The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1898, Page 3

.THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1898. SOUND-MONEY LEAGUERS HOLD TWO CONFERENCES Discuss the Line of dAction to Be Pursued in Se- curing the Early Passage of a Cur- rency Reform Bill held here to-day. Baltin Most « let th a statute Nov. 16, (CL OIS IoICIoTo101C ) . Payne said: a1 about the passage of a bill for currency reform. There is no doubt that steps will be taken to bring about currency reform, and it is expected that a special session of Congress, to open on March 4 next, will be held. = The currency bill will be included McCleary bill. tion The following members were present: ., Henry Hentz of New York and E. V. Smalley of St. Paul, general secretary. the session was occupied in talk upon the significance of the results of the election. Congress- man Fowler of New Jersey attended the meeting and gave it as his opinion that it would be good policy to v reform bill of the House Banking Committee remain without legislation at the coming short > reason that it can not be got He thought that the President should “ Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—A meeting of the executive committee of the National Sound Money League was M. E. Irgals of Cincinnati, chairman; J. C. Crow of through the Senate. Il an extra session of the new Congress to convene in the spring for the enactment of the gold aw and for the adoption of legislation for the credit of the currency of the country. n of Congress next March for the pur- —The advisability of an extra sess ng among other questions, what is knowr as the McCleary bill, a monetary d to-day at a conference between Henry C. Paine, National Republican committeeman from Wiscon- . H. Hanna of Indianapolis, chairman of the National Sound Money Hanna came here to consult with me on the line of action to be taken in the movement to bring in the call, in all probability. ORONOJOROXOXO] PROPERTY OF DR, McOONALD S SEIED street 25 feet 8 inch t rig easterly a ar feet; thence northea with sald street 14 the westerly side of reet; thence nc v along said Sanchez 5 ¢ inches; thence north- 1y and at right angles to Market 97 feet 6 inches, to the point or piace of beginning There is also a discrepancy in the de- scription of the first plece of property, it being described as commencing 111 feet 3 inches from Sanchez street in- stead of 113 feet. The deed of “The Mc- Donald Cor to Dr. R. H. McDon- ald was acknowledged on September 4, 1893, by Charles E. Puttfarcken, as act- ing secretary of the McDonald Com- e pany, before Thomas B. Clifford, com- missioner of deeds in New York for California. On September 7, 1893, the transfer was acknowledged by F' Edminster, vice president, and C E. Puttfarcken, acting secretar; fore Charles Edgar Mills, commissioner of deeds for California, in the State of | New York. On September 15, 1893, at 44 minutes past 2 o’clock p. m., the deed was recorded in volume 1578 of deeds, | page 233, in the Recorder’s office of this city. The first transfer from Dr. R. H. McDonald to the McDonald Company | is recorded in volume 1573 of deed page 122, n the Hall of Records in this | city. Every stage of this dishonest | transfer of the Market street property | and the circumstances involved in each | step have Leen minutely described. STILL ANOTHER TRANS- FER. ‘ As already indicated, however, Dr. McDonald made a second transfer in | order that he might more thoroughly | deceive his creditors. It was his !n—i tention to make still another deed, and | he did so, transferring his property, but still retaining his ownership, to an- son. He did not dare trust| for a double reason. In the | first place Edminster was tco well | known iIn connection with McDonald | affairs. In the second place, the old Vinegar Bitters bookkeeper had shown signs of n, and Dr. McDonald | did not dare trust him too far. It was | out of the question to place the prop- | erty in the name of any member of the McDonald family, as serious complica- | tic hich will be thoroughly ex- ploited in The Call, had already re- | sulted from such a policy. Dr. McDonald decided, therefore, to transfer his property to a man whom the public would not readily recognize as one of his associates. This man is Horace W. Carpentier, whose name is known from one end of California to the other as one of the sghrewdest and craftiest manipulators | that ever operated in California. The Market street property now stands in the name of Horace W. Carpentier, who is simply a figure-head and & deceiving | agent of Dr. McDonald’s and a dummy representative employed by the old financier to cheat the creditors of the defunct banks. Carpentier does not own the Market street property, as the facts published this morning clearly demonstrate. The land is simply in his | name and has been in his name ' for Yyears simply for the purposes of fraid. Even a casual inspection of the res- ords, independent of the expose of fn- side facts which The Call gives thi | morning, will demonstrate that fact.! The records show that on September 8, 1893, four days after “The McDonald Company” transfe the Market- street property tc Dr. R. H. McDonald, the latter deeded the land to Horace ‘W. Carpentler. It needs no comment or discussion to show that the first trans- fer was made simply to make the sec- ond possible. The deed is g 1 Richard H. McDonald and f-fi:d;?-' knowledged September 8, 1893 before Charles Edgar Mills, commissioner of deeds of New York for California, and was recorded in this city on September | 15, 1893, at 45 minutes past p. m., in volume 1578 of 258. One of the most significant evidences of fraud in all of these transfers and legal deceptions is the fact that one | minute after the deed from “The Me- Donald Company” to R. H. MeDonald was recorded the deed from the old banker to Horace W. Carpentier was placed on record. The first record was made 44 minutes after 2 o'clock on Sep- tember 15, 1893, and the second at 45 minutes after the same hour of the same day. Dr. R. H. McDonald deeded this Market street property to Horace W, Carpentier “in consideration of $10 and other yaluable consideration.” This 2 o'clock | deeds, page | office he had laid | wagon, $5; consideration worded as it '~ is most peculiar. That part which reads “‘and other valuable consideration” means simply that Carpentier agreed to hold the property for Dr. R. H. McDonald, and he holds it still under that agree- ment. This in outline is the history of the transactions that have kept from the robbed depositors of the I cDonald banks something that longs to them. For six years every ef- fort has been made without avail by creditors in this city to levy upon some property of Dr. McDonald. When The Call began its expose of the scoundrels who ruined the Pacific Bank a promise was given that something of material rantage other than the exposure of cals would be given to the public. In showing that here in San Francisco a very valuable piece of property that belongs to the craditors of the Mc- Donald banks ithe Call has kept its promise. It has traced the series of dishonest transactions through which Horace W. Carpentier obtained nomi- nal possession of this propertt At the proper time, after neces- sary investigations have been com- pleted, The Call will show wnere there is property belonging to Dr. is McDonald and valued at half a mil- | lion dollars that may be levied upon | by the creditors of the banks and | recover to them in partial restitution. CARPENTIER'S LIFE HISTORY. Remarkable Record of R. H. McDon- ald’s Agent. OAKLAND, Nov. 16.—The central fig- ure in the early history of Oakland was Horace W. Carpentier. He was its first Mayor, but prior to his election to that the foundation for more than a generation of legislation and litigation by acquiring the immense | water front of this city. In 1851 Carpentier made his appear- ance in Oakland. He came from San Francisco, where he had been practic- ing law—and with him came A. J. Moon and Edson Adams, a triumvirate whose influence on the city that has since grown up is manifest to this day. At that time the San Antonio redwoods | were resounding to the noise of hun- dreds of axes and tens of sawmills and pits. These men saw at once that an immense fortune could easily be made by acquiring vast tracts of land. They started in to acquire it and were so successful that they soon ““owned the town”—not figuratively but literally. Moon and Adams have long since gone to their last account. Carpentier soon went into business and on August 4, 185 it is recorded that the Court of Se s of Contra Costa (now Ala- meda) County granted a license to H. W. Carpentier and A. Moon to run a ferry ‘“from Contra Costa in the Township of San Antonio to the city of San Francisco,” the tariff being fixed as follows: For one person, $1; for one horse, $3; for one wagon, $3; for one two-horse or neat cattle, per head, $3; for each hundredweight, 50 cents; for each sheep, $1; for each hog, $L This little ferry which was the first transportation monopoly in the State was such a success that Mr. Carpen- tler decided to have another monopoly. He sent to the court the following proposition: COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, June 6, 1853. I hereby propose to complete the bridge across the creek known as San Antonio slough, opposite the residence of Messrs. Patton, on the following terms: bridge shall be commenced forthwith and finished with expedition. I will charge and receive to my own use tolls at the following rates, to wit: Each footman, 12 | cents; horses, cattle, etc., each 2 cents: vehicie drawn by one or two animals, 5 cents, and other things in like proportion. Said bridge shall be free from taxation or assessment. will surrender said bridge to the county, to be madé a free sridge and to be used only as a bridge, at &ny time within twelve months (n their peyment to me of the original cost of its construction, together with interest there- on at 3 per cent per month. It shall be fintihed from bank to bank. This proposi- tion to be binding on its acceptance by the'Court of Sessions of Contra Costa Coutty. H. W. CARPENTIER. Thys proposition was accepted, and the first Twelfth-street bridge was built. Thess two monopolies had a twist- like efftct on Carpentier, and he longed to own \he harbor as he practically did | the town To do this it would be neces- sary tha: the Lerislature pass a bill allowing ihe incorporation of the town of Oakland, Carpentier, as an Assem- biyman, would have no difficulty in getting such a bill passed, so he set about having himself elected to the Legislature., The election was held on March 26, 183, and the returns should make a modern political manipulator biush. The candidates were Horace W. Car- pentier of Oakiand, Robert S. Farrelly of “Squattervilla” or San Lorenzo, and B. R. Holliday of Martinez. The elec- tlon was subsequently contested in the Assembly, but fi shows, not only an idea of what the voting strength of the district was then, but also throws !luln upon the manner in which elec- “fous were cai on. The highest ‘umber of votes were polled by Mr. The plan Is to take up what is known as the It is intended also to keep up the work in behalf of sound money through the league organiza- rightfully be- | The | measure, was League. In regard to the OPEEERIEPOPPPIEPRPIPEOEOEO® ONCRORCROJOXOJOOROROYOXOYOXOYOXC] Carpentier, against which Mr. Farrel- ly protested on the ground of fraud, upon which plaint a certificate of elec- tion was refused to Mr. Carpentier by | the County Clerk, and the matter ihanded over to be unraveled by the | committee on elections of the Legisla- | ture. Mr. Carpentier claimed 519 votes, | Mr. Farrelly 254 and Mr. Holliday 192, | thus showing a majority of 73 votes in | favor of the first named. S. J. Clark, attorney for Mr. Farrelly, | presented various grounds of objection. | and forcibly signified fraud on the part of Mr. Carpentler, as well as collusion j“n the part of the Board of Judges, in- | spectors and clerks of Contra Costa and Qakland Township. In the examination |1t was ascertained that the whole num- "l\_er of votes cast in the township was 377, while, according to the testimony of the agent who took the census of the | township but ten short weeks beforl, there were only 130 votes within its limits—a rather unprecedented influx of people in so limited a space of time. It was also declared that it tock al- most two hours to count the Carpentier tickets, which lay in a compact yellow mass at the top of the box, ere any white ones, representing Farrelly, were who cast their ballots at sundown | swore positively that they had voted white tickets for Farrelly. An affida- Vit was made by a man named Ford that he crossed on the ferry boat to San Francisco on the day of the elec- tion and there found a man called Gil- man who said he had thirty-seveen | workmen for his bridge on board and | was arranging for their fare. These | recognized voting at the polls, while he | heard one of them say that he had | voted seven times. The Board of Supervisors of Contra | Costa_County, however, took the view { that Mr. Carpentier was duly elected and made affidavits to that end, and a majority of four to six of the Commit- tee on Elections were of the like opin- ion, and reported in favor of his taking his seat, in which he was duly con- firmed, and sworn in April 11, 1853. Carpentier had at this time a friend |in the well known David <. Broderick, through whose influence he obtained the position of enrollin~ clerk of the Senate, which enabled him to advance various schemes, among others the in- corporation of the town of Oakland, | which took ple~e in 1852. The first | Board of Trustees consisted of A. W. | Burrell, A. J. Moon, Edson Adams, A. | Marrier and H. W. Carpentier. The latter, however, did not qualify. Be- | longing to the town were ahout 10,000 | acres of overflowed land known as the | water front. In consideration of build- ing a small schoolhouse and erecting a | wharf the whole of this magnificent | property wes bartered away to Car- pentier by his associates. 1t is only right to mention, however, that the incorporation of the town was an act unknown to the rest of the squatters, who woke up one morning to find that such an act had been passed. The Governor (Bigler) was warned not to sign the bill, and he at first refused | to do so, but like many other func- | tionaries, arguments more convincing | than words were found to prevail with | him and he changed his mind in the matter. Marrier was president of the Board of Town Trustees, andsat first refused to sign the deed. Carpentier told him that he only wanted to hold the land in trust for the town, o that a succeed- ing board could not make another dis- | position. It is to be remembered that all this | time not an individual any more than | the sham town government had a right to a single acre of the land. Other par- ties were negotiating with the rightful | owner for the purchase of it, and in case they succeeded the whole plot might be broken up. This was the ar- gument used by Carpentier to Marrier, when he finally consented to sign the deed, the former solemnly promising him that he would deed back the prop- erty to the town so soon as all danger was passed. Carpentfer forgot to do this, and there is in existence an afii- davit of Andrew Marrier. who died years ago, solemnly affirming this statement. March 25, 1854, Oakland was incorpo- rated as a city, and Horace W. Carpen- tier was elected its first Mayor, by the | same tactics as he had invariably pur- sued in all his undertakings. Three hun- dred and sixty-eight votes were cast | at this election, but votes, then, were | no indication of the number of settlers, and it is certain that there was no such number of legal voters in the town. The Council elected in 1854 was “anti- Carpentier,” and caused proceedings to | be instituted to recover the water front —the giving away of which was, no doubt, a deep laid plot in the first place, coneocted by Carpentier when he in- corporated the place into a town. The litigation which followed was persistent but unavailing. It has been frequently said that Car. pentier did not know the value of the water front and that he was unaware | of the magnitude of what he was do- ing. This is not true, for immediately after the signing of the deed Carpen- tier sold one-quarter of the water front to E. R. Carpentier for $2850, and in August, 1854, while Mayor of this city, he sold the remainder to Harriet N. Carpentier for $60,000. In August, 1855, John B. Watson sold the entire water front to Harriet Carpentier, though how it passed into the hands of Watson is a profound mystery, as there is no record to divulge the secret. In March, 1868, there sprung into ex- istence the celebrated Water Front Company. Carpentler, at this time, had again secured the ownership of the water front and organized a company of which the officers were H. W. Car- pentier, president; Lloyd Tevis, treas- urer; E. H. Miller, secretary; Leland Stanford, John B. Felton and Samuel Merritt. Then began that long fight in the Legislature and the courts for the pos- session of the water front. It is now valued at $11,000,000 and the final stage reached, and yet three of the last vot L voters | daughters, Donna Peralta requested | | | | day. A E R RS S SRR R R R R SR RS % DEMANDS TEMPLE'S RELEASE. 4 State Department’s N-te to the Mexican Govern- meat. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—At the instance of the Governor of Arizona the State Department to-day instructed United States Minister Clayton, at the City of Mexico, to demand the surrender, under extradition proceedings, of Temple, the American railroad conductor, who is held under ar- rest by the Mexicans néar No- gales on a charge of Kkilling a Mexican in the United States. If the Mexican Government con- cedes the justice of this demand, which is not doubted, Temple will be tried in the United States and once more the principle of extra territorial jurisdicticn claimed By Mexieo will have es- caped a test issue, although our Government is on record as hav- ing by its demand for Temple's release repudiated that principle. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * #* * * #* * T EEEEE R R R R R SRR of the litigation is now in progress in Judge Ogaen’s courtroom. When the case is finished the successors to Car- pentier will have about $8,000,000 worth of the whole. The methods employed by Carpentier in divesting Don Domingo Peralta of his vast possessions in what is now Oakland, and how he acquired title to these lands, are best shown by the testi- mony of the old Castilian Peralta, given over thirty yéars ago in the United States District Court before Judge Hoffman in a suit brought by Peralta for the purpose of setting aside certain deeds executed and delivered to Carpentier. Peralta was llliterate, and aside from the sweet-accented Castilian tongue, he had no language to - express his thoughts. He was all too kind-hearted and an easy prey for the keen Ingenuity and legal skill of the unscrupulous Car- pentier, who was as well versed in the Spanish and Latin languages as in the vernacular. Moreover, he was pos- sessed of dramatic talent of no mediocre degree, and, according to Do- mingo ,Peralta’s testimony—if some of his present living acquaintances re- member rightly—Carpentier had im- pressed him with the idea that at one time he had been a priest. Mr. Carpentier, furthermore, agreed to set apart an evening when he would visit the casa Peralta and in the family circle, recite the rosary, and in other ways offer up supplications. The even- ing came and with it Carpentier. As “Father” Carpentier knelt upon the rustic floor, surrounded by Don and Donna Peralta, their sons, Senors Ra- mon, Louis and Miguel, and their two Louis to step to her room and bring h a soft cushion upon which the ‘“priest” might secure more comfort for his knees. At this act of kindly con- sideration Carpentier became indig- nant. He arose in dignity, and, snatch- ing the pillow, cast it aside, proclaiming | that “the floor of Don Domingo Per- | alta’s home is good enough for any men, or some of them, Ford atterwayq | 800d Christian to kneel upon.” Because of these and many other similar traits of true Christian spirit Don Domingo held implicit confidence in Carpentier. He made the feigning “priest” his confidential agent, and when he signed the deeds—as best he could—conveying to Carpentier nearly the whole of Peralta grant from the es- | tuary of San Antonio to the east shore of the bay, he believed and was led to believe that he was simply signing some power of attorney or other docu- ment granting to his friend a certain necessary authority in connection with | the transaction of his business. Thus Don Domingo lost the posses- sions which his aged father once standing on the tor of one of the Contra Costa hills pointed out to him as his legacy, and even to this day when Louis Peralta, Domingo's son, traverses Oakland he s often prompted almost to ask permission to walk through the streets of the city which once his father owned and which he claims was taken from him by fraud. These facts are still fresh in the mem- ory of Pontio Garcia, who still lives at Temescal, and who was Domingo's brother-in-law, and a cousin of the famous Three-fingered "Jack. Victor Castro, one of the oldest Castilians re- siding in this county, and still living beyond Berkeley, remembers the inci- dents, and they have been frequently, retold by Louis Peralta. About twenty years ago H. W. Car- pentier shook the dust of Oakland from his feet and with his riches went to New York, where he has since resided. He was In this State in August, 1893, and was subpenaed to make a deposi- tion in the cases on trial in the Circuit Court over the Broadway riots. He became very impatient and went East before the deposition was completed, vowing he would never return. He owns a filne house on Third street, but it is rented for a nominal sum merely to keep it in repair, there being an idea prevaient that he might some day return and close his career amid the scenes of his many ventures. The little schoolhouse given by Carpen- tier to the city is still standing. It is to be found at Third and Market streets, a positive monument to the most gigantic fraud ever planned and carried out in this State, and beside which the wrecking of the Pacific Bank is but a triviality. JAMES T. MURPHY DEAD. Succumbs to Heart Disease at a San Jose Hotel. SAN JOSE, Nov. 16.—James T. Murphy, one of the best known residents of Santa Clara County, dled at the Lamolle House this morning about 8 o'clock of heart trouble. He had been {ll several days, but death was not expected. He was born in this county forty-six years ago. De- ceased was the youngest son of the late Martin Murphy and brother of B. D. and P. W. Murphy and .drs. N. G. Arques and Mrs. J. R. Carroll of San Francisco. At the death of his father he came into a large fortune. A wife from whom he sep- arated some vears ago and a daughter, Mrs. D. Chapman, survive him. Murphy was one of the first Board of Bank Com- missioners appointed under the new con- stitution. oa FATHER HECKER'S BOOK. Commission of Cardinals to Examine the Work. “LONDON. Nov. 17.—The Rome corre- spondent of the Morning Post says: The Pope has stopped all proceedings by the congregation of the Index against Father Hecker's book, and has appointed a commission of Cardinals to report upon the work. This is regarded as a step toward the settlement of a religious con- flict which has threatened seriously to disturb _the relations between the Vati- can and the American Catholics. SbE e R L Patrick Whaler Dies at Castroville. SALINAS, Nov. 16.—Patrick Whalen, a pioneer resident of Monterey County,died at Castroville this afternoon, aged 89 vears. Deceased came to California dur- ing the fiftles and has resided in the county over forty years. He was a prom- inent rancher and in comfortable circum- stances. He leaves two sons and two daughters, all over 45. Onedaughter is the wife of Supervisor Jordan. plsistal S rbirmain Suicide at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16—The body of a man, supposed to be that of Willlam Hilton, an ofl producer of this city, was found the at Long Beach to- fi: Mmhumr committed sul- % 3k ok sk sk sk ok ok ok ok ok sk ok ok ok ok ok Kk ok R koK kR K R K X LR R DATE O Commissions Con Spanish Ru the American and Spanish commissi as now, it was known that all troops the island. After to-day’s session the two each other. ! camps are burvins~ arms and ammunit: cans. It is stated that these arms them for what thev are worth. ern ports, from January 1. HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 16.—As predicted in my cable dispatches to the Herald and Call would be the case, ing the date of evacuation which will be January 1. The commissions took precedent from the treaty of peace entered into fifty years ago between Mexico and the United States, when an agreement was made as to the date for American occupation to cease. occupation will cease by January 1, though it is belleved that 25,000 troops will still remain in Cuba. These men will continue to occupy their barracks until they leave for the peninsula. It was further agreed to-day that all arms save those in position shall be returned to Spain. remains to be settled the right of Spain to sell the bronze cannon and to have pay for public buildings on Stories are current here In Spanish circles that the Cubans at Mariano, in Pinar del Rio, policy is made by the American Government, but as reports are numerous and are widely circulated I give The Snyder Steamship Company will run weekly line stearhers to Mobile and Havana, with other north- AGREEMENT REACHED AS TO F CUBAN EVACUATION fer at Havana and Decide That le on the Island Shall End on January First. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. ons came to a full agreement at their joint session this morning regard- Then, could not be embarked by the date agreed upon. Theoretically Spanish There yet 1 commissions lunched together, expressing the greatest good will for and at other ion for the purpose of providing for possible differences with the Ameri- are being stored in secret hiding places until a definite declaration of 108108 508 108 100 108 108 108 108 108 8 408 308 00 08 108 00 X LR LE G FROM THE ORIENT Horrors of the Yellow River Floods. Hundreds of Lives Lost by Fire. VANCOUVER, Nov. 16.—The Royal | Mail steamship Empress of China arrived this morning from Yokohama and Hongkong. Hongkong advices | say: The appalling misery caused by } the Yellow River floods is even in its bare recital harrowing in the extreme. | One of the missionaries engaged in re- | [er work states that in one of the dis- | tricts many were standing in the water | for days holding their children out of it. The same writer says: “Fverywhere 1 go there is such a monotony of sorrow that my mind is quite impressed with it. People by tens of thousands are huddled together | on the banks of the river living iz pig- sty fashion, with only miserable holes to keep body and soul together. | Some not so fortunate have been com- | pelled to seek refuge on the roofs of | their houses, where they were exposed | to a pitiless rain. Others climbed trees | and hung there till they dropped to the | water through hunger and exhaustion.” | | " Details of the great fire in Hankow | early In October show that hundreds of lives were lost and that one quarter of | w, ity was destroyed. The | Vi a K {'the native c | writer says the loss of life is now esti- mated to be at least 2000, and about ten times that number are said to be ren- dered homeless. | Japanese papers contain news of an alleged secret treaty between China and Russia, in which the Chinese Gov- ernment is stated to have agreed that | Russian soldiers are to be employed for defense of the coasts and as mili- ! tary instructors. They are to be com- | manded by Russian officers. The whole | expense is agreed to be borne by China. This arrangement would be altogether subversive of the plan arranger for not long since for the employment of British officers to drill and organize a Chinese army. It is reported that the Japanese Gov- | ernment has decided to co-operate with | Great Britain with the object of restor- ing all things in China to their former status before the recent coup d’etat. | It has transpired that on the dav of the coup d'etat no fewer than fourteen eunuchs, who were the Emperor’s own personal attendants, were ordered to execution by the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager has issued an edict instructing the provincial authori- itles to diligently protect all places wherever Christian chapels of any na- tionality have been built, and ordering that all missionaries in the interior be properly and politely treated. Considerable discontent exists different parts of Hunan owing to the recent executions of reformers at Peking, and well known men of wealth and influence have subscribed money to help on the rebellion in Kuangtung and Kuang Si. There are also insurrections in the Lien Chon prefecture and the province of Szchuen. Tt is stated that the Argentine Re- public and the Chilean Government propose to conclude a treaty with Japan and establish a Legation in Tokio. It is added that the South Amerfcan republics are anxious to en- courage trade with Japan, and there is a project for a direct steamship line to be established. ELABORATE FUNCTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE Joint High Commission of Great Britain and the United States Banqueted. WASHINGTON Nov. 16.—The Presi- dent and Mrs. McKinley entertained at dinner to-night the Joint J gh Commis- sioners on the part of Great Britain and the United States. The dinner was the most elaborate: social function at the White House for many months. The rooms throughout the firs. floor of the executive mansion were beautifully dec- orated wtih plants and cut flowers. The | orchestra of thé Marine band furnished the music. Following is a list of the guests at the dinner: The British Embassador and Lady Pauncefote. the Right Hon. Lord Herschell, the Right Hon. Sir anrh-lI Laurier and ..ady Laurier, Sir Richard Cartwright and _ Miss Cartwright, Sir Louis and Lady Davies, Sir James Win- ter and the Hon. John Charlton and Mrs. Charlton, Senator and Mrs. Fairbank: Senator and Mrs. Faulkner, Representa- tive Dingley ~and Mrs. Dingley, Miss Dingley, Hon. John W. Foster and Mrs. Foster, John A. Kasson, Hon. T. Jeffer- son Coolidge and Mrs. Sears, the Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuiler, Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay, the Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Gage. the Secrt of War and Mrs. Alger, the Attorney Gen- eral and Mrs. Griggs, the Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith, the Secretary of the Navy and Miss Long. the Secretary of Agriculture and Miss Wilson. Hon. Jo- seph Pope and Mrs. Pope, Miss Scott, Henrl Bourassa, Chauncey Cartwright and Chandler P. Anderson. — WHITE OFFICERS RESIGN. RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 16—All the white officers of the Sixth Virginia Regi- ment have resigned except Lieutenant Colonel Crofton and Lieutenants Healy and Richardson. The lieutenants are on special duty and are not immediately in comamand of negro soldiers. A letter re- ceived here from Captain W. 8. Faulk- ner tells of the troubles the white officers have had. The soldiers, while obeying their white officers in a sort of perfunc- tory vl¥, are sullen and make things very unpleasant for their officers. Colonel Crofton advised that all the recently ap- pointed officers % sty | z f i i |Actress Expires During| | | GREAT EXCITEMENT BEHIND Audience, Ignorant of the Tragic performance of “The Christian,” in which | she played the part of Polly Love. | theater and gave no indication that she | was other than perfectly well. | third act Miss Marlowe, as Polly Love, { wus an important figure in the play. She | went through her part without fault. | she entered the wings she met one of the acters. lence of his makeup, laughed and then | seated herself on a piano stool. Suddenly she tottered, and before any one could rush to her assistance, she had fallen to the floor. and messengers were sent_flying for re- minutes three physiclans mflz}de every effort to revive her, but in vain, heart disease and gave their opinion that Miss Marlowe was dead when she fell from the stool e e A e f-3-3-§-3-3-3-F-3-3-3=-F-3-3:=3-2=3-2-F=F:-F-F=F:-F=3:-F-F-R-F-FoF-F-F-F-FF-F-F-F-F-3-F-F-F.F-F -2 -F-F-F- -1 cide by taking poison while temporarily d] on the stage came to a conclusion. Then insane. An inquest will be held to-mor- the audience, knowing nothing of the row. tragic happening behind the curtain, in- | sisted on a curtain call and the drop HARROWING NEWS | went up. The applause continued. Viola Allen made a pitying gesture and the stage manager came before the curtain once more and said that he was about to call for a physiclan’s aid, but that it Wwas not now necessary. The hidden sig- nificance of the speech was not under- stood, but it had the effect of causing the audience to disperse. Ethel Marlowe came of an old theatrical amily. Her father was the late Owen | Marlowe, who played with excellent com- panies, and her mother, under the name of Mrs. Owen Marlowe, is a member of the James K, Hackett company, playing old woman parts. The late Virginia Mar- lowe, a sister of Ethel, was also an act- ress. SUDDEN DEATH a- Performance. ICTIM OF HEART DISEASE E INTERESTS THE COAST. Army Orders and Issuance of Pen- sions for Californians. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—By direction of the Secretary of War, a board of offi- cers is appointed to meet, at the call of the president thereof, at San Francisco, Cal., for examination of such officers of the corps of engineers as may be or- dered before it, to determine their fitness for promotion. Detail for the hoard: Colo- nel Samuel M. Mansfield, corps of engi- neers; Major William H. Heuer, corps of engineers; Major Charles E. L. B. Davis, corps of engineers; Major Edward B. Mosely, surgeon United States army; Captain Thomas U. Raymond, assistant surgeon. By direction of the Secretary of War Captain Merritt W. Ireland, assistant sur- geon of the United States army, havin reported in person to the surgeon genera of the army, is relieved from further dut: at the Presidio, San Francisco, and wlfi proceed to Fort Wayne, Michigan, and report in person to the commanding offi- cer of {hat post. By direction of the Assistant Secretary of War Private J. Ward Eaton of Com- Yflny L, First California_"Volunteer In- antry, now at Manila, is discharged from the Service of the United States. G. W. Cutler was to-day appointed Postmaster at Bardsdale, Ventura Coun- ty, Cal, vice W. E. Dorman, resigned. Pensions for Californians: Originai— George R. Fezler, Murrietta, $; George W. Damron, Visalia, $5. Increase—Henry C.idAndreslfln, l;domonfi, Slshto $M4. Original widows, etc.—Mary E. Johnson, San Jose, $8; Sibyl Sparhawk, Iowa City, $. = i Mrs. Levy’s Burns Prove Fatal. SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Ger- trude Levy, aged 81 years, whose clothing caught fire from matches in her pocket while she was at the old mission on Sun- day last, died from her burns to-day. THE SCENES. Occurrence, Loudly Clamors for the Play to Proceed. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Ethel Marlowe, cousin of Julia Marlowe, died at the nickerbocker Theater to-night, during a She as 24 years old. Miss Marlowe had arrived early at the In the As She commented upon the excel- It was at first thought she had fainted Within a few arrived, who oratives and doctors. Later they diagnosed the case as 1. ‘While all this was happening the act ADVERTISEMENTE. 004 For the past week we have been segre- gating odds and ends of broken assort- ments, taking out suits in lines that were not complete. 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