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INCREASE OF REVENUE.
How Treasury Officials
Hope to Meet the
Deficit.
THEY RELY ON WHISKY.
One Plan Is to Tax All Papers
Used for Commercial
Purposes.
NO RAISE ON THE BEER RATES.
But Last of All Expenses Can Be
Met by Using; "Borrowed"
Money.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2. -The
question of raising sufficient revenue is
still demanding the attention of the Presi
dent and Secretary of the Treasury. It is
understood that there is a decided re
luctance on the part of both the President
and Secretary to resort to an additional
tax on beer, and it is not probable that
either party will take up that proposition
in Congress.
The recommendation of the President, it
is believed, , will be that a tax be put on
domestic wines offered for sale, upon pro
prietary medicines and cosmetics, and
upon notes, checks, drafts, mortgages and
all sorts of papers used in financial tran
sactions. It is calculated that this would
add about $20,000,000 a year to the revenue,
and it is hoped that the income from
whisky will grow, so as to make this
amount of new revenue sufficient.
About the only reliance of the treasury
for an increase of the revenue without leg
islation is in whisky. It is calculated that
this fall there will be heavy withdrawals
from bond, and that from about Septem
ber there will continue to be heavy with
drawals. If the most sanguine h_pes
should be realized the increase would be
about 516,000,000. The withdrawals during
the past year were about $6,000,000 short of
normal, and! the increased rate oi tax
would add about $10,000,000 at normal
withdrawal for consumption. The in
crease "may not come anywhere near this
amount. It is a maximum estimate. Yet
it is about all there is in sight, or even in
the range of speculation, to give hope of
substantial reduction of the deficiency of
about $.2,000,000. There appears very lit
tle prospect of anything being accom
plished through legislation. About the
only thing that can be relied upon is "sur
plus" cash, which represents part of the
new bonded debt. It is calculated that
this "surplus" of borrowed money is suffi
cient to meet any deficiency likely to oc
cur in the receipts for two years, and that
at the present rate it would take that long
to completely bankrupt the treasury. So
that if there is no legislative relief the
treasury can get along for a while on bor
rowed money.
DOES NOT MEAN A RUN.
Cause of the Withdrawal of Vast Sunu of \
Gold.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2.— Treas- j
ury officials were surprised this afternoon j
when informed that a demand had been
made on the sub-treasury at New York for
a considerable sum of gold for export.
The amount exceeds two millions and
opens up another gap which the Morgan
, Belmont bond syndicate may feel called
upon to fill. One million was called for
by the Bank of Montreal and upward of a
million and a quarter by coffee importing
houses. This withdrawal does not appear
in the statement issued to-day, as the
treasury has not been officially advised of
the transaction. According to the official
figures issued at 2 o'clock this afternoon
the reserve stands at $107,118,251, a loss
since yesterday of $118,251.
Acting Secretary Curtis says the with
drawal indicates nothing more than a de
sire on the part of American importers to
pay their debts as they fall due, the export
of gold at this season being occasioned by
the liquidation of foreign accounts. The
information came to Acting Secretary Cur
tis by long-distance telephone. The ship
ping of gold to the Montreal Bank is not,
the Secretary says, an unusual occurrence.
The bank has large credits in New York
and this call for gold is, he thinks, on ac
count of a demand for settlement. Mr.
Curtis scouts at the idea of any attempted
run on the treasury gold.
THE WALLERS NEED HELP.
Assistance for Wife and Children to Be
Asked.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2.—lnfor
mation received from Mrs. Waller, the wife
of the ex-Consul to Madagascar, who is
now lying in a French military prison near
Marseilles, states that she is indebted to
Mr. Woodford, an American gentleman
formerly employed as a civil engineer in
the Transvaal but now residing at Tama
tave, for her escape from the island. Mr.
Woodford furnished Mrs. Waller funds
• sufficient to bring herself and four children
from Antananarivo, the capital, to Vatra
mandi, on the * coast, a distance of 300
miles, thence to the island of Mauritius.
Mrs. Waller is now at Port Louis, Mau
ritius, without a penny. Her husband's
attorney, Cammand Kennedy of this city,
has notified Governor Morrill of Kansas of
the facts, and it is believed that sufficient
money will be raised in that State to bring
Mrs. Waller and family to America, Mr.
Kennedy authorizes the statement that
any funds which it may be desirable to
contribute to the support of Waller's fam
ily may be sent to the State Department at
Washington, when they will be promptly ;
forwarded to her.
CULVER NOT BELIEVED.
Department Officiate Do Not Place Cre-
dence in Hia Charges.
. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 2— The
Postoffice Departmentjofficials were to-day
discussing the charges made by Railway
Postal Messenger E. S. Culver against
Superintendent Flint of the railway mail
service. Second Assistant Postmaster-
Apollinaris
"THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS. .
"First in Purity."
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL.
General Neilson said it was strange Cul
ver should have charged that Superinten
dent Flint was implicated in frauds, when
it was well known that Mr. Flint had last
June been chiefly instrumental in unearth
ing frauds in the service. It is regarded as
highly probable that Culver will be dis
missed soon, although department officials
will not say so.
IN BEHALF OF WALLER.
Instructions of a Pointed Nature Sent to
Embassador Euslis.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2.— is
understood that within the last forty-eight
hours a dispatch was sent to Embassador
Eustis instructing him to further press the
Waller case upon the attention of the
French Government and to insist that a
full copy of the record in the trial be fur
nished this Government. A significant
part of the instructions was that which
directs Mr. Eustis to convey to the French
Government the fact that this Govern
ment, in the event of further refusal to fur
nish the record requested; would be com
pelled to assume that the sentence of Wal
ler is indefensible on the part of the French
authorities.
STOLEN BY SQUAWMEN.
Lost Cattle May Cause Trouble on the Sioux
Reservation.
SPRINGVIEW, Nebk., Aug. 2.-J. M. I
Coble, Deputy United States Marshal, and
others started for the Sioux reservation
last evening for the purpose of recovering
100 steers. The steers were let out for the
season by the Reliance Trust Company of
Sioux City, lowa, to a squawman, who, it is
said, has gotten away with the last one of
them. Some of this same outfit of squaw
men were among the parties who captured
Bogeland, Clark, Jackson and Murphy,
who stole Amspoker's cattle some time ago.
This bunch of cattle is worth about $5000,
and unless returned to the company there
will be more trouble in the Sioux reserva
tion.
CIVIL STRIFE AT OMAHA
There Are Now Two Rival
Boards to Control the
Police.
Central Station Doors Barred and
the Old Regime Remains In
Power.
OMAHA, Nebr., Aug. 2.— The situation
respecting the police muddle is critical to
night, yet there is little likelihood of open
violence on the part of either party to the
controversy. The State appointing board
met at Lincoln to-day and appointed A. C.
Foster, W. J. Broatch and Paul Vandevort
to be police commissioners for the next
four years.
The City Council at 4:30 o'clock met in a
special session to approve the bonds of the
new commissioners and install them in
office. Judge Hopewell of the District
Court, sitting atl'ekemah, wired a restrain
ing order forbidding the council to approve
the bonds of the new appointees, and the
order was served on the councilmen as
they took their seats in the court. The
order, however, was utterly disregarded
and the council proceeded to the business
it had in hand. It is the purpose of the
Mayor and the old board of commissioners
to secure the arrest of every councilman
who by hi 3 vote violates the order of the
court, and the Sheriff will proceed at once
to arrest them.
The new commission did not demand
that the Police Department be turned over
to them at once and to this fact alone is
due tbe peaceful condition of the city to
night. One of the new members said to
night that no decisive action would be
taken until the commission could meet
and determine upon a viae Thus the
matter stands.
Omaha has two Police Commissions, one
acting under the old law and the other
under the new. The old commission has
control of the police force and will resist
any attempt to dislodge them. The offices
in the City Hall are under a strong guard,
the central patrol alarm station is barred
and bolted and a strong detachment of
officers is held at the central police station
for any emergency. One hundred special
policemen were sworn in this evening in
support of the regular force in order that
any attempt to get control of the depart
ment may be successfully resisted.
The new police board met to-night and
elected W. J. Broatch president and Paul
Vandervoort secretary. It issued an order
requiring the Police and Fire departments
to recognize it as the legal board, but took
no other steps. Judge Hopewell arrived
here to-night from Tekemah and issued an
injunction and the case will come up in
the District Court before him to-morrow at
10 o'clock. Very likely the new board and
council will pay no attention to it. The
City Hall is heavily guarded to-night, but
no one seems to want to molest it.
POPULISTS OF OHIO.
They Nominate Coxey of Commonweal
Fame for Governor.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 2.— The plat
form reported by the resolutions com
mittee was materially added to by the
Populists State convention this morning.
The additions include the following:
Declaring it treason to issue interest
bearing bonds in time of peace ; that the
trial of Debs was a subversion of the right
to trial by jury, and demanding that all
public monopolies be nationalized; favor
ing State control, of the sale of intoxi
cating liquors without profit; declaring in
favor of the election of all State and
National officers by direct vote of the
people ; favoring the eight-hour system of
State employment. 7
But two names were presented for the
nomination for Governor. These were
Edward Stark of Cleveland and J. S.
Coxey of Canton. Coxey was nominated,
the vote standing 520 for Coxey and 74 for
Stark. The , convention adjourned until
3 P. M.
The ticket was filled out in the afternoon
by the nomination of John H. Crofton of
Cincinnati for Lieutenant -
George W. Harper of Green County for
Treasurer, W. v.* Baker of Newark for
Attorney-General, E.D. Stark of Cleveland
for Supreme Judge and W. A. 'Floyd of
Dennison for member of the Board of Pub
lic Works. George A. Groot of Cleveland
was unanimously indorsed by the conven
tion as candidate for United States
Senator. : i'':'?i-'* 7*7
Reforma in Turkey.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Aug. 2.—
The Cabinet has decided that reforms shall
be instituted not only in Armenia but in
all the Turkish provinces. ~,;' T; ff. -77 7
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1895.
ON EASTERN TRACKS
Failure of an Effort to
Close the Glenvilie
Meeting.
HEATS BADLY SPLIT UP.
Those Who Burned Money on
Robert J Recovered the
Ashes. m
THEY BACKED SWIFT BEUZETTA.
________ •'). '
Colonel Frost, tho Noted Turfman,
Badly Hurt While Driving- In a
Show Ring.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 2. — There
'■ were four events on the card for to-day's
grand circuit meeting. One was a post
poned race from yesterday. It was the
last regular day of the most successful
meeting in the history of Glenvilie track,
and the horses were called at 12:30 o'clock,
an hour earlier than usual, in an effort to
finish the programme.
In the 2:17 trot and the 2:10 pace the
heats were so split up and there were so
many accidents— such as thrown shoes,
etc.— that but one event was finished.
Beuzetta won the 2:13 trot in straight
heats. She was an even money favorite
against the field in the auctions, and those
of the talent who burned up their money
on RoDert J yesterday got the ashes back
on the speedy little chestnut mare.
The unfinished races and the 2:15 trot
will be run off to-morrow. The attendance
to-day was about 7000.
Postponed race, 2:17 class, trotting;
purse $2000.
Bravado, bl. s.. by Kentucky
Wilkes (Cook) 8 2 113 3 2
Kate Phallamont, b. m., by
Phallamon: (Colby) 10 6 10 2 113
Penelope, I>. m., by Mcliwen
(McG'innls) 1 1 310 9 dr.
Colonel Kuscr 1111 2 6 2 2 1
Lee Simmons 2 3 13 _ 4 4 6
Mar-ton C 13 10 7 3 8 5 4
Peleine 4 6 4 5 6dr.
Fascination 3 4 511 7 dr.
Nellie A ..'. 0 12 6 4 5 dr.
Mayflower 7 811 7 dr.
Qualltv 6 9 9dr.
DonL 6 7 12dr.
Freeland 12 13 8 9 dis.
Time, 2:123^-2:1354— 2:13*4-2 :l3*V_— 2 ;12V_—
2:1-S.i-2:13*,_. ;.,
2:13 class, trotting; purse $2000.
Beuzetta, cb. m. by Onward (Ilo werman) 1 1 1
Geneva, b. s. (StiOson) 2 2 3
Altoa, b. *. (McDowell) 7 3 2
Miss Wilson ; 3 4 8
Grattan 4 5 4
BBP.. ..5 6 7
Blake 6 7 5
Merman 8 8 6
Time, 2:09%-- 2:09%.
2:10 class, pacing; purse $3000.-
Coleridge, b. s., by C F Clay (Custer) 113
Paul, eh. g., Paid Hornet (McCarty)... 9 5 1
Ben _>, cb. s. (Laird) 10 2 2
Gninette 2 4 8
Direction 3 3 10
.Susie G. 7 6 4
Tollie Spanker 5 9 7
Moonstone 8 8 5
WWP 6 7 9
Ethel A 12 11 6
Atlantic King ; .....11 10 11
Dudley 4 dis.
Time, 2 :05 _ :.6*"i-2 :07 .
OAKLEY RACETRACK. Ohio, Aug. Four
and a half furlongs, Lasalle won, Ban Johnson
second, Cherub third. Time, :55%. _.".,._;
Six and a half furlongs. Uncle Henry won,
Birmingham second, Golden Fleece third.
Time, I :22*£.
Five furlongs, Monica won. Japan second,
Commissioner Frank third. Time, 1:02*4.
Six furlongs, Liz. won, Ottyanna second,
Silurian third. Time, 1.14* m .
One mile and seventy yards, Ragner won,
Elsket second, Alethia Allen third. Time,
-:__&
Five furlongs, Belle of Fordham won, Mo
tilla second, Fair Lady third. Time, 1:02%.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 2.— The track was
in prime condition and the attendance
large. The third race, on which every one
speculated, was a dead heat between Prime
Minister, the odds-on favorite, and Loben
gula, the second choice. Prime Minister's
owner refused to run off the dead heat and
his horse was sent to second place, Loben
gula taking first. Bets were paid accord
ingly. The finish was the most exciting
of the meeting, the two leaders finishing
the last fifty yards on even terms. Favo
rites were mostly bowled over, second
picks taking most of the money.
Six furlongs, imp. Vigor won, Booze second,
Martha Griffin third. Time, 1:15%.
rive-eighths of a mile, John Boone won, May
Galop second, Southworth third. Time, 1 :03_4.
Seven-eighths of a mile, Prime Minister and
Lobengula ran a dead heat, George W. Bailey
third. Time, 1:29%. -...-,-.* .;.-:' :-;:>•; M
One mile, Linnette won, Eloroy second,
Reeder third. Time, 1:41%.
Five-eighths of a mile, Nicholas won, Falcon
second, Sixty third. Time, 1:02%.
One mile. Charlie McDonald won. Theodore
A second, Leader Ban third. Time, 1:43%.
BRIGHTON BEACH, N. V., Aug. Five
furlongs, Silk won, Humming Bird second,
Primingo third. Time, I :O'A%,
Five furlongs, Glsmonda won, Bessie Brown
ing second, Yankee Doodle third. Time, 1:01%.
One mile, Tinge won, Sir Dixon Jr. second,
Corn Cob third. Time, 1:42%.
One and a sixteenth miles, Our Jack won,
Aurelian second, Hugh Penny third. Time.
1:48%. ■ , ■ ■ ..*
Six turlougs, Dulcie Larondie won, Wellman
second, Bucanecr third. Time, 1:17.
Five furlongs, Bergundy won, Bowling Green
second. Jake Shipsey third. Time, 1 :0_V.
SARATOGA, N. V., Aug. 2. — Six furlongs,
"Wernberg won, Babe Purphy second, Semper
Lex third. Time, 1:15. - . .
One mile and a sixteenth, Arapahoe won,
Lord Nelson second, Orinda third. Time, 1 :48.
Four and a half furlongs, Crimea won, Mar
quis second, Predicament third. Time, :55%.
One mile and a sixteenth, Brandy wine won,
Dungarven second, Lookout third. Time,
1:51%. .
Four and a half furlongs, Skyblue won, Prin
cess Noretti second, Rosalind 111 third. Time,
•56%. •- „* 7,. ;
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 2.— The at
tendance at the races to-day was light.
Five furlongs, Abe Halstead won, Florella
second, Mitchell third. Time, 1:04%.
Five and a half furlongs,* Abana Boy won,
Pen Point second, John C third. Time, 1:11%.
Five furlongs, King Hazel won. Fannie Hunt
second, Blanche Kern third. Time, 1:05.
Six and a half furlongs, George Miller won,
Schuylkill second, Immilda third. Time,
1:24%. .'7 ■:;.'':; -■■.'. .''
Seven furlongs, Little Nell won, Paulette sec
ond, Gateway third. Time, 1:20.
INJURED ON THE TRACK.
Colonel ." Froat Badly _ Hurt by a Cart
Overturning. :
MEXICO, Mo., Aug. Colonel A. E.
Frost, a prominent horseman of this State
and Illinois, was seriously hurt at the fair
grounds this morning. He was driving
Bonnie McGregor, 2:l3>_, in a road wagon
in a show-ring when the:. vehicle was over
turned and he was thrown out.' At first it
was thought the colonel was killed, but he
revived and is now confined in his room at
the hotel. Colonel Frost is. proprietor of
the I'.-ost stock farm at Roodhouse, 111.,
and is known in horse : circles all over the
country. \ He resides in St. Louis.
TO WITNESS THE RACES.
Plan to Farm a Swell Country Club at
Newport. : 7
NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 2.— Patrons of
the turf will at an early date be invited to
attend a meeting at the Casino in Newport
to consider the project of the formation of
a club which will occupy the grounds at
Morris Park, and will combine all the fea-
tures of I a country club, as well as the
privileges of witnessing race meetings at
the track. Among the patrons of the turf
who could be found in the city yesterday
there was no concealment of the fact that;
the proposed club will owe its organization
to a desire on the part of many prominent
gentlemen to perpetuate and dignify horse
racing. .-
The idea to inject a social element into
turf features is a development of the re
cent formation of the Westchester Racing
Association, which holds its inaugural
meet August 10, and which will renew the
popular stakes made famous , at Jerome*
Park and continued at * Morris Park.
Under its charter the Jockey -Club cannot
indulge in racing, but the ' Westchester
Association and the proposed new club has
the full sanction of the organization.
Unless the club can be formed among
wealthy turf enthusiasts, the future of
racing in " this section is considered ex
ceedingly dubious. The statutes which
prevents all revenue from the bookmakers
make the continuance of the sport almost
impossible, unless the interest of society
people of wealth can be aroused and the
support of the track assured by them in
much the same manner that the opera is
maintained annually in the city.
Among the well-known "gentlemen who
may be expected to indorse the project are
these: James R. Keene, Gideon E- Knapp,
August Belmont, J. Otto Dormer, J. J.
Sturgis, Colonel William F. Thompson, J.
Harry Alexander. J. H. Bradford, Dr. But
terfield, Robert Goelet, Frank Gray Gris
wold, John G. Heckscher, Lawrence Kip,
Thomas Hitchcock Jr., H. B. Hollins, P.
Lorillard. A. Newbold Morris, F. August
Schermerhorn, William K. Vanderbilt,
George Peabody Wetmore, J. Wadsworth,
C. H. Kerner and Hubert C. Pell.
On the Ball Field.
BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 2.— First Bostons
10, 12, 3; Philadelphias 8, 4, 2. Batteries-
Nichols and Ganzel, Carsey and Clements.
Second game— Bostons 6, 12, 2; Pniladelphias
7, 13, 4 (10 innings). Batteries— and
Tenny, Carsey and Clements. Umpire— Emslie. ,
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. "2.— Washingtons
13, 10, 3; Baltimores 4, 8, 9. Batteries— Boyd
and McGuire, Esper and Clark. Umpires—
Keefe and Hunt.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Aug. 2.— Pittsburgs 5, 9, 6:
Clevelands 10, 14, 2. Batteries— Foreman nn.d
Merritt; Young, Clarkson and Zimmer, Um
pire— O'Dbv.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 2.— Louisvilles 9, 15,
1; Cincinnatis 8, 11,3. Batteries—
ham and Warner; Dwyer, Parrot, Vaughn and
Murphy. Umpire— Jevne.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 2— New Yorks 6, 9,
8; Brooklyns 11, 14, 2. Batteries — Rusie,
Clarke and Farrell; Stein and Bailey. Ur
n
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 2.— No game scheduled
between Chicagos and St. Louis.
ONE OUTLAW SHOT DOWN
United States Marshals Killed
Isaac Black in Okla
homa.
During: The Running Battle In a
Cornfield the Notorious
Yeager Escaped.
WICHITA, Kans., Aug. 2.-This after
noon two United States Deputy Marshals,
John W. Muir and M. Hildreth, assisted
by Adam Hargis and A. M. Hil
dreth, brought the dead body of another
bandit to Alva, Oklahoma. The body has
been identified as that of Isaac Black,
noted as one of the most daring and in
trepid of the Yeager gang.
For several days these men have been
in hot pursuit of Yeager and Black, and
yesterday evening they tracked their men
to the house of a widow named Emma
Jones, fifty miles south of Alva, near the
village of Cantonment. The house is
located in the center of a cornfield. The
officers discovered the outlaws eating sup
per. When the two men started to leave
the house the officers called upon them to
surrender. . Instead -of doing so they
reached for their guns, whereupon the
pos3e began firing. Black was shot through
the head, and Yeager ran into the corn
amid a hailstorm of bullets, leaving the
dead outlaw where he fell.
The officers pursued Yeager, who had a
fleet horse and rode rapidly south. Hun
dreds have joined in pursuit of Yeager,
determined to rid the country of him.
Justice of the Peace Humphrey held an
inquest over Black's body, which was
identified beyond question. Upon his per
son was found some song-ballads and a pic
ture of a pretty woman and $1 50 in money.
To-day a photograph was taken of the dead
outlaw, who will be buried to-night. . Black
was shot on May 26 in a skirmish with the
officers and there was a severe scalp wound
where he had been shot last week, . ;
Yeager or Black is not known which
shot a farmer- named Al Richardson
through the shoulder last Saturday morn
ing not far from where last night's tragedy
occurred. The wound is not considered
dangerous. _______________ W
WEALTHY MEN CONVICTED
The Taylor Brothers Must An
swer for Killing the
Meeks.
Terrible Crime Committed by a
Banker and a Farmer to Silence
Two Witnesses.
CARROLLTON, Mo.. Aug. 2.— After be
ing out two hours and a half to-day the
jury in the Meeks murder case brought in
a verdict of guilty against William and
George Taylor. The verdict finds them
guilty of murder in the first degree.
The crowd began to applaud .. vigorously
and William Taylor half rose in his seat
with a look of terror in his ejfes. The
Judge and Sheriff rapped for order, but
the crowd applauded and the Judge, rising
on the bench, shouted to the Sheriff to ar
rest any man that applauded. Then be
gan a rush for the doors, and dozens of
men ran to the telegraph office to send dis
patches to the people of Browning and
Milan., The crowds gathered in the court
house square and on the streets and dis
cussed the verdict. But one ballot was
taken by the jury.
William Taylor is a banker at Browning,
Linn County, Mo., arid his brother George
is a farmer near Browning. Both are mar
ried and wealthy.' The crime for which
they stand convicted was ; the murder of
Gus. Meeks, his wife and two children, in
May, 1894. Meeks had shortly before the
tragedy been released from the peniten
ttiary, and was an important witness for
the State in the prosecution of the Taylor
brothers for an alleged fraudulent cattle
transaction. On the night of the murders
Meeks and * his family were taken' in' a
wagon by the two Taylors from their home
on the pretext of sending them from the
country. The next morning the half
burned bodies of Meeks, his wife and two
of their children were found in a straw
stack on George Taylor's, farm. Little
Nellie Meeks, aged 9, survived her injuries
and gave the alarm. The Taylor brothers
fled, but were captured.; 7 ■.:, -:.: .7V 7;-.
Offer of a Noble Woman.
BOSTON; ■ Mass., Aug. 2.— Mrs. Mary ; A.
Livermore publishes an open letter to Mrs.
Gardner, the missing Nebraska delegate to
the t Christian 1- Endeavor convention who
disappeared mysteriously, in this city," urg
ing her to visit the writer at her home in
Melrose. The letter concludes: ! "Don't
hesitate to come; where you will be well
cared for and this little break in your life
shall be wholly repaired." ■ •** - .'
NEWS OF THE COAST.
Trouble at the Capitol
Over the Employing
of Experts.
REPLIES TO ME. COLGAN.
Attorney - General ; Fitzgerald
Says Their Appointment
Was Legal.
MAY NOT END THE MATTER.
A Belief That" Severy and Lewis Will
Have Difficulty in Drawing*
Their Salaries.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 2.—Attor
ney-General Fitzgerald has answered the
two letters" of Controller Colgan in relation
to the legality of the appointment of Fred
A. Severy as printing expert and Thomas
A. Lewis expert to the Board of Exam
iners, but indications are that this does not
settle the matter, and although the Con
troller says he has not made up his mind
as to what he will do, there is no doubt but
that Messrs. Severy and Lewis will have to
bring the matter into court before they get
their money. 'X..;
This controversy* is one of the absorbing
topics of conversation about the Capitol
to-day, and it is said that if the Controller
is correct in the stand he has taken in the
matter, the elevator-boy and a whole lot
of janitors are drawing their pay illegally.
This, however, the Controller denies and
says that they are matters of necessary
expense and it does not require a statute
to create the office, while these experts are
not necessary and are endowed with ex
traordinary powers, and it does require a
statute to give them office, a mere appro
priation in the general act not being suffi
cient.
Attorney-General Fitzgerald's answer to
Mr. Colgan in regard to Lewis is contained
in the following letter:
San Francisco, July 30, 1895.
Hon. E. P. Colgan. State Controller, Sacra
mento, Cal.— Dear Sir: lam in receipt of your
favor of the 26th instant concerning the ap
pointment of Thomas A. Lewis as expert to the
State Board of Examiners and requesting an
opinion from me as to the legality of such ap
pointment. As I understand your letter you
question the authority of the board to appoint
an expert, as, in your opinion, there is no
"statute creating the office of expert to the
Board of Examiners" nor "any law authoris
ing the appointment or employment of such
an officer."
In this I think you are mistaken. The law
imposes a large number of duties upon the
State Board of Examiners, among others those
of counting the money in the treasury, ex
amining the books and accounts of the Con
troller and Treasurer and auditing all claims
against the State. Accounting of money
and examinations of books require the
skill of an expert accountant. Further
more, for the proper auditing of claims
it frequently becomes the duty of the
Board of .'Examiners '■'■_ to make extended
investigation into the conduct and manage
ment of State institutions. This also requires
the skill of an expert.' Then, *' too, "in the mat
ter of approving and rejecting claims against
the State, the Board :of Examiners acts
judicially," and, "where an appointment is
essential to the proper exercise of judicial
duty, the court concerned has authority to
make it." '_';■ 7<*'«~: 7 ."-..
For the proper exercise of the duties im
posed upon us by law, the employment by the
Board of Examiners of an expert is absolutely
essential. This necessity was recognized by
the Legislature when they made an appropria
tion to pay the salary and traveling expenses
of an expert so employed, Just as in number
less instances the Legislature has recognized
the necessity for the employment of porters
and other attaches of the minor State officers,
where employment rests on the ground of ne
cessity only, and has made appropriations for
the payment of the! salaries. l * 7*77
I am, therefore, of the opinion that the law
vests the State Board of Examiners with an in
herent power to appoint and employ an ex
pert, and that the appointment or employ
ment of Thomas A. Lewis as such expert was
, within the scope of the inherent power pos
sessed by the board and was a valid appoint
ment.
I note that you say that you are "aware that
in the general appropriation act of 1895 pro
vision is made for the salary of an expert to
the Board of Examiners and for his traveling
expenses," but that you are also "aware, and
the records of the last Legislature will show,
that the bill creating the office of expert, auth
orizing his employment and fixing his salary,
failed of passage." In this you are laboring
under a slight misapprehension as to the facts.
The bill to which you refer was one making
many material changes in the duties and
powers of the Board of Examiners and inci
dentally providing for the employment of an
expert.
That bill was defeated because of the changes
it proposed in the duties and powers of the
board, but' the Legislature, recognizing the
inherent power vested by law in the board to
appoint an expert and perceiving the necessity
for such an appointment, made provision for
the payment of his salary and expenses in the
appropriation bill subsequently* passed. Re
spectfully, 7 ' ■ ■ :' ■ :, 777/ ■ _ ' :';' ?-■:s:
W. F. Fitzgerald, Attorney-General.
In the case of Severy the Attorney-Gen
eral says, in a letter to Controller Colgan:
San Francisco, Aug. 1, 1895.
Hon. E. P. Colgan, State Controller, Sacramento,
Cal.— Sir: In reply to your favor of the
27th inst., concerning the appointment of Fred
A. Severy, as printing expert |to the Board of
Examiners, under section 679 of j the Political
Code, and requesting an opinion of me as to
whether or not said section is still in force, I
am of , the opinion that as the Legislature has
not seen fit either to repeal or amend | section
079 of the Political Code, that it is still in full
force and effect, and the appointment referred
to by you is a valid one. . 77. - " :
As the Legislature in abolishing the office
of State Printer and the system of State print
ing by piecework and establishing the State
Printing Office and creating the office of State
Printer did not do away ; with the office 5 of
printing expert to the State Board of Ex
aminers, it must be presumed that it was the
belief of the Legislature that there were still
duties for the said 'expert, to 7 perform, and
that, therefore, the s.ction permitting his j ap
pointment was, continued in i force. The mere
fact that no appropriation has been made for
the office during the years mentioned by you
does not indicate :an ; intention 'on \ part of
Legislature to abolish the office, as tbe section
carries an appropriation for his salary. Re
spectfully, ; W. F. Fitzgerald, 7 V
-'.-... . Attorney-General.
MURDER OF A HUSBAND.
Arrest of a Couple in This Country for a
Crime in Germany.
NEW YORK, N.Y.i Aug. 2.— Although
unlike the case of Maria Barberi, a matter
which came before United States Commis
sioner Lyman yesterday on a _ request; for
extradition papers to send Mrs. Mathilda
Heinze and Oscar Heilman to Germany,
there to be tried for an alleged crime, has
points of similarity. 7 As shown by the evi
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dence, most of which was taken abroad,
the woman lived 'with her husband, a
wealthy, cattle-dealer, and her three chil
dren in Sarriowki; Germany. -
..Oscar Heilman, who had been in the
army, was his clerk. It became rumored
that the clerk's relations with his employ-;
er's wife were not what they should: . be,
and this reaching Heinz's ears he told the
clerk he would not be needed after the end
of the year. The clerk, talking to a barber
a few days before last Christmas, asked
about strong poisons, and in '•; a" few days
purchased arsenic from a druggist in a
neighboring town. The cattle-dealer be
came ill December 9, 1894. His wife was
seen to give him some kind .of a white
powder, mixed in water. She told her doc
tor, whom she called in, that her husband
had fallen on his head and was never well
thereafter. The man died on the last day
of the year.
After the burial rumors were heard that
he had been poisoned. His : body was ex
humed on January 15, and , before the
autopsy the widow and Heilman disap
peared. They met in Breslau, and sailed
from Bremen together in the Wittekind.
Arriving here with the woman's five-year
old child, they went to live on One Hun
dred and Eighth street, wbere they were
located by United States Marshal Bern
hard, after the German officials had cabled
to their representatives here, but before he
could arrest them they had disappeared,
and were found some time later in Phila
delphia, where they were arrested and
brought here. After a short explanation
the Commissioner adjourned the case until
2 o'clock on Monday, when he will proba
bly make Known his decision.
Strike of the Tailors.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. The back
bone of the tailors' strike is broken. A
majority of the contractors in the city
have already signed the new agreement
proposed by the strikers and about 7000
strikers in the vicinity are thus enabled to
resume work. Meyer Sen eld stated
to-day that the strike had practically been
decided in the tailors' favor and could at
the most last but a few days more.
PERSECUTED IN ECUADOR.
Stories of Cruelty Told by the
Returned Benedictine
Sisters.
Convents Surrounded by Mobs of
Insurgents and the Inmates
Threatened.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 2.— The story
of the five Benedictine sisters, who re
turned from Ecuador to St. Walbergas
Convent in Elizabeth on Wednesday, hav
ing been driven from Ecuador by the out
rages the church is being subjected to
there by the Liberal revolutionists, was
told by one of the party yesterday. They !
are: Mother Superiors Quer Ciceri and
Alping, and Sisters Edwarda, Beatrice and
Agatha, with three secular German
priests, Fathers Keller, Tipp and Nobis,
who were compelled to leave Ecuador for
the same reason. They arrived here on
the Pacific Mail steamer Columbia, on
Thursday.
Sister Edwards, who was seen at the con
vent yesterday, said :
"We, like the three Sisters Genovar, Jo
sephine and Frances, whose story was told
in these dispatches, left for Ecuador nearly
eight years ago to establish schools there.
We three sisters were assigned to Bahia de
Caraquez, from which place we have just
returned, giving up a school with over
seventy pupils. We, however, were more
fortunate than they and did not suffer per
sonal violence, although we were con
stantly insulted and were often in fear of I
■ our lives. Every band of marauding revo- j
lutionists which passed the convent cried:,
'Down with the cassocks!' and similar
ho.tile demonstrations. They accused the i
churcb of being friendly to the Govern- ]
ment.
"Two weeks ago the convent at Roce
fuert, which contained ten Benedictine
sisters, was surrounded by a mob which
demanded entrance. It was refused, where
upon the leader commanded the men to
fire on the convent and its inmates. At
this moment a friendly Ecuadorean ap
peared, and running between the men and
the convent directly in the line of fire,
appealed to them to desist, informing them
that none but women were in the building.
During the delay thus caused a number of
our sympathizers gathered and demanded
the dispersion of the mob. In the confu
sion which followed the sisters made their
escape. 7 77": " ; 7'.i:_
•'Such outrages became so frequent that
at last we felt compelled to leave in order
to save our lives, as have all the other sis
ters and priests in Ecuador. The seven
teen sisters remaining in the country, when
we left are expected on the next steamer,
but no more missionary work will beat
tempted in Ecuador until the revolution
is over. The better class of the people
seemed greatly to regret our leaving, and
we are sure of a cordial welcome should
the Liberals be defeated. At present, how
ever, they seem to . be in the ascendancy,
having gained possession of nearly all the
seaport towns and being prepared shortly
to make a decided attempt to capture
Quito, the capital.
"The Captain of the Port at Bahia de
Caraquez and the Administrator were
compelled six weeks ago to take refuge in
the house of the Oblate Fathers, where they
were sheltered for several days. This, of
course, gave the revolutionists additional
reason Tor thinking that the church was
friendly to the Government, although in
reality the church is strictly . neutral and
would as readily shelter a revolutionist
were he similarly persecuted."
The three priests who returned with the
sisters went to the Alexian Brothers' Hos
pital in Elizabeth, and were there be
friended. They are Germans, and cannot
speak English. Their story is very similar
to that of the sisters, except that they re
ceived bodily ill treatment. The fathers
were called from Germany three years ago
by Bishop -Schumacher to do missionary
work. Father Keller was : assigned to
work in Jipiiapa and Father .Nobis; in St.
Ana, while Father Tipp, who had been but
lately ordained, had not yet received a
post. According to their story their lives
were repeatedly threatened, and one priest,
who is still in Ecuador, was shot in the
hip, while another was seriously stabbed.
Murder of an Editor.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 2.— A special to
the Chronicle from Pueblo, Mexico, says
that great excitement prevails there over
the|cold-blooded assassination of Hon. Jose
Olmes, ex-member of the National Con
gress and the best-known newspaper editor
of Southern Mexico. Olmes had incurred
the enmity of a social faction in that city,
and the latter decided that he must be put
out of the way. :He was passing along an
unfrequented street last night when oe
was attacked by ; live masked men and
stabbed to death. The murderers escaped.
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