2
NO WAR MEDAL
FOR ROOSEVELT
Considered to \-\a\ie but Done His
Duty in the El Caney
Charge.
NEW TORK, April 11— Washington correspondent of the Herald
telegraphs: Theodore Roosevelt will not receive a medal of honor in rec
ognition of gallantry displayed by him in leading his regiment up San
Juan Hill. This is the decision of the board which has been considering
the cases of officers and men entitled to medals, brevets, certificates of
• merit and honorable mention for their conduct during the war with
Spain.
The board has decided Colonel Roosevelt, while behaving bravely,
only performed his duty in leading his men, as reward for which he re
ceived two brevets, and that he did not perform any action which
would entitle him to a medal of honor.
I was told to-day the board would recommend that less than twenty
five officers and men receive medals of honor. They performed acts of
gallantry not contemplated in their orders and which exposed them to
grave personal danger.
It is understood the board will submit its report within a few days
and will then be dissolved. A new board probably will soon be ap
pointed, consisting of Brigadier General Schwan and Major Carter, mem
bers of the present board, to report upon the cases of officers recom
mended for reward for gallantry displayed in. fighting against Filipino
insurgents.
the foothills to the right of the rail
road. Later the enemy attacked the
outposts of the Minnesota regiment be
tween Bigaa and Bocave, five miles
south of Malolos, killing two men and
wounding fourteen.
Simultaneously the outposts of the
Oregon regiment at Marilac, the next
station on the way to Manila, were at
tacked with the result that three Amer
icans were killed and two were wound
ed. The less of the enemy was ten men
killed and six wounded. The Ameri
cans also captured two prisoners.
Troops were concentrated along the
railroads as thickly as possible and the
rebels were driven back to the foothills.
The roadbed of the railroad was dam
aged, but it was repaired almost Im
mediately and traffic was soon resumed
through to Malolos.
It is supposed that many of the
rebels who attacked General Mac A
rthur's line of communication and who
were repulsed by the troops command
ed by General Wheaton were natives
who entered the region in the guise of
friendliness. They had seemingly se
creted arms in several places and fired
on the Americans from the bushes at
so close a range that they could be
heard talking. One of the Filipinos
yelled in English:
"We will give you damned Americans
enough of this before we are through."
The rebels undermined the railroad
at Marilao and unspiked the rails in
an effort to wreck the train while the
railroad gang participated in the fight.
The work of the rebels was discovered
and repaired before a train arrived.
General Wheaton is preparing to pun
ish the Filipinos.
The military gunboat Oeste, from the
lake, has brought thirty-two rebel
wounded, one Filipino and six wouHded
Americans to the hospital.
It is now known that ninety-three in
surgents were killed in the capture of
Santa Cruz.
DEWEY'S OPINION
OF THE FILIPINOS
' WASHINGTON, April 11— Admiral
Dewey has written to the Secretary of
the Navy as follows, respecting the
capabilities of the Filipinos:
MANILA, Feb. 23.— The good effects po
litically of taking the natives into the ser
vice of the Government have not been lost
sight of, and from the first large numbers
of them have been employed at the Ca
vite naval station as mechanics and la
borers in coaling and in manning tugs
and launches.
I regret to state that the latter experi
ment has been only a partial success, as
nearly all of the mechanics and laborers
left on the outbreak of hostilities between
the United States and the Filipinos, and
are now believed to be in Filipinos' ranks.
I am unable to state how much of this
I was due to intimidation and forcible im
pressment Into the army by the so-called
Filipino republic, but from the statement
of some few who returned and the fact
that nearly all those who live in the coal
lighters and turrets— that Is, under our
immediate protection, have remained, it
would appear that intimidation was a
large factor in the disappearance of the
workmen. It Is well known that the Agui
naldo Government is a severe military
despotism.
"Although under the rule of the United
States the character of the natives will
certainly Improve, a sudden change is not
to be expected. A few of them might be
employed on transports and vessels of
that kind: indeed, the Filipino quarter
masters who have been serving on the
Nanshang and Zaflro since the purchase
of these vessels have always been Satis
factory, but because of their long asso
ciations with Americans and Englishmen
> they belong to a class apart from the
) great mapority."
/ •
AGONCILLO LIES
LIKE A TAGALLO
LONDON, April 11.— Agoncillo, the
agent of Aguinaldo, who is still In
Paris, suffering from influenza, has
written a letter to the Associated Press
Baying:
"It is absolutely false that Aguinaldo
is willing to accept an autonomist sys
tem similar to that in India. The
Filipinos and their Government have
only one — absolute independence—
as the only source of general welfare."
PARIS. April 11.— In an interview
printed in the Patrie to-day, Agoncillo
was quoted as saying*.. "The Americans
have fully realized that they will never
subdue the Filipinos and that the
policy of Major General Otis has com
pletely failed. The Filipinos have re
solved to defend themselves to the
death. They have in their power 1500
American prisoners. The wet season
is arriving and fever will soon attack
the American troops and disorganize
them. During* this enforced truce we
are increasing the strength of our or
ganization. The cause of the Fili
pinos, therefore, is far from desperate."
THE BLACK PLAGUE
APPEARS AT HONGKONG
WASHINGTON, April 11.— A cable
gram received at the State Department
from United States Consul Wildman at
Hongkong contains a single word
"plague," thereby announcing the an
nual appearance of the disease on the
Chinese coast. It will require the most
energetic efforts on the part of our
medical officers at Manila to prevent
the plague from being Imported from
Hongkong.
SHAFTER GUEST OF HONOR.
WASHINGTON. April 11.— President
this evening entertained Major General
William R. Shafter, Major General Wheel
er and Adjutant General Corbln, General
Shafter having been invited to dine with
the President as the guest of honor. With
his aid. Captain Plummer. General Shaft
er left to-night for the East, to spend a
day with Fred Bowenat Lake wood. N. J..
and after brief stops in Michigan and Il
linois will be back at San Francisco with
in ten days to resume command of the
department of the Pacific.
QUAY SEEKING TO
BAR BANK BOOKS
Opposes Their Admis
sion as Evidence.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
PHILADELPHIA, April 11. -In the
trial of ex-Senator Quay to-day his law
yers began what is regarded as the all
important contention in their fight for
his acquittal— namely that the books of j
the broken People's Bank are not compe
tent testimony against the accused man j
and therefore should not be admitted in j
evidence. On the decision of this point j
rests the entire fabric of the prosecu
tion's case. Should Judge Biddle decide
the point well taken the commonwealth's
case will necessarily collapse.
In order to obtain the most effective
presentation of this phase of the defense
Mr. Quay- brought to his aid the skill
of David K. Watson of Pittsburg, one j
of the ablest attorneys in Pennsylvania,
ranking, in fact, with the best of the
country. Mr. Watson spoke on this sub
ject for nearly two hours this afternoon,
and had the almost breathless attention
of a room filled with the legal lights of j
the local and State bar. Many of these i
lawyers expressed the opinion that Mr. '
Watson made a very strong argument. ;
What its effect will be upon the Judge
remains to be seen.
The District Attorney opened tin pro
ceedings in this phase of the case by of
fering in evidence the books of the bank,
extending over a number of years, and
along with them the account books, j
letter-press book and letters from Sena
tor Quay and State Treasurer Haywood,
found in the desk of Cashier Hopkins af
ter that official had committed suicide. j
He read, a long summary of what the
books and papers showed and stated what
he expected to prove by them, to wit:
That through a conspiracy with Cashier
Hopkins, State Treasurer Haywood and
other State-Treasurers and possibly other
officials of the bank. Senator Quay used a
fixed amount of State money deposited ;
In the institution and received interest
on another fixed portion of the State de
posit. Much of the evidence offered by
the District Attorney was brought out at
the preliminary hearing on October 5
last. There was some new matter, how
ever, dealing principally with the amount
of money loaned by the bank to Mr.
Quay, and, during the past twelve or
fourteen years, the amount paid to him
and other State Treasurers on State de
posits.
Mr. Watson contended that the mere j
fact that bank clerks, with no personal '
knowledge of the truth of what they
were writing, entered certain figures in
a book, which figures purported to repre
sent interest paid to Senator Quay, was I
no proof that the money had been re- j
ceived by him or that there had been any j
intention to pay it to him. This argu
ment Is in line with the defense's con- i
tention that Mr. Quay was the victim of
Hopkins, who used the Senators-n ame to
cover up his own : illegal transactions.
Mr. Watson also attacked the indictment,
declaring it to be fatally defective.
Judge Piddle probably will decide to
morrow whether the books of the bank
are admissible. If he declares they are,
Mr. Quay's lawyers will next take up the \
memorandum books and letters belonging
to Hopkins and oppose their introduction
as valid testimony. Previous to the pres
entation of the bank books by Mr. Roth
ermell the examination of Receiver Bar-*
, low was concluded and ex-Judge James
Gordon, who, the adherents of Senator
Quay declare, Is responsible for what they,
term the conspiracy against their favor
it., gave testimony In corroboration and
explained Mr. Barlow's statement.
Mr. Barlow created a sensation by the
statement that he had broken open the
dead cashier's desk and taken therefrom ;
I the books and letters appertaining to the ;
: Quay trial at the behest of a mysterious j
i informant who spoke to him over the tel- !
ephone from Harrlsburg and said there j
was a plot on hand to steal the compro
mising documents that night. He was, ■
, he said, never able to learn who his mys
terious friend was. The fact was
f leaned from Mr. Barlow that the bank
books and letters were practically in the
control of Judge Gordon from April until
September of last year. He considered
this proper, as Judge Gordon was the con
fidential adviser of President McManes of
: the bank. -;;. ■-■'::
Judge Gordon gave his testimony In a
quiet, convincing manner. He deprecated
the stories of conspiracy against Senator
Quay that have persistently been put Into
circulation, and frankly answered every
question asked regarding the use he made
of the papers while he had them. He ad
mitted that they had been photographed
at his suggestion, but merely for pur
poses of safety in the event of the orig
inals being destroyed. He also admitted
having shown them to David Martin, the
leader of the anti-Quay faction; to John
Wanamaker, a bitter opponent of Sena
' tor Quay, and to others, including a par
tial exhibition of letters to James M.
( Guffey, the Democratic leader of this
State, but not in the manner hinted at by
the defense.
Judge Gordon asked permission of the
! Judge to make a statement of his connec
: tion' with the case, but the entire array
of Quay counsel objected instantly, and I
j what undoubtedly would have proved In
teresting reading was thus shut off.
COLONEL WHEELER DEAD.
LOS ANGELES. April 11. -Colonel John
O. Wheeler, a pioneer of Los Angeles
County, died of old age this morning at
Redondo. He was in his eightieth year.
Colonel Wheeler was born In Connecti
cut and came across the continent In
1849. He reached Los Angeles in 1850 and
engaged In merchandising. In 1854 he and
William Butts started the Southern Call
fornlan, a weekly newspaper published In
English and Spanish. He held a number
of public positions here and in San Fran
cisco. His widow and three daughters
survive him. The daughters are Mrs.
William Prtdham of Los Angeles. Mrs.
Clay M. Greene of New York and Mrs. F.
H. McCormick of Alameda. The remains
will be taken to San Francisco for in
terment. • • ,v .
'_ , _
Resigns His Pastorate.
SAN JOSE. April 11.— Rev. J. B. Wake
field, the well-known Episcopal clergy
man, has on account of ill-health resigned
the pastorate of Trinity Church here, to
take effect on September 1. Dr. Wake
field has been pastor of the church for
fifteen years.
Stationery and printing, visiting cards
and invitation's at Sanborn & Vail's, 741
Market street. •
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1899.
FORGERY OF
HENRY HAD
NO WEIGHT
Did Not Influence General
Pellieux Against
Dreyfus.
TESTIMONY OF GONZE
Admits That the Exile's Alleged
Confessions Were Only "Par
tial Avowals."
■ ■
Sr>eclal Dispatch to The Call.
• PARIS, April 12*.— Figaro, con
tinuing its publication of the evidence
given before the Court of Cassation in
the Dreyfus revision Inquiry, gives to
day the beginning of General Gonze's
deposition. General Gonze told the
court that he received from Colonel
Sandherr toward the end of 1894 the
bordereau which came into the hands
of Lieutenant Colonel Henry. It reached
the latter piecemeal and was recon
structed by him with the assistance of
various officers. It gave rise to a long
and minute investigation by experts on
handwriting, with I the result that sus
picion fell upon Dreyfus.
When interrogated regarding the
communication of secret documents to
the court-martial General Gonze re
fused to reply, but said he learned in
directly of the confessions of Dreyfus
on the evening of his degradation, and
on the folio-wing day he (General Gonze)
took Captain Le Brun Renaud to the
Minister of War (General Mercier), to
whom Captain Le Brun Renaud repeated
his statements. At the same time he
(Gonze) addressed a letter to the chief
of 4 the general staff (General de'Bois
deffre), in which he alluded to the con
fessions as "partial , avowals, mixed
with reticences and falsehoods."
With reference to Colonel Picquart's
endeavors to substitute Comte Ester
hazy for Dreyfus General Gonze ex
plained that Picquart never told mm
Henry's document was a forgery, and,
in fact, Picquart had not seen it.
After describing how Colonel Pic
quart came to be sent to Tunis, the
witness reverted to the secret dossier,
asserting that it came into Picquart's
hands in August, 1896. On September
3 of that year, he said, Picquart pre
sented him with a dossier he had
formed against Esterhazy, together
with the Petit Bleu, which appeared to
him suspicious because it did not bear
a postage stamp and had not arrived
regularly addressed.
General Gonze declared General Pel
lieux was not influenced by the Henry
forgery. Interrogated regarding the
cipher telegram from a foreign at
tache, dated. November 2, 1894, he said
it looked suspicious, two different ver
sions being given, and the Foreign Min
ister decided to exclude it from the
Dreyfus dossier. In ? May of last year
the Minister for War wanted to obtain
this document, but M. Hanotaux, Min
ister of Foreign Affairs at that time,
refused to deliver it. General Gonze
said he had not seen the exact text of
the two versions, but he remembered
that Colonel Sandherr brought him one
, version containing the words "emis
salre parvenu." A few days later Sand
herr showed him an entirely different
text.
General Gonze declared he was ignor
ant of Esterhazy's relations with the
general staff, though aware of the im
prudences committed by Colonel Paty
dv Clam. •He assured the court he
knew* nothing of the relations between
Esterhazy and Sandherr and had found
no evidence that Sandherr paid Ester
hazy. ""V
KILLED HIMSELF WHEN
ORDERED TO PARIS
Locrimier's Suicide Followed by the
Receipt of an Anonymous
Message.
PARIS, April 11.— The suicide of Lieu
tenant Colonel Henry in the fortress of
Mont Valerlen, Paris, last August gave
Locrlmler, his secretary, such a shock
that his brain was affected and he was
placed on the retired list as a hopeless
invalid. Since that time the former ser
geant major of artillery has resided at
San Quentln, in a chatelet there, with his
family and his father-in-law. He recov
ered his health somewhat, but never spoke
of the Dreyfus drama, which evidently
preyed upon his mind.
Last Saturday he received a telegram,
not from the Minister of War, as was
first alleged, but an unsigned dispatch,
ordering him to proceed to Paris imme
j diately to place himself at the disposal
"de gui de droit" (one who has the right
to order you thus). Locrimier spent the
rest of Saturday preparing for \ the jour
ney and killed himself that night.
It is remarked as curious that through
out the whole agitation Locrlmler's name
had never been mentioned. There seems
no doubt, however, that he could have
i thrown some light upon, the affair, es
pecially regarding the mysterious death
j of Lermercier Pickard, the detective, un
derstood to have been employed In the
I Dreyfus affair, who was found hanging
, ln his lodgings in circumstances which
did not point conclusively to suicide.
When Colonel Picquart was placed or!
trial last September, on a charge of re
vealing documents concerning the na
tional defense the public prosecutor
asked for an adjournment on the ground
that the Minister of War had decided to
prosecute him for forgery and using
forged documents. M. La Boric. his
counsel. Indignantly opposed the adjourn
ment, alleging that its object was to de
liver Picquart into the clutches of the
military authorities. The Judges of the
Correctional Tribunal decided to grant
the adjournment, whereupon Picquart,
as he was about to be led away to Im
prisonment, made the folowlng sensa
tional statement:
"This is perhaps the last time I shall
speak in public. I shall sleep perhaps in
the military prison of Cherche Midi.
Therefor© I wish to declare if I find the
strangling cord of Lermercler Pickard or
the razor of Colonel Henry It will be mur
der, for I have no idea of committing
suicide." . ' '
HENRY ROBINSON DEAD.
LOS OLIVOS. April 11. -Henry Robin
son. ex-State Senator and for many years
active in California politics, died suddenly
at Santa Ynez this morning at 10 o'clock.
He had been a sufferer from Brlght's dis
ease for several years.
As editor of the Santa Ynez Argus, the
I deceased was very active In securing the
: Zaca Lake reserve, bis last editorial deal
ing with this popular subject. As a writer
i he was fearless almost to a fault, and
j transgressors here have cause, to remem
ber, his penlashing to their sorrow. He
1 wax a native of Massachusetts, 74 years
iof age. He will be buried at Oak Hill
Cemetery at Ballard to-morrow.
DR. BELL FOR MODERATOR.
SAX JOSE, April 11.— The United Pres
byterian Presbytery and the Woman's
Presbyterian Missionary Society of San
Francisco district convened in annual
session at the United Presbyterian Church
here to-day. Dr. H. H. Bell of San Fran
cisco was elected moderator of the pres
bytery for the ensuing year. Dr. Maria
White of San Jose was elected president
of the missionary society.
SHAFTER COMES
TO THE AID OF
ALGER AND EAGAN
Testifies That If Soldiers Lacked
Good Food It Was Their
Own Fault.
WASHINGTON, April 11.— Major Gen
eral Shafter was the principal witness
before the beef inquiry board to-day. His
statement differed little from his testi
mony before the war Investigation com
mittee. He had eaten the canned roast
beef. cold and found it not disagreeable.
The refrigerated beef was as fine as any
he had ever eaten. The men who suf
fered for lack of food had only them
selves to blame. If there had been mis
takes Congress, which provided the ra
tions and clothing of the soldiers, was
responsible. He admitted that he • had
never heard of canned roast beef before
the war. While it was not very pala
table in the tropics, he thought it would
be very good in a cold climate.
Some of the Pennsylvania volunteers
gave direct testimony as to the tainted
character of the refrigerated beef and
the canned roast beef. One of them tes
tified that the beef aboard the Mississippi
had maggots in it.
Major General Shafter entered the
courtroom unacompanied, and all the
members arose to receive him. He de
tailed the main events connected with
the Santiago expedition in narrative
form. The quantity of supplies taken
was largely determined by the capacity
of the ships. He had no discretion in
the matter of rations. He took what was
sent to him by the commissary depart
ment. It was utterly Impracticable to
take beef on the hoof. He regarded the
proposition as absurd. Had he encoun
tered an active enemy they might have
lost a beef herd. In any event it would
have been imperatively necessary to take
the same amount of salt and cured meat
to provide against such a contingency.
After the troops were landed he ordered
all troops forward with three days' ra
tions, '_ne meat ration was not specified.
Each commander determined whether it
should be bacon or roast beef. He heard
no complaint of the canned roast beef be
tween the time of landing and the sur
render. He heard no complaints until
after his return from Cuba. Naturally,
in such a climate, it was not appetizing.
He ate it every day himself. The troops
were supplied with full rations of meat,
hard bread, coffee and sugar. There were
one or two days when the full ration of
coffee and sugar did not reach them, but
it was made up the next day. The ques
tion of supplying the troops was the dif
ficult one; t he-rest was easy. There were
no complaint" from Washington. The
health of the troops was fairly good up
to the time of the surrender. The sick re
port on July 16 would show but 1000 men
sick, but the troops had been weakened,
and after the surrender went down rap
idly. The first case of yellow fever was
reported on the 6th. He recalled only one
complaint against the refrigerator beef;
he thought that came from the Seventh
or Ninth Infantry.
He took great interest in the refriger
ated beef, and from his investigation pro
nounced it perfectly satisfactory. Sus
picion that it had been chemically treated
was never even suggested at that time.
He attributed the immense amount of
sickness to exposure, the exertions of an
active campaign and the climate.
Major Lee cross-examined General Shaft
er. In a report forwarded by Colonel
Roosevelt some complaints were made,
but he did not regard them as important,
as the emergency had passed. Major Lee
read from Colonel Roosevelt's report of
WOULD EXHUME
CHINESE DEAD
Sacramento Trustees in
a Quandary.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SACRAMENTO. April 11— The Mayor
and Board of Trustees are confronted
by an interesting problem. For many
years past it, has been the practice to
bury the Chinese dead In the Helvetia
Cemetery, which is the property of. the
city. Lots have grown to be of value
In the section of the cemetery occupied
by the Chinese, and notice was recently
given of the Intention of the authorities
to remove the bodies.
The Chinese are jealous of their dead,
and when the determination of the au
thorities was manifest the merchants of
Chinatown formed a pool and employed
counsel to guard against the threatened
desecration. The bodies number .about
500, and' under the law the city is enti
tled to a fee of $10 for every exhumation.
Mayor Land has signified his intention
to enforce the collection of such a fee in
every case, and there Is a prospect of in
teresting legal entanglements.
The Chinese, as is well known, have a.
custom of temporarily Interring the bod
ies of their dead in the local cemeteries
and then sending them back, duly tick
eted, to the mother country, where the
remains are supposed to enjoy a quiet
and peace not possible elsewhere. These
removals are made from time to time,
according to the ability of the relatives
of the deceased to meet the expense,
which is usually $45 in each case. includ
ing the $10 exhumation fee, transporta
tion and delivery to agents in China-
The Chinese Companies, with headquar
ters In San Francisco, have sent word
here that they cannot afford to ship the
500 bodies back in a batch and they ob
ject also to paying the $10 fee asked for
in each case. They have Informed the
local authorities that they will ship the
bodies in small consignments from time
to time If permitted to do so, but. they
protest against the arbitrary determina
tion of the authorities to remove the
bodies without consulting their wishes.
Major W. A. Anderson of counsel for
the Chinese, asserts that he will cause
the Imprisonment of every official in any
way concerned in such a step and he will
not stop even at the Mayor. He declares
that in each case the cemetery fee was
paid for the interment of the Chinese,
and nobody has a right to disturb their
bodies. _____________________ _•.'*»?-■':
PROMINENT WOMEN
COMING TO THE COAST
Officers of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union to Visit
Santa Ana./
LOS ANGELES. April 11.— Mrs. L. M.
N. Stevens and Miss Anna A. Gordon,
president and vice president of the Na
tional Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, will attend the California State
Convention of the organization, to be held
on May 8 to 11 at Santa Ana. Mrs. Ste
vens and Miss Gordon will arrive in Los
Angeles on the evening of May 4. On May
5 a reception In their honor will be given
from 5 to 10 p. m. Mrs. Mary A. Kinney,
State president of the. Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, will deliver the ad
dress of welcome, and there will be talks
by other Woman's Christian Temperance
Union officers. In the evening Mayor
Eaton will deliver an address of welcome
on behalf of the city. A children's mass
meeting will be held on the' following Sun
day at the First Baptist Church, and in
the evening of the same day Mrs. Stevens
will deliver, a discourse.
After attending the State convention,
Mrs. Stevens and Miss Gordon will go to
Ventura and Santa Barbara. Mrs. Ste
vens was assistant recording secretary of
the National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union before the death of Frances
EG. Willard. and prominent in temperance
work. This will be i her first visit to the
coast. Miss Gordon was Miss Willard's
private secretary for a number of years.
She is a musician of much ability.
the action of July 1. saying his troops had
no food on that day except what they
captured from the Spaniards.
"If they did not have food it was their
own fault," observed General Shafter.
"They were ordered to provide themselves
with two days', rations."
As to Colonel Roosevelt's statement that
they did not have adequate food or medi
cal supplies, that was a matter of opin
ion. They had their rations provided by
law. If the rations of the Rough Riders
gave out en route to Cuba it was the fault
of their officers, who should have drawn
supplies to keep ten days' supply on hand,
as he had ordered.
] Q. From your experience do you regard can-
I ned roast beef as a suitable meat ration for
| such a campaign?
A. I do not know of any substitute.
Q. Could corned beef be better.
A. Possibly it is not so good as bacon, but it
depends upon the individual taste. I myself
think there misht have been less meat and
more beans and rice. Campaigning in the
tropics was new to us and it was an experi
mental food. Certainly we all recognize now
that the rations were not well adapted to such
a campaign, but it was all we had and we
did the best we could. Congress provides the
army rations.
General Shafter detailed a conversation
with Commissary General Eagan about
the canned roast beef, which he (Shafter)
at that time believed was genuine roast
beef. Asked if after all that had occurred
he considered canned roast beef worthy
of a further trial, General Shafter reiter
ated his statement that he knew of no
substitute. His own preference would be
for clean bacon, but while uninviting and
not palatable he did not consider canned
roast beef unfit for food. Any canned
meat in such a high temperature that
when opened the grease would run off
would be far from appetizing. But he
would not therefore condemn lt. In a
cold climate he would regard the canned
roast beef as very good Indeed. To carry
fresh beef on the hoof he regarded as
absolutely out of the question.
None of the division commanders-
Wheeler, Kent or Lawton— had approved
of the ration officially. : v. -
"If there had been complaints to them,"
he said, "I hardly think they have re
ported it. They were sensible men. It
was all we had. Nothing could have been
done." jUPiiuy
He mentioned the opinion that 1 per
cent of the refrigerated' beef was thrown
away. At the conclusion of General
Shatter's testimony the court took a re
cess.
A. A. Kirk, a cook of Philadelphia City
troops, testified at the afternoon session
that he saw refrigerated beef aboard the
Massachusetts that had spoiled. In
Porto Rico the troop bought its own beef
on the hoof. He declared that one-third
of the canned beef he saw was unfit fo».
use.
John W. Springer of New Cumberland,
Pa., who acted as commissary sergeant
of the Governor's troop of Philadelphia,
testified that fully halt the canned roast
beef was unfit to eat.
Arthur W. Feight of Carlisle, Pa., also
of ■ the Governor's troop, thought that
one-fourth of the canned beef was spoiled
and one-half unfit for use. Maggots were
found in the beef aboard the Mississippi.
Lieutenant Alexander Frank of Cincin
nati, commissary and subsistence officer
of the First Ohio, which was at Port
Tampa during June and July, testified
that the canned roast beef made the men
sick. As commissary officer he had re
fused a considerable quantity of the beef
furnished by Armour. It was tainted. At
Jacksonville, he said. Armour issued short
weight beef.
CONSOLIDATION OF
STREET RAILWAYS
Two San Jose Systems
to Be Combined.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAN JOSE. April 31.— San Jose and
Santa Clara electric railway and the First
street electric railroad will, unless nego
tiations now pending fail, be consolidated
in the near future, and San Jose will then
have one of the best systems of street
railways on the coast. Messrs. Henry and
Burke, owners of the San Jose and Santa
Clara road, have been trying to obtain
possession of the rival concern for some
time, and during the last few days ar
rangements have been nearly completed.
The First street road, under the owner
ship of Jacob Rich, became embarrassed
three years ago and It was placed in the
hands of Receivers J. W. Findlay and
Henry Alvord. • Rich went through insol
vency and the road passed from his hands.
There is a first mortgage Indebtedness of
$200,000 and a second mortgage of $100,000.
Suit to foreclose the first mortgage was
brought, and yesterday Judge Fyland of
the Superior Court rendered a decree or
dering the property sold as an entirety
within thirty days. T. E. Johnson was ap
pointed commissioner to conduct the sale.
Out of the proceeds will come the costs of
the county, which are heavy. The decree
then provides that Receivers Findlay and
Alvord shall each have $250 a month from
the time their service commenced, which
is about three years; $2000 shall be paid on
receivers' certificates for rails purchased
and improvements made; $5000 to Jackson
Hatch, attorney for the receivers, and
$200,000 to the German Savings and Loan
Society of San Francisco, holders of the
first mortgage. 'The residue from the sale
is to be paid into the court for the benefit
of the second mortgage bondholder,. This
latter class will receive but little.
: It is pretty certain that the German
Savings and Loan Society will buy the
road whan sold, and in turn will sell to
Messrs. Henry and Burke. George Tour
ny, secretary of the German Savings
and Loan Society, and^eA_torney W. S.
Goodfellow have been In the city several
days conducting negotiations with Hen
ry and Burke. To-morrow Burke will go
to San Francisco to further arrange mat
ters. It is not known just what the
terms are. but it is thought to be a pay
ment of just enough to cover the costs
and first mortgage.
The First street road is valued at about
$300,000. although Jacob Rich claims it
cost $400,000 to build and equip ten years
ago. It is about fifteen miles long. It
extends the entire length of the city on
First street to Oak Hill Cemetery, with
branch lines running to Delmas avenue
and Into the Second and' Third Wards and
Bedding street. The road is in poor con
dition and much repairing will have to be
done..
The San Jose and Santa Clara electric
road extends from East San Jose to San
ta Clara, and is about five miles In length.
The consolidation will give Messrs. Hem y
and Burke about twenty miles of line. In
all probability transfers, will be given and
the people will enjoy the benefit of one
line, ■ - ■ -
MURDERED BEFORE HIS
WIFE AND CHILDREN
Joseph Rodgers Killed by Oliver
Emerson on a Ranch Near
Jamestown. ■
• JAMESTOWN, April 11.— At the Emer
son ranch, four miles east of here, Oliver
Emerson shot and almost instantly killed
Joseph Rodgers, lessee of the place, this
morning. Bad blood has existed between
the men for. some time. Emerson was re-
I cently put under $5000 bonds to keep the
, peace. After having shot his victim Em
erson went to Sonora and surrendered to
I the authorities. Rodgers was a good citi-
I sen. and . the father of a large family.
Several of his children, with their moth
-1 er,* were witnesses of the tragedy.
MRS, MURDOCK'S
FIRST VICTORY
Famous Note Introduced
in Evidence.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WILLOWS, April 11— The attempt of |
the attorneys- for the defense to prevent ;
the introduction in evidence of the $100,000 •
note which is the basis* of Mary Helen j
Murdock's claim to a large share of the •
estate of the late William Murdock j
failed to-day. After the arguments of
counsel on the point raised yesterday had
been concluded, Superior Judge Pirkey
ruled In favor of the plaintiff, and the
note was introduced as part of the evi
dence in the case.
Gawn Murdock, the plaintiff's husband,
continued his testimony. He said he was j
in Chico when the note was made in
September, 1577. When he went home a j
few days later he was shown the note. |
During the time he was in Chico and i
after the note was signed he met William
Murdock', and the uncle told him that he i
had been at the home of the witness and '
had made the note for $100,000 in full settle- -
ment of the accounts between himself
and Samuel Murdock, and had received
the $20,000 the witness had paid to Samuel j
Murdock a few days before. After
reaching hime Gawn. at his wife's re
quest, made a copy of the note, as his :
father had requested a copy. The wit
ness said that he saw many sums of I
money paid to William Murdock by his I
father (Samuel), these transactions run- j
ning from IS6I to 1877, the date of the j
note. I
After he returned home from Chico and |
made a copy of the note the original was
put into a glass bottle. This bottle was
sealed, put Into another bottle.and the
larger bottle placed in a powder-can and
burled in the stable, where it remained
for ten years. In 1887 the note was taken
up and taken to Sacramento.where a trade
was being negotiated for a lot of land,
the note to be used as part of the pur
chase price. The note was at this time
presented to William Murdock by the per
sons who were expecting to take it, and
William Murdock said it was all right
and would be paid at maturity.
The witness testified that William Mur
dock acknowledged the note in Sacra
mento in 1890. The witness positively
identified the note as the one he saw upon
his return from Chico. He was still on
the stand at the adjournment of court.
Charles Dudley Warner 111.
NEW YORK, April 11.— A special to the
I Tribune from New Orleans says Charles
j Dudley Warner is seriously ill. ;,. •
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ef{p, it is the myriads of birds that
announce the opening of bright days.
They bring us promise of renewed health
and strength. They teach us a lesson,
which is to set our human house in
order by thoroughly cleansing our blood,
in fact, making it new, pure and bright.
There is only one real specific with
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Hood's Sarsaparilla, America's Greatest
Spring Medicine, which never disappoints.
As a purifier, its work is thorough, and
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IMMENSE CROPS
IN SAN JOAQUIN
Grain Yield Promises to
Be Enormous. ,
Special Dispatch to The Call.
STOCKTON. April 10.— The outlook for
the wheat crop in San Joaquin County is
nothing short of magnificent. The crop
is no longer dependent upon the rainfall
-in fact, it will be better if there be
nothing more than light showers; or, bet
ter still, no rain at all. The grain is now
growing so thick that many farmers say
a rain, accompanied by any wind, would
beat the stalks down, and the thickness
of the vegetation would prevent the
straightening necessary for heading.
Since the late rains a mass of sprouts
have come up and are so tender that they
would be easily broken. As it is, they are
fast reaching the height of the first com-
The farmers have ceased to estimate
the number of bushels they will have to
the acre if conditions continue favorable.
Everything points to an early harvest,
and it will have been many years since
the reapers went through such fields.
The hay yield cuts no inconsiderable
figure in the calculations of the farmers.
They have learned by the sad experience
of the last two years that hay costs
money. Places which a few months ago
were barren are now a mass of green,
which in a few weeks will become golden,
bringing happiness to the entire section.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
NEW YORK. April 11.— A special cable
to the Journal from London says: Jame
son Davis, director of the corporation that
has charge of the wireless telegraphy em
ployed by Professor Marconi, said to-day
to .the Journal correspondent that the
company had been solicited by a New
York syndicate, which desired to acquire
j sole rights for the use of the Marconi sys
tem across the Atlantic between the Brit
-1 ish Isles and America.
While the directors of the Marconi Com
; pany had not yet considered the proposi
, tion, in Mr. Davis' opinion they probably
i desired that an arrangement be made.
— •
Soquel Resident Dies.
SANTA CRUZ. April 11.— John Bond
died at Soquel yesterday at the age of 85
years. He was a native of New York.
The body was shipped this morning to
Fresno for interment.
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