The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1900, Page 3

THHE SAN FRA NCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1900. q 9 nern acram s-wer Holiday. where 250 & 25 els in CTENSION OF TIME CRANTED RUIT GROWERS ers Association Will- gl y Accedes to the Request. iy President Bond Says That He Feels Certain the Requisite Acreage Will Be Signed by the Date Set. e e Pack Epecial Dispatch to The Call reage of the e ae t to eo- crop will on which at percent- ire the assist of the meeting were over the organization, ated to create -a cheerful dis- n that falls in:its natural ed to be empty. ‘We who -suffers from ca- suffer . from ° stomach ures, L disposition éeess both. nditions. - § it will as- fon the food P ord meérely “ures are perma- ) sleep, the slee HUDYAN ens ts that give DYAN cures te -Complications. nagists-ie 4 puck- Fre Cal [DOCTORS] TRCUL ———% of the Hudyon Remedy Co. moy be consulted by -letter or.in person Write your. symptoms. AND ' TESTIMO- cFRRe LAR: T RUDYAN. as will &t onse be recog- | Iiéar in mind | 1 & ts nfon that tional time the required % acreage could be secured fon made a success. .Con- secured creage of the § £ which 64,175 1t can b % per cent be vet signed n be called seen that in about 1 sllowing s~ presented - b; President Bond to the packers is a t and ise statement the status of airs of the association tlemen of the Co; ori be agreed up b ng-_prus according to the terme tween the packers a: 1 reégret to have tat) The ent - or from £ growers upon or destroyed, and portion of. the b y fruit on the trees th ectimrate of -the crop 4n this s State that we have not consi able to include It in our estimate. fherefore, the S158 @cres - south iachapl from the 73,333 acres, ance of 6 3 we have a 5 acres upon which to base our Ninety. fier rent of ‘this acreage is the T bal estimates . _Deducting. from -it tho 45438 acres | Jeavea the amount deficlent 1 acres. The basls upon W we ‘have arrived at the aggregate acrenge in the State &ividing the total tonnage of the State of last year's crop. by ‘three-quarters.” From the best sources of information obtainable the aver- age produetion of dried prunes to the acre is three-quarters of & ton. “This estimate would perhape. be too high 1f we incl the acreage Dohth of the Tehachapt, but as we have elim- inateq that screage for the purposes of computation we have the amount of three- is by | '* Close of the Conventions Cured er-. th you fthat the | quarters of a ton to the acre for the balance | of the State as.a fair estimate; 1f you, as a committee acting for the pack- orh, decide that the canvas must be closed torday the -efforts ‘of the Erowers must be ahandoned. - 1f, however, you are willlng to Waive the present limitations and grant an additional ‘terth of nineteen days the manage- ment of the assoclation will continue its efforts %o sécure :the requisite acreage to make up the 90 per cent, which it, as well as the pack- ers, deems necessary to justify It In making and maintaining prices for the percentage of he crop under its cont The management js_ hopeful; if the time suggested for an ad- diffonal canvass is civen, that it will be able %o obtain the percentage of the acreage suffi- ciént to enable it to comply With the terms of the packers’ contract. 1 assume that the interest which you and those you represent have manifested in the guccess of this enterprise will induce you to coticede the time asked for. If at its expira- tion a suficlent number of growers to make up the necessary percentage have not come into the assoctation the management will con- sider that it has discharged its duty and will abandon any further attempts to carry out its Objects. It remalns now for you to determine whether what has been done shall go for noth- ing or whether we shall have a_further op- portunity to secure by another effort a suffi- Gient acreage to accomplish the objects of the association. H. G. BOND, President. Cal ruit | DISPUTE CAUSES THE DEATH OF FOUR MEN Prominent Texas Cattle Reaisers Use | Guns to Settle a Quarrel Over | a Grass Lease, DENVER, Colo., May 2—A speclal to the News from Fort Worth, Tex., say A meager report received here late to- ht gives information of a quadruple ling at Quanah. Two of the men are Lute and Cage Beach, but the names of the other two are not known here. trouble originated over a grass 1 men met on the public thoroughfare and opened up a fusillade with Winchesters, { according to indefinite news received here to-night. Al “four men are prominent cattlemen. | The Beaches lived at Stephenvilie, Erath Counis. srata Cured sociation. The | ase. The | | | return to work until the car repairers on | the Lackawanna, Nickel Plate and Lehigh éir ‘fair-city, *its “flowers who had: fashioned the 4 shapes. Roses > which with to transform from’ their usual | for princ s were filled, how- princesses, ‘but with radlant with neént as bor rose. >mManhooe t Prizes Awarded. ‘The judges I)u'\r:ulr‘_ all of whom were_n i .lllan M. Hechtman | Van Matre of San H v of Alame B. 1 of A anta. - task to determine a long delib- | inounced the Daughters’ >arlor, N. following float, first | HOUSANDS WITHESS THE GREAT Elks’ float, honorable mention; best float, Welnstock, Lubin & Co. 5. The com- mittee was equally divided between the Colonial coach, Miss Ilgner and party and pa e RN 2 |HE Brs LRAGoN 04 rr STREET — the ‘tally-ho of La Bandera Parlor, Na- Corps, $0; Red Men, special mention; best | evieve La Fontaine, Irma Scott, Beatriod tive Daughters, and suggested an equal ['bicycle ridden by gentleman, George | Barnes. division of the prize maney, $50. - Mexican | Wheeler, $10; bicycle launch, $15; best | Sailor girl—Leslie Contner. Volante, H.'J. Furley and party, $25; the | group of bicycle riders of not less than | The Capital City Wheelmen, led by J. Miss Tlora Meister “and Neilie- Allen, | ten in humber, 325; best novelty in bicy- | A. Woodson, president of the State Cy- hanorable me best buggy or phae- Mayor: George prizi ze. Bsen and party rlage, or. big first prize, Mi Sadie Breen, omingham, special mentiori; iss Cosby and friend, speclal . mentio: best tandem, -t s, Frank Lafferty, $2 X ank Kent, donkey tandem, $I5 best mintature - vehicle drawn by dogs, goats or ponies, Roy Neilsen, $5; best lady on horseback, committee suggests that the prize money of $10 be divided: best gentieman on horseback, W. B. de Mer- ritt, $10. In this class the:judges report that Colonel H. 1. Seymour, the marshal, is deserving of special me for the fine ance of himse and horse. Best g on hors ck, Mi: 3 Hoffelt, b boy on horseback, mittee adv that the prize money of ¥ be divided between Franklin Pendery and Elwood Neilsen; best group of riders, first | detachment of the Third Brigade Signal cle, H. S. Pearson and F. T. Dwyer. Cheers for the Queen. Hundreds: of little children lifted their fresh voices in .chorus to acclalm the newly crowned queen as she ascended the throne. She was attended by her twelve | cling’ Clubs, together with the Oak Park | Wheelmen, made a splendid appearance im | the line. 'As a mascot they had at the head of their division Miss Lottie Rich- son of Yolo County, who wore short skirts and was attired from head to foot in_blue_silk. maids of honor and by pages of crown-| The Chinese pageant this afternocon was bearers dressed in satins and silks. A | hosts of the visitors as a revelation to Maypole dance w by children in 1 as to who had never s given acramentans, Martine Ruggles, Hazel Koffman, Ora Rippon, Ruth Young, Gladys Butler, Gen- monstration on I grounds. be another mag: the streets and front of the throne and was witnessed by | seen a demonstration conducted upom nds. . Its participants were the fol- | such a scale of magnificence. The parade : was seven or elght blocks long, the mmelline Wiseman, Zoe | dragon itself taking up almost a block. Sandborn, Mary Lindley, Lelia Lindley, | The Chin handied this ingeniously Pauline McClatchy, Marguerite Smith, | constructed figure so dextrously that they Mildred Rivett, Lottle Dashiell, Gertrude | produced at regular intervais a whip of Steen, Pearl Gilman, Edna Farley, Char- | the t much to the edification of the lotte McClatchy, Blanche: Nathan, Ger- | Chinese r ents and visiting country- trude Miller and Estelle Ryan. men, who looked upon the spectacle with Flower girls—Elizabeth Finnie, . Hazel | profound awe. The promoters of the Graham, Helen Plerce, Irma Fariey, Mar- | pageant were obliged to give bonds in the guerite Doherty, Ethél Freund, Margue- |sum of $4000 for the safe return of the ban- rite McMasters | ners, costumes and accouterments. To- Fairies—Deila Pommer, Myrtle Ross, | morfow will be trades day, and there wilt i VETERANS ELECT NEW OFFICERS at San Luis Obispo. —_— George M. Mott Chosen Department| Name of a Married Woman Figures | Commander of Grand Army and Next Meeting Will Be Held in. Pacific Grove. bt ST Epectal Dispatch to The Call. MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF A YOUNG BN Mutilated Body of John Mer- ton Found at Plum- pers Pass it it in the Case and a Society Scan- dal of Large Dimensions Is Expected. P Spectal Dispatch to The Ca'l. AN LUIS (;;1[;’;1)0: May 2.—The three | conventions—Grand Army of the Repub- [ton, a young man prominently connected | 1i¢, Women's Relief Corps and Foresters | of America—which been In session | here for -“several ‘days adjourned this afternoon after eélecting officers and se- lécting "the next meeting place. In the| points of interest. The following officers were elected by | the Grand Army veterans: Department | commander, George M. Mott, Sacramento; | sénfor vice comman Stephen D. Bal- | lou, San_Luis Obispo; ' junior vice com- | mander, Horace Bell, Ventura; Colonel T. | C. Mastellar of San Francisco was re- appointed adjutant. Next year's meeting -will be at Pacific Grove. The officers chosen by the Woman's Re- | lief Corps are: Department president, Cora A. Merritt, Oakland; senlor vice | president, Mrs. Flora Bowley, San Fran-| cisco; junior vice president, Mrs. Mary A. Avingston, San Diego; chaplal rA%rs., 3 /. Davis, Carson City, Nev.; treas- | Mrs. Sarah J. Farwell, 'Oakland; ex- | e board—Mrs. D. 1. Mortimer, San Francisco; Mrs. Lenore Rabe, Oakland; Mrs. Cecilia Holt, Stockton; Mrs. Kate Rowland, Vallejo; Mrs. Mary Woodward, Oakland. Mrs. Geraldine E. Frisble of Menlo Park conducted an impressive in- stallation. President-elect Merritt pointed the following: Becretary, Shepard, Oakland; inspector, Josephine Wilder, Los Angeles; counselor, Mrs. E. Chico as the D. Kinne. The Foresters selected next meeting place and elected the fol- lowing officers: Hugo K. Asher, San Francisco, grand chief ranger; John Hee- nan, San Francisco, grand sub-chief ran- ger; J. E. O'Brien, S8an Francisco, grand recording secretary; Frank Conklin, San Francisco, grand treasurer; George Gold- man, San Diego, grand senlor woodward; Max Grimm, i, grand junior wood- ward; Warren M. John, San Luls Obispo, grand senlor beadle; J. W. McCoy, Hay- wards, grand junior beadle. iv COMPROMISE WITH STRIKERS. New York Central Grants the Wage Concessions Asked. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 2—A ‘settle- ment between the New York Central Railway Company and its striking car repairers was reached to-night at a con- ference between Superintendent Wait and representatives of the union. The men claim to have gained the wages conces- sions demanded, but the company officials will continue to exercise their own dis- cretion in_the hiring of men and the re- duction of forces, Superintendent Wait having refused to concede that point. The agreement made to-night contains a reservation that the strikers are not to Valley roads, who struck in sympathy with the Central men, shall - have ar- ranged with their employers to return to work. [ —_—— ‘Wreckage Sighted. VICTORIA, B. C., May 2—The sealing | schooner Teresa returned to-day with 500 skins. She reports the season a favorable one. She reports considerable wreckage, {ncluding lumber, salls, sealing boat and lifebuoy marked “Columbia, 8. A.,” sight- ed off Cape Flattery. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 2.—John Mer- in Vancouver, was found murdered on Tuesday night at the Point Comfort Ho- tel, Plumpers Pass. He had been at the island health resort, which/ is situated | | about forty miles from Vancouver, in the | | evening a number of receptions were held | Gult of Georgla, for several weeks. So far | and the delegates who remaln over to- | the exact cause of the murder is as much | morrow will make -excursions to varlous a mystery as the name of the perpetrator of the crime, Young Merton's body was found near the hotel in the brush. It had been hor- ribly mutilated and was doubled up in a position that indicated that the intention of the murderer had been to place it in a sack and to sink it in the bay or make | some simllar disposition of the remains. The young fellow had been attacked with some blunt instrument. When the body was found word was at once sent to the provincial police authorities here and they are now making a thorough investigation, The theory that the young man had been murdered by Chinamen was the first one advanced. Another story that is more generally believed, however, is that there was a married woman figuring very prom- inently in the case, and that the Killing of the young man was the direct result of a | quarrel which Merton and the second and more moneyed lover of the woman had. There are at least probabilities of a so- | clety sensation of large dimensions, and all the parties in the case are well known here. Young Merton belonged to one of the most prominent families in Eastern Canada. His father was the late Sheriff Merton of Hamilton, Ontario, at one time 2 member of Parliament. The case has caused a great deal of local comment. No arrests have so far been made. BOWERS SUES GEORGE PULLMAN FOR DAMAGES Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 2—Frederick V. Bowers began suit to-day against his wife for absolute divorce on statutory grounds, naming George M. Pullman as co-respond- ent. Bowers also instituted action to re< cover $£00,000 from the pyrotechnic son of the late multi-millionaire palace car mag- nate for alleged alienation of his wife's affections. Both suits were brought in the Supreme Court of the State. Pullman and Mrs. Bowers, who are liv- ing together as husband and wife at Ho- tef Gerard, were served with papers in the case late to-night. They accepted service complacently. Pullman still insisis he and his first wife were divorced; that Mrs. Bowers and her husband are divorced, and that he (Pull- man) and Mrs. Bowers have been legally married. He continues, however, to re- fuse to reveal where and when the al- leged divorces were obtained and the date and place of the wedding. ————— Leave of Absence for Merritt. WASHINGTON, May 2.~The War De- partment to-day issued orders granting Major General Wesley Merritt, command- ing the Department of the East, leave of absence from the 10th inst.. with permis- sion to leave the United States. = Major General Brooke was ordered to succeed him. On June 16 General Merritt will re- feg o Soeemnt ot 380 of Coneral B tis, now com n the nes, il be promoted to major generals " CULTON TELLS OF THE GOEBEL ASSASSINATID Sensational Testimony the Frankfort Con- spiracy Case. Auditor of State Sweeney’s Clerk Describes the Plans That Re- sulted in the Killing of the Politician. in FRANKFORT, Ky., May 2—W. H. Cul- ton, the clerk of Auditor of State Swee- ney, who is under indictment as accessory to the murder of Goebel, went on the witness stand in his own behalf in the | hearing of the motlon for bail in his case | this -afternoon and gave highly sensa- tional testimony. Culton's came after the motions for bail in the cases of Powers, Davis, Youtsey, Whit- taker and Combs had been The substance of Culton’s testimony was as follows: I had talks with Powers and Taylor about | bringing men’ to Frankfort. Taylor wanted about twenty-five witnesses from Jackson | County before the canvassing board. 1 had another talk with Powers, Cectl, Davidson, Howard and others. I did mot tell the men who came with me that the Democratic legis- lators were to be killed by raising a row in | the Senate, and I never heard it dlscussed: When Berry's contest was to be voted on, 1 heard it discussed that he was to retain his seat, even If voted out. I heard nothing said about & plan to kill anybody. Culton sald W. R. Johnson wanted his (Culton’s) pistol. Henry Youtsey told me that Goebel would be kilied. I told him that it must not be done. | L,told Governor Bfadley what Youtsey said and Bradiey said: My , this must not be | done.””” Youtsey afterward sald there was noth- ing In it. assassination he was with “Jim” Howard in the State House yard. Howard called his attention to a plece of paper posted in a window. “Well, what of that?" I asked. | “Oh_Yyou have sense enough to understand, haven’t you?" was Howard's reply. He said Howard took out of his pocket some rifle bullets and also some 45-caliber pistol cartridges. Howard sald: “Don’t ask any more fool questions.” Henry Youtsey, after the assassination, asked the witness where he was on the day of the murder. I told him that I was up in the lobby of the House. Youtsey asked me how it would do for him to say he was there with me. I told Youtsey that I was afrald he was going to get into trouble. Also that Grant Roberts wanted to see him. Roberts had missed his rifle and told me he believed Youtsey had it. I told him he had better see Roberts. The witness told of another conversa- tion with Youtsey, who came with Burton of Breckinridge County. Youtsey ald pe had the greatest scheme yet: that Goebel could be shot from the Secretary of State's office and nobody would ever know Who did it. Witness denied that he had had a con- versation with Miss Sallie Jackson in which he made statements damaging to nimself. At a meeting in Powers’ office T presided and the question of providing boarding places for contest witnesses was discussed. B. B. Burton pulled out & handful of cartridges and said: “A few of these turned loose in the proper place would soon settie the contest.' Caleb Powers sald that If any such talk as that was to be Indulged in he would leave the meeting. Culton will testify again to-morrow. 4 Judge Cantrill to-day ordered a change of venue to Scott County for the trial of Powers, Davis, Youtsey and others charged with complicity in the Goebel as- sassination, — Death of Thomas Fruitt. Special Dispatch to The Call BOISE, Idaho, May 2—Thomas Fruitt, the well known horseman, dropped dead to-day In his stables. He was 75 years of testimony | overruled. | ‘Witness said that on the day after the | age and well knowh on the coast an throughout the West among horseme He was a native of England, where at | SPecialDispatch t | | one time he was noted as a jockey. He | BOISE, Idaho, May 2.—James Hardy, | rode in famous_events during the early | aged 30, was instantly killed to-day in = | part of Queen Victoria's reign. is re- | 60-foot well wi ke was digging. The | mains will be shipped to Jersey City, N. | well caved in and he was buried alive. for burial. 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