The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1899, Page 3

MILES TO BE SEVERELY CRITICIZED Investjgating Board Will Declare His Charges Groundless. NEW YORK, I"eb. 7.—The Washing- | report the beef was not chemically pre- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- | bared, that it was of good quality and ISTAGE DRIVER'S BRAVERY FOILS TWO OUTLAWS Though Seriously Wounded He Escapes With Welis- Fargo’s Treasure. IONE, Feb. 7.—An attempt to rob the { right P;land. I haddnc:i _gmught of !lmpl-( a 7 o’clock this | ping the stage, an id not even lool f-:;‘:;:s J:::l;so:;::g;::m four miles | 10 see where or who the robbers were, v he ho d this side of Jackson and eight miles g:é]epuéox;e ‘t‘hr:alpg:;d; eas m;ls:rsd a:s above this city, was frustrated|the team could run. When we got through the bravery of Driver Peter | down the grade 1 asked Frank Podesta. Though seriously wounded | Goss, one of the passengers, to drive by a volley from the bandits, who were | for me for while I bound up my wound- two in number—the proverbial “tall|€d hand. ~As Goss did mot think he whip to his horses and dashed down a |and we came on down with four. Joe steep grade, pursued by cold lead from | Ratto, the other passenger, brought the sraphs: President McKinley will re- | that the charges of the use of chemicals Petv: Som e Wit oot tina ot e S A b ‘mission to-morrow or Thursday its re- | e, sl b port of the investigation it has made into the conduct of the war with Spain. The report when made public will be found to be unanimous and to be a con- ‘firmation of the Herald's forecast of the contents of the document. Only in one important particular has a change been f were placed on board a transport | at Tampa by Mr. Powell, inventor otl the preserving process, which he desir- | This meat was thrown | by direction of General | o chemicals, according to the | ion, were employed in the| preparation of canned meat, but it will | be found that the meat was unfit for | the weapons of the road agents. Wells- | two extra horses to town. Fargo Express Messenger McConnell, | “I heard no comrpand to h'a!t before I who rode with the stage, was serious- | Was shot, and don’t know whether any | such command was given. McConnell ly wounded also, but he returned the | ;4.4 1o yse his gun on the bandits, but fire of the two desperadoes and suc- | found that his left arm was useless, so ceeded in wounding one of them. The | he rested his gun on the iron railing on highwaymen were captured late this|top of the stage and shot with the use afternoon at a point a few miles from of his right arm only. I don’t know the scene of the attempted hold-up. | whether McConnell's shot hit either The attack upon the stage was one robber or not—didp’t have time to look at anything but my team.” Messenger McConnell said: “I didn’t | see or hear anything of the bandits THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY '8, 1899. | stay there. ssion | yse in the tropics because of climatic | L Secretary of | conditions, which made it unappetizing | 0f the most desperate‘ t‘ha\atl :::Ble;g; War for lack of firmness in his admin- | in appearance, though it was perfectly | been recort_ied 131 the cri min; AL 7ar ar od, except in those instances where | this county. Without giving the §stration of the War Department. | good, P 0 - I opportunity to obey & command to | The commission gives no specific il-| cans had b"ff‘ :ig’e",gg‘“{?,,*u;";’,‘g“\‘.{g“\ halt, the two bandits commenced to niations o = Almghins HY. B 2 | shoot. They shot to kill, too, and Po- report littl the Secretar v in_the matter of his with Major General Miles. The on has de upon matters of str reason has left out of reference. to the action eral Miles in going to S Secretary’s n €0, and of his dispatch to General Shaf- ter saying that he was not to be sup- planted in his comms general commandin With respect to General Miles, it will be found that that officer is severely criticized and the President will fi ample material from the the commission to take action a the major general comma: The commission will de an im- portant chapter of its report to Ge e Miles' charges Toncerning emba ‘beet and bad meats generally furnished the army, and will find that they are practically without foundation. It will | eriticized for lack of T. The recommendation will be made that the inspector general's depart- ment be radically reorganized and the report will sharply criticize General Br: inridge for abdicating his office of pector general to accept a commis- sion as major general of volunteer Instead of going to Santiago to witne: battle there, the commission will & he ought to have been in the United States continuing inspections; and had they been made with more fre- quency epidemics of typhoid could have been avoided. The medical department will also be inspections, as well as failure to properly carry out sanitary regulations. The Secretary of War will be cleared of responsibility for the transport horrors, but Colonel C. F. Humphreys, now on General Brooke’s staff, who had charge of the fitting out of transports, and officers of the quartermaster’s department In charge of them will be held responsible. BISHOP WILLIAMS A VICTIM OF GRIP, desta’s escape from death was by the | narrowest of margins. The bandits | stepped from a clump of brush and | opened fire as the stage was rounding | | a curve. | Both highwaymen had shotguns, and besides these one carried a revolver |and the other man a rifle. Shells for the rifle found where the men | stood when the shots were fired show | that the rifle failed to explode its shells, as the primers of tiie shells are | indented from contact with the firing- | pin. After failing to use the rifle both | bandits used their shotguns. The driv- |er of the stage, Peter Podesta, was | shot through the right hand with two | buckshot and his coat was literally riddled in front where it was blown |open by a gust of wind just as the bandit fired. Eleven buckshot pierced the driver’s outer clothing, and at least | four of these went through his under- | clothing and broke the skin on his breast and abdomen. Podesta’s home |1s at Jackson. He was but recently married. R. E. McConnell, We.s, Fargo & | Co.’s shotgun messenger from Jack- | son to Stockton, was more seriously | wounded than was the driver. McCon- nell was struck in the left arm by five buckshot, three of them passing through the forearm, being now im- bedded in the bone, which is consid- erably shattered. Another of the buck- shot is lodged between the bones of the left forearm. Instead of complying with the com- mand, “Halt!” Driver Podesta ap- plied the whip to his six horses and came down the grade at break-neck speed, while blcod spurted in streams from his wounded right hand. The scene of the attempted hold-up is about 200 feet above where Black Bart robbed the same stage in 1891 and Messenger Tovey was killed on the evening of June 15, 1893. Driver Po- desta was interviewed by The Call rep- resentative and said: ““The first thing I knew of the presenee of any highwaymen was the report of a gun and a stinging sensation in my about a mile and a half above where | until the shooting commenced. "I was struck in the left forearm by the first discharge of shot. The bandits fired | two shots close together. I tried to shoot back, but couldn’t use my left | arm, then I rested my gun across the | iron railing on top of the stage and shot jat the robbers, my shot being the third one fired. After this one robber fired another shot, but by that time the stage was far past where the robbers were left standing.” Frank Goss says the short robber fell on his face on top of his gun when Messenger McConnell shot. Mr. Parker, who drove a rig down from Jackson Just behind the stage, says that only | one of the bandits started away from | the scene of the shooting. | _ Messenger McConnell was taken to | his home at Stockton this morning. It is not known just how much treasure there was aboard the stage, but the amount is beljeved to have been about $8000. The monthly shipment .of bullion from the Argonaut mine, the largest | gold producer of the county, was made last Sunday. It has been the practice lately to send treasure from the mines on special days and not on regular ship- ment days. The regular days for ship- ping treasure by express from here are Tuesdays and Fridays. Evidently the | robbers knew this and calculated that, | to-day being the first regular day after the deposit of Argonaut bullion, they would find the treasure in progress of shipment to Ione by express. If the highwaymen had succeeded in captur- ing the express box they would have been sadly disappointed in the value of its contents. The Sheriff’s office was at once noti- | | filed and Sheriff Gregory left Jackson | immediately with his bloodhounds to | track the bandits. Many others also went out to join in the search. The manhunt proved successful and to-night Sheriff Gregory returned to Jackson with the captured bandits. Neither man will talk. Tne short rob- ber is shot in the face and through the hat. He gives his name as Smith. Both are of the hobo fraternity. They were’{ discharged from the County Jail a few: days ago after serving a sentence of five days for vagrancy. It is known that both were'at Martells Station last night when the stage reached that place “| on its way to Jackson. 'They asked'for and obtained permission to sleep in the station barn last night, but did not At 8:30 o'clock this morn- ing: these men passed through Jackson, going toward Mokelumne Hill BRAVE McCONNELL'S STORY. Did the Best He Could to Answer Shot With Shot. STOCKTON, Feb. 7.—Reason E. Mc- Connell, the express messenger, who made such a game showing when the Jagkson stage was attacked to-day, is a resident of this city and has been in the employ of Wells-Fargo for twenty- five years. Mr. McConnell was brought to the city late this afternoon from Jackson, and as soon as he reached his home Dr. Cross was called in to attend his wounds. A half-dozen buckshot were removed from his left forearm between the elbow and the wrist. The front of his overcoat contained several dozens of holes and quite a number of the shot had remained in the lining of the garment. He was in great pain from the wounds. Three months ago he met an acei- dent which confined him to his room for weeks, and it was only last Sun- day that he resumed his work. McConnell is known to every officer in this section of the State. With him on the front of a stage with his sawed- off shotgun robbers have generally given it a wide berth. They evidently thought that he was still in Stockton Wwhen they planned the raid to-day. It was McConnell who ‘“winged” Black Bart several years ago, and by break- ing Bart's arm caused the poet-robber to drop a cuff, which was the first clew the officers got to his identity and which eventually led to his identifica- tion. Mr. McConnell's statement of the attack to-day follows: “We left Jackson at the usual time, about 6 o'clock.” We passed Cyclone Station, an abandoned place, and reached Slate Rock, where we were at- tacked at about 7:10. I have always been on the closest lookout for road agents at this point, as the rocks so near the road make a convenient point for them to safely attack us. “Just as our leaders passed the rock I noticed a man raise up from behind the rock and level a gun. He fired in- stantly—in fact, fired as he raised up. He aimed a little too far forward and the charge passed directly in front of me and the scattering shot struck my arm and landed in the overcoat lapels and front. At the same instant the team lunged and started on a jump down the grade. One of the animals had been in the team when Messenger Toby was killed and led off in the run. The second fire caught Driver Podesta. The team was moving rapidly, and what I judged to be a second man be- gan shooting—at least, I thought so from the direction of the shot. ‘“We were moving rapidly and I was at a disadvantage trying to hold on and turn around to get a bead. This I succeeded in doing and, resting my gun over the uninjured part of my arm, I let drive. I noticed one of the men drop on the rock. Whether it was a feint or not, I do not know, but he must have been wounded. The lunging stage was rapidly taking me out of range, so it was impossible for me to get in an- other shot at an advantage. There were twenty-one shot in my gun, all buckshot. “Podesta lost all control of the team and in his weakened condition could not regain control of them, and it was not till we reached Mountain Springs that we regained control of them and made an examination of our wounds. Podesta was taken back home and! Frank ‘Goss drove the rest of the trip.” | McConnell speaks of the affair in the most matter of fact way, and his state- ment is a corroboration of that of the injured driver. McConnell's wounds are not considered dangerous, the only fear:being from blood poisoning. +#t appears that late last week over $60,000 was taken over the route one day by the stage. The attack was evi- dently {ll-timed by the robbers from all points of view. HALL WE SUBJUGATE FILIPINOS? “Keep Out This Mongrel Race,” Says Senator - Tillmman. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—For two hours or more the Senate to-day had the resolution ‘declaratory of a policy of this Government in the Philippines under discussion, but no ‘vote was reached and the resolution went finally to the calendar. In accordance with notice given yesterday Tillman ad- dressed the Senate upon the resolution, making a characteristic - and pictur- esque argument. He maintained that a clear, explicit and direct resolution ought to be adopted, and not.one that was meaningless, and Inconsequential. He predicted that dire results would follow the ratification of ‘the treaty un- less the United States Government treated the Filipinos with absolute firmness and gave them self-govern- ment. Lodge (R.): of Massachusetts followed with a strong reply to' Tillman, in which he stated clearly and directly the conditions as . they - confronted the United States in the Philippines. “The first-thing that strikes me,” said Tillman, “in the reading of this resolu- tion, is its absolute uselessness and its cold-blooded purpose—its simple decla- ration of purpose to buy and sell these people of the Philippines for our own interest.” He said that never in his legislative experience had he heard so many speeches against a proposition, follow- ed by so many votes in favor of the proposition. To his mind it indicated that certain Senators had yielded to pressure. The ratification of the treaty has determined the fact that in law the Filipinos were rebels against | the United States. If they fired on our flag they would be regarded as rebels. That was the way the world saw it. However, the trouble might terminate, the Filipinos would be re- garded as patriots who were fighting for their liberty just as much as were the American revolutionists. Said he: “If any resolution is passed here we ought to pass one bringing peace to the Philippines, not disasters or worse than nothing. The question now Are we to take the place of Spain as taxmasters and tyrants? “Of course,” he continued, “we can send tens of thousands of troops to the Philippines, and, as the Senater from Montana (Carter) said the other day, we can shoot those people to death; but ought we to do it? Is it honorable for us to do it?"” Mr. Tillman then read some verses from Kipling's latest poem, “The White Man’'s Burden,” which he regarded as exactly fitted to our case. “Every an . in _this chamber but | five,”:said !‘1%. “who has had to do with the colored ‘race, voted against the treaty. We of the South have borne ‘the White Man’s Burden.’ It was handed down to us by your father and mine and it clings to us like the shirt of Nessus.” He maintained that he did not want to incorporate into our citizenship the mongrel population-of the Philippines and inaugurate another race struggle in the United States: ““There are two cities in the. Pacific,” said Tillman, - “over which' our flag breaks to the breeze. Over the one it is a harbinger of peace, good will, pros- perity and liberty:. Over .the other— Manila—it is cold-blooded and deter- mined—to do’ what? . To force upon those people a government, whether it be satisfactory to them or not.” The debate on the McEnery resolution was concluded by Lodge in a brief speech, in the course of which he re- viewed the facts relating to the in- surrection in the Philippines against Spain. Lodge explained that our forces were in Manila in thorough accordance with the laws of ‘war. We succeeded to the sovereignty -of Spain. We had rever by an; cts sought to oppress the people of those islands. ““Their oppression,” said he, “has ex- isted solely in the speeches that have been -delivered in the Senate of the United States, but like all Orientals they mistook kindness for timidity.” Speaking of the restraints placed upon the American forces in the Philip- pines Lodge said: “The strongest orders have gone from the President to General Otis and Ad- miral Dewey to exercise the greatest care in their treatment of the Filipinos and not by word or deed to provoke them. A fortnight ago General Otis, in accordance with orders received from the administration, officially in- formed Aguipaldo that he had no in- tention of making an attack upon the Filipino troops. “What encouraged them to make the attack I do not know. I do know that the representative of' the Filipinos here fled to Canada before the attack was made. He knew—or I believe he knew—that the attack was to be made and believed it desirable that he should flee. The attack was made and it was met as American soldiers and Ameri- can sailors always meet such attacks. ‘While these people are in arms against us, it is not a time for us to meet them with promises and extraordinary pro- testations of good faith. We must meet them in the same way that they attack us.” Mr. Lodge concluded by reiterating his statement that it was his belief that the Filipinos had made a precon- certed and prearranged attack upon our troops at Manila for the purpose of influencing action on the treaty. Mr. Mason of Illinois, in giving no- tice that he would use his every effort to secure an early vote upon the reso- lution, said that he did not consider appropriation bills of as great impor- tance as the passage of the resolution. The Indian appropriation bill was then proceeded with. $ retary of the Spanish committee of SPANISH EVACUATION OF CUBA COMPLETED HAVANA, Feb. 7.—The following message reached me to-day from Colonel Manuel Girauta, formerly sec- evacuation: “On Board Catalan, Cienfuegos, Cuba, Feb. 5.—General Castellanos bids me inform The Call and Herald that the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish army is completed. We sail from this port to-morrow. I had hoped to visit Havana once more to bid you good-by, but must go with my general to Madrid, where I will take up my duties as auditor of war.” MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Feb. ranking Bishop of the Episcopal chu residence in this shortly before 6 o 7.—Right Rev. John Williams, D.D., LL.D., in America, died at the episcopal ‘clock to-night, aged 81 years. His death was sudc nd unexpec’ He had been attacked by grip in a mild form about a weeck ago, but no fatal result was apprehended. John Williams < born in Deerfield, Mass., August 30, 1817. He en- tered Har d at the age of fourteen, and after remaining there two years Jjoined the junior cl graduated in 183; ordained by Bishop Thomas C. Brown: served as tutor in Washington Colleg in England and France. ss at Washington He studied theolog: (now Trinity) College, where he was y with Dr. Samuel F. Jarvis, and was ell in 1838, From 1837 till 1840 he e, and then he spent a year in travel On his return he became assistant minister of Christ Church, Middletown, Conn., from which he was called to the rector- ship of St. Ge ‘tady his influenc College, and he w. suspension of Bishop Benjamin T. On as great in his pa Church, Schenectady, N. Y. While rector in Schenec- rish, among the students of Union nearly elected provisional Bishop of New York on the derdonk. In 1848, when he was but thirty-one years old, he was chosen president of Trinity College, and the announcement of his election was received with great enthusiasm, while his inaugural address showed the scholarly prin- ciples on which he considered all tru e education to be based. In connec- tion with the presidency Dr. Willlams held the professorship of history and literature. In 1851 Dr. Brownell, Bisl.op of Connecticut, having asked that, on ac- count of his growing infirmities, an assistant bishop might be elected, the dlocesan convention chose Dr. Williams, and he was consecrated on Octo- " ‘ber 29. . OSCAR GARDNER BESTS SOLLY SMITH NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Oscar Gardner, th¢ “Omaha Kid,” defeated Solly Smith | - of Los Angeles, Cal., in six rounds at | the Lenox Athletic Club to-night. Smith | -was unsteady on his feet from the| _opening round and was unusually wild. | Some persons thought he was under | the influence of some drug, but those | ‘ close to his corner were unable to say | -.whether this was so or not. Gardner | -was not in the best of condition, either, | "but he fought remarkably well and out- | .classed his opponent from the first tap - ‘of- the bell. | 7 In the sixth round Smith went down | four times, and as he was going down | ‘ the last time Oscar sent a right smash to’ the jaw, which did not land until | Smith was on his knees. Smith rolled | ‘over oa his back and was counted out, ‘while his seconds yelled “foul,” and many of the spectators took up the cry. The blow was on its way as Smith was oing down and it could not be held B gwk by Gardner, who had no intention | of fouling. Referee White ruled that| . mo foul had occurred and decided in Gardner’s favor. There was very little “kicking” over the verdict. Sl Two heavy-weights—Dick Moore of St. Paul and George Basell of Brooklyn —met in a preliminary bout at catch- weights for ten rounds. lows they put up a hard, fast fight, which was full of hard hitting. Moore had the better of the argument from the second to the tenth round. In the opening and closing rounds Basell had the advantage, but at the close Moore had so far outpointed his man that the referee declared the St. Paul man the | winner. CONCLUDES INQUIRY INTO DREYFUS TRIAL PARIS, Feb. 7.—The criminal section of the Court of Cassation has concluded its inquiry into the Dreyfus trial and for- mally declared it closed at to-day’s sit- ting. It will now refer the whole matter, with the new light developed during the inquiry, to the Procurator-General, who will be required to report his opinion to the criminal section of the Court of Cas- sation, which will pronounce a decision, unless the Government's revision bill be ndo&ed, in which case the matter will fi;)’ fore the United Court of Cassation tead of the criminal section alone. For big fel- | E+O+04040404040+40 +0 WILLIE W, ASTOR GETS AN APOLOGY London Mail Does the Polite Thing. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Feb. 7.—In the Queen’s bench division of the high court of jus- tice to-day before the Lord Chief Jus- | tice of England, Baron Russell of Killo- wen and a special jury was heard the suit of Willlam Waldorf Astor against the Daily Mail of this city to recover £10,000 damage for a libel which “held him up to ridicule and contempt.” There was an imposing array of counsel on both sides. Sir Edward Clarke, Q. C., counsel for the plaintiff, said the libel was published on Octo- ber 18 last, and was headed “Mr. As- tor's Strange Dinner Party.” It de- clared, counsel continued, that as the outcome of a wager of 5000 pounds with General Owen Williams, :-lr. ; Astzr he trunk of a California red- a?;ig?:e; heere and gave a dinner party at Clivedon around it. A fictitious list of guests, counsel said, was _pubushed }and. indeed, the whole details except | the mere fact that Mr. Astor brought the tree to England was an effort of imagination, and Mr. Astor claimed he was therefore hel(} up to Lhoenpubllc asa d ridiculous person. ‘tooslilrshE‘:ll:vard Clarke said Mr. Astor | was an American gentleman of great | wealth, “who had made this country his home, had a_ house in Carlton | House Terrace and was the owner of | the beautiful estate of Clivedon,” and | that soon after he settled in England | “certain personal and offensive para- graphs from time to time appeared im.” abfix}x_'t Txgtor then took the stand and ed Sir Edward Clarke's state- g?:r:‘tzn He added that many of the guests mentioned were —unknown to him and he expressed the belief that some of them did not exist. The mat- ter caused him great annoyance, but he was always willing to accept an apology. Thereupon the Lord Chief Justice asked if it were possihle for an apology to be given at this stage of the proceedings. The Right Honorable tor general for Ireland, in behalf of Alfred Charles Harmsworth, principal proprietor of the Daily Mail and other papers, sald his client was always ready and willing to apologize. “Whether the matter published is a i Edward Carson, Q. C., formerly solici- | and is said to have been heir to an He had met an awful fate. While found in a stooping position. held him down. agony, unable to escape. 040404040408 down. upon him before he could get out of the way. Across the back was a huge limb, which He may have lived for hours, even days, in terrible = WO404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404 040 PINNED DOWN BY A FALLEN TREE SANTA ROSA, Feb. 7.—After being missed for about a week from his cabin in the hills back of Bennett Valley, six miles from here, the body of William Gruthoff, who had friends among the German residents here estate in Germany, has been found. felling a tree it evidently had come ] ) e o + o The body was & 2 o 5¢ o be | libel or not,” the Lord Justice re- marked, “is a question for the jury to decide, but surely it is proper to apolo~ gize for giving annoyance.” “My clients,” said Mr. Carson, “while they do not admit the libel, are anxious not to publish anything which may cause annoyance.” 2 “It cannot be said,” replied the Lord Chief Justice, “that these personal paragraphs are not sometimes very annoying. Th# is the fringe of a very large question. One cannot fail to see that there is a growing fashion, per- haps copied from the press, with which Mr. Astor is better acquainted than we are (laughter), of publishing paragraphs which are annoying. “A paragraph appears in a newspaper this morning regarding myself (laugh- ter) erroneously stating that I forced my carriage through the Horse Guards passage, notwithstanding the opposition of the Guards, and an American paper, the other day, described a painful inci- dent in my career. It said it had been my duty in the position of president of the divorce court to pronounce a di- vorce decree between myself and my first wife. As a matter of fact, I have only had one wife, she is alive now, we have never been divorced and I am not president of the divorce court. (Laugh- ter.) # . Addressing Mr. Carson the Chief Jus- tice said: “I think your client ought to apologize for publishing the paragraph which has given annoyance to Mr. As- tor.” To this Mr. Carson replied: “I adopt your lordship’s suggestion absolutely. The proprietors of the Dally Mail wish me to say that they had no wish to give annoyance, though some people are annoyed by these things and others are not. (Laughter.) They regret they gave annoyance to Mr. Astor and apol- ogize for so doing.” : - The ‘case was then settled, a juror being withdrawn and the proceedings came to an end. Mr. Harmsworth's Evening News in reporting the case says: \ _Mr. Astor is.a cultured American who does us the honor to’preferour company to - dr that of his own countrymen. His re - brance of the courteous, poiished mg:lennelr in which his native newspapers deal with him makes him, apparently, a highly cen- sorfous critic. The malice in the dinner party paragraph is so subtle as to escape any ordinary readings, but .t did not es- cape Mr. Astor. According to Sir Ed- ward Clarke, e inference arawn from the paragraph would be that Mr. Astor allowed the Information to be su plied mg{; ;;rggs. T}l’flls nwtugl crime woulg nat- ear heinous to any o Astor’s nationality. Rl REHABILITATION OF THE CENTRAL, PACIFIC NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—The Press says: Mrs. Leland Stanford, widow of Senator Leland Stanford, is in the city for the purpose of discussing with C. P. Huntington and members of the banking firm of Speyer & Co. plans for the rehabilitation of the Central Pa- cific Railroad Company, in which she is one of . the largest stockholders. The plan involves a scheme to pay to the Government the full amount of its loan to that railroad and interest on it. The debt amounts to about $60,000.000. It is purposed to raise $118,000,000. Of this sum $110,000,000 will be used to pay off the railroad’s entire indebtedness and the rest will be used to improve the property. Details of the plan have not been ar- ranged, and all information was refused {leaterday by those interested ip negotia- ons. The Tribune says: Mrs. Stanford will not talk about the progress of her ne- fotlatlons. and her lawyer is e%ually si- ent. It is said Central Pacific stock will be changed for Southern Pacific stcvk and that it will receive certain considera. tlons which will make it worg: about 10 per cent more than Southern Paciflc. Tt is understood in Wall street that the Central Pacific plan will be ready for is- sue within the next two weeks. T T John Hollingsworth’s Will. ‘WOODLAND, Feb. 7.—The will of the late John Hollingsworth has been filed for probate. It disposes of property val- ued at $80,000. Previous to his death he transferred a large block of bank stock and other collateral to his wife and chil- en. : STOCK PERISHING BY THOUSANDS Situation in Colorado and Wyoming. Speclal Dispatch to The Call DENVER, Feb. T7.—Three special trains were sent East from Glenwood Springs to-day, bringing all the pas- sengers that had been detained there, and they will arrive in Denver to- night. The passengers united in a let- ter of thanks to President Jeffreys for the kind treatment given them while snowbound. The West minstrel troupe, after hav- ing been detained a week at Basalt, returned west to Ogden, and, if not again delayed, will reach this city via the Union Pacific to-morrow evening. The Colorado Midland has encoun- tered fresh difficulties, the wind dmift- ing the snow and filling cuts that had been cleared. Besides, the cold is so in- tense that men cannot endure to work long at a time clearing the tracks. Until the Midland is opened its through trains will run over the Rio Grande tracks. After weeks of toil the Colorado and Southern has been forced to abandon the effort to open the “high line” be- tween Como and Leadville. A high wind last night filled the cuts with snow and the rotary was returned to Como to remain until the weather mod- erated and storms.cease. The line be- tween Denver and Como will be kept open. This company is having no trouble with its road to the south, trains running practically on schedule. It is estimated 60,000 sheep in South- ern Colorado are dying of cold and hunger. Many flocks have been aban- doned by the herders. “Another twenty-four hours of weather such as has been sweeping Wyoming since February 1 and 50 per cent of the cattle of Wyoming will be dead,” said B. Frank Hunter to-day. “The winter is without exception the waorst that has ever been experienced in that part of the country. There is not a shrub or bunch of grass of any kind visible between this city and Western Wyoming along the railroad and it would be impossible for the cattle to find anything to eat even if the weather were warm enough to excite them to such an attempt. ) the Union Pacific the great white stretch of endless prairie can be seen dotted here and there with the car- casses of animals. Even should the weather improve immediately and the snow clear off so that the cattle re- maining can get something to eat the loss will be almost incalculable, as thousands of cattle are in the last stages of suffering from cold and hun- ger. They have reached - the semi- conscious state, when they begin to look for something as a support. From the car windows the cattle can be seen leaning back against the fences. Of course, my information is only regard- ing the cattle along the railroad line, but it is highly probable that the same condition exists all over the State.” In Eastern Colorado, so far as possi- ble, range cattle are being fed, but if the cold weather continues much longer the supply of feed will be exhausted. All along the line of | BURLINGAMES WIN AT POLD Defeat the Men From Riverside. Special Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7.—Owing to the cold weather scarcely 800 people witnessed the polo game to-day. The first vehicle to arrive on the ground was the Hobart coach and four-in- hand, Mr. Hobart himself handling the ribbons and showing little effect of the serious illness which has kept him until to-day from all the gay doings since the horse show began. Seated on the coach were Mrs. Hobart, Mrs. W. E. Lester and Mrs. Charles A. Baldwin. The Burlingame team, resplendent {n bright red jackets, pale blue caps and white breeches, was first to appear, It was followed shortly by the Riverside team, clad all in white. The Riverside players were Robert Lee Bettner, C. E. Maud, G. L. Waring and H. R. Mackie, The Burlingame team was composed of Richard and Joseph Tobin, C. Dunphy and Charles A. Baldwin. Dr. J. A. Edmunds, “the father of polo,” acted as umpire for Riverside and Richard McCreery for “Blingum.” The sonor- ous voice of the pool seller announced that the odds on the game were even, but they changed to 10 to 7 on Bur- lingame when, after the first period of ten minutes play, the game stood 1 to 0 in favor of the northerners. In the first period the ball was.put out, and by a good swing of his stick a “Blingum” sent it spinning toward the south goal. The play was fast and furious. The Riverside team blocked several balls that seemed sure to pass goals. Toward the close of the period the ball was sent rolling toward the northern goal by a Burlingame player, and the ponies strung out in a pretty line across the field. One of the River- side player’s ponies proved to be the fleetest, and a clever backward swing of the player's stick prevented the ball going through the goal. At the end of the first period the score was 1 to 0 in favor of the Burlingame team. The Riverside team had no better luck in the second period. When time was called the score stood 2 to 0 in favor of Burlingame. In the third period C. A. Baldwin of Burlingame and R. L. Bettner of the Riverside team collided violently and were dismounted. The crowd in the grand stand thought the players were injured, but their fears were soon quieted when Umpire Edmunds an- nounced no one hurt. At the end of the third period the score stood 3 to 0 in favor of the Burlingame team. In the fourth period the Riverside team scored a goal. When time was called the score stood 3 to 1 in favor of Burlingame. The Burlingame team won by a score of 5 to 2. For a Cattle Quarantine. ‘WOODLAND, Feb. 7—T. J. Cumins, representing the stock raisers of TYolo County, went over to Sacramento to-day to urge the Legislature to re-establish a quarantine against infected cattle of thae south, with the boundary between. Yolo -and Solano as the line,