The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1900, Page 11

»SUIT TO TEST THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW to ge r and Auditor Ar- Friendly Suit Over Claim, PR G—— nions Contend That Statute Been Violated and City's Credit or Has Forfeited Payment for Work. i Office 8an Francisco Call, J118 Broadway, Dec. 28 Jofin Worth friendly will be ainst Bree test the constity e t ght-hour law cently replanked the city worked S men more than with their consent, and When he filed h of Public Wor] radcs Council protested the s t on the ground law in ex- s 1o the con- t was issued. d the war- union v t Auditor Gilpin, Assistant City nington and ves of the their at- decisions payment withheid r had hung matter was evidenced T by sub- court costs K was arrange of the As. nce in de- e of the city many of which g up for settlement. S APTAIN F. A. NIPPERT GUILTY AS CHARGED Pol et t tried Captain mmanding Com- N. G. ¢ found false parade re- signed a ral service re- errors and ex- sten had assumed & & return, t Cap- nency t wa ice Court Notes. M. K was hei re Supe Court by n a charge of s. He was charged me into prom.- o by stealing e California =0 of a Superior Court a charge of was accused Mrs. Alice the night of He from eet a colored man, was the Superior Court 7 t charge of ) Decem- | kson street, where ms, Hved, wrisi Quartet Concert. jarge audience greeted »f the Minetti quartet given for the firs night in Sherman ogramme included major quartet; the " umoresca” from th of Ippolitoff-Ivanoff, an minor of Smeta: 1 given with more inction and were d by the en- club was cap- D e d apprecia ssisted by 8. G ishman, planist, indertook the p part of the na The next concert of the given on January 11, and the include a quartet by here), the C major son- Grieg and the minor. nd violin t in ———————— In Memory of E. L. Clapp. Aé San th Fr: and of 150 ains to Laurel Hill Cemetery. th net dman Suit ves of all of against Charies H. Dol # religlous services were held in ary hill off president ineral Se: ancisec “The late presiden 4 from 1 with m e requ the the firms and House was ordered lifted. boycott kly meeting of the r Council last night for the memory of Clapp, whose death . in the Van iation, were adopted. f the council will be n Square Hall to-morrow ppropriate ceremonies. usicians will 1ar respect est of the Cloakmakers’ heretofore glnced of M. Biminoff, M. Golden Gate Clogk The firms having the these labor unicns rendered the houses ———— Court Notes. ph Urbals, as administrator of the of the late Hugh Dolan, Emma Po- irs. B. 5. Coffman, A. T. Stanwood n, to A. T. SBtanwood. filed suit yes- lan, dece- set aside a deed executed reased conveying to the defend- ty ets eirs i t and Twenty- ot Plainds. , al- t Talued at $15.000. at law of the the defendant, while his father 1 und r 2 1893, coe! him Into ex- in’ aquestion. ——————— from meter e of th ng lady rvice Over Miss Jackson. carthly of Miss Virginia tright and talented young =, whose body arrived in New York last Wednesday, d_in an urn lntodd Fel- The process o Cicrdny afternoon in the 1o relatives and friends of N h: crematory. Previous the --"d adjoining. Dr. John ted, opinion, ac- | ndamus to | Al scort the re- | the influence of liguor, | er e THE SAN FRANCISCO 'CALL, 'SATURDAY DECEMBER { | | { | f AKLAND, Dec. 8—To an Oak- land young man belongs the credit of being the first to com- 1Clever Work o ] photographs, the figures being { posed to suit the incidents in the novel | and ‘hfn photographed. The young man who did the work is R. Jackson of | BEast Oakland, and the book fllustrated is i The Gentleman from Indiana,” published | by a well known Bastern firm. Mr. Jack- | son has just received notice | at he has been awarded the t prize in the worid- mpetition that was open upon this The owners of the copyright upon “The | Gentleman from Ind ‘ in conjunction with the Photograpt magazine devoted to amateur a prize of $100 3 vers best series of photogrs three different books. T! | strictions, and t to all. Mr. Jockson w prize and a gold m | Gatc of even hundred offered rizes awarded came to the the only cific ( Pa- chose “The Gentleman a,” and made twenty-five ple- tures, including chapter headings and tail pieces. He used his friends liberally, tak. ing them out into the hills and there pos- | ing them and costuming them to fit the a Day af out intc land, dressed them as ¢ country Sheriffs Josed them rpretation of the story. been_accepted, st edition of “The Gentleman from Indian will be illustrated with photographs of Oakland young people GERMANY NOT DESIROUS | OF BUYING ST. JOHN ISLAND | Official of the Foreign Office Denies | That the Government Is About to | Establish Coaling Station. | Frankfurter Zei-| BERLIN, Dec. 28.—The | tung prints a letter from Copenhagen, in | | which the writer says Germany intend buying the island of St. John for a coal- ing station if Denmark’'s negotiations with | the United States should m | letter refers to the « man syndicate for t ing land on the island c A representative of the Associated Press | showed a Foreign Office 1 the letter | referred to. In reply the aid Ger- | many had never even remot thought | of acquiring a West Indian island. He | added that she recognized the United | s would just ground for ob- | jections thereto ermany would have | if she heard the United States was nego- tiating with Denmark for the purchase of the isi admitted t d of Bornholm. be The offi that ( cial | ser- | true to may g rman G nothing to do with reign Office regards the bring pres: s hastening sh A he American and are engaged in di- the eate oF the Th rect fsh vs the Copen corres of the Dally Mail. r in Washington will | e consid- eration X b STORY OF BLACKMAIL TOLD AT THE INQUEST Sensational Evidence Tending to Es- tablish the Identity of Rich- ardson’s Murderer. { ST. JOSEPH, 8. —Two sen- | sations resulted »m the evidence adduced at the r the murder of quest ov Frank Richardson, the millionaire mer- chant, who was shot down in his own | home at Savannah, Mo., on Christmas eve. The first sensation was testimony estab. lishing the probable innocence of the bu iness pariner of the murdered man, who | has been under suspicion as the mur- derer, it having been alleged that the partner, just previous to the murder, was acgused by Richardson of undue inti- maky with Mrs. hardson. The second sensalion was the fact that the testimony tended to fix the responsi- | bility for the crime upon a woman and her adviser, a traveling man, who are al- | | leged to have blackmailed the deceased | out of various sums of money, covering | ear. Bst expected to take | the stand to-day, but darkness ap- proached before the third witness had concluded his evidence. superintendent of the electric_light sta testified concerning Richardson’s association with Goldie Whitehead, a young woman who resided at Stanberry, Mo., with whom Mr. Rich- ardson had been on intimate terms, and who appeared to be hounding him for money. Charles Stanton, ———— | SIX MEN KILLED BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Had Left the Dangerous Exglosive by a Stove to Be Thawed Out. KEYSER, W. Va., Dec. 26—By a dyna- mite explosion at Baker Camp, near Dur- ben, Pocahontas County, on the line of the coal and iron railroad now building out from Elkins, six men were killed and sev- eral others fatally injured. ! “The accident happened yesterday while the men were at dinner. Some dynamite had been placed about the stove to thaw, and shortly after a _terrific explosion wrecked the camp, killing three men out- | right and injuring eight others, three of whom have since died. The dead men were blown to atoms, legs, arms and hands and | even parts of their bodies being found in | @ifferent directions from the building in | which they lived. Names are not ob- | tainable to-night. | —_— | STORY OF DROWNING | ONLY A CRUEL FAKE | | No Truth in the Report That Forty- i Nine School Children Perished. DES MOINES, Dec. 28.—A telephone message from What Cheer this morning | eclared there was not a word of truth | ju the story of forty-nine children drown- | while skating. The lady in } :;?nré:‘e;re the exrhwe at that point said the story was started as a joke by some trainmen, and they first said the accident had occurred at Pekay, a little town near What Cheer. The ridiculousness of the | story, she declared, was apparent from the fact that there was not a pond bl enough in town to _hold ten persons, le alone forty-nine. The Foster story was the outgrowth of the Pekay joke. ' Ncmpm.uwnmtmnm Perfect Health. IN. . 28 —The repe current lnvPIE:lhal‘!lD:ederewsk\e hnmen killed eached Vienna. A telegram %fl%t::'r‘“ has, however, been re- celved here saying that he is in perfect health. Incendiarism in Barbadoes. KINGSTON, Jamaica; Dec, 28.—Mail ad- vices from B.rbuloe': rew_;th 19:::“’::::: t there. gmmdd"sl; fi;mump“wm burned during the December 16. The lfl:mm pro- terested in the non-ratification of the ‘American reciprocity treaties. PRRRSEREE S s For a Cold in the Head. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tari- = POSES HIS FRIENDS TO PICTURE A STORY f E. R. Jackson, an Ama- tuer Photographer. i IED ONTIL JLWOST DEAD Witnesses Deseribe Brutal Methods in Vogue at West Point. One Cadet Admits That He Was At- tack:d by Cramps and Lost Control of His Muscles Entirely. P WEST POINT. testimony by the * 28.—The taking of military court Cadet Oscar L. the West Point morrow afternoon. tion brought out that cadets had been hazed to a degree of exhaustion. The victims mentioned particularly were Cadets MacArthur and Haskell. MacArthur himself denied that he had convulsions, but acknowledged that he had been exercised tc such an extent that he had cramps in his muscles and that he lost control of th Haskell is not in the corps now so that his testimony was not available, Booz will be finished at ry to- ‘s investiga to the effect & g E. R. JACKSON, AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, WHO HAS EARNED DISTINCTION, 3 class man but he had not to go to the hospital in consequence. He told of being punished for refusing to reveal to the taken in the hills, streets and houses of Oakland, by an Oakland young man, and made to do duty for a story in the Mid- | dle West the cadets who hazed him. Mr. Jackson is a well known amateur e ¢ Cs - Al photographer. He has done some work | @—Did you know Cadet Booz? A.—He was $or the ik ines, but never in this Hne, K[\lvl"led out to me, and I was told that he d for the daily press. It was his photo- | 2% considered to be very worthjess. Former Cadet John R. Doyle of Phita- h of Abe ajors. the Oakland boy | ndit, that served to identify the little | delphia, who was in the academy until in Utah far murder and roi. | June, 190, testified that he tol 0 < photograhe that | After his fight with Keller that hé ought played s mportant part in the | to have gone on. Brapnde he was tired of the place and wanted to leave. Q.—Were you ever hazed? A.—Yes, pepper sauce, as much as a teaspoontul ‘and { a half at one time. Q. —Who gave it to you? A.—Cadet Bender, PAUPER ALIEN FINDS { AN UNKNOWN FRIEND | who was discharged. He began by giving me | a few drops. T think it was Bender who Porto Rican Whose Status Was in | *'arted the £lving of pepper sauo Did it hurt you? A.—No, sir; it Was un- Doubt Vouched For by a | but it had no injurious effect that Stranger. & o Did you ever have to eat disagreeable physically deficient by Major Wynne—I mean to enter this academy. Cadet M. N. Nichols of Connecticut said he belonged to the third class and was in camp in 189. He was exercised then and did 250 “eagles.” He was also braced and NEW YORK, Dec. %3—Alfonso Gomiez | foeds? A.~¥es. wir; on one occasion 1 had o 5 Blanlev s Native.of Poria i | eat some preserved pineapple, but there was | ¥ Stanley, a native of Porto Rico, Who | [ien"¢ quinine mixed up in it. | was detained at Ellis Island Wednesday | @ —Did you know Cadet Breth, or know him s a pauper alien, was allowed to depart | to be hazed? A.—Yes saw Cadet Bender to-day _\\hh the question of his citizen- | exércise him and saw him exercised to the ship still undetermined. After waiting | point of exhaustion, but he went as fur as two days in the hope that the Treasury | he could go. I knew him at the preparatory Department would make a ruling in the | school in Baltimore and there he was found | e, help came to the n "officials from puzzled immigra- an unexpected source. woman agreed to be re- for the man’s maintenance, and | | A philanthropic ponsible 1sed_without delay, as there reason for his detention, | r no matter what his political status. hung to the stretcher, but not all at the If the case had not taken this unex- | same session. pected turn it would have come up for set- | Q.—Do you know of any cadet having fainted tl ent in the same way did that of | after exercising? A.—Yes, I remember the The latter was a Porto ¢ brought here by the Her- | the PE. ald to test the political status of Porto Q. Md the authorities investigate the mat- | Ricans in the United States. He was de- | ter? A.—Yes, sir. tained, but Secretary Gage, avolding the | Cadet Ulysses 8. Grant, grandson of the quest , ordered his discharge. | late ex-President of the United States, Secretary of the Treasury said he | who ‘s a third class man, was the next rred to have the United States Su- | witness. He stands second in_his class, the s to Cruse’s citizen- | leader of which is Douglas MacArthur, a son of General MacArthur, commander of the United States forces in the Philip- pines. He was examined by General Clous and said he was admitted to the urt decide was last April, vet been rendered. the Porto Rican was allowed to but no deci- €0 with his new found friend, who did not | her name made public. Commis- | academy in 1899, r Fitchie said to-night that he had | Q_tere you hazed in that year? A.—Yes, mailed a (r- port o the case 1O/ sir: I did eagles, heid out dumbbells, did foot- Washington pre aid he orrespondence ad not had any | 1 balls and other exercises and took part in prac- in regard to the tical jokes and ridiculous thinge. Q.—Was any cadet punished for hazing you? . sir; an upper class man was caught | making' the "“eagle’” and he was Aismissed. D OTTOMAN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FOR WARSHIP Engagements for Purchase of Vessels Run Into Millions, While Treasury Is Empty. You known of any brutal hazing? ; It there was I was not present. Q.—Did you do any hazing of fourth class men yourself? A.—Yes, 1 made them ‘‘brace” and do some foolish things. Q.—Any exercising? A.—No, sir; there was a class agreement against that. Cadet Douglas MacArthur of Wisconsin, BERLIN, Dec. 23.—The Ottoman Gov-|leader of the third class, testified that he ernmert has contracted for the construc- [ had been hazed, but nét to exhaustion. tion of the Ottoman battleship Assar-I- | When asked who had hazed him he in- Tewfik at the German wharf, Kiel, at a | guired: “Is it absclutely necessary that t of £270,000. Cologne Gazette in a friendly way 1 give the names, sir?” General Brooke replied that it was and the witness said: says that Ger- informed the | =" that if the claims of the United | ‘“Mr. Dockery of the present second States for damages growing out of the | class is the only one now in the academy.” Armenian outrages were granted, Ger- “Do_you know of any -cadet fainting many would expect similar treatment. from hazing?" NDON, Dec. —“The foreign en- gagements of the Porte for the purchase 1d renovation of warships ard for naval artillery now amount to £ ,000, the Constantinople corr spondent of the Times, “while the treas ury is absolutely empty and internal debts increase daily. Pt S CONGRESSMAN GAMBLE TO SUCCEED PETTIGREW “Yes J. J. Murphy of the present fourth class, ‘T assisted him to his tent. I found him lying near the ice tank. He did not tell me what he had been required to do.” Witness said he nad hazed fourth class men himself, to take the rough edges off and conceit out of them. The witness did not attend the class meeting that voted | to abolish hazing, but he understood the agreement did not include bracin, vulsions, but admitted having been ex- h . | ercised "until ‘he had cramps in his i muscles. Anadecs OF the Opposition Miras to o | HEISERCES o e Bt o e Compromise and Will Dictate the Patronage. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Deé. 28.—Con- gressman Robert J. Gamble of Yankton will be practically the unanimous choice of the Republican members of the Legis- lature for United States Senator to su ceed Senator Pettigrew, whose term ex- pires March 4 This is the result of the compromise now being effected by the Republicans of the State, including the leaders who for several weeks have been opposing the election of Mr. Gamble. The basis of the compromise is that Congressman Gamble | shall be glven the Senatorship, while those leaders of the so-called machine who have been oppoRing him are to dic- tate the Federal appointments of South Dakota. Massachusetts was substantially the same sald Cadet Caruthers was taken to the hospital with a broken jaw as the resuilt of a fight. Cadet John C. Pegram of Virginia was recallegy and alimitted that he had known cadets to faint from hazing. “Did you ever hear of cotton being put in cadets’ mouths to keep them from cry- ing or being hysterical?”’ was asked. “Yes, I heard of such a case,” replied the witness. 5 “What case was this?"’ “I was told that Cadet MacArthur had requested some upper class men to stuff not cry out hysterically, as he said he c?\:ld not control himself after some exer- cising. “Why should he do this?"” “There was an officer near by at the time and 1 was told MacArthur was afraid he would hear him.” D WOMEN RAID SALOON | AND. SMASH BOTTLES| dl.loulennflnt Colquel George B ADavlu, e eputy advocate general. U. 8. . was Despairing of Repeated Failures of | sworn and gave a resume of the efforts made by the authorities at the military academy {o eradicate the practice of haz- ing during the last thirty-five vears. Colonel Davis was graduated in 1871 “Yanking”' was commonly talked of as the form of h‘ulni then. This is similar to what is now spoken of as dragging men from their beds with mattresses or blank- ets underneath them. Witness said varicws means of stopping hazing had been tried until now, in 190, these efforts were crowned with very sub- stantial success through the co-operation of the corps of cadets. « Tieutenant Colonel Otto L. Hein, com- mandant of cadets, produced several ex- tracts from his records for the last three years, showing that the pemalties inflicted for hazing in 1828 hed been much greater than in previous years. Cadet Booz, he said, never made any complaint of his treatment. UNFAVORABLE REPORT ON EMBARRASSED BANK Proceedings Begun Against Director of a Prus- sian Institution. BERLIN, Dec. 28.—The special commit- tee appointed to Investigate the affairs of the Deutsche Grundschuld Bank, one of the embarrassed mortgage banks, report- ed to-day in the most unfavorable vein. The of obligations of the institu- tion will meet to-morrow. The Potsdam court has ned bank- ruptey_proceedings against the estate of Herr Sanden, recently a director of the Prussian_Hypotheken Aktien Ba under arrest in connectlon with the em- barrassment of that 1 ution, with a view of rolecfinq the interests of th hn‘i‘- crgdlzon news e that the is tafely invested In England. ——— Officers of Chemical Society. CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—Reading and dis- cussion of papers on various subjects of scientific interest took up most of the time of to-day’s session of the American Chemicat the Police, Take the Law Into Their Own Hands. MATTOON, Ia., Dec. 28.—About twenty women of Longview last night raided a “blind_pig” that nas been running for some time in spite of the officers of that little_town, broke in the door, gathered up all the bottles and jugs they could find, carried them to the street and there smashed them, spillifig the contents on the ground. The proprietors of the place had been arrested several times, but their trade was s0 good that they were willing to their fines each time, reopening the nme immediately afterward. Despairing of having the place closcd by this means the women decided to take the matter into thelr own hands. — - FRED RITTMAN OFFERED ASSISTANT AUDITORSHIP Banker of Cleveland May Succeed the Late Auditor Morris in the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The President has tendered Fred Rittman of Cleveland, Ohio, the position of Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, made vacant by the tragic death of Auditor Morris. Rittman, for fifteen or twenty years, has been engaged in the banking busi- ness in Cleveland, and previously was auditor of railroad accounts. The condition of Samuel McPonald, who killed Auditor Morris, was considerably worse to-day. The cinnge is due to a renewal of his efforts to thwart the meas- ures necessary for his recovery. He re- fuses to take nourishment. His brother, W. H. McDonald, the opera singer, who is a member of the Bostonlans, now play- ing an engagement in Denver, tele- graphed that he cannot leave the com- pany at present, owing to the iliness of two of its members. —_— Quay on the Ground. HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 25.—Colonel M. 8. Quay reached Harrisburg to-day from Washington to take personal c! of his canvass for United States hm nk. now were cl hosen t, Senator Penrose also arrived i f Washingfon: couneilors Redist in the management of the Quay | sei i Dr. W. A. Noyes of cmm.n. On Tuesday evening the Re- Dr. % g blicans will hold a. caucus for the nom Dr. T, W. e ination of a candidate for Uelv.ed States and Dr. H. ells. oo Senator. i of in-| quiry in regard to the death of former ! Cadet Elllott J. Dent of Pennsylvania | said he had been hazed when a fourth authorities of the academy the names ofi He spoke in a way to me that showed thnl! 1 took | case of Cadet J. Haskell, who is not now in | Tie denied having been seized with con- | as Cadet MacArthur's as to hazing. He/ his mouth with cotton so that he could | pers assert ter part of Sanden’s fortune | ¢ ety. The foll: Y. p,:;""““m“" % | | | REV. CHURCH WILL BE BURNED NEW YEAR'S 'WILL START THE YEAR FREE FROM DEBT O L 11 NEW * Centennial Chureh of Oakland to Burn Its Mortgage Papers. R. C. STONE AND MRS. STONE, AND THE CENTENNIAL THEY HAVE FREED FROM DEBT. THE MORTGAGE EVE. AKLAND, Dec. 28.—The Centen- | nial Presbyterian Church, on the ! corner of East Seventeenth street | and Twenty-fourth dvenue, will burn its mortgage on New Year's | eve, and will open the new year free of | debt. The first services of this church | were held in a tent, and it has gone from this humble beginning to a successful church society, with its building entirely paid for. { Rev. R. C. Stone, the pastor of the | church, and the members, have arranged for special services to be held on New | Year's eve. Rev. F. S. Brush will de- | tiver the principal address of the even- | ing and the mortgage will be burned by | A. R. Dow. The programme for the even- ing is as follows: { | Hymn No. 36; Scripture reading; anthem; srayer; solo, ‘‘Fear Not Ye, O Israel’’ (Buck); | Lflsx May B. Cruff; address, Rev. F. S. Brush, D.D.; anthem; history, Mrs. A. R. Dow; finan- cial statement, mortgage burn- ing, A Dow: hymn No. 204; congratulations from our nelghbors: . ““The Heavenly Mes- sage” (Rosse), William Cross; greetings from absent friends, read by Miss Alice H. Corn- | wall: remarks by pastor: hymn No. 31; bene- | diction. 11:30—Conference, “Our New Century ! Work,”" conducted by the Christian Endeavor Soclety. The following interesting bits of history are taken from the records of the church: In April, 1588, E. C. Sessions of East Six- teenth street, Oakland, made an offer of a lot on Twenty-fourth avenue and East Sixteenth | street, Oakland, to the Presbytery of San Fran- Cisco conditioned upon the building of a church edifice, the cost not to be less than $5000, before March 1, 1889. The offer was accepted by the Presbytery, and a committee consisting of Rev. B._S. Chapman, D.D., Rev. Thomas X D.D.. and C. Gedds, ruling elder, was ap- pointed to take the necessary steps in order to fulfill the required conditions. In the meantime the Presbytery requested | Dr. Robert Dickson to take charge of the en- | SOCIAL PROBLEM N AUSTRALI Statistics Show an Alarm- ing Decrease in the Birth Rat PSP GSES Special Dispatch to The Call VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 28.—The alarming decrease in the birth rate in the centers of population in Australia has caused much discussion throughout the colonles and was recently brought up in the Legislature of New South Wales, where it caused a rancorous debate, It was decided to appoint a royal commis- sion to inquire into the cause and inangu- rate some method to overcome the present conditions. One member of the Lexillatm;e..”})r. A rged that the great n, !Bn' &2’3 rl;‘\'ll‘rgte, as disclosed by carefully prepared statistics, was attributable to the host of private hn!rfl s established to treat alle female diseases. The hos- pitals exist in scores in Sydney. He demanded to know the reason for jons not havivg to make theis manmally o \ihe Government. that yt‘:ey might Mfilwted and their iniqui- ties exposed. e urged the necéany of criminally prosecuting those concerned in an: ment. th’;‘l:-enn;‘)::nfltl:fiu commission also recently - 3 the Legislature a Tt rec- !:‘l;dmbe:d?rl;: that private hos s should be registered and brought unfer Ine - d gave details of cases which o d many expressions of horror from the blymen. Sir Willlam Lyne, the Premier, in reply agreed to the immediate appointment of a commission. He sald thai ferritory of Australia yearning for a mighty population the decrease in births has a signaficance more than ominous. He sln oy et it S should be ca el the law could ba altered. . p———— HOLDS A CONFERENCE WITH THE STRIKERS Local Director of the.Scranton Line to Submit Plan for Set- " tlement. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 28.—A conference was held to-day between Timothy Burke, a local director of the Scranton Railway Company, and a committee of the striking employes. The proceedings were not di- vulged further than the issuing of a state- t was promised by Mr. Burke g th;:v‘mdtlun for settlement would with the vast be MOTTOW. e B iy e o S 1 LY, at any. Not a l\nxla passenger ;un J Y and at 3 o'clock t the cars should he cars the R T e T e stones, and most of them had their win- dows ed. Crflnhmvlutuou deserted m:mm lt. ann:(-u.y;: ?-R::‘ma.nuhmoru. prricdivrbos sig N Queen’s Wedding Day Set. YORK, Dec. 28.—The Holland So- reeelvx a cablegram that has nqz‘.!noi terprise and prepare the way for a church or- ganization. On August 6, 1588, a meeting of those inter- ested in the organization of a Presbyterian church was called. Rev. Drs. Chapman anl Frazer were present as the Presbyterian com- mittee, empowered to organize a church if it should' be deemed advisabie. The following were elected ruling elders James McKall, W. C. Glenn and A. R. Dow. D. L. Smoot, A. G. Glenn and A. R. Dow were elected ‘trustees. The church was by a unanimous vote named the Centennial Presby- terian Church, in connection with the San Francisco Presbytery. A tent was purchased and the first public religious service was held on August 12, 1888, with an attendance of nearly seventy persons. August 14, 1855, a Sabbath-school was organized With the following officers and teachers: Rev. Robert Dickson, D.D., superintendent pro tem. A. R. Dow, secretary; Mrs. Laura Smoot, teacher of the primary class; Mrs. Flla Dow and Miss Minnie Dickson, teachers of the adult classes. November 29, 1583, at a regular meeting of the church, Rev. Robert Dickson, D. mously chosen pastor of said churth and con- gregation and was Installed pastor on the 16th of June, 1889, On January S, 1589, bids for the new buflding were opened, and on March 8, 1889, the mortgage, which will be burned Monday night, was made. It amounted to $3000. Rev. R. C. Stone has been in charge of the church for the last few years, and has entirely cleared off the debt that hung over it. The present officers of the church are: Pastor—Rey. R. C! Stone. Elde . 8. Prosser, clerk; A. R. Dow, T. H. Cruft, John Munce, Charles Ches- ter, Robert Willlams. Deacons—A. 5 McDonald, Willlam T Trustees—J. B. Hopkins, H. F. Corn- , J. A. Thompson, Alexander Brown James Moir. Sunday school superintendent—William J._McCracken. President Christian Endeavor—Miss Florence M. Gordon. » J#Chutch clerk—Miss Alice H. Cornwall. P e aw w S Y ) NVAL STATION N PHILIPPIES General Board of the Navy Is Seeking Site for Location. —_— WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—The general board of the navy, presided over by Ad- miral Dewey, has taken up the question of the transfer of the United States naval station from Cavite and its permanent es- | tablishment on Subig Bay. At the same time the special board of naval officers now making inquiries in the Philippines as to the best site for a permanent naval station has cabled to Washington for a full equipment of boring apparatus, in or- der to learn whether there is suitable foundation at Subig Bay and other points for the éxtensive drydocks and other equipment of such a station. The bureau chiefs would 'ike to make use of the ex- tensive buildings already erected at the Subig Bay station. These were put up by the Spanish naval authorities, are o & £90d state of preservation and are said to offer better accommodations for the en- gineering and cther branches of the navy than the bulldings now in use at Cavite. The boring apparatus requested will be shipped at once. but it will be fully two months before it can be set up for use. The officlals here ex‘pect that the borings will disclote much difficulty in the way of securing suitable foundations for a manent station. About seventy-five feet of solid foundation is required for a dry- dock, and there is much doubt whether tm c:;n be o red nb:ublr Bay. eral other points are examin {Tie board, and the bvrlnfl:‘wm Do carried on at these points as well as-at Subig Bay. o CAMPAIGN OF THE FORTIETH. Insurgent Strongholds in Northern Mindanao Captured. MANILA, Dec. 28.—An energetic cam- paign has been carried on by the Fortieth Infantry during December in Northern Mindanao. The town of Jiminez was cap- tured, as was also the insurgent strong- hokz‘h: the m?unulnlfltunher inland. The coast town o n w: ured ’detachment of 10 troops, whe s ol th& :;smy : ca) ng several. on o trooj thus engaged have rgtoumed !omé o and joined in the cam ‘which fl‘l:J n:}mnl Kobbe is personally prose- o 3 General MacArthur's proclamation is re- sulting in many arrests of all insur- recti: s in Manila and vicinity. a few of those taken into custody being srom- inent. One prisoner was shot dead and another wounded in attempting to escape. Doubt Cast Upon the Story of Alleged “Blonde Woman.” INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 28.—The condl- tion of Willlam H. Smythe, the grand m;!tha!‘.mA.lmof b . nahn?. who :‘::hnglimonn{ shot y::d he 1#’ recover. is gradually gaining crei- ence that story of an unknown wo- et i b B e e to talk of affair, except {:h:-;e&“ mystery the police and detectives, who entertain the suicide eory, e revol Ver with which the Shooting was done. a de- tarift shall } D., was unani- | , wh in’ that, vicinity: Killing. and OAKLAND MASONS ~ INSTALL OFFICERS Live Oak Lodge Has Special Services to Honor Its New Board. The Oakland Masonic Temple Has Been Refitted at an Expense of Five Thousand Dollars. —_—— | | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1113 Broadway, Dec. 28. Live Oak Lodge No. 61, Free and Aceept- sons, installed its new hoard of of- -night with most elaborate after which a banquet w. to. which nearly three h The new lodgercom in the Masonie Tem- ple, which has been refitted at an expense of $5000, was used to-night in all its new- ness. F. G. Wright, the retiring master of the lodge, acted as the installing officer and Past Master Walter G. Manuel was the grand marshal of the ceremony. The usual Masonic ceremonies for such an oc- casion were given, interspersed with mu- sic by the Temple quartet, composed of Ben Clark. Alfred Wilkie, Harry A. Mel- vin and Géorge H. Carleton. One of the pleasant features of the cere- mony was the presentation of a past ma fer's jewel, set in dlamonds. to retiring Master F. G. Wright. This was presented by the lodge, while the forty-six members ) who joined the lodge during his term of service presented him with a silver loving- cup. At the banquet G Dornin, the ter, wa w_officers are o W. Dornin master; R. W. Meek, senior warde Bradford Webster, junior H. Cramer, treasurer; J. David W. James . tt, senior deacon: Cha lick. junior deacon; Abe P. { shal; 'H. R. Robbins and Wager S. | stewards; H. O. Hunt, organist; | Stampley, tyler. | _The new lodgeroom is one of the hand- somest in the State. It has been complete- refurnished, a new electrical lighting ystem has been installed and everyifitting of the room has been renewed. untll it i3 as bright as the lights that glow and flash in the dome. 22, Free and Accepted Acacia Lodge No. ns, last night installed the following officers: J. K. Dickenson, W. E | Woodside, 8. W.; J. W. Green. J. Wi~ | lam Crawford, treasurer; W. J. Oglesby, | secretary; J. F. Summers 'S D.; B. Baker, 3. D.; G. 'H. Jacobs, 8. S.; George Seguie, J. 8.; Joseph Hardy, tylc:; C. L. Morten, { chaplain. Brooklyn Lodge No. 225, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of East Oakland has in- stalled the following named officers for M: | the Masonic vear: John C. Foster. W | M.: John C. Downey, S. W.: Walter H. Cohick. J. W George H. True, treasure | Charles 'D. Hay secretary: Ambro | Merritt. chaplain; 8. D.: Dudley ter Scott, ma steward; Wil Granville D. Warre: M. Koppikus, J. D.; J. Wal- al: Benjamin H. Griffins, m D. Thomas, tyler. | GAMBLING HOUSE KEEPERS | INDICTED IN CHICAGO Grand Jury Next to Comsider the Culpability of Municipal Of- ficers and Police. | CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—Keepers of four- | teen “dives” and gambling-houses w indicted by the Grand Jury to-day as the result of the inquiry into crime and vice | in Chicago. The work will be continued | to-morrow. Of the fourteen indictments | four were against alleged keepers | sambling-houses and ten against propri | etors of basement and other resorts, on | the charge of conducting disorderly | places. One State Senator and David | Lewinsohn, ex-city detective, were amor those hit by the first batch of indictments. Those indicted on the charge of keeping | common gambling-houses are: | _State Senator Jokn Broderick, Louis Frank and Julius Frank, Dennis Foley and AS Bernstein. It was asserted to-night that the voting of indictments against divekeepers is b the preliminary action toward returning | true bills against a number of promine: | municipal officers who are responsible for | the enforcement of all laws and or- dinances. Foreman McCoy of the Grand Jury had only this to say to-night: ‘The question of the labllity of the police and other municipal officers was put over until to- morrow."” 4444444444004 444040 ¢ THE DAY’S DBAD. + O++++ 4444444444444 440 Dr. William C. Jones. GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 238.—Dr. Willlam C. Jones, a pioneer citizen of this place, died this morning from the effects of a stroke of paralysis. Dr. Jones was a na- tive of Tennessee, aged §7 years, and came to California in 1857, locating in Truckee. He was engaged in mining and other en- | terprises for a few yea and after at- | tending medical colleges in San Francisco and New York began the practice of medi- cine. He has leen located for nearly | thirty years in Grass Valley, where ha | was notably successful in his profession | and prospered in his ventures. Dr. Jones | was a man of indomitable courage and | passed through many exeiting adventures | incident to early days. During the time of his professional practice he gave medi- cal attention to many who were unfortu- nate and unable to pay for such services. | He was prominent in Masonic and other | orders, and his funeral will be conducted under the auspices of the Masons on Sun- day. | A= Inventor W. Westlake. CHICAGO, Dec. %.—A private telegram recetved here announces the death at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., to-day of Wil- llam Westlake, one of the founders of the Adams & Westlake Company and widely known as an inventor. Mr. Westlake held over 300 personal patents, among the best known being the open-top hand lantern, which made possible the system of lantern sl ng universally used on railroads. He was also the inventor of the first rail- way car lamp. Mr. Westlake was born in Cornwall, Engiand, in 1831, and came to the United States in 184 In 1S57 he be- came chief tinsmith of the old Milwaukes and Lacrosse Raflroad. In 1861 he formed- a business partnership with Master Me- chanic Rice of that road for the manufac- ture of railway supplies. The firm was burned out in the great fire of 1871 Henry Rohner. EUREKA, Dec. 28.—Henry Rohner, ona 1 0f the wealthiest and most respected of | Humboldt ploneers, died at his home In Fortuna at 6:30 o'clock this morning. He has been alling for a number of vear: He was born in Switzerland in 1829 and came to Humboldt County in 1851 Rev. J. E. Martin. CHICAGO, Dec. Z.—A special from Jackson, Tenn., announces the sudden death at Clarksdale, Miss., to-day of Rev, J. Martin, or of St. Luke’'s Church r. Martin_was chaplain with Stonewall Jackson In the Army of Virginia during the civil war. Aaron Weilheimer. FRESNO, Dec. 28.—Aaton Weilhefmer, the largest dealer in vehicles, harness, etc,, in this valley, died this forenoon. Death had been expected for several days. The deceased has been in business here fifteen years and enjoyed the esteem of the community. o Major Mite Is Dead. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Major Mite. the dwarf, dled at the New York Hospital last night of a complication of diseases. He had been ill for some time. He was born in New Zealand and had been ex- hibiting in circuses for fourteen years. ‘Moses Coit Taylor. ITHACA, N. Y., Dec. 8. —Moses Coit Taylor, professor of American history iversity, died to-day after {iinesa ‘of three weeka, in aa