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MADERA'S
MYSTERY
UNSOLVED
Friends of Deputy Tax Col
lector Kjohn Believe
Him Innocent
Place Confideoce in hfis Story of
th)e Alleged Robbery of the
County's Vaults.
MADERA, May 2S.— This community
Is in a state of suppressed excitement
over the facts connected with the al
leged robbery of Deputy Tax ■Collector
William Krohn, -which occurred about
11 o'clock last Tuesday night. The
presence of a San Francisco detective
on the scene and the systematic sift-
Ing by the county officials of all the
details of the case has had the effect
of engendering a bitter feeling in the
minds of a majority of the citizens,
who profess their willingness to stake
their lives on the honesty and integrity
of the young official against whom sus
picion has been directed.
The intensity of this feeling was
made manifest to-day at the meeting
of the Democratic county convention.
The friends of William Krohn, who is
Btill confined to his bed from the ef
fects of the beating administered by
•unknown men whom, he claims, as
saulted him and then looted the office
vault of more than $7000 in gold coin,
placed him in nomination for the of
fice of Tax Collector. A whirlwind of
cheers greeted the announcement of
Krohn's name and the nomination was
carried by acclamation.
The present Tax Collector is Lew
Krohn, though the business of the of
fice has been for three or four years
entirely under the charge of William
Krohn, his brother and official deputy.
Both brothers have a host of friends
In the county and for this reason it
may be seen that the whisper of sus
picion that has gone out concerning
the circumstances of the alleged rob
bery has not met a cordial reception.
The story of the alleged robbery as
told by Krohn, as well as the circum
stances immediately following it, may
be briefly retold in order to make clear
the facts upon which the county offi
cials have seen fit to base their act in
ordering a rigid examination into the
case, as well as the open assertion
made by Detective Curtin, who is di
recting the investigation at the in
stance of District Attorney Larew, tha
he believes no robbery was com
mitted, and that Krohn's wounds wer
either self-inflicted or were inflicted b
an accomplice for the preo, ncerted pur
nose of making it annear that the office
vault had been looted of money it did
not contain.
Krohn's story is that he went to his
office on Tuesday evening to work on
the delinquent tax roll. At about 10:30
o'clock two masked men entered the
office by the rear door and ordered
Krohn to throw up his hands. When
he had complied one of the men took
Krohn's keys, locked the front door and
then ordered him to open the vaul
Krohn protested that the time loc
was on the safe where the cash is kep
Inside the big vault. The men repliet
that they knew that the time lock di<
not begin to work until 11 o'clock an
threatend to kill him unless he open
ed the vault and the safe. He co-mplie
with the demand, and while one ma
Btood guard the other looted the vaul
of a bag containing $7500 in gold coin.
The robbers then tried to lock Kroh
In the vault, but a struggle ensued
during which the deputy threw an iro
bar at the robbers. The missile misse<
Its mark and smashed one of the glas
•windows of the counter railing. Th
robbers stabbed Krohn twice, slashe
him across the palm of the left hand
beat him over the head with what h
believes to have been a piece of lea(
pipe and left him unconscious on th
floor of the inner office.
It will be remarked that Krohn as
serts that he was attacked at about
10:30 o'clock. At 11:25 o'clock, flfty
flve minutes later, Night Watchman
Tooker heard the crash of breaking
glass and located the sound !n the Tax
Collector's office. He tried the door,
but found it locked.
The Interior was brightly lighted,
"but no one was visible in the office. As
no reply was made to his repeated
knockings Tooker concluded that it
■was a false alarm and went about his
business.
At midnight Tooker was accosted by
Mrs. Krohn, who told him that her
husband had net returned from his
office and that she was afraid some
thing had happened to him. They
went together to the office, but found
the lights were out, the electric cur
rent having been shut off at the power
house at midnight. They could hear
some one moaning inside and presently"
discerned Krohn crawling along the
floor toward the front door. He was
repeating somewhat incoherently:
4'Don't beat me any more. Don't kill
me. Take the money. Don't shut me
up in there."
The door was forced open. Krohn was
dragged outside. He was apparently
unconscious, but when some one said
that it would be best to take him back
Into the office he exclaimed.
"No, don't take me back in there."
Physicians were summoned and they
pronounced Krohn to be unconscious
from the effects of a concussion of the
brain. He remained in an apparently
unconscious condition until 8 o'clock the
following morning, when he regained
control of his faculties.
Dr. Hayden says all of Krohn's
wounds are superficial; that all could
have been self-inflicted; that he might
have feigned unconsciousness. He did
not consider the latter two surmises
were probable. Dr. Reed was of the
opinion that the patient's unconscious
ness was not feigned.
An investigation of the premises dis
closed the fact that the back door of
the office was open; that there were
bloody finger prints on the railing of
the back porch and also <>n the roof of
a low shed over which the robbers are
supposed to have escaped to a vacant
lot in the rear.
There was nothing in the inner office
to indicate that a struggle had taken
place there, except the broken glass of
the counter rail. There was no blood
In the inner office or the one adjoining
It. but neai the f ont door were bloody
hand prints on the marble flagging,
where Krohn had crawled to the door.
There was also the print of a bloody
hand on a paper coverpd package in the
i: terior of the vault. Forty or fifty dol
lars In silver coin was scattered over
thf floor of the vault.
There were several gold pieces lying
about. A bag containing about $200 In !
silver was on top of the safe and in the ■
open safe was a package containing
about $100 in currency. The robbers !
had not made a very clean sweep. On |
the desk where Krohn had been work
ing at his books was a small sheet of
paper containing the following letters i
and figures:
"Memo S 210 178.50. C 91.00. Small
5.45, Total 487.95. Bag 7500.00. Total i
7987.95."
The "S" stands for silver coin; the {
"C" for currency; the word "small" for
small coins and the word "bag" for
the bag containing gold taken by rob- j
bers. Krohn explains that this was a j
memorandum of the amount of money
contained in the safe. When search
was made silver, currency and small
coins were found, but the bag of gold ;
was missing. Though the robbers left j
behind them more than 5300 in cash
they carried with them the piece of
lead pipe they are supposed to have j
used as a weapon and the bunch of
keys. Neither has yet been found.
To-day the tax collector's books were
turned over to Expert M. D. Wood. His
investigation of the accounts has as
yet failed to produce from the books
any corrobdration of the figures con
tained on Krohn's memorandum of
Ccish on hand. It has been Krohn's
custom to make frequent cash deposits
with a local bark. The last deposit
made by him was on May 12, when he
received credit for 5230.
Those who claim to disbelieve the
story told by Krohn point to the fol
lowing 1 list of what are alleged to be
suspicious circumstances: That the
time-lock on the money safe should be
set so that It would not begin to work
until so late an hour as 11 o'clock at
night; that fifty-five minutes elapsed
from the time Krohn says he was at
tacked before the night watchman
heard the crash of breaking glass; that
Mrs. Krohn should become alarmed for
the safety of her husband at so early
anhouras 12o'clock; that the robbers left
behind them several hundred dollars
and carried away with them the lead
pipe and keys; that a memorandum of
cash should be left in a conspicuous
place on the desk, when the books fail
to show the amount of cash on hand;
that the back door of the office should
be open; that the bloody finger prints
outside the back door show that at
least one of the robbers was wounded,
when Krohn has no remembrance of
having inflicted a wound; that Krohn
was rendered unconscious by wounds
that are merely superficial; that
being unconscious, he should pro
test against a suggestion to carry him
back into the office; that the night
watchman was unable to see the rob
bers in the office after hearing the
breaking of glass; that there is no trail
of blood from bloody hand prints in
the vault to hand prints on the marble
flagging near the front door, where
Krohn was found; that the time was at
hand when Krohn would have to make
his final accounting for the collection
of taxes which became delinquent on
April 25; that so great an amount of
money had accumulated between May
12, the date of the last deposit, and
May 24, the date of the robbery; that
there were no evidences of a violent
struggle.
On the other hand, Krohn's friends
rightly assert that there are none of
the foregoing alleged suspicious cir-
I cumstances that are not possible of in-
I nocent interpretation when considered
\as possibilities or even probabilities.
i They point to the fact that Krohn has
! always been a young man of exem
! plary habits; that he has never been
known to make use of greater amounts
of money than would be Justified by his
circumstances in life.
Lew Krohn, the Tax Collector, has
I signified his intention to make good to
j the county the amount stolen, as, under
i the law, it should have been turned
j over to the rvv-nty Treasurer some
' time ago. He considers that this fact
renders him responsible for the loss,
even though the money were stolen— a
| question of which he has no doubt.
SALE OF TROTTING STOCK.
Grandly Bred Ones From San Mateo
Stock Farm to Pass Under the
Hammer.
The great San Mateo Stock Farm dis
persal salf will take place at Burlingame
on Thursday, June 2, 189S, commencing at
10 a. m. Under instructions of J. K. Mof
fitt, trustee, seventy-eight head will be
disposed of, bred by William Corbitt,
comprising stallions, brood mares, colts,
fillies and geldings, by such richly bred
sires as Guy Wilkes, 2:15 1 / i; Sable Wilkes.
i 2:18; Oro Wilkes, 2:11 at four years; L,e
Grande, Arthurton, Nutwood, 2:18%, and
other sires of more or less note.
Killip & Co., the well known auction
eers call the particular attention of all
lovers of the harness horse to the superb
i quality of the yearlings to pass under the
hammer. They claim as their sires Oro
Wilkes and Prince Airlie and should as
suredly have a future in turf history.
Trains will leave Third and Townsend
streets at 9 a. m. and 10:40 a. m., stop
ping at Burlingame station, which is on
the farm.
Church Picnic Arranged.
The committees appointed by the pa
rishioners of St. Paul's Parish to arrange
; for the annual excursion and reunion met
last evening in St. Paul's Hall, Twenty
ninth and Church streets. The committee
on grounds reported that El Campo had
been secured for Monday. May 30. r i.ne
literary committee reported that arrange
ments had been made for a series of pa
triotic addresses by the representatives
of the various societies connected with ot.
Paul's Church. The chairman of the com
mittee on prizes stated that seventy-five
valuable prizes had been received and
would be awarded to the successful com-
I petitors in the various games. P. Brod
erlck was elected secretary of the com
mittee on transportation, to replace \.-i
liam Meagher. who. with his two brothers,
has gone with the First Regiment to the
! Philippines. The boats for the excurslon-
I lets will leave Tiburon ferry, foot of Mar
1 ket street, at 9:45 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. A
j band, playing national airs, will accom
pany the excursionists on the first boat.
They don't do things in a half-hearted
way in China, Their national hymn is so
long that the people take half a day to
li6ten to it.
Advances made on furniture and pianos, with
or without removal. J, Noonon, 1017-1023 Mission.
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 29. 1898.
MAJOR-GENERAL
OF VOLUNTEERS
Ex-Senator Butler Is
Confirmed.
MORE BRIGADIERS NOMINATED
H. Q. OTIS NOT AMONG THOSE
APPROVED.
Additional Members of the Regimen
tal, Brigade, Division and
Corps Staffs Are
Selected.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office. Riggs House,
Washington, May 28.
The President to-day sent these nom
inations to the Senate:
To be major general of volunteers,
Matthew C. Butler of South Carolina, j
To be brigadier generals of volun- j
teers— James R. *» atson of Texas. Nel- j
son Cole of Missouri, William Coats of
Alabama. !
To be assistant quartermasters, with
rank of captain— First Lieutenant
Charles D. Palmer, Sixth Artillery;
First Lieutenant George M. William-
Bon, Eighth Cavalry; Thomas D. Wee
be of Nebraska, Robert L. Brown of ;
West Virginia, Frank S. Polk of New j
York, Major W. Kimball t -* New York,
Moses Walton Jr. of Ohio, Charles J. .
Goff of West Virginia, J. A. Patten of
lowa, Richard J. Fanning of Ohio.
To be commissary of subsistence,
with rank of major, Edmund Beach of
Montana.
To be chief of commissaries of sub- |
sistence, with rank of major— First \
Lieutenant Sydney A. Cloman, Fif
teenth Infantry; Philip Mothersill of
New Mexico.
To be commissaries of subsistence, i
with rank of captain— Warner Harri- [
son of Ohio, Charles E. Cabell of Vir- I
ginia, John Dubarry Jr. of Pennsylva- i
nia, Winslow S. Lincoln of Massachu- ;
setts.
To be chief surgeon, with rank of
major— Frank S. Bourns of Georgia.
To be assistant adjutant-general, j
with rank of captain— Theodore S. Bot- i
kins of Kansas, Frederick J. Kountze !
of Ohio, First Lieutenant William S. |
Scott, First Cavalry.
To be additional paymasters— Fred T. !
Jones of Ohio, George E. Pickett of I
Virginia, Brewster C. Kenyon of Cali- ]
fornia, George H. Ray of North Da- !
kota Edward S. Fowler of New York.
James S. Harvey of Florida, William
H. Rift of Ohio, George D. Sherman of
Illinois, John P. Townsend of Missouri,
D. W. White of New Hampshire, John
M. Sears of Tennessee, Winfield M.
Clark of Pennsylvania, James W.
Dawes of Nebraska, James Canby of
Colorado, Otto Gecker of Georgia, Louis
Knapp of New York, Samuel M. C.
Hays of Colorado, John W. Fogler of
Kansas, Beverly Waugh Coiner of
Washington.
The Senate confirmed the nomination
| of ex-Senator Butler as major-general
without reference to committee.
The Senate also confirmed these nom
j inations:
To be brigadier-generals: Colonel R.
j H. Hall. Fourth Infantry; Colonel E. C.
I Sumner, Seventh Cavalry; Colonel P.
C. Haines, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.;
I Colonel L. P. Miller, Third Artillery;
i Colonel J. E. Keene, Twenty- first In
fantry; Lieutenant-Colonel E. H. Ern
est, Corps of Engineers; Lieutenant
! Colonel L. Wheaton, Twentieth Infan
try; Lieutenant-Colonel A. McArthur,
j assistant adjutant-general, U. S. A.;
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles H. Brooke,
| Fourth Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel J.
1 C. Gilmore, assistant adjutant-general;
! Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Randolph,
i Third Artillery: Major J. P. Sanger,
; inspector-general; Charles King of
; Wisconsin; Colonel M. V. Sheridan, as
! sistant adjutant-general, U. S. A.
To be first lieutenant— T. R. Sullivan
i of Colorado.
The nomination of Harrison Gray
Otis, which was presented yesterday
with the foregoing, was not confirmed.
ATTACKED THEIR LANDLORD
Lively Row in a Photograph Gallery
on Market Street.
There was a lively row at 731 Market
street last night, which for a time threat
ened to result in bloodshed.
Some time ago Frederick Haussler, a
photographer, sublet part of his gallery
to Herman Jans, J. C. Jones and Charles
Holsman, who advertised themselves aa
German specialists. According to Haus
ler's story he crew tired of the tenants
and ordered them to vacate. As they per
sistently refused he turned off the gas
supply in their apartments and put a lock
on the door. Last night he says he was
walking along the hallway with a hatchet
in his hand when one of the men struck
him in the face, knocking him down.
They then repeatedly kicked him, and,
when his wife interfered, she was also
brutally treated. The "German special
ists," "however, tell a different story.
They claim that Haussler attacked them
with a hatchet, ajid to protect themselves
they knocked him down. They deny
striking Mrs. Haussler, and claim that
only a few days ago their landlord walked
through their office with a rifle on his
shoulder and threatened death to any
body who attempted to stop him.
While the row was in progress several
police officers, who were attracted to the
house by the screams of Mrs. Haussler,
entered the place and arrested the com
batants. They were taken to the City
Prison and booked on charges of dis
turbing the peace.
ROBBED HIS BENEFACTOR.
Edward Stanley Arrested for Stealing
a Cornet.
Captain Charles Hogenson of the Vol
unteers of America last night caused the
arrest of Edward Stanley for petty lar
ceny. Hogenson claims that Stanley was
recently discharged from San Quentin,
and as he promised to lead a better life,
he allowed him to occupy a cot in the
barracks of the Volunteers. To repay his
kindness, Stanley visited the barracks
yesterday afternoon and stole a cornet
belonging to his benefactor. He was ac
companied by another man, for whom the
police are now looking.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
General Organizer Rogers and Special
Organizer Temple are in the southern part
of the State and it appears that they are
doing well for the order. Mr. Temple will
remain in that portion of the State per
manently. _„,., ,
Special Organizer Rutherford having or
ganized San Francisco Camp is now de
voting himself to other fields.
A new camp will soon be instituted at
Weavervllle, Trinity County.
On Sunday, June 5, the members of
the order will observe their memorial day,
when they will strew the graves of all de
ceased members with flowers.
I^ast Thursday Redwood Camp re-elect
ed its officers for the ensuing term, they
having proved so satisfactory.
RATHBONE SISTERS.
The Jenny jinks that was to have been
given last Thursday night by San Fran
cisco Temple has been postponed until
next Thursday night. Ida E. Maguire of
this temple was at the session of the
Grand Temple elected grand senior. At
the next meeting of the temple the offi
cers for the ensuing term will be elected.
WHEAT TO
REACH TWO
DOLLARS
Joseph Letter's Big Deal
Will Be Closed Next
Tuesday.
By Clever Manipulation the Young
Chicago Millionaire Has, Made
Big Money.
CHICAGO, May 28.— Joseph Leiter's,
the greatest May wheat deal on earth,
will end Tuesday. The shorts have but
one day's grace left. They must get in
before 1:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
The tip is out that the price will be
marked up to $2. No one disputes Jos
eph Leiter's ability to put the price up
to $3 if he wants to, as he is a dictator
for the time being, and might, if he de
sired, bid it up to $5. Those very near
him say he will be satisfied with $2.
In the famous Hutchinson corner, in
September, 1888, it advanced 68 cents
on the last day of the month to $2, and
Leiter has a desire to see $2 wheat
again. It will be necessary to take but
very little, as there is very little wheat
held outside of his office.
The tailers who usually follow a deal
have generally been driven out. A
good many of them sold out yesterday j
at $1 70, when Jackson Brothers bought j
150,000 bushels for New York Bhort, j
which was said to be the largest out
standing individual line. The remain- j
ing interest is in small lots. The price ;
yesterday was held at $1 70 to $1 75,
and closed at the top figure. For three
consecutive days Leiter has bid the
price up to $1 75 at the close.
A week ago the short interest was
over 1,000,000 bushels. It is now less
than 400,000 bushels. In seven days
Leiter has had about 900,000 bushels
cash wheat delivered him on May con
tracts. He has also bought 500,000
bushels cash stuff, paying within 3
cents to 5 cents for May, to keep it out
of the hands of the elevator people and
the shorts.
His expenditures for cash wheat the
past three weeks have averaged $200,
000 a day, and he is loaded with more
high-priced wheat than at any time
during his fifteen months' bull cam
paign. It is expected there will be a
number of defaults on May contracts
for New Yorkers and foreigners. There
are only 1,500,000 bushels of contract
wheat in store here, all owned by Lei
ter. Tuesday 300,000 bushels will be re
ceived, as it is being rushed in from
the country in, time for the last day.
Trading has been carried on in May
wheat since last July, when it sold at
77 cents. That was the low point. It
did not get above $1 until February.
Since then it has ranged between $1
and $1 85.
There was a reaction two weeks ago
to $1 35, but for the past three days
prices have held around $1 75, or nearly
Jl above the low point. Letier's larg
est holdings were bought around 90
cents and many of them below that
figure. Within the past three weeks
he has been forced to raise his average
by buying large quantities in the vi
cinity of $1 50.
"When May is all cleaned up," said
Joseph Leiter the other day, "we will
have handled 40,000,000 bushels." This
wheat has been merchandized at a
profit, so far as they have gone. Sinre
September 1 there have been between
25.000,000 and 30,000,000 bushels cash
wheat merchandized, the greater part
of which was sold abroad, all of it at a
profit.
In one instance it paid over 5 cents a
bushel. How much he has left is known
to no one but Leiter. It is estimated
at from 5,000,000 to 15.000.000 bushels
Most of It is either afloat for Europe or
in store there, the stock here being
about 1.500,000 bushels. He has a little
in the Northwest and some at the sea
board, but the greater part of his hold
ings are in transit.
The wheat trade of the world has
never seen anything like the extended
operations of Joseph Leiter, and prob
ably never will again. They were made
possible only by the shortage in the for
eign wheat cron.
Leiter. with $30,000,000 at his com
mand, and without any speculative ex
perience, was able to cope with exist
ing conditions and to take full advan
tage where an older operator would
not have dared to. He operated on the
theory that the consumption would
overtake the supply and that higher
prices would surely result. There have
been times within the past two months
when the conditions didn't look any too
favorable, but as he controlled the
greater part of the cash wheat in all
leading markets and operated heavily
about, he was finally able to start
things his way.
The war coming on created a rush
for supplies among foreigners and add
ed over 75 cents a bushel to the price
of wheat. One feature of Letter's ope
rations was in his borrowing money.
There was never a time when he did
not have a sufficient supply, but he be
lieved that in arranging for it it was
good policy to get about double the
amount that he was likely to use. This
enabled him to enlarge his operations
and carry his point.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
W. F. CODY— Subscriber. City. W. F.
Cody was at the Bush Street Thent^r
with his show within the past sixteen
years.
MADEIRA-LONDON-F. S.. Oakland,
Cal. No ship has ever made the voyage
from Madeira, Africa, to London in the
time named.
THE PHILIPPINES— C. N.. City. The
Philippines compose an archipelago of
about 2000 Islands, with an aggregate area
of 114,000 square miles.
UNITED STATES NAVY— A. S., City.
For a list of the fighting ships of the
United States navy see The Call of Sun
day, May 22, 1898.
A CONTRACT— L., City. From the
statement In your communication it ap
pears that there has been a breach of
contract, and the remedy for the party
aggrieved is to commence an action in a
court of competent jurisdiction.
COMFORT BAGS— Mrs. F. M. H., May
fleld, Cal. The president of the Red CrQss
Society is San Francisco is Mrs. W. B.
Harrington and the secretary is Mrs. J.
F. Merrill. The office Is in the Claus
Spreckels building, southwest corner of
Third and Market streets. Write to that
Bociety for information about the manner
of making comfort bags and other ar
ticles for the use of soldiers.
IVORY TURNED YELLOW— J. F. S.,
City. Ivory that has turned yellow may
be -whitened by washing several times a
day with soap and exposing in the sun
to dry- A solution of sulphurous acid
will also restore the whiteness, but the
use of these on piano keys would be a
dangerous experiment by one not pro
ficient. If the keys of your piano have
become yellow with age, better send for a
person competent to restore the color
than attempt it yourself. It will be
cheaper in the end.
JURY DUTY-R. J. C, Vallejo, Cal.
Women not having full political rights
!n Washington they are not called upon
to perform jury duty.
LADRONES-C. N., City. The La
drones, or Mariana Islands, are a group
of about twenty islands, the northernmost
of the Australasian group. They were
discovered by Magellan in 1521. who
named them Ladrones on account of the
thievish propensities of the natives. They
were afterward called the Lazarus Isl
ands, and then the Mariana Islands by
the missionaries who settled in 1667. The
largest of these islands, which are west
of the Philippines, is Guajan.
NATIONALITY OF SOLDIERS— S. E.
G., City. There are no exact figures of
the nationality of the soldiers who en
listed in the Federal army during the
War of the Rebellion. Such figures as
are given are only estimates. In reply
to a question on this subject the office
of the adjutant-general of the United
States army asserted some time since
that no official compilation of nativity
had ever been made. That being the case
the exact figures cannot be given.
DIVORCE AND PROPERTY— D. E. P.,
City. The law prohibiting the marriage !
of a divorcee in this State within a year ■
after the granting of the divorce was ap- j
proved February 25, 1897. If a person i
was divorced after that date and was
married within a month after that dl
vorce, the marriage is not only void, but
the divorcee is liable to prosecution. If
there is any community property at the j
time of the divorce that is settled by the
court before the decree is signed. After !
the divorce the former husband and wife
are in law, strangers to each other, and ,
neither has any rights in the property of
the other.
WHAT UNES OF (fa WHAT
ARE *v& ARE
ARE YOU ASHAMED OF THEM?
Nearly every man has "a skeleton in the closet." Have you one? The tell-tale signs are often
seen, but sometimes there is little to go by. Take the eases of those men who have to acknowledge to
themselves that they have lost most, if not all, of their vital force. Some look worn and tired; their
cheeks are drawn; they are depressed and full of gloomy thoughts; their knees shake and they have
spots continually before their eyes; they get giddy. All these are certain signs of weakness. But
there are men who look quite healthy and happy who are in reality weaklings and puny mortals.
They have their "skeleton" nevertheless. But both of these classes of half-men crave for full
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XEW YORK. May 2S.— A Chicago special to the Herald says: An-,
other call for at least 100,000 troops is coming as soon as the .0,000
called for can be organized and equipped. Information to this effect,
apparently authentic, is coming to Chicago and other sources.
Before Governor Tanner left the city he told a friend that he was
almost ready to hold up his right hand and swear that this would be
the case.
"I am informed from Washington," he said, "so directly that It al
most comes from President McKinley himself, that the troops will be
called out until there are 500,000 ready for action. This will be done
to prevent any possible interference by European powers, and to make
the nation ready for even the i'nvaslon of Spain itself. The reason
why more are not called out at this time is that the contractors and
the Government are not in shape to equip them."
MAY TAKE
GERMANY
TO TASK
Reported Shipment of
Arms to Spain.
INVESTIGATION WILL BE MADE
THE POSITION OF NEUTRALITY
HAS BEEN VIOLATED.
Concessions Such as Were Extended
to Italy May Not Be Expected,
as They Were Simply
Acts of Courtesy.
NEW YORK. May 28.— A Washing
ton special to the Herald says: Presi
dent McKlnley expressly stipulated in
settling the claim of Italy for indem
nity because of the death of Italians in
New Orleans riots that in paying In-
demnity this Government did not es
tablish Italy's right to claim damages
for injuries offered by her subjects. In
fact, it was stated that it was merely
an act of courtesy. Should the Aus
trian claim of indemnity for damages
because of injuries to Austrian sub
jects In the Hazelton riots of last
summer be settled, as Austria confi
dently believes it will, that Government
will also be notified that the action of
the United States is not basei upon its
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belief in the Justice of the c'.ain. bat
because of its wish to display friendly
feelings for Austria.
The report that Germany has per
mitted agents of Spain to purchase ana
ship Krupp guns into Spain will be the
subject of a thorough investigation d>
the Government officials.
Germany has declined to is?ue a proc
lamation of neutrality, and thi author
ities do not know just wttera sha
stands, but appreciate the fact that
she has violated her position of neu
trality if she has permitted any Fni P~
ment of munitions of war to Spanisn
territory. If the investigation about
to be made should develop the correct
ness of this report there is every rea
son to believe that representations will
be made to the Berlin Government.
ANCIENT ORDER FORESTERS.
Court Kensington will keep in good
standing all its members who enlist for
the war in the army and navy of the
United States. A team of married men
of the court a short time since played a
game of baseball with a team of the sin
gle men. and the latter were victorious.
As penalty the losers were assigned all
the committee work for the entertain
ment to be given by the court to-morrow
"^Friday, the 20th inst.. M . Boehm H
C. R.; J- Henderson, H. S. C. X.. ana
George Brown. H. C. J. 8.. paid an offi
cial visit to Court Apollo and a number
of Interring and instructive addresses
were delivered for the B°°^ of the order.
La=t week there were official \isits Dy
the high chief ranger, and other grand
officers to Court Adelaide. Bohemian and
Oak Grove. At each candidates were mi
UAU A e new court, to work in the Italian lan
guage, was instituted in Los Angeles last
week.
THE OHIO SOCIETY.
The Ohio Society of California at its
meeting in Mystic Hall in the Red Men's
building last Friday night received a num
ber of applications and elected the follow
ing named, who were recommended at the
previous meeting: H. A. Wadsworth, John
G. Spence. J. M. Long, H. C. Firebaugh,
E. J. Ensign, George E. Bates. R. A.
Bourne. Charles H. Murphy. Henry M.
Bosworth, Eber G. Mathena, A. W. Jack
son, Theodore F. George. Theodore Reich
ert Eli T. Sheppard. Elmore A. Kidd,
Henry Hilp, John T. Harriss, L. E. Claw
son. John L. Griffing. Dorsan Nichols and
George E. Gaylord. The society is in a
nourishing condition and exceedingly pa
triotic. "When the Ohio troops reach here
the society and as many Ohioans as can
will turn out to receive them.
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