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14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1902. CONGRESSIONGL ~ PUILROAD MEN TESTIFIES THAT PARDEE CONFERRED WITH LEACH REGARDING PURCHASE FIGHT IN SIXTH ~ ARE EXPECTANT Democrats Put Forward]C. Dunnan’s Appoint- Conley to Oppose | ment Matter of Dis~ Needham. } cussion. Senator Cutter Enters Arena | Sveculates as to Aim of as Candidate for Gov- Pacific Coast Steamship | ernor. Company. | eparing for a vig- | the solid Re gation of th rict circles of nominat! Raflroad men are greatly Interested in appointment of C. Dunnan, former, nger agent of the Chicago and | 2 tern Railway Company at Chi- | g0, to the position of general passenger re v of Madera to run ent of the Pacific Coast Steamship | ive J. €. Needham. | Company, with headquarters in this city. a vote-getter. in the Democrats tice of the wn to def omprising the which he resi majority « Durupan's appointment will take effect on 1. and it is supposed that with created position the company | | win strive to secure more travel Bas: via | the Great Northern Eallroad. Whether or mot Dunn vill seiect a number of | locai railroad solicitors to help him in his | worl is a subject of discussion. t at vote- an hold his own | Mr. Dunnan began life as a telegrapher | Democrats can | and ticket ageni on the Baltimore and D e 7 | Ohio Railroaa at Deflance, Ohio, in 1873, essful battles i | romaiaing with that company until 1876, he campaigns | when he was promotea o the general of- in Chicago. He re- to accept a position American Telegraph tion of | fice of that in Mar n | as manager Company of from that compa the Pennsylvania Company in September, 1876, where promotion followed through | 1he train dispatcher’s office to that of sec- | v to C. k. Gorham, the general man- | zer of the Pennsylvania Company hicago, where he remained from 1878 to , when he was appointed as assistant | + ticket agent for that company at Chi- | cago. On December 1, 1851, he was ap- vointed city ticket agent for thc Nickel Plate at_Chicago, remaining in that pos ed the admir ntral Committe m a or Needham i the new apportionment | t on the first day of | stonal Di: "the Wayne, Ind., resigning - to accept service with of Transfers San Joaquin. ture ptaced Legis which was formerly in | tpon until March, 1883, when he was ap- to the Sixth. It is | pointed as the superintendent of the howeve: thi S. D. ern division of that com; y, which n, now in Congress fon he held until July 1o, 1886, when | 'd District, will_not engaged with the Wisconsin Central as tion in the Sixch | 1icket agent at the opening of that road | ssip in 1)o- | out of Chicago. He resigned that position | may bé | August 1. 1557, to accept the position of | r Lieutenaut | ity passenger and ticket azent in Chicago | m San | of the Chi Great Western. | o ago an WILL HOLD A BIG FAIR. St. Peter’s Parish to Give Bazaar in | Aid of New School Building. The members of St. Peter’s Parish held a meeting on Sund ning for the pur- Jose of arousing interest in the fair be held in Mechanics’ Pavilion from May ¢ 17 for the benetit of St. Peter's he proceeds of the falr will be o paying off the debt on the ne use and to building a new boys' h to the ticket in 1895, { the south rede Sacram in hor in 1898 2 a man { 1 California the Lieu- to om | no doubt be | ni Perhaps Los Angeles the typewritin: i to go on the Cutter, Pardee p will ew school will be the tates to inciude the st of the 1 language in its curriculum. The fair | be on an claborate scale and 1s ex- much f in the Fare Well. nown as North- d to be of nefal benefit 12 | very well at n State Con- R TR | red sons of the Moran Jury Complete. in monotonou manfu election red the appointment of | » succeed the Jate Gen- | have becn selected who is jointly ac- Buckley, Edward Donnelly of murder- | The following juro in | M. Collins, James M. Costello, act of the | Henry L. Tickner, Frank Litsch, Le w | 6. McMullen, Abraham Morris, Willlam | Republican | R. Knight, Jame: Christle, Herman | ee. General | Kahn. Leonold Newman, Leon Nordman | acceptance. The rumor |and George H. Welbrock. r 3= on the war| The trial will commence this morning. no olive branches from | P AB T b 7 A PRI | ._His terse and vigorous | (ommencing Wednesday morning, Feb- | hmy]'fin)\lrf: ;*"UZ‘(%:L\ ";: ruary 12, will place on sale 150 men's suits ¢ chief tafr. It is common | Worth $15 at $3 85; 50 dozen white launder- Zossip that Senator Cutter is | ©d shirts, worth S, at 35c; 300 pairs of | aspirant for gubernatorial | Men’s shoes, worth 33 at '$125. at the! as one of the clever- | bankrupt stoek sale of E. Fried, 1065 Mar- | e State. He has dem- | ket street. ol i p as Jeader 1 Hurt in Elevator Shaft. H. Wolff, a resident of Alameda, yes- | ay fell down the elevator shaft at 308 | ket street and sustained serious inju- He was engaged in oiling some of He slipped, fell and struck At the Harbor h in many played the guali- tactician. Senator | to win the support to the convention from , Glenn, Co- | A ries the machinery. the top of the elevator. in The Call | Hospital he was treated for a lacerat: ) Republican | wound of the right leg, which was badly the Republican | jruised, and abrasions of both legs and | vor at-the municipal elec- | head | ovemb Wells recefved | —ee————— pORS Ve Business is often transacted by busi ,Of 1900 w men at lunch. Cafe Zinkand. * refore amounted a rough a ready | i @ | forces a nomination, | | egates to a co x"énnon | cers for the current term took place, re- ”h_u(m \)fl m;xrsét- sulting as follows: | candidates, the inde- | . v. MeNeill: - P: resident, D. W. McNeill; president i-boss Republican voters | y 'p° Tighe: secretary, P. B. Gallagher: first | at the ballot-boxX an cb- | Vjce president, 1. E. Jarrett; treasurer, Willlam S smashing. ] committee on organization—D. W. | o M. H. Morgan, Colonel Zacarias, T. G i Cason, G. F. Hill, J, G. Kearney, J. F. Har- Golden Gate Bepublican Club, | Casom Ot L o O e ex-officic mem- | The Golden Gate Republican Club met | pers evening the Columbian building, The club resolved to send a full delega- s President D. W. McNeill in he | tion to the biennial conVention of the frer enroliment of thirty- | State League of Republican Clubs at San | members the election of offi- Jc When you buy a piano buy it from a reliable dealer. A piano is a companion of a lifetime, and pianos, can be good, bad or indifferent. We can sell you a piano for $25, if you want one, and for $40, or $60, or a thousand dollars. like husbands, ; We can sell you a better piano for $25 than you get elsewhere for $23, and we can sell you a better piano for $3500 than you can get elsewhere for a like amount But we cannot do impossibilitics—cvery piano we sell is backed by our guarantee, and that guarantee means every word it says. _Be careful in your choosing—go to a firm you know to be respon- ble, see what they have. This costs you nothing but time and may ave you years of regret The House of Curtaz has been established in San Francisco for nearly years. We have the agency for the best pianos produced in the world and guarantee every instrument we sell, We buy for cash, in carload lots, and are to-day the largest dealers os on the Pacific Coast. | THE ONLY COMPETITION OF THE HOUSE OF CURTAZ IS THE RECORD OF ITS OWN PAST, and every page of the record i the House of Curtaz is a credit o the concern. Again, we say, be careful. | BENJ. CURTAZ & SON, Agents for the ChicKering, 16-20 O’FARRELL ST, S. F. BRANCH [ S an T STORES: | AI—-A-MEDCJ;- | Oakland | mission { by Mr. Dan! | quirer, once more on the stand. Davsegece LS Groece . Bapcocn - AKLAND, Feb. 10.—There were threats of contempt proceedings, lots of refusals to answer, not a few very interesting answers and a general lively time during tbe taking of the deposition of G. B. Daniels, the president and general manager of t Enquirer Publishing Compa which was continued before Court Com - Babcock this morning. Henry Ach, attorney for D. Edward Collins, the plaintiff in the action, spent the morning trying to fasten the purchase of the stock of the Enquirer upon Henry P. Dalton and Dr. George C. Pardee, but the near- est he could get to that was an admission < that he had talked with Pardee and Mr. Dalton about the pur- stock before the purchase Mr. Danfels would not had the slightest connec- tion with his deal. When the questions came too hot and heavy Mr. Ach met with a decided refusal to make any an- swer. When it came to a question as to whether Mr. Dantels had any verbal con- Dr. chase of the was made, but admit that they | tract or private agreement with Dr. Par- dee and Mr. Dalton about the stock of the paper Mr. Daniels positively refused to answer. Then Attorney Ach wanted to know about the printing combination between the Enquirer and the Tribune over the city printing, and asked Mr. Daniels to state how much had been pald out of the money collected by the Enquirer from the city of Oakland to the Tribune. This Mr. Daniels said he could not answer, though he would if he could. Then Mr. Ach want- ed the books of the Enquirer in order that his dphase of the case might be investi- gated, but Mr. Danlels refused to produce the books, and Mr. Ach threatened con- tempt proceedings. An adjournment was then taken so that the record might be written up. Gets Inside Information. The matter will be called ‘to-morrow afternoon, when the threatened contempt | proceedings will interest all concerned. The proceedings to-day went into much of the early history of the purchase of the Enquirer, and was productive of much in- side information about that deal. The proceedings opened with M. de L. Hadley, the business manager of the En- He had been ordered to produce the books of the Enquirer, but announced that he was un- able to do so because General Manager G. B. Daniels had issued orders that he was not to be permitted to take possession of any of the books or remove them from the office, though he might have the priv- ilege of making such extracts from them as_he might desire. General Manager Daniels was then called, and for two hours the purchase of the Enquirer was thrashed over in every possible way, as follows: Q. Have you been consulted by H. N.. Dal- ton or H. P. Dalton or Dr. Pardee concerning the acquisition of a majority of the: capital stock of the Oakland Enquirer Publishing Company prior to the 7th day of January, 1898, the date of this agreement? A. Yes, sir. Q. By which one of them? A. I presume by all, but I don’'t remember now. Q. Who first spoke to you about it? A. I first spoke to them about it. Q. To whom did you first speak? A. I don’t know which one I did speak to first. Q. Where was it? A. I don't know that. Q. Was it in your stationery store? A. I don’t know, sir. Questions Daniels on Memory. Q. Have you usually a bad memory, Danfels? A. No, sir. Q. How much ‘time intervened between the time that you first spoke to either one of them until this agreement of January 7, 1808, was executed? 'A. Somewhere between three and four months, I think. Q. Did you know F. A. Leach at that time? A, Yes, sir. Q. How long prior to the execution of that agreement did you meet Mr. H. N. Dalton? A. I don't know. Q. Did you eyer meet him? A. Y Q. Did you ever have any busine; tions with him? -A. No, sir. Q. Did you have a personal with him on the 7th day of January, 18987 Yes, sir. Q. You knew his son, didn't. you, fendant? A. Yes, sir, Q. Were you on terms of intimacy with him? A."No, sir, not personally, Friendly. Q. Did you ever have any business connec- tion with him? A. No, sir. ; Q. Did you know the plaintiff in this case at that time? A. Yes, sir. Q. Personally? A, Personally. Q. Did you ever have any business connec- tions with him? A. 1 presume I had some with his bank. Q. Have you since you have been upon the witness stand made any search for the books, or books of account, which you kept while in the stationery business? "A. No, sir. Q. Are those books at your home? that I know of. Q. Have you made any for them? A. No, sir. Q. Will you be kind enough, Mr. Danlels, to make an investigation to ascertain the where- about of those books? A. No, sir. Refuses to Give Information. Q. Why do you refuse so to do? A. Because I think they are of no interest in this case, and none to me. § Then followed a lot of questions upon Mr. Danlels’ financial and business con- dition, some of which were answered and some of which were not. From that subject the questions turned again to the purchase of the paper, as follows: Q. Who was the individual to whom you first addressed yourself at any time concerning the acquisition of 4 majority of stock in the Onk- land Enquirer Publishing Company corpora- tion? A. My recollection Is that it was Mr. D. Edward Collins. Q. When was it? A, I don't know the date, Perhaps the latter part of September, 1897, or first of October, fore part of October, 1897 Q. You were then running the stationery ftore? A. Yes, sir. Q. Were you on terms of inttmacy with Mr. coa"n'“:h Vl;lt )IIJ' houle: A. No, sir. o . Who was the next person you spoke about 1t? A. I don't know, R 3 Mr. sir. transac- acquaintance A. the de- A, Not investigation at all s I G B aavie)s SIWASH SACHEM FT5 IS SWORD Grant’s Captain Gives Blade for Condor Wreckage. Lifeboat Thus Obtained Is Identifled as One From Lost Warship. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 10.—Captain Da- vis, who acted as pilot on the United States steamer Graat on her trip along the west coast of Vancouver Island In search of the missing sloop of war,Con- dor, says that Captain Simpson of H. M. S. Egeria, to whom Captain Tozier of the Grant handed over the ship’s boat picked up by the Indians on the coast, immedi- | | | b . COURT COMMISSIONER BEFORE WHOM THE HEARING IN THE SUIT AGAINST THE ENQUIRER PUBLISHING COMPANY CONDUCTED AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION. 1S BEING o Q. Did you ever speak to H. N. Dalton about 1t? A. No, I think rot. Q. Tsn’t it @ fact that H. N. Dalton In that contract was simply a figurehead for some one else? A. He took the contract for me. Q.—Is it not a fact that he was simply a fig- ure-head for some one else? Mr. Srook—We submit that 1s answered. We object to the repetition of the same question. Mr. Ach—Answer. A.—It is answered al- read 1'.).7Yau refuse to answer further? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—All right, sir. If you never had spoken to him about it, who was the individual who negotlated between Mr. H. N. Dalton and your- self, 80 that he took the contract for you? A.— Mr." Henry P. Dalton. Wants to Explain. Q.—Had you then prior to the execution of this agreement between Leach, Nye and Collins on the one part, and H. N. Dalton, held con- verse with Henry P. Dalton concerning the ac- quisition of that stock? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—Btate the conversation. A.—In doing that I will have to make a rather extended ex- plaration which I— Q.—Can you not state- Mr. Snook—Go’ ahead. The witress—Now, I am entitled to an ex- planation. Mr. Ach—Can you state when and where the first conversation was had between yourself and Henry P. Dalton, and do you not remember it? A.—No, ‘sir. Q.—Can you remember where it was you first approached him, or he approached you, co ing. the matter which resulted in this ag of February 7th? A.—No, s you please. Q.—Do you mean to infer that you had sev- eral conversations with him prior to the 7th day of January, '98, concerning the matter? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—And that you can segregate them? Yes, sir. Q.—Do you remember whether or no the first conversation that you had concerning the ac- quisition of. this stock was with Henry P. Dal- ton alore, or with Henry P. Dalton and Dr. Pardee?: A.—No, sir. Mr. Ach—Have you no recollection of that? A.—No, sir. $ Q—Therefore you cannot swear whether or no the first conversation was a joint one be- tween Dalton and Pardee on one side and you on the other? 'A.—No, sir; I cannot state whether or not, Q.—Up to that time, the time of the first conversation, whenever it was, and with whom- soever it occurred, had you made any inquiries concerning the financial condition of Henry P. Dalton? A.—No, sir. Possessed Real Estate. Q.—Did you at that time, in 1808, and prior to the Tth day of January, &now what prop- erty he was possessed of? A.—Not in detail. Q.—Did you know any property that he was possessed of? A.—I knew he was_possessed of Droperty. Q.—Did you know what property? A.—Not in detail. Q.—DId you know any one article or thing? A.~Yes, sir. A —What? A.—He was possessed of real estate here, Q.—Where? A.—In Oakland. vou know where it is or where it don’t know that I can give the mber. Q.—Do you know how much? not know ' the area. Q.—Had you prior to that tlme made any inquiry of Dr. Pardee concerning his financial condition? A.—No, sir. Q.—Did you know how much he owed? No, sir. G.—Did you know how much Henry Dalton owed? A.—No, sir. Q.—Did you know what the financial con- dition was' of Dr. Pardee? A.—Not in de- tail, no. Mr. Ach wanted to know all about Mr. Daniels’ different banking transactions, at what banks and the amounts of his de- 0sits, how much money and from whom e had borrowed, and the like. These questions Mr. Daniels refused to answer, and Mr. Ach demanded a certificate to this effect to each and every refusal. Money Question Comes Up. From Mr. Daniels' private banking af- fairs Mr. Ach skipped to the borrowing of the money with which the purchase of the Enquirer was made. He tried to find out if Mr. Danlels had negotiated this loan, with the following result: Q—Do you know'the Central Bank? Yes, sir. Q.—Did you ever have an account there prior to the 7th day of January, 1898? A.—I refuse to answer on the same ground. Mr,” Ach—Note the refusal of the witness. Q—Is it not a fact that you never had an A Bogount thereq,and 4id not owe them a dollar, A.—No, I do A Al Shguuci ol 4884 —i and never borrowed a dollar from them, and never made a deposit with that last named | bank prior to the 7th day of January, 18987 | A.—Refusal. Mr. Ach—Note the refusal and the commis- sloner is requested to certify the matter up. Q.—Do you know who was the manager or managing director or managing officer of the Central Bank in January and February, 18982 A.—No, sir. wadDid you visit the Central Bank In Jan- 1898, for any purpose? A.—I don’t know, _Q.—Have you been ill, Mr. Daniels? No, sir. Q.—Have you ever had any ? Ssae d any brain disease Q.—You ever received any injury upon the head. in any way? A.—Not serious. Never Consulted Physicians. Q.—Ever consulted a physiclan about lapses of memory or anything of that kind in your lite? A.—No, sir. Q. —Have you ever contemplated such a thing owing ‘to the fact that your memory Would at times exhibit that it was not as strong as it had been? A.—No, sir. Q-—Had you ever, noticed that it was falling? A.—No, sir. . Mr. Ach then went into the details of the negotiation that culminated in the purchase of the paper by Mr. Daniels. Mr. Daniels stated that the first one with whom he had talked about the pos- sibility of the paper passing from the control'of Frank A. Leach was D. Edward Collins, the plaintiff in this suit. Mr. Daniels said that one day, shortly after Mr. Leach had ben appointed Superin- tendent of the Mint in San Francisco, he had heard that Mr. Leach would probably have a hard time running a newspaper and a Federal office and that he might like to dispose of his stock. Upon hear- ing that Mr. Daniels said that he had gone to Mr. Collins in his bank and had remarked, “T have heard it said that Mr. Leach would have a difficult time running a newspaper and a Federal office,” to which Mr. Collins replied, “Yes, Mr. Leach would like to sell and L.would like to_have him.” Mr. Ach wanted to know where he heard the remark made and Mr. Daniels replied that 8. T. Gage had dropped the observa- tion in a casual conversation. Subsequent to that Mr. Daniels said that he conceived the idea of securing the control of the Enquirer, but he had no more conversa- tions with Mr. Collins about the matter. Later he talked with John Willlams, an expert accountant, who was a friend of his, and then with Dr. Pardee and Henry P. Dalton. Talks to Williams, After the conversation with Mr. Collins the next step in the negotlations was.the telk with Mr. Willams, in which Mr. Danfels said that he told Mr. Willlams that he had an idea that Mr. Leach would like to sell his interest in the Enquirer and that he would like to have Mr. Wil- liams find out the extent of that interest and for what it could be purchased. This particular part of the deal which resulted in his purchase of the paper was described as follows: Q.—Well, who was it sent you to John Wil- Hams? A.—I went myself. Q.—And if 1 understood you correctly you wanted Mr. Willlams to investigate the affairs of the Oakiand Enquirer Publishing Company ? That was not what I testified. Q—What was it that you wanted him to do? A.—1 asked him to find out from Mr. Leach whether he did want to sell his interest and what it was. Q.—DId he report to you? A. Q.—Before you spoke to Dr, Dalton? A. not. A— —He dld. p ardee or Mr. T don’t know .whether he dld or Q.—Did you ever speak to anybody else about it before you spoke to Pardee or Dalton? A.— N% thla):dl recollect. —] you receive any report s W‘Q‘ "1'}” 4 i y report frem Mr. —How long_after your c NE AGR L ot Ra o it Q.—Approximately? A.—Oh, possibly a Q—What report did he make to you? A.— That Mr. Leach would Iike to sell his stock. My recollection is as far as he was able to report at that time. Revert to Polities. At this point there was a slight digres- sion from the purchase of the er intc the fleld of politics. Mr. Ach ted to know if Mr. Daniels had, at that time, ever taken any active part in politics in Alameda County, to which he replied that he had, though he had never held any official position except that of trustee of Pledmont School district. He sald that]’ | 10.—General Andrade, | utaed near La Vela ae Coro. ! talk to Mr. | 18982 | e : of H. P, Dalton. ately identified the boat as one from the | missing warship. No other wreckage was found on the coast. To get the boat from | the Indians, Captain Tozier had to give | their chief his dress sword. The Egeria continued the search out to | sea, and is now expected at Esquimalt at any time, REVOLUTION AGAINST CASTRO IS GAINING WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Feb. the former Presi- dent of Venezuela, who reached this isl- and recently, embarked on board the rev- olutionary steamer Libertadcs during the night of February 7-8. The Libertador landed a force of insurgents on the Vene- | zuelan coast, and they subsequently took possession of the village of Cumarebo, sit- The Vene- zuelan gunboat General Crespo, which at- tempted to prevent the landing, was fired I | the time. CAPTAIN'S TheT VES THE SHP Steamer Loses Rudder ip Treacherous De- ception Pass. Is Held Nose-On Against the Rocky Shore Until Tide Changes. WHATCOM, Wash., Feb. 10.—When about half-w ough Deception Pass the steamer Dod Captain Wiman, lost her rudder at 2 nir 30 o'clock this She was close to the rock Captain steam ahead” and wa steamer’s nose in suct the rocks that she across the pass north side at signaled 1 d to hold the . position against was kept from drifting r to possibie destruction. For two hours the steamer kept this position. Then the tide changed and she was enabled to drift to a place of anchor- age, where her pass TS were taken off by a passing steame A statement was sig sengers expressing t the captain in scuin they termed “‘a most perilous situation.” upon and badly damaged by the Liber- tador. The Crespo had her propeller shaft broken. The success of the Libertador caused a sensation at Caracas, great commotion prevails. Th, ceived there from the interior zuela is not favorable to the Government. It is announced the insurgents are very active, especially in the vicinity of Bar- quesimito. The revolution against President Castro d by all the pas- r admiration for them from what has where news of Vene- is gaining ground visibly. | he_had been in several ardent political fights in_Alameda County with Dr. Par- dee and Henry P. Dalton, that he had al ways been with them in all of their fights and had never been against them. Then back to the purchase of the paper went the questions as follows: Q.—As a matter of fact did you ever go and Leach about acquiring this stock prior to the execution of this agreement of A.—1 think we did have some January, ‘987 conversation at one time. I don’t remem- ber it. Q.—You know Mr. Leach? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—What was your object | Willlams to find_out whether he wanted :to gell his stock? Why didn’t you go yourself> A.—Because I preferred to send Mr. Williams. Q.—That was the only reason, was it?. A. That is the reason. Q.—And the only.one? A.—Because I wished to find out what he wanted to sell and what he held. .—And you knew him personmally at that A.—Yes, sir. A.—I don’t_know, H. N. ver speak to .—No, sir. drew the agreement of January, C. Martin. about t? Q.—Who A.—. At whose request? Refer to Contract. Q.—Were you present when the request was made? A.—No, sir. Q.—How do you know that? A. information. Did he draw a _contract between you and . Dalton? A.—No, sir. Q.—Were you present when that contract was signed? A.—No, sir. Q.—Do you know where it was signed? No, sir. 3 Q.—Now, then, prior to the signing of this .’.\Eree‘en( you had a talk with Henry P. Dal- ton about this matter, didn’'t you, acquiring this stock? A.—Yes. Q.—How long prior to the 7th day of Jan- uary, ‘987 A.—Oh, I talked with him in Oc- tober. How long after talking with Mr. 7 A.—1 don’t know how long it was: id you talk to Pardee or Dalton first? don’t know which one I talked to first ‘Q—Did you have many ‘conversations -be- tween them; that is, conversations at which both Dr. Pardee and Mr. Dalton were present, concerning this matter prior to the 7th day of January, 18987 A.—I had conversations when both were present. Q.—When and through whom did you first ascertain how many shares of stock Mr. Leach had in the Oakland Enquirer Publishing Com- pany? A.—Mr. Williams, I think, was the maa who told me first. Q.—What did he tell you? A.—My recollec- tion is that Mr. Leach sald he had 325 shares. Q. —Well, did Mr. Willlams report to you how much he would take for them. A.—Yes. Q. —What did Mr. Willlams say to you about that? A.—Let's see. My recollection is that he said that Mr. Leach had 325 shares and Mr, Nye had about 100 shares that would have to be included if his (Leach’'s) were sold, and that they wanted $50,000 for it. ‘Williams Brought Books. A long series of questions resulted in the information that Mr. Williams had been requested by Mr. Daniels to con- tinue his researches into the conaition of the Enquirer, and that Mr. Williams had finally brought him some of books and statements of the paper, which Simply on e Wil- Q. llams Q A, | | | | | i 1 in sending Mr. | Sotiations for the purchase of ? 3 | .—Whom next did you speak to about ac- | Dalton | | that he had talked with | about bu A.—At the request | per were Dr. Pardee, Henry P. Dalton and John Willilams, though the purchase was made by the witness. The line of examination was as follows: Q. Up to January 7, 1898, from the 1st day of October, 1597, did you yourself conduct any of the megoti- ations which finally resulted in the agreement between Dalton, Leach, Nye and Collins? A. No sir. Q. Do you know who did? A. Yes— | o 1 do not know; I do not know. Q. As a matter of fact all the 2 - stock which resulted in the agree- ment of January 7, 1898, so far as You know, were conducted om_the side of the buyer entirely by Wil= liams, Pardee and Daltom? A. All of the negotiations which resulted in that agreement; yes. Talked About the Stock. Q. Did Dr. Pardee report to youm that he had talked with Mr. Leach n nlbom buying that stock? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did Dr. Pardee report to yom Mr. Leach that stock for youf ing that it was for you that the wtock was being purchased. A. wir. Q. Did Henry P. Dalton report to you that he had talked wit Mr. Leach about the purchase of that stock. A. Yes, sir. A. Yes, Q. An Q. nd he re rt to you that he had informed Leach that it was for you that the stoek was be- ing purchased? A. No, wir. Q. Did Dr. Pardee? A. No, sir. . Did either Dr. Pardee or Henry P. Dalton report to yom that they had carried on these negotiations with Mr. Leach and Mr. Nye and Mr. Collins, or either of them, in your | name? the ! | Wi, he had examined in his own store. These | were then shown to Dr. Pardee and Henry P. Dalton. Questions and an- Swers_then_continued as follows: __ _ TQ.—Did you ever show those statements to anybody? A.—Yes @ To whom? A.—I showed them to Mr. Pardee and to Mr. Dalton. Q.—When? A.—I don’t know the date. Q.—Where? “A.—I don't know that, either. Q.—Anybody else? A.—I don’t remember to have done 0. After Mr. Daniels secured his reports from Mr. Williams he said that he had consulted with both Dr. Pardee and Henry P. Dalton at Dr. Pardee’s house, Mr. Dalton’s office and in his own store. Then Mr. Ach fired a series of questions that developed the fact that the ones who negotiated the purchase of the pa- | | | | i 1 | i | A. There was no such report re- quired. A series of questions followed as to what part Mr. Daniels had played in the regotiations, which resulted in Mr. D iels saying: In order to save you a great deal of trouble I might make you a littie explanation of that. I asked Mr. Wil- much stock he held, and whether he would sell it or not: and as the result of a number of interviews, and xome negotiations between Wr. Williams and Mr. Leach, Mr. Wil- liams informed me tbat Mr. Leach would sell his stock, together with Mr. Nye's, and the amount of money it would take to buy it. Went to His Friends. I had no great amount of means at that time, and [ went to my friends, Pardee and Dalton, and talked the matter over with them, showed them the result of the fix- ures that I had taken from their books, and the information which Mr. Leach had given Mr. Williams, and msked them if I could make the purchase and put up the stock as security, if they would indorse my naper: and they said they wonld. That wnas the result of =ome con- siderable conversation. Then. later on. Mr. Leach, 1 belleve, told Mr. % that they three, Mr. Leach, Mr. Nye and Mr. Collins, had an agreement that no ome of them should sell their stock without the consent of the third party. and for wome reason Mr. Collins, I believe, deelined to give his assent to the sale: nnd at some later period the negotintions were reonened throagh Dr. Pardee and Mr. Dalton at my re- quest. Whether the Arst nroposition came from the hoders of the prop- erty, or whether they saw them Arst 1 don't remember, if 1 ever knew: an that second negotiation resplited in this agreement. That is all. Mr. Ach Mr. Daniels declared that there were no contracts or agreements between himself and Dr. Pardee, H. P. Dalton or his father and the hearing went over until to-mor- row. both lines are now priced at better call early. The chief item of interest in our Furnishing Depart- ment this week is a hosiery special. The hose come in fast black cotton yarn with embroidered designs in colors, such as blue, white, cardinal, lavender, etc blue, brown and black grounds with harmonizing stripes; the hose sell regularly at 2 pair for 25¢ and 3 pair for 30c; 10c a pair It is economy to buy a box of a half dozen at this price. We expect quite a run on the hosiery, so you had PRS- Out-of-town orders filled—write us. 718 Market Strect. ; also in solid colors of