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The San Francisco call., 1897-11-22

these two successful trips He is man
about SO years old, born in Newfeld, Me.,
and was appointed to the revenue cutter
service from that State. He served as u
volunteer officer in the navy from 1868
until 1869, was honorably discharged, re-
appointed in 1870 and joined the revenue
marine, being commissioned third lieu
tenant in 1871. He was promoted to the
grade of second Lieutenant during the
same year, to first lieutenant in 1883 and
10 captain in 1895. He has done duty on
the Eastern coast for ten years and ten
m onths. on the Great Lakes one year and
one mouth and on the Pacific Coast twelve
years and ten months. He has been on
special duty on shore for eight months,
and on waiting orders for one year and
four months. Two years OF Captain Tut
ties Pacific Coast duty has been spent in
Alaska, principally OH the Rush and Bear.
Consid ering Captain Tutsle's splendid rec
ord during the last two years he should be
especially equipped for this special expe-
dition.
First Lieutenant James II. Brown. who
will be executive officer OF the Bear on
this cruise, was born in Washington, d.
VI, January o, 1000. he4 was eu uCdteu III
the public schools of Washington and in
1884 entered the revenue cutter service as
a cadet He was com m issioned third
lieutenant in 1886. second lieutenant in
1890 and first lieutenant in 1896. He has
made one cruise to Bering Sea as naviga.
TOR of the revenue steamer Perry and one
as executive officer OF the Grant. The
rest of his service has been on the Eastern
coast. In October this year he was COM
mended OF gallantry in connection with
the rescue for the crew Of the wrecked
schooner Hueneme on Unimak Island,
Alaska. Lieutenant Brown comes from
the Grant, whence he volunteered for this
expedition.
Second Lieutenant Claude S. Cochrane
was born at Germantown, Ohio, October
%. 1866. He entered The United States
Naval Academy In 1888. was graduated in
1887 and honorably discharged from the
navy in 1889 in accordance with the Act
OF Congress passed in 1882 reducing the
number of officer.
He then took a medical course at Gin
cinnai and q supplementary course at
the Post Graduate College OF New York
City. He had intended to fit himself for
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-22

SEATTLE, Nov. 21--In view OF the
widespread interest which Is being man
ifested in the relief expedition that is
soon to go North 10 aid the ic--im prisoned
whalers there are many inquiries as to
the personnel of the men who have voluns
teered to go on this perilous mission.
When the revenue cutter Bear sails on
Thursday next the full complement OF
officer. will include men who have already
done meritorious service. They will put
forth every energy to insure the success o.
the expedition which has been ordered by
the Government as a result of The CALL s
efforts to that end. They realize that
many h hardships and privations will have
to be endured ere the unfortunate whalers
are rendered aid and possibly relieved
from state bordering OH starvation But
they are brave and persistent men, who
are determined TO surmount all obstacles
IN order that the end desired may be at
aimed.
The head of the expedition is Captain
Francis Tuttle, commander OF the Bear.
This cutter was formerly in command of
Captain Healy, who has wide and inti-
mate knowledge of the natives, land and
waters of that part of Alaska in the vi
cinity of Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
But he was suspended in the spring of
1895, and the Treasury Department
promptly offered the command OF the
Bear to Captain TuttIe, just promoted
from the grade of first lieutenant AL
though he had never been on the Arctic
cruise he had served the greater part of
his time since entering the service on the
Pacific coast. He knew as we'll as couli
be known without actual experience the
conditions of the Northern service. So
he promptly accepted the responsibility
and went North in command of the Bear
for the summer cruise OF 1896. The year
before the Bear had failed to reach Point
Barrow at all, while the Jsannie and
the Excelsior, vessels not so well able to
cope with the ice, had reached that point
and had even gone beyond to the mouth
Of the Mackenzie River. But in 1895, un.
der worse conditions than had obtained
the year before, the Bear succeeded in
making the trip to Point Barrow. And this
last summer she went beyond, reaching
the farthest north and east that she has
ever been.
! To Captain Tuttle belongs the credit for
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-22

there was three-cornered fight on for
the Mayoralty. Paul P. Austin was the
Republican candidate, and was backed by
Rea. Tom Hogan was the Democratic
nominee. and Valentine Koch, the pres
ent Mayor, ran independently. For rea-
sons of their own the Ruckers declined TO
be whipped into line for Austin. Sam
Rucker stood by Hogan and Joe Rucker
took up koch's fight. From this time
dated the parting of the ways for Rea and
the Fuckers.
Joe Kucker laughed in scorn when he
was asked if the boast of Johnnie McKen-
zle had any foundation in fact.
"There is absolutely nothing in that
statement of McKenzie's," he said. HE
nor the gang of which be is a member
had nothing to do with the Fuckers 60
ing out of business. 1t is true we have
announced our intention to retire, but our
reason for doing so is not based on any
thing the gang has done, though know
they have been working against US.
They have taken some city and county
business from u which they have thrown
to the L. Lion & Sons Company, but that
cuts little figure in the business we were
doing"
Sam Rucker was at Santa Cruz, but he
was reached by telephone. THAT report
Is TOO absurd to be worth serious denial.
No one who knows that little scrub Nc
Kenzie would take any stock in what he
say. The CALL is on the right track
and will, am sure, receive the assistance
of every decent citizen in the work it is
doing"
Those who claim to be friends of Judge
Lorisan and Jim Rea are pleading for
leniency. Their prayers are based on the
ground that they are exceedingly good
fellows, and that The CALL has been too
severe on them. The moral and legal
phases of the situation are entirely ig-
nored. No statement can be obtained
from Judge Lorigan giving his side of the
controversy in the Grand Jury in refer
ence TO the Dwyer indictments. though he
and his lntercedIng friends have been told
repeatedly that the columns OF THE CALL
are wide open 10 any statement or ex-
PLANTATION that might be offered on the
subject. In vi W of this reticence the pro-
ceedings in Judge Lorigan's court to- NOR
row morning. at which time he will have
the Grand Jury before him on citation,
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-22
jim REA DECL ARES
A BOYCOTT ON THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL

: SAN JOSE, Nov. 21.-It is by terror as
Yel as bv more insidious methods of
A0od fellowship and chicanery that the
Rea ring maintain their power OF late
so thoroughly has their gentIer modes of
operations become an open book TO the
people of Santa Clara County that they
have had to depend more largely on their
ability to terrify the community They,
have made it their business by every
means posi- bic, except by publication, to
spread the idea that every man who has
dared to oppose them has been driven 10
ruin-forced out of bu sine SIS and com pelled
TO leave town.
That they have actually done this in
many instances is generally acknowledged
bv all residents. Growing bolder from
their earlier successes they soon hit upon
a plan for increasing the dread of their
power by those who were disposed to act
contrary to the programme laid out by
the band of boodlers. Whenever a man
was unfortunate in business, and he had
in any way attempted to oppose the ring,
the gangsters claimed TO have hung an
other scalp in their belts.
While bankers, merchants and profes-
sional men have been free to admit the
power of the ring i'll private, the puollcs-
ton of the recent boast of Johnnie Nc
Kenzie, the lieutenant OF Boss Rea. to a
representative of The CALL that no one
could oppose the "gang'" live and sue
ceed in the community, has aroused all
the latent spirit of the people who are
striving for good government. 1t Will not
be many days before the boss and bis
henchmen in and out of Office will have
ample opportunity 10 try conclusions with
ne people whom they claim to hav'
fo7ced to submission by terror.
NO one is more indignant over the utter
ave of Mckenzie than the friends OF
Ru&Ser Brothers, the firm which he
claimed had been driven out of business
because the Fuckers would not swallow
the programme arranged by Rea for the
election OF four years ago.
They deny that the gang had anything
10 DO with the firms retirement from the
furniture business in this city. Up to
about four years ago Sam n. Rucker and
seph H. Rucker, the brothers who are
members of the firm of Rucker Bros (incor-
porated) }, were among the stanchest friends
and supporters OF Jim Rea. at that time
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-22

will be watched with the most intense in
terest. Just what course he proposes to
follow remains a secret, though the gen.
eral public believe that he intends to be-
come the inquisitor of that inquisitorial
body.
Jim Rea fred another shot at "The
Call" yesterday.
The Commercial and Savings Bank
ordered "1he Call' stopped. Req is a
director Of the bank, and L. Lion of
the L. Lion & Sons Company, dealers
in furniture, is president of the institu-
tion. Lions firm is credited with get
ting all the city's and couuty's busI-
ness in its line. 1t is believed that Rea
has ordered a boycott ON "The Call"
and friends and enemies are quietly
laughing at this exhibition of his utter
impotency.
There is apparently serious trouble in
store for S. A. Beggs and w. S. Beggs,
two brothers Of Justice Beggs They
were charged last week in Judge Hyland's
court with seeking TO impose fraud ulent
instrument upon the court. and broad
intimation was made by ex-Judge Rey-
holds, counsel fnr the appellant in the
case, that an exhb bit placed in the GUS
tody of Justice of the Peace Wallace on
the original trial Of the case had been alb
stracted from the courts records.
Early in Septem ber the case o. White
side VS.. Melot TO recover about $40 on a
note was tried before Wallace. The note
was drawn in favor of Togni & Tognazzi.
who were partners. In the Justices
Court an assignment of the note to the
plaintiff was produced, signed by C.
Togni, one of the partners. This was oh.
jected TO by the defendant on the ground
that the assignment was void, not having
been signed with the firm name, but
ju gment was nevertheless given for
plaintiff.
The case was appealed and was up for
trial last week. AT that time an assign
ment of the note signed with the firm
name was offered in evidence, dated March
9, 1897, a considerable time before the
original suit had been instituted. Togni.
when placed on the witness-stand, could
not remember anything about the new as
signment, whether it was made on the
date indicated or at date later than the
Continued ON Second P1ns
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-22
The Fastest Mail 1rntm.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Nov. 21.-The
new last M all train service on the Santa
Fe was inaugurated this morning. The
train will start from Kansas City daily at
80 in the morning and will lay local and
Eastern mails down in Western Kansas
towns nearly twelve hours earlior than
heretofore and improve greatly on con.
nections for the far West. The train will
make lorty-two miles an hour between
here and Newton, Kan, and is said to be
the fastest mail train in the country.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-22
SWapt by a Yclona.

MELBOURNE, Nov. 21.-A dust cyclone
swept over the northwest portion OF the
colony on Friday evening. 1t was especl-
ally severe in the Wimmera district
where several towns were wrecked, many
churches and prominent buildings being
ruined. One town alone suffered damage
to the amount of $3.50 900. Several per.
sons were seriously injured.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Weather forecast ior San Fran
cisco: Cloudy and unsettled
weather Monday. Probably
FIRST PAGE.
Rescuers of Whalers.
Great Fire in Melbourne.
Boodlers Desperate.
SECOND PAGE.
Grim Death in Cuba.
Reciprocity With Canada.
Secretary Alger's Report.
THIRD PAGE.
Dixon's Mysterious Poisoning.
Berkeley Kickers Confident.
Railroad Wreck in Mexico.
Severe Northern Floods.
FOURTH PAGE.
Editorial
A Menace to American Labor.
Rather Quiet, but Prosperous.
Problems for Fruit-Growers.
The Coast Press.
News of Foreign Navies.
Two Recent Inventions.
Personals.
FIFTH PAGE.
Coursing at Ing eside.
Au ,tralian Smiths Double.
News of the Water Front.
DR.. NJ. c. O'Toole Dead.
SIXTH PAGE.
The CALL Commended,
Mission at Holy Cross.
The New Westminster.
Unrest at the Churches.
SEVENTH PAGE.
Shipping Intelligence.
News From Over the Bay.
EIGHTH PAGE.
With the Target Shots.
NINTH PAGE.
Births, Marriages. Deaths
TENTH PAGE.
Boots Reply to Williams.
Rottanzi's Voice Is flushed.
Baltimore Wins Again.
a a n a a a a n a a a q a q a a a a n n n a
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-22
BRAVE OFFICERS
WHO GO NORTH TO
RESCUE WHALERS

the medical corps of the navy, but pre-
ferred To enter the line of the revenue cut
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
LuETGERT WILL TESTIFY.
He Speaks of the Case-sHys He Has
Some Trump Cards to Play.

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-A wrangle be-
tween the prosecution and the
defense over the admissability of evil
dence tending to show motive for the
murder of Mrs. Luetgert prevented the
state from closing its case, as it had ex-
pected to do. to-day. Judge Tuthii took
the matter under advisement and the case
went over until Tuesday next.
When asked for his opinion Of the case
made out against him, Luetgert grew an
gry for a moment, and exclaimed: "You
ought to know my opinion of the case
without asking me. There is nothing in
1t. Take away the quarrel of the ex-
perts over the bones, and what have you
got left? Nothing. They have not prov
ed that the woman is dead and they can
not prove it. 1 am not going to talk
about my case at this time, though. I
have some trump cards. and I will play
them in court when the time comes.
Will testify. 1 have made up my mind to
that. l will tell that jury something that
will open the eyes of every member of the
panel. The peopie will know my side of
this story next week, and then maybe l
viii not be regarded the villain j have
been pictured"
Witnesses followed each other on the
witness stand in the trial of Luetgert this
morning with unusual rapidity. Abra.
ham Seely, a butcher of 759 West Monroe
street, caused a mild sensation when he
announced that at a public sale at Luet-
gert's factory, some weeks ago, he pur-
chased thirty-nine bottles of mineral wa
ter. 1t has been the contention of the
defense that on the night of May ], wher
Mrs. Luetgert Is said to have been mur.
dered, Luetgert, not feeling well, sem
Frank Blalk to drug store for medicine
Bialk himself declares that Luetgert told
him to get a bottle of mineral water. Sub.
sequent developments have shown that
the sausagemaker had at least thirty.
eight bottles of this water on hand wher
he sent Bialk away after more thai
night.
When an attempt was made to show
Luetgerts alleged relations with Mary
Siemmering and other women the defense
entered objection. Attorney Vincent pro.
tested that this line of evidence was high.
ly improper and he objected to IL as in
competent. Attorney Phaen for the de-
fense said he would not object to this evil
dence
The decision of counsel for the defense
occasioned a surprise Ex-Judge Vincent
declared that the evidence was only col.
lateral and its only effect would be tC
establish the reputation of Mary Stem
mering, who was to be witness for the
defense. Judge Tuthill took the disputed
point under asSisement and adjourned
court until tuesday
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
REPORTS TO DIR. wYMAN.
The FOntaincbIeau Cnmp-Cases at
Barclay and Mobile.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-In a telegram to
Surgeon General Wyman, DR.. White re-
ports that the detention camp at Fon-
tainebleau will be so far completed as to
begin receiving refugees tomorrow.
Dr. White states that all the yellow
lever eases at Barclay are nearly we'll
pr. Porter reports that there is one case
Vl u lever in the Marine hospital at Mobile,
lated
p A message from Dr. Glennan to Surgeon
uenera Wyman received tonight reports
tI.gIeh new cases of yellow fever at Mo
S Sle making a total to date of 1S, with two
ue"'Ns Gov. Johnson has authorized the
voc Oh Mount Vernon barracks.
surgeon General Wyman also received
message from DIR. Young at Memphis
ttS'51s that arrangements are being made
o.in W uelain suspects a few miles below the
e, e"y' and that boats are prohibited landing
N'ss.yNhere at present.
AnI"seon Sawtelle, in message from
11ou'a received tonight informs the sur
~" general that Atlanta has practically
flo'le a distributing point for refugees
cI, gll .Ae injected districts. He thinks the
matte conditions are such there that
sT le'er cannot gain a foothold, but says
Ah,ne necessary precautions will be taken.
bso,N 30 refugees travelling north have
les'., furnished with health certificates,
Wis about 800 still in the city,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
RAIDED A CONSULAR RESIDENCE.
A German OmciaI Is InsuIted nt Ma
tnnzas and Seeks Redress.

A German Official Is InsuIted nt Ma
tnnzas and Seeks Redress.
Hanava, via Key West, Sept. 1S-The
residence of Fernando Heidrich, the Dan
ish consul at Matanzas, who is visiting in
the United States, was recently raided by
the police and revolver and a number
of documents which We're found in his
desk were seized.
The Danish consul general at Havana,
upon learning of the raid, protested to
Capt. Gen. Weyler and demanded an
apology. The German consul at Matan,
zas, Louis Gerlsen. also demanded an
apology within twenty-four hours from
the civil governor Of the province, claim
ing that Heidrich was a German subject.
The governor denied that he had ordered
the raid. and attributed it to the war de-
partment. The German consul then noti-
fled the military Judge, Leon Martin to
return the revolver and to apologize but
the latter replied that he would consult
with Capt. Gen. Weyler before he took any
action in the matter. The captain general
has not been heard from as yet.
The new tariff which goes into effect on
Monday next win favor a number of
American products and win consequently
increase trade with the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
wHEELMEN At PETERSBURG.
Crack Amateurs Ride at the New
Market Races.


Market Races.
Petersburg, Va, Sept 1S-About two
thousand spectators witnessed the splen-
did riding to-day of the crack amateurs at
New Market race course under the au-
spices of the Cockade City Cycle Club.
Schade, as usual, was the hero of the hour
and carried off all the honors for which
he competed, with but one exception. The
exhibition on skill and speed was magni1-
cent, but owing to the low temperature
there was no breaking of records. Sum-
maries:
First Race-One mile open. Fred Schade
first, with E. L. Wilson, second and George
E. Smith, third. Time 2:15.
Second Race-One mile, married mems
open. K. w Harris, Petersburg, first,
with Thomas 3. Bond, second, and ]. W.
Cooke, third. Time 2:24.
Third Race-Half mile, open. z. L. Will
son, first. with Fred Schade second, and
George E. Smith, third. Time LOS.
Fourth Race-One mile, championship of
City of Petersburg. John J. Nelms first,
with J. d. Martin second, and G.. ]. Rich
ardson third Time 2:21.
Fifth Race-Quarter-m dash, open.
Fred Schade first with j. j. Nelms second
and A. c. Moran third Time "a seconds.
Sixth Race-One mile, tandem, open.
Schade and Nelms won. with Tignor and
Richardson second and Moran and Smith
third. Time 2:32.
Seventh Race-One mile, championship
cities of Virginia. ]. J. Nelms won, with
w. D. Nye second and ]. D. Martin third.
Time 2:1S.
Eighth Race-Five-mile handicap, open.
George e. Smith QO9 yards), won, with
Wilson go yards second and Schade
(scratch) third. and Moran go yards),
fourth Time 1922.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
THE CLOUDS BREAKING AGAIN.
. ROW OF PROMISE IN THE CRIES.
CENT CITY.

HANG Revived by the Reports of the
New Orleans Board of Health-One
heath and Five New Cases Report
ea-Au Fever Patients Are IsOIat-
ed-The Death Rate Has Not Yet
ueoched 10 Per Cent.-RepOrts
From other Sections.
New orleans, Sept. 1S.-A trfiing inn
movement IN the fever situation marked
tbe close Of the days work of the board
of health. There was one. death, as on
Yesterday. andz there were fewer new
cases. ATT O'Clock this evening there were
stll Two cases under Investigation.
of the cases investigated to-day, five
we're declared by the experts to be yellow
fever. and as usual they were widely scat
tered. This is the record:
Deaths-E. Harmon.
New Cases-Santa CRATIC, Marie Dubois,
pafael Fourtoin, C. H. Gormon, - Mel
choir.
The fatal case, that of e. Harmon, a
mulatto, was reported in last nights dis
matches as one of the new cases, and was
said to be a genuine type of the disease
II has rot been found possible to trace
The origin of his case, but it is not i'm
probable that he came in contact with
some sojourners at Ocean Springs or Bl-
loxL
Harmon died this afternoon. He lived in
a nest of the negro population, and ever
since his case was reported the neighbor-
hood has been under the most rigid sur
veillance.
The woman, Cratic, is an italian, and,
as soon as her case was pronounced,
steps were taken to have her removed to
the hospital where arrangements had
been made to isolate her.
Rafael Fourtion is also an Italian, living
in an apartment house in a neighborhood
in which the Italian population is very
large.
The Melchoir case is that of a boy in
the St. Claude Street square, where the
first six. cases in New Orleans were re-
ported. other members of his family
have been i'll with yellow fever.
As a general rule, the patients who are
suffering with yellow fever are reported
tonight to be improving, with the eXcep-
ton of Dr. Lowell. There have thus far
been a total of thirty-five cases here, and
the death rate has not yet reached 10 per
cent, thus showing the mildness of the
type of fever now prevailing.
Marion Dawden, a member of the
Ouachita Guards, who are guarding the
city was accidentally shot this morning
at Monroe, about $50 o'clock by Henry
Mccormack, a fellow member. and it is
not thought that he can possibly recover.