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The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
FELIX GROSS ARRESTED.
Well Known Coal Dealer Charged
With Cruelty to Animals.

The heavy hand of the law has again
fallen upon Felix Gross. the well-known
coz. dealer. He was arrested yesterday
morning for cruelty to animals. He does
ccnsidera ble- hauling and the officers CT
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals are consequently in receipt Of
complaints of citizens who witness the
abuse Of Gross horses. Nearly very
day, according to the statements Of many
people. Gross teams get stuck on the
ste p grades in consequence. of the wag-
ons beng overloaded Furthermore, the
hoses always seem to be weak ana unit
u work.
yesterday morning Secretary Holbrook
and Officers Hooper and McCurry weTe
Il Closs stables on Ninth street, near
harrison. about the time the teamsters
were getting ready TO harness up. An in
spectf0n of q dozen stalls showed that
half OF the horses were unfit TO labor IN
CONSEQUENCE of being oVerworked. Six
were taken from work and the owner
was arrested for cruelty to animals Sec
retary ITolbrook states that this is the
thifi time that Gross has been arrest ed
forVthe same offense, but in most in
stance. he has managed to escape ceri-
c'.s punishment through his boasted
pull in the Police Courts.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
AUCKLAND EDITOR HERE.
W. ]. Geddis Tells of Political Condi-
+ions in New Zealand.

" I Ceddis. proprietor and editor OF
the Auckland Observer, one OF the prln-
cipaI newspapers in New Zealand Is
guest at the California. having arrived
on Friday, on his way TO Europe. In an
interview Mr.. Geddis said;
The British Government has aban-
doned the mail route to the colonies, via
Vancouver, and intends 10 establish
through fortnightly service by way OF
this port as soon as the three steamers
which are TO be built by the John D.
Spreckels &, Bros. Company have been
completed. The question Of an increased
subsidy 70 the Oceanic Steamship Com
pany will be taken up at the next meet
ing Of Parliament
In regard 70 our political affairs there
are two parties in New Zealand, the Rad
tcal Liberal, which has been in power for
the last nine years, and the Conservative
Liberal. The first is under the leadership
Of Premier r. J. SeddOn, and the second
has Captain W. Russell at its head. We
are on the eve Of an election, and extra
ordinary efforts are being made ~ the
Conservatives to assume power. 1n!s -
likely TO be accomplished, as the RADICALS
have given the people a great deal OF eX-
detrimental legislation which mas proven
iInsatisfactory One law which has met
with disapprOVal is the compulsory con-
Citation and arbitration law, which has
had the effect Of Lerrorlzing employers
Upon complaint of an employe the sec
retarv of the labor union TO which he
belongs can invite a meeting. of three
employers in the same line Of business
as the one complained Of, and also three
workmen. This is called the Cancellation
committee; and should they fail 10 come
to a satisfactory understanding the
grievance is then submitted TO an arbi-
fration committee composed OF one en-
pioyer. one workman and the Judge OF
the Supreme Court, and finally adjudi-
Gated This has tended to harass the
Industrial conditions and disturb labor,
and where before the passage of the law
there was one complaint there are now
thirty or more. 1t is the intention to re
wise the law and make it more equitable.
Another law passed by the Radicals
was that providing for the payment of
pensions to aged poor. On account Of the
necessity of pleading poverty IN pubic TO
receive the benefits of the law, which
gives eighteen pounds sterling a year
10 persons over 65 years of age, under
certain conditions, it has prevented de-
serving people who are averse TO publish
ing their misfortunes from participating
woman suffrage has been given a
trial also under varying conditions of
success, and all these propositions may
conspire to change the party in power at
the coming election
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
UNIoNISM SHOWED UNDER
CANDIDATES HAD VAIN HOPE
OF APATHY.
Men on the Home Rule Ticket Swept
Conservative Districts of Ulster,
and Carried Leinster and
Co1naught.
Special Dispatch to The Gail.

NEW YORK, March "a Dublin ca
Bile to the World says: Though the
unity conference held here Tuesday to
end the dissension in the Irish parties
has, if not actually failed, at least hung
fire, the attachment of the Irish peo-
pie to home rule remains undim1nlshed.
In elections for the newly established
county councils, just held throughout
Ireland, home rule candidates swept
Munster, Leinster and Connaught,
while even in the most conservative
districts Of Ulster the Nationalists OBJ
tained notable successes.
In three Nationalist provinces the
Unionist candidates stood in every
county reckoning on the apparently
apathetic condition of political feeling
following the factionist dissensious TO
enable them to secure a larger repre-
sentation, If not control, of some Of the
most important new county boards.
But, except in isolated cases where on
personal grounds Unionists were elected
unopposed, they have been overwhelm-
ingly defeated.
The policy of importing politics into
these elections was denounced by John
Redmond and his friends, who argued
that liberation should be shown to
Unionists, who should be accorded fair
representation as the best way of
starting new bodies on their career.
Dillon, on the contrary, recommended
that no quarter be given to the enemies
of home rule until home rule is at
tained.
Among the most notable Of the de-
feated Unionists are Lord Castletown,
Lord Mayo, Marquis Of Ormonde, Earl
of Rosse and Lord Langford, all of
whom stood in their own counties.
There they have extensive properties
and under the county government sys-
TEN recently abolished they virtually
had the nomination Of government
bodies.
Lord Frederick Fitzgerald, uncle of
the Duke of Leinster, defeated the Ma
tionalist candidate by a narrow major
ity at Maynooth, which is owned by the
Fitzgerald family, and Lord Castleross
won seat in Killarney, where his
property is situated.
The result of Lord Dunraven's con-
test is not yet declared, but it is be-
Iieved to be very close.
Only so per cent of the full vote was
polled throughout Ireland, but the Ma
tionalist victory is so decisive that the
London Times confesses: 80 far as
local government is concerned Union
ism has been annihilated in Munster
and Connaught, almost totally extir-
pated in Leinster and badly wounded
even in Ulster
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
POWELL TELLS OF
HIS BEEF PROCESS

TIT ASHINGTON, April S.-The
M army court of inquiry into the
Wv beef supplied to the army decid-
ed to-day to adhere TO its decis-
ion not TO call the list of wit
nesses submitted by General Miles. The
reading Of the official reports was con-
cluded.
Alexander Powell, the owner Of the
beef process of which so much has been
said, was heard at the forenoon session.
He gave many details concerning his
invention, and stated that he made an
agreement with Armour & Co. to have
them use the process in case they could
secure the Government contract He
stated, however, that Swift & Co. had
not had the use Of it.
General Shafter probably will testify
early next week, and the outlook is for
the closing of testimony by Saturday
next
Powell testified that he had been a
dealer in meats in New York for the
past twenty-five years. He explained at
some length that he was the sole owner
OF the Powell process for preserving
fresh meats without the use of ice that
the formula was secret. and that II
was not patented because so eninently
simple He declared emphatically that
neither boracic or salyclic acid were
used in the process. nor" he added, is
there any injection or immersion IN
chemicals. The process is supplied by
fumigaton."
There would be no smell except that
OF sulphur for half hour or so after the
application. nor would any taste be no
ticeable. Mr.. Powell gave the particulars
Of his treatment of a car Of Armour
beef which was sent TO camp in the
spring OF 1895 When he heard that the
contract was 10 be given by the Gov
erament he had reached the conclusion
that the Government ought TO nave the
use of the process, and he mad written 20
the President and General EaSan ask
ing when he should apply TO have the
process used.
General Eagan replied, saying the de-
partment was not engaged in purchasing
with those who would supply the meat
and guarantee that il should keep.
Powell said the process was appled 10
& car of six carcasses of beef at Chicago
owned bv Armour & Co. He had made
the Arrangement with Mr.. ConnorS, the
superintendent Of Armour * Co., agree
ing that they should have the preference
in the use OF the process for the use or the
Government The carcaSSeS were taken
to Tampa the latter part Of May last, and
Colonel Weston secured four OF the car
casses, exposing them IN the sun lot ABOUT
eighty hours. 1t was after this exposure
that Colonel Weston Of the commlssary
department made his report, which was
commendatOTy.
Powell said later that not 10 his knowl
edge had Armour & Co used the process
during the war; nor had Il ever been used
by any one except himself. There were,
however, other beef preservative pro-
cesses in the market
Does your process resemble the en-
balming process at allE' asked Major Lee
Not in the least" replied Mr Powell.
But I see no reason why it could not be
so used-why human bodies could not be
preserved by its use. However. there IS
no resemblance 10 the embalming pro-
cess
Mr.. Powell said he had known Of hotels
in which beef prepared by him. had been
used for the past five years, and IN Wnlcn
been shipping 10 the Comte du Barry for
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
FRESH EVIDENCE
Of ECCENTRICITY
Princess of Wales Gets
Gossips Talking.
JOURNEYS TO COPENHAGEN
LEAVES THE ROYAL YACHT
WITHOUT A WORD.
Weak Official Explanation for Her
Hasty and Unexpected De-
parture From the Port
of Rome.
JOURNEYS TO COPENHAGEN
LEAVES THE ROYAL YACHT
WITHOUT a WORD.
Special Dispatch to The can.

NEW YORK, April S.-A World cable
from London says: The sudden journey
OF the Princess of Wales from Civita
Vecchia, Port of Rome, to Copenhagen,
has set gossips' tongue freely wagg1ng.
It was a most eccentric performance,
like her flight from Cowes last season,
and was undertaken too hurriedly to
admit of any official explanation being
provided.
She started at a moments notice, ac-
companied only by her maid and cou-
rier, leaving her two daughters, Prin-
cess Christian of. Denmark and Princess
Victoria, on board the royal yacht Os-
borne without informing them whether
she intended to return or not.
According to one story current In
high society at Riviera the Princess OF
Wales performance is merely fresh
manifestation of an eccentriclty Wllcn
has been rapidly developing OF late.
taking form. as a rule, in extreme rest
Iessness. IT is pointed out that her
sister. the Duchess of Cumberland, has
been for many years periodically men
tally unstrung.
on the other hand gossip from Copen-
hagen has it that old King Christian
since the Queens death has been stead
ily falling under the lnuueuCe u d
Russian lady in waiting TO the late
Queen and the Princess was summoned
by the Dowager Empress Of Russia TO
rescue her father from the tolls OF this
lady.
The fact that the only attempt at an
official explanation of the Princess un-
expected appearance at the Danish
capital is that she desired TO congratu-
late King Christian personally on his
birthday only adds TO the mystery OF
the whole affair.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
CROKER FIGURES IT ALL OUT
SAYS THERE IS MONEY IN GAS
At 70 CENTS.
Thinks New York Could Make a
Profit of Six Millions a Year
by Investing About Twenty
Millions.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, April SIT developed
to-day that Tammany Hall at its meet
ing Friday night adopted resolutions
favoring the construction Of a munich
pal gas plant for Greater New York.
This is taken as evidence that Richard
Croker has heard the rumblings from
the recent campaigns in the West,
where municipal ownership was made
the issue in the mayoralty contests in
Chicago, Cleveland and Toledo and
that he is laying plans to make public
ownership of quasi public utilities an
issue in the national campaign next
year.
Mr.. Croker was asked tonight re-
garding the significance of Tammany's
action. He said:
Il believe that the city makes a profit
of ST. 600, 600 year out of the water sup
ply system. l don't know of any reason
why the city should not make as much
out of a gas plant. The city could build
a plant for s20000,000 and could make a
profit Of $6,000,000 a year selling gas at
20 cents per 1000 feet. The Democrats
will carry this fight to a finish, and it
will at least result in showing what the
position Of Republicans on the question
of cheap gas is. Why, if they must have
Investigations. do they not investigate
their own position in regard to gas?
If a city can supply gas and water
it can supply transportation to it's citi-
zens. These are great. questions which
must be met and solved, and the Demo-
Gratis propose TO meet and solve them
Asked whether the national conVen-
ton would take up the question Of gov
ernmental control Of great interstate
utilities, such as railroads, telegraph
lines, pipe lines, etc, Croker refused
to commit himself further than to say
he had no doubt the convention would
be controlled by men having the public
veal at heart, who would draw UP a
platform in the public interest, and if
they decided public ownership was gem
orally desirable would indorse it.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
Id he would have no other

ten years, and he would have no other
beef.
He had only a verbal contract with Ar
mour & Co, but the understanding was
that if that firm got the contract they
were TO have the exclusive control of the
process. during the continuation Of that
contract only. He was TO have so cents
per hundred for its use-about $500 per
carload He had not attempted to make
arrangements with Swift & Co, the sue
cessful bidders at the time but after the
battle Of Santiago had written TO Mr..
Swift on the subject. furnishing him a
piece Of beef that had been treated. Moth
ing. however, had come of it.
Powell said he made no claim that his
process would not discolor beef. Any pro-
cess would cause a change in appearance.
After the use of his process beef would
look like meat that had been in cold stOr-
age for two weeks, darkening the grain
and bleaching the fat. There would be
a smell Of sulphur for an hour. as sui
phur was one OF the articles used in the
fumigatiOn.
The witness said that refrigerated meat
which had not been kept cool enough
would look Shiny and be dark or gray.
He considered ii impossible TO keep fresh
meat for seventy-two hours after
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09

leaving the refrigerator without a
PFFeseEEyatiye process and he was
to keep it so long. in the climate
of Cuba after taking it out of the re-
frigerator must involve some preservative
process. He thought If thoroughly frozen
il would keep for from twelve to twenty
hours and not longer.
Captain George B. Davis, who was Cen
eral. Eagan's assistant in the commissary
generals Office during the war, was re-
called to give testimony concerning a
shipment Of canned beef TO the troops at
Dunn Loring, Va. He said many cans of
the canned beef had been opened in the
ONCE and ne had never found any that
Contained unwholesome meat.
Before concluding Captain Davis asked
permission 10 make a brief statement in
response to Mr.. de Caindry. He said
that his charge of the files of the COM
missary generals Office was only per-
functOry and that he had a search made
for the memoranda which Mr.. de Caindry
dry had reported as missing and found
one Of them. He had never removed any
papers from the files.
The reading OF the reports of officers
was then proceeded with by Major Lee.
They all condemned the beef.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE
GIVEN BY GEN. MERCER

PARIS, April S.-The Figaro. con-
tinuing its publication Of the evidence
before the Court Of Cessation in the
Dreyfus case, prints the testimony Of
General MERCER, former Minister Of
War, and General Biliot, who formerly
held the same portfolio.
The latter said that the War Office
secured in April, 1894, from q person
indicated by n. Cayaignac, a document
containing the words "Cette canaiIIe
de . I'D --' and a alettershOwing a
leakage from the Ministry and stating
that plans Of the fortihcations at Nice
had been given 10 q foreign power.
Soon afterward other information was
received, showing that the traitor was
in the second bureau.
The bordereau, received in Septem-
Der, enabled the authorities 10 COM
mence an investigation. The bOrdereau
was given 10 Colonel Henry, who
showed il 10 General Sandherr, General
Gonz and General de Boisdeffre, and
lastly 10 General A1eTcier. The re-
semblance in the writing 10 that Of
Dreyfus was striking. General Mercier
informed the President and VI. Dupuy,
who approved OF the investigation. ".
Colbert, the expert charged with the
examination, first thought there was a
resemblance in the writing Of the bor-
dereau and that of Dreyfus, and asked
the name Of the authOr Of the bor-
dereau. When this was refused NJ
Colbert declined 10 make a report, and
the document was then shown to NJ
Bertillon, who pronounced the hand
writing the same. General Boisdeffre
then selected Major Patty du Clam TO
make the preliminary investigation,
which led To the arrest Of Dreyfus.
He questioned Dreyfus, who admitted
the resemblance, saying, They have
stolen my handwriting"
On another occasion he said, referring e
70 two foreign military attaches: "Ah,
I would like 70 plunge my poniard into
their breasts"
NJ. MERCER refused TO answer ques-
tions concerning the communication of
the secret documents TO the court-mar-
tial, saying that the revision proceed
ings were limited 70 Colonel Henry s
forgery and the opinions Of experts.
who declared that it was impossible
that Esterhazy could have been the
author Of the bordereau as he could not
have obtained all the documents On
other points General Mercier's testi-
mony was the same as that given by
NJ Roget.
LONDON. April 9-The Observer this
morning states that Comte Esterhazy
voluntarily told the proprietress Of that
paper late last autumn that he wrote
the bordereau under orders from Cen
eral officer Sandherr. On subsequent
occasions, the Observer says, he re-
peated this, and added that Dreyfus did
not write the bordereau.
On the occasion Esterhazy said the
bordereau- produced was a tracing from
the original document, and that some
indistinct words had been retraced bv
another hand
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
MEIKLEJ0HN KNIGHTED
BY KING OSCAR
The Assistant Secretary Of War Can
not Accept the Title, but
VIII Keep the Jewel.

CHICAGO. April 8.-The Times-Herald' 8
Washington special says: King Oscar Of
Sweden has conferred knighthood upon
George D. Meiklejohn, Assistant Secretary
of War, and has decorated him with the
insignia of the Royal Order Of the Sword.
Secretary Mefklejohn is barred by the
constitution of the United States from ac-
cepting the knighthood, but he will retain
the Jewel which the Swedish monarch
sent with the patent.
During the war with Spain Mr.. Meikle-
John. while acting as Secretary of War,
was visited by Minister A. Grip, repre-
senIing Sweden and Norway, who asked
permission for attaches Of his Majesty
army TO accompany the American forces
through the Cuban and Porto Rican cam
pafgns. The necessary permission was
readily issued and Credentialed to the for
eign officers, who accompanied the Min
lister, and it is presumed King Oscar has
conferred the knightIy honor on the Amer
lean in recognition of this courtesy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
Not an EmbezZler.

Judges Dunno, Cook and Lawlor, sitting
in bank on Friday, dismissed the charge
of embezzlement against 1. H. Herold,
who was found guilty in the Police Court.
The defendant appealed the case. and
when the matter was properly laid be-
fore the Superior Judges they found that
Herold was innocent of wrongdoing.
L. H. Shearer, a jeweler at q Mason
street, was the prosecuting witness. He
charged Ferold with having fraudulently
obtained pair of bracelets from his store
and had him arrested. Herold was en-
ployed by Shearer at the time. and as he
proved that he came into possession of
the bracelets lawfully the charge against
him was dismissed accordingly. Herold
now intends filing suit against Shearer to
recover damages for defamation of char
acter and false imprisonment
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09

LONDON, April S.-The royal ro-
nance of the Princess Victoria of
Wales and her cousin. Prince George
of Geece, which has been talked about
for years, will, it is whispered, culmi-
nate shortly in the announcement of
their engagement.
1t has been generally said in society
circles for some years past that the
Princess was very much in love with
her tall, stalwart cousin, but that he,
fearing that he had very little to offer,
did not care to press his suit until his
recent appointment as Governor or
Crete gave him assurances for the fu-
ture, which he had so long desired. It
was rumored at one time that Lord
Rosebery aspired to the hand Of Prin-
cess Victoria, and some sensational
journals even went so far as to say
that William Waldorf Astor was a
suitor for the hand Of the second
daughter of the Prince Of Wales. The
Princess is very domestic in her tastes
and has been a close companion Of her
much beloved mother, the Princess Of
Wales.
The matter, it is understood, was dis
cussed by the Queen and members Of
her family at CinieZ recently, where,
talking of the royal family, the curious
rumor is current that the Pope has ex-
pressed an earnest desire Of bestowing
the Golden Rose on Queen Victoria.
This gift is a personal prerogative Of
the Pope, and is usually given to uota-
BILE Christian women of royal birth. It
might be mentioned that her Majesty
and her consort, the late Prince Al
bert, were at one time on very init
mate terms with Pope Leo XIII during
long visit which he paid to England
at the time when he was Papal Nunc1o
at Brussels. He was a guest of the
Queen and the Prince Consort, who be-
came much attached to him.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
Figaro's Publication Of Evi-
dence Causes a Sensa-
tiOn at Paris.
GENERAL STAFF'SI IRE
Publishers Of the EnterpriSing
Newspaper Fined Heavily by
the Correctional Court.
Copyrighted. 1889. by the Associated Press.


LONDON. April S-The Figaro's
revelations in the publication of the
evidence presented to the Court Of Cas-
sation in the Dreyfus case is the SEN
sation Of Paris and has renewed the
keenest interest in The Dreyfus affair.
The Dreyfusites are highly pleased
with the publication Of the dispositions.
which, in fact, are apparently approved
by the whole mass Of sober opinion in
France. The Figaro's bold step is par
ticUlarly interesting, as last year its
editor Unexpectedly championed Drey-
fus, with the result that the paper lost
q great number Of subscribers and the
proprietors removed the editor from his
post.
The Figaro has now taken d step
which has drawn upon it the formid-
able hostility OF the general staff OF the
War Office, which desired secrecy, and
whose reputation is grleyoUsly damaged
by the publication OF the depOsitiOns,
IN which there are evidences that the
War Department engineered different
trials, Influenced witnesses and had the
intention Of preventing the eXculpatiOn
OF Dreyfus, though the motive of the
War Department in so doing still re-
mains OBSCURE.
The depositions show that both IL
Cavaignac, the former Minister Of War,
and General Roget, who restated the
whole Of the general staff case. failed
to produce any direct evidence against
Dreyfus.
The testimony Of Examining Magis-
trate Bertulus was very damaging. He
declared plainly his opinion that Col
onel Patty du Clam and Major Count
Esterhazy are the guilty men.
PARIS, April S.-The revelations
made by the Figaro in publishing the
testimony furnished TO the Court Of
Cessation in the Dreyfus case. came
before the Correctional Court this
afternoon, when the two members Of
the paper. NM. ROdez and BOrel. were
sentenced, in default. 10 500 francs fine
and costs for publishing the testimony.