The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 3, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, 'FEBRUARY 3, 1898. taking his belt and revolver from his bed, buckled them on, remarking: “Well, I'm here for busin heard ail that you have said.” Call went on to say that believed it best to divide the prov ms and each one go by himself. Tanner at this moment stepped a little forward, say- ing: “No man can bring me up here and throw me out in the cold.” I With th words he drew his re- volver and three shots. Lee was standing in f t of their little Yukon stove, with his hands behind his back, Call sat near the right, with his el- his hands clasped below the level hir nd to Lee bows on his knees, and hangir slightly warr of the kne his legs crossed, and close to the back of the tent. He was smoking. Plerce sat to the left of the tent and near its left wall. Three shots were fired by Tanner al- most as ¢ Iv as one could clap his hands thr s. At the second re- port of his revol the lantern which was hanging from the ridge-pole of the inguished. Lee fell for- *tion of Tanner. d to .his right ns of saving the life of ost likely disarranged ght going out as in falling backward, the ball as it passed 1pon a small hand- rasned and . with it | lit in the k of the tent, gh which he plunged headfore- most. He landed in the five-foot snow | the place the ncose on Tanner's neck. He replied: “Boys, 1 cannot do cover his head with a cap. want Doc.to see me.” Tanner said: ‘“Gentlemen, I would like to put it on myself.” This, however, was not allowed, but a gentleman who is well known in the vicinity of San Francisco and who is an ex-county official of San Mateo, of- fered his services, and the rope was soon in place. Tanner was then asked if he had anything to say or if he had any messages to leave. He replied: “I have no messages to leave, as I have no relatives or friends. I would like to know how you are going to hang me. Do you intend to pull me up and down or are yQu going to just pull me up?”’ He was told that for mercy’s sake they would only pull him up and tie the rope. Tanner said, “All right.” The cap now being placed over his head he was pulled up about three feet above the snow and the rope tied to the trunk of the tree. The only move- ments in his body which were noticed after its being raised was the drawing of his shoulders up toward the neck and a sudden throwing forward of the | head. When he had been hanging five | minutes or so he raised his legs upward and then straightened out, and was not seen to move again. The executioners then marched back to the camp and buried Call and Lee. Each of them had been rolled in his blankets, and they were interred in the same grave. A rough but imposing ceremony was had, and mother earth closed on them forever. it unless you I don’t bank which surrounded the tent and h he could not escape with- r seeing him. He said after- | to move for him and fire The latter s : | you've killed some of | | “Yes, I had re going to | in the cold and I had to | At juncture a number of the other me with lights and on Dr ng Tanner, some da if he had nswered: T did the deed. T suppose me, but I had good cause the ne | \ | nner was placed in charge of Mec- and W, B. Martin and put into cabins under their guard. as it was di vered that | t, Dr. Press- | to the scene of the | he could arrive | red about ten min- ng found, was dead. Call itly been instantly killed, | n shot ch above the anging down- an_inch of the same | the ball not being found. The | 1 d through the back | at the ‘height of a| sitting down. - This Haines, and ‘the eft of the rip made | from the tent. murdered men tent ‘and - at. 9 was: sent through- camp to notify everyone of the d of ‘the trial which would | nd d when at same night.- At 11 o’clock man in: the camp.was in the| which had been arranged | All but'one, who was | as the . prosecuting - attorney, jurors, of “which there wére ight. nner was brought from the. cabin where he had been placed and wak put on trial for his life. A lawyer from , H: C. King, acted’as attorney | e people, Tanner desiring to de- | imself. -He was allowed to do so. the prosecution had-stated to ent what had occurred, Tanner was told to staté his case and defend himself. He began by ng: “‘Gentlemen, I am-an henorable and hon man. T am mo train-robber or horsethief. ‘While I was still a child of only a few years I was left an or- phan.- I'haye always had to- make my own way through' life. I have no friends and no-relations, no ¢ne cares for me and: I care for no one. I met the attle -and joined their party, spending all. the money I had in coming h This man (pointing at Haines) v to buy us six months’ supply of food eich. e only bought enough for ‘three months. I heard them talking of puttirig me out of the party and planning to kill me. I de- termined to protect-myself. I did not intend to aHow.them to bring me up Here and thén abandon me. I went into the'tent and yéu know what fol- lowed. A voté was then taken by the jury. All declared Tanner gullty; twenty- nine were for hanging at once and nine voted to send Tanner to Sitka. As the majority of the jurors had voted to hang him at the camp it was so de- cided. - Tanner was given till 10:30 a. m. to make his peace and do any writing that he might wish ‘to. Tanner was again placed in charge of McIntyre and Martin and. taken -to his cabin jail. - From the time of killing up to the time of his convi¢tion Tanner made no_attempt to. make a -demonstration or a fight. He gave up his. revolver without a word- of dissent. He was not.searched at any time. At the commeéncement of the trial -and when Tanner was being ushered into the courtroom Halnes, seeing him loose, sprang from his chair and cried to “Tanner’s guards to tie Tanner's arms, as he was dangerous. .. Nor would Haines approach Tanner during the trial, but kept a close watcH upon him, ‘as if fearing some bodily harm. At the conclusion of the trial Haines requested the jurors to allow him one privilege—to place the noose on Tan- ner’s neck. They promised to grant him this favor. ‘The following morning;the 3d of Jan- uary, the trial having lasted from 9 p. m. to 4 a. m., everything was put into readiness for the execution of Tanner. The miners formed in line at 10 ‘a. m., and Tanner was taken from his temporary jail, his arm& bound be- hind his body. He was then placed in the center of the committee and marched a half mile to the edge of some cottonwood timber, where a few scattering spruce and hemlock grew. ‘The committee having selected a dead hemlock with a long. projecting limb which stood on the border of the grove, Tanner was marched up to it, a rope was thrown over the limb of the tree and Halnes was ithen requested to|in the | 2 sled and hauled off into the snow flats | was six feet in height. | slightly red, he was partly bald, his | never see him again. { Mrs. Gordon Implicatesthe Con- | Returning to where Tanner had been hanged, after an interval of two hours and a half, he was cut down, placed on and buried face downward under eigh- teen inches of sand, no ceremony being held at his grave. | Tanner was light complexioned, 45| years of age, weighed 190 pounds and | His hair was teeth were large and noticeably long, his chin projecting and shifting eyes, | which were deep set, peered out over a long, straight nose. He was large- | boned and very muscular; in fact; his | was a face and figure any one would remember, once having seen them. He was of a very nervous temperament. | His party endeavored several times | while in Seattle to have him have his; photograph taken in a group with | them, but he always stoutly refused, | giving some trivial excuse. Tnbacco‘ he never used and he was never seen | to use any kind of liquor. He was not | n unusually profane man, but was | given to boasting, remarking to one of | the party on the way here that he could draw a gun as quickly as any man in America. | The effects of Call, Lee and Tanner | will be sold at auction and the pro- ceeds sent to the families of Call and Lee. Call leaves a widow and growni daughter. He owns propérty in Minne- sota, from which he receives $1200 rent a year. Lee's wife’said as she kissed him geod-by at Boston that she would He leaves a daughter twelve years of age. | FOR REVENGE = - | SIE CONFESSES federates of Her Convict Husband. Recalls -the Selling of a Gold Brick to Banker Little of 5 | Dixon. | Special Dispatch to The Call. | NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—A morning paper | says: Mrs. Edna Gordoen, queen of con- fidence women, who is well known in Sa Francisco, has made a confession, in | which she says that Frank Aldridge, William Raymond and James Leak have deserted her and her husband, Charles | Gordon, who is now serving a term In | Sen Quentin penitentiary, and for that reason she betrays them. She says: “In 1895, Aldridge, Raymond and Leak | played a trick on Banker Little of Dixon, Cal. My husband, Charles Gordon, was | not mixed with this work. My husband | was in New York at the time. The gang | shortly met in New York, and a dispute| arose, which resuited in a split. Ray-| mond, Leak .and my husband formed a | new gang, and Aldridge went with two | crooks named Ray and Smith. Aldridge | had succeeded in getting Smith out of | prison in the South. Gordon, Raymona and Leak went back to California in 189 and caught 2 man named Hostetter | for $10,000. While trying to work another trick, Gordon, Raymond and Leak were caught. Banker Little heard of their cap- ture and was present at the trial. “As it happens, my husband and Al- dridge are as alike as twins. Raymond and Leak were not identified, but Banker Little swore that my husband was the | same person who had swindled him. He | identified Charlie positively. My husband | at the time of the little trick was with me at Nineteenth street and Amsterdam avenue. He got ten years. “Now. Frank Aldridge promised me that he would furnish means of letting me go to California to establish an alibi, but he prevented my going. It was a principle with the crowd that they would | never desert each other. My husband is now in San_Quentin. He has consump- tion. They have known that my daugh- ter, now 20 vears of age, a sickly girl, unable to make her own living, was on my hands. They have refused to help me. “My daughter is now grown. T do not wish her to be a crook, but my spirit and my heart are broken, and T want her to lead an honest life. I shall be an honest woman henceforth. I shall aid in bringing to justice the men who have kr’uin(;a(,l_ my life and betrayed my hus- and.” | PRINCE GEORGE WILL BE CRETE’S GOVERNOR. Czar Nicholas Promptly Checks the Objections Offered by the * Sultan. BERLIN, Feb. 2.—A dispatch from Con- stantinople to the Frankfurt Gazette says the answer of Emperor Nicholas to the Turkish objections to the candidature of ®rince George of Greece for the Gov- ernorship of Crete was presented to the Sultan yesterday (Tuesday). It was couched fn such strong terms that the Russian Embassador, M. Zinovieff, hesi- tated and teley hed to St. Petersburg .for confirmation before presenting it. Count Muravieff,. the Russian Foreign Minister, replied that it was the Czar's unalterable = determination that Prince George should be nominated. ———— Weeks Will Retire To-Day. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The Quarter- master-General of the Army, George H. ‘Weeks, will retire from active service to- morrow and will be succeeded by Colonel Marshal I. Ludington, the senior officer of the Quartermaster's Department. The new uartermaster-General, Colonel Ludl n, was appointed to the army from nsylvania, and is not a West Point graduate, having entered the reg- ular establishment after tE:Jlnm setvice ‘volunteers during war. IRYING TO FOOL THE PEOPLE Syndicated Press of Los Angeles in a Corner. It Sees the Fight for the Water Company Is Already Lost. Would Cloud the Issue Now by Abuse of all True Men. FIGHT ON THE MAYOR. This Line of Warfare Will Fail, for Popular Sentiment Has Been Aroused. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2—The water company press of this city, the Times, Herald and Express, are making a combined effort to divert public atten- | tion from the water question and at- | tract it to the other matters of less vital importance to the people. As long as the people are as thoroughly on guard as they are right now no move can be made by the tools of the water company in the City Council in the interest of the corporation. The idea is, therefore, to divert the public mind from the consideration of the great issue to other matters which do not involve interests which the syndi- cated press are seeking to protect. The Times and Express have opened up a bitter campaign on Mayor M. P. Snyder. This official has made a rec- ord on the water question that is abso- lutely above reproach. He has been bold and outspoken in his condemna- tion of the policy of the syndicated press in doing the bidding of the water company. Almost to a man the vo- ters of the city indorse nis position. So | the syndicated press has started * out, | by a policy of misrepresentation to | weaken Mayor Snyder before the peo- | ple. The Herald is an alleged Demo- cratic paper, but it has been repudi- ated by the Democratic city commit- tee. 1t has not only openly misrepre- | sented Snyder, but covertly it has stabbed him in the back. | The people have had their eyes open- | ed by the revelations given them in | The Call as'to the 1Yocal newspaper | combination. All three of the papers | are now absolutely without influence. They are simply looked upon as water | company organs, seeking to protect all | tools of the corporation in public office | and endeavoring to ruin and besmirch | any public officer who takes the side of the people in the water contest. The evidence that the water compdny | is not sincere in its cilaim that it is will- ing tc dispose of its plant to the city continues to accumulate. It is also evi- dent that certain members of the City Council are conversant with the scheme | by which the corporation proposes to | hold on to the city plant after the ex- | piration of the lease, and operate it. | These Councilmen are lending their aid | to cover up the water company’s | tracks, but the foot prints are already discernible. : The policy of the corporation is to state that it will insist upon every right guaranteed under the contract. | If that were all the company could | have it without any difficulty what- | ever. The people are perfectly willing and would in fact be oveyjoyed to give | the company every right the contract | calls for, and even more, but the cor- poration is seeking to get either two million dollars more than it is entitled to, or secure a fifty-year renewal of 1ts lease. The company is going ahead an making improvements which are not in any way in conformity with the plans for a municipal water plant on file in the City Engineer's office. When told of the fact that the additions being made are not in accordance with the city’'s plans, the officers of the water company insolently say they are in the water business in this city and do not propose to get out until they are good and ready. This certainly does not look | very much as though the corporation proposed to retire on the 22d of next July. So far the people have been rendered powerless to do anything by the two- thirds majority in the Council, which has voted against all measures tending to deal with the water question in a manly and businesslike way. These seven Councilmen have permitted the corporation to treat the city and its authorities with contemptuous indif- ference. And this policy has been in- dorsed and approved by the combined water.company press. Members of the Council have claimed on the streets that they intended to keep their pledges as to municipal ownership, and then have gone into the council cham- ber and voted with the water com- pany. For this they have been ap- plauded by the Times, Herald and Ex- press, antl they are foolish enough to think their constituents have been de- celved. Councilman F. M. Nickell is one of these pretenders who has been called down. The storm around Nickell's head has only just commenced to gather. A proposition is now on foot to call a meeting of the Democratic and Populist City Central committees and officially declare him a traitor to the people and a man who has proved himself false to the pledge upon which he was elected. The water company forces in the Council are led and manipulated by Councilman C. H. Toll from the bon- ton ward of the city. Toll is very shrewd and makes but few falsemoves, but his position is thoroughly under- stocd by the people. If he had his say there would not be another move taken in_the matter of municipal ownership. There is one member of the Council whom nobody can count—either the le or the water company. That is Councflman Z. D. Mathus of the Third Ward. He says he is with the people, but he has thus far voted with the water company. There is no tell- ing where he is between votes. It keeps the water company lieutenants busy keeping him in line. The pres- sure is getting very strong. Mathus is hearing from his constituents, and it is possible he will any day be found on the side of the people in the contest. . City Engineer Dockweiler has gone into the contest in deadly earnest, and he is giving aid and advice to the Councilmen and other officials who are struggling to get a victory for the peo- ple. The fact that the prospects are decidedly improved for those who de- sire municipal ownership is the rea- son why the syndicated press is so de- sirous of diverting attention-from the great issue. | of the rules governing athletics. LIKE A NORTH A POLE CAVE WAS HIS RESIDENCE Bursting of Mains in an Unoccu- pied Dwelling Causes a Transformation. e all was well. of icicles upon his head. ants. B RS R R R ~caverns of polar bears. burst in all parts of the house. 328853!2823258833382!2?33389!2&&89338283583838382838838838?‘!88382 MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., Feb. 2—This State lays claim - to the oddest accident caused by the storm and cold snap. ruined the interior of the handsomely furnished home of E. T. Paul, a composer of music, the damage amounting to $5000. Paul i{s a Southerner, not yet acclimated to the Northern cold, so early this winter he and his family went South. H. M. Downing, a real estate dealer, was left in charge of the property. shut off the water supply were, it appears, neglected by Paul. ing thought of that this morning and visited the Paul house to see if He got a big surprise the moment he opened the door. A freezing blast, colder even than the wind outside, struck him. Then he saw that the hallway looked like a miniature Chilcoot pass. were glazed, thick ice covered the carpet on the floor and immense icicles were suspended from chandeliers. lamp at the head of the stairway was frozen at his post. Downing then pushed open the parlor door and brought a shower The apartment resembled an Arctic bower. The portieres were frozen stiff in their folds, the plano was an ice- berg, and Jack Frost had touched all frames of pictures with icy pend-. Paul’s study, adjoining, might have been the den of Jack Frost himself. Even the ink was frozen solid. Beds, bureaus, pictures and chairs were en- cased in ice. As for the cellar, it was a skating rink. There is a floor of fce a foot and a half thick therein. This transformation of a Mt. Vernon dwelling into'.* North Pole cavern was caused by the freezing of water, which caused the pipes to The force of the water in the mains dislodged the ice and the water gushed and flooded the place from cellar to garret. To-morrow men will be employed removing the ice. The mishap Instructions to Down- Walls A bronze warrior holding a The upper floors looked like R R R e R R e e R R g R R R R S = SOME EVILS OF ATHLETICS the Eliot- Mentions Effect of Excessive Training. Dr. Says the Baseball and Rowing Teams Were Clearly Overworked. Unlikely That Students Devoted to Sports Can Win Standing as Scholars. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Feb. 2.—The following are the most siriking sentences in that part of the annual report of President Charles W. Eliot, just issued, which deals with athleties: It is very unlikely that a student who takes an active part In athletic sports can win good standing as a scholar, but, on the other hand, a smaller proportion of the athletes get put on probation in Harvard College than any of the other students. This remark is not true of scientific students. The evil of excessive training has not been cured. The baseball team of last spring was distinetly overworked and half the row- ing crew gave out in the four-mile race. In all probability the nervous strain resulting from prolonged training for many exciting contests and an anxious sense of responsibility has not been sut- ficlently considered. The use of Holmes field for games at- tended throngs of spectators was per- mitted by the corporation for the last time in the spring of 1897. Two long banks of seats with steel frames were erected temporarily on Holmes fleld, but were removed in the summer to Soldiers fleld. One of these banks, situated on the south side of the track, caused a tem- porary variation in the intensity of the magnetic ficld in the Jefferson physical laboratory, which was so disturbing that it would not have been possible, with due regard to the proper work of the labora- tory, to keep such a steel bank on Holmes fleld. The committee on the regulation of ath- letic sports gave much attention during the year to the revision and Dubllc&tl):)‘n most every one of these regulations has been discussed and fought over for years. And almost every one was at first re- sisted to the utmost by the main body of the graduates. They have gradually been adopted, at least on paper, by lead- ing Eastern colleges and universities, and at present they commend themselves very generally “to the well-informed friends of intercollegiate athletics. R LA Mazarine Takes a Stake, NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3.—The Mer- chants’ Handicap, at a mile- and a six- teenth, the stake event to-day, was won in hollow style by Bennington & Gard- ner’s Mazarine. Milwaukee, the favorite, ‘was ridden with poor judgment and taken through the worst going. The weather ‘was fine and the track good. One mile, selling—Queen Mab won, Possum second, Wehima third. Time, 1:46%. Handicap, six furlongs—8im W won, J. A Grey second, Everest third. Time, 1 Mile and a sixteenth, selling—Lobengula won, His: Brother second,, Red Duohiess third. Time, “Merchants' Handlcap, mile and a sixteenth— Mazarine won, Judge Steadman second, Mil- waukee third. ’ Time, 1:49%. ix furlongs—Takanassee won, Johnny Me- Hale second, Pert third, Time, 198%, tood v sel o Soringtime second, Maddie 8 third. Time, won, Springtime second, 1:37. HE CAN NOW PROCEED TO THE GOLD FIELDS. Dismissal of an Interesting Case at San Jose Where a Klondike Outfit Was Involved. / SAN JOSE, Feb. 2—The charge against A. L. Loewenstein of obtaining $1147 from Sigmund Salz was dismissed by Justice Kirkpatrick this afternoon. Loewenstein and Salz, who is an insurance and real estate agent at Centerville, Alameda County, engaged in a dice game, and the latter alleged that Loewenstein had got him drunk and then won his money. The testimony to-day was at ce. Salz admitted that he came to San Jose to gamble and that on a number of occa- :{o}m he had won money from Loewen- stein. On motion of the District Attorney, the case was dismissed. Loewenstein was arrested as‘he was about to leave for the Klondike. Seven dogs two sleds be- longing to_the defendant were attached by Safx The local sports took a great interest in the case, and the courtroom was crowded during the proceedings. —_— Estimabie Wheatland Lady’s Death. - WHEATLAND, Feb. 2—Mrs. Lillle G. Jasper, wife of J. M. C. Jasper, died at her home near Wheatland this afternoon of pneumonia. Deceased was a highly respected and beloved lady of this - munity and a prominent member of order of the ern . She was 46 mfl age. The funeral will be held Captain Jeffs’" THE PALO ALTO DIAMOND FIELD Unusual Interest in the National Game This Season. Injury Causes His Retirement From the Varsity Nine. Class Games Arranged to Give the Players Practice and Bring Out New Men. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 2.—The Varsity baseball captaincy, left vacant by the resignation of Captain | Jeffs, whose knee, injured in last| Thanksgiving football game, has made his appearance on the diamond. this semester extremely doubtful, was filled to-day, when the players unanimously selected Bert Lougheed for the place. There was some talk of Young, the reliable first base man, allowing his name to be presented, although Loug- heed had easily a majority of the eight players entitled to vote. Ex-Captain Jeffs was much affected when, before the balloting took place, he spoke to his men of the hard luck which had forced him to resign. His heart is in baseball and the for- tunes of the Stanford team. If his in- Juries keep him off the fleld the whole seagon the Varsity will suffer greatly, for his place cannot be entirely sup- plied. Bert Lougheed. the newly elected captain, is a sophomore and the first under-classman ever honored with the captaincy. His position is at short- stop, where his great strength is in the extent of ground that he covers. Before coming to college he nplayed shortstop for the Tufts-Lyons aggre- gation. He is an English student and hails from Los Angeles. There is a lively spirit in baseball this vear and everything is being done to keep up the interest. Class games have been arranged to give the players additional practice and bring out new men. The freshmen will play the Jjuniors on Monday, and the sopho- mores, last year’s champions, will cross bats with the seniors on Wednesday. The winners will decide the class head- ship the following week. The faculty baseball nine, which has already gone into’ training for its an- nual game with the senior class team, crossed bats to-day with the Zeta Psi fraternity nine. The game Wwent against the instructors by a score of 14 to 8. The faculty can console itself with the fact that it was not repre- sented by its strongest team, and when the match for which so much practic- ing is being done comes off the batting strength of the professors will be in- creased by the addition of Dr. Jordan, who is a heavy hitter. N In the practice game to-day Angel and Richardson made up the battery for the faculty. They have played to- gether several seasons and understand each other well. Starbuck, McFarland, Marx, Green, Fish and Murray played the other positions. For the Zetas, Bussy-and Smith did the battery work. On this team were three promising candidates for the ’varsity—Wight, Murphy and Rood. Games will be arranged between the other fraternity nines and the faculty aggregation, so that when the try-out with the seniors shall come the in- structors will have gained proper form. The games will be played on the fac-. ulty athletic grounds, which are beau- tifully located and in excellent shape. WEDDING EVENT AT NAPA. Dr. T. H. Stice and Mrs. Jewel Ing- ham Link Their Fortunes. NAPA, Feb. 2.—The marriage of Dr. T. H. Stice and Mrs. Jewel Ingham was solemnized at high noon to-day at the residence of ex-Sherift H. H. Harrls, near Napa, Rev. Richard Wylle, of the Pres- byterian church, officiating. The event was witnessed by a few intimate friends of the contracting parties, and a wed- ding breakfast followed the ceremony. The bride has many friends and acquaint- groom received m; of Rredreds y the u- N e T R . er DI o the Gooper Medical Coniegs, Dr. Stice entered the ving Hos ai lnsmhrmnu&o.s'n“; 1:- ee-n.l.‘_- e remain when'he was slecied third sssfstant i sictan of the Napa asylum. Dr. and tice took the afternoon train for Mm, ‘where they will spend honeymoon. . San their QUESTION < OF DEFENSE DISCUSSED House Takes Up the. Fortifications Bill. ‘ : Members Criticize the| Measure Because of Its Reduections. Carries but a Trifle Over Four Million Dollars for For- tifications. ESTIMATES CUT DOWN. Underwood Argues for Protection to Harbors in the Gulf of Mexico. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House. Washington, Feb. 2. The House, after three days spent on | the, District of Columbia appropriation ‘ bill, mostly in political dlscusslon.‘ passed the measure to-day and then | took up the bill to provide fortifications | and coast defenses for the country. Several of the Democrats, notably Mec- Clellan of New York, ecriticlzed the | measure because it cut down appro- priations for these works below what has been appropriated in recent years. At the opening of the session Grow (R.) of Pennsylvania asked unanimous con- sent for the consideration of the resolu- tion directing the Secretary of War to issue medals to 530 Pennsylvania soldiers who belonged to the command which passed through the mob at Baltimore, April 19, 1861, and who received the thanks of Congress July 22, 1861. Hull, chairman of the Military Affairs Committee, ob- jected. Several other requests for unani- mous consent met a similar fate. The District bill was completed and passed shortly after 3 o’clock, after which the House took up the fortifications bill. Hemenway (R.) of Indiana, in charge of the bill, explained its provisions. The estimate of the department for fortifica- tions and other works of defense, arma- ment, etc., were $I3.378571, while the amount carried by the bill was but | $4,144,012. In discussing the harbor de- fense works erected under this policy Hemenway stated that the defense of New York harbor was complete. He quot- ed the chief of ordnance as having said to him that not enough war vessels could now enter the harbor in the face of the present defense system to materially damage the city. It was arranged that the general debate should close to-morrow at 3 o'clock. g Ferguson, delegate from New Mexice. got the floor and under the latitude al- lowed for debate -argued the_injustice of denying statehood to New Mexico. He said that if statehood were delayed all the valuable land lately restored to the public domain which could be selected by the Territory, were she a State, for school purposes would be gone. . He ap. pealed for the passage of a bill allowing the Territory to select the lands now. Underwood (D.)of Alabama criticized the fortifications bill because it difl not pro- vide for the inauguration of defense works at the harbors along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Mobile harbor would be the first harbor entered by the Spanish fleet if we should become Involved in war with Spain. Mc@€lellan (D.) of New York also criticized the bill. At 5 p. m. the House adjourned. i g SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Akricultuml Appropriation . Bill Called Up and Read. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Beyond the reading of the agricultural appropria- tion bill and agreeing to the amend- melLis proposed by the committee, the Senate transacted no business of im- portance in open session to-day. The | opposed to the policy | ries $3,360,902. mooon Was the dis- cussion being upon the Hawailan an- nexation treaty. greater part of the after passed in executive session, m. the Vice-President 1aid before the Senate lthe reism;lfilox?golft It’gtg' ota, declar e e of IhetUn&tethlt%te: ire territory to.defend whic :Sw;c?.\"lo;]d be required, which was laid over yesterday. Ha.l)e of Mal);ne. being satisfled that the remarks which the Senator from South Dakota proposed to make upon the reso- lution would infringe upon the subject under discussion in executive session, At 12:35 p. | said he would move that the Senate, un= der rule 35, go into executive session. Pettigrew remarked that he could as well offer his remarks in exgcuthe session as in open session, and ‘“if the friends of the I?Inwalhm treaty were so tender about the matter” he was willing to go into executive session. Spooner of Wisconsin called up a bill amending the law which authorized the Commissioners apppointed by the Presi- dent to codify the criminal laws of the United States to act as a commission and to enable the commission to have its ac- counts passed by the Comptroller of the Treasury. The bill was passed. Cullom of Tlllinois of the Appropriations Committee, called up the agricultural bill. As it passed the House the measure car- As reported to the Senate the bill carried $3,512.202, an increase over the House bill of $151,300. Warren of Wyoming offered an amendment to estab- lish a division of irrigation and reclama- tion of arid lands at a cost of $7300, and providing for investigations of the meth- ods of building and operating irrigation canals and of a method of storing and distributing water in the reclamation of arid lands, at a cost not exceedinig $14.- 000. No action was taken on the amend- ment. After the reading of the bill, the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. NERE'S A RARE RACING “STAR” How Bookmaker Rosenberg : Scintillates in the Crook’s Heaven. Offers the “Call” Money to Cut Down Closing Odds on Little Cripple. His Answer. Joe Rosenberg is what is known as a bookmaker on the races and does busi ness in Oakland in conjunction with a man named Watson. In his own partic- ular little heaven Rosenberg scintillates as a rival to Jupiter in the starry dome above when it comes to warning an oft- gulled public that the proper caper in this degenerate age is to stay away from the poolrooms. It is a fact pretty commonly admitted that the bookmakers have the best of it at all times by long odds, but here is a man who furnishes proof posi- tive that even when the tide goes against them these peculiar-minded personages have varjous ways of helping themselves out of a hole. Yesterday Little Cripple breasted the wire at Ingleside a winner despite the facts that the odds opened at 20 to 1 and closed at 60 to 1 against him. Rosenberg and his partner had $5 on thehorseandac cordingly found themselves about to lose $300. That is, they would lose that amount in case nothing were done. But that is just where the Rosenberg intellect shone in all its pristine vigor. It is the custom with all the bookmakers to pay according to the closing odds published in The Call. Rosenberg thought that if he could cor- rupt the racing writer all would he well. Accordingly, he left his saloon and cigar stand on Broadway, Oakland, in care of another person last evening and sought The Call editorial rooms. He asked for a private interview with the racing report- er and when it was granted sought a secluded spot and spoke in this strain: “Now, if.The Call published the closing odds as 60 I am in the hole just $30. pose a little typographical error cree and ‘the odds close at 30 that will save me $150. If you will manage it T will glve you $25 and see that many of these ‘snaps’ fall into your hands.” Rosenberg was informed that the re porter would see what could be done f him. -When his eye roams over this com position, unless one of those “little typo- graphical “ errors” has crept in, he will see the very best that could be done—for the public, anyway. ————————— Death of Otis J. Preston. Otis J. Preston, vice-president of the firm of Preston & McKinnon and the Shoalwater Bay Mill Company, died yes- terday morning at his residence, 920 Brod- erick street. Mr. Preston was a native of New York State, but for some years has been engaged in business in this city, and the news of his death will be a shock to his many friends. He leaves eight chil- dren, three sons and five daughters. The funeral will take place to-morrow morn- ing at 10:30 o’clock from his late resi- dence, 920 Broderick street. 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