The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1898 AMERICAN CONST DEFENSE SHOULD BE INCREAS | The Report of General | Flagler. LESSONS TAUGHT BY THE WAR | TOO LATETO BUILD FORTS WHEN FIGHTING BEGIITS. Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance Says Congress Has Always Ignored Requests From His De- partment. Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, N 13. — General ‘W. D. Flagler, chief of the Bureau cf Ordnance, has made his annual report to the Secretary of War. It shows t there expended during the fiscal Yyear ending June and that there still remains of the appro- | priations made for the Ordnance Bu- | This large sum is de- wer 95, reau $19, ,359. rived fre the appropriations for the fiscal year, which were ade for war | purposes, amounting to $21,504,592. Regarding the equipment of volun- tee the general thinks it would be as well to have the Government equip them instead of t bringing their State arms into r’ ing that it could be done as quickly, owing to the condition of the arms of State troops. | He ks in terms of praise of the | manner in which work has been per- | formed in arsenals and ordnance fac- tories in the rush that was made in putting the country on a footing tor war with Spain. As to the equipment of an army, he say So long as the principal dependence in this country in a time of war is a large v orce, newly levied, it is im- to keep on hand large supplie artillery and horse equip- these, in the course of a few deterforate, but will ments years, not on have to be materiaily modified to keep pace with improvements. The major part of suc rial « taking advantage h n of Rock 1d and the and the nerous private apable of producing it, be ree als pidly as troops can be to service and prepared here ¢ however i and siege artillery with a portion of the harness ),000 m: uch guns and not be turn arg til about six months after initiat- | work with a think; an army ¢ of 100,000 on hand of | nd the arsenals kept in to produce 2500 per day. An z feature of the report An ir tha 1terest t which tr is ats of coast defenses. The general | Attention is ally invited to the ex- yerience of few months' in at- tempting tc quickly a coast de- fense. 1t is believed to be impracticable, and we will always be forced in any emer- gency t upon what has been pro- vided in t peace. 1 think it fair to though not in the way of com- hat this has been urged on Con- | or the past ten years. is very simple. A plan ed for providing a complete With the present facili- ties of the department, this work n be carried on ec and in the most effic ner in such a way as to com- plete the it plan in about seven 5 s ought to be submitted ) much of the work as the its production will permit. It Congress to_determine how work can be provided for istently with the resources But the work cannot pro- han the appropriations pro- It is probable that there must be added to the plans and estimates for the coast rovision for the defense of er does not elaim for the 45-caliber Springfield rifle an equality with the new liber magazine rifie of the arm that it is a very good arm and S many merits. This feature has heretofore been com- | mented upon in discussion of small arms used during the war. The ma- | y for the manufacture of small arm ammuniticn was none the. best, | yet the department turned out 90,000 000 rounds for the war. For years past, | the report states, the appropriations | for equipments of infantry, cavalry, artillery and horses have been barely sufficient to meet the consumption of the regular army, and, although there | were buildings, there v not machin- ery with which to manufacture these supplies. It was not possible to fill re- quisitions for the volunteer troops when made. Details are given of what was done | to rapidly increase the coast defenses | when the war began. He calls attention | to the fact that Congress has never ap- | propriated what was asked for—powder and projectiles—and in consequence the supply at the beginning of the war was | inadequate, and he gives some stances of the work done by partment to make good the deficiency. The following statement is made.as to | powder: For several years this department hnas been experimenting on smokeless powders for sea coast guns, and had completed the determination of the specifications and re- | quirements for the smokeless powders for nearly all t coast guns and mortars, Some of the powder manufacturers that engaged in the production of these experi- mental had ample plants for their production. It - was Impossible, however, to produce the powders fast enough meet the emergency, and in t some ¢ 8 e their use was | necessary for adapting them to all the r quirements of the service. All the com- panies, however, were ready at once to take up the manufacture of the carbon powders, and as the requirements for this were simpler, they . could expand their plant for this production more rapidly, and for a time this department, therefor devoted all its energies to providing a su: ficient supply of the carbon powders. Later, and as fast as possible, the manu- facture was changed to smokeless powders. it should be stated, however, that | smokeless powder only was manufactured for field and siege artillery. The fact that the field and siege aruuw was to be em- | ployed was not determined until about the time that the war was declared, and that there were no funds available for procuring ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ Pears’ soap is noth- ing but soap. Pure soap is as gen- tle as oil to the living skin. What the Defeat of the Gang Means be under new management, the city P I read | the Board of Supervisors suit will be com- | tice. ' MARCHAND ABOUT TO = | Solano County Young Man Loses His | | the 18-year-old son of Ludwlg Lambrecht, ammunition for these guns before that time. The preparation” of smokeless powder ammunition for these guns com- menced at once, but is was necessary to issue immediately the ammunition on hand for the batferies that were sent to the front, and as this was all charcoal powder ammunition, it accounts for the | act that only this black, or charcoal | Powder ammunition was generally used n_actual service against the enemy. The furnishing of siege and fleld guns and ammunition for the war encoun- tered the same difficulties as in other branches of the ordnance equipment, vet the bureau furnished such guns for the Manila and Porto Rican expedi- | tion The artillery was not used at | Santiago to any extent. Of siege guns, | twenty-two were taken for seacoast de- | fenses at the beginning of the war. General Flagler quotes the following from the report of Lieutenant Colonel D. Borup, chief ordnance officer at antiago, as to the defenses of Santi- | ago harbor: Before the outbreak of hostilities the | port defenses of Santiago consisted of | four antiquated forts, or batterles, of | which one— St. Cataliha—was abandoned, | and a second, Punta Blanca, from its po- | sitfon, was ‘useless. Of the other two, | Morro Castle constituted the outer line | and Estrella the inner one. The arma- | ment of the former consisted of five an- | cient mortars. and two slege guns, apd the latter of two obsolete castiron how- all of feeble power. r war was declared four batteries vl\'ll'ru hastlly improvised, all of weak pro- | flle. | Including all forts and batteries, the | number of guns may thus be stated: | Obsolete — Bronzé, muzzle loading, | smooth bore guns, 6 inch, two; 4.57 inch, two. Mortars—13 inch, three; 9.5 inch, two. | Muzzle loading converted rifies—Bronze | guns, six; 3 inch, five; castiron howitzers, | eight; 5 inch, seven. | Modern—Steel breach loading rifles, six; 3 inch, four; bronze breach loading how- | itzers, 6 Inch, two: revolving cannon, 1 inch, four; rapid fire, 1 inch, one; rapid, | fire, 2 inch’ Or twenty-on ern pleces; and of the latter four onl of comparatively high power. The exterior line consisted of seventeen obsolete and two modern pieces, the for- mer being furnished by the Spanish War Department and the latter by the Nay Department. The bold front put up the former seems to have been effective. The real strength, however, lay in the guns taken from the Reina Mercedes, so that the duel between the fleet and the land forces was practically fought by the | navy of both powers. After one of these | guns was_disabled by the carriage being | rendered hors du combat, the outer de- fense was really confined to a single | plece. | Following the above, General Flagler | says: The war has furnished no opportunity for determining by experience the effect of our modern seacoast armament against modern battle ships. The reports of the experience gained, however, tend to con- firm the opinion that the fire from ships | cannot silence the fire or serfously cripple the armament of our modern batteries; | but the ships could not withstand the ure . one. vy are of our modern batteries, and that, there- fore, the ships cannot attack the batteries | ully. Whether these ships can the batteries without too great Kk S not been shown. This will de- pend upon the skill and rapidity with which the guns are served, provided the ships are not stopped by tne mines. Considerahle attention is devoted to the progress of work at the various | arsenals and the guns which are being made. On September 30, 1898, there were 447 seacoast guns mounted. It is estimated that on June 30, 1899, there | will be 900, and on the same date of | 1900, 1189. DAWN OF PROSPERITY FOR THE GARDEN CITY to San Jecse and Its | Suburbs. SAN JOSE, Nov. Now that the citi- ns of Santa Clara County have abolish- ed gang rule, and county affairs will soon | and | county will certainly enjoy a boom about the first of the vear. High taxes and mismanagement of city and county af= fairs have kept new residents away, and thousands of dollars seeking investment have gone elsewhere. The victory of the League in ¥ done some nd the people of San Jose and San- ara Count e convinced that tne Cl officlals they elected will do their dutv. With public affairs in the right hand Jose and suburbs will enjoy the greatest rosperity during the year 1399. New peo- nd capital will come, and many al- here will improve their places. The fight for freedom from the evil in- fluences of politicians In this city and county has been a long one. The gang has been in power for years, and the tax- payers have been compelled to support a ‘ge number of useless deputies and olu- cials. Things went from bad to worse un- der this regime, and San Jose's misman- agement became the laughing stock of tne State. The School Department and Fire and Police departments were turned over to politicians, and positions in them were assigned as rewards for political work. This is practically changed now. The cla who were foremost in ridding the people of the barpacles on the public treasuries are determined to advance the | interests of the city and county. The Good Government League, while a_political or- | ganization, is also for the purpose of ad- vancing the interests of the city and people.. The organization will open per- manent headquarters and Increase f{ts membership. he city will be advertised abroad as a place to securé investments fori capitalists, and its advantages set forth. By this means the county will be settled up. On all sides the members of | the organization are being congratulated | for their splendid work, for to them all | the credit for the victory belongs. The ballots in the County Clerk's office are being watched day and night nending the contest that is to be instituted. As soon as the official vote is announced by le menced, Evidence of election frauds, it 18 claimed, is plentiful. The_league = will contest: the_election of R. J. Langford as Sheriff, G. E. Rea as_Supervisor from the First District and J. W. Gass as City Jus- It expects to win these three officesy the overwhelming de- and thus add to feat of the gang. EVACUATE FASHODA His Expedition Will at Once Retire by Way of Sobat to Jibutil. CATRO, Nov. 13.—Major Marchand, com- mander of the French expedition at| Fashoda, started to-day for that point | with Captain Saratier, who carried mar- chand’s report to Paris and brought the | ¢ of-the French Government. hoda the expedi- ely retire, by way of | of Fashoda, at _tne | junction of the Sobat River and the White | Nile, from which point they will move | overland to Jibautil, the French post in | the Zesa district, on the west coast of the | Gulf of Aden. | PSR DROWNED IN. A SLOUGH. Sobat, southwest Life While Hunting. SUISUN, Nov. 13.—Charles Lambrecht, a rancher residing- at Scandia, left home on Saturday afternoon to go hunting on Montezuma Slough. As he did not re- turn at the usual hour, his parents be- came worried. At early dawn a searching party started out, and later in the day several Suisunites also rendered assist- ance. The searchers at noon to-day found Lambrecht's boat capsized in Mon- tezuma Slough. Search 18 being made for the body, which up to a late hour to- night had not been recovered. DEATH OF DR. HALL. Passing of One of San Jose’s Most Prominent Physicians. | SAN JOSE, Nov. 13.—Dr. J. Underwoo Hall, one of the most prominent physi- cians of this city, died this evening of in- flammation of the stomach. He was 75 rears of age and a native of Kentucsy. uring the war he had charge of the Union Hospital at Glasgow. Ky. One of his gons is Health Gfficer of this city. S Colonel James Gilliss Dead. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Colonel James 1%lullgg, Assistant auartermu(er General, . 8. A., dled suddenly 'to-day at Gov- iHEALTH PRECAUTION FOR THE | voluntary on the part of the Berlin of- \feeling with the rublic and press of the | Charge d’Affaires at Madrid has been | next week. CAISER WILLIAMS VSIT 0 SPAN Devoid of Official nificance. Sig= ASSURANCES FROM BERLIN EMPRESS. Diplomatic Circles Fear the Spaniards May Make a Demonstration Through Misunder- standing. Special Dispatch to The Call, WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—It is un- derstood that assurances have been given by the German Government that the visit of Emperor William of Ger- many to Spain is entirely devoid of of- ficial character or significance; that the official trip of the imperial party ended when they left Palestine, and that the proposed stop at Cadiz and Cartagena is largely a health precau- tion in behalf of the Empress, as the sea trip would be long and arduous if un- broken by these stops at the Spanish ports. The assurances appear to be ficials and to be in line with the care taken in that quarter of late to minim- ize and remove the bad impression caused by several incidents occurring during the recent war. The State Department had not, so far as is known, taken cognizance of the| Emperor’s movements, and certainly there was no purpose of inquiring as | to the stop in Spain, although this ac- tion by the Emperor was looked upbon as rather inoportune, to say the least, when the peace negotiations with Spain are at a critical juncture, and when, technicalll- the war is still in progress. At the same time Germany has con- stantly reiterated her neutral and friendly attitude, and the Emperor himself took occasion in his last ad- dress to the Reichstag to ~ive strong expression to the German purpose to maintain the strictest ‘mpartiality be- tween this Government and Spain. At the same time the officials here and in Jerlin have recognized that a strong vpublic sentiment of animosity was being develomed between the peo- ple of the two countries, and steps have been taken to offset this as far as pos- sible. The last move in that direction was at a recent dinner given by Chan- cellor von Buelow at Berlin to Andrew D. White, the United States Embassa- | dor, and Dr. von Helleben, the German Embassador to the United States. now ting in Germany. It was intended | that the new Assistant Secretary of | State, Mr. Hill, should be one of the| guests, but he was detained in Holland. Private advices received here by offi- cials state that the meeting was im- portant, as furnishing an opportunity for a fr.: and full discussion of all the subjects which have threatened to es- trange the two Governments and for the establishment of a much more friendly uncerstanding. 1t is recognized, however, among of- ficials, State and dirlomatic, that while official sentiment is satisfactory, there continues to be an undercurrent of ill- | two countries. For this reason the pres- | ent move of the Emperor in stopping | at Spanish ports causes something of | a shock in diplomatic quarters; as it is| felt to be one more obstacle in the way | of the happy approachment which was | being executed by the authorities here and at Berlin. Tt is with a view of min- imizing the visit that the assurinces are now communicated as to_itg non- official character. ' The suggestion that the Emperor may | be asked by Spain to act as arbitrator | between the United States and Spain, i:. case the Philippine issue becomes | acute, is dismissed as absurd, on the | ground that no such ~lan would be con- sidered for a moment, unless both coun« tries joined in a request for it. The ar- rival of the Emperor at Cadiz and Car- tagena is awaited with considerable an- prehension by the German authorities, | as it may give rise to a Spanish popu- | lar demonstration open to misunder- standing in this country. With a view | of avoiding such an affair, the German | instructed to notify the Spanish' Gov- ernment of the strictly unofficial char- acter of the Emperor's visit. COLORED CLERGYMEN ON THE RACE RIOTS| Meetings to Be Held in All Large Cities of the Country to Dis- cuss the Situation. NEW YORK Nov. 13.—Concerning the race riots in North and South Carolina, the Rev. Thomas Fortune said to-day a meeting of colored citizens and others would_be held in Cooper Union on next Thursday to discuss the situation. At the meeting_ it | that 8. D. Bassett, United States ..inister to Hayti, will pre- side. All the pastors of Afro-American churches in New York will take part. Many prominent white citizens have been invited to attend the meeting, which will be strictly non-partisan. It I aiso added that. meet! il he held on the same evening in Boston, Philadelphia, Wash- & s ington and Chi 0. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13—At a meetln’ to- day of the Forum Club, composed of the most prominent colored citizens of St. Louis, Professor ‘0. M. Wood, race com- missicner of the organization, delivered an address upon the subject of the recent massacre of negroes in the Southern States, condemning these acts and calling for infervention by the national Govern- ment. Resolutions were adopted for the ap- pointment of a committee to draft an ad- dress to President McKinley, calling his attention to the defenseless condition of colored clitizens who are subjected in the States thev live to all forms of violence, and to ask him to intervene in behalf of humanity and good government. The committee was instructed to efrcu- late this' petition throughout the United States for the purpose of securing signa- tures and co-operation of the colored cit- izens of the enure country. A copy will be sent to each United States Senator and Representative| (T RIS CHONG KI YE’'S MISSION. Comes From Korea to Be Educated in % English. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Chong Ki Ye, connected with the household of the Crown Prince of Korea, and eldest son of Chin Pom Ye, the Minister from Korea to this country, has been flrpuh’ned an at- tache of the Korean Legation here, and is now en route to take his post. He is 24 years of age and his main mission to this country is to be educated in the English language and customs. He left Korea un- accompanied on September 25, arrived in Han Franeisco last night and is expected to reach Washington the latter part of Nevada County Soldier Dying. PORTLAND, susepl. Loyle of Count rer of the s pow at Vancouyer, was struck by a train and fatally fnjure at Clarnie on the O. R. and N. ldst might, He had fallen asletp near the rails, ———————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. +E. W. Williams. Sunday, Noyember 13. Stme_Glpay. Leland, 20 hours from Moss Landing and way ports. - : REY The remarkable_affidavit of John C. Reynolds, published in yesterday’s Call, in which he affirms that $5000 was paid School Director Samuel L. Waller to in- fluence the votes of seven members of the Board of Education, created a pro- found sensation throughout the city. For months an undercurrent of scan- dal has been heard regarding the ac- tion of the directors as to the purchase of lumber and other articles required by the department. For the first time direct allegations are made. The names of the subsi- dized directors are.given and the lump sum that was paid for “services ren- dered.” This latter term is alleged to cover all the work done in connection with the granting of the lease for the Lincoln School property. The accused men, men who are not accused for the first time in their offi- cial careers, deny the charges lald at their doors. It was not expected they would acknowledge the guilty part they played in granting the valuable lease to Phil Crimmins, James A. Snook and The accused directors are Dr. Ragan, Samuel L. Waller, Gal- lagher, Bantel, Burns, Drucker and Hammond. 5 There are some matters of record, however, that will require a lot of ex- plaining away, and the public which cannot always be hoodwinked, has al- ready drawn its own conciusions re- garding them. First among these is the explanation of James A. Snook regard- ing a $5000 item on the syndicate's books, as being paid to Jacob Samuels for legal services. Mr. Reynolds af- firmed in his affidavit that this was the jamount paid Director ‘Waller and then charged in the corporation’s books. The public scoffs at the new incorporation would pay a lawyer 5000 for merely nominal services. The Southern Pacific with its millions would not pay so dearly for such a service. The leading lights of the bar could be retained for a much smaller fee. The marines will be returning shortly from Manila and the manipulators might tell the story to them. They are credited with believing any fairy story. Alexander Vogelsang, attorney for the Board of Education, affirms that he called the atttention of Secretary Welch and of President Barrington to the wording of the extraordinary ad- vertisement for bids for the Lincoln School property lease, but apparently not until it was too late to rectify it. It was so jumbled up that none of these idea that a | OLDS’ BOMBSHELL - STARTLES THE BOARD Statements of School Directors Confirm Portions of His Affidavit—An Effort to Depre- ciate Its Source. of BEducation declares that he never ceived any intimation that the Real lus- tate Investment Company acquired its | 1ease on the Lincoln School property by | fraud or bribery. | "{ntil 1read Reynolds’ story in The | Call,’ said Mr. Barrington, “I had no | 1dea that any one would charge the Board | of Education or any of its members witn crookedness in connection with the lease. 1 remember all the circumstances at- tending the transaction between the | board and the lessees, and as far as I tknow everything was done openly and | &bove poard. I voted in favor of leasing | the property to the investment company | for the simple reason that it made the best offer. am only slightly acquainted with the stockholders In the company, and had no personal or friendly interest in thelr success or failure in getting what they were after. “‘As has already been stated, the present | arrangement is decidedly beneficlal to | the Board of Education. The city is re- ceiving approximately $15,000 a year more from the property than ever before. In addition to this increased revenue the board is relieved of all vexatious ques- tions arising over repairs, insurance and delinquent tenants. = ew Reynolds when he was a re- porter about the C"_X Hall. He frequently reported the proceedings of the Board of Education. I know nothing of his charac- ter or reputation. Some of his statements, however, strike me as being somewhat pe- culiar. e alleges that Mr. Welch, the secretary of the Board of Education, was in the deal with himself and partners, and that Welch was to put the igures in the investment cor&m\ny's bid after it when the other bids Were opened. Reynolds fur- ther charges that Welch opened the bids. “I think the latter statement is untrue. I do not remember of one occasion when the secretary opened bids. The Superin- tendent always breaks the seals on pro- fnsals and reads them aloud to the board. n his absence the deputy superintendent acts. The certified checks which must ac- company bids are also read aloud. The | papers are then delivered to the secretary | to be filed; the check is retained by the Buperintendent. I am quit sure this rou- tine was not departed from in the Lincoin lease case.” “The only incident in connection with the transaction, which has been men- tioned and which T recall, is the ambigu- ity of the advertisement. The ‘jumbled’ advertisement as it is called. Attorney Vogelsang called my attention to this matter. 1 was very busy at the time with the multifarious duties of my office, and as the question was wholly in the hands of the Finance Committee of the beard I gave no further attention to it. The Finance Committee reported in favor of the investment company and their sug- gestion was adopted by the board. |~ “My honest belief is that the arrange- | ment now in force is the best that could possibly have been made. The Invest- ment company gave a satisfactory bond for the payment of the rent and they contract to expend $5000 yearly for repairs on the propertv. Regarding the $600 worth of plumbing for Crimmins’ saloon, men- tioned by Reynolds, I am not aware that it was paid by the Board of Eduycation.” Charles W. Welch, secretary of the Board of Education, denies "Reynolds’ charges In so far as they related to him. “The assertion that 1 was to fill in the amount of the bid of the San Francisco Real Estate Investment Company when it was handed in {s absurd on the face of island. Some of the men have not been paid for nearly a year, and to all of them several months’ pay is.due.: The situation has created'no particular concern in-the minds of the Americah au- thorities, as it is not likely to seriously affect the control of that portion of the island by the American forces; but it is realized that those 9500 soldiers, if they should persist in their refusal to return to Spain, might become dependents whom it would be difficult to care for, and ulti- mately, perhaps, a menace to good gov- ernment on the island. The Spanish authorities express no fear of their ability to solve the problem pre- sented, but how they will solve it if the men, backed by their officers, absolutely refuse to return home without their pay, is not clear. NOTHING TO RETARD THE NICARAGUA CANAL Senator Morgan Thinks This Country Will Carry Out the Colossal Undertaking. NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs: Senator Morgan does not believe, as he stated to me, that any new proposed Nica- raguan Canal scheme wiii retard the progress of the measure now before Con- gress. He is fi'm In the conviction that no other government wil ever control the situation.” The measure now under con- sideration has, Senator Morgan says, gone through 41l the stages of prabation. Over two hundred engineers have made investigations and favorable reports, and the way seems clear for a realization of the colossal undertaking. Senator Mor- gan referred ‘to Porto Rico on the east and Hawail on the west as commanding action entirely wrong. The records will show that when the bids for the lease of the Lincoln School lots were opened I | championed the cause of John MacDonald, | and in the committee of the whole and in | cauocus voted for the acceptance of his ! bid. MacDonald is a friend of mine and a good-man, and I wanted to see him. get he lease. Mr. MacDonald threatened to nock out the bids that were presented on the ground that the advertisement calling for them was ambiguous, and T told him that if he would take such a step I would back him up in it. When the matter came | before the board, however, he did not ap- pear, and I cast my vote for the syndicate gls l}ll'le only al[?rgaflvea ll‘s bid beh:ls the | est_presented, and it assured the | School Department treasury a substantial | gf;fii:fi o s SoRULE: Statlent on the transaction I certainly did not know of it | [pOKed forward to for this country, and a and had no intimation of it afterward un- | 4,40 undreamgd ol:ugefgggs! and foreign til I read this morning’s Call.”" s BOY COMMITS MURDER. | “School Director Thomas F. Burns, one | of Waller’s alleged solid seven, and who Schoolmates Quarrel and One Is Stabbed to Death. * was mixed up in the lumber scandal, was seen last night in reference to Reynolds’ EMPIRE CITY, Or., Nov. 13.—Ray Hol- lenbeck, & young man about 18 years of charges. He said: ““The story in The Call is all bosh. Wal- age, was stabbed in the breast and killed ler never bought me and no one else ever ave me-any money to stand in on the incoln School lease, I voted with the majority of the board to give the lease to lhej T atan s Comaens Baasrie thais :}"’f“-" before midnight last night by proposition was the best submitted. As a | Guy Beckford, a schoolmate. The stab- bi‘ng Occl:irrcd in a schoolhouse near Fair- view, and was the result-of a quarrel over the moving of the h]ackbnn?d and some desks in the schoolhouse. Hollenbeck started toward Beckford. The latter told him that if he came an. closer he would stab him. Hollenbec! said if there was to be any stabbing he would do it. As he reached for his potato knife Beckford struck him a fatal blow over the heart. Hollenbeck cried out “I am killed.” and died almost instantly. Beckford made no attempt to escape. matter of business, I think the lessees have got the worst of the -bargain. When the lease was under consideration I was not acquainted with any member of the investment corporation and I cannot tell to-day who are in it. “My opinion is that Reynolds is a bum, and, being hard up, he manufactured the story and sold it. I am not bothering about it at all. There are no explanations to be made. Every transaction in con- nection with the lease was wide open and there were no charges of bribery or cor- ruption at the time. The proceedings of SEag R cemy e Board of Education were open to e public; reporters were present, “and had BEATEN BY A MOB. here been any shady busines it would e n have been discovered at the time. SEYMOUR, Ind., Nov. 13.—To-night a wish to relterate that I never re- ceived a cent for my vote and I_don’t think *any member of the board was masked and armed mob took out of jail John Baird, a colored Democratic stump speaker, who had been imprisoned on the bought. “The Investment company made the | charge of obtaining money by false pre- highest bid and they got the lease.” tenseg. Once outside the mob beat him with'gads, pounded him over the head with revolvers and ordered him to leave the town at.once. Instead of obeying the order he went to the Prosecuting Attor- ney and Sheriff for protection. A half hour later he accompanied the Sheriff and posse in a search for members of the mob. It is not known whether the SPANISH TROOPS ON THE VERGE OF MUTINY Ten Thousand Men Declare They Will 1t hi i ired b; liti- Not Return Home Without é‘;fas‘;me‘.m"“ m was inspired by polit Their Pay. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1% — Adjutant Captured With Their Loot. SAN JOSE, Nov. 13.—J. S. Williams® general merchandise store on Market street was entered by burglars last night and $700 worth of property stolen. The entrance was made from the rear end and in the act one of the burglars cut his hand. The blood marks left behind formed the only clew. This was followed up, and in a short time G. MacCanjono, whose hand had been cut by glass, and B. Ludovico,, were under arrest. All the roperty was recovered, some of it being ound on the persons of the prisoners. —_———— Hill’s New Railroad. General Corbin received a dispatch to-day announcing that the Eighth Cavalry safled this morning from Savannah for Puerto Principe, Cuba. The regiment will be the American garrison at Puerto Prin- cipe and Nuevitas. In this connection an interesting bit of information has reached the War Depart- ment. Arrangements have been made by the Spanish authorities to send back to Spain the Spanish troops, numbering 900 men, upon the arrival of the American garrison. It was expected they would sail next Tuesday or Wednesday, but an un- foXOROROXOROYORORCROROROROROR had nothing whatsoever to do with tér perusal he said he did not. secretary of the board, and I, its ati tisement. board’s intention. for its action in the premises. of its terms. faithfully, [CRONOJOROXOJOJOXOJOROXOJOJOXOROROJOROREOYOY oY OO O] 1o OROROJOROROROROROROROROJORORORUROJ RO OJORROXOROR R OROR CROROROROROROROR O] ATTORNEY VOGELSANG ENTERS A DISCLAIMER. To the Editor of The Call—Sir: Referring to the article published this morning in your valuable paper, in which is included an affidavit by John P. Reynolds concerning the leasing of the Lincoln School lots by the Board of Education to the San Francisco Real Estate Investment Company, I beg to say that Mr. Reynolds has therein done me a great injustice in saying that I prepared or “performed the operation” of jumbling the ad- vertisement for bids as adopfed by the Board of Education. ly, and am at a loss to understand how Mr. Reynolds could have possibly connected me therewith. 1 represented the Board of Education in the negotiations for this letting to a considerable extent; but I the preparation of the advertisement. regard to it, and I did not see it until the day after its adoption by the board. tention of the secretary, Mr. Welch, to the resolution, and asked him if he could understand what it meant; af- I then asked him how outsiders could be expected to understand it if he, the torney, could not see what was meant. Mr. Barrington, the president of the board, came in later and I asked him to read the resolution, and asked him also if he could tell if he were a bidder, how to frame a proposal to meet the terms of the adver- He said frankly that he could not, and that the resolution should be changed to express definitely the I mentioned to him the importance of the matter, and that the board mi~ht be criticized He thanked me for informing him of the ambiguous character of the resolution, and said that in the rush and hurry of business of the night before it had passed without a careful criticism That is a plain statement of the facts, and shows that instead of being the originatorof thereso- lution I was the first person to discover that it was ambiguous, uncertain, unintelligible and a “jumble.” Yours @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Q@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ I deny the statement in toto and most emphatical- SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 13.—A Nelson (B. C.) dispatcn says James J. Hill is to begin work at once on his new British Columbia rafiroad from Bonners Ferry, [ Idaho, to Nelson. The contract was let Saturday to Follett & Guthrie. The line will be known as the Nelson and Balling- ton. It will be about sixty miles long. This will give the Great Northern a sec- ond artery into British Columbla. S To Be Governor of Malta. LONDON, Nov. 14—The Malta corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says it is re- ported that Lieutenant General Sir Fran- cis Wallace Grenfell, inspector general of the military forces and in supreme com- mand of the “operations conducted vy the Sirdar, General Lord Kitchener, for the reconquest of the EE}'ptlan rovinces in the Soudan, will be the next Governor of Malta. s bRy Tunnel Thirteen Opened. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 13.—The first train through tunnel 13, near the summit, which was burned a week ago, was the overland, which reached here after 10 o’clock to- night. In another day the retimbering will be completed, but trains are now moving canstantly. It wlll take a couple of days to get the hundreds of cars of delayed freight under way. ik i Five-Mile Record Broken. SAN JOSE, Nov. 13.—John E. Wing to- day broke the five-mile record, standard I was not consulted by any one in On that day I called the at- ALEX. T. VOGELSANG. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Q@@.@@@ © men could understand it, and vet that was the form in which it was submitted to the outside bidders. Mr. Vogelsang thus bears out one of the allegations made by Mr. Reynolds regarding the manner in which he claims the Board of Education favored the Real Estate Investment Company. Politician Phil Crimmins seems to be the chief beneficiary under the deal be- tween the Board of Education and the jnvestment company. Besides beinz one of the members of the corporation he is also a tenant and he gets a ‘‘rake- off”” going and coming. Under his for- mer lease Crimmins paid $600 a month for the corner of Fifth and Market, where he dispenses wet goods to thirscy politicians and job-seekers. Since the property has been under the control of himself and partners his rent amounts to only $260 a month. The reduction s sdid by one of the parties interested to have been brought about in this way: Crimmins ostensibly pays $600 a month, but recelves a rebate from the company of $350. This is in payment for “ser- vices” rendered. When the profits are divided among the stockholders Crim- mins of course gets his pro rata. The alleged manipulators commenced their financiering with working capital. “front’ as one of the alleged conspira- tors expressed it, they paid a man for the temporary loan of a certified check. It was not the intention to cash this, but merely to display it like ‘“stage” money. For the loan of this check and for the additional sum of $5000 in cash the syndicate was to turn over 25 per cent of the entire capital stock of the investment company, which was 2500 shares. The $5000 is the amount al- leged by Mr. Reynolds in his afidavit as having been given School Diréctor Waller and with which he was sup- p‘osed to subsidize the Board of Educa- tion. James A. Snook, who, Reynolds al- leges, is the moving spirit in the Real Estate Investment Company, has been careful to have persons with him whom he could control. Both O. M. Tupper and Edward W. Williams are brothers- in-law to him. The story in The Call yesterday was but the entering wedge in what may result in the most remarkable disclos- ures of official corruption ever laid bare here. It is expected that the judicial body. in which is vested the proper power to punish crime, will investigate the charges made by Mr. Reynolds in his startling affidavit. The maker of the affidavit sticks to his original story and with the aid of his attorneys will press his claim for a settlement with the men for whom he rendered services that secured for them the much coveted lease. In the 1prenlnn' of this suit sen- sational developments -are expected which may involve men in ‘M{l‘: places. _ President C. L. Barrington of the soard apparently | nothing but their own assurance as In order to make a | it sald Welch, ‘‘for the simple reason that I do not handle the bids at all. The law requires that all bids shall be opened by the Superintendent of Schools, and this is invariably done. Mr. Webster opened the bids for the lease of the Lincoin School property, one at a time, reading off the bidder and the amount of the bid and then guslnfithem to President Barrington. he bids did net pass through my hands at all, and if they had I would have had no opportunity to insert the figures. Had there been an: blank bids Superintendent Webster wouls have discovered them when he opened them, for all bids were sealed and are only handed in to the Superintendent at the last minute; they never come to the secretary’s office first. “All the intending bidders came to me some time before the bids were presented and I gave them all the Information in my possession regarding the property, its condition, the tenants and the rental. But further than that I had nothil‘l% whatever to do with the lease, nor had any understanding with any of the diree- tors, or Reynolds or anybody connected with the company. ‘Even if I was willing to enter into ahy such job T was in no position to render | any service whatever, and people are not | paying out money to anybogy unless they receive something in return for it. It is certain that I did not receive a cent in | connection with the fease and did nothing whatever to aid the successful bidders in securing it. 1 know Reynolds well, for he was for- merly on the City Hall detall when_he was reporting. Fe came into my office every day and frequently asked me for | small loans. Sometimes, when he had | been drlnklng | other times would let him have $1.or | 82 50 or some such small amount, but that was the extent of my financlal relations | with him.” |,,‘But Reynolds In an interyiew says | that at the meeting at which the bids for | the Lincoln School property lease were ? ened he wrote the sum '$250° on a blot- ng significant nod of the head: tha | read it, whispered to him thet ym: wo’lfig like to have that sum, and he replied ghat {ou ‘would receive it If everything (mean- ng the lease) was all right.'” ‘‘That {s an absolute untruth. Rey- nolds did not pass me a blotting pad. or anything else, nor did we have any such conversation. In fact we did not Xi he was interested in it in any manner.’ “I will say this about that lease,” sald Mr. Welch in conclusion. “It is the most profitable for-the city that has ever been entered Into for that grwany. Hereto- fore we have leased the different build- tnrgllxble ‘with bad tenants. trenent lease, and” the we do under the records will show der bonds to kee something the city has had to do in the past; and now we collect our $4000 per month in a lump sum without any trou- ble. This n was ever leased for before. Dr. Ragan. The Call and I must say I cannot see nolds’ have in fact. - Leaving aside all questions of bribery, he has got the story of ‘my connection Wwith the actual trans- heavily I refused him; at ad and passed it over to you with a the lease at all, and I was not awar:gll;fi separately, and were always having ‘We never se- cured as much rental for the property as The lessees are un- the property in repair— was more than the property ““This is a bolt from a clear sky,” sald “I have just finished reading what foundation these allegations of Rey- course, of 12:34, formerly held by Tony Delmas, making it in 11:45. This estab- lishes & new coast recor — - Football at San Jose. SAN JOSE, Nov. 13.—The Alohas of San Francisco defeated the Garden Citys in| a football game to-day by a score of 6 to 5. The players were juveniles. expected obstacle has arisen among the men themselves. 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