The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1897, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO <CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1897. WORK OF A Cuba’s Fight Begun the United States Senate. FIRST GUN FIRED BY ALLEN. Introduces a Resolution for the Recognition of the Republic. CRITICIZES THE POSITION OF McKINLEY. Says American Owners of Spanish Bonds Seek to Tie the Hands of Congress., &pecial Dispatch to THE CALL. WASHINGTGN, Dec. 8.—To-day’s ses- sion of the Senate occupied less than an hour, the time principally being con- sumed by the members in the presen- tation of memorials, resolutions and bilis. A resolution presented by Allen (Pop.), of Nebruska declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that the United States should recognize the political independ- ence of Cuba was made the ject of some remurks by the Nebraska Senator, 1 he criticizad the Pre: tent for notcarrying; nto effect the pled of the Republic ¢ made in its last tional plattorm tu recoznize the indepe nd- enceof the Cubans. At the conclusion of Allen’s speech, the Senate, on motion of Hoar, adjourned as a further mark of re- spectto the late Represeutative A-hley B. Wriznt ot Massachusetts. I bis invocation at the opening of the Senate Rev. W. H. Milburn, the chaplain, delivered a brief but touching eunlogy upon the late ator Georg® of Missis- sippi. Davis of Minnesota reported from the nitiee on Foreign Relations & bill ing of fur sealsin the Ocean. He asked imme- diate considferation of the b:l, but Hale of Maine objscted on the ground of the importance of the measure and asked that the bill be printed. Allen of Nebraska presented a resolution decluring it to be the sense of the Senate that Congress should, with all due con- venient speed, acknowledge by approvri- ateact the political independence of Cuba. Allen said that he had long urged that the United States should .recognize the inde- Pacific vendence of t.e Cuban’ insurgent: He would not be content w the recognition of belligerency, Lut woul | insist upon the acknowledgmen liver! He was of absolute politic:] atistied that the people would not be content with the course nd- | sed by the Administration. Inasn asthe Cubans for more than two y: m valor and love for iiberty, he felt that they had earned a recognition ot their | political liberty, and that it ought to be C 1o them without farther tem- on 1y battietieids, had demonstrated their l If necessarv backed by a t Cuban wate He expressed a belief that ihe owners | of Span:sh bonus w tnis country, Ameri- | can citizens holding property in Cuba that had been injured or destroyed by the insurgents and the carrying tiade of the country, which might be zffected by such astep, had joined to prevent the recogni- tion of Cuba’s political independence. Allen expressed the belief that Presi. dent McKinley's statement in his mes- sage that the recognition of the bellige ency of the Cuban insurgen:s was now unwise and ther:fore inadmissible wou!d bea greatd say ent to the members of the Republican party throughout the United States, The national convention of that party bad deciared in favor of the independence of Cuba, going further than the simple recognition of belligerency. He thought that tie President was under obligations to carry out the pledge which his partv had made—a jledze which had been made 10 73,000,000 people. The President, Allen thought, bud been lulled 10 sleep by the is recognition should be | of American vessels in declaration of Spain tuat she wou'd give Cuba semi-political existence. He ex- pressed the belier that the President's neglect to take such action as would in- sure the political independence of Cub was an exhbibjtion of ‘rank hypocri and a “flagrant neglect of public dut which would be correc ed by the Ruling Power in his own gooa time. At the conclusion of Allen’s remarks, Hoar presented a resolution expressing the regret of the Scnate at the news of the death of Representative Ashley B. Wright of Massachasetts, and providing for an adjournment as a further mark of respect. At12:550’clock the resolution was adopted and the Senate adjourned. - Slhort Ses<ion of the House. WASHINGTON, D 5. —The session of the House to-day i only fifteen min- utes. W. A. Stone (R.) of Pennsylvania reported tue pension bill, the first of the appropriation biils, and gave notice that he shou.d call it up immediately after the reading of the journai to-morrow. Y he Commitice on Liections and the Comm:t- tee on Panking and Currency were given leave to sit during the sessions of the House. 15 the House ad- journed. HACKED WITH AN AX, A Horrible Murder in Sioux Falls, S. 0., Discovered by ke- cident. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dzc. 8.—Welter- ing in his own blood and literally hacked to picces with an ax, whicn was found in the next room, the body of R. Erickson, a maker of wicker baskets, was discovered shortly after midnight in an old shanty on Main avenue. The police were ransacking the place for another purpose when the horrible dis- covery was made. In the next room sat two men, who are now behind the bars charged with murder. One is Wiliiam West, whose danghter Erickson is accused of having ruiued, and (e other is James Garrahan, the owner of the shanty, Gurrahan ‘made a contession to tbe Chief of Police in which he implicates West in the k:lling. EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES. A Total of 1188 Cases Reported in Springfield, Ghio, With But Ona Death. EPRINGFIELD, Onio, Dec, 8.—The epi- demic of measles in this city is admittediy beyond control. A total of 1188 cases have been reported in the last six weeks, to- day's record being 25 new cases. The quarantine has been declared useless be- cause of neglizence of parents and physi- cians in not reporting cases and has been abolishec. Of all the cases reported, how- ever, there Las been but one death, in|Various Bills for | sion of currency and banking affairs a res- | reached. | Walker biil, which has attracted consid- \ the Currency Committee’s Consideration. | GAGE AT WORK ON A MEASURE. Will Embody the Views of the Secretary of the Treasury. FINANCIAL ADVANCED. MANY IDEAS Sub-Committees Named to Pass Upon the Merits of the Propositions. Speclal Dispatch to THE CALL. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The Hou:e Commitiee on Banking and Currency, which bad the shaping of a considerable portion of the financial legisiation before the House, beld its first meeting this morning and outlinea its general plan of action. In view of Secretary Gage’s rec- ommendation of a comprehensive revi- olution was adopted inviting the Secre- tary to embody his views in. a bill. The committes was informed that the Secre- tary was now at work on a measure and that it would be available in about a week. Hill of Connecticut then precipitated a sbarp debate by moving that the commit- tee act at once by reporting to :he House a bill embodying three financial features which bad the President's approval. These were included in a bill heretofore offered by Brosius of Pennsylvania, and Hill now proposed that the tirs: three sec- tions be placed vefore the House imme- dintely. The three sections provided for bank circulation up to the par valueof bonds deposited, a reduction of the tax on circalation to one-fourth of 1 yer cent and the establ shment of small banks in rural communities, Hiil said the committee would do well not to go through the ted.ous processes of considering and dividing on these three propositions, which appeared to meet with general acceptance ana had received exec- uiive approval, Johnson of Indiana earnestly opposed such hasty action. He said there should be time to hear from the gentlemen form- ing the Monetary Commission and to weigh all the provisions. Precipitate ace tion on such a vital subject would, he «aid, serioutly prejudice the committee befor the House and tie country. The debate was proceeding with anima- tion when, at2 o'clock, it went over, a vote on the Hill motion not having been Cuairmar Walker announced four sub- committces and assigned to each a num- ber of the banking and currency bills al- ready iniroduced. The sub-committees will begin work at once on the bills before them, each sub- commitiee having charge of the bills in- troduced by its wember. The Walker sub-committee will have charge of the erable attention in banking circles. It proposes to introduce the New Engiani Suffolk Bank system 1o the whole country, adding a Government guarantee for all notes issued by banks and imposing a «mall tax on bang notes asa safeiv fund. The bill of Hiil also goes before this commitiee. Hill says he Lhas endeavored to draw iton conservative lines, meeting the financial ills whics most need reform without going to a radical extent. He provides for an increase of bank circu- lation to the par value of bonds deposited ; reduces the taxation on circulation to one- iourth of one per cent; provides for the establishment of small banks in rural communities and does away with the re- strictions on the free issue and withdrawal of national bank notes, xcept in the last particular, the author of the bill feels that he is in line with McKinley’s recent enrrency recommendation -, This sub-comuittee wili slso deal with the bills of Representative Cox, the rank- ing Democrat on the committese. The main one 1s known as the ““Carlisle bil,” which was orizinally urged by John G. Carlisle when he was Secretary of the Treasury. Cox is also pressing the bill for the repeal of the tax on State banks. The Brosius sub-committee will prob- ably deal with Secretary Gage's plan of currency and banking reforin. A bill on the snme lines has been introduced by Mitchell of New York, a member of the sub-committee. 1lis essential feature is to separate the funds of the Government into two branches, one reiating to fiscal exponditures and the other relating to the broader monetary affairs of the country, e details being much the same as those outlined by Gage. Brosius, the chairman of this sub- commitice, also has a comprenensive measure of currency reform. It covers the features which Hill sought to have reported to-dav, and also a separate re- demption fund calculated to re-enforce the treasurv reserve. The Bresius bili also gives the Secretary of the Treasury the discretion of redeeming note - in silver and gold at the option of the holders. fhe Johnson sub-committee will deal with Johnson's bill, which more particu- larly se~ks to allow national banks to issue circulation up to the par vaiue of their bonds deposited. The Van Voorhis sub-commitiee will bandie the Fovwler bill, which provides for the relunding of bonds for United States gold bonds braring 2 per cent interest. There are many other measures which are before the s2veral sub-commitees, but the foregoing comprise those which have attract:d the most zeneral attention, and are likely to furnish the basis of discus- sion. WILL COST MOSE THAN A HILLION, Colonel Sutter’s Estimate on Remov- ing the Focks From San Francisco Bay. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The Secretary of War to-day iransmitted (o Congress the report of Colonel Charles R. Sutter, Corps of Engineers, on the resuit of sur- veys made in San Francisco Bay. Colonel Sutter recommends an appropriation of $1,106,300 for removing the rocks now ob- structing navigation in the bav, He fur- ther says if this work shouid be under- taken by the Government it would be necessary to muke contracts for the de- struetion of each rock arately. He ass that Congress appropriate the entire amount asked for in the estimate. The cost of each rock he estimates separately as follow: Anita rock, to give depth ot 30 feer, $253,080; Arch rock, depth 30 f-et, $503,040; Suazrocks (1), $76.000(2), $59 580; Blossom rock, denth 30 ject, $92,600; Mis 8100 rock, depth 25 feet, $112,000; Sonome rock, depth 25 feet, $10,000; toral, $1,106,300. Al A Postoffic at Vineberg. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—A postoffice was to.day esiabiished at Vinekerg, So- numa County, Cal. James H. Humpureys was appointed Postmas ter. l | Okhotsk. | of the House, DAY IN CONGRESS Congress to Prevent Pelagic Sealing by Americans. WILL IMPOSE HEAVY PENALTIES. Legislation Designed to Hasten an Agreement With Engiand. WOULD REMOVE A GREAT OBSTACLE. Heretofore the Law Has Sanctioned the Kiillng of Female Fur~ Bearers. Special Dispatch to THE CALL WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to-day authorized a favorable report upon a bill pronibiting peiagic sealing by the people of the United Siates. The bill isa joint production of the State and the Treasury departments, and its passage is asked upon the ground that with such a law upon the statute-books the administra- tion will be in a better position than at present to ask that other Governments prohibit pelagic sea The bill received the affirmative votes of all the Senators present, but its provisions were scussed at considerable lenath. The b'll was reported to the Senate later in the day. The first section of itis as folio That no citizen of the United States, and no person owing duty or obedience to the laws and treaties of the United Siates, nor any per- son belonging to or on board of a vessel of the United Siates, shali kill, enpture or hunt, at any time, or it any manner whatever, any fur seal in the waters of the Pacific Ocean north n of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude and including Bering Sea and the Sea of The bill also prohibits any citizen of the United States from equipping, using or employing or furnishing supplies to any | vessel engaged in killing or hunting fur seals, and deciares that no United States | vessel shall be employed in this work. | The penaliy for violating the proposed law is imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $2000, or both, and the forfeiture of vessels so engaged. The fourth section of the bill is as tol- lows: If any vessel of the United States shall be | found within the waters to which Luls act plies having on board fur-seal skins or bodies | of senls or apparatus or implement for killing or taking seals, it sinil be pre- | sumed ihat such vessels were killing seals. The United btates courts in Alaska, | Calitornia, Oregon and Washington =zre | given jurisdiction over casesarising under | the act. Itis especially provided that the uet is not to interfere with the priviiezes of coast Indians nor with the taking of seals on the Pribiloff I-lands. Officers of | the nuvy and the revenue-cutter service are empowered to search suspecied ves- | sais. The importetion by any person of | sea'skins taken contrary to this law is | prohibited, snd a!l such skins so imported are to b» sei and destroyed. Representative Hitt of Tilinois, chair- mun of the Committee on Foreign Affairs introduced a similar bill in the House. This measure supplements the dinlomatic negot.ations which have | been going on for some time between the | United States, Great Eritain, Ru sia and i Japan. Tharoughout the negotiations | with representatives of Great Pritain an eftort was being made to have British cit zens stop pelagic sealing, while at the same iime the United States permitted its own citizens 10 carry on this practice. When ihe American commissioners urged that pelagic sealing was contrary to the aictates of humanity they were invariably met with the agpswer that this innumanity was sanctioned by the laws of the United States, The State Depari- ment desires to overcome this objection. I'he law as it stands per:mits citizens of the United States to take seals outside of the three-mile limit surrounding tue Pri- | byloff Islands. This was never intended, but has come abont through a Supreme Court decision respecting the Paris | awards. The law reads that citizens of the United States shall not take seals “in | the waters of Alaska.”” It was supposed | that this was & universal prohibition to | our citizens. But the Paris court of arbi- | tration heid that the United States held | no property in the seals outside of the | three-mile limitof the Pribiloff Isiands, | In construing this tie Supreme Court heid that as the United States held no property outsiae of the three-mile limit, | the law probibiting the destruction of | seals in the waters of Alaska did not ap- | piy to pelagic sealing on the high seas. | In consequence poschinz by American vessels was in effect legalized, and quite a number of American ve-sels have heen sealing in Bering Sea, although the Gov- ernment has been ing to show that/ this sealing was unjustifiable. It is expected also that this step by the United States wiil bave a saluiary effect on the negotiations now in progre tween Great Britain, Canada an United States. Hitt will call the bill up to-morrow and the purpose is to have it reported and pas-ed with the lea-t delay possible. NO WIVES FOR OLD SOLDIERS. Congress Will Stop an Abuse of the United States Pension Laws. WABHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The House Committes on Invalid Pensions met to- day and tock action that is intended to correct the alleged rapidly growing abuse of voung women marrying old soldiers and sailors for the purpose of becoming their widows and drawing pensions from the Government. This subject has been much discussed in view of a com paratively | Iarge namber of widuw claimants on ac- count of the revoiutionary war of 1812 ana Mexican war service of husbands. The committee autbor:zed Chairman Ray to obtain from the Comm:ittee on Rules an order or rule perm:tting an amendment to the pension appropriation bill providing that no pension sball here- after be granted 10 the widow of & soldier or other person who is married to such soldter or person afier the passage of this act, excepting, however, all solaiers, safle ors, officers, etc., now in or who mey here- after enter the military or naval service of the United States. —_——— Penvions Granted, WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 —The following pensions have been granted: California: Original—John A. Ellert, Sun Francisco, $6; Solomon R. Foot, Altadena, $12; Put- nam Field, S8an Diego, $8; Michael Dean, Sierra Vailey, $8. Or ginal widow, etc. Larry A. Coyington, Parkfield, $8. Washington: Original widow, Naomi H. Bicknell, Kirkland, $1% e Army Orders. WASHINGTON, Dee. 8. — Corporal ¥rank H. Wilson, Company C, Second Infantry, now at Fort Harrison, Mont., is transferred as private to the First In- L ete— SELMA'S DEFAULTING ters of the regiment, Presidio, San Fran- cisco, for assignment to & company sia- tioned at that post. itk AT SIGNALS ON SEABCARD. The HKaval Militia and Lighthouse Service Are to Be Utilized. NEW YORK, Dec, 8.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: The Navy Department has abandonea its scherae of utilizing Lfe-saving stations in the new coast line signal system soon to be estab- lished on account of the objections raised by tie Treasury Department. The prine cipal lighthouses along the Atlantic sea- board will be requested {0 manage sema- phores and other signal appliances and to transmit and recelve messages between the fleets and the Navy Department, The department is now proceeding to insiall the necessary appliances and has already received the support of the New York naval mihtia. Massachusetts and uther States wiere the naval militia can Rive practical attention to the nlan are expected to co-operate. New telephone and telegraph lines will be constructed, | and where telephones of life-saving sta- tions can be used the navy will ask the Treasury Department for permission to send messages over these wires. The whole seaboard is to be included in ove general scheme of coast line signal- ing, operated jointly by the naval militia and lizhthouse service under direction of inspeciors from the navy. — Nan Franciseo’s Petition Presented. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Senator Per- kins to-day presented a petition from the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and various business and other organizations of Ban Franeisco asking for the passage of a Dill restricting immigration. THERE WILL BE N0 ORNATE CARVINGS Changes in the Plans of San Francisco’s. Post- office. Delay of Several Months In the Work Because of New Ideas. Special Dispatch to TH® CALL. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Congressman Loud is aciive in his laudable ambition to expedite the work on the new Postoflice building at San Francisco. He called at the Treasury Department again lo-day to urge that ihe advertise- ments tor bids for the work on the super- structure be pubiished assoon possible. He was informed tnat there would be a delay of several months in this work, for the resson that the superintendent cf tne building, Roberts, has recommended that granite be used for the entire structure, in- stead of a combination of granite and marble, as was at first intended. H recommendation will be adopted. This will necessitate a change in the plans, for the ornamentation of the build- ing as designed at first was very elaborate. There were to be some ornate carvings, but since granite is to b» used the carvinz | will have to be dispensed with, as granite 18 100 coarse-grained to carve according to | the pians. The ensemble of the building will not be changed. There will be no material difference in eitter ihe exterior or interior, with the exception of the ab- scence of ornate carvings. CONSTABLE GAUGHT Fugitive William de Lashmutt Taken by Arizona Officers. Wil Ba Brought Eack to Bs Trled for the Embezz emant of City Funds. Special Dispatch to THE CALL FRESNO, Dec. 8—William de Lash- mutr, ex-City Marshal ¢f Selma, was ar- rested at Jerome, Ariz., last Tuesday. Several weeks ago De Lashmutt skipped out from Selma to avo!d arrest for em bez- zling $487 of the city funds. His defalca- tions covered a period of several months. Owing to the slipshod manner in which De Lashmutt was allowed 10 make his re- ports of collections he secured nearly §500 of the city’s money on quarterly collec- tions and squandered the greater part of the amount without there being the least suspicion of his defalcation. It was not until Da Lashmutt had been away several days that the City Trustees discovered that the Marshal was a thief. De Lashmutt was extravagant in his tastes and had a fondness for fast women, who readily assisted bLim in spending the moneyv. He left Selma on the day of his disappearance with two women of disreputable character. His mother was almost heartbroken by the downfall of her son, who had been looked upon as a worthy young man with a bright future. The absconder had been dodging the officers of the various cities on the coast since his flight from Selma. He first wen* north and then in arounabout way drifted down into Arizona. His arrestin Jerome was made by the Soeriff of the county in which that town is situated. De Lash- mutt was tired of being a fugitive and takes hjs arrest very calm'y. On Tuesday a telegram 1o “Coon” Cruicher was re- It was as fol- ceived from De Lashmutt. lows: . ARIZ., Dec. 7.—To 8. 8. Crutcher, ou or Spencer come and get me. wer. Wil wait here. ). WILLTAM DE LASHMUTT. District Attorney Snow took immedia e | steps toward securing exiradition papers in order to send an oflicer after De Lash mutt. Constable Spencer, of Selma, left for Arizona on to-might's train 1o bring De Lisnmutt back to this county to stand irial for embezziement. NEW YOSK RIVALS THE KLONDIKE. Sand in a Fish-mllery Turns Out Pure Gold in Large Quantities. CHICAGO, D:c. 8.—A Watertown (N. Y.) special says: A veritable Klondike has been discovered on Prospect Heights, near Clayton. B, M. Hill, superintendent of the United Srates fish-hatchery at that place, fourd an accumulation of ghsten- ing granules in the bottom of a fishtank which when tested were found to be pure gold. Further investigation vroved that WEBB T0 NAKE A BITTER FICAT Wants Every Teacher in Los Angeles to Testify. Another Attorney Engaged by the Accused School Director. Witness Axtell Continues His Dis- closures Implicatlng the Official. Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. —School Direc- tor Walter L. Webb has fortified himself bs engaging another attorney to care for his interests in the Schaol Board investi gation. When the casa opened this even- ing before the usual crowded house, At- torney Edwin A. Meserve arose and an- nounced that he had entered the case asa representative of the accused School Di- rector. He announced in a quite long speech that the defendant desired every employe of the School Department—over 600—to take the stand and testify asto whether or not theyor any of them hat ever paid Director Webb a dollar to retain or to obtain their vlaces. Attorney Gibvon announced that the prosecution would certainly object to any such long, tiresome and tedious pro- cedure. The prosecution, he claimed, had lodged specific charges, and those alone were the points upon which testimony was to be taken. President Mathus then called both the aitorneys to order and asked that the test.niony of witnesses be heard. Building Superintendent Axtell was re- called for cross-examination. He reviewed the facts previously brought out. One new fact adduced was that in April last Webb had obtained his signature to a long typewritlen statement, without giving him an opportunity or permitting him to read it. Axtell signed this paper aiter Director Webb had become informed as to Axtell’s permitting Director McIneruey to procurelplumbing ma:ierials on a requisi- tion of the board. 1t was presested to him to-night, The defense asked him to iden- tify the signature hoat reading the body of the paper. Afier considerable quibbling Axtell cid identify the signature us his. He again assertea that Webb had compelled him to sign it without his have ing read it, and that he did so because he wss in a position where Webb could have duced by Director Dayis arose and as records of the Board of Education hap- the defense. At this point ked how the pened to be in private hands. He ob- jected strenuously to anything of the kind and in-isted that in future the secre- tary of the board be instructed under no circumstances to permit the records of the board t5 20 out save on requisition. Sec- retary Johnson expiained tnat the requisi- tion ‘had never been strictly a record of the board. It had been in the safe in a sealed envelope with Director Webb’s ad- dress upon it. Attorneys Gibbco and Meserve came near having a passage at arms. Giouton intimated that the defense was endeavor- ing to play a trick on Witness Axtell. To this Meserve objecied and dared Gibbon to repeat it either tuere or eisewhere. He got very much incensed and said that he did not vropose to be subjectea to any insult at the hands of Gibbon or any one else, Timely interference frcm the president prevented a breach of the peace. There are intimatiois that Duector Webb is dissatistied Lecause certain of Lis close political associutes are not giving him the measure of support in the bour of his irouble that he had counted on, and it is said that he has :hreatened to make some stariling disclosures concern- ing prominent people, the present known, tho Webb declines for to discuss ihe matter. Itis gh, that if he wouid talk he ing tale unfold. VANDERBILT INSURES HEAVILY. He Takes Cut a Folicy on His Life for One Million Dollars. NEW YORK, Dac. 8.—The largest life insurance policy ever issued by ary com- pany in the world has been issued to George W. Vanderbilt, who *ailed for Ku- rope to-day. The policy is in straight Iife. twenty-vear class, and smounts to $1,000,000. Vanderbilt is to pay an annual premium ot §35 000, Until a few years ago a policy for $100.- 000 was considered the maximnm amoant any company would write upon the life of an individual. In the last year or two this sum has been in a few cases doubled on_iives of healthy men whose financial ability enabled them to pay the necessary premiums, but never before has the amount of a single policy reached any- thing liks the sum carried on the lite of Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt in his travels will visit China, Japan and India, and in the last- named country he intends to hunt b.g game, including tizers. Despite the fact that in this pastime be will be subjected to imminent peril, the insurance policy contains no resir ctive clauses. s e WILL LAND THIS WINTER. Important Change in the Plans of the Antarctic Expedi- tion. NEW YORK. Dec. 8.—The Brooklyn Siandard-Union to-day publishes a pri- vate letter from Surgeon Frederick A. Couk, the only American member of Cap- thin Adrian de Gerlache's Belgian Aue tarctic expedition, announcing that the plan for the winter’s cruise had been con- giderably changed. The expedition, afier coaling at Punta Arenas, will go to G nams Land, thence to Alexander Land, thence to Victoria Land, where a varty will be landed for the winter. The original plan of the expedition wa to await until the winter of 1598 befare efs fecting a landing. —_—— ACCUSED Bl 4 BOOKKEEPER, Four More Emb zziement Charges Filed Against W. A, Chapman. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 8.—Four more charges of embezz.ement were to-day filed against W. A, Chapman, superintendent of the Cotati Land Company, whose arrest npon a charge of misappropriating $179 50 of the company’s funds was reported a few days ago. In the previous charge Willred D. Page, a director of the company, was the complaining witness, but the later cnarges were tiled upon oath of Emmet R. Jones, the company’s bookkeeper. The the sandy soil in the vicinily near by the springs was rich in the same quality of precious metal. Hill has filed claim papers covering the mineral wealth of fantry, and will be sent to the headquar- wweniy-four acres near the Heights, and will commence sluice mining. amounts allezed to have teen embezzied, together with the date+ specified, are as foilows: January 4. 1897, §150; November 7, $14898; Aucust 28, $182 85; April 12, $360 22. The totn! amount med 10 have been misappropriated is $1021 85. Ohapman was not arrested upon the lat- ter charges, but appeared in court and at once gave bail for $3000, Andrew Markham and Fred Wickersham being his sureties. Tratt e AN OFFICER LYNCHED. Arkansas Criminals Waylay and | Murder Constable Murray. FORT SMITH, Arx.. Dec. 8.—James Murray, Constaole at Jenny Lind, a coal- mining town in Ssbastian County, was lynchea on Saturday night by a mob of coal miners. Constavle Murray went to Bonanza on Sunday afternoon to arrest a miner namea Grant McBroom. He captured McBroom without trouble and started for Jenny Lind about mianight. That was the last seen of Murray alive. The Constable’s | bodv was found lying near the roadside, about tnirty yards from the shalt of the Bonanza mine. His hands were tied securely behind his body ana his neck as black and blue, showing plainly the imprint of a rope, which had choked the life out of his body. Blood oozed from a dozen bullet wounds in the officer’s body and his clothing was torn into shreds. The Coroner began an investigation, and it has been fully developed that he was | waylaid by a mob of McBroom’s friends, composed of miners, determined upon | rescuing the prisoner, and that Murray | was lyncned, the body cutdown and placed | by the roadside. McBroom was arrested to-day. g Canada Wants a Nunciale, BRUSSELS, Dec. 8. — Le Patriot, a| Catholic journal, announces that Canada | | Las proposed to the Vatican the establish- | ment of a nunciate at Ottawa. S0LD HER CoReSE FOR ONE DOLLAR A Queer Document Given by a Dying Girl. A Young Invalld Who Preferred Her Friends to Her Rela- tives. | | Special Dispatch to I'HE CALL BOSTON, Dec. 8.—Two years ago there came from New York to Montague, Mass., Miss Mabel G. A. Opperman, then a girl not far from 20 years old. She was a vie- tim of consumption. Occasionally she | visited relativ:s in New York. On Thurs- | day Miss Opperman died and on Saturday | she was buried in Montague. Prior to ! that time a local undertaker had been no- | titied by W. P. Opperman of 233 West One | Hundred and Twenty-seventh street, New York, that she would be responsible for | the burial expenses of her sister and that | a New York undertaker would come up to | Stockton Chinaman | kidnap the girl. ABDUGTORS CET NT0 THE T0 {Highbinders, Who Stole a Fresno Chinese Girl, Arrested. Failure of a Clever Plot to Kid- nap Fung Shew, the Slave. Her Rescuas Attempted at the In- stance of a Rich Stockton Mongol. Epeclal Dispatch to THE CALL FRESNO, Dec. 8.—Fung Shew, the 16- | year-old Chinese girl who was atducted frem Chinatown on Monday evening, has been restored to her owner, and the two | highbinders who kidnaped her are in the County Jail. The fugitives were cav- turea about daylight this morning b Deputy Sheriffs Hi Rapelj and .V Henry on Fish Slough, about thirty-fiv miles west of this city. The girl was dressed in the attire of an American woman, and the reason why her kid- navers failed in their purpose to spirit her away was that they lost their way They had intended to drive to Firzbaugli and board the north-bound train at that station, but the Chinamen did not kaew the road very well and in the darknesy of night they took a wrong course over fnte the sioughs that lie between Tulare Like and the San Joaquin River. They were trying to make their way out when the two officers came upon them and took them into custody. The story of the abduction involves an interesting romance. A wealthy Chinese merchant of Stockton named Wong Gon Chu was the instigator of the plot. Itap- pears that whea he was in Fresno recently he became deeply infatuated with the maiden. Afterward her owner sold her to the keeper of a brothel for $1100. The was determined to have the girl. Wong Gon Chu employed the two highbinders to carry out a plot to Itis understood that he agreed to pay them a round sum if they were successful, but the exact amount cannot be learned. The abducto:s iaid a clever plan, which would undoubtedly have proved success- ful had they not lost their way. They watched for their opportunity, and when the girl ventured out on the sidewalk they rushed up and seized her. She was placed in a carriage and the team was sent off at a gallop. Hi Rapelj of Evans and Sontag fame, who isnow a watchmap 1n the employ of the Chinese, took immediate steps to give pursuit. He was after the fugitives for thirty-six hours before he caught them. i take the body. | An undertaker from New York did put | in anappearance soon after the death of | Miss Opperman and had a casket with | him. He was told thst his services were not desired, and returned to New York without making a protest. The letter | from New York was written November 15. The followinz queer dociiment was on No- vember 12 executed by Miss Opperman in | the presence of John M. Smitn of Sunder- land, Isaac H. Munsel and B. F. Miner: MoNTAGUE, November 12. In consideration of tue sum of §1 and other valuabie considerations, I, Mab Opper- man, of Montague, hereby m d to Mrs. Ella E Barnes ail 1 body at my Gecease, my* b a reasonable ime after my decease in Monta gue, by the side or near the body of Sylvester Barues, late of Moutague, deceasad. MABEL G. A. OPPERMAN. Why Mrs. Barnes should want the body | is a mystery. She is without children of- | her own and quite likely had become at- | tached to the poor sick girl that she had | cared for and desired 0 have the body buried in the Barnes family lot. | e DEATH 0F J. J. HOBSON. | Was the Pioneer Agricullurist of the Santa ¥nez Valley. LOS OLIVOS, Dec. 8.—J. J. Hobson, the pioneer agriculturist of the Santa Yuez Valley, died of heart failure this morning at his home in Ballard, His death, although a shock to the entire val- ley, was not a great surprise to those inti- mately acquainted with his condition. Hobson wus foremost in every public- spirited enterprise and was himself hon- | ored wherever kn . He was a native | ot Illinois, aged 43 years, and leaves a | widow and four children, L i it Farmers Will Grow Beets. | PETALUMA, Dec. 8.—K. G. Raaf, agent 1 for the new beet sugar refinery, compieted 1 contracts this afternoon tor over 200 acres of beets, and it is estimated over 500 acres | will be planted to beets here the coming | s=ason. =_— e Ortega Guilty of Murder. | SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. &—Or!egn,‘ accused of the murder of A. Arita at | Chino on October 24 last, was to-night | found guilty of murder ia the second ue- gree. it on ar pa Yl the world to know that you ar indeed. Will yow hear of what “‘Hu method of cure—yes, cure—by yow nothing! HUDSON MEDI Stockton, Market and El 000000000000000000 000000000000000000000 GC0V00000000 Is that what yow are? Would came a whole man? the world to believe that they No! Never lay that fluttering wnetion to yowr sowl. knows yow as well as youw know yourself! half man? “Hudyan will give yow the privilege. It will, Do not say that yow can ne wow can! Itis certain that yow can be if yow act sensibly. people? Yow can if yow will eall at the Institute, and if it is inconvenient to call, yow can know all about this drand HUDYAN CIROULARS FREX CAL INSTITUTE, 0-0-0-0-00 The first definlte ciew was received yes- terday, when word was received by the Sherff that three Chinamen and a white woman were seen on the Elkhorn grade during the morning. They inqguired for the Whites brid:e road. The Chinese girl was disguised as a white woman, and the kidnapers intended to take a north- bound passenger train al some point on the West Side line. Several officers leir yesterday alternoon tor the West Side tc intercept them before they could reach & station on the radroad. The owner of the girl spared no expense to regain possession of ber and the officers worked energelic- aily inthe c-s- BABY SHOW. Rulers of the Household Will Posg for Prizes Befors an Admir- ing Throng. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 8.—A baby festival is the pro-boliday attraction which the Ladies’ Aid Society of Marysville’s Presby- terian Church will offer, commencing te- morrow aflernoon at 2 o'clock and con- tinuing Friday aiternoon and evening. Invitations to the number of 500 have been extended, each tot being earnestly re- quested to bring mamma along. Prizes will be awarded to the prettiest and fattest babies in the collection under two years of age, the exhibition to be made in the church parlors. It is expected that the mothers will respond without excep- tion, and some interesting rivalry is looked for. Ths mansgement nas sold a large number of tickets for the affair, the proceeds to aid in the expense incurred through streetand sidewalk improvement about the church property. 2 SR e Soledad’s Thriving Colony. SALINAS, Dec. 8.—C. T. Romie, on whose land the Salvation Army colony at Soledad 1s located, was in Salinas to-day en route to the colony. Romie states that there are about thirty cottages now almost comypleted. Evervthing is moving along nicely among the Salvationists now domiciled there. The larze 40-horsepower pump wiil soon be in place and wili be used for irrigation purposes. The colony will be regularly opened on Christmas day. be at all sensible if yow be- You are e of the people who wish to det e men. Is the world or any rt of it, do yow think, ‘fooled ?” The world Would yow like e @ whole man instead of a er be @ man againl dyan” has done for 18,000 writing one letter. It costs 10-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-00-00000 000000 000000 000000 0OVVOC 1is Sts., San Francisco. | NOTARY PUBLIC. A. J. HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC, 9Q MARKET ST., OPP. PALACE HOTEL. 63 Telephone 570. Residence 909 Valencia | street. Telephone—*“Church” 15, The fac-simile signature of A of CASTORIA. BLOOD POISON HAVE YOU pei-Colorad »pots, Achies, 0d Sores. Ulcers n_ Moutn. Hair-talling? Write COOK REMEDY CO., 213 Masonic Tem- le. 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