The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1898. JAPAN'S ‘MISS HEFFRON IWARN T0 RUSSIA Last Protest Against the Seizure of Port Arthur. Will Retain Wei- Hai- Wei if the Czar Does Not Desist. Admiralty Orders Haste in the Building of New Men- of-War. WILL NOT SELL CRUISERS. Those Being Built at American Ship- | yards Are Not on the Market. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, March 11.—The Morning says it learns that Japan has warned Russia that if the latter retains Port Arthur, Japan will retain Wei-Hai-Wei and the islands adjacent. The same the Japanese admiralty has ar bulldingabroad paper sa) ordered the men-of- to be hurried, and it denies the reoprt | that Japan will sell the cruisers now | building at Philadelphia and San F‘r:\n-; cisco. The Yokohama correspondent of the | Times says: calm, and the Government do * BERLIN, March 10 of the naval credit was received here with | equanimity as justifying the German | naval®bill. The Bourse even rose on | the expectaticns of the German iron | trade. The Ki au treaty, it is said, con- tains concessions for the construction | of railways and the working of mines | in" the Shantung Peninsula, together | with grants to Germany of a prefer- in all public enterprises involving | co-operation of foreigners in that province. SHANGHAIL March 10.—An English | teamer has successfully ascended the | ng Tse Raplds as far as Chung King, of Sze Chwen, at the junction | the Kia Lin Kiang with the Yang | thus opening to navigation _the t fertile tract of the Yang Tse Val- | The Chinese authorities have an- nced their intention to remove all | acles with dynamite. ENGLAND’S OUTLAY IN NAVAL WORKS. Official Estimates Amount to More Than Twenty-Five Million Pounds. LONDON, March 10.—The First Lord of the Admiralty, the Hon. George J Goschen, in presenting the naval esti- mates to the House of Commons to- day, pointed out that, with the outlay in naval works, the ,expenditure amounted to the colossal sum £ 50, - 000 ($127,750,000), which, he explained, was even considered Inadequate in some quarters. Continuing, Mr. Goschen explained that the navy was in a transitional state, to which many of the admitted deficiencies were due. Moreover, he added, the Government was introduc- ing a series of improvements. The Ju- bilee display had been great, but the navy had not reached the ideal stand- ard. Referring to the channel squadron, provinc Tse, Mr. Goschen said it was the most pow- | erful ever gathered together, its du- ties being not only to parade the chan- nel, but to engage in offensive opera- tions in time of war. Continuing, he dilated upon the quiet and unostenta- tious increase of the British fleet in Chinese waters by four vessels from other foreign stations, as beine an in- stance of the naval preparedness. Later, Mr. Goschen said he hoped the Admiralty would not be too hard press- ed to communicate its plans, but he as- sured the House that in the distribution of cruisers, for instance, the Admiralty had considered carefully the protection of every trade and every food supply route, and he trusted that, “if times darkened,” the Admiralty would have the confidence of the House, and the Admiralty would be found doing its duty. Touching upon the Increase in the personnel of the navy, he sald there was no lack of recruits for the service. In fact, only one in eight boys were accepted, and the supply of stokers was also improving. ¥e denied that the navy was under-manned, declaring that_every vessel which took part in the Jubilee review was as fully manned as it would be in war time. He admit- ted there was a paucity of officers, but | he explained that that would be easily remedied. The discussion wa; then dropped. ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ The skin ought to be clear; there is nothing strange in a beautiful face. If we wash with proper soap, the skin will be open and clear, unless the health is bad. A good skin is better than a doctor. The soap to use Pears’; no free alkali in it. Pears’, the soap that clears but not excoriates. All sorts of stores sell it, especiall; druggists; all sorts of people use it. 2 is more trouble. pened to Jones.” hands of Clarke. ® © © ® ® ® ® ® bia Theater in San Francisco member as if he had lost his re: the p: miliat! NOOOEOOOOEC n at his hands. but refused to pay the bill. little better than the rest of us. member of the company. suit against Mr. Clarke.” (OJOXOJOIOXOIOJOXOJOXC Happened to Clarke.” POEROEEOOOOEEE PEEPEEEEEE® N0 ACTION O THE TREATY Hawaiian Question Put Off for Another Week. | Senate in No Hurry to Take Up the Already Dead Issue. Dakotan Loses a FPostoffice Because He Attacked Mr. Pettigrew. South Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 10.—The Sen- ‘a!e to-day in executive session reject- | Willlams was opposed by friends of | of which he was owner on the Senator, | ator Kyle supported the nomination, saying Mr. Willilams’ partner was re- sponsible for the attack. Senator Gear also made a brief speech in his support. | Speeches on the other side were made | by Senators Pettigrew, Chandler and others. The vote in opposition to con- firmation was almost unanimous. Senator Cannon read the newspaper attack upon Senator Pettigrew, and the latter stated that he would not ask the Senate to reject the nomination if he did not feel that if the attack was made on any other Senator, no matter what his personal relations to him were, he would feel impelled to sustain him. Affidavits weré read to the ef- fect that Williams had refused to re- tract the article because, he said, he wanted the postoffice. After ~this a number of speeches were made, all against confirmation, some of the speakers being Senators Davis, Teller, Allison and Cannon. At this juncture Senator Davis made an effort to have the Hawaiian treaty considered, but Senator Bacon, who had been expected to speak, asked for further time. He said that his thoughts had recently been directed in entirely | different channels, and that he felt that | he was entitled to some days for prep- | aration. No other Senator appearing | prepared to go on, Senator Davis con- | sented that the matter should be post- | poned until next week, which was done. | Other nominations were then taken i up, including some of those of non-resi- | dents who were opposed on the ground that they violated thé home rule prin- ciple. There was a roll call upen the nomi- nation of Charles Dekays of Texas to be agent at the Fort Apache agency in Arizona, which resulted in a vote of 17 for and 23 against.. The result of this vote developed the want of a quorum, and the roll was called to secure the necessary numbey. These appearing, a viva voce veote was taken, which also resulted against Dekays. In the same way J. J. Power of Penn- sylvania was defeated for receiver of public moneys at Perry, O. T. Senator Hanna suggested that the matter should go over until.another day, and a motion was made to con- sider the votes of rejection, which was pending when the Senate adjcurned. There are several other non-resident nominations, and it was intimated after the adjournment that there might be an effort to have them withdrawn. Grand Trunk Cuts Rates. * MONTREAL, March 10.—The Grand Trunk Railway announces another cut in rates, meeting the cut made by the Ca- nadian Pacific yesterday. . Senator Pettigrew, on the ground that | | he made a personal attack in a paper | | ana refused to explain or retract. Sen- | gery, the interesting daughter of Professor Goodly, in Miss Heffron intends to bring suit for part of her salary, which is unpaid, and for personal damages, which she alleges she sustained in Marysville on account of brutal treatment Miss Heffron is a cousin of B. A. Worthington, private secretary of H. E. Huntington, the railroad magnate of San Francisco, and a sis- ter of Thomas H. Heffron, private secretary of the Southern Pacific master mechanic at Sacramento. Her home is in San Francisco. received her dismissal last night at the close of the Portland engage- ment, and the company went to Vancouver to-day without her. left this evening for San Francisco, where she intends to bring suit. Speaking to The Call correspondent, Miss Heffron said that ever since the company closed the first week's engagement at the Colum- Mr. Clarke had acted toward t of Professor Goodly’s wife, has not been spared insult and hu- “Two weeks ago at Marysville,” she sald, “without the least cause or provocation he called me up in the presenec of the company and began such a torrent of abuse, mingled with the foulest oaths, that T fainted, and in the fall struck my head, and have not vet fully re- covered from the Injuries received. 1 was dismissed without the least com=- plaint ever having been offered of my work upon the stage. to have been a case of caprice on the part of Mr. Clarke that would lead one to believe that his well-known nervousness amounts now al- most to insanity. He has been at all times quarrelsome, showing the most vicious anger when any member of the company besides himself received applause, and he has made it as uncomfortable as possible for every one with him, without exception. The story told by Miss Effie Warner, who was discharged, is absolutely true and can be vouched for by every As soon as I reach San Francisco, have an opportunity to consult with my friends, I will begin a Jdamag» Miss Warner is engaged to be married for Hoyt’s “A Stranger in New York” company, which comes t> Seat- tle next week on the same date a3 Mr. Clarke's company. Mr. Dasher is highly incensed at the treatment his fiance has received and when he meets Clarke some one will be able to write a play about “What VANCOUVER, March 10.—Mr. Clarke says the lady was discharged by Mr. Broadhurst, author of the play,shortly after the company was or- ganized, but was taken back out of compassion. breeded discord among the company, saying she was getting $50 a week, when, in fact, she received $20; that he tried to expostulate with her to no avail, and finally, in the presence of the company, he stated what her salary really was, and then she falnted. showed her receipts in full for salary and fare to San Francisco. ed the nomination of Henry 8. Williams | to be postmaster at Aberdeen, S. D.| TO SUE HARRY CORSON CLARKE ‘Has Been Discharged by the Comedian and Says She Was Insulted. PORTLAND, Or., March 10.—Comedian Harry Corson Clarke is in He has discharged Miss Heffron, who played Mar- “What Hap- at the She She every on. Even his mother, who played He sent for a physician for me, It seems ZCJOXCIOIOJOLOJOJOJOXOIOYOXOTOXCIOIOIOYOXOFOXCIOJORIOIO KO His mother has fared and to Bert Dasher, manager He declares that she He holds and ® (O] ® ® @ [O] [0} ® [0JOJOXOJOROOIORCROROROXOJOROJOROROROROXOXOXOXOXO] (CHARTER FOR LOS ANGELES First Step Taken to Re- form the Government of the City. All Parties Are Represented, but No Action by Any Distinet Party. The Citizens Seem to Be Behind the New Movement as a Mass. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, March 10.—The first | steps toward formulating a new city charter were taken this evening by representatives of all the political and many of the clvic bodies. A confer- ence for the purpose of taking the mat- ter in hand was called by the Jeffer- sonian Society. The following bodies were represented by delegations: Democratic, Republican and Popu- | list parties, Silver Republicans, Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Mer- chants’ and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, Council of Labor, Teachers’ Alli- ance, Jeffersonian Society, League for Better City Government, the Prohibi- tionists and the Socialists. Judge C. C. Wright, president of the Jeffersonian Society, called the meeting to order. W. C. Patterson and H. W. Frank were nominated for chairman, Mr. Patterson received 32 votes to Mr. Frank’s 30 and was, declared elected. W. C. Petchner was chosen as secre- tary. The chair was by motion directed to appoint a committee of five to prepare a set of resolutions to present to the City Council on Monday next, asking them to call an election to selectaboard of fifteen freeholders to prepare a new city charter. Messrs. W. J. Hunsacker, J. F. Humphries, H. W. O'Melveny, C. Wright and F. A. Gibson were named as such a committee, which later reported the necessary resolutions and the same committee was desig- nated to present the document to the Council with an argument showing the necessity for a new charter. The conference instructed each dele- gation to refer to its body the matter of selecting a freeholder to be pre- sented to the next meeting, which will be held within the week. There being thirteen organizations represented two freeholders will be chosen from the conference at large. The meeting was one in which there was an absolute absence of partisanship. ALLEGED SLAYER OF STAMBOULOFF FREED. Charges Against Tuffeketchieff Dis-| missed by the Bulgarian Prosecutor. BERLIN, March 10.—A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Sofia says that yes- terday before the ..npeal Court the Bul- garian Public Prosecutor withdrew the charge against Naum Tuffeketchieff, sen- tenced to three years’ imprisonment on December 30, 1896, for the murder of M. Stambouloff, who was stabbed and other- wise wounded in the streets of Sofia on July 15, 1895, and who died from t.e ef- fects of the wounds. The court canceied the sentence, £ Naum Tuffe.etchieff was an employe in the building department of the Munis- try of Public Works in Bulga... and a brother of Dimitri Tuffeketchieff, who died in prison, the enemies of Stambou- Joff asserted, as a result of tortures in- mctle«}! by the direct orders of M. Stam- uloff. S s s ‘Will Be Christened With Water. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 10,—It is settled that the battle-ship Kentucky will be christened with a bottle of water. Governor Bradley has requested James Speed of Louisville to get the water from t!;e olg‘ Mncolndhnmfeséhead in %u;ueCoun- 3 r. Speed’s father an brah: Lincoln were close lifetime friends. o SAYS JUSTICE IS IN LEAGUE WITH CRIME Kansas’ Governor As- sails the Supreme Court. Declares Its Members| Are the Tools of j | Corporations. |Have Gone Into Partnership | ‘With Morgan, the Goulds and Vanderbilt. |A REMARKABLE ADDRESS in the Maximum Freight Bitterly | Decision Rate Case Most PR R R R R R e s e i R R R e Denounced. Special Dispatch to The Call TOPEKA, March 10.—The Populist | administration of the State of Kansas | | gave out a startling public address to- | | day, one bristling with severe criti- | | cism of the recent decision Of the| | United States Supreme Court in the | Nebraskd maximum freight rate case. | | The address is particularly significant | | in that Governor Leedy has already | | taken steps preliminary to the calling | | of the State Legislature in special ses- | | sion with. the especial purpose of en- acting a maximum freight rate law. While the address is given out over| the signature of Governor Leedy, it| | had first been approved by Chief Jus- | | tice Doster of the Supreme Court and other prominent Populists. In giving | the address to the reporters Governor Leedy said: | “How long do you suppose a man can 1 | | write treasan like -this without getting into jail? You may put my signature to it and make it a signed statement, £0 that if anybody goes to jail it will | be me.” | The Governor begins his address | with the statement that for a year the | press dispatches have said that the opinion in the Nebraska case would be | adverse to the State. Then he says: “The opinion has been handed down. | and the press dispatches say that it is | a clean victory for the railroad. On the | contrary, it is an unclean victory in| every aspect of the case, showing that, | no matter how carefully the robes of | Justice are folded about the personnel | of the Supreme Court, the robes can no longer conceal the cloven hoof of offi- cial malfeasance and usurpation. As| this declsion was due a year ago, and as there was no known reason for the delay, and as the decision as rendered confirms the statementy made in the press dispatches from ‘{ime to time, strong color is given to the suspicion that the pre: dispatches emanated from some person in touch with the court and were for the purpose of feel- | ing the pulse of the public and prepar- | ing it for the decision, which goes much further in the direction of usurping | power than any that has yet been made.” The Governor then declares that the constitution of Nebraska gives the Leg- islature power to establish maximum | charges for transportation and declares | that the Supreme Court has tried to abrogate it. He challenges Justice Har- lan’s declaration that a corporation is a person under the fourteenth amend- | ment to the Federal constitution and says: “I deny it, and so will everybody but a corporation lawyer or a- subservient Judicial tool of corporate interests.” Governor Leedy then quotes the four- teenth amendment and says: “How In the name of God can this apply to corporations? Corporations are not born; they are created—made by law. They cannot be naturalized; they can take no oath of allegiance. Only human beings born elsewhere can do that.” After more in the same strain the Governor, still referring to the four- teenth amendment, says: “Who are the persons who shall not, according t- the provisions, be de- prived of lire, liberty or property, nor be denied equal legal protection? Everybody outside the asylum and off the Federal judicial bench knows them to be—and to only be—natural persons. They are those who, besides the capa- city to hold property and enjoy legal protection, also have life and can enjoy liberty, and that means human be- ings.” Continuing, the Governor quotes “Hare on American Constitutional Law” and a decision by Justice Woods of the United States Circuit Court, aft- erward a Supreme Court Justice, to prove that the fourteenth amendment does not refer to corporations, and de- clares that the Woods decision had been followed in Rhode Island and other States from 1870 to 1882, “when Justice Field and another ‘Federal Jus- tice of the Peace’ named Sawyer decid- ed the other way, and since then, whenever a corporation starts out to commit highway robbery, pick a man's pocket, or loot a public treasury, it dis- guises itself as a ‘person’ and goes out on its mission of plunder. Nobody but a slave or a knave will yield assent to the hideous distortion of meaning which Judge Harlan gives to the word ‘person,” as used in the fourteenth amendment, and upon which he bot- toms his infamous decision, and which shows to what depths of iniquity the Supreme Court of the United States has descended.” “I desire,” the Governor said, “to quote some of the decisions of the Su- preme Court of the United States be- fore it went into partnership with Mor- gan, Vanderbilt, Gould & Co., in op- position to the opinion it holds in the Nebraska case.” Long decisions by Justice John Mar- shall in 1830 are quoted. ¢ In conclusion Governor Leedy states that his maximum rate bill will be presented to the Kansas Legislature in such shape that to decide against it the court must reverse its decision in the Nebraska case, and he states that “if the court still pursues the corrupt and rotten practice that it has hereto- fore by changing its deeisions to suit the shifting interests of the railroad corporations” the remedy will be with the people in their dealings with the courts or in building railroads of their own. Fred Schwabacher Dead. SEATTLE, March 10.—Fred Schwa- bacher, who came from San Francisco about four years ago, died this evening after a short illness. He was a son of A. Schwabacher, president of Schwabacher Bros. of San Pen.ncuco. t Headache Quickly Cured. 8 Dr. Davis’' Anti-Headache never fails.25¢.* PETER SHERIDAN | SEEKS ALIMONY FROM HIS WIFE /An Aged Resident of Stockton Who Fuailed to Beware of ‘the Widows. STOCKTON, March 10.—Peter Sheridan began an action to-day in the Superior Court against Ellen Sheridan, his wife, for separate main- tenance and a monthly allowance of $50. and asserts that he is weak and unable to support himself. married to the defendant in the expiring month of 1890. On the 6th inst., as he alleges, his spouse made a cruel and inhuman assault upon him while he was seated in a chair. force and violence, and struck and beat his face and head, producing bruises from which he suffered great anguish. She also drove him out upon the street, and applied threats and epithets to him. Plaintiff is now living apart from his wife, and contends that this separate existence is not desertion, but the natural result of the cruel treatment aforesaid. Defendant is alleged to have separate property valued at $9000, while the plaintiff has no separate property, and noth- ing except equity rights in a quarter section of land. community property whatsoever. her. and that case is yet in court. be able to sell it. RNRRRRN BANDIT CLOUGH IS A PRISONER Found on a Cot in the Fresno County Hospital. Suffering From a Wound Ac- cidentally Inflicted by Cliff Regan. . Taken to Merced to Answer to Grand Larceny and Robbery Charges. Special Dispatch to The Call FRESNO, March 10.—J. B. Clough, a partner of Cliff Ragan, the notorious outlaw, was arrested at the County Hospital by Deputy Sheriff L. P. Tim- mins this afternoon at about 1 o’clock. Clough is wanted in Merced County for grand larceny and robbery. In com- pany with Cliff Ragan he:committed several crimes In that county. Deputy Sheriff Dickinson of Snelling came to Fresno to identify Clough and returned to Merced with the prisoner this after- noon. Last fall Clough and Ragan stole a horse and Winchester rifie from a man at Snelling. They also attempted to rob three Chinamen. .Clough was ad- mitted to the Fresno County Hospital in December. He had a severe wound in the thigh, and claimed that his pistol had been accidentally discharged. Deputy Sheriff Dickinson says that Clough was wounded by the accidental discharge of Cliff Ragan’s pistol while the two were attempting to rob the three Chinamen last December. The Chinamen resisted the outlaws, and PRagan’s weapon was discharged dur- ing the scuffle. The wounded man was followed for several days by the offi- cers, but evaded them and came down into Fresno County. Ragan and Clough .are accused of having held up a stage in Placer Coun- ty last fall and murdered the driver. A reward of several hundred dollars is offered for Ragan's arrest, as he was the principal in the affair. Cliff Ragan is well known in this county, as he was sent to prison from here several years ago for grand lar- ceny. He was in prison for a short term, and upon obtaining his liberty returned to this valley. Since then Ra- gan has lived the life of an outlaw. Since summer Le was seen several times in the foothills of Madera, Mari- posa, Tuolumne and Placer counties. FIGHTING OVER { DRAWBRIDGE Vigorous Protest Entered at a Meeting of the Sonoma Supervisors. Stony Point Capitalist Complains of the Encroachments of the Tubbs Heirs. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, March 10.—Harrison Meacham, the Stony Point capitalist, ap- peared before the Board of Supervisors here to-day and filed a vehement protest against the heirs of the late J. C. Tubbs being allowed to erect a drawbridge over Miashipman’s Slough across from Tubbs Island, below Petaluma. 5 The case involved is a peculiar one. The law provides that permission must be given by the Supervisors, in conform- ity with the S.ate law, before a bridge or otaer obstruction can be erected on a navl%ble stream, but the heirs of the late Millionaire Tubbs of Francisco did not walt for the permission before going ahea. with the work, but erected the bridge first and asked for permission afterward. Owing to the prominence of the parties involved the case has created consider- able interest througnout the rounty. Jus- tice Henshaw of the Supreme Court attorney for the Tubbs estate, one of the richest in the county. Harrison Meacham, who objects to the bridge being erected, is one of the wealthiest men in tue county, and he claims that the bridge occupies a site he intended using for a landing. He claims that the land on his side from which the bfldi’e r’pmjeetu ‘w8 about to be sold to a rich brick manufacturing company or San Francisco, and that without the landing place the ground will be useless for their purpose. Legally the bridge does not exist, but it is there nevertheless, and promises to make somebody no end of trouble before the affair is ended. Sheridan alleges that he has been injured by Mrs. Ellen Sheridan; that he is too feeble to provide for his own support, and has nothing on which to maintain himself; that Ellen Sheridan has property with which to support him, and he therefore asks the court to intervene and make him an allowance of $50 2 month out of her property. Mrs. Sheridan was a widow (Ellen Ryne) when Sheridan married Shortly after they were wed, it is claimed, the wife got the hus- band to deed over to her all his property, consisting of a big ranch near the “Brick Church,” between Lockeford and Lodi. agreement was that she should pay a relative, McClellan, and his wife and three children $500 each. After that she repudiated theagreement, and a year ago the old man cornmenced suit to have the deed set aside, Ellen Sheridan also commenced action to clear the property of any claim of the McClellans, so that she might RN NRNNRNRRNANRNURNURREBRRRES Plaintiff is 75 years of age, He was She grabbed him by the hair with There is no The provision of the P PR PR R R R R R LR R R LR PR Y BOUNDARY OF ALASKA' FIXED England and the United States Settle Their Dispute. British Government Coucedes the Claim Made by America. Line of Demarcation Fixed at Three Marine Leagues From the Coast. | Eisoayes | | Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 11.—A dispatch to the Press from Ottawa says: Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambas- sador, has informed the Canadian | Ministry officially that he has arranged a convention with the United States whereby the Alaska boundary dispute has been settled. Under the terms of the convention | the British Government has conceded | the claim of the United States that the | three marine leagues should be meas- ured from the shore of the mainland and should proceed along the shores of the inlets, which are thus recognized as arms of the oceans and not as rivers. The contention of the British and of | the Canadian governments was that the three-league limit should begin on the ocean side of the sland, and that | the delimiting line should be run across the inlets and not follow the shores. These inlets are numerous and ex- tend into the mainland a great dis- tance, and the decision, therefore, is of much importance to the United States. The United States has agreed to the | British retaining the boundary on the limit of the Chilcoot Pass and the White Pass, because in the Russian- British agreement of 1825 the line of demarcation was fixed as one running | along the tops of the mountains. The decision, while not entirely un- expected by the Cabinet, is regarded with disfavor. It is understood that the British Government was irritated at the forwardness of the Canadian Ministry, but it was not thought that the surrender would be so sweeping as it is. e WHITELAW A TOTAL WRECK. SEATTLE, March 10.—The steamer Victorian arrived this afternoon from Skaguay. Her officers report that the steamship Whitelaw is a total wreck, a second blaze burning her to the wa- ter's edge. Captain Patterson thus speaks of the catastrophe: “The old San Francisco wrecking steamer Whitelaw lies on the beach near Skaguay, burned to the water's edge. Decks, upper works and every- thing went up in flames. The wreck appeared to be complete, and I don't believe anything can be done with the | small portion .unburned below water. The fire broke out in the forward hold Friday morning last, and after getting his passengers ashore Captain Dollard beached his boat. The big pumps with which she is provided began to pour streams of ‘water into the hold, and at the time the Humboldt left it looked as if the fire was under control, and that nothing but the cargo would be lost. “The wind which was blowing in- creased into a gale, and the flames: re- fused to down. They gained rapidly, and soon reached the engines and stopped the pumps. Her officers and crew were finally compelled to leave her, and all got off safely. Consider- able of the personal effects of the gixty passengers and the crew were saved. The rest of the cargo went up with the ship. We passed quite near her charred hulk on the way out of the harbor, and very little appeared to be left of it.” g FROM MUNOOK CREEK. SEATTLE, March 10.—The first news, somewhat meager but authentic, has been received from Munook Creek,an American tributary of the Yukon.' It comes in a letter dated November 28, written by Gen- eral E. M. Carr to his brother in Daw- son, and by the latter forwarded to Mrs. Carr in Seattle. The letter was brought from Munook to Cirecle City by “Windy Jim' Dobson. At the time of writing his letter General Carr states that Munook, TRAGEDY AT A SHEEP CAMP NEAR CHICO Wm. McGinley Shot Dead by Wm. Davidson. Both Men Had Been Drinking Freely the Night Before. The Murderer When Arrested by His Two Employers Pleads Self-Defense. HAS A BAD REPUTATION. Found in the Vietim's Hand Believed to Have Been Placed There. Knife Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICO, Cal.,, March 10.—Shortly bes fore 7 o'clock this morning a messen- ger came hurriedly into town with news that a tragedy had occurred on' the Bidwell ranch, two miles from this city. Marshal Mansfield, Constables Woods and Chubbuck and Deputy Peck, to- gether with several others, hurried to the scene. Before they had reached the ranch, however, they met Hale and Waltz, proprietors of the sheep ranch and employers of the two principals, Bringing with them Willlam Davidson, alias Williamson, who had shot and in- stantly killed Willlam McGinley, his working companion. Davidson and McGinley had spent the night in Chico drinking, and had only returned in time for breakfast, after which both men went to their cabin, a short distance from the main house. They had barely entered the cabin-be- fore three shots were heard. Waltz, Hale and their foreman hurried to the cabin, at the door of which they saw Davidson standing over the body of Mc- Ginley, ¥eloading a pistol. Davidson ordered the men away, saying he would ‘shoot the first one who ap- proached. Hale went to the house for a rifle, but before he returned David- son came out from the cabin and sur- rendered. On entering the cabin McGinley was found with two bullet holes through him, one through his head, the other through his stomach. In his hand was clasped a large-sized pocket knife. Davidson claims that his victim as- saulted him, and he shot in self-defense. It is believed, however, that the knife was ‘placed in the dead man’'s hand after he was shot by Davidson. McGinléy was well known in this sec- tion as & peaceable man, whileyDavidr son has been regarded as a tough char- acter. It was only a few weeks ago that Davidson engaged in a saloon Tow and bit a piece out of his adversary’s lip. He has always carried a gun, and when drunk is ready to use it. Feeling here is very much against him. SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL PAY THE TAX. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 10.—The Southern Pacific repeal bill will not be passed this session. The committee on rules this afternoon decided it would re- port no more house bills as it could not now get them through the Senate. Mr. Stout, author of the bill, was consulted to-day before this decision was made. He conferred with the attorneys for the Southern Pacific Company, and they agreed to pay the franchise tax assess- ment against the road on Saturday. If this is done it may end the controversy between the Southern Pacific Company and the State authorities. NO BLA'NKS ON HAND. SACRAMENTO. March 10.—Controller Colgan has replied to Fish Commissioner Vogelsang's demand for fishing license blanks that he has no blanks on hand; that the State Printing Office is closed; that he does not conauct a printing office and will not write out the blanks; that the Fish Commission can use none of «s funds for printing blanks, and that unless a legal method can be devised, fishermen may foliow their avocations without licenses. The State receives $4500 annually from fish licenses. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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