The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1896, Page 3

b f ce and Chile to 5 now in the B and ‘was | prevented from b consufi- | mated without the s | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1896 il THE KICK OF TIME Arrival of a Messenger at:3 the International Court of Arbitration. f PRESENTS THE: CLAIMS. i large three-masted schooner anchored be- | Awericans Not to Be Shut Outi of the Share of the Guano Aw-rds. | MANY MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED. | Tactics of Nations to Shut Out This Country Beaten by Vigorous Diplomacy. arrival there th from i to the president of the urt of Arbitration the e famous Dondreu With only a few h nent betwee o e cl 15, appearsthat a-sum ntry and | which pro- equa etwee the creditors 3,000 000 franc: ances the reed of the ‘Supreme Federal | f the Chief | ) te the funds| ear ago and an- : petitions v came into the. the volum- ments.-could not ear] ely all the | re .con- | il that th 1ent’s force w0 the month > evide th rlanc ce was printed copies le His passag by the , but on vloded »e.on that pelied to take the Cam- s cable nts to exy within he final co the hours of i ’ It is understooa that the total amount to be distribu by the Swiss court wilt probably exceed $7,000,000 is about | the figure of the Londreusclaim, which is | caid {o rity over that of the | French b fus | It is that the action of Chile | withholding from the Un States | wowledge of the secret convention entered nto for the distripution of a fund i h i Americaa mants had so much [ calls for an explanation. 1 wh itere TWO NEGROES LYSCUYED. Otter Had Stoks Cattle. east of this pla by about twenty-f menilast night ) u cowhide e determined White aiter being Whipped ¢ bloed was stream- shot to death. g some Very inde- | L ‘wo women, wives of rectab’e farmer- in the viciaig; oN, M Dec ~~News has . e here of the lynchi y of Au w Brown, s viet and notoriows certle-t Simasdn County. Brow e fat cattla at and con: bles starie ¢ of the Peace near where the theft was committed. En route he was taken from the officers by a mob, swung to a tree and riddled with builets. —_— CONVICTS A8 COUNIELRFEITERS. a'him to Spurious Silver Dollars Made in the Kansas Penitentiary. Nese., Dec. 31.—\ week ago t, lately released ile testi- in court at Omaha, let 1 the re- it there was, or had heen, coun- feiting going on in the State penitenti- Coming from the source that it did, Jittle attention was paid to the matter. A Lancoln evening paper to-night publishes ation from a man of supposed a carpenter named Erown, who | city, Brown himselt having had a number | as to the fate of the schooner. 8| from Vinevard. | afterivard refused ro continue treatment after giving | Yonke | sugar cane that the manufacture of Iz should be the most important mdustry:of | | the country, and under thé ‘operations of was greatly encouraged arn { the benefit not only of persons diredtly % United States; and, whereas; the opera. | tions of such law were fist making tie| ! of persons ‘in. the field and-manufactory, | by reducing the price of raw material, to. | take aw; d About Respecinilia Women, | thercfore, i1s¢., Dec.8L—Jin: {ynch, | pro negro farmhand, residing twent. miles | sugar cgual to the vroposed incred 4s takeninto the v 'ods| other articles cnumerated in said b ‘v dollars skillfully executed. He de- | ared that an employe of the institution acted as the go-between ‘of the convict counterfeiters and the public, and that the bogus dollars were circulated freely in the at one time. An investigation will prob- ably be maae. —— IN A PERILOUS POSITION. Lifesavers Fail to Rescue the Crew From a Stranded Three-Masted Schooner. Dec. 31, — The ife-saving crew this afternoon reported a tween Tuckernut Shoal and Cross Rip, fly- | ing a signal of “distress, probably sinking. | E ghted at daybreak this morning, bit as there was no telephone and. the terrific. sea pre- vented the li t-going -outside, nothing could be done. " About 10 o’clock the ves- sel noisted.a signai. of distress; and. at 1. o'clock this afternoon, no assistance hav- ing conic, the crew could ‘be-seen lashing| r.in-the- rigging whereon. they could| 1 i the-vessel foundéred. 1 was telegraphed to various wrecking com- panies,. and- it is hoped that. tugs are on their- way- to the crew’s: assistance. = At sunset the wind continues blowing a north- west gale and a heavy-sea is running. . - But little can be.definitely. said to-nizht. The- vessel | is only visible from Tuckernut Island, and + communication with that place in" such- a gale as this is impossible. - A soon as the | weather moderates tugs will start - for her EXPIRED IN A SALOON. Fate of the Ex=Wife of W. L. Case of Loé Angeles. . g CHICAGO, IrL:, Dec. 3L.— A woman, said to ‘have ‘been-the wife of William T.. Case, a-wealthy resident of Los: Angeles, Cal., from whom. she ‘separated several months dgo, was' seized with ‘spasms in-a State-street saloon to-day, and died shortly ~It was ‘said she "took "poison, nd’ it urther- alieged that the pb clan called to- attend ‘the sick * woma is n her -a “hypodermic injection .because his pay was not guaranteed. Before another doctor counld be procured the woman died. | s Death of Ree. Wi R. G: Mellon. NEW YORK;, N: Y., Dec. Word was. received to-day of the death yesterday in of the Rev. W. R.G. Mellon of ian chirch in that place. He s.0ld..: Most of his ministerial srmed in the West. CHAMPIONED B PERKIS An Attempt to Be Made to,fn- crease the Tariff Duties ,on Sugar. His ' Interesting - Resolution Showing How the Industry Has Been Crippled. iTON, D. €., Dee. 31.—Senator alifornia he ‘intends’ to ng-effort te iy tapiff & ties on sugar, and to this-end he to:d iatroduced a -resolution - in the Senate, Perkins will soon make a_speech in whith- he will endeavor tc éxplain the rapid growth of ihe beetl-sugar.:ndustry under the McKinley tariff act.” He 5 in coii- munication with California sugar- By [ and will assist them in every way possibile. His resolution to-day recites that: i “W onsofsoil and climate in the United States are’'sp peculiasly:| favorable to the growth of sugar beets and WASHIN Perkins of maka a st craace the tariff iaw of 1890 the sugar industsy vromoted, -t interestgd but of- all - the-people of-the manufacture 'of sugar the most important industry of the country, causing vast tracts’ of land to be put under ciitivation and affording employment to many thoasands | and the effect of changes made by the tariff law of 1894 has been to stop the. de- velopment of this great indiistry, to-reta its progress, to hamper it in'every way,'to | iscourage planting of large fracts of tond I the means oflivelihood from farmers and farm laborers, aud to ¢lose manufactories against laborers’ who: had | been employed, and : o “Whereas, without somié further protee- tion granted by Congress: for a few: years, or until the industry hecomes solidly‘es. blished, it will not be -passiblc to long continue the cultivation of tlie'sugarbeet, or even, perhaps, of sijzar ¢ane, or toman- ufacture sugar in this country in conipeti: tion with foreign farmers: and manifa turers who employ chedper labor than can bie procured in the, United States, and there | is now pending before -thie Fihance Com-| miitee of the Senate a bill: to increase the ; revenue by laying ‘additional -duties'on a | —five men in all—were saved, The storm | large number of articles; but not on suga “ilsolyéd, That the Committee on Fi- Rnance -be and i3- hereby -instructéd to re- port an amendment to said revenue bill | g ‘for additional dv The resolution was objected to b; of Arkansas and -went. over unde; rules. The question.will. be taken up. by the Senate later. 3 — ERK1 SENATOR P EXPLAINS. His Nicaragua Canal Bill Protects the Government. S8 WASHINGTOX, D. (., Deg. 31.—Sena- tor - Perkins said o 1 IBLALL: corres- vondent, in explanation of his Nicaragua ! bill, introduced yesterdag: - UMy bill is the sawe as Representative Barhun's, with the exception of one or two feaiur: capital stock is reduced | from 1,500,0 stock price is increased from $100 to $150 a share. The mortgage provision .of the | other measure Las been eliminated,-also the provision guaranteeing the bonds of the Maritime Company, providing instead | for the 1ssuance of Government bonds sufli- | cient inamouvnt to construct the canal. Th action was taken in consequence of the de- cision in the Stanford case, under which tie part taken by the Government in‘build- ing the canal would only be 4 venture, so that if the enterprise is a failure the mort- gage would be of no avail. 1If it is success- ful, Government, under the present bill, wilk receive back its moncy and not be left to the doubtful proceeding of fore- closure, which, under the concessions, would be of no avaii. The Maritime Canal Company is retained simply as an instru- 1rés Yo I 10, and the °s near the penitentiary,in which he erates the char es of the conviet, and saxs that the counterfeiting was conducted on a wholesale scale, the issue being Bogus ment through which the Government acts.” lepresentative Barham concurs in the amendment suggested by Perkins. | ! crossed - to_Nsntucket, where . word | |:from e: |'vent disorder. < tenburg and intends to march to Johanne President Kruger has ordered that - ENGLAND VERY TARDY, Rosebery Again Takes the Government Sharply To Task. WANTS A SAFETY VALVE. | Indignation of the People Should Be Let Off at a Big Mass- .. Meeting. RIDICULED BY THE SULTAN.| :‘Meanwhile the Massacres Continue ih} Armenia and :the Powers Do Nothing. ! g | will to-morrow print anether-leiter | rime Minister Rosebery,.of sitn~ ilar ténor to. the: leftér from’ the ‘sare | source - published Monday " miorning, -in | which: Lord. Roseberry- took the. Govern- ment:severely for' its -action, or- rather - its action, - in’’ regard - to Turkish affairs. - In- his last’ letter’ Lord Rosebery advocates: the holding of mass- meetings, to express the public opinion on the subject. ‘‘Senie ‘safety valve,” he says, “must be | found for the pent-up, irrepréssible indig- nation: ‘6t the people.” -He.adds: *‘Fo build thie mightest navy -in the world and-| give absolute potwer to the Ministry.in { order to- see our every effort- baffled and ridiculed by a Sultan—and siich-a Sultan— is enough' to make every gorge in'the coun- | try rise:*. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEY, Dec. 31.— The army réserves’ at- Moosh, Sardis, Alleshgord and Bitlis. have been called out. BERLIN,: GERMANY, Dec.. .31:— The Cologne ‘Gazette has a dispatch from Con- stantinople. that the. Armenian bishop at irzeroum was arrested Monday and sent to Constantinople. ‘He is accused of tak- ing-a leading part in the agitation against the Government. His-.arrest ha nséd much excitement in ‘Erzeroum; and the officials- there have taken measures to pre- Ifad ‘it ‘not been ‘for the precautions takeu there would undoubt- | edly ‘have been an-outbreak. NEW.YORK, N. Y., ‘Dec. .31.—Stéphen Karoghlani; a -voung man- from” Malatid, Arwrenia, now living in- this city, said to- day coneerning-Armenian matters: ©I .have just received- lefters from my native city of - Malatia reporting the horri- ble massacre of Armenians there. - Malatia is.a’city. seventeen hours. distant. from Harpoot-as the caravans go. - Tlie city: has some 100,000 inhabitants. Twelve:thou- sand’ are Armenians, and. of these fully 3000. “were -massacred during “the last mionith. . I had- sént some ‘moneéy-to my family, composed of twenty-two menibers. To:day ‘my money is returned ‘to me by one -of -our neighbors saying that not one of pur entire Tumily i : .~ LONDON; Ene:; Dec..31.—The morning pape FIGHTING VITABL An" Avined Force Has Entered the Trans- : vaal. : LONDON, + Dec. 31.—The Morning -Post. will publish: to-morrow . a dispateh om Vienna sa Pretoria, cap! of the Transvaal, states ‘that a force of the British South: Africa Company, nuimbering -800 nien-and armed. withi Maxim and:othéf guns, isveyorted to have entered.the Transvaal. . Thisforce is'said to have réached thé vicinity. of Ros: buirg. its advéance be forcibly prévented; and his issued & proclamation appeali burghers -to defénd “their ‘coun dispatch adds that,fighting seer able: The “papers will 'publish. ‘to-morrow: a statemient,. emanating. -from. a rédiable: source, that. Dr.Jamison, administrator-of thé British' South ‘African: Company, has led 500 armed men_into ‘the Transvaal to ‘assist the Uitlanders,‘or foreign residents of that Republie, to enforca:their demands that thiey be granted equal-political rigkits witli-the Boers. * 3 The papers will add that the R Joseph Chamberlain, Sécretary. of- State for the Colon lias’ orderedl the immec ‘ate refurn of this force to British territory. The s inevit- A: GREAT GALE. RLOWS, ' Much: Damage Done to Shipping on the Atlantic Seaboard: NEW YORK, N: Y., Dée. able damage was-caused by a storm night, which bezan as a drizzling rain and developed in the early:moriing hours into | & violent wind. - The wind:at'? o'clock tliis | morning attained ‘a velocity of seventy- two.miles an hour: It was a rough morn> ing in the harbor. The schooner Dung- hill of this city was wrecked in Jamaica Bay. The -captain and crew of - the vessel in Brookiyn. did' even more damage-than | that ‘of last. Thursday night. and to-day there are many - uprooted trees, broken fences and telegfaph and telephone poles to show.the effect of the wind’s fur: PROVIDENCE, R. L. -Dec: 3t.-~The storm last night S very severe.in th viewnity, thouyh ‘no esvecial damase wa dorie in this city. - At Bristol much dan age was done to property along the liarbor. front, s z BOSTON, Ma: Dec.: 31:~The high wind which prevailed this morning caused » material damage to shipping in this vicinity so far as is known. Telegraphic comminication with stations along Cape Cod ‘s interrupted and no reports’. from that locality have been received. : S e CHICAGW'S CHANCES GOOD, The-Lake City May Secure thié Democratic Convention. CHICAGO, ILL., Dec.31.—Ben T. Cable, the National committeeman from Illinois, who passed through Chicago vesterday on his way home from Washington to Rock* Island, told prominent Democrats on the Democratic National Committee that the outlook for this city getting the convention was favorable, and the finance ccmmittee went to work with renewed zest to get the require subscriy tion backing. According to Cable, New York will be tlie only formis dable rival vefore the National Committee and New York is only anxious to keep the convention from Chicago. To thatend he says $10,000 has already been raised and more is expected from the New Yorkers. SALE OF RAILROADS. During the Year Foreclosures Eclipsed ; All Previous Records. CHICAGO, 1., Dec. 31.—From statistics compiled by the Railway Age it is shown that the railroad foreclosure sales in 1895 far eclipse those of any- other year in re- spe.# to mileage and capital involved. r g the year fifty-three roads were sold, |-and | journed for | A Heavily Armed Posse in Search of ing thata telegram from | | | i | to ‘the. | | | | | | [} | longingly toward the gold fields and min- | tunity to get some of the “‘easy money."" aggregating 13,129 miles of lines and repre- senting $333,776,000 of bonded debt, and $442,000,000 of capital stock. Last year there were forty-two roads sold, aggregat- ing 5643 miles of lines and $319,000,000 of capital. In the last twenty years 646 roads have been sold h over 76,055 miles, rep- resenting $7,305,773,000 of capital. As to railway insolvency, the record for 1895 is more favorable than for the three preced- ing years. 4 Receivers were appointed for thirty-one roads with 4019 miles of lines, involving 858,000 of 5,000. In -eight roads for which receivers were appointed, 7025 miles and total capital involved $395,791,000. In 93, the year of greatest insolvencies, the figures were: Number of roads, sevent four; mileage, 29,340;, capital involved, $1,781,046,000. e e Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Treasure- INDICTM LE. ERS. e + Box Looted, but the Passen- Systematic Cricsade on the Ch icago Bucket - Shopg. _CHICAGO,. TrL., Dec:.31.—The: Grand Juary to-day-voted indictments against.the. following “proprietors of “bucket: shops: Joseph Ullman, La Salle street; C. C. Viall & Co., La Salle street: “George Shiner, Tre= raont -House: ——= Log, ‘Clifton: House; |- Frank Wakem, Owins building; &: ¥: Van ‘Winkle, Traders’ -building; -B: Valentine, La Salle street; Arbogast & Co:, Traders’ building, -and- 'W..Z.- Wright, Rookery building. : : The’ evidence was secured by a.commit-: teé appointed. by the Grand: Jury. The work. :has been " carried” on quietly, tlie. members. visiting the. -various: “places buying © stocks, and. grain. - The receipts - for “the. “money. were used as- documentary evidence, ‘and it was upon - tliese. . “the- i indictments " were voted. ' Five miinutes. before the. directors of -the Board of. Trade- were to: have met this afternoon for the purpose of deéciGing if H. M. Greeneof H.M: Greené & Co:-'was guilty of buckét-sliop practices and passin judgment accordingly chey ‘were serve: thea writ rcstmininfi them from taking d any-action wlhich would "debar Mr, Greene from. the- privileges. of - membership. The -~ writ - was -made ‘returnable the lirst Monday in ‘February, but it is the in- tention of the board to bring the‘case into court in:a few dayson a motion to dissolv the injunction. . The directors at once ad- week. DEEDS OF DESPERADOES, Six Escaped . Convicts Spend‘ a Night in Robbery and Murder. the Band of Daring Cut. throats. BIRMINGHAM, Ara.. Dec. 31.—Bart Thrasher; the notorious’ Bibb County out- law who with six other conviets recently broke out of Pratt Mines Péenitentiary, and overpowering'the guards escaped, turned up ai. Horse Creek last night with an-un= known pal'and liad & night of robbing ‘and murdering. Ben-Adair and” a farmer'named Jones, while retarning ‘homé, were held up by Thrasher and -his pal, who wore. masks and-carried pistols. ~. - Jones threw up his hands when com- manded to do'so, but Adair resisted, when Thrasher shot hini dead.” The living and dead were then robbed. An hour late~ the outlaws held -up. Watchman Das the Tvay mines, and secured liy wi watcl obbed two miners near d concluded by rob- May Ellen mines, Thrasher remove the mask from his face and recognized him. A strong posse, heavily armed, is searching for the desperadoe: bing two others att! The watchman s - — . GIVEN A BIG SUBSIDY. Concession to Americans to. Build @ Rail- road in Mexico, “CHICAGO, 1Li;, Dec. 31.:-The. Mexican Government .has, it id, granted-to.an Anieriéan-syndicatéa concession to-build a raiiroad from Tonola to Tuxtla and from St..Geronimo to the frontier of Guatémala, withd-branch. from. Tapachula to St. Be- nito. -The distarice: 405 English miles. 1t pa ine States of Oaxaca and Chiapas overnnieiit, ' Federal and State, has -granted a-subsidy of . $5,000,000, and “the ‘construction will -begin in April, 1896, g 5% The American syndicate is’ said to he backed by Eastern: and:Western capital- ists, and.the company-wili be icorporated under: the name -of..the ‘‘Mexican -and Guatemala-Railroad Company,” -with a capital . of .$10,000,000.-: The “syndicate is sa1d o .be represented by the following officers:- Presiden Robert- .- Porter of Cleveland, Ohio, ex-superintendent of the treasurer, S, W, delphia; general secfetary, ‘. B. Bary of Boston. i The main offices will° be 'in-Chicago’ and |- the City of Mexico. E. B.-Bary, who nhas just réturned from the City:of Mexico with the documents, left for the East last night to arrange the. details; and the. organiza- tion.wiil be perfected in two weeks in Chi- Cag0i ¥ —— MECCA FOR THE GAMBLERS. They- Will Leave Chicago for the Colorado < Mining Camps. CHICAGO, InL., Dec..3L—A morning paper says: - Chicago gamblers are weary and disgusted. They are turning their eyes ing ‘camps of Colorado and the West. Within the week twenty-five or thirty of the " cleverest men in.the business, men better known_ in Chicago than elsewhere, will:go to Cripple Creek, Colo. They are going with Juhn Condon and “‘Sam’ Dahl, the Boss gamblers of Chicago, and & gam’ | bling-house on. an extensivescale will be opened. Three weeks ago Dahl left Chicago for a visit. to his ranchin Southern Colorado. While in that State he determined to look upon Cripple Ureek and its .wonders. After a sojourn there of one week, during which he had ample opportunity to in- vestigate the free and open gambiing go- ing on, he saw what be believed an oppor- Returning to Chicago last Saturday, Dahl at once consulted John Condon, and the decision was to open a big faro bank and gembling-house with all games at Cripvle Creek. Forty-eight hours elapsed hefore Clark street knew of the proposi- tjon in a general way. Word was sent out to old friends of Condon and Dahl and the selection of twenty-five suitable men was commenced. SIS RIS s INTENDED FOR THIEVES. But the Devica Caused a Girl to Be Shot. DUNKIRK, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Amos Jor- dan, a poultryman of Sheridan, after suf- fering depredations from chicken thieves, arranged a shotgun in an upper back win- dow of his- house, covering his poultry- house door: For three months upon re- tirine at night he had regularly adjusted the wire to the trigger tnat would explode the gun if the door of the henhouse was molested, and as regularly upon arising in the morning he has carefuily taken the wire from the trigger. Yesterday morning he was found ill in his bed and in the excitement the zun was forgotten. In the absence of the mother, who had gone after a doctor, his daughter Anna, 11 years of age, went out to feed the poultry. Upon opening the door she re- ceived the charge of shot in her body. Her injuries are serious. | : ' .a'e?d ) (92{%%2@ - CloaliS enaduils UKIAH STAGE ROBBED, Driver Howard Stopped by | a Lone Bandit Near Sewards. CASH AND MAIL TAKEN. - gers Not Molested. TRAILED BY - BLOODHOUNDS, Sheriff jnflqsoh Confident. That. He Has the Road .Agent in Close Quarters. - UKIAH; Cay:;, Dec. 31.—The overland stage running between Ukiah and Harris, which is the most northerly stage station in-Mendocino County, -and “distant some ‘ninety-five’ miles “fronmi here; was héld-up this ‘morning . near - Sewards, about- ten miles north of here.. The work: was done bya lofie "highwayman. - The scene of robbery .is ‘about half-way -between this place and. Willits, and - the hold-up,took -plage in ‘a heavily wooded portion of the road. 2 The stage left Willits on time in charze of Theodore Howard, the regular driver. There were four passengers aboard, -all ladies. .They were . the ~Misses . Edith Rogers and Fannie Rice of Willits, and Mrs: W. D. Cook and her daughter-in-law of Santa Rosa. = The stage was descending a hill near Sewards, at which: place there | is_a fork in the. main road, running to Redwood Valley. The main road runs through a brushy. section for some dis- tance, and at the foot..of the hill crosses: the Russian River. _- As the stage was close to the foot of the grade a man emerged from - the brush on the north sideé. of the road and; with | drawn revolver, - halted the stage. The'| robber was of medium height and build | and was dressed in a suit of-light clothes. | His face was concealed pehind a'red ban- | dana. handkerchief. The “road - “agent | ordered the driver to throw- out Wells- | Fargo’s express box-and ‘the demand was'| ecomplied with. - The driver was about to proceed-on his way, but he was ordered to throw out the pouch containing the way mail and regis- teréd “packages. No ‘demand - was made of . the overland: mail.. Howard did as directed by the higliwayman without de-.| lay“and then was told to drive on. I «The robbery oceurred -about: 9:30 o'clock and the stage ‘arrived here practically on | time. The-local aurhorities were imme- | diately' notifieq - and = Sheriff - Johnson, accompanied by Deputiés J:. L. Johnson and H. T, Hateh and Under Sheriff Philo Handy, left for the scene of the hold-up. Sherniff Johnson had his bloodhounds with him.. " Ex-Sheriff J, M, Standléy and Con- | stables A. A. Burke and G. W. Hughes are aiso on the trail and working inde- pendently of the county officers. [ Deputy Hatch and Under-Sheriff Handy | returned late this evening and reported | that the bloodhounds had trajled the rob- ber down along. the . river bank two miles | below. the scene of the robbery, at which | place the tracks led off up the bluff away i from -the river, and at last reports. the | hounds" were -heading toward this phcei and were some distance’ east of Capella,| six-miles norih of here, with the tracks | again'running close to tlie Russian River. It.is expected that the rohber will be taken before morning.. Handy to-nizht brought | in the expréss-box and mail-pouches. The | latter were cut’ open with' an axe and'the | express-box.was.opened in' the same way. | All the letters were- taken, but the papers | ‘were not molestéd. - Tt-is not known-} much the treasure:box contained. Sheriff Johmson returned from the chase | near midnight,” Heis satisfied that he has | his riian spotted and an’ arrest will prob- ably be made before morning. Johuson | iow | the ‘time. | thvat the foruer w: |o reports that the bloodhounds refused to track beyond the river east of Capella, as the gravel on the bank interfered with the work. The ground was frozen and track- ing was difficult. The man under sus- vicion left town this morning and re- turned soon after the robbery had been committed. Johnson was certain that if the hounds could have continued on the trail they would nave led the chase straight to Ukiah from Capella. HUNTINGTON'S HAND. It Stays the Reorganization Scheme of the Oregon. PORTLAND, Ogr., Dec. 31L.—Reports have been received here to the effect that the reorganization sheme of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company has failed in New York and that Receiver Mec- | ill was expected back soon. The Union Pacific people hoiding stock in the Oregon are said to have been active spirits in opposing a reorganization, and in this they ‘are said to have had the powerful assistance “of Mr. Huntington, who, it is believed, is looking forward with confi- dence to the -sale of the road under the ‘hammer to satisfy bondholders. e e HATTUCK HONORED. Valuable' Birthday Presents From Mem- " " bers of the Portland Bar. > PORTLAND, Og., Dec. 31.—Judge E. D. Shattuck, the oldest living member of the [ JUDGE s ‘| Orégon- judiciary and senior member of the. Circuit Bench, reached his seventy: first birthday. to-day. The occasion was conimemorated by the Bar Association, which. presented the Judge with an ele- gant gold watch and chain and cane with diamond settings. The _presentation speech was made by ex-United States ‘Astorney-General George H. Williams, hifself a-very aged member of the bar. Judge Shattuck has been on the bench for thirty years. ' SIGATED OFF TATOOSH, ‘The Safeiy of ‘the Australian Liner Miowera Is Now “Assured. Was Seen v»hy. the George W. Watson’s Captain’ After Parting From _the Strathnevis. SEATTLE, W ass., Dec. 31.—Proof of the safety of thé. Canadian Pacitic Company’s ‘Australian liner Miowera is accumulating. Valuable information was cabled this after- noon from- this city to the steamship offi- cials, having. -been: obtained to-day from Captain Pillshury of the steamship Mine- ola. The captain has a chart which he procured from. the master of the schooner George W. Watson showing the relative positions of the yessels when, as claimed, | the ‘Watson signted the Miowers at 10 | o’clock- in the morning ou December 23. | |-At-that time- the Watson’s position was | southeast (magnetic) thirty-seven miles | from Tatoosh, which gives Destruction Island bearing east three-eighths north | (magnetic) twenty miles,the Miowera being | then _tlirce. or four-miles to the northeast, and, as: supposed, searching for her lost" tow. | As the Strathinevis did not anchor until | 2.0'clock in the morningof the 24th, and | bad been driving broadside at the rate of | four ‘miles’an"_ hour, she must have been _out of sight of the Miowera at | The Telative positions of the vessels: place . the Miowera nearer land than the Strathnevis, and tend to show abled ship. This news, and the sighting of what certainly must have been the Miowera by the schooner Compeer later in the day on 23d, southeast of Cape Flattery, proves that the Miowera is safe almost beyond question. - | SOE T Beaten by Seattle Footpads. 1 SEATTLE, Wasi., Dec. 31. — Captain William M. Jones, a night watchman, was attacked - last night by footpads in the Northern Pacific yards'and beaten almost | to death. His chances for recovery to-day | are regarded as very doubtful. | 4 A Stockton Boys Fight. | STOCKTON, Car., Dec. 31.—Fred Mar- | chan and Allie Ross, I5-year-old boys, ecame involved in a dispute over the wnership of a_tin horn thisevening, and Ross stabbed Marchan twice in the ribs | with his pocket-knife, inflicting serious in- juries. The injured boy was taken to s parents’ home and his assailant had not at a late hour been apprehended. Nearly two hundred boys witnessed the affray. searching for the dis- | ii HIDING N PORTLAND. | A San Francisco Woman in | Pursuit of Her Husband. {DECEIVED AND ROEBED. | The Fugitive Has the Deeds to Her Property, as Well as Her Money. ‘WERE WEDDED IN SANTA CRUZ. She Learned When Too Late That She Had Married a Joliet Ex- Convict. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 31.—Mrs. Frances S. Bourne of San Francisco is in this city in search of her husband, who deserted her two months ago. She arrived here | last Sunday, in answer to & letter from a | private detective, who desired her pres- | ence here to drive the fugitive from his | lair. After Bourre fled from San Fran- cisco, Mrs. Bourne placed her affairs in the handsof a detective, who communi- cated with a professional brother in this city, whither Bourne is supposed to have come. Mrs. Bourne is not so anxious to regain possession of her recreant lord as she is to | compel bim to disgorge $12,000, of which, | she claims, he robbed her just prior to his flight. ‘The stolen property is alleged to consist of an absolute deed to $6000 worth | of improved property in San Diego, an in- dorsed certificate of deposit in the Bank of California for $3500 issued in her name, and $2500 in rea Mrs. Bourne, whose maiden name was Lillas, first met Bourne in Santa Cruz, Cal., in the summer of 1894, where she was visiting with several Eastern friends, Bourne, who is almost seven years her senior, represented himself as belonging to a prominent family in Carroliton, Md, | He had a quite distinguished air and man- | ner. He and Miss Lillas were married just one year ago to-day in San Rafael, | Cal. Bourne turned out to be a fortune- hunter, and a few months later she discov- ered that he had deceived her as to his family and himself. He represented to the confiding wife that he had an opportu- nity to engoge in a business enterprise that would yield enormous profits. All he wanted was $§10,000. Mrs. Bourne, ignor- ing her husband’s first deception, becama a pliant victim to his rascality. Without investigating the status of the new busi- ness venture, the confiding wife transferred San Diego property and a certificate for $3500 to Bourne. Two days later she re- ceived $2,500 on account of her share in an estate, which Bourne also, succeeded in | wheedling out of her for the same *busi- | ness” enterprise. The following week hed ated that he wonld have sif 41 und on business connected with Lis ven ¢ | ture, promising to return in tendays. But | Bourne never came back. | Mrs. Bourne has discovered that | Bourne’s right name is Howard Calligan, and that he is an expert forger, who b been released from the Joliet prison only X months before she met him. The wife determined to return him to prison. Bourne is believed to be in hiding some- where in this city and the detectives are confident he cannot elude them. st S v Sale of a Street Railway. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 31.—The Porte land Consolidated Street Railway System as to-day sold under foreclosurc by ssioner Thayer for R ice-President Batchel- | der of the Rollins Banking Company of Boston. There was but one bid. A de- | cree of foreclosure is held by the Mercan- tile Trust Company for $452,77 The property sold is not the largest, but | the finest line in Portland and comprises | three systems, including oue extending to | Vancouver. . 1202z’éamg/e3?? Gigantic Fur, - Cape and Cloak Sale. Bigger Bargains than ever before in January. Can’t afford to wait‘anothsr. month and risk carrying goods.over till next season. DOUBLE CAPES, Ker: sey or Cheviot, atl weol, véivet collars, blue or black, 24 inches .ong; were $7, now $4. DOUBLE CAPES, like cut. blue or black Ker- sey cloth, 6 rows: braid and cloth ' straps on top ;:;pz-: were 39, now SINGLE CAPES, Kersey or Eoucle, 8 rows braid and cioth’ straps as in cut, 27 inches long, extra full, biue or black: were §9 50, now $6. SINGLECATPES, Kersey. or Boucle, plain or fur - trimmed, 24 inctes lons and very fu black oniy; were $13, now #7. DOUBLE CAPES, fine Boucie, 4 rows braid around’ collar and up- per cape, black or blue, 24 inches long; were #9 50, now only $6. DOUBLE CAPES, fine Curly Boucle, trimme: with band of stitche satin length 26 inches; were $10, now only $6. Send Money with all Mail Orde: Satisfac tiea Guaranteed. g NEW TO-DAY. CloaliS ana 020 ltoariyy ST Giganac 'Fur, Cape and Cloak Sale. 0 hird to one-half off regular prices. geods marked in plain figures. Come at once for first pick. This season’s best styles. ¥INE CAPES, sweeps. fur silk lined; now $8. big, wide trimmed, were $12, ANT VELOU NORD CAPE ELEG DE FINE CHINA SEAL FUR CAPES, look like 1k lined, 27 inches long, were $22 50, nw.....$15 00 80 iriches long, were $27 50. now 816 50 Any ot above with Marten Collar §2 FINE BLACK BALTIC SEAL FUR CAPES, 24 inches: were $13 50, now $7 50. WOOL SEAL CAPES, Ogossum edged, Lined. 24-fnch now......812 27-inch now. . 80-inch now... Send Money with all Mail Orders. tion Guaranteed. Satisfac- Al | SILK PLUSH | | tion Guaranteed. Cloalis ewaduilS 220 Hoarny Si= Gigantic Fur, Cape and Cloak Sale. Cold weather Just beginning. You need a Cape or Coat now, if ever. Haundreds of styles. Ones mentioned only sample bargains. FIN T ROUGH- CLOTH and BOUCLE o now $£10 60. TAILOR'S R S, box ckets and skirts roughout, bia reduced to $15. ROUGH BOUCLE- CLOTH DR box fronts, skirs and jack- ets fully lined. wide line color effects; reduced to $16 5 KERSEY JACK- TS, black or biu; very'latest styles: were $9 50, now only 3. Send Money with ali Mail Orders. Satisfay $ 5