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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1896. SAD PLIGHT OF A STOCKTON MAW. Ex-City Clerk Campbell Crazed by Continued Misfortune. FOUND IN A BOXCAR. Discovered by His Sons After a Search of Several Days. HIS REASON HAS DEPARTED, Stares Blankly at Kith and Kin Without a Gleam That Betokens Recognition. STOCKTON, CAr., June 8.—C. A. Camp- bell, formerly City Olerk of Stockton, who | has been missing from his home on San Joaquin street since last Thursday, was found this morning in a demented condi- tion in a boxcar of the Valley Railroad in the western part of the city. On Thurs- day morning Campbell went as usual to bis office in Parkers alley, where he had been conducting a collection agency, and was there up to the noon hour. Then he left to go home to luncheon, but was not | seen after that time by hisfamily until | discovered to-day in the boxcar. When he did not return for his evening | meal Campbell’s relatives began to worry over his absence, and his sons started out | to look for him. On Friday the matter was reported to the police, but on account of Campbell's prominence they kept his disappearance a secret. They made little effort, however, to find him, and he was discovered this morning only through the efforts of his sons. Since Campbell was defeated for office | last year he has been acting as accountant | for several concerns and conducting his | collection bureau, The latter business was | not remunerative, and it is believed that his ill luck so preyed upon his mind that | he became demented. He was seen walk- | ing near the banks of Stockton Channel | on Friday night, and it was then feared | that he had plunged to death in the | waters. A young man named Fanning saw Campbell wandering aimlessly about in the western part of the city yesterday | and reported the fact this morning to the missing man’s sons. They at once started to search for him and later discovered him lying flat on his back in one of the unused boxcars on the Valley road. Campbell was-staring vacantly at the top of the car and did not recognize his sons when they entered and asked him to go home. They lifted him to his feet and } placed him in a carriage, taking him direct | to his home. Up to the present he has| not recognized any of his family and | nothing can be learned as to his wander- ings since Thursday noon. 1 Campbell was elected City Clerk in 1886 | and held the office continuously until last year, when he was defeated by J. M. Mc- Call, the Democratic candidate. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, United Work- men and Knights of Pythias and has held prominent offices in all of these orders. g 00COS ISLAND’'S TREASURE. Tales of Pirates’ Buried Loot Confirmed by an Ola Sailor. STOCKTON, CaAL., June 8.—S8ince the expedition from this city on the schooner Hayseed in search of some $60,000,000 of buried treasure that was supposed to be hidden off the coast of Costa Rica on that garden spot in the Pacific, the Isle of Cocos, and the failure of the Hayseed’s crew to locate the treasure, Jacob Simon, the projector of the plan, and Captain Geissler, his agent, have obtained from the Costa Rican Government a concession to farm the island for a long term of years, | and ere now colonizing it and planting it with coffee. These facts were related in Tae CaLr, and as a resuli letters have been pouring in upon Simon from all parts of the country. Several days ago he received an offer from a prominent Honoluln capitalist, who proposed to send a colony to Cccos Island to help raise coffee there and seek for the buried treasure. As Simon and Geissler have an iron-clad contract with the Costa | Rica Government, the proposals made by | the Honolulu merchant have not resulted in anything. Bimon recently received another letter from Oregon, in which the writer states that in 1848 he was a sailor before the mast | and bad as a companion on the voyage a Kanaka, who told him about the hidden treasure the pirates are supposed to have stolen and buried on the little isle. His companion made him’ promise to save enough money to go with him in search of the treasure, but they became separated after the voyage and the Ore- gonian forgot all about the story told him by the S8andwich Islander until he read in THE CALL a few weeks ago about the efforts of Simon and Geissler to locate the mil- lions in Spanish doubloons. Then the tales of his old shipmate recurred to him | and he wrote to Simon to tell him that he had heard the very same facts of which the Stocktonian and his partner are in pos- session. The Stockton man intends to keep up the search for the hidden money, and, al- though he is wealthy now, he hopes some day to possess a portion of the loot of the gold-laden ship bound for Spain. I REBEKAHS AT A BANQUET. Reception to Two Officers of the Odd Fellows’ Sister Order. BTOCKTON, CAL., June 8.—A reception in Odd Fellows’ Hall was tendered to-night to Mrs. Hoyle Greenwood of this city, the State president of the order of Rebekahs, and to Mrs. Thorndyke, who was recently elected grand trustee of that order. All day long the members of the organization were engaged in Gecorating the hall. The lodgeroom was beautifully garbed in pink and green. A banguet to which nearly 200 guests sat down was given at the con- clusion of the reception. By theafternoon traina large delegation of visitors came from all parts of the conntry. Among them were: Mrs. Mij- nerva Karsner, grand vice-president, of Oroville; Mrs. Mary E. Donoho, grand secretary, of San Francisco; Miss Dell Savage, grand marshal, of Livermore; Miss Olive Allen, past grand president, of Banta Rosa; Miss Gertrude E. Moreland, E“t grand president, of San Jose; Miss ‘annie Benjamin, past grnndg)resident. of Los ‘Angeles; Mrs, C. A. Hoxett, past %‘;snd representative, of Gilroy ; Mrs. Sollie olf, grand trustee, of Sacramento; S. Moreland of San Jose, Dr. Savage of Liver- more, 8. N. Wyckoff and wife of Berkeley and A, P. Murgotten and wife of San Jose. Dentists Invade Santa Cruz. BANTA CRUZ, Car., June 8.—The ad- 7zance-guard of delegates to the iwenty- sixth annual convention of the California State Dental Association, which opens on Wednesday morninf, arrived to-day. They are Dr. Russell H. Cool and Dr. ‘Walter F. Lewis of Oakland and Dr. A. H. Mories of Alameda, With Dr. Bliss of the Iocal arrangement committed they spent a part of the day in acquainting themselves with the plans. The main body of the delegates will arrive to-morrow in a special car, which is to be placed at their disposal at S8an Francisco. e SACRAMENTO ROMANCE. From Hymen's Shrine to a Prison Cell Is a Young Husband Cruelly Hustled. SACRAMENTO, CAL, June 8.—John G. Rose, a young man of Portuguese descent, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of perjury preferred by his very recent fathe er-in-law, A. L.da Rosa. For some time past Rose has been ‘‘making love” to Phinie da Rosa, a demoiselle of fourteen summers, and this afternoon John ap- peared before the Deputy County Clerk and made application for a marriage li- cense. Unfortunately, he swore that the girl was of age. Procuring the necessary document, he hied to a Justice of the Peace, in company with Miss Phinie, and the bonds which no man is to put asunder were woven. John and his youthful bride returned home, and received the congratulations of all the elderly female members of the Por- tuguese colony, and a grand celebration was inaugurated; but in the midst of the feast the father-in-law put in an appear- ance with a myrmidon of the law, who placed John under arrest. 5 The weeping bride attempted to cling to her husband, but was torn from hisem- brace by herangry father, and incarcersted in the house, while John occupies a cell in the City Prison. The affair has created a furor among the Portuguese settlement, all sympathy being with the young couple. St S £ CONVENTION Nominations for Positions at the Demo- cratic Gathering. SACRAMENTO, Oarn, June 8—John Markley, William McLaughlin and Judge Add C. Hinkson, the committee on at- taches for the Democratic Convention, have selected the following gentlemen whom they will recommend to the dele- gates to fill the several offices: Secretary of the convention, Edwin F. Smith; clerk, Hugh M. La Rue Jr.; clerk, P. A. Byrne; clerk, James C. Carroll; sergeant-at-arms, Thomas W. Johnston; first assistant, Mat Coffey; assistant, C. C. Duhain; assistant, 1. N. Smith; assistant, Charles Studarus; }uoncr. Prince Bufford; porter, Thomas Halloran; porter, N. P. Brofy; page, L. N. Makree; page, Samuel Wait2; page, John McLaughlin; page, Mervin Norton; page, Malter Sheehan. tie city has volunteered to defray all expenses of the convention those named for the positions have agreed to donate their services, as was the case in the Re- publican Convention., It is feared that considerable delay will occur in the roll- call, as several counties have failed to for- ward lists of delegates. —— Brady’s Captors Rewarded. SACRAMENTO, CaL., June 8.—At the meeting of the Board of Examiners to-day the claim of Thomas O’Brien, asking for the $300 reward for the capture of Brady, the train-robber, was rejected, and the amount equally divided between Alex Mc- Donald and W. A. Johnson, who found the bandit secreted beneath a bridge and captured him. ATTACHES. et Sacramento Street-Car Hold-Up. SACRAMENTO, CAL., June 9.—An elec- tric-car was held up at Twenty-eighth and P streets by a masked robber at midnight. The conductor was forced to hand over what money he had—about $6. The rob- | ber escaped OLD IN FRESNO STREETS Pay-Dirt Struck by Laborers ‘While Digging on a Main Thoroughfare, A Mining Claim at Once Staked Out On a Vacant Lot Adjoining. FREBNO, OaL., June 8.—Gold was dis- covered in a street of Fresno to-day. A force of laborers was digging & hole for an electric-light post at the corner of K and | Calaveras streets when the discovery was made. The men were digging out hard- pan about six feet below the surface, and threw the dirt upon the street. Foreman A, D. Bmith noticed that the earth looked similar to gold dirt, he having formerly been a miner in Colorado. He washed three panfuls of it and secured 24 cents worth of the metal. There appeared to be a streak of ore-bearing earth through the stratum of hardpan. All the dirt which the workmen had thrown up in the street was placed in sacks and hauled away under the direc- tion of Mr.Smith. A mining claim was also staked out on an adjoining lot, which is vacant, g Affray at Vanden Station. SUISUN, CaL., June 8.—J. B. Fineout, a teamster on the Brooks ranch at Vanden station, shot and seriously wounded A. Dorsey, a negro, this morning. The two quarreled over a trivial matter, and Fine- out claims Dorsey struck him with a rock. Fineout ran into the house and procured a shotgun. When he emerged the colored man commenced throwing rocks at him, and Fineout fired. A charge of shot struck Dorsey in the back and thigh. Fineout was arrested. —_— Fire Near Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., June 8.—A cannery on the Washington side of the Columbia, op- posite this city, supposed to be that of the North Shore Packing Company, owned by George & Baker of this city, was burned to the ground to-night. As there is no telegraph or telephone communica- tion with any point nearer than Chinook, no particulars haye been obtained. The fire is supposed to be of incendiary origin, resulting from the Columbia River fisher- men'’s strike. Biebe Trial Postponed. Nothing was done in the Siebe perjury case in Judge Wallace’s court yesterday morning, except to adjourn until Friday morning. Sec- retary Willcutt was to have been put upon the stand, but he is sick in bed with bronchitis. Mr. Clunie is waiting for the Supreme Court decision in the contempt matter before closing his case, and his threat last week to read the taxroll has made the defendant willing to grant a postponement. Mr. Clunie yesterday morning submitted to Judge Wallace for his signature a commitment of Secretary Willeutt for contempt, which the Judge will probably take action upon by Friday. e Lady of Mercy Academy. The graduating exercises of the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, at Fremont and Harrison streets, will be held next Tuesday at2P. M. In. vitations have been issued for the occasion by the Sisters of Mercy. Baby Dunham Adopted. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Brewer yesterday formally adopted Percy Osborn Dunham, the infant child of the San Jose murderer. Tha child’s neme is now Brewer. The papers were signed in Judge Slack’s court. A sponge having a_ circumference of 5 feet 6 inches has been taken from the waters of Biscayne Bay, Florida. TRAVELED AS A SN JOSE WIDOW, Mrs. Emma Parker's Gay Masquerading in the East. A “MRS.” TO HER NAME. Appeared as a Young Woman Who Mourned a Hus- band’s Death. FATHER-IN-LAW'S FAILINGS, Mrs. Bickel’s Reminiscences of the Capitalist Whose Will Is Now Attacked. BAN JOSE, CarL., June 8.—The contest of the will of George H. Parker, deceased, instituted by Emma L. Parker, the widow of the testator's deceased son, was re- sumed in Judge Reynolds’ court this morning. Most of the day was taken up in reading depositions. Some of them tended to show that Mrs. Emma Parker had led a rather gay life before marrying Edward L. Parker, and that she had mas- queraded through the East as Mrs. Brown, a rich young widow from California. W. E. Crossman, a real estate dealer of this city, was the only witness called for the contestant this morning. He stated he had known the late George Parker inti- mately for many years. On one occasion, shortly after his return from the East in the summer of 1892, George Parker came into his office and said he was worried over the disposition of his property, as his son head married an adventuress. Parker said that his sister, Jane Pomeroy, had in- formed him of the bad moral character of Mrs. Emma Parker. At that time Ed- ward Parker was sick and his father did not expect him to recover. The deposition of Dr. James Campbell, president of the Board of Health of Hart- ford, Conn., and a member of the Yale faculty, was read. Dr. Campbell stated that he had known Edward L. Parker well for years. He considered Parker methodi- cal, business like and of good habits and he bore that reputation in the com- munity. A deposition from John P. Wheeler, treasurer of the Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Company in Hartford, was also read. Wheeler testified as to Parker’s good business and personal habits. His reputation as a business man was so good that on one occasion the bank loaned him $1000 on his unsecured note of hand. Depositions of B, S. Kippy and W. W. Walker, grocers of Hartford, Conn., were read. Both Walker and Kippy were neigh- bors and friends of Edward L. Parker and his wife. Both testified asto the cordial relations between Edward Parker and his wife. Their characterand standing in the community was considered very good. Par- ker was not extravagant. W. W. Walker had gone on Mrs. Emma Parker’s bond as administratrix of her husband’s estate. The next deposition was that of W. H. Birge, who had been employed as book- keeper in Edward L. Parker’s shoestore in Hartford from 1870 to 1876. He saw Mrs. Parker only once before her marriage. Then she was known as Mrs. Brown, a rich young widow from California. He first saw her in Parker’s store. After Ed- ward Parker’s marriage he had several conversations with Jane Pomeroy. On seversl occasions she said she wanted to separate Edward from his wife, as she did not regard Mrs. Parker as a fit companion for Edward. She said she had written to George Parker all about his son’s wife, and when nhe came Easttrom California he would settle thematter. Mrs. Pomeroy said that Mrs. Emma Parker was a schem- ing adventuress and had entrapped Ed- ward into marriage, and that if he did not leave her his father would disinherit him. Mrs. Sue Bickel went upon the witness- stand on_ bebalf of the contestants. She was Mr. Parker’'s housekeeper and had al- ready testified in the case. “She said: ‘“‘After Mr. Parker returned from the East his mental condition haa changed for the worse He was given frequently to talking to himself. He had a ‘painful distaste,’ as he told me. He complained of kidney trouble and I often haa to heat water to relieve him 1inthe nizht. Just before he went East in 1893 he told me that trouble would drive him insane. He said that once when he was in trouble he went almost out of his mind. “When he returned from the East, he seid they held a seance at his sister’s house and his departed wife conversed with him through the colored medium, Joe. Mr. Parker spoke of a great many mediums, among them Fred Evans, He brought slates home twice, showed them to me, read them and I read them. He took copies of the slate messages and sent the copies to his sister, Jane. ““When the letters came t{o him from Mr. Lewisin rezard to his son’s condition, Mr. Parker sent them back to his sister Jane. He said he did not understand why Mr. Lewis should be so much inter- ested in the matter, and if he expected anything from Jane Pomeroy for his ser- vices e would probably ‘slip up on it.’ *‘Letters came from Hartford speaking kindly in regard to his son’s illness, and Mr. Parker sent them back to his sister. In the letters the writers said they would keep bim informed in regard to his son’s illness. “‘Mr. Parker said he was uncertain from the letters he had received as to what his son’s condition really was. He thought some of the letters were written under the influence of his son’s wife. Ido notre- member that he told me what his condi- tion was when he made his will. He took his will to the East with him, and when he came back he said he had changed his will so as to take away Ed’s $10,000, and the §1000 income was changed to $300 to please Jane Pomeroy. “He said he did not intend to give the Pomeroys anything except that hLe would give one of the daughters a Normal School education. He spoke of giving one of the Pomeroy children, who was lame, a cork leg. The purchase of the cork leg was suggested by Mr. Franck. Mr. Parker seemed quite put out about it, and he said Mr. Pomeroy had money enough to buy the cork lez himself. e remarked that he would deed the Pomeroy children the piece of Froperty at the corner of Market and William streets. He did not .fi’ any- thing as to what he would do for Marshal a:)‘memy in the way of leaving him any- ing. “After Ed was taken ill Mr, Parker said the cause of it was that his son was living high and burning the candle at both ends, He said he received information in regard to his son’s wife from Jane Ponieroy. Mr. Parker remarked that he might live with his son and his son’s wife, but not during Jane or Noah Pomeroy’s lives.” The witness was shown a photograph of a young woman. It was intimnated by Judge Patterson that the picture was that of one of the dancing girls in the troupe that G. H. Parker intended to organize. “I cannot see what relevancy this photo- Bnph Las in the case,’’ remarked Mr. eimas. ‘““This is a picture of a very fine- looking woman. [do not think it would be an evidence of unscund mind for the testator to take an interestin such a photo- e 1 raph and its original. However the pic- ure is a green spot in_a dreary desert of testimony to-day, and I shall not object to looking at it myself and allowing the jury to look at it.” The picture was then handed to Judge Reynards, and subsequently it was in- spected by the attorneys and jurors. It was that of a young woman in very modest attire, except'that there were no sleeves to her dress. As regards the original of the gicture, the witness said she understood rom Mr. Parker that it was a photograph of Mrs. Barto. i “I know of my own knowledge that it is not a photograph of that lady,” said Mr. Burchard. ‘It is an outrags that her name skou{d be dragged into fi)e case in this way,” said Mr. Delmas, ““I insist that the picture shall dence,” said Mr. Patterson, an marked as contestants’ exhibit 5. On cross-examination by Mr. Delmas, the witness was shown a letter which she identified as being in her handwriting. The letter was offered in evidence by Mr. Delmas. It was written to Jane Pomeroy, and re- ferred to the runaway accident and the death of Mr. Parker, who was referred to as “Pop” in the letter. The writer said she did all she could for him in his ill- ness, Witness testified : ““Mr. Parker always spoke of his son kindly. He sometimes remarked that he did a'great wrong in letting his son go away from him. He was affectionate to his son, as far as was in his nature.” 0 in evi- it was —_— Fay Declared Eleoted. BAN JOSE, CaL, June 8.—In the Second Ward election contest J. P. Fay, the con- testant, was this evening declared elected Councilman by four votes over Homer Prindle, who, by the original count, had thirteen more than Fay. ey S Held for Stealing a Bicycle. SAN JOSE, CAL., June 8.—George Law- head, who was arrested at Martinez a few days ago on a charge of stealing a bicycle On further cross-examination the | MORTON AFRAID OF HIS LIFE His Goldbug Ideas Did Not . Please a Silver Advo- cate. EMPLOYED A BODYGUARD Also Had Detectives Vainly Hunting for the Man Who Threatened Him. IS SAFE NOW IN WASHINGTON. Assures His Friends That a Gold Candidate Has No Barthly Chance of Winning Heres Secretary Morton is busy nowadays tell- ing his Washington friends what a narrow escape he had from being assassinated by the silver “‘cranks” of S8an Francisco on the occasion of his recent visit to this City. Itis safe to assume, however, that the Hom. J. Sterling Morton, Who Received Threatening Letters From a Silver Advocate. from Charles Stiver in this city about a | month ago, was arraigned before Justice Gass to-day on a charge of grand larceny. Lawhead’s examination was set for June 10. In default of $1000 bail he was sent to jail. ————— Death From Apoplexy. BAN JOSE, CaL., June 8.—Coroner Se- cord this morning held an inquest upon the body of John Campbell, who died sud- denly yesterday afternoon while riding on a Julhm-s&ree{ electric car. It showed thatdeath resulted from apoplexy. Camp- bell was about 35 years of age, and engaged in the wood business at Ninth and Julian streets. ROSEBURG MANIAC SHOT, Wounded While Resisting Capture by Supposed Enemies. ROSEBURG, Or., June 8—C. L. Rob- erts, son of William Roberts of Myrtle Point, became suddenly deranged this morning, and as a result he is now suffer- ing from two bullet wounds. F. W. Haynes saw Roberts prowling around the Marks building on Jackson street. Haynes started upstairs to his dental office in the building. Roberts ran up ahead of him, shut and locked the iron doors, and would not allow Haynes to enter. Haynes called several other young men to his assistance, a ladder was procured, and Eugene Parrott attempted to effect an entrance through a hall window. Roberts went to the window and kicked Parrott on the side of the head, but did not knock him from the ladder. Louis Reizenstein, who was standing on the ground, drew a revolver and shot twice at Roberts, hitting him in both shoulders. Parrott was through the window by this time and suc- ceeded in overpowering Roberts, though he fought desperately. Roberts was taken to the City Jail, where a physician extracted the bullets. The wounds are not serious and he is rest- ing easily. Roberts believed he was hiding from imaginary pursuers. el g s LOS ANGELES CONGRESS. The Southern California Federation of Women’s Societies Meets. LOS ANGELES, Can, June 8.—The quarterly meeting of the Federation of ‘Women’s Societies of Bouthern California opened this morning in the hall of the Friday Morning Club and adjourned soon to the First Methodist Episcopal Church to accommodate the overflow. After a recitation of the Lord’s prayer by the assembly thirtf-ei ht societies an- swered to the rolicall. Mrs. R. H. Herron, president of the Los Angeles branch of the Needlework Guild of America, dis- cussed the work of the guild, and Mrs. Mary E. Lynch outlined the work of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Each snper was limited to twenty minutes, and the dis- cussions were brief and pithy. e KERN QOUNTY INVASION. Millions of Grasshoppers Swarming Over Fields and Vineyards. BAKERSFIELD, CaL., June 8.—Grass- hopvers have invaded the southern end of the valley at the foot of San Emigdio Mountains. They swarm in by millions and are doing much damage. Various means are being taken to meet them, but still they come in myriads. Poisonous sprays are being used on iruit trees in the pathway of the pests, while coal tar and asphaltum are also used to burn them. Ranchers in the vicinity fear that their crops will be ruined. Becretary is not telling his intimates all the details of that visit, including the em- ployment of a body guard and two or three detectives to hunt down the man who caused him so much uneasiness and inci- dentally threatened to take his life. Mr. Morton arrived here May 12, and that night submitted to long interviews, in which *‘sound money” formed the prin- cipal part of his talk. The next afternoon Mr. Morton’s peace of mind was visibly disturbed by the receipt of the following letter: OCCTDENTAL HOTEL, May 13—4:30 P. M. Secretary Morton, San Frameisco: You —— oldbug, get out of California. You are s — iar and a traitor. It costs more to mine silver than gold. To hell with you and Cleveland, Carlisle and Sherman. You are all a lot of thieves and robbers. Now gou do_not want to stop a day longer in this tate. We are patriots and bimetallists in Cal- ifornia and consider it a duty to walk up to a —— $oldhug and shoot him down like a hyena, for of the two a hyena is preferable. N. 8. P. 8.—Get out you — villain. Away from the West. Our people arestarving. Getout of California or be shot dead. N.8. That evening the Secretary dined with some frierds, and with much seriousness read the letter to them. He wsas assured that it was the work of some playful fellow who thought it smart to joke with one of of the Nation’s distinguished represen- tatives. Somewhat reassured Mr. Morton re- turned to his room, but bardly was he comfortably seated when there came a rus c;]t: the door and the following was hande im. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, May 13, 1896. J. 8. Morton, Palace Hotel—S1r: No goldbugs are wanted in California. Get out of the State or else have your — brains shot out. Go back to Washingion and remain with the other traitors—Grover, the plutocrat, and Sherman, the minion of Shylock. Get away from here as fast as steam will Our people are starving on the g We propose to kill and make room for hi ment. Get out of California immediately go back to Wall street, you thief, robber, traitor, imposter and villain combined. Na1VE SoN. uch — villains as P.S8—Fair warning. N.S. From this Yoint the story differs a little from that told by the Secretary’s friends. Mr. Morton, so it is said, immediately sent to a private detective agency and engaged aman to go with him wherever business or pleasure might call. That is to say, as long as he was in San Francisco. His friends claim that the Secretary was not the least worried over the threatening let- ters, but to the contrary was inclined to treat them as a joke. In any event, either he or his friends thought enough of the situation to try and find the author. For weeks the ‘‘sleuths’” have been following up every possible clew, but, so far, without avail. During Mr. Morton’s brief stay in this City there was a rugged, rough-looking stranger near at hand, whether the place was the the- ater, the dining table or the streetcar. Of course, Mr. Morton was never in the slightest danger of assassination while in Ban Francisco, but nevertheless his visit was much shorter than orig- inally intended. Whether this was due to the supposed leaden notes of the “'sil- ver crank’s” letters or a longing for the golabugs of home will probably never be known, That Secretary Morton’s visit to the ‘West convinced him that it was silver and not gold the people wanted may be seen from the following extract from an inter- view recently had in Washington: ‘‘There is no hope of electing gold can- didates anywhere in the West, and right in San Francisco, where they have more than a hundred million of gold coin in the lvnulu of their banks, where deposits are paid in gold by specific contract, and where greenbacks have never been good enough for them, the people are crving silver. California is nota silver-producing State. It is a gold-producing State, and it is extraordinary that the people of that State should prefér silver money to gold.” PEPPER OF LOS ANGELES TALKS. Replies in Bitter Phrase to Baker's Pub- lished Statement—War of the < Bimetallists. LOS ANGELES, CaL., June 8.—CoA- siderable interest has been awakened here among the silver party adherents over the controversy in THE CALL between Messrs. Udell and Pepper on the one hand and G. W. Baker of Oakland on the other. Pepper’s attention was to-day called tc Baker’s statements, printed in Sunday’s CALL, anent the late letter of J. J. Mott, chairman of the American Bimetallic Union to himself (Pepper). Aftera care- ful reading of Baker's statement and Udell’s letter, contained in the same issue, Pepper said: . *“Mr. Baker seems determined to mis- understand and pervert the substance of Chairman Mott's letter to me, a correct synopsis of which was printed in THE Carr under date of Los Angeles, June 3, which I read and now approve. The dis- patch said nothing about the ‘officers of the Bimetallic Union’ having beea changed by the National committee, as was alleged by Baker in his letter to THE OarL. Mr. Mott's letter very appro- priately recognized me as chairman of the California State Executive Committee, and directed me to attend to the work of or- ganizing the silver party in this State, to the end that a strong and able delegation go tothe National Convention of our party on July 22 at St. Louis. As correctly quoted by Mr. Udell, Mr. Mott says: ‘ ‘As chairman of the State Committee you are in authority over the State and have the power to name committees, pro- visionally, for the Congressional districts and order the work.” Only this and noth- ing more. “I am gratified to learn that Mr. Baker has some time to devote to the interests of our party; would that he had done so months and montHs ago. Had he, Mott’s letter of instruction to me would never have been written. I have no desire to in- terfere with Mr. Baker’s work in any man- ner whatever, bat, as Mr. Udell says, our Congressional district convention work shall go forward regardless of Baker or any one else. We have Mott's instruc- tions in black and white and we propose to abide by them to the best of our ability. “Mr. Baker had been derelict in his attention to silver interests in the State so long that I suppose Chairman Mott saw fit to discipline him. I read with pleasure the comments of Mr. Udell. He is right. But this is the first intimation that I ever bad that Mr. Baker is so intimately con- nected with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. *I desire to state further that our orzani- zation, of which Mr. Udell is secretary, antedates, in point of time, any other silver organization in this State, and I believe in the United States; and further, it sprang from the people here, and their popular conventions for that purpose, held at sMc- Donald Hall, in the city of Los Angeles, in the winter of 1894 and 1895. “It makes me smile to see Baker prate of bogus calls for conventions. If there is anything bogus about this business it emanates from Baker himself. I should like to ask Mr. Baker where, how and from whom did he acquire the title of chairman of the Bimetallists of California. When he has answered this question I may ask him another.” The Congressional conventions referred to in this controversy will be held as fol- lows: First District, at Santa Rosa, on July 13; Second Di strict, st Sacramento, on July 14; Third District, at Oakland, July 10; Fourth District at San Francisco, July 11; Fifth District, at San Jose, July 8; Sixth District, at Los Angetes, July 11; Seventh District, at Fresno, July 9. Sy Cxin gl REPLY TO MITCHELL. Los Angeles “‘Long Hairs” Smile at His Pubdlished Boasts, L0OS ANGELES, CAr., June 8.—The in- terview with John W. Mitchell of this county, contained in Sunday’s CALy, has been a source of considerable comment and great amusement in political circles here to-day. “The Sagebrush statesman from Cahu- enga,” observed a member of the “Long- NEW TO-DAY. Straight ut Of 10 per cent has been made on everything in the house during our Alteration Sale. All grades, all prices, in Ready-Made Garments discounted 10 per cent from our reg- ular wholesale prices. No reserve! Every piece of cloth goes for 90 cents on the doliar. Our urgent request to return any article not satisfactory is a positive guarantee. 2 - GOLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS, MARKET 54 | STREET. Only Branch in 8. F., 211 Montgomery street. Avoid firms imitating our name and methods. bairs” to a CALL correspondent to-day, “likes to air himself in print. “He knows his crowd is beaten, horse, foot and dragon, but still he pretends that the railroad will send twenty-five or thirty of the thirty-nine delegates to the State Convention. - “And how ridiculous are his observations about Gaffey and the Federal brigade. The Mitchell-Last-Buck!ey-railroad crowd was defeated in the late primaries by the people.” The Creightons, editors of the Los An- geles Herald, the local Democratic organ, id : =a“Mr. Mitchell is shooting wide of the mark in his remarks about the strength of his faction in the County Convention. The Mitchell-Last crowd is really notin it at all, so far as the County Convention is concerned if the others were disposed to be pigeish, but we are in favor of giving this minority faction fair treatment and allow it some delegatesato the State Convention. The ‘purity push,’ as Mitchell calls us, could shut those people out completely it we had mind to. 2 “The instruction, however, will reflect the sentiments of the majority and the delegation to the Staté Convention will be compelled to vote as a unit—so what is the difference if some of the ‘short-hairs arein it? “The railroad will be outyoted two to one, George S. Patton will be chairman of next Saturday’s convention, but all will be treated fairly. ; “‘A resolution may be projected into the convention to recognize both factions from San Francisco on equal terms, but it will not carry. The delegation to the State Conyention will, in our judgment, favor the Junta.” e ARIZONA DEMOCRATS. Cleveland’s Financial Polioy Condemned and Freo Coinage Indorsed. PHENIX, Ariz., June 8.—The Demo- cratic Territorial Convention elected six delegates to the Chicago Convention. The platform aenounces the financial policy of Cleveland, and indorses free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, without regard to the ac- tion of any other nation on earth, The convention " selected Mark A. Smith as National Committeeman. The delegates are: W. H. Burbage, W. H. Barnes, J. F. Wilson, J. L. B. Alexander, Wiley E. Jones, Hugh Campbell. - GROCERS’ PIONIC to-morrow, Schuetzen Par] San Rafael. o NEW TO-DAY. 737. 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