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on board the Bear be will tail, with all,
fo- San Francisco direct.
'I bid you godspeed upon your errand
if mercy and wisli you a successful voy
age and safe return."
The above is an epitome of the instruc
tions given by Secretary Gaee to Captain
Tuitle. Here-* the lull text of the letter:
Treasury Department, >
Washington, Nov. 1 <> \
Captain Frands TvMle, H V, (ommanding
U. S. S. Be ir -•/•/ dilrm tn Whalers in
the A die Ocean, Seatte, Wash— -Sir: Tne best
i formation obtainabl gives the assurance of
truth to the reports that ft fleet of eight
wiialing vessels are icebyund m the Arctic
Ocean somewhere in t!:e vicinity of Point
Barrow, aid that the *o's , ersons who were
nt last accounts on board t iose vessels arc In
all probnbilny in dire die ress.
These conditions call lor prompt and ener
getic action looking to the relief of the im
prisoned whalemen. It has therefore been
ietermined tosena an expedition to the res
cue. Believing thnt your long experience in
Arctic work, your familiarity with the region
of Arctic Alaska from Point Barrow and the
coast line washed by the Beiing Sea, from
which you but recent returned, your known
ability and reputation as an able and com
petent officer, all especially fit you tor the
trust you have been selected to command the
relic expedition. Your ship, the Bear, will
De ( Bice ed by an in to parable body of men
and m need ly a crew of your own selec
tion. The ship will be fully equipped, tired
and provisioned for the perilous w< rk in
view, for sui-h it must be under th« most
iavorabie conditions.
i, ot course, well understood ha: at this
advanced season oi the year the route to the
Arctic Ocean tnrough Bering Straits will be
. to you, and because of tin* known con
dition \uu will not attempt it There ore,
your primary and ail consuming effort will b«
directed to tstabllsbmg communication by
mein~ of an over. and expedition with 'tbe
whaling fleet, no! only for tne purpose of sue
: is people, but to cheer tiiem with the
information th.it their reaef and ultimate
rescue wili be effected as soon sis tiie condition
in Bering Straits will pe.inlt your command
to ad v Mil co.
With this purpose steadliy in view, you will
prepare an exped posed of at least
two commissioned offi t.rs nd one forward <r
petty officer of your command to undertake,
from a landing thai you will effect, the j ur
ney overland to Point Barrow. You will
nan officer to :hc charge of this exje
dition, fun . . . with written instruc
tions for the government of his party whlca
your judgment nnd discretion will dictate as
most likely to further the success of the under
taking. This party should be prepared wtnle
you are en roue and be ready upon leaving
I'nalnska bound north to take advantage of
the first opportunity afforded for landing.
They sho ild be amply provided and in ly
eauipped for Arctic travel to successfully
aecomj'.Uh the trying journey and work
which will be ahead of them irom tne landing
point. You wili make your own selection
irom the personnel oi your commund (volun
teers preferred) of tbe officers whom you v.iil
d.em ie:i lifted, : and otherwise, to
encounter tbe hardships incident to the trip
in view.
In this connection the names of Lieuten
ants Cocnran and Hamlet and Boatswain Jor
dan Tnurber are suggested for your considera
tion. There are several plans deemed feasible,
all lending to the same end, by the adoption
.and execution 01 Borne of which the primary
purpose of the expedition, as above given, can
be accomplished. The first ana greatest need
of the whalemen will probably be food. It is
believed that the only method of getting i: to
them is to drive it on the hoof. To effect this
object and the other ends set forth above it is
proposed that, leaving Unalaska, you proceed
north with your command to Cape Nome,pass
ing between Nun. vat and St. Maihews Islands
(in sight of Nuuivat). :hence norih between St.
'Lawrence Island and the coast of Alaska, care
fully noting the extent and condition of the
ice, if any is met, keeping well over to the
mainland, the object being to ascertain where
there is ice or indications of it in Norton
b-.und. If the way is clear, or you can by any
means land the party on the north shore of
Norton Sound, between Ca; c Nome and Cape
Prince of Wales, natives tan be communicated
with at either Cape Nome, Sledge Island, Point
Rodney or Point Spencer.
t:iouli a landing be effected at any point
named or neur It, a quantity ot provisions
previously i:iade ready should be landed and
cached there, to be afterward conveyed by the
natives to the reindeer station at Port Clar
ence ana left in care of Mr. Brevig. From tne
point of landing will bc.ii;i the overland ex
pedition from your command, abovedweil
upon, and the officer p^ac.'d in charge of it
i be iu.ly instructed upon the following
general Jine=:
First— Communicate as quickly as possible
with W. X Copp at Cape Prince ol Wales;
with a native named Artisarlook (generally
known as Charley) at Point R.idney; failing
this then with Kitelson, general superintend
ent Government reindeer station at Una
laklik.
Second— The purpose is to collect from the
herds at Boaney and Cape Prince of Wnles
ihe entire available herds of reindeer to be
to I'oint Barrow.
Third— Mr. Lopp is to take charge of tnis
herd and make all necessary arrangements
for herders, sleds and aojrs. The iitc?6sary
food for the use of the party must be landed
from the ship. Such clothing as can be car
ried should be transported. It is suggested
that a reindeer might carry a light pacis of,
say, forty pounds.
l-ouith — Mr. Lopp must be fully impressed
with the importance of the v. ork in )iaud nnd
with the nee ssslty oi bending every energy to
;y accompi ishmen t.
Fiiti. — tie must nlso mate arrangements pre-
Tlding gied<e< for tt« transporting ot the over
lai.d expedition lrom your command to I'oint
Hope.
8 xth — AVhen the deer arecolleccd and the
start made tne party from the 15<>ar should
travel with it as fnr as Kotzebne Sound to
make cerraia that they are properly Etarudon
their route.
Seventh— -That point reached, one officer and
the necessary drivers should then push on
ahead, along the coast to Point Hope, leaving
the other offices and Mr. Lapp to follow with
the herd over fte route selected to reach Point
row.
Eighth— lmpress upon Mr. Lopn and the na
i.ves employed thai they will be Hmply re
warded t> r their labor in farthering the obj ,-ct
of the expeditiun.
Ninth— Arriving at Point Hope the expedi
dition wili probable get acivs of the condition
of thing* at I' iiri I B irroiv.
Teuth— if it snould not be known at Point
Hope t:int the whaling fleet is icebound and
its peop.o in distress, inform the wliite people
tiiere oi the fact and that they will l>e ex
pected to tak,- care of such men as will be
s-iu down- later irom Point Barrow.
Eleventh— At Point Hope the officer in
cimrg ■ oi th>' expedition should, if possiDie,
ciirhk'' Jim o'liora at t nut place to cui-Je
the party to i' iijt Earrow, taking as much
provisione as can be transported.
Twelfth— Then p ;sh on, following the coast.
Kn route pdrties of meu may be making their
•vvny to Point Hope.
Thirtey-nh— On ttila stretch of coast, be
tween Poiiit Hope and Point Burrow, at Point
Lay, icy Cape, Walnwrigbt Inlet and ih-j vi
cinity oi I'oiui Bu.c'.ier, are natives who irill
know t!ie situation at I'oin: Barrow and fur
nish aid in petting ihere.
Fourteenth— Upon arrival at Point Barrow
the officers oi the expedition should assemble,
ii possible, tlie masters of ships, Charles
Brower and Tnoinas Gordon, ol Licht's whal
ing station. Mr. Marsh, Professor Mcll&enny
and Elward Ai..en, i.Ue oi Point Btrruw
refuge station, and ascertain the situation and
ihe qn&Bt ty of available provisions and cloth
ing.
Fifteenth— ll the situation is found, is now
anticipated, 10 be desperate, the officers must
take charge in tin niiraeol the Government
and organize the communiiy lor mutual sup
port and good oid. r, apportion the provisions
on hand and slaughter as many .reindeer as
may be necessary i it food to make nil hold ou
until August, 1898, when you will arrive In
the Bear. Such reindeer as are left will b.'
turned over to the Presbyterian mission a;
Point Bairow.
s x'ceiith— Tiie people at Point Barrow must
be divided— some seni BiOr.g the coast to Point
Dope and others among ilie native! to the
south.
fceVenteentn— ln anyeveui t part if not all the
people from the ship should be at Point Hope
by July 1, where they can be reached and suc
cored a month earlier than at Point Barrow by
your ship.
Eighteenth— No opportunity for hunting,
sea. ing or whaling, hereby, the food supply
may be added to, must be neglected, and pro
v.sion must bo made for the natives employed. i
Nineteenth— Tbe officer in charge of i tie over
land expedition, irom whatever point started,
Boat be instructed to deal firmly and ju
diciously with every situation wfilcb may
confront him, particularly after arrival at
Point Barrow, ue bearing in mind that he
repr sents the Government on the spot.
Twentieth— Having succeeded in landing
the overland expedition with adequate in
structions, you will seek such harbor as you
may deem proper in which to await results
Him the opening of navigation in Bering
Strait. „
Twenty-first— Before farting with tne officer
of tneoverlr.nd^xpedlti'n, you Mill instruct
him tbcotnm i icite wi;h and, report progress
toyou should I'ortunliy -.lifter, giving Una
laskaasyour address, as you wilt doubtless
have to return ihere for fuel and pernaps to
winter. ...
The foregoing presupposes that you will
c fleet a land. and start the expedition from j
sume point on the north shore at Norton
Sound. If, However, lecauseof insurmount
able obstacles, such as imp riling your com- |
mand, or getting fast in me ice not to escape
uniil 8 'ring, you should fail to mike a laud
ing for your party, you will try St. Michael or
the western end of Stuarts Island.
At Si. Michael the officer in charge of the
overland expedition wi 1 apply to the military
commandant. Colonel Randall. U. S. A., for
transportation 'o Cape Prince of Wales, or
c sage Mr. Ei'glestadt at Unaiaklik or St.
MiCiiael, where ne may be wailing for that
uurpose, when your instructions given as
above indicated will be carried out.
Finding it impossible to effect a landing at
any point in Norton Sound, you will men try
Cape Vancouver, on tne north side of which is
iomted % Catholic mission, where transporta
tion tan be obtained to Andrea ski and thence
to St. Michael, or you may effect a landing at
some one of tne villages on Ninayik Inland
and cross the expedition on the ice to tne
mainland.
Having exhausted effort and found it im
possible to land at any one of the named
points north, then try Bristol Bay anywhere
from Cape Newenha:n to TJgaslik, where na
tives can be procured to convey the expedi
tion to Togiak, Aushagak or Ughshik. White
men will be found at tnese places, or any ot
them, who can command and provide the
necessary transportation overland to Bethel
Mission, or at Lind's trading post, on the Kus
kokwim River. Tuere transportation can be
procured to the Russian mission on the Yu
kon, and from there to St. Michael or Uualak
lik, where instructions above given will be
come operative.
From whatever point the overlnnd expedi
tion is landed from the Bear its first aim will
be to get the reindeer herd in motion for
j Point Barrow and you will instruct the of
ficer i veil charge that celerity of movement
is of th first importance ; that he must, so far
as possible, live on the country, changing his
teams for fresh ones as often us he can. You
will b. 1 guided by circumstances in outfitting
this expedition irom the Bear.
First— As to the point at which it will be
landed.
Second— As to facilities available for travel
ing expeditiousiy.
Thud— lf ail attempts to land the overland
expedition on the Alaskan coast of Bering Sea
should be prevented by ice then consider the
possibility of sending the expedition by way of
Katmai, Sheiikaff Straits. Obtain all informa
tion relative to facilities and time on this
route.
You are aware that David Johnson made the
trip from Betnel Mission, on the Kuskolciwm
River, to Katmni last winter in thirty-one
days, and as he was in no haste, it is thought
his time can be materially shortened if
deemed practicable to attempt the journey to
St. Michael by that route.
Before leaving Unalaska bound north, make
such preparation for landing the expedition
as mtiv be possible, even over the ice if it
i promises success. Procure ti.ere dogs and
i Kyaks; arrange with the Alaska Commercial
Company for credit at any and all of their
trading pos:s or connections, and gather all
the information possible relative to means of
travel and time required through the region'
from Bristol Bay to the Yukon.
Wherever you may laud the overland ex
pedition, if conditions will permit, wait long
enough to see it in communication with the
people on snore, then proceed south out of
danger of ice and await tie first opporiunity
to return north, proceeding to Point Hope
and thence to Point Barrow, touching en
route at Cape Prince of Wales as possible ln
lormation of the expedition or whalers may
reach you there.
The routes and methods outlined in the
foregoing are suggestions for your considera
tion. You doubtless have formed plans of
your own, and beiieve such can be executed
with better success.
You will understand that your movements
are not, by anything herein contained, in the
least hampered. The whole situation may be
summed upundT two heads — to wit:
First— Food must b» got to tUrving miners.
Second— Tne best and most feasible method
of doing this is to be adopted.
If the straits were open the whole thing
would be comparatively easy of solution and
accomplishment. The route being, to all in
tents and purposes, herni'-ically sealed, the
next best cour-e is to be attempted. Before
sailing from Seattle you will procure as many
suitable sleds as you may deem necessary,
fitted wi;h necessary apparatus. You ara
hereby given lull authority and the largest
possible latitude to act in every emergency
that may arise, and while impossibilities are
not expected ii is expected that you with your
gallant officers and crew will leave no
avenue of possible success untried to
render successful the expedition which
you command. I transmit herewith orders to
Lieutenant-Colonel Randall, U. S. A., com
mat.ding at Fort St. Michael, and to Mr. Lopp
at Prince of v. aie* 10 extend to you and the
overland expedition every facility and aid in
their power.
In me next summer, when you shall have
carried to a successful termination the rescue
of the people in the Arctic and have them
safely on board the Bear, you will sail with h 1
for San Francisco direct. Mindful of the ar
duous expedition upon which you are about
to enter I bid you, your officers and men god
speed upon your errand ot mercy and wish
you a successful voyage and SHfe return. Re
spectfully yours, Lyman J. Gage, Secretary.
•
LIEUTENANT DODGE
IS NOT TO GO.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 — dispatch
received from Captain Tutlle this morning
says he expects to be ready to s.iil by the
23 I.
The Treasury Department officials were
aroused and some of them disgusted to
day when they read a dispatch on the
first page of the New York Journal an
nouncing in boldfaced type that Lieuten
ant Dodge had been ordered by telephone
to head the overland «xpedition. This
paper even went so far as to print a dia
icguc by telephone in whion the Chief of
the Revenue Marine is made to say:
■'Hello! Is that Lieutenant Dodge?"
••Yes."
"Well, lieutenant. I want you to report
to the commander of the Bear immedi
ately and head the overland expedition
for the relief of the Arctic whalers."
"Aye, aye, sir," responded the lieuten
ant.
"Good-by."
'"Gooa-hy."
The Call correspondent happened to
j enter the i file* of the Chief of the Revenue
Marine yesterday afternoon when Cap
tain Shoemaker was miking through the
phone to New York. Lieutenant Dodge
liaii already asked permission to accom
pany the relief expedition, and hi-* request
i. ad been granted. It whs arranged that
he ahouid g.> instead of Lieutenant Hook
er. Accordingly Chief Shoemaker rang
him up to notify him that he.had been
detached from the D»xter and ordered <o
the Bear. .Not one wor 1 was said about
him heading the overland expedition.
Captain Shoemaker, when he read the
fake of the Journal, di-p'ayed under big
type, could hardly civ ■ expression to his
disgust, although he used some language
thai would not look well in print.
The chief this : f lernoon received the
following message from New Bedford,
Mass.:
Lieutenant Dodge has b?en under my care
all th.s summer, and he in not in physical
condition to go with th» Bear. He has never
recovered lrom : the effects of a similar trip,
and I doubt whether he ever win.
John 0. Shaw, Physician.
Upon receipt of this Chiei Shoemaker
immediate revoked the order detaching
Dodge from the, Dex'er, and then reas
signed Lieutenant Hooker to the Bear.
D<. c or Call has been ordered to uccom-
patiy v c expedition a* surgeon.
MANY LETTERS
FOR THE ARCTIC
Captain Tuttle, the commander of tho
Bear, will have a big budget of letters to
carry to the shipwrecked and starving
whalers in the Arctic seas. All yesierday,
the relatives and fr.end? of the unfortu
nate men of the eight vessels that were
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1897.
caught in the ice near Point Barrow
thronged The Call offices with letters
that Captain l'uttle promised to deliver 10
the starving men in tne land of snow and
ice.
The missives were as light and compact
as was possible to muke them, and the
writer of them, Snowing in a treat
measure the difficulties the rescuers
would have to con:end with in their
journey northward, used paper that
would fold compactly and take up but lit
tle roi m on the sled- that would carry
them to their destination. Alany of the
writers when they added their ma;l to
the bi^ bundle *o go north said that their
letters contained almost wholly words of
encouragement and notifying them that
The Call was leading the expedition to
ihetr rescue.
AN OFFER OF PROVISIONS.
E. Harden, manager of the Hayden
Tacking Company, has oflered assistance
to The Call's relief expedition to the
- tarving w halers in the Arctic with a most
acceptable gift in ihe way of needed pro
vi-ions. Tbe Ducking company's letter in
making the offer was as follows:
"San Franci -co. November 15.
"77tc San Franeitco Cull: Seeiug tliat
the United Stales Government has
accented your very generous offer to
furnish supplies for the relieJ of
the ice-bound wiiale's in the northern
seas, enclosed you will please find an order
for two (2) cases (200 pounds) oi granu
lated potatoes, equal to one t;»n of ;resh
potatoes, as our donation to supplies of
the relief of theexpe lit nn. Resi'ectiully,
"Hayden Packing i ompany."
"By E. Haydbh, Ma >ager."
WLLIAM CARR WILL SWING.
Sent to the Gallows for Drowning
His Cwn Three-Year-Qld
Daughter.
LIBERTY, Mo., Nov. 16.— William Csrr
was this morning sentenced to Bang on
December 17 Carr drowned his three
year-old daughter in the Missouri River.
He received the sentence with a smile of
sati-faction.
In sentencing the prisoner Judge Broad
dus said: "The crime which you nave
confessed is the worst I ever heard of.
confessed is the worst I ever heard of.
You are entitled to the sympathy of no
one."
Carr had nothing to say. He is a raw
boned backwoodsman. His crime was
most cold- blooded. On October 10 la 3*. he
carried his child from Liberty to a point
near Kansas City. He tied her arms and
legs securely with a cord, paid no atten
tion to the little one's query, "What are
you going to do, papa?' and threw her
into the river, alter weighting the body
down with stones. Carr was soon arrest
ed, and in his confession as-erted that he
had "too many children," and that his
wifa wanted the little one gotten rid of.
He declared, however, that Mrs. Carr had
no band in tue raur ier.
Carr has constantly urged that he ba
sentenced and executed promptly. His
wife is -till to be tried for complicity in
the crime.
&uix<} FOH JIEAVX damages.
Mael'rxdt'n Cnte Again-t the A'ou'/tern
I'ncifie t ullrU at Sun J.ixr.
SAN JOSE. Nov. If! — The suit of Colvin
I G. Macßride, a well-known society man
|of San Francisco, lor $5J.000 damages
| aaainst the Soutnern Facilic Railroad
; Company came up for trial in Judge .Lori-
I gan's court to-day. The suit grew out of
! the collision of narrow and broad-gauge
! passentrer trains at Santa Clara on Jan
i uarv 25, 1896, in which, the pl.iintiff
i claims, be received injuries which hava mi
i capacitate:! him from attending to busi
i ners. He alleges that his uroin was badly
\ wrenched, and ho received internal in-
I juries and a shoes to his neiTOQS systsm
| irom which he has ereatly suffered.
Most of the day was occujiis I in select
| ing ii jury, after which Macßride went on
j the stand.
TOOK JULIAN
ennui given
IIS FREEDOM
Cnntinvrd from Fir.il l'nnr.
pointment will be pitiful should this boy
be held.
"You hope— you expect the Grand Jury
will ignore the chaige against you? You
hope 10 be free tnis afternoon?"
"Ob, yes," he said, his boyish face
alight with hope.
''And if — if — you're not? 1 '
"] don't know," he said, bianklv, as if
he had not dwelt upon that possibilit}.
"What will you do ii you have to spend
more ume here ?"
"I'll study." He threw up his chin reso
lutely. "I put in Bume of tnp time study
ing now. I'm keeping it uy. I'll work
at my geometry. I'm beginning to iike it
ns,<w. I would have graduated next June."
"And then?"
"And then I wanted to study to become
a doctor like my fmher."
'■How do you stand at school?"
"On, my ie-sons don't bother me. I
can get them all right when I ain't in
trouble. l'vq been troubled lately"; his
lip quivered hud he pa«sed the towel
roughly over his cheeks, so that I should
imagine that ruddy face of oil was not
yet quite dry.
"You must be a pretty good shot," I
said.
"No, I ain't," he said, simply. "W.hen
we go out duck-hunting the other boys
ahoot better thnn I do."
And ihi-> the other boys corroborate.
"Juiiiin's in my class, " said a Carson
boy to me. "I'd never have thought he'd
kill a man. Why, he seems kind of
timid — not so rough as the other boys.
He »vas pretty good in school, you know,
and he liked to draw funny p ctures and
make the boys laugh, so that made his de
portment bail sometimes, you know. But
when he JOt started right hi 3 lessons were
all rich!."
Just an ordinary boy, evidently not a
saint— far fom it. But how much far
th< r from being a sinner!
"Did it ever occur to you before last
Tuesday that you might shoot Charles
Jones?' I asked young Guinan.
"No, I never thought of that. I only
thought of It when I saw my father's life
was in danger."
"Tell me, how does your teacher like
you?"
"Oh" — he laughed with a noy's era
tmrra-smciit at having to speak well of
himself— "Professor lik»s me— pretty well.
Two of the boys were down here to see
me, and we talked/
'•About school?"
"Nj; tuey sad they hoped Id get out
all rigut."
"And I'm another one that hopes so,"
I said, as 1 turned to po, so that Julian
Guiuau might have time to flatten his
pretty brown hair down over his foiehead,
in a vain attempt to cover the bright,
honest iace he mis.
"Oh, thank you," he said earnestly, but
smiling; back at me as he went toward the
barred door. Miriam Michelson.
WILL CAPTAIN
THE SENIORS
Forrest Fisher Elected
to Lead a Football
Eleven.
Stanford's '98 Team Will Try
Hard to Win Class Cham
pionship.
Large Throngs of "Rooters" Watch
the Varsity Men at Their
Prac- c i.
Special DlgDßtch to Tiik Call.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. 16.—
The '98 class football team completed its
reorganization for th>" season by electing
Forrest S. Fibber, Varsity halfback, Its
contain. The team will make desperate
efforts in tbis its last year to leave college
class champion, an honor now held by
tbe sophomore class team. The '98 eleven
contains more star men' thun any two
FORREST S. FISHER.
class teams in college. With such mate
rial as Cotton, Ficfcert, Carle, Fisher, Jeffs,
Tbomas, Bigelow, James, Levitt, Dole,
AJams and others, the seniorclass should
have no difficulty in securing the head
ship of class teams.
Fisher, the iim\,, elected captain, has
been closely identified with athletics since
his entrance in '94. For two years he ha?
playea halfback on the Stanford Var-sity,
and he is also a shot-putter of some
merit. He has represented his class in
the higher councils of college as a mem
ber of the executive and athletic commit
tees, and is at piesent manager of the
college paper, the Daily Palo Alto. He
is 23 years of age, and hails from The
Dalles, Or. His major study is law, in
which be is a student Of considerable
ab lity.
The team has already issued its chal
lenges to other class elevens, and as soon
as tne big game is over there will in all
likelihood be some lively sport on the
Stanford gridiron between the interclass
teams.
There was li'.tle in to-night* practice of
the Varsity team outsid* of a certain indi
vidual snap and ginger that should in
spire confidence. The crowd which tilled
the bleachers and overfloweJ into the side
lines 10-t no opportunity to get their voices
in trim for Thank-giving. Every piece of
good or ni«-di< ere work was received with
the mosi demonstrative rooting. This
show or spirit on i he part of the football
contingent did ivucu to keep the men at
their work.
Several of the Varsity men have not yet
lined up for practice this wae-k. Jeffs.
Carle und Smith were not nut to-night.
Fickert and Fmher j layed but a stiort
while. Smith has water on botn knees,
and will be fortunate if ho in able to eel
out attain ihh se;is >n. The came which
was to b? played with Reliance 011 the
eninpus to-morrow has been calied off, as
Stanford's men are in no alinpe for a re
petition of the hard work which they were
compelled 10 ao Saturday.
Dr. Jordan is more than half expected
to arrive in San Francisco in time to wit
ness ihe game between 1 lie colle/es on
Thanksgiving day. When affairs did not
look so favorable for an early departure
from Washington he wrote a letter, in
which he said:
"I Would give up all the glories of
diilomatv to see the football game, even
though I knew ou' boys were to be
beaten."
The yelling at the big game will be un
der the direction of W. H. Irwin, C M.
Bradley, C. T. Hayden and B. G. Bailie.
The new football songbook made 11- ap
peurance to-day. It contains a number of
new^eils and six additional songs. Th-v
are: "We Have the Men." by H D.
Walters; "Victory Sone," by Yont; "Chin,
Chin, Chinaman," by G. H. Yost; "A
Thanksgiving Lay," by J H. Pulupmus;
"As We Go Playine On," by B. A.
Adnmn. m,,i "With the Ball in Berkeley's
Field," by H. D. Walters.
PKACTICb. A I OIL MOSTK.
four Hrlimnee M*» A unlit th« California
J'lavrr*.
DEL MONTE. Nov. 16.— Four Reliance
men are here now — Sherman and Slab.
and Carter and Arleit— and the first regu
lar game played -by the Berkeley men
since coming; to Del Monte was contested
ihis afternoon. The U. C. substitutes
rlnyeil on the Reliance eleven against the
Vars:ty eleven. Tue line-up was:
Varsity. Position. Reliance.
McDeimott Center. ...Cor lsn
-Meyer itight guard Sherman
Bar es Lett guard Siuitli
Simpson .Left :aclii«. Mcoon
Pringl- i.lght tackle Noll
Whinple Uighl end Craig
•Hopper..; Lett end Thai.c
Hal. l>fi h«liback carter
I.uUlow Klßbt haiiback Arlett
Cre:sl,erg luilb c< Kaarsbcrg
Bender Quailer ilageu
Coach Nott was not satisfied with the
game, the men playing too slowly and do
in.: poor team work. Some guud individ
ual work was none, but nothing showing
biilliant qualities. The formations were
good, but not strong, and tbe men showed
themselves ea-iiy winded.
No casualties occurred to-day, and tbe
team us a whole is n good condition. The
practice games are attracting much in
terest among the hotel's visitors and peo
ple frum Monterey and Pacific Grove, and
every alternoOn carriage* are lined up out
side the gridiron boundaries watching tbe
aibleus ai their training.
*A.10.\ 11UL1>S IHI. lIILK.
iTina the Jour- < urn rred Jiiryete Roe-
■it Atlanta.
ATLANTA, -Nov. 16.— The four-cornered
race here to-night between i-.;iton. Bald
Cooper and Louehe;.d was the closest and
most exciting of the season. Jay Eaton
won by a foill and holds iiis title of king
of the indoor track. In one heat the judge
said that it was a dead heat between
Eaton and Longhead, but Loushead whs
disqualified on account of a foul and the
beat iv a- awarded to Eaton. Ia the heat
between Bald and Cooper the world's in
door competition record was smashed.
The time was 1:57 4-5. Summaries:
First heat— Bald vs. Loughead., Bald won.
Time. 2:04 3-5.
Sl'coi'O h>'At — Eaton vs. Cooper, Eaton won.
Time, 'J:01 4S.
Third lirfftt— tsald vs. Cooper, Cooper won.
Time, 1:57 4 5.
Fourih heat— Eaton vs. Loughend, dead heat.
Louehpi'd *li*qudlified for louiing Eaton;
E i tun g yen h-at.
Fifth Heat— Longhead vs. Cooper, Loughead
w n. Time, 12:012 1-5.
Sxtn heat— Bald vs. Elton. Bald won. Time,
2:05 3-5.
This gavf E iton and Loughead each two
heats and Baiu and Cooper each one. Two
heats were then run 'o see who took first
an<i who ook third money.
Seventh hen*— Eatou vs. Loughead. Eaton
won. Tiin'\ 2:08 3-5.
Eighth hf»t— Bald vs. Cooper. Bald won.
Time, i 2:07 3-5.
liari"* on Jtaittern Trocks.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.— Results at
Bcnmngs:
Five und a half furlongs, Red Sptder woa,
Athy second, the Manxman third. Time,
1:11 4-5.
611 furlongs. ChxraKrace won. Princess of
IndißS cand, Ducnes< Annette third. Time,
1:184-5
One uiile, selling, Mohawk Prince won, Sum
mer Soa second, James Monroe third. Time,
1:47 2 5
Six and a hnll fnrlonps. Senator McCatren
won. Mont dOr second, Hdrpin third. Time,
One mile, Sallie Clinnnt «o:i, King T second,
Volley third. Tlrr.e, 1:45 2-5
NASHVILLE, Nov. 10.— Six furlongs, sel'ine.
Van N' -sa won, Reube:i R'lwctt second. Can
I bte "Km third 'ilrac, 1 :UO.
K.vu lurloiiss, selllnc, Ltt Verna won. Tile
Simmons second, Kiitie Rutherford third.
Time, 1 :04;*.
Six fur; ii n, Pftnchita II won. Enchanter
second, S;erra Gordn tliird. Tim ', 1 :173^
Five furlongs, selling. Alii" B \vn, Mike
IlHveriy second, Ski:ik thir.i. Time, 1:08
O'ic mlie, soiling. Pdte Kitclu'n won. Rock
Wall second, S!ock;ulm third. Time. 1:43.
LEXINGTON, Nov. 16. — On account o»
the rain fal.ing all night and th*s ruorn
ini' the races were postponed till to-mor
row.
Hfli men to fl<tu til* J vino'.
FRESNO, N >v.16 —Manager Robert Bar
tou of the Fresno Republican Baseball
learn has ma.ie arrangements for a Rime in
this city next Sunday wilh the Reliance
nine of Oatland. The Republicans are well
organized an I the personnel of the team
i« still the >ame as it was wnen it »a«
foolish encutrh to play in tlie Kxaminer
tournament, 'he name of which is now
odious to all Fresnonns. The contest on
Sunday promises 10 be one of the best
ever seen here.
I'i.rtHyzed bij 'i STmtt.
SAU^ALITO, Nov. 16 — John Brod
entk, one of the oldest residents of
Sausalito, was thrown from his carriage
wh lo driving near Sausalito tc-nighi.
He strucK on the back of bis head. His
spine was injurfd. causing total paralysis.
It is not believed thai Broderack wi.l
survive the night.
To Cure a C Id In One Day
Take Laxative Brorao Quinine Tablets. All drug
gists refund the money if It fall* to cure. xbc.
The genuine lias L. i». Xl on each tablet.
PERISHES IN HIS
BURNING HOUSE
James Porter Inciner
ated on a Sonoma
Ranch.
His Charred Remains Found
in the Embers of His
Dwelling.
Ne'gf bors Advance the Theory
That H9 Was Murdered for
His Gold.
special Dispatch to The Call.
SANTA ROSA, Nov. 16 —James Porter,
a wealthy old bachelor residing about
four miles from this city, was roasted
alive m the flames that consume*! Ilia
dwelling, and his remains — a mere hand
lul of chaired and crumbling bones — now
occupy a place within the city Morgue.
It is thought by many that were the
mystery of the old man's death made
known a murderer would stand convicted
of an awful crime.
It wjis after midnight yesterday that
Joseph Wa:son, a farmer living near the
Porter ranch, aroie to give medicine to a
sick child ar.d saw the skj- in the direc
tion of Porter's residence brightly illumin
ated. Hurriedly dressing ha started for
the scene, giving the alarm at one or two
farmhouses on the way. When the
frightened neighbors arrived the roof had
fallen in and tiie walls were tottering.
Nothing could be done to save the struc
ture.
When a thorough search of the ranch
failed to reveal ihe whereaoouis of the
owner fears were expressed that lie had
perished in the flames, and as soon as the
ruin?, couid be searched this was found to
be the case, in a corner of what had been
the old man's kitchen a pile of crackling
bones was found. While they had lost all
sembl nice to the human lorni it was
known then that Porter had met an
awfui fate.
As Porter was known to have been a
wealthy man and lived alone and as tie was
known to nave received a large sum of
money on a mortgage only a short time
atro, tbe theory was S'ion i dvanced that
the old man had been mmdered for liis
gold. Sheriff Al.en and his d putiee were
at once notified and lost no time in hur
rying to tho scene. A large butcher-knife
wa- lound almost directly under tne
charred bones constituting the remains,
and a few other circumstances that were
by some woven iflto bits ol evidence were
noted, Lut : he officers are uncommunica
tive and the tire did its work so thoroughly
that it is doubtfulif the real truih wili
ever be known.
A Coroner* jury ttiis afternoon, alter
visiting me scene, returned a v-nlict oi ac
cidental death, and Public AUministm.or
Young wiil at once lake ciiarge of the
property.
As iar as known the deceased ha 1 no
relatives In tlm locality. He was a na
tiveof Norway, 74 years of a^e. anil came
lo California aim it ten years a«o, settling
on tbe little ranch where iie met his death.
He livd alone and difd aiotie, a;id, while
lie bad ninny friends, he kept bis own
counsel. The mystery of his awful death
will no doubt be buried <viih his bonts.
COUNT ESTERHAZY
IS THE SUSPECT
Did HeSellthe Military Secrets
Dreyfus Was Deported
for Betraying?
Declares That Ho 13 the Viet m of
a Plot and Demands In
vestigation.
PARIS, Nov. 16 —Count Esterhazy
who, it is said, answers the description
"of a ricn and titled officer well known
in Paris society," w;>o had been requested
to resign his commission in the army in
consequence of the continued leak ng of
military secrets since Captain Dreyfus
was deponed, has written a letter to
General Biliot, the Minister for Foreign
Affair-, with regard to the "alleged in
famous accusation." He demands an in
vestigation and says he is ready to reply
io all the charges' that may be brought
against bint.
Count E-tfrhazy, in an interview.de
clare-i he la the victim of a plot. He adds
that a month aj*o he received an anony
mous letter warning bin that a former
high official of the War Office was formu
lating charges aeainst him. The Count
immediately informed the Minister of
War of the ciicunastance?, ur.xiue him to
investigate the matter. A week aso a
lady handed him extracts from tbe Drey
fus'papers of an exceedingly crave tenor,
and, flecordinje to the Count, corapromis-
Dreyfus to such an extent that when pub
lished they wiil create an enormous sen
sation.
The Count fur: her asserts that he
handeJ these documents to General riaus
sier, me Military Governor of Paris, but
tie first took t&e precaution to photogranh
ihem so a* to have »he means of defend
ing himself.
The full name of the Count is Ferdinand
Wal-iu E-terlmzy. Ho wan formerly a
m;-jor in the French infantry. Early this
year he was placed on half pay on the
ground of tempirary infirmities. H* is
connected with the c-labrate i Hungarian
family of E crhazy, but wti*-n entering
th<* army of 1870 entered as a Frenchman.
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CCRPjE ANCHOR LD UNDER WATER.
Fishermen Find the Body of a Chma-
man Who Probably Was
Murdered.
MONTEREY, Nov. 16.— The local China-^
town was thrown into an uproar about
5 o'clock this afternoon toy the tindintr
of the oody of v drowned Chinaman just
off China Point. A Spanish fisherman
and his son were abalones from
the rocKs at Ciiina Point when the boy
saw what appeared to be a pair of legs
floating near the boat. Tiie father's at
tention was cailed and an investigation
made. The legs proved to be attached to
a trunk which was apparently anchored,
for great difficulty was iound in drajieinj;
the body to the surface and into the boa-.
The corpse was 'hat of a Chinaman, nude
except for a shirt, and the head was en
tirely without hair.
Th-re was great excitement in China
town when he noJy was towel there by
the fisherman. The authorities were at
once notified of the cruesome find and
the cori.se whs carted to Monterey, where
the Coroner* inquest will be held to
morrow.
The man is believed to have been mur
dered for a rone was found tied securely
round bis wait, is free end apparently
having been attached to some hinjt which
kept the bc-dy under water. The case la
being carefully investigated, and some ar
rests will probably I c mude to morrow.
GREAT Lt,i>S OF LF£.
Destruction of the Town of Loretto,
Ecuador; by a Hur- {
ricane. - / >.
Copyright, 1897, by J.m. s < ;onlon Bennett.
PANAMA, Nov. 16.— Telegraphic ad
vices from ;he Herald correspondent in S.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, state that the town
of Loretto lias been destroyed by a hur
r cane. Only a Jew scattered buildings
are left standing, and it is reported that
the Ins of life is very heavy.
KEW TO-DAT.
Ringing Noises
Roaring-, Buzz ng, Snapp'nt? L ke the
Report or a Plsto —These Ara
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Catarrh in the head is an exceed inch*
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It is also serious in its effect-, as it causes
loss of sruell and hearing, head: ches, less
of appetite, and often- leads to consump-
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with a continual dropping in the throat,
discharges from the nose, constant hawk-
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the eyes. The tendency- if catarrh is to
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weakness and deoilitv. The wonderful
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