The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 3, 1898, Page 7

THE HAWAITAN ISLANDS TO FURNISH A BATTALION OF U. 5. VOLUNTEERS N FI%ANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1898.. HE official talk in .Washington of | rushing . reinforcements to ~Major General Merritt does not seem to have | any effect at - this end of the line. | Every daydiscloses a little more work | t0 be done in order to finish the equip- ment of the Arizona, Scandla and other | transports. The German system of light- ing the Scandfa must be changed to the American” plan, and. many other minor | alterations’ must: be made; | Major: General Merritt may need more | troops, but at list accounts Major Gen-| eral Otis, who was loitering at Honolulu, was obviously’ unaware that more men | were needed -at .the Philippines. The | transports Peru and City of Puebla, with | regular artillery and infantry for General | Merritt, sailing from’this port on July 15, | arrived at Honolulu July 24. . AccordIng | to advices recelved by the Doric, these troops are to remaln at Hawail until the 10th inst. | Major Gereral Merriam, comanding the | Department of California, vesterday re- ceived authority. -from the President, | through the War = Department, to entist | Hawallan troops in.the United States volunteer service.. The force to be raised in Hawail is limited to one battalion. The officers are_to- be.-appointed by General Merriam, but no doubt the recommenda- tion of Colonel Barber of the First New York will have considerable “weight. BRI BATTLE “ OF:*‘El... CANEY. Lieutenant. Nichols Tells of the/| Assault ‘of .the Seventh | | U.’ S.” Infantry. | Henry C. Keller of Sari Franclsco has | received from’ his ‘'son-in-law, Lieutenant Maury Nichols, ‘Seventh’ . United States Infantry, a graphic account of the bril- lant assault. of the American troops at El Caney. Lieutenant Nichols was shot. in the left foot in the trenches “before. Santiago on the night of July: 5. His regiment, com- 1 by Lieutenant. Colonel Gilbert 8. . bore. the brunt ef the battle General Adna R. Chaffee's orderéd -to. take the town. enth “had the right of the cénth -the . center and the brigade The Seven the . S FAILEDTO COVER [P IS TRACKS | Mrs. Fox Is Now After| William Wood. ACCUSED “OF ROBBING HER| A WARRANT IS SWORN OUT FOR | HIS ARREST. The Alléged * Victtm of Burglars| Releases the Insurance Com- pany From Any Williapi: ¥ od of 114 Fourteenth street; -who attempted to swindle the| Fidelity.and 'Casualty Company of | New: York by clatming that his house had been: entered and about $1000 worth of jewelry taken, is likely to find him- self ‘in serious trouble, Yesterda: widow named Mrs. Fox, who lives at 454 Clementina street, appeared hefore Judge Joachimsen and swore to a com- plaint. charging him with petty larceny by trick and device. According to her story an attach- mient- was levied on her furnifure for | non-payment of regt. Wood, on learning | visited her house, of thi: attachment, ard ‘after representing that he had a| “pull with. the Sheriff, promised to | | “fix'" yiatters for a montetary consid- ération. Mrs. Fox fearing that her fur- niture would be thrown into the street, gave:him all the mon she had, which amounted only to i few dollars. The folloiving day the Deputy Sheriff ap- | | peared ‘and:ejected her from the house. Realizing that Wood had inposed upon her, Mrs, Fox vesterday visited police ADVERTISEMENTS. THIS WEEK MASON JARS AT LESS THAN COST. Mason Pint Jars, . . 37cdoz| «_ Quart Jars, . . 45cdoz « Half Gallon Jars, 67c doz EXTRA BIG GIFTS FREE WITH OUR NEW CROP TEAS. QUALITY BEST OBTAINABLE. PRICES LOWEST. IN Great American Import’g Tea Co’s MONEY-SAVING STORES. Store- Address— AMERICA. Telephone No. 3011 Market' stréet (opp, Powell)....Folsom 101 140 Sixth: street s Mint 1734 218 Third street Clay 168 506 Kearny street. Davis 229 146 Ninih - street. Mint 1226 2510 Mission street Blue 505 3006 Sixtéenth - streef. White 1328 855 Hayes street Mint 119 705 Larkin street. .. arkin 855 | 1419 Polk- street Polk 423 | 1819 Devistdero street.. 2008 Fillmore- street. ©21 Montgomery avenue. 119 Kentucky street, 3255 Mission street. 02 Market stre ‘Drumm * 2| OAKLAND. 8TO 1053 Washington street 917 Broadw; 121 San Pablo avenue, 616 East Tivelfth street 1710 Seventh street. OR . Blue 773 .Red 366¢ Twelfth the left. Lieutenant Nichols’ | account of the fight Is as follows: We advanced on the town from the north. ‘On our left, on the top of the hill, was a stone fort, with bastions on the | four corners and trenches about. It was hardly a_fort—more like a stone bloék house. While we were advancing through a liné of brush they opened fire on us trom both sides and our men began to | p. We had to run down in a valley | nd up to another ridge. For some reason | 1 have not been abte 1o fathom, we were not fired on while we were crossing this open space. The stone house on our left could have annihilated us, We climbed up the ridge, Stopping to rest in a dugout road. The biock house on our right on this road was silenced, but the stone house poured a heavy fire'into our lines. “We took a position along the ridge overlooking a stream running into the | Aguadore On the other side was El Caney. Across the valley could see the church of EI Caney, which was as a fort. Sharpshooters were up in the steeple. To the right of fhe church were two block houses, and another lay away over on the rise of ground to the left of the town. We lay there from noon to 2 o'clock, and it was there we suffered our heaviest losses. We kept peppering away at the block houses when the as any thing to shoot at. Soon the artillery fire on the stone house drove the.Spaniards out, and they ran dewn the hill across the ‘stream Into the town, reinforcing the troops in the church and in the two block houses to. the right. We could see them running, but the range was too great to make firing at them effective. ““Then we advanced_down into the valley to the town. The Spaniards began re- treating from the church, and as they ran our men picked them off. Afterward I counted nineteen of them in one bunch, killed by our fire. The enemy retreated in the direction of Santlago, leaving their dead and wounded. behind. 'Our regiment lost ne killed, including two of- fice a ninety-one wounded. Lieu- tenant Wansboro of Company C was shot through the heart while we were on the | He stood up and looked out of the v d him, with some fifly stern Bl k house. The cery heav mornin Caney to vounded Spaniards. In the church were seventy wounded men, who had been looked after by peoplé of El Caney. Some were terribly wounded. v of bullets from the Krag- en rifles had rebounded from the walls of the church and made frightful wounds. The wounds were much worse than ours from the Mauser headquarters and swore out a warrant | for his arrest. | Captain of Police Seymour is satis- fled that Wood Is a clever schemer. Yesterday he was notified that Wood | had visited the local office of the su- ality and Fidelity Company,of New York and magnanimously ore to release them from any claim which he might have against the company. “I'm tired of this newspaper noto- riety,” he is said to have remarked. “and rather than suffer furt millation I have declded to her hu- 11 it off.” | Captain Seymour has no hesitancy in saying that Wood d intended to im- pose on the company. When he re- ported that his house had been entered, and that he and his wife had been chlo- roformed by the burglars the police ridiculed the story. Through the efforts of Detectives Fitzgerald and Graham the gold watch, which he claimed had been taken by the supposed desperate housebreakers, was found in a store on Montgomery street where it had been pawned by Wood. When confronted with the evidence of his guilt Wood broke down, and announced that he was willing to quit. Rather than take a chance on being prosecuted by the insurance company he gladly accepted | the proposition to sign the paper re- | leasing them from all liabilities. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. Alex Orr of Oak Park Grand. Dr. Snatzler of Austria is at the Cali- | fornia. | | is at the . Mahoney of Cork, Ireland, is at the Palace. E. S. Sisson, a hotel man of Red Bluft, | is at the Russ. A. Hudson, a rancher of Lake County, is at the Grand. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Happer of Kobe are | at the California. Edward Swinford, a merchant of Colusa, | the Grand. Charles Erickson, a railroad contractor | of Martinez, is at the Grand. i Governor of Stna- is neral F. Canedo, loa, Mexico, is the Occidental. Pedro Cosca, a wealthy merchant of Guaymas, and family are at the Occi- dental. Hon. J. Ferguson, wife and daughter, and Mrs. Syvdney Jones of Australia, are at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. Claus Spreckels have just | returned from a month’s visit to Coro- nado. Mr. Spreckels will leave for Paso Robles in a few days and will be gone for two weeks. J. Kruttschnitt, general manager of the Southern Pacific Company, returned yes- terday from the annual tour of inspection of the roads from this city to Omaha, and reports very favorably on the condi- tion of the lines. Moore N. Falls, U. 8. A., assfgned to | the Eighteenth Infantry, W. A. Liebérs of Washington, D, C., assigned - to the Twenty-third Infantry,.and O. L. Spauld- ing, assigned to the Third Artillery, ar- rived from the East last night, and are at | the Palace. The Doric brought a number of -visitors | to the hotels yesterday. The following | registered at the Palace: Mr. and Mrs. O. Liddell of Shanghai, Mr. and Mrs, Jamieson of Tientsin, Alfred .Brown of Hankow, Julfus Beliréend of Moscow, R. C. Tillingham of England; H. G. Edgar of’ Fuchau, A. McLeod and wife of Shang- hal. At the Occidental are: R. W. Mus- tard, a prominent business man of Shang- | hat; J. Ambrose, an architect of Shang- hai; Dr. W. Lang Chapman of the Doric; Rev. D. P. Birnee and wife of Spring- field, Mass.; A. F..Knudsen, a.planter of | Honolulu; L. Watts Doney of Tientsin; W-: H. Baird and wife of Honolulu; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Allen of Honolulu; George E. Sevey of .Cleveland, Ohfo; T. Wooyéno of Pokio, M. Okadda of Kioto and H. Santo of Tokio. e ‘BUSINESS MEN 1 HE VICTORS. / They Defeat Company L, New York Volunteers, at Basket-Ball. The team of Company. L, New York Volunteers, was badly beaten at basket- ball by. the Business Men {n: Y. M. C. A Hall last night. The game was a lively ‘one from -the start, although neither sidé seemed to be fn the best of .shape. The soldiers are somewhat lighter than- their opponents, which told 4gainst them from the start, In the first half the Business Men had . things pretty much their own way; and when the half closed -the score steod 12 to 0, in their favor. In the second half the soldiers worked harder, but they seemed to have an unnatural proclivity for just missing the basket, and the.game closed with a_score of 26 to 6 in favor of the Business Men. . i The teams lined up as follows: Company L—Burton, center; Early, right forwapd; Clark, left forward; Wood, right guard; Hunter. left guard. Business Men—Titus, right forward; - Goodrich, left forward: Bernhardt, right guard; Auger, left guard. | The officials were: Grant, scorer; Har- 1355 Park _street, Alame: .Black 834 GOODE DELIVERED PROMPTLY. nahan, referee; Mitchell and Oliver, um- |. pires; Spacher, timer. | First New York Régiment of Volunteers | will embark to-morrow and the steamers | will probably sail on Thursday. | south of the Utah cavalry. { him are H. A. Smith, A.-Kraus, M. Si- | have chartered the schooner Thomas S. | 81x_months and every member of the ex- bullets. Out on the road where we had icked off the retreating Spaniards we ound the dead terribly cut up by our builets. They were buried bf’ one of our officers. He came back looking Pfl.leA er?’ he was ‘Lost your appetite for dinn el es, T have lost my appetite for din- ner, and I've lost all desire for fighting,’ he said.’ The Seventh Infantry will probably be stationed in San Franclsco after peace is established. The regiment was under or- ders to leave Denver for San Franclsco when the signs of war prompted the de- partment to suspend the order. g TRANSPORT STEAMERS. The Charles Nelson and Lakme ‘W ill Sail for Honolulu on ‘Friday. The transport Charles Nelson will carry to Honolulu 20 officers and 565 men of the and the Lakme will take 12 officers and 220 men of the Second Regiment of T'nited ates Volunteer Engineers. These trocps The Arizona and Scandia, .Looked for Manila, will not be ready as soon as was expected. It is found that muich more work than at first estimated will be re- quired to put them in good conditior fo; long. voyage. It will be tx) weeks before the Arizona is-ready to sail, and about eighteen days before the Sce.ndla is finished. The work, however, is being pushed day and rugh: by the various contractors, - LIGHT ARTILLERY IN CAMP Battery C From Utah Arrives and Goes Under Canvas at the Presidio. Battery C, Utah Light Artillery, which arrived at Oakland on Monday - night, reached the Presidio shortly before noon terday and went into camp just to the The battery was met at the ferry by Lieutenant Kim- ball and escorted to the Presidio. It s commanded by Captain Frank W. Jen- nings of Salt Lake City, and the officers are: First lieutenant, J. D. Murphy of Ogden; second lieutenant, W. J. B. Stacey of Mont{. The battery was recruited from all over the State during the last of June, and has since been in camp at Fort Doug- lasa. It is 103 men sll'l)n%. three of the men being left behind in the hospital. The battery has no equipments what- ever, but Captain Jennings expects to have his men equipped in a short time. The battery will consist of four 3.2-inch breech-loading rifles. The men of the bat- tery are a_hardy and sturdy looking body of men. The addition of Battery C to the service, with Batterles A and B, now at Manila, will give Captain Yuuni‘, com- mandirg the first-named battery, his ma- Jority. e FURLOUGHS ALLOWED. The War Department Makes an Important Concession to Sick and Wounded Volunteers. The War Department has finally granted one concession that will work to the ben- efit of soldlers who are convalescing from the many maladies that afflict them. They will be no longer compelled to court re. covery in the fog and wind of the dreary | camp, but may go_to their homes, 4t the expense of the Government, as {8 an- nounced in the folowing order received from Adjutant General Corbin: WASHINGTON, D. C., August 1, 1838, Commanding General, Department of Callfor- nia, San Francisco, Cal.—The Secretary of War Qirects that sick and wounded soldiers sent to hospitals shall, when able to travel, be granted by the surgeons in charge of hospitals one montive turlough and transportation to go to thelr homes, the fact being reported to this office day before furloughs are granted. CORBIN, Adjutant General. Until further instructions this telegram will be interpreted as applying to volunteers only. By command of BRIGADIER GENERAL MILLER. CHARLES G. WOODWARD, First Lieuten- ant Third Artlilery, Acting Adjutant General peN A MISSING OREGONIAN. Enlisted Under an Assumed Name—Beslief That He Sailed for Manilaon the St. Paul. Private Colby s missing from the ranks of the Oregon recruits, and though every efflort has been made to discover his whereabouts, only one slight clew is at hand. He has not been seen In camp since the St. Paul sailed, and yesterday one of his comrades reported that he had seen | fifteen to twenty | tHe missing man on the transport the day | she sailed. Colby 15 a son of A. B. Colby, a wealthy | liquor dealer of Portland. He'was under age when he enlisted, and his father re- tusing his consent thé boy enlisted under the name of Jack Franklin. Before he disappeared Colby had acted as orderly for Major Diggles of the Thirteenth Min- nesota recrults, hut no orders - detaching | him from his regiment and ordering him | to Manila are on file. It Is the bellef of many of the men of his company that he | o g o sailed with Diggles without official per- mission. MANY WILL BE SENT HOME | Regimental Surgeons Weeding Out Men Who Are Physi- eally Disabled. All of yesterday the regimental and de- tachment surgeons at Camp Merritt spent in the rigid physical examtnation of the | men under their charge, and to-day their | reports will be examined by the Medlcnl{ Board of Survey. That the examinations made by the re- crulting surgeons have been almost crim- inally superficial is proved in that from men will from every regiment in camp because of | disqualifying maladles and old injuries | that they suffered from on the day they | presented themselves for enlistment. The work of ridding the ranks of weak mat;flal will not require more than a week. —_—- THE UTAH CAVALRY. Troopers Will Leave the Pre- sidio August 8 for Duty in the Mountains. Captain Calne, Troop A, Utah Volun- teer Cavalry, received his orders yester- day, desigating his troop for duty at the national parks in California. The troop | will leave the Presidio August 5, by the | tollowing route: Burlingame, Mayfield, | San Jose, Coyote, Gilroy, Bells station, San Luis' ranch, Los Banos, Dos Palos, Columbla ranch ‘and Madera. | At the latter place the troop will be di- vided. Captain Caine and Second Lieu- tenant Kimball. with two-thirds of the men, will proceed to the Yosemite Na- tlonal Park, and the remainder, under | First Lieuténant Smith, will go’ to Se- )&CU:(fififidflflgfififififlflfifififififififififlfiflfifi be dropped | ¢ f-3=3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-F-3-3-3-3-3-3-3=3=2-F -2 =2 =3 =224 ADMIRAL DEWEY RETURNS THANKS. President Hugh Cralg of the Chamber of.Commerce, Recelved Formal Acknowl- edgment Yesterday Frofn Admiral George Dewey of the Resolutions From the Merchants Complimenting the Hero of Manila Upon His Achievements. The Letter Reads: UNITED STATES NAVAL ber of Commerce of San Francisco. ‘Will you convey to the Chamber of of San Francisco and the west coast of President Hugh Cralg, flfifififififififlfifififi the k. The troop will perform the dations. Captain Camy A evely, speclal will report 1 g:‘:;‘lhlnsvector. for suggestions and in tions. !l;";:s( Lieutenant James T Nt:le:::‘l, is assigned to duty slgmm quartermas- 1 of the commands tenant Nolan will and return Fourth Cavalry, rily as acting as: s Lpgn (lhe t?rfl‘{ifll their destination :; relieved from further duty to the Presidio. ———— THE GUN WAS LOADED. Sergeant Powell Did Not Know He Had Ball Car- tridges in His Belt. Private John Wayenbauer, Company H. | Sixth California, who was sholh(”hmugh: eg Monday morning while par- :lr::?p]net(l; I A sham battle at the Presidio. | was resting quietly yesterday. The wound Tamot at all a.dangerous one, and Wayen- baver Is getting along nicely. Sergeant Robert Powell of Company D was the | man who fired the shot that Inconven- | Jenced Wayenbauer. It was purely an ac- | cident, as Powell did not know 'that he had any ball cartridges in his belt. Pow- o1l will have to stand a trial, however, be- fore a court-martial TE geanaa War Incidents. Postoffice stations have been estab- lished at Santlago de Cuba and with the | pora er. My Dear Sir: T have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 16, Inclosing the resolutions adopted at a special meeting of the Cham- my high appreciation of the honor which that body has shown me and as- sure the members that it was with unfeigned pleasure that I found that my. efforts in the far East had contributed in any way to the material welfare with pride this testimonial of appreciation. I am, sir, very sincerely, Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, Cal. | inform you that bed g ol e =3 FORCE ON ASIATIC STATION, FLAGSHIP OLYMPIA, CAVITE, P. 1, July 1, 1898, Commerce, over which you preside, the United States. I shall preserve 2 < A 08 06 108 208 106 108 106 108 08 108 208 0000 307 408 400 308 06 108 0 X0 0K S0 0 O O PRI O fififidfififlflfiflfififififi!}fififififififlfi army and navy operatin- in Puerto Rico. Letters sent to.soldiers or saflors should specify the regiment and company Or ves- sel with which - the addressee is con- nected. — REFERRED TO ALGER. President McKinley Replies to the San Francisco Cham- ber of Commerce. The officers of the Chamber of Com- merce some time since petitioned Presi- dent McKinley for the removal of Camp Merritt and the improvement of the Pre- sidio as a rendezvous for the soldiers. The following reply was recelved yester- da; “EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHING- TON, July 27, 1888 —My Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st Inst. inclosing copy of resolu- tion adopted. by your corporation and to v direction of the Presi- dent it nas-been forwarded for the con” sideration of the Secretary of War. Very truly yours, J. A. PORTER, * ‘Secretary to the President. “Mr. Hugh Craig, President Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, Cal.” Suit on a Judgment. Julius Jacobs has sued George C. Hop- kins and L. W. Carr to recover $23,575.25 alleged to be due on a judgment rendered fn the Superior Court on August v, 1893, GOLDEN ISLAND Its Counterpart Hidden in Alaskan Waters. MINERS WILL SEARCH FOR IT A SCHOONER CHARTERED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Trouble Between Shipwrights - and House Carpenters Over the ite- fitting of the Charles Nelson. Another expedition has been got up to search for “an island of gold.”” In spite of the Free Trade flasco and the partial fallure of the Altair venture another par- ty of men has banded together to search Alaskan waters for an island that will enrich them all. According to the vague reports that have fittered through to the water front the spot in Bering Sea on which the hopes of the gold-hunters is set is a sécond Monte Cristo, Island. . Vir- gln gold is there for the picking up and in-such quantities that everybody fn the scheme will be rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Captain August Brandt s at the head of the new venture and assoclated with W, F. Grov Mdix Kopoen, R. nd Thomas Pennington. They Negus and ‘as soon as she is fitted out a start will be made for Bristol Bay. From there the real search will begin and Captain Brandt has no doubt but Monte Cristo Island will be located in short or- dér.. The party expects to be gone about pedition is-sure in his own mind that he is coming back to San Francisco a mifl- lionaire. The Negus .is well fitted for the work to which she Is to be put. She brought a party of gold-hunters here from the East. After lying here for a time she went to St. Michael and after landing the Klondikers she came to this port. She is now going out again with gold-hunters, but whether or not their Monte Cristo Island will turn out to:be a second Klon- dike remajns to be seen. The Occidental and Orlental Company's Dorfc arrived from the Orient last Mon- day night. She brought up 71 cabin and 57 European steerage. passengers and 322 Chinese. In her cargo was $260.814 in treasure. The steamer went to her dock early yesterday morning after the steer- age passengers and Chinese had been landed at the Angel Island quarantine station. Captain Baker and the mate and crew of the American ship Kenilworth did not meet with foul play. A dispatch received by the -Merchants’ Exchange yesterday says that the fire broke out among the cargo on July 8 and that the captain, mate and boy dled from inhaling the gas. They were burled at sea the next day and the ship was headed for Valparalso. The steamer Mackinaw arriv from Puget Sound yesterday with 3500 tons of coal aboard and a big raft in tow. - The latter is composed of piles and contains over a million feet of lumeber. It is for the Southern Pacific Company. The British bark Iredale, which left here April 2 for (‘r:retown with 54,544 cen- tals of wheat, arrivéd at Algoa Bay on July 8. Her steering gear was damaged and several boats and deck fittings were smashed. The Iredale must have been caught in a heavy gale off the African coast. A gang of men under Fred Raabe have been doing excellent work in front of the new ferry depot during the last few days. The old wooden sidewalks are belng torn up and the space underneath filled in. As s00n as this has been -accomplished a concrete sidewalk wil be lald down and then work of preparing the remainder of the space in front of the depot for the use of the public will begin. The San Mateo electric road was re- placing its rolling stock with larger and etter cars vesterday. They were brought on trucks (xlnsme terminus of the road.at Market and Steuart streets and there put on' the trabks. The other cars then took them in tow and took them out to the carhouse, where they will be fixed up for sarvice. 'The new cars are larger and better in every way and will add ‘much to_the efficiency of the service. R. Roberts has -thirteen mlovable coal hoppers along the water front, and for some time.the Harbor Commissioners have been trying to either get the things removed or else a rental of $2 each for, them. Roberts refuses to do either one thing or the other, so vesterday the Com- missioners held a ‘meeting and decided to remove all the hoppers: from the front. The Johnson-Locke Mercantile Com- any and the shipwrights' assoclation ave locked horns. The former company is fitting out the steamers Charles Nel- son and Lakme to carry troops to Hono- lulu, and the shipwrights assert that'| \PUT-A‘BULLET IN. 'A DISORDERED MIND, EXCITED BY A QUARREL, ; DROVE A, LOZIER TO WITH HIS WIFE SUICIDE. was opened.and the discovery made’ ‘temple, the bullet passing through gust 1, was addressed to Mrs. A, Lozl been quite sick. A. L.” that Mr. Lozier had telegraphed to that she had replied in a manner ta Teturn. body and make arrangements for its “My brother-in-law has often left “but heretofore.has always returned told me that he had’ decfded to .start the matter, as it had occurred before. He has Yeen engaged in a number of money, but was never satisfied and _here tp-morrow:, He was not financi had o by the telegram he received, he took . ture with Supervisor Pelouze..He was old—besides the widow. ©0000000000000000000000000000000000Q300000660000000 A quarrel with his wife followed by an unsatisfactory telegram from her in reply to oné from him asking if he might return home is the al- leged cause for the suicide of A. Lozler, who killed himself at the Russ House yestérday afternoon by putting a bullet through his brain. Lozler registered at the Russ House on July 20 from Pacific .Grove: Yesterday aftérnoon-he told the clerk that he wished to be-called at 4 o'clock as he desired to take the train for Los Angeles. Before going: to his room he received a telegram, which seemed to disturb him. When he was called at 4 o'clock no respanse came to the knock on his door and the clerk, looking over the transom, saw him lying on the floor. Tt of the left temple.. A new hat was lylng on wrapped In paper, was on'the bureau. showing that the man had stood before the mirror. when he shot himself, _“A note addressed to the landlord of the hotel asked that theé effects.of the dead man should be sent to M. T. Dusinbury of Oakland. grate was found a note, which had been torn to pleces. ; was as follows: “Nettle—Do you want that I shouid come liome? I have This note leads the Deputy Coroners to believe This opinion was corrobprated by M. T. Dusinbury, a brother-in- law of {he dead man, who went to the Morgue last evening to See the wite.” 1 saw him yesterday about two hours before he killed himself. He- 1 inferred that he and his wife had disagreed, but I thought nothing of prise to me, as we have known_ for some time that his mind ‘was affected.’ T telephoned his wife-thls evening and recelved word that she would be r $3000 between them. I understand a bank book was found in his possession. showing that he had $9 in the Unlon National Bank of Oak- land. It is my belief that in a mement of melancholia, caused perhaps Mr. ‘Lozter was engaged In' the grocery business Oakland for many years, being at one time interested in a business’ ven- R. ind A. O. U. W., and leaves three children—a son of 13, a married daughter of 24 residing in New York, and a sin 1 60000000000000000000000000000900 ‘HIS BRA IN. The door that he had shot himself i the Tight _the head and lodging under the skin the bed and .an old one, - This wns spattered with blaod In the This, dated Au- er, Puacific Grove, California, and his wife Instead of writing, and Indicate that she did not wish his removal. i 3 home before,” sald Mr. Dusinbury, . and settled his differences with his a store at Hanford. From his talk . However, his death was not a sur- business venturés and always made would sell out and start over again.- ally embarrassed, as-he and his wife . his lif - at different places in 58 years old, a member of the G. A. gle daughter of 20 years ' OOOOOOOOOOO0.0D'OO00000O'OOOOOOOQOODOOOOOOQOOOOObOOO ‘| blade of good sharp steel as ever graced house carpenters are being emplored to| do the work. “Of course we would like to have the job,” sald President McCon- nell of the Shipwrights' Association yes- terday, “but that is not what we are kicking about. First-class timbers are being put in the building up of those ves- | sels, but what do house carpenters know about the fastening of them? Now If| during the voyage to Honolulu anything happens to these vessels it is the ship | carpenters of San Francises who will get | the blame for poor work and not the house carpenters. Of course, all we ca: do is to protest, and that we have done.” The Lakme and Charles Nelson will be ready for troops to-morrow. To an out- sider it Jooks as though the house car- penters have done a good job on both of them, and the soldiers will' be com- fortable. The North Fork will not carry assengers, it is said, but will take down Frelgh( for'the troops. Attorney Stratton, who was empioyal by the Harbor Commissioners in the suils entered by the Parafine Paint Company and Samuel C. Irving, has prepared his report. He recommends that the beard enter into a contract with the Parafine Paint Company for the treatment of the £17 plles necessary to repair Green-itraat wharf. In the meanwhile it {s Mr. Strat- ton's intentlon to carry the case to the Supreme Court. EAGER TO FIGHT. The Eighth California Anxious to Go to the Front for Active Service. CAMP BARRETT, Sather Tract, Aug. 2.—Friends of Colonel Henshaw: have, asked Congressman Hilborn to use his in- fluence in favor of the Eighth Regiment as the next to go to Manila in response to the call for more troops. As a con- sequence the boys are very hopeful. Orders were issued to-day that com- pany commanders will see that all en- listed men are instructed each day in the manual of guard duty. Upon the recommendation of the com- | pany commander Corporal James Donnel- ly, Company C, is reduced to the ranks. At his own request and with the approval of the company commander Corporal W. A. Cockrill, Company C, was reduced to the ranks. Corporal Charles E. Blevin, Company - H, was also reduced to the| ranks. | Private Eugene Finane, Company A, has been appointed principal musiclan in | the regiment. On the recommendations of company commanders the following . appointments of non-commissioned officers were made: Privates H. G. Foster and James A.. John- ston, Company C, corporals, vice, respect- iyely, Donnelly and_Cockrill, reduced.to the ranks; Private Richard A. Anderson, Company H, corporal, vice Blevin, re- duced to the ranks; Private John Stanley, Company M, quartermaster sergeant, to fill ariginal vacancy; Privates H. M. Ayer and Walter C. Brown, sergeants, to fill original vacancies; - Privates Thomas Graham, Alex F. Lowe, Charles E. Val- tey and Arthur-E. Holt, Company M, cor- porals, to fill original vacancies. Twenty-niné men repored sick. this maorning, and some complaint is heard on account of the cold spell, but no.serious | sickness is reported. kst U / HE HAS A NEW SWORD. Colonel Smith of the First Ten- _nessee Presented With & ‘Beautiful Weapon. If the men.of the First Tennessee, from gental . Colonel -Smith down to his. lowly ‘lttle striker, keep. as weak a guard over their bodies as they have over their hearts, they are going to have sad times of it when the fun begins over-seas. They are already conquered, peacetully, and last evening Colonel Smith surren- dered at thelr first capitulation when, in a ‘graceful speech of sunny Southern courtesy, he accepted -from the hands of -Mrs.. A. 8. Townsend as handsome ‘a a dress parade. 3 The unstriped ranks were first to waver 1h their alleglance to Southern hospital- ity. : > % 3 For a month past the kindly Mrs. Town- send has provided for their many wants that unpaternal Uncle Sam does not look out for. A din boots and spurs of the line and staff went over in a body. Colonel Smith held out till he found his command had left him and he has now marched gracefully to the winning lines. ‘The presentat! ny. The full regiment was drawn up In dress parade on the drill ground near the camp and before the evening’'s manoeuvers were besun Colonel Murphy stepped forward an at the Southern invasion presented to onel Smith, upon behalf of Mrs. Town- send, the sword whieh the Colonel_as- sured him would never be unslung. Mrs. Townsend, - with aurnny of ladies, was present, ‘but allowed Colonel Murphy to perform the formalities of the ceremony. fon was a prettv ceremo- ol- Going to the Presidio. Major Cheatham, with a detail of twenty-four men, was hard at work at the ‘Presldio yesm-d-.{_I laying out the cnm? ground for the First Tennessee. Colonel Smith expects to get his regi- ment moved by Thursday. The Kansas tier to the officers followed and the |- with assurances of Northern delight | KIRK ARRIVES WITH ALL™ HIS CLOTHES | HE HAS SUITS FOR EVERY MIN-| UTE OF THE DAY. I The Xing of Dudes Has a } Word to Say. on | at Sherman Dress. J. Waldere Kirk of New York, king of the dudes, and his wardrobe are with us agafn. The young man regrets the sum-| mer, for his changes are limited to about | twenty full sults, on account of the con-| ventions of swelldom, which has placed | | a prohibitive ban on much display during the warm season of the year. “Yes,” he said last night, at the Palace; | “I have brought very few -clothes with me this year. It is summer, you know, and there is no necessity for a large ward- | robe. The proper thing these times is the double-breasted coat, with walistcoat also double. I have ten of these with me. The frock 18 not so popular for evening wear this year as- it was last, and they are seldom worn. I only brought four on this | trip. But the thing for evening wear dur- ing the summer is the Tuxedo. Last year 1 gad my Tuxedos faced with velvet. You | see, that makes a difference. It doesn’t| look so_much like your walter’'s dress | then. Following out this idea, I had/ m§ Tuxedos made this spring with fancy black silk facing instead of the old plain | black without any relief. All these de talls are of vast {mportance, you Know. J. Waldere Kirk arrived from Denver last night in a buff traveling suit. It was made last year, when he was “on the other gide,’” and is the only suit he has worn more than a single season. *Oh, this is an ill-fitting suit.,” he continued. | “Tt was made in England, and they can't fit 2'011 there; but it will do as a travelin; suit. That's all T use it for. Let us tal of shoes. If you don’t wear the military high-heel shoe, 1% inches high, you are not in it at all. I hdve just recelved twelve pairs of shoes, and they all have this heel. You see, it's quite the proper thing these days.” The title of “king of the dudes” stili clings to him, although he lays no claim | to it. “I suppose I shall be qbliged to wear the crown for all time. I haven't heard of a successor—one who has dis-~ placed me. Now let us talk about the war’’; and then the man of many suits began telling why tobacco was high and why you could not hope for a good cigar until the war was over. —_———— 'fHE BOYS FROM KANSAS. Colonel Funston’s Regiment Is Assured of a Genuine Wel- come at the Pavilion. The boys from Kansas will make their first public appearance at Mechanics’ Pa- villon to-morrow evening in their regi- mental drill for the benefit of the work of the Army and Navy Christian Com- mission and will be sure of a most genu- fne welcome by a large audience. The rogramme was completed yvesterday by olonel Funston, commanding; as the regiment enters the Pavilion they will be |- greeted with a sea of flags. Each one in attendance will be requested to bring a small flv The athletlc class of the Young en’s _Christian Association will " |-to the Kasagi; M. Oki, carpenter; T. So; ginal living pyramid of flags; in connec- tion with this Mme. Alice Waltz "will sing the “Star Spangled Banner,” accom- panied by the band. Yesterday the commission received 5000 Bibles and Testaments from'D. L. Moody for distribution among the soldiers. Re- served seats for the drill by the Kansas regiment m-murmvg rxgh[ can be secured . 185 JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICERS ARRIVE ASSIGNED TO THE CHITOSE AND THE KASAGI, The Crews for the Two New Cruis- ers Will Come From Japan Within the Next Two Months. Seventeen Japanese naval officers ar- rived on the Doric yesterday morning, nine of whom will soon go to Philadelphia to report for duty on the Kasagi, the new Japanese cruiser which the Cramps have just finished; and the rest will remain in this city until the Chitose, which was re- cently launched at the TUnien Iron ‘Works, will be ready to sail, The' visitors who arrived yesterday and who have been assigned to the Chitose are: H. Tukishima; carpenter; S. Naka- mura, chief torpedo gunner; Y. Takagh chief gunner; H. Kuma, engineer artificer ejima, boatswain; H. Yamaoka, engine: artificer; K. Kitagawa, engineer artificer; S. Konda, torpedo gunner; G. Okamato, chief gunner;. K. Uyeno, engineer; Lieu- tenarit of Engineers Kisaki; A. Saisho, colonel of artillery and lleutenant of en- gineers. Others. in the party are B. Shi- mekawa, commandant of artillery; Boku- sai Harada, fleet surgeon; Hideo Mamizu, architect; G. Okamoto and H. Santo. The officers in command of both cruisers -arrived in this country some time ago and are preparing for the sailing of the new ships, which will occur_as soon as they are turned over to the Japanese Govern- ment. The Kasagi will receive its crew from Japan in about a-month. Then she will be sent to England to take on am- munition, after which she will. sail through 'the ‘Suez canal to the country which she was designed to protect. The crew for the Chitose will also be supplied by Japan and arrive in this eity within two months.-“There will be no de- lay set upon the sailing of the Chitose. Just as soon as she is ready for sea she will steam out of this Harbor for Japan in command of the young officers of the Jap- anese Imperial Nav: The three officers of high rank who ar- rived yesterday and who will go_to Phil- adelphia_are Chief Paymaster K. Naka hama, Dr. Y. Sujuki and Hideshima. — e———— Your Dandruff Looks Bad And causes yvour hair to fall. Smith's Dandruff Pomade removes all dandruff on six applications and stops falling balr; try it. Sample sent by Smith Bro: Fresno, Cal . — e ———— Stamped Deeds in Escrow. The Internal Revenue Commissioner rendered a declsion yesterday to the ef- fect that the stamp must be affixed to the deed in escrow at the date of deliv- make a splendid appearance in their ori- ery to the grantee. 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