The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1901. SEATTLE SLEUTHS LODK FOR CROWE Siranger Inquires for Mail Addressed to the Fu- gitive. Was Traced to His Cabin by Blood- hounds and Accused Others of Being Accessories to the Pat Crowe 1 vigilance law who have man for ? This ers of the T tective agen- s ng over. There £ e s uded t cisy tised letters ap- ‘ rious man. A Pat Crowe at this of.- | ree weeks ago. A fe 1 the gene REV. SLOCOMBE ADVANCES INTERESTING OPINIONS Bays d the Times Low a o s ast e s TWO BOYS ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING HORSES f age was on He is ac- a_boy n Ness horse nging to W. C. nd a saddle A. Bridg- heft of h Flynn ree to an between night. He in arresting ing his UREY Were i the sad- ed as the ford. The P. ded wt know e blame upon ng anything rig. and savs Turk streets ame along on n to g0 with him ed to stable the n they got there of candle. which barn door. Just me in and ested . _ GRAPENUTS. _ STRENGTH TESTS. A Record After Using Different Foods. Henry Myers of Otsego, Mich. a 1 e ve of a certain med!- assoclation, made some fterent foods, with s He says: “In 1897 1 connected with an in- ifacturing a large line of » was to add strength. I was nearly r entir for two years, on ' 2 i helieved in them thor- In Janua "%, my strength nds; in January, 'S, my strength test heavy falling off, not been sick, but glously used the in and had been advocate test T was un- I felt weak, and ted was strength; so in Feb- rlq Il other health ape-Nuts alone. increased from 130 143 pounds; my strength has increased m 4560 pounds to 5 and I am now 15 pounds stronger. by actual test, than average man. My eyesight is clearer, mind more active and stronger, and I endure more labor, physical and than ever before. not know any person interested | Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., and thie | not written with any motive, ex- ring honest facts to the attention s desirng to live well and live ve the charts filled out by | at the institution maklng' ods that fafled in my case, | ts cannot be disputed by any | 1ake oath that they are ab- letter gives the name in full ern making the so-called which falled in his case, but is not given to the publie. It| 1 purpose of the manufacturers | Nuts to build their husiness by of the indisputable fact that Grape- Nuts food is a true, honest and remark- able rebuilder of the human body. f there was | ithfully lived, al-| | is one of the foremost centers of musical CLARK 70 SELL ~ SALT LAKE ROAD |New Railway Will Pass Into Control of the Burlington. | | ——— : Affords a Direct Line Across the Con- tinent and Will Be Indepen- dent of Harriman Syn- dicate. | | | | { | The Call. | | { | The Burling- Los Angeles and hands to | vears the | d the idea of a | terminus at ! a an option | its road | den and use | alt L where n the gap be- v, In N 1 ciosed the Bur- direct line out points, which t embarrass- of the Union de and Rio ling traffic to LOS ANG ton and th Salt Lake cross the n railwa he Clark road, Burlington, rriman syn- | > Strong enough ark is now on his | d it is now belleved ark interests will lington until later. e | DIVORCE LITIGATION | WRECKS CLOTHING FIRM | DINGEE REITERATES HIS CHARGE AND MANAGER DANIELS DENIES IT Water Magnate Declares He Was Asked Outright to Lift Debt of $55,000 on the Paper and Is Accused in Turn of Seeking to Buy Its HENRY P DALTON AKLAND, Feb. 18.—The politicians have been furnished with fuel from both sides in the battle that has opened between Willlam J. Dingee, vice president of the Con- tra Costa Water Company, and G. B. Dan- fels, manager of the Oakland Enquirer, who, acording to asked Dingee to liquidate a $55,000 debt in return for the assumption of friendly re lations with the water company on the | part of the Enquirer. Dingee comes forward to-day with a Property of the T. W. Spring Com- | pany Sold Under the Hammer at San Jose. | JOSE. Feb. 18.—The clothing house | T Spring Company was ked down under the Sheriff's hammer | Joseph S. Siiverberg, who rep- stern creditors. store has been lo- ara and Market streets. rg obtained judgments more than $:3000. Under | sold the store to-day for | 1 embarrassment of the firm about through the divorce M. N. Spring, owner of a | the store, and his wife, pring. Mrs. Spring ob- a 2 month ali- Zast to escape pay- or the past two years interest in the ourts, and it busing A few ring purchased _her in the store for $3s00, e for alimony, and she est the sale made to- which sum was ybably will ¥ REID MAY BE’ CHO;EN TO ATTEND THE CORONATION | Republican Leaders Favor His Ap- | pointment as Envoy Extra- ordinary to England. NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—It was announced among R aders day that W nitelaw envoy 2 be named e United States for the VII, which e, although settled King Edward ke place in Ju country 3 j ndidate for the post of Embas: eat Britain after President McK He was dor electic »ur years ago, but hi igtment w prevented at the time b; or Platt, who also teok & firm stand st the ntment of Mr. Reid to a_Cabinet pe Mr. Reld was one of e strong dvocates of Mr. McKin tion, and was alsc a - SCHOONER ALICE ASHORE. Strikes During a Heavy Fog on Puget Sound. SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—The sa er Alice struck on the ks at Point, Puget Sound, on F night dur- ing a dense fog and was stranded for six- teen hours. A tug has been sent after her and until it returns the extent of the damages will not be know The Alice sailed from San Pedro for Seattle recently. Arriving off Cape Flat- tery, she took a tow and was pulled to Por{ Townsend, from which place she tried to sail to Seattle. At 10 o'clock on Friday night, when the Sound was wrapped in a dense fog, she smashed into the West Point rocks. The saflor who came overland to Seattle for help said the boat was badly strained and consid- erably damaged e — SEEKS A SECOND DIVORCE. Mr:z. Dostle Again Wearies of the Man She Twice Married. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15.—To the little _ | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dostle home” is a mere term, according to the testimony given in court to-day by the mother, Belle Dcstle, who for the sec- ond time was suing for a divorce. “Why did you marry ma after he had been cruel to you the court “Well.”" replied the wife, as she lowered her snapping black eves to the floor, I thought he would grow more sensiblé as e got older and that if I treated him | well he would do the same to me. Be- sides it was more convenlent to marry him, as he was the father of the child and 1 was not able to take care of i - AN OFFICER BATTLES WITE WOMAN'S ASSAILANT Lively Exchang; of Bullets Follows an Attempt to Murder at Great Falls. ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 18.—A special from Great Falls, Mont., says: One man is dead, a woman is dying and a police officer is seriously wounded as a result of a shooting which took place Sunday. Rudolph 8mith, a railroad laborer, shot | Marie Bell in a resort. Officer Hogan ap- | peared and Smith opened fire on him. One shot took effect in the leg and the other | just above the hip. Hogan dropped on | his knees ‘and opened fire, sending five bullets into Smith’s body, killing him In-l stantly. Hogan will recover, but the wo- man is fatally wounded. | Carl Brand Dizs in Berlin, NEVADA CITY, Feb. 18~A eablageam | has been received by Mr. and Mrs. & . | again | asked | t | | Brand of this city announcing the death | of their son, Carl Brand, in Berlin. The | young man was a musical student, hav- ing gone abroad five years ago to com- lete his education. He gave much prom- se as a Wagnerian tepor singer. He had an engagement to appear in the Royal Opera-house at Weimar, Gerntany, which art on the Continent. Carl Brand was born in Nevada City in 1874. He studied music here and for two swyears in San Francisco. He was for two ears in the Royal Conservatory in Ber- | fin. He had committed to memory fftoen ‘Wagnerian grand operas. His voice was pronounced wonderful by eminent Euro- pean critics. He accepted a position from the Royal Opera-heuse c January 1. it Fight Declared Off. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 18.—The match between Tom Sharkey and Joe Chosnski, which was scheduled for Louisville on the dedf‘ed tthadl his m.t;h with gn;ryu‘n‘fkl would nol raw eno mon s X g ey 7| | ¥ | pany. lengthy statement, in which he specifical- makes the charge as aforesald. He an- nounces that the alleged negotiations were started nearly a year ago, when Dr. George C. Pardee came to his office to se- cure the water company's influence to- ward the selection of a president of the City Council to succeed H. D. Rowe. Din- gee declares that he was sent to Danlels by Pardee in connection with the En- quirer's attitude tow.rd the water com- pany. Then Dingee procecds to give his version of a meeting which took place be- tween himself and Daniels at the Enquirer office. Here the Contra Costa Water Com- < affairs were_discussed, and here, Dingee, the $35.00 proposition was m; ade Dingee further relates that he made a counter offer of his company's printing and a bonus of $1 morth. Daniels, in a signed statement to-day, based upon the published story of Din- gee's charges, makes the unequivocal re- ply that Dingee's $55,000 recital is a *‘de- liberate and willful Jie.” Manager Dan- fels gives at some length his version of the meeting between himself and Dingee. Daniels asseris that the advances were made by Dingee, who asked if he (Dan- fels) had any cbjection to a call. When he went to the Enquirer office Dingee made the flat proposition of printing. etc. the water magnate, | | 1 |ing to ¥ eclares the manager of the paper, and it | was spurned. statement made by Dingee Is as fol- z lows: Ready for Reporters. I read the article in this morning’s Call, and as I expect the reporters will be around te- day, 1 have dictated this statement for each 1 daid remark in ng the ferry on Satur- day that Daniels quirer was dishon- estly inspired fn & the Contra Costa Water Company and myself personally. It was in the presence two or three gentlemen, and 1 thought it would end there, and regret thet it did not, as I shrink from newspaper prominence. Howe sresentative of The Lan Francisco Call visited me at my home on evening and wanted to know the de- tafls of my relations with Danlels. 1 asked The Call man not to print anything until Wednesday, by which time I statement. He agreed to do i reference to it in to-day's Call. these are the facts Substantially | Manager Oakland It was in March or April of last year that | Dr. George C. Pardee called on me personally, and in the presence of Mr. Watkinson asked me to exercise the water company's influence in the matter of electing a_chairman of the ity Council to succeed Mr. Rowe, whose term was about to expire. The doctor eame to the Contra Costa Water Company’s office, where I was. He stated to me what he wanted, and I told him that I could not see how my in- terests would be benefited in the selection of Mr. Taylor, whom the doctor favored, or Mr. Barstow, whom the doctor opposed. Both men were equally antagonistic to my property in- terests and both had made an effort to con- te the Contra Costa Water perty, and have admitted in writing that - had not consulted an engineer or an ex- the matter of determining the value of | about his water business. { Company’s | | Dingee roperty. 1 told the doctor that I did | dee hat T had any influence in the Coun- | Tut he insisted that if 1 wanted to 1 114 Eet him @ vote over from Barstow tod Taylor. He said hell would pop and that it would be to my interest to stand by him in that fight. and I construed his remarks into a threat. 1 sald Advised to See Daniels. “Doctor, most pecple believe: that you own the Enquirer with Mr. Dalton. Why do vou pursue the company so relentlessly and permit the paper to make tatements which you know o be He smiled, but said. *You had better see Daniels. He is running the paper.” ‘Well,”” I replied, “‘you fix an appolntment 1 will meet him any time the d nt reception met M dee again asked me w) 1 had ranged. We talked quite awhile before we got down to business. Mr. Daniels £ald he was running the Enquirer to make money; that by silence on its part 1 could make money, but if he turned the paper loose none could make a cent: a great deal of white paper. ink and editorial ability would be thrown away, while Contra Costa W Sividends would be smaller than what ther Were. As mear as I can recal it, these were his exact words. T said: 1 appreciate what you say and would like to make terms with yvoi. Al I want 18 an opportunity to do business in th Daniels?* He stated at first that he had none to make, but would listen to any that I had to make to him. I told him to let me know exactly what he wanted, and that I would then let him know what T was abie to do. He then became confidential and drew very close to me. Although there was no one eise in the room he spoke in an ab. solute whisper. “4 owe,’'' he said, *‘$35.000 at the Central Bank. Dr. Pardee and Mr. Dalton have joined with me in the debt. The bank is not crowd- ing us for the money, for it {8 amply secured, Nevertheless 1 would like thie obligation out of the way, as you Know Interest eats a fellow up.” These last are his exact words. 1 then safd: “Mr. Daniels, you want the water company to put up $5.000, do you?” He sald: ‘*Yes; ve v couple of vears.’" 1 was compietely et ot The sie of Mls demana D 1 then said to Mr. Daniels: what T will do. I will give you all the job printing of the water company’s office, T will | cont'nue-to patronize you in my real estate Pusiness, ‘as 1 have in the past. and 1 will [ sy you out of my ewn pocket $150 a month, He looked me in the face for fully a minu d then said, “1 guess you don’t realize the mh»nu of the Enquirer.”” I sald that I did, bat that I could not afford, mor could the company, to pay him any such sum as he aemanded Began a Bitter Attack. He sald: ‘‘Well, you think it over and we will havé a talk at gome future date.’* At this we separated. Since then the En- quirer has been more bitter and viclous than ever toward the Contra Costa Water Com- Every day that our trial has been on in the courthouse and it had present a re- porter. and every day that reporter’s account 5f what has occurred there has been mis. Tepresenting in the extreme. The paper has caricatured me and has misrepresented the Contra_Costa Water Company at every op- portunity. Mr. Dalton, the Assessor. raised the com- pany’s taxes, a large portion of which goes to the State, which in former vears he per- mitted to remain a fairly moderate figure. As nis assessment is accepted by the city, we have had to contribute its amount to the iocal government. A preposterous statement was made a month ago or so relative to a certain Mr. . The water company was accused by the En- quirer of paying this man, through an agent, the fabuloys sum of $5000 for his vote in the city committee. This is too ridiculous to need contradiction, I do not know what the effect of this statement will be on the ca that is now on, mor do I care. I have simply Getermined that my friends shall know the real motive behind the Enquirer's personal attack upon the company and myself. ' Daniels’ Flat Denial. Follewing is G. B. Daniels’ statement: - My attention has been called to an article in H “1 will tell you | Daniels, as Dr. Pardee had ar- | | that | but 1t need not be at once, but could scatter | | said that if the Enquirer would be frien]! a San Francisco newspaper in which Mr. W. J. Dingee is reported to have said that tae Teason for the ‘“'spirit and vehemence of the Enquirer's course in assailing him was jusgired by his refusal to pay the paper's bank obliga- tion, amounting to $35,000.” That statement is a deliberate and wiliful lie, as no request to pay 335,000 or iny other suri was ever made by me to Mr. Dingee. Mr. Dingee for purposes of his own is put- ting forth the statement to injure the En- quirer and to affect the present political cam- palgn. In this attempt he misrepresented the | acts of the interview which was held in the Enquirer office and which was sought by him and not by me. I never gave any intimation to any one that I desired to see Mr. Dingee, but_he telephoned to me and asked me if he could see me at the Enquirer office. Tpon be- ing answered that I had no objection to see- ing him at that time he came to the Enquirer office and, after saying that he wished to have the friendship and co-operation of the quirer, he proceeded to make a proposition. W the Cortra Costa Water Company he would give it all the printing of the company, whicl he ald, amounted to quite & sum, and also $1: per month I answered Mr. Dingee by telling him that while neither myself nor any person connected | with the Enquirer had anything against him personally, the editorial and news columit of the paper ‘were not for sale. He' answered: ‘“Well, yon ha it over. We want to be friendly.” the conversation a word was or me about $55.000, and neither was such matter discussed at any other time wien w Mr. Dingee. to the Enquirer office and made the prop: mentioned 1 understood clearly that he wan: to buy the influence of the paper. but I clined to countenance the proposition. Sinc» the time of the interview above a 1 At the time Mr. Dingee came | ion e- ferred to Mr. Dingee has twice, when we hap- pered o meet, asked me If I was yet ‘‘ready to ic tusiress.”” One of these occasions in 8 Trancizco and one in Oskiand. 1 s vered Mr. Dingee that the influence of the rouirer was no. for sale. I wish to add that the Enquirer s not seek- e any one ralie any bank or other in- dettedness, and that the officers of the eor puny will take care of its finances and can and Will mect all its obligations when due. G. B. DANIELS, Enquirer Publishing Com- pany. Dr. George C. Pardee to-night gave out the following strange statement: Pardee Says Nay. I see that Mr. W. J. Dingee, vice president of the Contra Costa Water Company, has pub- | lished in the water company orzan, the Oak- land Tribune, a statement in which he mixes faisehood and Dingee’ truth as only a man of Mr. versatility, under the tutelage of his counselor “and guide, Mr. Frank J can mix them. It is true. as Mr. Din- | nat 1 saw him last March. To be exact, it was on Saturday, the 17th of March, at about 10 a. m., at his San Francisco office in the Mills buflding, and my business with him was in rd 1o a piece of property on San Pablo avenue, in Oakland, which I had bought through him and on which a cllent of his held and still holds a mortgage. My business with him was completed, | arose to go, but Dingee detained me and began to talk to me He and I had al- | { | | Wavs been friendly, and he assured me the as he bad many {lmes before, that he was under great personal obligations to me for favors that 1 had done him before he betrayed the city of Oakland and became the vice presi- dent of the Contra Costa Water Company. In the course of the conversation he asked me {f 1 owned the Enquirer, and I told him I aid not. 1 do not remember to have told bim, as he says I did, that “H—I! would pop,” but I rather think he will think it has popped be- fore he gets through with his attempts to help the Contra Costa Water Company rub the peo- ple of Oakland. After a_good deal of beating about the bush finally wanted to know whether I could help him get the Enquirer to stop at- tacking the water company. I told him that 1 could not; that the Enquirer, so far as I knew, could not be influenced to betray the peopie in the interest of any one, even Mr. Dingee and the Contra Costa Water Company. Then Dingee asked me to manage an interview between him and Mr. Daniels, the manager of the Enquirer. 1 refused to do o, saying that he coula call Daniels up by telephone and make his o%n appointments. And when M Dingee says that I advised him to see Da jels he does not tell the truth. Nor is his | statement true that I told him to ° fo-morrow and I will arrange a pleasant re- ception for you'' I saw Mr. Dingee on a Sat- Is it likely that 1 would advise him to see Daniels “‘to-morrow”—Sunday—the day on which the Enquirer offlca is closed? Dingee Was Insistent. When 1 got up again to go Dingee again detained me and began to talk about the elec- tion for president of the Oakland City Coun- He il that was to take place In a few days. fold me that the water company was In f of the selection of Mr. Barstow as president of the Councfl, and asked me if T had any | interest in the matter. I told him I had not | much interest in it, but that it seemed to me it was high time for the Contra Costa Water Company to keep its nose out of Oak- jand city politics and to.stop trying to control the City Council. To this Dingee replied that | the water company had too much at stake to | auit, and that the company would. of courss, Htinne to try and control the Council, as that body had to fix water rates Finally 1 said to him that, in my opinion, it would be best for him if he used his influ- ence with the company to have the company Tet “the City Council alone. To this Dingee Teplied that his company had one or two votes in the Council that it could control, but that Mr. Watkinson, the president of the com- rany. did the company’s politics. After con- Hderable more talk Dingee asked me to see | Watkinson that afterncon at 5 o'clock: that | he (Dingee) would be at the company's office, hut that he would not like to have Watkin. con know that he (Dingee) had been talking %o me as plainly as he had. I then left Din- Zee's office and went to my own. “That afterncon, on my way home, I stepped in, to the Contra Costa Water Company's | office. Dingee and Watkinson were both there. Dingee began the conversation by telling Wat- Kinson that he had been talking with me about the presidency of the Council, and that I had been urging him (Dingee) to get the water | company to keep out of politics, and that he (Dingee) weuld like to get me to do what I could to have the Enquirer “be good” to the water company. T told them that T dld not think the En- | quirer could be induced to “be good” to the | water company, but that if the company | Yould keep out ‘of politics and let the Councll | slone it would probably stand a much better chance of better treatment at the Enquirer's hands. Both Dingee and Watkinson loudly ITotested that the company had no choice in the matter of the presidency of the Council and that the company Was not interested in politics. Remembering What Dingee had al- ready told me, and knowing better anyhow, I | told them I knmew they could control at least cne Councilman, and named him. After a good deal of talk Mr. Watkinson sald that he would see -this Councllman and see what he bad to say, but that he did noi think he could do anything, with him. Asked to See Mr. Watkinson. The following Monday morning, A 190, at 10 o'clock. -1 went ‘again o n’:‘;l:e:-'i‘, office in the Mills building concerning my business about the mortgage. There was not much sald about politics at this interview, except that Dingee said that he had not seen :r. ‘Watkinson, but asked me to go and see m. " At about 9 o'clock on the morning of day, March 22 in accordance wi 41:&::"; request, 1 went to see Mr. Watkinson in the water company’s office. Mr. Watkinson then told me that he had seen thé Councilman, but that he could do nothing with him. 5 Watkinson then the fact that the water company was accused of being in poli- tics and that all the company wanted was to be let alone. Remembering what Dingee bad told me I-told Mr. Watkinson that I had no doubt but that the water company was in- 3 as | terested in the election of Mr. Barstow president Council, but that the water 3 iny of course, continus to do as 1 then went about 4, at about office k at - | the Council; that he was very desirous of see- | beace’ with the peopie of Oakiand | to | dered to the provincial Friendship and Influence Ed FOUR MEN INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT BRI- BERY. cisco, and told me that he was sorry that hé had told me anything about the company’'s de- sire to have Mr. Barstow elected president of ing the water company get out of politics; that he would do everything he could to bring it about. in order that the company might be at that he de- plored the fight that was on between the com- pany and the city, and that he was sick of the | whole matter. After asking me to keep his in- terviews with me confidential he took his leave, and that is the last time I have talked with Mr. Dingee from that time to this. Mr. Dingee seems to be in trouble just now, | and the probabliities are that he will continue to be in trouble until he reforms enough to | permit him to tell all the truth and only the truth will betray the city into the hands of Contra Costa Water Company. he will succeed remains to be seen. GEORGE C the PARDSE. ‘Wade, Gardner, Douglas County, vice F. H. Rogers, resigned. Army order—Captain Charles M. Gandy, assistant surgeon, now ment to dut in the Philippines. Naval orders—Commander R. R. Inger- soll is detached from the New York yard Asiatic station, to command the Bennington, sailing March 7. Commander Arnold 1s detached from command | of the Bennington to home, to await or- | the B ders. Commander W. Swift is detached from the command of the Prairie to the | | Asiatic squadron, to command the Con- cord. =ailing from San Francisco March to await orders. town home. Licutenant Commander W. R. A. Rooney Is ordered to the Yorktown. | First Lieutenants S. Elliot and A. E. Harding, marine corps, are detached from | Cayite station to Mare Island. Pensions issued: Richard D. Berry, Doyle, Dixon, $5. ary 7—-Napoleon Edwards, Stockton, $12. Additional—Darwin 0. Livermore, Gatos, $12; Francis B. Puff, San Diego, $12. Monterey, $6; Renewal—William B. Benchley. San Fran- San cieco, $8. Francisco. Angeles, $8. Increase—Martin_ Murray, $5; James W. Milstead, Los Reissue—Patrick Henry Mur- rhy, Petaluma, $8. Original widows—Oma | R, Miller, Berkeley, $8. War with Spain, widows—Lee E. Arnot. Oakland, $12. Oregon—Addltional —Robert M. Wick- ham, Oregon City, $8. War with Spain, original-—George M. Hays. Pendleton, $5. chester, Mountain_ View, $5. | John E. Coursey, Seattle, $8. Representative Wilson of Idaho to-day favorably reported.from the Irrigation Committee the Newlands bill, providing for the irrigation of arid lands. The meas- ure will probably not be considered at this ses the sundry civil appropriation bill in the Senate. —_——— KILLS THE BULLY WHO HOLDS HIM OVER STOVE Slayer of Harry Rowand at De Noro Surrenders and Pleads Self-Defense. GREENWOOD, B. C.. Feb. 18.—James F. McGill de Riverre is in jail charged with the murder of Harry Rowand, who was killed at De Noro last night. De Riverre is a French Canadian, who formerly was a civil engineer in the ser- | vice of the Crows Nest Pass Railway. He has lately been made the victim of several practical jokes at the De Noro mining camp. De Riverre killed Rowand with a four-inch caseknife, and while De Riverre admits that it was his hand that gave the fatal blow, he declares it was in Self-defense. Circumstantial evidence in & measure confirms this view, for Rowand | had been drinkirg, and not finding much excitement In joking the little Frenchman attempted to nold him over a red-hot stove. It was then that the knife was used. De Riverre subsequently surre: lice, The de- Iway paymaster ceased was formerly a in the East. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 18.—On Christmas night H.Green walked into the police sta- tion and asked to be locked up, saying that he had murdered a man named Owen Feeney in Michigan twenty-five years The Michigan authorities asked that the man be held. and said the; send for nllmd 'l't:;llil.v Chlef of Police Sul- recelved a ifing ‘Attorney ‘at Harrison. ing Green be Mich.. ask- Supervisors would not bear the expense T for the murderer. Green was L At the present time he is industriously | engaged In trying to elect a City Council that | Whether or not | at Fort Slocum. New York, upon being relieved by Major William P. Kendall, surgeon, will proceed to San Francisco and Manila for assign- Commander H. G. O. Colby is detached from the command of the Concord home, Lieutenant Commander | ! B. 0. Scott is detached from the York- | California—Original— John | Special accrued Febru- Los Increase— on, but the salient features of the hill | may be incorporated as an amendment to | would from the Prose- released. 'He said the 9 HAMILTONS HTE BESTS WITH JURY Able ArgumentsbyAttorhoys for¢the Prosecution and Defense. A Boardman Bitterly Arraigns the Prisoner and Says Jealousy" Prompted Him to Murder Millionaire Day. S TER MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 1S—The last da of the trial of Frank H. Hamilton, on th | charge of having murdered Leonard R | its ‘utmost capacity. .The defense an- nounced that it had no testimony to offer in surrebuttal and County Attorney Fred | H. Boardman at once began his address to the jury. He declared that it was just | as certain that Hamilton killed Day as 1 | was certain that Day was dead. * The | State had shown the motive for the crime {and the confession by the accused of his | guilt, and vet with the ablest counsel in | | tue State, he now came into court and | asked for acquittal, when in savage jeal- | | ousy he had stabbed Day to death. This | was monstrous, but no more monstrous | than that this jury should be asked .o | stab society on Hamilton's account. Mr. Penney, of the defense, had gone out of | his way to traduce the character of the | vietim and to hola the defendant up as a | g-ntleman of education. But the cour | room was a place for justice not for sym- | pathy. - Mr. Boardman adverted to the fact that | Hamilton himself, on the stand. did not | deny the crime. e did not deny the co; fession to Rooney. He had come back to the dead bedy sobered by what had hap- pened, not to offer a silent praver with Bennett, but to lay beside the body t bloody knife with which he had done tiwe deed. When Hamilton went out and re | turned with that open knife clutched in his overcoat pocket, he iniended murder. deliberate, premeditated murder. The motive was jealousy. Frank M. Nye, in his address for thec defense, declared that with the exception of the ready-made confession of the police officer, no | that would not have been relevant in_an action against any of the others. The confession would have been the same with the name changed, no matter who was on trial. from? There s not a scintilia of evidence to trace the ownership to Hamilton. That | knife belonged to some one in the West | Hotel—we have brought forward evidence | to show that it belonged to Day. | ton had no motive for injuring Day. but | Day did have one for injurine Hamiiton. | Judge Brooks gave his charge to the jury immediately. It was a clear exposi- tion of the law and the evidence and was listened to attentively by the jury, which was then sent out for deliberation At midnight the jury was still out ani | Judge Brooks left for his home. The ver- | dict, if reached to-night, will not he | known until court meets to-morrow morn- | ing at 9. | PRESIDENT SUBMITS LIST OF NOMINATIONS Many Officers’in the Army and Navy Recommended for Promo- tion. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The President to-day sent the following nominations to | the Senate: Army of the United States, engineer porps, first lieutenants to be captains— John S. Sewell, James F. McIndoe, Jay J. Morrow. | | | | C. Pearson, Second: Herbert E. Tutherly, | First; Luther E. Hare, Seventh. | First lleutenants to be captains—Jesse | M. Carter,” Fifth; Harry G. Troutt, Sec- 'OT{-unery. captains to be majors—Walter Howe, Peter Leary Jr., Ephraim T. Rich- ardson, Ramsay D. Potts. X First lieutenants to be captains—C. T. Mencher, T. B. Mott, Gustav W. Stevens, Richmond P. David, Ernest Hinds, Wirt Robinson, George F. Landers. Infantry, captain to be major—George H. Roach, Seventeenth. First lleutenants to be captains—John S. Switzer, Fourth; H. C. Willlams. Twen- tieth; George D. Guyer, Sixteenth; Wil- liam F. Crote, Eighteenth; Willlam H. Chapman, Twenty-fifth. Navy, marine corps, first lieutenants to be captains—Philip S. Brown. John F. McGill, Louis M. Gulick. David D. Porter and Arthur J. Matthews. Second lieutenants to be first lieutenants —Herbert J. Hirschinger, Henry D. F. Long, Harry R. Lay. Charles C. Carpen- ter. Charles B. Tayior, A. S. Willlams, | Fred M. Eslik, Louis McC. Little, John Muir and Frederic Wise Jr. RS G CHARGES AGAINST TWO NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICES David M. Furches and Robert M Douglas Accused by D=mocrats of Many Misdemeanors. RALEIGH, C., Feb. 18—The Lower House of the General Assembly of North Carolina passed a resolution to-day call- ing for the impeachment before the bar of the Senate of Chief Justice David M. Furches and Assoclate Justice Robert M. Washington—Original—Peter J. Pauchot, | Douglas of the Supreme Court of North | Auburn, $6; George W. Bullene (dead). | Carolina. The resolution charges the Jus- Seattie, 312. Additional—James E. Chi- | tices with high crimes and misdemeanors in office, in that they issued certain pro- cesges in a case of a political nature. All those voting for the resolution were Dem- ocrats. To-morrow articles of impeachment will be drawn up and presented to the Senate. This will suspend the Judges from the exercise of the duties of their offices. Chief Justice Furches is nearly T years of age. Justice Douglas is the son of Stephen A. Douglas and was at one time prl\'a\te secretary to General Grant. - MARTIAL LAW IN MADRID SOON TO BE DECLARED OFF Silvela to Form a New Cabinet and Spain May Weather the Threat- ened Crisis. MADRID, Feb. 18.—The carnival fetes in the province have passed off without disorder. The Imparcial, on the authority of a Minister, says that Wednesday's Cabinet couneil will abolish martial law in Mad- rid and re-establish guarantees. The council will meet again Thursday and de- liberate on current affairs. Finally, Fri- day, General Carrazza, the Premler, will submit to the Queen Regent the resigna- tion of the Cabinet and inform her that | it will be advisable (o convene the Cortes at an early date in order to pass the bud- get. This procedure wili facilitate the formation of a Sflvela Ministry, which will then be constitute ELEVEN CARS OVERTURNED. ‘Washout Causes the Wreck of a Freight Train in Nevada. SALT LAKE, Feb. 18.—A double-headed eastbound frieght train on the Southern Pacific was wrecked to-day near Toano, Nev., 182 miles west of Ogden. No one was injured. The accident was clnlzl'by the wing to the soggy { tracks giving way, o condition of the ground. Eleven cars ‘were overturned. Fight to a Draw. GALENA, 'Kans., Feb. 18.—Oscar Gard- ner and Tommy Dixon of Rochester, N. Y.. engaged in a twenty-round contest Day, caused the courtroom to be filled to | testimony has been adduced ! Where did this bloody knife come | Hamil- | DIVISION OF STOCK IN STEEL COMBINE Bondholders in the Carnegie Company Are to Receive Bond for Bond. | Stockholders of Companies Entering cthe Trust Will Be Given Pree ferred Stock in the New Concern. s e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—According to ex- cellent authority the capital stock and funded debt of the new steel trust, which |is being formed under the guidance of | J. P. Morgan, will be $1,100,000,000. There will be 300,000,006 of cap! in the new concern, half of whic X be seven per cent preferred stock and half of which will be common. In addition there will be $300,000,000 of five per cent mortgage bonds. Mr. Car- negle will get close to $130,000,000 for his Carnegle company stock, and bond- holders of the present Carnegie company will receive bond for bond for their pres- ent holdings, which amount to $§160,000,- 000. This will leave about $10,000,000 of bonds to be used for organization ex- penses and bankers’ commissions. The minority stockholders of the Car- negie company will rece for their stock 150 per cent in preferred stock of the new company and a bonus of an equal amount of common stock In the new company ‘The remaining stock of the new com- pany will be issued in payment for se- curities of companies going into consoli- dation. The stockholders i the compa in the trust, exclusive of the Carnegie com- pany, will be paid for their preferred stock at par in_ preferred stock of the new concern, and for their common stock at par in common stock of the new | company | e CLASS GRADUATED AT WEST POINT ACADEMY Unusually Large Number of Men As- signed to the Engineering Corps. WEST POINT, Feb. 18 connected with the graduation of the first class cadets of the military academy took place in Cullom memorial building to-day in the presence of the entire battalion and many of their friends. The address to the class of seventy-three members was d livered by General John R. Brooke, com- manding the Department of the East, who also delivered the diplomas. Secretary of War Root had been expected to perform this office, but he was unable to be pres- ent. The early graduation of the class this year was necessitated by the reor- ganization of the army. The men gradu- ated to-day will be given a furlough un- til March 10, after which many of them will be assigned to duty in the Philippines. Albert Mueller of Tllinois, a member of the cla: will not be permitted to gradu- e until June. He was court-martialed, and is under sentence for a breach of di cipline. The first ten members of the class will be assigned to the engineers’ branch of the service. They ar The exercises Johnson. Oregon: Sherrill, North Caro- lina: Poole, Wisconsin; Peck. Wi Lee, North Carolina: Spaulding, Mic gan; Dent, Pennsylvania; Caples. Mis- souri: Jewett, New York, and Willlams, Missouri. This is an unusual assignment, five be- ing the usual number allo INTERESTS THE COAST, Ordnance department, captains to Bbe'»’{ae':rl‘x'f"?;ln«fiflv;lc? ‘;l"‘l‘fll‘:-':"\o ml;;‘hnu:: | Pensions Issued. L e e s e A £ remaining r_{a\pd a choice “only be- rnpllnu‘;d: firego}g——?eet, Douglas Coun- | f‘}::::; !1; ic:;\ae;l:a'“llllam A. Glassford, | colonel Peter S. Mitchie of the A';_M'mw Y nnier. \eppoited: Oregon—Belle | £CACAILY, captaing to be majora_Dantel | BRI, 400 STUR S o it bensed with: FIRST DIVISION OF | NEW PARLIAMENT | Cuts Down Government Normal Ma- | jority of One Hundred and Thirty to Forty-Five. LONDON, Feb. 18.—The First Division of the first Parliament of King Edward VII, which took place yesterday, resulted in cutting down to 45 the Governmen normal majority of 130. The interest caused by this_unexpected event was | heightened by Winston Churchill's_first speech at Westminster, and Mr. Cham- ! berlain's heated defense of his own policy. The extraordinary slimness of the ma | jority of this strongest British Govern- | "ment of modern times was the result of | Lord Cranborne’s refusal to answer ques- tions relating to the Government’'s for- eign policy without previous notice from the questioners. John Dillon seized the opportunity, and In spite of an unusually large attendance, almost piaced the Con- servative party in “queer street.” In the course of an Interview Mr. Dillon explained: ‘“What it all means is that the Government will be obliged to revoke the arbitrary ruling made b{ Mr. Balfour that under secretaries of state are not obliged to answer questions addressed to hem. | "The question 1s more important than it appears to be on the surface. for, if Mr. Balfour's ruling should be followed, it would prevent the Irish members from | questioning the Irish Secretary, and | eventvally deprive us of all right of free speech.” | | | - - SAN JOSE COUNCIL CALL BOND ELECTION Scheme of Extensive Improvements Planned by the City Fathers. SAN JOSE, Feb. 18 —Steps looking to 3 greater San Jose were taken by the City Council this evening in the introduction of an ordinance providing for a bond issue of $237,000.- The expenditure of this sum is proposed for much needed improve- ments and looks to a betterment of the ity. Y fne Mbrary bullding to cost 380,000 and the erection of Lhe city’s own electric lighting plant at a cost of $50,000 are the two principal items. The sum of $18,000 is provided for the purchase of three hose wagons, two engines, one combination chemical and hose wagon and other needs of the fire department; $47,000 for the con- struction of additioral sewers; $10,000 for the development of the water supply and other Improvements at Alum Rock Park. and $21,000 fof the improvements at Long- fellow, Horace Mann and High schools and the erection of a small two-room school for the children of the Orphans’ Home and $26.000 for the improvement of East_Santa Clara street. A feature that will prove a great at- traction to the city is the erection of a dam across the Guadalupe River, creating an_artificial lake, for which 35000 is pro- As soon ‘as the ordinance is passed @ bond election will be called. gt FOp T LOSE THEIR LIVES Front of a Building at New Haven Falls, Burying Them Under the Debris. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 18—Four men were killed and one fatally injured in a fire that destroyed an unoccupled factory on Westchester avenue this morn- CAPTAIN JOSEPH CONDEN. FIREMAN EDWARD. FIREMAN WILLIAM RILEY. FIREMAN FRANK WILLIAMS. Injured: Henry Powell, fearfully burned. The fire was discovered at 1:3), and as the bullding Is situated over a mile from the center ;f.zh. ecity it had con- siderable depart- ment reached the . scene. Before the men had been at work five ‘minutes ;'ln n'ontl":ll.: fell, - -lo-hnotln\V'n. The flames were ooR~ fined to the one buflding. Smetyms—— Kansas no longer blceds. She Mtnmfli«wfiu—ruflu ever. | | |