The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1896 e e ettt e e A ———————————rs IN THE REALM OF THE MIKADO. War Indemnity Paid by the Chinese to Be Retained in London. NO CHANCES ARE TAKEN. Trial of Lieutenant-General Vis- count Miura and Others Ar- rested With Him. ALL THE ACCUSED ACQUITTED. An Insurrection in Korea Caused by Attempts to Change the Style of Dressing the Hair, TOKIO, Jarax, Jan, 25.—The Japanese Government has decided to retain the Chinese indemnity in London instead of converting it into silver and bringing it out to Japan. The amount at present in- volved is 120,000,000 yen, or about $67,000,- 000 in gold, and it will be increased by a further sum of 76,000,000 yen in May, when the Chinese pay the second instaliment of the indemnity. Japanese financiers have had to choose between the chance of a fall in the silver price of gold and the probable effect of a large purchase of silver in the open market. They have decided that the risks connected with the latter transaction outweigh the danger of the former con- tingency. The indemnity will, therefore, remain in London and be applied grad- ually to meet paymentsabroad on account of ships and material of war, steel rails, and so forth. The trial of the ex-Minister to Korea, Lieutenant-General Viscount Miura, and the other officers and officials arrested in connection with the coup d’etat in the Korean capital on October 8 has ended in the acquittal of all the prisoners. The military men—a lieutenant-colonel, a major aund six captains—were tried by court-martial, the charge against them being abuse of power in moving the troops under their charge in such a manner as to disturb the peace of a friendly state and to involve bloodshed. They were ac- quitted, evidence having been produced that they acted in accordance with the orders of the Minister, whom they were pound in duty to obey, and that they had no reason to foresee any consequences suf- ficiently unlawful to warrant disobedience. As for Viscount Miura and the forty- seven members of the legation and con- sularstaffs arraigned with him, the public procurator attempted to obtain their con- viction under the criminal accusation of having been accessory to the murder of the Queen. It wasfound impossible, how- ever, to procure testimony such as would satisfy a court of law of the Viscount's criminality in that sense, and he and the | Test were acquitted. The event has cansed sorie excitement in Japan, and evok from: the local foreign journals their usu anti-Japanese criticisms. They claim that because the attempt h#¥ failed to prove Viscount Miura a criminal 1t must be as- sumed that he had the instructions of his Government to support the insur- rection of the Tai Wonkun. As a matter of course, the Viscount’s responsibil- ity toward the administration that sent him to Korea and his responsibility toward the penal code of his country are totally. different things. No reasonable person supposes for a moment that in aiding a coup d’etat which had for its object the dethronement of the Queen of Korea he was acting in accordance with the instruc- tions of a Government whose aim was to increase the Queen’s power and direct its employment into progressive channels. The reduction of the insurgents in For- mosa 15 proceeding steadily but slowly. It appears that there still remain in For- mosa many thousands of disbanded Chi- nese troops and that they have succeeded in enlisting the sympathy if not the active aid of a considerable section of the in- habitants, It will cost Japan much trouble and treasure to subdue these rebels com- pletely, but she evidently feels that her honoris involved in achieving the task. Another blow has been given to the system of employing Chinese compra- es in foreign mercantile houses in Japan. Ching Yo-ting, compradore. of an English firm—Messrs. Findlay, Richard- son & Co.—has been arrested upon a rge of appropriating to his own use $70,000 belonging to the firm. Ching's methodfof procedure was to ascertain the lowest price that the firm would take for the goods of which it wished to dispose, and then to pocket the difference between that price and the sum actually procured by selling the goods. It is another ex- ample of the extraordinary confidence still placed by foreign firmsin their Chi- nese compradores despite frequent defal- cations on the part of the latter, and de- spite the fact that, however ill a firm’s offairs prosper, its Chinese compradore invariably grows rich, A sanguinary disturbance occurred in Kiang-yin on the 19th of December. Some Cantonese soldiers offered- violence to a woman keeping an opium-shop. Her creams quickly summoned a nuniber of vilians, and she rushed into the street raising a hue and ery such as Chinese women alone can achieve. Very soon the soldiers had to flee for their lives, but they quickly obtained a re-enforcement of sev- eral hundred comrades, and returning to the scene of their discomfiture were met by & motley crowd of citizens. A free fight ensued, ending in tne death of three men, two soldiers and one civilian, and the wounding of many on both’ sides. The soldiers were eventually driven back, the city gates shut and peremptory de- mands for reparation made upon the gen- eral in command. A weck afterward 2000 of the soldiers were sent away, but they did not all accept their punishment quietly. A portion of them resisting had to be surrounded, disarmed and marched ©on board ship under an escort with loaded rifles. An insurrection has occurred in Korea owing to a cause probably unparalleled in history, namely, the Government’s at- tempts to make the people dress tneir hair in foreign fashion. This innovation was inaugurated in the capital by a royal de- cree, the Kinegand the Crown Prince them- selves setting the example. Rumors spread among the provincials in the southeast of the peninsula that the new fashion was to be forced upon them at the point of the bayonet, and that troops were already en route from the capital to superintend the compulsory cutting off of quenes. The rus- tics rose in defense of their time-honored coiffure, but there is no prospect of the insurrection assuming serious dimensions. — BIDDERS FOR THE BOADS. Those Who Will Succeed in Securing a Part of the New Issue—Eckels’ Denial. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7.—Late this afternoon Assistant Secretary” Curtis announced that he was able to state that from a complete analysis of the bids for bonds that they showed that bids agere- gating $66,788,650 above 110.6877 had been received, and the 780 persons making these bids would be awarded bonas. The Morgan syndicate bid of 110.6877 for $100,000,000 bonds, or any part thereof, would be accepted for $33,211,350. All bids below the figure 110.6877 are therefore rejected. E The gold reserve at the close of pusmess to-day steod at $44,483,186. The withdraw- als for the day at New York amounted to $730,000. The following statement was to-day tele- graphed by Compuroller Eckels to the New York World: Ina dispatch from Washington, printed in the World of this morning, appears the follow- ing as coming {rom me: “Both Mr. Stewart and Mr. Morgan added their decimals in different inkin the bids they had originally put on their blanks.” No statement of this kind or of any similar character was made to the World’s corre- spondent or to anybody else by me, and there 1s no foundation in fact for it. Itis wholly and unqualifiedly false. 3 The only thing seid upon the subject of price which appeared in the bids of Messrs. Stewart and Morgan was that the Morgan syndicate was one bid only, while that of the Stewart syndicate numbered over 150, and that it was evident that the body of all these bids'of the Stewart syndicate had been filled in by their subscribers, while the uniform price of 110.075 had been inserted by the manager of the Stew- art syndicate. Nothing was said about the decimals or about the origin of the bonds or about the ink and decimals. In this connection it may be said that each figure upon both tne Morgan and Stewart bids is in the same colored ink as each other figure and every statement to the con. trary which has beeu sent out is absolutely false. James H. ECKELS. PACIFIC RAILROAD DEBTS. The Hearing by the Howuse Committee Is Postponed. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7.—There will be a postponement of the hearings by the House Committee on Pacific railroads for two weeks. At that time Ellery An- derson and ex-Congressman Coombs of New York, receiver and Government di- rector respectively of the Union Pacific, and C. P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific, will be heard. The hearings will then be continued until all the interested parties have been given a chance to speak so that, as Chairman Powers expressed it, “No one can com- plain that he has not had a day in court.” When the hearings close the committee will begin its preparation of a bill looking to the settlement of the two railways in- debtedness to the Government. fd et Signed by Cleveland. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 7.—The President at 4:30 o’clock signed the bill prohibiting prize-fighting in the Terri- tories and District of Columbia. WILL REPEAL THE CHARTER, Continued from First Page. they be sworn in by the Democrats of the Senate. Governor Bradley positively denies the stories 1n the morning papers to the effect that it had been decided to call out the State troops to suppress any possible con- flict in legislative circles. The Governor did not deny that the proposition was dis- |cussed in the Republican caucus last night, but he said that he had not yet even looked up the law on the subject. The talk was that persons attending the joint assembly to-day might have to march through a line of bayonsts before getting into the Assembly lobbies and the resulc was a bigger general attendance than ever. For the first time in several days many ladies were present. Senator Goebel, Presi- dent pro tem of the Senate, presided over the assembly in the presence of 134 mem- bers, 68 being necessary to a choice. The vote resulted: Hunter 66, Blackburn 62, Carlisle 2, Bate 1, McCreary 3. Theelection of Senator Blackburn is now looked upon as well-nigh impossible, ‘Witn the 134 members present sixty-eight are necessary to a choice. . Of these he has sixty-two with seven scattering. Of these latter Senator Wiessinger and Represent- atives Carroll and Violett will not vote for bim under any circumstances. If the Republicans spring anything new to insure Hunter’s election the Democrats will probably remain away and break a quorum. The action of the Republicans last night in withdrawing their nominee and refrain- ing from voting, thus allowing the Demo- cratic nominee, Miss Guy, to be elected librarian, causes a little anxiety among the Democrats for fear that Populist Poor ‘was committed to them for Senator in case Miss Guy was elected. Poor declared some days ago that there should be no election of Senator until Miss Guy was made librarian. Poor disclaims being a Populist. - He says he is independ- ent, but has always been « Democrat here- tofore. Some are inclined to think that he will never vote with the Republicans. Dr. Godirey Hunter; with George D. Todd, who has just been elected by the Republican City Council of Louisville to succeed Mayor Tylor, deceased, organized the Republican forces for the late election. The work was well done, and as soon as the smoke had cleared away his name be- gan to be mentioned for the Senate, and with an assurance that he would win. He had the support of Governor Bradley from the start. He entered the lists with no ante-election pledges (so he says), but feel- ing sure that with a clear majority of both houses on a joint ballot a Republican could be elected, he decided to make the race, trusting ihat his party would not overlook his work in its behalf. The rosy prospects for the Republicans drew ont several other prominent men as candidates, but sooner or later most of them were let out, and the doctor was made the caucus nominee. . Among these were: A. E. Willson of Louisville; ex-Chief Jus- tice Holt of Frankfort, Judge George Denny of Lexington and John M. Yerkes of Madison County. The predictions of Hunter’s friends that be would be eiected by February 6 have not yet been veritied, and though he may win, tne Democrats do not think so. They say that no Senator will be elected this this year unlessit is Blackburn, The bearing of the Senatorial fight on the passage of the Southern Pacific repea bill makes it of more than usaal interest to those concerned therein, especially as the proposed unseating of two House Democrats is threatened, to be followed by similar action with four Republican Sen- ators. SN DIEGO'S NAVAL PARADE, One Thousand Marines to Pass Before Admiral Beardslee. ALL IS IN READINESS, The Monterey Arrives and Its Seamen Will March in the Review. MILITIA WILL BE IN LINE. Brigadier-General Last and Staff and Colonel Berry of the Seventh Reach the City. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Feb. 7.—8an Diego is on the tiptoe of expectancy.§Every com- mittee connected with to-morrow’s parade and ball in honor of Rear-Admiral Beardslee has done its work to the smallest detail and to-night a little breathing spell is afforded before the busy time of to-mor- TOW. The arrival of the coast defender Mon- terey this morning aroused great enthus- iasm, as its bluejackets to the number of 100 will be added to the military and naval parade, making almost 1000 men who will pass in review before Rear-Admiral Beardslee. When the Monterey came into port it saluted the flagship Philadelphia and the Albatross, and both responded with a salute of seven guns. Admiral Beardslee was on board the flagship almost all day conferring with the local committeemen regarding the parade. The admiral expressed great anxiety to see the parade a success, and said he took a great personal interest in it. Brigadier-General Charles F. Last, com- manding the First Brigade, N. G. C., ar- rived from Los Angeles with his staff to-night, to take part in the parade. Colonel John R. Berry and Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas A. Nerney, of the Seventh Regiment, also arrived. The magnitude of the parade bas been growing constantly since its inception, and the prospective number of people who will witness it is correspondingly increased. The excursion from Los Angeles and other Southern California towns, which will arrive at 1:15 to-morrow afternoon, will fill several trains, and visitors are beginning to arrive from all parts of the gpunty. ‘The wind-up of the festivities will be the complimentary ball in honor of Rear- Admiral Beardslee at Hotel del Coronado to-morrow night. Six hundred invitations have been accepted already, and hundreds more have been issned. The immense dancing-room will be crowded. All the naval officers will be present in full uniform. Flags from the warships will form the decorations. S A TRUCREE’S WELCOME. Knights of Pythias Will Be Well Enter- tained in the Mountain Town. TRUCKEE, Carn.,, Feb. 7.—To-morrow will be Knights of Pythias day at the car- nival. Although, in one sense of the word, visitors will be greeted with a “‘cold”’ reception, the warm hand of hos- pitality will be extended, and a good time is promised to all. Liverymen are jubi- lant over the prospects of a good day, and all the available sleighs, cutters, bobsleds and other appliances for gliding over the snow will be called into requisition. Al- ready & number of people have engaged sleighs to take them to Lake Tahoe. This trip will prove a great attraction. A complete programme has been mapped out by Director-General Mec- Glashan for Saturday and Sunday, and a perusal of it is assurance of a day of un- excelled sport and pleasure. Sigmund M. Bettman, chairman of the Committee on Public Morals in the last Assembly, was here to-day, accompanied by Louis R. Jacobs of San Francisco. They are arranging for an excursion for the county officers of San Francisco, and are pleased with the carnival. ‘The toboggan slide is crowded with peo- ple to-night and skaters fill the 240-foot rink. The exhibit of citrus fruitsin the palace, facing the entrance, is a novel sight, and in strange contrast to the glit- tering icicles. The snow plow wiil proba- bly be brought out on Sunday to give vis- 1tors an insight into the manner the trains cut through huge depths of snow on the mountains. e LR SANTA ROSA’S CARNIVAL. Elaborate Preparations for the Rose Fete Already Under Way. SANTA ROSA, CaL, Feb. 7.—From present indications the Rose Carnival, to be held in Santa Rosa during the latter part of April, will be one of the grandest affairs of its kind ever held on this coast. Circular letters have been seni to those who contributed toward the expense of the carnival last year, asking them to double their subscriptions this year, and so far as heard from nore have refused, some business men having quadrupled their last year’s subscription. Hotels and restaurants are preparing for the crowds even now, as 30,000 visitors are ‘expected in Santa Rosa during carnival week. The programme this year will be enlarged and varied by the addition of an electrical display on the courthouse grounds, the plan being to have four elec- trical fountains at the four corners of the plaza, and the biz courthouse lighted by incandescent lamps from basement to dome. Twelye bands of music will be en- gaged to enliven the parade and to enter- tain the crowds with concerts by night, Roncovieri’s band being already spoken for. The official programme is now being prepared, and will include Olympian games at the big colliseum to be erected, bicycle races at the splendid track just completed, the “‘battle of roses,” crowning of the Queen and many other entertaining features. SAN LUCAS WILD MAN, Capture of @ Maniac Who Was Roaming Through the Brush. SAN LUCAS, CaL, Feb. 7. — Deputy Bheriff Dosh captured a wild man in the hills near San Lucas this morning. Re- vorts had come to the Sheriff’s office that @ crazy person was roaming in the hils, and at sun-up Dosh started forth to find bim. - About a mile from town he ran across the footprints of a man, and, fol- lowing them, found a hatless and coatless individual wandering among the brush on the bank of the Salinas River, After much difficulty the maniac was captured and brought to this place, Heis a man probably 35 years of age, and cannot give his name or those of nis relatives. He refuses to eat or drink, and will not converse with any one. He simply sits and watches strangers, and is suspicious of all who approach him. His whiskers and hair are long, and nhave not been touched by comb or razor in months. He is a total stranger to the residents of this vicinity, and many have come here to see if they couid identify him, but have thus far failed. The maniac is at present confined in the city jail. To-morrow he will be taken to the county seat, Salinas, where the medi- cal board will make, the necessary exami- nation as to his sanit; Gimnst L LOS ANGELES DAMAGE BSUIT. Jackson Tweedy Wants Pay for Having Been Struck by a Train. LOS ANGELES, Cav., Feb.7.—Jackson Tweedy has instituted an action for dam- ages against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, whereby he seeksto recover $75,000 for -severe injuries sustained through alleged criminal carelessness. The complaint states that on November 18, 1895, Tweedy was run into by a train of cars operated by the company, while he was crossing the railway tracks at Seventh and Alameda streets. The flagman, who i8 declared to haye been old and feeble, is alleged to have signaled him to cross with his two-horse team. Itisdeclared that the train was run ataspeed of thirty-five miles an hour, in open violation of the city ordi- nance, ana that the engineer failed to ring the beil. . AR UTICA MINE VICIIM, Death of a Laborer Injured While De- scending a Shaft. ANGELS CAMP, CaL., Feb. 7.—Chris Bocasnovich, the Austrian who was in- jured in the south shaft of the Utica mine yesterday, is dead. He was descending the shaft with several other men, when his overalls caught on a timber, holding him fast. Before the safety clutches could be applied by his companions, the bonnet of the skip struck him, inflicting mortal injuries. His sufferings were terrible. he only relatives Bocasnovich had in this county was a cousin, A. Radovich of Jackson, Amador County. SAN JOSE REFORM CLUB Purity in Politics the Slogan of the New League' of Californians. Will Aid in Securing Good Govern- ment in State, County and Municipality. BAN JOSE, Carn., Feb. 7.-—-About fifty young men met last evening and effected a political organization to be known as the League of Californians. The object of the organization is to aid in securing good government in State, county and local affairs. * The club will meet weekly. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, John W. Sullivan; vice-president, A. E. Under- wood; secretary. John A. Anthes; treas- urer, 0. D. Dewey; Marshal, R. S. Kooser. SR P 2 ROBBED A RESTAURATEUR. Vegetables Carried Away by the Cook and Dishwasher of an Eating-House. SAN JOSE, CAL., Feb. 7.—Charles Durei, a cook, and James Roberts, a dishwasher, pleaded guilty in Justice Gass’ court this morning to stealing a quantity of pro- visions from the Ensign restaurant, where they were employed. Durei was sentenced to thirty davs and Roberts to fifteen days in the County Jai. Durei would place a large quantity of food on a shelf outside of the rear door, and Roberts on leaving the restaurant would carry it home. Durei admitted the fact, but said it was the eustom in vogue among San Francisco cooks and permitted by the proprietors. A WILL LEAD THE PAGEANT. H. Ward Wright Elected Grand Marshal of the Rose Carnival. SAN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 7.—Ihe executive committee of the carnival of roses last evening elected H. Ward Wright grand marshal of the carnival upon the resigna- tion of L. ¢. Nesmith. ‘The parade committee reported that 150 floats were assured for the parade and that the number would most likely reach 250. The ground for the pavilion has been cleared and the erection of the building will be commenced 1n about ten days. — Justice Dwyer Reversed. SAN JOSE, Car., Feb. 7.—Judge Lori- gan to day reversed the decision recently rendered by Justice Dwyer in the suit of C. H. Corey to recover $100 on a check drawn against Crane, Henry & Co. of Los Gatos by J. W. Morrill, manager of the firm, and which gave Coreyd‘uugment for the full amount. Crane, enry & Co. clainied that Morrill had no authority to draw a check on the firm and appealed the case to the Superior Court. (ris Ay Salmon Caught at Gilroy. SAN JOSE, CaL.. Feb. 7.—Several good catches of salmon have been made in the streams abous Gilroy during the past week. On Wednesday George Giit caught nine salmon averaging nearly ten pounds apiece. SO I MERCED BANK DIRECIORS. New Board to Succeed That Ousted by the State Commissioners. MERCED, Car., Feb. 7.—Judge Law made an order to-day in the Superior Court appointing the following directors of the defunct Merced bank, the old di- rectors having-been removed by the Bank Commissioners: J. H. Simonson, C. E. Kocher, W. H. Hartley, H. C. Wolfsen and R. N. linghes. The deposed directors at their annual meetix:ig in January elected A, T. Hastings and F. A. Greene, and they, with the court’s appointees, com- plete the new board. The directors will meet to-morrow and organize. The latest move in the affairs of the de- funct bank 1s entirely in theé interest of the depositors. (L s STOCKTON SUIT SEITLED. Compromise in the Famous Action & Against the Ryer Heirs, STOCKTON, CaL., Feb.7.—It is stated here on unquestionable authority that the celebrated case of Chris Ryer against the heirs of Dr. Washington Ryer to secure a large slice of the dead man’s estate was compromised on Tuesday last, Chris Ryer, receiving something like $300,000 “for dropping the contest. There will be no further litigation, but for the present the terms of the compromise will be kept secret. The heirs will now agree among themselves as to the terms of the distribu- tion, and in their deliberations Christo- pher will be given an efiuq voice. The contestant is well i‘:elelse with the settle- ment, as he has been fearful that -pro- longed litigation would wreck the estate. 4 ricatd Plans of Stockton Bookmalkers. STOCKTON, Cavr., Feb. 7.—The ordi- nance recentiy passed by the City Council prohibiting the operation of pooirooms within the city limits goes into effect to- morrow and the Corbett people are pre- paring to move their place just outside the city and continue business. The license law recently passed by the Supervisors im- Pozu only a very light tax, and by turn- nstbdr place into a kind of resort at the of the streetcar lines they hope to be able to attract a crowd, TRAGEDY AT SACRAMENT. James Winters End His Life With a Charge of Shot. WAS IN POOR HEALTH. The Invalid Points a Gun Toward His Body and Discharges It With His Toe. LATELY CAME FROM MISSOURI. He Had Been Visiting His Daughter, the Wife of Assemblyman Hatfield. SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 7.—James Winters, the father of Mrs. L. T. Hatfield, wife of the Assemblyman from Sacra- mento County, committed suicide to-day by shooting himself in the stomach with a shotgun. At 11:30 thismorning Mrs. Hat- field called at his room and asked him to come out and take a walk in the yard, but he refused, saying that he did not feel well enough. In a few minutes Mr. Hatfield came home to luncheon, and when his wife went to call her father she was sur- prised to find that he did not respond to her knock and that the door was fastened. ‘When at last the door was forced open the body of Mr. Winters was found lying on the lounge. At first there was nothing to indicate that he was dead, but a mo- mentary investigation revealed the sad truth. He was fully dressed when found and a large hole burned in the center of his vest, from which blood was flowing, and an empty shotgun lying at his side showed how the deed had been committed. From the surroundings it was evident that he must have been sitting on a chair beside the Jounge when the shot was fired, and that he had fallen forward from the chair to the lounge. The slipper had been removed from his right foot, which inai- cated that he had pressed the trigger of the gun with his toe. It is stated that for some time past Mr. ‘Winters has been in miserable health, and was obliged, under his doctor's in- structions, to take morphine to relieve his sufferings, and it is believed that the con- stant use of the drug caused softening of the brain, The deceased was 70 years old, and was born in Illinois, whence he moved to Missouri, in which State he lived for many years. A few weeks ago he came to California on a visit to his brother, the Rev. William Winters of Hollister. On Monday last he left Hollister and came to Sacramento to visit his daughter, Mrs. L. T. Hatfield, at her home on the corner of Fifteenth and O streets. I SACRAMENTO ACQUITTAL. Hugo Klaas’ Slayer Discharged Upon Motion of His Attorney. SACRAMENTO, Car., Feb. 7.—John Hurley, who shot and killed Hugo Klaas several days ago, was this morning dis- charged upon preliminary examination. After theintroduction of evidence by the prosecution the attorney for the defense introduced the evidence of several wit- nesses and*then moved to discharge the defendant, and the motion was granted. The shootiug occurred at the breaking up of a German dance at an uptown hotel. Four voung men about town, among whom was Hurley, attended the dance. After the dancing stopped the proprietor of the hotel tried to eject Hurley because of some misunderstanding about payment for drinks. A general fight ensaed in which two young men were badly beaten. When the crowd reached the sidewalk Hurley drew a revolver and fired three shots, killing one man and wounding an- other in the leg. e LN WANTS BOTH CONVENTIONS. Sacramento Offers Inducements to Re- publicans and Democrats. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Feb., 7.—There was an enthusiastic meeting of citizens to- night to devise plans for getting both the Democratic and Republican State conven- tions to meet in this city. Committees on arrangements and finance were appointed. It was agread to send a circular letter, to- gether with a personal letter, to each member of both the Democratic and Re- publican State committees, stating the ad- vantages which Sacramento had to offer to meetings of large bodies of people. It was decided to appoint at a later meeting a committee to attend the meetings of the committees of both parties and urge upon them the advantages offered by Sacra- mento. £ The meeting seemed very much in earn- est and the most prominent men in the city were present. David Lubin was chair- man. SUNOMA CANNERY SOLD. San Francisco Men Purchase the First Established in the County. HEALDSBURG, Car., Feb. 7. — The Magnolia and Healdsburg Cannery, the largest fruit-packing house in the county, bas been sold to a firm of San Francisco fruit-handlers, who will operate it exten- sively the coming season. T. S. Merchant, the heaviest stockholder of the former company, informed a CALL representative that the new proprietors would at once commence refitting and enlarging the establishment. The‘MzagnoliA Cannery was the first established in Sonoma County, and has been extensively operated in years gone by. In the season of 1893 over 80,000 cases o{ canned goods were packed and $25,000 aid out in wages alone. Last season Mr. Khrclnnt did not run the plaut, and the ill effects of the closing down of the can- nery was felt among the working classes. Mr. Merchant says the new owners will operate more extensively than he has ever done, and the residents of Northern Sonoma are elated. st o R PORTLANID’S MUERDERER. George Baxter Declares He Was Made Desperate by His Wite’s Depravity. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 7.—George Bax- ter, who murdered his wife last night, will recover from his self-inflicted wounds. Early this morning he made a brief state- ment regarding the motive for his crime. He said: “I was perfectly crazed by the thought that the woman [ once so dearly loved should have fallen so low as to get drunk in public drinking places. Her utter dis- regard for any sentiment in the matter and her heartless taunts at last made a fiend of me—it absolutely for the moment killed all the good in my nature—and I cut her throat with the razor I used for shaving. “A moment thereafter I would have given the world had it been in my power to recall the p; g half hour, I real- ized then that [ had forfeited my own right to live, but how could T leave my dear little Edna? When the officers came, though, to arrest me, I resolved to putan end to myself. Oh, { didn’t want to live.” —————— STRIFE AT DEL MONTE, Insurance Men Unable to Settle Their Differences. DEL MONTE, CArL., Feb. 7.—The war- ring factions of the insurance rzen assem- bled here are still unable to come to any agreement, and an adjournment has been taken until to-morrow morning. All the sessions to-day have been stormy, and the same old questions that have created the dissensions in the past are to the fore. The questions of the rate of compensa- tion to the city agents has been the rock upon which the convention has snlit, and it seems that the differences on that point cannot be settled. Like Banquo’s ghost, it will not down. Another disputed point is the question of representation. There does not seem to be any immediate prospects that an agreement will be reached, and insurance rates will not go jumping skyward to keep pace with the rise in wheat, S e MANOLI4A BLUFF INSPECTED. Government Commissioners Selecting an Army Post Site. SEATTLE, Wasm., Feb. 7. — Colonel George H. Burton, inspector-general of the Pacific Army District, with head- quarters'at San Francisco; Colonel George M. Randall, Eighth Infantry, stationed at Fort D, A. Russell, Cheyenne, and Captain Crosby P. Miller, assistant quartermaster, Washington, D. C., -constituting the Government committee to select an army o0st site_on Puget Sound, inspected ghnolia Bluff on the northern limits of this city to-day. This is the site favored by General Otis, who was originally a member of the committee. It is expected that the committee, of which Colonel Burton is chairman, will remain on the Sound inspecting proposed sites for several weeks. TRAINING AT STANFORD. Field Men Settle Down to Hard Practice for the Spring Events. The Inaugural Baseball Game the Season Will Be Played To-Day. of STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Feb. 7.—The fieldmen at Stanford are.stirring up the cinder path to good purpese each evening. All the men are rather stiff and are being put through such exercise by Captain Toombs as may soonest bring them imto form for hard training. One great difficulty with the new men is in the sprints, where they find great trouble in getting off quickly. All the sprinters are slow in starting as yet. Brunton 99 and Holbrook ’'97 are the best men at getting off. Much is expected of Brunton this year, as he has made good time in the 100 yards, 220 yards and quarter mile. Holbrook is a runner from Michigan University and has a record of 10 3-5 seconds for the 100 yards. Bernhard '96 will certainly make a good showing, barring accidents. Bernhard is Stanford’s hope for the 100-yard dash and the 220- yard event. Brown '97 will run in the mileand is even now in fair condition. At the present time he holds the inter collegiate and coast record for the mile He is oneof the most careful, conscien. tious workers on the Stanford track, and his example means much for the other men. Brown m ay be called upon to enter the half mile, but the mile is his strong- hold. In the hurdles Dole 98 and Reynolds, 96 are the best men Stanford can boast. Reynolds’ training has been broken into by a slight illness, but he will soon begin work. Réynolds is also good at the high jump, while Dole holds the intercollegiate record for the pole vault. Johnson 98 is trying for the broad jump. He has done as good as 21 feet 10 inches in a contest, but is in poor form now. Under Wilbur's coaching the weight- putters are doing good work. Fickert '97 and Hazzard 96 are making progress as bammer-throwers, while Fickert, Carle '98 and Freeman ’99 are all doing fine work in the 16-pound shot put, The inaugural baseball game of the sea- son between two of the college fraternities —the Phi Delta Theta and Zeta Psi—will take place to-morrow. A number of the best baseball men in the college are mem- bers of one or the other of the fraternities, and a hot contest will surely take place, H. D. Sheldon '96, president of the As- sociated Students, has been authorized by the executive committee to gather to- gether all the constitutions of all college organizations and to have them printed in pamphlet form. Up to this time a num- ber of the union college organizations have kept thewr franchises on waste sheets of paper, and itis to do away with this and to keep the constitutions in some per- ém“!end‘ form that the new plan has been evised. A MUTINY AT ASTORIA Men of the Bark Bedfordshire Refuse to Take the Vessel to Sea. Made Superstitious by a Succession of Accidents Aboard—Will Be Forced to Sail. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 7.—The crew of the British bark Bedfordshire has muti- nied and refused to take the vessel to sea. The sailors claim that the vessel is unsea- worthy and they fear that they will go to Davy Jones’ locker if they raise its anchor. Their superstition is the result of a succession of accidents that have be- fallen the vessel ever since it reached port. Its master, Captain Hugo, has increased the feeling against the bark by stating that since it leit the home port it has met with many reverses. The men are above the average in in- telligence and of long experience on the sea. They are convinced that there isa “hoodoo’” of some kind about the vessel. Four of the crew were arrested as desert- ers yesterday and put back on board. Captain Hugo to-night engaged Deputy United States Marshal Stuart to see that his vessel gets to sea in the morning. Stuart has made arrangements with eight longshoremen to go aboard at 5 o’clock and raise its anchors and stand by while the tug Relief tows her over the bar. When it gets outside, Captain Hugo says, be can quell the mutiny without assist- ance. The longshoremen employed to.do the job are of the kind wuo will not hesi- tate to do what 1s told them when a United States Marshal gives the orders, —_—— Santa Monica Suicide. SBANTA MONICA, Cin, TFeb. 7.—An unknown man, aced about 40, 5 feet 9 in height and dressed in dark clothes, jumped from the old Los Angeles and Inderndene- Railway wharf here this evening. Ropes were immediately thrown to him, but e refused (o seize them, and before he could be rescued by persons who went to his aid in a boat, he was wnedl out to sea, A ROMANCE OF SPOKANE, Miss Lillie Lewis Plans and Executes Her Own Abduction. ASSISTED BY TWO MEN. They Invade Her Home and Deal Violently With Her Father and Brother., COMES BACK FOR HER JEWELS, Admits When Detected That She Had Conspired With a Lover to Out- wit Her Parents. SPOKANE, Wasn., Feb. 7.—Miss Lillie Lewis of, this city succeeded in abducting herself last night. She was assisted in the venture by two men, who handled her father and a brother rather roughly in carrying out the girl’s romantic plan. Two strangers drove up in a hack to the residence of Perry Lewis after dark, and when Lewis apveared at the door in re- sponse to a knock he was rendered sense- less by a blow from a cudgel. The men then rushed into the house, seized Miss Lillie, who is a handsome 18-year-old girl, and dragged her into the hack. John Lewis, her brother, ran to the rescue with revolver in hand, but was hit upon the head by a rock thrown by oneof the men before he could shoot. Before he could recover from the blow the hack was rapidly driven away with the two men and the girl. The girl’s parents were wild with grief. They were unable to account for the abduc- tion and at once had the entire police force of the city hunting for the strangers and their captive. The search was continued all night and forenoon, bat shortly afier 1 o’clock this afternoon an event transpired tending to put a damper upon the officials’ efforts. The girl was detected in her father’s house attempting to smuggle out her clothing. When discovered by her father she became defiant and declared that she had planned the pretended abdue- tion. She was in love with one of the two strangers, and, knowing that her father would never consent to her marrying him, had entered into a conspiracy to secure freedom from parental discipline. Her only regret was that she had for- gotten to take her clothing and jewelry. Lewis attempted to prevent his danghter from leaving the house, but she attacked him like a tigress and made her escape. She is believed to be now living with one of the strangers somewhere in the City. The two men are believed to be of shady reputation, while Lewis is =a respected citizen and Miss Lewis a girl of beauty and accomplishments. The young woman, however, is of a wayward disposition, having once when a mere child figured in a runaway marriage, which was broken afterward through the efforts of her par- ents. i tais PEND D’OREILLE GOLD STRIKE. Earth Rich in Yellow Metal Found Along the River. SPOKANE, Wasm., Feb. 7.—The story of arich gold strike was brought to this city to-day by a miner named Robert Hughett. It was made on ground along Pernd d'Or- eille River, twenty miles north from the mouth. The country is almost impenetra- ble, and has never been prospected before. Hughett reports that a miner, a few days ago, in working a bar with a rocker, brought up several large nuggets. In two days’ work he had washed out $450 in coarse gold, most of which was as large as peas. Hughett had with him about $200 in gold that he cleaned up in three aays. News of the discovery has spread like wild- fire, and miners are flocking to the scene. Hughett returns in the morning with a stock of provisions, preparatory to working his claim. THE DOCTOR’S EXAMINATION! ‘When did you first begin to feel badly? Three months age, doctor. Your skin has been thus dry and yellow ? Yes, doctor. Your eyes look dull and yellow; also the white of the eye is yellow. Yes, doctor. How is your appetite? Not very good, doctor. Do you feel drowsy and stupid all the time? Yes, doctor. Do you sleep well and is your sleep re- freshing? No, doctor. Let me see your tongue. Yes, it is badly coated. How long has it been thus? Two weeks, doctor. Your breath is certainly offensive, Have you noted this before ? - Yes, doctor. Jaundice is the result of an inactive liver. Your liver has become elogged up. The bile is reabsorbed by the different tissues of the body. That is why your skin and the white of your eye is 8o yel- low. Your liver is very inactive. You must have a liver stimulant. A mild remedy taken regulerly will relieve you permanently. I will write a prescription: R. s JOY'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA M. Sig. (one bottle) Two teaspoonfuls three (3) times aday. When bowels are regular take one teaspoonful.