The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1897, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1897. there was to t e city, but an approach to the northern edge of the platesu showed that it was only ry small portion of it. Looking over the euige of rather an abrap ending of the flut plateau a fair idea cf the city was ob:ained. i | Here there was seen a large portion of the citv spread out below like a carpet. The lines of rocks on the upper plateau were repeated below on an almost level piece of land. A rough guess at the size of this wonld place it at abou? Sxxty-n_ra acres, and it was nearly all covered with ruined buildings. From above the lines of roads or streets could be seen -everal hundreds of ruined hau Allof these that were standing in a condition good enough 1o be studied were seen to have a door opening toward theesst. There wasexception tothis rule. The best of these houses had walls about two and a half feet high, and the Jower portion of these was nearly perfect. The side of the cliff leading from the upper to the lower platean was covered | with stone walls running parallel to its sides like the :lats of an amphitheatre. The base of one wall was on a level with the top of the one beneath, so tkat the formed a series of terraces likea eps. There was a filling of earth ned the top of the steps, so it is hat these terraces may nave been one time. s little to describe in the appear- ce of the houses or stone walls, All much a 1 size and shape. and where did the people who once the top of this mountain get who! this question is answered by the of a trail that leads down a can- e northward and ends at a sp. ood w to this day 1e by members of T HE CALL'S e aside the walls of some of the old builiings, but notning of reat importance was aiscovered be- w crude arrowbeads. s were dug to the base of some of These were found to be about beneath the surface, indicating walls were once about six feet three fe hat the n turning over the soil among these »uses it was found to be of the finest of loam. Among them were of charcoal, but how they came a great mystery. How the good e 1o be on top of a mountain can Ived one way, it was carried il cam be RESCOESHP | OUTFITTED BY | “THE CALL s First Pa; np’s shipy send her to 1 Francisco about the 10:h of next mo She will go via Suez and is ex- pected to reach her destination in March. Captain Hooper will have charge of her. nd it a 10t improbable that she also will e ordered to Bering Sea early in the pring. *Will Captain Hooper go in person?”’ “I think so,” said Captain Shoemaker. “1 think he would like to go.” CaLL correspondent learned at the House to-day that the Chamber of e of San Fiancisco bad wired sident requesting that Captain Healy of the Revenue Marine be ap- pointed in charge of the whalers' relief e dition, The President sent the communication to Secretary Gage with an indorsement of the reques 1y Gage, upon con- sulting with some officers of the treasury, however, saw that it would be imj ossible, for Captain Healy is now serving a sen- tenc: imposed by court-martial. Heis on “‘waiting orders The President was in formed of this by Secretary Gage, so of course the idea had to be abandoned C. C. CarLTON. i THE EXPEDITION IS A CERTAINTY. IRE Secr lief will be dispatched to the ice- i bound whalemen at the earliest possible moment. That much has been decided upon by the Goverument, and. all that remal to be done now is to decide wh r the bonor of the expedition will fall on the navy or the revenue marine service, and after the decision is made to provision the ship, select the members of the overland trip and, away on the errand of mercy The President and the Cabinet were at first inclined to send the cutter Bear on the journey, but Captain Tuttie’s Feport that it would require from two weeks to twenty days to place his ship in readiness for the battle with the ice, has caused the Washington authorities to turn again to the navy, and the probabilities now are that the whaler Thrasher will be char- tered and Lieutanant Stoney placed in command. In accordance with telegraphic in- structions from the Navy Department yes- terday afternoon Rear-Admiral Kirkland, commandani of the Mare Island navy- yard, wired Lieutenant Stoney, who had returned from the yard in the morning after making his report Monday night, askine for further information regarding the Thrasher, the best terms on which siie could be chartered, whether THE Cary | was ready 10 provision ber and how long it would take, and instructing that officer | to a certain if the Chamber of Commerce | would co-orerate, The dispatch stated that if the Thrasher was sent Lieutenant Stoney was (o be placed in command of | the expedition, and thatif the whaler w chartered the department wanted her 1o | zet away at once. | Lieutenant Stoney at once called at the office of the Pacific Steam Whaling Com- pany and conferred with the heads re- | garding terms for the Thrasher. They | asked $400 a day, the ciarter to ex- tend from the time the Government took charge of the ship until it was turned over 10 the owners. The owners will send their | own officers and crew and ieed them, but if the Government party on board is fed from the’ <hip's stores an aaditionat charge of $1aday per man is made, As there will only be eight members of the party this expense is trifling. Lieuienant Stomey mext re- quested 10 state what it was prepared to do inl the way of provisioning the expedition and was promptly informed that THE CALL was ready and willing to make | good its promise whenever called upon 10 do so. When- ever the Government selected its ship all it had to do was to back her up to a2 wharfand the stores would be on hand. A visit to the Chamber of Commercs PE 560 NUNIVAK F2 0 o DR.OF WALESS"™™ e remdeero oo T ey preeee™ y%0 HNa viical ™ MAP OF NORTHWESTERN ALASKA, Showing the Location of the Several Herds of Reindeer That May Be Used on the Relief Expzd.ton. elicited the statement from Secretary Merry that the organization would aid the expedition in everv way possible, no matier whether the Turasher or Bear was selected for the duty. Lieutenant Stoney wired the command- ant at length, setting forth the informa- tion he had obtaines and stating that the Thorasher was in readiness to make the trip and the expedition could get away in four or five days at the latest. He wa: most enthusiastic over the prospects of making the journey, and set about mak- ing his arrangements with a rush that showed his whole heart was in the work. One of his first acts was to telegrapi o Ensign H nry Wiley, at present attached to the Coast Burvey steamer Blake, sta- tioned on the Atlantic Coast, asking him if he would accompany the expedition as second in command. Up toalate hour last night Lieutenant Stoney had received no reply, but he s hopefui that Mr. Wiley will accept, as he regards him asin every svay fitted for the hazardous undertak- ing It is Lieutenant Stoney’s plan, if he has command of the expedition, to take three officers besides himself and four picked men of the navy. One o! the officers will bave the rank of ensign and will reaily have charge of the expedition, as it is the lieutenant’s plan to push on abead with one man and a dog team and notify the shipwrecked men that succor is on the way and to leal them back to meet the rescuers 1f they are in condition to travel. The next officer will be a surgeon and Lieutenant Stoney is more particular about him than any other member of the expedition, for if the sailors are found to be exhausted from lack of food it will re- quire the very best of medical care to fit them for the long journey south to. a point where a ship can pick them up early in the spring. Sailmaker Michael P. Barr will be the fourth officer. He is at present attached to 1he naval rendezvous in this city, which Lieutenant Stoney recently established, and has already volunteered his services. Heis in every way qualified for the under- taking, and his chief has the highest opinion of his ability. The four men will be selected from volunteers from among the crews of the various warships in port or stationed at the navy-yard. The call for volunteers will be made as soon as the Government decides upon sending the Tnrasher. It the whaler is sent north Captain Healy of the revenue service is the man of all others tnat Lieutenant Stoney would prefer to pilot the ship through the ice to a safe landing place on the north shore ot Norton Sound. Lieutenant Stoney be- Iieves there is no man living <o thoroughly posted in Arctic navigation asthe capiain, who has on numerous occasions pickei his way safely through the floating ice where others would consider it certain destruction to venture. This opinion of Captain Healy is shared in by the members of th: whaling ships, as the following petition show: The Call, San_Francisco, Cal.: To your kind- ness and foretnought the imprisoned whalers are indebted for (he prompt action taken by the Government in preparing to send the cutter Bear to their reliefl. To Insure the success of the undertaking we, the undersigned members of the whaling flset Intely returned from the morth, respect- jully request you to use your influence with the Government 10 have Ciptain Healy plsce | in charge of the expedition, not only on ac- count af his ability as an officer and sesman, but also lor the great influence he has over the natives. He knows the lanzuage of every tribe, and i# 50 well acquainted ss 10 be able to call every uutive between Point Hope and Point Barrow by his name, aud they eniertain for him both 16ar and respect, and they will go to any ex- treme to render him assistance. JO-EPH C. BELA!N, cbiet officer, Navarch. W. H. SUMMERS. engiueer, Cnarles W. Mor- an. ®'G. GILLEY, boat-header, Thrasher. C. D. SANFORD, boai-steerer, Alice Knowles. C.8. CHURD, second mate, Alice Kuowles. CHARLES A. SPARKS, chief officer, John and w:nmr&p DANIEL H. CAHILL, second officer, Alice Kuowles. - CLARENCE S. BROWN, boatesteerer, Alice Kuowles. J. CASEY, carpenter, Californis. THOMAS BURKE, bt-steerer, Lydi B‘ENJAMIN WHIINEY, boat-steerer, Alex- ander, R. 8. BECK, boat-steerer, Alice Knowles. ALF MILL Navarch and Gayhead. w. F. BLACK, Mary D. Hume. Willinin Baylies. ayhead. Knowles. WILLIAM EI FARIA, fourth msate, H. CORTE, boat-sieerer, Al E. W. BEARTLEIT, engineer, F1 linm Bavlies J_E. MAPES. ‘ourth mate, Thrasher. JAMES TIMMES, third mate, Lydia. Tue petition was brovgntinto T'ug Cavr editorial rooms last evening with tue statement that the s every whaleman seen had gladly signed it. The parties who circulated it said that the signature of every whaleman in port would be secured to-day. If the Government decides to give the expedition to the Bear, THE CaLL wil! see to it that Captain Tuitie and his officers and men wili be made as comfortable as possible. The following telegram to Cap- tain Tuttle, sent ye-terday afternoon, ex- plains what he mav expect in the way of assistance from THE CALL: SAN FrANcISco, Nov. 9, 1897, Captain Tutt ymmander Revenve Cutter Bear, Scaft'e, Wash.: When it Was ficst propc sed tosehd u vessel (0rescue the whalers in the arctic, the Uniied Siates Governmeut stated thatit could not provision the vessel without wuthorization from Congress. 1HE CALL then wired the President that if the Government would furnish the ves el THE CALL wou.d sup- ply all the provisions needed. 1t apjears now that the Government has declded to proyisicn the Bear and send her on the voyage. THE CALL desites to say to you that il money, clot iing or provisions are needed for yourse.f or crew to make your voyage comiortable, we will gla pply what is necessary. Ii our offer is accepted, kindly wire us what is needed and we wiil respond at once, W. &. LEAKE, Manager. All Te Cavrr asks, now that through its individual c¢fforts it haas persuaded the Government t send relief to the hapless seamen, is that the expedition start before Norton Sound is entirely closed to navi- gation. -— EVERY DAY COUNTS FROM THhIS TIME ON. Thomas Hanna, who has been teaching for the United States Government at Cape Prince of Wales, the extreme western point of Alasks, for the past two years, is in the city, and is enthusiastic over the vroposed plan to send food to the ice- bound whalers near Point Barrow. Mr, | Hanna's experience in the cold regions has been such that he is thoroughly con- versant with the s:tuation, and he thinks it will be but a matter of time and good judgment so far as reaching the impris- oned men is concerned. He said yester- dav: “If the ship can reach 8t. Michael it can gzet to Cape Prince of Wales, ana from there to Point Barrow, where the vessels are caught, would be a matter of 500 miles overland by reindeer sledges. Captain Healy ccuid undoubtedly get to the cape, and he should be started as soon as pos- sible, for every day will count now. Itis worth weeks to get an early start, for the heavy ice will be forming about the mid- dle of Jenuary, and then the boat cannot push through “After reaching the cape, or even St. Michael, it is a simple matier of 1ime and judgment to get the provisions to the men. Tbere is no danger in the trip, for it can be made with eae. There are plenty of deer ut the different stations. These deer can easily carry all the pro- visions needed, and if a prompt start is made the ships can be reached by the middle of January. The sreindeer can easily travel from twenty-five to forty miles a day with a load. A team of two deer can haul a load of 1000 pounds on two sledges and keep up the pace for a month is neces-ary. There is plenty of moss all along te routelfrom the cape to the point, and Dnatives villages can be found a: dis- tances varying from twenty to seventy- five miles from the cape to Where the ships are held fast. “The party «hould have a dog sledge to go ahead and notify the sailors about the reiief that is cominy, and this could reach them in ten days after the Bear reaches the cape. Dog sledges should be sent on ahead and find gooa places for browsing for thedeer. The desr would browse at night in care of the native herders, and would be ready for the next aay’s work. There is no brush to the north of the cape ana the road would be clear and easy trav- eline. Along the shore the natives could bring in quantities of fish, which can be caugnt there at all seatons of the year, but there would be little or no opportunity for getting game of any kind. Bear are very scarce and in winter generally re- guatures attached | had been cecured in half an hourand that | main housed up. There are no catibou or deor 1o be found, and, in fact, the 1dea of subsistine on any game should be aban- doned. Oi course, there are great num- bers of the ngrook, or big-hair seal, which is fine eatinv, and these could be bought of the natives. ‘“There wouid be no difficulty so faras the cold is concerned unless a heavy norther should come down on the party and then the men wouid have to remain in doors until it passed, but there are few of these storms before the mildle o Feb- ruary and tiuey selaom last more than a day. There are plenty of houses all along ihe shores of the Arctic Ocean where the men could sleep very warm at night. At the Cape there are accommodations for at least 500 men who could sleep in the big dancehonses there. 1n the villages along the coast there sre from five to fifty houses which could be utilized atnight, as the natives are very hospitable. 7 ‘“The deer should be sent forward in bands of fitiy in order that there may be no trouble about finding good browsiug grounds. Itisa very easy matier for the deer to find the moss, as they scent it through three feet of snow and dig it out readily. They thrive on it and it is their chief, if not their only, food in winter. It will not be necessary to carry provisions lor the deer, There should be a good man in charge of each squad of sl-uges, who will furce the natives to hurry through to the ships and who will be able ‘0 write and leave instructions for the squads that follow."’ Mr. Hanna is ready to volunieer to ac- company the relief party if volunteers are needed and thinks that (ne trip could ve accomulished with much less ditliculty than is generally supposed. He thinks all the trouble would be encountered before reaching St. Michael. SACRAMENTO APPROVES THLE WORK OF RESCUE. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 9.—Whatever may be ihe fate of that little band of American sailors W10 are, no doubt, won- dering whether or not their country and the world have forgotien them, the peo- ple of SBacramento are thinking of them to-day, and on every hand one hears ex- pressions of highest praise for the noble purposes of THE CALv in arranging for 1heir res uejfrom deadly peril. Said L. F. Breuner of the great house- furnisbing establishment of john Breu- ner: “Too much canno: be sail for a paper which will undertake such a task as_ THE CALL has in rescuing those poor sailors, icevound in the northern sea<. ' M. A. Hornlein of Ho-nlein Bros., cap talists—The project ot THE CALL is & noble one. Itistheduty ot the Govern- ment to take cars of iis citizens on land or sea, and if the Government fails to do so it will certainly be taught a lesson in American citizenship by the San Fran- cisco CALL. W. 0. Bowers of the Golden Eagle—It is a noble undertaking. 1 have read every word THE CALL has published, and must say that 1t isengaged in & work which the worid will never forget. J. Crarles Jones, Assistant District At. torney of Sacramento County—When one tukes into consideration thesolicitude and vrotection the English Government be- stuw~ upon its subjects and then compares 1L with the attitude of our nation in mat- ters of personal peril we donotpr fit irom the comnparison. the Klondike with shelter for her subjects there. The United States Government woud, 1 my opinion, huve neglected thesc 400 sailors had it not been for THE Carr. Of all classes of c.tizens the sailors 0 our merchant marine are deserving the rest efforis of this nation when tuey find fuemselves in a perilous position on Jand or sea. Senator B. F. Langford of Siockton chanced to be in Sacramento to-day, and thisis what ' e said: “*A great work sare/y on the part of THE CALL. The folks down my way are talking as much about it as you ure up here. I hope your paper will | Succeed in the undertaking, an i b_lieve it | waln’ | "W. H. Govan, Btate Janitor: “Tue CaLyL s expedition to the Arctic seas to the rescue o1 these men will be the preatest achievemeni of modern journa ism.” Hon. E. P. Coigan, Siate Controller: “THE CALL bas undertaken an act of hu- maunity which is without a parallel as a privale enterprise toward a pubtic bene- faction.” General T. J. Clunie: “It is a great scheme surely, and I know of no source better calculated to give so stupendous an undertakine a certain guarantee of suc- cess than THE CaLL.” J. R. Price, president State Board of Highways Commission: *“From a hu- manitarian standpoint the people of the United States will owe THE (ALL a debt of gratitude.” Judge C. N. Post, Assistant Attorney- General: *‘It is a most commenda! un- dertakine in the interests of humanity,” E. 8. Hadley, bookkeeper to Superin- tendent of State Printing: *‘I kave read the proposition of Tig CALL to the Federal Government and it was a very generous one. I hope to read of THE CALL’s suc- | cess in 1he exp nsive and hazardous ven- | ture.” Cuarles Bentley, City Trustee: *It isa most commendable expedition and one which Itru-t will fulfiil tue expectations of its projectors.” R. D. Davis of Was<erman, Davis & Co.: “Noting the cause THE CALL has taken up I heartily congratulaie 1t uvon the -tand taken in the matter o' sending relief to | the unfortunate icebournd sailors in the | frozen north, THE CALL'S generosity cer- | tainiy merits all ihe praise which could | possibly be tendered so worthy an effort, and the manner in whica THE CALL has espoused the cause 1s indced noole.”” Such were a few of the expressions gathered at random, with no attempt made to seek out only those who woula naturally indorse so commendable an en- terprise. Throughout the city in every quarter and on every corner are such ex- pressions as ithe ones reported here re- peated. Tue CALL is triumphant, the people of Calitornia and of the nation and ihe Gov- ernment at Washington have been awak- ened, and that little band of imprisoned saflors will discover atter all that their country and the world has not forgotten them. SUCCESS. “THE CALLS” From the Oakland Tribune. The dispatch from Washington stating that the Government would at once dis- patch the revenue cutter Bear to the re. lief of the imprisoned whalers in the Arctic is a very pronounced example of the power of the great newspaper, Sunday John D, Spreckels, the proprietor of THE CaLr, made & w08t hiberal offer. He guaranteed all the provisions fo: a relief expedition if the Government would furnish the ves- sel. This was evidently no idle boast, for he at once started to bring all possiule iuflu- ence (o bear upon the Government to send a ship north. "All the Senators and Con- gressmen from this State were appr sed of the facts by THE CALL, and all sent urgent dispatches 10 Washington. Within sixteen hours the Government has taken action and the whalers will be re:cued. This 18 indeed tiie noblest method o. modern journalism. Under the new management THE CALL has done many good things, out its effective work on bahalf of the impris- oned American whalers seems to crown them all. Good Trmplars in Convantion. PASADENA, Nov. 9. — The thirty- eighth annual convention of the [nde- pendent Order Good Templars began this morning. The convention was called to order by Grand Chief Templar Rev. 1. W. Webb of Fresno. More than 100 cfficers and delegates from all parts of the State were present. Fifty-four d~legates took the Grand Lodgedegree. This eveninga reception was tendered the delegates. The convention will bs in session three days, ———————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Drug- gtsts refund the money if it fails to cure, 25¢.* Canada has gone into | | in the hallwsy of the house talking with VENDER 0F SONGS AND STRANGLER Willis C. Leavitt, Blird Peddler, Is Charged With Murder. ACCUSED OF KILLING ALICE BROWN. Enamored of the Woman, He Sought in Vain to Marry Her. BETRAYED AT LAST BY HIS OWN TONGUE. Did So Much Ta'king About the Sensational Kilirg That He Aroused €uspiclon. Special Dispatch 10 THE CALL. BOSTON, Nov. 9.—Willis C. Leavitt, the b ind song-vender, wis arrested Monday evening, charged wit) the murderof Alice Brown, the young wsman who was found strangled Thur-day morning at 15 Corn- inz street. Leavitt was a lodger in the house. He had been living there abour four weeks, and he scknowledged that be was enamored of the young woman and wanted to marry he:. Captain Warren says: “'I have decided to arrest Leavitt, tae blind man, on the charge of murdering this girl. 1think we have a caseagainst him. I<hall have him arraigned in the Municipal Court to-mor+ row morning, and I have no doubt that the evidence I shall offer will bs suffictent tc cause nis detention.’ The case i+ one of rbsorbing interest, from the comnpiete mystery in which it is shrouded, which is far from solution, even after tbis arrest, which 1s madeonly on circumstantial evidence. Chief Warren added : | “We have no witnesses to the actual | muraer itself. But we have evidence of a circumstantial nature which I am satis- fied warrants he arrest.” After Leavi't had been committed to a cell balf a dcsen witnesses were brought | to the station and locked up. The police | say that it was Leavitt's ready tongue that brought about his arrest. 1ln the | first place be told a story that about 3| o’clock Thursday morning he heard Alice a stranze man. He recognized Alice's voice. The voice of the man he did not know. The man, Leavitt said, was press- ing Alice to marry him. I would not marry the best man alive,” he said Alice replied. Tne talk ceased and Leavitt| heard no mure except Alice’s footsteps going toward her own room. He ex- plained bis being awake at that time of nixht by raying that he expected a visitor. Although he slept between the room of Kate McLean, who heard a scream, aud the room in which Alice Brown was mur- dered, he said he did not hear the least noise, leavitt’s theories were frequent and interesting. He even went so far, it is de- clared, 3s to illustrate how, in his opinion, the murder was done. The accused man will be arraigned in court to-morrow morning on a charge of murler. Leavitt is 31 years old. 1t is said his father is an engineer on a railroad running mto Boston. Leavitt selis songs for a living and has been a familar figure on Tremont Row for a few weeks back. Leavitt told the police that he had traveled con iderably and had spent some time in 8an Francisco lately. Leavitt was this morning formally charged with the murder of Mary Alice Ruderban, or Alice Brown, as she was better known. The allezation described the manner of killing the girl to have been by grabbing her throat with both hands and pressing the fingers until she cnoked to death, The entire city is excited over this strange case. It is one of the first cases on record of a8 blind murderer and there seems to be a gruesome, morbid fascina- tion in such a cate. Leavitt waived ex- amination and was held for the Grand Jury. Leav.tt in court was no different than Leavitt on the street, at the station house or at the scene of murder. He has that 1 don’t care a snap’” air, which is manitest in all his actions. Leavitt wouid have talked for an hour had not the Judge remarked that e bet- ter not do much talking. A mile was on his face as he walked to the rail. He winked and blinked and chuckled a low chuckle. “Somebody has got to stand for this thing, and I'suppose that I might as well be the one as some other person. The olice are bound to hold somebody, and euess I can stand 1t,” be said to THE CALL correspondent. % There is something so uncanny in the idea of a blind so: g-seller being charge ! with the strangling of ithe unfortunate girl as she enterel her room, and when, oy his own admission, he hud beard her step as she went back and forth on her various trins out of the house that night, that his case is one of particular interest. His features wear the vacant, upward look of t e blind, and ye: it is said that ue can see more than people think, By his own admissions e was fond of the girl whose life . eisnow sccused of having taken. Helived in the lowest of neigh- borhoods, the intimate of thieves and fal en women. Talkaiive, boastful and self-confident, with opinions of a mniost positive, kind, Leavitt rattled on about the murder and his own belief as 1o what was the best fate or a woman who would not marry & good man when he a ked her. “The evidence in this case must be purely circumstantial,” said THE CALL man to Leavitt. “That's true,” replied Leavitt, prompt- ly, “‘and in this case t ere were only two people who saw the murder, and one of them is dezd and can’t sav anything.” ‘Was there an undue note of satisiaction in bis voice as he confidently said, **Only two peopl-?" In answer to an expression of horrsr that a man should comm:t murder just because a woman would not marry him, Leavitt sait: “Kill them for not accept- ing aman? Why, — thew, it's good enough for them if they won't listen to reagon. They are better out of the way.’’ Words cannot do justice to the utter heartlessness of Leaviti’s expression. Miss O'Brien says: I met Leuvitt in the hallway the morning on which the body of Alice was found. I said to him, ‘Have you heard the news? ‘Whatis it?' he replied. ‘Alice Brown has been killed,” *‘Then,” said the woman, ‘‘he. turned from me excitedly and said with a foreed laugh, ‘Oh, ¢ pecied it a week avo. MINERS 10 RETURN 10 WORK. Five Hundred Delvers for Coal Will : Resumes at an increased Rate. BRAIDWOOD, Ir., Nov. 9.—Five nun- dred coalminers who have been on a strike since July 4 will return to work in the Braceville mine to-morrow morning. The men will receive 7714 cents per ton, an advance of 10 cents. No rent will be collected for the strike period and coal will be supplied to them at a reduction of 50 cents per ton. Talk of fmporting Chinese labor to fill the places of strikers in the other mines of this district continues to excite strong comment among the strikers. Work was continued on the stockade at Carpbon Hill, where it is said the Chinese wi.l be put to work. A meeting was he'd to-night to elect delegates 10 a general conference at Sireator to-morrow, which will determine whether or not a compromise will be ac- cepted similar to the one at Braceville, -— CHIEF HAGEN RETIRED. Change in the Head of the Na- tional Secret Service Bureau. CHICAGO, Nov. 9. — A Washington special to the Iuter Ocean says: There will be a change in the head of the Na- tional Secret Service Bureau on Novem- ber 15. Cnief Hazen of Cincinnati, who was named as a personal appoiniment of ex-Secretary Cariisie, has been asked to resign. Thomas J. Poiter, Secret Service opera- tor at Chicago, wiil be promoted. The ’s nothing. I ex- ) Secret Service is under tue civil service law, and, althouzh there are numerous applicants for ti.e place, Secretary Gage is going to promote on- of the men in the ranks. Porter was appointed to the ser- vice in 1886 and has been stationed at Chicago tor some time. HORE TROUBLE FOR JUEN . LOGAN Charged With Having Misap- propriated Horse-Show Funds. Wan's to Fght His Accuser, Who Stands Ready to Accommo- date Him. Special Dispateh to THE CALL. CHICAGO, Nov. 9—The trouble John A. Loean Jr. had with McCook over a suit of clothes worn at the Czar’'s corona- tion, is trifling compared with the trouble he is having over §700 worth of cress suiis alleged to have been bought with horse- show money and not acconnted for. Cnarges of all sorts of crookedness are made by members of the Board of Agri- culture against Logan, and that gentle- man to-niaht sent word to Secretary Ger- rard that he (Logan) had been led to be- lieve that Gerrard was responsible for most of them, and would ho!d him per- sonally responsiile. Gerrard was on the way to the Springfield train when Logan’s message was brought. He said: “T'll just stay in Chicago a day or 5o to meet him. I might fo'low the example of Corbett when Fitzsimmons wanted to fight him, and tell Lo-an to Iick McCook before he comestome. But I won’tdo that, for I'd really like to <ee Mr. Logan for a fiw minutes and g ve him a chance to carfy out his threats. [ am not a military man, and don’t wear any medals but my own. Still, I'm not going to run from logan if be wants to see me for any purpose. “When we get Logan’s books we'll let the public know some facts about the management of the horse show that will be paralvzing. We will find out why $700 worth of dress suits were bought and who got them—if anybody did. There are lots of interesting things to be known and the Etate Board of Agri- culture proposes to - conceal nothing from the public regarding the hor<e show.”’ Friends of both men thought at first it was a joke, but now that both are ear- nestly angry tho e who egged on the ficht are moving heaven and earth to prevent a meeting. e BENNETT 10 BE DETAIMED, Held at Fictoria to Await the Arrival of Witnesses. VICTORIA, Nov. 9.—Chief Justice Davie this morning issued a warrant for the de- tention of J. G. Bennett wanted in San Francisco for an attempt to murder his wife, and in the afternoon C. J. P. Walsh, acting for the Police Depirtment of Sar Francisco, made applicaction for the extradition of Bennett. Bennett's attor- ney asked for the dismissal of the charge on the ground that he had been held too .ong before being taken be- fore the Judge. Theapplication was over- ruled and a continuance was granted for a week 1o allow witnesses to arr.ve from San Francisce. Jasaults an Oficer in Court. SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 9.—Thomas Wat- son and Jamas Brown, two tramps, stole anickel-in-the-slot machine from a saloon to-day, carried it to the river bottom, broke it and took its contents, $1 70. Soon afterward they were arrested by Chief Rawle and Constable Cor-y. In the courtroom Brown attempted to escape and assaulted Chief Rawie, refusing to sit down. Itrequired the efforis of five men, ineluding Justice Gardner, to place hand- cuffs on him. He was sentenced to jail for six months. e All Ie Well With the Janue, PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 9.—A letter has been received from one of the mem- bers of the schooner Janus’ crew bound for Copper River. The letter was dated October 10 and sent from Port Neville, off Vancouver Island, abont forty miles from Alert Bay. At that time ail was well with the schooner. This makes it improbabie that it was the Janus in distress that was sighted in a storm in Dixon’s enurance by the schooner Pilot. Ranchers 10 Own & Sohooner. SBALINAS, Nov. 9 —Bay Westcott of Soledad went to S8an Francisco to-day to close the leaze of a schooner to ply be- tween the metropolis and Moss Landing. He is acting on behalf of a company of Soledad ranchers who will ship tueir own products to the city, buy supplies there and return with them, Transportation from and to Soledad will be by Wagos. Westcoit is a sailor and will navigate the schooner. —_— Keeping Lottery-Places. W. H. Nolan, R E. Eagleson, John Sulli D. W. Kirkiand, Johan Waller and E, W. Bax. ter, all busness men, appeared before Judge Low yesterday 10 answer to a charge of keep. inga lot(exi{'phee. Policeman Lycett accused. them of sclling lottery tickets, Al were dlsm:.-efrnr wgn of proof. 11 the cases CHURCH CIRGLES A TURMOLL Strife Between Pastors of Santa Rosa Con- gregations. Exception Taken to an Article From the Pen of Rev. Dr. Hudson. Declared It Was Manifest that the Pulpit Had Returned to Chaos. Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL SANTA ROSA, Nov. 9.—Church circles here are in the throes of a fierce contro- versy that threatens to involve notounly all the local denominations but those of a large part of the State as well. Those in touch with religious affairs are wondering what the outcome will be. The conteniion was staried by the pub- lication of an article in the Press-Demo- crat of Sunday morning from the p-nof the Rev. Jay Willism Hudson, pastor of The article was oue of a number contrib- uted by prominent personages of tkis community upon current topics. That day and evening Pastor Hudson was fiercely assailed from the pulpit by several prominent divines because of cer- tain statements contained in bis article and because of certain views he expressed. Tnis morning the Press-Democrat con- tained scathing articles upon the subject from the pens of the Rev. William Mar- tin, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. J. M. Cassin, the priest in charge of St. Rose’s Church and the Kirst Christian Church of this cny.x {liam Martin is the leader of & wealthy and influential denomina- tion, and isrecognizad as one cf the most prominent divines 1n this section. The Rev. Father Cassin stands high in the community. and 1s known as a man thoroughly in touch with the times. I'ne Rev. Jay William Hudson is a man of brilliant” attainments, a poet, a musician and a :cholar, and as h is the pastor of a flock numbering over 30) members, con- siderable importance attaches to his statement. In part the article that has stirred up such a hornet's nest was as follows: s A decade ago the pulpit occupied a aistinctly relegated place in the commc wealth. day it does not know precise what it believes, whether it is rigat to expre such beliefs as it has, or just what pose in expressing them when it doc sies are becoming So abundant that herc: popular. The nheretics of yesterduy are the inquisitors of to-day. It is manifest that the pu-pit hus returied to chaos and it is to b: suspected that out of the chuos the scepter of civilization 1s to evoive a new system am. ble to new reiations and reacjusted * * * Perfect government is the condition of perfect men; perfec. religion is the method o their development. Hence, 0 far as - ical duty 10 the nation is coucerned, preacher has to do first with politics and sec with religion. Tue conflict of the past hus been the conflict of church with state. Tiw conflict still exists in & myriad perplexing forms. * * * Part of the Rev, William Martin’s arti- cle, as publisied this morning 1n reply to Mr. Hudson, is as follows: ® & » T confess that it was with surprise and profound regret that Ilearncd that the putpitoi the First Christian Church had re- urhed to chaos, and that its eloquent pastor duoes not kuow precisely what he beileves, whether it is right to express what beiiefs he hasor just what his purvose is in expressing them when he does. I can well understand how profoundly it must pain him in thes. embarrassing circumstances to siand before the congregatioi that has called him 1o teaci them and that 100ks to him to teach with ho; esty of conviction and of purpose. However, ihat is not my concerx. My chief objection to the statement is that, in my humble opinion, it 1is absolutely without foun- dstion in fact, and that it imputes dis- honesty in quarters where nosuch imputation 1s deserve i, That there are individual pulpits hose occupants are as Mr. Hudson describes, js true, and that some ol these brethren are disposed to say, “We are the vulpit,and wis- dom witl die with us,”” is a S0 true; but that any considerable number of the mimisters of the evangelical cnurches, whether reckoued by numbers or by brains, are helplessly adritt upon s sea of negations, cluiching wildiy at any straw of pusitive belief that may float their way, is notirue. 1nourown smallcom- munity there aresome seven pulptts (until yes- teraay 1 shon.d have said eight) to which statement of my oroiher does not app.y. * The Rev. Father Cassin handles the matter in this manner: * * + In the interest of truth I am in. duced to take some exc ption to Mr. Hudson's remarks. He says “the pulpit is in the throes of a transitional stage. To-day it does not know precisely what it believes, whether it is Tight 1o express such beliefs it nas or just what is its purpose in expressing them when itdoes”’ This is, indeed, a deplorable confes- sion to have to make. 1f the deseription give 1s & correct view of the Rev. Mr. Hudson’s pu pit, both he and his congregation are deser ing of commiseration. But he is by no mesns authorized to speak for the pulpit in general and he bas no right to’'say that otuers ai groping i the dark because he caunot see. * “The problem of the tariff will no be considered as isolated irom the problem of the immortaiity of the soul.” It isscarcely to be belleved that a Caristian minister could speak of the immortality of the soul as a problem. Tculy, there is chaos in some pulpits. As Rev. Dr. Hudson is known to be a man thoroughly able to take care of him- self in any kind of an argument the out- come is awaited with intere t. 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