The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1899, Page 3

CANNED BEEF THE CAUSE OF SICKNESS AMONG SOLDIERS Much Refrigerated Meat Was Also Condemned, Say Wit- nesses Before the Court. GO, March 20.—The principal | that beef accepted. I told him I thought hoor beef came to our camp invariabl the list to a e ; o ppear be(m—: the | PI° he said it was t poor beef, simpl inquiry to-day, Dr. Nich- | discolored on the outside, and by cuttin; unable to be In the city, | away the discolored ¥ o court took a recess at | b¢, found perfectiy & ar fater 2 1 Wood’ o'clock to-morrow evening. | and saw b Senn will be heard. During et on to-day the court re- | t 1 under- but th e evidence of four witnesses d been called upon request of | the representative of Gen- rding to their testi- beef was always un- at effect, if an ave upon th great many | that it caused ributary cause | d fers and un- Critical refer- | t it was meat? t for an army ration. to the refrig an “beet le that the court will inate its Chicago work to leave Wednesday evening for ork. , surgeon major s, testified comm: was good up call be witness examined was Colonel | h Illinofs In- Ponce he When the pronounced y demned it > aid not about J. Demick of t some of t t 11 oborated the testimony immoned w 0ne were I no session ir obvious. Your =skill in the use of | words forbids the plea that in your letter ed them through ign is p were you have Interwovén erence to opinion: Will Not Attend Demo- cratic Club’s Banquet. afferson =ft your offen- cfal Dispatch to The Call. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 20.— 1 gave out the follow- to-day to the As-| g been notified n made public by Belr Mr. Bryan stated that d nothing to say about the mat- hat the correspondence spoke But a Repub- oted for a CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS | OF TRANSVAAL GRIEVANCES | LONDON, March 20.—During the course 16—Hon, | Of the discussion of the vote on account . {in the House of Commor retary of State for the Colonies, Ji Ili., March President Democratic Dear Sir—I received a of ten Uitland Great Brit pointed out, intervene in the event of a breach of the London conven- tion, or if of nations was not ebraska I sent the observed. As the paramount power in South Africa, Great Britain could make friendly suggestions, but he (Chamber- ain) did not believe for a moment ti 1 they would be successful now and th fore it would be undignified to make them. Chamberlain _concluded with s nt conditions real danger. ion most care- re has been noth- long as the con compliance, war, which seems to have been suggested by a previous speaker.” PRESIDENT RESTS ON JEKYLL ISLAND to celebra s _Jefferson. ERRY BELMONT.” s engagement as , but that would be ving that 1 would come gement, but frankn another reason. I ap- e te the compliment which the Demo- | BRUNSWICK, Ga., March lub pays me . - - B uf < ) Duys me in extending an In-| gent McKinley rests to-night on Jekyll Island, the beautiful winter club home of on St. Stmons Sound, ten miles up the coast from Brunswick. With him are Mrs cKin- Vice Presiden can be ignored at a po- You are the president on upon n in 1595 public and your position has 2 v p ion upon pub- T eil known. The an- ior Cornel N. positions -is so t promi to not with propriety join cottage i n saint. Jeffe fined principles. TOW Presidential party ¢ forenoon. DROWNED NEAR SUISUN. and me. You may be wrong, but I take it e equally conscien- jess co ed to your fellow-citi SUISUN, March™ 2).—Giullo Braghetta, election upon a_ Democratic platform | the lessee of Joyce Island, was drownes the nation’s welfare; vou if I suggest that a ban- over v you will injure | n aid the Democratic party. I in harmonizing personal differ- but difference in- principles cannot rmonized, and in my judgment no | dvantage {8 to be derived from communion between Jeffersonian ocrats who stand upon the Chicago orm and the Republican allies who erade as Democrats between cam- in order to give more potency to | of Democratic principles . _Yours truly, WILLIAM J. BRYAN. | PERRY BELMONT'S REPLY TO BRYAN Ve S business_on Joyce Island, in partnership with ex-Sheriff B. F. Ru who owns the | ilsland. The deceased a member of i on Thursday while crossing to the main land to visit his wife and children at Fair- field. It was thought at the island that he was still visiting at Fairfield, while at the latter place it was believed his coming Had been delayed by the storm; conse- quently his relatives had no intimation of the tragedy until this afternoan, when his nephew, Victor Tolo, me to Suisun and learned_that Braghe! had not been seen here. Search was ituted and Brag- hetta’s capsized boat was found at Long Beach. It is probable that he was caught on Thursday Search for the would endang: | by the gale while crossin and the craft capsized. past five cted a stock raising YORK, March 20.—Perry Bel- to-night gave out a reply to a received during the day troml W. J. Bryan, in which he says “fore answering the unwarranted he had instituted a suit against * York newspaper on account of | in which he was char- | d as “a higher priced man than the floater, o sells his vote for $2 on slection day,” and continues: Your purpose to be equally defamatory the Odd Fellow and Knights of y e D of Pythias Death of an Artist. LONDON, March 2.—Mr. W. H. the artist, is dead. Millais, DIED. MOLLISON—In this , March 20, 1899, Wil- Liam Mollison, ¢ J. J. and George Mollison and Mrs. Hayhoe of London, Eng- and, & native of Aberdeen, Scotland, aged 45 = and 7 months. ’Netice of funersl bereafter. of | an army | Chamberlain, on. W. J.|questions rai ranging the | " Turning to the Transvaal, Chamberlain 1quet Of | said that not one >resident Kruger's promi s had been | led. Chamberlain asserted that if Pre y Kruger would give Johannesburgers a real mun lit h control of their own educational system and civil politics, e Tep as he could do the slightest d Choirat: rogation to the R, Chairman. the Tra: We | * | downpour t THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. MARCH 21, 189S [l Nl ad HutH el Hul. | BOLONOR L RLIROT0 B NEW YORK, March 20.—A Sun cable from Gibraltar says: commanded by Admiral Camara, was leaving Gibraltar Bay yesterday when it was met near Algeciras by the United States cruiser Raleigh, which is returning home from Manila. Raleigh ran up the Spanish flag, and the Spanish admiral replied by hoisting the Stars-and Stripes. This is the first act of international courtesy between the United States and Spain in European waters since the outbreak of the war. OO0 ORs DSOS DSE0 S00 S50 23 0NT0 S0 SRORS OSRGOS X 23 10 83 Xk SOOI ADMIRAL CAMARA RUNS UP THE STARS AND STRIPES First Act of International Courtesy Between the United States and Spain in European Waters Since the War. ‘A Spanish squadron, - The L Reixaled i sei el | O DANGER NOW ~ OF CROP FAILURE ! Continued Rainfall in California. Special Dispatch to The Call SALINAS, March 20.—The whole of er, ¢ the last storm, has been so ¢ the present downpour that es ¥t is wider than it has vears. The many irrigation en- nd pumps that are situated near er banks are in danger of being The rainfall for this vi- the storm is .81 of an inch and for the month over 2 inches. Re- Jorts come from the south, and especially portion of the county where the ners have been drought-stricken for ral years, that not only are ' they d from destitution and possible star- tion, but that with the last storm and the present rain they will be able to stock up their larders. Other sections 1l get a half-crop of grain, while in the at s between Gonzales and this city a two-thirds grain crop is assured. Mon- terey's greatest output this year, how- ever 1 be sugar-bee he Spreckels Sugar Company alone has about 7000 acres of land near this city ready to plant to beets. Many other ranchers will put in beets who up to a week ago did not ex- The Spreckels com- ght and day i ir ranches No. 1 and No. 2 ing City, where they have recently put on a larger force of men, they wiil plant about 5X0 acres to beets. present outlook the new factory will have is season. NTEREY, Match 20.—The splendid rain that began here at daylight yester- lay morning has completed the good begun by dy an inch and a quarter of rain fallen and to all appearances the torm is not over. pect to ralse a day work Alre: h present storm. There will be a good crop pples and apricots and a fairly good one of peaches and pears. The rain means thousands of dollars to this section, as it obviates the necessity of expensive irri- n plants. Small s also_are gueatly benefited by the storm. News comes from the southern t section of the county where cattle a raised that many of the larger ranch owners who lost so heavily by cat- tle dyving frem want of grass last year are restocking their ranges. The feed for stock in that section is already better than for years past, and the present rain sures an abundance for the entire year throughout_that section. KING CITY, March 20.—The rain | which fell here on the 15th and 16th inst. came just in time to save the crops. The s'is growing fast, and there is no on to fear a scarcity of feed for stock eason. Many of the stockraisers had made arrangements to move their herds, but the timely rainfall preciudes the ne- of going to this expense. In many s in this valley the rainfall for the last storm exceeded an inch. The Salinas River is booming, and the threatened lack of water for irrigation purposes is be- | lieved to be a thing of the past. There will be enough water to irrigate the en- tire Spreckels beet sugar ranch. It has been raining here since yesterday. and another good rainfall is looked for. Should fall a heavy crop of grain and feed would be doubly assured in this valley. VENTURA, March 20.—Another liberal stallment of mofsture fell last night, ching all parts of the county. Ven- S tura had half an inch, Oxnard, Hueneme | and Simi_three-quarters and Santa Ana | | and the Ojai Valley about an inch. An- other storm is approaching. The farmers are in a cheerful mood. The prospects are encouraging for the best bean crop in years. MODESTO, March 20.—This section has been visited by another welcome raln. For the past twenty-four hours the fall | has been 120; total for the storm 2.48 inches and for the season 7.09. The pros- 1d not be more satisfactory than pect coul 1 at present. The wind is still from the Tainy quarter and the sky cloudy. WOODLAND, March 20.—The weather was stormy Sunday afternoon and at times the precipitation was quite hea The rainfall at 8 o'clock this morning w 62 of an inch, making 12.18 inches for the torm. This seems to make reasonably certain good crops all over Yolo County. SANTA CRUZ, March 20.—Another good rain_has _vis every section of this county. It commenced vesterday and the hrough the night was hea There have been frequent showers to-day The rain is of much benefit. Mc County was treated to another rai ight and y, while this par- tic section 1 d a tremendous | downpour. In and vicinity it has rained almos ssantly for the past twenty. and trom all indica- tions the storm is not yet over. The ba- rometer is very low, the wind 1is blow- from the southeast and there is indication of several days’ rain. The which was swollen con- | At the | the storm of last week. | It is belleved fully | inches will be the precipitation of the | fruit and vegeta- | CHARRED BODIES ARE REMOVED Remains of Two Wind- sor Victims Recovered. Special Dispatch to The Call. | ‘W YORK, March 20.—A large | force of men worked in the ruins of the | Windsor Hotel to-night. Part of the rear walls and chimney on the Forty- seventh-street side was still standing at a late hour. Smoke was issuing from the chimney, which extends to the base- | ment, showing that fire still smolders | in that part of the ruins. The workmen excavated slowly and with great care. The debris was thrown from the space occupied by the hotel to the sidewalk. | Crowds pressed as close to the ruins as they were allowed by the police. At midnight 300 laborers who had been digging in the ruins were relieved by another gang of 300. 0 other body has been found since 9 o'clock in the morning, when the workmen came across the remains of two charred bodies. The men worked all day on three sides of the old hotel, Fifth avenue, FATAL RIOTS AT LAREDD, TEKAS Crisis Reached in the Smallpox Epidemic. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. LAREDO, Tex., March 20.—The crisis | no testimony to-day. |have a hearing in the case of the State FIGHT OF STATE NEW YORK, March 20.—Upon the arrival of the interested parties in the Standard Oil Company hearing at the Hoffman House it was decided to take It was agreed to of Ohio vs. the Buckeye Pipe Company, a branch of the Standard Oll Company. Messrs. Elliott and Kline, counsel for the Standard Oil Company, sent a letter to Attorney General Monnett of Ohio to-day, demanding that he make public the name of the man who offered him a bribe of $400,000 to discontinue his fight. ‘With reference to the letter written him by Elliott and Kline, Attorney Gen- eral Monnett said he would reply to it after he had consulted with the Su- preme Court of Ohio. A hearing in the case of the State of Ohio against the Buckeye Pipe Line Com- pany was begun this afternoon in the of- fice of Commissioner C. Edgar Mills. The hearing was held that the Attorney Gen- in the disturbance here over the carry- Ing out of the State Health Officer's regulations in suppressing the small- pox epidemic seems to be reached. When the work of removing the pa- tients was resumed this morning the scenes of yesterday were repeated, and Captain Rogers of the State Rangers and four assistants attempted to dis- perse. the crowd, but were fired upon and Captain Rogers received a bullet in the left shoulder. The Rangers re- | turned the fire, killing Agipato Her- | Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets. | From the three sides on which the workmen are engaged the ruins had at midnight been gone over for twenty-five feet from the building line. The first body taken out to-day was | from the Forty-sixth-street side; | second from the Fifth-avenue sidef close by what had been the main en- trance. They were merely fragments of bodies. Neither has feet nor arms. These fragments were taken to the Morgue, where they were ticketed as bodies “1" and and placed in the | section especlally set aside for the fire victims. These two bring the total number of bodies so far recovered up to twelve. Besides these there are at | least six persons who were seen to jump from the roof and windows while the hotel was burning, and of whose bodies no trace has yet been found. From time to time to-day articles of { more or less value were found and turned over to the police. They in- cluded jewelry, watches, clocks, canes, articles of clothing, letters, keys, photographs, field and opera glasses, | silverware and toilet articles. A neck: | lace was found on the Forty-sixth- | street side near where the baths were. It was set with diamonds and opals | and estimated to be worth about $1 | 000. | According to the lists of missing property prepared by the police it be- longed to Mrs. James R. Stokes, who is missing. One of Thomas P. Ochiltree’s trunks was found, the contents quite uninjured. Several of the persons hitherto re- ported as missing were found to be safe to-day. The present list of missing numbers forty-four. This, however, takes into account but few of the 200 servants of the house. Although at night the ruins are perfectly lit by elec- tricity and oil lamps, the men work under disadvantage as compared with | the day men, and proceed more slowly. | At midnight the contractors thought | that many bodies would be discovered by to-morrow. by which time a suffi- cient space will have been cleared away to allow a larger number of men to work to advantage. CHINA NOW IN A e MORE PLIANT MOOD ROME, March 20.—Admiral Canavero, Ttalian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to- day returned the visit of the Chinese Min- | ister, Sir Chih Chen, with whom he had | & _prolonged interview yesterday, presum- ably regarding the Itallan demand for a concessfon at San Mun Bay. Sir Chih Chen will be received by King Humbert 10-mOrrow. According to the Tribuna, the Chinese Minister expressed to Admiral_Canavero the apologies of the Tsung li Yamen for returning the note of Signor Martino, then Italy's Minister at Peking, embody- ing the Italian Government's request, and sald if another note was presented it would be examined with the “greatest friendship toward Italy.” Regarding this the paper remarl ‘The presentation | of a note would show that the Minister has no further mission and that the mat- ter would be arranged between the Tsung | 1i Yamen and the Italian Foreign Office.” Admiral Grenet has received a telegram of congratulation from Emperor William upon his appointment to the command of | the Italian squadron in Chinese waters. ser ection of his | that the o rival political would sound | Jeaders at is a mere coin- If, on the | cidence. improvement of - Chicago platform applies | their strair or political rela- | does) Jeft an princi- | ccidents of thefr resent conditions, then your - island no one | yresence at Jefférsonian | will predict. probably will 107 memory of | Jeave Jekyll afternoon or GOVERNOR STONE MAayY APPOINT QUAY | mcasosion Make a Fight for a Seat in the Senate. Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, Washington, March 20. It is reported here that Governor Stone has decided to appoint Quay as United States Senator in default of an election by the Pennsylvania Legisiature, and that Quay will put in his certificate and make a de- termined fight for his seat. He expects to recelve a majority of the votes of the Republicans in the Senate, and relies upon several Demo- cratic votes to reverse the precedent heretofore established in that body. If Quay is seated it is said that other Governors will also appoint Sen- ators. Among the best informed politicians in Washington it is the im- pression that there are still too many Senators in that body who are sticklers for Senatorial precedents and their honored customs to reverse the action taken by the Senate in the Washington, Montana, Wyom- ing and Oregon cases. Many Senators who voted against seating ap- pointees from these four States are yet members of the Senate and can- not consequently change their attitude on this question. CESOROROMR G O OE | g 06 80 304 83 X SIOACETCRIITH S8 CRSCRENIROBIOERIN 8310 83 10X SORICRICIOM OB about the | | The Pennsylvania Statesman to rera, an ex-policeman, who was leading the rioters, and another Mexican, and wounding a woman, a sister of Her- rera, who had fired at the officers from the window of a house near by. Sev- eral other Mexicans were wounded, but the number cannot be ascertained, as they escaped in the crowd. Dozens of people report seeing wounded men, but how many saw the same ones is not known. The shooting was followed by a number of scattered shots in dif-| ferent parts of that quarter of the city populated largely by Mexicans, and they were construed as prearranged signals by the rioters for re-enforce- ments. . Dr. Blunt, according to arrangements made, had notified Captain Ayers, in command at Fort Mclntosh, that the Uaited States troops were needed, and at 11:45 a. m. a detachment of the Tenth Cavalry, mounted and fully armed with 100 rounds cf ammunition each, arrived at the market place. City Marshal Joseph Bartholomew was sworn in as an officer, and under his direction the crowd was quickly dis persed. The leader of the first crowd encountered by the military under- took tc talk instead of obeying orders to clear out, and was promptly knocked down with the butt ot a carbine and so badly hurt that he died within a short time after being carried away. His followers took the hint and rapidly fled. A Gatling gun and an ambulance corps accompanied the cavalry, and affairs took on a decidly martial ap- pearance. All places of business were closed, and the placing of the Gatling gun in a position to rake a street would quickly clear that thoroughfare from end to end. Platoons of troopers circulated through the disturbed dis- trict and scattered or drove out the | crowds gathered on the cross streets, most of them taking refuge under the | river bank but offering no resistance. Mayor Christin had requested Colonel | O’Horan, the commandant of the Mexi- ican military force in Nuevo Laredo. to co-operate with the Laredo authorities in preventing the crossing and recross- ing of the river by crowds in case of trouble, and while several Mexicans driven out of the disturbed district were refugeeing under the river bank a strong detachment of Mexican cavalry deployed on the south bank of the Rio Grande. Those on this side oncluded they were coming across to assist them agalinst the colored United States cavalry, and a mighty cheer went up. Fortunately, however, they discovered their mistake before doing anything rash. The city being quieted. the work of the health officer was again taken up, with a guard of cuvalry with each wagon, under orders from Captara Ayers that if anybody attacked in any way the Mexican officers or themszlves to “shoot, and shoot to kill.” The work progressed during the rest of the afternoon without further inter- ruption, and will continue under ihe cavalry guard until completed. The chances of serious trouble seem about over, though there may be isolated cases of resistance to the health of- ficers. Captain Rogers was shot from be- hind, the ball lodging in or near the shoulder joint. The bullet has not vet been located, and Dr. Blunt says the wound may be a serious one. A force of some twenty-five Rangers has been sworn in and are doing gua duty at the pest and detention house There is a sense of relief over the situ- ation to-night after the intense excite- ment of the morning, when citizens of all conditions rushed to arms to be pre- pared for what might come. On the appearance of the military they were heartily cheered and greeted with cries of “Hurrah for San Juan Hill.” and the citizens carrying shotguns and Win- chesters returned to their homes or places cf business. LOANED WHEN WEALTHY, NOW SAVED FROM WANT 1L.OS ANGELES, March 20.—The $1000 which is soon to come into the possession of W. H. Williams and the heirs of H. B. Treat through the lucky strike of B. H. Smith, a miner of Boulder, Colo., to whom they loaned the money fifteen vears ago, will be in the nature of a windfall, as they are at present in need of money, if not nearly destitute. W. H. Williams, who ilves with his mother, is at present under quarantine, his son and daughter having been attacked by smallpox. The son died a little more than two weeks ago and the daughter s _at present confined at the pesthouse. Willlams is a milkman, but when it was found that smallpox and hjs family was quarantined he had to aband®n his milk route. Mr. Willlams' partner and nephew, a son of H. B. Treat, was absent from home at the time the quarantine was declared. He endeavored to continue serving ‘the purchasers of milk, but through the pres- ence of the dread disease in the family lost the greater part of his trade and the business had to be abandoned. A good many years ago Treat and Wil- liams, while in Atchison, Kans., loaned Smith $1000 to use in hunting gold in the mountains. Smith spent the money with- out striking anything, but he kept on ;Im!?ecting and at last “struck it rich.” e s now wealthy, and wrote that he desired to pay the money back, with suit- ble interest. hundred | | eral might take depositions in the pro- | ceedings brought in Ohio to annul the | charter of the Buckeye company for vio- | 1ation of the anti-trust laws of Ohlo. The | claims of the prosecution are that the | Standard Oil Trust still’ exists and that despite the law the Buckeve Pipe Line Company_is still a_member of it. The | Buckeye Pipe Line Company was organ- | 1zed for the transportation of crude oil. | Its headquarters are at Lima, Ohio, and | its capital stock is $10,000,000. H. H. Rog | ers is the president. | At the proceedings-to-day M. F. Elliott | and Virgil P. Kline represented the com- | pany. Attorney General Monnett ap- | peared for the State of Ohlo. W. L. Flagg acted as his As a preliminary rs. Elliott and | | Kline agreed to admit a copy of the testi- | mo; iven in October last by John D. | efeller in the Standard Oil Company | case, provided the Ohlo court should de- cide that such evidence was competent. Counsel objecte ver, holding that | such testimony was not competent. | _George Rice was the first witness called. Flagg asked him if he ever owned a certi- | ficate of the Standard Oil Trust and he | answered yes. The witness identified as his property two certificates, one a_certificate of the Standard Ofl Trust and the other a cer- tificate_of assignment of legal title, both original certificates. | “Have you ever owned a trust certifi- cate of the kind called a certificate of equitable interest. which you handed into | the trust and for which you received a certificate known as an assignment of le- gal title?’ continued Flagg. Rice said he could not reply unless given an opportunity to explain, and | Flage asked, “Did you ever hand 'in to | the trust a certificate for which you re- | ceived stock of a constituent company?” | Roc | liquidating trustee OF OHIO AGAINST THE OIL TRUST Standard Attorney Demands the Name of the Man Who Offered Big Bribe to Attorney General. Rice sald “yes,” and again asked to be allowed to explain. Flagg held him to a “yes” or ‘“no” an- swer. Flagg asked an explanation of the exchange of stock certificates and Rice showed that at the dissolution of the trust he received in place of a historical certificate of stock a certificate of as- signment of legal title which entitled him to his proportion of the property owned by the twenty different companies repre- sented in the trust. =8 ““The last certificate conveyed to me, said Rice, “an equitable interest in the property owned by the trust; the second conveyed to me the legal title. “To whom did you present the certifi- cates supposed to convey_the legal title? ‘I did not present it. It was presented by my agent, McKemper, to the liquidat- ing_trustees. “What did you receive directly upon presentation of that certificate? “T received corporate scrip in nineteen different constituent corporations and a paper acknowledging a fractional interest in the Anglo-American Oil Company of London. X having stated so much, will you “Now uch, state if the Buckeye Pipe Line Company was a member of what is known as the Standard Ofl Trust?” asked Flagg. “Yes, it was.” “How do you know?” “By its being represented in the corpor- ate scrip I received from the liquidating trustees.” In answers to questions witness said he had owned this corporate scrip about three years. He had never received any dividends from any of it. None of the companies in which he received fractional shares upon surrender to the trust of the rust certificate paid dividends on such fractional shares. Besides this scrip wit- ness said he had six shares rcpresented by certificates of the Standard Oil trust. A special dividend paid on the Standard Oil trust certificates in the hands of the . Rice said, amounted to 35 per cent for the last two years, or 17% per cent a year. The regular dividend was 12 per cent a year, making a total dend of 291 per cent per year. Wit- T said the fact that the three-sevenths of the stock of the pipe line company still remained as it did constituted the reason for the existence of what is known as. liquidating board of trustees. He under- stood that the other four-sevenths were owned almost exclusively by the liquidat- ing trustees and the officers of the other nineteen _constituent companies. His re- fineries had been shut down for about three vears. He was still producing oll. He thought the Buckeye Company did 95 per cent of the local pipeage in the State of Ohto. He was not aware that other gnn’;panles had tried to obtain some of this usin Kline asked the witness if he had not testified in Columbus against the Standard Oil Company and against the Buckeye Pipe Line Company on_behalf of Attor- ney General Monnett. Rice said he had, and in reply to other questions said that is penses had been paid by the Attor- General, but that he had not been pa‘d for his time, nor did he expect to be paid for it. TRAGIC SEQUEL 70 GO0 NEWS Suicide of a Farm Hand Near Olema. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, March 20.—For over a decade Francis Melanti eked out a | miserable existence as a farm hand on a ranch near Olema. Then came the | news that a large fortune had been left | him by the death of a relative in France, and with the news came insan- | ity, resulting in suicide. | Melanti, who was commonly known | as “French Frank,” lived in a little cabin about eight miles from Olema. | and was very reticent about his past | life. About all he ever told his com- panions was that some day he expect- | ed to go back to France and live in | plenty for the rest of his life. A few weeks ago he received a letter which | evidently contained news of a pleasant | nature, for he seemed very happy after- | ward, and said he was going home, where a large sum of money awaited | him. Shortly after the receipt of the | 1 issive he was taken ill and confined | to_his bed. . | Frank Knott, a gamekeeper for the Country Club, visited the cabin yester- day and found Melanti lying dead on the floor in a pool of llood. In his breast was a gaping wound and by the side of the remains lay a rifle. The position of the body and the weapon. together with the nowder burns on the clothes, showed that Melanti had com- mitted suicide by placing the muzzle of the gun against his breast and dis- charging it with his toe. Coroner Eden was summoned and brought the re- mains to this city after an fnauest was | held. The verdict was death from a | gunshot wound self-inflicted. It is believed that worry over his health, which prevented his leaving for | France after he had made preparations | t ogo, unbalanced the man’s mind and | caused him to seek death i | Strike Leader Sentenced. | SEATTLE, March 20.—The backbone of | the strike on the White Pass and Yukon | Railroad has been broken, according to the officers of the steamship Rosalie which arrived to-day from Skaguay. J. R. White, one of the strike leaders, has been sentenced to six months' imprison- ment at Sitka by United States Commis- stonef Sehlbrede for having incited a riot. —-——— INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST WASHINGTON, March 20.—The Navy Department to-day awarded the contract for the erection of buildings for the naval training station on Goat Island, S8an Fran- cisco Bay, to Campbell & Pettus of San Francisco. Their bld was $74,400, the low- est one offered. By direction of the Assistant Secretary of War, Private Alfred K. Heilman, Com- pany H, Twelfth New York Volunteer In- fantry, now at Presidio of San Francisco, is discharged the service of the United States. The following enlisted men now en route to San Francisco will upon their arrival be discharged the service of the United States by the commanding general, De- partment _of Californi: Corporal Guy Mackintosh, Company K, First Colorado; Private Harry E. Duffey, Company H, Tenth Pennsylvania. Private Irving Kilborne, Company B, Fourth United States Cavalry, now at Presidio of San Francisco, is transferred to Troop K, Fourth . nited States Caval- ry. He will be sent to the station of that troop at Manila, and will report upon his srl;n‘al to the commanding officer for uty. The leave of absence on surgeon’s cer- tificate of disability granted Second Lieu- tenant George M. Grimes, Twentleth United States Infantry, February 24, De- partment of California. is extended two months on surgeon’s certificate of disabil- ty. The following transfers are made: Com- missary Sergeant Julius Jensen. now at Plattsburg, Y., to Fort McIntosh, Tex. He will relieve’ Commissary Sergeant Charles Stephan. Sergeant Stephan when thus relieved will be sent to Benicla racks, Cal. He will report upon his ar- rival at that post to the commanding offi- cer for duty. Peter J. Cunane has .been appointed mailing clerk in tue San Francisco Post- office at $600 per annum, vice D. J. Dwyer, resigned. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Orlginnl—Chfl!llnn Meyer, Gardena, $6; Jacob Weck, Petaluma, 38. Oregon: Original—Special, March 10 gpeclal act), Willlam Russell, Rock Point, ———— . Funeral of Thomas Menzies. SAN RAFAEL, March 20.—The funeral of Thomas Menzies, the well known capi- away last Saturday, ence of deceased to- day, Rev, Dr. on of St. Stephen's Church officiating. The_ pallbearers were A. W. Foster, Willlam Babcock, John F Boyd. Sidney V. Smith, J. Crawford and M. M. Tompkins. 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