The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 12, 1899, Page 2

o - THE 8 NO WAR MEDAL FOR ROOSEVELT Considered to Have but Done His Duty in the El Caney Cha telegraphs: Theodore Roosevelt will Juan Hill Spain. performed his duty in leading h ceived two brevets, and that he did 1 wa gallantry not contemplated in their grave personal danger. and will then be dissolved. A new »sent board, to report mended for insurgents. OORONONORY the footh to the right of the rail- road. Later the ener attacked the outposts of the Minnesota regiment be- tween F nd five miles south of ) killing two men and wounding the outposts of the .t Marilac, the next ation on to Manila, were at- 1lt that three Amer- | tacked with th | fcans v d two were wound- ed. The nemy was ten men f wounded. The Ameri- | 0 captured two prisoners. Troops were concentrated along the ckly as possible and the driven back to the foothills f the railroad was dam- repaired almost im was soon resume were vas that many of the rebels who attacked General MacAr- thur's line of communication and who | were repulsed by the troops command- | ed by Ge ral Wheaton were natives W d the region in the guise of They had al places and fired Americans from the bushes at a e that they could be One of the Filipinos iliness. frie se se- creted arms in sev on the English We will give you damned Americans nough of this before we are through.” The dermined the railroad 1 unspiked the rails in an effort to wreck the train while the railroad gang participated in the fight. The work of the rebels was discovered nd repaired before a train arrived. General Wheaton is preparing to pun- ish the Filipinos. The military gunboat Oeste, from the lake, has brought thirty-two rebel wounded, one Filipino and six wounded Americans to the hospital. It is now known that ninety-three in- surgents were killed in the capture of Santa Cruz. DEWEY’S OPINION OF THE FILIPINOS WASHINGTON, Dewe the Navy capabilities of the MANT 1 ~Admiral etary of the April written to the s 11 follow d effects po- into the ser- t have not been lost large numbe: i at the C; s mechanics and 1 and in manning tugs » that the latter experi a partial success nechanics and laborers { hostilities between s and the Filipinos, and i to be in Filipinos’ ranks. 1 am unable to state how much of this was due to intimidation and forcible im- nent int rmy by the so-called ilipino r ic, but from the statement W who returned and the fact 1y all those who live in the coal s and turrets—that is, under our now belle immediate prot have remained, it would appear that intimidation was a large factor in the disappearance of the men. Tt is well known that the Agui- do Government Is a severe military despotism. SA gh under the rule of the United of the natives will n_change is not A few of them might be employed on transports and vessels of | Kind; indeed, the Filipino quarter- who > been serving on_the afiro since the purchase always been satis- of their long asso- ns and Englishmen class apart from the ct of these vesse factory, but be LIES ‘ ‘AGONCILLO : LIKE A TAGALLO LONDON, April 11.—Agoneillo, the agent of Aguinaldo, who is still in Paris, suffering from influenza, has written a letter to the Associated Press saying: . “It is absolutely falee that Aguinaldo is willing to accept an autonomist sys- tem similar to that in India. The Filipinos and their Government have only one ideal—absolute independence— as_the only source of general welfare.” PARIS, April 11.—In an interview printed in the Patrie to-day, Agoncillo was quoted as saying: “The Americans have fully realized that they will never subdue the Filipinos and that the policy of Major General Otis has com- pletely failed Thé Filipinos have re- solved to defend themselves to the death. They have in their power 1500 American prisoners. The wet season | is arriving and fever will soon attack the American troops and disorganize them. During this enforced truce we | are increasing the strength of our or- | ganization. The cause of the ¥y pinos, therefore, is far from desperate, ————— THE BLACK PLAGUE | APPEARS AT HONGKONG | WASHINGTON, April 11.—A cable- | gram received at the State Department from United States Consul Wildman at | Hongkong contains a single word | “plague,” thereby announcing the an- nual appearance of the disease on the Chinese coast. Tt will require the most energetic efforts on the part of our medical officers at Manila to prevent the plague from being imported from Hongkong. SHAFTER GUEST OF HONOR. WASHINGTON, April 11.—The President | this evening entertained Major General | ‘William R. Shafter, Major General Wheel- er and Adjutant General Corbin, General Shafter having been invited to dine with the President as the guest of honor. With | his aid, Captain Plummer, General Shaft- er left to-night for the East, to spend a | day with Fred Bowen at Lakewood, N. J., | and after brief stops in Michigan and II- linois will be back at San Francisco with- | n ten days to resume command of the | bep&rtment of the Pacific. N NEW YORK, April 11.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald ognition of gallantry displayed by him in leading This is the decision of the board which has been considering the cases of officers and men entitled to medals, brevets, certificates of merit and honorable mention for their conduct during decided Colonel Roosevelt, would entitle him to a medal of honor. told to-day the board would recommend that less than twenty- five officers and men receive medals of honor. It is understood the board will submit its report within a few days pointed, consisting of Brigadier General Schwan and Major Carter, mem- reward for gallantry displayed in fighting against Filipino | He re | terment. rge. not receive a medal of honor in rec- his regiment up San the war with while behaving bravely, is men, as reward for which he re- not perform any action which They performed acts of orders and which exposed them to board probably will soon be ap- upon the cases of officers recom- LLORTUOROROROR O RN UAY SEEKING T0 BAR BANK BODIS |Opposes Their Admis- sion as Evidence. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. | PHILADELPHIA, April 1L —In the trial of ex-Senator Quay to-day his law- rers began what is regarded as the all- | important contention in their fight for | his acquittal-namely that the books of | the broken People’s Bank are not compe- | tent testimony against the accused man | and therefore should not be admitted in | evidence. On the decision of this point | rests the entire fabric of the prosecu- tion’s case. Should Judge Biddle decide the point well taken the commonwealth's case will necessarily collapse. In order to obtain the most effective | presentation of this phase of the defense Mr. Quay- brought to his aid the skill of David K. Watson of Pittsburg, one of the ablest attorneys in Pennsylvania, ranking, in fact, with the besf of the country. Mr. Watson spoke on this sub- dect for nearly two hours this afternoon, nd had the almost breathless attention of a room filled with the legal lights of | the local and State bar, Many of these lawyers expressed the opinion that Mr. Watson made a very strong argument. | What its effect will be upon the Judge | remains to be seen. The District Attorney opened the pro- | ceedings in this phase of the case by of- fering in evidence the books of the bank, extending over a number of years, and along with them the account books, letter-press book and letters from Sena- | tor Q and State Treasurer Haywood, | found in the desk of Cashier Hopkins af- | ter that officlal had committed suicide. | d.a long summary of what the | books and papers showed and_stated what | he expected to prove by them, to wit:| That through a conspiracy_ with Cashier Hopl State Treasurer Haywood and State Treasurers and possibly other | of the bank, Senator Quay used a | amount of State money deposited the institution and received interest | on another fixed portion of the State de- | posit. Much of the evidence offered by : District Attorney was brought out at | minary hearing on October 5| There some new matter, how- , dealing principally with the amount v loaned by fhe bank to mr. during the past twelve or the amount paid to him Treasurers on State de- | urtéen v and other State posits. Mr. Watson contended that the mere fact that bank clerks, with no personal | knowledge of the truth of what they entered certaln figures in | were writin a book, which figures gurpnri?fl 1o repre- sent interest pafd to Senator Quay, was no proof that the money had been re- | ccived by him or that there had been any intention to pay it to him. This argu- | ment is in line with the defense's con- | tention that Mr., Quay was the victim of Hopkins, who used the Senator's name to | cover up his own " illegal transactions. Mr.Watson also attacked the indictment, declaring it to be fatally defective, Judge Biddle probably” will decide to- morrow whether the books of the bank are admissibl; If he declares they are, Mr. Quay’s lawyers will next take up the | memorandum books and letters belonging | to Hopkins and oppose their introduction | as valid testimony. Previous to the pres- entation of the bank books b: Ir. Roth- ermell the examination of Receiver Bara| low was concluded and ex-Judge Jameés | Gordon, who, the adherents of Senator | Quay declare, is responsible for whatthey, | term the conspiracy against their favor- ite, gave testimony in corroboration and explained Mr. Barlow's statement. Mr. Barlow created a sensation by the statement t he had broken open the dead cashier's desk and taken therefrom | the books and letters appertaining to the | Quay trial at the behest of a mysterious informant who spoke to him over the tel- ephone from Harrisburg and sald there was a plot on hand to steal the compro- mising documents that night, He was, | he said, never able to learn who his mys- terious friend was. The fact was F!Oaned from Mr. Barlow that the bank books and letters were practically In the control of Judge Gordon from April unti] September “of last vear. He considered this proper,as Judge Gordon was the con- fidential adviser of President McManes of the bank. Judge Gordon gave his testimony In a quiet, convineing manner. He deprecated the stories of conspiracy against Senator Quay that have persistently been put into circulation, and frankly answered every question asked regardlng the use he made of the papers while he had them. He ad. mitted that they had been photographed at his Fllgffflstinn. but merely for pur- poses of safety in the event of the orig- inais being destroyed. He alsp admitted having shown them to David Martin, the leader of the anti-Quay faction; to John Wanamaker, a bitter opponent of Sena- tor Quay. and to others. including a par- tial ‘exhibition of letters to James M. Guifey, the Democratic leader of this State, but not in the manner hinted at by the defense. Judge Gordon asked permission of the Judge to make a statement of his connec- tion” with the case, but the entire array of Quay counsel objected instantly, and what undoubtedly would have proved in- teresting reading was thus shut off. COLONEL WHEELER DEAD. LOS ANGELES, April 11.—Colonel John O. Wheeler, a pioneer of Los Angeles County, died of old age this morning at Redondo. He was in his eightieth year. Colonel Wheeler was born in Connecti- cut and came across the continent in 1849. He reached Los Angeles in 180 and ¢ngaged ip merchandising. In 184 he and William Butts started the Southern Cali- fornian, a weekly nPWE&nD@r published in English and Spanish. e held a number of public positions here and in San Fran- cisco. His widow and three daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. William Pridham of Los Angeles. Mrs. Clay M. Greene of New York and Mrs. F. H. McCormick of Alameda. The remains will be taken to San Francisco for in- R Resigns His Pastorate. SAN JOSE, April 11.—-Rev. J. B. Wake- field, the well’known Episcopal clergy man, has on account of {ll-heaith resigned the pastorate of Trinity Church here, to take effect on September 1. Dr. Wake- field has been pastor of the church for fifteen years. e Statlonery and printing, visiting cards | quart came to | witness reverted to the secret dossier, | no doubt, | thrown some light upon the affair, es- FORGERY OF HENRY HAD NO WEIGHT Did Not Influence General Pellieux Against Dreyfus. TESTIMONY OF GONZE Admits That the Exile's Alleged Confessions Were Only “Par- tial Avowals.” Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, April 12—The Figaro, con- tinuing its publication of the evidence given before the Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus revision inquiry, gives to- day the beginning of General Gonze's deposition. General Gonze told the court that he received from Colonel Sandherr toward the end of 1894 the bordereau which came into the hands of Lieutenant Colonel Henry. It reached the latter piecemeal and was recon- structed by him with the assistance of various officers. It gave rise to a long | and minute investigation by experts on handwriting, with{the result that sus- picion fell upon Dreyfus. When interrogated regarding the communication of secret documents tu the court-martial General Gonze re- fused to reply, but said he learned in- directly of the confessions of Dreyfus on the evening of his degradation, and on the fol ving day he (General Gonze) took Captain Le Brun Renaud to the Minister of War (General Mercier), to whom Captain Le Brun Renaud repeated hls statements. At the same time he (Gonze) addressed a letter to the chief of the general staff (General de Bois- deffre), in which he alluded to the con- fessions as ‘‘partial avowals, mixed with reticences and falsehocd With reference to Colonel Picquart's endeavors to substitute Comte Ester- | hazy for Dreyfus General Gonze ex- plained that Picquart never told him Henry’s document was a forgery, and, in fact, Picquart had not seen it. After describing how Colonel Pic- be sent to. Tunis, the asserting that it came into Picquart’s hands in August, 1896. On September 3 of that year, he said, Picquart pre- sented him with a dossier he had formed against Hsterhazy, together with the Petit Bleu, which appeared to him suspicious because it did not bear a postage stamp and had not arrived regularly addressed. General Gonze declared General Pel- lieux was not influenced by the Henry forgery. Interrogated regarding the cipher telegram fram a foreign at- tache, dated November 2, 1894, he said it looked suspicious, two different. ver- sions being given, and the Foreign Min- ister decided to exclude it from the Dreyfus dossier. In May of last year the Minister for War wanted to obtain this document, but M. Hanotaux, Min-! ister of Foreign Affairs at that time, refused to deliver it. General Gonze said he had not seen the exact text of the two versions, but he remembered that Colonel Sandherr brought him one version containing the words “emis- | saire parvenu.” A few days later Sand- herr showed him an entirely different text. General Gonze declared he was ignor- ant of Esterhazy's relations with the general staff, though aware of the im- prudences committed by Colonel Paty du Clam. He assured the court he knew nothing of the relations between Esterhazy and Sandherr and had found no evidence that Sandherr paid Ester- hazy. KILLED HIMSELF WHEN ORDERED TO PARIS Locrimier’s Suicide Followed by the Receipt of an Anonymous Message. PARIS, April 11.—The suicide of Lieu- tenant Colonel Henry in the fortress of Mont Valerien, Paris, last August gave Locrimier, his secretary, such a shock that his brain was affected and he was placed on the retired list as a hopeless invalid. Since that time the former ser- geant major of artillery has resided at San Quentin, in a chatelet there, with his family and his father-in-law. He recov- ered his health somewhat, but never spoke of the Dreyfus drama, which evidently preyved upon his mind. Last Su,Lurdag he received a telegram, not from the Minister of War, a first alleged, but an ordering him to proceed to Paris imm diately to place himself at the disposal “de qui de droit” (one who has the right to order_you thus). Locrimier spent the rest of Saturday preparing forithe jour- ney and killed himself that night. t is remarked as curious that through- out the whole agitation Locrimier's name had never been mentioned. There seems however, that he could have unsigned pecially regarding the mysterious death of Lermercier Pickard, the detective, un- derstood to have been employed in the Dreyfus affair, who was found hanging in his lodgings in circumstances which did not point conclusively to suicide. When Colonel Picquart was vlaced orn trial last September on a charge of re- vealing documents concerning the na- tional _défense the public prosecutor asked for an adjournment on the ground that the Minister of War had decided to prosecute him for forgery and using forged documents. M. L‘? Borie, his counsel, indlgnantly opposed the adjourn- ment, alleging that its object was to de- liver Picquart into the clutches of the military authorities. The Judges of the Correctional Tribunal decided to grant the adjournment, whereu(f)nn Picquart, as he was about to be led away to im- prigonment, made the folowing sensa- tional statement: “This is perhaps the last time I shall speak in public. I shall sleep perhaps in the military prison of Cherche idi. Therefore I wish to declare if 1 find the | strangling cord of Lermercier Pickard or the razor of Colonel Henry it will be mur- der, for 1 have no idea of committing suicide.” HENRY ROBINSON DEAD. LOS OLIVOS, April 11L.—Henry Robin- son, ex-State Senator and for many years active in California politics, died suddenly at Santa Ynez this morning at 10 o'clock. He had been a sufferer from Bright's dis- ease for several years. As editor of the Santa Ynez Argus the | deceased was very active In securing the Zaca Lake reserve, his last editorial deal- ing with this popular subject. As a writer he was fearless almost to a fault, and transgressors here have cause to remem- ber his penlashing to their sorrow. He wa¢ a native ‘of Massachusetts, 74 years of age. He will be buried at Oak HIiIl Cemetery at Ballard to-morrow. DR. BELL FOR MODERATOR. SAN JOSE, April 11.—The United Pres- byterian Presbytery and the Woman's Presbyterian Missionary Society of San Francisco district convened in annual session at the United Presbyterian Church here to-day. Dr. H. H. Bell of San Fran- cisco was elected moderator of the pres- and invitations at Sanborn & Vall's, 74l Market street. ! 1 bytery for the ensuing year. Dr. Maria \ahite of San Jose was elected president of the missionary society. AN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, SHAFTER COMES TO THE ALGER Testifies That If Good Food It Was Their Own Fault. WASHINGTON, April 11.—Major Gen- eral Shafter was the principal witness before the beef inquiry board to-day. His statement differed little from his testi- mony before the war investigation com- | mittee. He had eaten the canned roast beef cold and found it not disagreeable. The refrigerated beef was as fine as any he had ever eaten. The men who suf-| fered for lack of food had only them- selves to blame. there had been mis- | takes Congress, which provided the ra- | tions and clothing of the soldlers, was responsible. He admitted that he ®*had never heard of canned roast beef before the war. While it was not very pala- table in the tropics, he thought it would | be very good in a cold climate. Some of the Pennsylvania volunteers gave direct testimony as to the tainted character of the refrigerated beef and the canned roast beef. One of them tes- tified that the beef aboard the Mississippi had maggots in it. Major General Shafter entered the courtroom unacompanied, and all the | members arose to receive him. He de- tailed the main events connected with the Santiago expedition in nm'rull\'e: form. The quantity of supplies taken | was largely determined by the capacity of the ships, He had no discretion in the matter of rations. He took what was sent to him by the commissary depart- ment. It was utterly impracticable to take beef on the hoof. He regarded the proposition as absurd. Had he encoun- tered an active enemy they might have lost a beef herd. In any event it would have been imperatively necessary to take the :aumfi1 amou‘nt of sall‘t and :fi;z%nx?;n rovide against such a co z lO-\FN?!‘ the uE)ops were landed he ordered all troops forward with three days' ra- tions. ‘Lne meat ration was not specified. Each commander determined whether it should be bacon or roast beef. He heard no complaint of the canned roast beef be- tween the time of landing and the sur- render. He heard no complaints until after his return from Cuba. Naturally, in such a climate, it was not appetizing. | He ate it every day himself. The troops were supplied with full rations of meat, hard bread, coffee and sugar. There were one or two days when the full ration of coffee and sugar did not reach them, but it was made up the next day. The ques- tion of supplying the troops was the dif- ficult one; thegrest was e: . There were no complaints’ from Washington. The health of the troops was fairly good up to the time of the surrender. The sick re- | port on July 16 would show but 1000 men sick, but the troops had been weakened, and after the surrender went down rap- idly. The first case of yellow fever was reported on the fth. He recalled only one | complaint against the refrigerator beef; he thought that came from the Seventh or Ninth Infantry. He took great interest in the refriger- ated beef, and from his investigation pro- | nounced it perfectly satisfactory. Sus- | picion that it had been chemically treated was never even suggested at that time. He attributed the immense amount of sickness to exposure, the exertions of an active eampaign and the climate. Major Lee cross-examined General Shaft- | er. In a report forwarded by Colonel Roosevelt some complaints were made, but he did not regard them as important. | as the emergency had passed. Major Lee read from Colonel Roosevelt's report of | 1899 AID OF AND EAGAN Soldiers Lacked MRS, MURDOCK'S FIRST VICTORY FamousNotelntroduced in Evidence. Special Diepatch to The Call. WILLOWS, April 11.—The attempt of | the attorneys for the defense to prevent the action of July 1, saying his troops had no food on that day except what they | captured from the Spaniards. { “If they did not have food it was their | own fauit,” observed General Shafter. ““They were ordered to provide themselves | with two days’ rations.” | As to Colonel Roosevelt's statement that | they did not have adequate food or medi- | cal supplies, that was a matter of opin- fon. They had their rations provided by | law. If the rations of the Rough Ride gave out en route to Cuba it was the fault of their officers, who should have drawn | supplies to keep ten days’ supply on hand, | as he had ordered. Q. From your experience do you regard can- ned roast beef as a suitable meat ration for | such a campaign? 1 do not know of any substitute. Q. Could corned beef be better? A. Possibly it is not so good as bacon, but it depends upon the individual taste. 1 myself think there might have been less meat and | more beans and rice. Campalgnipg in the | tropics was new to us and it wad an experi- | mental food. Certalnly we all recognize now | that the rations were not well adapted to such | a campaign, but it was all we had and we did the best we cculd. Congress provides the army rations. | General Shafter detailed a conversation | with Commissary General Eagan ubauli the canned roast b which he (Shafter) | at that time belie was genuine roast | beef. Asked if after all that had occurred | he considered canned roast beef worthy | of a further trial, General Shafter reiter- | ated his statement that he knew of mno | substitute, His own preference would be | for clean bacon, but while uninviting and | not palatable he did not consider canned | roast beef unfit for food. Any canned | meat in such a high temperature that | when opened the grease would run off | would be far from appetizing. But he would not therefore condemn it. In a | cold climate he would regard the canned | roast beef as very goad indeed. To carry fresh beef on the hoof he regarded as | absolutely out of the question. | None of the division commanders— | Wheeler, Kent or Lawton—had approved of the ration officially. = “If there had been complaints to them,” he said, “I h 1y think they have re- ported it. were sensible men. It was all we had. Nothing could have been done.” He mentioned the opinion that 1 pe cent of the refrigerated beef was thrown away. At the conclusion of General Shafter's testimony the court took a re- cess. A. A. Kirk, a cook of Philadelphia City troops, testified at the afternoon session that he saw refrigerated beef aboard the Massachusetts that had spoiled. In Porto Rico the troop bought its own beef on the hoof. He declared that one-third of the canned beef he saw was unfit fo. se. John W. Springer of New Cumberland, Pa., who acted as commissary sergeant of the Governor's troop of Philadelphia, testified that fully half the canned roast beef was unfit to eat. Governor's troop. thought that one-fourth of the canned beef was spoiled and one-half unfit for use. Maggots were found in the beef aboard the Mississippt. Lieutenant Alexander Frank of Cincin- natl, commissary and subsistence officer of the First Ohio, which was at Port Tampa during June and July, testified that the canned roast beef madé the men sick. As commissary officer he had re- fused a considerable quantity of the beef | furnished by Armour. Tt was tainted. At | Jacksonville, he sald, Armour issued short welght beet. CHINESE DEAD Sacramento Trustees in a Quandary. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, April 11.—The Mayor and Board o0f Trustees are confronted by an interesting problem. For many years past it has been the practice to bury the Chinese dead in the Helvetia Cemetery, which is the property of, the city. Lots have grown to be of value fn the section of the cemetery occupled by the Chinese, and notice was recently given of the intention of the authorities to remove the bodfes. The Chinese are jealous of their dead, and when the determination of the au- thorities was manifest the merchants of Chinatown formed a pool and employed counsel to-guard against the threatened desecration. The bodies number about 500, and under the law the city is enti- tled to a fee of $10 for every exhumation. Mayor Land has signified his intention to enforce the collection of such a fee in | every case, and there is a prospect of in- teresting legal entanglements. The Chinese, as i well known, haye a custom of temporarily interring the bod- jes of their dead in the local cemeteries and then sending them back, duly tick- eted, to the mother country, where the remains are supposed to enjoy a quiet| and peace not possible elsewhere. These removals are made from time to time, according to the ability of the relatives ot the deceased to meet the expense, which is usually $45 in each case, includ- ing the $10 exhumation fee, transporta- tion and delivery to agents in China The Chinese Companies, with headquar. ters in San Francisco, have sent word here that they cannot afford to ship the 500 bodies back in a batch and they ob- ect algo to paying the $10 fee asked for fn each case, They have informed the local authorities that they will ship the bodies in small consignments from time to time if permitted to do so, but they protest against the arbitrary determina- tion of the authorities to “remove the bodies without consulting their wishes. Major W. A. Andergon of counsel for the Chinese asserts that he will cause the imprisonment of every official in any way concerned in such a step and he will not stop even at the Mayor. He declares that In each case the cemetery fee was paid for the interment of the Chinese, and nobody has a right to disturb their bodies. PROMINENT WOMEN COMING TO THE COAST| Officers of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to Visit Santa Ana. LOS ANGELES, April 11.—Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens and Miss Anna A. Gordon, president and vice president of the Na- tional Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will attend the California State Convention of the organization, to be held on May 8 to 11 at Santa Ana. Mrs. Ste- vens and Miss Gordon will arrive in Los Angeles on the evening of May 4. On May b a reception in their honor will be given from 5 to 10 p. m. Mrs. Mary A. Kinney, State president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will deliver the ad- dress of welcome, and there will be talks b?' other Woman's Christian Temperance Union officers. In the evening Mayor Eaton will deliver an address of welcome on behalf of the city. A children’s mass meeting will be held on the following Sun- day at the First Baptist Church, and in the evening of the same day Mrs. Stevens will deliver.a discourse. After attending the State convention, Mrs. Stevens and Miss Gordon will go to Ventura and Santa Barbara. Mrs. Ste- vens was assistant recording secretary of the National Woman’s Christian Temper- ance Union before the death of France: E. Willard, and prominent in temperance work. This will be her first visit to the coast. Miss Gordon was Miss Willard's gflvate secretary for a number of years. he is a musician of much ability. 4 » CONSOLIDATION OF STREET RAILWAYS Two San Jose Systems to Be Combined. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSBE, April 11.—The 8an Jose and | Santa Clara electric railway and the First street electric railroad will, unless nego- tlations now pending fail, be consolidated in the near future, and San Jose will then have one of the best systems of street raillways on the coast. Messrs. Henry and Burke, owners of the San Jose and Santa Clara road, have been trying to obtain possession of the rival concern for some time, and during the last few days ar- rangements have been nearly complated. The First street road, under the owner- ship of Jacob Rich, became embarrassed three years ago and it was placed in the hands of Recelvers J. W. Findlay and Henry Alvord. Rich went through insol- vency and the road passed from his hands. There is a first mortgage indebtedness of $200,000 and a second mortgage of $100,000. ! Suit to foreclose the first mortgage was | brought, and yesterday Judge Hyland of the Superior Court rendered a decree or- | dering the property sold as an entirety | within thirty days. T. E. Johnson was ap- pointed commissioner to conduct the sale. Out of the proceeds will come the costs of the county, which are heavy. The decree then provides that Receivers Findlay and Alvord shali each have $250 a month from the time their service commenced, which is about three years; $2000 shall be paid on receivers’' certificates for rails purchased and improvements made; $5000 to Jackson | Hatch, attorney for the receivers, and | $200,000 to the German Savings and !oan | Society of San Francisco, holders of the | first mortgage. "The residue from the sule | is to be paid into the court for the benefit | of the second mortgage bondholders. This | latter class will receive but little, It is pretty certain that the German | Savings and Loan Society will buy the | road Whfil sold, and in-turn will seli to Messrs. Henry and Burke. George Tour- ny, secretary of the German Savin, and Loan Society, an torney W. 8. Goodfellow have been the city several days conducting_negotiations with Hen- ry and Burke. To-morrow Burke will go to San Francisco to further arrange mat- ters. It is not known just what the terms are, but it is thought to be a pay- ment of just enough to cover the cosis and first mortgage. The First street road is valued at about | 00,000, although Jacob Rich claims it cost $400,000 to build and equip ten years ago. It is about fifteen miles long. It extends the entire length of the city on 1irst street to Oak 11 Cemetery, with branch lines running to Delmas avenua and into the Second and Third Wards and Hedding street. The road is in poor con- ginon and much repairing will have to be one. The €an Jose and Santa Clara elzctric road cxtends from East Ban Jose to San- ta Clara, and is about five miles in lengih. The censolidation will give Messrs. Heni and Burke about twenty miles of line. 1n all prohability transfers will be given and fihe people will enjoy the benefit of one ne. MURDERED BEFORE HIS . WIFE AND CHILDREN | Joseph Rodgers Killed by Oliver | Emerson on a Ranch Near Jamestown. JAMESTOWN, April 11.—At the Emer- son ranch, four miles east of here, Oliver Emerson shot and almost instantly killed Joseph Rodgers, lessee of the place, this morning. Bad blood has existed between the men for some time. Emerson was re- cently put under $5000 bonds to keep the peace. After having shot his victim Em- erson went to Sonora and surrendered to the authorities. Rodgers was a good citi- gen and the father of a large family. | counsel on the ‘point raised yesterd: | his return from Chico. | Hood's Pills after dinner have no equal! the introduction in evidence of the $100,000 note which is the basig of Mary Helen Murdock’s claim to a large share of the estate of the late William Murdock | failed to-day. After the arguments of | had | been concluded, Superior Judge Pirkey ruled in favor of the plaintiff, and the note was introduced as part of the evi-| dence in the case. Gawn Murdock, the plaintiff's husband, continued his testimony. He said he was | in Chico when the note was made in September, 1877. When he went home a | few days later he wa During the time he wi in Chico and | after the note was signed he met Willlam Murdock, and the uncle told hi he had been at the home of the witness and had made the note for $100,000 in full settle- | ment of the accounts berween himself and had received 5 had paid to Samuel | Murdock a few before. ~After reaching hime Gawn, at s wife's made a copy of the note, as had requested a copy. The w aid that he saw many sums paid to Wiliiam Murdock by his father (Samuel), these transactions run- ning from 1861 to 1877, the date of the note. After he returned home from Chico and made a copy of the note the original w put into a glass bottle. This bottle 3 sealed, put into another bottle,and the larger bottle placed in a powder-can and buried in the stable, where it remained for ten'years. In 1887 the note was taken up and taken to Sacramento,where a trade was being negotiated for a lot of land, the note to be used as part of the pur- chase price. The note was at this time presented to William Murdock by the per- sons who were expecting to take it, and ‘William Murdock said it was all right and would be paid at maturity. The witness testified that Willlam Mur- dock acknowledged the note in Sacr: mento in 1890, The witness positive identified the note as the one he saw upon He was still on the stand at the adjournmeént of court. and Samuel Murdock, 20,000 the witness ds of | Charles Dudley Warner IlL NEW YORK, April 11.—A special to the Tribune from New Orleans says Charles | Dudley Warner is seriously il er shown the note. | | Bverything ENSE CROPS I SAN JOAOUIN Grain Yield Promises to Be Enormous. Special Dispatch to The Call STOCKTON, April 10.—The outlook for the wheat crop in San Joaquin County is nothing short of magnificent. The crop is no longer dependent upon the rainfall —in fact, it will be better if there be nothing more than light showers; or, bet- ter . no rain at all. The grain is now growing <o thick that many farmers say a rain, accompanied by any wind, would beat the stalks down, and the thickness of the vegetation would prevent the straightening necessary for heading. Since the late rains a mass of sprouts have come up and are so tender that they would_be easily broken. As it is, they are fast reaching the height of the first com- The farmers have ceased to estimate the number of bushels they will have to the acre if conditions continue favorable. points to an earl 2 I have been many yea went through such fields. y yield ¢ no inconsiderable figure in the calculations of the farmers. They have learned by the sad experience of the last two s that costs money. Places which a few months ago were barren are now a mass of green, which in a few weeks will become golden, bringing happine to the entire section. and it w the reaper: The 4 'WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY 'ACROSS THE ATLANTIC NEW YORK, April 11.—A special cable to the Journal from London says: Jame- son Davis, director of the corporation that has charge of the wireless telegraphy em- ployed by Professor Marconi, said to-day to ‘the Journal correspondent that the company had been solicited by a New York syndicate, which desired to acquire sole rights for the use of the Marconi sy! tem across the Atlantic between the Brit- ish Isles and America. While the directors of the Marconi Com- pany had not yet considered the proposi- tion, in Mr. Davis’ opinion they probably desired that an arrangement be made. ek Soquel Resident Dies. SANTA CRUZ, April 11.—John Bond died at Sequel yesterday at the age of 8 years. He was a native of New York. The body was shipped this morning to | Fresno for interment. 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