The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1896. A NEW PHASE OF THE NOE CASE, The San Miguel Titles Quieted Thirty-Five Years Ago. JUDGE NORTON’S DECREE. It Forever Bars All the Noe Rights and Titles to the Tract. THE DISCOVERY A SURPRISE. Several Attorneys Give as Their Opiniop That the Decree Is Most Important. A decidedly new phase of the celebrated Noe case, which has been dragging in the courts for some time, was revealea yesterday bv old records and the decree of a former suit which without doubt quiets the title held by the property-own- ers of Noe Valley. This news, here given for the first time, will be joyful tidings to many people having holdings in the old, often legally fought r, San Miguel Rancho. Adolph H. Borie began suit against Jose Jesus Noe, Miguel Noe, Maria Dolores Noe, Splivalo Noe, Vincente Noe, Richard Roman, 1saac N. Thorne and Tully R. Wise in the Twelfth District Court for possession of one-half of the San Miguel Rancho a part of which is in Noe Valley. It contained 4500 acres, excepting 47 blocks and about 100 acres of land, which would leave something like 4350 acres. The de- fendants were the children and heirs of Jose Noe, the grantee of the rancho, and they claimed the one-half share of their dead mother, which the old man Noe had disposed of when the entire square league of land had passed out of his improvident hands. But the Superior Court in 1856 or 1857, in the case of Noe vs. Card, brought by the heirs to determine the ownership of a fifty-vara lot, decided that a Mexican grant was not common property deeded to hus- band and wife, but was the separate prop- erty of the grantee, and he could dispose of it as the sole owner. On November 17, 1860, Judge Edward Norton entered the following decree, which was found yesterday among the musty old court records in the Clerk’s office, and which places a new aspect on the case: ENow therefore it is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the title of the plaintiff to the above described premises is a good and valid title against the said defendants, and each of them; and that the said defendants, and each of them, and all persons claiming by, through or under them be forever barred of all right, title, estate and interest in thesaid premises 8nd every part and parcel thereof. EDWARD NORTON, Judge Twelith District Court. E. PARSON, for plaintiffs. TuLLY R. WISE, for defendants. The present Noe suit was brought by Miguel Noe, Vincente Noe, Catalina Noe and Catalina Splivalo, October 28, 1895, against the following property-owners on the old San Miguel Rancho: Sigmund Augustein, Wellington C. Burnett, N.J. Benson, Richard Bullock, Maria Brandt, William C. Bush, O. D. Raldwin, Sarah J. Boyle, Arthur C. Burke, William E. Boyer, Charles C. Blakley, J. Becht, Edwin D. Bennett, G. H. C. Beckerdorf, Edward Barnett, May Chambers, Charles W. Chapman, Hugh Curran, Israel Cohen, Williem A. Caldwell, Thomas Creag- mile, Morris A. Cohl, C. W. Courtright, Annie Doyes, Mary Dunn. P. J. Dufficy, Daniel Dono- W. Dorn, Amand Durat, John Duffy, M. G. Dahler, Isaac Eliaser, Mendel Esberg, James L. Fraser, F. Freeman, Joseph Flach, James Feitelberg, Annie Gim- , Michael C. Gorham, Eugene J. Goss, Golden Gate Park Land and Improvement Company, Carl Griese, Amelie Griese, John J. Mathilda Holling, Milo Hoadley, v T. Holmes, Laura T. Holmes, Carrie Hund, B. W. Haines. R. P. Hammond, Mary Hoesch, Henry D. Johnson, Adelaide S. Jar- dine, Thomas Kel Homer §. King, Clement Kormil, Mark Lt Mary T. Lawless, B. Leufranchi, Partk Lyons, Charles Lion- hardt Jr., Ida L. Lovelace, Prudence M. Luckey, John McLaren, Emma Mever, Carl A. Muller, Market and Stanyan- street Land and Improvement €ompany, Emanuelita McKentry, Johannes Moller, Henry Mauser, William W. Moore, Julia P. Magill, Ida Mentz, Edw. E. Manseau, George L. Munro, James J. Macdonald, Robert McMil- lan, Jorgen Nielsen, Helen G. Noonan, Dennis Noonan, Julius Newman, Carl E. Olsen, Mary Post, George H. Porter, Henry Pilster, Bridget Philbon, John H. Pauls, Josepha Pro- sek. T. P. H. Penprase, Susie Roche, Frederick Rothchild, Henry Rothchild. Alex Rothen- stein, John Rogowski, Edgar Strauss, Catherine Schieffer, Rebecca Silverstein, Michael J. Sawyer, Kate Steinmetz, Albert Schohay, Mary B. Stoner, N. Schlessinger, Samuel M. Thompson, Eliza Taylor, Mary J. Turner, Charles Warren, W. B. Walkup, Alvert Waldier, John J. Walkington, Elsie A. Mayden, Castro-street Land Company, Jacob Heyman, Solomon Getz, C. G. Kenyon, John Caine, M. A. Austin, D. H. Austin, D. H. Burn- ham, Julius Bernoulli, Otto Blankart, J. Buck, William H. Chapman, M. W. Connor, Clarence de Vincent, Amelia S. Damon, Adolph Keller, Lewis J. Lapiace, John J. Meyers, N. Ohlandt, Henry Ohlanat, Jean E. Rutherford, John R. Spring, William M. Fitzhugh, James P. McCarthy, E. Avery McCarthy, F. E. Hamil- ton, Mary tzhugh, Forrest 8. Rowley, Otto Jungblut, George O'Byrne, Joseph L. Lawless, John H. 'Rosseter, J. A. Miller, Elsie T. Niles, Frank A. Geler, John Van Tassell, Mar- garet Mavo. J. B. Lee, H. Lacy, H. E. Chesebro, W.IH. Stanley, Thomas H. Betchell, Lillie Conklin, Robert H. Blanding, Julius Blumen- thal, Mary H! Jewett, L. H. Bonestell, Annie T. Dunphy, John Morgan, William Rickerby, M. Bruns, H. Holman, Behrend Joost, John Piorr, Home ot Peace Cemetery, Congregation Eherith Israel, Emma E. Chapin, William G, Barlow, James McMichael, B. A. Peck. ham, Joseph Sicke, John H. North, D. W. Grant, William Kelso, A. G. Forsberg. Peter H. Olson, J. H. Cottran, Charles Hell. man, John J. Johnson, Thomas E. Ryan, Wil. liam H. Miller, Henry G. Swan, J. W. Smith, James S. Campbell, Louisa J. Miller, John H. O’Connell, Peter Kelly, Thomas &. Dunn, D, A. Curtin, William Doran, Willism W. Rednall, John H. Kusel, L. H. Wainwright, H. 8. Greeley, J. M. Cox, Charles Lester, J. C. Holoway, Ceorge P. Dorgan, Margaret A. Skelley, William Patterson, Charles S. Harney, James Connell, A. Hattabough, L. G. Williams, M. A. Cachot, Fred. C. Siebe, Jacob P. Selmer, William J.Welch, Sarah A. Madden, George Mar- 2o0lf, Gilbert P. Chase, Asa M. Simpson, George C. Smart, Charles Nopper, L W. Carr, Patrick Tiernan, John Fagan, Thomas J. Lynch, Samuel J. Marshall, John Harrigan, C. L. Tilden, Stanley Coghill, Charles M. Wig- gins, James Keene, J. A. Cooper, M. L. Kelly,” W. B. Swain, Alexander F. Holm- berg, H. Wilder, William Drury, Thomas J. Crowley, C. C. Darling, J. Klumke, L. E. Osgood, Patrick Cosgrove, J. C. Carroll, F. G. Brooks, Robert Benson, A. F. Caseboldt, Henry J. Foley, Richard H. Harris, Hugh B. Jones, James Moore, Henry Lamp Jr., Charles A. Peters, Max Popper, Archer B. Thompsen, Samuel Wyatt, John Doe, William Doe, Samuel Doe, Robert Doe, Stephen Doe, George Doe, James Doe, Silas Doe, Aaron Doe, Reuben Doe, Mary Doe, Jane Doe, Susan Doe, Rachel Doe, Ella Doe, Richard Roe, John Roe, Stephen Roe, William Roe, George Roe, Reuben Roe, Michael Roe, Nancy Roe, Mary Roe, Jane Roe and Ella Roe defendants. The plaintiffs, represented by Philip I Koscialowski, seek to recover an undivided one-half of the rancho, being the old Senora Noe one-half claim. In the new complaint the rancho is said to contain 4443 38-100 acres,while in the suit of thirty- five years ago it was put at 4500 excepting | two tracts. The geographical description and location in the two instruments are worded a little differently, but both desig- ! nate the tract in dispute as the San Miguel rancho. Attorney Koscialowski for the plaintiffs, when interviewed yesterday, stated that he had never heard of the Borie vs. Noe suit, and recourse to the volume of court indices ot California cases in his office failed to resurrect any mention of the case. Joseph Naphtaly of the firm of Naphtaly, Friedenrich & Ackerman, attorneys who represent the Home of Peace Cemetery, was surprised to hear of the former suit and Judge Morton’s important decision. “Where did you find this story?” asked Mr. Naphtaly of the newspaper man. “Oh, a CALL reporter found it among the records at the City Hall, and thought there might be something in it.” “Well, I believe there is something in it, It's my opinion that every one of those tenants in Noe Valley holding title from Borie are safe in their possession, and their property is as safe as the coin in their pockets. The decree, if you have quoted it properly, forever bars out the Noe claimants, and the plaintiffs in this case, like the defendants in the former suit, haven't the ghost of a case. But, | mind you, they haven't a ghostof a case | anyhow, and especially in the question of the cemetery which I represent. The statute of limitations makes that case ours. Butitisa good story, young man, | and will be zood mnews, no doubt, to the San Miguel rancho people.” Isaac N. Thorne, the attorney whose name is mentioned as one of the defend- ants in the suit of 1858, had forgotten the details of the Borie case and its decree. He believes that Judge Norton’s decision | settled the case against the Noe people | thirty-five years ago, even if the Card case did not three years prior to that date. Mr. Thorne gave the following short history of the San Miguel Rancho: “In 1852,”” said he, ‘‘Jose Jesus Noe, | after the death of his wife, sold the entire | tract of league square {o William Cary | Jones, brother-in-law of Mrs. Jessie Ben- | ton Fremont, and B. F. Strode, attorneys | of land claims. I believe the price was $200,000, but I think Noe only got $100,000. In 1853 they conveyed 1t to John Y. Horner who laid out the Horner Addition now known on the maps. Horner mortgaged the tract to Mayor Garrison, which mort- gage was transferred to Pioche & Bayer- que, who had been liquor merchants. Pioche went to France, where he per- suaded a number of his capitalist friends that money would draw 3 per cent monthly in California. They entrusted funds with him and the two liquor-dealers launched out as bank- | ers. They loaned money on everything, and were soon at the end of their and their friends’ resources. Pioche went back to | France for more fundsand was imprisoned for fraudulent transactions. He escaped going to a penal colony and returned to Sau Francisco to be found dead somewhere in the seventies in his room on Stockton street. The tract got into the hands of the French bank, by which it was sold out in parcels. In 1857 the suit was brought against Card for the possession of a 50-vara lot. The civil law then 1n force in the territory ac- quired from Mexico held that all property was common and children could inherit their mother’s half of the estate. But the Supreme Court decided. adversely, and we dro{l]ped the case, discouraged. I think that settled the question, and if it did not, Judge Norton’s decree certainly does. It strikes me that this is an im- portant discovery.”’ ATHLETIC INQUISITION. The Investigating Committee of the Pa- cific Athletic Association Begins Work. A committee appointed by the Pacific Athletic Association to inquire into the amateur or professional standing of mem- bers of the associated clubs began its inquisition_last evening. The committee consists of W. H. Humphrey, W. R. Berry, John Elliott and J. L. Jaunet. Last evening was devoted to an examin- ation of athletes as boxers, wrestlers, etc. Thirty-two members were to have been ex- | amined, but only the following were pres- ent: F. H. Smitn, C. Cathcart, J. A. Mc- Ginley, Joseph P. Reay, J. H. Mahon, Charles Staamburg, Mr. Brown, Stewart Carter, F. F. Hughes, Charles Tie, Joseph A. Fields, James Delaney, F. C. Muller, L. H. Fentress, Henry Butler, Charles A. Reno. Among those questioned last night oniy one was found to answer satisfactorily, in the person of James A. McGinley. Those whose answers led the committee to be- lieve them to be bordering on the profes- sional realm will be further examined and if their guilt is proved will be punished by fine or suspension. Nearly all of those examined were found to have received medals that were not properly inscribed and sums of money over the $40 limit. Next Monday evening the Olympic Club baseball team will be examined, as charges have been made against nearly all the members of professionalism. After the examiners have passed upon those of the baseball team the athletes of all the clubs will again be dealt with in turn. The examination includes those who bhave competed in events and received prizes during the year 1895-96. —————— A translation of a collection of sacred oems of the Aztecs, the original of which s in the National Library of Mexico, is to be made by Rev. Julio Cabelero of the diocese of Pueblo. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report RoYal ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powder FIENDISH WORK ON JESSIE STREET, Mutilation of a Horse on Ac- count of Spite for the Owner. BLINDED "'AND BEATEN. Nearl§ Killed, the Animal Was Hauled Up by Ropes and Left Suspended. THE OWNER IS A TEAMSTER. Thomas Harkins Thinks That Some Worthless Fellows Are Guilty. Arrests Expected. One of the most revolting cases of inhumanity that the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals has he is delinquent one quarter was adopted by the hoar?l. A recommendation excluding a member from the rooms when he is denied the privilege of taking books was loat. The third recommenaation, which read: “Shall the librarian accept the applica- tion for membership from a person whom the board has ordered dropped from the institute owing to non-payment of dues?” was adopted with the provision that he })uy up all bis past dues; otherwise the ibrarian should not receive such applica- tion. The passage of this latter reccommenda- tion occasioned quite a lengthy discussion. Chairman Hnl]igie before the amendment authorizing the board to determine differ- ently in special cases was of the opinion that much injnstice might be done should the recommendation of the committee directing the librarian to refuse application of membership be accepted as it stood. He stated that a member might for a period of years be ab- sent from the institute and therefore be unable to enjoy its advantages, and that according to the recommendation he would not be entitled to the privileges unless the dues of those years,were paid. After an exhaustive elucidation of the state of affairs by Mr. Leggett his amend- ment to the recommendation was adopted. The _board by a vote of 5 to 5, one member not voting, resolved not to make the experiment of introducing musical books—such as instrumental pieces, songs and operatic scores—into the library. It was also decided to keep the reading- room on the basement floor until the pop- ularity of its location there or on the third floor was further investigated and made clear to the Board. : . The special committees appointed to in- vestigate the National School of Electricity reported that department to be in a satis- factory state and conducted in accordance with the regulations of the board. It was decided to grant an extension of privilege to the school. Mr. Leggett, chairman of the James FLEETEST OF HER SIZE. A Steel Steamer for Lake Tahoe to Run 23 r-2 Knots an Hour. N BEING BUILT \BY THE SCOTTS. Other Projects to Popularize the At- tractive Mountain Lake— An Electric Railroad. ‘What is designed to be the fastest craft of her size afloat in fresh waters is now being constructed at the shipyards of the Union Iron Works. She is being built to the order of D. B. Bliss and his son, C. T. Bliss, well-known capitalists of Tahoe, ana is to be used largely for excursion pur- poses on Lake Tahoe. She is to be a steel twin-screw steamer, and will measure 168 feet 9 inches over all, 17 feet and 10 inches beam, and her ex- treme draft will be six feet. Her guaran- teed speed is to be 2314 knots per hour, and her cost will be $70,000. She will be put to- gether in this City ready for launching and when it has been ascertained that every bolt and nut is perfect she will be taken apart again and transported by rail to Truckee. From there she will be hauled I | ML CLXXTI (L0 A R K7 TO BE THE FASTEST STEAMER OF HER SIZE [Drawn from the original plans.] IN THE WORLD. ever been called upon to investi- gate was reported last Monday. Po- liceman George Delmar, who was detailed on the case, enjoined silence till yesterday afternoon, as he feared that publicity would make him lose track of the offend- ers. In the evening, however, he had ob- tained enough information to justify him in believing that he would make the necessary arrest to-day. On Monday morning the officers were called by telephone to go quickly and shoot a horse in the stable at the rear of 43 Jessie street. The horse belonged to a teamster, Thomas Harkins of 48 Jessie street, and for spite to the owner, it 1s presumed, some one had broken open the door of his stable, either during the night or early in the morning, and had mutilated the animal with fiend- ish ingenuity. The animal’s eyes had been gouged out with a piece of iron pipe, its flanks had been cruelly beaten and its feet and hoofs battered out of shape. The wretches—for one man could not have performed the deed—had then tied a rope round the ani- mal’s body and its neck, and had sus- pended it a few inches above the floor to the roof of 1ts stall, so that it was in a state of semi-strangulation when found in the morning by its owner. Such was the wretched animal’s strength and vitality, however, that it required several shots to kill it after the arrival of the officers. Tom Harkins, the owner, is an intel- ligent, hard-working young teamster, who has a stand at the corner of Second and Mission streets. When seen last night in his little home, on Jessie street, he said: *I went to the stable at 11 o’clock on Sunday night to water the horses, and they were all right then. On Monday morning I was almost overcome by the sight in the stable. *‘The door opens outward, but it had been battered in, and that may bave ac- counted for the other two horses being un- touched, as they would be hidden from the people in the end stall by the door. “I cut down the horse that they had mutilated and found that it was standing in a pool of blood and had no eyes. Help was procured and we did what we could for the animal, but we soon saw that the most merciful thing was to have it shot, for the creature was suffering terribly.” When asked whom he suspected of having committed the deed, Harkins said, “Some of the fellows around here. Istick to my business and don’t drink, and some of them seem to bear me a grudge for it. I should not be surprised to find them lying for me some night; it’s pretty lonely after dark across the vacant lot that leads to this house, and the fellows who mutilated that horse are murderers at heart and would not hesitate to use up a man in a brutal, cowardly way.” ‘When asked whether he intended to move irom the neighborhood the team- ster replied emphatically that he was not going to be driven away by any outrages; if they attacked him he would hit back and try to give them a taste of the using up they gave his horse. Officer Delmar hopes, however, that he -will be able to arrest the miscreants and let them work out some of their murder- ous tendencies in the State’s prison. JAMES LICK MEMORIAL, Bronze Tablet for the Library of the Mechanics’ Institute. At the regular meeting of the board of trustees of the Mechanics’ Institute last evening the joint committee on finance and library rooms and building, consisi- ing of Grove P. Avers, Ernst A. Denike, Henry Root, E. H. Coie and Ferdinand Formahls, submitted three recommenda- tions regarding the deprivation of privi- leges of members who have become de- linquent in the payment of dues. The recommendation which stated that a member should be dypy'yfl of books if | lins Co., 22 Clay, Lick Memorial Committee, reported that the committee had selected a bronze tab- let, costing $250, bearing a medallion of James Lick, eneath which would be in- scribed the words: “James Lick be- queathed to the Mechanics’ Institute $10,000 for the purchase of mechanical and scientific works.”” The committee recom- mended that the tablét be placed in a con- spicuous place in the library ball. The recommendations of the committee were adopted as read. AN AT THIP T0 EUROPE Novel Plan of Students to See the Beauty of the Old World. Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Reaser to Take Charge of a Carload of Young Painters. A novel trip is being arranged by the art amateurs of this City to see different parts of the Old World, or that portion of the country where most elevating inspiration may be found. The territory sought most is Europe, and with the end in view of getting to that point and incidentally the cities along tbe route Mr. and Mrs. Wilber A. Reaser are organizing a combi- nation. The object is to make it as inex- pensive as possible and at the same time thoroughly instructive. The party will leave San Francisco for New York early in April in a special car, which will stop over at Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, Chicago and Niagara Falls. One week will be spent in New York visiting the spring exhibitions and in general sight-seeing. Reaching London about the 1st of May the party will spend two weeks studying the exhibitions, the national museums and in seeing the great city and its suburbs, with special attention to the different types of character there and along the route. The next stop will be made in Rouen, the great storehouse of Gothic architecture. One month will be spent in Paris visiting the salons, the Louvre, Luxembourg and in general sight- seeing. Excursions will be made to Fon- tainebleau, Barbizon, Chartres, St. Cloud, Versailles, etc. : Leaving for Holland about June 15, short stops will be made at Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges and Ghent. The next two months will be spent in the ideal little Dutch village of Rijsoord, situated on a bezutiful river between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. Here Mr. Reaser will direct a class in figure and landacnre painting. Ex- cursions will be made to all the principal Dutch cities and galleries, including a ay or two at Scheveningen, the most charm- ing of Continental watering-places. A unijque feature of the trip will be a week’s ourney in a big sailboat through the utci canals, stopping at picturesque lit- tle out-of-the-way places, and seeing the fascinating Dutch peasant life as few tour- ists are privileged to see it. The party will return to New York about the middle of August, reaching San Francisco early in September. Mr. Reaser has spent many years in Europe and is thoroughly familiar with the country. He has attained considera- ble prominence as a painter. The plan has created quite a stir among the Yyoung people who paint, and if the present indications amount to anything the party will be entirely made upina short time. —————— All Agree. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO. Sells Crockery, Chinaware, Glassware and Tinware. CHEAPEST OF ALL. TRY THEM. Very Pretty Dishes. Very Cheap Prices. 52 Market street, S. F., Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE. ———— _The best paid official in the British ser- vice 1s the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who received §100,000 a year. e CATALOGUES, books, pamphlets, ete., printed and bound well and quickly. The Mylell-agl- " 3 by team to the shores of the iake recon- structed, launched and christened. This new and swift vessel will take the place of the Meteor, which is at present engaged in carrying the mail to the vari- ous towns located on the shores of this in- land sea. Itis expected to have the new steamer in service by the first of June, when the summer excursion season to Lake Tahoe be- gins. The Central Pacfic Railroad Company has already made arrangements with the Blisses to run at least one special excur- sion train a month to Truckee during the summer. The train will leave here Satur. day night and return on Monday, thus giving the excursionists all of Sunday for pleasuring on and about the lake. In furtherance of their plans the Blisses are also projecting an electric broad-gauge railroad from Truckee to Tahoe, a distance of about thirteen miles, at a cost of about $200,000. Th eelectricity for the power neces- sary to operate the road will be derived from the magnificent falls that exist in the vicinity of the lake. Another feature of the grand plan to make Lake Tahoe and its vicinity a great and popular summer resort is the construc- tion of a fine hotel on the shores of the lake near Tahoe. Tkiswill have accom- modations for about 150 guests and will be furnished with every requisite for con- venience and comfort. CHI10AGO’S NEW EXCHANGE. Now They Will Dabble in Mining Stocks at the Windy City. CHICAGO, IrL., Jan, 21.—The Chicago Mineral and Mining Exchange was for- mally opened in the New York Life build- ing this afternoon in the presence of the members and interested outsiders, who crowded the callroom to the doors. Fif- teen mining lproperties of good standing are already listea, but no business was transacted to-day. President John Marder delivered an ad- dress explaining that the board would not be limited to dealing in gold and silver stocks and properties, but would extend its facilities to_all valuable minerals. It would be the aim of the boara to bring the dormant mining interests of the country into a witalizad activity. Hs regarded mining as a perfectly legitimate business, not beneath the highest standard of bank- ing, manufacturing or merchandising. Many notable mining men from the West- ern fields were present. A rush of appli- cations for listing is expected from the West, but all will have to passa rigid ex- amination. ————— HAS A SUPERB VOICE. Miss Ellen Beach ¥aw Makes Her Metro- politan Debut. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Miss El- len Beach Yaw, a young Californian soprano, who made & highly successful tour through the provinces last season, made her metropolitan debut at Carnegie Hall this evening. Her voice is of puare soprano quality and a most remarkable range, with the breadtn and depth of a contralto in thé lower register, and easily reaching the heights affected by Di Murska and Gerster in days gone by, and retaining throughout its entire register a roundness and volume tml{ remarkable in a young ‘woman ot such slight physique. Miss Yaw had the valuable assistance of Signor Campanani of Abbey and Graus’ forces, Maximilian Dick, violinist, and an orchestra under the direction of Herr An- ton Seidl. ———— Troubles of Rival Roads. CHICAGO, IiL., Jan. 21.—The effort to bring the Denver and Rio Grande West- ern road into the Western Passenger As- sociation and to restore the Utah and Colorado rates was resumed to-day in Chairman Caldwell’s office, the transcon- tinental lines having representatives at the conference, as well as all the Utah lines. Success did not crown their efforts, but they decided to keep at it to-morrow, which augurs well for a solution of the trouble. | —————— Gillam’s Kemains Incinerated. TROY, N. Y., Jan. 21.—The remains of Bernard Gillam, the well-known cartoon- ist of Judge, were incinerdted here to-day at the Earle Crematory, Among those present were John A. Sleicher, W, J. Arkell, brother-in-law of Mr. Gillam, and 2 number of people of New York. The ashes will be placed in & bronze receptacle, NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. CURTAINS! PORTIERES ! BLANKETS! EXTRAORDINARY VALU At $1.00 per Pair. 750 pairs NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, in both white and ecru, bound edges, At $1.50 1000 pairs NOTTINGHAM 15 different designs. per Pair. GUIPURE LACE CUR- TAINS, in both white and ecru, 30 different de- signs. 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Then it backed up somewhat and struck out over a new trail to the northwest, and a good deal of it has got away from us.” Mr. Hammond said all this in other words, the more strictly scientific phraseo- logy taking up fifteen minutes of Govern- | ment time. The storms go East from bhere, always, and they never know any better than to pitch head first into the mountains. This and other like habits have long been | studied by the weather observers, and from the time the first indication of rain is | noted the general route of the storm can be mnppe\f in advance as artistically ag the Federal appropriations will permit. Meteorological phenomena, as the aj prentice in the Weatli PR iven usually remarks, are much more reliable along this coast than anywhere else in the country. Therefore, it is possible, when once on the trail of a storm, to form fairly accurate predictions. The only trouble is that the | observations cannot be extended west of | the coast, and a traveling deluge is apt to | sweep in from the ocean just when the | whole State has been placarded with: “Fair weather = to-morrow; followed by more the next day.” | If there were some islands out in the | Pacific Ocean from 100 to 300 miles from here, and if England didn’t own them, the United States could establish observation | stations that would enable Mr. Hammon | to tell all about the prospects and assur- ances of rain. As 1t is, however, each storm swoopsin on the coast unannounced, | and it is as uncertain a thingasa flying squadron in Bantry Bay. 7 | “Why do the rainstorms always come i from the north, though the wind blows | from the west?” asked a CaLn reporter yesterday. *They don’t,” said Mr. Hammon. This man up on the Mills buildin knows all about the weather, and he ol | unteered to turn his “high pressure area’’ | of information in the direction of the in- | quirer’s “low.’” i “The rain seems to come from the | north,” he said, “‘when in reality the storm | is moving west. The storm area moves something like the flying wedge ina foot- ball game. When the apex of the wedge strikes the coast and continues across the | country the sides of the wedge extend | farther and farther nosth and south. So | to the people soutn of the storm center the | Tain seems to come from the north, but to those north of the center it apparently comes from the south, “‘And it is true that the storm centers :xl;:lmoat invariably north of S8an Fran- . ‘“‘Another point in answer to the ue! is that the wind does not blow Iroga ttz west when it is going to rain—not asa rule. The wind in this vicinity is usually from the southeast before a storm. That is because the storm comes from the west Or northwest, and the winds blow from every direction toward the storm center. ‘‘Yes, a strong southeast wind in the winter isa good San Francisco indication of rain.” Mr. Hammon told many things. Why the wind blows from the west on summer nights attracted by the heated land; how the storms in the summer skirmish away up to the north of British Columbia and | dence, .74; ying wedge” of the storm cen- ter is successfully tackled by the Sierra Nevadas and has to make a quick run around the ends to make even a touch- down in the arid goal of the East. He explained these things in the scien- tific jargon of the Agricultural Depart- ment, for the weather officials do not know much about football. There was a thunderstorm here at 1 o’clock Saturday morning, but even at that hour in the night it didn’t get through unobserved. Mr. Hammon has it tagged and scheduled, and he says it is the very same thunderstorm that the steamer Peru encountered away out in ths middle of tue Pacific Ocean on January 8 and January 10. Mr. Hammon knows all about that storm, and ke can recognize it if he ever sees it again. The rain for the twenty-four hours cov- ered in yesterday’s reports was very heavy—nearly as heavy, in fact, as that which, by a_computation the week before, weighed 10,800,000,000 tons. 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