The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1899, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899. men pro n prominent in the party/councils who in both capacite: of mine, seeing the suj ing between rned me ooted plied to ome fustific uture_aftitude. > down his office K this young man lere came to 1 told me— He came down and said Mr. I went down mmittee. He is not going to get of the committec hat does he base e ct st he shall have wishes of any Sen- I said, *“I told e “told my friends € mittees would be without regard to any individual _or Senatorial d4,” 1 said, “I intend to stick We = the_co nid ald a down in J I said: vou had better not. with you about . in regard so M colonel’s _cand med it to many people.”’ ast Wednesday night, in four gentlemen whom I at ! him— Just name those person One of them was Mr. Le : the other was Thomas ., Who caustically reviewed s face, and the other was > nanwe I have forgot- face I remember, and my- is and love him “Simply 1 got instru nk, and imme- mmittee is atpaper d of friend 1s, and I ship in my 1ad heard 1 am not vet, and ; oné pur- oy the can- how it no mat- also to Burns— no matt ucified it—and D. M Well, where was this, Mr. the Golden Eagle Hotel night? w whether { 1 came out on it was Friday night, Mr. Mel- We just wanted to estab- i y night. onversation vy night, when Gov g with the when and see vou just v.” He said: of said, 1 with indig- then and said that back room and witness referred ver, a_reporter of ‘Lhe n undertone to the ttee wuie he, the ying). t think this is right anything to say nd. You Interfere I am not. nd 1 retired to these things. ublish the truth as you and I unde objections to your u publish ing me as for the purpose of of ruining the entlemen—that is ponsibility must Wright, you spoke I think you To what facts ation as to ou and Mr. r ake said: ‘‘Of ve be ts, and T know all over th the A mbly tion of candi- . it it be Demo- publican.” H aid, but, he that id, “T am opportunity of de- candidates,” and he a matter of regret to to go_ down in order be done, yet it has I i: “‘Very well, Leake, rt from this moment. The )f this thing must rest upon > to answer for it Those are the e tion with Mr. Leake. those conve: his question of t you had 1 1 gone ‘into? No to the commit- d anything of the T deny having sir., I told him in re- gard to t , because—to shaw his further ions—he produced from his pocket what purported to be.my letter written to Mr. Green. It k . evide because Mr. pag estified that e produc pocket “sir, 1f = ight, the h it In full, = i is reprehensible, and 1 ask if vou have got it, and if you in- tend to be fair to me, or my friend, as 3 you are, publish that letter in Full. nd I said furthermore—I skipped this matter—"“Mr. Green., I understand, is' in _the nt part of this house. Let Mr. Green me here and Yy to me You that 1 ever promised, in conside; ton of this money which you speak of, to vote for Mr. Grant. Why don’t you bring Mr. Green here?” He got up sud- iy, opened the door, says “I will be back in half an hour.””” And I have not £cén him since until he appeared here on the stand night before last. Colver (representing The Cal)— , Mr. Mellick, can I suggest a ques- tion to_the chafrman? Mr, Mellick—It don’t make any differ- n _through too | | tion | ollection “Now, Wright, g to you about | <.~ You know 1g him here in my 0 not mean it. I have | ot only to you,” he said, asserted that thing | were four of us standing 1 d I looked at him in amazement &nd thought to myself, “Is there truth in the statements that ‘these people have | Tie e that he is untrue to his | 1 hen said to him, “Why do s if ou belleve he is 1 ¥ Tic With that he | ninent In business | ence to me. I would just as soon as not. The_chairman—I am requested to ask you, Mr. Wright, if at the time that you had’ this interview with Mr. Leake on a Friday evening, whether you did not re- zainst | quest Mr. Colver to go and ask for that hown | interview for you? A. I do not remember, Mr. Cosper. I may have. My remembrance is—my rec- I asked Mr. Burke. gentleman may The chairman—The one night | state the question. Mr. Colver—Did you not meet me on Friday evening last in the Golden Eagle | Hotel barroom, about 8:30 o'clock, and re- quest me to step across the road and ask Mr. Leake to come over and see you; that You wanted to see him upon very im- portant business? The witness—I don't remember. I re- member asking Mr. Burke to ask Mr. Leake to come over, but I don’t remem- ber ing Mr. Colver. I may have done =0. 1 don ay 1 did not, but don't re- member having done it. Mr. Colver—You then requested an in- terview from at least one of the attaches of The Call that you remember of—Mr. Burke? Q. ought the interview? A 1 think so. " Q. Leake did not seek you? A. I don't recollect. You are not the one. Mr. Burnett—I understand it has been decided somewhere that whatever ques- tions are to be asked, be asked by some member of the committee. Is that cor- rect? The chairman—No, not quite, because we permit the lawyers to ask them. I on't think it would do to go into it gen- erally by any other than the committee. But I permitted him because I thought it would save time. Mr. Burnett—I do not think there should be any preference shown. Any questions to be asked should be hande to the chairman and asked by him. The chairm. {r. Wright, how much money did vou expend in your Assembly contest after the primaries, up to the time of the election? A I think the amount is $74, although I am not positive. witness—I think that is so. did you tell Mr. Leake received from Milton in return for your the Senatorial candidac SUppo Grant? : A. Most emphatically, n Q. And that the money you received from Mr. Green_ was put in your own| campaign, in order to insure your elec- tion to the Assembly? A. No, sir; I did not. Q. Did you tell him that you were go- ing to continue to work and vote for D. M. Burns? A1 did Q. Did you tell him that you intended to ease your conscience by making resti- tution to Mr. Grant? A. I did not. Q. Did you tell him that you would pay back to Mr. Grant the money that Mr. Green had given you? A. I did not. Did_you say to him that vou were forced—did you say to him jin a conver- on_at the Golden Eagle Hotel in this city that you were forced to admit the truth of the statement that you had re- ceived money rant, or rather from Mr. Green, his political ma r, with the understanding that you should sup- port Mr. Grant's Senatorial candidacy A. Most emphatically no. Q. Did you tell him that prior to the meeting of your district convention that you told Mr. Green that you needed mon- ey lu\)wu} off a man named Pringle? . No, Q. Did Pringle? A. Who? Mr. Leake? ke, A. No, sir. Never mentioned Pringle's name to him at all. Q. Did you, as a matter of fact, use any of the money that Mr. Green gave you to buy off Mr. Pringle, so that he should not be a candidate tor the Assembly? A.1 did not. Mr. Pringle was not bought off by me or any one else. Q. Do you know the reason why Mr. Pringle withdrew from the Assembly race? A. Because he felt that the candldacy of his friend, Mr. Jordan, was in danger by his remaining in it. ir. you tell him anything about Q. Was that the only consideration for which he withdrew that vou know of? A. That was the only consideration. Q. Did you tell Mr. Leake that you had told Mr. Green that you would have to have $200 right away to buy off Mr. Prin- gle? | A. I did not. Q. Did you tell him that Mr. Green gave | you that money, $220, and afterward gave You $100 more? t was Friday | that he was at- | | Q. Dia you tell A. I aid not. Q. Did you tell him you were in a bad A. 1 did not. Q. Did you tell him that you had writ- ten to Mr. Green from the Sutter Club telling him that you needed a certain amount of money to meet a pressing debt? A. 1 did. Q. And vou told him, did you, that Mr. Green paid the debt for you? A. I did. That was in answer to Mr. Leake's own proposition, advanced by himself. Q. Did you tell Mr. Leake that you had received in all from Mr. Green the sum of $1650? A. I did not. Q. Did you tell him that you felt you owed it to Mr. Grant and yourself to pay back the ney that was given you prior to your election? A. I did not. Q. And that you intended to do so with- in a few da A.1did t. I told Mr. Leake that the debt of $75) was—as expressed in the let- ter which I supposed he had in his hand, and which, if Mr. Green’s testimony is to be believed, has never been outside his safe—was an indebtedness which called for repayment and certainly would be re- paid. Q. Did vou tell Mr. Leake? A Mr. Leake sald: “I wouldn’t repay it if I were you, Howard.” I said: “That would be dishonorable.” *Oh,” he said, “‘get all you can; pull his leg, why don't you?"” Q. Did you tell Mr. Leake at any time at you intended to go to Mr. W. F. Herrin of the Southern Pacific Company for money? A. 1 did not. Q. And that you were advised not to do so by Guy C. Earl? A.T did not. Q. Did you tell him that it was not true that you had asked Mr. Herrin for $1200? A. 1 did tell him it was untrue. Q. And it was untrue? A. It was untrue. him that $200 of that proposed $1200 for the purpose of in- ducing Pringle to withdraw from the con- test for the momination in your district? A. 1 did not. ,Q; Did you receive 330 from Mr. Her- rin? A. Not_eight cents. No; nothing from Mr. Herrin. . Did you tell Mr. Leake that you had a hard fight in your district and that most of the money you recelved from Mr. I received Grant through Mr. Green you had put | into your campaign? A. d. Q. Did you tell Mr. Leake that you had intended to carry out your promise to vote for Mr. Grant, but when the scandal about Clough and the others became pub- lic you made up your mind that you would get out before an exposure came? A. Most emphatically not. Q. Did you tell him that you thought you could get out and pay back the money, and thus save yourself? A. I aid not. The chairman, to Robert Devlin: Would that cover all the conversations that you desire? Mr. Devlin—I think so, unless Mr. Wright wants to make any other expla- nation. . The chairman—I would like to hear him. The witness—I do not see that there is anything further unless the committee has something. Mr. Burnett—Well, in that conversation at the Golden Eagle, as Mr. Leake has | given it here, and I have looked over, it appears that Mr. Leake said that you asked him a question, “Have you heard of a certain member having received money"'? A. No, sir. I want to say in that con- nection Mr. Leake said to me when he exhibited that letter—he said, "I know where this money has been coming from. I know can destroy Mr. Grant's candidacy because 1 have in my possession __proof of the fact that he pald Senator Cutter, that he paid Mr. Jilson, that he paid 'Mr. Raw—to vote for him.”” And also—this was the first announcement—*‘that you yourself have received money, because you wrote a le ter from the Sutter Club, which 1 have.” That is the first time that I ever heard of Senator Cutter or Mr. Raw or Mr. Jilson in connection with anything of the kind, the statement of Mr. Leake himselt to_me. Mr. Mellick—Leake said that you said that you had heard of it? A. Yes, sir. The chairman—Have you detailed all the conversation relative to the matters involved in this examination that you have had with Mr. Louke, as you now re- member{ Mr. Wade—He testified to that, did not | hes A. Yes, sir. Q. And If you remember any other you ;vcx.ll”auggest them to the committee, will you? A. I have no remembrance of any other, Q. If you remember any other—recall any other? ‘Wright's testimony was still coming from Sacramento at the time of going to_press. Milton J. Green appeared voluntarily before the committee and asked per- mission to make a statement. Mr. Green—Mr. Chairman and gentle- men: My attention has just been called to the fact that Mr. Alden Anderson has testified to-night, and while I have no | knowledge of the exact nature of his tes- timony and only a street rumor of what he did testify to— The chairman—Wait, Mr. Green. To- morrow the testimony of Alden Anderson will have been written out in full and transcribed, and perhaps you would tes- tify with much more force i{f you knew Just what his testtimony was. A. Well, I can testify as to what actu- ally took place, and if he testified to any- thing different I am ready to deny it. The chairman—I simply wanted to give | you the opportunity of a full denial, if you want to deny it; that is all. You can use your own judgment about it. The witness—I knew Mr. Anderson; made his acquaintance two years ago in Sacramento, at which time he was a member of the Assembly and voted for Senator Perkins, and that acquaintance, | thus begun, continued, in fact, down to | the present time. Mr. Anderson was registered at the | Grand Hotel in San Francisco, and I left & card in the box for him and asked him to come over and call on me. He did so, | and I asked him what sort of a fight he had in his county. Well, he said, he did not know; that he thought he probably could win it, but of course those things | were uncertain. I asked him who his op- ponent was, and my recollection is he told me it was a gentleman by the name of White. I am not_ certain about the name. I think it was White; and I asked him what sort of a canvass Mr. White, or his opponent, whatever his name was. | was going to make. He said that when the ~ campalgn first opened Mr. | White was aonarently apathetic, but, so | far as he was able to discover, Mr. White had received considerable assistance— financial assistance—from some source, and he did not know where; but he as- sumed it came from some place outside of Solano County. I told him that, as he knew, we were interested in the election | of a Republican Legislature and I snould | be very glad to contribute to his election; that, of course, I had no desire to exact v pledge from him, or ask him to make promises of any sort but that, inter- d as we_ were in the _elec- of a _Republican Legislature tion | T would be perfectly willing to contribute to his success. And I asked him what he | presumed his campalgn_expenses would amount to. He said he thought probably | about $500. I said then, “Well, I am per- tectly willing to contribute a portion if ot all of those expenses,” and he said, N r me to do_any thing that day, I will come down and see you next week, and in any event,” he said, “I will go on and make my cam- paign and after the election is over I will keep a memorandum of what I have ex- pended, and if you are willing to refund any portion of it, or all of it, it will be all right,” and I sald, ‘‘Well, Anderson, if you feel that you need any money to- day I will be glad to let you have it,” and I gpened my safe and took out $250 and I sald, “If you need this to-day 1 will be glad to let you have it’ and he said, “No, you let it go, and I will be down next week.” Then we talked about the Senatorial and he sald of course he was ch interested in Senator Perkins’ | re-el on. told him I was glad to | know it; that, of course, in my judgment Senator Perkins’ re-election depended, to a large extent, upon the election of a Senator from the south at this time; and { I showed him, in confidence, written by Senator Perkins to a gentle man in relation to Mr. Grant’s candidacy. That was the sum and substance of the conversation I had with Mr. Anderson at that time. He did not come back. think I saw him once or twice afterward, and I never referred to the subject, and 1 never have since asked him the amount of his campaign expenses or asked him it he wished me to refund any portion of it, or all of it. I never, at that time or at any other time, sald that I would make a contribution to his cause, in consideration of his voting for Mr. Grant, and never intimated anything of the sort. On the contrary, I told him that I had no desire whatever to hamper him with pledges or to exact any prom- ise from him, but was perfectly willing, | for the purpose of securing his election— and necessarily so, in view of his state- ment that he had made to me, that his | opponent was receiving material financial assistance, to contribute to his election. But I wish to deny in as positive and em- | Rh:ulc terms as I can, that I ever offered | Mr. Anderson any contribution or any a: | sistance, as a consideration for his sup- porting Mr. Grant, and I never intimated anything to that effect. Now, if Mr. An- derson has testified to anyfhing different 1 desire to deny it and to Drand it as an | infumous falsehood. | Mr. Mellick—Do you mean to say that— at least, what you have said was the ex- act conversation that vou had, between yourself and Mr. Anderson? A. I am satisfied it is; yes, sir. Q. The exact conversation? A. Oh, no; I would not pretend to give it word for word. Q. Why, then, do you say that an_\’?hln% to the contrary is an infamous falsehood? A. Anything to the contrary to the ef- fect that I had said to Mr. Anderson, or | intimated to him, or suggested to him, that if he would promise to vote for Mr. Grant. I would be willing to assist him. Q. He did not say so? | A. That portion of it is absolutely false. | Q. He did not say so? | Al The word was brought to me that | he didi ;(‘l“d Il l’m?t ned here for the pur- | pose of denying it. = . You were gmlsinfnrn’led about that. A. I don’t desire to do Mr. Anderson or anybody else an injustice; but I did not propose to sleep this night with any such falsehood hanging over me, Mr. Green W sked if he desired any further time in which to consider the ad- visability of answering the question pro- pounded to him to-day which he had de- clined to answer, namely: *“To give the numbers of the several Assembly districts in which contributions were made by him to aid in the election of a Republican Leg- islature.” He replied that so far as that matter was concerned, his refusal to answer the interrogation final. Mr. Green was then directed to appear at the bar of the House at 10 o'clock to- MOrTow. BILLS TO HELP THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 18.—The prediction of Sen- ator Langford, the father of the Senate, that the session of 1899 would probably result in more good to the agricultural interests than any of the recent previous sessions bids fair to be realized. Already bills are in relieving the district agricul- tural socleties of the burden of debt that has hampered their efficient working, and now irrigation matters are coming in for more than their usual meed of attention. The problem of bringing water to the naturally fruitful soil of the San Joaquin Valley has already conjured up two bills proposing the building of storage reser- Yoirs and the husbanding of water sup. plies, and to-day Assemblyman Fair- weather of Fresno sent another to the Irrigation Committee, constructed along the same lines, but more comprehensive in its scoge than any that have yet been considered. Assembiyman Fairweather’'s bill in- structs the Board of Auditors to the Commissioner of Public Works to cause surveys to be made eround the head- waters of all streams running through arid lands or lands that would be bene- fited by irrigation, for the purpose of de- termining where storage reservoirs and diverting dams for the diversion of flood waters could be most advantageously built. The first suryeys are to be made along Kings River and its tributafies In Fresno County, and during the first two vears following the-passage of the bill all the streams and their tributaries flowing into the San Joaquin Valley are to be sur- veyed. The sum of $i0,000 s appropri- ated to defray the cost of the survey upon the condition that the officers of the Geodetic Survey set aside a like amount for the same purpose. ptatesin s THE VOTE REMAINS JUST THE SAME CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 15.—*There is absolutely no possibility of a change in this vote as it stands now. There s no use in our wasting our time balloting, we have plenty of committee work to do, and I move that this joint Assembly do now a%ourn to _to-morrow at noon.” 'his brief speech was made by Senator i One 'day I noticed that | a letter | SPAIN READY TO CEDE EASTERN ISLANDS The President’s Commission to THE the Philippines Will Go Out in an Advisory Capacity. ’WWOQOOOWNMQWGWWQI © @ Peace treaty for ratification. IW#MW#ONWO*MW&MW; NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Presi- dent McKinley is expected to announce in a few days the instructions he has given to the Schurman Commission, which will investigate economic condi- tions existing in the Philippine Islands. Mr. Schurman had a final conference with the President this morning and is making arrangements to leave San Francisco. by the latter part of the month. Professor Dean C. Worcester of Ann Arbor TUniversity reached Washington to-day and will confer with the President to-morrow. It is expected that he will sail with Presi- dent Schurman. Colonel Denby’s work with the War Investigation Commission may prevent his departure with his colleagues, but he will sail soon after- ward. Upon the arrival of the commission- ers at Hongkong they will be met by a Government transport and proceed in it to Manila, where they will meet Ma- jor General Otis and Rear Admiral Dewey. Under instructions given to the commissioners they will make a thorough investigation of the habits and the economic and social conditions of the Filipinos and will make a report upon the character of government which, in their opinion, is best suited for them. The commission is entirely advisory to the President and its re- port will be useful to him in outlining his recommendations for the govern- ment of the Philippines to Congress. CHAMBERLAIN HOPEFUL _ FOR “OPEN-DOOR” POLICY LONDON, Jan. 18.—Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, speaking to-night at the ban- quet of the Wolverhampton Chamber of Commerce, reviewed at great length the various threatening foreign ques- tions confronting the Government. In connection with the withdrawal of the French demand for an extension of the settlement at Shanghai, Mr. Cham- berlain congratulated his hearers that Great Britain’s opposition to the pro- posal had been supported by the rep- resentatives of the United States. “That, I think,” he said, “a significant and noteworthy fact. Nay, I think and hope it will become history. It shows that circumstances are bringing about the community of interests between Anglo-Saxons, which in the future may have far-reaching and beneficial re= sults.” LONDON, Jan. 19.—The Spanish Cabinet, 4 correspondent of the Daily Mail, has decided to submit a bill to the Cortes sanctioning the cession of the Philippines before presenting the + according to the Madrid 2 © + © In concluding Mr. Chamberlain paid a high tribute to the success of Lord Salisbury’s foreign policy, remarking: “It is cause for satisfaction that two great nations, Germany and the United States, both protectionists at home, have proclaimed their intention to ad- here to the principle of the ‘open door’ in their foreign possessions. We shall regard their expansion without jeal- ousy and shall welcome their co-oper- ation; and I think, without being too sanguine, we may rely upon their sym- pathy and assistance in securing the general adoption of a principle to which we attach so much importance.” - WILL SUPERINTEND THE PHILIPPINE POSTOFFICES WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—F. W. Vaille of Oregon, who, on the acquisi- tion of the Philippine Islands, was dis- patched to Manila as United States pos- tal agent, to be in charge there, will shortly be appointed director of posts for that archipelago, with functions similar to those of an assistant post- | master here. He will have complete control, under the supervision of Post- master General Charles Emory Smith of the administration of the postal af- fairs of those islands. Mr. Vaille has been in the service as assistant superintendent of the railway mail service at Portland, Or., for nine years. He Is a natlve of Massachu- setts. As postal agent he has made a strong record in organizing and extend- ing a postal scheme there. It had been suggested to send a commission of ex- perts to the Philippines, with a view of making recommendations for the ser- vice, but the Postmaster General, espe- cially in view of the small number of offic decided against that action as| unnecessary, and will directly entrust | the executive responsibility to Mr. Vellle. The latter will make constant reports, advising the administration here of the postal situation in that por- tion of the east. CARLISTS IN SPAIN READY FOR RISING LONDON, Jan. 18.—The Paris cor- respondent of the Daily Graphic says: One of the principal chiefs of the Car- lists here informs me that everything is now ready for a rising in Spain; that Don Carlos is absolutely resolved to take the fleld and that all are waiting for the signal. Smith and his motion was carried as soon as Speaker pro tem. Anderson could put it to the house. The two ballots taken to-day made no change in the vote. It is the same as vesterday and the day before and as it will be to-morrow, unless every indica- tion is false. Grant polled his full vote—28—on the first ballot for the first time this week. As- semblyman Raw of El Dorado, who has been seriously indisposed, was again in his seat, as was Chynoweth of Orange. Speaker Wright was engaged at the meet- ing of the investigation committee and could not be on hand to cast his dollar- marked vote for the Mexican candidate, Burns a consequence got but 25 of his list of 26. General Barnes polled his usual ten and Bulla_held on with the nine who have stayed by him. Knight, Scott, Estee, Paterson, Bard and Rosenfeld got their customary two. Democratic honors were divided, though not evenly, between Stephen M. White and Marion De Vries. White got 29, De Vries 2. On the second ballot*Grant tallied one vote short on account of Raw having paired with Speaker Wright, refusing to vote. The Grant people have decided to stay where they are until the end of the pres- ent week, anyway, but they are casting about for some one to whom they may throw their strength with no danger of electing Burns by doing so. It was feared by some of them that Chynoweth would bolt the camp when the vote came on this morning, but he is lined up as olidly as ever and with every intention of staying with the crowd until it is con- vinced its cause is hopeless. Following are the results of the twen- tieth and twenty-first ballots: Barnes—10. Bulla—9. Burns—25. Felton—1. Grant— Knight- Estee—: Scott—2. Paterson—2. Bard—2. De Vries Rosenteld White—29. i Three Roads to Consolidate. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 18—The Senate Committee on Corporations decided this evening to recommend for passage the bill which will enable the consolidation of the Atlantic and Pacific, the Southern California and the San Francisco and San Joaguin Valley roads under one cor- porate name. The object of bringing about the consolidation is to enable the three roads to be operated as one, with one set of officers and one set of accounts, thereby effecting a great saving. Advances made on furniture and pianos, with or without removal, J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. ELECTRICITY BENEFICIAL TO BISHOP NEWMAN NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Bishop John P. Newman of the Methodist Episcopal Church of California, after a month's treatment with an electric current, is in a fair way to complete recovery from an injury recelved many years ago. Bishop Newman said to-day: “[ came East a month ago for medical treatment and visited a physiclan who makes a specialty of electricity. He dis- covered a lesion at the base of the spine, due to my accident in California, and which 1 had entirely overlooked. Since then I have had diffusive system elec- tricity applied to me for one and two hours at a time several days a week. T am almost completely well again and can walk excellently.” Election Inspector Arrested. SANTA ROSA, Cal, Jan. 18—W. W. Chapman, a prominent citizen of Peta- luma, was arrested here to-day on an indictment by the Grand Jury for al- leged violation of the election law in ‘Wilson precinct. Chapman was an in- spector in the precinct where fraud was done. He gave bonds and was released. ——————————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AN if it fails to cure. Q on tablar. Take @ sts refund the mone: e he genuine has L. GERMANY INVITES WAR OVER SAMOA Defiance of America and England. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. AUCKLAND, N. Z, Jan. 18.—Further advices from Samoa are to the effect that after Chief Justice Chambers had declared Malietoa King the Consuls of the United States and Great Britain and the captains of the German war- ship Falke and the British warship Porpoise met the German Consul, who refused to recognize Malietoa and de- clined to co-operate in the disposal of the Samoans, who thereupon assembled in large numbers at Mulinuu, armed themselves and surrounded the mu- nicipality. Malietoa and Tamasese mustered about 2000 men, well armed, but supplied with defective ammuni- tion. The British and American Con- suls endeavored to avert hostilities, but they were commenced on January 1. Malietoa and Tamasese fought brave- ly, but 500 of their followers were cap- tured. Then, disheartened and out- numbered, the two chiefs sought refuge on the British warship, and their fol- Jowers sought protection under the guns of the Porpoise. Mataafa's loss ‘was sixty-one men killed and wounded. and Malietoa lost twelve men killed and wounded. The followers of Mataafa looted and burned Apia. It transpires that Dr. Raffel. assisted by the German Consul, closed the Su- preme Court, the two declaring that the power was vested in them. The British and American Consuls then appealed to the captain of the British ship Porpoise, who landed bluejackets, and Chief Justice Chambers. under their guard, took his seat. Mataafa held aloof from these last develop- ments. LONDON, Jan. 19.—The Times. com- menting on the trouble in Samoa. says that the only satisfactory feature ap- pears to have been the cordial co- operation of the British and American authorities. REEIELBIEE ‘Will Rename Colombet. SAN JOSE, Jan. 18.—The Councilmen failed to appear at the meeting this afternoon and consequently nothing was done toward selecting a City Treasurer. Members of the Council en- deavored to get Mayor Martin into a conference to-day but failed. A special meeting is called for to-morrow after- noon, when, Martin says, he will re- name Colombet. The treasury remains closed and interest in the deadlock Is increasing. There is an unusually large number of applicants for the treasurer- ship. Calvin E. Carpenter Dead. NAPA, Jan. 18.—Calvin E. Carventer. a native of New York, aged 77 years, died to-day. Mr. Carpenter came to California in 1849. He prospected and mined in El Dorado and Yuba Counties. Twenty years ago he settled in Foss Valley, Napa County. He studied law and was an intellectual and mechanical genius in his prime. He has been total- ly blind for many years. With a cane he could find his way in town and coun- try. MRS. DICKINSON GIVEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR For a Brief Hour the Woman Ac= cused of Cons piracy to Mur- der Enjoys Freedom. SUISUN, Jan. 18.—Mrs. Dickinson was given a breath of fresh air this afternoon and for fully an hour the woman, who is accused of having been | the head of the conspiracy that resuited in the murder of old Dan Wilson, was free from the restraint of prison bars and vigilant Deputy Sheriffs. Attorney Lamont visited the interview with his client. The at- torney has a well-defined aversion to the gloomy old jail, and as there was no private room in the Courthouse to which they could retire, he suggested that he be allowed to take the prisoner to his office, which is just across the road. His suggestion was favorably received and Mrs. Dickinson was escorted to the office of her lawyer for a consultation. She appeared greatly downcast and the assurances of La- mont did not appear to have a very cheering effect, for when she returned to the Jjail she sorrowfully expressed the hope that “no other innocent per- son will ever have to endure what I am going through.” Later in the day Mrs. Dickinson sent a request to the Sheriff's office for the daily papers, adding the proviso that she did not care for them if the articl rel[aung to the Wilson case were cut out. is allowed in the jail her request was not granted. District Attorney Devlin is busily engaged in preparing for the prelimi- nary examination, which is set for next Tuesday. He has carefully gone over the evidence given at the Coroner's | inquest and the statements of wit- nesses whose testimony is relied upon to hold the three priscners in the County Jail for trial in the Superior Court. Much of the evidence has no value when taken separately and some of the witnesses are far from being wholly satisfactory to the prosecution, but when taken as a whole the evidence | is believed tc be amply sufficient to ‘warrant the prisoners being held. Detective Stranahan, who collected the major part of the testimony against Mrs. Dickinson and Mrs. Wilson and Miller, is one of the witnesses whose veracity is regarded as open to criti- cism and the amateur sleuth will not be called upon to take the witnes stand. The fruits of his efforts, how ever, are capable of corroboraion to a great extent, so that the absence of the man who was one of the chief figures in the prosecution may not materially weaken the State’s case. The main features or facts upon which the prosecution will build its case, so far as known, consist of the alleged secret visit of Miller to the Wilson ranch on the evening of the Sheriff’s office | shortly after 2 o’clock and requested an | As nothing bearing on the case | | played guilty restlessness while waite« | ing to hear the report of the gun which | was the death knell of old Dan Wilson, | and who were in bed and fully dressed when notified of the assassinaticn a few hours later, and the incriminating re- mark and admissions alleged to have been made by all three of the accused prisoners at varjous times during the two years which have elapsed since the consummation of the deed. This is the case of the prosecution in outline, so far as known at this time, but it is intimated that when the proper time arrives a surprise of the sensa- tional sort will be sprung which will leave no doubt of the guilt of the ac- cused and render their conviction ab- solutely certain. So far as the defense is concerned, it depends wholly upon the testimony of the Sheehan girls, Maggie and Kate, of Vallejo. If they adhere to the story they have heretofore told, when placed | on the witness stand to give their testi- mony under oath, they may do a great deal in proving the alibi claimed hy Miller, providing their testimony is not impeached by the prosecution. There are many who doubt the veracity of the Sheehan girls and the District Attorney may controvert the effect of any tes- timony favorable to the defense they may give my producing witnesses to show they are not worthy of belief. | With the exception of Mrs. Dickin- | son’s somewhat brief outing, the three prisoners were left to their reflections undisturbed to-day, in pursuance of | the policy adopted by TUnder Sheriff | Robinson several days ago. No visit- ors were admitted to the jail. The | enforced solitude is evidently wearing on the alleged slayers of the old rancher and they would gladly wel- come a return to the former plan of being allowed to hold daily receptions. Miller mantains his air of confidence to a remarkable degree, but the women make no attempt to conceal their ap- prehension. Sleepless nights, combined with prison fare, which they scarcely touch, are beginning to undermine their health and the least thing is liable to set them trembling with nervous fears. They may not break down, but should they collapse at any time no one here would be in the least surprised. They are not the same women physic- ally or mentally they were when first | placed behind the bars a week ago to- | day. | MOURNING IN CALAVERAS. | ANGELS CAMP, Jan. 18—John J. Snyder, District Attorney of Calaveras | County, died to-day at his home at San Andreas. Mr. Snyder was born and | éducated in this county. At Murphys he worked at mining, earning sufficient money to educate himself. 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