The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 13, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1899. LL NOT ACCEPT [COLUSA FARMER'S THE BESIENCE WILL CONTESTED Admiral Dewey Prefers!Scramble for Henry C. to Aid Veterans. I Nelson’s Wealth. e | e WOULD GIVE THEM A HOME:PECULIAR POINTS [INVOLVED | INSTRUMENT WAS)| S0 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MAY | DISPUTED BE BENEFITED. NOT SIGNED. s G Lt I i The Uncertainty as to Whether the It Is Alleged the Dying Rancher Was | Washington Abode Would Be Unconscious When the Codi- Received Has Made Sub- cil Was Drawn Up at scriptions Light. His Bedside. | S —_— | Special Dispatch to The Call. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. AR R R Y P OGN i COLUSA, June 12.—The taking of testi- | 4 | mony in the contest of the will of Henry | + PHILADELPHIA, June 12.—Ad- 4 | C. Nelson, a wealthy farmer of Colusa + il Dewey: hasigeritten ito one ] CONDWINROLISE BlatHe vers enlis Batt e 2 e 5 ago, was begun to-day before a jury. Tha : his friends here that he will +| jopisition of R. E. Smith, one of the ex- | cept the residence which + | ecutors, was read, and the testimony of © $ to be purchased by popular +|E. J. Hill of San Francisco, one of the | + subscription and presented to <+ | subscribing witnesses and the lawyer who | e + | dictated the will, was taken in part. + +| From the opening statement of Crit- | R e e e o T TS SR S R R S 1 Thornton for the contestants and | Yy CALL HEADQUARTE WEL- | (i evlfencs (8 toy e ihese allesn | ANGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON. | )3 when he died. In July, 187, he had —While unwi to accept the ial stroke of paralysis at his home Y Admiral Dewey is In September following he desirous money collected for | was taken to the Langham Hotel in San co to be treated by Dr. Thnm;\sl his ber establishm being at the time so helpless from of a soldier home. A pr vate cablegra > admiral to ke and from sickness that he had ves authority for | to be carried on a chair. On the night of | nd in this ¢ i SO5th October 16, after he had been there under treatment about a month, he had a sec- stroke of parlys He was not ex- pected to live until morning. He was at- he members | tended by six of his relatives, nephews mds of the and nieces, who were the children of a n !N® | deceased brother, and who lived near him ing he would | in California. Early in the morning ne and would | the 17th of October E. J. Hill, a lawyer suge it the money be employed | Who resided In the hotel, was hastily : e called, and dictated a®will in accordar s o treas. | With directions given him. Hill w S S0 treas- | (513 there six heirs, and th were onl property ws He hasti aid to-day ontinue its all th. at law. g0 to his heirs ated the will and dic: « 1t when the sum orig- an At the time Ne 1 yon had been raisec n u on, having s eached relative to laced hair. His s t his eves open and ring, his mouth open and his dropped down. During the three-quarters of an hour occupied in going through the form of making a will, Nelson made no motion or any sign of intelligence, unless he squeezed the hand of Dr. Galvan when asked If the paper was his will, as he s requested to do if he desired it to be He never spoke one word nor ny sign that he knew what was going on about him; he w in fact, un- conscious at the time. The will left all t ate to the six nephews a inded him, and 1 es generally and among n'is felt at the It has been stated home such as was phant and would has been accus- | w to the uncertainty 1 would he contributions asurer rr a st than thirty day tically ecutor with- tives had sent for an i arrived hefore he contestants p relatives who w ed with hs rithout bonds uld be appoint * Philadel out bonds. There were, in t. one sister B b | and sixteen nephews and nieces living in eived to-day. | Tt is claimed that Nelson was cle | the point of death at the time. T CONVICT PUTTMAN TO DIE BY THE NOOSE Folsom Prison Assassin Convicted of it the g Dr. ( unless nage Murder in the First the estate. the - of immediately after Degree. 11 wa rately importuned SACRAMENTO, J The jury in| Galvan to m managers, and the case ot Clovia e PolEon 1 Galvan declining to do so they pro- Prison ¢ who 1 Jonn Show. | Cceded in great haste to procure the at- : E tendance of J. W. Goad, an attorney of r we Cclusa, and Dr. Gray Colusa, and on lict of murder in Ir s on the evening of the 20th t ad Mr. Goad draw up cil to the will, adding himself < of the f s with it the Showers | T Iy as addi ridor in | ecutors, but still leaving all the estate to Puttman | the California relatives. | ‘ stooped | It is claimed that Lawyer Hill took the P ve a dirk he did only because of the misrep- ir could de- tations made to nim at the time, and overed that now here as a witness in behalf of 1 e against nt ants told on the stand ter informed on @ just how the will was brought about and | action of the | Just how it was made and witnessed At the adjournment of court the ques- tion of introducing evidence to prove the jeint efforts or conspiracy of the inter- ested parties to procure the making of the will and codicil wus being argued and | this ~ will be further argued to-morrow morning. The contest, promises to be a | very sensational one. The parties are all preminent and are ably represented by there being no less than four law- vers on each side. The defendants deny all that is charged | iinst them and sav they can completely the testimony by the TWO SHIPS OF WAR s in the prison. | fiend and his de- | one of hi 15 | SAN JOSE'S FOURTH. Santa Clara County to Celebrate in the Garden City. 3 There It wil is to be a in this city not be only Sub- in the various UNFIT FOR SERVICE 1 endance prom- ety lous years. | Uncle Sam Found to Have Made a until” the Bad Bargain in Purchasing of | fireworks English Builders. NEW YORK, June 12.—A special to the World from Washington sz Naval ex- perts have pronounced the cruisers Al- bany and New Orleans dangerously top- heavy. These two warships were pur- chased in England by the Navy Pepart- ment just before war was declared with Spain. The New Orleans was brought to . 11 be given ov this country and was in service, but the | display of fireworks even Albany still in the course of construc- rtion §s in the han tion. She was tied up in English waters by the laws of neutrality. Rear Admiral Hichborn, chief of the | Bureau of Construction and Repair, to- | suce chairman; x that William G Morton, vice c and H Frank Bing ary day_filed with the department the report h, tr 3 se four, with | of al Constructor Bowles, wlmpln-‘ H. L . constitute an ex spected the New Orleans at the Brooklyn | mmitte prom 2 navy vard and made discoveries. This f the committee are news is disappointing to the department, mpbell, Rev. H. M. Tenney, George|ac the N Orleans, by reason of her | t, Professor R. D. Hunt, George B.| good showing in Cuban waters, waslooked anderworker, Rev. J. E.| upon as a worthy ship. What is_worse Lynn, T. M. Wright, | the s have no remedy to offer for son, Dr. W. McNary, i | Rev Bynum, J. J v is at Armstrong’s ship Kemp, W. Wheeler, | yards in England and is advanced 80 per S. Hanson. Superintendents of | cent toward completion. The two ships cchools and Young People's So-|are built along exactly the same lines and so members of it | what is true of one is true of the other. | e Troubles of a Policeman. ‘ MARYSVILLE, June 12.—Police Officer | J. E. Parmelee, who on last Friday was | convicted in Justice Aldrich’s court of battery committed on a prisoner he had arrested, made application in the Su- perior Court to-day for a writ of prohi- | bition restraining the Justice from pass- | ing sentence. His contention was that | Justice Aldrich was usurping the powers | of Police Judge, who, he claims, should | | have sole jurisdiction over offenses com- mitted within the city limits. While the court did not make a formal decision on the merits of the case, Its rulings on a | demurrer_offered by Aldrich’s counsel to Parmelee’s complaint indicate that he will permit the Justice Court to pass sen- | tence. Friends of the man whom Par- melee battered have caused charges to be filed with the Mayor and Council against the officer. It s thought Parmelee will resign, as this is the second time, he has been called upon to answer to a battery complaint. are DEEP OCEAN ANIMAL LIFE. It Will Be Studied by an Expedition | Under Professor Agassiz. {. June 12.—A special to the | s: W YO hington Profe niversity will be dis- | isco in August to first to Tahiti, > 3 nds, where the dges ith of five and a half been worked on the the water is three miles deep, and strange creatures unlike anything ever seen brcught up. T before have been rs of the Paumota ily, Fiji, Marshall, Ellice and Gilbert islands 'will be explored also. From Gilbert s the Albatross will return via Hawaiian Islands to San Francisco. The Is). - | PRINCESS IN AN ASYLUM. | Louise of Coburg to Remain in a Pri- vate Retreat. NEW YORK, June 12—A cable to ths Journal from Vienna says: Princess Lou- ise of Coburg was transferred to-day to Pierson’s famous asylum at Lindenhof, = ool Drowned in the San Joaquin. STOCKTON, June 12—G. B. Sola, a farmer residing on the Whittier tract, 1s drowned in the middle river branch the San Joaquin last night. The 1ing must have been accidental,” 10t witnessed, but th, that Sola tried to jump from Rl ior wermmet Soiata Yank to a small boat which near Dresden, ence, D i ncar Tis place and s the medical faculty and court doctors Gistance. He was a well-to-do young | having decided that she is weak minded | ody was fc | and irresponsible. Princess Louise's men- | tal debility is attributed by the medical | faculty to concussion of the brain, caused | years ago by a fall when she was moun- \in climbing, and to an attack of typhus which followe an and single. Th Another body w Bouldin Landing. It wa known man who was] t during th o| v night e | s Stewart Children Released. SEATTLE, June 12.—Superior Judge Ja- | cobs to-day ordered the release of Adele and Mabel Stewart, the two children ar- rested last Friday on the request of the California Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. They were ordered returned to their mother. | Stanford’s New Hall. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, June 12.— Ground was broken this afternoon for the erection of the new Hall of Natural Sci- ences at the university. The contracts for the stone work have been let to J. D. Mc- Gilvary and work will be hurried. |two eminent diplomats, | what | police | operate its cars to-morrow, but this is | | c | armed posse, who went down on a special THE PEACE CONFERENCE AND PROBABLE CONFLICT al Cable to The Call and the New York erald. Copyrighted, 15%, by James Gor- don Bennett. HE HAGUE, June 12.—I ques- tioned a member of the Peace Conference to-day as to what would oceur if during the confer- ence England were to take up arms agalnst the Transvaal. His re- ply was: “The question would be very difficult. England would certainly contend that it was her own business, the Transvaal being a vassal and her action against the Boers amounting to the simple quelling of an internal insurrection or rebellion. As, however, the Boers maintain they are an independent power, the conference would certainly offer friendly intervention and propose to act as arbiter.” The question is already being talked about in private conversation, the Eng- lish delegates alleging that the Trans- vaal matter is only a question between mother and child, but this would not ultimately prevent the Peace Confer- ence from believing it could not stand aloof and witness a bloody struggle silently without being ridiculous in the eyes of the world.” 1 had a long interview to-day with members of the Peace Conference. I gathered that the American proposal for rendering private property inviolable at sea s strongly supported by the Dutch dele- gates and most of the other countries. German however, is indifferent. France strongly opposes it. She ap- pears to think that in case of war with ingland, the possibility of which has Specls H | been shown by the Fashoda incident, the American scheme would rob her of her principal weapon against England. In case of a naval war it has always been the idea of the French to strike on every pojnt of England’s merchant marine and trade. They are not at all willing to relinquish for the future appears to them to be the best chance against the nation that the waves. It is quite certain also t Russia supports the French view, es pecially because she considers herself bound in duty to back her ally. The e of the American proposal, therefore, is ve uncertain, although Germany probably, in the end, will be found siding with the United States and England, which may possibly turn the scale. At present the whole attention of the conference is centered on the arbitra- tion question. It has falsely asserted that the arbitration scheme, as dis- cussed, ves arbitration optional. It is made compulsory in twelve specified cases, especially applying to interna- tional conflicts out of diffe ces of con- tention regarding the meaning of treat- ies. I have been able to read the Russlan proposition. It enacts that the con- ference will choose five powers to be called upon to arbitrate. Each will ap- point a judge, five constituting a court, to which two of each contending par- ties will be entitled to add a judge of its own appointment with the same right as the other judges. A permanent arbitration bureau, representing the five original arbitrating powers will be instituted, with headquarters at The Hague, the expense to be borne by all signatory powers in the same propor- tic for the existing international postoffice bureau. IN THE TRANSVAAL | ! ; ! I j i i | / \ N AN - NN | 2 \. \~‘\§ ‘\ 7]/ -l% N = \-Tv," \ L / B B B B o e R D e R R e SR = B R N S R R R R L SR R S S GENERAL LORD WOLSELEY. 2 B e e S e S SO ] of the faintest chance of success. Germany and both her Austrian and Italian allies are -strenuously opposed to it. The American delegates to-night is sued a manifesto to the effect that al- though the English proposals have been used as the basis of the arbitration dis cussion this does not mean the aban- donment of the Ame: will be presented by the Comite de Redaction, with their own draft, to the plenary sitting of the third commission and judged on its merits. The discussion as to furnishing the newspapers h abstracts of the pro- ceedings developed a remarkable scene M. Bernert, head of the Belgian delega- tion, on rising to speak, addressed M. de Staal, and in the most pointed man- LONDON, June 12.—Comman- der-in-Chief Lord Wolseley has been busy for several days and evenings at the War Office, pre- paring for possible eventualities in South Africa. The effective lists of the first-class reserve have been prepared and trans- portation for the First Army Corps has been provisionally ar- ranged. The officers on furlough have been warned to hold them- selves in readiness to return to their regiments. The general trend of news, however, is more pacific. R R R R R R e R R Rl I R R R e R g (A RArar A EasAca s P s ca i s S granted, as certain documents had On the other hand, it seems that all been published in the hope of a disarmament scheme in any ‘“Some of these documents, shape has been definitely relegated to ‘‘were stolen, I have heard, from M. the land of Utopia, even the timid sug- de Staal, but I cannot believe this, feeling sure that the visitors to the Ouddoelen Hotel are all far too honest to_stoop to that.” M. de Staal made no reply. gestion of delaying for five years any transformation or improvement in guns or war material in order to save ex- pense all round seems to be stripped L S S e S e O AR S A ] CARS CUARDED BY POLICEME Scenes of Wild Disorder at Cleveland. RSN Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 12—The at- tempt of the Big Consolidated Railroad Company to move its cars was to-da. tended by scenes of wild disorder in vari ous parts of the cit though nobody w hurt and very little d 'ars were run on two lines intervals, but without p. 1d mainly under the protection of nen. The principal work of the mobs, which were comiposed largely of idlers and spec- gers to blockade the tracks, in they were materially a by | accommodating drivers of trucks, to cut trolley wires and jeer at non-union men, | Occasfonally stones and pieces of mud were thrown, but nobody.was hurt. The strikers discouraged violence, but they st effective duty in inducing the non-union men to quit, and in this they were ted by several women, relatives of the strikers, who boarded the cars and | pleaded with the new men to leaye their positions. One of these women was pro- | did ma vided with money, and when argument falled she induced 'thg non-union men to quit by paying them. Many of the cars were left on the lines | deserted and were afterward picked up | by Inspectors and taken to the terminus. | The company says it has sufficient men to by the strikers. delg}lleedhfipnrmnl development of the day s the refusal of the company to let the State Board arbitrate the only question | involved—the recognition of the union. The strikers say they feel greatly en- | couraged and that they will be better pre- | pared than ever to resist the running of | cars when the attempt is resumed to- | orrow morning. r T KRON, Ohio, June 12—Unless the strike in Cleveland is ended inside of forty-eight hours it is believed the Akron, Bedford and Cleveland and the Akron Street Railroad employes will be called out on a sympathetic strike. These two Toads are owned and operated by the tame people in’ control of the Big Con- solidated at Cleveland. The A. B. and . ars are run only to the suburbs of Cleve- land and not info the city. TWO NEGROES LYNCHED BY THEIR OWN RACE Laborers at a Phosphate Mine Mete Out Punishment to Murderers. OCALA, Fla.,, June 12—Two negroes were lynched at Dunnelon last night by 2 mob of their own color. Some weeks ago Marsha! Payne was shot by a negro. Sat- urday the negro was captured and re- turnéd to Dunnelon, when it is supposed some negroes were employed to take him down the river and drown him. Sunday evening the laborers of the Dunnelon phosphate mine organized to mete out similar justice to those implicated. They succeeded in lynching two of the men and were only prevented from lynch- ing others by Sherif Nugent and an train from Ocala. The posse returned this morning and reported everything quiet. CHANLER AN INCOMPETENT. Supreme Court Declares Former Hus- band of Amelie Rives Insane. NEW YORK, June 12.—The Supreme Court has decided that John Armsirong Chanler is incompetent to manazge his own affairs. Mr. Chanler was the former husband of Amelle Rives. Proceedings were begun by Lewis 8. and Wintiarcp Chanler, brothers of John Armstrong Chanler, who allege that he is incapable of managing his own affairs. Chanler was not In court, his counsel saying that his condition {s such that he could not leave Bloomingdale asylum. | of { an attorney, give: BANCHERS FEL0 EADS N DEATH Parkfield Resident Slays His Neighbor. s g SEEK 10 CHECK RUSH TO MINES Prospectors Send False Reports. e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, June 12—A letter | to-day received by Dr. Victor Rendon this city from his brother, Pedro Rendon, scouts the idea that gold does not exist in the Sierra Pintada place L AN in Lower California. Rendon, who is | non oe"the agrair that reached this city instances where such | were to the effect that Gillett killed his victim when the latter was a quarter of a » away and was not aware that his life was in danger. This the slayer de- nies. He gave himself up to the authori- | tie alleging that he had taken the life of Jones in self-defense. The SALINAS, June 12 well-known 1z ern portion of Monter and killed John B. Jones, a iding in the south- “ounty, was shot ¥ his brother-in- The weapon used b, reports are contradicted b experience. In his letter Rendon says: Our company has received word from | a man who was sent down to the Sierr: Pintada fields by us yving that gold i there in paying quantities. This man. who is trustworthy, informed us that his son, twelve vears old, got 88 in gold dust in two hours’ work with his own hands. The dirt from which the $8 was obtained was dug and hed by the boy himself. Some persons who have come back from | the placer fields, say that there is not| nough gold there to work with profit. It is generally believed here that those who have brought back such reports are not miners of experience, but men who do not know how to go at the work properly. Again, some of them are miners who know their business but who do not want the fields overcrowded with newcomers, but want to profit for themselves. Som men, in order to keep persons from go- ing down there, are only too willing to spread discouraging reports. The steamer Saint Denis brought 492 ounces of gold dust to Ensenada on her | last trip. Some of this was consigned to our company and some to E. Romers, a merchant of Ensenada. Dr. Rendon, in explaining this, said it was customary for some of the min- | ers to consign their dust to the com- pany, which paid them the standard | amount for all that was shipped to them. General Andrade, the Mexican Con- sul in this eity, said that, in his opin- ion, the reports of Pedro Rendon could been brought to light, and the widow of the victim seems disposed to aid her sis- ter, the wife of the homicide, to shield Gillett. Gillett and Jones courted and married two sisters, daughters of William Murley a ploneer of this county. It has bee known for years that the two men wer bitter enemies, and the wife of Jone: avoid trouble with her brother-in-law, persuaded her husband to leave the Park- field district. They and lived near Santa Rita. Later, how- ever, Jones moved to Tuolumne County, where up to about three weeks ago he re- sided. Moving back to Parkfield, Jones took croperty adjoining the ranch The old feud which had slumbered broke out afresh on Sunday. At some place in the mountains the mem met to adjust their | difficulties amicably. They failed to ar- rive at a settlement, and once more parted enemies. Jones rode_homeward and Gil- lett to his abode. The latter remained only long enough to procure his rifle, and then started out to find Jones. When the two men met, according to the statement f Gillett, the quarrel was renewed, and to avold being killed himself Gillett shot first. Jones fell from his horse and ex- pired almost immediately. When he saw his_relative fall Gillett went to Parkfield be taken with as much confidence as|and surrendered to Constable Sloan to official reports. avoid possible violence from friends of | Jones. Upon reaching the scene of the murder the officers could find no trace of any vieapons carried by Jones, but it is med they discovered a place in the br where there were evidences of some one having been in hiding. The whole affair Is creating no end of excitement, and at the inquest to-morrow and_the preliminary examination on VWednesday it is expected there will be sersational developments. “The friends of Jores claim he was shot when riding un- armed up a lonely mountain trail, they threaten to avenge his death. The tamilies involved in the feud are among the most prominent in Southern Monterey Ccunty, where they have resided for many years. ¥ SHAH OF PERSIA INSANE. Has Hallucinations and Toys With the Telephone. LONDON, June 12—A dispatch to the Daily Graphic from Sebastopol says that a Cossack ex-officer who has just return- ed from Teheran, Persia, declares that the Shah is mentally and physically in- capacitated, and that he suffers halluci- nations. He finds his chief amusemen with telephones, which are Installe throughout the palace. Russian Admiral Arrives. NEW YORK, Juhe 12.—Admiral Iva- DEWEY STEPS ON LAND. SINGAPORE, June 12.—Admiral Dewey | landed to-day from the United States | cruiser Olympia, his flagship, to pay a visit to the Governor of the Straits Set- tlements, Lieutenant Colonel Sir C. B. H. Mitchell, at the Government House. was received with military honors. his return to the Olympia he was visited by the Governor. The admiral declined an invitation to stay at the Government House, preferring to stay quietly on board the cruiser. The admiral declines to be interviewed and refuses all Invitations to attend soclal functions. i e Indictments against Terrill. SAN JOSE, June 12.—The Grand Jury to-day returned indictments against Samuel B. Terrill, the attorney—three for forgery and one for embezzlement. These take the place of the four that were pre- viously found and which, on account of defects, were resubmitted. S McDonald Ill at Manila. ., WOODLAND, June 12.—Robert McDon- ald of this city, a private in the First California, is sick at Manila. Word comes from Washington that orders have been issued to transfer him to San Francisco. ‘Woodland’s Tennis Cracks. WOODLAND, June 12.—John Craig and Harry Porter of this city will enter the tennis tournament to be held at Wheat- land on Wednesday. Californians Graduate. WASHINGTON, June 12.—Among the graduates of Georgetown Law College to- night were W. T. S8herman Doyle of San Francisco and R. P. Troy of San Rafael. senger on the French Line steamer La Touraine, which arrived - to-day from Havre. He will return to Russia by way of San Francisco. Bland’s Improved Condition. LEBANON, Mo., June 12.—Mr. Bland's cocrdition to-night is encouraging. His pulse is stronger than for several days and he has taken more nourishment than during any day since his collapse, ten days 2go. can plan, which | ner said that publicity might as well | facts regarding the Killing have not vet | came to this section | of his | rother-in-law and just across a creek. | shintzoff of the Russian navy was a pas- | WAGING WAR ON SUNDAY CONCERTS Reform Attempted at Sacramento. CHURCH-GOERS ARE DIVIDED | MANY NOT IN SYMPATHY WITH THE MOVE. Rev. Mr. Miel of St. Paul’s Declares in Favor of the Sabbath Even- ing Recreation Acorded the Populace. it Special Dispatch to The Call. of years past one of the chief amusements of the public of Sacramento during the summer months has been the open-air concerts at the plaza, and the most pop- ular of these concerts have been those held on Sunday evenings. Now and then there has been expressed some opposition to these concerts on the part of certain churches, but they were held from year to year mevertheless, and continued grow steadily in public favor. Not until this year has the antagonism assumed importance, and there is prospect for some lively times before music in voluptuous swell again floats through the plaza palm branches while church bells are tinkling on the evening breeze. Last night Rev. S. J. Carroll, pastor of the Sixth-street Methodist Church, deliv- ered a sermon in which he denounced the Sunday evening concerts as promoters of immorality and as inimical to the churches. He protested against the ap- propriation of public funds to aid them and at the eonclusion of his address a series of resolutions were adopted by the congregation calling upon the Board of Trustees to refuse the use of the public plaza for the concerts. Stubborn as is the opposition on the part of Rev. Mr. it is not shared apparently by all the | churchgoers of the city. Yesterday a peti- tion wi nt to each of the churches for the signatures of those rgembers who | | were willing to protest agaifist the Sunday night concerts, St. Paul's Episcopal | | Church is one of the largest and most in. | fluential religious organizations in Sacra- mento. At three separate services yester- | day the Tector, Rev. C. L. Miel, presented | the petition, remarking that while per-| | sonall in concerts, favor of the Sunday evening he belleved that the members portunity to express their individual views. As a result of the presentation of the petition at these three services only signature was obtained. ht Rev. C. L. Miel in an interview s belief that the of- h the opponents of the con- | ferses of whi | certs complained could not be regulated | by legislation or by other method than the X se of parental authorit H sserts on several occasions, after his , attended the ncerts at and found there well-beha ages of people, who seemed to be njoying the music and the fresh air. Rev. Mr. Miel gives utterances to these inter- ink that statute law should ever be substituted for the great law of freedom of conscience ;me predict, that this in a corrupt country, hecoming an inc do not share thi | not ., Godless p if it be true it | S e printed on Sunda ause its boats and train: are not locked in their docks or she crder of the Legislature on Sunds because the workingman is become for a few hours a re Sunday. but be Christians are selfish, narrow. because 50 many prefer pleasure to duty, and gain to homor; bevause so many lgve their party more than their church, their church more than Christianity, their per- sopal opinions more than the truth, and selves more than all else besides. These are the things that corrupt and rot a nation. But the honest labor and its reward and medicine, the proper, wholesome recreation of its citizens—these are not the things that corrupt or rot a nation.” A delegation of peared before the City and urged that bod money for the Sunday concerts, nor to al- low the use of the Plaza for the purpose. The board allowed the concert commit- tee to use the Plaza during the summer months, without designating the day and appropriated $150 with the provision that it should be uskd only for mid- week concerts. This arrangement | satisfactory to the committee, which e o raise enough money by popul ption for the Sunday night events LANDMANN’S SLAYER ting man on Trust not to appropriate ects t subseri PARTICIPANTS IN THE MELEE GIVE TESTIMONY. Their Statements Conflict and the Po- lice Are in the Dark—Detective Cody Seeks a Witness. George F. Trueworthy, James Monahan Frank Bush and William Sampson, th young men who were engaged in the row on Sunday evening which resulted in the death of John Landmann, were taken be- each gave his version of the fight, as w. told in The Call of Monday morning. | Their statements conflicted, each prison- er making an effort to shield the other from blame. The only important state- ment made was that of young Monahan, who still sticks to the assertion that he gave the knife to “Hunkers” Trueworthy. Trueworthy was shown the knife found after the struggle and swore that he had never seen it before. The police are of the opinion that the weapon used in the affray was secreted immediately after the killing of Landmann. According to True- worthy, he and Bush were mixed up with Landmann at different times during the fight. It will therefore be impossible to ascertain who was the knife-wielder. Several other witnesses to the _affair | were examined, but information of little | value was elicited. Detective Charles Cody is energetically working on the case. He is looking for a witness who has not as yet come forward. The young men are still in prison. They will ap- pear at_the Coroner's inquest this morn- ing and may tell what they know of Landmann’s death. R LIGHTNING TRANSFORMATION. Farmer John Hickey Meets a Bunko Man and Now Wears 01d Clothes. Johy Hickey, a middle-aged man who has just arrived from the country, ran athwart a clever bunko man yesterday and last night he went to police head- quarters with his troubles. Hickey, who had been drinking all morning, met a stranger in a saloon at the corner of Clay and Polk streets, and together they started out to see the sights. The affable stranger told Hickey he was a brother of a_prominent officer of the First California Volunteers. They had many drinks to- gether and the liquor soon began to over- power Hickey. The stranger suggested that he hire a room in a lodging house at 1522 Polk street. Both men went to the room and when Hickey woke up about 5:30 last evenin | he found that the stranger had relleve§ him of $45 and some small change and his new suit-of clothes. The bunko man was thoughtful enough to leave Hickey his discarded suit, and as Hickey was a much | bigger man than the bunko-steerer, he presented a Sorry appearance when he walked into pollce headquarters last night to report the matter. — e — Yacht Club Property Sold. SAN RAFAEL, June 12—The property of the Pacific Yacht Club at Sausalito was sold to-day at public auction to A. B. Spreckels for $15,02. The auction took ace under a decree of foreclosure on a rustees’ deed, and of the judgment remains unsatisfied. SACRAMENTO, June 12.—For a number | to | arroll and his congregation, | | of his congregation should. have the op-| | X IS YET UNDISCOVERED | SOON TO START “FOR THE ISTHMUS Canal Commission Not Disposed to Delay. & [ITS WORK TO BE HURRIED St | WILL REPORT TO CONGRESS BY | JANUARY 1. —_— | Civil Engineer Haupt to Lose His { Place Unless He Disavows Interviews Credited to Him. = Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, ‘Washington, June 12. | Admiral Walker, chairman of the | new Nicaraguan Canal Commission, | has called a meeting of the commis- | sion for next Thursday, June 15, when, | it is expected, the question whether the Commissioners shall proceed at once to Central America and begin the work in hand, or delay until the yel- |low fever season has passed, will be decided. It is believed the start from New York will be made by July 1, or before. It is said the commission will endeavor to finish its work in time to report to Congress by January 1 next. Unle: Civil Engin Lewis Haupt disavows the authenticity of published views credited to him, his resignation | as a member of the Isthmian Commis- sion will be asked for and the vacancy filled by the appointment of another engineer. < Notice has been taken by | the President of the interview with Mr. Haupt, and it has been called to his attention with the request that he at once inform the President of its cor- rectness. This action is due to the earnest de- sire of the Chief Executive that a com- mission shall be organized which will make a fair and impartial investigation | and submit an unbiased report. If Mr. Haupt is already classed in favor of the Nicaragua canal, as the statements at- tributed to him would seem to show and so strongly opposed to the Panama waterway, it is apparent that his re- tention on the commission, now that his views are known to the adminis- tration and the public generally would injure the value of its report. For this reason the President has been con- strained %o ask Mr. Haupt for an ex- | planation. The friends of Mr. Haupt here are | confident that the views attributed to him are substantially correct, as it is | sald he has talked in much the same | way to them. His removal from the commission will mean a distinct loss th Nicaragua element, in view of his Ni attitude. | Acquitted of the Fountain Murder. | HILLSBORO June 12.—Oliver Lee and James Gillila ere acquitted | of the murder of Henry Fountain, the | son of Colonel A. J. Fountain, shortly | after midnight. The jury was closeted | but seven minutes. | To Nurse Returning Volunteers. WASHINGTON, J 12.—Miss Anita McGee has sent twenty additional female nurses to the general hospital at San Francisco to e for volunteers upon their return. This makes a total of forty- seven nur: at this hospital. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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