The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDA.Y. JANUARY 6, 1898. o for vou. On this ver} same soil a century ago a race of men, now tinct, to the number of 5000, I am told, crudely practiced the arts of cuitiva- tion under the direction of the Fathers of the Soledad Mission. At the thought the eyes plerce the vista of eucalyptus sentinels to the south, and in the back- ground only a short distance away rise the ruins of an architecture 105} vears old—all there is left of the an- clent mission and the work of its pioneers. Such is the reminder that one age of civilization bequeathes to a newer one on this beautiful Romie mesa. | ~~" The 500 acres, with orchards and im- | provements, s passed over to the col- | ony incorporation, to be paid for at| $50 an acre in ten years on the install- ment plan. This obligation is as- sumed by the company, which is capi- talized at $100,000. Against the loans | secured within this amount the trus- | tees issue certificates, at optional rates of interest ranging between 3 and 6 per cent per annum, interest and in- stallment to be paid annually after the full amount of capitalization has been cured. Four of the trustees are n from among the principal sub- Commander Booth-Tucker, who stands as sponsor for the honesty cerity of the undertaking, is | | ex- | | | and s the fifth. The charge to each holder of a lot is the $50 original acreage cost per acre. | He is to pay the trust this amount on the annual installment plan. He re- ceiv the outset from the company, for his t year’s help, a cottage worth outfit, $150, and loans as absolutely required for his mainte- nance, to the amount of $200. These he likewise is to refund in installments, with inter: On the part of the as- sociation, it is required of the settler that he pay in to the trustees a regu- lar weekly installment of $150, mak- ing $75 annually, and the interest on his indebtedness. From this forced payment a sinking fund Is created against the liquidation of the capital investment. The process, in short, will make of the trust a sort of repository for the the colony, and place it in a to control the communal Of course the purpose is to e this control for the common The foregoing basis of cal- , though described as for one really for a family of five. Accept 1t of sound promise it demonstrates, according to Booth- Tucker, that the $50,000,000 now wex- pended annually in loosely administer- ing to ty charities, if invested on his about to be put on trial at ort Romte, would furnish self-sup- tng hom r 100,000 families, compris- ing in the aggregate a half million per- at present helpless and destitute. uld be stated that of the $50,- or half the capitalization needed nediately for the carrying on of the 000, Romie undertaking, omething than $5000 has been ured. of amount $1300 was donated. The system is neither onary nor new. It is copied and slightly amend- ed on the lines of co-operation, from the Raiffeisen plan of loan association, arried on for fifty years in Germany d initiated later throughout Europe, without having a single failure record- ed against it. As an investment it is held to be safe and beneficent for capi- ake according to all human ex- jor W. W. Winchell will manage the affairs of the colony as the repre- e of the association. The keeper of the co-operative store will serve as | secretary. Adjutant W. H. Wood will be superintendent of agriculture, aided by Captain Simpson, an expert, as in- structor. These men are especially se- lected for fit S. ot yet decided what will be the Y as to cultivation, although it is pretty weil understood that at least two acres of each ten-acre allotment will be devoted yearly to the cultiva- tion of sugar beets, which will be sal- able to the immense sugar works al- | most at the very threshold of the col- | ony. With the care to be given such | limited land holdings under experienced direction, it is estimated that the prod- uct will average for each settler forty tons an acre, which, at $4 a ton, wouid mean an annual income for him of $320. The high average of product and quality would be maintained by alter- nating the beet acreage with cereal | crops for the support of dairy cattle | and chick A certain part of each oted perennially to al- 11 orchard space will also be provided for. In the heart of the townsite will be the co-operative store, at which col- onists are to receive coupons indicat- ing the amounts of their purchases. Quarterly an accounting will be made | by the storekeeper to the trustees, and | they will declare a dividend, on which | each colonist is to share according to the relative amount of his purchase, as shown by the coupon stubs. Saloons are not to be tolerated within the lim- its of the settlement, and settlers pat- ronizing any that may be planted cut- side to bait or lure them will do so at the peril of expulsion from the colony. This contingency is provided for in the individual contract entered into be- | tween the colonists and the tgust as- | soclation. | Good moral conduct and honesty of ‘dealings are further stipulated as | the sine qua non to the benefits and | membership of the settlement. Four hundred applications for ad- mission to the colony are flled with the trustees. These are to be sifted care- fully and the applicants will be in some respects subjected to the most | rigid examination. The fortunates al- | ready selected passed. successfully 1 through an ordeal designed to test | * their honesty of purpose as well as their capacity for work. They are: G. D. Weber, P. C. Anderson, C. Stohl, | L. B. Smith, N. Hameus, J. Lohmann, A. J. Webb, Emil Shogren, E. A. Tra- vers, George Toole, C. Springer, F. Lindstrom, M. McCurdy, Charles Gil- * lespie, W. F. Sharp, Henry Smith and Thomas Pascoe, all with families rang- ing in number of children from one to nine. Beveral others have been chosen from among the numerous applicants and will arrive later to take their lots. The religion, creed or sect of a mem- ber is of no consideration to the cor- poration. The project is social and economic betterment. Any number of the colonists desiring to build a church may purchase a lot for the purpose and enjoy the fullest exercise of their religious inclinations. With impressive ceremonies the stars and stripes will be floated over the colony to-morrow and nailed to the staff. E. D. 'WEN. Father Searle Honored. LONDON, Jan. 6.—~According to the Rome correspondent of the Daily News the Pope has nominated Father Searle of New York Director of the Vatican observptar= Ha will reside at the Vat- liln. JACK DALTON IS A LEADER Pilot Relief Forces to Dawson. Will General Merriam'’s Conferences With the Intrepid Klondiker. Great Activity at Vancouver Barracks for an Early Start of the Expedition. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Jan. 5.—Awakened to the realization of an impending food fam- ine in the Klondike district, through facts sent out by Sam Wall, The Call correspendent, the Government is act- ively arranging to send a relief expe- dition into Dawson City. Jack Dalton, so famous in connec- tion with Alaskan history, has just re- turned to this city from Vancouver Barracks, where he had a two days’ consultation with Brigadier-General Merriam of the Department of the Co- lumbia. Conferences between Captain W. D. Robinson, assistant quartermas-" ter stationed in Seattle, and Dalton, are of daily occurrence. Dalton will likely lead the expedition, which it is believ- ed will be on the move within the next two or three weeks. Captain David L. Bralnard of the Subsistence Department, U. S. A, who will accompany the expedition, arrived at Vanccuver Barracks yesterday from Chicago, where he inspected the stores that are to be taken to Dawson. After consultation with General Merriam at Vancouver, it is expected that Captain Brainard will come to Seattle to con- sult with Captain Robinson and others concerned in the expedition. Captain Ray, who was sent with Lieutenant Richardson into the Yukon last summer, is believed to be on his way out of the Klondike over the ice and snow. Captain Ray, it is under- stood, was to secure dog teams at Cir- cle City and as soon as the rivers froze was to start for the coast, bring- ing a full report of conditions as they existed, both as regards food and the need of Government troops to main- tain order on the American side. He is anxiously awaited, for it is believed that on his report as to the condition of the trails, ete., will depend to some extent the movements of the War De- partment. In view of the negotiations that have been going on it was stated to-day by well informed people that in all prob- ability Dalton would be called on by Secretary Alger to lead the expedition into the Klondike. On Christmas day Dalton, at the request of General Mer- riam and Captain W. W. Robinson, left | this city for Vancouver to consult with the former. Dalton’s services, it is un- derstood, are in great demand by the Government, and it is stated that if the contract to freight the supplies in- to Dawson s not awarded to him it will be because his services are held at too high a figure. Dalton, if any arrangement between himself and the Government is carried out, will, it is understood, take the re- lief supplies to the Klondike at a’stip- ulated rate per pound, acting as freighter. What portion of the com- plement of men and horses is to be furnished him by the Government has not yet been given out. General Merriam also consulted Dal- ton with reference to what trail was best adapted to the objects of the ex- pedition, and what means of convey- ance were hest suited to the purposes of the Government. Dalton refuses to state just what passed between him | and General Merriam during his last | visit to Vancouver. However, he strongly intimates that he will be con- nected with the expedition of taking into the grubless camp the supplies of prevender which the Government has | ordered purchased for the needy min- ers. Considering the fact that Dalton has been in the business of taking men and supplies over his trail into the gold flelds for several years and has in that time won an enviable reputation for sagacity and courage under adverse circumstances, it is natural to presume that the officials of the War Depart- ment wish to have him assist in taking the supplies to Dawson. SIX THOUSAND PERSONS JOIN IN A FAREWELL TO GENERAL BOOTH. Great Demonstration on the Eve of His Departure for the United States. LONDON, Jan. 5.—Six thousand per- sons, most of them members of the Sal- vation Army, took part at Albert Hall to-night in a demonstration of farewell to General Willlam Booth, who is about to sail for the United States “‘to assist in organizing great additions to the army. Three brass bands led the music, and in the body of the hall were 1000 Salvation lassies, who performed theatrical movements with red, white and blue scarfs. General Booth on entering the hall received a tremendous ovation, the masses forming themselves into imita- tions of the American and British flags. Commissioner Coombs presented an ad- dress from the English Salvation Army, to be delivered to the American army. General Booth, in the course of | a long speech, said: “I am going where I shall unques- tionably receive a generous welcome. Whatever jealousies or antiquated an- tipathies may be in the hearts of oth- ers, the Salvationists on both sides of | the water have -nly affection and con- fidence for each other. W&e have had our sorrows and storms. In the United States one of the greatest sorrows that could come to a general of God has come to me. One of my sons has de- parted from his father's side and from the Salvation Army. I do not bear him Il will, for, though I think he is very much in the wrong, he is still my son. Of controversy or disputation I'll have none. I am the friend of all men.” - MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A RETURNED KLONDIKER. Jobn W. Horn Missing With a Letter of Credit for $25,000 in His Pocket. TACOMA, Jan. 5.—September 21 last John W. Horn left San Francisco for Tacoma with a letter of credit for $25, 000, issued by a San Francisco bank, since which time nothing has been seen or heard of him. Horn was a returned Klondiker and a letter to-day from relatives in Eldon, Jowa, suggests that possibly he has been murdered. The police at San Francisco and Sound cities have been unable to learn any- thing of him since he stgnned on the | northbound boat. Government | | Culture,” by G. P. Hall of San Diego; | | by H. C. Allen of National City; A GREAT DAY FOR FARMERS Last Session of the Insti- tute at Los An- geles. The Manifest Importance of a Better Knowledge of the Dairy Cow. Papers of Interest Read by the Lead- ers in the Several Flelds of Work. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—The final session of the Farmers' Club's Insti- | tute was held to-day, and the attend- { ance was larger than on any previous | day. The convention has been one o the most successful gatherings of agri- | culturists in all branches and lines of that industry ever convened in the| State. A committee of three was ap- | pointed to consult with the Merchants’ | and Manufacturers’ Association in re- | gard to establishing an exchange. The | chairman was instructed to make a | correct statement regarding the San Jose scale and its habits, and give it to the correspondent of the Associated | Press at Los Angeles, in order that it may be telegraphed all over the United States. It was said that if it got into the Associated Press dispatches it | would not fail to reach Germany, the | objective point. Professor McClatchie delivered an in- | structive address on handling milk. He | prefaced his address by saying that | dairymen do not take a proper interest | in their work. | They have some of them been in the business twenty-five years and still think a cow is a cow, and milk is milk, and that there is nothing more to be said. He touched upon the importance of testing cows to see if they paid for their keeping, not by single tests, but tests continuing throughout the year. If milk was sold to creameries, the amount of butter fat turned out during the vear was the basls for the test. Each test should be taken from samples taken for at least four suc- cessive days. Changes in temperature, sudden changes in food, a new milker or change in time of milking produce temporary changes in the quantity and quality of milk. So long as the cow has plenty of feed, the kind of food would affect the milk little; quality of milk is determin- ed by the breed and not by individ- uals, and the only way to improve it is to improve the breed. i These statements were all borne out by experiments made in Denmark for tén years on 2000 cows. George E. Platt followed with a paper on “A Better Dairy Cow.” He enlarg- ed upon the importanc: of selecting proper breeding animals, the feeding of calves and giving them good pasturage. James R. Boal read a paper on “The | Silo.” The silo is a tight pit where green food may be stored for long pe- riods and still retain its freshness. Cornstalks can be made use of, and many economies are made possible by | the use of the silo. Corn, alfalfa and | oats make good sllage. Sorghum is too acid and Egyptian corn too woody. | The cost of a silo is $80, and a cutting | outfit $125. The latter can be bought in partnership by several farmers. Papers were read as follows: “Lemon “Lemons on the Coast,” by H. C. Dii- | lon of Long Beach, and N. W. Blanch- ard of Santa Paula; “Ralsin Cliture,” Cereals of Southern California,” by Olin Livesly of Fairmont. This evening Hon. Abbott Kinney | read a most interesting paper on “For- | ests.” Mr. Kinney is an authority on the subject, and his remarks were lis- tened to by a large audience. C. E. Wilsite also discussed the subject of the preservation of forests. NE PLUS ULTRA COPPER MINE CHANGES OWNERS. Sold to a Stockton Syndicate for About $15,000—Recent Developments Show Very Good Ore. FRESNO, Jan. 5—The Ne Plus Ultra copper mine, situated on the Daulton | ranch on the line between Berenda and | Raymond, in Madera County, has been | sold to a Stockton syndicate. The tran- | saction involved about $15,000. The mine was discovered by the late | N. L. Bachman, and in 1865 a company was formed and incorporated, with Judge C. G. Sayle as president and Judge E. C. Winchell as secretary. The mine was operated & number of years, the ore be- ing hauled to Stockton by ox teams and thence shipped to Swansea In Waies for reduction, there being at that time no reduction works on the Pacitic Coast. ‘IThe mine was closed down in 1577 owing to the low price of copper and the hign | rates of freight demanded by the rai- road company. In June, 18w, the parties to the present purchase, under a _contract, work on the mine, and the results were €0 satisfactory that they have taken ad- vantage of the option and will erect re- duction works on the ground. The work- ing of the mine will be pushed by the new owners. Besides the Daulton estate there arc several ans interested. Judge Sayle is still president of the company; ex-Assemblyman A . Bachma nephew of the discoverer of the mine, secretary: Alex Goldstein, president of the Farmers’ Bank of no, treasurer, and Ju Seth Mann of Oakland and John F. Daultgn are the other directors. The recent developments show a fine | quality of ‘“‘peacock™ ore. The mine is | one of the best on the coast, and its fur- ther development will be watched with great interest. | S DREYFUS AFFAIR HAS NO CONNECTION WITH GERMANY. 8o Declares the Cologne Gazette as a Final Challenge to the French. BERLIN, Jan. 5.—The Cologne Ga- zette reiterates most emphatically that the Dreyfus affair has “absolutely no c¢onnection with Gremany or the Ger- mans in any way whatever.” This statement gives great satisfac- tion here. It is supposed to be a final challenge to the French Government to repudiate the insinuations against Ger- many. The Vossische Zeitung says Count von Munster (German Embas- sador to France) volunteered to make a similar statement at the trial of Dreyfus; but the French authorities de- clined his offer, fearing press attacks upon the Embassador. s s <o S Popular Couple Wedded at Napa. NAPA, Jan. 5.—In Napa to-day, Rev. A. M. Russell, formerly of Hamilton Square Church, San Francisco, but now of Napa, united in Mr. Charles C. Brewer Mmflwln S, Mugford, both popular residents of this city. The young couple left immediate- ly for San Francisco, where they in fu- ture will reside. % | expenditures of the Government DEBATE WILL SEEK T0 DISBAR BE CUT SHORT| MISS GILLETTE Currency Reform to Be Taken Up in the House To-Day. Overstreet Will Introduce the Indianapolis Commis- sion’s Bill. Speaker Reed Opposed to a Lengthy Discussion of Monetary Measures. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 5. Representative Owverstreet will to- morrow introduce the currency reform | bill proposed by the Indianapolis Mon- etary Commission. A meeting of the banking and currency committee will | be held to-morrow to determine whether four members of the Indianap- olis conference shall be given a hearing on the bill. Ex-Senator Edmunds, ex- Secretary Charles F. Fairchild, J. F. | Fries of North Carolina and Judge Robert S. Taylor of Fort Wayne had expressed a desire to be heard. Early this morning Representative Johnson of Indiana asked Chairman Walker of Massachusetts to call a meeting of the committee to enable the four gentlemen named to be heard. Mr. Walker sat up an obstruction at the very outset. He declared that the rep- resentatives of the Indianapolis plan should not be heard. “There has been enough ready,” said the chairman. Representative Johnson took the reins in his own hand and circulated a paper among the members of the com- mittee requesting the chairman to call the meeting to determine whether the four commissioners should be heard. He soon obtained a large majority of the members of the committee and taik al- Chairman Walker weakened and con- | sented to call the committee to-mor- row. Walker's obstructive tactics have caused much comment. Now that the work of the Monetary Commission has taken practical shape in the form of the report which was published a few days ago, the members of Congress are waiting with interest the bill which has been prepared. Care- ful inquiry among the leaders in the House to-day would indicate that the | prospect “for such sweeping legislation as is-designed by either the Gage bil or the forthcoming commission biii is not to be expected. Nor is there a prospect for long debate on currency and financial reform in the House. Speaker Reed is opposed to a long dis- cussion by members of the House. Pub- lic_ sentiment has been aroused and public opinifon formed by the work of the Indianapolis commission, and it is earnestly hoped by the leaders of the House that the commission will con- tinue its work of disseminating infor- mation on the subject. It is not believed that much can be accomplished in the matter of passing currency reform bills, and, therefore, most of the time de- voted to such debate would be wasted It has been set forth in these dis- patches that no measure contemplating the withdrawal of the greenbacks will become a law. Nor is the time be- lieved to be ripe for bills revolutioniz- ing the present system of national banking, based on the issue of cur- rency by the banks against national bonds deposited by them. All such bills | a8 Mr. Gage's or of the commission e | which contemplates the issue of cur- rency by the banks, based on a per- centage of their “business assets” are regarded by the leaders of the House as premature. Even If they passed the House they would dle in the Sen- ate. In the opinion of the House leaders, which includes every member of the ways and means committee, the bank- ing and currency committee should confine itself to the introduction of the modest measures recommended by President McKinley--namely, the es- tablishment communitigs, permit®ing banks to is- sue currency to the par value of depos- ited bonds and reducing the tax on circulation. There is strong ground for the belief that these bills could pass the Senate. A further measure restrict- ing the issue of bank notes of the de- nomination of $10 and over and requir- ing all banks to redeem their own notes in gold on demand might also be enacted into a law. It is very probable that before the end of the present session the commit- tee on ways and means will lay before the House a bill to authorize the Secre- tary of the Treasury (whenever the for any cne month have exceeded the re- ceipts) to issue short term bonds to the amount of such deficiency, the bonds to be redeemed after three years, and bearing about 2% or 3 per cent in- terest. GENERAL YEATNAN-BIGGS SUCCUMBS TO DYSENTERY. Commanded the Second Division of the Tirah Expedition to India’s Frontier. LONDON, Jan. 6.—According to a special dispatch from Peshawur, Ma- jor-General Arthur Godolphin Yeat- man-Biggs, in command of the second division of the Tirah expedition in the northwest frontier of India, died on Tuesday of dysentery. The news is confirmed from various sources. Major-General Yeatman-Biggs was a son of theslate Harry Farr Yeatman, of Manston House, Dorset, and was born in 1843, He entered the army in 1860, became a captain in 1874, a major in 1880, lieutenant-colonel in 1882, col- onel in 1886 and major-general last year. He served in China in 1862, dur- ing the South African war in 1879, and with the Egyptian expedition in 1882 In 1878 he assumed by royal iitense the additional surname of Biggs. He was created a Companion.of the Bath (mil- itary) in 1881, and from 1895 had com- manded the presidency of the district of Bengal. Some of the most effective work of | the British forces on the northwest frontier of India during the campaign against the rebellious tribesmen has been done by the troops of the Second Division. The most brilliant exploit of the punitive expedition was the storm- ing and recapture of Dargai Ridge on the Samana range by the Ghurkas and the Gordon Highlanders of the Yeat- man-Biggs brigade last October. gy sl Fresno Hogs to Be Shipped to Hawaii. FRESNO, Jan. 5.—Frank J. Burleigh, a grain and livestock dealer, is prepar- ing to ship 300 Fresno County hogs to Hawaii. The ship which will convey the porkers to the mid-Pacific islands will sail from San Francisco on the 15th. Twelve tons of corn for feed wili accompany the shipment of small banks in rural | Women Appeal to Mas- sachusetts Supreme Court. Feminine Opposition to the Newly Created Portia Grows Apace. Numerous Clubs Take Up the Fight to Prevent Her From Prac- ticing Law. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Jan. 5—The meeting this afternoon at the Fitchburg Women's Christian Temperance Union in regard to the protest against Miss Addle Gil- lette's admission to the bar has only added fuel to the discussion of the case, which is stirring the whole country. Mrs. Jabez Fisher, the President, and Mrs. Coolidge, wife of ex-Congressman Coolidge, read this memorial: To the honorable the Justices :& the Superior Court: The undersign | Women of the city of Fitchburg respect- fully Xmlefl against the admission of Miss Addie F. Gillette to the bar of Worcester County, ““We thought it best,” ccntinued Mrs. Coolidge, in a gentle voice, “that this should be signed, not as an organiza- tion, but as individuals. It is the pro- | test of the women of Fitchburg.” | "“Why do you protest?” asked the | vice-president, after a pause, during | which everybody appeared a trifle em- | barrassed. | “We make no charges,” replied Mrs. | Coolidge. “We did not suppose it would be necessary to file any protest. We never believed that the men would al- low her to go through.” The protest was signed by every ‘Wwoman present. A similar protest was offefed at the meeting of the Woman's 1 Rellef Corps, and, it is said, has al- ready more than fifty signatures. Soro- sis acted simultaneously with the ‘Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Sorosis is made up from Fitchburg's 400; or, more literally, the first twenty women of the city. The petition was very generally signed. The Daughters of Rebecca followed the example of other societies. To-day the Woman's | Club and the Wednesday Club took similar action. !ELEL‘TEDj LIEUTENANT- ; COLONEL OF THE SIXTH. | Captain Johnson of Stockton Wins a Close | Contest By a Single Vote. | | FRESNO, Jan. 6.—After a deadlock | lasting until 1 o’clock this morning the | | line and field officers of the Sixth Reg- | iment, N. G. C,, elected Captain W. A. | Johnson of Company A, Stockton, to be | their lieutenant-colonel. Captain Wil- | | liam H. Cook of Company G, Bakers- | field, was his opponent. A Merced | lieutenant, who arrived at 1 o'clodk, | | cast the deciding vote. | | _The balloting began at 8 q’clock, and | | the first vote stood 13 to 13. By 11| { o’clock nine ballots were taken, and the | result remained unchanged. The sup- | porters of each candidate were deter- | mined not to yield to the rival, as the repeated balloting showed. | The cause of the close contest was the rivairy between Stoekton and Fresno for the location of the regi- | mental headquarters. The vote to- night was confined closely to battalion | lines. | the two companies at Stockton, Com- | pany D of Modesto and Company H of | Merced. The Second Battalion is companies C and F of Fresno, that at Visalia and that at Bakersfield. | elected to the command of theregiment a year ago Stockton held the head- | quarters ever since the organization of the Sixth. Colonel Wright removed a part of the regimental band, which re- ceives State ald, to Fresno, and this aroused the animosity of Stockton and the guardsmen of the First Battalion. The companies of the southern part of the valley think that Fresno is en- | titled to have the headquarters for a | few years at least. BARRY IS FAVORED FOR RA/LROAD COMMISSIONER. Public Meeting at Vallejo Urges His Appoint- ment by Sending a Petition to the Governor. VALLEJO, Jan. 5.—At a public meet- | Ing, held in this city, on the evening of | the 4th inst., by the friends of James | H. Barry, in the courtroom of Judge | government, many were the .compli- | ments paid to the sterling worth of Mr. Barry by the speakers, and all were in favor of the appointment of Mr. Barry for the vacant Railroad Commissioner- ship. Mr. J. W. Sweeney was selected as chairman and Richard Caverly, sec- retary. The following petition was adopted and forwarded to Governor Budad: VALLEJO, Jan. 4, 1888.—James H. Budd, Governor State of California. Sir: e citizens of Vallejo, Soiano County, Cal., friends of good government, having in mind the proper administration of rail- ‘way affairs, touching on their relation to the State, voice the prevailing sentiment in favor of the appointment of James H. | Barry, of San Francisco, to fill the va- cancy in the railway commissionership, caused by_the demise of . James 1. | Stanton. We feel that Mr. Barry has no | superior in broad-minded application of a public trust, and his Democracy is of a stern and patriotic character. It is need- champion of the people’s rights, also firm and just in his dealings with corpora- | tions. Visalia Mourns a Speedy Young Barber. VISALIA, Jan. 5.—A dozen or more persons in this town are mourning the sudden departure of a spry young bar- ber by the name of Arthur Pechner. Pechner was quite a lady’'s man and since he left it has transpired that he is engaged to two young women, both handsome in form and feature. One of them he had promised to marry next Sunday, while the second young lady has been looking forward to next April as her wedding month. For an en- gagement ring Pechner gave the sec- ond girl a gold ring that he had bor- rowed from his first sweetheart. The ring was returned to the rightful owner to-day. s Petaluma Ladies’ improvement Club Election. PETALUMA, Jan. 4—The Ladies’ Improvement Club held its annual election this evening and placed the following members in office: President, Mrs. A. A. Atwater; vice-president, Miss Nellie Denman; sagre- tary, Miss S. Jewell; secretary, Miss E. Johnson; .treasurer, making preparations a grand con- cert, to take place shortly. | The First Battalion embraces | | Until | | Colonel S. S. Wright of this city was | Lament, to voice the sentiment of good | less to add that Mr. Barry is a fearless | STARVING ON THE WATSIDE Pitiful Case Presented to the Supervisors of Fresno. Mother and Her Two Children * Deserted by Traveling Companions. Found by a Good Samaritan and Their Needs Temporarily Pro- vided For. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. FIND A WOLF [N THE FOLD Amazing Confession of a San Bernardino Sal- vationist. Arrested for Grand Larceny He Pleads Guilty to Numer- ous Crimes. His Record Overa Hundred Burglaries and Foraging Expeditions in Five Years. FRESNO, Jan. 5.—The Board of Su- pervisors had a strange case of desti- tution called to their attention to-day. As Chairman Sayre expressed it, it was one of the “hardest cases” ever before | the board. About 3 o'clock in the after- | | noon a citizen appeared before the; | Supervisors, accompanied by a woman, | and explained that he had found her | and two small children in a destitute condition alongside the public road J about a mile southeast of the city. They | were camped on the bare ground, with- | out anything to protect them from the | wintry weather. | The womdn was then asked to step forward, while the members of the board interrogated her. She was at- | tired in & loose wrapper, which was ' | much the worse for wear and dirt. She | | was a healthy-looking woman of about 40 years, but not at all prepossessing. | | The woman told a remarkable story. | Her name was Mrs. Jeffres, she said. | and her home in Harrison County, Mo. | | Her husband died two years ago, and | the two children she has with her are | | aged three and six years respectively. | She has grown children reslding in Mis- | souri, but they are not able financially | to render her any assistance. About a year ago the woman left | Missouri, accompanied by her two chil- dren, with a family named Howard. The entire party was very poor, but | | they succeeded in driving overland to Portland, Oregon. The opportunities that had been expected on the Pacific Coast were not found and the party de- cided to return to Missouri by way of | California _and the warmer southern | | route. When Fresno was reached the | Howards concluded they would take Mrs. Jeffres’ children no farther. They were willing to take the mother on the | long journey back to Missouri, but they insisted that she should dispose of the | children by finding some one who would give them a home. But Mrs. Jeffres would listen to no such proposition. Then the heartless Howards, who consisted of a man, wife and three children, coldly unloaded the effects of Mrs. Jeffres from the wagon on the side | of the road, and the man ordered the | mother and children to get out of the conveyance. The pleading of Mrs. Jeffres was in vain, and the Howards, whom she | had counted as her friends, drove off | toward the south, leaving her and the little boy and girl standing, with their | few belongings, in the road, and without a cent of money or a par- | ticle of food. For two nights and a day | the unfortunates starved and suffered, | but this morning the kind citizen came | along and supplied their tempomry’ wants. The Supervisors took no action to- day, although the unfortunate family is provided for to-night. AMONG THE WHEELMEN. Arrangements Have Been Com- pleted for the Coming Cycle Baseball Tournament. The Cycle Baseball League met Mon- | day night, President Hadenfeldt pre- | siding, and the delegates present being | Messrs. Larkin, Boeckman, Cunha, O'Malley, Gross, Stratton, Ravlin, | O’Kane, Coffroth, Elliott and Spalding. The question of the make of bail to be | used was discussed, and it was decided | to use the best live ball to be had. The | Spalding National League ball was : | finally adopted. { All games scheduled for San Fran- | cisco will be played upon the Velo- drome grounds, provided the manage- ment puts the diamond and outfleld in proper shape. Messrs. O'Malley, Cof- froth and Cunha were appointed a com- mittee to attend to this. | It was decided to choose one umpire | from each of the eleven clubs. Five | names were submitted—"“Bob” Mitchell, | Fitzgerald, Humphreys, Charles O'Kane | and Frank O'Kane. The executive com- | | mittee will appoint the others this week. Regarding the players whose ama- teur standing was questioned, Horr of | the San Francisco Road Club was ac- cepted, Russell and Nealon of the Im- perials rejected and Hildebrand (Bay City) will be looked into further. The | Encinal Cyclers’ team was accepted in full. The Olympic Wheelmen were allowed to substitute F. Morton for G. Depue and the Turn Verein Cyclers Armand Hughes for William Ray- mond. The Bay City Wheelmen will be allowed to name some one in place | of Hildebrand if he is dropped, and the | Olympic Cyclers to replace four of their ‘ men also dropped from that team. | The schedule of games begins next Sunday, the following clubs contesting | at the places named: Garden City | ‘Wheelmen and Imperial Cycling Club at San Jose, Acme Club Wheelmen and California Cycling Club at the Velo- drome, this ¢ity; Encinal Cyclers and San Francisco Road Club at Alameda. In practice games last Sunday the San Francisco Road Club defeated the Bay Citys by 6 to 5 in a hot game. The i Olympic Wheelmen defeated the Olym- | pic Cyclers; gcore 23 to il President Adams of the Associated Clubs has called a meeting of all the | officers and committeemen of the as- sociation for Friday evening of this | week, at room 138, Phelan building. | This is the night before the regular | monthly meeting, and it is important | that all officials should attend, as the work is preliminary to that meeting. plrid S S | NEW ROUTE FOR EXCURSIONS.E‘ | Rock Island Tourists Will Travel on the Lake S%ore From Chicago Eastward. Commencing on the 16th of this | month the Rock Island excursion trains, which leave the city every | ‘Wednesday evening for the Atlantic Coast and intermediate points, will | change their route from Chicago east- ward. Heretofore the excursions have always been run over the Nickel Plate from Chicago to New York. After the 16th they will be run over the Lake Shore, New York Central and Boston and Albany from Chicago to | their different destinations. This change will make no difference to tourists, as for most of the distance the old line and the new one run in| a parallel course, and all the principal cities touched by one are visited by | the other. | attach Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 5—In the Superior Court of this county to- day was enacted a scene that sur- prised even those whose duty brings then in contact with crime of all de- grees. For years A. H. Revis has been a bright and shining light in Salva- tion Army circles, and little did they expect that the' one who nightly sought the sinner to come to the fold, confess their sins and plead for for- giveness, was at that time prowling from place to place and stealing any- thing that he could lay his hands on; yet such was the case. A short time ago Revis was arrested for' the larceny of eleven bottles of brandy, nine bottles of whisky and a pair of gum boots from a Redlands merchant named Spoor, and, on his being arraigned, admitted his gullt and desited a speedy trial. He was brought to this city and arraigned be- fore Judge Campbell, and when in- formed of his rights declared that he would waive them all, pleaded guilty and asked to be sentenced at once. He even declined the services of a lawyer, saying he was guilty and had no money to spend on them, and, | when informed by the court that they could serve for nothing, he declined to put them to any trouble at all in his behalf. To-day was the time for sentence, and when asked if he had anything to say, he handed the court a list of all the burglaries he had been guilty of during the past five years or so, which when scrutinized disclosed the aston- ishing fact that he had participated in no less than 108 foraging expeditions, securing in every instance booty rang- ing from three loads of wood he had taken from as many schoolhouses to carpenter tools from the chests of workmen engaged about the city. Nor was this all. He informed the Court that since preparing the list he had called to mind four or five more cases, which he wished incorporated in his confession, and that he stood ready for sentence. i Judge Campbell was amazed. He re- marked that he had given the case a good deal of thought, but as the pris- |.oner was only arraigned on one charge, he would sentence him on that, and gave him one year in San Quentin. Many think the man insane, but he declares that he is not and says his object is to clear his mind and serve out his sentence and come back to his old haunts purified of his sins, so that he can preach the gospel of salvation to erring souls in this section. He goes to the penitentiary in the morning. WILL REQUEST PAYMENT OF THE SEALING CLAIMS. President McKinley will Formally Ask Con- gress to Satisfy the Award. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: President McKinley will for- mally request Congress in a few days to satisfy the award made by the Anglo-American Commission in the matter of sealing claims filed against this Government by the citizens of Great Britain. The officials of the State Department were in consultation to-day with Don M. Dickinson, senior counsel of the United States before the commission, preparing the list of the claims, with the action taken in each case by the commission. The award made by the | commission amounts to $296,000, with interest. Figures being prepared at the State Department show that the President will have to call upon Con- gress for an appropriation amounti to $460,000 to satisfy the claims afi! interest. I understand that one of the claims which the commission refused to grant was_for $600,000, value of skins which the British Government asserted would | have been captured by British vessels had they not been seized. e Brown-McCrum Wedding. OAKLAND, Jan. 5.—The marriage of Miss Jane M. McCrum to Guy W. Brown occurred this evening. This wedding is the sequel of a pleasant trip to Honolulu last June, when the bride and Miss Ethel Pomroy met the groom and another young man, both of whom were in the United States navy. Last fall a double engagement was announced, and to-night's wed- ding is the first of these to take place. The bride is a popular young lady in society and was a member of the Deux Temps. The groom is attached to the U. 8. S. Philadelphia, being a lieutenant. Father Thomas Mc- Sweeney performed the ceremony, with Miss Pomroy as bridesmaid. The couple left for San Francisco soon after the ceremony. S e———— A Vessel @ttached. R. L. Davis has instituted & suit In the United States District Court agalnst the British ship Adelaide Mary for $154 50 for I'up fiespmmlshed. ‘The vessel was late yesterday afternoon. NEW TO-DAY. Holding fast mes e t0 Old friends making new ones, is what Dr. Miles' New System of Bestorative Reme- dies are doing. The invalids who have suf- fered the agonlzing tortures of nervous pros- tration, sick, Lervous or neuralgic hesdaches, | blues, meisncholy, hysterie, spasms, fits, or any of the numerous disorders arising froma derangement o! the nerve centers, always 5 g tell their triends bow Dr. Miles' so o wng o r. restored to health by | For sale by ts il renmecE Nervine and Derves sent iree. DR. 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