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1 S3 Hnirvi Sf Sr fe loisccf IjchhoclI wmm ujlnlSB WTS i HIS STORY TO i vj iJ4 fa IE mt SJr msi SiA tMcpaniels Statement rVP tepeated by Porih land Cmef i DENIAL THAT ACCUSED Was threatened ADMISSION THAT HE WAS WITH THE QIBL SHORTLY DEFORE IIEU SHiRUER tUllft WllllUgly Given by the AJU lcged Slayer Testimony am to Ilia Treatment In PrUan UpecUl Dptch to thfr Chronlcle PORTLAND Or Decembers Evidence la the trial of Frank McDanlel fur the murder of Miss Claire Pitch in July last continues In the same strain that marked the earlier stages The lirosfctitlon Is now tracing his course to Cycle Park and the return to Sixth rnd East Hoyt where the couple were lat seen together McDanlel maintains the eame stolid front he has from the first betraying no emotion and emlllng now and then From the opening statement of Mr Strayner for the defense It was seen that the defendant would admit going to Cycle Park In the early evening with the girl This hem ever dots not lighten the work of the prosecution in proving the detail this first visit qr the only visit that evening according to the words of Mc DanleL The witnesses that saw ths couple on the way out and on their return ware fully examined and usually closely cross examined Chief of Police McLauchlan was the principal witness heard to day The testimony of the Chief has been looked forward to with more than ordinary Interest both because of the statements made to him by the accused Immediately fter arrest and the Implications made the defense several times during the tial that McDanlel had been subjected to unusual and harsh treatment while in charge of the police Of the latter hardly anything was heard during chief McLauchlans testimony To anticipate the defense the District Attorney propounded some questions as to McDanlels treatment at the City Jail which the Chief answered freely and fully Upon cross exnmliiation Mr Strayner tnaue hardly any reference to the subject so far aa the Chiefs conduefwas concerned but Intimated that somo of the detective and4 Deputy DUtrict Attorney cmtnerbad been guilty of con tiuct not proper for officers having the tustody of a prisoner Of these the Lhlef said he had seen nothing and heard nothing and therefore could not testify Mr Strayner more than once during the examination expressed his perfect confidence In the Chiefs integrity and good purposes in hlB official acts In fact the witness Impressed all who heard him that he was unbiased tandld and strictly conscientious in his tflorti to see that the criminal whoever he might be should be the only ilea to receive punishment McDanlels story as repeated by the Chjef does not vary from what the accused had said from the time of his arrest He freely admitted from the first that he was out with Miss Fitch the evening before told the details of their tslk from where they started cm Burn elde until they returned about 11 oclock tfo Sixth and East Hoyt andiurnlshfd the location of every person met during the walk When It came to the part relating to the Intimacy the Chief Said McDanlel hesitated and was reluctant to Include hat In Ms story He asked if he had to tell that too and was merely Informed by the Chief that the latter would like to know all the facts tn the Case Here Mr Strayner asked if some of the detectives or Mr Glltner did not tell the accused that It would all have to come out some time and that he had better tell it then Chief McLauchlan aid he did not hear such a statement on their part McDanlel told the Chief frankly at the time of his arrest that he did not believe any other man could have taken Miss Fitch out because of her attachment to him In regard to his intentions toward her he said he was not in a position to marry but had he Intended to marry at all would probably have married her The pistol lie said was handed to him by Clay Ilorse Thursday evening as be left the house The Chief Informed the Jury that when the young man was arrested the pistol waa not loaded nor were any cartridges found in the prisoners STEAMER C36AltlXA TROimKS fc Agnln Kails In the faffort to Reach 5an Francisco TACOMA Wash December 6 The laft of her many efforts to continue her voyage patt Cape Flattery and oa to San Francisco has failed and the steam freighter Czarina ls agaln nacfc In Clal lam bay This tlnifl the Czaftaa which was In tow of the tug Hclyokei got uo rodes down the coast but was compelled owing to terrible weather to put back renchlng Clallam bay again Sunday night The crew of the Uolyoke say thej had the worst succession of gates they ever experienced Sometimes the Ciarhta wa qut of the sight of those en the tug so great was the turbulence of the sea wares washed the decks fore anil aft on tne tug After being out live days ihey gave It up The flojyoke had been with the Czar lna ilhce the 9th of November Twlse she had to take the Ctarlna out of Neah bar and seek shelter In Clallam hay Today Captain Seaman was ordered by the underwriters to bring the Czarina to Ta cptna for repairs if she failed to get lo sea in moderate weather la forty eight hourav Her coal will beremoved from ihe after bunkers so that her stern 111 rise out of the water when her new sbjttt will he fitted from the Inside and her propeller put In The loss by her enforced detention amounting to a targe sum will be borne by the underwriters HIGHBINDERS AGAIN ACTIVE Hone Hart In a San Jose Sbootlns Affair pAiOShii December Tho hostility hr ih tiriirrinv CWnMo fnrt Inns hrnkfifmt mXrhnjere ttofrhight Xh Totf a me hber OI inaniP BIOS lUJlBl Hu lluiHun yt hoilitakent hirnf presumably by mem wnokww now bij 1cUir escaped without JnJuryandjhls aisailanta are 9ttll at Jarge The shooting wTcufrcu near wiccuiHuviwv fnt Johf Aboutlteo shots were flredf byt no one wa Injured Comnlalnts will hf aworoto tom6rrow Jt is sildi against iovt npnK men wexcL cnujriuvM Vfeyfrqm Pan Frattglsco ilcttll iiBPrtntylilbthhami AfJj6iiiebtiic 5ce skiiifsent ta gheriffiLangford fromSAnDieoana wpposed br the flfloers lorbe thif ofMur dwrersjnM Durthaia wai examined jSlhiMptixwiTiio phy sicians agreed In thet opinion Ihaf lilhaa been exposedvto the atmosphere for fully ten years The other doctors also thought the owner had been dead many years but how many they did not undertake oar SUICIDE OF A SCHOOIi Gllit Chafed Ender Parental Restraint and Drank Carbolic Acid TACOMA WashJ prjeember Mln tile the flfteen year old daughter of 3 Bridges committed suicide at Ellensbufg last evening while In a fit of anger taking three ounces of carbolic aeld Dr Mahan was summoned assoon as possible but the girl died soon after his arrival Minnie Bridges was a pretty girt and one of the most popular school girls In XSllensburg She liked to go to dances and parties but to this her fathM objected believing she was too young to go out so mcch and further that the would soon be neglecting her studies Last nlghtMln nie had intended going to a church fair i efng held this weekiit Ellchsbnrg She announced her Intention to hr father at upper whereupon he forbade her golhg The fact that she had promised other girls she would go made no difference he said particularly as she had been out several evenings In succession An hour after supper she went to her room and drank the content of a bottlp of carbolic acid kept In the house i i i SUJSS JLHOE ASH SHERIFF San Jose Man Alleges False 1mprl onnient SAN LUIS OBISPO December Charles Bondshu to day filed suit against Superior Judge Unangsf and Sheriff Ivins to recover 10000 damages for false Imprisonment Bond shu was arrested In San Jose on an order of the Superior Court of this county for attempting to leave the State without paying 11000 loaned him by his wife Bertha Ilondshu Mrs Bondshu has secured Judgment ajralnst her husband but Judge Unanftst refused to release him from the Cly JalUhere Mrs Bonashu Is suing for divorce and for the custody of her children whom Bondshu took to San Francisco and the officers have ben unable to locate them Mr and Mrs Bondshu are both prominent In social circles FURTHERDETAILrOF A CRIMINAL CAREER Brutal Character of the Murder Committed by a Rarber In the East Who Is Voir Wantrd In 5a Jose SAN JOSE December 6 Sheriff Lang ford to day received a letter from Wood a detective of Boston giving fur ther particulars as to the career of Nick lufantlno the man who recently left here ith GX belonging to a young woman whom he married In Oakland under the assumed name of Charles Wilson In the letter from Boston It Is stated that In fantlno and a Greek named Ordlto murdered Joseph Frye a leather dealer In lfc79 A plea of guilty was accepted by the prosecution and tpe man was sentenced for life Six years ago Infantlno wan i ardoned by the Governor influence being brought to bear While in the penitentiary Infantlno met a waitress he being lp the corridors as a barber and courted her When he was pardon they were married They then came to California The murder was a brutal one Infantlno had been admitted to the elegant home of Frye When the famity was all away but the head of the house the Greek and Infantlno went there tntantino saying he wished to show the Greek the home of an American gentleman At a favorable moment the Greek assaulted Frye and Infantlno shot him dead They Btole his watch money and some silverware An effort was made to pen a safe but In this the murderers felled At that time Infantlno was but ii but the officer says he Is a dangerous criminal The woman whom Infantlno married after getting out of prison was with him i San Jose and left with him when he departed with the SG00 belonging to the young woman that he married in Oakland The lwter Is here destitute The stolen money she earned as a house servant before she met Infantlno FELL 1STO A CONCEALED WELL Aged Sacramento Woman a Prisoner for Three HoorS SACRAMENTO December Mrs Boyd an aged woman hada thrilling experience to day on her ranch near Patter sonSj station a dozen miles east of this city There a disused well on her ranch which had been covered with boards and soil The boards had rotted and when Mrs Boyd unconscious of the existence of the well started to cross it this afternoon the boards gave way and she fell to the bottom a distance of twenty two feet There was no water In the well but Mrs Boyd was not seriously Injured Finding it Impossible to escape unaided Mrs Boyd began calling for help but there was no one near to answer her cries Some three hours later her son who had been plowing In a near by field caine home to supper Finding the house empty he went in search for his mother and was attracted to the well by the sound of feeble cries He at once procured help and the woman was rescued It was found that she had suffered more from fright at her situation than from Injuries at her fall ALASKA JIDGE RESIQXS Charles Johnson Said to Hare Left the Federal Dench SKATTLE Wash December The steamer Dlrlgo has arrived from the north with an authentic report to the effect lhat United States District Judge Charles Johnson has resigned the office it being his intention to again engage In the practice of law The resignation It Is Bald is either in or en route to Wash tugton Judge Johnson Is now in Juneau His friends in this city say he never really cared for the position but that his ambition was to have received the Alaska Gubernatorial appointment and that he took the Judgeship more In deference to the wishes of those who had supported Mm for Governor than by his own desire Avcmcd ef Criminal Assaalt REDWOOD CITy December 6 The orelimlnary hearinz before Justice Simons of Halfmoon Bay yetterday in the Hlg gins case was continued for a week The young than Is accused of criminal assault upon a married woman of Halfmoon Bay She was ro 111 yesterday that her appear ance in court was imposstDie nucn leei ing Is engendered against young Hlgglnsj who it a Sen of ex Bupervltor John Hig gins Attorney Ross of this city has been retained by the Hlgglns family to tight the case The defendant Is out on ball He Is a cattle raiser on the coast side of the county Wheat Exhibit for the Pari Fatr PORTLAND Or December fcr There was shipped Jo the Department of Agriculture at Washington a large bundle of wheat lxv stalk which is to form the centerpiece of the American grain display at toe Paris Kspoaition The wheat was raised on the Oregon Railway and Navigation Companys experimental farm near Walla Walla under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture rr 11 rf Tralnlcnd of Canned Frnlt LOS ANGELES December The Southern California Packing Company today loaded a special Southern Pacific train of twelve cars with 250 tons of canned fruits which are consigned to a Denver nrm i ne train ten to aay ana will go via Ogden i i i i Oregons Woman Horse Thief ROSBUURG Or December 6 Dora Cole a young woman to day pleaded guilty to horse stealing and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary William reruns ner companion was sentenced to two years for the same offenee rr lrvt 4 Two LosiOTerboafd Daring a Hale ASTORIA OK December 8 The German ship Wfthdeck frpm Philadelphia lost two men Johiii Browa and James Richardson during the passage Both fell from aloft during jigale San Joacjoln vPlpneert Dead rockTONi Member i ramea Lewis awell khowij pioneer fanner of this c0un tyWdiftlf iMJJSt fchl homer near Waterloo to aay Ha waa About 70 yeara ofagor AHMitiS yimiitvz lx EUREKA santa fe Would TAP He REDWOODS THE CALIFORSIA XQRTHWESTERX IS SLBVETIKG XORTH FROM UKIAU Stronsr Indication Thai the Biff Road Seekltac an Entrance to the Seaport of Humboldt Special CUpttch to the Chrddlcle SANTA ROSA December 6 This morning a Chronicle representative learned from reliable sourcea that there Is something more than a rtimor at the bottom of the recently published report that tho Santa Fq Railroad Company la seeking aix entranceintothe redwood regions of the northern portion of the State via the California Northwestern road and an extension thereof from Ukiah to Eureka The information which atamps the report with more than an appearance of truth Is that the California Northwestern management has suddenly switched Its large force of surveyors tfom the half completed survey to Christine the terminus of a proposed brapch line to the more important work of completing a survey of a main line route to Eureka It waa generally supposed until today that the surveying party was still at work between Ukiah and Christine and surprise waa expressed on all sides when it was learned on excellent authority that the party has completed a main line survey northward from Ukiah to LaytonvllleJ a distance of forty nine miles 4 It is argued that notwithstanding the reported negotiations between the Santa Fe aijd California Northwestern were denied as soon as published the discovery ttiat the surveyors are at work on very route mentioned and will stampftjhe denial as a ruse to con ceal the irue state of affairs It is hardly rtifeejnable to suppose that the Callfomlkfffprthwestern Railroad CompanyCompany wovl i abandon survey work on the proposed branch to the redwoods at this time unless more important work turned the attention of the company in another direction The extension of the road to Eureka is manifestly more Important than the extension to Chris tine Tne rdute to EureKa lies tnrougn timber belts and the extension of th road tojtat point would for a time obvafethe necessity of building the branch to ChriBtlne A tteIl known railroad man who talkedAreluctantly and asked that his name roe not mentioned said Yes Am aware of the fact that the Califor nia Northwestern surveyors are work ing rapidly north from Ukiah on a main line survey toward Eureka waa very much surprised when I learned this fact I supposed the surveyors were at work on a survey of the proposed extension of the road from Ukiah to Christine Qf course I am not in the oetfket councils of the company and do not krtiranhe plans of the management Nevertheless the fact that the surveyors arej at work on the main line to Eureka taken in conjunction with the re Dotted negotiations between1 the two roads would indicate that at least a preliminary understanding has been reached and that steps are being taken to ascertain the cost of a line to the Humboldt metropolis protestantismIFthe santa clara valley Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Sermon Will Be Celebrated In San Jose This Week SAN JOSE December 6 The celebration of the golden Jubilee of Protestantism In the Santa Clara valley will open with a series of appropriate services in the First Methcfdlst Church to morrow The church has been decorated elaborately for the occasion It was in December 1849 that the Rev Ellhu Anthony preached the first sermon from Protestant lips In the Santa Clara valley This sermon was preached In a clump of brush near the place where the Bank of San Jose now stands Among the most Interesting services will be the public reception on Saturday night the rally of the Old people oh Saturday afternoon On Sunday Dr Case Dr Bentley Dr Coyle Dr McCIish Dr Bovard the Rev Mr Buchanan Bishop Taylor and the Rev Elihu Anthony founder of the church and still living wlltallbe present The Rev Mr An thonV resides at Santa Cms Jind is upward ot 80 year old The closing exercises promise to be the musical event of th season a groat concert under the management of Professor Doullet of the University of the Pacific There will be fifty singers and an or chestra of thirty five They will render selections irom tne oratorios ana oiner classical music POST ISTELLIGEJfCER SOLD Third of a Million Paid for the Seattle Newspaper SEATTLE Wash December 6 The Pot Inteligencer formally changed hands to day and the new management will be In control to morrow Announcement of the sale will be made In to morrowsmorrows issue The name of the new ptir chasers are not given but it Is understood that they are Hughes and Maurice McMtken leading Republicans and mem bersot the Uw firm of Struve Allen Hughes McMlken EB Piper the editorial heart of the paper and George Piper the business manager announce their retirement but state that they will remain in the State of Washington Weston was to day made business manager The purchase price Is understood to have been 350000 the bulk ot which was paid In cash to day i i YELLOW FEVEROKBRTITISII DARK Four Deaths on the Ravensrourt Sou at Port Toitnend PORT TOWNSEND Wash December The British bark Ravnscourt eighty days front Panama arrived here to day and will ba sent Into Quarantine at Diamond Point Yellow fever broke out at Panama and Captain A Scott the mate and three sailors were stricken and tent asnore xnree isauora wero seiied a nd dieji a few dayaafter sailing Three more cases developed and one sailor died Therfewereno new cases In the last fifty aaya or tneToyagc To AdVertUe the San Joaqnin MADERA December PresidehVPvA Buellot the Bah Joaquin Valley Commer cial Association has called a meeting of the executive committee of that body for Saturday afternoon December 9th at Madera and the Chamber ot Commerce and cuisens arejnaiong preparations iqr the entertainment of the i guests It is emected that thexommittee will at this session present aicamprehenslvejseheme for aaverqsmgjnjejqurces wine yauey So Mre rBef enllniei Service PORiTOWlwaENp tWaati Decem ber 6 Speclal advices from Washington statu thtt the United States Revenue launch feervlce lestabllshed ihereS out years ago to prevent smuggling from Brttc KiicoiumDia into tne uiuieu oiaics win tjlscwt puedThfJaupchea award And out will be attached to the United States cutter Grant and Lieutenant BaUlnger and Lieutenant Cutter have been ordered tireportito yaptainTOZier oi tne uranu PtrryyChief Engineer Barrows has beed srutreaiewjQraj ii i i FiGHTfJjiB yrilE LICENSE LAW Big Frnis Dolne Baslqe In AlaskA Asainst It SEATTLE OVash Deber i toil ot the big companies doing trastness in Alaska are flghtlngf the new license ta unposca oy ine new ternionai law enacted by the last Congress A test Case Is ad trial before thelJnlted SUtea District Court now in session in Juneau Attorneys representing the Treadwell Mining Company the Pacific Coast Steamship Company the Pacific Whaling Company the Alaska Packers Associatfon and the Washington and Alaska Steamship Com uiy have beetiargulng a demurrer against the payment by their clients of the new tax They contend that the law is unconstitutional In addition to many other objections of less Import United States Attorney FyTedrlch argued for the tax Jaw i i -FLOOD IX WASHIKGTOt Stuck River Valley Great Sheet of Water A TACOMA Wash December PracticallyPractically the whole of the Stuck river valley Is one vast sheet of water The river itself is a raging flood destroying acres of the mst productive land In the State and threatening some Bib3tantiAi dwellings It is higher than ever known since the valley was settled by White men Several families tn theviclnltyof Sumner havo been compelled to move to escapa the torrent The rise InntherlTer slnco the heavy rains haav been the greatest and most rapid ever known Seventeen Inches in one hour Is recorded at Sumner and now the water is between six and seven feet above the ordinary high water level At present the damage throughout the valley cannot D8 estimated grandjrmyWeet in chicago in august President SlrKlnley and the Democratic Xoiulnee Are to lie Invited to the Encampment CHICAGO December 0 The National Council of the Grand Army of the Republic meeting here to day with the local general committee agreed on August 28tb to September UX as the date of the next annual encampment which will be held in Chicago In the general discussion ot the council it was agreed that the en campment should be held at some time during the public school vacation so that the public schools might be used as sleeping quarters for memoers It was said by members of the committee that there were many veterans who might wish to attend the encampment who could not standthe dnancial burden of paying bills at crowded hotels At other encampments tents have been used but the committee deems it more advisable to use the school buildings ine members of the committee called on Mayor Harrison at the close of the morning session Mayor Harrison urged tbat tne encampment be made non Dartl san in every detail and suggested that inasmucn aa rresiaent McKiniey would be present the Democratic Presidential nominee be also invited This will be done The President is a member of the Qrand Army of the Republic and always attend me encampments in Hie capacity as a member said Commander in Chief Shaw after the conference There is nothing political in the Invitation we have extended him The Mayors request however is a Just one and will be compiled with ine meeting closed to night with a dinner and reception to the visitors given by the Department of Illinois Grand Armv of the Republic HEAVY WIND CAUSES ORANGES TO DROP Thousands of Dollars Damage Wilt Result In the Orcbrird of the County of San Bernardino FAN BERNARDINO December 8 A heavy north wind began blowing here last night and has done a great deal of damage in Highland Redlands Rlalto and Ontario Thousands of dollars worth of oranges haVe been blown off In some places the ground Is literally covered with the fruit which is Just ripening and which cannot be marketed Reports are also to the effect that the trees have been badly damaged by the limbs being blown off At the Highland Asylum the shrubbery and trees are badly damaged some of them being blown out of the ground DIVORCE AFTER THIRTY YEARS Pioneer Seattle Woman Accuses a Lo Angeles Man SEATTLE Wash December 6 Mrs Mary McCowan a Seatt pioneer commenced a divorce suit here to day against David McCoWan of Los Angeles Cal Property worth many thousands of dollars is involved Mr and Mrs McCowan have not aot alone well since 1J94 when they took Steps to divide their Sroperty since tnen according to Mrs cCowah her husband has lost affection for her and Is cold and distant In his manner He spends most of his time In Los Aiigeles Cal and does not rhow any desire to patch up differences She says that for more than a year he has failed to support her She enumerates valuable property In Seattle which she says was ac Sulred after marriage to McCowan In hlo September 25 1861 Great Labor War Averted CHICAGO December 6 The great labor war threatening so long between the Chicago building contractors and trades unions has been averted through an agreement for a permanent arbitration board of which the personnel Is to be thoroughly representative ot the trades unions and the other interests concerned Through the term agreed upon no sympathetic strike Is to be declared until the new board has had an opportunity to lnv vestigate and decree what are to be the terms of settlement Provision Is made for the namlng of a referee by the arbitrators In the event that the board Is unable to reach a decision On any particular Issue Canadian Mine Strike Star End VANCOUVER December Through mutual concessions on the part of the mine owners and workers the 81c ean strike may be ended soon Both are tired after six months Idleness Union wages will be paid and the strikers demand recognition of the union The mine owners are also to ener Into a compact with the strikers The owners have tiot yet accepted these conditions i Divorce for a San Jose Lawyer SAN JOSE December 8 A divorce waa granted In theSuperior Court to day to CD AVrlght from Mollle Wright Mrs Wright the defendant In the case did not answer the complaint or appear in court and ft divorce was ranted by default Wright is a well known attorneyof this city jnnaeiuy was xne grounu uyou which the divorce was claimed in Expired On a Train KESWICK December 6 Parker Ken ncdyagcd35 years died this morning on the south bound passenger train His death occurred just this sldeof DaHa and was due to consumption He had boarded th train at Eurene Or And Was bound to Kalamazoo Mich where his friends reside Tne body and baggage were removed from the train at Redding and delivered to the Coroner i i iii iii I i 11 i Infected Fruit to Be Destroyed VANCOUVER BC December 1 he local ifrultii Inspector to day6rdered the destruction of 300 barrel or ontano appleaiwhlch werenbadly lnfectedwHh coaiin room HUUDxT auODR Our enttrt dlsclar of holllur goods ndw ready forflaipectlon rtsme sutlonsrr leather gftollt articles and artists avUMtals on tae first floor pictures hunra eayr tsbits UtomsMehlklrnV gimStooks on second flerif alpuBntoUK esse tat ctljolota novelUw on third floor Tsk Uvtor Saa boraV VaU Co 7 Vsrkst street If inm GOVERNMENT HAS NO POWER TO INTERFERE OKLY VIOLATfOXS OF THE SHEn MAJI LAW SUDJECT TO FED ERAL ACTIOX Chief of the Depnrtmeut of Jnatlci Advocate Ulch Salarle for the United State JOdgea iv Epecial Dispatch to the Chronicle vVASIIPNGtON December 6 AU tofney Cfenerai Griggsi in his annual report to Congress reviews the work of the Department of Justice during th year and then says that application la occasionally made to the department to have legal proceedings brought in the name of the United States against corporations Vt porablnatlohs of companies thatate1 alleged to ba engaged in form ing or rnaihtalning roortppolles or agree mehta in restraint of trad orompe tttion Such action the Attorney General says can be maintained only when the offense comes within the scope of the Federal statute The only Federal law against combinations in restraint of trade is contained in the so called Sherman act of July 2 1890 It will be observed that this statute is directed only against combinations or monopolies in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations It does ont pre tend to go Into other branches of busi ness or commerce or attempt in any way to Interfere with the transactions which are carried on exclusively within the confines of a state or which do not amount to what under the decisions of the United States Supreme Court Is understood by the term interstate com merce The Federal Government aa no con stitutional right to supervise direct or Interfere with the transaction of ordinary business by the people of the several states unless such business re lates directly and not incidentally to lii tertate commerce ana such baa been the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States The Attorney General discusses this subject at some length quoting freely irom ine decisions of tne courts sus taining his position and in conclusion says In all cases where the facta pre sented to the Attorney General capable of legal proof have established satisfactorily such an agreement or combina tion In restraint of interstate commerce as Is contemplated by the Sherman act legal proceedings hav been taken In tne name or tne united States either to dissolve the combination or to punish tne orrenaers by indictment On the subject of Judicial salaries the Attorney General jays It is not afi uncommon thing to find a lawyer appearing before the United States courts in a case where his fee for one argument exceeds the annual salary of the Judge The Judges of the United States Supreme Court and the circuit and district courts are inadequately compensated The same is true of those of the Court of Claims The courts of the United States are everywhere in the civilised world held in the very highest repute yet their Judges are paid smaller salaries than are allowed by the states to State Judges in very many Jurisdictions I believe that an Increase of the salary of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court to 20000 a year of the Circuit Court Judges to 10000 and the District Judges to 7500 a year would be a simple measure Of Justice and approved by every Just minded citizen On the subject of Alaska the AttorneyAttorney General says The administration of affairs In Alaska and especially the administration ot Justice through the courts and court officers Is not satisfactory The criminal business of Alaska has doubled within the year and the civil business has multiplied four times over He urges upon Congress the necessity of provding for the appointment of an additional District Judge an additional United States District Attorney and Marshal and that the territory be divided Into two districts He recommends that the salary of the District Attorney or the District Attorneys If two are provided be fixed at 6000 a year TRANSPORTS OFFidERS WiTNESJED A BATTLE People on the Sheridan Tell of the Engagement at San Fabian Where Major Logan Fell The officers and sailors of the transport Sheridan which arrived on Tuesday from LManlla were eye witnesses of the battle ot 8an Fabian on November Ith In whlcn Major John A Logan was killed The Sheridan took the Thirty third Infantry down to Manila and was there Ordered on Immediately to San Fabian In company with the transport yutec with the Thirteenth Infantry No Intimation was given aboard as to the object or the expedition At 345 oclock on the afternoon ofNovem ber 7th the transports dropped anchor In the Gulf of Lihgayen about a mile and a half from shore They found there the gunboats Helena Princeton Bennington Manila Callao and Samay Half an hour iatcr the gunboats commenced the bombardment of the town and under cover of the guns the troops were landed George Kopplts purser of the Sheridan gives a graphic description of the battle and the scenes which followed While the fight was In progress he made a sketch of the harbor and the positions ot the boats showing how the troops were landed The bombardment lasted for ah hour and a half and then the troops drove tie enemy back out of the town Purser KOppttc landed after the fighting was over and he describes the execution of I the American guns as fearful Tne tsnenaan win aocsv at me transport harf this morning and Immediately cota mence loading tor Manila Tho transport Sherman sailed to day with a battalion of the Forty ninth In cpmmand of Major Kirkman Archbishop unapeue ana rawer ucKinnon xormer chaplain of the California Volunteers were passengers on the vessel Chief OU fleer Roberts was detained at the last minute by the illness of his wife and the second officer was promoted to his position The third and fourth officers were uibu iiiuiuuicu aim vuu iwiuci vuic officer of the Coptic went as fourth officer Chief Steward Roblson also rt malned ashore his place being taken by Fallon formerly of the St Paul The transport Glenogle arrived in ballast yesterday twenty eight days from Nagasaki tn command of Chief Officer Hutcpeon her captain having died on the voyage She will go but orxomfnlsslon and return to Tacotna iii 1 1 A niij i i must flTAJiia tniAt and the bases fwercratiriue untif fi4tuifw dayr wheaiooe ormoreof ihenvwili be set li wagvKfey ha4f fiMi representing the defendants thjcom plaints werealldefectlve iJudge Conlan admitted that he had doubts as to the le gailtyUt the complaints but thoughttha merits of the casesshould be J511 a iJuryHthrfJdnle 4 tn wotjonfor drermhutdcis7on Judgetoniani saldt The Board of Supervisors are considering at proposltlpn to hire counsertn revise cityordlnances and resolutions Suchactioh Jnabsolutely necessary and would pfoveof great benefit tothe city For thatwason I hope somethlngwlUbe done in the near future In that way cttrn plications of th kind that have arisen In tnlsfcase would heraroWeaV Thus far atwo of the cases ihavebeenf called for trials One defendant Henry tVlttam failed tc appear and his bairwa tLi fALA lkfcHAeaa W4t thflf tf A Hamilton in which the jury disagreed The evfdeaceagainstHarvtys Ultors Includes a completeifaro tttfitif a iJiEDpFRO Hiar ijfjrtiBiEs jlfcnnelKPeresr OtfJbhtt Perrler Snc combs the HdipltnU tl The mysterious patient at the City and Counts Hospital SUPPOseo to ua aniu IPerrler died yesterday afternoon from the injunea he received in come unKnown mnnnr in Knvmber 23L The bbdV WraS Identified by John pspltal of lStfPoweil street last mgnt at tne juorgue a i of a man known to the Spanlsn colony of this city aa Manuel Per Tnedead man bore a doubtful reobtatlon amohg his countrymen and Is charged by several of tnem witn having teen mixea up in a number of shady transactions SlflMIP WASHINGTON GAMBLER KfllLED BY Ail OFHCEfc DESPERATE JSTTltJGOLE FOR THB POSSESSION OBV THE lVfiAP05f HANGS H1M5ELE Hans Rohde Gommitted Suicide at a Jlipe Old Agel Hans Rohde af forroei bijslhess man of this city committed suicide by hanging himself in a stairway ot his home at 25ta Mission street some time yesterday afternoon with a cord from his dressing gown Rohde was 78 years vf age and for a Jong time had been almost helpless from old age and 11 health During the last two years he had not been out of the house where he lived alone with his aged wife The couple have eight sons all of whom axe In business In this city and two married daughters The suicides body was found by Mrs Rohde when she returned home about 6 oclock last night He had not made a noose of the cord with which he ended his life but had attached the cord to the railing of the stairs and placed his chin over it and then by allowing his weight to rest on the cord had slowly strangled himself to death He had been much depressed In spirits for seme time but had never been neard to threaten to make away with himself The body was quite cold when it was discovered Tha case was reported to the Coroner by son in law of the deceased and an Inquest will be held CURRENT PROGRAMMES IN MUSIC AND DRAMA Closlns Performance ot Several Attraction Change ot Rill Announced for Next Week These are the last nights of Litts really fine spectacular presentation of Shenandoah at the Columbia Theater On Monday night Frederick Warde with Minnie Tittell will appear In the popular play The Lions Mouth The elaborate and effective production ot His Majesty at the Grand Opera house will only be seen this week The comic opera company scene especially has made an extraordinary bit On Monday night The Chimes of Normandy takes Its place on the bill Plahquettes opera was one of the most popular operas of the season An Enemy to the King will give place to Tne Fatal Card on Sunday night at the California Theater On Thursday of next week The Sporting Duchess will be revived for the balance of the week Mother Earth Powers new play at the Alcazar Theater Is very well Tvorth seeing The first act is strong but the best dramatic work Mr Powers has done is In the second act Altogether it is a novelty and at any other season than just before Christmas it would stand a great chance of a long run The Tivolt Opera house will reopen freshly decorated on Saturday night with an elaborate presentation of The Tar and Tartar in which Ferris Hartman will reappear after a long absence The Orpheum has Camilla DArvlllet Golden and others still drawing crowded houses Next Week some new people will come who are likely to keep up the business The sale of seats for the original Georgia mlntrels at the Alhambra Theater prom Ises a big houee for Sunday night There will be a large company At the Chutes to night the Pinafore minstrels will be the feature ot the amateur performance The symphony concert under the direction of Henry Holmes will take place this afternoon at the Grand Opera house It will See a large audience Stabbing at the Hospital Bob Riley aged 60 years was arrested and booked last night at the Seventeenth street Police Station on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon While drunk he had a fight at the City and County Hospital with Frank CJarkv also an old man and cut him in the face with a pocket knife Both men are employed as help ers at the hospital i i Oakland brnfh offlee of ths Chronicle for receiving advertisements and sabscrlptiocs 950 Broadway DEATH ROHDE in this city December Haas jo hann hlnvpd httRhfinri nf UinK Dkj and father of Peter Relnhoid Hans and Ernest Rohde to Hess Mrs Chrlg tine Waroke Mrs Michael Mrs George Hauerken Mrs Oicar Dittmer and Mrs Henry Mullet a native ot Schulp Hol etela Germany aged TS years month and Xdajrs Notice et funeral hereafter MISCELLANEOUS 31 Grant Avenue Jadft Conlan Decline to Dlajnla the Case of Alleged Oftmbiers The visitors to io Haryeys club at i Mason street will have to make riufnefous trips to court before tgey get through with their troubles Whetfthecatespf AM Hamilton Edward IJrcqks Vf HllamDor tneh Lt DVbhflsonaridAvliiBfewttWtre called yetterday In Police Judge Ornishs court the defease again made amotion lot dismissal of all the cases but It was denied 4 Great Specials 4 HANDKEBuHIEFS tEiaJir6tdafed LCe EdgM IV SHAMS Oymoldired LU tfipp 2 fiuJ Mocheif tte4 lsiEif i 5p Dy tanders Flee Lenvintr the Dep ty gherl2rV1a tfieHBjnda of Povrerfnl Oppd nent Special Dispatch the Chronicle KEPUBUCXWaflh December ts Joseph Williams a gambler by prqfes sion in admnkeii fit pf angerlast nighty visited the dance jialliijd other jplacea declaring thatMwoud 2ait aiifc Keck agatost ydm he appeared to have a grudge KecKas Informed of the threats and riotjfled the offlcerfi and Dejiuty Sheriff Swan kept an eyeiipou Vfilliamftto see that he did hoUatryjout hlsthreat 5 Williams tried to enter JCks saloon but was prevented froni dolng so Arbout 1230 this morning he ntered the Btitt saloon adjolnlngKecksind renewed his threats using very labuslye ikneiuee He drew his pistol and some one attempted todisarm hirnbut pitth request ot the proprietor desistep About that tlnie the officer entered thp saloon and ordered him iq glvcf up his niatoL He comolled He was then placed under arrest but as hci would not go along the officer attempted toput on handcuffs WHilaxns resisted desi naatalv arirl ntfpmntplir tf S6CUre the pistol crowding the officer agaihjt the bar Swan then fired the ball enter Uiit WllHotriB irnltai hnn Uttil eamei outunder the left shoulder blade Wil liams woo was a poweriut insuji yu tlnuea to struggle ror we possession ot the pistol arid forced Swan away from tht har sunA threw him over a table holding him there While this was go ing on Williams was struck twice over the head witn tne pistol Tti nffler pallet fnr asstsf anri mm the bystanders but all of them ran from the saloon and the proprietor dodged behind the iron safe After find Irn tha imiM nnt hrAfllr Rwnnj grip on the pistol he raised himself off tne prostrate omcer ana exclaiming Ive got nougb staggered a few steps and fell dead The Coroners jury made a full investigation and rendered a verdict ex oneraung swan HISCELLANEOLS Had I a 1 had a Bad cough for six weeks and could not nd tnj relief whatever I read what wonderful remedr Acers CSerfj Pectoral was for coughs and bought a bottle Before I had taken a quarter of it my cough had entirely left me Hawn Newington Ont May 3 1899 Cures Neglected colds always lead to something serious They fun into chronic bronchitis witch pulls down your general health and deprives yon of sleep i or they end in genuine consumption with ill its uncertain results Dont wait but ake Ayer a Cherry Pectoral just as soon as you begin to cough Asiew doses will eurefdfilhfcir But it cures old colds too onlv it I takes a little more time yV refer to such diseases as bron chitis asthma whooping cough consumption and hard winter coughs If vonTS Inst tketi rmlri 9K mt 1 tie is all youll need For harder cases a 60 cent bottle is better For chronic trembles and to keep on hand the 8100 bottle is most economical wBasmemnsamBBammmattemmm Doctors and Deniisis ATTENTION Tg CALLED TO A KEW OFFICE EUlLDINOt corner Ellis and Oagow ftreet adj3lBlng Powell treeU Alt light sunny offices All modern conveniences and latest Improvements raoMis liuKisoli 5 Montgomery St iS ConutrrXitrM Sollelicd Wh Wm tMllOYAL tttEMteSS Copper Colrei Soots Aches Ola Rort Ulcen In Month Hair FslllBtt VrlteCOOKBEMBOY CO WW MawnioTem Ijie i Chlcajo JILV to prtiOti cares Capital tMVM0 bars cnrH the wont cases ta to 81 oaya IOO PAB0MCfit ixirkeh rouxa 8aa yaAaiimj Ttr our BCMpUt Drw StTn nil Tjrr Ir 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