The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1896, Page 5

< i i | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1896 CAPE ARRGO WRECK. The Schooner Ella Laurena Dashed to Pieces on the Rocks. DRAGGED HER ANCHOR. Neg ce of the Captain Said to Have Caused the Disaster. WERE AWAY FROM THE VESSEL. Master and Crew Had Gone to the Shore Though the Schooner Was in Danger. LAND, Or., Jan. 11.—Only to-day Is received respecting the Port- ooner Ella Laurena, wrecked at X ember 19. The schooner a River on December 3, ithin forly miles then stood c mijohn. nted : he went stead back after- med, two ,and got out four miles z, when they came in, anchor, been dashed to ged and of the crew at Em- > tender Manzanita e City and would ner to sea had any- yard. WESTPORT DISASTER. The Steamer George W. Elder Driven Ashore and Disabled During a Squall. Jan. 11. d to the ( A serious for ng Okia- Queen for repairs. s that the pilot, Marshall Mar- g a point opposite ot, decided to anchor beeed on down to the mouth of the The northerly w Washington shore. : what he considered a proper an- e order to let go the ground ive had the steamer swung up on f chain before a squall struck sel in shore. No dan- fea as the beach far beyond the limits of enly the after part of the with a shock that shivered Elder from stem to stern. d the engines were started amer f made it was 2028 of the rudder had rudder dis- hanging f the Elder has been t damage it is sitate considerable Slder is t & run in opposition to a $1 per ton IS LEAKING BADLY. Sailors Refuse to Sail on the Ship Wa- chusetts. PORT 1 ND, Wass., Jan. 11.— Thz ship Wachusetts, h coal from and ne near going down off Cape s ten days ago and then put back to Port Angeles, is having tr Ve bers of the crew c! to a depth of eightcen inches cvery four h and several of them deserted rather than risk the trip. Sieward Bu who has been with the Wachusetts ei months, came here to-aay to advise sail who had promised to s of her con and he says she will not reach Sa Francisco unless she has an exceptionally smooth voyage. Her agents are trying to sign six extra men to work at the pumps on the trip. SIN DIEGMS MAY W Company A Guardsmen Likely to Become an Independent Organization. Allowed to Retain Their Equipments Pending Action by the Board of Location. SAN DIEGO, CaL., Jan. 11.—It was sup- posed last night when thirty-eight mem- bers of Company A, old Ninth Regiment, N. G. C., marched down to Company B’s armory that the consolidation of the two companies was practicaily effected. But it appears that a hitch has occurred. This morning two trucks and four men were sent out to the National-avenue Armory, in compliance with previous ar- rangements, to get the equipments of Company A and transfer them to Com- B's armory. Before anything was done, however, Captain Dodee of Company B received an order from Assistant Adjutant Alfonso at Los Angeles notifying him that bhe had just received a telegram from Adjutant- General Barrett to have all the property of of Cape | ided to take in under | On | led to answer | Company A remain intact until further or- ders were received from Sacramento. The property was, thereiore, left at Company A’s armory, for aithough it had been already formally turned over to Cap- tain Dodge, he did not care to take pos- session when another order might come at any time ordering him w}rcturn it. Captain Dodge says he does not exactly understand the order, but that he believes it means that the Board of Location will soon decide whether Company A is to be retained as an independent company in the service of the State. This, as has vreviously been stated, is | what Colonel Spileman, commanding the old Ninth, and bis son, Captain Spileman, of Comp: have been working for. An | officer of Company A seen this aiternoon was very jubilant over the order, said there was no doubt that the company would be permitted to remain in the ser- vice as an independent company. A PORTLAND TRAGEDY. Therese Middle- neisco, Attempted Suicide of . miss of San Ir PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 11.—M Middlemiss of San Francisco, wk isiting the Farquhar family in Sunny- side, tock an overdosz of cocoaine about midnight last night with an intent to pry into the mysteries of celestial realms. ilemiss came here two weeks ange of scene. She was invited rqubars to visit them in order to divert Ler mind from a calamity that had befallen her. She had been engaged for almost two vears to & young man named Gordon and was to have been on ( tmas eve. Gordon wasin neral brokeragze business and he d the small fortune of his affianced, 0, for investment. Last r Gordon disappeared from San sco, where he has not been seen from that day to this. The affairs of his| client were found to be absolutely with the exception of those of Miss Middlemiss. There was not a scratch of pen or paper on his booxs to show what Gordon did with her $2200. Her deception by the man she had loved, {counled with the loss of her money, | | brought her to the verge of insanity and during a moment of irrepressible melan- choly she made an attempt to end her life. This is the second time she has tried to commit suicide A SHNTA CRUL ROMANCE Elizabeth R. Stewart Wins Her Famous Diverce i Suit. | Benjami arrie The Woman to Whom Stewart Deeded the Estate Must Surrender Her Title. . 1L.—The case | of Elizabeth R. a Joha R. Stewart and Catherine McKenzie et al., | which has beea in the courts of this county | | for the past three yearsand has occupied | weeks at a time, was decided to-day by Breen. The action w in- d by the nbplaintiff to sever | the bonds of matrimony existing between | | her and the defendant, John A. Stewart. | She also sought to control the legal title to | | certain property alleged to belong to the | | community, but standing on record in the | name of Catherine McKenzie. In his findings Judge Breen says the versonal history of the Srewarts shows | them to be persons of inteliigence, liberal | education and well-established social po- ition, and that the four children are not or in that respect to the parents. ee of the children are in California, two of whom, the sons, espoused their mother' cause and the daughter their father | In the wife’s petition Catherine McKenzie | was named as co-respondent. | The plaintiff claims that the defendant, | John A. Stewart, is the son of John snd | Mary Stewart; that his father was an offi- cer in the British army, stationed at Maita | when John was born.” In infancy he was { taken to Corfu, Greece, thence to Aber- | nathy, Scotland, and was sent to Edin- burgh to be educated for a medical | sionary. While pursuing his studies he | met the plaintiff, a maiden 16 years of age | of good social position, and married ber | ten vears later. While on his vacation preceding his marriage he visited the Isle of Skye, where he was engaged in | teaching, and there lived with Peter Mc- Caskill, whose eldest child was Mrs. Cath- erine McKenzie (nee McCaskill), a girl of | tender years. Peter and his daugher Cath- erine went to Edinburgh, and Stewart | went with them. He was to supervise her education. Ttisclaimed that at this time his relations with the girl were more than those of a friend. He offered to marry her, but was refused. Having graduated asa physician Stew- art married the plaintiff, went to Foo- | chow, China, to reside, and amassed quite | a fortane from the practice of medicine. | Here their children were born, and they | iived happily for eleven years. In 1876the | | plaintifi returned to Furope to educate | ber children. The husband speedily fol- lowed and remained with the family one month. While in Glasgow he again met | Catherine McCaskill, who in the meantime | | had been married and was the mother of eral children. Stewart and Mrs. Mc- Kenzie crossed the Atlantic, she being en | route to Boston and he for China via.the United States. According to an under- tanding they met in Santa Cruz and es- tablished themselves on a fruit ranch known as Etha Hill and belonging to Dr. Stewart. There they resided together. Mrs. Stewart claimed a plan was con- | cocted between them to defraud her of her rights and that Stewart executed and de- | livered to Mrs. McKenzie a conveyance of | certain land. She, ignorant of the infidel- | ity of her husband, came to Santa Cruz in | 1591 to join him, and on meeting Stewart after an eight years’ absence was received oldly, repulsed, ill treated and was con- sirained to join him in the execution ot articles of separation. On the other band, John Stewart claimed that he was a brother of Mrs. Catherine McKenzie. He claimed he lived with his mother until 12 years of age, and was then taken to John and Mary Stewart, who adopted bim in place of a dead son, giving him the son’s name. At 16 years of age he returned to his real father. Here he first met Catherine McKenzie. He claims that she was not the cause of his being alienated from his wife, but that Mrs, Stewart’s frequent drunkenness was the cause. In closing, the Judge says that from the testimony he finds Dr. Stewart is not what he represents himself to be, but that he is the son of John and Mary Stewart; that he is not the brother of Catherine Mec- IKenzie. The divorce is granted, and in i regard to the property he declares the transfer of the Etha Hill vineyard to Cath- ine McKenzie fraudulent, and that the Etha Hill property be reconveyed to them, and that all the community property be SANTA CRU { man lving on the floor. | quently SAN JOSE FATALITY, Electrician Hoffman Meets With a Terrible Death. KILLED WHILE AT WORK He Is Electrocuted by Contact With a Power-House Switch Plug. LIVED BUT A FEW MINUTES, His Body Burned by a Deadly Current of Twenty-Five Hundred Volts. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 11.—George Wer- ner Hoffman, the electrician at the Elec- tric Improvement Company’s power- house, was almost instantly killed this evening, at 7 o'clock, while attending to the electric-light switches at the power- house. Hoffman was seen to go into the switchroom, and a few seconds later George Johnson, the oiler, heard a moan. He rusbed into the room and found Hoff- Before he had time to make an inquiry or assist the elec- trician from the floor, Hoffman said, eorge, I am done for.” He then feli in a stupor and remained unconscious until death came several minutes later. An investization was made and it was found that in some manner Hoffman had touched either the switch plug above the insulation or had slipped,and in falling his hand came in contact with a coil of electric light wires which was not insu- lated. The current passed through the thumb and first and second finger of the right hand, and on through his body, com- ing out at the heel of his left foot. Where his fingers came in contact with the elec- tricity there were three burns and his heel was charred. Twenty-five hundred volts passed throu-h his body. Hoffman wasa skilled electrician. He was 2 years of age and a native of San Jose. e PASSED A BOGUS DOLLAR. A San Jose Young Man in Trouble the Government. SAN JOSE, CiL., Jan. 11.—Al Diaz, a young man well known about town, was arrested last evening for passing a coun- terfeit dollar at Deimonly’s bakery. Diaz With | bought a loaf of bread and tendered a bogus dollar in payment to Mrs. Delmonly. After laying the change on the counter she discovered the dollar was counterfeit and banded it back to Diaz, who grabbed the change on the counter and ran. The police were notified, and Diaz was subse- rrested by Officer Evans. Chief Kidward notified the United States authorities at San Francisco, and word ed to hold Diaz and an officer would arrive for the prisoner Monday. DIVORCED AT SAN JOSE. Marriage Bonds of Charles H. Davis of San Francisco Severed. He and His Wife Had Separated by Agreement Two Days After Their Wedding. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 11.—Charles H. Davis of San Francisco was yesterday granted a divorce from Valeria Z. Davis by Judge Lorigan. The parties to the suit were married at Oakland in August, 1891, but lived to- gether only two days. The agreement to scparate was mutual. In September, 1892, the husband learned that his wife was living with a man named Heag. Although the woman’s guilt could have been easily established, fear of public notoriety kept Davis from bringing the snit until nearly two years had passed. The action was begun last September and the wife has made no attemnot to contest the sait. She is at present in New York City or there- abouts, her exact residence not being known to Davis, as they have not com- municated with each other since the day of their separation. LOYAU HIBERNIANS. Eesolutions Indorsing the Monroe Doc- trine Adopted. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 11.—At a meeting and banquet of Division No. 3, Ancient Order of Hibernians, resolutions were adopted heartily indorsing President Cleve- { land’s stand on the Monroe doctrine and pledging their support and strength, both physically and financially, to the country, 1n case hostilities opened over the enforce- ment of the doctrine. e Sues for a Divorce. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 11.—Lydia A. Tyhurst to-day began suit for divorce from J. E. Tyhurst ot the ground of desertion. They were married in 1886. About three years ago Tyhurst deserted his wife. One child is the Tesult of the union. There 1y no community property, and all the wife asks for is an absolute divorce from her truant spouse. e Arson Charge Dismissed. SAN JOSE, CaL., Jan. 11.—The examin- ation of William Sharratt on the charge of arson took place before Justice Gass this morning and resulted in hisdischarge. Sharratt was accused of burning a barn belonging to J. M. Gray, on South Tenth street, Christmas morning, but the evi- dence was not sufficient to convict. NEWS OF CITY INDUSTRIES Orders From Mexice, Australia, Central and South America for Machinery. Several Factories Working Overtime to Keep Up With Orders—The Prospects Fair. Most of the factories in the City start in the new vear with plenty of orders on hand, while those engaged in the manufac- ture of wmining machinery, are fairly rashed with orders. apportivned between Elizabeth P. Stewart and John A. Stewart, the former to receive two-thirds and the latter one-third. The Union Machine Works have a large amount of miscellaneous work on hand, and have been compeiled to work their force overtime for several weeks past. The Union Iron Works are building two composite gunboats for the United States | navy. They are twin-screw steamers, 174 feet in length, 34-foot beam, 12-foot draught, engines 800 horsepower, speed 12 knots. Each will carry six 4-pound, four 6-pound and two l-pound rapid-fire guns. The California Machine Works re- cently supplied the Government with a steam launch, and are building another for the Lighthouse Department. The Wash- burn-Moen Manuifacturing Company re- cently furnished the California-street Railway Company with a cable 12,500 feet in length, for the Hyde-street line, and will deliver this week a cable to the Sutter- street line. Their shops at North Beach are running on full time, with plenty of orders on hand. Francis Smith & Co. have just manufac- tured and are shippinz a cargo of thirty- jnch pipe to the Horsefly mining district in British Columbia for mining purposes. The Union Litha Company report a large volume of business in hand for the com- mencement of the new year, and are san- guine of a very prosperous year in their line of trade. The Merralls Hydraulic Quartz Mill JOLLITY FOR HAY BEN. Second Annual Banquet of the San Francisco Asso- ciation. BANDS OF YELLOW SATIN. Magnificent Deccrations of the Scene of the Revel —New Officers Elected by the Society. Popping corks and ‘bursts of laughter enlivened the banquet hall at Delmonico's last night. The San Francisco Hay Asso- GEO MORROW TOAST MASTER, AT THE HAYMAKERS’ BANQUET. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] Company are furnishing a No. 3 fifty-ton mill to a company at Sheep Ranch, Cala- veras County, and one of the same capac- ity for Angels Camp, a large No. 9 150-ton mill to a company in Arizona and are also shipping a snfall mill to British Colum bia. Arrangements are being made for| mant- facturing these mills in Australia and at Denver, Colo. The Perkins Pump and Engine Com- pany have just finished putting in a com- plete water plant for Santa Rosa and are cbomr:\c(‘mg for a like plant for Healds- urg. The Midas Gold Saving Machinery Com- pany recently shipped seven Gold King amalgamators to New Zealand, one to Clipper Gap, two to Carson Creek, Cala- veras County, and one to New port, Or. The Union Photo Knzraving Company is turning out some balf-tone werk three by six feet in size. This is believed to be the largest ever made in America. Ti.e South American_republics are beginning to ap- reciate San_ Francisco art work in this ine, and the Union Photo Engraving Com- vany have large orderson hand from these countries. 8 L P. Degen recently equipped Tillman & Bendel's new coffee and spice mills and factory with new belting throughout. He isalso manufacturing an_13-inch belt for driving a dynamo at San Bernardino. About a year ago the Ontario Mining and Milling Company, at Park City, Utah, installed an electric transmission rlum for the purpose of running their mills. The generators were operated by Pelton water- wheels, running under a head of about 120 feet and developing 100 horse-power. At the time of the installation provision was made for duplicating the power plant, in case they found it necessary to increase the output of their mills at some future time. Such an increase has already been found necessary, and the Pelton Water- ‘Wheei Company has in hand an order for a_complete duplicate plant, which will afford the compsny twice the capacity it had before. The Pelton Water-wheel Company re- ports & very good run of business for the past few ronths, their export trade being particularly good. Amoug recent orders they have a contract for a pumping plant and piping system for Clmlcbupa, near San Salvador, Central America. They also have a similar contract for Santiago, Chile, and for a number of electric lighting plants in the Northwest. The Dow Steam-pump Works has just completed at the present time some large contracts, and among them are a com- bined air and circulating pump for Stock- ton, a gas-compressor for the Pasadena Gas and” Electric Light Company and an oil pump for Fre:no, and they repori having just completed six pumps for Port Townsend, to be used on Government vessels now building at that vlace. The vessels in question are two launches for lighthouse service, and the pumping- plant consists of two boiler-feed pumps and one combined air and circulating pump for each boat. The large sinking-pump just completed tor the North Star Mining Company will be shipped this week. This firm make a practice of testing every pump built, and each test is more severe than the work the pump will be called on to perform. he pump built for the North Star mine, while over twenty-one feet long and weighing close on to 15,000 pounds, was tested in an upright position, that being the position it will be called on 1o do the greater part of the work. This company has also just shipped to Mazatlan several of the iatest improved boiler feed pumps. They have also equipped the Union Oil Company with one of the duplex pumps, to be used for pumping salt water and for fire service. The Lick Observatory, at Mount Hamil- ton, has just ordered a Dow pump of the outside packed pot-valve plunger pattern, which will be used for pumping water thirough 2000 feet of pipe to an elevation of 300 feet. ‘The Abner Doble Company of this City has contracted to furnish the Los Angeles Electric Railway Company with an 800- kilowatt generator for tueir lines. The generator, weighing 14,000 pounds, will be run at 80 revolutions per minute, driven by a compound engine of 1200 horsepower. The Risdon Iron Works recently con- structed for the North Star Mining Com- pany of Grass Valley a high-pressure line of water-pipe, 7000 feet in length. These works have a largze number of contracts on hand for mining machinery, including contracts for several Bryan quartz mills for Califernia, Mexico and Bouth Ameri- can mining companies. ciation gave its second annual banquet and, considering the fact that the gather- ing was exclusively masculine, it was most enjoyable. The large hall on the upper fioor had been transforied into a sort of epicurean shrine. Before the guests sat down a brief meet- ing of the association was held and the following officers elected for the ensuing year: President, H. C. Hummers; vice- president, John McCord ; secretary, Joseph Magner (re-elected); board of directors— George P. Morrow, Simon Anspacher and M. Barge. At the subsequent banguet the menu cards were very artistic and original, being cut in the shape of a letter H, which they ands for “hay,” with the name of the association on a band of yellow satin, flanked on either side by a tiny sheaf of wheat or oats. S Among those present were the following named gentlemen: H. C. Ellis, William Miller, Frank Somers, H. T. Jones, Harry Stokes, George Morrow, M. Collins, John McCord, A. W. Scott, A. W. Scott Jr., Fred Schmitr, J. Bay, M. Kieen, A. N. Grant, A. N. Grant Jr., J. Carroil, J. Morrison, D.J. Ring, D. J. Ring Jr., J. S. Hare, Messrs. Lander, J. Stampf and son, B. D. Schulken, Messts. Bray, H. Bullerdick, L. G. Flanagan, L. Ghelmetti, J. Hademark, J. McNab, S. F. Hay, John Gandolfo, Messrs. Anspacher, J. Peters, M. Cowie, M. Waterman, ( Healey, Messrs. Albers and Husing, Messrs. Smith and Purcell, 8. Algeltinger, Messrs. Chappel and Koons, A. Meyer, Messrs. Stelling, Moore, and Ferguson, M. and 0. Maguire, Messrs. Gross and Mullaney, Messrs. Duff, F. P. Lauterwasser, Messrs. Burke and Gieke, M. Blum, E. D. Feil, the Egan Bros., Messrs. Trubenbach, J. B. McCloskey, H. Pauseman, Messrs. Johnson and Brown, D. Keefe, Messrs. Hulme and Hart, Messrs. Smith, A. A.'Taft, A. Matroni, S.'Sellers, H. P. Winegar, J. Lathrop. M. Ordway, F. Bunker, Edward Brannan, F. Dalton, J. M ETERY FRSOSS Unfair Competition of Articles Imported Into This State. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Au- thorized to Make a Tour of Investigation. Governor Budd has taken action on the communication of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association relative to the sub- ject of contract prison labor, and has de- cided to authorize Labor Commissioner E. L. Bitzgerald to make a tour of investiga- tion through the East. Mr. Fitzgerald, accompanied by one of his own assistants, expects to start about February 1, and they propose to visit every prison of any consequence. The action of the Governor was taken on a per- sonal report from Mr. Fitzgerald, to whom he had referred the question. Mr. Fitzgerald submitted a type-written report to the Governor at Sacramento on Friday. He was home again and in his oflice yesterday and made the following explanation: The question of the manufacture of commer- cial articles by convict labor in other States and their importation Into this State, wherc they are S0l in competition with our own products, has occasioned a great deal of indig- nation among our merchants and manufac- turers. The matter has been ably aiscussed by the local bodies representing these inter- ests, and every effort has been made to arrive at facts and figures as to the extent to which this business of importing prison-made goods has been carried on in this State. In various lines a general depression has re- snlted in_consequence of this unfair compe- tition, help having been curtailed, wages re- duced, and an all-around retrenchment car- ried out. Some time ago I received a letter from K. A. Hughson, a gentleman who hos given the convict labor question a great deal of study. It gave me much information, and his logical conclusions threw a new light on & somewhat obscured subject. Here is one ex- tract from it to show Mr. Hughson's reasoning: To my mind convicts should not remain idle for two good reasons—first, for the sake of humane- ness. for it Is inhuman to place prisoners in close confinement, the tendency of that kind of incar- ceration being to make them worse instead of better; and second, for the sake of economy, be- cause convicts in our State prisons should at least pay ihie cost of their own maintenance by their labor and thus lizhten the burden of taxpayers. As to the second, I am inclined to bel convicts can be m withou: fmjury to The question is, How can it be done? ke, if yon please, vebicles. One has only to look over the Stace and he will see farm v which have been manufactured at the Stale prison at Jac carts made at other ives 15 and New York State prison at Auburn. When we consider that Caltiornia import could not a cert WoOrk in this State in such the cost of th with honest 1 Mr. Hu; the convi ate, but v v could no: way o o1 i{) his letter rather argued that { d b ked even at & profi without hurting leg 1, the letier served a bur- h and 1 au in t ut once sent to every try for data. In thisl wasnot successt cause the re ived informed me that the various State Labor Commissi That the taking a very ctive inte to me in lloch of end Labor Council. ! have menegid 10 get considerable infc tion from unofficial sources, thou learn that the following ariiclés are largely pro- duced by convicts: st in thesubject was ctter from C. clothing, knitted goods, overalls, blanKets, woven woolen goods, foundry work, light carriage hard- ware, castings, bames and harness. has been for the contractor to purchase the couvict labor at so much per hour, which has not proved satisfactory to either side. The capacity of the convict laborer ascom- pared with the labor of a irce man is estimated at two-thirds; therefore the convict who works at 50 cents per day compe tes with outside labor at, say, 75 cents y. Thus, even at the very lowest minim wage received by free labor in showing is_conciusiv t the manufacturer employing honest at a great disadvantage, be driven from business tition. In his report to the Governor Mr. F' gerald inciuded much of his correspond- ence and finally recommended a per- sonal investigation. His reason for baving oneof his own assistants to accompany him is that his companion, baving alread been schooled in the practical work of State labor reforms, besides having the general interests of California at heart, would be a much more effective aid than an outside! ng labor is by disasirous compe- Astor’'s New Vehicle. One of the sights of the metropolis just now is John Jacob Astor steering his horseless carriage up and down Fifth ave- nue. [tisa sight for men and anegels. It is the first fashionable move in the direc- tion of abolishing the poor horse a gether. Mr. Astor’s vehicle is a small V toria without a box. Tkis he manipulated by a wheel for steering and sundry valves for letting on and suppressing the foam or naphtha. The tall figure is bent over the apparatus with a great degree of earnestness, while ever and anon the keen eye shoots ahead to look out for possible collisions and in- terference.—Commercial Advertiser. e Enforcing Ancient Sunday Laws. The contemptible and ridiculous Lord’s Day Observance act of Charles II is still being vigorously enforced against small shopkeepers at Walsall, and the same mis- erable system of persecution is now being taken up in other towns. At Rhyl the police have begun by getting a Jewish tobacconist fined for trading on the Chri tian Sabbath, while at Hoylake, near Bi kenhead, a start has been made with the prosecution of a barber for the awful crime of shaving customers on Sunday. The vigilant constabulary will next be running people in for taking a stroll on the Lord’s day nly and profanely walking” as an old enactment terms it.—London Truth. g o It is just as true that little sins are real sins as that little snakes are real snakes.— Ram’s Horn. nhonest labor of the State. | els from | the Columbus (O! yenitentiary and wood | screws and carr! produced at_the Onen- | daga County penitent N. Y., and | only a few months nzo California w: ded with | wagon and_carrizge axies manu d at the | s90 per | The People There Had Never Seen cent of ell the vehicles purchased, from a farm | Wagon to a business van or fine carriage, why | number of convicts be set to | 3 to make good | r maintenance wiihout competing | ons to obtain for me the facts I de- | astern lebor organizations are | t airman | Richmond (Va.) Cen- | Iron and steel wagon axles, wagon wheels, car- | riage bolts and nuts, clips, stoves, boots, shoes and | My correspondents tell me that the method | | CAMENENR BEAGMOBBE dicnigen | The Narrow Escape of Miss Claussen, a Missionary at YuJang. European Before, and Were Much Wrought Up. ophia Claussen of Norway, a mis- the Luth rch, for four nese at Nan- in the Chinese em- ow and other plac: pire, is at the Occide The lady arrived on the steamer Peru vesterda Sh re rather troublous tim ies in China, and that in whatever towns they are none of them feel ver It is wors , where the literati abound. They are full of prejudice against the missionaries, and in their feelings | border on contempt. | Miss Claussen recently made a long t up the Yangtse-Kiang River from Ha kow to the city of Yu-Jang, which had pre viously only once been visited by ropeans. It took six weeks of steady trav cling to get there. She weat with other missionsries, taking one of the Chinese | sailing boats used on the ereat river. Yu-Jang has many studen literary city, and the literati, as well as | people, swarmed 2bout them in wide-eyed P of them had ever seen a "said Miss Claussen, “and their in- ed to the highest pitch. I d in a chair by the Chinese who | “The streets were very narrow, and for a time they were blocked so we could not get through. The Cpinese all gathered, examined us ecritically and talked about us, wondering if we thought we could teach them anythi ‘“‘Finally [ went in, and to pet past th crowd pushed into a place, wh ) mediately their faces assumed loo. ereat severity and there were many wild ejaculations, coupled with threat “It looked as though they wot 1 attack us. The crowd had all 1hé appearance of |a mob. Danger scemed to threaten us }Yrum every side. Finally one of them | said, raising his haunds as 1f appealingly, ‘She didn’t know; she didn’t know it was | a holy place.’ } “Then I realized what the trouble was. | The place 1 had unwittingly stepped into was holy to them, and for a foreigner to enter it was according to their ideas to de- file it. They thought we didn’t nnder- stand what they d, but we did. We made haste to get out. Thefaces of the | Chinese chair-carriers with us were very vale. They realized the great danger we were in. ‘I shall remain 1n this country about a year, and will stay with friends in San rancisco a good portion of the time. I need a change of ciimate v healthy where I have been i It isv Of for the Ice Friday’s excursion party from this City to the Tuckee ice carnival consisted ofa carload of people. Last nicht it required three Pullman sleepers to carry the seekers after winter pieasures and sports. The | Camera Club i expected to make anin- vasion in force of King Frost’s realm on next Saturday. e Ready for War. Venezuela’s standing army consists of 8000 men, mostly colonels.—Boston Herald. S XU The misnamed Philadelphia Narural Gas Company has just spent $2,000,000 on the longest and biggest gas line in the world to bring gas to Pittsburg from West Virginia. REASON. 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If Dr. Sanden’s Belt was twice its present cost it would still be cheap, as no other ap- pliance made can be sold with this guarantee. CONVENIENCE. DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT is applied on retiring at night and worn until time of arising in morning. No care or trouble 1s incurred in its use; no time is wasted in using it, as its soothing, strengthening current absorbs into the weakened organs while yousleep. Benefi- cial results are noticed in one night’s use, and the sieep is made sqund and refreshing. It quiets the nerves and builds up the weak parts in a natural, humane manner. l-\m quadruple, so as to bring out a steady, | NEW TO-DAY. Has No Equal! I SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., MARKET ST., OPPOSITE PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCOQ, Omice Hours--8 to 6; evenings, 7 to 8:30 ; Sundays, 10to & Poxrtland, Oregon, 0o, 255 Washington Street “The sound, thrifty buyer makes his pur- chase on the established basis that a good article is chieap at a reasonable price, while a poor oneis dear at any price.” A. T. STEWART. POINTS OF SUPERIORITY. You Can Regulate Its Power. DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT is con- structed with a patent regulator. No other Electric Belt hus it. When you have placed the Belt on the body and feel the powerful cure Tent penetrating your system you adjust its strength by turning to right or left & small screw attachment, setting the enrrent at any desired force, and you cen then enjoy & restful, quiet sleep without being awakened in the middle of the night by a sensation which makes you imagine yon are being electrocuted. Those who have used the old-style belts know what this is, and hundreds who have dise carded them and are now being peacefully re- stored to health and surength by Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt are testifying to the value of the new method. If you don’t want to be burned to death in your sleep use Dr. Sanden’s. $5000 REWARD. DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT gives into the body a genuine current of electricity for Several hours at a time. $5000 reward will be paid for one of these Belts, which will not generate a current which is perceptible to the wearer immediately aiter charging and apply- ing to the body. IT CURES. DR. SANDEN’S ELECTRIC BELT s credited with seme three thousand cures on the Pacifig Coast alone during the past ten years. Cures in fact. Cures of men who are manly enough to proclaim to the world their recovers of mane hood and the means of ge it. Dr. San- den’s Electric Belt is no experiment, and the names and addresses of hundreds of grateful citizens of this State can be found in the little book, ““Three Classes of Men,” which g'ves full information, a scientific diagnosis of all cases which can be cured by electricity, and prices Itis free. Get it to-day.