The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN ¥FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. MARCH 24, 189 MUNKACSY, FAMOUS PAINTER, IS DYING ‘MWMMWMWMM ERLIN, March 2 kacsy, the famous Michael Mun- for more than two years, is dying. Michael Munkacsy was since the paralytic shock which in the Jatter part of 1898 compelled him to abandon all hope of ever working at his easel again. At that time he was at Godesburg. For months he sat brooding, until in an excess of mad- ness he suddenly attacked and nearly strangled his attendant and his phy- sician. He was immediately removed ylum, from which, on its becoming obvious that his mental condition was hopele: he was removed to the retreat where he is now passing away the prime of his life. His parents were poor, and before he was 7 years old he was left an orphan and given over tc the rge of an uncle at Osaba, who seems to have treated him very harsh It happened that in the same village his sister was quartered with an aunt, and the small boy lived between the two houses. The youngster was afterward apprenticed to a tradesman. In his autobiography, “The Early Recollections of Munkacsy,” which ap- peared in the latter part of 1897, after he had lost his reason, he tells with the most charm. mplicity of those days of apprenti ip, of heating glue and grinding cheap paint. At 14 he was a qualified workman and was sent by his uncle into the world, with five florins in his pocket. For two years he lived in the town of Arad. Then, his heaith weakened by wretchedness and lack of food, he was compelled to return to his uncle’s house. Here the sight of engravings set him copying them, and the taste returned to him like a passion. One his uncle, chancing to look over oulder at a drawing, said: “You mig bly become a painter.” Shortly this he entered the studio of German named Fischer, where he , a painter of some tion to enter h udio. He accepted, but not having other means to pay for his instruction, insisted on being a kind of domestic servant and man of all work in Szamo: ’s house. In his “Rec- [ ion; he ys proudly: “I was a good one. After eighteen months he felt strong enough to strike out for himself, and on a very limited purchase of colors he be- gan to paint compositions with life- sized figures. His autobiography ends with that incident. i ds a met Szamos ent, who gave him an invita- Hungarian painter; who has been secluded in a hospital for the insane at Bonn born near Munkacs, Hungary, October 10, 1844. He has been virtually dead to the world D O S T o SYC S Sy S P SN 3¢ ® + ® + L3 © * & + & * | | | | In 1870 the young Hungarian arrived in Paris, not knowing a word of French, with a picture he carried to the Salon with his own hands. It was the success of the year, “The Last Day of a Con- demned Prisoner,” and immediately es- tablished his reputation. This was fol- lowed by “The Night Prowlers,” “The Studio,” “The Two Familie: Tilton Dictating ‘Paradise Lost’ to His Daugh- ters,” “Christ Before Pilate,” “Christ on Calvary” and “The Last Moments MICHAEL MUNKACSY. B o S O R S R O T S S I S o O I SR S Y & of Mozart.” One of his great paintings, ‘“Christ Before Pilate,” was purchased by John | Wanamaker of Philadelphia, after it | had been on exhibition In this country | for some weeks. | Another of his best known works is | the “Ecce Homo." It was first shown | at Budapest during the fetes in May | and June of 1896, when the Hungarian nation attained its tenth century as an | independent state. { UNCLE SAM'S NAVY Gunboat BaracoaTowed to Santiago. . Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 23.—The Navy Department is gratified to learn that its representatives who have been working for some time in the vicinity of Santiago and Guantanamo have succeeded in add another vessel to the American navy in the shape of the gunboat Baracoa, which was reported to have been towed into Santiago, as stated in the Associated Press Ms- patches from Santiago. The Baracoa was one of the Spanish gunboats sunk near Guantanamo. She is a useful type of vessel and is larger than the gunboats Sandoval and Al- varado, now at the Washington navy yard. The Baracoa of steel, 114 feet nine inches long, sixteen feet five inches beam and 8 feet 2 inches draught. Her displacement is 135 tons, and with 220 horse power she is able to make | ten knots. She carries one Hontoria gun of 3.5 inches, one of 2.5 Inches and two machine gur Probably she will be ordered north as soon as she can be made ready for the voyage, to be thoroughly overhauled at one of the t 1s still waiting to hear from th wedish company which has und ken to raise the | Cristobal Colon. The project has not been abandoned by any means. EXx- pert engineers in the employ of company visited the wreck and made a careful study of the situation. Th returned to Sweden and, according to their report, began the preparation of exact estimates of th the ship. They entertain no doubt of their ability to raise the ship. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Changes Made in Their Constitution and Laws. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 23.—The con- vention of the Woodmen of the World, which has been in session in Memphis for nearly two weeks, will adjourn sine die at the morning session to-morrow. It was after 3 o'clock to-day when the camp concluded the final work on the constitution and laws as a whole. This was the real end to the business of the meeting. There were probably over a hundred changes recommended by the committee on laws for the constitution, but a very large majority of them were rejected. Probably the most important change that was made at the session to- day was as to State camps. It _was de- cided that hereafter in any State in Which there are 10,000 members the order can have a conventional camp with its own officers. ‘On Décember 31 of this year the con- tract with Head Consul Frost of Atlan- ta, under which he has charge of all the organization work under the jurisi of the Southern Provisional Couscil, will be renewed. ' This is ‘claimed that expire, and it will not was decided t y. It this will relieve the Southern camps of | what is considered a burden in the way of conducting their business affairs. HE MOUNT LOWE RAILWAY. Some Bonds Thouéht to Be in the Southern Pacific’'s Hands. LOS ANGELES, March 23.—The sale of the Mount Lowe Rallway has brought to light the fact that of the $500,000 in bonds outstanding $100,000 are described as scat- | tering. It is this fact, coupled with the one that the Southern Pacific Railroad | possesses $25,000 of the bonds, that injects an element of mystery into the specula- tions concerning the future ownership of the property. If these bonds havé been absorbed by the Southern Pacific a new and unexpected element enters into the sale on Tuesday next. It is positively stated that the $125,000 in bonds have not been deposited with capitalists, who have been buying up all the holdings on the market. Charles G. Singer, representing the estate of H. M. Singer, has $115500 of Mount Lowe bonds, and Valentine Peyton has the remainder of the $375,000. These two interests are closely allied, but it is ‘declared positively that neither have any affillations with the Southern Pacific. the | cost of raising | siction | IDENTIFIGATION 5 IMPOSSIBLE Nine Charred Remains From the Windsor. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 23.—Nineteen | dead and thirty-four missing is the rec- ord so far for the Windsor Hotel fire | | Friday last. One more body was found | to-day. This brings the list of unknown dead to nine. The fragments were dug up about twenty feet west of the annex | on the Forty-seventh street side, in a part of the ruins where no other bodies | or bones have been found. The remains | | consist simply of a portion of a spinal | column with some of the ribs attached, | a plece of the skull and some small | bones and charred flesh. The remains | were taken to the Morgue and num-| bered “Body No. 9.” Identification in this case, as in the | arge majority of the other bodies at| the Morgue, will be impossible. It is | not likely that any of the bodies yet to | | be found will be recognizable. | | The work of clearing away the debris proceeds slowly. The great mound of debris in Fifth avenue seems to grow | | 1arger each day, though it was said to-| | day that fifty carts were engaged in | | hauling it away. Many persons called | | at the Morgue and the East Fifty-first | | street station to-day, the former in the | | hope of identifying some of the bodies, | | and the latter, mostly women, to claim | lost articles to preserve as keepsakes. | The search continues to reveal small articles of personal propert Lt | DISCUSSION OF METHODS EMPLOYED IN SCHOOLS | Some Most Interesting Subjects Con- | sidered at the Sessién of the | Teachers’ Institute. | SAN RAFAEL, March 23.—Discussion of the methods employed in the Alameda | | public schools was resumed 3t to-day’ | session of the Teachers' Inst3ute. Mi Kathryn Stone, Instructor T. L. Heatong | and Professor E. P. Cubberly of Stanford | Untversity also enlivened the morning ses- | slon by discoursing on various subjects of | interest to the educational fraternity. | Miss Stone exemplified the methods em- ployed by her in teaching music to the | pupils of the Alameda schools, while In- | Structor Heaton spoke on the theme of | Qaily programmes in rural schools and school hygeine. Professor Cubberly explained at length why some teachers fail. He said every | vear the State grants one-third as many | certificates to teach as there are posi- tions; In other words, that every three | vears enpugh certificates are issued to supply a teacher for every available po- sition in the State. In common with the other professions the supply is far great- er than the demand. This naturally causes discouragement and consequent | failure. | "™In the afternoon the lecturer spoke on | “The Social Aspects of Education,” a sub- ject in which all present took a keen in- terest. |REDUCED RATES TO DAWSON. The Tariff Cut in Two by the Forma- | tion of a Combination. | SEATTLE, March %—Rates to Dawson City have been cut in two by the forma- tion of a transportation combination, in- cluding various steamers running between Seattle and Skaguay, the White Pass and | Yukon Railway and the steamers on | Lake Bennett and the Upper Yukon. | Rates to take effect with the opening of navisation on ihe lakes are announced as vs: $162 per ton for freight of all ds; first-class passenger passage, $100; second-class, $50. In case of a rate war between the up- river steamers the freight rate will go down to $140 a ton. The schedule time as arranged is about eight days from Seattle to Dawson. ‘Will Remain in Prison. INDIANAPOLIS, March 23.—Governor Mount, after a consultation with those who had asked for the parole of Mrs. Au- usta Schmidt, the prisoner who refused | the parole after it had been granted her, has revoked his decision and = Mrs! | Schmidt will remain In the Woman's Pris- jon. She sald she would not leave prison | unless she was declared innocent bv those who convicted her of murder., | circumstances, especially when he saw | LEON STRAUSS HORSENHIPPED The Lash Applied by an Insulted Domestic. | other leaders, and brings out some in- Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, March 23. the young attorney who was horse- | whipped a few evenings ago by Lucinda | Small, a comely domestic, is rankled | over his humiliation, and proposes to even up the score by prosecuting the | girl and her two male companions. Strauss has always posed as a lady- killer, and more than once he has fig- ured in mild sensations. ‘When he insulted Miss Small, as she | alleges, the girl at once sought two gen- tlemen friends, Willlam Miller and George Martin. he demanded venge- | ance and disclosed her plan_of horse- | whipping Strauss. She asked their aid. | Miller and Martin consented, and the | next evening the three waited for their | victim at the corner of Ninth and Ju- | lian streets. Strauss came along abou 10:30, and the two men caught him and | told him he must either submit to being horsewhipped by Miss Small or take a | good licking at their hands. Strauss was gallant even under these that Miller and Martin meant business. He removed his coat and hat and said he was ready. Miss Small plied her whip lightly at first, but, encouraged by her male companions, she increased her welts. Her victim winced and groaned | and pleaded for mercy. The whip broke, | however, and the young lawyer was told to dress and go, With a warning | to behave toward young ladies in the | future. Strauss broke and ran for his | home, which is in the vicinity, without | waiting to don his garments. The story leaked out a few days ago. Strauss is known to everybody, and he is reaping great notoriety over the es- capade. Strauss denies the story as a whole. He admits having trouble with aliss Small, Miller and Martin, which ended in a fight, but says he was not horsewhipped by the girl. Now he pro- poses to have all three arrested for bat- tery, and the trial will probably bring out some interesting details, TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS. New Italian Minister Will Look After San Mun Bay. ROME, March 23.—Marquis Salviago Raggl, who succceds Signor Martino as Italian Minister to China, is expected to reach Peking about the end of the month. He will open negotiations with the Tsung 1i Yamen concerning Italy's request for a concession at San Mun Bay. PEKING, March 23.—Sir Claude Mac- Donald, thé British Minister, who is leav- ing for England for a brief rest, started to-day for Wei-Hai-Wei, the British fort- ified port on the Shamtung Peninsula. In his absence the First Secretary of the British Legation, H. G. O. Bax-Ironside, Y be in charge of British interests re. Fight Against the Oil Trust. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 23.—Attorney General Monnett returned from New York to-day. He feels confident that he will be able to show the Supreme Court that the Standard Oil Company has not complied with the court's orders. Refer- ring to the open letter from the Standard 0Oil Company, calling on him to produce the name of the man who he alleges tried to bribe him, he says that he wiil roduce the name of the man in his own ime and in his way. While no plan has been perfected yet, the advi: ility of asking the Supreme Court to make a thorough investigation has been under consideration. ——— As to Newfoundland. LONDON, March 23.—The Standard this morning makes the following announce- ment: ‘“We understard that the negotia- tions between Great Britain and France regarding Newfoundland promise a sat- isfactory settlement, France being willing to surrender her shore rights there if ade- quately compensated.” German Battleship Aground. BERLIN, March 23.—The German bat- tle-ship Oldenburg broke her anchor and | The letter is written in very Leon Strauss, | 1 | partment, under your worthy control, re- went aground near Kiel to-day d heavy snowstorm. Ao § FILIPIND MAIL IS INTERCEPTED Letters Reveal Methods of Aguinaldo’s Men. S | HARD PRESSED FOR MONEY | TROOPS CLAMOR IN VAIN FOR COMPENSATION. One Epistle From the So-Called Secre- tary of the Treasury Pleads for Coin to Pay a Native Battalion. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 23.—The cap- ture of Caloocan, in the Philippine Isl- and of Luzon, by the United States forces recently, resulted in the confisca- tion of considerable mail addressed to the insurgent Government. It includes a number of letters of Aguinaldo and teresting facts about the Filipino official | KILLING ALL THE REBELS CAPTURED Insurgents Show Themselves Unp- deserving of Mercy at the Hands of American Troops. Startling information, confirming cable advices, comes from a regular tained in a letter written by Milton and was evidently written in great leaving Manila. It is as follows: Dear Mother: I was in the thickes gents. One bullet knocked my hat off. borhood. We are burning all the houses on surgents we capture. The natives hav serving of mercy or consideration of I am in the best of health and spirits. We captured two German vessels chances are that we will have to fight battlefield for a week now. Your lovin, C4Q4+ 0+ C+ O+ 0+ O+O+0+0+O404040 4040+ 040+ 0+0+0+0+O+OH0IDIOHC+0 40404 0+ 0+0+0+040 the battles with the insurgents of the Philippine Islands. to his mother, who resides at 1757 Howard street. PENIDO, Philippine Islands, on the battlefleld, fifteen miles from Manila, bullets whizzed past my head, but I escaped uninjured. thing in a lifetime. The boys of the Fourteenth did good work in this neigh- what has only been hinted at in soldier, who has been engaged in It was con- Sichel of the Fourteenth Infantry The letter is brief haste so as to catch the mail boat | [} + [ ¥ © 3 + % February 10, 1899 t part of the battle with the insur- It seemed to me that at least 3000 It was the luckiest the battlefield and killing all the in- /e repeatedly shown themselves unde- any kind. Don’t worry about me, as landing arms for the insurgents. The them next. We have been on the g son, MILTON. NOW DON IS VACILLATING His Weakness Is Likely to Deprive His Party of in Spain. = O that Don Carlos, the pretender, has perplexed his adherents by a dis- g g patch in which he allows them to g0 to the polls at the forthcoming & Parliamentary elections, if they so desire, but explains that he does not o £ wish the Carlists to be represented officially in the next Cortes. 3 g The general opinion in the political world, says the correspondent, g is that the dissensions in the Carlists’ ranks and the frresolution of the g }3} pretender really deprive the party of all importance. 3 & ROROROLOLE B RORORORGRNOW BONORON O NONORON HORORONIRG methods. Postal Agent Vaille at Man- {la has forwarded some of this mail to acting Postmaster General Heath. One letter is addressed to Aguinaldo’s so-called Secretary of the Treasury, and is in reply to a request for money. The writer is apparently the fiscal of- ficer at Lucona, Luzon, to whom the insurgents had entrusted the duty of “gqueezing” the merchants, and he had apparently confiscated for the insurgent cause a lot of cocoa fiber belonging to a tobacco company. When asked to turn over the proceeds the agent remarks that only $3500 had come into his hands, and that amount he had paid to the trocps, who were clamorous for more. fair Span- sh. Apparently Aguinaldo’s treasury of- ficials are running short of paper, for the outer covering of the letter is made of a sheet of paper, written all over, torn out of a record book, and it was tied about with a fragment of Manila | bagging. A translation of the letter follows No. 35. This Government is in receipt of | dispatch No. b from the Treasury De- | lating to the immediate covering into the central treasury of the proceeds ot the sale of the copra (cocoanut fiber) of the Compania Cabacalera (tobacco company), and I can do no more than to inform you {hat the local government, who was or- dered to make the sale of said article, has only paid into the provincial treasury $3500, which sum fis already distributed among the soldiers of the provincial bat- tallon, and that, under date of the Sth inst., I informed you that the provincial freasury had no funds for the expenses| of said battalion. I begged your depart- oFent to send funds. I again beg you to take the proper steps to prevent the com- plaints of the soldiers. od keep you for DS wears. Signed at Lucona. Janu- | ary 19, 1899. QUIRINO ELAZAR, Secretary of the Treasury of the Revolu- tionary Government of the Island. Another captured letter received by the Postoffice Department was sent from the provincial Governm'at Anti- polo, addressed to Aguinaldo’s Secre- tary of the Interior, in which he apol- ogizes for not being present at Mala- los at the promulgation of the constitu- tion, assigning as a reason that the tel- egram _commanding his presence, though dated January 21, only reached him January 23, two days late. To atone for his action he says he ordered all the local municipal presidents to get up demonstrations and cry “Long live Fili- pino independence and down with an- nexation.” This is signed by Governor Jose Elrose, Governor of Antipolo. Some intercepted letters to Aguinaldo himself have also come into the posses- sion of the Postoffice Department. AGUINALDO’S TACTICS TO KEEP UP FIGHTING NEW YORK, March 23.—A special cable to the Journal from Manila says: Francesco Valencia, the insurgent gov- ernor of the province of Cavite, escaped into the American lines to-day and came to Manila, where he presented himself to General Otis. He gave the American military governor all the in- formation he possessed xegarding the insurgent forces, and told remarkable stories of crueity and deception prac- ticed by Aguinaldo and his assoclate Jeaders upon unfortunate natives to keep up the insurrection. There are, according to Governor Va- lencia, between 20,000 and 80,000 insur- gents, armed with Mausers and Rem- ingtons, between Manila and Malolos. The insurgents are expected to make a desperate fight at Malolos. A special cable to the World from Manila says there are indications on everv hand that General Otis has de- termined to crush the rebellion at once, and it is believed a move against the insurgents will be made Friday. The American troops are being hurried into position, and armed tugs bave been so disposed along the river as to command all the vulnerable points In the Ameri- can lines. CASUALTIES AS REPORTED BY OTIS WASHINGTON, March 23.—General Otis to-day reported to the War De- partment the following casualties: March 16, near San Pedro Macate— Wounded: First Idaho, Company H, C. A. Benedict, forearm. March 21, near Mari- uina, wounded: First Colorado, Company %. Artificer Archie A. Aldrich, armpit, moderate. March 16, at Jaro, Panay—Kill- ed: Eighteenth Infantry, Company B, Pri- vate uis _Biehl; wounded, Eighteerith Inmmr;i‘, Company B, Joseph Daly, ihigh; Theodore Burr, chest; Preston Savage, forearm; Willlam Bruschke, LONDON, March 24.—The Madrid correspondent of the Standard says ARLOS All Standing chest; Company L, Tax Horme, forearm; Company C, Joseph McCreary, hand; William Lohman, thigh; John E. Rogers, thigh; Willlam Bixman, leg; Company H, Riley Callaghan, scalp; Willlam _ R. Rhodenburger, hand; Company K. Wil- liam Marwood, leg; Cnmgxny 5, Wiiliam Buster, leg; Company I, Corporal Charles E. Bafes, foot. First_ California, Com- pany L, Private T. A. Marlowe, shoulder. DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING AT ILOILO MANILA, March 23.—Details of the fighting at Iloilo on March 16 show that 400 rebel riflemen from Pania were met by seven companies of the Eighteenth Regiment of United States Infantry and a battalion of the Tennessee Volun- teers. As supports, these troops had three two-inch Hotchkiss guns under General Miller north of Jaro, across the river. The Americans were met with a heavy fire. One American was Kkilled and fifteen were wounded of the Eight- eenth, and there were several cases of sunstroke. General Miller estimates that fifty rebels were killed and 100 wounded. COLD WEATHER IN THE OLD WORLD LONDON, March 23.—Exceptionally cold weather continues throughout England, varying from 10 to 20 degree of frost. Yhere have been heavy falls of snow in the north and several deaths from ex- posure are reported. Similar weather pre- vails_on the Continent, PARIS, March 23.—Paris is suffering from the scourge of influenza. The deaths during the last seven days have been 238 above the average. BERLIN, March 23.—The influenza is raging here and the death rate is heavy. - — New Church for Dr. Thomson. LOS ANGELES, March 23.—Friends of Dr. J. P. Thomson met to-night and formed a new Unitarian church, but did not decide whether the organization would come under the rules of the Uni- tarian Association. The name will be left with Thompson, as he has expressed that “the sermon on the mount” was doctrinc and creed enough for him. Thomson says he will return on condition of a two years’ call and a church centrally located. The doctor’s present pastorate in Chicago con- tinues until June. The salary will be $4000 a_year. The pledges to-night insure the call of Thomson, who is popular here. i Held for the Sheriff. WOODLAND, March 23.—Fred Wilson, arrested here last Sunday on suspicion that he is one of a band of highwaymen who recently robbed a stage in Amador, is still held here on a warrant sent down by Sherift Gregory, who has not yet been able to come down and identify the pris- oner, because he is detained as a witness in Amador County. S On the Panama Canal. PANAMA, March 23.—There is great ac- tivity In canal circles here. Work on the isthmus is still progressing, but with a comparatively small force. Agents of the company will leave to-morrow for Ja- malica to endeavor to arrange a Govern- ment contract for more laborers. High hopes are entertained that Americans will take the canal over. b Sy Native Sons’ Delegates. SANTA CRUZ, March 2.—Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90 has elected the followin delegates to the grand parlor, to be hclfi at Salinas: R. H. Pringle, Benjamin K. Knight, Milton Besse; alternates, Her- bert Blas, Ralph Thompson, W. I. New- man. They will go to Salinas with a_de- termination to have the Admission Day celebration held in Santa Cruz. — Derailed on a Sidetrack. WOODLAND, March 23.—The engine of the north-bound freight train No. 21 was deralled on a sidetrack at Blacks this morning and delayed several hours. The main line was blocked until the arrival of the north-bound passenger train, Which switched the fraight from the main line. PRGN T Death of a Woman Pioneer. SANTA ROSA, March 23.—Mrs. J. E. MecIntosh, one of the oldest white settlers in this State, is dead at her home in For- estville. In an emigrant train she crossed the plains and arrived in California in 1845. 8he has resided In Sonoma County nearly half a century. She was wefl known and the wife of an old pioneer. She was a native of New York State. e “Young Griffo” Is Insane. CHICAGO, March 23.— Albert Griffith, the Australian pugilist, known as “Young Griffo,” was declared insane to-day by a | jury of physicians. He was sent to Jef- ferson Asylum. Little hope for his’re- covery is entertained. el ARG Oldest Bachelor Dead. NEW YORK, March 23.—John Butter, !'Md to be the oldest bachelor United States, is dead at Huntington %r‘g:x‘g Island, in his one hundred and firs | matter. DESIRELLD 1S NOW REPENTANT Sorry That He Killed an Innocent Boy. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, March 23.—Dis- trict Attorney Bullock to-day filed a complaint against Fred Desirello. charging him with the murder of James Johnston. The complaint is sworn to by Peter Johnston, the father of the dead boy. Desirello was taken before Justice of the Peace James Han- non this afternoon and arraigned. Mr. Walker, one of the attorneys for the defense, was present at the ar- raignment, the other attorney, E. F. Fitzpatrick, being absent. The effect of the nervous strain under which the defendant has been laboring was no- ticeable as he appeared before the com- mitting magistrate to-day. Though outwardly calm, yet, after the court had been called to order and when he | was asked his name by the Justice, | there was a tremor in his voice which | he could not control. He gave his full name as Frederick Ferdinand Wallace Desirello. After reading the complaint the Jus- tice informed him of his right to have counsel in all stages of the proceed- ings, and inquired if he had as yet re- tained or consulted counsel, to which he replied that he had procured the services of Fitzpatrick & Walker. It was suggested by the District At- | torney that the preliminary examina- tion be held at as early a date as pos- sible, in view of the fact that a jury would soon be called in the Superior Court and an early trial could be pro- cured. The defendant desired to con- sult with his counsel before fixing the time of hearing, but it was understood that possibly it would be agreed to hold the examination on Monday next. Just what will be the defense cannot now be learned, but from the defend- ant’s version of the affair it would seem to be accidental killing. It was rumored here to-day that the defense would be insanity. Desirello seems to feel his position keenly and expresses regret at the shooting. ROTHSCHILDS WILL NOT OPEN A BANK NEW YORK, March 23.—A representa- tive of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. to-day characterized as absurd the dispatch from San Francisco stating that the firm was about to open a bank there. “We will not dignify the report by, discussing it,”" said he. August Belmont & Co., who represent the Messrs. Rothschilds, when asked about the truth of the dispatch from San Francisco to the effect that the house was to establish a bank in that city which was to handle large mining and su- gar interests, replied that the statement was nonsense. he firm did not care to have anything printed about the matter at present, but one of its representatives repeated the statement that the dispatch was nothing but nonsense. Charles Lanere of Winslow, Lanere & Co. said he knew nothing about the re- ported bank, and it was stated at the of- fices of Brown Bros. & Co. that John Crosby Brown had gone to California. but on pleasure only. P —_————— Building Trades Council. At the meeting of the Bullding Trades Council last night a letter was recefved from R. P. Doolan, requesting the council to appoint a committee to work in con- junction with the committee which has in hand the exposition in 1801. It was conceded that the workingmen should be properly represented, so P. H. McCarthy, E. J. Brandon and E. L. Malsbary were appointed. They were instructed to watch closely for the interests of organ- ized labor. It was reported that non-union men are working at the repapering and repainting of Pythian Castle, and P. H. McCarthy, C. W. Doyle and William Page were ap- pointed a_committee to investigate the The committéee on the marble- cutters’ strike reported that a satisfac- fory agreement had been entered into be- tween employers and employes, and the men are now back at work. SHERMAN SNYS 1S BETTER Wants to Reach a Cooler Climate. HIS DOCTORS ARE HOPEFUL READY FOR THE STATESMAN. CHICAGO He Will Be Put on Board the Cruiser To-Day and Start at Once for the United States. | | | i | | | Spectal Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1599, by James Gor- don Bennett. g SANTIAGO DE CUBA, March 23.— Former Secretary of State Sherman felt better all day to-day than before during his illness. He saw few peo- ple this afternoon. He said to me: “I shall feel stronger, I am sure, it I can get into cooler weather in a few days.” Mr. Sherman appeared cheerful and hopeful, although weak. The doctors say he is improving. The Chicago is expected here early to-morrow morn- ing. If she does not arrive before tha departure of the Paris, she will meet the liner at Cienfuegos. The anxiety of Mr. Sherman’s relatives on the Paris is virtually at an end. The party of tourists on board the Paris has made the most of the day. visiting every accessible spot, crowd- ing the battlefields, buying relics and even paying fabulous prices for ma- chetes that have been shipped from the United States since the war. Various excursions have been taken during the day, one to San Luis, another to Morro Castle and a third to view the wrecks of the destroyed cruisers of Admiral Cervera’s squadron, the Vizcaya and Almirante Oquendo. To-night a banquet and ball to citi- zens of Santiago will be given by the tourists and the Paris will leave in the morning about 8 o’clock. The United States transport Crook, formerly the Roumanian, her colors half mast, with her mournful cargo of dead heroes, the remains of those who were killed or have died at Santiago and in Porto Rico, steamed slowly out of the harbor this afternoon. She car- ries among her passengers Brigadier General Ewers and family, Captain Carnahan and wife and Lieutenant Fraser and wife. CAIMANERA, March 2 The cruis- er Chicago will sail at midnight to- | night to take on board former Secre- tary of State Sherman from the Paris. ‘Admiral Sampson entertained a party | with British Consul Brooks on board the flagship yesterday. There was an inspection of the Indiana to-day. The Detroit arrived this morning. The Supply, with all the invalids, may sail for the north on Sunda PACIFIC’'S ANNIVERSARY. A Lodge of 0dd Fellows Celebrates Its Thirtieth Year. Prospect Hall in the 0dd Fellows” building was crowded last night with the membership of Pacific Lodge No. I O. O. F., and invited friends, who as sembled to celebrate the thirtieth anni- versary of the institution of the lodge. There was presented a fine programme of entertainment, which included an ad- dress by John Stevenson, the noble grand; vocal selections by L. R. Beban, Mrs. Lillian Sprague Copping, Charles Em- merson, Miss Emily M, Spencer, Miss Linda Pritchard and E. T. Hewitf; mu- sical selections by Professor Adelstein, the Misses Leale and Professor Graber's Mandolin and Guitar Club; recitations by Miss Pearl Tupper and' Lillis George Brann; an eloquent address by Rev. Jacob Nieto and remarks by J. oung. ‘Then followed a dance and theiserving of re- freshments. The affair, which proved to be a very enjoyable one, was under the direction of John_Stevenson, N. G.; F. L. Turpie, V. G.; John H. Gilmore, James D. Davis, John Thompson, A. D. McLean and Jo- seph Winterburn — e e——— SUSPECTED OF BURGLARY. Harry Kawata, a Japanese, Arrested on Suspicion of Breaking Into Kapp & Street’s Saloon. Harry Kawata, a Japanese who until a few days ago was employed as a porter in Kapp & Street’s saloon, Market street, near Golden Gate avenue, is in *“the tanks” on suspicion of committing a burglary in the saloon early last Tues- day morning. Entrance had been effected by break- ing the glass in the door at the Golden Gate avenue entrance and forcing back the bolt. A sum of $2375 was stolen and suspicion fell upon Kawata, as he alone knew, outside of the bartenders and pro- prietors, where the money was kept, and the keys. Detective Anthony was put on the case and he arrested Kawata in Spofford alley, Chinatown, Wednesday night. He is an inveterate gambler and spent all his spare time gambling in Chinatown. He lives at 456 Jessie street and had not been home since the burglary. e e - Low Bow’s Hard Luck. Low Bow, a Chinese merchant of Visa- la, was arrested in Chinatown Tuesday while searching for Hong San with a re- volver and dirk knife to kill him for run- ning away with his wife, Fung Lee, and was yesterday fined $100 by Judge Mogan, with® the alternative of {00 days in the County Jail, for carrying concealed weap- ons. ong San and Mrs. Low Bow are supposed to be hiding in Chinatown. —_——— Demanded a Jury. When the case of ‘““White Hat"” Mec- Carty, charged with cruelty to his horses, \::; cal}:edl in Judge Graham’s court ves- erday Colonel Kowalsky, on hi h demanded a trial b, %u-}-. 'Fhe :a::eeh:_;‘f. continued till Marc{ l’or trial. ADVERTISEMENTS. 702 Market St., cor. Kearny, S. F. Or 204% South Broad . Office hmract & the t0 830 oo o San 0 8:30 p. m.; 10'to1. 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