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8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1896 GEN. MORGAN ON FATHER YORKE, Says the Priest's Attack Is Cowardly, Slanderous and False, HIS MILITARY RECORD. The Veteran Army Officer De- fends His Service and Loy- alty During the War, CATHOLICS AND THE INDIANS. They Drew Millions From the Public Treasury for Their Missionary Schools. Replying to a letter from the Rev. Father Yorke, reflecting on his army record during the civil war and his admin- istration of the Indian Office at Washing- ton during Mr. F on’s term as President as well, Ge T. J. Morgan writes to Tue CavL as fol ga satisfactory this I was mistaken. In 1ber 18 you publish a little | han a column from him renewing and fying his attack upon my personal ch T regard as un- be pardoned for g I think to be_cowaraly, slanderous and minent business man of San r of high rank, who r—which reached me read the ed with quil re. v and have v men con- | y universally against Yorke and his meth v are rable (o y 1 know that you soldiers with you st the Catholics and their opposition 10 our grand public school 1 amnota f my unbounded ¢ favo: to you and A.P. A.,but th int out some a g statements made in Mr. Yorke's In the first place, regarding the court-martial. When 1 took charge of the organization of negro troops I did it with a view of preparing those men for good soldiers, and I thought it necessary that their white officers should set them good ex- emples in camp and in battle, and, conse- quently, I maintained a pretty rigid discipline over the officers. 1 dlscouraged drinking, gambling and other vices, and insisted on fidelity and coura felt called upon to have one of the ofticer the regiment court-mar- tialed for drunkenness and another for cow- ardice, and although the evidence did mot on 1 wish to po sl satisfy the court it was true nevertheless, Concérning my own testimony in the case of the officer charged with cowardice at the battle of Nashville, T simply say now, after thirty years, and with no malice towafd the ficer and with regret that I am forced thus to say it, every word of the testimony which I gave at that time was true, absolutely and un- 1 est that I am not responsi~ him once again before the e Asaco 10 geteven with me ana trumped up a technical charge, on which they based heir hopes of driving me the service. They charged me with nuster.”” All there was to this can be ed in one or two sentences: When I went to Galatin, Tenn., in October, 1863, to organize a regiment of negroes I found & large number 1 in camp, and at once set about the work of forming 'a regiment. Iwasoccupied myself with administration, drilling, doing picket and postduty, foraging, etc. We were sur- ded at that time by guerrilla bands, re- quiring us to be constantly ou_the alert; the work of ing und enrolling the troops was done by an expert and experienced clerk, A. P. Dunlop, who was sent to me for that purpose, When six companies had been completed and I asked to have them formally mustered, a question arose as to the exact date of muster—a question 10 be decided by the in- terpretation of army regulations and the rul- g of,the gajutant general’s department rel- ative 1o muster. The matter was fully and openly discussed and there were two opinions, one that the company should muster early in October and the other that the date should be fixed possibly two weeks later. The matter was leit to the decision of an officer of the reg- ular army detailed to muster us; his decision, however, was not satisfactory to one of the cap- tains, who claimed that he was deprived by itof his place us ranking captain, which he claimed. The matter was regarded, however, as settled until March, 1856, when the officers, rting under my discipline, united with tistied captain in bringing me totrial, charged with making a ‘“false muster.” The court satisfied itself apparently on the testi- mony of an army officer that the date of muster fixed by th g officer was incorrect, d tt the commanding officer of the regiment I was responsible for 1t; b its verdict of “guilty.” Atmost it wasa tion of judgment and of interpretation of ob- scure rulings, aud never involved a question | seminary | duct of the Indian { of Indian Affairs, s the honesty, patriotism and unbending Christian character of Colonel Thomas J. Morgan. I know that Major-General Steedman be- lievea me to be entirely innocent of any wrong intention, and i any doubt this "I refer them to his adjutant-general, Major S. B. Moe, now living at’ Chattanooga, Tenn., who was personally familiar with ail the facts in_the ease. General George H.Thomas, than whom 10 nobler, purer soidier served in the army, assured me during the progress of the trial that he had unshaken confidence in my integ- rity, and he aiterward recommended me, of his ‘own accord, for promotion, and on his rccommendation, chiefly, I was made brevet- brigadier-general “for gailant and meritorious services during the war,” being one of the very youngest men on whom that honor was con- ferred. General Cruft, in forwarding a paper to the War Department, August 17, 1865 piaced upon it the following indorsement: “He is an intelligent and earnest soldier, & scholar of liberal education and a high-toned, conscientious and brave gentleman~’ 1 give here the names of some of the officers with Whom 1 \was_associated, who are Still iy ing and who can be addressed by anybody who wishes to make inquiry regarding any of the facts here stated, or regarding my career as an army officer: Licutenant-Colonel J. R. Putnam, who was & member of the court-martial that {ried me, Portland block, Chicago, Ill.; Major Henry Romeyn, Fifth United States Infantry, Atlanita, Captain Clarence W. Baker, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Rey. William Elgin, D.D., Akron, N. Y.; Captain F.J. Cressey, Los An- gel Elvero Persons, D.D., Dela- ware, Ohio. So much for that little cpisode, which surely ought to be laid to rest. Mr. Yorke says: ‘Permit me to remark that soon after these courts-martial Rev. Mr. Mor- gan resigned precipitately from the army.” The animus of this statement of course ison the face of it. How false it is in fact, and how utterly ungenerous it is in motive, will be appreciated by your readers when I call their attention to the fact that the courts- mertial were in March and that I re- signed in August. I had left the senior class in college in 1861, and served three months as a private soldfer, until the expiration of my term of enlistment; after teaching ayear I re-entered the army as first lieuten- | ant, in August, 1862, and served a little more | than three years as lieutemant-major, lieu- tenant-colonel, eolonel, brigadier and di sion commander, until ~August, 18 5, when the war ' was over, and there was po longer any necessity for my remain- mg in the arm resigned, not pre cipitately but deliberately, and within three | weeks afterward, after a hasty call at my home, I was enralled in_the Theological Sem- Y., having for one of iy classmates the former chaplain of my regi- ment, and remained there three years, com- pleting my studies in 1868. I then served the s financial secretary for three years. Passing now {rom the question of my own personal record in_the army, let me notice one or two things said by Mr. Yorke about my con- Office. Evidently Mr. Yorke writes with regard to a matter which he knows nothing ebout, or else he deliberately falsiries history. He says: “It wes to carry out a campaign against the contract school system | that Morgan, by church infinence, was pitched into the Indian Office.” I had served in the army as an officer in a_regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Harrison. After he be- ceme President, in May, 1889, he telezraphed me to come to Washington, and re- quested me to take the office of Commissioner | ving that no one had sug- gested my name to him, but thatfrom his knowledge of me he believed I would be able to administer the office so as to satisfy the Christian and philanthropic sentiment of the country. Mr. Yorke says “the advent of Morgan was marked by s virulent attack on the Catholic schools.” ‘This statement is absolutely and unqualifiedly false. I made no attack upon the Catholic schools. I expressed a disap- proval of the entire plan of taking public money out of the United States Treasury and appropriating it to Indian schools carried on by any religious bodies for sectarian purposes. At that time Methodists, Congregationalis Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Friends, Luther- ans, Menonites, Unitarians and Roman Cathe olics were receiving money from the public freasury for their Indian 3chools. The Bap. tists were receiving nothing and declined to Teceive anything on the ground that it wasa misuse of public money ana wes in_violation of the prineiple of separation of church and state, for which the Baptists have always stood. As a Tesult of the discussion growing out of my action all the religious denominations except the Menonnites have withdrawn entirely from the contract school system; the present ad- ministration has adopted my views and is carrying out my plan. Congress has ordered the discontinuing of the contract system as soon as practicable. Within eleven years the | Roman Catholic church has taken out of the public treasury $3,430,000 for the prosecution of its missions among ‘the Indians. This I be- lieve to be & great public wrong, un-American and contrary to the spirit if not the letter of the constitution. If I had accomplished nothing else in my administration of the Indian Oflice than 0 expose this great wrong and set in motion forces which are leading o its eradication, I should feel that my adminis- | tration of that great and difficult oflice had | been eminently successful. Mr. Yorke says “that neither Republican politics nor meritorious service in the war, nor any other consideration availed to keep a | man in the employ of the Indian Commission when General Morgan discovered that he wa: a Catholic.” Let me say emphatically thet I dismissed no one from the Indian service because he wasa | Roman Catholic; that I did retain in the ser- | vice as teachers and in oiber positions many whom I knew to be Romar Catholies; further | than this, I appointed to important positions | in the Indian service Roman Catholics and | offered places to others, which were n accepted. While I was in the Indian Office my | private and confidential secretary was a Roman Catholic, several of the - eclerks in the office were Roman Catholics during my entire service, and the chief messenger, my personal attendant, was also a Roman | Catholic. I aid dismiss from the Indian service for cause some Roman Catholics, and I very much fear that if Mr. Yorke had been in the Indian service when I was Commissioner I should have been most reluctantly obliged to di him for falsehood, slander and cow- ardice if had had_before me such eyidences of his character as his present attacks upon me indicate. I do not believe that any man’s religion or professions of religion should allowed to shield him irom being treated as his character and habits demand. The great hue and cry raised sgainst me by the Roman Catholics was due almost wholly to the fact that I in- sisted that persons in the Indian service should be honest, faithful and capable. The man who has made the most persistent attacks upon me in the name of Catholicism and who inary at Rochester, of my integrity. Mr. Yorke says that my statement of General Steedman’s action in setting aside the ver- dictof the court, “While not an assartion of falsehood, suggests the thing that isnot.” In Teply I beg 10 quote here the entire order of General Sigedman, which speaks for itself: HEADQUARTERS SRCOND DI\'JAIDN,) DEPARTMENT CUMBERLAND, CHATTANGOGA, Tenn., May 10, 1868, J The proceedings, findings and sentence of the general court-martial in the foregoing case of Colonel Thomas J. Morgan, Fourteenth U. 8, Colored Infantry, are disapproved, for the follow- ing reasons, affecting the legality of the sentence: The objections made by the accused to the ad- mission of the deposition of Captain Hough and Pri e Martin was well Iaid, and the depositions were improperly admitted. As the facts contained therein were probably taken into consideration by the court, their improper admission might, of it~ self, form grounds for disapproval. ‘The sentence of the court—dismissal from the -is illegal. Colonel "Morgan was found of a violation of the fifteenth article of WAr, f provides the only penalty for the cashiering, and the words of the be strictly followed in the sentence. &u which 1a i viol Colonel Morgan is found guilty of three of the ecificalions 10 the s 1 charge and of the thatthe facts aileged 6 a considerable in the speci extent true, a ates 1o Colonel Mor- an, devoid ¥, and that he acted thronghout from the purest and most conscien- tios s motives. On the findinig of guilty of the third charge—con- duct prejudicial to good o der and militars disolp- line—although made In accordance with the facts alleged in the specification, and 0 the specificss tions of which the uccosed pleaded guity, the coure would 1ot be warranted in pssing the sentence of Aismiseal, #8 the record shows t he acts complnined of to huve been perpetrated with the best inten- tions and for the Interest of the serv 1p consequence of such facis and circums‘ances (the error of the court in sentencing the accused, 80 far as regards the first charge being fatal, and sccond charge not sustaived by the evidéncey, e proceedings, findings and sentence of the coust wre disapproved, Colonei Morgan will be relieved from arrest and seturned to duty. JAMES B. STEEDMAN, Major-General Commanding. During the progress of the trial the follow- ing paper was drawn up and signed oy eighty. seven field, staff and line officers of my brigade, The originai paper is now before me: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 10, 1865. Colonel Thomas J. Morgan, Fourt United States Colored Infantry, having been arraigned and tried by & general court-martial, and design- ing persons having 1aken advantage of the circum- stances to circalate false and malicious reports calculated to tlis ht his fair and well-earned name, the undersigned officers. who know his worth, a only that justice may be done.. Many of us Lave seen him in everyday life, in the officers’ school and in the church, on the march and on parade. We have seen him in battle, where meu are welghed in the balance, and where he never was found wanting, Many of us older than himself have looked to him as & 1 man amid the many wrecks of our com- His career as a soldier has been distin- guished for courage, energy and philanibropy. To the persisient efforts of Colonel Morgan more than 10 any other nan in this department is doe the uame which the black soldier earned for him- self at Dalton, Pulaski, Decatur end Nashville. Sich a man deserves weil of his country. Waat- ever action the suthorities mayv take, each un- besitatingly express our unshaken ¢onfidence in has written many columns of slanders and falsehoods was a man whom I tnrustout of | office because he was unworthy to be i it, and | who has sought his revenge by his malignant persecution of me ever since, He it was who copied from the War Department the records of the court-martial which Mr. Yorke is using, and who has furuished to the Catholic press mostof the mud which it has used in iis as- seults upon me. In conclusion let me say that I regard the conflict now n;ing on this continent between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, be- tween the civilization of the nineteenth cen- tury and the semi-civilization of the sixteenth, between the liberty of our republican institu- tions and the despotism of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, between our free public schools, with all their broadening and uplifting quali- ties, and the narrow, provincial, belittling, benumbing parochial’ schools, is & conflict in which every lover of his race, every lover of republican institutions, every lover of gennine Christianity, ought to be found on the side of the Flag and the Little Red Schoothouse. This is the side of patriotism, of philanthropy, of progress, of Protestantist. Very respectfuily, " J. MORGAN, New York, Jan. 23, 1896. HE TOOK MORPHINE. T. L. Adlington, an Aged Bartender Out of Work, Sought to End His Life. Thomas T. Adlington, a bartender, 65 years of age, swallowed a dose of mor- phine yesterday morning in his room, 110 Ninth street. The landlady founa him unconscious and immediately notified the Receivine Hospital. The man was taken to the hospital and attended by Drs. Weil and Rinne. Adlington had been out‘of work for several weeks and went to the Cliff House on Monday to seek employment, but was disappointed. In his room a letter was found stamped and addressed to “P., C. Poole, Rio Vista, Cal.,” but not sealed. It is as follows: Dear Friend: If anything should happen to me I wish you wounld see Mr. Tom Sawyer, 935 Mission street, aud ask him to intercede to have me burfed in_the Old Friends’ plot, and I think if he would call on my friends, Edward 0. Burns, 197 Crocker building, also George H. Hansell, teastore, 1900 Market street. John Ross has been to me ove of the best of friends, and am sorry that I should give him so much trouble; but I cannot live this way any longer, and I hofie he will forgive me. Please call at the Bank Exchange, Washington and Mont- iomery streets, and see Mr. Dunson and Mr. rown. So good-by, and God bless everybody. Yours truly, L. ADLINGTON. P. S—Friend Tom: Do what you can, Ican write no more. "I think I am going cs A, Adlington expired last night at the Re- ceiving Hospital. ————— The most valuable clock in the world is one which was made by Louis XIV, and which is owned now by one of the Roths- childs, who bought it for $18,000, MR, POLK PROSTRATED, A Monterey Discovery Jars Upon His Artistic Young Nature. A SCENE IN SANCHEZ TAVERN. Nearly $10,000 Worth of Paintings Are Obliterated by Liberal Doses of Reof Paint. Yesterday afternoon ehortly after the late train arrived from Monterey, a pale, haggard young man was led out on the | rear platform of the end car and gently as- | sisted to the pavement by two porters. A few railroad employes who are ac- quainted with the traveling public recog- nized Willis Polk. He leaned heavily on the arms of his attendants and was almost art of the interior of the tavern of anchez. The door panels, the window casings, the walls, the bar ornaments, the looking-glass frame, in fact, the entire room was adorned with some dainty masterpiece by men many of whom have since become famous. Sanchez chuckled and laughed. It was a great scheme. It was working well, and as fast as artists came down from the city they added their artistic mite to the al- ready stupendous collection. Sanchez bubbled over with enjoyment to see his vlace thus beautified. i{e wrote to Robert Louis about it, and Robert Louis approved of the plan. Sanchez ‘‘set them up” liberally—that ANTICS N THE ARCTIC, Statements by Witnesses for Cap- tain Healy and Against Him. A GAY AFFAIR AT UNALASKA. is to say, he supplied cakes and ale with a royal hand—for each picture, and the little tavern became a celebrated corner of the earth. Tourists came to look at its walis and panels, bloods bought their “bracers” there, and every one went to have a peep at the collection of paintings. One day, however, Sanchez found that the financial depression was beginning to weigh heavily upon him, and: within a few weeks the iron hand of the creditor was Jaid heavily upon his business, and it passed from him. Here ends the history of Sanchez. He rose and fell, but none heard him strike. Sanc'iez was gone. And now comes Mr. Polk, who, in com- pany with Mr. Peters, made the terrible discovery that almost prostrated him for good. It came about through Mr. Polk expressing a desire to see the tavern of Sanchez, of which he had heard =0 much, SANCHEZ [Sketched by a SUCCESSOR REPAINTS THE INTERIOR OF THE TAVERN, “Call” artist.] carried to a coupe that appeared to be in waiting for him. The cabman slowly picked his way to the residence of Mr. Polk, having previ- ously received instructions to drive only on streets paved witk asphaltum. As the carriage drove up to the front gate a stal- wart servant came out and the almost prostrate Willis staggered into the house nd, with the assistance of his valet, sank heavily on his couch. “I wish to be alone,” said he. *“Admit no one. Tell them all that I wili see only my private secretary and Ned Greenway. 1 fear that the worst has not yet come. Avaunt.” Mr. Polk’s valet made a low salaam and backed out into a plan for the new ferry depot that Mr. Polk had completed some days before and left in the hallway for the inspection of visitors. No partciular harm was done, as the puncture merely looks like one of the architect’s eccen- tricities. The curtains were drawn and the help were instructed to put on muffled slippers | for a few days. Hot bottles were prepared and the entire house was put in order sp ecially for the stricken Willis, Ata late hour the news of Mr. Polk’s sudden affliction was carried along Mar- ket street, and a CALL reporter went im- mediately to the gentleman’s residence, not without securing credentials, however, from Mr. Greenway before calling. Mr. Polk immediately sent out word to bring the visitor in, and, upon entering, the representative of this paper found the architect propped up on pillows, carefully reading a formula for the removal of fire- proof paint. Just what this particular variety of literature was worth in a sick- room developed later. Mr. Polk himself was too-much ex- hausted and worn out to tell a well-con- nected story, but shortly after midnight the following terrible revelation was ex- tracted from his conversation. It seems that Willis left San Francisco some two weeks ago to visit his old friend and brother artist, Charles Rollo Peters, who is at present living in Monterey, that historic old spot where so many painters and bohemians have lived before him. In order to appreciate the gravity of the situation one must understand that many years ago a Mr. Banchez, whose wife was a sister of the wife of Robert Louis Stevenscn, conducted and made hospit- able a certain tavern where the knights of the brush used to congregate and tell jokes and discuss art. In theregular order of things all of the best known painters on this coast and some from the East found rest, recreation and hot Scotchesunder the adobe rocf of the ever appreciative Sanchez. Such men as Duran, [nnes, Carlson, Tavernier, Stanton, Latimer, Strong, Rix, Peters, Roderiguez and others used to dropin on old Sanchez and tell him ar- tistic stories and pass the time of day. On a great many occasions they passed several times of the day and aiways dropped in each time. Monterey and Sanchez Tavern were the two bright par- ticular spots on the Pacific Coast where artists felt at home. They stayed there allsummer and found some of their most marvelous inspirations in the atmosphere of the old cypress tree. It was a veritable heaven for them in every way. A painter was not recognized in society who had never been to Monterey and the tavern of Sanchez. Such pleasant associations as must necessarily have been enjoyed there should have been preserved in some way, and it fell to the lot of Sanchez to_devise some ways and means of perpetuating the old circle. He thought a fong time pefore the idea struck him, but he eventually succeeded in grasping the situation one day while looking over his accounts. There were many names on his books, and some of them were artists. He thought a little while over the matter and gotngood plan straightened out in his ead. “Why not have them paint me a picture—each one of them—all of them?’ said he; “‘and some day, yes, some day, the collection wiil be above price. I'll do it and square the accounts.” ? It was a gigantic undertaking, but it carried at last, and in a few davs every artist in Monterey was at work on some and Mr. Peters, his host, said it would be a pleasure to take Willis to the historic spot. ‘I have not been there for some time,” said Mr. Peters; *‘in fact mot since San- chez left, but I guess it is there still. We shall see.”” The two gentlemen locked arms and pro- ceeded to the tavern. When they arrived and entered what Mr. Peters said was the place, they were confronted with a plam unadorned room with nothing but a bar and a picture of Governor Jim Budd over the center of the mirror. “‘This must be the wrong place,” ven- tured Peters; “let’s go to the next.”” The next was a Chinese washhouse and Peters decided to return to the first place. Immediately upon entering he walked over to the wail and taking out his knife scraped off the fire proof paint. There was what he expected to find—a fragment of a Tavernier. A little further on was resurrected a bit of a Carlson and thena small piece of Rix. In the meantime Willis had uncovered a picture of James Whitcomb Riley by his brother Dan. He rushed over to the proprietor and de- manded to know the criminal who was to blame for the wanton destruction of so many gems. The man replied that they had ‘got to be ‘“‘chestnuts” and that he bad painted the barroom over with roof paint to give it a nice soft tone. He did not know that he had wiped out a fortune with his terrible brush. Willis swept the bar ornaments off on | the fioor and hurried out into the open air, where he denounced the floating popula- tion of the United States, and was finally brought up to San Francisco to recover from the jostle that had been admin- istered to his artistic nature. MERSFELDER BENEFIT. A Most Enjoyable Musical Event in Aid of a Well-Known Artist. A large and appreciative audience filled Golden Gate Hall last night at the enjoy- able benefit concert tendered to Jules K. Mersfelder, the well-known and popular artist. Bainbridge Ryder acted as master of ceremonies, and added not a hittle to the evening’s merriment by the piquant sal- lies with which he graced the announce- ment of the various numbers on the lengthy but delightful programme. Perhaps the most enjoyable among the vocal numbers was Massenet’s “‘Salome,” by Mrs. Alvina Heuer-Wilson. The gifted singer fairly captivated her audience with the magic of her magnificent voice, her personality being, perhaps, almost as charming. Mrs. Wilson worea rich yet simply made evening costumeof ivory white brocade, her only ornament being a cluster of violets in her hair, keptin place by a crescent of brilliants. R. Fletcher Tilton contributed one or two classical piano selections, while Signor ©adenasso, in “La Donna e Mobile,” from ““Rigoletto,” and the drinking song from ““Cavalleria Rusticana,” sang, as he has always done, like a singer to the manner rn. B. C. Bicknelldid some remlrksbl{ cleyer work in lightning modeling in clay, his Qiypes being marvels of facial expression, he press Club Quartet, composed of Messrs. Tilton, Coffin, Tucker and Warde, rendered a number of beautiful four-part son-s. while the duet, “'A Night in Ven- ice,” by Lucantoni, by Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Coffin, was one of tha gems of the kept himself in evenine, Mr. Mersfelder mod-est! reserve until the end o{the programme. when be drew a number of beautiful an graphic landscapes and marine sketches in charcoal, concluding with several readi: from “The Merchant of Venice.” voice, while having an admirable carrying quality, is singularly soft and expressive. The event was socially and artistically a brilliant success. —————— McGowan’s Demurrer Argued. In the case of T. McGowan of Vallejo, who was charged with receiving 320 cans of smuggled opium, & demurrer was argued be- fore United States District Judge Morrow yes- terday. The grounds of the d‘emurmr ‘were ‘Captain Healy’s behavior on the Story of the Man Who Saved the Old Sea Dog From an Unmarked, Watery Grave. Though the first half of yesterday’s testimony at the Healy investigation was nominally on the side of the prosscution, the defense might have fared far worse. The first witness at the morning session was Chief Engineer A. L. Broadbent of the United States revenue cutter Corwin, for- merly employed in the same capacity on the Bear, under Captain Healy. He testi- fied that on the night of a social aboard the Pheasant the captain bad imbibed quite freely of the cup that cheers and fre- quently inebriates as well; but the witness did not think he drank more than the other officers present. When asked whether he was on friendly terms with the captain, Mr. Broadbent replied that there had been a slight misunderstanding be- tween them on the evening of the social at Unalaska, but it had been satisfactorily explained. He had seen the captain appa- rertly intoxicated ata reception given by the officers of the Alaska Commercial Company at Unalaska on the night after the Pheasant affair and again on the fol- lowing night at a social event aboard the Corwin, but never when on duty. Regarding the captain’s efficiency, the witness stated that on occasions of danger, when afraid to entrust tte management of the vessel to his subordinates, be haa known him to passfrom thirty to sixty hours on deck and spend as much as two days and nights consecutively in the crow’s nest. He characterized the captain as a severe disciplinarian, but said he could find no fault with him beyond a rather despotic demeanor toward his sub- ordinates. Avision in broadcloth, gold lace and white gloves then took the stand, and re- sponded in gentle terms to the name of Dorry. He said he was assistant engineer on the Bear and had known the accused during a period covering about twenty months. e said the captain was never, to his knowledge, under the influence of Jiquor while at sea, but that at the social events mentioned by the preceding witness the veteran officer’s language had been far from choice—actually insulting, in fact. He bad heard no one “criticize the captain except during the Bear’s last cruise. Executive Officer Albert Buhner, also of the Bear. testified that in his opinion heas- ant was no worse than that of the other participants in the festive reunion. He did not recollect having seen him intoxi- cated on any other occasion. He consid- ered the captain too strict in his method of conducting the vessel, and said there was some ill-feeling among the officers in cousc?uence. William C. Meyers, second engineer of the Bear, corroborated the testimony of the other witnesses regarding Captain Healy's hilarity on the occasions cited, but did not feel competent to criticize him as an officer. Personally he would trust him in command of any vessel in any sea. He had felt rather sore toward the captain for having refused to shake hands with him on one or two occasions before others, but cherished no resentment against him on that account. Chief Engineer C. W. Coffin was the prosecution’s iast witnes: He confirmed the assertions of his predecessors, and stated in addition that he had made two cruises with Captain Healy and had had ‘‘differences with him, but nothing serious.” The defense opened at the afternoon ses- sion by recalling the witness Coffin, He tes- tified that the captain had injured his back quite severely when he fell from the whari at Unalaska. He conld not say whether the captain was under the influence of spirits on that occasion or not. He had never seen him drunk at sea. George G. Connell, first lieutenant of the United States revenue cutter Perry, said he had known Captain Healy for six years and had made two cruises in his company. He had never seen him drunk, but had heard rumors to that effect. Captain Hooper, senior efficer of the fleet, testified that he had been present for a short while at the “whisky and tobacco” event aboard the Pheasant, and had not noticed any undue exhilaration on Cap- tain Healy’s part during that time. When asked whether he thought it probable that the captain succumbed to the potent charms of the flowing bow! at a later hour, be said: “Weli, perhaps he did. I would be much surprised if I heard that one of the men present at the social went away sober. 1 don’t see that there’s anything so dread- fully scandalous in a man getting a little happy when he’s off duty, anyhow.” atrick Hutton, former master-at-arms of the United States revenue cutter Grant, said he had rescued the captain from a watery grave at Unalaska. The Grant was casting off and Captain Healy and a number of other officers and civilians were standing on the edge of the wharf waving adieux to friends on the departing vessel, Captain Healy was on the bulwark and lost his balance, The witness saw him fall and jumped into the water after him. A boat was let down from the Grant and the captain and his rescuer taken aboard that vessel. The captain complained of a severe strain in his back, but sat upright in the boatand ascended the cutter’s gang- Elank without assistance. If he was runk when he fell off the wharf, the cold water had evidently sobered him, for after the re he manifested no indications of intoxication. The inyestigation will continue to-day. It is understood the defense is making strong efforts to have the charges against the veteran captain dismissed. THE RICHMOND SCHOOL. Recent Improvements Have Placed It in a Good Sanitary Condition. The recent agitation in the Richmond district about the Richmond School not being in a sanitary condition has brought about good results. “The agitation,’”” said G eorge Fletcher of the Point Lobos Ciub yesterday, ‘“has been the means of placing this school in perfect sanitary condition ana in estab- lishing a seventh grade, so that children who in the past were forced to go to the Hamilton Grammar School, aimost a mile from this one, can now attend the Rich- mond. “The source of complaintseveral months ago was that the outhouses, which were var{ close to the main building, bad no outlet and that the stench from them was almost intolerable. Not only that, but the atmosphere was polluted and many children were affected to such a degree that the parents took them away. In the rear of the school there was a lot sixty feet deep belonging to the School Depart- ment which was unused. ‘This has been added to the school yard, and at the ex- treme eastern end there has been built a l“fie outhouse on the most approved sanitary system for the use of the papils. **Then in addition a sewer has been con- structed to connect with the one on Penn- syivania street. So now all the waste water is carried away; there is no longer any stench, and the atmosphere is as pure that the acceptance by the Government of the gimn facie evidence, which the possession of e opium constituted, was contrary to the constitutional rights of the accused. Judge Morzow took the matter under advisement. as it can be. This has been done at a cost of between $3000 and $4000. Now the chil- dren have additional yvard room. ‘At some time in the future,’”” explained Mr. Fletcher, **we shall endeavor to have the school building raised and then have the yard graded.” The school building is well lighted and the classrooms are bright, but there is one interior arrangement that is defective, and that is the stairs leading to the upper story. They are véry narrow, and in case of a panic would prove a trap into which many children would be crushed. The principal, Miss Tierney, stated that the stairs are not as wide as they should be, and Mr. Fletcher, who was present, re- marked that they could be widened with- out much trouble and without much expense, DUNDON SUES AGAIN. He Files a Comprehensive Complaint Against the Pacific Bank. P. F. Dundon has again appeared as a plaintiff against the Pacific Bank. This time his smt is quite comprenensive. He wants a full accounting of all the transac- tions of the directors of the bank prior to January 13, 1896, and be asks that a judg- ment be rendered against them for the full amount of the money lost to the Pa- citic Bank by reason oi the negligence and inattention which characterized the man- agement of the bank by the defendant di- rectors. Specific allegations of mismanagement are made, such as the expending of large sums on accounts in no way connectea with the bank, loans upon insufficient se- curities and upon 1nsufficient notes, and other acts, to which the plaintift takes ex- ception. —_— HANCING IN THE BALANCE Contractors for the New Ferry Depot Are Still in a Quandary. Awaiting a Decision by the Board of Examiners That Is Slow in Coming. The new ferry building and the ways and means by which construction on it can be begun, were again under considera- tion by the Harbor Commissioners yester- day. Contractor Bateman reported that he had sent the §33 warrant, for building the fence, to Sacramento through Wells, Fargo & Co. The bank presented it for payment, and was informed that it must take its usual course. President Colnon announced that the Board of Examiners would act on the mat- ter next Friday, and in view of the urgency of the case he said something should be done by the board at once. On the motion of Commissioner Cole it was decided that President Colnon should go to Sacramento to-morrow morning in order to see that something in the matter is done at once. Postmaster McCoppin appeared before the board and urged that a new and more commodious structure than is now given to the Postoffice on the water front shouid be erected. He said it would be a long time before the ferry depot was finished, and that in the meantime the postal facili- ties of the City were suffering. The idea is to make a great distributing depot out of station D at the ferries, and from it send all the mail for far-away points by the cable and electric cars. Postmaster McCoppin presented his views in a neat speech, and the Commis- sioners promised to do everything they possibly could. If the United States Gov- ernment will agree to inaugurate a postal delivery by electric and cable cars, then the Commissioners will erect the necessary building to accommodate the postal au- thorities. The owners of the steamer Gold thought $25 a month for dockage an exorbitant charge when viewed in the light of what other steamship lines had to pay. The Commissioners thought the charge exces- sive and reduced it to $15. The owners of Cousins drydock also wanted a reduction, on the ground that it had never earned the rent since it was built. The matter was referred to the Chief Wharfinger, but the chances are that a reduction will be made. The Board of Health wrote asking that a place be set apart in wliich meat and milk landed from steamers can be in- spected. The Commissioners were in favor of the movement, but, as the re&uen is so indefinite, nothing could be done. Meat and milk are landed from a dozen vessels and at a dozen different points, and at no one point could they all be con- centrated. In oraerto arrive at a definite understanding it was decided toask one of the members of the Board of Health to be present at the next meeting of the com- mission, The pilot boat Jessie, which wasrecently purchased for use on the Columbia River bar, managed to slip away without paying a $4 80 wharfage bill. ~ As Wharfinger Walkup was to blame he was ordered to pay the amount into the State treasury at once. Mr. Walkup can now recover the amount from the Columbia River pilots, McNab & Smith, whose truck was dam- aged to the extent of §67 50 by the Belt Railroad engine, will not get their money without a legal battle, Acting attorney Stratton bas advised the board that the aceident happened on State property, over which City laws have no jurisdiction, and that, therefore, the board 1s not liable. On the motion of President Colnon it was de- dided to sustain the yardmaster and allow Messrs. McNab & Smith to sue for the $67 50 if they so desired. NEW TO-DAY. Inferior articles are never ‘‘Substi- tuted.” Did that ever oc- cur to you? Be careful when you ask for Mantell's, and look for this little tag—there are substitutes around, Country dealers can have Mantell’s sent on approval, subject to retarn ai our expense—THE WERTHEIMER CO.,8, F. ‘“‘ CALLS THEM FALSER00DS Mayor Sutro Replies to Presi- dent- Huntington's State- ments, ONLY SERVE TO AMUSE HIM. The Committee of Fifty Will Decide on a Memorial to Congress To-Day. The expression on Mayor Sutro’s face underwent a variety of chlnges' when he read the dispatch recently recel_ved !roxp New York in which C.P. Huntington is credited with calling him a “‘charlatan” and “demagogue.” % At first hg vfas angry and showed it, but presently, as he read, his eyes began to twinkle, and he finally broke into a laugh that showed tbat he was very much amused. - 3 “Huntington has lost his head,” he said, “and begun saying thingsthatare palpably false—that he knows to be false, and that everybody who reads his vaporings realizes perfectly are false. “Itis this movement by the people of Kentucky to take away the fraudulent charter of the Southern Pacific Company that has stirred the chief tentacle of the octopus to squirm and writhe and roar with the pair of exposure and possible de- feat. He sees that the people are gradua- ally being educated to a knowledge of his wrongdoings and of the monstrous injury the octopus isdoing San Francisco apd the State of California. He knows that if they are once roused and that if the Legislature of Kentucky repeals his charter he has come to the end of his rope and must face the inevitable result of his years of schem- ing and fraud—he must either come to the bar of justice or leave the country. *It may be that he will take the latter course, for he has for years past been in- vesting his money in_Africa and Mexico and could get away with an imumense for- tune, leaving but the dry carcuss of the corporation’s industries and municipali- ties which he has sucked dry. 2 “The statements he makes are a tissue of lies which need no explanations from me to prove them such. They contain nothing after all but a personal attack om myself, for which I eare nothing what- ever, considering the source. Itis theold scheme of throwing mud to divert atten- tion, and resembles the tactics of that loathsome marine reptile after which I have named the Southern Pacific Com- pany, which, when pursued, clouds the water about it by exuding an jinky fluid and escapes in the obscurity. *‘Huntington hopes to do this, but he will not succeed,for he is hemmed 1n on all sides by the lines of the angry people, and like a wolf is turning at bay.” The Committee of Fifty meets to-day to discuss the memorial to Congress against the passage of ihe funding bfil and deter- mine which of the three documents pre- f{nred by M. M. Estee, John T, Doyle and - E. Highton shal! be used as a basis for the appeal from the people of California to the National legislators. The position taken by Mr. Estee that the defeat of the funding bill and not the Gov- ernment foreclosure of the mortzage on the roads is the demand that should be made by California is not exactly in ac- cordance with the views of some of the other members of the committee, and a lively debate is likely to be had on the matter. NEW TO-DAY. [iYPARIS Winter Clearance Sale BEFORE STOCK-TAKIN CLOAKS! Great Reductions in Jackets and Capes to close out our winter stock. JACKETS Redueed to.. $4.00 JACKETS Reduced t0.. $6.00 JACKETS Reduced to.. $7.50 JACKETS Reduced to..$ 1 0.00 JACKETS Redueed to. . 1 2.00 CAPES Redueed to... $6.50 CAPES Reduced to... $8.50 CAPES Reduced to... $9.00 CAPES Redueed to- .. $ 1 0.00 These garments were sold previous to sale $12 to $30. Also, Large Reductions in FUR CAPES, BE HABLA ESPANOL. G. VERDIER & CO., SE. Cor. Geary and Grant Ave. VILLE DE PARIS BRANCH HOUSE, LOS ANGELES.