The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1897, Page 3

e A — - ————— | { THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1897. 3 site dontaining thirteen acres and a man- sion within a mile of this city will prob- ably be securea for the home. The prop- ( BRMY DISCHARGES 130,000 Masons 1n New Jersey, and an as- sessment of §1on each Mason will suffice fo maintain the institution. S CAUGHT AFTER MANY YEARS. hrrest of Thomas H. Stout, Once a Trusted Bookkeeper, Who Committed Daring Forgeries. Important Changes Contem- plated by the War De- NXEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 3L.—Thomas partment, | B. Stout, alias Appleton, alias Robert | Graham, who is under arrest in Uincin- nati and is believed to be a forger wanted by the police of this city, was for some vears the confidential bookkeeper of the Wall-street firm of Jones, Kennett & Hop- | kins. He was always considered a steady man until his sudden disappearance on September 1, 1891, Upon the examination of his books.it was found that Stout had forged the firm's name to checks on the Holland Trust Company of 93 Cedar street 10 the sum of $16,000. Nothing was heard of him for some time, until finally it was t be was in London, where he business with a firm of Ameri- kers in that place with the firm name of John Shaw. In London he was A Simple Form to Be Used in Describing the Record of the Soldier. General Craig ill Will Retire Yo un- tarily To-Day—Colenel J M. Wil- sen Hs Suceessor. WASHINGTON, D. C. L—Im- | kyown as Appleton, and was said to ny regulations rela- | consigerabie money, buying and seiling under consider- | A me, ican stocks. e-t. The prob Detectives were sent to London, but he 12€ 0f NeW OTUETS | g Jisappeared. He was traced from future. The|yondonto Autwerp and from there to now has the | paric where he adopted the name of | soon submit ecommendations as | tions should be 1d and form Grabam and then suddenly disappeared. Several years went by and nothing was heard from him. Finally the Hoiland : Trust Company asked the police of this of preparing | ¢y a short time to again take up the Sy w T S | case and more ulars were sent abroad new form of dis-|and o tie police in every city in the | United States. The trust company salso | offered a reward of $250 for his arrest, but | nothing was heard from him until Friday ary’s proposition is | ast i SR or form of discharge | telegram from Cincinnati announcing his itistobe | grrest there. The trust compsany, who rs of Stout’s forgeries, wera information irom Cin nati s were sentto Cincinnati were the su notified of is hereby | army of the United | the 1 person erof the , but on the ar, both in a general way a special manner, upon what g the dizcharge based his , one line will be g the board of records of en- the award- s have found d good or fa f the new preposition n d rge cases set- tments where the The plan provides with character board ny commander is to put or: a ze the marks w he itled to, also his gener ¥. Itwiil not be zece: idier w e captain dec ce has not been honest and n notily him of the fact. dier may app to the post , who will apyoint a board to If the board sustair isdropped. Whethar anted der. His a h the board. e is forwarded to the No appeal to S now proposed, 25 not been definitely on ill volu n rily re- y mext. retired for d that ne is work; that he i able employ- 1d that b position might be d show that he ccount of age. on ALL cC has decid Wilson Colonel public the District of officer of marked aperintendent His manuge- blic buildings and u officer of fine LT TRUSI COLLAPSED. Prices Fall Twenty Per Cent Within the Laat Three Days. CHICAGO, 1 Jan. 3L—A morning s: The bolt trust nas collapsed, 1d prices have falien 20 per cent within hree days. The market is still h values uncertain and ir- and there are prospects of still clines next week. The bolt d 1n its control the manufac- er s rers of mact ana carriage bolts and the nuts and screws. It was formed nail trust, and J H. , as “commissidfer,” 5 cents a keg on the en- anufactarers as long od. Though the 1ced prices 50 per cent extortionate lengths o, and for that rea- he shovel which was formed sbout the tm olt agreement, is suill workir Prices are 50 to 100 per c than_before the agzicement was itis generally d spade men i prices which yusly preva . Tue largest factory y ca, which burned down just be- fore the trust formed (i1 a Pitts- Jurg manufacturer), has been rebuils, but s not been put into working order. In de circles it is' known that the irust pays to keep the plant idle, and, as a local sler expressed it, the plant *makes . but no shovels.’” eduction of Wages. , Onro, Jan. 3L—President W. tional Association of :t Railway Employes, arrived bere 10 consult with'the local union in : matter of the Toledo Traction Com- s rcduction of wages of motormen i conduciors. There is some talk of a- rike, the men claiming that they cannot ike'a living at the reduced scale. The cduction takes effect to-morrow. SETRiggi e Tor Aaed and Infirm Masons. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 31.—The Masonic Grand Lodge of .New Jersey has decided to build a home for aged and infirm mem- bers of the order, and a committee of three, headed by Grand Master Fortmeyer, is in practical charge of the enterprise, A of the discharge witl not indi- | oves the case next | If he| Craighill, chief of en- | Craighill bas a | spondent learns that tue | to see if they couid 1dentify him. ey identitied him as Stout, and sent word that the prisoner would come to this city without the necessary requisition pa- pers. Detective Daly of Captain O’Brien’s staff left here to-day to bring him to this c It is also said by the volice that they | thi Stout has forged checks on the Sea- board National Bank to the exient of nearly $6000, and that they will also prose- cute him. A reporter called at 201 West One Hundred and Tenth street, where | Mrs. Stout resides, and in reply to sevaral questions she admitted that the map under | arrest was her husband, but further than this would have nothing to say about the matter. She, however, added that she thought it was ali a mistake. — e MRS. BOOTH'S WNOBLE WORK. Esablishing Homes for Ex-Prisoners or Graduates From the State Prisons of the Country, | | | 1 | TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 3L—Mrs. Bal- lington Booth, formerly of the Salvation Army and now at the head of the Volun- teers, is a visitor at the State prison here, with the object of securing members from among the convicts for her organization. She delivered two addresses—one this morning and the other in the afternoon— | in which she explained to the prisoners | the cbaracter of the work she was now | engaged in. Her audience in each ad- | dress consisted of about 500 convicts, and | there were present besi.es, as invited guests, Mrs. Emily Williamston of the State Charities and Aid Association, Mayor Yard of Trenton, S¢nator Voorhees | of Union County, Speaker MacPuerson of the House of the Assembly and a few | others, | Mrs, Booth informed the prisoners that ‘ eight months aco she had dedicated the | | remainder of her li‘e to the service of men and women in prisons of this country. he loved tiem and could and would help those who wanted to live better lives, | There were outside of the prisons many worse people than there was inside. Her organization, she said, was the Volunteer { Prison League. lished for ex-prisoners, or *‘graduates,” as | she preferred to call them, and detectives | s chances of | and policemen would not be permitted to cross their thresholds. In New York she bad established a Hall | of Hope, in which she expecied to shelter many “graduates.” She expected 100 of them down from Sing Sing next April. Rev. George Maddock, chaplain of the State Frison, and the prison quartet took . | part in the exercises, and nearly 600 pris- oners declared their intention of joining Mrs. Booth’s league. To-morrow Mrs. Booth will go into the cells of the prisoners for inaividual work, which is even more effective. She intends visiting in turn all the great prisons. Financial help will be forthcoming, she says, for the establishment of several homes similar to the Hall of Hope. S { ! \ COLLIDED WITH A TREE. 1 | | | Fifteen Young Persons Irjured While Coasting Down a Steep Grade. BELLEFONTE, Pa., Jan. 3L—Four young persons wera seriously injured and eleven more were more or less hurt during a coasting accident here last night. Fil- teen young men and girls were coming down a steep grade on Alleghany street ona big sied when the guider lost his hold on the roves and the sied coliided with a tree, piling the occupants with ter- rific force upon the stone curbing. The four badly hurt are: Aifred Thompson, colored, who was guiding the sled, leg, jaw and three fingers broken, teeth out, bad cuts and bruises, bruce Bernhart, leg broken, badly cut and bruised. Flor. ence Jacobs, ankl sprained, severely cut ] and bruised in face and head. Jennie Ir- ¥in, bad bruises on head and body. —— Wm The Alltance In Al Right. FORT MONROE, Va, Jan. 3L—The United States training'ship Alliance, which was aground last night, was pulled | off this morning and- passed here en route for Newport News at 10 o’clock this morn- ing. She will be examined there to seo if she sustained-any damage by grounding. ot g Escape of & Connict. COLUMBUS, Ouro, Jan. 3L—Charles Grigsby, a conviet, esciped from the | State Prison this evening, scalinz the | walls with a rope made out of his over- | alls. He was serving a sentence for "bur- | glary committed in Cincinnati. Grigsby | 18 23 years of age. B ! Iiccciver for Tattersails. LEXINGTON, Kv., Jan. 3L—Judge Parker yesterday appointed Wiley x. Brasfield receiver for the property of the Tattersails Company In this city. It con- sists of a sale mart and extensive grounds | that cost 000, ——————— TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take jaxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug. &ists refund the money if it fails to cure, 25¢, Homes would be estab- | EMPTY SEATS N THE REICHSTAG Barely a Corporal’s Guard Meets to Transact Business. Germany Will Join the Powers in Their Move to Coerce the Sultan. The Poitical Struggle in Austria Watched With the Keenest Iaterest—Notes. [Copyrighted, 1897, by the United Associated Presses.] BERLIN, GermaNy, Jan. 31.—Public interest in the Reichstag this week has been at the very lowest ebb. At no time 1ave there been more than thirty mem- bers in the building, including those in the restaurant or library, and it has been next to impossible to obtain a quorum. In view of this state of apathy on the part of the imperial legislative body, not surprising that the resiaurateur who nholds the contract to supply the members with meals refuses to keep the restaurant open any longer unless nhe is subsidized, and has given formal notice that he will retire on Aprill. In the meantime an- | otuer contractor will be advertised for, but what success will attend the autempt 10 get a responsible and competent person to undertake the service remains 10 be seen receives no subsidy, the terms of his con- tract require him to furnish members of the Reichsiag with a full dinner at the | very reasonable rate of a mark and a balf a head and a limited repast at one mark each. The National Zeitung, commenting upon the fact that there were only ten memuers present upon the occasion of a recent debate upon an important measure, says: “Members of the Reich- stag appear to think that debates are uscless, as they lead to no practical action.” The Berlin newspapers, noticing the visit to the German capital of Count Muravieff, the Russian Foreign Minister, contrast the general indifference shown to bis presence in the city with tbe interest taken in the recent sojourn of Count Go- fuchowski. Brief as Count Goluchowsk1's stay in Berlin was, it resulted in an im- portant change in Germany’s policy to- ward the Sultan and probabiy also in the Balkans. The Austrian Government has long | maintained that the objects of the Drei- bund, and especially of the dual alliance, could only be attained by policy at Constantinople. The adhesion of Germany to the Russian schemes of re- form without coercion, while Austria and Ttaly supported Englana in in coerci if necessary, was neld by the Austrian Minister to menace the stability of the alliance. Count Goluchowski is understood to bave made the ali-importsnt declaration to the Kaissr and Prince Hohenlohe that Austria and Italy would join them in im- vosing by force the needful raforms upon the Sultan, if they bad to act without the co-operation of France and Russia. Noth- ing but defeat in diplomacy and disap- vointment of aim has resulied from the attempts of Germany to cultivate the friendship of Russia. The Russo-French entente has grown in closeness, while the understanding between the Dreibund pow- ers has been subjected to some strain. Count Goluchowski has now succeeded | in obtaining such a full acreement with the K; as will enable the Embassadors of the three powers to work in perfect har- mony. If the Tarkish correspondence is- sued by the English Foreign Office had been completed up to date, instead of fin- 1shing at the close of December, the mod- ification in Germany’s policy would have been set to alter the position in the east The Kaiser is no ionger a hard and fast opponent of coercion, but has agreed to join in coercion if the other powers are unanimo Europe is thus within view of present- ing the Suitan with a programme of re- form under compulsion, not the moral pressure that the Russian Government still holds out for, but the material en- forement which Austria, Italy and Eng- land have for some time agreed upon. A draftof the reform demands have at last been pr-sented to the Su'tan through Baron von Calice, the president at the Embassadorial conference. The semi-official idea of the scheme of the powers has teen received. The prov- inces, Asiatic as well as Europe, are to re- ceive some sort of elective councils, with | administrative governments. A council | of State, composed of members represent- 1ng the provinces and members appoin ted by the Sultan, 1s to sit for a stated annual period in Constantinople. This council will have a voice in the appointment of Ministers and_in the arrangement of | finances. The Sultan is to govern through | his Ministers and not through the palace functionaries, and the administration of justice is also to be reformed. The_strugzle which 13 proceeding in Austria between the Cierical and Anti- Eemite coalition and the German Libe: and the Social Democrats is watched he: with the keenestinterest. The forecasts of the résul:s of the election, predicting the triumph of the Clerico-Anu-Semite parties, have already been cabled. Count Badeni, the Austrian Premier, despite his circular to the provincial governors direct- ing them to observe the strictest im- partiality, is undoubtedly assisting the gronps which the Liberals call reactionary. Count Badeni's orzan, the Reichswehr, in an official communication diffuses the necessity of creating a néw governmental party, which is to embrace all parties of conservatism and catholicism and which will “‘worthily sustain the best traditions of the Austrian state.” The aristocratic clubs, such as the Hohenwart (the feudal party in Bohemia), and the Clericals in_the Tyroi-Salzburg, Upper Austria and Styris, are rallying to the call of Badeni. This' new party wiil form the center in the coming Reichsrath and the nucleus of a strong Government majority. The Socialists are actively working an electoral acitation in Vienna and in all the manufacturing centers, and éxpect to secure about twenty seat They have fair prospects in some work- inzmen’s districts in the north, espe: ly in Bohemia, where the excitement is in- tense, and the elections are not likely to pass off without rioting. The mixed nationalities of Austria are in a ferment and present a more complex election problem than ever, but Count Badeni will ger he sort of majority he wants. The young Princes received a visit from the Empress, who came to Ploen to see Ler sons, who are attending school there, and later proceeded to Kie!, to be present at the christening of the newborn son of the Emperor’s brother, Prince Henry of Prussia. The Emperor hus added the penalty of expulsion {rom the army to the senience Apart from the fuct thatthe keeper | ¢ concert of | sting upon | of five years' imprisonment which was imposed on Lieutenant Baron Brusewitz, who killed an artisan named Siebemann in a cale at Carlsrube some time ago for & fancied insult to_his dignity as an officer. Report says that the Kaiser has a ranged to pay a visit to Spain, and has re- ceived an intimation_from Queen Regent Christina that she will be glad to receive the Emperor and Empress in Madrid. The court at Mayence has condemned Percy Bartholow, United States Consul at that place, 10 pay & fine of 200 marks for assaulting and severely injuring an in- mate of his house by striking him on the 1ead with a revolver. The assault was committed in October last, and in Novem- ber it was reported that the proceedings bad been abandoned upon his setiling with the injured man privately, but this appears not to have been the case. Bartho- low set up the plea of no_jurisdiction, but the court rejected 1t. The Consul will now app-al irom the judgment of the court, and proposes tocall upon Embassa- dor Ubl to intervene. The Prussian Minister of Agriculture has recently altered the regulation of the importation of American ho; The executive authorities have been instructed OUTLAW TAYLOR CLOSELY GUARDED Boasts That He Will Yet Escape From Hanford's Prison. One ex-Missourian Who Visits | His Cell Not Positive as to His Identity. that henceforth American horses are to be Kept isolated at the ports of entry for eightdays. Alfter veterinary inspection during that period, they are to be free for sale or inland transportation if the veterinary surgeon declares them free of | infectious disease. The Government is_about to send a special commission to Bombay to investi- gate the bubonic vlague which is raging there, with a view Of adopting a pre. cautionary nieasure ageinst.the iniro- duction of the disease 1nto Europe. Dr. Koch, the eminent bacteriologist, has been summoned from South Africa’ to head the commission. < A circular issued by the French sugar syndicate is bemg warmly discussed in commercial circles connected with the German sugar_industry. The circular states that the French refiners would ask nothing from the Government if Germany and Austria, aiming at the ruin of tue French sugar trade, had not created the export bounty system and now were opposed to its complete abolition. “The weapon,” adds the circular, vals use against us must be used against them. The French sugar industry abso- lutely condemn the export bounty system, and if the French refiners are forced to | demand the continuance of bountles, it is only in order to paralyze thereby the effects of the German-Austrian bounty em. ne Berlin Handelsblatt voices public | und trade opinion here in_expressing the hope tbat an understanding beiween | France, Austria and Germany to abolish | all bounties will ere long be arrived at. | Seeing that each Government has professed willingness to reduce or abolish the boun- ties, provided the otner Governments | act in concert, there ought 10 be no dif- | ! ficulty in agreeing. The Berlin Municipal Council has de- cided to distribute in all the schools in Berlin on the occasion of the Kuiser Wii- [ helm I centenary a biography of that | monarch, One hundred thousand copies at a cost of 20,000 marks will be so dis- tributed. The great costume procession, which will be a big feature in the centenary celebration, will be increased by a grand triumpha! 'car, representing Germania and the Niederwall monument. The car will be drawn by sixteen horses and sur- rounged by a squadron of armor-ciad | knights. | " Prince Ezon Fuerstenberg, heir of the il:\h: Prince Fuerstenberg, the Kaiser’s | chief marshal, bas now announced his in- | tention to pive up his residence in Ger- many. He says he will remain what he has been, an Austrian, having his perma- nent residence in Austria aud on his Bo- | hemian estaie. He promisesa short an- | | nual visit to Germany, so as to be entitled | | to exercise his rights as a member of the | Upper House of the Prussian Landtag | and of the Upper Chamber ot Baden. It | | will be something of a loss to Germany | that the famous stable of the late Prince | Fuerstenberg will now be transferred to Austria. The Fuerstenberg races were | the leading attraction of the Baden-Baden meeting. To meet the requirements chiefly of the | many Americans who come over from New York by the Hamburg-American | | e intending to proceed to the south of Europe a Pullman-car service will be ar- | ranged for to run from Hamburg to Munich and Naples. A conference of delegates of the Prus- sian, Bavarian, Austrian and Italian rail- | held at Innsbruck to fix up the ough traflic, decided to postpone the ration of the service until sprins. inav Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg, who is arge landowner in German East sbout to establish a sanitarium tropeans in the Usambara Moun- about 1200 meters above the sea | Dr. Raffel, who succeeded Herr Schmidt | as president of the Municipal Council of Apia, 15 about to start for the Samoan Islands via San Francisco. An interval | of two months between Herr Schmidt’s | leaving bis post and Dr. Raffel's taking up its duties 1s likely to elapse without | detriment to the Apia community. HIGHLY KOMANIIC WEDDING, Principals Acquitted of a Robbery Charge and Married in Court, BENTON HARBOR, Mricn., Jan 31 | A romantic wedding was solemnized yes terday in the Circuit courtroom in this city, when Delbert Mittan and 3iss Ed- wards were made one. Mittan had been | on trial charged with the robbing of the | American Express Company at Niles of | $2000. The charge implicated his sweet- heart, Miss Edwards, as principal witness, The trial interfered with their wedding that was to have been private. The jury ; returned a verdict yesterday declaring | Mittan innocent of the charzes. Immedi- | ately afterward Mittan and Miss Edwards | stepped before the Judge and were mar- ried pubiicly. They received bouquets, presents and the congratulations of 1000 spectators. The police were unable to suppress the din of the impromptu ovation. = The residents of Niles tendered the couple a reception and | | the veople of St. Joseph gave them a pub- | lic reception to-day. SRS ““Blest Be the Tie That Binds.” WARK, N. J., Jan. 3L.—The three days’ session of the Presbyterian Chapter | of the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip | ended this afterncon with a union service for young men in the hall of the Y. M. C. A.,in which many of the seventy delo: gates in attendance took part. The Rev? D. J. Gray Botton o! Philadelphia, Fred* erick J. Whitehead of Washington, Jonn | H/Lameter of New York, James H. Bax- | ter of Troy and W. E. Morris ot Pittston, Pu.. were t e principal speakers. The Rev. H. W. Ennis oi Washington gave a resume of the brotherhood work. | Just after the adjournment the delegates | gathered in a circe and with clasped hands sang *Blest Be the Tie That Binds, o United Associated Presses Lead. DAVENPORT, Iowa., Jan. 35L.—The Democrat, the only morning paper which the Chicago Associated Press has in this clty, anuounces its discontinuance on Monday next. This leaves the Repub- lican, which is served by th- United Asso- ted Presses, in full control of the morn- ield as far as papers printed in the English language are concerned. ey Raided by Two Masiced Kobbers. ST. LOUILS, Mo., Jan. 31.—The busi- ness office of the Amerika was invaded by two masked robbers at daylight vesterday morning and robbed of $77—the con- tents of the counter cash-drawer. The cashier had been called out on a spurious telaphone message, and the negro porter was the only one 10 oppose the robbers. He was bound and gagged. —_—— Jewelers dsnign. COLUMBUS, Omro, Jan. 31.—W. G. Harrington & Co., jewelers, assigned yes. terday. Assets, $25,000; liabilities, $17,000. | ciothes were those of the city clubman. | that they have no ordinary criminal to His Doubts Dispelled by a Frank Admission Made by the Meeks * Murderer. HANFORD, CAL., Jan. 31.—There seems to be little doubt that the man captured on Friday at a sheep camp near Hanford is George Taylor, cne of the murderers of the Meeks family. Lane, the Missourian who first met Tayior in this vicinity and gave the officers the information which led to the apvrehension of the outlaw, is positive that the right man has been taken. He knew the Taylors well in M souri, and although confinement-in jail and a roving life following his escape has somewhat altered tne appearance of the once prominent stock-raiser, Lane says there can be no mistake as to his identity. | To-day another ex-Missourian, James Sayers, who is now teaching school at | Goshen, was sent for and visited the jail to identify Taylor. He last saw the mur- | derer of the Meeks family in 1892, having | been then but slighily acquainted with him. Sayers was not fully satisfied aud would not say positively that the man now in the Kings County prison is the one for whom Missouri officers have been seeking for months past. He believed George Taylor to have been a taller man | with a larger chin. When he knew Tayior the latter always wore a Prince Albert coat. His hair was dressed in the prevsiling fashion and his The man who appeared before Sayers to- day was rough and unkempt in appear- | ance, and his hair had been innocentof | the touch of the shears for many months past. He was attired in rude and ragged | garments that did not belie his own state- ment that he had been a passenger on | freightcar brakebeams over all the raii- roads on the coast. But if Sayers was not able to positively | identify the prisoner Taylor himself gave evidence that he had known the school teacher before. As he came out from his cell he was measured and found to be 5 feet 64 inches tall. Sheriff Buckner raised tne heavy shock of hair from his forehead and temples, revealing features | intellizent in appearance. Taylor hasa | high forehead, and the liues of his sun- browned face betokened learning, Sheriff | Buckner told the prisoner that an old | friend of his wished to see him. As Sayers | stepped forward Taylor was asked if he knew who the visitor was. Taylor looked at Sayers and said, hesitatingly, that he thought he had seen him betore, and it not Sayers he Lad seen the latter’s brother or some one who looked like him. { “Did you know his brother?” the Sheriff | asked. ! never knew any good of him,” was the reply. Savers’ brother helped to capture Taylor | in Missouri, and the prisoher’s admission is evidence that he knew both the visitor to his cell and the latter's brotuer. His manner when he first looked upon Sayres | was proof also that he did not see him | for the first time. Taylor has become very boastful. He laughs at the supposed weakness of the iron bars which imprison him, and says he will wager that he can cut through them within five minut He deciares that he will never be taken back to Missouri. The outlaw will be closely guarded until the Eastern officers arrive | with requisition papers. They realize | deal with. DEL MONTE IMPROVEMENTS. Numerous Changes Intended to Eihance the Popuiarity of the Famed i Hostelry. DEL MONTE, CaL., Jan. 31.—To those who know California’s world-famed re- sort, beautiful Del Monte, in its many at- | tractive phases, it would seem that to sst | about improving it would be a needless | undertaking. But with all 1ts pleasant- | ness Del Monte is not quite up to date, and the manazement proposes to make it so that no one can find fault. An adai- tion will be built at the rear of the central portion of tie hotel, but running parallel on its longest side with the present large dining-room. This addition will be di- vided into two supper or breakfast rooms, which will be separatet by wide fo'ding | doors, so that in the dull season of the | early winter months, when guests are comparatively few, it can be thrown into one moderately sized dining-room and thus make 1t possivle to close the main dining-room, which now must be used whether the guests be few or many. The present reading-room will be con- verted into a cafe, in which light refresh- ments will be served at all hours, and from this room a series of swinging glass doors will open on to the veranda. The verarda will be inciosed in glass and heated, ana growing flowers and paims will make it a charming place at all seasons of the year. This arrangement will enable the guests | 10 have afternoon tea or a cup of checo- late after the morning dip in the surf, without being obliged to retire to their rooms to be served. To make up for the loss of the reading- room the bed chambers on the south cor- ridor will be demolished and in their place two reading and writing rooms—one for ladies and one for gentlemen—will be substituted and fitted up attractivly. In the barement of the addition a cyclery will be buitt. When the new dining-rooms are fin- ished the hotel will be immediately put upon the European plan entirely, and the mansagement feels assured that the change will give satisfaction. g LEGAL FIGHT OVER FEELS. Administrator Awzcrais Bri Against a County Clerk. SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 31.—An important legal point in regard to the filing of ap- praisements of estates will come up in the Superior Court to-morrow morning on the application of J. E. Auzerais for a writ of mandate to compel County Clerk Pfister to file an appraisement in the estate of Edouard A. Auzerais, deceased. Edward L. Auzerais, administrator of the estate of Euouard A. Auzerais, filed an inventory and appraisement of the prop- erty comprising an estate valued at $668,000. Edward L. Auzerais died and John E. Auzerais became administrator of the estate. A second appraisement was made and was presented ior filing to Action | through a rough, mountainous country. | ber. County Clerk Pfister yesterday by J. R. Patton, attorney for the administrator. The County Cierk refused to file the ap- praisement on the ground that the law | requires the peyment of a fee of $1 for every $1000 of the estate over $3000. Ttre administrator claims he should pay on!, 15 ceats, the usual filing fee, as the ap- praisement has once been filed and paid for at the regular rate: i SANTA CLARA'S PETITION. Will Ask for an Appropriation for the Repair of the Motnt Hamil- fon Road. SAN JOSE, Car, Jan. 31.—The Legisla- ture will be asked to make an appropria- tion for the rewvair of the Mount Hamilton rcad, which was constructed to the Lick Observatory by Santa Clara County ata cost of $100,000. Steps to this end have | been taken by the Supervisors and the | matter is in the hands of the lezisiative delegation from this county. The road was constructed in 1876 and since that time little repairing has been done to it. It is twenty-eight miles long and runs The road is a very expensive one to keep | in repair, and as the law requires that money raised for road pu expended in the district where it is col- | lected, it is impossible to kzep the road in | first-class condition with tne small amount | raised in that sparsely settled section. | The amount of money that can be ex- pended on the road dor= not exceed yearly. The culverts are rotting, bridges need repairing and the roaa graveling, and unless the State renders assis the finest mountain road ‘n the United | States will be destroyed, an. it will cost many times the amount now necessary 1o | repair it. | The county derives but little benefit from | the road, and it is thought the State should help keep itin good condition, as most of the travel over it is by touristsand visitors to the observatory. It is understood the Regents of the Siate University, who have control of the observatory, will indorse the application for an appropriation. dobaalioii il Features for the Bulb Show. SAN JOSE, CaL, Jun. 3L.—A musical and literary programme be presented | | each evening of the bulb show to be viyen | by the Santa Clara County Floral Saciety | at Turn Verein Hall on February 18, 19 | and 20. On Thursday evel ing nigl ¢, the open- , the San Jose Orchestral Society will give a concert; on Friday a musicil | programme will be rendsred under the di- rection of Professor Urmy; a Saturday matinee will be given by the Saturday Afiernoon Club and in the evening the | Garden City Cyciers will have charge of | the programme o il Kool s liazed by Fire. SAN JO rookeries on the west side o Market street, near El Dorado, were gutted by fire at an early hour this morning. The buildings were occupied by B. Carthery, shoemaker; Joe Blair, tailor, ana E. B. Bacquet, bar- The' stocks in the different shops | were either burned or ruined by witer. The combined loss is about §1000. Tte buildings belong to the Colombet estate and are covered by insurance. The fire is believed to Lave been of incendiary origin. S Will ZTour the World, SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 3L.—Sol Rinaldo of the firm of Rinaldo Bros., wholesale to- baceo dealers, accompanied by Sol Loeb, a wine merchan; of New Orleans, will leave this city Tuesaay on a trip around the world. Tkey will leave San Francisco Thursday on the Monowai for Honolulu, and then visit Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe. Last eveninz Mr. Rinaldo enter- tained a party of bis frienas «t dinner. L Prouliar Deaths at Vancourer. VANCOUVER, Wasm., Jan. sudden deaths during the past forty-eight hours of Sylvester Wickers and wife, the latter's death preceding that of the hus- | band by only thirty hours, have created a sen more. The supposition is that the hus- band, either through cruel trestment or otherwise, caused his wife’s death and then ended his own life with a draught of carbolic acid. | of whom they were speak: | ply. CAL., Jan. 3L.—A number of | 3L—The | on here. The Coroner held a very | | unsatisfactory and incomplete inquest, | which has tended only to muddle matters | WITH BULLETS HE RESENTS A BLOW Probably Fatal Shooting Affray in a Saloon at Kernville. Miner James Van Rapper the Victim and B. T. Price His Assailant. The One Strikes Out to Avenge an Insuit and Receives Cold Lead. CALIENTE, Cat., Jan. 31.—-News comes from Kernville of a probably fatal shoot- ing which occurred there this afternoon. B. T. Price, a brother of Thomas Price of San Francisco, was the man who used the revolver, and his victim was James Van Rapper, a winer of Kernville. The crime was committed in Perry’s saloon. Van Rapper was talking with Perry concerning certain friends of his when Price joined in the conversation and made disparaging remarks concerning the men Van Rap- per took offense and made an angry re- At this Price called him a liar, and was knocked down for the insult. Price arose and drew a revolver. He shot at Van Rapper twice, the first bullet striking near the heart, penetrating a pocketbook and letters, glancing on a rib and lodging in the right side. The second shot was taken as Van Rap- per attempted to run from the room. The bullet pierced both legs bslow the knee. Van Rapper is not likely to recover, es a physician could not be obtained imme- aiately and his wounds were not dressed. Late to-night a surgeon who had been | summoned from Los Angeles had not yet arrived. | This affray calls attention to the almost total disregard of the law in Kernville. No arrests have been made, nor is it likely that the town authorities will take any action. Shooting scrimages are frequent | in Kernville. Nearly every male resident | of the town goes about well-armed, 2nd in | true Western fashion feels called upon to draw and fire at the si itest provocation. | WANTED T 14C0Ma. | Embezzler Earle to Be Returned From San Franecisco. | TACOMA, Wasn., Jan. 31, — Sheriff i Milis will leave to-morrow for San Fran- | eisco with requisition papers signed by Governor Rogers to bring Harry M. Earle | back. Earle hurriedly left Tacoma in De- cember, taking with him $35 belonging to he tent of Maccabees at South Tacoma, of which he was keeper of the records. He worked as car-painter at the Northern | Pactfic carshops while here and left numerous creditors to grieve over his de- parture. The commander of the Maccabee tent swore out, the warrant for his arrest. | Earle was fraced to Seattle, but got away. | Recently it was learned that he was at Stocktou, Cal., where he has relatives. | The Sheriff at Stockton found that he had | gone to San Francisco — The Laura Madsen Is Safe, PORT TOWNSEND, Wasi, Jan. 3L— The overdue schooner Laura Madsen, from Salaverry. Peru, to Vancouver,laden with sugar, arrived at Port Angeles to- | night. NEW DAY. ““Red Letter Day” There will be no general ‘‘Red Letter Sale”’ in March this year. will be a ‘‘Red Letter Instead, every Monday Day.2 Everything will not be reduced in price at once; certain items each Monday. This will spread the bargain-feast over the |whole year. To-day---Table Day. We picked tables first, because such a worldful of tables are here. A general table thinning-out | is the programme. ° | T k1 $3.00 instead of $6.50 for this table. - Candidly, that’s less than it cost us. We do it simply to give this first sale the genuine old- time “Red Letter” ring. We charge the loss to advertising. Don’t mistake this for the bedroom | stand you’ve been paying $3 for. 1¥'s a great, big, full-grown table; top 27inches square. A sitting-room or li- brary table, if you please, $3. You choose from polished oak and tich mahogany finish. These are We can’t men- Interesting, tion all the table too. goodness and cheapness that awaits you, but | here are a few reductions : Oak Library Table, one of the finest in | the store, ricaly carved, $75—was $130. Prima Vera Parlor Table, delicately in laid top, $20--was $10. p Curly Birch Parlor Table, $18—was $27. Large round Mahogany Table, $35—was $50. Maple Writing Table, §13.50—was $27. Maple Parlor Table, $12—was $20. Mahogany Tea Table, $13—was $20. Maple Tea Table, $10—was $15. Oak Card Table, $14—was $20. Mahoganized Work Table, with silk | sack underneath, $15—was $23. | Inlaid Mahogany Hall Table, $10—was $16. Mahogary Tea Table, $13—was $20. Whits and Gold Parlor Table, a beauti- { ful thing, $19—was $27. | Iniaia Mahogany Tabourette, §9—was $13.50. | Mahogany Tea Table, $7.50—was $10; | and it's real mahogany, too. | Mabogany Tea Table, the top touched with dainty bits of fine carving, $13—was $19. Mahoganized Par'or Round Mahogany Parlor Table, $12— | was $16 50. And cheaper yet—a solid Oak Bedroom Table for 60c. | | Table, $1—was California Furniture Company. N. P. Cole & Co., 117-121 Geary Street. Carpets, Rugs, Mattings.