G. Brown, sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Alfred Kincaid at Oakland, Or., in August, 1894, escaped from jail again to-day with, as it appears, outside aid. Brown's absence was not discovered untit 10 o’clock, when his jailer opened his cell to allow the prisoner to enter the corridor for his breakfast. Two bars of the west corridor window were sawed off at the top_and bottom, leaving an aperture twelve inches square. A posse is now searching for the escape. ) SR PLEADING FOR ALBANY'S Tm\;) An Effort to Save the Neck of Murderer Montgomery. M, Ow., Dec. 30.—An effort is made t6 have Governor Lord commul sentence of Lloyd Montgomery, to lift prisonment. Montgomery is to be ha on Friday, January 31. No steps wi taken to appeal his case, and as Ji Burnett’s court is noted for its s justice there is no likelihood th: appeal would be granted. The only that can save the young fiend’s n interference from the Governor. RUSEB URG Murderer Brown Ag ed be ge dy an ve is Angels Camp Mining Sale. . ANGELS CAMP, Car., Dec. 30.—The Tulloch estate, through L. R. Tulloch, ad- ministrator, and Alfonzo Magrudeer of this place, to-day consummated the put- chase for $6000 of the mill and other im- rovements on the Tulloch mine, which Ead been bonded to the Godbe Mining Work will be resumed imme-’| Company. diately. B T — NEW 'TO-DAY. IN A JOLLY MOOD. We told the head of our Hat Department to take a big lot of his $1.50 Alpines, very swell affairs, and mark them as parting shot at e --95C-~ { Of course you are aware the fact that 90 per cent of th/ hats in this city are sold right in the big store’s big Hat & partment. Maybe you're*amquy the patrons of it? If not, i never too late to do a good deac and yowll be money in pocl indeed. . GLOVES, WALKING STICKS, NECKWEA RAPHAEL’ (INCORPORATED). 9,11,13,16 KEARNY S Frisco’s Biggest Store. S