The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 189S. These seven votes| ration wi d. could lega vote the franchise | to the company and the Mayor would | be powerless to prevent it. i The present net income of the City | Company is ywhere from $400,000 to $500,000 per um. It i3 yearly In-| creasing. The net income. for ffty years would be, at a moderate calcu- lation. 000,000. The $1,000,000 bonus for such a franchise is nething. The water company’s organs will deny that any such scheme as this is| contemplated or thought of. Never- | theless, the plan has been so far ar- | ranged that a syndicate has been foam- ed to take the plant after the fifty year franchise been secured and to give $4,000,000 for it. Options have been se- cured on water company’s stock with this idea in view, and if the deal were ever put through the parties who per- | fected it would net one million dollars. | Now that the people are to be thor- | oughly posted on every move and de- E: ht through The Call, the onsummation of this gigantic fraud upon the people can never be carried out people are already aroused, but with the news of this proposition to deliver them over to the water com- ears to come before ilance until the water e completed. geles. e syndicated pri the Times, Heral( nd EXx —devoted columns to weak and puerile explanz s to why they have gone ove protection of the interests of | fty-two stockholders to the ex | tent of robbing 110,000 citizens of mil- | lions. Neither of these papers has the | audacity to controvert the facts set out in The They all declare for | municipal ownership now, but still | call for delay, Z as they | for also de- fend the Councilmen who have voted | with the wa Out company. own uths are these € The Herald mtrolled by par- > who have it now s not then a water company anuary 11 of last year the of their o nd cc 5 and it wa: Engine of an plant. This was the iken in the present Council | ted that the water com- | which ind it. sult of that vote aroused the | people and on January 12, 1897, th 1d, commenting on it editorially, - basest | | the human heart | ) 5 feature of and into as the | nd come rctor when one betra his friend and n and delivers him over into the hands of a Swi 3 Los Angeles nor any oth r experience such a bold exhi perfidy. pocrisy _and | false seen in the City Coun- | el y . when five of the nine mem- bers h re oreswore themselves and tried to del Los Angeles over to the water company to be squeezed, taxed d to the utmost of the com- | €. | under extreme pressure, the | did just exactly what was of it on January 11, but the 1d had changed hands, passed un- »mination of the water com- It then entered on a policy of ining evel step suggested which tended to clear the way for the | city to acquire the water plant, and | its policy of delay was inaugurated | and has ever since been consistently | kept up. As illustrative of this fact | the Herald editorially says: | A report gailned curren yesterday that the Cit uncil is to make arbitra- tion an mediate issue in the contro- versy with the water company. It might be pposed that the Council had | made 11 it c the opinfon of and his assoc exhibition of its insisted upon | the City | ate counsel as to | sufficiently the validity of the contract with the water company. The Herald w utterly opposed then, and is now, to the people know- | ing anything about the status of their case. The ople well know that the | water company was posted as to the| validity of the contract, but the Herald | was unwilling the people should know | how its legal advisers regarded the | matter. This outlined its policy in| keepi away from the peo- ple. same lines, editorially ber 21: nge judgment of the | le of this city will | s undoubtedly made | opinfon of the City | ng counsel as to the | be that a m in mak! Attorney z validity of the city Los Angeles Water Then the Herald became alarmed, on] the 25th of November, lest something | should be done whereby municipal | ownership would be furthered, so it printed a labored editorial defending | the policy of the seven subservient | Councilmen, in which it said: s to be regretted that there is an arent disposition in some quarters to | the water question to an acute | | to | The | It then goes on and endeavors ghow why it should not be done. Express has lined up with the Herald | and the Times has, since last July, | led the van in making the water com- pany’s fight. In an editorial printed to-day, the Times says it has always claimed that municipal ownership was certain to be brought_about. But on the 28th day of last November it did not think so, for it editorially said then: “Municipal ownership of the water supply system 1s a possibility of the future,” and then, in a column of space, gave its reasons for indoysing the policy of delay, and argued that not until after July 20, 1898, could anything be done. The exposures made by The Call have forced the syndicated dailies to defend themselves, and in a labored way theyl attempt to do so. But the people know | where they stand, where they have| stood in the past. and where they have | got to stand in the future—on the side of the water company. CAPTURED AFTER A LONG CHASE. Leader of a Notorious Band of Cattle Thieves Caught at Mendota. FRESNO, Jan. 19.—Joaquin Avila, a Mexican for whom the Mariposa officers had been searching for the last elghteen months, was arrested at Mendota the other day by an officer, who notifled Sheriff Prouty of Mariposa of the fact. T Sheriff,” accompanied by Deputy Ollle TFiske, arrived here this morning and went to Mendota, where they took | charge of the man for whom they had been looking for a year and a half. The prisoner was_ the head of a band of no- torious cattle-thleves who had been operating around Coulterville, and few herds escaped them before the officers succeeded in rounding them up and land- ing one of the gang In San Quentin. e ‘RATCLIFFE RELEASED AND AT ONCE REARRESTED. The Actor Admitted to Bail and Then Jailed Once More on a Charge of Perjury. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Justice Dickey, in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, to-uay elgned the papers admitting Edward J. Ratcliffe, the actor, to bail in $2500. Rat- | conceived, executed and consummated | members of the league in good stand- | never was a candidate more anxious | ter of business, but simply as an aec- | tire municipal ticket in the fleld, with | Thorne, i ent. BRALY'S CASE- FOR EXAMPLE Dubious Methods of Los Angele’s Political Purifiers. How Lewis Thorne Was Knifed in the Interest of the War- rant-Shaver. Jugglery of the League for Better City Government in Selecting a School Director. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.—How the | League for Better City Government does “pure” politics is beautifully ex- emplified in the case of School Director J. H. Braly. According to the state- | ment of a former member of the| league, Mr. Braly’s nomination as| school director in the Fifth Ward was certain members of the| The documentary | in fraud by board of directors. evidence to prove this lies in the re- cords of the league, but access to them | has been absolutely refused, not only to The Call's correspondent, but to ing. C. S. Walton, the secretary, in re- fusing access to the records, is evident- ly simply obeying instructions of the board of directors. Judging from the circumstances con- nected with the nomination of Braly, than he to secure a nomination and election. This anxiety has caused the more comment as the office of school director is without emoluments, and Mr. Braly himself has said that the| “shaving” of teachers- warrants was not engaged in by his bank as a mat- | commodation to the teachers. At the last city election the League for Better City Government had an en- the exception of a candidate for Mayor. Some of these candidates had the nom- ination of the league alone, while oth- ers on the ticket were the nominees of either the Republican or Democratic party and were only indorsed by the league. But all nominees and indorsees had to be balloted for by the league members, or had to be formally nom- inated or indorsed In ihe league con- | vention. In case any_ candidate failed to receive a majority of the ballots, the selection of the candidate was thrown into the convention. According to the bulletin issued by the league on October 7, 1896, nomina- | tions had to be filed between 9 a. m. | on October 7, and 5 p. m. on October 14. | This bulletin further stated that each | nomination for a city erfice had to be | | accompanied by a document signed by | | twenty members of the league, or of | the ward clubs allied with the league, | such document being virtually a peti- | tion asking the candidate to stand for the nomination. Up to 5 p. m, of October 14 only one | nomination had been filed with the league for School Director in the Fifth Ward. This was in favor of Lewis Thorne is the secretary of the Republican County Committee, presi- dent of the Young Men's Republican League and secretary of the Sixth Dis- trict Agricultural Assoclation. Every name on Thorne’s petition was that of a resident of the Fifth Ward. Accord- ing to the plan adopted by the league this insured the indorsement of Thorne | | by the league. Thorne was too good a Republican, however, to suit the directors who con- trolled the league. He had already re- ceived the nomination of the Republi- | can party, and his indorsement by the | the show. league would have insured his elec- | tion. Under these circumstances, trifles | like violations of the adopted by the league, the signing of other people’s names without their knowledge and treachery to a fellow- member were not allowed to stand in | the way. There was a meeting of the board of | directors of the league on the night of | October 14, which lasted until a late hour. After some of the members left for home a plan was conceived and car- | ried out by those who remained to get | up a petition among themselves nomi- nating certain persons for School Di- rector for the Fifth Ward. One peti- tion was drawn up on which the names of four candidates were placed. This action was taken about 11 o'clock at night, or six hours after the time fixed by the league for the closing of nomi- nations, The four persons named as candidates were J. H. Braly, B. R.! Baumgardt, J. P. A. Petsch and Fred ‘Walton. The balloting for nominees was done by mall, each member being sent a ticket which contained the names of all the candidates for each office. After marking his ballot the voter remailed it to the league and it was opened and counted by the central committee of the league. The candidate who re- ceived a maljority of all the votes cast for any particular office was at once declared the nominee of the league for that office. If no one candidate re- ceived a majority his selection was gnrown into the convention which met ter. It is charged that the idea of the di- rectors In fixing up a petition with four names on it as nominees for School Di- rector in the Fifth Ward was to pre- vent a choice by ballot and thus trans- fer to the convention, which the execu- tive committee expected to control and which it did control, the selection of the candidate. ‘What added to the iniquity of the ac- tion taken by the members of the board of directors on this occasion was that there were only sixteen of them pres- As already stated it required twenty names to be attached to a pe- tition to make it valld. In this emer- gency it Is charged that H. W. O'Mel- veny, who was & member of the exe- cutive committee, signed the following names of four members who were not present: Frank A. Gibson, J. R. New- berry, Charles Forman and John F. Francis. As was anticipated, no ome of the five candidates got a majority, and the convention subsequently nominated J. H. Braly. To further show that this ac- tion of the directors was not taken with an honest purpose in view, bu: simply to defeat Thorne, the fact is cited that the names of four candi- dates were put on the one petition and that only three of the twenty names attached to the petition were names of members who lived in the Fifth Ward. There was an understanding in the league that each ward should nomi- nate its own Councilman and member of the Board of Education. Another interesting phase of Braly's candidacy for School Director was the gemnency and boldness with which e pursued the office, hunting it first in the camp of the Republicans, then in the Democratic convention, and finally in the convention of the league. His cliffe was released from the Tombs later in the day, but was at once rearrest ed on a warrant cha him with perjury. He was locked upr l;llnnfil LO~IROITOW, first effort was to secure the nomination g‘ym the Eepuhlh:.n hp!:rty. He attend- a caucus, an presence there caused the chairman of the meeting to regulations | | bered 650 dogs,- which inciuded | is not far behind some of the most pre- seek him out to say to him that his a tendance was an unexpected pleasure. Braly was asked if he had not made a mistake, as he had always been known as a_ stanch Democrat. Braly an- swered that he had left the Democratic party and was then a Republican. Bra- ly was named by the caucus as a nomi- nee to attend the Republican city con- vention, but when the ballot was taken he only had four votes to his credit, so he neither attended the Republican convention nor received the nomination for School Director. He was afterward nominated by the Democratic city con- vention, at his own request, and, as already stated, received the indorse- | ment of the league. This is the member of the School Board who is held up as a model by the syndicated press of Los Angeles, and who is defended by these same pa- pers—the Times, the Herald and the Express—after he has been shown to be guilty of a felonious act while serving as a School Director. This is the man who F. K. Rule, the president of the League for Better City Government, says has committed no violation of the law in “shaving” teachers’ warrants at his bank. When H. W. O'Melveny was asked to- day if he had attached the names of Messrs. Gibson, Newberry, Forman and Francis to the petition previously | mentioned he replied that he had no recollection of having done so. He de- clared that all the names attached to the petition were the names of those present at the time the petition was siened, and that if the gentlemen did | not sign their names themselves the | names were attached by their author- ity. When again asked the question he repeated that he had no recollection of having signed any other person’s name, and added, “but I would not| say positivel, . Frank A. Gibson, whose name is said to have been attached to the pe- | tition by Mr. O'Melveny, said that he had heard of his name being ) need | thereon, that he did not see the peti- | tion and therefore had no direct | knowledge on the matter, and that if| his name was placed thereon by Mr. | O’Melveny it had been placed there in| good faith T0 RULE THE | BENCIT SHOW San Francisco Kennel Club| Elects Officers for the Year. The Dogs Will Days From 18 to 21. | around the methods pursued by Have Their Special May The San Francisco Kennel Club held | a very enthusiastic meeting last evening | | in the parlor of the Occidental Hotel. The first business transacted was an election of officers as follows: A. B. | Spreckels, president; J. E. de Ruyter, | first vice-president; H. J. Crocker, sec- | ond vice-president; H. H. Carlton, sec- | retary; F. W. Tallant, treasurer. Board of directors—A. B. Sprec H. J. Crocker, J. E. de Ruyter, F. W. Tal- lant, Dr. F. W. d’'Evelyn, J. G. Barker and E. V. Sullivan. Several members who were present | spoke very highly of the last bench | show held in this city, the large num- ber of splendid dogs that were benched | and the very excellent arrangements that were provided for the comfort of | the dogs and the people who attended It was voted that instead of a bench | show. committee of six, as formerly se- | iected, a committee of five members | would accomplish just as good results. The elecetion resulted i followin gentlemen being selecte . Crocker W. C. Brown., Dr. & elyn, E. V. Sullt van and H. H. Carlton. . The committee judges appointed are V. G. Barker, W. J. Stewart, H. H. Carlton, J. BergeZ and Dr. 2} Committee on _special _prizes— Crocker, J. E. de Ruyter, W. S. Kittle, Norman J. Stewart. Committee on premium list and logues—J. G. Barker, J. E. de Ruyter W. C. Brown. Committee on advertising—J. G. ker, H. J. Crocker, W. C. B Sullivan and W. 8. Kittle. The club will hold its next show chanics’ Pavilion on the 1Sth, 18th, and 21st of May next, provided th American Kennel Club, which is the par- | ent body, will grant those dates. At last year's show the entries num- all b ds, and it is confidently expected t at the next show the 1000 mark will be reached. The San Francisco Kennel Club tentious kennel clubs of the large East- | ern citles, and according to the rapid progress it has been making in the im- portation and breeding of blooded stock this city will in the near future command the respect of the sportsmen and the breeders of high class dogs throughout the American continent. Robert N. Oxnard, president of _the Country Club; Emmett V. Sullivan, Nor man J. Stewart and W. H. McKittrick the president of the Collle Club of Bak- ersfield, were elected to membership. —_—e——— INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST. Protest Against Withrow'’s Appointment as Santa Clara’s Postmaster Reaches | Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Senator Per- | kins is making earnest efforts in behalf | of the three subordinates of the Internal | Revenue Office at San Francisco who were suspended. One of them is a sister. in-law of Attorney McNab. The Treasury Department will decide the matter in a day or two. : Senator Perkins escorted Dr. McLean of Los Angeles to the White House to- day and presented him to the President, who extended to him a cordial invitation to the White House reception to-night. | The doctor accepted. The protest against the confirmation of | the nomination of A. A. Withrow as | stmaster at Santa Clara was recelved E‘)” Senator Perkins to-day and filed with the Postoffice Committee of the Senate. Among the signatures is that of the State Segnator from that district and the editor of the Santa-Clara News. The petition- ers allege that Withrow is a non-resi- dent of the city of Santa Clara. Con-| ressman Loud, upon whose recommen- lation Mr. Withrow was appointed, ap- peared before the committee to-day and made an argument advocating his con- firmation. There is hardly a doubt that Withrow will be confirmed, for Senator Perkins will not offer any strenuous,op- osition, contenting himself with the ling of the petition. The following pensions have been granted: California—Original—William Baker, Ven- tura, $$: John Reardon, Veterans' = Home, Napa, Los Angeles. §i clsco, $10; Angeles, $5. Increase—Nathaniel B. Brown, San Francisco, $8 to $17. Mexiean war gurvi- vors, increase—Juan Martinez, Monterey, § to M . 12, Oregon—Original—Willlam H. West, Clift. $8; Josiah B. Arnott, Marshfield, $6. ord, Washington—Original—Orin Mason, Port An- geles, $6; Willlam W. Stewart, Spokane, §5. AN UNKNOWN MAN FOUND MURDERED AT FIREBAUGH. FRESNO, Jan. 19.—This afternoon Coroner Long received a‘telegram from Firebaugh, about thirty miles from here, stating that a man had been found dead under circumstances pointing to murder. The Coroner, accompanied by assistant Prosecuting Attorney A. E. Williams, left for Firebaugh on a freight train. No further facts were learned. Later, however, a report reached this city that the man had been murdered and that the officers were in pursuit of agong-haired | and that was about all that any Congres. ho is the murd . _Th of'aona of the partie couid be learned. BROOKLYN NAVY TARD SCANDAL More Trouble in Store for the Officers of the Station. Accused of Fraud in the Pur- chasing of Marine Supplies. Contracts Let at Exorbitant Prices to Merchants Who Returned a Rake-Off. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: An in- vestigation of another scandal in the Brooklyn Navy Yard will commence to-morrow. Under orders issued by Secretary Long a court of inquiry will convene to determine upon whom rests the responsibility for alleged | questionable practices which have pre- vailed for several years in the marine barracks. The court will be composed of Captain Merrill Miller as president and member and Lieutenant Com- mander J. D. J. Kelley as recorder. The matter was first brought to the attention of the department by a Brooklyn merchant named Wallace, who charged that the officers were guilty of fraudulent’ practices in en- tering into contracts for supplies. The department directed an investigation by an officer in whom it had confidence and it is understood that in his report he substantiates the merchant's charges. From what can be learned the charges are of such a grave char- acter that there is a possibility of court-martials for both officers and en- listed men, resulting from the inves- tigation. It appears that the charges center the marine barracks in making contracts for supplies. For instance, if a lawn mower were in the account, Mr. Wal- lace charged. that an enlisted man, act- ing as clerk, would go to a favored merchant and inform. him that ar- rangements would be made whereby he could get the contract provided he would engage to give in return 10 per cent of the contract price. The clerk | would then invite the merchant to bid on the lawn mower and would send similar invitations to two of his em- ploye: The merchant would bid an excessive price on the lawn mower, but the clerks would bid higher, and he, being the lowest bidder, would consequently be awarded the con- tracts. Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Higbee is the commandant of the barracks. It is alleged that the practices extend over several years, and that many en- listed men concerned have been dis- charged. Another matter brought to the attention of the department was that of an officer in the barracks, who, it is alleged, contracted for three stoves for the barracks, but instead of being supplied with stoves the barracks were furnished with krates. All papers in the matter have been referred to Cap- tain Miller and Lieutenant Commander Kelly. Sy SE 5 GOVERNMENT ECONOMY WHICH DID KOT PAY. Brook!yn Navy-Yard Drydock Almost Use- less Because Constructed of Wood. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—A dispatch from Washington to the effect that Represen- tative Hilborn of the House Naval Com- mittee would introduce a resolution call- ing for Congressional investigation of al- leged defective construction of the Brook- Iyn navy-yard'drydock created somethine of & stir among the officers at the yard to-day. One of the officers said that suc.. a com- mittee as Representative Hilborn would have appointed could do no more than numerous enginecrs connected with the Bureau of Yards and Docks, who had ex- amined the dock when completed, and th all agreed that the dock was faulty in_construction. They had long ago de- cided that if the dock was to be saved it could only be done by converting it into a composite dock by concreting. It had long ago been agreed by engineers who had examined the dock that the real cret of faulty construction lay in the | fact that the Government had attempted to practice false economy when it ordered a wooden dock instead of one of stone. The re igned at the time the plans for the big dock were adopted for build- ing it of wood instead of stone was that the cost of a wooden dock would be less than half that of a stone dock. The fal- lacy of the argument now was apparent, sional committee could get out of an in- stigation. | DOCTORS DIFFER AS TO MRS. CREEDE’S SANITY. Experts for the Defense Take Issue With the Physicians Who Testified for the Contestants. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.—In the Creede will case to-day the defense began with a line of expert medical testimony to prove the opposite to what physicians who had testified for the contestants had stated. Dr. Kurtz stated that he would not conclude under the conditions given that Mrs. Creede was of unsound mind at the time that she signed the contract. On the contrary, he said, her morals might be depraved by her long-continued use of morphine and her intellect still remain unclouded. Her mind, he said, would not be affected by the use of the drug until after physical decay. Hughes was examined along the that same lines as Dr. Kurtz. He stat after hearing Mrs. Creede testify upon the witness-stand since the trial began he believed that she was a person of per- fectly sound mind. e RESTORES TO PUBLIC ENTRY LANDS NOW IN DISPUTE. The Southern Pacific Denied Possession of Tracts in the Atlantic and Pacific Grant. WASHINGTON, Jan. Bliss has denied the petition of the South- ern Pacific Railroad for a suspension of that portion of the department’s decision in the case of the Union Oil Company, wherein it was held under 3 recent deci- sion of the Supreme Court that the rail- road company could not make indemnity selection of lands within the fortified limits of the grant to the Atlantic and Pacific Company. In effect, the action of the Secretary directs the restoration to ublic entry of the lands in the conflict- ng limits to the grants to the two rail- road companies. i S STORMY STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Badly Muddled ‘Affairs of a Building and SACRAMENTO, Jan. 19.—There was a stormy meeting to-night of the stock- holders of the Union Buflding and Loan M”%f‘ugg: koilud this g'.;, the oldest con- cern on coast. For some time there been loud com- 19.—Secretary® plaints heard from stockholders regard- lni the management of the association’s affairs, and matters were even more complicated recently by the failure of E. . Alsip, the secretary and one of the leading managers for many years. At to-night's meeting the committee appointed recently to investigate its af- | ence and mismanagement. Grove L. | Johnson attacked the board of directors, | Whom he wanted ousted from office and IDmseeuled. He also demanded that sev- eral of the stock series be repudiated, also the overdraft of $100,000 at one of the banks. No action was taken on these matters, but a _committee was appointed to confer with San Francisco parties who offered to take hold of the association’s | affairs and lift the concern out of the mire. el JUDGE E. B. HALL PASSES ' AWAY AT SANTA BARBARA Suddenly Succumbs to Kidney Trouble— Was a Leading Member of the Bar of the County. SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 19.—Judge E. B. Hall, one of the most prominent resi- dents of this county and a leading mem- ber of the bar, died suddenly this morn- Ing from kidney trouble. He was a na- tive of Virginia and in the 76th year of his age. In the early seventies Judge Hall came to this city and began the practice of | law. Before coming here he had been prominent during the war in the State fairs reported that there had been negli- | of Virginia and was a member of the convention that framed the constitution | for the State of West Virginia, being one | of those to take the constitution to the | United States Congress for ratification. | For this act a price was'put on his head by the Confederate authorities. Judge | Hall was the first Attorney-General of | the %tatefc}tflWest Virginta. " At the con- | clusion of his term of office he became | Circuit Judge, S The flags of the city are at half-mast in henor of dece: FULL PLAYS FOR A ARMOR PLANT Secretary Long Estimates the Cost at About Four Mil- lion Dollars. Bids for Its Construction to Be Opened on the Twenty-ninth of This Month. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 19. Secretary Long, accompanied by Chief Constructor Hichborn, Chief O'Neill of the Bureau of Ordnance and Judge Ad- | vocate Lemley, appeared before the Sen- | ate Committee on Naval Affairs to-day. The Secretary said in response to ques- tions that the Navy Department had pre- | pared full plans and specifications calling | for an armor plant under the last naval | appropriation bill, and that estimates on | the cost of land, tools and machinery | necessary to equip the plant had been | adopted.” The bids were to be opened on | the 29th inst., and he thought several | | bids would be made. | Secretary Long said also that in view of the report of the committee which he | had appointed to consider the questibn | of a Government armor plant and its re~ | port upon the great cost and delay it would involve. he had entered into fur- ther negotiations ~with private arrser plants now furnishing armor for other ships, and he believed that he could make a contract for the supply of armor plate for the Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin, now under course of construction, which would be ready whenever the ships were ready to receive it. at the rate of $400 a ton. The Secretary recommended, in view of the circumstances, that an ar- rangement to this effect should be | adopted: | From the Secretary’s statement, cor- roborated by statements from Commo- dore Hichborn and Captain O'Nelll, it ap- | pears that the cost of a Government | lant"{n)rnperl,\' equipped would be from | £5500.000 o 34.500.000. " Fe said that this in- | cluded machinery for making armor | plate, guns and projectiles, i DEMAND FOR DRIED FRUITS. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The Journal of | Commerce will say to-morrow: | There continues a brisk consuming demand | | for California drfed fruits, and the tendency of | the market is upward. The chief Interest at present centers in prunes, supplies of desirable sizes of which are reported to be small. Ordinarily at this time of the year the con- suming demand is light, and under pressure to dispose of surplus stocks prices have gen- erally & downward tendency. This vear it would appear that surplus stocks have been disposed of through the demands of foreign trade, and at the present time offerings of nearly all kinds, either on spot or for ship- ment from the Coast, are said to be small. A | large part of the export business in prunes, it is stated, has been done directly from the | Coast this season, owing to the favorable rates | made by the transportation companies. Next to prunes, peaches seem to be the most attractive article on the list of California dried its. Cheap stocks have been closely ab- sorbed, it is reported, and the views of the holders of what remains are very firm and the tendency of prices is upward. About_ the only article in_the line of Cali- fornia dried fruits which shows any interest at the present time is raisins, these latter are held firmly, as stock of quality in all positions is reported to be lig gt st i New Orleans Winners. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 19.—Six and a half furlongs, Glenmoyne won, Lexington Pirate second, W C T third. Time, 1:20. Three furlongs, Tyrba won, Fort Henry second, Top Roller third. Time, :42%. Gentilly handicap, one mile, Wilison won, Tole Simmons second, Surmount third. Time, 1:53. One and a half miles, selling, Nannie L's Sister won, m second, Wells street third. Time, 2:55. Seven and a half furlongs, selling, Ama- :eur won, Gypceiver second, Aunt Maggie 1 me, Six furlongs, seiling, Eton Jacket won, Mitt Roykin second, Rhett Goode third. Time, 1:22. NEW TO-DAY. WASTE NOT, WANT NOT. He Who in Youth Outrages the Laws of Nature Must Repay. WHEN OTHERS FAIL, CONSULT 5L DOCTO Established 15 Years LR 737 MARKET STREET He restores lost vigor and vitality to weak men. Or f the body which ened through disease, overwork, excesses or indiscretions are restored to perfect health and strength through his new and original system of treatment. RUPTURE cured by .his new g:lhod‘ wklthout |kn‘lle truss or getenuon m work, 2 painiess, sure an - nent cure. YVARICOCELE, herocalo. tenderness of the glands poison in an; ughly eradicated from the jes Wil receive lg:eld atten! thelr m&n‘vlllln!n ‘WRTI’ cannot_call. No charge L. He will also send you K, "G\xidito Health,” ddress F. , M. street, San SWEANY Francisco, Cal. C. H. RAYMOND S CONVICTED The Redwood City Jury Speedily Reaches a Verdict. Murder in the First Degree and No Recommendation for Merecy. - Must Hang With Winters, His Accom- plice, for the Andrews Murder at Baden. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Jan. 19.—It took the jury just one hour this after- noon to find C. H. Raymond guilty of murder in the first degree. In this case, as in that of .Harry Winters, the jury failed to recommend the defendant to the mercy of the court. Both parties are therefore doomed to suffer the death penalty for the murder of C. A. Andrews, who was shot at the Grand Hotel in Baden on the 17th of Novem- ber last. Raymond took the verdict in a very different manner from Winters. The latter lost all control of himself and denounced the witnesses who appeared | against him as perjurers, liars and murderers, while Raymond appeared | wholly indifferent when the jury an- | nounced its verdict. Raymond, alias Moore, is an old ex- convict, having served a long term in the California ‘State prison and also two terms in the State Prison in Ore- | gon. Winters is also an ex-conviet. The two were well acquainted with each other and the general feeling in this neighborhood is that both have met with their just deserts. Winters will appear to-morrow morn- ing before Judge Buck to be sentenced and Raymond will undergo the same ordeal on Monday next. ‘Winters took the stand in his own behalf and attempted to prove an alibi. Raymond had no such defense, as he was caught about three hours after the shooting within six or seven miles from the scene of action. The latter introduced no evidence in support of any defense, but relied wholly upon the fact that the identification was incom- plete. The jury though was evidently satisfied as to his guilt, as shown by the prompt verdict rendered. They de- liberated a little longer inthelatter case than in the former, it taking :ihem but five minutes to convict Winters. In the main the evidence in the case of Raymond was but a repetition of that given in the Winters case. John Ferriter and Richard Connelly to-day gave a very vivid description of the encounter with the robber in the hallway of the hotel in the early | morning of November 17. They iden- | tified Winters, the robber, beyond ques- | tion. Patrick Ferriter, for the second time in court, swore that he recognized Ray- mond on the stairs immediately pre- ceding the shooting. Constable Fred Desirelli_testified to having seen the two men, Winters and Raymond, late on the evening of the 16th in Baden. Lieutenant Burke testified to state- ments made by Raymond to him when arrested on the 17th of November. Raymond, he said, told him he had been in San Jose for the past two months immedjately prior to the fatal occurrence in'the Grand Hotel, and Vet it was proved that he was in Baden a week previous thereto. The result of the two trials has given general satisfaction here, and it is thought that the examples made of these two men will greatly discourage these hard characters from frequenting San Mateo County. SENATOR MORGAN TALKS AND TALKS -~ -FOR ANNEXATION | Continued from First Page. | will and act of the free people of all and | each of these United States, nor without | the formation of a new compact of the union and another frame of government radically different in objects, principles and powers from that which was framed for our own self-government and deemed to be adequate to all exigencies of our own free republic. Therefore, Resolved, That we have witnessed with deep concern indications of a disposition to bring into this union as a constituent member thereof the foreign province or territory of Texas. The resolutions further recite that should one foreign State of country be introduced, another and another may be without end, whether situated in South American, in the West India Isl- ands or in any other part of the world; and that a single foreign State thus admitted might e it in its power, by holding the balance between con- tending parties, to wrest their own | Government from the hands and con- | trol of people, by whom it was estab- lished, for their own benefit and self- | government. Continuing, it says: | We are firmly convinced that the free | people of these States will look upon any | attempt to introduce the foreign terri- | tory of Texas, or any other foreign ter- ritory or nation. into this unfon as a con- stituent member or members thereof, as | manifesting a_willingness to_prostrate i the constitution and dissolve the union. Resolved, That his excellency, the Gov- | ernor, be requested to forward'a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of our | Senators and Representatives in Con- gress, and to each of the Executives of the several States. with the requ the same may be laid before the re ive legislatures of said States. | pect- | e | Pioneer Woman Dies at Napa. | NAPA, Jan. 19.—Mrs. Enger Gudmund- gen, a native of Norway, nearly % years | of age, died in this city this morning. | Deceased was one of thé pioneer women of the State and leav: daughter, Mr: I Lena Jensen, living in San Francisco, b sides nine grandchildren, NEW TO-DAY. Durrant’s Last Amus This is the ement famous puzzle which occupied so much of Durrant’s time during his last hours on earth. 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