The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1898, Page 2

ern river ves, pressure een inch stroke. Each will have high- with cylinders eight- meter and s ot are of the locomo- 18, gine in d boilers tive fl x pattern, sixty-eight inches in diameter and t four feet in | length. 1 do not kne what the name of the company is that will run the steamship: Mr. Magee, T understood, will simply run the river boats and ply them between St. Michael and Dawson City.” . The hulls and upper works will be bullt by Louis Paquet, one of the old- st boatbuil in Portland. This yortant part of the work, employment to a large of shipbuilders, carpenters and iak T8, The four barges * built in Portiand, but act for them has not - - STORY ABOUT LOCOMOTIVES. An Attorney’s Improbable Yarn Concerning Klondike Relief Trains. 8.—-Six locomo- ny trains over the the Chilcoot Pass, cut- through deep drifts of | 7y hel their tin mountain nd valleys beyond and | gliding over the frozen surface of | rivers to Dawson City—that is the | programme to be attempted in about a month, It is asserted, Uncle Sam hav- | a contract with a new trans- | n to carry supplies over 11ds of Alas and Brit- bia to the starving miner: mdike. Congress has author- | sending of a relief expedition City, and Secretary Alger | completed all arrange- | to Charles Strauss, | of this city, and made a con- vith a compa which hae just | zed to attempt the ingeni- | feat of reaching the land of gold | trains ing mad portation conce the p ish ( in the the to D ha ments, according att rney wit} on runner fif United mand of Captain | ompany the trains Strauss this enterprise is to be under- Brainard, he declares, ™ t Sound count the departure of the fon which is to carry 150 tons of provision supplies for the miners. With Captain Brainard in the E E. G manager of the Transportation Com- concern with which Secre- er of the War Department has * a contract, and which is to h six curious engines and thirty- ive cars that carry the supplies. Rosenfield in New York and hir until a week ago, complet- details of the expeditic 1uss snys the company W of States A company [ nder Brainard, | of the relief I t i con to ac expedition Northwest, Strauss is V8, 1ers Al } 1 tary 1 1 are to was rean- ized by Joseph Ladue, of Dawson City, with whom Seccretary Alger consulted sgard to the most feasible way of s 1o the Yukon during Ladue picked out r E. J. Rosen- who L many years in the regions and had built difficult s of railroad along the lines of Rio Grande and North- uppli perils of winter eral manag for field, lumby his ge cording to an al- py of which wa )y Strauss, agrees to pay pound, or $600 a ton, for the of food of the BY 8 in the uar ed that the sup- : delivered to the repre- the Government within days from the date of the de- t the head of Lynn Canal, LUy lief expedition of fifty soldiers manded by Captain Brainard is to npany the shipment in order to see that it iches its destination. The transportation company in its con- tract to furnish the soldiers with food and shelter during the trip and to give them free trar tation to erous Bkaguay again. The ( ment in- trauss says, to let the provis- exactly what they cost, in- ansportation, and will take good ¢ that nobody gets more than he is entitled to. It will not be possible for anybody to buy a lar hold for a rise. 1, is at over s most thereafter e amount and The Government, it s to pay 20 per cent of the cha s after the trip Chilcoot Pass, which ult part of the trip, installments are to be 1s m is t and a | American Cycle | but this week Arthur A. Chase went to THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FRENCH TANDEM LANDS FIRST England’s Riders Second and the American Teams Last. That Was the Result of the Wheel Races at Madison- Square Track. Lively Postponed Race Between Michanel | and Bald. Events Substituted for the Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—French tandem first, England's riders second and America’s two tandem teams beaten in the trial heats was the result of the in- ternational tandem pursuit which the ¥ Racing Association substituted for the Michael-Bald match race on the Madison Square Garden track to-night. Six thousand persons | witnessed the contest. Michael was to have met Eddie Bald, but owing to the lllness of Bald this | event was declared off. The Chase brothers, in addition to Fulford and Wheelock, were entered for England, pieces and could not train on, and “Merrie England” had to be satisfied with a representation vf two men. | The American outfit was thus in- creased by the necessity of substituting Jay Eaton and F. F. Goodman, in ad- dition to Fred Titus ana Nat Butler, who were originally assigned to defend the Stars and Stripe Gougoltz and Lamberjack of France and Titus and Butler drew for the first heat. These two tandems started off at a very live- ly gait and the Frenchmen gradually but surely gained on their rivals. Just few feet from the tape the French- men redoubled their efforts and passed the Americans, winning by half a wheel in 1:59 3-5 for one mjle. Fulford and Wheelock of England then went on against Eaton and Good- man, but after they had covered the second lap the latter tandem was made useless by the collapse of the rear tire. Tha Englishmen generously stopped and consented to give the Americans another chance. As s00n as the teams were started again it was seen that the l'.‘nxlithonl we bound to win, which they did| cleverly, after chasing their opponents | for a distance of seventeen laps. Time, 3:29 2-5 for one mile and seven laps. This shut the American teams out of the final heat, which the French team | won from their English opponents af- | '(nr‘tru\'erslng elght and one-half laps, n 3 In the or mile professional event the final heat was won by A. Newhouse, Buffalo; F. J. Titus, New York, second: | A. Weinig, Buffalo, third; E. tevens, | Buffalo, fourth. Time, 2:10 3-5. Edouard Taylore, champion middle distance rider of France, paced by Gou. | Roltz and Lamberjack, Fulford and | Wheelock, and Elks and Davis, rode a mile exhibition in 1:62 2-5, the fastest | vet made on this track. -— CQURSING AT LOS ANGELES. Dogs Drawn for the Interesting Events at Two Parks. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8—The folowing s the official drawing for the coursing matches at Agricultural Park to‘morrow.: Ponto First and Queen S, Unknown | and Jack, Monte and Trilby, Lady An. | geléne and Hetty Green, Molly and King C, Sailor Boy and The Times, Jerry K and White Chief, Saflor Girl and Lady | Lily, General and Agey, Rag Baby and Poker Davis, Chandler and Dawning, K1d | Mctoy and ‘San Diego, Trip and Fiiaco, | Cyclone and Red Dick, Romeo and Fi | Tom and Fanny C the Second. HeEs. These dogs are the most famous that | have vet been entered iIn the coursing | matches in this part of the State. The | following is the officlal drawing for the | races at the Southern California Coursing Park to-morrow: Black Beauty and Sir Walter Scott, | piid at the end of every fifty miles of 'Corbett and Silk Jem, Sharkey and Due | the trip. In case the expediton should | Little Beauty -and Point Loma. Prines break down at any point and the com- 2nd Jack Dempsey, Speedwell and Mollte, | pan+ is unable to complete the trip, the MOTMNE Star and Fleet,” Queen J and | Government has the power to employ | “The San Francisco dog stakelBorders | somebody else to take the supplies | Valentine and Nellfe, Jo n Mitchell and through and to pay the company only ' Don Castel, Kitty Scott and Rellamee roportional share of the freight QOlden W and Dan C, Fan Helen and Sans | If Captain Brainard is dis- Souci, Santa Alicia and B. B, and B satisfied at any time with the speed that is being made, he will have the power to cancel the contract, take pos- lon of supplies, and get them | ugh in The engir construction of now b will be not later way that he sees fit. and applianc for the the so-called cars are manufactured, and they iipped to Portland or Seattle wan January 20, where they smbled” and shipped to Provigions will also be sent » latter being probably Trains will be Skaguay early next engines will resemble secured ready to s month. The those used In the logging region of Lake Superior. Both engines and cars will be on runners. Big cog-wheeled rollers which are to furnish the pro- pelling power will be used in part, rather than electricity, since an abund- ance of wood can be obtained for fuel. intended, however, to carry con- able oil along for emergency. there will be an apparatus ¢ thawing out the snow as the engines move along. In addition to this there will be a pilot car and gnow cutter, which will go ahead and clear the way. will be nec number of din Strauss, company to employ a large | to do the necessary | 1 beyond the pass. Who says he represents the a legal capacity and that | rnment for the new | v that the intention | n succeeds, to establish s regular winter train serv- ice for taking through provisions and ‘ngers. The troops who accompa- v the expedition will build fixed sta- tions along the way, and when the ute is clear it ought to be possidle, he says, to make the trip by train in two weeks or less, AFTER A LARGE APPROPRIATION. President of Stockton's Commercial Asso- | ciation Going to Washingtun. STOCKTON, Jan. S.—President Bu- | ell of the Commercial Association will | leave for the East next Wednesday to represent this community in an. en- | deavor to secure a large appropriation | from Congress for the improvement of | aquin River and for an ad- | ppropriation for the building | *cted on the Government prop- | in thig city. Mr. Buell will also | resent Stockton at the Nicaragua . Cannl Convention, to be held in Kan- sk Clty on the 17th instant. - Monitor Monadnock at San Diege. AN DINGO, Jan, 8§.~The United States eonst defonse monitor Monadnock ar- vod to-day, Bhe sails next Wednesday O two weolis ut target practice in Mag- Aulens Hay At the same time it | These will be the first races at the new | coursing park. ! LSS Miss Al Farrow's Victory. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 8.—Not a favor- fte won to-day. The sensation was fur- nished by the California filly, Miss Al Farrow, who won the first race with | odds of 100 to 1 against her. Weather | fine; track fast. One mile, Miss Al Farrow won, Spring- time sccond, Necedah third. Time 1:44. Selling, seven and a half furlongs, Siva | won, Seaport second, Amateur third, | Time, 1:36%. ! The Jackson handicap, one mile and a | quarter, Milwaukee won, Dr. Sheppard | second, Mazarine third. Time 2:10. | Selling, one mile, Tranby won, Cherry Leaf second, Viscount third. Time, Selling, six furlongs, Sauterne second, A Tit for Tat won, | Lone third. Time, | 1 Selling, one mile, Little Billy won, Jack Hayes second, Bagpipe third.” Time 1:44. ; . e Big Money for Ben Brush. | JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 8 —A llpe-l clal to the Times-Union and Citizen from Rockland, Fla., says: M. F. Dwyer to- day sold 'Ben Brush to James R. Keens for $25,000. UNITED HARMON/OUS ACTION IS DESIRED | Close of the Conference of Clerical and | Lay Delegates From Both Branches ! of the M. E. Church. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—The confer- | ence of clerical and lay delegates from | both branches of the M. E. churca came a close to-night, the business he- fore the conference being dispatched much quicker than expected. Bishop Merrill, representing the Northern | branch of the church, and Bishop Gran- | nell of the Southern branch, alternated | in presiding over the conference. As | & result of the three sessions held dur- | ing the day resolutions were adopted | expressive of the views of the confer- ence for united and harmonious ac- | tion. | URUGUAY'S PRESIDENT PREPARES FOR nsnszmzs! In the Event of a Revolution the National Guard Will Be Arrayed Against the Regular Tronps. Copyright, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 8.—Advices | from the Herald's correspondent in Montevideo, Uraguay, say that Presi- | ident ad interim Cuestas has issued a | proclamation assuming a dictatorship, and that a revolution |s impending since the assassination of President Barda. Senor who assumed | ing the office of chief executive, has had bitter oppesition in Congress. In or- der to do away with this he decided to dissolve that body, but met opposition in the Cabinet. Now Dr. Mendosa has been appointed Minister of Finance, and General .Castro Minister of War. Both favor a dissolution of Congress, and with this new strength behind him Senor Cuestas will probably act deci- sively. Fearing that uprisings would follow any act hestile to Congress, Se- nor Cuestas, it is officlally announced, has decided to call to active service all the national guard, numbering several battalions. The national guard will be opposed to the regular troops if the regulars show any disposition to op- pose the President or to rebel. it e, TROUBLE IN THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS. Ten of Its Members Hand in Resignations and Contemplate Forming a New Qrganization. NEW YORK, Jan. 8—The Society of American Artists, which grew out of the Academy of Design, is threatened with disruption. Ten of its members have handed in their resignations and contemplate forming a new society of artists. The secders have been known among their colleagues as of the im- pressionistic school and the final breaking off seems to have come as the last of a chain of disagreements in which the different styles of painting figured largely. Those who have re- signed are: Frank Benson, Joseph De- camp, Thomas Dewing, Childe Hassam, William Metcalf, Robert Reid, Edward Simmons, Edmund Tarbell, John Twachtman and J. Alden Weir. Three years ago, according to one of the members of the society who did not resign, the impressionists got con- trol of the jury of the society and ran things pretty much to their own liking. Since then, however, the more consery- ative element has regained and kept control of the society, and in every ex- hibition since then the jury has been in the hands of the conservative mem- bers. COLORADO G RLS [N GREAT DEMAND Remarkable Order of Manager Bailey of the Hotel Coronado. After a Bevy of Beautiful Waitresses to Make His Resort the Talk of All Tourists. Specia! Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, Jan. 8.—Colorado is all agog over the fact that there is a run on waiter girls from this State. It all comes from an order placed by Man- ager Bailey of the ¥Hotel Coronado, who demanded the services of girls who were accustomed to the hotel life of Colorado. He prescribed their height, weight and ages, adding that he would not hire any one with short hair—not that he was opposed to suf- frage and women’s rights—but he wanted a bouquet of beauty would make his hotel the talk of all tourists. The manager interdicted all ship- ments exceeding 160 pounds of plump femininity and also placed a ban upon the small apron wearers. Their hair must hang down thely backs, accord- to the veracious employment agent who received the order, and not be less than waist length. This order is all the more remark- able owing to the fact that Manager Bailey is not a native of this State. He came here to open the Hotel Glen- wood and imported his own waitresses from Boston. There were fifty alto- gether, but they could not stand the climate or something, so he got rid of them and engaged a lot of the best- lookers among the native born girls of the Suffrage State. That he was sat- isfied with his experience goes without saying now that he is anxious to add to the export list of Colorado the blooming young suffragists who have been raised to have their own way and make the men obey. SIE IS 70 WED AGALN, RUMOR SAYS Continued from First Page. For my part T do not consider that an engagement exists, even though vows have been exchanged, until a formal announcement has been made. A public declaration to me alone consti- tutes an engagement.” Mrs. Denman was not loth to admit that she had heard the interesting ru- mors, and that her friends had even this early offered their congratulations. Rumor not only connects the names of the worthy young couple, but goes on to state that the formal announce- ment of these two hearts that beat as one is to be made public in a month. Mrs. Hinckley, -the heiress of the many Blythe millions, is well known and highly esteemed in this commu- nity. The litigation for the vast wealth of her father has now virtually ceased and Mrs. Hinckley's attorneys declare that the case is now closed in her favor. William Denman, the fortunate young man, {s manager for the well- known law firm of Chickering, Thomas & Gregory. He Is the son of the well- known educator and ex-Supervisor James Denman. In appearance he is tall, stately, handsome and dignified, and is a remarkably stylish dresser. He is well known in club and social circles and Is a great favorite with his many friends. Mrs. Florence Blythe-Hinckley was seen in Oakland last night with refer- ence to the rumors. The petite and charming little heiress was not at all surprised over the call, as she had been notified early in the evening by Mr. Denman and members of his fam- ily that newspaper men were on their trail. “No, T must deny the rumor. It is not true—nor was the one that preced- ed it to the effect that I was engaged to Mr. Moore. Yes, I know Mr. Den- man; he Is a friend. I will let you know when anything is going to hap- pen.” In spite of all these denials, how, ever, the story is still making the rounds of the gossips, and many who claim an intimacy with the young couple insist that it had been agreed between Mr. Denman and Mrs. Hinck- ley to make a formal announcement of their engagement early in February. Not more than 100 years back stage- coaches would occupy nineteen or twenty hours to travel eighty miles. “‘The Telegraph,” In 1789, between Lon- don and Gosport, a distance of elghty- three miles, would take nineteen hours to lecom.p‘llflh t.h‘e. Jjourney, and uu‘l: was considered fastest coach England. that | JANUARY 9, 1898. BEATS A FRIEND AND RUNS AWAY How Henry Marvin Re- quited Favors Show- ered Upon Him. Given Bed and Board by E.| A. Brown, a Resident of Hollister. He Takes His Benefactor's Revolver and All but Manages to Kill Him. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 8.—Robbery and al- most murder were committed this morn- ing by Henry Marvin, a broken-down gambler, upon a friend and benefactor, E. A. Brown, a farmer from Hollister, in a lodging house on North Market street. Brown met Marvin in Hollister a week ago, and as the latter was broke Brown provided him with work and food. Brown had decided to leave Hol- lister and come to this county to en- gage in the hog business. As Marvin was doing nothing he was brought along. The men left Hollister a couple of days ago by team and arrived here last night. On the road they picked up F. M. Owens and wife, actors who had become stranded at Santa Cruz, and brought them to this city. Brown put up his team in & stable and secured a room for Owens and his wife and also one for Marvin and hrmself at the lodg- ing house. Brown and Marvin spent the evening looking about town and re- tired about 9 o’clock. Brown placed his trousers containing $360 under his pil- low. He was awakened this morning by Marvin beating him over the head with a revolver, and taking his trous- ers out from under his head. He was terribly beaten about the face and head and rendered unconscious. His cries attracted Owens, who rushed into the hall in time to see Marvin leaving the room and running down stairs. He raised a window and asked people on the street to stop Marvin as he had killed a man, but no attention was paid to his cries, and the man escaped. Brown, who was covered with blood, was removed to the Receiving Hospital and his wounds dressed. They are not serious and he will be all right in a day or two. The revolver used by Marvin was found in the room. He had risen early and gone to the stable and got the revolver from Brown's wagon. On the way up from Hollister Marvin became infatuated with Mrs. Owens and proposed that she elope with him. He told her he had a great deal of wealth and offered to give her a check for $1000 in the morning if she would consent to run away with him. Marvin has not been arrested and the officers throughout the county have been notified to be on the lookout fur him. A MOB AT MIDNIGHT Continued from First Page. ing to his friends in the country sur- rounding. Sheriff Sims was in Spo- kane when the mob entered the jail. He was told last night that an at- tempt would surely be rade to lynch “Blackie”” and “Slim,” but he laughed at his informant and left for Spokane. Judge McDonald, who has protested against the imputation that the good people of Colfax would allow a lynch- ing, 1s much wrought up. He has or- dered a searching investigation to be made and in the meantime has sent “Siim” for safe keeping to Walla Walla. So quietly was the lynching con- ducted that the night watchman in town did not know until § o'clock that it had taken place. Baliliff C. B. Scott, who sleeps in a room adjoining the courtroom, from which the body was flung, was not awakened. Deputy Sheriff H. B. Treff is the jailer in charge of the jail at nights and sleeps there. His assistant, Willlam Canto- wine, remains on watch inside the jail. Last night as the mob approached “SHm” saw the masked figures pass the window. He called to Cantowine to fire out of the window. Cantowine did not do so and he says he was so excited that he does not know whether or not “Slim” spoke to him. The mob quietly entered the build- ing and awakened Treff. They told him they had some prisoners to put in. He got up without awakening his wife and went out to face a score of revolver muzzles. He was taken up- stairs to the Sheriff’s office, where he unlocked the safe and took out the keys. Then he went with the mob and entered the main corridor. Canto- wine, from inside the corridor guarding the inside door, held his revolver in his hand and asked what was wanted. “Open the door,” commanded the leader of the mob. Cantowine looked questioningly at his chief, who was placed in the front of the mob. “‘Yes, open the door,” said Treft Cantowine did so and the mob en- tered. “Blackie” was asleep in his cell on an upper gallery and was not awakened until the men entered the cell. The pris- oners heard his ejaculation and the blow that felled him. The mob returned trembling and fearful. It was then that “Slim"” made his stand. Had he been overpowered the chances are that Symes and Leon- ard, the two other murderers confined in the jail, would have gone also, but the mob had already cowed itself and “Slim’s” fight had destroyed its last scrap of bravery. The murder of Orville Hayd3en was committed on the outskirts of Farm- ington on the morning of October 23. Farmington is a cold-water town ly- ing close to the Idaho line. Just over the line is a saloon. Several men left this saloon late on the evening of the 22d for Farmington. They were held up by two men, relieved of their money and made to hide in a fence corner. Finally, Hayden with two companions came along. They, too, were held up. Hayden was slow in getting his hands up and was fired on. Two shots were fired through his breast. He turned and ran across the line, faling dead near the saloon. He was intensely pop- = s ular and aroused. Several weeks later two men were arrested, one at Rosalia and the other at Oakesdale. They were with a party of tramps. One gave the name of “Da- kota Slim,” the other was called “Blackie.” A sort of confession was extorted from “Blackie” by a detec- tive. The evidence against him was Btrong. Neither he nor “Slim” has had a preliminary examination, infor- mations being filed direct in the Su- perior Court. Marshall’s true name was Charles, although he was known as Chadwick® Marshall. He was the son of the late Judge T. J. Marshall of Mexico, Mo., a prominent man of that State. “Blackie’s” brother, Thomas H., is a banker in Mexico. great indignation was HANFORD SCHOOL CHILDREN FEASTED. Mrs. E. J. Rawlins Gives Them a Christmas Tree and Dinner. - HANFORD, Jan. 8.—Mrs. J. E. Raw- lins entertained all of Hanford's school children this afternoon with a Christ- mas tree and dinner. Preparations had been in progress all the week at the commodious opera house, arranging the big tree and decorating for the occa- sion. This afternoon at 3:30 o’clock the doors were thrown open and the con- gregation of little ones, about 500 number, marched into the hall, where the tree, with its weight of pretty and useful presents, and covered with myr- iads of tiny incandescent electric lights made the scene a veritable fairyland A number of presents were given to each child, and after the distribution the little guests repaired to the balco- ny, where a feast had been spread. While the children were enjoying the big dinner Mrs. Rawlins entertained the older guests on the stage serving a luncheon. BLOWNUP TIIE OMO RIVER Towboat Percy Kelsey Torn to Pieces by an Ex- plosion. Bodies of the Killed and Wounded Hurled Among the Floating Wreckage. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. PITTSBURG, Jan. 8.—~The towboat Percy Kelsey, owned by K. H. Brown & Sons of this city, blew up while go- ing down the Ohio River, near Glen- field, Pa., about 11 o'clock this morn- ing, and six or eight of the crew were killed and at least four of the others injured. The boat was commanded by Captaln Leslie Jones of Shousetown, Pa., and the crew was made up of two pilots, two engineers, two mates, two firemen, a chambermaid, cook and deck hands— in all about eleven persons. The Kelsey left Pittsburg about 8 o‘clock this morning with a tow con- sisting of seven barges and two flats of coal, and everything was apparently all right until the explosion took place, when the boat was literally blown to pieces and the tow scattered and lost. The hull sank almost immediately, and the shattered fragments of the upper- works floated down the river and cov- ered the water with wreckage. The explosion was most terrific, and was heard for miles. Hundreds of per- sons ran to the river upon hearing the noise, and an awful sight met their gaze. Bodies were floating down the stream, and the debris was scattered far and wide, but no living person was geen. A few minutes later Captain Jones and three others were picked up alive, but badly injured, and one body floated ashore near Neville Island. The injured were removed to Cap- tain Crow’s residence on Neville Island, where everything possible was done to alleviate their sufferings. It is believed that the rest of the crew were killed, and parties are now searching for their bodies. ‘When the boat blew up Pilot Woods was asleep in the pilot house only a few feet from Capt®in Jones. Others of the crew were also asleep. The pilot was thrown high in the air and fell right where a few minutes before the | pilot house was. He was dead when found, and a pitiable sight was his son, lying only a few feet away and injured very badly. He was pleading to help his father. Captain Leslie Jones was injured by a bad cut on the head and his back is badly sprained. The body of Fire- man Webster was blown ashore near by. Only three of the crew escaped un- injured. A MORE LITIGATION AHEAD FOR THE FAIR ESTATE. Two Farmers of Indiana Who Clalm to Be Relatives of the Late United States Senator. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 8.—In this county there resides two farmers who claim to be relatives of the late United States Senator Fair of California, and they are preparing to bring suit for part of the estate left by him. The accounts of the recent suit for the possession of the estate by a wom- an who claimed to be Senator Fair's wife were read by James Parker and Hezekiah Fair in the metropolitan dai- lies. They began to talk it over, and finally figured out a relationship. Their grandfather, Willam E. Fair, was born in Mercer County, Pa., and removed at an early day to Hamilton County, Ohlo, and afterward moved | here. He was the father of William Andrew, Hezekiah, James G. and San- ford. The son named Sanford went West and was never heard from again. Hezekiah rair, residing here, asserts that he has heard his father, now dead, speak of his brother Sanford and won- der what became of him. < It is supposed Sanford Fair married while.in California, he having left dur- ing the gold fever, and that a child was born to him, which he named after his brother, James G., and who afterward became United States Senator. The father of Parker and Hezekiah was named Willlam. Their claim to relationship has excited the interest of many people near here and a leading lawyer Is now taking steps to bring suit in San Francisco for a share of the vast estate. 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HEMSTITCHED. o B2t i Tiac e 72x90 S$1x90 SO OO O OO 00000 0000 000000 00000000000 [0000000000000C00000CO00CIO00) 00000, @ 0000000 5] @ O CEIOOOS 0000 C OO0 © DEBATING THE CIVIL SERVICE Continued Opposition the Law as It Now Stands. to | Members of the House Favor { Some Important Modi- | fications. Hepburn Speaks Against the Popular Impression of the So-Called Merit System. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 8. The House devoted two hours of the | | session to-day to the civil service de- | bate, during which Corliss (R.) of Michigan, Hepburn (R.) of JTowa and Clark (R.) of New Hampshire ad- dressed the House in opposition to the law as it now stands. The remainder of the session was consumea by the friends of the late Representative ‘Wright of Massachusetts in eulogies of his memory. X Corliss (R.) of Michigan was the first speaker to-day. He favored radical modifications of the civil service law. He thought that, constitutionally the heads of the departments were clothed with the powef of appointing their sub- ordinates. To that extent he thougbt the law, if tested, would be unconstitu- | tional. He believed the right of remov- al should be restored and the tenure of | office limited. Hepburn (R.) of Iowa spoke for an hour against what he termed the popu- lar impression of the so-called merit system. The public, he argued, had been entirely misled by the high-sound- ing titles referred to. He believed the | appointive power and the power of re- moval should be lodged in the same | hands, and should be unlimited. Amid a burst of applause from the galleries and the floor he insisted that the polit- ical workers were entitled to and | should be accorded recognition. If there | were to be no reward for the workers, the workers in the future would be more and more loyal to rich contribut- ors instead of to their party or their country. If the present system con- tinued the influence of rich men in pol- itics would grow steadily. Hepburn said he knew his frank expressions would earn criticism for him, and it Wwould probably be said that he placed himself on a low political plane, but these were his convictions, and he ‘Wwould utter them. | . Clarke (R.) of New Hampshire closed the debate with some remarks in favor of modifying the law. He did not care to specify the modifications he would make. He was willing to leave that to the judgment of the Civil Service Com- mittee. But “any old thing” was bet- ter than the present law. (Laughter.) After 2 o'clock the time was devoted to tributes to the life and public ser- vices of the late Representative Wright of Massachusetts. Those who paid tribute to the deceased colleague were Lawrence (R.) of Massachusetts, Pow- ers (R.) -of Vermont, Swanson (D.) of Virginia, Walker (R.) of Massachu- setts, McCall (R.) of Massachusetts, Northway (R.) of Ohio, Knox (R.) of Massachusetts, and Gillette (R.) of Massachusetts. At 3 o’clock the House adjourned. STANFORD GLEE CLUB AT POMONA. Ladies of That Town Give an Elaborate Re- ception in Its Honor. POMONA, Jan. 8.—One of the largest receptions ever known in Pomona Val- ley was that given to-day by the la- dies of this city at the Hotel Palo- mares in honor of the coming of the Stanford University Glee Club to this place. The hall was elaborately deco- rated with the ‘Varsity colors. Peo- ple came from far and near, and every young lady in Pomona was present. This evening the glee club is giving a concert in the Pomona Opera-house, and the building is crowded with peo- ple from Pomona and all the sur- rounding towns. “The Stanford Glee Club- has never had anywhere nearly so prosperous a season as this has been,” sald Mana- ger William McNeil here to-night. “We have had crowded houses every night for ten days, and have now a surplus of over $600 on hand. We shall end our season at Stockton next Wednesday. Then we'll hasten back to work at Stanford.” NEW TO-DAY. WE HAVE JUST ABOUT 2000 YARDS CARPET REMNANTS STILL TO CLOSE OUT At These Extraordinarily Low Prices TAPESTRY - - - 38 Yard MOQUETTE - - - 53¢ Yard BODY BRUSSELS - 59 Yard WILTON VELVETS, 60c Yard AXMINSTER- .- - 60c Yard We never offered at such pric “remnants 8 yds to 30, T Sur window, ALEX. 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