The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 30, 1898, Page 5

| CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES Aguinaldo Would Renounce His Title as Dictator and Be- come President. MANTLA, Sept. at Malolos yesterday amid great held and speeches were delivered was the address of Aguinaldo. present. NEW YORK, Pari missioners at ippine co Mz morn By tator and a ent Pol of Finance, to be compo: Span recently pre minfons i arrivec the Visayas. ing, T nila, Paris commission CC00000C0CO0000000000000C000000000000 000000000000 00000 —The declaration of independence was ratified Many foreigners attended the state ball which was given in the evening, but no American officlals were pt. 29.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Senor Agoncillo, the Philippine representative, Washington to ask that the insurgents to heard to the Peace Com- s, to-day made public a translation of the Phil- itution, which Aguinaldo slos to-day, as announced in a Manila dispatch to the Herald this this constitution Aguinaldo formally renounces the title of 1mes that of President of the revolutionary govern- He provides for four secretaries—Secretary of State, Marine i Commerce, Secretary of War and. Public Works, Secretary of Interior Justice, Public Instruction and Health and Secretary Agricuture and Industry. >d of representatives of all provinces of the archipelago. MADRID, Sept. 30.—A telegram received here from General Rios. h Governor of the Visavas Islands, who is reported to have aimed himself Governor General of the Spanish do- the Philippines, reports’ that insurgent expeditions have The rebellion, it is also reported, is spread- nd several provinces in the island of Luzon have been invaded 1 some officers of the gendarmes and thelr families massaered. Governor and officers at Iloilo, island of Panay, have fled to Ma- i La Correspondencia blames the Americans for tolerating the x-few rising of the insurgents and urges the Government to protest to the SALEM, Or., Sept. 29.—The Legislature tg-day passed a. joint resolution urging Oregon’s Representatives in Congress to work for the retention of the Philippine Islands. festivities. A revicw of troops was The feature of the ceremonies who has come to was to have proclaimed at A Congress is provided for, 00000000C00000000000000000CTC00000000000 00000000000000000 TWO COMMISSIONS MEET AT TABLE Yankees and Spaniards Breakfast Together. M. DEL CASSE THE HOST TACT OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISPLAYED. Happy Method of Making the Men Who Are to Arrange Peace Ac- quainted With One Another. Epeclal Dispatch to The Call. ARIS, Sept. 20.—The United States ce Commission held another jon this morning, after which, mpanied by the United States assador, General Horace FPor- ter, they drove to the Foreign Office, where the Commissioners | met and breakfasted with the Spanish | Com: mers. In addition to the Commi ners and Embassadors, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. del Casse, had invited the three head offi- cials of the French Foreign Office, the first secretaries of the Embassies and General Hegron, Secretary of the Ely- see Palace. The breakfast at which the two Peace Commis: met for the first time to-day purely an informal affair, given by . del Casse in his private apartments in the Foreign Office. The Spanish Commissioners zrrived first, accompanied by the Spanish Em- bassador h and the secretary of the Spanish Em bassy. The United States Embassador, General Porter, and Henri Vinaud, sec- | retdary of the United States Embassy, arrived at the Foreign Office before the American Commissioners and awaited them there. The American party ar- rived on the stroke of 12:30. the hour fixed, and the rapping of a halberd by a doorkeeper on t e marble floor an- nounced the arrival of the Americans, who were received in a private salon near M. del Casse's official quarters. The Minister greeted each American in turn and then presented them to the Premier, M. Brisson. Simultaneously Be Weak NO More! strong and vigorons end manly, just 88 you are now weak and flabby and puny. A new hope is offered to you—a wonderful cure. 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Hudson Medical Tnstitus Ells, Stockton and Market 8ts. #*02” Caros Catarrh. ~Aro you Buflrer Senor Leon y Castillo, | | | Castillo stepped forward to greet Gen- | eral Porter. whereupon the two groups | moved together and introductions to | each other were effected by M. del | Casse. | , After Senor Castillo and General Por- | ter had had a brief chat, the party re- | paired to the breakfast room, where M. del Casse presided in the center of a | long table. On his right were General | Porter and Senator Gray, with a Span- | |ish Commissioner between them. On the left of M. del Casse was the presi- | dent of the Spanish Commission, Senor | | Montero Rios, with Senator Davis next | to him, and a Spanish Commissioner on | the left of the Senator. On the opposite side, Casse, was M. Brisson. On his right were Senor’' Leon y Castillo, Senator | Frye and a Spanish Commissioner. On the left of the Premier were Judge Day, | president of the American Commission, | a Spanish Commissioner and Whitelaw | Reid. Beyond these, on the other side, { Were the Secretaries of the United | States and Spanish Embassies here, | and the French foreign officials. The breakfast, or luncheon, as it wiil | be termed in the United States, occu- pied eighteen minutes. Coffee and | cigars were served in an adjoining facing Del | apartment, and after half an hour's further chatting the party broke up, ! ]both commissions leaving simultan- | | eously with courteous adieux. | | . The Americans regard the function as | | being a happy means of making the | { two sets of Commissioners acquainted | | with each other. It was planned with | | great tact by the French Minister and | was conducted with the greatest dis- | cretion. { NEW DAUGHTER OF ‘ THE CONFEDERACY | Miss Lucy Lee Hill to Wear the| Mantle Left by Winnie | [ Davis. CHICAGO, BSept..2).—Miss Lucy Lee | Hill, an examiner in the office of the civil | service commission, is the new Daughter | | of the Confederacy. Her Southern friends | | have conferred this honor upon her since | | the death of Miss Winnle Davis. During | the day she recelved numerous' congratu- lations. | Miss Hill is a native of Virginia, and comes from one of the oldest and most aristocratic families in the South. She | is a distant relative of General Fitzhugh | Lee. In 1893 she came to Chicago as one | | of the World's Fair commissioners from Kentucky, and since then she has made | this city her home. | Miss Hill sald to-day: *“Yes, my friends in the South insist that the mantle of Miss Winnie Davis shall fall upon my shoulders. You see, I have always been considered next in rank, and the death of Miss Davis naturally’ enough confers the honor on me. Miss Davis and myself | were chums. We went to school_together, | and our families were intimate. My father | was General A. P. Hill, a warm personal friend of Jefferson Davis. My father was killed on the last day of the slege of Vicksburg while fighting at the head of a column.” e tgepet CUBANS INSIST ON COLLECTING CUSTOMS So Their Agents Clash With Com- mander Maynard of the Nashville. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 20.—Ad- vices reaching here’ from Gibara to-day give information of a serious dispute be- tween the Cuban Government there and Commander Maynard of the Nashville. The commander of the Nashville is the only representative of United States au- thority there. He has appointed Ship’s Paymaster. O'Leary to act as_ Customs Collector éf the Port, levying dutles ac- cording to”the Spanish tariff, as at San- tiago. The Cuban local government levied a tax of 10 cents a barrel on all stuffs forwarded by General Blanco to the Span- | ish garrison at Holguin, and would not allow trains to leave the station until this duty had been collected. General Nario, commanding _the Spaniards, protested to Paymaster O'Leary, who, with the con- sent of Commander Maynard, upheld the protest, taking the view that the mem- ers of the Spanish garrison were prison- ers of war and that all su})plles to them should be admitted duty free.” The Cu- bans in turn protested that food taken to Holguin, ostensibly for the Spanish gar- r!s!nond, &niosfllfl to b’flemh;i:“! to, be dis- 05 e e public. e matter will ga referred to Washington. ; A AIDING A RAILWAY VENTURE. Plan of Eureka Officials to Purchase a Right of Way. EUREKA, Sept. 20.—A largely attended masgs-meeting at Russ Hall last evening zu;a addre;setd byl Jflnyor Evans and wwrence Puter relative to the pro - tion to expend $10.000 by the gltyp‘mt'o urchase rights of way and construct a ulevard llong the city front for the common use of the raliroad companies, The Eel River and Eurcka Rall owned by John M. Vance, and ml"’fi.‘.’: reka and Klamath River Raflroad, the roperty of the John Vance Mill ana Eumber Company, are anxious to get rights of way through the city along the water front, but there is a strong senti- ment for the city to open First street and put it in condition for railroad building and allow all companies equal mivflefm The outside m‘)-.nle- also are anxious to secure franchises. The City Council will probably act in the matter at the next meeting. Indications are promising for activity in raliroad building in Humboldt County. ————————— Senator Calvin 8. Brice writes about the chances of American trade in Chins, in nexc Sundey’s Call. | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 189s. ENLARGED SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION War Commission Get- ting Ready. LETTERS OF INQUIRY SENT PACIFIC DEPARTMENTS ARE NOW INCLUDED. Particular Attention to Be Paid to Quartermaster, Commissary and Medical Depart- ments. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—The war investigating committee confined itself largely to-day to the examination and classification of complaints which have been made to the President. A large number of such complaints have been received at the White House. They come generally in the form of letters and are for the most part from relatives of enlisted men. Those examined at this session deal in the main with Camp Wikoff and Camp Thomas, but some of the letters also make charges concerning other camps. They relate especially to the food served to soldiers and to hospital accommodations, and none of them were of a very striking character. The commission expects to begin to take. testimony next week. General Wheeler is expected to be among the first witnesses called. A decision was reached to include in the work an inquiry into the conduct of the War Department in the Pacific as well as in the Atlantic region and to this end letters were written to General Merriam, in command of the Depart- ment of the Pacific; to General Otis, in command of the Philippines, and to General Merritt, who occupied this lat- ter post until recently. The letter to General Merritt is as follows: “We have the honor to request you to furnish us, as early as possible, with such information as you have as to the adequacy or inadequacy of the quar- termaster and commissary and medical supplies and medical staff for troops under your command while in this country, while en route and while you were in command at Manila and whether or not such supplies were promptly and sufficiently issued to all troops. Also as to the proper or im- proper preparation of the transports for the transportation of your traops to that station. We will also be pleased to be informed as to the rations issued to the troops.” The letters to Generals Merriam and Otis are copies of the letter to General Merritt except that Merriam is asked to supply information concerning the expedition to Hawaii. OPERATED ON THE MEXICAN BORDER Arrest of a Counterfeiter in Texas Who Passeu Spurious Bills at Wholesale. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—Chief Wil- kie of the Secret Service Bureau has received a telegram from Operator Forsythe at El Paso, Texas, announc- ing the important capture of an al- leged counterfeiter who is charged with flooding the Mexican border with bogus United States notes. The man arrested is George D. Fontaine, and when he was placed in custody at El Paso he had $5000 in $5, $10, $20 and $50 notes, including a counterfeit of the new $5 silver certificate. All were pro- duced by the photographic process, with the seals and numbers touched up with colors. The detective also secured a number of Mexican counterfeits. The bogus bills were discovered in Dallas, Tex., and Fort Worth a month ago and later at El Paso, where Fontaine, it is ckarged, made his headquarters, find- ing that he could pass the notes easily across the Mexican border, securing Mexican money in exchange, which he brought back to the United States. The arrest is regarded as important. kil S FRUIT DRIER ASSIGNS. B. B. Smith of East Napa Unable to Fill His Contracts. NAPA, Sept. 29.—B. B. Smith's fruit drier in East Napa is now in the hands of the Johnson-Locke Mercantile Com- pany of San Francisco. A bill of sale of the establishment was made Wednes- day by Mr. Smith to the company. It seems that the Mercantile Company mzade a contract with Mr. Smith to take a certain amount of fruit and advanced him money on the same. But it is alleged that Mr. Smith failed to keep his part of the contract, whereupon the company took charge of the establishment to pro- tect themselves. Among Mr. Smith’s creditors are Por- ter Bros. of Chicago. W. L. Maynard, Benjamin 8. Wilkins, Louis Willlams and many others in this vicinity, and the amounts run up into the thousands. The Johnson-Locke Mercantile Com- ‘pany will run the drier the remainder of the season, and its representatives state that they will pay for all prunes that they handl RIGHT OF WAY SECURED. Work Will Soon Be Commenced on Stockton Channel. STOCKTON, Sept. 20.—Chairman H. J. Corcoran and G. W. Tatterson of the auditing committee to the Commissioner of Public Works have reached an agree- ent with the Weber estate, on the right .;ml way_for the cutoff at Weber Point, where Stockton Channel empties into the San Joaquin River. They were selected to secure the right of way and report back to the committee. Papers are being repared and the matter will come up be- ?ore the audmni committee Wednesday, October 5, when bids for constructing the channel will probably be'called for.” The work will be let at the following meet- ing of the committee should there be no further hitch in the proceedings. o BITUMEN AND PETROLEUM. Rich Strikes in the Southern Part of Humboldt County. EUREKA, Cal, Sept. 20.—A valuable discovery of bitumen is reported in the southern part of Humboldt County, in ‘Mattole Valley, twelve miles from the coast. ‘The quantity is practically unlim- ited. Petroleum has been apparent in atcher, ai 5 concluded inspecting lands in the vicinity of Mattole and are u takabl There is good . pros| be d 3 < B coast 18 talked of 1o iadliiate the shipment of bitumen. S GREATHOUSE DISMISSED. Russia Objected to the Body Guard for Korea's LONDON, Sept. 20.—A special from Shanghal says that Clarence Great- [oXOX XL OYOROJOYOXOXOXOJOROROXOXCHO) ¢ REFORMISTS ¢ L@ EXECUTED ¢ 8ix Chinese Put to Death $ for Alleged Conspiracy O " Against Dowager Empress. LONDON, Sept. 30.—The Pek- ing correspondent of the Times telegraphing Thursday says: Six reformists, namely, Kang Yu- weli's brother, one censor and four head clerks of the Cabinet. including a son of the Governor of Hupol, were executed to-day for alleged conspiracy against the Dowager Empress. There is no excitement there and everything is proceeding as usual. ® ® [oJoJoToXOROJOOROXOROXOJOROOJOJOXO) {0JOJOJOJOJOJOJOJOJOJOI OO O X OJOROXOROYOROXOY O OXO} [SIoJoXOIOTOXOIOJOXOJOYOJOJOROXOXOXO)] of Korea, who recently recruited a for- eign bodyguard for his Majesty, has been dismissed at the instance of the Russian Minister, who objected to the bodyguard. CANTON REFORMER ARRESTED IN JAPAN Chinese Refugee Kang Yuwei Es- capes From Peking to Be Taken at Yokohama. YOKOHAMA, Sept. 29.—A dispatch from Bahan announces the arrival there of the Chinese refugee Kang Yuwel, the Canton reformer, who recently escaped from Pe- king, and also his arrest by the Japanese authorities, e EDHEM PASHA HAS BEEN RECALLED And Chefki Succeeds Him as Turkish Military Governor of Crete. CANDIA, Island of Crete, Sept. 20.—Ed- hem Pasha, the Turkish Military Gov- ernor of Crete, has been recalled and glhefld has been appointed to succeed im. BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND THE ORIENT Arrangements Completed for Com- mencement of the New Steam- ship Service. CHICAGO, Sept. 29.—The Santa Fe road, in connection wj the California and Orlental Steamship Company, com- pleted arrangements to-day for a freight and passenger steamship service between San Diego, Cal., and Yokohama and Hongkong. Three steamers for the new line gavegheen secured. They are the Bel- jan King, Carlisle- City and Cathania. Fhe first of these steamers will leave San Diego on December 15. One will leave Hdhgkong for the United States on the same date. e DEADLOCK OVER SENATOR. Democrats of the Sixth District Un- able to Agree. MARYSVILLE, Sept. 20.—The Demo- cratic Joint Senatorial Convention of the Sixth Senatorial District, including the counties of Yolo, Yuba and Sutter, con- vened in this city at 2 o’clock this after- noon. Judge J. W. Snowball of Knights Landing presided, and Willlam England af this city was chosen secretary. At 8 ¢'clock to-night seven ballots had been taken without a choice being made between the candidates, ex-Senator D. A. Ostrom and ex-Assemblyman H. P. Sta- bler. The vote throughout was Ostrom 12, Stabler 12. An adjournment was taken until next Tuesday at 2 p. m. Yolo had ten proxies and Yuba two in the convention. The Assembly convention will be held here at the same time. An effort will be made to have Stabler agree to take the Assem- bly nomination and yield the Senatorial plum to Ostrom. st ond Collum’s Good Fortune. WOODLAND, Sept. 20.—The announce- ment that the Supreme Court has grant- ed Philip Collum, who was convicted of complicity in the burning of the Wood- land Woolen Mills, a new trial, was re- celved with surprise here. The prediction is freely made that he cannot be con- victed a second time, as many materfal ‘witnesses are gone. SR Sonoma Must Reopen Registration. SANTA ROSA, Sept. 29.—Judge Dough- erty decided to-day that the County Clerk must open registration again for placing names on the great register up to within fifteen days of the next elec- ticn. DISCREDITS THE TALE OF NELSON New Light on the Chispa Tragedy. A NIGHT WATCHMAN'S STORY POSITIVE NO BOAT LEFT THE YACHT. His Evidence Regarded as of the Greatest Importance—Notebook That May Assist the ‘Authorities. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 29.—The efforts of Sheriff Harrison to discover ‘the identity of Captain J. Moss Brooks’ as- sassin were rewarded to-day by the discovery of a most important witness, who furnishes damaging - evidence against the story of the tragedy as re- lated by Peter Nelson, the deckhand on the yacht Chispa. The latest link to the chain of circumstantial evidence connecting “Pete” with the murder is forged by Edwin Atwater, night ;vatchman on the ferry-boat San Ra- ael. “The steamer was lying at her moor- Ings at the Sausalito dock,” said At- water, and I was pacing the lower deck when I heard three shots and imme- diately afterward heard one of the deckhands crying “Fire.” I rushed up- stairs and into the pilot-house to see where the fire was, and my gaze was attracted toward the Chispa by some- body in that direction calling “Help! Murder!” “Though the night was dark, by the anchor light of the Chispa and the other yachts lying near by 1 could plainly discern every object on account of my superior elevation. I saw the boats leave the shore for the scene and perceived Fred Nilson pick Nelsen up, but no boat left the Chispa; of that I am positive.” Atwater’s story effectually dispels all doubt in the minds of the authorities as to the truth of “Pete’s” tale. It is re- garded as evidence ranking in impor- tance with that of Deputy Marshal Cramers and “Billy” Harrison, who ex- amined Captain Brooks’ body within ten minutes of the time Nelson claims he dwu murdered, and found it store cold. Diver John Roach, with a corps of assistants, labored assiduously to-day to find if the waters around the boat of death had a story to tell, but was re- warded by the discovery of only a few beer bottles. If the rifle aboard the vessel was used for the shots fired it must have been taken some distance away in a skiff and sent to the bottom, where it will be almost impossible to find it. The authorities have had the San Francisco police busily at work inter- viewing the persons at the addresses given in the account book found in the coat secured by Diver Roach yesterday. The book is one of the kind used for advertising nurposes and on the inside of the cover are the words: “The North- western Railway.” Some of the en- tries read as follows: “Mr. Green. Private Secretary for S. P. Combpany: Dr. Willison, 301 Devisadero street: 940 Grove street, 1140 Oak street, 1530 Eddy (spelled Edie) street, 3008 Sacramento street, 2040 Broadway, 1911 Laguna street, 2112 California street, 2419 Wash- ington street, 1009 Devisadero street, 2702 Sacramento street, 2222 Washing- ton street, 719 Geary street.” A note was also found from Mrs. Shock, 556 Grove street, to Frank Wheeler, 851 Fulton street, dated June 9, 1898. The authorities will not divulge the contents. KILLED IN A TRAIN WRECK. Northern Paclt: Engineer Loses His Life by Jumping. SEATTLE, Sept. 20.—A rear-end col- lision occurred on the Northern Pacific early this morning at Maywood siding, resulting in the death of one man. An extra freight train, bound east, was tear- ing along unapprised of the fact that a work train a short distance ahead was doing its best to get on a siding. Before it was clear, however, the extra freight MATAAFA MAY NOW REGAIN THE THRONE Given ‘Permission to Return, the Exile Will Probably Become King of Samoa. Herald telegraphs: as King of the Samoan Islands. some years, ago. 00000000000000000000 NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—The Washington correspondent of the Mataafa, the exile, may succeed the late Malietoa As the result of an agreement be- tween the American, British and German Consuls at Apia. approved by their respective governments, permission. was recently given to Mataafa to return to Apia from the exile to which he As he held the relationship of a cov-'n to the de- ceased King, is is believed by those familiar with the Samoan ques- tion that the natives will elect him to the vacant office. tion of Mataafa will mean much to the United States. ularly favorable to Americans, and when at Apia called himself one. He was the sovereign of Samoa, but relinquished the throne to Ma- lietoa in compliance ‘with,the provisions of the treaty of Berlin. is said that his exile was due to German infiuence, but the fact that the German Consul should agree to his return at this time, when there is every possibility that he will be made King v/,uld indicate that there was little truth in the report. sides permitting Mataafa to return, all of his f.llowers who were ex- iled with him have been allowed to resume their residence in Apia. 000000000000@090000000000000000000 was driven The elec- He is partic- It I understand that be- C00000000000000000000 crashed into it, telescoping some of the cars of the work train. The extra freight was being pulled by an old engineer of the road named Beaumont. hen he saw that ‘the col- lision was imminent ke tried to save him- ‘When Johnson went to the hospital he was accompanied by a woman who claimed to be hi ife. He gave his ad- dress as 235 Kearn treet and sald that he had thrown himself down on the bed in room 27 and the hatpin stuck into him. self from what looked like instant death | The lodging house at the number he gave by jumping. He made a flylng leap and was killed in the fall. 3 -— BO"I.‘E FOUGHT FOUL. Tracey-Muller Fight Stopped at Sac- ramento. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 20.—The Tracey- Muller fight was stopped in the eleventh round. The contest ~was pretty even, but was stopped because both men fought foul. The club reserves its decision for the present. e e e Crushed Under Wagon Wheels. WOODLAND, Sept. 20.—Charles Patter- son fell from a wagon drawn by a run- away team last evening. The ECE M avily laden. Two wheels passed over Re' bogs' and head, breaking two ribs and tearing half the scalp from his head. Pat- terson was picked up unconscious. He is in the County Hospital, and his condition is considered critical -—— Coroner’s Jury in Doubt. PASO ROBLES, Sept. 20.—An Inquest was held to-day on the body of J. Irvin Dresser, who was found shot in the head near iand Springs in this city last Satur- day. The jury rendered a verdict that de- ceased came to his death by a gunshot wound inflicted by himself, but whether the same was accidental or intentional they were unable to determine. e Lord Mayor of London. LONDON, Sept. 20.—Sir -John Moore, partner of Moore Bros., leather mer- chants, has been elected Lord Mayor of London to succeed Horatio David Davies. An International Reflection Upon the Democratic Nominee for County Clerk. Owing to a similiarity of names The Call yesterday unintentionally did a great in- justice to John A. Brown, Democratic nominee for County Clerk. The writer of the article confused Mr. Brown with a John Brown, well known in south of Market street political, social and saloon circles, while the Democraticnominee has been a trusted and respected employe cf the well-known dry-goods firm of J. J. O’Brien & Co. for the past twenty years. The very fact of Mr. Brown’s high posi- tion in the community makes the allu- sions to his character most absurd, and The Call, having discovered the ridicu- lous mistake, hastens to place Mr. Brown in proper light before its readers, feeling certain, however, that none of them who knows John A. Brown will regard serious- Iy the unintentional reflections cast upon him. —_— THE DEADLY HATPIN. Edward Johnson, Who Was Mys- teriously Wounded, Claims It Was an Accident. Edward Johnson went to tne Receiving Hospital last evening suffering from a wound in the right lung made with a nat- pin. While he clalms that he received the injury accidentally, the circumstances surrounding the affair lead to the belief that the wound was inflicted by a woman. | is the Meldrum, and the occupant of room 27 is a milliner from the country, who gave her name as Mrs. Wayne when she rent- ed the room two months ago. A knock on the door of room 27 at a late hour last night failed to bring any response at first, but.finally the lady in the room condescended to ask what was wanted. She denied that she knew any one by the name of Johnson or thai she had been to the Receiving Hospital. She refused to say anything further. The roprietor of the house stated that the odger was not in when questioned, but when she answered the knock admitted that he knew she was there. He also de- nied that he knew anything of the affair. Johnson's wound was not very serious. The lung- was punctured and there was considerable hemorrhage, but within an hour after having the injury dressed he left the hospital. A report of the case was made to the police, and it will be in- vestigated. —ee————— POPULISTS MAKE NOMINATIONS They Adopt a Platform and Various Candidates Are Selected. Ninety-one delegates answered to roll call when Chairman Dr. John A. Miller called the munigipal convention of the fusion faction of the People’s party to order in Scottish Hall last night. Dr. Griswold, of the committee on resolutions, presented a platform, which was adopted. George D. Gillespie offered resolutions which were unanimously adopted Indors- ing Maguire and fusion. A motion was carried to proceed with the presentation of names of candidates for various offices, all such names to be referred to the committee on investigation of candidates. A. B. Kinne placed in nomination the name of James D. Phelan without any attempt at oratory. A mo- tion was made to declare nominations for Mayor closed, but the chair refused to entertain the motion. Gillespie nominated Theodore F. Bonnet for Sheriff, the convention applaudin Bonnet’s name vigorously. Dr. Griswol nominated Barclay Henley for District Attorney; J. W. Reay named Johr Brown for County Clerk; G. A. Hubboll named R. Doolan for Superintendent of Streets, and Dr. Griswold offered the name of Hull McCloughry for Justice of the Peace. The convention then adjourned to next Tuesday night at the same place when further nominations will be made and probably a vots taken on some of the ——— The Orpheum Gets Another House. Morris Meyerfela r.. president of the Walter Orpheum Company, left last Sun- day night for the East to arrange for the opening of the Olympia and on business relative to the Orpheum circuit. Last night John Morrissey, manager of the Orpheum, received a telegram from Mr. Meyerfeld stating tnat he had secured a house in Denver, which will be opened at once as a part of the circuit. This gives the Orpheum five homes of toeir own, with booking _connections with thirty- three others. 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