The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1902. (o} e ————— e e e POLITICS MIXES INLIBEL SUIT General Otis a Reluctant Witness in San Jose. Sensational Action Growing Out of an Attack Upon the Garden City. ———— Specis] Disvatch to The Call JOSE, Jan. 7.—The preliminary ex- Captain of P ry, charged with eriminal libel by Hichbo a newspaper reporter, 3 vallace's court to-day crowd of local poli- standing of both st Jed interest libel g out of a re- Newberry on the publi- Angeles Times on Sep- article the w Pacific Coast.” d 10 be worse than te was st that corrup- t ice Court ard the ¥ tain New- 1 the name Newberry J to rticle. the article. The before the Council. ever having made such Newberry and had written 1¢ hborn the X Andrew have been her esse nd the gen- ! the delay. He : Los Angeles to-night, w looks hough he will have and s counsel for for Hich- Delmas in argu- motion sharp re- s he knew the He was on the LABORER IS WAYLAID AND BRUTALLY BEATEN Williem Moss, an Employe of the| Union Iron Works, Assaulted { | which styled San | Mayor’s | < depart- | lence, while off Cape Flattery the wind al- likewise | summoned are | ing: ‘anti-gang” | ton—Altoona, Wahkiakum County, Hans | ation prom- | M. Peterson, Postmaster; Huntley, Whit- SUng €VEr | man County, Robert D. Jarboe, Postmas- | Btates revenue olice. B morning for an exfended cruise along the | olice PEITY | shores of the Straits of Juan de Fuca FEAR WRECKING |CANAL ROUTE ~ |LYNGHER STANDS PACKERS WILL OF MARY SHIPS Fed ral Officials Send Revenue . utter to Investigate. Grant Will Cruise Along the Coast South of Cape Flattery. e PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 7.—The United cutter Grant sailed this and also along the coast south of Cape Flattery to examine the large quantities of wreckage reported along the beach during thé past two weeks. It is believed that many vessels have met disaster from the continued gales which have prevailed since December 5, as the Indlans have | daily brought reports to Neah Bay of new wreckage coming ashore Flattery. Captain Tozier of the Grant will maKe a tour of investigation for the pur- pose of ascertaining if possible the names of the unfortunate vessels. The steamer e Gertrude, arriving from Neah Bi ¢y, reports last night's storm in the str: being of great vio- most reached the velocity of a hurricane, driving vessels in the vicinity of Cape Flattery out to sea. Vessels in the str. Otis and City Edi- | sought shelter in Port Angeles and Clal- Times told him that | }am bays. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST | Changes Made in the Postal Service and Pensions and Patents Granted. WASHINGTON, Jan. i.—The Postoffice Department to-day announced the follow- | Postoffices established: Washing- ter. Discontinued: Washington—Eagle Gorge, King County, mail to Hot Springs, | Postmasters commissioned: California— Ettie McCloud, Clipper Gap. Washington —George G. Grimes, Edwall; J. Steffinson, v on. Appointed: California—Geor- giana 8. Belden, French Camp, San Joa- quin County, vice William S. Belden, de- Arihur M. Herbert, Rocheste: ardino County, vice Mary moved; A. Cowell, Woo bridge, San Joaquin County, vice Frank Wilkinson, deceased. Fullerton, Orange County, Cal, will have ditional rural free delivery carrie v 1 next. The Howies Cal.; Edward H. Jordan, in, Jack- s, are or- nsportation for duty; First Lieuten- Grimm, signal corps, is re- lieved from duty in the Department of the Columbis nd ordered to Fort Mc- Dowell, lifornia. The follow ons were granted: —George Willett south of Cape | Merrill, S n by a Gang. DoInt, $6: Syifes W Moss, a laborer employed at | Sutton, Hugh S. Smith, 1 Iron Works and living at 1019 | Oakland, 8. s W B HAL e as i 3 ~ | Veterans' ~Home, Napa, atience e o waylaid Snd beat- | ot mother, San Fran $12; Ruth k ‘ y & gang of men | N Purdy, San Francisco, $8. Indian wars | while on his way bhome last evening. | —Mary E. Mathews, Ripon, $8. Moss is one of the newcomers at the | Oregon—Original—Henry L. Raun, Junc- | S rds, and it is believed that the men | tion ed their fire upon him. in an unconscious condi- Scotch Hill s claim that a dozen nd beat +him terribly. . ble to reach his home. ggered bleeding profusely he deep cuts in his head, and when sched his doorway he fell uncon- A neighbor h-street Police Station and the pa- Ag:“vy was used in removing him to pital police believe the motive was rob- When had $50 in his pocket. When t the hospital not a_cent was him. Lieutenant Anderson de- ree men, and Corporal Shanahan Potrero Station detalled two offi- w cers to find Moss’ assailants. —— ——— GORMAN SUCCUMBS ™ Monday Night'; Shé&ing in Oakland Results in the Death of the Gro- cery Clerk. ND, Jan. 7.—Richard Gorman, s clerk t last night by Ed- OAKL. he groce rd Fla: o'ck ck this morning at crime 1g at § o'clock. O’ Bri rman. corner it is said, i k v under the influence of liquor, his offended O'Brien, who pro- dminister to Flanagan a beat- the shape of an ugly scar on the and a broken nose. gain until § o'clock, when he pre- himself in O'Brien’s grocery, store, armed and angry. exploded. the abdomen. when as- | telephoned the Sev- | Moss left the Union Iron | THE BULLET WOUND | gate: David W. Solomon, Flanagan, who was then | of Art on or before April 10. evidence of which the latter still { left the sceme and was not | pooked at the Cit V. Mor- City, $6. ‘Washington—Widows—Sarah gan, Colfax, 35, These patents were issued to-d fornia—Arthur C. Bates, San F! it Harry L. von Bonhorst signor two-thirds to J. E. Kelly and } Den, Los Angeles, decorating gla etc.; John H. Britton 1 extinguisher; John ( newspaper holder: Zac E. Draki C. Semple, Modesto, fly trap; William T. Garrett, assignor one-half to J. E. Street, Cedarville, ratchet wrench; Williain Greene and 8. Chisholm, San Francisco, weighing and recording apparatus; Harry | L. Hauxhurst, Oakland, telephone attach- | ment; Joseph’ Herbs, Redlands, roasting pan; Walter A. Hesse, Alameda, funnel attachment; Andrew W. Livingston, Ala- meda, automatic can heading machine; David A. Manuel, Calistoga, grafting im- plement; William W. McCormick, Santa osa, bag br satchel lighting device; { Richmond E. Revalk, San Francisco, | typewriter pad: John Williams, Oakland, assignor to Security Coin Box Company, San Francisco, coin holder. ‘Washington—William A. Cates. Fisher, fruit drier; Willilam R. Snyder, Puyallup Arlington, com ! bined saw joinfer and gauge. | Oregon—Henry Hanni, Por | making machinery. ——— Invite Plans for Monument. The _sculptors resident | have been invited to submit plans for the t Fourteenth and Peralta | McKinley memorial. The memorial com- mittee has on hand $30,000, and expects Flanagan s €on- | that the sum wiil be raised to $50,000 by Prison, but will not be | popular subscription. until after the |a memorial which will be held Sat- | It invites plans for monument or shaft, to be constructed of California materials and erected at the junction of Van Ness ave- | ble which ended so seriously | enue and Market street. It asks for de- | the awards. he plans must be submitted to the The com- mittee will pay the cost of expressage. —_—————— Used a Club on Smith. | F. F. Cornelius, saloon-keeper, 440 Pa- | cific street, was arrested yesterday and Prison on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The com- | plaining witness Frank Smith, a la- | Borer. Siving at 7 Jackson street, who was ejecting Flanagan when | allegés that Cornelius hit him on the head The bullet struck | with a club in his saloon Monday night. | Cornelius was released on bonds. GRAFE-NUTS. FOR. LACK OF PROFPER. FOOD. Many persons find ghemselves breaking down ipite of all efforts to stop. They use the right kind of food to rebuild the daily loss of the body used by the kind of work they do. For instance, any one who thinks, em- the brain, this work of the away littie, fine microscopic v hour, just in proportion to of work done, = is a natural process, but those Jit- particles must be replaced each day or brain fag and nervous prostration sets in. It is known that the brain and all other nerve centers in the bedy are filled with & soft kind of grayisi pulp, made up of a combisation of albumen and phosphate of Dotash. Of course, if this matter is grad- ao i particles every the T 2 wears nount | | grains transformed into grape sugar. ually worn away, day after day, by brain work, and the individual does not take food from which it can be rebuilt, there is a steady down-hill process going on in the body. Grape-Nuts Food i= made specially for such cases. It contains the phosphate of potash, albumen and the starch of the I is a delicious food and brings about cer- tain well-defined results in the human body. Use it with good cream day after day and you will be pleased to observe the daily growth back to strength and health. All grocers sell Grape-Nuts. Made at the pure food factories of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. tland, brick- | given by Dr. H. in California | arly in the evening, when Aus- |Signs or models for a memorial to cost | ” the grocer and employer of | $30,000 and $50,000, so in case the latter sum | ract Flanagan in Massimo's sa- | is raised there will be no delay in mak- of Fourteenth and Center :m% ited Flanagan to | committee at the Mark Hopkins Institute | pect for Nation’s Sta esmen. Morgan of Alabama Starts the Discussion in the Senate. S | WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The first notes of the contest between the Nicaragua and Panama roputes for the isthmian canal were heard in the Senate to-day. Morgan of Alabama offered and secured the adon- | tion of a resolution which indicated his | purpose to have the Committee on Inter- oceanic Canals inquire into the relations | alleged to exist between the transconti- nental rairoad ‘companies of the United States and Canada and the Panama Canal | Company. In expian; deciared that the alleged relations were a “wicked monopoly,’ which already had cost the people o the Pacific Coast mil- lions of doulars, ‘The relations involve the i control by the Panama Canal Company ot | | defense attempted to frighten the young man by declaring that the prosecution ob- | tained his statement simply for the pur- | the Panama Railroad Company and the agreement existing between certain rail- roads of the United States and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. — At the conclusion of business to-day the Senate paid a graceful compliment to Senator Foraker of Ohio by adjourning until 2 o'clock to-morrow in order that | Senators might attend the marriage of | Miss Foraker, which is to occur at noon | to-morrow, without interfering with their legisiative duties. ! in the House was opened in lively fashion | to-day by Hepburn, chairman of the In- | terstate and roreign Commerce Commit- | tee, which reported the bill. For two | hours he held the floor, replying to a vol- | ley of questions concerning the recent of- fer of the Panama Canal Company to sell | its property and franchises to the United | States for $40,000,000. | The interest in the debate centered al- | most entirely in this new phase of the | subject. Hepburn maintained that _ the alleged new offer of the Panama Com- | pany was part of the plan of delay. All his ‘utterances_along that line were liber- ally applau He pointed out what he ation of the resolution Morgan | claimed was the suspicious circumstance | | | | | | { i ‘The debate on the Nicaraguan canal bill | i | 1 | | that the Panama Company held out for | $109,000,000 until it was decfded before the holiday recess to consider the Nicaragua | bill, and then suddenly dropped the price to_$40,000,000, Morris of Minnesota gave notice that at the proper time he would offer an amend- ment to authorize the President, if he | could procure the property and rights of the Panama Canal Company for $40,000,000, | if concessions could be procured from Co: | lombia and if the Walker Commission so recommended, to purchase and proceed to | complete the Panama canal. The other speakers to-day were David of Florida, Richardson of Alabama, Mann of Illinois and Adams of Pennsylvania. L e e R R e ] WOMEN’S CLUB CONTEMPLATES BUILDING HOME An important business meeting was held by the members of the California Club yesterday afternoon at its rooms in the Young Men's Christian Association | building. The subject of erecting a club- house was discussed and an opportunity given to members to contribute. It was suggested that $10,000 would be a fair amount to raise for the purpose and as | $6000 was quickly subscribed the pros- pects are good for the balance being se- cured from members who have not yet been heard from. The members of the California Club greatly feel the need of a clubhouse of thelr own and as the la- dies of the organization are known to be progressive in thought and aggressive in action in their most practical work a permanent home is bound to be forthcom- ing. selegates were elected to represent the club in the convention of the California Federation of Women's Clubs, to be held in this city in February. The ladies elected to represent the California Club are: Delegates—Miss Kate Atkinson, Mrs, E. L. Campbell, Mrs. A. R. Cotton, Mrs. A. E. Pratt, Mrs. L. Smith; alter- nates—Mrs. J. C. Crawford, Miss E. M. Croudace, Mrs. F. W. Harnden, Mrs. L. Hayward, Mrs. A. Schloss. _ After the business of the meeting was disposed of an interesting lecture was 2 d’Arcy Power upon the | subject of ““Race Progress.” Dr. Power compared American women with those of other countries and strongly urged their obligations and responsibilies as mothers | of the nation. XAt A delightful hop at Angel Island last evening was attended by a goodly num- ber of pleasure seeke: Most of the Pre-~ sidio officers who “trip the light fantas- tic” were interested in making a success | of the affair and lent their pri 3 L esence. the guests were San ¥rancisco the most popular debutantes of the sea- son. A special tug conveyed the guests to the island and returned to the city at The informality of the affair | midnight. leasure of the evening and | added to the | rendered the dance a marked success. e e The charity ball for the San Mateo Armitage Orphanage at the Palace Hotel this evening will be largely attended. The tickets are selling at $5 each and sev- esal hundred guests are expected. Four rooms have been secured on the groun floor of the hotel and are being decorated with palms and foliage. Supper will be served in the maple room. room will be reserved for dancing. The following ladies are patronesses, some of whom are members of the orphanage board: Mrs. William B, Bourne, Mrs. Joseph B. Crockett, Mrs. Daniel Drysdale, Mrs. Easton, Mrs. F. A, Frank, Mrs. George W. Gibbs, Mrs. Jo- seph D. Grant, Mrs. W. B. Hooper, Mrs, James ' Lincoin. Mrs. Beverly Mae: Monagle, Mrs. A. W. Moore, Mrs. Wil lam "Ford Nichols.” Mrs. 'William R, Smedberg, Mrs. Willlam S. Tevis, Mrs. Austin C." Tubbs, Mrs. Mountford Wilson and Mrs. Russell J. Wilson, —_—— s Prohibitionists Meet To-Day. The temperance conference which takes place to-day at the Howard-street Meth- odist Episcopal Church promises to be an important session, both from the stand- point of the business that will be trans- acted and the attendance of those inter- ested in temperance work. C. T. Clark, veteran Prohibitionist of Napa, and . Anthony, grand secretary of the Good Templars, will attend the conference, as | will also C. L. Meracle and H. N. Turner, Twenty members of the Oakland Prohi- Dition ‘Alliance have been selected to par- ticipate in the discussions, and the Good Templars will be represented on the pro- gramme by Dr. D. Buck of Trinity Methodist Church and A. L. Johnson, dis- trict chief templar. Among the speakers will be Mrs. Chariton Edholz. The Pro- hibitlton Alliance quartet will render the | musie. —_————— Strange Death of Army Veteran. J. H. Coggshall, a Grand Army veteran, died atdthe Emergency Hospital last even- | ing under circumstances that le; [ belief that he polsoned himscie c‘figé’;? hall, who lived at 7T16% Folsom street, was' seen to put some foreign substance in a cup of chocolate and hurriedly swal- low the mixture. He was seized with cramps shortly afterward and was taken to’ the hospital, where he died. The at- tending surgeons say that he showed symptoms of suffering from some acute poison. —_————— : Butchers Elect Officers. the ensuing term by the Butchers’ Board of Trade of San Francisco and Alameda County at a meeting held last evening: President, Captain J. H. McMenomy; vice president, Fred C. Winters; second vice president, J. W. Phillips; treasurer, Louis Nonnemann; recording secretary, Horn; financial secretary, A. 5 D. Huntemann:; marshal, John No H sistent merehal. Henry Meyn, e o people and among them were several of | | { | | 1 | | | | { The following officers were elected for | Mocrris. Witness Denies That He Was Hypnotized by Elder Simmons, Speclal Dispatch to The Call. 1 ALTURAS, Jan. 7.—Claude Morris, the Lookout lyncher, whose confession has implicated many men in the hanging of | Calvin Hall, his three sons and Daniel Yantis last May, was on the stand to- day as a witness in the trial of James W. Brown. The defense made.a determined attempt to exclude the confession and testimony of Morris, on the ground that they were involuntary and were obtained by stress of hypnotism and threats. In this Brown's lawyers were unsuccessful, the witness saying that he had not been coerced into making the confession. The pose of sending him to the gallows, but, | though they succeeded in scaring him, he would not retract what he had said. Both the prosecution and the defense agreed to the dismissal of many witnesses this morning, that the trial of Brown is nearing its end. It was said to-day that four lynch- ers were willing to make confessions pro- vided they were promised immunity from | punishment, and that their statements | probably would be in the hands of the prosecution within a day or two. H. P. Read was the only witness exam- ined this morning. His testimony tended to prove that the lynching of the Halls was the result of a political feud, the old “squaw man”’ and his sons having op- posed the faction that was in the majority in the mob that strung him up. Morris Comes Into Court. Just before 12 o'clock Deputy Attorney | General Post announced that the prosecu- ! tion had only two more witnesses that it wished to place on the stand, and as both were at that time before the Grand Jury he desired a continuance until 1:30 o'clock. These two witnesses were Claude Morris and John Hutton, who have con- fessed. Morris came into the courthouse at 1:30 o'clock, accompanied by General Post and Daniel Miller. He was at once sworn and put on the stand. The court- room was crowded to‘the limit. Morris said that he is 23 years of age | and a resident of Lookout, having been | He knew Calvin Hall, Frank ! born there. and James Hall, Martin Wilson and Dan- iel Yantls, who were hanged at Lookout. Here the defense interposed an objection to the testimony of this witness on the { ground that he claimed to be one of those who hanged the five men; that he had confessed and that his confession A was The | made within the last four days. jury was ordered out of the courtroom. Raker, for the defense, then said that this witness had been compelled to make | a statement; that he did so involuntarily, while he was imprisoned in a room in the Grand Central Hotel, guarded by Daniel Miller. After an hour spent in argument, the objection was overruled. Raker then | asked that Rev. Mr. Simmons be brought | into the court, but this was refused. Dur- ing the argument Judge Harrington and Raker called one another fi and Raker was taken out of the court- room by the Sheriff. He at once returned and Attorney Spencer began examining Morris. No Undue Influence Used. The witness said that he had spent a art of the time of last week at Beiber. When he was returning by stage to Al- turas he was taken {rom the stage by men who said that John Hutton was be- ing held in the hall in Alturas by a posse and thdt they had come after him in or- der to protect him from the mob. He said they took him to some house near the Grand Central Hotel and afterward up the back stairs into the hotel. On enter- ing the hotel he first met Daniel Miller. He was taken at once into a room on the second floor, and later, accompanied by his mother, into Attorney Post's room. In the room were Post, Boyd, Miller, Sim- | mons and a number of others. He was then told that this was his last chance— that he could either tell all he knew or take the consequences with the rest of | them, which he understood to mean to go to jail; that if he told what he knew he | would not have to go to jail or be pun- | ished by law. He understood a crime like this meant either to go to jail for life or. be hanged. him what they wanted him to say. Sim- mons_told him that he was sorry for him and that he did not look like a bad fellow. He did not believe that Simmons was trying to hypnotize him or use any undue influence on him. Post and Boyd told the witness _that they would stand in with him and help him through in this case, and that the witness would not have to go to jail. The witness said that Post told him that he had power to protect him. His mother was in the room part of the time and urged him to tell the truth. Under question he swore to his mother that he did not know anything about this affair, and repeatedly told her so, and said he hopkd to drop dead if he was not telling the truth, which he did. Morris said he was not compelled to make his confession, but did it to help the prosecution. Is Permitted to Testify. Attorney Stewart then asked permission of the court to quote law showing that the_attorney for the prosecution had no authority to offer the prisoner immunity from punishment. The request was denied. Morris said further that he had been.at liberty to go where he pleased when at the Grand Central Hotel and that Miller had accompanied him at his own request. Spencer here asked for time to make an argument against the admission of the confession of this witness and was al- lowed twenty minutes by the court to pre- sent his case. Spencer asked the court to instruct the witness that the Attorney General had no authority to promise him freedom and also to instruct him that his statement could and probably would be ‘used against him for the Furpose of con- victing him of the crime of murder. Post, for the prosecution, . answered briefly. The court denled the application and ruled that Morris could testify. Arthur Huston of Woodland, an attor- ney, and an uncle of Claude Morris. ar- rived this afternoon. Whether he wiil as- sist the defense or the prosecution is not known. Recess was taken until Wednes- day, when a_full statement probably will be made by Morris. Gripman Nearly Asphyxiated. John Bushby, a gripman in the employ of the California-street Railroad Com- pany, was found in an unconscious condi- tion in his room at 1304 Pine street yester- day morning. Before retiring Monday night Bushby complained of feeling sick. en the landlady went to his room to call him yesterday morning she found Bushby unconscious and the room filled with gas. A physician was called, but he could do nothing to restore the man. In the evening Bushby was removed to the Central Emergency Hospital. He has a chance of recovery. Mrs. Edward Fay Badly Injured. Mrs. Edward Fay, wife of one of the proprietors of the Grand Hotel cafe, met with a |serious _accident last Saturday afternd Mrs. Fay was descending the front steps of her Scott-street residence ‘when she slipped and fell to the sidewalk. _Her left leg-and her kneecap were h . Her condition at present is no dangerous, but her %}en says it wi be several months before she will have fully recoverd from the accident. —_—e—— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. SAILED. Tuesday, January 7. Stmr Lakme, Nelson, Astoria. OCEAN STEAMERS. RD—Passed Jan 8 Pt Now Bove. for Southamptons ot Tl QUEENSTOWN-—Arrived. Jan §—Stmr Cel- Arrived Jan T—Stmr from St John, N B, and Halifax, N §, for Liverpool. Passed Js Majes- tie, from New York, for wam?'m Liv- which is taken to mean ' hting men, | He denied that anybody told ! - NOW THE ISSUE| ~ BY CONFESSION BE PROSEGUTED Lively Contest in Pros-|Alturas Defense Fails|Interstate | to Bar Testimony of Commerce Commission Wants Laws Enforced. Large Firms Are Accused of Violating Rate Regulations. CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—Prosecutions against all the big packing house concerns in the ‘West for violations of the provision of | the Interstate commerce law against re- | ceiving preferential rates are contem- | plated by the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission. This fact developed to-day dur- ing an investigation begun by the com- mission into the handling of packing house products and dressed medts. It i also became apparent that the commis- | ston and the railway managements of the | entire country practically had entered into an alliance for the purpose of in- : ducing .Congress to pass legislation per- mitting the railroads to pool under cer- tain regulations by the Interstate Com- ' merce Commission, and that it is believed isuch a law can be passed. The third development of the day was {the announcement that the commission had requested the attendance here of all | the leading men in the advancement of the community of interest idea, including J. P. Morgan, James J. Hill and E. H. , Harriman, and that if these men failed to respond to the request harsher measures { would be faken to compel their coming. | “Evidence upon which to base prosecu- tions against the packers was obtained in abundance. Traffic managers and vice presidents of railroads East and West ad- | mitted freely that there was no pretense | toward making tariff rates on packing | house products and dressed meats for ex- { port or domestic use, except for a very ! short period of time at the beginning of each year. | Paul Morton, second vice president of | the Santa Fe; A, C. Bird, third vice presi- dent of the St. Paul; J. M. Johnson, third vice president of the Rock Island, and other men of the highest standing in the rallroad world took the stand and stated boldly that they are now and had been | continual violators of the law, that they are sick and tired of being such, that present conditions are intolerable, that they are powerless to secure a mainte- nance of rates, and that millions of dol- lars are paid to the packing house in- terests yearly by railroads at the expense of_legitimate revenue. The packing houses and their repre- sentatives to whom rebates were pald during 1901, according to Commissioner | Prouty, will, if possible, be made amen- able to a maximum fine of $5000 for every violation of the law. Regarding this phase :oimthe question, Commissioner 'Prouty | said: | “I am heartily in favor of punishin the packers for violations of the law, ii the evidence proves sufficient, and | think it will. Under the law we cannot prnish the railroad men who testified, for their testimony absolves themselves and | they do not testify specifically against | any one else. All the punishment that we | cen, if any, obtain against the packers, | is in the way of a fine not to exceed $5000 for each violation.” | Speaking of the scope of the investiga- tion into the effects of combinations be- tween railroad interests, Commissioner Prouty sald: “We have asked the presidents of all the railroads comprised in the Southern Pacific combination and the Northern Pa- | cific combination to attend, and also J. | P. Morgan. If they do not come we shall take steps to compel them to n,nfea.r later. But I do not wish to be understood as presuming that they will fail to re- | spond to our request.’” The .men indicated by Prouty's state- ment are J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, gre!ldent of the Southern Pacific, Oregon hort Line and Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company; James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern; 8. C. Mellen, president of the Northern Pacific G. Harris, president of the Chicago, | Burlington and Quincy 1ro: Com- pany; Horace G. Buft, president of the Union Pacific; Samuel Morse Felton, president of the Chicago and Alton; Stuy- | vesant Fish, president of the Illinofs Cen- ftral: J. C. Stubbs, traffic director of the Harriman lines; Darfus Miller, second vloeedpresident of the Burlington and re- p;:flt i tlramc director of the Northern Pa- cifie trio. FOREMAN OF GRAND JURY | APPOINTS COMMITTEES Prominent Citizens Will Investigate the Municipal Offices and Pub- lic Institutions. The Grand Jury met yesterday after- noon and the foreman, Charles Sonntag, appointed the following committees: | "Board of Public Works and Park Commis- | sioners—Edward Culin (chairman), W. B. San- 1 e 3 J. Vaughan. - ‘Welfare—John G. Barker born. | “Mitters of_Public | (chairman), Willlam Lewis, W. B. Sanl | “Fire Department, Fire Alarm ana Fire Mar- | shal—B. P, Farnsworth (chairman), Louis | Rosenthal, D. B. tor. | 7 Auditor, Election Commissloners, Public Ad- | ministrotor and Registrar—D. B, . tor (chairman), J. C. Wilson, Frederick Boeck- mann. Sheriff and County .L:lll—li‘.h Gé (B)'.xu. airman), Louis Rosenthal, John G. rker. i (crlfllolrd o)l Education and Public Schools— Solomon Cahen (chairman), B. H. Lichtenstein, T. P. Woodward. Assessor, Recorder and Treasurer—Frederick Boeckmann (chairman), E. P. Roche, F. G. O’'Kane. Coroner and Morgue—Louis Rosenthal (chair- man), E. P. Roche, D. B. Faktor. Superior, Justices' and Police €ourts—I. Zel- lerbach (chairman), M. J. Vaughan, E. P. Farnsworth. District_ Attorney, City and County Attorney and State Officers—M. J. Vaughan (chairman), Solomon Cahen, Edward Culin, County Clerk and Clerk Justices’ Court—H. P. Roche (chairman), I. Zellerbach, Willlam Le wis. Public Library and Magdalen Soclety—B. L. Wagner (chairmam), F. G. O'Kane, Solomon Cah tHeBich Department, Alms House and City Physiclan—T. P. Woodward (chairman), E. L. Wagner, B. H, Lichtenstein. Mayor and Civil Service—W. B.- Sanborn (chairmam, Frederick” Boeckmann, C. G, 1 . » OV Beasd of Supervisors—C. G. Clinch (chair- man), J. C. Wilson, T. P. Woodward. Tax and License Collector—B. H. Lichten- stein (chairman), 1. Zellerbach, E. L. Wagner. Polics Department, Police Patrol and City Drivers—J. C. Wilson (chairman), C. G. Clinch, John Barker. Corporations, Telephone, Street Railway, ‘Water, Light and Power Companies—William Lewls (chairman), Edward Culin, E. P. Parns- worth. Mrs. M. V. Collins was appointed official stenographer of the Grand Jury and Policeman ‘W. B. Royston was appointed balliff. —_——— PREPARING FOR FUNERAL OF LATE GENERAL SEAMANS National Guard and Naval Militia ‘Will Escort the Remains to Cem: The dtvision commander of the National Guard has issued the following order re- specting the funeral of late Adjutant Gen- eral Seamans: General Headquarters, State of California, Adjutant General's . CRAMENTO, Jan. 5, 1002. Special_orders No. 1. Major General John H. Dickinson, command- ing the division, National Guard of California, vzfil.g;wvlda for the proper military escort on the val of the remains of the late Brigadier ornia, froth the East, and also on 3 Lot funeral monles, in neral of: the day fegulations and military tisage. S Should it be required, a suitable guard of honor will also be provided, which will be governed the arrival of the remains. Captain Thomas A. Nerney, commanding the aval Militia of California, will direct a suit- the Naval Militla comman N able force to rtion of the e e g to the commanding orders. cer of which report. officer of the division for colors of the organizations forming the will be sultably draped. By order of e The the co . S. BANGHAM, neral _orders tlllwt Am‘;‘n-: in nmngL Ge! 1 un terms the death of General Seamans been issued from general headquarters, st-umn?nm.'ud from' the ers o First Regiment .o!‘ h?‘d“m antry, San to the clrcumstances on | GHILE MAKES - MORE THREATS Compulsory Arbitration Measure Vigorously Opposed. Delegates Likely to Leave the Pan-American Congress. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 7.—The arbitration situation has reached a crisis. To-day the Central and, South Americans opposed o the Chileans held frequent meetings to | decide on the form of pfocedure under which they will introduce the arbitration | plan into the conferencd. If they cannot find a form acceptable to the other d;l:— | e | gations they will probably withdraw. Chileans say that in whatever form the compulsory arbitration {,tlan is reported to the conference they will quit. In making this statement the delegates of Chile recall the conditions under which Chile accepted the invitation to the con- ference, viz.: made to Introduce into the conference vexatious questions for the purgase of covertly or openly antagonizing Chile, the delegates of that country would be with~- drawn. The object that the Mexican delegation and W. 1. Buchanan, the American mem- ber of the arbitration committee, have been pursuing during recent negotiations has been to find a method by which the compulsory plan might be introduced so as to satisfy its advocates and at the same time to avoid the separation of the Chileans. Now that _the latter say that in what- ever form the plan is introduced they will withdraw, ‘the friends of the compulsory plan are all the more insistent to have their convention introduced into the con- ference concurrently and on_exactly the same footing as the project by which all agree to adhere to The Hague convention. If they have their way and the Chileans carry out their threat the conference will have to finish its labors without the Chileans. BROKEN-HEARTED FATHER WANTS SON TO RETURN Paul 8. Bolger of New York Will Give $500 for Information of His Boy’s Whereabouts. Paul S. Bolger of 878 Park avenue, New York, is anxious to find his son, Walter F. Bolger, 18 years of age, who disap- eared from his home on November 13 ast. The {oung man is supposed to _be in San Francisco or somewhere in the West. His father, who is distracted at his run- | ning away, will pay $00 reward for infor- | mation which will lead to the locating of s son. The boy’s description is as follows: Helght about five feet eleven inches, medium build, broad shoulders, weight about 173 pounds, wears No. 8 shoe, brown hair, parted near center, fair complexion and is of a re- tiring disposition. Does not smoke or drink. Might frequent theaters. H. T. Lally, local man; Company of this cit: be glad of any information of the whereabouts. ‘Walter’s ‘father has_written a most pa- thetic letter to Mr. Lally, asking him to use every influence to either induce the boy to return home or to at least commu- nicate with his parents. SLAVONIANE TO BUILD A CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev. Hinko Bontempo of Spalato Ar- rives and Will Be the Pastor. The Rev. Hinko Bontempo, S. J., ar- rived in this city yesterday from Spalato, Dalmatia. He comes to San Francisco to r of the Crane y, wil boy’s institute a Slavonian Cathelic church in | a meeting of those in- terested in the movement was held - at Pioneer . Hall and the.St. Cyril Society was formed with-a view toward raising funds- to build a church. Antone Pilcovich was elected president and A. Scar secre- tary. The first mass of this branch of the | Catholic_church will be celebrated by Father Bontempo in the Students’ ch: of St. Ignatius College next Sunday at 10:30 a. m. —————————— Mechanics’ Institute Meeting. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the board of trustees of the Mechanics’ Institute was held last evening, the vice president, R. J. Tausslg, presiding in the absence of the president, 8. C. Irving. It was resolved by the trustees to lease the football grounds at Sixteenth and Folsom streets to D. R. McNeill for 1902. ‘'ne regular monthly reports were read and approved and the thanks of the in- stitute were extended to Dr. C. S. G. Nagel and Henry Payot for iectures de- livered and also to Colonel Charles E. L. B. Davis, U. 8. A, for a number of refer- ence books presented to the institute. The trustees present were: Rudolph J. Taussig, James K. Cosgrave, George H. Wallis, George Beanston, Alpheus Bull, George F. Day, P. J. Healy, L. R. Mead, Robert W. Neal, James G. Spalding and Otto von Geldern. —————— Hotel-Keeper Anderson Asphyxiated. Peter N. Anderson, proprietor of the Fifteenth Street House at 1561 Fifteenth street, wu'u%hyxnued in his room last Monday night by the fumes of illuminat- ing gas. Anderson was 60 years old and a sufferer from heart disease. His wife occuples a separate apartment and when she_came from her room at § o'clock yes- terday morning she detected the odor of and torcecf an entrance into her hus- and's room. She found him dead on the floor, fully dressed ,and by his side the dead body of his fox-terrier. A chair had been placed lga.lnst the door and the was escaplnfi rom a stove. Mrs. Ander- son_informe: the Coroner that.it was her husband’s habit to place a t the door as & precaution and to leave the gas bu down low. Sailor Killed by a Fall. A man believed to be Robert Klatter, a coasting sailor, was instantly killed yes- terday morning by falling into the well of ‘a sidewalk elevator in front of the establishment of A. Fleishacker Co., 720 Market street. Klatter was observed to break into a run before he reached the slevator, He ran against and toppled over the guard rail and fell to the bottom of the a distance of ten feet. When extricated he was_ breathing heavily and died of a fractured skull. A certificate of in the Sailors’ Unlon in the obert Klatter was found on his person. It is belleved that he was intoxicated at the time of the accident. o e Evicted From Their Home. ‘William Little, his wife and three small children were evicted from their home at - in hv'ery fih’s:.l‘:me géndr'rtl‘l,;n, m{ was in a e in want of the barest!necessities of life. Their case was reported to the Associat- ed Charities and temporary provision for their welfare was made. e SRR a mother hasfound and comfort in the : Man?' relie: That if any attempt was | ILOSES HIS STAR AND SWEETHEART Special Policeman Swift Is Found Guilty of Duplicity. Alleges He Is a Son of Ser- geant Conboy in Order to Win a Wife. John A. Swift is no longer a special po- lice officer. His license was revoked last night by the Board of Police Commission- | ers because he practiced duplicity in am affair of the heart. Swift kept up with his cognomen by pro- posing marriage to Miss Gertrude Peneb- sky, a prepossessing young lady, who lives at 2% Stevenson sireet. He pressed his suit and informed the lady that he was a son of Sergeant Michael Joseph Conboy. Miss Penebsky was a trifle sus- ! picious, and before giving her hand to the special officer she had her mother call upon Detective Robert Hogan in to secure proof of Swift’s paternity. Hogan set his detective faculties at | work and by clever deductions and inves- tigation discovered that Michael Joseph Conboy had no son and that Swift was a special police officer. { . The Commissioners concluded that Swift had trifled with Miss Penebsky's affec~ tions and therefore revoked his license. Special Officer Sauer, who ran amuck in the Potrero a week ago, also had his license revoked. { Henry Morton, the machinist who vis- ited a saloon conducted by Jesse Marks |and tried to compel Barkeeper “Billy” Ashmore to pick up a nickel at the point ! of a pistol, had his permit to carry a con- cealed weapon revoked. Many permits to carry concealed weap- ons were granted citizens. Among those who applied for the privilege were men employed at the Union Iron Works. These | men claimed they were threatemed with bodily injuries. In granting the permits Con:missloner Newhall said to eac! cant: sion gives you permission to carry a tol, but you are not to use it unless fn self-defense.” Robert Roos was granted the privilege of going armed. Lioyd Chrystal, a 15- ear-old boy employed by the Vulcan ron Works, asked permission, but his age ‘was against him. The Merchants’ Association sent a com:- munication to the board asking that t! licenses of those saloons adjacent to the Presidio_be revoked, in order to prevent further disturbances in that section of the city. The matter was taken under advise- | ment. ——— s Elopers From Eureka Caught. ‘When the steamer Eureka arrived yes- | terday from Eureka Detectives Egan and Freel took in charge Berta Roe, a pretty girl, 17 years of age, and Henry Mair- weather, a barber, who had eloped. The girl quarreled with her mother t | night about the barber’'s attentions to | her and the elopement followed. Captain Seymour got a dispatch from 36?"! Brown yesterday morning to arrest the girl and send her home. She was taken to the matron's room in the City Prison to await the departure of the next steamer and Mairweather was allowed to |'go. The ’glrl‘s mother is a milliner in Bureka. ey shipped on the steamer as Mr. and Mrs. Burke and Mairweather had ‘lwo younger brothers with him. Stevedore Sues for Damages. Charles W. Smith, a stevedore, who was severely injured last October g{ln fall into the hold of the ship J. W. t is suing the firm of Stewart Mensies & Co. for 315,000 damages. Smith was work- ing on a platform, superintendi the stowing of a cargo of cement, which was being hoisted from a vessel tied along- side. He claims that through the u?fl- f’“’ of the employes of Menzies a sii | load of cement struck him and knocl him off the platform and into the hold of the ah]f). causing injuries that will permanently disable him. ———— Got What He Wanted. Ellard Wolter accosted Policeman Beach on Market street Monday night, told him he—Wolter—was on a “bum” and asked to be locked up, as he wanted to get three months in jail. Beach took }hlm at his word and locked him up on a charge of vagrancy. He appeared be- | fore Judge Conlan yesterday, but told { the Judge he had undergone a chai of heart and wanted his liberty. The Judge said it was too late and sentenced him to serve three months in prison. ——— s Project Splendid Ferry-Boat. | _Within a month the new owners of the | North Pacific Coast Railroad will let the contract for a ferry-boat that will be both | novel, comfortable and fast. President John Martin, who was elected yesterday to his new office, said last evening that the boat would be the finest ever seen on | San Francisco Bay. —— | Robbed in Dance Hall. Jacob Roach, a farmer, yisited police headquarters last night and reported that he had been robbed of 3500 while visiting the Comuwcekd duncel hfi]' x»]le @ a woman named Mamie Russell of the money. She was arrested m pending an investigation. ————— t Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Jan. 7.—Licenses to marry were issued to-day to Herbert D. k Denyer, Colo., and Eda_ Collins, 2, Oakland; Charles H. Park, - i &lsfio. and Belle M. mck-m,uxfnmn atos. | ———— | Cole Convicted of Grand o | Charles Cole was last night convicted of grand larceny by a jury in J Dunne’s _court. e jury was out five la‘roy“?i Cole will be sentenced on Janu- e —————— NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. v WHAT CAUSES DANDRUFF. Greatest European Authority on Skim Diseases Says It’s a Germ. The old idea was that dandruff is scales of skin thrown off, through a feverish condition of the scalp, is exploded. Prof. Unna, Hamburg, Germany, European au- thority on skin diseases, says dandruff is a germ disease, The germ burrows under the scalp, throwing up little scales of cu- ticle, and sapping the vitality of the hair at the root. The only hair_preparation that kills dandruff germs Is Newbro's Herpicide. “Destroy the cause, you re- move the effect.” Not only cures but stops falling hair and causes a lux- uriant growth. Delightful hair dressing. WONG W00, CHINESE TEA AND HERB co. ' with Mellin’s Food and fresh milk. SEND A POSTAL FOR A FREE SAMPLE OF MELLIN’S FOOD. | Mellin’s Food Co., Boston, Mass. — | Residence CAFEAOYA =5