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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
VICTIMS OF DIME NOVELS.
Small Boys Endeavor to Emulate the
Example of Sontag and Evars.

ALAMEDA, Jan 26.-Morris Weiss.
Harold Perry, Arthur Gott and Amiel Di-
dies, boys ranging in age from II to Is,
were caught to-day in an attempt TO emu
late the example of Sontag and Evans.
The boys had been feasting on dime-novel
literature, and had concluded that ban
dts life was the ideal existence. For
weeks they have been busily engaged
constructing two caves in a vacant lot
near the lower end of Park street. They
worked entirely by night, carrying the
dirt away in sacks. They concealed the
entrance to the caves so completely that
no one besides the boys had the least
suspicion of the existence of the rem
devious.
The boys might have been able to carry
out their original intention of becoming
bandits had they not started in to secure
booty that no we'll regulated band of
brigandS would have dreamed Of. They
attempted to get away with a. two-Story
dwelling house, the residence of the late
F. K. Krauth Sr They were carrying
off the building in sections and recon
structing it in their underground hiding
place.
Tolerable headway was being made on
the undertaking. when a policeman sur
prised them at work. One of the
boys was captured, but the other three
made their escape and were not taken
into custody until this evening.
Everything movable about the Krauth
house had been taken and stored in the
caves a I'd he roys say it was their in
tentio TO ~ away with the whole build
ing. They calculated it would take them
a year to complete the job.
Charges of malicious mischief have
been placed against them.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
ACQUITTED OF
VOTE BUYING
w. A. Clark of Montana
Exonerated.
HIS AcCUSER is UNSEATED
wHITESIDE DIsCREDITED BY
HIS OWN PARTIsANS.
Is Denounced in Joint Session os
the Legislature as Liar for
Making Accusations Of
Bribery.
wHITESIDE DISCREDITED BY
HIS OWN PARTISANS.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HELENA, Mont, Jan. 26.-Sensations
came thick and fast to-day in the Mon
tana Legislature. Before the mem
bers met in joint session to vote for
United States Senator, the Grand Jury
reported that it had heard no evidence
on which to return any indictments.
For two weeks the Grand Jury had
been faithfully investigating the charge
of bribery made by State Senator
Whiteside of F1athead County, when
he dramatically turned over to a joint
committee thirty $1,000 bills, swearing
they had been given him and three
others by agents of w. A. Clark of
Butte to influence their votes in his
favor for the Federal Senate. White
side repeated his story to the Grand
Jury, and thirty-three other witnesses
were examined on all phases of the
matter. One of Whiteside's alleged CO.
partners in the vote-selling business re-
pudiated him and discredited him be-
fore the Grand Jury. Other contradic-
tory and refutatory evidence was given.
The result was a sweeping and COM
plete vindication of Clark. Judge Nc
Intire thanked the Grand Jury for their
action and said he would have come to
the same conclusion had he been on
the jury.
At the session of the Senate this af-
ternoon by a vote of II to Whiteside
was unseated on a contest for his Of
flee and his Republican opponent given
the seat. Whiteside's majority on the
face Of the returns was only one, and
a recount of the votes by the Senate
resulted in a reversal of the result.
Nine Democrats and five Republicans
voted to unseat him. All those who
voted for Whiteside were Democrats.
In the joint session Whiteside made
a long speech, in which he made un-
supported charges of bribery against
every man who voted for Clark. After
his speech was ended one of the ac-
cused members arose in his place and
violently denounced Whiteside as a
liar, and there was a hot time for a
while, but no serious results. White
side reached in his hip pocket as If to
draw gun, but the weapon was not
diSnla we'd
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
THOUGHT he WAS NAPOLEON.
A Lunatic Noisily Appeals to the
French Hospital for Shelter.

The inmates of the French Hospital
were disturbed few nights ago by the
entrance into their grounds of raving
maniac, who had not only been stripped
of his mentality but of his clothes as
we'll, and for brief period widest con-
fusion reigned.
1t is the. custom Of the institution 10
bolt and bar its gates at nightfall. On
this particular night, however, one OF
the physicians. on retiring, neglected TINS
precaution. As he ascended the front
steps of the building his attention was
attracted by a frenZied shrek, and turn
ing he saw a man stark naked, screaming
and fiinging his arms wildly about MS
head. dart through the hospital gate and
run round and round the house.
The man was finally captured by one OF
the attendants, to whom he confidently
asserted shat he was Napoleon Bonaparte.
He added that six men were pursuing
him In order to assaSsinate him, and that
he had fed for refuge to the hospital,
knowing that a French institution would
feel honored In affOrding shelter and pro-
lection to Napoleon Bonaparte.
he was carried to one of the wards and
put to bed but became so violent that 1T
took six men to hold him. Finally be-
coming wholly unmanageable he was
wrapped in blankets, put into an aInDu-
lance and conveyed to the ReSc1VlnS HOS
pital where he spent the night in pad
ded CELL still maintaining that ne was
the little French Emperor.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
PACIFIC COAST INTERESTS.
Log Rats and Cable Bills Being
Closely Looked After.

From letters recently received by Sec
retary Scott of the Chamber of Com
merce it is evident that the Pacific Coast
Representatives at Washington are look
ing closely after the interests of this To-
cality, as per requests in resolutions sent
TO the East few days ago. AT the an
nual meeting of the chamber memorial
was prepared asking that when the Pa
ciflc cable bill came up for action
everything possible be done to have IN
serted clause that the material be fur
nished by this country. A bill was also
forwarded prohibiting the construction
and rafting of logs from ports along the
coast to this city on account OF the dam
ger to shipping
Yesterday letters were received from
Congressman e. F. Loud and Senator
George c. Perkins relative to these mat
ters. OF the. cable Senator Perkins writes:
When the cable bill gets to the amend
ment point an amendment will be offered
providing for the construction of the ca
BILE in this country
On the same subject Mr.. Loud writes:
Relative to the Hawaiian cable | Will
say that it would seem from the action of
the House recently that that subject will
not receive consideration again this Coll
gresS."
Upon the subject of towing log RATS
Mr.. Loud says:
I'm relation to the bill proposed on the
subject of towing logs on the Pacific will
say 1 will Introduce it into the House,
although 1 question whether the same
can receive favorable consideration as
there is only a little over a month OF this
session of Congress remaining. ! Will do,
however, what lies in my power.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
SW0RE THAT ROSS TRIED
TO KILL HIS SLAYER
Sensational Testimony Given by a
Fellow Convict in Behalf of
Jacob Oppenheimer.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26-The case Of
Jacob Oppenheimer, charged with the
murder of fellow-con at Folsom
Prison named Charles Ross, is still on
trial in Judge Johnson's department of
the Superior Court. There was some
thing of a sensation in the course of the
trial to-day when Brady, the Yolo train
robber, attired in prison stripes, made
his appearance as a witness. He added
to the sensation when he declared that
Ross tried to stab Oppenheimer with a
knife that he held in his hand before
he himself received a fatal thrust from
Oppenheimer's sharpened file. The
knife fell to the ground, said Brady,
and then he BRADY seized it and threw
it away. He asserted that he still knew
where the knife was secreted.
Attorney Brown, for the. defense, in
sisted that Brady be sent back to the
prison, under proper escort, for the
purpose of securing this knife as evil
dence. After some argument the court
granted the motion and late this after
noon Brady was taken to Folsom un-
der heavy guard. The prison officials
have been directed by the proper sum-
mons to allow Brady to find this knife
and permit him to return with it to
Sacramento.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
FOUND POWDER
AND COAL OIL
Examination of Mrs.
Young for Arson.
HER GUILT FULLY PROVED
HELPED HER HUSBAND AR
RANGE THE CoMBUSTIBLES.
A Tiburon Servant Girl Watched the
Couple Make Preparations
to Destroy Their
Property.
HER GUILT FULLY PROVED
HELPED HER HUSBAND AR
RANGE THE CoMBUSTIBLES.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 26.-The damag-
ing testimony given by Miss Matilda
Luetzone in the preliminary hearing
of Mrs. Augusta Young, to-day. on the
charge of arson, removed all douSt of
her completely in the crime. Harry
Young, her husband, who jumped his
bail and fled, has not been heard from
nor is there any present probability of
his capture.
Mrs. Young was brought before JUS
tice of the Peace Rodden this morn
ing. AT the outset the prosecution
sprung a surprise by offering a joint
complaint, charging both Young and
his wife with the crime. By this they
were enabled to offer evidence of
Young's acts and declarations which
would otherwise have been inadmissi-
bic. Associated with District Attorney
McIsaac was Frank Drpry of San
Francisco.
William Lewis, an expressman at
Tiburon, was the first witness. He tes
titled to the discovery of the fire and
of his efforts to eXtinguish it. Fire was
discovered in. five rooms at the back of
the store, the Daily Supply. Kerosene,
gasoline and gunpowder were diScov
cred in close proximity to the places
where the fire were started. Lewis
testimony was corroborated by Fred
Hackett and Jerry O'Connell.
Constable Louis Hughes explained
the condition he found the store in the
next day when he visited the place for
the purpose of investigating. Gun
powder was scattered around and the
floors and walls were found to be sat-
urated with kerosene.
Miss Matilda Luetzone in her teSti-
mony demonstrated not only that Mrs.
Young knew of the intended fire. but
was an actual participant. Miss Luet-
zone is a cook employed in a neighbor-
ing house. On the night of the fire ner
attention was attracted to the YoungS
on account of their unusual actions She
testified to having become so much in
terested in their proceedings that she
peeped through the windows. She saw
Young and Mrs. Young arranging the
materials for the fire. findling wood,
cans of gasoline and powder were
placed around in various parts of the
house. While Miss Luetzones English
was somewhat imperfect, she told a
straight story, and two hours of the
most searching discrimination by
Attorney Cochrane failed to shake it
in any material point.
At the close of Miss LuetZone's tes-
timony the prosecution rested. Attor
ney Cochrane moved that the case be
dismissed as the commission of a crime
within the statute had not been shown.
Judge Rodden overruled the motion and
directed that Mrs. Young be held to
answer, fixing her bonds at $4,000. AS
Mrs Young prefers to remain in Jail
no effort will be made to secure bonds.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
ARGUING THE
PEACE TREATY
Senators Fail to Get
Information.
so M'KINLEY IS CRITICIZED
ASSERTED THAT STATESMEN
ARE ENTITLED TO ALL FACTS.
Talk of Adopting a Resolution to
Prevent Treaty From Binding
Uncle Sam to a Colonial
Policy.
ASSERTED THAT STATESMEN
ARE ENTITLED TO ALL FACTS.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-To- days
consumed in discussion of the failure
of the President so far to send the Sem
ate the documents in his possession and
on file in the State Department bearing
upon the Paris conference.
Senator German raised the point as
soon as the doors were closed that the
resolution had been adopted several
days since and addressed the Senate at
some length on the failure of the Presi-
dent TO respond to the Senate's request
for information.
The attack of the Maryland Senator
was followed by similar speeches by
Senators Vest and Hoar and they were
replied TO by Senators Ipooner and
Platt. The five Senators engaged in a
running debate, the opponents for the
treaty contending that the Senate was
d entitled as a part of the treaty making
power to all the facts bearing upon the
case, and the supporters of the docu-
ment holding that the President could
withhold any papers which he did not
consider in the interest Of the general
welfare TO give out Senator Spooner
cited precedents to show that the Presi-
dent could withhold information of this
character at his pleasure and that such
a course frequently had been followed
in cases in which the President deemed
1t unWise to communicate facts bearing
upon interested complications when to
do so might prejudice the country's
best interests and promote the very
evils which it was sought to ameliorate
The point was also made that the Presi-
dent might feel more free to communi-
cate with the Senate if he could be sure
of privacy in doing so. No one pro-
fessed to speak by authority and all the
Senators who were heard in support Of
. the Presidents course expressed con-
fidence that the Presidents action,
whatever it might be- would be for the
best interests Of the public.
Replying to this latter point, Sena-
tor Hoar said that no one could excel
him in admiration for the personal
qualities of the President or in conf
dence in his patriotism. At the same
time he contended for his original pro-
position that the Senate was entitled
TO the Presidents full confidence in
passing upon question Of so much inn
portance as the acquisition of territory
thousands of miles from our own
shores and with millions of people to-
tally unlike our own population. He
thought there must be some reason for
putting the Philippines on a footing SO
different from the footing on which
Cuba had been placed in the treaty.
The opinion is generally expressed
that the time allowed for the debate of
the treaty in executive session will not
be by any means consumed, as very
few Senators on either side desire to
make speeches behind closed doors
The friends of the treaty profess in
creasing confidence for ratification. but
there is some talk of ADOPTING a mega
tive resolution to the effect that the
treaty does not bind the United States
to the adoption of a colonial policy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
UNCLE SAM MULCTED.
An English Justice Gives Judgment
in Favor of Pelley Brothers.

LONDON, Jan. 26.-Justice Bigham.
in the Queens Bench Division of the
High Court of Justice, to-day decided
in favor of Pelley Bros. the ship
brokers, in the suit of the United States
against them to recover G5300 paid the
brokers on April u, 1898, on two 600
ton golfers by Lieutenant Sims. who
was then acting naval attache of the
United States Embassy in London.
that amount being 10 per cent of the
total sum, 5000, for which the ship
brokers agreed, on 4-pril q. to deliver
the colliers.
1t was claimed on behalf of the
United. States that Pelley Bros. ac-
cording to the contract, were to deliver
the colliers "as soon as possible" and
that they promised verbally that one
of them was to be ready to sail in
twenty-four hours and the other in
forty-eight hours, but that they failed
to deliver the ships before the neu-
trality proclamation Of A Ill 26. claim
ing they were unable to get them ready
in time to do so. The case hinged on
whether a state of war existed on April
%. when the owners ceased their prep
arations to fit out the ships. They testi-
fed that they sounded the Foreign Of
flee on the subject, and were informed
that they might be liable under the
foreign enlistment act If they carried
out their contract The Justice said
they did what he hoped any English
gentleman would do under the circum-
stances. He himself believed that war
existed on April 81 and that there was
no ground to insinuate that the brokers
acted in bad faith. They were entitled
to keep the money under clause in the
contract which provided that it should
be retained if a state of war preceded
the delivering of the ships.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
WANT A FULL MEETING.
Gaines Cycling Amendment to Be
Freely Discussed

The board of directors of the Bay City
Wheelmen have sent out the following
open letter to the various clubs that are
members of the association, anent the
now famous Gaines amendment, which
comes up for reconsideration at the next
meeting, February 4:
We desire most respectfully to call your at
tention to an article published in the San Fran
cisco Call under date of January 20, written by
our president, E. F. Fahrbach, in which was
explained the position of the Bay City Wheel
men toward the Gaines amendment.
meeting of the association by vote Of 10 TO
T. Notice of reconsideration having been given,
the matter will again be discussed at the meet
ing February 4.
In justice to our club and also in the interest
Of fair play, we respectfully beg you to have
your organization represented in person and not
give proxies for this meeting.
During the past year we have maintained our
membership in the association under circum-
stances calculated TO dishearten any enthu-
siastic cycling club, and trust that we may
be given the opportunity of presenting our case
to your representatives in person. Fraternaliy
yours,
Board of Directors The Bay City Wheelmen,
By E. n. CREIGH, Secretary.
If the Baron Fahrbachs request is
granted which 1t unQueStionably will be,
and all the delegates of the various clubs
attend the meeting in person, there will
be hot time in cycling that night.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
There Was No Wrong.

OAKLAND, Jan. 26.-The inquest on the
body of the six-weeks-old child, Maude
Porter, was concluded tonight and Cero-
ner Mehrmann refused to approve of the
verdict The jury heard the testimony
of all the officers of the Rescue Home.
where the child died. and brought in a
verdict that death was due to extreme
carelessness on the part of the mother
and of the officers of the home. The
censure of the officers of the home is not
deserved" said the Coroner They were
very straightforward witnesses and there
was nothing in the evidence to justify
any such verdict, and 1 have certified
to my disapproval of it. The mother is
a young girl not very strong minded, and
she covered her childs face with a very
light downy quilt. The least motion of
the child would bind the quilt over its
mouth, and this was the cause. The
baby also had weak heart, and conse~
Quently was easily asphyXiated. There
is nothing to show the least criminality
on the part of the mother or of careless
ness on the part of the officers
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
SCHLEY MAY NOT EVEN
BECOME AN ADMIRAL
II the Senate Fails to Confirm Him
He Will Drop Back Among
the Commodores.

NEW YORK, Jan. ga Washington
special to the Herald says: Secretary
Long has received the Butler resolution
calling upon him for facts regarding the
conduct Of Rear Admirals Sampson and
Schley, and is gathering the data. He
is confident of his ability to prove the ad-
ministration acted properly in putting
Admiral Sampson above Admiral Schley.
Friends of Schley, however, expect to
draw arguments from Longs report TO
show an injustice has been done the off,
Ger. Some of the law officers of the Navy
Department have looked into the ques-
ton of Sohleys status as raised in the
Senate. 1t was stated that if his nomina-
ton for advancement failed of confirma-
ton he would be dropped from the SER
vice, in accordance with the precedent es-
tablished in the Quackenbush case. But
as Quackenbush was dropped as the re-
suit of the action of a court-martiaI, his
case is thought to furnish no parallel
for that of Schley. Should the latter
nomination fail of confirmation, there
fore, he will be returned to the list of
commodores and placed on the navy reg
lister next after Commodore Robson.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
HAS ENOUGH
OF CHINESE
New Guinea Restricts
immigration.
NETS ISLAND VANISHES
DEPARTURE OF THE SOUTH
POLE EXPEDITION.
Action of the New Zealand Govern.
ment in Stopping Austrian I'M
migration Causes Much
Hardship.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. 26.-The
mail steamer Aorangi brings the fol-
lowing Australian advices:
The New Guinea Legislative Council
has decided to restrict Chinese immi-
grafton.
II. M. S. Penguin has returned to
Sydney from a surveying cruise on the
Pacific and confirms the report of the
disappearance altogether of Metis
Island from the chart. This island in
1880 was $50 feet high, and there is now
no sign of it beyond reef
The steamer Southern Cross, with her
band of intrepid explorers under Cap
tain Borchgrevink, has left Hobart on
her voyage toward the Antarctic.
Prayers were offered up on board the
vessel before her departure in search of
the south pole.
The action of the New Zealand Gov
ernment in stopping Austrian immigra-
ton entering the colony has caused
CONSERVATION in shipping circles, es-
pecially at Sydney. The agents of the
P. and o. and North German Lloyds at
once instructed the home office not to
book any more Austrians, but bitterly
complain that the Government does not
allow those already on the way out and
shipped in good faith to land. AS the
companies are under no obligation
when the men are landed in Sydney.
these unfortunates will be thrown on
the hands of the New South Wales
Government.
One of the most horrible crimes ever
committed in Australia has occurred at
Cation, Queensland. Two young sis
ters, Norah and Nellie Murphy, were
killed after being cruelty assaulted,
their brother Michael forfeiting his life
in the attempt to save them. The
criminals so far have baff1ed not only
the white police, but black trackers.
Interest has been revived in the cele-
brated Tichborne case by the death of
Lee Clerk, who is said to have been in
innate with Sir Roger Tichborne. Clerk
left letters stating that Tichborne was
murdered in the Australian bush, and
that he identified his body, which had
been decapitated. For certain reasons
unmentioned he kept the knowledge to
himself
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
OLYMPIC CYCLE COMMITTEES
Appointments of President Shea and
Captain Spillane.

President Shea of the Olympic Club
Wheelmen has appointed the following
committees for the year: Cycling-Wil-
liam Mackie. F. G. Montealegre, C. c,
Williams, John Elliott, James w. Mullen
Auditing-R. H. Schleuter, T. B. McGin-
mis-, H. V. Scott. Recruiting-N. A. Hew-
son, T. F. Meherin. G. P. Fuller. House
G.. E. KroetZ. Entertainment-John A
Hammersmith, Frank G. O'Kane, John F
Cunningham, James w. Coffroth, John F
Cooney.
Captain Spillane has appointed r. H
Schleuter first lieutenant and c. G. VIII.
liams second lieutenant
Alfred Cellier, popular member of the
Olympic Wheelmen, and Miss Margaret
A. Ryan were married on Wednesday, the
25th inst, and are now receiving the con-
gratulations of their many friends.
A special meeting of the Associated Cy-
cling Clubs will be held tonight at Presi-
dent Nippert's office, 421 California street
to discuss future workings of the body.
The San Jose race meet will come off
next Sunday. All the Eastern wheelmen
now here are going down, and with the
local club enthusiasts they will make UP
quite big party. They will take the 10:41
o'clock train from Third and Townsend
streets
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-27
"UNaUALIFIEDLY FALSE"
Judge Conlan Appears as Witness
to Correct Statement of
Frank Kane

The prosecution in the case of Marcella
Delorde of Bacon place, charged with
being vagrant, concluded its testimony
yesterday afternoon, and Attorney Ach
moved that the Judge instruct the jury
to dismiss the defendant as nothing had
been shown to bear out the charge The
Judge declined to grant the motion.
Judge Conlan voluntarily took the stand
and characterized Secretary Frank Kane
statement under examination that the
Judge had on September 1 called him to
the bench and instructed him to swear
out complaints against the women in Ba-
con place as "unqualifiedly false" The
suggestion was made by Kane, and the
Judge said that If he could get sufficient
evidence against the women he would
sign the warrants.
The case was continued till Wednesday
afternoon, when the witnesses for the de-
fenSe will testify