The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1898, Page 8

FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1898. BODY BLOW DEALT THE CORRUPTIONISTS BOSS REA CALLED DOWN ONCE MORE A Letter That Exon- erated Council- man Jarman Did Not Get a Commission on Selling a Steam Roller. Damage Suit That Would Seem to Be Likely to Stick. GANG’S CHANGE OF PLAN. The Leaders Clearly Laboring Un- der the Delusion That They Are the People. 1 Dispatch to The Call N JOSE, March 23.—Beyond ques- tion the sensation in the present cam- paign was the suit brought by J. P. Jarman against “Jim” Rea for $50,000 damages on two counts charging slan- der and the incident which immediately led to the suit. According to Jarman’s statement Rea chi 1 him on the public street in the presence of a number of wit- nesses with having taken money as an inducement to vote for the purchase and payment of a steam roller by the cit, Rea, in an interview, denied that he had made any direct charges against Jarman, but said he told Jarman he thought Jarman had recelved money in this connection. Rea went further and declared that he knew money had been paid. The man who had dis- pensed the curruption fund, he said, had told him to whom the money had been pald and the amount each man received. ‘When pressed to make public the names and everything he knew in ref- erence to this transaction he declined on the ground that he did not want to “bowl anybody out.” J. H. Maggard acted as the agent of the company which sold the steam roll- er to the city. dently been called to the manner in which his reputation and that of the | been | company he placed in que: charge avowal. In the following communication, which reached the correspondent of The Call to-day, Maggard makes full and emphatic denial of the things of which Rea claims he has positive knowledge, and at the same time fur- nishes facts which completely exoner- ate Jarman. Maggard's letter, in full, reads: To the Editor of The Call: I see by the public print that it is charged that there was 3900 paid on the purchase of a steam roller to some of the Councilmen of the city of San Jose, and that $400 thereof was paid to J. P. Jarman. Since I was the person who T nted the corporation which manufactured the steam roller in question, and who made the sale of the sald roller to the said city, I deem it due to me and to the public to say that I did nor cause to be paid, to the ciimen, nor to any Councilman, of city of San Jose, either directly or otherwise, or to P. Jarman, elther di- rectly or otherwise, any money or prop- erty of any kind, nor did 1 ever promise or offer to do so, in the sale of the said steam roller to said city, nor did I ever authorize or request any one to do so. The records show the price for which the roller was offered to the city and the amount paid for the same, and I desire to say further that this class and size of roller was never offered to the city of San Jose, nor to any other city on this coast, nor to any individual, for any less sum. 1 respectfully ask that you publish the above in your valuable paper. Yours truly, J. H. MAGGARD. At the last meeting of the Council an attempt was made by Councilman Nolting, supposedly at the instigation of Rea, to make it appear that Jarman had presented claims against the city for payment for materials and work that were not legal. The matter was referred to City Attorney J. R. Welsh for an opinion. The opinion was sub- mitted this evening. Nolting has as- serted that the Indebtedness had not been legally contracted. The merits of the matter were not touched upon by the City Attorney in his opinion. This simply stated that the claims had not been verified and that they failed to state by what authority the goods had been furnished or the services perform- ed. In concluding the opinion read as follows: These claims not being regularly and roperly before the Common Council for ts action thereon, I am not at this time called upon to pass upon their merits. They cannot in their present form be legally acted upon by this body. Nolting made another play in the in- terests of the “gang” this evening by moving that the Street Superintendent be authorized to employ additioral men for street cleaning, notwithstanding that the street fund is not now suffi- clent to meet expenses until the end of the year. The motion, after Mayor Koch had called attention to the finan- cial situation, failed of a second. This attempt to incur further in- debtedness on the now depleted street fund j§s looked upon simply as a eal- lery play to make votes for the “gang.” The extravagant regime of the “gang” was strikingly {llustrated to- night in the consideration of claims due the San Jose Water Company for water furnished last summer for sprinkling the streets. The aggregate amount of this company’s claim is $5718 05. The *bill for water furnished in June is $1492. This was approved by the Council to-night, but there is only $888 17 in the street contingent fund, from which all these bills must be paid. It is a violation of the charter for the Councll to pass bills in excess of the fund from which they must be represented has jon by the unqualified of bribery involved in Rea's paid. In view of the dissolution of the tem- porary injunction restraining the Councll from passing the street-sweep- ing and fire-alarm system contracts over the Mayor's veto, it was thought the Council would attempt to consum- mate these contracts, but no action whatever was taken in regard to them. His attention has evi- | J. P. JARMAN. After Almost Make Their Way he would go back at once. away a ten gallon cask of water. a mile out. Incredible Hardships and only four gallons of water, Nelson, For fifteen days the men waited and suffered. was searched fruitlessly for water and finally, despairing, they built a rough raft and drifted out to a small open boat Nelson had anchored The sunken reefs about the island made their way perilous, but they succeeded in getting out to the boat, and after hours of toil- ing at the oar, and with their makeshift sails, on the coast near Warren's ranch. They found water in cow tracks and drank their fill and started again down the coast and reached Decker’s ranch, whence Charles Decker brought them home. evening. Johnson says he will have Nelson arrested. ABALONE HUNTERS LEFT ALONE 1PON A BARREN ISLAND They From Anacapa to the Mainland Near Santa Monica. SANTA MONICA, March 23.—A. Johnson and Bow Olsen, fishermen, left by a companion, John Nelson, on Anacapa Island, the smallest of the Santa Barbara group, arrived home to-night after-in- credible suffering. The men left here one month ago to get abalone shells for a San Francisco bytton company. a small sloop and returned here with a load of shells. The two men had provisions for three days two Nelson landed them from He promised for some reason, bringing The rocky island succeeded in landing They arrived this ERNNLNLLERNBARBRULRNRIRNRILRNINRINNRS been decided to change the title of the “gang” ticket. Cards are already be- ing circulated headed with “People’s Municipal Tic ' This designation is to take the place of “Business Men’s Ticket.” An explanation of the new titie was hazarded by a prominent citi- zen. “The gang,” he said, “is evidently laboring under the hallucination that it is the people. The leaders are in a trance. Their awakening will come with a jolt on the 11th of April.” ELOPEMENT OF PRINCESS LOUISE Little Doubt That She Fled With Her Lover After the Re- cent Duel. Steps Have Been Taken to Place Her Under Guardianship as a Spendthrift. Spectal Dispatch to The Call LONDON, March 24.—The Vienna cor- respondent of the Daily News says: The sudden departure from the Riviera of Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, eldest daughter of King Leopold of Bel- glum and wife of Prince Philip of Saxe- Coburg-Gotha, with the simultaneous dis- appearance of Lieutenant Mattachich- Keglevitch (with whom Prince Philip re- cently fought a duel), 18 now deve_!omng in such a manner that it is impossible to maintain the original resolution to pre- ve secrecy. nx‘lecsce;burgyPaluce the -whereabouts of Princess is absolutely unknown. She ;-k:j money addressed to her butler at Monte Carlo for her, and it is assumed that she is now in Paris. Steps have been taken at Gotha, by order of the reigning Duke, whose consent was necessary, to diclal separation. By the Em- o s Wlsg the proceedings will t occur in Vienna. At the same time RO will be sought to place the Princess under guardianship as a spendthrift. Prince Philip's advertisement in Paris wife's debts was her raising a loan on ewelry. ’Ano?l’yler curlous feature of the case was an attempt made to suppress the ad- vertisement, through the telephone, by the unwarranted use of the name of the secretary of the Austrian embassy, Count Bechtold. COMET NOW VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE Latest Discovery by Perrine Can Easily Be Seen Through Small Telescopes. SAN JOSE, March 23.—The comet that was discovered last Sunday morning by Assistant Astronomer Perrine of Lick Ob- servatory is now just visible to the naked eve. By reason of its distinct cellular nfi- cleus and tall it is an easy object for a small telescope. It 1s situated in the northern constellation Pegasus, and is moving northward and eastward some- what more than a degree a day. The ele- ments of its orbit have been computed by Profestors Hussey and Perrine. They think that the comet passed perihelion on the 18th of March at a distance of a little more than 100,000,000 miles from the sun, and that it is now about the same distance from the earth. Its distance from the earth and its brightness are slowly dlmlnlshlns, The plane of the or- bit is inclined 72 eg'rees to the plane of the earth’s orbit. The Intersection ‘of this plane is In longitude 264 degrees. The comet surrounding the nucleus is more than 100,000 miles in dlameter. While larger in actual dimensions than Jupiter, the largest of the planets, the tail is some 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 miles In length. Some of its characteristics resemble those of the great comet. just in time to prevent the security of her —_—————————— Advances made on furniture and planos, with For reasons not made public it has | or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. POWER FROM THE SIERRA Marysville Lighted by Her New Electric System. Wheels of Industry Turned by a Force Exerted Miles Away. Browns Valley Mines to Be Supplied ‘With a Current From the Same Source. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. MARYSVILLE, March 23.—On Mon- day evening at the office of the Yuba Power Company in this city, there was a large gathering of citizens, the occa- sion being the introduction into Marys- ville of the company’s electric light from its plant in the hills above Browns Valley. There was a magni- | ficent display, the object being to il- lustrate to prospective customers the effect of the different methods of as- sembling incandescent lights in order to obtain the best possible effect. All present were impressed with the splen- did quality of light, its brilliancy and steadiness. Twenty-three miles of a delightful drive, thirteen miles of which s through the low foothills of the Sierras above Browns Valley, brings one to the power-house of the Yuba Power Com- pany, situated at the head of what is known as Capitan ravine, down which for 850 feet is laid the heavy steel pipe which leads the waters of the Browns Valley irrigation canal to the Pelton wheels at the power-house. These wheels are buckled to and run the large electric generators, three in number, of G§00-horsepower capacity each. The machines supply the current for the lights in Marysville and the power for the mines at Browns Valley. The amount of water available at the point of divergence is 2800 inches; the fall from the ditch to the Pelton wheels is equivalent to a vertical fall of 293 feet, and the power there capable of production is 1876-horsepower. Recent inventions in the matter of electrical transmission of power will render it possible to transfer this im- mense load from the point of its pro- duction to the place of application with but the trifling loss of 8 per cent on the maximum capacity of the plant. All of the work in connection with this plant has been of the most substantial char- acter. The water-wheels are supported on solid concrete bases and the wire and poleline are of the best obtainable materials. The entire length of the pole line through the hills is cleared off for fifty feet on each side of the wires, thus reducing to a maximum the danger of interference to the line from windblown trees or forest fires. Convenient to the power house is the residence of the electricians and em- ployes in charge of the plant. The structure which will house these gen- tlemen is a comfortable one of two stories. The company is figuring on extending its current to Wheatland, Smartsville, ‘Woodland, Lincoln and other surround- ing towns. PP P Death of a Novelist. HAMBURG, March 23.—Hans Wachen- husend, the novelist, is dead. o | fire has been built a half WRECK | CAUSED BY THE FLOOD Disaster to a Train Near Columbus, Ohio. Rising Waters Cut Off Escape From the Ditched Cars. Engineer and Two Brakemen Are Missing and May Be Dead. TRAFFIC 1S PARALYZED. Great Damage Done by the Rising of the Ohio River and Its Tributaries. Special Dispatch to The Call. COLUMBUS, Ohijo, March 23.—Owing to the unprecedented floods only two of the fifteen lines of railway. centering | here were able to move trains out of the | city. The washouts were mostly in or near the city. In the western part of the city probably 2000 persons have | been driven out of their houses, or are | living in the upper stories. The water | works pumping station is flooded and | the water supply in the central part of | the city is cut off. A train consisting of 2a passenger coach, caboose and locomotive, with a wrecking crew of twenty-four men aboard, was wrecked near here this | evening. The river broke over its banks and the scene of the wreck is | surrounded by water for a mile, and | can be reached only by boat. The en- | gineer cannot be found. 3 | The fireman was washed away and| swam to a tree, where he is now wait- ing to be rescued, but on account of the darkness and the swift current it is impossible to reach him. A big bon- | mile away to Nearly every | was_more or | are badly in- | give him light and hope. | man of the twenty-four less injured. Six or eight jured and may die. | " Engineer Connell of Logansport and two brakemen are missing and may be dead. The serfously injured are: Con. ductor Franklin of Logansport, Charle: Sparks of Logansport, muel Talk- | ing ton of New Albany, William Moore | of Sellersburg, Frank Lizenbey of Sel- lersburg, Joseoh Scott of Austin and ‘Willlam Whitson of Memphis, Ind. | "A man named McCune says that he | and a brakeman waded through the | water and carried Conductor Franklin | to the end of the trestle, where they 1aid him down. McCune went back to help others and neither the conductor nor the brakeman has been seen since. CINCINNATI, Mareh 23.—The Ohiv River is swollen by a peculiar and re- markabale flood—peculiar in that while | the stage of the water is phenomenal, from Wheeling to Cairo, no tributary on the left bank of the river makes the slightest contribution to the freshet. Added to an unusually high stage of water at Pittsburg. There have been freshets and floods throughout Ohio and Indiana and torrents pouring into the Ohio from the north. Throughout | Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylva- nia there has been an almost steady | downpour of rain since last Saturday. Nearly all the railroads in Central and Southern Ohio are either crippled or totally disabled, owing to washouts and weakened bridges. Throughout Indiana, e st perhaps in the treme northern parts, railroad traffic is demoralized. In Cincinnati the stage of the river at 9 o'clock to-night was 47 feet 6 inches and the flood was rising at the rate of three inches an hour. Rain is still falling. INDIANAPOLIS, March 23.—Floods are reported throughout the State of Indiana. Many important towns are temporarily cut off from communica- tion and trains have been entirely abandoned on some railroads. There | have been thirteen rainy days in March | with a total precipitation of T7.22] inches. of which 3.5 inches has fallen | since Sunday. White River and Big Fagle and Fall creeks are out of their banks and many families have been driven from their homes. It is reported that $100,000 damage has been done at Greensburg, where at nooa to-day eight heavily laden passen- ger trains had been stalled for sixteen hours owing to washouts. At St. Paul the Bickhart flouring mills were wash-| ed away, and other losses there will bring the total up to $40,000. ‘Wrecks have been reported from dif- ferent parts of the State, and railroad traffic in Indlana east of this city is demoralized. Not a passenger train reached Indianapolis from the East to- night. All the bottom land outlying Indian- apolis is covered with water, and White River is slowly rising, but no great ap- prehension is felt. EMPEROR OF CHINA WOULD RESIST RUSSIA Only the Counsels of Li Hung Chang Prevent a Hostile Move. PEKING, March 24—During the last few days the consultations between the | Emperor and high officers of state have | shown that China is finally alive to her serious situation. One night the Em- peror actually decided to resist Russia by force of arms, but lack of money and the counsels of Li Hung Chang prevailed upon him to stop. Neverthe- less, the eyes of the Tsung Li Yamen have been opened to the full extent as to the value of Russia’s promises of friendship, and during a recent discus- sion the Emperor exclaimed: “Why did I not accede to the opening of the Talien Wan when England pro- posed it?” Germany is beginning to experience some difficulty in the province of Shan- tung, where the natives declare that in spite of the Emperor’'s proclamation they will oppose with violence the con- struction of the projected railway. LONDON, March 24.—The Nagaska correspondent of the Daily Mail says: China, it is reported, refuses to accept Russia’s pledge that the occupation of Port Arthur will not be permanent un- less the document is countersigned by France and Germany, but it is believed if she does not accede to the Russian demand before Saturday next Russia intends to seize Port Arthur and Talien Wan and to hoist the Russian dag there. According to a special dispatch from Shanghai M. Kurileff, the Russian rep- resentative in the Corean custom house and his entourage, disgusted over their failure in Corea, have been transferred to Port Arthur. BATTLE OF THE JOBBERS [S FOUGHT Victory Appears Rest With This to Coast. Freight Bureau Hears Both the East and the West. Local Men Present Strong Arguments to Railway Representatives. WILL GAIN THEIR POINT. Difference in Rates Between Carload Lots and Smaller Shipments to Be Maintained. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. DEL MONTE, March 23.—The great battle between the Pacific Coast cham- pions of trade and the interlopers from Chicago and St. Louis has been fought, | and, if there is any truth in the adag2, “Coming events cast their shadows before,” it is on the local banner that the bird of victory will eventually find a permanent roost. As soon as the Transcontinental Freight Bureau went into session this morning Mr. Johnson, representing the forces of the Simmons Hardware Com- pany of St. Louis, and Mr. Wait, repre. senting the Hibbard, Spencer & Dart~ lett Co., of Chicago, were admitted into the meéting, together with their trust- ed ally, Mr. Vanlandingham, who 1s sald to represent the St. Louis Freight Bureau, but who is commonly Ssuf- posed to be a Hesslan indisguise, whose duty is to support the forces of the Simmons Hardware Company in thelr endeavors to force the trade of the Pa- | cific Coast to bear an unjust burden. These gentlemen, speaking in turn, managed to present what they call a case, and after the freight bureau had patiently listened to them until o'clock they were allowed to conclude and went out, their place being taken by the traffic.committee of the Paci Coast Hardware and Metal Asso:ia- tion, which, together with represeata- ives of the citrus fruit men, in the persons of T. H. Buck and Senator William Johnson and Cosmo Morgan, who was there to look after the inter ests of the grocery jobbers of Los An- geles, presented the case of the peojple and the merchants of the Pacific Coast. The hardware and metal men were entrusted with the actual presentation | of the case, and the following gentle- men, members of the traffic committee of that organization, covered the entire ground of debate and presented incon- testible arguments in favor of the cause they upheld in a number of care- fully prepared speeches, which they delivered wunder the following titles: “Our United Pacific Coast Jobbing Trade,” Secretary F. L. Brown; “The Scope of Our Organization,” George Boole of Los Angeles; “The Old Cape Horn Water Routes,” Bruce Hayden; “Water Competition Actual and Possi- ble,” Wakefield Baker; *“Carload Dif- fe ials,” W. R. Wheeler; “Group- , Classification and Fair Inspec- tion,” A. C. Rulofson. The reading of the preamble and the presentation of the recommendations devolved upon Assistant Secretary W. C. McClosk It was quite evident as the addresses were delivered by the men of the West that their remarks brought to the a tention of the bureau some new and very interesting information and they were listened to with the closest at- tention. After the closing address had been made the meeting adjourned for the noon hour. As the different railroad men filed out of the big ballroom, where the s ms are held behind closed doors, and congregated in the lobby of the hotel, it was quite evident from the fragments of discussion that floated through the air and by the congratu- | lations extended by the railroad men to the different speakers, that they had made a very favorable impression on many minds. It was also observed that the wise men from the East were evi- dently much disturbed and looked neither as wise nor as confident as they have appeared during the last few de They were much upset by the aspect affairs were assuming. The Pacific Coast delegation went for a drive immediately after luncheon, leaving the scene of their morning’s triumph entirely unprotected, and on their return they were much sur- prised when told that during their ab- sence the brainy men from the land of the rising sun had endeavored to get another hearing before the bureau, but had been turned down; also that the chairman had, while refusing the re- quest of the financiérs from across the continent, sent unsolicited to the speakers of the morning who had up- held the local side of the controversy to again come before the meeting and explain in detail some of the recom- mendations they had made; but unfor- tunately, they had not returned from Ilhetir drive and the opportunity was ost. Aside from a general and informal discussion of the matters which had been presented for their consideration by the rival speakers during the fore- noon session, the afternoon session was taken up with a number of unimpor- tant issues on the docket. It was offi- cially stated by a number of the repre- i1 | sentatives of the leading roads that, though they had attended many con- ferences, yet for a concise and at the same time thoroughly comprehensive presentation of a case they had never seen the equal of the one put up before them by the local men to-day. From | these and a number of similar exp: | sions of epinion by prominent railroad | men it seems a foregone conclusion that the Western side will be the wi ning side, and that, despite their shrewdness, tl.: men from the I’,flsr; will soon have added to their store/of wisdom the knowledge of defeat. %] When asked to define his position in the St. Louis Traffic Bureau has among its members the leading merchants and | manufacturers of St. Loui It j« my | business to look after the freight inter-| ests of St. Louis in ev: line of (l‘_adv. It happens that the leading questions | at issue in this meeting relate to the hardware trade. A few weeks a=o I was before another meeting of men on a grain proposition. grocery proposition at -this meeting, | and I now have a number of questions | other than hardware. propositions ior‘ consideration. 2 “Our principal reason for coming here, however, was to show the inju tice of the proposed advances in le: than carload rates requested by the hardware jobbers of the Pacific Coast. | We believe the present difference be- | tween carload and less than carload | rates great enough—in many instances too great. We believe to widen these differences would be injurious to our- selves, the retail dealers of California, and to every one else other than the few jobbers who presented the petition last April. We think the Beck & Cor- bett Iron Company, the N. O. Nelson | Manufacturing Company, the Simmons Hardware Company and other jobbers of St. Louis and the Mississippi Valley have as much right to sell goods in Cal- ifornia as the fruit rai alifornia have to sell their products in St. Louis. | We know that the protective tariff asked for by our rivals would make & greater difference between carload and | less than carload rates than the profit| on the goods. We know no such differ- ence exists in other territories, and| therefore should not exist in California. rates com- “We know the commodity [ plained of by our competitors were | made to meet water competition and that the movement by water is not in carload quantities. We know the ri quest made by our rivals is contrary to law, as shown in the noted Thurber case, decided by the Interstate Com- | merce Commission some years ago and never reversed. We know these gentle- men by reason of their proximity to ¢ trade, quickness with which goods can be delivered after ordered, and for various other reasons have many de- cided natural advantages over us which we cannot overcome, and w therefore opposed toany increas our disadvantages.” Ralph 8. Buck, representing _the | Bridge and Beach Manufacturin Com- pany of St. Louis, and Cribben, Sexton | & Co. of Chicago, arrived here this evening. He comes to take no part in | the fight, but simply to acquaint him- self with any changes that may be | made in rates affecting the goods he | handles. COLDEST NIGHT OF TIE SEASO Heavy Frost Ravages the Al- ready Blighted Fruit Trees. Reports From Several Sections Are That the Destruction Has Been Complete. Special Dispatch to The Cal]. RIVERSIDE, March 23.—This part of the country was visited last night by the heaviest frost that has ever been ex- perienced here at this time of the year, and as a result the apricot crop is ruined in the greater part of the county. Here in the city that variety of fruit was all killed. Wainuts and early peaches well as figs were damaged. conside The frost nipped orange blossoms to some extent, but not enough damage w: done to affect the crop. Up to last night the cold weather had not done any damage here, although it did in other parts of the county. WOODLAND, March was the coldest of the season here. Be- Last night tween 5 and 6 o'clock this morning the thermometer registered 24 degrees in the Yolo orchard for nearly two hours. No examination has yet been made, but Mr. DePue says the destruction was. so great when the thermometer touched degrees that it hardly seems probable that there are any apricot and almond buds alive now. At Winters the temperature of the v: ley was as low as 21. Heretofore orc! near the foothills, and especiall; the mouth of the canyon and running water, were not so badly affected and there were hopes that almon cots would yield at least a pa but the news this morning leave: tle hope, and the prevailing opinion that almond and apricot buds are practi- cally all dead. The importance of the | fruit industry to Yolo County can better | be appreciated when it is understood that at the Yolo orchard alone $15,000 was paid out in wages last season. ORANGE, March 23.—Despite the fact that the rainfaill has amounted to but 4.23 inches the gros ects in this section are not at all bad. The ditches are carry- ing immense volumes of water, and while the hay crop will be short it will be noth- | Ing like a failure. At the present time | the outlook for peaches and apricots has never been better. | SACRAMENTO, March 23.—This morn- ing was the coldest here in twenty years for so late in the season, the mercury falling to 30 degrees. The frost was very heavy and reports received 'to-day from various localities show that orchardists believe all the fruit crops, with the pos- sible exception of pears, have been well nigh ruined. These reports of the dam- age may be overestimated, but the fact that such a heavy frost has occurred at | a time when the young fruit is forming renders the outlook very disheartening. | s o Grand Parlor Delegates. | SANTA CRUZ, March 23.—Santa Cruz ADVERTISEMENTS. agot=g=g=F=3=3c3=3-3-3:3-3-3-3-3-3-"-F-F-3-3 -3 -3-3-3-3-3 -3 -3 -3 -F-F -3 -3 -1 SPEAKING g Rupture Cured in Two Months. Occidental, Calif., Feb. 28th, 1898, DR. 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WINTERS, March 2 barn at the southern edge of town Vv discovered on fire at 11 o'clock last night by a Chinaman who saw two men running from > then the present controversy and to explain | 10 e e the grounds on which he based his ar- e 1 %ho burning bullding, when in guments for the abolishment of the di et e 3 Airin: callad tho forentials between carlond and less|2 oW minutes & SCERC 0 s sal o than carload lots, A, J. Vanlanding- | ff¢ apparatys IO e IS : ham, commissioner of the St. Louis | /% "o puilding and w Traffic Bureau, said: | with chemical hand exting “I notice some of our opponents quote | bt "hoth fires’ were the Traffic Bureau as an adjunct of the | and probably were set by the, Simmons Hardware Company ana sSons. al oi as un e S aGlclon 10t dnte Sprinkled around the barn, and a pile o that I am here solely in Its WiermSh | old papers saturated with it was found Such is not the fact. On the ey, | 16 papiis e ADVERTISEMENTS. 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