The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1898, Page 3

THE FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1898 WHAT LAWS NOW GOVERN THE ISLANDS? Mooted Questions as to Hawaii. AFTERMATH OF ANNEXATION COMPLICATIONS MAY ARISE BE- FORE CONGRESS ACTS. Acting Attorney General Boyd of the Opinion t Regulations Appii- All Te What lav over v statutes, applied Con are mmitted which the 1ber committed in ndling of th How would If th 1 of internatio which bi4 be the was tre puni United Honolulu. against Federal statutes of the il when a man yet been ren. Seneral, and in Cc Tess meets , which is only d Territoria Islands, al d ecision by e will not be held at the De- that any crime ances in Federal reunder made ap-~ ient of a na- Hawali is t the pro- immediate lation at ubject ‘What a man attains to seems for a little time to be the high est rung in the / ladder, and dur- ing that brief pe- riod he may be content, but when /[ he discovers that there are other rungs, still higher up, ambition gives birth to discontent, and he begins omce more to climb. To climb is really man’s pchief end. It isn’t in attaimment, but in f [ work, that man finds his // real "happiness, conse- [ quently it is not strange until when they break down F ¥ there is no real mecessity for it. If men only knew it, they conld work to | almost any extent on through middle life end into old age, if they would only take a little common sense care of their health. THe trouble is that they do not take the lit- tle stitches here and there that are neces- eary to preserve health. They pay no at- tentjon to the signs of on-coming ill-health. A little biliousness, a little indigestion, a little loss of sleep and appetite, a little nervousness, a little headache, a little shakiness in the morning, and a little duil- ness all day, a little this and a little that— all these little things they neglect. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery makes the appetite keen, digestion and assimila- tion perfect, the liver active, the blood pure and the nerves sl:adg. It is the gre; blood-maker and flesh-builder. It is the great liver invigorator and nerve tonic. It fits a man to work and work and work Medicine dealers sell it and have nothing else ‘‘just as good.” “Iwas a sufferer five or six years from indi- estion,” writes B. F. Holmes, of Gafiney, partanburg Co., 8. C., ** also from sore stomach and constant headache. Ithen used Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and ‘ Pleasant Pel- lete, which in a few days gave me permanent relief.” A man or woman who neglects constipa- tion suffers from slow poisoning. Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure constipa- tion. Oge little *‘ Pellet ’ is a gentle laxa- tive, and two a mild cathartic. All medi- cine dealers sell them, at this 2. | of Henry F. that we find men working | sibility, and should be regarded as the opinion of a lawyer, and not that ot the acting Attorney General. “The resolution of Congress-approved on the 7th of July, 1898, annexed the Hawaliian Islands as a part of the ter- ritory of the United States, and made them subject to sovereign dominion | thereof. This constituted said islands much & part of the territory of the United States as any other of its Ters | ritorial domain, and made it as much a subject to the general pow and | authori of the Government of the | United States as any other of its terri- | tor: It is true that the resolution s: that municipal legislation of the | Hawaiian Islands not inconsistent with | this joint resolution nor contrary to the | constitution of the United States, nor existing treaty of the United shall remain in force until the of the United States shall Instead of quali- of the Gov- tes over the ressly say to rem | Congre otherwise determine. fying the general author ernment of the United ¢ islands, this provision that municipal laws, in or , must not be incc An in fo this resolution. | the municipal la | to the general States would be ir such municipal law would interfere with the complete dominion of this Government. It may be that the Ha- aiian Islands h gard to the establishme other local not inte ernme e which is contrary of the United stemt because » with the right of the Gov- zation ry, be- laws are gen- the Comp- hor v to authorize the or- 1itional banks in any erritorv of th® United scarcely a State in L gislation authorizing the ment of local banks, or State with banking powers; still rfere with the gen- Government to au- anization of national h States. Such condition n Territory where Territorial Legislature. The > might authorize the’ estab- local banks, and yet au- organize national banks 1 1 exist. or looking over this matter and ing it and the wording of the with the qualifications ndicated, T am of the opinion e Comptroller of Currency is as T h authorized to charter a national bank in the Territory of Hawall as in at of Oklahoma or Alaska, which lat- is undisputed.” INTERESTS THE PEOPLE the Adjutant General Barrett Presents the State’s War Claim Against the Government. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—General Bar- t of California to-day presented the im of the State of California against e Government for expenses incurred in 1g out the volunteers of California in the war agalnst Spain to the Auditor of the War Department. General Barrett will be given a hearing before the Audi- tor on Wednesday of next week, when it supy t the claim will be ac- is rnment, and requirements of the Go v lifornia has I am glad to that ( presented her claim in first-class condi- t nd it will not take the department ng to settle it It was found that the Government is not allowing claims for anything bought r expen: incurred after June 8. This the day that the bill passed ¢ s which provided for payin; to that day, & wa g up from Congress. ifornia for work after 3 e small, General Barrett does not see why California should complain. The Secretary of the Interior has issued ting 160 acres of land an order pate : e district of Oregon to the the La Grar | Northern Pacific Railroad. The Secretary of the Interfor has re- ¥ d the decision in the case of the | Southern Pacific Railroad against Robert | Ho Austi The Southern Pacific Rall- road I from the depart- 3 ebruary 10, 1897, re- its indemnity ection 1 Calfornia. entry will made by the t | o8 6.2 per the ve for 1897, 815, a1 4.2 per cent. at Portland, , while {n the pre- me month they increase in the 8 per cent 1 granted as follows Nathaniel. B. Lu- California—Original: cas, San Francisco, $8; Dennis Corcoran 08 les, $6; David C. Hay, Soldiers’ Hom Angeles, $6; Owen Finn, San Gleeson, San Fran- cisco, $6. Incre foritz F. Thie an Diego, 38 to $1 “harles Gardin Rio Vista, $6 to $10. Original widows—% 3 West, Loyalton, $10; Rebecca Quillin, Hanford, $ i Washington—Original widows, etc.—Al- mira Hamilton, Seattle, $8. A postoffice has been established at Es- calon, San Joaquin County, Cal., with Al- exander Lamasney as postmaster. or AN OVATION TO SHAFTER AT OMAHA | |, OMAHA, Oct. 14—Major General Wil- liam R. Shafter was accorded a most gen- welcome by Omaha to-day. When train arrived in the morning a large num ber of people had gathered at the station to greet the hero of Santiago. T on, at the exposition grounds, the manifestations of love and respect -or the general were everywhere in evidence. _The anticlpated presence of General Shafter fllled the auditorium with a crowd that was as large and patriotic as the one that gave General Miles such an enthusiastic ovation the day before. Every seat filled, arfd hundreds of people stood In the lobby and the vacant portions of the gallery. General Shafter and President Wattles headod the party, and as soon as the blue and gold of tne general’s uniform was percelve audi- greeted him w ition of ”hand- clapping and ch ¢ band played a melod; th >méwhat p as belng seated. £ as Introduce o first speaker, and the (-r.,w.‘x‘(;ssfs e l cheered him again and again wit i | that fairly shook the bunting thas ‘h'\fi?,i | lavishly from arch and pillar. “Shatter's address was a plain, matter of fact ar | cussion of the Cuban campaign, and h | simple presentation of the main e ts of | the campaign was far more effective than the most exalted oratori effort from, one who had not participa in the strug- | gle. One or two statements made by the eneral are new. He said that with the all of El Caney the campaign was | tically over. It w: sary, he said, to convince the Spanish commander that his case was hopeless. He eventually | surrendered, and with our small army we | had capturéd 6 prisoners, 12,000 of | whom were beyond our reach. 'ALBRECHT SURPRISES ALL BY PLEADING GUILTY 9 | | J Bigamist Sentenced to Three Years’ | Imprisonment and to Pay a | Thousand Dollars. i SANTA ROSA, Oct. 14.—The case of | Charles” Albrecht, iorger, perjurer and | supposed to be thrice married, took a | sudden turn to-day when it came up in Department 2 of the Superior Court. All through the case Albrecht has stoutly maintained he was not the man wanted, and no amount of influence could succeed in shaking his testimony. When the case was called this afternoon he pleaded guilty to the charge of bigamy and was senténced by Judge Burnett to three years in Folsom and to pay a fine of $1000. | trap. ; one, therefore, of | that does not have | OF THE PACIFIC COAST, cepted, as the chief clerk of the Auditor, | when handed the papers remarked: “Everything seems to have come up to 1 | which MILITARY MEN [N CONSPIRACY [Plot to Overthrow the French Government. GENERALS ARE IMPLICATED - IT IS ALLEGED THAT PRINCE LOUIS IS INVOLVED. If Brisson’s Cabinet Is Turned Out Serious Complications With England Might Follow. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Oct. 14.—It is announced here this morning that a military plot against the Government has been dis- | covered. The Rappel, Aurore and Pe- tite Republique Francaise publish al- | most identical stories on the subject. | It appears that the plot was discovered by a general holding an important po- sition. The plotters were to have taken action on Saturday, during the ab- sence of the Minister of War, General | Chanoine. It further appears that when the Government was warned of the plot the Ministers were not sur- prised, having already obtained infor- mation regarding the conspiracy. | The Matin says the plot was not in | favor of one of the pretenders to the | throne of France, who has been talked | about for some time, but was only for the purpose of changing certain offi- | cials of the Government without touch- | ing the President. The Premier, M. Brisson was among | those who were not surprised when no- | tified of*the plot. He promises to take action in the matter. The Government offictals here refuse | | to furnish any information regarding | the discovery of the plot, but it is ru- mored this afternoon that the conspi- | racy involved Prince Louis Bonaparte, | a colonel of Russian Lancers, in whose -favor his elder brother, Prince Victor | Bonaparte, recently resigned the lead- | ership of the Imperial party. It is| | added that certain political personages handed the Premier important docu- | ncluding a cipher dispatch com- | ng certain military men. The | Minister of War has recalled his an- | nounced intention of leaving Paris. | The Liberte, asserts that the military | men alleged fo have been concerned in | | the conspiracy are Generals Boisedef- | | fre and Pellieux. Attempts, it is added, | were also made to compromise General Zurlinden, the military Governor of Paris, who, for a short time, was Min- | | ister of War. | _According to the Jour, the rumor of the plan arose from a forged letter pur- porting to have been sent by General | Boisedeffre to General Zurlinden, con- taining the words: ‘“Let us be ready | for Saturday | The semi-official Temps this evening | minimizes the affair and says the offi- clals of the Ministry of War formally | deny that a plot existed. The Temps | suggests that misinterpretation was | | placed on some of the numerous dls: | patches now bein~ exchanged between | | the different garrisons in connection | with the present movements of troops, | led to the strange reports of | plots. | SITUATION AT PARIS ‘ REGARDED SERIOUS | _LONDON, Oct. 14—The situation in | Paris is regarded in well informed quarters here as being more serious | than it has been at any time since the | commune. The St. James Gazette this afternoon | | says: A military .revolution, however | peaceful, which replaces the Brisson | Cabinet with the nominees of the gen- erals, would imperil the relations be- | tween England and France almost to | the breaking point. - The semi-official ’?aml partly inspired Paris papers are| still pretending that negotiations are | | proceeding between the two Govern- ments, and France belleves it, although | everybody in England knows the state- | ment to be ridiculous. Even supposing | Major Marchand is unconditionally | | withdrawn from Fashoda, the difficul- | | ties with France will in no way end. Behind it lles the whole question of the Bahr-el-Ghazel, the richest prize in the Soudan. The Paris correspondent of the Times says: It Is impossible to obtain clear proofs of the existence of a plot, but the idea of an act of force haunts cer- tain military minds. Maddened and | stung by violent criticisms of the army arising out of the Dreyfus affair, they are especially irritated at the attitude of the civilians in claiming to interfere in the detention of Colonel Picquart, for which the entire military authority | is responsible. Looking to the excited state of the men’s minds at the present time and the conflict between the mili- tary and civil authorities, it is only surprising that such alarms are not more frequent. RAILROAD MEN REFUSE TO STRIKE PARIS, Oct. 14—The Railroad Work- | ers’ Union has posted placards ordering a strike to-day, urging the strikers ito refrain from vielence and informing | the public that if danger threatens the | country the strikers will immediately | return to their posts. This strike in- | cludes the Algerian provinces. In spite of the placarding the threat- ened general strike did not take place. The workmen stopped to read the pla- cards announcing the strike, but there was no disorder. Nearly all the labcr- ers are at work and the railroad service is uninterrupted, the railroad men hav- ing apparently ignored the decision of the committee representing them. JOHN MILLER DIES ON THE SCAFFOLD | Pays the Penalty at San Quentin for the Murder of James W. Childs. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Oct. 14.—An | uplifted hand as a sign to cut the rope, a brief nterval of suspense, and the body | 0f Jolin Miller, the crippled carpenter who | murdered James W. Childs, shot through | the trapdoor in expiation of his crime at 10:30 o’clock this morning, two years after the commission of the deed. The execu- tion was attended by a horrible feature, the head of the murderer belng partly severed because of his great weight. An hour and a half prior to his death Miller’s attitude toward retigion changed, and he was received into the Catholi¢ church b%- Rev. Father Lagan of San Rafael. The sacrament and last rites of the church were administered, and the doomed man professed himself ready for the end. Preceded by the priest, he mounted the scaffold, closely supported by two _guards, and took his place on the is knees trembled, and be was + | bearer, Lee S. Smith of Pittsburg; grand was very much agitated. | mercy on my soul,” were the last words | of_Jacks. barely able to stand, while the fingers of his hands twitched nervously. The noose was adjusted, and Miller's lips moved in mute response to a good-by from Father Lagan. he black cap was drawn and then came the end. The crime for which Miller answered with his life was the murder of James W. Childs in San Francisco in November, 1896. He had been jlited by Mrs. Nellie Ryan, and was pursuing her from the house with a revolver, when Childs tried to prevent a murder and was shot as he grappled with the infuriated cripple. The case has been fought in the courts on various technicalities fog nearly two i A years. 3K CONCLUSION OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CONCLAVE Newly Chosen Officers Installed and Appointments Made by the Grand Master. PITTSBURG, Oect. 14.—Executive busi- ness occupied the fourth and closing day’s session of the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar, at Carnegie Hall to- day. The special order of business was the consideration of proposed revision of | the constitution. The most fmportant amendment proposed was the one to lo- cate the Grand Encampment headquar- ters in Washington, thus providing for the storage of all archives of the en- campment in that city. This was voted down and a compromise amendment adopted providing that in the event of a city not desiring to entertain the Grand Encampment on the occasion of any future triennial conclave, the Grand Encampment will meet in Wash- ington. The date of the meeting is to be | decided by the four chief officers of the | Grand Encampment. The new grand officers were then in- stalled with impressive ceremonles, after which Grand Master Lloyd announced the following appointments: Grand pre- late, J. W. Cox of Iowa; grand standard- rer, Arthur McArthur of Troy, rand captain of the guard, | Ch s C. Vogt, Loulsville; grand war- | den, Harper M. Orahood of Denver; com- mittee on jurieprudence, James H. Hop- kins, Washington, D. C., Enoch T. Car- son, Ohio; Joseph W. Fellows, New Hampshire; H. C. Witt, Kentucky; Nich- olas R. Ruckle, Indlana; committee on foreign relations, Johnson Smith, Illinois; R. E. Withers, Virginia; J. P. S. Gobin, Pennsylvania; Hugh McCurdy, Michigan; Warren Larue Thomas, Maryland; finance committee, W. H. Sole, Massachusetts; George. W. Kendrick, _Pennsylvania; Julius L. Bevan, Georgia; J. A. Witherax, Washington; A. H. Wagner, Wisconsin. The conclave then adjourned sine die. The first to come and the last to go is what the Pittsburg newspapers will say to-morrow of the California delegation to the Knights Templar conclave. The head- quarters of California Commandery No. 1 in the Carnegie building were closed this forenoon. Many of the decorations, all the silverware and glass used and some of the furniture was packed and made ready for shipment home. The party began to disintegrate to-day. e EXECUTIOM OF EX-CHIEF OF POLICE G. H. JACKS Claimed to Be Innocent and Refused Religious Consolation Until He Approached the Gallows. CHICAGO Oct. 14.—George H. Jacks, formerly Chief of Police at Muskegon, Mich., and John Druggan, both convicted murderers, were hanged on the same scaffold in the County Jail this after- noon. Some time before the hanging Jacks sent the following letter to the Jail “Mr. Whitman—My Dear Sir: Please do not let any of the clergy in to see me. | sword-bea N. | o If I, an innocent man, be hanged to-day, | without the right to have the highest court in the land pass upon my case, which has been all prepared at great ex pense to myself and labor to my friends it I am refused this right, which every man is entitled to, there certainly can be no God above us, and in that case the clergy can do no good. So please do not allow any to see me. Yours “GEORGE H. JACKS.” This request was complied with. Jacks prayed constantly while the noose and shroud were being adjusted. Just before going to the gallows Jacks, notwithstand- ing his remarkable letter, consented to be accompanied by a priest. On the way he repeated aloud after the priest the prayers which the latter voiced. Jacks “Oh Lord, have Jacks was convicted of the murder of Andrew J. McGhee, an aged collector and solicitor, whom Jacks, assisted by Wil- liam J. 'Willows, now serving fourteen vears for compiicity in the crime, de- coyed into an apartment house on In- diana avenue for the purpose of robbery. Jacks had a long criminal record. When | Chief of Police of the Michigan city he | also held the position of deputy United | States Marshal, and was a_member of | the Fire Department. While holding these official positions he committed a long geries of burglaries, for which he was finally convicted and sentenced to the Michigan penitentiary for four years. | Upon his release he came to Chicago and returned to his old mode of living. Jacks was out on bond for a burglary when he was arrested on the charge of murder. | Druggan was convicted of the murder | of Robert Gudgeon, a saloon-keeper, whom Druggan attempted to rob. THIEVING TRAMP MORTALLY WOUNDED Shot by Officers While Trying to Es- cape, He Dies While Being Removed. SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 14.—A tramp was kijed at Highland this morning by | Constable Plke's posse. He had been hanging around the neighiborhood several days, begging, stealing and annoying and insulting women and girls. On Tuesday night he was seen to enter a barn near Patton Springs by SBanta Fe Agent Sav- age to steal a harness. Constable Plke ran him down Wednesday afternoon on the edge of a section of rough, bushy country, but while dismounting to follow him he escaped. This morning a posse took the trail. When discovered he re- fused to surrender and tried to escape by running. He was shot in the leg by Eu- gene Worley, one of the posse. A mes- senger was dispatched for a physician. The wounded man was placed in a wagon to be brought to this city. He died before reaching Highland. He was the man who had caused_so much trouble b¥ petty thieving and (rlgh(enlnf isolated families. On being searched, $46 In money and two gold watches were found, also papers showing his name to be John senberg of Cutler, Fja. WHEELMAN STEVENS LOWERS A RECORD CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Oct. 14—A world's record time in competition was made to-day in the final of the one-third mile Increased point champlonship, de- cided at the closing day’s races of the national circuit meet in this city, the credit for the record going to Orlando Stevens, winner of his first sixty-point champlonship this season. The time was 40 seconds. Arthur Gardiner finished within inches of Stevens, and so close that doubt was cast upon the decision of | the judges In awarding the 1@ce to Ste- vens. At the close of the races to-night the champlonship standing is: Kimble 206, Bald 185, Taylor 183, Gardiner 148, Stevens 142, McFarland 133, Cooper 109, Freeman 73, Fisher 35. The champlonship con- test finished to-night. Third of a mile, national champlonshi, Stevens won, Gardiner second, Owen Kimble third. Time, :40. One mile handicap, professional—James Bow- ler (75) won, W. Becker (70) second, Owen Kimble (30) third. Time, 2:06. Two-mile handicap, professional — Orlando Stevens (30) won, Floyd McFarland (25) second, Dr. Brown (150) third. Time. 4:56. e e Stanford Beats Kansas Men. STANFORD, Oct. 14—The game this afternoon between Stanford and the Kan- sas Volunteers was a game full of sensa- tional plays and errors. The score: Stan- ford 15, Kansas 11 2 Wanted in Rocklin. Lorenzo Puccinelli, wanted in Rocklin for criminally assauiting a twelve-year- old girl, was arrested at Crystal Sprlnxss o yesterday by Detective Gelmann. was brought to this ctt;flhl! nlfixt and locked up in the City son, o will be taken to Rocklin to-day, - 4 SERIOUS ‘BREACH BETWEEN CUBANS Masso Wants Insurgents to Dis- band, but Gomez Refuses to Comply. has taken place between the execu ‘Word was received here to-day has arrived for disbanding the Cub: surrection. He gives the assurance their own best interests and will be cans. Masso and all those who favor the American intervention. lead the insurgents back into the R R TS P o e R R e e R R e R e R e g HAVANA, Oct. 14.—Tt is generally belleved that a serious breach public and the leaders of the military forces. had received through Colonel Ray a communication from President Masso advising that nothing be do any way be construed as recognizing the Cuban Government. Masso has been joined by his colleagues In declaring the time return to their homes, there to resume their labors as before the in- This course will be vigorously combated by General Gomez. Gen- eral Juan Ducasse, one of the closest advisers of General Gomez, rived in Havana to-night to consult with the opponents of President General Ducasse declares that arming them while American and Spanish soldiers remain in Cuba. tive department of the Cuban re- that General Wood at ‘Santiago ne by the Americans that can in an forces. He advises all soldiers to that in s0 doing they will gerve safe in the hands of the Ameri- ar- Cuban republic and oppose further Gomez will fleld before he will submit to dis- R R T R PR P PPEGPR PR PP PAINTINGS ADMIRED BY THE MULTITUDE WINTER EXHIBITION OF THE ART INSTITUTE A SUCCESS. Local Artists Present the Work of Months to an Admiring Public. A critical gatuering of lovers of art passed througu the spacious rooms of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art yesterday and inspected the many hundred paint- ings exhibited by local artists. Through- out the day visitors with catalogues in hand studied the creations with deep in- terest. “The Camp by the Cross,” the work of Charles Rollo Peters. attracts marked at- tention. The picture brings back the days when regiments were encamped on the old Bay District track site, close to grim Lone Mountain and its wooden cross. The white tents are seen through the heavy fog, and a sentinel stands with gith In hand peering through the vapory mists at_the knoll of the burial place. John W. Clawson, whose beautirul pastel of Miss Mary Belle Gwinn received favorable mention at the last exhibition, has a number of excellent pictures exhib- ited. C. Chapel Judson has a splendid collection of paintings on the wall, the foremost of which- is the “Coming Storm.” Among the other contributors are Miss Julla Heynemann, Joseph Green- baum, John A. Stanton, Miss Mary Cur- tis_Richardson, William Keithy Yelland | Cadenasso, ~ Aaron, _ Altmann, Mrs. Chittenden, Miss Blanche Letcher, John M. Gamble, Miss Maren Froelich, Miss Eleanor_Warren, Harry Fonda. Strong, Joseph Raphael, Charles L. Turner, Bertha Stringer Lee, Oscar Kunath, Sidney Yard, Robert Edgren, L. Maynard Dixon and Robert L. Aitken. The exhibition s said to Surpass pre- vious displays of its kind, and its success is_assured. It will last five weeks, and will be o&ened every day from 9 o’clock to 5 p. m. any of the pictures are on sale, | and Riready a number have been dis- posed of. O Thursday evening a grand vocal and instrumental > programme will ' be ren- dered under the leadership of Hen: Fi- man. Marshall Giselman, a 15-year-old boy, will render some difficult selections on the grand organ which stands at the head of the main stalrway. The young- ster charmed those who attended the ex- hibition by his exquisite playing. i U e DRV WITH THE GOLF CLUB SWINGERS. A golt league has been formed by the Oakland, Burlingame, San Francisco nd San Rafael clubs and a schedule is nov in process of formation. A provisi.nal schedule has been prepared, but as there are a number of confligts in it, It will be rearranged during the coming week. It calls for match tournaments at the four club links that will continue throughout the year and the early part of spring. The San Francisco links are being put in shape rapidly and practice is resumed among the members. A schedule of tournaments has also been prepared b this club and the first tournament will be played under the schedule on Saturday next. The plans for the new club house on the Presidio links are prepared, but geveral important changes will be made before they are accepted. ‘At Oakland to-day the Burlingame Club team will be entertained and an invitation tournament played. The San Rafael Club is very gloomy at the present time. Just when It was all but settled to have a nine-link grounds and everything in readiness to draw up a contract with the lessors of the ground the bottom dropped out of the scheme. Now the San Rafael players will be forced to do their playing on a five-link eld. ——————— ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. The Vamplire Association Football Club will play a match this afternoon on the Presidio grounds against the Presidio team, -composed of Washington Volun- teers and troopers of the Fourth Cavalry. J: D. Robertson and J. McGaw; half- backs, J. j. R. Peel, G. I. Baugh and J. Duggan; forwards, H. Punnett, L. J. C. Anderson, G. T. S. White (captain), H. W. Dye and C. P. Coles; reserves, Sewell, Fry and H. W. Westerfeld. ‘With the idea, doubtless, of inspirin| terror into the hearts of the Vamplres, C. Robertson, captain of the Presidio Club, has sent in the following list of E{Ia vers: Forwards, Dewey, Sampson, o . Roosevelt and Capron; half- backs, Wheeler, Schley and Lawton; full- backs, Miles and Graham; goalkeeper, Shafter; reserves, J. D. Miley and Leon- ard Wood. ——— FOR TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGES James Moore, a marine fireman, brought suit in the United States District Court yesterday against W. P. S. Porter, mas- ter, and Edwin L. Griffith and others, owners of the whaling steamship Jessie H. Freeman, to recover $10,000 damages for breach of contract and his consequent suffering. The Cosq&plalnt alleges that on_December 5, 188, Moore shipped as fireman on the whaling steamship Na- varch for a three years' cruise in the Arctic, the contract specifying that he was to be returned to San Francisco at the expense of his emplovers on the ex- piration of his contract. Moore was sub- sequently, with his consent, transferred to the Freeman, and at thé end of the three years' term for which he had signed ‘articles he requested Master Por- ter to release him and forward him to San Francisco in compliance with the provisions of the contract. Porter de- clined to do either and kept Moore prac- tically a prisoner on board the Freeman. The ship was wrecked in the Arctic, and Moore was rescued by the United States revenue cutter Beal A NOVEL LAWSUIT. An important suit will be tried before Judge Kerrigan next week Friday, in- volving an entire $300,000 issue of bonds by the California Electric Light Com- pany. The points in dispute are novel, and will probably be passed upon event- ually by the Supreme Court of the State. It appears that in 1888 the Electric Light Company issued the bonds In ques- tion, giving each a face value of $1000 and stipulating in the contract that they were to be payable twenty-flve years was fnserted that on July 3, 188, and on the same day of every subsequent year, the company would be privileged to’take up ten of the bonds each year, the ones to be thus taken up to be selected by lots drawn from a wheel. The company, however, prior to July 3, 1888, exchanged denomination. Hence when the first drawing of 'ots from the wheel took place on July 3 oniy 104 numbers, representin, the original bonds remaining, were use for the drawing. Two of the numbers drawn for payment represented the two bonds of Joseph Westall. He now con~ tends that none of the 104 remaining bonds of the 1888 can be taken up, inas- much as the provisions of the bonds pro. viding for a lottery of 300 numbers can- from date and to. bear interest at the| rate of 6 pér cent per annum. A proviso | 196 of the honds for others of a different | L0SS OF MAINE 1S REMEMBERED She May Be Scheduled Against Spaniards. STANDS OFF CUBAN DEBT PEACE COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS ‘WAR EQUITIES. Commander Bradford, U. S. N., Exe amined Relative to Conditions Prevailing in the Philippines. Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Oct. 14—Commander Brad- ford, U. 8. N.,, who has arrived here from Washington, was examined this morning by the members of the United States Peace Commission relative to the conditions prevailing and the main features of interest in the Phijlippine Islands, with which the commander is well acquainted. The fifth joint session of the two commissions was convened at 2 o’clock to-day. The American reply to the Spanish presentation of Tuesday was submitted and read. An oral discussion followed, when the commissions adjourned until Monday next. ’ It is believed that the Spaniards sub- mitted as their construction of the protocol that it was just to consider Spain as having equities fairly dis- chargable by the American assump- tion of Cuban obligations. It is not un- likely that the Americans voiced the conviction that fair equities to the United States, in war expense, were in- curred by the United States, and pos- sibly, though not positively, the Amer- icans may schedule the value of the battleship Maine among the expendi- tures possible of classification against the so-called Cuban debt. However, it may be considered cer- tain that the commissions have arrived at a point in the negotiations from which henceforth the joint sessions will be occupied by oral discussions as well as by written presentations of propositions. The work is now thor- oughly entered upon, though it is not | likely that any segment has been pol- ished and finished for a place in the final treaty. | The Philippine question has not yet %been entered upon. | ———— SAGASTA AND COLLEAGUES ARE GREATLY CONCERNED BAYONNE, France, Oct. 14.—Accord- ing to advices received from Madrid a rigorous censorship has been revived there since yesterday. | Senor Sagasta and his colleagues are | reported to be greatly concerned re- | garding the demands of the United | States Government, which, they assert, not only refuses to assume any of Spain’s colonial debts, but wants to | take the heavy artillery in Cuba and | the floating docks recently sent to Ha- vana. The same advices say the Madrid Imparcial announces that the Govern- | ment has cabled General Blanco not to turn over any further territory to the Americans until the peace treaty has been definitely signed. | = | GUN CLUB'S JINKS. A Large Gathering of Sportsmen En- tertained by the Olympics. | In the height of the duck season, when shooting is sald to be above the average and the ponds throughout the surrounding | countles abound with dusks, the Olympic Gun Club held a dedication jinks, the suc- cess of which may have a tendency to Keep many sportsmen away from their favorite pastime to-morrow. The, popular not be enforced, owing to the unauthor- ized taking up of 1% bonds prior to July 3, 189. He refuses to surrender his hold- ings, and sues in Judge Kerrigan's court for his Interest. It is understood that all of the other bondholders are behind Westall, and pro- pose to fight the Electric Light Com- any’s attempt to take up its bonds be- ore the same mature. In case the con- tention is successful the light company will lose about $12,000 in interest which will have to be paid to the bondholders. 1t is sald that there is no parallel to this case and therefore no precedents upon which Judge Kerrigan can depend In reaching a conclusion. ——— Eminent Vocalists in Town. Three eminent vocalists—Max Heinrich, barytone, Mrs. Heinrich, soprano, and Miss Julia Heinrich, contralto—arrived from New York last evening. They oc- cupy a front rank among American sing- ers ‘of ballads and classical compositions, and Mr. Heinrich, when last here at the great musical fesitval glven by Theodore homas at the Mechanics’ Pavilion in 1884, The Vampire eleven is made up as fol- lows: Goalkeeper, J. M. Pumnétt; backs, made a pronounced impression. They Wwill be heard in song recitals during their stay In the city. organization, which has in its ranks the | best shots in the State, held its initial | entertainment last night for the purpose | of dedicating its new home on Kearny | and Morton streets. | “Success crowned the efforts of the com- mittee having the affair in charge. Presi- | dent H. H. White, assisted by Correspond- | ing Secretary Merton ~Allen, Recording | Secretary Clarence Halght, Treasurer A. A. Borlinl and Directors C. W. Hibbard, E. T. Allen, C. F. Grant and W. J. Gol- cher, recefved the visitors and made them at home. The programme was started early, Chairman Golcher of the Jjinks committee introduced the following well- known entertainers, who were greatly ap- preciated: Frank Thompson, barytons solo; Henry C. Larsen, violin 'solo; Jack Catheart, comic selectfons; Ben L. Tar- box, barytone solo; A. 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