The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1898, Page 4

3 v HE N F RANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1898. PROMPT ACTION IS NOW REQUIRED IN THE PHILIPPINES Army and Navy M en Belicve a Blow Should Be Struck and American Rule Established. Twenty-Five Thousand Me o, With Modern Artillery, Would Be Sufficient to Dishand the Filipino Army. Special Cable to The Call and the N ew York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. MANILA, Dec. 12.—I have made an investigation of the Philippine problem | now before the United States, and the conslderation of which demands prompt solution. According to my in- structions I have er red to ascer- | tain not only the f of the Fili- | ricans, but also the | nd naval officers | | | Ar pinos toward opinfons of m here as to what regimen in their opin- fon ought to be established. In com- | pany with nts,I have visited | provinces, and t had exceptional | facilities for form the wants of the | We found the re forces, which are ng judgment as to | I el well armed, and largely composed of the lowest type of Filipinos, opposed to American rule, and, indeed, to y form of legitimate government. The better class of the people in the insur- gent ranks, who have been forced to en- list, are discontented at the small pay and short ratio: over ced it Te- After a comprehensive glan the whole situation, I am co € impossible to recognize the ne public. Thousands of the peacefully disposed among the Filipinos are disgusfed and request that Aguinaldo be compelled to withdraw his forces from the towns, | where they live by pill In addition th in e made to rebel officers at ex and are hea 1 am not at liberty to mention names, but both in the military and naval cir s in the Am can force here it is d that a decisive blow ought to be struck, and American rule ought to be established gradually and firmly and mixed regiments of natives and Americans ¢ ht to be formed in those provinces whence the principal food supply is derived. Twent ve thou- sand men with modern ar d be sufficient to disband the re after which opposition h tant provinces would be portance and easily dealt wi people want peace and honest 1 This is admitted privately, tho there is but little use in tal to the natives. It is the opinion that with de- | | should act , and the in the Spanish artillery rebel ranks. I to pa through the Spanish lines and spoke | with insurgent offic Some favor | the United States, while others support | the idea of a native republic. They are about thirty thousand strong, armed with long knives, though they have also seven thousand rifles. They are quite undisciplined, and would be helpless be- fore modern guns. The Spanish, though numbering only about eight hundred men, have good fleld guns and are holding out bravely. ; : ROPOSED GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: There is reason to believe the subject of the government of the Phil- ippines will be carefully considered at to-morrow’s meeting of the Cabinet. The proclamation it is proposed to send to General Otis for issuance has prac- tically been completed and will be laid before the President, it is expected, by Secretary H The proclamation is similar to that published by General Wood when this Government first as- sumed control at Santiago de Cuba. It | will urge the inhabitants of the Philip- pines to return to peaceful pursults and will promise them local participation in Philippine affairs, with the promise of eventual self-government under the Jjurisdiction of the United States. The proclamation, it is expected, will have a beneficial effect upon the insur- gents and will induce them to yield to General Otis‘ wishes and disband. General Otis cabled to the War Depart- ment several days ago that he was able to cope with the situation, but sug- gested that additional regulars be sent to him. Secretary Alger told me to- night that that message and all pre- vious dispatches from the military commander failed to show that the vel forces were opposed to American He, as well as other members of Ca et, are confident that when the the Filipinos understand the purpose of ates respecting them and they will be satisfled with er of the Government to be given them So far as the formation of mixed regiments of natives and Americar is concerned the President would be ite willing to form such regiments, but he has no authority of law for do- ing so. There is reason to believe the admin- istration will earnestl the T ge of a law giving autt the President to enlist the natives of the Philippines. HINE STILL | NEAR SAN ANTONIO Whisky Manufactured and Seold in| Kegs Lacking the Govern- ment Stamp. MOONS SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 12—Tt is known to many townspeople that for several months large quar s of whi have been shipped to this city In kegs minus The liquor al- the Government stamp. ways came from a point north of this city Careful investigation, it is alleged, has led to the discovery of a still near San Antonio, where moonshiners are supp to have been plying their illicit occu tion for some time. It is probable that arrests will follow. Several weeks ago Willlam Robertson noticed several unstamped kegs, and in- quired on the streets as to the identity of the consignees, but was unable to learn, | as the liquor was carted away at night. William Eden, son of Coroner Eden, sus- pecting that the liquor came from Novato, asked Constable Louls Devoto of that town in regard to the matter to-day, and was surprised at the response the ques- tion elcited. i “Devoto admitted to me,” said Eden, #that the whisky was made near San An- tonio by some men who .claim to have come from the East. He said they had rented a small cabin on a ranch near § Antonlo _and were manufacturing cellent whisky out of grape SKins, gr: seeds and grape wine tendr] He told me that he had seen the apparatus used and had t ice of whi y d him why he Had the and he answered h on which they were ope- ed to a friend of his and he e A arrested PERU TO NEGOTIATE A MILLION-DOLLAR LOAN Opposing Factions May Effect an | Agreement by Electing Bil- linghurst President. Bpecial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1595, by James Gor- don Bennett. LIMA, Peru, Dec. 12.—Congress has re- sponded quickly to President Pierola’s appeal for means to meet the alarming defieit in national revenues by authorizing him to contract a loan of a million dol- lars. ‘Thére are rumors of a conciliation of the n‘ppnslng groups in politics here on a.ba- gls of electing Vice President Billinghurst to be President of the republic and Asplllaga to be Vice President. i r i PROMOTED BY THE PRESIDENT. Army Officers Named In Nomina- tions Sent to the Senate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—The President to-day sent these nominations to the Sen- ate: War—Regular army, cavalry arm: Cap- tains to be majors—Charles A. P. Hat- Senor field, J. B. Kerr, J. H. Dorst, George San- | derson. First lleutenants to Lester W. Cornish, e captains— R. Rivers, John Lockwood, Hen T. Allen. Second lleutenants to be first lieutenants, in- fantry — Samuel P. Lyon, William T. Schenck. Department—To be assistant Medical surgeons with rank of first licutenant: Clyde S. Ford of West Virginia, James B. Church of the District of Columbia, H. A. Ashburn of Ohio, E.' A. Dean of Tennessee, R. B. Wesredge o F, M. C. Usher of Kentucky, 8. I\Piteer of Pennsylvania, W. F. Truby ef Pean- owa, | sylvania and L. P. Willlamson of Mis- souri. Treasury—To be assistant surgeo the Marine Hospital service: . G sters of Ohlo, Gustave Corpit ‘ot i and Dana E. Rob ¢ t Georg £ « f 1son of Ohlo. UNCLE SAM'S RIGHTS IN THE SAMOAN GROUP Will Not Be Overlooked, Particularly in the Event of the Opening of an Isthmian Canal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The Govern- ment is not aware that any arrangement has been made for the transfer of the title of the Samoan Islands to Germany, and, being one of the parties to the tripartite agreement under which Samoa is now governed, it is not conceivable that any change can be made in the status without the consent of the United States. The European publication intimating that Ger- many had acquired sole rights in the Sa- moan. group is recognized as a diplomatic feeler, being another of the attempts | which have been made at intervals of | three months for the past two or three | years to ascertain how a change in the | established order as to Samoa would be re- ceived in the United States. The workings | of the tripartite agreement, it is frankly acknowledged, have not been entirely sat- isfactory to any one of the three parties, the United 8 . Great Britain and Ger- any, but our Government sees no fea- le method vet of bringing about a more rable arrangement. This being the case, and the importance of the islands as a port of call for American shipping | promising to become greatly increased in | the event of the opening of an isthmian | canal, the Government of the United | States will not consent t B e 0 relinquish any | The German Embassador, Di | leben, called at the State De nent to- [ ay and had an interview with Secretary GIVES RIGHT OF WAY FOR A NEW RAILROAD David Jacks of Monterey County Aids the Monterey and Fresno Line. SALINAS, Dec. 12-The right of wa; for the proposed Monterey and Fresn!(: | railroad is being obtained as rapidly as | possible. David Jacks has given t.e { company the right of way over the lands |-owned by him lying hetween Monterey and Salinas and beyond the latter place, with the_stipulation, however, that the | road be fully compléted and in working | condition _within nine months from the date of fthe execution of the agreement for the right of way. The road is now | Ms;lre&ti. as this r‘lg t}:was the most im- portant one, covering the rou | twenty miles. oy |GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR. Capitalist Wright Convicted of Hav- ing Obstructed a Street. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 12.—After a trial in Judge Gardner's court of the charge brought against President Wright of the | American Land and Trust Company by | Mrs. Kate G. necord, a_jury required just ten minutes to find Wright guilty of a misdemeanor in having obstructed a street. Sentence will be pronounced next | Wednesday. e ——e—— | Waterman fountain pens, pretty boxes f | of fine papers, sterling silver desk orna- ments, inkstands, Bibles and prayer-books | for Christmas in stationery department at Sanborn & Vail's. . ADMIRAL DEWEY’S HEALTH IS BEING UNDERMINED Hero of Manila Giving Way Under the Worry and High Tension to Which He Has Been Subjected. CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—The Manila correspondent of the Inter Ocean is in a position to say that for physical reasons Admiral Dewey ought to go home. It would be inexact to sayhe is sick, but to those who have seen him frequently during his hard campaign here since May last it is evident the long strain is beginning to tell on him. The effect of the worry and high nervous tension to which the admiral has been subjected throughout the summeris becoming apparent. At the same time the necessity for keeping him there is practically ended. When Admiral Dewey was summoned. to return to the United States a few months ago he informed the Government there was still important work at Manila for him to do, and the orders for his return were countermanded, the Washington authorities realizing he was the best man to deal with any questions that might arise in the Philippines. As the situation develops, however, it becomes more and more apparent that part of the work the navy has vet to do there will be largely of a routine character, and Admiral Dewey, feeling that this is so, is satisfied to go home. At the same time he dreads somewhat the reception which the thousands of letters he has received assure him awaits him on his return. Throughout the fleet, as well as among Americans generally at Manila, there is a strong feeling that the admiral is entitled to take the Olympia home by way of the Suez canal. It would undoubtedly greatly please the admiral to receive an order instructing him to return to the United States by that route. ‘Without going so far as to say that it would seriouslv endanger Admiral Dewey’s health to ask him to remain till the treaty is rati- fled, it is quite true to say it would subject him to a great strain, which would be liable, if not likely, to produce unhappy results. O L T T T UG B D R e S S s T TP owe REGULARS TO RELIEVE VOLUNTEERS AT MANILA. ASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—It was sald at the War Department to-day M\l that the regulars to relieve the volunteers at Manila would sprob- ably leave about January 1. It is the purpose to send six regiments, three of which will go via the Suez Canal, but the three others may be sent via San Francisco. The transports used to carry the troops via the Suez will be retained at the Pacific Station for future use. General Corbin said to-day that the volunteers at Manila would be nelieved in the order in which they were assigned to duty there. This order was as follows: First California, First Oregon,’ First Colorado, Tenth Pennsylvania and Utah Battery. There seems a fair prospect that California’s soldlers will be home within three months. The War Department has begun in earnest the relief of the volunteer troops now stationed at Manila by regulars. This afternoon Secretary Al- ger signed an order designating for this purpose six regiments of United States infantry, out of eight held in reserve for service in tropical coun- | tries. The regiments are the Twentieth, at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; the Third, at Fort Snelling, Minn.; the Twelfth, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and Fort Riley, Kans.; the Seventeenth, at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, the Fourth, | at Fort Sheridan, and the Twenty-second, at Fort McCook, Neb. They will go forward to Manila as soon as transportation can be provided. It may be that the two regiments still held In reserve, the Twenty-fourth and the | Twenty-fifth Infantry, will join the others before they sail. These regi- ments were selected in the reverse ratio to the loss sustained by them in the Cuban campaign. WORKMEN IMPRISONED IN A BURNING MINE. | OTEAU, I T., Dec. 12—An explosion in the Indianola and Hathaway Pmme, three miles from here, at 9 o’clock to-night caused the death of at | least five men. Twenty-five others are imprisoned in the mine, which is on fire and it i{s feared that few of them can be rescued. The disaster was caused by an explosion of dust, following a blast. One hundred men were at work in the mine at the time. The greatest excitement prevails in the vicinity of the mine, and the names of the dead and imprisoned miners cannot be obtained. CHARGES AGAINST ATTORNEY AND JUDGE. | LBVELAND, O., Dec. 12.—Charges in disbarment proceedings against i ( State Senator Burke have been filed with Judge Hale, Presiding | Judge of the Circuit Court. Charges in expulsion proceedings against Common Pleas Judge F. E. Dellenbaugh have been filed with Judge C. B. Penwell of the Investigation Committee of the Cleveland Bar Association. These separate sets of charges were filed this afternon by H. B. Chapman, secretary of the Bar Association. WILL SHIP SHEEP 7T07T7HE RI0O GRANDE COUNTRY. TOCKTON, Dec. 12.—Miller & Lux, the stock raisers, have completed Sprellminury arran-ements for the removal of 60,000 sheep to the Rio Grande country, and possibly, into Mexico. They fear another dry sea- son and are preparing for the worst. The shipments will be held off a couple of weeks to see what the prospects are for rain. They have had sev- eral thousand sheep on reclaimed islands below the city this year. COLUMBIA RIVER BLOCKED BY ICE FLOES. ANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 12.—The floating ice which began coming Vdo\\'n the Columbia River yesterday morning lodged on the sandbar in the river below this city and by this morning the river was com- pletely blocked against navigation. No boats have been able to come fur- ther up the Columbia to-day than the mouth of the Willamette River, TALK OF A FRANCO-GERMAN RAPPROCHEMENT. ARIS, Dec. 12.—Count von Munster, the German Embassador, gave a P dinner this evening at the German Embassy in honor of M. del Casse. French Minister of Foreign Affairs. The papers to-morrow will make much of the incident. There is a strong feeling in favor of a Franco-Ger- man rapprochement as a result of the Fashoda affair. the association these resolutions will be forwarded to Congressman R. J. Waters, | DEATHS AMONG TROOPS | STATIONED AT HONOLULU | Private Wardell of the New York | Volunteers Commits Suicide by Taking Carbolic Acid. | HONOLULU, Dec. 4. — Private Fred- | erick Wardell committed suicide on the | 30th ult. by taking a dose of carbolic acid. He was 23 years of age, a member of Company K, New York Volunteers. He was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., whera his parents reside. Granville L. Wells, Company H, New York Volunteers, died at_ the military hospital on the 1st. His body will be sent h . 21‘“}‘12 transport St. Paul left for Manila on the 30th uit. L .—— OPPOSED TO POLYGAMY. Missionary Women Working Against the Seating of Roberts of Utah. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.—The Pres- byterian Woman's Home Missionary So- ciety to-day appointed a delegate to go to Washington to speak for it in behalf of the rejection of Brigham H. Roberts, Congressman-elect from Utah. The Presbyterian and Methodist preach- ers' meeting to-day appointed deleiates to represent them on the same subject and to argue for an anti-canteen bill and against the proposed repeal of Prohlbillon in Alaska. These matters will come up for discussion in to-morrow’s convention in_ Washington. 0S8 ANGELES, Dec, 12.—Congressman Brigham H. Roberts of Utah is reported to have three wives, and the Methodist ministers of Los Angeles are therefore {ndignant at the prospect that he may be allowed to take his seat among the Con- gressmen of the United States. The mat- fer was brought up and thoroughly dis- cussed at a meeting of the ministers held to keep the Utah Congressman from being recognized. Organizations of women throughout the country are taking up the subject, and numerous protests will be presented to Congress. —_———— WORK AT MARE ISLAND. Rebuilding of the Cruiser Ranger Is Progressing Rapidly. VALLEJO, Dec. 12.—The rebuilding of the United States cruiser Ranger at Mare Island is progressing rapidly. A large crew is at work and will commence work on the iron bulkheads this week. The ‘Wheeling came out of dock to-day. She will receive her supply of coal and pro- visions In a few days and will then sail for northern seas. The Iroquois has been thoroughly overhauled and is_ready to 0 into commission. Commander Henry Nichols has been ordered to Manila to take charge of the Monadnock. He left the navy yard on Saturday. Stricken by Heart Disease. FRESNO, Dec. 12.—Samuel A. Alex- ander, a pioneer merchant, manager of the Chicago Novelty Company, was found dead from heart disease at mid- night, when his wife tried to arouse him. The remains will be sent for burlal to Grange, Texas, his former home. The deceased was until a few months ago a member of the large clothing house of Alexander & Goodman. A widow and five children survive him. pii b Blaze at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 12.—A fire started in the basement of the American Cash Store, at Fifth and K streets, this even- ing, and was got under control only after two hours’ stubborn work by the Fire Department. Much of the surplus stock carried was stored in the basement. The this morning. damage to stock and building was abor Rev. Willilam Knighten made a stirring . ._ A. Dodge's printing office w:: speech, in which he declared that Mor- | Tuined. Loss, $2500. mons had teachers even in this city who were seeking to spread their religion and who were wlnn!n% many to the doctrine they preached. ev. C. P. Dandy said that as polygamy had been declared il- legal in the United States this man had no right to be in Congress. It was decided, to agxxgnt a committee, composed of officers of the association, to A draft proper resolutions. If approved by —-—— Salinas Valley Pioneer Gone. SALINAS, Dec. 12.—Larence Dee, a ploneer of the Salinas Valley, dled at Castroville this afternoon, aged 64. For many years he had been a tenant on the Cooper ranch, a few miles from here. He had resided in Monterey County for over thirty years. with the request that he use his influence | LABOR TROUBLES IN THE ISLANDS Move to Annul Hawaii’s Contract System. PETITION SENT TO CONGRESS WHITE MEN TAKE UP THE CRU- SADE AGAINST ASIATICS. It Is Claimed That There Are Plenty of Laborers in the United States to Do All the Work on the Sugar Plantations. BY HORACE WRIGHT, Special Dispatch to The Call. HONOLULU, Dec.-4.—It is futile for the sugar planters and their local or- gans to endeavor to suppress the fact from reaching the mainland, for it is undoubt.dly true, that the tocsin of la- bor is beginning to send forth its warn- ing tones in Hawaii. There may never be such an outbreak here against coolle labor as California suffered from in the days when the cry of “The Chi- nese Must Go” echoed through the land, but the indications for agita- tion, and of a very practical if not forceful character, are very numerous. It has been surmised for some time past that the American labor element was secretly at work organizing and within the last few days they have announced their intention to present a petition to Congress, which is being numerously signed by the genuine working classes of all grades. While among the leaders are old resldents and practical politicians from the old American League, one of the formerly dominant political factions, the most active of the agitators are men of com- paratively recent arrival, who believed this country to be a second El Dorado, but have been disappointed in their hopes. As The Call is here recognized as the most earnest and warmest support- er of the American workingman'’s cause I have been furnished with a copy of the petition, which reads: To the United States Senate and House of Representatives, in Congress assem- bled: ‘Whereas, There are approximately 50,000 Asiatics and 4000 Americans in these islands; and whereas this great disparity in the races has been brought about through the law permitting the importa- tion of contract laborers; and whereas Americans can do, without impairment of their health, all work on Hawailan sugar plantations; and whereas approximately 000 contract laborers have been landed in these islands since the American flag was raised over them on August 12 la: and whereas the Government of these islands has permitted the importation of 7000 more contract laborers to‘be landed before the end of the first quarter of 1899; and whereas every imported alien laborer prevents e immigration to these islands of an American laborer and his family; and whereas the contract labor system, enforced by criminal procedure and im- prisonment at hard labor, is closely akin in principle and often in the brutality with which it is enforced by the planta- tion ownmers to human slavery; therefore, we, the undersigned American citizens, | permanently residing or temporarily so- { Journing in the Hawaiian Islands, do hereby petition your honorable body to: tend to these islands at the earliest ble moment the United States immi- tion laws. 1I—Disallow and annul the contracts and arrangementsof the present Hawalian Government for the importation of the | before mentioned 7000 contract laborers, provided this can be done without violat- ing the constitution or treaties of the United States. I11—Abolish _eriminal procedurs and criminal punishments to enforce the per- formance of labor contracts. Some of the leading projectors of the movement in defending themselves from the attacks of the planters’ or- gans claim that the laborers on sugar plantations should be placed on the same scale, as far as wages and living accommodations, as are the laborers on the sugar beet fields in the United States; and further they claim, from personal knowledge and correspond- ence, that in the Eastern and Middle States there is a sufficient supply of competent agricultural labor to sup- plant the coolie element, willing to work at wages almost as low as those paid to the second-term day laborers, coolies and Portuguese, say from $18 to $21 a month, but they would proba- bly also require a food allowance. They also maintain that if the planters are permitted, by way of temporary con- cession or compromise, to procure ‘“‘as- sisted’”” labor they should be compelled to honestly endeavor to obtain it from the United*States before seeking for it in Poland, Austria, Italy, Scandinavia or Portugal. The fact is that the spirit of unrest is abroad and a heated desire to thor- oughly Americanize the islands lest we forget, under the present peculiar con- ditions, that the Stars and Stripes float over us for some better reason than as a sentimental symbol of protection for the planters’ oligarchy and their system of quasi feudal serfdom. Owing to the cruel competition of the Asiatics in ordinary mechanical and industrial labor hundreds of good, | stalwart and honest. citizen-making men have called in here during the past six months and left in disgust and “dead broke” to give us a very un- pleasant “‘black eye.” The Chinese will evidently be attended to_very string- ently by Commissioner J. K. Brown, who decidedly means business. Following the strike of the Galician contract laborers came, like a thunder cloud, on the 2d inst. a strike of 250 Hawaliian laborers of the Honolulu Iron Works. They had two grievances. The one was opposition to a new regu- lation preventing them from obtaining money from the establishment except on the fortnightly payday, which new regulation they asked might be rescind- ed as the Chinese would not otherwise give them credit for their staple food “pol.” Their second was that they did not receive the same pay as white men of the same grade of labor. They wish- ed their wages raised from $§8 to $12 a week. After a consultation with the management they consented to work until the end of the year on the same conditions until a definite arrangement could be arrived at. President Dole has about arranged to leave for Washington, with Mrs. Dole, by the steamer leaving here on January 20. Fire at Placerville. PLACERVILLE, Dec. 12.—The Placer- ville Flour Mills burned at 2 o'clock this morning. An adjoining residence, that of Georflge B. Foster, was destroyed before the fire was got under control.” The flour mill and contents were insured for and the Foster bullding for $1000. Railroad Trains to Run Slower. Railroad officials claim that it is very ex- pensive to run their lightning express trains, and are talkirg about reducing the speed. It is likewise expensive to the health to rush and struggle and compete in business affairs a8 men do nowadays. The brain, the nerves, the muscles, the whoie system gives out. For restoring strength after business worries, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the proper remedy. It is an ideal tomin for the tired, the Arun-down and the weal [} BURGE 1S BESTED BY BOBBY DOBAS American Wins in the Eighth Round. ENGLISHMAN CLAIMS A FOUL REFEREE RULES AGAINST HIS CONTENTION. Crowd at the Ringside Cheers When the Decision Is Given in Favor of the Colored Lad. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Eng., Dec. 12.—Bobby Dobbs, the American, beat Dick Burge in a boxing contest here to- night for a purse of £250 and £300 a side. In the eighth round Burge claimed a foul, which the referee refused to allow. Burge’s backer thereupon declined to per- mit him to continue the fight. Burge was a hot favorite, but looked careworn, while Dobbs was in splendid condition. The opening rounds were rath- er feeble. There were several clinches in which Burge had the advantage. With the sixth round the tide began to turn. Burge had tired perceptibly. In the fol- lowing round Dobbs settled to good form, putting in excellent work. Fouls were-claimed on both sides in this round, but the referee ignored them. In the eighth round there was desperate fighting, Dobbs landing stinging hits on the body and Burge being compelled to give way. Both reeled to the ropes in the holds. A foul was claimed, but the referee refused to allow it and awarded the fight to Dobbs, amid cheers from the crowd. The Burge party lodged a protest agalnst the payment of the stakes, and :lhreatened to make sensational revela- ons. The sporting gapers to-morrow, how- ever, will say that although the tactics of Dobbs at the beginning of the fight were suspicious, he deserved all praise for his subsequent style and easily proved himself by far the better man. FINED FOR POACHING. Oakland Merchant Prosecuted by the Cordelia Club. SUISUN, Dec. 12.—Several hours were taken up in the Superior Court at Fair- field t day in hearing the testimony in the pro. ecedingd' against Robert Boyer, the Oakland merchant, for contempt of court. A number of local sportsmen were pres- ent. J. N. Young of San Francisco and . R. Coghlan of this place appeared for the Cordelia Club and District Attorney F. R. Devlin for Boyer. An injunction was issued and finally made perpetual two yvears ago, prohibit- ing hunting on the Chamberlain tract of 5000 acres of tule land near Teal station. Boyer was one of the defendants in that action and was served with the injunction. From the evidence to-day it appears that Boyer was found hunting on the tract on November 22 of this year. He claimed he did not know he was on forbid- den ground. The court found him guilty of having violated the injunction, but said as there was some question as to his hav- ing done so willfully, and as this was the first violation of its mandate, he would be lenient, but for any future violation he would be more severe. He thereupon fined Boyer $10, which fine was paid. Captain Chittenden, keeper of the pre- serves, threatened to whip Bover after court adjourned. For a few minutes it looked as though the courthouss would be the scene of a slugging match. Under Sheriff Robinson int V: o) nterfered before blows A FELONY CHARGE AWAITS DIRECTORS GRAND JURY LOOKS UP THE LAW. This Evening McGlade’s Examina- tion Will Begin—Warrants All Declared to Be Forgeries. If_ there Is a law on fhe statutes by which it can be done fhe Grand Jury before it adjourns will bring an indict- ment for felony against every member of the Board of School Directors. This de- cislon was arrived at last evening after a decidedly warm meeting of the jury, and Assistant District Attorney Dunne was instructed to look up the law and prepare an opinfon and plan of opera- tion in as short a time as possible. The misappropriation of funds and general malfeasance In office are the charges that ‘were discussed, and though the original nvestigation into specific practically failed thr?:ugh mceh%fi;;pe‘;fi ance of most important witnesses, tne Jury is confident that it has enough gen- eral evidence to bring a criminal action on the charges mentioned. Among the matters just at present occu- pying the attention of the jury is the lease of the Lincoln schoal 1ot, of which The Call made a_thorough expose some weeks ago. J. C. Martin, who put up the check that bound the contract, was on the carpet last evening and will be prob- ably called again to-morrow night, as it is said that he is willing to tell all he knows of that operation. ve its whole t’{o_xtlllghtt lhteh ury Wlltl attention to the case of Peter My Snd it Is likely that It an Inalctment oo found at all it wijl require only the one meeting to do it. Detective Thomas Gib- son has so prepared the evidence he nas MSShury IANOS By our sys- tem of pay- ments, every family of mod- erate circum- stances can own a fine piano. We take old in- struments in exchange and dsliver the piano in your house free of expense. Write for catalogue and full ex- planations. You can deal with us at a distant point the same as in San Francisco. Clark Wise & Co., 41 GEARY ST., Cor. 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