The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1898. fOW SPIES OF THE McDONALDS PREYED UPON EACH OTHER IN PLOTS FUR FAVOR Srange Chapters i History of 0 e Unpublished the Ruined nstitntions. . 1. Eestland Held the Bankers by Bombastc Flat- tery—Dr. William Jg Heant @ MUIDgSOn's Sycophancy Living, s of Dr Willlam Jenningson the darkest chapters in v of the Pacific Ban.: and the e’'s Home 8§ Bank. Jen- ak and ngs was the paid spy, s int of R. H oung banker had this man ally on all four kick ple: the came to him and to use ptible the T to abuse en s»d, purpos i despised by he wh sur e victims. Diego to 2 - nore than C into the accounts of t able Railroad and the S two concerns which lds a great deal of n written rec- n's ow t- 1 no legit the history Pacifi Donalds in orc living. He w Dick McDon- ng what he | > to the at- | m ot lhei any. | x outcome of his | Rive was to throw Miss E. | , into hysterics | 1t form darkened the | t r bank. Whenever Jenningson felt that he had not yet descended to a depth of sycophancy great enough to retain the favor of his | n K to a lower depth. This vays had the desired effect and ught gson his expected re- DR JENNINGSON'S ~ PROFITLESS JOURNEY T0 LONDON. s sent on to London to secure i wrote copiously to his master f his introcuction to vitation to swell with the of the great capi- not a word of results nt to Liv- to New c the scrutinizing y months in the latter part . Dr Jen n remained in York, a hated inter the p of the conspirators. y wrote In one of his dy hated him and he He s association but accomy erpool »per He s glad aid they looked upon him as McDonald and he was He knew that as stool- of it. the spy of Dic proud of it. pigeon and sneak he had gone to New York t. spy upon the other conspira- tors, and he very frankly admitted that he was in love with the task. It made no difference to him what otherg thought of him, he said; he intended to keep his promise to Dick, no matter how far he was misunderstood. After residing in New York for some time Jenningson returned to this city, and then was detailed to pry into other affairs in which Dick McDonald was interested. The young banker sent his factotum to Amador County to look into another disastrous Investment there. Then he came back ,to annoy the conspirato s in the Californian II- lustrated Magazine, the San Francisco Printing Company and the Panorama Company. All the while Jenningson was inflating his master with adulation. This clown performance kept up month | after m ‘When Jenningson had | nothing to write, and he was in duty bound to write to Dick every day, Sundays and hc ¥s included, he roasted everybody that enjoyed the confidence of the McDonalds. On one day it would be Sherman upon whose devoted head Jenningson would pour his abuse. Then it would be Dyer or Johns or any other of a dozen men interested in the banks. THE WILD PERAMBULATIONS OF A PARASITE. While In Riverside, in the early part of 1893, Jenningson referred c: sually, in one of his lette to a visit of Col- lis P. Huntington and William H. Mills, Jenningson saw in this visit a promise that Huntington intended to buy the Riverside motor road. A few days later Jgnningson was off to Sacramento, supposedly to take part in the scheme to divide Fresno County and create Madera County. The McDonalds had piaced a formidable lobby at the Capi- tol to secure this division, and Jenning- son went there as usual to s~ on the agents of his employer. He did this - | | McDonald Jr. For | | policy | that ycung Johns had | divert from . Dick that he would p the plundering that v going on at the | colo |'do his best to | color Occasionally he would stab Sherman again and caution Dick to beware of the Los Angel hemer. One of his | | letters, written in Los Angeles on| March 31, 1893, characteristic. He de- he has discovered a great com- bination on the part of Sherman and Johns to rob the bark. “I have been inside of what I ion,” he wrote. “It has been hard work, but believe I am 1 a match for them all. Dorns my favor; well, pre- Also Sherman, o will do the same thing, I think 1, also take that in. It is a very brilliant crowd and they believe I am on to them—so I am. all they say. The trees, olive: cost Johgs $400 and no more. Pay nothing of that nature till I arrive. The 00 you may have to put up to hold notor interest. That is all right, but send around to Houghton's office and pay only when you have to do so, when you have to protect your interests. Give nothing away to Sherman, for he will likely inform a certain party, of whom I have scmething to when I see you. Be friendly with Dyer; it Is good Make something of him should he arrive before I do; also good policy. But give up nothing without the coin.” Once in a very great while Jenning- son would write a letter of material in- terest. 3 n ;JET\'NINGSON PROBES INTO THE AF- FAIRS OF THE JOHN BROWN COLONY. In May, 1893, a month and a half be- fore the bank psed, Jenningson s at the John Brown colony to re- rt the condition of affairs there. He ed that A. F. Johns was not act- the McDonalds, and threatened to come to San Francisco and punch the head off Dick. The elder Johns, so Jen- ningson declared, was attempting thy Pacific Bank a very great deal of valuable property. This information was not new, as Jenningson did not possess a speak- ing acquaintance with the English language the story may be better told in the letters of one of the other con- spirators. When Dick McDonald had no very pressing need of the services of Dr. Jenningson, the spy was sent to look after the personal affairs of Dick’s associates. Jenningson understood his duty thorou~hly and slandered most shamefully every one that Dick did not like. It would be idle to reproduce this slander, as it has no possible bearing on the great events that culminated in the ruin of the Pacific Bank. Jenning- son succeeded in keeping his hold upon Dick McDonald long after both banks failed. He was ready to do anything his master dictated, and when Dick, finding himself thrown out of the Pa- Bank, landed in the People's T-nk, he discovered that Dr. William Jenningson was still on his back. The part that this man played in the secret history of the two institutions forms a disagreeable chapter but an essential one to illustrate the character of the men that R. H. McDonald and his two sons drew around them. EASTLAND WAS THE CRAFTY CLOWN OF THE CONSPIRACY. W. H. Eastland was the clown of the conspiracy that destroyed the Pacific Bank. He was as base as Dr. W. Jen- ningson in his sycophancy, but far more ridiculous in displaying it. His flattery almost passes belief. He vied with Jenningson in disgusting adula- tion and surpassed him in craft. While Jenningson sought imply a llvelihood In exchange for his servillty Eastland schemed to win a fortune from the Mc- Donalds. He was the president of a bogus corporation known as the Alaska Coal Company. In all their history the McDonalds never entered into a more dishonest transaction than that which this Alaska Coal Company represented. The mines of the company were sup- posed to be located at Coal Bay, Cooks Inlet. The stock of the company was floated in enormous quantities with an alluring rate of interest, and was guar- anteed by the Pacific Bank through the stupidity of Frank McDonald, As a matter of fact the Alaska Coal Company had a reality only on paper. The corporation did not own a coal mine or anything like one. It was a fraud in every aspect, and FEastland, who thoroughly understood the fact: was willing to do anything for the money of the McDonalds. He entered the service of Dick McDonald as an abject syco~hant read- and eager to do anything his master commanded. No task was too base for him to re- fuse, and while he wormed his way into the confidence of Dick he foisted his utterly worthless stock on the Pa- cific Bank. It was not until November, 1892, that Fastland left the control of the Alaska oal Company to his brother, and devoted his own energies exclusively to the personal service of Dick McDonald. EASTLAND CREATED HIMSELF A LIEU- TENANT GENERAL AND BEGINS THE WAR, coll decls ing fairly with with his customary servility. In March, 1893, he was down at the John Brown In this service Eastland went to New It is the best | to | and | | | | ningson in that capacity. | generation. Premegmiy e BR. W. JENN employ men to spy upon eac.: other. stanc Jenningson. INGSON, THE SPY F THE McDONALDS. During the later days of the Pacific Bank it was the policy of the McDonalds to s would trust even their own confidential agents. employed by the bankers none was more serviceable or more despicable or more ready to perform any service commanded of him than Dr. Willlam i | | The young bankers under no circum- Among the' spies York to act as Dick’s spy, and in a very | his letter on December Dr. Jen- arge measure to supersede land's privilege to call Dick McDonald ev could command. In the cunning sycophant Dick was the great Napoleon of the American financial world. He was the man chosen by birth, education and ability to govern the great affairs of finance in this coun- try. He was everything that was i spiring and magnificeAt in the rising There was no praise too extravegant for Eastland to When Eastland went to New York the tuation of the Pacific Bank was ex- tremely desperate. Dick had been in frantic seach for money for months, and he could obtain absolutely no as- sistance from New York. Agent affer agent had been sent on but without re- sult, and finally Eastland was scurried across the continent to take charge of the situation. He describes his arrival in New York as the coming of a general to command and organize the routed and defeated forces of his superior. He wrote Dick that he had arrived on the field and had organized the army of workers for immediate action. He pro- ceeded at once to adjust the situation, to assign each worker an allotted and congenial task, and to direct himself | the energies of each. Day after day he wrote Dick pages of bombastic non- sense. Now he would sign himself W. H. Eastland, commanding, and again he was in the field a lieutenant gener- al, eager to solve the position of the en- emy, and all the while he wrote to Dick telling him that the strong arm of the young Napoleon of finance was holding him up and urging him on to victory. Occasionally he would inform this young Napoleon that he had sold another block of the stock of the Alaska Coal Company, which the Pa- cific Bank promised to guarantee. EASTLAND'S FLATTERY WAS TRANS- FORMED INTO GOLD. Once in a while Dick would become nervous and restless, and would de- mand of Eastland that he reduce his enormous overdraft upon the books of the Pacific Bank. But Eastland was wily; he wanted to increase, not de- crease, his overdraft, and kis flattery won him his wish. After Eastland had been in New York for a little while he was in full collusion with Sherman, Dyer, Johns and the other conspir- tors. He would intersperse his flattery of Dick and his praise of himself with absurd encomiums upon his confeder- ates. He maintained this ridiculous but crafty position for many months. In the latter part of November 1892, when the situation of Dick McDonald in this city was becoming daily more desperate, Eastland assured his master that already he could hear the shouts of victory and see the heralds of a splendid triumph. He was lying bom- bastically. Dick’s forces in New York, he de- clared, understood the wisdom of eter- nal vigilance, and were giving blow for blow in the battle for financial ex- istence. This military absurdity is one of the few amusing side lights in the tragedy that ended in ruin. When Eastland had nothif else to write and his military vocabulary had exhausted itself, he told Dick that he would read and re-read the Young Napoleon's ef- fusions to gain new strength and new fortitude for another conflict. These letters were usually followed by an- other demand for money. A SCHEME TO ROB THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Occasionally Eastland would inter- rupt his flow of flattery to tell himself how able and honest he was. Under- standing thoroughly the appalling dis- honesty of the McDonalds and their confederates, Bastland in one of his letters suggested a scheme by which the People’s Home Savings Bank could be robbed further to the extent of $200,- 000 to save the Pacific Bank from the crushing burden of O, T. Dyer and his Riverside Institution. Eastland wrote It was East- | ry name that the tongue of flattery | institution. words of the ignore. | such other solvent and acceptable se- | tions.” | 19, 1892. epistle, in part, is as follows: “The matter is in reference to a set- tlement of O. T. Dyer and his banking The matter as submitted to me is this: Dyer is to give mort- gages upon real estate that will be accepted by the People’'s Home Savings Bank, upon which they will advance to the Pacific Bank $200,000. This amount is to go to the credit of Dyer's bank in part payment of its indebtedness to the Pacific Bank, and Dyer and his bank are to turn over to the Pacific Bank The curities in an amount sufficient to se- cure and protect and satisfy the Paci- fic Bank’s management in the remain- ing indebtedness of the Riverside Banking Company and O. T. Dyer, col- lectively and individually. Of course, in all these matters I submit to your splendid financial abilities and your high conception of commereial transac- This scheme was one of many dis- cussed by the conspirators to rcb the People’s Bank. Eastland, as already indicated, was used by Dick McDonald for any purpose. Shortly after the election of President Cleveland in No- vember, 1892, Dick McDonald commis- sioned Eastland to wait on the Presi- dent of the United States and invite him to a banquet in San Francisco. Eastland accepted the commission in all seriousness. In accepting it he wrote: “I have talked with your good father, and I can see now that you will be one of the great young financiers of the times.” A few days later Eastland informed Dick that he had sold 2000 shares of the Alaska Coal Company, | which the ‘“great young financier” in- dorsed and guaranteed. THE CRAFTY FLATTERER FORGOT HIM- SELF AND TOLD THE TRUTH. Eastland occasionally seemed to for- get himself and tell the truth. In one letter he candidly informed Dick that Eastern capitalists and financiers did not want Western securities for pur- poses of speculation. These men were very well informed on the character of the McDonald stocks and bonds, and certainly did not want them for pur- poses of investment. In 1893 speculators were very wary and had been during all the months that the wreckers of the McDonald banks had been in New York. Eastland, therefore, was one of the very few men who told Dick Mec- Donald the truth, and yet almost within a week after he told the deluded banker that, he had a scheme by which one syndicate would buy all the Pacific Bank securities for one million doliars. The syndicate, as a matter of course, was a myth. About two months before the Pacific Bank failed Eastland gave R. H. McDonald Jr. an intimation of the manipulation of A. F. Johns and Thomas Fitch Jr. in reference to the John Brown colony. Eastland was not in a position to be well informed, and even the information he did give was unhéeded. During his stay in New York Eastland attended to many of the private affairs of R. H. McDonald Jr., glving particular attention to the di- vorced wife and child of the young banker. McDonald had tried many ways to secure possession of this child, but failed, and Eastland played upon thig fact to prolong his useless stay in New York. As a whole Eastland cut ne more serious figure in the affairs of the bank than to secure from it a for- tune for the Alaska Coal Company and his own personal maintenance and recreation in the FEastern States. He was purely and simply a parasite, who received thousands of dollars of the funds of the Pacific Bank in exchange for his crafty and disgusting flattery to R. H. McDoenald Jr. The Call wiil exploit to-morrow morning another of the great dishonest transactions in which. some of the manipulators of the Pacific Bank in- volved themselves to gain the money in the treasury of the institution. In this recital the alleged bribery and cor- ruption of public officials and the dis- honesty of the attorneys will form a very considerable part. The Call will show that some of the great conspira- tors of the bank assumed to possess the ability to bribe even the courts of this DEADLY MISSILE WILL NOT BE }Unless an Unexpected Relapse Oc- | pital, who is attending the wounded girl, | suffers considerably, but the pains from | her wound are intermittent and less se- | er about as though she was a pald nurse. But the gentle, loving h State and to protect themselves from thwnmuenm of their netuimui ac THE BULLET HAS BEEN LOCATED Durie Heithier’s Re- covery Is Assured. SHE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE REMOVED JUST YET. curs the Would-Be Suicide Will Go Home in Four Weeks. Durie Heithier will undoubtedly recover from the self-inflicted bullet wound which | sent her to the hospital and exposed the | perfidy of George A. Alexander, her brutal betrayer. Dr. Weil of the Receiving Hos- has every hope for her speedy convales- | ence. Yesterday Dr. Weil succeeded in locat- ing the bullet. It is ludged in the back, just below the scapula on the left side. | The ball is not very deep in the tissues, as | it can be easily felt. The doctor says there | 18 no necessity for removing the bullet for | some time, as it is not causing any in- lammation. In a week or two, when Durie has regained strength an inciston will be made and the bullet removed. Unless the girl has a severe and unexpected relapse | she will undoubtedly be able to go home in three or four weeks. She has a consid- erable amount of reserve strength and has continued to improve since being re- moved to the German Hospital. She still | vere than they were a day or two ago. She is becoming very peevish and irri- | table, which the doctors consider a favor- | able 'symptom. She has become very domineering and orders her faithful moth- rt of the mother does not revoit at this. She knows her | child is getting well, and she is happy once more. Durie’s évery wish is grati- fied, no matter how childish orunreason- able. The mother will need financial assist- ance before Durie is strong enough to be taken home, The expenses at the hospital are very heavy for the limited means of the poor woman who nearly lost her first born, and she has no reserve resources te draw upon. : THE SALE OF ORMONDE YEARLINGS TO-NIGHT ARISTOCRATIC FILLIES THAT SHOULD BRING LONG PRICES. Party of Horsemen Visit the Spreck- els Stock Farm—An Expert’s Opinion—To-Day’s Entries. The Killip & Co. sale of the aristocrat- fcally bred Ormonde fillies, which takes place at thelr salesyard, Market street and Van Ness avenue, to-night, is attract- ing widespread attention. among hors men, both here and in the East. The five young misses by this world-famous horse are pronounced flawless iby experts, and their looks certainly bear oui this asser- tion. The star of the sale, it is said, will be Orthia, a slashing chestnut filly by Ormonde from the Wildidle mare, Muta. She shows class all over, and the fortu- nate possessor of her will probably have to,bld well up in the thousands. Gold Lace, Rose of Ormonde, Oremus and Oriva are not lacking in appearance, and will undoubtedly bring large prices. The sale will commence promptly at 7 o’clock. A party of horsemen, chaperoned by Harry Lowden, among which were Enoch Wishard and Galen Brown, visited the Spreckels stock farm at Napa yesterday. Mrs. Wishard, an enthusiastic admirer of the thoroughbred, accompanied her husband. Mr. Wishard, who is consider- ed one of the keenest horsemen in the business, carefully inspected the stallions, broodmares, yearlings and weanlings and | was much Impressed with the workings of this ideal breeding establishment. After carefully looking over the yearlings short- ly to be sold, the Eastern turfman ex- pressed himself as especially well nleased with the appearance of Balaruc, blk. c., by Lew Weir-imp. Garanbee; Bamboulia, b. c., by Puryear D-Lesta Hock; Catulus, br. c., by imp. Creighton-Lady Cleveland; Florestine, ch. f., by Eolo-Florence B; Idaletta, ch. f., by imp. Idalium-Patricia; Lewzara, b. f., by Lew Weir-imp. Zara; Militouche, ch. c., by General Miles-Ni- touche; Nemesis, b. f., by imp. The Judge- Border Lassie; Pidalia, blk. f., by imp. Idalium-Piquante; Pythia, b. f., by Lew Weir-Victory, and Zanoni, b. f., by Lew Weir-Cattle Kate. The youngsters all have sge, bone and sinew to recommend them, and Mr. Wish- ard prophesied they would bring rosy prices when led into the sales ring. He was especially well pleased with the Eng- lish horse, The Judge, and predicted a future for him in the stud. The racing card at Ingleside to-day is the best yvet offered. The entries are as follows: First Race—Five furlongs; maiden two-year- olds. 213 Judge Wofford..115 ... Alhaja . 108 219 Boardman .....0113 35 Faversham ....118 219 Wrinkles ....... 164 Peach Blossom 213 My Dear........ Second Race—Six furlongs; all ages. . | 220 Zorazzo 207 Mary Black 09 ‘109| 162 Valencienna 209 Reina de Los A.102| (223) Rosormonde 225 Espionage ...... 9| Third Race—One and a sixteenth miles; sell- ing. | 216)Captive . 229 Fleming | 230 Tom Calvert. 1103| 187 Hazard .. 229 Magnus .88/ 220 Dr. Bernay: Fourth Race—Six furlongs; selling. Tt 223 Formella. . 206 Cyril .. 217 Rossmore 4 Mamie Scott ... Gratify ‘109| 221 McFarlane . 209 Refected <109, 217 Redington .. ... Don Fulano.....112 Fifth Race—Six furlongs; two-year-ol +. Boszaris -108) 219 Don’t Tell. i.. Aflyar ..........11| (213)Anchored . 25 Casdale a3 .103; 221 Sweet Willlam..100 104! 228 Lady Britannic. 97 199 (29)Ed Gartland I1.102 . 99| 235 Toribio ...... .. 92 1103| (220)Pat Morrissey..107 99! (221) Kalger Ludwig..110 Selections for To-Day. First Race—Judge Wofford, Boardman, Faver- sham. 197 Chihuahua 220 He Second Race—Mary Black, Valenctenne, Esplonage. Third Race—Red Glenn, Dr. Bernays, Cap- tive. Fourth Race—Don Fulano, Redington, McFar- Tane. Fifth Race—Aflyar, Anchored, Casdale. Sixth Race—Pat Morrissey, B4 Gartland II, Chihuahua. e Larceny in the Prison. Thomas Jordan, a colored peddler, was in the “drunk” cell at the City Prison yesterday morning when John Terrell be- came one of his companions. Terrell was arrested on Sixth street and was so fight- ing drunk that he had to be clubbed into submission by the arresting officer. About 11 o'clock Terrell complained that a ring ad been stolen from his finger and sus- picion Inted to Jordan. e was taken | of the war is: out of the cell and searched and the ri ‘was found in his pocket. He was book: on the charge of grand larceny. | WOMEN MAY FIND SERVICE WITH THE FLAG Army Nurses Offici- ally Recognized. RULES TO BE OBSERVED TRAINED GRADUATES ESPECI-| ALLY DESIRED. Change of Front of the War De- partment in Regard to | the tare of the Sick. A circular which has just been issued from the surgeon general's office of the War Department at Washington is im- portant, inasmuch as it shows the Inten- tion of the department to place the fe- male nurses in the employ of the Govern- | ment on a proper footing, and provides for the application and appointment of | volunteer nurses. In this connection Anita Newcomb McGee, acting assistant sur- | geon, U. 8. A., has ssued & communica- tlon stating that applications from *‘grad- uate trained nurses willing to leave the | former limits of the United States” are | especlally desired. A number have been | sent to Honolulu, and others may be or- | dered to Manila whenever the surgeon in | command there finds their services to be needed. Applicants will also be consid- ered who ¢o not wish to go across the water. The circular which is so different in tone | from the breezy refusal of the services of the Red Cross nurses at the beginning War Department, Surgeon General's Office, WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 1598, As it {s desirable that the employment of female nurses with the army shouid be placed on an exact and uniform basis, the following instructions are published for the guidance ot medical otficers: When the services of female trained nurses are required at & hospital, application should be made to this office. They will be supplied by transfer or from the list of eligible appii- cants. Authority to make contracts, hereto- tore given in certaln emergency cases, is here- | by revoked, and It is not desired that the services of volunteer nurses be accepted. Officers having more nurses than are needed will annul contracts of unsatisfactory ones | only, and report to this office without delay the | number of desirable nurses avallable for trans- fer. Every change in the status of female nurses, such as arrival, departure, discharge or death, | should be reported by information slip on the | day of its occurrence. GEORGE M. STERNBERG, Surgeen General, United States Army. Another circular deals with ihe infor- | mation for female contract nurses in the | United States army. The contract which | is made by sthe surgeon general with a female nurse for army service is for an unlimited period, and she receives $30 a | month salary. While nursing at the hos- | pital she receives also her lodging, board | and laundry of uniforms. No uniform | has yet been prescribed. The surgeon | general may, at the request of a hospital surgeon, appoint a chief nurse, who shall | supervise the other nurses, but is not to | undertake nursing herself. A nurse is | subject to military_ discipline, and when | traveling under orders wili be furnished | with transportation. In case of sickness | contracted in the line of duty a nurse is | entitled to medical attendance at the | nearest army hospital. Should she prefer | to return home the surgeon may grant a | sick leave, with pay for thirty days. Nurses who go to Porto Rico or Cuba are expected to remain at least six months, if their services are satisfactory. The con- tract of a nurse may be annulled at any time by the surgeon general. In making application a nurse is fur- nished with a blank on which she is to answer several questions in relation to| her qualifications, health, experience and | whether graduated or not. With this she | must forward the Indorsement of the lady | who is (or was when she graduated) the superintendent of her training school. All applications should be made directly to the office of the surgeon general, Wash- ington, D. C. Police Will Lay the Becker-Creegan Case Before the Grand Jury. The promised scandai involving the jury which disagreed in the second trial of the | Becker-Creegan forgery case is gradually | developing. Detective Pinkerton and Chief Lees are devoting all their skill to un- raveling the mystery which surrounds the actions of certain jurors. These officers | will not tell who they suspect of embrac- ery; they simply say they are investigating and at the proper time the result of their work will be laid before the Grand Jury. Mr. Pinkerton is positive he can produce | sufficient evidence to warrant the Grand Jury in making a searching investigation. He does not intend to move, however, un- til he has accumulated indubitable proof | that a sinister influence was brought to bear to secure a disagreement of the jury. The Becker-Creegan case will be called again this morning in Judge Wallace's court. This will be the third trial of the defendants, who are accused of uttering a | forged draft for $22,000 on the Nevada Bank. Attorneys Dunne and McPike, it is understood, intend to demand that the case be transferred to some other court than Judge Wallace’'s. They will present | affidavits to substantiate their contention that a fair trial cannot be secured before a judge who has twice heard the testi- mony. This move is thought by the prose- cution to be an attempt to obtain a delay and will be strenuously opposed by the District Attorney. —— . AT THE PARK AND CLIFF. Cailly Weather Drove the Crowds Home at an Early Hour. Anticipating a pleasant day thousanfls of people left their homes yesterday and gathered at the Park and Cliff. From noon until 3 o'clock crowds poured into the big pleasure ground and listened to the music and enjoyed the flowers, while others turned their way toward the ocean. At the later hour, however, it turned su denly cold, so cold, in fact, that there was no eénjoyment in the open air, and the people hastened home. No accldents oc- curred durlni the day. The usual big crowd spent the day at the Chutes. he ‘‘three missing links,” Sally, Joe and Congo, were patronized by large numbers, but the many other attrac- tions were not neglected. The aquatic sports at Sutro's Baths were witnessed by hundreds of enthusi- asts, who found unlimited enjoyment in the athletic contests in the big and little tanks. Following are the results: 50-yard dash for novices resulted in a tie be- tween R. Dodge and H. Bensen. Diving from platform, juvenile, H. Seebach , E. Bonifleld second. 60-vard tub race for boys, two in a tub, H. Anderson and H. Miller first, N. Bensen and E. Kipp second. Obstacle race, E. Bonifield first, 5. Duran second. Fanoy spring-board diving, R. Dodge first, N. Bensen second. Trapeze and high diving, R. B. Cornell first, AL Baer seccnt 7" LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES. LIMA, Ohio, Nov. 20.—A freight lgcomo- tive on the Chicago and Erie exploded near here this morning, killing David ‘Lit- tle, fireman, and probably fatally injuring Walter Shirtleff, engineer; Bdward Quick, conductor, and Frank Smith, brakeman, About twenty-five cars were wrecked and the track was blocked. e Ex-Mayor Mast Dead. SPRINGFIELD, Ohlo, Nov. 20.—Ex- Mayor P. P. Mast died to-day after an illness of several months. His estate is estimated at over a million and a half. Round reports of the Corbett- Sharkey fight will be displayed by stereopticon in front of The Call of- fice Tuesday night. s [} les, UTAH SENDS A POLYGAMIST 10 CONGRESS Brigham H. Roberts May Be Unseated. OPENLY DEFIES THE LAW SAID TO MAINTAIN THRER HOUSEHOLDS. Has Served a Term in the Peniten- tiary Because of His Violation of the Federal Statutes. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. ~ SALT LAKE, Nov. 20.—Brigham H. Roberts, the Mormon Con- gressman-elect in TUtah, will have to fight for his seat in the House of Representatives. When Congress as- sembles in December and contested election cases are given consideration it is likely that his will be among the first to come up. Roberts is fanatical in his belief in the Mormon faith, and it is charged by his political opponents that he has been living in polygamy in open deflance of the Federal statutes since Utah became a State. The de- feated candidate for Congress in his | district will rely on this fact in his ef- fort to gain the seat won by Roberts in the election, and he claims to have | an abundance of evidence to back up his claim. Should the contest be brought, as now seems certain, it is probable that when Congress assembles an inquiry into the domestic life of Roberts will be insti- tuted. This move is quite likely to have the support of the Republican majority, which will 1 tus case be simply upholding the Federal con- stitution. It will establish the prece- dent once and for all that a polygamist shall not hold a place in the councils of the nation. That Brigham H. Roberts is an active polygamist is beyond the shadow of a doubt. He was charged with it by the Balt Lake Tribune during the late cam- paign and he never denied it, merely saying his family relations were not an issue. Roberts was a polygamist long before the passage of the mani- festo by the Mormon church and the subsequent admission of Utah to state- hood. That children have been born to his polygamous wives since Utah was admitted to statehood is well known in that State. No attempt was made by any of the leading Democrats to dis- prove it. Roberts has three wives. He lives at Centervile, a short distance north of Salt Lake. Two of his wives live in that village, the other in Sait Lake. He is a fanaucal Mormon. Two years agc he ran for Congress against the wishes | and without the consent of the Mormon leaders, by whom he was disciplined. He fought the church, but finally suc- cumbed to its demands. He was for a short time engaged on the Salt Lake Herald, and it was in that office that he was first arrested for pulygamy. He gave bonds and fled to Kurope. Three years later he returned and was sen- tenced to a term in the penitentiary, which he served. It was after this that he married a third wife, by whom he has no children. Leading Democrats in Utah now ad- mit they made & migtake in nominating Roberts and some have grave doubts as to his being seated. California delegates to Congress are a unit in the expression of their inten- tion to assist in enforcing the Federal statute relating to polygamy. Though the representatives from this State were guarded in their utterances as to the particular case in question they were of the belief that one who prac- ticed polygamy in defiance of the laws of the nation should not have a seat In its councils. Judge James G. Ma- guire said in an interview yesterday: “I certainly am in favor of uphold- ing the provision of the Federal statute directed against polygamy. Where the law of the country is violated.there is but one course for a national lawmaker to pursue. As to the case of Mr. Rob- erts, I am not sufficiently informed to express an opinion, and do not care t« state whether I shall make a personal inquiry into his domestic relations.” ROBERTS MAY BE UNSEATED. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The Herald will say to-morrow: Although no no- tice of contest has yet been filed mem- bers-elect of the next House of Rep- resentatives are already discussing whether Brigham H. Roberts, just elected from Utah, shall be permitted tc retain his seat. During the cam- paign it was charged that he had three wives and had practiced polyg- amy since Utah was admitted to the Unicn, although the Territory was cre- ated a State on the express pledge that polygamy should be prohibited. The only ground for the contest is on the question of polygamy. Aside from that Mr. Roberts’ claim to the seat seems to rest on solid ground. In order to ascertain the views of members of the House, who will have to vote on the question, the Herald instructed its correspondents in many States to interview members-elect on this subject. Strong views against polygamy were expressed by many of the members, and some of them openly declared that they would vote to un- seat the Representative from Utah. That there are two sides to the ques- tion is shown by the fact that some of the members defend Mr. Roberts’ right to be seated, while leading members of vithout more thoroughly investigating e case. AGE LIMIT INCREASED. Naval Apprentices Must Be Fifteen Years of Age. ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Acting on the recommandation of Captain Dickens, Sec- retary Long has increased the age re- quirement in the case of apprentices ad- mitted to the naval service from 14 to 15 years. Captain Dickens found from the reports of the commanding officers of ves- sels and from the superintendents of the training stations that the \verase boy of 14 years was not sufficiently developed physically to receive the training of an apprentice properly. Most of the boys were under 100 pounds weight and not strong enough to pull an ocar in heavy weather and to go out on the yard arm. * oLt MURDER AT SEATTLE. Gustave Hager Killed Because He Reproved Drunkenness. SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Isador Schoops, a tailor, shot and killed Gustave Hager, a shoemaker, to-day. Hager had reproved \g‘:ch party decline to give any opinion Schoops for drunkenness. Hager had a ‘e llving at 1112 Post s n Fran- men formerly lived in Los