The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1899, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1899 | DEPOSITORS ARE I BITTER MOOD Union Savings Bank Vic- tims Seek Redress. MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED GRAND JURY MAY BE ASKED TO INVESTIGATE. Ex-President Wright Alters His| Intention to Expcse the Inner Workings of the Institution. | h to The Call. There will be a of the Unlon at 10 o'clock to-morrow s the affairs of t on and decide on such 1ed proper 1o pro- wse whose sav- | nk vaults or loaned out to speculators on security. A large number of tors probably will be repre- , and & lively time the. dey sented at t s expected, t deal of bitter feeling sted against those are held r ible for the fallure Among the more radical of ve lost by the closing of 18 a loudly expressed 1 1g the matter before the Grand Jury, which i{s now in session, to secure indictments against the officers and directors of th titution. In vi of the fact that the Bank \issloners have so far found noth- iminally wrong with the manage- t of the bank it Is hardly likely that y steps in this direction will be taken at this st of the proceedin of the depositors hi er time arrives a he stockholders, indi- commenced. nts of a sen- nnection with the e time there is agement to the 1 tution. H. Ward Wright, the bank, ontinues to assert that the bank will vy dollar for dollar of its indebtedness, of previous statemen s gentleman, which ha ed to be somewhat at varlanc ¥, will be th ex-president of the ir facts In the e, his asser- re not particularly reassuring. | Since the closing of the bank Mr. Wright has succeeded in entangling If in a maze of contradictions, his tricate himself from which sulted in his further en- only lement n the T Bank Commissioners issued 1elr statement conee rning the affairs f the institution, of which Wright was head, Mr, Wright declared the re- vas full of inaccuracies and gross- erated He even went so far / that the bank had transacted | x5 whatever with the Jersey Tract, which the Commission- | report showed to be indebted to bank to the extent of nearly $21,000 | an overdraft. The Jersey Landing » Whose assets are sald to consist 4000 acres of land which s | H. and banker, Wright, brothers of the ! srmer of whom succeedes H. Ward Wrizht as president of the Union S s Bank when the latter signed after the collapse of the In- 1tfon, Mr. Wright now admits that the fig- port 'S ures given in the commissioners’ rej are substantially correct, but he s the 4000 acres of swamp land are amp! gecurity and that the matter will be tralghtened out as soon as W, H. Wright returns from the East. There has been a great deal of com- ment on the fact that J. F. Devendorf was Indebted to the bank to the extent of over $65,000. Mr. Wright says the bank holds as security for this amount | a tract of land in Stockton worth $75 000 and two tracts of 100 and 80 respectively, near Gilroy. Mr. Deven- do differently. According to him the Stockton property is the only secu- rity held by the bank, and while Mr. | Devendorf considers that to be sum- clent to protect the bank from loss he moderate in his estimate of its | An is the banker. Wright announced several days Bgo that he was preparing a signed statement of his connection with the bank, which claimed would show that oth qually to blame with him in th #8 loaning of the funds 1o frresponsible speculators, The direc- tors finally convinced him that it would not be for his own Interests to make the threatened exposure, and the statement will not be made, | Wright now claims the bank has in | its hands nearly 100 carloads of fruit as security for the mc advanced to ¥. B. Howard, and he expressed the be- llef that a gr deal of money would be realized from this source. He does not venture to give figures, but says he thinks probably 50 per cent. of the amount owed by Howard to the bank will be recovered. This, together with the mortgage on growing corps held by the bank, will, in his opinion, go a long r toward paying off the claims of de- ided, of course, no unfa- wer injures the crop pros- | VICTORIA'S SPEECH AT THE | ;. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT | It-Will Make the Usual References to the Pacific Relations With 3 Foreign Countries. LONDON, Feb. 6.—The Queen's speech | at the opening of Parliament to-morrow will make the usual reference to the pa- . eific relations existing between Great | ‘Britain and forelgn countries, and will | “.‘then deal with the recent operations in the Boudan and with the affairs in Crete, ex- pressing the hope that the Cretan ques- tion is In a falr way of solution by the -appolntment of Prince George of Greece q high commissioner of the powers in | -Crete “The specch will also refer to the Invita- tion to attend the Czar's peace confer- | which has been accepted, and con- a very sympathetic reference to the ination of the Empress of Austria. mentions the anarchist conference at It Rome and the probable necessity for the alteration of the with respcot shadowed. laws of Great Britain | to anarchists fis fore-[ 5 - LIBRARY FOR BAKERSFIELD. to the Memory of the Late | 3 General Beale. | BAKERSFIELD, Feb, 6.—~The late t‘en- exd]l Beale s to have a monument to his memory in Bakersfield in the shape of a handsome library bullding at the corner | of Chester avenue and Seventeenth street, | one of the prominent corners in the city. | It 1s to be a gife of his son, Truxton Beale, and the opl stipulation {8 that the city must keep ‘the library open as long ar Bakersfield stands. R. M. Pogson, manager of the Beale | estate in Kern County, appeared beforo | the City Trustees last night and in the name of Truxton Beale formerly tendered the gift to the city., It was accepted. The bullding is to be made of brick and after the most approved architectural design. Monument CLOSING DAY OF | weather continues cold. THE HORSE SHOW. Attractive Features on the Card. HARKNESS NOT PRESENT REITERATES HIS ACCUSATION OF FRAUD. To-Day Burlingame and Riverside Teams Will Try Conclu- sions in a Polo Match. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6.—Owing to the cold weather the crowd was slow In filling up the tents at the horse show, although this was the last day of the exhibition. All the regular patrons were in attendance and those who prefer to stand on promenade instead of sitting down were out in force. To-night's entertainment was the most varied and attractive yet given. Besides the regular programme (that originally prepared for last Thursday night) several new features were intro- duced. The following entries were passed upon: Three four-horse teams and delivery wagons; four unicorn teams; three pairs roadsters and “road four tandems; two hackney trot- erg, Pacific Coast bred; three pairs cab horses; parade fire engine teams; five hunters; hackney stallions. The whole concluded with a parade of all the horses entered, including the | stallion, Green's Rufus; two of William Morgan’s trotting mares and produce; four spike teams belonging to Mr. Ho- three FRANKFORT, Feb. bart, Mrs. Lester and Mr. Kell four-horse draught teams own: local firms; three pairs of roadste: handsomely appointed road rigs be- longing to Mrs. Severance, F. E. Brown | and Newlin & Chase; four tandems of | Mr. Hobart and Mrs. Lester, and the Baywood studs, two speedy, high step- | ping Pacific Coast bred trotters, for ! which Prince Poniatowski has offered a special prize, Mrs. Severance and Mr. Hobart having entries, i L. V. Harkness has withdrawn his en- | Franco.Prussian war, and became tries. He and his party were not pres- | jor-general in 1577. In December, ent to-day. | “I belleve it was a foregone conclu- | army slon,” he said. “They gave me no show | Metz, and the parties who got the prize know | 1888, w. how they got it.” The attraction for to-morrow will be | Tenth Army a polo match between the Burlingame | and Riverside teams. The game wlll‘ e ty-two miles from here, of the German empire, 1831, division, and from March, games have thirty tough little ponies and Riversides about twentx. There will be gix events in pony s for gen- | tiemen riders on Wednesday. Special purses will be offered in each race. There will be special races for ponies that play to-morrow in the polo match. CHANGES IN THE ARMY. Transfers and Discharges Among Volunteers and R¥gulars. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—By direction of the Becretary of War, Captain James A. Logan Jr., commissary of subsistence, United States Volunteers, is relleved from further duty In the Department of San- tlago, and will proceed immediately to New York City, reporting on arrival by telegraph to the commissary general for Subsistence, United States army, for in-| structions, thence by first transport to | Manila and report in person to_the| anding general, Department of the cific, for assignment to duty. n Charles H. Clark, ordnance de- | partment, United States army, will make not to exceed four visits between Febru- ary 1 and_April %0 from Benicla arsenal to” Fort Winfield Scott, 8an Francisco harbor, on officlal businéss pertaining to the repair of disappearing gun carriage. at that post, and on completion of this duty will return to his proper station aftér each visit. First-class Private Henry Cohen, ad- vance detachment, now at Benfefa ar- senal, California, will be sent to Sandy Hook proving ground, New Jersey. The discharge from the service of the United States of the following enlisted men by the commanding officer of the Presidio, San Francisco, under general in- structions from this office, is hereby con- Suit Sustained. DEFIANT NOTE. | Owner Noble Suffered No Specific Injury. o Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, mere legal technicality 6. — General { Count von Caprivi, the former Chan- cellor of the German empire, died this morning at Skyren, near Crossen, thir- Count George Leo von Caprivi de Ca- prera de Monte-Cucculi, ex-Chancellor was born Charlottenburg, Prussia, February 24, He entered the Prussia army in 1849; served in the war of 1866 and the in ma- 1882, he was given command of the third with headquarters at 1883, to June, s at the head of the admiralty. | After that time he held command of the Corps, stationgd in Han- ANDTHER VICTORY Demurrer to Injunction DECISION OF ANGELLOTTI| | Bausalito Must Suffer From ‘“Touts” and “Mudhens” Because Property Feb. 6.—Through a the gambling | > sub- firmed: Private George W. Frevert,| cohorts of Sausalito have virtually Troop A, Nevada Volunteer Cavalry; Pri-| & 5 h over thi yate Frank W. Manning, . Compady_ I, | Scored another triumph over those | | First Californla’ Volunteer Infantry; Pri- vate Patrick Derrig, Company A. First Montana _Volunteer Infantry; Privates J, Edward Gantenbein of Company H, | Clarence W. Beaver of Company I and Walter D, Dickey of Company L, Second | Oregon Volunteer Infantry; Private Charles 8. Murphy, Battery A, California | Volunteer "Artillery; Private Roger F, Cutlar, Company ~'F, First Califor- nia 'Volunteer TInfantry; Privates George W Windsor_ of Company G, jand James J. Doyle of Com- pany L, First Colorado Volunteer In- faniry; Pgjvate Willlam Munson, Com- | any ¥, First 1daho Volunteer Infantry: | >rivate’ George L. Stanley, Company H, | First Montana Volunteer Infantry; Pri- | vates Robert W. Terry, Company A, | Peter M. Newgard, Company C, and | Clarence P. Rice, Company B. Thirteenth | Minnesota 'Volunteer Infantry: Private Francls . Head, Company E, and Musi- | clan Bert Gillie, Company H. Twentleth Kansas Volunteér Infantry; Private Har- ry O. Eggleston, Company B, Corporal Charles E. Stitzeil, Company H, and Pri- vate Charles H. Richter, Company K, Fifty-first Towa Volunteer Infantry. REPATRIATION OF SPANISH SOLDIERS | have already given the town a resort. from operating poolrooms, on tober. a public nuisance and property values to depreciate. urban residents who object to the daily presence of a horde of race-track “touts” and “mudhens,” whose actions mal- odorous reputation and caused it to de- preciate rapidly in value as a summer The demurrer to the petition of H. H. Noble for an injunction restrain- ing Willlant Harrison and Joe Harvey the ground that they constituted a public nuisance, was sustained to-day by the decision that a specific instance of in- Jury to property had not been proved. Noble, who is a well-known citizen of Bausalito, filed a complaint against the poolroom men and the property owners in whose buildings the bets are laid on | Eastern races as long ago as last Oc- He asked for an injunction on the grounds that gambling resorts were | were causing | It was alleged that owing to the proximity of [ and cuusing the other relatives to be dis his own property to the gaming re- | Inheriicd sorts he suffered more on account of their presence than did the majority of citizens and that the presence of the riffraff of the metropolis was a men- | Fhilippines Ay WL Bo Bt ace to ladies and tended to contaminate Home With All Possible the youth of the community. 3 Dispatch. A demurrer was interposed and the NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-—A Washington | case taken under advisement by Supe- special to the Herald says: Before making a formal contract for the re- patriation of Spanish troops in Manila, the War Department is awalting ad- vices as to their number from General | Otis. That officer has been sent two | messages asking him to wire the num- | ber of Spaniards who wish to be sent home, but It is presumed that the con- fiict with the natives has prevented a reply. Just as soon as the Information is received the contract will be entered into with the Campagnia Transatlan- tique, it having been found to have submitted the lowest bid. It will be urged to send Its steamers as quickly as possible to Manila, so that the troops mav be out of the city without delay. It is recognized by the War Depart- ment that the presence of such a large number of Spaniards is a menace to the American troops. Besldes, it is pointed out that Otis finds it necessary to detail a strong force to guard them and pre- vent an outbreak, which might be dis- astrous. There are thought to be about 14,000 Spaniards, and should they repossess themselves of their arms and ammunition Otis’ force would have a difficult task of it fighting enemies without and enemies within the city. day. amend their complaint, the other side. Judge Angellott! sidered nothing but the case in its Sylva, who has openly boasted ing on their ruinous traffic. | Dissatisfaction. KINGSTON, Jamalca, Feb. representative for St. Elizabeth, a candldate. nwlmf to race prefudices. principal white and colored resigned as a Placer County Pioneer Gone. AUBURN, Feb. 6.—George Harsh died at Ophir to-day. Mr. Harsh came to Cali- fornia in 1849, and resided continuously in Placer County for fifty years. [ 4 whic] may spread over the island. polici were called upon i i Held in Oakland Jail. Snow at Santa Cruz. rior Judge F. M. Angellotti fast Mon- He sustained the demurrer to- day on the ground that the complaint did not establish the fact that Noble's property had received specific Injury, as required by law. The antl-poolroom 4 forces have ten days' time In which to but it Is be- lleved improbable that they will do no, as so many legal technicalities favor con- legal aspects and a virtual triumph is there- by accorded the gamblers and Trustee that even the passage of Atherton’s bill would not prevent the poolrooms carry- NEGRO DEFEATS WHITE. Result of a Jamaica Election Causes 6.—At the bye election on Thursday for a legislative full- blooded negro was elected over a white This is causing much trouble, Already the magistrates and members of the parochial board have protest against the vote and further complications are feared, The to take active measures to suppress disorder, and they have been fairly successful in doing so. STOCKTON, Feb. 6.—Lawrence Pulilam, who left Asheville, 8. C., flve years ago SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 6—There was a short in his accounts as a bank cashier light fall of snow this morning. | weeks ago, writes from THE LATE CHANCELLOR VON CAPRIVL [ | COUNT VON CAPRIVI CALLED BY DEATH i | over. On March 19, 1890, he became Chan- cellor, in succession to Prince Bismarck. | He established his fitness to be the suc- essor of the an of Blood and Iron” in many ways, notably in his exploit of revolutionizing the commercial system of central Europe. This he accomplished | in the incredibly short space of cne month. His system was based practi- cally upon a new series of commercial treaties which lald the foundation for | a Central European customs union. He abandoned the older system of strict| protection. The new treaties include | the members of the triple alliance and several other nations. | Caprivi also labored to further the| Ka *s desire for a powerful army. He | was made count in 1891. He retired from office October 26, 1894. | his mail sent there. He was taken from Stockton by a deputy marshal from San Francisco last Tuesday and is supposed to in the Oakland County Jall. Ashe- ville people have telegraphed here to learn if the prisoner has started homeward and want to know when he will arrive there. COAST LINE WILL BE STRAIGHTENED Southern Pacific Svrveyors Complete Their Work Around Santa Barba-a. SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 6.—The engi- neering parties of the Southern Pacific! Company that have been busy in the sur- rounding country for the past several weeks have finished thelr work here and TRUSTEE A. SYLVA SHRILLS A different The and surrendered to the Sheriff here a few | to have at Eilwood, the terminus of the Southern | Pacific Coast line, and after a half dozen surveys have declded upon gtraightening the old line. The old line | will be changed materially, and the fifty- | one curves which it now has will be done away with, with the exception of three, | The present line, which is twenty-six and | a rraction miles in length, according to mel new survey will be cut down eighteen | mile The straightening of the line will mean the speedy completion of the coast line and the closing of the “gap,” when Santa Barbara will have the transcontinental traffic that is now passing to the other side of the range. Information has been recelved from a reliable railroad source that the Southern Pa c is preparing for active work in| closing the “gap,” which will begin on 3. Mr. McMurtrie of McMurtrie | | Stone is expected in Santa Barbara the | latter part of this week to close a numbe ]‘ of contracts and mplete the arrang | ments so that the work can go forward a | that date, |EX-SHERIFF THNSTEAD BITTERLY ASSAILED rch | Sensational Contest of Aaron Sha- | ver’s Will Filed at San | | Rafael. ‘ SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 6.—The relatives of the late Aaron Shaver, a wealthy ploncer | of this city, who dled a short time ago | and left the bulk of his property to his young widow. shied thelr castor Into the legal ring to-day by filing an opposition to the probate of the will through Attor- ney J. W. Cochrane, The contest is marked by many allegations of a sensa- tional nature, the principal one heing that ex-Sheriffl James Tunstead will as executor; Jacob HI and Anna Bhaver, decede , pragt ticed fraud by exérciuing undue infliuonce It dn alleged that the brother and wife, who 1ived in the house with the old man, took advantage of bis weal mental utate, due 1o old nge and Hinews, and by menace and fraud forced him to diwinherit his re- maining relntives, Jix-fherift Tunstend 1s represented s having ptopped at - the house duily on his road {0 town wand heiped wlang i the work of polkoning the ploneer’s mind It Is turther alleged that #haver did not mubseribe (o the will himaeif and that it wan not subseribed to in the pressnce of witnesses; that at the tme the will is #nid Lo hiave been executed Bhaver was Inwine, and that if he did executo the will it wan done under threats and persistent importuning. The propert { of Shaver is cnmmonlly valued at about $26,000, and 1t was all left to Jacob Shaver and Anna, the widow. Attorney J Keyes hag flled a con- test in the Munning will case and he as- serted to-night on the street that he would prove by the testimony of several witnesses that Tunstead was responsible aiso for Margaret Manning receiving the | deed to her father's property Reception to Company D. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. G6.—Extensive preparations are making for a reception | and dance to be held next Wednesday evening in the opera house in honor of | the return from Vancouver of the mem- bers of Company D. Mayor Miller will preside and a musical and literary pro- gramme will be presented, the 'chief feat- ures of which will be a speech by Superior Judge F. M. Angellotti and a violin per-| formance by little Miss Parlow, ‘‘the| youthful prodigy.” A reception commit- tee has been selected In the persons of Mr. and Mrs. A . Foster, Judge and Mrs. Angellot Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. George Page, Dr. 8. M. Augustine, Mrs. | Sidney B. Cushing, Rev. Father Hugh | Lagan, Frank Jacobs and Attorney J. W. | Cochrane. Al 4 Forger Wanted in Napa. SUISUN, Feb. 6,—0. W, Forsyth, who forged a check in Woodland last Saturday ' and was arrested, is wanted in Napa, where he passed a fictitious draft for $40 on a merchant. Sheriff Dunlap has in- formed the authorities here that he has a clear case against Forsyth. PACIFIC COAST APPROPRIATIONS in the Sundry Civil Bill. Items SAN FRANCISCO’S PORTION HALF-MILLION FOR WORK ON THE POSTOFFICE. Senate Measure for the Erection of a Public Building at Oakland Reported Favorably. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 6. The House Committee on Appropria- tions to-day reported the sundry civil bill. The following are the provisions for the Pacific Coast: For continuation of the construction of the San Francisco Postoffiec, $500,000. Repalr of Branch Mint, $45,000. For Superintendent of life-saving and lifeboat service for California, Washing- ton and Oregon, $1800. For surveys and necessary resurveys on Pacific Coast, including Hawail and Alaska, $70,000, and not over $25,000 of said sum shall be used for work in Alaska and Hawali. For Fish Commission stations at Beard and Fort Gaston, Cal., $4620. _;‘031' Vvessel service of steamer Albatross, Improving Humboldt harbor, $153,115. Improving Oakland harbor, $133,000. Improving San Pedro harbor, $200,090. For the erection of a receiving and ship- ping storehouss at Benicia Arsenal, $1500. For continuation of the stone wall on the road to the national cemetery from the Presidio of San Francico, $5000. The clause relative to the California debris commission is amended to allow u}e commissioners their expenses in lieu of mileage. This amendment was fa- vored by Congressman de Vries, who appeared before the committee and rec- ommended its adoption. The commis- sion is allowed $15,000 for expenses for the fiscal year. Other items are: For current expenses of the National Soldiers’ Home at Santa Monica, $25,000. For enforcement of the Chinese exciu- act, $110,000. For maintenance and ordinary ex: s quarantine stations at San San Diego, Astoria, Or., and d, Wash., $150,000, F'ra; Port 000, ¥or the completion of a public building Town: at Portland, Or., $200,000, For the Marine Hospital at Port Town- send, Wash. For improvements to wharf and disin- fecting apparatus at quarantine station, Port Townsend, $26,200, For construction of a powerfnl large sea-going tender for service in the Thirteenth Lighthouse District, on ac- count of the increased and heavy trade in Alaska, $100,000. For fish station $3320. For the salaries of commissioners of seal fisherles for Alaska (not exceeding and at Clackamas, Or., | as expenses $500 for each), $12,950. To enable the Secretary of the Treas- ury to provide food, clothing, fuel, etc., to native inhabitants of St. George and St. Paul islands, Alaska, $19,500. For investigation of gold and coal re- scurces of Alaska, ,000. Fgo!") the education of children of Alaska, For the support of the relndeer station ntFl‘:lz_)rtl nC_‘In.rence. All“fkab $12,500, Tov o Woon., w&m'emen rays Harbor, The House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to-day reported favorably the Senate bill providing for the erection of a public bullding at Oak- land, with an amendment reducing the amount from $350,000 to $250,000. Representative Hilborn to-day intro- duced a bill removing the charge of de- sertion from the military record of Wil- liam G. Alexander. The Commissioner of Patents to-day sent to Congress his annual report. It shows that the number of patents granted to the Pacific Coast during the last year were as follows: California, 819, or 1 to every 1,951 persons; Oregon, 73, or 1 to every 4,298 persons; Wash- ington, 134, or 1 to every 2,607 persons. Hawall since becoming part of the United States has been granted seven patents. IMPORTANT BILLS ARE PASSED BY THE HOUSE The Most Important Relate to the Census and Contract Labor Laws in Hawaii. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—This was sus- pension day in the House and quite a number of bills were passed, several of them of importance. The census bill pre- pared by the House Committee went through by a vote of 147-42. The bill dif- fers In several essential features from the Senate bill, particularly in that it makes the census bureau entirely independent of any existing department, and Chairman Hopkins stated on the floor that the ex- pectation was that the Senate would ac- cept the House bill, A bill was passed to extend the anti- contract labor laws over the Hawaiian Islands and another bill was passed to rofer forty-four war claims for stores and supplies to the Court of Claims, They are claims reported from the War Claims Committee and aggregate $212,000. A bill was passed to create a national military park on the site of the battle of Vicksburg; also to grant 25,000 acres ot lund in Alabama to the Girls’ Industrial fchool of that State. Some resolutions ware adopted authorizing cadets from ‘ostn Rica and Colombia to enter An- napolls. uthorizing the City Albuanerene. N ., to issue $65,000 of of Albuquergue, N, la municipal bonds. Grow (R,) of Pennsylvania offered a resolution for a constitutional amendment roviding that peace treaties shall be rati- xcd by a majority of the Senate. With the simple statement that it was very sin- gular that a majority of two houses could make war, while two-thirds of the Senate were required to make peace, he asked the resolution be referred to the Committee on Judiciary. It was referred. ANTI-ANNEXATION FIGHT ONLY BEGUN Colonel Bryan Not Surprised Over the Adoption of the Peace Treaty. LINCOLN, Nebr., Feb. 6.—Willlam J. Bryan expressed no surprise over the ratification of the peace treaty and commented briefly on the matter. | When the Associated Press correspond- | ent asked him if the ratification of the treaty would end the fight against the annexation of the Philippines, he said: “Not, by any means. While many have thought that the fight should be made against the treaty, I have felt that the real fight is to be made for a resolution declaring the national pol- icy. The opposition to the treaty has served a useful purpose and the op- ponents of the ratification made a gal- lant fight, but there was never any chance of defeating ratification. Now | that the treaty is out of the way it can be treated as a domestic question an: the lines drawn between those who be lieve in forcible annexation and thos who believe that the Filipinos shoul be allowed to govern themselves. . have not lost faith in the doctrine ot self-government and believe that the people"wul repudiate the imperialistic | policy. SIX TIMES LUCK CHEATED DEATH Stockton Police Officer’s Close Call. CRIMINAL RESISTS ARREST CARTRIDGES IN HIS REVOLVER ¥AIL TO EXPLODE. Repeatedly Pulls the Trigger, but by Some Strange Chance the Pa- trolman’s Life Is Spared. Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Feb. 6—Six defective| copper caps were all that stood between Policeman John Craig and death last| night. His escape was most miracu- | lous. It is seldom that a fully loaded Colt’s six-shooter in the hands of a des- perate criminal is snapped six times| against a man’s back and no life for-| feited. { Shortly after 11 o’clock last night Mrs. | Thomas Dinell reported to the police office that her husband was drunk and had been beating her and had threat-| ened her life. She was afraid to return | home, and asked the officers to arrest Dinell. Officer Craig was sent to bring the man in. When within a half block | of the place Craig heard the snapping of a revolver behind him. He turned and saw Dinell creeping up behind him and snapping his revolver at him as he advanced. The officer drew his own weapon and ordered Dinell to throw up his hands. For an answer the desperado snapped the revolver again. Craig then pulled the trigger of his own weapon. It snapped. Dinell started to run, and the | officer pursued him, calling on him to surrender. The desperado continued to run, and Craig shot, but fired high. Craig fired again, and Dinell dropped, apparently killed. As the officer bent over him the fel- low turned and snapped his revolver full in Craig's face. The patrolman then took the weapon away from Dinell and ordered him to come with him. Dinell is a small man, and Craig as jurors on account of having formed a! positive opinion that young Victor Colwell | is guilty of the crime of highw: rob- bery. It was found necessary to issue or- ders for another venire of forty, out of | which it ig hoped the remaining seven jurors can be seFected. and to continue the trial of the case to Thursday. Attorney Cochrane will try to prevent | the young bandit being sent to San Quen- ¢ using the insanity dodge. The feel- o P "Masin County runs high againsi him, for everybody believes that if he had met resistance in holding up the Bolinas Stage he would have committed murder. ftic claimed that if he is insane his in- | sanity Is of long standing, for his pecu- | a began as a boy when employed in PRINCE ALBERT OF | SAXE-COBURG DEAD: Succumbs to Brain Disease at Mar- tinsbrun After Four Hours of Agony. | | | cfal Cable to The Call and the New York | | e sp’fle‘rlld. Copyrighted, 1599, by James Gordon Bennett. VIENNA, Feb. 6.—Alfred, hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, died | this afternoon at Martinsbrun, near | Meran, after four hours of agony, Brain | disease was the cause of death. He was | twenty-five years old. Prince Alfred was the only son and heir of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh, and he was, therefore, a grandson of Queen Victoria. | His mother is the Grand Duchess Marie, | aunt of the present Czar. | - OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. An Amendment Will Be Made to the River and Harbor Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Senator Per-| Kkins to-day received by telegraph the res. olutions of the California Legislature urg- ing him to use his best efforts to secure an appfopriation for dredging San Pablo Bay between Lone Tree Point and Point Pinole, in accordance with the report of the engineers. Senator Perkins will ins troduce an amendment to the river and harbor bill providing for this work and hopes to get it adopted by the Senate and Conference Committee. The bill for a new public building at | Stockton was reported favorably by the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to-day. There are a large num- ber of these bills to be acted upon to- morrow and next day by special orders and there will not be time enough to give consideration to all of them, but it is be- lieved the Stockton bill has a fair chance of getting through. { Pensions have been granted as follows: Californla—Increase—Wilson H. Crabb, Los Angeles, $17 to $24. Original widows, ete.—Hannah O'Neill, Menlo Park, $8. ‘Washin Minor of g‘ton-Origlnai wido ete.— rederick Gumpf, Latah, §10. GIFTS TO THE "LYMPIA. Silver Service and Library fbr Dewey’s Flagship SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—The contract for a silver service to be presented to Admiral Dewey’s flagship, the Olympia, by the citizens of Washington was awarded to Shreve & Co. of San Francisco. The serv- ice iIs to consist of twenty-seven pieces, @nd 't fe to bo manufactured of native In addition to the service, a silver. i library is to be given to the Olympia. —_—— Diphtheria at Monterey. MONTEREY, Feb. 6.—The schools of Monterey have been closed by the City Health Board on account of the appear- ance of diphtheria among the children, ‘4wu aqeatns from the disease have oc- currea at Uak Grove, between Monterey proper and Hotel Del Monte, and one or two other cases are reported. They are rigidly quarantined, and every precaution | thought it useless to put handcuffs on | o him. Suddenly the desperate man start- | © S ed to fight. The officer reached for his | g = A handcuffs, and as he did so, Dxnelli o wrenched himself free and started to| ESTABLISHED 18 YEARS. ° run. The policeman broke a heavy cane | N e = over his head, but Dinell ran on, and |Q dg“e:é ::dnu}kflknx;;s e o before Cralg could draw his revolver ‘ © offer sufferers the benefit of their o Dineil had disappeared in the darkness. | experience and the many adv o Craig supposed that Dinell had been |© the largest and best-equipped ° making a bluff with an empty revolver | @ institution in America. = until he examined the weapon. Vhen . TS he saw the six big loads in it his heart © N ley Till Cure Is Effected. o stood still. © Dr. Meyers & Co. have st ° Dinell is an ex-convict. It is now | @ their ability that they wi ° thought that he is one of the crcoks‘o 2;‘;'{{';, ‘:‘T‘h“:{.“ L - that have been committing recent bur-, HiNSa: G newipper [+] glaries, as he answers the description |© sach deposit NOT to ) the housebreakers. octors until a perman: 0119):1: gftflcexg retained Dinell's overcoat | g fected, —Monthly payme g and revolver, a murderous Colt's 44, b : nearly a foot in length. It contained ’IOI:VDIIS Debility, Lost Vitality, © six long cartridges. The caps showed O Wasting Weakness and similar trou- ¢ that the heavy hammer had fallen 0"‘0 bles, also Contracted Ailments and & each of them 10 Contagious Blood Poison are included o | in this oifer. CONSULTATION AND YOUTHFUL BANDIT'S 48 ADVICE FREE. g 1 = INSANITY DODGE g ,‘f'fl ands cured at home,cv b — | @ book for men and symptom b o Why Difficulty Is Experienced in Ob- | © All Cures as Lasting as Life ° taining Jurors to Try Vic- I o tor Colwell. 'e DR.MEYERS &CO., 3 SAN RAFAEL, Feb. fi-—‘TW‘Efltll('-fi:e o 731 Market 8t., San Francisco. ) men out of a venire of thirty took the| L : 7 stand in the Superlor Court to-day a_nd‘g Folis Blovates, Doum 81t0 8 caly. © were immediately disqualified from acting | Sunaade. B ol ) taken against th'e disease, and there is no danger der:ic. The contagion Was bro from San Francisco. “JUDGMENT OF GOD” SAYS THE IMPARCIAL MADRID, Feb. 6—The Impa says: “The attack on Manila we judgment of God upon the Am who, after despoiling Spain, are" ning to feel the consequences. the Spanish prisoners had been rele; is being we should regard the matter with com- plete indifference. The insurgents ber 80,000 men, of which 7000 are ar with Mausers and 10,000 are armed Remingtons. If they continu struggle the Americans will be out of the Philippine Islands. - alias Gertie Bailey, Joe Hunter, this afternoon swore Hunter confessed to her the Wong Ling Hay immediately murder of the Chinaman. The Hunter came to her rooms man during June and frequently expre intention to enlist in the army he was afraid of being appreh the murder charge. ended on Demands Cannon’s Resignation. SALT LAKE, Feb. 6.—The ‘Woman”. Republican Club of this city passed a resolution demanding’ that ator Frank J. Cannon, who for re-election, resign hi gress because of recent duct. immo: oS Death of Colonel Bledsoe. PLEASANT HILL, Mo, F Colonel Hiram Bledsoe, the celebrat Confederate soldier, died on his fa near here to-day of pneumonia. was in his seventy-third year. —————————————————— ADVERTISEMENTS. H /i O\ The advanced and chron- ic form of NASAL CATARRH is the cause of other dis- eases. Ely's Cream Balm is recognized as a specific for diseases of the mem- Sy brane in the nasal pass- [ ages. Resort to its use if you would be cured. 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