The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1899, Page 2

(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 22 PANAMA CANAL EXTENSION PLAN Colombia Calls Congress to Con- sider the Company’s Plea For Further Time. NEW YORK, April 2 Sduardo lombia, who in New York, receive ernment that Pre whether the new F ama Canal Com six years. It will be a special sessio: tle this question. ident San Clemente gave a h a ¢ ct for an extension of time to matter. It is believed the object of extension with the hope that it wil to the United ftate tend the concession the canal compi Government’s hands. Senor Espinosa said to-day that n will depend largely on the repo ymissioner of Colombia, would ma querra has been examining work o is now on his w to thi v to con pany. He will sail lat clals. 40 040404040404 04 0+040404040 (& “O&O*GOO*O + 04 0404040404040+ 3404040+ 0+ 040404040404 NEVER YET HAS MADE AN ERROR Expert Ameas Claims He Is Infallible. to The Call. WILLOW ove L. John- son’, cr of Expert | feature -day. Ames a report as signature to F. C. )t that the signa- written subsequent that if 100 men tes A of the M testified t mac the note writ : would believe the t they were pre ven testimony in ee with that of testified to mat- t San Fran tim sen- He ha > Davis will case is testimony at that th that of Mr. ¥ in attendance at the > witness said he v nt satisfi that his conclusions in all of the 1200 c s in which he had been a 1SS W said he would rer present c for part of t for the remaind Carl nschimel was c tified that he in San F and for about tw ¥ years had been making a stud mentioned many which he had dv portant ¢ ir give as and a letter written Murdock to Mary Helen | These he examined for a week or ten days, at the request of & Fre an, and h told At- > n that he believe note was a forg acing, drawing a ows and had com- | with that of the | ature incorporated | ent San Clemente has convoked Congress to decide inal Company’s representatives and 1f the Colombian Congress should decide not to ex- for Paris, where he will confer with other offi- Espinosa, Consul General of Co- d a cablegram to-day from his Gov- npany's cdncession shall be extended n of Congress, called mainly to set- earing several months ago to the promised to submit a Congress, which must pass upon the the canal company is to obtain an 1 be able to dispose of the property will an; pass into the property he thought the question of exten- rt which Senor Esquerra, as speclal ke to his Government. Senor Es- n the canal for a long period, and fer with officiais of the canal com- O THO040404+O40404+ D+ 04040404040 STEADY RIS MISSOURI RIVER Danger Line Will Soon Be Passed. Special Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA April 21.—The Missouri River is now within less than a foot of the danger point here and is steadily rising at the rate of about eight inches in twenty-four hours. Weather bureau reports hold out no encouragement for | | an immediate improvement, and the rise will probably continue until Sun- day, if not longer. This will take the water above the danger line and will cause some loss of property on the bottoms. A dozen families residing in East Omaha were driven out to-day, and to- night the water stands eighteen inches on the floor of their houses. The Lake to Cut Off Lake last night wide, several feet deep way great banks of the old course of the 4 ka shore and a her foot would make it a nt .r side to-day several feet Central grading was and a large amount of rip-rapping destroyed. Railroad men are anxjously watchi the situation and have squads of m stationed at each bridge. A force of the washed Illinoi out government of one hundred men has been at work ail day strengthening the embankments at the south end of Florence Lake, but the water carries matter away as fast as S it is thrown in. The tracks of the $100,000 not Omaha Terminal Company at this point » in Jan- | are submerged for several hundr Cannon & | and boys stand on the rails and s . He looked | fish as they are brought down b: ent there. He had | cyrrent. % iphic copies of the | SIOUX CITY, April 2.—The Missouri 1890, a fragment of a | River continues to ri nearly nineteen feet above low water mark. At Walkers Island, just above Sioux City, all far and truck gardens are completely flooded and people have barely escaped with their livi Sev- eral persons on the Nebraska side took ;' fuge in trees and were taken off in bo VERMILLION, S. D., April 21.—The flood situation is far worse to-night than at any time this week and Missouri River has r five hour: and to-night is Stock left on farms be- tream that broke through from Flor- | | fourth race, a handicap at five and a half | | the | en two_inches in | | | | | | Do characterictics of the regular hand- | tween the Missouri and Vermillio writing of 1 Murdock. The wit- | rf cannot now be -taken off. “A“] ness said Murdock was a man of habit | Burbank cattle are reported to be 'ml'h:‘ writing, and the spacing in his | drowned. From Vermillion for fifteen admi cd this. After | miles west toward Yankton and eight that Murdock's | miles south of Nebraska Biuffs the | wing hand and | country is almost a solid body of e alting, | water from two to four feet deep. The a piece of 1- | land east toward Sioux City is fast be- tine on vitness had trace ing submerged. ;he :-‘;um()m on the de of March,| e 890, for the purpose of wing that the “Wm.” in the note signature was | PRICE HEIRS MUST PAY identical with that of the deed was produced. The court would not aduit | THE DE FOREST CLAIM the tine t nd Gene } excepted. s the HACKENSACK, N. J., April 21.—State ;\~'X;lh"‘1‘1_”l'\*_31;“'}\ ,:,!‘.‘;n‘i 'M}r\h'vlw’_m the | senator Winton recelve r:]xd\'lco “from AR T shington to-day to the effect that the Jurs how he arrca apiained to .the | decision of the Supreme Court In the case The Torminarived at the “accident” | ot former Governor Rodman Price's LG, Qs aua pitd In | estate would be against the heirs and that nted out how the duced in the note | witne I senschimel held | pointing out the al- which the witnes: ' was done tching be tatl g with the pen The jury was then told about 1pound strokes,” ete., show- ing how the admitted signatures dif- fered from that on the note. The quot )] which form a part of the “Wm.” in Murdock’s sig- nature, came in for a deal of attention from this expert. After the ternoon reces Eisen- schimel dem tain concit nstrated to the jury cer- s which he had arrived at after e sig: S, as to the slant of a spattering of ink claimed to on the note signa- ture, the furrows made by the pen nibs and the m which point to a drawing instead of a fluent writing of the note signature, Admitted were pointed o1 show the “furrowing the pen nibs. SCUTHERN PACIFIC BUYS A TEXAS ROAD AUSTIN, Texas, April 21.—The Southern Pacific Company has purchased the Tex- | as-Mexican Raidroad, a narrow-gauge line running from Corpus Christi to Lare- s v the and innumerable witne to stro, of do, Texas, a distance of 18) miles, This road was owned and ited by the Mexican Company. The line will be converted into a standard gauge and extended from Laredo to Ea- gle Pass, Texas. It will give the South- ern_ Pacific Company a parallel line tween Eagle Pass and Houston, which will be used for the most part to handle the big traffic to and from Mexico. The oroposed extension wili connect with the Southern Pacific and the Mexican Inter- national roads at Eagle Pass. The latter line is owned by C. P. Huntington and as- es. is one of the most important rail- ad deals that has been consummated in as for some time and it is a big busi- stroke for the Southern Pacific. MALPRACTICE ALLEGED. | tering of the decr Price was Governor of Newl | J n forty y 1se was finally ars of litigation ettled, except the en- Rodman M ersey early in the fifties. He had been a resident of Califofnia in the days preced- ing the discovery of gold. He was inter- ested in California property and was in the service of the navy. He took an ac- tive part in the incidents attending the transfer of the Pacific Coast to the United States—too active, it seems, for he left the management of his duties as paymas- ter to subordinates, and one day he was stunned to find a clerk missing and the Government funds §75,000 short. Mr. Price paid this amount to the Government to seitle his accounts. While in California Mr. Price bec: interested with Samuel do Forest In renl estate. De Forest came Bast and left his interests in charge of Price. The Department ordered Price to come { and he left the management of his own and De Forest’s property In care of a man named Keyes. This man sold the oroperties and always said he paid to De Forest his share of the money, but De Forest showed he did not. De Forest then sued Price for thg account of Keyes and obtained judgmedt in this State. Mean- \\imledl’rfn‘vo had got out of the navy, was elected Governor and was a { lninl for years. Piyminent n 1892 Congress passed a billl, w! was approved by the Presidéns relmpmcr ing Price for the defalcation of the clerk, De Forest had kept his judgment alive and when the bill was a law he tried to enforce the payment of the money to him. But Price fought the case. Mean- while $70,000 remainéd undrawn and does to this day. 3 When Mr. Price died his heirs refuse to pay ‘the judgment or part of it wiin the 70,000, contending it came under the same head a$ pension money, which is free from the attacks of creditors. Now comes word that the court of final resort has decided the money does not come un- der the head of pensions and - attachable. 5 e av SRR Woodland’s Guest Departs. WOODLAND, April 21.—Mother General Annunciata of tha Sisters of the.Holy Cross left for the Mother House, Notrs Dame, Indlana, this morning. On the way she will visit branch houses in Ogde: Salt Lake, Idaho and Montana. = Socm i Fifteen-Barreled Rifie. VIENNA, April 2.—The military pa- pers announce the invention of a I5-bar- reled quick-firing rifle, carrying fifteen cartridges at a time and firing fivty-five a minute. The weapon has been success. AUBURN, April 2L.—Deputy Sheriff F. R. Cannon yesterday arrested Dr, R. Hei- drick at his home in Dutch Flat. He is | charged with malpractice upon Mrs. Min- | nie Christian of lowa Hill, who died on | April 12. Dr. Heldrick is one of the most »raminent physicians in this county. fully tested at the imperial arsenal. —————— To Cure a Cold in Cne Day Take Laxaiive Bromo Quinine Tabiets. All druggists refuad the money if 1t fafls to cure. 2. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. | | won, Ella Daly s ond, Brightie 8 third. Time, 1:1 | | BASEBALL GAMES | advance of from 10 to 20 BONEY BOY BEATS A HANDICAP FIELD An Outsider Wins at Aqueduct. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 21.—The feature of the day’s racing at Aqueduct was the furlongs. Floronzo was a hot faverite, | with Larva a strong second choice. Boney Boy, in spite of his good race on ‘Wednesday, had but few friends. It was a pretty drive through the stretch, Boney Boy drawing clear under punishment and winning a good race by a length. Weather fine; track good. Results: Selling, about seven furlongs—Sweet Caporel won, Lady Sneerwell second, Diva third. Time, 1:27. Four and a half furlongs—Big Gun won, (.;l‘;alcs second, Molt Eagle third. Tim: “Six furlongs—Gaze won, Kirkwood: sec- ond, Oxnard third. Time, 1:14 2- Five and a half_furlongs—Boney Boy won, Vertigo second, Tyrian third. ~Time, | Four and a_half furlongs, selling—Sad- duce won, elinghuysen second, Alex third. Time 3 Selling, about seven furlongs—Concord ond, Queen of Bea third. Time, 1:251-5. CINCINNATI, April 21.—The track at Newport was lightning fast and the racing very exciting. Results: Seven furlongs Kensington won, Land | Ho second, Stenel third. “iime, 1:38%. Four and haif furlongs—Satira won, Bandinage second, Fairy Dell third. Time, One mile—Guess Me won, Tndra second, Gid Law third, Time 1:40%. Mile and fifty yards, Selling—Seattle ron, Zolo second, Domestic third. Time, 1459, Four and a half furlongs—Maple won, erapa second, I'm Next third. Time, 56%. Seiling, mile and fifty yards—Ollie Dixon won, Julla Hazel second, Officlal third. Time, 1:44. MEMPHIS, April 21.—Results at Mont- gomery Park: Half mile—Elbe won, Muey ond, The Laura third. Time, . 8ix furlongs—Borden won, Treopia sec- | T Half mile—Prince of Meibourne won, | Little Boy Blue second, Flaunt third. | Time, :5015. Seven furiongs, Memphis Gun Club handicap—Timemaker won, Alleviate sec. | ond, Cherryleaf third. Time, 1:30%. One and an eighth miles-Miss Patton | won, Kitty Regent _second, Francis Booker third. Time, 1:50%5. Six furlongs, selling—High Jinks won, | Stmon D second, Sorrow third. Tim 1614, ON LEAGUE GROUNDS Chicago Defeats Cincinnati Brooklyn Wins From Phila- delphia. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs— W. L. }‘nTk' and yn . 4 0 1000 Brookl Chicago <8 1 .87 New York. Eniladelphia. 5 2 Incinnati Baltimore ... 4 2 | Boston ......4 2 W Coulsville ... 3 2 “leveland 21.—Magee's w ponsible the Clevela four run: 1 he fourth inning by F Attendance, 12 in the box in the , who did good work. H R Philippi anc Sugden. Umpires—B s—M and Maupin Smith, April 2L.—Griffith ay and the runs the result of poor s s to be bunched. Att CIN vincible was cored by in- to- the Clubs. atl . R. 3 Chica; 1 61 5 Batte Grifith ries 5 and Warner. wartwe PHIA, April 21.—Brooklyn de: elphla in a game uninteresting | for the batting. Philadelphia had a urth inning, but xcept nce to tie the score in t aia | not prove equal to the occasion. Attend- | ance, 4092, Score: | Clu R, H B| Brooklyn . Tl e Philadelphia 4 ke Sl Batterles—Dunn and Smith; Orth and Doug- ass. Umplres—Hunt and Connolly. NEW YORK, April 21.—The New Yorks could not bat to-day and were easily beaten by the Baltimores. The visitors hit Carrick freely and when hits were needed. Attendance, 500 Score: Clubs— R. H ew York A1 5 Baltimore . 1 Batteries—Carrick ar Nops and Rob- inson. Umpires—Gaffney and Andrews. ST. LOUIS, April 21.—Pittsourg lost the sec- ond game of the present series in a closely con- tested game to-day in which the home team made the winning run in the last inning. Rhines, in the bex for the visitors, was r tired from play in the sixth inning with a badly | eprained finger, and he will be out of the game for at least a week. Attendance 1500. Score Clubs— R S St Loul: T Rk Pittsburg T e Batteries—Powell and Criger; Rhines, Sparks | and Bowerman. Umpires—0O'Day and Brennan, | WASHINGTO Aprfl 21.—The Srnfl(nrs: pitcher new to the big | league, to-day, and agaln were beaten easily They got four hits in first fnning, but only | four more in the mext eight innings. Dineen pitched well, but was poorly supported. At- tendance, 5000. Scor Clubs— s 5 ‘Washington 8 2 Boston 12 [ Batter! Streit and Bergen. Umplres—Emslie and Be BABY KIDNAPED BY AN INTOXICATED MAN LOS ANGELES, April 21.—The freak of a drunken man caused consternation in the home of Abel Le Brun on Boyle| Heights. Le Brun was forced to do some rapid detective work in order to find his baby, which the intoxicated man kid- naped. The Le Bruns live at the corner of St. Louls street and Brooklyn avenue. Until vesterday Mrs. Le Brun has been at the detention hospital. During her absence her nine-year-old-daughter has been car- ing for the babe. On Tuesday the little | girl was carrying the baby ncar the Le | Brun home. A drunken man reeling along saw the baby and was seized with a de-| sire to carry it away. “Give me the baby,” he demanded, | thickly. i The child was so frightened that she | complied with the demand, and the drunken man went down the street with | the baby _in his arms. As soon as the girl recovered from her fright she told her father what had happened. He was soon on the trail of the kidnaper. When he | overtook the drunken man the baby was turned over with a maudlin apology. Le Brun forgave the drunkard in his joy at recovering the baby, and hereafter a close watch will be kept on the infant. S Improved Business Conditions. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 21.—The announcement has just been made tpat the Warner Bros. Company of this elty, employing 1400 hands, has ordered a gen- eral advance in wages. President Warner stated to-day that owing to the general improvement in business conditions an er cent would be made in nearly every department. i Schley Wants Investigation. NEW YORK, April 21.—A Sun Wash- ington special says: It is reported in circles friendly to Rear Admiral W. §. Schley that he intends to BDDIK to Con- gress, ecither directly or through some of his supporters in the Senate or House, for an investization by Congress of ' the Charges made against his conduct of mol operations of the flying squadron between C‘l‘entuegcs and Santiago in May, | the present owner of the Democratic TS BURNS WILL SELL CANDE It Is Reported That Warner Miller Has Obtained the Property. URANGO, Mexico, April 21.—Ex-Senator Warner Mil- ler of New York has obtained a ninety days’ option on the famous Candelaria mine at San Dimas, this State, which is owned by Colonel D. M. Burns of San Francisco. He agrees to pay $1,000,000 for the property. Mr. Miller is now in Mexico. G+ 9040490040004 0+ O+ O+ ¢ 6-+0¢0 MILES WILL IGHT FOR A VINDICATION Continued from First Page. ter and quality of the meat, re and canned, furnished to the army; rchased; how shipped to the soldlers; 1 good when shipped; what the cause of its de- terforation, if any. If the meat was doctored, did the Commissary General or any of his officers have any knowledge of it, or means of knowing? Was it the meat of commerce? was it inspected by the Government inspectors as provided by law? Was it an authorized ration in the army? If good when purchased, what made it bad? Was it anybody’s neglect or fault, and if so, whose? When unfit for use, if you thould so find, to the War Department; when and by whom? | If after leaving the depot commissary it was | not cared for and properly preserved, whose fault? Was it a suitable ration for the cam- paigns in Cuba and Porto Rico? Was_there anything better that was practicable? Would it have been prudent for our troops to have made the expeditions to Santiago and Porto Rico without the preserved meats, either re- frigerated or canned, with which' tney were supplied? Could the army with any certainty rely upon the cattle on tha hoof on those {slands? DId the commanding officers in San- ) or Porto Rico or the major general com- nding report during the war that either the ed or canned beef was an unfit ra- When e thess reports first made, and whom? If'the allegations of the major gen- ! commanding are establisned, I want th t to find the cause and fix the responsi- bility for the fact, that the guilty may be properly punished. Did the cattle in Porto Rico make a wholesome ration? If the packers of the country are guilty it m be known. If the officers of the Commissary Department are gullty it must be known. If any officer of the is gullty it must be known. Both Major Lee and Colonel Davis sub- mitted a number of reports and a mass of correspondence. Among the docu- ments read by Colonel Davis was a let- ter from the Washington attorneys of Armour & Co., dated June 15, 1898, after the contract for heef had been let, asking for a reconsideration of the subject in the interest of their clients and an In- dorsement by General Egan as commis- sary general opposing the request. In | their letter the attorneys represented that the Armours controlied the Powell pro- cess for the treatment of meat, and that this fact gave them such an advantage in the preservation of fresh beef as to jus- tify the War Department in disregarding the differ and awarding them | § the cont . s indorsement General Bagan referred to the letter of the at- torneys as a “special pleading,” and there was ‘no reason in this plea why the subject should be reopened. The tests made by Armour & Co. are not the only t that hayve been made,” he sald,*tand there 15 no doubt whatever in my mind but that the beef can be furnished as re- was _introduced by show that General influenced by the the Powell document Davis to not been cancerning This Colonel Eagan- had >ntations ss. ajor Lee submitted a deposition by J. was the fact made known | LARIA MINE an Option on S S ) prestdent of the Arm- “ompany of Dallas, Tex., forth the 8. Armstrong, strong Packing which, among other things, s substance of a conversation with General he Mr. Armstrong was one of bidders for beef on block and said t while he was here in Washington he d cussed with General Eagan the question of beef being kept for seventy-iwo hours after being taken from the refrigerator. Mr. Armstrong said he expressed the opinion that it was impossible, to which General Eagan replied that Swift & Co. and Armour both knowledge of a pro- cess by which beef could be kept for that length of time. MRS. LOUISE J. LIBBY DIES AT PASADENA LOS ANGELES, April 2L.—Mrs. Louise J. Libby, 61 years of age, wife of the Chicago heef packer, Arthur A. Libb: died this morning at 3 o'clock at the fam- | ily home, 25 Orange avenue, Pasadena. | Mrs. Libby, who had been an invalid for | over a year, was confined to her home for several months. She was seized by an un- | controllable attack of coughing at an early hour this morning, which resulted in a hemorrhage, causing sudden death. The remains have been embalmed, and | after brief ceremonies to-morrow morn- ing at the home will be sent to Chicago, where interment will take place. The | family will accompany the bod. Mrs. Libby, who moved to eight years ago with her son daughfers, has been prominent social and literary life of the Crown City. ATTACHMENT ON THE | MONTEREY AND FRESNO| | | NEW YORK, April 21.—The Sheriff re- | | cefved an attachment to-day against the | no Railroad Compan | of California and Alfred Walker Jones of Pacific Grove, Cal., for $700,000 in favor of | | George Eckhard, which was obtained by Philip Carpenter on the ground of non- | residence. | | Tt is an assigned claim from Henry H. | | Finley and Fred E. Petingell for service | in procuring an underwriter for the issue | of bonds to the amount of $7,000,000 of the | | railroad company. It w | | obtained Edwin A. Weed of Greenwich, | Conn., as such underwriter, who was ac- | | cepted by the railroad company, and were | | to get 10" per cent commission on the,total | | amount of the bond issue. The attach- | | ment was served on the Knickerbocker Trust Company. Pasadena and five in the Yellow Fever at Havana. ‘ HAVANA, April 2L.—Two new c yellow fever developed in Havana t making five officially reported. There | no_Americans among them, and known at the office of thé chief only one had irgeon merican in Cuba with | ever—a_ d! rged private named comb, who heen working on a | plantation near Pamillas, Matanzas | province. | - | Government Buys Seeds. | SAN JOSE, April 21.—Charles Parker of | santa Clara’ was notified_to-day that he { had received the annual Government co | tract for seeds, his bid being $64,900. Tk | seeds to be forwarded will amount to | twenty-two carloads and will include sev- | eral carloads of | flower seeds. sweet peas and other HOW DICK CROKER HELD UP ONE NEW YORK GAS COMPANY NEW YORK, April 21.—Two exciting sessions of the Mazet investigating com- mittee were held to-day. A feature was the refusal of the witnesses to give tes- timony. Another feature was the defiant attitude of Andrew Freedman on the stand, and still another feature the ejec- tion from the committee room of Abra- ham Himmet Wright of the Roebling Company when he insisted upon making | a statement after he had refused to.an- swer a great majority of the questions put to him by Mr. Moss, counsel for the committee. The chief interest centered in Andrew Freedman, who within recent years has been known as a warm personal friend of Mr. Croker and associated with him in a business way. Mr. Freedman was more than ordinarily forcible in his an- swers to some of ~the questions, rnd 1y of the questions he refused to an- swer at all. At other times he was re- buked by both Mr. Moss and Chairman Mazet for what they termed ‘“‘imperti- nence.” After Mr. Freedman’s examination had progressed to a certain point and the witness had refused several times to an- swer a question which he deemed a “per- sonal matter,” Mr. Moss excused him for the day. Mr. Freedman then got down from the stand, and, turning to the news- paper reporters, he handed them a pa- per, saying, “Gentlemen of the press, here is a statement of the entire busi- ness of the Platt Company and Allen ies for publication.” v ar eDonald, - the nominee of ' the Chicage platform Democracy for Governor at the last State election, was the first wit- M Have you any knowledge connected with the affairs of the Fiushing Gas Company McDonald stated that he had. that Willlam B. Burnett, gas company, was an assoclate of his, and from him he learned various facts. McDonald cald that the gas company was reorganized in the beginning of 1898, and that Henry J. Braker, a member of the Democratic Club, and “lu building, and another man purchased the first mortgage bonds of the company and were made dlrectors. Soon after this, McDonald sald, the Flushing Company endeavored to ob- tain’ a contract from New York City, under administration of Mayor Van Wyek, but was unsuccessful. Continuing, McDonald said: “Finaily it was arranged by Mr. Brawer with Mr. Croker that the stockholders of the com- pany” should turn over to Andrew Freedman 50 per cent of the stock of the company, to e held for the benefit of Mr.. Croker and Mr. Freedman. “"This stock was contributed by’ the different | stocknolders pro rata, and was issued to Mr. Freedman. Thereupon Mr. Freedman clected a member of the board of directors. The agreement on the part of Mr. Croker and Mr. Freedman was that as soon as possible fhe company would recelve a contract for at east 500 additional lights, possibly 1000 addi- tional lights. Now as to whether Mr. Croker had carried out his contract or not, I don't now."" Andrew Freedman was called. He held stock in the Flushing Gas Company, but re- fused to state the amount, on the ground that it was a personal matter. He denfed that after he went into the company it was allowed to supply gas to light more lamps in Flush- ng. “'We are,”" said the witness, *‘supplying less now than previous to my going Into the company.’ Mr. Croker, he said, knew noth- ing whatsoever about his holding stock in the company. Mr. Freedman sald he was con- nected with the United States Fidelity Guar- antee Company. He said he had nothing to do with politics. Mr. Croker had never as- sisted him In geiting stock in any corporation unless he himself had paid for it. He had paid for every dollar's worth of stock he owned. Mr. Croker had paid for tne stock he owned in the Fidelity and Guarantee Com- a director of that | was. | L called to take Wright off | pany. Mr. Freedman refused to answer wheth- | er this was a rate war between his company | and the other company, on the ground that the question was not pertinent to the investi- gation. Chairman Mazet instructed him to answer, but Mr. Freedman refused. Mr. Freedman testified that his bond company had pald no dividend, Mr. Moss drew Mr. Freedman's at- tention to the testimony of Mr. Croker, who stated before the committee that he got di dends regularly from the United States F'i ity and Guarantee Company. Mr. Freedman said he could explain that very easily. As | manager of the company he had a sulary and commission, besides owning stock. He divided his salary ‘and_commission with Mr. Croker, according to previous agreement. There w no contract for such an arrangement. “‘Mr. Croker relies upon my word,” said Mr. Freed- man, The witness refused to tell the exact nature of the agreement he had made with Mr. Croker ‘Witness was very anxious to have Mr. | Croker's friendship and ciation in this | company, “‘on account of the legion. of friends | that he has all over this country.” Moss wormed out of Mr. Freedman that the profits he divided with Mr. Croker were *‘most- Iy from bonding.” ChairmanMazet said: “There is a discrepancy between your testimony and Mr. Croker's. If you care to have the record stand as it is the commission is satisfied.” Freedman averred that it had been plained sufficiently.’ Frank A. Bell, who is employed in the de- partment of taxes and assessments, and who has brought with him the tax book of the city of New York, at the request of the committee, was called to testify to the value of Richard Croker's house on Seventy-fourth street. Ex- amination brought out the fact that the valua- tion of Mr. Croker's house had been decreased by the Assessors $1000 since 1598. Moss called Abraham Himmel Wright of the Roebling Construction Company. ~ Mr. Moss asked if the treasurer of the ‘Roebling Com- pany attended the office of the company regu- arly every day. Mr. Himmel Wright sald he thought that a matter of private business, and Mr. Moss retorted: *‘I am sorry to see a man like you, a man in ordinary and respectable business, adopting that line of answer. I am afraid that expression will be used by the peo- ple for a term of twenty years to indicate cer- tain kinds of transactions, which I do not be- lieve you are mixed up in." Wright hiaggled over every question and was | trequently directed to answer and just as fre- | quently refused on the ground that matters connected with his business were his own per- sonal affair. Finally Moss asked if members of the city government had not directed Wright to refuse to answer. Wright said they had not. Moss endeavored to bring out that | Briggs, the treasurer of the Roebling Company, had kept away from the company’s office be- cause he was afraid of being served with a | subpoena to appear before the Mazet commit- tee and other questions relating to the $17,00 which, according to the testimony of Frank Croker, was paid to Briggs for his stock. | Wright said that Briggs' movements were pri- vate matters, Moss at length got Wright to admit that John A. Doenor of the building department had suggested that he (the witnessy | should go to see Con Daly. Daly is a saloon- keeper who, according to the testimony of Mr. Tostevin of the fire proofing firm of Tostevin & Hays, offered to get the Tostevin-Hays sys- tem of construction approved by the bufld- ing department for a pecunlary consideration. “You decline to give us any assistance in ferreting out the truth as to whether or not an attorney was endeavoring to_extort money from your concern by reason of his connection with the bullding department. do you, or will Fou give us that assistance?* demarded Mr. 088. . “‘By answering that question,” said the wit- ness, “I would be compelled to infer that T knew all the methods and conditions and everything under which the company employs an attorney. I do not know these things and consequently I cannot answer that question.'” ‘Wright persisted ip his refusal to make defi- nite answers, Whef Moss sald he would sus- pend his examination for the time being, Wright endeavored to make a statement, which was abruptly and sternly nipped in the bud by Chairman Mazet, who said, angrily, that wit. nesses could not come there and refuse to an- i | export and sell | of th | had a silk dre: IRST AMERICAN NSUS OF HAWAI Preliminary Work Has Commenced. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, Washington, April 21. The first American census of Hawaii Wwill be one of the features of the pres- ent administration of the Census Bu- reau. Preliminary work has already begun. Government officials in the Ha- waiian Islands have been communi- cated with in reference to the appoint- ment of a supervisor. This official will be an American resident of the islands, and it is understood the enumerators, over whom he will have supervision, will be natives. It is the understanding of the offi- cers of the census that the population of the islands is approximately 110,000, divided among the different races as| follows: : Hawaiians and mixed b]imd, R’D,Wfl. Japanese, 25,000¢ Chinese, 21,500; Portu- guese, 15,000; Americans, 4000; British, : and other Eurcpeans, Polynesians and miscellaneous, 2000; 1250, These people are distributed among i ::mgs }1’@ follows: Hawall, 33,2 ,726; Oahu, 40,205; Kauai, 15,. Molokai, 2307; Lanai, 1 Niihau, 164. One of the Interesting features of the Hawaiian census will be the enumera- tion of lepers. It is presumed that nn; all the lepers have been isolated, anc the census will seek to develop acc rate and reliable information concerning the atus of the disease. St(]lne of the aims of the il’_\Sular census will be to gather statistics as to All- literacy in the islands. The census will show .a great deal of valuable matter concerning trade and commerce of the islands. At present the island more than worth of produce annually. Tt is the belief ameng those who pre- side ov the census that the commerce islands will eventually assume vast proportions. The exports of sugar from Hawaii in 1896 amounted in value to $14,932,172, while all other exports to- gether, including rice, coffee, bananas, wool, hides and pineapples, only amounted to $583,053. ARRESTS FOR THEFT FOLLOW A FUNERAL Captain Morphy of San Jose Accuses His Sister and Her Two Daughters. SAN JOSE, April 21.—Mrs. Susan Hen- | derson and her two daughters, the Misses Hattie and Agnes, of Baker City, Oregon, were arre! Iviso this evening on the : larceny, preferred by Mrs. brother, Captain John Morphy, on Thursday Mrs. Ann Malvey, a sister of Morphy. | @ied, her funeral ‘taking place to-day. & derson and daughters came to San Jose to attend the burial. Mrs. Mal- been insane for some time and confined at Agnews. Mrs. Malv. she had -expres This artlcle, sire to be interred in. gether with an old 5 to- #old buckle, Mrs. Hen- cla her ter had her. She refused to surrender s to Morphy to be used as a nd he charged her and his nieces ft. They were arrested on boara the Alviso boat on the way to San Fran- i At the County Jail they were re- sed on their own recognizance. SAYS MRS, FRIE Dr. Jordan Sets Himself Aright. Special Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 21 In an interview to-day Dr. Jar_rlun de nied he had ever spoken slightingly of the Peace Commission, .and remarked that if Mrs. Frye had followed the usual method of ascertaining facts she would have found no reason for a pub- lic discussion. Z “The story,” said Dr. Jordan, “which I told to the students of the Stockton High School criticizing the manners of an American agent at a banquet in Paris pertained to an incident occurring No mention of the Peace Com- vas made. The story which was erroneously reported on the 25th of February was corrected the following day in all the papers, over my signa- ture.” | The story told at Stockton related to an American agent who was chewing tobacco at a Parisian banquet. When he called for a cuspidor the waiter brought the article and placed it on the’ table beside his plate. After reading Mrs. Frey's published letter of criticism this morning, Dr. Jordon sent the following telegram to Mrs. Frye: “Referring to the Boston telegram of Associated Press, permit me to say that at Stockton I made no attack on th administration, and did not mentior the Peace Commission or any memb: by name or implication. The incident related happened several years a and was connected with the P Commission by the assumption of so reporter. I corrected it at that in all the papers ,copying it. I never uttered one word criticizir personnel of the commission. deeply the whole affair, especially tha friends of the commission asked : explgnation privately.” ELVIA CROX SEABROOKE GETS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE NEW YORK, April 2L—Elvia Crox Seabrooke, after several years of lit tion, has obtained an absolute divorc from Thomas Q. Seabrooke, the comedian She has been represented in her legal troubles by A. H. Hummel, on whose | motion the recommendation of the referes that she be granted a divorce was allowed to-day by Judge Stover. Mrs, Seabrooke several years ago sued her husband for Separation on the ground of abondonment and non-support. In that action she was granted alimony. She ex- perienced difficulty in obtaining payment | of the alimony for a long while, and at length had Seabrooke placed in jail until he arrange ¢ the sum agreed upon to meet her arrears. She sued him for absolute divorce ral months ago, and the case was given to a refer avoiding a public trial. By dire the court all the papers in the case have been sealed. have - THROWN FROM HIS TRAP. DEL MONTE, April 2L—Lieutenant cher, U. S. retired, was serlously |injured in a runaway a While_driving through the Del grounds, near the lake, with h v old son ne bolted. 11 the oc cupants were thrown out. Lieutenant Lasher is in a critical condition, but the attending physicians are hopeful of his re- covery. 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