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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19

MsJor Barry Ordered to the Prssidio.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, WASH, May
l9.-Major Thomas H. Barry, assistant
adjutant general Of the Department Of
the Columbia, has received orders to
report at the Presidio, CAL, for active
field d.ty in the Philippine islands.
He vii. leave for San Francisco at once.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19

and Nevada troops of rough riders for
Torrey's regiment Of cavalry have been
mustered in. The Nevada company
elected the following officers: Captain,
w. L Cox; first lieutenant, r. 9.
Gracey; second lieutenant, Charles B.
Henderson.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19
TO SILENCE CRITICISM.
0aid Military and Naval Omcials VIII
Hastsn the Campaign for
That Reason.

0aid Military and Naval Omcials VIII
Hasten the Campaign for
That Reason.
WASHINGTON, May l9-The official
bulletin boards failed to yield any news
of the movements Of either Of the three
deets-sampson's. Schley's and the
Spanish flying sQuadron-and there is
reason to believe that the department
itself has received no information on
that point.
The department officers are begin.
ming to show little sensitiveness to
criticism in the matter Of delay in
bringing the Spanish feet into action.
conscious - they are that they have
made all dispatch com patibls with due
regard for the safety of our own ports.
o. we'll % Of the lives Of the crews OF
our warships Every day there 10 talk
Of change in the naval plans brought
about BY some
Nsvsms.t q the Spanish Squadron
but what the latest phase of campaign
10 nobody outside Of the members Of
tne q, var oos!o y compesens 70 ssy.
4ho general suppression 10 tnas no par
ticular effort 10 TO be made just now to
pursue the spaniards 10 long as they
keep within the confines Of tho Cult Of
Mexico and the Caribbean sea, but that
Sampson and Schley in combination
win encircle tho island Of Cuba, main.
tain the o!ockaos ana convoy stooPs
across tno Fiorada ctrs'ts II necessary
mea0Wol4e slmpy Keeping ws'Oa on
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19
Battleship Alabama Launched.

Philadelphia, May lS.-The first rate
steel battleship Alabama, l1.525 tons, to
carry IS guns, was privately and success.
fully launched today.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19
onel Summer, arrived during the fore \
noon and were taken to the park.
About 1000 volunteers had arrived up
to 3 o. m.


CHATTANOOGA, May 1.-THE Wis
consin volunteer infantry arrived in
three sections, Is cars each, at $3.50
o'clock, 1925 officers and men.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19

Guenther IN Temporary COmmand.
WASHINGTON, May II. = General
Guenther has been assigned to tempo>
rary command Of the troops concen-
trated at Washington for purposes. of
organization.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19

Montana soldiors Ordered Wssa
HELIxA. Mou.. Nay l9.-Colonel
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19

Contributed BY PennaylvaniA and 1llfnofs.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 1.-THE
Fourth regiment Pennsylvania arrived
in Chattanooga at o'clock p. m. over
the Queen and Crescent on three spe.
cial trains. The regiment is composed
of l,OOO men. The Fifth regiment,
Illinois infantry. 1850 men. under Col.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19
MINNESOTA TROOPS MOVE.

Two Companies Start for Chattanooga
and One for the Philippines
ST. PAUL, May l7.-Camp Ramsey is
deserted. Two companies OF Mime
sofa volunteers, the Twelfth and Four.
teenth, have left for Chattanooga and
the Thirteenth for the Philippines.
Reveille was sounded at o'clock and
i'm mediately after breakfast the load.
ing of tents and other equipment was
begun. The Twelfth, under command
of Colonel Bobleter left camp about
8 o'clock and the Thirteenth and -Four.
teenth late in the afternoon. All the
trains will have right Of way to desti'
nation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-05-19
Naval Officers Hoping the Span
ish Fleet Has Passed Into the
Gulf of Mexico.
Belief Expressed That the Oregon
Has Joined Admiral Samp-
sons Squadron.
Necessity of Cutting Off Blanco's
Telegraphic Communication
Is Realized.

WASHINGTON. May 10. = Secretary
Long said: It can be said positively
md officially that the Oregon is safe,
but it cannot b properly made known
where she 10.
WASHINGTON, May 10. There has
been NO meeting yet between the fleets
b the neighborhood of Cuba. That
was all that could be learned at the
navy department.. II the department
10 aware Of the location of the Spanish
squadron, it is carefully concealing the
fact. By this time, supposing Schley
TO have gone southward, he should be
somswhsre OF the coast Of Cuba, and
It may be he has joined forces with
Sampson. Naval officers are hoping
that the Spanish squadron has really
passed through the straights Of Yuca.
tan into tho gulf Of Mexico for in that
case there 10 . reasonable expectation
that by combined action on the part Of
Sampson and schlsy, one starting at
the Windward passage and the Florida
straits, and tho other passing around
20 the south Of Ouba and coming into
the Yucatan straits the spaniards will
b s6sctually SHARED.
The officers Of the department are
unable 70 acoount for The reports com.
ing from several ports in the gulf and
watsrs in The vicinity OF Hayti, that
there was heavy osnnouading Sunday
In that vicinity, for there 10 NO report
yet of an action and no American ships
ars known toAave besn in the local..
tioo named.
Believe The Ossgsa oaSs.
The safety Of the Oregon 10 well nigh
! assured. and there 10 reason to believe
that the department has bssn informed
that che has joined Ssmpson's feet,
though no omcial information on this
point has yet been made. Il IL believed
that the big battleship loft Bahia,
Brazil, on tho night Of the 10th or the
morning Of tho llth. The same aver.
ase speed ON the way made around
Cape Horn would place her in the
Windward passage. II this belief is
well founded tho department win be
relieved Of . great load Of apprehen.
sion, and it will be able to proceed at
once to the prosecution Of Q plan Of
campaign ct first very desirable, but
impossible Of execution 90 long as the
safety Of the Oregon was at stake.
soevsl Il Barred.
The news bulletin issued by the navy
department contained the following
items:
An order has been issued BY the de.
partment forbidding the presence Of
Sylvester Scovel. newspaper CORE.
spondent, aboard vessels of the navy,
or at any naval station, on account Of
his conduct In slowing himself away
on board the tug Uncas, on the recent
visit Of that vessel to Havana, he hav-
ing been refused permission to go as
passenger.
Negotiations are in progress for tho
exchange Of Thrall and Jones, news.
paper correspondents, for Colonel Ger.
TITO and Surgeon Julian, now prisoners
of war in the United States
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22
JUDGE HEBBARD
 CONTRADICTED
Attorney James Alva Watt Says He Did Not Urge Any
 One for Receiver.

James Ava Watt, who acted as at torney for Receiver Sheehan and the Peoples Home Savings Bank, em- phaticany denies that he in any way sought to have Sheehan appointed. MT. Watt authorizes the following inter view:
 Any statement or any letter which says I asked for or received any sum of money from any person or persons connected with the Peoples Home or Pacific Banks, said money to be used either directly or indirectly for the pur- pose of influencing Judge Hebbard in appointing a receiver favorable to any one interested in the banks. does me a gross injustice and Is a wicked, vil- lainous lie.
 T never received s400o or any sum of money from M. H. Sherman, directly or indirectly I never handled any money in this or any other case except for legitimate purposes.
 Replying to a question MT. Watt said Judge Hebbard was mistaken in saying that he (Watt) urged the appointment of General Warfeld as receiver, and that he (Watt) would be Warfield's at torney Mir. Watts words are:
 T do not wish to contradict Judge Hebbard, but he is certainly mistaken. I did not ask him to appoint General Warfeld nor did I tell him I was to be Warfield's attorney if he was put in charge of the banks affairs. The Judge is again mistaken when he says I requested him to have myself ap pointed attorney for the receiver. do not remember having had any conver- sation with Judge Hebbard regarding the receivership until after the appoint ment of General Sheehan. My recollec- ton of the incidents relating to this appointment and the way I became at torney for the receiver and the bank is somewhat uncertain, but is substan- tially as follows:
 q received the first intimation of General Sheehan's appointment from him. I was at home. sick, and did not come down town in the forenoon of the day the appointment was made. Short ly after noon General Sheehan tele- phoned me, asking me to come down town as he wished to see me on inn portant business. I do not remember
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22

appointment as receiver. The next day I think it was, anyway only a few hours elapsed, the entire commission, with Attorney General Hart, called at the hotel and asked me to be prepared to go to Judge Richards court the following morning At the appointed time I went with the gentlemen to the City Hall, confidently expecting to be immediately appointed as receiver of the savings bank.
 We went into Judge Richards courtroom. Attorney General Hart held a short consultation with the Judge and then returned to where l was sitting. lie said to me: Come into the other room. We've got to talk this over We went to the Judges cham bers and as soon as the door closed Hart said: Something has happened here that I don't understand. Judge Hebbard has o'ready appointed Gen eral John F. Sheehan as receiver of the Peoples Bank The Bank ,Commis- sioners seemed greatly surprised and expressed their inability to comprehend Judge Richards action in refusing to appoint me, as I was the choice of the whole commission. That ended my con- nection with the Bank Commissioners and the Peoples Home Savings Bank. I said had no complaint to make and returned to my duties at the hotel.
 'I do not know why Judge Hebbard substituted General Sheehan for me"
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22
SUSPECTED OF BEING
 IN THE TRAIN ROBBERY

SAN BERNARDINO. Nov. 2.-Sheriff Holcomb arrived this morning from Dag gett with Pat Moriarity, charged with be- ing an accomplice of Ignacius Eisler in Saturday nights train robbery. The pris- oner was interviewed in jail and talked freely. He stoutly declared his innocence and said he had been in Daggett but a few days, having quit work on the sec tion at Bagdad on the 18th with Jack Lynch and coming to Daggett obtained work Friday night. He and his compan- ion went to a lodging-house and rented a room, leaving a Winchester rifle. Later, he returned and took the rifle away to Welch's saloon, stating that he intended to sleep in a boxcar with friends. He claims that he then got drunk and about 10 o'clock friends had to carry him to the car. He asserts that five men slept in the car with him and by all of them he can prove an alibi. Saturday morning he showed up for work. After working a couple of hours he went to the foreman and said he wanted to quit work. as he heard some Mexicans were threatening his life He then went to the depot and
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22

whether he told me then or when I met him at the Union League Club of his appointment. Anyway, we met at the club and he told me about his aD- pointment and requested me to prepare his bonds.
 T went to my office, prepared the bonds and returned to the Union League. Sheehan had arranged for sureties, they were present and signed the bonds. l then went to a notary and secured the acknowledgments to the necessary affidavits. It was then late in the afternoon and we knew Judge Hebbard had left his chambers. In the evening we met the Judge and he approved the bonds I had abso- lutely nothing to do with securing the appointment of General Sheehan and my appointment as his attorney was unsought. Since that date I under stand that the receiver consulted with his Honor and my name was suggested by Sheehan. This was satisfactory to the Judge and I took charge of the legal questions involved
 At the time the receiver was ap- pointed l did not know NJ. H. Sherman and did not meet him until weeks after ward. l had only a lowing aequaint- ance with A. F. Jchns and was on un- friendly terms with Dorn & Dorn and the McDonalds.
 'As attorney I acted for both the bank and the receiver, and my compen- sation was fixed by the directors of the institution weeks after I had begun work. The legal services rendered by me were worth all I received and more The propriety of my acting in the dual capacity of attorney for the bank and the receiver was questioned at the time by Delmas & Shortridge, the attorneys for the Mcdonald board of directors The matter was carried to the Supreme Court and l was sustained at every point. The report of this case is found in 104 Cal, 249."
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22
QUAY, HIS SON AND
 OTHERS INDICTED
Charged With Conspiracy to Un- lawfully Use Public Money iD
 tbe Peoples Bank.

PHILADELPHIA 2-The Jury presented County O exstae Treasurer charged with conspiracy unawfuly public
  cashier of the Peoples e Bank, now is as a indictments @ permission with
 
 @ William Psburg Cashier stephen of the @ posi Bank of Beaver, Pa.
 Attorney present through evidence
  passed presence
  the Q
 granted request 9 the cashiers ordered cancelled. 9 The bills the Grand five number The first charges M with conping with Hopkins unlawful and sale of the stocks of various corporations for the account 9 benefit and profit of NJ S. Quay. 9 The indictment
  9 said Hopkins cashier of the Peoples Bank @ third indictment Benjamin ana Q SoOO Of tn public money of the State on December l. 1896 when Pennsylvania @ the of s1OOOON Q The fourth bill charges M S. Quay and Benjamin Q with together with John Hopkins William @ liam Boyer M Q and Charles H. Mckee March S 1898 unaw @ did make large public which Q the several State asurers Of those named Messrs v Hart Boyer Morrison Jackson Haywood Q Treasurers succeeding each other in the State
  Q alleged went to Richard R. Quay and with receiving ny oeneh rom the deposit or state In the Peoples Q M with his Richard from Q san Luc Fla today to which place they went week They declined discuss the probable press for an immediate trial Is likelihood @ Wednesday. Q c 000 co % Q 00000 o 0 @ 0 % o @ 0 o'
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22

petent man and l would appoint him. Hart said that was all right; that Sheehan was a good man and he was willing to let him have the place.
 "I signed the order after Sheehan's name had been filled in. It was then about noon.
 That same afternoon I saw Ava Watt He spoke to me about the re- ceivership and asked me to appoint General Warfield. He said if I ap- pointed War1eld he would get the po- sition of attorney. I told him Ko- walsky had made the same statement to me and he said Kowalsky was wrong; Lat he was to get the job. It was then I told him I had appointed Sheehan. Watt never knew of the ap- pointment until some hours after it had been made.
 He then asked me if I would not make him the receivers attorney referred him to Sheehan, saying that was matter for the receiver to settle himself and that if he was agreeable to Sheehan he was agreeable to me I be- lieve this was in the Union League Club rooms and if I am not mistaken Sheehan was there at the time. think Watt hunted him up and in a few minutes returned to me and told me it was all right. Sheehan himself fol- lowed him. He confirmed what Watt had said.
 That night, I think it was, I ac- cepted Sheehan's bond. His bondsmen were Dan Cole and Dan Burns. The complaint, the appointment and the bond were filed all on the same day May ], 1894.
 T never had any dealings with Watt or any one else about this case never even allowed Watt or Sheehan any compensation. I told Sheehan at the time Of his appointment that it was not at All certain he would get any money for his work and that any way he must not look to me for it. Whatever he did get he received from the direc- tors of the bank and what money was allowed his attorney, MT. Watt, was also allowed through the directors My only reasons for appointing Sheehan were that he had done good work in the Emeric-AIvarado case, which was before me, and he was a son-in-law of Judge Wallace who at that time I thought was my friend"
 The complaint upon which the re- CeiNer was appointed was filed by the Attorney General for the people of the State on the relation of w. H. Knight and J. B. Fuller, at that time Bank Commissioners. It declared that the Peoples Home Bank was in a state of confusion and that there was urgent need for some one with authority to take hold of the affairs of the institu- ton and attend to it's business.
 Mike O'COnnor, who was clerk of De- partment 1 at the time Sheehan wasap pointed, has no recollection of the ap- pcintment, but he remembers going down to the Union League Club one evening in company with Judge Heb bard, Sheehan and Watt and waiting until Dan Burns came in, when a bond was drawn up, accepted by the Judge and signed by him as a deputy county clerk.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22
WAKEFIELD TELLS
 WHAT HE KNOWS
The General Recalls How Shee- han Got the ReCeivership
 Ahead of Him.

General R. H. Warfeld, who was asked by the Bank Commissioner and Attorney General Hart to accept the receivership of the Peoples Home Bank and was turned down by Judge Heb bard, gave the details of his limited connection with the wrecked institution to a Call reporter. He said:
 T cannot remember the exact dates, but the incidents I am about to relate occurred short time after the failure of the Peoples Home Bank. l was then manager of the Baldwin Hotel One afternoon Attorney General Hart came to me and said that he and the Bank Commissioners were greatly worried over the affairs of the defunct bank, and that they were anxious to secure the services of an experienced banker as receiver He asked me if I would take charge and close up the business. I replied that MT. Baldwtns consent would first be necessary. The Attor- ney General went with me to MT. Bald win and laid the matter before him. Mr Baldwin readily gave his consent, at which MT. Hart appeared greatly pleased.
 At that time thousands of excited depOsitors were assembled in front of the bank and General Hart felt some hesitancy about going over there, and he expressed his fears to me. Not knowing the exact condition of affairs I telephoned to Dave Nagle and he came to the hotel. Nagle. Hart and I then went to the bank and no one offered to molest us.
 T made a cursory examination of the books, after which Attorney General Hart asked me to give him an estimate on the cost of winding up the business. I figured that the outside expense ought not to exceed s120O a month for the first two or three months and about $500 a month thereafter. This estimate seemed to surprise the Bank Commis- sioners when MT. Hart reported to them. In a subsequent interview l gave a detailed plan how this result could be achieved.
 The day following this interview with Hart Bank Commissioner Fuller came to me and assured me that the commission was a unit in favor of my
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22
REBELS EITHER SHOT
 OR JAILED FOR LIFE
General Rios Reports That the Insur. rection at Davas in Mindanao
 Has Been Suppressed.

LONDON, Nov. 22-The Madrid core spondent of the Daily Mail says: General Rios, the Spanish Governor of the Viz cayas Islands, cables from noilo that the rebellion of the native forces in the Span ish military force has been subdued Nine ty-seven rebels were court-martialed, of whom twenty-five were shot and sixty nine sentenced to imprisonment for life with hard labor.
 The instruction at Davas in Mindanao has been suppressed, according to General Rios, and tranquility prevails in the rest of the islands except Negros.
 Rios asserts that the Spanish garrison at Iloilo made several sorties, inflictng serious losses upon the rebels. He adds also that at Soho the rebels continue to beSiege the town.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22
BELEW ESTATES
 IN CONTENTION Objections to Their Dis
 tributiOn. FINE LEGAL POINTS RAISED FRANKLIN'S HEIRS MAY PROFIT
 BY HIS CRIME. Interesting Arguments and Cita- tions Before the Supe-
 rior Court of Solano
 County.
FINE LEGAL POINTS RAISED
FRANKLIN'S HEIRS MAY PROFIT
 BY HIS CRIME.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SUISUN, Nov. 21.-The petition for the distribution of the estate of Susie and Louis BeleW, deceased, came up for hearing in the Superior Court at Fairfield to-day on the objection of Arthur Belew to the distribution of any portion of the estates to Franklin Be- lew's estate, interposed by Attorney Robbins for Arthur Belew last week. The objection was based on the grounds that Franklin Belew having murdered his sister and brother willfully and for the purpose of inheriting part of their estates could not under the law inherit from them, relying mainly upon a New York case-Ellerton vs. Westcott ct al., Court of Appeals, New York, January T, 1896.
 To sustain his contention Attorney O. R. Coghlan, representing Reese Clark, the attorney who defended Franklin Belew for the murder, and who holds a mortgage on Franklin Belew's interest in the estates of Susie and Louis Belew, raised the points that the statute of distributions fixed the line of succession to estates and that courts are bound by that statute and cannot interpolate into 1t any provision not therein contained; that that statute being plain and unambiguous leaves 1lo rooE1 for construction; that to say Franklin BeleW cannot inher-. because of his crime is to add additional pun ishment to what the law fixes for mur- der, which is in contravention of sec tion 6, article I of the State constitu- tion, which prohibits unusual punish ment, and also that such an assumption of power on the part of the court would be in effect a judicial bill of attainder, and to that extent violative of section Is, article I of the California constitu. tion.
 He cites cases from North Carolina, Nebraska, Ohio and Pennsylvania, ap- parently bearing out every particular of his several contentious. He was followed by Phil Druton of Woodland, who represents the executors of the will of Franklin Belew, citing a num- Der of California cases sustaining Mr. Coghlans contentious as to the inter pretation of the statute.
 MT. Robbins closed the argument, stating that he relied upon the New York case. The court took the matter under advisement, intimating, how ever, that his present Judgment was that ne should overrule the objection to the distribution to Franklin Belew' S estate.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-22
LEXINGTON. Kv.. Nov. 21.-Weather clout
TABLET FOR THE OLYMPIA. It Will Be Placed on the Forward
 Turret of the Cruiser.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Nov 21-The so- venir committee appointed by the people of Olympia have made arrangements for the purchase of a commemorative tablet as the most suitable memorial for the flagship Olympia. The tablet selected is five feet high and three feet wide in the narrowest place, and will be placed on the forward turret between the two S-inch guns. The design will be done in relief on copper, the central attraction of which will be a figure representing Fame Suspended from the arms of the figure and falling across the front O. the body will be streamers which will be in- scribed Deweys famous order at Manila. "Gridley, you may fire when ready