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there was to t c city, out an approach to ;
the northern edge of the plateau showed
that it was only a very small pottion of it.
Looking over the eigeof rather :in abrup
ending of the flat plateau a fair ideacf
the city was obiaineii.
Here there was seen a !ar?e portion of
the city spread out below Jike a carpet.
The lines of rocks on the upper plateau
weie repeated below ou an almost level
piece o; land. A rou^h guess ai the size
of this would place it at abou: sixty-rive
acres, and it was nearly all covered with
ruined buildings.
From above the lines of roads or streets
could be seen -everal hundreds of ruined
houses. Ail of these that were stand ins
in a condition good enough to be studied
were seen to have a door openlne toward
the east. There wasexcoption to this rule.
The best of these houses had walls
about two and a half feet high, and the
Jower portion of these was nearly perfect.
The side of the cliff leading from the
upper to the lower plateau was covered
with stone walls running parallel to its
sides like the ?lats of an amphitheatre.
The base of one wall was on a level with
the top of the 0:10 beneath, so that the
whole formed a series of terraces like a
flight of steps. There was a filling of earth
tnat formed the top of the steps, *o it is
possible that these terraces may nave been
gcrdens at one time.
There is little to describe in the appear
ance of the houses or stone walls. All
were very much alike in size and shape.
How and where did tue people who once
lived on the top of this mountain get
water?
Even tuis question is prswered by Ibe
markings of a trail that iead'« down a can
yon to the northward and ends at a spring
that is full of ooJ water to this day. A
'ew excavations were made by members of
The Call's expedition inside tne walls of
some of the old bu:l lings, but nothing or
any tcreat impi.r:ance was ■ •iicovered be
yond v few crude arrowheads.
Holes were dug to the base of somi of
the wa.ls. Thf-se were found to be about
three feet beneath the surface, indicating
that the wa.is were once about six feet
high.
in turning over the soil among these
old houses it was found to be of the finest
qi.a ity of loam. Among them were
patches of charcoal, but how they came
there is a great mystery. How the good
toil came io be on top of a mountain can
only be solved one way, it was carried
ihere from the rich valleys below.
RESCUE-SHIP
OUTFITTED BY
"THE CALL"
Continued from First Pag',.
Cramp's shipyards, and I will send her to
San Francisco about the 10;h, of next
month. She will go v;a Suez and is ex
pected to reach her destination (fa Marcb.
Captain H.ODer will have charge of her.
and it is not improbable that she also will
be ordered to Bering Sea early in the
spring.
"Will Captain Hooper go in per-on? 1 '
"I think so." said Captain . Shoemaker.
'•1 think he would like to go."
The Call correspondent learned at the
\^iiiK' House to-day that the Chamber of
Commerce of San F.ancisco bad wired
the President requesting that Captain
Healy of the Revenue Marine be ap
pointed in charge of the whalers' relief
exped'tion.
The Piesident sent the communication
to Secretary Gape with an indorsement of
the request. Secretary Gace, .upon con
sulting with some officers of the treasury,
however, saw that it would be imi CHsible,
for Captain Heaiy is now serving a sen
lenc • imposed by court-martial. He is on
"waiting orders. " The President was in
formed of this by Secretary Gage, so of
course the idea had to be abandorind.
C. C. Carltox.
THE EXPEDITION
IS A CERTAINTY.
Relief will be dispatched to the ice
bound whalemen at tue earliest possible
moment. That much lias been decided
upon by the Government, and all that
remains to be done now is to decide
whether the honor of the expedition will
fall on the navy or the revenue marine
service, and after the decision is made to
provision the ship, seiect the members of
the overland trip and, away on the errand
of mercy.
The President and the Cabinet were at
first inclined to send the cutter Bear on
the journey, but Captain Tuttle's report
that it would require from two weeks to
twenty days to place his ship in readiness
for tiie battie with the ice, has caused the
Washington authorities to turn again to
the navy, and the probabilities now are
that the whaler Thrasner will be char
tered and Lieutanant Stoney placed in
command.
In accordance ■with telegraphic in
structions from the Navy Department yes
terday afternoon Rear- Admiral Kirkland,
commandam of the Mare Island navy
yard, wired Lieutenant Stoney, who had
returned from the yard In the morning
after making his report Monday night,
askiriL' for farther information regarding
the Thrasher, the best terms on which
she could be chartered, whether The Call
was ready to provision her and how long
it would take, and instructing that officer
to a certain if the Chamber of Commerce
would cr.-oi eraie. The dispatch stated
tliat if the Thrasher was sent Lieutenani
Stonev wa» to be placed in command of
the exj edition, and that if the whaler was
chartered the department wanted her 10
g<U away at once.
Lieutenant Ston»y at once called at the
oflice of the Pacific Steam Whaling Com
pany and conferred with the heads re
garding terms for the Thrasher. They
asked $400 a day, the charter to ex
tend fr >m the time the Government took
charge of the ship until it was turned over
to th» owners. The owners will send their
own officers and crew and fe*d them, but
if the Government party on board Is fei
from the ship's stores an additional
charge of $1 a day per man is made. As
there will only be eight members of the
party this expense i* trifling.
IJentcnant Ntoney next re.
quested S 111. CM 1,1, to state
Avliai it WM prepared to <Io in
the way of provisioning, the
expedition and was promptly
informed that TIIK CALL was
ready and willing to make
good ii<- promise Srhenerer
<-n*!<-<l upon to do so. When,
ever the 'Government selected
Its ship all it had to do was to
Imclc luer up to a wharf and the
Ktores would be on hand. .
A visit to the Chamber of Commerce
IViAP OF NORTHWESTERN ALASKA, Showing the Location
of the Several Herds of Reindeer That May Ec Used on
the Relief Expsd.t on.
elicited the statement from Secretary
Merry that the organization would aid
the expedition in ev?ry way possible, no
matter whether the Tiirasuer or Bear was
selected for tne duty.
Lieutenant Stoney wired the command
ant at length, setting forth the informa
tion he had obtainei and staling that the
Thrasher was in readiness to make the
trip and the expedition could get away in
foui or five days at the 'atest. Ho va>
most enthusiastic over tne prospects of
making the journey, and set about mak
ing bis arrangements with a rush that
showed his whole heart was in the work.
One of bis first acts was to telegraph to
Ensign H nry Wiley, at present attached
to the Coast Surrey steamer Blake, sta
tioned on the Atlantic Coast, asking him
if he would accompany the expedition as
second in command. Up to a lat« hour
last night Lieutenani Stonev bad received
no reply, but he Is hopeful that Mr. Wiley
will arcep:, as he regards him as in every
»vay fitted for the hazardous undertak
ing.'
It is Lieutenant Stoney's plan, if he has
command of the expedition, to take three
officers besides himself and four picked
men of the navy. One o! the officers will
have the rank of ensign and will really
have charge of the expedition, as it is the
lieutenant's plan to push on ahead with
one man and a dog team and notify the
shipwrecked men that succor is on the
way and to leal them back to meet the
rescuers if they are in condition to travel.
The next officer will be a surgeon and
Lieutenant Stoney is more particular
about him than any other member of the
expedition, for if the sailors are found to
be exhausted from lack of food it will re
quire the very best of medical care to fit
them for the long journey south to a
point where a ship can pick them up
early in the spring.
Sailmaker Michael P. Barr will bs the
fourth officer. He is at present attached
to the naval rendezvous in this city, which
Lieutenant Stoney recently established,
and has already volunteered his services.
He is iv every way qualified for the under
taking, and bis chief has the highest
opinion of his ability. The four men will
be selected from volunteers from among
the crews of the various warships in port
or stationed at the navy-yard. The call
for volunteers will be made as soon as the
Government decides upon sending the
Tnrasher.
It the whaler is sent north Captain
Healy of the revenue service is the roan
of all others tnat Lieutenant Stoney would
prefer to pilot the ship through the ice
to a safe landing place on the north shore
ot Norton Sound. Lieutenant Stoney oe
lieves there is no man living >o thoroughly
posted in Arctic navigation as the capain,
who has on numerous occasions picke i
iii- way safely through the floating ice
where others would consider il certain
destruction to venture.
This opinion of Captain Healy is shared
in by the members of th 1 whaling ships,
as the following petition shows:
The Call, San Francitco, Cat.: To your kind
ness and forethought the imprisoned whalers
are indebted ior ike prompt action taken by
the Government in preparing to send the
cutter Bear to their relief.
To insure the success of the undertaking we,
the undesigned members of the whaling
fl'iet la'ely returned from the north, respect
liiily request you to use your influence wun
the Government 10 have Captain Healy place I
in charge of the expedition, not only on ao
couut at bis ability as an officer and teaman,
bui also lor tne great influence he has over
the natives.
He knows the language of every tribe, and
i to well acquainted M to be able to call every
imtive beiwm-n Point Hope and Point Barrow
by his name, and they entertain for him both
tear and respect, and they will go to any ex
treme to render him assistance.
JO-EPH C. BEJL.AIN, cliiei officer, Navnrch.
W. H. SUMMERS, engineer, Ctiarles W. Mor
gan.
G. GILLEY. boat-header, Thrasher.
C. D. SANKORD. boat-steerer, Alice Knowlea.
C S. CHURD, Recond mate, Alice Knowle?.
CHARLES A. SPARKS, chief officer, John
and Wmthrop.
DANIEL EL CAHILL, second officer, Alice
Knowles.
• CLARENCE S. BROWN, boat-steerer, Alice
Knowlet.
J. CASEY, carpenter, California.
THOMAS BURKE, b xt-steerer, Lydia.
BENJAMIN WHIINEY, boat-steerer, Alex
an'ier.
£. S. BECK, boat-steerer, Alice Knowles.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1897.
ALF MILLER, Navarch and Gayheud.
W. F. BLACK. Mary D. Hume.
WILLIAM EILY. William Baylies.
JOHN KARIA. fourth mr.te, Gaybead.
H. CORTE, txmt-sieerer, Alice Knowles.
E. \V. BEARTLETT. (Mutineer. Alice Knowles.
DUMFIELI) ROBINSON, boat-s;eerer, Wil
lis m BavliPS.
J X MAPKS. 'ninth mate, Thrnsher.
JAMES TIMMES, third mate, Lydia.
Tue petition was brought into The Call
editorial rooms !ast evening with tie
statement that the i-iijuatures attached
had been secured in half an hour and thai
every whaleman seen had gladly signed
it. The parties who circulated it said that
the signature of every whaleman in port
would b«> secured to-day.
If ihe Government decides to give the
expedition to the Bear, The Call will see
to it that Captain Tv tie and bis officers
.md men will be made as comfortable as
possible. The following telegram to Cap
tain Tuttle, sent ye-terday afternoon, ex
plains what he may expect in the way of
assistance from The Call:
Sam Francisco. Nov. 0. 1897.'
t'aptnin Tuttle, Commander Hcvenue <Mtler
Bear, Seatt'e, Wash.: VVflen It was liist j>rop< sed
to acini v ve-sel 10 rescue tne whalers In the
Arctic, the Untied Btatea Government stated
that it could noi provision the ves!<el without
authorization from Congress. 'Ihe i'all then
wired the President that if the Government
would furnish ti.e ves-ei The Call wou.d sup
ply all the provisions needed. Ii Hpi ears now
thKt the Government has decided to provision
the Bear and send her on the voyage. The
Call desires to say to you that it money,
clot -line or provisions are needed for yourse.f
or crew to make your voyage com;ortable, we
will eladly supply what is necessary. If our
offer is accepted, kindly wire- us what is
needed and we will respond at once.
W. B. Leake, Manager.
AH The Call asks, now that Ihrouch its
individual efforts it has persu&ded the
Government t ■> send relief to the hapless
seamen, is that the expedition start before
Kort >n Sound is entirely closed to navi
gation.
EVERY DAY COUNTS
FROM ThIS TIME ON.
Thomas Hanna, who has been teaching
for the Uniu d Slates Government at Cape
Prince of Wales, the extreme western
point of Alaska, for the past two years, is
in the cty, and is enthusiastic over the
proposed plan to send food to the ice
bound whalers near Point Barrow. Mr.
Uanna's experience In the cold regions
has been such that he is thoroughly con
versant with the situation, and he thinks
it wilt be but a matter of lime and good
judgment so far as reaching the impris-
oned men is concerned. He said yester
day : "If the «hip can reach St. Michael it
can get to Cape Prince of Wales, ana from
there to Point Barrow, wnere the vessels
are caught, would be a matter of 500 miles
overland b/ reindeer sledges. Capiaiu
Healy ci uld undoubtedly get to the cape,
an i he should be started as soon as pos
sible, for every day will count now. It is
worth weeks to get an early start, for the
heavy ice will lie forming about the mid
dle of Jenuary, and then the boat cannot
push through it.
"Afi«rr reaching the cape, or even St.
Michael, it is a simple mailer of time and
judgment to get the provisions to the
men. There is no danger in the trip, for
it can be made with ea c. There are
plenty of depr at the different stations.
These deer can easily carry all the pro
visions needed, and if a prompt start is
made the ships can be reached by the
middle of January. The •reindeer cm
easily travel lroin twenty-five to forty
miles a day with a load. A team of two
deer can haul a load of 1000 pounds on two
sledges and keen up the pace for a month
is neces-ary. There Is plenty of moss all
along the routejfrom the cap* to the point,
and natives villages cm be found a; dis
tances varying from twenty to seventy
five miles from the cape to where the ships
are held fast.
"The party «hould have a dog sledge to
go ahead and notify the sailors about the
relief that i-< coming, and this could reach
them in ten days after the Bear reaches
the cape. Don sledges should be sent on
ahead and find goon places for browsing
for the deer. The clear would browse at
night in care of the native borders, and
would be ready for the next uay'a work.
There is no brush to the north of the cape
ana the road would be clear and easy trav
eling Along lhe shore the natives could
bring in quantities of fish, which can be
caught there at all seasons of the year,
but there would be little or noopportunity
for getting game of any kind. Bear are
very scarce and in winter generally re
main housed up. There are no ca-ibonor
de3r :o be foun>i, ami, in fact, the idea of
subsisting on any game should be aban
doned. Oi course, there are great num
bers of the ugrook, or big-hair seal, which
is fine eating and these could De bought
of the natives.
"There would be no difficulty so far as
the cold is concerned unless a heavy
norther should come down on the party
and then the men wouid have to remain
in doors until it passed, but there are tew
of these storms before the mi Idle o. Feb
ruary and tuey selaom last more than a
«iay. There are plenty of houses all alone
:he >hores of the Arctic Ocenn where the
men could sleep very warm at night. At
the Cape there are accommodations for at
least 500 men who could sleep in the big
dancehouses there. In the village* along
the coast there are from five to fifty
houses which could be utilized at night,
as ttie natives are very hospitable.
"The deer should be sent ferward in
bands of tiny in order thnt there maybe
no trouble "about finding good browsing
grounds. It is a very easy matter for the
deer to find the moss, as they scent it
through three feet of snow and di»? it out
readily. They thrive on it and it is their
chief, if not their only, food in winter. It
will not be necessary to carry provis ons
or the deer. There should be a good
man in chnrge of each equad of sl-oges,
»vho will fi rce the natives to hurry
tnrough to the ships and who will be able
'O write and leave instructions lor the
scjuads that follow.''
Mr. Hanr.a is ready to volunteer to ac
company the relief party if volunteers are
needeu and thints that me trip could be
accoiutliuhed with much less difficulty
than is genera: ly supposed. He thinks all
the trouble would be encountered before
reaching St. Michael.
SACRAMENTO APPROVES
ThE WORK OF RESCUE.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 9.— Whatever
may be ihe fate of that little band of
American sailorb w io are, no doubt, won
dering whether o; not their country and
tne world have foigotien them, the peo
ple tf Sacramento are thinking of them
to-day, and on every hand one bears ex
preniions of highest praise for the noble
purposes of The Call in arranging for
ihetr res uejfrooi deadly peril.
Said L P. Brenner of the great house
funmhing establishment of John Breu
ner: '"Too much r&nnov be saM for a
j aper which will undertake such n task
as The Call has in rescuing thosa poor
sailors, icei ound in the northern sea-. "
If. A. Hornlein of Ho-nlein Bros.,
cap tahsts— The project ol The Call is a
noble one. Itisthednty ol the Govern
ment to take cars of Iti cit.zens on land or
sen, and if ihe Government fails to do so
it will certainly be taught a lesson in
American citizenship by the San Fran
cisco Call.
\V. 0. Bowers of the Golden Eagle — It is
a noble undertaking. I iinve read every
word The l all has publi*bed, and must
say th.ti n is engaged in a work which the
wond will never foreet.
J. Charles Jones, Assistant District At
torney of Sacramento bounty — When one
tnkea into conoid eration thesolic.tude and
protection tb,e English Government bv
stuw- upon it* subject* and then compares
it with the attitude of our nation in mat
ters of personal peril we rionotpr< fit iroin
i tie comparison. Canada has gone into
the Klondike with shelter for her subjects
there. The United Slates Government
wou d, in my opinion, huve neglected
thesi- 400 sailors tiad it not been for The
Call. Of all classes of ctizens the sailois
0 Ot;r merchant marine are deserving the
1 est efforts of this nation when tiiey find
fnemselves in a perilous position on Jand
or sea.
Senator B. F. Lar.gford of Siockton
chanced to be in Sacramento to-duy, and
ihisi 4 what c said : "AgreatworK >are.y
on the part of The CALL. The folns down
my way are talking ua much abuut it as
yoi are up here. I hope your paper will
succeed in t!ie undertaking, an i b lieve it
will."
\V. H. Govan, State Janitor: "The
Call s expedition to the Arctic seas to tne
rescue vi these men will be t lie greatest
achievement of modern journa i>m."
Hon. E. P. Coigan, State Controller:
•'The Call has undertaken an act of hu
manity which is without a parallel as a
private enterprise toward a public bene
faction."
General T. J. Clunie: "It is a great
scheme surely, and I know of no source
better calf ulated to give so stupendous an
undertaking a certain guarantee of suc
cess than The Call."
J. R. Price, prudent State Board of
Highways Commission: "From a hu
manitarian standpoint the people of the
United States will owe The Call a debt
ot gratitude."
Judge C N. Post, Assistant Altcrney-
General: "It is a most commendable un
dertaking in the interests of humanity."
E. S. Hadley, bookkeeper to Superin
tendent of State Printing: "I have read
the proposition of lint Call to the Federal
Government and v was a very generous
one. I hope to read of The Call's suc
ceas in the exp nsive and hazardous ven
ture."
Cnarles Bentley, Cit7 Trustee: "It is a
most commendable expedition and one
which I tru-t will lulliil tne expectations
of iti projectors. "
R. D. D.ivis of Washerman, Davis & Co. :
"Noting the cause The Call has tak. n up
I heartily cotuTaiulaie n uoon the -land
taken in the matter o sending relief to
me unfortunate iceboui.d sailors in the
frozen north. The Call's generosity cer
tainty merits all ihe pruise wiiich could
possibly bb tendered so wonhv an effort,
and the manner in whicu The Call has
espoused the cause is indeed noDle."
Such were a few of the expressions
gathered at random, with no attempt
made to seek out only those who would
naturally indorse so commendable an en
terprise. Throughout the city in every
quarter and on every corner are such ex
pressions as the ones reported here re
peated.
The Call is triumphant, the people of
Caluornia and of the nation and the Gov
ernment at Washington have been awak
ened, and that little band of imprisoned
sailors will discover alter all that their
country and the world has not forgotten
them.
"THE CALL'S" SUCCESS.
From the Oakland Tribune.
The dispatch from Washington stating
that the Government would at once dis
patch the revenue cutt r Bear to the re
lief of the imprisoned whalers in the Arctic
is a very pronounced example of the power
of the great newspaper. Sunday John D.
Spreckela, the proprietor of The Call,
made a most liberal offer. He guaranteed
all the provisions for a relief expedition
if the Government would furnish the ves
sel.
This was evidently no idle bo; si, for be
at once started to bring all possible iuflu
ence to bear upon the Government to send
a ship nortb. All the Senators and Con
gressmen from this State were appr sed
of the facts by The Call, and all sent
urgent dispatches 'i> Washington. Within
Sixteen hours the Government hss taken
action and the whalers will be re-cued.
This is indeed the noblest method o
modern journalism.
Under the new management The Call
has done many good things, but its
effective work on behalf of the impris
oned American whaiers saem* to crown
them ml.
Good Irtnplar* in Convention,
PASADENA, Nov. 9. — The thirty
eighth annual convention of the Inde
pendent Order Good Tempiars began this
morning. 1 tie convention wan culled to
order by Grand Chief Tetuphir Rev .1. W.
Webb of Fresno. More than 100 officers
and delegates from all parts of the btate
were present. Fifty-four rMegatea look
the Grand Lodge decree. This evening a
reception was tendered the delegates.
Ttie convention will ba in session three
days.
To Cure n told in One May
Take Laxative Brorno Quinine Tablets. Drug
gists refund the money if it fails to cure, -sc*
VENDER OF
SONGS AND
STRANGLER
Willis C. Leavitt, Blind
Peddler, Is Charged
With Murder.
ACCUSED OF KILLING
ALICE BROWN.
Enamored of the Woman,
He Sousht in Vain to
Marry h*er.
BETRAYED AT LAST BY HIS
OWN TONGUE.
Did So Much Taking About the
Sensational Ktll.rg That He
Aroused huso clon.
Special Dispatch :o The I alu
BOSTON, Nov. 9.— Willis C. Leavitt, the
b \nd w*s arrested Monday
evening, chnrged wit> the murder of Alice
Brown, the young wiman who v. as found
strangled Thur-day morning a: 15 Corn
ing street. Leav.tt was a lodger in the
house. He had been living there about
four week 3, and he acknowledged that be
was enamored of ihe young woman and
wanted to marry her.
Captain Warren :,ays: "I have decided
to arrest Leavitt, tie blind man, on the
charge of murdering this fitU 1 think we
have a case against him. I '•hall have him
arraigned in the Municipal Court to-mor*
row morning, and I have noaoubithat
the evidence I shall offer will b3 sufficient
tc cause nis detention. '•
The ca>e i-> on« of tbsorbing interest,
from the complete mystery In which it is
shrouded, which is fur from solution, even
after this arrest, Which is made only on
c:rcumstan'ial evidence. Chief Warren
addod :
"We have no witnes«es to the actuU
muraer itself. But we have evidence of a
circumstantial nature which I am satis
fied warrants he arre3t."
After Leavi t had been committed to a
cell half ad< sen witne-ses were brought
to the station and lucked up. The pol.ce
say that it Ras Leavitt's ready tonjrue
that brought about his arrest In the
first place be told a story that about 3
o'clock Thursday morning he heard Alice
in the hallwty of the house talking with
a strange nan. He recognized Alice's
voice. The voice of the man he did not
know. The man, Leavitt said, was press
ing Alice to marry him. "I would not
marry the D?st man alive," he Siid Alice
replied. Tne talk ceased and Leavitt
heard no more except Alice'? footitep3
going tovard her own room. He ex
plained UU being awake at that time of
niiiht by layintr that he expected a visitor.
Although he slept between the room of
Kate McLean, who heard a scream, and
the room in which Alice Brown was mur
dered, he said he did not hear the least
noise. I.eavitt's theories were frequent and
interesting. He even went so far, it is de
cltireil, is to illustrate how, in his opinion,
the murder was done. The accused man
will be arraigned in court to-morrow
mornine on a charge of ruurier. Leavilt
is 31 years old. It is said his father is an
engineer on a railroad running into
Boston. Leavitt sells son<rs for a living
and has been a familiar figure on Tremont
Row for a few weeks back.
Leavitt told the police that he had
traveled con iderably and had spent some
time in San Francisco lately.
Leavitt was this morning formally
charged with the murder of Mary Alice
Ruderban, or Alice Brown, a-< she was
better known. The allegation described
the manner of killing the girl to hhve
been by grabbing her throat with both
hands and pressing the fingers until she
cnoked to death.
The entire tity is excited over this
stranre case. It is one of the first cases
on record of a blind murderer and there
seems to be a gruesome, morbid fascina
tion in Mich a ca*e. Leavitt waived ex
amination and was held for the Grand
Jury. L?av tt in court was no different
than Leavitt on the street, at the station
house or at the scene of murder.
He has that "I don't care a snap" air,
which is mxnilest in all his actions.
Leavitt would have talked for an hour
had not the Judge remarked that t:e bet
ter not do much talking. A mile wa« on
his face as he walked to the rail. He
winked and blinked and chuckled a low
chuckle.
'Somebody has got to stand for this
thine, and I'supposo mat I misfit as well
be the one a» some o:her person. The
police are bound to hold somebody, and
I guess I can stand it," he said to The
Call correspondent.
There is something so uncanny in the
idea of a blind so- g-seller beintr charce 1
with the strangling of ihe unfortunate
girl as she enterei her room, and when,
Dy his own admission, he had heard her
step as she went back and lortJi on her
various trii>s out of the h.iuse that night,
that disease is one of i articular interest.
His features wear the vacant, upward
look of t c blind, and yei it is said that
tie can see more tlian people think. By
his own admisiions he was fond of the
girl whose life i c is now nccused of having
taken. He lived in the lowest of neigh
borhoods, the intimate of thieves and
fal en women.
Talkative, boastful and aelf-conhdont,
with opinions of a niost positive, kind,
Leavitt rattled on about th»* murder and
his own belief as 10 what was the best fate
or v woman who would not marry a good
man when he a ked her.
"The evidence in this case must be
purely circumstantial," said The Call
mnn to Leavitt.
"That's true," replied Leavitt, prompt
ly, "and in this case t ere were only two
people who saw the murder, and one of
them in ue.iil and can't say anything."
Was there an undue note of satisfaction
in bis vice as he confidently said, "Only
two peoi'l •?"
In answer to an expression of horror
that a man should coturu.t murder just
because a woman would not marry him,
Li.-aviusi-.il: ''Kill them for not accept
ing a man? Why, them, It's good
enough for them if they won't listen to
reason. They are better out of the way."
Words cannot do justice to the utter
benrtlessn*'S* of Leaviti's expression.
Miss O'Brien says: "I met Leavitt in
the hallway the morning on which the
body of Alice was found. I snld 10 him,
•Have you heard the news?' 'What is It? 1
he replied. 'Alice Brown has been
killed.' "Then," said the woman, "he
turned from me excitedly and said with a
forced laugh, 'Oh, that's nothing. I ex
pected it a week airo.' "
MINERS 1 0 Rt TURN t 0 WORK.
Five Hundred De/vers for Coal Will
Resume at an increased
Rate.
BRAIDWOOD, 11/,.. Nov. 9.— Five nun
dred coalminers who have been on a strike
since July 4 will return to work in the
Braceviiie mine to-ruorrow morning.
The men will rece.ve 77'< cents per ton,
an advance of 10 cents. No rent will be
collected for the strike period and coal
will be supplied to them at a reduction of
50 cents per ton.
Talk of importing Chinese labor to fill
the places of strikers in the other mines
Df this district continues to excite strong
comment among the strikers. Work was
continued on the stockade at Carbon Hill,
where it is said the Chinese wi 1 be put to
work.
A meeting was he'd to-night to elect
delegates io a general conference at
8 reator to-morrow, which will determine
wnether or not a compromise will be ac
cepted similar to the one at Braceville.
CHIEF H*GLN RETIRED.
Change in the Head of the Na
tional Secret Service
Bureau.
CHICAGO, Nov. 9. — A Waihington
special to the Inter Ocean says: There
will be a change in the head of the Na
tional Secret Service Bureau on Novem
ber 15. Cnief Hazcn of Cincinnati, who
was named us a personal appointment of
ex* Secretary Cariiale, has been asked to
retißn.
Thorana J. Poiter, Secret Service opera
tor at Chicago, will be promoted. The
Secret Service is under the civil service
law, and, although there are numerous
applicants lor tie place. Secretary Gage is
gome to promote on of tue men in the
ranks Porter was appointed to the ser
vice in 1886 and has been stationed at
Chicago lur some lime.
MORE TROUBLE FOR
JOHN A. LOGAN JR.
Charged With Having Misap
propriated Horse-Show
Funds.
Wans to F grht His Accuser. Who
Stands Ready to Accommo
date Him.
Special Dispatch to Thk Cam.
CHICAGO, Nov. 9— The trouble John
A. L)ean Jr. had with McCook over a
suit of clothes worn at the Czar's corona
tion, is trifling compared with the trouble
he is having over $700 worth of dre3s suio
alleged to have been bought with horse
show money and not accounted for.
Charges of all sorts of crookedness are
maile by members of the Board of Agri
culture against Losan, and that gentle
man to-nhht sent word to Secretary Ger
rard that be (Logan) hud been led to be
lieve that Gerrard was responsible for
most of them, and would ho:d him per
sonally resnonsii le. Gerrard was on the
way to the Springfield train when Logan's
message was brought. He said:
"I'll just stay in Chicago n day or so to
meet him. I might to low the example of
C >Tbett when Fitzsimmons wanted to
tight him, and tell Lo an to I i« k McConk
before he comes to me. But I won't do
that, for I'd really like to *cc
Mr. Logan for a fjw minutes
andgvehima chance to carry out his
threats. I am not a military man, and
don't wear any medals but my own. Still,
I'm not goins to run from Lopan if be
wants to see me for any purpose.
"When we get Logan's books we'll let
the public know some facts about the
management of the horse show that will
be parulyzing. We will find oui
why $700 worth of dress suits were
bought and who got them — if anybody
did. There are lots of interesting things
io be known and the State Board of Agri
culture proposes to conceal nothing from
th<> public regarding the hor-ie show.''
Frlen<!s of both men thought at first it
was a juke, but now that both are ear
nestly angry tho c who egged on the fieht
are moving heaven and earth to prevent a
meettug.
BEMIBTT IO HE IJETJLIAJSD.
Belli at Victoria to Await tha Arrival of
IT</n<»jr*e«.
VICTORIA, Nov. 9 —Chief Justice Davie
this morning issued a warrant for the de
tention of J. G. Bennett wanted in ban
Francisco ior an attempt (o murder his
wife, and in the afternoon C. J. i t . Walsh,
acting ior the .Police Department of Sar
Francisco, made aDplicaction for the
extradition of Bennett. Bennett's attor
ney asked for the dismissal of the
charge on the ground that h« had
been held too ong before being taken be
fore the Judge. Tue application was over
ruled and a continuance was granted for
a week io all.jw witnesses to arr.ve from
San Francisco.
J*an%tlt» an Officer in Court.
SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 9.— Thomas Wat
son and James Brown, two tramps, stole
a nickel-in-the-slot machine from a saloon
to-day, carried it to the river bottom,
broke it and took its contents, $1 70.
Soon afterward they were arrested by
Chief Rawle and Constable Cor -y. In the
courtroom Brown attempted to escape and
assaulted Chief Kivv.e, refusius to sit
down. It requirei the efforis of five men,
including Justice Gardner, to place hand
cuffs on him. He was sentenced to jail
for six months.
Alt 1m It'll With th* Janu*.
PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 9.— A letter
has been received from one of the mem
bers of the schooner Janus' crew bound
for Copper River.
The letter was dated October 10 and sent
from Port Neville, off Vancouver Island,
about forty miles from Alen Bay. At that
time ail whs well with the schooner.
Thin makes it improbable that it was
the Janus in distress that was sighted in
a storm in Dixon's entrance by the
schooner Pilot.
Kancher* to Otvi a Sehnon*r.
BALINAS, Nov. 9 -Bay Westcott of
Soledad went to San Francisco to-dny to
close the leaae of a schooner to ply be
tween the metropolis and Moss Landing.
He is actinß on behalf of a company of
Soledad ranchers who will ship their own
products to the city, buy supplies there
and return wiih them. Transport »i ion
from and to Soledad will be by wago is
Westcoit is a sailor and will navigate the
schooner.
Keeping L<>U«ry-Pla C es.
W. H. Nolan, R t Eagleson, John Sullivan
D. W. Klrkland, Johan Waller and E. W. Bax
ter, all busness men, appeared before Judge
Low yesterday to answer to a charge of keep
ing a lottery-place. Policemau Lycett accused
them of selling lottery tickets. Ah the cases
\ver>- dism s«ed for want of proof.
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I And a velvety softness of the skin is inva-
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■Complexion Powder.
CHURCH CIRCLES
I N A TURMOIL
Strife Between Pastors
of Santa Rosa Con
gregations.
Exception Taken to an Article
From the Pen of Rev.
Dr. Hudson.
Declared It Was Man fest that tha
Pulpit Had Returned to
Chaos.
Special Dispatch to The Calu
SANTA ROSA, Nov. 9.— Church circles
here are in the throe 3 of a tierce contro
versy that threatens to involve not only
ail the local denominations but those of a
large part of the State as well. Those in
touch with religious aftairs are wondering
what the outcome will be.
Th« contention was started by the pub
lication of an article in the Presy-Demo
crat of Sunday morning from the p n of
the ReT. Jay William Hudson, pastor of
the First Christian Church of this cityA
The article was one of a number contrib-J^
uted by prominent personages of tLta
community upon current topics.
That day and evening l'auor Hudson
was fiercely assailed from the pulpit by
several prominent divines because of cer
tain statements contained in bis article
aud because of certain views he expressed.
Tms morning the Press- Democrat con
tained scathing articles upon the auoject
from the pens of the Key. William Mar
tin, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, and the Rev. J. M. Cassin, the
priest in charge of fciu Hose's Church and
parish.
The Rev. William Martin is the leader
of a wealthy and influential denomina
tion, and is recos^niz'jd as one of the raoat
prominent divines in this section. The
Rev. Father Cassin stands high in the
community, and is known as a man
thoroughly in touch with the times. The
Rev. Jay William Hudson is a man of
brilliant attainments, a pott, a musician
and a .cholar, and as h- is the pastor of a
flock numbering over 30J members, con
siderable importance attaches to his
statement.
lii part the article that has stirred up
such a hornet's nest was as follows:
• • • A decade ago the pulpit occupied a
distinctly rel>-sniied place in the common
wealtn. To-day v does not know precisely
what it believes, whether it is right to expresi
such beliefs as it has, or just what is its pur
pjse in expressing them when it does. liere-
Mes are becoming So abundant ttiai heresy is
popular. The Heretics of 7e«terJHy are ifee
inquisitors ot to-day. It is manliest' that the
pu pit hus returned to chaos and it is to b •
suspected that out of thechitus the scepter of
civilization is to evolve a new nystem amena
ble to new relations and reaujusted - law.
• • • p.rfect government is the condition oi
perfect neu; pe-riec. religion is the method o:
their development. Hence, ko far as his eth
ical duty to the nation is concerned, the
preacher has to do first with politics and second
v. nh religion. Tiie conflict oi the past tins
been the conflict of church with sta; c. The
conflict still exists in a myriad perplexing
forms. • « • . . . .
Part of (he Rev. William Martin's arti
cle, as published this morning in reply
to Mr. Hudson, is as follows:
• • • I confess that it was with surprise
and profound regret that I learned ihat the
pulpit oj the First Christian Church hn<l re
.urned to chaos, nnd thnt its eloquent pastor
dies not know precisely what ne beiieve>,
whether it is right to express what beliefs he
has or just what his purrose is in exprefsinir
them when he does. I cau well understand
how profoundly it must pain him in these
embxrrassing circumstances to s:and before
me congregation that has colled him to teacii
them and that looks to him to teach with hon
esty of conviction ani of purpose. However,
that is not my conceru. My chiei objectiou to
ihe statement is that, In my humble
opinion, it U absolutely without foun
dation in fact, and that It imputes dis
honesty in quarter^ where no such imputation
is deserve 1. That there are individual DUlpits
whose occupants are as Mr. Hudson describe*,
is true, and that some oi these brethren arts
disposed to say, "We are the uulpit, and wis
dom will die with us," is a so true; bat that
any considerable number of the ministers ot
the evangelical cnurches, whether reckoned
by numbers or by brains, are helplessly adrift
upon a sea of negations, clutching wildly at
any straw of positive belief that may float
their way, is not true. In our own small com
munity tnere are some seven pulpits (until yes
terday I shou.d have said eight) to whlch'the
statement of my Droiher doe* not app.y. • • •
The Rev. Father Cassin handles tha
matter in this manner:
• • * In the interest of truth I am in
duced to take feomo cxc plion to Mr. Hudson's
remarks. He says "the pulpit is in the throes
of a transitional stage. To-dny it does "jot
know precisely what It believes, whether it is
right io express such belieis it n^as or just
what is its purpose in expressing them wuen
it does." Tfiis is, indeed, a deplornble confes
sion to have to innke. If the description given
is a correct view of ihe Rev. Mr- Hudson's pul
pit, both he and Mis congregation are deserv
ing of commiseration. But he is by uo means
authorized to speak for the pu!t>ii in general; \
fiart tie has no right to' say that oiuer^artj A
groping lv the dart because he cannot see. /
• • * "Tne problem of the tariff will nqy'
be considered as Isolated trom the problem of
the iinmorta iiy of the soul." It in scarcely
to be believed that a Cnrisuan minister could
speak of tne immortality of the soul as a
problem. Tfuiy, there Is chaos iv some
pulpits.
As Rev. Dr. Hudson is known to be a
man thoroughly able to take care of him
self in any Kind of an argument the out
come is a wane 1 wi'h intere t.
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