The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, BOSS REA'S FIRST PLAY FOR TIME Files a Demurrer to the Complaint of Jarman. Unique Argument by the Counsel for the Politician. Declares That He Accused the Councilman of No Wrong. QUEER VIEW ADVANCED. Holds That in Saying an Official Ac- cepted a Bribe He Did Not Slander. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, March 25.—“Jim” Rea has made his first play for time in the | suit brought against him by J. P. Jar- | man for $50,000 damages on a charge of | slander. On the day the suit was com- menced Rea, in an interview he caused | to be published in the Mercury, his | acknowledged organ, declared he would | make no fight for time, but would | gladly meet the issue at the earlicst | day. On that same day he denied that | he had used the alleged slanderous | language, yet in the demurrer filed by | his attorneys to-day, after the fuil | 1imit of ten days for such filing had ex- | pired, no disavowal of the objectionable | words is made. After the usual pre- liminary phraseology the demurrer states: % That said first pretended ca 1se of action is uncertain in this, to wit: That it cannot be ascertained therefrom what steam-roller referred to or that the gald Common Councit of which plaintiff was \ member ev purchased lér, or that any sum of m pended for ,a Steam-roller by 1, or that the plaintiff aid 00, or that there was T exr Common Coun That there is no averment snowing or tending to show that plaintiff at the time of the utterance of the words charged was a_Councilman, or that they affected plaintiff in his officé or p y or at all; that it cannot be from to whom the word and, further, the shows that the same the plaintiff personally averment that the la privileged anu not u occasion. That said second pretended cause of ac- tion is uncertain in this, to wit: That it cannot be ascertained therefrom what m-roller is referred to, or that the | Common Council of which plantift a member ever purchased a steam- roller, or that any sum of money was paid for a sieam-roller by said Common Council, or that plaintiff did wrong in receiving $900, or that there was anything wrong in taking or receiving $900, or that plaintiif was da business or reputation or offic ed on a privileged That there is no averment showing or tending to show that plaintiff at the time | of the utter: of the words charged | was a_Counc plaintiff in hi all; that there . or that they aff r personally, or averment that the language used was privileged and used d occasio defendant prays that plain- | tiff_lost nothing by reason of his said | action and that he be hence dismissed, | with his costs of suit. | The most remarkable feature of this | document, ited out by one of | plaintiff’s attorneys, is the reiteratad | averment that there is nothing in the | “pretended cause of action” to show | “that the plaintiff did wrong in receiv- | ing $900, or that there was anythiug | wrong in taking or receiving $300." Inef the cause of action it was alleged that | Rea had charged Jarman with receiv ing a sum of money, while a Council- man, to bring about the purchase of a steam roller by the city. Such action on Jarman's part, if it took place, is | declared by Rea through his attor- neys, not to be wrong. Rea’s attorneys are H. V. Morehouse, F. J. Hambly and D. W. Burchard. Re had also engaged the services of F. Spencer, but this gentleman is pros- trated by a severe iliness and is unable to attend to any business whatever. D. M. Delmas of San Francisco has bzen retained by the plaintiff in addition to A. H. Jarman and E. A. Wilcox of this city. From every appearance this case, when brought to trial, will prove one | of the most bitterly contested and sen- sational ever tried in the State. The demurrer will be argued Monday after- noon before Judge Kittredge. RUNAWAY ACCIDENT AT PACIFIC GROVE. A Grandniece of General Vallejo Thrown From a Carriage and Injured. MONTEREY, March 25.—Miss Rose Ab- rego, a prominent society voung lady of Monterey, was seriously injured yester- day in a carriage accident and is now en- during great suffering as a consequence. Miss Abrego and Mrs. F. C. Botch were driving a pair of pinies on Lighthouse avenue in Pacific Grove when a horse at- tached to a hay cart became frightened and dashed into their team before they could turn out of the way. Some bystand- ers rushed to the rescue and the ladles got out of the phaeton as quickly as pos- sible. Miss Abrego was, however, in her alarmed state of mind a little too hasty and In jumping from the phaeton alight- ed in such a way as to cause a double fracture of her ankle joint, besides badly spraining her foot. Her physiclans hope ;};ler‘ejwlll be mo serious results, but say njury of the kind is alway: y one to dea! with. e Miss Abrego belongs to twe of the prominent old families of this historie town. She is the granddaughter of the late Don Jose Abrego, and through her mother, who was a Leese, is grandnlece to that celebrated Californian, General Vallejo. % MONTEREY’S NAVAL RESERVE. Forty-Seven Yo;th; Have Alreauy Joined the Battalion. MONTEREY, March 25.—The Monterey Naval Reserve Battalion, now being formed, has already enlisted forty-seven men and as many more will probably join. It will act as an indevendent di- vision of the State Naval Reserve until next January, when it will be mustered into the Naval Battalion of the National Guard. Lieutenant Lasher, U. 8. volunteered to drill the boys in n tiés, and Captain M. P. Seeley, U. S. A., retired, will attend to their military training. A number of the leading citi- Zens are taking steps to secure a training ship for the station in Monterey harbor. It is proposed e allow_the Santa, Cruz division of the Naval Reserve to have part use of the training ship. < | sisted at 1:18 o’clock. | at the request of Leonard, read a short | Governor and an E Trampled the brush toward them. PEOEPPOOOO been without-meat for a fortnigh ing. The blow was misdirected S ® from his grasp, Labonte’s Perieux rushed to Labonte’s a the bull almost to the hilt. to death. revolver in hand. tims, and the frightened boy, and barred the door. out of the two men h razor-edged hoofs. fo¥ooJoJoXoloRoloJofololo EONARD DIES BY THE ROPE Murderer of Old Jacob Malquist Hanged at Colfax. = 0000000000000 00® Beat Out the Brains of a Man Eighty-Five Years of Age. Witness the Awful One Thousand People Avenging of His Crime. Special Dispatch to The Call. COLFAX, March 25.—The execution of John Leonard for the murder of Ja- cob Malquist at Texas Ferry occurred this afternoon in the presence of fully 1000 people. Leonard was brought from the jail and ascended the scaffold unas- Father Kearns, final statement, protesting his inno- cence of willful murder. At 1:21 Leon- ard stepped on the trap, shook hands with the officers and a few others. At 1:24 a veice called out “Good-by, Jack,” and Leonard responded in clear tones, “Good-by, Charley.” As the last word | left his lips the trap was sprung and | Leonard dropped six feet. The body re- bounded slightly, but not a movement of the muscles was noticeable. After the body hung sixteen minutes Leonard was pronounced dead by the attending physicians. The body was at once taken in charge by Father Kearns and | conveyed to the cemetery, where fun- eral exercises were held. The crime for which John Leonard suffered the death penalty was com- mitted at Texas Ferry on Snake River, | on July 18, 1896, in the saloon of his vic- tim, Jacob Malquist, a Swede, 85 years of age. It was shown at the trial that Leonard beatout Malquist's brains from behind, though he claimed that Mal- quist first drew a revolver on him and he was compelled in self-defense to strike his assailant with a club. There Were no witnesses to the tragedy and Leonard made his éscape, but as soon as the murder was discovered a posse was organized and he was captured a short distance from Texas Ferry. He admitted the killing, but said it was done in self-defense. Leonard was tried, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on October 9, 1896. An appeal was taken to the Su- | preme Court, but the judgment of the lower court was affirmed and Leonard again sentenced tc death on July 2. He was granted a stay of execution by the The court preme Court was taken. again refused a new trial, and the de- | fendant was resentenced to hang on| March 25, 1898. Leonard was 37 years old, a barber by trade and served two terms in the penitentiary at Walla Walla, having been released from the penitentiary on the day he killed Malquist. Mal- quist for thirty years was employed on steamboats in various capacities.and was known .to all steamboat men on the upper Columbia and Snake rivers. CHANGES IN MONTEREY BAY'S CONFORMATION. Portion of the Harbor Made Deeper by the Action of the Ocean Wash. MONTEREY, March 25.—A recent dis- covery regarding the bay of Monterey is rather startling and is causing much con- jecture among those who have been in- formed of it. J. W. H. James, the Lon- don civil engineer and raliroad expert, who is here examining Monterey harbor in the Interest of London capitalists, has found that the ocean wash is throwing the sand to the northeast side of the bay, and has so widened and deepened the har- bor that the latest United States Govern- ment maps are entirely incorrect. This discovery is corroborated by Monterev's veteran fisherman, Antonio Pisanni. Pi- sanni alleges that the water at the end of the old Government mole has deepened from four to six fathoms in the last twen- ty years and that the beach beyond Del Monte has widened correspondingly. The comparatively recent formation of the sandhills at Seaside, the little town across the bay from here, is also said to have been caused by the ocean wash. s ot But One Favorite Wins. NEW ORLEANS, March 25.—Aunt Bird was the only winning favorite to-day. ;rhe weather was cloudy and the track ast. One mile selling, The Monon won, Tachus, sec- ond, Tessfe L third. Time, 1:42% Six furlongs, Minnie Weldon won! Ferryman II_second. .Nover third. Time, 1:14. One mile, selling, Dorothy IIL won, Mount . Glenmoyne third. "Time, Wasnington seeon ‘One and-an elghth miles, What N&xt won, Judge Steadman second, Robert Bonner third! Time, 1:55. Six furlongs, Aunt Bird won, Blitheful sec- ond, Correlll third. Time, 1:14%. Seven furlongs, Henrica won, Hats Off sec- ond, Hurns third. Time, 1:28. puiisto e Ross to Lecture at Woodland. WOODLAND, March 25.—Professor E. A. Ross of Stanford University will lec- ture here Saturday evening, March 26, on :}{fo:"‘-b’eu of “Mob Mind and Dezener- BOSTON, March 25.—A story reached her Plantation, Aromee County, Maine, near the Ca killing of two Frenchmen, Labonte and Perieux, moose, which they attacked with camp knives. a boy heard the bellowing of a moose, He halted wit Labonté and Perieux ran into the cabin, armed themselves with long carving knives and started for the Labonte reached him first and thrust the knife ac his throat. and Labonte plunged headlong snowdrift, having inflicted but a flesh wou and with a lightning strol skull was laid bare an id and drove his knife into the body of With on Perieux and threw him into the soft dirt, where he trampled nim The cries of the two men hurried the boy to the scene, The moose paused for an instant in pawing his vie- after firing one shot, ran into the cabin ‘When the w e wandered off into the woods and the boy went to the scene of the slaughter of his companions. stripped bare of flesh, and both skulls fractured by the pounding of e ololelelolololoYoreko) appeal to the Su-| | party numbered TWO CANADIANS ARE SLAIN BY AN NRAGED MOOSE Frenchmen in Search of Fresh Meat At- tack a Bull With Knives and Are to Death. e to-day from Sheridan nada border, of the by an infuriated bull Labonte, Perieux and which came tearing through hin a rod of the camp door. moose in high glee, as they had t, the animal awaiting their com- into the nd. Labonte's knife slipped ke of the bull's front hoofs d the moose trampled upon him. a sudden spring the moose leaped ounded moose had trampled the life Their faces were [cJoJooJoJolololoJoJoloIIOIOIOIOIOIOIOIOJOIOIOIOIOIO] THIRD PARTY FORCES SPLIT |Oregon Populists Divided Into Two Warring' Factions. Nearly a Score of Dele- gates Leave the Conven- tion Hall. Not in Accord With the Joint Plat- form Adopted by the Free Siiverites. Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, March 25.—The joint conference committee from the Popu- list, Democratic and Free Siiver Re- publican State conventions to-day unanimously agreed upon a platform which was reported to the respective conventions and adopted. When the vote adopting the platform was an- nounced in the Populist convention, 18 middle-of-the-road delegates left the hall. The platform demands the free and unrestricted coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the consent of for- eign nations, and is unalterably = op- posed to the financial policy of the present Republican administration and especially the avowed attempt to fas- ten the country irrevocably and for- ever to the single gold standard. It declares for a national money, safe and sound, issued by the general Govern- ment only, without the intervention of banks of issue, to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private; also a_just, equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to the people through the lawful disbursements of the Government. It demands that the volume of circu- lating medium be speedily increased to an amount sufficient to meet the de- mands of the business and population 2f this country and to restore the just level of prices of labor and produc- tion. The platform favors such legislation as will prevent for the future the de- monetization of any kind of legal ten- der money by private contract; it de- mands that the Government in pay- ment of its obligations shall use its | option as to the kind of lawful money | in which they are to be paid, and de- | nounces the present and preceding ad- | ministrations for surrendering this op- | tion to the holders of Government ob- | ligations. It further demands that | there shall be no further issue of | United States interest-bearing bond | that postal savings banks be estal | lished by the Government; that United States Senators be elected by direct vote of the people. The platform finally demands the in- itiative and referendum system of law: | | demns as dangerous and unjust the surrender in all departments of the Government to the influence: of trusts, corporations and aggregations of wealth generally and the packing of the courts of the land with corporation lawyers. On the taxation of corporation prop- erty, which caused the split in the Populist convention, the platform says: “Inasmuch as railroad and other cor- poration property is not bearing its proportion of taxation, we demand that such property shall bear its just and equal share of expense of govern- ment.” % SWINDLER JACKSON IN RIVERSIDE JAIL. Proclaims His Innocence and Says Alleged Victims Will Regret His Arrest. RIVERSIDE, March 25.—Sheriff John- son returned to-day from Denver, having in charge D. T. Jackson, who, with M. W. Clay, is accused of having swindled I. Witherspoon and other mine owners of this county out of a large sum of money by falsely representing that he was a capitalist. who wanted to buy mines. Jackson was arrested at Denver on a telegram from the Sheriff. He offered no objection to returning. He is cool and uncommunicative and says he is not guil- ty, and that those who sent for him will wish they had not_done so before the matter is settled. When arraigned in court to-day, he asked one day's time in which to plead and his examination will take place to-morrow, Clay, who was Jackson’s partner, has not been apprehended yet. When last heard of he was in Kansas City, but the officers there have not been able to lo- cate him. Cln[ is wanted very badly by the victims of the palr, for he is ring- leader. He is believed by officers here to have gone to Mexico. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, March 25—J. Powers of San Francisco is at the Stuart. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott McAllister, Mr. and Mrs. Eu- ene ‘Michels, Mr. and Mrs. A. Marquis rs. M. Rosenthal, Mrs. L. Mesmer an Miss Elize Messmer, of San Farncisco, and Mrs. Anna Ingraham of Los Angeles have sailed on the steamship Normania for Hamburg. Irederick Dakin and Mr. Lo ran of San Francisco have gone to Paris. To-night Clarence H. Mackay gave a the- ater party at Daly’s Theater in honor of his Encee, Ml {(.uheruu Duer. Ve The making in its optional form, and con- | SUSPICION OF MURDER AT DAWSON Death of Mrs. Jessen Was Not Due to Accident. Belief That She Was Mur- dered, Perhaps by Her Husband. Course of the Bullet Gives the Lie to the Theory He Advancss. CRAZY MOTHER'S CRIME. With a Hatchet a Douglas Islana ‘Woman Fatally Injures Her Babes. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, March 25.—Dawson advices received here via Juneau state that the killing of Mrs. Jessen at Dawson last month is an affair that is viewed with great suspicion by residents there. Ac- cording to the story told by her hus- band, the occurrence was accidental and was caused by a revolver falling from a shelf and being discharged by striking a table, the bullet passing through the head of Mrs. Jessen, who was standing close by. It is said, how- ever, that the course of the ball indi- cates that the shot was fired from a point level with her head, passing from the back to the front and striking a mirror before which she was standing, the points of entrance and exit of the skull and of striking the glass being so nearly on a horizontal plane as to pre- clude the possibility of the shot having been fired from so low a point as a ta- ble top. The matter was being inves- tigated when Mail Carrier Atwa- ter’s party left, and the general be- lief existed that Mrs. Jessen was mur- | dered. On Sunday morning the residents of Douglas Island, near Juneau, were hor- rified to learn that in a fit of insanity Mrs. A. Aldrich, residing with her fam- ily near Mexican Mine, had attempted to take the lives of her four children by striking them upon the heads with a hatchet, inflicting wounds which are expected to prove fatal in the cases of two or three of them. Mrs. Aldrich has for six years past exhibited symptoms of mental aberra- tion, but as there were no apparent tendencies toward violence it was not thought necessary to place her under restraint. The afliction grew, however, and culminated in the attempt made upon the lives of her little ones during nce.of her husband, who works | | the nbg W | in a blacksmith-shop at Mexican Mine. | "He was required to work on Sunday, scarcely gone when Mrs. Aldrich went | to the woodshed, obtained a hatchet, and on returning struck each child sev- eral times on the head. Their little hands, put up to defend themselves, were badly cut, and two of the babes were rendered unconscious. While striking them Mrs. Aldrich ut- tered terrific screams. These, with the cries of the children, attracted the at- | tention of the neighbors some distance away, who rushed in and disarmed the crazed mother. Mrs. Aldrich was taken to Juneau and is now at St. Ann’s Hos- pital. The children—the eldest six years old and the youngest but seven weeks—are said to be in a very pre- | carious condition. | This case emphasizes Alaska's need of an asylum for the proper treatment of insanity cases. agitated at Juneau, and efforts will be made to have the national Government provide for this need when new Fed- ral buildings are erected there. There have been a number of violent cases of insanity at Juneau during the last year, several of which have brought to the Steilacoom Asylum near Tacoma. Incidental to this year's rush, all Alaska towns are considered certain of having numerous insanity cases to deal with. The bark Richard ITI, which has been discharging at Skaguay for three | weeks, started on Sunday for the re- turn trip to the Sound. While her crew was pulling the anchor aboard Sailor Joe McDonald, said to be from San Francisco, fell over her bow. His head struck the fluke of the anchor as he went down and he was killed. The vessel did not stop to recover his body. st e ddethy FLORAL BEAUTY IN THE PARADE All San Rafael Ready to Labor for the Success of the Carnival. Pageant of the Opening Day Will Contain Many Novel Features. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAKAEL, March 25.—The mam- moth parade that is to mark the opening day of the great flower festival to be heid in San Rafael will consist of features planned upon a broad and magnificent scale. Besides the carriages decorated with myriads of roses, the floats are to be a feature representing all that is beau- tiful in nature. The bicycle clubs are arranging to take part, and the wheels in the parade will be profusely decorated with roses and flowers of onmqle‘. green and white, the carnival colors. The fire- men, Native Sons, Foresters and other organizations have expressed themselves as heartily in favor of the two days’ fete, and they will parade and supply suitable floats. The committee having the programme in charge is hard at work and will an- nounce its plans at a meeting to be held next Tuesday night. The finance com- mittee will commence work as soon as it is determined how great an amount of money is necessary to carry its plans to successful fruition. e R Failure of Hotel-Keepers. SAN JOSE, March 2.—Hirsch & Schlen- ker, proprietors of the Pacific and New York Exchange hotels, to-day filed a pe- tition in insolvency. Thelr liabilities ag- gregate $15,000, and consist principally of borrowed money and notes secured by the furniture of the hostelries. The assets are $7500 worth of furniture and fixtures, and $7172 worth of book accounts. De- on in business, high rents and bad are given as the causes of the fall- | but left home later than usual. He had | The matter is being | | mated bv them that forty million dol- been | | her passengers four men direct from SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1898. Capitalist Ne will and consent to great damage, to 000. the agreement. and-also a life insurance policy. EREEEAEREAEREREEEEERR R R R ills very soon became abusive. M. a pistol upon him several times. Nevills insisted upon him signing a fused to do. examine a gash in his head. * TONS OF GOLD FROM DAWSON Returned Klondikers Es- timate the Output at $40,000,000. Tell of an Increasing Stam- pede to the American Side of the Line. Single Nugget Valued at $9000 Re- cently Found on El Dorado Creek. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER. Mar. 25.—The steam- ship Pakshan, which arrived from Skaguay, Alaska, to-day, hal among Dawson City. They were J. F. Den- ham of San Francisco, B. Lung of Ta- coma, D. Lasalle of Leadville and C. A. Goodwin of Los Angeles. | They report a stampede for the| American side below American Creek. This section, they ¢! 'm, will beat the | Klondike. Pay dirt is more easily di- vided and is shallower. A nine thou- sand dollar nugget has been found on | El Dorado Creek, they say. It is esti- lars in gold w1l be brought out this | season. In speaking of the finding of the nine thousand dollar nugget. Good- win said: “That sounds like a tall story, I know, but it is a fact. The nugget has considerable quartz mixed with it and is as big as a small pail.” The owner’s name, Mr. Goodwin said, was being kept dark, as he hoped to get it out intact without paying royalty on it. Other rich strikes have been kept secret for a similar reason. The party left Dawson on February 15. In recounting the events of the journey Goodwin said that for the first 600 miles the cold was intense and trav- eling extremely difficult. At the con- fluence of the Stewart and Yukon riv- ers they met the northwest mounted police detachment with 700 pounds ol mail. Goodwin says that at a very conser- vative estimate at least twenty tons of gold will be brought out in June, when navigation opens, The country around Dawson was black with smoke from fires burning to thaw the frozen ground. Claims were frequently chang- Ing hands. Quite recently the Healy company had paid “Nigger Jim” $225,- 000 for three claims on Bonanza Creek. Claims on Bear and Dominion creeks, on the Indian and Klondike rivers, re- spectively, had been sold as high as $20,000. On Hunker Creek $20,500 had been paid for a half-interest by a man named Elliott, and $40,000 for a whole claim. “‘Skiff” Mitchell, owner of No. 1 Eldorado, was buying several claims on Hunker at a high figure when they left. In Dawson $60 a cord was the price paid for wood. Before the party left many reports ‘were coming in of the richness of Clar- ence Berry's claims on the hillside of El Dorado. Reports were also being received every day of rich finds on | American Creek, on the American side. Rosebud Creek was drawing much at- tention. None of the party brought out much actual dust, as drafts could be ob- tained at Dawson for goid at.$15 50 an ounce, and very few would pack dust under these circumstances. ‘Winters’ Incendiary Fires. : ‘WOODLAND, March 25.—District Attor- ney Hopkins has gone to"Winters to make an investigation concerning recent fires that occurred in that town. They have been so numerous and have occurred un- der such conditions as to arouse the sus- icion that an organized gang of firebugs s operating in that vicinity. Within two or three weeks the Judy Brothers have lost a barn and a lot of hav, Mr. Harri- man has lost a barn and a lot of hay and a very mysterious fire has occurred in Lovengood's saloon. The investigation has been undertaken at the request of many citizens. R Joe Blackburn Paralyzed. WASIIINGTON, March 25.—Ex-Senator J. S. Blackburn of Kentucky suffered a stroke of paralysis of the heart here this morning. At § o'clock Blackburn had re- gained consciousness and his friends thought there was no doubt of his com- PRISONER FOR HOURS IN THE PALACE HOTEL of Having Held a Man Captive in His Rooms. FRESNO, March 25.—John E Azhdarian has brought suit against Capitalist W. A. Nevills for $25,000 damages for keeping him a prisoner for two hours n the Palace Hotel in San Francisco last Monday. The complaint is short and interesting. the 21st day of March, 1898, at the Palace Hotel, in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, the defendant plaintiff and deprived him of his liberty for the space of two hours, un- lawfully and by means of force and threats, violence and the use of deadly weapons and without any probable cause, against said plaintiff’s M. H. Azhdarian, Nevills' late foreman in this city and a brother of the plaintiff, had a contract, whereby Nevills was toadvance him $10,000 to build an opera-house at Jamestown. M. H. Azhdarian went to San Francisco to see Nevills and was accompanied by his brother, the plaintiff in this suit. Azhdarian was to deliver to Nevills deeds to certain lots in Jamestown Azhdarian went ahead and let the contract and work on the building went on Nevills notified Azhdarian that he would not advance the money. Nevills’ ex-foreman then consulted Attorney George E. Church, and was advised to make Nevills a tender of the deeds and the insurance policy, and it was for that purpose that Azhdarian went to San Fran- cisce, asking his brother to accompany him, probably as a witness. At 11 o’clock on Monday Nevills sent for M. H. Azhdarian, and John E. Azhdarian also went up to the room in the Palace Hotel. Accord- ing to the Azhdarians, Detective John Curtin was in the room and Nev- struck him on the head with a poker, inflicting a gash, and also drew Curtin, he claims, was egging the capitalist on, but when the latter would draw his pistol the detective would step between him and Azhdarian. He says he does not know the purport of the documents. After two hours the Azhdarians were allowed to go their way. John E. Azhdarian, so far as appears from the story, was merely de- tained, but he wants $25,000 an hour for it. he was ill at the time and when he returned he had two physicians It is reported M. H. Azhdarian also will sue Nevills. BRI/ INRUS vills Accused Azhdarian- alleges that on imprisoned the wit: To damage in the sum of $25,- The capitalist failed to keep M. H. for two weeks, when H. Azhdarian claims that Nevills Azhdarian declares that which the ex-foreman re- paper, pEEEEERREREEEEFERRP AR R AT M. H. Azhdarian claims nRURVRRRRUULRILLS EASTERN MEN [N RETREAT Beaten by Coast Jobbers They Depart From Del Monte. Freight Bureau Then Takes Up the Question of Rate Differentials. This and the Matter of Freight Group- ing Are Put Over for Further Consideration. Special Dispatch to The Call. DEL MONTE, March 25.—Johnson, Wait and Vanlandingham, the three wise men from the East who came, saw and were defeated, packed their trunks early this morning, and, fol- lowing the example of Longfellow’s Arab, quietly stole away from the scene of their slaughtered hopes and went to San Francisco, where they will remain for a few days before return- ing to their homes. With the departure of these gentle- men the excitement which has charac- terized the last few days died away and the San Francisco delegation of merchants went out driving, while the railroad men went in to meet and talk over in a preliminary way the matter of carload and less than carload rates, which was the first the matter to be considered at the morning session. The discussion on this subject was | of a general character and the matter was finally laid on the table for fur- ther consideration, without any defin- ite action being taken. The second thing to be considered was the matter of freight classification and groupings. This was treated in t}:e same manner as the previous ques- tion. SAYS ENGLAND OFFERS LITTLE PROTECTION. West Indian Sugar Grower Decides to Invest in American Soil. NEW YORK, March 2.—Quintin Hogg, founder of the Loudon Polytechnic Insti- tute and @ large sugar grower In the West Indies, was a passenger on the White Star steamship Germanic, which arrived to-day from Liverpool. He left at once for Louisiana, where he contem- lates buying 11,000 acres of sugar cane and thirty miles from New Orleans. He expects to devote about §750,000 to,the en- terprise. He declared that the British Govern- ment afforded no protection to the West Indian sugar growers, who were unable to compete, in consequence, .with the growers on American, Frend! Ger- man soil. The protection grantgy By these Governments, Mr. Hogg sald,/ in the form of a bounty or a tatiff. equip his proposed plantatic in~ ana with machinery of thé‘mast. type, and will probably e Y his employes on the placed SONOMA’S CAMPAIGN. Municipal Ownership of a Water System Is the Issue. SONOMA, March 2.—Elections for city officers will be held here on April 11. Two tickets have been filed with. the City Clerk. The proposition to bond the town for a municipal system of water works has been agitated for the past two years, but -owing to a lawsuit before the Su- preme Court affecting the issuing of bonds it was never put to a vote. But now an election to decide that question has been called for April 26. It is upon this issue that the fight is being made. The nominees made by the opponents to the water system are as follows: For Trustees—George Breitenbach, H. Weyl and J. E. Poppe. The candidates in fa- vor of the bonds are: Dr. H. H. Davis F. T. Dubring and G. S. Harris. The as- gimnts for Clerk are R. A. Poppe and mo!le‘;:lg H. A‘i}g:?sx}n. G. H. H. Cornel- , the can e fo; S oneni r Treasurer, has no BEAR FLAG HERO’'S FATE. _l‘ound Dying and Destitute in a Cabin in the Hills. ST. HELENA, March 2.—Robert A. Spencer, a ploneer and member of Cap- tain John Grigsby's comj mont’s Battalion d?lringo n?e&n e:: l'lslr;g plete recovery. The attack was brought L on by a bad spell of indigestion. o his cabin in the 10 the . Co lls and was removed unty Infirmary, where he ex- | Ohio. | be used RO War, was found dying in destitution ntv WANT AND DESOLATION N ITS PATH Great Misery Follows Floods Along the Ohio. Hundreds of Homes Are Inundated by the Angry Waters. The Greatest Damage Has Been Done to Dwellings at Dayton and Zanesville. ]MANY AIDED BY CHARITY. Railroads Yet Suffer From Washouts ' and Carry On Traffic by Mak- ing Detours. Special Dispatch to The Call. CINCINNATI, March All over the Ohio Valley the sun has shone to- day and the sky to-night is clear and the weather mild. As far as terror and loss of life are concerned, that is allover in the interior or tributaries of the But want and desolation in the track of the storm are sadly manifest. The greatest damage to homes seems to have been at Dayton and Zanesville. In these two places hundreds of fami- lies have been driven from their homes and made dependent on public charity, which has been bounteously bestowed. n Dayton one building association has a mortgage on 200 inundated houses. Many of the occupants will lose their homes if not helped. In Zanesville 900 families are being fed by public charity. The Ohio River is rising at all points from Parksburg to C At Cincin- nati at 10 o'clock to-night the stage was 53 3-10 feet, a rise of four-tenths of a foot in four hours, which rate is maintained. The railroad situation is improved. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton reaches Detroit and To- ledo by detours. The Big Four ope except the Whitewater Valley d The Erie comes and goes by detours. The Baltimore and Southw: detouring east and we yesterday. ‘1he Penn everywhere. All other roads are intact. Merchants are moving goods from cel- lars. The Grand Central depot will not to-morrow, on axcount of A stage of 55 feet will flooded tracks. be reached here. Army Reorganization Bill. WASHINGTON, March —Chairman Hull of the Military Affairs said to The Call correspondent to-night that other important matters had p vented the consideration of the army r organization bill, but that it woutd Committee be taken up next week for consideration. Nature has a large heart, and she endo. us bountifully when she launches us on eafli. But many men do not respect her gifts as they ought to do. They seem to believe that she will always respond when called on for great vitality. She cannot. The time comes when she refuses to be stimulated, and then the result is shown in a small or weakened growth of what should be a perfect man. This abuse of the privileges bestowed often leads to despair on the part of those who have been foolish. They fear, their hands and legs tremble, and the fact is ever present with them that they are puny. Same have no hope of recovery, but they can never have heard of the very great work which “Hudyan"" has dene. It restores all the organs of the body to a sound and healthy condition and make s up for the wrong men do themselves. As nearly as possible this is what occurs : gfififififlfifififififlfifi#flfiflfifib Trembling hands and knees. And unhealthy organs. Near despair. *‘Hudyan” is used. Firm limbs and healthy organs. < fotaieiuiaiaieteiatugui=atesugeatagetee] If you feel in any way that you are becom- ing weakened you should seek the assistance which you will acknowledge is valuable be- yond anything else in the world. “Hudyan will restore you to that plane of complete heaith that was your proud possession once. The fact must be borne in mind that it can ba had nowhere but from the Hudsonian doctors. Write and ask for free circulars giving you full particulars as to its great power. If you have time drop a note to the doctors and you will get the best medical advice without having to spend a cent. If your teeth are loosening, if your hair is falling out, if your mouth has little ulcers, or if you have any reason to suspect blood taint in any stage, ask for ““30-Day Blood Cure™ circulars. They are free as well. The berefits offered you by the Institute are indeed LARGE. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, STOCETON, MAREET AND ELLIS ST8., San Francisco. > = o I S -3} @ ®s | 7 - B+ . 7o EF E <2 e -; - ® % pired this morning.