The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1900, Page 1

Tall, "Oi_l')x].: LX:X\'III—N(). s SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JUNE S, 1900. ! PRICE FIVE CENTS AN o s cosran ALAMEDA GRAND S I DO omns to maTmLE ina yonuse the Greatestinmiisitors Also Demdind. HIS Bemoval e . R Imperial Troops Engage in Bar- | Office for Fallure to Properly Collet |1,.pcvant Presidont Tells Why B With “Boxers A S AH PBI’SUHfi] PPUDBPtU TaXBS He Fled From Pretoria and kin d 200 Dead Are Leftl, .. o ie . g, an chetenen ey +HeE BeSe R g nenenenenentene® Peclares the War Is Not Over l on the Field. OUNTY Assessor Henry P. Dalton was indictsd by the Grand Jury of Alameda County yesterday for the destruction of one of the p-rsonal property rolls of his office in order to avoid the liability imposed 7 b y Any Means. bty law for failure to collect all personal property taxes. The Grand Jury at the same time presented an occusation against County Ass-ssor Dalton, ordering the District Attorney to bring suit against him to him from offce for failure to prop:rly prepare the personal property rolls of the county and to prop- erly collect the personal property taixes. Ir. Dalton now has one civil suit against him to recover the fees r-ccived by him for preparing — 5 b 2 Special Cable to The Call end New Yo by the Herald Pub Special Cable to The C by t Copyright, 1900, ng Company. LONDON, June 7. greater to-day th ng events in the Far East is nd over again I heard the opinion Tom its Nelioletie I ONTDON, June 8.—The Daily Mail publis Qoo fRoR expressed th. war between Japan and Russia. In the assessment roll of the City of Oakland, a suit has been ordered instituted agsinst him by the Board speecial correspondent: : diplomatic ci talked about. There now exists an ex- of Supervisors for the commissions upon the poll taxes withheld from the county, and now is t> bz addzd LOURENZO MARQUES, June 7.—President Kruger and his gov- a suit to remove him from offic: and an indictment for destroying public records. 2 ernment are still at Machadodorp, where it is stated a stand will be « made with probably twenty to twenty-five thousand men. In view of the S present circumstances it is not probable that the defeated Boers will re- i3 tain means or courage to move their = ¥ north, although the more des- ’: perzte wish to do so. A number of British prisoners from Waterfall » have been moved to Novitgedacht. 3 Trains are still arriving from the Transvaal with straggling pas- A B R E A A A A R R JENE it citement amon which has entirely ecl erto given to war in South Africa. A revealed an increase in anxiety. There exists in financial c es of a panic, which s:ntiment has affecte ized the anticipated effect of the good Mr. Dalton makes indignent d<nial of any criminal actions, announces his intsntion of forcing all of these suits to an early issue, and charges that every one of these i1s a political move intended to in- s not the Ieast inci in a day of sensations is the charg: that is mad= to-night by Mr. Dal- ton’s organ that Superior Judg: W. E. Greene, in whose court the Grand Jury was acting, ordered th:se can be judged from to-day’s ap- indictments. prices to take place. Public senti- ment to take a more active interest in the Chi- unications were going on be and generally the situation o8 E PR @A the order PIODOIEDOIIPOIEDE o 0% N es,” sald Preside the British have . quite true that ~ e ' however, doe . rom c MOST GLOOMY NEWS ¢ r COMES FROM CHINA Y He‘lv‘lly €1y gives great s - ey ’ is of casualties b 4 h:m been (1‘:("1 - | ‘Whert the Capital Is. & Mr. {ruger ! 17 It does | b n > wounde: - n although the favorite adjert r e At at | T wounded is the 5 ro < L _com: ' Ab. capital of the re- Km r re- st g 5 = - gvr lnd the Dutch. e recefved idéntical imstruc is invaded, .Lr Jnm PR Chamberlatn, Our r‘urlr conquered. The Gov- fective.” aid not foolish emough to be taken I provided this means of loco- r the same reasc as to procedure, the ergency b b cruiser o Marques, and ubt good ns on the -ommand- R R R R R I T T S O T I R =Y SR SSCES SORY S S BT U SRS S SRR SUE ST B 2 IRA M. WENTWORTH to be anticipated Dalton at once furnished a bond in the | “Both of the proceedings hinge upon the | not yet over flla warfare will con- aal from thampton on Saturday. a public notification be issued € the people against premature re- T | ably retire upon Lyndenburg, “n»r- we | turn here? They will be delayed at Cape of these tayes, and the actions depend | can hoid out for many months." | points, and will only increase the numbers upon the constitutionality of this law. Ahl! “Yes,” observed Mr. Kruger, “it Is only | supported by charity. It must be a couple personal property roll of the coun |pow that the real struggle has begun. I | of months at least before the bulk of practically made up from the stubs of !he fear that there will still be much biood- | those now in the colony and in Natal can receipts for personal proper shed, but the faul that of t British | pe allowed to return or work generally P4 By of protection the | Government.’ can be resumed.” r not enter upon the personal property roll n would, therefore, @-%+%+%+%+ %% %@ | There are two distinct charges made by | the names of those who do not pay their B"-rv P Welcumed v of neither power. It the Grand Jury against Mr. Dalton, | Pérsonal property tax even though they HST}.‘ P.\Ifi.“,"”,l-;x:; ‘1‘ scher and WL or Russia aect ANDREW J. NOR l sald that they would O”"L"XD‘ June 7.—The long expect- | tpough both of them srow out of the may have been assessed. The indictment | have dome plenty of that, but it has done | e no desire to provoke a JOHN B. GREENLEAF conflict. Yet our movements § GEORGE BURBECK 4 with so much suspicion by X P ROBERT M. TURNER 1 a strong force ¢ JAMES MUFFITT e applies to Rus- ¢ C. P. HOAG with ourselves, but the [ HUGO ABRAHAMSON Mr. Dalton by Deputy Sheriff Welch. ions wi us- interests with Two Charges Made. sum of $1000, with H. H. Havens and A. J. Reed as sureties. Mr. Haven is a re- law in regard to the collection of personal | tinue over an enormous area. We intend | G- v | netary . are simpiy - 72 =223 | e o | going t Rty o s | G1/v0 _Jumy e back. o o ‘e : 8 beewbiifred on the | ® *HCH BN LeLex S i Nasgow to-day 3 s n toward 5 1 Following is the personnel of the | = Press w news agency dispatch from Ti s _\‘ax)';*x('dfl gf'nun:\'p Grand )Jur: : | > - - a— ‘“-"f;.‘n?fw!:_"' i “ w{'hf:fi inlh('x}r;wnl a;d;clclusatrzan . | , - el the | 8 of Assessor Henry P. Dalton has P i There will be have wrecked #Bd burned the | ' 07,00 s sensation: b 1 Myl - £ T. L. BARKER (Foreman) s . - re w ¢ JOHN DICKSON b ol = $ WILLIAM DAY < . r ! 4 A L FISH b o afairs still dema: ense, watchtul E { ERNEST A. BRANGS 5 Grand Jury Presenting Its Report to Judge Greene. . i put to § ? == 2 - EDGAR BISHOP . 4 | ience here. All commuaic Not the Time to Return. 3 h &oe ';’\'-; af GEO. B.M. GRAY | @00000000000000000000009004900-0990+0+0@ | is stopped, of e, but - June T.—The following dis- e ?hp‘:p:m; A . MINOR HILLYARD be brought to remove Mr. Dalton from | District Attorney Allen’s Statement. e Vi L o e R itish £ ah .hm.L?m““ he inited 3 FRANELIN BANGS office was like @ boit from a clear skY | Distriet Attorney Allen, who et bl We are surrounded | e outh Africa, fred Milner: secured definite pledges as to | o SAMUEL HZYWO0OD and created a sensation. documents and who will have to pro: ecute | po faithful burghers and are qu “ is reported ntenance of the open door and, * LOUIS HOMEILR The warrant upon the indictment was | them in the name of the county, said to-| Reitz arge numbers of miners enticn would not produee fric-| ¥ { served by Deputy Sheriff Wales, and Mr. | nizht: | n it that war Is ut to start for the f e . @ ne property taxes. This law contains a strict | to fight to the bitter end and shall prob- | warni provision intended to force the collect tired attorney and brother-in-law.of the late F. K. Shattuck and A. J. Read is the | foreman of the mechanical department of the Enquirer. Later the accusation was served upon 5688080280 R+ 8RB R0y SRPpoit ot i thie Mith ed a: mu‘;h :lvlscuss'l-d report of | sonai property roll matter. The iIndict-|is based upon the destruction of a per-| us no good. The only thing left for us to | Boer envoys, arrived in this city at noon materfal support also, if the Alameda County Grand Jury | ment js upon the charge that Mr. Dalton cher accompanied her ¥ sonal property book that was supposed to | do is to keep on fighting, io keep on fight- |to-day. Mrs. F of our Government in the was handed to Judge Greene of the | joctroved one of the assessment books of | CORtain the names of those owning per- | ing.” {Busband, A spechi svcention commiting stronger than it is. They Superior Court this morning, but was not i sonal property on which taxes had not| The ccrrespondent who secured the in- | Welcomed the visitors to the Northwest. ssisted by Japan. .In made public until afterncon, in order that | srom the liability for uncollected taxes. | been paid. Everything depends upon the | terview telegraphed it direct from |There was a large crowd at the depot and flict disastrous to the | the District Attorney might be given timg | The accysation upon which his removal | egality of the clause inflicting a penalty | Machaddodorp station yesterday, when | the Minnesota State band played patriotic great states could be best | to prepare a warrant upon the indictment | ¢ o office is asked is that Mr. Dalton : % = - upon ‘the Assessor for non-collection.” the wires were working as usual to Lou- | American al?: lh(‘fl;*rnnrflllrld call edl on t the same time the pledges found and to prepare the accusatlon|gq pot perform his duty as Assessor and The Indictment. renzo Marques. L Y MG St B NN o SaGk Sotw At ifal negotiations of Mr. |against Assessor Dalton o that It could | enter upon the personal property roll the| The essential charges in the indict The Daily Express in commenting upon | ‘lhe T 4 e e Raew v ki ment T rom to0 3 o'clock this afternoon, and ated from the various | be served. | names of all of those in the county who are: the interview refers to the “unabated de- | 5 gr about the city followed later in vindicated. The oppor-| The Grand Jury had been called to meet | pogsessed persomal property and collect That certain assessments of cer- | flance of the chief of the Transvaalers.” | the day. A mass-megting was held in the No public | tunity for America has come. Will she at 10 o'clock this morning, but, though | tayes thereon. - @ ht Salisbury to | be equal to it or will she let it slip from | the jury was ready to report last Tues- | The law requires the: County Assessor Nine hundred British prisoners arrived | Auditorium to-nig! Tuesday at Nooitgedacht. They wers oo " R e | her hands and lose h; vast tes that the £ £ fou | o trade 1n Northern China P | hour's budiness o ba done, and Districs | o collect the persomal propemty taxes of penned in a barbed wire tence of four| NEW TRAGEDIES IN England's financial interests in China, | Attorney Allen was closeted with the | the county, a e col- interests that can be named on the Stock | jurors for that time. It was approaching | lection of these taxes & penalty e g Roberts Intercepts Two Trains. THE STREET CAR STRIKE | Exchange, aggresate £40,000,000. These, the noon hour when the jury finally filed | Posed. making Assessor and his According to a dispatch from Lourenzo | the county«in order to protect himself emphatically daciten prompted by motives tain personal property in Alameda County, at 12 o'clock meridian of the first Monday of March, A. D, 1559, made and entered by said e Lord deputy assessors in said memo- h press is In f the official attitude. The | randa book as aforesald and co ed seube ¢ into said book so entitied “Oakla Assessment Roll of Personal Pr-‘p- afternoc < st ave unani- | O : . ) bondsmen responsible for ail the uncol- = | Marques dated yesterday Lord Roberts bt " by of the | :rhear: :;:r:f:o l:l‘l:yd:lcn‘(?lendx xcglenr ee;ll into the box and Foreman T. L. Barker locted taxes upon pe ¥ proj . Tt erty for 15899 as aforesaid, con. | s Teported ta have Intercepted two | Three Poli:men and a Photographer it creater object than a mere panies| arose and presented three papers, two to ord . a { X he vicinity of Pre- Shot as the Result of powers with a greater b - % | and syndicates holding concessions, which | Judge Greene and one to District Attor. | harged that in order to shieid himselt trains full leaving the vicinity of Pre- | temporary Suppr of the “Boxers. gy OT- | from this liability that the County As- ment book of personal property of toria. Telegrams from the British side Riots. = are capitalized for vast unknown .suml.nnoy Allen. Attitude of America. The English money in China is probably | WASHINGTON, June 7.—An indication | close to $500,000,000. of the care exercised by the State Depart- | GERMAN LINER ASHORE. rent is afforded by the imstructions to jster Conger, sent yesterday, to draw ERLIN, J =] = B LIN, June 7.—-The new Hamburg- American liner Deutschland ran high and supposed that it was merely a copy | sonal Property for the Year 15%." upon Admiral Kempff for any force need- ! gees as might properiy claim the right of “ aground off Stettin upon her trial trip, of the report until District Attorney| rne accusation is based upon another al- i i | i Alameda County, delivered to said Cclerk of the Board of Supervisors as aforesaid, and no other record of said certaln assessments than was contained in said_book that was entitled “Oakland City Assess- ment Roll for 159" was preserved by said assessor. That during all the times herein mentioned said book was the prop- erty of the said County of Ala- m.¥. and during $3 said a time became an official 1eco @ Assessor’: office of the said County of Ala- meda. are exceedingly scanty. Two brief ones| ST. LOUIS, June 7.—Three police officers received from Pretoria say that Mrs. | were shot in various parts of the city to- Kruger still occuptes the Presidency and | night as the result of riots. Michael that a number of engines and cars have | Gibbons was hit in the ankle and B. J. been secured. The British under Major | Boland in the knee and W. O. Coates in de Lisle captured a machine gun and | the back. The latter's wound Is serious. caused the Boers heavy loss, the British | Gibbons and Boland were aciing as 2 i ds on Union line ears and Coates was casualties being slight. Boer officials re- | Suards on tiaion Tne Come, aod Costen was moved $30,00 in gold from the National | (he Tranmsit Company. Bank June 4 but did not touch ‘the cash ) While standing on the rear platform of hoidings of the other banks. | a north-bound Union line car, John Goet- Boers are surrend vol- | in, a photographer, 2 years of age, was S o bt b shot and seriously wounded usulgm at i One of the’ documents handed to the|in which his deputies made the original Judge was the formal report of the Grahd | assessment of the personal property of Jury, and the other was evidently an in- | the county, and it is specifically charged dictment, but those present in the court- | that he destroyed one book entitled the room missed the value of the third paper | “Oakland City Assessment Roll of Per- ed to protect his legation and such refu- nd has not vet been floated. The work | Allen, late in the afternoon, announced leged effort to avold this lability for the ¢ dredging her over the bar will require | that he had served upon County Assessor | uncollected personal property taxes. It is ten days, and her start for Hamburg s Dalton an accusation by the Grand Jury | charged that the Assessor did not enter on how fixed for July 5 instead of June 21| and @ sult to remove him from office. | (he personal property roll of the county vium there or in the consulates. The ster was mot even charged to send the United States naval forces and marines to points where American mis- | Emperor William has sent warships to| It was this latter act that surprised the names of those who became untarily and the townspeople of Pretoria Fpeenm and Chambers s * e + @ tained in sall book =0 entitlea, were not copied into said assess. : + H @ sloraries are reperted to be beset and in ‘ l‘*fl*fiofiwfloflouofi¢sflofi-0 That on or about the — day of 16 et Comns: described as showing considerabie en- i physicians say (hat Goet: jecpardy, =lthough much pressure has | ald in the work of floating the l!nor and | everybody, for while the indictment was | upon their personal property tax and that February, 190, at the County are \y Hospital phy e instructions on the sub- | generally expected, that Grand this was done to avold the Mability under]| —— ———————————————————— | thusiasm over the British arrival. Mr. un will probably die within ty-four been brought to bear upon the State De- | has given special the Jury % Continued on Page Two. Prevost Batteresby in a dispatch to the Rours from the result of his & partment by the missionary interests to ' ject. should go still further and order suit to ' this law. : TR e