The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1899, Page 2

FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. ARCH 17, 1899 SOLDIERS TELLING OF THE BAD BEEF FED TO THEM More Testimony Given by Offi- cers in Suppo rt of the Con= tention of Miles. OMAHA, March 16.—The board of in- | quiry appointed by the President to look into the charges of General Miles that beef issued during the lat war was of an inferior quality, un healthy and at times “embalmed rived this morning from Chicago, the day in the city and left for Kansas City this evening. The mc spent in South Omaha, where the plants of Cudahy and Swift were inspected and testimony taken, after which the investigation continued In the court-martial rooms at the headquar- ters of the Department of Missouri. 1d Cudahy’s the Vis was At both Swift's ftors were given every opportunity to make a thcrough pection of the plants. After lunch the board recon- vened at the headquarters and of soldiers who ¥ the troops. The cans of beef in Cuba had no labels on. They came from the box in that condition. Captain W. H. Beck, acting inspector general of the Department of the Mis- souri, said the canned beef used on the voyage to Cuba was a new ration to him. The men sald the beef nauseated them. They used other things with it in an attempt to improve it. Some of the meat was soft and presented an un- sightly appearance. The men wanted to exchange it for bacon, but could not do so because they were in advance of their supplies. The first supply of 1e- frigerator beef was remarked upon fa- vorably. Personally he thought it fine. Later a quantity of it was found to be spoiled, which was attributed to the exposure. Because some of the meat was in a bad condition companies did not get their full rations. He said that he would not attribute the ill health of the troops directly to the use of the at all b; he heard the test beef. He had no reason to believe that e campaign at San- any of the beef had been treated chem- ning of the St ically. that after th First Lieutenant Isaac Irwin, Ser- a antiago the r complained | geant Albert T. Kase, Quartermaster that they could not eat the meat and| Sergeant John A. McGiffin and Ser- did not like it. They said the 1t | geant John P. Delhl, all of the Sixteenth spoiled \on as opene e 1ot | Infantry, followed with testimony simi- e whether any ot lar to that already given. They agreed son of the u Complaints o hat it was spoiled and :rs were loth to take it was insufficiently ¢ 3 until it left Cubn ted of beef, hard . and sugar, and when the not used it left them sh ‘nt transportation caused part yrtage. On the voyage back ed beef was not eaten | re e quar His comm tior The ration | sion to, have to do on its return to Chicago and | nesses which it | that the canned beef was almost uni- versally bad, while at first the refrig- erated beef was very fine, but spoiled later. The board went into executive ses- utiine some work which it will to prepare a list of will call at the next session in that city. This closed the work the board had be- fore it in Omaha and this evening it left for Kansas City. Mount Pleasant, on the trai make the line take in the rich part of the district. lowed They were speedily fol- by at least forty Canadian ho all located good claims A fortnight ago about 100 American rs held a meeting and decided to send notices to all Canadians to leave The meeting was secret, s, according to American law, mitted to mine in Uncle Sam’s territory Notices were duly sent out, but no heed was paid to them. So the affair 1s far as the outside world was concerned, until t evening when the er Tees arrived from Lynn Canal assenger on board direct from (ffected district. He is a Ger- man ramed Carl Slummerfelt, and he brought news that a battle had actu- ally been fought between the American and Canadian miners, resulting in a number of casualties. lummerfelt 3 unconfirmed except by the very serious reports re- ceived here about two weeks ago from rested, is FOUR NECROES SHOT T0' DEATH A Fifth Will Die of His Wounds. Special Dispatch. to The Call. PALMETTO, Ga., March 16.—Militia- men and arnted citizens are patrolling the streets to-night to prevent an out- break of negroes, who are threatening to destroy the town in revenge for the Iynching of several of their race, which occurred shortly before daylight. Masked men entered the village on horseback early this morning and si- lently proceeded to a warehouse which the district, which came from reliable source nd predicted a clash if the Canadians did not leave the territory. “I left Porcupine River District about two weeks ago,” said Slummerfelt, “and the day before I started there was a bloody battle between the American and Canadian miners. Notice was sent out by the former that all Canadians must within five days. Supported was used as a jail. In it were confined nine colored men charged, with incen- diarism. The guards were overpowered and four negroes were killed, one fatally wounded and three slightly hurt. The ninth escaped without a scratch. The dead: BUD COTTON. HENRY BINGHAM. TIP HOTSON. g0 by a number of Canadian mounted po- [ T 501 lice, who had claims in the district, the %‘fi;nEBO\\A. c ks did not str. Early on the| Jonn®giony morning of the sixth day the American | Wounded: Clem Watts, shot in the abdomen. George Taylor, wounded in the thigh, Isham Brown, shot in the body. John Jamison, arm fractured. Citizens are patrolling the main street of the town and dispersing an occa- sional group of muttering negroes, who seem determined to get some form of revenge for the slaughter. miners met and proceeded to the Cana- dian camp. “I don't believe they intended blood- shed, although they were fully armed. Before th could even state the object of their visit, some one, I don’t know from which fired a ot, and med to be shooting. were fired and four men was told killed outright—an American and three Canadians. “The battle was very brief and re- sulted in the Canadians, about fifty in number, fleeing across the border. The Americans then retired to their own camp. I informed that the fol- lowing Americans were leaders in the | battle, but cannot s for certain: C. G. Lewis and Charles Leitch of Los Angeles, W. S. Hawes of Minnesota, A. McConaghy of Chicago and F. Will- borough of Denver. “I did not a rtain the names of the killed, as I pa American camp on my way out to the coast. From my location, about fifteen miles north of Porcupine River, I heard that a squad of Canadian Northwest mounted police had left Lake Tagish | for Porcupine, news of the fight having reached them. The Americans are de- termined and 1 fear there will be an- other conflict. There is no doubt in my mind that the new district is in American territory, although I am not an American.” Slummerfelt lived formerly a few miles from Los Angeles, Cal. While his story is not. confirmed. he is em- phatic in all his statements. He says he is not anxious for notoriety, and only told the story to reporters under pressure. He is now with friends in: this city, but he will leave for the south 10-TOITOW. PACIFIC UNDERWRITERS. Important Matters Being Considered by the Board. DEL MONTE, March 16.—The Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific assem- bled here In executive session to dispose of a large quantity of business which has accumulated since the last convention spent a busy day. Preliminary work was nearly all disposed of and the beginnin, of definite action for results was reache although little along that line was accom- plished. The question of rates for San Francisco, which was begun yesterday, wes again taken up at the morning ses- glon to-day and was given more careful consideration than at yesterday's dellb- eration, but no definite action was taken. The matter will most probably reach a vote to-moOTTOW. Three other topics of vital importance were opened to-day. They were the ques- tion of competition of companies belong- ing to the board with non-board insurance companies, rules for business interviews with such non-board companies and the question of representation of officers in the board, that is, whether a man who represents more than one company, as many do, shall have more than one vote. Much of the business of the day was done through committees, the work of the board as a whole belng rather discussing and suggesting lines upon which future action shall be taken. It is belleved a vote will be taken to-morrow on all four matters now under consideration. iy = 1 Harry Smith’s Funeral. WOODLAND, March 16.—About fifty members of the Sacramento Lodge of Elks accompanied the body of the late Harry Smith to this city to-day. The The scene at Johnsgon's warehouse. where nine negroes were confined, and which is now filled with the dead and dying, is a revolting and miserable one. Blood covers the floor and blackened \\'fxlls are indented with rifle shots. Wives and children of. negroes are kneeling by their side in the dimly lighted room and plercing the air with cries and moans of anguish. - The mob was composed of 150 men. Where they came from i{s a mystery so far as the people of the town know. That come of the people of Palmetto, but not the better class, were in the mob goes without saying. Every face was masked, and when the warehouse was reached the special guard of five men were covered with- out a word. In a minute the mob was in the big warehouse and the fusillade opened. The frightened negroes sent {up vell after yell, begging for merey, but it had no effect on the mob. When its work was finished the masked mob turned and quickly disappeared as it had appeared, on horseback. Two fires of incendiary origin have occurred here this year, one on February 23 and the other five days later. Fourteen busi- ness houses in all were destroyed. Nine negroes were arrested on suspi- cion and taken to Johnson's warehouse to await preliminary trial, which was to have taken place this morning. Yes- terday the leader of the gang, Bud Cot- ton, is said to have made a written confession of the guilt of himself and assoclates. He was the first to die in the mob's bloody work. The negroes frequently have threatened in the last week to burn Fairburn, the county seat, and it is reported that the mob came largely from that town. CASTROVILLE GANG GIVEN A SETBACK The Capture of Matthews Expected to Be Followed by a Confes- sion From Silva. SALINAS, March 16.—The’ Castroville gang had a great setback to-day when it was made public that another of their number had been captured. Sheriff Far- ley has been for some time trving to as- certain the whereabouts of Mansoe Matthews, a young man of a respectable Castroville family, but also known to be | & member of the “gang” which for so long has been robbing and assaul - {)}l]u lnilhe little Vifl] S S em in a state of terror lest more d. -~ dations would be perpetrated. Mat!igl;:s was wanted particularly as an accom- g‘llca in an attack -upon some Chinese on cbruary 9, wherein the Chinamen were assaulted, robbed and beaten. Matthews was captured last night in Monterey, and is at present in the Count. Jail here. The preliminary hearing of F. ., alias “Buck” Silva on’a charge of as- sault upon the Chinese was commenced in the Justice Court of Castroville to- day, but was not finished. Tt is expected before the case is finished that Silva will divulge the secrets of the gang. - Kipling Steadily Improving. NEW YORK, March 16.—Rudyard Kip- ling is steadily tmproving. He was mov- ed to-day from his rooms on the second floor to a suite on the floor ahove, which has been in_readiness for him for sev- eral days. He will have more sunshine there and the apartments are brighter funerel ceremonies were very imposing. than those he heeu in age as well as keeping | ARMY BILL IN THE REICHSTAG Peace Footing Cut Down Materially. |REDUCED SEVEN THOUSAND AFTER AMENDMENT THE MEAS- URE IS PASSED. However, the German Government Is Not Satisfied and Will Soon Re- new the Fight to Increase the Troops. Special Dispatch.to The Call. (444 4444444444444+ | BERLIN, March 16— The Washington telegram saying that Mr. White will be ap- pointed United States Commis- | gioner to the coming peace con- |+ ference has caused a feeling | nearly approaching consterna- | tion in the embassy. The Em- | bassador knew nothing about it, and seeing a number of matters coming up just now between Germany and the United States the report was not credited. P R R R R R PRy + + + + + + + 3 + + 3 24 2 + + P R R e BERLIN, March 16.—In anticipation of the third reading of the army bill to- day both the Reichstag and the public galleries of that house were packed. | The various items of the estimates were first discussed, and the proceed- ings were so turbulent that the presi- dent, Count von Ballenstein, was re- peatedly compelled to call the house to order. When the army bill was taken up Dr. Leiber, the Centrist leader, moved the acceptance of the committee pro- posal to reduce the effective peace force by 7000 men, adding a resolution to the effect that the house in its willingness in the event of the figure granted by the committee proving inadequate, to enter into fresh negotiations with the Government. The Minister of War, General von Gossler, urged the adoption of the en- tire Government demands and con- cluded with declaring that if the whole peace effective force was not voted now it must inevitably again come before the house. Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial Chan- cellor, said that in view of the mili- tary importance possessed by the in- formations approved by the committee and inasmuch as their being carried out could not be delayed, the Federal Government accepted Dr. Lieber's mo- tion with the reservation that in con- | formity with the readiness expressed by the Reichstag to enter into fresh negotiations the Government will intro- duce fresh proposals before the expira- tion of the agreed term, and from the willingness with which the Reichstag indorsed Lieber's resolution the Gov- ernment confidently deducted the be- lief that the imperial Government will find acceptance in good time for the accomplishment of the proposed organi- zation. Herren von Leftezow, Von Kardoff, Bassermann and Rikert accepted Dr. Lieber's resolution in behalf of their respective parties. Herr Richter de clared that the acceptance of the Gov- ernment demand in its entirety would be practically sanctioning military ab- solutism. After further debate the general dis- cussion was closed and the articles of the army bill were debated. Article 1, which the committee did not alter, was adopted. Article 2, as drafted by the committee, was amended by Dr. Lie- | ber’s motion and adopted. Then the | whole bill was adopted by a vote of | 222 to 132 GIVEN THE POWER TO SEARCH ALL HOUSES [ If the Poundkeeper Tries to Enforce Sausalito’s New Dog Ordinance There Will Be Bloodshed. SAUSALITO, March 16.—The despotic powers conferred upon the town pound- keeper by an ordinance passed by the Town Trustees Monday night have roused !rhe residents to fever heat and threats are heard that the first attempt to en- force its provisions will be followed by bloodshed. The ordinance provides ostensibly for the Ticensing of dogs, but docs not stop | there, Unlicensed dogs are made unl; ful property, and to keep one is an of- fense for which imprisonment and fine is the punishment. Not content with this gross violation of the law of property the ordinance confers upon the poundkeeper authority to search any house for the urpose of ascertaining if the ordinance s being evaded. No preliminary proceed- ing is required. The poundkéeper can walk into any person’s house and insti- tute a search without asking leave or li- cense. 1f any poundkeeper has the temerity to exercise this unusual prerogative serlous trouble will follow. Captain Biddle, the well-known pilot, in speaking of the mat- ter, said to-day: “Every man’s house Is his’ castle, and if any attempt is made to violate the privacy of my domicile T'll resist with force. I have a dog whose value is nominal. but so long as I keep him within the enclosure of my property the town authorities have no right to meddle.’” CAUSE OF THE RISE IN SUGAR STOCKS CHICAGO, March 16.—A special to the Tribune from New York says: It leaked out from inner circles to-day as a feature of the skyrocket work in the sugar stocks that a meeting will take place here soon at which all the glucose, sugar and coffee interests of the United States are expect- ed to be present. It cannot be definitely of these properties have instigated the conference or whether outside financial | interests are at the bottom of it. It is known that the great fight between the sugar trust and the Arbuckles has reached a plane where the sugar trust is making inrcads on the package coffee business of the Arbuckles. The Arbuckles, on the other hand, with their great sugar | plant, aré leaving no stone unturned to | break into the sugar trade of the trust. An_attempt, it Is said, will he made to | regulate the business by leaving sugar to | the trust and coffee to the Arbuckles. | 'H. O. Havemeyer. 'president of the American Sugar Refining Company, is ¢ald to have acquired a large interest in the glucose trust, and rumors of a com- bination of these interests are believed | 'r; {)mvhe caused to-day’s rise in the stock | ef both. S Pacific Coast Pensions. WASHINGTON, March 16. — Pensions have been granted as follows: California —Original—Isaac R. McIntosh, San Fran- cisco, $8. Increase—Patrick Jones, Los | Angeles, $8 to $12. Reissue—Special March | 6_(special act), Thaddeus M. Joy, San Francisco, $30. Reissue and increase— | Josepin 4. “Moore, Soldiers’ Home, Los An- geles, $6 to $8. Original widows, etc.—Su- san P. Cooper, Oakland, $8. Oregon—Original—John Stafford, Sol- dlf‘x;s’ l{-}ofl:e. Iouslu, $12. W ashington—Increase—George Wimmer, South Park. $6 to $8. * ALGER GETTING READY FOR HIS CUBAN JUNKET Now the Secretary of War Is Trying to Hide His Plans From the Public. NEW YORK, March 16.—The Herald's Washington correspondent sends the following: Secretary Alger’s junket to Cuba has not been abandoned, notwithstanding the official statement he made a few weeks ago as the result of the Herald’s expose that on account of the pressure of public business he would be compelled to remain in Washington. I understand the Secretary has made arrangements to go to Cuba about the middle of next week. He will not be accompanied by any members offthe Senate and House Military Committees, but will be as- sisted in his “investigation” of the conditions in Cuba and in his “in- spection” of troops by Victor J. Mason, his private secretary, and sev- eral other gentlemen. This time the Secretary may decide to pay for his junket out of his own pocket, though as he at first determined it was in- tended to use the transport Berlin, now the Meade, and spend $200,000 of Government money in making an “inspection” of Cuba and Porto Rico, principally Havana and the battlefields of each island. I was assured to-night that the Secretary will not Meade, which will return from Havana by next week. His plans are difficult to learn for the reason that he has given strict orders that nothing be said concerning them to the press. He apparently fears that their publicity will renew the outburst of public indignation caused by the announcemgnt of his intention last month, and compel him to again postpone or perhaps abandon his trip. There seems to be a d position to believe that the Secretary will go to Tampa and there take the Government transport, though he may have compunction enough to take passage on board the regular steamer plying between Tampa and Key West and Key West and Havana. The Secretary is now on his way to Montreal for the purpose of dis- posing of private business affairs, and will return to Washington on leave on the DELAY WORRIES THE DEFOSITCRS Tangled State of Union Bank’s Affairs. SCURVY RAGING ON COPPER RIVER Deaths Fromthe Disease and Exposure. PERISH ON VALDES GLACIER}BRASLAN’S WRIT GRANTED SAD FATE OF SIX MEN WHO DIRECTORS RESTRAINED FROM WERE AFFLICTED. TAKING ANY ACTION. % | People Who Put Their Money Into the Defunct Concern Have Some Cause for Becoming Uneasy. Two California Gold Hunters Among the Victims of the Disease, and | There Are Many Other Sufferers. Special Dispatch to The Call. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, March 16.—Justice Beat- tie of the State Supreme Court to-day granted the writ of certiorari asked for by Charles P. Braslan to review the ac- tion of Judge Lorigan in appointing board of directors to settle up the busi- ness of the defunct Union Savings SEATTLE, March 16.—News that scurvy was raging among the pros- pectors of Copper River, Alaska, and that six men perished from cold on the Valdes glacier in the first days of March was brought here the steamer Excelsior from the mouth of Copper River. She brought nearly one hundred passengers, 40 per cent of whom were suffering from scurvy. Following is a list of those who per- ished on the glacier: ADOLPH EHRHARDT, New York. MAXIMILIAN MILLER, New York. ALFRED ALLEMAN, New York. | | to-night on | | | | | Bank. The directors are also restrained from acting until after the matter has been decided. Braslan was elected a director immediately after he failure and refused to resign when the others did. Judge Lorigan ignored his stand- ing as a director and appointed an en- tire new board. @+0+04040404C40404 040404 04040404040+@ Sunday, when he will make final arrangements for his junket. @40404040404C+0404 040404 040404040404® The 1700 and more depositors of the DR. EDWIN LOGAN, Denver. s Union Savings Bank are becoming un- WAL OUT EDWARDS Done in the Thirteenth Round. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 16.—Joe Walcott, the colored pugilist, knocked out Billy Edwards of Australia at the Broadway Athletic Club to-night in the thirteenth | round of what was to have been a | twenty-round bout. ‘Walcott had Tom O'Rourke, George Dixon, Jack Dougherty and Charley | Miller behind him as seconds. Edwards’ seconds were Dan Creedon, Tom Wil- liams and Charley Peet. The principals appeared to be in excellent shape. Wal- cott was a 2-to-1 favorite in the bet- ting. The opening round was not very iively; in fact it was rather tame, and honors were even, most of the punish- ment being delivered on the body. In the next Walcott had much the better of the argument, landing rights and lefts on the face and body very COTT KNOCKS 1N ing room of the Fort Yuma Indian gir Indians usually destroy hou is attributed to the superstition of the tribe to follow the white man’s IN2G03 OO DR R 0N ORTS IAN SCHOO AaT YUMA BURNED Superstitious Redskins @re Sus- pected of Having Started the Fire. favoring. An epidemic of measles has tribe of the evil spirit, which they say brings disease and causes some of ORORORVRAROGBORL LARLOIRORORWLRTR OO O easy at the continual delays occurring. And again they realize that the assets of the bank will never pay them dollar for dollar. Assessments will have to be levied and suits brought to collect them. This will take time. During the last few days an unusually large num- ber of depositors have called upon At- torney J. R. Welch, the counsel of the organized depositors, and requested that some action be taken at once to rush matters. Some favor both civil and criminal actions against the old board of directors. Attorney Welch stated this afternoon that the granting of Braslan's writ meant considerable delay. He said the easiest way out of the matter would be for one of the directors appointed by LOS ANGELES, March 16.—A fire which was discovered in the cloth- 3 Jud[gf' L%rtlzflln !to ]raesizlnnflntd lxl;]en the ftu T ~ ® | rest mi elect Braslan to the va- ; school, situated across the Colo- | (oro &t 1l “Supreme Court sustains rado River from Yuma, Ariz., destroyed two buildings containing the g8 praglan the whole board will be illegal §' dormitory, dining-room, kitchen and exhibition room. The school 2 !and the whole matter will have to be is laboring under many disadvantages owing to two factions among the £ | gone through again. Yuma Indians, one opposed to sending children to school and the other §| If Directors Rea, Simpson and Dun- caused the death of thirty-five ? lop owe the bank money, and Welch pappooses in the past month. Six deaths occurred in the school. As the & Pd e em e ey aifatioy in which persons die, the cause of the fire gt | Hissctora. Simnoon ang o horh a fow the Indians, who hoped to free the | shares of stock in trust, while Dun- lop's stock has been acquired since he was named as a director. The board of directors of the bank | held a meeting this morning, the full | directorate being present. A letter was methods. |_[siXels <8 e I p=3 DEATH CLAIMS | received from the Bank Commissioners acknowledging notice of their organi- zation and stating that they would be authorized in a few days to go ahead RUDOLPH ELLERKAMP, Louis- ville, Ky. AUGUSTUS SCHULTZ, New York. All the bodies except that of Dr. Lo- | was taken till the call of the chair, effectively, while Edavards seemed un- able to dand a good blow. In the third round Edwards was still A very unsteady in his work and Walcott was all over him continually. Edwards e e | was nearly sent through the ropes with a terrible left on the wind and only saved himself from getting out of bounds by grabbing Walcott by the legs early in the round. Edwards was much distressed when he returned to his corner. The Australian did a great deal of sprinting in the fourth, but Joe got to him frequently with both hands, bearing in all the time. Edwards landed a right on the body and a left on the neck at close quarters, but Walcott went back at him savagely. In a break Walcott struck Edwards and there were cries of “Foul,” but the referee only cautioned the negro and the men con- Close of the Career of B. P. Hutchinson. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, March 16.—Benjamin P. Hutchinson, the former Board of Trade operator and packer, died of heart fail- ure at 5:30 o’clock this evening at tt Lakeside Sanitarium, Lake Genev. ‘Wis. He was 70 years old. The re- mains will be brought to Chicago for | interment. | | ’with the bank's affairs. Adjournment | | gan were recovered and buried at Val- | which, through the action of Judge des. Ehrhardt, Miller and Alleman | Beattie, has been indefinitely post- were members of the Scientific Pros- {poned. pecting Company of New York. They were all in one party. Late in | February when they were encamped | on the other side of the glacier, Ehr- | hardt and Miller were taken sick with | the scurvy. them out to Valdes. They were strap- ped down on sleds and were drawn by | successfully | the others. The party crossed the summit and had started to cross the glacier when a blizzard came up. On the second of March Dr. Bar- rett, who has a camp between the glacier and the summit, came into Valdes and inquired whether the party had arrived there. They had passed his place and he was fearful that they had been lost in the storm. A party of ten left Valdes to search for the men. It was a bitterly cold day. On the fourth bench of the glacier they found Ehrhardt and Miller strapped to It was decided to bring | Developments of the past few days show that the assets of E. B. Howard, the fruit shipper accused of wrecking the Union Savings Bank, amount t> practically nothing. These have been placed at about $125,000 in his schedule of bankruptcy, while the bank has al- ways claimed they would be sufficient to pay off the securities if properly handled. Now it is asserted by those claiming to know that the assets will amount to about $12,000, or just about enough to pay the costs of bankruptcy. The bank claims Howard’'s indebted- ness amounts to $286,000, with nearly $20,000 interest. Howard claims $225,000 of this amount had been wiped out. Most of Howard's assets consisted of dried fruit in the hands of Eastern commission men, who had advanced some 75 per cent on the shipments. When Howard failed the commission ascertained whether the principal owners | tnued, Walcott having everything his | own way. 3 The firth round showed no harm in Edwards and Walcott sailed intc him | with left and right swings which made the Australian look like a novice. The next round was only a repetition of the previous ones, Walcott sending left jabs 10 the wind and swinging his right to the head and kidneys. Edwards grew weak as the round progressed, but he made a spurt at the close, sending left | and right to the head with little dam- a e. glizlwards took desperate chances in the seventh. He fought very wildly, while Walcott used his hands with good judgment. Edwards hooked a hard left on Joe's chin, jarring the negro's head. Joe jumped back with a wicious left- hand swing, which Edwards dodged. Walcott, still on the aggressive, forced hig opponent all over the ring, landing lefts and rights on the body and head in the eighth. Once toward the end of this round Edwards landed a hard left swing on the side of Joe's head which almost took him off his feet. Joe righted himself quickly and jumped back at Edwards, boring in with both hands till the bell rang. The ninth round found Walcott still forcing matters. Billy made several attempts to counter his opponent’s leads, but Walcott was too clever, and smashed Edwards repeatedly on the face with viclous lefts and jabs, forcing him to the ropes frequently. Edwards was certainly very game and came up readily for the tenth round. But his ganfeness was of little use against the sledge-hammer blows which Walcott rained upon him. ¥d wards fell down in the middle of the ring from a body blow and remained | down nine seconds. Walcott flew at him like a gamecock when he got up | again and pummeled him hard and fast till the gong sent them to their corners. ‘Walcott opened the eleventh round with a hard left on the face and Billy clinched. Edwards swung his left to the jaw and Walcott sent his left to the stomach and his right over the kidneys. There was plenty of infighting, of which Walcott always had the better. Beginning the twelfth round the men rushed to a clinch, after which Fd- wards sent in a hard left on the wind. Walcott returned with a right in the ribs and a left smash on the face, fore- ing Edwards to the ropes, where the referee had to pull them apart. Kd- wards met Walcott suddenly with a right swing on the jaw, which sent Joe staggering fully ten feet to the ropes. Edwards was too tired to follow up, and Walcott came back like a cyclone, mixing it up until the gong sounded. Edwards landed a left swing on Wal- cott's head in the thirteenth, but Joe sent back a left on the face, which put Edwards on his back. Nine seconds elapsed before Edwards got up. Wal- cott got him at close quarters and sent him down again with a left on the body and fell on top of him. As soon as they shaped again Walcott rushed and Jabbed his left to the face, following it up with a right on the point of the jaw, which sent Edwards down and out, with his head hanging over the bottom rope. Edwards had to be carried to his corner, where he soon revived. ‘Walcott was declared the winner. Time of round, 2:48. | to Honolulu. Mr. Hutchinson's health began to fail | rapidly three years ago, and during the | last two years he has been at the sani- | tarium where he died. | Mr. Hutchinson was at the height of | his fame in 1888, when he ran his corner | in September wheat. After that began his decline, and the financial end came in 1891. His last deal was a big one, he being on the wrong side of the mar- ket for $2,000,000. Financially crushed, | he left town and went to New York, where he opened a second-hand store. He gave up that and returned to Ch cago, where he traded.in a small way when he could get people interested in | his schemes, but his career may be said | to have closed with the big deal of '91. | No one knew' how much he was| worth. He would never talk about pri- | vate affairs. The esumates of his | wealth when at his neight place the | amount anywhere from $2,000,000 to | $16,000,000. A conservative estimate | places his richest days at $4,000,000 to $6,000,000. WILL BE MARRIED IN ] THE CONSERVATORY Latest Edict Cnn;:erTxing the Marriage of Young Vanderbilt and Miss Fair. NEW YORK, March 16—Willlam K. Vanderbilt and Miss Virginia Fair are to be married in the conservatory. This is the latest edict. Father Murphy will per- form the ceremony. The conservatory was added by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ocl. richs to their dwelling at the northeast corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street during the summer of 1897. The | room will be arranged as much as pos- | sible like a Gothic chapel with a central aisle. The conservatory at the end will | be the chancel. In this will be placed an | altar with its tall lighted wax candles, | in the midst of a tiny forest of Easter blooms. The wedding will be at noon. The bride will be attended only by her maid of honor, Miss Mary Baldwin Tolfree. Mr. Carroll of Harvard University, a | classmate of the bridegroom, will be the | best man. ’ the bridal break- | After the ceremony fast will be served at small tables in the dining-room, hall and reception-room on the ground floor. Later Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt will go to Newport in a pri- vate car. S S0 NOT HURT BY FROST. No Serious Damage to the Fruits of Yolo County. ‘WOODLAND, March 16.—The reports of serious damage to the fruit crops in Napa and San Joaquin valleys for a time | made Yolo County fruit growers appre- | hensive, but the damage in this county | appears to have been light. At Rumsey, the extreme western end of Capay Valley, there was no frost at all. Lower down | the valley there was some frost, but the | damage does not appear to have been se- | rious. There is a considerable area of : land around Rumsey where fruit appears | less liable to damage from frost than in | any other fruit beit in Northern or Cen- | tral California. S ST el Yolo Mules Purchased. | WOODLAND, March 16.—A San Fran- | cisco dealer to-day purchased two car-| loads of Yolo County mules for shipment | L ’ their sleds. Their bodies were not stiff, indicating that they had been dead but a short time. Near by Schultz was | found buried in a hole. His right hand | was stretched above his head. At the foot of the bench the bodies of Eller- kamp and Alleman were found in a | crevice. The body of Dr. Logan was not éound, and it is supposed that he | W 3 vay i e: i andered away from the trail in search | Silva T.oses His Child Wife. of help. When the steamship sailed ten deaths | SAN RAFAEL, March 16—The child- had taken place, dating back threg | Wife of Manuel Bento Silva of Camp Tay- months, and over fifty cases, many of | }0f Wwas taken before Judge Rodden to- which were unusually severe, probably | 43y on a search warrant sworn out by the husband. As Mrs. Silva said she pre- fatal, were known to exist. According | to reports the epidemic extends over |ferred to live with her parents the case | was dropped. Several months ago Silva the entire section of what may be | spoken of as the Copper River Valley, | Married the girl to prevent her from be- and it seems to be increasing. R et o e OF stealing The list of the dead, complete as can = e be obtained from those returning, is as 1 houses disposed of the fruit right away for just enough to cover advances. This leaves nothing to be expected from this source. Some $40,000 worth of dried fruit in the hands of the Sorosis Fruit ‘'ompany, claimed by Howard, has been disputed by the company and this amount of the assets will also be lost. follows: ADVERTISEMENTS. S. MILLIGAN, Los Angeles. JOHN ROHR, Honolulu. NICK URBAN, Pittsburg. RS Fay JACK HADEN, San Jose, Cal, & s o, D. C. CUSHMAN, Meadviile, Mo. s K DAN MANARD, Meadville, Mo. ‘6 It is said that there has been one death at Twelve-mile City and three at least at Copper City. Returning pros- pectors are unable to give the names of these victims. Among those who are scurvy are the following: W. O, H. Cully, Warrenburg, Mo.; Dan Cash- man, Chicago; Dr. Winslow, Los An- geles; Joe Markowitz, San Francisco, Valentine Schick, Santa Fe, M. George Corley, Hartford, Conn.: Sam Brady, Elliott, Towa; George Lowe, El- liott, Towa; Julian Mueller, Miami, Fla.; Russell Briggs, San Francisco: W. S. Berry, Wheatland, Cal., and W. | B. Crane, Lee Summit, Mo. Another fatality reported by the Ex- celsior’s passengers is the freezing to death of Peter Benson of Madison., Wis. Benson had started from the interior to Valdes over what is known as the summer trail. In crossing a small creek the ice broke and he was wet from head to foot. Before he could get to a fire he was frozen stiff. Scurvy is reported to be present in all the camps in the interior, and many miners are coming to the coast either to escape it or to recover from its ef- fects. Six deaths have occurred during | the winter. At Copper Center there are twenty scurvy patients in the hos- sick with DOCTOR SWEANY, The old reliable and longest-established special- ists on the Pacific Coast. NERVOUS DEBILITY and all its attend- ing aflments of YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED and OLD Men. The awful cffects of neglected or improperly treated cases, causing weakness of the body and brain, dizziness, failing memory, lack of energy and confidence, pains in the back, loins and kidneys and many other dis- tressing symptoms, unfitting one for study business or enjoyment of life. Dr. Swean reatment can cure you, no matte or_what has failed. g e WEAK MEN, Lost vigor and vitality re- stored to weak men. Organs of the body which have been weakened or shrunken through die- eases, overwork, excesses or indiscretions are restored to full power, strength and vigor by his successful system of treatment. RUPTURE cured by his new method with- out knife, truss or detention from work—a pain- less, suré and permanent cure. { | pital. The last report from Dr. Town- | VARICOCELE, hy. > = , hydrocele, send was to the effect that they were | tenderness of the glands trenexed“vvfxlz]rlxngnr:?g all improving and that he expected no | \PE Success. CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON, and all diseases of the blood promptly and thor- oung‘s\‘ly(c‘\’lr%d ln?h every trace of the poison eradicate 'rom e system fo ver, health and purity. ol dboRs i PRIVAT & DISEASES, inflammation, dis- charges, etc.. which, {f neglected or improp- er{iy treated, breaks down the system and cause kidney disease, etc., permanently cured. Women's Diseases a Specialty. WRITE if you cannot call. - dential and answered in all lanx&:;t:;., i HOME TREATMENT —The most succes: ful home treatment known to the medical pro- fession. Thousands who were unable to call at | office have been cured at home by our special | treatment. Consultation free. Call or address F. L. SWEANY, M. D., 787 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. Omfice Hours—9 to 12 m.; 2 to 5 and 7 to 3 P. m.; Sundays from 10 to 2 further fatalities. CANADA’S PARLIAMENT. | OTTAWA, Ont., March 16.—Parlia; . . me: was opened to-day with the customa;l; ceremony. The atteridance at the open- ing ceremonies was larger than for many | years. A number of American ladies oc- cupled seats on the floor of the Senate chamber. After the reading of the speech from the throne by Lord Minto, a number of new members and Senators were in. troduced and reference made In fitting | terms to the death of three members of the House. The Sfeaker of the House read a letter from Mrs. Gladstone, thank. ing the members for the resolution as: ed regarding the death of her husba: and for the speeches in parliament sup- orflne% the same. The House then a ourned until Monday next, when the de- bate on the address will begin.