The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1897. TURPIE RESUMES I CUBA'S CAUSE Quotes Monroe's Messages in Suppert of His Contention. Points Out That Recognition of Belligerency Is Not a Cause of War. Other Senators Discuss the Bill Concerning an International Monetary Conference. Jan. 26.—In the ) of Maine pre- e of alabor union against th n in the merchant mar connec- tion, Frye stated that there was noamend- | ment pending in the Senate or any bill | that restore gging in the merchant marine. On the contr: | allusions to the dispatch of Senator Wol- (D.) of Virginia began a sarcastic speech on the monetary question brisuling with cott of Colorado as the “‘embassador pleni- potentiary of the Republican party for the restoration of that great American system of bimetallic finance which they had been so successful in destroving. om this divergence Daniel ad- im-elf to the bill immediatelv before the Senate—the Nicaragua canal bill—which he strongly opposed. | At the close of Daniel’s speech the Sen- | ate at 5:25 went into executive session and | \ly thereafter adjourned until to-mor- e OFVEREIDES A VETO. | 4 Zotatty Biind lowa Veteran Has His | Pension Kestored. WASHIN \, D. C., Jan. 26.—An- other Presidential veto was repudiated by the House to- The bill to restore Jonathan Scott, a veteran of the Fifth Towa Cavalry, to the pension roll (from | which he was dropped by the bureau in | 1894) at the rate of § | Llindness, failed to rece.ve Mr. Cleveland’s approval. Upon recommendation of the Committee on Inva id Pensions the House, by « vote of 137 to 52, passed the bill over the veto. A bill was passed to pay $462 to John McRue, & deputy United States Marshal, , the amendment | expenses ncurred by bun 1 1850 in | zing and caring tor thirty-six members | the cargo of Airicans landed by the | ship Wanderer near Savannah, in an | ort to evade the anti-slave trade law, the thirty-six being afterward returned | to_Atfriea. | Hitt (R.) of ilinois reported the diplo- matic and consular appropriation bill, which was placed on the calendar. The rest of the day was spentin COm-] mittee of the whole in consideration of | the Indian apyropriation bill. There re- | | mained thirty of the eighty-one pages un- referred to, in the unanimous opinion of | jispnsed of when the commitiee rose, and | the Senate Committee on Commerce, zaye greater sec than the existing law or any other bili now pending in Congress to the s against brutality by master or ofticer at sea. 5 Hill (D.) of New York, from the Judi- ciary Committee, presented a report on the general subject of concurrent resolu- ns, and suggested that 1t lie on the table for the present. Tne House amendments to the Sepate | bill for survey of & water route from e m , of the jetties at Galveston, ex., to Houston, Tex., were laid before the Senate and concurred in. Turpis (D.) of Indiana then resumed his speech, begun yesterday, on the subject of recognition of the republicof Cuba. He said that ne would a great deal rather de- pend upon the credit of the Cuban Re-| CHEYENNE, Wro., Jan. 2 ! { of the eastbound Union Pacific flier was C. Bennett; Massachusetts, Mrs. H. C. Black- public than upon the resources of Spain, the House adjourned at 5:10 o’clock. WRECKED ON A SIDING The Eastbound Union Pacfic Fiyer Is Badly Dam- | azed. | Two Pul mans Smashed to Splinters. | It Is No: Known if Any Lives Were Lost. The end as she was of one great source of | Wrecked at Tie Siding,a small station | ue—the isiand of Cuba. He quoted m a message of President Monroe in | 1 the subject of war between Spain r revolted South American colo- nies, to show that belligerency was then, the second year of the war, recognized He also quoted from President Monroe’s [about thirty miles west of Cheyenne, about 1 o’clock this morning. siding first apd ran onto it in order to | Owing to the crowded condition of the siding the waiting train could not get clear of the main track, and two Pullmans zes of 1819 and 1820,0n the same sul- | were left beyond tne switch. hich the hope is expressed that will terminate the exhausting con- troversy on basis of independence— 1ot on the basis of autonomy, as now sug: gested by the administration for Cuba. 1f the recognition of Cuban belligerency would be a cause of war with Spain, then the United States should have de- clared war against Spain from the day after the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. No war ensued from the recognition of belligerency, nor even irom the recogni- Before the siding could be cleared the westbound train dashed into the rear Pull- mans and smashed them almost to splin- | ters. Immediately the uninjured engine was brought out from the siding and s:nt into Cheyenne with the news, and a wrecking was sent to the scene of the disaster. he two Pullmans, which bore the brunt ing passengers. Itis knowns that among the passengers were several Californians. The east-bound train arrived at the | Nevraska, Mrs. Abbie Gay Duslic | of the shock, were well filled with sleep- | MISS ANTHONY TAKES THE GAVEL Opens the Woman Suffragist Convention at D:s Moines. A Packel Assemb’eg:, Notwith- standing the Iatensely Cold Weather. The Presid n*, in Her Address, R:fers to the Encouraging Vote of Caiifornia. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 26.—“We will have nine stars in our banuer instead of four before the end of the century,’ declared Susan B. Anthony, the veteran president of the National American Woman Suffrage Society, in her annual address to the convention wnich opened to-day, She seized the banner from the desk before her and waved it aloft. “Itis an American flac, save that it has only four stars—one for every State which bas granted full suffrage to woman,” and the contident declaration of the beloved president set the convention in an uproar of applause thatlasted several minutes. The convention opened this arternoon in the Central Christian Church, with about 300 ladies present. It was 15 de- grees below zero, bnt the church was crowded to ils capacity forenoon and afternoon. BSeventeen States were repre- sented, the weather keeping away many delegations. Miss Anthony presided, assisted by Anna Howard Shaw of Philadelpnia, vice- president at large. It was voted that no State that has not paid its dues shouid be allowed to vote. The following committee on resolutions was named : Colorado, Mary C. C. Bradford; Iilinois, Mrs. Kate Hughes; Iowa, Mrs. Julia Ciarke Hallam; Kansas, Mrs. E. M. Wardell; Kentucky, Sarah well: Massachusetts National, Mre. C. M. Ai- | len; Michigan, Miss Elizabeth’ Willard; Min- nesota, Miss Martha Scott Anderson; Missourt, Ia Hurrison; Montans, Dr. Mary A. Atwater; ew Jersey, Mrs. P. C. Wright; New York, Mrs. H. Banck; | Ohio, Dr. Violet' Swift; Pennsylvania, Miss allow the west-bound, then due, to pa:s. | Marie Beatrice Loucks. Miss Shaw made her report as vice-pres- ident at large orief, because the same ground was covered by the uddress of the president. She told of the campaign waged the la<t year in California for the woman suffrage amendment, resulting in | 110,000 votes for and 123,000 aganst. It was the largest vote suifrage had ever re- ceived in any State, although it did not carry. Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery, thesecretary, told of the work of the National headquar- | ters in Puiladelpnia in sending out liter- vress. She said the past year had been tl'e most successfu. in this direction in the nistory of the association. She recom- mended that the headquarters be removed ependence. President Monroe | There is no telegraph station at Tie | : 2 speridsnos Ll g i | to New York. She said the States that gnized the independence of seven | giqung and so details of the wreck are | had secured suffrage because of the assist- outh American republic success.on wilbout war ensuing. Amity and peace prevailed between Spain and America that sroken. There was no fear ot war with Spain. There had never been such a war,and he hoped and trusted that there never would be. The rscognition of urpie also quoted from the message of ch be called *‘the great message” he Monroe doctrine—and the position of the T which showed, he said, iety that the revolution d fail and that the Spanish Govern- nt should be restored. He. went on to hof the Spanish and evolutionary armies. The Cubans, had 35,000 men, trained. disci- nd armea with the very best ma- | | the munitions of war, | d also 35,000 other men, trained and sciplined, but armed with inferior pain, be said, had 100,000 regular {roops 40,000 1n stati ng trocnas, 40,000 in 20,000 in hos- | as and disease. a, in order to eisure, more free- principal cam- gn, he asked effective cam he declared, was already 2 d fact, but that y that the Bpanist Mr. Turpie sai patriots cceed we may then | 1t we were friends of the republic n need, trienas in the hour end er. ' If failure befall them | God averi) our action wil | hing of grace or grandeur and 1 then keep faith with the quench- | less spirit of freedom which ha. set our feet in such a large room.’ At the conclusion of Turpie’s speech, Hill’s joint resolution as to the recognition ot fore governments was taken from | the table and placed on the calendar. handler moved to proceed to the con- sideration of the bill for the purpose of represeniation of the United States at any international monetary conference here- after to be called. White sent to the clerk’s desk and had reaches this coast. The westbound train was going at near- | ly full speed at the time of the collision, | and it is reported that it must have been a bad one. S A CONSULAR IMBRGGLIO. Commercial Complicaticns Caused by the Greater Republic of Central America. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. ¢ Peraza, the newly appointed Consul-Gen- ers whose vessels run to ports in Hon- durss, Salvador and N icaragua, and a lot me ports are all much worked up over | the refusal of Jacob Biaz to give way to | the new Consul-General and recognize him as the rightful consular reoresentative of the combined Central American republics. As a result of the controversy betweer Bolet-Peraza and Biaz there is also a ques- | tion of validity of a lot of invoices which Biaz has passed as Consul-General of Hon- duras since the official appointment of Bolet-Peraza. The new Consul-General said last night | that the cargoes would be liable to seizure | as smuggled goods in the absence of in- voices signed by him and tuat it will be his duty to see that this liability is exe- cuted. A year ago last June Honduras, Salvador and Nicaragua entered .into & treaty for the promotion of the greater republic of Central America. Accordifig to the terms of treaty the three countries were to aboli-h their separate foreign lega- tions and leave foreign affairs to a diet of three members—one for eact: of tne coun- tries, which should appoint representa- tives abroad. This diet organized in Sep- tember last. It recalled all existing pat- ents to corsuls and in November ap- pointec_ Bolet-Peraza, who was consul | officer of Salvador, Consul-General here, and Jose G. Rodriquez Minister to this | countr On January 16 Adolph D. Strauss, who read editorial from Chandler’s paper | had been Consul for New York, turned declaring that Senator Sherman is 1o be the leader of the Republican party in the iministration, and giving numerous citations from Sherman's speeches in favor of s White said he pre- were correct, as seat and did not ' cor- ah said that the mere f the pending bill was a rec- e Republican party that a tion of silver to its oid place as a wus required by the world, and especislly by the United States. Knowing the ardent devotion to the cause of bimetallism of the Senators from New Hampshire and Colorado (Chandler and Wolcott) he was not disposed to admit that the bill Wwas proposed in a mere per- functory spirit, and he should vote for it in its present form if no better phraseol- ogy could be substituted. Btewart (Pop.) of Nevada gave notice of 2n amendment providing that in case the international conference should be held and should not agree on a system of inter- national bimetallism, it snall be the duty of the Secretary ol the Treasury, oue month after the adjournmentof the con- ference, to coin ail the gold and siiver brought to the mints for the benefit of de- positors, the silver into standara dollars and the gold into coin as now provided by 2w The bill went overafter notice by Chand- ler that he would press it to a vote as soon as possible. The Nicaragua canal bill was then taken up, and Morgan (D.) of Alabama, in charge of it, offered an amendment designed to meet tie objections suggested in the letter trom the Minister of the Greater Republic of Central America. Itis to the effect that at least 5 per cent of the §$100,000,000 capi- tal shall be reserved for the Central American governments, and that nothing in tbe bill shail be construed as empower- Ing the canal company to do anything in- :lon!lalen‘» with tbe terms of its conces- sion. At the close of Morgan’s speech Danie over hix records, etc., to Bolet-Peraza, but Biaz would not. He said he had been ap- pointed by the Government of Honduras and had received no notice of removal from that country. Some merchants got their invoices signed by Bolet- Peraza and some by Biaz. 7 A representative of Biaz said last nignt that the trouble was over. *“‘Mr. Biaz,” be. suid, “refused to give up his place until he | was officially notified that he was relieved, but he has now received notice and will retire.” s S gaR WANT WHISKY DISPENSARIES. Fote on a Bill in the Alabama Senate Causes @ Sensation. MONTGOMERY, Ara., Jan. the bill proposing to inaugurate in Ala- bama a whisky dispensary system similar to that in South Carotina came up for consideration in tbe Senate yesterday a motion to table it was lost by a vote of 18 to 12. The vote was a surprise and caused a greatsensation. Someamendments pro- | posed by friends of the measure, however, caused action on tne biil to be deferr-d until to-day. It appears certain the bill will pass. « S AL Thrwust a Knife in His Throat, ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 26.—Shortly after 12 o’clock to-day a shabbily dressed labor- ing man, about 35 years of age, entered the office of Chief of Detectives Desmond at police beadquarters and stated that he had come to give himself up to the police authorities. He was escorted to an inner ruom, and, while talking to a detective, the stranger thrusta penknife blade into bis throat, severing the jugular vein, and died in a few minutes. He told Chief Desmond his name was James Kelley, but refused to say where be Lived. He was five feet six inches tall, derk hair and blonde mustache. — e ———— The combined annual income of the i British working classes exceed £600,000,000. but meager. It is reported that some |ance of the National organization most | hours must elapse beiore definite news always drifted irom it and were of litile assistance afterward. She recommended that the association be divided into two houses, making the women from the en- franchised States the upper house. Miss Anthony delivered her address, which was enthusiastically received, 1n the afternoon. Among other things she said: Thé year 1896 witnessed greater snccesses than any other eince the first pronunciamento was made at Senecn Falls, N. Y., Juiy 19, 1888, On January 6 the President proclaimed Utah 10 be & State, with a constitution that does not discriminate against women. Thus we have two States coming into the Union on the prin- ciple of equal rights to ali women guaranteed oy their constitutions. November 3, by & majority of 6000 the men eral of the Greater Republic of Central | of Idaho declared in favor of woman suffrage, Americs, a number of the steamship own- | and for the first time in the history of judic cial decisions upon the enlargemeni of of Idano—Judges Houslan, Morgan' and Sulli- of mercnants domng business with the | van—unanimously decided that the amend- ment so carried was constitutional. This de- cision 1s the more regaarkable, because the constitution might easily as well have been inferred to r.quire amendments to receive a majority of the total votes cast at the election as & mabority of the votes csst on the amend- ment, By the former construction the amendment would have becn lost, notwithstanding that of all who cared to express an opinion two to one were in javor. If any one will go through the history of our woman suffrage movement since the days of reconstruction and the adoption of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Federal constitution— taking the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in the cases of Myra Brad- well for the protection of her civil rights, and of Mrs. Virginia L. Munro for the protection of her political rights, and the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States giving women the right to vote for County School Commissioners, and various other decisions— he will find that in every cae the court has put the narrowest pussibie construction upon the spirit and letter of the constitution. Whereas, the Judges did themselves the honor to make a decision in direct opposition to judicial precedent and prejudice, so the Idaho victory is & grext credit, not only to the majority of men who stood for the amend- ment, but to_the three Judges who made this broad and just decision. The National Asso- ciation speskers went to Tdaho—Mrs. Devoe in 1895, Mrs. Johns and Mrs. Gatt in 1896—and they, with Mrs. Bradford and Miss Keynolds of Colorado, heid meetings and organized suffrage clubs in the different settiements throughont the State. I have not yet leurne how many of the resident women took ) art in the campaign. We also had pendiug in California woman- suffrage amendments. Your president, vice. president-at-large_and National organizer, to- gether witu Miss Yates, Miss Hay, Miss Mills, Miss Swett and Miss Lucy Antnony, gave more or less time to speaking and working in that State for eight montns. Never have 1 seen more thorough and effective educational work done in auy one of the thirteen suffrage- amendment campaigns since 1887. Could we have counted out the two largest cities—San Fraucisco and Oakland—the amendment would have been carried by about 500 majority; and in this connection I want to call your atten- tion to the immensity ol that State, stretchin nearly a thousand miles north and'south, an with an area greater than all New Eugland, New York and Pennsylvania combined. The facilities are very poor, and. long and weary slagings are necessary to reach the men who ure scatierea over the ranches and mines of that great territory. San Francisco 38 to_Gelifornia what New York City s to the Empire State. All the rural counties can be educated so that & ma- jority can be given for any measure of justice, but the cities of San Francisco and Oakland contain a very large number of foreign born Voters ana native born Chinese who have just come of age, and_this weighted down the in- telligence not only of those two cities but of the rest of the State. But California’s defeat is simply victory de- ferred, for the Legislature is suré to resubmit the amendment, aud the educational cam- palgn carried ou for the Iast two years will be continuea for the coming two, when a large enough number will be converted to overcome the sium vote, and November, 1898, will add 1o our flag the star of California. 'But it is notonly in California that we are likely to have amendment campaigns during the coming two years, but Nevada and Oregon and quite probably Washington and Montans. Tthiug the one and only sure thing to carry an amendment is througi the organization of club in_every voting precinct of every county of the State. 1t 3s little use for us to make our appeals upon State or National political party conven- tions, or on Congress or State Legislutures for resoliitions in avor of woman’s enfranchise- ment, while 10 appeals come up 10 them from the rank and file of the voter: Our work, thereiure, for_the coming year, to push local organization more thoroughly thun ever Lefore, and to do that work preciuct by precinct, even if we.compass but one county J a State during the year. woman’s rights, civil and phwsical, the courts | Mary Hay for California, who said that suffrage would carry there the next time, and it would be soon, and by Mary L. C. Bradiord for Colorado, who said the work in that State, where women now bave the franchise, is 10 make it a success. Eauca- tion must be done among the women. and | they must be trained to interest them selves in the use of the ballot. Mrs. | Catherine McCullough Waugh spoke for | Lllinois. Senator J. E. Rowen, the suffrage leader in tie Iowa Legislature, made an address, which was received with much enthusi- asm. He declared that he believed that another trial would bring victory in Iowa, although he could offér no encouragement with the present Legislature. Mrs, Adelaide Ballard, for Iowa, said much encouragemeat was received from the Legislature, and she belioved lowa was near to adding a star to the flag. Miss Laura Clay for Kentucky and Mrs. Wiilard for Michigan made short reports, encouraging in tone. Alice Stone Blackwell of Boston con- | cluded tue day’s programme with 4 strong | address on equal rights. | In the evening a reception was given to | the members of the association and the members of the Iown Legislature at the home of Mrs. A. F. Hubbell. There was a great crush, ful 000 people attending. The association_wili probably be invited to attend the Legislatnre on Taursday and the members will be given an oppor- tunity to speak FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY WRECK. Canadian Pac:fic Express Plunges Down an Embankment—Two Persons Killed and Many Injured. MONCTON, N. B, Jan. 26.—Palmers Pond was tc-day the scene of a most dis- astrous rail way wreck. The Canadian Pacific express, running over the Inter-Colonial Railroad tracks, due at Moncton at 1. x., arrived at Dor- | chester a little behind time, and when | turning the bend at Palmers Pond the train broke away from the engine, pra- sumably owing to a broken rail, and dashed over a 75-foot embankment to the ice in the pond below. The engine on breaking away from the cars kept its course and was brought through to Dorchester station, where the news was first made known, and a wreek- ing train was hurriedly sent to the scene of the accident. Meanwhile those who had survived the feariul piunge bent themselves Lo the task | | of rescuing the more unfortunate. The intense cold added to the horrors of the situation and the sufferings of the injured. ‘When the wrecking train arrived at the wreck the United Associated Presses’ representative, who was on board, found two of the occupants dead and nearly a score more or less injured. They had been tak n from the wrecked coaches ana Iaid upon the snow on the bank of the pond. One of the dead was a woman, Miss Parriquin, a dressmaker of Bloomfield, Kings County, N. B., who was taken from the coach in which she went down to her death in an almost unrecognizable condi- tion. The other was Postal Clerk Edge- comb of St. John, N. B. Tue injured were rescued from the up- turned coaches through the windows. The most -seriously injured are: Hon. Dr. Borden, Minister of Militia, cut about the head; Henry McLeod of Pictou; Mr. B:rner of Amherst, N. 8. Rupert eil of Westviiie, 8. C.; Edward Blanchard of Amberst, A. W. Taylor of Amberst, A. W. West of Am: | atare ann securing assistance irom the | herst, George P. Baring of Halifax, Charles Thompson, brakeman. All of the iatter were more or less injured. The dead and injured were placed aboard tne wrecking train and brought to this city. The wrecked coaches were seven in number, and all were smashed plmost to splinters on the ice in the pond. The 1ails were torn up and the track badly damaged. Eahiadise . g STILL BELOW ZERO. Many Frostbitten and Hungry Sufferers at Chicago, but Relief Work Is Going Ahead. CHICAGO, ILL., Jan. 26.—Bitterly cold | weather, aggravated by wind, continued to afflict the poor people of Chicago to-day and make the lot of those more fortunate at least uncomfortable and attended with danger from frost bites. At midnight to-night the official record was that of three successive days of tem- perature below zero, and in the double fizures most of that time, too. The most cheering information that can be given by the Weather Bureau as to the future is that the tendency to moderation mani- fested after noon to-day will probably continue to-morrow. It will not be so cold—about zero—and the cold wave may slightly decrea-e during the day. The day began with the mercury show- ing 14 degrees below zero, falling to 16 by 6 o'clock this morning. When the army of store-workers and other wage-earners were compelied to leave their homes they suffered under a temperature of 15degrees below. At noon the weather had mod- erated to 9 degrees, and from that time until 4 o’clock the mercury continued ris- ing. It was stationary a 4 degrees for sev- eral hours after that hour, but fell slowly late to-night, as usual. An unknown man was found frozen to death on the outskirts of the viilage of Tinley Park, near Blue Island, on the Rock Island, this morning. Jumes Me- Cormick and George Wentz, a telegraph operator, were found at an early hour to- gether on Wells street, with both their bands frozen. Many less severe cases of freezing were reported during the day from the police stationsand drug stores. The suffering irom want of food and sufficient clothing has been arrested by a generous contribution of money, food and Glothing. The relief fund reached nearly $10,000 this evening, subscriptions coming from outside the city, and many thou- sands of dollars worth of supplies were received fiom citizens. The whole police force under the practical airection of Chief Badenoch was utilized day and night to ascertain the needs of the sufferers and distribute suppliesin patrol wagons and ambulances. 1t is estimated that 15,000 persons have been given enough food, fuel and clothing to keep them from extreme suffering since the Mayor’s proclamation was issued. Mayor Swilt said that more distress had been founa among the poor and absolutely destitute than had been expected, and the domands made for help were becoming so great that it might become necessary for him to appoint special committees 10 col- lect additional funds among the business men of the city. . Every police station has been made a storehouse for coal, beef, beans, peas, coffee, flour and meal. The starving peo’ ple were brought to the stations and given a liberal allowance, with an invitation to call again when the supply was exnausted. The most numerous cases of acute soffer- ing come from South Chicago and Grand Crossine. The officials and employes of the Postal ‘Telegraph Cable Company made up a fund of $2000. > et B Frozen to Death in Sovth Dakotn, YANKTON, 8. D., Jan. 2.—On Friday last Jobn Winter, a farmer, living four- teen miles northwest of this city, was frozen to death within a mile of his home, #¥he body being found yesterday by a neighbor, who spent the greater partof the day in a search for him, Winter ieft this city Friday afternoon before dark. His mother, who came to town with him, was persuaded by friends toremain over Sunday on account of the intense cold, bat no persuasion could pre- vail upon him. Ice Threatens Navigation. CINCINNATI, Onro, Jan. 26.—The cold | genarian and the laughing chila alike is increasing, and rivermen fear that the Following this reports were made by | ice will stop navigation. - > SANTA BARBARA'S DAY OF MOURNING Dr. Richard J. Hall's Body| Borne to Its Final Rest. ] | 0id and Young Alike Weep at| the Bier of the Poor Man’s Friend. Successes Achieved by the Physician | Who Was Beloved by All Who Knew Him. SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Jan. 2%6.—| This has been Santa Barbara’s day of | mourning. To-day the tlay of one who | cleimed as his friend the totterinz octo-| was borne to its last resting place in Montecito Cemetery. The man so hon- ored in déath, for whom the tears of an | entire city were shed, was Dr. Richard J. | Hall. The announcement of his death at | 10 o’clock Sunday morning, though not wholly unexpected, fell upon the people of this city like a thunderbolt from a clear | sky. Itisdoubtful if there is another in- stance where a stranger coming among strangzers won in seven short years the love and admiration accorded to Dr. Hall. Yesterday the Mayor issued a procla- mation requesting that all city offices be closed and asking the citizens to close business houses between the, hours of 1 and 4 this afternoon. This was strictly and voluntarily adhered to. The funeral | procession, preceded by a band, started from Dr. Hall’s iate residence, back of the Mission, at 2 oclock. 1t halted at the Presbyterian Church, where the funeral sermon and a final benediction were im- pressively delivered by the Rev. Dr. Car- rier. The church was a marvel of floral decor- ations, so unstintingly and tastefully had the ladies of the St. Cecilia Club arranged their offerings of garlands. Pink and white were the prevailing colors. As the | pall-bearersentered the edifice the orches- tra played *Prayer,” by Salome. The procession moved slowly to the pulpiz, the coffin being followed by the honorary pall-bearers. As the casket was placed before the altarit was cover:d by a pall of 60,000 violets. Surrounding the coffin were several hundred very beautiful floral pieces, contributed by the associations with which the doctor was connected. The Phitharmonic Society contributed a large harp of carnations and maidenhair ferns. From Brooklyn and New York had come telegraphic orders for many floral offerings. Mrs. Hall and her two daughters en- tered the church together. The pall- bearers, hospital nurses in costumes and members of the household occupied seats near the bereaved family. Every vehicle that could be procured in this and neizhboring towns was filled by those who knew the man 1n life and who, as a last offering to his memory, followed bis body to its last resung-place. At Montecito Cemetery the services were brief and simple. Born in the historic town of Armagh, Ireland, Dr. Hall came withhis piren ts to New York, his father, the Rev. Dr. John Hall, accepting a cali to the Fifth- avenue Presbyterian Church, which he still holds. The future doctor received his early tuition at the public schools of New York, entering Princeton College in 1871 and graduating in the class of 1875. He took while at college an active interest in athletics and was a member of the Prince- ton crew which rowed at Saratoga in the year of his graduation. He then entered the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of New York City, and was graduated in 1878, securing the first position in a special cxamination of honor men. He was immediately appointed interne in Roosevelt Hospital, where he completed the full term of service, a year and a half. In October, 1879, shortly after the com- pletion of his ho'pital service, Dr. Hall married Miss Eliza Coolidge of Boston, and went abroad to continue his medica! studies. After a prolonged stay in Europe, principally in Vienna and Heidelberg, he returned to New York, where he became associated with the late Dr. Henry B. Sands, the distinguished surgeon, Dui- ing the early part of this connection he conducted classes in medical instruction which were unusually successful. Subse- quently he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the Coliege of Physicians and Surgeons, and later still was pointed to the assistant professorship of anatomy in the institution,. after severe competition, in_which two surgeons of National reputation took part. During this period he was largely in- strumental in organizing and putting into operation the well-known outdoor service of Roosevelt Dispensary. This was an in- novation to dispensary work, since it in- volived daily attendance on the part of the surgeons, and developed into one of thi greatest clinics in the country. . Dr. Hall was at this time appointed vis- iting surgeon at St. Luke’s, Bellevue and Roosevelt hospitals, a distinction rarely attained by any surgeon, and perhaps never before by one so youne. While associated with Dr. Sands he performed, it is stated on good authority, the first operation in this country for appendicitis, and he operated three times for the same disease before it received its name at the hands of his distinguisned associate. Under the arduous strain of his ex- tended service Dr. Hall's health broke down in spite of the relief afforded by several vacations, and he came to Santa Barbara in the fall of 1889. From bere he went to the Sandwich Isl- ands, but returned in a short time and made Santa Barbara his home. He was appointed chief surgeon of the Cottage Hospital some five years ago, and had since performed many remarkable opera- tions. Dr. Hall was a contributor to scientific literature, and only a short time ago sent a paper by special request to the Paris Academy of Medicine. His skill was at ail times at the service of the poor, and he performed operation after operation without reward save the gratitude of the patient. Aside from his profession, Dr. Hall took an active interest in all” that pertained to San‘a Barbara. He was elected president of the Flower Festival Association in 1894 and rerained the office until his death. Dr. Hali was of magnificent appearance—tall, tinely pro- portioned and stately. Fire in the Sowtn Joplin. JOPLIN, Mo., Jan. 26.—~The South Jop- lin mine is on fire and a drift 500 feet long is burning. The miners escaped in safety. Two derricks have been destroyed and it is feared great damsage will be done befor- the fire can be extinguished. It is sup- posed the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion. e Kilied and Injured in a Tvain Wreck. | DORCHESTER STATION, N. B., Jan. | 26.—The express on the Intercolonial Raii- way from Halifax this morning was wrecked and several passengers injured. The thermom- | b) | | Don’t shiver | RA A with eold. eter may be be- | A R R R R R HRRIREERRE R OVERCOATS Melting Down Like Snow Under the Heat of the Sum- mer’s Sun. SIS s s There isn't one of yow that need go around freez- ing or feeling the least bit cold. We're sweeping out all our Qvercoats. Yesterday was a record-breaker in our Overcoat rooms. Never sold so many Overcoats since the big store has been opened: $iBziat WE ARE KING PINS FOR OVERCOATS. Two Whole Floors ef ’Em. FEi gt ho is Zoing around shivering with cold when he can det a very clever OQvercoat, a stylish Over- coat, @ genteel and dressy one, for $3.95. Some Real Swell Aurora Melton Overcoats to-day in Oxford Grays, warm, com- fortable and dressy gdar- ments. You can’t towch ‘em in other stores under $8 to $10. We're sweeping out Over- coats. To-day yow can Jet these swell Overcoats at $4.95. Our Very Swellest Royal Kersey Overcoats, lined with pure woolen serde, with sille and satin sleeve linings ; our very Cleverest Box Overcoat, Overcoats up to the value of $15, are in the sweep to-day at $8.50 Two were killed, Mrs. Petriquin and a postal clerk. low Zero at| some points. In | owr. Ouercoat| ppp pRISCO BOYS, rooms the prices | are way below | 9, 11, 13 and 15 freesing point.| - g AR NY STREET. (Incorporated), We’re the i OQuercoat kings. | Little Prices |for Big, Warm Overcoats.