The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1898. 8 FIRF DESTROYS OIL TANKS AT L0S ANGELES Standard’s Property Burned. } CARELESSNESS OF A PEDDLER | PROBABLY DROPPED A MATCH" INTO BENZINE | Flames Spread So Rapidly That Only | a Portion of the Books and Valuables Are Saved. ispatch to The Call. I Special D: | LOS. ANGELES, Dec. 7.—The ware- | house of the indard Oil Company and nine tanks of oil were destroyed this The nine tanks were Four of them contained ine and four linseed | lzrge tanks con- | f thousands df gallons T If the flames had he oil in the tanks, one of | 1itained gasoline, the fire would | st disastrous this Although E. S. places the | aft S ber the loss. was carried. 3 o'clock this afternoon an employe of the Stand- | ting a ped- his wagon | $100,0 orn Shor Suddenly Peterson heard bucket. into oil from the Peterson tried to se and tried to es-| f but as he left | noticed that his wagon | fire was probably due s of Stevens. who had match or had mis- g Sullivan saw the burning inger to the ware- e the fireproof 1g in an alarm he d their utmost to | alized th nd ru valuabl: The that only a por- before the flames d been burnin:‘ s. soon as | build- explosions to spread the warehouse. The an to melt away and & of people that had been e fire were driven back ion of the gasoline | r tanks be t the flames shot brightly from n the top of the tanks. Then e dull, heavy black cloud of At a distance the sky kened. On coming urving flames covld th the dark cloud over- of fire ned to i to b howe > a iral curv as situated on the ank be the Dowrney avenue Buena Vi street bridg: and ) between the Santa Fe and South- The Sania Fe runs direction; the South- north and south. cars were burned. ars were laden with hay, one contained coal, two tank cars »d crude oil. The Soutnern Pa- cific lost no cars. Later the fla ed the four big which did not burst. | t tank holds 400,000 gallons, it to- is 200.000 zal- it held only 40.- | ine. Had the flames the loss to life and would k been awful. The vo tanks. which hold 100.000 ly intact. re was fairly well me of the firemen 1 night. No dam- > to the cottages in the warehouse perty ght EMBASSADOR MUNSON’S ? SPEECH DENOUNCED ' Pentiments That Have Caused a Sensation in Official and Diplo- matic Circles. Dec. 7.—The Paris newspapers usly denounce the speech de- ening by the British Embas- K. Munson, at the an- | the British Chamber of | S being a commentary most offensive form. h Embassor at Lon- tainly be of Salisbury that Sir Ed- ces to direct France's for- speech has caused a nd_diplomatic cir- intensely sur- n disquietude, as Edmund's remarks cffect in the present entiment. : Annual Sales over 6,000,000 Boxes FOR BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Giddiness, Fulness after meals, Heade ache, Di: , Drowsiness, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite. Costiveness, Blotches on the Skin, Cold Chills, Dis- turbed Sleep. Frightful Dreams and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES, Every sufferer will acknowledge them to be A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken as direct- ed, will quickly restore Females to com- plete health. They promptly remove obstructions or irregularities of the sys- tem and cure Sick Headache. Fora Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disordered Liver IN MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN Beecham’s Pills are Without a Rival And_bave the LARCEST SALE ©f any Patent Medicine in the World, 25c. at all Drug Stores. d Pal | | made by an ironclad vessel in an emer- | Admiral Dewey, | ening. | grateful country can bestow upon them, | Beats the Ore, REMARKABLE VOYAGE OF THE MONADNOCK Hardships Endured on ' the Way. TOLD BY CAPTAIN WHITING WONDERFUL ENDURANCE OF THE CREW IN THE TROPICS. Successful Voyage on a Monitor, Lit- tle Better Than a Raft, From San Francisco to Manila. Special Dispatch to The Call. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The Navy Department has just made public a re- port from Captain Whitine. who com- manded the Monadnock on the vovage from San Francigco to Manila. In| which, after ltllini of some of the hardships endured during the trip, pays a well deserved compliment to the ener- gy and ability of the officers and crcw‘\ which made possible what was without | doubt the most remarkable voyage ever gency. | Captain Whiting’s report, which | reached the Navy Department through | contains the follow- ing: { U. 8. S. MONADNOCK, SECOND RATE.! MARIVELES, P. I, Oct. 22, 1898. Sir: Notwithstanding the fortuitous consequence to myself attendant upon >eterson was hand- | the cruise of this vessel to the | re t ,l:r‘:! who was |Telief of the Asiatic fleet at Ma- TS Loa 2% nila, I should consider myself as derelict to my duty as commanding offi- | cer, now that the war is over, if I failed | to call the attention of yourself and the | department to the highly meritorious es, but they spread services rendered by this ~ship's com- 1zine tank, which con- | pany of officers and men under the most | of oil. Stevens | trying ifficult circumstances. The abilit e, zeal and endurance | sing the Pacific type, practically | a raft with only sixteen inches freeboard | in her overloaded condition, certainly de- | serves some recognition. cruise of | ver 7000 miles in the tropics, in the ex- | -essive temperatures, with what small deck room there is the ship packed | with coal, so that sleeping places and | sleep were almost unattainable luxuries for the forty days spent at sea—all hands | upon a limited amount of fresh water, struggling with appurtenances and en- | gines never designed for such overloaded service, continually breaking down and as continually being repaired, no war duty has been more onerous or more disheart- 1 Anticipating a fight to the death with | the enemy’s heaviest force afloat, the voy- | age has been for all a forlorn hope from | the beginning, recognized as such all | who participated, heartily joined in with- out flinching, happily ending without an incident, vet only needing disaster to em- phasize what I write. Continuing, Captain Whiting es- | pecially commends the alertness of the Monadnock’s executive officer, Lieu- | tenant Commander C. P. Perkins; Chief Engineer T. F. Burgdorff, who ‘“stub- bornly fought the inherent weakness of engines designed for harbor use and | successfully forced them through such | a prolonged voyage at sea,” and Sur- geon J. M. Steele. who carried the | ship’s company through the trying or- | deal without a single fatality, though men were continually falling from heat | and exhaustion. Speaking of the zealous responses of | the officers and men to unusual ca for duty, Captain Whiting says: They volunteered by delegation to coal | ship by day and night at Gug although nearly prostrated by the heagand confine- ment to which they were subjected, both there and while en route. Too much praise cannot be given the engineer's orce below, who were incessantly occu- pied at all times, day and night, under the most arduous circumstances that can be imagined on board ship in the tropies, do- | ing their utmost to keep the machinery in | running order. { That I have succeeded in safely bringing this monitor so far from her intended field | of action in such a comparatively short | time, with the Nero for a consort, is wholly and entirely due to the mest patri- otic and energetic support of this ship's company of officers and men. There is | no better ship's company afloat and all who can_show upon their records that | they took art in the cruise of the| Monadnock from San Francisco to Manila during the war with Spain deserve all the | favors that the Navy Department and a | . 1 | either now or inthe future. NORTHERN PACIFIC FXECUTES A COUP| | gon Line Into Lewiston | by Laying a Track at Night. TACOMA, Dec. 7.—At Lewiston, Idaho, yesterday the Northern Facific beat the | Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- pany at the latter’s own game. The Ore- | gon Railway and Navigation Company | had been piling up material for a week, | but did lttle construction work. Yester- day morning Lewiston found that the Northern Pacific had landed men, ties and rails during the night and was rap- idly laying track around the city’s water front. Thig coup gives the Northern Pacific | possession of the best part of the frontage on both Snake anu Clearwater rivers and puts the Oregon Railway and Navigation | Company at a disadvantage in securing | adequate terminals. To get into Lewistcn | the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- | | pany will have to build up the north side | | of Clearwater River, cross it below the | Northern Pacific bridge and then build | | back on the opposite shore into town. | i — MANY RELIGIOUS MANTACS. Four Followers of “The Wife of | Christ” Now in the Insane Asylum. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 7.—The State Lu- nacy Commission has on file papers to show that within the past few days there have been four commitments from South- ern California. In each of these cases the cause of insanity is given as religion, and each of the patients is known to have | been a disciple of an alleged ‘healer” who _is known by her followers as Mam- | my Williams. | This aged colored woman claims to be the wife of Christ and has created a great deal of excitement among the ne- | groes in the southern part of California. ?\‘ is reported that one of her disciples starved himself to death. s i Schedule of Football Games. ‘WOODLAND, Dec. 7.—Norman Peart, | manager of the Woodland football team, announces that he has arranged a schedule | of games to be played in the near future, The first will take place at Marysville on next Saturday, where they will meet a Jjunior team gof that city. On the follow- ing Saturday, December 17, they will again meet the Sacramento team that | played in this city on Thanksgiving day. gn Christmas day they will play at apa. SoR N Yorktown Ready to Sail. | VALLEJO, Dec. 7.—The United States gunboat Yorktown is now ready to leave Mare Island. Yesterday she took on a supply of ammunition, and her coal bunk- ers have all been filled. I ACCUSED OF HAVING ACCEPTED A BRIBE Supervisor Charles W. Garrett of Fresno|. County Indicted by a Grand Jury. RESNO, Dec. 7.—Supervisor Charles W. Garrett was indicted by the Grand Jury this morning on a charge of having received a bribe of $150 in connection with the purchase last August of a road sprinkler at a cost of $900. The true bill returned by the Grand Jury was present- ed to Judge Risley at 10 o'clock. Then the jury returned to make fur- ther investigation into the same affair. At 4 o'clock a bench warrant was issued on the indictment and placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Peck, who served it on the Supervisor shortly after the board had adjourned. Garrett was not taken by surprise; in fact, he had been informed that he had been indicted and was looking® after bondsmen. His bond was fixed in the sum of $5000 by Judge Risley and he gave bail with Jeff Ames, Adolph Shields, John Kerr and Frank Wickersham as sureties. According to the findings of the Grand Jury, Garrett received $150 as a bribe to vote for a road sprinkler for his district, which was bought for $900. James K. Hopkins is president. It was purchased from the Hopkins Agricultural Works, of which Garrett was summoned before the Grand Jury and admitted having re- ceived $150 from Hopkins about a week after the purchase of the sprinkler, but claimed that he merely borrowed it and had paid $40 of the amount back. Supervisor Ward bought a sprinkler from the same firm and also bor- rowed money from Mr. Hopkins} It is understood that two more indictments on the same transaction will be returned to-morrow. The arrest of Garrett caused a big sensation in political circles and the further action of the Grand Jury is awaited with the greatest interest. ROMANCE OF AN ARMY HARDTACK Begins Beautifully, but Ends Sadly. LOUISA DUGAN'S GRIEF BECOMES ENGAGED TO PRIVATE ROBERT J. BROWN. Upon His Return From Cuba He Be- comes an Embezzler and Flees on the Eve of His Wedding. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEDALIA, Mo”— Dec. 7.—An army | hardtack brought a season of happi- ness and then one of grief to pretty Louise Dugan of East Sedalia, and started a romance which had a most unhappy ending last night. When the | war with Spain broke out, Robert J. Brown was doing well as an insurance agent in San Francisco, but he was anxious for a brush with the Dons, and joined the regular army. When his regiment passed through Sedalia last May, hundreds of pretty maidens were at the depot to wave tiny flags and cheer the boys in blue. Brown saw Miss Dugan and handed her a hardtack upon which was written his name, number. of his company and regiment, with the request, “Write to me.” A correspondence commenced and re- sulted in an engagement. Brown was among the soldiers who faced shot and shell at San Juan Hill, where he was wounded while charging the Spanish trenches. When he recov- ered from his wounds he was hono ably discharged for physical disabili and then came direct to Sedalia, ma ing his home at the Dugan residence. ‘While in the army he became a slave to drink. He succeeded in hiding his failing from his bride to be, but it led him into using his employer's mone; Knowing that his shortage with the in- surance company was liable to be dis- covered at any moment he fled the city at the hour his bride expected to be married to him and the wedding party waited for him in vain. It was almost midnight before Miss Dugan would be- lieve that she had been deserted. Then she fainted and the guests departed. RAISED TO THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL Brigadiers Guy V. Henry, U. 8. A, and Leonard Wood, U. 8. V., Named for Promotion. WASHINGTON, Dee. 7.—The President to-day sent these nominations to the Sen- ate: To he major generals—Brigadier General Guy V. Henry, U. S. A.; Brigadier Gen- eral Leonard Wood, U. S. V. The nominations to-day also include the | officers of the navy advanced for eminent | and conspicuous conduct in battle, among | them being Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley and officers who fought in the | Spanish war. It also includes the list of | officers of the Marine Corps who were | brevetted and advanced, as well as the | regular ' promotions in the navy which | have heretofore been published. | The President has also made the follow- ing civil appointments: ildnn M. Brattain, Register of the Land Office at Lakeview, Or. ‘William Gamlin, Agent for thé Indians of the Sac and Fox Agency in Towa. ‘William T. Fox, Register of the Land Office at Lander, Wyo. Mrs. Minnie Williams, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Lander, Wyo. | _Jule M. Hartley of Missoula, Mont., to | be a Commissioner to examine and clas- | sify lands in land_grant limits of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in the Missoula land district. FILIPINOS COMING TO REMOVE MISAPPREHENSION HONGKONG, Dec. 7.—General Rie- wodidos and Dr. Lesdajluna, repre: sentatives of the Filipino junta, started : to-day for Washington under instruc- tions “to endeavor to remove mis- | apprehension and sus»icion and culti- | vate the friendliest relations with the | American Government and neople.” —_———— Yolo Farmers’ Institute. WOODLAND, Dec. 7.—A Farmers’ In- stitute will be held in this city soon. The following committee has been appointed | to make the necessary arrangements and | prepare a_programme: M. Diggs, H. E. Coil, C. H. Hoppin, T. B. Gibson, T. S. Spaulding, Miss Carrie Blowers and Assemblyman-elect Pierce of Davisville, Professors D. T. Fowler and nia will attend the meetings and de- liver addresses on topics of benefit and interest to the farmers and fruit men. ‘Woodland Native Honored. WOODLAND, Dec. 7.—Grand President Conley of the Native Sons has appointed A(.t & d:iuatton. a Y’aung fitto{n:y of this city, deputy grand president for a San Francisco district. \ Loughridge of the University of Califor- CASSIAR COUNTRY 1S BICH I G0LD Reports of Discoveries Confirmed. STAMPEDE NEXT YEAR LIKELY PROSPECTORS. Locations Kept Secret Until the For- tunate Argonauts Can Provide for Themselves and Friends. Spectal Dispatch to The Call, TACOMA, Dec. T.—Authentic news has been received at Wrangel, con- firming the recent reports of new placer idisc(l\'eries in the Cassiar mining country and also to the westward of Teslin, between Teslin Lake and the Atlin district. J. H. Rose of Fargo, manager of the Alaska Mining and Commercial Company, - predicts at Wrangel that there will be a great stampede to the Cassiar placers next summer. Rose’s company sent several men into that country this year under his direction. One of these found a stream from which in four days he alone washed nineteen ounces of gold. These diggings are reached by way of the Stickeen River and the road to Teslin Lake. Their exact location will not be made public until locations are made by the party of men whom Rose will pilot in next spring. Rose is of the opinion that a railroad will yet be built from Glenora to Teslin, resuit- ing, he says, in the immediate opera- | tion of a number of quartz claims, upon | which assessment work has been done. | Just before Rose left Clepora pros- | pectors arrived with news of rich placer discoveries to the northwest of Teslin, in the direction of Lake Atlin. Several crecks yielded 10 cents and n, and gold was found roots down. Their description shows that these diggings, and the general characteris- tics of the country, are similar to the Atlin district. At Glenora, in fact, there is little doubt that they are on the eastern edge of the Atlin gold belt. Several of the lucky prospectors mak- ing these finds are in the employ of Frank Calbreath, a storekeeper at Glenora, and John Wright, who keeps a store at Teslin. Wright attached so much importance to the find that, de- spite the lateness of the season. he abandoned his business and has gone to verify the reports. It is probable the new diggings will be best reached via Atlin Lake, in which event the in- tervening country will also be explored. Rose and his men will take into the {ar district next spring modern ap- plianci for developing both placer and quartz propositio CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS PROTEST Petition Against Reciprocal Agree- ment With Greece Laid Before the President. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Each member of the California delegation received to- day from the California Fruit Growers' Association a protest against the pro- posed agreement with Greece concerning fruit importations. Greece has been en- deavoring for some time to reach a re- ciprocal agreement which would give her currants and raisins certain advantages. The Zante currant people of California are therefore protesting against the conclusion of any reciprocal agreement which would admit the raisins of Greece by the payment of a minimum duty. Senator Perkins called on the Presi- dent and Secretary of State and presented the remonstrance to-day. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7.—At the regular meeting of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce to-day a resolution was adopted earnestly protesting against the negotiation of any treaty or the making of any agreement involving any change in the tariff with reference to currants or other fruits. This action was taken be- cause of the reference made by President McKinley in his message, to the complaint of the Government of Greece that the duty imposed on currants of that country was unjust, the product not coming into competition with any domestic product. ——f CALIFORNIA TROOPS TO COME HOME FIRST DENVER, Dec. 7.—The Rocky Mountain News prints the following telegram from Secretary Alger, dated Washington, De- céthber 6: : “It is proposed to send regular regi- ments to reliéve the volunteers in Manila Just as soon as transportation can be se- cured. The yolunteers will be returned to the United States in the order in which theg left.” > This will bring the troops back in_the @ following order: First California, First Oregon, First Colorado, Tenth Pennsyl- vania and the Utah Battery. Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. | REMARKABLE FINDS MADE BY LYNCH LA 1N PROSPECT VT DEL Mg Reign of Terror in the Town. DRINKING WATER POISONED CRIMES OF INCENDIARIES AND VANDALS. v Citizen Ordered to Leave the Place Arms Himself and Issues a Defiance to the Vigilantes. Special Dispatch to The Call SAN DIEGO, Dec. T7.—Del Mar, twenty miles north of this city, is aroused over a series of depredations committed by some unknown person, and it is not improbable that a iynch- ing will take place if the identity of the culprit becomes known. A vigilance committee has been organized, and Uri Bennett, pronri~*-~ of the hotel that burned there yesterday morning, has been ordered to leave town within forty-eight hours. Mr. Bennett refuses to do so and defies any one to lay a hand on him. He goes about the streets armed with a Winchester, and to-day posted a notice on the postoffice door that if any one desired to serve papers on him he could do so through the post- office. The excitement runs high in the town. Trouble has been brewing for months between cert~i~ factions there, and on Thanksgiving night the big tank and windmill which supplied ‘the town with water was burned. There was no doubt that the work was that of an incendiary, and as the calamity was a public one there was talk imme- diately of organizing a vigilance com- mittee and driving the incendiary ouf of the town. G. W. Bennett, who owned the property, made no apparent move to learn who had done him the in- ury. ; Aynlght or two later the office of the Justice of the Peace was wrecked, and two days afterward a bag of strychnine was found in a barrel of water used for drinking purposes by the section men. Affairs came to a climax early yester- day morning when the hotel burned with all its contents. The building was erected during the “boom” at a cost of $5000 or more, and stood in the name of Mrs. Uri Bennett, the wife of the manager and sister-in-law of George W. Bennett. The next surprise in the list of sensa- tions was the notice of a committee of citizens which was served on Uri Ben- nett, ordering him to leave the town within forty-eight hours. For his part Mr. Bennett procured a rifle and a belt of ammunition, and at last accounts | was- marching the streets of the little town defying the constables, vigilance committee and citizens generally to lay a finger on him, and declaring that he would*not leave the town until he got ready to do so. Inquiry fails to show exactly why Mr. Bennett has been selected as the un- desirable citizen. He certainly did not burn the hotel, as he was in San Diego on Monday night NORGAN ASSHILS THE NICARAGUAY GOVERNMENT Continued from —irst Page. cessionary incidents to a corporation chartered for such great purpose.” Attention is then called to the fact that the concession provides for the submission of any dispute to arbitra- tion, and it is claimed that this provi- sion operates to prevent any arbitrary action on the part of Nicaragua. Dwelling upon Nicaragua’'s course in the matter, the committee says: “How this unexampled condition is to be dealt with otherwise than by an express and determined attitude on the part of the United States is a question that carries with it the danger of seri- ous embroilment in the near future. If Nicaragua is not held to the per- formance of her agreement, years will elapse and many dangers will be en- countered before even a start can be made toward the construction of a canal.” COLOMBIA WILL GRANT EXTENSION OF TIME Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 188, by James Gor- don Bennett. PANAMA, Colombia, Dec. 7.—I am in a position to state by the very highest authority that the statement from ‘Washington to the effect that an ex- tension of time has been refused to the new canal company in which to con- struct the canal is absolutely false. I have just seen a dispatch from Bo- gota which says the bill had passed its second reading, but Congress having been called in extraordinary session for only twenty days, which time has al- ready ‘expired, the measure was laid over. Another dispatch states that in view of the paramount importance of the question the President will again con- voke Congress to deal with the canal bill, when it is almost certain an ex- tension of time will be granted. HOUSE MAY DEFEAT THE MORGAN BILL NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: Everything is ready for the big fight over the Nicaraguan canal bill. At a special meeting of the Nica- raguan Canal Committee this morning it was decided to report the Morgan bill to the Senate at once and to press it for immediate consideration. Not discouraged by the gloomy outlook in the House the friends of the measure are combining their forces for a proinpi and vigorous campaign in the Senate. They believe they will succeed, but with Speaker Reed arrayed in the opposition in the House they have almost de- spaired of securing action by that body during the present session. Intervi:ws 1 have had with leading members dur- ing the last few days indicate that the fight for favorable action in the Hous: is hopeless. i CLAMORING FOR INDEPENDENCE Filipinos Have Not Lost Hope. WOULD REIMBURSE AMERICA BELIEVE THEY CAN PURCHASE : FREEDOM. Transport Newport, Bearing General Miller and Staff, Casts | Anchor in Manila $Harbor. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. MANILA, Dec. 7.—The native press continues to advocate independence and reimbursement to the United States of | the amount to be paid Spain for the | Philippines. The Independencia tmnks' this course the only just one. It in-| sists that the Filipinos have aided the Americans solely because they believed | they were fighting for independenc The paper quotes liberally from Presi- | dent McKinley's last speech in Chicago | to support its contention that the Americans are pledged to give the Filipinos independence. Aguinaldo and his principal advisers fully recognize the importance of a strong protectorate in some form. One of the advisers has even ventured the assertion that if the Filipinos were granted independence in accordance | with the demand of the leaders the| United States would be asked to estab- lish a protectorate, as otherwise the Philippines must sooner or later become the prey of a less liberal-minded coun- try. This statement is borne out by the at- titude of the better class of Filipinos in the vicinity of Manila. The numer- ous stories as to hostility felt and dis- played on their part toward the Ameri- cans are without foundation. The United States authorities expect on the part of the natives a peaceful accept- ance of the inevitable. | The United States transport New- | port, bearing General Miller and staff | and the First Battalion of the Twen- tieth. Kansas Regiment, with the| ‘Wyoming Light Battery, which left | San Francisco on November 8, arrived | to-day, closely following the City of | Puebla, which arrived yesterday with | Lieutenant Colonel Childers, twenty- five officers and 600 men, including five companjes of the First Tennessee, | Troop A of the Nevada Volunteer Cav- | alry, a detachment of recruits for the Twenty-third Infantry and a detach- lmem for the California Heavy Artil- | ery. | To provide for the accommodation of | these newcomers will necessitate the transfer of a number of United States | troops outside the limits of the city proper. SHERMAN OPPOSES COLONIAL POLICY Ex-Senator’s Letter to the Anti-| Imperialist League of Boston. BOSTON, Dec. 7.—At a meeting of the Anti-Imperialist League executive | committee to-day, a letter was read from John Sherman, saying: My hope is that the Senate of the United | States will reject the treaty and leave | the Eenple of the islands free from the shackles of Spain and the distant domina- tion of the United States. I sympathize with Aguinaldo in his ambition to found a republic in the China Sea near the equator, and hope he may become the ‘Washington of a new nation, absolutely free from European and American in- fluence. Bishop Potter of New York and James G. Carter of New York were added to the list of vice presidents of the league. More than 500 petitions pro- testing against an imperialistic policy regarding Spain’s conquered posses- sions have been received at the Wash- ington and Boston offices of the league, each petition bearing many signatures. It was decided to-day to begin at once presenting the petitions to the Senate. WRITES LETTERS SAVING HE WILL KILL HIMSELF Eugene Hoffman May Be a Corpse. A WATER FRONT ROMANCE| EDUCATED GERMAN TIRES OFl STRUGGLE WITE POVERTY. Said to Be Connected With the Aris- tocracy of Germany, With Wealthy Relatives in New York. Eugene Hoffman, said to be connected | with the aristocracy of Germany and with wealthy relatives in New York, but who for some time past has been eking out a precarious existence doing odd jobs along the water front, is believed to have com- mitted suicide some time last night. “Ere this letter reaches its destination my weary head and aching heart will be at rest forever,” he wrote to his friend, Joseph Plante, yesterday. “I intend to take poison to-night and then to make the wretched affair certain fasten weights to my neck and slip off an isolated wharf into the bay."” ‘When Piante, who is a longshoreman, re- turned to his home at the Zunkaiser Hoff, 816 Sansome street, at the end of his day’s work, he found the letter tucked un- der his door. In it was enclosed a simi- lar epistle, addressed to Frank Johnston, another friend of Hoffman. Plante hast- ened to the California street police sta- tion with the letters and Lieutenant Esola detailed Officer Garrison to investi- gate the case. The officer learned enough to satisfy him that the despondent Ger- man had not made the threat in a spirit of bravado, but was in deadly earnest when he announced his intention to end of him yesterday.and that later he saw a bottle of strychnine on a table in Hoff- man'’s room. Early in the afternoon Hoff- man locked his door with a padlock and went away. He has not been seen_since, and it is believed that his dead body will be found floating in the bay if it is not held at the bottom by weights. Love had frequently given the man em- ployment, but he did not take kindly to the rough work and would not stick to it more than a few days at a time. He be- came so unreliable that even this method of earning sufficient to keep body and soul together was at last closed to him. Then he began to intimate to those with whom he was more or less intimate that he would put an end to worry by committing suicide. Hoffman had resided at the Green-street house for about a year. He is described as a fine-looking man, about 40 years old, standing about 5 feet 10 inches and weigh- ing 180 pounds; with black hair and a heavy black mustache. He was well edu- cated, as the chirography and grammati- cal construction of his letters show. While he seldom spoke of his personal affairs or the reasons for his becoming an outcast, from remarks he dropped from time to time it is believed his fall from grace was primarily due to domestic troubles. He kept a large number of papers in his room, and they may aid in throwing some light on his previous existence, provided he did not destroy them previous to car- rying out his threat. —_——— Travelers at the Play. Members of the California Commercial Travelers’ Association will lay aside the cares of business to-night and attend the performance of *“‘Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Tivoli. The men who compose the well-known organization have looked for- ward to their annual theater party and to-night they will fill the opera house. sentatives of the large wholesale s of this city and hundreds of re- tailers compose the ociation. Presi- dent Alex McDonald, Vice-President Har- ry Stokes, Harry Roessler and Secretary Charles H. McLane have exerted them- selves to make the annual affair a suc- cess, and judging by the number of tick- ets already disposed of, it cannot be other- wise. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Pierce, an eminent and skiliful specialist, for thirty years chief consulting physician o the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. V. ‘This is one of the greatest medical institu- tions in the whole world. During the thirty years that Dr. Pierce has been at its head he has gained the unbounded respect of his fellow citizens at Buffalo, and they showed it by making him their representa- tive in the National Congress, from which position he resigned to give the remairnder of his life to the practice of his chosen | profession. He will cheerfully answer, free of charge, any letters written to him by suffering women. Address, as above. ‘A few years ago,"" writes Mrs. W. R. Bates, of Dilworth, Trumbull Co., Ohio, “I took Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which has been a great benefit to me. I am in excellent health now. 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