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VOLUME LXXXII.-NO. 177.
DEPARTURE
OF THE BEAR
IS DELAYED
Supply of Coal for the
Trip Has Not Yet
Arrived.
ALL ELSE IS NOW IN
READINESS.
ftiptain Tuttle Receives the
Instructions From Secre
tary Gage.
"CALL" SUPPLIES ARE PUT
ABOARD THE CUTTER.
When the Fuel Arrives No Time
Will Bj Lost In Starting to
Rescue the Whalers.
t-pecial Dispatch to ]hk Call.
WHALERS' MAIL.
SEATTLE, Xov 23— Received
this day from \V. A. Steel. ••tall"
correspondent, one oox of mail
weighing about 25 pounds, and
containing letters a (dressed to the
ice-Imprisoned whalers in the
Arctic Ocean.
1 shall use every endeavor to
have them delivered to the per
sons addressed at the earliest
possible moment.
FRANCIS TUTTLK,
C i plain «if Boar.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 23.— T0-day
■ tin Francis Tutt.e, commander of the
revenue cutter i> a ar, received the long of
ficial letters of instructions from Secretary
■ that is 10 guide him in his efforts to
| h the ;ce-;mpri-oned whalers in the
1 >orth. As the captain had already
Ins letter in last Wednesday's Call,
\ ■ -:ed it contents, it is vaiua
nly hi so far as it is an evidence of his
autnoriz ition to employ the necessary
means to successfully carry out a perilous
but humane expedition.
Captain Tutile received another letter
this evening from tn old AtasKan ex-
I '.orer that contains a valuable sugges-
When the overland party starts
out, and it is necessary to employ native*
to assist in ariviti .- the supply teams, he
advises that women be included in the
number. He says they are better workers
than the males, can mend their clothes
have a greater influence over the
. Although Le had not thought of
tins phase, Captain Tutiie's knowledge of
the native^ is B icfc mat lie c;m readily ap
preciate the suggestion, which will, no
doubt, be acted upon.
Unless the coal s> earner Rapid Transit
ernves to-morrow morning it can be posi
tively stated that the cutter Bear will not
start on her northern crui-e on Thursday.
Tiie s'pamer left Seattle on Friday last to
go to Nanaimo to load and bring back - .'6O
tons of coal for the Bear. Since then
notaing has beer, heard of her, although
she was expec.eJ in Sunday evening.
Captain Wallace, who returned with th •
Walla Waiia last ni.:ht from Victoria,
Btates that r iieavy gale was blowing on
the gulf of Georgia and that it would have
been im possible for '.lie Rapi i Transit to
have male any j rogress. As the coal
must be hots'eu from the 'teanier to the
Yir folly a day and a half will be con
ned in transferring the fuel.
f.-day two of the crew of the bear were
discharged, but there are plenty of vol
unteers anxious to t3ke their places.
Wi:h the?" two exceptions the comple
ment ol officers and seamen is complete,
although there is just a possibility that
Chief Engineer H. C. Whitworth minbt
be succeeded by another, lie is willing
and almost anxi us to make the cruise,
but the repeated p.eadings of a devoted
wife are beginning to make him weaken
in hisde.e mination to assist in getting
the cutter as near Point Barrow t hi- win
terastheice floe* will permii. It i, be
lieved that if he intimates a desire to be
relieved from this special duty that i:i
request would be granted by the depart
ru ( n t.
Lieutenant E. P. Bertholf arrived in
this city to-nig it, i nd to-morrow Lieuten
ant David H. Jarvis is expectel to reach
Seattle. After opportunity is had to con-
Fult with Lieutenant Jarvis, the personnel
of the lar.d expedition will be decided
upon by Captain Tuttle.
This has been a bus-y day at Arlington
Dock. Wagon after wagon has been dis
charging the special stores furnished
, by 3he Call for the wardroom officers 01
the cutter. Be.'ore these supplies are en
tirely ioaded aboard the B.*ar ti-morrow
additional ones for the crew will arrive
from San Francisco. The sp cially made
fur clothing, chamois and silk underwear,
muckiocks, and, in fact, every art cle
necessary to form a complete outfit for
the officers and members of the land expe
dition, which are being furnished by The
Ca l. will aiso be delivered to-morrow.
/ addition, 200 rations for the whaier.i
A c taken on. The box of letters «d
--\ -d to tue imprisoned whnlers which
«\ ' forwarded ,rom ban Francisco by
THE Call, were to-day delivered to Captain
Tutiie. As they contain words of hope
and tiicou-agement from loving relatives
and friends to an imprisoned army oi
rr.en, evry possible effort will be made
by Captain Tutile to see that they an
paced in the liands of the poor unfortu
nates, now ice-bound in the Arctic, before
the gloom of despair has settled upon
them. Two medical chests were received
to-day for tiie Bear expedition. They ro i
thin such artic.es as will b valuable to
the men constituting the land expedition
and also f<>r use when tue imprisouei
whalers are reached.
The San Francisco Call
DURRANT'S
HOPE FROM
BLANTHER
Wrote That He Slew
Blanche Lamont and
Minnie Williams.
ANXIOUS TO SAVE
THE ACCUSED.
Rather Startling Message Left
by the Murderer of Mrs.
Langfeldt.
THE WRITING SEEMS TO BE
GENUINE.
But There Is Little Probability That
the Fugitive Suicide Committed
the Crimes Admitted.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 23— special
to i he Pot from M >rgan, Tex., says:
Joseph E. Blanther, alias Forbes, m
mitted suicide in the Meridian jail in tins
county on March 2 last.
Developments of the past few days
I brine to light the fact that Blantiier was
j the self-confessed perpetrator of even
! more startling crimes than was the mur
der of Mrs. Langfeldt in San Francisco,
for which he was huntei. While Blan
ther was incarcerated in the Meridian jail
j there was also a fellow-prisoner named
! Pitt?, who was ai rested on some minor
charge and occupied ihe ceil adjoining
that of anther. Pit;s is a farmer who
i now lives near Jredeil, in this county, and
j is known to have conversed with Blan-
I trier during his two or three days' con
finement. In a Jeiter to Word. Dill ar it
Word, attorney of Meridian, under dale
i of November 22, Mr. Pitts incloses a letter
I Iroru Blanther and says :
'•I have been looking through some
papers that I had on rile in the jail at
Meridian and I rind the inclosed sheet,
which speaks for itself. The papers al- ]
I tided to here worked through *a' hole in j
my pock? i. hence the delay in no: discov
ering them sooner. 1 now remember that j
i Forbes or Blanther asked me on the eve».
ins he took the poison ; which coat was
mine of several thru were hanging in the
cell he occupied. I never thought further
of the question he asked until 1 found the
letter he wrote. I tend it to you for the
reason that you best know whom to notify
in California. I hope that it may be
worth something to you in the way of
saving Durrani of California, who, I
understand, is sentenced to death for
killing Miss Lamont."
Following is t:.e lilanther Jetter:
"Meridian Jail.
"To Mr. Pitt* : As this is my last day
on earth I wish to say that I cannot die
without telling a truth. I murdered Mrs.
Langfeldt;. also Blanche Lin:ont and
Minnie Williams. I put this in your coat
pocket and hope you will rind it in time
to save th* life of Durrani. It may also
be of service to Mr. Womack in getting
his reward money. I want you to have
my watch for your kindness to me. You
have my best wishes and I hope your
troubles will end, but not a« mine.
"BLAXIHEE i'ORBES."
The letter written by Blaniher was
compared with a letter written by him to
County Treasurer Randle while he
(Blanther) was teaching school at Kop
perl, this county, and the identification is
pronounced to be beyond doubt. Cashier
Rudasill of the First National Bank of
Meridian says it compares favorably with
Blanther's handwriting, while others have
hesitancy in pronouncing the last as
written by Blantber. The orieinal writ
ten confession i* tow in toe possession of
Word, Diliard & Word of Meridian, who
will notiiy the San. Francisco officials of
the startling confession.
Relieve It Untrue.
Local police authorities are not in
clined to place much credence in the
i story.
They say the thing is impossible, or if
-uch a letter was found it is a hoax.
MURDERER DUNHAM CAUGHT.
>t Last a Man Alleged to Be the No
torious Fugitive Is in Jail
in Arkansas
LITTLE HOCK, Ark.. Nov. 23.— A
bpetiil io the Gazette irorn Van Buren,
Ark., gays: City Marshal Charles Wei s
of Salisbury made what is thought to be
an important arrest here to-day, when lie
c>T,tured J. C. Durham, al.as James Bu
lord, wait led in Santa Clara County, Cai.,
fo- !he murder of Colonel :md Mrs. R. P.
Mc<Jlincy, Mrs. H;i";e Dunham, Misa
Minnie Schessier. J X We. ls and K. M..
Briscoe on May - J6, ISS&.
Tiie crime was committed for 'he pur
pose of robbery, and, owinc to the promi
nence of the families, a reward of $11,000
lias been offered lor tne r-rrest and convic
sion of Dunt.ain. J. a L nton. Sheriff of
Santa daa County, v.as notitici and
wired instructions "10 Marshal Wells to
hold Dunham until complete identifica
tion papers could be forwarded from Cali
fornia.
TO BLOCKADE CONSTANTINOPLE.
What the Powers Propose to Do if
Turkey Refuses to Withdraw
/ roops from Crete.
LONDON. Nov. 23.— The Rome corre
spondent of the Duly Chronicle Says:
The report is coniirmtd that the powers
have decided to Uocka'ie Constantinople
in case Tuikev refu-es to withdraw her
troops from Crete ami to accept a Euro
peau Governor of the island.
SAX FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1897.
LEAPS FROM
A TRAIN ON
THE DESERT
Santa Fe Passenger Be
comes Suddenly
Insane.
THROUGH A PULLMAN
CAR WINDOW.
Jumps to What Seems Like
Certain Death, but Es
capes Unscathed.
DISAPPEAR?. PURSUED BY
MYTHICAL FOES
Will Die of Thirst If Not Soon
Found by Parties of
Searchers.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. L' 3 —A. R. Rob
erts will probably d:e of thirst on the
Mojave desert. He was a passenger on
the westbound Santa Fe overland. At an
early hour this morning he jumped
! through the window of a Pullman car.
The train was tr.en seven miles east of
Siberia station, on the desert.
Roberts had become suddenly insane.
During the day previous he had demeaned
himself in a perfectly- lucid manner, but
during the night he acted strangely. He
was laboring under the hallucination tint
he was be ne pursued by enemies who
: were intent on taking his Hie.
Every effort was put fonh Ijy the pac
sengeis and train men to appease
him, but he refused to be quieted.
He was bein^ watched, b;u while
the passenger guarding him was ob
taining some water Roberts jumped
through the window. He was clnd only
in his undershirt ami must have been
badly cut up by contact with the glass of
the window frame. He took a blanket
with him.
Conductor Halliban stopped the train
as soon as he learned of the incident and
a searching party was sent back to lind,
as they supposed they would, ttie dead
body of the insane man.
Bat the wi;d jump had not killed him,
and he had wandered off into the dark
ness. A short search was made, but he
could not be found. Laier the blanket
which he had carried with him was found
at Siberia station.
A gang of :-ftction men has been out
to make an eff jrt to save the man. He
cannot live long on the desert. If he is
not found within twenty-four hours will
die of thirst. Nothing is Known of Rob
erts beyond his name. He was bound lor
San Francisco, and was about 40 year* of
ai;e. He was from the East, but from just
wuat point has not been learned.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Weather forecast for San Fran
cisco: Fresb westerly winds
Wednesday.
FIRST PAGE.
Call Sustained at San Jose.
Bear Waiting for Coal.
Will B anther Clear Durrant?
Maniac Leaps From Train.
SECOND 'PAGE.
Los Angeles Schoo' Scandal.
Santa Clara's Prize Poultry.
Real Estate Review.
THIRD PAGR.
Spanish Troop* in Cuba Starve.
A (iirl Student Missing.
Naval Reserve Valuab.e.
FOURTH PAGE.
D xon's Mystery Not Solved.
Miners Lost on th" Desert.
Soldier Shows His Scars.
A Traitor Betrayed Chile.
Why Kirk Shot. Mandeibaum.
FIFTH PAGE.
Pugilistic Items.
Marshal's Partners to Parade.
Farmer Shoots Two Foes.
The Boulevard Piebt
SIXTH PAGE.
Editorial.
Judjje Loriean's Case.
The San Pedro Appropriation.
A Chance for the Law.
What Are Administration
Measures?
Editor His O vn Compositor.
Personals and Queries.
SEVENTH PAGE.
News From the Water Front.
Raise Boys to" Hatchet Men.
Valley Road's Annual Report.
EIGHTH PAGE.
The Football Situation.
NINTH PAGE.
Racine at Oakland Track.
At me Doll Fete.
TENTH PAGE.
Commercial Intelligence.
ELEVENTH PAGE.
News From Across the Bay.
Blair Saw Durrant Alive.
Lavicne Refuses Walcott.
TWELFTH PAGE.
Aiding Prisoners to Escape.
THIRTEENTH PAGE.
Births, Marriages, Deaths.
FOURTEENTH PAGE.
The Jenks Court-Martial.
A Tramway for Cliiicoot.
Footpads Apply Tlieir Trade.
A Fighting Superintendent.
SANTA CLARA GRAND JURY
SUBMITS THREE REPORTS
SCORCHING THE BOODLERS
CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
SAN JOSE, CAL., November 23, 1897-
The most expensive luxury in which a city can indulge is corrupt munici
pal government. It ( cuts in all directions, at the wealth and prosperity of all
classes, devouring revenue, degrading the public conscience, discouraging
business interests and driving away the best kind of citizens.
There is no use in advertising our glorious climate if we have a polluted
moral atmosphere.
A few months .ago one of the San Jose dailies denounced certain mem
bers of our city government, accusing them of foul crimes and all-around cor
ruption and challenging them to either resign their positions or commence
proceedings for lib;li No resignations nor libel suits have been heard of, and
these men are still Administering the affairs of the city. Perhaps these are
noble and honorable men. Who knows?
There are ugly rumors flying in all directions about other off! rials.
Many of these rumors are probably false, but they suggest the necessity of a
searching investigation that shall vindicate the righteous and overthrow the
corrupt.
Then let us join our forces at the approaching election and secure for
San Jose the purest and most effui-'nt municipal government in the State.
Let THE CALL probe and publish fearlessly. Agitation is a great purifier.
No honest man need be afraid.
Pastor Second Presbyterian Church.
"THE CALL" IS
SUSTAINED BY
THE FINDINGS
Juror Carroil Is the Most Severe, but Even the
Sworn Friends of the Gang Cannot
Give Public Approval to Its
Corrupt Practices*
SAN JOSE, Nov. -'3.— With each pass
ing hour, a- the irv.enso excitement dies
away, public feeling Lecomes more and
more severe in criticism oi Judge Lori
gan's unca'leil-for and unjust tongue
lashing o-f Grand Juror 'J. W. Carroll
yesterday.
It is now pointed out that the Judpe
himself admitted hu bad no power of
punishment, even if there had been lezal
proof that Carroll had disclosed Grand
Jury sec:ets. The Judy's language on
this point wasa^ follows:
"This inves-tigation is wilelv for the pur
jiose ot d'-terniining tli« lutnre proceed
ings which may be had, and not for the
purpose of inflicting any punishment, be
cause the court has no power to punish a ]
juror in this particular matter.
"There is no legal evidence to convict I
Juror Carroll Delivers His Minority .Report to Judge Lorigan.
I because the juror has declined to answer."
In view of the fact that there was no
! proof that Carroll had committed any
i offense, and the lurther fact that the court
had no iesal ri^ht to use the abusive lan
guage heaped upon Carroll, the latter ha.s
been urged by his friends to bring suit for
slander against the Judge.
When Mr. Carroll was spoken to he ad
mitted that the matter had been dis
cussed, but said he had not come to any
determination regarding it.
No time was lost by the grand juror* in
octiiiß upon Judga Lcrigan's suggestion
that they wind up their business at the
earliest possible day. They made their
final reports to-day and were discharged.
In the majority and minority reports
filed references were made to the transac
tions that had occurred in the Grand
GRAND JUROR THOMAS W. CARROLL.
! Jury room, which bore out and subst:m
--1 tiated all the facts thai have heretofore
; bean stated in The Call.
The new Grand Jury will not be drawn
until early next month.
It is the purpose of these w.'io were ac
tive in securing the adoption of the new
San Jose charter to see ihat this body is
composed of men who will not be swerved
Irorn their duty. It is not unlikely that
some of thematnbers of the Grand Jury
\ that went out of existence will appear
before the new inquisitorial body.
One of the most infliential pastors of
| the city of ban Jose, Rev. Dr. McLaren
| of the Sjcond Presbyterian Churcu, was
induced, a ter some urging, to give his
views on good municipal government in
connection with the crusade that The
Call is now carrying on. Rev.
! Dr. JHel/ireri has always taken a
i de°p interest in effecting political
I reforms from a moral standpoint, and is
j aimitted to 03 a considerable factor in the
j Ideal field of politics. In a sermon last
j Sunday the pastor of the Second Presby
terian Church delivered a sermon on
"Daniel in the Lions' Den."
Ho referred to the piottincs of the ror
ruptionists 01 Chaklea against Daniel for
his tc> faithful guarding of the public
treasury, how the ancient political bood
lers finally determined to get rid of him
by thrusting him into the lions' den and
how the lions refused to devour or even
injure him.
He applied the Biblical story to the
political situation in i his city, saying that
wiiat was needed here was another Daniel, !
and he added that if Mien a man appeared '•
and was cast into the metaphorical lions' |
den of Ban Jose he would undoubteily
escape as d*d Daniel of old.
Through a telegraphic or typographical
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
error It was made to appear in the columns
of to-d3y's Call that Judge Lorigan had
made an effort to stOD the unseemly ap
plause which greeted his undignified
abuse of Grand Juror Carroll, when in
fact the Judge made no effort in that
direction, but showed gratification at the
demonstration made by the rag tag and
bobtail element of the "gang.' 1
THE GRAND JURY
CLOSES ITS WORK
Not Even the Majority Can
Overlook the Gang's
Derelictions.
Carroll Hits Out From the Shoulder,
and Is Able to Defend
Hmself.
SAN JOSE, Not- 23.— Acting on the
urgent suggestion of Judge Lorigan maue
yesterday during the sensational proceed
ings in his court, the Grand Jury con
cluded its deliberations to-day and filed
its final reports with the court, who
then discharged them.
In the different reports filed will be
found full corroboration of the statements
published as facts in the columns of The
Call for the past week.
Treating of the Justice's courts, the ma
jority report, which is signed by Na
thaniel Cook (foreman), James T, Rucker
(secretary), henry Swickard, Simon