The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1897. 5 CEVERA, | T SOLSTEL Already Inclined to Ask Release From His Command. DECEIVED BY LIES OF WEYLER. Delay That Has Destroyed All Chances of Reform in Cuba. RSH METHODS THAT ARE | NOT CHECKED. H L aders of the Insurgent Army Are Preparing to Take the Offensive. rms, an hopes of . lists are ) | General | al were made in y in- ch he est and | led a day General the cond Governme eir sincerity ly ainted lieved. ¥, Spanish | e wa nin carrying ss harsh metii- r to destroy have just thro milita ve I met said be orde the The | regarding vation Id cost a conside: planters n can at pres Lelieved, have uccess of auton- e it i of the espondent with Cuban | General neco headway than he | ymy will be a dead | 1es. Blancourt, chief and an intimate writes from November of Ma- end of field un- | *N render to the r-solution of the| , known alrealy to all na- | out the world, and you| ve this expression rebel chiefs was held | there were uez, Gen- Raul Arango and Luis Perez aud Gayo. Allagreed | ew regime. | ys: “It is neces- to Spain, to the tes and to the We are 1 sent than ever be- | we will assume tue | Spanish columns, | i Spanish cz ’ [ ] on a tour of Ha- d his orders are the rebels. The with General | his column has | finding any Parrado was wns. In Guines ! honor and the | St P SCHEME OF AUTONOMY. How €£pa to Accord Civi R'ghts ing to the ingi re Colo binei which cussion of & Was post- | po:d. : i le piincipal basis of the scheme to be deced when the Cabinet meet i enjment of ail the r the sar tailunt volital and civii r without dis inction of the ation of a ( all the members of whics 1o be ecied by popular vote. A Cut Sena‘is to be created iater on. Thehamberis to beemuo the biget expenditure, m tr public” service and custor duiies and decide the re y of the executive officer ¢ qotherland wiil have exclu controof international affairs, mi 1ial matters and of the org, fie tribunals. Spain also reta.ns iirtion of the polit cal and civil s ol national character and retains trol f the expenditures of the same e exutive power will be ve:ied in a th deputies appoint- br . Both the Governor-Gen- 1 and,;s deputies will be reston he Cun Chamber. reirt e it the Government rn_for his services as Ge of Cuba to appcint Lieu- | al Wevier Governor-General | pine Islands is officially de- | I't A | the pariisans and | er are making lav- | 1% to welcome him on bis | 4 with bands wi'l meet the | 6000 rockets will be fired. | de they will urop rib | iva Wevler.” The pub- » not disposed to subscribe e xpense of the demonstra- = case of one ciud, having [ fof 1000, only six contrib- »atch from Santander, | tion, an, a membersh uted. | Landate aloyy e huke MONTREALIoy. 17.—The story tele- graphed from Ghee of a terrible land- slide in the Duche River and the loss of ,hvr y lives turns out to be untrue. A | H upon | Norman W. | captain: | sity squad will be take | play. | the line st tackle was tried French daily published the story ana | added details of the disaster, but mvesti- gation proves that the whole story isja fake. e — FOR THE FIRST PAYMENT. Arrargement of the Union Facific Reorganizers to Settle With the Government. NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Arrangements for the first payment io the Government on account of the Union Pacific Railroad debt have been practically completed by the reorganiz tion committee and the syndicate. The first payment will be made next Monday and will amount to about $13,500,000, the price paid for the | bonds in the sinkine fund held by the treasury. These bonds will be turned over to the committee as soon as the money for them is deposiied in the Nutional City Bunk to the credit of the Governmer In proportion to the Unite¢ S bords deposited_by them i the United States treasucy at Wastine- 1on as securitv for the cash held on ac count of ihe Guvernment, the Nutior City Bank wil’ turn over to tuose banks part of the $13,000,000. Thus abou; $2,600- 000 of bonas have been so deposited over and apbove the bonds for nearly tue 1 amount deposited by the national bank. Of the $13,000,000 of Puc fic bonds (cur- rency sixes) which the Government will turn over to the reorganization committee next Monday, about $4,000,000 are past dve: and they will be aelivered to the commiitee at the sub-treasury in this city. The remainder, for .the inost part, Lecome due on the lst of January next, and some 10 January, 1899, S FCUND DEAD IN A FIELD. Exposure Kills a Man Who Witnessed | the Sinking of the Alabama. BAKERSFIELD, n not nown o history was found dead ina| 1 near Poso yesterday. He was stepher hing, who Alabama was abe when that vessel the steamer was sunk oif the coast of France by the Kearsarge in 1864, After the war he came West and became wealthy in business in Los An- geles. Of late he had b a common h Count, ht w borer on a ranch of the Ko Company, being given snch | running pumps in the stoc the time of his death he was returning to | the rancn from iown, and night over- taki him he lay down and died of ex- posure. He bad been drinking neavily while in town, HARVARD KICKERS 10 RETAIN THE "1 All They Have io Do Is to Put Up a Good Game With Pennsylvania. It Is Explained the Team Was Not Deprived of an Honor for Poor Playing. Special Dispatch to Te CaLn BOSTO™, Now. 17. s is $tated upon ! good authority to-night that the Harvard ewm w:ll ba allowed to their reir sweaters again, wi the Pennsylvanian game, provided the men play game, of which they haveshown themselves capable in conlests previously 1o that with Yale. Here is the explanation of the removal of the H's from the sweaters of the Har- vard eleven. The tollowing is signed by Cabot, the Harvard football football its of Haree W 1 wish to correct eared in many of H’s have been ich has np effe tth om the foottall team on account | of the poor snowing made ageinst Ynle. Asa matter of fact, the cartsin or coachers have it to (ake the H's B y from the me atter being entire [ einz to they cau redeem th st practice of the year took place The I on Soldier. eid this afternc ne men wil'! merely go through the s and on Friday afterncon the t leave for Philadeip The whole Var- down to the Penn- Harvard eleven when sylvaniagame. Tn it meets Pennsylvania w a greater or lessextent. Itisv proba- ble that Captain Cabot him-elf will not Warren, the rush line haliback, is hopelessly out of the game, and willenot ba uble to line up against Pennsylvania. L'he loss of the captain and the b end | Harvard has will mean a great deal to the Harvard team. The students eel that they have a fighting chance. The game itself has not aroused a great desl of inter- est at Harvard. To-day's practice was rather discourag | ing. The men did not get together quick!y enough and the play lagged at times. { Cabot, Warren and Swaine wree not in the game stall. Swaine will prooably play on Saturdav, however. The new scheme with Miils at fuilback and Haurhton in for the first i i time, and now has become a | tne Harvard list of information. SURVEY OF THE NIGARAGUA GANAL The Expedition, Under Com- mand of Admiral Walker, Will Soon Sail. It Is Est‘mated That It Will Take Four or F.v: Months to Com- plete the Work. Dispatch to THE Ca Carn Orrice RiG WasHixGToN, . The Nicarsgua surveying expedition, ! under command of Admiral Walker, will sail from New Yurk about November 25 Juan del Norte, the Atlantc terminus of the canal. The expedition is competely fiited out, and, besides about fifty civil engineers, will employ 250 men in the field, it being the intention of tie for Ban ! Government to comnvlete the survey in four or at most five months by di-tribut- inz many parties on the line. The Unit d States crutser Newport will take officers and some of ihe material, but about tons have been ulready shipped on the Mail steamship from New York to the At- lantic terminus. A. (1.‘ Menocal, C. United States navy, will go with the expedition by order of the Governmentto exvlain the surveys already made. Itis intended to present the survey to the Fiity-fifth Congress. The b:ll for the con-truction of the canal will be placed upon ihe calend:r early enough to secure its pa sage. The ad- ministra.ion shows the greatest interest in the maiter. The United States ship New York has also been ordered to re- survey the harvor of San Juan del Norte, the Atlantic terminus, and the United Siates ship Alert the harbor of Brito, the Pacific terminus, or lose | 1 be crippied to | CLIVATIC CONDITIONS AND SOIL Interesting Experiments Made by Professor Whitney. | | | OF GREAT VALUE TO FARMERS. Peculiar Humid Conditions in the Arid Regions of the Desert. PLACES WHERE CROPS GROW WITHOUT RAIN. Water Waves of the Earth Accu- rat<ly Determined by the Use of Electrodes. Spectal Dispateh to THE CALL. Caru GFricE, R16as Hovusk | WasHiNGToy, D. Cias AR The division of soils of the Agricult- ural Department, which was established a counle of years ago. is conducting some of the most interesting experiments of the department. Professor Milton Whitney, | who is in charge of the division, is en- | zaged atvresentin the investigation of the climatic conditions of moisture and tem- peraturein their relation tothe local distri- bution of crops. The work has a scope as broad as the country. It will eventually embrace all the soils and staple crops, and 1ts relation to the future of the coun- y, when crops must be specialized under | | the intensitied system of agriculture, which must come to our farmersin a few vears, 1t promises to be of the utmost eco- nomic and practical value, Its practical utility will be the determination of the normal water contents of the different soils in various portions of the country, their capacily for the absorption and re- tention of moisture, with the amount of moisture required by different crops, to- gether with methods for a:certaining the point which lack of moisture would en- aanger crops and the most feasible methods of irrigation. The investigation of the Western soils, made with the aid of the Weather Bureau, which covers Lower California, the San | Joaquin Valley and the great Palouse dis- | trict, comprising the fertile wheat-grow- | ing distriets of Caiifornia, Washington | | and Montana, the Yellowstone Valiey. the Red River Valley and also the Mujave and Nevaoa deserts, have developed some | | most astounding facts and some whicn | the Department of Agriculture is not yet ab'e to explain. Professor Whitney says the history of these soils will make the most remarkable chapter 1n the history of the worid’s agri- culture. Although these soils, excepting | the Red River and des<ert districts men- tioned, have from one-fifth to one-half the annua! rainfall received by the territory east of the Mississippi River (that 1s, from seven to twenty inches)- they seldom, | if ever, suffer.from drought. Moreover, | practically all the rainfall they do receive comes in the fall and winter seasons. | Oniy a slight fraction falls during the | summer months when thecrops are grow ing, yet the crops do not auffer. An invisiigation of tlrese far Western soils hasshown that they are largely made | up of the disintegration of the original | basaltic 1ock and that there is little dffer- | ence between the soils and subsoils, a | difference very marked in the East. They | have a remarkable power for absorption | of moisture and do not really loss it by evaporation, although the humidity of the atmosphere during the growing <ea- son much lower than in the East. Thus, the crops, by subsisting on the winter rains, can stand long periods of drought. In'the San Joaquin Valley, the grape- growing region ol California, the annual ! rainfall 1s but seven inches, and from May to September only about six-teaths of an | inch falls. yet the vines flurish through- out the season. It is true, tiiey are irri- | | | gated by canals, but the moisture is a - | I | sorbed and transmitted by tbe soils. There is no surface application of water. In Southern California the winter rain- fall is about sixteen inches; the summer | raiafall less than cne inch; and without | irrigation tobacco and other crops grow taxuriantly. At Chino, in this district, sugar beets, which require a great amount of moisture, grow famously. The surface soil dries out in the summer, forming a dry crust or mulct, which seems to pro- tect the soil oeneath. In the districts about Merced, Walla Walia, Bczeman and Pullman, termed the Palouse dis- trict, the annual rainfali varies from ten to twenty inches, 1n which from one to ten inches fall auring the season of the growing crops; yet, owing to the wonder- ful power of the soil to retain water and supply it to the crops, a drought of m:onths is less injurious there than one of the same number of weeks in the East, where the annual rainfall 1s about torty inches. In the Mojave and Nevada deserts the | annual raintall averages about tive inches, bui beneath the alkali crusts the soil is: | always moist, a fact which the scientists have as yet been unable to expiain. In fact, little is kuown of the pow r of the soils to hold water. As artesian wel.s | show water in all these districts irom 40 | to 200 feet below the surface it 1s consid- | ered possible that there is a slow and con- tinuous movement of waier upward from tha ariesian sources which are beyond the influence of tne local climate. This is | especiaily believed to be true of the des- | ert districis, where the mois ure of the | soil ¢c.nnot be explained on the theory that the soil could retain the moi-ture from the insiznificant rainfall. By placing | electrodes in the soil in all these places at | various depths, from a few inches to twenty-five feet, itis believed thatin the ! future the direction and intensity of what | m ght be term~d the water waves of the | earth can be accurately determined. mag The use of the elecirodes for determin- ing the moisture of the earth has been quite extensively employed in the Enst, and with very satisfactory resuits. The rinciple made use of is the resistance af- orded by the earth at different depths to the passage of an alternating current of eiectricity. If the earth is absciutely dry of course the resistince would be too great for the passage of the current, As the moisture increases, water being a per- fect conductor, the resistance decrease . In truck-farming and garden-work, where cultivation is intense, it is believed that | the use of these electredes, which require | but iwo or three ordinary ceils for their operation, can be made with great profit by those who are at all scientific in their | methods. § SCHEMING 10 REDUCE HE DERT Huntington Endeavor- ing to Prevent Sale of the Central. YET PLANS FOR AN EXTENSION. Would Reduce the interest and Escape Payment Until January, 1901. SIR CHARLES R. WILSON STANDS IN. Durlng His Recent Visit to London Collls Gave Assurances to Stockholders. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—A spccial to the World from Washington says: Agents of the Central Pacific Railroad Company are on hand here to try a repetition of the deal to beat the Government and the peo- ple, which was atlempted in the case of the Union Pacific. C. P. Huntingion is endeavoring to pre- vent the imminent sate ot the Central Pa- cific by securing an extension of the first mortgage bonds, which fall due January 1, 1898. A portion of the bonds became due last Jannary, but an extension was obtained until January lnext. Mr. Huntington’s plan isto have the entire bonds extended wntii January [ 1921. He wishes the interest reduced from 6 per cent to 5 per cent. Hunting- ton's idea is that through the extension he desires the Government debt may be in the meantime settled. The Central Pacific’s debt to the ernment now aggregates $75,800 819 Of thisamount § 5,860 represents the princi The interest due is $47,954,- 139 78. he total amount is reduced by the sinking fund lieid by the Government $15,080,787 49. The net debt of the Cen- tral Pacific 1s thus $59,829,031 29. Un:il the time that the Schiff-Fitzger- ald committee abandoned the idea of buy- ing the Union Pacific for ¥33,600,000 in 8 75. cash Mr. Huntington’s plan was to secure | a cancellation of the debt to the Govern- ment of the Central Pacific bv a cash pay- | ment of about $20,000,000. The Govern- ment would thus lose about $31,000,000 of | its claim. | Co. of New York and London Speyer & are acting for Huntinglon’s interests in | the matter. The so-called Bunbury com- mittee of London supports Mr. Hunting- ton’s policy. The committee consists of R. D. Peebles, Josepu Price, Alwyn Compton, J. B. Ackroid and F. G. Ban bury. There is a diffzrence of interestsin the committee, Tue first 1wo members sup- post C. Centrai Pacitic, who does not apirove «f the Southern Pacific Railroad pe:ple having too much interestin the Central Pacific. Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, who recently came to this country to invesfigate the | affairs_of the Central Pacific, is acting with Mr. Huntingion. It was throu bis influence that the majority of the Banbury committee rejected Brethierton's proposul. The majority of the Banbury committee are in accord with the Huntington-Wilson policy toward the stockholders and secur- 1iy holders of the Central Pacific. The Fairchiid committes was defeated | by the Banbury commitiee through the | influence of Sir Charles Rivers Wilson. The Fairchild peopie would have put the Central into a receivership for the purpose of reorgamizing it finaliy. The London and Amsterdam security holders took alarm av the prospect of a receivership and will stand by the Banbury committee, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson and Mr. Hunt- ingion. There 1s now held in London and Am- sterdam $60,000,000 of a total of $67 000,000 of Central Pacific stock. The shares cost the holders about §52,900,000. At market value they are worih now about $10,000,000. During Mr. Huntington’s last visit to London he, it is said, successfuily argued with representative siockholders that within five years after the Government debt had been adjusted the stock would increase suflicientiy to recoup them for the price they paid for it. What effect the !ailure of the Schiff syn. | dicate to ‘'¢o”’ the (overnment out of a large portion of its just claim will have on Huntington’s scheme remains to be shown. WANT TO KEEP THE MARIGN. But It Is Evident the Vessel Will Bei Sent to San Diggo as fe- cently Crdered. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—The Navy Department addressed a letter to Gover- nor Budd concerning the arion, asking | for more information in detail as to what disposition the California Nuval Reserve want to make of the Marion and Camanche. It is tne understanding at the Navy Department that the San Fran- sco people want to keep the Mar.on \here. She has already been assigned to the San Diego station, and this is not likely to be changed, although nothing definite will be decided on until Governor Budd replies to the letter mailed yester- day. RAILRIADS 710 BE SUED. They May Have to Pay the Penalty for Aiding in the :muggling of Chinese. AUBURN, N. Y, Nov. 17.—C. H. Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, who is conducting the irial of cases in the United States District Court, 1s authority for a remarkable story in connection with the smuggling of Chinese into this coun- try. Mr. Brown said that the cost of de- porting Chinese hns been very great and has been on the increase, which is also the case with the smuggling of the Chi- nese. The Government, Mr. Brown says, lays the blame for the greater part of the | illicit traffic on the employes of the Canedian Pacific Railway, and Attorney- General McKenna, it is stated, will insti- tute an action against the corporation. The Government avers, according to Mr. ‘Brown. that the railway employes con- Go7- | Bretherton, a director of the ! spire with Goverment officials to break the law. A bill of costs is being compiled, and as each deportation costs §500 the total wlill be very large. When thisis done, Mr, Brown says, the action will be commenced. If it can be proved thatany other railroad has been a yarty to break- ing the 'aw an action against 1t will also Le brougnt, ER iy REPULSED THE TRiBESMEN. But in the Kand-to-Hand Fighting the British Forces Lost Twenty-Seven Cfficers and Men. SIMLA, Ixpia, Nov. 17.—The official dispaiches received to-day from the British headquarters in the Maidan Valley say that on General Kempster returcing to camp with his baggage on Monday last, the Sikhs of the British force were split up into companies and held the pass of the Kotal. The enemy appeared in force and rushing forward with great perseverence, some hand-to-hand fighting foliowed. The Sikhs, the dispatches added, were as stexdy as rocks and drove back the enemy with heavy loss. Furtber details from the Maidan Valley show that the loss of General Kemnpiter's brigade is quite serious. The force con- sisted of the Dorsetshire regiment and regiments of Sikhs and Ghurkas. The in- surcent tribesmen made their attack upon the rear guard, but were briiliantly repulsed by the Sikhs. The Dorsetshires lost their way in the darkness and were cut off by the enemy. Lieutenant Haley and Lieutenant Crook and nine men were killed. The rest of the Dorsetshires at- tached themselves to the Sikhs and ar- rived in camp in safety. The other officers killed were: Lieuten- ant Wylie of the Ghurkas and Lieatenant Warne of the Sikhs. Fourteen Sikhs and Ghurkas were killed: Colonel Abbot, Capta:n Custanio and Lieutenant Munn were wounded and twenty-eight Sikhs and Ghurkas wounded. This shows that fiftv-eight men were placed hors du com- bat in this affair, of whom twenty-sevenr officers ard men were killed and thirty- one wounded. Two companies of Sikhs, holdiug the spur of the hill, were so fiercely assaulted that they 10 call for re-enforcements. Colonel ughton, with the balance oi the Bikhs regiment, rushed to their sup- port. The whole force withdrew gradually, fighting every step to tve valley. Dusk had now set in and tne enemy was crowd- ing the British on all sides. Colonel Haughton determined to camp for the night and sent five companies to storm a couple of blockuouses. The Sikhs drove out the enemy at the point of the bayvonet. Six were killed and many wounded dur- 1ng this charge. The wonunded were then brought in under the enemy’s unceasing | fire, and the force finally reached head- | quarters the next morn:ng withont fur- ber casualties. ‘RO POOR NURSE 10 RICH BEIRESS Lord Derby’'s Granddaughter Assumes the Position That Belongs to Her. | | | | After Many Years tha Wrongs In- flicted by a Cruel Father Are Righted by an Uncle. hto THE CALL. 1 Special Dispa BOSTON. Nov. nurse turps out to be an heiress to a quarter of a million. “‘Instead of being the poor nurse I have been for years, | am now an heiress and shall give up the partially assumed name I have aiways used and shall take my po- ition with the title that belongs to me.” So spoke Miss Isabella Rosetta Ferley, tne granddaughter of Lord Derby to THE CaALL corre-pondent as she said good-by to him | before she sailed for England io-day. The | history of Miss Farley’s life is not, per- haps, romantic, at least in it there is no tale of love, unless it be that broader love for humanity that characterizss those only whose souls soar above the average plane of worldly interests. | " She was born in Liverpool, Eng., thirty- i six years ago. When she was 19 her | mother aiel. On a Saturday morn:ng, | forty-three days after tiat loss ber fatner, who wanted 10 re-marry, told her, while seated at the breakfast table, that unless she left the -houss within twen'v-four hours she woula be put out. Miss Farley was but little surprised, for ber father bad always been a stern man to the fam- ilv, and for some ime before his wie's death evinced but little interest in ber. The daughter left ner home with hardly a tiche of her share in thefortune which had veen ber motbe and three months later her youngest brother, George James Far- lev, then aged 16, was sent adrift in an equully unceremonious manner. Within 4ar the two remaining children were nt off. and the father took his second wite. For years she has been a hospital nurse and servant girl. and spent every | centshe earned for charity. “Last April my father died,” she said. By my stepmother’s influence, aithough | [ bave never -een her since she was mar- in rome way I am deprived of the enjoy- ment of my mother’s property. | fati er could not disinherit my brother, | nowever, siice the estate was entailed, but my father’s eider brother, reahzing the ijustice my father had deone me, de over his entire fortune of $250,000 10 my me. I gave haif of this to my brother | George.” Miss Farley’s story is vouched for by Rev. Dr. Lindsay, who states that she has | long been a member ol his churct. e THEEE DEAITHS FLOM FEVER. | Cotda Wenther, However, Is Ewxpected to Stamp Out the Disease. { NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 17.—There were The latter were J. D. Curry, Sal- Henry Bartels. The to-day vatoe Crosaffi and weather continues cold, and the fever is expected Lo e out completely in the next ireveport, Mobile and Jack- were the principal points to aes to-day, relieving the com- mercial ana railroad situation considera- bly. Governor Foster has issued a proc- lamation calling on Louisiana towns to raise quarantines. - Pacific (oast Prnsions. WASHINGTON, Nov. bave been granted as follows: California: Origizal—Benjamin F. Royal, Moun: Bul- lion; Wiliiam Sheridan, W. Jewett, Garberville. Original widow, etc —Frances D. Wilde, Ventura. can War surviver: Increase — Charies Burns, San Francisco. Oregon: Original—John Brown, toria. Original widow, etc.—Saran Higgins, Redlands, Washinglon—Original: George Lind:ay, erett. Increase — August Toussaint, Soldiers’ Home, Pierce. Ori:inal widow, etc.—Sarah J. Gaither, [lwasco. - Gets a M.dal of Honor. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—A medal of honor has been presented (o Lieutenant Colonel Jol:n Green, United States Army for most d stin. i hed gallantry as mwior of ihe First Cavuiry a' the Lava B.d California, J v 17, 1873, - Fosioffice at Lelipse. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—A Postoffice was to-day established at Eclipse, Plumas County, Cal,and M. E. Mullen was ap- pointed Posimaster. gy As- A, 7.—A Boston hospital | | ried to my father, I am disinherited and | My | seven cases and three deaths from fever | 17. — Pensions ! Sites; Charles | Mexi- | POISONED WATER FOR THE DYING Agony of the Belews Increased by Their Nurses. | DRANK OF A DEADLY | LIQUID. Given to Them -While the Suspscted Brother Stood Looking On. HIS POSITION IS GROWING DESPERATE. Detectives Certain That the Mur=-| derer Was Fam llar With the Premises. Special Disvatch to THE CALL. DIXON, Nov. 17.—Captain Curtin and the ofticers of this county have been busy all day gathering in the threads of evi- dence in the Belew murder mystery. Rattied by the three hours’ cross- examination of last night, Frank Belew, suspected of having poisoned Lis brother and sister, hurried to Woodland to-day engaged Attorney Reese Clark to guard and protest his interests. Clark advised him to keep his mouth closed and fesume his regular labors at the ranch. He went to the ranch to-night. Tie Cavy correspondent asked Belew | why he had bired a lawyer, and he said it was bocause he was being hounded by deiectives and followed by officers, who were trying to trap him. Whether guilty or innceant, Frank Belew will never forget the three hours’ cross-examination which Captain Curtin gave him last night. He was greatly disturbed when he emerged from th= inquisition chamber, and did not | feel right until he got legal aid. Hi stery was replete with vital contra dictions, and he was crowded to the wall. | Two or three important facts came to lightin the examination to-day. By the evidence of Mrs. Ehmann, Miss Ferguson | and others, who minisiered to the wants | of the poisoned girl as Frank Belew held | her hand at the aeathbed, it was shown | thatthose who nursed her uuconsciously | fed her poison every hour, for they gave | her hot drinks prescribed by Dr. Trafton, who insisted that the case was only one of acute indigestion. These ot drinks were from water in the teakettle, and that ket- tle held the poison tnat originally made the tims fatally ill. Thus, if Frank Belew was the murderer he s:t calmly by his dying sister, heard her cry and piead with him to do something to relieve her and saw her women associates and neigh- | bors give her the tatal arsenic water hour | by hour without wincing or showing a n of remorse. Those conducting the examination are satisfied that the murders was committed by some one who knew the Belew home well. By the testimony of Charles En- mann, who was engaged to Miss Susie Belew, and by the evidence of the women who frequented the house, it was shown | the. a savage little waichdog that barked whenever he heard strange footsteps wus silent on the night when the fatal dose was placed in the teakettle, There is now Iutle guestion that the | poison was placed there between supper time and 9 o’clock, for the kiichen door was locked aiter that Lour. Frank Belew weunt all through the house with the de- tectives to-day and showed them where he sat, whither he went when he left the sup- per table, where he was taken ill, where he stood when he took the hexaache pow- der which he says his sistergave him, and where he vassed, with reference to the position of the tea-kettle. It was ascer- tained at Kirby's drug store, where the Belews always dealt, that Susie and Louis Belew never bought any headache powder | there, and that tue girl never got any pre- | seripiion for neadache at that store. i A. L. Benson, a reputaple and w known rancher, testified that hesaw Frank Belew on the ni ht when the teakettie wuas poisoned. Belew was at Fisher's saloon as late as 8:3) o’clock, bearing a | troubled, studious louk. This looked like a line lead, and ihe detectives began to feel 1nat they were close on the trail. Ben- son returned, however, and changed nis evidence. Refreshing his memory, ne recoilected thut what he said he saw oc- | curred on Saturday night instead of Sun- day night. g It has appeared by the evidence of sey- eral witnesses, as well as by the admis- sions of Frank Belew, that he had not vis- ited his brother and sister for a month prior to the supper he ate at their home the night before tie fatal illness. It hy also been shown that he had not been in the bhabit of patronizing his brother’'s stable at all times when he came to town, sometimes putting his horse at the other stable. Constable Newby and others are work- ing with Captain Curtin along the lines indicated by tbe foregoing facis. They are | now diligenuly looking for the great key- stone fact in the arch of evidence. Up to the present every detail that in any way | casts even the fainte -t suspicion on any- | body 1s cumulative and racher remote. The «flicsrs are struggiing hard to find if any of the :uspects Lave purchased arsenic for any purpose atany time. All persons thus far seen deny that they ever | bought any arsenic for any purpose what- ever. If this cowd be shown o be false it would be a strong fact in the chaia. With the ideacf making some discovery along this line, Constable Newby has been visiting the former homes of all persons in any way suspected. i It should be borne in mind that Frank Belew udmits that be oncs forged some noies against his dead biotner. There are | | many rumo:s of his errat:c conduct at | various umes. His rather-in-law is quite bitter oa ihe question of Belew’s Lonor. Belew marrie. the daughter oia pleasant- mannered old man named W. D. Martin, who is a rancher ab.ut four miles fiom here. Murtin to-day told THE CALL cor- respondent that he had had nothing to do with hisson-in-law for about five years. Toeir estrangement grew out of tne fact that Belew was once custodian of $500 for his faiher-in-law. *It was raining one day about five years ! ago,” =aid the oid gentleman, “and as 1 bad & wad of greenbacks—something like | §300—1 asked Frank to take care o. it for | e at the house while 1 was out in the siorm on business. He took it and wrapped it in a piece of newspaver. A day or two later I asked for the money, and he went to the drawer to getit. The pa- per was emply, and he at once declared he had been robbed. As he had dis- charged a hired man that day he accused | | { | | { | { | | the fellow of the theft and had himar- rested on his way frou the ranch to Wood- land. The hired man did not have a cent and was cleared at once, s tL.ere Was no evidence agains! him. “At this time Frank was, as usual, very hard up. About u week iater he came back from Chico with a fine goid watch, which be guve h:s wife, He aiso had about $159 in his possession. When sh- asked nim where he got it he said he had on it gambiing. One day she came home and saw the remains of a white hog avout the place. The head had been burned. the skin buried. The girl knew the hog was not theirs, so she said, *Frank, this is not right.” Here- plied that be was hard up and needed the meat, and that tie hog had no business on the place, anyhow. This is ali [ know about the case.” M:s. Frank Belew was seen at Davisville concerning the storv tol:d bv her father. She had been in consu tation with her husband and his friends and refused to make any statement either denving or aflirming what her father had smd. When toid that she might defend her husband 1f she desired and her deiense would be prinied, she politely refused, saying: *L do not w. tes ify in ihe case at all, butif i reod 10 swe shall be oblized 1o t211 the tru h. “I think the inquest wi'l n.t begin be- fore Saturday,” said the District Attorney to-night, “and it may go over until Mon- day; it ail depends on what we hear from a few clews we are now working on. I de- sire to correct the stor - that there is fric- tion between the Sheriff and me. Captain Curtin and the Sherifi are workingz i perfect harmon are all the other offi; Sneriff Kush speaks highly of the Dis- trict Attorney, and denies that there is any friction between him and Captain Cartin. The examination of witnesses will pro- ceed to-morrow and to-morrow night and possibly all day Saturday. PATCHED WITH GPOSSUM SKIN. Something New “in the Science of Grafting on Trial at Chicago. PARIS, Itn., Nov. i7.—An interesting and what is believed to be an entirely new exyperiment in skin-grafting was tried by D+ W. M. Wilson of this city ‘o-day. The patient, John Acklin, aged 25, was run down by a cable car at Cnhicago several weeks ago. Among other in- juries sustained, the skin was nearly all torn from the back of the right hand. Nataure failed to supply the missing cuti- cle, and being unable to secure human skin for the operation of gratting, the surgeon took several vieces from the back of a live opossum, which were applied to the wound and tightly bandaged. The process will be repeated daily until the wound is covered. The experimental gratt bids fair to be successful. Creations of Coast Inventors. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Pacific Coast patents: California—Byron C. Allen, Saratoga, fruit- paring attachment to knive mour E. Bis- tee, South Pasagena, street and station indicator; Jerry L. Blodget:, Los Angeles, electric switchboard for coin-operated machines; Harry B. ( orin, wrap- ng machine for machines, Joseph J. Is1", Los Angeles, assignor by mesne assign- ments to J. Smith, Pasadena, mineral oil r; William W. Hanscom and A. Hough, 1gnors of one-half to J. O'B. Gunn and E. H. n_Franciseo, electric battery: C. S, n Franciseo, reirigerator car; Mart H. and L. I. Coggs, San Fraucisco, said assignor to said Coggin: Louis Prowell, C. M. Dej nd E. . San_Francisco, reversible window Francis'J. Richmoud, Francisco, corne: Myron H. Sager and J Alvis, Los Angeles, tire lightener. Oregon—Henry C. Domerer, San Vies Island, chain lock in loading or unloading apparatus; Joshua Ad'er, Salem, gamy: apparatus. KEW TO-DAY. 0000 @3“§ ® (ermea Iy 00 .00k ¢ Arctic Whalers : ¢ Imprisoned at Port $ Barrow. @ « i The Only § Breakfast Cereal %‘ Purchased by the United States Govern- ment, the San Francisco “Examiner” and “Call” GERMEA : ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Large shipments were sent per steamer Walla Walla yesterday consigned to Captain Tuttle of the United States man-of-war Bear for transportation to the ice-bound whalers at Point Barrow in the Arctic Ocean. Il Germea |l Ih. Oatmeal makes 4 Ihs. | makes 2 ibs solid food. solid foud, ® Germea takes 3 Datmeal takes 5) minutes to | minutes to cook. ¢o0k. 2 B3 Germea has 95 Datmeal has 7 per eent mu- | per cent nn o triment. tr ment. (0.0C0000C] BST EYE-GLASSES AND SPE at 3 Fourth s. Opeu tundays till 1 o'clock