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2 NO WAR MEDAL FOR ROOSEVELT Considered to but Done His Duty in the El Caney Charge. NEW TORK, April Washington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs: Theodore Roosevelt will not receive a medal of honor in recognition of gallantry displayed by him in leading his regiment up San Juan Hill. This is the decision of the board which has been considering the cases of officers and men entitled to medals, brevets, certificates of merit and honorable mention for their conduct during the war with Spain. The board has decided Colonel Roosevelt, while behaving bravely, only performed his duty in leading his men, as reward for which he received two brevets, and that he did not perform any action which would entitle him to a medal of honor. I was told to-day the board would recommend that less than twentyfive officers and men receive medals of honor.

They performed acts of gallantry not contemplated in their orders and which exposed them to grave personal danger. It is understood the board will submit its report within a few days and will then be dissolved. A new board probably will soon be appointed, consisting of Brigadier General Schwan and Major Carter, members of the present board, to report upon the cases of officers recommended for reward for gallantry displayed in. fighting against Filipino insurgents. the foothills to the right of the railroad.

Later the enemy attacked the outposts of the Minnesota regiment between Bigaa and Bocave, five miles south of Malolos, killing two men and wounding fourteen. Simultaneously the outposts of the Oregon regiment at Marilac, the next station on the way to Manila, were attacked with the result that three Americans were killed and two were wounded. The less of the enemy was ten men killed and six wounded. The Americans also captured two prisoners. Troops were concentrated along the railroads as thickly as possible and the rebels were driven back to the foothills.

The roadbed of the railroad was damaged, but it was repaired almost Immediately and traffic was soon resumed through to Malolos. It is supposed that many of the rebels who attacked General Mac Arthur's line of communication and who were repulsed by the troops commanded by General Wheaton were natives who entered the region in the guise of friendliness. They had seemingly secreted arms in several places and fired on the Americans from the bushes at so close a range that they could be heard talking. One of the Filipinos yelled in English: "We will give you damned Americans enough of this before we are through." The rebels undermined the railroad at Marilao and unspiked the rails in an effort to wreck the train while the railroad gang participated in the fight. The work of the rebels was discovered and repaired before a train arrived.

General Wheaton is preparing to punish the Filipinos. The military gunboat Oeste, from the lake, has brought thirty-two rebel wounded, one Filipino and six wouHded Americans to the hospital. It is now known that ninety-three insurgents were killed in the capture of Santa Cruz. DEWEY'S OPINION OF THE FILIPINOS WASHINGTON, April Admiral Dewey has written to the Secretary of the Navy as follows, respecting the capabilities of the Filipinos: MANILA, Feb. The good effects politically of taking the natives into the service of the Government have not been lost sight of, and from the first large numbers of them have been employed at the Cavite naval station as mechanics and laborers in coaling and in manning tugs and launches.

I regret to state that the latter experiment has been only a partial success, as nearly all of the mechanics and laborers left on the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and the Filipinos, and are now believed to be in Filipinos' ranks. I am unable to state how much of this I was due to intimidation and forcible impressment Into the army by the so-called Filipino republic, but from the statement of some few who returned and the fact that nearly all those who live in the coal lighters and that Is, under our immediate protection, have remained, it would appear that intimidation was a large factor in the disappearance of the workmen. It Is well known that the Aguinaldo Government is a severe military despotism. "Although under the rule of the United States the character of the natives will certainly Improve, a sudden change is not to be expected. A few of them might be employed on transports and vessels of that kind: indeed, the Filipino quartermasters who have been serving on the Nanshang and Zaflro since the purchase of these vessels have always been Satisfactory, but because of their long associations with Americans and Englishmen they belong to a class apart from the great mapority." AGONCILLO LIES LIKE A TAGALLO LONDON, April Agoncillo, the agent of Aguinaldo, who is still In Paris, suffering from influenza, has written a letter to the Associated Press Baying: "It is absolutely false that Aguinaldo is willing to accept an autonomist system similar to that in India.

The Filipinos and their Government have only one absolute as the only source of general welfare." PARIS. April In an interview printed in the Patrie to-day, Agoncillo was quoted as "The Americans have fully realized that they will never subdue the Filipinos and that the policy of Major General Otis has completely failed. The Filipinos have resolved to defend themselves to the death. They have in their power 1500 American prisoners. The wet season is arriving and fever will soon attack the American troops and disorganize them.

this enforced truce we are increasing the strength of our organization. The cause of the Filipinos, therefore, is far from desperate." THE BLACK PLAGUE APPEARS AT HONGKONG WASHINGTON, April A cablegram received at the State Department from United States Consul Wildman at Hongkong contains a single word "plague," thereby announcing the annual appearance of the disease on the Chinese coast. It will require the most energetic efforts on the part of our medical officers at Manila to prevent the plague from being Imported from Hongkong. SHAFTER GUEST OF HONOR. WASHINGTON.

April President this evening entertained Major General William R. Shafter, Major General Wheeler and Adjutant General Corbln, General Shafter having been invited to dine with the President as the guest of honor. With his aid. Captain Plummer. General Shafter left to-night for the East, to spend a day with Fred Bowenat Lake wood.

N. and after brief stops in Michigan and Illinois will be back at San Francisco within ten days to resume command of the department of the Pacific. QUAY SEEKING TO BAR BANK BOOKS Opposes Their Admission as Evidence. Special Dispatch to The Call. PHILADELPHIA, April 11.

-In the trial of ex-Senator Quay to-day his lawyers began what is regarded as the allimportant contention in their fight for his namely that the books of the broken People's Bank are not competent testimony against the accused man and therefore should not be admitted in evidence. On the decision of this point rests the entire fabric of the prosecution's case. Should Judge Biddle decide the point well taken the commonwealth's case will necessarily collapse. In order to obtain the most effective presentation of this phase of the defense Mr. Quay- brought to his aid the skill of David K.

Watson of Pittsburg, one of the ablest attorneys in Pennsylvania, ranking, in fact, with the best of the country. Mr. Watson spoke on this subject for nearly two hours this afternoon, and had the almost breathless attention of a room filled with the legal lights of the local and State bar. Many of these i lawyers expressed the opinion that Mr. Watson made a very strong argument.

What its effect will be upon the Judge remains to be seen. The District Attorney opened tin proceedings in this phase of the case by offering in evidence the books of the bank, extending over a number of years, and along with them the account books, letter-press book and letters from Senator Quay and State Treasurer Haywood, found in the desk of Cashier Hopkins after that official had committed suicide. He read, a long summary of what the books and papers showed and stated what he expected to prove by them, to wit: That through a conspiracy with Cashier Hopkins, State Treasurer Haywood and other State-Treasurers and possibly other officials of the bank. Senator Quay used a fixed amount of State money deposited In the institution and received interest on another fixed portion of the State deposit. Much of the evidence offered by the District Attorney was brought out at the preliminary hearing on October 5 last.

There was some new matter, however, dealing principally with the amount of money loaned by the bank to Mr. Quay, and, during the past twelve or fourteen years, the amount paid to him and other State Treasurers on State deposits. Mr. Watson contended that the mere fact that bank clerks, with no personal knowledge of the truth of what they were writing, entered certain figures in a book, which figures purported to represent interest paid to Senator Quay, was I no proof that the money had been re- ceived by him or that there had been any intention to pay it to him. This argument Is in line with the defense's con- i tention that Mr.

Quay was the victim of Hopkins, who used the Senators-n ame to cover up his own illegal transactions. Mr. Watson also attacked the indictment, declaring it to be fatally defective. Judge Piddle probably will decide tomorrow whether the books of the bank are admissible. If he declares they are, Mr.

Quay's lawyers will next take up the memorandum books and letters belonging to Hopkins and oppose their introduction as valid testimony. Previous to the presentation of the bank books by Mr. Rothermell the examination of Receiver low was concluded and ex-Judge James Gordon, who, the adherents of Senator Quay declare, Is responsible for what they, term the conspiracy against their gave testimony In corroboration and explained Mr. Barlow's statement. Mr.

Barlow created a sensation by the statement that he had broken open the dead cashier's desk and taken therefrom I the books and letters appertaining to the Quay trial at the behest of a mysterious i informant who spoke to him over the tel- ephone from Harrlsburg and said there was a plot on hand to steal the compromising documents that night. He was, he said, never able to learn who his mysterious friend was. The fact was leaned from Mr. Barlow that the bank books and letters were practically in the control of Judge Gordon from April until September of last year. He considered this proper, as Judge Gordon was the confidential adviser of President McManes of the bank.

Judge Gordon gave his testimony In a quiet, convincing manner. He deprecated the stories of conspiracy against Senator Quay that have persistently been put Into circulation, and frankly answered every question asked regarding the use he made of the papers while he had them. He admitted that they had been photographed at his suggestion, but merely for purposes of safety in the event of the originals being destroyed. He also admitted having shown them to David Martin, the leader of the anti-Quay faction; to John Wanamaker, a bitter opponent of Sena' tor Quay, and to others, including a partial exhibition of letters to James M. Guffey, the Democratic leader of this State, but not in the manner hinted at by the defense.

Judge Gordon asked permission of the Judge to make a statement of his connec: tion' with the case, but the entire array of Quay counsel objected instantly, and I what undoubtedly would have proved Interesting reading was thus shut off. COLONEL WHEELER DEAD. LOS ANGELES. April 11. -Colonel John O.

Wheeler, a pioneer of Los Angeles County, died of old age this morning at Redondo. He was in his eightieth year. Colonel Wheeler was born In Connecticut and came across the continent In 1849. He reached Los Angeles in 1850 and engaged In merchandising. In 1854 he and William Butts started the Southern Callfornlan, a weekly newspaper published In English and Spanish.

He held a number of public positions here and in San Francisco. His widow and three daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. William Prtdham of Los Angeles. Mrs.

Clay M. Greene of New York and Mrs. F. H. McCormick of Alameda.

The remains will be taken to San Francisco for interment. Resigns His Pastorate. SAN JOSE. April Rev. J.

B. Wakefield, the well-known Episcopal clergyman, has on account of ill-health resigned the pastorate of Trinity Church here, to take effect on September 1. Dr. Wakefield has been pastor of the church for fifteen years. Stationery and printing, visiting cards and invitation's at Sanborn Vail's, 741 Market street.

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1899. FORGERY OF HENRY HAD NO WEIGHT Did Not Influence General Pellieux Against Dreyfus. TESTIMONY OF GONZE Admits That the Exile's Alleged Confessions Were Only "Partial Avowals." Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, April Figaro, continuing its publication of the evidence given before the Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus revision Inquiry, gives today the beginning of General Gonze's deposition. General Gonze told the court that he received from Colonel Sandherr toward the end of 1894 the bordereau which came into the hands of Lieutenant Colonel Henry.

It reached the latter piecemeal and was reconstructed by him with the assistance of various officers. It gave rise to a long and minute investigation by experts on handwriting, with I the result that suspicion fell upon Dreyfus. When interrogated regarding the communication of secret documents to the court-martial General Gonze refused to reply, but said he learned indirectly of the confessions of Dreyfus on the evening of his degradation, and on the folio-wing day he (General Gonze) took Captain Le Brun Renaud to the Minister of War (General Mercier), to whom Captain Le Brun Renaud repeated his statements. At the same time he (Gonze) addressed a letter to the chief of 4 the general staff (General de'Boisdeffre), in which he alluded to the confessions as "partial avowals, mixed with reticences and falsehoods." With reference to Colonel Picquart's endeavors to substitute Comte Esterhazy for Dreyfus General Gonze explained that Picquart never told mm Henry's document was a forgery, and, in fact, Picquart had not seen it. After describing how Colonel Picquart came to be sent to Tunis, the witness reverted to the secret dossier, asserting that it came into Picquart's hands in August, 1896.

On September 3 of that year, he said, Picquart presented him with a dossier he had formed against Esterhazy, together with the Petit Bleu, which appeared to him suspicious because it did not bear a postage stamp and had not arrived regularly addressed. General Gonze declared General Pellieux was not influenced by the Henry forgery. Interrogated regarding the cipher telegram from a foreign attache, dated. November 2, 1894, he said it looked suspicious, two different versions being given, and the Foreign Minister decided to exclude it from the Dreyfus dossier. In May of last year the Minister for War wanted to obtain this document, but M.

Hanotaux, Minister of Foreign Affairs at that time, refused to deliver it. General Gonze said he had not seen the exact text of the two versions, but he remembered that Colonel Sandherr brought him one version containing the words "emissalre parvenu." A few days later Sandherr showed him an entirely different text. General Gonze declared he was ignorant of Esterhazy's relations with the general staff, though aware of the imprudences committed by Colonel Paty dv Clam. assured the court he nothing of the relations between Esterhazy and Sandherr and had found no evidence that Sandherr paid Esterhazy. KILLED HIMSELF WHEN ORDERED TO PARIS Locrimier's Suicide Followed by the Receipt of an Anonymous Message.

PARIS, April The suicide of Lieutenant Colonel Henry in the fortress of Mont Valerlen, Paris, last August gave Locrlmler, his secretary, such a shock that his brain was affected and he was placed on the retired list as a hopeless invalid. Since that time the former sergeant major of artillery has resided at San Quentln, in a chatelet there, with his family and his father-in-law. He recovered his health somewhat, but never spoke of the Dreyfus drama, which evidently preyed upon his mind. Last Saturday he received a telegram, not from the Minister of War, as was first alleged, but an unsigned dispatch, ordering him to proceed to Paris immej diately to place himself at the disposal "de gui de droit" (one who has the right to order you thus). Locrimier spent the rest of Saturday preparing for the journey and killed himself that night.

It is remarked as curious that throughout the whole agitation Locrlmler's name had never been mentioned. There seems no doubt, however, that he could have i thrown some light upon, the affair, especially regarding the mysterious death of Lermercier Pickard, the detective, understood to have been employed In the I Dreyfus affair, who was found hanging ln his lodgings in circumstances which did not point conclusively to suicide. When Colonel Picquart was placed or! trial last September, on a charge of revealing documents concerning the national defense the public prosecutor asked for an adjournment on the ground that the Minister of War had decided to prosecute him for forgery and using forged documents. M. La Boric.

his counsel. Indignantly opposed the adjournment, alleging that its object was to deliver Picquart into the clutches of the military authorities. The Judges of the Correctional Tribunal decided to grant the adjournment, whereupon Picquart, as he was about to be led away to Imprisonment, made the folowlng sensational statement: "This is perhaps the last time I shall speak in public. I shall sleep perhaps in the military prison of Cherche Midi. I wish to declare if I find the strangling cord of Lermercler Pickard or the razor of Colonel Henry It will be murder, for I have no idea of committing suicide." HENRY ROBINSON DEAD.

LOS OLIVOS. April 11. -Henry Robinson. ex-State Senator and for many years active in California politics, died suddenly at Santa Ynez this morning at 10 o'clock. He had been a sufferer from Brlght's disease for several years.

As editor of the Santa Ynez Argus, the I deceased was very active In securing the Zaca Lake reserve, bis last editorial dealing with this popular subject. As a writer i he was fearless almost to a fault, and transgressors here have cause, to remember, his penlashing to their sorrow. He 1 wax a native of Massachusetts, 74 years iof age. He will be buried at Oak Hill Cemetery at Ballard to-morrow. DR.

BELL FOR MODERATOR. SAX JOSE, April The United Presbyterian Presbytery and the Woman's Presbyterian Missionary Society of San Francisco district convened in annual session at the United Presbyterian Church here to-day. Dr. H. H.

Bell of San Francisco was elected moderator of the presbytery for the ensuing year. Dr. Maria White of San Jose was elected president of the missionary society. SHAFTER COMES TO THE AID OF ALGER AND EAGAN Testifies That If Soldiers Lacked Good Food It Was Their Own Fault. WASHINGTON, April Major General Shafter was the principal witness before the beef inquiry board to-day.

His statement differed little from his testimony before the war Investigation committee. He had eaten the canned roast beef. cold and found it not disagreeable. The refrigerated beef was as fine as any he had ever eaten. The men who suffered for lack of food had only themselves to blame.

If there had been mistakes Congress, which provided the rations and clothing of the soldiers, was responsible. He admitted that he had never heard of canned roast beef before the war. While it was not very palatable in the tropics, he thought it would be very good in a cold climate. Some of the Pennsylvania volunteers gave direct testimony as to the tainted character of the refrigerated beef and the canned roast beef. One of them testified that the beef aboard the Mississippi had maggots in it.

Major General Shafter entered the courtroom unacompanied, and all the members arose to receive him. He detailed the main events connected with the Santiago expedition in narrative form. The quantity of supplies taken was largely determined by the capacity of the ships. He had no discretion in the matter of rations. He took what was sent to him by the commissary department.

It was utterly Impracticable to take beef on the hoof. He regarded the proposition as absurd. Had he encountered an active enemy they might have lost a beef herd. In any event it would have been imperatively necessary to take the same amount of salt and cured meat to provide against such a contingency. After the troops were landed he ordered all troops forward with three days' rations, meat ration was not specified.

Each commander determined whether it should be bacon or roast beef. He heard no complaint of the canned roast beef between the time of landing and the surrender. He heard no complaints until after his return from Cuba. Naturally, in such a climate, it was not appetizing. He ate it every day himself.

The troops were supplied with full rations of meat, hard bread, coffee and sugar. There were one or two days when the full ration of coffee and sugar did not reach them, but it was made up the next day. The question of supplying the troops was the difficult one; he-rest was easy. There were no complaint" from Washington. The health of the troops was fairly good up to the time of the surrender.

The sick report on July 16 would show but 1000 men sick, but the troops had been weakened, and after the surrender went down rapidly. The first case of yellow fever was reported on the 6th. He recalled only one complaint against the refrigerator beef; he thought that came from the Seventh or Ninth Infantry. He took great interest in the refrigerated beef, and from his investigation pronounced it perfectly satisfactory. Suspicion that it had been chemically treated was never even suggested at that time.

He attributed the immense amount of sickness to exposure, the exertions of an active campaign and the climate. Major Lee cross-examined General Shafter. In a report forwarded by Colonel Roosevelt some complaints were made, but he did not regard them as important, as the emergency had passed. Major Lee read from Colonel Roosevelt's report of WOULD EXHUME CHINESE DEAD Sacramento Trustees in a Quandary. Special Dispatch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO. April The Mayor and Board of Trustees are confronted by an interesting problem. For many years past it, has been the practice to bury the Chinese dead In the Helvetia Cemetery, which is the property of. the city. Lots have grown to be of value In the section of the cemetery occupied by the Chinese, and notice was recently given of the Intention of the authorities to remove the bodies.

The Chinese are jealous of their dead, and when the determination of the authorities was manifest the merchants of Chinatown formed a pool and employed counsel to guard against the threatened desecration. The bodies number 500, and' under the law the city is entitled to a fee of $10 for every exhumation. Mayor Land has signified his intention to enforce the collection of such a fee in every case, and there Is a prospect of interesting legal entanglements. The Chinese, as is well known, have a. custom of temporarily Interring the bodies of their dead in the local cemeteries and then sending them back, duly ticketed, to the mother country, where the remains are supposed to enjoy a quiet and peace not possible elsewhere.

These removals are made from time to time, according to the ability of the relatives of the deceased to meet the expense, which is usually $45 in each case. including the $10 exhumation fee, transportation and delivery to agents in China- The Chinese Companies, with headquarters In San Francisco, have sent word here that they cannot afford to ship the 500 bodies back in a batch and they object also to paying the $10 fee asked for in each case. They have Informed the local authorities that they will ship the bodies in small consignments from time to time If permitted to do so, but. they protest against the arbitrary determination of the authorities to remove the bodies without consulting their wishes. Major W.

A. Anderson of counsel for the Chinese, asserts that he will cause the Imprisonment of every official in anyway concerned in such a step and he will not stop even at the Mayor. He declares that in each case the cemetery fee was paid for the interment of the Chinese, and nobody has a right to disturb their bodies. PROMINENT WOMEN COMING TO THE COAST Officers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to Visit Santa LOS ANGELES. April Mrs.

L. M. N. Stevens and Miss Anna A. Gordon, president and vice president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will attend the California State Convention of the organization, to be held on May 8 to 11 at Santa Ana.

Mrs. Stevens and Miss Gordon will arrive in Los Angeles on the evening of May 4. On May 5 a reception In their honor will be given from 5 to 10 p. m. Mrs.

Mary A. Kinney, State president of the. Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will deliver the address of welcome, and there will be talks by other Woman's Christian Temperance Union officers. In the evening Mayor Eaton will deliver an address of welcome on behalf of the city. A children's mass meeting will be held on the' following Sunday at the First Baptist Church, and in the evening of the same day Mrs.

Stevens will deliver, a discourse. After attending the State convention, Mrs. Stevens and Miss Gordon will go to Ventura and Santa Barbara. Mrs. Stevens was assistant recording secretary of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union before the death of Frances EG.

Willard. and prominent in temperance work. This will be i her first visit to the coast. Miss Gordon was Miss Willard's private secretary for a number of years. She is a musician of much ability.

the action of July 1. saying his troops had no food on that day except what they captured from the Spaniards. "If they did not have food it was their own fault," observed General Shafter. "They were ordered to provide themselves with two days', rations." As to Colonel Roosevelt's statement that they did not have adequate food or medical supplies, that was a matter of opinion. They had their rations provided by law.

If the rations of the Rough Riders gave out en route to Cuba it was the fault of their officers, who should have drawn supplies to keep ten days' supply on hand, as he had ordered. Q. From your experience do you regard can- I ned roast beef as a suitable meat ration for such a campaign? A. I do not know of any substitute. Q.

Could corned beef be better. A. Possibly it is not so good as bacon, but it depends upon the individual taste. I myself think there misht have been less meat and more beans and rice. Campaigning in the tropics was new to us and it was an experimental food.

Certainly we all recognize now that the rations were not well adapted to such a campaign, but it was all we had and we did the best we could. Congress provides the army rations. General Shafter detailed a conversation with Commissary General Eagan about the canned roast beef, which he (Shafter) at that time believed was genuine roast beef. Asked if after all that had occurred he considered canned roast beef worthy of a further trial, General Shafter reiterated his statement that he knew of no substitute. His own preference would be for clean bacon, but while uninviting and not palatable he did not consider canned roast beef unfit for food.

Any canned meat in such a high temperature that when opened the grease would run off would be far from appetizing. But he would not therefore condemn lt. In a cold climate he would regard the canned roast beef as very good Indeed. To carry fresh beef on the hoof he regarded as absolutely out of the question. None of the division commanders- Wheeler, Kent or had approved of the ration officially.

v. "If there had been complaints to them," he said, "I hardly think they have reported it. They were sensible men. It was all we had. Nothing could have been done." jUPiiuy He mentioned the opinion that 1 per cent of the refrigerated' beef was thrown away.

At the conclusion of General Shatter's testimony the court took a recess. A. A. Kirk, a cook of Philadelphia City troops, testified at the afternoon session that he saw refrigerated beef aboard the Massachusetts that had spoiled. In Porto Rico the troop bought its own beef on the hoof.

He declared that one-third of the canned beef he saw was unfit use. John W. Springer of New Cumberland, who acted as commissary sergeant of the Governor's troop of Philadelphia, testified that fully halt the canned roast beef was unfit to eat. Arthur W. Feight of Carlisle, also of the Governor's troop, thought that one-fourth of the canned beef was spoiled and one-half unfit for use.

Maggots were found in the beef aboard the Mississippi. Lieutenant Alexander Frank of Cincinnati, commissary and subsistence officer of the First Ohio, which was at Port Tampa during June and July, testified that the canned roast beef made the men sick. As commissary officer he had refused a considerable quantity of the beef furnished by Armour. It was tainted. At Jacksonville, he said.

Armour issued short weight beef. CONSOLIDATION OF STREET RAILWAYS Two San Jose Systems to Be Combined. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE. April San Jose and Santa Clara electric railway and the First street electric railroad will, unless negotiations now pending fail, be consolidated in the near future, and San Jose will then have one of the best systems of street railways on the coast.

Messrs. Henry and Burke, owners of the San Jose and Santa Clara road, have been trying to obtain possession of the rival concern for some time, and during the last few days arrangements have been nearly completed. The First street road, under the ownership of Jacob Rich, became embarrassed three years ago and It was placed in the hands of Receivers J. W. Findlay and Henry Alvord.

Rich went through insolvency and the road passed from his hands. There is a first mortgage Indebtedness of $200,000 and a second mortgage of $100,000. Suit to foreclose the first mortgage was brought, and yesterday Judge Fyland of the Superior Court rendered a decree ordering the property sold as an entirety within thirty days. T. E.

Johnson was appointed commissioner to conduct the sale. Out of the proceeds will come the costs of the county, which are heavy. The decree then provides that Receivers Findlay and Alvord shall each have $250 a month from the time their service commenced, which is about three years; $2000 shall be paid on receivers' certificates for rails purchased and improvements made; $5000 to Jackson Hatch, attorney for the receivers, and $200,000 to the German Savings and Loan Society of San Francisco, holders of the first mortgage. 'The residue from the sale is to be paid into the court for the benefit of the second mortgage This latter class will receive but little. It is pretty certain that the German Savings and Loan Society will buy the road whan sold, and in turn will sell to Messrs.

Henry and Burke. George Tourny, secretary of the German Savings and Loan Society, W. S. Goodfellow have been In the city several days conducting negotiations with Henry and Burke. To-morrow Burke will go to San Francisco to further arrange matters.

It is not known just what the terms are. but it is thought to be a payment of just enough to cover the costs and first mortgage. The First street road is valued at about $300,000. although Jacob Rich claims it cost $400,000 to build and equip ten years ago. It is about fifteen miles long.

It extends the entire length of the city on First street to Oak Hill Cemetery, with branch lines running to Delmas avenue and Into the Second and' Third Wards and Bedding street. The road is in poor condition and much repairing will have to be The San Jose and Santa Clara electric road extends from East San Jose to Santa Clara, and is about five miles In length. The consolidation will give Messrs. Hem and Burke about twenty miles of line. In all probability transfers, will be given and the people will enjoy the benefit of one line, MURDERED BEFORE HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN Joseph Rodgers Killed by Oliver Emerson on a Ranch Near Jamestown.

JAMESTOWN, April At the Emerson ranch, four miles east of here, Oliver Emerson shot and almost instantly killed Joseph Rodgers, lessee of the place, this morning. Bad blood has existed between the men for. some time. Emerson was re- I cently put under $5000 bonds to keep the peace. After having shot his victim Emerson went to Sonora and surrendered to I the authorities.

Rodgers was a good citi- I sen. and the father of a large family. Several of his children, with their moth-1 were witnesses of the tragedy. MRS, MURDOCK'S FIRST VICTORY Famous Note Introduced in Evidence. Special Dispatch to The Call.

WILLOWS, April The attempt of the attorneys- for the defense to prevent the introduction in evidence of the $100,000 note which is the of Mary Helen Murdock's claim to a large share of the estate of the late William Murdock failed to-day. After the arguments of counsel on the point raised yesterday had been concluded, Superior Judge Pirkey ruled In favor of the plaintiff, and the note was introduced as part of the evidence in the case. Gawn Murdock, the plaintiff's husband, continued his testimony. He said he was in Chico when the note was made in September, 1577. When he went home a few days later he was shown the note.

During the time he was in Chico and i after the note was signed he met William Murdock', and the uncle told him that he i had been at the home of the witness and had made the note for $100,000 in full settle- ment of the accounts between himself and Samuel Murdock, and had received the $20,000 the witness had paid to Samuel Murdock a few days before. After reaching hime Gawn. at his wife's request, made a copy of the note, as his father had requested a copy. The witness said that he saw many sums of I money paid to William Murdock by his I father (Samuel), these transactions run- ning from IS6I to 1877, the date of the note. I After he returned home from Chico and made a copy of the note the original was put into a glass bottle.

This bottle was sealed, put Into another bottle.and the larger bottle placed in a powder-can and burled in the stable, where it remained for ten years. In 1887 the note was taken up and taken to Sacramento.where a trade was being negotiated for a lot of land, the note to be used as part of the purchase price. The note was at this time presented to William Murdock by the persons who were expecting to take it, and William Murdock said it was all right and would be paid at maturity. The witness testified that William Murdock acknowledged the note in Sacramento in 1890. The witness positively identified the note as the one he saw upon his return from Chico.

He was still on the stand at the adjournment of court. Charles Dudley Warner 111. NEW YORK, April A special to the I Tribune from New Orleans says Charles Dudley Warner is seriously ill. IMMENSE CROPS IN SAN JOAQUIN Grain Yield Promises to Be Enormous. Special Dispatch to The Call.

STOCKTON. April The outlook for the wheat crop in San Joaquin County is nothing short of magnificent. The crop is no longer dependent upon the rainfall -in fact, it will be better if there be nothing more than light showers; or, better still, no rain at all. The grain is now growing so thick that many farmers say a rain, accompanied by any wind, would beat the stalks down, and the thickness of the vegetation would prevent the straightening necessary for heading. Since the late rains a mass of sprouts have come up and are so tender that they would be easily broken.

As it is, they are fast reaching the height of the first com- The farmers have ceased to estimate the number of bushels they will have to the acre if conditions continue favorable. Everything points to an early harvest, and it will have been many years since the reapers went through such fields. The hay yield cuts no inconsiderable figure in the calculations of the farmers. They have learned by the sad experience of the last two years that hay costs money. Places which a few months ago were barren are now a mass of green, which in a few weeks will become golden, bringing happiness to the entire section.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC NEW YORK. April A special cable to the Journal from London says: Jameson Davis, director of the corporation that has charge of the wireless telegraphy employed by Professor Marconi, said to-day to Journal correspondent that the company had been solicited by a New York syndicate, which desired to acquire sole rights for the use of the Marconi system across the Atlantic between the Brit-1 ish Isles and America. While the directors of the Marconi Com; pany had not yet considered the proposi, tion, in Mr. Davis' opinion they probably i desired that an arrangement be made. Soquel Resident Dies.

SANTA CRUZ. April John Bond died at Soquel yesterday at the age of 85 years. He was a native of New York. The body was shipped this morning to Fresno for interment. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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