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(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1897 cannot be secured in that form. A res- ‘( olution or a bill would be unconstitu- | tional. In fact, leading Senators whoi are now favorable to a ratification of the treaty would oppose the process of acquisition by resolution. Texas was brought in by a bill because the terri- tory acquired joined the United Slfl!es; and was adjacent. Moreover, the prop- | osition was submitted to a vote of the | people of Texas and by a vote of nine | in ten they asked for annexation. Sen- ators of great influence now favorable to the ratification of the treaty ad- here to the opinion that the treaty making power rests wholly with the President 8 HAVE CAPITAL TO INVEST IN THE NICARAGUA CANAL. Prominent Contractors Send Fourteen Agents to Investigate the Surveys Aiready Made. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—A party of fourteen, representing a number of prominent contractors, will sail to- morrow on the steamer Finance for Nicaragua. They will make a person- | al investigation of the surveys for the | Nicaragua canal, not as representa- | s of the Canal Company, but sim- s business men. Thelr purpose is to thoroughly study the canal, and, if they are favorably impressed; they will on their return make the Canal company an offer to dig and bulld the canal for a certain sum. They will r agree to complete the canal so the naval forces of the United States can pass through it before they demand one cent of payment. The gentlemen of this party favor the Menocal survey, but are open to conviction as to the others. They rep- resent, among other contractors, those who are now completing the Chicago canal, and also the firm which bullt the Russian canal from St. Petersburg to Kronstadt. They cannot make thelr proposition to the Government, but will do so to the Canal Company, who, they expect, will in time Jay it before the Washing- ton authorities. 0N THE EVE OF 1 REVOLUTION Threatened Uprising Against the President of Sal- vador. Gunboat Marietta Ordered Libertad to Protect American to La; Interests. | clal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—A Washing- ton special to ‘the Herald says Salva- dor is threatened with another revolu- tion. To protect American interests the Navy Department, upon request of the State Department, telegraphed orders to-day to the gunboat Marietta, which i{s at Mare Island, directing her to proceed as soon as possible to La Libertad and remain until further or- ders. The. importance of this action will be appreciated wvhen it is under- stood that the Mariett: was being fit- ted for service in Chinese waters. The information upon which the acted came from , Consul at San Salvador, State Department s, John Jenki who cabled: “Condition of affairs in Salvador is alarming. Send a warship.” The Navy Department does not ex- | pect the Marietta to leave Mare Island until early next week. The gunboat returned only recently from Sitka, | Alaska, and the passage was marked | by lones, through which she steamed admirably, but suffered slight | damage. e will also have to be coaled. The distance to La Libertad is about 2500 miles and will be covered by the gunboat in two weeks. The instructions to Commander F. | M. Symonds require of him upon ar- rival at La Libertad to communicate with Mr. Jenkins and to take all meas- ures possible for the protection of American interests. Mail advices from Salvador have in- dicated that trouble has been brewing for some time past. The Ezeta faction, which was ousted in the revolt of two years ago, has never rested, and expe- ditions repeatedly have been alleged to be forming in this country, with a view of proceeding to Salvador and wresting the administration from Gen- eral Rafael Antonio Gutierrez. Gen- | eral Gutierrez has faced considerable | grumbling among his political follow- lers, and it is said one potent cause of dissatisfaction resulted from his ac- tion in joining the Greater Republic of | Central America. It is expected that Honduras and Nicaragua will aid President Gutierrez in return for simi- lar services. Administration officials would not be sorry to see the revolution in Salva- dor successful, as they believe the man | in charge will be chary of entering Into | any compact with the governments of Honduras and Nicaragua. Further- more, they believe a successful revo- lution in Salvador will be followed by rebellions in both these latter coun- tries. DR. REJAS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT VENEZUELA. Will Plead the Little Bepublic’s Cause Before the Arbitration Board. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The briefs in the British-Venezuelan arbitration | case are expected to be ready the mid- dle of February, and the preliminary work of the arbitration court will then begin. The Venezuelan Government has named Dr. Rejas, a prominent lawyer and diplomat, lately resident in Parfs, as its agent before the court. With him will be associated eminent coun- sel, whose names have not yet been announced. The members of the court, Chief Jus- tice Fuller and Justice Brewer for Venezuela and Lord Hirshell and Sir Richard Henn Collins for Great Brit- ain, with Dr. Martens of St. Peters- burg as umpire, will not assemble un- til the latter part of next summer. It had been intended to hold the court at Paris, but the sessions may be held in London, St. Petersburg or some other convenient point. In the mean- time the briefs will be forwarded to the president of the court and thence distributed to the individual members. It is thought the case will not be clos- ed and a decision reached before the end of the coming year. e, Watsonville Sugar Factory Suspendep. SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Dec. 29.—The Watsonville Sugar Factory has closed " down for the season. About 110,000 tons of beets were crushed, the output of which was 15.000 tons of sugar. | will cost § | Over a Dozen Complaints Filed | | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | appears to be ahead of D. M. Carman, | prise to him, and he sald he thought SALINAS SEWER | LAMP UPSETIN ~ ANSWERS GAGE'S DIGGERS OUIT! A LUMBER MILL RECE_I\ELETTER Strike on a Job Yielding but Seventy Cents a Day. ‘Meetings Held and Vigorous Speeches Made by the Dissatisfied Men. They Threaten to Prevent Further Work and the Contractor Will Call on the Sherift. Special Dispatch to The Call. SALINAS, Cal, Dec. 29.—About fifty laborers employed on the new city sewer struck for higher wages this af- ternoon. At 4 o'clock every man doing | piece work in the trench threw down his shovel and left the ditch, declaring he would not work again unless al- lowed higher wages. TRe men had a meeting at 5 o'clock to-day and decided not to work again or to allow any other men to enter the ditch. Groups of men congregated at | diffcrent street corners in this city and | many threats have been made. This | evering at 7:30 o’clock all of the dissat- | isfled men assembled at the corner of | Gabilan and Main streets and a regular | strikers’ meeting was held, several of | the most prominent leaders of the strike making forcible speeches. Some of the men working on the sewer by the day were present at to-night's meeting and attempted to respond to the strikers’ argument, but being on the opposite side of the question were | not allowed to be heard. The meeting of strikers was finally broiken up by the authorities and the crowd ordered to | disperse immediately. | The strike was caused by men who | were not used to digging sewers and consequently could not earn enough to board themselves. There was a cut in wages about a week ago and these in- experienced men took advantage of it and tried to persuade the men to strike then, but to no avail. To-dm@y, how- ever, when it was found that the men could not earn as much as they had been earning, the prime mover in the | | | | whole affair left the ditcn and by ar- | duous efforts succeeded in carrying his point, finally succeeding in getting ev- ery man digging by the foot to leave | his work. Contractor Willlam Heafey stated to- night that he knew absolutely nothing of the strike until the men had left the ditch; that he was paying his men more than any sewer contractor—10 cents a running foot in a seven-foot trench by fifteen feet deep—and that he had men who were earning $2 50 and $3 per day at section work. The strikers clalm the highest a man can bly earn at the present scale of s is about 70 cents a day. A committee has been appointed, composed of five of the most influen- tial citizens of this city, whose duty it will be to investigate the whole af- fair. Contractor Heafey stated that if the | strikers do not ailow his other men to g0 to work to-morrow he will call on the Sheriff for protection. The new clty sewer is about six miles long and CARMAN AGAIN UNDER ARREST Against the Californian at Chicago. Accused of Swindling Many Persons Out of Money Through His Land Schemes. CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Serious trouble | { a member of the California Land Com- | pany, who is charged with swindling. | Although the first charge against him has not yet been disposed of by Jus- | tice Martin, over a dozen complaints | have been filed against him, and he has been re-arresied on four war- | rants, charging him with obtaining money by false pretenses. Warrants were issued by Justices Martin and Evereit. The cases before Justice | Martin will be called for a hearing to- morrow afternoon, and an attempt made to dispose of them before court adjourns. Among those who have filed com- | plaints against Carman are: Dr. J. Potter, Dr. E. T. Murdock, Louis | Adams, M. A. Miles, A. J. Lewellyn, George Bergen and Willilam Bovenizer. Carman’s re-arrest was a great sur- the joke, if it was a joke, was being carried too far. He demurred against further detention, as the committee of which he is a member was going East to-night. This brought out a statement from the Proeecuting Attorney that if Car- man’s feilow Californians proposed walting for him they could at once make up their minds to maks Chicago their permanent honie. Aftes jome de- lay Carman fcund a bondsman and was released. The arrest to-day was caused by William Bovenizer of 38)6 Blmwood place. ‘e, like Binnes, claims to have | dealt witn Carman as the head of the Kenwood Land Company of Ilenwoocd, Cal. He clalms a loss of $1)). S. L. Saunders of the samz address appeared to secure a warrant, claim- ing to have lost $700 as the resuit of his transactions with Carman. According to statements a large number of others are about to bring similar prosecu- tions. They say the concern did an extensive business, and it was repre- sented to purchasers that they were getting the finest fruit lands. Upon investigating they found, they say, that they had purchased barren rocks, and the property was taken from them, they say, by foreclosure of blanket mortgage covering entire property. bt B ke Legal Tangle Over a Fresno Mine. FRESNO, Dec. 29.—The death of Ed Lloyd, the supposed owner of the Con- fidence mine, has resulted in a peculiar legal tangle. The Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company claims the prop- erty under a mortgage deed and a quit claim deed from Lioyd and has placed & man in charge of “the mine. The Public Administrator, claiming for ab- sent heirs, disputes the deeds and has also put & man in charge. George Green, a creditor of Lloyd, was to-day granted special letters of administra- tion. Finally James Smith of San Jose, a brother-in-law of the deceased, appeared upon the scene this after- noon and will claim the property in the pame of his wife. Lloyd recently re- fused §10,000 for the mine. @ | ment 1s making inquiries at Old Cas- San Bernardino Has a Narrow Escape From Destruction. Property Valued at $78,000 Is Licked Up Within a Few Minutes. Timely Assistance Comes From the Neighboring Towns—The Losses and Insurance. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 20.—The most disastrous fire that ever visited this city broke out this afternoon at 4:30 in the Whitney Planing Mill, and in an incredibly short space of time the entire structure was in ruins. In the yard adjoining the mill on the south side was stored an immense quantity of lumber, which became ig- nited, burned fiercely and defled all the efforts of the fire department and an immense bucket brigade to create the least impression on it or stay its progress. On the corner of the block directly south of the burning mill stood St. John's Episcopal Church, a splendid structure and the pride of the city. Within a moment it was dodmed and no power on earth, it seemed, could stay the flames. A flerce north wind added to their fury and created a | blast that would have melted stone or iron as easily as wood. To the east of the church were the splendid residences of James Murray, County Assessor A. G. Kendall and Joseph Marks. Willlng hands attempt- ed to save their household goods, but so flerce were the flames that not a tithe of the articles. was removed. Such effects as were taken out were piled in an indiscriminate mass on the street, upon which the flying embers | settled, adding to the consternation prevailing. | Assistance was flnally asked of Red- | lands, Colton and Riverside, and with the help of Chief Engineer Perris of | the Southern California Railroad an | engine standing on the track at River- | side was hitched to a flatcar upon | which a hose carriage and willilng men | were soon placed, and away they sped | to the conflagration. In twenty-two | minutes they covered the fourteen miles and were soon at work. | On their arrival it was found that the | fire had crossed Fourth street, and | thence through to Court, burning on | its way a few sheds until it settled down in good shape on the residence of Mrs. Abbott and the hardware houses | of the Wilcox & Rose Impiement | Company. Here it again spread, and in | a very short time all the bulldings in | the block bounded by Court, E, Third | and F looked as if they were doomed, | the only hope to stay the flames being | the Harris block and St. Charles Hotel | on the south and the Drew block on the west, all brick bufldings. This fresh outbreak only added to the panic, and many were the fears that the town was doomed. Fiying | embers were carried a long way and, settling on the roofs, kept the resi- dents busy passing buckets of water. About this time the hose companies from Celton and Redlands arrived and with them a hook-and-ladder truck, | and upon being stationed at convenient places around the two fires they soon had the flames under control. The total loss, as far as can be esti- mated, is $75,000, with an estimated in- surance of about $20,000. The {indi- vidual losses, as far as can be ascer- tained, are: . J. Whitney, $15,000; 8000. W. G. Wright, house and contents, $1600; insurance, $2000. Episcopal church, $3000; insurance, $3000. insurance, s G. Kendall, house and contents, $3700; insurance, $1900. James Murray, house and contents, $6500; insurance $4900. H. C. Rolfe, house and contents, $2800; insurance, $1000. Green estate, house and contents, $3700. Skating-rink, $800. Wilcox & Rose, $5000: {insurance, $2000. Ray Wollward, house, $1000: no in- surance. J. L. Porter, house, $1000; insurance, $800. Mrs. Abbot, $800; no insurance. McAbee & Tate. two houses, $1500; insurance, $1100. John Ward, house, $1000; insurance, $300. Joseph Marks, $2000; insurance, $1100. One of the greatest personal losses suffered by one individual was that of W. G. Wright, who has devoted his life to natural history collections, which were in some features rare and known to scientists throughout the country These collections had a market value of $16,000 or $20,000. The cause of the fire was the over- turning of a lighted lamp in the hands of young ‘Whitney while passing through the mill, CUT TO PIECES IN A DOUGH-MIXING MACHINE. Scotland Yard Detectives Investigating the Death of Peter Doggett in New York. LONDON, Dec. 29.—Inspector Correy of the Scotland Yard detective depart- tle, County Meath, Ireland, in connec- tion with the death of Peter Doggett, who was cut to pleces in a dough ma- chine in New York City last Augu: An important arrest is expected in a few days. Peter Doggett met his death on the morning of August 28 last. At the time it was believed that it was the result of an accident, and the Coroner's Jury rendered a verdict of accidental death, but recent circimstances have given rise to the theory of murder. ——— OREGON FARMER FOUND MURDERED AT HIS HOME The Body in a Sitting Posture With a Knife Sticking in It—Evidences of a Hard Struggle. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 20.—A special to the Oregonian from Dayton, Or., says: George Sager, a4 bachelor living near here, was murdered on his farm yesterday morning. On his body were several wounds, and when found the body was in a sitting posture, with a huge knife -uclqns in it. Tfiere are evidences of a° desperate struggle, showing that Sager fought hard for his life. No métive is known for the murder, as he was never known to have much money. Advances made on furniture and rlllnswi or without removal.J. Noonan, 1017- mm—«: Samuel Gompers on the Secretary’s Financial Scheme. Why the Federation of Labor Opposes the Retiring of .Greenbacks. Fears That It Would Make the Na- tional Banks of the Country Supreme. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGQTON, Dec. 29.—Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, has replied in an open letter to Secretary Gage's recent letter taking exceptions to the resolu- tions passed by the Federation with reference to the Gage financial bill. Mr. Gompers says in part: You take exception both to the posi- tion which our organization has taken upon your bill, as well as the language employed. Even if you are justified in the one, you certainly misapprehend the other. I submit that you will seek in vain for a single denunciatory word either In regard to your motives, your plan, or your bill. e realize that de- nunciation is not argument, but to de- clare our position and the statement of a fact In regard to a most important and far-reiching measure, affecting the changing of the flnancial system of our country, can by no means be construed as denunciation. Those resolutions declare against your plan for more thoroughly committing Qur country to the gold standard—a plan for destroying our greenback ourrency and substituting bank notes—a plan, in fact, for weakening the control of the National Government over that most im- portant of all measures, the measure of values, and strengthening the banks—a lan aiming at what you eall “Currency eform,” and which we call “Bank monopoly.” The wage-earners of America, repre- sented in the American Federation of Labor, believe that the position taken in regard to the retirement of the green- back currency is antagonistic to their in- terests, and they are opposed to your plan for more thoroughly committing this country to the gold standard. You ask what evils have resulted from our adherence to the gold standard. 1 answer that the evils are those that have grown and .ever m grow from a dis- honest mcasure of values, a _measure of values that interferes with the just dis- tribution of wealth, that deprives some men of a part of their earnings that is rightly theirs and confers it upon others who have earned it not. The products of labor are divided Into three general shares. One share goes as interest and rents to the money-lender and landlord, the capitalists who do not productively use their own capital, who seek to avoid the risks of production: second share goes as profits to employ- ers, a third share goes as wages t0 wage earners. The interest charges and rents are to a great degree fixed and profits and wages are subject to great fluctua- tions. This being so, it Is clear that anything that reduces the total money value of the products of labor must in- crease the share of the money-lender and creditor though nominally fixed, and de- creasg the share to be divided among em- ployers and wage earners. It {s ually clear that to increase the vaiue of mo. ney must decrease the value of the pro- ducts of labor and therefore enrich the creditor at the expense of the debtor. Now, It your adherence to the gold standard has caused money to grow dearer, you must admit that the gold | standard has done injury to our people, brought distress to wage earners and employers, and discouraged enterprise. Our adherence to the gold standard has caused money to grow In value and of course forced the things measured in money to fall in price. You admit that the purpose of your currency bill, is to cause the retirement of our national greenback currency and all Government paper money and the substitution of bank mnetes. This you hold to be desirable. Why? Would 1t not give the banks the power to regu- late our foreign exchanges, the power to check gold exports by contraction and by screwing down accommodation to merchants 50 as to force them to throw their products on the market at prices at which our forelgn creditors wonld rather take such products than our gold? Would it not thus relieve the Treasury of the burden of providing for gold re- demption, and make the banks supreme? This we hold to be undesirable. We oppose your curesncy bill because, as has been well said, “It is a bill to pro- vide for the abdication of the sovereign power of the Government to the banks. for strengthening the hands of the spec- ulative cliques, enriching the few and impoverishing the many.” SAN JOSE BURGLAR ADMITS HIS GUILT. Henry Clay Makes a Confession and Exon- erates R. L. Clark of Complicity in the Crime. SAN JOSE, Dec. 29.—Henry Clay, one of the men arrested yesterday for loot- ing the residence of Miss Caroline El- ton at 549 South Ninth street, con- fessed thls morning to the robbery and exonerated R. L. Clark of com- plicity in the act. He said he took the furniture and sold it in order to get whisky. Clay hired Clark to help him, and says the man was innocent of any wrongdoing. Miss Elton had applied to the Assoclated Charities for a man to care for her place while she went away for the holidays, and the society recommended Clay. As soon as Miss Elton was gone Clay sold the furniture and carpets to second-hand dealers. Nothing was left in the house but a piano and the cook stove. The man re- alized $16 on about $200 worth of furni- ture. Clay has been charged with grand larceny. WILL WED IS8 VOORIIES T0-D4Y James B. Haggin to Link His Fortune With a Blue Grass Belle. Elmendorf Farm in Kentucky to Be Their Home a Part of the Season. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—A speclal to the Herald from Versailles, Ky., says: It was announced to-night that the marriage of Mr. James B. Haggin, of New York, and Miss Pearl Voorhies, of this clty, would take place to-morrow afternoon at the residence of Mr. James P. Amsden, her stepfather. The wedding will be very quiet, only the nearest relatives of the bride to be present. B Miss Voorhies will wear a costume of blue cloth and white silk, with point lace around the neck and sleeves. Mr. and Mrs. Haggin will leave at 6 o'clock the same evening for New York in Mr. Haggin's private car Salvator. Mr. Haggin is 74 years old, and his prospective bride 28. Miss Voorhies has been a great fa- vorite with Mr. Haggin ever since she was a child. She has spent most of the last three vears in New York city with Mr. Haggin's daughter. She is hand- some and a notabie belle. Her figure, her complexion and her beautiful gray eyes and golden brown hair are be- yond eriticism. One of the prominent statesmen in Kentucky, now dead, was one of her most devoted admirers. She was educated at Bartholomew, in Cin- cinnati, and at Miss Stuart’s in Staun- ton, Va. She is a woman of high breeding, beaut!ful manners, gracious afind charming and comes of a fine fam- . Mr. Haggin has recently purchased the Elmendorf farm, in Fayette Coun- ty, six miles from Lexington, one of the largest and most magnificent stock farms in Kentucky, and he and his young bride will keep open house there a portion of each year, although New York will be their permanent home. ENDS HIS LIFE UNDER A CLOUD Suicide at Sonoma of a Visitor ‘Who Claimed to Hail From San Francisco. The Name of Sydney Johneon on the Hotel Register Undoubtedly Assumed. | cluding the Chehalls, Newaukum and SONOMA, Cal, Dec. 20.—A man | whose name appeared on the Unfon Hotel register as Sydney Johnson, and | who had been stopping at that estab- lishment for the last six months, put an end to his life this morning by sending a bullet through his head. On | June 16 Johnson arrived in this town, | registering at the hotel as from San Francisco. Next morntng he entered upon a spree, and for about a month squandered from $15 to $20 a day. Dur- ing th: latter port of July, becoming | short of funds, he settled down and | became a quiet and well-Gehaved citi- | zen. Being socially inclined, he soon made friends, but was always very re- ticent about himseif or his connections. | He could converse on any subject, be- | ing exceptionally well educated, but | when his own history was touched | upon the subject was immediately | changed, and upon several occasions hé | grew angry when esked questions about himself. | Jeing unable to learn anything of his history, even when he was under the influence of liquor, many of his acquaintances concluded that Johnson was an assumed name and that he had a history he did not care to disclose. ‘Without doubt he was an early settler in this State, as he could relate private and political Incidents in the lives of | certain pioneers with such a degree of | accuracy as could come from pioneers of '49 only. For the past three weeks he had com- | plained of being il and remained in his room. Yesterday he came down stairs, and when conversing with a | friend remarked that there was a cloud about his (Johnson's) life. This morning at 9 o'clock R. J. Corbett, a guest of the hotel, heard heavy breath- ing in Johnson's room. Upon investi- gating, the unfortunate man was found sitting in a chair, fully dressed, with a bullet-hole through his head. The ball entered the right temple and pass- ing through the head lodged in the | wall. The man was unconscious and | remained so until 10 o'clock, when he | breathed his last. At the Coroner’s Inquest it was found to be a case of suicide, but noth- ing was found to lead to his identity except the initials “G. B.,” marked on the inside of his hat with a pencil. Be. fore committing the deed the desperate man took the precaution to destroy the | name of the maker of his hat. It is evident that Johnson intended that his identity should not be known. He was thought by many to be a fugitive from Justice. IS USLINITED SUPPLY OF CO1Y Bunko Man Who Puts Up Thousands of Dollars Cash Bail. John Reed Apparently Backed by a Syndicate With a Large Exchequer. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Dec. 20.—New England is dazed by an alleged bunko steerer with unlimited coin, who defies imprison- ment, preferring tc put up cash bail. The mystery surrounding John Reed, alias John Greenhalge, the man ac- cused of bunkoing unsuspecting farm- ers in various parts of the State, grows deeper. Yesterday he was released from jafl in East Cambridge, putting up $7000 as bail for his appearance to answer a charge of having swindled Charles Sweetzer of Lowell. He was then arrested again and taken to Framingham, where he again paid $2500 and secured his release, only to be arrested once more and taken to Brockton, where it cost him $7000, which was again promptly pald. Reed had an engagement to appear in the Gardner court to-day. When the Judge came in Reed was not pres- ent, but he was represented by coun- sel, who asked the court for a fur- ther continuance of the case until Sat- urday of this week. The continuance was granted, the surety being left at the same figure. It is beiieved that he will not put in an appearance again, but forfeit his thousands rather than stand trial. One of the men who put up the money sald there was a half million dollars back of Reed to secure his free- dom from the charges pending against him. The suggestion is that there is a regular syndicate back of him, which is willing to put up any amount of money rather than have its opera- tions exposed. Taken altogether, it is one of the strangest cases which have been heard of in the Massachusetts courts for years. — Marin Packing Company in Trouble. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 20.—Three at- tachment suits were brought to-day against the Marin Packing and Pro- vision Company, a corporation formed in August with a capital stock of $60,- 000. Chris Klien, a wholesale butcher, filed one attachment for $7000. Klien bought $14,000 worth of stock and put up bulldings worth $7000. Since then the business has steadily failed. S. H. Cheda, a hay and grain merchant, and Hanson & Lund filed writs for $1400 against the same corporation. Charles Montgomery of the Brooklyn Hotel is president and J. H. Field is secretary of the corporation. FLOODS, SLIDES AND WASHOUTS Great Havoe Is Wrought Throughout Western Washington. s Tracks and Bridges Are Swept Away by the Raging Torrents. Rallroad Traffic Suspended In Many Sections—A Monster Log Raft Adrift at Sea. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Dec. 20.—An immense amount of damage has been caused by floods throughout Western Washington during the last few days. Between four and five inches of rain has fallen | and a warm chinook wind has melted | great quantities of snow in the moun- tains. Every stream between the Cas- cades and the Pacific is a raging tor- rent. Several streams are reported to | be higher than for ten years past, in- Skagit rivers. The Chehalis and Ne- vaukum are a foot higher than at any ime for ten years. South of Chehalis the water stands twenty inches over the Northern Pacific tracks and the railroad bridge over the Newaukum is floating. Between Chehalis and Cen- tralla two feet of water covers tho track. There are many washouts on South Bend, and the Grays Harbor branch is closed by washouts and slides. There have been no trains between Tacoma and Portland for two days, but the main line eastward from Ta- coma is open. Washouts and slides | have again stopped traffic on the Great Northern. The Skykomish River is higher than in November. It has washed out the tracks east of Sutton, and many bridges are entirely gone or | so badly damaged that they cannot be repaired until the water recedes. Between Sylvania and Stanwood the track is under water from the over- flowing of the Stillaguamish River, which is still rising. In the mountains | beyond Sultan more track and bridges | Eleven bents of the | reported gone. Seattle 5 Railroad | Seattle and International | trestle over the Stillaguamish River | have been washed away at Arlington. | | The Skagit River has risen ten feet. It is pouring through the dykes at Mount Vernon and flooding thousands | of acres of farm lands between there and Puget Sound. The towns of Che- | nalls, Newaukum, Toledo, Kelso and | Wynooche, in Southwestern Washing- ton, are partly submerged by the over- | flowing rivers. The Skagit is pouring | hrough Hamilton and Mount Vernon, | and many business houses of Suitan, | n the Great Northern, have several | feet of water in them. | Three miles of track and five bridges | are washed out on the Shelton and Southwestern Railroad. This is 2 log- | ging road, and is in a receiver's hands. All streams flowing into Grays Harbor | are higher than ever known before. The | wind blew 80 miles an hour there last night and the water was two feet | deep on the wharves at Montesano. | People have moved out of Wynooche. | | The steamer Montesano was reported | | 108t 1ast night on Grays Harbor, having | been out seven days trying to tow a | | big log raft from the Humptulips | River. This mornjng she came into Ocosta, having abandoned the raft | containing 1,200,000 feet of logs. The | Chehalis River boom has given way, | letting many logs out to sea. | Shefman Staples had a terrible ex- | perfence during the storm, his boat overturning on Ocosta flats, where he spent 39 hours before a tug rescued him this morning. During two high tides he was up to his armpits in the icy water, and heavy seas dashed over him. Two men are reported drowned in the upper Cowlitz Valley, but their names are not yet obtainable. A great amount of stock and farm property has been carried away in Skagit, Cowlitz, Che- halis and other valleys. The damage by this flood is estimated at $500,000. PRESIDENT APPROVES THE ANTI-SEALING BILL. Killing of Ocean Fur-Bearers in the North Pacific Hereafter Will Be Unlawful. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Ex-Secre- tary Foster had a brief conference with the President to-day, after which the President approved the bill “prohibit- ing the killing of fur seals in the wa- ters of the North Pacific Ocean,” pass- ed the day before Congress adjourned for the holidays. The act prohibits the killing of seals by American citizens, except as they may be taken on the Pribyloff Islands by the North American Commercial Company. It also prohibits the impor- tation of sealskins into the United States, “raw, dressed, dyed or manu- factured.” The penalty for violation of the law 1s a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $2000, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both fine and imprisonment, for each offense, the forfeiture to the United States of the vessel, tackle and cargo employed in the illegal sealing being also pro- vided for. Assistant Secretary Howell had al- ready prepared regulations under the bill in anticipation of the approval of the President, and they were sent to the White House this evening for the executive signature. It Is expected they will be made public to-morrow. Al Express Office Robbery at Campbell. SAN JOSBE, Dec. 28.—The office of Wells, Fargo & Co. at Campbell, six miles from this city, was entered by thieves Wednesday. They carried away a treasure box, but as it contained no money they had only a little wood and iron for their pains. There is no clew to the offenders. 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Richmond Babbitt, dean of All Saints Cathedral of this city, has taken a new turn. The bishop has invoked his pow- ers under the ecclesiastical laws of old England provided for the government of the church and has issued a writ exercised by an American bishop. It to a certain extent corresponds to the writ of prohibition of the civil courts The writ wommands the dean to ceas his ministry within the confines of t* parish and to no more exercise his 4. ties as a minister of the gospel within the dlocese. The dean has not obeyed the mandate. What the future action will be is as yet unsettled. The difficulty between the two prom- inent divines began many months ago. Public attention was first attracted to the matter several weeks ago, when, late one night members of All Saints Chapter visited the cathedral, gagged the old curate, Rev. John Manning, who had been left in‘ charge by the dean, forced him from the building and took possession of the sacred edifice. A civil sult for repossession of the | cathedral has been commenced by the dean, while the curate is pressing a suit against the bishop and members | of the chapter for a pecuniary salve | to his injured feelings, caused by the ousting. The bishop has in effect inhibited the curate as well as the dean, as he has ordered the curate to cease his pastorate of two of his three missions. Since the bishop seized the cathedral the dean has been holding Sunday ser- vices in Elks Hall and likewise offi- clating as minister in a small mission he has organized in one of the sub- urbs. Friends of the warring clergy- men are endeavoring to arrange a com= promise of the differences and at pres- ent have hopes of succes: | CELESTIAL'S HEAD BLOWN OFF NEAR WOODLAND. His Eccentric Conduct Leads a Fellow Em ploye to Use a Shotgun for Selr- Protection. WOODLAND, Dec. 20.—Hong, a Chinese cook, was shot and killed by Charles Sturtevant about noon to-day. Both were employed by M. E. Clowe, a farmer, ten miles north of here. The Chinaman was acting in such an ec- centric manrier that his sanity was suspected, and it was decided to dis- charge him to-day, whereupon he de- manded that he be taken to town. While Sturtevant went to report to Mrs. Clowe Hong took a team and loaded his baggage on a wagon. M Clowe, who feared the Celestial, ad. vised Sturtevant to take a shotgun out for self-protection. Hong put his hand to his hip pocket in a threaten- ing manner. Sturtevant first warned him to stop and then fired, the charge of shot blowing the whole top of his head off. Mrs. Clowe was the only witness to the tragedy. A deputy cheriff arrested Sturtevant, but left him in charge of Mr. Clowe. Sturte- vant's act seems to have been justi- fied. An inquest will be held Friday. e oo New Era Call Clogging the Mails. 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