The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 1896. WILLIAM MAKES E00D SPEECHES, Celebration in Germany of the Founding of the Empire. TALKS ON THE THRONE. Swears to Guard the Safety of the Fatherland at Home and Abroad. OLD VETERANS IN THE PARADE. At a Banquet in the Evening His Majesty Makes a Second Patri- otic Speech. BERLIN, Geryaxy, Jan. 18.—The Em- s speech in the White Hall of t o0ss on the occasion of to-da of the founding of the G on ail sid ro an e ment and a B rific docume the members of the Bundesrath, most of the members of the Reichstag were pres- ent h the exception of Soc and Freisinn I'here were also pr 104 members of the North German ch stag of 1870 and all of the high court znd H 1t officials. 1 the White his heartfelt thanks for the benefits the last rred upon ries of the led into existerce the to continue the work ather bad begun. of ire. Germany, he e in the future, as in r of peace. ment of demonstraiive en- ong when the f the First ( ds, said: I ety of the empire at the principle of nd one God.” ter this the Emperor pro- head of the color company ) and took up a posi ,upon whict were the Directly ceeded at t to the Lu v m- press Frederick and the young Princes. The parade of the troops, which followed, was very fine and included a large number Toe e ion of th of ve repe Th tire celebration was a edan day fetes. s evening a grand banquet was given e White Hall and the s JUNIT seth roorss. Emperor William sat while opposite him sat ce von Hohenlohe. His Majesty cellor Pri made a short speech,1n which he dwelt upon the events that have led to the foundation of the empire. The wonderful deveiopment of the empire, he said, was now respected, if not loved, ¢ 1 of the nations. Such a commanding posi- had brought duties in addition to . It Germany desired to retain her n in Europe she must be armed so able to support her ason land. It was, therefore, im- that she should complete her val armaments and increase her fleet After the dinner the Emperor and s mixed with the guests in the g: . His Majesty ordered b3 pos as to b as wel press Au ucing the fall of Sedan. In the di the Reichstag yester- day on grain monopoly bill, intro- duced by Count von Kanitz, the majority inclnded the Centrists, Freisinnige and Social most of the National Lib- ength of the majority against > Kanitz bill and any the life of the The meeting the Colonial Society which was held here on Thursday, proved t importance in ed by Germany uke ed. Among t were: Prince Arenberg, an ex-Mizisters von Rittka. end a number of promi the Reicbstag. Declar tions affecting South A practical interest to G the future of South Afric whether it should become the “United States of Africa” mainly, or of Germ: English composition, were loudly ch Dr. Merensky, who for m s been a missionary in the Tr: cheered to the echo when he Germany was filled with joy at the vict of the Boers, and that the people werin i ndance ardent Centrist, r and Hoffman ibers of were of strong and that epenc in backing up the Transvaal republic. hoped for everything that was ben for German union in the f upon that depended the solution of the question whether South Africa would take & German character or whether it would become another Yankee or Englich State. H. G. Squires, second secretary of the United States embassy, gave an official dinner on Thursday to Embassador Run- yon and the staff of the embassy, Unitea States Consul-General de Kav and others. Miss Luey Campbell of Kentucky has given a very successful concertin Beck- | stein Hall, and was heartily cheered for the excellence of her playing on the violin- cello. The tour which Prince and Princess Frederick Leopold are about to make will cover Italy, Egypt, Zanzibar, the Cape Colony, the Transvaal and the Cameroons. Official efforts to dissipate the rumors con- cerning the quarrel between the Emperor and Prince Frederick Leopold have utterly failed in the face of the undeniable fact thit both the Prince and Princess were placed in confinement. Cnarles de Kay, United States Consul- Generai, is about to give a display of fenc- ingin the Equitable building here, when he will challenge a French fencing-master to face him. LS CELEBRATED IN WASHINGTON. A Breakfast to Attaches at the German Embassy. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 18.—The twenty-fifth anniversary of the re-estab- lishment of the German empire was cele- brated at the German embassy with a breakfast given this morning by the Em- bassador to the attaches of the embassy. To-night the Embassador and First Sec- His | mentioned the merits rck in connection with the | danger from other | Emperor, raising | an- | on sea | that each | d upon | % 3 1 retary are in Baltimore as the guests of German citizens of that place. MILL VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB. Denial of the Rumor That It Is Finan- cially Embarrassed. MILL VALLEY, Car., Jan. 18.—There is absolutely no truth in the reports being circulated to the effect that the Mill Val- ley Country Cinb financially embar- rassed and that Secretary Janes has been compelled to pay a number of the club’s bills out of his own pocket. 1u fact, there is a provision in the constitution and by- laws of the club which limits the amount of liabiiities to the assets. The club is | composed of Mill ley’s leading citizens, and. it is not probabie that they would al- low any honorable debts to remain un- | paid. Vice-President seen by a CALI was said Arthur represent nd i | positively that the club was not in debt. |~ The ctub, though 1 tebt, has very | little to_ its credi funads available | have been e the club grounds—b butt and gun- § fields The seuson of h couple of months, when it is hoped various means, to obtain money suflicient to erect a geod, substantial clubhouse. - FRESNO DEPUTY. THRASHED A Bart Alford Roughly Handled While At- tempting an Arrest. FRESNO, Car., Jan. 18.—Deputy United | States Marshal Bart Alford, a local Demo- amember of ery from a dark ng foul vlay followed re he drew a revolver surrender. Morse iich did i ord and he tlashed his pis them, but he was canght and the weapon wrested from him before it was discharged. He was then knocked down by Morse, re- lieved of a second pistol and sent home in - | charge of Policeman Russell. SN JOSE'S BOY THIEF, !Stanley Beazmads Guilty to | Stealing Diamond Rings. Jewelry Belonging to the Daughter of | His Landlady Found in a | Pawnshop. | AT 1 SAN JOSE, Car., Jan. 18.—Detective Anderson to-day arrested Stunley Beadle, an 18-year-old boy, on a charge of stealing two diamond rin:s from Mrs, Redmond of 224 East Santa Clara street, taniey was rooming at Mrs. Redmond’s house and her daughter had left the rings i Stanley’s room. He also entered an adjoining room and stole several picces of | silver jewelry. The gooas were recovered |in a pawnshop, where Stanley had sold them. Stanley claims that his home is in Broo her other crimes of a s ture. Young Be: guilty before Jus- tice Ga s this afternoon, and w | to thirty da, n the County - - LS FOR | Dpanase ; Her Suit Againstthe Santa Ciara Mill and i Liwmber Company Decided. SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 18.—A remitittur has been received from the Supreme Court ! aflirming the judgment rendered by a jury in Judge Lorigan’s court on Aprii 19, 1891, i Jones and ment against the nd Lumber Com- 1 $227 20 costs. n $15,000 Mrs, Mus. JONES. g pany for §3 1 I'he suit damages for injuries su | Jones in a radroad acc on ¥ lumber piled so near the railroad track as to cause plaintiffs' buzgy in dri around the obstacle to collide with a Southern Pacilic train. e PENCER'S ot MES. SUIT. Secks a Divorce From the Chinese Interpreter. JOSE, Car, 18.—Bella A. Convicted SAN Jan. Spencer to-day began suit for divorce from A hur Spencer, the Chinese interpreter ho is now serving a three years’ sentence n San Quentin for perjury. Spencer was convicted of falsely swearing to claims be- fore the Board of Supervisors for sery rendered_as interpreter in the Ju Courts. His peculations amounted to s | eral hundred dollars. | The Spencers were married about five years ago, and have two children. s Lacked Confidence in the Guests. N JOSE, Can, Jan. 18.—William | Howard, an aged resident of Milpitas, was | lodged in the County Jail this afternoon o await an examination as to his sanity. ¥or the past few years Howard has been | working around the Milpitas Hotel, and of te Le has caused a great deal-of ‘annoy = by keeping a close watch upon th imagined were trying to | | d Carter Dead. AL., Jan. 18.—John 8. | Carter, a pioneer resident of this county, died at his home in this city this morning. | He was a native of New Hampshire, and vears of age. He came to California in At one time he was a prominent | grain merchant of this city, and was local manager of the Home Mutual Insurance | Company. . ARIZONA DEPUTY 1 docused of Having Unjustly Imprisoned a Russian Ragpicker. | PH(ENIX, Ariz., Jan. 18.—J. W. Slank- ard, deputy United States Marshal of the district of Arizona, is in trouble. In addi- tion to being a ragpicker and ironmonger Benjamin Matches of this city is a Russian subject, and he was arrested on November 5 by Deputy Slankard and chargedswith passing counterfeit money. Notwith- standing his denials he was thrown in | prison for fifty-four hours, at the end of which time a’Justice’s court found him innocent, As soon as he was released Matches wrote a letter to the Russian representa- tive at Wasbineton, stating the facts in the case and charging Slankard with having served a term in San Quentin for grand larceny. The matter was referred to Attorney-General Harmon, with the result that an investization was made and Mr. Slankard may lose his position. Blated with his success Matches will now claim damages. N TROUBLE. —_—— Wrecked on Trial Island. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 18.—The little steamer Faleon, which went ashore near Trial Island » week ago, was to-day aban- doned as a total wreck, this morning’s southeast gale destroying all hopes of sav- ing her. s Los Gatos Board of Trade. LOS GATOS, CAL.. Jan. 18.—At a meet- ing of the directors of the Board of Trade yesterday afternoon R. R. Bell was elected president and Charles W. Gertridge vice- president for the ensuing term. | Fourth street, near Santa Clara, in this 1 1893, and which, it was | W 1sed by the defendant | | Satisbu I THE CAUSE OF THE CUBANS. Don M. Dickinson Delivers a Stirring Address in Detroit. LIBERTY IS DEMANDED. Natives of the Troubled Island Making a Fight for Freedom. ENGLAND MAY TAKE A HAND. Could Block Ports and Force Collection of the Loans to the Spanish. DETROIT, Mics., Jan. 18.—Hon. Don. M. Dickinson delivered an address on “Cuba’ before the Detroit Manufacturers’ Club at the Chamber of Commerce Hall to-might. The audience was a represent- ative gathering of business men of the city. Mr. Dickinson’s remarks were received with wild enthusiasm. He said if there ever was a cause that appeals to the heart and soul of every liberty-loving man, woman and child, that cause was Cuba's. The time has come for every manufactur- ing concern to take up the Cuban question and vpressit on Congress as a matter of business. Complications may arise at any time. England believes that in Cuba is | her only security for the payment of Span- ish loans, and almost any day the English fleet, in spite of the Monroe doctrine, may take possession of every Cuban port and force the collection of this money. Time bas come for action, he declared, and inaction is 2 crime against our own people. He sketched the history of Cuba and explained the causes which led to the present revolution. Mr. Dickinson pointed out the advantages in a commercial way which wouid accrue to the United States if Cuba achieves her independence, and “Cuba is going to win,” he declared. We were not to be overawed by England’s mobil of her fleet. Her action might German Emperor and the ruler of the Transvaal, butif we had not a ship or a coast defense she could not scare us. England has had her eye on Cuba since 1840, and he believes that Lord aad nothing else in view in the snezuelan boundary dispute than to es- tablish the precedent that the Monroe doc- trine did uot obtsin, and thus get pos- session of Cuba. Resolutions were adopted calling for the immediate attention and cons ideration on the part of Congress to the Cuban ques- tion, declaring that any delay on the part of our Government in according belligerent rights is a positive wrong morally and legally and that it is the duty of the United States Government to forestall the action of any other commercial nation in earning the obligation of the new republic. T CAN'T CROSS THE DEADLIN Attempts of Gomez to Return to the Eastward. HAVANA, Cuea, Jan. 18.—Tt is reported here that the forces under Gomez have e a supreme effort to cross the dead- near Batabano and are now near Guara and Molena, as they find it very dangerous to remain in Pinar del Rio, and are trying to go back eastward. The prospect of a lack of horses and am- munition scared them; besides, through the capture of the important leader, Ceper:, lieutenant to Rego, it has been learned that Rego was wounded at Mal Tismpo and that there is discord among the insur- gent leaders in Las Villas, and to this is also attributed the determination of Max- im0 Gomez to retreat castward. It is said that Gomez is very much dis- satisfied to find that the pecple in Pinar del Rio have not aided him, and he finds himself short of ammunition. In Las Villas the leader, Roque Rodri- guez, has been killed. He was Maximo Gomez’ most trusted guide and scout, and one of the most ter- rible of the incendiaries in that district. The requisition of horses in Las Villas is progressing favorably. The Government has now avout 2000 horses there. From Spain ten squadrons of cayvalry are expected soon and also 25,000 more troops during February. General Marin officially received the of- ficers of the army, navy and prominent ctizens in the palace to-day. General Campos was present most of the time. The change caused less excitement than was expected. Merchants, planters, Spanish residents and others loyal to Spain are satisfied that effective measures will now be taken. The Cuban sympathizers with the rebellion fear the return of the bloody practices of the last war. Polavieja, the new captain- general, has a record for severity and Pandos is similar. Marin is regarded as humane. The Cubans regret the departure of Campos. His campaign was most humane. He would not confiscate property and granted amnesty upon the surrender of the rebels. He treated saspects leniently, especially Americans. The retirement of Campos is the result of agitation among the merchants of the produce exchange. The Cubans say the removal of Campos, Spain’s ablest general, is a great victory, and will convince the world that a gen- uine revolution is in progress. They hope it will aid in obtaining recognivion for the belligerents at Washington. KEY WEST, Fra., Jan. 18.—Martinez Campos leaves Havana to-morrow for Spain. 8. Somillan and son, large tobacco export- ers, were arrested yesterday morning while on board the steamer bound for New York. The Olivette was crowded with passen- gers to-night. The Morgan line boat isex- pected in the morning with 300 residents of Havana fleeing for safety. Aniiiger sty TALKS TO COREKESPONDENTS, General Campos Tells of His Work of the Past and Present. HAVANA, Cuna, Jan. 13.—Retiring Cap- tain-General Campos received the corre- spondents of the American newspapers in a body to-day. His manner was very un- assuming and cordial. The spokesman for the newspaper correspondents said: “We have called. upoun the eve of your departure to extend our thanks for the many courtesies shown us since your ar- | rival in Cuba. We would be glad to re- ceive a statement concerning Spanish- Cuban affairs for the people in America.” General Campos in reply said: “Gentlemen, I am very glad to meet the correspondents of the American news- papers. I can assure you that yon have nothing to thank me for. 1 have simply done my duty. It has always been my earnest desire to give vou every facility within my power. What has happened here is not extraordinary “I refer to my retitemgnt. 1 am aman who, for many years has been very promi- nent in the affairs of my country, ana dur- ing my career as a public officer I have naturally had occasion to make a few ene- mies, not willfully, but in the natural course of events. That is the way with political parties. “They have ups and downs. During my more fortunate days my countrymen crowned me with many honors. “Now that I have been less successful in | my efforts it is nct unnatural that I should suffer from the consequence of the reaction. ‘“Against the-present Government I have not a word to say. In it I have warm friends whom I love very dearly. Iam not a man of such strong longing to hold office that I leave it with regret. I cer- tainly hope the man who comes after me may be more fortunate than I. “In Havana the public is seemingly not united in my support, I refer to the people who are doine the talking. The views of those who have maintained silence I of course have no means of know- ing. “In the last few days there have been numerous meetings and consultations. I laid the facts fully before the Government. They have recalled me. I have known of rumors of intended demonstrations in an- tagonism of my poticy, but I am not the man to stand such manifestations because I would dissolve them with shell.” In reply to a question General Campos said he would sail for Spain on Monday. General Suarez Valdez has been a vointed temporarily second in command of the Government forces. | MADRID, Spary, Jan, 18, — General | Polavieja, who is mentioned as the prob- | ble successor to General Campos, has ad- | vised Premier Canovas to appoint General | Weyler to tae position of commander-in- chief of the Spanish forces in Cuba. Gen- eral Weyler will arrive in Madnd te-mor- | row, and after a consultation with Pre- mier Canovas the Jatter will anncunce his | final decision in the matter. | AN EXPE. | - | New York Guardsmen Said to Be Among | the Filibusters. | NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 18.—A morn- | ing paper says: Reports have been circu- | lated for the last few days that the Cubans | were organizing a filibustering expedition | in Brooklyn to consist partly of members of the Twenty-third and the Forty-seventn | regiments of the New York National | Guard. Until yesterday these rumors were so vague that little attention was paid to | ‘hem, but it now appears that the Spanish | authorities have not only been informed | on the subject, but have taken action to thwart the contemplated expedition. Several men called during the week at | Cuban headquarters and said they desirea | to join the expedition, but recognizing among them a detective employed by the | Spanish Consul the applicants were told that the Junta was not enlisting men and that if an expedition wax being organized the promoters were acting on their own | responsib While the foregoing facts were made public yesterday, something occurred in the private room of the Cuban Legation | that gives considerable color to the reports | regarding a contemplated expedition. A Cuban was seated in the room, who was once a coadjutor of Marti, the father of the revolution. He became very indignant that any de- | tails should have been given to the press, | and scored the press ageut for doing so. The headquarters of the Junta were crowded all day yesterday with Cubans | | who were excited over the report from | Washington that Secretary Olney was | soon going to submit a plan to Congress to assist the Cubans in buying the island | from Spain, and failing in that, to practi- | cally recognize them as belligerents. s DISPATCHES IN CIGARS. e | Return of a Correspondent Who Was Ar- | rested at Havana. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan, 18.—C. &; Solomon, the newspaper correspondent | who reached Havana on Sunday last on the steamer Panama from this port, was a passenger on the steamship Saratoga, which arrived here to-day. The report that Solomon took dispatches to the in- surgents in cigars could not be verified. —_— MAK OAT N MENDOCNO | | | | | Pursuing Posses Have So Far Been Eluded by the Calpella Stage-Robber. The Fugitive Steals a Horse and Gains | a Lead Over the Men on His Trail. UKIAH, CArL., Jan. 18.—The pursuit of the bandit who shotex-Sheriff Standley yesterday is still on. Several posses are on his track, and his capture is a matter of a short time. In some manner he made his escape from the brush patch in which he was surrounded last night, the heavy rain and darkness making this possible. The fugitive was started from his hiding place last night by two deputies, but pur- suit was impossible. This morning his track was taken up a short distance north of Ackerman Creek and was followed for a considerable distance southerly toward this place. The barns on the Price and Reed ranches had been entered, but no horses were found by the robber. A horse was taken from a barn on Handy’s ranch, below town, and afterit had been ridden for some distance was turned Joose. It is supposed the horse had given out, and after cutting the bridle-rein to prevent its entanglement in the brush, the bandit turned the animal loose. The footprints in Handy’s barnyard correspond to the track of the fugitive, who in his search for a horse lost several articles, which tend to confirm the suspicions of the officers. Several posses are in pursuit and armed men are scouring the country in every di- rection. Detective Thacker left for the south to-day. As the storm has abated the chase is taken up and with renewed vigor. *Doc’”’ Standley is resting easily to-night. —_—— Bady Kound Near Stockton. STOCKTON, CAL., Jan. 18.—Two boys, named ~Coleman, while hunting last evening, found the body of a man about three-quarters of a mile from Taison, in a fieid belonging to R. B. Thompson. From its appearance the body had been there about two weeks. The man did not appear to be of the tramp order, as he was fairly well dressed and was apparently about 60 years of age. There were no marks or papers on the corpse by which it could be identified. CONNECTS UTAH AND THE COAST, Southern California and Salt Lake Railroad Assured. ARTICLES ARE FILED. Incorporation of the Company With a Capital Stock of $7,500,000. COMPOSED OF MILLIONAIRES. A Southern Pacific Official Is In- cluded in the Board of Directors. SAN DIEGO, CAL., Jan. 18.—Word was received to-day that the articles of incor- poration of the Southern California and Salt Lake Railroad Comvany were filed in the County Clerk’s office at Los Angeles vesterday afternoon. The incorporators, who are also named as directors for the first year, are J. K. Clark ot Butte, Mont J. M. Metcalf of Omaha, A. B. Hotchkiss of Los Angeles and William H. Carlson and D. C. Reed of San Diego. The articles state that the purpose of the company is to build a standard-cauge railroad and telegraph line from a point near Needles, Cal., to Milford, Utah, a distance of 295 miles, and to purchase any existing rail- road occupying a part of this route. The capital stock of the company is fixed at $7,500,000, of which $1,000,000 has been subscribed by the incorporators. It is be- lieved that Mayor Carlson is trustee for this company in the deed conveying the Nevada Southern Railroad to him, J. K. Clark is one of three wealthy brothers of Butte whose mining interests are extensive in Montana, Utah and Ari- zona. William A. Clark, his brother, is reputed to be worth $20,000,000, and spends most of his time in Paris and London. He owns the great United Verde copper mine at Jerome, Ariz., to which he lately built a railroad from a junction with the Santa Fe, Prescott and Fheenix at a cost of over $500,000. So enormous is the freizht traffic over this branch that the road will pay for itself in a few years through the saving over the old-time freighting by team. 8. M. Metcalf is the vice-president and manager of the Lininger & Metcalf Co. of Omaha. Its president, G. W. Lininger, is many times a millionaire and has retired from active business life, spending most of his time traveling in Europe. His private art gallery at Omaha is one of the finest in the United States. He is interested in railroads in the vicinity of Omaha, and was in San Diego last winter. While here he looked somewhat into the railroad situation and spoke of the future of thiy city in the most enthusiastic terms. Colonel A. B. Hotchkiss of Los Angeles | is the attorney of the Southern Pacific Company at that city, and it is his con- nection with the new enterprise, as well as that of Mayor Carlson of this city, that lends color to the belief that the Southern Pacific is behind the new corporation. D. C. Reed is a well-known capitalist of San Diego. Mayor Carlson was interviewed by a CALL correspondent as soon as the news became known in this city, but again he was uncommunicative regarding the pro- ject, though willing to talk on another proposition upon which he has worked with considerable energy. *‘What does this new move mean?”’ he was asked. “It means just what the articles of in- corporation say,” he responded; “to build a railroad from Southern California to | Salt Lake, or, at leas’ enough to close the gap now between those points.”” “What do you mean by Southern Cali- fornia—San Diego?”’ ““Well, the road will certainly not stop out on the desert.” ‘‘Has the Southern Pacific anything to do with it?” “Now,"” said'the Mayor, ‘I can’t tell you any more. We have the Nevada Southern already, and there are only 150 miles to grade to connect Southern California with Salt Lake City and save 500 miles over the present route. Isn’t thatenough? What difference does it make who builds it? We are not asking the people for a cent.” “‘Has this anything to do with the San Diego and Phenix Railroad ?” “No. 1tis an entirely independent and separate combination. I am glad you spoke of the San Diego and Pheenix, though, as there is now a chance to put the road through if the people of San Diezo will take bold of it. I can state flatfooted that if the people will put up a guarantee of 4 per cent on $4,000,000, the cost of the road to Yuma, the road will be commenced within sixty days and pushed to completion as fast as men and money can do it. To this we would want, of course, free rights of way and terminal facilities. I am authorized to say that the $4,000,000 cash necessary to build this road is ready just as soon as the people of San Diego take hold of this thing and make the guarantee, but the people have got to move first.” “‘This is about the same offer as that made by Mr. Huntington to San Diego some years ago,”’ observed the correspon- dent. “You are not making it for him again are you?'’ “I decline to say whom I am making it for,” replied Mr. Carlson. “I only say that the cash is ready.” “They say that the Southern Pacific has a bond on the Cuyamaca road running out of San Diego, and can take that roaa whenever it wants it. Would that be used as & part of the road from San Diego to Salt Lake?"” “Now," eaid the Mayor, *1 don’t want you to ask me any more about the Salt Lake road. Matters are just forming now, and there is nothing to mak~ public. We are going ahead to build that road, and beyond that there is nothing to say.” ““You do not deny that the Southern Pa- cific has a bond on the Cuyamaca, do you?” “No.” e A MAN OF MYSTERY. San Diegans Believe the Rosalie Bay Crusoe 1s Captain Hall. SAN DIEGO, Caw., Jan. 18.—The ship- wrecked sailor who wasrescued in a naked, starving and half-crazed condition at Rosa- lie Bay, 300 miles south of this port, ar- rived on the schooner Ida to-day. He re- | sembles Hall of Pasadena in every par- ticular, and despite his vigorous denials it is believed here that he is Hall and has attempted for some reason to hide his identity. He refused at first to -talk, but afterward told a wild tale of the sea, de- scribing in detail how Captain Hall was drowned, and giving his adventures at the wr ck of the Claretta and his sufferings at Rosalie. He gave the name of William Harvey and said he was a relative of Cap- tain Hall, The schooner had hardly come to anchor before Harvey made his way up town and disappeared.” The mining men who put up money for the expedition on the Clar- etta are iooking for Hall, and this is sup- pesed to be the reason for the secrecy and mystery surrounding the case. The crew of the Ida could not clear the mystery and said the man stuck to his story. He was half crazy when first found, but his reason returned after several days of care and good food. STANFORD'S NEW DEPARTURE. A Musical Training Class to tuted at Palo Alto. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaAL., Jan. 18.—Professor H. B. Lathrop and Mary Roberts Smith have arranged with the au- thorities here and with Mr. Pasmore, the well-known musical instructor and com- poser, for a department in musical train- ing at Stanford. Students will be given credit for their work in musie, which credit will count toward graduation. The work will consist of voice training, and a small fee will be charged those who join the classes. Julius Frankenheimer, and H. D. Briggs, '9, the gentlemen who managed and edited the '96 Annual of last year, are the recipients of deserved praise.” The re- ceipts from tleir Annual exceeded ex- penditure by $200, and, while the gentle- men were entitled to all the profits, they determined to turn this sum over to the class. The seniors, not to be outdone in magnanimity, agreed to turn the amount over to the Hildebrand Library fund, and this was done. The affair is unusual all around; first, in that any profit was made from the Annual; second, that the managers were so liberal, and third, that class spirit should so generously give way to & uni- versity sentiment as to devote its entire exchequer to a university enterprise. PROTEST OF NEWCASTLE: Passage of the Funding Bill ' Would Be Disastrous to the State. Be Insti- Text of the Resolutions Unanimously Adopted at the Citizens’ Mass. Meeting. IWCASTLE, CaL., Jan. 18,.—Secretary E. Katzenstein, of the mass-meeting held on Thursday to protest against the pas- sage by Congress of the funding bill, has forwarded the resolutions that were adopted. Against their passage there was not a dissenting vote, and the fact that such a large number of citizens responded to the call for the meeting by the Mayors of San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton and | Sacramento illustrates the feeling here as regards the endeavor of the Huntington { company to evade a payvment of its in- debtedness to the Government. A. J. Shellbammer, editor of the News, was chairman of the gathering. The resolu- tions follow: WHEREAS, It appears that the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroad companies are making an attempt to pass a bill through toe Congress of the United States extending the ime for paving the debt, amounting to nearly $80,000,000, now due,- or about to be- come due from said railzoad companies to the United States; and whereas, we, the citi- zens of Neweastle, belfeve that ‘the ultimate effect of such extension would be to compel the people of the Pacific Coast to pay such debt and interest through increased rates on freight ana fares, thus working a great hard- ship on the people of one portion of the coun- try; and whereas, judging by acts of said rail- roud companies it the past, we have reason 10 believe that although said ratlrond companies would collect such increased freights and fares, we do not believe they would ever fully pay such debt due the Government; therefore e it Resolved, That we, the people of Newcastle n mass-meeting assembled, most sincerely protest against any further extension of time 10 said railroad companies, and ask that the Government proceed at once to collect such debt by assuming all debts of said companies that are secured by prior lien on the property of said companies, and by taking immediate possession of same and operating in the inter- ests of the Government. H. F. Fountain was elected delegate to represent the citizens of Newcastle at the convention to be held at Metropolitan Temple, San Francisco, January 18. The people of this locality’ are very enthusi- astic on the subject and will make as hard a fight as possible against the bill. DURHANY FIRNS FLODDED Southern Pacific Force Saves a Bridge at the Expense of Crops. Debris Dislodged by a Blast, Which Turns a Volume of Water Upon the Land. CHICO, Car., Jan. 18.—Farmers in the vicinity of Durham are enraged at the action of a force of Southern Pacific em- ployes, which has resulted in incalculable damage to their growingcrops. By a blast in Butte Creek, to remove debris lodged against a bridge, an overflow of the levees was caused, and the fields on a number of ranches were inundated. In addition to the probable destruction of crops, build- ings and fences suffered by. the flood. The people of Durham were awakened Thursday night by a series of loud reports, as though cannonsding was in process. The reports were heard in_Chico, and even at this distance a trembling of the earth could be distinctly felt. Window-panes rattled, and the disturbed sleepers thought they had been aroused by an earthquake. 1t appears that the piers under the rail- road bridge over Butte Creek are too close together and will not allow~of the free passage of debris carried down by the high waters. As a consequence, a large lot of logs and drift zathered under the bridge, and it is supposed that after the rain last night the railroad force which has been putting in new piles went to the bridge and with blasts dislodged the debris. Butte Creex being up to the banks, the immense volume of water and debris rushed down the creek, breakirg over the levee and inundating the sown lands of the farmers. There was no livestock at the time on the lands; if there had been they would all have been swept down the creek. The farmers are all angered at the rail- road company for saving its bridge at the expense of considerable of their property. The ioss on the Pratt, the Michels and the Rice ranches will be quite large—to what extent it is not known at the present writ- ing. R ey Fatality at Samoa. EUREKA, Cav, Jan. 18.—John Bro, employed in the Vance miil at Samoa was killed Wednesday morning. Bro was employed as a helper on the splitter, and while ‘a large log was being rolled onto the carriage he reached under the log for a cant-hook. While down_ on his knees the log rolled over, crushing his head. WAR AMONG SN JOSE DEMOCRATS, Chairman Gould’s Course Causes a Row in Camp. PATRONAGE AT AGNEWS. Resignations at the Asylum Said to Have Been Secured by Duplicity. PROVIDING FOR A BROTHER, Stories That Conflict With That Told by the Stockton Man in an Interview. SAN JOSE, Cav., Jan. 18.—The publica tion in the Examiner of the 17th inst. of a report from Stockton giving an interview with Frank Gould, chairman of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee, concern- ing the reported appointment of his brother to an office at Agnews Asylum Gould being a director of the institution, has occasioned mo little crticism in San Jose and gives promise of a row in the Democratic camp. In an interview, Gould is reported to have said: My brother has not been appointed to & position at Agnews, though he is an applicant for & place of some kind. There will be no vacancies at the asylum until the first of next monty, when two resignations will take effect, that of the matron and that of the medical director’s secretary. The sppointment in the latter case lies with the medical director or superintendent of tne institution, and I would not presume to dictate in the least as to his personal appointments, and such I concede the appointment of bis secretary must be con- sidered. Gould’s statement does not accord with the story of the affair as told in San Jose. This story is that the resignation of the Medical Director’s secretary was requested by the board at the last meeting, and was at first refused. Gould then went to the secretary and promised if he would resign to see that he was appointed to another office in the asylum. Under this combina- tion of pressure and promiss the secretary resigned, and probably similar tactics were employed 1n obtainipg the resignation of the matron. The resignations were accepted by the board, and it was decided to leave it to Dr. Hatch to fill the vacancies. This plan to shift the responsibility of the appoint- ments was cleverly devised. but Gould spoiled it so far as he was concerned be- fore leaving the asylum by going to Dr. Haten, Medical Director, and giving him instructions to notify Gould’s brother to report at the asylum at an early date, so that the present secretary could instruct him in the duties of the office. Under the circumstances Gould’s state- ment, *I would not presume to dictate in the least as to his (the Medical Direct- or's) personal appointments,” is peculiar. The case is all the more interesting as the secretary whose official head has been thus summarily chopped off to make a place for Gould’s brother is not only a thoroughly competent man, but is a life-long Demo- crat, so that Gould cannot even claim that in removing him he was fulfilling his pledge to the party. As the matier stands, Gould has the in- side, but the dismissed official has a host of iriends among local Democrats, in the order of Native Sons and among business men generally, and as a result there are signs and symptoms of war in the Demo- cratic camp, D IN ALASKA. Fears for the Safety of a Trio of Mail- Carriers. SEATTLE, Wasm., Jan. 18.—Late Alaska papers express grave apprehensions for the safety of Yukon mail-carriers Jackson, Healey and Gasch. It is feared that Healey ana Gasch have become impris- oned by snow in Chilcat Pass. If they should be hemmed in for a fortmght it would no doubt work great hardship and suffering, not only upon the men, but their dogs, which are used in carrying the mails, as the supply of provisions would probably give out before that time. Only SNOWBOUX under the most favorable conditions has the trip through Chilcat Pass been ate tempted in winter in the past. NEW TO-DA card on the 'A' outside of of= ) fice door sayss 6" Gone to lunch.. 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