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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1899 WHEELE ONE BALLOT DECIOES. THE LONG STRUGGLE Thousand a Year. —— MUSING PERSONAL INSULT T WAS RESENTED IN OPEN SION BY H. S. FOOTE. ° Regents Impose a Tax on Stu- dents to Bridge Over the Deficit in the Budget. ANTTA jucators & t the Uni that wouid come 6060 per annum will ral years to th man time ture, der to looking would as ght that his experi- the biggest boa amount t at t for the president’s fix the comp ation rected the attention of agraph First—With- r comment, the ¥ y of the wth o d the great to direct dent sction year. the 'sel W per tecl rannot less t iversity $10.000 by the nis: Kellogg, Miller, Barnes, position provoked an discussion, mittee ed that year fees loma fee dig regarded the whole scheme ift—a burd L the . In to the stu- e 1 the tax. roclaimed his opposition t Regent Slack sald the students were ply invited to help out the university. Judge Wallace left the chair to make a +peech opposing the scheme. He opposed 'e principle of calling upon students to money for education which the State mised should be free. He calle to 4 that the proposition had been voted own by the regents because it was wrong principle. e asserted that behind the niversity was the wealth of the State the moral sentiment of the common- wealth In favor of free education, “The ELECTED PRESIENT | @ D g SEURS SO o | ~. B Ao SRS S OF THE UNIVERSITY S I A SR SRS . ‘e [ R P . we were s incid Kellogg sp F o £ and th the adv d sposition Tout in publie i yfessor Gayley ent of the board forts to ere outlined wus mentioned ) calls his cou to In a splendid outburst, saild to his colleagues on the the members of this Board propose to di : o his cousin’ insinuat my cousin as a good deal of plai Foote. The fact ifying the atrocity of the Gayl | )n that the blood of Henry Win- | Davis and George V hington | coursed through the veins of Foote and | he regent ked _a_per: 1 r that the promotion of Mr. Syie should be granted. John E. Budd testified to the ex- ginal work performed by Pro- Syle. He recognized that certain S in the faculty were hostile to g professor. Hallldie sought to smooth mat- ters, but rendered affairs worse. He said: | “It is something entirely new for one re- gent to ask another to render him a per- sonal favor, especlally a favor agunst the recommendation of the president. Every man must feel the sense of drli- caay in the situation. T have that feellng and entertain the highest regard for Re- gent Foote, but I shall look to the prin- ciple involved. 1 think Regent Foote is | mlstaken in his course.” | Regent Foote addressed Regent Halli- | aje in a tone of mingled wrath and cour- tesy, the tone of courtesy dominating: “T withdraw the personal request I do not ask you to vote to st Mr. gent to promote oclate profes affirmative w foote, Barr ic, Budd and v The motion vle to the gr: s voting Deniclce, teinstein, Rodger: lace There was some talk of T sor Heaton’s salary was discovered that F ree hours a week rease his salary some degree of fave referred. In the discussion of the bud Foote disclosed the fact that a clique of | professors jealous of the fame which enry Ardiev is acquiring in the line of “hemed against him of his salary from Profes- $1200. Tt working osition t, Mr. 1d secured a reductio 100 to $1 It was sald that the purpose ¢ the jealous professors was to down Ardley fo the new pr dent should note the work of the art department rdley case was referred for inves tic Judge Slack suggested a reference to the | committee In order to secure readjust- ment in the laries of Professo: alaries were in | a vacancy on the Wilmer ymmittee. The budget w | The event of the 2 1 ture of the session. When the chairman unced, “Blection of president is in r.”’ Regent Reinstein suggested in view of the absence of Governor Gage and Mrs, Hearst, and the fact that General hes had just taken his place in the | board, a Jay should be set apart for the election of president Arthur Rodgers objected, citing the cir- cumstances that Governor Gage had slgni- fled a determination not to participate in the election. A telegram was read show- to | * e | | ing that Mrs. Hearst's absence would be | 40 Do b ebedetede Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Unanimously Elected President of the University of California. the ground that he'was prevented from expressing an opinion, Regent Foote moved that the cholce of | Dr. Wheeler be made unanimons. The mo- tlon carricd and a committee was ap- pointed 10 notify Dr. Wheeler of his elec- tion, Prior to the dis v * < ussion a_motion made Regent Rodgers to go into executive © | session’ was defeated. General Barne ¢! rfll d with the majority for an open ses- | ston, o | WHEELER GETS THE NEWS As He Was Not a Candidate He Was Much Surprised. TDEHACA, N E Yo @ June 1 Benjamin Ide Wheeler of Cornell was in- | terviewed to-night regarding his ‘election as president of the University of Califor- {nia. He was much surprised when he @ | heard it, as no word had reached him of # | the appointment up 1o 11 o'clock to-night. o| Hesald: “As I was not a candidate for | the position in the first place the matter ¢ | had almost passed out of my mind. € | one occasion of my visit to the institution 4 | some time ago I had an opportunity to ° R s ¢ | learn the condition of affairs. I told the 3 s at that time that I could not ! scepting the presidency unles: @ | every one concerned was perfectly wiliing 4 | to have me come there, and there were & | other things which I thought ought to be { | fixed up. Since then 1 have heard noth- ing definite from the authorities and do © | not know how matters stand now | “Would you accept the position if ‘it | were offered_vou now?". was asked. © | I should have to look into the matter 3 I do not know whether affair: arranged, and as 1 should lik @ | to have the position of honor, which one ¢ | could not well despise, I must wait to I <omething more definite from head- © quarters.” . is the general opinion among mem- | of the faculty that Professor @ | Wheeler will g0 to the new position. It is & | known that he named i & | under which would appointment. One * »d, was that the entire y of the ® resign in _order to ad- in_that body. Whether uthorities of the Western instituticn ve conformed to this condition is not known at rneil to-night HEALTH OFFICERS' SUIT. Judge Hunt Intimates That They . 25 Cannot Hold Their Positions. o | Next week Judge Hunt will declde whether or not the minor officfals of the @ Board of Health appointed during the last administration are statutory office and hold for four years or whether they are simply holding by virtue of appoint- ment and may be dismissed at the pleas- prolonged. It was intimated t Mrs. | ire of the appointing power. esterd not desire to partieipate in th action of the fifteen officials, to re the new board from dismis to postpone was lost by came up before Judge Hunt in t 7 of a motion to dis presented the name ¢ n heretofore issue dent of the Nevada | board from removing the petition: tribute was paid to | further order of court. cter and scholarly attainments| _The new board was represented by C Regent Foote read from v and W. M. Madden, witl pecch setting forth the | nerney as counsel by < observed s attorney of the ol bs was at- represented the pet anu sought to dissolve. e yund that Princeton President fessor Stryker, Har ed to these men The first two on ident Hyde of Bowdoi Professor Wheeler of Cors ery instance ond re two © was reqiest nmend but t 1 as men posses: attainments of exceptional a ¢ 1 offers of $10.000 a also spoken o ment of the aristocrat and democrat.” In conclusion Mr. Rodgers sald he vited Dr. Wheeler to come here. At the request of Regent Houghton doo- | Mic! ear. Dr. Wheeler | “splendid embodi- ield had erred in issuin ir Judge Dainge motion. fifteen T to be statutory « pointive: that the seve > claim t they ply employes time; a dissolution ion wa - asked half of the rers 1s not in tion of to declare t places vacant t others to fill them. When as submitted Judge Hunt said would ¢ it early next week « he 1 the points raised h e in the Kate Ken- dy and P. cases, in which i was held t F ng power had his | the power vi the et & FAGEN’'S CLUB MEETS. Democratic clubs have heen or- ed. | the Forty-third Assembly Dis- | There's the P« Ashe Clab, in nds of the Buckleyites: another in inds of the Phel one presided over which d a third— Napoleon™ by £ ms to wes 1t in the country. He is a ollowe his sermons powerful “the whole thing, ler came out here last m met 1 ight at n opportunity of s ’ 1sh street, in weekly s it in the pl for our of honer Tom Conboy jot- i ted dowr dings n new He ‘was born in| members signed the roll, t trolling \d his father is a Bap-| ans pl agtime selections and 2 5 Waller introduced a resolution in- not allude to the fact| gorsing Mayor FPaelan. In doing so he Jeftries, the champion | gesured his fellow-members that he . 15 likewls son ing them no “bull con” and st clergyman, but the no gold bricks. The nd adopted the resolut s aid read letter from | Short spee were me by Sam Wi ‘Adams of the University of and Captain Krimford, and before whereln Dr, Wheeler 15 sp journing it was voted to hold a high jinks g teacher and a gr meeting next Friday night at the same ty affairs, who has de- | place, tor R. Porter Ashe being down for a speech. Z P The Situation ‘ At Manila is grave and the News Let- ter tells about it. The protective tariff in- uments were read In which BAwin M. | poeirio axrioaoy o EREY e andfgham o Delaware. was ioom: | =GSt 8 CXRIDICE aiid parsilels drawn mended. Dr. V. of com- | between mobs north and south. e manding presence, rs of age, 6 feet | embarrassing mistake of a wheelman 3 inches in height, dark and slenc | in the Park, and doings In the Yosemite Regent Reinstein, sparring for time, | Valley are touched up by ‘“‘Sparks.” wanted every candidate's recommenda- | he history of a bathing gown: three who wanted to go % ore 3 g i own Crier; interesting criticisms of ballot. 1on to defer the choice until an-| “The Turtle” and other shows; mis- cellaneous original matter and plate other time was defeated and the vote was | taken. When the roll was called each re- | No. 7 colored photo-chromatic park gent, as his name was spoken, voted for | pictures thake up this week's News fhe man of his choice. The' ballot re-1 [ atter. sulte: | SRR T A For Benjamin Ide Wheeler—Re- | Landsmann Murder Case. gents Kirk, Denicke, Kellogg, Budd, | Geo A. Trueworthy was instrueted Hallidie, Miller, Barnes, Roweil, Slack, Wallace—il. For William Cary Jones—Regent | Pardee. For Dr. J. E. Stubbs—Regent Foote. Vallandigham — Regent For Dr. Houghton. Regent Reinstein declined to vote . : ? ! @ 1 5¢ ¢ ¢ ! ! ! ! i L e S s e o Rodgers, and arraigned by Judge Graham yester- | on the charge of murdering John { dsmann last_ Sunday night. Jame: aghan and Frank Bush were heid | accessories. The case was by consent | continued till next Tuesday. e Justin McCarthy hes a character study of Pope Leo XIII in next Sun- day's Call. on (From a Photograph of on | | B B e e B B B O B e S OR SC LOSS OF THE AMERICAN SHIP JOHN B, KELLY Was Driven Ashore in Port Stanley. — | MANY NEW VESSELS BUILDING e TWO STEEL BARKENTINES AND A BARK UNDER WAY. el A Teamster Run Over and Badly In- jured by an Electric Car—Four- Masted Schooner Hono- lulu Overdue. e The American ship John R. Kelly is | ashore on the Falkland Islands and will probably be a total loss. A cablegram to the Merchants' Exchange gives the bare fact that she was hard ashore at Port Stanley and that the chances of saving elther the vessel or cargo were very slight. The belief among shipping men is that the Kelly was disabled in a storm off Cape Horn and that Captain Chapman was making for Port Stanley to repair damages. It is a very dangerous place to enter and the chances are that something gave way at a critical moment and the ship went ashore. The John R. Kelly left New York for San Francisco on March 15 last. She wrried the following cargo, valued at ),000, all consigned to San Francisco chants: 200 tons No. arrels iron 1 Tonow asters, &9 If a barrel hardwa barrels iron to his house and reappeared with a rifle, | Almediot and attempted to EAin the sholfer of TIRTE ™ large tree ahead of the trespassing party. ||| or advice H:Alrn” Inrr]vrt])tl HH(]H)\] I;; drop his gun, and Hilton demanded that the invaders W = ‘ retire. As Hilton was about to be- PAY HEN CUR {hind the tree the accused fired, killing Patients arrange to pay i cured, in monthly or castings, L Darrel stov welded blue I cases b rble, 193 pa 100 ¢ Dipe cases bull al ages, re ges, 1 barrel whit 1 els stamped ware, 40 ba 16 channels, steel rails, holts, 169 boxes splice Ju- 6 bundles ok, 4 crat 10 1 paste; cases valentines, 1352 steel vitch parts 15 boxes swi tin lles switch parts, 1 cases empty wire 3 coils fine 4 barrels iron 9 s wroughtiron pipe, . 200 barrels plaster, 39 crucibles, § barrels black ges ship chandlery, 48 car wheels, s {ron pipe fittings, 61 boxes : nge boile: 5 barrels hardware, xes 1 by picks, boxes picks casks kegs nall: bundle: arrels 1 keg iron pi wroughtiro condensed vine - wroughtiron pir fittin bundl pip bund engths’ 1064 pleces, : water pipe and fittings, | hardware, ¢ barrels 1 box ¢ cat choppers, 10 chandl rpet s bar- atic 1ly was part owned The firm of James F. . has owned an interest i she was launched at Ba She was built by G Saw out a ft sailed feet 9 inches long, 8 inches deep and Her mar ow Kell and . Dimond in 1 and er the wa as ' fec burden. e s John valued her ) was consigned s distributing agents and the ship s F. Chapman & Co. The cargo s insured and the vessel Is not, but as the Kelley has been a_very lucky ship she has probably paid for herself twice over during her lifetime. i The four-masted steel schooner Hono- lulu {s making a very long passage from the Hawailan Island She is now out thirty-three davs from Honolulu venteen and nineteen days have long runs of late people are wondering what has become of the crack schooner, The chances are that Captain Thonagel nd a has got aw; up north and cannot get down again.” For weeks the prevailing | winds have been northwest, and the chooner would fight her way north in der to run down to San Francisco. Now the wind has been from the opposite di- rection for several days and the schooner is probably fighting her back again. Captaln Thonagel {s more than anxious to reach San Franclsco, for as soon as he arrives and enters his ship he is to start for Scotland. The people who own the Honolulu, Hawallan Isle, John Ena and half a dozen other vessels, are contracting in Scotland for two four-masted barken- tines, and Captain Thonagel is going to superintend the buflding of them, The new vessels are being bullt for the Australian_trade. Captain Thonagel is not the only ship- master who IS going to superintend the building of a new ship, however. Captain Dubel of the four-masted schooner Aloha is going to Bath, Me, to look after the butlding of an American steel bark. She will be American from truck to keelson, and will be buflt for speed combined with San e ale S alm aie o ) . ! 1 | % e SEOSSSECRS SIORY S aChn S SRCES SRS SOl SiCRs SaCis it THE AMERICAN SHIP JOHN an 0il Painting. R. KELLY. ) cases chalk, | n | been | a good carrying capacity. She is for the sugar trade. The steamer Celia returned to port ves- terday affer an absence of two vears in Central American waters. She was un- der charter to the San Francisco Bridge Company, which concern had & number of | contracts'in Guatemala and San Salvador. | The vessel now requires an overhauling, | | and has come home for repairs. She | brings from Panama a cargo of 22,000 feet of mahogany. Off Manzanillo the steamer | was caught in a heavy gale and while bucking it she ran short of coal and had to put into San Diego for a new supply. | The O. and O. Company’s steamer Doric | sail for the Orient to-d. Among her | passengers will be ex-United States shal Barry Baldwin and family, who are going to Manila; Katherine Gray, the actress, and Mrs F. P. Burke, the wife | of a New York millionaire. G. Amadure, a teamster for the King- Morse Canning Company, wWas injured by | an electric car vesterday morning. Ama dure was driving his team along t street and was crossing that street near igsslon when the car came along. and triking the wagon threw the teamster be- | tween the wagon and the motor. Amadure | was removed to the Harbor Hospital, where it was found that he had a com- pound fracture of the right leg and had also sustained internal injuries. Amadure | claims that he could not get his wagon | out of the way in time, as the car was golng at a high rate of speed THE RIGHT TO KILL. Supreme Justices Differ Upon a Los | Angeles Homicide Case. J. 1. Harris and George Cardwell were | convicted in the Superior Court of Los Angeles of the crime of manslaughter for killing John W. Hilton. They appealed to the Supreme Court from the judgment | and order denying a new trial, but with- | | out avail, although Chief Justice Beatty | | considered that they should have a new | | trial. The opinions of the other six Jus- tices and Justice Beatty are of interest, | especially to gun fighters. | Hilton closed a road across his premis by erecting a wire fence. Hls neighbo arris and Cardwell, claimed the right to ADVERTISEMENT: T BL00D POISIN, Contracted or Inherited, at Any Stage, and All Diseases and Weakness of Men PERIAENTLY CURED { travel on the road, and the ill feeling DR, MEYF { Which arose caused Hilton tb inform them skilled ‘and | he would kill them if they attempted to | ists In America use the old road. The two defendants, ||| chronic and com armed with a shotgun and rifle, a third shortest pc man driving the team, started o travel bility in | over the forbidden highway. They cut the | || Injuriou; wires. and when Hilton saw them he went lants ever used The two men insisted that the evidence installm | in the lower court showed a case of justi- | HOME Meyers & Co, fiable homictde. The higher court did not | [| cure and rest at many men consider the case as to the right of way ||| &Very L T EREI . | | over the road, but sald: “The jury had || ferers who i the right to say that at this time (when M o oA the three armed men met) they all stood e b e upon common ground, gnd that the light R i of the law shone upon #ll allke. An overt . || act at this eritical perfod was bound to n cause a tragedy: and the jury was jusi- 1| Al Correspondence Confidential, | fled in saving under the law and upon the facts that the defendants should not | have fired the fatal shots. il ‘ Justice Beatty, in dissenting, places the cise in an altogether aiffcrent light. He || . * | recites that the road in qu tion had been i in common use by those ing up the || 731 MARKET ST., S. F. valley for many years: that under the ake Elcyaton to Thizd Eloor) | circumstances the farmers had no means | | of taking their produce to market or | getting supplies to their familles while || | the old road was closed They had a clear || Tight to travel the old road. Having be ] 2 ¥ =il tola by Hilton that he would kil them : ze== = E = if they attempted to exercise that right they did what was proper and manly in carrying_arms_when traveling on tha rcad. When they saw Hilton leave | field ‘ana procure his rifle, they naturally supposed that he Intended to carry out his threat and to believe that Hilton's at- tempt_to reach the oak tree was to place himself so that he could shoot and stil] be protected from injury. As Hilton had a bad reputation, the accused need expect but little merey and were justified in their plea of self defense. Justice Beatty con- | siders that Harrls and Cardwell should be granted a new trial. | GUNS Ffi()M SANTIAGO FOR SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT GRANTS S. S. CHAS. NELSON SHAFTER'S REQUEST. | ANDERSON, Master. | Sailing on TUESDAY. June 20th, Mayor Phelan Will Receive for the ~ at4 p.m., from Mission-st. 5 Wharf No. L. City the Historic Trophy of For passage and rates of freight apply to American Valor. : ‘THE ALASKA EXPLORATION COMPANY 139 POST ST., S. F. Cape Nome, Golovin, St. Michael, Dawson, ' AND ALL POINTS ON YUKON RIVER. The Elegant Commodious General Shafter will receive in a short | time two historic captured gune, which | he brought from Santiago after the cam- | paign. He is in receipt of a letter from the War Department granting his quest. One of the guns has been | sented to the city Mayor Phelan expressed his thank General Sh he would ac nnon with great satisfaction and see that it was properly | | mounted in one of the parks. As the gen- eral has expressed high appreciation of | the work of the Native Sons in raising a | fund for the decoration of the soldiers | who volunteered in California, it is ex- pected that the Native Sons will assist |the Mayor in receiving the gift with | proper ceremony. The following is the | | letter that General Shafter transmitted to | the Mayor: | WAR DEPARTMENT. | Office of the Secretary. WASHINGTON, June 2, 18 | Major General Willlam R. Shatter, San Francisco, Cal—My Dear General: The Secretary to-day gave directions to the Ordnance Department to ship to you two of the guns you brought from Santiago, being those you asked for, Nos. 3 and 6 on pr to v and sald that HoTELEMPIRE BROADWAY (formerly Boulevard) f\l‘;‘Hr.lLSf‘._“"{{L‘é‘“n‘g*mi"::»e‘; N, 31 e Fomie And 63d STREET, NEW YORK CITY. Prince de Conde Tt s his expoctation of | FURNISHED IN A BEAUTIFUL AND that one of them will be placed in “gco and one in Los Angeles, as I regret there has been so but there have been so many | NOTED FOR THE EXCELLENCE e OF ITS CUISINE AND until to-day. Very eincerely yours, | SERVICE. — . | ACCESSIBLE MODERN el b s FIREPROOF. Pacific Mail Steamship Jompany and | ,. .xtensive library of choice literature has Mayor Phelan Make Handsome | sust been added. Contributions. ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS EVERY EVENING. The California volunteer medal fund| pelighttully and Conventently Located, within was augmented yesterday by contribu- | ten minutes of the Amusement and Shopping tions amounting to over $1000. The total | Centers. sum now ~n hand i about $270. The RATES MODERATE. lateeat Sconlcliulors) vemterdnyiwers (el o e FE e Dinen Faciic Mall Steamship “Company~ and Mayor elan, in each instance the con- te for our book, ““The Emplre Illustrated,”™ tribution mad¢ heing $500. Mayor Pheian e other particams: | receive e following letter along with | : the check from the Pacific Mail Steamship | W. JOHNSON QUINK, Pro rietor, Company: HOMELIKE MANNER. MAKE FERFECT MEN 0 NOT DESPAIR ! Do notSuf: for Longer! The joys and ambitions of Iife can be restored to N FRANCISCO, June 16, 1899 Hon. James D. Phelan, Chalrman California Volunteer Medal Fund, City—Dear Sir: It gives the Pacific Mail Steamship Company a great deal of pleasure to forward you the en- Closed check for $300 as a donation to the | yorsteaseso! Nervous Debliity are CaliforniaVolunteer Medal Fund from the | TABLETS. Giveprompt relief ton- steamship City of Peking, the steamer which carrfed the first volunteer resiment to Ma- and the waste omnia, 1ailin O it NIta) pomsrstncured by nand drain of vit: nila. Yours truly R. P. SCHWERIN, _ indiscretions or excesses of ear:: ; Vice President and General Manager. | Impart vigor and potency to every fune- cheel nd lus the eyes of oung or old. The Charter Suit. Oneide box renews vital 6 boxes at 7 2,50 A complete guarante or money re- xt Wednesday morning Judge HM!-},nndrdv Can be \’r:‘md 3 ‘c-- rnork‘:!‘,hslold' officers to determine whether or not they | may hold four years, the charter notwith- standing. Attorney George D. Collins, | who represents the officials, was anxious to go to trial yesterd but City and County Attorney Lane demanded a con- tinuance. Counsel finally agreed to let the case go over till Wednesday, with the understanding that a further continuance would not be demanded 1 —_——— Henry C. Lathrop’s Estate. | The inventory and appraisement of the estate of Henry Clay Lathrop was filed | vesterday. E. A. Leigh, Joseph L. King and Captain Martin White, the apprais- ers, place the value of the estate at $109,- 401 22. The largest items are 1000 shares | of the capital stock of the Market-street | Railway Company, valued at $60,000, and | certified checks on the Nevada Bank amounting to $15,400. 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