The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 0, 1898. ANTI-HANNA | MEN LACK A CANDIDATE Unable to Fix Upon| a Choice for the Combine. Must Be a Republican Suitable to All the Democrats. None of the Doubtful Members of Ohio’s Legislature Have Yet “Flopped.” der, of Greene county, is taking an in- terest in the contest and is favorable to the opposition. Snyder attended the Republican House caucus last Saturday | night and voted for Boxwell for Speak- | er on Monday, but the opposition is constantly after him to vote against Hanna. In connection with the reports about Representative Griffith, especial- Iy about the preferences of Mrs. Grif- fith, there are reports of the wives of other Republican members being listed in the contest. And there are reports that wives of scme Democratic mem- | bers are urging their husbands not to | vote for any Republican Senator, but to stand out for a Demccrat. Kurtz and his associates are reported | to be unable to control the anti-Hanna Republican members for a Democratic Senator, and the McLean managers are belleved to have some trouble to get all the Democrats to support a Repub. lican for Senator. A MOTHER'S EFFORTS TO RECOVER HER CHILD. | Mrs. Springstein and Her Sister of San Francisco Cause Quite a Commo- tion at Napa. NAPA, Jan. 5.—An exciting attempt to recover a child occurred in Napa early this morning. sugimer a young physiclan named Benjamin Springstein diedinSanFran- cisco, leaving a wife and one small | child, a boy of threeyears. The parents APPEALS TO BUSHNELL. Protests From Members of His Party Stll Pouring in Upon the Governor. Special Dispatch to The Call. COLUMBU branches of t journed to Monday. Senatorial contest ence daily and ni House and the Gr respectively. The work will continue u when the two brar lature vote separat doubtful members n ©Ohio, Jan. §5.— Both Legislature have ad- Both sides of the remain in confer- v at the Neil t Southern Hotel, pense and secret il next Tuesday, Leg tor. The flops to- day. They still remain doubtful, and they are rec £ the united and un- tiring att io: of the Ilegislative tees and outside work- steering com: ers. Next Monday Governor Bushnell will be inaugurated for his nd term, but the exercises will not interfere with the Senatorial fight = anti-Hanna Republicans e ct all of thejr follow- ers here Monday for a large demon- stration. Although Republican clubs have canc ir engagements for quarters on inauguration day, it is be- leved that efforts of the anti- Hanna Repub! s to have as big a demonstration as usual will succeed. The Hanna m 1l also take advan- tage of the excursic visiting Republican on that day combine” pected deadlock will next Wednesd ballot joint rates to have legations here nst “the B The ex- not begin wuntil n the two hou: d vected will v ors chorus of charges, t demonstratic turbances Letters a from protest- ing Republic and committees and others c . to pour the counties o Republican erating with t vernor and the 0 are co-op- ts, and some mbers Demo W of these messages and n s appeal to Sengtor Fo me to the re- lief of the pa g it to be the duty of a to stand State con- nator Hanna. about Secre- ¥ nt Secretary Day, Congr Grosvenor and | others, being made the Republican Senatorial nominee, Senator Hanna said positive to-day that he would never retire. He said he was nomin- ated by the Toledo State convention for Senator and could not retire in favor of any one. If he were defeated the re-- sponsibility for disregarding the decree of the State convention would rest on those who were now co-operating with the Democrats. The Senator in: S that he wiil never withdraw, even if defeat should become inevitable, but he still insists that he will win before an- other week ro around. Senator Han: Mr. Kurtz and other leaders are now almost worn out and they evidently have a long struggle still ahead of t The stan been announced in either house and “the combine” is using the patronage to hold their men in line. In the Sen- ate to-day Senator Burke showed some tendency to co-operate with his Repub- lican colleagues. The Democrats want- ed to report the committees, but Sena- tor Burke stopped it by_ saying he would vote with the Republicans. Later in the day Senator Burke was in con- ference with Hanna and he spent most of his time with the Hanna workers. ‘While the Hanna men are still short | three or more votes on the current| claims of both sides, yet “the combine” | is having its troubles in fixing on some | one who can command all the Demo- | cratic votes as well as those of the dis- | senting Republicans. Lewis G. Ber-| nard, the Democratic leader from Cin- cinnati and the manager for John R. McLean, said to-night: “There will be no election for a long series of ballots. The Democrats will | scatter their votes.” This is taken to mean that the Dem- | ocrats will not be able to agree in their caucus on a candidate. The anti- Hanna Republicans announce posi- tively that under no circumstances will they vote for a Democrat. They will | continue the deadlock indefinitely | rather than elect a Democratic Sena- | tor. | Ex-Senator Brice delivers an address | here next Saturday night at the Jack- | son day banquet, and his presence is anticipated with some anxiety. The | Press is out with a sensational extra | edition to-night announcing that the Democratic Prosecuting Attorney has| presented the Senatorial situation to | the Grand Jury. In referring to this| inquistion, the Press says sworn state- | ments have been submitted to the| Grand Jury from Representative and | Mrs. Griffith of Union County, Repre- sentative George Spellmeyer and Chris Monter of Cincinnati, Hon. N. R. Hysell | of Columbus and others against cer- tain workers for Hanna. This affair is pronounced as an attempt at intimi- . dation by the Hanna men. The Hanna men laugh at the attempt to securc indictments against certain workers, and say that the men who are spending the money are the ones to raise the cry about bribery. The cry of the opposition has been that of “bossism and boodle” during the con- test. At the anti-Hanna quarters they are confidently claiming a new accession to-night. but refuse to give the name of the member. Senator Burke and | several other members got away from | the pressure to-night by returning to their homes. Following close on the reports about Mrs. Griffith taking a deep Interest in the vote of her husband on the sena- torship, comes a report that Mrs. Sny- der. the wife of Representative Sny- | of Springstein are well-to-do residents of this city and after the death of their son they secured possession of the child, alleging that the mpther was unfitted to raise it. The mother has made several vain attempts to recover her little one and last night, becoming desperate, she came to Napa on the steamer Zinfan- del. She was accompanied by her si; ter, also of San Francisco, and to- gether they visited the home of the grandparents. Then followed a scene very animated and touching. The grandparents refused to surrender the child and the mother begged earnestly and piteously. Her appeals were un- availing and she will now, it is saiq, | make application to the courts. e e WILL FURNISH TIES FOR THE VALLEY RAILROAD. The Notley Brothers Lumber Company of Monterey County Secures an Im- portant Contract. MONTEREY, Jan. 5—The Notley Brothers Lumber Company, which has its base of operations about eighteen miles along the coast south of this place, has just secured the contract from the San Joaquin Valley rallroad to furnish the ties used in constructing the road south of Fresno, and G. C.! Notiey, who has negotiated the matter with the Valley Road people, is now en route to Notley Landing to attend to getting out the ties. The work of cutting the redwood tim- ber from the forest, several miles in- land from the present lumber camp, and shipping the ties from the com- pany's landing by steamer to Stockton, will be begun at once and pushed for- ward as rapidly as possible. Notwithstanding the fact that this firm handles and ships annually large quantities of lumber and tanbark, its work is carried on with great difficulty owing to the extreme roughness of the untry. Nearly all the tanbark is car- from where it is taken to the land- on pack mules, ing hauling being impossible. ley Bros. will furnish about 209,- ties, all of which will be cut in the forest and then packed by mules to Notley Landing. ——— SAN JOSE IS OFFERED AN ART COLLECTION. Mrs. 0°Connor Will Give a Fine Array of Paintings if the City Will Erect a Surtable Building. SAN JOSE, Jan. 5.—An art gallery is among the possibilitles of the near fu- ture for this city. Mrs. M. P. O'Con- nor, wife of the capitalist, has offered to donate a fine collection of oil paint- | ings as a nucleus for an art school and gallery, provided the city will erect a suitable building. The list includes copies of all the famous paintings and works of the great masters of the Old World and is worth thousands of dol- lars. They are at present Dame Institute and the O’Connor San- itarium, but as soon as the establish- ment of an art school and gallery is| assured they will be given to the city. It has been suggested that a two- story building be erected in Norma! square, the lower part to be used for the art school purposes and the up- | stairs as a gallery. An art club will be organized and arrangements made | =0 that San Jose can take advantage of the munificent gift. Mrs. O'Connor is the wife of M. P. O’Connor, who has done so much in the way of gifts for charitable pur- | poses for San Jose, among which ar the O'Connor Sanitarium and the No tre Dame Institute. —— WILLIAM RINEHART'S HEIRS NONSUITED, Fail in a San Jose Court to Recover Posses- | Cheney said last night that there were | | for he had his effects all packed ready | sion of a Ranch Valued at $10,000. SAN JOSE, Jan. 5.—The suit of Jo- | seph Rinehart and other heirs of the late William Rinehart against Edward | Donovan and wife to recover posses- sion of a ranch valued at $10,000 was decided in favor of the defendants by Judge Hyland to-day. The plaintiffs | sued to recover a tract of land of forty | acres near Agnews, which they claimed Donovan and his wife obtained from William Rinehart by undue influence Jjust before his death and without valid consideration. The plaintiffs succeeded in breaking the will of the decedent by which Don- ovan and his relatives were well pro- vided for the exclusion of the plaint- iffs, but the Court held the transfer in question and the present suit to have been legitimate. —-— SENSATIONAL SCENE IN A FRESNO DIVORCE SUIT. Father of Mrs. Ash, the Defendant, Whips a Man Who Tries to Take Away Her Children. FRESNO, Jan. 5.—At the trial to-day of the suit for divorce brought by Richard Ash against his wife, A. R. Ball, father of Mrs. Ash, whipped John St. Clair, who had attempted to gain possession of the children, who are in the custody of | the defendant. The children were lef in charge of Isaac Ball, brother of Hr‘l‘. Ash, who was sitting with them in the District Attorney’s office. . St. Clair came up and attempted to take the youngest from Ball's arms by force. At this Ball senior came up and struck St. Clair a severe blow in the face. A fight ensued. in which St. Clair got the worst of it Ash. St. Clair is in the empioy of s Gl Funeral of an Oregon Pioneer Woman. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 5.—The funeral of the late Mrs. Rachael Mylar Kindred, one of Oregon's pioneer women, took lace to-day on Clatsop Plains from the ‘amily homestead. The ceremonies were attended b¥ a large concourse of old set- tiers and family friends. Mrs. Kindred leaves surviving her sixty-five children, grandchildren and t- &IV 51 ‘whom atiended the Tuneaa 0reR Some time last | other means of | in Notre | TEACHERS T0 SUBMIT AFFIDAVITS Plan to Shorten Los | Angeles’ School Inquiry. Evidence Given in Writ- ing Will Be Accepted by the Board. Each Educator to Be Ques- tioned as to the Giving of Bribe Money. WILL LESSEN EXPENSE. Judge Cheney Says the Prosecution Has Interesting Testimony in Reserve. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—After a | somewhat erratic and acrimonious de- bate, which occupied nearly an hour | and a half, the Board of Education decided upon a method by which the | Investigation of the charges against | School Director W. L. Webb would be | | considerably shortened, the expense lessened and the teachers saved much perturbation of mind and physical in- convenience. It was the announced plan of the defense to put every school | teacher, janitor and other employe of the School Department on the stand to prove that none of them had paid, di- rectly or indirectly, for their positions, or had been approached to do so. This, they claimed, was necessary not only to prove the baselessness of the charges made against Webb, but to vindicate the entire Board of Educa- tion and to remove the stigma that had been placed, according to their views, on every teacher and employe in the department. | The method adopted by the unani- | mous vote of the board was to have the teachers resort to affidavits instead of taking the stand to testify orally. There were present: Directors Davis, Poor, Webb, Mathiss, Conrey and Bart- lett, The Council chamber was again well filled. In opening the meeting, Chairman Davis said: “I want to make one statement to the board and to the defense. I feel that in justice to myself I cannot allow the examination as it was carried on last night, taking simply negative tes- timony, to continue without a protest. I consider this an absolute waste of time and money. It has no bearing on the issues of the case. I do this be- cause the expense i{s a large one and the inconvenience to the teachers is great.” |~ To this Mr. Oliver, on behalf of the | defendant, replied that the local pa- pers had published the innuendoes | made by the prosecution against Webb. | These, he said, included charges of cor- ruption in which Webb was implicated. “This defendant,” he continued, “has the right to refute these slanders that | have gone out against him. If the prosecution will join hands with us and admit that the teachers will testify that they were never approached and never paid a dollar for their positions, then we are willing to suspend the ex- | amination right here.” Chairman Davis remarked: “Mr. Webb is charged with two separate charges. These other matters have nothing to do with them.” This brought Webb to his feet. “I would like to call your attention,” he said, “to the fact that we have something like $500 to pay for the sten- ographers’ bill. If ten per cent of that bill was expended in the examination of the charges preferred against me and not as to whether Bartlett had sold a piano or something else equally immaterial, then I will admit the jus- | tice of your remarks. You have gone right along with the prosecution for | three solid weeks. The defense has had three or four nights on the stand and | then you say these examinations are | irrelevant. You allowed Mr. Gibbons to say all kinds of things—that we had a piano deal on, that we had a cement sidewalk deal, etc. The impression has gone out that every teacher was cor- ruptly approached. The papers have | said that I was drawing this out, but | that I had better be careful or I would | run into a snag. I am not afraid of any snag. Mr. Gibbons and Judge Phillips of the presecution have been continuously promising the public that | there is more to come, and even Judge | to_come—" . Judge Cheney interrupted to say: “I said we would have some inter- resting matters to produce in rebuttal, | and I stand by that statement.” After some further debate the follow- ing resolution intreduced by Poor was adopted: | . Resolved, That the attorneys in this | Investigation be required to prepare a | list of the interrogations to be presented to_each and every teacher, janiior or other employe employed in the School | Department of eles city not here- tofore examined in these proceedings, | which list shall be printed and sent ?y | the Board of Education to each and every | employe aforesald, requiring them to | answer the aforesaid interrogatories un- | der an oath to tell the truth, the whole | truth and nothing but the 'truth, and that the said interrogatories thus taken | Wwill be admitted as evidence in the pres- | | ent proceedings against Walter L. Webb; | ,flro"ldmg. however, that each side shali | | have the right to recall any of the said | | employes thus interrogat for further | examination. And it Is further under- | stood and by and between the at- torneys in the above proceedings that | the said depositions taken as aforesaid shall be taken by the Board of Educa- | tion as final evidénce and as true, except | whereln it shall be contradicted or re- | butted by other contradictery evidence. It is expected that all these affidavits | will be filed some time next week, | when the investigation will be resumed. | Adjournment was taken until Monday night out of respect to Attorney E. A. Meserve and his late wife, who died this evening. INVESTIGATES ALLEGED OFFICIAL CROOKEDNESS. Sheriff Burr of Los Angeles Says That the Rumors About His Deputies Are Abso- lutely Unfounded. L.OS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—Sheriff Burr has been making a complete and thor- ough_ investigation into the floating rumors that some of his deputies have been assisting in uaring” criminal has ugh his office e e m top to m, and as a result an- nounces that there is absolutely no | night en route to FILKINS AGAIN IN CUSTODY Los Angeles Officers Recapture the Conviet. Locate Him Through the Woman Who Aided in His Escape. Though Confronted by Pistols, He Makes a Dash for Liberty. STOPPED BY A FENCE. The Prisoner Talks of His Wild Leap From a Train Near Fresno. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5—C. W. Fil- kins, after a desperate fight, was taken into custody this afternoon and is to- the penitentiary, where he will serve five years for bur- glary. Filkins is the most shrewd and dar- ing criminal Los Angeles County has contributed in its quota of Folsom in+ mates in many a day. He was formerly more or less prominent as a real estate operator in Southern California, but i has since been demonstrated that as a side line he followed the profession of burglary and with great success. Fi- nally, however, the police landed him, and then the supposed respectable business man was uncovered as the most sagacious house burglar who had ever operated in this section. It was impossible to get more than one case against him, but he was given the full term when he was sentenced. Filkins during his trial [NTERCEDES 10 STAY AN EXECUTION Action of ljr. Wood- bridge of Williams College. He Pleads With Governor ‘Wolcott for the Life of Jack O’Neil. Says He Was Not Justly Con- victed of the Killing of Mrs. McCloud. HIS APPEAL IS FUTILE. Despite Scientific Reasoning, the Con- demned Man Will Die on Friday. Special Dispatch to The Call BOSTON, Jan. 5.—Jack O'Neil, the murderer of Mrs. Hattie McCloud, will | hang on the day of Theodore Durrant’s | execution. This is in spite of a most | startling attempt made to-day to save him. The Governor. sald that after | considering the whole case carefully, in his opinion sufficient cause had not | been shown to justify his interference | with the sentence, and that he did not | feel warranted in staying the execu- tion. In this conclusion the Lieuten- [ ant-Governor and members of thecoun- | cil present concurred. l An attempt to save the condemned | murderer from the gallows was made | at the State house to-day, when Dr. | Woodbridge of Williams College called on Governor Wolcott by appointment. His argument was sensational. Briely, | | he purported to show that on the evi- | received | dence of the Government O'Neil was | of Stockton wired to the District Attor- | ing the past year he has been dilatory in meeting bills. The property he has in this county is all heavily mortgaged and it is doubtful whether there will be enough left to satisfy the mortgage of $4182 75 levied a few days ago. Mrs. Diana Murphy Hill has a large mortgage on the Morgan Hill ranch. and there are two mortgages on the San Martin ranch. The first is held by the San Francisco Savings Union, and the second by the Commercial and Savings Bank of San Jose. It is im- possible to tell just the amount of these mortgages, as a certain per cent of the sales is devoted to their liquida- tion, but the mortgages are far in ex- cess of the value of the land. peiiery's Pt ol HIS MIND UNBALANCED BY EXCESSIVE DRINKING. 8en Bahwell, a Visalia Blacksmith, Makes an Unsuccessful Attempt at Self Destruction. VISALIA, Jan. 5.—Ben Bahwell, a well-to-do blacksmith of this place, made a cool attempt to commit suicide this afternoon. He went to a drug store and bought a small bottle of laud- anum, but when he told the druggist that he expected to see him no more the druggist at once took the poison away from him. Bahweill then visited another drug store and obtained an ounce of laudanum, for family use, he | said. Here the druggist noticed that Bahwell acted rather strangely, for he | shook hands and said good by before | leaving the store. The druggist noti- fied the City Marshal, who went at once | to the blacksmith shop and told Bah- well's brother what he had done. The brother hurried to Ben's house and reached the room just’ as the would-be suicide was preparing to swallow the poison. As the bottle was taken from him he declared he would try to take his life some other time. Bahwell has a wife and two small children, but hard drinking has unseated his reason. A NEW WITNESS AGAINST ROUP San Joaquin County Wants the Napa Burglar for Train Robbery. In Any Event It Seems That the| Prisoner Cannot Escape Life DOUBLE LIFE OF RATCLIFFE First Wife of the Actor May Cross the Sea to Testify. Attorneys Send to London for the Daughter of the Fish- monger. Asked to Come to America to Appear Agasinst the Husband Who De- serted Her. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—The argument on the application for a certificate of reasonable doubt of the legality of the conviction of Actor Ratcliffe for wife- beating was on again to-day before Justice Dickey in Brooklyn. Should the certificate be granted Ratcliffe would be released on bail, pending an appeal to the higher court. Assistant District Attorney Lloyd says that the Grand Jury will be asked to indict Ratcliffe on the statement of Caroline Ravenhill of London that he married her in 1882 and deserted her and her baby in September, 1888, Rat- cliffe having testified on his own trial for beating Alice de Lacey Ratcliffe that the latter was his only wife. District Attorney Gardiner has ca- bled to London asking Caroline Ra- venhill to come to New York and ap- pear as a witness against Ratcliffe. Howe & Hummel, attorneys for Rat- cliffe’s wife, received a cablegram to- day from their London representative stating that he was mailing to them an official copy of the marriage certifi- cate of Edward J. Ratcliffe to Caroline Ravenhill, a fishmonger’s daughter, on August 19, 1883. Their representative also stated that several columns re- garding Ratcliffe’s antecedents were published in to-day’s Mail. Howe & Hummel instructed their representa- Imprisonment. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. | NAPA, Jan. 5.—Sheriff Cunningham | many attentions from Mae de Long, a | not justly convicted. He asserted in| ney of Napa County this morning that | woman of the half-world. She en- deavored to plan for his escape, but was frustrated in her designs. Filkins, Thowever, was more success- ful. While he was being conveyed to the penitentiary he jumped through the car window of a moving train at Fresno. He had an vregon boot at- tached to his left leg. This imped ment did not prevent his getting away. He had plenty of money and mus ve used it, for his scheme to get away suc- ceeded. Sheriff Burr did not drop the affair. Filkins was shadowed rrom Fresno to this city. For three weeks the Sherift and his entire force of deputies have been endeavoring to locate him. Finally they succeeded, and it was through the woman who had helped Filkins so much that the escaped convict was at last uncovered in a Wilmington-street lodging-house. As soon as it was as- was there a force of five deputies was detalled to bring him. They proceeded to the house. Under Sheriff Clements and Deputy McClure entered from the rear. Filkins was evidently warned, for he made a break for the front door and started out. As soon as he opened it his eyes rested on three stalwart Deputy Sheriffs. They all volvers and ordered him to hold up his hands. For a reply he stepped back into the house and slammed and locked the | door. He then ran down the hall into a side room, dodging Clements and McClure, and jumped through a win- dow. They followed, and McClure | fired at him. Filkins was caught like a rat in a trap, for he could not scale the back fence. He threw up his hands and surrendered. He was con- veyed to jail, and at 10 o'clock this evening McClure started with him for the penitentiary. Sheriff Burr accom- panies him. Filkins curses his fate, but still states with the same insistency that he showed before that he will not serve his sentence. Before the train left for the north to-night Filkins consented to tell a brief story of his experiences. After he jumped through the window near | Fresno he lay in a haystack hidden for a day and a half. he dragged himself to a blacksmith shop and filed the Oregon boot off. He then took a brake beam ride to Por- terville. Thence he proceeded to Tip- ton, and, boarding a Southern Pacific train, arrived in Los Angeles on Christmas eve on a brake beam. He has since been living with the woman, moving about in varfous parts of the city. If the officers had been five min- utes later he would have been gone, | to Jump to Arizona. risone | WHITE WOMAN THE VICTIN OF AN INDIAN MURDERER. Presence of Her Chil- dren. WICHITA, Kas.,, Jan. 5.—Mrs. Julla Leard, a white woman, was murdered by a Seminole Indian vesterday evening four miles east of Maud, Oklahoma Ter- ritory. The crime was committed in the presence of the woman's children. Eariler in the afterncon Mrs. rd had fright- i ot | Geiios s Buet & Somi Fend & e » drew re- | Then at night | effect that the medical examination of | | the body of Mrs. he would not demand James Roup, the | McCloud was bung- | burglar, and whatever action was taken | that tive to send the woman to this coun- try on the next steamer. According to Howe & Hummel, their London repre- sentative obtained confirmation of the story of Ratcliffe’'s English marriage from the fathers of both parties to the alleged marriage. They also deelare the father of the Ravenhill | lingly made, and that the report, so far | here against the accused would not be | woman had a letter written by Rat- | from establishing the facts which it opposed. Sheriff Cunningham stated, | cliffe to his daughter while the actor pretended to show, clearly established A however, that Roup would be indicted Wwas in this country, in which Rat- their falsity. In other words, it was | clear to him that Mrs. McCloud was not | the vietim of a heinous assault, and | that her neck was not broken by her | assailant. but by the physicians who | handled the body afterward. He ad- | mitted that she died of suffocation, but | it was his theory that it was epileptic asphyxia | In proof of his allegations concern- | ing the neck not having been broken until after it had been frozen, he pro- duced a portion of the trachea taken from a woman 36 years old, or several | | years older than Mrs. McCloud. He | defled any member of the council to | | break it. His own studies in Vienna, | London and Bellevue Hospital, New did not become brittle enough to break | until late in life—fifty years usually in | women, seven or eight years younger! in men. Ossification sets in about that | time, the rings may be disjointed before | | that time, of course, but the material | itself, a cartilaginous substance, could | not be broken until ossification had | | been produced. This his medical edu- | | cation had taught him. | _ Recently, however, in order to fortify | his argument, he had examined the tracheas of seven bodies of or about | Mrs. McCloud’s age and found his the- ory sustained. It was the trachea of | one of these that he produced in the council chamber. He therefore af- firmed as admitting of no doubt what- | ever that the neck was broken, not be- fore death, but after death. | The most important assertion, how- | ever, was that which would be dis- | cussed more fittingly in the pages of | a medical journal. It was on the testimony of the physi- | cians who examined the body he could | prove that no attack was committed. | | Dr. Woodbridge also asserted and pro- duced authorities to show that the physical condition of Mrs. MeCloud. | which by the medical examiner’s tes- timony tended to prove assault, were in reality the necessary concomitants | | of suffocation. | Dr. Woodbridge was one of the ex- perts summoned by the defense to tes- | tify at the trial, but since his testi- mony at that time was covered by | | other experts, it was not given. After | the trial was over Dr. Woodbridge took | all the medical evidence of the govern- | ment and analyzed it. He soon arrived | | at the conclusion that it was contradic- | | tory, and the deductions were unwar- | ranted and dangerous. In the interest of the future, of science and of the con- | demned man he felt obliged to attempt | a stay of proceedings. | Nefl is now doomed to die on Fri- | day and the death watch is set. The | gallows is being erected in the County | Jail at Greenficl O’Neil continues in the best of spiri His appetite is ex- xee“ent and he sleeps well. He still maintains his innocence. (UNABLE T0 RAISE by the San Joaquin Grand Jury. | Roup, it will be remembered, com- | mitted burglary in Napa one night last | week and was apprehended. His pic- | ture was printed exclusively in The | Call and it led to the discovery that he was the missing third bandit in the last September. 1 As matters now stand the man will \pmbably go for life from this county. He will plead guilty to the charge of burglary. it is believed. and_this with | prior sentences in the State Prison en- | ables his being sent up for life. He was arraigned in the Superior Court this afternoon and asked if he wished an attorney. He answered in the afirm- | ative, and the Court appointed John T. | York to represent him. Time for plead- | ing was set for to-morrow morning at | cliffe was alleged to have asked after the health of his son. HEARING OF COMSTOCK’S DAMAGE SUIT BEGUN. | attempted train robbery near Lathrop | Defendant Leverson Says He Still Believes He Spoke Truly in Denouncing the Reformer. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—The hearing of the long pending suit for $50,000 dam- ages for defamation of character brought by Anthony Comstock of the Society for the Suvppression of Vice against Dr. Montague R. Leverson of Fort Hamilton commenced to-day in the United States court. During an altercation between Com- | gin. | have heretofore, and this neglect of | | 10 o'clock. | stock and Leverson at the New York Late this evening Sheriff McKenzie | Central station in Albany on February received another message from Sheriff | 19, 1596, the prisoner is accused of hav- Cunningham, stating that a new wit- | ing made the following public declara- ness ‘against Roup for the train rob- | tion: bery had been discovered, and that the| ‘Ladies and Gentlemen: This man is accused would be demanded by San | Anthony Comstock, a notorious black- Joaquin County. | mailer, who never earned an honest ST dollar in his life.” STANFORD'S NEW BILLET On the stand to-day Dr. Leverson FOR BILLY McLEOD. | said that he belleved what he said of | Comstock to have been true then, and The Clever Trainer of Its Football Squad Is Chosen to Act as Rubber for the does so still. Track Team. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 5.— BI G “Billy” McLeod, the man who did such Men often do wrong. Il efficient and conscientious work as trainer of the Stanford football squad effects follow, and they often feel like giving up in despair. That of last season, has been selected by | Track Manager Gregory amd Track is foolish. Weak back and pains in the loins only show that you Captain Brunton to act as rubber for the track team. He will arrive on Jan- uary 15, when hard training will be- McLeod will merely look after the condition of the men. The training of the new men will be done by the old i “ " members of the track team. Captain .need - Hyigoraton Hudyanl Brunton will look after the sprints, ex- is the thing that you need. |t is Captain Dole will keep an eye on the werful enou pole vaulting and the jumps, Paul Wal- P i Eng gh fo cne o no ker will have charge of the distance matter how nervcus you are. Let men, and Charlie Fickert the weights. | life drai f [’ | ln was x;gt ux:(il a:te;‘ long and se-| | | your liile drain away for a few | rious consideration of the matter that i in- | the representatives of the students de. | | | MO'® Years and you will be in- curable. But to-day “Hudyan" will save you and restore to you | | your manhood. sist in the work. There is, however, a BIG large number of students who, while | | | not ox;p‘l)shedl tohthe experiment, have | great faith in the professional trainer. i It is hoped that by having a number } M ashocd i what of men interested in the development | | you want. It is to be had no of the team, the second-class men | | matter how much you may have abused it. No power on earth does away with the professional track coach. The faculty athletic committee, | ! who strongly object to the introduction of the, professional element into college athletics, are more than pleased that the students have decided to find train- ers among the old men now on the track and alumni members who will as- LG those who do not show up immediately as crackajacks is one of the strongest Leat ad | ened the Indlan away, threatening him | with a rifie. Later she stepped out of | N doors, carrying her baby, and the In- dian stole into the house, secured the rifle and attempted to shoot her, but the cartridge fail to explode. The Semi- nole then attacked her with the butt of the gun. clubbed her to death and dese- crated the body. He hurled the baby into the house through the open door. Several Indians have been ed, but the murdered woman's 8-vear-old daugh- ter, the oldest of the family, has n u able to identify any of them as the mur- derer. There is great excitement in the vicinity. SENEGAL RIFLEMEN AND | AN OFFICER WASSACRED. { | Tragedy Which Gave Rise to Reports of Disaster to the Marchand Expe- dition. PARIS, Jan. 5.—Another letter from an officer of the Marchand expedition indicates that the report of the mas- sacre of the expedition arose from the massacre of twenty Senegal riflemen and an officer, Paul Comte, belonging to the expedition, by natives on the River Ubanghi, who were subsequently punished by a French armed steamer. —_—— Pilot Goes After the Joseph Pulitzer. ASTORIA, Jan. 5.—Captain Cordiner, one of the bar pilots, left to-night for New York to bring the new pilot zl;:gauon for the hr;m&:n and vhu: schooner, J Pulitzer, i, lete confidence In every one of his| Chased by e Pilots' tion, quue-. and is satisfied that they are figures all straight and capable. . . around the Horn to Astoria. He he can make the i Financial Embarrassment of C. H. Phillips, the Land | Speculator. i | All His Property in Santa Clara and San Luis Obispo Counties s Attached. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 5.—An attachment | has been levied upon all the Santa Clara County property of C. H. Phil- lips, the capitalist and land speculator of San Luis Obispo and Santa Clara counties, to satisfy $4182 75 due to General P. W. Murphy of San Luis Obispo on a note. For some time ru- arguments against the professional trainer. Among the students who will enler. this semester there will at least be two men who should be valuable additions to the team. Trenchman of Portland, Or., has a record of § feet in the high jump. Billy Jordan of the same place has done remarkably good work in the | sprints. There is a proposition before the exe- i cutive committee of the student bod. to erect a training house within m: oval. The matter will be settled ag | scon as college reopens. ——— cided to adopt this new policy, which will receive more attention than they is so sweet as the feeling that | you are a full man. Why not | get that feeling back? A mo- ment's time spent in writing for circulars and testimonials may save you years of suffering. | | Write to-day! If you have blood | | taint ask for *30-day blood cure” | | circulars. They are free, too. Thin eyebrows, ulcers in the mors have been in circulation as to Phillips’ insolvency and financial straits. On December 28 the attach- | ment papers were received from San Luis Obispo, but the matter was kept :.umlsnddldnotlmkmunm‘o. Winners at New Orleans. E NEW OBLEANS, Jan. §—Fine weath- | | er and fast track were the conditions to- day. | Selling, six furiongs, Everest won, | Easter Eve second, Mamie Callan third. | | Time, 1:15%. < i Selling, a mile and t: mfl- Siva won, Geos B. Cox seco Eas! i Third. © Time, 146, a3 sl » SIX furlongs, Dorah Wood won, | | | mouth, the falling out of hair, all show blood taint. Think of this, w . Brigh 5 % || SO NEDICL NSTTT .,i.:l,l,g‘_‘hg,n:xm'm Time, 18 Steckton, Mariet and Ellis Streets, Fm ‘WILW. McMillan third: SAN ERANCISCO. To Hold a Civil Service Examination. ——— SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3.—At W o'clock next Tuesday morning the State Lunacy on will hold & civil service 1 Commissi amination at Stockton. All F‘m um one des siring l‘larlofient in the asy! at that | As pilace Yo to und h NOTARY PUBLIC. a II-l;l:::; ng‘l'hlo!;, PUBLIC 638 Howt Telephone 5. i—;-‘&‘.“a © exs | wmmuxomn:hn w uudl