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WHALER MERMAID
IS A TOTAL WRECK
Buffeted About fay Arctic Storms for
Many Days, the Crew Has
a Narrow Escape.
VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 14.— First Mate
OifforJ and thirty-one shipwrecked sail
ors of the whaling bark Mermaid arrived
liVre to-day by the steamer Alpha, on
which vessel they embarked at Dutch
I! arbor, where they left their vessel,
\\ hkh was so badly damaged by the
•vvrenehings she received In a series of
gales encountered from October 2S to No
vember 2 fhat she was condemned by a
marine board made up of the captains of
the Alpha and Townsend. which were at
Puuh Harbor, and the port captain. The
bark is a Total loss. The crew, nearly all
of whom axe from San Francisco, will
sail thor.ee on the steamer Wai i;t Walla
■
The Mermaid sailed from San Francisco
on March _• and after eight months of
dirty .weather i:i the Artie Seas, during
\yhlch time she took two whales, which
were brought down by the Alpha, was
vrecked during a succession of heavy
Kales. She was oft Fox Island when the
lirst of the storms was encountered. Cap
tain Glfford laid the vessel to, and for
hours she lay with the sea breaking over
her. One heavy sea carried away the bul
warks, and a following wave lepaed high
on the deck, killing the "lookout-man,
•Jack Keneely, a married man, and whoso
home was at San Francisco. lie was
thrown to the deck with such terrific
force that he was instantly killed.
The- body was washed up and down the
deck, according to the story told by the
men. before .■ was secured and a grind
stone placed around the neck and com
mitted to the deep. All day the bark
was swept by the waves, and it seemed
at times as though she would turn turtle.
On one occasion she went so far over on
her beam that her foretop and main yardS
were in the sea for about ten seconds.
The whalers thought then that it was ill
over Pith them and their old vessel.
-On the afternoon of the 20th the storm
abated somewhat and the crew took ad
from San Jacinto, •while the leading
■ • ;,' a clump
In the midst anut
.. in mud. The Filipino
In trees. I
held their
them. When they began tiring -
: fire from thickets, right
: way. The Instil
-rs picked off the officers nrst
• ■ . : : . - Who fell
- or chevrons. ISut the
er wavered. Its crack
... Filipinos down
the trees like squirrelß
the trenches, leaving
: : • surgents there.
■ hen deployed under fire
M.i r John A. Logan's battalion in
ionic's on the right
r Marsh's on the left. Tho
Ine, which was a mile long, ad
: .;• • DStant
The Fllii
them remaining un
■ :. . ■ Americans were with-
Maj small trench full
• m and slaugh
• • ■ ntering
■ killed t ; .ve of a
md swept the
■ y.>rd the town, driving ab"'H
to the bills. Marsh's bat
g the town first, captured
• flag, which was nylng over a
■ j arc supposed to have re-
It waa Impos
m, as the American
and their eupply
of ammunition was low. The outposts
; the light. The
lieutenant colonel,
: - •.• ;uong the killed.
: . irned to San Fabian
ay, ii being impossible to get sup
' the roads.
A | . m of the Filipino Secre
t Wai was found In all the vil
givlng glowing account? of a.
nd saying; that 7500
een killed and
.ring the war.
■ 1 were brought
> The officers who arc
rning say it is Impossible for General
■ a junction with I ;■•!.
era! Young on account of tho roads.
ners say it is reported that Aguin-
Wlth an army they estimated at 20,
--• ■ ■ . . -, gr< at saggeration), Is re
ird Dagupan, Intending to leave
•. • Some said
. the Filipino army had
• . ended bj I renerals
1 J ing to bo covered on
r, ana that he passed San
Ing northwest, a fortnight ago.
: the Third Cavalry.
whil. ilas, north of Tayug. cap
o bull train loaded with
: la of the Insurgents' War I
tho pr< sses and outfit of the
I i - . .■ . ■ . .- ncia.
GENERAL OTIS MAKES
AN ANNUAL REPORT
WASHINGTON, Nov. H.— Copies or tne
annual report of General Otis have been
.: the War Department, but the
will not be made public until it has
■ .; the consideration o£ the P
; meral < 'Ms
■ : ori Into periods in cover
imption .if com-
In the Philippines until February
en be Bays the rebellious sub
nay attacked the foi
I States, wl.'j were rightfully and
legally in possession of tho city, bay and
harbor of Manila. The second period
treats of the operations from the time of
the Filipino attack upon the United
s forces up to the close of active
ttions on account of the raJny sea-
Bon.
General Otis says that In order to give
a clear and comprehensive statement of
the situation in both periods he makes
his report in narrative furm and begins
with a review of the conditions existing
under the protocol until the attacks, and
follows with a story of the opera
• ■ army sinoe that time. General
Otis makes h!s narrative a complete ar
r of the careful manage
ment of American affairs so as to avoid
a rupture with the Filipinos, and Justifies
tii.- action of the Americana in all steps
following the outbreak. Much of what
s has already tie<*n published in the
iphic reports sent to the depart
and in official reports received from
sited In the engage
fj th<* report are the
reports of 9taff officers giving the details
of the different branches of the army In
I pines, the operations in the
fields, tho departure of the State volun
teers and the arrivals of the troops to
their places, and other information
nf n technical character.
LIEUTENANT GILMORE
WAS SEEN IN TARLAC
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14.— The following
lee-ram was received at the Navy De-
Dr Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop
_h. Never fails. Tr~ '». 2>. All druggists.'
44 Proof of the Wadding
Is in the Eating/
It is not 'what <we say, but tohat Hood's
Sarsaparilla does, that tells the story.
Thousands of people give the proof by
telling of remarkable cures by Hood's Sar-
siparilla of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Dys-
pepsia, Catarrh, Rheumatism, and all
other blooi diseases and debility.
vantage of this to patch up the storm
dealt bark. Temporary repairs were
and then, with the water rising In
her, ti < > started lor Dutch Harbor. On
the 30th another and even more furious
m than that encountered before
-prang up. Soon it was a gale; the wind
Bwepi the seas over the vessel with hurri
force. All hands wore soon at work
■ w.n oil on the heavy seas. Twenty
barrels were used. The foremast wa> torn
by the severe wrenching and two
were carried away.
At last on November 2 they managed to
■i a small harbor some distance from
Dutch Harbor. Here more repairs were
■: they ran for l>ut.-h Har
■ bor, whejre the old bark, built forty-six
ii Xi-'.v Bedford, lies ;i wreck.
li lain f.iftor.i. Second Mate Cahlll,
Engineer Kowaisky, Cooper John Lee. a
■ and an Eskimo remained with
the wrecked whaler. Those going I
Franci:'-" are: First Mute T. Gifford.
Third Mate J. Currie, Fourth Mate Car
and T. Keefe, J. Gomez, Bob Groul,
John Bowen. George Cushing, Ed Mc-
Kenzie, Ed Niemen, Frank .Man in, G.
Billings, C. P. Stewart, B. Busby, J. B.
Brown, J. Rogers. P. West^ff, J. Anton,
.;urs and thirteen sailors.
The men say that the man who gave
an anseaworthy vessel as the Mer
maid a clearance should be severely dealt
with.
The shipwrecked men report that the
whaler Belvedere was spoken by them
before the storm. She had then five
whales.
The Alpha reports that a severe wind,
snow and gleet storm raged at Cape Nome
ictober IS and thousands or dollars
• lost on the water front. The steamer
Sovereign is among those wrecked- The
l< sa will aggregate $10,000.
Seventy-live tons oi Cape Nome sand
brought by the Alpha for shipment
San Francisco for treatment. On the
route north the Alpha ran ashore near
J'' r: Clarence and had to throw off her
deck load of lumber and shingles, Involv
ing a heavy loss.
partment from Admiral Watson to-day:
MANILA, Nov. 14. -Escaped Spanish
u .n Fabian roport seeing
Gilmore November l in Tarlac with Bye
men. all well. He crossed the mountain
rin in May with thirteen men.
1-ocation of other eight unknown
"WATSON."
WHEATON ABOUT TO
ATTACK SAN JACINTO
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-The follow
ing has been received at the War Depaxt
:"rom General Otis:
"MANILA, Nov. 14.— Rain continues;
typhoon prevailing; nearly 4 Inches this
th in Manila; more central Luzon.
ral Lawton has passed beyond tele
ic communication; nothing from
him since yesterday. Wheaton reports
on the 11th inst. a short
I o ("pun Ban Fabian. A battalion
of the Thirty-third Regiment under
Marsh attacked and defeated 400 of the
enemy entrenthed; had two men wound
ed. En< mj '• ji fourteen dead on the
irty-one rifles. WTieaton is nbout to
attack .San Ja. to; result not lined.
Hughes. Panay, operating west of Hollo,
Cordova Maasen, Cabatuan. Enemy
makes no stand. OTIS." "
CRUISER CHARLESTON
LIES IMPALED ON
A N UNCHARTED BEEF
Continued from First Pace.
Straits of Gibraltar on July 12. Other less
notable disasters during tho early part of
the century wore the Etna, Revenge, Fer
ret, Scourge, Alligator No. 1, Helen, Lynx
and Chlppewa between ISII and 1820. Tho
Enterprise and Alligator No. 3 were lost i
in 1823. Wildcat in 1824 and Ferret No. 2 '
the voar following, and thence up
to l y ;>" fifteen vessels wero lost, of which
eight with all hands, namely: Hornet
No. 3, 1829; Sylph, 1831; Porpoise, 1533; Sea
gull, I .-k, 1841; Albany, 1854; Le- I
vant. 1860; Hainbridgc, 1803. The Fredonla, !
storeshlp off Arica, Peru, was lost at her
anchorage by a tidal wave In IS6B, and
every man waa lost.
Disasters to steamers of the, navy began
with the Fulton, which blew up in 1829;
the Missouri was burned in 1848, and the
.San Jacinto was wrecked in 1866. The
Wateree was thrown one mile inland at
Arlca by a tidal wave in IS6S and sevbral
of her ofllcers and crew perished. In 1870
the Onelda, while at anchor off Yoko
hama, was run into and sunk by a Brit
ish steamer, drowning half her crew. The
IJjiron was wrecked on the coast of North
ilma in 1577, several officers and most
of the crew perishing. In 1889 the Trenton
and Vandalia were totally lost in Apia
harbor. Samoa, and iifty-one sailors wera
drowned.
The tragedy of the Maine in Havana
harbor on February 15, one year ago, is
probably the saddest of any record of dis
asters In any navy, not solely because of
the loss of 2f>3 officers and men— for there
have been greater sacrifices of lives— but
because of the attendant circumstances
and ultimate results. Other disasters of
ships not named were those in which the
vessels alone were lost and involved
trifling or no loss of human life, nor does
the foregoing list include those incurred
In war, but are solely those attendant on
life at sea or In harbor in peace times.
CANADIAN WINS
THE FIRST PRIZE
In Spite of TJnpropitious Weather
Gotham's Horse Show Is Well
Patronized.
NEW YORK. Nov. 14.— The second
night of the horso show at Madison
square Garden brought out a great at
tendance, notwithstanding the heavy
storm that prevailed. The chief In
terest to-night centered in the hißh
jurnplng, with tho fences at six feet at
the last jump.
The Canadian exhibitor, George Pepper
of Toronto, carried off the first prize iij
. • -nt with his brown mare Pearl
Boston won the blue ribbon in the tan
dem class, E. B. Jordan winning the lirst
prize with Walsingham and Western
Star.
Plcturesque.ness was added to the after
noon exhibition by the five four-ln-tiands
shown before drays and with the owners
or members of recognized coaching clubs
driving. Five teams showed. The tool-
Infi of the big coaches evoked great en
thusiasm in the crowd, t'nder the skill
ful guidance of the five crack drivers the
fours dashed around the tan bark rint
which, large as it If, looked perilously
small, with five lumbering coaches going
at high speed. Jordan's Boston team
the blue ribbon and Arnold Lawson's
team, also from Boston, took the red
Anti-Expectoration Law.
PASADENA, Nov. 14.— T0-day the City
Trustees passed an ordinance making
spitting on the sidewalk a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine. One Councilman
thought the ordinance too severe and that
It should be modified, but it passed with
out modification.
Don't put in too much time standing on
dignity or riding a hobby.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1899.
OPERATIONS OF
THE STEEL TRUST
Manager Gates Tells of
Its Workings.
ONE SCHEME THAT FAILED
ATTEMPT TO FORM A WORLD-
WIDE COMBINE.
Admits That the Price of Barbed
Wire Was Raised Because His
Company Had a Monopoly
of Patents.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.— 1n giving his
I testimony before the Industrial Commis
i sion lu-day John W. Gates, managing di
rector of the American Steel and Wire
Company, gave an interesting account of
- to form a consolidation of th*
ts of all the wire-producing countries,
::!.g the American nation. He says
h<- visited Great Britain, France, Ger
many, Belgium and Austria for this pur
pose. Germany he found to be the prin
ompotitor, England's work in that
respect not being sufficient to deserve se
rious consideration.
In Germany he found the manufacturing
rs compete most seriously with tho
United States, and bounties and subsidies
were given on every hand to hold up the
manufacturing interests of that country.
The German manufacturers lirst proposed
that ;ii case of an international consolida
tion the United States should bo content
with 2o per cent of the product. This he
had declined and they had Increased the
allowance to 55 per cent. He had run
away from Berlin to avoid accepting tins
allowance. Ho had himself represented
the possibility of increasing prices to the
extent of about $lv a ton in case of the
proposed amalgamation, but found that
the Germans had in view an increase of
about $20 a ton.
In this connection Mr. Gates com
mended in high terms the German method
of encouraging the producing and ex
porting interests, saying that if the
United States Government would adopt
the plan there pursued it soon would be
doing 90 yer cent of the iron and steel
business of the world. He advocated sub
sidles to steamship liries and to national
corporations of $5,u00,00i) capitalization aiui
over. Ho would have the corporations
pay liberally for such charters In the be
ginning and then have them pay largo
sums annually for the continuance of the
increasing the amount as the
capitalization increased until the annual
fee Bhould be no less than $1,000,000 for a
any capitalized at 1100,000,000, He ad
ted Government supervision of all
such corporations. He said the protective
tariff had much to do with building up tho ■
iron and steel industry, and that the con- I
Lnce of the policy was necessary to ,
the future prosperity of the industry.
Mr. Gates said that consolidation had j
been effected last January. A number of j
plants that could not be operated had
ueen shut down. The company employed j
men and wages had ueen increased !
:. average of 40 per cent. The coin- :
pany did not, he said, recognize the trades ]
IS, dealing with its men a 6 Individ- i
nals, and it would not recognize the
unions as such. He said the company
controlled all the barbed wire patents and
had a mopopoly In. this respect. On this t
product a higher charge was made than ,
her products because of the monop- j
oly ot the patents. This was because of ,
the money spent in their acquisition. Gen
speaking, tho advance in wire prod- j
ucts had been only proportionate to the J
ase of the price of raw material. Ho
considered that all these advances had
been due to demand and supply and not ,
to the combination. Indeed, he asserted
that the American company did not seek
a monopoly of the production of unpat
ented articles, nor seek to control the *ell
i:;g pric* of its patrons. On the contrary,
the disposition was to encourage other or
ganizations. It was not true, as people
seemed to believe, that the trusts con- i
trolled the Iron and steel business of the I
country. As a matter of fact, they con
trolled only about 40 per cent.
Mr. Gates deprecated the present high
prices of iron and steel products princt- !
pally because of the high prices of raw ,
material. He, however, expressed the j
opinion that the present price would con- I
Unuo for the next two or throe years,
pi dieting the opinion on his knowledge
of the demands of railroads, the ship- l
yards and the building trades. He said
it. it his company was exporting no 1.-ss
than 7'."K> tons of wire a day, supplying
England, for instance, with 60 per cent oj j
the wire products purchased there. Ho i
admitted that the goods were sold at \
■ rates abroad than at home, but for
the present this waa necessary to hold
the outside trade. He had found that In
Germany all lines of the iron and steel
Industry were syndicated. He had pro
cured copies of the agreements, but ho
declined to produce them, laughingly Bay-
Ing that he had them stolen. He said the
can company had earned a divi
dend on its common stock as well as on
Its preferred, the directors considering It
wiser to lay aside something for a posst
dny day.
Other witnesses of the day were Max
Ham, counsel for the American Steel and
Wire Company: J. C. Pierson, organizer
of the National Spear Company, and J.
Wiess, vice president of the last named
: company.
RAIN BRINGS JOY
TO SOUTHERN FARMERS
Showers Reported in the Lower Part
of the State, With Prospects
for a Continuance.
r.OS ANGELES. Nov. H— A gentle rain
! began t>> fall hero at 8 o'clock this morn
ing and has kept falling; over since with
indications for a good downpour. The rain
will be of great value to this part of the
i State. It Is general over the whole south
i crn part.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 14.— The rainfall in
! this city up to 5 p. m. was .36 of an inch.
I Since that time there have been showers
I and the sky is still overcast with lndica
| lions of more rain. Reports from the ln
i terior say that the storm was much
! heavier, an inch or more being reported
in various parts of tho county.
ORANGE, Nov. 14.— 1t commenced to
rain here this morning, .13 of an inch fall
ing during the day. The indications are
for a continuance of the storm.
SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 14.— Rain be
gan falling here this morning, and a
steady downpour has continued since.
j The indications are favorable for a heavy
storm.
VKXTT'RA, Nov. 14.— A light rain com
menced falling here at 5 o'clock this
morning, continuing throughout the day.
The sky is densely overcast, promising a
protracted storm. Up to fi o'clock the
precipitation was .50 of an inch.
SAX BERNARDINO, Nov. 14.— RaJn
| bepan falling this morning and continued
Illy all ttay. amounting in all to about
,75 of an Inch. Notwithstanding the dry
I season, reports from Highlands, Row
lands, Col ton, Rlalto, Ontario and other
I orange growing iectiOQi indicate a large
i crop of oranges of superior quality. The
total crop of the county will exceed any
former year by several hundred carloads.
HEMPHILL TELLS OF
PUERTO CABELLO FIGHT
' Commander of the Detroit Cables
That the Land Battle Was Very-
Severe. ImS
■WASHINGTON. Nov. 14.— The Navy
Department 10-day received the following
cablegram from Commander Hemphlll,
dated at La Ouayara. the 13th:
"The Detroit arrived to-day. Land
1 fighting was; very severe. Venezuelan pun
vessels bombarded forts with Hotchkiss
I six-pounder rapid-fire guns, unloaded
shells, without result. ■ The foreign men
of-war lay off the harbor during the en
gagement. On return rendered assistance
to the wounded. The Detroit's hospital
corps rendered Important service. Being'
no prospect of further trouble at Puerto
Cabello. I came here to await the arrival
i of the Dolphin. HEMPHILL."
. ;: i . ♦ . ,
To Cure La Grippe in Two Days
Take Laxative Brorr.o Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund the money If It falls to cure
E. \Y. Grove's Blgnaturo Is on each box. 25c.
NOTORIOUS GANG OF
SWINDLERS CAUGHT
At Their Head Is Alonzo J. Whlte=
man, Once Convicted of Forgery
in San Francisco.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.— There Is at po
t lice headquarters here a quartet of pris
• oners In whom the police of almost every
I large American city and many of the
( leading business houses, banks and trust
companies have a deep interest. They
were rounded up after having been
watched for several months and were
formally held by a police magistrate to
day on the nominal charge of being sus
picious persons. The police of New York
say that most of them have been con
victed here and elsewhere of swindling
that has netted them many thousands of
dollars. The prisoners are:
Alonzo J. Whlteman, i' 3 years old. of
Dansville, N. V., the alleged head of the
gang. He is a graduate of Columbia Law
School.
Frank Edmunds, 40 years of age, a
clerk of New York.
John Thompson, alias William Hartley,
alias P. Lawton, "alias Dr. George W.
Johnson, 31 years of age; clerk; residence
unknown.
Robert J. Knox, 42 years o^d, lawyer, of
'm w York.
adhere is under arrest at Plttsburg a
nfth member of the gang, Charles D.
Stewart, alias Charles Ward, about 60 or
.v years of age. He was arrested there
yesterday.
According to the statement given out
to-night by Captain McCluskey, chief of
detectives, members of this gang hava re
cently obtained several thousands of dol
lars through the manipulation of bogus
drafts and other evidences of credit.
Several months ago a man claiming to
be \\ . L. Howe, cashier of the National
l.ank of Lawrence. N. V., ordered IO.cOO
drafts of a certain design from a firm
of lithographers in this city and paid
for them in cash. They were sent to
m 1 "i n care of Mrs - Whiteman, Dans
\ille, N. 1." a few days later a North
x.iver boat deckhand found one of the
pooka of drafts in tne river and the book
was sent to a detective bureau. Soon
reports of bogus drafts began to pour in
from all over the country. The drafts
were all made on these forms and drawn
on tho National Bank of Lawrence N
V.. Investigation by the police traced
them back to Whlteman, who lived with
his mother in Dansville. N. Y. There
it Is alleged, he formulated the plans and
his tools all over the country carried them
out.
Their general plan was to enter Into
alleged business transactions, some
times for the purchase of real estate
and, after depositing bogus drafts for
large amounts with banks or with the
business man with whom they sought to
deal, to draw upon the alleged credits
before the bogus nature of the drafts
could be ascertained.
DEPUTIES SCORE
FRENCH MINISTRY
Pardoning of Drefyus
Denounced.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
PARIS, Nov. 14.— There was a large at
tendance at the opening of the Chambor
of Deputies to-day, which was extremely
animated. The President (M. Deschanel)
read numerous requests for permission to
interpellate the Government. The Pre
i mier, Waldeck-Rousseau, asked that all
] Interpellations respecting the Qovern
■ inent's general pulley be discussed to
gether. This Idea was accepted and M.
j Donys Cochin (rightist) opened the de
j bate by reproaching the Government for
j opening the doors of power to the social
ists by giving M. Mlllerand (Minister of
Commerce) a portfolio.
M. Grandmaison, another rightist mem
ber, blamed M. de Gallifet, the Minister
i of War, for not supporting the Govern
ment in ita efforts to repress the machi
natlona of the military and clerical par
ti- '^, and demanding the separation of
church and stale.
M. Lasies, anti-Somite, condemned the
measures taken against various officers,
a.lcling that the latter had good reason to
say it was shameful. Amid Government
protests M. Deschanel called M. Lasies to
order, but the latter persisted, declaring
■ that with such a Government disobedience
was a duty. The statement called forth
renewed protests. The Chamber then
adopted a motion, censuring M. Lasits,
and General de Gallifet ascended the trl
bunal and protested vigorously at the re
marks M. Lasies bad made concerning the
army, saying the Deputy had no right to
speak as he had done. The Minister's
statement caused loud applause from the
left.
< '..ritimiing, the general said he re
prrotted none r<t his declarations or acts.
and then, amid constant rightist and
anti-Semite Interruptions, he proceeded
to justify the measures which he said he
had been compelled to take regarding
certain officers. Hi- asserted that General
Rogct talked too much; General Negrier
i hau declared in the presentee of his of
ficers that the Government had permitted
attack on the army, but that when tho
army ha"d enough of them there were men
ready to take up itß defense. Here the
' rightists shouted "Vive Negrier!"
General de Gallifet continued, saying he
did his duty in punishing General Negrier,
at which the rights and anti-Semites
' noisily protested.
Paul de Casslgnac (rightist), who fol
lowed, said the pardon of Dreyfus was a
slap in the face for the army and re
proached the Government for not defend-
I ing the army, which, he claimed, had
been so calumniated and insulted.
M. Vivian! said on behalf of the social
ists that they were ready to uphold the
' Government, whose projects they accept
ed as a minimum. The House adjourned
until Thursday.
The Senate after a formal meeting to
! tfay adjourned Pine die in order to con
tinue the trial of the conspiracy cases.
DEADLY DUEL WITH
RIFLE AND REVOLVER
GALLUP, X. M.. Nov. 14.— A Mexican
courier arriving at 9 o'clock this evening j
brought news that L. E. Denemore and
J. A. Maxwell, both prominent citizens of j
Gallup, had fought a duel at sundown
this evening, one with a Winchester, the j
other with a six-shooter, about fifteen
miles northwest of here on the Little ;
Water road, in which Maxwell was killod
and Densmore mortally wounded. The j
two men left Gallup about 11 o'clock this j
morning in company with the Mexican, !
who brought in the news, both In good
humor and on friendly terms. The cause
of the trouble is not known.
The only witness to the affray is the j
Mexican, who says he was directly be
tween the two men when the shooting
began and has blood on his overalls from
having kneeled beside Densmore, who
asked him to carry tho news to his wife.
He covered the wounded man with a ;
blanket and left for town immediately,
leaving no one with the dead and wound- j
ed men.
Mr. Hnrper, Judge Maxwell, a brother!
of the dr>cea«d, and two or three others j
have left for the scene of the duel.
♦ — —
TEACHERS IN SESSION.
Opening of Institute in El Dorado j
County.
PLACERVILLE. Nov. 14.— The Teach
ers' Tnstlmtp of EJI Dorado County opened j
In the Grammar School rooms here to-day j
The scheme was worked In this city,
Brooklyn, Woonsocket, R. L, and Pitts
burg. Among the bogus drafts was one
drawn upon the Lawrence National Bank
of Lawrence, Kansas.
Whlteman, who came from Dansville
to this city on Saturday last, was ar
rested at the Hotel St. Marie, on Fifth
avenue, where he had registered as "C.
W. Caldwell, Philadelphia." He had been
sending invitations to himself by tele
phone and telegraph to occupy a box at
the horse show and to dine at various
prominent clubs.
Chief of Detectives McCluskey says
Whiteman is wanted in Chicago, and the
police records in this city show that he
had swindled several hotels in this city,
Chicago, Boston and Atlantic City.
Thompson is accused of being a hotel
swindler. Edmunds' picture is in the
rogues' gallery, and he has served terms
in both the Elmlra Reformatory and Sing
Sing.
Charles E. Stewart served a term of five
years in Sing Sing for forgery about 1878,
and later eighteen months for obtaining
money under false pretenses. In 1889 he
stabbed a woman In Cincinnati and served
four years for it In the Columbus peni
tentiary. He served a term in Rochester
for robbery, and, last of all, three years
and three months in Sing Sing for the
theft of thousands of dollars' worth of
bonds and other papers from the Wal
dorf-Astoria, the property of John C.
Calhoun.
Alonzo Whiteman has been arrested a
score of times. He has traveled the world
over. He inherited $500,000 from his father
In ISSS. after leaving college. He led his
class in the Columbia law school, and
after getting his diploma and before be
ing admitted to the bar he went to Du
luth. He made a great deal of money
there during boom times. He lost his for
tune in the Chicago Board of Trade
within a year. He then turned to the
racetrack. He made money as a book
maker, met a streak of bad luck,
"welched" and was ruled off the track
for passing bad checks. He was sen
tenced to serve nine months for forgery
in San Francisco In 1595. appealed, got
a reversal and was released. Subse
quently he was arrested for swindling the
Columbia Bank of this city out of $SXO.
He got out of It, and has successfully
evaded prison walls ever since then,
though arrested several times on various
charges.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14.— State's Attorney
Dlneen was notified to-day that A. j.
Whiteman was under arrest In New York.
An officer Is to be sent after Whiteman,
who Is under sentence of one year in the
House of Correction for obtaining monoy
from the Grand Pacific Hotel nearly two
years ago by false pretenses. After a
short service Whiteman was released on
bonds while the case was pending In the
Appellate Court. When the Appellate
Court passed on the case, upholding the
trial court, h© had disappeared.
under the most favorable auspices. There
Is a large attendance of teachers, even
district In the county being represented
with the exception of one or two, and 'he
death of a teacher causing such vacancy.
The Institute is one of the most enthu
siastic over held in the county, and It
is due in a great measure to the untiring
efforts of County Superintendent T. E.
McCarty, who is an indefatigable worker.
The Institute will be visited during the
wpek by Professor David Starr Jordan,
who will, among other Interesting work,
lecture on "The Man With the Hoe."
State Superintendent Thomas J. Kirk
will be here on Wednesday to take part in
the exercises of the institute. On Wednes
day evening Pr. F. B. Dresslar of the
State University will lecture on "Super
stition and Education." Miss Mary L.
Brehm of the public school of Berkeley
will he one of the most Interesting lisriits
of the Institute, and her talks on draw
ing will probably be one of the most en
joyable features.
SANTA FE'S NEW LINE
NEARING COMPLETION
NEW YORK. Nov. 14.-New York rep
resentatives of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad say that present indi
cations point to the completion of the
Atchison's own line Into San Francisco
by January 2.
About eighty miles of new track will
then have been completed from Stockton
to Point Richmond on San Francisco Bay
The Atchison will also have its own ter
minals, trains being ferried across the
bay Other new construction for the
Atchison system is going forward with
celerity in Oklahoma and the Indian Ter
ritory.
NO FRICTION BEWEEN
RUSSIA AND JAPAN
LONDON, Nov. 15.— The correspondent
of the Times at Tokio says: "The rumor
of friction between Russia and Japan is
without foundation. No international
question now exists between them.
"The recent excitement connected with
Japanese purchases of land over Russia's
head at Masapo grew out of purely pri
vate transactions and in no way concern
ed the Japanese Government. At present
the atmosphere is clear."
ADVERTISEMENTS.
BRAIN FOOD
Is of Little Benefit Unless It Is
Digested.
Nearly every one will admit that as a
nation we eat too much meat and too lit-
tle of vegetables and the grains.
For business men, office men and clerks,
and. In fact, every one engaged in sed-
entary or Indoor occupations, grains,
milk and vegetables are much more
healthful.
Only men engaged in a severe outdoor
manual labor can live on a heavy meat
diet and continue in health.
As a general rule, meat once a day is
sufficient for all classes of men, women
and children, and grains, fruit and vege-
tables should constitute the bulk of food
eaten.
But many of the most nutritious foods
are difficult of digestion, and it is of no
use to advise brain workers to eat largely
of grains and vegetables where the diges-
tion is too weak to assimilate them prop-
erly.
It is always best to get the beet results
from our food that some simple and
harmless digestive should be taken after
meals to assist the relaxed digestive or-
gans, and several years' experience have
proven Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to be a
very safe, pleasant and effective digestive
and a remedy which may be taken dally
with the best results.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can hardly
be called a patent medicine, as they do
not act on the bowels nor any particular
organ, but only on the food eaten. They
supply what weak stomachs lack, pepsin
diastase, and by stimulating the gastric
glands increase the natural secretion of
hydrochloric acid.
People who make a daily practice of
taking one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets after each meal are sure to have
perfect digestion, which means perfect
health.
There Is no danger of forming an in-
jurious habit, as the tablets contain ab-
solutely nothing but natural digestives-
cocaine, morphine and similar drugs have
no place in a stomach medicine, ami Stu-
art's Dyspepsia Tablets are certainly the
best known and most popular of all atom
ach remedies.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent packa^
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and after
a week's use note the improvement in
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CONTESTS IN SEVEN
KENTUCKY COUNTIES
Result to Determine Which Party
Shall Have Plurality on the
Face of Returns.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 14.— The prog
ress of the contests In various counties
of the State Is the point about which In
terest In the fight for the Governorship
is centered. The determination of these
disputes may swing in either direction the
result of the face of the returns as they
will be made to the State Board of Elec
tion Commissioners. These contests in
volve 4000 votes in seven counties, as fol
lows:
Christian County, 95 votes, Taylor's plu- ■
rality in one precinct at Hopklnsville, I
which was to-day thrown out by the j
county election officers.
Johnson County, where the 878 plurality
for Taylor is being disputed by the Demo
crats on the ground of alleged irregu
larity.
Knox County, 1355 plurality for Taylor
in contest. Under a mandatory order of
Judge Brown at Barbourville these re
turns have been certified by the county
election officers, but the contest undoubt- i
edly will be renewed before the State j
Board.
Mercer County, 256 plurality for Taylor.
The Democratic chairman of the Election
Board has filed notice of contest in three
large Republican precincts, alleging va- j
rious irregularities. If these precincts
should be thrown out Goebel will have a
safe plurality in the county.
Nelson County, 1198 votes are being con
tested by the Democrats on the ground
that they were certified for W. P. Taylor
instead of W. S. Taylor. The Republicans
to-day Tiled suit at Bardstown against the
County Election Commissioners, and the
election officers in the thirteen precincts
involved are seeking to "obtain a manda
tory injunction to compel the election of
ficers to certify these llyS votes for W. S. !
Taylor. The matter will also come be- !
fore the State Board.
In Pulaski County 300 votes are con
tested. Taylor's plurality was 1546, in
cluding the 300 which came from five pre
cincts where contests have been insti
tuted.
In Harrison County 135 votes are In con
test.
An amusing feature of the situation
developed to-day when It became known
that more than 3000 votes In Fayette
County had been cast for "J. C. XV. Bick
ham," Instead of Beckham for Lieuten
ant Governor. In Nelson County, Beck
ham's home, by a "clerical" error of the
Democratic clerk, General Taylor's name
was printed on the ballot as W. P. Taylor
instead of W. S. Taylor. When to-day
Beckham's friends discovered what had
happened in Fayette they served notice on
the Goebel people that no contest must
be made of the Nelson County vote, and
as a result Taylor will not lose 1100 votes
cast for him there, and all of the votes
cast for "Rickham" in Fayette County
will be counted for Beckham.
ADJUSTING DIFFERENTIALS
ON WHEAT AND CORN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.— The Inter
state Commerce Commission to-day an
nounced its decision in the case of the
| Board of Railroad Commissioners of the
! State of Kansas against the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
and other carriers. The main points de
cided by the commission are as follows-
The changes which have taken place in
conditions governing the transportation
of wheat and flour from Kansas point, to
destinations in Texas are not sufficient to
warrant interference in this case with the
differential, making the rate 6 cents
higher on flour than on wheat, which was
approved by the commission In the KaufT
man Milling Company vs. Missouri Pacino
Railway Company.
Carriers of corn and commeal from
Kansas points to destinations in Texas
enforce a differential of 7 cents per 100
pounds more on cornmeal than on corn
and Buch difference prohibits the ship
ment of cornmeal ground at Kansas
points Into Texas territory.
It Is held that the difference in rate of
7 cents against cornmeal and in favor of
corn unjustly discriminates against Kan
sas millers and that the differ
ential should not exceed 3 cents per
100 pounds. Several different carriers en
gaged in transporting wheat and corn
from points in Kansas and Missouri and
Intermediate points to Galveston and New
Orleans make lower export rates on
those commodities! from Kansas City, Mo.,
or points in that vicinity, than from some
of the Intermediate stations on their re
spective lines. It is held that the higher
rates from such intermediate points sub
ject those localities to undue prejudice,
and that if the carriers are allowed to
make these low export rates they should
in making them treat all intermediate
territory alike and doslst henceforth from
charging higher rates from the nearer
stations than those from the more dis
tant points.
WARLIKE RUMOR DENIED.
Japan Has Not Sent Hurry Orders to
Shipbuilders.
Special Cable to The Call and New Tork Her
ald. Copyrighted, 1899. by Jamos Gordon
Bprmett.
GLASGOW, Nov. 14.— The Herald cor
respondent who made inquiries of the
John Browne Company, the ship-building
firm of Clydeban, with reference to the
report that owing to differences existing
between Russia and Jupan the Japanese
Government had reQU««ed the firm to
rush work on the battleship Asaht- now
under construction, was told that the
statement was unfounded No such re
mir«*r had been received, and the work
wm proceeding as usuaL The Asahi,
which is one ot the largest battleships ,n
the world, is likely to be ready for her
steam trials in April.
Fire in Santa Cruz.
SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 14.— Mrs. Mary
Smith's residence and contents on Fair
view avenue was destroyed by 'Ire ihis
afternoon. Less, $2000; insurance, 11000.
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