The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1899, Page 2

2 SAN FRANCISCO. CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1899 MATAAFA’S MEN ARE CUNNING COWARDS cowards, but they are hard to hit. J. it respondent of the Lon- thority for the has had particularly for investigation. He w: it the now hi nd part of the time tates cruiser Philadelphia, following the bombardment tory nat by the com- THE followers of Mataafa are not only . *“lie on i then roll they fire - ground before 3 will not stay still F 1 the way they c would do credit to a monkey. Mr. Hyland, who is making an around- the-world tour for his paper, arrived at Apia on March 16 on the steamer Tav! Ponga Islar With him were tralian and English peo. luding A. 8. Boyd, a staff artist London Graphic. They took ac- tions at the Tivoli Hotel on the d their first night in Samoa was tuated by bullets by both the rebel natives and the English and American s probably at any hour, As it was, two i 3 who had gained | porch were killed by the weap- afa’s T one night the Tavi- on went ¥ or, it fal Hyland to go on the he says, he was ble manner, Lieu- s killed in the i to give up his rrespondent happened of a: and yesterda oli Hotel | Kautz to the > to move out of the line of f he was be! Philadelphia d ~ beach. T nan captain moved out without protestation. as far as American admiral at that *w, intended to shell refuge of the Ma- Hotel included; The o be a nest of the ind it was undermined American admiral, ready | n at any time. ful thing in the whole sald Mr. Hyland, ction between the Before we left d to go for strolls ich was patrolled by m the American and British ten feet apart, for the entire We kept away from the woods possible ambuscades as 1 see tches the poor marines er t in the way of the glish-speaking the action of the S For several days 1ld go out he morning for a the shores and at night , Invariably with seven or canoes and their native as she anchor would refugees e beach, wl such & z ocial glass d is of the opinion that the Consul Rose throughout - has_been actuated by s wife ho is a half-caste correspondent left ters were in as serious a c describes, he had no {dea th bility of affairs taking ect as reported in n- there wa on any such L e O R O B O e . S W 2 illed. A spy gave the s g~ % . Poor Samoa has never seen such | i times In_f/l 1,] I'It]-.?r that Amrfr!c;m and 3¢ ish blood will be spilled before many . e le ¥s have passed, but this wil )¢ at ez QA7 ; end the trouble. You may be sure that I¢ 3 | Americans and Englishmen are killed Ger- ¢ 4 | man blocd will flow also.” i b g 7 o 4 1! ¢ + MRS. KAUTZ VERY ¢ 44/{ 4{ % ANXIOUS ABOUT SAMOA o Hpie, Jamoe, o R 1895 3d! 3 5 ¢ 4| LOS ANGELES, April 13.— Mrs. ¢ & Kautz, wife of the admiral whom the o 2 / il Samoan trouble has brought i - T S ght into prom- | 4 73“5“_“"“:—/_ .__f’f_“f-_(__'_{rcln_.--_-..~----v~- (A & | inence, and Mrs. Miller, wife of Ad-| 3 + | Mmiral Kautz' flag lieutenant, are in ¢ & | Los Angeles. They have been at Coro- ) 4 | nado Beach since the admiral's flagship, { & | the Philadelphia, salled from San Diego ok |in February. The last letters the ladies 4 § had from their husbands were on Sun- 3 { | day, and these reported that all looked 1 LG e oyal Javy ' | quiet and hopeful. Having heard no dis- 3¢ e e T N | turbing reports before leaving San 3 ¥ | Diego yesterday it was a shock to both B+t 6e ettt O s64+0+000+0e0ebeoe0-+®|t0learn on their arrival here that af- The Call of Wednesdny. He leaves this | Zealand will do anything possible to | et Dalstaken e ontonegy Sl evening for the Yosemite, and upon his re- | o : i & dshed. turn from that piace will start for the | Fender assistance in the emergency | wyg Kautz and Mrs, Miller. who vis- Taat oo that viace Tl sta | which has arisen. Our steamer is MISHAP THAT COST ; LANSDALE'S LIFE In the cabled reports recelved by The Call of the recent disastrous engagement at Apia it was stated that Lieutenant Lansdale and his comrades met their death through the jamming of the Colt's | automatic gun at a critical moment. The little body of a hundred English and | American bluejackets was ambuscaded | on Vailele, one of the German planta- by an immensely superior force of , and just at the time when ma- | m fire, judiciously applied, would | | saved the party the Colt automatic &un Is stated to have hopelessly jammed. | Lieutenant Lansdale lost life while | trylng to get the gun Into action again. | Freeman of the Tauranga and several marines were killed at the same tim, I. R. B. Grubb, who agent for the Colt Patent Fire ufacturing Company, is utterl 10 account for the occurrence “I cannot eve,” he sald yesterday, | hat a Colt automatic gun could behave in this way. Why, the weapon was Sub- Jected to the mont exhaustive series - of tests before being adopted by ; Dapartment. The pun b great effect in rms Man- the cen used with | orto Rico, as'| has and P well as in the Philippines, and no case of its jamming has ever b reported be fore. You wiil notic too, that in the officlal report of the engagement nothing is said about the misbehavior of the weapon. Therefore I should prefer to | wait untll the naval officers engaged make a detalled statement before adm ting the possibility of such a mischan | The Colt automatic gun in question is universally recognized as the most ad- vanced instrument of modern murderous Designed solely for milita; it is in m ways an | n m- | glish Maxim, which | h_terrible havoc on | in the Soudan. -It nstructed to any kind of rifle am- | munition, and the force of the recoil is utilized 1o keep the gun working. Thus | all the gunner in charge has to do is to | hold his hand on the trigger and the gun | vill pour out a stream of lead in sired direction. To prevent he: barrel is made of extra thick m the cartridges are fed endless band. It is easy, as long as am- munition lasts, to fire a hundred well- aimed roundr a minute with this weapon, and doubtless had the gun been brougif into effective action the bush could have been cleared of Samoans before ey found t:me to seriously assault the An- glo-American forces. The cartridge used in this wegpon similar in shape to that of the Mauser, | or Lee-Metford rifies. The only differ- ence is that the caliber is 6 instead of 7| millimeters. The bullet is of lead encased with 1, and the shell is made of thick solid drawn brass, “It wopuld be impossible for one of these £hells to _burst and jam the gun,” ex- claimed Grubb, as ‘he lovingly . han- dled the dangerous little plnylhlng. 1 believe such a thing could hap- provement on the E sently wrought suc Dervish foree any de- | ting” the | als, and B S R S e e SO S8 is SR T NEW ZEALAND IS ANXIOUS TO FIGHT/| - | LONDON, April 13.—The Premier of | New Zealand, the Right Hon. R. G, D e S R AR SR R SOR SCe - L SO SR SR o e . * ES * @ * L e S S L I B AP S S DU D A D P} Seddon, has cabled to the Agent Gen-,to vacate by the American and English eral of New Zealand here, the Hon. W. P. Reeve! saying: ‘“We deeply regret the adversity which in Samoa. Inform the Secretary of State that New has overtaken our forces awaiting orders at Auckland. The Dep- LI e Ca R S D e B e e S SO SO SO = ) 46256+ 806060000+0000000+040404040 0040000000060+ 0900 0+ +0e0 J. W, HYLAND, CORRESPONDENT OF THE LONDON ECHO. 3¢ naval authorities. A mine has been placed under the Tivoli Hotel, so that if M taafa's men attempted to rush and occup: it they would be blown higher than they ever were before. It was from the Tivoll on the night of March 14 that a signal ade just previous to the attack by men. in which three English ited the newspaper offices this morning to read the latest dispatches, were both uty Governor has communicated to the | nervously eager for news from the far- Admiralty at Sydney that the Mildora, | away islands. a British third-class cruiser detailed for the protection of floating trade in Aus- way tralasian waters, is on her | Raratonga with the Governor.” The comment of the afternoon news- | situation remarks the on the Samoan of the papers mostly a repetition | made in the editorial columns of morning papers. The Globe declares that the mainte- nance of the German Consul at his post unfriendliness is an act of apparent which requires to be explained. LETTER FROM SAMOA READS LIKE PROPHECY NEW YORK, April 13.—The follow- the Pacific Coast | ing is taken from a letter just received | by a gentleman in New York from an was written on March 23: It is pot Improbable that in different places. + & + b | 4 ¢ ® + | ? Mataafa's men will soon resort to the fire stick, and it 1s thus possible that the whole of ‘Apia | may soon go up in smoke, as on a dark night one or two determined men could casily crawl in and set the town on fire Several days ago all persons living between the British con- sulate at Valala and a point beyond the Tivoll Hotel, in Apia proper, were ordered | CarTRIDGE AcTuaL Size.. COLT'S ATTOMATIC GUN, USED BY LANDING PARTY AT APIA W' “I know poor Mrs. Lansdale well,” said Mrs. Kautz, in a voice broken with sympathy. “We are so vitally inter- | ested in every word, and it is so hard to wait for dispatches which must be is | carried by ship.” | They passed a portion of the day at Santa Monica and Pasadena and will |leave on this evening’s train for San | Francisco, where they will remain in- aefinitely. 'FOUR HUNDRED WERE KILLED IN THE BATTLE | Result of a Conflict in Peru Between the President’s Forces and Insurgents. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gor- don Bennett. LIMA, Peru, April 13.—The train with President Alonzo, Senor Ichazo, General Lopez, Minister of War, Senor Herrero and others,. with a_bodyguard of forty, arrived to-night at Antofagasta. The total number killed in battle near Oruro between the insurgents and the President’s forces was more than 400. The Indians are quiet. Railway traffic has been re-established. President Alonzo's Ministers, who re. mained at Oruro, were unmolested. to [ e o e e e e e e S SRR = : MERCHANTS ~0F SAMOA IN BAD STRAITS Business Is at a. Standstill in the Vicinity of Apia. ONE SEEKS SAFETY While on the Philadelphia His Stock Has Been Stolen and Plantation Plundered. | property, has caused considerable anxiety | In mercantile circles in this city. There | are quite a number of firms interested in | | the Samoan trade, sending regular sup- | : plies of goods to the islands, or importing ! copra and other native produce. Last | | Friday, when the Mariposa arrived, the lamentable state of trade on Apia Beach | was made manifest by the lack of corre- | spondence. Instead of substantial orders | for large stocks of trade there were but few letters, and those of a kind indicating the utmost despair. | John Wightman Jr., who acts as the Pacific Coast agent for the leading Apia | storekeepery, W. Blacklock, reports that | he received but a few despairing lines | from his nt tuis mail, pointing out that under existing conditions it would be im- possible to give further orders for goods. | | Blacklock is the moving spirit of the| American colony in Apia and for many years acted as Vice Consul. | The wealthiest American citizen in Apia | is D. S. Parker, who is a familiar figure | in San Fran . Years ago Parker had the good fortune to in t his savings, ac- cumulated by island trade, in San Fran- cisco real estate. These investments were made so judiciously that now Parker is the lucky owner of much revenue produc- | ing property in this city, and is compara- tively independent of the fluctuations of | native trade. Yet even he despairs, as | his last letter to Hooper, Jennings & Co., his agents here, shows.' Parker owns 4 | large estate just outside Apia, on which | | he has built “several fine residences, one | of which was occupied, until the recent | outbreak, by Judge Chambers, the Ameri- can Chief Justice of the Samoan Supreme Court. Judge Chambers has long ago been compelied to flee to the United Btates war vessel for protection, and so has poor Parker, as his letter tells. He writes from Apla on the 23d of March just a week before the lamentable conflict in which Lieutenants Lansdale of the Phila- delphia and Freeman of the Tauranga lost their lives and heads. ters, he writes: | here, and busine: owing to the w English ves: There are terrible times is_completely stopped . The American and 1s are shelling the rebels, and nearly all the foreigners, with their famili re on board the war vessels. Myself and family are on board the Phila- delphia. We nave lived there for several | days past, and do not_know how long we | will have to remain. My farm, about two miles from the harbor, where' I have 100 acres of land and four houses, is at the mercy of the rebels. My house has been looted, horses, cattle and pigs all killed, | and I expect my other houses will be | burned. Very iikely my store on the beach will g0 also. At the best T will be a great loser. ors are ashore protecting the town, while the warships are continually throwing shells inland, The English have lost three | killed, the Americans one, besides some | wounded. | “King Malietoa was crowned to-day, ¥ and saluted by the Americans and En- glish. I hope to hear some to-morrow’s mail steamer. The Germans are keeping neutral. They have been the | whole cause of the trouble, but I think they have seen their day. Apia is under martial law; one cannot go without a permit. I am not sending for nything this mail. Please send me pa- Samoan news.” s indicative of poor ate of isolation. He is unable to order any more goods for his store, ally appeals to his San Francisco for ‘news concerning Samoan af- Messrs. Healy, Tibbitts & Co., the con- tractors for the Pago Pago coaling sta- | tion on Tutuila, are also considerably concerned about the recent outbreak. They fail to see how they can carry out the work of building the (‘u.'(llnfi station and wharf peacefully and profitably if they are to be subject to constant at- tacks by savage natives. The firm did not take the contract with the expecta- tion of having to wage a small war on its own account, and it is_looking to Washington for protection. It was stated that the armed collier Scindia, which came around the Horn with the Jowa, was to be sent at once to Apia. Still it is doubtful whether she can be made ready for sea in less than a month, and the Brutus may possibly be dispatched to Tutuila instead. Meanwhile Healy, Tib- bitts & Co. have commenced loading the Cardigan Castle, a British iron ship, with stores and construction material. She should be ready to sail for Pago Pago by the end of the month and the firm is nat- urally anxious to insure protection for aluable cargo. The Secretary of the Navy has had its view of the .case fully placed before him, and a definite an- nouncement Is daily expected from Wash- ington. COMING CONVENTION OF THE EPWORTH LEAGUE Delegates Who Will Meet at Santa Cruz as the Guests of That City. SANTA CRUZ, April 13.—The Methodist young people of this city are very active and are making great preparations for the Epworth League convention, which is commencing to-morrow evening and con- tinuing over Sunday. The delegation will be large and all are to be entertained at the homes of citizens. The church is being decorated in a very elaborate manner. The delegates who will be present are: Campbells—F. H. Tibbetts, E. Hurlbut, Della Cook, Lila Wade. College Park—R. J. Coyne, D. M. 8. Cro: E. Grigg, M. Hopkins, Mrs’ A. Wayne, Miss M. McClish, Miss L. Shearer, Miss A. John- ston. Miss Mabel Wright Giiroy—J. Wolf, M. L. Hagerdorn, C. Miner, Rev. and Mrs. Thompson, Miss Lola Miner, Miss Myrtie Kious, Miss Josle Lawson. Gonzales—Rev. E. 8. Robertson. Hollister—Miss Bertha Wyman, Miss Luella RockIifT. Lorenzo—Mrs. Annie Peery, Fornia Bennett. Los Gatos—Carroll Spencer, T. Martin, §. Lamb, J. Crummy, Misses Ibbie Case, Mabel Warwick, Lou Penny, Carrie Gllliary, Vivian Gelatt, Libble Crummy. Morgan Hill—Rev. and Mrs. Peters, New Almaden—Rev. J. W. Buxton. Pacific Grove—H. Scott, G. Fitzsimmons, H. B. Winston, Misses Sabine, Maud Sherwood, May White, Etta B. Lloyd. Palo Alto—R. F. Swain, Misses Moe, ‘Baring and Harrlet Cuthbertson. Redwood City—Mrs. Salberg, Edna Wilson. * Salinas—Cleona_Hopps, W. Vasque, Sophie May Howard, Rev. and Mrs. J. Bryant, Mrs. Bassett. Gsnmzogn—aew Mr. Gober, Mrs, BEtta Me- rew. San Jose—A. L. Peterson, L. Frkart, C. S. Osgood, W. LI Lean, D. Tuck, H. Husiter. H. 8. Kumna, L. Harter, J. Will E. Wright, Mr. and Mrs.'J. J. Bennett, Misses Mary Kum- mer, Rena Johnston, May Koerber, Lottie Man- er, Elizabeth Blaisdall, Qlive Alexander, Em- ma Jordan, Addie Dungstan, Minnje Frick, Jessle Nichols, Tessie Crothers, Lottie Bow- man, Iva Cutler, Helen Hansen, Mrs. A. Wil- liams, Mrs. F. Soderstrom. Watsonviile—H. Richardson, Rev. and Mr: A. Hyde, Lizzie Berg, Christine Nilsen, Hyde, Tiny Fisher. Mayfield—D. D, Cool. | Banta Clara—L. A. Oftreld, A. Harris, A. B. McNefl, Mr. and Mrs. McSaunders, Mr. and Mre. J. B. Worthington, Misses Nora Fassett, Bessie Harris, Blanche Horr. Powell street, San Francisco—F. Fish, Stmmons, Mrs. C. C. Bruce, Mrs. F. Channing, Misses Ethel Urmy, Clara Noutre, Vinnle Craig. Callfornia street, San Ersnnleanda C. Chan- W. The sudden outbreak of war In Samoa, | with its attendant destruction of life and | American and English sail- | After referring to some business mat- | | GG B e B+ NN N e s et tis e N+ N o Ko L+ Notiotietetionetotiofetie HOW THE CALL BEAT THE WORLD. For a Distance of More Than Four-Fifths of the Circumfer- ence of the World the Samoan Story Traveled. +% 32’83‘33053083’ VER four-fifths of the circum- ference of the globe was the distance traversed by the mes- sage from Apia to San Fran- cisco which told, first to the readers of The Call, and later to the entire civilized world, that the Sa- moan savages had slain Lieutenants Freeman and Lansdale, and En- sign Monaghan, of the British and “American navies, and in transmit- ting this thrilling information to The Call the Western Union Tele- graph Company, with its cable con- nections, performed one of the most remarkable feats in telegraphy. The message was conveyed by the steamer Alameda from Apia to Auckland, New Zealand, where it was immediately turned over to the telegraph and cable company. In- stead of transmitting the message in the special cipher The Call has arranged for Samoan news, the cor- #2202 55 @ LSRN RIRNINERINIRNINININ+ RN+ R RINIRERNIERNINERIRI RN+ B+ N oReRs RN HotiotiotioNeNe RN e RNoNeReRN RN eN e N+ PR+ R0 dler, R. H. Overton, Mrs. H. E. Lincoln, Mrs. E. Grifith, Miss Annie Powell. Epworth, San Francisco—W. Vance, Theodora Harvey, Carrie Nelson, Mrs. Boscow. Howard street, San Francisco—Mesdames J. B. Wilson, J. B, Clifford, A. Chandler, - tuck, Walters, Kiopper, O. R. Adams, W. L. Hughes, Misses Haushalter, Veale, Mortison, Lamb, Captain Jennings, Messrs. Moore, O. R. Adams, W. L. Hughes. Chinése Mission, San_Francisco—Lee Fong Hay, Lan Ming Doe, J. B. Landon. Grace Church, San Francisco—J. C. Tooker, F. R. Buller, C. Jacobs, J. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Snook, Mrs. E. Birth, E. Balter, I Perl. ‘Potrers Church, San Francisco—Miss Mabel Woodward. mpeon Memorial Church, San Francisco— M. Hudson. tral Church, Abbott. San Francisco—Miss Susie Santa Cruz—Mre. H. D. Smith, Mrs. Lottie Izant s. Walter Anthony, Misses Etta Sne- decof arcia Holway, Helen Weber, May Grant, Harry Carter, Frank Casebeer. -— INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST General Shafter Having Given His Beef Testimony, Will Return to San Francisco. WASHINGTON, April 13.—Major Gen- eral William R. Shafter, United States Volunteers, accompanied by his aid, Cap- tain Edward H. Plummer, Tenth United States Infantry, having completed the ! duty for which he was ordered to this ood news by | ten yards | | Oleta, $10; John Austin,” Georgetown, | geles, $6 to $8 | | | l \ | city, will proceed to San Frarcisco. The transfer of Second Lieutenant Earle W. Tanner from the First United States Artillery to the Seventeenth United States Infantry, with rank in infantry arm, is announced. He will proceed to San Fran- cisco and report in person to the com- manding general, Department of Cali- fornia, for assignment to duty with troops en route to the Philippine Islands, where he will join his regiment, and the regi- mental commander will assign him to a company. Hospital Steward Alfred . thorne, Jefferson barracks, Mi be sent to San Francisco. He will report upon arrival there to the commanding general, Department of transportation to Manila. ; Captain Charles F. Kleffer, assistant surgeon, United States army, is relieved from further duty at Fort Meade, South Silver- cisco and report in person to the com- manding general, Department of Cali- fornia, for assignment to duty. Private James B. Tritter, Company L, Twenty-third United States Infantry, Ma- nila, will be discharged the service of the United States by the commanding officer s station. orll:iterydE. Sixth United States Artil- lery, Captain Sage, left }\'.’xshlngtnn to- day for Manlla, via San Francisco. : Pensions have been granted as follows: ifornia: Original—William H. Fletcher, Riverside, $6; Charles A. Thomson, Vet- erans’ Home, Napa, $10; John Wflllan;fi. Los Angfllcs.sxsfi‘, S‘X%- ase—Philip Loney, St. Helena, o '\ Patrick P(a‘}& Soidiers’ Home, Los An- Original widow, ete.—Sadie Mexican War 8. Moffatt, Thomas Miller, B. Clark, George O. Rayder, , San Francisco, $5. Bath, $8 to SlZ;]oHezokmh malie, 8 to $12. Aorégon‘ Original — James 3o0seberry, $6. (’gga(;h?ngmn: Original—Andrew J. Fos- ter, North Berfl;fl GOVERNMENT SUES THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC to be held in the local Methodist church, Will Recover Money for Public Lands Sold by the Railroad Company. L.OS ANGELES, April 13.—The Govern- ment, through its specfal attorney here, brought suit this afternoon in the United chase price of about 30,000 acres of lan sold h;’ the Southern Pacific (‘omgar\yl to [ nd according to a recent decision Pl tring o the public domain and not to the railroad company at the time of the sale. volves upon the railway company (ol‘st?:éoyust Wr),15,t amount was received from the sales of these lands, and the suit is brought for the recovery of the amount. The land involved is that within the overlapping grants made to the Southern Pacific and tfie Atlantic and Pacific which the courts have decided revert to the Gov- ernment. ———— PREMIER SILVELA HEARS FROM CAMBON NEW YORK, April 13.—A Madrid cable to the Journal says: Premier Silvela, af- ter visiting the palace to-day, sald that he had received an official communication from M. Cambon, French Embassador at ‘Washington, saying that the United States had placed $20,000,000 at the dis- osal of the Spanish Government, and ad also appointed Bellamy Storrer United States Minister to Spain. Spain, he said, welcomed the designa- tion of Storrer as American Minister to Madrid for the reason that he is a Cath- olic and because he sympathizes with ain. 'id. Cambon also assured Senor Silvela that the United States entertained the very best feeling toward Spain. e cgorLid Fatally Burned by Matches. SANTA ROSA, April 13.—Little Dora Byrd was severely burned about the body while playing with matches this after- noon. The child's clothing caught fire, and before it could be taken off she was dangerously hurt, She will probably die. | i url, will | California, for | | | respondent wrote it in English, and with all the relays that were neces- sary, it was received here free from errors. From Auckland the message sped overland to Wellington, where it took its first submarine plunge. Emerging from its bath at Sydney, Australia, it started on a long over- land journey to Augusta, on the South Coast, thence due north the entire length of the southern conti- nent to Palmerston, where it took another dive, emerging for an in- stant at Banjuwangi in Java, only to be transferred to another cable which landed it at Singapore. At that point it took another header «clear across the Bay of Beng: coming to the surface at Madras, India. There it started on its trip across the empire, reaching Bom- bay without loss of a second, and taking the cable there acro the Arabian Sea to Aden, Arabia, at VIRTUALLY MEANS A CONFISCATION Objection to Improving Into Debt. Special Dispatch to The Call. FRES. Superior Court against the City Trus- tees by property-owners on Tulare | street, between M and N, to stay the | attempt to confiscate the property by | Gould, against the World improving it into debt. The suit is brought by Charles C. Chance, a minor (by Mary Chance, his guardian), Margaret Smith, J. D. Dem- | ing, H. V. Deming and E. O. Deming against Joseph Spinney, C. J. Craycroft, W. M. McVey, F. M. Chittenden and E. L. Austin, as Trustees of the City of Fresno. The order to pave the street was made by the board about three weeks ago in spite of the protest of the prop- | erty-owners. The cost of improving the street would be over half the value of the property facing upon it and would amount practically to a confisca- tion of the property. The complaint makes pretty warm reading, not min- cing words, and declares ‘‘that these | | plaintiffs are now lieve that on the 20th day of Febru- ary, 1899, the defendants conspired, combined and confederated with one J. H. Bingham, who was the agent of the | City Improvement Company, to cause the street to be paved with bituminous | rock and curbed with granite or con- Dakota, and will pracced to San Fran- | crete curbs at the expense of the own- ers of the property fronting on the thoroughfare, and combined, conspired and confederated with each other and with Bingham and the officers and agents of the company to give the con- tract for doing the work to the City Street. Improvement Company.” The complaint further alleges that at the time of making the order the Trus- tees knew the public interest did not require the paving of the street and that they ordered the work solely for the purpose of awarding the contract to the City Street Improvement Company In support of the last statement it pointed out that in order that the City Street Improvement Company might get the contract the board willfully re- fused to require the City Engineer to furnish any estimates whatever. Judge Webb issued an injunction as | prayed for in the complaint. The plaint- | iffs furnished a bond in the sum of $500 as required by law wtth A. D. Chance and Herman Peterson as suretie The Trustees meet to-morrow night, and it was the intention to award the contract at that time. Should they do | so now they would be in contempt of | court. Much indignation has been aroused against the present Board of Trustees as a result of their action, and open charges of jobbery have been | made. All the contracts awarded up to this time have been given to the City 1Street Improvement Company. States Circuit Court to recover the pur-| Seized a Distillery. SANTA ROSA, April 18.—Deputy Col- lector Price and Gauger McMinn seized the distillery of Henry Bolle on the So- | noma road this afterncon. The officers searched the distillery and found two Ili_ackages of brandy hidden in the tubs. he matter will be reported to the Reve- nue Commissioner. [ e e S aeCE SR SCR o o o, 3 I'f‘." D R B e S S o S o e o O A R ha ad R R R R S A NO, April 13.—A sensational in- | |Junction suit was to-day brought in the | liam F Cody, informed and be- | 5 TG /- Building a Samoan Chief’s House. the entrance to the Red Sea. Under the entire length of that body of water, it arose again at Suez and journeyed overland to Port Said and Alexandria, dipping into the Med- iterranean at the latter point. It touched at Malta and then con- tinued its submarine voyage to Ca- diz. At Lisbon it took another ca- ble to Penzance, England, from there to Valentia, Ireland, and from GO er N 0NN ERNIRNENE RN R S RINNINININIUIBON B+ RIRIBKRG%N there acr the Atlantic to Cape Canso, where it took its final plunge, coming up at New Yor The over- land wires landed it in San Fran- cisco at 10:30 Tuesday night. The remarkable feature of its transmission, and one that speaks volumes for the secrecy of the tele- graph, was the fact that the mes- sage, which was of vital importance to three great nations, passed through two of them without a hint of its contents being disclosed. % BofReRNeRoNeRNeNeR N -+ & 4 "HONORABLE" BIL CODY TESTIFIES Witness for Mrs. How- ard Gould. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK April 13.—Colonel Wil- sworn as the “Honor- | gave his testimony to-day be- | fore a referee in the case of Miss Kath- erine Clemmons, - now Mrs. Howard or $100,000 | damages. In the article of which she | complained, the plaintiff was spoken | of as the ward of “‘Buffalo Bill,” whom ‘shp had deserted and left to languish | in illness and sorrow. The well-known ‘anul was pictured at the time as re- clining upon a couch, with his eyes irn]hfl(‘l up and his brow cr d and \’rf‘m'nssvd by numerous corrugations. | There was no sign of cither iliness | or sorrow when Colonel v appeared this morning in the office of Edward la Fetra. Colonel Cody ified that he had been presented to M erine Clemmons in London 5 rlained that he was then making a able, | tour of Burope with his Wild West show. Mi was at that time app entitled “The ‘White Lily aid he was not interested , but that subsequently he undertook to obtain | for Miss Clemmons the rights for the dramatization of H. Rider Haggard's novel, “She.” “‘After that,” said the witness { vanced money for the presentation of | a play called ‘The Lad of Venice." which was produced in this country. I paid for the scenery and costumes. Miss Clemmons was then in my em- ploy. She was under salary.” The colonel was as’zed concerning his | illness in the W at the time of the ‘} publication of the alleged libel. He ad- mitted that he had been ill—for one day. He had a cold, and was obliged to remain in his room for that period. There were few questions asked and | the inquiry was hurried along. It is expected that the case will be taken up in fourteen or fifteen months, I ad- | judging by the present state of the | Supreme Court calendar. Mrs. Gould was not present. The | hearing was attended only by the at- torneys of those interested. DEWEY DAY AT 7SAN JOSE. SAN JOSE, April 13—Extensive prep- arations are in progress here for a cele- bration of Dewey day. May 1. The affair | is in charge of a ladies’ committee of one | hundred of the O'Connor Art Association. | The entertainment at Agricultural Park and the Rose Carnival Pavilion will be for the benefit of the building fund of the a sociation, it being the design to erect g | spacious and handsome free art structure [ in this city. have been offered for | a number of liter and musical compo- | sitions appropriate for Dewey day, includ- | ing a poem and essay on Admiral Dewey, | a song, march, The merchants of the | ity wi ompete for prizes for the | best Dewey day show window decora- | tions, Preparations have already been begun for a grand reception for a strong contingent of the marines and sailors of the battle-ship Towa, who will be guests of honor in this city 'on Dewey day. S e Severe Earthquake Shock. INOS AYRES, April 13.—An earth- shock was felt yesterday in various which the Cordilleras | pass. The shock was most severe in the province of Rioja. Serious damage was | done, but no lives were lost. BU | P! P aaCan S O SR Y B e B S S S o 2 o