The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX —NO. 70. PRICE FIVE CE WILL REPEAL THE CHARTER, Kentucky's Legislature Is| Expected to Pass the Bill. REPORTED BY G&EBEL. The Author Confident That the Measure Will Soon Be- come Law, STATESMEN JOIN LOBBYISTS, Hunter Yet Leads in the Senatorial Struggle, But the Deadlock Is Not Broken. FRANKFORT, K., Feb, 7.—The bill to repeal the Southern Pacific charter was re- ported to the Senate from the Judiciary Committee this morning, given its second { reading and placed on the calendar, where it may be called up at any time, unless ob~ jection is made. Chairman Goebel reported the bill and Senator Weissinger threw down the gaunt- let in announcing that he wished a record made in the journal that two mem- bers of the committee voted against re- porting the bill, and laid down in plain terms that the road would resist every inch of ground against the passage of the bill. Without further debate the simple en- traace of the bill was made on the journal. It was evident, however, that a giant fight was on from the start. Senators Wiessinger and Hays are leading the fight against the bill and are already actively at work, assisted by a strong lobby of lawyers. Senator Goebel is determined n his efforts to pass the bill and has made a thorough canvass of the members. He de- clares that the bill will be passed by a large majority in the upper branch, and has as- surances that it will pass the House and become alaw before the session ends. Pampkhlets and newspapers containing a history of the bill were laid on every Sen- ator’s desk this morning. Friends of the road will attempt to preyent the bill com- ing to a vote. There was not a great deal of surprise manifested yesterday morning when it was ungderstood that the Judiciary Committee Lajt recommended the passage of the Goe- | bei repeal bill by a vote of 5 to 2—the same &s indicated in these dispatches some days ago. At the opening of the commit- tee meeting Senator Weissinger announced that General Basil W. Dake would appear before the committee to argue against the repeal. General Duke, as’ is well known, has been on a good salary with the Lousville and Nashville for a dozen yearsor more for the sole purpose of looking after their interests vefore the Legislature ana the ville City Council. His war record gives him peculiar advantages in working with the first named, though somewhat diminished this year when the Repub- licans are on top. The general was a brother-in-law of the famous John Morgan and was his chief lieutenant. With the large and familiar acquaintance that he had all over the State with the old Confederate soldiers, with whom he is very popular, he could get al- most anything he wanted done by the former legiclatures, which were always Democratic. “0ld Smoothing-iron” recognized this fact and established an understanding with the general .even, before he came to reside permanently in Kentucky, which has since been maintained, except where the L. & N, and General Echols’ interests were antagonized. His appearance for Iuntington now indicates in some degree L. & N. that the is using its in- fluence to prevent the passage of the repeal, though it may be that be is *‘on furlough™ from him and work- ing for love of a fee of General Echols. His non-appearance before the committee did not, however, leave Huntington with- out a champion, as Senator Weissinger played that role with as much earnestness as he was capable of, though not with quite as much fire or emphasis as the Gen- eral would have done, Weissinger spoke with much show of learning as to the ‘‘vested rights” that had accrued under the charter according to the old constitution. He said liitle of the *‘vested wrongs” that had accrued to the people of sister States. His remarks were on the line expected, and as far as couid be judged from the vote were thrown away. It was intended that General Duke should appear before the committee, but it was seen that the vote would be for the bill, and thought best to keep him at work on the outside. He and St. John Boyle and the others were kept quite busy until' & late hour with the members of both houses, and afterward held a privafe meeting in their headquarters at the Capitol Hotel. ; In the Senate Weissinger will have the assistance of Senator Hayes from Jefferson County, near Louisville. Hayes is not so forcible a speaker as Weissingér, and not much of a lawyer or parliamentarian, but he is, from long experience, a good button- holer and tactician, and will do a great deal against the bill. He bas many friends from different parts of the State, and will wield no small influence with them. They will have vigorous fighters against them, however, on both. - sides of the House. Goebel and Fulton on the one side and Judge Landes on the other are pretty sure to have the majority of the Senate with them. Senator Stige, from Louisville, will op- pose the bill vigorously. He 1s not elo- quent, but very forcible, and his earnest- ness cerries conviction with it. He don’t befong to the “tony’’ set, with General Echols, Duke, Boige, Helm ana others, who rendezvous at the Pendennis Club in Louisvilie, and is rich enough to be inde- pendent, and they can’t pick him up and use him when they need him. He will Watch Me Plug Him! | There Is a Bear :‘Possibility That This May Happen. fightto the end, and is as stubborn as a cornfield mule, as evidenced in his re- fusing the urgent entreaties of the Repub- lican manager of the Senatorial fight to break his promise to cast no vote for Haunter till the successor to Wilson (de- ceased) should arrive and be seated. Had he done so Hunter would have been elected two weeks ago. The act to incorporate the Southern Pa- cific Company was signed on St. Patrick’s day, March 17, 1884, by Governor J. Proctor Knott, and the same day the Legislature adopted a resolution accepting an invita- tion to attend a mass-meeting to be held in Louisville on the 18th, to boom the ex- position and attend a banquet afterward. Governor Knott, his: Secretary of State, “Quinine Jim” McEenzie, and W, C. P. Breckenridge were among the speakers at the meeting. The whole Legislature went down and they had a great time. It has been rumored here that Governor Knott and the other two named would be here to fight the repeal bill, but have not yet ap- peared on the scene. That Governor Knott, & constitutional lawyer of great experience who served for eight years on the Judi- ciary Committee of the National House of Representatives and who made his world-wide reputation as a humorist by his great “Duluth”- speech against ‘the grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad, should have signed such a monstrous measure as this Southern Pacific charter is a wonder to most people and they cannot see how he can have the face to.come here now in its interests. His inconsistency has been brought to the light. And MéKenzie, whose free quinine bill caused his name to be a household word all over the Mississippi Valley and biessed by all to whom the chills and fever made quinine an article of daily diet. should have willingly lent a2 hand in fasteaing such a curse as this charter on the people so soon after ridding them of the other monopoly is aimost beyond belief. The lay of the ground during the session of 1884 is well remembered here. Proctor Knott was Governor, Jim McKenzie Sec- retary of State, James R. Hindman Lieutenant-Governor and Charles - Offutt Speaker of the House. Strong lobbies were on the ground in the interest of vari- ous bills, one of which was toexempt railroads to be built from taxation for ten vears. General Duke was here in the in- terest of the Louisville and Nashville road against the bill. Another bill was similar to the Graviance bill before this Legis- lature to break up the poolrooms.' Over 2000 bills were passed, and with his other duties and entertaining his friends Gov- ernor Knott and Secretary McKenzie had but little time to examine critically every bill sent to him for approval. Then he was much inclined to do any- thing asked by his friends and the Echols crowd took advantage of this. Knott's office was the gathering place of a select coterie of witty fellows, Duke, Dr. Watken, Dr. Rogers and others from Louisville, Atilla Cox from Owen County, a member of the House, and others from different parts of the State. The Governor was a good raconteur and the soul ‘of the party generally. He was not entirely unsus- ceptible of flattery and wasalways in a good humor when lie had told a story that caused applause and laughter. At this crisis he was usually ready to sign enything that any member ot the party laid before him, always requiring them, however, to thoroughly explain the provi- sion contained therein. It was, probably, under such circumstances that the South- ern Pacific bill was made a law, But it was not the only instance in which the' witty, good-natured Governor was taken off his guard.. There was many another vicious measure slipped through his hands in the same way, —_—— THE SENATORIAL FIGHT. Governor Bradley Denies That the Militia Will Be Called Out. FRANKFORT, Kv., Feb. 7.—The Sena- torial situation presents no sensational features, and there is less indication of trouble than there .has been. , The crowds of prospective ‘‘deputies” around the doors are smaller and more orderly. The State authorities are not telling their plans and no authoritative statement can be had- as to the exact line that will be adopted to suppress the proposed deputies should Gontinved on Third Pages * ~ - ON THE TICKET WITH HANCOCK, Death Closed the Active Career of William H. English. ‘WAS A NOTED DEMOCRAT. From an Early Age He Took a Prominent Part in Affairs of Indiana. MADE A RECORD IN CONGRESS. Although Defeated for the Vice-Presi- dency His Popularity Was Clearly Manifested. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Feb, 7.—Hon. William H. English, capitalist, pohtician and litterateur, died in his rooms at Eng- lish's Hotel at 12:35 o’clock this afternoon, after an illness of six weeks. He was un- him. His condition had been very bad for the past twenty-four hours, and' it was said as early as Thursday that kis demise was but a few hours distant.. He leaves an estate variously estimated at from $5,000,000 to $8,000,000. The funeral will be held at 2 p. M. Sunday. Inierment will be in Crown Hill Cemetery, this city. Among ‘the many telegrams of condo- lence received to-night by the family of Hon. W. H. English was the following from President Cleveland: To Hon. W. H. English: I sincerely mourn the death of a distinguished ¢itizen and deeply .| sympathize with. you in the loss'of & kind and loving father. GROVER CLEVELAND. William Hayden Enzlish was £ mative | of Indiana. He was born at- Luxington, Scott Courty, Angust 28,1822. - He was, educated in the commbn schools nd) at Hanover College, stadied law and entered upon the active dutiesof life young. When he was only 18 years old he was one of two delegates from his county to the' Demo- cratic State Convention at Indianapolis. The other delegate was his father. For over half 2 century he was actively identified with about all’ the Demoeratic State conventions held in Indiana. He was four times elected to the Congress of the United States, serving during the eight years of idtense ‘excitement im- mediately preceding the Civil War, and was the authorof a compromise measure in relation to the admission of Kansas as a State, which became a law and was a pro- lific theme of controversy in the heated political contests of that day under the name of the “English bill.”” He was ever a friend of the union of the. States and was always a Democrat in poli- tics. In 1861 he declined a re-eleciion to Congress and since that time engaged in banking, street railroad and various other enterprises. In 1880 Mr. English was THE LATE WILLIAM HAYDEN ENGLISH. conscious for an hour before his aeath, Around the bed were his son, William ¥, English, his daughter, Mrs. Rose Walling of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs.. Hall, Miss Hodges, Mr. English’s stenographer, and Dr. Franklin ' W. Hays, who attended him. Mr. English had been ill for about six weeks. He was at first attacked by grip. This was followed by inflammation of the air passages and the membranes of the throat. From this he almost recovered, but two weeks ago he was seized with in- 'flammatory rheumatism, . which, with organic disease of the heart of several Yyears’ standing, completely exhausted unanimously nominated for Vice-Presi’ dent of the United 8 on the ticket with General Hancock. Although the ticket was defeated, it received a greater number of votes in fndiana than-the State ticket of the Democratic party at the elec- tion held only a few weeks before. . Durin; the last ten yn.-Tl of his life Mr. Englilg was engaged in the work of preparing and collecting material to perpetuate the early history of his native State. This work he ow pnrfinllawmpleud. 3 5 e was an intimate friend and. loyal ad- Tuirer of Governor Claude Matthiews, whom ge ifiv&])rod for z:;:nexltv D;i ones tic Presi- ential nomination. In s “their litical variances of opinion, 3 En:.l?o. ;qd dzx-P sideny Harrison _ were . warm riends. SPANIARDS ARE - GREATLY ELATED, They Claim That a Decisive Blow Was Dealt the Rebels. BUT IT IS YET DOUBTED. ‘Marin Has Not Yet Succeeded in Forcing Gomez Into a Battle. RAILWAY STATIONS BURNED. One Train Captured by the Insurgents and a Good Supply of Arms Secured. - HAVANA, Cuss, Feb. 7.— Spanish circles are greatly elated over the report. that General Luque won the battle of Paso Real Monday. The officials claim a decisive blow was dealt the rebels. Owing to the telegraph and railroad. lines not operating the only details obtainable are the Government's. reports. The Cubans claim the report is preposterous. They say it is impossible to kill 62 and wounnd, 200 - insurgents without more than two dead and thirty wounded on the Spanish side. Marin has not yet succeeded in forcing Gomez to fight. Marin remdins in the vicinity of Quivican. The Western Rail- road had several stations burned recently. No trains have been able to reach Matan- zas in ten days. " The insurgents secured an - immense quantity of arms, ammunition, saddles,pro- visions and all kinds of equipment on the train captured between San Felipe and Poso Redondo, Saturday. The insurgents numbered 400 and the troops only fifty in an armored car. The Spanish commander and twenty soldiers were killed, and the remainder surrendered their arms.. The insurgents lost three men, got 1000 Mauser rifles and 200,000 Mauser cartridges. The censorship continues strict, No cables from the United States are allowed to be printed, in regard to the status of the belligerency resolution. The Government has ordered W, F. Mannix, an American correspondent, to leave Cuba. The cause is said to be an article in a Washington paper. - Mannix filed a protest with Consul ‘Williams, against his summary expulsion. The probable total of insurgent armed forces numbers close to 40,000 at present. Encounters with troops occur daily, but mostly of minor importance. ‘I'be Cubans continue to flee, fearing harsh measures on the arrival of Weyler. An official report has been issued stating that acting Captain-General Sabas Marin, having learned that Antonio Maceo, the rebel leader, intended to attack the town of Candelaria, in the provinee of Pinar del Rio, dispatched General Cannels to the relief of the place. He arrived yester- day in sight of Candelaria, Maceo’s. force was attacking the town. A number of local volunteers and a de- tachment of regulars had made a heroic defense for twenty-six” hours, but their po- sition was becoming difficult to maintain, owing to the fact that. their supply of am- munition was rgnning low. General Can- nela at once attacked the insurgents, who were led by Nunez and Sotomeyer, acting as lieutenants to Maceo, The rebels num- bered 6000 men. The fighting lasted two hours, when the insurgents retired. .The Spanish losses were five soldiers kiiled and three officers. and forty-eight soldiers wounded. The rebels left forty-five dead on the field. A large number of the insur- gents were wounded and seventeen were captured. . It is believed that the total in- surgent losses exceeded 200. General Weyler, the new captain-general, is ex- pected to arrive here Monday from Spain. J. FraNE CLARK.. e READY FOR PRIVATEERING. Cuban Vessels to Proceed to Sea With Letters of Marque. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C.,Feb. 7.—A mem- { ber of the Cuban Junta states to-night that on account of secret communications from Europe that Great Britdin would protect English bondholders in the island of Cuba it has been decided by the Junta, sented in Congress regarding belligerent | rights, that vessels in the United States and. South American republics that have been ready for armaments will, when the rosolutioris ‘sre handed to 'the Spanish Government, proceed to sea with letters of maraque for the destruction of the enemy’s commerce, and. that the commissions as admirals in the Cuban navy have been pre- sented to Captains Simmons, Miller and Johnson, of the United States; to Dr. Vie- tor of the Chilean navy, and to others. it diars DISORDERS AT MADRID. Public Disapproval of the Slaying of a Man. Who Hooted Campos. MADRID, Sparx, Feb. 7.—This city was the scene to-day of a demonstration that would have required but very little to have turned it into a serious riot. As told ‘in | these dispatches on Tuesday last, a num- ber of men hooted General Campos as he was driving to his residence from the rail- way station on his return from Cuba. A number of the hooters were arrested, and one of .them broke away from a gen- darme who had him in custody and sought to make his escape. The gendarmes fired twice at him and killed him. The shooting caused great excitement, and the Government was bitterly condemned by the Republicans. This afternoon the fune- ral of the victim took place and was at- tended by an enormous crowd. Fully 12,000 men, most of whom were Republi- cans, marched to the cemetery shouting for the entire distance, “Down with the police!”” “Down with Campos!” and “Long live the repubiic!”’ 2 The Government anticipated trouble, and there was a strong display of gen- darmes who, however, appeared to be afraid to interfere with the procession in any way, lest they provoke a riot, conse- quently the crowd sheuted itself hoarse until the cemetery was reached, when the great assemblage ‘stood with bared heads until the funeral rites had been completed. The greater portion of the crowd then dis- persed, but 2000 of its number again formed in line, and marched unmolested back to the royal palace, in’ front of. which they gathered unmolested and shouted, “Death to the King!” “Death to the Queen Regent!” and “Long live the re- public!” Even the guards who are alwayson duty about the palace seemed to be intimidated by the sullen temper of the mob, and made not the-slightest attempt to drive them away. After panly venting their anger against the youthful King and his mother, the crowd marched to the residence of General Campos, where a similar demon- stration of disapproval was made. The apathy of the police, which was un- questionably due to fear, was significant. So far as known the civil authorities made no request of the military for aid in dis- persing the crowd, the members of which did as they pleased until nightfall, . After darkness had set in it was pro- posed to gather under the windows of the hotel at which were stopping a number of Republican delegates who had come to Madrid especially to attend the funeral of the victim of the gendarmes and serenade them. The police had in the meantime mustered their conrage and told the lead: ers the serenade would not be allowed. The crowd, after insisting upon carrying out ‘their plan, finally listened to their leaders and dispersed. Fall of the Railroad Bridge. HARTFORD, Coxx,, Feb. 7.—There is no doubt ‘that six men'were drowned in the falling of the railroad bridge across the Pequabuk River between Forestvilie and Bristol last night. Railroad men are’ confident that this number covers the list of dead. One y - was recovered last night and this morning three others were recovered as they were floating past the Forestville depot. . Section Foreman Wil- liam F, Barry of East Hartford will die, in consideration of the resolutions pre- PEIRL BRVANS DECAPTATON Evidence Against the Fort Thomas Murderers - Secured. SLAIN IN COLD BLOOD. Walling Says Jackson Killed the Girl and Cut Off Her Head. BUT HE DENIES THE CHARGE. The Crime Was Committed in Kene tucky, Where the Prisoners Will Be Tried. CINCINNATI, Omio, Feb. 7.—The chain of evidence is: being more tightly bound about the Fort Thomas murderers as time progresses. The admissions of participa- tion” in various phases of the crime by Scott Jackson and Alonzo M. Walling continue, and piece by piece the volice are learning 2ll the facts which led to Pearl Bryan’s death and decapitation. Last midnight Walling made a statement to a reporter that Pearl Bryan was murdered in cold blood by Scott Jackson, who, he says, administered a hypodermic injection of either prussic acid or arsenic and cocaine, and then cut off her head to baffle identification. Late this afternoon Jackson dictated and signed the following statement: “‘Here, with the Bible in my hands, on my knees before God, I was not guilty of murdering that poor girl. I did get her to come to Cincinnati to undergo an opera- tion. Walling was to get $50 for perform- ing it.. I was guilty of getting him to do it, but not of murdering that poor girl. I don’t know where he kilied her, or how he killed her, or what he did with her after he killed her. I did mot kill the poor girl. He is the guilty man. Will Woods was to send $50 to him through me for perform- ing the operation. . This is the truth, so belp me God.” This afternoon Fred Bryan positively identified his sister’s remains at White's undertaking establishment, in Newport. An undertaker from Greensburg, Ind., is vreparing ‘the body for shipment to the latter plage.mhere it o Sheriff Plummerof Newport insists that the erime was committed in Kentucky, Aand this afternoon demanded the custody of Jackson, Walling and Wood, who are held in this city. They will probably be surrendered- to the Kentucky authorities to-morrow unless the prisoners refuse to go without requisition papers. This after- noon Jackson told the Chief of Police that on Friday night. Walling returned from Fort Thomas and left two valises at Legner’s saloon. “‘I met Walling there,” said he, “and took one of the valises. Walling took the other. We walked over toward the col- lege. On the way we saw two students of the college coming toward us. Not wish- ing to meet them we turned down Little Richmond street. At Central avenue Walling and I parted. He went to the college. His valise contained my - bloody trousers. I continued down Richmond street and emptied the contents of my valise into a sewer a square or so from the corner of Richmond street and Central avenue. The valise contained some clothes and something else; I don’t know what.” The police made a search of the cewers and turned up the trousers. Scott . Jackson and Walling were brought up from the cellroom of the central sta- tion this morning and taken to the Police Court. The men stood side by side be- tween two .officers and neither looked a: the other during the proceedings, Jack- son seemed the cooler of the two. When the Judge had asked the prosecutor if he was ready to try the cases the latter asked for a continuance. The case was contin- ued till February 13. The two men were taken to the County Jail. The bottle containing chloroform found in Walling’s room bore the label of Dr. Myers & Co., Hamilton, Ohio. Mr. Myers says he does not know Walling and that he cannot tell whether or not be sold him the drug or when. This morning Walling hinted that a doc- tor of this city was mixed up in the mur- der. Ac¢ noon he was asked to give the doctor's name. Walling saia: *“‘The doc- tor I mean has nothing to do with this case, only that Jackson had a conversation with him, in which he asked the doctor about poisons and the way they worked. The doctor's name is Littler, and he boards over at the house on Ninth street."” Shortly after this he told Mayor Cald- " well that Jackson gave the girl four grains of cocaine in sixteen drops of water, and then drove her to Fort Thomas, where he cut off her head. Evidence is accumulating to show the girl was alive when she reached Lock's farm where the body was found. Ur. Crane, who made the post-mortem examination, made a second and more careful analysis of the blood and stomach and found no signs of any kind of poison. This isin direct contradiction of Walling’s confession. ‘Will Wood, the alleged betrayer of Miss Bryan, has been sent to jail in default of $5000 bail. The charge is conspiring to.1n- dlice a criminal operation. . INDIANAPOLIS, INp., Feb. 7.—Nellie Crane, who ‘was one of Scott Jackson's female acquaintances while he attended the dental college in Indianavolis, said-to- day that she remembered him getting a lettér from a young woman somewhere, she did not know where, and he said to her, “D— this woman, I would like t6 get rid of her.” She asked why he did not marry her and he said that he would not have her. : Who Are the Judges? Of all the champagnes drunk mn this country the consumers of 79,049 cases pro- nounce_emphatically in favor of G. H. Mumm’s Extra Dry, the largest amount by 45,125 cases of any brand imported in 1895. The people know a good thing and are the judges.