The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1900, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1900. 11 ¢ THE MIDDLEMAN” A STRONG STORY VERY CRUDELY TOLD Tivoli Turns Away Hundreds Who Are Anxious to Hear “Otello” — “Heartsease” Splendidly Rendered by Miller Company at the Columbia. FOUND DYING N BERR OF HiS OFFCE SUPERVISORS INVESTIGATE THE ACTS OF COUNTY CLERK JORDAN Stockbroker William Doud Discovered With Skull music-hungry people being | first cla s. Among the favorites who are - Sail turne st | already” acquainted with the San Fran-| Alfred Hanake, a well known and re- | | . A the | clsco public t. Onge brothers, | tired capitalist, was found dead in the | . - t the trick bicycle Rawlston, who | hathroom at his residence, California - 7 t c ot horsrad o | stroet, this morning. Tt 13 supposed that G Z =L s OUNTY CLERK JORDAN » oo &8 Biograph pre- | he died of nheart disease, The Morgue CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COU} CLE JORDAN AS ents a series of new and interesting pic- | officlals wore ; o &) ria e R oo > P s For next week a_splendid biil is and Brown were detailed on the case. THEY APPEARED AT THE INQUIRY. ez well enongh filled ¥ night. Next wee “Mignon” will Heartsease' r and his excellent 1t for the same ht ex- Known sed esented by expectation that thes ted at rilliant and do not and it < a more performance 1 on its first pre had an admirably but in which_he acking of late. Mr. med 10 me ing, owing to ich marks 1 cannot imagine a stage pailbearer f Benkarn's te g shlegmatic as But I Gene been frer iv Neville he had ration up four times the Covent Ganden nd Henry and Margaret bowed itude for the applat Browne as Jack O'Hara was miscast. "Tis true gave us a h of the brogue at times, but it requires sometk than brogue to make him an Iri Orphefim. the lobby Theater. their g Tivoli. | second week of the season of grand opera at the Tivoll Opera-house opened jast evening with Verdl's “Otello.” Every seat In house was taken and the gcenes of the first night enthusiasm were at the Orpheum sand jig has few equals eccentric and toe dances. and Sailic Stembler the Laura Bennett s in_their sketch, “Sapho and Hulu' An- r and all but cutdone, by the ap- | ;iher z.‘zv-rvr'rfrdn‘:(nz combination »‘: = preciative audience. It is rarely indeed | the Meeker-Baker trio of clowns. The en- San Francisco or any other city | tertainment last evening was opened by hears and sees a performance the Joh ash, who 18 a natural mono- ber of that given last evening at the entertainer. Nash made a decided Tivoll Opera-house, for double, treble, or his laughing songs. Mr. and Mrs four times the amount of the admission John Mason (Katherine Grey) presented B eed and the fact is pleasantly and a pretty and amusing domestlc sketch practically appreciated, as the beaming lled “Another Story.” new enter | ance here stamps them as artists of nagement acknowledges—the way to a ager's heart is through his box-office when to d in the act his was a good Desde- & the th as a little erude in the will be reme- be ure of witness- last the They to a performance Miller of after Zarle g more sh soldler. Two of the cleverest dancers that have | 2 visited this city for a long time are now | F2irvland.,” PaYmer Cox's delightful fairy Charles Hooker in his and his partner, Ma Belle Davis, is a winning card in her | ©VeTY evening of the following week; also | Thursday | aused no end of fun The Dunne # v all star corchina- and tion op last week of | farce at the California Theater | last night to a full house. “The Night of the Fourth” is a farcial inch 1 and laughs. Harry , the iceman, gets out the part all there is in it. At a hotel | vertised s an 2 » of rest and quiet Frost 1t way from the hor rs of the ebratic He cele- rates the rather coplously and be- event f re day is over ke is t e defendant fo ch of promise suits and has 2 ha to evade the lunatic asylum. | Alcazar. The English comedy, “The Country Girl," was rev at the Alcazar Theater st night a rere was a crowded house. 15t was th before: Miss Florence Roberts as the country girl; White Whittlesey -, lover: Theodore Robert dwin T. d as Alithea; Marie Howe as Luc and George P. Webster as old Will. Th! charming, old-fashioned play seems to have made a decided hit Fischer’s Concert House. Evervthing on last night's programme her's was new and all of the twen- s, soprano, sang Wekerlin's ghts Adorning” and Gounod's nber”; Eudora Forde, a to, made a hit with of I Smi r ing, o tu M'aime” and a selection 11 Trovatore,” and Herbert Medley, a barytone, made his profe: debut in Schumann's "l Me a beth “Two Grer Brimming Bowl He has a_volce y. Little ver songs and dances; Mcll and gfoul- ton performed on the horizontal baF, and a good evening's entertainment was and Allan by excellent Alma Muthrich gave some of brought to a close with *“The RIight|swimming that tance in 48 minutes. | Stocking.” a pretty sketch of child life. | He also holds a record from Sausalito presented by Ray and Owen Ogden and |t Belvedere. As an example of his Bertha The house was good strength and endurance, Hufferdine has | skipped a rope 3300 times without a break, Chutes. | Besides having rec 1\lve.| a care- he Clyites Nins S amac it | ful _tralning_in physical culture, Mr % E i t of anatom: at.he mij = ared last night were: The Sisters | oo oo B e et Waterman, vocalists, who sing in a very ing manner, s, also had omething new and origi- The holdovers who presented new specialties were: La Lista, Boggs & Hae- ward and Martins & Ridgway act and new moving pictures conclude the programme. Brownies Coming Again, Flaborate revivals of “The Brownies in operetta, will be given at Theater next Sunday afternoon and on on the afternoons of Tuesday, nd Saturday, a August 14, 16 and 18. ngs, dances. ecialties, moe costumes and cast will number a hundred children cluding such talented voung artists Mildred _Fitzgerald, Blanche Trelease, illian Rhodes, Queenie Tilton, ensen, Florence Emery, Zena Eva Lerner, the Holland Sisters, Atkins, Bennie Lerner, Kiefe, Phillp Carl Johnson, Ar- These are all | thur Parent and Tone McClouth. The sil- ainers and their first apj wn{- the ver ballet by pupils of Signorina M will be a great feature. tially recovered his speech. Only after great effort was he able to plead to be returned to the insane asylum instead of H being confined to a prison cell. rg will probably be returned Refchent to Washington —— b TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB 0B THE INSMIE 70 PRISDN CELL Accused Burglar Pleads to| Be Returned to a Mad- OAKLAND, this e tury Ci committee at the Unitarian Church. A co! sed of Colonel J. P. Irish, A. H. Elilot, Dr. E. von Adelung, A. A. Denison and G. church parlors and the formation of the soclet The object is the discus; P on of the eth- jeal side of current political questions. | house. | Meetings will be held on the first Monday % | evening of each month. At the first| i | meeting, to be held in the church on the | Osakland Offic Call, ekiand O -3 f,’n',’“::_:';”;":‘r:" B intercuted in the ohjects of the ciub 118 Broa . - % | are eligible to membership. to jall for burglary,| " gyery Sunday evening in September lec- berg, an escape from yyres will be delivered under the auspices wylum for insane, declared | of (he soclety on the “Moral Claims of the (g Police Judge Smith | Various Political Parties.” re would prefer being Untorinae min seked| JUDGE GREENE SCORES ATTORNEY F. J. CROWLEY of his case untll OAKLAND, Aug. 6.—Mrs, J. Tchich and her attorney, F. J. Crowley, appeared be- incoherent state court of the truth | statements and a con- | d until nc 't Monday rg Is accused of breaking into tore of Al. Wood and stealing of & As soon as he was Piaced in z y Prison he | commenced to act queerly and told ram- o tories to the jallers and to any of | his w prisoners who cared to listen | - 4 tales. Fevera = ago the man was suddenly | stricken dumb and then his sense of feel- | mony of Mrs. g left. Pins jabbed into his flesh caused | woman and Attorney Crowley. rot a wince. When brought into court | that the mother was no fit person to have ihis morning Reichenberg had only par- | charge of the children and took Crowley quantity to be appointed guardian of her three lt- tle girls, who are now In the hands of Mrs. Lydia Prescott. The woman was not only refused the control of her offspring. but was denled even the privilege of visit- ing them. !udxe Oreengi after hearing the testi- AT UNITARIAN CHURCH | Aug. 6.—Steps were taken Ing to organize a Twentieth Cen- S. Evans met in the | completed plans for | man’'s 3th inst., officers will be elected and a | sgramme of discussions arranged. All | parchment fore Judge Greene to-day with®a petition,| ccased captain’s wife and relatives. | executrix. to task for having the little girls brought into court to listen to the story of mother's degradation T i —_———— HURLED INTO THE AIR BY FLYING ELECTRIC CAR ALAMEDA, Aug. 6—Tn a collision be- tween an Oakland Transit car and a bak- ery wagon this morning P. Beigbeder, the driver of the wagon, narrowly escaped death. When Beigheder saw that him. self and vehicle were about to be demol ished he made an attempt to jump." But his feet became entangled in the harness The concussion threw him twenty feet. When picked up Beigheder was somewhat groggy, but he soon regained his compo. sure. No bones were broken, but thete were & number of abrasions’ about the body. The wagon was a complete wreck, its remains being distributed for two blocks on Park street. It contained French bread, which was cast upon the waters of the tidal canal near by. The horse Is dead. It was found necessary to sum- mon an officer to shoot him, 8o badly cut | up was he, ————a Transport Captain’s Will. OAKLAND, Aug. 6.—The will of Cap- tain Edward C. Perks, late of the trang. ‘;‘»_nrz service, has been filed for probate, he will is written on a single sheet of aper, more than a vard in th. It w'Tn Hospital at Greenwich, England. The remainder of the property, which s valued at $z10, is divided among the de- Perks, Is namodT:: widow, Au'ulfl.ll. —————————— Death of an Oakland Attorney. LAND, Aug. 6.—Will D. Powers, 3&‘\!‘( ‘attorney of this city, died yesters ay, after a lingering fliness. 0 Wi shich, soundly scored the was emmnzed by the Southern Pacific He said Company, strike of 1 ut lost his place during the 594" He then took up the Stu of law. ed. One of the principal feature ippearance of Mrs. Bessie L S0C lady, who is to make | ISR S S PSP S ally applauded. | and Long & Fox. come- | surgical course The lion | the California | scenlc effects Will he entirely new and the | colony met as an executive Mauda | atlldita | will be held in Rome: i ramme so far as completed will equeaths $100 to the Green- | Mr. Hanake was 72 ve BERKI LEY’S NEW FOOTBALL TRAINER P e e e rs of age. GEORGE J. HUFFERDINE. e S S o e o e [ I i o o o S R ) ERKELEY, Aug. 6.—George J. Huf- ferdine, the new football trainer at the University of California, al- though taking an active part and interest in all forms of athletics, has made his best records s a swimmer. On Beptember 8, 1897, Hufferdine established | a world's record across the Golden Gate, ter qualified to assist the football men in case of injury, he is now taking a under Dr. F. R. Woolsey of Berkeley d pr ical work under Dr. McGettigan of the City pital of San Francisco. While East with the university track team Mr. Hufferdine took careful notes of Eastern training methods. He declares that trip will prove itself of Inestimable | value to university athietes. ITALIANS WILL HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES Representative citizens of the TItallan committee in- | last night at Garibaldi Hall to perfect ar- as | rangements for a memorial service to be .held to commemorate the death of the | vagnaro acted ate King Humbert. F. C as chairman. The services will be held at afternoon next, mmmr-nclng at 1 o'clock, at which hour the funeral of the late King The proj t‘nnllfir nfreadlnk of the service in Eng- lish by Samuel M. Shortridge and in Iufi- fan by Chevalier Joseph Calegaris and appropriate musical ceremonies by a_host o lilinn opera singers under the direcs tion of Professors Martinez and Spadina. Resolutions befitting the occaston will | be drafted at the meeting and sent to the family of the late King. A general invi- tation is glven to the foreign Consuls in this city, the Board of Supervisors and the press. General Shafter will be asked | to attend the services. —_————————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Aug. 6.—Marriage licenses were issued to-day to the following named couples: Edwin H. Harvey, 24 Sacra- mento, and Aljce M. Quinn, 24, Sacra- mento: Emil Miller, 26, San Francisco, and Mrs. Madeline Garrett, 27, San Francisco; Frank M. Ewer, 20, S8an Francisco, and Helen B. Vose, 21, Roxbury, Mass,; Wil- llam A. Duncan, 34, San Francisco, and M: E. Larry, 32, San Francisco; E. L. Sullivan, 42, Emeryville, and Nellie Stev- ens, 31, Bmeryville; Franklin P. Summers, 21, Oakiand, and May V. Young, 18, Oak- land. —_——— Rainbow Wins. NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—The seventy-foot sloop Rainbow, owned by Cornelius Van- derbilt, won the Commodore's cup for sloops of that class to-day in the New York Yacht Club's race, salling over a twenty-one-mile course on Lon Island Sound. She defeated August Belmont's Mineola and Harry Payne Whitney's Yankee. The Quisetta won the Commo- dore's cup for schooners. The cup for all sloops in one class was probably won by the Byce. Bl p Killed in a Wreck. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 6—The Monon passenger train, leaving here at 12:40 this mornin collided with an engine running light at South Raub, seven miles south. Henry Whitsell, engineer. was severely scalded, and James Hudlow. pnf!neer of the passenger train, was instantl and a numl jured. names unknown. It was particulars. y killed, of passengers severely in- passengers were killed; possible to get Three KR eRNeN NI WeNe R +Ue Henenen L R R S e S g | plicated. and County Hos- | Metropolitan Temple on Thursday | gress. find time to attend was present ter complained of. R R - R e B i B i Sl AKLAND, Aug. 6.—County Clerk Frank C. Jordan was the storm center in Oakland to-day. The Board of Supervisors occupied the Aay In investigating his office and trying to learn whether he was using it for the purpose of furthering private political Prominent men from all walks of life filled the rooms to watch the proceed- ings. Coming at the particular moment in the campalgn that it did, the incident was | glven additional flavor and every move ends. was watched with the greatest interest. The County Clerk knew that it was a critical moment and he threatened to tell two vears ago, in which he was variously im- I He hurled this threat at the made his statement, which resolved itself down to an assertion that he was doing for Mr. Dalton and against Mr. Metcalf this year exactly what he did for Mr. Metcalf and something about the campaign of opposition several times and finally against Mr. Hilborn two years ago. The morning session was ummereszln!m t consisted merely of the introduction of written charges against the County Clerk, | B. Hardy and presented by These charges were compared with that of the afternoon. signed by W. pervisor Church. as follow; Honorable the Board of Supervisors of Lo ety of 'Alameda, State of California— 'As o citizen and taxpayer of the 1 respectfully call the at- dy to and hereby : he action o enter my earnest protest against t! r orable body In suffering and permitting Jour Bonorable ¥ the county, to wit: the County the County Gentlemen: county of Alameda, tention of your honorable b a public office Clerk's office, Clerk of said county partisan political Whllsfi?\‘er‘u\lQ the public business. While your board has vide public offics 1o be longer used by the C and unty county, you have persons with public offices lights, furniture and partisan politics in the county. Ur'l‘luu the County Clerk of this count: and is now hents for the purposes hereinbefore vate rposes as aforesaid of Pty Teommitted to your charge, and control for any other purpose t! heteby request your nzml!ulli body to at e once tal ) W. B. HARLY, 332 Prosvect ave.. Oakland. Dated August 6, 1900, The presentation of these charges was the introduction of the fol- foliwent 2% Supervisor Wells, resolution by et BRly Democrat on the board: ‘Whereas, Grave charges have been filed with this board imputing rr:Il:onhduc! to :h:‘ Cau:ty tion with the use of his office Tk I her than 'the transaction of the usiness, whereby detriment and loss is to have been and is now being inflicted for publ! :d hen®the taxpayers of this county; and v , It is further charged that the pub- u.-“gfi:f::ul-npen-mmg to the office of the County Clerk i3 made to suffer by reason of the aforesald acts of misconduct on the part of said County Clerk; and ‘Whereat of main not_otherwise; and ‘Whereas, fore be it ved, That the aforesaid charges be thor- aufifi"uim:mm by, this board. and for that ce forthw e purpose that reasonable no fopthwith be Pear before this board at a public meeting of the hoard, and then and there answer such t to him concerning thiy board as atore of sald charges ai sald. and that a true copy s given to Frank C. Jordan, Count: uestions as may be fuch charges filed wit of these resolutions be served upon HE most remarkable session of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors ever held was that of yesterda) when that body gathered to listen to the charges that County Clerk Frank C. Jordan was us the political interests of Henry P. Dalton, aspirant for Con- Written charges were filed with the board, and during the afternoon County Clerk Jordan was on the stand. Myr. Jordan took refuge behind the statement that he was doing this year 1o more than he had done for other candidates before. Never before in the history of the Board of Supervisors has there been such a large attendance upon a room was filled, it sceming as if every man who could possibly The Supervisors took mo final action in the matter, and the special Deputy County Clerks are still sending out the mat- other persons for purposes or for any purpose and except the transaction of full power to Dro- and_ apartments, for the use e one County Clerk as such in -the transac- o her e public business of the State and no authority or power to pro- ‘ vou are now doing, sald Clerk or other e and apartments, stationery for_the pur: ding and permitting said Clerk an Do O raane"to transact therein and thereby a no way connected wjlhk"k es and obligations of the County Cierk as | :uy“mu- otficer and to_the detriment and in no gy wonnected with the transaction of public bustness and at the expense of the taxpayers in con- h partisan politicians, has used gunction Witk ive and has threatened to fur- ther \ise.the atoreeaid public offices and apart: hehow fully Known to your board, and :‘lu‘llllch citizen and lnxna)‘;\' 'l !:Phfl'h)' vn;er test against the further use for my solemn prof gal or use for custody n that of saction of the public business, and I the transactio! - i such action In the prem- terminate the evil herein com- e e or and your petitioner will cver pray. ‘This board is charged with the duty ning offices and apartments for the use of the County Clerk as a public officer and It would be a flagrant abuse of power on the part of this beard to permit or allow sald offices and apartments to be used (as is alleged) for private purposés and parti- san politics or for any other purpose than the transaction of the public business: now there- . ® - L 4 * ® . - . @200 00 00000000 0i0i0ieisisisdededbododedobedebdsbdbedodsdese® Fractured ® . ik o 5 * - ] § e 3 - @ $ + | Injured Man Was Removed to Har- h4 . PS bor Hospital—Mystery Sur- + € + rounds Manner in Which & * 04 He Received His Injuries. . . RIS R PY . ® 4 ¢ + | Willtam A. Doud, a stock broker, was ) & | found lying unconscious with a fractured | . + | skull at the foot of a fllght of stairs in the | * $ | rear of his office at 30 Montgomery street | Py i | early this morning by Policemen Att-| 4 | ridge, Hackett and Special Officer Brown- & |law. He was immediately removed to the ps ¢ | Harbor Hospital, where everything pos- & | sible was done for him. His condition is ;- - & | very serious and it is feared that he may ® die, « How Doud came to re e the injuries e is a mystery. He was seen to enter his | L4 o ® | office shortly before mianight. An hour . & | afterward, as the officers were passing the p | | bullding. groans were heard from within, | 3 é + | They at once proceeded to investigate and | * ? | founa the man lying on the floor uncon ® S @ |sclous. | . o | When searched at the Harbor Hospital b b ¢ was found in the man's | b @ | possession. As none of his friends . 3 ¢ | members of his family, who live at 2508 « & | Twenty-fourth street, could be’communi * PS )i ated with, it was impossible to ascer- * # | tain whether he owned h or not. | pS » | & | In his trousers pocket was 82 75 in silver | - | coin. The physicians were unable to teil * . 4 | whether t fortunate man had been b & | drinking, but the policemen that pi . | when he entered the office he was per- pd 4 | fectly sober. * & | The police are investigating the matter | . . $ | ana the accepied theory thus far is that | & vz | Doud fell down the stairs, producing the | L 4 Pesiis it + m > » || & |injurles which may result in his death. | . . G = B s \ 3 : SCENE FROM “HEARTSEASE” AT THE COLUMBIA. fiAGED CAPITALIST | St b - | ‘. T ATTaRnEY é D e S S SR 2 S = S 2 S SO APUP D S NP SPUS S S we Y J| EXPIRES SUDDENLY; Avcen : DLEMAN | —over 8000 = § * L 4 . - > . ;- oo g.g;”—’-’fl“‘—*%b.—@’. the other if requested. At that time block books were sent out, campaign Mt- ng his office to further The ston. B B i AR LK S Sk S +%eRN RN+ N0 together with said notice to appear d. lerk Jordan said that he would % 1S % as af | Ceunty ra eratpre was d. and 1 prepared seven thousand certificates that were to be used for voting at the primary. In this [ was adviged at that time by my attorney. Mr. Snook, th legal. This work was paid for by Emil Nusbaumer. Supervisor Church knew of this work and not only did not object to it, but wrote me a letter asking me to issue certaln special certificates which 1 did not_do, as I considered them im- proper. These certificates were _issued only for the use of Mr. Metcalf, and I was assured that they would be used legiti- mately. How were they used? They were found in the hands of ‘rockrollers’ who were not entitled to them. Theyv were found in saloons and in the hands of persons who would do the bidding of Mr. Metcalf. I offered the same facilities Mr, Hilborn, but his managers wer not as smooth as the others a take age of my offer. comes around. and one side makes t for certain information. They ply the help, block books, material nd all expense. This request was grant- ed, and an offer was made Mr. Metcalf of the same facilitles. 1 believe that even some of the members of this board have men at work securing similar informa- tion." At this point M. C. Chapman announc that he represented Mr. Hardy and de- sired to ask some questions. Mr. Snook objected upon the ground that Mr. Hardy ought to be present “T would like to find out how Mr. came to know the things stated complaint,” sald Ccunty Clerk mary req Hardy n _his Jordan, “and T would like to have him present not proceed without his attorneys and the | pu¢ N Hardy was not present and M hesring went over until the afternoon In | chapman began a steady rg\mhardmfni'ur( order tk they might be present Sl e » ZThe . fap sy B How many emploves have you in your N SO s - office not under coun ay?" demandec who could take the time from his busi- | 36 *Chapman. ¥ pa anded ness and every politiclan in Oakland was | MI- Chapman. = = s present. Among those in the lobby were n.—‘\?' ity five or thirty,” replied | District Attorney Allen; Frank W. Storer, 3y whom are they paid?" editor Elmhurst Review: Daniel McCarthy, “Mr. Dalton has paid all salarfes,” re- editor Leandro_Reporter; C. ‘.”“ Fen. | lied the County Clerk Port Warden of San Franciseo; A% Vae. Polies | . “How many regular deputfes did_vou half. R TX church. George | have at work in vour office vesterday ™" Court whi AW, Church, Gearse | have, at work in e g 10 - D o tiley, | asked ) % Do T Sounty | Centrad | T had nearly my entire staff.” repiled Comm Weidler, Deputy | the County Clerk, “but they were engaged | Sherift Geo Justice James G. Quinn. | only in publlc work. Mr. Metealf can Nusbaurer, Willlam H County Auditor J. J J. Cal Ewing, Hanifin Jr. Deputy editor of the Alameda James Lan- in twenty-five deputies, if he wants ““Then it comes to this.” sald Mr. Chap- it I, 1 “the rooms. furniture and gas of an, ex-County Clerk James E. Cra ex- man. y | City Councilman C. H. Brosnahan, Alex Hirsh- | the county are being used for the advance- | berg, Deputy Sheriff George Taylor, W. P.|ment of private political ends>* Courtney, Joseph B. Lanktree, Police Judge | Mr. Chapman ceased his questions and Mortimer Smith. Clarence Crowell, City Coun- | George W. Baker asked a few in behalf cilman Louls Schaffer, M. Haliahan, Paul | of his client. Wuthe, John J. McDonald, Colonel Babeock. | “Was anything done execept to furnish Charles Shear, Eugene Van Court: A R. | 44 citizens of this county such information Watera, editor ot the Niles Herald: A- e | as they have a right to secure? asked e Doy e T g h Mr. Baker. A e “T am doing only what has always been Jackson, James Glover, J. E. McEiroy, Deputy County Recorder Booth, Scanlan, Herbert Patterson, T. T. Dargie, C. A. Klinkner, Carl Abbott and Everett Drown The first fight of the afternocon was on the question whether W. B. Hardy, who made the charges, or County Clerk Jor- ‘gan. should be put on the witness stand | first. { point _until Chairman Roeth announced that he would rule that Mr. Jordan should take the stand. Mr. Baker then asked that subpoenas be issued for Mr. Hardy, Vietor, H. Metcalf. Emil Nus- baumer and Judge Henshaw. for eide of the case. An order was made to this effect, and County Clerk Jordan took the stand. District Attorney Allen propounded a serles of questions covering the charge that the County Clerk was using public | property for private campaign purpos “Not one particle of public property ha a_little gas.” replied the County | T now desire to show that my accus | have profited in the past exactly | cthers have profited in the past week. “Confine yourself to this matter, " said Mr. Allen. intend to appeal to a higher tribuna than this,” declared Mr. Jordan. “T know why these charges were brought, and I desire to go Clerk. cept for the benefit of the people, and in the discharge of my duty. of my term as County Clerk, and what happened at other primgries.” This was followed by an effort to con- fine the County Clerk to the iIncidents of the past few days. The County Clerk finally triumphed and succeeded in get. ting In his statement about former pri- maries. “I will state that no county property has ever been used for anything except county business, and with this statement 1 want to show that what is now being done has been the custom with all parties and all campaign managers. What I have done for Dalton this year was done for Mr. Metcalf two years ago with the full understanding and consent of Jud, Henshaw, Mr. Metcalf, W. E. Dnrgf FEmil Nusbaumer and Supervisor Chure I know why these charges have been brought. and I have a rizght to show the whole scheme and conspiracy.” This brought forth more Interruptions but the County Clerk persisted in his ef- tell came the Hilborn-Frick primaries At ter upon which there were 19000 names. and the lights. but not public stationery. Then came the Pardee-Davis primary. Messrs. Nusbaumer, Dargie and others. ‘T told Mr. Hilborn There was much battling over this | their | been used, with the possible exception of into the whole matter T | have never used any publie property ex- | T now desire | to go Into this matter from the beginning | fort to tell of the past and continued: “1| am willing to tell_what I have done in | the past and what T am doing now. First that time T got out a supplemental regis- There were thirty or forty people em- | ploved, using the furniture of the office | Similar work was done upon that occasion | Metcalf. Henshaw. at that time that any accommodation that | I extended to one would be extended to | done,” sald Mr. Jordan. “and to which thers has heen no objection befors.™ “Your clerks are engaged In perfecting the Great Register at the same time, are they not?” asked Mr. Baker. “Yes™ replied the County Clerk. “And the gas that has been referred to would have been burned anyway? con- tinued Mr. Baker. | *Yes. and I want to say that these ex- tra deputies paid by outsiders ars doinz work for which the county might be com- pelled to pay otherwise. for I have been u|nah'o to secure any help from the Super- visors.” “Why don’t you tell why you don't get any help from the Supervisors™ said Supervisor Chureh. “You have no righ* | to_reflect upon the board. “I am not reflecting upon the Roard of Supervisors, but upon the Governor of tha State, who refused to sign a bill which had passed with but one dissenting vote and which would have granted me the rellef necessary,” replied the County Clerk. “Are there any other candidates who are working in your office securing simflar | Information?" asked Supervisor Mitcheil. “Only gpurself and Mr. Booth,” replied he County Clerk. Supervisor Mitchell suggested | testimony _sho that the 14 be written up in order that the Supervisors might have an op- portunity to study it and the hearing was { adjourned until next Monday | WANT PURE POLITICS | IN THE COMING FIGHT There is a movement on foot among the well-known and popular Democrats that bodes no good to the wing of the pa: | known as the Phelanites. With a strong | politician of the Thirty-first District at their head, a meeting will be held Thurs- | day evening at Pythlan Castle, and judg- ing from the amount of voters who have | declared themselves in Its favor the new organization will put a heavy crimp in the programme which is being made up by the czar of the local party. Dis fled, but not as bolters or kicke faction will for its first move make termined effort to have the control of the coming primary election taken from the County Committee and for the State Cen- tral Committee to hold the primary under its own auspices Another object of the movement will be to do away with by legal means the civil service section of the charter. Much ar- gument will be brought to bear to show | that the civil service law is a subterfuge for the bosses, and that as it stands it is their very weapon of power and the path- | way for ignorant and incompetent ward ! heelers to good positions, to the detriment of capable applicants. a condition which and the expense was divided between | the civil service law itself was framed to the two candidates. After that thebe was | prevent. another primary, and my office was used | It is the intention of the organizatios in the interests of one candidate by |no redress can be had from the State tral Committee, to nominate for the No- vember election a ticket of fts own made up of candidates for the judiciary of men well known for their anti-boss principles.