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vailed and he will rest in peace in his
island home.
The Rev. J. W. Kanoa also passed away
while the Vine was among the Gilbert
group. He was the first and only Ha
waiian missionary that left his native
country to publish the gospel of peace.
He was an earnest worker and ono of the
best known men in the Southern Seas.
Some years ago he married a young native
woman and soon thereafter scandal wa«
busy with her name. The aged minister
stood by through ill report and good re
port and when an order came from the
synod of the church commandine him to
sever his connections with her, he simply
wrote back, "Whom God hath joined let
no man put asunaer."
"They gave him a big funeral," »aid
Captain Luttrell yesterday, "and his widow
was the chief mourner. He left the
church because it would not receive his
wite, and I think that the Kanoa church
in the Gilbert group is now one of the
most successful in the Southern Seas.
"British Consul Campbell at Taputeo
nea, in the Gilbert group, is one of the
most autocratic men I ever came across.
He simply will not alow an American
to do business in the group. He pre
vented me from landing any goods, and
when it came to trading I wasn't in it. I
did fairly well, however, and had it not
been for my long trip the vessel would
have paid expenses.
"Chief Engineer Douse of the steam
missionary barkentine Morning Star
nearly died at Ponai>e of hemorrhage of
the stomach. Dr. Rife managed to pull
him throueb, however, and be was aent to
Honolulu to recuDerate the day before we
sailed.
"The missionary schooner' Hiram Bing
ham was in Kusaie when we left, and
Captain Walkup reported all well. The
whaler Gayhead was also in Kusaie and
Captain Foley reported that he was on his
way from the Carolines to the Gilbert
group and thence to Alaska. He expects
to reach Unalaska early in July and hopes
to do better in. the Arctic than he did in
the Southern Pacific. His wife was taken
sick during the cruise and is now on her
way to San Francisco via Honolulu. Two
tailors deserted and, if all reports are
true, tbey are married to native prin
cesses.
"However, no one paid any attention to
such little things as desertions and mar
riages, the one absorbing question being
the war against the Japanese. The lat
ter's warships, will insist on reparation
and just where Spain is eoing to get off in
the matter 1 don't know and the Spanish
officials aro in the same box. One thing
is certain. Japan holds the best hand
and she wiil punish the natives for the
murder of her subjects no matter what
Spain says. If it comes to a war, and I
wouldn't be a bit surprised to hear war
was declared, then Japan will win. The
Japs are aching for a fight and since their
countrymen were murdered they are
losing no opportunity to exasoerats the
Spaniards. The killing was done by the
natives, but as they are subjects of Spain
the Japa hold that country responsible."
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
Sailing of the Oceanic Steamship
Company's Alameda for Aus
tra la.
The arrival of the schooner Vine from
the southern seas and the departure of
the Oceanic Steamship Company's Ala
meda for Australia made a pretty picture
yesterday. The schooner was at anchor
awaiting a tug, while the steamer was fuli
et>eed ahead on her way to Honolulu.
For Honolulu— James L. Barker, Professor D.
M. Bristol, Miss Charlotte L.' Collins, R. A.
Craig, T. T. French aud wife, A. J. Henriques,
Mrs. E. G. Hitchcock, Miss H. C. Hitchcock,
Miss fed Hitchcock, Mits Holmes, Charles D.
Jacob, Donaid R. Jacob, Miss B. Landers, G. H.
Mayhew, Avery McCarthy, wife «nd child, Miss
Harriet Newell, W. G. O?g, Miss S. Owles, Miss
IdaßellePalmer.Mrs.de Richette Quellette,
J. H. Sears and wife, Mrs. J. P. Sissou, Miss E.
Taylor, C. M. White, H. C. Witt.
For Auckland— John J. Stuart.
For Sydney— Mrs. E. M. Board, J. Cran, Har
old Field, L. P. Goldstone, A. B. M. Gow, A. B.
Mackintosh, C. 11. Palmer, Jerome J. Parme
lee, A. S. Patterson, wife and two children, J.
Robison, H. Stansfieid and wife, Mrs. I). E.
Whits, H. A. Williams, wife, three children
and nurse.
Join at Honolulu for Sydney— Miss Alice
Deming, T. A. Kennedy and wife, S. E. Laidley.
The schooner Una was burglarized Ja3t
night. Captain Hawkins and his wife
lost all their clothing and Captain Dan
McLean, who has been living aboard, has
nothing left but bis mustache. The
thieves secured rwo suits of clothes, a
gold watch and chain and $17 in money.
The police are on their track.
The schooner Vine bad a rough trip of
it on the way up from the southern seas.
Many of the sails split and several of
them were carried away. On one occasion
ehe was on her beam ends, but no serious
damage was done.
T lilt. VAltt.lt J'ltES .
The Denver "Post Congratulate* the
Great Sete*~ Gathering A*noci*fion.
DENVER, Colo., March s.— The Post
this afternoon says editorially:
The report of the inauguration cere
monies which the Post carries to-night is
complete and exhaustive. . Ii could not be
better covered by human power, and the
Post, rejoicing in the fact that it is a fran
chise member of the greatest news-gather
ing organization in the world, raises its
hat to the United Associated Presses.
— — ♦ —
hnc-urj at -Vtr Orlenn*.
NEW ORLEANS. La., March s.— Six fur
longs, Senator Morrill won, R. Q. Ban secoud,
Rouble third. Time, I:lsJ£.
One mile, Harry S won, Moralist second,
Boarder third. Time, 1 :44J-£.
Seven furlongs, Samson won, Sky Blue sec
ond, Booze third. Time, 1:31.
One mile, Judge Steadman won, Squire G
second; Rossmar third. Time, I:42}£.
One mile, Gioj* won. Gomes -econd, St.
Achelberg third. Time. 1:43%.
St:ven furlongs, Alva won. Tommy Rutter
Eecond, Trixie third. Time. 1:31.
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Brbtl /Defeat in the Philippine*.
N"EW YORK, N. V., March 6. -A special
cable dispatch to the Herald from Manila,
»ays: Large groups of rebels appeared
between San Mateo and Maraquina, doe
to Manila. They were pursued by Lieu
tenant-Colonel Jiminez, who caused them
to lose 200 men. The rebels tried to force
an entrance into the province of Neuva
Ecija, but were dispersed, and returned to
the hills around SefuL
♦
Jrl»tfratnn That Are. Public Property.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March s.— Major
A. T. Wood, who was to-day appointed
Senator, arrived in Frankfort to-ni^ht to
have a conference with Governor Bradley.
He will leave tor Washington to-morrow
night. Governor Bradley to-night wrote
ilr. Hanna: "Send me no more tele
grams. They are public property."
♦
O'ltonnrll tieif Starhey.
YONKERS, N. V., March s.— Steve
O Donnell of Australia to-n:ght knocked
out Dick Stttritey, champion of Webster
County, in one round.
f'aiu'd b't Hurt! Time*.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March s.— Duhme
Company, jewelers, assigned tha morning.
The assets are given at $100,000. The
failure is caused by dull trade.
ffo'cott H >ck from Europe.
NEW YORK. N. V., March 5. -Senator
Wolcott arrived from Europe to-day and
took the first train for Washington.
LAUNCHING THE
NEW CABINET
Senate Confirms the Selec
tions of President
McKinley.
Teller Critic Z2s the Nomination
of Bliss lor the Interior
Pcrtfo io.
Thinks Ha Is Hardly the Man to
Handle the Interests of the
Great West.
WASHINGTON. D. C, March s.— The
proceedings of the first session of the
Fifty-fifth Congress were witnessed to-day
by a very large assemblage of spectators
in the galleries of the Senate chamber, the
Senate being to-day without the executive
partisanship of the House of Representa
tives, which body will remain in a state of
suspended animation until called into re
newed existence on the first day of the
extraordinary >e»von soon to bs convened
by President McKinley.
As soon ns tite journal of yesterday's
formal meeting was read the Senator from
Ohio (Foraker) rose and presented the
credentials of Mr. Hanna as successor to
Sherman, resigned. The credentials hav
ing been read Vice-President riobart in
vited Mr. Hanna to step forward and take
the oath of* office.
Together the two Republican Senators
from Ohio who takd the places of Senators
Brice and Sherman walked to the Vice-
President's desk, where the oath was duly
administered to Mr. Hanna after a round
of handclapping in the galleries, and then
Senators Foraker and Hanna took their
seats tegether.
The next step was Ihe adoption of a
resolution offered by Frye (R.) of Maine
directing that until otherwise ordered
Davis (R.) of Minnesota be acting chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions—the chairmanship having been
vacated througn the retirement of Sher
man.
At 12:45 President McKinley sent to the
Senate the following nominations: John
Sherman of Ohio to be Secretary of the
State, Lyman J. Gage of Illinois to be Sec
retary of the Treasury, Russell A. Alger of
Michigan to be Secretary of War, Jo.-eph
McKenna of California to be Attorney-
General, James A. Gary of Maryland to be
Postmaster-General, John D. Long of
Massachusetts to be Secretary of the Navy,
Corne.ius N. Bliss of New Yort to be Sec
retary of the Interior, James VViison of
lowa to be Secretary of Agriculture.
Immediately upon the receipt of the
Cabinet nominations, the Senate went into
executive session.
The length of the executive session this
afternoon led to the circulation of several
unfounded rnniors that a contest was
being made against the confirmation of at
least two of the members of the Cabinet
selected by President McKinley. Rumor
ha 1 it that the opposition was aimed at
Mr. McKenna, selected for the Attorney-
Generalship, and Mr. Alger for Secretary
of War. The delay was not unusual. The
nomination of Mr. Sherman was confirmed
immediately without the formality of a
reference to the committee. It was sug
gested privately on the floor that the
whole Cabinet be at once confirmed, but
i his was not done, for had snob action
b?en taken, the compliment intended for
Mr. Sherman would have been no com
pliment at all.
All the other nominations were referred
to the various committees, which, after
informal discussions, made favorable re
ports in each case.
Teller addressed the Senate briefly. He
said he tt id not propose to oppose any se
lection Mr. McKinley had made. He'rec
ognized the fact that the Caoinet was the
official family of the President and the
President ought not to be hampered by
the Senate in the cnoice of men whom he
desired for his advisers. He wished, how
ever, to say that he beiieved that in some
cases Mr. McKinley had made mistakes in
the men he had chosen. Whoever else
Teller bad in mind is unknown, for he
mentioned only Mr. B!i«s, nominated to
be Secretary of the Interior.
Tel er emphasized the fact that he did
not criticize this nomination on personal
grounds. He knew Mr. Bliss to be a man
of affairs, who bad oeen successful and
was held high in the esteem of bis fellow
men. He did not doubt but that Mr.
Bliss -would bring to the office all his busi
ness and executive ability.
But there was more required, Mr. Teller
said, than mere business ability. The In
terior Department was one of the most
important in the Government, affecting
interests in many States and particularly
those in the great West. The Secretary
annually made more important decisions
Involving property than did the Supreme
Court of the United States. The head of
• his great department ought to be equipped
with legal ability and a familiarity with
land matters to meet the intricate ques
tions that would come before it, and for
this reason, and for this reason only, Mr.
Teller said the nomination was open to
criticism.
Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada spoke briefly
in the same v*in, corroborating what Mr.
Teller had said about the importance of a
head to this department who would be
able to deal justly and jadicioußly in
the matters of dispute constantly coming
before the court of which the Secretary
was the reviewing judge.
Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts replied to
Teller's criticisms by praising the ability
and qualifications of Mr. Blis* and ad
dressing himself \o the one point made
by Teller, asserting that this could be
easily overcome by the selection of as
sistant secretaries, who would have those
qualifications that would gaide the Secre
tary in his ruhn s.
Chandl r called attention to the fact
bai Zachariah Chandler had no legal
raining and that he was an Eastern man.
Still it was ail initted that his conduct of
the administration of the Interior Depart
ment was one of the best in the history of
the Government.
Teller emphasized the fact that he had
not criticizeu Bias becauie he was an
Eastern man, but because, being an East
ern man, ho knew nothing of the great
Western matters constantly arising in the
Department of ihe Interior. There was
no clash between th- Ea-t and We>t, and
bearing in mind the recent elnborate re
ports of executive sessions in the arbitra
tion treaty Teller jocularly remarked that
he hoped the "reporter" of an executive
session debate would exonerate him from
the charge of criticizing Mr. Bliss' selec
tion on the ground that i>e was an Eastern
man.
Without taking a formal vote all the
nominations were then confirmed.
TO CONFER ON ADJOURNMENT.
Senate and Assembly to Reach an Agree
ment and Wind Up Ail
Business.
BACRAMENTO, Cal., March s.— This
morning the Senate accepted the Assem
bly's offer of a conference on adjourn
ment. The conference committee was ap
pointed to meet in the afternoon.
The concurrent resolution of welcome to
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1807.
the Christian Endeavor societies to the
State was unanimously adopted.
All ih« appoin ments made by Gov
ernor Budd were confirmed.
The Senate this afternoon passed finally
Assembly bills providing for the sale of
railroad franchises in municipalities and
relative to the crauting of franchises;
regulating the width of tires of wagons and
buses on public highways; amending sec
tion 2003 of the Political Code to enable
any county or city to lease property to as
sociations of ex-soldiers and ex-sailors.
The title of Sanford's bill compelling all
corporations to pay their employes at
least once a month was approved.
The Senate could not ?et a quorum to
nigbt owing to most of the Senators being
in attendance on the Examiner investiga
tion. An adjournment was taken shortly
after 8 o'clock.
In the Assembly this morning a resolu
tion for the appointment of a commi'tee
of three, one of which is to be the Speaker,
to confer with a like committee from the
Senate, for the purpose cf abrogating cer
tain of the joint rules of both houses and
to fix upon a definite time ior adjourn
ment, was adopted.
The county eovernment bill was up for
a second reading, for amendments.
Tbe Assembly this afternoon refused to
pass the Senate bill requiring pawn
brokers to file bonds and make daily re
ports of business transactions to tbe Chief
of Police.
A considerable part of the afternoon
was consumed in the second reading of
Senate bills.
When the House went into committee
of the whole to consider the general ap
propriation bill Caminetti moved to
amend the item appropriating $75,000 in
a lump sum for State Printing Office by
d vidinji the amount, and providing
$45,000 thereof for Legislature printing.
The amendment was lost.
Caminetii then suDmitted an amend
ment providing for a printing expert to be
employed by the Beard of Examiners.
Cutler, who was in the chair, ruled the
amendment out ol order as unconstitu
tional.
Carainetti withdrew the amendment.
The committee then rose and reported the
amendments heretofore made, each being
adopted by the House.
Boone and Hudson again tried to raise
their district agricultural appropriations,
but failed.
An amendment by Kenyon iaisine the
National Guard allowance from $30,466 66
to $40,000 was adopted.
Caminetti then put in his printing ex
pert amendment.
L avitt raised the point of order that it
was in violation of me constitution us an
amendment to the appropriation bill.
Caminetti replied that the office was
already provided and that the amendment
regulated the expenditure of the expert's
salary. Pries and Leavitt spoke to the
Question and the chair ruled that ie was
unconstitutional.
The Assembly to-nieht passed t'ne fol
lowing Assembly bills: Appropriating
$350 to pay a deficiency in the appropria
tion for postage, expressage and contin
gent expenses of the Attorney-General for
the forty-eighth fiscal year; same for the
forty-seventh fiscal year; making an ap
propriation for the office rent of the
Attorney-General in San Francisco for the
forty-eighth fiscal year; concerning the
filing of mechanics' iiens by adding a pro
vision to the section requiring the owner
of real property to give notice upon the
completion of improvements there; pro
viding the mode of changing the grades of
public streets, lanes, alleys, etc., within
municipalities; authorizing the Board of
Fish Commissioners to purchase or
construct a gaso me launch for its use.
FOUNDER OF CIRCLE CITY.
His Story of the Gold Product
and the Opportunities lor
Mining.
Strange Places Where Ivory Ij toßs.
Picked Up and Where Whole
Skeletons Are. ,
A. Harrington, one of the founders of
Circle City, and one of the owners of im
portant placer mines on Mastodon and
Eagle gulches, is at the Russ. Ha has
been on a visit to his old home at Gallopo
lis, Ohio.
It is the first time he has been out of the
Yukon for eight years. He is now going
back, laden with supplies, and expects to
get out a big amount of gold from his
claims before he again confronts civiliza
tion in this part ot the world.
He is one of the owners of claims 1 and
2, below the original discovery claim in
Mastodon uulch, and of one or two claims
in the Eagle Gulch. He says the former
property pays from $15 and $20 up to $50
and $75 a man each day, according to
whether it happens to be rich or poor.
However, it costs from $10 to $12 a day for
labor.
"Last year we employed fifty men,' 1
saia Mr. Harrington; "the season lasts
about 100 or 110 days, and we are as busy
as we can be during all that time in order
to get out as much gold as possible. We
worked the two claims on Mastodon
Gulch. The gulch takes its name from
the fossils of the mastodon mat are found
th»re. I have seen many of them at dif
ferent times.
"Further down, on Crooked Creek, lots
of rtttCS in the shape of tusks, teeth, jaws
and different kinds of bones are to be seen.
I have seen tv ks three or four feet long
and three or four inches through, some of
which were as clear, bright ivory as exists
anywhere. Others were somewhat de
cayed and blacfcened.
"Sometimes ihe remains of the masto
dons are found right on top of the ground,
but usually where the creek has cut
away the bank and exposed them. There
are places down on the main Yukon
where whole skeletons can be dug out.
I saw a man there who had broueht out a
huge jawbone witb four teeth in it, and
he told me he believed he could have got
out a perfect skeleton."
Mr. Harrington was fairly well im
pressed with that part of the Yukon. He
formerly mined in Colorado for five years.
As one of the s<x founders of Circle City,
lie believes that place is to be the enter
of a large mining country. But the
country is remote and not so good as Colo
rado was when be was there, which was
during the rapid development of silver
properties.
Z7nit"r.«{t'/ Haiti* Unyal.
NEW YORK, N. V.. March 6.— A Herald
special from Philadelphia says: More
than 150 fresomen and sophomores par
ticipated in a class tight in the campus of
the University of Pennsylvania to-night
and few escaped without painful bruises,
disfigured faces torn clothes, etc. Seiza
buro Yosukowa, a Japanese student in the
Wbarton School of Finance, was beaten
and tramped into insensibility. His in
juries, while serious, are not likely to
prove fatal.
Grorer Hill tin on a Cruise.
GREENWICH, Conn., March 5.-E. C.
Benedict came to Greenwich this morning
to loolc over the improvements which
have been made in his steam yacht
Oneida. Mr. Benedict said the yacht was
gong on a cruise in v few days and that
ex-President Cleveland would be on her.
Tne Gulf of Mexico will be the yacht's
destination.
Serrnth Ejrplo ion Fatality.
BOSTON, Mass., Marcn 5. — William
Maybour, one of the Victims of yester
day's explosion, died at the Emergency
Hospital this afternoon. This makes a
toial of seven deaths.
I xrrutioii of a Murderer.
GADSDEN, Ala., March 5. — Colin
Daudeuill was hanged here to-day for the
murder of J. I. Bates, a drummer.
EXAMINER
FAKERS IN
A BAD BOX
Continued from First Page.
day. Will come up soon. What's the matter?
Answer Oakland. G. W. Baker.
Sacramento, Cal.. Feb. 17, 1897.
George W. Baker, Oakland, Cal.: Some opposi
iou threatened. Xo hurry. Will explain
when see you. A. L. Fbick..
Judge Frick said that he had given per
mission to Mr. Jaynea to produce the
originals when found.
Senator Voorheis was .called to the
stand, and, in reply to questions, said : "I
never had any telegraphic correspondence
with any one concerning that bill. I
never saw the bill or knew that it was
introduced until it had passed the As
sembly, and I never knew that such a bill
existed until it came before the Senate.
"I am charged with having introduced
a bill in the Senate. That i 3 absolutely
false," added the Senator.
"Do you know, directly or indirectly,
that any Assemblyman was offered or
paid any money?" asked Valentine.
"No, sir; nor any Senator," replied
Voorheis.
Alvinza Hayward was called next, and
said tbat he had no recollection of having
received any telegrams from Senater Voor
heis in relation to bill 273. He would con
sent that any such telegrams might be
prodnc j d. He had not been in Sacra
mento for over a year and knew of no
bribery.
Al Murphy, better known as "Blinker,"
testified that he was "a newspaper man,
connected with the Examiner."
"Do you know of any bribery in the
Legislature?" was asked.
"No, sir," replied Murphy.
"Did you furnish any information to
the Examiner on which this item was
based? Do you know of any Assembly
man receiving money to influence his
vote on Assembly bill 273?'
"No, sir," was the rep!y. Murphy
added that he did not write any portion
of the article and did not know that any
money had been paid to any member of
the Legislature.
"Have you any knowledge whatever 01
any bribery in connection with any mat
ters of legislation here?"
"I have not," replied Murphy.
"Do you know who wrote the article?"
"I could almost say so, but I don't
know positively."
"Do you know who wrote part of it?'*
"Yes."
"Who?"
"L. L. Levings. He spoke to me about
bribery in the Senate, witn reference to a
Senator in connection with this bill."
"Do you know that any money was of
fered or paid to any member of the As
sembly as a bribe?"
"I have no such Knowledge."
L. L. Levings, one of tne Examiner
staff, was the next witness, and when he
was asked whether he wrote the article
Ciunie vehemently objected. In fact, he
objected to every au-stion that would
throw any light oif yjive any information
as to whether there had tfcen any bribery. '
Levings explained that he was in a very
embarrassing position. The information
which he had given the Examiner was
the property of that paper, he oeir.g only
an employe. He could not give any of
his information without the consent of
the Examiner, and he could not betray
any confidence that had b<»en reposed in
him. When he was asked whether he
knew that even a single Assemblyman
had been bribed Ciunie objeted. Lev
ings said that he thought he could direct
the committee to a place where they could
get information as to tbe truth or falsity
of the charge or bribery, and when asked
where, he replied by referring the com
mittee to the Western Union Telegraph
Company.
When asked whether that was where he
got his information Knight objected.
When asked whether Lcvings could fur
nish the name of any individual who
could give the committee even the least
information Knight objected again.
"Suppose that an operator in the West
ern Union Telegraph office in Sacramento
told this reporter— suppose he gave him a
hint," said Knight, "about bribery and
said that things were getting very crooked
and there was a suspicion of bribery
going on, do you think this witness would
have a risiht to expose and disgrace that
young man?"
Knight in th» same breath remarked
that he did not wish to be understood as
casting any reflections upon the operator.
Valentine, wearied of the attempt of the
Examiner to hide behind the slandered
telegraph operator, made a little speech
in which he said: "We come right now
to the plain bold statement of asking this
witness, as a representative of the Ex
aminer, for the facts, if any, on which he
has written this article and scattered it
broadcast over the whole State besmirch
ing every member of the Legislature. We
ask him the plain question, what was it?
We ask him if the Examiner will refuse
to permit him to answer that question."
Knight objected again, and Chairman
Belshaw remarked that he admired
Knight's gall, whereupon Knight said that
it was the first time in his experience that
he knew a legislative committee to accuse
a lawyer of having gall.
T c committee vainly tried for a half
hour or more to get livings to tell the
facts on which he based the article,
but as L >vin,T3 had no facts his attorneys
vehemently objected time and time again,
until the committee (Mead and Ryan,
Democrats, voting no) adjudged nim
guilty of contempt, but deferred action
on sending him to jail until the Senate
committee could take a whack at him in
the evening.
G. H. Jessen, another Examiner corre
spondent, testified that he knew nothing
about any bribery in tue Legislature or
about the article.
The committee then adjourned until 9
o'clock on Monday morning.
DARE NOT ANSWER.
Being Afraid to Confess the Fake
Examiner Fakers May Be
S nt to Jail.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. March s.— As the
result of the hearing before the Senate
Bribery Investigating Committee to-night
the wain of a jail stare Andrew M. Law
rence, managing editor of the Examiner,
and L. L. Levings, a member of the Ex
aminer staff, in the face. Both preserved
the attitude of defiance toward the com
mi'tee which makes them liable to pun
ishment for contempt, and under the cir-
cnmstances the Senate will bare no other
coarse open, in justice to the members of
that body, than to order them imprisoned
until they consent to answer ttie questions
which they baked at to-night.
Not one scintilla of evidence of any
kind, o-al or documentary, was obtained
to show that there was any foundation for
the Examiner's fake of last Saturday.
Tnere were the same attempts at bully
ragging witnesses and bulldozing the com
mittee and its attorney that were made
before the Assembly committee, but the
firmness and dignity of Chairman Dickin
son of the committee and of Senator
Morehouse, who acted as attorney for the
Senate in the matter, soon made irre^
pressibie Andy Clunie realize that nis
capers would neither be effective nor tol
erated.
There were also the name transparent
attempts to cloud the issuo by the legal
representatives of the Examiner, who
were re-enforced in the peison of Garret
M< Enerney, that had been made on other
occasions. Ttey continued to try to make
it appear that the fuct that the Examiner
had published its story on rumor and
hearsay only cut no figure in the case,
and that the Examiner bad now the right
to go on a fishing excursion into the rec
ords of the Western Union Telegraph
Office, the Postal Telegraph Office, on the
waters of the seas, on shore and even into
the clouds above to secure testimony, if
any there was. to prove that bribery had
been commitiei in connection with As
sembly bill 273.
But the committee and his attorneys
knew tbeir duties, their rights and the
law too well to be coaxed, beguiled or
driven from the real object of the investi
gation. This was clearly enunciated by
Chairman Dickinson, who said that the
Examiner had made the charges of
bribery, and if those charges were true the
Examiner should have the information
necessary to prove them, and should be
only too glad to furnish that information
to the committee. By doing so, he inti
mated, it would be doing the State a
great public service and would at the same
time lift from itself the cloud of suspicion
that now rested upon it and made it ap
pear that its bribery charges were abso
lutely without foundation, and that its
story relative to the matter was a pure
fake.
Daring the arguments that interspersed
the taking of testimony, Attorney Knight
virtually admitted that the article had
heen published simply on idle rumors and
unreliable hearsay.
The Supreme Court room, where the
inquiry was held, was crowded to suffoca
tion, all the Senators being in attendance,
the Senate having adjourned to be present.
Andrew .M. Lawrence, managing editor
of the Examiner, was the first witness
called. With little preliminary interroga
tion. Senator Morehouse got right into the
heart of the matter.
"Do you know who wrote the article?"
he asked.
"I would like to consult my attorney,"
answered thj witness.
After consultation with both Knight
and Glunie the latter objected to the ques
tions on the statutory ground that they
were incompetent, irrelevant and imma
terial.
No attention was paid to the objection,
and the witness replied, "I know by hear
say."
"Do you know of your own knowledge
who wrote the article?"
The same objection was made but again
ignored, and the same reply was given.
"Do you know of any fact or circum
stance set forth in the article last Satur
day of your own knowledge?"
"I had been informed by a member of
the staff that there were telegrams in the
Western Union office that would show
there waß bribery," Jnswered the witness,
according to the preconcerted plan to at
tempt to make the Western Union a
stumbling block in the investigation, and
possibly a shield for the lakers.
"Do you know this of your own knowl
edge?"
"I do not."
"Do you know any Senator or Assem
blyman who received money to vote for
this bill?"
"I do not."
To all further questioning Lawrence
gave replies intending to convey the idea
that he bad no knowledge of the article
until after its publication, notwithstand
ing that he was at the time in charge of
the Examiner as managing and news ed
itor and had full control of its columns.
He was excused and L. L. Levingc, one
of the Sacramento legislative correspond
ents of the Examiner, was put on the
stand. Levin>;s went through the same
programme he had carried out before the
Assembly committee. He claimed to have
knowledge of the facts upon which the
Examiner article was based, but evaded
answering the question if he had fur
nished the data upon which the article
was written.
Clunie claimed that the writing con
taining such data was the best evidence,
and that Morehouse had no legal right to
make the witness testify orally on the
matter.
Then Morenouse put the Examiner on
record in its attitude tending to block, the
investigation. He said:
"This investigation is an investigation
of the Legislature of California. The Sen
ate is under a charge of bribery published
in the Examiner. It either had or had
not these facts in its possession at the
time that article was published. It can
take the stand and tell us all the facts,
and that is all we want, and when we have
the facts we will bring the parties here
who can prove bribery or did the bribing.
The man who wrote the article is the best
witness."
Clunie tried his sidetracking bluster by
suggesting that Bagget, Jaynes or Hay
ward be put on the stand, but Dickinson
quietly but effectively t6ok all the steam
out of him by remarking: ''We propose
to start at the fountain head of the source
whence these charges flowed. We ask
these gentlemen of the Examiner to state
who were bribed and how it was done.
The Examiner is here as a witness and
not as a prosecutor. We refuse absolutely
the proposition that this is a prosecution.
of the Examiner, and decline to allow the
Examiner to take charg> of the prosecu
tion. We want nothing subsequent to the
time the article was published. We will
come to that later."
Then Knight gave the fake of the Ex
aminer en areiyaway, to use the expres
sive slang of the day. He said :
"It makes no difference whether the
editor oi that journal knew the facts at
the time that article appeared or not. The
question is whether tne Legislature is
corrupt or pure. If the man who wrote the
article wrote it only on idle rumor and on
street talk at the time of writing, and can
now prove by outsMe means these charges,
this committee will not hide itself behind
the fact that this man did not know the
truth at the time he wrote the article.
Let us submit for the sake of argument
that he wrote it on idle rumor and that
since be and bis friends have made an ex
amination of the matter and have learned
it was true, and is prepared to prove to
night the fact, would not the committee
accept it f"
In this virtual admission of faicine on
the part of the Examiner, and this cunning
plea to be allowed to go on a fishing ezcur
sion for evidence, Knight showed the true
status of the journal be represented.
To this Morehotise replied that ail the
committee wanted was that if the Exam
iner had no fact* in its possession at tue
time it should say so right out and the ex
amination would be stopped.
Knight, however, refused to make the
flat admission.
Morehouse then declared until the com
mittee had thoroughly examined the peo
ple who made the rssault on the Legisla
ture, there could be no fair investigation.
Lawrenoe was recalled, and while he
denied he had seen the dispatches which
went to the Examiner from Sacramento
on Friday las , he admitted having infor
mation bearing on the article. He was
asked if the iniormation was in writing,
and declined to answer at first, but subse
quently replied in the affirmative.
"From whom?" continued Mo r ehouse.
"I decline to answer," replied the wit
npss.
•'Where is that writing now?"
"I dec.me to answer."
"What did you do with it?"
"Destroyed it Threw it away."
"How did you destroy it?"
"I decline to answer."
"What was the contents of the docu
ment?"
"I decline to answer."
"Dd or did not the contents have rela
tion to the subject-matter of the article in
the Examiner last Saturday?"
"I decline to answer."
At this point Morehouse turned to the
chairman and said: "If I can't get an
answer then I ask that the proper resolu
tion be adopted by the Senate and that
the witness be committed to prison until
he answers."
The chairman said the matter would be
duly considered, and the witness was ex
cused for the time being.
Several others of the Examiner staff
were put on the stand, but stated they
had no knowledge whatever of the matter,
and were excused for good.
Levings was recalled, and he was not
long in getting into the same boat with
his superior. H ! testified that of his own
knowledge he did not know of any one
paying or receiving a bribe in connection
with Assembly bill 273. His troubles be
gan when he was asked by Moorehouse:
"Do you know of your own knowledge
of any telegrams sent by any member of
the Snate or nceived by any member of
the Senate to influence his vote for this
bill?'
"I shall decline to answer," said the
witness, and then pleaded not to be asked
to violate the confidence that he intimated
had been placed in him, whicn. he said he
would have to do if he replied.
Dickinson ruled the reason was neither
good nor valid, and the witness again de
clined to answer.
"The committee will take the matter
under advisement," sententiously and
significantly remarked the chairman, and
then excused the wi ness for the present.
Superintendent Jaynes was put on the
stand and said that if any telegrams that
the committee desired were sufficiently
identified to come within the decision of
the Supreme Court on the matter he
would on Monday produce them, and
Clunie was given the privilege of drafting
the subpenas duces tecum for such tele
grams, so that the Examiner could have
no cause for complaint.
In connection with the present investi
gation it is pertinent to recall the course
of the Examiner in Ihe notorious Brnner
case. It then had facts and allowed its
reporters to go on the stand and testify
freely and fully as to all they knew. If it
has facts now, is the question asked by
legislators, why don't it produce them
ana aid the investigating committee, in
stead of arraying itself in a defiant atti
tude against the committee?
It is understood thai on Monday the
necessary resolutions citing the two re
calcitrant witnesses to appear before the
bar of the Senate, and asking that they be
imprisoned for contempt, will be intro
duced in the Senate.
MOFFITT'S EXPLANATION.
Tolls Why He Called Lawrence a
"Liar, Crook and Boodllngr
Blackguard."
OAKLAND, Cal., March s.— Mr. Mof
fitt said to-nisrht: "At the instance of this
fellow Lawrence I was subpenaed to Sac
ramento to testify before the investigation
committee. There was no reason fcr
sending for me except that I am a friend
of Colonel Hay ward, against whom there
is a big tight. I never knew of tbe Hale &
Norcross bill and have not asked a mem
ber of the Legislature to vote for or ayair.st
any measure of any kind this session. In
obedenca to the subpena I went to
Sacramento.
"Mr. Hay ward was also sent for. When
Lawrence saw me there with Mr. Hay
ward he concluded that lie would roast all
of Mr. Hayward's friends, knowing that I
never would have been there if he (Law
rence) had not sent for me. Accordingly,
this morning he printed a lot of personal
references to myself, concerning wtiich
there is not a word of truth, and when he
passed me in front of the Golden Eagle
Hotel I concluded I would denounce him.
It is true that I did use some language
that no newspaper could piint. I also
used some that stung him, I guess, pretty
deep. He acted like a cur in not resent
ing what I called him, and sixty seconds
would cover the whole episode. Yes, I
sa id Lawrence was interested in the Hale
& Norcross judgment.
"I do not know this, bat I have betn
told it. I called him a liar, a crook and a
boodhng blackguard and many other
things. I was not dot, but I thought that
the scrub should ba called down. There
were many present and they all seemed
triad. While I consider myself even witn
Lawrence, I did not by any means fire off
all my ammunition and I cannot now tell
how far I may be forced to fo in dealing
with Lawrence. There was no reason for
Lawrence jnmi in? me in the first place,
and it is only human nature for one to re
taliate when he has the whip hand."
Sir.rt.Ji S. BUBLiCAXt,.
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WASHINGTON, D. C, March 5.-
Charles A. Towne of Minnesota, whoso
term as Representative expired on March
4, and woo has been named as the pro
visional chairman of tl)«* National Com
mittee of the Republican Silver party,
rinds that the call issued a fortnight ago
for a meeting of that committee at Chi
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LOVELAND, Ohio, March s.— An extra^
freigh; crashed into the Royal Blue flier ]
of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
this morning in the fog, wrecKing the
rear sleeper. It was reported at first that
several persons had been killed, but it is
now believed that none were fatally hurt.
Doctors from here helped the few in
jured. Floods and washouts bad torn
down the telegraph wires and caused the
accident.
AURORA, Isd., March s.— The fast
newpaper train on i' c Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern was wrecked this morning,
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Chicago Building 'Jrndea to Ii" lid Up.
CHICAGO, 111., March s.— Fully 4000
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morning a.ainst a reduction in wages.
With the hodoarriers 2500 members of the
Building Trades Council will go out, and
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BALTIMORE, Md., March s.— The Bal
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copal Church voted to-day— loo to 65—
against the admi-sion of women to the
g- neral conference. The proposition to
give laymen equal representation with
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Bradley this morning appointed Major
Wood United States Senator to sncceed
Blackburn. The Governor also called an
extra cession of the Legislature for March
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