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SHERMAN
REPLIES TO
SALISBURY
Great Britain's Latest
Action Viewed With
Astonishment.
COMPLICATIONS AS
TO THE SEALS.
Evidently the English Premier
Desires to Exclude Japan
and Russia.
DELEGATES ON THE WAY
TO WASHINGTON.
S?te Department Suggests a Con
" ferencs Between This Country,
Canada and England,
Special Dispatch to Tee Call.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 12—Secre
tary Sherman has written a reply to the
note of Lord Salisbury expressing Great
Britain's declination to taKe Dart in a
Berin« Sea conference in which Russia
and Japan are to participate. Tiie essen
tial features of Mr. Sherman's reply have
baen sent by cable to the British Govern
ment, and the reply in full is now on its
way to the British authorities. Lord
Salisbury's note of declination, it can now
l>e stated, bore date of October 6— last
"Wednesday — so that the response is made
With promptness.
The reply states that the United States
Government views with astonishment the
determination of Great Britain not to par
ticipate in a conference including Russia
and Japan, and the statement is made
that up to the 23d of last month the
United States authorities fully expected
that the conference would proceed with
the representatives of Russia and Japan
as well as of Great Britain present.
It is pointed out that, aside from the
written correspondence to which Lord
Salisbury has called attention, there were
verbal negotiation- between Embassador
Hay and his Lordship, in which a specific
reference was made to the participation of
Russia and Japan. At one of these verbal
exchanges, it is stated, Lord Salisbury
eaiJ he would advise with the officials of
the Foreign Office concerning the subjects
discussed, which included the participa
tion of Russia and Japan.
Subsequently, on July 29, Embassador
Hay wrote to Lord Salisbury, saying the
y 'resident tioped 10 have Russia and Japan
I /articipate in the conference. la view of
•fhese circumstances the United States had
confidently expected that Great Britain
would take part in the conference and
that Russia and Japan would be repre
sented with the approval of Great Britain.
Besides the foregoing reply, and in view
of the differences which have arisen, the
State Department suggests a conference
accordance with the terms of Lord Sal
isbury's agreement, as he construes it,
namely, botween experts of Great Britain,
the United States and Canada. This last
feature is now under consideration by the
British Government, its substance baying;
b en transmitted by cable, but it is not
expected that a reply will be made until
Mr. Sherman's answer in detail reaches
London.
In the meantime preparations for the
conference between the United States, Rus
sia and Japan arc proceeding. The Jap
anese delegates, who are now en route
from San Francisco, will stop over two
days at Chicago and wiil not reach Wash
ington until next Snnday night. Two of
the Russian delegates, Mr. Botkine and
Mr. Routkoweky, are here, and the re
maining delegate, Mr. Grebnitsky. is ex
pected soon. While no exact date has
been fixed for the conference, the expecta
tion is that all the delegates will be here
in time to bring them together on
Wednesday, October 20.
TAGGART DEFEATS HARDING.
,L Silver Democrat Elected Mayor of
Indianapolis — Republicans Beaten
in Chattanooga.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ixd., Oct. 12. —
Thomas Taggart, Democrat, defeated W.
N. Harding, Republican, for Mayor by a
plurality that will reach 5000. The Repub
licans cave up the fight early in the even
ing, conceding a Democratic victory of
from 300 to 5000. At 1 o'clock 120 pre
cincts out oJ a total of 195 gave Taggart a
NEW TO-DAY.
MANY GRAND CUBES.
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plurality of 3100. If this rate Keeps up the
official iount will show a clear plurality
for Mayor Tageartof 5000. On the Repub
lican ticket six Councilmen-at-large are
elected by from 3500 to 4000. Of the ward
Counciinien the Republicans will elect
probably not more than four out of fif
teen.
Mayor Taggart was deluged with tele
grams 10-night from all over the country.
He is freely spoken of as the next Demo
cratic candidate for Governor. He was
elected on a silver platform.
CHAT TANOOGA Ten.v., Oct. 12.— The
municipal election to-day resulted in tbe
overwhelming defeat o! the Republican
ticket. Co'onel Ed Watkins (D. was
elected by ( J!ts majority. Colonel Watkins
is a leading lawyer and promoter, and
the canvass, being personal, aiteU" his
popularity among the people. Tlie Dem
ocrats elected six out of eicht Aldermen.
This city is normally Republican by from
400 to 500, ani the overwhelming leversal
of tha conditions is due to the apathy of
the Republican voters and the disaffection
of the 'negroes. There was a very light
vote, only 3.300 being cast.
• •
CONCLAVE OF THE MA SO VS.
Meeting of the Grand Chapter, Relief
and Veteran Associations and a
Grand Council Election.
BALTIMORE. Md., Oct. 12— The open
ing exercises of tie third triennial «nd
also the centennial conclave of the Gen
eral Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons
of the United States, was held tbis morn
ing at the temple on North Charles street.
The morning session was taken up with
addresses of welcome, responses and the
reports of cfficera.
The lirst business of the session was the
rendering of the annual report of General
Grand Hij_'h Priest Georce C. McCahan
of Da timore, and the reports of General
Grand Secretary Christopher G. Fox of
Buffalo, N. V , and General Grand Trea
surer Daniel G. of Michigan.
The General Masonic Relief Association
also held a meeting this morning in the
lonic room ol the temple.
The Masons' Veteran Association he.d
a meeting this evening in the Roman
rooms of the temple. ThisorganizaUon
is composed of those who have been Ma
sons twenty-one years or over.
The Grand Council, at its meeting,
heard the report of the secretary and
treasurer and elected the following offi
cers: General grand mast-r, Bradford
Nichol of Tennessee ; general grand deputy
master, William H. Mayo of Missouri;
general grand principal conductor, Dr.
T. A. Bowen of Massachusetts; general
grand treasurer, Charles H. Heaton of
Vermont; general grand recorder, H. W.
Nordhurst of Indiana; g<Mi<ral grand
captain of the guard, Andrew P. Swan
strom of Minnesota: general grand con
ductor of council, Henry C. Larrabee of
Baltimore; general grand marshal, Graff
McAkiin of Ohio, and general grand stew
ard, Jacob T. Barron of South Carolina.
MEN OF MED i CINE MEET.
Physicians of the San Joaquin Valley
Gather in Convention at
Bakers field.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal , Oct. 12. — The
San Joaquin Valley Mcd ctl Association
met here to-day in regular session. Fifteen
members answered to the roil call.
President W. N. Sherman of Merced pre
sided and opened the proceedings with a
timely address. Dr. E. C. Dunn of Fresno
acted as secretary.
Following President Sherman's address
a number of able papers were read and
discussed. In these discussions many in
teresting and unique cases of surgery
were related, and valuable points in the
treatment of intestinal troubles given.
The jjerm theory received much attention
;a the handling of the malarial question,
and it seemed to be the unanimous opinion
that this theory was the paramount ques
tion of medicine and promised wonderful
results.
Eight new members were received,
making a total of hfty-one la the organi
zation. There are many able men in the
association.
When the evening session was con
cluded, the members repaired to the
Southern Hotel, where they were enter
tained at a banquet by the local profes
sional men.
QUARTZ FROM STEWART RIVER.
Portland Prospector Sends Down
Specimens From a Rich
Gold Ledge.
PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 12.— J. C. King
of this city has received some remarkably
rich specimens of quartz from his brother,
W. C. King, who is now on Stewart River,
Alaska. Mr. King said to-day:
"My brother shipped down 400 pounds
of ore taken from his claim on Stewart
River, and I had it sent to the Selby
smelter at San Francisco. It shows
$731 25 in gold, 247 ounces in silver, 20 per
cent lead and ll l^' per cent copper to the
ton. The ledge is about nine feet in
width.
"My brother also writes that there is
any amount of quartz in that region, but
most of it is low-grade free milling ore.
The base ores are the rich ones. The
richer ledge is nine feet across. The
other is three feet across, running paral
lel with and about thirty feet from the
wider ledge. It lies in black slate forma
tion, but the other lies between a Dlack
slate and a hard gray grnnite."
Xobbrd of Her Diamonds.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct. 12.— Mrs.
George Harney, who conducts a wayside
inn near Brighton, in this county, has
reported to the Sacramento police that
some one entered her home a few niebts
ago and stole $600 worth of diamonds.
A Chinaman is suspected.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1897.
TRAVEL IS
BECOMING
BLOCKADED
Serious Situation Now
Confronts People of
Texas.
ALL THE TRAINS ARE
TIED UP.
Owing to the Yellow Fever
Scare Shotgun Quarantine
Is Maintained.
BUT THE PLAGUE IS OF A
MILD TYPE.
Two Deaths From the Dread Dis
ease and Thirty-Five New Cases
at New Orleans.
*<peclal Dhpatch to The 'ail
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 12.— The most
serious situation now confronting the peo
ple of Texas is the almost complete
blockading of travel, owing to the yellow
fever scare. Many trains on all the prin
cipal lines have been abandoned and local
lines have stopped running entirely.
Both divisions of the Houston ana Texas
Central and the Southern Pacific are tied
up most effectually to-night, not a single
wheel moving, save in the extreme north
ern portion of the State.
Every small town in the State israpMly
organizing shotgun quarantines, so trains
cannot stop except at the big cities. The
situation in the entire State is highly
pan cky, and the feeling is one of crow
ing a arm and apprehension. By to
morrow night, unless the situation is
soon relieved, the great southern and cen
tral portion of the State will be practi
cally without any railroad facilities, as all
trains will be stopped.
GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. 12.— The situa
tion in Galveston at this hour is hopeful.
Ii is agreed that the fever is of a mild type.
Yesterday there were sixty cabin vassen
gers booked to leave on tbe New York
s earner this morning, that being the only
way 10 get out of the city. Thirty of these
canceled their engagements and did not
go. The Board of Health issued an ad
dress to-day declaring the disease to be of
a light type and stating that eleven cases
have been reported, all told, and that
these eleven are either recovered or con
valescent. The hrst mail since Saturday
night arrived to-day — three tons of it.
The principal lines are bringing freight
into <ialveston and being allowed to re
turn tneir boxcars north. Free communi
cation was established between Houston
and (ialvestori to-uay. Dr. Guiteras has
not been here since his return from Hous
ton last nieht. He went out to the State
quarantine station ;it the entrance of the
harbor and spent the night.
It was decided by the Board of Health
to-day to be unnecessary to close the
schools.
Dr. H. A. West of the Board of
Health this afternoon reported Isador
Mayer, a fisherman, aged 4ti, livin-r at
Thirty-second street and avenue P, as
an absolute case of yellow fever.
HOUSTON. Tex, Oct. 12.— The city
»yoke up this morning to hnd itself in
quarantine by the declaration of the
Mate Health Oilicer, Sweariugen, based
on the statement of Guiteras that four
case of yellow fever existed here. The
public schools were not opened, and this
fact created some alarm. Few trains left
town and all were well filled. The cases
have been promptly isolated. The city
heaith oilicer to-day carefully investigated
several ca-ei called to his attention by
physicians, but pronounced all of them
deugi.o. All four cases are isolated, but
no new ones were found. No trains are
running now ex.ept one between here
and Galve«ton.
NEW OKLBANS, La.. Oct. 12— The
fever bituatlou grew no worse here to-day,
but at ttie same time there is no rift yet
showing through tbe clouds, and the
promise is not bright for an immediate re
opening of the avenues of industry.
Daylight had hardly come this morning
before two deaths had been announced,
but no other totalities had gone down on
the books when night fell. The cases to
day are, as usual, widely scattered and
have increased somewhat the total num
ber of cases under treatment, but at the
same time there have been a larce num
ber of cases discharged to-day and the
death percentage has suffered a fall.
The official bulietin to-night shows
thirty-five new cases and the following
deaths: Josepn Colette, Allen Giles.
Tnere has been for some time a general
impression that the fever was confined
solely 10 the houses of the poor, but it Has
likewise found its way Into the houses of
the rich, and there were handsome man
sions to-day on Jackson avenue and other
line residence thoroughfares, from which
the ugly red and yellow flaps hune. Of
the new cases included in the bulletin to
night those of Mrs. Hunter C. LeaKe, wife
of the general agent of the Illinois Cen
tral Railway; James R. Anderson, a
prominent supply agent representing
Eastern bouse?; and of Mrs. Kakin, wife
of the superintendent of the Standard Oil
Company, are said to be of a somewhat
mild type. These are the most prominent
cases reported to-day.
MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 12.— There were
many new ca-es ot yellow fever broueht
to light in the past twenty-four hours.
No deaths have occurred in the past
forty-eight hours. There are three more
cases reported on the steamer Kate, lying
at Magaz ne Point, three miles above the
city. A hospital will be established there
and the ship disinfected.
The lever is making greatest progress
along the center of the reiidence portion
of the city in the Broad street and the
Spring Hill avenue districts, but still it is
not at the ratio noted ai the beginning ot
ihe outbreak, while the virulence of*the
disease has not notably increased.
DeatU of a It. ,».,i,i Pioneer.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Oct. 12 —
Mrs. H. 11. Wenlling, who had been a
resident here the past thirty years, died
suddenly to-day from dropsy of the heart.
With her parenis she crossed the plains
in 1853 to Nevada. Subsequently her
fumiiy removed to Kanta Rosa. In 1567
she came to Santa Barbara. Mrs. Went
ling leaves a family of eight children.
She was a sister of Superior Judee B. T.
Williams of Ventura and W. T. Williams,
a <awyer of Los Angeles.
Ex- Aatetubltfman G<irdnnr liend.
ANGELS CAMP, Cau, Oct. 12,-Jonn
Gardner, a pioneer and an assernblvman
of Calaveras in 1889, died tn-day at the
age of 76. He was a member of Bear
Mountain Lodge No. 76, F. and A. M., of
Angels.
WEBSTER
NOW SEEKS
PROMOTION
Papers for His Elevation
to Paymaster to Be
Forwarded.
BAD RECORD OF THE
NAVAL OFFICER.
Has Not Yet Paid Back the
Money He Obtained From
Mrs. Tobin.
DISMISSAL RECOMMENDED
BY A COURT-MARTIAL.
To Add to the Tar's Troubles Hts
Wife Seeks a Divorce on the
Ground of Non-Support.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 12.— The
Navy Department is just now investigat-
ASSISTANT PAYMASTER EDWIN B. WEBSTER, Who Seeks
Promotion Notwithstanding Kis Unsavory Record in the
Navy.
ing the records on file there prior to for
warding the necessary data to the Presi
dent in the matter of the promotion of
Assistant Paymaster Edwin B. Webster to
the rank of full paymaster in the United
States navy.
It will be remembered that a little over
a year ago Webster was tried by court
martial at the Mare Island Navy-yard
for conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman on account of bis obtaining
the sum of $2500 from Mrs. Tobin of
Yallejo at the time Webster appointed
her son, William J. Tobin, a payclerk in
the navy on board the United States
steamer Yorktown.
The court-martial recommended the dis
missal of Webster from the service, but
Secretary of the Navy Herbert allowed
him to remain in the service provided he
repaid Mrs. Tobin the money which she
loaned to him. Mrs. Tobin and her son,
it seems ar« both dead, but the executors
of the estate and the surviving relatives
lately have left nothing undone to ac
quaint the Secretary of the Navy with
the present status of the case.
Nearly a year has elapsed since the de
cision of Herbert was announced, and
Webster has fared to pay any of the debt
he owes. He has been acting as paymas
ter ol the United S'.ates steamer Castine.
To add to h<s troubles his wife, who has
been traveling in Kurope for the past two
year*«, a few months ago commenced an
action for divorce, alleging a3 the cause,
"non-support."
The dismissal from the navy of John
Corwinne at Newport for embezzlement
last July made a vacancy in the paymas
ter list, which was filled by the promotion
of Willis B. Wilcox of the Monadnock,
and the retirement last month of CasDar
Scbenck left another vacancy, which will
be lilled by the promotion of Webster cr
his immediate successor.
A few days aso President McKinley dis
missed a lieutenant from the army on
account of his failure to pay hack bor
rowed money. What will be done in
Webster's case is problematical, but if he
gets a promotion with all the disgraceful
past hanging over liis record it will sur
prise tome of the President.'. i friends.
UKOtrXEI* X.V Jilt: SAM JOA.QUIX.
ffilliam A. Ooualasi of Dan I rnnriico
I.o*e* Hit I,lfe.
STOCKTON, Cal., Oct. 12.-William
A. Douglass, secretary of the Old River
Land Reclamation Company, was drowned
in the San Joaqain River, near Bethany,
in the western part of this county, last
evening. He fell into the river while trv
tatf to make a barge fast to the bank. He
was awept away by the current before as
sistance could reacli him. The body was
recovered and taken to Byron, Contra
Costa County, wh-re an inquest was held
this morning by the Contra Costa
Coroner. The remains will be sent to
Ban Francisco, where the deceased re
sided.
JUSTICE FIELD
SOON TO RETIRE
Leaves the Bench Be-
fore the Expiration
of the Year.
Significance in the Continu-
ance of Several Impor-
tant Cases.
It Is the General Impression That
Attorney-General McKenna
Will Succeed Field.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 12.— The
Post will to-morrow annouuce in positive
terms that Associate Justice Field will
retire from tne Supreme Court bench be
fore the expiration of the year. This pre
diction has been often printed, and it is
like the story of the boy and the wolf
nobody believes it.
But the managing editor o! the Post
said to The Call correspondent to-night
that his information was reliable.
Justice Field was on the bancb yester
day when court convened lor the October
term. His advanced age was very notice
able in both his speech and his walk.
His seat was vacant to-day. Several
important case-; involving grave constitu
tional questions were continued until next
January, and it is believed that this was
done by the court which bad knowledge
of Mr. Field's intention to retire before
that time.
In fact, it is common gossip among Mr.
Field's associates thai he will retire before
the year is out. They look for hia resig
nation any day.
It is still the general impression that
McKenna will succeed him.
NO TROUBLE IN THE
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE
False Report of a Dispute Over
the Division of Gate
Receipts.
Sacramento Managers Hint That
the Report Had a Yellow
Origin.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct. 12.— The an
nouncement in to-day's Stockton Inde
pendent that trouble was brewing in the
California Baseball League over a misun
derstanding in regard to the adjustment
of finances between the managers after
Sunday's game, lias certainly been made
through the mistake or misinformation
of some one. The Sacramento managers
disclaim any knowledge of such an erup
tion, declare that no ground for a dispute
of any kiud exisis, and are inclined to
credit the report to some one interested
in the old Examiner tournament and
bent upon injuring the brignt prospects
of the new league.
It would certainly be very unfortunate
at this time to have any s uch a quarrel
lake place. The baseball public is just
drawing a breath of relief over the tinal
set t lenient of the Examiner tournament
affair, and if it 1* now to witness anothe r
disgusting scramble for gate receipts, the
baseball managers might as well hang up
their teams for tne balance of the year.
The people are crying "play baseball" ;
they want baseball; they will pay for it,
but if they see that the sport is to be sub
served to the speculation of grasping
managers, they will again refuse to offer
encouragement or contribute to its pros
perity. But rather no ball at all than dis
grace it by exhibitions of managers tight-,
ing over gate receipt?.
Killed in a ifunaiciy.
WEAVERVILLE, Cau, Oct 12.— C. G.
Gliason was accidentally killed this morn
ing at Douglas City, seven miles from
here, while driving two spirited horses.
One of the lines dropped from his hands
and fell between the horses. With the
other line he attempted to run the ani
mals into a bank, but instead they went
over a grade, throwing Gliasen into some
willow bushes. A twig entered bia eye
and another pierced the body near the
abdomen, cuttine a blood vessel and caus
ing his death. He was a native of Nor
way, aged 58. He leaves a widow.
TRACING LINKS
IN THE CHAIN
Lawyer McEwan Dilates
on Evidence Against
Luetgert.
Circumstances That Plainly
indicate the Guilt of the
Sausage-Maker.
Dramatic Language of the Prose
cutor, Who Demands the Life
of the Accused.
Special Dispatcb to Thk Call.
CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 12 —Assistant
State's Attorney McEwan finished his
argument in tue Luetgert trial to-day, and
Attorney Ptiaien will make the opening
address for the defense to-morrow. Mr.
McEwan consumed the entire day with
bis argument and went over the case care
fully, connecting the details of evidence
for tne jury and showing how one circum
stance fitted into another, and how the
whole mass of evidence submitted by the
State furnished, in his opinion, a full and
complete circumstantial chain, proving
that Luetgert had murdered his wife in
order that his relations with his servant
girl, Mary Stammering, might remain un
disturbed.
Throughout the entire argument Luet
gert listened to the attorney who was
asking for his life with the greatest at
tention. He never took his eyes off Mr.
McEwan for more than an instant, and
the heavy scowl that is habitual with him
deepened as the Assistant State's Attor
uey pointed out circumstance after cir
cumstance that weighed against his inno
cence. It is now practically certain that
all of the arguments will be finished so
that the case will be given to the jury by
Saturday night at the latest.
McEwan took up the subject of sesa
moi(i<, and this soon brought him to a
consideration of the evidence of Dr. W.
H. Allport, chief osteoloeical expert for
the defense. Rarely is a witness handled
with the biting sarcasm and scornful de
nunciation that were heaped upon this
celebrated expert.
"He came upon the witness-stand with
all the arrogance and self-assurance of a
bully," shouted the attorney, "and left it
as meek and lowly as any being who ever
entered the building. He exposed to the
medical profession in open court his
ignorance and made hirnseif the laughing
stock of experts the world over."
Tue mistakes Dr. All port is alleged to
have made in identifying different bones
were enumerated, discussed and ridiculed
in the most cutting manner at the
speaker's command. "And this is the
man whom the defense asks you to be
lieve with reference to the identification
of the bones placed before you in evidence
in this case," observed McEwan.
During the afternoon session of court I
McEwan devoted a considerable portion !
of his time to the gold rings found in the
middle vat in Lsatgert'a factory. This
he siyleu "the indestructible and shining
evidence of guilt."
The purest metal known to man, he
said, had come forth from that vat untar- i
nished to fasten upon the guilty person
the responsibility lor one of the most
heinous and cruel crimss modern times
has produced.
Then the attorney shifted to the evidence
of the bone experts and dissected it care
fully, pointing out what he considered the
weaknesses aud inconsistencies in the sto
ries and identifications made by each.
Then he reviewed the circumstances in
the case from the date of Mrs. Luetgert's
disappearance up to the present date.
Each development was recalled and fitted
together in a logical manner.
The speaker suddenly reached the de
scriptive climax by exclaiming: "There,
gentlemen of the jury, you have the com
plete foundation and structure of this
case. Tne chain of facts is connected.
The links naturally coil around this de
fendant and fix tiis guilt as plainly and
as indisputably as it is possible 10 fix
guilt."
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UNDER TEE BAN
OF EDUCATORS
"Les Miserables" Not
Proper Reading for
People.
Guardians of Phi ladelphiaHlgh
School Object to Hugo's
Masterpiece,
The Book Deals With Subjects That
Should Not Be Read by Youths.
They Say.
Special Dispatch to Thk Call.
NEW YORK. N. V.. Oct. 12.— A special
to the Herald from Philadelphia says:
"Les Mißarabies," Victor Hugo's master
piece, has come under the bsn of educa
tional conservatism. The committee of
the Board of Education of the trirls' high
school declared against it yesterday after
noon when Principal William D.Roorer
presented to the committee a list of text
books required for the school, containing
the book in French. Chairman Thomas
G. Morton declared he must object to
"Les JYliserables." He had read it, he
said, and regarded it as decidedly improper
to put into the hands of the girls in the
high school. He proposed that it be
stricken from the list.
Mrs. Mary E. Mumford, the only woman
member of the committee, was the only
defender of Hugo's immortal work, but
her solitary protest was speedily over
ruled. She said it had doubtless been
recommended as beins typical of the
highest classical French literature.
Chairman Morion thus expressed his
views: "My objection is to the tone of
the book. It deals, as any one who has
read it knows, with thegrisettesof France.
That in itself is condemnatory. I think
that we who have charge of the public
schools have a sacred trust, and we cannot
be too cautious in setting betore the young
girls and boys that winch detracts from
their ideals of virtue and purity. Their
parents hold us responsible, and we owe a
duty to them and to the girls. If the book
is in a library, that is a different thing,
for the child's parents are supposed to
keep an eye over what she reads, but to
require pupils to read a tainted book is
wrong. I would object to any classic,
even some of Shakespeare's works, if they
are immoral."
NOT THE REAL DUNHAM.
Sheriff Lyndon Doubts That the
Minos-del- Tajo Suspect Is
the Fugitive.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Oct. 12.— Sheriff Lyn
don to-aay received photographs and a
full description of the man recently ar
rested at Minos-del-Tajo, a mine near Ro
sario, Mexco, on suspicion of being James
C. Dunham, the murderer of the Mc-
Glincys at Campbell. The pictures and
the description bear a resemblance to
Dunnam, but Sheriff Lyndon expresses
doubt as to the identity of the suspect.
The man gave his name as ''Jack" Gran
vilie and ma tie his appearance at the mine
about two months ago. He worked for
several days and then quit. While drunk
he spoke of Dunham and mentioned the
fact that be was from California. This
aroused suspicion, and W. A. Knapp, a
superintendent at the mine, notified his
brother in San Francisco that he thought
the man was Dunham. Sheriff Lyndon
was then informed, and the request was
made of Governor Undd to have the Mex
ican Government arrest the man. When
lie came to the mine the man claimed he
was sick and on his way to Guadalajara 10
enter a hospital. He is now in jail at Ro
sario, and a man will be sent there to see
if he is Dunham.
t<outhfirn Pacific Jiraketnan Killed.
ELKO, Nev., Oct. 12.— Mark Wilson, a
brakemin on the Southern Pacific, fell
from a freight train near Battle Mountain
to-day and was instantly killed.
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