The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1895, Page 41

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1895. 41 e e e ——————————————— e ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————— TONTO BASIN FIENDS, Massacre of the Ellersons Witnessed by a Mail Carrier. MURDERED BY APACHES. Whoops of the Indians Mingled With Their Victims' Dying Shrieks. BODIES CAST INTO FLAMES. The Rencher’s Aged Parents Believed to Have Met a Similar . Fate, PH(ENIX, Arr Dec. 24.—Details of the massacre of Per®y Ellerson, the Tonto | Basin rancher, and his wife and two chil- dren last Friday were brought to Pheenix to-day by Jacob Meadows, a brother of ‘‘Arizona Charley,’” the scout. The story had been told to Meadows by a pony ex- | press rider who carries the mail on the Payson route, and it leaves no doubt as to the horrible fate of the rancher and his family. When the rider dashed away irom the burning cabin of the Ellersons, afte the Apache fiends had thrown the bodies | of their victims into the fire, they had | commenced a siege of the home of Eller- son’s aged parents, a short distance away, The old man was defending his home as best he could, but his resistance to the crafty reds was not likely to have resulted in a victory. Ellerson and his wife un- doubtedly met the fate of their son and bis family. The rider who gave Meadows the details of the massacre said that in traversing his route through the Tonto Basin he passed within a half-mile of the Ellerson ranch. Early Tuesday morning, as he was gallop- ing along the trail he heard the Apache warwhoop. It was followed immediately by a volume of smoke pouring up from the ranch house. The wind bore the smoke in his direction, and he could not see what was transpiring, but soon he heard a vol- ley of shots, followed by screams, inter- mingled with whoops. A second and a third volley rung out, and soon afterward he heard the Indians’ farewell yell. “‘After the massacre, the bana started out over the trail which I was following,” said the rider. *I tied my horses’ jaws to- gether with my riata, tied him behind a » of small pinesand I climbed a tall tree. I was seated in the branches when the band, leading four horses, passed by on its way to the Elder Ellerson’s home. The Indians were Apaches all right,and every one of them was in war paint and feathers. After they had gone I went up ta the house. “The flowers in the yard were all tram- pled, the trees broken, the fences torn down and the house, whose ruins were still smoldering, was burned to the ground. v outhouse had been burned, and the 0. in which was stored a year’s crops of -and grain, was in ashes.” The mail-carrier had hastened on to give the alarm. and, as he dashed away, an occa- onal shot was heard from the Ellerson homestead. The old man was defending his heme. The murderers undoubtedly belong to Corley’s band, of which Nantango Tayz, the Indian whom Sheriff Thomson shot, was a member. The uprising was caused by the killing of Tayz on the reservation, where civil officers have noautbority. That the Indians are determined on revenge can be seen from the fact that they trav- eled all the way from near Clifton, in the southeastern portion of Arizona, to Pay- son, in the north-central’ portion, in order to kill the Ellersons, from whose ranch Thomson started upon the journey which resulted in the death of the Apache. The people. of Pleasant Valley are fortifying their homes against attack. Perley Ellerson was very popular in his section. He was sober and industrious, but he madea mistake when he planted his home in such an isolated spot and so far from help. In that section many In- dian massacres have occurred, and during the famous Tewksbury-Graham feud years ago thirty men were killed. It was near there that the great Indian raid of 1882 occurred, during which a number of fam- ilies shared the fate of the Eliersons in this more recent tragedy. . RICH STRIKE OF GOLD. Ore Assaying $125 to the Ton Discovered by a Prospector. PH@ENIX, Ariz., Dec. 24.—One of the greatest gold strikes ever made in Arizona since the famous Old Vulture find by Henry Wickenburg in 1864 was made at Castle Creek, a new camp about sixty miles east of here, yesterday. William G. Gray of Denver, Colo., a Cripple Creek operator, discovered a three-foot ledge of free-milling ore which assays §125a ton. ince the eyes of the mining world have been turned to Arizona operators have been on the lookout for valuable prover- ties. It was this search that led Mr. Gray to visit Arizona since the boom in mining properties. He has been looking over the mines here and among others visited the Castle Creek. This camp is one of the most promising in the Territory, and ledges the ore of which assayed from $10 to $100 a ton have been found and are now being worked. It is located in one of the mountain ranges near here, and from what Mr. Gray says the whole camp may be underlaid with very valuable ore. Arsangements for tha incorporation of a company and the working of the mines are already under way — HOMICIDE AT WESTPORT. George Davis Shot and Instantly Killed by Haight Clark. UKIAH, CaL., Dec. 24.—Haight Clark, a prominent rancher of the coast country, ghot and killed Georze Davis at Westport 1ast night. Davis was a2 halfbreed, but stood well in the community wherein he resided. Clark likewise has many friends and is a weaithy man. The two got into an altercation over a card game in a saloon at Westport, and alter epithets had been exchanged Clark drew his revolver and fired, killing Davis instantly. District Attorney Sturtevant left for the sene of the crime this after- noon to conduct the preliminary examina- tion of the prisoner. It nasbeen said that bad blcod existed between Clark and Davis for some time, owing to the fact that re- cently George Wages, another halfbreed, killed pair of valuable hiinting dogs, the property of Henry Devilbiss, Clark is related to Devilbiss and was an important witness in his behalf in the lawsuit at this place growing out of the killing of the dogs. Davis was an active partisan of ‘Wages. No futher trouble is expected, however. St e HOLD-UP AT STOCKTON. An Electric Street Railway Car Stopped and the Conductor Forced to Turn Over His Receipts. STOCKTON, CaAL., Dec. 24.—Car 13 on the Electric Street Railway was held up by a masked man last night near Goodwater Grove. The car stopped to take on a sup- posed passenger, who proved to bea ban- dit. He leveled his revolver at Conductor McKay and forced him to turn over the day’s receipts. There was no one else ex- cepting the motorman on the car. As soon as he completed his work the highwayman sprang from the car, ordered the motorman to move on and disappeared in the darkness e ARRAIGNED AT VALLEJO. Michael 0’ Donnell Held to Answer for Shooting Patrick Connelly. VALLEJO, Can., Dec. 24.— Michael 0’Donnell, who shot Patrick Connelly in the breast in the Globe saloon early last Tuesday morning, was brought down from Fairfield today. His preliminary examin- ation took place before Judge J. A. La- mont. The officers with the prisoner were taken 1o the home of the wounded man, where his deposition was taken, and O'Donnell refused to question the man he had shot. Upon returning to the courtroom the prisoner was held to answer upon a charge | of assault to commit murder, with bail fixed at $5000. Failing to procure bonds- men, 0'Donnell was remanded to jail and wil! be taken back to Fairfield tomorrow. L0S ANGELES MYSTERY, Officials Baffled by a Case Bearing the Aspect of Murder. Queer Story Told by a Woman in Whose House John Patre Breathed His Last. LOS ANGELES, Can., Dec. 24.—Jobn Patre, a Frenchman, is lying on a slab at Garrett & Co.’s undertaking rooms withan | ugly gash on the back of his head on the | right side and two_bruises on his forehead, and from all that can be learned there is every reason to believe that he was mur- dered. The casg isone of the most myste- rious affairs that Coroner Campbell has been called npon to investigate this year. Dr. Shorb was summoned to the resi- | dence of Mrs. J. F. Latenne, 2410 Maple avenue, early this morning to attenda | man who it was claimed was suffering from severe pains in his abdomen. Upon arriving at the house the doctor found the patient in his last gasps. Dr. Shorb ob- served that the man who lay on the nar- row bed had two bruises on his forehead and that blood was flowing from a wound | just back of the right ear. He left, and as | soon as possible notified the Coroner. It was between 11 and 12 o’clock when the Coroner arrived, and it required but a hasty examination to show that something was wrong. The moment the Coroner entered the room where the body lay, a boy of about 10 years and his mother, a frail little woman, followed close on their heels. The woman began tosob. Coroner Campbell asked her if the dead man was her hus- band, to which she replied ‘‘no,”” but stated that he had been working for her for two years. The story as given out by the woman and her little boy was to the effect that the deceased, who drove a laundry wagon, was in the habit of coming home no later than 7 o'clock in the evening. Last night, so the woman stated, as he drove into the yard about 12 o'clock and as he was alighting from the wagon he feli, his head striking against a post or a portion of a dead tree. She claims that herself and another woman picked him up and carried him inside. Her story was not believed, as it would have been an impossibility to inflict such a wound as found in the back of his head by falling against the tree. The first thing that attracted the Coro- ner's attention was the large amount of blood found upon the bed and the nature of the wound, which was evidently in- flicted by some blunt instrument. After questioning the woman closely, but get- ting little satisfaction, a gentleman who resides next door was seen, and he di- vulged some new and startling features, He stated that Patre,who has a wife and five children who reside in France, had been living with the Latenne woman, and had been in the habit of beating her children in a cruel manner. Several letters from Patre’s wife, as well asa bankbook with a credit for $600 on the First National Bank, were found among his possessions. Coroner Campuoell is satisfied that there has been murder committed and will sift the matter to the bottom. A post-mortem and inquest will be held to-morrow. 1 - COMPETITION IN OIL. Los Angeles Producers Ready to Lock Horns With the Standard. 1.0S ANGELES, CarL., Dec. 24.—Work is progressing rapidly in fitting out the Ol Transportation Company's vessel. The storage-tanks at San Pedro are being con- structed. In three weeks the first water shipment will be made. The Southern Pacific will carry the oil to San Ped:o in oil cars, and the Standard Company’s tank- cars will be used only for inland ship- ments. 3 The oil business, because of the new scheme of water transportation, is at pres- ent in an ungettied condition, but there will surely be interesting developments when the vessels compete with the Stan- dard Oil Company’s cars. That company, it is said, will not use the ocean, as it is not its policy. Some oil men now think it wilt be driven to it. — - BREAKING THE RECORD. Unusually Large Shipments of Oranges From Los dngeles. LOS ANGELES, Car., Dec, 24.—Speak- ing of the orange crop, Frank Oakley of the Southern Pacific Company said to-day: BEACHED ON PROVCST | Passengers of the Steamer Islander Reach New ‘Westminster. DETAILS OF THE WRECK. The Fore Part of the Vessel Torn Away When It Crashed on the Rocks. DRIVEN ASHORE BY THE GALE. VANCOUVER, B, C., Dec. 24.—Further particulars of the wreck of the steamer Islander were received this afternoon by the steamer Princess Louise,which brought the Isiander’s passengers and mail to New Westminster. The Islander left Victoria at the usual hour on Sunday morning during the gale that prevailed and ran aground about 5 o’clock not far from the lighthouse on Pro- vost Island, a little below the entrance to Plumpers Pass. After grounding she bumped rather heavily for a time and the rocks tore away some twenty feet of the fore part of the vessel, which admitted the water to her fore compartments. The pas- sengers remained on board all of Sunday i and Sunday night, as there was apparently no immediate danger of the vessel going to pieces. As soon as Captain Rudlin discovered the serious state of affairs he dispatched a boat manned by four men to go across to Sidney and telegraph to Victoria for as- sistance. The men proceeded about four miles, but owing to the storm they were obliged to seek shelter and were later picked up by the Princess Louise about 5 o'ciock on Monday morning. The Princess Louise arrived, and after ascertaining the state of aifairs, returned to Sidney to report the mishap. She then returned to the steamer Islander and took her passengers and mail off, bringing them to New Westminister. Captain Rudlin and the crew remained on the vessel await- ing assistance from Victoria. Late this afternoon the Islander was | floated and it was towed into port to- night. SHIPPING MEN ANXIOUS. Vessels Thought to Have Gone Down During the Storm. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasn., Dec. 24.— The wildest storm experienced in many years prevailed in the straits last night and to-day. Telegraph wires were pros- trated in every direction and shipping was at a standstill. Steamers arriving from Seamen Sent for Assistance Are | Picked Up by the Princess Louise. the proclamation is received on Saturday Salt Lake City will resound with the boom- ing of cannon and the ringing of bells. Monaay, inauguration day, will be a gen- eral holiday and the time of rejoicing. It will be ushered in by a cannonade, fol- lowed by civic, society and military pa- rades. The exercises will be held in the great Mormon Tabernacle, where Chief Justice Merritt will administer the oath of office to the incoming State officers. In the evening an inauguration ball will be held. e TO SAN JUAN BEET FIELDS. Claus Spreckels Petitioned to Extend the Pajaro Valley Road. HOLLISTER. Cat., Dec. 24.—At a mass- meeting of citizens of San Juan a com- mittee of beet-growers was appointed to induce Claus Spreckels to extend the Pajaro Valley road to the San Juan Valley. Three thousand acres can be contracted for and free right of way is offered. : - Salmon Creek Accident. VANCOUVER, Wasn., Dec. Johnson, a logger, while worl camp near Salmon Creek, about nine miles from here, on Sunday met with an accident’ which will probably prove fatal. A heavy log fell upon him and rolled the entire length of his body. He was brought to a hospital in this city and the “best surgical assistance given him, but it is the opimon of the physicians that he cannot recover owing to serious internal injuries received. -— Redlands’® Orange Shipments. REDLANDS, CAL., Dec. 24.—Nearly 200 carloads of vranges have so far been ship- ped from this city—a large number for so early in the season, compared with other years. More would have gone forward 1f cars coula have been secured. e Wedded at Healdsburg. HEALDSBURG, CAL, Dec. 24.—Miss | Minnie Blake, stant principal of the | Healdsburg I hool, and C. H. Rich- ardson, a wealthv resident of Minnesota, were united in marriage at the Presbyte- rian Church to-d by Rev. Mr. Messen- ger. They will reside in Minnesota. - - Fatality Near Vancouver. VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 24—Walter H. Steeves, the driver of tne Steveston stage, was killed on the North Arm road just outside of the city by a falling tree during yesterday’s storm. Two Japanese passengers on the stage were badly in- jured. SEATTLE WEDDING-BELLS Laurence Gronlund, the Socialist, Married to Beulah Alice Carey. The Author of *‘ The Co-operative Com- monwealth” Ventures Upon the Sea of Matrimony. SEATTLE, Wasn., Dec. 24.—Lawrence | Gronlund, socialist, who came to Seattle three months ago to spread the doctrines | of his faith, was married to-day to Benlah | Alice Carey, the former wife of James A. | Carey, & yspaper man. Mr. Gronlund is well known all over the LAURENC GRONLUND, [From a photograph. | and steamers bound down were compelled to seek shelter and wait for the weather to moderate. The prevalence of a succession of south- erly and westerly gales has not only in- tensified fears for the safety of the Northern 4 steamship Strathnevis, but much uneasiness is now being felt for the Brit- ish steamer Danube, which left Victoria two weeks ago to search for the disabled has been intensely stormy, making it ex- tremely perilous Zor the Danube to be out in the gales, and much more so if she had the Strathnevis in tow. Since the Wachusett returned from the sea badly damaged and leaking, expres- sions of fears for the other outward-bound vessels are manifested by shipping men geuerally. A prophecy has been made that the news of other manne disasters will soon be received, and consequently a general tone of uneasiness prevails among Puget Sound shipping me: Merry - Making to Follow the “The cold weather, so far as I can learn, has not damaged the oranges. Our agent at Riverside informs me that tie crop is in the best of condition ana big shipments from that point continue. “The movement of the fruit this season has been something wonderjul. Never be- fore in the history of Southern California have so many carioads been shipped out before the first of the year. It is a safe estimate that by January 1 fully 800 car- Joads will have been shipred from South- ern California since the scason opened.” ———— Fire at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 24.—Cassi- day’s sawmill and dry kiln, connected with icer’s shingle-mill, were destroyed by Ep«;celnst night. The total loss is about $25,000, partially covered by insurance, Signing of the Statehood Proclamation. Cannons Will Boom and Bells Ring Out to Demonstrate the Joy of a Populace. SALT LAKE, Uran, Dec. 24.—The an- nouncement that President would issue the proclamation admitting Utah to the Union of States on January 4, | and that the State officers-elect would as- sume their oflices on the Monday follow- ing, was received here with great satisfac- tion, and quickly the arrangements for celebrating the event were pe~lected. As soon as the news of tue signing of below report a severe gale from the west, | steamship. During that period the weather | UTAH WILL CELEBRATE. Cleveland | lized world. He is the author of a book entitled ““The Cc-operative Common- wealth,’’ that was written before Bellamy's ““Looking Backward,” and that gained for him the attention of the best thinkers of Europe. He has spent considerabie time in Cali- fornia, and has made a great many public zddresses in San Francisco, oceupying the rostrum at Metropolitan Temple for sev- eral week: Mr. Gronlund is a quiet, scholarly gen- tleman who is popular among those who know him be i him happiness in his ne w life, Guests of Seattle. SEATTLE, WasH., Dec. 24.—Captain F. V. Whittal of the British India army and Lieutenant William Balfour MacDonald of the British navy, engaged for the past three years in the Australian and South Sea Island Service, are guests for the Christmas holidays of Receiver Avdrew T. Burleigh of the Northern Pacific Rail- | way. The gentlemen, who say they are | merely pessing through the country on their way to Jingland, deciined to discuss the attitude of either their own Govern- ment or this country in the Venezueian matter. P Crushed by Caving Earth. LOS ANGELES, Car., Dec. 24.—By the caving in of a bank at the new City Jail site this afternoon a laborer named J. F. Sennett was injured to such an extent that his death is but a question of a few hours. His head and chest were crushed. Heisa married man and resides on Sizteenth | street. The doctor attending him pro- | nounces his case hopele: g Died From His Injuries. LOS ANGELES, Caw., Dec. 24.—The son of Police Officer Pauling, who was struck some two months ago by a Bellevue avenue | car and badly injured, died at 10 . w. to- day. The boy was in the habit of playing on the streetcar track. Since he was in- jured pe had suffered a great deal and it nas all along been known that he could not live. His many friends wisi BANK INTEREST REDUCED, General Lowering of Dividends for Savings Bank De- positors. Last Downward Step in a Steady De- cline of Five Years—A Lesson for Men of Means. The new financial policy of the State is about to make itself felt upon the rankand | file of savings bank depositors, for on the | first of the new year these thrifty people, | who, by economy, have been enabled to lay | aside some money, will find themselves | face to face with a2 new condition. Their‘ deposits will then have lost considerable of | their earning power, or, in other words, | their interest will have dropped to a very poor minimum. The savings banks have, with common accord, decided to reduce interest on alli deposits on January 2, 1896. Not only will this change take effect in San Francisco, | but every savings bank in California must, | by force of circumstances, take like action if they intend to continue in business with any degree of prosperity. The lowest rate of interest to be paid ir San Francisco wilt be 3.50 per cent on gold coin of the United States deposited in sav- | ings banks. Nor will there be any remarka- | ble deviation from this rate, as all savings banks find they cannot pay much more | per cent, at least so long as present conditions prevail in political financiering in all departments of State and municipal government. The little flurry in the East on account of war talk has no bearing on the stand taken by sa ings bank managers in San Francisco. That point was expressly mentioned by | bankers yesterday, so that no misunder- | standing might go abroad regarding the cause. Times that have been comparatively dull were admitted to have had some influ- ence upon the interest paid savings bank depositors, but over and above all else the tremendous increase in taxation was said to have depressed money in those institu- tions to 314 per cent. The Humboldi Loan and Savings Society on Geary street has announced thatthe semi-annual dividend will be 4.32 per cent per annum on term deposits and 3.60 | on ordinary, payable on and after Janu- | ary The Hibernia Bank will announce a div- | wdend of 4 per cent. The Mutual Savings Bank of San Fran- cisco has declared a dividend of 4.20 per cent on term deposits and 3.50 on ordinary for the last halt year. | The San Francisco Savings Union has | announced that it will give 4.32 per cent | on term deposits and 3.6 per cent on ordinary deposits. | The German Savings Bank will de- | clare a dividend of 4.26 per cent and | 3.55, respectively, on term and ordinary | deposits. | All notices are accomparied with the information that those new dividends are made free of taxes. | At the German Savings Bank it was | stated that increased taxation over the | State, as well as in San Francisco, had 1; rendered it absolutely necessary thata re- | duction be made in dividends. California taxes were higher than those of Eastern States. “What effect will this decrease have upon deposits?”’ was asked. *“It is hard to tell,” was the renly. “It will certainly affect them to some extent, how much noonecan tell. A man who can make more with his money will draw it out of bank, but people who have no business judgment of their o wo will leave deposits in the bank.” In 1891 the average interest on savings bank deposits was 5.40 per centon term and 4.50 per cent on ordinary. In 1892 | there was a reduction to 5.10 and 4.25; in June, 1894, the dividends went down to 5 and 4 1:6; in June, 1895, to 4.80 and 4, and now comes the drop t04.26 and i per cent—a steady decline. The same con- dition precisely has prevailed in other | savings banks. Tovell White, cashier of the San Fran- cisco Savings Union, gave a striking view of the situation. “It is due to the tax levy he said. “This year we pay $365,000 in taxes against an average of ,000 on the same amount of taxable assets in former years. At the term of the June dividend we anti- cipated an advance in taxation, but did not dream it would be so high, conse- quently our provision for high taxation | was only partial. The depositors of this | half year are not atlowed to suffer for that reason. We make provisions otherwise. | “With the present rate of taxation of 2 per cent the savings banks can’t pay more that 4.32, which we are now paying; it sn’t in the business. Ever since the new | | constitution was adoyted the banks have | been paying something more than one- | fifth of all amounts of interest on real es- | tate loans, etc., in taxes, This year its taxes in San IFrancisco are one-third of tha interest received. | “The rates of dividends would have re- ceded somewhat at a time like this, irre- | spective of taxes, but the large part of the | reduction is chargeable to taxation.” ““‘What causes this raised taxation?” | ““If the public business was conducted as economically as the business of individuals or of corporations the average tax rate | would be reduced 3314 per cent. It isthe extravagant, loose way of conducting b ness. In public offices the work requires two men, while in a well-ordered manufac. turing concern, or bank, or insurance com- pany, one man could doit. There are men | in public offices on the payroll who per- | form no service. Here the public is con- sidered a goose to be plucked, and a man does not suffer the loss of prestige of char- acter by filching from the public purse. Offices are sought for what can be made out of them. It is notorious that men will spend more money to secure an office than the emolluments for the whole term. “Every man who has money is directly interested in having good men in office. 1f they don’t feel that way, nevertheless they are interested.” The venerable financier closed by say- ing that depositors in savings banks were having the lesson of extravagant Govern- ment brought home to them directly in a very tender spot—their pockets—and that these same people would be receiving | about 2 per cent more were it possible to | get honest management of all political offices. Robert Tobin of the Hibernian Bank said that while his bank had not drawn balances, he believed the dividend would be 4 per cent. He also stated that high taxation was largely the cause for reduc- tion of interest on deposits, and held that the Legislature should limit' the amount DUE TO RAISED TAXATION. | old employes. | not know the conflict was ended. | tion of imprevement. | Mrs. Hart's Boy Rebels When | child, a boy five years old of deposits in savings banks so that the money deposited in large sums might be turned into other channel. ! ARGUMENT REFUSED. l Time Granted in the Foreclosure Sale of a Railway. DENVER, Covo., Dec. 24.—In the United States District Court to-day Judge Hallett {declined to permit the hearing of argn- | ments upon a motion for the foreclosure | of the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison | Railway under the mortgage, until the | more recent motion to file a cross bill upon 5 the part of the receivers of the Union Pa- | cificis considered. Arguments upon this I question were heard to-day, the court re- | serving his decision. When the receivers of the Union Pacific last year found that the Denver, Leadville | and Gunnison could not be made to pay | operating expenses, upon their petition a | separate receivership was created, Frank Trumbull being named to that position. Under his management, not only have operating expenses been met, but the road now shows some slight earnings. The receivers for the Union Pacific seek by their cross bill to recover from these recent earrings the deficit which they had to meet while operating the South Park system in conjunction with the Union Pa- cific. The American Loan and Trust Com- pany joins in this request. o e i WORK 5§ RES UMED. Streetcar Traffic in Philadelphia Fully Teestored. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 24.—The settlement last night of the strike was fol- lowed this morning by a complete re- sumption of traffic on all Jines. The city has again assumed its normal appearance. That the revival of streetcar service was very welcome was evidenced by crowds who used the cars this morning. Some of the non-union motormen and conductors engaged by the company since the strike manned the cars this morning, but most of the cars were in charge of the During the day the “imported’’ men en- gaged by the traction company to take the strikers’ places gradually left the service. Many were returned to Brooklyn by the company. Itis estimated that 1000 were secured by the company from other cit Not over 250 will remain. Reports were received this afternoon of several attacks made on cars. The assail ants were strike sympathizers, who did SECURITIE; ARE FIRMER. Upward Trend in Markets at Home and Abroad. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 24.—At the opening of the market railway and miscel- laneous stocks were comparatively quiet. The changes, as a rule, were in the direc- Leather preferred rose 1 to 62 while the other gains were v fractional. Engagements of gold for shipment to Europe to-morrow amount to $1,200,000. LONDON, Ex6., Dec. 24.—The Stock Ex- change market opened quiei but firm. The settlement of mining stocks began to-day. American railroads were firm, but dealings were nominal. Other stocks recovered at noon, when all the railroads were better, and the general aspect was quieter. FRESHO COURT SENATIO He Is Remanded Into Her Custody. Carried From the Courtroom by Force for a Day’s Visit With His Mother. FRESNO, Dec. 24 — Another chapter was added to the Hart divorce case to-day. In granting a divorce a few weeks ago, Judge Carter gave the custody of the to the father, who won tne case. Provision was made that the boy¥ should visit his mother, as might be agreed upon by Mr. and Mrs. Hart. If they could not agree, the conrt would fix the time and the length of the Vi Mrs. Hart returned from San Francisco last evening and went to the house of Mr. | Hart’s sister to see the boy. The voung- ster screamed and refused to go with her. This morning Mrs. Hart went before Judge Carter and petitioned to secure the boy. Mr. Hart was cited to bring the child into court to-day, and aiter Judge Carter had heard the testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Hart he airected the mother to take her son and keep him until to-morrow at noon, when he was to be returned to his father. i Mrs, Iart started to lead the lad by the hand out of the courtroom, but he refused togo. Then she caught him up in her arms and carried him out, the boy scream- ing vigorously and striking at his mother with his bands. Had it not been for the interference of Deputy Sheriff Timmins trouble would have occurred at the courtroom between Hart and W. D. Grady, who was co- respondent in the divorce suit. Hart started to follow Mrs. Hart when she was taking the boy out of the courtroom, and Grady followed Hart. Timmins stopped Hart, and Grady wanted to perform the ofiicer’s duties. Nunan Named at Fresno. 9. FRESNO, Car., De At a meeting of officers of tlie Sixth Regiment, N.G. C. held in this city last night, Colonel J. J. Nunan of Stockton was unanimously elected colonel of the regiment to succeed himself. Much enthusiasm was mani- fested, twenty officers from the companies in the regiment being present. Colonel J. J. Hay of this city presided. SAN BERNARDIND'S STRIDE Horses to Give Way to Electricity as Motive Power for Streetcars. Railway Lines to Be Extended to Resorts in the Neighboring Mountains. SAN BERNARDINO, Cin.,, Dec. 24.— In all provability the old horsecar street line in this city will shortiy give way to the electric lines, and San Bernardino will take another big stride in the march of progress. The proposed electric line is an ex- tensive affair, and will demand consider- able attention throughout the valley. The mountain streams, whose source is only a few miles from this city, furnish suffi- cient power for lighting and electric power for all of Southern California, and already big filings have been made in that direction by responsible persons. A. G. Hubbard of Redlands a few days ago filed on 7000 inches of water of thé Santa Ana River for electrical purposes. This was followed by a filing by other parties of 7000 inches at another point on the river. These will give in the neighborhood of 10,000 horse-power. The first move, as laid down in the plans, is to establish an extensive electric railway to take in the street car line of the city, and to make an extension to Harlem and Rabel Springs, thence along the foot- hills to the mouth of City Creek and to Fredalba Park. This park will be made one of the finest summer resorts in the southern portion of the State. From Fre- aalba Park the road will skirt the high- lands and rteach the famous Smiley Heights near Redlands, thence back to San Bernardino. A branch line will also be run from this city up the mountains into Waterman Canyon and around to the famous Arrow- - head Canyon and Springs, giving a stretch of scenery that will rival Mount Lowe, near Pasadena. This coming spring will see work being pushed rapidly on these rail- ways. . Seattte Car Stopped by a Bear. SEATTLE, Wasn., Dec. 24.—A wild, half-grown black bear got onto the track, and with amusing defiance stopped a Ma- drona Park streetcar in the heart of the city this afternoon. Gripman Caldwell, armed wit) an ax, put Bruin to rout, and the car moved on, much to the relief of a dozen or more passengers. —_— Killed Near Pioneer. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 24.—Edward Lyons, section foreman on the Oregon Central and Eastern Railroad, was killed yesterday by a mass of rock falling upon him while he was at work on the track under a bluff near Pioneer. NEW TO-DAY. The Contest Of the Tacks Decided The committee appointed by the <«Chronicle,” «Call” and «Examiner,” the leading journals of the City and County of San Francisco, in whose hands were the distribution and counting of the tacks, find that the package contained 318 tacks. Upon a careful examination of all the guessing blanks they find that MR. GEO. A. DOLAN, Residing at 333 Kearny $t., City, Was the First Nearest Guesser, and is therefore entitled to $50. Also that WILLIE GOEY, Residing at 1220 Golden Gate Ave., City, Was the second nearest guesser, and is therefore entitled to $25.00. The following are the next nearest 48 guessers and are each entitled to a Coaster: 312 Spreckels pullding. City. Pk Y Union street, City. al. BATM, 22914 Eighth reet, City. ‘hirteenth avenue, East B 1M M GEORGE HAY tween Eureka and I MISS ELLA BISH PERCY SMITE WILLIE VALE ROBERT ROS! 31 eet. Seventeenth street. N, 225 Fulton street. 211 Eddy street. VIR, 240 ‘Laylor st. Ness avenue and Filbert st KLUE, 514 Howard street. 208 Broderick street. N, 30 Minna street. West Berkeley. LEMOINE, 331 Kearny street. EY, 107 Valencia street. 12 Howard street. 34 Thirteenth street, City. i AXIOLA, Mission street, City. The above named parties being the nearest guessers, we hereby request RAPHAEL'S (Incorporated) to deliver to said parties such gifts as are set opposite their names. MR. ERNEST C. STOCK, Call. MR. J. A. RITCHIE, Chronicle. MR. J. A BOURKE, Examiner, Cemmittee. The above named parties will kindly call to-day to get the results of their in- genuity. Wishing you all A Merry Christmas, we are very sincerely yours, RAPHAEL (INCORPORATED). 9,11, 13 AND 15