The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 30, 1897, Page 12

12 THE SA N FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1897. MILLS TRIES 10 EXPLAIN, BT DORSN Some Analysis of His Let- ters Written in Defense of Bryan. NOT WRITTEN FOR THE PUBLIC. Made Up of Contradictions and | Excuses That Do Not Excuse Anything, EVASION THROUGHOUT. CAREFUL Bryan's Style of Orthodoxy and His Lack of " Wild-Eyed” Opposi- tion to Railroads. It is hardly po wrote of “The windy satisfaction of the is prophetic eye had pierced the curtain of the future and beheld W. H. Mills of the Southern Pscific dictating jewels of thought to a typewriter. Nor could Ralph Waldo Emerson well bave had a glimpse of that gentleman. Yet Emerson wrote: Go put your creed 1. Nor speak with doubl 0 your deed tongue. As a letter-writer Mr, Mills is profuse. With the privilege assumed by the su- perior mind, he soars aloft unhampered by facts and undismayed that some mind, confessed!v superior, may project some into the situation and mar the effect. Two of the Mills letters were pub- lished in T HE CALL yesterday—remarkable ducts and worth analysis. ended to convey William Jennings Bryan, in riding on a The impression they do convey Mr. Bryan made a bad break—the being tne most explicit available— hat what he particularly needs now fuge whither to flze from fool Iy engaged in calling at- to the fix he rode into on that ntion same T letter to Mr. Dodson Mr. admits that Mr. Bryan used frank iverti: the World-Herald. This point ha1i already passed beyond controversy. He nearly ali his se the Nebraskan if he happens to knows so well that He says that Mr. Bryan had ritv to ask for the transportation; ght to do so was unquestioned ition not different from that of members of the California Press Asso- ci Will to be That right is being 1oned at this instant. tion taken ? que M ers of the California Press Asso- ciation who ride on passes do something to earn them. Thnere is a supposition, often advanced by Mr. Miils himself, that ing relations are governed by con- i the issuing of a pass strictly a Itis a ast to print time-tables. not unprecedented that some of them had printed editorials concerning which had in advance all an author’s And an editor remaining ral would not be cordially received at fice of Mr. Not a member of ia Press Association goesabout try seeking what railroads he may devour; not a member stands upon a pedestal to win the tribute of applause. A hard-working journalist does not oc- cupy a plane with Mr. Bryan, and a jour- nal stof this character has rights to which Bryan can present no claim. Such is the exception. Mr. Miils is at liberty to use it as grounds for appealing this case, Mr. Mills declares Bryan, in this mat- ter, is above criticiam, ‘“'at least at the hands of fellow-journalists, who, unlike bimself, get mostof their transportation without any charge whatever.”” Journal- ists holding transvortation like this are carce. They are practically unknown in Southern Pacific territory. Cannot Mills see that his ng Mr. Bryvan this trans- ation virtually for nothing simply es Bryan in the position it is sneer- ntimated shouid not be occupied by paper men? Heshould writea leiter 1 explaining that this slap was in- for the fraternity and not fora dis- ed individual. es on 10 decry the custom es 1o ybody. Why give feel this way? The law has stop this custom. Newspapers well afford to have men do not need passes. need passes. ills knowledge. 1ls, to Bryan Nevertheless Mr. d classes.” He has eletter speaks of *neg- nsportation. This term mean a sort of )t rebuking rail- a thing exposing it. lendship Mills such 5 pe jndge. T arning of iz’ heart over the “common people” may be passed by for sske of a bit of real v he desirabiiity of and transporta- tion on a cash basis Mills says: who withheld criticism of rond simply because he ransportation would have to 10 pay bim for his silence ion would be unmistakable. hoped i ask oad and the true rel In other words the gentleman whose *‘negative friendship” 1s mow purchased by a free ride conld thereafter be bonught oniy for cash. Does this idea sprinz from & proper conception of honor? Mills iike to approach an editor and say: ““The Southern Pac fic is abont to steal a street or two in your town. What's your rate for saying nothing?” And would the editor be apt to kick nim? The letter claims that railroads are doing the best they can for the country, an unconscious confession of incompe- tency. They have problems to solve “which the public does not see,” Ohl ble that when Pope | They are | an impression that | ern Pacitic pass, did only wnat was | d of a journalist and a gen- | ng ticket” issued on account | Mr. Bryan had been a journalist | life, an allegation that will | Mr. Mills permit an excep- | tter of business. The California papers | it stopped. | 1 confession, is building | the orainary pay for | | | obligation incurred, and an obligation to | Would | elucidation. They make idle excus-s, and | | do,” but has received something for noth- HENRY BACON, Over Whose ! Capture the Police Are. Jubilant. yes, the public sees all right, a circum- stance not pleasing to the railroads. The | amount of *‘negative friendship’’ is inade- quate, or the public would,not be per- | mutted to see. Railroads “trying to soive | them in the interest of the best and most | profitable service to their patrons.’’ Yes? | It is cheering to learn that the custom of charging all the traffic will bear has been | abolished. Mills also thinks if eternal | and exact justice could be done railroads would seldom be ecriticiz d. To be more | explicit, ne says he thinks so. He doe-n't. | When a man makes a statement entirely ridiculous no answer is necessary beyond an ejaculation. “Rats! is not refined, but answers the purpose reasonably well. And no hostile legisiation! This sort of legislaticn, however, may be a necessary preliminary to the state of exact justice for which Mills pines. * * * And whatever service they asked at the hands of the press they would pay for and | whatever service they rendered the gentle- | men of the press would be paid for in return. And hasn't the Southern Pacific always claimed to pay for service? Hasn’t the | advertising ticket been the pay? Which | being the case clears the skirts of the editors, for they pay, too. KExcept as to| Mr. Bryan, who isn’t an editor, and who | isn’t “simply doing whatother journalists ing, a custom that with equal iervor Mills denounces and upholds. | Soends the first letter to Mr. Dodson. | It was not written for general inspection. The hope of the author that it would not be generally inspected may have sprung from a sense of modesty or that people | (again to use the vernacular of very com- mon people, such as Mills loves) would get onto him. Well, they have got. The second letter is a condensation of his first with a few extraordinary decora- tions added. That it extols Bryan is not | to the point. That it throws in a leaven | of politics, a jag of social economy, a re- | ligious touch does not bear directly upon | tbe legal nor moral right of the Nebraskan to travel free. Mr. Mills gives the assur- ance that the World-Herald will make | good the obligation incurred. He does | not explain how; probably by negative frienaship. He declares that the, Eastern pavers always “make good,” the declara- tion establishing an indelicate and strictly Millsian line of demarkation between two schools of journalism. Perhaps Bryan is not a “‘wild-eyed anti-railroad” man, as the author of these letters avers with s t he is not. The evidence cer- | tainly is againat the hypothesis that he entertains toward tne railtoads anything more objectionable than this same nega- tive friendship. Mr. Mills is certain that, “if elected,” Bryan would treat the railroads fairiy. Now who bas asked Bryau or anybody else to treat the railroad in anv other fashion? The fact that Bryan would treat the raiiroads lairly does not bear in the remotest degree upon the sorrowful cir- cumstance that he travels on a pass, and that with pitiful fervor. Mills istrying to explain tlat this is rather to the cred.t of both of them than otherwise. Neither do i Bryan’s ‘“‘Americanism,” his “civilized | ideas,” his *‘conception of legislation and jurisprudence’” appear to have any legiti- mate place in the controversy. His con- ception of the ethics of pass-getting is chiefly under consideration. It is true that, as not “a wild-eyed anti-railroad man,” Bryan might have some reasonable hope in approaching a Southern Pacific official, but stiil a discreet official wouid not for this issue a passand then tell all about it. The ‘‘triumph” of Bryan to which Mr. Mills refers leaves a sense of doubt. Possibly to get a pass on easy terms, payable in negative friendship, is a “triumph,” but it has more the aspect of a snap. A word may be devoted to Bryan’s orthodoxy, which is set forth by Millsas aristocratic. The only thing to say about this is that it seems to be a new and fairly profitable variety. In closing, Mills affirms that the ex- change of courtesies between railroads and newspapers is universal. But he had before enlarged upon the dealing with Bryan as a sordid matter of business, an be made good. Debs was a newspaper man long before Bryan. What show would Debs have? The letters are inconsistent throughout. They dodge every point that requires prociaim that no excuses are necessary. They exalt Mr. Bryan, and place him among deadheads. They proclaim tha: he did what any journalist would have ‘onorably done, and virtually that the editor accepting a pass accepts a bribe. 1f “‘negative friendship” is discreet s- lence, ills shouid hasten to lay in a stock of ‘‘negative friendship” and exer- cise it lovingly on behalf of William Jen- niugs Bryan. TROBBERY IS PET TOGATION Henry Bacon Booked at the City Prison for Two Charges. The Police Have Been Looking for Him for Nearly Three Years, He Is Oredited With Being One of the Most Dangerous Oriminals in the Oity. Henry Bacon, who is credited bv the police with being one of the most danger- ous criminals that ever infested the City, was booked at the City Prison yesterday morning by Delectives Dilion, Crockett, Ryan and O'Dea on two charges of rob- bery, and it is possible other charges may follow. Bacon gives his occupation as a molder, but according to the police he bas led the life of a criminal since he was 18 years of age. He1s now 34 and has all the ap- pearance of a typical bad man. He is above medium height, well built, with shifty black eyes, thin, compressed lips and a sallow complexion. When he was 18 years of age he was sent from Portland, Or; to the peni- tentiary at Salem for five years, on the charge of grand larceny. He came to this City in the fall of 1894 ana soon made his presence felt by holding up a crap game at 44 Eddy street and robbing the dealer and players. Two nights aiterward he beld up another crap game on Grant ave- nue. On both occasions he was accom- panied by two other men. Ex-Policeman Byrne, who was at the time a special o!- ficer on Grant avenue, came upon the trio and they fired two shots at him, one of the bullets striking him on the left hand. The police were notified, and Detectives Coffey and Gibson arrested Bacon in his room at 111 Minna street. Owin: to the fact that Joe Harvey, who conducted both the crap games, would not allow Jack Wolff, his dealer, to indentify Bacon, the police had to release him from custody. Soon afterward, Bacon went into a saloon on Eddy and Mason streets. He had been watching a man who wore a vzluable diamond siud in bhis snirt front, and followed him into tve saloon. Pull- ing out a revolver, Bacon compelled the man to hand him his diamona stud, and then disappeared. That winter there were a number of veople held up in aifferent parts of the City, and Bacon was su-pected ot being the robber, but he managed to elude the vigilance of the police. On the night of April 5, 1895, six men were held up in the district south of Market street. One of them was Peter Demarke, a waiter living on Minna street, near First. He was on his way home, and cn Jessie street, near Fifth, three men, one with a revolver, knocked him down and robbed him of a silver watch and chain and $2 50 in comn. Arthur Joknston was another, and he was held up near his home on Minna street, between Third and Fourth, and robbed of a valuable gold watch and chain and all the money he had in his pockets. D -marke the following day swore out a warrant for Bacon’s arrest in Judge Low’s court and since tuen the police have been looking for him. D:tective Crockett watched the hovse on Sixth street near Clemen ina, where ue roomed, for ~everal days and nights, but Bacon had flown. It was ascertainea by Detective Gibson, while 1n Los Angeles about two years ago, that on had gone there and held up a horsecer, relieving the driver of all his coin. He was arrested for petty larceny and while 1n prison was identified as the man who held up the horsecar. One morning he took the place of a ‘‘dirunk” in the chain gang, was put to work on the streets aud made nis escape. He went to New York and was last heard of in Kansas City. The police learned that he had returned to this City about ten davs ago and D llon, Crcckett, Ryan ani O'Dea were «etailed to find him. They were successful in doing so last Monday night and put him in the “ianks.’’ Since then they have been working up the Demarke and Johnston cases and say they have a ‘‘dead cinch” on bim. They believe he came here to start in robbing people as soon as the dark nights set in. Bacon takes his arrest cooliy and says the police cannot prove anythingagainst him. The principal theater in Havana, the Tacon, was built by convict-labory OFLRICHS NOT A CANDIDATE Will Not Serve the Olympic Club as Its Presi- dent. Says He Would Like to, but His Eastern Interests Prevent Him, The News Oast a Gloom Over the Members of the Troubled Ath- letic Organization. Disappointing news was received last night by that heavy majority of the mem- bers of the Olympic Club who have the life and the real interests of that organ- ization at heart and who hope to soon see it restored to its wonted condition of pros- perity. The news was to the effect that Herman Oelrichs, tne popular young mill:onaire nad declined to permit the use of bis | name as a candidate for the presidency of | the club at the coming election. Mr. Oelrichs did not refuse because ne wished not to serve. On the contrary, he informed Wally Taylor, the committee- man who was de egated to wait on him yesterday at Del Monte, that he would deem such an honor one that he might be proud of. But he said that if he was going to be the president of such an or- zanization he wanted to be a good one, he wanted to be able to devote to it all of his time and exert his every effort and at- tention to it, with the end in view that | not only should the club be guided safely out of its present financial difficulties, but that ir might be re-established as one of the finest and most solid athletic clubs on the continent. = But this very necessary time Mr. Oel- richs said he could not possibly spare. OVER CHILGOOT [N MIDWINTER An Old-Timer Says It's the Best and Easiest Time. Planning to Go in Again and Use a Tramway Across the Summit, Snowshoes a Necessity; but Every Man Will Take a Ton Outfit, Captain Peter H. Peterson, who has had nine years’ experience in Alaska, two of | which were devoted to carrying freight over Chilcoot Pass, proposes to start from here almost in the dead of winter and guide a party over the Chilcoot in record time. His plan is a novel one, based largely on his own successful experience two and three years ago. When seen yesterday at his residence at 405 Thirteenth street he said: “Iam going to start for Lake Linder- man in November and take a party over Chilcoot Pass with me. Ihavefound that that is the best time to make the trip. Then there is no rain to wetvour supplies. ,\Illdyou have to do isto guard against the cold. “For two years I had a tramway over the Ch Icoot, but I left there two ysears ago. Since then others have tried to ope- rate a tramway, but they were not so suc- cessful as I was. With my tramway I ook over a steamer 26 feet long and 8 feet beam, built in Portiand. 1 took over a good deal of the earlier outfits in use on the Yukon. “I am going to put up another tram- wav, but only to get over the outfits of my party, every man in which will take with CAPTAIN PETERSON, Who Says That Winter Is the Best Time to Cross the Chilcoot Pass. His enormous business interests in New | York and e'sewhere far from here imper- ativ:ly demanded much of hisattention during the year and it would be impos- sible for him to ncglect them. He could | not serve the club much as he would like to. Such in substance was Mr. Oelrichs’ de- cision as delivered yesterday to Mr. Tay- lor, and the latter returned to this City | witn a heavy heart. And there were more tezden bearts up around the Olympic Club | last night when tne committeeman ar- rived there and repeated tle declaration. Thé reform element #mong the mem- bers has not, however, lostalluope of put- | ving up at least a portion of iis ticket. True, William Gre r Harrison bas said that he would not accept the secretaryship unless Mr. Oelrichs would take the presi- dency, but his friends have hope that in the event some satisfactory and prominent verson can be found to take Mr. O:lrichs’ place on the ticket Mr. Harrison might be induced to change his mind. If Mr. Har- rison holds back the prubabilities are that the entire ticket will now be abandoned. This for the reason that several other prospective candidates have anunounced their intention to refuse to serve unless Mr. Harrison also runs. Notable among these isthe ever popular Johnny Hammer- smith, who has already served seven terms as leader and who is wanted there again. At all events there is to be another con- ference of the members of the nominating committee to-day, during which the entire situation will be fully discussed and an effort made to reach some satisfactory adjustment of the muadle, ROLLED UNDER A HORSE. An Unknown Man Soriously Injured on Viun Ness Avenue Yesterday Afternoon. An accident occurred to an unknown man at Van Ness avenue and Union street | yesterday afternoon by which he received injuries that may prove fatal. Officer McDonough’s attention was di- rected to the scene by seeing a horse and its rider thrown down. Investization saLi-fied the officer that the man had been badly hurt. He rang in for the ambu- lance wagon and had the injured person conveyed to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found tha: iu addition to a badly lacerated wound over the eyebrow there was a possible fracture of the skull, sufficient, however, to produce a comatose condition, from whici he had not recov- ered during the night, consequenily his name could not be ascertained. From bis garb he evidently belonged to the laboring class, as his footwear showed the need of an exchan re in that line. His age seemed to be about 45 years. R Dea h of Mrs. Maas. Mrs. L. L. Mans, aged 42 years, was found dead in her bed at 929 Goiden Gate avenue yesterday afternoon by T.C. Cameron, who resides at 712a Fell street. Depuly Coroner McCormick, aiter making inquiries as to the probable cause of death, learned that the deceased lady had been g sufferer from heart trouble for a number of years, and conse- quently did not bave thg body removed. him a ton of supplies. And I am not go- ing to have any man along that is not able to manage that big an outfit. ““The tramway will be from Stone House, about two miles on this side of the sum- mit, to Crater Luke, nearly a mile on the other side. It will be just like my old tramway, crossing the summit about 100 yards to the left of the route traveled by men afoot, and by a steeper and shorter ascent. “I will drive stakes in the soft snow and pack the snow around them to getan ancho:age for the pulleys that the cable wil! pass throngh. One or two men on a sleigh at the summit can coast down the other side and drag up aload from this de. That loaa sent down the other side will drag up another load from this side. There is no danger with a tramway from sudden blinding snowstorms., We saved several men that way. A manon the snmmit simply stays by the tram- rope and follows 1t up until he gets into camp. “Iam thinking of taking tome cattle along with me to do the hauling on the level stretches. When we get them to Lake Linderman we can Kkill them and the bee! will freeze and zeep well, and it will come in mighty handy. I have used horses on the route, but they would bea loss. Idon’t go anything on dogs; they eat too much. The §most jimportant part of the outfit for a winter’s trip are snowshoes, for the snow is very soft. Barrel staves do pretty well if 2 man can’t get regular snowshoes. Four or five men taking one trip over a routs on snowshoes can easily pack the snow down so that the cattle can go over it with freight on sledges. “From Dyea, on thisside of Chilcoot, for the first twelve miles the route is over flat ice and no snow; easy haulinz, The next distance is througn or round Dyea Canyon !and is over soft snow where snowshoes are rcquired. The next stage is from Dyea Canyon to Sheep Camup (where no live sheep has ever been). And all along here to Lake Linderman you have to use snow- shoes. “The next stage, from Sheep Camp to Stone House, which are pre ty close to- gether, to ihe foot of the pa:s is two miles, up grade. From the foot of the pass over the summit to Crater Lake is one mile. Aud from Crater Lake on to Lake Linder- man is eight miles. That makesa total distance from Dvea to Lake Linderman of about twenty-nine miles; some call 1t twenty-eight. “Lake Linderman and the other lakes along thereare passable all win rer through for mail-carriers and others. Travel is all on smooth ice to Dawson City. “The proper way to travel on these lakes in winter 1s with sails on sledges, waiting for the wind. “Prospecting is good anywhere after you reach Lake Linderman, and there the party will probably break up and scatter, some looking for quariz mines there and others going on for placer diggings. “Ii everything goes reasonably well I'll get through witn my whole party 1o win- ter in record time. “It is pretty safe to say that of all those men now blockaded at Dyea not one ot them ever made the tzip in before or be would not be thera,’* NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODs e A~ A LACE CURTAINS! 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R A1, 113, 119, 117, 119, 121 POST Slnkad] SACRANEANT OF CONFIRMATION Conducted at Holy Cross Church by Archbishop Riordan. A Mission for Men Was Opened | at St. Brigid’s by Jesuit Fathers, One for Women Olosed Yesterday and 1200 Received the Sacrament. At the Church of the Holy Cross yes- terday sixty-tbree girls, torty-five boys and twelve adults received the sacrament of confirmatioa. The altar was decorated with flowers for the occasion and the church was filled with the families and {riends ot the young ! peorle. Archbishop Riordan conducted the serv- ices and was assisted in the sanctuary by Fathers P. E. Mulligan, J. A. McQuaid and Joseph Gleason. The Archbishop de- livered the sermon. He said that the early years of a child’s life are spent under the rocf of those who love and care forit. But the time comes when little by little the child draws away from its home surroundings and finally launches out for itself and mingles with strangers and falls into temptation. “Then it is,”’ said the preacher, “that the child needs the strength of faith. At | this time the holy church bestows upon the child the sacrament of confirmation to strengthen it to persevere in virtue. “We are all inclined to evil and don’t realize our own weakness. When we come to a realization of our weakness we have made a step in the right direction. Then we can go to God and ask his he.p, “Knowledge,”” he said. “'is the founda- im- | tion of spiritual life. We snould press upon children the value of their religzion. piace of the insiruction at the home. “Religion should be mingied with the daily life. Good religious paieats who by their example show that they realize tue importance of relig ion will mold the opin- lon of their children earnest, devoted Catholic boys and girls.” After the confirmation ceremony the Archbishop enrolled the boys as members of the League of the Cross and spoke of the good work that organization 1s doing for the cause of temperance. The Parax benediction by Father Rior- dan concluded the services. The mission for women which has been in pro ress at St. Brigid’s Church for the past week was closed yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock, when 1200 women received the sacrament. The mission for men began at 11 o’clock with high mass. A special programme of sacred music wasrendered and the sermon was preached by Rev. A. G. Van der Erden. The evening services consisted of the v, the benediction of the blessed sac- nt and a sermon on “The Destiny of ’ by Rev. Father Finnegan. The mission is being conducted by | EXTRA INDUCEMENTS Monday—Tuesday—Wednesday. i +.vers H. 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