The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1896. POPULAR VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, That Method Recommended in the Election of Senators. REPORTED IN COMMITTEE An Important Amendment to the Constitution Is Deemed Necessary, MANY BENEFITS WOULD ENSUE To Take Away the Powsr Now Held by Transient Legislatures Is Desired. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20.—The | Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions this morning made a favorable re- porton the amendment to the constitution, providing for the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the peovle. 1e report is very voluminous. Among | other things it says: | “In the judgment of your committee any | movement that looks to the right of the | people to be heard directly in the election of Senators cannot but result beneficially | to all concerned. The adoption of this | proposed amendment will, in the judg- | ment of your committee, bring the Senate into more amicable relations with the peo- | ple. It will relieve prejudices now exist- ing, which are becoming deeply and dan- gerously fastened upon the public mind. It will invoke a spirit of mutual forbear- ance and respect as between the Senate and the people, which unfortunately does not now exist to that degree that is de- sirable. | “It will restore confidence. It will tend to elevate the character, advance the dig- ity, increase the usefulness, extend the | influence and justly magnify the power of the Senate, and at the same time promote | the welfare of all the people of the repub- | lic. The tendency of public opinion is to | disparage the Senate and depreciate its dig- ‘ nity, 1ts usefulness, its integrity, its power. ‘ i If there is any cause for this tendency in tke public mind, it should be relieved with- out delay “One weighty and personal objection to | the presen stem of electing Senators by the Legislatures of the respective States,’” the report continues, “‘is that the power \d right of the individual voter are hedged about and circumscribed, his will is manacled; his volition paralyzed; he cannot vote for his choice. The present | system is in practice, purpose and effect a tion that for some occult reason ch is in no way made manifest, it is un- and prejudicial to the public interests mmit the election of Senators to a of the people.” : committee points out that the ma- 1terests of the States suffer by rea- son of the protracted Senatorial contests that are of such frequent occarrence. In- stances in New York, Oregon, Washing- ton, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Ken- tucky are cited. Popular opinion has, the committee : says, taken hold of the subject and the de- | mand for this change is loud and em- | phatic. The belief in the public mind is dly gaining that proper deference is not given by the Senate of the Unitod | States to the demands and interests of the people, and that is largely due to the fact that Senators do not owe their positions to the people, who are permanent, but to the Legislatures, which are transient. In con- clusion the committee says: | The people demand a voice in the elec- | tion of Senators and such demand, in the judgment of your committee, should be respected. So whatever may be said to the contra: whatever may be thought of the sanctity of the ' Constitution as it | stands, it must be admitted by all that the people are becoming restive under ite re- | straints on the right of those entitled | under the constitution and laws to exer- | cise the elective franchise. The move- | ment of the people in the interest of the people on this as on many other questions is stalwart and universal, and the sooner | this great fact is recognized by the repre- | sentatives of the people the better.” s N CONVENTIONS. decl to ¢ ve REPUBLICA In Several Distriots Two Sets of Delegates Were Elected. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 20.—Con- ventions were held to-night in the thirty- five Assembly districts in the city to | choose delegates to the Republican State Convertion to meet here next Tuesday. The latter body will select four delegates from the State at large and four alternates | to the National Convendon at St. Louis. There was considerable disorder in seve- ral of the districts, and notably in the Twenty-fifth it was necessary to call upon the police'to clear the floor and maintain uiet. g In the Thirtieth Distrigt the police were | also required and the unique spectacle of two conventions in one room, Platt and anti-Platt, was enjoyed. The din was Geafening, and of course two sets of dele- gates were elected. Two sets of delegates were also elected | in the Thirty-tbird District, where a | tumult reigned for twenty minutes. The | police here too restored order, and but for | their presence serious trouble would have ocenrred. 2 z In the Thirty-second District convention it was nearly midnight before an organiza- | tion cou'd be effected. Upon a preliminary | matter the Platt wing wus outvoted by 62 to 48, The Platt men thereupon im- mediately bolted and organized another convention. The police did their utmost | o Dreserve order. It is claimed by the anti-Platt people that they elected their delegates in the First, Second, Thirteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-seventh distriots. Two sets of delegates were elected in several districts. 7 Among the prominent delegates are: Clauncey M. Depew, Edward Lauterbach, Leopold Stern, William M. Evarts, Fred- erick S. Gibbs, ex-Postmaster Van Cott. In several of the conventions resolutions indorsing the candidacy of Governor Mor- ton were adopted. In other districts there were no resolutions and in no case was any other candidate than Morton men- | COLEAN, N. Y., March 20.—The First | Ascembly District Republican Convention Was held at Franklinville this_afternoon and declared itself strongly for McKinley. SCH TADY, N. Y., March 20.— The Twenty-first Congressional District convention named delegaies to St. Louis and recommended Morton for President. ST. PAUL, Mixx., March 20.—County conventions were held throughout Minne- sota to-day to select delegates for the State | aud Congressional district conventions to | | ciates, lay in wait for Howell near his | that he will be taken back to Texas at once. | esting news in colored Republican circles | Cleveland’s recent appointee as a Fish name delegates to the St. Louis Conven- tion. The returns so far indicate that McKinley has made considerable inroads upon the preserves of Senator Davis. The State Convention will be for Davis by a small majority. This will give Davis eleven and McKinlev seven delegates from this State. The State Convention will as- semble Tuesdayt ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 20.—The Re- publican State Central Committee of Mis- souri met here to-day and fixed the dates and locations of the two State conventions. St. Joseph was selected~ as the place for holding the convention of May 27, when delegates to the National Convention will be chosen. The convention to nominate a State ticket and announce a platform wiil be held in Springfield on July 22. One other matter of importance was settled, and that is that Chauncey I. Filley is in control of the State organization. 3 The thirty-four members of the commit- tee were polled on Presidential preferences, with the following result. McKinley, 29; no choice, 5; Atlison, second choice, 6. Their views on the duty of the National Convention toward a monetary plank were: Sound money, 15; bimetallism, 4; friendly to silver, 2; non-committal, 13. SOU McALESTER, I T., March 20.—The Republicans of the Choctaw Nation to-day at Muskogee elected a dele- gate to the St. Louis convention and in- structed him for McKinley. GUTHRIE, 0. T., March 20.—The Re- publican County Convention after a hot contest this aiternoon decided to send a solid Reed delegation to the St. Louis convention. MUEDERER A VAGRANT. Dearmond, Alias Rice, to Be Taken Back to Texas for Trial. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 20.—A re- quisition was received yesterday at the office of the United States District Attor- in Brooklyn from the United States istrict Attorney in Paris, Tex., asking for the arrest and forwarding to Texas of J. W. Dearmond, who is at present a pris- oner in Raymond-street jail, where heis serving a term of thirty days on a charge of vagrancy under the name of Charles Rice. Rice's sentence in Brooklyn expires at noon to-day. Rice, or Dearmond, is wanted in Texas to answer a charge of murder in the first degree, found against him by a Unifed States Grand Jury on May 26, 1891. Since that time the officers of the Government have been looking for him. There were five other men indicted with Rice, or Dearmond. The charge against the prisoner is that on January 6, 1891, he, with the other men, met a man named Erward Howell in Pickens County, Indian Territory, and demanded his money. Howell, it is said, was a cattle-raiser and had considerable money in his possession. Dearmond, it is charged, with his asso- home and shot him when he refused to give them money. Then they robbed him of what money he had in his posses- sion and afterward robbed his house. It is_expected ibat the officers from Texas will be on hand with the necessary papers when the prisoner is arraigned to-day and e IO WED A NEGRO ORATOR. Ex- Governor Pinchback’s Daughter En- gaged to C. W. Anderson. NEW YORK, Y., March 20.—The Sun says this morning: The most inter- in New York City last night was that the Hon. Charles W. Anderson of the Twelith Congressional District is shortly to marry a daughter of ex-Governor Pinckney Ben- ton Stewart Pinchback of Louisiana. An- derson is chief clerk for State Treasurer Addison B. Colvin at Albany and has re- cently returned from a prospecting tour in the South in favor of Governor Morton. Ex- Governor Pichback and Mr. Anderson are very warm friends. Pinchback is a frequent visitor at Ander- son’s home in New York City. Ander- son’s father was educated at Oberlin Col- lege and Anderson had a stepbrother in the United States army. Anderson is con- sidered one of the most effective colored Repulican orators in the country. He TULARE: COUNTY'S DUTLAW CLIQUE Strong Evidence Against Alleged - Accomplices of McCall. SUPPLIED THE RIFLES. Weapons Owned by Si Lovren Held Bullets for Daggett and Reed. HOW MERRITT WAS WARNED. The Story of the Intended Train Rob- bery as Told by One of the Gang. VISALIA, CAL., March 20.—The feeling of indignation over the attempted robbery of the Southern Pacific train near Goshen Wednesday night is very great in this lost his life. Britt says that McCall told him of Keener’s trying to get him to join in the robbery. Several days ago “Billy” Ross, the al- leged pugilist, was seen carrying two rifles to the repair-shop of Weaver & Wild. On last Tuesday he was in the shop and was heard to ask: “Is them guns of Si’s done yet?” He was told they would be ready next day. The next day, Wednesday, the day of the attempted robbery, a roustabout of the Lovren saloon, known as “Frenchy,” went to the repair-shop and stated that “Mr. Si Lovren sent me for two guns that ‘Billy’ Ross left to be fixed up.” After the two rifles, a Marlin and a Bal- lard, were given to him *‘Frenchy” left a dog-collar to be repaired, with the remark that Lovren would pay for all. That Mar lin rifle was the one that Dan McCall had with him when he mounted the tender and tried to kill Deputies Daggett and Reed. It was the weapon that Reed se- cured on the coal of the tender after the dead robber had falien off, and which is now in the possession of the Sheriff. The officers yesterday made a demand on James Edwards, the barkeeper in charge of the Lovren saloon, for the Bal- lard rifle. Edwards declined to deliver up the rifle without an order from Lovren. Officer Russell procured a search warrant and then Edwards gave it up. The red cheese cloth that had been placed around the lantern intended to be used by the robbers in stopping the train was purchased by Si Lovren at the store of the 8. Sweet Company on Wednesday, the day the attempt was made. “Billy” Ross and Eugene La Crouche were arrested and placed in jail. They are the men who carried the rifles to and from the gunshop to be repaired—the rifles made the speech of the night at the Lin- coln dinner a year ago. It could not b ascertzined last ni:ht whether the mar- | riage is to take place in New York or | Louisiana. e ASSAILED I. .4 COURTROOM. | Postal Inspector Murphy the Target of a | Conjidence Operator. NEW YORK, N. Y., March ald special from Atlanta, Ga., says: George W. Dice, called by the secret service men “0ld Man Brokway of the West,” madea desperate effort vesterday afternoon to kil Inspector Murphy of St. Louis, Mo., who is one of the prosecuting witnesses in | the case against him. This occurred in the United States courtroom during a recess. Dice says that Murphy is not treating him fairly in his trial, and he claims to | have an arrangement with Murphy, under | which he told the story of the gang'sop- | erations. Dice was talking pleasantly | with some of the other Government offi cials when Murphy drew near. He sprang at Murphy’s throat, but, being hurled aside, grabbed a heavy chair and tried to hit the detective. 1n thefightseveral peo- ple were knocked down, but no harm was done. The case against Dice is believed to be a strong one. Inspector Burns testified yes- terday that the alleged counterfeiter had confessed, and had implicated J. 8. Keener, a bi dealer here. He is said to have shipped a lot of stuff to Kansas City for Dice, but he claims to be ignorant of the box. Keener came here from Chicago. S i SKIPPED WITH THE MARGINS. A Her- A Warrant Out for the Arrest of an Embezzling Manager. WATERLOO, Iowa, March 20.—The Equitable Produce and Stock Exchange of Chicago wired their representative in this City to-day to drrest P. Kirkpatrick, local manager for them at Cedar Falls, Towa. Kirkpatrick, it is alleged, has disappeared with about $10.000 of his employers’ money, consisiing of margins put up on pork and lard by Cedar Falls traders yes- terday. The missing man has here tofore borne a splendid reputauou. J A R Does Not Apply to Brice. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 20.—A Tri- bune special from Washington says: R. 3. Bowler, Comptroller of the Treasury, has settled all doubts as to whether Brice, Commissioner, can hold two offices and draw two salaries. Comptroller Bowler bas announced that the law prohibiting | any officer of the United States from hold- ing two offices, the combined compensa- tion of which cxceeds §$2500, does not ap- ply to his case for the reason that the law | expressly exempted from the probibition in question retired officers of the army and navy. 2 g Shot at Fort Sheridan. CHICAGO, IvuL., March 20.—Private Al- ten of Company A, Fifteenth Infantry, shot and fatally wounded Private Call of the same company at Fort Sheridan this morning., While being disarmed Allen was accidentally shot with his own re- volver and will probably die. S Kingsley at Augusta. AUGUSTA, GaA.,, March 20.—A. L. Kingsley of San Francisco, who is wheel- | ing the Continent, arrived here to-night | and leaves in the morning for Savannah. He left the Pacific Coast, January 1, and his route hass bLeen via El Paso, New Orleans, Montgomery and Atlanta. Death From Measles. JACKSON, Miss., March 20.—Miss Mec- Laurin, a daughter of Goveraor McLaurin, aged 17, died -to-day at Brandon Female College, where she was in the senior class, The cause of her death was measles. DAN 7 7 . 1= MeCALL, THE OUTLAW WHO WAS KILLED. ty. Severe punishment of the men who are supposed to be the prime instigators of the affair is demanded. That the offi- cers should have been informed in advance of the proposed hold-up creates much comment, and every one is eager to learn bow the plans of the robbers happened to be told in such detail to the Sheriff. A CavL correspondent to-day interviewed the gentleman who was tirst approached by Britt, who gave the scheme away, and he consented to tell the story, stipulating | that his name should not be used. He| said: | “About ten days ago Britt came to my | boarding-bouse and asked to see me. He came into the sitting-room and told me he nad a secret he desired to tell me. We went out to the gate, where we could talk without danger of molestation. Britt re- | marked that he was a stranger in this community, and that he de-ired to do the public a great favor. He assured me that by speaking be took his life in his hands. He wanted me to tell the Sheriff the story of a contemplated crime, but he wanted me to go with him and introduce him to Sheriff Merritt, so that his story would be believed. “Britt said that Dan McCall and others were going to hold up the Southern Pa- cific train and that he had entered into the conspiracy so that he could prevent | the consummation of the plan. McCall first told him that he could make money easily if he had the right sort of blood in him. Afterward the plot to rob the train was matured. Brift said they were all sworn to secrecy and loyalty, the penalty for any one who backed down being sure death. “Under the circumstances Britt was very cautious about what he said. He told me that McCall was in constant com- munication and consultation with Si Lov- ren and Charley Ardell, and that it was those men who furnished the guns and ammunition, They. kept McCall braced up all the time and gave him confidence by telling him the best detective in the Southern Pacific force was dead, meaning Hickey. “‘Britt told me that it was McCall who tried to hold up Ben Hicks a short time ago. McCall also talked about the prob- able profit in holding up Dr. Patterson, but Britt said he told him that the doctor would have too much sense to carry much money with him. I did not try to get all of bis story, but listened to enough to convince me that he was telling the truth, and I immediately had him meet Sheriff Merritt, to whom ke told everything.” Arana, an old acquaintance of Dan Mc- Call, was seen by a CALL correspondent to- dav. He gave the following 1acts about the dead robber: **McCall was 38 years old. He was born at Santa Cruz, where he left his mother, two brotbers and a son, a boy of about 15 years. McCall’s wife died several years ago. He shot and killed a man on the coast before coming to thisvalley. The man disputed a land claim which McCall held, and it was shown in court that Mc- Call had killed him in seli-defense. Me- Call came to this valley with a tough eiti- zen, who was afterward killed in arow, but he never got into trouble before.” Arana says also that McCall was invited by John Keener about a year ago to go porth with him and assist in robbing a stage in Calaveras County. Keener was cutting wood with McCall about a month before that stage robbery, in which Keener which were used by McCall in the fight with the officers. So far as known, the only evidence against Ardell i3 the state- ment made by Britt that Ardell worked with Lovren and helped supply the robber with guns and ammunition. Haines will be charged with being an accessory before | the fact, as he furnished the giant powder. The wounded officers are getting along nicely. Reed is around attending to his duties, while hopes are entertained of the recovery of Daggett. The following is a synopsis of an editorial which appeared in this evening’s Visalia Daily Times: A wave of virtue is sweeping over this city at the present time, and Lovren and Ardell, the men under arrest for complicity in the latest sttempt at train robbery, are being roundly denounced as the leaders of a gang of outlaws. It is not vpleasant to have the papers all over the country writing about Visalia bandits, for our experience with Evans and Sontag demon- strated that such a reputation is not profitable for the community. * * * The Times has no desire to allay the feeling of indignation that Las been aroused by the arrest of Lovren and Ardell, but it will be just as well if we look at the situation honestly, and when we start about working out a reform we should not be afraid to do a complete job. When Assessor Coffee was killed in the Lov- ren dive the character of the place was as well known asitis to-day. The indignation aronsea by that murder was as great as it is now over the supposed connection of Ardell and Lovren- | P! in the latest attempted train robbery, in which | two brave officers were wounded, one of them perhaps fatally. As a result of the popular feeling at that time the Board of Supervisors poassed an ordinance by which such dives could be closed up. It was thought that it would be impossible to get seven freeholders in Visalia to vouch for the good moral char- acter of Lovren or Ardell, but those worthies had no trouble in getting more than the re- quired number of signatures—all of them sub- stantial business men. A decision of the Su- preme Court some months later deprived the Supervisors of jurisdiction over granting Ticenses to saloons in incorporated cities, but the City Council of Visalia very soon there- after adopted an ordinance substantially like the county ordinance. Again it became necessary for the men who were running the dive to get the signatures of seven freehorders that thewwere men of good moral character and proper persons to cou- duct a saloon. The best men in Visalia again signed the petition and the dive, which has been a stench in the nostrils of all law-abiding citizens and the breedine-p!ace for all manner oi crime, obtained a permit 1o carry on the devilish work. * * * The Times has no desire to criticize the gen- tlemen who signed the petition in Lovren’s favor, for if the particular ones who did so had not acceded to his request in that behalf there are others who would. But what is needed is a sentimentin the community that will meke the ordinance regnlating the grant- ing of licenses to questionable places where liquor is sold effective. This city has had enough advertising of the Luvren sort and our pockets if not our conscience make it impera- tive that such blotches on our community should be promptly removed. Two brothers of Dan McCall arrived this evening and the funeral will take place at 10 A. M. to-morrow. Discases Weve Raging. BALTiMORE, Mp., Mafch 20. — The British steam bark Severn, Captain Reed, from Rio de Janeiro, January 21, arrived here to-day after the most tem- pestuous voyage she has ever experienced in her mary trips to and from Brazilias ports. Captain Reed reports that during the stay of the Severn the weather was rainy nearly all the time, and yellow fever and_ smailpox were ragin; uring the week prior to her sailing, persons died from yellow fever,and many more from smallpox. A SACRAMENTD WOMAN'S FREAK, Tries to Commit Suicide as a Rebuke to Her Husband. TWO FUTILE ATTEMPTS. Throws Herself Before a Loco- motive on Which He Is the Fireman. SAVED BY AN ENGINEER'S ACT. He Stops the Train and Prevents a Tragedy—Domestic Troubles the Cause. SACRAMENTO, CarL., March 20.—Mrs. G. F. Rollins, the wife of a Southern Pa- cific fireman, attempted to commit suicide last night by throwing herself across the track before the eastbound overland train as it was passsing through the yard after leaving the depot. On the engine of this train was Rollins, the woman’s husband. Engineer Dilly who was in charge of the locomotive, acted so promptly in revers- ing and applying the air brake that the woman's purpose failed. She sprang to her feet and ran swiftly away, but after the train got into motion again reap- peared and threw herself in front of the engine a second time. Again the prompti- tude of the engineer saved her, and she was caught by the engineer of a night switch engine, who had her conveyed to her home. Mrs. Rollins’ statement of the cause of her attempted suicide is as follows: “My husband and I quarreled to-day about his sister. When my husband came home yesteraay and found that I bad quarreled with his sister he told me that I could pack up my things and leave.. This drove me nearly crazy and I determined to kill myself in such a way that he would never forget it. I wrote to him telling bim what I intended doing and 1 tried to carry out my purpose. It wasnot my faunilt that I was not killed, as I did everything in my power to have the engine crush me to| death. My husband has been good to me with one exception, and that is that he believes what his relatives say about me. He always gives me his money and treats me kindly, but when any trouble comes up between me and his family be always takes sides against me. I could not stand it any longer and resolved to die.”’ Concluding, Mrs. Rollins said: “I am glad I was not killed, because my husband will be back at 5 o’clock to-night and per- haps he will forgive me and treat me more kindly.” —_— EXAMINERS MEET. Settlement of the Rock-Crushing Plant Claims Adjusted.” SACRAMENTO, Car., March 20.—The Board of Examiners, Bureau of Highways and State Prison Directors held a joint meeting this afternoon to determine what fund should be drawn upon to settle the bills of the rock-crushing plant which has been erected at the Folsom prison. When a bill was presented against the appropria- tion to Controller Colgan he had refused to issue a warrant on the grounds that the bill was not payable out of that fand. After consultation the matter was ad- justed. The claim of $344 of Surveyor E. van Gilden, who had been employed to survey the site for the plant,was then considered. The Board of Examiners refused to allow the bill, as the Burean of Highways had acted without consulting the board in his engagement. The members of the Bureau of High- ways contended that the work was neces- sary and they were personally responsible for payment. It was tinally agreed that the Prison Commissioners should inquire into the mattér at their meeting which will be held to-morrow at Folsom. Ee e NAMED BY THE GUVEENOR. A Grist of Appointments Announced at the Executire Office. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 20.—Gov- ernor Budd to-day appointed J. B. Rein- stein, T. G. Phelps and Jobn E. Budd Regents of the State University. Rein- stein had been previously appointed for a short term and resigned to be appointed for a longer term. C. Ruddock was appointed director of the Mendacino Insane Asylum, vice Charles Cunningham, resigned. John B. Harris of Los Angeles was ap- ointed a committee of one, to act in con- junction with a committee formuiating plans for an American-Mexican exposition. J. B. Carr, J. D. Trescony and John B. Iverson were named directors of Agricult- ural District No. 7, to succeed themselves, their terms having expired. George W. Parsons was named vice- vresident of the committee on trans-Mis- sissippi and International Exposition. — STOLE HOKSE AND BUGGY. Remarkably Bold Daylight Theft Near the Capitol Building. SACRAMENTO, CavL., March 20.—A re- markably bold theft of a horse and bugey was committed to-day, and though the thief got well away into the country, he was caught and returned to jail. While W. W. Chapin wasat lunch at the Sutter Club’s quarters, some one stole his horse and buggy irom 1n iront of the State Bank building. Word was sent out by telephone to various.points, abd J. G. Pat- terson, at Routiers station, on the road to Folsom, apprehended a man named John Hill, who was driving asif for dear life towara the foothills. The prisoner had i Chapin’s outfit and Constable Warren of Perkias brought him back to town. had been out of the jail only two days. Colimaae Hill WATER FOR THE CAPITOL. It Will Probably Be Supplied From an Artesian Well. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 20.—At a meeting of the Board of Examiners to-day the question of supplying the Capitol building with water from an artesian well came up and Secretary of State Brown was instructed to look into the matter and report as to the advisability of piacing a large tank in the dome and having a well to supply it with water. Upon request of B. M. Lelong, secretary of the State Board of Horticulture, the question of drawing up the prospectus of a law providing that the cost of destroying diseased plants and fruits be taxed to the vessels landing them was discussed, and Mr. Lelong was requested to draft such a law. b —————— Sunday-School Convention. SACRAMENTO, Can., March 20.—The State Sunday-school Association, compris- ling delegates from all denominations throughout California, will conyene at the First Congresafionul Church in this city on April 1 and will remain in session for three days. Many of the ablest biblical scholars on the coast will be in attend- ance, together with notable speakers, among them Dr. Cantine and Dr. Chap- man. The main subject under discussion will be methods and ideas as regards the study of the Bible in the Sunday-schools. MoCALL HAD CONFESSED. Told His Sister That Lovern and Ardell Planned the Robbery. SANTA CRUZ, Car., March 20.—Mrs. Frank McCall, sister-in-law to Dan Mec- Call, who was killed ‘in the attempted train-robbery near Tulare, said to-day that Dan told her that Si Lovern and Charles Ardell, the Visalia saloon-keepers now un- der arrest, were the men who put- up this train-robbing job. He told ber two years ago that these men were trying to per- suade him and a woodchopper to rob the Angels Camp stage. On that same night they offered to supply himself and the woodchopper with ammunition and guns. They were to bury some money, so they could get away in case there was a raid made on them. Dan did not consent to the scheme, and when the stage was stopped there was but one man known in it. He was the wood- <hopper. Lovern and Ardell were not suspected. FLAMES IN A FLAT. Caused a Panic Among the Guests in an Adjoining Hotel. CHICAGO, IrL., March 20.—Fire, which started from a gasoline stove in the first flat at 403405 North Clark street this morn- ing, caused a panic among the boarders in the Empress Hotel, adjoining the build- ing. Mrs. Olive Condee, in whose flat the fire started, tried to smother the flames at first, but she and two of her boarders, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Goldex, were compelled to reach the. ground by a ladder in the rear in order to escape death. Mr.and Mrs. Golden had their hair singed while tryin to escape. Many of the hotel guests ha narrow escapes from serious injury. Many of the guests were forced to run to the street in their night clothes. S e Passed Counterfert Coin. CHICAGO, Irn., March 20.—Matthew Schneiders, said to be an old-time coun- terfeiter, who has operated on the Pacific Coast, was arrested in Chicago to-night, together with three other persons, charged with making and passing counterfeit coin. He was caught with a man named Peter Schouh while passing some dimes of his own make, and has confessed his guilt. Ih Schouh’s house were found molds for making nickels, dimes and_half-dollars and a number of the molded coins. Dr. Frank Morsch, a physician, and his wife were also arrested, being implicated by the confessions of Schneider and Schouh. —_— _ To Protect Salmon Fisheries. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20.—The Senate Committee on Fisheries this morn- ing ordered a favorable report,with amend- ments on the bill to protect the salmon fisheries of Alaska. All reference in the bill to salmon trout was stricken out. The comnmittee ordered a favorable report on the nomination of Commander Brice to be Superintendent of Fisheries. 3 e New Mexico’s Bonds. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20.—Gov- ernor Thornton of New Mexico and Colonel Gildersleeve of that Territory to- | day addressed the House Committee on Territories in opposition to the amend- ment offered by Senator Brice to the State- hood biil regarding the issue of bonds. Colonel Hale of New Yark appeared in support of the amendment. fommen. McGhee 1s Electod. 4 DUBDIN, IreLaxD, March 20.—The elec-- tion to fill the seat in the Ifouse of Com- | mons for the south division of Louth | made vacant by the death of Dr. Daniel Ambrose, anti-Parneilite, was held yester- | day. McGhee, anti-Parnellite, was elected by avote of 1626, against 1243 for Nolan, | Parnellite, and 469 for Cailan, Inde- | pendent. I e il gl v Monaco’s Big Annuity. LONDON, Exg., March 20.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Monte Carlo saying that the Prince of Monaco has granted the Cisino a fur- ther concession for fifty years:.n condition | that his annuity be increased irom £60,000 to £80.000. The present concession does not expire until 1913, ARG Waller Is Now Frei. PARIS, France, March 20.-The final formalities for the release of Joan L. Wal- ler, formerly American Consul in Mada- gascar, who was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment for conviying in- formation to the Hovas regarding the French, were completed to-day, and Wal- ler is now free. DOORSTEP WAIFS AT SUNNYSIDE Twin Babies Left at the Home of an Honest Mechanic. FOUND IN A BASKET. A Sad Note From the Mother Accompanies the Crow- ing Pair. WILL PAY FOR THEIR CARE. She Says They Will Come Into the Possession of a Fortune at * Maturity. PORTLAND, Or., March 20.—The family of B. F. Mansfield at Sunnyside was pre- sented with a beautiful pair of twins early yesterday morning under extraordinary circumstances. Miss Luey Mansfield, the eldest daughter, stepped to the front door at that hour for the milk can left there daily. Beside the can she saw a large wicker basket holding two very handsome infants. The sight startled her and she called for her father, who went out.and carried the basket into the house. The bedding in the basket and the dresses of the babes—a boy and a girl, both about a week old—were of the cost- liest material. Pinned to the pink coverlet beneath a gossamer blanket was a note, written in a beautiful hand and evidently penned by-a woman of some education. It read as follows: Kind Friends: These children were born in holy wedlock, but their father is far away from the scene. I also am astranger in your midst, having lived in Portland a month only. For reasons I cannot explain I am compelled to consign my little ones to your care, and I pray you care well for them, so that the bless- ing of God may rest upon you. Herein I inclose $20 for their first month's care, and a similar sum will be transmitted to you on the first of every month hereafter. Should anything befall my children, or should vou at any time remove from your present home, communicate such fact to “Alpha and Omega” care of the Anglo-Califor- nia Bank at San Francisco. In time, if condf. tions permit, I will make myself known to you; but should such time never arrive I as- sure you that the children will have a good competency when reaching _their majority. You also shall be better rewarded for what kindnesses you meay bestow upon them. May God bless you and my little ones, from whom I am parted by & cruel fate. The letter bore no signature, and the Mansfields are at a loss to account for their selection to carry out the mission im- posed upon them. They have not the re- motest idea who the mother of the twins is, but as Mansfield, who is a mechanie, is not well provided with worldly goods the promised $20 a month will prove a help to them. The mother is presumably well-to- do, and future rewards are expected from her. Zhe Massachusetts at.Sea. 3 LEWES, Der., March 20.—The battle- ship Massachusetts passed out to sea this morning on her builder’s trial trip, return- ing to-the breakwater at 2:30 ». M. She then made several rapid runs between the “Brown’’ and the Capes, evidently for the purpose of testing her steering apparatus, and at 5:45 P. ). anchored at the “Brown,” where she will probably lay until high tide when she will continue up the bay to Cramp’s yard. Death of an Artist. LONDON, Exc., March 20. — George Richmond, a well-known portrait painter, died in this city yesterday. He was born in 1809. All writing is originally picture writing, and this has been found more or less fully developed among most semi-civilized na- tions. The Egyptians used it, and by the| time the Phoenicians first constructed an| alphabet out of it—about 1700 B. C.—it was in this condition. Ten the last day. Come at once and $20 garments, in black, blue, NEW TO-DAY. To-night winds up that Dollar Suit Sale It has been a big week’s business. know now where clothing bargains are to be had. To-dayis All of San Franclsco see those handsomely tailored , brown and mixed Cheviots, Cassimeres and Tweeds, for TEN DOLLARS. COME QUICK! COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS OUR ONLY BRANCH in S. F. is at 211 Mont- mery st.. . Mills idg. Avoid firms us- ing a similar name. 541 MARKET STREET.