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The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
BUSY DAY FOR
THE FORESTERS
Election of Supreme
Representatives.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA CLARA, May 4.-This has been
a busy day for the Foresters of America,
and the session lasted from o'clock to
s. The election of supreme representa-
tives occupied most of the time. Twenty
two candidates were placed, and the sue
cessful ones were as follows A. Bolde-
man, San Francisco; R. A. Douglass, San
Diego; S. Shaben, San Francisco; ]. w.
Saunders, San Francisco; A. Orfila, Tue
son, Ariz.; Z. l. Wolf, San Francisco; C.
P. Rendon, Stockton; ]. Samuels, San
Francisco; E. Hayden, San Rafael; w.
klinger, San Francisco; S. A. White, San
Francisco; p. ]. Gray, San Francisco;
George Staff1er Jr., Santa Cruz.
Alternates-F. c. Hensley, San Fran
cisco; John Castera. Los Angeles; H
Goldman, San Francisco; B. F. Newly,
Dixon; n. Landsberg, Tucson, Ariz. ;
John Hamilton, Los Angeles; H. P An
drews, Red Bluff. f. v Severance San
Francisco; r. Rasmussen, San Francisco;
T. B. Goodwin, San Francisco; d. w. Nc
Laughlin. Berkeley; James Armstrong
San Francisco; G. w. Derrick Salinas.
A resolution was offered amending the
constitution to provide for the election of
grand officers by secret ballot After a
protracted discussion the resolution was
defeated. A resolution was introduced to
set apart $25OO Of the Grand Lodge fund
for the purpose of putting State organ
izers in the field. This was referred to a
committee and the matter will come up
tomorrow. Other matters of Importance
remain to be considered, and the installa-
ton OF grand officers will complete the
work.
A grand ball at the Rose Carnival Pa
Vilion on the Alameda will conclude the
weeks festivities.
Tonight banquet took place at Wild
ney Hall and three hundred sat down to
partake of the elaborate menu The fol-
lowing toasts were responded to: Our
Supreme Court" c. p. Rendon Our
state j. Samuels; "Our Order" Abe
Wilson; Our Next Executive Council. >"
Judge J. w. Hughes: Legal Lights Of the
Order" Hugo X. Asher; 1.-THE Ladies'" F.
6. Hensley; Our Absent Boys" Senator
Ed Wolfe; Liberty" John Heenan;
The Press" Warren NJ. Johns; Arizona,
an Independent Grand Court" A Orfla
The Workers of the Order" j. j. Cordy
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
TIDE TURNS IN
DREYFUS' FAVOR
Dupuy CanVaSSeS Public
Sentiment in France.
Special Dispatch to The can.

NEW YORK. May A dispatch to
the Commercial Advertiser from Lon
don says: Following Constans' course
in the Boulanger episode, the Minister
of the Interior, NJ. Dupuy, has just OBJ
tained confidential reports from pre-
fects throughout France regarding the
condition of public opinion on the
Dreyfus evidence and the possible
course of the Court of Cessation and
the Government.
The weight of the reports is that eX-
treme partisans on both sides remain
unmoved, but that the latest portions
Of the evidence have much impressed
the large and influential body of opin-
ion which previously inclined toward
the staff and expected it would prove
its case against Dreyfus. Men of this
thinking have, from the first, been
open-minded and honest AS Lieuten-
ant Colonel Henry's suicide persuaded
them to reopen the Dreyfus case so
later evidence inclines them to a re-
trial before a court-martial. The same
body of opinion is still more convinced
of the need of a. thorough reform of the
general staff and the retirement. if not
punishment, of officers that blundered
and intruded in the Dreyfus affair.
The temper which these reports fndi-
cate prevails also in the Chambers
though the moderates are less strong
there than outside NJ. Dupuy is shap-
ing his course accordingly, and there is
excellent reason to- believe that two or
three weeks hence NJ. Ballot de Beaure-
paire's report from the Court of Cassa
ton will recommend revision and re-
trial, that the court perhaps by a mar
row majority, will approve it, and that
all this will be done with the approval
and cooperation of the Government.
M. de Freycinet, Furthermore. is pre-
pairing plan of reorganization of the
general. staff, particularly of the
intelligence department influential
members of the military party, espe-
cially generals not smirched by Drey-
fus intrigues, are meantime urging the
Government, for the sake of the whole
army, to punish the culprits as lightly
and quietly as possible, and NJ. Dupuy.
with characteristic opportunism. is
nursing a scheme by which such mild
action, with the rehabilitation of both
Dreyfus and Picquart, may square both
sides
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
STANFORD TO HAVE A
COMPLETE LAW COURSE
Arrangements Perfected to Offer to
Students Thorough Prepara-
ton for Practice

STANFORD. May 4.-Hitherto the de-
parJment of law has attempted only to
give courses equivalent to the first year
work of the best law schools; but it is
now possible and the time seems oppor-
tune TO begin complete law school work
For the present the plan will be to have
three years work in law, one of which
may he completed by the undergraduate,
and which viii be required work for the
degree Of bachelor Of arts in law. and the
other two years will be graduate work
leading to the degree of bachelor of laws
The aim is TO offer to graduates of the
university the complete preparation for
practice which they have hitherto had to
seek elsewhere, and to provide the grad
yates Of other universities a full law
course. The undergraduate work will he
so arranged that the undergraduate may
pursue it part of each year, beginning
vyith the second year in the university,
while students entering the law depart
mcnt from other universities will be able
70 take all the undergraduate work dur
ing their first year in the department.
Next year the building which is at pres
ent used for a library will be occupied
entirely by the law department. 1t will
be subGvided into suitable reception
rooms, offices and study rooms.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
THE GEMS
AND THE GIRL
Why a Swell Weddin 6
Was Abandoned.
Special Dispatch to The Call

PASADENA May about two years
ago Miss Jessie Swope Staines met Sam
uel Healey Gilbert. year ago they be-
came engaged to be married Young GIL
bert was only 19 and he had little or no
money. but his father had promised him
that when he desired to marry he would
give him a start in life. So when Gilbert
decided that Miss Staines. the pretty
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Frederick
Brenda Staines, society people, living at
1910 South Orange Grove avenue, Pasade-
mas swellest street, was the girl for him,
he gave her a handsome ring.
Gilbert went East short time ago to
arrange for his marriage, which was to
Saints Episcopal Church, in this city. Mr.
and Mrs Staines had the invitations
printed and sent to their friends, Young
Gilbert, upon going TO Evansville; Ind
found that his father had failed and
could not provide for his son.
Gilbert was at his wits end. He saw
his bride slipping away from him; he
knew the invitations to the wedding were
in the hands Of the printer He had no
money. but he had an aunt, and the aunt
had some valuable diamonds Gilbert was
tempted, yielded took the diamonds and
set forth for Pasadena to be married. But
the theft was discovered and detectives
set out hotfOot for the diamond thief.
Gilbert was arrested at st. Louis and
confessed But the family, fearing dis
grace. offered to let him off if he restored
the diamonds. This he did His friends
came to his aid and he kept on to Pasa-
dena, hoping to get here before the we'd
ding invitations were issued; hoping too,
perhaps, to continue mis- engagement even
# the wedding was postponed. But the
girls father refused to permit his daugh-
abides by her fathers decision and Gil
bert has returned home single.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
FEDERAL TROOPS
ARREST MINERS
The Men Flee in Every
Direction.
NO FAVORS SHOWN TO ANY
ALL THE STRIKERS IN BURKE
ARE TAKEN.
Strict Censorship of kilograms Pre-
vents Disclosure of the Plans
of the General in
Command.
ALL THE STRIKERS IN BURKE
ARE TAKEN.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WALLACE, Idaho, May 4.--TroODs
A and c, Fourth Cavalry. dismounted.
from Walla Walla and Boise. arrived
this evening. After a short halt here
both cavalry troops went direct to
Burke, arrests commencing immediate
ly. A squad was detailed as guard.
the balance of the men starting out.
AS fast as men were found they were
brought to the guard and herded in the
streets. No information is given out,
but the expectations there are thatprac-
tically every man will be taken either
as a prisoner or a witness, his status
to be determined later. Many men
were taken in their beds The day
shift at the Tiger mine were all taken
as they came from work A special
train with troops left Burke at 1:3O
p. m. with nearly every man IN town,
twenty soldiers being left as guards.
The Mammoth, st ard and FRISCO
mines and the town of Gem viii be
cleaned up while coming down the can
yon. The train left Burke with two
coaches and six box cars all loaded.
Mullan reports no arrests there TO-DAY
1t is expected that arrests Will COM
mence there tomorrow. The noun
tains are full of fleein~ men. With the
railroads all guarded the only safe way
out of the country is over the old
Glidden road to Thompson Falls, Mont.
That route is lined with them. Some
take the road direct from Burke. while
others go by the way Murray. The
road from there was '-cpt open nearly
all winter in hauling ore and is fairly
passable. Around Murray the fugl-
tives also have the sympathy of a ma
jority of the people. This morning
teamster met fifteen fugitives on that
road within six miles of here. This
afternoon the same man met fifteen
others They acknowledged being Last
Chance men, but were frightened by
the report they had received of troops
at Thompson Falls. and decided to
abandon the trip and are camping to-
night at Monarch, three miles out.
They expressed themselves as feeling
bad that hard working men should
be driven out of the country by sol
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
GRAND ARMY VETERANS
HAVE A NARROW ESCAPE
Excursion Train Near San Diego
Saved From Destruction by
Milkman

SAN DIEGO May 4.-Although the G.
A. r. encampment proper closed vester-
day afternoon. many veterans are still
in the city. Two hundred of them went
by special train to-day to Tia Juana.
There they were welcomed by the Mexi-
can Judge ZaZueta, who addressed them
in English. On the return trip the G.. A,
r. special on the National City and Otay
Railway had narrow escape A mile
south of Sweetwater Junction an emnty
passenger train went through an open
switch. Nobody was hurt but the train
was partly wrecked. The G. A. r. speciai
was only few minutes behind and a
sharp curve shut out a view of the wreck.
A milkman warned the engineer of the
special, which was coming at rapid rate
and the train was stopped
This evening several hundred of the
veterans and other visitors were enter
tanned at a banquet at the Second-street
armory. Speeches were made by Past
Commander Cahen, Commander Dill Cen
eral Salomon, Judge M. A Luce and
others.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
MARTIAL LAW Is
IN FULL FORCE
General Merriam in Person Takes
Command of Troops at
Wardner.

WARDNER, Idaho, May 4.-Four
hundred United States troops are on
guard tonight in the Occur d'Alene
mining district and martial law is in
full force in Shoshone County, idaho.
While the Governors proclamation, is
sued yesterday, has not been posted in
a public place citizens are aware that
martial law is in force by reason Of
the fact that United States troops are
on the ground to see that it is carried
out.
Brigadier General H. c. Merriam, who
arrived to-day from Denver by way of
Boise. has determined, if possible, to
arrest all those implicated in blowing
up the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mills.
While it is known that several of the
mob, fearing arrest, have escaped from
Shoshone County, a large majority of
those wanted are still within the
county.
General Merriam has been busy all
day sending dispatches throughout the
mining district, disposing of the troops
so as to protect property and shut off
the escape of those suspected OF assist
ing in the lawless acts here last Sat
urday. Every avenue Of escape from
the Couer d Alene district is guarded
by one or more companies of troops
and the Federal authorities believe that
the arrest Of all suspects will be made
without serious trouble as soon as
identification is possible.
One hundred and twenty eight men
accused of participating in Saturday S
riot have been arrested and are under
guard of United States troops near the
railroad station here. General Merriam
has established a strict censorship over
the telegraph office here and nothing
is allowed to go out regarding the plans
for the arrest of the remaining sus-
poets.
The taking of testimony in the Coro-
ner's inquest over the bodies of Smith
and Cheyne, who were shot and killed
by the mob Saturday was commenced
to-day by Coroner France behind closed
doors. Attorney General Hays of Idaho
arrived to-day and was present at the
inquest on behalf of the State. I'm
portant witnesses on the stand to-day
were Sheriff James Young of Shoshone
County, James>R. Sovereign, eX-master
workman of the Knights of Labor, and
Albert Hutton, a Northern Pacific en-
gineer The Attorney General refused
to disclose the nature of the testimony
until all the witnesses have been ex-
amined
The troops arriving here to-day from
the West are sixty men from Company
B. Twenty-fourth United States Infan-
try (colored), from Vancouver Barracks,
Washington, under command of Lieu
tenant Murphy, and Troop F, Fourth
Cavalry. from Boise, under Lieutenant
Walsh. Six companies of the Twenty
fourth Infantry arrived last night and
to-day from the East and will probably
be held at Burke, Wallace and Mullen.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
BRIGGS ORDINATION
WILL CAUSE TROUBLE

NEW YORK. May 4.-Clerical partisans
of DR.. Briggs in the controversy that has
arisen over his proposed elevation to the
Episcopal priesthood are coming forward
with offers of their churches for his ordi-
nation. 1t was learned to-day that ST.
Bartholomew Church and st. Andrew s
Church have been offered to Bishop Pot
ter for the ordination service.
There is and has been since the be-
ginning of the controversy a disposition
among the clergy to defer radical action,
pending a decisive movement by Bishop
Potter. AS one clergyman said to-day.
The Bishop has this matter in his hands
and all we can do is wait until we hear
from him.
In spite of this, however, there is no
diminution in the intensity of the oppo-
sition to Dr. Briggs ordination. Prepar-
ations for hOstilitieS are being actively
pushed and the announcement of the day
and place of ordination will be the signal
for an open declaration of war.
Eminent theologians nave been en-
gagged for a week in an examination of
DR.. Briggs famous work, and when the
occasion arises they will be prepared to
present properly formulated charges
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
GERMAN SOLDIERS
LAND IN CHINA
It Is Believed They Propose to oc-
cupy the Whole Province
IF ShantunQ,

SEATTLE, May 4.-The steamship Rio
Jun Maru which arrived this afternoon
from Japan and China, brings Oriental
newspapers of date as late as April 10
Telegrams from Peking and Shanghai
in the native Japanese papers give fur
ther particulars respecting the occupation
Of Ichao by German troops 1t appears
from one Of the Shanghai kilograms that
two or three Germans were attacked nv
bandits near Ichao and on March %
German force numbering 200 occupied il
sac district and marched to the village
where the Germans were assaulted Tho
Tsung Ii Yamen has telegraphed instruc-
tions to the Chinese Minister in Berlin
10 inquire of the German Government
why troops have been landed in fhe
Shantung province, south of Kiaochau
Bay.
A Peking telegram states that the Ger
man troops which proceeded to Ichao
numbered 100. Forces of the same
strength have been stationed at Jisao and
Autong, making in all force of &c., At
Shanghai the landing Of these troops is
regarded as a step toward the occupation
Of the whole province Of Shantung.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
GAGE DISPLEASES
LOS ANGELES MEN

r OS ANGELES, May Awhile the
Republicans feel annoyed that IN
his sudden departure for the
Il north on Monday Governor
Henry T. Gage gave them the
slip. they are wholly unprepared Tor
the news that politicians who returned
from San Francisco to-day bring from
the seat of war. The few who enjoyed
the confidence of the executive express
surprise that the best portion of the
loaves and fishes are to be distributed
during the present council of the Re-
publican leaders, and the select OF Los
Angeles who onC% stood high in party
confabs do not conceal their chagrln at
being set aside.
AS the Governor holds daily con-
situations with Dan Burns we can only
hone said a weI-known leader of the
push to-day. that after the colonel has
finally revised and approved the slate
the Governor may be permitted to pro-
ceed to Sacramento and from that point
make public the list of the fortunate.
Frank p. Flint, who returned from
San Francisco to-day says that he is
ont of politics entirely and that nothing
can l0QQCe min " It-CilNCi NAiC SeAA'iN'
Il saw Governor Gage surrounded by
a drove of job-seekers," said Flint,
and as the executive brushed his
fingers through his locks he listened to
the pleadings of those who asked for
official crumbs"
The possibility of Dan Burns being
appointed to fill the vacancy in the
United States Senate received ad-
ditional strength to-day when it was
stated Colonel Burns has received word
from no less a Republican leader than
Senator Thomas c. Platt of New York
to the effect that Matthew Stanley Quay
is to be seated as a Senator from Penn
syIvania. and also that Burns can de-
Dend upon obtaining a seat in the Sen
ate. provided he secures a commission
from the Governor of California.
Marcus A. Hanna is reported to have
sent similar word to Burns, in addition
to which the colonel has a letter from
the private secretary of Senator Quay
to the effect that a poll of the Senate
has shown in advance that Quay is to
be permitted to represent Pennsylvania
as a United States Senator for at least
another two years. The secretary re-
ferred to is a son of J. b. Wright, Sur
veyor General Of California, and he has,
therefore, added interest in the sltua-
ton in this State.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
REPUDIATED ITS CONTRACTS.

WOODLAND, May A year ago sew
eral raisin growers in this vicinity made
a contract with a San Francisco house
for the delivery of their raisin crops at a
stipulated price. Before the season was
fairly open the price began to fall and
the firm repudiated its contracts, and as
a result the raisin growers sustained
heavy losses. A lawyer has been making
an examination of these contracts, and
declares he can collect damages. A ma
iority of the raisin growers have about
concluded to bring suit for damages or
for the fulhllment of the contract
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
WANT BRfBERS' NAMES.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 4.-Virgil p.
Kline and NJ. f. Elliott, as attorneys for
the Standard Oil Company. filed in the
Supreme Court this evening a motion to
compel Attorney General Monnett to
make more specific the statement re-
Gently filed by him alleging that he had
been approached by persons Offering
bribes If he would dismiss the suits
against the Standard Oil Company The
motion asks the court to require the
names. to be given of all persons who are
alleged to have been connected with the
attempted bribery, not only of Mr.. Mon
nett, but also of former Attorney Gen
eral D. *. Watson.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
THE ENGAGEMENT
PLEASES BOTH SIDES
Washington Society All Agog Over
the Betrothal of Julia Dent

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Much interest
is manifested in Washington society over
the engagement of Miss Julia Dent Grant
daughter of General and Mrs. Fred D.
Grant, to Prince Michel Cantacuzene of
the Russian Imperial Guards. The name
of Cantacuzene is one of the Oldest in
Russia and dates from the time of the
Byzantine empire, when Constantinople
was the capital The name is now a
familiar one in Russia and Roumania.
The father Of the young Prince was di-
rector of foreign religions to the Minister
Of the Interior, as all faiths outside of
the Greek church-the established church
of Russia-are included in the admins
tration of the Interior Department
Prince Cantacuzene, who has also the
title of Count Speransky, is related on the
maternal side to the late Prince Gorts-
chakoff who a quarter of q century ago
was the Grand Old Man of Russia,
being Grand Chancellor of Russia and
Minister of Foreign Relations. The fact
that the CantacuZeneS own an estate near
MOSCOW does not signify that they are
nossessed of great wealth, for there is
one family in that country of vast domain
which owns 2.500,0OO acres and is not re-
garded as rich. The youthful Prince is
said TO be unusually talented and dis
tinguished. Russians in Washington are
particularly pleased over the alliance, as
they regard Miss Grant as not only an
beautiful young woman but
ono whose character and loVeliness of dis
position make her an ideal type of Ameri-
PARIS Nav AIRS. Potter Palmer of
Chicago gave a brilliant reception this
evening at the Hotel Ritz in honor of the
mother of Prince Michel Cantacuzene
Of the Russian Imperial Guard, at which
formal announcement was made of the
betrothai of the Prince to Miss Julia Dent
Grant. daughter of Brigadier General
Frederick D. Grant, y. s.. v
The company Included GenerH horace
Porter. the United States ambassador,
and Mrs. Porter; Ferdinand w. Peck,
United States Commissioner General TO
the Paris Exposition of 1900, and Mrs.
Peck as well as other prominent mem
bers of the American colony in Paris.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
Death of a Novelist

LONDON, May 4.-Mrs. Emma Mar
shall, the novelist, is dead. Mrs. Mar
shall was the youngest daughter of ST.
mon Martin a banker Of Norwich She
wrote a long series of historical novels.
the central figures in which We're such
men as Sir Thomas Browr Her.
bert and Sir Philip Sidney.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-05
Freight Will Be Hauled
Through From Los An
geleS by July l.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS
Early in August 1t Is Probable
Passenger Trains Will Be
Running.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Los ANGELES, May 4-Shippers
have been formally notified that con-
signments for through delivery upon
all Valley road stations as far north
as San Francisco will be received on
and after July /, as the Santa Fe will
be prepared to haul freight in and out
of San Francisco over its own track
by the date given.
It was stated at Santa Fe headduar-
ters to-day that passenger trains are
10 be run in and out of Los Angeles
earlier than is generally expected. One
authority gave the date as August IS.
Tunnel work on the Valley road be-
tween San Francisco and Stockton is
being rushed to completion and no time
$ being lost in other branches of con-
struction.
The story has been revived that as
soon as the Santa Fe is running solid
trains between Chicago and the Pacific
Coast, several of the general offices will
be removed from Los Angeles to San
Francisco. The general managers s
office Will, it is said. remain here, while
the legal and auditing departments
may also stay where they are. The
passenger and freight bureaus, how
ever. may be taken north for good.
The papers consolidating the South
ern California. Santa Fe Pacific and
Valley roads for operation under one
management have not been filed and
viii not be until after the end of the
fiscal year, by which time President
Ripley will have returned to Chicago
from Europe.
General Manager w. G. Nevin of the
Santa Fe Pacific. H. c. Whitehead
general manager of the Santa Fe sys-
TEN, w. z. Bagley, auditor, and God
frey Holterhoff, treasurer of the South
ern California and Santa Fe Pacific,
leave tonight for San Francisco, where
they go to check up the accounts of
the Valley road. preparatory to the in
corporation of that line as part of the
Santa Fe system.