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TRAVERSES
THE WILDS
OF SIBERIA
Remarkable Journey of Mrs.
Stevens, an American
Woman.
ACROSS THHTEPPES
Accompanies Her Husband Over the
Route of the Trans-Siberian
Railway.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
.': VICTORIA. June 27.— Among the
passengers who arrived on the Empress
'of China to-day was Mrs. M. M. Ste
:vens ; wife of the manager in Russian
Asia of the Baldwin Locomotive Works
Of Philadelphia, who a short time ago
■completed a journey hitherto une<iualed
fry an American woman. She accom
panied her husband across the great
Siberian wastes and steppes, over the
.•uncompleted trans-Siberian Railway
and by wagon and tarantass from St.
Petersburg to Vladivostok. The long
and arduous Journey of 9577 versta was
accomplished in forty-two days-
It was a race against time. During:
last August, when her husband, who
is now at Vladivostok, was residing in
the Russian capital, he received a tele
gram from the Baldwins telling him
that seventy-seven locomotives were on ;
the way to the Siberian coast and
(would arrive about two months after
the message was received. He imme
diately made arrangements with the
Russians for a special train and they
hurried aJong the rails to Zema, where
the. road then ended. There arrange
•.monts were made whereby a car was
' attached to the construction train and
■ the two Americans journeyed on over
•the unballasted trail and loosely laid
rails to within seven versts of Irkutsk,
■.the Siberian capital. Thence they went
■on •in , peasants' wagons—uncomforta
ble, ■ sprir.gless vehicles which made
/them think comfort was a lost joy.
■ Thus they reached Lake Baikal,
where they caught a steamer in which
they crossed the big inland water. The
comfort of the steamer, such as it was,
•however, soon passed, and again they
journeyed In the jolting but pictu
resque tarantass for days. They ac- ;
complished .1058 versts in the springless
vehicle with but one interruption, when
•they were stopped by a band of exiles
who presumably meant to rob them.
JVhen the gold braid and brass buttons
of the Russian officials who accompa
nied them were seen they decamped.
.After s' . eral days of this tiring
method of travel they reached Strie
tence, which is to be the western
terminus of the line, Mrs. Stevens said,
for the directors have decided to take
the traveler thence to Vladivostok by
steamer, or by the projected railway .
through Manchuria to Xewchwang
and Port Arthur.
From Strietence they took a steamer
trip 300 ver.-us down the Chilka River |
to wh-^re that river and the Agroon form
the source of the Amur, and thence :
down the Amur to Vladivostok.
The Traps-Siberian Railway, Mrs. :
Stevens says, will not be connected for i
several years yet.
•'They say two years, but I think It
will he considerably longer than that
before this is opened," she said.
. It is a fine line and, when completed,
will be remarkable in many ways. It Is
the longest railway In the world. It
has some exceedingly lengthy and
strong bridges, and some other great
works of engineering skill. The loco
motives are all of American make. The
F.eventy-seven sent by the Baldwin peo
ple ire now being fitted up at Port
.Arthur and Vladivostok — forty at Port
Arthur and thirty-seven at Vladivos
tok. The Trans-Siberian is not the only
line on which the American locomotive
building firm is putting engines. Some
are now on the way to the Far East
• for the Imperial Chinese and other lines
•being constructed. Some are also being
sont to Japan.
; The change in the plans of the rail
way whereby it goes thr<->UE:h Northern
China is said to be due to the fact that
Russia has found big swamps in the
i-riginal route projected to Vladivostok.
Xow it wishes to give up this route and
construct a line directly from Kiachta
to Peking, following the old caravan
route. Thence the line would lead via
Mukden to Newchwang and Port Ar
thur, with a branch line to Vladivostok.
•During my stay in Vladivostok,"
says Mrs. Stevens, "I was impressed
■with the way Russians are hurrying
troops to the coast. Some 2000 Cossacks
arrived there from Odessa during my
stay, and 1000 were coming on one ship.
Many are also being rushed to Port
Arthur, but I do not know in what
numbers. All are coming by steamers,
for the railroad line Is not near enough
completed to allow of transportation of
troops."
KOREAN MOB MURDERS
STREETCAR MOTORMEN
Takes Awful Vengeance Because of
the Accidental Killing of
Children.
VICTORIA, B. C, June News was
sbrought by the Empress of China, which
arrived to-day from the Orient, of a big:
-riot at Seoul, the Korean capital, in
which the ten cars owned by the electric
railway recently established there were
smashed and burned and several of the
tramway employes killed. A number of
the Japanese and European motormen
"saved their lives by flight
• The carp, like those in use In many
American cities, are without fenders, and i
•■:?«• v« ral children have been run over and
■killed since the service opened in Seoul.
j.The; killing of another child on May 26
last brought matters to a climax, and a
mob of between 400 and 500 persons
gathered. Two cars wore found together
■ and: these were surrounded by the rioters. '
Who were greatly excited. They killed
those fn charge of the cars, and, after
smashing, the cars; piled the debris In a
heap and destroyed it by fire.
: The mob, which was incensed against
the company not only because of the
death of the children; but also because of
■the drought, the Ignorant class attribut
ing it to the construction of the tramway
(service, then went to where the remaining:
cars-were and destroyed them one after
another. Including the Emperor's car.
This was a car reserved for the exculsive I
use of the Emperor. It was richly up
holstered and the windows were em- !
blazoned with the Korean arms. Large I
platforms at each Bide furnished room
for the accompanying guard.
The road had been opened but two
weeks when the riot occurred. The open
ing was made the occasion of a demon
stration by the Emperor, who himself
pulled the lever of the company's power
house and started the service on May S.
Merced's Marshal Dead
MERCED, June 17.— Thomas F. Car-
A riKan, City Marshal of Merced, died In
* Pan Francisco this morning: of dropsy. He
'. had boon suffering- for some time from
the disease and a few months ago was
. taken to San Francisco for medical treat
" -mem. Carrigan was 45 years of age and
■'" -a native of California. In ISH2 he was
.-elected City Marshal, which office he held
at the time of his death.
WHICH ONE WILL CLING TO THE BEAST ?
NINE NEW REGIMENTS
TO BE SENT OTIS
PRESIDENT READY
TO FURNISH PLENTY
OF FRESH TROOPS
Military Governor of the Philip
pines Has Only to Ask for
What He Wants.
CALL Headquarters, Wel
lington Hotel, Washing
ton, June 27. — While no
decision has yet been reached as
to the number of men to be
i raised for the provisional army,
the President has authorized the
continuation of enlistments be
yond the number required for the
regular army. This means that
the President proposes to have
enough soldiers ready for service
should further consideration
show the necessity of providing
Otis with additional troops.
It seems to be the impression
in army circles that nine regi
ments, sufficient to form three
brigades, a total of 14,130 men,
will be organized and put in con
dition to be sent to the Philip
pines in time to assist in opera
tions in the fall. The question of
raising part of the provisional
army was discussed to-day by the
President with Secretary Alger,
Adjutant General Corbin and
several other members of the
Cabinet who called at the White
House. Some of these insisted
that General Otis was the best
judge of the number of men he
requires, and as he has said that
30,000 were sufficient they were
opposed to sending more. They
finally authorized Secretary Al
gar to continue recruiting so that
it will be possible, should it be so
desired, to form new regiments
from the recruits obtained.
Should it be decided not to or
garyze these then the recruits will
be distributed among the regular
regiments, to take the places of
men who are invalided home or
whose terms of enlistment have
expired. The recruits enlisted
will be sent to Manila as prompt
ly as possible, in order to keep
General Otis' effective fighting
force at 30.000 men. Adjutant
General Corbin said to-day that
under the provisions of the army
reorganization law the President
was compelled to "raise volun
teer regiments" and could not
muster in State organizations, i
Officers, he said, would be ap- !
pointed by the President and 1
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JIXE 28, 1899.
VON DEIDERICHS
GETS A LETTER
FROM DEWEY
VANCOUVER. B. C. June 27.—
Admiral Dowry has contradicted
the story of his reported feelings
and statements at the time against
th«- Germans at Manila.
Admiral yon Deiderlchs received a
letter from Dewey, which explained
briefly that he had not made the
statements that were attributed to
him about blowing the Germans as
well as the Spaniards out of the
water If the former Interfered with
the conduct of affairs in any way.
The North China News says that
It wa.= Informed that as the Ger
man admiral was passing through
Hongkong homeward bound in the
Prince Heinrich he received the let
ter from Admiral Dewey expressing
the latter's regret at the unfounded
statements made as to thoir rela
tions at Manila. The German ad
miral asked for permission to pub
lish the letter and this was readily
granted. A peculiar feature was
that when this announcement was
made from Admiral Dewey on the
German ship the Germans actually
raised hearty cheers for the Amer
icans.
r men recruited from the country
at large.
OTIS' LATEST LIST OF
LOSSES AT MANILA
"WASHINGTON, June 27.— General Otis
has forwarded to the "War Department
the following list of additional casualties:
KILLED.
Fourteenth Infantry— At Guadaloupe
Hill. June 10. Girard Stmmper.
Ninth Infantry— At Zapote, June IS
Company I, Alfred Mohoney.
Twenty-first Infantry— Company F, Cor
?ornl John B. Gorstner; Company I,
oseph Cn>gan.
WOUNDED.
Ninth Infantry— Company C. First Ser
geant Rnmero T. Perry, back, slight.
Twenty-first Infantry — Company I,
Charles Overton. shoulder, slight; James
Curran, ba*'k. moderate.
Fourth Infantry— Near Imus, June 20,
Company I, William A. Mulhey, abdomen!
pevere; Company E, John Noland, head,
moderate; David G. Wadlington, face
slipht.
Seventeenth Infantry— Near Ban Fer
nando, June 22. Company D, Albert R.
Davis, leg, slipht; Company E, Musician
William O. Carroll, forehead, slight.
ALGER SUPPRESSES THE
REPORT OF ANDERSON
NEW YORK. June 27.— A World spe
cial from Washington says: The re
port of Brigadier General T. M. Ander
son, which, army men declare, severely
criticized Major General Otis' conduct
of the campaign in the Philippines,
will not be made public by the War
Department. It is in the possession of
Adjutant General Corbin, who declares
that it is of no public interest. These
ar^ the same tactics as those pursued
•.vith Colonel Roospvelt's report upon
the Santiago campaign.
General Anderson was in command
of the first division of the Eighth Army
Corps under General Otis, but was re
called and is now in command of the
Department of the Lakes at Chicago.
His brother officers say he Is a man
given to frank and vigorous declara
tions of his opinions, and they believe
that in his report he sets forth General
Otis' error in supposing that all the In
surgents were north of Manila, and
that once they were whipped the rebel
lion would be over. General Anderson,
it Is said, insisted that the province of
Cavite was full of Apruinaldo's men,
and that they should not be neglected.
The battles to the south of Manila
having proved the wisdom of his propo
sition the report has been suppressed.
The current Issue of the Army and
Navy says: "Where Is General Ander
son's report? It would appear from
what we can learn that General Ander-
Bon did not agree with General Otir, as
to the proper conduct of operations,
and as he Is accustomed to expressing
his opinions frankly he has no doubt
said so. Still it would Beem to be better
to make the report public."
GROWING DISCONTENT
IN AMERICAN ARMY
VANCOUVER. B. C, June 27. -Louis
La Dow, who recently arrived in Yoko
hama from Manila, Is quoted in late Jap
anese papers as having expressed the
conviction that the end of the war with
the Filipinos was by no means yet in
sight. The official reports of American
s, he said, were not wholly reliable,
as they made n<-> allowance for the num
bers who died in the hospital.
The number of Americans killed in bat
tles or who have died in the hospitals
since the outbreak of hostilities will he
thinks, easily roach 5000. The volunteer
- he regards as the flower of the
army of occupation, for their year's train
ing has made them as efficient as any
regulars in the world. Unfortunately the
more recent dispatches of reinforcements
are not nearly so good as the original
volunteers, who were not actuated by any
prospect of high pay but by patriotism or
love of adventure.
The later arrivals will require a good
deal of "licking Into shape." The original
army of occupation is not in a pleasant
frame of mind. It is, in the firm place
perfectly willing to fight against any
civilized power in ordinary warfare but
it objects to wasting lives and health
upon "niggers." as the soldiers con-
Jly call the Filipinos. The men
indulge In many growls at the necessity
which compels them to be on the '•qtii
vive" day and night in order not to be
caught napping by their cunning enemies.
One feature of the war is that although
so many natives have been killed very
few weapons have been captured. The
moment a Filipino falls there are ten
others ready to snatch up his rifle and
make off with it. Their numerical re
sources are practically inexhaustible,
whereas the Americans can obtain fresh
men only after long delays and at groat
expense. It is a remarkable fact that al
though the American troops have often
remained in the trenches with soaked
'•lothing for days at a time they have
never caught cold.
NIGHT'S DEBAUCH
MAY END IN DEATH
As a Result of a Row, Dan Christy
of Fresno Is Seriously
Wounded.
FRESNO, June 27.— As a result of a
row in the tenderloin district at 4:30
this morning Dan Christy, otherwise
known as Dan Donnelly, will undoubt
edly die from a bullet wound he re
ceived In the abdomen.
Christy had been in the company of
a woman known as "Mac," who, he
claims, robbed him of his money. After
a wordy argument with the woman
Christy Jumped from the window of her
house and. seeing Jack Brooks on the
street, commenced shooting at him.
Brooks stepped into a saloon and, se
curing a revolver, fired a number of
shots at Christy.
Policeman Rice, who had arrived on
the scene, fired at Christy, the bullet
entering the small of Christy's back
and cutting the Intestines In two
places. The wounded man was remov
ed to the county hospital, where Dr.
Davidson removed the bullet. Christy
is about 24 years of age and has a
mother living in Ireland.
A late Investigation of the case
shows that the bullet which wounded
Christy was, in all probability fired by
Jack Brooks and not Officer Rice.
Brooks has been arrested on a charge
of assault to commit murder.
Doherty Brothers Win.
LONDON. June 27.— 1n the championship
round in the lawn tennis games to-day,
the Brothers Doherty, holders of the
championship, beat Clarence Hobart and
Nlsbet, o to love. Miss Hillyard beat Miss
Cooper, holder of the ladies' champion
ship.
ACROSS CHINA
ON A BICYCLE
English Officer's Re
markable Trip.
ASTONISHED THE NATIVES
HIS WHEEL BEGABDED AS AN
INTEBNAL DEVICE.
Finally It Is Seized Upon and De
stroyed and He Completes His
Journey on a Camel's
Back.
Special IMsratoh to The Call.
VANCOUVER. B. C, June 27.—Cap
tain Wingate of the Fourteenth Ben
gal Lancers of the Indian army has
Just completed a remarkable trip
across China, He ■walked, wheeled and
rode on a camel's back for ten months,
making the trip from Shanghai, right
across the Yangtse Valley, through
Hunan and Thibet and as far as Ran
goon. The first part of the Journey
■was by far the most dangerous, as far
as the natives were concerned.
Captain "Wing-ate had great trouble
in conducting his cycling movements
without causing frequent riots among
the natives. On one occasion he en
tered a village and immediately was
surrounded by a big crowd of Chinese,
who thought the wheel was some
magic device that had come among
them. He succeeded in getting away i
: that time by "scorching," trusting to
I the astonishment of the natives as !
| proof against pursuit.
On another occasion he was unlucky
! enough to lose the wheel, for the na
tives in their anger destroyed it. He
was allowed to proceed unmolested and
1 gained a valuable Insight into the lives
jof the Chinese, especially a tribe of
! cave-dwellers, who lived on bats, rats
j and other small animal?.
On reaching the higher district of
! Hunan he found a great change, and he
! will recommend to tho Government
! that arrangements be made for the es
! tablishment of trading posts there.
The natives are large, strong-looking
and intelligent. As a matter of fact.
i they have, during recent years, filled
I almost all the ranks of the army. They
j have many tribal wars, but are always
: victorious over the hybrid nations sur
! rounding them. Their country has Im
mense pasture lands.
While passing through, Captain
Wlngate was unmolested, though the
i country Is reputed to contain the fiero
! est peode of the empire. They have
I frequently murdered missionaries, but
this was principally because the mis
sionaries had molested their arrange
! ments for the worship of their heathen
gods.
Captain "Wingate saw evidences of
cannibalism, particularly the eating of
the old people of th^ various tribes, in
nearly every village ho visited. He had
; great trouble in making the Journey
• across Thibet. Thp natives there were
continually forbidding him to pass and
threatening to seize him. Yet he found
them, to a great extent, honorable peo
ple, and If they agreed to deliver him
provisions they would usually fulfill
their contracts. He bought sevoral now
camels on the trip. He was eight
months and eleven days in crossing
Hunan and Thibet. He thinks that
, there are vast possibilities for trade in
the country.
PHILIPPINE PORTS
OPENED TO TRADE
MANILA, June 2«.— Major General Otis :
has ordered the opening to trade of many ,
important ports which have been closed !
since the outbreak. These Include San |
Fernando, on the west coast of Luzon; !
Aparrl, on the north coast; Curimoa and
all ports In the islands of Samar and :
Leyte.
Many ships used In interlsland com
merce have been tied up in the harbor
here for months and the shippers and
merchants have been urging the Govern
ment to raise the blockade. When the de
cision was made known yesterday the
scene in the custom house was as ani
mated as the floor of an American stock
exchange. It was a busy day. Ship own
ers rushed to get their clearance papers.
There will be a great boom in the hemp
business, which has been at a standstill.
The ships will race to bring the first cargo
before the demand weakens. As there Is .
a heavy export duty on hemp, this will .
greatly increase the revenues. The in
terests of the natives, as well as the mer
chants and traders generally, led General
Otis to take this action. Delegates from
the southern Islands told him that the'
cessation of business was bringing much
suffering to peaceful Inhabitants.
Gunboats will protect the shipping in
some ports, but elsewhere shippers must
risk confiscation by the Insurgents, who
exact heavy tribute for all ships they per- <
mit to sail.
The rumor that Aguinaldo had been as
sassinated was in circulation here for
several days. It was not believed, but its
currency gave it a detinit*' form. Ac
cording to the story. General Pio del Pilar
called upon Aguinaldo on June 19 and ac
cused him of having caused General
I. una to be killed. Aguinaldo denied re
sponsibility, and added that he deeply re
gretted Luna's death. General Pio del I
Pilar, as the story goes, called him a liar
and scoundrel, shot him twice in the head ;
with his revolver and walked away un- \
molested.
The report finds no credence In Manila.
A Filipino general, mounted on a big
horse, with a numerous staff, has since
been seen haranguing the Filipino troops i
around San Fernando, in Panv anga (
Province, and this officer is supposed to be
Aguinaldo.
Yesterday four gnns of Hobbs' Battery ■
and other artillery bombarded the Fili- ,
pir.o blockhouses and trenches about two
miles north of San Fernando. The block- I
houses, which had been used by Filipino
sharpshooters to annoy the American out
posts, were destroyed. The enemy made
no resistance.
Yesterday the Spanish Consul "General,
wearing a brilliant uniform, visited Major
General Otis. He was received in the
latter's office, which is hung with por- .
traits of Spanish royal personages. Ir. the i
course of a graceful speech he said the .
Spaniards In the Philippines would hold !
no resentment because of the past and
would entertain no sentiment but that
of respect toward the new regime.
ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUDS.
Political Factions in Larkspur and
Corte Madera at War.
SAN RAFAEL, June 27.— Several politi- ;
cal factions In the towns of Larkspur and
Corte Madera are engrossed in the pleas
ant pastime of hurling charge? and re- '
criminations at one another. On June 2 a
school election was held at Corte Madera
there being several rival tickets In the
field. The "foreign element." as the old
timers term it. won, and William East
man, Harry de Veuve Jr. and James
Brown were chosen Trustees. J. A. Gard
ner has issued a signed circular declaring
the election to have been a fraud from
start to finish; that the law was openly
violated and that corruption was prac
ticed.
Yesterday District Attorney Mclsaac
waa visited by Gardner and Louis Yes- i
aria, both of whom denounced the work
of the "bosses" and announced their in- ;
tention to employ counsel to assist in |
prosecuting the alleged malefactors. All
the principals to the affair are prominent |
citizens.
Strikers Win Their Points.
CHICAGO, June 27.— The unskilled la
borers at the Stock Vanis have won their
strike and to-day nearly 2WO m en who
have been idle for three or four days re
turned to work at an Increase of 25* cents
a day. This brings the wages of un- i
skilled labor to the standard of 1593.
STEAMER PAWNEE
BURNED AT SEA
Captain Barely Escapes
Death.
PLUNGES INTO THE WATER
PICKED UP WHEN COMPLETELY
EXHAUSTED.
Crew Had Previously Departed in th<3
Small Boats and All Are Taken
Aboard a Passing
Vessel.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WILMINGTON, X. C, June 27.-The
George W. Clyde, Captain Roberts, of the
Xew York-Clyde line, arrived in this port
at 11 o'clock this morning with Captain
A. D. Ingram and crew of the steamer
Pawnee on board. The Clyde had picked
them up from small boats very soon after
they had abandoned the Pawnee, which
was desoroyed by fire off Curricull on
Sunday night. The fire was discovered
at about midnight and had gained such
headway that every effort to check it
was futile. The flames leaped in great
volume from the forward hold of the ves
sel and dense smoke completely en
veloped the deck.
When the alarm was sounded Captain
Ingrram was asleep. No sooner had he
rushed out and taken in the situation
than he saw that if he saved his crew n>^
must act at once. While the crew
was manning the small boats Captain In
gram rushed into his cabin for some
valuables, which he hoped to save. When
he reached the ships side the boat had
drifted out of reach and about that time
the smoke shifted so as to envelop tuat
side of the vessel. The captain ordered
the crew to row the boat to windward.
This the men did. but in the meantime the
wind shifted again, the heat and smoke
forcing the crew to pull away without
their captain. There were made three
vain efforts of this kind, the boat being
rowed to first one side of the vessel and
then the other in attempts to reach the
captain.
Finally Captain Ingram leaped into the
water and swam two hundred feet or
more, finally reaching a boat, completely
exhausted and almost unconscious.
In the meantime the George W. Clyde
had sighted the Pawnee in flames and
picked up the captain and crew within
a few minutes.
Captain Ingram says the Pawnee had a
full cargo, principally lumber. There was
also a quantity of cotton. She cleared
for Brunswick last Friday.
Quadruped With Bullet-Proof Body.
Dr. F. Moreno, the < 'ommissioner of the
Argentine Republic, who is now in this
country in connection with the arbitra
tion over the boundary dispute with Chile,
has brought with hini to London. I h.-..r.
a piece of th° skin of the mysterious
quadruped which is said to exist in the
interior of the territory of Santa Cruz, in
Patagonia. According to the reports of
the Indians it is ;i strango creature, with
limner claws and a terrifying appearance,
impossible to kill because it has a bo ly
impenetrable alike to firearms and miss
iles. The pivce of skin which Dr. Moreno
has here fully confirms this description. I
am told by an expert who hns seen it.
and a close examination and study lead
to the conviction that the animal to which
the skin belonged was about the size of a
cow. This specimen will shortly be sen:
to the British Museum, but it may be
added that hopes are entertained that a
whole skin, with the skeleton, will before
long be obtained for the museum, slnc.j
this is one of the main objects of Harry
• 'avendish's expedition to Patagonia.
London Daily News.
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GENERAL SURPRISE
AT SAN QUENTIN
Changes Start Every
body a-Wondering.
CAPTAIN BIRLEM IS OUT
COMMISSARY WILKINSON ALSO
GETS HIS WALKING PAPERS.
A Number of Strangers, Friends of
the Governor, Loitering About
and Speculating as to Whose
Jobs They Will Take.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAX QUEXTIX. June 27.— Warden
Agulrre has evidently changed his
mind about not making any radical
changes In the personnel of the officials
and guards. Lulled into a sense of se
curity by his oft-repeated statements
that only a few changes would be
made, the announcement to-day that
Captain Birlem and Commissary Wil
kinson had fallen under the political ax
came like a thunderbolt from a clear
sky. Three other appointments will
doubtless be made to-morrow, while, in
the expressive language of an aston
ished guard, "Enough of the Los An
geles push arrived to-day to keep
things humming for a week."
Last Saturday Captain Birlem was
told by Aguirre that no change was to
be made as regards the captaincy of
the g-uarda. To-day James R. Russell.
ex-Chief of Police of San Diego, was
taken to Birlem and introduced as his
successor. Xot only did Aguirre there
by show himself to be a star represen
tative of the method employed by his
political discoverers, but the language
he employed had a distinct Candelar
ian tint, being something like "Pack
up your duds and git." Captain Bir
lem was dumfounded, but accepted the
notification in a dignified and gentle
manly manner.
Commissary Thomas "Wilkinson was
also dismissed and his position filled by
Thomas F<>ley, the father of Gage's
private secretary.
Deputy Sheriffs H. C. McClure and
John Barnhill of Los Angeles are now
here and it is stated on good authority
that both will be given positions to
morrow. Barnhill will succeed Fred
Woods as front gatekeeper and Mc-
Clure will take the place of turnkey to
succeed J. C. Jamleson. It was com
monly expected that Captain of the
Yard Edgar would be succeeded by Mc-
Clure and the fact that Edgar is to re
main at least temporarily comes as a
surprise second only to the upheaval
itself.
Don Jose Aguirre, the "Warden's
brother, is also on hand, and none be
lieve for his health, though what of
ficial he will succeed is not known. It
is said that other residents of the Te
hachapl district will reach here to
morrow and be snugly placed. Even
the guards are alarmed at the south
ernizing process, and the prison this
evening is a scene of restlessness and
anxiety.
Dewey for President.
' NEW YORK. June 27.— A morning pap*r
; prints a story to the effect that William
! C. Whitney, when in Europe, will meet
Dewey and endeavor to Induce him to
be a candidate for President on the Dem
ocratic ticket.
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