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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
PRESIDENT BALTES
SUMMARlLY REMOVED

NEW YORK, Oct 21.-The Mechanics
and Traders Bank, concerning which
there developed some adverse rumors
over night, made it's exchanges as usual
at the clearing house to-day. Among
the bank presidents downtown the be-
lief prevailed that the bank is perfectly
solvent and that it will go right on, al
though there might be some changes in
the management. AT a directors meet
ing late in the day President Bates
was deposed and Vice President Lee
Schlinger made president.
The publication of the story that
President Baltes had been offering his
notes on the street caused a crowd to
collect in front of the bank before the
doors were opened to-day and when
business began depositors lined up to
the paying teller's window. All de-
manCfs were promptly met.
Officials of the bank assured the
waiting depositors that the bank was
perfectly solvent and that 100000 in
cash had been received at the bank for
those who wished to withdraw. No
body. however, seemed to care to with
draw from the line. One German with
drew $4,000, and from that figure down
to 500 was drawn out. Information as
to the amount paid out this morning
was refused.
At II o'clock this morning there were
about 800 men in line waiting to draw
money from the bank.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
FARC|CAL TRIAL
IN MARIN COUNTY
District Attorney With
the Push.
POLITICS BEFORE BUSINESS
HENRY ALIENS PROSECUTION
A MOCKERY.
Important Witnesses Not Called in
the Case-Taxpayers Grum-
bling at Mr.. Martinelli's
Methods.
POLITICS BEFORE BUSINESS
HENRY ALIENS PROSECUTION
A MOCKERY.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 21.-It is an
opinion commonly expressed in political
circles that District Attorney E. b.
Martinelli is rather SLOW" but the man
ner in which the prosecution of man
charged with assault to commit muir
der was conducted here last Wednes-
day has given rise to notion that now
and then there is method in his slow
ness.
A man named Henry Allen was ar
rested at Tamalpais on August IA last
for shooting Joseph Malatesta- Inc
evidence given in the Justice Court
was deemed amply sufficient TO JUSTIFY
Allen being bound over to answer the
charge of assault with deadly weapon
with intent to commit murder, In the
Superior Court. On motion OF the LIS
trict Attorney this was done.
AT that time Martinelh asp1red LOT
the Republican nomination for the Oh
flee of which he is the incumbent, out
before the Superior Court trial he re-
ceived the nomination through the in
strumentality of the Sausallto push,
which proudly refers to him as IT'S
friend" This produced decided
change in the result of the trial, at
least so far as appearances 60. =,
Wednesday last the alleged trial
occurred. IL 80 ISoi UClhS ASNA ~
that people in general would laugh were
it not for the fact that such farces cost
taxpayers a good deal of money Four
witnesses who gave vital testimony at
the preliminary examination were not
called at all and no real endeaVor was
made to elicit the facts of the case from
one of the witnesses who was called;
The four men not called were Michael
Mcnamara, Philip lie Cornec, Daniel
Campbell and Frank Murray.
Mcnamara testified in the justice
Court that Allen pushed Malatesta out
of his saloon and shot him While the
man was so drunk That he mad twice
fallen. He heard Allen threaten 10
shoot the plaintiff the night before the
trouble occurred and saw him EXHIBIT
a. revolver with the remark: II TINS
gun is not of large enough calper
| have one that is" lie Cornec ana
Campbell corroborated these facts In a
general manner, while Murray heard
the threats.
For lack of evidence Allen was ac-
quilted. Sausalito's friend" gained one
vote and the County of Marin was
minus $780, The farcical trial is con-
demned on every side and 1T is prophe-
sled that a day of reckoning VIII arrive
before many days have passed. Cltl-
zens assert that they are willing TO De
taxed for prosecuting offenses, but not
to furnish political friends during
0amDaiRn.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
WILL NEXT MEET
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Grand Encampment of
|. O. O. F. Adjourns.
FUNDS FOR GOLDEN JUBILEE
JEWEL FOR THE PAST GRAND
PATRIARCH.
Speeches and Qualification During
the Closing Hours of the Ses-
sion - Homeward
Movement.
FUNDS FOR GOLDEN JUBILEE
JEWEL FOR THE PAST GRAND
PATRIARCH.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, Oct. 21.-The Grand En-
-campment, I. 0. o. F., completed It's Ia
bors this afternoon and adjourned. The
last hour Of the session was given over
to speechmaking and sort of jolli-
f1cation. Remarks were made by Grand
Patriarch Harris, Grand High Priest
Foster, Grand Junior Warden Viewer,
Grand Scribe Barnes, Grand Treasurer
Lemont and John Glasson, past grand
representative.
This afternoon many of the visitors
went to Alum Rock Park. The even
ing trains carried most of the encamp-
ment members and Patriarchs Mill
tant to their homes. Those that re-
main over will visit Mount Hamilton
to- morrow.
The Grand Encampment approprl-
ated 5000 to assist in the golden jubilee
celebration Of the order to be held In
California next year. The sum OF $50
was also appropriated, to be used with
a like sum to be given by the grand
trustees, to purchase life interest In
the Thermalito Home for Ernest Dun
ker, past grand sentinel.
The proposition to raise the member
ship fee from IS to $40 was defeated.
1t was decided that the fact that the
encampment has a member in the
Thermalito Home does not relieve such
encampment from paying benefits to
said member If sick, and such benefits
must be paid.
The following grand officers were
then installed: Grand patriarch, ]. W.
Harris; grand high priest, Joseph Fos-
ter; grand senior warden, P. d. Gum
moe; grand scribe, William H. Barnes;
grand treasurer, George w. LemOnt;
grand junior warden, G. H. Viewer;
grand representative, o. w. Erlewine;
grand trustees, H. S. Winn, F. A. Week
and W. S. Potter.
James Ashman of Los Angeles was
appointed grand marshal, NJ. NJ. Mas
tiers of Woodland grand sentinel, and
H. Dow of San Francisco deputy grand
sentinel
A past grand patriarch jewel was
presented to Past Grand Patriarch O.
w. Erlewine, the speech being made by
Past Grand Representative P. F. Cos
hey.
The next Grand Encampment will be
held at San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
DERAlLED ON THE
NEW STEEL BRIDGE
MARROW ESCAPE OF A LOADED
OAKLAND LOCAL.
TT Left the Rails on the New Steel
Trestle and Nearly Went OF
Into the Water.

OAKLAND, Oct. 21-The new steel
bridge built by the Southern Pacific at the
foot of Harrison street and opened two
weeks ago. commenced its record of acct
dents tonight. A passenger train was de-
rallied and only by one foot was 1t saved
from going over the trestle. The conduc-
tor landed in the water, but beyond a
fright to the passengers, no other per-
sonal injuries were received.
The accident was due to the error Oh a
switchman That the train was not
thrown into the estuary and many lives
lost is miraculous.
There are switches at the approaches
To either end of the Harrison-street
bridge and these are to be operated auto
matically They are not yet in proper
shape and are therefore worked by hand.
F. Underwood Is the switchman at the
Alameda end and ]. Sullivan at the OAK
land side. According to Underwood 1t IS
a difficult matter for him to distinguish
the broad gauge from the narrow gauge
locals, since both come from the same di-
rection, and there is little difference in
time.
When the Alameda local approached
the bridge both switchmen were at their
posts of duty, and Underwood, as the
train glided across the estuary, switched
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
CLARK PAYS THE
DEATH PENALTY
ST. Helena Fratricide
Executed.
HANGMAN DOES A NEAT JOB
MURDERER MEETS HIS DOOM
WITH FoRTITUDE.
Attempts to Speak Few Parting
Words, but His Voice Fails
Him-Crime for Which
de Suffered.
HANGMAN DOES A NEAT JOB
MURDERER MEETS HIS DOOM
WITH FoRTITUDE.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Oct. I'll
caoree w Clark, the st. Helena frat
ricide expiated his crime on the gal
lows this morning at 1890 O'Clock
Though the murderer met his doom
with more fortitude than had been ex-
pected his last moments were fraught
with such awful mental suffering that
many of the spectators at the execu-
ton averted their eyes at the Hateful
moment and failed to see the drop.
At o'clock Warden Hale proceeded
TO the death chamber and was in
formed by the condemned man that the
reading of the death warrant would be
waived Mrs. Burns and a Salvationist
named Montgomery, both Of Oakland,
were with lark until the moment he
left his cell, offering him religious con-
ISOLATION. He informed them and Chap
lain brahms that he was resigned to
his fate and believed that his soul
would be received in heaven.
Supported by two guards and pre-
coded by Chaplain brahms he mounted
the steps to the scaffold with fairly
firm step, took his stand upon the trap
and closed his eyes. His ups were
trembling and his hands nervously
twitching, but all he said until the
moose was adjusted was a continual
repetition of the words, BLESS the
Lord"
Just as the black cap was about to
be placed over his head Clark feebly
asked to be permitted to speak few
words. Hangman Lunt removed the
moose, but Clarks throat contracted
and he was unable to utter a sound
The cap was placed in position, the
signal given and quickly came the end
Clark's neck was broken by the fall
and the last pulsation had ceased in
nine minutes. BY Clark's request the
remains were inferred in the prison
cemetery. The execution was witnessed
by about seventy-five persons-an un-
usually large number.
The crime for which Clark paid with
his life was the murder of his brother
at st. Helena last June. He had lived
for years with his brothers wife and
failing to put him out of the way with
poison shot him while he was prepar-
Ing meal in the kitchen of his owr
house.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
FLAMES DENUDE.
THE MOUNTAINS
Charred Wastes in All
Directions.
SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS PERIL
SAN GABRIEL VALLEYS PERIL
FLOODS IN WINTER, NO WATER
IN SUMMER.
Army of Fire-Fighters Meets With
Some SUGGESTIVE Arrests at
Pasadena Cause a Sen
sation.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PASADENA, Oct. 21.-The furious
forest fires have now been stayed from
licking up the Mount Lowe Alpine
Tavern. This was the fourth denudfng
blaze that has swept over the noun
tains back of Pasadena this season.
Last night the flames lit UP the heav-
ems and made it light enough in this
city to read by. Tonight the worst is
passed, and the fires are burning down
Eatons canyon. All the sides of the
canyon have been denuded. and it must
spend its fury by morning.
1t was only by herculean efforts that
the beautiful Alpine Tavern among the
pines on Mount Lowe was saved this
morning. Two hundred men under the
lead of Manager Terrence and Ranger
Thomas fought 1t back and saved the
property as well as the vegetation
along the scenic railway. All day and
all night men chopped trees and cleared
paths with hoes and shovels to fight
back the fire fiend in his wild rawlings.
When they would think they had it I'm
der control, some giant pine burned off
at the base would roll down another
canyon or ravine, distributing a thou
sand torches through the tfnder-Itke
vegetation.
All declared that the fires must have
been from righteousness. Five men are
The places where the fires started and
the manner of their starting indicate
that they could not have come from
campers or hunters. Sensational de-
velopments are looked for in the ar
rests.
AS the mountains have been thus de-
nuded for many square miles. grave
fears are expressed regarding the water
supply of the whole San Gabriel Valley.
Floods may be expected this winter
and a water shortage next summer.
Many of the Seventh Regiment sol
diers were among the fire fighters and
did as much good as if they had gone to
| Manila. Tonight the men are return
| ing tired, torn and brown from the
scorching. Forest Supervisor Newhall.
whose particular reservation this is. de-
| serves the denunciation which he is re-
/ ceiving for his indifference and incom-
| potency. Colonel B. T. Allen, who was
| transferred from here. was worth a
hundred Newhalls as a fire fighter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
NOT ON ASSESSMENT ROLL
DISCOVERY CAUSES QUITE A
CONNECTION.
Appointees Endeavor to Square
Themselves by Offering All
Sorts of Personal Prop
erty for Assessment.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 21.-The County
Board of Supervisors met a few days
ago and selected the different election
officers to serve at the polling places on
November 8. On Thursday the Repub-
lican County Central Committee met
and went over the lists It was found
that the list of officers selected to serve
in the First Supervisorial District con-
tanned the names of men very large
percentage of whom were not on the
assessment roll, as required by law.
1t was also found, claim members of
the committee, that the names of Re-
publicans handed by them to the Su-
pervisor Of the First District had been
ignored by him, and he had substituted
for these names those of alleged Re
publicans unknown to the Republican
County Central Committee. Steps were
at once taken to mandamus the Board
of Supervisors and compel it to re-
wise the list.
This announcement caused a tremen-
dous scrambling to-day on the part of
those election officers selected by the
Supervisors to get on the assessment
roll. When Assessor Berkey's office was
opened this morning a line Of men was
FOUND IN waiting. L ne uTSL OI CHtSe
stepped forward and announced that he
had been overlooked when the Assessor
made UP his personal property roll some
months ago, and that he had some
| jeWelry on which he was anxious to
pay taxes. Another presented a watch,
! which he said had escaped the vigilance
| of the Assessor, and as he was am
bilious to bear his burden of the ex-
penses of government he asked that the
watch be put down as valued at $780, the
/ tax on which is IS cents. Others
! claimed to own various articles coming
under the head of personal property.
Assessor Berkey was absent, and his
deputies refused to accept the respon-
sibility of receiving these extraordinary
voluntary assessments. Berkey will be
back in two or three days, when 1T will
be settled whether these officers are to
| be placed on the roll as taxpayers or a
new list of election officers selected. IL
was stated tonight by members OF the
committee that new list will be adopt
! ed by the Supervisors without the ne
cessity of resorting to the courts
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
APPROPRIATED THEPR0CEEDS
TACOMA AND NEW YORK INSTI-
TUTIoNS INVOLVED.
Causes the Reorganization Of a Rail-
road and the Deposition Of a
Prominent Bank
President
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA, Oct. Pit has just come
to light that nearly $500, 900 Of the Ia
coma and Columbia River Railway
bonds were hypothetical in New York
last summer by brokers entrusted with
their sale. The bonds to the amount
named were turned over to them on
their statement that they had placed
the first $3.50, 900 and later $750,00 of
the bonds. The proceeds were to be
used in extending the railroad from
Lake Park, a suburb of Tacoma,
through the Cascade Mountains to the
Columbia River.
One of the brokers mentioned paid
President Bailey 1000 for an interest
in the railway project. They sent Bal
ley $4,000 afterward, but the remit
tances then stopped, though large obli-
cations were being incurred here for
labor and material.
Bailey left secretly for New York and
secured a REIMBURSEMENT from the
brokers of all their interest in the
bonds. This did him little good, how
ever, since he found that they had been
hypothetical for comparatively small
sums in New York and Boston He
claims that the proceeds of the hypoth-
ecation, other than the amounts sent
him, were devoted to the brokers' per-
sonal use. He threatened to arrest
them, but refrained in response to their
appeals. Besides he believed that such
a course would injure this enterprise.
The New York Stock Exchange was
notified that the bonds had been ille-
gally disposed of and the company
would not recognize the title of the
holders.
This fact is said to have caused
trouble for President Baltes of the
Merchants and Traders Bank, New
York, whose resignation has just been
requested by the banks directors
Baltes is believed to have ,innocently
purchased the bonds Of Bailey's brokers'
Bailey wrote him in September inform
ing him how the bonds had been Sc
cured and asking him how many his
bank held Baltes made no reply,
whereupon Bailey sent copies Of his let
ter to Baltes to Director Pool and the
cashier of Baltes' bank An investiga-
ton followed and the request for Baltes'
resignation is supposed to be the re-
suit
Another result Of the bond manipula-
ton has been the complete reorganiZa-
ton of the Tacoma and Columbia Rail-
way, the dropping of the two brokers
as directors and the election as di-
rectors of several of the richest men in
the Northwest. President Bailey will
go to New York next week, where he
expects to recover nearly all OF the
hypothecated bonds and sell them in a
legitimate manner. Work ON the rail-
road will then be resumed.
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the train over to the new broadgauge
tracks that are to soon transform the
narrow-gauge system running to the Ala
media mole
Engineer White soor realized the mis-
take and brought his train to standstill
In backing the train on to the bridge so
that it might be switched to the proper
track, the forward wheels of the last car
but one split the switch, crowding the
east side wheels over the rails, derailing
the car and forcing it to within few
inches OF the edge of the trestle. The last
coach, a smoker and baggage car, had al
ready been moved back on the bridge.
and in another instant car 1888 would
have topped over into the waters Of the
estuary dragging the smoker and per-
haps other coaches with it. The train
was loaded with passengers at the time,
as the traffic of the early evening trains
Is especially heavy on account Of the re-
turn of many laborers to their homes in
the Encinal city, and the loss of life, if
any would therefore have been great.
A wrecking train and crew was imme-
diately dispatched to the scene of the
accident, arriving about an hour after the
occurrence and coming by way of East
Oakland, Fruitvale and Alameda. After
three solid hours of hard work the de-
rallied train was returned to its tracks.
During the interim all traffic was OBJ
structed and the passengers were COM
PEELED to make their way to the Alameda
electric cars over a, narrow cinder path
way the best they knew how. In step
ping off the train Conductor Alex Bu-
chanan, who was in charge and whose
misfortune it Is to have experienced more,
close calls and narrow escapes than any
one on the local runs, fell into the eStu-
ary The water was not as deep as was
the mud, and the conductor went In up
to his neck and was extricated with con-
siderable difficulty.
Bv ii o'clock both broad and narrow
gauge trains were again running.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
Beers FIGHTING
REBEL TRIBESMEN
There Is a Promise Of a Prolonged
Campaign Before the Trouble
Is Over.

PRETORIA, Oct. 21.-serious trouble is
brewing with the Magato tribe in the
Zoutpansberg district, south Of the Linn
popo River The natives recently killed
a Lutheran missionary and his family at
the town of Zoutpansberg, and the Trans
vaal Government sent an expedition to
punish them. The affair has now assumed
serious proportions.
Chief 0pefu, with $1,000 followers fully
armed and with four cannons supplied by
white traders, attacked the leader.
Heavy fighting is expected The ultima
tum of General Joubert, demanding the
unconditional surrender has been ignored
by the tribesmen, and he has summoned
5000 Burghers to reinforce the 5000 now in
the field. The campaign promises to be
prolonged.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
FIFTEEN ROUNDS TO A DRAW.
Hot Fight Between Billy Gallagher
and Jim Trimble.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2L-Billy Gal
lagher, formerly of Oakland. the idol of
local sports, and Jim Trimble, formerly
of Salt Lake, but now claiming this city
for his home, fought fifteen rounds to a
draw here tonight. The decision of Ref
cree John Brink was well received The
fight took place before the Los Angeles
Athletic Club.
forced the fighting throughout, but In the
fourteenth round he was all but out when
time was called. The fifteenth round was
a terrific one, but both men were on their
feet and anxious when time was called.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
DEWEY REPORTS
FIRE ON A COLLIER

WASHINGTON, Oct. PA telegram
was received by the Secretary of the
Navy to-day from Admiral Dewey
at Manila, saying that the collier Nero
arrived at Taku on the 18th with her
coal on fire. and suggesting that, as he
had no further use for the vessel. she
be sent home. Dewey said nothing
about the political situation in the
Philippines or the capture of any more
ships belonging to either the Spanial DIS
or to the insurgents. or. if he did, the
officials of the department will not ad-
nit 1t.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22

MANILA, Oct 21.-Dewey has seized
all of Aguinaldo's steamers. Natives
are indignant, and their attitude is
threatening.
The ailments of the troops are mostly
slight and common to Europeans newly
arrived in the tropics. The rations are
of good quality, but the volunteers are
accustomed to better food and COM
plain.
A great baseball contest between the
various military organizations has be-
gun, with silver cups as prizes: The
Fourteenth regulars pleyed the Utahs,
and the Utahs won. South Dakotas
defeated the Minnesotas. Colorados
played the Nebraskas, but the game
was called, and the contest continues.
The bows are happy, but want to re-
turn home.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
JARMAN-REA ISLANDER SUIT.
The Case Will Probably Go to the
jury To-Day.

SAN JOSE, Oct 21.--Argument in the
Jarman-Rea SANDER suit is nearly COM
pleted and the case will be given to the
jury tomorrow forenoon. Attorney
Morehouse occupied the entire day with
his argument and closed just before adj
journment. Delmas announced that he
would occupy but an hour in his closing
address. Judge Kittredge will then de-
liver his charge to the jury.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
CHILFs MINISTRY UPSET.
Due to Disagreement Between the
President End One of His

Special cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Cor
don Bennett
VALPARAISO, Chile, Oct. 21-The Min
istry has been again upset by a disagree
ment between the President and Minister
of Public Works. The latter has resigned,
and, as Is customary here, the Minister Of
Foreign Affairs has followed his example.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
TO RAISE REINA MERCEDES.
Naval Constructor Hobson Expects to
Save the Vessel.

CAIMANERA, Cuba, Oct. 81 - The
wrecking tug Chapman is bringing extra
anchors from Santiago to hold the Teresa
during her engine trial. The plan is to
raise the Reina Mercedes as soon as Ma
val Constructor Hobson returns. The
wrecking company's men are confident Of
being able to save her also.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
LOOKING FOR COAL MEN.
Officers Have Warrants for Chicago
Virden MANAGERS.

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-Deputy Sheriff
Webster, from Virden, ILL.,. is in Chicago
to-day with warrants for the arrest Of
President T. c. Loucks and Secretary w.
c. York of the Chicago-Virden Coal Com
pany The warrants charge manslaugh-
ter The Deputy Sheriff and two Chicago
detectives were unable to find Mr.. Loucks
and Secretary York.