The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1897, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897, strength the combined fleets of Russia and Germany, Russia and France, or France and Germany. Attached to the China station at present are the fol- lowing English warships: Battle-ship—Centurion; one. Armored cruisers—Grafton, Immor- talite Narcissus, Powerful and Un- daunted; five. Protected cruisers—Iphigene, Pique and Rainbow; three. Cruisers—Algerine, Archer, Daphne, Linnet, Peacock, Phoenix, Pigmy, Plo- ver, Rattler and Redpole; ten. Gunboat—Esk; one. Dispatch vessel—Alacrity; one. Storeship— Humber; one. Receiving-ship—Tamar; one. Total effective strength—Twenty- three. Russia’'s force, which is now in Asiatic waters, is as follows: Armored cruisers—Admiral Vachim- off, Dimitry- Donskoy, Pamait Azora and Ruis; four. Protected cruiser—Admiral loff; one. Coast defense ironclads—Gremiastic- hy, Novgorod, Otvajny; three. Cruisers—Bobr, ¥oreyetsz, Kreiser, Mandshur, Rynda, Sivootch and Zabi- jaka; seven. Torpedo vessels—Gaidamalk, k and Haidamak; three. Transport—Silatch; one. Total—Nineteen. Germany's force consists of the bat- tle-ships Kaiser, Deutschiand, Gefion, the protected cruisers Prince Wilhelm, Orene and Kormoran and the cruiser Arcona. France's representatives are the bat- tle-ship Bayard, protected cruiser Koinic- Vzad- made upon it for the murder of two German missionaries. The oflicials also understand that in stationing her fleet at Port Arthur, Russia is simply acting in accordance with a secret treaty existing between her and China which gives her the right to maintain her naval squadron in Chinese waters during winter, and finally, I was told to-day that the massing of British and Japanese fleets in the Gulf of Pechili meant nothing ing, when it is known that the London and Tokio governments secured sev- eral years ago the right to keep their vessels in those waters. The above information throws new light on the situation in the East, and to the minds of officials shows that the reports recently published have been exaggerated. The demand made by Germany con- tained, I understand, six provisions. One requires the punishment of the men immediately concerned in the murder of the German missionaries. Another requires the degradation and punishment of the Viceroy of Shan Tung province. The third demands the payment of an indemnity of $200,000 to the families of the murdered men. The fourth requires China to take measures for the proper protection of in the future. The fifth requires that railroad con- cessions of the province of Shan Tung be granted to the German Govern- ment. The sixth announces that, pending compliance with these demands, Ger- many will occupy Kiaochau. Descartes, cruiser Eclaireur and gun- boats Comete and Surprise. More than twenty Japanese vessels are in Chinese water, the best known of them being the Chen Yuen, cap- tured in the recent war; the Yashima and the Fuji. Regarding the story that the British Government has decided to call into active service her naval reserve fleet, Bruice Ismay, agent of the White Star line, when seen to-day, said he had no official or other information on the subject. At the office of the British Consul surprise was expressed at the repor inasmuch as Great Britain has a su clent naval force to cope with any emergency that might arise in the East without calling to her aid the services of the naval reserve. The Brit- ish Consul here has no official informa- Lt on the subject. special dispatch A says that communications from Shanghai are con- stantly passing between the British and Japanese officers, and it is under- stood that the Japanese Ministers are trying ‘to effect a re-approachment with England on the basis of a joint guarantee of reform in Chinese admin- | istration. SR | RUSSIA’S STRONG HAND | CONTROLS THE DESTINIES | OF THE SON OF HEAVEN. The Sage Advice of Li Hung Chang Sought by China, but Even That Cannot Save Her. TACOMA, Dec. 30.—According to ad- s receiv day per steamer Vic- toria, China's military department is to have a Russian adviser, to be fol- lowed by the employment of Russian officers to drill the Chinese army. The Japan Times is responsible for this statement. Other papers say Russia is already in possession of Manchuria ping for a large share of the empire. These statements, which facts seem- ingly bear out, are causing great un- easiness in J and particularly be- pan n is known to be a with the concurrence of France and Germany, which, of course, will get smaller pieces when the big pie is cut. Peking dispatches state that Russia has taken a very bold stand there. it is surmised that she is lly managing China’s foreign affairs. Russia is regarded as China’s first friend, and little of importance | is done without consulting the Russian Minister. Ru a will loan China needed money and will probably even- | tually secure control of Chinese cus- cause Rus: cting toms. China has granted Russia rail- way franchi; whereby the Man- chur; road will be extended to or | | near Pekirg. These grants fnclude | police supervision of the territory on both sides of the railwa: Russia has moved a large number of troops into Manchuria from Vladovistok and the Siberian frontier, where she re- cently had 100,000 soldie massed, and is thereby occupying China’s nortaern province. These troops can be moved into Korea or China prope: China is more alarmed tha fore at ever be- | Germany’'s agegression and Russia’s boldness. Additional troops are being raised and the throne is being memorialized from all parts of the empire. People of all ranks feel that something must be done if China is not to be dismembered at once. Li Hung Chang has come to the front again at Peking. His advice is sought by the Emperor and Inner Council in this crisis, and his memorial on military and naval defenses of the empire has heen taken up for consid- eration. This memorial was prepared on his return from Europe last year and urges radical reforms. Viceroy Liu Kung, at Nanking, has been in- structed from Peking to take imme- diate measures for the defense of all forts within his jurisdiction. In Korea M. Alexieff is discharging the customs force and will appoint 300 | Russians to the office. He transacts his business at the Russian legation, | Russia’s contract with Korea provides | that Alexieff’s term of office shall be | indefinite and that a Russian shall s 1:ceed him. He is accompanied by a Russian official, who is having surveys ‘made for a Russo-Korean railroad. LSRR GZRMAN OCCUPATION OF CHINESE TERRITORY SAID TO BE TEMPORARY Rather a Disposition in Official Quarters at Washington to Make Light of the Situation in Asia, NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—The Herald’s Washington correspondent sends the following: Germany's occupation of Kiaochau is but temporary, if the pro- visions of her demand upon the Chi- nese Government are faithfully obsery- ed. Information received at the State Department from Minister Denby at Peking announces that the occupation of Chinese territory .by the German forces will end with compliance by the Peking Government with the demands e P o s The secret of the failure of Russia, Great Britain, Japan or France to interfere in Germany's programme is found, it is thought, in the fact that the German forces will but temporarily retain Kiaochau. What may grow out of the situation is problematical. The United States Minister at Seoul, Korea, has informed the department of the dismissal of McLeavy Brown, a British citizen, who entered the cus- toms service of Korea under a five- vear contract, the dismissal being based on the ground, it is said, that Mr. Brown is incompetent. The Chinese Minister, with whom I | talked to-night, said that while he had received no information beyond the first cablegram announcing the land- ing of the Germans at Kiaochau, he had all along believed the reports pub- lished had been greatly exaggerated. The advices of the State Department showing that the occupation of the Germans is temporary bear out his belief. The Minister denied that he had given any authorized statements concerning the situation in the East which have been credited to him during the last few days. He has been quoted as making statements which he de- clares he never made. o e THE ISLAND OF HAINAN WAS PROBABLY 0CCUPIED BY THE FRENCH ADMIRAL. Denials ot the Story From Hongkong and Tonquin Are Not Taken Seriously at London, LONDON, Dec. 31.—The Daily Mail has received telegramsfrom Hongkong | and from Tongquin denying the report of French occupation of the island of Hainan, but it regards it as morally | occupied | certain that Hainan was about a fortnight ago, when Port Ar- thur was occupied by the Russians, the coincidence forcing the suspicion that France and Russia are acting in concert A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Singapore, dated Thursday. ys: The that the French had occupied sland of Hainan was brought here from Saigon (capital of French Cochin China) on Tuesday by the French mailboat Ernest Simon. Before the latter left Saigon, on the 25th, a French cruiser arrived there with either Admiral Bedoliere or letters from him to the French Governor of Baigon. The Ernest Simon was de- layed for an hour at Saigon in order | to take the Governor's dispatch relat- ing to the hoisting of the flag on the island of Hainan to the French Gov- ernor. The cause of the delay was known only to a few officers on board the Er- but inadvertently the secret was imparted to a French offi- cer here (Si pore), who, not being , let the matter out. It is believed the French hold the tele- graph office at Howkow and prevent communication to Hongkong. The cable between and Saigon is broken pair, and therefore it was impossible for Admiral Bedoliere to telegraph the news of the seizure to Saigon. Admiral Bedoliere, with the warships Bayard and Descartes, left Hongkong on December 11. He called at Hai- phong on December 18 and attended the meeting of the defense committee at Haiphong about that date, when the seizure of the island of Hainan was decided upon. , ENGLAND’S RESERVE AND THE PART IT PLAYS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. What the mobilization of the British naval reserve means was evidenced at the time of the Transvaal trouble, when | within_the course of a few hours the famous flying squadron, one of the most formidable fighting forces ever gathered on the sea under one flag, was fully commissioned and went | to sea ready for the most active serv- | ice in any quarter. | The naval reserve consists of both | ships and men, and constitutes a spe- | cial and separate department of the | Admiralty, which is presided over by | Vice-Admiral Edward Hobart Sey- mour, to whose excellent administra- | tion_much of the credit_for its present efficiency is due. The ships of the navy are divided in- to five classes: First—Those fully man- ned and in active service. Second— Those partially manned. Third—The ships of the “A” division of the fleet reserve, ready for service. Fourth— The vessels of the fleet reserve under- | going repair, but more or less ready; and fifth—The mercantile auxiliaries, The second and third classes include the coast guard and port defense ves- sels, and vessels returned from foreign stations, temporarily out of commis- sion. These two classes always em- | brace a large number of the best fight- ing ships in the British navy. The fifth class, the mercantile auxiliaries, com- prise. eleven large and swift ocean greyhounds, such as the Campania, Lucania and Majestic, on the Atlantic; the Empress steamers on the Pacific, | and the Peninsular and Oriental steam- ers Australia and Victoria, running to the far East via the Mediterranean, | Suez Canal and Indian Ocean, all re- Germans and their interests in China | Haiphong (Tonquin) | and under re- | ceiving an annual subvention from the British Government and flying the R. N. R. blue ensign. Second — Eighteen ocean steamers, such as the Umbria, Britannic and the Britannia, of Cunard, White Star and Peninsular and Oriental lines. Third—A large number of ships that are on the Admiralty hists and comply- ing with the required conditions, hat as to which no arrangements exist with the owners except the promise of | preferment for State employment. All these are suitable for receiving arma- ments, which in most cases are ready | for them at the naval arsenals at either end of their runs. The men on the naval lists are di- vided into four classes: First—Those in act service, numbering in all about 65,000 (report 1896-97). Second— Men in the coast guard service. Third —Men under training in the harbor de- Pots or gunnery establishments. Fourth —Pensioners and reserve men in the commercial marine at home and abroad. These three latter classes number about §3,000 men, or 18,000 more than the active list in peace times. The actual mobilization of the whole reserve of ships and men has at one time never been attempted. The near- est to it was on the gathering of the {E}‘I)\g squadron alluded to above, Every year now the reserves of the dis- tricts about the great naval ports of England, Portsmouth, Devonport and Chatham are called out and put through the maneuvers, and the sys- { tem of organization is said to be very | satisfactory and complete, but just | how it will work on the whole and in | case of necessity is yet to be tested. How the movement is expected to be,| executed has been thus described by | the author of the “British Fleet.” | “‘Mobilize! Only the single word is required and It sets in motion machin- | ery of unprecedented power and unex- ampled dimensions. Telegraph the | word ‘Mobilize' on the instructions | of the Admiralty and the lever is mov- ed in dots and dashes. The word will dance off the instruments in scores of | cities, towns and hamlets in the United | Kingdom. It will gleam and flash upon | the mirrors of the submarine cable op- erators as it arrives from under the ocean to the commanders of the Brit- | ish squadrons abroad. It will iy north, | south, east and west, summoning offi- | cers and seamen, stokers and marines, | the merchant sailor, the coast guard man, the fisherman and the pensioner, | one and all, from leisure and business. “Mobilize! The newspapers will ad- | vertise the preclamazion and every- | | body connected with the sea service | will have to pack up and be off to join ship or barrack or depot. Great and Greater Britain waking up the old sea lion, putting forth her latent naval | | strength preparing to reassert her an- cient dominfon, will be a spectacle startling two hemispheres and a mani- festation the like of which the world has not yet seen.” | WARONPENSION ATTORNETS i | Commissioner Evans Says They | | Caused the Stuffing of | the Rolls. | Believes That the Government Should Deal Directly With Deserving | Veterans. i Specta! Dispatch to The Call. | NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald Com- missioner of Pensions Evans is wag- ing a war of extermination on dishon- | est pension attor: to whom he at- tributes principally all the padding of | the pension rolls with fraudulent cases. He is considering a recommendation to Congress of the passage of a bill | abolishing the pension attorney system entircly, and providing that govern- ment officials shall act as attorneys and lcok after the interests of all| | claimants for pensions. Speaking of | th\i‘dmnuer to-day Commissioner Evans | said: | “Senator Pritchard expressed the sit- | uation very forcibly in a recent inter- view, in which he admitted there is considerable skullduggery in this pen- | sion business, and expressed a belief that the government would do better | in dealing directly with the veteran | and not through attorneys. Look at | | the advantages of such an arrange- ment. First of all under supervision | of the government the liability to | frauds would be reduced to a minimum. | We would have direct control of attor- | neys, whose business it would be to | see that all honest claims were prompt- ly and intelligently presented. If one of these attorneys failed to do his duty, or was found incompetent, it would be an easy matter to remove him, then it | would be a great saving to the govern- | | ment which—just think of it—has paid | | out $13,500,000 in the past thirteen years to pension attorneys.” SALINAS CITY SEWER- DIGGERS STILL IDLE, Strikers Determined to Win and the Con- tractor Equally Stubborn—Efforts at Arbitration. SALINAS, Dec. 30.—The strike on the city sewer remains in about the same condition. There was a meet- |ing this morning of the men | who quit work yesterday, at which time a resolution was . passed asking for an investigation of the whole affair. The committee of five appointed to confer with the contractor will report to-morrow. The leader of the strikers, J. Conger, is urging the men not to commit any act of violence, and up to the present time no depre- dations have been made. If a man went to work to-day on a section the unemployed would argue with him, and without an exception every one left the ditch. Contractor Heafey still | maintains that he is right, and that he will not accede to-the demands of the | strikers under any consideration. RAILROAD STATION-HOUSE AT PETERS BURGLARIZED Money-Drawer Looted and a Stick of Giant Powder Left in the Place by the Cracksman. STOCKTON, Dec. 30.—A thief broke into the station house at Peters, uni the Oakdale line east of this city, this | evening while Agent Case was at sup-" per. A window was broken and the | money drawer pried open. A stick of giant powder left in the place by the man indicated a willingness to do something even more desperate. Last evening the section house was broken into and $52 taken. Officers are out with a fair description of several sus- pects. 5 ORI S Former City Official Dies at Napa. NAPA, Cal., Dec. 30.—A. H. Conklin, aged 48, and a native of New York, died here to-day after a lingering ill- ness. Deceased served as City Clerk and Treasurer for two terms and was a capable and efficient officer. A wife and three children survive him. ————e—— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al drug refund the money if it fails to cure. ists 25e¢. The genuine has L. B. Q, on each tablet. NOW WAIVES WEIGHT LiviT “Kid” McCoy Decides Fight Joe Choynski Regardless. to Sincere in His Desire to Ar- range a Battle :With Fitzsimmons. Lanky Bob Gives His Ultimatum of the Manner in Which Corbett and Others May Meet Him. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Kid McCoy has decided to'make a match with Joe Choynski, regardless of - the weight limit. The American middie-weight champion arrived at this decision to- night. There is only one condition at- tached to the “Kid's"” offer, and that is that the contest take place next sum- mer at Dan Stuart’s carnival in Car- son City. McCoy, when asked why he had changed his mind about fighting Choynski at the middle-weight limit, 158 pounds, replied: “Simply to show that I am thoroughly sincere in my desire to eventually secure a fight with Fitzsimmons for the middle-weight championship of the world and also not to work a hardship on Choynski. “The Californian says he cannot get below 165 pounds and do himself jus- tice. Well, if I beat him I want all the credit I am entitled to. I don’t want to handicap him in any particular, and therefore I have decided to concede him a few pounds. By the time Dan Stuart arranges his carnival the | weather will be warm and conducive to welght reducing, so that Choynski | should have no trouble in getting down to abowt 162 pounds.” Local sportingmen do not place much confidence in the ability of O'Rourke and others to hold the Corbett-Fitz- simmons fight at Coney Island. They say the authorities would interfere, and point to the fact that the talk of the fight between Corbett and Mitchell four years ago, in the halcyon days of John Y. McKane's reign, killed fighting at Coney Island. Tom O'Rourke has wired from Fort Wayne, Ind., as follows “Julian and Fitzsimmons have named Joe Walcott at the middle- weight limit to meet McCoy and Peter Maher to meet Corbett. If McCoy and Corbett win from Walcott and Maher, immons will meet both of them arterwards. These are the only condi- tions Fitzsimmons will make with Me- Coy and Corbett.” CINCIN TI, Dec. 30.—James J. Corbett to-day gave a cc of his chal- lenge to fight Fitzsimmons, as follows: Robert J. Fitzsimmous, Champion of the World: Your published declaration, Mr. Fitzsimmons, that you intend o tering the ring, pleases me more than I | can at present express to you, and the | public_esteems me to be the only candi- | date for the rs you thus place in | reach. I am S'Hri. however, to note that in wording this declaration 'you give me | the impre on that sinc last met you | have beco! 1y forgetful; for in- stance, you =&y that before 1 can claim a return match with you I must prove myseif to be worthy of it. You certainly intend this as a joke, for no one In the world knows my ability better than your- self. You cannot 80 soon have forgotten your remark to me at Carson, just after the battl im,” yor le, earn: wa; ou've given me a bloody .good licking." You, the winner, uttered these words with face and body battered as to leave no doubt of your sincerity, while 1, the loser, listened with never a_bruise or cratch from head to foot which could co adict you. Is this consistent with you now request- ing me to prove myself to be worthy?® You will find the confidence of the public in my ability to entertain still. | ou will find the confidence of the pub- lic will insist upon your recognizing my claim that you must meet me again. But surely you have been misrepresented, I refuse to credit you with the lame memory, the broken judgment, the poor taste and entire untruthfulness which the printed remarks alleged to have been made b u would imply. I prefer to think that those who have eatered the ring with me were men, brave and in- capable of the vulgar, lying and cowardly lanzuage in which the newspaper version | of your remarks was couched. However well 1 know that the great journals try to be and usually are accurate to the letter in reporting utterances made by, important men upon important subjects, prefer to believe that in this case a grave error has been made somehow, somewhere and for a purpose Imot worthy of one who wishes to be considered above contempt. ¥ ‘What the public expects from me is to maintain the manly dignity of the ring and not be a brawler, nor a shifty evader of the honest principles which govern honest men when adjusting their respect- ive merits. ' This is all T have to say. But this is what I propose to do. The day we sign articles I will give you $1000 in recogni- tion of vour courtesy. The moment you enter the ring, ready to offer me battle, I will give you a second $1000 in token of my pleasure. Upon the completion of the tenth round, if you are still undefeated, 1 will give you a third $1000 as a souvenir of my surprise. Upon defeating you, no matter in what round, 1 will give you $2000 more as a reminder that I am not an ungenerous foe. On the other hand, should you again de- feat me, I promise, if still able to move, to place my hat upon my head and then, removing it in your honor, to proclaim you in ffank and unmistakable terms my superior, and to state that I then and there quit forever all possible claim to the championship of the world. Let further remarks on this subject be made by 31000 clean, honest American money, given me by the public that be- lieves In me. T have this day forwarded this to Will J. Davis of Chicago, in_tes- timony that I mean every word I have herein spoken. JAMES J. CORBETT, Champion of America. Cineinnati, Dec. 30, 1897, CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—“Wé shall pay no attention to it,” said Martin Julian to-day when asked what he and Fitz- simmons would do in regard to Cor- bett's formal challenge to the cham- pion. Fitzsimmons refused to discuss the subject in-accordance wjith his new plan of operations, which is to let Julian do ail the talking. “We have told Corbett what he can do,” continued Julian. “Bob did not want to re-enter the ring at all, but at last I persuaded him to promise to fisht again on certain conditions. These were, as I explicitly stated, that he would consider fighting only two men—Corbett and McCoy—and that he should fight them only after Corbett had defeated Maher and after McCoy had defeated a man named by me. I have named Choynski for McCoy to e e e . e a e e e R e e e e e TO-NIGHT! NEW YEAR’S EVE! In Response to a Popular Request ‘THE PASSING OF THE OLD YEAR ‘Will be Signalized by a GRAND ILLUMINATION —Of the— NEW HOME OF “THE CALL” From Cupola to Basement. THIS BRILLIANT ELECTRICAL DISPLAY ‘Will Continue_till t‘!w Merry Belis n ’ THE GLAD NEW YEAR. fight. Now, Corbett may wear himself out talking about betting $10,000 that he can whip Fitzsimmons.” Concerning McCoy and Choynski Julian said: “I am going to hold Mc- Coy to his promise that he would give Choynski the next show at him. He cannot get out of it bysaying Choynski must come down to 158 pounds, for he know's Joe cannot do that.” Julian admitted that if McCoy in- sisted he wanted to fight no man out- side of the middle-weight limit, he (Julian) might consent to name a middle-weight. “But,” he said, “it will not be Wal- cott, nor will it be Tommy Ryan.” et o T i Winners on the New Orleans Track. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30.—Results: First race, selling, one mile, What Next won, Springtime second, Ardath third. Time, 1:45%. = «Second race, six and a half furlongs, Dudley E won, Belle of Memphis second, Chiffon third. Time, 1:24%. hird race, one and an eighth miles, over four hurdles, selling, Brakeman Wwon, Repeater second, Uncle Jim third. Time, 2:09. Z Fourth race, six furlongs, Harry Duke Won, Sligo second, Hibernia Queen third. Time, 1:16% 3 Fifth tace, selling, one and a sixteenth miles, Viscount won, Lampore Second, Mount Washington third. ~Time, 1:3. JEWS ARE LOYAL TO' THE AMERICAN CAUSE. Some Interesting Subjects Discussed at the Second Day’s Session of the Ameri- can Historical Society. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—The chief pa- per read at the second day’s session of the American Jewish Historical Soci- ety's meeting was by Leon Huhner, on “New York Jews in the Struggie for American Independence.” Mr. Huhner said that a larger proportion of Jews | were loyal to the American cause than any other residents of the State; that the Jews of 76 have for all time an- swered the question, “Can Jews be Pa- triots?"” At the conclusion of Mr. Huhner's address there was some discussion on | the paper of President Oscar Straus, | read yesterday in reference to the ten lost tribes. As to the authority for the belief that the American Indians were the lost tribes, Dr. Cyrus Aller said that Montecelnos was the first Jew to originate the {dea that the Indians were descended from the lost tribes. Dr. Kohler says that whoever was the first, he must have derived his view from Christian sources. Dr. Leo Wei- ner of Harvard related some interest- ing folk stories from the German in re- lation to the lost tribes, which he gath- ered during the last year. RAYS OF LIGHT ON A MYSTERY Sonoma Officials Tracing the| Antecedents of Sydney N. Johnson. Learned That the Stranger Who Com- mitted Suicide Had a Family at San Pedro. Special Dispatch to The Call. | SONOMA, Dec. 30.—The officials of | this place are still probing in darkness | endeavoring to learn the identity of the man giving the name of Sydney N. | Johnson, who committed suicide here | yesterday morning. Little light has | been thrown on the mystéry, but a clew in addition to his having a wife and daughter at San Pedro has been obtained, and it is hoped wlll lead to his identity. During his spree, which he entered upon when first coming to | Sonoma last June, he was always reti- cent about himself, but on one of his meanderings he spoke to A. A. Enke, proprietor of the Union Hotel, about | having a wife and daughter in San Pe- dro and of being in the French Hos- pital in San Franclsco. On one occasion he was invited by | ‘William Bowers, recently proprietor of | the Brooklyn Hotel, Petaluma, to visit | him in that place. It is thought, how- | ever, that Bowers met Johnson for the first time in Sonoma last June. He was evidently in this place in 1852, as he often spoke of men living here at that time, all of whom are now dead. He aleo took great interest in all pu- gilistic sport and could relate the his- tories of all prominent prize-fighters. Ceroner Young is now at Santa Rosa and is endeavoring to obtain some knowledge on the case, but as yet no word has been received from him. The body of the suicide is at the undertak- ing parlors and will not be Interred un til an order is received from the Coro- | ner, which will probably be some time to-morrow. Photographs have been | taken, and every endeavor will be made to learn his identity. It is thought by many that he had had fam- ily troubles at some time. tbestons < e g SUCCESSFUL RUN OF THE WATSONVILLE SUGAR MILL. Grinds More Beets and Gives Better Re- sults Than Any Other Factory of the Kind in America. WATSONVILLE, Dec. 30.—The 1897 campaign of the Watsonville Sugar Factory, which closed last Saturday, was not cut into by storms, and the mill had a most successful run, the av- erage daily slicing of beets being the highest ever shown by an American beet mill. If the growing season had been as favorable as the milling sea- son, the factory would have shown a record-breaking year. As it was, it made the best campaign of all the Am- erican mills, handling the heaviest ton- nage and producing the most sugar. Following are the officlal figures for | the season: Hours run, 2483; tons of beets sliced, 110,786; tons of sugar pro- duced, 14,888; acres harvested, 10,305; yield per acre, 103 tons. The vield per acre was low on account of an unfa- vorable spring. The price paid for beets was $4 per ton. ——— NATIONAL BANK TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ALASKA. 8. P. Young Makes Application to the Comptroller of the Currency for the Necessary Papers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Applica- tion has been made to the Comptroller of Currency by S. P. Young of San Francisco, for necessary papers pre- liminary to the establishment of a na- tional bank in Alaska. The letter re- ceived from Mr. Young does not indi- cate in what town the new banking institution is to be located. Comp- troller Eckels says there is no legal objection to granting the application, and has forwarded blanks to Mr. Young, on which the formal petition is to be written. No national bank ex- ists in Alaska at present, and Mr. Eckels says that it will be necessary to assess the proposed bank for extra large fees to caver the unusual ex- { i vense of examination and supervision caused by banks a great distance from the central government. PASADENA'S - PLENTY OF TEARS ROSE CARNIVAL, ~ SHED IN COURT Everything Is Ready for Its Opening on New Year’s Day. Streets and Buildings Are Gay With Fluttering Flags and Bunting. A Monster gramme of Exercises—Elaborate List of Prizes. Parade Arranged—Pro- Special Dispatch to The Call. PASADENA, Dec. 30.—Great prepar- ations are going on in Pasadena for the tenth consecutive annual rose tourna- ment, which will be held here Satur- day, January 1, and everything points to its phenomenal success. The committee having the matter in charge—M. H. Weight, president; Cal- vin Hartwell, vice-president; P. M. Green, treasurer; John McDonald, sec- ond vice-president, and Frank P. Boyn- ton, secretary; Horace M. Dobbins, Thomas Early, H. R. Hertel, C. J. Wil- lett, directors—have been indefatigible during the past two months in arrange- ments. Already the streets are gay with flut- tering pennants of blue and yellow, the tournament colors, dnd visitors are be- ginning to pour in from neighboring towns. The business houses are building scaffolding for decorations and very general enthusiasm is displayed. It is prophesied that the ,arade this year will be nearly double in length that upon any previous occasion, and the apprehensions aroused by the se- vere cold weather of the past month have been partially allayed by the un- usually warm weather now prevailing, which is bringing out rapidly flowers enough for a creditable decoration. A grand stand which will accommo- date several hundred spectators is in process of erection on Orange Grove avenue, opposite which will be the judges’ stand, lavishly decorated in palm fronds and pepper branches. One of the features of the parade will be the Americus Club, which will make a showy appearance in picturesque cos- tumes of yellow and white. The parade will form at 9 o’clock Saturday morning and will include the following features: Platoon of Police, City Marshal W. S. Lacy in charge. Officers of Tournament of Roses Asso- clation, M. H. Welght, president. Seventh Regiment Band, D. D. Parker, manager. Troop D, N. G. C., Captain Charles H. Howland. Company I Float, Captain Lester Lip- pincott. Pioneer Coach, Original Pasadena Set- tlers. Drum Corps, A. C. Jones, Leader. Americus Club, Major N. 8. Bangham. Knights of Pythias, Major J. C. Scar- rough. Catalina Island Band, C. H. Porter manager. A. O. U. W., W. J. Hess, Chief. Boys' Brigade, Captain J. W. Sedwick. Throop Institute, Elliott Howe, Chief. Six-in-hands, Cul(;]r;elr L. P« Hanson, chief. | Bquestrians, Dr. F. F. Rowland, Chief. Four-in-hands, Thomas L. Hoag, Chief. Valley Hunt Club, J. Jardine, Chief. Pasadena Band, F. A. Haskell, manager. Pasadena Public Schools, Professor J. D. Graham, chief. Two-horse Family Carriages, Edmund Lockeétt, Chief. South Pasadena Public Schools, Pro- fessor W. B. French, Chief. Single-horse Family Carriages, E. H. Royce, Chief. Whittier Band, Captain J. M. Allison. Y. M. C. A. Athletic Club, C. C. Rey- nolds, Chief. Pony Carriages, C. M. Bunnell Chief. Novelties, Burros, Goats, etc., and Gen- eral Bicycle Division, Amos Bye, ef. Fire Department, A. S. Turbett, Chief. The prizes, which will be awarded for the three best entries in each class, include elegant pieces of cut glass, sil- verware, money, saddles, bridles, | whips, blankets and elegant pleces of bric-a-brac. The fourth best will be | rewarded by handsome banners only in some cases. The first, second, third and fourth prizes will be indicated by blue, yellow, cardinal and heliotrope banners respectively, so that all spec: tators will be able to recognize at onc: the prize-winners in each class. These are of silk ornamented with gold and in themselves are handsome trophies and will add greatly to the brilllant effect of the pageant. $ el ot C Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Pensio have been granted as follows: Califor- nia: Original—James A. Bilton, San Francisco, $8. Increase—Charles de la Fontaine, San Francisco, $8 to $12. Oregon: Original—Joel B. Wilson, Dayton, $6. ‘Washington: Original widows, etc.— Ellen Kennington, Vancouver, $20. A postoffice was to-day established at Samaria, Lane County, Or., and D. Lanham appointed postmaster. Army orders—Private Benni Gold- blatt, Company F, First Infantry, now at the Presdio, San Francisco, is trans- ferred to Light Battery F, Third Ar- tillery, stationed at the same post. Austina Lord was to-day commis- sioned postmaster at Tracy, Cal. — Dr. Bergstein Will Not Be Ousted. CARSON, Nev., Dec. 30.—The State Insane Asylum Board met to-day, and on a motion to call for the resignation of Dr. Bergstein the vote was nega- tived, Treasurer Westerfield voting aye and Governor Sadler and Controller Lagrave no, which enables the doctor to retain his place. Treasurer West- erfield filed a protest against his re- maining as superintendent of the asy- lum, and made a hot attack upon his methods. < (R Chicago Banker Dying at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30—D. B. Dewey, president of the Bankers’ Na- tional Bank of Chicago, lies danger- ously ill at his home in Pasadena. He arrived from Chicago on Christmas day, and has been confined ever since with inflammation of the lining of the heart. Little hope Is entertained of his recovery. —_— S —— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—I. H. Morse of King, Morse & Co., well-known canned goods firm of San Francisco, is in the city. Mr. Morse will sail for Europe on Saturday. He states that stocks of canned goods of all descriptions on the coast are closel&/ cleaned up, and that packers have had a fair season. Senator White and Congressman Ma- uire are in town, having run over from ;:hln ton if()r il few dfi.\'l.c ¢ Phoenix Insurance Company ankl{_‘n will re-enter the Pacific (’,’n.;g{ about February, 1898, and will establish an agency for San Francisco and its en- vironments at least. Manager Harbeck ?i \}:ea bvzest(gln dczs:fi-uaent expects to ea’ u e mi e of next month look over the field. e | Foley and Sisters Weep During the Argument for the Defense. ¥, The Accused Could Not Have Been Benefited by the Mur- ders Alleged. It Is Believed the Second Trial Will Result, as Did the First,ina Hung Jury. Spectal Dispatch to' The Call. LIBERTY, Mo.,Dec. 30.—William Fo- ley, on trial for killing his mother and sister, wore a troubled look when he entered the courtroom to-day, and as evidence damaging to him was given evinced the most intense interest. Dep- uty Sheriff Ed Cave told of a conversa- tion had with Foley on the night of the murder, in which the defendant said that Earl Hoover, who had formerly worked for the Foleys as a farm hand, was connected with the crime. Mrs. Minnie Carver, who talked to Foley the following morning, said had asked her: *“Who could have & this thing? God knows and you ki I never harmed any one.” The State concluded its direct tes= timony during the afternoon. It is not believed that the case presented by the prosecution is materially stronger than the evidence brought out on the first trial, which resulted in a hung jury, and it is freely predicted that this trial will have a similar termination. Young Foley was in tears during the greater part of the time occupied by his attorney, Major Woodson, in ad~- dressing the jury. His sisters, Mrs. James Morrow and Amelia Foley, who sat beside him, were also in tears. At- torney Woodson stated that he would show that the relations between Foley and his mother and sister were pleas- ant, and, speaking of the alleged mo- tive of the crime, he stated that they would prove that Foley had nothing to gain through the death of his mother and sister. The youth was paid liberally for his labor on the farm, he said, and in- cumbered as the homestead was, the young man knew that his interest in the property would be materially les- sened through a forced disposal of the mortgaged homestead in the hands of an administrator. By the sale of the property, since the murder, the estate realized about $5000. Several witnesses for the defense were examined. Their testimony was principally to show that the time of the murder must have been before § o'clock, the time claimed by the de- fense, and to show that pleasant rela- tions existed between young Foley and his mother and sister. 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