The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1899 HERVEY LINDLEY ENGINEERING THE ONFERENCE SCHEME Burng' New Manager - Mover of It. TRAP Honest Men Fear That the Mexican and His Henchmen Wil Use the Meeting to Make Capitai in Spite of the Opposition. A PLAN T0 Thought to Be Prime LEGISLATORS 900 90-00-0-0-006060 00900600600y ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27.—A con- @/ ference of Republican legislators to-day clearly demonstra- ted two facts. First, that ence. at first hesitated to declare that threatens. : represent California in the United States Senate without the aid of a secret caucus, and second that his only chance for a dark-lan- tern caucus lies in the slender opportunity presented by a confer- The sentiment is growing stronger every hour that no Sen- ator wou'd be better than the election of Burns. choice of Burns are outspoken to-night in the declaration that the State should be saved from the disgrace that the secret caucus D. M. Burns cannot be elected to Legislators who no choice would be better than the 00009090000 ¢ CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 27.—The Republican con- ference this afternoon was attended by eighty members. The proceedings be- gan in talk and closed in talk. The ad- Journed meeting of the conference to be held to-morrow will not bring to- gether as many legislators as attended to-day. The followers of Grant suspect that Hervey Lindley is the prime mover of the scheme. While they can- not discern the Burns “nigger” in the woodpile, they are confident that one is there and will spring out at the ap- pointed time. The Grant theory of the situation is this: Burns is in the last ditch. He must do something to make a showing. If he cannot get a secret caucus he st have a conference that may re- sult In an effort to obtain a caucus of gome kind. After the preliminaries have been discussed some one will sub- mit a proposition for a vote in caucus without prejudice to any candidate or conditions for the dropping of any can- didate. On the face the proposition may be fair, but many of the anti- Burns men will shy at the suggestion and leave the conference. The Burns men will insist that something must be done to break the deadlbck, and may ceed in retaining forty-three mem- bers of the Legislature to listen to further proposals. Whatever the out- come of the conference may be, Burns hopes to get the advantage of being able to say to the people that forty- three Republicans, or a majority of all the Republican members of the Legis- Jature, were willing to settle the Sena- torial question, but the minority mem- bers walked out and threatened to ad- journ without an election. As a last resort, Burns might be will- ing to a pt the Melick propositio: for saucus requiring sixty-one votes to - the nominee. On these lines the caucus might work for several days without r 1t, and at length a proposi- jon would come to amend the rules of proceeding to drop the lowest man on th- list after a certain number of bal- Jots had been taken. Then a walk-out Inight take place if such a rule were adopted and the touts would rc Burns was willing to settle the fight on proper grounds but his enemies and the foes of the Republican party opposed n. Many clear-headed and loyal Repub- Jicans who have the welfare of the party and the good name of the State in mind oppose every scheme in the ghape of a caucus and simply adhere to the proposition to settle the contest in joint convention, yet there are many anti-Burns men who sincerely believe that a conference may result in ection of an acceptable and able enator. They may be right in their opinions, but the members of the Leg- jslature who are keen enough to see through the game of Lindley and Dib- ble i against a conference with the Burns people. A conference on the line of assem- bling all the members of the Legisla- ture opposed to the election of Burns might open the way to the ction of a creditable Senator. conviction grows deeper and stronger that the election of Burns would not only bring discredit on the State at home and abroad, but so disrupt the Republican party that the State would be lost to Republicanism in the great campaign of 1900. Better no Senator for two vears than the election of Burns. Should the Legislature adjourn without having chosen a Senator the Republicans could go before the peo- ple and say with truth and honor, “Qur party refused to take orders from the machine politicians and the South- ern Pacific Railroad. We were forced to the choice of Dan Burns or no Sena- tor, and we said no Senator until the question was submitted again to the people of California.” This method would give Burns a chance to obtain his desired vindica- tion. Men favoring his election to the office of United States Senator could become candidates for the Legislature, and if the people wanted him for Sena- tor they could vote for them. Since Saturday afternoon a deter- mined efiort has been made to break General Barnes' line, but so far the as- gaults have failed. The general is in the fight to the finish, and his friends are more confident than ever before that he will win out. From several quarters he has received assurances of support. The efforts to break him down “have reacted in his favor. On all sides it is conceded that he has made a clean and honorable ¢ontest for the Senator- ghip, and predictions of his ultimate tri- umph are numerous. All gerts of rumors are in circulation this ®vening. The medicine men are expecting relief. One story is to the effect that the unusual calm of the past twenty-four hours will be followed by the reign of boodle. Another story is to the effect that Van R. Paterson will be brought forward again with a great fourish. Among Democrats the subject of voting for Estee to break the' dead- lock has been discussed. The talk is based on the belief that Burns cannot win, but will recede from the “rule or ruin” policy. Early in the session Dib- ble proclaimed the sentiment “Burna or | boodle may be sent here at the eleventh | the | Every day the | no Senator,” but the touts may be con- vinced after reflection that a Senator | in sympathy with the ‘“colonel” would be better than no Senator for two years. It is expected that there will be a great crowd of people here mext | Wednesday. Wonder is expressed that the leading merchants, bankers and | professional men of San Francisco and | Oakland do not take a deeper interest| in the contest than they have so far| displayed. The main influence of a per- sonal nature exerted here has been | drawn from classes that derive the support from politics, the race cou and gambling devices. The higher and better classes cf citizenship stuy away from the Capitol and vlore the degen- eracy of the time The good and true men of the Legislature, who are mak- ing a gallant struggle to preserve the | fair name and honor of the State, feel | that they are not receiving the manly | support from good citizens which the emergency calls for. The fear] pul- | pit and the incorruptible pr have sustained the burden of the fight so far, and yet one more determined assault of the machine forces and their allies may be made on the Legislature. The mem- | people here in Sacramento are more hopeful of victory to-night than ever | before, but they are apprehensive that hour. Irving M. Scott is expected to arrive here to-morrow. The indications that there may be a rush of events may call him to the capital at once. | BARD WITHDRAWS ERON THE RACE CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 27.—Hon. J. T. Richards of Santa Barbara, who came here last week with Thomas R. Bard, received a message by telephone this evening from San Francisco which may have an important bearing on the Senatorial situation. Mr. Bard telephoned that he was no longer in the field as a can- | didate for United States Senator and desired the friends who were voting for him to vote for U. S. Grant. He also expressed the sentiment that no election of Senator would be better | than the election of Burns. Assemblyman Greenwell, who recent- ly changed his vote from Grant to | Bard on the advice of his Ventura con- stituents, was advised to-night to | change back to Grant. Senator Rowell | of Fresno, who has been voting for | Thomas R. Bard, has been informed that his candidate is no longer in the field. —_— GOVERNOR GAGE THINKS BURNS ' CANT GET IT Governor Gage was in the city Sun- | |day and while here had a long conver- sation on the Senatorial situation with a member of the Republican State Cen- tral Committee. The Governor was sorely perturbed and could not see any solution of the contest. He expressed a realization of the effect the election of Burns would have on the party and spoke in a manner which indicated that he did not believe the man from Mexico couid be elected. The Governor fore- sees a grave contingency in the affairs of the party during the next two years. If Burns should, be elected a violent protest is sure to follow and if de- feated he may endeavor to completely wreck the party in this State. After reviewing the situation the Governor vaguely intimated that the only possi- ble solution he could see is the with- drawal of all the candidates now 4n the field and the selection of some promi- nent Republican not yet named. The Republican State Central Com- mittee will not indorse the action of its chairman in transferring the head- quarters from this city to Sacramento. Several leading members of the com- mittee are very indignant over this matter and unhesitatingly condemn the attempt to plunge the committee into the Senatorial contest. Four years ago the managers of the Republican party deemed it wise to maintain permanent headquarters in { San Francisco and the rooms at the ‘Pula(‘e Hotel were retained as a, meet- | |ing place for party men when they were 1n the city. The experiment brought' forth good results, as demon- | strated in the last campaign. Instead of the organization dissolving after clection it was continued and when the | campaign opened no preliminary organ- ization work was necessary. Profiting by this experience the present commit- | tee, though they considered their active duties ended with the election, in- structed the chairman to keep the head- .quarters open until the next general election. There was no intention, how- | ever, that the committee should take any part in the Senatorial fight, and when the chalrman of the committee | return to their respective stations. bers who are fighting the battle of the | C: 5 | the ject. He does not place himself above | | the cou however, as he concludes with: | I cannot, however, state that this is un- | Fowler in a room on transferred the headquarters to the State capital he did so without consult- ing the other members of the commit- tee. After the move had been made the | chairman endeavored to have his ac- { tion indorsed and he met with a de- served rebuke. He sent an agent to the individual members of the Central Committee with a typewritten document commending the removal of the State headquarters. Included in the indorsement which was presented to the commijtteemen for their signatures was a clause assuming the responsibility for the expenses in- curred. Inasmuch as the plan was not a party affair but rather a scheme in the interest of one individual the ex- ecutive committee very promptly and emphatically rejected the whole mat- ter. That their position might not be misunderstood the committeemen sent a notice to the chairman that he had acted on his own responsibility and therefore he would be compelled to foot the bills. This notice was sent by the auditing committee of the executive committee, which is composed of Wen- dell Easton, P. N. Lilienthal, Paris Kil- burn, E. Nusbaumer and E. C. Hart of Sacramento. TO DRAIN THE SOUTHWEST. Mission Clubs Concentrate on a Sys- tem of Sewerage for the District. Property owners in the southwestern section of the Mission are determined to have a system of sewerage adopted by the present Board of Supervisors. At a recent meeting of the Federation of Mis- sion Improvement Clubs a petition was prepared and ordered fled with the Su- pervisors, askirfg that the City Engineer be empowered to prepare plans for -a sewer system and pledging the board to | provide funds in the next tax levy to in- augurate the work. The object is to prepare the necessary plan, with estimates of cost for the main outlet that is to start from Ocean View and tap Sunnvside, Lakeview, Fairmount, Holly Park and empty into the bay near Butchertown. Following on this line of improvement, the federation went further and in- structed the executive committee to pre- pare a petition for an appropriation for the ction of new schools in the West | of Castro_Street District, the Sunnyside | District, Ocean View and the Five Mile m 1l be circulated for signa o It and later filed with the Boar upervisors. The hoggish propensity of the telephone company in charging 2 cents for all mes- ages from Ocean View got an unmerci- | ful scoring at the hands of the delegates from that club. It was resolved to re- quest the company to extend .the nickel | vice to the place. Delegate A. S. Lille, | h an object of aiding home products, | | | w offered a resolution to that effect which was unanimously carried and sister clubs requested to” foilow suit. EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION. General Shafter Appoints a Board to Examine Enlisted Men of the Regular Army. General Shafter yesterday issued an or- der in pursuance with instructions re- celved from the Secretary of War, ap- pointing a board of officers to meet at | the Presidio at 11 o’clock on March 20, to | conduct the examination of such enlisted | men of the regular army, serving in this | department, as may be legally qualified | and d sire to compete in_the examination motion to the grade of second lieu- il applicants for examination will be sent by their respective commanding of- | s in time to enable them to report | son for examination to the presi- dent of the board, on the morning of the 20th proximo. Upon conclusion of their | examination, and when their presence is | no longer required by the board, they will | The quartermaster’s department will furnish | the necessary transportation. The detail for the hoard is as follows: Colonel Charles E. Compton, Fourth Colonel Willlam H. Forwood, assistant surgeon general. Captain Henry C. Danes, Third Artil- Captain Isaac P. Ware, assistant sur- geon. Captain Frank Green, Signal Corps. —_———— SHOULD BE ASSESSED HERE. City and County Attorney Lane Sub- mits an Opinion Regarding San Mateo Railway Company. In response to’the question, asked by the Board of Supervisors, as to whether San Francisco and San Mateo Ralil- way Company should not be assessed by the A or of this city and county in- stead of as now by the State Board of Equalization City and County Attorney Lane submits his answer. He advises that the property of the company in San | Francisco should be asse: here, and not by the State Board of Equalization. Mr. Lane's opinion is an extended one. 1t reviews the history of the franchise, draws a distinction between commercial | railroads and street railroads and cites | numerous decisions bearing upon the sub- | questionably the law, because a matter | of construction is merely the opinion of the body or person called upon to inter- pret, and what may be the opinion of the courts.I cannot foretell.”” - SANTA CLARAS WON AGAIN. The Collegians Defeated the Impe- rials of This City Sunday. The Santa Clara College team scored its sixth victory of the season Sunday after- oon when it defeated the Imperials of San Francisco by a score of 18 to 5. The first four innings were well played and productive of considerable excitement. The explosion came in the fifth inning, when by clever bunching of their hits the collegians scored runs, forcing Burckoff to retire from the box. Henry King of the Friscos occupied the slab during the rest of the game and suc- ceeded, to some extent, in keeping down the score of the college team. The bat- ting was heavy on both sides, but the sharp fielding of the college boys prevent- ed their opponents from scoring often. The batting of King and the infield work | of the collegians were the features of the | game. Jay Hughes, the great Baltimore | twirler, who was acting as coach for the | college’ team, was well satisfied with the showing made by his colt: e — Pacific Cable Bill. Several weeks ago the members of the | local Chamber of Commerce telegraphed | to the Paeific Coast representatives in Washington asking them to have inserted in the Pacific cable bill a clause to the | effcct that the proposed cable should be constructed of material of American man- | acture. Yesterday’s press dispatches | giving an account of the provisions of the Bill failed to mention the wished for | clause. In order to make the request or demand more forcible, the Chamber yes- terday sent the following dispatches to the Chambers of Comimerce of Sacramen- to, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portiand and Tacoma: “We have wired our delegation in Congress urging the insertion of a pro- viso in_any Pacific cable bill that the ca- ble be manufactured in the United States by American manufacturers. We respect- fully ask similar action immediately by your organizatiol ——e————— Chloroformed and Robbed, William Fowler, alias Foulls, who says he is a nurse, is locked up in the City Prison on a charge of grand larceny. On July 29, it is alleged, Fowler became ac- quainted with . V. Miller of 400 Leavenworth street and invited him to his room on_ Grant avenue, where he -chloroformed him and robbed him of diamonds . valued .$1500. Detectives Wren and Gibson, assisted by Policemen McQuade and Murphy, last night found Bush street. He taken to the City Prison, where he formally charged. DOMESTIC PORTS, TACOMA—Arrived Feb 27—Bark Gatherer, h 2 Feb M. pEireds ARRIVED. Monday, February 27. Ship St. Nicholas, Brigman, 1 days from Se- ttle. M ark Wilna, Slater, 8 days from Seattle, Schr Jennis Stella, Krebs, 41 days from Grays Harbor. . SAILED, Monday, February 27, Stmr Alice Blancbard, Hall, for Coos Bay, . w L | DELAY IN THE TRIAL OF QUAY Judge Reitler Grants a Continuance. DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S DESIRE SAID HE WAS NOT PREPARED TO PROCEED. . Friends of the Senator Declare the Postponement Is Unjust, and That It Will Elect Their Man. Special Dispatch to The Call HARRISBURG, Pa.,, Feb. 27.—The continuance of the trial of Senator Quay created a sensation among the legislators and politicians at Harris- burg. Captain James Clark, who is in charge at the Quay headquarters, says it is an outrage. He claims Senator | Quay wasready and anxious togoahead with the trial, and" that his friends had every assurance that he would be honorably acquitted. Senator Mere- dith, a strong Quay man, says the de- lay means the election of Senator Quay this week. Senator McCarrell, an- other Quayite, is certain his jury bill will become a law before the time fixed for the trial. Captain William Hasson, one of the Democratic House leaders, is confident District Attorney Rothermel had good reason to ask that the case go over, and said the continuance would have no effect on the Senatorial deadlock, except to prolong it until after the trial. This seems to be the general opinion of the faction opposed to Sena- tor Quay. E. S. Vankelkenberg, the leader of the anti-Quay forces, says the postponement was a great sur- prise. 5 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.—On mo- tion of District Attorney Rothermel, the Quay conspiracy trial has been continued until April 10. The District Attorney did not state his reason for this action. Though interest in the trial was intense throughout the city, there was no crowding in the court, be- cause of an order issued that only the lawyers directly interested in the case, the panel of witnesses and a limited number of newspaper men should be admitted. Senotor Quay and his son entered the court room accompanied by their counsel, Rufus E. Shapeley, A. S. L. Shields and David T. Watson of Pitts- burg. The presence of the latter was a surprise to those in attendance, as it was generally understood he had re- tired from the case. District Attorney Rothermel and his associates held a brief consuitation, at the conclusion of which the District At- torney arose and, addressing the court, said that for reasons which he did not | care to state at present he desired that the trial of Mr. Quay be continued. He was not ready to proceed with the trial now. He stated that as the Judges of the court would be engaged for the greater part of the present month in hearing the liquor license applications, he would ask that the date for this trial be fixed for April 10. Mr. Shapeley of counsel for the de- fense opposed the motion. He said their witnesses had been subpenaed and every preparation made to bring the trial to an immediate conclusion. A continuance at this time, he said, would cause great inconvenience and be un- fair to his clients. that he Judge Reitier announced would grant the motion, inasmuch as | the District Attorney was not prepared | to proceed, and named April 10 as the date for the trial. Senator Quay, on leaving the court- room, expressed his disappointment at the unexpected deferring of the trial. He declined to discuss the matter fur- ther, simply adding that he was ex- tremely anxious to have the case dis- posed of, and that he had hoped that it would have been taken up to-day and | quickly brought to a conclusion. —— 'HIBERNIANS HOLD A COUNTY CONVENTION HAVE GREATLY INCREASED THE MEMBERSHIP. The Order Will Help in the Celebra- tion of Robert Emmet’s Birthday. The annual meeting of the county board of directors of the Ancient Order of Hi- bernians was held in the hall at 120 Ninth street last night. Representatives from all the divisions in the city were present, 2nd the meeting was presided over by P. J. McCormick, the county president. All the divisions presented their reports for the year, and the total membershin was found to be 3300. The by-laws of the divisions were inspected by a committee on legislation and such amendments made as were necessary to conform to the new by-laws adopted by the State convention of the order recently held in this city. A letter from the Knights of the Red Pranch notifyig the Hibernians that the former order would celebrate the birth- day of Robert Emmet, which occurs on next Saturday evening, was read. Gov. ernor Gage has been invited to preside at the meeting, which will be held in Metro- politan Temple, and the principal address Wwill be made by Mayor Phelan. The pro- ceeds derived from the celebration will be turned into the fund for the erection of the Wolf Tone monument at Dublin. resolution was adopted by the Hibernians signifying their desire to co-operate with the Knights of the Red Branch in the celebration, and circular letters will be sent to all the members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians urging them to attend the celebration. It was decided to hold a picnic of the order to be held at Schuetzen Park on the Fourth of July. Rev. D. 0. Crowley, R: Shepston, J. Mo- ran and J. F. Renault were appointed as a committee to confer with the Arch- | bishop and arrange for the annual com- munion of the order. ———————— WARD IN CUSTODY. He Is Booked on Five Charges of Felony Embezzlement. Bernard Ward, financial secretary of the Marine Firemen's Association, was arrested last night by Detective Cody and booked on five charges of felony em- bezzlement. Several days ago John Dougherty, the treasurer of the associa- tion, was arrested for the alleged theft of $17,000 of the funds of the organiza- tion. After being locked up in the City Prison Dougherty declared he had not stolen a cent and that Ward was the real culprit. Acting on his statement Andrew Pryal, the present treasurer of the asso- ciation, visited police headquarters and Swore to flve complaints charging Ward With felony embezziement. He alleges that on March 5, 1897, Ward drew out of the Hibernia Bank $3000 belonging to the association. On March 1, 1897, he drew out of the San Francisco Savings Society $3000, also a part of the funds of the or- ganization. A féw days later, it is claimed, he visited the Germania Savings work of !ecuflng a j'g’ll'{ and Loan Society, where the association | not ceompleted yesterday, but deposit, and | tinue to-&.v, %, on Al drew out $4000, representing that he had been Instructed to do-so by the-president of the association. On July 9, Lt is glaimed, he again drew on the Germania Savings and Loan Society to the extent of 2 28. The same day he went to the Sam. Francisco Savings Unlon, where the assoclation also had money on deposit, and drew out $2700. It is claimed that he Wwas not authorized to draw the amounts, hence his arrest. ‘Ward denles his guilt and claims he will be able to establish his innocence at his preliminary examination. —— e —— ANTI-PHELAN POPULISTS. Middle of the Roaders Will Reorgan- ize on Old Lines. The middle-of-the-road Populists, hav- ing had enough of fusion with the Demo- crats, have decided to purge their party and maintain a separate organization. Underreath the turmoil now existing in the single-taxers and anti-monopolists is a current of bitter resentment against the methods pursued by the Populist managers during the last campaign. One of the foremost middle-of-the-roaders de- clares that the battle now on is between the Phelan faction and straight-out Populists. Phelan Populism prevailed last fall and the party gained nothing. Now such men. as Taylor Rogers, DT, Walton Griswold and George Monteith are striving to rescue the organization and blot out the hybrid stigma which at- taches to it. Last evening a secret meeting of a committee appointed to devise methods to reorganize was held at Dr. Griswold’s office, 106 Eddy street. The first thing to be done is to get rid of A. B. Kinne and G. D. Gillespie, who are charged with be- traying the Populists. Kinne and Gilles- pie will fight to retain control of the cam- paign committee and its emoluments. The other side threatens civil and criminal proceedings against these men, and before the friction is settled a few | political _secrets ~—may be disclose?. | Kinne and Gillespie have held the whip | up to the present, but it now looks as if | they_would be thrown from the box and the Populist coach tooted by Jehus who will not turn out for either a Southern | Pacific locomotive or one of Phelan’s pav- lng machines. everal futile attempts have been made to obtain an accounting from the men who handled the Populist funds, but the statements made are most unsatisfactory to the rank and file. Further efforts are to be made to secure a complete state- ment for investigation. Some of the Popu- list committee openly charge that the party was debauched by men employed by | Phelan, and, further, that money al- | leged to have been spent for the ticket | never left the hands of the men who han- dled the funds. —_—ee—————— THE WILLEY WILL. Louisa M. Muirhead Files Her Answer in the Contest. Answer was filed yesterday by Louisa M. Muirhead to the contest instigated by M. K. Springer, R. Springer, Abbie W. Bridgham and Sarah C. Scharrer against the will of the late Charles .Walter Wil- ley. It is averred by the contestants, who are uncles and aunts of the deceased, that Willey was not mentally competent and that undue influence was used to influence him to sign the testament giv- ing his entire estate to the respondent, Mrs. Muirhead. ; To these allegations Mrs. Muirhead en- ters a general denial and cites proofs by | which “to substantiate her contentions. | Shortly after the death of his father Wil- ley was picked up by Mrs. Muirhead while he was begging on the street. As | subsequent decisions proved this young | man was entitled to some $80,000 of his | father’s estate, but no relatives came to his aid, Mrs. Muirhead gave him a home with hér. After a time she was paid a lit- | tle for his support, but for many months past she says that she has received noth- ing. When Willey went to live in Mrs. Muir- |'head’s home he was in poor health. Sub- | sequently he recovered and was employed in a well known lawyer's office. It was while he was employed in this office, at- tending to his various dutles, and the | lawyer says in possession of all his fac- ulties, that he drew the will in favor of the woman, who, with her husband, had | befriended him. ‘He never spoke of ‘rela- | tives, Mrs. Muirhead says, and she knows that ‘while he was in her home they never aided him. Consequently the proponent is prepared to defend her rights against the claims of the dead man's relatives. ——e——— HER DEATH UNEXPECTED. Mrs. Marganri, Vullcevich Suc- cumbs to an Attack of Grip. News of the death of Mrs, Margaret Lynan Vulicevich will be received with re- gret by her numerous friends in this city. The lady passed away early vesterday morning at her residence, 414 Hyde street. She had been ailing but a few days, and her death was a great shock to her hus- band and children. On Thursday last she suffered an attack of grip and took to her bed. Unfortunately the affliction developed into meningitis, which brought fatal results. Besides her husband the deceased leaves seven children. Mrs. Vulicevich was_50 years old at the time of her demise. She was a kind-hearted and charitable woman and was beloved by all who knew her. The funeral services will be held in St. | Mary’s Cathedral, and the interment will | be in Holy Cross Cemetery. —_——————— ACCUSES HER SISTER. Ida A. Tripp Says She Is Being Dis- criminated Against. | 1da A. Tripp filed suit yesterday against her sister, Carrie L. Dick, for an allow- | ance of $200 a month from the trust estate |'of Emma L. Cowle, of which the litigants are heirs and legatees. The trust estate is at present valued at $261,000. The de- | fendant and Wallace M. Cowie are the | trustees and under the terms of the will the plaintiff was to receive a certain al- | lowance from the residue of the profits of the estate. The plaintiff alleges that her sister has discriminated against her and for some time only allowed her $10 a month and the use of a_house, but later gave her $40 a month. Mrs. Tripp avers | that her husband is unable through ill- ness to work and asks that the court al- low her $200 a month for permanent sup- i port. —_————————— ‘ PASSED A BOGUS ORDER. | More of Peter McGlade’s Peculiar | Methods Coming to Light. Willlam McGee, who gave his occupa- tion as that of a clerk, was arrested last night by Detective Tom Gibson and | charged with obtaining money by false | pretenses. During the administration of Pete McGlade, the disgraced ex-book- keeper in the Superintendent of Streets’ office, McGee. it is claimed, presented a worthless order on M. Regensburger, the broker, for $200. As the order was signed by McGlade, the broker handed over the amount to McGee. Since then Regens- burger learned that the order was wort! less, and he at once swore out a war- rant charging McGee with obtaining money by fals etenseés, — e | O’Farrell Insolvency. | Final proceedings in the matter of the insolvency of J. J. O'Farrell, the real €s- tate man who failed in September, 1806, were concluded before Judge Troutt yes- | terday. The final account of George H. | Lent, the assignee, was settled yeste | day morning and the creditors will re- | cefve .0775 per cent of their clalms within the next few days. The claims which ere approved by the court amount to $74,000. —_————————— Suits Against Horsemen. The echo of the Baldwin Hotel fire was heard in the Justices' Clerk’s office yes- terday. Sults were filed agalnst well- known Thorsemen in _the _following amounts: Henry Martin, $61 80; F. L. Fos- ter, $30; J. C. Quinn, $125 70, and Thomas F. Quinn, $118 30 for board and rooms. 4 ——e—————— Foresters Dissolve. The American Foresters’ Hall Associa- tion, organized in 1892 for the purpose of renting halls to the various Forester so- cleties and other organizations, was dt. solved yesterday by Judge Daingerfield. Tt is said that the reason for the disso- jution is that the organization was not profitable. ——————— . Dora Fuhrig on Trial. 3 Mrs, Dora Fuhrig, the notorious mid- wife, was again placed on trial on a FRENCH SENATORS AdSSAIL THE ARMY Dreyfus Trial Revision Bill the Subject of a Heated Debate. of a lively session. M. would tribunal.” P R R TR + chiefs of the army had been guilty: had never wavered. The House then adjourned. 4 E e+ INDIAN MURDERER REMAINS AT LARGE Search for the Slayer of “Little Pete” in the Vicinity of Sebas- topol. SANTA ROSA, Feb. 21.—The body of Peter Besente, otherwise known as “Lit- tle Pete,” the Indlan boy murdered at Calder's Grove, near Sebastopol, was-laid to rest in the Sebastopol Cemetery yes- terday, a number of his tribesmen being among those present at the funeral. Besente was hardly 20 years of age. The Killing occurred as the result of a quar- rel in which he and a half-breed named James Stevens engaged while drunk. Pe- ter Manuel and Louis Bellaus, two other Indians, witnessed the quarrel, and they say that Stevens first attacked Besente with a fence picket, and that after beat- ing him into insensibility with that wea- pon he finished him with a knife. A post-mortem examination held at Se- bastopol yesterday showed that one of the blows from the picket had landed just across the eyes at the base of the nose, and that part of the face had been crushed in, concussion of the brain and a fracture of the skull following as a nat- ural result. Tmmediately after the murder Stevens made his escape, and while a diligent search has been made by the authorities he has not been located. It is thought he will be captured before morning. Stevens Is recognized as a hard character, and When under the influence of liquor is very quarrelsome. It is understood the author- fties nave located the man who sold the Indians the liquor and that he will be ar- rested and punished for violating the law in that respect. i S Baseball at Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 27— The sophomores defeated the seniors at baseball to-day in the first of its serles of interclass games, which will be played o e interclass championship. The soore was 11 to 9. The game was hotly contested, ten innings being played. Dawson Gets Some Mail. SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—A letter received from Dawson to-day says ;ha.;' the ?rst ail that has been received there since Tast fall arrived on January 28, There were about 2500 letters. A writ of habeas corpus has been applied for in the case of four Indians under sentence of death for murder. L e Repaving of Valencia Street. The Board of Directors of the Mission Business Men’s Association met last night in the office of L. A. Souc, 465 Valencia street. The paramount matter unfler dis- cussion was the repaving of Valencia street, and ways and means were argued for a couple of hours. The directors final- ly decided to_solicit signatures from resi- dents of the Mission favoring the proposi- tion by placing petitions in all business houses during the week. These petitions will be presented to the Board of Super- Visors by a committee consisting of E. S. Harrison, Eugene McCoy, W.S. Patto- sien, W. L. Walbel and Henry F. Wynne. Should the Supervisors decide to call a special election to determine whether the ity shall issue bonds for proposed im- provements, an effort will be made to in- corporate the repaving o!t\'alencln. street list of improvements. In the I mefman was chosen legal ad- visor of the board. A committee consist- ing of H. H. Manifold, E. S. Harrison and 1.5 Goldman were named to confer with the Merchants' Association to solicit its co-operation. - ee——— Equivalent to Life. Richard Phelan is doomed to spend twenty-five years of his life in the State prison for having’ killed Dan O'Connor. Such was the decision of the Superior Court of Sierra County, which was con- firmed yesterday by the Supreme Court. He was the superintendent of a mining company in that county, which failed, and among the workmen who were not paid Was O-Connor. The two men became ene- Thies in comsequence of their business transactions and the evidence presented Jod many to the belief that O'Connor was ehot and killed in self-defense by Phelan. However, the verdict was murder in the second degree, and the penalty imprison- Shent for twenty-five vears. The higher Toart found no errors in the rulings of fhe Jower court and confirmed the judg- ment. — e —— Mortimer Turns Up. Frank E. Mortimer, who mysterfously dtsappeared from Denver a few days ago, e ened up In this city. He has been P etered at the International Hotel un- e he. assumed name of S. G. Morley. ger the Ahal he has been suffering from He a8 ostration for some time past. oS e Gime of his disappearance he {45 is Home at. Colorado Springs an Denver on busines. e fomemiin Bt 1, Gk TR then some frlends, M8 Cound himselt on a train e up an e W e Phis city. He does not think he DN Girugged, as-none of his money or Jeavelry s missing, but attributes his strange conduct to extreme nervousness. e has communicated with his wife and will probably go home to-day., R e Captain and Mate Arrested. United States District Attorney Foote vesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of Captain Graham and Second Mate Moye of the American ship Erskine M. Phelps, and both men were ordered to appear this morning for examination. ’{hv charge against the captain is serlvhlng in- fons to his crew on the voy- :‘é?c!l:onx; B thmore to this city, and the used of using a belaying pin an%!: tl:ea;‘:g%’ of H. O. Christlansen, who signed the ship’s articles under the alias of John Jense! 3 Insulter of Women. The case of John H. Hobbs, the student arrested early Sunday morning on Kearny street for insulting two Spanish women, was called before Acting Police Judge Groezinger yesterday morning. Atiorney Madden appeared on behalf of Hobbs and askead for a continuance for a week,which was granted. —_—————————— U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeals. The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals yesterday affirmed the decrees of the lower courts in the cases of John Liloyd and Linforth, Kellogg & Co. vs. E. W. Chapman, and the Coeur d’Alene charge of murder. This time she is ac- cused of the murder of Anna W. Walms- by, The was con- @ Northern Pacific me Spalding. Railway and Navigation Company, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, the Railway Company vs. PARIS, Feb. 27.—The Senate was crowded to-day in anticipation Verniac presided. urgency in the case of the Government’s Maxine Lecomte opposed the bill as being unconstitutional and as an attack upon the independence of the courts. r committee,. M. Besucl, defended the measure on the ground that it eplace legitimately suspected After M. Berenger had attacked the Government’s manded that the revision should be carried out under the laws, he animadverted to the grave errors of which some of the The Premier, M. Dupuy, thereupon took up the cudgels in behalf of the army, whose discipline and respect of the law, he insisted, LONDON, Feb. 21.—A dispatch from Paris to a newspapers here says its correspondent hears that president Loubet has already gigned a decree removing General Zurlinden from the post of Military Governor of Paris and appointing General Faure Biget, of the Sixteenth Army Corps, to succeed him. The latter has been a consistent upholder of the innocence of Dreyfus. firmation of this statement from other sources. + D R e e R R R o ok b 2 M. trial Lebret revision bill. demanded M. The chairman of the respected judges by a bill and de- existing commander There is no con- R e A R SANTA ROSA ORDINANCE IS DECLARED INVALID Outside Merchants May Place Bank= rupt Stocks on Sale in That City. SANTA ROSA, Feb. 26.—Judge Dough- erty in Department No. 2 of the Superior Court to-day handed down a decision in the case of J. Hirshberg vs. the City of Santa Rosa, which invalidates ordinance 159, regulating the sale of goods, wares and merchandise. By the ruling of the court the law which has heretofore pre- vented outside merchants coming here and disposing of bankrupt stocks with- out paying a heavy license is declared invalid. The suit grew out of the action of J. Hirshberg, a San Francisco clothing man who a few weeks ago opened up a bank= rupt stock in a store on Laurett street under the name of the St. Louis Cloth- ing Company. The sale was extensively advertised and upon the day announced the doors of the new establishment were thrown open to the public. One of the first persons to enter was Deputy City Marshal W. B. Griggs, who demanded that Hirshberg comply with the law in the matter of taking out a license for $100, as provided by the ordinance men- tioned. ~Hirshberg refused to do _so and the store was closed. Suit was brought to test the ordinance. In the decision the plaintiff is granted a permanent l?ijun('tlon against City Mar- shal Charles H. Holmes, restricting him from further interfering with plaintiff in the conduct of his business. ——— KIDNAPED HER CHILD. Mrs. Lowe Cited to Appear in a Yolo County Court. WOODLAND, Feb. 27.—Mrs. Hattie E. Lowe, -also known as Mrs. Helen Simp- son, is now within the mandate of the Superior Court of this county and will have to appear in court with her child on May 1, 1899. The citation recently is- sued was returned to C. W. Thomas, at- torney for Mrs. Lowe, having been duly served by R. D. Speck, Sheriff of Spo- kane_County, Washington, on February 21, She had 'been previously cited to ap- pear in court on the 13th of next month to show cause why they had not com- plied with the decree of the court in re- gard to the custody of the child, but in that citation nothing was said about pro- ducing the child in court. Mrs. Lowe ran away with the child more than a. year ago and until recently Was in hiding to evade service of the court. —_—— Abbott’s Disgraceful Fake. WHEELING, W. Va., Feb. 2l.—After a rest of fifteen months Stanton Abbott, the former English lightweight champlon, now of Providence, R. I., re-entered the ring to-night at the Metropolitan Club, and after ten rounds contested with Leslie Pierce of Philadelphia Abbott sank to the floor in disgrace, for he deliberately quit in the early part of the eleventh round. The contest was to have gone twenty-five rounds, but in the eleventh Abbott dropped of his own accord three_times, and his fake was described by Referee Siler as one of fhe worst he ever saw. McCloud River Railroad Opened. McCLOUD, Feb. 26—The McCloud River Railroad is open, a locomotive and buck plow getting through to Me- Cloud_ this afternoon in charge of Supe intendent Cooley, thus opening the Cloud country for business for the milil season. The snow is fast disappearing an the company's big plant wll? soon ie in operation. Trial of Jesse Walters. SUISUN, Feb. 27.—One hundred and twenty trial jurors® have been drawn to n})pefl.r at the Courthouse in rairfield on March 14, the date set for the trial of Jesse Walters, accused of the murder of Alfred Cook. The witnesses will number about 100. An operation will be performed on Walters on Wednesday- to remove the bullet in_his leg. ADVERTISEMENTS. During the visit of Li Hung Chang, the “Grand Old Man of China,” to this coun- try, the New York Sun said of him: ‘‘He is a large, strong, im- pressive specimen of manhoos. He e is a keen ob- servant of man- kind, of life and of things. He is seventy-four years of age and still in the hey-day of his power.”” If a Chinaman, usually regarded by us as a barbarian, can live to a healthy, hale old age, why cannot Americans, with their more advanced civilization, do the same? The reporters discovered during Li Hun, Chang’s stay in this country, that he s every thought for his health. He lived upon the simplest of diets and never a day without consulting his physician. He limited his toil toa reuunnbre number of hours, and would not deviate from his rule in this matter. American men follow just the opposite practice. They work to the limit of endurance, will not even take the proper time for eating, resting and sleeping, and never think of their health until it 1s gone. There is a wonderful med- icine for hard-working men. It is Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It takes the place of a physician. It keeps away ill-health and- restotes health when it is lost. Itis the great :§efit= ner, blood-maker and flesb-builder. It makes the digestion perfect, the liver active and thfi\;lood pure and rich. Medicine dealers sell it. ** My husband had been a robust young mag," writes Mrs. M. J. Tedder, of Ellington, Reynolds cough very hard. He chest lgnd hlrny His mother and the restof his family had died with consumption. He con- tinued to cough every winter, until in 1833 he had an attack of pncumonia. ' His cough grew ‘worse and worse. He would vomit immed Si after his meals. In 1888 he fifihed nifl( day. He was getting verym -nfi- d : : mmenced Dr. Pierce's Gold gm Hcovers and - Pleasant Pellets. He i« appetite got better. When he o akcan seven bortles £ ooked ¥ léke-m man and felt like a new Jenon e before. He gained- mxmfiemr-d:dhh ..