The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1899, Page 5

FORTY THO POUNDS Parr's Bank Receives Back Greater Part of the Money Stolen. in this city on Monday last, whi gest notes had been returned to tl The robbery was apparently a over 100 clerks at work, opened a cel of notes and walked out of thieves are premises. The police are again ut robb: of the The chairman of the bank als had been returned. smaller amounts, which could be be considered lost. The sharehol nounc 00000000000 0000000CC00000 C00C0000000CC00000000000000000000 Jan. 26.—The robbery of over £60,000 from Parr's Bank , took a dramatic turn to-day when the chairman of the bank announced at a meeting of the shareholders that £40,000 in the big- supposed to have walked boldly behind the counter, when there were spected of having been concerned in the theft, and it is said several Americans were recently Thirty-six £1000 notes and twenty-two £500 notes figured in the y. Most of these have now been returned and the remainder notes are practically unnegotiable. land had promised to pay this amount, the £47,000, of which £40,000 The remainder of the money was in notes of nent with enthusiasm, especially as it was accompanied by a declaration of a dividend of 19 per cent. USAND RETURNED a ch has been the sensation of the he bank by post. most daring crime. The thief is drawer from which he took a par- the bank undetected. American the noticed loitering about terly helpless. 0 announced that the Bank of Eng- easily passed, and might therefore ders greeted this unexpected an- Coo0000C0000C00C000C000000 IRGUING THE PEACE TREATY Senators Fail to Get| Information. SO MKINLEY IS CRITICIZED | | ASSERTED THAT STATESMEN | ARE ENTITLED TO ALL FACTS. Talk of Adopting a Resolution to| Prevent Treaty From Binding Uncle Sam to a Colonial Policy. to The Call. ’ Jan. 26.—To-day’s of the Senate was ussion of the failure 1t so far to send the Sen- nts in his possession and State Department bearing | conference. | r Gorman raised the point as | TED OF {0TE BUYING W. A. Clark of Montana Exonerated. AU HIS ACCUSER IS UNSEATED | WHITESIDE DISCREDITED BY| HIS OWN PARTISANS. | Is Denounced in Joint SesSion of| the Legislature as a Liar for Making Accusations of Bribery. Special Dispatch to The Call. HELENA, Mont., Jan. 26.—Sensations came thick and fast to-day in the Mon- tana Legislature. . Before the mem- bers met in joint session to vote for United States Senator, the Grand Jury reported that it had heard no evidence on which to return any indictments. For two weeks the Grand Jury had he doors were closed that the n had been adopted several | e and addressed the Senate at | enate’s request | | Maryland Senator | y rilar speeches by | rs Vest and Hoar and they were | to by Senators -iLpooner and The five Senators engaged in a | g debate, the opponents for the ty contending that the Senate was | 1 a part of the treaty making | all the facts bearing upon the and the supporters of the docu- | ment holding that the President could | y papers which he did not | in the interest of the general | to give out. Senator Spooner lents to show that the Presi- | ithhold information of this re and that such | ad been followed ‘ the President deemed | nicate facts bearing | sted complications when to t prejudice the country’s and promote the very | sought to ameliorate. s also made that the Presi- | 1 more free to communi- | Senate if he could be sure | v in doing so. No one pro- | cak by autherity and all the | ho were heard in support of = course expressed con- the President's action, might be, would be for the sts of the public. g to this latter point, Sena- 1 that no one could excel admiration for the personal the President or in confi- 1 his patriotism. At the same C nded for his original pro- that the Senate was entitled Preside full confidence in | tion of so much im- | > acquisition of territory miles from our own| vith millions of people to- our own population. He e must be some reason for the Philippines on a footing so from the footing on which d been placed in the treaty. on is generally expressed | e allowed for the debate of | executive session will not ns consumed, as very 1 either side desire to | > speeches behind closed doors. | e friends of the treaty profess in- ing confldence for ratification, but is some talk of adoptine a nega- olution to the effect that the does not bind the United States colonial policy. HER SON'S DISGRACE MAY CAUSE HER DEATH Arrest of Two Prominent Youths of | Fresno on a Charge of Having Broken Into Several Houses. SNO, Jan. 2.—Charles Birdsell and | e Howard, two of the most prom- incnt young men of this county, were ar- rested here to-day on a charge of bur. glary. The complaint charges the boys with having entered the house of a man named Hampsden, and there is evidence at they also entered other houses with glarious intent. Neither of ' the boys is more than 18 years of age, and both are well connected. The famitjes of| the voung men are greatly shocked. amd Mrs. Birdsell, it Is reported, is critically ill in consequence of her son’s disgrace. d it e, Subsidy Bill Favored. { WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The Senate | Committee on Commerce agreed to-day to report favorably on Senator Hanna's | steamship subsidy bill. A few amend- ments have been made to the bill, but not such to change the character of the measure. T S—— “Christian Science and Why I/ Broke Away From It,” by Josephine Curtis Woodbury, in next Sund-y’li Call. n case, there tive treat to the adoption of | ately. been faithfully investigating the charge of bribery made by State Senator Whiteside of Flathead County, when | committee thirty $1000 bills, swearing | they had been given him and three | others by agents of W. A. Clark of | Butte to influence theit votes in his| favor for the Federal Senate. White- | side repeated his story to the Grand | Jury, and thirty-three other witnessesi were examined on all phases of the matter. One of Whiteside's alleged co- partners in the vote-selling business re- pudiated him and discredited him be- fore the Grand Jury. Other contradic- tory and refutatory evidence was given. The result was a sweeping and com- plete vindication of Clark. Judge Mc Intire thanked the Grand Jury for their | action and said he would have come to the same conclusion had he been on the jury. At the session of the Senate this af- ternoon by a vote of 14 to 9 Whiteside was unseated on a contest for his of- fice and his Republican opponent given the seat. Whiteside's majority on the face of the returns was only one, and a recount of the votes by the Senate | resulted in a reversal of the result. ANine Democrats and five Republicans | voted to unseat him. All those who | voted for Whiteside were Democrats. In the joint session Whiteside made a long speech, in which he made un- | supported chargeg of bribery against every man who voted for Clark. After | his speech was ended one of the ac- | cused members arose in his place and violently denounced Whiteside as a liar, and there was a hot time for a while, but no serious results. White- side reached in his hip pocket as if to draw a gun, but the weapon was not! displayed. CURED HERSELF OF TALKING T0O MUCH A New Jersey Woman Cut Off Her Tongue and Finds the Remedy to Be Most Effectual. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Mrs. Mary Holly of Paterson, N. J., always de- clared her greatest fault was that she talked too much. She felt that her loquacity was a serious defect and de- cided to cut off the offending member. Having carried ott her decision she is now unable to talk at all, though she was discharged as cured to-day from a hospital in Paterson. Family troubles had made the woman despondent and one day about a month ago she told some neighbors the only way she could think of to cure herself of talking tco much was by cutting off her tongue. They found her in her home several hours afterward unconscious from loss of blood. She had cut off an inch and a half of her tongue with a knife. It was at first thought she would die, but careful treatment at the hospital saved her life. Her abbreviated tongue, however, refuses to perform its office and she is unable to articulate a single word intelligibly. g STRIKE RIOTS IN THE RUSSIAN COTTON MILLS Cossacks Fight Their Way Into a Factory and Flog Men, Women and Children. .LONDON, Jan. 26.—The Standard pub- lishes the following dispatch from Mos- cow: There have been serious strike riots in the cotton mills of the St. Petershurg district. The police while attempting to raid the workmen’s quarters in order to arrest a ringleader were attacked by the women, one policeman being killed. The Cossal were then summoned and they literally stormed the barracks, fight- ing their way from floor to floor, assailed with brick, other missiles and boilin, water. The workmen were finally forceq into the garrets. where the Cossacks se- \'e?ly flogged them with whips and ar- rested 200. It is said the Cossacks flogge men, women and children lnducrlmim | that they promised verbally that one _THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1899 GENERAL ELOY ALFARO, - PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR S FOUND POWDER AND COAL OIL Examination of Mrs. Young for Arson. HER GUILT FULLY PROVED HELPED HER HUSBAND AR- RANGE THE COMBUSTIBLES. A Tiburon Servant Girl Watched the Couple Make Preparations to Destroy Their Property. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 26.—The damag- ing testimony given by Miss Matilda Luetzone in the preliminary hearing of Mrs. Augusta Young, to-day, on the charge of arson, removed all douut of her complicity in the crime. Harry Young, her husband, who jumped his bail and fled, has not been heard from nor is there any present probability of his capture. Mrs. Young was brought before Jus- tice of the Peace Rodden this morn- ing. At the outset the prosecution sprung a surprise by offering a joint complaint, charging both Young and his wife with the crime. By this they were enabled to offer evidence of Young’s acts and declarations which would otherwise have been inacdmissi- ble. Associated with District Attorney McIsaac was Frank Drury of San Francisco. William Lewis, an expressman at Tiburon, was the first witness. He tes- tified to the discovery of the fire and of his efforts to extinguish it. Fire was discovered in.five rooms at the back of the store, the Daily Supply. Kerosene, gasoline and gunpowder were disco ered in close proximity to the plac where the fire were started. Lewis’ testimony was corroborated by Fred Hackett and Jerry O’Connell. Constable Louis Hughes explained the condition he found the store in the next day when he visited the place for the purpose of investigating. Gun- powder was scattered around and the floors and walls were found to be sat- urated with kerosene. Miss Matilda Luetzone in her testi- mony demonstrated not only that Mrs. Young knew of the intended fire, but was an actual participant. Miss Luet- zone is a cook employed in a neighbor- ing house. On the night of the fire her attention was attracted to the Youngs on account of their unusual actions_She testified to having become so much in- terested in their proceedings that she peered through the windows. She saw Young and Mrs. Young arranging the materials for the fire. Kindling wood, cans of gasoline and powder were placed around in various parts of the house. While Miss Luetzone’s English was somewhat imperfect, she told a straight story, and two hours of the most searching cross-examination by Attorney Cochrane failed to shake it in any material point. At the close of Miss Luetzone’s tes- timony the prosecution rested. Attor- ney Cochrane moved that the case be dismissed as the commission of a crime within the statute had not been shown. Judge Rodden overruled the motion and directed that Mrs. Young be held to answer, fixing her bonds at $2000. As Mrs. Young prefers to remain in jail no effort will be made to secure bonds. UNCLE SAM MULCTED. An English Justice Gives Judgment in Favor of Pelley Brothers. LONDON, Jan. 26.—Justice Bigham. in the Queen’s Bench Division of the | High Court of Justice, to-day decidetd in favor of Pelley Bros.. the ship- brokers, in the suit of the United States against them to recover £5300 paid the brokers on April 21, 1898, on two 600- ton colliers by Lieutenant Sims, who was then acting naval attache of the United States Embassy in London, that amount bLeing 10 per cent of the total sum, £53,000, for which the ship- broKers agreed, on :.pril 21, to deliver the colliers. s It was claimed on behalf of the United. States that Pelley Bros., ac- cording to the contract, were to deliver the colliers “‘as soon as possible.,” and of them was to be ready to sail in twenty-four hours and the other in forty-eight hours, but that they failed to deliver the ships before the neu- trality proclamation of A" =il 26, claim- ing they were unable to get them ready in time to do so. The case hinged on whether a state of war existed on April 22, when the owners ceased their prep- arations to fit out the ships. They testi- fied that they sounded the Foreign Of- | fice on the subject, and were informed that they might be liable under the foreign enlistment act if they carried out their contract. The Justice said they did what he hoped any English gentleman woudd do under the circum- stances. He himself believed that war existed on April 21 and that there was no ground to insinuate that the brokers acted in bad faith. They were entitled to keep the money under a clause in the contract which vrovided that it should be retained if a state of war preceded the delivering of the ships. G e Seoe NARROWLY ESCAPED DISASTER. A Big British Ship Nearly Goes Ashore Near Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 26.—The Astorian re- ceived to-night the following special from the scene of the rumored wreck on Cannon Beaclf: A four-masted British ship, name indistinguishable, was noticed yesterday afternoon off Cannon Beach, flying signals of distress. There was no wind, and she apparently could not work off shore, a very iight westerly breeze and a heavy ground swell setting her toward the rocks on Brighton beach. After dark, about 8 p. m., the firing of guns from the vessel was heard, and was continued at inter- vals during the night. At daylight this morning the ship could be seen just out- side the breakers and at anchor, but too far away to admit of reading her name. At 10:30 o’clock a wind sprang up. and the vessel aparentl: sllrped her anchors and vessel apparently slipped her anchors and stood off shore. - CONCENTRATION OF TROOPS. One Big Camp to Be Established in the South. NEW YORK, Jan. 2%.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Secretary Al- ger is considering the advisability of con- centrating all of the troops in the South at one camp. At present the troops are stationed at Albany, Ga., Anniston, Ala., Atlanta, Ga., Augusta, Ga., Columbia, S. C., Greenville, S. C., Huntsville, Ala., Griffin, Ga., Macon, Ga., Chickamauga, Ga., and Summerville, 8. C. Many of the regiments have been ordered to be mustered out of the service, and in view of the decision to send no additional troops to Cuba, it is expected that orders will shortly be issued for the discharge of additional regiments. It is not known what point will be selected as a camp for the troops which will remain in service, but some time ago Secretary Alger ex- pressed himself in favor of Augusta, Ga. rights. dictator with the consent of the Council of State, so that he may have a freer hand in repressing the attempts of revolutions to invade the republic from the Peruvian and Colombian frontiers. Alfaro is Ecuador's ablest soldier, and is recognized by the people as the champion of their He has unmade two presidents that attempted to override the popu- lar rights—Moreno, in 1876, and Cordero, in 1895. cessful in the present revolution is shown by his overwhelming defeat of the rebel forces at San Aucanna Monday. PRESIDENT ELOY ALFARO of Ecuador has assumed the powers of a 1 That Alfaro has been suc- All troops returning from Cuba in the spring will probably be quartered at At- lanta, Ga., for a short time at least. It is understood that at least thirty of- ficers of the staff corps, mostly sons of prominent men, will be mustered out in ?‘ few days. The list is under oconsidera- on. SWORE THAT ROSS TRIED TO KILL HIS SLAYER Sensational Testimony Given by a Fellow Convict in Behalf of Jacob Oppenheimer. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26.—The case of Jacob Oppenheimer, charged with the murder of a fellow-convict at Folsom Prison named Charles Ross, is still on | trial in Judge Johnson’s department of the Superior Court. There was some- thing of a sensation in the course of the trial to-day when Brady, the Yolo train robber, attired in prison stripes, made his appearance as a witness. He added to the sensation when he declared that Ross tried to stab Oppenheimer with a knife that he held in his hand before he himself received a fatal thrust from Oppenheimer's sharpened fite. The knife fell to the ground, said Brady, and then he (Brady) seized it and threw it away. He asserted that he still knew where the knife was secreted. Attorney Brown, for the. defense, in- sisted that Brady be sent back to the prison, under proper escort, for the purpose of securing this knife as evi- | dence. After some argument the court granted the motion and late this after- | noon Brady was taken to Folsom un- der heavy guard. The prison officials have been directed by the proper sum- mons to allow Brady to find this knife | and permit him to return with it to Sacramento. | SCHLEY MAY NOT EVEN BECOME AN ADMIRAL If the Senate Fails to Confirm Him He Will Drop Back Among the Commodores. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Secretary Long has received the Butler resolution calling upon him for facts regarding the conduct of Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley, and is gathering the data. He is confident of his ability to prove the ad- ministration acted properly in putting Admiral Sampson above Admiral Schley. Friends of Schley, however, expect to draw arguments from Long’s report to show an injustice has been done the offi- cer. Some of the law officers of the Navy Department have looked into the ques- tion of Schley’'s status as raised in the Senate. It was stated that if his nomina- tion for advancement failed of confirma- tion he would be dropped from the ser- vice, in accordance with the precedent es- tablished in the Quackenbush case. But as Quuckenbush was dropped as the re- sult of the action of a court-martiai, his case is thought to furnish no parallel for that of Schley. Should the latter's nomination fail of confirmation, there- fore, he will be returned to the list of commodores and placed on the navy reg- | ister next after Commodore Robeson, ——— HAVANA 1S PEACEFUL. Insurgent Troops Want the United States to Pay Them. HAVANA, Jan. 26.—There is not the slightest danger of immediate trouble. The people are quiet and fairly well sati: fled. It requires only. to see the insur- gent army paid and dispersed to see Cuba emjoying more perfect peace than in forty years. Of course the fact cannot be dis- guised that the manner in which the in- surgent army preserves its integrity wor- rles the Americans, and unless something is done before the rainy season sets in banditage will result. The Cubans ex- pect the United States Government to provide means of paying the insurgents and unless this is accomgflshed there will be trouble, but that trouble will not come for weeks, if not months. — Heavy-Weights Matched. OGDEN, Jan. 2.—Arrangements have been completed by which two glove con- riests will come off here on the night ot ebruary 15. The first is between McCoy of Denver and Farrell of Provo, Utah, and the other between Pete Everett, or ‘William Pete, of Cripple Creek and Jim Williams, champion of Utah, All are heavy weights. ———————————— Bishop Montgomery of Los Ange- les has a sermor to tne workingmen of America, in next Sunday’s Call. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Thursday, January 26. Schr J Eppinger, Colstrup, 34 hours from Point Arena. DOMESTIC PORT. PORT GAMBLE—Sailed Jan 2—Schr Ruby A Cousins, for San Francisco. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. EW YORK—Sailed Jan 2-Stmr Cufie, I oo wats - Wetkeoams Tof At ie s stmr Auguste Victorie, on cruise. QUEENSTOWN-Safled Jan 26—Stmr Majes- tic, for New York. Arrived Jan %-Stmr Germanic, from New York. PHILADELPHIA—Arrived Jan 26—Stmr Co- rean, from Glasgow. ROTTERDAM—Sailed Jan 2%—Stmr Spaarn- dam, for New York. HAS ENOUGH OF CHINESE New Guinea Restricts Immigration. METIS ISLAND VANISHES DEPARTURE OF THE SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION. Action of the New Zealand Govern- ment in Stopping Austrian Im- migration Causes Much Buds}lip. . VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 26.—The mail steamer Aorangi brings the fol- lowing Australian advices: The New Guinea Legislative Council has decided to restrict Chinese immi- gration. H. M. S. Penguin has returned to Sydney from a surveying cruise on the Pacific and confirms the report of the disappearance altogether of Metis Island from the chart. This island in 1880 was 150 feet high, and there is now no sign of it beyond a reef. The steamer Southern Cross, with her band of intrepid explorers under Cap- tain Borchgrevink, has left Hobart on her voyage toward the Antarctic. Prayers were offered up on board the vessel before her departure in search of the south pole. The action of the New Zealand Gov- ernment in stopping Austrian immigra- tion entering the colony has caused consternation in shipping circles, es- pecially at Sydney. The agents of the P. and O. and North German Lloyds at once instructed the home office not to book any more Austrians, but bitterly complain that the Government does not allow those already on the way out and shipped in good faith to land. As the companies are under no obligation when the men are landed in Sydney, these unfortunates will be thrown on the hands of the New South Wales Government. One of the most horrible crimes ever committed in Australia has occurred at Catton, Queensland. Two young sis- ters, Norah and Nellie Murphy, were killed after being cruelly assaulted, their brother Michael forfeiting his life in the attempt to save them. The criminals so far have baffled not only the white police, but black trackers. Interest has been revived in the cele- brated Tichborne case by the death of Lee Clerk, who is said to have been in- timate with Sir Roger Tichborne. Clerk left letters stating that Tichborne was murdered in the Australian bush, and that he identified his body, which had been decapitated. For certain reasons unmentioned he kept the knowledge to himself. KILLED BY ROBBERS. Ten Japanese Near Sacramento Held Up and One of Them Shot. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26.—Late to-night two masked men entered a house on a vegetable ranch east of the city in which ten Japanese were asleep, and presenting pistols made all get up and hand over their money and valuables. They got at least $50 in money and several watches. One of the Japanese, named Matsumama, made some resistance and the robbers shot and killed him. They then left, go- ing in the direction of the railroad brid over the American River toward the Rancho del Paso. They probably went to Ben Ali station, two miles away, and jumped one ‘of the trains going east or northward. Sheriff Johnson at once sent out deputies to hunt the murderers. MAY USE THE CANAL IN TIME OF WAR ‘What England Gains by Consenting | to the Abrogation of the Clayton- Bulwer Treaty. NEW YCRK, Jan. 26.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs: So far as the Nicaraguan canal negotia- tions are concerned it is understood they are proceeding satisfactorily. Great Britain having announced her willingness to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, the main bone of contention has been dis- posed of, and this Government is now considering the counter-propositions which the British Government has sub- mitted. These, I understand, mainly re- late to the neutrality of the canal. 5rut Britain being desirous of having it under- 5 of peace, this Government will have no objection to. incarporating such a pro- provision in the proposed treaty. ———— Senator White Returning. CHICAGO, Jan. 26.—Senator Stephen M. White of California is at the Auditorium Annex, on the way to California. He said important business called him home, but he would not tell its nature. PACIFIC COAST INTERESTS. Log Rafts and Cable Bills Being Closely Looked After. From letters recently received by Sec- retary Scott of the Chamber of Com- merce it is evident that the Pacific Coast Representatives at Washington are look- ing closely after the interests of this lo- | cality, as per requests in resolutions sent to the East a few days ago. At the an- nual meeting of the chamber a memorial was prepared asking that when the Pa-| cific cable bill came up for action everyvthing possible be done to have In- serted a clause that the material be fur- nished by this country. bill' was ajso forwarded prohibiting the constructfon and rafting of logs from ports along the coast to this city on account of the dan~ ger to shipping. Yesterday letters were received from Congressman E. F. Loud and Senator George C. Perkins relative to Lhese mat- ters. Of the.cable Senator Perkins writes: ““When the cable bill gets to the amend- ment point an amendment will be offcred le in this country.” On the same subject Mr. Loud writes: “Relative to the Hawalian cable I will say that it would seem from the action of thé House recently that that subject will not receive consideration again this Cou- gress.” Upon the subject of towing log rafts Mr. Loud says: “In relation to the bill proposed on the subject of towing logs on the Pacific will say I will Introduce it into the House, although 1 question whether the same can receive favorable consideration as there is only a little over a month of this session of Congress remaining. I will do, however, what lies in my power." —_————————— WANT A FULL MEETING. Gaines’ Cycling Amendment to Be Freely Discussed. The board of directors of the Bay City open letter to the various clubs that are members of the association, anent the now famous Gaines amendment, comes up for reconsideration at the next meeting, February 4: We desire most respectfully to call your at- tention to an article published in the San Fran- cisco Call under date of January 20, written by our president, E. F. Fahrbach, in which was men toward the Gaines amendment. This amendment was carried at the January meeting of the association by a vote of 10 to Notice of reconsideration having been given, the matter will agatn be discussed at the meet- ing February 4. In justice to our club and also in the interest of fair play, we respectfully beg you to have your organization represented in person and not ive proxies for this meeting. During the past year we have maintained our membership in the association under circum- stances calculated to dishearten any enthu- siastic cycling club, and we trust that we may be given the opportunity of presenting our case to your representatives in person. Fraternally yours, Board of Directors The Bay City Wheelmen, By E. N. CREIGH, Secretary. If the Baron Fahrbach's request is granted, which it unquestionably will be, and all the delegates of the various clubs attend the meeting in person, there will be a hot time in cycling that night. e —————— OLYMPIC CYCLE COMMITTEES. Captain Spillane. President Shea of the Olympic Club Wheelmen has appointed the following committees for the year: Cycling—Wil- llam Mackie, F. G. Montealegre, C. C. Williams, John Elliott, James W. Mullen. Auditing—R. H. Schleuter, T. B. McGin- nis, H. V. Scott. Recruiting—N. A. Hew- son, T. F. Meherin, G. P. Fuller. G. E. Kroetz. Entertainment—John A. Hammersmith, Frank G. O'Kane, John F. Cunningham, James W. Coffroth, John F. Cooney. Captain Spillane has appointed R. H. Schleuter first lieutenant and C. C. Hams second lieutenant. Olympic Wheelmen, and Miss Margaret ‘| A. Ryan were married on Wednesday, the 25th inst., and are now receiving the con- gratulations of their many friends. A special meeting of the Associated Cy- cling Clubs will be held to-night at Presi- dent Nippert's office, 421 California street, to discuss future workings of the body. The San Jose race meet will come off next Sunday. All the Eastern wheelmen now here are going down, and with the local club enthusiasts they will make up quite a big party. They will take the 10:4) o'clock train from Third and Townsend streets. e e “UNQUALIFIEDLY FALSE.” Judge Conlan Appears as a Witness to Correct a Statement of Frank Kane. The prosecution in the case of Marcella Delorde of Bacon place, charged with being a vagrant, concluded its testimany yvesterday afternoon, and Attorney Ach moved that the Judge instruct the jury to dismiss the defendant, as nothing had been shown to bear out the charge. The Judge declined to grant the motion. Judge Conlan voluntarily took the stand and characterized Secretary Frank Kane's statement under examination that the Judge had on September 1 called him to the bench and instructed him to swear out complaints against the women in Ba- con place as “unqualifiedly false.” The suggestion was made by Kane, and the Judge said that If he could get sufficient evidence against the women he would sign the warrants. The case was continued till Wednesday afternoon, when the witnesses for the de- fense will testify. ——e—— WENT THROUGH A WINDOW A Runaway Team Creates Consider- able Excitement in the Mission. A team belonging to John Murray, coal merchant, Twenty-sixth and Church streets, created considerable excitement ‘Wednesday morning in the neighborhood. The team was standing on Twenty-fifth street, near Valencia, when something frightened the horses and they started on the run. The driver, Tom Curran, held on to the lines, but was dragged off and thrown to th ound. The team dashed alomg Twenty-fifth street, narrowly escaping a collision with several lamp posts, and opposite Michael Both's grocery, at the corner of Cap street, one of the horses slipped and tefi grofldlng for the construction of the ca- | Wheelmen have sent out the following | which | explained the position of the Bay City Wheel- | Appointments of President Shea md! House— Wil- Alfred Cellier, a popular member of the on the sidewalk. The other horse was swung round and went through Both's front window, carrying the sash along with it. The horse after smashing every- thing in the window with fts feet backed out again and both animals were kept under control. The horse that went through the window was badly cut by | the broken glass. Both estimates his loss at over $100. —_———— THOUGHT HE WAS NAPOLEON. A Lunatic Noisily Appeals to the French Hospital for Shelter. The inmates of the French Hospital were disturbed a few nights ago by the entrance into their grounds of a raving | maniac, who had not only been stripped of his mentality but of his clothes as well, and for a briet period wildest con- fusion reigned. : It is the. custom.of the institution o | bolt and bar its gates at nightfall. On this Ear(lcular night, however, one of the physiclans, on retiring, neglected this precaution. As he ascended the front steps of the building his attention was | attracted by a frenzied shriek, and turn- | ing_he saw a man stark naked, screaming and flinging his arms wildly about his head, dart through. the hospital gate and run round and round the house. The man was finally captured by one of the attendants, to whom he confidently asserted that he was Napoleon Bonuparte. He added that six men were pursuing him In order to assassinate him, and that he had fled for refuge to the hospital, knowing that a French institution would feel honored in affording shelter and pro- tection to Napoleon Bonaparte. He was carried to one of the wards and put to bed. but became so violent that it took six mea to hold him. Finally be- | coming wholly unmanageable he was wrapped in blankets, put into an ambu- lance and conveyed to the Receiving Hos- pital, where he spent the night in a pad- ded cell, still maintaining that he was the :ttle French Emperor. —_—e—————— DEATH OF ANDREAS BAHRS. | Father of Judge Bahrs Passes Away at the Home of His Daughter. Andreas Bahrs, father of Judge Bahrs, dled at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Louis Schafer, 736 Fourteenth street, yes- terday morning. Deceased has -been an old and highly respected resident of California for many He was prominent in German cir- | , and was a member of the Exempt | Firemen. He also was a member of the | San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, Germa- re nia Lodge No. 116, I. O. O. F., and Wal- | halla Encampment No. 7, L. O. O. F. Besides a large circle of friends the deceased leaves nine children, four of | Whom are married. They are Mrs. Louis Schafer, Mrs. Chris Werner, Mrs. Fred Wagner and Judge Bahrs; Misses Julia, Amelia, Lizzle and Loulsa Bahrs and An- | drew Bahrs Jr. He was 66 years of age. The funeral will take place Sunday af- ternoon from Odd Fellows' Hall on Mar- ket street. e ——————— Two Election Contests. The O'Donnell-Hill and Kearney-Bying- ton election contests continued-yesterday. In.the O'Donnell-Hill contest m;. co\sr;t- ing of the ballots of the Thirty-first Dis- triet was concluded. Hill lost eighty-six votes in the district and O'Donnell sixtv- five, giving O'Donnell a net gain of twen- ty-one votes. For the first time since the recount Kearney made a gain over By- ington vesterday. It was only one vote, but it spurred the physician’s represcenta- tives to increased activity. Up to date Byington has gained 136 votes In the re- count, and as he was declared elected by a majority of eighty-four, he is now lead- ing with a majority of 22f*votes. —e——— Window “Flypaper’” Thieves. Edward Smith and Edward Golden, alias “Riley Grannan,” were booked at the Citwy Prison yesterday by Policeman Fennell on a charge of burglary. They were the two window “fiypaper” thieves who broke the window in the grocery of Hermann Hackfeld, Lyon and Hayes streets, early Tuesdavkmommg. and stole twelve bottles of whisky. VICTIMS OF DIME NOVELS. Small Boys Endeavor to Emulate the FExample of Sontag and Evars. ALAMEDA, Jan. .—Morris Weiss, Harold Perry, Arthur Gott and Amiel Di- dies, boys ranging in age from 14 to 18, were caught to-day in an attempt to emu- ) late the example of Sontag and Evans. The boys had been feasting on dime-novel literature, and had concluded that a ban- dit's life was the ideal existence. For weeks they have been busily engaged | constructing two caves in a vacant lot near the lower end of Park street. They worked entirely by night, carrying the dirt away in sacks. They concealed the entrance_to the caves so completely that no one besides the boys had the least suspicion of the existence of the ren- dezvous. The boys might have been able to carry out their original intention of becoming bandits had they not started in to secure booty that no well regulated band of brigands would have dreamed of. They attempted to get away with a two-story dwelling house, the residence of the late F. K. f\'rau!h Sr. They were carrying off the building in sections and recon- structing it in their underground hiding lace. pTolerflble headway was being made on the undertaking, when a policeman sur- rised them at work. One of the oys was captured, but the other three made their escape and were not taken into custody until this evening. Everything movable about the Krauth house had been taken and stored in the caves, a~d he noys say it was their in- tentio : tc g2 away with the whole build- ing. They calculated it would take them a year to complete the job. Charges of mallcious been placed against.them. L ee o There Was No Wrong. OAKLAND, Jan. %.—The inquest on the body of the six-weeks-old child, Maude Porter, was concluded to-night and Coro- ner Mehrmann refused to approve of the verdict. The jury heard the testimony of all the officers of the Rescue Home, where the child died, and brought in a verdict that death was due to extreme carelessness on the part of the mother and of the officers of the home. ‘The censure of the officers of the home is not deserved,” sald the Coroner. “They were very. straightforward witnesses and there was nothing in the evidence to justify any such verdict, and I have certified to my disapproval of it. The mother is a young girl, not very strong minded, and she covered her child’s face with a very light downy quilt. The least motion of the child would bind the quilt over its mouth, and this was the cause. The baby also had a weak heart, and conse. quently was easily asphyxlated. 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