FORECLOSURE SALE ORDERED.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. -A decision was
rendered in the United States Supreme
Court to-day in the case of Harry W.
Dickerman vs. the Northern Trust Com
pany. This was a bill In equity in the
Circuit Court for the Northern district of
Illinois by the trust company against the
Columbia Straw Paper Company to fore
close a trust deed to thirty-nine paper
mill properties located in nine different
States. The Court of Appeals for the
Seventh Circuit issued a decree allowing
the foreclosure and Bale, and this decree
was affirmed by to-day's opinion, which
was handed down by Justice Brown.
MONET TO HEAL
A BROKEN HEART
Edward Ryan Sued for
Breach of Promise.
6p«ciaJ r>l*j>atch to The Call.
NAPA. Jan. 22.— Sirs. Emma Hagemeis
tcr ti>-<lay filed a suit in the Superior
Court here for breach of promise against
Kdward Ryan, a well known citizen of
Napa, She demands damages to the
amount of $25,000. The complaint was filed
iibout 4 o'clock this afternoon by Attorney
taidw'-n.
J'hur.tiff alleges that Ryan promised to
marry her in July, l k S«, but has failwi to
J<«ep*his proml.se. Mrs. Hagemeister has
rut. a Ktore here for several years past,
but her business was sold out by the
Sheriff a few weeks ago.
Ryan Iv one of Napa ¦ oldest citizens
fend* a r» -tired capitalist. It is alleged to
\,i- a blackmailing scheme, as the com-
Ulaict filed is Bhort and will probably not
Isold In court. The suit Is the talk of the
tuwn to-night.
ROCKEFELLER IN
ENTIRE CONTROL
Absorbs New York Pub
lic Utilities.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22.— The World to
morrow will say: A general consolidation
of all the gas. electric light and traction
systems of the city under the supreme
control of the Rockefellers is impending.
This is clearly Indicated by the election
of William H. Curtiss, private secretary
of William E. Rockefeller, as treasurer
of the Third-avenue Railroad Company
and by the election to-day of William C
Whitney, Anthony N. Brady and Thomas
P. Ryan as trustees of the Consolidated
Gas.
Mr. Curtiss' election is taken as proof
positive that the mighty influence of Wil
liam Rockefeller is behind Kuhn, Loeb &.
<"o. In the financing of new securities to
lake up the $17,000,000 of floating debt con
tracted by the changes in motive power of
the Third-avenue road, the extension of
its system to the Huckleberry line and the
purchase of the drydock and Forty-sec
ond-street Railroad.
It was said on good authority in Wall
street yesterday that the Rockefellers had
made arrangements to take over the
Henry Hart Interests, amounting 10 about
30,000 shares, valued at considerably more
than $3,000,000.
| Little is known of Mr. Curtiss except
that he Is a business man of tried ability
and has for years enjoyed the closest
confidence of the Rockefellers. In view of
the Intention of the Standard Oil men to
Increase their already large holdings of
Third avenue 6tcck, it was considered nat
ural that a representative should be
placed in the management to guard their
interests.
The Third avenue railroad shares were
active all day, 1700 shares changing hands
The stock made a net change of four
points, closing at 116, a half-point below
the highest quotation of the day. The
buying was of a good character.
The addition of Messrs. Whitney. Brady
and Ryan to the directorate of the Con
solidated Gas is regarded as another man
ifestation of the power of the Rockefeller
interests. It means that they have been
powerful enough to take the Whitn-y
crowd into camp and add them to the list
of their allies. It means that there has
been a general harmonizing of interests
brought about by Rockefeller influences'
which promises gigantic results. Directly
it marks the absorption of the New York
Gas, Electric Light, Heat and Power
Company by the Consolidated, and points
to the probability of an early end of the
gas rate war.
SONS OF THE LATE
H. H. ADOLPHUS, DUKE OF
TECK, Captain First Life
Guards.
VAN LOBEN SELS
PLEADS FOR THE
GALLANT BOERS
Unitarian Club at a
Banquet.
DODSON DEFENDS ENGLAND
ELOQUENT DEBATE ON THE WAR
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
President Wheeler Declares History
Is All on the Side of Civilization
as Against Squatter
Sovereignty.
Amid the best with which California
can embellish the banquet board, about
two hundred members of the §tate Uni
tarian Club discussed last night the al
leged rights of the belligerents now stain
ing South Africa with blood. The ap
plause showed that there were many
sympathizers with both sides, and each
of the three speeches was pregnant with
fact and to its author convincing In Its
logic. Rev. G. R. Dodson opened with an
ardent defense of England; Consul Van
Loben Sels followed on behalf of his
colonial countrymen, , and President
Wheeler kept his opening promise to
speak all around the question and leave
something to the intelligence of his au
dience.
Rev. George R. Dodson of Alameda,
having been requested to open the de
bate, spoke in part as follows:
I wish to say at the beginning that I be
lieve the preponderance of evidence as to
who Is right Is In favor of Great Britain. It
has apparently been forgot that the Boers
were in 1534 a slave-holding people and that
this was originally the cause of trouble be
tween the English and Dutch in South
Africa. After some trouble the Dutch went
north, established a republic and later both
the Transvaal and Orange Free State were
granted independence in • their internal
affairs. In the 70's England saved the Trans
vaal from bankruptcy and President Kru
gcr was glal to have matters thus arranged.
After Majuba Hill. Mr. Gladstone, unwisely,
no doubt, decided that the Boers knew Eng
land could beat them, the world knew It
and he withdrew from the contest. This was
Interpreted by the Boers as cowardice. Since
then the Boers have been ambitious to drive
the British out of South Africa.
When England guaranteed the protection
of- the Transvaal, she guaranteed It to the
outlanders as well as to the Boers. Now the
outlanders outnumber the Boers two to
one; pay nine-tenths of the taxes and own
three-fifths of the property. These outland
ers presented a strong petition to the Volk
rad and it was Jaughed at. Encland Is
fighting to guarantee the rights of 160,000
outlunders. who are merely anxious for
equal rights under the law. Not only on
general principles, but technically, England
is right In her proposition in South Africa
to-day. It Is a struggle of a highly civilized
race against a selfish, non-progressive race
and It will be better for the world that the
English should win.
It Is not a question of a few gold-seekers,
but It 1s a world-wide question. * I think
that the great principles which made this
country— which made Canada and Australia
— can well be applied to the development of
South Africa, India is another example of
the practical value of English rule.
P. J. Van Loben Sels, Consul from the
Netherlands, waa the next speaker.
The question we are discussing Is that of
which side the American commonwealth
should take In the present conflict In South
Africa, he said. England cannot claim the
rlKht of conquest, for the Boers bought the
till*? from the original eavaces; It cannot
claim the right of possession because this
territory has been in dispute for fifty years,
nor can It be claimed by treaty. After hav
ing treked and treked north out of the way
of the Enelish, the Boers, only wishing to
be le^t alone, reduced both the Transvaal
and Orance Free State.
In 1553 the Kngllsh promised by treaty to
recoßnir-c both the soverelßnty and the in
dependence of both republics. F\ir a time
England was satisfied with the land she
held, and seeing It to be a very expensive
task to pursue the Boers further she de
plsted her persecution for a time. In 1876
the British, seeing the prosperity of the
Transvaal, calmly announced the annexa
tion of the Boer republic. The Boers could
not tn»k further, because England had pen
ned them In, had taken the land north and
west and had also blocked the. seaboard,
and when the Boers realized this It led to
the war of ISSI, which ended In the abso
lute defeat of the British arms at Majuba
Hill.
At that time England had a statesman,
Mr. Gladstone, and he, unlike Mr. Cham
berlain, knew what he was up against when
he tackled the Boers. A treaty was drawn
up at Pretoria, in which the suzerainty of
England was acknowledged, but this waa
never ratified by the Boers. Later Mr. ICru-
Ker. General Joubert and Mr. Schmidt went
to London and a new treaty was drawn up
in which England recognized the absolute
Independence and suzerainty of the Trans
vaal, and the only other feature was that
the Transvaal should not enter Into a
treaty with any other nation except the
Orange Free State without England having
power to veto within six months.
After the defeat of Majuba Hill England
decided to do by the ballot box what she
could not do by force of arms. So she flooded
the country with English and then demanded
the franchise for them. These Englishmen
merely went there to make a fortune. They
did not Intend to stay; they did not assimi
late with the country, they were merely ad
venturers who wanted everything In sight,
and who did not wish even to pay their
chare of the taxes.
Napoleon once said an English army wan
a troop of lions led by asses. Bismarck
paid some years ago that England would
dig her crave In South Africa before the
close of the nineteenth century. If it takes
a hundred years to make a century there Is
time yet for Bismarck's prophecy to be ful
filled.
I deny that English ideals or civilization
are In any way higher or more to be desired
than Dutch ideals or civilization. England
still has the relic of barbarism— the law of
primogeniture and the House of Lords, the
latter of which will cause her downfall In
Fouth Africa.
Professor Benjamin Tde Wheeler of the
University of California was Introduced
to Vpive a scholar's view of the great
question now being solved In South Af
rica." Mr. Wheeler said:
In- this matter we are dealing not with
this year or the last, but with a time when
things are working themselves out and
when It lfl becoming In us to view things
dispassionately and without prejudice. We
are enterlnc to an age where we grow out
of our village, our State, our nation and are
becomlne citizens of the world. History
sometimes appears to move in cycles. Cer
tain it is that as this century is closing a
new world is dawnlne In which old Ideals
shall have no part. This country has
Strike at a Steel Factory.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 22.— The rod mill
workers at the plant of the American
Steel and Wire Company, at Rankln, went
on strike to-day, closing that department
of the big works and throwing Idle about
1000 men. . ¦. -. ¦¦:.-.
STOLE GOLD FROM
THE SUB-TREASURY
Clerk Eeceived Extra Sack Through
an Error and Could Not Resist
Temptation.
• r~/-\ »„_.» «>•> f}\-Aa Walla r>*»
CHICAGO. Jann. 22.— Clyde waiiace
was to-day held to the Federal Grand
Jury in JCT.KW bonds on the charge of
a tack of gold from the United
Stales sub-treasury in Chicago, in which
he was a clerk. Government officers,
who told of an alleged confession made
by Wallace, declared that he had _as
wrtf-d that he received overpay of $oO'JO
in gold whf-n he made a requisition on
the vault ck-rk for SIOO.OOO to be counted.
a.nd that while this was evidently an
error en the part of the vault clerk It
had placed him in the way of temptation
and he had secreted the extra sack.
When he had taken out a few gold
pieces from time to time and could not
replace thf-m. it Is said ho put the partly
till'-d sack in his pockets and spent the
money in gambling and on the races.
Stroud's Trial Begins.
IIED UI.ViT. Jan. 22.— The trial of Wil
liam Stroud for the murder of Thomas
linggs on November 11 at the town of
"'< iiaraa commenced in the Superior Court
here to-day. Th« crime for which Stroud
Jf; now on trial for his life occurred in the
barroom of the Tait House at about 11
o'*io«-k. A quarrel arose over some trivial
matter, and in the fight which occurred
I'.ajrpF na« stal>b«-d thirt«-«-n times and
di«xl from the effect! of his wounds the
following day. Stroud came from Oregon
with j-'heep belonging lo Cone & Ward of
thif- county; and has* a roputatlon of being
a bad man. liapg.s Lad been a resident of
lytiama for many years, and was a peace
ful, law-abiding citizen.
«
Artist William Sonntag Dead.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22.— William Bonn
tag, the artist, died at his home in this
city to-day, aged 78 years. He was born
near Pittsburg.
CHARLES B. GIBSON
CHARGED WITH FORGERY
Milpitas Woman Claims That He
Passed a Worthless Note
on Her.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAN JOSE, Jan. 22.-Charles B. Gibson,
a well-known real estate dealer, with of
fices In the Porteo block, was arrested
on a charge of forgery. The complaint
was sworn to by Mrs. Refugio de Bernal
of Milpltas. and she charges him with
forging the name of County Auditor
Thomas F. Morrison to a note for $600.
A short time ago Mrs. Bernal's husband
died, leaving her $2000 insurance in the
Workmen. Gibson is financier of Enter
prise Lodge, and according to complain
ant he at once laid plans to secure some
of this money. She says Gibson made
many trips to her home at Milpltas and
made all kinds of Inducements to her for
loaning the money. Finally he told her
that Auditor Morrison wanted to borrow
$600 and would give his note as security.
Mrs. Bernal finally consented and gave
Gibson the money. In return she re
ceived a note purported to be signed by
Morrison, bearing date of December a,
1599, with Interest fixed at 9 per cent. The
note was payable in six months.
A few days ago Morrison's appointment
as auditor of the Postal Department for
the Philippine? was announced. Mrs.
Bernal decided she wanted her $600 be
fore he left and gave the note to Attor
ney Owen D. Richardson to look after.
Then it was that the forgery was discov
ered. , ¦' '-
Gibson, was arraigned beforo Justice
Wallace. His preliminary examination
was set for February 1, and bail fixed at
$2000. ¦¦¦_:...
Until a couple of months ago Gibson
was a great society favorite, and was
engaged to be married to a prominent
young lady of this city. Of late he has
been gamblinlg heavily, and his friends
lay his downfall to the "crap" table.
A number of Gibson's friends are try-
Ing to square the matter, and In all prob
ability the woman will receive her $600.
CHICAGO'S HIGHEST TOWER.
CHICAGO. Jan. 22.— The Auditorium
tower, 220 feet . high, and the Masonic
Temple, 302 feet high, hitherto the tallest
structures In Chicago, are now overtopped
by the tower of a new business building
on Michigan avenue, 355 feet high, which
was finished to-day as to iron work. A
searchlight will be put on the tower as a
help to lake vessels.
RUNS AMUCK ON
CROWDED STREET
Negro Slain After Shoot
ing Three Men.
MACON, Ga., Jan. 22.— Two negroes
were shot to death and two white men
desperately wounded, as the result of an
attempt to arrest a negro here to-day.
J. H. Butler (colored) is the man who
did the most of the shooting and who was
himself shot to death. His .victims were
Armstead Bryant (colored), shot through
the heart; B. Hellman (white), shot
through the stomach and probably will
die. and John Reed (white), shot in the
neck and is in a precarious condition.
Butler threatened to kill a negro woman
and when Policeman Pearce attempted to
arrest him began to shoot. The negro
ran up Fourth street, one of the busiest
streets in Macon, pistol In hand, shooting
at everybody In sight. His first victim
was Hellman, then Bryant, and Reed was
the last to fall before his aim. The sound
of the shooting attracted a number of
policemen and citizens. When Butler fell,
wounded, live policemen and fifteen citi
zens were shooting at him.
JUDGE MORROW'S HOME
DAMAGED BY FLAMES
Special Dispatch to The Call.
SAN RAFAEL.. Jan. 22.— Flame? brnk©
out early this morning in the residence
of Judge W. W. Morrow, on Mission
street, and before they could be subdued
the library was badly burned and dam
age to the amount of J2OOO resulted.
The fire was caused by a defective flue
and broke out on the first floor. Imme
diately In the rear of the library. The
flames must have been smoldering all
night before they were discovered this
morning when well under headway by
Annie Dillon, a domestic, who turned in
the alarm. The damage was chiefly don*
by water, as to prevent the spread of
flames it waa necessary to wet the walls
and floors of the adjoining rooms.
The house is situated on the Nob Hill
of San Rafael, and a volunteer bucket
brigade of society men did effective work
In extinguishing the conflagration. There
is no Insurance on the building.
gate. The players were arrested and dur
ing their trials the police have been sub
jected to all kinds of bulldozing and In
sinuations of perjury and prejudice. I
think that this Council owes us some kind
of a vindication. We have no flght against
a saloon, but against a man who runs a
gambling game. We know also that we
heard orders given for drinks In Rosen
befg's saloon after midnight. We are just
as quick to protect a saloon man as If
he engaged in any other business. YV c
have every confidence in this Council giv
ing us a vindication and are thanking
goodness we are not now before a Police
Court."
Peterson also referred to a signal bell
rung at Rosenberg's front gate, and he
declared that besides "craps," stud
horse poker was played at Rosy's, and
he told of wives and mothers who had
complained to him about these gambling
dens.
Sergeant McKinley's testimony was in
the same tenor. He declared in addition
that several times during the past
month he saw persons ring the "signal
bell" as late as 2 and 3 a. m.. and that
the iron gate was opened and the ringer
admitted at Rosenberg's.
Oflicer Pardee, who also took part In
the raid, testified to hearing calls for
drinks on the night of the raid.
Joe Rosenberg was called en his own
behalf. He denied all knowledge of any
game until his attention was called to It
by the police, and said that he discharged
Sig Richardson when complaint was
made to him. He denied positively that
he was in the room where the crap game
was played, as the police had testified.
Councilman Cuvellier wanted to know
why a crap table was kept on the place
if it was not for use, and Rosenberg said
that it was going to be put in the cellar.
Mr. Rosenberg then detailed his story of,
the raid.
The Council said that they did not want
any testimony as to- the former character
of Mr. Rosenberg, which had been good.
A search was made for Slg Richardson,
who was accused of being the banker,
but he had gone home.
Councilman Upton moved that the li
cense be revoked upon the ground that
a crap game wa3 run there, and Coun
cilman Oirard seconded the motion. L.
S. Church, the attorney for Jo« Rosen
berg, argued that Rosenberg had always
kept an orderly house and that there was
no law that would permit the revoking
of a license for anything except keeping
a disorderly house.
After the argument the Council re
voked Rosenberg's license by a vote of 8
to 1, as follows: Against the license—
Barstow, Cuvellier, Girard. Weese. Stet
son, Taylor. Upton, Rowe. For the license
—Schaffer. Absentees — Kramm and Mott.
learned that she can no longer be Independ
ent cf the world, for under the new condi
tions it is impossible.
There is no doubt that the average Eng
lishman you meet going about the world is
a very unpleasant fellow, but he is hardy,
vigorous and full of fiber. The English are
hard to deal with. You have to hit them
as this country did in the Venezuelan ques
tion, and then they acknowledge that they
are kin with you.
Now, I have said that the Englishman
may be rough, harsh, perhaps brutal, but
the English love fair play. This has made
the British empire stronger than that of old
Rome. This Is due to the fact that every
Englishman knows and has a right to know
that wherever the Union Jack floats all men
are assured fair play.
In our country a certain band of people
held peculiar views. They went west to
the valleys of Utah, but we found them out;
we destroyed their Institutions and inter
fered with their religious Ideas, but it is
all part of the civilization that controls the
organization of our society. History can
always shown that civilization transcends
the law of squatter sovereignty. The man
who makes wealth and commerce and who
helps to build up the cosmopolitan life that
Is more and more in demand must, even by
the sword of tyranny, drive out the peoples
of the valley, even as the steam engine
drove the buffalo from his home on the
plains.
Rev. Dr. H. Stebbins paid a tribute to
the late James Martineau, the celebrated
Unitarian scholar, theologian and philos
opher, who died recently in England at
the age of 95. Rev. George \V. Stone, who
is visiting the coast in the Interest of
the American Unitarian Association, was
welcomed to the club and made a brief
speech. ______________
NOW AT-THE FRONT
PRINCE ALEXANDER OF TECK,
Lieutenant InnfskllHnjs.
JOE ROSENBERG'S
LICENSE REVOKED
BY TIE COUNCIL
Schaffer His Sole Sup
porter.
EVIDENCE OF A BANKING GAME
?
GIRARD LEADS THE ATTACK ON
THE GAMBLERS.
Police Contribute Strong Testimony
Regarding the Character of the
House Under Trial — Rich
ardson Missing.
OAKLAND. Jan. 22.— The Council to
night Investigated the saloon of Joe
Rosenberg, where the crap game was
raided about a month ago. Councilman
Girard called up the resolution ordering
the Investigation saying: "I am opposed
to these gambling dens. I believe in
closing them up, and If the police testify
that games have been played there I will
vote to revoke Rosenberg's license."
Captain W. J. Peterson of the police
department was first called. He reiterat
ed In part his story as told on the wit
ness stand in the Police Court at the
trials over the "crap" games. He de
clared on the night of the raid he. Ser
geant McKinley and Officer Pardee saw,
through a skylight, six men grouped
around a crap table, playing a banking
game. "We saw Slg Richardson pay
the losses from a stack of 50-cent
pieces," said Captain Peterson. "Being
therefore satisfied that the law was
being violated, we went down, rattled the
Iron doors and called Rosenberg to ¦ open
up. Then Rosenberg called back through
his saloon, 'Close up back there.' After
about six minutes he opened the front
DUKE OF TECK HAD BEEN INSANE
TT ONDON, Jan. 22.— The Duke of
I Teck, who died Sunday evening, as
I cabled to the Associated Press last
I .evening, had been Insane since the
-*—' death of the Duchess and had been
constantly under restraint. Previous to
her death he showed signs of Insanity,
which subsequent to her demise became
fully developed. His death was hastened
by an attack of paralysis, which came on
suddenly. The general feeling in court
circles Is that It was a merciful release,
though putting the finishing touches on
the gloom now overwhelming society,
and there Is now no prospect of any so
cial season In London, as the court ne
cessarily will go into mourning, which
bo many leading families are already
wearing. No members of the family were
at the Duke's bedside when he died, but
the Duke and Duchess of York arrived
at Richmond Park this afternoon.
BRYAN AGAIN INVADES
THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY
Members of the New York Democratic
Club Protest in a Letter Against
Giving Bryan a Dinner.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-Hon. William
Jennings Bryan arrived in Jersey City
from Washington at 6:42 o'clock this
morning and was met by James Oliver,
Bcrgeant-at-arms of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, and a number of news
paper reporters. Mr. Bryan was escorted
to the Hoffman House, the headquarters
of the State Democracy, tn which hotel
a suite of rooms had been engaged for
him. Mr. Bryan eald to the reporters
that he hoped his presence in New York
would contribute to a general good feel-
Ing- all around.
Mr. Bryan breakfasted at the Hoffman
House with ex-Governor Hogg of Texas,
Dr. W. J. Girdner lone of the leaders of
the Chicago platform Democrats) and
James Oliver. He had a number of call
ers during the day. but the hotel was by
no means crowded. The callers asked him
\Uiat he thought of O. 11. P. Belmoiit as
v Vice Presidential candidate.
"I am not raying a word about candi
dates just now," he replied.
A reporter asked Mr. Bryan later If
tln-re was any truth In a statement In a
morning paper that he was gradually
üb.i'iiioiims the sliver Issue.
"I ma tired ot denying those stones,
Bryan answered. "I will ke«;> right on in
the same line 1 have followed a.l along.
1 adhere to my belief in the Chicago plat
form, but of course 1 don't object to
throwing in some more issues for good
Mr. Bryan, when asked later If he had
any plans lor bringing back gold Demo
crats to the party, replied:
"Yes. I have plans. In the first place
many have already come back. In the
fcecond place there are some who will
never come back, and it is no use to work
on them. In the third place there are
gome who will reiurn on one or two
grounds— either Unit they now like the
Chicago platform, although they did not
In li'j6, or that they favor the Democratic
pqs-'ition on national questions and are
willing to take the whole platform, while
Hot agreeing Kith every part of it.
"The only way to keej) present Demo
crats In the party and bring gold Dem
ocrats back and induce Republicans to
join us is to advocate measures that are
best for the people, and thus deserve their
Mipport. 1 believe that the Chicago plat
form, with new questions, including
strong planks against trusts and Im
perialism, would give excuse to everybody
to vote the Democratic ticket In 1900.""
Mr. Bryan was a^ked if he regarded
any of the three issues as the dominant
<¦: • . but he taiil he did not care to dis
cuss their relative importance. As to
whether he intended to discuss only the
trusts and imperialism while lit the East
to the exclusion of silver, he paid he
would discuss all three whether he was
in Lhe East or in the West. While here.
ho said, he was not going to meddle In
local politics.
>!r. Bryan was the guest of honor at
a dinner given by O. H. P. Belmont to
night ax lii.« residence on Fifth avenue.
1 :.¦¦ dinner *ras private, no reporters be
ing admitted, and to a penciled note Mr.
Ji.-lmont maiie reply:
"There will bo nothing during or after
dinner for publication. The dinner is a
purely social affair and of no public in
terest."
Mr. Rryan was the only guest of na
tional prominence, but big men In Tam
many Hail wtre present. Among them
xv.is John V. Carroll, leader of Tammany
Hall In Mr. Croker's absence; Elliott F.
Danforth. chairman of the executive
committee of the Democratic State Com
mittee; Dr. J. H. Girdner of the local Chl
<apo platform Democracy: Asa Bird Gar
diner. District Attorney for the county
of New Ycrk; John B. Sexton. Police
Commissioner; Alfred Honrv L^wis, edi
tor of the Verdict- Frank B. Campbell,
chairman of th-> State Committee; ex
(jyvi-rnor Carmjbell of Ohio and ex-Gover
r.'<r U'^ee of aexas.
llr. I>ry;in will spend to-morrow In New
York and In the evening will be the guest
of John W. Kellar, president of the Dem
ocratic Club, at the club. This dinner is
¦understood to roean that Mr. Bryan and
the Tammany organization are In com
plete harmony.
On Wednesday nlcht Mr. Bryan Is to ad
crp-s 1 m.fting in Jersey City. Congress
ni.-in Daly and Robert Davis of New Jer
sey have Fought to Induce Mr. Bryan to
drop silver in the Jersey City speech, and
H was thought they had made some Im
pression on the Ncbraskan, but he said
to-day:
"I intend to discuss all three living 1s-
BUf-s- of the day— money, trusts and impe
rialism—!n my speeches. I am getting
tired of having one particular topic sug-
gested for my Bpeeches by those who like
one theme more than another."
OBJECT TO GIVING A
DINNER TO BRYAN
Members of the New York Demo
cratic' Club Address a Letter
of Protest.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.— The following
letter, signed by John Fox. a former
president of the Democratic Club and
now a member of the Board of Gov
ernors; Robert B. Roosevelt and John F.
Doyle, was sent to-night to John W. Kel
lar, president of the Democratic Club:
It is with the most kindly greeting, and
certainly with no desire to criticize your acts,
that we take the liberty, as members of the
Democratic Club, to address you. We are cred
ibly Informed that you have Invited William J.
Bryan to become your guest at the Democratic
Club and take dinner with you and a party of
friends. In other words, Mr. Bryan is to be
entertained by you. and the place of such en
tertainment is at the Democratic Club. While
It is your unquestionable right, or the right of
any other member, to invite any gentlemen
who may choose to become his guest at the
club, yet under existing conditions we greatly
fear that your act will become construed by the
public as the act of the club should you give
such a dinner to this distinguished guest with
out affirmatively disclaiming such intention on
the i?art of the club.
We ourselves can fully distinguish between an
official act and "individual opinions." We
want It understood, too, that we have no per
sonal objection to Mr. liry&n, nor do we object
in the slightest degree to your giving him a
dinner at the club in your individual capacity
as one of its members. We should much re
gret, however. If what you propose to do should
be construed throughout the country as a po
litical indorsement by the Democratic Club of
the Presidential candidacy, at this time, of
Mr. Bryan. The Democratic Club is essentially
a Democratic political organization and of Its
SC-00 members none but Democrats belong to It.
You are now its president, and in the absence
of a disclaimer on your part to the contrary
your course In anything that pertains to the
club or its affairs might be construed, and not
unreasonably so, as the act of the club. It
will nut do to say that such a construction
would only be placed upon your acts by the
•smurant or misinformed, because Mr. Bryan
himself has established a precedent which Is
applicable to the case now in point. We de
fire to call your attention to a portion of the
correspondence which took place before your
immediate predecessor as president of the club
and the distinguished gentleman whom, you
have invited to be your guest at the club. You
will remember that Mr. Bryan now stands be
fore the nation as an avowed aspirant seek
ing the Democratic Presidential nomination.
Here the letter cites the acrimonious
correspondence between Mr. Bryan and
Perry Belmont, growing out of Mr. Bry
an's declination of the Democratic Club's
invitation to the Jefferson Day banquet
laFt April, In which he condemned ••politi
cal communion between Jefferson Demo
crats who stood upon the Chicago plat
form and the Republican allies who mas
querade as Democrats between cam
paigns in order to give more potency to
their betrayal of Democratic principles
on election day." The letter continues:
It may be fairly Inferred from all of the
foregoing that if you were rot considered by
Mr. Brian as an avowed believer In his doc
trine of free and unlimited silver coinace at
the ratio of 16 to 1 he would also have declined
jour invitation on the ground that * - no party
advantage is to be derived from political com
munion" with you at the Democratic Club. We
don't believe In the wisdom of free coinage at
that ratio. We do know, however, that we are
Democrats and are interested in the success of
the Democratic party In the city. In the State
and in the nation. This beinc true, we sin
cerely but respectfully urge upon you. occupy
ing as you do the position of president of the
club, not to do anything which would tend to
forestall the action of the next Democratic
National Convention.
As individuals we Insist upon, the right to
express our opinions In regard to the future
policy of our party and the selection of its
nominees. We believe It unwise to permit the
opinion to go broadcast throuchout the land
that the Democratic Club of this city or the
Democratic party of this State, so far In ad
vance of the convention, are irrevocably com
mitted to the indorsement of the principles
of the last national platform or of the views
of the last President lal nominee.
We are painfully aware of the fact that In
ISC'6 we lost the State of New York by 263,463
and the city by more than 20,000. It Is our
desire. If possible, to prevent a repetition of
another euch Democratic political disappoint
ment. In conclusion, let us again repeat that
we take this course In pood feelinc and to pre
vent, if possible, a misconstruction of your In
dividual act as being the act of the Democratic
Club.
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, ' JANUARY 23, 1900.
TAAL WRESTED FROM
INSURGENT FORCES
Gallant Work Done by Troops Under
Majors Muir and Johnson, Aided
by the Marietta.
MANILA, Jan. 22.— Two companies of
the Forty-sixth Infantry, under Major
Johnson, and three companies of the
Thirty-eighth Infantry*, commanded by
Major Mulr. defeated 800 insurgents at
Taal, province of Batajigas, Saturday,
taking the town.
The United States gunboat Marietta
also shelled the place. The Insurgents
had four cannon, two of which were cap
tured. Two Americans were wounded and
ten insurgent dead were found on the
field.
The plague statistics now show a total
of fourteen cases and eleven deaths.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.— General Otis
informs the War Department of the re
cent military operations In the Philippines
in the following dispatch:
"MANILA. Jan. 21.— Major Johnson,
commanding a battalion of the Forty
sixth Infantry. Wheaton's brigade, re
ports from. Lemery on the ISth and 20th
Inst. that he drove the enemy through
Batangas eastward on the morning of the
ISth, capturing seventeen rifles and one
field piece. A few hours later, at Calaca,
he captured four prisoners, four horses
and equipments, with six rifles, and killed
three insurgents. He advanced toward
Lemery that afternoon and captured the
enemy's outpost of three men, with six
horses. He moved on Lemery at 5 p. m.,
found the enemy strongly intrenched and
sent by navy gunboat to Batangas for
assistance. When three companies of
Muir's battalion of the Thirty-eighth
were sent Johnson drove the enemy
through Lcmery on Taal. where he at
tacked the southern portion of the city
and Muir the northern portion. The en
emy was dispersed, retreating in many
directions. Johnson's casualties were one
man killed, one seriously and two slight
ly wounded. Four field pieces and a quan-
tlty of rifles were captured. This move,
ment of Johnson's was ably conducted
and Important in its results.
"The enemy is reported in large force
and heavily intrenched at and near
Santa Cruz, Laguna de Bay. Schwan is
swinging his troops on that point. His
left is at the town of Bay, a few miles
east of Calamba; his right, consisting of
cavalry, is at the right of Tayabas.
"OTIS."
The following list of casualties was re
ceived to-day at the War Department
from General Otis under date of January
21. from Manila:
Deaths? — Variola— December 28, John
Goodling of Company H, Thirteenth In
fantry: 31st, Everett Barker of Comr>any
G: January 13. "William B. Sisk of Com
pany F. Thirty-third Infantry.
Dysentery— January 12. John C. Bot
torff of Company D. Twenty-third Infan
try; 11th. William Brady or Company H.
Ninth Infantry; 16th, James Ross of Com
pany E. Thirty*ftfth Infantry; 17th. "Wil
liam McQuade. sergeant of Company G.
Third Artillery.
Chronic diarrhea — January 14. Frank
House of Company F. Fourth Infantry-.
Rupture of aortic aneurism— January 13,
George G. Atwood of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry.
Wounds in action— January 12. Peter
Madden of Company B. Fourth Cavalry;
ISth, Charles Singleman of Company G.
Eleventh Cavalry.
Found In Rio Agno, Bautlsta. Luzon,
covered with incised wounds. January §,
Joseph Crlspi. musician of Company A,
Seventh Infantry.
Tuberculosis — January 16, Robert Mills,
corporal of Company E, Eleventh Cav
alry* •
Pneumonia— January 17, Walter Harris
of Company E. Fortieth Infantry.
Gunshot, accidental— January 12, Clar
ence Barkla, corporal of Company M,
Twenty-seventh Infantry.
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f| their favor. The number sold last week proves that the suits
U are remarkable at the price. Ǥ/
9 Yet with such a great number sold, we were not surprised
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SI . Also a few overcoats at the same price — $5.25. |;j
>J Sale of Youths' Suits R
p|j During this week we have a sale of youths' suits, ages 14 to 19 years, in a ii!
IJffl pood variety of patterns. The suits are worth $8.50. We have been selling I||
I&B them tor that right along, but now every suit is reduced to fal
H $5,00 i
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DUKE OF TECK
PRINCE FRANCIS OF TECK,
Captain First Devons.