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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
MUST NOT onERcHARGE.
Nauat Officers Try to Cinch the Gorern-
nent on on ESpense Bill

Narat Officers Try to Cinch the Govern
ment on an ESpense Bill.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov. 20-The
Navy Department, in order TO deter officers
from overcharging their travelling ex-
penses. has permitted to leak out few
details of a small scandal that might have
led to rious court-martial.
: Upon the occasion of their recent return
from Nagasaki. Japan. to Seattle, Wash.
two officers Of the navy who had pur-
chased passage tickets at reduced rate,
t25, the regular frst-class price of ticket
being f31, made claim for REIN bnrsemen
in the latter sum.
The matter was brought to the attention
OF the department, and the officers have
been informed that they should have been
aware that by travelling expenses, the one
providing for mileage at cents a mile
within the United States, whether it is
actually spent or not. and the other for
actual expenses outside the United States,
they could not be reimburs for any
larger sum than that actually expended
by them. But inasmuch as it did not ap-
pear that there was any intention or their
part to defraud, no turIher action was
considered necessary,
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
FOUR SUSPECTS
IN The DRAGNET
Accused of Having Drugged
and Robbed Frank P.
Arbuckle.
Gotham's Police Now Believe
the Colorado Man Was Muir.
dered for His Money.
Clews That Point to One or All of
the Quartet Now Held in
Custody.

NEW YORK, N, Y, Nov 2O.-Four
men with shady regulations are prisoners
at the police station on West One Hun
dred and Fifty-second street, suspected OF
drugging and robbing Frank P. Arbuckle,
the prominent politician and mining man
of Denver, Colo, who was found dying at
Eighth avenue and One Hundred and
Fifty-second street early Thursday morn
ing.
They are George w. Stephens. profes-
| rapher; Fred K. Menger, barkeeper,
and Samuel Stewart, racerrack tout, all
of this city.
The seeming clew to the murder points
to one or all of the quartet. One of the
men when confronted with the body made
a remark which threw suspicion upon the
others.
All four men are now in the custody of
the precinct commander in whose district
the dying man was found. and it is hoped
before another day closes to have traced
ArbuckIe's movements to the hour he was
discovered and removed to the hospital,
on the way to which he breathed his last.
Developments in the Arbuckle case lead
to the belief that he was the victim of a
diabolical plot to rob him. 1t is now the
conviction of the police that ArbuckIe was
lured uptown, drugged, robbed and then
left to die on the sidewalk in the unfre-
quented region where he was found.
Frederick Menger, Joseph Davidson
and George W. Stevens, who were arrested
on suspicion that they were concerned
in the robbery and possible murder OF
Arbuckle. were arraigned at the Harlem
| court this morning, and at the request OF
the detectives were remanded to give
further time for investigation.
Davidson, according to the police. met
Arbuckle at saloon after having made
an arrangement with Menger and Stevens
to entice Arbuckle to some unfrequented
place and rob him. Davidson said he met
Arbnckle according to appointment and
introduced him to Menger, Stevens and a
man named Stewart, who is at large.
The police believe that ArbuckIe wa.
first drugged and then placed in a cab
| somewhere downtown and taken to Brad
hurst avenue and One Hundred and Fifty
second street, robbed and then carried to
the sidewalk on Eighth avenue AMI left
TO die. The best sleuths on the police
force are now engaged on the case and sur
prising developments may be- made public
at any moment.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
CANADIANS PREPARE FOR WAR.
With the Assistance of England They win
Be Able to Hold Their Own Against
Uncle SAM

NEW YORK. n. Y, Nov. 20.-A Sun
special from Montreal says: The military
preparations going on here in Canada are
OF character to prove that England is
not making ready merely for the defense
of Canada against possible attacks by the
fleets or armies of any European power
or com binatio of powers. They are of
such nature that it is every day more
evident that England is creating In Cana
da great place of arms against the
American Republic.
So little attention is given by the Ameri-
can press to Canada and the inwardness
of the policy pursued by the party that
has been in power here for over thirty
years that it may come as a surprise
to them to learn that it is seriously be-
lieved here that not only can Canada hold
her own against the United States, with the
help of England, but that it is only a
question of time as TO when large part
of the New England States and portion
of the State OF New York will be asking
for admission into the Canadian coufed-
Grafton.
Re-enforcements for the regiments in
garrison at Halifax and Bermuda are on
their way out from England, which will
raise them to their full war strength. In
connection with the warlIke preparations
England is making in Canada it is note
worthy that some of the papers that have
been most insulting in language toward
the United States now deprecate the idea
that there can be anything in the prepara-
tions directed against them. They say
that they are only intended for possible
war with Russia and France. What the
preparations going on for arming vessels
on the upper lakes has to do with Russia
or France requires an imperialist mind to
discern.
According to cablegram received here
the Pacific cable conference now sitting in
London will no longer issue reports of its
proceedings. The reason given for this is
the jealousy which the movement excites
in other countries, notably, says the ca ble-
gram, i'll France and the United States.
The Canadian commissioners, it seems,
assured the conference that the idea that
has been entertained that the new Cana
dian Government was lukewarm toward
the scheme is an entire mistake; that on
the contrary they have definite instruc-
t1ons to cooperate in the heartiest manner
"because of the high imperial ends TO be
served by the cable.n
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
MILLIONS ARE INpoLVED.
Er- Gorernor Durkee's Executors and tn,
SHit against the Government.

E1- Gorernor Durkee's Executors and the
Seit against the Government.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov. 20
Messrs. ]. C. Biaisdell of Indianapolis and
]. A. Kuykendall of Salt Lake City are in
Washington. The former is attorney for
the late Charles Durkee and the latter ex-
ecutor for the same. They are here on
business connected with suit brought on
behalf of the heirs of the late Charles
Durkee, Ex-Governor OF Utah, who died in
1870. The amount reaches into the mil
lions, and equals the entire bsidy of the
Union, Central and the other Pacific rail-
roads, whose first mortgage bonds Gov
ernor Durkee came into possession of and
afterward assigned to the Government
Tor pre- servation and keeping until matur-
ity for the benefit of his heirs. These
bonds came to maturity in 1894.
Mr.. Blaisdell explained to reporter
that the suit was brought iu the Court of
Claims in May, 1898. and that what the
heirs wanted was an accounting from the
Government, with leave TO make applica-
tion for sinking fund in liquidation of
the first mortgage Indebtedness of the
corporations, held to be lien prior and
paramount to that of the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
BEsIEGED BIZ wHlrg RUFfrAss.
4 Negroes House burned and He Is
Also Seriously Wounded.

4 Negroes House burned aud He Is
Also Seriously Wounded.
COLUMBUS, MISS. Nov. 20.-An out
rageous crime was committed about five
miles north of this city Wednesday night
when the house of Sanders Swarringen, a
peaceable negro, was surrounded by a
mob of white men. who set fire to the barn
where his cotton was stored and then fred
his house. In the meantime members of
the mob began shooting Swarringen, who
tried to defend himself with a shotgun,
fhe gun failed to work, however, and
Swarringen ran to the house OF Thomas
Blewett, white man, living near by.
Blewett's daughters were so frightened by
the shots and the sight of the fleeing negro
that they ran to the woods in their night
clothes.
Henry Fenderberg, his son Charles and
son-in-law Seth Guile were the ringleaders
in the gang, and one of them is now in
jail here. A party of citizens is in pur-
suit of the rest of the gang.
The reason the parties give for the at
tack is that the negro killed dog belong
ing to one OF Fenderberg's boys some time
ago. Swarringen will probably recover,
his wounds being OF a serious though not
nece ssarily fatal nature.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
BATTERIES AND SEikCHLJGHTS.
OtUncrs of the Isles of Shoals Group
Plan F0rtfJicaffons.

Plan FortfftcGff0ns.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Nov. 20
Leighton Bros, who own the Isles OF
Shoals group, have been in consultation
this week with United States engineers
with reference to establishing disappear
ing batteries on the Star and Appledore
islands. The Messrs. Leighton are disin-
clined to talk about the matter, but it is
known that plans for the batteries were
fully discussed, and their location, should
the engineers report TO the War Depart
ment be accepted. has been agreed upon.
It's intended that one of the batteries
shall be built on Star Island, on an ele-
vation back of the hotel. in the vicinity of
the site of the John Smith monument.
No better location could be selected, as it
commands the approaches to the coast
from Cape Neddick TO Ipswich Bay, as
well as ten miles of ocean front. The bat
terry on Appledore will be located near the
weather signal-station, on the southerly
front of the island. The fortification will
be circular in form and armed with two
ten-inch disappearing guns having range
of twelve miles.
1t Is also designed to establish search
lights on the island, and thus render i'm
possible the efforts of hostile ships to run
by and land under cover of darkness.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
Christian Temperance Womem.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Nov. 2O.-The general
officers of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union were unable to reach a
decision to-day on the city in which the
next convention will be held. and it was
decided to defer the selection until the
officers held another meeting next Janu-
ary. All the invitations were rejected ex-
cept those of Detroit. Mich. During the
discussion Buffalo put in an invitation.
The cause OF rejecting most of the invita-
tions is that the officers thought it would
be wise to select some place near Toronto,
where the worlds convention will be held
right after the National con vention, thus
giving delegates an opportunity to attend
both gatherings.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
coRBETr KEADY TO FIGHT.

Signs aa agreement to Meet Bob Fifs-
simmons in Netc Pork.
BOSTON, MASS, Nov. 20.-James J. Cor
bett tonight signed articles of agreement
with the Greater New York Athletic Club
of Brooklyn for glove contest between
himself and Bob Fitzsimmons under the
auspices of the club in Brooklyn on the
l4th day of January next for a purse of
10000, winner to take all, with the under
standing that if possible the contest shall
take place before January 1. The contest
will consist of twenty or more round with
hve-ounce gloves. George Siler of Chicago
is named as referee.
Fitzsimmons telegraphs he wants until
November % before signing.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
State Fa,r Manoo,rs Meet.

CHICAGO, ILL, Nov. 2o.-At the fourth
annual meeting of the American Associa-
ton of State Fair and Exposition Mana
gers, officers were elected as follows
President, r. w. Furnoss. Nebraska; vice.
president, A. j. Lovejoy, Illinois; secre-
tary, T. ]. Fleming, Wisconsin; treasurer,
w. NJ. Leggitt. Minnesota. Dates for fairs
in 1897 were fixed as follows: New York,
August 1927; Ohio, August 30 Septembe
q; Michigan and Minnesota, Septemb ber g.
IL; Indiana and Iowa, September 1918;
Missouri and Nebraska. September 20-25;
Illinois, September 27-October 2; Missouri.
October 4-9; South Dakota, October 11-16.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
PUBLIC SPEAKERS, BLUNDBRs.

oosepn Mains Points Out Some Humor-
Gus Instances of the Fact
Joseph Mains, himself a weIl-known
pubic speaker, gives the Womap's SIGNAL
some amusing instances OF the humors of
public speaking. 1t is, ne thinks. lack
of fuency that causes the speaker so often
to blunder. Mr.. Mains has Hstened 10 a
temperance orator deploring the fact that
friend resorts TO "the frequent use of the
daily glass" He heard q notab ladv
speaker speak OF slum children drought
into the world with no more idea of home
comfort than the children of negroes in
Africa"
One speaker said: 81 rise phaticaIIy,"
and another said, ~ stand PROSTATE with
astonishment" Yet another feelingly
told his audience that it was mot the
platform speaker, but the house-to- house
visitation, and the utterance of the silent
word by the caller, which did the most
good.'' The statements that 1.-THE pre-
vious speakers suggestions were very. sug-
gestive," and that another speakers re-
marks were 'miscalcNlated to mlslead,
MIR. Mains also mentions.
Then there is the speaker who always
misplaces his HIS" and who prays 'that
we might be brought to the halter" There
was a fight of fancy when the speaker
asked. Suppose if modern balloon
dropped upon an uninhabited island
what would the natives sayp" The scien-
tific lecturer said OF his coming experi-
ment that .all depends upon the present
condition of the boiy about TO be created"
A town councillor spoke of 1.-The rivers and
streams that abut on the borough boun-
daries." Among Mr.. Mains other ex-
AMI pies is the speaker who began with
saving, "The proper study of mankind in
general is the-the study of mankind in
general" whereupoD an urchin in the
audience cried out, you're a-goin' in at
the same hole you came out at.
No less EN- barrassed was the old gentle
man who, stumbling through an after
dinner speech, said: al have no more
to say, and so-and SOIL make a few
more remarks" The builder frankly de-
clared he was more fitted for the scat
fold than the platform" Sometimes the
chairman errs in welcoming the speaker.
A chairman was heard to welcome q
speaker as one "who is always with US,
and we wish he would come oftener."
Kind was the announcement that s'there
will be two more opportunities to hear the
lecturer once more" 1t was when the
meeting was ended that the chairman
asked the audience TO ''close by singing
Just one verse of the Doxology."
In the siungles of Sumatra the largest
spiders are found. Some of the larger
specimens measure eight inches across
the back and have seventeen inches of leg
spread.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
BLUE AGA|NST I THE
ORAKGE AND BLACK
Princeton and Yale Boys
Ready for the Big
Battle.
Will the Sons of Old Eli Beat
the Historic Students OF
Nassau /?
Both Teams Ready to Put Up a Great
Game of Football To-Day on
Manhattan Field.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 20.-With the
last finishing touches which were applied
this morning at New Haven and at
Prince ton, the work of the great army of
coachers and trainers is done, and the re-
suit OF the tweDty-frst annual struggle for
the football cham pionship between the
elevens of Yale and Princeton lies In the
Drawn and sinew of the men who will bear
the blue Of old Eli and the orange and
black of historic Nassau. Whether Yale's
winning streak of the past two years will
be added to tomorrow, or whether Prince
toms eleven will score the lucky "odd
number" are the questions that are upper
most of thousands.
1t has been more or less the custom
heretofore to prophesy on the morning of
the Yale-Princeton game that the crowd
would be greater than was ever seen at the
game before. Whatever the case in pre-
| vious years there is absolutely no doubt,
provided the weather is suitable, the at
tendance at Manhattan field tomorrow
will far surpass anything before recorded.
Both teams and substitutes arrived III
the city this evening. The Yale contin-
gent are at the Plaza, as usual, and the
Tigers at the Murray Hill.
The followers OF the grange and black
seem to think that the chances are in
their favor, and slight odds were obtain
able at the Stock Exchange to-day that
Princeton would win. But the bulk of the
betting was at even money, for while
Princeton's showing through the season
entitled them TO degree of favoritism,
the knowing ones kept in mind the we'll
remembered New Haven "hard- luck"
stories which have been always floated
before the eventful hour, but which some
how have, with just as much pertinacity,
failed tc materially affect the playing of
old ELS sons at the critical moment.
The gates will open at noon and play
Will be called at O'Clock. Paul DashieI
OF Lehigh will again referee the contest.
The lineup will probably be as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21

OF age and Miss Doan was about
IA / was dressed in the then
style gingham suit. my halr
queued with one and hall yards of black
corncob, with a little tuft at the lower end,
ana Tor want of pomatnm / had piece
oi candle rubbed in my hair, and then as
nucn nour sprinkled on as could stay with
tus tS falling off. | had pair OF brogans
niae, rHae would help to play Fishers Horn
MISS Doan took an old horse. When she
ooS was ready | RODE up to a stump near the
bLaolni she mounted the stump and spread
saa n.i un9er petticoat on Old Tio behind me,
secured her calico dress to keep it clean,
cinnati Leader.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
siour Citr,s Defunct Bank.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa. Nov. o.-Bauk
Examiner Blanding to-day took charge of
the defunct First National Bank. The
officers have received offers of assistance
and may be able to reopen soon. The fol-
lowing statement OF the condition of the
Sioux City Savings Bank, for which re-
ceiver was appointed yesterday, was made
to-day: Assets, bills receivable, $I1s,-
5SS 6s; real estate. s34, ,514 So; cash on hand
and stocks and bonds, $S4S6 As; liabilities,
stocks and surplus, $55, ,463 81; deposits,
Sl06 l36 or
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
GENERAL HIAsroN wEDs.
Secures a Beautiful Eetc Orleans Cir
for His Bride.

secures Beautiful Nesc Orleans Girl
for His Bride.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. 2O-Miss
Sallie Reeves Hewes, daughter of Edison
Hewes OF this city, was married yesterday
TO General Frederick Hampden Winston
of Chicago in Trinity Church, which was
crowded with society people. General and
Mrs. Winston left for New York last night,
where they will remain until November 28
They will then sail for North Africa, re-
turning in about three months to Chicago
The bride is a noted beauty. She is about
% years OF age, and is as lovely in disposi-
tion as she is beautiful in person. She
was Queen of Momus, one of the promi-
nent Mardi Gras societies in 1892, and also
maid of honor at the Atlanteans' ball the
same year. General Winston acknowl-
edges to 65 years, but is as hearty and we'll
preserved as man of 40. He is mil
lionalre several times over. He was at
one time Minister to Persia. and is law
yer by profession.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
Murdered bu a Nearo.

STARKVILLE, MISS, Nov. 2o.-Eugene
Ballington, prominent young white man
of this place, was shot and seriously
wounded this morning by negro. The
shooting was entirely unprovoked, and
the negro at once made for the woods.
There have been forty men with dogs on
his track all evening, but at last account is
they were an hour behind him. Excite
ment is high, and if the negro is caugh t
there may be lynching, as this is the
third assault to murder by negroes on
whites within week at this place.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21

he has illegally killed another does not help
the dead, but the intention and effect OF 1t is
10 restrain others from committing similar
crime, the doing of which they see entails
similar penalty. This is the only reason why
/ would have any man punished 1 nave
never known any individual who was entirely
good, nor found one who was thoroughly bad
Men most generally are controlled by their en-
vironments and the circumstances which sur
round them, and l believe that by kind and
thoughtful treatment and extending help
ing hand to those who are morally decreDit,
almost any man can be broug hit on TO a higher
level and made to realize the enorMity of
what he may have done, SO as to be no longer
dangerous to the community at large.
should favor. on the whole, the exercise of
. this clemency TO Worden, believing that If
there is any real question of doubt as to his
condition OF mind and mental capacity at the
time of the commission of the crime, he
should by all means be given the benefit of
that doubt; and if this claim is not suffi-
ciently established, hope that the Governor,
in his wisdom and through his knowledge of
The facts and of the temper of the people. will
find it consistent with proper regard for the
safety of society to grant the executive Glenn
ency asked for. Very truly,
C. P. HUNTIN GToN.
In speaking on the subject Governor
1|oN~ o~A0 W q NALb 4SPASSShsosA'S "
day:
II will grant reprieve in this matter
simply because deem it my duty to fully
ascertain whether Salter d. Worden is
really entitled to a commutation from
death to life imprisonment, owing to the
fact that he may have been mentally ire
sponsible for his act in wrecking this train
and causing the loss of innocent lives.
81 shall appoint an agent in the East to
gather all the testimony procurable on the
SUBJECT from reputable people who knew
the condemned man during his life pre-
vious to his coming to this State. / shall
procure all the testimony possible in this
State, submit it to an expert commission,
and if that com mission decides that Salter
d. Worden is mentally irresponsible l
shall commute his sentence TO life i'm
prisonment. If, on the other hand the
commission declares Salter S. Worden to
have been in the full possession of his
senses, not all the influence that can be
brought to bear will save the man who
hurled innocent men into eternity with
out an instants warning from expiating
that crime upon the gallows. If Worden
is declared sane he will hang.
Again, l have prepared a bill. which
will be presented TO the coming Legisla-
ture, which will provide that any person
who has had his sentence com muted from
death to life imprisonment will not be
eligible 10 pardon unless his petition for
such pardon be signed by the majority of
the mem bers of the Supreme Court, and if
this bill be passed / will sign it."
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
Kemtuosp's 1ou- Gate Var.

FRANKFORT. Ky, Nov. 2o.-The toll
gate war In franklin County is serious.
Having torn away the toll-gates OF the
county, the raiders have turned lheir at
tention to Furnishing owners of turnpike
stock by destroying private property.
Ihree times IN the past two days teie-
phone connection between this CITY and
Farmdale has been cut of. The last time
the wires were not only cut, but a mile and
q half of wire had been cut down and car
ried away. Mr.. Farmer. the telephone
agent at Farmdale. is heavy owner of
turnpike stock, and the raiders evidently
believe that he is interested in the tele-
phone.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21
Baltimore aud ohio A6airs.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. 2O.-John K.
Cowen and Oscar G. Murray, receivers OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, to-day
asked permission of the United States
court to issue $3.50, 600 in certificates of in
debtedness, which would be lien on the
property of the Maryland Construction
paying debts of that pany now due to
the extent of $465, 900. to pay $39l, 600 for
the electric plant, which they say will be
self-supporting, and to apply 100000 10
the construction of trainsheds at Camden
station.
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sued to place that vessel in commission
December 16 with Lieutenant Com mander
Edward P. Wood in command. This Off
Ger is at present attached 10 Admiral Ram
says staff in the Bureau of Navigation,
having been for the past two years in
charge of the enlisted men OF the navy.
The crew of the Petrol viii be obtained
largely from the Adams, which is ex-
pected home from Honolulu in a couple
of weeks. The Petrol. on account of her
small size, is especially adapted to ascend
ing the Chinese rivers, and her last duty
was on the Asiatic station. where she
spent the winter before last frozen at New
Chwang, near Port Arthur.