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"CURS, CURS!"
HOWLED FITZ.
Indignation of the Lanky-
Pug Over the El
Paso Fiasco.
UNCORKED HIS WRATH.
Blows and Bloodshed Narrowly
Averted at a Postpone
ment Conference.
MAHER'S EYES MUCH BETTER.
An Additional Forfeit Put Up to Pull
Off the Main Battle on
Friday.
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 17.-The pugilistic
atmosphere is clearer to-night than it has
been at any time since the carnival pro
gramme was broken by the development
on Thursday afternoon that Peter Maher
was prevented by physical disability from
fulfilling his part of the contract. With
the minor fights abandoned and the rapid
progress toward complete recovery of the
Irishman's eye troubles, there is a general
confidence that the outcome of the con
ference to-day, at which Fitzsimmons was
whipped into line after he had broken
through the traces and declared that, so
far as he was concerned, the match was
off for good and all time, will be ratified
by the appearance of the men in the ropes
early on the morning of the Jlst inst.
That the backers of Maher are sure of
their ground was made evident by the
avidity with which they hastened to put
up the additional $1000 forfeit money that
was a condition of Julian's pledge to have
his man on hand upon the revised date.
There are reasons for believing, moreover,
that in view of the change in the situation
the hostility of the authorities may be
moderated to at least the extent that the
fighting party, provided that from now on
the managers quit their bullying and their
defiant talk, may not have to take chances
of being hunted like a band of criminals
en the way to the contest. The ministers,
at least, are satisfied both with the situa
tion and the outlook. One of the foremost
divines responsible for the Catron bill said
to The United Press representative to
night:
"We have nothing more to say or to do.
There is no longer any carnival or any
crowd. The sports have gone and our city
has resumed its normal condition of peace
and quiet. So far as I understand the
arrangement to-day provides for a bring
in.- off of but one feature of the old pro
gramme, and this •in V private; that is,
private as compared with the original
plans. We feel, therefore, that our atti
tude has been vindicated, and that the
matter, as it stands, is not of a nature to
ocmand our continued attention.
It is understood that Governor Ahumada
inclines toward a similar view.
The battle-ground is as much of a mys
tery to all but the promoters as ever.
When the point was pressed by Connelly
in the conference to-day Stuart replied,
"The ground and the ring are ready."
Julian and Qninn will be notified on Thurs-
day morning, but the ticket-holders will
Lave no further intimation than to report
at a railway station at a definite hour.
With the view of throwing the officers off
guard, the rendezvous will be at a station
off a line other than that, to be used, and
the train will be doubled around the belt
line and switched on to the tracks leading
to the ringside.
The parties to the conference were slow
in getting together this morning. It had
been set for 10 o'clock, but at that hour no
one in authority was on deck, although the
headquarters were crowded with members
of the local committee and the remnant of
visitors that remained. Buck Connelly
put in an appearance at 10:;% with a draft
of the new articles in behalf of Maher, call
ing for a fight between 10 and 4 on Friday
next. Julian strolled in fifteen minutes
later, just as Connelly was receiving a tel
ephone message from Maher, asking if he
should take the morning train down from
Las Cruees. Connelly advised him that
Lis presence was not necessary.
hen Fitzsimmons put in an appear
ance, it looked as- though everything was
ready for a settlem ent, but Connelly had
barely made his proposition for an ad
journment to a private room, the mem
bers of the Florida Club and the corre
spondents to be the only persons ad
mitted, when Stuart was called over to Sid
Ryan's to adjust some personal money af
fairs. Connelly's final proposition was
that he will put up an extra forfeit of
$1000 to protect Dan Stuart, Maher to be in
the ring on Friday. If he fails, Fitzsim
mons and Stuart each are to take their
$1000, and the articles cancelled.
When Stuart returned Fitzsimmons
took the bit in his own mouth and de
clared that he would not fight. The in
terchange of opinions, which at times was
decidedly warm, lasted twenty minutes.
Julian led by asking Connelly if his man
was here and ready to fight, and received
a reply in the negative. Then the Pitts
burg man made his proposition for the
posting of an extra forfeit and a fight on
Friday. Julian responded that time
enough had been given and he now claimed
the forfeit. It was a strange thing, he
said, that Connelly would know to-day
when Maher could get into the ring and
insist that he could not do so an hour later.
Connelly called attention to the fact that
their twenty- four hours' notice of the bat
tle-ground had been guaranteed, and that
it Lad not been given, to which Stuart said
that the ground was ready.
"So is Fitzsimmons ready," said Julian.
'Yes, I am ready," repeated the Aus
tralian, breaking silence for the first time.
From this on the war of words waged
thick and fast. Connelly said that if
forced he would go into the ring to-mor
row, but to save the forfeit and not to
Finally Connelly said: "I will have my
man in the ring as soon as I am notified.
I now demand my twenty-four hours'
notice of location of the battle-ground."
Stuart kept silent, and after a pause
tz*itnmonj drew himself up and
shouted: "Your man is not in condition
to light. He is another stiff like Corbett.
You are putting up a bluff."
•'Not much," responded Connelly,
quietly. "Maher is not afraid to meet
you in the ring or anywhere else."
"You want to crawl out," suggested
Julian.
"Yes, they want to crawl," yelled Fitz
simmons. "They are a lot of curs."
Then turning to the throng on the other
side of the railing he yelled louder than
ever: "This fight's off, gentlemen; I
won't fight. They never intended to fight
in the first place. Now, boys, I give notice
that I'll fight that big stiff Corbett at any
time. Lit's have a cigar," and with this
the pugilist stalked through the oflice
doorway and pushed his way around the
crowd to the street.
Julian, who seemed chagrined at Fitz
simmons' talk, remained behind. The
wrangling over the question of giving up
forfeit money continued, and finally Julian
made the proposition that it be left to a
vote of five men, to be selected by Con
nelly. The following wore selected: George
Siler, Lou- Houzman, William Naughton,
Tom O'Rourke and Hugh Fitzgerald.
Dan Stuart was chosen chairman of the
committee. While the committee was de
bating Fitzsimmons returned and again
announced that he would not fight Friday,
but Julian succeeded in getting him Jo
withdraw the statement temporarily. The
committee decided that under the articles
neither man was entitled to a forfeit,
Connelly then made a proposition that the
Friday plan be considered. Julian agreed
and explicitly stated that Fitzsimmons
would fight on Friday.
It was due almost solely to the coolness
displayed by Connelly and Stuart that the
conference did not break up in a bloody
fracas. Of the mob of 200 sports and
rangers of the other side of the wire-net
ting partition, fully nine-tenths were
armed and ready to shoot on the slightest
provocation. Neither Connelly nor Fitz
simmons carry a gun, but when the
latter, shaking with passion, fiercely
shrieked his opinion of Maher, Connelly's
big fingers closed down upon a paper
weight fashioned of ore, and which, well
directed, might have brained the heavy
weight. Just at that moment Stuart laid
his hand caressingly upon the fingers that
still grasped the weight, while Julian
broke in with an off-hand remark that was
calculated to distract attention.
Fitzsimmons knew nothing of the result
of the after conference until Julian went
across the river an hour or so later. He
was in an ugly mood and inclined to Lick
over the traces, but after being humored
for a while was induced to admit that the
outcome was fair to all concerned.
This afternoon he resumed his training,
of which he had done little or none since
Friday. There was great satisfaction at
; Las Cruees when the news was conveyed to
Maher's training quarters. Reports from
there to-night are that Maher's eyes show
steady improvement and that the doctor
has given him permission to do some work
in the gymnasium to-morrow. Before go
ing up to Las Cruees to-night Connelly
: instructed O'Rourke to hand over the slooo
of forfeit money in his care to Dan Stuart
and then replaced it out of his roll, thus
complying with the financial code of the
new agreement.
A United Press reporter met Governor
Ahumada as he was leaving on the train
for Chihuahua this evening. The Governor
said that he has given orders to redouble
the precautions for preventing the fight
taking place on Mexican soil. An addi
tional force will be called into service, and
nothing will be left undone to keep the
fighters out of Mexico.
VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW
Meeting of the Interstate Com
merce Commission to Con
sider Charges.
: Various Railroads Accused of Discrimi
nation in Making Freight
Rates.
CHICAGO, 111.. Feb. 17.— The Interstate
I Commerce Commission met to-day in the
i United States Marshal's office and will be
in session several days. Chairman Mor
rison, Commisioners Yeomans and Clem
ents were present. There are five cases of
alleged violation of the law for investiga
: tion at this hearing, three of them being
against the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul road. The complainants allege dis
crimination in the company's system of
making rates on grain and flour, milling
in transit, from Wisconsin, Southern Min
i nesota and Northern lowa points in favor
of the big millers of Minneapolis and Mil
waukee.
There is a complaint against the Santa
Fe road, the charge being the making of a
rate to Colorado points less than the rate
to intermediate points. This charge does
not now bold good, as it was involved in a
rate-war among Colorado roads, which has
recently been settled, and it is doubtful if
the commission will hear the case even if
it is pressed.
The case on hearing to-day was that of
the Listman Mills Company of La Crosse,
Wis., against the St. Paul road. The com
plaint is based on an arbitrary rate of 2%
cents per 100 pounds on wheat from Minne
apolis to Chicago for milling in transit at
La Crosse. The railroad was represented
by George R. Peck, general counsel, and
Burton Hanson, general solicitor. The
complainants' counsel was ex-Congress
man Lind of Minnesota. The witnesses
during the day were F. P. Nixon, presi
dent of the milling company, and A. C.
Bird, general traffic manager of the de
fendant's road. The railroad's defense is
that the 2)4 cent charge is imposed to pre
serve eqality in rates between all points.
HUS TED'S BILL SIGNED.
New York's Law to Retaliate on Foreign
Insurance Companies.
ALBANY, N. V.. Feb. 17.-Governor
Morton to-day signed Assemblyman Hus
ted's bill requiring the State- Superintend
ent of Insurance to refuse to issue
licenses to insurance companies of foreign
countries to transact business in this State
whose countries have shut out New York
State companies from doing business
therein, and also to revoke the licenses of
companies of such countries already doing
business in this State.
State Superintendent of Insurance
Pierce, under the provisions of the Jaw
signed to-day, is compelled to revoke the
licenses to do business in this State of the
Prussian National and Aachen (Munich)
Fire companies of Prussia, and to refuse
the application of the Magdeburg Fire
Insurance Company for permission, to do
business in this State, which application
has been pending for some weeks.
Missionary Knapp's Case.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Feb. 17.—
The Porte has agreed to-comply with the
request made by United .States Minister
Terrell to suspend action in the case of Mr.
Knapp, the American missionary, whose
arrest on charges of sedition was" recently
attempted at Bitlis, until Knapp arrives
in Constantinople. Knapp's wife and three
other ladies will leave Bitlis for this city
as soon as the snows permit.
'■-• - '— ~ — ••- ; — -
Foundered in the Irish Sea.
: LONDON, Esq., Feb. 17.— Brazilian
steamer Lauro Sodro, from Glasgow for
Para, has foundered in the Irish Sea.
Four of her crew were saved-
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1896.
TREATY RIGHTS
TO BE RESPECTED
Captain - General Weyler
Explains the Status of
Americans.
FIRST PROCLAMATION.
It Will Have No Bearing Except
Upon Those Who Break
the Laws.
PURSUIT OF THE INSURGENTS.
Encounters in Which the Cubans, as
Usual, Display Their Great
Valor.
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 17.— The repre
sentative of the United Press to-day had
an interview with Captain-General Wey
ler on the subject of the status of Ameri
can citizens in Cuba under the first procla
mation issued by him yesterday. He said:
"The praclamation will have no applica
tion to Americans, except such of them as
violate the laws of the country.
"Their treaty rights will be respected.
In all cases I will do all in my power to
honor such treaties with all nations."
General Weyler stated further that he
had no intention at present of taking the
field in person to direct active operations
against the rebels. He expressed feelings
of great friendship for the American press.
The proclamations of General Weyler
have removed all doubt of his intention to
adopt a vigorous policy toward the rebels
in the cities as well as toward those in the
field.
Colonel Seguera reports from San Felipe
that the force under his command found
the insurgents under Maceo at noon to-day
at San Antonio de Las Vegas in the
province of Havana. The troops attacked
the rebels, who, after a slight resistance,
retreated to the Cuiebra Hills.
The troops followed them and gained
upon them so rapidly that the rebels were
compelled to come to a stand. They took
up a good position that enabled them to
withstand the fire of the artillery that was
directed against them.
They also managed to avoid the rifle-fire
of the troops. In the first engagement the
insurgents lost twelve killed. The rebel
leaders, Miro. Collazo aud Castillo, were
with Maceo.
Colonel Seguera mates particular men
tion in his report of the second squadron
of cavalry, which made a brilliant charge
against the enemy. He adds that while
passing the forces of Maceo on February
14, near Vapor, his troops fired on the in
surgents, Killing five and wounding twelve.
General Echangue reports that a body of
rebels attacked a train. or. which his brig
ade was traveling. The scene of the at
tack was near Molina, which is between
Paneque and Melena. The train was not
stopped.
The rebels evidently mistook it for a
train conveying merchandise and intended
to loot it. When they discovered their
error they fled, not being in force strong
enough to cope with the brigade.
EGYPTIAN OFFICERS RETURNING.
Going to Help the Khedive Assert Ilia
Independence.
NEW YORK, N. V., Feb. 17.— A morn
ing paper says: Several Egyptian officers
who were expelled from their army be
cause of their dislike for British command
ers, and who came to America, have been
pardoned by the Khedive recently and re
quested to return home immediately.
Transportation was provided for them,
and they were assured that they would be
restored to their former ranK in the army.
Mahmoud Bey, a first lieutenant of artil
lery, prefers to live in Philadelphia, where
he is establishing a business, but' several
other officers embraced the opportunity to
go back, and were supplied with the means
to do so by the Turkish Embassador in
Washington.
"The higher-class Egyptian?," says
Mahmoud Bey. who came to New York to
see a companion off, "are digusted with
the British rule. Lord Salisbury pretends
that the English troops will be recalled as
soon as the Egyptians are able to govern
themselves. The truth is we are very well
able to take care of ourselves, but England
wishes to occupy Egypt forever, to do with
us as France did with Tunis.
"Our French commanders, who were
much liked by the soldiers, have been re
placed by Englishmen, and no effort is
spared to Anglicize us. At the beginning
the Khedive was afraid, and dismissed,
though reluctantly, many young officers
like myself, who were distasteful to the
British. But we have all been pardoned,
and I understand that the Khedive will
take the first opportunity to assert his in
dependence.
"He can rely upon the army. We have
18,000 well-drilled soldiers, while England
controls only 5000, fully 1500 of whom are
employed in a 'clerical capacity. Should
France insist on the evacuation of Egypt,
it is almost certain that there will be* an
outbreak. This is the reason, I believe,
why I and my comrades have been asked
to return."
GREAT PLUCK EXHIBITED.
But the McCague Bank Is Forced to
Suspend.
OMAHA., Nebr., Feb. 17.— McCague
Savings Bank has gone into the hands of a
receiver, on application of the State Bank
ing Board, and S. S. Curti3 has been ap
pointed receiver.
The bank has been endeavoring for some
time to reorganize into a mutual savings
bank and has succeeded in getting nearly
a half of the deposits subscribed to the mu
tual. However, in the limit of time al
lowed for reorganization, it has been found
impossible to reach the required $60,000 by
some $8000 to $10,000. The ; bank, which
was closed during the panic for some
weeks and was reopened with its impaired
capital made good, has made a manly fight
for continued life and exhibited remark
able resources and pluck.
COAL-BLACK PIGMIES.
Among the New African Tribes Discov
ered by Dr. Smith.
NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 17.— Dr. Don
aldson Smith, the young Philadelphia
physician who has been on an expedition
to Lake Rudolph, Africa, returned yester
day on the St. Louis. Professor Smith
says that he discovered many new tribes,
among them a race of coal-black pigmies.
They are of well-formed limbs and great
physical beauty. These -people are about
4 feet in height and live in conical huts
They raise grain and rear sheep and goats.
They are born hunters and in warfare use
poisoned arrows, wounds from which prove \
fatal within an hour. The explorer brings
home more than 1000 pounds of ivory.
The whole party had a narrow escape,
it will be remembered, from being cut "to
pieces by the Abyssinian army under
King Menelik. The explorer fought two
pitched battles with this enemy. Dr.
Smith says that not only did he succeed in
penetrating a country hitherto unexplored
by white men, but he has- made accurate
maps of the regions. Dr. Smith is going
directly to his home in Philadelphia,
where he will write a book, which will be
published simultaneously in the United
States and England.
MAY GO TO MEET NANSEN.
But the Leader of the Expedition Does Not
Think the Explorer Reached the
North Pole.
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 17.— A syndicate
of Chicago men is considering the advisa
bility of sending a party to meet Dr. Nan
sen at the Lena River for the purpose of
ascertaining the foundation ot the report
that the Norwegian had discovered the
pole as well as to assist, if possible, the re
turn of the explorers in their probable
march towards either Yakutsk or Irkutsk.
The man selected to lead this party, if it
starts, is Evelyn R. Baldwin, who was the
meteorologist of Peary's North Greenland
expedition of 1893-94.
Regarding the latest north pole story,
Baldwin said:
"I am very much inclined to doubt the
truth of the report that Dr. Nansen has
found the north pole. His reported
return at his starting point argues
failure, because his theory was
that he would find currents which
would carry him to the pole and come out
on the other side on his return trip. How
could he be returning against the currents
which would carry him to the goal? Had
he found no current he never would have
returned over the same route. I also doubt
the story because it comes in winter."
PACIFIC MAIL METHODS REVIVED.
The Panama Road Charges That Traffic Is
Again Diverted to the Southern
Pacific Lines.
NEW YORK, N. V., Feb. 17.-Trouble
; has broken out again between the Panama
! Railroad and the Pacific Mail Steamship
i Company. The Panama road charges that
j traffic which should have been turned over
j to it by the Pacific Mail Company at Pan
ama was diverted to the Southern Pacific
I Railroad. The Allianca had to make its
j last trip irom Colon to New York entirely
! without a cargo.
The Panama road, under its contract
with the Pacific Mail Company, operates
vessels on the Atlantic, while the Pacific
Mail conducts the vessel service on the
Pacific. The Pacific Mad asserts that it
had so much business for Mexico, Central
America and the west coast of South
America that if could not take business for
New York via the Isthmus of Panama.
REIGN OF CARNIVAL REX.
Arrival of the King at New
Orleans on a Special
Steamer.
Visitors Crowd the Southern City and
Merriment Is the Order cf
Proceedings.
NEW ORLEANS, La*, Feb. 17.— Never
before in its history has New Orleans been
so crowded during the carnival season. For
two weeks past visitors have been pouring
in by the hundreds. To-day "standing
room only" might well be put on the
outer approaches to '.he city. The hotels
and boarding-houses are taxed to their ut
most capacity, and every private residence
in the city has its quota of guests. The
weather is clear and pleasant and every
thing is favorable to a big success.
The King of the Carnival arrived on a
special steamer at the foot of Canal street
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The jam of
humanity was unprecedented. The King
was enthusiastically received, and on his
disembarkage the procession moved up
Canal to Camp street, from where it
marched to the City Flail. Arriving there
the usual ceremonies were observed, and
the keys of the city were turned over to his
Majesty by the Mayor.
For the next forty-eight hours Rex w ill
reign supreme in the city. To-night the
Rex ball took place at Washington Artil
lery Hall and the beautiful tableaux and
procession of Proteus paraded. The krewe
of Proteus in their gorgeous pageant to
night departed from the line of romantic
and mythical subjects which has heretofore
delighted the public and chose the origi
nal subject, "Dumb Society," a review of
the animal kingdom from a social point of
view. Twenty floats in all were required
to display the amusing satire.
IN THE BANDS OF FRIENDS.
General Manderson Would Not Refuse
the Nomination.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.— Ex-
Senator Manderson of Nebraska in an in
terview to-day admitted that he was in
the hands of his friends as a candidate for
the Presidency before the Republican con
vention at St. Louis.
For months ' Mr. Manderson has been the
reciyicnt of letters from all parts of the
country, urging him to enter the contest.
The insistence, he said, seemed to become
i more persistent with his expressions of
! disinclination, and before leaving Ne
braska be stated he would make no fur
ther opposition, but would remain passive.
General Manderson said to-night that
the various marks of confidence and man
ifestations of indorsement which would
be apparent by the presentation of his
name at St. Louis are most grateful and
acceptable.
He has been greatly \ influenced by the
kindly expressions of the Eastern press,
particularly Pennsylvania, where he was
born, and Ohio, where his early manhood
was spent. Under the circumstances, he
can only stand'and wait. '
For San Pedro Harbor.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.— A dele
gation from Los Angeles, Cal., was given
a hearing this morning by the River and'
Harbor Committee of the 4 House for the
appropriation of $392,000 for the improve
ment of Han Pedro harbor. The delega
tion, which was introduced by Mr. Mc-
Lachlin, consisted of Colonel H. G. Otis
W. C. Patterson, W ,G. Kerichoff and W.
D. Woolwine, all of Los Angeles. All of
them addressed the committee on the sub
ject in hand, as did also Senators Perkins
and White.
Johnson and Dams.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 17.—Con
gressman Johnson of California authorizes
the statement- that he was not opposed to
the ; appropriation for restraining ■: dams.
On the contrary, he favored and will sup-'
port heartily the bill introduced by him
appropriating $250,000, to be used with like
amounts I appropriated by . California, in
erecting restraining dams.
Third Assistant.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 17. -The
President to-day sent to the Senate the
nomination of William Woodward ; Bald
win of New York to be Third Assistant
Secretary of State.
ARIZONA'S HIGH
COURT SCANDAL
Full Text of the Charges
Against Judge A. C.
Baker.
TOLD IN A DEPOSITION.
Lewis Jordan Files His Accusa
tion With the Department
of Justice.
SAYS TRIBUTE WAS LEVIED.
The Chief Justice Declared to Have
Held Court When No Cases
Were on the Docket.
PHOENIX, AEiz.,.Feb. 17.— Sensational
indeed aro the charges preferred against
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court A. C.
Baker by Lewis Jordan, the text of which
was published in The Call several weeKs
ago. Jordan, who was formerly a court
attache, accuses Justice Baker of defraud
ing the public out of large sums of money
in salaries for work never performed; of
opening court when there were no cases to
be tried that the court officials could draw
fees; of levying tribute upon the attaches,
and finally of drunkenness and disgraceful
conduct. The original copy of Jordan's
deposition, a transcript of which he pre
sented in person to the Department of
Justice at Washington, was shown to a
Call correspondent to-night.
The document is in the shape of a depo
sition sworn to before a notary public and
attested by three witnesses. If these
charges can be substantiated by the rec
ords, Judge Baker is in serious trouble.
After the usual legal opening and the re
cital of how he was affronted and how,
after witnessing innumeral irregularities,
he resigned, Mr. Jordan says:
"My first knowledge of anything of these
irregularities occurred in March, 1894,
when Mr. Walker and myself were alone
in the clerk's oflice. Mr. Walker, my su
perior clerk, remarked to me that the ex
penses of the office were pretty high, and
said: 'Lewis, I pay Baker $100 per month
for this position, and he keeps drawing on
me until it keeps me nearly broke.'
"Secrecy with regard to this was en
joined by Mr. Walker. I was greatly sur
prised and both looked and showed it.
Several times after this Mr. Walker told
me the same thing, and I have seen him
pay Judge Baker money, and at all times
note it down in a book.
"While Judge Baker was in California
the past summer he wrote and telegraphed
to Mr. Walker for money, and Mr. Walker
showed me the letters and telegrams, say
ing on one of these occasions: 'Baker will
keep bleeding me until he gets every cent
I make.' -*•_'- "
"In this way matters moved along for
about one year and then Miss Minnie
Baker, a daughter of Judge Baker, com
menced to work in her father's chambers.
At this time Mr. Walker called me into
the courtroom one day and said to me :
" 'Judge Baker tells me to find a place in
the office for Miss Baker, and some new
arrangement must be made. The proposi
tion is this: The Judge wants to save the
$2 per diem of the court-crier, but she can
not act, so the Judge will appoint you,
and you act as court-crier— just simply
open court in the morning so as to save
that $2 per diem for Miss Baker. Miss
Baker will do the entering of judgments
and such copy work as there is in the
office.' ;C^,:
"I hesitated, but Walker pressed me and
I consented, Mr. Walker saying: 'You
see, if I make this arrangement, the Judge
will open court every day, business or no
business, so he can get the $2 per diem as
court-crier, and I can get my per diem,
which is $10, as clerk of the United States
Court.'
"I did not like the arrangement at all,
but did it, understanding that my posi
tion depended on my so doing. Mr. Walker
and myself then went to Judge Baker's
chambers and Mr. Walker said to the
Judge, "It is all right, Judge."
"The Judge said: 'All right, Lewis; you
put an order on the minutes appointing
yourself court-crier, and understand, the
arrangement is simply to save the per
diem as crier' ; and then Mr. Walker said
to me: ' You put your initials on the
records as "F. L. Jordan, crier," but in
the office as deputy clerk sign as you have
always, "Lewis Jordan, deputy clerk." '
. "Judge Baker said : I 'Yes, that is a good
idea.' )
"This arrangement was so distasteful to
me that in a conversation with my father
a few days after I told him of it and said I
was tired of it. He cautioned me about
doing anything touching the matter until
I found something else to do, and then ad
vised me to get out as quickly as possible.
"On July 1, 1895, Judge Baker and fam
ily left for California and were gone all
the summer. Miss Baker returned to St.
Louis and has never returned to Phoenix.
Mr. Walker said to me that the same ar
rangement would be made about the court
crier business. I made out my account as
court-crier, which amounted to $130.
"Mr. Walker said to me: 'You and Judge
Baker are both going away, and I will pay
Baker or Miss Baker that money. You get
the check made out so I can get it.' I did
so, and the check was indorsed by J. E.
Walker on the back and paid to him."
Continuing, the deposition tells of how
this went on; how he (Jordan) found
Walker's notebook, in which was set
down ail the sums of money the latter
gentleman had paid to Judge Baker. \ The
complainant asserts that court was opened
when there were no cases to be ; heard,
simply that the clerk and crier could draw
their wages.
Accompanying the deposition are ex
hibits of the record, showing the alleged
rascality— how court was opened fifty-six
days and business actually transacted on
but eighteen.' There is also an auxiliary
affidavit, asserting that Judge Baker was
grossly intoxicated on December ; 5 and
went about the streets carousing and
swearing at the members of the Grand 5
Jury then in session. , .. ■
SHANNON IS CONFIDENT.
Governor. Hughes'. Enemy ' Says } the ' Ex-
ecutive Will Be Removed.
PHCENIX, Ariz., 17.— Hon. Charles
M. Shannon, Internal Revenue Collector
for New Mexico and Arizona, Democratic
National committeeman for Arizona and
the man who knocked down the Governor
of New Mexico when that official called
him a man of questionable veracity in
Santa Fe a few weeks ago, is in the city.
In the fight to secure the removal of L.
C. Hughes, Governor of Arizona, Mr.
Shannon has been a prominent and
moving spirit. When asked last night
what the prospects for success were he
replied:
"They are good, sir; very good. Hughes'
removal is certain. The people of this
Territory are tired of him exceedingly
so and the Democratic party is disgusted
with him. He is- ruining Arizona. His
administration has been notoriously cor
rupt, and he would have been removed
long ago had not some important affairs
of state engrossed the attention of the
President. The charges made against
Hughes by the united Democratic party of
the Territory have been verified by 'the
report of Judge Obie and Colonel Duncan,
agents of the Department of the Interior. So
soon as the more important affairs of state
have been disposed of the matter will be
taken up and Mr. Hughes' successor
named."
C AUGHT NEAR SUSANVILLE.
Sheriff Church Takes an Indian Mur-
derer After a Long Search.
CHICO, Cal., Feb. 17.— Sheriff Church
of Lassen County has captured Indian Joe,
who murdered China Frank near Susan
ville last fall. The Indian has been in
hiding ever since.
A few years ago China Frank became
involved in a row near Susanville and in
the tight shot and killed a brother of
Indian Joe, also wounding another brother
named Sam. He condoned the offense,
however, by paying the relatives of the
dead Indian $50. Joe, in company with a
couple of Indians, visited Genesee Valley
last autumn, learned that China Frank
was working at a corral near by, repaired
to the corral and deliberately' shot him
down. It is for this murder that Joe
takes an enforced trip to the County Jail.
Hitherto the Indiana have been allowed
to adjudicate their personal differences
among themselves, but in this case the
authorities will take a hand. ft has been
the redskins' custom that if a murder was
committed the offense could be condoned
and the murder forgiven if he paid the
relatives a few ponies. There is a possi
bility of China Frank's slayer visiting the
happy hunting grounds by the rope route.
TACOMA'S REFORM WAVE
President and Cashier of the
Columbia National Bank
Indicted.
A Prominent Capitalist Accused of
Appropriating Money Deposited
in His Keeping.
TACOMA, Wash.^ Feb. 17.-After delib
erating and taking testimony for a week
the Federal Grand Jury to-day returned an
indictment against Major Henry B.Oliver,
president of the defunct Columbia Nation
al Bank, and Cashier W. G. Peters, as
accessory, for embezzlement. They will
be arraigned to-morrow to plead.
When National Bank Examiner Charles
Clary took possession of the bank last fall
he found its affairs in a bad condition.
Partly as the result of his discoveries two
public treasurers are now awaiting trial on
criminal charges. Clary unearthed some
peculiar transactions of Oliver. The latter
stood high in the community and was
president of the city Board of Education.
As the result of Clary's discoveries Oliver
was arrested, waived a preliminary hear
ing and was released on $10,000 bonds,
awaiting the action of the Grand Jury.
The indictment against Oliver contains
fourteen counts, in effect that Oliver pre
vailed upon D. Bottenus, a merchant
tailor of Cincinnati, who owned $20,000
worth of stock in the bank, to make a de
posit of $4000; that after the deposit was
made Oliver had the money transferred to
his own personal account and proceded to
check it out. Evidence that he had done
so was not destroyed. Oliver's defense
will be ignorance of banking and that he
believed the action to have been legiti
mate. Bottenus has been here several
weeks and will push the prosecution.
Oliver formerly was a member of the
faculty of Girard College, Philadelphia,
and has a good war record. Before j
coming here in 1887 he was at the head of j
the House of Correction in Cincinnati.
The trial of J. W. McCauley, ex-City I
Treasurer, charged with making a profit I
out of public funds by drawing interest on i
deposits in the Columbia National Bank, I
was begnn to-day. The day was occupied
in securing a jury. >
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SAN RAFAEL'S
NEW WOMAN
She Strikes Like a Corbett
and Fears Not the
Law.
THRASHES AN OFFICER.
Deputy Sheriff Hannon Roughly
Handled While Attempting
an Arrest.
COLLIDES WITH AN UPPERCUT.
He Finally Makes the Capture, but Is
Now Nursing a Bruised
Countenance.
SAN RAFAEL, Cal., Feb. 17.— ••Jack"
Hannon, one of Sheriff Henry Harrison's
deputies, was to-day vanquished by a San
Rafael woman after a fierce hand-to-hand
tussle, which lasted over fifteen minutes.
Hannon is one of the largest men em
ployed in the Sheriff's office, weighing
over 200 pounds, but notwithstanding the
great strength and weight of the depoity
he was badly used up and was glad to get
away from the woman's unmerciful beat
ing.
Hannon had a legal paper to serve upon
Mrs. Nelson's daughter, who was charged
with numerous offenses, but Mrs. Nelson's
daughter saw the Deputy Sheriff coming
after her and made an effort to escape.
She ran into the house and her mother
closed the door and bolted it. The deputy
was not to be so easily defeated in his pur
pose and tried to get into the house
through another door, but Mrs. Nelson,
who has had experience with officers of
the law before, got around to the door in
time to confront him.
The deputy attempted to push by her,
but Mrs. Nelson assumed a belligerent at
titude, and raising her fist high above her
she brought it down with a resounding
whack upon the head of the unfortunate
officer. Hannon ducked his head only to
receive an upper cut, sent with all the
strength of the woman's right arm. The
blow landed on his right cheek and
brought the deputy to a full realization of
his danger.
While Mrs. Nelson was thrashing the
representative of Sheriff Harrison, the
daughter, the cause of all the trouble, had
been watching the combat from a second
story window, and when a good oppor
tunity offered she slid down one of the
pillars supporting the roof of the porch
and started on a run down the street.
About this time, Hannon, who had de
spaired of subduing Mrs. Nelson, was re
treating in search of assistance. He saw
the girl fleeing away. The deputy gave
j chase and finally captured her.
The marks of Mrs. Nelson's fists are still
visible upon Hannon's face, and he has
sworn off fighting the "new" woman.
Not 'From a Dirided Party.
CHICAGO, 111.. Feb. 17.— William R.
| Morrison, who reached this city yester
j day, says that he would not accept a Presi
i dential nomination from a divided party.
He does not object to a convention fight,
but it must be a fight in which vanquished
and victor must afterward shake hands and
I does not object to a convention fight,
it must be a fight in which vanquished
1 victor must afterward shake hands and
cc to support the candidate. He thinks
that the silver Democrats are beginning to
see that they must make concessions to
save the party. •
General Harrison Positive.
INDIANAPOLIS, Inc., Feb. 17.—Gene
ral Harrison has positively declined to let
his name go before the State convention as
a delegate-at-large to St. Louis, and has
notified his friends that it it useless to urge
the matter upon him.
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