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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
SEVEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT
SEQUEL TO A PECULIAR SHOOT
ING ARRAY.
Standing in British Columbia, the
Convicted Man Had Shot an
Enemy Who Was on
American Soil.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA, Feb. 13.-J. B. Atkinson,
who stood in British Columbia last
summer and shot William Patterson.
Who was on the American side at
Blaine, was to-day sentenced to seven
Years at hard labor in the State Peni-
tertiary by Judge Hadley at Whatcom.
Patterson was an old soldier in feeble
health and was generally liked by the
residents of Blaine, where he lived.
These facts caused an emphatic OUT
break of Indignation when it was
learned he had been shot by Atkinson,
who quarreled with him over trivial
matter.
Atkinson formerly conducted hotel
In British Columbia and was known to
be handy with his revolver. He shot
Patterson deliberately and it was sup
posed al the time that he had purposely
stood across the line on British soil in
order to complicate matters if he were
arrested. He, gave himself up, how
ever, to the British Columbia police,
who, with Atkinson's consent, delivered
him to the authorities of Whatcom
County. -:
Patterson soon died of his injuries
and was given one of the largest funer-
ais ever seen at Blaine. A charge Of
murder was filed against Atkinson, but
through some mistake he was charged
with only murder in the second degree.
The trial began three weeks ago and
was hotly contested, ~Atkinson's attor-
neys presenting a plea. of self defense.
The jury to-day brought in a verdict
of guilty, with recommendation for
mercy.
Judge Hadley gave. Atkinson a severe
lecture in passing. sentence. He said
that in view of the recommendation for
mercy. he did. not feel justified in as
sessing the maximum penalty. Judging
by. the evidence, however, he believed
Atkinson should be: severely punished
or. else he was not guilty. He therefore
recognized the -jury's recommendation
and sentenced him to the penitentiary
for seven years and to- pay a fine of
800. ,>.=. .e..
The case will not: be appealed to the
Supreme. Court County. Attorney
Meade says a reversal is just what At
kinson' doesn't want for if he should
get it the State would file a new infor-
nation and this time there would be
no laundering, but it would charge
murder in the first degree He claims
to have new evidence which would
make the case go still harder for the
murderer 49,: ~ s9nfa3 ?
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GENERAL OTIS WILL
AWAIT COMMISSIONERS
No Conference to Be Held With
AouinaIdO Until Schurman and
Associates Arrive.

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aid teesraphs When the civilian members of the Philippine Com
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were the winners in the preliminary
round and the six who drew byes, maxi
ing eight in all. OF these Mrs. c.. o. G.
Miller forfeited to Miss Boxall; Miss A.
Moffitt beat Mrs. H. F. Knowles 6 up:
Miss A: Duff beat Mrs. P. E. Bowles l
up, and Miss Belle Mhoon beat Miss l..
Moffitt up.
In the third round Miss A. Moffitt beat
Miss Boxall four up, and Miss Belle
Mhoon defeated Miss A. Duff. The fourth
and final round between Miss A. Moffitt
and Miss Belle Mhoon was played yester-
day afternoon.
The contest began at o'clock. at nine
holes, and proved exceedingly close and
Interesting. At the end of the round the
fair competitors were found to have tied.
To decide the tie, they took the ninth hole
again, and tied SECOND time. Then they
began another round, and at the eleventh
hole Miss A. Moffitt defeated her antag-
'onist and won the fourth tournament for
the ladies' cup Miss "A. Moffitt will be
entitled to play in the final tournament
against the winners of the previous con-
tests-Miss A Duff and Miss Durham.
Miss A. Duff was victorious in the first
and third tournaments and Miss Durham
in the second one. The winner of the final
tournament, which will take place at the
closeof the season, will be entitled to keep
the cup. The various rounds of the tour
nament are shown in the annexed table:
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NINE BUSINESS !. !.
PLACES BURNED
Conflagration at San
: Luis Obispo.,
WIND FANS THE FLAMES
FIRE STARTED FROM A GAso=
LINE STOVE.
Most of the Destroyed Structures
Were Small and Had Been
Erected Many Years
Ago.
Special Dispatch to The Gail.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Feb. 13.-Fire
here at o'clock this evening resulted in
the. total destruction of nine buildings
on the principal business corner, with
loss aggregating about $4,000 The
buildings were of wood and in an hour
a space $50 feet square was a mass of
ashes.
The fire started in the corner building
at Higuera and Chorro streets, occu-
pied as saloon, and was caused by
the explosion of a gasoline stove. In
five minutes the entire building, two
stories high, was mass of flames. The
occupant, c. H. Meyers, barely escaped
with his life, saving nothing, and his
family. occupying the upper story, got
out with difficulty
The buildings on either side were
speedily ablaze and the fire spread
rapidly to the creek on the north side
and the brick block of H. M. Warden
on the south before it was got under
control.
The losses, as far as Known. are as
follows: C. H. Johnson, buildings,
$1,000; F. Chiesa, grocery store, $500; e.
Fleugler, bakery, building and stock,
$4,000; e. Hoefer, building and stock,
$4,000; A. w. Steinhart, cigar store,
$1,000; M. A. Marshall, jeweler, on stock,
5000; w. A. Wood, cigar store, building
and stock, $500; A. G. Pinho, barber,
fixtures, $3.50; H.. ]. Dutton, grocer,
$1,000
Most of the destroyed buildings were
small and had been erected many years
ago. They burned like finder
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
AGoNclLLo SAYS HE
DID NOT PROVOKE WAR

MONTREAL, Feb. 13-Beyond de-
claring the statement that he had adj
vised Aguinalde to drive the Americans
out of the Philippines before reinforce
ments arrived to be lie, Agoncillo alb
solutely refused to talk this morning.
II am busy sending dispatches he
said. Il may. have something to say
later on"
He has engaged a typewriter. and
was busy debating to him with the as
sistance< of Secretary Marti.
Later Agoncillo said: L absolutely
deny that 1 sent a cablegram pro-
Voking the present war. When the time
comes l will produce the cable I sent
to Aguinaldo, and the cable 1 received
in reply from him. They will clear me,
from any such accusation.
He then showed the first official ca
bIegram which he had received about
the situation at Manila and which came
through the Hongkong. Junta. This
stated that the Americans were to
blame for. everything and had publicly
announced that they intended to ex-
terminate the Filipinos.
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Lord Beresford Makes
IS. ST.. A. Pregnant Proposal

My proposal is this: Let the four
nations who are mostly interested in
the trade of China, because they have
got it" nearly. all now, Great Britain,
America, Germany and Japan-let
them join together, do not call it an
alliance, let them come to an under
standing that the treaties are to re-
main as they are, that China is to
maintain its integrity, and that no
other country, no matter what coun-
try it may be, is. to claim territory in
China and put on taxes.
Let me speak of the alliance: You
can call it by any other name, I do
not care fig for the word or name.
I am aware of one fact and that is
we are. the same IN blood, religion,
and that we speak the same Ian
guage. We have the same ideas of
chivalry, we are the two greatest ma
lions on earth and the most patriotic.
When the Queen or your President
calls for men they respond, and there
is no CONSUMPTION. You would not
have been Anglo-Saxons if you had
not kicked out the mother country
when you did,. but let us iron out the
wrinkles of the past, let us forget
the bitterness and let us give this
new spirit of friendship an opportun-
ity to grow and develop to its fullest
strength. Together we can defy the
entire world. The time is coming
when by a merging of our mutual in
terests we must stand together in be-
half of civilization, trade and Chris
tianity.
After his speech Lord Beresford was
introduced to the. members ofthe Cham
Der of Commerce and the others who
were present
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
DEATHS OF TROOPS
FROM DISEASES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-The War
Department to-day received the follow
ing cablegram from General Otis:
MANILA, Feb. 1S.-Adjutant General,
Washington Following deaths since last
report, not including those killed in ac-
tom
February EVictor E. Schofield, private,
A, First South Dakota, variola.
February 6-Michael p, Crowley, -pri-
vate, D, Second Oregon, dysentery; John
Marion, private K, Third Artillery. sup
curative tonslitis; James Garvey. private,
A, First Tennessee variola.
February S-Daniel Kyger, private, L,
First Washington. typhoid fever
February 10-Charles Lille, private, l..
First Colorado, acute diarrhea, from
gunshot wounds in action.
February s-Joy Sheldon, sergeant. I.
Twentieth Kansas; w Chopwood pri-
vate, d, First Washington.
February Ill. J. Howard, private, b.
Twentieth Kansas. OTIS.
MANILA, Feb. 13.--Adjutant General.
Washington: Everything quiet this morn
ing. Business in city resuming former ao-
tivity. OTIS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
MADE A MEMBER.
Lord Beresford Becomes One of the
Geographical Society.

The latest and certainly one of the most
distinguished members of the Geograph-
ical Society of California is no less a per-
sonage than Lord Charles Beresford
rear admiral of the Royal Navy of Great
Britain. President F. w DEvelyn and
Secretary P. MacEwen of the society
called on his Lordship at the Palace YES
terday and informed him that his name
had been AIDED to those of the twelve dis
tinguished men who have already been
honored by the Geographical Society.
DR.. d Evelyn is an old and valued friend
of Lord William Beresford, who is a
brother of the English admiral, the two
having chased Zulus together In Ulundi
in 1879. Lord Charles was more than glad
TO meet DR., D'Evelyn. In accepting the
honor conferred upon him, he addressed
the following letter to the Geogra phical
Society through Secretary MacEwen:
Palace Hotel, San Francisco, II Feb. 80
Dear Mr. MacEwen: l am very grateful IN
you for your kind letter and hope YOU will
convey my thanks to the president and co,ln
ell of the Geographical Society of California
and my keen appreciation OF the honor that
they would confer upon me by electing me an
honorary member OF the society.
II is an honor which / have the very great
est pleasure in accepting.
| regret very much that was out when
you called to-day. but ] hope ! may have the
pleasure Of seeing you before / leave for Chi
cago. Yours truly.
CHARLES BEREsFORD.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
MISS M1FFITT WON
TIE CUP TOURNAMENT
CLOSE CONTEST BETWEEN GIRL
GOLFERS AT OAKLAND.
The Entries for the Mixed Foursomes
Promise Very Interesting
Struggle.

The ladies of Oakland manifested much
more enthusiasm for the royal and an
cient game of golf than those on this side
of the bay While the competition held
on February 10 on the links of the San
Francisco Golf Club brought out only six
competitors, of whom three withdrew
after the announcement of the handicaps.
no fewer than ten gayly alfred short
skirted, neatly shod matrons and maids
entered the fourth tournament for the
ladies' cup at Oakland on Saturday Feb
ruary II.
The tournament was arranged on the
same principle as the Tibbetts cup COM
petition which began on Saturday, Feb
ruary T. and which has now reached the
final round. There were ten entries.
The next power of two that is above ten
Is sixteen; substracting the number of
entries from sixteen gives six. Thus six
contestants drew byes. and the remain
ing four divided into two pairs, played
in the preliminary round Those who
drew byes were; Miss Boxall, Mrs c.
o. G. Miller, Mrs II. r. Knowles, Miss
a. Moffitt. Miss A. Duff and Mrs. P. e.
Bowles. or the four players Miss Belle
Mhoon beat Mrs. o. F. Long up, and
Miss l., Moffitt defeated Mrs. w. Pierce
Johnson.
The contestants in the second round
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
NO HARBoR DAY FETE.
Los Angeles Citizens Forego the Pro,
posed Celebration.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12.-The Mer+
chants and Manufacturers Association
has formally resolved against a free har:
Dor jubilee. The matter was taken up
by the directors In discussion of the
feasibility of raising $4,000 in cash to
pay the expenses of a harbor celebration
and entertain the National Educa tional
Convention. 1t Is estimated that each OF
these. functions would require $4,000 in
contributions. If the jubilee finance COM
mittee gets what is needed for the har-
Dor carnival nothing will be left for the
entertainment of the visiting teachers
Feeling convinced that it was too much
to ask Los Angeles people to contribute
$50 900, the Merchants and Manufactur-
ers' Association preferred to entertain the
teachers and let the jubilee alone.
The resolutions as adopted and sent to
the Jubilee committee and other CONNER
cial bodies relate that the three CONNER
cial organizations of this city have
pledged themselves to collect SO 900 for
the entertainment of the National Edu-
cational Convention TO be held in this city
In. July, 1899, and 1t is now proposed to
celebrate the commencement of the work
on San Pedro about May next. for which,
an additional sum of $4,000 is required.
Inc amounts necessary to carry out the
contemplated events will be contributed
largely by merchants and manufacturers.
ana the association concludes that is too
heavy load TO carry.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
San francisco. Coming
Seaport of America

The question of this port. This
port, IN my opinion, and the ports of
Hongko2g, in China, in the future
must be the two richest almost in the
whole world. Certainly in connection
with the Chinese. trade. This must be
the point of departure whether you
make that Nicaragua trade canal or
= not. If you do make that. canal it
would certainly he in the interests of
trade and it certainly must be in the
interests Of civilization.
But dock; what have. you if you get this
trade opened up in China? If China is
opened. up. you; will get the benefit by
your energy and enterprise (of course we
shall be with YOU: 1t is. not going TO be
all .epe-stdedy. bit you will get the benefit
on those enoFnous mineral deposits of
iron and coal TO pay for what you Woflld
export in.this country.
This is the port that merchants
will come to-. There is no doubt in
my mind that San Francisco in the
future must be great and a more
powerful end richer place than it is
at the present. time.
] think | stood upon the pier in the sea-
1854 and saw the first steamer start to the
West through the Golden Gate | think
so, but whether this is so or not fhe Inn
provement in this place is somefhine.
marvellous from what l saw of it as a boy
in 1854
And think if we can settle this
Chinese question upon line which I
propose, upon the broad and fair pol
icy of equal opportunity to all ma
tons, that there is no doubt that the
whole world will be benefited as
much as San Francisco.
Now we have heard a good deal In the
press, and certainly have heard often
from our statesmen and others upon the
the open door? After all. IL is no new
policy in China. All we want as Britishers
is to keep the treaties as they are. If
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
DENIES THAT He HAS
BECOME A BENEDICT
Young San franciscan Repudiates
the Marin County Marriage
Records

SAN RAFAEL, Feb. BIN view of his
denial of the records, 1t Is at present
rather uncertain whether Albert Pollard
bookkeeper for the Durham. Carrigan g.
Hayden Company, is or is not married.
So far as marriages are concerned, the
records of Marin County abound in mys-
terry, but Pollard's case is specially in
teresting.
Last Monday young man giving the
name of Albert Pollard, residence POS
Haight street. San Francisco, procured
license to wed Miss Anna Monahan of
20Sh Haight street. He asked that the
affair be kept secret. On the Wednes-
day following he was married to Miss
Monahan in Sausalito by Justice Bellrude
who was requested to keep num- and
not make any record for thirty days.
When Pollard was questioned at his res
idence at San Francisco he strenuously
denied that he was a benedict and said
only one lady was to be found in the
house, servant girl, whose name he
could not remember Miss Monahan was
formerly domestic employed at 1923
Point Lobos avenue.
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In what he asserted, but at the same
time he declared that he was only too
eager: and. anxious. to secure. the views
of. others. That he is honest and sin
cere in what he says: and that he be-
l1eves. it to be true. there. is no denying
.ity that lis..iutegrity of purpose is not
to be doubted: Lord Beresford was
given the very closest. attention, and:
every word: that he uttered was care.
fully listened to: He did not: waste a
sentence. He weighed his: words close
". and: when. he made a statement he
followed it uD with facts and proofs,
and .cIinched. and. scored his point, IN
such a. manner that there was no
doubling it,. This is a. description OF
the man, who, after. being introduced,
smoke as follows: -.
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PASSING OF DR.. sEcoRp.
Was Santa Clara county's Coroner
for Eight Years.

!. SAN JOSE, Feb. .18.-Dr, j. K. secord.
who for the past eight years was Coroner
and Administrator of this county, died of
heart disease ait the home of his daugh-
weeks ago his wife died, and the shock
proved too much for his i'll health.
DR.. Secord was native of West Can
ada, and 81. years of age. He served with
to the rank OF captain
Or. Secord came to San Jose from
Illinois about fifteen years ago. He was
.ty He. had been in poor health for ovsr
a year, and he was defeated for coroner
at the last election through his INABILITY
to make .. canvass. He was prominent
in fraternal societies, Interrnent will take
place in this city tomorrow afternoon.
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MANILA, Feb. 13.--I have just had
an interview with General Otis. who in
his splendid supervision of the cam
paign has'not slept for four days. Gen
eral Otis said:
THE situation is excellent now A
few days ago the Katapunan and the
Dolomen, came down the river 5000
strong on the Tondo district in the rear
of MacArthur's division. AT that time
the situation was alarming. 1 ordered
an attack upon Caloocan. The order
was to clear out the enemy, at least in
front, So we would not be taken be-
tween the Filipino army and the Kata-
punan and Dolomen.
'Aguinaldo is collecting forces some
where near Polo. His present estimat-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
MORE WOUNDED.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The
adjutant general this afternoon
received the following casualty
list from General Otis:
MANILA, Feb. 13.-Additional
4 casualties, engagement at Calico
J can, February 10:
} TWENTIETH KANSAS.
} Wounded-Captain Charles M.
Christy, Company E; Privates
James Kersher, Company A; Carl
Bennett, Company M.
FIRST MONTANA.
Wounded Sergeant General w.
Lowman, Company d; Private
AdoIph- Charette, Company A.
I. Following are the. casualties in
! the trenches at Malabon on the
! night of the 18th and the morning >
of the 18th:
\ FIRST MONTANA.
-Privates Steve Ste
! vens. Company G; Charles Brit
) tan, Company B; Joseph Callahan,
) Company NJ.
UTAH ARTILLERY.
- Wounded - Second Lieutenant
D George A. Seaman, Battery b.
] TWENTIETH KANSAS. E, +.
Private Via Payne,
&. Company a. -
FIRST CALIFORNIA.
Wounded-February 6, Private
Edward O'Neal, Company e. *
Morsenberg, Twentieth Kansas,
D reported February. IL, should read
Morse. All the foregoing were but
slightly wounded.
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LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGEscE.
ARRIVED.
MOnAo

Monday February ls
Stmr Mineola. David, 81 hours from Tacoma
Stmr Navarro Walvig, 81 hours from San
Pedro.
Ger bark C Phuger. Hover, 81 days from
Honolulu.
schr La chilena, Matsen hours from Fort
Ross.
schr Maxim, Olsen, "A hours from Caspar
DOMESTIC PORTS
TACOMA = Arrived Feb IS = Stmr walla
Wala, hence Feb 10; stmr Olympia, from
Hongkong; Br ship Falls of Halladale, hence
Jan n.
Sailed Feb 1s-Br stmr Garonne. for Homo
lulu.
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS
f MISUNDERSTANDING Feb 13-Stmr Pennsyl-
vania, from New York
LIVERPooL-Arrived Feb E13--Stmr Bowie
from New York; stmr Catalonia from Bos-
ton; stmr Aurania, from New YORK.
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An interesting ard exciting mixed four
some was played on the Oakland links on
Saturday afternoon-Mrs. o. +. Long and
George D. Greenwood VS.. Mrs. P. E.
Bowles and Orestes Pierce. After a very
close struggle the former pair won by l
up:
Several entries have. been received for
the mixed foursomes, match play, with
handicap, open to club members, to be
played next Saturday. More will be added
during the week.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
Omaha KID" LOSES.
"Jack" o'Brien Gets the Decision
Over Oscar Gardner

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Feb. 1s.-oscar
Gardner lost the decision to Jack OBrien
night for a purse of $1,000 O,Brien. wa
aggressive from the start and Gardner
loafed for fifteen rounds. In the last three
of it.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 1S-Charlie Goff of
California secured the decision over Char
lie Johnson of Philadelphia before the
Peoples Athletic Club here. Tonight: The
fight was tame throughout.
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you break up therintegrity of China in
varfably you will break up the open door.
1t. is question Of the aptitude: anu the
power of nations. to- carry on their trade
How is that threatened: 1t is threatened
in two ways 1t is threatened in one way
by the effeteness. of the Chinese Govern
ment. Traders and financiers and men
who invest. money are very clever people,
and they are not going: to invest money
unless they see 1t secured. ::
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Council of Women

WASHINGTON, Feb. ia binding
snowstorm did not prevent the meeting of
the National Council of Women at the
Church of Our Father to-day. About fifty
ladies were present. The session was de-
voted exclusively TO business matters, the
report of the president, May Wright Sew
all. being the principal feature.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
Freight Agent RESIGNS.

SEATTLE, Feb. 13.-W. l.. Benham.
Western freight manager of the Great
Northern Railroad, with headquarters at
Seattle, has resigned.
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Carries a Cargo of Gold.

SYDNEY, n. S. W., Feb. 1S.--The Amer
lean steamer Alameda. Captain Won Os-
tenGorph, has sailed for San Francisco
having on board 202, 900 sovereigns in gold.