The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 4, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1897 THREE WINTERS | INTHE ARGTIC Return of the Jackson- Harmsworth Explor- ing Party. The True Position of Franzi Josef Land at Last Determined. Many Islands Long Known on the Maps Now Found to Be Non=-Existent. LONDON, ExG., Sept. 3.—The British steamer Windward, having on board the son-Harmsworth expedition, which has s t three winters near Cape Flora, Franz Josei Land, arrived here to-day from that place with Jackson and bis col- leagues. All the members of the exped: tion are in good health. They report hav- ing explored Franz Josef Land thor- vy, with the exception of some odd corne Before the Windward sailed, the quar- ters of the expedition at Eimwood were fastened up, but Mr. quantity of supplies in cas should be visited by Professor other explorers. He also estab pot at Beile Island. Talking over his experience with a rep- resentative of the Associated Press, Mr Jackson said that since the Windward left Frarz Josef Land last yvear with Dr. Nansen, the winter had been less severe and less windy than usual. Mr. Jackson and Albert Armitage, nautical astronomer of the expedition, started on March 16 with a pony and dog sleds to explore the western part of Franz Josef Land. They encountered boisterous weather, and at the end of the first month a majority of ths dogs and the pony succumbed and the explorers were compelled to abandon all hed a de- but the most essential part of their equip- | ment. The party followed the coast line, sometimes on a sea of ice and sometimes glaciated land. The constant mists which prevailed made the journey vers hard. They shot a bear, the only seen, and having pre- ved the meat and blubber they re- c Elmwood in the middle of Mav, ting a party en route to look for of the explorations, it is & mpletely revolutionized the a of Franz Josef Land, and proved the much discussed Gillies Land does lie where Arctic peographers have cen in the habit of placing it, and there- lered non-existent. e continental mass of land is a vast number of small ged hummocks and ice packs, while orth of these had been found an open sea. which is the most open north sea in he whole world. The most valuable magnetic, observations were made, and very valn- able botanical and zoological collections were brought to England. The winter life of the explorers was uneventful, The members of the expedition killed 1400 loons (a web-footed bird found in tne northern regions) in autumn, which pro- videa ample fresh meat. During the and winter they caucht nineteen loons twenty-two kittywacks (a bird of the gull species), to which they fasiemed labels initialed ¢J. H.” and liberated them. The cold sometimes reached 40 degrees below zero. The members of the expedition failed to see King Oscar Land, and ar: convirced that there is no great land north of Franz Josef Land. They add that the existence of Peter- mann Land is doubtfu!, and that most of | These alterations in | it must be small. the map render the prospect of reaching the north pole from Franz Josef Land more than doubtful, as the returned ex plorers are satisfied there is no land north | of 82degrees. They did not see anything of Professor Andree, who started on July 11 from the island of Tromsoe in an at- tempt to cross the north pole by balloon. Mr. Jackson announces his intention of heading abother arciic expedition, tkis time on h LAND GF ANTARTICA. Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Arctic Fame Will Shortly Sail for the Southern Pole. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 3.—Dr. Frea- erick A. Cook of Arctic fame will sail from Brooklyn to-morrow morning, per steam- ship Haveline, for Rio de Janeiro. There he will join the Belgian Antartic expedi- tion when it reaches that port about Oc- taber 1. Arrangements for tbe journey were begun about ten days ago upon receipt of a cablegram from Lieutenant Adrian de Geriche, commander of the expedition, requesting Dr. Cook to become one of his party. Dr. Cook’s first experience as an explorer was gained with Pcary in his initial Greenland expedition in 1891-92. He accompanied the explorer as surgeon and twice since then has visited the north. *1 believe,” he said last night, “every | man who Las once learned the cecrets of polar wilderness and its savage always long to retura to it, find- a spell, an inspiration, that 11 other kinds of life seem insipid. A primitive life, undescribed pleasures | and countless natural wonders await every adept who ventures into the white boreal silence, and if this be true in going north- ward how much greater will be the spell when entering the waste of waters dash- ing azainst the ereat moving wall of ice which guards the frozen land of Ant- arctica.” The doctor’s equipment consists of sev- | erai coats of dark woolen cloth, lined throughout ani edged with eiderdown; an Esquimaux suit made of wolfskins, | several eider slecpineg-bags, a camera, | medicine chest, nautical instruments, snowshoes, skins, two sledges, the faithful | Winchester, his comvanion in all his | Northern journeys. and lastly, a new American flag, ten by fifteen feet. “There will be twenty-three men on the | gica,” suid Dr. Cook. “There are suffi- provisions on board for two years as Bel cier well as the frame and wooawork for a house and observatory. Our paur- pose is to survey as thoroughly as vossible the shores of Aniartica, from Grabams to Enderly Land, Wilkes Land and Victoria Land, making a landing at Cape Adare, if possible. We will- proceed from there with the aid of skis and sledges to explore the ice cap of the continent.” E T DEBS TALKS REVOLUTION. He Is Heady to right in a Coming Bloody Conflict. : ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 3—E. V. Debs aq'aoke for an bour Thursday night to 500 peop'e assembled at National Hall under the auspices of the social democracy. it was a red hot revolutionary 1ak, in which newspapers, corporations, capital- ists, courts and the whole system of Gov- ernment was arraigned, condemned and ridiculed. He said in part: ackson left therea | the place | ndree or | meteorological and geological | is a breeder of revolution and a few more injunctions will see ail of us walking side by side and figating for humanity. 1am anxious; I am readv, The time 1sripe and 1t is coming sure.” ¥ The speaker then lauded the anarchists | who were hanged at Chicago, and said | that some day his wife might mourn bis loss, as did the wives of thoss four men. “They sre martyrs, and the time will corue when the wo:ld will pay trioute to their names and memories.” he added. Mr. Debs then launched into an attack upon capital and capitalists and asserted that it was his purpose to dispossess them of the property amassed at the expense of labor. e A CODE FOR ALASKA. The Criminal-Law Commission Will Begin 1heir Labors With the New Gold hegion. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.—The commission appointed to codify the erimi- { nallaws of the United S-ates has been or- ganized and has entered upon the work assigned 1t Letters have been sent to the various Circuit and District Judzes and District Attorneys of the United States for sugges- tions in regard to the periormance of the work. The codification will not be actively to these letters. In the meantime it is the | purpose of the commission to formuiate a crimina! code for the Territory of Alaska. That Territory is at present without | criminal laws other than those of the | State of Oregon, which have been ex- tended over Alaska, and which in some | cases are applicable and in other cuses | are not. With the sudden increase of the population of that Territory and the scramble for gold that 1s now going on, proper criminal laws will be an absolute hecessity. Realizing this fact, the com- mission will prepare and have ready for presentation to Congress in December a code of laws drafted 1o suit conditions in Alaska, ana which, it is hoped, will re- ceive early and favorable attention. St INTEKEST TO THE COAST. Fres Deltvery Mail dervice Established at Napa City. W ASHINGTON, D., C., Sept. 3.—The Postmaster-General orders that a free de- Jivery service be established at Napa, Cali- fornia, with two letier-carriers and four- teen street letter-boxes, Lo take effect Jan- | uvary 1 next. First Class Private James Rutledge, ordnance department, now at Benicia | arsenal, California, will be discunarged from tne service of the United States on receipt of the order by ithe commanding officer of the station. A postoflice was established to-day at Mesquite, Lincoin County, Nev., with Carlos 8. Knight as Postmaster. The iollowing Pos:masters have heen | commissioned in California: Lee Mc- | Laughlin atv Sanger, Winneid S. Clark at | Cuvemaca and Andrew J. Meyersat Priest Valley. Thomas L. Thompson of Santa Rosa, ex-Minister 1o Brazil, is here en route home. A postoffice was to-day established at | Vanden, sSolano County, Cal. August | Wollenschiager wasappointed postmaster. Pensions—California: Charles E. Ben- jamin, San Francisco; Mary C. White, { Qaklana Ellen Hernon, San Diego; Kenney, San Bernardino; Oba- dian B. Hewitt, Pomona; Wiluam Truitt, Los Angeles; Henry E. Loveland, San Diego; Saran faioy, Riverside; Mary Hodges, San Francisco. Oregon—Minor of Edwin A. Seaman, Grants Pass. Washington—John W. Hurd, Soladiers’ Home, Pierce; Robert Porier, Kirk- land; Eriing Hostord, Spokane; Elia S. Stair, North Yakima; minorof Braydock McKinney, Nor:hport Mystery of the Seine. LONDON, Exc., Sept. 3.—A special dis- patch from Paris, published tnis after- noon, says tkat the body of a beautiful woman, naked and frightfully mutilated, with the skull smashed in, has been found in the River Seine. In the middle of the woman’s back were tatiooed the words, “Long Live Poland” and *“Death to Traitors.” The remains are supposed 10 be those of a nihilist who had incurred the suspicion of her fellow-nihilists. = Town and Bryan Talk. OMAHA, NEBR., Sept. 3.—Ex-Congress- meeting here t the money questions for two bours. said the subject had only begun to be de- | bated and was reserved for decision ata | future time. The people would be better educated on the subject in 1900, and he knew that not a singie man who voted for | free silver beiore had yet gone over to the oiher sider. Mr. Bryan also spoke briefly. Lo DENVER, Coro., Sept. 3.—The Fire and Police Board to-day demanded the resig- | nation of Chief of Police O'Brien, on the | ground that he does not ‘*‘possess the judgment or discretion requisite to suc- cessiully manage *he Police Department.’” | It is understood that the action was taken | on account of what, is said to bave been | illegal and improper orders issued by the Chief regarding certain female prisoners. LB el Injured in a Collision. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 3.—The dis- arrangement of the block signal system led to a freight train running head on into a passenger train standing at Fioral Park on the Long Island Railroad to-day. | Four passengers were injured, two 30 | badly that they had to be sent to a hos- pital. These were W. M. Jones and R. Weiss, both of Hempstead, L. L. —— Killed by a Boiler Emplosion. TOPEKA, Kaxs,, Sept. 3.—A special to the capital from Toronto, Kans., says: A boiler used on the piace of A. H. Cox, a prominent farmer seven miles north of bere, exploded this afternoon, killing two cnildren of Mr. Cox and H. V. Carlisle, an engineer of this cily, and fatally injuring Mr. Cox. The cause of the explosion is unknown. | i After the Chief’s Scalp. ey Weyler Returns to Havana. BAVANA, Cusa, Sept. 3.—Captain- General Weyler arrived here at 8 o’clock this evening from Melina del Sur, sixty kilometers distant, with an escort of 150 cavalrymen. He returned for the purpose of attending the memorial service in honor of the late Premier Canovas, which will take place at the Montserat church. Cesgan i Pontoon Bridge Disaster. WEIMAR, GermaNY, Sept. 3.—Daring the military maneuvers in this vicinity | to-day a pontoon brid: e collapsed while the Ninety-fourth Regiment of Infantry was passing over it. A number of the soidiers and some of the trumpeters were either drowned or hit by the timbers of | the bridge and Killed. ST Would Outwit the Powers. LONDON., Exc., Sept. 4.—A dispatch to the Times from Constantinople says: The Sulian is impatient to reopen the Cretan question, hoping thereby to check the European concert. The palace céuncils are cunningly preparing their campaign thougn no official action has as yet been taken. o, Anvell Meet: the Sw'tan. CONSTANTINOPLE, 1urkEY, Sept. 3.— Dr. James B. Angell, the new United tates Minister to Turkey, with the mem- bers of the American legation, was granted an audience by the Sultan to-day “TneSupreme Court of the United States and presented his credentials, begun until answers nave been e eived | man Town and W. J. Bryan addressed a | END OF THE C0AL STRIKE Agreement on the Basis of Sixty-Five Cents a Ton. The Settlement Will Be Rati- fied by the Miners at Large. This Proposition Does Away With the Uncertalnties of Arbi- tration. COLUMBUS, O=ro, Sept. 3.—The end of the miners' great strike is in sight. Th:s aiternoon the National executive board of the United Mine Workers agreed to recommend to the miners a' vroposition from the Pittsburgoperators for a siraight price of 65 cents a ton, to continue in force until the and of the year, with the additional mutual understanding tha: a joint meeting of operators and miners shall be held in December, 1897, for the purpose of determining what the rate of mining shall be thereafter. A delegate convention of all miners who have suspended work has been called to meet at Columbus September 8, at 10 o'clock A. M to act upon the recommenda- tion. President Ratchford and the other members of the board say there is not the slightest doubt but that the miners will approve the recommendation. The propo- sition does not involve arbitration, and it provides for an mmediate settlement of the strike President A. Rarchford said to-night that there were special reasons for the board recommending the proposition. In the first place it concedes the minersa material advance. Had a 69-cent rate been secured, he was confident it could not have been maintained for more than seventy days. The proposition does away with all the uncertainties of arbitration and will bring the strike to a speedy termination. As soon as the miners ratify the proposition work will beresumed in all the mines. In the second place the proposition provides for a revival of the joint conference for the adjustment of prices. The Pittsburg operators are pledged to meet the miners’ prices to the teirmination of the agree ment and determine the rate of mining ior the next year. This morning the operators’ committee renewed its first proposition for a 64-cent rate penaing arbitration. This was again rejected by the miners’ board. Then the operators’ committes got together and submitted a new proposition for a straight price of 65 cents, Alter a long discussion it was accepted by the miners’ board, sub- ject 10 the approval of the miners at large. To-night the National executive board of the Un.ted Mine-workers of America issued a circular to all members of the union, in which they report the results of the confarences with the operators, and formaliy call the delecate convention to be heid in Columbus next Wednesday. The circular strongly recommends that the proposition of the operators be accepted, and it siates that, inthe judgmentof the members of the executive board, it is the best that can be secured, ‘‘because of cir- cumstances that are apparent to all wao study market conditions since the in- auguration of the strike.”’ FOR GREATCR NEW YORK'S MAYOR Seth Low Has Accepted the Nomina- tion Tendered Him by the Citizens” Union. NORTHEAST HARBOR, Mk, Sept. 3. Seth Low has signified his acceptance of the nomination as Mayor of Greater New York, tendered him by the borough com- mittee of the Citizens’ Union. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 3.—Mr. Low was officially notified of his nomination by J. C. Clark, a special messenger of the Citizens’ Union, Mr. Low, after the letter | of notification was read, annonnced that he would accept. “In my view,” he said, “the nomina- tion has been virtually made by the peo- ple. No patriot under such circum- stances could decline to stand” unless he were prepared to discourage, even in local matters, sll spontaneous movements by the people outside the limitations of the party. There seems to be an importance attaching to the order of nomination at this juncture on the part of those appar- ently inclined to be controlled by the ex- pression of popular desire that personally I fail fully to understand.” Mr. Low said he thought his nomina- tion meant that the people are deeply moved by the desire that when the great city begins its new career it shall do so wich a mandate from the voters to the officials of the city that the wellare of the city—not of any party—is to be their first concarn, ‘‘For that principle I am known to stand,” he said. *“‘For it Ishall con- tend in the coming campaign with such allies as time may bring; but for it I shail stand, be my iriends few or many.” District Attorney Olcott has been noti- fied that the Republicans stand ready to nominate him against Low lor Mayor. The information came direct from Thomas C. Platt. The bearer of it was Maurice Eckstein, Platt’s private secretary. Kck- stein yesterday hurried to Mr. Olcott’s quarters in the Criminal Court building, and for an hour the two gentlemen were closeted together. O.cott replied that he could not decide ihe matter off-hand. Eckstein replied that the Republican party wanted him to carry its banner in the coming fight. ““We do not ask you to decide at once,”’ Mr. Eckstein added. ‘You can have a week to consider it.” And in tuis way it was arranged. Mr. Olcott started tor Cam- bridge in Washingion County to consult his wife. It is likely he will remain in Cambridge until Monday. At all events, he will be ready with a definite answer. It he consents 10 stand as the candidare of the machine it will be a notice to the Citizens’ Union and Seth Low that the machine was in dead earnest when it threatenad to fight any hasty nomination to the biiter end. Olcott is 37 years old and a member of the law firm of Olcott & Olcott. Three vears ago he was elected an’ Aiderman, aud qu ckly stepped into place as the Re- publican leader of the board. He was chosen chairman of the Finance Commit- tee, which made him a member of ihe Sinking Fund Commlssion. In 1894 he acted as chairman of the Republican County Committee. Puilman Car Telescoped. LONDON, Oxtario, Sept, 3.—While an eastbound express on the Grand Trunk toad was standing on the main line, half a mile west of Strathrey Friday, a freight train came tearing down the road and crashed into tne rear Pullman of the ex- press, telescoping it. The car contained nine passengers, none of whom were seri- ousivinjured. EngineerJohn P. 0'Hagan of Point Edward was instantly killed; Fleming Fulton, a brakeman, had a leg broken, and Walter Wallace, the fireman, was badly cut and bruised. CROWDING T0 SEE LUETGERT Guards Turn Away the Curious at the Noted Murder Trial. Police Trying to Fasten the Charge Against the Saus- age-Maker. Rings Found In the Vat at the Fac- tory Identified as Those of the Missing Wife. CHICAGO, 111, of persons striving to be present at the Luetgert murder trial to-day wasso great that guards were stationed on the stair- ways to turn back everybody not in some way connected with the case. The cross-examination of Police Cap- tain Schuettler was resumed. Attorney Vincent, for the defense, asked to have stricken from the case the captain’sstate- ment that he did not go to New York to find out whether Mrs. Luetegert had been seen there alive, but to look up the repu- tation of Gretty, who said he had met her on Broadway. Atteroey Vincent said the statement was prejudicial. The court re- fused to sustain the motion. Caprain Schuettler told of his trip to New York and his investigation of Gretty’s reputa- tion. He said the State wanted to be pre- pared to prove Gretty a perjurer if heap- peared as a witness for the dafense, Captain Schuettler was asked about the visit of Attorney Vincent to the East Chicago avenue potice station on the day of Luetgert's arrest, but the State ob- jected. Mr. Vincent stated that he ex- pected to prove by Luetgert that when he was arrested Inspector Schazck refused to permit any person to see him until the next day. The attorney said he was not allowed to s2¢ him, and was compelled to bégin a habeas corpus proceeding. Judge Tuthill retused to admit any evi- dence regarding the matter. *‘Inspector Scnaack is not on trial here,” said the court. Police Lieutenant George Hutchinson corroborated the testimony of Captain Schuettler as to the visit made by him and Schuettler on May 8 to Luetgert at the latter’s home, to secure from him a state- ment regarding the disappearance of his wife. He said Luetgert stated that he hired two detectives to look for his wife, although he had previously told Bicknese that he engaged two privaie detectives, Otficer Walter S. Dean of the Sheflield station, who found the two gold rings in the middle vat in which it is charged Mrs. Luetgert’s body was dissolved 1n caustic potash, testified concerning the discovery. He was followed by Mrs. Ida Harris, wuo was the first of a series of witnesses who identitied the rings as having been worn by Mrs. Luetgert. Mrs. Harris said she had known Mrs. Luetgert seven years, and had often visited herat her home. She was positive that the large gold band with the initials *L. L.” and the mark “18-K" in the in- side was Mrs. Luetgert's wedding rin, About five years ago, she said, while sit- ting with Mrs. Luetgert in her kitchen, the sausage-maker's wife took off her rings ana showed them to her. The smaller ring was worn as a guard to the wedding ring on the finger. The guard ring had milled edges, but the milling was more distinct five years ago than it is now. The witness could not tell when she had last seen the rings on the hand of Mrs. Luetgert. On cross-examination Mrs, Harris said that when shown the rings at the East Chicago avenue police station after the arrest of Luetgert, she remembered that the initials “L. L’ were in the wedding- ring in German script. She said she bad never seen a large ring with a cameo in it in Mrs. Luetgert’s hand. She was asked if Mrs. Luetgert did not wear a large gold ring with a chain and heart attached, but she said she had never seen it. Mrs. Sophie Traby identified the rings, which, she said, Mrs. Luetgert had worn for years. From her own finger she took a small guard ring somewhat resembling that found in the vat and said she had bought it of a jeweler on Larabee street, near North avenue, on the advice of Mrs, Luetgert. Attorney Vincent objected to this testimony and it wase sustained. Mrs. Traby said she had a converzation with Luetgert May 8 regarding the dis- appearance of his wife. He toid her he had paid $20 to two private detectives and had told them there was more money for them if they needed it. Luetgert said his wife did not bave much love for her chil- dren. He said her broiber, Bicknesse, was angry because the disappearance was not reported to the police, vut Bicknesse did wrong in getting angry. Mrs. Alvina Stanger was the last wit- ness before the court took arecess. She identified the rings as the previous wi:- ness had. Carl Voelker, a chemist who had been at one time engaged with Luetgert when be manufactured permanganate of potash and who was at one iime a shipping clerk in the factory, testified during the after- noon session that he was familiar with atl of the number of processes of making sausage and he did not have any caustic potash around the place. The defendant could not, he said, have secured it for the making of sausage. During all of the time that Voelker was around, he said, the vats were never used. Voelker told the jury that on one occa- sion he saw Luetgert use violence toward his wife. She and another woman came into tue office of tue factory one aiternoon and Luetgert appeared to be in a rage. The witness was notin the office, but he saw Luetgert push his wife and her com- panion out of ihe door of the «flice. Mrs. Luetgert and the lady with her hurried away much excited, and he heard Mrs. Loetgert say, “He has a revolver and will kill us.” The witness said he did not see the revolver. The proceedings were cut short in the afternoon by an early adjournment or- dered by the court. Judge Tuthill, ac- companied by Assistant State’s Attorney McEwan, and Judge Vincent for the de- fense, visited the Luetgert sausage fac- tory and made an examnation of the premises. Judge Tuthill, in adjourning court, said_be desired to see the jactory and the points in and about it involved in the evidence. A personal knowledge of the pace, he said, would enable the court to rule fairly on questions brought up as the witnesses give their testimony, Rich Sivike in Frie Go'd. DENVER, Coro., Sept. 3 —A special to the Republican from Sania Fe, N. M., says: From Cochiti comes news to-iay of an important freo gold sirikein the Puzzle mine, owned by T. H. Benson. The pay streak is twelve inches wide and is full of free goid. Its estimated value is $10,(00 per ton. The camp is celebrating the discovery. ———e. Fire Vistls a Fillage. HILLSBORO, Iowa, Sept. 3.—Fire to- day destroyed ten business houses and one residence in this village, leaving only two business bouses standine. The loss is $60,000 and the insurance $20,000. Sept. 3.—The number | SAWED 00T OF HARIN'S JA Two San Rafael Pris- oners Make Off in the Night. Stout Iron Bars Twisted Out of Shape and a High Fence Scaled. Augustine Valencia, Chicken-Thief, and Bert Gray, Blcycle-Thief, Break for Fresdom. SAN RAFAEL, Car., Sept. 3.—Two orisoners confined in Marin County’s jail sawed through two iron bars last night and made their escape under cover ol darkness. The men are Bert Gray, & bi- cyvcle-thief, who was serving a ninety days’ sentence, and Augustine Valencia, a chicken-thief, who was serving a six, months’ sentence. have expired in forty days, while Va- lencia had almost five and a baif months of jail hfe staring him in the face. From investigations institutad by Sheriff Henzy Harrison and Under Sheriff John Hapnon itis believed that the men had assistance from the outside, and every effort will be made to effect the capture of the escapes and also bring the accessory to jusiice. There were four prisoners confined in the county jail, which islocated in the basemeat of the county courthouse, last night. Two of these men were not in- vited to leav: by their companions, and so when the Sher:ff went to the jail this morning to feel the prisoners’he found only two to respond to their names. A search was then instituted and within a few steps of the famous haunted cham- ber was found a window leading into a small yard surrounded by a hich fence. The iron bars on the window were sawed off near tne sill and twisted in such a manner as to leave an ovening large enough to admit of tne passage of a per- son trom the iail into the yard. A stout wire netting aitached to the stone walls of the prison by means of an 1iron bar was also displaced, and the two men, after drawing themselves through the opening between the bars, scaled the high fence and got away. :, A watchman is supposed to be about the prison throu:h the night, but the men were not in.erfered with, and worked on without interrupiion. Thne iron bars are about an inch thick, ana the marks of the saw make it evident that the person who did the cutting was on the outside. Itis estimated that to cut through the bars was the work of over an hour, and during this tme the grating of the saw as it went backward and forward across the iron bars was distinctly heard by the other prisoners, but by no one else. A wooden bed was drawn up to the win- dow, and the prisoners stood on this and assisted the accessory on the outside. James Olsen and a man named Young were in tbe jail at the time with Gray and Valencia. Young says that he heard noth- ing. . Olsen said that he knew what was goingon, and that there was some one on the outside assisting the men, It was about midnight when they left. Gray came back to the cell where Olsen was, the doors leading into the main cor- ridor not being locked, and took his coat. He then le t the prison, and that was the last Olsen saw of him. Sheriff Harrison this mornin= sent dis- patches to the officess in nelghboring towns and to the Sheriffs of adjoining counties. Harrison thinks that without a doubt he will capture the men, BACK TO MUKDEKERS ROW. Hill and Allender, the Condemned, Va- cate the Death Chamber at San Quentin. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, CaAvn, Sept. 3.—Benjamin L. Hill, the wife murderer, and Harvey Allender, the San Jose mur- derer who shot both his sweetheart and her companion,went forth from the cham- ver of death to-day, having tbrough the contlict between State and Federal couris saved their wretched necks from the gal- lows. Down the long flights of stairs leading from the death chamber to the yard be- low, under the escortof guards, the con- demned men walked with step firm and steady. They had virtually been snatched out of the jaws of death. ‘When a few days ago they had left their iron and stone cells in murderers’ row; when they had said a last farewell to their companions under sentence of death, aud one of them Theodore Durrant, they tock a final giance at the gardens teaming with flowers, at the great stone buildings and the walls of granite, they had breathed the iresh air and admired the beauties of nature for thelast time. That trip from murderers’ row to the death chamber on the top floor of the old furniture factory, toward the windows coated with white—the si-n of the room of the dead—will never fade from their memories. Few have ever taken tbe jour- ney and lived to tell of the sensations, the thoughts, the feelings or the emotions that ran riot in their brains. This morning at the hour when the court had decreed that Harvey Allender should plunge through the fatal trap to his death the prisoners were ied out of the death chamber not, as usual, by the door opening into the gallows-room, but out of the opening into the air and sunshine. Their features showed not the slightest signs of emotion, yet it was noticeable that they drank in the fresh air with relish. As they steppad out of the cham- ber of horrors the sun was shining a wel- come. During the morning a mist bad fallen, but now the sun was bright. It seemed like a joyous acknowledgment that human lives had been saved and the sur. was shining its welcome, The bay gleaming in the distance, the islands, the roofs of distant cities glitrer- ing under the warm rays, that was the sight that burst upon the view of the two men who a week or so before had gone into the cnambers to prepare for death on ihe gallows, The death watch, Guards Miller and Jones, who had been d-:taile¢ to stand guard over the condemned men, are thank- ful that their task is over. Back to their cellsin murderers’ row the men have been taken to die maybe a natural death, Sa e T STANFORDS KEGISTRATION, | president Jordan Highly Pleased With Its Steady Inereace, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Sept. 3.—The registrar’s oflice did not close un- 1il last evening, and even then there were quite a number unregistered. President Jordan and Registrar Elliott were both smiling as they compared this year’s registration with the corresponding one of Iast year. The foct is that nearly all Stanford people are iesling good hu- mored, for a comparison of figures for the iast two years shows that up to dare there are 593 oid students as against 540 for last | year, while for new students the figures e —————————————————————————— The fac-simile signature of (Bt Tedea is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA, Gray’s term would | i are 358 as against 283 last year. gain of 128, and there are many more stu- dents that have not yet arrived. Not only is the freshman class large, but it is made up of a _very desirable lot of siudents. As President Jordan said to THE CALL corraspondent, “'it is an uncom- monly fine-locking class.” President Jordan is especially pleased with the number of graduates from East- ern colleges who have come for post- graduate work. The following is a list of the colleges from which the graduates have come: Harvard, 2; Cornell, 1; Ma etta, 3; Mount Holyoke, 1; Wellesley, Wisconsin, 1; Hastings College, Nev., 1; Drake University, Iowa, 1; Hampton, Sya- ney, Va., 1. In addition to these there isan unusual number of graduates from the East. Kansas and Nebraska universities and Oberlin are well represented, as is aiso the University of Michigan. This evening freshmen are out painting favorite landmarks with their class num- ber. Although some of the sophs are aware of what is going on they will prob- ably not attempt to stop it, as the facuity will not be any too generous with those tound taking part in rushes. —_— LANDED IN SAN JOSE'S JAIL Charles Lee’s Honeymoon With an Oak and Widow Is fudely Ended by His Wife. SAN JOSE, CAL., Sept. 3.—Charles Lee and Mrs. Katie Connell were arrested in this city to-day on a charge preferred by Mrs. Lee. Lee is a professional foot- racer and came to this coast from the East about a year ago. Last November he met Mrs. Connell, a widow, in Oakiand. She passed as Lee’s wife, and a few weeks ago they went to Los Gatos to iive. Lee failed to write regularly to his wife in the East and her suspicions were arou-ed. A month ago she came to California in search of her faitnless husband. She lo- cated the couple at Los Gatos, and ye-ter- aay went before Justice Beggs and charged them with unlawfully cohabiting to- getber. Lee heard of the arrival of his wife and he and the woman left before the warrant could be served. The Sheriff’s office in this city was communicated with, and to- day they were arrested at the New York Exchange Hotel by Deputy Sheriff Black. Lee and the woman bad registered as C. H. Whitney and wife of San r'rancisco. They were arraigned and their exami- nations set for September 6. In default of $2000 bail each they w:ll spend their time in jail, e EUN OVER BY ROISTERERS. San Jose Stable-Keeper Sustains Serious Tu juries. SAN JOSE, CaL, Sept. 3.—Mat Har- ney, Alice Harney and “Trixie’’ Arnold, inmates of a disrepatable house at 11 North Market street, wsre arrested to-day for battery and fast driving, but more serious charges may be placed against them. While drunk and carousing the parties ran over G. W. Laverty, a stable- keeper, on North Market street this morn- ing. Laverty was walking across the street and was deliberately run down. His head was badly cut and bruisea and he received severe internal injuries about the heart. He will be confined to his bed for a couple of weeks and the injuries may resalt fatally. He had a narrow escape from instant death, as the buggy was overturned and the horse tramped on him. Harney and the women were not hurt and considered the affuir as a huge joke until their arrest. e e San Jose’s Tax Kate Reduced. SAN JOSE, CAL., Sept. 3.—The city tax rate has been fixed at §1 per $100 valu- ation by the Common Council. Thisisin conformance with the new charter, and 25 cents below the rate last year. Five cents of the levy goes into a cash basis fund, so the actual amount available for use will be but 95 cents. The levy is divided into the following funds: Fire fund, 20 cenis; library fund, 3; reservation fund, 3; schoot fund, 19; cash basis, 5; general fund, 10; heaith fund, 1; street-lighting fund, 9} street contingent fund, 19; sewer fund, 1; police fund, 10. Total, §1. PRl Charged With a Serious Crime. SAN JOSE, Car., Sept. 3.—Lewis S. Baker, a waichmaker and bicycle repairer at 280 South First street, has been arrested upon a serious charge. He is accused of assaulting the nine-year-old dauchter of C. Calderon in November last. Baker is 45 years of age. Death of a Woodland Divine. WOODLAND, Car., Sept. 3.—Rev. J. G. Shelton, one of the oldest and best-known ministers of the M. E. Church South of California, died here this morning. This is a | WATER WAR AT NATIONAL CITY Chula Vista Ranchers Protest Against Extortion. Threats of Cutting Off Their Supply Nearly Leads to a Riot. Excited Crowds Around the Com- pany’s Office Fr ghten the Emploves. SAN DIEGO, CaL, Sept. 3.—A crisis has been reached in the long-drawn-out fight between the lemon-grewers of Chula Vista and the San Diego Land and Town Company, owners of the Sweetwater dam and water system. The crisis was precipitated Wednesday by ihe issuance of a circular by the com- pany to every water consumer on the tract, notifying them that uniess they signed contracts with the company, agree- ing to pay the new rate of $7 per acre, just twice the old rate, their water would be turned off at7 o’clock Saturday morning, September 4. The gravity of the situation wasine creased by the knowledge that thisalso, meant the shutting off of the domestic supply as well, although there has been no d.spute over domestic rates, and as there is scarcely 2 weli or other source of water supply in the district the greatest excitement prevailed, and threats of vio= lence were freely made against the unfors tunate employe who should be detailed to turn off the water. Out of the 300 ranchers owning and cul= tivating 3000 acres, not a man proposed to pav the new rate. They have been fizhting 1t since it was first provosed, January 1, 1896, and at a big mass-mesting held Wednesday night they decided to resist the company to the bitter end. Judge Haines and Colonel C. H. Rip- pey, owncrs of ten-acre tracts, to-day secured injunctions out of the Superior Court restraining the company from shut- ting off their water supply. None of the other ranchers made a move. At 4 o'clock this afiernoon General Manager John E. Boal announced that he must carry out the orders of the company and turn off the water. A crowd of excited ranchers gathered around the company’s oflice at National City and persuaded him that such action would surely result in blood- <hed, and to-night a telegram was re- ceived trom the Boston head office author- izing him to extend the time to Monday. The ranchers are jubilant to-nignt, and believe the company is frightened and afraid to carry out its threat. —_—— Attempt to Buin a San Diego School. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Sept. 3.—Itis learned to-day that on Wednesday night a delib- erate atiempt was made to burn the Eighth Ward schecolhouse. A bottle of phosphorus and several newspapers were placed at the front entrance by some un- known person. ‘The phosphorus ignited the papers and these set fire to the door. The tlames, nowever, died out for lack of a draught. A druggist who sold some phosphorus a day or two ago thinks he woulid recognize the man if he saw him. BEET-5UGAL INCOKPOLATIONS. Stockton Company Proposes Faciory at Once. STOCKTON, Cav., Sept. 3.—Articles of incorporation for the Stockton Sugzar Beet Manufacturing Company have been signed and will_be filed to-morrow. The projectors are Jonn Hurd and K. C. Korn of San Francisco, and S. Newell, < West and W. B. Harrison of Stockton. These five directors will hold the first meeting to-morrow. They provose to build a factory at the junction of Mormon and Stockton channeis and draw their supply of beets from the islands where tests have shown that the beets richest in to Build a sugar in the State can be raised. NEW TO-DAY. AREYOU GOING TOKLONDIKE It requires two kinds of capital to make this venture. who goes through must have strength and nerve as well as money. Money will not carry you through the long weeks of exposure to cold and hnardship. Strength will count then. 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