The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1899, Page 4

° gh S ‘THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1899. AND NOW BEGINS THE INVESTIGATION The Call's Bring Forth Charges Against . Wright a Committee of Inquiry. It Took but Ten Minutes to Arfange the Whole Affair, Including Resolutions, Speeches and the Appointment of the Investigators. CALL EEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—Speaker Wright stepped down from his elevated dais in the Assembly this morning and de- manded of his col an investiga- tlon of the charge The Call has made against ked that the rules of the vy be suspended that he might be heard, and he calied some one of those on the floor to ryin or- | committee | uce the resolution nece igating t chair he called;upon pro tem. Anderson, and it nspired that when he called for ‘some one on the floor to present 'a res- olution” he was caonjuring Grove L. Johnson, who stands for virtwe and Sacramento on the floor of the Assem- ith the alacrity expected of'a well Mr. Johnsom came to ry document. g of it with a ch (made in Con- oiled the front with the nec He prefaced the reac stock Johnsonian spe gress). pas Sp resolution he handed up to aker Anderson with the statement that he has been voting for Burns right along and was glad of it, but that he, and he was sure he spoke for all the who, with Wrighi, had gone can, desired that no Burns man appointed to act on the committee. mighty ring of applause fromthe ht of the house, and Mr. Dibble, ‘and Johnson closed hi$ peroration and tion W as adopted. ro tem. Anderson asked for fiv minutes’ recess in order-to give him time to select the members of the com- 11 when the names were read lulare was made chair- of the body was Mellick, La. and San- Mendoeinc or declined 'to act. La ved with a request to'be ex- 7ade objected that he was v with three election ngrossing the atten- committes In the after- Jjoint ballot, Mellick also ege of withdraw- - just two left of the had stomaeh for { these Cosper, the withdrawals whe n. f San Francisco moved that with his o App to committee be d an ntec ed withd te s nd. Meade rose to a point of order and contended that it was optional with the members whether t on the committee or not, but promptly overruled by Ander- 1 Dibble’'s motion prevafled. | /right came on the | » waus permitted to speak under f the rules. His words 1y, but he said them in a ce. He knew his lines was confident that the pro- would go through as. arranged st evening and this morning. 3 of the Burns push knew be- hand just what would~be said and t done and they were on hand to lend their new-bought pal moral sup- port and offer up much acclaim_ when he should come bravely out and face the completion of his political wreck- | D i ing. It was ten minutes before noon when he got up to speak. It was promptly noon when everyvthing had been said and done, even to the appointing of the committee. Said Speaker Wright: “Mr. Speaker and ntlemen of the House, it has no doubt come to the knowledge of you all, as members, that my honor has been seriously impugned by a “rancisco newspaper. There- T chief officer of this house, a reflection upon me is a re- se and affects the privilege it, T wish this house to request of the Speaker pro tem. and authorize him by resolution to name a committee to investigate the mafters set out that article.” Then Mr. Johnson offered his resolu- tion and the clerk read as follows: Wh s, Direct charges have been | made that improper means have been | ysed to influence the action of Hon. How- ard E. Wright, a member of and Speaker of the Assembly, in the election 6f a ted States Senator. by the Legislature; charged . that s d are using il- to influence the action of Assembly in sald election; of the , 1t has been indirectly charged Jers of the Assembly have been nced in their votes for and have been given uld be investigated ind to be true the e punizhed, and if found or thereof should erefore, be it 't Gommittee of sembly be ap- T 0 tem. to imme- . thoroughly atd. careful- dach and all of said sther direct or indirect, and in like manner the e members of the for -a- United said -ommittee power to send for persons, ams and papers, and to em- and stenographer, and that it to sit ring the and that said co improp € d ¥ Wher wide publi to the end mittee report ble. with such ay deem proper. on: | Mr. Speaker, T move thie adoption of the | resolution. ~And, in_doing so, 1.desire to | express briefly the reasons that impelled | me to offer the resolution. -For some:time | it has seemed to me and 1o others in this — e o Dt Jr this Pears’ Economical | soap is one that a touch -of cleanses. ' l State that the aphorism of the lamented Lincoln that this was a government of the f)L-up}o by the people and for the peopfe was either in process of being changed or had been changed in Cali- fornia to a government of the news- by the newspapers and for the papers. come to such a pass in this State that one of the necessary concomitants of a public officer, of a man holding any public station, is that he shall be abused, reviled and misrepresented by any news- paper whose proprietor or reporter he may displease in never so small a manner. Ordinarily such charges and such at- tacks are best met by a dignified silence but when, as in the case now before us, the honor not merely of a member of this body but of our chief executive is as- salled, and when, as a necessary result, a shadow has been cast upon each and every member of this body and a shadow also cast upon the fair fame of our honored State, it is our duty, not merely to those that have been assailed but to those persons who have made the assault, to investigate this matter from the bot- tom to the top, through the middle, in every manner, so as to arrive at truth. In the language of a great Ameri- can I should for one express my views that the motto of this commlittee, if ap- | pointed, should be *“Let no guilty man escape.” (Applause.) I care not where the blow falls, whether it rolls in the dust at my feet those of my friends and associates; if any man, be he high or low, be he a member of this body or connected with a pewspaper, has been guilty of crime, either in libeling a member of this body or in being guilty of that which is charged, ished. And, speaking in behalf of those gen- tlemen in this body who have voted with me in favor of one candidate for United their sentiments, that we don’t wish any man appointed upon this committee who has voted for the man of our cholce. pplause.) And T announce in advance that if I am appointed I shall certainly decline. T want a committee composed of men who are not in any manner connected with us, who are in any manner assocl ated with us in political matters, so tha they will investigate this without fear o favor, without regard to us. And speak- ing, it T may be permitted to say, in behalf of the gentleman for whom I have voted, I am authorized by him to say that he courts the fullest, the freest and the widest investigation that the committee of this House can give. I know also, with- out seeing them, that all the other candi- dates for this high position will indorse his stand. T hope the resolution will be adopted and adopted unanimously. It is due to us, it is due to our oaths, it is due to our coun- | try, it is due to the God who rules us and who knows the innermost secrets of our hearts that everything should be done by us to have this matter fully investigated, 0 that we may know where we are walk- ing, with whom we are talking and that we can gulde ourselves right with the re- sult of this investigation. * Mr. Johnson was vociferously ap- plauded by several of the members and the joint ballot was brought on. DEMOCRATS GROW WEARY OF DEADLOCK CALL: HEADQUARTERS, BACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—The Democrats, save and except Senator Feeney of San Fran- clsco, Assemblyman Brooke of Sacramento and Senator Burnett of San Francisco, will vote for Stephen M. White for United States Senator during the rest of the Sen- atorial contest. This was the decision the minority reached to-day. they voted for before they voting ‘for Senator White was Abbott Kinney of Los Angeles. Then for three ballots they voted for White. Sen 3 v was absent to-day, but he h: ways voted for John Rosenfeld and re- fuses to be bound by the action of the Democratic caucus. Assemblyman Brooke and Senator Bur- nett failed-to vote for White to-day, but all of the other Democrats - present did, and the understanding is that they will continue. to do so. The storv was started this afternoon that if the deadlock continued for an- other week there was a probability that a number of Democrats might absent themselves from the legislative halls so that the possibility of the Republicans then being able to settle the éénatorlal squabble might be increased. Suppose a dozen of the thirty-five Democratic mem- bers were to remaln away for three days and that the remaining twenty Democrats and eighty-five Republicans were present. This would make the total vote on joint ballot 105 and fifty-three votes would be necessary to a choice instead of sixty-one votes if all of the 120 members were pres- ent. The object of ‘the absent Dembcrats would be to get the Senatorial fight out of the way so that the Leglslature could commenced get down. to business. This some of them. | figure could be done easier if it only re- | quired fifty-three Republicans to elect than it could If sixty-one were necessary. The Derhocratic caucus has not consid- ered this proposition at all yet, but iater in the week it may be brought up. The Democratic _members are growing very weary of the deadlock and they wourd like to see it broken. S THE SHORTEST BILL OF THE SESSION CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 16.—The fight the present Legislature i3 making against the scheme of Rodgers, Paterson & Slack, the San Francisco attorneys, to milk the State and incidentally the taxpayers of every county in it of money ialleged to be due the countles for taxes {llegally collected, in the Assembly to-day hortest bills on record. I’t shall be.pald by the State to any county of the State on account of any claim based upon the collection of axes heretofore made by any county of he State or the officers thereof. “This act shall take effect diately.” The bill was introduced by Stewart of Stanislaus County and was referred to the Judiciary Committee, which is to conduct the fight and out of the many bills apro- pos already introduced create one that will cover every phase of the case. GETS OFF LIGHTLY. Two Days.in Jail for Attempted Wife Murder. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 16.—A drunken la- borer, named Michael Morelli, drove his wife and two little children from his hewse this evening with a butcher knife and threatened to kill them if they re- turned. It required three officers to quiet him. and later on he was arrested by Constable Trainor, taken before Justice Rodden and in lieu of $100 incarcerated in the County Jail. Last Saturday even- ing Morelli tried to kill his wife with a hatchet. For this he was sentenced to only two days' confinement by Recorder Gardner. t imme- — Bakersfield Field Trials. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 16.—The annual fleld trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trial Club opened here to-day at the Stockdale ranch, The the | The last man | | ‘weather is perfect and birds plegtiful, but the cover very poor. The ciub members and their guests left for the grounds at 7 o'clock this morning. The first brace in the members’ stake were set down at Stockdale at 9 ofclock, Th?( following are the winners of the members’ stake: Countess K, owned by Verona Kennels, fi Donna Allicla, owned by H. W.. Keller, Angeles, second; Gleans Ruth, owned by ona Kennels, third. The following, two braces in the derby were run: Marlan J. vs.: Doloris; Fannie S vs. Pur- cell J. | Reina Victoria vs. Queen High will be set down at Stockdale at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. The club expects to run the first serles of the derby and part of the second series to-morrow. It probably will take all week to finish it. S Salinas River Rising. | MONTEREY, Jan. 16.—For the first time in several years, the Salinas River near .this place has risen to a considerable height, as a result of the recent rains. On Wednesday night of last week the rise began, but the water fell again on Thursday morning. On Saturday night, however, the water rose a second time, in- creasing eighteen inches by yesterday morning. The last reports from there state that the ford at Riverside is im- passable, teams being obliged to go round by the county bridge two miles below in order to cross. The water is still rising, but no damage is as yet apprehended. rst; Lo Ver- saren i Asks for a Conference. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 16.—The House has passed a resolution asking President McKinley to request the British Columbia Government not to pass the proposed bill excluding. citizens of the United States from the Lake Atlin and other British Columbia mining districts until a_ joint conference between the Governments can be held LTS e Death of Baron Dunsay. LONDON, Jan. 16.—Willlam Plunkett, Baron Dunsay, representative peer for Ireland since 1893, died to-day In his forty-sixth year. The deceased peer is succeeded by his son, Hon. Edward More- ton Drax Plunkett, now in his twenty- first year. Lies v Novato Depot Robbed. NOVATO, Jan. 16.—A thief entered the ticket office of the rallroad depot during the absence of Agent Edward Carlisle and carried off the cash drawer contain- ing only a small sum of money. The bur- glar falled to find several hundred dollars in coin in a small safe near by. —_—— New Opera House Opened. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 18.—The Bcribner Opera-house was opened here to-night by the Daly Company in ‘*Captain Impu- dence,” with an attendance of 1000. he opening ceremony was conducted by Judge B. Brundage e b L IR Death of David Hale. SUISUN, Jan. 16.—David Hale, -one of the most prominent residents of Suisun Valley and a pioneer of Solano Count; died at his home this evening after a li gering fllness. He was 62 years of age. let the guilty person be p\m-i States Senator, I desire to say, in voleing | | | his home at 573 | both~tracks and from which the | s to be operated. SHE ASKS FOR AID. The Widow of the Murdered Henry Brooke Is Penniless. OAXLAND, Jan. 16.—Mrs, Josle Brooke, at present residing at the Hotel Shasta, applied to the Board of Supervisors for ald to-day, and her case was referred to Supervisor Roeth. Mrs. Brooke is the widow of the late Henry Brooke, who was shot and killed at his home on Seventh street last Au- insane and is now an inmate of the Stock- ton Hospital for the Insane. Mrs. Brooke is absolutely penniless now, and has two little daughters dependent on her. Her husband was always an indus- trious man and cared for his family, and Cheeseman’s murderous act has thrown the family Into a state of want and the necessity of seeking aid at the hands of charity. The School Board. OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—The Board of Ed- ucation met to-night and received sugges- tions from the High School teachers,in the matter of special courses. Most of the teachers expressed the opinion that spe- cial courses should be allowed in but few instances, and then on the recommenda- tion of the pfincipal. The matter was referred to the high school committee. J. S. Wickson and J. N. Bonham ap- peared, and called the board's attention to the overcrowded condition of Clawson School, in the Watts tract. Durant School is also overcrowded, so that no relief ould be afforded there. This matter was referred to the committee on schoolhouses and sites, — s THE CITY COUNCIL. Measures forhSa'f;et'yi at Webster Street Crossing. OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—The Southern Pa- cific Company has decided toinstall a com- plete interlocking signal system at what is now a very dangerous crossing, where the Seventh street locals cross the tracks of the new broad gauge, formerly the narrow gauge at Webster street, and to accomplish this Superintendent James Agler to-night petitioned the City Council for permission to construct a large bay window at the northwest corner of Sey- cnth and Webster streets, from which the men in charge can have a clear view of ystem The petition was re- ferred to the fire and water commit.ee, A vigorous protest was entered against accepting the third report of the Commis- sioners in the matter of the opening of street through Cemetery Creek Canyon. ome discussion was had, but further hearing went over until the 24th inst. Bids for the construction of Cemetery Creek outlet sewer were received as fol- lows and referred to the City Attorney to Inspect as to their legality: ‘William Heafey, $6279 25; Eal;égqn & Wil- 5 o son, $7426 25; Cotton Bros., 93 &5; Cavanagh, $7T73 75; J. H. Belser, $721 W. J. Schmidt, 36263 75; John' Geary, 5794 75; A. C. Mattingly, $5167 35. An ordinance was introduced ordering the opening and extension of Adams street to Perry street. Referred to Judi- clary and Ordinance Committee. The Commissioners to be appointed are J. D. Cadman, E. J. Cotton and S. L. Everett. ——e———— Oakland News Items. OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—In the divorce sult of Emily Borges against Manuel de Souza Borges the answer of defendant was stricken out before Judge Greene to-day, a default was entered and the case re- ferred to Court Commissioner Babcock. C. B. Higby to-day commenced suit against Emil 8. Lund, Fuget Sound Lum- ber Company et al. for the recovery of $2500 on a promissory note dated April 10, 1895, secured by mortgage on property at Fruitvale, G. Lang has re;}nrted to the police that hird street was robbed | last Saturday night and $85, which he hid | | | | | under a sink, was missing. Detective Holland, who is investigating the case, says the burglary was committed by some one familiar with the place. The $50,000 homestead of the late Fred- erick Delger, corner of Telegraph avenue and Frederick _street, was to-day set apart to the widow, Ernestina Delger, as a home, and she was also granted a fam- ily allowance of $400 per month. —_———— Alameda City Trustees. ALAMEDA, Jan. 16.—The City Trustees met this evening, and after transacting some business of minor importance ad- Jjourned out -of respect to the late F. J. Fletter, who was a member of the board. Mr. Eletter's degk and chair were draped in mourning and covered with flowers. New rules and regulations governing the Fire Department were adopted. It was decided to purchase from the ad- ministrator of the estate of Victorine Josephe, deceased, the paraphernalia of the city pound. A team of horses for use at the Sher- man-street firehouse was purchased from Lubbin Bros. for $200. Conflagration Narrowly Averted. ALAMEDA, Jan. 16.—A dwelling on Ala- meda avenue, between Oak and Park streets, owned by Peter Christensen and occupied as a clothing renovatory, was damaged by fire this morning. A stove in the basement h: been overturned. A dense smoke issued from the place, and for a time it was thought that the busi- ness section of the city was in danger. The firemen had considerable difficulty in locating the blaze. Fortunately the large quantity " of benzine and chemicals used in the establishment was stored in an out- house, otherwise a serfous explosion and conflagration would have resulted. To Cure a Cold in One Day Eruiats rotand the may T e i e ats Tetn 0. ‘The genuine has L B, G on ¢ach tablor. gust by Frank H. Cheeseman. The latter | has twice since the murder been declared | CHRISTMAS BOXES STOLEN FROM THE BOYS AT MANILA Despicable Thefts That Rob Vol- unteers of Good Cheer Sent From Their Homes. BY CORPORAL FRED A, HEALY. Special Correspondence of The Call. MANILA, Dec. 12.—The Filipinos are a hard-headed, stubborn and ignorant people as a race, but they—or at least those of the higher classes among them —are beginning to realize the benefits of American occupation and the utter hopelessness of their cause when it is a case of savage anger against trained American valor. Aguinaldo still has his toy soldiers marching and drilling out in the woods, but he is no longerassured of that heavy financial support from the wealthy classes in the city which has heretofore been his to command. He, I think, would willingly submit if he were able to do so and if the Ameri- can Government would reimburse him for the sacrifice of the high estate he now enjoys. But he has two great big snags to overcome before he may allow the bark of his destiny to rest quietly in the placid water of civil life. First, as he now enjoys almost regal state, he must overcome his own love of luxury and disinclination to do honest work; secondly, he must devise some plan whereby he can dismiss his brig- and following without losing his own life through revenge for the disappoint- ments that he has brought upon them by making promises he has been unable to fulfill—such as the sacking of Ma- nila, for instance. The influential Filipinos who reside in the city and to whom Aguinaldo has looked for the major part of his finan- clal backing, have come to the conclu- sion that the benefits arising from a stable form of government such as is offered to them by the United States are so far in excess of the precarious existence that would be theirs under a man of the Aguinaldo caliber that they have started a movement to attempt to devise some proposition that will bring the insurgents into the American foid and under American authority without the bloodshed which will ensue if the issue is decided by the bola and the bayonet. This movement is the first evidence of sanity that these people have exhibited since we landed at Ca- vite last July. It gives one such an idea of the possibilities of the Filipino character that one, at times, entertains the hope that the future may see the aborigine of Luzon developed into something almost human. ‘While these pacific measures are pro- gressing in Manila the people of Iloilo are having a regular monkey-and-par- rot time. That unfortunate city is in a state of chaos. The insurgents are besieging it on the outside while the native population is rioting within the walls. The Spanish garrison, worn out by long and constant service, suffering from wounds and sickness, lacking food and medicines and utterly without hope of succor from its own Government, continue to fight with the desperation born of the knowledge that a massacre will follow capi‘lation. Business is entirely suspended. The stores are closed, residences are barricaded and soldiers and civilians pray that there may soon come to their relief those same American troops which only a few months ago they s) affected to despise. It is probable that a few days will see a couple or three regiments sent down there to put things to rights. One would not know that this was the same city we entered on August 13. Then Manila was a perfect cesspool, filled with the filth and refuse of ages. A fever and plague breeding spot, in which corruption of every kind, start- ing in the gutters, spread throughout the whole place, until there were none so low but that they were infected and none so high but that the taint of moral, physical and official disease could be traced in them. To-day things are far different. The streets have been cleaned, swept and repaired until they present a fairly de- cent appearance; dishonest officials have given place to those who can be depended upon; the rifle, revolver and club have done much to discourage murder, robbery, gambling and general lawlessness. In connection with these improve- ments I wish to mention the work done by the Minnesota regiment, the Municipal Board of Health and the street cleaning department, all of which are under the direction of and subject to the orders of Brigadier General Hughes, who fills the position of pro- vost marshal general for the entire city. The Minnesota boys, when we first entered the city, were given the task of looking after its policing, and they have filled the bill to the limit, inci- dentally filling the Coroner's office at the same time. The native population had conceived something nearly akin to contempt for the American soldier, not being able to disassociate kindness and justice from weakness and coward- ice. As soon as the boys got to work they started in to convince them of their mistake and have, I imagine, suc- ceeded fairly well. To give an idea of the methods employed I will relate in little occurrence of yesterday morn. ng: There is a large market just at the foot of the Colquante bridge, which is the rendezvous of a rough gang. Thers gambling is carried on, much in the same manner as it is In Chinatown at home—behind closed doors. Yesterday a Minnesota policeman, a mere boy, hearing the chink of coin, started in to investigate, and entering one of the many shacks came upon a game run~ ning with a forced draught. He or- dered the proprietor to close the place and come with him; but the Filipino instead of obeying made a grab for the young fellow. The Filipino died right then and there. Then the young fel- low turned loose on everything in sight. A tremendous crowd gathered. Three members of the California guard hur- ried to the scene and waded through the mob with butts and bayonet, leav- ing sore heads and bleeding flanks to mark their path. When they reached the shack they found it filled with smoke, through which they perceived Filipino badies lying where the wound- ed feil, while the Minnesota guard was discovered sitting on a table and munching an orange while waiting for %m;ne one to come and clean up the de- ris. A few such instances have served in a great measure to teach the anarchy loving Malay the error of his ways. The Board of Health has done as much as the police in another way. The entire suburbs and most of the city have been put into a proper sanitary condition and the population vaccinat- ed. Cases of infectious diseases have been hunted up and isolated. Of the hundred lepers who escaped from the and returned. The quarantine station at Marle Vales, opposite Corregido; hospital over ninety have been captured | jjfe floor of L, | W has been renovated, remodeled and put under the charge of a competent phy- sician and a large corps of assistants. These are only a few of the works ac- complished by this department. The Board of Health embraces on its staff members of nearly every com- mand stationed here, but the three men who control its destinies are Major F. 8. Burns and Drs. H. A. Young of the Utah Battery and W. S. Talbot of the Nebraskas. The latest thing in the First Cali- fornia Regiment is athletics of all sorts and descriptions. A week ago Satur- day a football game (Rugby rules) took | place between members of the Eighth Army Corps and the English residents of Manila. The Englishmen won by a score of 8 to § after a warm game. The boys were got together by Major Hugh T. Sime of the Second Battalion and the defeat was ascribed to their ignor- ance of the rules under which . they played. The scene of the fray was the Lunetta campus, and the crowd, the carriages, the gold-bedecked officers and the fashionably attired Spanish, English and American women made it quite a lively scene, which, notwith- standing the martial air given by the number of soldiers present, remirnded one very forcibly of Thanksgiving day at Central Park. Father McKinnon is the principal in a joke which may or may not be on him. Some time ago the good father he returned he appeared in good phy- sical condition and a uniform that fairly laid over anything that was ever before seen in the regiment. Father McKinnon wanted to live up to his uniform, so he decided to have his car- riage painted. He sent the vehicle to the shop and borrowed the one belong- ing to General Hughes, the best cura- metta in Manila, for use in the mean- time. The coachman must have had an esthetic eye himself, for he was no sooner placed in charge of the new rig than he hitched up, drove off to the mountains and has not been seen since. Father McKinnon in telling of the in- cident say: “And he was such a good fellow, too. I'm sure some one must have led him astray.” The remarks of General Hughes are not fit for publication. All sorts of Christmas boxes of all sorts of shapes with all sorts of good things therein have come down to us from all sorts of people. But, unfortu- nately, they have in many cases passed through the hands of one sort of peo- ple before reaching us. This sort of people I have no name for, as I don't wish to disgrace a thief by putting him in the same category with those who, accepting the offerings of loving hearts at home for the delivery to men to whom such rémembrances are the best and in many cases the only pleasures they experience, open the packages and appropriate the contents to their own use. It is not the loss of the sensual gratification of eating that makes the crime so despicable; but imagine how some poor fellow must feel when ne sees his comrades all about him open- ing their presents, while there is never a token from home for him, and he thinks the old folks have forgotten their boy. Unfortunately I don't know who are: the guilty ones, so I cannot send their names home for publication. Illness is still on the decrease among the troops and the doctors now hope that when the sickly season comes around the boys will be so thoroughly acclimated that the proportion of deaths will not be nearly so large as was at first anticipated. Many of those whose constitutions, weakened by fever and dysentery, have refused to recuperate under the baneful influence of the climate, have applied for dis- ability discharges and will be sent home on the Valencia, which is scheduled to leave between the 10th and 20th of the month. The people at home have been very kind in responding to the call for read- ing matter, if I can judge by the num- ber of letters I have received inform- ing me of shipments made to the regi- ment. So far nothing has turned up, g0 I am afraid the magazines and nov- els have gone the way of the jellies and jams, I wrote In a previous letter concern- ing the hospital which is in course of construction on Corregidor Island. Major Owen and Dr. Johnstone have gone down to take charge of their new post, and it will soon be ready for the reception of patients. “APOSTLE OF TEMPERANCE” IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Close of the Most Remarkable and Checkered Career of Father Charles Chiniqy. MONTREAL, Jan. 16.—Father Chiniqy died to-day. To the end he adhered to the Protestant faith. Chares Chiniqy, the “apostle of tem- perance,” was born In Kamouraska, Quebec, July 30, 1803. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1833. In 1881 he visited Illinois, and in the following year the village of St. Anne in ankakee County was founded. Father and his superior, Bishop O'Re came involved in long-drawn disputes, leading to legal action, in which the former was defended by Abraham Lin- coln. The quarrel was also carried to Rome and laid before the Pope. In 1858 the entire village of St. Anne, with the exception of fifteen families, withdrew from the Catholic church and the dissenters later on decided to unite with the Presbyterian church. On April 15, 1860, the Presbytery of Chicago ad- Jjourned its meeting from Chicago to St. Anne, where Father Chiniqy presented the names of nearly 2000 converts, who were received into full communion. Father Chiniqy then embarked upon a career which made him known around the world. In 1878 he visited the Western States and afterward spent two years lec- turing in the antipodes. In his lecturing tours he experienced many exciting in- cidents and narrow escapes. For eighteen years he was kept under bail as a criminal. STATE FUNERAL GIVEN DINGLEY IN THE HOUSE Majestic in Their Im- pressiveness. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—A State fu- neral, almost majestic In its impressive- ness was given the late Representative 'Nelson Dingley at noon to-day, in the House of Representatives, where he had 8o long been such a commanding figure. The President, his Cabinet, distinguished members of the diplomatic corps, mem- bers of the Supreme, Court, Senate and House and distinguished men in military were ranged about his bier on the f the hall, while the galleries, to admission could be obtained only | went to Hongkong for his health. When | Last Sad Rites Over the Dead Almost | by card, were occupled by the familles n¥ those who sat. on the floor and rominent persons invited to be present. gome of them, like a delegation from the New York Chamber of Commerce, had come from a distance to pay their last tribute of respect to the dead statesman. The services were conducted by Rev. 8. | M. Newman of the First Congregational Church of this city, assisted by Rev. Dr. Couden, chaplain of the House. It was a very simple service. Rev. Dr. Couden, the blind chaplain of the House, made a touching prayer, and the exercises were concluded with the singing by. the quartet to the Ori{“ alcc‘ompanlmen( of “Jesus, ver of oul.” Lo“?hen all }l,md deg‘&rt;d save the mem- bers of the House, Mr. Boutelle of Maine moved that the House adjourn as a fur- ther mark of respect. The motion was adopted at once, and at 12:55 o’clock the Speaker declared the House adjourned. The body lay in state in the hall of the House until shortly before the time for the departure of the special train which conveyed the remains and party to Lewis- ton. It was then conveyed to the Penn- sylvania station, whence the train de- parted at 4:10 p. m. The train consisted of four Pullmans and a baggage-car. One' of the cars was occupled by the family and the others by the remainder of the party. COUNT LEO TULLSTOI GREETED BY NICHOLAS The Czar Asks the Great Philanthro- pist to «id Hir. in the Disarmament Plan. v 7, v 1 LONDON, Jan. 17.—The Dally Mal: | prints the following dispatch from Odes- |sa: While journeying north from Livadia, | Emperor Nicholas, during a break for | luncheon at Toola, capital of the govern- | ment of the same name, “:1 Central Ru;- | sia, sent a delicately worded message, ex- Dressing his desire to see Count Leo Tol- stol. Contrary to expectation, Tolstol ac- cepted the invitation, and soon appeared at the railway station. In his peasant's garb he presented a striking contrast to the richly dressed entourage of the Czar. Emperor Nicholas kissed him on they mouth and both cheeks, Tolstol readily responding. Then a conversation com- menced, the Czar asking his guest for an opinfon’ upon the imperial proposal for the limitation of armaments. Count Tol- stoi replied that he could only believe in it when his Majesty should set the ex- ample to other nations. On the Czar men- tioning the difficulties of the problem and the necessity for united action by the great powers the Count softened some- what and expressed the hope that his Majesty would be able to attain:some definite results, or at any rate to formu- late some workable plan at the confer- ence. The Czar, thanking him for his good wishes, said he would be pleased If Tolstol could be Induced to lend his genius to the solution of the question, and the Count rejoined that the Emperor might_count upon his co-operation, for he was already engaged upon a work dealing with the question in point, which would soon see the light. |GALE HURLS STAGES OVER A PRECIPICE Drivers of Two Coaches Have Narrow Escapes From Death on Sur Hill. MONTEREY, Jan. 16.—News has just | reached this place that the terrific wind that prevailed all along this coast on | Tuesday and Wednesday of last week was | the cause of an accident near the Sur | lighthouse, forty miles from here, which | came near being fatal to two stagedrivers, | one of whom carried the mail from this | place to the Sur district. The United States mail coach was cross- | ing the top of Sur Hill, about half a mile | from the lighthouse, when a sudden and | extremely heavy gust of wind struck it and swept it from the road. The skill of the driver, Westley Smith, was put to the test, and the coach was kept upright until the horses could be cut away. Hardly ‘were they loose when the empty coach | was blown over a thirty-foot bank, and lodged upon the rocks. A second stage, driven by R. Estrada, was ahead of.the mall eoach, and. not knowing of the other's accident, struggled | 'to cross the hill also. - Another sudden | gust of wind swept Estrada’s stage end | over end down the adjacent canyon for | fully: 200 yards, and left it a complete wreck, By some strange chance the | horses and driver escaped unharmed, but Estrada_and Smith were both compelled to crawl on their hands and knees to a nearby fence, to which they clung for some time to keep themselves from being dashed over the precipice. Smith suc- | ceeded in getting the mail to Sur before | the day was over, and both he and Es- | trada are now the heroes of the country- | side because of ‘their strange escape. DEADLOCK IN THE SAN JOSE COUNCIL Mayor Martin’s Reappointment of Colombet for Treasurer Renews Strife. SAN JOSE, Jan. 16.—Mayor Martin this afternoon renamed Joseph F. Colombet for City Treasurer. The Qouncil, by a vote of 4 to 1, again refused to confirm Colom- bet. A deadlock that promises to last for some time is now on, and in all proba- bility no ¢ity bills will be paid this month. The Mayor seems determined to force Colombet on the Councilmen, and the latter have decided that on no condition will they accept him. ‘When Mayor Martin presented a com- munication renaming Joseph-F. Colombet for Treasurer Miner jumped to his feet before Clerk Cook finished reading it and asked that a communication presented at the last meeting by Councilmen Macauley, Spring, Rogers and himself be read. The communication referred to gave the rea- sons of those members for opposing Co- lombet, as the people had*shown at two elections that they did not want him. “There is no need to read the commu- nication; I know what it contains,” sald the Mayor. A vote on confirmation of Colombet re- sulted: Aye—Wright. Noes—Macauley, Miner, Rogers, Spring. Miner moved that the Couneil adjourn to call of chair for election of Treasurer. Mayor Martin named to-morrow after- noon at 3 o'clock for a meeting. —_—— DOWAGER EMPRESS AND EMPEROR AT OUTS So the So-called Ruler of China Spends His Time in Training Goats and Monkeys. PEKING, Jan. 16.—Palace reports de- scribe increasing ill-feeling between the Dowager Empress and the Emperor. On several occasions recently the Emperor, it, is claimed, disobeyed the Dowager Empress. The chief amusement of the Emperor at present, the palace reports also say, is training goats and monkeys. Reports from Shan Tung province say the populace there is in almost a state of rebellion. The missionaries anticipate trouble. It is added that Frerfch warships have | been ordered to Foo Chow. THEIR CART CAPSIZES. Two Salinas Wam:nut!ndergo a Peril- ous Experience. SALINAS, Jan. 16.—Mrs. George Hart- nell and Mrs. E. Franklin, two of this city’s well-known ladies, were the vic- tims of an amusing as well as fangerous accident yesterday. They were driving in a cart down West Gabilan street, and turning the corner at Lincoln avenue en- deavored to avoid a broken place in the street. Their cart struck the corner post and was overturned, throwing the ladies out into the sticky adobe mud of the street, directly under the cart. The cart in capsizing threw the horse in such a- way as to entangle him in the harness, where he lay kicking and slrusflln& The ladies, ‘being in close proximity to the frizhtened animal’s heels and nearly suf- Germany and Asia Minor. It is inevitable that Asia Minor shall eventu- ally pass from the possession of Mohammedan- ism, and ‘whether Germany accomplishes the task or not, the Sultan must:yield to a Chris- tian nation. It is just as inevitable that dis-. eases of the digestive organs must Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The of this kind are usually called dyspe) stipation and biliousness. The equality d 1 less of the _neither of the ladies focated by the mud, were in an exceeding- 1y exilons position _when assistance reached them. They showed great pres- ence of mind throughout their trying or- deal, Mrs. Hartnell even assisting her rescuers to lift the cart and extricate the horse from the harness. Fortunately, received injuries more sérfous than slight bruises, but they were in a sorry plight as to their appear- ance, being covered from head to foot with sticky adobe mud. it sl b f 2 DEGREES CONFFRRED. A Number of Stanford Graduates Created Bachelors of Arts. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 16— Registration for the semester is about complete. Students to the number of 928 are now enrolled. Of this number thirty- six are new students. % The university committee met to-day and conferred the following degrees of bachelors of arts: Latin—Katharine Mosher: Germanic languages—Hedwig B. Buss, Ida Wehner. Romanic languages—Helen Viola Mount. English—Eleznor V. Hearne, Mary Le Meyrick, Mary Ida William: Psychology—Mrs., Mary W. Geéorge. Education—Florence 1. Watson. Brodie G. Higley, Fred S. How- Anna D. Peck, Helen M. ieorge W. Bush, Rees O. Davis, James L. Haffey, A. S. Jeffs. Mathematics—Oliver S. Hoover. Chemistry—Everard C. Frost, Robert E. Swain, B. T. Gillette. 5 Entomology—Mrs, Florence E. Dorsey. Botany— brams, William A. Cannon. Physlology—J. B. Liblard. Zoology—James F. Abbott. Clyil engineering—William N. Bell, John O. Sny ved a master's de- gree in zoology e FIGHT TO A DRAW. “Spike” Sullivan and Eddie Connolly in a Spirited Contest. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan.:16.—The battle at the Hyperion Theater be- tween “Spike” Sullivan of Boston and Eddie Connolly of St. Johns, N. B., for twenty rounds for a purse of $800, end- ed in a draw. The fight was a spirited one, marred, however, by repeated and persistent clinching of both men. Con- nglly had to be warned twice for ap- parent fouling. At the conclusion of the bout he prnlz-sxedfl a):xtgrlly at the islon, claiming the fight. da{p to the twelfth or thirteenth round Connolly had a little the better of the argument, but Sulllvan came up strong- er again for a few rounds. His stam- ina and gameness were remarkable. Connolly seemed to be a stronger puncher and more telling hitter. He was a whirlwind in mode of boxing, and Tushed “Spike” to the ropes repeat- q: {ther man's was e an's ) fe{\" rounds, and a knockout :\x::rson?r; tiy expected by the spectators. s:: nl;netelenth round, when h?th wrrg afraid of a telling punch, they hugge each other ten times in sur‘c§ssi‘nn.‘ 2 Peter Maher was in Sullivan’s \m‘d ner. Before the fight he cha)lengeh heavyweights the world over to a finls! fight, Sharkey preferred, but no com- ers barred. AR Twenty Rounds to a Draw. v ’ 16.—“Doc’"” SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. : Payne, Kid McCoy’s sparTing partner, and Tom Hurley of Susquehanna fought a twenty-round draw at cau_-hwmgh(s be- fore Jack S. Kelley's Amvm;m Spnnf\r‘x‘g ] to-night. The weights were an- lclrl)‘\xxtx‘xg‘ee({eatylmzpnunds even, ‘but Hurley Jooked ten_pounds lighter and was out- olassed in height and reach. It was Hur- fey's first engagement in fast company and he made a good impression for a la only 20 years of age. - McPartland Bests Carris. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 16.—"Kid" Mc- Partland of New York got the decision over Jack Carrig of Olean mm thteir —round bout at. catch weights be- o the. Olymplo Afhletio Club_ to-day McPartland i all the leading throu out the bout and Carrig Bever has chance against the swift New Yorker. fight in the last Sampson’s Squadron. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Admiral Sampson’s squadron of evolution will gather at Havana Withind :he"noxtd f‘r\\' v g result of orders issued to- kS, Aest vessels will comprise his command, the cruisers New York, Brook- lyn, Chicago and Newark, the battle-ships Indiana and Texas, the gunboat Machias and supply ship Marcellus. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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