The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 14, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1898 REA FLATLY CONTRADICTED BY JARMAN Witnesses Support the Latter. NEW LIGHT ON MANY THINGS | STATEMENTS OF THE BOSS TORN TO FRAGMENTS, Incidentally an Alleged Interview | in the Bulletin is Denounced as a Fake by Moree house. ch to The Call. 13.—The Jarman- 1 proves a strong trial s drawing card, and Judge Kittredge's court was packed again to-day. The defense shed its case this forenoon, and Attorney Delmas then began the | introduction of testimony in rebuttal, which occupied the balance of the day. Jarman’s testimony in rebuttal put a new light on Rea’s mass of statements made while a witness. He denied all the allegations made by the boss that | his record as a Counciiman was not perfectly straight and showed that the allegations were false. Jarman gave a lucid explanation of the nart he d in supervising the painting of the City Hall and work done on some of the e gine h The stat manded the painting o flats for his vote In the C change of t limits in « they cou and this witne: it wa ct was cor From Jarman's n that Rea h: irst witness to-day standing i Knox-Good- rich’s pla March 14, s trim a an was direct- Two paint- n and Rea en- Witness re- d added that scoundrel and fou want me to hit and create sympa- No, I'll not do that. You ways been my principle cou drel, boodler and an s and dranken sponse. walked away. h was by Attorney to give testimony in rebuttal. trong testimony. He de- I the statements made by v ion with the spectators. r gett y work from Rea's office policemen made at Rea's hous in three small lights of glass in a house | acterized Jarman as crooked, to Rea's on N The bill for this work was $120. Jar- street on | tion of police and fir ¢k, T know what vou | Which the purchase was to be d, woman, cripple, “U\‘I(‘& created a good im- |bid on the work. | which man sald that he did not remem- | Jarman's Fourth street for Rea & Co. | office was fully twenty-five fect. AMERICANS ASSUME CONTROL Colonel Jewett Truths About Luzon in an Official BY P. N. when the lips of the co! Colonel Jewett, the army, filed a report with General Unfortunately the document i sions arrived at by ering ‘nearly two mont particular ps and tions with iral Dew lious chiefs Manila 1. would ck 1 a The ma erfully s ssion would firmly control and intelligently direct them. zenship as thos 4. Spain cannot anywhere in f even in this island. of the we the bull! who want man not had do e * K X % voted against Krieg and Nolting. This was especially so the year after the caucus at Rea’s house, when the elec- men came up. The funds were especially low at that time, and, with the exception of himself and Mangrum, the Council wanted to in- s |grease the police force to twenty-three se the force of the | men and also incr Fire Department. Witness had intrc duced an ordinance against the in- crease. At the time the roller was purchased Jarman said the street fund, from mad in better condition than ever b On April 1 of that year there wa 20,000 was fore. over $17,000 in the fund and over due from the second installment of Harry Harper, the' only lady witness that has thus far figured in the case, was next called. She was a a th member of Rhinehart family and one of the trustees of that estate. S testified that Jarman had been g the painting of the buildings in com- petition. F. G. Currier, a painter, said he had e was $1247, His p considerably higher than w s S. G. Tompkins was recalled. His d to accept the slate of | testimony showed that from where he was standing when he and Rea held a long in April his store had put | conversation, in which the latter char- This tended to show that Leet, Shaw and man stated he had gone to Rea's office | Smith, who testified yesterday in behalf once in_company with C. M. Short- | ridge, who wanted Rea to support Jar- | ¢ had been to | of Rea, could not have heard the con- versation. Attorn Delmas sald he would like man isor. He Rea al times since trying |to ask Torehou: a question. “Mr. from parties ployed | Morehouse,” he continued, “have you a s had supported James |check in your possession from Mr. Mag- liceman because he was | gard to Krieg for 33007 anly and an efliclent of- nied he had had t Rea's ticket. He d Rea never character of 1 he told wit- ted of him if | Witr Krieg and Di ness what ny had not sought the | ncilman and nev r went to Rea's office asking the latter’s help to| get the p He had not even gone to | the convention and did not know he| had been nominated until after it was | done. Krieg and Dittus were already | in the Council when he took his seat, | as was Nolting. At no time had he been in a combine with Dittus and | Krieg. Rea had called at his store to see him | and wanted him to support the slate | put up at the boss’ house. Witness refused to have anything to do with his caller in this respect. arman also denied he had ever di cussed the changing of the fire limits in order to allow the rebuilding of the Rhinehart flats on South Third street with Rea or any representative of the boss. He had voted for the change to keep the capital from going to Den- ver, and the flats were an ornament benefit to the city. ing of the fire limits. He had secured the painting of the buildings in compe- tition with three or four other bidders. In regard to painting the City Hall he y 8 d the work at the instan of Councilman Mangrum, chairman of the construction commit- tee. He had derived no benefit, finan- clally or otherwise, from the work. The materials for the work were pur- <hased In equal parts from the paint houses of McKee, Rinaldo and Lenzen. The painters engaged on the work were hired at the instance of the various Councilmen. Jarman said he had not painted any engine-house while in the Council. After he got out of the Council he fur- nished materials for painting and pa- pering the Empire engine-house and doing some other work, and had loaned his staging to the men who did the work. There were three distinct bills, amounting to about $15: When wit~ ness was at Salinas his wife had pre. sented these three claims in one to the Council. This was in violation of ths charter, which provided that work amounting to over $100 ghould be given out by contract. He subsequently seg- regated the claims and they were pald “Did you secure any money on the purchase of the steam roller?”’ asked Delmas. “No, sir,” replied witness. “Mr. Jarman, .id you receive any money on the purchase of the roller after you left the Counecil?” “No, sir.” Jarman stated he saw Maggard In this city after the purchase of the roller, when a trial of the machine was being made. He had tried to find Magz- gard since snit began, and heard he was in Towa City. Inwa. Rea had come to him and asked him to vote for his slate. The boss had told him Krieg wanted $1000 for the privi- Jege of making a slate. Witness thought this statement of Rea’s a lle and thc “emanation of a depraved nature.” Witness stated that he generally with Rea in which he had | cisco Bu | | | He had told | & A. Rhinehart he favored the chang- | Burchard objected. Delmas then pro- | duced an alleged interview with More- a | house that appeared in the San Fran- lle Morehouse denounced a fake and said he had the int d into any agreement | never stated he had such a check. An attempt was made to put the interview in evidence, but an objection was sus- tained. The plaintiff then rested. T! anncunced they had a to put on in the morning. This will complete their case. | Argument will then commence. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Southern Pacific Railroad Secures a Patent on a Big Tract in the Los Angeles District. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—The Secretary of the Interfor has patented to the South- ern Pacific Rallroad 3846 acres in the Los Angeles district. Penslons have been granted as follows: California: Original—Thomas Dunphy, Oakland, Mexican War survivor (re- issue), special October b—Hiram Jones, Cedarville, $12. Mexican War widows— T Grant, Rough and Ready, $8; Sarah L. Skinner, Santa Paula, Oregon: ' Original—George _ Crowson, Ashland, $8; Willlam Wright, The Dalles, 36; John' V. Rorco, Lewisville, $8. Origi- nal widows, etc.—Minor of George H. Norris, Weston, $10. Washingto Original—John W. Samp- Washougal, $; Samuel H. Richie, .88 By direction of the Secretary of War, Major Rudolph G Egbert, surgeon United States army, having reported in person to the surgeon-general of the army in this city, in compliance with special orders from this office, will proceed to Vancouver barracks, Wash., and report to the com- manding officer of that post for duty and by letter to the commanding general of tne Department of the Columbia. Major John D. Hall, surgeon, United States army, on completion of his present dutles pertaining to mustering out of Pennsylvania volunteers, will proceed to Benicia barracks, California, and report to the commanding officer of that post for duty. Private Willlam Harms, ordnance de- tachment. kfort arsenal, Pennsylva- nia. is transferred to Benicia arsenal, California. Naptain Tra B. Ladd, assistant surgeon, s:\é?x‘(h alifornia Volunteer Infantry, Beving tendered his resignation, is hon- eIy aischarged from the service of the Ofaited States, to take effect from date. L ENORMOUS INCREASE OF OUR NAVAL FORCES The United States Will Soon Take Rank as Third Among the Sea Powers. NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—A ¢he Tribune from Washington says: The remarkable rapidity with which the naval power of the United States is be- ed at the present time may e e “when it Is stated that fifty- five war vessels are now under contract for the Government, and that their ag- gregate tonnage far exceeds that of the Sessels building at any one time in the oivil war. This vast construction pro- gramme, which has excited more atten- tion abroad than at home, has been au. thorized gradually by Congress until the vessels soon to be completed will place the United States third in rank among the sea powers. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE As Viewed by Different Sects in Next Sunday's Call. a BOERINGER. Special Correspondence of The Call. MANILA. Sept. 6.—Much of history unwritten to-day will be told spondents shall not be sealed by the censor. The systematic objection to anything actionis has prevented much being told that would be of value to the American public in forming an opinion regarding these islands. Indiana jurist, elf cannot be published and available at this moment, but I can vouch for the following conclu- Colonel Jewett after a careful investigation cov- Colonel Jewett was not attached to any his conclusions are arrived at after conversa- v, with prominent natives, d later with the Spaniards themselves after the fall of of the people are docile and ubmit to any government that without sainst the authorities of Spain was originally against the abuses and irritations, the agents and of that Government, and (H‘ not include any well defined n of independent national existence. The j cople are not now fitted for local self government or citi- e terms are used and understood in the United States. of government toward life and property in the island of Luzon. The insurrectionary government, The form of government maintained United States prior to their being admitted as States of the Union is not practicable here at the present time. From this it will be seen that we are as a nation in the position bull by the tail 1 have private information to the effect has said, “We certainly shall retain the island of Luzon.” patch to | Officers Chosen fi;ilm High Court of MUST Tells Striking Report. reflecting upon Aguinaldo’s the judge advocate of the Merritt previous to his departure. is not , with the rebel- k ko ook ok ok sk ok koK ok ok k¥ s well - disposed, and insolence the near future discharge the duty so-called, could not sustain in the territories of the We cannot let go and that Admiral Dewey Ok ok ok ok ok k %k sk K ok ok ok k ok ok sk ok ok ok ok ok KKK K KL E XK KKK REK MENT AT FORT BAKER Bad | * |Volunteers Say Food Is Given. [ON THE VERGE OF REVOLT HAVE SYMPATHY WITH TEOSE‘ | ‘WHO DESERT. / Tents Not Impervious to Water and Fines Imposed for Trivial Of- fenses Declared Most Unjust. Special Dispatch to The Call SAUSALITO, Oct. 13.—The boys in blue at Fort Baker are nearly im open revolt over the alleged unjust treat- ment they are receivine at the hands of the War Department, and the offi- cers in charge of the post. Among their grievances are the claims that the food given them is small in quan- tity and nauseating in quality; that the tents in which they sleep are not im- pervious to water, and that the discip- line enforced s far too rigorous for volunteers and would make a regular soldier ‘‘kick.” Last Saturday morning Private Ed- ward Downs, who had been confined In the guardhouse for forty-three days and was awaiting his court-martial for desertion, which was to have taken place Monday, made his escape and has not been recaptured. The feeling that prevails at the fort is well illustrated by the statement of three privates, made to a Call reporter, that even if they knew where the deserter was and were in a search party they would endeavor to lead the party in another direction. “Most of us,” bitterly remarked one of the privates, ft good homes in San Francisco and volunteered for service at a time when the nation needed us. Now we can stand here at night and look away across the water a few miles to where the lights are twinkling mock- ingly and think that two more years of this stares us in the face. It is sim- ply maddening, and 1 do not blame any man for deserting. I shall be very sorry if they ever find any trace of him. “Why, the food we get is sickening. Two weeks ago there came a consign- ment of beef in such a rotten condl- tion that even the officers could not find it in their hearts to ask us to eat it, and it was thrown in the bay. The canned salmon is always tainted. The milk is frequently sour and nearly everything else bad. The only good thing we get is the bread. If it were not for that, we would be in a bad way.” ,”" sald another, “it is all right for the officers. They are drawing good pay and have plenty of good food. But the small sum we make is frequently taken away in fines, sometimes as much as $10 for a trivial offense. They expect us to be more -xemplary In ob- serving the rules than regulars would be.” Lieutenant Choynski evidently holds the opinion credited to one of the Van- derbilts. Some time ago he was in- interviewed regarding complaints of the volunteers at the fort, and said the way the affairs of the post were conducted was no affair of the public or the pa- pers. He thought that it was an un- pardonable offense to criticize military affairs, because it encouraged the men to make complaint when there was no necessity for it. McELFRESH RE-ELECTED. the Foresters. LLOYD CHOSEN GRAND MASTER Californian Honored by Knights Templar. MADE CHIEF IN AMERICA H. B. STODDARD OF TEXAS NEXT IN COMMAND. Californians Entertain Eastern Brethren in a Royal Manner So Noticeable Among Men of the Golden State. Special Dispatch to The Call. PITTSBURG, Pa., Oct. 13.—At the meeting of the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar to-day the oflicers were elected and Louisville, Ky., was selected the place where the next conclave is to be held, the vote being | 75 for Louisville to 52 for Milwaukee. There was no contest made for any position except for Grand Junior war- den. For the latter honor several can- didates developed during the conclave, the most prominently mentioned being Lee S. Smith of Pittsburg and Joseph A. Locke of Portland, Maine. The fol- lowing was the result of the election of | officers: | Grand Master, Reuben H. Lloyd of | San Francisco; Deputy Grand Master, | H. B. Stoddard of Texas; Grand Gen- | eralissimo, G. A. Moulton of Chicago; Grand Captain General, H. A. Rugg of Providence, RR. I.; Grand Senior War- | den, W. B. Meli of Ohio; Grand Ju- nior Warden, Joseph A. Locke of Port- land, Maine; nd Treasu Wales Lines of Meriden, Conn. Recorder, William Henry Mayo of St. Louis. It was decided to hold the next con- clave on the fourth Tuesday in August, | 1901. | All day the railroad depots were | crowded with departing Knights, and | to-night fully two-thirds of Pittsburg’s | guests were again homeward bound. | CALIFORNIA KNIGHTS ENTERTAIN VISITORS | PITTSBURG Pa.,, Oct. 13.—While other commanderies were packing up their swords and uniforms, running to catch trains and otherwise preparing to say farewell to Pittsburg, California Commander~ No. 1 of San Francisco | was opening the doors of its masgnifi- | cent headquarters in the Carnegie building to the other Knights Templar who had not yet left the city. For two or three davs past it was ru- mored that the folks from the Golden Gate were preparing to “do business’” in a fashion for which California is | noted. It was known that when San Francisco entertained the triennial con- | clave fift vears ago all records were eclipsed and one established that | will never be outdone. It was further known that California Commanderyv No. 1, which had come to Pittsburg as the escort of the State Grand Com- mandery which displayed $500 uni- forms, and which rode the forty black horses in the parade, was the whole thing, or as they used to say out on the coast, “the whole works.” The doors were opened promptly at 10 o'clock, and the crush for admittance was so great that as soon as the hall had been filled the doors were closed until the people inside had inspected the interior of the building and had passed out. At yesterday's reception there was a crush, but from 10 a. m. to-day until midnight it required a detall of police to maintain order on the sidewalks. The California knights, headed by Eminent Commander J. P. Fraser, assisted by a corps of thirty servants, began to pre- pare for to-day's reception from 11 to 7 and the second from 8 to 12 p. m., the latter being the grand commandery of California’s reception to other grand commanderies. When the doors were opened at 11:30 a. m. there was a line extending from the doors clear up to Grant street, and a crowd of 1000 in the street. The guests were admitted not in blocks of flve, but in masses of 500., They found the big room beautifully decorated with palms and cut flowers, while about the walls were hung im- mense panel pictures of sir knights of which had been ordered for renown, Duquesne Garden, but could not be used at that magnificent pleasure palace. There was an orchestra dispensing music, and there was a corps of walit- ers dispensing other things. A great table was laden down with huge bas- kets of grapes plums, apricots, pears, watermelons, etc. As fast as they dis- appeared more were brought in through the rear door, and the supply seemed Inexhaustible. The ladies, on being admitted were received by Mrs. Fraser, wife of the eminent commander: Mrs. Marron, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Tonningsen and Mrs. Tul- ler. These ladies -~resented each of their guests with a basket of fruit grown in California. The visiting Sir Knights were received by Eminent Commander J. P. Fraser and Sir Knights T. J. Fraser, L. A. Larson, J. Tonningsen, P. D. Jewett, B. F. Gar- rett. G. H. Dver. Dr. R. W. Smith, P. S. Teller, C. W. Taber, Ream and Wil- kins. e THE GRAND LODGE. Finance Committeewneport Makes a Favorable Showing—Election of Officers To-Day. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons held their second session yester- day in Masonic Temple. The forenoon session was taken up in the hearing of the reports of the several committees, in- cluding finance and appeals. The report of the finance committee shows that the finances of the order are in a healthy condition. The afternoon session was taken up in the delivery of an eloquent oration by the grand orator, E. S. Lippitt. In the evening the delegates met in King Solomon’s Hall to witness the ex- emplification of the third dnfiree by Fi- Gelity Lodge. After the work there was an adjournment to the hall of the Vet- eran Masonic Association, where a pleas- ant evening was spent. To-day there will be held the election for grand officers for the ensuing year. To-night the delegates to the grand body will be given an ooporjunity <o ob- serve how the French Lodge, La Parfaite Union does the work. SANTA BARBARA, Oct. 13.—The next High Court of the Independent Or- der of Foresters, will be held at Fresno. The following officers were elected to- day: High chief ranger, G. A. McE! fresh, Los Angeles; high secretary, W. H. Perry, Los Angeles; high treasiurer, W. A. Reavis, Los Anfielea: high physician, R. W. Obannon, Hollister; high counselor, 0. G. Hopkins, Sacramento; high past chief ranger, F. Parker, Los Angeles; high auditors—C. H. Eberle, Downey; W. S. Rupee, Burbank: high chaplain, J. C. Packard, Santa Barbara; high journal secretary, G. W. Bowles, Fresno; high senfor woodward, . San AN ESCAPED LUNATIC KILLED| John Barracca éfiuck on the Head by & Train. STOCKTON, Oct. 13.—John Barracca, an inmate of the Stockton State Hospital for the Insane, was killed last night by a train. He was struck on the head while in a cattle guard culvert. He escaped from the asylum by %k:kln the lock. He was sent from San Francisco in July of this year. BELTUE Passed the Wheeling. Coat. Scotch Cheviot. and Saturday : ¥ Bannockburnn Scotch Cheviof. BT R 9-1113-15 Kearny Street, San Francisco. ADVERTISEMENTS. % by ¥ Bannockburn Cheviot are truly lovely, representing every new shade. Jacket sewed throughout silk. taped throughout, insur- ind double strendth. 0 MATTER how a school boy tries lie will wear out two pairs of Pants to a So we're going to give you two pairs of Pants to a Coat; or in other words a Suit with an extra pair of Pants made of the highest grade of There mever was a woolen fabric put together that will stand the rough vsige and look as pretty as the Bannockburn Scotch Cheviot. It's a $6 Suit in any store that carries as high-class goods as the Banmockburn Now, then, your attention, please, to what we propose to do for you Friday The colorinds of the Scoteh The club ch-cks on the grayish order, the neat heather mixtures, brownish effects. the Every seam of the is taped and with The Trousers are Now, here’s a combina- tion of doodness that in- sures to yow the best of everythind— One of these Suits with an extra pair of Trous- ers— The Suit is well worth 86.00 ; The Trousers $1.00 ; that’s §7. Why, then, the Suit, the extra Trousers, the two, including a Golf surely Cap, just as yow see it in | the picture ovposite, for schoo'-doing boys between the ades of &6 and 16, Friday and Saturday at $3.98. B4+ 44+++4++44+4+444++68 + % L+ + Rain Coats for big + + e + 1 and little men, and | +don’t fordet we’re x S S + King-Pins for Over- 4 + coa + P coats. e Q++++ 4444 +4+ 424240 MAY GO UNDER AMERICAN FLAG Six British Steamers to Change Registry. ENGINEERING IT LAMONT PLAN OF THE NORTHERN PA- CIFIC COMPANY. Future Action Probably Hinges Upon ‘Whether Uncle Sam Intends to Retain the Philip- pines. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Oct. 13.—It is stated on good authority that the Northern Paci- fic Steamship Company is arranging to put under the American flag six Brith- ish steamers which it is operating to China and Japan from this city. These steamers include the transport Arizona. which was sold to the Government last July, when available steamers for transport service were scarce. It de- velops that at that time Daniel S. La- mont, vice-president of the Northern Pacific Rallway, and others interested. secured pessage by Congress of a law permitting the giving of American rex- istry to the Northern Pacific Steamship Company’s steamers. This was de- sired because Mr. Lamont, Mr. Dodweil, managing director of the steamshin line, and other traffic men recognized the advantages to be derived by the op- eration of steamers that could carry traffic between the Pacific Coast and Hawali and the Philippine Islands. As understood here the company vir- tually has the option under this law of retaining British registry or changing to American. The company is now seemingly waiting to ascertain whetm the American Government s to ret: the Philippine Islands. If it does, as is expected, then a change of registry will be speedily effected. The company’s 5 hite, Francisco; junior, J. S. Jones. Gridley; high senlor beadle, A. Borlins, San Fran- cisco; junior, H. uire, Riverside; high marshal, C. D. Howry, Los Angeles; high conductor, A. 8. Cooper, Vi ll.’eljo; high messenger, A. L. Darrow, San Diego. SEATTLE, Oct. 13.—The steamer Cot- tage City from Alaska, reports passing the gunboat Wheeling on_her way from 8t. 3 ichael, wlti’:’tClp in Prl.%")u verx}- ment survey party : e Wheel- ing will arrive here next Saturday officers here, including Manager Dod- well, declined to-day to make any statement for publication, but did not deny that arrangeinents are in progress for making such a change. Vice-Presi- @ California was anxfous to go forward and dent Lamont has charge of the matter in the East, including the necessary negotiations with the Treasury Depart- ment regarding the detalls. | The steamers affected by the pro- | posed change are the Tacoma, Olympia, | Columbia, Arizona and Argyle. The | Government had an option on all of | them last summer when Merritt's army was being hurried to Manila, but only | the Arizona was taken. It is belleved | that she will be transferred back to the | | Northern Pacific Company at Hong- ! | kong when the Government no longer | needs her. While the war lasted the | | British Government refused to cancel the PBritish registry of these steamers | | on the ground that such action would | be a violation of the nuetrality laws. | All considerations of this kind have | | been brushed aside by the peace pro- tocol. |URGES THE CLAIMS OF CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS General Barrett Asks That the Eighth Go to Manila and That Surgeons Be Properly Paid. WASHINGTON. Oct. 18.—Adjutant Gen- eral Barrett of California had a talk to- day with Secretary Alger and Adjutant | General Corbin in regard to sending the Eighth California Regiment to Manila. General Barrett urged that the Eighth | see real military life, and wanted to go as soon as possible. Secretary Alger and | Adjutant General Corbin were attentive listeners to what General Barrett had to say, and he was assured before he left the office that if any of, the regiments now ordered to Manila shdwed any signs of mustering-out fever, and also if any more troops are wanted at the Phillp- | pines, the Eighth Regiment will be tne | regiment to go. General Barrett, while here, will try to see what he can do In having the salar- jes of assistant surgeons of California |ivolunteers adjusted. Surgeons of Cali- | tornia, when enrolled into the service, were of the opinion that their salaries would be the same as that which was being paid in the regular army and of the same rank as In the regular army, that is a salary of a mounted captaln, or $2000 a year. The first month these surgeons recelved their right salary, but have falled to receive a ifke amount since then. All the surgeons in the California | volunteers have entered their protest. e STOLEN TREASURES FOUND. Enormously Rich One Found Secreted in a Cave at Leadville. LEADVILLE, Colo., Oct. 13.—While kicking about some dirt at the city dump, Frank Burkhart unearthed a cave, in which he found some very rich ore. The officers were at once notified, and upon in- | vestigation found a cache from which they extracted fifty sacks of gold and sil- ver ore. = The stuff had evidently been hidden awly during the last ten days, and had been stolen from different _mines, as it was of_different Tmliuu. From samples Inna(y.“e‘d. !tdw&a all ‘samm to bs]enormon-— y , and the lof probably prove to be worth $110,000. | SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON GAMBLING Case Involving ;;; Status of Club | Rooms and Gaming Houses in Celifornia. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13.—Some time ago the City Council passed an ordinance ironclad in its nature wi h, if strictly enforced, would close ev one of the 200 poker rooms in this city. The ordi- | nance was drawn by Job Harriman, the Soclalist Labor candidate for Governor of this State. The Chief of Police started to enforce the ordinance and closed one of the most notorious dens in the city, Kknown as the Arizona Clubrooms, arrest- 1?; the proprietors. A. B. Smith and P. J. Wilson. The furniture and all the gam- bling paraphernalia were ('onfllcutoi To-day Attorney Shinn, on behalf of one of the proprietors, P. J. Wilson, pre- sented a petition to the Supreme Court asking his release on a writ of habeas corpus. The petition contends that the imprisonment Is illegal In that he was convicted of an offense under an ordi- nance which the City Council of Los Angeles had no legal right to pass for the reason that no authority exists in the charter of the city for its passage. It is claimed that the ordinance is uncon= stitutional and vold in that a game of poker or drawpoker or a game played with cards is not an unlawful game, and the conductlni of a room or apartment or place for the playing of a game with cards 18 not unlawful. The Supreme Court will pass on the point in a few days, and the decision given will affect club rooms in all places where the local authorities have made any attempt to suppress them. NATIONAL BANK CLOSED. Discovery of a Large Defalcation At~ tributed to the Cashier. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—Charles G. Dawes, Comptroller of the Currency, to= day wirea the cashier of the Tioga Na- tional Bank of Oswego, N. Y., of which Senator T. C. Platt is president, to close the doors of that Institution. to receive no more deposits and to transact no more business, stating that he had placed C. E. Vanbrocklyn, national bank examiner, tn charge of the bank. The recent examina- tlon by Examiner Vanbrocklyn disclosed a large defalcation on the part of E. D. Stone, the assistant cashier of the bank. —_———————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Park Holliswood, Knight, 51 days from NSW. Bktn Gardiner City, Palmgren, 9 days from Grays Harbor. Sehr Chas R Wilson, Johnson, § days from Grays Harbor. Stmr Del Norte, Crescent City. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. ROTTERDAM—Sailed Oct 13—Stmr Maas- dam, for New York. NAPLES—Arrived Oct 13—Stmr Kaiser Wil- helm II, from New York. GENOA—Sailed Oct 13—Stmr Ems, for New k. Y&:EENSTOWN — Safled Oct 13—Stmr Teu- tn;x‘lk for New Stockfleth, 31 hours from York. BBEILLES—SMIM Oct 13—Stmr Patria, York. wfi:’#"m‘i{fi—Amv‘u Oct 13-Stmr Ger- mania, from_ Liverpool. Eiiva Got 13- Stmr Gestemund, for Flushing.