The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1899, Page 3

SV IR R THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1899. BULLA SAVED GAGE AND WAS BETRAYED The Governor Cried for Help and Now Forgets His Promises. The Executive Outlines a Scheme to Replace Senator Perkins Four Years Hence by the Grace of the Railroad. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-|votes were secured tf)nr] Bulla to-day on T 3 3 v T ‘ e first ballot. hefr original figures | RN Henry T. Gage, Gov-|. o, this would give Bulla State of California, prides | ejghteen votes on the first ballot. n the fact that he is lhe‘mOnohthg is .<v~1r-m'iiiunr; d ull“?;alt“l(s o g r. G at the turn Senatorial affairs have tak- ical honor. Mr. Gage has| ;"' 1§ the disclosures that have been 1 that he never forgets a |made conc 1g the entrance of Colonel > nor a promise given. But | Mazuma i the contest have not in- ha Bulla had. t Mr. jured whatever pro TWO HARBOR BILLS TO BE CONSIDERED that in these latter days Pe ry is either failing him political honor about which he ked so much is merely an air- | re was a time during the cam- f 1898 that the prospects for the Mr. Gage were not brilliant. CALL MENTO, I at this session of the Legislature affect- H DQUARTERS, . 6—Bills will be presented SACRA- | TERRIBLE TRIP OF INJURED MAN Crawls Fifty Miles in Great Agony. SEAMEN SLAIN - BY CANNIBALS Fate of the Crew of the Sea Ghost. FINALLY GETS ASSISTANCE SLAIN BY SOLOMON NATIVES | MADE A CRIPPLE FOR LIFE WHILE TRADING THE SAILORS BY FALLING INTO A CREVICE. WERE OVERPOWERED. | ‘While His Partner Sought Aid He All Killed and Eaten but Two, Who Resumed His Perilous Trip and Showed Wonderful Endurance. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 6.—Robert | Parker, a prospector who lives in Sap- perton, fifty miles from this city, passed through a terrible experience three weeks ago which has left him a physical wreck for life. He was brought here to-day to receive medical attention. His right leg is broken in three places, and both wrists are com- pletely shattered. In this condition he crawled from Mount Baker to near his home, a distance of fifty miles. It took him nineteen days to complete the trip. | Parker was with his partner pros- pecting near the summit of Mount | Baker, where recent rich quartz finds After making loca- | | mained a mystery until the two sur- have been made. tions and securing specimens of quart they descended the mountain. In pass ing a glacier, Parker missed his foot- distance of fifty feet. His pack on his | Escaped After the Savages Had Become Stupid From Liquor. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Wash,, Jan. 6.—Mail ad- vices from the South Pacific Islands via Japan give details of the scuttling of the schooner Sea Ghost by Solomon Is- land cannibals last October. The can- nibals killed the crew of the schooner with the exception of two, who had a remarkable escape. The Sea Ghost was owned by her master, Captain Kohl- sohn. He sailed from Queensland with a crew of ten men late in September for Buka, an island of the German Sol- omon group, to procure a cargo of copra. A brief dispatch several weeks ago stated that the Sea Ghost's crew had been Kkilled, but their exact fate re- vivors reached the Australian coast re- cently. Their story of the capture and ng and was hurled down a crevice a |Kkilling of their comrades is as follows: Captain Kohlsohn arrived at Buka at VICTORY FOR THE ANTI-REFORMERS House Votes to Strike Out Appropriation FOR THE CIVIL COMMISSION THIS DONE IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. | In the Senate Hoar’s Resolution Ask- ing for All Reports Connected With the Peace Treaty Is Adopted. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The anti-| civil service reformers scored a victory in the House to-day. The executive, legislative and judicial appropriation bill was taken up for consideration and theh, when the appropriation for the | civil service commission was reached, | Evans (R.) of Kentucky made a mo- tion to strike it out. This motion has been made annually for a dozen years or more, but invaria- bly failed. But to-day the opponents of the law laid great stress on the fact that they could not get a direct vote upon the proposition and were there- | fore compelled to seek its nuilification in this manner. Even these appeals WENT DOWN WITH THE BRICK WALL Five Men Buried in the Debris. ONE OF THE VICTIMS DIED ACCIDENT AT VISALIA WHICH WILL BE INVESTIGATED. Portion of a New Building Collapsed gnd Fell Into a Creek, Carry- ing Down Workmen With It. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. VISALIA, Dec. 6.—The gouth wall of the new brick building being erected by Larkin & Seligman collapsed this morn- ing and five men were buried in the ruins, one being fatally injured. Those wounded were: Harry Hughes, injured internally, legs broken, skull crushed; George Harris, injured about the head, shoulders, hips and stomach, condition serious and perhaps fatally injured; Joe Howard, three ribs broken; James Waite, right leg broken in two places near the thigh; Russel Keeler and George Fry, slightly bruised. About one story of the new brick building had been built when the arch- JOHN DEMPSEY 15 AN IMPOSTER Notthe Husband of Mary Moedinger. {COMPELLED TO DISGORGE | GIVES UP THE PROPERTY HE | FALSELY ~LAIMED. | | Brother of the Dead Woman Vindi- | cates the Honor of His S'ster and at the Same Time Secures Justice. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, Jan. 6.—A few days ago it was stated in The Call that there was a mystery surrounding the death of Mary Moedinger in San Bernardino, and that John Dempsey, who claimed | to be her husband, was an impostor. | It was also said that Fred Moedinger, a brother, had been appointed special | administrator and had left for San Ber- nardino with a view of investigating the matter. He returned last evening and his mission was quite successful. It will be remembered that the body | of Miss Moedinger was shipped to this | eity under the name of Mrs. Mary A. | Dempsey; that letters of inquiry to the | Sheriff elicited the response that a man failed to bring out the full strength of | itect discovered that the socuth wall was | named John Dempsey was holding per- the opposition, though the motion to | strike out carried by a narrow margin | 61. This was in committee of the “‘hole,} defective and ordered it relald. The building was constructed over a creek that runs through the town, and an archway had been made in the wall, 1 s Angeles County there was no . lasm over the campaign of | IN€ both the harbors of Los Angeles and | 3 In:fact there wasia great | San Die Assemblyman Mead will pre- L sent the Los Angeles harbor bill and As- | . BUDL o ‘”";”” ”"’*“:g' el 1 Works that affecting the har- 1 e ry for something to | e X o bring prominent Republicans | 2 ';“m.‘; of Los Angeles has been ir 1t in order to save Gage's e for a n}mllu;r nrld:u)"s xl»r«»n:)xm\g%}:e fre e : 3 or the Los Angeles hor bill. | i {rom belng placed in the | Bay Io%, (10, 0% a ey has turned over to : eI Mr. Mead, cedes jurisdiction over the har- s tor Bulla had a number of stanch | yor. of ) Pedro to the State and pro-| 1 s in the Republican party in Los Ar s County, and in the hour of his X y Governor Gage, then plain H age, turned to these friends ux‘ x r succor. d he did not appeal in vain. The | friends of Bulla assured Mr. Gage that | they would go forth and aid him, and 1 lid urn for this Mr. Gage agreed tt er the Los Angeles County d in the Le ture agreed v enator that n would be hi; lidate, and he w d, if elected « r, aid in bring about the | ele of that man to the Senator- | E even went further. He if the man agreed upon was | Angeles County or city, | to him; it would be | ong as he came from 1t on to state that ted he falled to keep | uld be visited at his‘ vitol and he would be upbraided. has certainly forgotten his | demonstrated the | dly heralded and | political honor is| linistration has been used to | s to the camp of the man co. Not one single, solitary | the Governor made to aid of Senator Bulla, whose 1 October and November last 1 day to save Los An- and to spare him the ng the county in ght a Golden Eagle ts of Sacramento leg- | i1 to be forced into | s camp have been threatened ngeance of the State admin- | The friends of Bulla here | to have borne up heroically | val and have said | v do not now, but to-day n W. Mellick of Los An- | upon Governor Gage for an was accorded him, and , to a certain extent, un- | elf. | | ¢ is_the editor of the| Daily News, an influential | par rinted in the Republican strong- } County. He sup- individually and nd was one of the | Bulla to whom the rance that he; d, st in electing the | Los Angeles County dele- | - United States Senate. Mr. reminded the 1d Mr. Gage replied that while | THE THII SCENE IN THE ANTE—CHAMBER OF THE OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. 25 < -, e SRESREES 52 not assist in the election of Bulla, he would do nothing to He said that he did pro- everything in his power to t the election of Mr. Grant. but | 1 that he was assisting the Burns | retary is to receive salary of $100 per f month. All theexpensesof the commission ] rnor was very frank to ad- | are to be paid out of the fees collected sympathies were with | by the é‘:gulatlnns of the commission for 2f - = rfage. {‘m:‘",ll\_“:;‘;:;‘g“;;m_’:"“‘f:; The bill as drawn by Mr. Gaffey con- 3 8 tains certain provisions in regard to the mel on account of the | construction of wharfs and other im- posures to which he was | provements. Before the Los Angeles 1, and then, again, he | County delegation takes any action upon disposed toward him. | the bill it will probably be s to Lo P < s ngeles for e conslderation of the ”“‘,_,\;lf ’:‘a':“f“:;( (f:]’;' | Boara of Trade, Chamber of Commerce L 2 and Merchants' 'and Manufacturers’ As- vernor then proceeded | gociation of that oity. blyman Mellick that it | “The bill which Assemblyman Works will t fortune to South- | introduce in relation to San Diego har rnia even if the Senator chos- | i ear not a resident of the | Ator commission, to consist of three members. The commission is also to have a secreta- ry. The Commissioners are to receive a > hi 1im, bor simply amends certain provisions of the present law in regard to franchises in San Diego Bay. Among other things be sent to Los | i i | provisions. vides for the appointment of a harbor | back saved his life. | Charlie Bates, after ary of $25 per month each, and the sec- | Bopu orens If the Sen- | i 0o ides that before expiring fran- o i) from the | ohiges can be renewed the parties secur- s from now a Senator | ing renewals must obligate themselves elected to succeed Senator | to reconstruct existing wharfs according | George C. Perkins. to the last scientific methods. The bill of Assemblyman Works is merely amend- | atory and not a new law. some | T AT renews and gives credence to the was made whereby the railroad com- Movements of Candidates. d Colonel Burns to the| CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- nd four years from | MENTO, Jan. 6.—Two of the Senatorial nator Perkins with | candidates—General and George tr or of the State. | A. Knight—returned Francisco Wh news of this statement, which | this afternoon for a brief rest. They will ze had made, was carried | return Sunday night. Burns, Grant and Bulla, however, are still on the fleld and will remnlln in Sacramento during the re DDeRRRd I GOVE Gage | cess, so the contest will be waged both it T (Gage | ore’ and in San Francisco during thenext a very merry war by thus pre. | tW0 d4ave: E - feat of Senator Perkins | Meeting of the Board of Agriculture. O A I e | S HALL " AWADOUARTERS, HACRA- it will be no misfor- | ] W » California to lose the | MENTO, Jan. 6.—Colonel Park S p : Eighth California Volunteers; ar and penf bnrns, | Spreckels and Frank Cov SENATOR BULLA’S FRIENDS READY TO HELP HIM or Perkins to- | up in arms and they A. members ol Senator this y v and s may ch possi electing officers for the ensuing v | transacting such other busine | come before them, Including < two hours later with fire in her coal bunk- ers. After pumping water in for several | hours and removing part of the coal the |fire was extinguished. The damage Is not serious. The vesse] was ready to sail again this evening. t, returns would wai sponse to the glad to have s friends as could afford the sit the Captal City, but he as many expense —_——— Showalter Losing. NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—In the tenth game of the Janowski-Showalter chess match at the Manhattan Club to-day Ja- nowski played a Ruy Lopez and obtained a draw in_the fortieth round. The score now stands; Janowski 4, Showalter 2 drawn 4. —_—— ——— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. 2%o. The genuine has L. Q. on each tablet. could influence votes in the Senato- fight at this stage of the game. How- ver,. th will be a delegation arrive from Los Angeles Monday to aid In push- claims of Bulla to the Senator- iwin A. Meserve, the chairman of ast Republican County convention of Angeles, will arrive to-morrow as advance guard. The Bulla people held their caucus to- night and from reports which were made they are led to believe' that two more HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- | ble legislation may be deeme n nator Bulla to-day re- | S8ry for the welfare of the ass 1 from a number of T T s « les asking him if their Fire on the Weeott. t the Capital City would assist | NEWPORT, Or., Jan. 6.—The steamer | to any material extent in his fight | Weeott sailed yesterday at 4 p.m. for announcing their willingness to come | C00s Bay and Ban Francisco, but returned With the help of a long rope he carried his partner, great difficulty, The latter was un- conscious all that night, but the next day, notwithstanding his terrible in- juries, he pluckily attempted to come out to civilization with his companion. Bates bound up his teg and wrists in a rude way, and by alternately hop- ping and crawling Parker managed to make a few miles. Bates left him to seek help, leaving ‘When he returned two days later Parker had disappeared. He did not turn up until two days: when he was given up for lost. After Bates left him he crawled off the trail. carrying enough provisions to keep him several days. For six days he lived in a deserted Indian hut, suffering ex- cruciating pain. Starting out then he actually hopped and crawled a distance of twenty-five miles to a small settle- ment, making about two miles a day. There he was found by Bates and brought to this city. twisted and misshapen, and he never use it again. Medical skill can do little with his wrists. From a robust man of 225 pounds he has faded to a mere skeleton of 160. His experience rescued Parker. | i1s considered the most remarkable in | { Henshaw, | B. | the State Board of Agriculture, arrived | to-night and will hold a meeting to-mor- | row, it is understood for the purpose of | | spoke on *“‘Orchard Topics; the history of mining in this province. CLOSING SESSIONS OF THE FARMERS’ INSTITUTE Many Interesting Questions Are Dis- cussed at the Woodland Meeting. WOODLAND, Jan. —The second and last day's session of the Farmers' Insti- tute began at 10 o'clock this morning. The question box contained quite a num- ber of questions, and half the morning session was occupled In answering them. Professor Fowler discussed the “Rela- Farmers’ Institute to the ; also “The Poultry Indus- try. Professor W. Woodworth spoke of “The Cattle Tick and Its Relation to Tex- as Fever.” At the afternoon session the question box was opened. Professor Fowler spoke at length on the “Alfalfa and Soil.” Pro- fessor Woodworth discussed “The Vine Hopper.” Charles R. Hoppin read a paper on “Diversified Farming.” Professor Fowler the Market- ing of Fruit.”” At the evening session there was an interesting musical programme. C. W. Themas gave many excellent reasons “Why We Should Trade at Home,” and Professor Fowler discussed “Irrigation Problems.” Bismarck’s Memoirs Printed. BERLIN, Jan. 6.—The Zukunft an- nounces this morning that the third part of Prince ;Bismarck’s memoirs, dealing fully with his resignation of the Chancel- lorship, has been printed, but cannot yet be published. | ago, | | bound hand and foot. Parker’s leg is | will | | Jumped in a boat and put to sea. After| floating helplessly about for two days | night. The next morning five or six native boats came alongside, and in a few moments the vessel's mate and crew were talking and making friend- 1y signs to the islanders. Several mem- bers of the crew went below to secure goods for trading purposes, when thirty natives suddenly jumped on deck and attacked the sailors remaining above the deck with kniv The latter fought furiously for their Hves, but were overpowered. Several more boatloads of armed na- tives arrived and fell upon the sailors who had "gone below, killing all but three. One man jumped overboard, swam ashore and was taken prisoner. His two surviving comrade were Captain Kohl- ohn w dragged from his cabin and run through with spears. The natives then started ashore with their prison- ers, taking the dead sailors with them. The two prisoners were left on the sands, while the islanders prepared to eat the bodies of their comrades. While this grewsome feast was being made ready several natives put out for the schooner and found a barrel of liquor in her cabin. In a short time the en- tire party became stupidly drunk. The two sailors managed to escape ifrom the thongs which bound them they were picked up by a trading ves. sel which carried them to other isiands, | Where they finally secured passage for Australia. Before proceeding to get intoxlcated | one party of natives unloaded a portion | | Mayor Martin of San Jose and His | | | | of the Sea Ghost’s cargo and then scut- tled her. INSISTS ON INSTALLING COLOMBET AS TREASURER Fight With the City Council. SAN JOSE, Jan. 6.—The refusal of the City Council to confirm Joseph F. Colom- bet for City Treasurer is leading to some | interesting complications. Mayor Martin summoned the Finance | Committee this afternoon and others in- terested and stated he desired to open the Treasurer's vault. City first objected. Deputy Treasurer Cottie also refused to open two outside doors to the vault, where the combination to the | vault may be found. He said his attor- ney had advised him not to do so until a Treasurer had been connrmed and quali- fied. Colomber was also present and would probably have been installed as Treasurer by the Mayor had the vault been opened. Mayor Martin has asked City Attorney Beasley for an_opinion in regard to his right to open the safe and will secure it to-morrow. Until then nothing will be ql(?:' or Martin still insists that he will ap] K:t no other than Colombet, who is ;veYloqul.lmed. having filled the office be- ore. Clerk Cook | where no record is made of the vote. | Moody (R.) of Massachusetts gave no- | tice that he would demand a record vote in the House, where the friends of the civil service law expect to reverse the decision. e | SENATE SEEKS ALL DUE INFORMATION | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Immediate- ly the Senate convened to-day, the res- olution offered yesterday by Hoar of | Massachusetts, calling on the Presi- | dent for information as to the instruc- | tlons of the Commissioners who nego- | tiated the treaty of Paris, together with | anl correspondence and reports relating | to their work, was laid before the | Senate. Chairman Davis, one of the Commis- gioners, desired that it be referred to | the Foreign Relations Committee, but Hoar insisted that the Senate had as much right to such information as the | members of the Foreign Relations Committee, and that the President should determine whether the Senate should have it. The resolution was | | adopted in secret session. In support of the resolution offered | | some time ago by Vest of Missouri, in | opposition to expansion, Caffery of | Louisiana delivered an extended speech. i i At the conclusion of Caffery’s argu- ment Morgan of Alabama announced on behalf of the Nicaragua canal com- mittee of the acceptance in_ modified | form of the amendments offered by | Berry before the holidays to the pend- | ing canal pbill. The amendments were | not passed upon by the Senate. Kautz Rear Admiral. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The President to-day sent these nominations to the Sen- ate: Commodore Albert Kautz to be rear ad- | miral; Captain Frederick Rodgers to be commodore; Commander Edwin White to be captain; Lieutenant Commander C. C. Cornwell to be commander: Lieutenant L. U. Hellner to be lieutenant commander; Lieutenant Junfor Grade A. C. Dieffen’ bach to be a lieutenant. James B. Yeoman of Towa to be Inter- state Commerce Commissioner; Robert A. Moseley Jr. of Alabama to be Consul General at Singapore; Silas C, McFarland of Iowa to be Consul at Nottingham, England. Charles C. Goodale to be Surveyor Gen- eral of, Colorado; Receivers of Public J. Lambert, Pueblo, Colo.; | Matt Sidney, Nebr.; C. P. | Mathewson of Nebraska, Agent for the | Indfans of the Omaha and Winnebago ‘Agency, Nebraska. J. J. augherty, Death of a Prelate. | TORONTO, Ont.,, Jan. 6.—Right Rev. E. | | Sullivan, D.D., rector of St. James An- | glican Cathedral and formerly Bishop of A the diocese of Algoma, died this morning. covering the creek, which was about ten feet below. The men were engaged in removing the brick from the wall over this archway when it collapsed and they fell into the creek below with the wall and arch on top of them. crowd of citizens attracted by the rushed to the scene and after a half hour's work succeeded in extricat- ing the men, who had béen completely buried by a huge mass of bricks and debris. | Hughes dled this afternoon. Harris' condition is very serious. An inquest will be held to-morrow. sonal property of the deceased of the value of several hundred dollars, under | a claim that she was his wife, and that | Dempsey neelected to answer all letters | of inquiry addressed to him. When young Moedinger arrived in San Bernardino he consulted the District Attorney and Sheriff. The three inter- viewed Dempsey, who at first made a pretense that he knew nothing about the personal propertv of the deceased. ‘When the Sheriff announced his inten- tion of making a search Dempsey. weakened and produced a package con- taining stock in the Woodland Build- ing and Loan Association valued at $500, a note for $400 given by M. R. York, and a lot of personal effects. Dempsey admitted that he was an im- postor; that he and Miss Moedinger had never been married, and that her char- acter was above reproach. It appears that when she was taken ill and her condition became alarming she sent for Dempsey, because she had known him in Yolo County. She gave him two messages addressed to her family in Woodland, with a request that he forward them, but both were suppressed. After death he took possession of her property, claiming that they had been married. Nobody in San Bernardino interfered, as there was nobody there who could dispute the claim. By ship- ping the body to Woodland he gave young Moedinger the clew by which the matter was investigated and the fraud exposed. Mr. Moedinger’s first impulse was to prosecute Dempsey, but second thought influenced him to drop the matter on account of the loss of time and the ex- pense involved. He is well pleased with his success in recovering the prop- erty and vindicating the good name of his’ sister. AMERICA AND ENGLAND ACTING IN CONCERT The Two Governments Fully Under- stand Each Other in the Matter of Affairs in China. NEW YORK, Jan. 6. — The Washington correspondent telegraphs: Minister Conger has notifiled the State Department that the Chinese Government has refused to accede to the French de- mand for an extension of French jurisdic- tion at Shanghai. This action on the part of the Chinesas Government is the result of the protests registered against compliance with France’s demand by the American and British Governments. The au- thoritles here have been quite stirred up over the French de- mand for the reason that if it had been granted a number of American citizens in business in the foreign concessions at Shanghai would have been transferred | to_French jurisdiction. The action of the British Government in ering protests in this matter simul- taneously with the United States Is re- | garded as rather significant in some quar- | ters and indicates an ‘“entente cordiale, to quote an official with whom I talked, existing between them, especially in ref- erence to Chinese affairs. The report published from Shanghal this morning that a secret treaty existed between the two governments is pro- nounced untrue, but there is no question that the governments fully understand Herald" regis the position of each other with respect to Chinese affairs. a e g One Office Abolished. WOODLAND, Jan. 6.—The Board of Su- pervisors has abolished the office of Hor- ticultural Commissioner. BUTTER 35 CENTS SQUARE CREAMERY. PRUNES 2 CENTS. These are all right. HOITT’S SCHOOL Has removed from Burlingame to its home at Menlo Park, San teo County; credited, and prepares boys equally well for business; next term beging January. 1ith, 1889, IRA G. HOITT, Ph. D., Principal. new ac- Try Smith’s Market street Ferry,