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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1899 'SOCIETY QUEEN IN A PESTHOUSE ‘Mrs. Kurtz, One o f the Handsomest Women in Southern California, Has Smallpox. the patient, was before her marri ers of society. Santa Monica. south of Tehachapi. chosen fiesta queen, was seeKing first to be selected ried Dr. Kurtz, the son of Dr. Jc titioners in the State. Baker also makes her home, this ment house in the city. became sick. varioloid. cent. 306 30 308 X0 30 308 30 306 306 30 308 306 308 300 300 300 0k OOV ORUOCCVOVOR B IORTOOTOT LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.—One of the handsomest women in South- ern California has for more than two weeks been confined in the pest- house, a victim of the dreaded smallpox. Kurtz, the wife of one of the leading physicians. Three years ago she was the belle of the particularly exclusive set of Northern society people who passed the summer at Mrs. Kurtz i8 the niece of Mrs. Arcadia B. de Baker, owner of the Baker block, who is one of the wealthiest Spanish-American residents In 1097, when Miss Francisca Alexander, the Kurtz, owing to her peculiar type of Spanish beauty, was one of the a maid of honor. Since their marriage Mr. have lived in the Baker block, in the heart of the city, where Mrs. More than a fortnight since Mrs. Kurtz Her husband pronounced her illness as a mild case of The health officers were notified, and a little later the so- ciety queen was removed to the isolated cabin which serves as a pesthouse at the base of the foothills in a canyon near Elysian Park. Careful nursing and constant attendance on the part of her husband has brought Mrs. Kurtz out of danger, and to-day she is convales- The woman is Mrs. Carl Ysidore B. Scott, age to Dr. Kurtz one of the lead- maids for her court, Mrs. Carl About a year ago she mar- oseph Kurtz, one of the oldest prac- and Mrs. Kurtz being the most aristocratic apart- fegegag=ofoRegeRePageFaFaaaFaguteRagugugagogagagates] eg=gcgegcgeg:3eFF-F-F-F 52 58" LOURISHED & AEVOLVER IN THE PALACE Demand for Money on Tom Woodford. A BLUFF SPEEDILY CALLED THE GUN-FIGHTER'S IDENTITY NOT KNOWN. He Said He Was “Broke” and fhat Woodford Would Have to Pu. Up or There Wculd Be Trouble. “I'm hard pressed for money, Woodford. You swindled me out of $1500 in New York and now you dig up. Cough up a $100 in two minutes or I'll blow the top of your head off!” The speaker was a rather short man, armed with an ugly looking revolver. The threat was hurled at Tom Woodford, the well known bookmaker, as he leaned against the.railing in the rotuda of the Palace Hotel last evening about 7:30 o'clock. The short man, whose identity is a mystery, was laboring under intense ex- citement. Woodford looked down into the muzzle of the revolver carelessly, but he @id not yield up the c “You are crazy, and you'd better put Sl L ket It mignt| CLEVELAND, Jan. 6—James P. bic- ‘K}:\l((.rfr“;:‘l‘:\inl v 2.“1;‘::\ E\‘l\;‘n\‘;\- & Kinstry, general manager of the Cleve- The bluff had been called, and, as Patsy | 1and Telephone Company, which has just | Carroll would say, the short man was not there with the goods.” He put the ugly looking weapon back in the outside pocket of his overcoat and then began to abuse and thr en the bookmaker. There was quite a crowd of horsemen in the rotunda of the hotel at the time, but few of them noticed the affair, so quickly did it-happen. After quarreling for a few short man pulled the revol- ver again and said: “Woodford, I'm not ; I may be drinking a little, at that, but I'm hard pressed, and you've got to give up.” The argument was waxing warmer and warmer every minute, and the onlookers expected to see the short man carry out his threat. Finally he.cooled down, hur- ried out of the hotel and left Bookmaker Woodford leaning calmly against the railing in the same position as when so violently . accosted. Woodford did not eeem to take any notice of the danger, as he followed the man out into the bar, where the conversation was resumed. As soon as he saw that his bluff had falled the man with the revolver said he would let the matter rest for the pres- ent, but he vowed that he would kill an- other gambling man who, he said, had also robbed him. ‘Woodford refused absolutely to furnish his assallant’s name or even give a clew to his identity. Many racing men who witnessed the affair were closely ques- tioned, but none of them seemed to know who the man was. They were satisfied that the mysterious individual was a member of the racing fraternity which infests this city during the racing sea- gon. ‘When questioned last night, Mr. Wood- ford at first denied the story. Then, after mauch parleying, the bookmaker admitted -that he did have “a rather exciting even- ing,” but he refused absolutely to disclose the identity of the man who threatened to take his life. “He is a good friend of mine, and was excited when he accosted me. this evening, else he would never have'acted as he did. The charges that he made were groundless, @nd when we went into the bar later to gettle the matter he admitted that he was wrong. The fellow is in hard luck, and he thinks that I am indebted to him. “1 met him in Butte, Mont., and, to tell you the truth, T have really forgotten his name. He wanted me to give him a hun- dred dollars and 1 couldn't see it that way. When we talked the matter over after leaving the rotunda, I offered to stake. him and he -wouldn’t take the money."” DIED FROM EXPOSURE. Body of. an Unknown Man Found on the Beach. PACIFIC GROVE, Jan. 6—The body of an unknown man was found on the beach of the United States Government reser- vation belonging to Point Pinos light- house station by M. F. Allen, a Stanford University student, about 10 a. m. to-day. Allen was collecting marine specimens for cientific study, when he came upon the ody. He immediately notified the offi- clals, and the body was brought in for - Pears’ No soap in the world is so cheap. No soap in the world is so lasting. an fnquest. The deceased appeared to be about 48 years old. Nothing was found | upon his person except a religious tract There is absolutely no_clew to identit County Coroner H. V. Muller held an in- | quest “to-night, the jury’s verdict being | death from eXposure. = There is some excitement here over the unusual circum- stances of the death, many believing the man a suiclde. MARIN COUNTY HAS BEEN IMPOSED UPON So Bills Will Be Introduced in the Legislature in Reference to Collect- ing Money From the State. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 6.—After a careful investigation of the facts relating to the contract to collect money said to be due | Marin County from the State on overpaid taxes, as contained in the forceful com- | munication sent the Board of Supervisors by Cashier Augustine of the A. P. Hota- | ling Bank, that body has reached the con- clusion that it was imposed upon by the {law firm which has undertaken to secure | the money, and will make an endeavor to | have the contract rescinded. The propo- sition of whether or not this can be le- ily done has been submitted to District orney Mclsaac. |~ “The_contr: says that offictal, *di- | rects_the District Attorney to bring suit for the recovery of the money, and em- | ploys the law firm to assist him. | should see fit not to bring sult it is my | opinion that the firm could do nothing in the matter. I shall so advise the board At the request of several prominent izens Mr. Augustine drawn up two bills, which have been sent to Senator Dickinson and yman Atherton, with a request ths representatives urge their ssage. The bills are sweeping in their language. One is an act repealing the act ment_of claims of the counties against the State; the other provides that here- after no proceedings shall be taken by a authorizing ie pay- | county official to recover any money al- eged to be due from the State, except in certain stated cases. - | TELEPHONE COMPANIES MAY ALL BE COMBINED It Is Predicted That All the Bell Con- cerns Will Be United in One Corporation. | absorbed all of the Bell telephone inter- ests in the State of Michigan, stated to- | day that eventually, he thought, all of | the Bell Telephone companies through- | out the country would be consolidated into | one great organization. The | Telephone Company now controls all the Bell interests in the States of Minnesota, | “As a matter of economy, if for no other | reason,” sald Mr. McKinstry, “ | working under Bell licenses will be com- | bined into one great corporation, just as | all of the several telegraph companies of | this country were merged into the West. ern Union a quarter of a ce ago. However, I have no omcial knowledge thet this'step is at present being consid- ered, but there is a natural tendency to- | ward such a movement, and it is, in my | opinion, bound to come.’ NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HARDWARE MEN TO MEET Their Convention Will Consider Grievances Against Wholesalers | Who Sell at Retail. | MARYSVILLE, Jan. 6—In the parlors | of the Western Hotel in this city to-mor- | row the retail hardware and implement | dealers of Northern California will be as | sembled in conventlon, arrangements for | which have been under way for several | weeks. While it is given out that the | organization which will be the outcome of this meeting is to partake solely of a soclal nature, there is no doubt that the | promoters have a grievance to correc | principally directed against wholesal who insist on retailing. Delegates ve | arrived from the rincipal hardware | houses of Redding, Chico, Corning, Te- hama, Anderson, Oroville, ' Williams, Red Bluff,' Auburn, Elmira, Eik Creek, Bige: Gridley, Woodland, Orland, St. John, Gel | mantown, Willows, Arbuckie, Cottonwood, | Dixon, Sacramento, Nevada City and | Grass Valley. Invitations to attend have been sent to dealers as far north as Sis- | kiyou County and_south to Sacramento, Anumber of San Francisco retailers and representatives of wholesale houses in that eity have arrived. s SALE OF COPPER MINES. Arrangements Made to Buy the Go- | linsky Property. | REDDING, Jan. 5.—The probable sale of | the Golinsky copper mines on Little Back- | bone is announced, the purchasers being a company of New York capitalists. The purchase price is given as $150,000. The property consists of a group of mines in | the sulphide belt, easily accessible by a branch road from the main line of the Southern Pacific Company. It is, of | course, a smeiting proposition, and there is_an ample site for a large plant. I Park Channing and A. H. Ricketts, supposed to be acting for Lewiston Brothers, copper sales agents of New York City, were here conferring with the owners, Golinsky, Weisermann & Clen- denin, 'and an agreement was reached yesterday. Operation of the mines will add much to the business prosperity of Redding. - A Napoleonic Silence. LONDON, Jan. 7.—The Brussels corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph, who has secured an interview with Prince Victor Napoleon, says the Prince firmly declined to discuss politics or the Dreyfus affair, ls.ylng: “‘When the time comes for me to speak I shall do so in the only way befitting a Prince and the chief of a great party. I shall say what is necessary and sign my words with the glorious name I am proud _| %o bear—Napoleon.” If he | Cleveland | eX: Arkansas, North Dakota, South H’Jalgu , Michigan and the city of Cleve- | | 1and. think | | that sooner or later all the companies 1 Jewish tirade. LUDLOW SEIZING SPANISH RIFLES Cubans Try to Keep the Guns. NOT ALLOWED BY LAW AMERICANS TAKING CHANCES IN HAVANA. NoO | One Spanish Officer Who Wanted the Soldiers to Come to His House After Arms. el Special Dispatch to The Call. HAVANA, Jan. 6.—Major General Ludlow, Governor of the Department of Havana, has decided to issue a proclamation inviting the surrender of | arms at the arsenal. Recelpts will,be glven for the arms, which will be prob- | ably returned later. There are sup- | posed to be as many as 40,000 rifles in Iprh‘ate possession, held chiefly by for- mer Spanish volunteers. Acting on reports received from vari- ous agents, Adjutant General Greble and Captain Blunt have searched at night time this week, a dozen dwellings and seized altogether about 300 rifles, with a number of machetes. The largest collection found in any one instance was in a chocolate factory where twenty rifles were found. Parties of Cubans have been going into the residences of former volunteers, taking their rifles and handing them over to | the nearest American patrol. But this is quite another matter. Nine Cubans were caught in the act to-day, among them a colonel, a captain and a lieu- | tenant. They were arrested, taken be- | fore General Ludlow, lectured roundly | and dismissed. | The military administration has no | objection to individuals having a re- volver or a sporting rifle or so in their residences, and the searchers decline to take the weapon in such cases. They make seizures only where two or more military rifles are found and no satis- factory explanation is forthcoming. A Spaniard, formerly a colonel, asked General Ludlow to-day to send to his house and seize thirty Mausers. as he did not seem to wish to give them up voluntarily. This was done. A local dealer in arms has 4500 rifles in stock, but agrees not to sell them at present. All these are simply precgutionary measures taken against any possible disturbance. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The Cabinet at its meeting to-day gave special con- sideration to the administration of af- fairs in Cuba. There seems to be a mis- understanding among some of the peo- ple of Santiago as to the policy of the Government with respect to the expen- diture of money collected from internal revenue customs sources. It is not believed that General Wood, who is in command at Santiago, mis- understands the purposes of the Gov- ernment, but in any event nothing will be done in the matter until General ‘Wood arrives here. Then an effort will be made to arrive at some general plan | for the handling of the receipts in the |island. It seems certain, however, that all moneys disbursed must come | through a central head, and that under | no circumstances can any particular | city or section be allowed to expend all | of its collections to the neglect of other sections. ‘ General Wood, however, will receive |a proper and probably a sufficient al- lowance for Santiago province, but full consideration is certain to be given to sections which collect nothing or little | from customs. It is very likely that | soon after General Wood's return to provinces will be instructed to assemble | for a discussion of the question of their | respective needs for administrative pur- | poses and also for pressing internal im- | provements. Thas it is expected that | & fair and ecuitable distribution of the funds collected on the island will be secured. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Thomas E. Burns Will Be Appointed Postmaster at San Mateo. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Thomas E. Burns of San Mateo has been recommend- | of that place. Burns' appointment will | be announced shortly. Senator White has introduced a bill | amending the internal revenue collection | laws, providing for drawing distilled spir- | its into wooden packages, upon applica- | tion of the distiller, for export, the stamp to cost not more than 5 cents. He also introduced a bill Increasing the salaries of United States Court Judges in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma to $3000. Representative Loud _appeared before the River and Harbor Committee of the House to-day and made an argument in favor of dredging Alviso slough and blow- | fng out Arch and Shag rocks in San | Francisco Bay. |~ Pensions have been granted as follows: | California: Increase—Henry W. Morse, | South Pasadena, $14 to $17. Original wid- | ows, ete.—Theresa Lindenmaier, San Jose, $3; Lydia A, Bradish, Long Beach, $12. | " Oregon: " Additional—Seth H. Childs, So- daville, $6 to $12. Original widows, etc.— Minor ‘of Justin Hart, Multnomah, $10. jFRANCE CONCEDED The English Newspapers Do Not Like the Madagascar Blue Book. LONDON, Jan. 6.—A blue book has just | been issued containing the correspondence | between Great Britain and France on the | subject of the trade restrictions in Mada- gascar. The only concession, apparently, which has resulted from Lord Salisbury’s nu- merous protests is the severation of the decree confining the coast trade to French vessels, of which M. del Casse, French Foreign Minister, notified the British Government in a dispatch dated Decem- ber 29 last. All the morning papers comment upon the blue book, asking how it is possible to live in amity with a country which tramples upon treaty rights and treats | friendly country in such a manner. The Times says: It is a good thing for the world’s peace that we are able to possess our souls in patience under tue pin pricks of the French, which, under the cover of Erandlloquent phrase, habit- ually act with a cupidity and the short- sighted cunning of the peasant. ESTERHAZY ALONE __AND IN EXILE Has Little to Say of the Dreyfus Affair, but That Little Is Bitter. LONDON, Jan. 7.—The Daily News pub- lishes this interesting interview which a special correspondent in Holland has had with Major Comte Ferdinand Walsin Es- terhazy, author of the Dreyfus borderau. The correspondent says: “I found him in a small, typical Dutch hotel. ‘His face betrayed the ravages of the anxiety of recent months, ,'and " he is terribly lonely. He told me he had hardly spoken to aexgr one since he left England. He de- clined to say an{thing about the inquiry now in progress before the Court of Cas- satlon, but did indulge in a violent anti- Santiago the governors of the several | ed by Congressman Loud for Postmaster | LITTLE TO ENGLAND | CROKER DIFFERS FROM COL. BRYAN Advocates the Policy of Expansion. MUST NOT SELL PHILIPPINES UNCLE SAM SHOULD HOLD ALL TAKEN IN WAR OR PEACE. The Nebraska Silverite Continues to Declare That All Principles of American Law Are Being Violated. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CINCINNATI,Jan. NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Colonel William 6.—The Journal will J. Bryan was the to-morrow printthe chief speaker atthe following statement Jackson Day ban- riven out to-night quet of the Duck- by Richard Crok- worth Club to- er, the leader of night. He sald, in the Tammany Dem- part: ocracy: The sentiment of _ I believe in expan- the people upon any Slon. I believe in hold. great question must IDE whatever posses- be measured during Sions we have ‘gained the days of delibera- DY annexation, pur- tion, and not during Chase or war.' This Policy s not only pa triotle, but it 13 the only safe one to pu sue. Any other poli would show weakness on the part of the United States and | vite forelgn complica- the "hours of excite- ment. If the Presi- dent rightly interpret- ed the feelings of the people when they were intoxicated by a military triumph, we shall from 5! tions. Thi My arupketo Jons This must ba forcible annexation of PR RIS the Philippine Islands el would violate a prin- jJererson was an ex- ciple of ~ American [ERSoniet otherwise public law 80 deeply favored the peqlaVe imbedded " tn t h e tion o Y onrqulsl- American mind that R pom With its foreign popu- until a year ago no Jutjop public ‘man would fersnn"nwmlf:.{em Was have suggested it. It §uite as remote as the 1s difficult to overes- Philippines. Tn 11y timate the influence age of steam and elec- tricity distance is no argument against ex- pansion. We spend miilions which such a change in our national policy would produce on_the character of our peo- ple. To defend forci- annually f sion- ble annexation on the ary work in’ fassin ground that we are’ countries. Now e carrying out a rell- have a chance g glous duty ls worse spend this money in than absurd. The Bi- our own possessiong ble teaches us that it and make the people is more blessed to of our lands gond give than to recelve, law-abiding citizens, While the colonial Who in time will bs policy is based upon the doctrine that it is more blessed to_take then to leave. I am afraid that the impe- loyal to our constitu. our fla, Take England, for ex ample. The people of this little island come rialists have confused pretty near owning thelr beatitudes. We the universe. Are not entered the Spanish our people as intelli- war as peacemakers. Imperialists have an indistinct recollection that a blessing has been promised to the peacemakers and also to the meek, but their desire for more terri- &ent, as powerful and as patriotic as the English people? 'The United States is the only country on earth superlor o the Eng- lish. Why not illus- trate to the world that tory has perverted We are fully able to their memories %o that €oPe Wwith greater as they recall the for- broblems than we bave had occasion to in the past and in the future dominate any emergency? e have a popula- tion of eighty millions of people; the country teems with young men full of life, hope and mer, it reads ‘‘blessed are’the peacemakers, for they shal linherit the earth.’ Annexation cannot be defended upon the ground that we shall find a pecunlary profit In the policy. ~The ambition, = wi A 1 L. h; | advantage which may give these youny men come to a few indi- 5 chance to devel viduals who hold the o our newly acquired offices, or who secure possessions and build valuable franchises, wup a country vali cannot ' properly be in grandens aniink weighed against the triotism our own meney expended In United States? governing the Phillp- 1 say by all means pines, because the hold on to all that money expended was pald by those who pay the taxes. We are not yet in a position to determine whether the people of the United States as a whole will rightfully belongs to us. If the great coun- try west of the Rocky Mountains were filied with wild Indians at the present moment, how " long would it bring back from the take us to suppress Philippines as much them and make them as they send there. respect our laws and There Is an old say- our constitution? The ing that it is not same thing applies to profitable to buy a the Philippines or any lawsuit. Our natlori other country that may learn by expe- may fall into our rience that it is not wise to purchase the hands by the province of peace or war. t to conquer a It is an insult to the people. Spain, under American people and compulsion, gives us to our flaz even to & quitclaim “to the Suggest that we aban- Philippines, in return don the peoples we Tor $30,000,000, but she have released from does not agree to war- bondage, or what rant and defend our Would be more dis- title as against the &raceful, that we Philippines. To buy should offer to sell land is one thing; them to_the highest to buy people is an- bidder. Such a propo- other.” Military rule sitlon places the is antagonistic to our American people in theory of government. the ~ same _category The arguments which With the Chinese, who are used to defend 1t have neither patriot- in the Philippines ism nor & forelgn pol- may be used to excuse iCY and are in ‘conse- it in the United 4quence utilized as a States. Under mift. doormat by the pow- ers of the world. tary rule, much must Y on This Is too xreat a be ‘left to the discre- tion of the military Question to be con- governor, and this Sldered as a mere can only be justifira Matter of dollars and on the theory that the Sents. =~ Our people Governor knows more Want their rights pro- : tected; they will not e s Sooble Me frure’ on tho cost. governs, Is better ac Sk Sninted with thefr Bring it down to locai Besds’ than they i are. C0 R Tor) atveet lcltanc }Cem!e!vos. 18 entire- ing, the cry is ““We in sympathy with them and is thorough- ly honest and unsel- fish in his desire to do want clean streets'’ regardless of the cost. They demand them as their right. Just so them good. with our possessions— If we enter upon & the people want the colonfal _poliey = we properties acquired by muet expect to hear war protected. They the command “si- will pay for & stand- lence” issuing with ing army, a powerfu Increasing emphasis navy and the protec- from the imperialists. 1 0! L] a the ‘When the discuss o ony A e world over, regardless on of fundamental prin- of any ' monetary ciples is attempted in consideration. They the United States, if have proved their a member of Con- willingness to sacri- Eress attempts — to fice thelr blood for the criticize any Injustice perpetrated by a Gov- ernment official agalnst & helpless people, he will be warned to keep silent lest his criticism en- courage resistance to Amerfcan authority in the Orient. It we adopt a colo- nial policy and pursue the course which ex- cited the revolution of 1776, we must muf- fle the tones of the old liberty bell and commune in whispers when we praise the patriotism of our fore- fathers. To Sue an Ex-Assessor. JACKSON, Jan. 6.—The Supervisors in- structed the District Attorney to com- mence suit against ex-Assessor Brown and bondsmen for the recovery of nearly $2600, which the Auditor alleges is due from him on account of State and road ?);)9181 taxes and personal property taxes of honor of their coun- try and their flag. And when the ques- tion is brought to an issue they will arise as one man and de- mand_expansion as a citizen's sacred right. I think the 16 to 1 question as outlined in the Chicago platform a decidedly dead is- sue, s was fully demonstrated in the Jast election. We did not embody the 16 to 1 question, and the re- sult is that we elected every one of our Con- gressmen, —_————— Shipment of Dried Fruits. SUISUN, Jan. 6.—Continued shipments of dried fruit are being made from this point to Hamburg, Germany. This year's shipments are far in excess of previous years, showing the demand for Califor- nia products fs on the increase in for- eign markets. SR Sentence for a Counterfeiter. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.—Ed Rogers, the counterfejter captured at Tampico, was to-day sentenced in the TUnited States court _to serve seven years In San Quen- tin Penitentlary. His partner, Burt Huntington, will be tried Tuesday. ot g Leech Is Indicted. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.—The Federal Grand Jury to-day returned an indict- ment against Edgar Leech, who was ar- rested some time ago, charged with rob- bing the Lompoc postoffice,” ARE me.” news that the Chilkats are in sad racks, for relief. into the interior, the advent of the totally destroyed their fisheries, on pronounces {t. Indians, but his store is rapidly ru and fishing. Mr. Lancing reports a big strik miner named Taylor arrived at Selki with $11,000 for six weeks’ work. 0000000000000 0O0000O000000CO00O0000000O0 CHILKAT INDIANS Starvation and Death Among the Remnant of a Once Powerful Tribe. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 6.—“Withered and old am I, the fish can no longer take, the moose can no longer chase and life is no more for This is the dirge of the famishing Chilkats. steppes to the south of Fort Selkirk, at the mouth of the Pelly and Yukon, comes a wail of disease, starvation and death from the now miserable remnants of the once powerful J. W. Lancing, superintendent of construction for the military bar- racks at Fort Selkirk, arrived by the City of Seattle, and he brings missionary, an Episcopalian, who has been five years among them, they have applied to Colonel Evans, the officer in charge of the bar- The steady influx of miners is driving them back moeose, cariboo and other game away and they now have to go at least four or flve days’ journey before they can reach any hunting ground. Then, too, the steamers and the host of prospectors have dependent for their winter’s food, and this winter the usual store of dog salmon is wanting. They complain that the white men placed nets and traps across the river above and they were unable to ob- tain enough fish for food. They are, want, and the half-starved condition of many of their number ren- ders them favorite subjects for the ravages of disease and it is not surprising that many are down with la grippe, This has claimed many victims among them of late, having in fact attained the proportions of a plague. Evans has already distributed a large quantity of rations among the arrives the Indians will be in a bad way indeed this winter. They are very restless and the younger members of the tribe are reported to be threatening retaliation on the miners for the luss of their hunting 0000000000000 00000000000N00C00000 FAMISHING From the bleak of Indians. Chilkat tribe need of food, and through their river steamers has frightened the which to a great extent they were Mr. Lancing says, in serious the military doctor Commandant nning down, and unless some aid e at the head of the McMillan. A irk from there just before he left COOOO00C0000O00COO00000000COCO00000000C0 | MURDER MYSTERY Mrs. Wright’s Mission to Utah. WILL BETRAY HER HUSBAND | COMMITTED CRIMES FOR WHICH | ANOTHER MAN SUFFERS. If the “King of Freshwater” Is Cap- | tured He Will Be Tried for Killing More Than Une Man. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. GOUVERNEUR, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Sheriff George A. Storrs of Utah County, Utah, left here yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Jennie Wright. They are en route to Utah in an endeavor to clear up a murder mystery and to free, if possible, a man from a life sentence. At the Pelican Point Ranch, Utah, in 1895, three young men were shot down one night in their ranch house. The stepfather of one of the boys, named Haynes, had had trouble with the men and was arrested, charged with the crime. The bodies of the men were found sunk in Utah Lake and the prem- ises they had occupied were looted. Haynes was convicted on circumstan- tial evidence and was sentenced to be hanged, but a stav was secured and the sentence commuted to life imprison- ment. A short time after the crime George ‘W. Wright left that locality and lived | in various parts of tie West, finally drifting to Freshwater, Colo. He was a graduate of Kalamazoo Law College. He soon became prominent, bearing the sobriquet “King of Freshwater.” One morning a man with whom Wright was at outs was found shot to pieces in his cabin. Wright assisted at the Coro- ner’s inquest and wrote out the verdict of “murder by a person unknown.” Later Wright became involved in a questionable sheep deal and after being arrested jumped his bail and fled. He visited his wife at her parents’ home here and then disappeared. After he left the West evidence of a positive character relating to the murder at Freshwater is said to have been found against Wright. The authorities elicited a confession from Mrs. Wright to th ef- fect that her husband had goods which figured in the Pelican Point murders. The Utah authorities were communi- cated with and found the articles just where she said. Mrs. Wright sald she was willing to testify against her husband for the triple crime provided he can be caught. She says her lips have previously been sealed through fear of him. GERMAN MISSIONARY BRUTALLY MALTREATED Details of the Affair Which Gave the Kaiser Some Chinese Land. BERLIN, Jan. 6.—Letters received here | to-day from Kiachau, the German forti- fled settlement in the province of Shang Tung, China, give detalls of an outrage upon Father Stenz, the German Catholic missionary, on November 9 last. The mis- sionary was about to leave Tie-Tau, prov- ince of Shang Tung, owing to the anti- Christian feeling. Finding himself confronted by crowds of Chinese, who were clamoring for the destruction of the Christians, he took refuge in a hut, but he was dragged out, his clothing torn from his back and he was struck with sticks and pricked with knives and lances and his beard torn out. The Chinese threatened to flay him alive. On the following day his persecutors repared to hang him by the wrists. Finalis a mandarin interfered in s be- half, but compelled him to leave the dis- trict with a promise never to return. e Great Speed of the Rowan. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 6.—The torpedo boat Rowan, constructed by Moran Brothers & Co. of this city, was given an official trial to-day. For two continuous hours she maintained an average speed of 21.54 knots. Her contract only calls for 26 knots. Lieutenant R. Lopez, who will have command of the Rowan, says she will be the best boat of her class in the navy. b SN R Shot Himself in the Head. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 6.—Albert Ander- son, a blacksmith, aged vears, attempt- ed suicide about 8 o'clock this morn- ing by shooting himself through the head with a revolver in the carriage- painting ehop of Mathew Canavan, over is own place of business. The man was Anos, discovered untll 4 o'clogk in the af- | h TOCLEARUPA & | Spanish garrison at Ponce when the Uni- | | Salisbury to the proposal | Nicholas for a wisarmament conference of ternoon by his young son, Arthur. Dr. 7. J. Wickman was summoned and did | all he could for the man, but at a late | hour to-night his death was considered a certainty. The cause is said to be de- spondency owing to dull times. | TWO WORLD'S BICYCLE RECORDS ARE BROKEN Opening of the Twenty-Four Hour Race, Unpaced, Marked by Very Fast Time. NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—The first annual international twenty-four-hour bicycle Tace, unpaced, which was begun on the Madison Square Garden track to-night, brought a fairly large attendance of bi- cycle enthusiasts to the big amphitheates Following is the list of starters: Fred- erlc, Switzerland; Teddy Hale, Ireland; | James W. Nawn, New York City; B. W, Pierce, Boston; Frank Albert, New | Frank' Waller, New York City; Charles W. Miller, Chicago; Louis Gimm, Pitts- arl D. Stevens, Buffalo; John | _awson, Chicago; Oscar Aaronson, New York; Oscar Julfus, New York City v Ashinger, Ne: York; W. H. chks.\ v York City; Charles Turvills, Phil delphia; J. W.'Chapman, Atlanta, Ga.; Tom Barnaby, Boston. When_the scorers had marked up one hundred miles Pierce was leading the | front bunch. The time for this distance was announced to be four hours forty minutes and four seconds. This estab- lishes a new world’s record (indoor). Plerco was leading at the end of the fifth hour, when the world's record of 106 miles 98 vards, made by Miller in 1867, was smashed, the score sheets showing that 106 miles'8 laps had been covered in the present contest. D s Big Catch of Halibut. VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 6.—With rig- ging and decks covered with ice, the | steamer New England arrived in port | early this morning with a record catch at | the “halibut banks off Queen Charlotte Islands. The steamer had 180,000 pounds of fish. During the three months the New England has been engaged this season 2, she has brought to port 600,000 pounds of halibut. York} —_— Under Spanish Military Law. MADRID, Jan. 6.—Colonel Julison San Martin, who was in command of the | ted States troops under General Miles landed on the island and who abandoned the place without resistance, has been | sentenced to imprisonment for life. He | will be incarcerated at Ceuta, the Spanish | pf'{m.l colony in Morocco, opposite Gib- raltar. Teresa Kerr Held for Trial. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.—Teresa Kerr, the woman who shot and killed Deputy City Engineer King on Saturday last, was examined before a Justice of the Peace to-day and held to appear Defore the Su- perior Court for trial without bail. The defense of the woman will be that King shot himself with her revolver while try- ing to prevent her from committing sii- cide. ol s Voluntary Starvation. BTOCKTON, Jan. 6.—W. F. Bastain, a Virginian, 50 years of age, died at the County Hospital this morning from vol- untary starvation. He refused to eat, and resisted all attempts made to keep him alive by forcing liquid food into his stom- ach. From the time of entering the hos- pital until his death the patient did not once speak. - Robbed a Drugstore. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 6.—A man wan- dered into Dr. O. P. S. Plumer's drug store at the corner of Third and Madison streets to-night and compelled the drug- gist at the point of a revolver to lie down on his stomach behind the prescription case while he rifled the safe and money drawer. The robber secured $60 and walked out. During the transaction dozens of people p. d the store. | England Ready to Disarm. LONDON, Jan. 7—The reply of Lord of Emperor the powers, which s just published, promises the cordial co-operation of the British Government and asks for an indi- cation of the heads of the discussion at the conference. - Plans for Docks Completed. NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Plans and specifications for the proposed timber docks at League Island and Mare Island have been practically completed, and ad- vertisements for bids on the contract for their construction will shortly be pub- lished. These docks will be 700 feet in length and have a depth of thirty feet. 2 ey Plenty of Water on Goat Island. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The Navy De- partment is informed that the engineers at Goat Island have discovered a well of excellent water, yielding an ample supply for all needs. This will render it unnec- essary to have a supply brought in pi from Oakland. el 2 Lk Lo e Lk Columbia Blocked With Ice. VANCOUVER, Wish., Jan. 6.—The Co- lumbia River from the mouth of the Wil- lamette to the Cascades, for the second time this winter, is blocked with ice. No boats have been able to navigate the stream above the mouth. of the Willam- f,?';ms"‘ miles below this city, since last Raid on a Postoffice. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 6.—An attempt was made at an early hour this morning to rob.the postoffice at Encinitas, thirty miles north of here. The thieves obtained about $10 worth .of postage stamps. Al attempt to break open the sate falledy L 89 You have | and peacetul sleep. other men on earth who are more manly than REFRIGERATED BEEF WAS GOOD Sharp Has So Testified. HAD INSPECTED THE MEAT Colonel AND FOUND IT TO BE OF EXCELLENT QUALITY. AN | Knew Nothing of the Alleged Use ot Chemicals Complained of by Surgeon Daly to War In- vestigators. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON Jan. 6. — Colonel Henry Sharp of the commissary de- partment, who served at Camp Thom and in Porto Rico during the war, was befors the War Investigating Commit- tee to-day. He said that he had su- perintended the issue and inspection of refrigerated beef in Porto Rico; that he had been in the commissary depart- ment for fifteen years, and that the quality of the fresh beef issued at Camp Thomas was equal to any he had ever seen in the army. Governor Beaver read to the witness parts of Surgeon W. H. Daly’'s report to General Miles on the “embalmed beef” issued at Camp Thomas and asked if he had noticed the “mawkish taste” and “disgusting odor” of the beef referred to. Colonel Sharp said the report in, question referred to a time after wit- ness left Camp Thomas, and sald posi- tively that the description did not ap-| ply to any of the beef he had seen. In Porto Rico, he said, he had inspected one vessel of refrigerator beef at Ar- royo and the beef was the “wonder and admiration” of all the natives and of the foreign residents, none of whom had ever seen such good beef. The native cattie in Porto Rico, he said, were infinitely inferior to the American refrigerator beef. He knew of no chemically preserved meat issued to the army. Colonel Sharp thought the loss of the spoiled beef which had been in ques- tion fell to the contractors and not to the Government. Now Charged With Murder. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 6—Almost two months ago Jose Jaccino, one of the Capi- tan Grande Indians on the reservation twenty miles east of this city, in a row with Manuel Lugo, another Indian, at a flesta held at that time, assauited the latter most brutally with rocks and cob- ble-stones, beating him so badly that Lugo was nearly dead before any one could interfere. Lugo has lingered along in a precarious condition until to-day, his assailant having been held in custody on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon to await the result of the inj morning Lugo died of his wo charge of murder was entered = against Jaccino. e Bishop of Brazil. NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Impressive ser- vices marked the consecration to-day of Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving as Bishop for Brazil. The services were held = Bartholomew’s Protestant Episcopal Church. The event was of historical in- terest, inasmucdh as Rev. Mr. Kinsolving will be the first Protestant Bishop for Brazil. 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