The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1901, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, CHOONER LONG REAGHES PORT Famine-Scourged Vessel Reports Loss of Her Mate. ) Passengers Accuse Owner of Deserting Them When Supplies Give Out. Special Dispatch to The Call. PORT TOWNSEND, Dec. 8.—The long overaue schooner Ralph J. Long, forty- seven d from Nome, with ninety pas- and fifteen stowaways, arrived had an eventful voyage and they narrowly escaped both starvation and death by drowning. When the Long sailed from Nome she did not have more than enough provisions and water to last bt Dutch Harbor on a fast trip, but before that port was reached the water supp iven out. George Morrill, the = ging owner, and several sailors volunteered to go ashore in a small boat to procure water, While they were on ibe way the steamer Arctic came along Morrill boarded her, leaving $135 the boat's crew for the purchase of and supplies. When the Long’s s and crew were half famished le wind carried them to Dutch where the boat's crew was d it was found that the $135 e but a small portion of the upplies. A collection of $iy among the passengers. s D. Lane's gasoline schooner ar- and when the condition of. the passengers was learned Lane gave the crew subscribed $107. This money was expended, but was not enough to pay for a sufficiency of supplies. How- ever, the Alaska Commercial Company furni d everything necessary and Cap- tain Green gave the company a bottomry on the schooner. Loug ‘eft Dutch Harbor on No- r 9 ard encountered heavy head On Nevember 11 a storm came up litile craft was tossed about at rcy of the gale and on several sions thrown almost on her beam Seas continually swept her decks, wate rived, Lon carrying away one lifeboat and nearly all | of her water supply. While Mate Han- as trying to save the watter barrels s carried overboard and drowned. el. They are highly indignant act:cn of the owner of the Long in g them CRAZY SNAKE FAILS TO SEE THE WHITE FATHER Former Chief of the Creeks Makes a Trip to the White House, but Is Not Admitted. CALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET, N.| Ww., s WASHINGTON, e, who w: Dec. 9.—Crazy once a leader of some According to the passengers, the | engers had to depend on what | er could be caught on the deck | | 1901. prominence among the Creek Indians, | m an unsuccessful attempt to hold a cc 1 with Great Father Roosevelt at the White House to-day. He appeared in the corridors, accompanied by four other members of his tribe and an interpreter, nnounced that he would like to see lent Roosevelt. He was told that he ould only do so when in the company of e Indian Commissioner or some official his office. Commissioner Jones re- d to frank the Indians into the White and they went away unheard. Crazy Snake, whose store name is Wil- son Jones, has caused the Government no. little trouble by opposing - all ' recent treaties looking to the citzenship of In- dians and allotting their lands in several= ty His element of the tribe have not ac- pted the terms of the treaty recently sted by the Legislature of the Creek Indian nation, and want to roam and fish d hunt in the good old-fashioned way h d(hhl'.,\' of the restrictions of modern nship a wi - grounds. SENATOR HOAR AFTER ANARCHISTS AND LYNCHERS Introduces a2 Resolution Requesting the President to Negotiate With Other Governments. CALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET, N. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Senator gave proof in black and white to-day t he was in earnest when he proposed deport anarchists to an island. He presented in the Senate a resolution requesting the Presidert to enter into to negotiations with other civilized Govern- ments to the end that some island or other suitable territory be set apart by joint action 1 which, under due precaution er fair trial, persons found guilty pting, instigating or counseling the overthrow of government, or of crim. inal attempts on chief magistrates or r high officials, may be confined. is th venerable Massachusetts or ready for anarchy and a renewal ttempts to get international action on matter. o =d_to severely punish participants in ngs. It provides for the trial of all by United States District Courts s imprisonment and a heavy penaity on conviction. 2id to the family of the victim of the s, or, in case there is no family, to sury of the county where the It also provides that all urs. rs who fail in their y fined to the extent of $5000. Sy, WL be Dunsmuir May Close His Mines. NANAIMO, B. C., Dec. 9.—Premier James Dunsmuir is so enraged over the amalgamation of his men with the Nammi- mo unions that it is likely he will shut down the Extension collieries, as well as the Alexandria mines, which' are to be permanently closed. An attempt made vesterday to enter the mines at Exten- | sion, where the disastrous fire of two né’g;;hs ago took place, showed that the conflagration was still raging. y remedy left is flooding. o = T o Fireman Is Fatally Injured. TACOMA, Dec. 5.—Fire broke out at 8 o'clock this morning in the drykiln of the Tx_aruma Mill Company, at Old Town. When the firemen had it well under con- trol an burying six pipemen under the ceilin William Galliher, ladderman of Truck No. 1, was so badly injured that he will die Lieutenant George Osborne was slight!. :r‘],;‘u;esd aboutd the head and legs. Th: ers escaped uninjured. The lof 20, 0, with no insurance, o Az e SACRAMENTO, Dec. 9.—A maske eatored Quirin's arog store At Towensets i J streets at 30 o'clock to-night, held up {he proprietor at the point of a revolver, took $10 in silver from the cash register and decamped. CALIFORNIA CHUTNEY-SAUCE Should be on every table Use it with Snake wishes to keep the white | >m grazing thelr cattle on former | pator Hoar also introduced a bill de- | explosion in the loft occurred, | OUR hundred muscicians, mem- | bers of the Musicians’ Mutual Protective Union, gave a recep- | tion and banquet to Mayor-elect | Eugene E. Schmitz at Golden ! Gate Hall last night. The reception be- gan at midnight, to enable all members of the union to be present, and the banquet and speech-making lasted well into the early hours of the morning. The Mayor-elect, who is also president of the union, was accorded a whc;le-souki&: i hat was strong_ testimony TR or frajernalism of the union. He was toasted in terms of praise that would have turned the head of a man less mod- est, and he was presented with a lovin cup, the gift of the union that boasts o a Mayor-elect on its membership roll. The members of the union arrived late, after playing at the various theaters and other places of amusement, and not until | nearly midnight did the parlors fill up with the musicians. The Mayor-elect arrived shortly before | midnight, alone and attired in- a plain | black suit and the men who had not had | opportunity after their evening’s work to change to evening dress felt at once in | closer sympathy with the lately electea chief executive of the municipality. As members and guests arrived they grouped in the parlors and ! conversed, until, at 12:20, they were led |into the main hall and from there marched in line to the banquet hall, led by C. P. Abiatti and the Mayor-elect. The Columbia Theater Orchestra, sta- tioned on a platform across the east end of the hall, played while the banqueters were being seated the ‘““American Citizen March,” | the Mayor-elect. The banquet hall was decorated with | greenery and national flags. Ten tables | gave accommodation to some 300 mem- bers of the Musicians’ Union. Across the east end of the hall stretched the long table, at the center of which was seated composed by the guest of honor, | the guest of honor. Mr. Davis, the toastmaster, made a few introductory remarks and bade | guests and hosts to ‘“‘eat, drink and be merry.” After the proper excursion into the courses of the bancuet had been made, C. P. Abiatti was introduced and in a brief speech he extended congratulation to the Musicians’ Union on the honor that had come to it through the election of its president as Mayor of the city. D. M. Wright made a short presenta- tion speech and delivered the loving cup into the hands of the guest of honor. Mayor-Elect’s Response. The Mayor-elect spoke as follows: My Dear Friends and Brothers:/This is the | irst formal reception which I have accepted since the people by their votes confirmed the good opinion which you, yourselves, have so often expressed, in electing me to official posi- tions in this union, by promoting me from your presidency to the chief magistracy of the city. And it is especlally fitting that you, from whom I come, and whose representative I am and always hope to be, should be the first to Wwhom should be extended the glad hand of acknowledgment and of grateful appreciation. 1 regard this as a personal compliment great- er even than my election, for in the election there was victory for principle as well as for the indivifiual—the principle of equal represen- tation of all elements of the people—while I take this as wholly a personal tribute from you, my devoted colleagues and well wishers, to_your brother and yeur friend. I appreciate to the fullest extent your kind- ness and the impulsive sentiment which prompted this great gathering of the men of music and their friends. It s the harmony of | hearts and the concord of the soul. | " The soul of the musiclan is so enwrapt with warm and kindly feeling, his mind so occupied with the harmonies of the universe of nature and those which underlie the noblest acts of man, that practical men of affairs look with doubt upon the possibility of the head remain- ing cool while the heart still retains - its warmth, its sentlment, its love. I, who know | you, am most happy indeed that to me shall | be_given the opportunity of proving practi- cally that with all his artistic sentiments, with - S SR S AR CHARACTERISTIC ATTITUDES OF MAYOR-ELECT SCHMITZ IN HIS BANQUET SPEECH. - all his love for the harmonies, with all his ideals of the beautiful in nature and in art, the man of music may still be the man of business, the man of affairs—sane, rational and evenly balanced. Businesslike Administration. I propose in my administration of the office of Mayor to justify your confidence and support, and to earn and retain the confidence, respect and friendship of the entire people of San Francisco. I intend, as far as I can, to give a business-like, conservative and hon- est administration. The city’s business should be at- tended to and cared for as one’s pr wvate business is attended to. care- fully, economically and sensibly. This is not the time nor the place for long discussion of the policy of the new administra- tion, or of any detafls which may be com- bined to make up such policies. I may. say, however, that I shall recognize two cardinal principles tn the performance of all my public duties, on which I know your thoughts will agree with mine. First: That all classes of our community have equal rights and privileges un- the law, and that none are enti- tled to special privilemen. Second: and irreconcilable difference be- tween employer and employe, capi- tal and labor, rich and poor; that their interests should be identici and that differences between them can and should be adjusted. 1 believe that capital should have steady and safe investment in order that Inbor may have permanent and remunerative employment. Our interests all lie that way. All of us are equally conservative. We want no commercial panies. We want no soup houses, if avoidable. We want no strikes. Municipal Ideals. We do want a city where the people are h: py and prosperous; where the wage-earner and his family live in contentment and peace; where social conditions are such that the man who employs labor will ask and receive no | more than he is willing to sccord to his em- ploye, and where the wage-worker will give the same fair and just consideration to the man who pays his wages as he is willing to ask and take for himself; where capital and labor will walk hand in hand for the better- ment and advancement of this, now the great- est city of the Pacific Coast, eventually to be- come, perhaps, the greatest in the United States. Tt may not be possible to realize this ideal all at once, but whatever power is given to me will be exerted in_this direction, T feel strongly the responsibility and obliga- tion that are now upon me. I will do my best as a man and an American to do my duty honestly and fairly. 1t is no path of roses—except, perhaps, for the thorns, but I shall do my best to tread it firmly and uprightly, to meet all problems as they arise with a view single to the good of the whole people, D L e 'FLIGHT OF CASHIER- | REVEALS SHORTAGE | —_— Continued From Page One. The fine is | position of cashier. He is warranted to the bank for $30,000 by one of the bonding insurance companies. Besides the bond for $20,000 Fleishman has considerable g charged with the protection of | property in his own name In Los Angeles | which will reduce the bank’s loss consid- erably. “I would like to say through The Call that our paid ug‘ capital is $500,000 and the surplus, after the loss has been met, will still be more than $900,000. The moment 1 learned by telegraph of the defalcation | I informed and called into service the | police department of this city, and also sought the aid of Pinkerton’s detective: by this hour there is not a police d partment in the United States, Mexico and Canada but has a perfect description of the man. Let me say that the bank is still one of the strongest financial in- stitutions of the country and I would de- | clare, firmly and absolutely that we will not be affected in the slightest way by the defalcation. Indeed, the loss ftself is not a serious one to us, but I must ad- mit my intense disappointment in the man in whom I for so many years placed implicit confidence. Neither depositors | nor_any one connected with the bank need have any fear.'” | . When asked whether Fleishman was ex- | travagant in his mode of living Mr. Hell- | man declared that he was quiet in his | habits, never gambled and did not drink. | The banker said that Fleishman married | a very estimable lady, Miss Harroll of Visalia, but they were divorced several years ago. There was one child. Mr. Hellman left for Los Angeles last night to prosecute the fullest inquiries. | He declares that everything that is possi- ble shall be done to bring Fleishman to the bar of justice. el R Pasadena Votes for Bonds, PASADENA. Dec. 9.—In the election to- day the proposition to bond the city for | $300,000 carried almost unanimously, A celebration by citizens followed the an- | nouncement of the result. This election means the city will have two public parks, & new city hall and jall, a new fire department, an additional sewer system and improved sewer farm and will sink an experimental water well. et ek iy Murderess Goes to San Quentin. SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 9.—Gypsy Adams, convicted of murder, was sen- tenced to spend twenty-five years in San Quentin this afternoon. She killed Mrs. Mary Mills, aged 83 years, by striking her with a lighted Jamp and setting her clothes afire. Mrs. Mills was_literally roasted to death. The convicted woman is 28 years of ag o b g & MANAGUA, Dec. 9.—Dr. Ferdinand Sanchez, Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Willlam L. Merry, United States Minister to N3 ., =igned a treaty to-day by which Nicaragua' agrees to lease a section of Nicar guan territory six miles wide, which Includes the the route of the Nicaraguan canal, TUnited States perpetually, ? THIRTY MILLIONS FOR PALO ALTO e Continued from Page One. “Jane L. Stanford,” followed hy her pri- vate seal and the names of George E. Crothers, T. G. Crothers, Frank L. Ow- ens and Mountford S. Wilson as - wit- nesses. The documents’ are tied with car- dinal ribbon, the color of which will in the future be recognized as the color of the university. But Three of Board Present. ‘When the documents were presented to the trustees thére were but three of the members of the board present. They were Timothy Hopkins, C. D. Lathrop and 8, F. Leib. The other members of the board are Leon Sloss, Russell J. Wilson, Henry L. Dodge, Joseph D. Grant, Horace Da- vis, T. B. McFarland, Horatio G. Steb- bins, Frank Miller, George E. Gray and N. W. Spaulding of this city, Willlam N. Stewart of Nevada and Thomas Walton Stanford of Australia. Mrs. Stanford, mindful of the claims of her relatives on the Stanford estate, has not given the university her entire for- tune. She still has many millions remain- ing from the immense estate left her by her husband. —_— Edwards Indicted for Forgery. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.—J. Leon Ed- wards was to-day indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for forgery. Edwards as- sisted in a pension case by signing the | name here given and claiming to have been assistant surgeon in the Seventh Regiment, United States Cavalry. He took oath before the special pension ex- aminer, but it was afterward discovered that the true J. L. Edwards was alive and in the East. S ot Impersonates Federal Officer. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.—E. Percival Baker was indicted to-day by the United | States Grand Jury upon the charge of fm- Personating a United States officer to de- fraud. Baker is the journalist who used peculiar methods in obtaining an X-ray photograph of a Los Angeles Chinese wo- man's “tight-bound” foot with which to illustrate an_article. Piles Cured Without the Knife, Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudi No Cure, No Pay. All arugwists are autier: ized by the manufacturers of Pazo Ointment to refund money where it falls to cure any case of plles, no matter of how long standing, Cures ordinary cases in six days; the worst cases In fourteen days. One application gives ease and rest. Relleves itching instantly. This is a mew discovery, and is the only pile rem- edy sold on a positive guarantee, mo cure mo 1l be sent by mail MAS. MKINLEY FAILS T0 RALLY Health of the Late Presi- dent’'s Widow Fast " Failing. Special Dispatch to The Call. CINCINNATI, Dec. 9.—The visit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Dawes to Mrs. Mc- Kinley at her home in Canton is believed here to be significant. Reports from Can- ton, while exceedingly guarded, are to the effect that the condition of Mrs. McKin- ley is regarded with great anxiety by her family and close friends. 1t is generally understood that Mrs. Mc- Kinley never fully recovered from the ef- fect of her experiences on the California trip and her illness in San Francisco. Then came the shock of her husband’s tragic end. It has developed that the heart-breaking strain made serious in- roads on her physical and ~mental stretpgth. In fact, it Is regrettulg ad- mitted by those near to Mrs. McKinley that both mind and body have been seri- ously undermined and there are signs that seem to indicate she is failing rapidly. One of the unfavorable symptoms of Mrs. McKinley's case is her mental condi- tion. She mourns constantly for her hus- band, and can_think or talk of no other subject. The holiday season always has been a time for gayety with Mrs. McKin- ley, but it is understood that she feels the bereavement so onflmmly that she has told relatives she has no heart to participate in any Christmas festivities. Another fact shows how keenly Mrs. McKinley feels her bereavement and how constantly it occupies her mind. It has repeatedly happened since the funeral] that on pleasant days she has had a rocking-chair taken to her husband’s tomb. There, accompanied by her nurse or a friend, she has sat for hours beside the tomb, plunged in grief and a prey to deepest melancholy. In the last two weeks this tendency to melancholy has grown more marked, and| Mrs. McKinley's condition has become a source of nnxleti to her friends in Canton and to those who have gone to see her from other parts of the State. So keen has the anxiety become that a systematic effort will now be made to interest her in things about her and take her mind away from the one subject that absorbs her thoughts in all her waking hours. Reports from Canton go so far as to in- dicate that unless there is an improve- ment in Mrs. McKinley's condition there is a grave fear that she will not live through the winter. To Cure a Cold in One Day. .. Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. Al flmg’lm refund the money it it fails to uu-l, E. W. Grove's signature is on each box, %e. * ENCOURAGES ALL SHIP BUILDING —_— Continued From Page Ome. sides that the movement for subsidized Americans has gained materially, and the chances for the Frye bill are now re- garded a little ‘better than ever. Senator Hanna has his whole heart in the fight, and with two such strong lead- ers in support working night and day with renewed hope and courage it is said the bill can command almost all the Re- publican strength in the Senate. The features of the bill changing the rates of mail subsidies corresponding with the new classification of ships are looked on as giving great strength. The present rates—$4, $2, §1 and 67 cents—fixed by the House in the law of 1891 have been found to be too |ov}¥ for the faster mall steam- ers and too High for the slower after an experience of ten years. The bill passed by the Senate that year fixed the rates at , $3, $150 and $1. ¥l?he Frye bill restores the old Senate rates of $6 to twenty-knot steamers, increasing from 8000 to 10,000 tons minimum size, and restores the rate of $3 for.sixteen-knot steamers, provided the size is increased from 5000 tonms, the present minimum, to 8000 tons, the mod- ern British and German mail size. The bill leaves at present the rates or re- duces the ‘mail pay for slower and smaller steamers. It dropsaltogether the obso- lete wooden steamers of only twelve knots as no longer eligible from the ocean malil service. The rates fixed by the bill are maximum rates. Mail contracts are open to competition and will be awarded at rates as far below maximum as will secure an American mail service. A general uniform subsidy of one cent per gross ton for every one hundred miles sailed is_another feature that is com- manding favorable comment. This amount is sufficient, according to the latest fig- ures, to equalize the difference in Ameri- can seamen’s wages and in the cost of building ocean steamers in the United States and_Great Britain referred to in President Roosevelt’s message and Sec- retary Gage's report. To promote the building of new ocean vessels an addi- tional allowance of one-fourth of a cent gfix‘- gross“dtcn g' ntmda for fllve years. The provides that a vessel shall only one form of subsidy. b =—e—7————1 Stabs Wife and, Himself. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 9.—J. O. Nelson, a well-known diver, to-night made an al- mudst successful attempt to kill his wife and then drove the blad f - knife through his own heart. N:l:’;?xc‘::;l insanely jealous-of his wife, but without reason. The woman was severely wound- le:c,hl;:c:llvg:g :mg?h kwh;chhextenaed six ack of tl was also stabbed in the nec;. AT e SANTIAGO DE CHILE, just purchased tl and one cruiser. EIABHINGTON, milita ‘ernor Ty %. of Cuba, left her for New ‘where take steamer sailing for me:n:m Dec. 9.—Cl hree ' torpedo-Hoat destrosers Dec. 9.—General the That there is no inherent | to the justification of your | MAYOR-ELECT SCHMITZ IS HONORED BY COMRADES OF MUSICIANS’ At First Formal Reception He Has Attended Since His Election to Office He Voices His Inten- tion to Give the City a Business-Like, Conservative and Honest Administration, and Says He Will Recognize the Fact That the Rights of All Classes of the Community Are Equal NION confidence, and to the ecredit and homor of the city and of myself. 1 want your active and earnest support and co-operation as well as the support and co- operation of all good citizens, in addition to the friendly sentiments that you already have for me, I may not be able to please all; no man ean. My frie; 11 mever forget. True friendship is the jewel in the diadem of life. I hope to have no enemies. have none now. differences which may have exis are forgotten. The strife and e | fiict of the canmipaign are laid aw: 1 go forward with a heart and free from bitterness and r = ment and nnen to every friendly ad- vance and honest suggestion. | 1 am now about to embark on a sea here- tofore by me entirely unexplored; but I have miy charts and my compass, With the favoring winds of your friendship and support and the impelling power of the sound and honest opin- fon of all our fellow citizens I know I shall have a successful voyage, When my term of office shall have expired; | I shall come back to you and to the people, | the same old comrade and friend, wearing the same number seven hat and delighting to hear you call me the same old ‘“‘Gene.’ Alfred Roncoviere, the Mayor-elect’s most intimate friend, responded to the | toast, “‘Persbnal Reminiscences—The Mu- siclan in Politics.” Major E. W. Kent responded to the toast, “Our Honored Guest”; Secretary | S8am 'Davis to “The Recent Election and ‘What It Has Proven”; F. Dellepiane to “Is Music a Universal Language?’ and A. Dijeau to “Trades Unions as a Fac- tor in Polities.” Numbers by the orchestra and special- ties by vaudeville artists from the thea- ters filled out an entertaining programme and lent additional merriment to the period following the speechmaking. Among the guests present were the fol- lowing theatrical and concert managers: John Morrisey, W. H. Levy, Ed P. Levy, Philip Hastings, Morris Meyerfeld Jr., Fred Belasco, M. E. Mayer, S. C. Oppenheimer, S. Ackerman, Al Walterstein and D. A. Fischer. The committee of arrangements con- sisted of the following namgd: C. Abblati, Sam Davis, Theodore Samuel Samuels and Dexter Wright. The reception committee was composed as follows: Alfred Roncovieri. Richard Yanke, Joln ‘Wenzel, George E. Williams and P. Frederick. Efsfelat, Pianos— priced instrument. for your money. Don’t buy until teed pilanos as low as 8$195. Zolians and Pianolas in fact, all the great musicians. chines on this coast. The mson 00 up. Indestructible Largest stock in the West—from the Kohler & Chas Make ideal Xmas gifts, for all can can render music artistically. Used On exhibition dally at Kohler & Chase's. Washburn Guitars, Mandolins and Banjos Are the acknowledged standard of the world. Their line includes the best machine in the world: the Vi fiat disk machine, and Spectally Selected bommmcs Records for the Phonograph. BULLET FITS ALLEN'S RIFLE Discovery That Does Not Help Grass Valley Suspect. Has Weapon of Same Caliber as That Used by Grif- fiths’ Slayer. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 9.—All Nevada County is wondering why Charles Allen, suspected of complicity in the doing away with Joseph Griffiths, is not under arrest. Yesterday a 44-caliber bullet W= found in the body of the murdered ma#~y To-day it was learned that Allen has a rifle of that caliber, Griffiths was last seen alive in the Allen home. Months after his disappearance his body was found at the bottom of amn abandoned mine shaft at the rear of Allen’s house. While the inquest has been in progress here the suspect has paced up and down in front of the dingy tourtroom, making no attempt to hide his extreme nervous- ness and seemingly not meditating any attempt at escape. - The Coroner’s inquest ended in a ver- dict that means nothing, except that Jo- seph Griffiths was murdered. The jury reported simply that the deceased came to his death from an unknown cause and at the hands of a person or persons un- known. To-morrow the Grand Jury will take up the case, and following its de- liberations there are likely to be several arrests. Sherift Getchell went into the country to-day and found Dirgie Toolie, the In- dian implicated in the tragedy, aand brought him to town. An immense crowd surrounded the party as it returned, as many believe the Indian to be the 'mur- derer. When the inquest was resumed this afternoon the streets were packed with peopld who could not gain an ea- trance. Wword of the proceedings was passed al and every sentence was eagerly cau up and communicated to others. Mrs. Jennie Keleher was an important witness. She said that Mrs. Benfleld told, her some time ago that if she (Mrs. Ben- fleld) were a man she would find Grif: fiths’ body in two hours. Mrs. Benfield contradicted this, and for a time it was feared there would be trouble in the courtroom. ‘Willlam Benfleld, from whom the in- formation leading to the finding of the body first came, took the stand again te- day. He said that he was intoxicated when he testified on Saturday evenlnf, and that he had committed perjury In answer to every:question. His testimony to-day was a flat contraaiction of his evi- dence of Saturday night. ‘When Dirgie Toolie, the Digger Indian, walked into the courtroom, escorted by Sheriff Getchell, all eves were turned upon him. On the stand he displayed con- siderable intelligence. He said he was at the Anthony House, several miles away, when the murder was committed. When asked point blank if he had murdered Griffiths he vehemently replied that he had not. Annie Texas, the Indian's wife, was called to the stand, but she could give no important information. John Hocking, through whose efforts Griffiths’ body was found at the bottom of the mining shaft, told a straightfor- ward story of how he had come by his information. During a conversation with Mrs. Keleher the latter had said that Mrs. Benfleld had told_her she knew where the body was. Hocking was informed that Mrs. Benfleld had sald that “at 5 o’clock my boy saw that man under a tree. and at 7 o’clock he was done away 4 Wit TO IMPROVE THE NAVY. Senator Hale Introduces a Batch of Important Bills. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Senator Hale to-day introduced a number of bills re- lating to the navy, among them being bills to enable naval courts-martial and navy courts of inquiry to compel the at- tendance of civillan witnesses; to equalize the pay of officers of the navy with those of corresponding rank in the army and marine corps; to authorize the command- ants of paval stations beyond the conti- nental limits of the United States to con- vene general courts-martial for the trial of offenders under their command and to guthorize an increase of the enlisted force of the marine corps. Other bills introduced were: By Warren—Granting 160 acres of land each for the use of the plants of indus- trial institutions located on the publc domain. 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