The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1898. PLACES [NFIT FOR THE SICK San Francisco’s Hospital and Pesthouse Are Condemned. State Health Board Says They ‘Should Be Removed as Disgraceful. Woodland Physician Found Respon= sible for a Recent Diphtheria Epidemic. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Board of Health held a meeting here this evening. The board resolved that the City Hospital and Pesthouse in San Francisco are unsanitary, and in evgry respect unfit for the retention of the sick, and should be rondemned and re- moved as disgraceful. The action of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in authorizing a garbage incineration plant was com- mended. A communication was read from Dr. M. Gardner, medical director of the Southern Pacific Company, announcing that cars were now disinfected on tering the State from the South. e quarantine on vessels coming from Mexican ports was raised, there being no infectious diseases at these ports. A report had been made that the Btockton Asylum, with 1500 patients, had only fourteen s of consump- tion, while the Southern California asylum, with less than 500 patients, re- ported fifty cases, besides several doubtful ones. Dr. Henderson, who had been investi- gating the spread of diphtheria at Woodland, reported that at least one physician there had failed to report diphtheria nd had in a number of pronounced cases reported them to be tonsilitis and membranous croup. As the cases had not been guarantined the disease had spread. He ordered that tonsilitis cases be quarantined, and the spread of the disease was checked. Dr. Crowley was authorized to attend the meeting an arterly centennial «©of the National Board of Health at De- troit and then go to Washington and confer with the Secretary of Agricul- ture in regard to quarantining against splenetic fever in c. 3 Many cases of prosy having ap- peared recently in this State Dr. Morse was authorized to go to the Hawaiian Islands and study the disease and the best methods of treating it and report thereon. The next meeting of the board will be held the second Saturday in Feb- ruary in San Francisco. NEW FRENCH EMBASSADOR I8 DULY PRESENTED. Diplomats Arrayed in Full Uniform Present an Imposing Spectacle at the White House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The new French Embassador, Jules Cambon, was presented to President McKinley to-day at 11 o'clock. The presentation was per- formed by Secretary Sherman, who did not receive the Embassador at the State Department, according to the usual cus- tom, but met him at the White House. M. Cambon was accompanied by Paul Le- faivre, who has been the C! ge of the embassy since the and also t sta parture of M. Pate- other members of all arrayed in full t uniform and making an impressive spec- White in tacle on the broad portico of the House. The party red parlor by the Presider were a little out of th the inaj commonplaces, from the fact that they breathed on both sides attachment rowing out of the anclent alliance of the ‘nited States and Franc s TERRIBLE SUICIDE OF BOOKKEEPER GREENLEAF. Jumps From the Sixteenth Floor of the Masonic Temple and His Body Is Mangled to a Pulp. CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—Alfred C. Green- leaf, a bookkeeper, committed suicide to- day by jumping from the sixteenth floor | of the Masonic Temple. Greenleaf had been out of employment for some time, | and, becoming despondent, decided to make way with himself. His first attempt was made in the Chamber of Commerce bullding, where he was caught in the act of jumping over thé rafling from the tweifth floor to the rotunda, and ejected from the building. He then went to the Masonic Temple, ascended to the six- teenth floor, climbed upon the railing and jumped off into the rotunda. His body struck a marble landing on the floor, shattered a slab two inches thick. and landed on the balcony of the second floor. The body was reduced to a mer: pulp. Greenleaf's fall was witnessed by scores of people in the rotunda. v STANDARD OF TEA. Work of the Board of Experts in Session at New York. NEW YORK. Jan. 15—The United Btates Board of Tea Experts, which has been holding executive sessions in this city for the purpose of considering and adopting standards to govern the im- portation of teas for the ensulng year, announced to-day that four of the elgh- teen standards to be adopted had been decided upon. The standards adopted are practically those of last year, and govern he importation of Japanese n the schedule of standards they are known as Japan tea, Japan dried; Japan tea, sun dried; Japan tea, basket fired and Japan tea, dust or fannings. In the first three the' condition 1s made that the maximum percentage of dust or fannings must not exceed 4 per cent, when sifted through & No. 30 sieve made of brass wire No. 3L | The board has yet to determine fourteen standards. The board announces that no especial effort will be made to raise the standard of last season. e PRESIDENT CHANDLER LAUGHED AT THE RUMOR. Declares That the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company Will Not Be Absorbed by the Western Union. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—A report was circulated in this and other citles last night to the effect that the Western Union Telegraph Company had absorbed the Commercial Cable and Postal Tele- graph Com})fln)’. Albert C. Chandler, resident of the Postal Telegraph and 'able Company, Jaughed when he heard the rumor. He said that there was abso- Jutely no truth in it and it had no foun- dation whatever. Jan. 15.—The State | third | RELIEF COES 0 DAWSON CITY | L |No Movement Yet to Stop ! the Proposed Govern- l ment Expedition. | Uncle Sam Wants Official Ad- | vices as to the Condition of Miners. Canadian Officials Say They Will | Keep Food Trains Moving Until Spring Opens. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—The Herald's Washington correspondent telegraphs: | “The Government relief expedition will ' be sent to the Yukon region unless of- | ficial advices direct from Dawson | should be received announcing that the miners are amply supplied with food.” | This statement was made to me to- | night by Aecting Secretary Mieklejohn. Mr. Mijeklejohn states that there is no truth in the report that ‘the Govern: ment will postpone the date of the de- | parture of the expedition. | “We have only hearsay information | from Dawson City in regard to the sit- uation,” he said. “Major Rucker of the Fourth Cavalry telegraphed yes- terday that miners coming from Daw- son City had reported that there was ample food there, and this information | is in line with the statements these miners have made upon their arrival at cities on the Pacific Coast.” Mr. Mieklejohn is making an earnest effort to get an official statement in re- gard to the condition of miners in the Yukon region. He telegraphed to- day to the Canadian authorities ask- ing them if they had any official in- formation, receiving this reply from Minister Sefton to-night: “My reports indicate no immediate danger of starvation at Dawson, but there is a great necessity for i sions belng distributed between Selkirk and § 8 v at various posts. I believe the ice has formed all the way through now. Our provisions are being pushed down by horses and dogs. I intend to keep supplies moving unti the water opens in the spring, to aveid any possibility of disaste: Another of the old w York pilot- boats has found a new career, and it lies in an expedition to the Klondike. Her name is the Actala, of ninety-two tons, which has just been purchased by C. C. McCarthy, recently first officer of the steamer Starbuck of San Fran- cisco, who is fitting her out for a voy- age to the Klondike around the Horn. She will be commanded by her owner, Ten and will have a crew of six men. among whom are three women. tain McCarthy cxpects to sail about January 20. The Actala was originally built for a pleasure craft, and was first owned by W. F. Weld of Boston, in whose possession she remained for some years before she became a pilot- bLoat of the Sandy Hook fleet. | — - — { IS OUT OF WGRK. | 1 Sorry Plight of a Yall;‘b Californian Stranded ‘ at Dawson City. ‘ SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 15.—Word has at last been received from the party of | three young men who left here last year during the Klondike excitement to | search for gold in the frozen north. Thei expedition ‘was composed of R. C. Kirk, | L. Emerson and C. Bergesen, all well known here. Their object was to es- | | tablish a paper in Dawson City, but the press and type were deserted and | left on the trail while the party pressed on. Backing the young men were some of the best-known people in San Rafael. Rumors that the party had perished in the snow were current, but a letter received by James H. Wilkins | of San Rafael yesterday, although tell- ing of hardship and suffering, is en- couraging to the extent of informing their friends that they are still alive. Following is the letter in part: | N. W. T, Nov. 21, 1897, | I wrote you some days | ago about our arrival here—how the boys | | abandoned the printing outfit at Dyea, | | and how we were unable to procure pro- | Visions here. Kirk and Bergesen are | working a lay and are securing fons. By practicing the most rigid econ- | omy I can pull through until the first | boat arrives, I hope. But I want to get | out of this country before 1 starve to| death, for unless I can raise the money to come out on the first boat I really b | lleve T shall never get out. * ¢ & | have been up and down the gulch look- | ing for work and can get none—abso- | Jutely none. There is not employment | for one-fourth of the people here, and | will be none; it's a case of eat your grub | | and starve unless you can get out. Over a thousand men will have to risk their | lives In getting out this winter or starve. Not a pound for sale in either store. | The Snunlry is all right if you have | plenty® of provistons and money. If you ave not it would be better if you were | | in Hades. 1 feel that I am in great| | peril and I ask you for God's sake to help | { me out. I'll be the most contented kid | in California when I get back. and I'll | repay every cent you have put on me. | * * » ] wish 1 had taken your advice | and remained where 1 was, but if you will help me out of this city of famine | I'll work my hands to the bone in your | service. The trip has benefited me and 1 am in perfect health. | Advige all you know to stay out of here, unless they have a thousand dol- lars and a thousand pounds of grub. 1 remain yours, L. EMERSON. —— » EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. Monthly Statement Showing Trade Condi- | tions of the United States. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The monthly | statement of exports and imports issued | by the Bureau of Statistics shows that | the exports of domestic merchandise for December last amounted to $123,181,743, an increase as compared with December, | 1896, of over $6,000000. For the twelve months the increase was over $93,000,000. The imports of merchadise during De- cember last amounted to $51,514,733, ofi which $24,184,680 was free of duty. This is a falling off in the dutiable merchandise | of over $8,500,000. -For the twelve months | the increase was about $54500,000. The gold_exports for December last amounted to $573,538, and the imports to $2,110,013. For the twelve months there was a de- crease in the cxports of $23.873,087. and a decrease in the imports of $73,681,782. The exports of silver during the last | month aggregated $5,800,271, and the fm- | ports $1,082,352. |, The vear's figures show a decrease in | | the silver exports of $4,711,062, and $357,827 | in the imports. rovis- | Lot Katherine Grey Seriously I/l. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Katherine Grey, the San Francisco actress, is serfously ill in the Hotel San Remo. The hotel at- taches and her physicians will say noth- APPROPRIATION FOR THE ARMY Two Hours’ Debate on the Bill by Members of the House. An Increase in the Amount Asked Due to the Im- proved Service. Eulogies on the Life and Public Serv- ice of the Late Representative Milliken. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. Call.Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 15. The House devoted two hours to gen- eral debate on the army appropriation bill and the remainder of the day to eulogizing the life and public service of the late Representative Seth W. Milliken of Maine, who served for four- teen years in the lower branch of Con- gress. Immediately after the reading of the Jjournal Star (P.) of Nebraska rose to a question of privilege to deny a publi- cation in a local paper that he had act- ed as attorney in the pension case of Jackson W. Cheney. As a Represen- | tative he said he had interested him- self in the case, but he had never acted as an attorney in his life. On motion of Lanham (D.) of Texas, a bill was passed authorizing the Pres: ident to appoint an additional District Judge for the northern district of Texas. It was explained that Judge Rector, now Judge of the district, was | utterly incapacitated from hig duties. The House then went into commit- tee of the whole and took up the army appropriation bill. The bill, as Chair- man Hull of the Milltary Committee explained, carried $23,185,990, or $1,039,- 751 less than the estimates and $56,746 in excess of the law for the current vear. The increase in the pay of the army was due to the fact that the army was nearer its maximum strength than heretofore. A new provision in the bill required the payment of troops by the paymaster in person. The general debate on the bill was desultory and not confined to the sub- ject matter dealt with by the bill Henry (D.) of Texas took occasion to ‘denounce Secretary Gage's funding scheme, Terry (D.) of Arkans: remarks about the pr and Gainer (D.) of Tennessee some the claim of the publishing house of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. At 2 o'clock the debate was suspended to give the members an opportunity to pay tribute to the memory of the late Representative Milllken of Maine. Speaker Reed occupied the chair dur- ing the delivering of the eulogies. s made some tective tagiff, Those who spoke were: Burleigh (R.) of Maine, who succeeded Milli- ken; Dingley (R.) of Maine, Boutelle (R.) of Malne, Dinsmore (D.) of Ar- kansas, Skinner (D.) of North Caro- lina, Mercer (R.) of Nebraska, Hil- born (R.) of California, Hicks (R.) of Pennsylvania and Little (D.) of Ar- kansas. At 3:25 p. m., as a further mark of respect, the House adjourned. FUNDS WERE LOOTED BY MANAGER REINECKE. Career of Dishonesty Revealed by the Fail- ure of the Kentucky Trust Company, an 0id Corporation. LOUISVILLE, Jan. 15—The assign- ment of the Kentucky Trust Company to the Columbia Finance and Trust Compa- ny was filed this afternoon. The liabili- ties are $125,000; assets about $50,000. The concern has been looted by Reinecke, who was allowed to manage all its af- fairs. Reinecke was here thirty-five years and had the confidence of all his countrymen. He spoke six languages nd was a splendid musician. He was the Italian + Consul here and is alleged to have appropriated much of the money that was intrusted to him to remit to the old country. He has a brother who is a musical composer of note in Germany. He is married und has relatives in Cin- cinnati. S BETROTHED WAITS IN VAIN Strange Disappearance of John Sweetnam, Late of Novato. Departed Without Having Occupled a House Which He Had Just Purchased. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 15—In a little home in Boston, Mass., there is a heart- broken maiden who is anxiously await- ing tidings of John Sweetnam of Novato, a dairying town thirteen miles from here. In Bedford, Mass, there is a brother, George H. Sweetnam, who also is awalit- ing knowledge of whether his brother is living or not. Sweetnam's disappearance 1s one of the mysteries of the little town of Novato, and Interest has been revived by developments which leaked out to- day. . In August of last year John Sweetnam purchased some land in Novato with the purpose of making the place his home. Sweetnam then drove to Petaluma, where he mortgaged his property for $450 and roceeded with the money to buy lumber 'or a house. The lumber was paid for and delivered and Sweetnam had money left—about $100, it is sald. Soon after he returned he hitched his horse to his cart and without a word to any one drove away. From that day the people of Novato have not set eyes upon him. Constable Devoto took the. case in charge, and has been energetic in his ef- forts to trace Sweetnam. evotq learned that Sweetnam, after leaving Novato, had gone to Angel Island, where he has a trunk. Letters were found there that led to the discovery of his sweetheart and brother in the East. Sweetnam had left Angel Island and from there dropped out of sight. It is possible that he may have become deranged and was sent to an asylum. Constable Devoto will ascertain by inquiry if such is the case, but the Eruspecll of finding him in any of the tate's institution is slight. George H. Sweetnam, the brother of the missing man, has written to Devoto ask- ing for information and appealing to the authorities to locate his brother, if he still lives. His address is Bedford, Mass., or 246 Devonshire street, Boston. In the letter from the young woman she pleads that something' may te done on the part of the authorities or others to learn the whereabouts of her betrothed. Lol e Better Than Klondike. Wanted—Parties with from $500 to $10,000 to control sale or manufacture of patent to hitch and unhitch horses without getting out of the vehicle. Prevents runaways. Profit on sales, $50,000 vearly. No canvassing. New York and Iiinos sold. Call at once and get choice of territory. I B. Snell, rm. 137, Lick House, Montgomery, near Market, San Francisco, Cal. ing about the nature of her complaint. Miss Gre{ had a leading female role in | company No. 2 of “The First Born.” She Helen Berry in ‘“‘Shore Acres,” on th original production of that plece. —_—— Parchment used on the best banjos is mede from wolfskin. | made her first success in New York as e | Estate of H. F. Windel. The estate of Henrl Frederick Windel has been appraised at $8,589 49. The es- tate consists of personal property solely. The last will of George Scharetg was flled fof probate yesterday. The estate, consisting of personal property, the value of which is unknown, is bequeathed to the widow of the decedent. SEAMEN ARE NOT SLAVES Repeal of a Statute Mak- ing Them Such Is Urged. Andrew Furuseth’s Mission to ‘Washington Will Be Successful. Imprisonment of a Sailor for Viola- tion of a Civil Contract a Relic of Barbarism. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 15. Captain Thomas Wallace of San Francisco is at the Riggs House. He is here to attend the .convention of masters and pilots, which meets next week. Andrew Furuseth of San Fran- cisco is also here and will urge the re- peal of the United States statute which provides the penalty of imprison- ment for seamen who leave their ships in harbor and refuse to carry out their | sailing contracts. It will be recalled that the United States Supreme Court in the Arago case decided that this statute (passed in 1790) is still in force and is constitu- tional. Therefore, the only remedy for the seamen is to have this odious stat- ute repealed. Mr, Furuseth contends, with reason, that the imprisonment of @ sallor for violation of a civil contract is u species of siave labur and is a relic of barbarism. _He says the tugitive 1783 was based on this same statute, which was never repealed, but should be. He justly contends that there is no more reason for imprisoning a sallor who violates a clvil contract than a land-lubber lavorer who does likewise. A bill for its repeal will be urged by Maguire in the House and Perkins in the Senate. The seamen will also urge the passage of a bill requiring the “'bridge officers” of vessels, first, sec- ond and third mates, to be licensed; also a bill requiring that for neglect of giving proper signals or orders pilots and officers of vessels shall be tried and convicted by a board of three in- stead of a single inspector before their license is revoked. A TI0ME RULE (IIRTER ONLY Dr. J. H. Stallard Gives His Views on Organic Law Making. No One Man Power, No Civil Serivce System, buta Constructive Non- Administrauve Document. Dr. J. H. Stallard lectured in the Me- chanies’ Institute last night on a “Home Rule Charter.” He prefaced his remarks by giving his experience of twenty-five | vears In London, where he had been con- nected wih the great problem of muni- cipal government. conducting city affairs was contrasted with that of the American as he found it. Statistics from the various American citlies were referred to, which went to show that we are far behind our English cousins in the manner of running large municipalities. Figures from the Auditor’'s reports of this city | were ed to show the woeful extrav- agance of our system. In 1589 and 130 the total in salaries alone was $2,.274,203. This was increased during the seven following years, until {n 1896 and 1597 it had grown to $3,173,391—a difference of 8, or at the rate of $128.444 a year. The various Commission- ers’ departments were shown up to be nothing but places especially created for political time-servers who owe their_al- legiance to the political bos The greatest of all of the many evils was | pointed out to be the License Office, where the salaries had increased from $28.729 in 1889 and 159 to $40,721 in 1896 and 1897, without any perceptible increase in the revenues:; yet there was $11,962 ex- pended for salaries alone. Other offices were cited also to show the rottenness of our present system of city government. He advocated the idea that a charter for the people should be framed and adopted upon the principle of a railroad board of directors. ——————— INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST. Senator Perkins Interested in the Trun'spar- tation of Goods in Bond Through British and American Territory to Dawson. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Senator Per- kins was at the Treasury Department this morning and saw Commissioner of Navi- gation Chamberlain refative to the trans- portation of goods in bond for British territory through American territory to Dawson City. This Is not only to include the transportation of relief supplies for the Kiondike, but is intended to appiy to the transportation of all goods into that country. The visit of Canadian Minister of the Interior Sefton was made | for this purpose Senator Perkins was given to understand at the Treasury De- partment that there would be no’ diffi- culty about the transpertation of goods in bond to Dawson and that the regula- tions would be issued during the first part of next week, g;nhubly on Monday. As the goods are to shl{med from Van. couver (British territory) through Ameri can territory into Dawson City, inspectors or surveyors of customs will be apro(med | to supervise this transportation of goods in bond from St. Michaels up the Yukon, the Porcupine and Stickeen rivers. Pensions have been granted as follows: | slave law of ‘The English system of | leading | RAIN WELCOMED BY THE FARMER Light Showers Fall Several Sections of the State. More Are Needed to Give an Impetus to Grain and Fruit Crops. Extent of the Damage by the Recent Frosts in Los Angeles County. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 15.—Rain began falling in San Jose and vicinity this | morning and continued at intervals {until evening. In all .10 of an inch | fell. The farmers are pleased because ! the indications point to another down- | pour. Several inches more of rain is needed to meet the demands of the soil. A few more rains, and the Santa | Clara Valley will be assured of large | crops, both of fruit and grain. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 15.—There was | a short shower of light rain here this | afternoon, which probably pleased the | and | | farmers. The continued frosts | cold weather, it is said, are keeping | back the grain, which will not make much headway until a warmer spell | comes on. No complaints of a lack of | moisture are heard here. | are in a state of statu quo, so to speak. The grain is all in the ground, awaiting jonly warm weather, with occasional | rains, to show rapid growth. There are no reports of injury to crops in this section from drought or other causes, but they are retarded and held back by cold weather. As soon as the | conditions change, the growing crops | wiil come right along. | The County Horticultural Commis- sloners report the chief damage of the week’s frost to have occurred in the neighbcrhood of Downey and Rivera. Many of the orchards there suffered se- verely, fruit and young trees being frozen in many instances. The damage occurred in streaks, following the ex- treme lowlands and gulches. Lemons were also injured. Fruit inspectors have condemned a quantity of frosted oranges offered in open market ip chis city. The damage to trees and fruit oc- curred only on lands unfit for citrus cultivation. The high foothill orchards | were not affected by the touch of low temperature. STOCKTON, Jan. 15.—The rainfall to-day was very light, and had no ef- fect on the crop outlook. The farmérs have generally finished plowing and are awalting heavy falls of rain, but no damage is feared from the delayed downpours, and there is no present fear of a dry season, for it is remembered that last year there was very little rain until February and then it came too fast and crops suffered for late rains in the spring. It is the late rains that make crops, and farmers feel no anxiety until the spring opens. While the winter rains hold off the indications are good for late spring rains, and these make the farmers glad. The acre- age in this county will be larger than for many years, and from the present outlook the crops will be abundant. The rainfall in Southern California | during the week was sufficlent in most cases for general farm work. Plowing and seeding has started afresh and | there is general confidence of a full | crop. Early sown grain is doing well and pasturage has revived. The total | rainfall for the season is 3.77 inches. | The indications are for more rain dur- ing the next twenty-four hours. The maximum temperature to-day was 62 | degrees, minimum temperature 40 de- | grees. { SAN DIEGO, Jan. 15.—The late rain has removed all present danger of the grain crop failing. The acreage is much larger than last year. Early in the sea- | son immense tracts were sown to grain, which is already well advanced. This | is notably the case in the Santa Maria, El Cajon, Poway, Escondido and Del | Mar districts, in all of which an in- acreage has been planted. creased Since the last storm farmers have been busy sowing more grain. The weather | is clear here to-night | WHEAT MEN ARE RATHER ANXIOUS Watching for the Storm Which Is Traveling Interior- ward. More Rain Will Fall Throughout the Cosst According to Pre- dictions. The wheat men throughout San Joa- | quin Valley are watching anxiously for | the storm which is traveling in that di- | rection according to the reports of Fore- | cast Officlal Hammon. It will mean con- | siderable to the growers there if a heavy | rain should fali within the next few days. | The storm is slowly advancing toward { the interior, and in the mean time more rain is expected to fall along the coast during the next twenty-four hours. The forecast during to-day states that South- ern California will have rain as well as the northern portions. The summary states that the storm that was hovering over Vancouver Island has divided, a por- tion advancing eastward and the other raveling toward Oregon, thence south through Nevada. Cloudy weather still continues in San Luls Obispo County, accompanied by southerly winds, as far south as Bakers- fleld. The Sacramento Valley has been visited by the recent downpour, and snow California: Original—James A. Morri- | hag been reported at Dunsmuir. It is re- son, San Diego, $10; James N. Gettys, ported that the temperature has risen all Stockton, $8. Original Wwidows. ete.— | oyer the coast, especially noticeable in Martha J. Case, San Francisco, $8; Mary Havens, Pasadena, $8. Minors of Owen Buena Vista, $12. Original—Danford R. , 38, fleld, 38 to $12. Sarah F. Reickards, Baker City, $8. Increase—Arthur Washington: Original widows, Sciota Cabanski, Seattle, $12. Superintendent’ of the Mint Leach was at the Treasury Department to-day and made a wages of San Francisco Mint employes. Mrs. McKenna and Miss on Tuesday Marie will make her debut. Senator Perkins and Representative the reap- J. Thompson as receiver Barham have recommende pointment of F. of the land office at Eureka, Cal. siliAR ke Robber Irwin Arraigned. SAN JOSE, Jan. 14.—Isaac Irwin, alias Marvin, who robbed and nearly killed E. A. Brown last Saturday morning, was ar- raigned before Justice Gass to-day on a charge of grand larceny. His examina- tion was set for January 18, with balil fixed at $2000. An additional charge of as- sault with intent to commit murder will be placed against Irwin.. The whole of the $200 taken was recovel Cotes Vot r furphy Coles Vall R ridges, Marsh- Original widows. etc.— ete.— rotest against any reduction of Marie Mc- Kenna have issued cards for a reception at 5 o'clock, When Miss portions of Nevada. The peculiar shape and wide area of the storm movement accounts to a certain extent for its slow progress. SOMNAMBULIST LIES DOWN IN SNOW TO SLEEP. Thinly Clad He Walks From a Train and Is Found When Near to His Death. ‘LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15.—Custer Mec- Kay, the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. McKay of Oakland, came with- in fifteen minutes of being frozen to death at Tehachapl on Thursday morn- ing. The young man is subject to som- nambulism and while en route to the City of Mexico with his mother he left the train at Tehachapi, clad only in his underclothes. The train proceeded on its way and after voung McKay had, whils sound asleep, wandered about in the snow for a while he lay down and started on + his slumber of death. A raflway man on his way stumbled over his snow-covered body and took the young fellow to the depot, where medical aid was summoned. It took hard work to bring the boy to | consciousness. The crops | N0 HOPE FOR IS RECOVERY~ PARADISE FOR THE POOR MAN Booth-Tucker Talksof the | Charles M. Shortridge ' Salvation Colony at Dying at Gilroy Hot Soledad. Springs. Returning to New Yqrk He Is| Physicians Announce Their Enthusiastic Over the Belief That the End Is Project. Near. Unstinted in His Praise for the Many Kindnesses ‘of Landlord C. F. Romie. Heart Trouble Responsible for the Conadition of the Stricken Man. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. JOSE, J*a;.fi 15.—Charles M. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Commander | SAN > b Booth-Tucker has just returned from |Shortridge, editor and proprietor of the a visit to his newly founded colony at | San Jose Mercury, is critically ill at Soledad, Cal., of which he speaks en- thusiastically. It is a poor man's par- adise, he declares. “To Northern and Eastern people,” | he said to-day, “the idea of opening our | | homestead colony on January 5 might not have seemed wise, but out there it appeared quite a natural thing. The people of the valley declare that the clouds have been held up by the pray- | ers of Salvationists till they could get | the roofs on thirty neat.cottages that | dot_their 500-acre tract of land. And, | curiously enough, just as we took the | train to leave, the clouds spread them- | selves over the valley. Mr. C. F. Ro- | mie is a fine type of the hospitable Californian, and he has placed at our disposal what is generally admitted to be one of the choicest spots in the val- ley. Innumerable have been the kind- nesses of our sympathetic landlord. More than 2000 trees for ornament and | shade await transplanting. An irri-| gation plant is to be purchased for our ‘ | | | | | Gilroy Hot Springs, and his phy | nave little hope of his recovery. | Shortridge has had several severe at- tacks of heart trouble recently, and in the latter part of December was taken to the springs in the hope that the mountain air and mineral baths would benefit him. Some improvement re- sulted and he was contemplating T turning to San Jose, but new compli- cations set in and vesterday his con- dition became alarming. There has been no improvement since. Charles M. Shortridge became much wors 1y {l. His p! iclans expect the end to come within the next twenty-four hours. Mrs. Shortridge and daughter, accompanied by Dr. Curnow, the fam- ily physician, of San Jose, arrived at | Gilroy to- PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF JANAICA TO CANADA. MONTREAL, Quebec, Jan. 15—W. B Chapman, a well-known capitalist of Ja- maica, in an interview to-day, stated that the party in favor of the annexa- tion of the island to Canada has grown to great strength and that definite mea ures are on foot to secure the union. It is the intention to unite all the British possessions in the Western Hemisphers into one dominion, and Chapman says definite_encouragement has been offered by the British Government. “While this may be to the advantage of the empire, Canadian politicians are pro- sting vigorously against being har- sed with such incompatible interests. The differences, they say, between prov- inces now in the confederation are suf- ficiently rampant to justify opposition. Some years ago a delegation from Ja- maica broached the subject of union to the Canadian Parliament, but the pro- 't was overwhelmingly defeated. The present party intends to appeal to the British Government and is sanguine of ccess. The leaders here claim that if the scheme goes through all the strength will be taken from the confederation and state that Canada will resist it by all possible means use and paid for in easy installments. The land itself is sold at a’ reduced | price and in time payments.” “And the colonists, what sort of peo- ple are they?” ‘“Well, they were the pick of 400 fam- ilies numbering 2000 persons, who had | applied, mostly living in San Francis- | co. Ninety per cent of the applicants | had had more or less experience, ha ing drifted to the city, and being anx fous for an opportunity of getting back | into the ‘country. All of the selected families were able-bodied agricultu- | rists. 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