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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25

SAN RAFAEL June 24.-With the music
of a brass band rousing the partisans to a
high pitch of enthusiasm and the cheers
of vast crowd echong and re-echoing
throughout the town, the voting for a
Goddess of Liberty TO adorn the Fourth of
July parade closed here this evening
and Miss Bertha kappenmann was de-
clared the winner. The close of the bal
loting marked one of the most exciting
episodes ever witnessed in San Rafael
Several candidates having withdrawn, the
battle royal settled down to contest be-
tween three candidates-Miss Bertha kap-
penmann. Miss Martha Nichols and Miss
Freda Vogel.
Little voting was done until after s
0 clock this evening, when the fun began
The town was actively canvassed by the
various partisans and the money began 10
low into the Golfers of the Fourth of
July committee The amounts ranged
from ~ cents to so. Miss Nichols grad
ualiy drew ahead until 10:15 o'clock the
hour the last count was made, she was
leading by 400
Then a partisan Of Miss Kappenmann
TOOK his stand at Mrs. Hoover's counter
ana began to shovel gold into her hands
as last as tickets could be made out. AS
Wllham Eden, representing the commit
tee, called %allot box closed ticket
representing $50 was slipped into the, re-
cept9cle. There was a row over this bal
lot, but the committee decided the ballot
fair, as the money was in Mrs Hoovers
hands before the clock marked 1920.
When the votes were counted the bal
lot stood Miss Kappenmann 2639, Miss
Nichols 1886, Miss Eogel 1889.
The announcement of the result was
greeted by an uprOariOus burst of ap-
plause from the assembled crowd, which
surged across Fourth street and extended
from B to c streets. The election of Miss
Kappenmann gives general satisfaction,
as She is a very pretty girl and wei fitted
to hll the role required.
The coming Fourth will witness the
greatest celebration ever held in San Ra-
fael Everything that the expenditure of
money can accomplish will be done to
make it great day. The executive com
mittee having charge of the celebration
is composed of Emmett Hayden Chair
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
YOUNG BUTLER AGAIN
ACCUSED OF MURDER

SPOKANE, Wash, June 24-Francis
Fl. Butler, young Spokane man we'll
and favorably known here, was ar
rested to-day charged with the murder
of James Cheyne, who was fatally
wounded at Wardner the day the Bun
ker Hill mill was blown up. Butler
was arrested by a local Deputy Sheriff
on a warrant from Idaho based on an
indictment found by the Grand Jury
at Wallace.
Butler seems to be particular mark
for prosecution by the Idaho authori-
ties. He was the first man arrested
and thrown into the Wardner bull
pen" on the charge of completely in the
destruction of the mill. Subsequently
he was released through the efforts of
influential friends and returned to this
city. Last week he was arrested here
on warrant sworn out by Postotf1ce
Inspector B. Bratton, charging him
with conspiring to obstruct Federal
mails. After a hearing before the
United States Commissioner here he
was bound over for trial, bail being
fixed at $500. Butler claims the testi-
mony given against him at the hearing
was perjured.
she saw Butler with the rioters carry
ing a rifle, and at the railroad station
she saw him adjust a mask over his
face. When the order was given,
"Wardner men to the front" she saw
Butler fall in with the other men from
that town.
Bail was furnished by ]. D. Butler,
uncle of the prisoner, and he was re-
leased, only to be rearreSted to-day.
Cheyne was non-union man, and
after the blowing up of the mill he was
shot just before the rioters left on the
train. He was brought here for medi-
cal care and died shortly after an oper-
alton had been performed to locate the
bullet and reunite his severed intes-
tines.
Butler is but "a years old. He is a
graduate of a local business school and
Gonzaga College. After his release
from the bull PEN he gave to local
paper an interview in which he said he
had spent the most terrible seven days
of his life and had been compelled to
endure things he characterized as be-
ing unfit for a dog.
1t is a peculiar fact that the perse-
cution OF Butler has been remarkably
severe since that interview was pub
lished.
Dennis O'Rourke was also arrested
here to-day. He is suspected of COM
plicity in the riot. He is son of Phil
O'Rourke, original discoverer of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
MAY
AVENCE 4 CRIME
Murder Committed Near
hnerViIle.
ALEXANDER MASSCN SLAIN
SHOT TO DEATH BY AUGUST
McPELTON.
The Victim a Manufacturer of Shin
giles and the Assassin an
Employe at the
Mill
SHOT TO DEATH BY AUGUST
McPELTON
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BONNEVILLE, June 24-NIurder
was committed shortly after noon to-
day at Masson's shingle mill on Van
Duzen River five miles from Rohner-
vile. August McPelton, who has bAan
employed for seven months past MAX
ing bolts for Alexander Mason killed
his employer.
From the testimony given at the
Coroners inquest it is learned that
McPelton had quit work and was about
to enter the employ of another shineIe
manufacturer. He returned al 7oon
to-day and had dinner with the crew
AfterWard Mason met him about fzlo
hundred yards from the cookhause and
asked him 10 pay an S. board bill. He
gave Mason 81, and said that if Mas
son would accompany MIN 90 the uort
camp he would deliver to him a saw
to liquidate the balance Of the debt.
Mason agreed, but said he wanted one
of his men to accompany them.
Just as Mason turned to call the
Cook McPeltOn drew his revolver and
commenced firing. Five shots We're
fired, four of which struck Mason. one
shattering his lower jaw, one passing
entirely through the right lung, an
other entering just below the heart and
the fourth passing through the left
forearm. Mason walked fifty yards
and then fell. He was conscious until
within five minutes Of his death, which
occurred at APO o'clock.
Mason made an ante -mortem state
ment to District Attorney Cooper. He
said he had had no words with the
red to-
The murderer Immediately ran to
HydesVilIe, four miles distant. and
gave himself up to Constable Godfrey.
Five deputy sheriffs We're sworn in to
guard the prisoner from violence. As
soon as the news spread at the mill and
camp one of the men, armed with
rifle, mounted a horse and endeavored
to capture the murderer, but McPelton
took a short cut through farms and
finally reached Hydesville.
The excitement here is intense and it
is feared an attempt will be made to
take the murderer from Sheriff Brown
while he is being conveyed to Eureka
tonight.
McPelton is a Russian Finn, aged
about 80. He has been employed at
various times in this country during
the past three years.
Mason was a native of Scotland,
aged 5S years. He leaves three sons
and four daughters. One of his daugh-
ters is Mrs. 7. Gilmore, wife of the
buyer of Goldberg, Bowen & Co, Of
San Francisco. Mason was a highly
respected citizen and had lived in
Humboldt County for thirty years
past. His remains have been brought
to his home here.
Mason was the only successful
shingle manufacturer in the county
during the recent hard times" and
made money While other mills had to
be closed. About three months ago he
purchased a tract of timber land near
here and intended to erect shingle
and shake mill. He was always enter
prising, and his loss will be keenly felt
here
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25

PARIS, June 24-Trouble began
again as soon as the Cabinet had been
formed. 1t is true that as a general
thing a new Ministry is accepted with
out too much protestation. People in
political circles look upon the members
as forming a sort of forlorn hope
There must be some Ministry or other
TO tide over the solution of the Drey-
fus affair. Few think that the present
one viii last more than long enough to
see the liquidation of the matter Ut
Rennes. Some claim that it will not
exist even until then.
In the meantime all the groups are
in movement, deciding what measures
are necessary to save the republic. The
poor republic has so many saviors that
they are all fighting among themselves
as to which shall have the honor
AS an Illustration, nothing better
could be found than the adventure that
happened to NJ. de Mahy at meeting
Of the Action Francaise q few days
ago. The Action Franchise is a sort
Of sublmated essence of the Ligue
Patrie Franchise. Both associations,
of course, exist for the purpose of saw
ing the republic, Action being the raj
son d'etre of the first, while the other
is a sort of gathering of intellectual
lights, each Of whom has his own ideas
of how to save France. In other words.
one society is the brain and the other
muscle of the salVationists. The Action
Francaise was convoked to hear lee
ture by its founder, NJ. Vaugeois, who
was to explain it's objects. This league
meeting was presided over by NJ. d.
! Mahy, a Republican of much SINGER
ity, but with his own little notions as
TO how the republic should be saved.
N. Vaugeois, in his excitement, for
got all about his subject and launched
out into violent appreciation of NJ
Deroulede and his recent attempt tC
suborn General Roget and his troops.
At this NJ. de Mahy pricked UP his
ears, and finally, when he could get his
breath, he began to protest vigorously
that he had been lured into trap, that
/ he was a republican, and that he would
never give his approval to- such Span
| ish general methods as NJ. Deroulede
/ glories in. Finally he put on his hat
and left the platform.
The only tangible results, therefore
! of this explanation of the objects OF
the Action Francaise is to bring upor
/ it suspicion and to compel NJ. Jules Ia
Maitre to send in his resignation as E
member of that body. Perhaps this
may be as good q way of saving the
republic as any other. -
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
M'NAUGHTON COMING
TO FACE kCCUSERS

PHOENTX. Ariz.. June 24-The charges
made against Professor James McNaugh-
ton by the San Jose Alumni Society are
familiar TO the friends Of Professor Nc
Naughton in Phoenix and Tempe, and
they are recognized as the same charges
which were brought against him here 10
prevent his reelection as president of the
Tempe Normal. Originating IN Council
Bluffs, these charges have followed Pro
Iessor McNaughton to Grand Forks. y.
D.. and everywhere he has been engaged
in normal work. They were investigated
in North Dakota and found TO Uc ground
less. and when Professor McNaughtOn
came to Arizona eX-TerrtOrial SuperIn-
tcudeut Dalton made a similar inVestga-
ton. with the same result, as did also the
present Territorial superintendent, Z. L.
hon interviewed by a Call reporter
before his departure for san Jose
teSsOr MCNaughJOn said that he was
uu ais way TO meet the accusations made
by the Alumni Society, anu he was sajiS-
he'd that the papers he had IN his pos
session would clear him Of the charges
made.
IT appears that there are TWO members
Of the alumni who We're formerly engaged
as teachers at the Tempe Normal, ana
the trouble which has arisen was begun
by them They tried to prevent the re-
election Of Professor McNaughton as
president Of the Tempe Normal by using
the same charges, and when ne was
chosen principal Of the San Jose Normal
School one of these teachers stated that
.ne proposed to prevent the confirmation
Cf Professor McNaughtOn by the trustees
of the San Jose Normal
Professor McNaughton emphatically de-
mes the statements made by these
charges. and he says he can prove Jhct
they are false and malicious. He says
they originated in u bitter fight in COun-
ell Bluffs against the saloon element OF
that place when he was engaged in nor
nal work there. The board of trustees
contained three representatives of the
whisky ring, who prevented Professor
McNaughton from carrying on his work
as he desired, and as the board was
evenly divided between the prohibition
and saloon element Professor McNauSh-
ton thought it advisable TO accept pO-
sition as president of a North Dakota
normal school which had been offered
him. He was highly regarded in North
Dakota. and came to Arizona with the
warmest recommendations from prOmi-
nent North Dakota citizens.
A prominent territorial official who lived
fight which was Waged against Profess
sor McNaughton says that there is alb
solutely no ground for the statements
made. and the best people of Council
Bluffs strongly indOrse the course of Pro
fessor McNaughtOn. In Tempe and
Phoenix there is great deal of ndigua-
ton, and prominent citizens who were
. interviewed by The Call representative
said that Professor MCNaughtOn would
have no trouble in Gisproving them.
Professor McNaughtOn left over the
he could arrange his affairs. and he win
meet his acCuSerS face to face
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
Rauer Loses a ,,llit.

The case of Queenie Montgomery and
others against ]. J. Rauer has been de-
cided averse to the latter by the Justices
of the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs
were minors and sued Rauer for moneys
into the care of the defendant The
mother had given some of her own money
to Rauer. That Of the children Rauer
woman's money he returned and received
from her statement that his obligation
in the premises had been fulfilled How
ever, the jury in the lower court found
sum of $500, and the Judgment of the
lower court was affirmed
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
WOMEN NAY
Be SENT TO
THE BULL PEN
Continued from First Page.

the Occur d'Alenes for some weeks.
That the expressions will not cease
with the arrest of the male population
is evidenced by the statement of At
torney General Sinclair to-day. He in
formed a woman whose husband is in
the bull pen that he would no longer
submit to the criticism of women, and
that if such criticism did not immedi-
ately cease there would be female pris-
oners at Wardner as we'll as male. No
one familiar with the situation here
doubts that this infamy may be perpe-
trated.
France permits men with whom he is
friendly to conduct a liquor business in
Wardner, but the saloons of all others
are closed. From the mine owners and
Governor to the cheapest deputy, the
preteXt of martial law is being seized
upon to advance the business interests
of those in power and to ruin all Op-
posed to them.
Stewart, the editor of the Mullan
newspaper, who was imprisoned be-
cause he published a criticism of Sin
clair, was released from the bull pen"
to-day upon his promise to discontinue
his paper. Stewart refused to make
this promise for many days, but being
in i'll health and knowing his wife and
three babies were in destitute circum-
stances, to save them from hunger and
himself from sickness he made the
promise and secured his release.
The effort to import miners is meet
ing with little success. OF the hundred
Missourians yesterday sent to Burke
Ice u; ;1n
forty returned to Wallace. These men
are loud in their denunciations of the
deceit practiced on them in order to
induce them to leave their homes, and
declare they will walk back to Missouri
rather than take bread from the wives
and children of men who are not al
lowed to work simply because they will
not renounce allegiance to the Miners
Union.
The court to-day overruled defend
ants challenge to the Grand Jury sum-
moned by France, the employe of the
Bunker Hill Company, and the eight
men charged with the murder of James
Cheyne pleaded not guilty.
Attorney Reddy demanded a sepa-
rate trial for each defendant. and the
I prosecution elected to try Paul Cor
coran, secretary of Burke Miners
| Union, first. His trial was fixed for
July 8. No other cases were set. The
| prisoners were then taken back tc
Wardner to the bull pen" The court
stated that on a proper showing by the
defense of the disqualification of France
to summon a Grand Jury it would ap-
point an elisor to perform that duty
but intimated that one of Frances
deputies would be the person selected
Attorney Reddy objected strenuously
to the appointment of any one in the
employ of France to summon a jury
as the disqualification of the principal
would certainly extend to the deputy
The court then postponed the matter
until Monday to allow the defense tc
| file affidavits showing the bias and
prejudice of deputies. The hearing OF
the applications made by the Attorney
General for the removal of the County
Commissioners will begin Monday and
| will require three or four days.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
STOCKTON'S PLANS
FOR THE FOURTH

STOCKTON, June 24.-The nations
birthday will be celebrated in a good,
old-fashioned manner by the citizens
of Stockton. Hon. W. r Davis of Oak
land will deliver the oratiOn. Miss Bes-
sic Smith. daughter of John H. Smith,
viii be the Columbia Of the parade.
A special effort is being made to make
the parade the biggest and best ever
witnessed in the city. The programme
provides for active celebration from the
sunrise salute to the fireworks in the
evening Music. oratory, song and
noise will be well distributed through
out the day
Bluffs to-day he would receive nineteen
out of every twenty votes cast. Others
talked the same way and few are dis
posed 10 say 9 word against the man.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
MoNCK WILL CONTEST.
Judge Coffey Sustains the Testament
of the Deceased.

Judge Cofey handed down a decision
yesterday in the contest of the will of the
late Mrs. Anne B. Monck. The court held
that the allegations of undue influence
and unsound mind We're not based on fact
and in consequence sustained the will
The contestant, George J. Monck a son
of the deceased. charged his sister, Louisa
Van Orden, and her husband Charles
Van Orden. with having influenced the
testatrix who. they allege, was of un-
sound mind. to give all her estate. which
is valued at $50 900. with the exception Of
a few small bequests. TO Mrs. Van Orden
to the exclusion of the contestant She
court. however. found that Mrs Monck
was free from the influence IF her daugh-
ter and son-in-law when she made the
instrument, and consequently refused to
declare II void.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
Sixth PRECINCT Primary Club.

The Sixth Precinct Republican Primary
Club of the Twenty eighth District was
organized last night at Smullen's Hall, l3l
Second street. and elected the following
officers: A. B. Olsen. president; Patrick
Ryan, Michael Sweeney and Frank Black
vice presidents; James Rice, sergeant-at-
arms: executive committee-Dr Z. b.
Kilbourn. James Craven. G. Henrequine,
T. ]. Tully and Frank Hamilton The club
indorsed Captain A. B. Olsen, DIT. +. &.
Kilbourn and Patrick Ryan as delegates
for the coming primary.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
Oppose New franchises.

A the last melting of the Iroquois Club
the matter of new street railway fran
chises was taken up and discussed. Reso-
lutions We're adopted opposing the grant
ing of any franchises until the new char
ter is in effect. The Secretary was in
structed to send a copy of the resolutions
to the Board of Supervisors.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
ROOSEVELT UNABLE TO
COME TO CALIFORNIA

When it was announced that Governor
Roosevelt was to visit Las Vegas, Tex,
Mayor Phelan wrote him to continue his
visit to San Francisco, offering him the
hospitality of California. and, knowing
his love Of sport, proposed hunt in the
mountains. the Governor is evidently
pressed for time and says that he cannot
visit the coast on this trip. Following is
the Governors letter:
STATE OF NEW YORK,
Executive. Chamber,
ALBANY, June 12 1899.
Hon. James D. Phelan. Mayor, San Fran
cisco, Cal.-My Dear Mayor: Your most at
tractive invitation of the 5th inst. has just
been received. i should like above all things
such hunt as you propose, but 1 shall have
to return instantly from Las Vegas. 1 shall
not be able to be there more than twenty
four hours. Very sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25

Advances made on furniture and pianos, with
or without removal. j. Noonan, 1G17-l023 Mission
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
TROUBLE LOOMS
AHEAD FOR NEW
FRENCH CABINET
Hardly Likely to See
the End Of the Drey-
fus Affair.

Special Gable TO The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted, 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25

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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
GODDESS TO REIGN
OVER SIN RAFAEL

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The silver star., 1899-11-03

when various sums were paid for the
delivery Of letters. The amounts were
regulated by the distance. and were
collected on the delivery of the letter
In the early part OF this century the
postage on single sheet of paper was
cents. and over forty miles the rate
was increased so that over 500 miles a
single sheet was 25 cents. But after
time these rates were gradually re-
duced. until in 1S45 letter weighing
not over half an ounce was cents,
under 300 miles. and over that distance
10 cents. In 1Si7 the United States
adopted the use of postage stamps. the
lowest priced one being 5 cents. Blu.
railways and steamboats, had now
taken the place OF the oId-fashioned.
mail-coaches and post-boys, and with
the more rapid sending OF the mails
the cheaper rates OF postage. and the
growing population of the country.
gradual changes and Improvements
took place in the postoffice system.
And here We are. in 1899. recei ing our
letters from the Pacific coast in six
days; also from Britain in the same
time: and a few days or hours will
place us in direct communication with
The silver star., 1899-11-03

whites wanted the land on which they
were. and the Indians stood 1t more
bravely than any band Of whites would
ever have done.
Serious trouble arose. however. at
the White river agency. caused by dis
agreement between the agent. n. c.
Meeker. and the Indians. 1t was
charged that great forest fires in Colo
RADIO were caused by Utes, some OF
whom had gone OF the reservation and
were hunting. Nothing was further
from the truth than that the Indians
had done this work. which was the re-
suit Of careless whites. Not charge
of murder or theft could be traced TO
them. but the whole atmosphere was
unsettled. The whites wanted their
lands. and reports were spread broad
cast that trouble was brewing. Meek
er sen, for assistance and Maj. Thorn
burgh with 100 men started for the res
ervation. He was met by few OF the
Indians who said that there was no
trouble and asked that the troops be
left at the border OF the reservation.
and this was agred to. Meeker had
also promised the Indians that this
would be done. But It was not done.
and when the Indians saw the troops
entering their lands they fired upon
them from ambush. killing thirteen.
and this was agreed TO. Meeker had
several others at the agency were
killed and a campaign Of murder was
begun which was stayed at the request
of Chief Ouray from the Los Pinos
agency. who asked the Indians to stop
fighting. Ouray was a tremendous
power among them. One inspector
said: '.Saltpeter would not save this
country but for Ouray." But he died
in 1850 and most OF the bands Of Utes
were removed to other reservations. so
that at last the greedy hands OF the
whites got wha, they had all along
been looking for-the lands Of the
mineral wealth.
The silver star., 1899-11-03
POMPADoUR's RING.
Il Was Lost Over Century aud NJ

ago.
A ring containing an engravx|
stone was recently offered for sale d
the medal department OF the Natiori
Library. and on close scrutiny. san
the London Post, the curator recos1h
ed the gem as the famous lost Tn
umph OF Fontenoy." left by testamu
OF Nine. de Pompadour to the meai
department. The ring had disappealt
on the marQuise's death and was sup
posed to have been lost forever. wLe
chance brought 1t to the very sd
where 1t would have been had Mni
de Pompadour's will been carried Cd.
The Triumph OF Fontenoy" Is one d
the first works the engraver Jacl1s
Quay executed for Nine. de Pon
padour. The favorite possessed ca.
siderable skill in painting and engrsf
ing on precious stones. She chos
Jacques Quay for. master. took him
Versailles. and Installed him in be-
apartments. where he gave her lessori
and also executed n series OF engrsr'
tngs representing the principal event,
OF the reign OF Louis XIV. There !
little chance of discovering throrss
what hands the Triumph OF Fon.t
noy" has passed since II disappears
$50 years ago. II has Just como frcr
Poland. and precise information cas-
not. 1t seems. be obtained.