The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1895, Page 2

(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1895. avowed aspirant with all of his following well in hand. “In the disc interesting histo construed to sho eminenc on of this question some is quoted, and it is that men of Mr. Alli- in affairs—men upon whom the wh ht that beats upon of- fice has for so long been turned—are not men selected by nominating conventions after a hot and protracted struggle has cleared the w fi surpri; The men chosen ir cumstances are either comparatively obscure and are taken on trust by strong men who expect to influence them, or else, if well known, for qualities chief] Mr. Allison, it is pointed from being an obscure man, n amiable n is very far kor v WACKAY'S GRAND MAUSOLEUM. It Will Be Erected in Greenwood Cemetery at a Cost of Two Hundred and son’s Fifty Thousand Dollars. NEW YORK, Y., Dec. 7.—One of the nt mausoleums erected in has just been ordered by e the California million- The designs are now being prepared “hitect who prepared plans for . building downtown. The Mackay's intention to erect at Woodlawn. He however, and finally he structure at Green- 8,000 worth of he mausoleum uilt of Westerly gran- will be Grecian, of the structure will rest uvon a . It will represent a ehapel ambers.. The and blue- and walls of r are to be of white enam- catacombs will have Only Five Indians Are Away From the San Carlos Reservation. Is Suspected of Kiiling Merriil and His Daughter. ASHINGION, D. C., Dec. 7.—The Department to-day received dis- the Apache Indian One of these was ing officer at Fort said that at the periodical ' at the San Carlos reservation December 5 it was discovered that five 3 braves of the Nosias band of were absent. Captain Bell was ter them immediately, with instruc- g them in without delay. to a dispatch from the com- > officer at Fort Apache, “Old chief who camps on Turkey on the road to Suilivansville, is d of killing Mr. Merrill and his 1d 2 detachment of troops was habitation. The Indian ls0 been sent out to ascertain gers are upon the reservation. on atch from the same officer I d that an n had'been reported d near Ch ju December 5 by a party rmed white men, who left a pack ich the party may be indenti- ans. A troop nth Cavalry bas been sent to ing to War Department officials need be no apprehension that these ill lead to a general Indian out- break in Ariz WHITE'S RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. The Eioping Lieutenant of the Revenue Cutter Bear No Longer in the Service. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. X M. White of the r again tendered his resigna- d Secretary Carlisle has accepted Vhite, some weeks ago, ned and then withdrew his resigna- nd was ordered to duty on the Bos- He served with Cap- tion ton, Mass., station. tain Healy on the Bearin the Arctic Ocean summer, and was one of thirty officers who made charges affecting the conduct of Captain Healy. The charges have not yet been formulated and officially presented, but it is understood they will be. The de- lay in presenting them is causing some unfavorable comment at the treasury, and unless they are soon presented, after the publicity which has been given them, through the press, it is highly probable that the officers prominent in making em will be brought before a -eourt of in- quiry. Lieutenant White in the mean- timre has been charged with eloping with a chorus girl from S8an Francisco, deserting a sick wife there, and his second resigna- tion was tendered since that allegea fact was made public. The scandal attaching to the whole affair has caused the treasury officials much annoyance, and it is certain that there will be a thorough investiga- tion. o POLITICS IN KENTUCKY. Ex-Speaker Carroll Defeated Blats in a ly Election. Ky., Dec. 7.—In the spe- cial election held in the Sixth and Seventh wards of Louisville to-day Anthony J. Carroll, ex-Speaker of the last House, de- feated Charles Blatz, Republican, by a majority of 4 The election was quiet and orderly, though the A.P. A. caused trouble at one or two precincts. The ma- is the normal majority of the dis- icans carried it in on for Governor. The roll makes the Gen- eral Assemb! on joint ballot, with 68 Democrats, 68 Republican Popu- lists. One of these Populists is pledged to vote for the Republicans, who indorsed him, and the other with the Democrats. In view of the importance of Mr. Car- roll’s vote a hot ficht was made to defeat him. There are still seven avowed candi- dates for the Senate among the Republi- cans, but it is regzarded as certain that no one save W. Godfrey Hunter, member oy Congress from the Third District, has any show. the November electi re-election of Mr. (. L Shot Himself in the Head. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 7.—Carl Ringe, 40 Jears of age, living at 1437 Carr street, shot imself in the head this morning. The wounded man was taken to the hospital. The doctors pronounce his recovery hope- less, Ringe was one of the most promi- nent insurance men in the city. ———— Forecasts Verified. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7.—The monthly report on forecast verifications prepared by the Weather Burean shows the percentage of forecasts verified by the wmonth of November to be 85.2 per cent. OF VAST IMPORTANCE, Noted Decision Rendered by the Supreme Court of Kansas. SALES ON MORTGAGES. Debtors Given Eighteen Months in Which to Make Re- demptions. THE LAW OF 1893 UPHELD. One Hundred Millions Involved in the Executions That May Now Be Set Aside. TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 7.—The Supreme Court of Kansas, at its sitting to-day, handed down an opinion of vast impor- tance to the debtors of the State, sustain- ing the constitutionality of the law of 1893, which gives eighteen months to the debtor to redeem on all sales on execution or fore- closure of mortgage made prior to the pas- sage of thelaw, The case is from Shawnee County, where John L. Beverly, the de- fendant in a foreclosure suit, asked the Judge of the District Court to order that the real estate in question be subject to redemption in eighteen months, as pro- vided by chapter 109 of the law of 1893. This relief was refused, the lower court holding that chapter 109 was unconstitu- tional so far as intended to apply to mort- gages previously executed and delivered. On a proceeding in error in the Supreme Court the judgment of the lower court is affirmed, Chief Justice Horton and Jus- tice Johnston holding that the act giving a mortgager the right to redeem his prop- erty within eighteen months after date of sale was contrary to the provisions of the Federal constitution, which says that ‘‘no State shall pass any law impairing the ob- ligation of contracts.” Mr. Justice Allen dissented. Beverly filed a motion for a rehearing and when ef Justice Martin went upon the bench he and Mr. Justice Allen granted it. Chief Justice Martin wrote the opinion handed down to-day, Mr. Justice Allen concurring, and Mr. Justice Johnston dis- senting. The opinion covers twenty-six type-written pages. The syllabus, how- ever, is brief. Itis “Chapter 109, session laws of 1893, com- monly known as the redemption law, whether applied to existing or future con- tracts, is not in conflict with the provisions of the Federal constitution that ‘no State shall pass any law impairing the obliza- tion of contracts.’” Judge Martin holds in effect that the remedy of the judgment creditor is only affected by the new law, as the farm stands security for the debt and interest thereon, which still continues to run. He empha- sizes ‘the theory that a mortgage is nota title, but only security. In conclusion Judge Martin said: “Tven doubt of the constitutionality of | snid chapter is not sufficient to warrant its jndicial condemnation by this court. In such cases it seems better td leave such condemnation to the final arbiter, the Su- preme Court of the United States.’” It is said that the decision involves over $100,000,000, and that under it every fore- closure and execution sale made in Kansas since 1883 can be set aside. STUDENTS WANT INGEKSOLL, But the College Faculty Is Opposed to Inviting Him. ST.LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 7.—The senior law class of the Missouri State University at Columbia, Mo., recently proposed to in- vite Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll to deliver an address during the next commence- ment and have brought down a storm of disapproval from both the faculty and other students of the university. The in- vitation has not yet been tendered, but on a recent vote in the class it passed by a large majority. President Jesse and a large number of the faculty are opposed to the invitation and a number of the stu- dents are siding with the faculty. A meeting was held to-day by the mem- bers of the senior law class to again con- sider the proposed invitation, and a num- ber of addresses were delivered on the sub- ject by members of the class. Propositions were advanced to withdraw the invitation, which brought forth a storm of condem- nation by many members of the class, yvet ltlimm were a number who approved the idea. Paul Davis of Kansas City, a member of the football team, then offered a resolution that the class instruct the committee to proceed with the invitation to Ingersoll, and his words were cheered by many of those present. Several members urged that the class had no right to invite any one for commencement week, and such an invitation could only be extended with the authority of the faculty. The class meeting adjourned with the Davis resolu- tion pending. Surrendered to Mosley. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 7.—J. M. Pannell, a mining engineer who arrived bere on the steamer City of Dallas after seven months spent in Honduras, throwsa new and altogether different light on the sensational capture of A. K. Ward, the Memphis defaulter, by Chief of Police Mosley of that city. Panneil says that Ward was a_passenger on the steamer on his way to Memphis to surrender himself when he learned that Mosley was on board. He could easily have escaped, as Mosley did not know of his presence, but instead ;:f doing go he surrendered himself to Mos- ey. PP Coming to California. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 8.—A special from Akron, Ohio, says: The ceath of his wife has prompted Jason Brown, one of the only two surviving sons of John Brown—whose body has been ‘“‘molder- ing in the grave” for thirty-six years—to turn his back on Akron, the scene of his boyhood days and the home of his declin- ing years, and go to California and reside with his brother. He is now 73 years of age. John Brown lived in Akron before he went to California to live. e gt s Reading Reorganization. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 7.—It was learned this morning that at yesterday’s meeting of the Olcoti-Earle reorganization committee & plan of reorganizing the Reading Railroad Company, prepared b; the sub-committee, was omul!‘> submitte and unanimously approved. Itrecognizes in full the claims of th®pgeneral bond- holders for principal and overdue interest, and gives the control of the property for a certain period to these creditors. —_— Fire in a Soap Factory. C}HICAGO. Iin, Dec, 7.—A fire early this morning destroyed part of the exten- sive soap manufacturing works of the |James 8. Kirk Company, North Water street. The total loss is estimated at $130,- 000. The factory was divided into three buildings. It was the central one, five stories in_height, that caught fire. The vrincipal loss—$100,000—is on the machin- ery, and the remainder is on the contents and building. The loss is covered by in- surance. i gt PACIFIC CABLE COMPETITION. An American Company Froposes to Con- nect San Francisco With Hawaii. NEW YORK. Y., Dec. 7.—A meeting was held to-day at the office of the Central and South American Telegraph Company for the purpose of completing the organi- zation of the Pacific Cable Company. The proposed cable will connect San Francisco with the proposed American naval station at Pear] River harbor in the Sandwich Islands, Japan, China, Australia and In- dia. It is understood that the contract rela- tions between the Western Union Tele- graph Company and the English Atlantic cables expressly provide that the Western Union Telegraph Company is free to use a Pacific cable route with the countries named, but aside 1rom this fact it will be in the interests of all the Atlantic cables to route their messages to the East via this Pacific cable, as it is estimated that over 90 per cent of the traffic is European. Thus the establishment of an American Pacific cable will attract to it a large traffic which is now diverted to other lines.. This American company is destined to become a serious rival to the lines repre- sented by Sir John Pender and the pro- posed Canadian and Australian cable now being considered by the English Govern- ment. A committee on plan and scope was appointed, with Edmund L. Baylies as chairman. DENTH WARRANT SGAED Harry Hayward, the Murderer of Miss Ging, to Be Hanged Next Wednesday. The Condemned Not at All Surprised, for He Fully Expected to Die. ST. PAUL, Mixy., Dec. 7.—At twenty minutes to 3 o'clock this afternoon Gover- nor Clough signed the warrant ordering the exccution of Harry T. Hayward be- tween the hours of midnight and daylight Wednesday, December 11. . There was a touching scene at the Gov- ernor’s ofhce shortly before 10 o’clock this morning, when the father and mother of the condemned man appeared and made a tearful appeal for the life of their son. Governor Clough heard them patiently, and shed tears with them, but refused to interfere with the work of the court and jury. Sheriff Holmborg of Hennepin County is fully preparea for the execution, having secured the rope and erected the scaffold last June. At the request of the prisoner, the gallows has been painted red. The news was taken to Hayward a few minutes after 3 o'clock. When he was told that he must hang on Wednesday, his sallow face deepened in sallowness and he curled his lip as he said: “Itis a long time since I have expected anything else. I have not had justice from the start, and it is very late to expect it now. The news- papers prejudiced the public against me right at the start, and the public has wanted my blood ever since. I have sought for my freedom on the ground that I am innocent. I take no stock in this plea that T am insane. Iam just as sane as any of the people who are saying that I am msane.” BEVOLUTION I ECADOR, Accounts of Uprisings of Cleri- cals From All Over the Country. During a Fight With a Regiment of Rebels at Quito Two Hundred Were Killed. GUAYAQUIL, Ecvapvor, Dec. 7.—Ac- counts of uprisings by Clericals come from all over the country. Many rebels have been obliged to seek refuge across the bor- der in Colombia. The Government has been forced to declare martial law. To- day fourteen persons were arrested and political crimes charged. Among the ar- rested were three military officers, who were tried by drumhead court-martial and were shot within three hours after their trial. At Quito Thursday one regiment in the garrison there rose. The garrison was called out and citizens in great numbers joined the rioters. During a terrible bat- tle, lasting over two hours, over 200 were killed. Most of the rioters were forced to leave town. The rebels claim that they will soon have sufficient men to return and capture Quito, where they claim to have many partisans ready to join them. e In Benalf of Mrs. Maybrick. LONDON, EnxG., Dec. 7.—8ir Matthew ‘White Ridley, the Home Secretary, has undertaken to reconsider the case of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American woman, who is undergoing life imprisonment on conviction of having some years ago poisoned her husband, a well-known Liver- pool merchant. Mrs. Maybrick’s friends are hopeful that Sir Matthew will find grounds to release the prisoner. CHICAGO, Irv., Dec. 7.—At the Na- tional Livestock XExchange Convention to-day the election of officers was held, re- sulting in the re-election of W. H. Thomp- son Jr. gresident. C. W. Baker secretary and L. B. Doud treasurer. The delegates discussed the foreign embargoes and the tax on oleomargarine, but no decisive ac- tion was taken, these and other matters being left to the executive committee. e Earnings of the Santa Fe. CHICAGO, IrL,, Dec. 7.—The approxi- mntedlgrosu earnings of all the lines of the Santa Fe Railway for the fourth week of November are $1,017,151; for the same period last year $1,084,996; decrease, $67,- 844; for the month to date, compared with the same period last year, decr: TR pe year, decrease of e A Minister Gets a Divorce. PERRY, 0. T., Dec. 7.—Rev. George O. Capron, a well-known minister of Massa- chusetts, was granted a divorce here to- day from his wife, Lillet M. Capron, on the grounds of incompatibitity of temper, cruelty and infidelity. R et e Death of Dr. Knapp. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 7.—Dr. Gideon L. Knapp, the well-known turfman and member of the Jockey Club, died eariy this morning, after an illness of thirty days, from typboid fever, MYSTERY OF A DEATH, Friends of a Capitalist Now Suspect Foul Play. ' ~ ROBBERY OF W. H. ORVIS. Subsequently Bonds Were Re- turned to Him in a Pe- culiar Manner. AN INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS Those Who Had a Hand io the Daring Theft Suspected of Plotting Murder. WICHITA, Kans., Dec. 7.—The mystery surrounding the death of W. H. Orvis, a Canadian capitalist, who was found dead in his room at the hotel in Severy, Kans., November 28, deepens as the investigation into the case progresses. The theory of foul play is advanced by the majority of those who are famiiiar with the circum- stances. About six months ago, as Mr. Orvis was about to board the train on his way to attend the National conclave of the Knights Templar, he was sandbagged by unknown parties and robbed of §6000 in Government bonds and $600 in money. Subsequently he recovered the bonds through the agency of some unknown party. Some one gained access to his room at night and left a note telling him to come to Kansas City, bringing $150 with him, and that his bonds would be returned to him on the payment of that amount, provided no attempt was made to appre- hend the parties to the transaction. “Should you bring officers or detectives with you,” the letter read, “I will not make myself known. If you come unac- companied you will be treated on the square.” Mr. Orvis decided to accept the terms offered by the anonymous corre- spondent. He took the first train for Kan- sas City, and shortly after he disembarked some one tapped him lightly on the shoul- der and whispered, “Follow me.” Turn- ing he faced a stranger who beckoned him to follow and walked rapidly around the depot, up the stairway of the Union Depot Hotel, through devious corridors, and at length they came to a little room in which a light was burning. Both placed their pistols on a table in the center of the room, and the stranger drew from his pocket a package and handed it to Mr. Orvis. It contained the missing bonds. “Count them,” said the robber, *‘and see if they areall there.” Mr. Orvis fingered them -over nervously and overlooked one in his haste. “Count them again,” said the stranger. them all there.” Again Mr. Orviscounted them, and this time he found the missing bond. He drew from his pocket a roll of bilis and laid it on the table. ‘‘Count the bills,” said he to his new acquaintance. Therob- ber did so, and found just $150. *‘You are a gentleman,”- said he to Mr. Orvis. “I wish you well. Good-day, sir.” “Just one question,” said Mr. Orvis, “and then I am ready to adjourn. I want to know how it comes that you let me off with such a small payment in return for the $6000 in bonds?” “I will tell you, my friend,” explained the robber. “We do not like to handle Government paper. It is too risky; and now I want to explain further, Mr. Orvis, that T am not the man who robbed you; I am simply a commission man.” With his bonds stowed snugly away in his inside pocket Mr. Orvis hurriea down just in time to catch the train for Severy. It is now believed by many that Mr. Orvis was murdered to prevent the ex- posure of the parties who robbed him. Mr. Orvis had large landed interzsts in Kansas and was a retired merchant. His home was in New Market, Ontario, and his death occurred just one day before the time he had set to return home. WRECK OF THE « FLYER" Disastrous Collision on the Pitts- burg and Lake Erie Road. Three Trainmen Terribly Injured and the Passenger Coaches Set on Fire. NEWCASTLE, Pa., Dec. 7.—The Pitts- burg *“fiyer,” a fast train on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie road, which left Newcastle at 6 o’clock this evening, collided with an eastbound freight train near Newport station, six miles from this place. The injured are: Engineer Frank Adams, both legs cut off, skull fractured, will die; Fireman John Doubt of McKees Rocks, knee cap torn off, badly scalded. may not recover; W. W. Bishop, mail clerk, of Pittsburg, badly scalded, recovery doubtful; unknown' passenger, slightly hurt on the scalp. The wreck caught fire and a panic re- sulted among the passengers, all of whom were badly shaken up and terribly fright- eped. Willing hands fought back the flames and the passengers escaped without serious injury. An engine and coaches were sent from Newcastle and the pas- sengers and injured were brought to this place. RERS T SECURED A THOUSAND. Daring Robbery of @ Newspaper Cashier at Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 7.—Saturday afternoon is pay day at the Commercial Gazette. Just as Cashier Cratty who was alone in the business office had completed the task of inclosing the money in the envelopes, two men, business like in ap- pearance, addressed the cashier on the subject of placing an advertisement in Monday’s paper. Cashier Cratty placed his pile of en- velopes on the bookkeeper’s table back of the counter and gave his entire attention to* his stpposed customers. One of the latter secured the treasure and leaped through the window. The other stranger quickly withdrew through the front door, and was soon lost to view. The amount of cash taken is $1000. Fda SN Sentence of a Lieutenant. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7.—Briga- dier-General Wheaton, commanding the “You will find | Department of Colorado, has disapproved the finding of the courtmartial in the case of First Lieutenant Odon Gurovits of the Eleventb Infantry, recently tried at Fort Whipple, Ariz., for being drunk in the presence of enlisted men, and sentenced to confinement in the post limits for three months and to be reprimanded. The offi- cer will be restored to duty. et AN EX-TREASURER CLEARED. Hill Not Responsible for the Loss of Nebraska’s Money. LINCOLN, Nxgr., Dec. 7.—After a tedi- ous trial, occupying just one week before the Supreme Court and a jury, a verdict for the defendant was rendered this even- ing in the case of the State of Nebraska against ex-State Treasurer J. E. Hill. The argument was concluded at noon and the jury deliberated less than two hours. The vote on the first ballot was eleven to one for acquittal and on the second was unani- mous. Hill was charged with responsi- bility for the loss of nearly a quarter of a million dollars of State money through the failure of the Capitol National Bank, the designated custodian of public funds, and the case has been pending in different courts for nearly two years. -—— Sentenced for Conspiracy. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 7. — In the Criminal Court this morning Andrew ‘Wall, vice-president and local manager of the Fidelity and Columbia buildihg and loan associations of Washington, D. C., re- cently convicted of conspiracy to defraud, was sentenced to three months in the County Workhouse and to pay a fine of $50 and the costs of the suits. Eeas Convicted the Agitator. KALISPELL, Moxt., Dec. 7.—Roy Goodwin, agitator of the A. R. U., who or- dered the strike on the Great Northern November 4, was tried in the District Court on the charge of destroying railroad property. The State made a strong case, but the jury, after being out eighteen hours, brought in a verdict of not guilty. WS WON BY THE WIOW Heavy Judgment in a Suit on a Life Insurance Policy. Knotty Legal Points Grew Out of the Sudden Death of the Beneficiary’s Husband. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 7.—Mrs. Delia E. McElroy was awarded a judg- ment for §34,067 against the Equitable Life Assurance Company of New York, on the life policy of her husband, by a jury in the Federal court to-day. The case went to the jury after the instructions of Judge Phillips, which were favorable to the plaintiff's cause. Knotty legal points were involved in the case, and the company will at once ask for a rehearing. In December, 1892, Mr. Mec- Elroy took a life policy in the Equitable for $100,000. The premium was allowed to lapse after a year, and Mr. McElroy re- moved to New York. On March 8, 1854, be was examined by the Equitable medical representatives and signified his intention to reduce his policy 10 $50,000 and pay the premium. This was ratified.on June 14, in the Equitable office, New York. The next day the voiicy was sent to Mr. McElroy, but he returned it asking that the beneficiaries be changed so that his wife and children would get the insurance. On June 28 he was taken sick, and sent his secretary to pay the premium and get the policy. ~This was done, and the policy delivered June 29. The next day Mr. Mec- Elroy died after an operation for acute appendicitis. The assurance company claimed that the policy was secured by misrepresentation of facts. B prg o BUFFETED GON THE COLUMBIA. Desperate Struggle of a Fisherman Against Wind and Waves During the Recent Storm. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 7.—A fisherman named Sam Oliver, seining on the Columbia, had a narrow escape from death by drowning during Thursday’s storm, his agonized wife and children standing on the beach watching the struggle between their husband and father and the elements. Oliver’s fishing-boat was anchored some distance from the shore, and fearing it might ago adrift during the night he started out in a skiff to bring the boat 1n to the beach. Hardly had he reached the boat and raised the anchor before a terrific squall bore down upon him, half swamp- ing the skiff. Dropping the anchor Oliver bailed out the skiff and getting into it at- tempted to tow the fishing-boat, but was unable to make any headway. It was by this time dusk and he had drifted well out in the stream, where a heavy sea was running. S 5 RInding it impossible to use his oars the man made sail, hoping to beat up against the wind to where his wife and children were standing. A squall threw the boat over upon her beam ends. Seeing his only chance of safety was to ‘‘run’’ for it Oliver got the boat off before the wind and head- ed for Tongue Point, ten miles distant. Mrs. Oliver, seeing the sail of her hus- band’s boat disappear in the blackness of night, at once concluded that the craft had been capsized and Oliver drowned. In- stead, however, the fisherman guided his boat_safely across the river, through the breakers on the sandspits, and wet, cold and exhausted arrived at Astoria, return- ing to his home ihe next morning to find his wife half crazed with grief, mourning his supposed loss. Her happiness at his return almost repaid Oliver for his hard- ship of the previous night. e e MONGOLS IN A FRACAS. 14 Sing Fatally Wounded by One of His Countrymen at Portland. PORTLAND, Ogr., Dec. 6.—Li Sing was mortally shot by Charley Sing, another Chinaman, in front of Ark Kee & Co's store, between Oak and Stark street, to- day. The two Mongols had been discuss- ing business matters in the store and ut:&)ped to the sidewalk, apparently satis- fied with the result of their ¢alk; but the moment they reached the street Charley Sing drew a sixshooter, firing two shots into Li Sing’s abaomen. i The shooting attracted the attention of Ofticers Cole and Alex Johnson, then on their way to the Central station. When they reached the scene Li Sing was lying on thesidewalk, bleeding from his wounds, and he was removed to the Central police station. —s Purchases a San Mateo Ranch. REDWOOD CITY, CaL., Dec. 7.—J. C, Johnson, the millionaire harness manu- facturer and capitalist, of ‘400 Market street, San Francisco, bought the Brittan ranch at auction to-day for the sum of $46,000. The property, containing 1150 acres, lies about one mile north of Red. wood City, next to Wellesley Park, and extends from the country road back to and among the foothils. It includes the memorable Brittan family homestead and fine grounds. e Nail-biting, according to a French doc- tor, is he: iurr. Almost one-third or the French school children bite their nails, and the girls are worse than the hoys, SWEEP OF THE GALES, Great Damage Done Along the North Atlantic Coast. THE MARINE DISASTERS. Terrible Destruction Among the Fishing Villages and Vessels. MANY BODIES WASHED ASHORE. It Will Be Weeks, However, Before the Full Extent of the Dam- age Is Known. HALIFAX, N. 8., Dec. 7.—The terrific gales which have prevailed along the North Atlantic Coast during the past week have done frightful damage, and to-day the first authentic reports of the marine disasters began to flow into the customs office. The storm came so unexpectedly that it was almost an impossibility for the Signal Service Bureau to give the least notice to mariners, and what few fishing vessels of the fleet that were out were in no wise fitted for the rough weather. Notonly has the damage at sea been great, but on shore similar reports have been received. The telegraph wires are down in all directions, and only the most meager accovants have been receiyed from far distant towns. The reports of yesterday stated that the loss would be great, but the fuller reports to-day show that the destrugtion of prop- erty in the fishing villages along the coast will be far greater than was expected. Many of the inhabitants have been bereft of all their possessions and the damage ex- tends for fully 100 miles along the shore. Such a disastrous storm has not been known for a quarter of a century. Subseriptions for the relief of the desti- tute have been open in this city. It has been 1mpossible to receive any accounts of the damage done by the gales in New- foundland, but it will undoubtedly surpass that on the mainland, as the center of the storm passed right over the island while the extreme western edge touched the mainland. What few vessels have made port are in a bad condition and report news of broken spars, ships’ boats found floating and other evidences of disaster. The regular fishing season will not com- mence until the first of the year, and those boats that had gone out were not fitted for an extended cruise, but merely for two or three days’ trawling, and as none have been seen or have been heard from the gravest anxiety is felt. Reports from the life-saving station all along the coast record & number of brave rescues, and accompanying this is the newsof wreckage, dead bodies and other evidences of the storm constantly washed inshore. For the first time to-day the gale has shown some signs of abating, but the ex- act amount of the damage. and loss of human life will not be known for several weeks. e ON THE ENGLISH COAST. The Storm Caused Much Damage at Sea and Ashore. LONDON, Exe., Dec. 7.—The storm that has prevailed here since Thursday has done much damage, not only atsea, but ashore. Many persons have been more or less seriously injured. A snowstorm ac- companied by severe thunder and light- ning prevailed to-day in the north and middle of Engiana. A pilot-boat vainly tried to puta pilot on board the steamer Cambroman off Lynas Point to-day. A heavy northwest gale was blowing and the pilot-boat col- lided with thesteamer. Thesixteen pilots on the boat took to a punt, as their vessel threatened to founder. They were adrift for a long time and were in a very dan- gerous position, as a bad sea was running. They were picked up and landed at Liver- pool. The lightship at the mouth of the river Dee broke from her anchorage and went adrift. In-coming vessels report terrific weather in the Bay of Bisca; SANTA BARBARA DISCOVERY. Vast Tract of Unclaimed Land Located a Shert Distance From the South- ern Town. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Dec. 7.—An Eastern surveyor who has been spending the summer and fall in Santa Barbara and vicinity announces that he has discovered close to Santa Barbara a large tract of land still open to homestead entry and de- sirable for residence. This tract comprises 1o less than 11,500 acres of land. It is well wooded and ‘watered, and while a certain portion of it is steep hillside or rock, he gives as his opinion that not less than forty acres out of every 160, are level or lightly rolling, with deev soil of a superb quality. This land lies high up on the Santa Ynez range, close to a good road, but it would be necessary for se%thrs to combine and build their own connecting roads. There is little frost, and it possesses dur- ing the greater part of the year an ideal climate, as well as a surpassing view. It is not only adapted to raising barley, corn and wheat, but is excellent soil and location for olives and all manner of ber- ries and deciduous fruits, as well as early vegetables. The tract is fifteen miles from Santa Barbara, but it lies close to other promising villages along the coast. . The man who has made this discovery, in a locality where, it has been supposed, all lands suitable for cultivation or fit for habitation were long ago taken up, offers, to locate actual settlers upon it free of charge. [ S Death of a Chico Citizen. CHICO, Car., Dec. 7.—Randall Rice, an old resident of Chico, died this morning of heart failure. He was a native of Ver- mont, aged 77 years, Inon fi)“g:ne. ¥ , and left a consider- Before Winter Sets in see that your blood is richand t ure and your physical system in perfect 01":10!. In this way you may avoid coughs, colds and serious diseases which attack weak systems. Avoid danger by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla Prepared only by C. I. 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