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o THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, ATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1900. ENORMOUS FEES FOR EXECUTORS Nearly a Half Million Dollars Paid to Two Men by the Pull- man Estate. ™ CHICAGO, Jan g the of George servt T in the Probate Court. £ This s said ¢ g . £ swd 3 + was asked b = £ st Mrs. Pullm > £ ence Pu o that 1t w ?; widow's aw e erection of a mo of e husband. It was 4 ’ ! accounting of the £ 1o be made next week. It is said that the est S ssom 3 OO0 SOOI OO0 NEWS OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA First Page. Continued fr £troyed it, the final repairs being made in 3 fon for the sortie. t e armored train, ikiss guns, under ook up po- es. Cap-| Bentinck and a squad- the left, while wing was occupied by wwera and a gal- Cape Police, the Colonel Hore. rown up during g to atfack at e to desist upon tooting from the armored train. eak the guns opened fire and the reply from the enemy, e thé signal to ce, his squadron r men engaged the position with fire it was soon found that the f the fort was greater tha remarkable Sandford and Patton and Scout ns e fort “But pothing living could exist thére nce the ground was swept by Mauser d Martini bullets. The men who charged throug! bly, flicers to capture nty men lost their lives. -Cap- the first to fall and v twice wounded, . were kilied at the &nd Lieutenant Pa foot of the hese two officers, climbing a ditek ich surrounded the fort, thrust olvers through the to be shot them- next moment. is surrounded with scrub, which contained many sharpshooters, and acy of fire confused ‘he men foliowed Captain Vers 2d his brother officers nmanders they t, but they e fort at others. position of the Boers, bowever, almost impregnabie. “When der cover of the armored 3 n had been wounded sion of hostilities occurred es of the Red Cross. The tion was at once mercy and it were sc: a short radius of the for surrounded it and & we st completely 10t been so ex- tected we should ambulance to Game- elf is circular, with a narrow frontage, be- seven feet high, pf a loopholes and sur- assist in dressing of which appear- by explosive bul- ry being smail, but covering a wide re- le the wounded were being at- umbers o el their red around us. the dressing I spoke to ttered and dirty but physically injury fine men. Many of them were undersized and all wore beards. They referred me to the field cornet, who denied the use of explosive bullets. On being shown the horribie wounds, he admitted that at une time explosive bul had been served out, but he sald he was certain they Lad all been previously expended, and that none could have been used on this seca- | sion. He then produced a bandolier filled with dumdums, and I pointed out that as far as Mafeking was concerned these had been recalled. “Later on I called the attention of the fleid cornet to four of his own men who | were rifing dead bodies. He expressed his regret to a British officer that, despite his instructions to respect the dead, the younger Boers were unruly and beyond his control, and he accused the British soldiers of stripping General Kock and Jeaving him naked and wounded on the field, thus indirectly causing his death.” The dent then describes a ecene of angry recrimination between the field cornet and the Boers regarding the existence of about robbing the dead and also about the facts themsely: some of the asserting that they only took arms, despite the arrival at that very moment of the bodies of five British, under Boer escort, with the pockets of their uniforms turned inside out. He goes on to sa “Some of the British wounded flatly ac- cused the Boers of stealing their money, rings and other valuables. We had great difficulty in getting permission to use the armored train to remove our wounded We believe that spies carried the news of our contemplated sortie to the Boers. The field cornet admitted that he was rein- forced during the night by 100 mounted | men and acknowledged withdrawing his guns.” correspc Boers ——— ANTI-BRITISH FEELING GROWS AMONG GERMANS BERLIN, Jan. 5—The seizure of the | Bundesrath remains the dominant topic of the German press. Influential papers like the Berliner Tageblatt, Cologne Volks Zeitung, Berliner Neuste Nachrichten, Hamburger Correspondenz and the semi- official Berliner Post strongly hint at the possibility of Germany’s forming an anti- British coalition with Russia and France. | The anti-British feeling is clearly grow- | Ing. A series of anti-British demonstra- tions In the various cities is being organ- ized bv the Pan-Germanic League. A prominent official of the German For- —Robert T. Limcoln and Norman B. Ream, executors of M. Pullman, were to-day alloted as compensation for es the sum of $425000. The order was entered by Judge Batten ) be the largest amount in fees ever allowed executors of d by the Probate Court here. The compeneation was agreed approval of Mrs. Harriet Sanger Pullman, the widow, en and the other residuary legatees before the order of the order was made fixing the widow’'s award at $20,000. Under ordi- through her counsel, moved the court for the as- 1t named and was joined in the request by her daughters, Mrs. Flor- man Lowden and Mrs. Harrlet Pullman Carolan, who represented wose of their mother to apply the whole amount of the “ipate in the erection of the monument and there- the motion that the award be fixed at the amount named. executors in the Pullman estate is expected %0 when the will was probated, will now figure up to nearly $14,000,000. {of the First Battalion of Royal | who, writing from Sterkstroom on De- Mrs. nument in Graceland Cemetery to the declared in the petition that the two . which was listed at about who evening, sald that Great Britain had not elgn Office, was Interviewed this yet answered Germany's request for an explanation of the seizure, but that the ply was expected in the course of a few s. The Foreign Office, according to this offictal, has not yet concluded that Great Britain s trying to ride roughshod over German The correspondent asked what position Germany takes regarding England’s right to search German ships on the high seas. The official answered that nothing could be divulged at this stage of the negotia- tions, but he pointed out that the Bundes- rath was sailing for a Portuguese port. On being asked what Germany would do should it turn out that the Bundesrath rying contraband he gave a non- but conveyed the im- case. sked whether The correspondent then Germany had taken steps to be represent- ed at Durban during the investigation of the cargo. To this inquiry an evasive an- swer was given, but the offictal implied that Ger..any would undoubtedly take this course if the British report should be adverse. Referring to the rumor that the Bwiss Commission had decided to award dam- ages to Great Britain in the Delagoa Bay arbitration, the Foreign official intimated that such a decision might not mean that England would secure Delagoa Bay, inas- | much as France might advance to Portu- gal the money to pay the award and thus England might be shut off with no choice but to accept the situation. 'he Hanover Courier, confirming earlier reports regarding the shipments of arms and ammunition from Germany, asserts that German rifies have been sent to the Tran since the outbreak of the war. It says: “We know from a trustworthy source that 60,00 German rifies of the newest and best construction have arrived at Pretoria In good ocondition. They reached Lourenzo Marquez by way of China, having been deceptively packed and declared as furniture, in which pianos played the chief role.” The Lelpsic Neuste Nachrichten asserts upon what it calls reliable information that Herr Krupp is making steel shells for Great Britain at Essen. Another news- paper makes a similar statement, alleg- ing that 45,000 shrapnel shells are in prep- aration for lyddite filling. The Berliner Tageblatt has a dispatch from Papenburg, Hanover, the home of Captain Muhlmann of the German bark Hans Wagner of Hamburg, which was seized by the British on Delagoa Bay on December 21, saying that the bark had powder and dynamite in her cargo. The central committee of the German Red Cross Society publishes a statement | that the second expedition for the Trans- vaal was not on the Bundesrath, but is on the Herzog, which should have arrived at Lourenzo Marquez on January 2. Prom- inent members of the Colonial Soctety dis- claim having authorized the calls printed in the Colonial Zeitung for indignation meetings to protest against Great Brit- ain’s course. The Berlin and Charlotten- burg branches have refused to participate in the movement. EMBASSADOR CHOATE INTERVIEWS SALISBURY WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—8ecretary Hay has recefved a cablegram from Embassa- dor Choate at London stating that he had an eminentl Lord lisbury relative to the seizures of American goods by British warships. Lord Salisbury listened Intently to the representations on this subject made by Mr. Choate by direction of the State De- partment and took them under considera- tion, promising voluntarily to give the matter immediate attention and to return a speedy decision. FIRING AT LADYSMITH AND COLENSO CONTINUES {Special Cabie to the New York Herald. right, 19%, by James Gordon Bennett. publication of this dispatch is prohibited, All rights reserved in the United States and Great Britain.] LONDON, Jan, 6.—These dispatches from special correspondents are published | by the Daily Telegraph: FRERE CAMP, Thursday, Jan. 4—The weather has become broken. Natives re- port that relatively few Boers—a com- mando of §0—are holding Pleters Cross- ing. General Ben Viljoen of Johannes- burg is at Potgreters Drift. A detach- ment of the Thirteenth Hussars and mounted Infantry returned to Chieveley this afternoon with nine wagons of for- age. About 10 Boers crossed to this side of the Tugela, near Springfield, and fired heavily upon our troopers and mounted infantry at ranges of 500 to 1000 yards. Our men returned the fire. There were no casualties on our side, but the enemy suffered some loss. Later in the after- noon our big naval guns shelled the Boers employed in working on the Colenso lines. FRERE CAMP, Friday, Jan. 5.—There has been firing to-day at both Ladysmith and Colenso. The weather is fine. A strong cavalry reconnoissance under Lord Dundonald was made to the westward this morning toward Springfield. Firing is going on. Reports are agaln current that the Boers are short of provisions. BOERS TIED TO STAKES AND SHOT NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—The World's London special says: William T. Stesd, editor of the Review of Reviews, in a pub- lished letter to-day says: “Police Constable Sharp, private in the First Lord Methuen's forces, reports that at Modder River seven Boers who had fired | on doctors and two Irishmen who had been captured at Belmont were placed in & row with, their hands tied to stakes, and a company of the Cornwalls gave them their last “beecham,’ as our fellows call bullets. They made other Boers see them shot and dig thelr holes. “Another statement is made by a soldier Scots, cember 6, says rebels, MOrrow. incidentally that {wo olonial Dutch, are to be shot to- satisfactory interview with | Shropshire Light Infantry, witn | CONTESTS FOR THREE SEATS IN CONGRESS. APPEAL OF ROBERTS T0 THE HOUSE Begins His Closing State- ment Before the Special Committee. —_— WASHINGTON, Jan. ‘The Roberts investigating committee continued its ses- sion to-day. Miss Roberts, the daughter of the Utah member-elect, sat near him. Chairman Tayler sald at the outset that he had received from ex-Secretary John G. Carlisle a letter giving his views on the case. Carlisle sald he was suffering from a cold and was unable to make an oral argument at this time. As to the case he said: It seems to me that the question of citizen- ¢hip has been abandoned, or at least nothin; is #aid about it in the téstimony. The recor of Roberts’ application and admission to citi- zenship does not comply with the law as I understand it, and I do not think he will be allowed to vote in any State upon a certificate based on that record. The resolution under which the commission is proceeding directs it to ascertain and report not only upon Roberts prima facte right, but upon his general right. This Carlisle discussed on the evidence and concluded: | . He is at this very moment a polygamist, not | having at any time abandoned or renounced the relation assumed by the plural marriages, and cohabitation with the alleged wives is not | at all necessary. The question, therefore, is | whether the committee will decide on 'the | question of final right that undoubted polygamist who justifies the doctrine and prac- tices of polygamy shall be allowed to hold a geat In the Hous It was determined by the committee to ask Carlisle for his views more at length on the general right of Congress to ex- clude a member, Roberts then began his argument. He read a typewritten statement reviewing in detall t proceedings of his case up to date. It said in part: The questions to be considered are the prima | facie and final right of B. Roberts, Rep- Tesentative-elact fromy Utah, to a seat in the | House of Representatives, 'to which he was elected In the month of November, 1898, by the | people of Utah; the electorate of said State gave him a plurality vote of 5665. It is & case in which there is no contest and where it ap- | | pears, 8o far as the proceedings before the committee are concerned, the Representative- | elect possesses all of the qualifications pre- scribed by the constitution of the United States | and where there is no statute, so far as made | to appear before the committee, either In the | | Btate of Utah or the United States, applicable | 10 the case, which disgualifies the Represen- | tative-elect from the office of Congressman in the lower house of the American Congress. | Roberts dwelt with especial emphasis on | | the right of a constituency to determine | | upon the moral character of a member. | He sald: It 1s left to those constituents to determine | what shall be the moral status of the | they wish to send to Congress as their re sentative and not to the House of Congre: | In support of this he read with emphatic and npprovln% comment a Congressional report signed by B. F. Butler, Danlel W. | Voorhees and others, in the course of | which it is sald that the House of Rep- resentatives shall be composed of mem- | bers chosen by the people of the States | and not by the Representatives of other States “accord!nf to the notion of the| necessities of ‘self-preservation and self- | | purification’ which might suggest them- isel\‘es to the reason or taprice of mem- | bers from other States in any process of | “purgation or purification.’ " Roberts declared that Utah, one of the eat silver-producing States, had beenl lenied representation of late, while the | fmportant financial bill, vitally involving Utah’s silver mining and silver industry, | was considered and passed. | " Roberts took up the evidence of the Wit~ | nesses who appeared against him and was | questioning some of the statements when | Chairman ‘Tayler interrupted: | | ““Mr. Roberts, if you want to testify you | ought to go on’ the witness stand.” This developed some difference of opin- | fon among the members of the committee. DeArmond and Littlefleld said the state- ments were in the line of legitimate argu- | ment. Tayler insisted that Roberts should not be permitted to make statements of fact while not under oath and not subject to the rule of gerjury. DeArmond an- | swered that the hearing had wide latitude and he was sure the committee could dis- criminate between Roberts' arguments and his statements of fact. “I am not in such a state of mental dis- turbance,” remarked DeArmond, “‘as to be able to foresee what Roberts is going to say. }){e added that he did not see that the interruption of the chalrman was at all called R)r in view of the latitude hereto- fore allowed. The incident took an amusing turn when ool Roberts, being allowed to proceed, said he was_through on that subject and there | was a hearty laugh all around. He went on, however, analyzing the evidence of other witnesses and In general question- | Ing the directness and conclusiveness of | the testimony. Said he: It has not even been established that B. H. Roberts was ever married to Margaret C. | Bhipp-Roberts. It hiad been shown that he was seen near the house and once in.the house, but there was no testimony of marriage, noth- Ing as to thelr maintaining marital relations, nothing as to their having been seen at the theater or at the church or otherwise assoclat- ing as man and wife. Tayler—How do you account for your picture being found in her house? | "Roberts—1 don’t know how to account for it. to the testimony that he had attend- edA!l!he funeral of a child of Celia Dibble Roberts, that was, Roberts said, not re- markable. There was nothing extraordi- nary in his attending a funeral and the | inferences drawn could not be viewed as proof. As to any direct marital relations with Celia Dibble Roberts, he said, there was no direct testimony. In the main the evidence was as to general repute, he con- tended, which was short of that conclu- sive proof required. He challenged the charge that he had contracted three po- lygamous marriages. %nyler said he had never heard of such a charge, as three polygamous marriages would mean four marriages in all. “I challenge this,” said Roberts, ‘‘be- cause it is one of the charges on which excitement has been worked up.” When Roberts sought to read published comment tending to show the motive of the ‘‘crusade” and ‘‘cause’” against him Chairman Tayler stopped him. The com- mittee had nothing to do with any cru- sade, Tayler sald, but was trying to as- certain one fact, namely, whether Roberts was a polygamist. The chairman said Roberts’ line of procedure was irregular. There was some difference of opinion in the committee as to the course to pursue. “Let us settle it here and now,” said | Mr. Littlefield. *‘As far as T am con- cerned, I am ready to hear anything he wants to sav."” Tayler sald he wished to enter his pro- test against bringing questions of fact into the argument as both improper and ridiculous. Roberts vehemently exclaimed against those who had “hounded” him. They were not the bankers, merchants, lawyers and other substantial citizens of Utah, but they were in the main Eastern mis- sionaries who had gone to Utah to oppose Mormonism. At one point Representati: of the committee asked: nder your faith, was the taking of plural wives merely allowable or was it required.” “Tt ‘was mandatory,” replied Roberts, ccording to the view of leading Mormon authorities.” Roberts continued until 4:30 p. m., when he asked that the hearing g0 over, having spoken almost five hours, The committes thereupon adjournad until 10 a. m. to-mor- row, when Mr. Roberts will conciude. Are You Going to Nome in the Spring? “If T were getting $400 a month here I would not go to Nome, unless I was a young man.” That is what a conserva- tive man from Nomeland sald. Next Su; day’s Call will tell a young man who is getting less than $400 per month what can be done in Nome. SENATE COMMITTEE DECIDES AGAINST QUAY Resolution Declaring Him Entitled to a Seat Is Defeated Dy a Vote of Five to Four. Special Dispatch to The Oall. ALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—As anticipated in The Call’s dispatches the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions has decided against Quay by a vote of 5 to 4. While this does not settle the contest, which is yet to be fought out on the floor of the Senate, it is regarded as a black eye for Quay and his friends are greatly discouraged. Senator Penrose and the henchmen of the Pennsylvania Senator. are bitter against John Wanamaker and charge that he has made an underhanded fight against Quay by dragging in the name of Burns of California. A Pennsylvania Congressman said to The Call correspondent to-night: “The Burns and Quay cases are separate and distinct. Mr. Quay should not be made to suffer merely because California’s Governor has announced his intention to appoint an unworthy man as Senator from that State. The two cases are not on the same plane. Mr. Quay has a clean record and is highly re- spected by Senators. “Each case should be considered on its individual merits. If the Senators do this I am confident Quay will be seated, but if Burns’ name is allowed to drag Mr. Quay to defeat it will be an outrage for which John Wanamaker will be held responsible by Mr. Quay’s friends and supporters.” Those voting against Mr. Quay to-day were Messrs. Bur- rows, Caffery, Pettus and Harris. Those voting in favor of the resolution for seating were Messrs. Chandler, Hoar and Mec- Comas. Of the absentees Senator Turley was paired against Mr. Quay and Mr. Pritchard for him. The moral effect of an adverse report from the commit- tee, Mr. Quay’s opponents believe, will be felt among new Sen- ators, who have been waiting to hear the views of their older colleagues before committing themselves. With this adverse re- port from the committee, apathy among Republican leaders and the anti-Quay organs increasing in bitterness and numbers, Mr. Quay undoubtedly has a hard fight before him. That neither side is yet confident is shown by the tendency of both to delay press- ing the case to a vote. A few days ago Mr. Quay’s friends were planning to secure a test vote by pressing the case for consideration in lieu of the financial bill. To-day it is announced that Senator Penroge will not antagonize the financial bill, but will allow the Quay case to drift along until those in charge of the financial bill are willing to let it come up. The opposition also is pursuing a drifting policy. Although the committee decided upon adverse action to- day there will be no hurry in submitting the report. Senator Burrows, who will prepare a majority report, says that probably two or three weeks will elapse before he will have time to com- plete it, and Senator Hoar, who is preparing the minority re- port, will, of course, have to wait until the majority report is submitted to the full committee. All of this means that neither side is confident at the present time and that the case will not be brought up in the Senate until it is definitely known before- hand what the result will be. H BURNS ENLISTS CITRUS GROWERS. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—A letter that has been {ssued by the Citrus Growers" tariff executive committee i construed by local politicians to mean the capture of that committee by the friends of Dan Burns, and that the committee is being used as a catspaw in his interests. While this is denled by the committes, the fact is established that at this juncture no cause for the issuance of the letter exists. Aside from this political aspect, those who have been battling for the defeat of the Jamaican treaty that proposes a reduction of 20 per cent in the tariff on citrus fruit from the British West Indies are firmly of the opinion that the tenor of the letter weakens their cause and gives strength to the opposition. An authentic copy of the letter, which is dated December 29, is in the following language: To His Excellency, Henry T. Gage, Sacramento, Cal.: The ratification of the reciprocity treaty between this country and the Britlsh West Indies, which is now pending in the United States Senate, is a serlous menace to the industries of Callfornia, and more par ticularly to the citrus industry, in which we, your petitioners, have large Investments of capital and in many instances our all. The gentlemen composing the Citrus Tariff Com- mittee of California are doing all In their power to Drotect our Interests, but are disheart- ened by the report of their representative in Washington that his efforts and those of our Senator and Representatives In Congress are in a great measure negatived by the absence of our legal representation in the United States Senatc, the friends of the measure insist- ing that if our Interests were in peril so Important an office, and one that would have such weight in deciding the fate of the treaty, should be at once filled. Serious ques- tions are sometimes settled by one vote and no risk should be taken that a treaty so inimical to the interests of this State may be ratified by so slender a majority. We, there- fore, as citrus fruit growers, petition your Excellency to convene an extra gesslon of the Legislature of this State at the earllest practicable date for the purpose of electing a United Btates Senator. TAKES [P THE CASE “OF CLARK Senate Committee on Elec- TRAVELIVG MEY Speaks on Coinage and Expansion. e LINCOLN, Jan. 5—The fourth annual banquet of the Nebraska Traveling Men's Bryan Club was held to-night at the Lin- coln Hotel, following the meeting of the Stato central committees of the Demo- crats, Populists and Free Silver Republi- cans. Nearly two hundred traveling men and their guests were seated at the tables. Colonel Bryan's address was the feature. He complimented the club on the increas- ing importance of its banquets and praised the members for their political zeal. Touching on national topics, he said in part We are now near enough to the national con- vention to feel assured that there will be no considerable opposition to the reatfirmation of the Chicago platform. The late elections de- stroyed the last hope of those who sought to modify or subtract from the creed enunclated at Chicago in 18%. The Republican party has been driven under the lash of the financiers tv the open espousal of the gold standard, and, spurred on by the national bank corporations. avowed its purpose to drive green” backs out of circulation and substitute a_ bank note issued and controlled by the national banks. The Democratic party still contends for the restoration of bimetallism at the ratio of 16 to 1, the only ratio advocated by those Who believe in the double standard. It also contends for the greenbeck as against the bank ote. ‘The members of this club were opposed to the money trust in 1806, and they are not surprised that the viclous trust principle has been ex- tended to industrial combinations, which have in three years thrown out of employment large cratic party will deal with the trust question, not in glittering generalities, but In specific terms, and will invite the support of all those who are opposed monopolies. Mr. Bryan discussed the trust question at some length and then, tuln‘qup the subject of imperialism, sald: Commercial travelers who sought the exten- slon of trade by peaceful and legitimate mesns WiIl not lend their support to the imperialis- tlc methods employed in the furtherance of conquest. The commercial traveler has been eminently successful as a persuader. He will not substitute violence for reason. The questions now before the people are but different manifestations of a vicious princi- ple which pervades all Republican policles, namely, that the dollar {s all jmportant and that struggling humanity deserves no consid- eration. The following toasts were responded “The Nebraska Traveling Melll" r; Club,” Ed P, Smith, Omaha; ‘‘Nebraska,” Governor Poynter; Frederick Sheppard, Lincoln; “Government b junction,” T. rency Bill,” Governor Thom: rado; “Unveiling a Parable,’ Sells, Towa. —_— Mexico Grants a Request. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Recently the State Department at the Instance of the Navy Department asked the Mexican Government for permission for the ves- sels of the United States navy now on the Pacific Coast to have target practice and maneuvers at several points along the Mexican coast. To-day United States Embassador Clayton telegraphed the de- partment, stating that the Mexican Gov- and facilitate the practice. » Extension of Time Granted. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The Board of Naval Construction to-day decided -to recommend to the department that exten- slons of time for the construction of the torpedo boats now building be granted to err?m gn t-hmo“?; o m:‘ qu!:nlty em uring struc- BRTaSE 7 T 5 Nowlie to the domination of prival s Hon. Cato tions Hears Opening Arguments. —_—— Epecial Dispatch to The Call. WABHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections to- day began its Investigation of the charges of bribery made in connection with the election of Senator Clark of Montana. The proceedings were begun by arguments from counsel on both sides. Clark himself was present with his coun- sel, former Senator Faulkner. Ex-S8enator Edmunds appeared as lead- ing counsel for the complainants, making the first statement in support of the me- mortal presented against Clark. He said | the complainants expected to be able to prove all the charges made and to show that Clark’s election was obtained by tho liberal use of money, and that large sums of money were furnished to this end by Clark. He belleved that the expenditures could be traced to Clark with due effort on the part of the committee. He said 10 and his associates would ask to have a good many witnesses summoned. Ed- munds said that the complainants expect- ed to prove all the charges made, and in doing so would enter thoroughly into the Whiteside libel case, showing that when Senator Clark had an opportunity to ap- pear in court he refused to answer any material questions. ‘While Edmunds was mlklni his state- ment a question arose concerning the ad- missibility of testimony taken by the | Grand Jury of Lewis and Clark County. McComas took occasion to intimate that he would hesitate to admit statements urporting to violate the secrecy of a ‘MY DEAR SADIE' WROTE MOLINEU Woman’s Name Dragged Into the Trial. —_— LETTER TO MRS. SCHAFFLER ———— PROSECUTION OBTAINED IT BY MYSTERIOUS MEANS. i Numerous Witnesses Give Testimony Connecting the Prisoner With the Poisoning of Mrs. Adams. —_— NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—First on the wit- ness stand to-day at the trial of Roland B. Molineux was Paying Teller Gilbert D. Sayres of the Shoe and Leather Bank, who was being cross-examined by Mr. ‘Weeks when court adjourned last even- ing. He was, however, excused until this afternoon on account of & pressure of business at the bank. Frank S. Hunt of Newark, N. J., tallor, who made the sult of clothes for Moli- neux, testifled that the chest measurement | of the defendant was 37 inches and that his walst measurement was 32 inches. The evidence is considered significant because of the fact that these measurements in- directly connect Molineux with the writ- ing on the diagnosis blank furnished by the Marston Remedy Company, which was signed “H. C. Burnett.” One of the most '“‘"'i{'“@ :lu;us was Willlam W. Schaffler, a o acturer ot cosmetica. He identified the letter sent by Molineux to Mrs. Schaf fler informing her that he was to be mar- rled the next day, but that the marriage was sudden—that it was quite a romance, in fact. This particular letter was ad- dressed “My dear Sadle,” and on account of the high socal standing of Mrs. Schat- fler and the fact that the District Attor- ney’s office obtained possession of the cor- respondence in a fashion most mysterious the incident has attracted considerable ":\l::";cnl;zfler sald that he and his wife had known_ Molineux for four or five rand Jury room. Replying, Edmunds said the notes on the Grand Jury proceed- fug had been made by Attorney General | | Nolan and had been presented and read by the Montana court in the disbarment proceedings against John B. Wellcoma | Hoar suggested that the testimony should be admitted for the time and its relevancy determined upon the final de- cision of the case. This brought out a spirited protest by Rogers Foster of New York, who &&peur?d as one of the counsel for Clark. e urged that such a course was contrary to the precedents of the committee; that Nolan was personally an- tagonistic to Clark, and at mony was ex parte. Such a document was no more evidence than an indictment would be. Clark was not expected to de- fend his character but his right to a seal in the Senate. Referring to the Montana Supreme Court, he sald there was politics there as well as elsewhere in the State. He insisted that Clark should have right to face and cross-examine all wi nesses. Ex-Senator Faulkner made the formal statement on behalf of Clark. He re- viewed the politics of Montana, referring to the “Daiy gang and the Clark fac- tion” in the Democratic po.itics of the State. It was, he said, an acknowledged fact that the opponents of Clark in the State had determined to prevent his po- litical preferment regardless of all the proprieties. It would be shown that not- withstanding that charges of bribery were made against some fifty persons, in. cluding thirty-eight members of the Leg- islature, there had been no proceedings in any of the Montana courts against the men thus involved. There was evidence that the present proceeding was not sus- tained by public sentiment. “The prosecution,” sald he, “was con- ceived in the womb of personal malice, rocked in the cradle of personal hate and | nourished upon corruption and ousy.” Ai’l the members of the legislative committee were opposed to Clark, he de- clared. Outlining the defense, Faulkner said it would show that the proceedings against Clark had really had their origin in the Senatorial contest in 1893, when the idea of springing a pretended exposure « Clark upon the Legislature was conceived by the Daly faction, and that the leader of the faction had turned prophet in De- cember, 1883, and declared that if Clark had showed his head something would have been heard to drop, and that he would have driven Clark out of the State. Other points of the defense were out- lined and the statement was made that, if necessary, each charge agalnst the Senator would be met “by direct and pos- itive proof of its falsity.” After hearing these grellmlnlry state- ments, the committee held an executive session to decide upon the status of the papers before it, but after considerable discussion on the points adjourned with- out action. The hearing of testimony will begin to-morrow. REDUCTION IN THE FEES OF JUSTICES Santa Clara County Refuses to Pay for Duplicate John Doe Warrants. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 5.—The rich harvest en- joyed for years by Justices of the Peace and Constables in this city and county for the issuance of John Doe warrants was abruptly ended to-day by the Board of Supervisors, which passed a motion de- claring that no more fees for this class of warrants would be allowed. During the past couple of years the work of township officlals has become notorious, and the last Grand Jury considered the matter and recommended that it be stopped. This is mostly practiced in Chinese cases. On some days thirty or forty John Doe warrants would be issued in " the courts of Justices Wallace and Rosenthal of this city, and the same identical charges made In the courts of Juslices Hirsh and Herrington of Santa Clara. In this way hundreds of dollars were ex- tracted from the county treasu Tke Constables shared equally as well. Now the Supervisors have concluded this Is too good a thing, and have shut it off, T WILL DECLARE A DIVIDEND. Directors of the Defunct Union Sav- ings Bank Meet. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 5.—At a meeting of the directors of the defunct Union Savings Bank to-day an attempt was made by the depositors to have a dividend of 5 per cent declared on accounts. The directors declined to act, however, but stated that a 10 per cent dividend on deposits would pr;_)gabhly !l’(e ‘;'!e‘(lflda_red:‘e“xl mg:th. e bank building probably be to the Commercial Savings Bank fo ?Ed 080, and President Rea declares that if this is done an additional dividend of 5 per cent will be paid. Of $55,000 received for the sale 360,000 will g0 to Mrs. Myra B. Wright, who holds a mortgage for that amotunt on the bullding. To-morrow a big meeting of depositors who have not yet sued will be held to receive a report. of how many of the stockholders are wiliing to pay up the $70 levied, and to decide on future action. dndericy” o2 e CRUSHED BY FALLING IRON. Fatal Accident at the Homestead Steel Works in Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Jan. 5.—One man is dead and three injured as the result of an ac- cident at the Homestead cident at the Homestead Steel Works last ugust Berger. The injured: John Fleming, crushed; will die. Joseph E;;ngh crushed; will die. Joseph Cohall, shed. The men were changing the rolls in the 28-inch mill when the chain with which they raised the rolls into place broke, let- ting the heavy mass of iron down on them. Berger was Instantly killed. Road Tax Abolished. SUISUN, Jan. 5.—The Board of Super- visors at a recent meeting decided that the levying of a road poll tax In Sol | County be d!uonunuei’o e est the testl- | Jeal- | per share assessmonpt vears; that Molineux had taken tea at his Touse and that he was friendly with the defendant. Nothing was elicited lh:l would have a tendency to thiow any light upon the manner in which the Distgct Attorney obtained possession of the let- ters belonging to the wife of the witness. | Letters from Molineux to Schaffler were | placed in_evidence and identified by the | Witness. Mr. Schaffler explained the sen- | tence, “Cornish is in and I am out, which appears in one of the letters, as meaning that the defendant had resigned from the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, while Cor- nish still remained there In an official acity. I ml‘;nwa};d A. Adams, son of the late Mrs. Adams, testifled in detail concerning the incidents which occurred at the Adams home on the day of the murder. He as- emphatically that his mother did :Z?Tfl-\nk gnd explained that he had been in Connecticut durl:g 1898, recn\erl,’.fi from injuries sustain by being caught in a fiywheel. He did not return to !h ‘Adams apartments until the day of the | murder, and consequently knew nothing concerning the incidents leading up to the CTime. ,t the most important witnesses On 1 e C! les D. Allen, Molineux’s private ;r(“:e!uhra_\‘r It was Allen who signed et- fers for Molineux “per C. D. A" He bad studied chemistry and had served in th Taboratory of Molineux. Asked if th were many poisons in the laboratory lied: % BYes: barrels of them. Among the poisons which he mentioned specifically were paris green, chrome yel- Jow, Engiish vermillion, dry arsenic | kegs and quantities of mercury. A jdentified a letter which he wrote to tI Studio_ Publishing Company, 1620 Broa way, New York City, signed “Roland B Molfneux, per C. D. A.”” as one that { wrote personally. He claimed that Mo was looking sumers of dry letter was | Written according to instructions ta the | ordinary course of business, but the siz- Pificance of the Incident lies in the fact that 1620 Broadway is the address of the Koch Letter Box Agency, and it is claimed that it was from this letter tha: Koch learned the address of Molineux and sent the defendant a circular offering to Jease a private letter box—an offer which it is claimed Molineux afterward accept- ed. The witness would not swear, how- ever, that Molineux ever saw the letter to the Studio Publishing Company, but he did testify that he saw a copy of the mag- azine sent for on the desk of Molineux | subsequent to the opening of the corre- | spondence. | *Pfferbert K. Twitchell, loan clerk at the Chase National Bank and a practical | handwriting expert, in response to ques- | tions testified that in his opinion the ad- | dress on the poison package was written by Molineux. David C. Decker, paying | teller of the Union Square Bank, enter- tained a similar opinion. The handwriting | expert testimony of the day was conclud- ed when Paying Teller Sayers of the Shoa and Leather National Bank again ap- peared on the stand and was cross-exam- fned by Mr. Weeks, a cross-examination which, however. failed to shake his belief in the guilt of Molineux. The last witness | of the day was Lewis H. Cornish, a cousin | ot Harry S. 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