The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, STORY OF TRAGEDY O THE 0CEAN Cook Anderson’s Trial For Killing Cap- | tain and Mate. Members of the Crew Tell of the Murders and the Burning of the Ship. | It Will Be Claimed That the As- assin Was Subjected to Unheard of Cruelties. THREATENED BY OFFICERS Thrilling Scenes Aboard the Schooner Olive Pecker During the Voyage Last August. Special Dispatch to The Call. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 20.—The trial £ John Anderson,cook of the schooner | Olive Pecker, for the murder of Mate | William Wal : on the | seas in Au was begun in “ederal Court to-day. Anderson » under indictment for the mur- of Captain Whitman and burning | hooner. | Attorney McIntosh for the accused, in outlining the defense, stated that he would show that Anderson had | been subjected to unheard-of crueities | and that the murders were committed in self-defense. Martin Barslad, a Norwegian and a member of the schooner’s crew, was called to the stand as the first eve- witness to the terrible tragedy which will go down as one of the most dra- matic and remarkable of modern times. Barslad testified that he was | shooting, | 2 versation between Anderson and the mate and heard four shots, after which Anderson said: “Come out here, boys, and lower a boat and put me ashore. The captain and mate are dead, and 1 am in charge of the shi On cross-examination March’s testi- mony was not shaken. Juan de Dios Barrial did not see the but heard the shots. His tory varied essentially from those of is mates, Referring to his conver- ion with Anderson after the trag- v Barrial said Anderson took him side and told him that he (Ander- on) was a murderer, but that he had | killed the captain and mate to save their lives, and before they left the vessel they would all be just as guilty is he (Anderson). rged the cook not schooner, ‘William man, was His story to burn the Horsborough, another sea- the last witness examined. did not differ materially from the others, and when he had concluded his testimony court ad- Jjourned until 10 o’clock to-morrow. INVESTIGATING THE FEARFUL DEATH OF PETER DOGGETT. Detectives Wntchmg Me Men Who May Be Needed in Case of a Murder Trial. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—In spite of difficulties in clearing up the mystery of the death of Peter Doggett, Who was killed in a dough-mixer in August last under picious circumstances, ict Attorney Olcott and the police hopeful of obtaining evidence to show that the man was Their th is that the death of Dog- gett followed a quarrel among work- men in the factory d -l tell the name of the man s of the witness now in Ilu.‘nd. effort will be made to induce the ing witness to return vol this coun in which dence might relieve him sibili of hav i the me. Detectives meanwhile .]l(-‘ keeping an eye upon the men here whose pres ould be necessary in case the ||‘\z!~nzatmn develops into a murder trial. An EVANS SPEAKS ON CIVIL SERVICE Head of the Pension Office | Before the Senate Commiittee. Suggestions Made to Prevent Abuses at the wheel during the whole affair. | He saw Anderson throw water on the | captain’s dogon the morningof August | 6, the day of the crime; then he heard | the captain curse Anderson, after which followed a noise as of some one | falling. He had supposed the captain had struck Anderson, who came up and asked the mate to protect him. ‘ e said: “Go to —; you've way.” Shortly after this ne out of the captain’s ed the mate down out of and shot him four times. ed hands and made »w the body overboard. Then down into the cabin of the captain and board, after which he own into the captain’s them whisky. The ning of the vessel un- | orders and the voyage mall boats varied little | ished accounts, JohnLind wascalled to the stand and‘ told essentially the same storyas Bars- | lad, except that he did not see Ander- | son shoot the mate. Anderson came up to him and told him that he had killed the captain and that the mate had to go too. The witness then went and called the watch, and while he| was doing this he heard three or four ts on the other side of the vessel. | Witness helped to throw the bodies overboard, and Anderson, he said, cursed the dead body of the mate. He | could not state what language he used. Speaking of the whisky Anderson gave \ the crew, Lind said it was only half a, ttle and no one was drunk. The cap- n and mate were dead when thrown | board. Anderson fired three shots | v.hen the small boat left the burning | schooner, though why he did it witness could not say. Lind told how the crew drew lots to see who should go together, and his lot fell with that of Anderson. He said Anderson shot the dog which came ashore in the boat and | on the way to Belmont sold the cap- tain’s watch. TUpon cross-examination Lind said he heard Anderson, prior to the Kkilling, ask the mate to protect him from the | captain, and he had heard the mate | tell Anderson to “go to hell; you will be dead anyway.” | Anderson that morning had thrown | water on the captain's doz, the cap- | tain cursed him in the ‘worst lan- guage he had ever heard,” and then “made for him,” after which Lind heard a noise as if of some one falling | and presently Anderson came out of the galley and asked the mate to pro- | tect him. | Andrew March, another of the| schooner’s crew, testified that he did | not see the killing of the mate, but | heard Anderson say he had killed him. “Witness was in his bunk at the time and heard Anderson call the mate down from aloft. He heard the con- all | boards, | others receiving From Clerks Remaining in Posi- tions Too Long. | Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Commissioner of Pensions Evans to- day appeared before the Senate Com- mittee on Civil Service and Retrench- | ment, which is conducting an investi- gation into the operation of the civil service system. Mr. Evans was ques- tioned at lenght by Senators Lodge and Pritchard about the civil service tem and its application to the pe | office force. that the law did not accomplish the re- sults its friends insisted that it did. The best men in his office were those | who had come in under the so-called poils system.” They did their duty { and expected to hold their positions by | so doing. The pension examining | boards, he said, ought not to be in the classified service, as it was desirable to s€cure men as members of boards who had had wide surgical ex- perience—army experience, if possible— and such men would not enter into competition for the place with young men just out of college. He thought, however, that the entire sys pointing the boards was wrong, that all of them ought to be under uniform system of appointment. The Commissioner believed that the head of the bureau was in the best | qualified position to pass upon the ef- ficiency of a clerk, and that he ought not to be hampered in removing aclerk for inefficiency. If permitted to do so he could remove at least 100 clerks from his office without affecting the efficiency of the force. He thought it would be desirable to have a definite tenure of office not exceeding ten years, so that every year about 10 per 0! 8 & | cent of new blood could be infused into | the force. This would do away with the abuses resulting from some clerks remaining in office too long. The Com- missioner thought some reform would have to be enacted, or the country would have the infliction of a civil pen- sion list. He believed that it was a mistake to include in the -classified service the special examiners, medical chiefs of divisions and all salaries exceeding | $1400. el e Editor Donohoe a Benedict. SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 20.—The proprietor of the Daily Independent, Charles L. Donohoe, was married last night at the Episcopal church to M Nellie Lawrence of San Franc Donohoe was some time ago sued by Mrs. Smith Paul for breach of promise and this suit is still pending. R, NEW TO-DAY. The exhibit of York's choicest sel vite inspection of parison of prices. CARPETS, FURNITU! SLOANE’S ture, especially fitted for Holiday Gifts,has never beenexcelled. New OPEN EVENINGS. W.&J.SLOANE & CO. 641-647 Market St. At Xmas Time. Beautiful Furni- lections. We in- goods and com- RE, UPHOLSTERY. Barrial said he | murdered. | He expressed the opinion | COLD WAVE FELT ALONG THE COAST |Light Frosts in Sev- eral ‘Sections of the State. Orchards in Los Angeles County Considerably Damaged. Ice Forms on Creeks and Ponds as Far South as Santa Barbara. MERCURY STILL IS LOW. Weather Bureau Predictions Indicate More Freezing Weather in Southern California. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.—The cold | snap has come and it has not yet gone, but it has done thousands of dollars’ | worth of damage to the growers of ¢ us fruits. The orange orchardist un- | til this morning was a happy and con- | tented man, but in two hours hi whnpes for this year's crop were blight: eJ Between the hours of 5 and 5 3: o ‘clock this morning the mercury went as low as 28 degrees, and with the fd” | came ruin to many growers, for thi two degrees below freezing point. Not | every section of Southern California | has been affected, but at Riverside, Pomona and Ontario damage has been \done Redlands, Rialto, Highlands, | Pasadena and San Dimas has escaped so far, and it is not probable that those | districts will be affected by the cold | snap. Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont says that this is the coldest weather she has | experienced in California since 1849. If | | it were over the anxiety of growers | would be at an end, but the mercury in a dogged way continues to hide at | the bottom of the tube. At the South- | ern California F Exchange abso- | lutely no information as to the dam- age done by the frost can be obtained. The officials di ne to state what the loss will be, J-'hl)hp,h they have relia- ble data at hand; but from O. T. John- son, = zest growers in the valley it is learned that the lo from the frost will be heavy. | The only manner in which it can be | determined whether an orange is | frozen is to cut it open. By selecting | a number fron: various paris of a dis- Ju'i('l the amount of harm that has been done can be accurately determined. The great trouble is that this cold | snap has lasted so long that the latent | heat in fruit, trees and ground has be- come exhausted. It will succumb much | easier now if the thermometer goes down than it did this morning. If an | opportunity is given ground and trees ard fruit to recoup its latent heat, | then there will be a chance. Throughout Southern California | thousands of orchardists will not sleep, \ful another killing frost is predl(‘ted by the Weather Bureau and where the horticulturist 1s on guard to set fire to the smudge in an endeavor ve the orchard. ORTERVILLE, Dec. 20.—This sec- tion has not sustained any damage from the severe frosts of the past two nights. Thermometers registered 28 degrees last night. Indications are at present that there will be frost to- ‘mzhl However, the crop of oranges has been shipped East, with the excep- | tion of a few late oranges, so the farm- | ers are not worry SAN DIEGANS IN LUCK. Mildness of the Climate Prevents Loss to Orchardists. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20.—San Diego County, the largest lemon-growing section in the United States, has again passed unharmed through a season of extremely cold weather for this portion of the coast. The cold snap was of such severity that fruit- growers were greatly alarmed for the safety of their trees, but fortunately the temperature, hovering above the freezing point, did not reach the dan- ger line. The lemon is more sensitive to cold than the orange, and the fact that no injury resulted here is another evidence of the incomparable mildness of this climate, The lowest temperature Diego during the cold deg. This is about as low as the thermometer ever registers here, though on two occasions during the past ten vears the weather office has recorded 32 deg. Tender plants in this city as usual escaped damage from frost, and tele- phone messages received to-day from neighboring points indicated that the county was left uninjured. Not a sin- gle section reported a killing frost, though a number of places were vis- ited by a light frost. e K SAN BERNARDING ESCAPES. No Damage Done by the Change in the Weather. SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 20.—Con- sidering the interest of this valley, last night's Weather Bureau warn- ings placed the orange-growers of this section on the ragged edge, as it were, and many were the ill forebodings of what the night might bring forth. Happily all these fears were dispelled by sunrise, and, notwithstanding the fact that last night was unusually cold, to-day all the ranchers of the valley were wearing smiles. The low- est the thermometer was registered by the volunteer observer of the \Veather Bureau, Dr. A. K. Johnson, was 25 deg. for a period of about e‘ghlev.n minutes. A fair resume of this county will suffice to show that although frost was undoubtedly here last night it did not linger for sufficient time to do any appreciable damage. The County Clerk this morning was exhibiting the limb of an orange tree on which were both nearly mature oranges and blos- soms, neither of which were touched by frost. From places outside this city, which is lower than the surrounding country save to the south, the reports are as follows: Highland, 28 deg.; Old San Bernardino, 29 deg., slight breezes all night; Idlewild, 26 deg.; Del Rosa, 29 de; Messina, 28 de; Redlands, 28 deg.; Rialto, 36 deg.; Grapeland, 34 in snap was San 38 deg.; Colton, 27 deg.; Ontario, strong wind blowing, no frost; Etiwanda, strong wind. kAl i al s LOSS WILL BE SMALL. Slight Injury to Fruit in the Vicinity of Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Dec. 20.—Last night was a very cold one in this section and the orange groves on the low ground suffered somewhat from the visit of the frost. The mercury kept well up until about 5 A. M., when it | fell rapidly for an hour, or until 6 | A. M., and it was during this hour that the fruit suffered. At 5 A. M. the glass stood at from 27 te 20, and an hour later it was two or three points lower, according to location. On the | high land there was practically no in- jury te the oranges, but in the low places fruit was damaged. The per- centage of loss will be small compared with the whole crop. The cold snap did not nearly ap- proximate that of two years ago, when | the fruit interests of all Southern Cali- fornia suffered so badly. Orange grow- ers made use of several devices for raising the temperature during last night, and it is thought that much good was accomplished. The short duration of the extreme cold spell was in the fruit growers’ favor. Indica- tions to-night are not reassuring and the growers are not pleased with the outlook, as the weather is cold and very threatening. —_——— Ice at Santa Barbara. SANTA FARBARA, D:ec. night wuas the coldest erperienced in Santa Barbara for a number of years. | Old residents claim that it was the | coldest in the history of this place. At | 4:30 c’clock this morning the ther- mometer registered 22 deg. above zero. | At Montecito ice formed to the thick- ness of a quarter of an inch, and in Santa Barbara ice half an inch thick was formed. So far it is not known if the citrus fruits are injured or not. The indications are that to-night will be as cold as last night OPPOSE A REDUCTION, | BUT WILL WORK LESS, Cotton Operators Submit a Proposition to Arbitrate the Present Diffi- culty. FALL RIVER, Mass., Dec. 20.—A | conference was held to-day between representatives of the cotton manu- | facturers and their employes. The operatives resisted the proposed re- duction in wages, arguing that the | depression in the industry was only | temporary. They requested the man- ufacturers to postpone the reduction of wages until March 1, and proposed to work only four days a week until | that time. Should this proposition not | be satisfactory the operatives pro- posed to refer the whole question to | the State Board of Arbitration, wages | to remain as at present until the board all report. The manufactur- ers promised a Written answer to- morrow. BROTIERS TRY T0 TAKE A LIFE Hatchet Hurled at the Head of a Fresno County Rancher. | | | Severs Three of His Fingers as He Throws Up His Arm to Protect Himself. Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Dec. 20.—George A. and Edward L. Arnold were arrested to-day to answer to a charge of assault to commit murder upon Ed L. Paliner. All are prominent and wealthy citi- zens of this county. Palmer was build- ing a fence across a piece of land over which he and the Arnolds have for some time had a dispute, and George Arnold ordered him to stop. Words followed and Arnold went for his brother Edward. George returned armed with ahatchet and Ed- ward with a pistol. Palmer did not know of their coming until a by-stander cried to him to look out. He turned just in time to see George Arnold throw the hatchet at his head. He had no time to dodge, but threw up his hands to ward off the blow. The hatchet cut.off three of his fingers. Had he not turned he would have been killed. Palmer brought suit to-day against George Arnocld for $11,000 damages al- leged to have been received in the af- | fair. George Arnold is Justice of the | Peace at Huron and a man of prop- erty and standing in the community. e ot “AMERICAN CONGREGATION, THE PRIDF OF JERUSALEM. It Is Organized to lss:sf Indigent and Neecy Jews of All National- ities. ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 20.—A certifi- cate of incorporation was filed to-day with the Secretary of State by “The American Congregation, the Pride of Jerusalem.” Its principal headquar- ters are to be in New York City, and it is intended to carry on operations throughout the TUnited States and Canada. The object of the organiza- tion is to aid indigent and needy Jews of all nationalities resident in Jerusa- lem and Palestine, by means of dues, donations and collections from recep- tacles bearing the Hebrew words: “Rabbi Meyer Ball Haness,” or an ab- breviation thereof: “Rambahn.” These receptacles are to be placed in the homes of Jews throughout the United States and Canada ard in the syna- gogues. The money is to be forwarded to the main organizatior. m Jerusalem, called Kollel American Tiphereth Jeru- salem, and under the supervision of Rabbi Joshua L. Disuin and the United States Consul in Jerusalem. It is also proposed to encourage and aid the so-called Zionistic movement, and to support, furnish and equip pil- grims and pilgrimages from the Unit- ed States to Jerusalem and Palestine in connection with that movement. o Struck by a Heavy Timber. SALINAS, Dec. 20.—Henry Arnold, a workman, met a serious accident at the new sugar factory to-day. While shifting timber from cars with the large hydraulic crane a chain broke and Arnold was struck on the side of the head by a large timber. His head was badly cut and one ear almost torn off. Arnold is boss of the crane gang, and was overseeing the work at the time. He was in such a position that it was impossible to avoid being hit by the timber. Arnold was removed to the company’s quarters and a sur- geon summoned. It is feared that the shock of the blow will form an ab- scess in the head. The injured man is in a precarious condition. —_— The Two Etchings In Christmas News Letter are worth the 15 cents charged for the number. 100 pages beautifully illustrated. Send to your friends. * | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1897. ARBITRATION OF THE BERING SEA CLAINS Work of Commission- ers of This Country and Canada. Now the Indemnity to Be Paid Is Much Larger Than Expected. Awards Increased From $425,- 000 to Almost a Million Dollars. CLAIMS NOT ALLOWED. Report of Justices Putnam and King ‘Will Be a Great Step in Interna- tional Arbitration. Special Dispatch te The Call. BOSTON, Dec. 20.—After a week of conferences in Boston Justices Put- nam and King, the Commissioners for the United States and Canada, re- spectively, in the arbitration of the Bering Sea claims, have completed their work for the present, and it is understood will soon begin the prep- aration of their reports to their re- | spective Governments. The Bering Sea claims which it was proposed to settle for $425,000 by Pres- ident Cleveland, have now aggregated more than $800,000, with interest for ‘ten years. That the amount of indem- nity pald by the United States to Great Britain will be much larger than was at first expected is apparent from the evidence already submitted. ‘While some of the claims will be di allowed, the total is likely to be nearly, if not quite, a mil- lion dollars, if the sum asked is allowed by the Commissioners It is not possible to state at thi time what claims have been ruled out, or whether or not it will be necessary to refer any of the claims to the ar- bitration of a third Commissioner, who is to be appointed by the President of Switzerland in case such an appoint- ment is found necessary, but it may be stated in a general way that the conferences of the Commissioners have been of the most satisfactory character and are likely to result in another victory for international ar- bitration. In one respect it may be said that the present arbitration has been with- out a parallel. This is the first inter- national arbitration where the proofs have been taken orally, as in a court of justice. This method of procedure has been found a most satisfactory one, and is likely to be followed in fu- ture cases of a similar nature. The taking of proofs occupied a period ot nearly three months, and by the method of cross-questioning it wa found possible to arrive at a far bet- ter understanding of the facts than by taking depositions. The Commission- ers in the case have been holding dalily sessions from 9 to 4 o’clock in the library of the Bar Association of the city of Boston in the Federal build- ing. They have gone over the disput- | ed claims step by step, reviewing the | evidence as in the case of a law court. It is understood that an agreement as to the amount of the indemnity claim- ed has been reached in all but a few cases, and these are likely to be settled without the appointment of the um- pire provided for in the convention. The claim was made in Congress that all the cases had not been properly in- vestigated at the time President Cleveland wished to make a settle- ment, and that the amounts in some of these cases were large and includ- ed awards to Americans who were part owners of sealing vessels. This has been the source of greatest diffi- culty in determining the award, but investigation has shown that the in- demnity will be in most cases more, rather than less, than was proposed in the settlement proceedings. Another informal conference of the Commissioners may be necessary be- fore the reports of the two Govern- ments are made, but it is expected that a satisfactory adjustment of all the claims will be reported. The amount awarded to Great Britain will be paid within six months of the time when final decision is reached, wheth- er it is made by the two Commission- ers or by a number. MEXICAN MONEY STOLEN DURING AN OCEAN VOYAGE. Daring Robbery Committed on the Last Trip of the City of Washington From Vera Cruz. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The reported robbery of some $3000 in Mexican money from the steamer City of Wash- ington during her last trip from Vera Cruz to this port was confirmed to-day. The City of Washington belongs to the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company. A. G. Smith, secretary of that company, said to-day: “The City of Washington reached her pier last Wednesday morning and im- mediately began discharging her cargo. Among other things there was a con- signment of 103 cases of Mexican coin for a firm in London. Each case repre- sented about $3000 in Mexican money, equal to about $1200 in our money, and weighed about 200 pounds. On count- ing it was found that there was only 102 cases, and as the bill called for 103 it was apparent that one had been stolen, either before the steamer sailed or since the arrival at this port. “A bundle of canvas in which about $100 of the coln was placed was found in the baggage rooms, and leads us to believe that the robbery was com- mitted during transit. The only keys to the strong room were in the hands of Captain Guriey and his first mate, and as no violence had been used in entering the place a skeleton key must have been used.” e gty Political Equality Club Election. SAN JOSE, Dec. 20.—The Woman’s Political Equality Club has elected the following officers for the ensuing term: President, Mrs. J. H. Henry; first vice-president, Mrs. M. T. Hazel- ton; second vice-president, Mrs. M. E. Crafton; recording secretary, Mrs. F. L. Foster; corresponding secretary, Mrs. K. B. Holliday; treasurer, Mrs. A. E. Shumate; honorary vice-presidents, Mrs. Knox Goodrich, Mrs. E. O. 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