The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1900, Page 5

PHELAN'S FORMER FRIENDS REPUDIATE HIS ACTION. WHAT CLEMENT TOLD PHELAN ANENT THE ESOLA MATTER Urged Him to Use His Influence to Prevent the Selection of a Man of Esola’s Reputation and Questionable Backing. AYOR PHELAN'S openly expressed intention to dellver the goods—to hand over the Police Department of the city to the gang of conspirators at the back of Esola, allas Harrington—s viewed with disgust by men who Mr. Joseph Britton, whose attitude during the last campaign afforded such comfort to the Phelanites, took occasion in yesterday's Call, by eulogizing Police Commissioner Biggy, to ex- press his displeasure at the way Phelan designed to manipulate the Police Department. Clement, former freeholder and distinguished lawyer, with a denunciation of the Mayor and Police Commissioner Thomas for their attitude toward Commisisoner Biggy. Privately, nearly two weeks ago, Mr. Clement. took occasion to point out in a letter he wrote to the Mayor the impropriety of the appointment of Esola. A copy of that letter has ONLY McNUTT TRUE TO THE TOY MAYOR Commissioner Thom Against Frederick Esola. Former Freeholder Henry N. Clement Scores the| Mayor and Commends Mr. Biggy—Warned the Little Czar Ten Days Ago. to make . alias Harrirgton Department of Sa n- as narrowed down is r Willlam J. Biggy on or of this g hones reputa reactions carrying ais of ihe fayor's. chalr THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1900 as Declares Himself » Mr. Britton felt it his duty to come out in commendation of Commissioner Biggy. Mr. Clement wrote a letter to the Mayor warning him that the course he was pursu was dangerous and pointing unfitness of Esola, alias Harring- at letter and the Mayor's 'curt given herewith, as is also Mr. T answer is ment’s public eriticism of Phelan and | on dation of the man the toy czar is to knife. sands of other good citizens have 1 their disgust of the pledge-break- | s actions. They are closely watching | [ se, fearful of what new eccentric deed he may do, but sure of the fact that o right officlal wrong. ready BLACKGUARDS EXPOSED. | Malicious Attempts to Belittle Biggy of Little Effect, CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-| | MENTO, Jan. 31.—The efforts of Mayor @+ ieirieieteisieieinieteoieteieieistsieioteteieteie@® b i ’ | : PHELAN'S VERBAL 3 b ‘ | < 3 3 BOUQUET TO BIGGY : . AsSeri, el b g his message to the Boa delivered. January 3, 1809, | b4 ayor Phelan took occasic initive and throw a deserved $ + Juet n J Interesting. reading at ¢ : t me inted message and pre- o b as follows * . In contrast with the extravagance of the School Department § + and the County Clerk’s office I desire to officially commend the Reg- ¢ sisbes @+ 5060 60006000 000000 eling 1 d by the facts little Mayor n. s has felt that way act that he handed even if his made. His him in favor mise of supp the conse- word, once y false pre- could no lo r Only one thing was left to do was 10 resign. This he has done. Phelan and the have ger t ing to oblige the Mayor and cholce for Chief of Police, the testimony of the s, they could not stom- They are still strong in that tion, although there is no doubt d still vote for any other cholce A still greater force, however, opposed t Mayor and the other sponsors is found in the array of former Phelan, who, disgusted at faced prostitution of his office, themselves against him h Britton was the first of these pub- to set up the standard of revolt owing him comes Henry N. Clement, a Freeholder, a framer of the char- yd & former stanch supporter of the 1 Mayor, to decry the base uses to which the head of the municipality has given over his office. Two weeks ago, 0980000000000 000C0 00 NEW ERA OPENED of Esola, friends of Mr. rayed FOR THIS COAST Senator Perkins on Trade Conditions. NEW YORK, Jan. 3L—Three hundred rs of the New York Board of and Transportation and their guests iown to the twenty-eighth annual organization at the Waldorf- »-night. Prior to the assembling ests United States Benators John of Nebraska, William Lind- tucky, George C.. Perkins - of nd M. A. Hanna of Ohlo held table was a perfect bower vy and the balconies and cwise hung heavily with ctic toasts were as follows: “The f the United States”; ‘The ew York”; “Our Forgign Pol tor John M. Thurston. of N Our Commercial Supremacy \. Fowler of New Jersey; “The Artificial Sight. A Russian inventor has perfected an-electrical e, which he claims will enable the see. This will bring much happiness who have defective eyesight. Another discovery which will bring much happi- o those whose stomachs have become de- ged. is Hostetter's Stomack Bitters. It has made a worid-wide reputation for itself as & certuin ~ure for such aflments as indigestion, @yepepsia, constipation, biilousness and ma- ver and agu BEECHAM’S PILLS For Bilious and Nervous Disorders fre Without a Rival, ANNUAL SALES OVER 6,000,000 BOXES. 10 cents and 25 cents, at all drug steres. istrar of this city and county, W. J. Biggy, for the great saving which he has effected in two elections held during the last calendar year and for the honorable administration of his office. Siaieiaieieieieieieieieie ioie e Phelan and his allies on the ‘yeilow sheet | of San Francisco to blacken by lmfi"f—s.\] slanders the character of Police ('um"\;;v‘ sioner W. J. Biggy are exciting ‘consider- able interest here, where .the splendid record of Biggy was so auspiclously be- gun. There are men here who know to what desperate measures the Examiner | has resorted inits effort to secure even the suspiclon of evidence which would re- flect upon Bizgy. One of these blavks| guard attempts was exposed by Frank McQuaid, who is femiliar with the f most of served at S \st several ‘year the 2 the incident.. the particulars of which . happened - late " last n one - cf the - leading n Francisce. On that night two attorneys, whu have “frequentiy - .:e celved bitter cuts from . the = Kxamines | lash, went to McQuaid and asked him it he could give them the slightest infurma- tion that would reflect upon Biggy's in- tegrity ia They wantad in- formation particularly in reference (o the accusation that he had used Southern Pacific s while charging mileage to the S McQuaid replied that the only facts to | which he he had reasor conduct dur- | tor had been pa B ho: 1 not « ndignar an at to give him a s. incident | ch. McQuald referred happened in | ¥, 1893, and is not the one in which | - Examiner is flour however. “Late last ¥ night,’ Quaid to-day, visited by these two and asked if T could give them ormation against Biggy. 1 told | cm that I knew nothing that might r his character, and, mor d know that he wis abs: ach while in the £ Se: them of one ircident that ju: nion, v, 1893, a joint committee e Senate and the Assembly went on a tour of inspection to Southern Cali- fornia. BIggy was a member of the com- mittee and as 1 was interested in River- side legislation I wished to impress upon the minds of the members of the com- mittee the desirability of paying some at- tention to Riverside in their journey. But that was my affair and serves only to show how it came that I have abso- lute knowledge that Biggy would accept | no favors from the railroad people. 1 know positively that Biggy was given to understand that he could have had a pass if he wanted one. I know aiso that he indignantly refused to listen to the sug- I a e S | | n. When the joint committee left Sacra mento I went to_the depot to see them | away and I saw Biggy purchase a ticket for himself and his wife and receive a 9C00009C800°00800C00000 } Coming Century,” Senator William Lind- say of Kentucky; *“California and the Commerce of the Pacific Co: Senator George ( Perkins of Californi. “Trade | and Transportation in the State of | York,” C eral Francis V. Greene; e Humorous Side of Politic Congressman | John M. Allen of Mis ppi. The spirit of commercial expansion per- vaded 1 the speeches. of Senators Thurston nd Lindsay in fa- vor of upholding the national adminis- | tration in-the Philippines were heartily applauded. In the course of his speech Senator Perkins said: { | For fifty years California has looked east- ward over the mountains and deserts of the in- ter! r of the for eastward ran the | lines of trade. will aiso look | westward over the broad Pacifie, for westward | wili the future iines of trade be run. | The battle of Manila marked the end of one era_and the beginniug of a mew one for Calf- fornia and the whiole Pacific Coast. But Cali- tate looking upon. the c which hails ‘with joy the new era. Ore- 4 Washington and the great. Territory iaska, parts of territory once under foreign are ready for- the. new. life. Ali signs_indicate that the Pacific is ti be the scene of the next period- of . the. world's progrese. We face Asla across an ocean on which we have points of-vantage which will | enable us to make it practically-our own. There | is'a great work which must be undertaken at once in_behalf of Pacific commerce—the Nicar- agua capal. In order that the United States | may be the cente- of the coming trade of the | Orient this canal must be. constructed. The Pacific Coast is now most favorably situated to secure the share which belongs to it. - But the great States east of the Rocky Moun- tains are at a very great disadvantage when compared with thelr agricultural and indus- trial competitors in Europe. With the opening of the Nicaragua canal the situation will be immediately changed.. The distance from New York to Asiatic ports will be so reduced that the grezt American metropolis will be the cen- ter of our Oriental trade. A waterway across Nicaragua will at once transfer the present advantage of Eurcpean marts to this side of the Atlantic. The entire western coast of the 1wo American continents will be brought nearer to the Atlantic ports by over one-third of the circumference of the earth. What kind of Government shall be _estab- lshed ‘n the Philippines in place of that al- ready establiubed is yet to be determined. Jus- tice to both the Filipino and the American must be maintained. Until the Filipino has, through the influence of a just and humane government, advauced in civilization to the point reached Ly American labor In the fleld end in the factory, he must and should be con- tented with having afforded him the means of rising to that standard. That means will be given Kim in due time and every encourage-- ment will be given him to become cavable of understanding, appreciating and rightly using the privilege granted to the people of the United continent, In_ future she | | | odorous Ray | tion and methods. | totum for Burns and Gunst and naturally been obtained by The Call. It reads: My Dear Mr. Phelan: Eovernment govern The mere individual claims of Esol erntnent in the past, upon the public service. With unjustly aseailed I great daily newspaper. ply. Mr. H. N. Clement, 212 Sansome Street, Clty—Dear Sir: I have your letter of Janua ., which' wili be carefully con- sldered. As the matter 8 now pending I will not discuss it. I am satisfied the Commissioners will act, when all the facts = are before them, with sound judgment. It {s merely a newspaper mess and I regret it more than arybody. Yours very truly, | JAMES D. PHELAN. X .. ot B 3 o e e e 0 e i w2 S ) receipt. That is all there is to the inci- dent.” Another phase of the Examiner's blun- dering and malictous attack upon BIggY | has provoked a broad grin on the faces | of the politiclans assembled here. The yellow J\N-l has called to its aid the mal- Falk—he of shady reputa- Falk was a petty clerk Senate when Biggy was a State Senator. . Falk enjoys the distinction of being a protege of Dan Burns and Mose Gunst and of being a slippery political heeler who will do what he is told. He was caught during the session of 1895 ad- vancing Senate bills on the file and nar- rowly escaped dismissal. He is still a fac- in . the will add his mite to any struggle in which they are engaged. DUNSMUIR, THE COAL KING, DEAD Passes Away Suddenly at New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 3l.—Alexander Duna- muir, the coal king of the Pacific Coast, died to-day at the Hotel 47 vears. Mr. Dunsmuir had suffered | from meningitis at intervals for many years, but his death was unexpected, for | he appeared to be in pérfect health. Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Dunsmulr arrived in New York a month ago from his ‘home “in Oakland, Cal. While they were on their way to this city it was an- | nounced in-San Francisco that Mr. Dune- | muir had. married Mrs. Josephine W lace. For twelve years, it was said, they | had kept the fact a secret, lest Mr. Duna- | muir's interest in .his father's estate| should be jeopardized. Friends of Mr. Dunsmuir regarded his Eastern trip as a belated honeymoon, but ina Wailace-Hopper said that her moth- er and step-father had come to New York fn order to see her first unpearance In the metropolis in “Chris and His Wonderful Lamp,” now being played at the Vie- toria Theater. Mr. Dunsmuir is reporied to have been | many times a millionaire. He was 47| yvears of age and was of Scotch-Canadian | descent. Along the Pacific Coast he was known as the “coal king,” and he owned s on Vancouver Island. Mr. owned a palatial residence in Imperial, aged | Cal. Arrangements for Mr. Dunsmuir's funeral have not been completed. It Is helieved the body will be taken to San Franeisco. EX-CONVICT JAILED FOR ANNOYING MAUD GONNE Poses as a Friend of the Boers and Endeavors to Bring About a Meeting. EW YORK, Jan. 31.—Philip von Kuhl, about 60 years of age, was arraigned in the Police Court to-day charged with an- noying Maud Gonne, the advocate of Irish nationalism. Miss Gonne received a note from Von Kuhl setting forth that he was an ardent advocate of the Boer use. He said that he had learned that s Gonne was also favoring the Boers, if she would st him in getting subscriptions for the Boers he would make her famous. He asked Miss Gonne to make an appointment to meet him. Miss Gonne, fearing that she was being pursued by a crank, turned the letter over to the Chief of Police and asked for pro- tection. The detectives declared in court that Von Kuhl had served a three years' sentence for swindling and that he was warted for other offenses. He was held in $1000 bail for examination to-morrow. - BABY ON THE STOOP. Unpleasant Surprise to Louis Fetch of Los Gatos. Speoctal Dispatch to The Call. LOS GATOS, Jan. 3t.—Considérable ex- citement was caused last evening by the finding of a baby bey on the steps of Louis Fetch, a well-known upholsterer of this city. The family was at the supper table when n knock was heard at the dgor. Mr. Feteh responded and found a large hamper dn the steps. Upon raising the cover the body of a babe was dis- ed. The child was In a state of stupe- faction caused by some drug, but was revived by a physiclan. Nothirig definite as to_the partles who left the child has yet. been ascertained, though - suspicion is- connected with a party who.arrived on the evenlng train from Oakland -carrying a large hamper, t;lmll?‘r to the one in which the child was ound. The child is a healthy boy, said by the Fh ysician ‘t6 be about two .days old and s being cared for by Mrs. J, Brown titll definite arrgngements -are made by the Assoclated Charitles. B 2oe TR, HAS NOT YET RETIRED. LONDON, Feb. 1.—The Shanghal cor-* réspondent of the Times says: Emperor Hwang Su continues to issue edicts in his own name.- Nanking and Wu Chang offi- clals consider.that his jmmediate retire- ment is improbable. 5 ——— Goodwin Is Safe. TACOMA, Jan. 31.—The Oriental Iine Goodwin which ran on a muddy hank"flv: miles from Tacoma in a dense fog early this morning backed off this afternoon after lightering 115 tors of her cargo. She was reuurvea'ed bfi' the marine sur- veyor and found to have sustained no damage. The underwriters reissued her insurance and the liner again started for the Orfent about midnight with 9000 tons of freight. —_——— ‘Will Succeed Dr. Spalding. £ SALINAS, Jan. 3L.—Rev. L. C. Sanford, or several years rector of. St. Paul’ Episcopal Church in this city, .'“rleri ;?nea. to, take effect February 28. Rev. Sanford will go ¥ -y Yord, £0 to St. John's Chnrch] were his friends before election. the appointment of a man against whom there is violent opposition from respes position may be—when the man himself has no higher claim’to being appointed t Ever sincerely yours, Such a letter from a framer and strong friend of the charter, it would seem, would have demanded a serious re- Mayor Phelan does not seem, however, to be bullt on those lines. He was not, at any rate, receptive of the well- meant suggestions, coitenting himselt with this reply: | recognition of the Filipino republic | against printing the document I feel sure you will pardon @ suggestion from one who has stood by you In your fight for good In appointing the Commissioners—your political family—vou doubtless rejected the names of many good men because of ob- Jections - that might possibly be made against them—wisely concluding that indiy public service, but that it would not be the part of ~wisd ual clal It is not clairied. by anybody that Lieutenant Esola is entitled to the appolntment by reason of his long and faithful service in_ the department or ‘by reason of the possession of pre-eminent qualities which single him out as pecullarly fitted for the po- sition or that he possesses the entire confidence of the community who unite in demanding his appointment. Would it not, therefore, be wise to choose some man of high character and standing in the city against whom no objections could_be raised and in whom the people of the city would all have confldence? la, which seem to be {dentified with a great as compared to the meneal mood of the community and the welfars of the public ‘service—no branch of which Gught to be iden: tified with any private enterprise even though such private enterprise is in the handg of one who has been friendly to good No man who {8 unselfishly loyal to good government will demand recompense by folsting a doubtful man vour influence I feel sure the Commissioners will not make the mistake of appointing Lieutenant Esola as Chief of Police under the mistaken idea that they should not. yleld to pressure. ble MAYOR'S. OFFICE, CITY HALL. JAMES D: PHELAN, Mayor. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. BITTER DEBKTE I THE SENATE Admiral Dew'ey Assailed by Pettigrew. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.—Debate in the Senate, ordinarily calm and dignified, burst to-day info passionate utterances and bitter recriminations. Senators hurled denunciation, one at another, until the auditors quivered with excite- ment. The debate grew out of a phase of the Philippine question, and no sccne has been witnessed since the discussion of the war resolutions in the last Con- gress, which, in ‘sensational features, compared with that of to-day. Pettigrew, who Las precipitated nearly all of the debates upon the Philippine question during the present session, sought to have read a resolution em- bodying a document written by Emilio Aguinaldo upon the Filipino Insurrection and containing his version of the alleged by Admiral Dewey. Lodge of Massachusetts protested in any | form, and read a letter from Admiral Dewey in which that portion of Aguin- aldo's statement relating to the admiral was denounced as ‘‘a tissue of false- hoods.” . Senators on the floor listened with cager attention, and many gallery speciators leaned far over the railings in their de- sire not to miss a sentence. Lodge sald he preferred accepting Dewey's word to that of Aguinaldo and was satisfied the American peovle would also. In a passionate reply Pettigrew declared that Admiral Dewey had recognized the Filipino republic, and, although afforded an_opportunity heretofore to deny Aguin- aldo’s statements, had not done so, In an instant a half-dozen Senators were on their feet. Hawley, the venerable Senator from Connecticut, denounced Pet- tigrew’s action as treason. In rapld succession Pettigrew was made the target of stinging arralgnments by Spooner, Hawley, Sewell and Gallinger. That the feeling was at a pitch seldomn noted in the Serate was evidenced by the pale faces of the men who spoke. Jones (D.) of Arkansas and Teller of Colorado endeavored to stem the tide cf protest and deep feeling by conciliatory speeches, At the conclusion of the scene, which will remain memorabie in the Senate an- nals, the financial bill was taken up and discussed by Berry of Arkansas and Tel- ler of Colorado. DEWEY BEFORE THE 7 PENSIONS COMMITTEE Appeals for Liberality in Dealing With the Widows of Naval Heroes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Admiral Dewey to-day appeared before the House Committee on Penslons in behalf of the bills pending before that committee to pension the widow of the late Captaln Charles V. Gridley of the Olympia at the rate of $200 per month; the widow of the late Commander E. P. Wood of the Petrel at $100 a month; the mother of Lieuten- ant Thomas M. Brumby, Admiral Dewey’s flag lieutenant, at $0 a month, and the Widow of the late Captain Henry E. Nichols of the Monadnock at $100 per month. Admiral Dewey spoke eloquently of the great services these officers of the Aslatic squadron had rendered to their country and to the deep interest he felt in the welfare of those they had left be- hind. While he did not advocate the amounts asked for in the bills, he ap- ealed to the committee to deal generous- J¥ With these noble women. it S House Proceedings. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 31L.—Under the lat- itude allowed in general debate upon ap- propriation billg, the Indian appropriation bill In the House to-day was made the occasion for the discussion for a wide range of subjects. Our policy in the Phil- ippine Islands, the government of Porto srco. the leasing of our arid lands and election methods in ‘the South were in turn brought into theé arena. The most interesting debate occurred over the lat- ter gubject. A bill was passed for the payment of the salaries of certain retired Pfcers of the Marine Corps. The House | then went Into committee of the whole for consideration of the Indlan appropria- tlon bill. To Guard the Rights of Voters. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Representa- tive Bartholdt of Missouri to-day began the circulation of a call for a Republican House caucus to consider means of pre- venting lawlessness at the golls, particu. larly in-the South. Bartholdt brought up the subject at the joint caucus yesterday, ‘but. it was thought to be more proper | for consideration at another meeting. osanbesy Peace Treaty Called Up. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—In_the execu- tive session of the Senate to-day Senator Mason called un The Hague peace treaty, but owing to the absence of Senator Da- vis, who is in charge of the measure, the Illinols Senator was prevalled upon to al- low 1t to go over. CATTLE THIEVES IN MARIN. Ranch Owners Organizing for Protec- tion Against Them. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 3L—Cattle thieves, after an absence of over fifty years, have again made their appearance in this county, and ranchers who have suffered from their depredations are free In threats of violence should they lay hands on the miscreants. George Langley, a wealthy rancher liv- om_to appoint any against whom there could be violent objections. It seems to me, therefore, that in the matter of the appointment of Esola as Chlef of Police the same principle should It Lieutenant ghould say stand by him; but under ‘the circumstances of this case neither duty enjoins nor that of being backed by the manager of a | First Dumfriesshire Rifles and from 1374 | daughter, all by his first wife. | married a Miss Loretta Mooney of Oa And now comes Henry N. JANUARY 19, 1900. ims should not only be subservient to the and powerful daily paper, are nothing BOV- Egola had been appointed and were licy justifies citizens—whatever the motive of such op- HENRY N. CLEMENT. 20, 1900. ing near Lagunitas Canyon, which has by its unsavory record earned the name of the “Black Hole of Marin,” is the principal sufferer, and he and his brother Charles came to San Rafael to-day to lay the matter befcre Sheriff Taylor. 7The missing animals, numbering many valu- able Jerseys, have been traced to the en- trance of the “Black Hole,” -and the ranchers have no hesitation In accusing the woodchoppers of the crime. Sheriff Taylor will make a thorough in- vestigation of the clrcumstances and within a few days s confident of tracing the marauders, The ranchers are understood to have R SORSCR SO, B R aE RS R R @v@o@oww»», formed a posse, and will deal roughly 3‘“" the. thieves should they capture em. DEATH'S SUMMONS FOR QUFENSBERRY Career of the Marquis Closed. et LONDON, Feb. 1.—The Marquis of Queensberry is dead. John Sholto Douglas, the eighth Mar- quis of Queensberry, was born on July 20, 1844, and succeeded to the Marquisate n 155. He was educated at Eton and Mag- dalene College, Cambridge. He for a time served In the Royal Navy as lleutenant, and later was lleutenant colonel of the to 188) was a representative peer for Scotland. His first wife, whom' he mar- rled in 1866, obtained a divorce in 1857, and he married again in 1893, only to have the marriage annulled the following year. The Marquis left three sons and one His eldest son, Lord Douglas of Hawick, who Is a lleutenant in the Third King's Own Scot- tish Borderers, succeeds to the title. Lord Sholto Douglas, his youngest son, is quite well known on _this coast. He land. Lady Sholto Douglas was sun moned only three days ago from Los An- geles to the bedside of the dying Ma quis, with whom she and her little son were great favorites. It was his wish o see his daughter-in-law and grandson again before he died. The Marquis of Queensberry rules for pugllistic contests have ven their author a worll-wide fame among the fre- quenters of the ring. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Two Pension Bills Introduced by Representative Kahn. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3lL.—Representa- tive Needham to-day reported favorably 000000000000 000000000000 i THE CALL’S ~—TO THE— SPRING TERM COURSE, 1900. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., Boston. Jesse Macy, A. M., LL. D., Iowa College. Professor Paul Elmer More, Harvard University. Thomas Marc Parrott, Ph. D, Princeton University, Charles Forster Smith. Ph. D., University of Wisconsin. Isaao N. Demmon, A. M., LL. D., University of Michigan. Arthur H. Palmer, M. A., Yale University. Maurice Francis Egan, LL. D., Catholie University of America. Charles Horswell, Ph. D., Northwestern University. Miss Vida D. Soudder, Wellesley College. + Obarlotte Brewstor Jordan, dlnrlu SEYMOUR EATON, Director. CONTRIBUTORS + Philadelphia, Jobn Leverett Moors, Ph. D., ¥ Vassar College. . Joseph Villiers Denney, A, Ohio State University, Luoius A, Sherman, A. B., Ph.D, University of Nebraeka. Flint MoClumpha, A. B,, Ph. D., University of Minnesota. John Carleton Jonss, A. M., Ph. D., University of Missourt, from the claims committee Kahn's bill | Babeock, Eighth Cavalry, will report in reimbursing the Union Iron Works of San | person to Colonel George M. Ra Francisco in the sum of $32,823 for lack | In this city under orders to as of horsepower on the monitor Monterey. | AN of the Representative Kahn to-day introduced | *pesimont to du a bill increasing the pension of Dr. George | Grnme W, Comia. Soldiere Tome, T s Ans B. Tolman, formerly ~surgeon of West|geles, $12: Henry Lawrence. Soldiers’ California Cavalry, from $17 to $30 per Home, Les Angeles, $10: David Donovan, month; also a_ bili pensioning Mrs. Jo- | San Dieg . Increase—Jjohn Beckwith, hanna J. Daughton of San Franc Los Angel $6.to 38 Original widows, Frank Coddington of Ohio has been ap- | etc.—Special. Jan minor of James Mul- ointed teacher at - the Carson Indian |laney, Oakland, $14. Mexican war widows chool, Nevada, and Miss Florence. Pohl, | —Special -accrued. Jan. 20, Susie Raper, laundress at the Western Shoshone Indian | Santa Barbara, $8. School, Nevada. Oregon: Increase—James S. Rea, Co- .By direction of_ the Secretary of War | quille, $§ to 312, Captain Willlam R. Abercrombie. Second Washington: Infantry, and First Lieutenant Walter C. | ter, Spangle, 3. Original—Edwin Winches- FREEHOLDER CLEMENT STATES PLAIN FACTS F Mr. Phelan should remove Mr. Biggy as Police Commissioner by reason of his action in having declined to vote for the ap- pointment of Lieutenant Esola as Chief of Police, or for having disclosed the secrets of the executive session, if you please, I would think he had made a very grave mistake and had vio- Iated the spirit of the charter, which, I think, contemplates per- fectly independent action on the part of the Commissioners—and Mr. Phelan has always claimed to be the greatest friend to the charter. I do not belleve in exccutive sessions myself. I think the pub- lic business should be attended to openly and above boa no that the entire community shall know what is going om, and ¥ honor Mr. Biggy for having come out boldly and stated what his position was in the matter. I am not only pained and grieved at the position taken by my friend, Mr. Thomas (to whom I wrote a note of warning simi- lar to that I wrote Mr. Phelan), but I am frank to say I am dis- appointed in him and disgusted with him. 1 do not hesitate to say, also, that Mr. Biggy has not only done rightly, but that it was his duty to do just what he has done, und 1 think the public owes him a debt of gratitude for having taken the community into his confidence and told them the ex- net truth of the matter. . I am surprised and grieved beyond mieasure at the attitude of Mr. Phelan in this matter. I not only voted for him, but, with thousands of other Republicans, actively worked for his election, in the firm belief that he could not be induced to emter into any political or other sllinnces which could influence him or interfere with hix freedom of action in the appointment of the very best men for public positions. When I saw that he was in danger of being led into trouble by his espousal of the cause of Esola un- der the influence of the manager of the Examiner, and that, by such action, he wounld unquestionably raise n doubt as to the dis- interestedness of his motives and the wisdom of his conduet, I took the liberty, as one who had stood by him in what I belleved to be his fight for good govermment, to write him a kindly letter of counsel, pointing out to him what I considered to be the wise course to pursue with reference to Esola's appointment. The let- ter contains nothing private or confidential and I am willing that the world may see that he had the advantage of good ad- vice which he has not seen fit to follow. His reply speaks for it- self. It seemed to me, and still seems to me, in the light of sub- sequent events, almost flippant. I feel sure that unless Mr. Phelan recedes at once from his most unfortunate and untenable position he will alienate, If he has & not already nllenated, the great mass of Republicans and Demo- 4 crats alike who have hitherto stood by him and by whose votes ? he has been exalted to his present position. . HENRY N. CLEMENT. DrivieieitititderaeitieieieititieieieR eie @t i eieeeite et eiedrieie® Peedeieie o e R S S AND THEN CARRIED HOME Mrs. Willard H. Colby, the wife ofa shotgun messenger employed by Wells, | Fargo & Co., residing at 4548 Twentieth street, has informed the police of a weird | experience. | Mrs. Colby says that a few days about 8 o'clock in ths evening, she walking on Nineteenth street, near | mond, when she was attacked by two | men. One of them seized her by the throat, she says, and told her to keep | quiet or they would “give the Coromer a | ob.” She says she attempted to scream, ut was overpowered, and thrown to the | An aristocratic bev- ground. On recdvering, she says she begged for mercy, promising to point out | erage at a popular to the men where $20 secreted tn her | price. house if her life were spared. Then, Mrs. | Colby says. she lost consciousness to be | 50 cups.......30 ets discovered by her little daughter at 9| one. i cl & o'clock the following morning lying at the | :uoere > ;u'?)‘;h’:rh “;( use jt—for head of the stairway leading to her flat, Neaia b &1 roc‘rw ff"a’st izsca:- L ey e most economical. three and one-half blocks from the scene “IT BEATS THE DUTCH.” ago, | was | Dia- | of the alleged assault. All she missed, she told the police, was $22 from her | purse, $13- of which belcnged to a neigh- | bor. Mrs. Williams, whose - rent Mrs. Colby had volunteered to pay to their D. GHIRARDELLI CO,,S. F. common -landlady, and the key to the | 5 front door by which the alleged robbers were sald to have entered. She com- plained of pains in her head and back, and on a white shirt waist that she wore pointed out some stains of blood. | The police are investigating the case. | but are rather ' skeptical. Mrs. Colby weighs 154 pounds and would be difficuit | to carry three blocks and up- three flights | of stairs ! In the meantime, Mrs. Colby’s landlady, | Mrs. Limbaugh, is wondering where Mrs! Wililams' rent is coming from. —————— | BIG PROFITS ON WATER. Spring Valley Company Files | Statement of Revenue. The following statement showing the revenue derived by the Spring Valley | ‘Water Works from all sources for the year preceding January 1, 1900, and an | itemized statement of all expenditures | made for supplylng water during sald | time, was filed yesterday with the Board | of Supervisors: | Recelpts— From water rents private consumers. $1,546,939 02 From water rents city and county 240, From water rents of shipping... 66,150 ALASKA EXPLORATION CO. patal income - 31,903,411 85 | isburkements— Boe: ECAtivE: Sipenes 564 5 ‘Will Dispatch t!:.o Al Iron American For taxes . 196,011 38 Mail Cteamship For interest $1,220,357 76 From other sources ... . 579,451 51 Dividends paid ..:.... Balance ...(. Patd on account of new construction and permanent improvements —————— Dies in a Prison Cell. Joseph Dutton, an Englishman, 35 years old, was arrested Tuesday night by Ser- geant Ellis and squad, along with a num- | ber of other gir -“fiends,” all of whomn were charged with vagrancy. Yesterday morning shortly before 6 o'clock Dutton was found dead In his ceil by the trus- ties engaged in cleaning the prison. The body was remcved to the Morgue. —— Chinese Dismissed. Special Dispatch to The Call. WILLOWS, Jan. 31.—The cases of Joe Yok, charged with perjury, and Leong Poon, charged with murder, which were to be tried before Judee Hicks at Orland on February 6, were dismissed to-day on | motion of District Attorney Long. The people in general commend the District Attorney for the action, -as the trial would cause great expense to the county, as about thirty witnesses would have to be brought from San Francisco, and beyond doubt the evidence was not strong enough to conviet in either case. [EALANDIA (CAPACITY 3000 TONS) FOR NOME DIRECT. Sailing from San Francisco Monday, May 21,1900. First Cabin, Second Class and Steer- age Accommodations. For Passenger and Freight Rates, and Reservatioms, apply to THE ALASKA EXPLORATION CD., 139 POST STREET. Amos Noyes Currier, A. M, LL. D., University of lowa. August Hjalmar Edgren, Ph. D., University of Nebraska. Charles W. Benton, M. A., Litt, D., University of Minnesota. HOME STUDY CIRCLE. z z | Professor Benno Kirsohbaum, Philadelphia. = @eorge W. Gilson, Buffalo, N. Y. And others whose names appear. in con- nection with the programme of studies. L e aaanaa s o b o | Permanent Court of Arbitration. THE HAGUE, Jan. 31.—The Government s about to bring forward a bill approving the conclusions reached by the peace con- ference regarding arbitration with a view to the establishment of a permanent court of arbitration here. It is believed by the Government that the ple of The Neth- erlands would appreciate such a compli- ment, owing to the fact that many Euro- pean ace treaties were formally con- cluded here. CAPE NOME! Al SHIP COLUMBIA, CAPACITY 200 tons, sailing_on or about April 10. Ap- sly Alaska Navigation and Commercial ‘0., office with WIS, ANDERSON & a CO., 26 East street. LOWEST RATES. Phelps’ Condition Critical. NEW HAVEN, Feb. 1.—The only infor- mation as to the condition of E. J. Phelps CAPE NOME. that could _obtatned after midnight . ‘His ¢ondition Is alarmingly OR PASSENGER AND FR apply CAPT. W. E. NESBITT, Marset,