The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1898. WEBB'S FOES STRIKING N pe THE DARK Mystery of an Anon- vmous Demand for | discover the w Money. The Los Angeles School Director Urged to “See Trowbridge.” Given an Intimation That $800 | civilly and criminall Would Conciliate the “Times.” THE AUTHOR IS UNKNOWN. No Effort Made by the Newspaper to Discover Who Made Use of Its Name. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Jan. T.—Now > a lull in the investiga- Board of Education of the against Walter L. Webb g “held up” school employes, pub- ’ n has been directed to « uliar and unexplained this sensation-breeding s Included in the signed ment of Webb published on January in The Call was the fol LOS ANGELES fon by tl charg i es of hav When Webb v ularly about th -3t for t i responden ked more partic- pistle he produced ion of The Call cor- lowed a photograph | | | | | with their test stoop to such a thing as is implied in the Webb note. In the Times article referred to by Mr. Trowbridge it is also shown by means of affidavits that Trowbridge's skirts are entirely clean. Comment is then made on the note by | the Times as followsa The unsigned note XXX proved to be only an anonymous, irresponsible scrawl, that might have béen prepared by any- body having the purpose to assist Webb by impugning the motives of persons en- gaged in the work of ln\'(\sl{ gating the school seandal or to injure Mr. Trow. ‘l’x‘x’y‘gge by maliciously = misrepresenting In view of the fact that more than a month has elapsed since this letter was brought to the attention of the Times, people are wondering why the Times has made no effort, so far as known, to iter of the anonymous note. The question that is now being asked in . Los Angeles is: How much have the anonymous enemies of Walter L. Webb paid for the services of the organ that has so notoriously, malic- iously and persistently misrepresented him. Said Mr. Webb to-day: “When this investigation is over we shall go carefully over the articles pub- lished in the Times, Herald and Ex- press and then prosecute the gullty ones—newspapers and persons—who have made themselves llable for libel, When the grand jury meets on Mon- day, beside taking up the case of J. H. Braly, the school director and banker, who “shaved” school teachers’ war- rants, that body will take evidence in reference to returning indictments against ex-School Director Adams and C. H. Axtell for perjury in connection nony in the Webb case. SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY ON THE BANKS OF A CREEK. Prominent Tennessee Doctor Decoyed by a Note and Shot by a Waman, Who | Also Killed Herself. | that Tenn., Jan. occurred on the banks Creek, in the outskirts MPHIS, tragedy afternoon. Dr. S. A fessor of anatomy at the s Medical College, ex-president ard of Health and one of the ost prominent physicians of this city, hot by . Mary Sandbrink, a . and to-night lies in a dying condition at St. Joseph' Hospital. Aft turned the revolver to her breast and r shooting Dr. Rogers the woman bullet through her heart. No on ed the shooting. A farnp and his hired hands went to the assistance of the wounded man, and he was lifted into a buggy and carried to Memphis for medical treat- ment. Dr. Rogers was shot in 1ck, the bullet striking the spinal col- The body of the unfortunate sent LOS ANGELES CALA NOv 26 330P MOT \. HOLDING UP MR. WEBB. Fac-Similes of the Note Sent to the Los Angeles School | Director and of the Back of the Envelope in Which It Came. to be taken of it. The letter was un- 1 the postoffice Hows: I she that it was 1897. the Times. ;. See Trowbridge. $500." atic production is writ- t jently accus- pen It shows a ohy, and has T capital times, stands out the production of ¥ probably lead to the de- The ad- the envelope is en- nd th to pen ¢ 1 style mature mspicuc this note mas on of the writer of it written on irned, from that in the note. reference to the note: “1 received t mails cation in the presence of J. A. Foshay and H. G. Johnson. I opened it at the time and showed it to Mr. Conrey, a member of the Board of Education, on T also showed it to the > Times, Mr. Trow- e, Jater, on their request to be per- ted to see it. inion that it was written and sent to or the purpose of holding me up. 1 no idea that Mr. Trowbridge had Mng to do with it, and do not be- that he is capable of doing such ng. bout the same time, I believe.” nmunication. After inspecting the letter he declared that the note had received was about the same, 1 that the handwriting, so far as he e a great resem- note. McIner- e to that in Webb's added that the suggestion made to im was to pay onl 0. He was una- to find the note, he said, and be- ed he had destro; it. Mr. Trowbi 1ght into the case, d if he wishe > to it. H atement name was was seen and anything in submitted the fol- writing: necessary for me to make any to The Call Iter Webb's 1 that I was concerned in an at- 0ld him up has been proved to facts and the evidence were blished in the Times of January Vebb's adm on on December 4 w 1 had nothing to do with 1ous letter, and would not be aving any knowledge of it, 1sWer to anything he may GEORGE M. TROWBRIDGE. It is but fair to Mr. Webb to state that he had not accused and does not accuse Mr. Trowbridge of any partici- pation in the alleged attempt to “hold im up. In justice to Mr. Frowbridge it must be said that no one who knows him be- lieves for a moment that he would nt, so far as handwriting what Webb has to say with | and two other gentlemen a few | | hibit woman was removed to the home of tamp on the | her relatives. Before lapsing into unconsciousness It is | Dr. Rogers blamed hte woman for the | | deed, saying that she had decoyed him | Trowbridge | to the place by writing him a note. It is said that she was infatuated with the doctor, and on one occasion threat- ened to The family claim that Dr. Rogers has broken an engagement to marry her. LAW ASKED FOR BY LABORERS letter through the | Urge the Passage of an } the room of the Board of Edu- | 9 g e Embracing Proposed Reforms. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The execu- tive committee of the American Feder- I am certainly of the | ation of Labor, consisting of President Gompers, Secretary Morrison and An- drew Furuseth, has issued an address to the members of the Fifty-fifth Con- gress. After calling attention to the Mr. McInerney, another mem- | introduction of modern machinery and f the board, received a similar let- | the new business methods and the com- petition of convict labor, by whom t was paid to Mr. McInerney, wage-workers are forced into idleness 1 he said that he had received such | and want, the committee says it feel that it has a right to bring its griev- ances to the attention of the law- making power and to expect such definite measures of relief as seem most likely to improve our condition and preserve our independence and freedom as workers and citizens; and, therefore, we urge your earnest con- sideration of, and your best efforts in, enacting into law the following meas- ures: First—An eight-hour working day on all public works; such law to provide that all contracts or sub-contracts for materials furnished or work done must -contain a proviso that eight hours shall be the maximum labor of any one individual in any one calendar day. Second—In order to stop the indis- criminate and dangerous use of the writ of injunction we urge the adop- tion of. Senate bill 35. Third—In order in some degree to lessen the competition of convict labor we urge the adoption of a law to pro- the transportation of prison- made goods from one State into any other State or Territory. Fourth—We urge the adoption of a reasonable law to restrict undesirable immigration, such law to be based on an educational qualification. 7.—A sensa- | the | OFFERS TO President Ripley Wants to Give a train for one year to the Populist class passenger service does not pay Kansas, on behalf of the Santa Fe fifty people, at 1 cent it would take mile return. To show that we are any point in Kansas on our lines to have to pay us $10 each way, if the way if the train runs 100 miles. osition. there is anybody to go or not, just OODO000000COOTO00 FOREMEN ARE kill herself in his presence.’| TAKEN T TASK ‘Secretary Long Acts on | Their Conduect at ‘ Mare Island. | | ! | \ They Must Not Use Harsh or Abusive Language to Subordinates. | Men Clothed in Petty Authority Given | & Lesson by the Head of the Navy Department. Special Dispatch to The Call. | Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 7. | Secretary Long to-day sent the fol- | lowing letter to the Commandant of | the Navy-yard at Mare Island, Cal.: | “Referring to the investigation made | | by Lieutenant J. J. Knapp, U. 8. N., in | | obedience to the department’s orders on November 19, 1897, while the report | of Lieutenant Knapp shows that no| change is necessary among the fore- men, the department is not at all isfled that Foreman Laborer W. L § gent, in the Department of Yards and Docks, and Master Joiner Robert Hood, Master Painter S. T. Gillard, and Quarterman _Laborer-in-Charge | John Shean in the Department of Con- | struction and Repair, have not been in | the habit of using very proper lan- | guage to the veterans and other em- ployes under them, and the Depart- | ment Infers that they are in the habit of using language which is properly subject to criticism. In their language | | and bearing toward the veterans and | other employes the Department ex- pects them to avoid offensiveness. “It should be borne in mind that fore- | men can be firm and get the best work | out of their men without the use of | insulting and humiliating language. Persons to whom power and authority | are given over subordinates should | conduct themselves in manner and | speech in such a way as to gain the re- | spect of those whose work they direct. I want you to call the above named | men before you and read this letter to them and tell them that further of- fense of this kind will be considered a reason for discipline. “The department has confidence | | in | the ability and integrity of Naval Con- islru(‘lnr William J. Baxter, U. S. N. | | and Civil Engineer R. C. Holliday, U. 8. N, and so far as it has been in- formed has no criticlsm to make con- cerning the manner in which they have enforced the labor regulations and con- ducted their work, but it desires you to | impress upon their minds that it is | their duty as responsible heads of de- partments to demand that their fore- | men and other men in charge should at all times in their official relations be civil in manner and speech toward their subordinates.” —_—— The Public Will Know To-day s the time set for the begin- ning of one of the largest furniture and carpet sales ever heard of. The Patto- sien Company, on Sixteenth and Mission streets, will commence to dlspose of 124 carloads of furniture which_they bought from the West Michigan Furniture Co. for a trifle. People will travel for miles to see fine oak polished dining-room chairs selling at_65c, mahogany or oak parlor tables at 65c, velvet carpets at Soc per yard, good Brussels carpets at 50c. All other goods will open the eyes of buyers. Free rides to all buyers to and from the store during this sale. . ———— FROM THIS COUNTRY TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Senator Lodge Introduces a Bill Providing for the Construction of a Pacific Cable. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.— Senator Lodge to-day introduced a bill to pro- vide for the construction of a tel- egraphic cable from this country to the Hawailan Islands and Japan, China and Australia. The bill grants a subsidy of $125,000 a year for twenty years on the service to Hawali and an additional $75,000 a year for the same length of time for the extension of the line to Japan or Australia. A survey by the Secretary of the Navy to ascer- WICHITA, Kans, Jan. 7.—President E. P. Ripley, of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway system, in answer to a series of articles written by John Davis, Populist ex-Congressman from the Fifth District, and Hon. W. F. Brown, Populist Representative from Pratt County, in which his company is violently attacked and accused of making exces- sive freight and passenger charges, the actual cost of passenger service is never less than $1 a train mile, and in order to prove that he Is sincere in his declaration that first- proposition in the Kansas Commoner, the leading FPopulist paper of “I am entirely willing and I make this now as an official statement to let the Populists of Kansas carry out their theories and get all the profit from it. I do not believe that anybody has ever figured on the cost of passenger service as being less than $1 a train mile. At 3 cents a mile it takes thirty-four people on each train to pay this, at 2 cents it takes cent it wculd take 200 people. Now the anxious to make whatever rate will most surely produce this $1 per train lease to the Populist party of the State of Kansas a train to run from vear, at a rate of $1 per mile. The parties renting the train shall receive all fares and farm the travel out to suit themselves. They can make the passenger rate so low that everybody will travel, or they can do with it as they please. “This offer is not made as a ‘bluff,’ but it is a serious business prop- If it is a fact that somebody else can make more money out of the passenger service on the Santa Fe road than we can, by charging lower rates, we are entirely willing that they should make it. be very glad to have thi¢ offer taken up. “You will understand that I am not offering to put on a speclal train for a single day or a single run at that rate. scheduled and run each way every day, lessee may fix the running time and place.” tain the most feasible route is author- ized. RENT A RAILROAD TRAIN. of the Santa Fe the Populists Some Practical Experience in Railroading. to-day made a proposition to lease party of Kansas. He declares that its cost, he makes the following Road: a hundred people, Santa Fe and at half a road is entirely in earnest, the Santa Fe road will any other point every day in the They will only train runs 10 miles, or $100 each I shall The train must be rain or shine, and whether as our present tralns do, but the BETRAYED BY IS LIKENESS Burglar Roup Blames “The Call” for His Conviction. His Capture Brought About by the Publication of His Portrait. Would Not Divulgs His True Name. and Bring Disgrace Upon Relatives. Special Dispatch to The Call. NAPA, Jan. T7.—Some Important statements of Burglar Roup, who was sentenced to life imprisonment from the Superior Court of this county yes- | terday, have come. to light. to his attorney: “I don’t care a cent what disposi- tion the court may make of me. nobody anyhow. The penitentlary is the place for such fellows as 1. My principal regret is that The Call got hold of my picture. By it I was ex- posed. I am a criminal, I know. but not a desperate character. I have re- epectable relatives living in Philadel- phia, and for $1,000,000 T would not di- vulge my true name. As for Ham, the Judge—to the devil with him. He will deprive me of my liberty for life, and unjustly, too. Next Sunday he will go to church with his Bible and make all sorts of amends to his Lord. That Call—I hate the name! It got hold of my picture and showed me up to the 1d. “I burglarized Mather's house and committed other crimes, but why should T be pestered in this way? God grant that the prison may not be my home forever, and that I shall have a chance to demonstrate to the world that I am capable of being a good man. I want to get out among the men of the world, and live as my mother taught me to live. I am hon- est at heart. “Curse my persecutors. Good-by. I hope to see you again in freedom.” ———— He said | DEATH OF THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. Career of Ernest Hart, Who Was Con- spicuous for His Devotion to the Social and Sanitary Progress of London. LONDON, Jan. 7.—FErnest Hart, edi- tor of the British Medical Journal, is dead. Mr. Hart has been conspicuous for his devotion to soclal and sanitary pro- gress in London. He established a so- ciety for the abatement of smoke and instituted cheap concerts for the poor. As chairman of the parliamentary bills committee of the British Medical Asso- ciation he took an active part in pro- moting a better organization of the medical departments of the British army and navy. Among sanitary investigations he es- pecially inquired Into the varfous epi- demics due to the pollution of milk, and devised a series of regulations for safe- guarding the milk supply of towns. R S Winners at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7.—The sen- sational incident developed by to-day’s card was Robert Bonner's win with a couple of small bets, on, at 100 to 1. Seaport and Sligo were the only win- ning favorites. Six furlongs, selling. A Ibert Vale wy f};‘é‘reat second, Miss e 'wett third. Time, One mile, selling, Seaport won, Tabou- ret second, Percy F third. Time 1: 3 One mile and twenty yards, selling, Robert Bonner won, Loyalty second, An- ger third. Time, 1:45%. Thirteen-sixteenths of a mile, handi- cap, Sligo won, Dave 8 second, Brother Fred third. Time, 1:23. Six furlongs, Forbush won, Belle of Memphis second, Flop third. Time Iam| FEAR AN EPIDEMIC OF SCURVY Men Back From the Klondike Predict Suffering. Dawson Adopts a Ration System to Guard Against Famine. Further Exodus From the Dig- gings Prevented by Lack of Dogs. LOSSES BY THE FIRE. Value of the Property Destroyed Estimated at Eighty Thou- sand Dollars. Special Dispatch to The Call. | +++ JUNEAU, Jan. 8.—Via Seat- tle, Jan. 7.—There arrived to- night on the City of Seattle about twenty more Yukoners, a few of whom left Dawson as late as the 5th. They sald the trail was good, so many having traveled over it to keep it open, and, having good weather, they made good time. A boy of 17 is at Five Fingers with his feet so badly frozen that they had to be amputated. Two men in a cabin there re- fused to take him In unless paid $500. His uncle pald the money, and the boy was left there. He is Willle Byrnes of Chicago. These latest comers say scur- vy is likely to be bad in Daw- son, and that working wiil be much retarded for want of lights. They do not believe there will be any starvation, as the whole town is to be put on rations, and there has been a great exodus down the river. They all express an opinion that the Government relief expedi- tion will be useless if attempted as early as intimated. HAL HOFFMAN. QQOQOMWQNNO”QO R e e e e e e e e A | B R R e R e e e e S S e e e e s | + SUCUOTTOUIN JUNEAU, Jan. via Seattle—The steamer Mayflower, from Skaguay, came into this port last night at 1 o’clock. On board wereseven Yukoners. There were three parties. W. H. Woods, J. H. Brown and D. P. Balley composed one, John Zinzirle, John Browell and John Obleiser composed the second party. The Woods party left Dawson on November 29 at noon. It started with four dogs and three sleds, arriving at Dyea with one sled only, and four dogs, on December 28. The Browell party left Dawson on November 26. ‘Woods states that between the 24th and the 29th, nearly 100 men left Daw- | son, but they passed these on the way. Probably another hundred or so will follow, but not more, as dogs are now scarce in Dawson. He describes the fire at Dawson City on Thanks- giving eve, and says it destroyed only one block, at a loss of about $80,000. Woods said: “The fire broke out in the M. & | M.’ saloon, owned by Pete McDonald. It started from a defective flue in the upper story of the building. The near- est buildings In this block were the opera-house, the Dominion saloon and a butcher shop. All efforts to extin- guish the flames were fruitless, but the bar fixtures, said to be the finest in Alaska, and the whisky were taken out and saved. “That evening a dodger had been circulated by the proprietors of the opera-house to advertise a dance. At the bottom were these words: ‘A hot time in Dawson to-night” It seems they got returns from this ‘ad.! Next the opera-house building caught fire. Everything was running full blast. About twenty girls were masquerad- ing with their partners when the alarm of fire was given. Everybody rushed out into the street. In a few minutes the opera-house, a frame building 50 by 100 feet, wax under con- trol of the fire fiend. The next build- ings to go were the Dominion saloon and butcher shop. The gambling ta- bles and bar fixtures of the opera- house were piled up in the street, but the fire destroyed two casks of coal ofl, which was being sold at $30 a gal- lon. While the whisky was being saved six outfits were destroyed.” Major Walsh is still at Big Salmon walting for dogs and supplies. HAL HOFFMAN. Ee e FLED FROM STARVATION. Arrivals From Dawson Predict Suffering in the Spring. SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—About forty re- turning Klondikers reached here to-day on the steamer City of Seattle. The amount of ‘gold they brought is var- fously. estimated from $50,000 to $100,- 000. Most of them are men who went into Dawson during the past summer and now return to escape the impend- ing food famine. With scarcely an ex- ception they will all go back in the spring with big quantities of provis- ions. The reports brought out by these venturesome miners, as well as {nfor- mation gleaned from various letters, indicate beyond question that the Government relief expedition cannot start any too soon. To avoid great physical suffering and the dangers in- cident to an effort to come out over ice and snow it is necessary that food be taken to the unfortunate miners in the Klondike district. Of the men who came down on the steamer to-day 2, Latest The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. some left Dawson as late as December 7, although the most of them started during the latter part of November. The last party to leave Dawson was composed of John Burke, J. M. Kepner and French Delourge. Just previous to their departure Captain Geiger came down over the ice from Circle City and reported a shortage of feod at that point. The miners who sought refuge there will be compelled to procure sup- plies from Fort Yukon. For a number of years John Roberts | was on the detective force of this city. He went to Dawson last spring, but returned to-day because of a scarcity of fcod. He said to-night to Th= Call correspondent: “Men who say there is plenty of food in the Kilondike and there is likely to be a famine have some motive in telling this untruth. If there is not danger of starvation why is it that so many are leaving? In my opinion there is golng to be great want and suffering before spring. I personally know a large number of miners in the district who have not nearly enough food to carry them throuf? the winter, and, furthermore, provisions are harder to get than gold there.” J. M. Kepner left Dawson December 7. He says: "It i5 useless to deny that there is a shortage of food around Dawson. I personally know scores of good men who are facing the long win- ter on one sack of flour and a small amount of beans, bacon and coffee. It will be a godsend if the Government can succeed in getting in provisions.” An old Yukoner who came down to- day is John Bourke, who thus ex- pressed himself: “I don’t want to scare any one, but there are not enough provisions in Dawson to feed the peo- ple there. Those who sold their out: fits and came out helped things som: but when you can’t buy flour there's no comfort in saying there’ll be no starvation. I did not want to take chances and left.” Barney McGee, formerly an old rail- road man running between Seattle and St. Paul, sent down a letter from Dawson to James Gill of this city. He says: “Thereis not a day that some one does not come to the cabin begging for bread, and they are all willing to pay for it. There is going to be lots of suffering here before the boats come up in June. Over 3000 men are in camp doing nothing but eating their | little grub. They think more of a meal than they do of $100 outside; and oh! how they watch their grub. People in tents keep a man on watch all night to guard against theft of food.” One of the most prominent of return- ing Klondikers is T. B. Corey of this city, for many years mine superin- tendent for the Oregon Improvement Company. He says that unless relief is taken in the miners will experience extreme suffering. Before leaving Dawson Corey visited the stores and observed that where miners had put in orders for their year’s supply of sacks of flour, but one or two sacks at most were allowed to each order. D. P. Bailey of San Franeisco has re- turned after a two years' stay in the | Yukon country. He left Dawson on | November 29, at which time, he says, hundreds of men were preparing to leave owing to the shortage of food. | He believes that if the government sup- plies can be gotten in soon the majority | of those now coming out would turn | back. Their trip to the coast is forced by the fact that all cannot stay and live on the food supply. The men coming are starting light and buy at extrava- gant rates food from miners camped along the trail, who sell merely because they get big money for their goods. Bailey further says that serious results will follow by reason of an epidemic of scurvy. A. Deraux of Seattle left Dawson be- cause of the probable shortage of food. | “There will be actual want in the | spring months of March, April and May | and the fore part of June, unless food | reaches the Klondike district before that time.” | In a letter dated “Dawson, Novem- |'ber 30,” J. K. Dillon writes to H. R. Clise of this city as follows: “Times are lively here and the coun- | try has great prospects if there was only grub. There surely will be some | hungry men in this camp this winter. There are men going outside who have good claims but no food.” i v S Lets a Contract for Bacon. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Jan. 7.—Captain D. L. Brainard to- day awarded to C. H. Frye of Seattle the contract for furnishing 75,000 pounds | of bacon at $795 per 100 pounds for the Yukon relief expedition. ~ All proposals | for 500 pounds of tea and 5000 pounds of | rice were rejected and Captain Brainard | to-day purchased these articles in open market in Portland. The total cost of the 100,000 rations, including chocolate, putter ‘and milk, ageregates about 316, provisions, including from eight to ten | BLANCO T0 S00N ENTER THE FIELE Meet Preparing to General Gomez in Person. But Whether It Will Be in Peace or Battle Is Conjecture. Rumors That Lee and Palma Are to Go With the Troops Also Circulated, FORCES TO MEET IN EAST. It Is Believed That the Captain-Gen= eral of Cuba Will Personally Offer Autonomy. Copyright, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, Jan, 7.—Captain-General Blanco is, as I write, preparing to take the field in person. He is sbout to leave Havana, and, according to all re- rorts, he will endeavor to locate Gen- eral Maximo Gomez, commander-in- chief of the rebels, before he returns. Whether General Blango is going in arms or whether he is bound for the Sancti Spiritus district with the idea of a personal interview with General Gomez are questions that are being asked on all sides to-day. " ¢ ‘Whether peace or a renewed war o the rebels be his object, it is a fact that for several weeks General Blanco has been sending re-enforcements to the east. These new troops, numbering altogether more than 10,000, may have gone on to the Coutoriver district or may have stopped this side of there, nearer Le Reforma, where General Gomez has been for many months. | It was reported to-day that Consul- | General Fitzhugh Lee would * accom- | pany General Blanco. When I saw | General Lee he declined to say any- | thing definite. There was also a rumor | that Senor T. 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