The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1898, Page 5

TH:Z SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1898. TRAITOROUS SPANISH DIPLOMATS DID SOBRAL ACT AS SPY | FOR SPAIN? Too Much Information Has Been Obtained by the Naval Attache. With the Disgraced Ex=Minister de Lome the Officer Has Acted in a Most Suspicious Manner. P O e R o b i d i +* NEW YORK, Feb. 21—Lieutenant-Commander Sobral stated to-day + - t he is still the naval attache of the Spanish Legation in Washing- + 4+t + + + VOSSO e R S R E Stk dhs NE YORK, Feb. 21.—A Washing- | of the reat, value. He has in- to the Herald say With | spected T )s ot our navy, both jon and@ while under con- ion of all the facts in the ; in comm Spanish Government | struction, and he and Senor de Lome, | Minister Woodford, the Sobral | in the last administration, obtained ident will be closed as far as this | possession of such unpublished charts [ at is concerned. |and plans in the possession of the rte Department officials as- | y Department as they desired. le it has not been known that od faith th hat the Lieutenant-Commander Sobral has ob- tained information by illegitimate methods, the suspicions of irregular acts on his part in the vicinity of the rtification in Charleston har r and his making zetted at N n account of the legation the of ple; in a are being revived and are believed to who were ac- It be warranted by many quainted with his mov understood that the plans and i of the submarine torpedo i |in New York harbor never | into Lieutenant-Commander Sobral's v are in the personal charge igadier-General John M. Wilson, of engineers of the army, and they are not known to have ever gone out of immediate assistant, and have never been shown to any but authorized of- ficials of the W Department. CLOSE CONTEST FOR _ A POSTMASTERSHIP. | Citizens of Dixon Decide An Excit- ing Race by a Public Election. WOODLAND, Feb. 21.—The postoffices Senor Dubose, C Saturday g had partment t 1d interview t a writt Lieute: departm tothe Sobral I in the Second District have been giving his departure the As-| Congressman Hilborn a great deal of visit to the | worry. Indeed he regards them as the t stumbling bl k in the way of Dixon the party latter 3 ed that he declined to depart- hoice between the contestants, i sride and Claus Frahm. He ad- 1 an election, otherwise he would al- of | low the incumbent to hold- over. Al McBride and Frahm accepted the con- e di nd_the election ‘was held last e informed of Every legal voter in the town- Three hundred were polled and of 56 votes. hip was a d seve McBride won by a m: DIXON TRIBUNE CHANGES HANDS. ew in Dubosc’s ex- the date of his State Department Minister Woodford rding the > at mail. t communic this to the yritie: when he has | i interest of the United The Only Democratic Newspaper in whole matter will be| Northern Solano Becomes the ended | Property of a Republican. | WOODLAND, Feb. 21.—A deal was con- which there will be hip and the politics the only Demo- rthern Solano. will remain for Spain to censure ignors itenant-Commander S disretion and the negligence of of the legation as she sees Tt or bral’s in the o Dixon Tribune in the i newspaper his possession and that of his | | | |a A MES R KEEN A BIG BEAR Credited With Lifting Mil- lions Out of Wall Street. . The Old San Francisco Oper- Is Not in Good Humor. ator It Is Apparent That He Has Inside Sources of Information on Cuba. Bpeclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—James R. Keene is said to be on top in Wall street agaln. He and D. O. Mills are credit- ed with being the chief factors in a bear movement in the market to-day, which made immense profits and losses for speculators. Reports in Wall street say he made a fortune this morning. He has been a pronounced bear for some days, and upon the slight re- covery this morning put out addition- al short lines. On the scales on which he generally conducts operations he stands to win close on to $1,000,000 when he has cashed in his profits. Lines of a hundred thousand shares is an ordinary business for Mr. Keane. He is apparently in a position to have advance information of all the facts in connection with the Cuban matter. He has been assisted in his bear cam- paign by the scare which is prevailing through the banks. Mr. Keene was seen this afternoon at the office of Talbot J. Taylor, his son-in-law. “Mr. Keene, it is report- ed on the street that you have made to-day a cool million. It would be very interesting to know how you made it,” said the reporter. “Oh, no, it isn’t true” said Mr. Keene, in an irritated tone. “You must not listen to all the stories you hear on the street. If I could tell you anything I would be glad to do so, but there is nothing to tell.” He walked into his private office, and declined to be further interviewed. Notwithstanding the assertion of Mr. Keene that he did not make a million, the street was confident that when he realizes his profits it will not be far from that figure. The fact that it was reported that D. 0. Mills was also a heavy bear manipu- lator gave rise to a report that the two men had been working in conjunction. This a mistake. They operated in- dependently. The heaviest attacks of Mr. Keene were upon sugar, though, during the day, he took a fiver at al- most everything that promised a profit. Under the combined pounding of Keene d others, sugar fell from 128 to 125%. Burlington fell from 97% to 97%, Man- hattan from 1123 to 109, St. Paul, 94% to 93%, and Union Pacific, 31% . to 30. Standard Oil liquidating certificates, which have for a long time been the feature of the outside market, broke 23 points to-day. Saturday’s cloging pri was 413. The opening price to-day w. 399, from which it receded by steady degrees to 390. The entire market on the “curb” was weak, in sympathy with the general market. BIBLE AND “OLD GLORY” NAILED TO A BRIDGE. A Peculiar Find Near Salinas, to Which Is Attached Deep Mystery. SALINAS, Feb. 21.—A Bible nailed to a | | bridge is a rather peculiar thing to find, fit | Ay L Henry. for mar rs editor and Shse S e half-owner, sold his interest to F. A. Hut- N 1}\\\(hv(anrlAnE the explanation of | /% "0k CE1s S 0w sole proprietor. Hence- | that Lieutenant-Com- al has not been the naval | politics. Mr. Henry is one of the best- known and ablest of the younger class of ts in the State. He is at present ; of the Bureau of Highway As soon as his term of he will return to active signed * ners. received office E Jjournalism. . at the Navy Department. - It is stated > most reliable For a Food Inspector. authority that ant-Commander SACRAMENTO, Feb. 21—The City al in th s has visited | Board of Trustees to-night passed an b Dortant ation on the | ordinance iding for the appoint- S ment city Board of Heaith of a | cessful. gleaned from detailed ; Om | milk and food information | two years. forth the Tribune will be Republican in | | large upright beam of the first span. but when an American flag is draped around it the idea Is still more romantic. A vivid imagination could surmise all kinds of reasons why the book was first 2 ewith stars and stripes and then nailed to the bridge. Tom Watson, a wie vorras de Terra country, while sing_the Salinas bridge on the Monterey road yesterday found a large family Bible opened at the book of Job and all four corners nailed down to a An ound the Bi- weird fancy American flag W draped ble and the effect produced in Mr. Watson’s mind. After a thorough examination he decided to notify the au- thorities in this city. Deputy Sheriff Nesbit upon receiving the information proceeded out to the scene this morning. While there he made 2 thorough search in the river bottom lands, thinking perhaps some one had committed suicide. His quest was unsuc- Tt is thought that some peculiar- inspector, to hold office for | ly tragical facts will be disclosed when ] the thorough investigation is made. LOADING SHELLS AT BLACK POINT. GENERAL the Best While army officers stationed in this department 40 not entertain the feeling that war between the United States and Spain is impending or inevitable, they contend that it is prudent for our Government to get ready for war. | They do not admit that the present ac- tivity can be accounted for by reason of the disaster to the battle-ship Maine in the harbor of Havana, but assert that orders to hasten the work of mounting guns and strengthening the fortifications were issued before the la- mentable catastrophe occurred. Major-General Nelson A. Miles, com- manding the United States army, seems to have views of his own, which may not be in strict harmony with the no- tions of Secretary Alger and his as- sistants of the War Department. Miles | doublea the force of sentinels on the works defending the coast, He ordered troops to take station wherever high- power modern guns were in position. He ordered forward supplies of ammu- nition, to be placed in readiness for im- mediate use. He ordered proper vigi- | lance to protect the ordnance and mu- | nitions of war from destruction by acts | of treachery. When The Call an- | nounced that such orders had been given to the army the Assistant Secre- | tary of War in Washington denied that | such measures of vigilance and prepar- | ation had been authorized by the Secre- | tary of War. It is the impression now 1lh&l General Miles means to command | the army in case of war. It has come | to be the recognized policy that the Secretary of War commands in time of peace. When General Sherman was at the head of the army he found that he had less influence in the direction of rs than a clerk in the War ‘Washington in army affai Department, so he left disgust and established his headquar- ters in St. Louts General Sheridan There may had a similar experience. be a design now to ignore Miles, but his orders to the department command- ers are being executed. Eighty tons of empty shells for the fifteen-inch guns at Lime Point were placed aboard lighters at Fort Ma- son yesterday and conveyed to the Fort Baker wharf on the Marin shore. The quartermaster’s department sup- pifed the lighters and tugs: The trans- fer of powder for the shells will soon be made. Colonel James M. Moore, chief quar- termaster of the department, sent a train of four mule teams yesterday | from the Presidio to Fort Baker. The mules and wagons went by ferry to Sausalito. The train will haul the ordnance stores from the Fort Baker i wharf to the post over one of the steep- est grades in the country. Fort Baker (Lime Point) is garri- soned by Battery L, Third Artillery, Captain Frank W. Hess commanding, and Lieutenant Edwin O. Sarratt. General Shafter has issued orders re- lieving First Lieutenant William E. Birhimer, Battery C, Third Artillery, and Captain Euclid B. Frick, assistant surgeon, from duty at the Presidio, and directing them to report to the com- | manding officer at Fort Baker for duty. The high power modern guns— twelve-inch rifles—at Fort Baker are supplied with ammunition from Be- nicia Arsenal. The present supply for the modern breech-loading rifles is limited, but will soon be augmented. Troops of the Third Artillery are on duty at the extensive works on the bluffs near Fort Point. Sentinels are posted to warn away intrusive specta- tors. The guns and carriages have been closely inspected. The maga- zines contain a fair supply of ammuni- tion. Two more of the ten-inch breech- loading rifles arrived from the Eastyes- terday. The big guns are in the freight yard of the Southern Pacific and will soon be placed on disappear- ing carriages near Fort Point. The emplacements are ready and but little time should be required to place the guns in position for use. Apart from the fire of effective mod- ern batteries of Fort Baker and Fort Point the fire of sixteen heavy mortars and three powerful dynamite guns could be concentrated on an approach- ing fleet. The work of fortifying San Francisco is well advanced. The har- bor, if not impregnable, is better pro- tected by heavy guns and natural ad- vantages of defense than any other harbor of the United States. Officers and enlisted men of the army are gratified to hear that Congress is now ready to authorize two more regiments of artillery. The additional artillerymen are needed to man the new guns recently placed in position. In emergency the infantry covid be called on to perform service at the batteries and the National Guard might be utilized as a reserve force, but neither class could take the place of trained artillerymen. The first de- mand now is for ammunition, and the second is for soldiers_to man the guns. INTERESTS THE COAST. Bill for a Lighthouse at Point Ar- guello Reported. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.—Senator Per- kins to-day presented to the Senate a petition of merchants and citizens of San MILES’ WARLIKE PLANS CARRIED OUT San Francisco Now Has Fortified Harbor. While the Defenses of the Country Are Being Strengthened There Is a Prospect of an Official Clash. Francisco and other parts of the United States in favor of a bill retiring certain employes of the life saving and light- house service of the United States. resentative Hilborn to-day Introduced a bill to pension W. C. Gillian. The House Committee on Interstate Commerce has reported favorably Representative Bar- low’s bill appropriating $30,000 for a light- house and fog signal at Point Arguello, Santa Barbara County, Cal. CLAIMS A SAN RAFAEL ESTATE Putative Widow of George E. Dixon Demands Legal Recognition. Declares She Was Married by Con- tract to the Man Who Com- mitted Suicide. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 21.—A woman call- nig herself Mary E. Rise Dickson ap- peared here to-day, claiming to be the widow of the late George E. Dickson, who committed suiclde at the Grand Cen- tral Hotel on January 11, 1887. The woman filed her application for the distribution of the estate to her In the Superior Court this morning, and it has created a sen- sation In San Rafael. She claims that she and Dickson were married by con- tract in January, 1887, just before Dick- son committed sulcide. George E. Dickson came to Marin Coun- ty in the early sixties and took up the dairying industry on White's Hill, after- ward moving to Fairfax and engaging in farming. There he accumulated about $40,000. He came to San Rafael and lived at the Central Hotel, and was known by everybody in town. Frequently he said that he would never get married, as he was afrald a woman would not marry him for himself but for his money. Mary Rise was formerly engaged as a domestic at the Parisian House, at this | Riace, and It was there she met Dickson. | 7:30 marched to the dining room down She claims they grew fond of each other, and when he lived at the Central Hotel they became engaged, and finally married by contract. Dickson's suicide was tragic. He cut his throat and his wrists and allowed himself to slowly bleed to death in his room at the Central Hotel. Just before his death he made some peculiar trans- actions as regards money matters, and in a case before Judge Angellotti it was held that he was insane at the time he made them. —_———— PRESIDENT CRESPO RETIRES FROM OFFICE. And Now General Alvarez WillTake Charge Until Andrado is Installed. CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 21.—In the Federal Palace yesterday afternoon President Crespo, having finished his constitutional Presidential term, re- mitted his power to General Guzman Alvarez, President of the Government Council, who will act as President until General Ignacio Andrado, the new President, is installed by Congress. Congress convened yesterday and will formally elect General Andrado in a few days. Venezuela is quiet. General Crespo will soon leave for Maracay, the new capital of the State of Miranda, to assume the Presidency of that State, having been recently elected. iy b French Have Not Invaded. PARIS, Feb. 21.—A semi-official note is- sued this afternoon says it is quite un- true that French forces have entered the Sokoto region, and that the story is merely a revival of an exploded rumor. Rep- | THE EMPORIUM. CLOSED THE SALE OF The largest February in this city invaded the big days more. Scotch Cheviot Effects, Effects, Heather Mixtures, and colorings to street, house and skirts, at the unparalleled low manufacturers in quantities. GROCERY Wednesday and two days 2 Ibs for....... Sand Soap—regularly 4¢ PRPRVRERP VY PR T VRV PP RPVRIR LR RS R RPN PV P PRI RURP PR R PRI PRIV PURRR R B RRRR R PRI SR ay) The Emporium and ETTES AND DRESS GOODS WILL CONTINUE TO- MORROW. to our announcements in the Sunday papers. are enough of the Flannelettes left, however, for Wednesday, and the Dress Goods at 19c for two 50c DRESS GOODS FOR 19c. We continue the sale begun:Monday, and until the lot is sold, of 3500 yards of 4o-inch Strictly All-wool Fancy Dress Goods, worth up to 50c a yard or more. Checks, English Tweed Effects, etc., 46 styles choose from, school dresses, AMOSKEAG TENNIS FLANNEL 5c, The sale begun Monday positively ends to-morrow night at special counters in the rotunda.—Heavy Amos- keag Cotton Tennis Flannel, the grade usually sold at 8ic per yard. There are 95 different styles and colorings, and the special sale price will be. . At this price none will be sold to the trade or Maine Sugar Corn—2-Ib tins—regularly 13c tin—for the two days... - 9C Fancy Glace Lemon and Orange Peel 25 - C See card in window for specials for other days. —South 59. Last week of ‘“The Biacksmith.” Send for the Kiondi<e Book, in colors, fully illustrated, to Advertising Bureau—The Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar. 8 b ks 6446406 EEARSSBARRAES SESACRALAA S EAEELARA S | THE EMPORIUM. YRESRRRIRR FRPRRPRFP VIR REPPVRFIIRERF FRRFERRDYN TO-DAY. THE FLANNEL- shopping crowds ever seen store yesterday in response There Crepon Check Diagonals, Pin suitable for waists or prices ofi o <3 - A4 & - b A v - b ¢ b4 w b4 A - k4 A b4 k3 b4 ¢ b4 A v A ¥ v ¢ ¢ A A < - h A A = - * - hA o 5¢ Y SPECIALS. Thursday Only. $1.00 Use Direct Grocery Telephone Golden Rule Bazaar. ELLAAGEERE EAAAELFRARAAEEGAE R bR ARt BUSINESS MEN AT A BANOUET Pasadena’s Board of Trade Partakes of Its An- nual Feast. Work of the Organization During the Year Reviewed by the President. mpecfal Dispatch to The Call. PASADENA, Feb. 21.—The annual ban- quet of the Board of Trade was held this eveningin the Carleton Hotel. At 7 o'clock the guests assembled in the parlor and at stairs, headed by President H. R. Hertel and Directors Edwin Stearns, Colin Stew- art, Warren J. Richardson, H. M. Dob- bins, Professor Walter A. Edwards, James H. Adams and Secretary Frank P. Boyn- ton. An elaborate repast was served, while an orchestra dispensed sweet music from behind a screen of greenery. The banquet hall was prettily decorated with flowers and the letters “B. ot T.” worked in capitals. Seventy-eight members and press representatives sat at the ta- ble. The president’s report showed thirty- five regular and special meetings during the past year. On March 9, at the invita- tion of the Terminal Raflroad, 100 mem- bers and friends visited San Pedro harbor. On March 22 150 mall clerks were enter- tained. Three hundred and twenty-five dollars was spent in assisting the Los An- geles Fiesta. On May 13th 1000 railway conductors were entertained. In August 10,000 pamphlets descriptive of Pasadena were issued. The secretary's report showed the mem- bership to be 11l. During the year two members—H. M. Singer and K. H. Wade— died. Those present at the banquet were: James H. Adams, John Adams, Delos Ar- nold, B. F. Ball, Louis Blankenhorn, Ed Lockett, F. P. Boynton, John Breiner, Dr. Norman Bridge, Charles C. Brown, G. E. Brown, V. R. Sutliff, W. T. Clapp, The: dore Coleman, W. H. Conrad, H. C. Ho- teling, C. D. Daggett, C. M. Davis, H. M Dobbins, Thomas Earley, Professor W. A. ‘Edwards, Robert Strong, H. M. Block, A. N. Fessenden, Professor J. D. Graham, H. M. Greene, J. R. Greer Jr., Paul S. Hef- fleman, Calvin Hartwell, F. R. Harris, H. R. Hertel, W. H. Hill, L. J. Huff, Dr. George S. Hull, B. W. Hahn, J. A. Jacobs, L. O. Jarvis, C. Prinz, Dr. D. E. Janes, B. O. Kendall, George F. Kerna- ghan, Lyman King, Byron Lisk, E. H. Lockwood, A. B. Loughery, H. M. Stone, L. L. Test, E. H. May, M. J. McCament, J. H. Merriam, Harry Geoghegal North, Henry Newby, R. B. Nfivl Melick, Dr. W. H. Prittie, Charl nam, W. H. Vannuys, W. J. Ri Dr. T. J. Rigg, M. Rosenbaum, C lett, C. A. Osborn, J. E. Smythe, E. Spalding, Frank C. Monroe, Colin St art, George W. Stimson, Edwin Stea J. M. Sickler, Dr. J. B. Talcott, Dr. Roscoe Thomas, H. W. Wadsworth, F. Wallace, George W. Witherel, M. ‘Wood, Peter Ayers, W. S. Woodward. B f- RAIN ON THE COAST. From Several Interior Sections Come Enccuraging Reports. FRESNO, Feb. 21.—The rainfall this morning amounted to .13 of an inch, the benefit of which was decreased by a drying north wind. More rain is badly needed. SAN JOSE, Feb. 21.—The total rain- fall for last night was .28 of an inch, and for the season 5.26 inches. The fall up to the same date last year was 15.22 inches. HOLLISTER, Feb. 21.—Showers of rain fell here last night, the fall regis- tering .30 of an inch. The prospects for an abundant crop were never bet- ter, although there must be at least one heavy downpour within a. few weeks. SAN RAMON, Feb. 21.—Last night it rained here until about 2 a. m., and, according to the rain gauge, the fall was .60 of an inch. The north wind to-day is drying it up very fast. | HUNTINGTON’_;HOUSE IS NOW FOR SALE. But John W. Mackay Has Not Ex- pressed Any Intention of Buying the Preperty. NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Collis P. Huntington says there is no truth in the rumor that John W. Mackay is ne- gotiating for his house at Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street. Though ha has met Mackay several times recently Mackay has never referred to the mat- ter in any way. Huntington said it was for sale, as he intends to spend most of his time in Brooklyn in the future. It was said that Mackay intended buy- ing the house for his son, who is en- gaged to Miss Katherine Duer. “Spike” Sullivan Wins. LONDON, Feb. 21.—In the twenty round bout between “Spike’” Sullivan, the crack American lightweight, and Harry Green- field, the English boxer, at the National Sporting Club this evening, Sullivan- won in the fifteenth round, Greenfield being out-pointed from the started. United States Marine Hospital at Key West, Built in 1845. Wi CLIRIA1 — e =V IRy 04 Ve e (AT 0 10T it it it unmmuynm”@