The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1899, Page 4

4 d i THE SAN FRANOCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1899. BRITISH STEAMER ABANDONED AT SEd The Vindobala Springs A Leak: and the Crew Is Rescued by the Paris. Safal arrived to-day from Southampton nals of distry phia, in ballast. < sel.” the Vindobala. and h: ‘led on board. the men. The rescued men are: officer; William A DOOOAVOOLABV OO & englaeer; J. Moffatt & 3 sen, Joseph M L engineer's boy. o The drowned carpenter was A. O Stettin, Gerr & The Vind la sprung a leak on December 22. & ing, Decembe & rockets sent up. © water, putting out the fires. © the rescue of the crew. e fega=FagaaRagegegegeFegogaFagegal NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—The American line steamship Paris, which s that on Tuesday, December 27, in-latitude 49.29 north, longitude 29 west, at 8:30 in the morning, she sighted a steamer flying sig- 3 he proved to be the British tank steamer Vindo- bala, Captain Clarke, from Rouen, France, December 15 for Philadel- * She showed the signal A lifeboat was launched in charge of Chief Fourth Officer Webb and eight seamen. ning at the time, and it was impossible to get the boat alongside The crew was fastened to lines thrown to the boat The ship’s carpenter let go of the line fas- tened to him and was lost. It took two and a half hours to rescue M. J. Clarke, master; A. Beckman, . Baird, second officer: 8. Webber, cook; D. Levere, steward: ngus, boatswain, and Seamen F. Fitzgerald, P. Sullivan, P. Jensen, W. Kusin, Willlam Cooms and Sydney Epps; J. Wood, chief second engineer; G. F. McClintock, third engi- neer; R. Wilkinson, donkeyman; Firemen Martin Dusen, C. C. Han- ssen, P. Murphy and H. Haase, and Henry Happey. ny, and residing at South Shields, England. 26, a steamer passed and paid no attention to four During that night the steamer made seven feet of On the 27th the Paris bore down to after a tempestuous passage, Te- letters: “Must abandon Officer Bradshaw. A dangerous sea was run- first Qersterreich, aged 40, a native of On Monday morn- j=gageBuagodeFegagegetegagagagegagegeogogagagagegaRegagegatagataye] X6 306 106 X0x 308 308 0% 30K 306 300 30K 30 30 30F 06 3% outheaster, formed a sweet refrain to in the new year. The present 1 commenced last night and con- 3 nearly three inches fallen. Oranges are being i from here daily, and prepara- . for the coming citrus fair are go- NO. Jan. 1.—The new year )t have opened brighter for the esno County and this por- an Joaquin Valley. It be- ing at 9 o'clock this evening 1t midnight continues, with good for an extended downpour. s come just in time to save int of sown grain. Owing tinued drought some of it, ill have to be resown be- the seed rotting in the ground. sown grain, or summer fal- suffering for lack of mois- beyond redemption and if sto continues long enough to > the ground a thorough soaking vield a large crop. While the sea- ) far has been a dry one, the farm- e not despaired and a large ma- son ers h; f the largest grain crops of the county. Stock noqt vet suffered for want of ed, although pasturage has been very The total rainfall for the season Jan. 1.—The new year with a terrific wind storm. > wires are down and many lar trees have been cut to the ground: The wind is from south and atisfaction of the farmers and A good deal of water has al- the iners. cady fallen. MOD 0, Jan. 1.—Rain fell in showers during the day, and the wind is now in the rainy quarter, and the s for a h promising. Crops are not suffering, but 'a good rain will give encourage- ment VACAVILLE, Jan. 1.—It began rain- ing here at 6:15 this morning and con- tinued all day. The barometer is down to 29.60, the lowest for eighteen months. A steady south wind is blowing. The prospects are good for an all-night rain. MARYSVILLE, Jan. 1.—A heavy rain and wind storm has been prevailing since 7 o’clock this morning. Fully an inch of rain has fallen, and the pros- pects are for a continuance of the downpour. LOS A ELES, Jan. 1.—No rain fell here to-day The sky is clear, the weather cold, and there are frost indi- catlons for to-night. A CRUZ, Jan. 1.—Rain started ¥ this morning, falling continuously day. It is the heaviest rainfall of season. PA, Jan. 1.—Rain has been falling y this morning and is increas- There is a strong wind. BAK FIELD, Jan. 1.—No rain fell It is cloudy and slightly . 1.—No sooner had the vear been ushered in than a heavy rain commenced falling. The downpour has been a soaking one. Indications point to a continuance of the heavy precipitation. PACIFIC GROVE, Jan. 1L.—Rain be- gan falling heavily at 10 a. m. to-day, accompanied by considerable wind. At this point and Monterey the precipita- tion up to 5:30 o'clock was 1.26 inches, the heaviest in two years during so short a space of time. The rain con- tinues with no sign of abatement. The about Point Pinos and other more s of this coast is ex- because of the high wind. At Carmel, the principal fruitdis- trict of this section, 0.85 of an inch of rain had fallen between 9:30 a. m. and 4 p. m. to-d Advices from points as far south as Sur district report a gen- eral rain with more or less wind. GALE PILES SNOW INTO HUGE DRIFTS VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 1L.—The worst storm in this section since 1892 has been raging for thé past twenty-four hours. The snowfall is almost unprece- dented, and a strong northerly gale has blown the snow into impassable drifts. Tram cars and railway traffic is at a standstill. Telephone service is im- peded. In the suburbs householders are stormbound. SPOKANE, Jan. 1—Eastern Wash- ington, from Snake River to the north- ern boundary, is covered with new snow, ranging in depth from three inches to as many feet. Ten inches fell in Spokane up to 10 p. m., but a high wind drifted it badly, partially ob- structing street car traffic. All trains into Spokane are nearly on time, but otficials expect trouble to-morrow and .are preparing to send out relays of snowplow SEATTLE, Jan. 1—The new year was ushered in by a heavy snow, which has already reached a depth of twelve inche Thus far there has been but little delay to railroad traffic. All Pu- get Sound steamers have been delayed from six to seven hours. TACOMA. Jan. 1.—The Northern Pa- ciflc westbound overland was delayed eight hours to-day by heavy snows and swollen rivers in the Rocky Mountain and Idaho divisions, Bast of Ellens- burg the most serious difficulty was encountered. Swollen rivers almost blocked the train. Reports ffom East- ern Washington to-night state that the rivers are freezing and all danger from that source has passed. In the Rocky Mountain division of the road the snows rity of them have “dry plowed” in ticipation of a wet period. Conse- | good spring r s Fresno t, and presages a big storm, much | storm are most | |are deep and rallroad officials here be- | lieve the most serious difficulty is to be encountered. New Year's day in Ta- coma was ushered in with a snowstorm that lasted nearly all day. - HEAVY DOWNPOUR | IN SAN FRANCISCO | Indications Are That the Precipita- { tion Will Continue To- Day. The New Year's gift to California was | flag amid cheers. | | & bounteous rain storm that came down ;from the clouds just in time, Illke an answer to praver. Nor was there only the liberal shower alone for & blustering | to Lieutenant Sancho, the Spanish Gov- wind was prevalent. It whirled itself | around corners coming from other cor- | ners, and flew down the street between | the high houses, setting everything mov- | able wildly aswing; reversing umbrellas | | | and driving the rain into their owners | faces; hurling hats aloft among the | meshes of overhead wire or under the | cable cars to be ground to fragment catching the belated or be-earlied fish- horn musician yet in the throes of his new yvear salutation and wetting him | down handsomely. It was the literal ap- | pearance of the proberbial “Lion of March” rampant, just two months out of | its place on the calendar. | The going of 184S in starlight and the | coming” of 1889 in rainstorm, causing the | opening day of the year to be a period of climatic disturbance, might be attributed | to the descent of Professor Hammon, the weather sharp, from his eyrie on the crest of Tamalpals. The absence of the | forecaster from his post might have given own account. | logical secret. But as if in answer to | prayer, the storm came most opportunely. The long contjnued dryness and slight showers that have alternated over the State through November and December the country and commercial depression in the town. The fields were growing dryer and business was growing duller when January opened with its rain. The weather reports uru to late last night show that the storm Ys general in the upper and middle portions of the State and is storm three-quarters of an inch; downpour, and at Red Bluff the fall has been over two inches for the last twenty- four hours. in the words of the forecaster, indicating a continuance of the storm. The following is the forecast last night: The storm s still central off the coast of Washington. over the entire Pacific Slope during the last ~four hours, the lowest reading being 2 nches, at Astoria. R@in has fallen in the western portions of Oregon and Washington and the northern por- tion of California. Snow i8 now falling in the eastern portions of Washington and Oregon and in Nevada. The rain will extend into Southern California Monday. 'he rainfall at Red Bluff during the past twenty-four hours amounts to 2 inches. 3 Conditions are favorable for continued rain in California, though there may be a tem- porary clearing during Monday. Forecast made at San Francisco for ending midnight, January 2, 18% ornja—Rain Monday; brisk to thirty 9: Northern ¢ Monday. g San Francisco .and vicinitv—Rain Monday; tresh to brisk eoutherly wind. G. H. WILLSON, Local Forecast Official. | The heaviest shower of the season In San Francisco fell for about twenty min- utes yesterday afternoon. The rain began with a strong wind blowing about forty miles per hour. The gale drove fiercely through the streets, bending the towering sign fences and the Baldwin rulned walls backward and forward in an apparent en- deavor to scatter the picturesque struct- ures over the sidewalks. But the wind ‘was soon beaten down by the shower and the rain had it all its own way. gutters were quickly afloat, and of course the man-holes were sealed up with street trash and the flood spread over the pave- | ment. At the corner of Eddy and Market | streets the car track was deeply sub- | merged and each car was delayed,while the conductor and gripman fished in the | hidden switch. At a number of crossings south of Mar- ket street pedestrians were obliged to go around the block ‘on acount of the deep water. The gates of Central Park were closed on account of the rain and the baseball game at Recreation grounds was adjourned. The proposed Havana evacu- ation celebration at Union Square did not | take place. ‘'When 9 o’clock—the hour cor- | rain_was piling down on the speakers’ stand and the grounds were without a | could be held and the hour passed by | without the observance and celebration. SPANISH RULE ENDED IN THE GE ~ OF THE ANTILLES Continued from Third Page. brigade, comprising the First Texas In- | fantry, the Second Louisiana Infantry | and the Second Engineers. Brigadier General BE. B. Willson's brigade, comprising the First Virginia Infantry, the Forty-ninth Towa Infan- try and the Sixth Missourl Infantry. Brigadier General H. C. Hasbrouck's The pressure has fallen rapidly | The | | t ) muddy water with iron.pokers for the | £or 1599, | responding with noon in Cuba—arrived the | visitor, consequently no outdoor meeting | the weather an opportunity to get up a mission the government of Cuba and little festive new year “blow out” on its that the American flag had been hoist- However, that is a metero- | ed. 4 have brought visions of farm failure in | Cuba by the United States. moving southward and eastward in strong | royal showers. Sacramento has received in this | thanked Santa | stepped Into his launch wept. Rosa has been blessed with a’ copious | ¢ Spanfards, In this city yesterday sixty-hundredths | pass out. of an inch was recorded. Late last night | a handkerchief waved. Men and women the barometer was.falling ‘‘everywhere,” | wept together. | | | brigade, comprising the First North| | and Cabanas fortress, but they were re- | fused admission. jt Carolina Infantry, the Second Illinois Infantry and the 161st Indiana Infan- try. Major General J. W. Keifer rode in advance of the last two brigades, form- Ing the Second Division. very man in the last company of the One Hundred and Sixty-first In- diana Infantry as he entered Central Park drew from under his uniform a small Cuban flag and waved it before the assemblage. The Cubans went nearly wild with cheers and excitement, and General Lee immediately sent the inspector general, Lieutenant Colonel Curtis Guild Jr., to order the Indianans to put away the flags, which they did. It is reported that the entire company is under arrest. g General Lee turned in after the col- umn passed, the crowd pressing close around his horse, shaking his hand and making other. demonstrations of affec- tionate interest. His orderly was heav- ily burdened with flowers for the gen- eral. The corps was up at daylight at Camp Quemados, took .coffes, then marched leisurely to El Vedado; a dis- tance of fiveé miles, arriving there and had breakfast, after massing haver- sacks, reaching the foot of the Prado at | noon and getting back to camp after rests at 4 o'clock, having marched | nearly twenty miles—hot, footsore and tired. Havana harbor presented a striking appearance this morning. The stars and stripes were conspicuous cn the American men-of-war and merchant- men across the bay, while launches were constantly plying between the shore and the ships. The docks were crowded with °sight-seers, many ouf whom wished to enter Morro Castle ‘When Lieutenant Lee, son of General Lee, with Lieutenant Jones and Licu- tenant Colonel Livermore of the army, Ensign Webster, Boatswain Hall and Gunner Applegate of the eruiser Brooklyn, representing the navy, en- tered Cabanas, they found: no Spanish flag flying from the staff and the hal- yards were tangled. Two sailors of the Brooklyn rove off mew halyards, and Lieutenant Lee requested the Spanish officer in charge, Lieutenant Cache, to hoist the Spanish flag, that the Ameri- | cans might salute it. Lieutenant Cache was about to do this, when Lieutenant | Colonel Cavetstany, Governor of ibe fortress, said it would be unnecessary. Then on the signal from the Brooklyn the sailors under Gunner Applegate fired twenty-one guns at Cabanas, after which Lieutenant Lee, who was in full dress, hoisted the stars and stripes, the Spaniards firing twenty-one guns in sa- lute and Lieutenant Colonel Cavestany handing the keys of the fortress and an | inventory of its contents to the Ameri- can officer. At Morro Castle Lieutenant Wade, son of General Wade, raised the Stars | and Stripes and Quartermaster Ser- | geant Morsoig hauled down the ‘Spanish | Lieutenant Colonel | Birnie of the ordnance department, who ; has a receipt under the evacuatinn‘ agreerhent for the contents of the forts | ernor, then turned over the fortifica- tions to Major Russell Harrison of Gen- eral Lee's staff, who in turn made a formal delivery to Lieutenant Patter- son, First North Carolina Infantry, who has a garrison force of ten men. Then the Spaniards were escorted out of the castle by American troops under Major Harrison and given a cordial farewell on leaving for the transport. | Lieutenant Wade was refused pos- session of the Spanish flag, the Spanish | officers saying they must take it with them. About noon a Cuban produced | a spectacular effect by letting loose a | big Cuban flag from a kite strine high over Morro Castle, where it tlew all the afternoon. The United States military commis- sioners wired President McKinley at 12:30 that the Governor General of Cuba had formally surrendered to the com- In reply General Wade received the following: “T congratulate the commission upon | the successful termination of its mis-| sion and the peaceful occupation of “WILLIAM McKINLEY.” General Brooke also received the | President’s congratulations. As Cap- | tain General Castellanos was escorted | to the wharf by Generals Clous and Chaffee the band played the Spanish | march. General Castellanos General Clous, and as he Crowds men and women all| d in black. gathered upon the | all and silently watched the fleet | There was not a shout, not dres o ) The Spanish squadron, | which sailed to a rendezvous at Mar- | tinique, consisted of the Rapido, with | Admiral Manterola on_board; Gallicia, | Marquis de Molinas, Vicente Yanez, | Pinzo, Marauis de Ensenada, Vasco | Nunez and Patriota, the last towing the | transport Filipino: . CUBAN INSURGENTS ARE TO BE MOLLIFIED HAVANA, Jan. 1—The American military officials in Havana have had | word from Washington to treat the| Cuban Insurgents with more considera- | tion, and in consequence thereof there | has been remarked a change of de- meanor toward the Cubans to-night. It is reported that General Menocal is to be assistant civil governor of Havana. It is impossible to verify this rumor, but it is given weight by the fact that the American officials who should know refuse to give it denial. The Cubans are considerably mortified, and if this rumor proves true the bad effects of earlier mistakes will be overcome. HOW BUSINESS IS BOOMING. Great Showing Made by the New York Life Insurance Company. NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—The year closed with business booming. The Bureau of Statistics at Washington figures the country’s excess of exports over im- ports for 1898 at $617,000,000, and these figures tell the whole story. Everybody believes a still further enlargement of foreign and domestic trade is in store This morning the New York Life In- surance Company reported its year's work, and of all the companies is the first to publish its statement. The re- sult surprises the oldest insurance men and furnishes fresh proof of the busi- ness revival of 1898, President John A. McCall of the New York Life states that his company in 1898 has been paid for more than $152,- | i 000,000 in new insurance, an increase of more than $15,000,000 over 1897, and has | now a total of policies in force exceed- ing $945,000,000, being a gain during the year of $67,000,000. The average mind can scarcely grasp. the significance of these figures, which denote a larger gain in this one company alone than was shown in the previous year by all the other regular life insurance com- panies of this State combined, and is an unparalleled record. ‘While this record is strikinelv excep- tional gains in somewhat the same pro- portion have been made by the banks and the large commercial houses. It is interesting to note from President McCall’s report that California has been one of the leaders in this tremendous increase in the company’s business. S svn B Fire in a Bank Building. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1. —Fire early this morning did about $3000 worth of damage to the fixtures in the Los Angeles Na- tional Bank in this city. The fire origi- nated in a barber shop in the hasement of the bank building on the corner of Spring and First streets. The costly woodwork and ceiling decorations were injured and some papers destroyed. . | but PENNSYLVANA' ISSEMBLY LINE UP FOR BATTLE Senatorial Struggle Begins. THE OPPOSITION TO QUAY IT IS BEING DIRECTED BY THE BUSINESS MEN’S LEAGUE. Congressman Dalzell of Pittsburg and Charles C. Tubbs of Tioga Are Also Aspirants for the Toga. HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 1—The General Assembly will open its bien- nial session at 12 o’clock Tuesday in the new Capitol building. After the Sen- ate and House have organized, Gover- nor Hastings will send in his biennial message. Lists of standing commit- tees will hardly be ready to announce before the inauguration of Governor- elect Stone, on January 17, so that the Legislature will not get down to work in earnest before February. There is a strong sentiment among the legis- lators in favor of a short session. Both Democrats and Republicans will cau- cus to-morro¥ evening for the organi- zation of the houses. The Republicans have a majority of 74 on joint ballot, and naturally expect to control both houses. There are 37 Republicans and 13 Democrats in the Senate and 127 Republicans and 11 Democrats and 6 fusionists in the House. Senator Quay’s friends have fixed Tuesday evening for the Senatorial caucus, and the only question now is whether 128 Republicans will go into the meeting. If they do, everybody ad- mits that Quay will control a majority and that he will be nominated. His opponents are making an effort to keep enough members out of the conference to prevent a nomination, and if they can do this they expect to prevent the Senator’s re-election. . Congressman Dalzell of Pittsburg and Charles C. Tubbs of Tioga are the other avowed aspirants for the Senatorial nomina- tion. The fight against Quay is being di- rected by E. A. Van Valkenburg. the leading spirit of the Business Men's League. Republican workers are being brought here from all over the State to take a hand in the fight for United States Senator. The hotels are crowded to-night and by to-morrow will be filled to overflow- ing. The Quay managers are on the aggressive, and are leaving nothing un- done to make votes for their leader. The anti-Quayites are just as active, there are not near so many of them and their policy will be fully out- lined before to-morrow. The new capitol, although unfinished, prei‘ents a very creditable appearance inside. —_—— CONTESTS IN NEBRASKA AND TENNESSEE LINCOLN, Jan.'1.—With but few ex- ceptions, members-elect of the Ne- braska legislative session, which begins on Tuesday, are in the city. The Sena- torial contest, which since the election has secured most of the attention, has, with the arrival of so many members, for the time being given place to the Speakership canvass. The Republicans control both branches of the Legisla- ture, but in the lower house by a bare majority of four, and with four active Republican aspirants for the Speaker- ship and some bitterness awakened, there is a bare possibility that the fu- sionists may secure the presiding of- ficer. This is made possible by the re- fusal of a few Republicans to go into caucus and abide by the results. All kinds of pressure was brought to bear | on these members, but up to midnight without success. The Senatorship, it is generally understood, is behind the contest for Speaker. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 1.—Nearly all of the members of the Legislature, which meets at noon to-morrow, are in the city. The body is overwheimingly Democratic in both branches. Monday the Democratic caucus will be held. ‘While it Is not certain that the selection for United States Senator will be made at Monday's caucus, it is possible, as there is no opposition to the re-election of Senator W. B. Bate, and there will be no opposition. The State’'s finances will occupy much of the time of -the sesston, as the floating debt amounts to $850,000, and there is a growing demand for its speedy retirement. SHEEPSHEAD BAY STAKE EVENTS Coney Island Jockey Club Fixtures. NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—The following stake events of the Coney Island Jockey Club, to be run over the course of Sheepshead Bay at the June meeting of 1899, will close on January 3. For 3-year-olds and upward—The Subur- ban, $10,000, one and & quarter miles. The Advance, $2500 added, one and three- quarter miles. The Coney Island handicap, $1500, six furlongs. fihuopsheud Bay handicap, $1500, one e. Long Island handicap, $2000, mile and a furlong. For 3.year-olds—The Swift, $1000 added, seven furlongs. rift, $1000 added, mile and a. The Spendt furlong. \ For 2-year-olds—The Great Trial, $20,000, Futurity course. The Double Event, guaranteed cash value, $5000 each—First event, last five and a half furlongs of Futurity course. Second event, Futurity cnur‘T. The Zephyr, $1000 added, Futurity course, The Vernal, $1000 added, last five fur- longs of Futurity course. The Flight, $112 added, seven furlongs. The following stakes for the autumn meeting of 1899 will close at the same $1250 added, seven furlongs. $1250 For 2-year-6lds—The Autumn, handicap, $5000, Futurity course. value $25,000, to be run over_the Fu- time: For 2-year-olds and upward—The Flight, For 8-year-olds—The September, added, mile and threé furlongs. $3000, seven furiongs. For 2-year-olds—The Great Rastern The Futurity for the utumn meetin of 1901, with ~$8750 added, estimate turity course at Sheepshead Bay, will also close on January 8. - THREATS, Continued from Second Page, struct its legislative delegation for Grant. They admit that there was an instruction to vote for a Southern California man after Bulla was out, but they deny. that it was intended that the vote should go to Grant, under any circumstances. The Grant men have sent south for a certified copy of the instructions and will have them here as soon as it is possible to obtain them. . LANGFORD FOR PHELAN. The Nestor of the Upper House De- clares Himself. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 1L.—Hon. B. F. Langford, State Senator from San Joaquin, arrived here to-day and to-morrow will begin his twenty-fourth year of service in the Sen- ate of the California Legislature. He never served in the Assembly, but since his first election, twenty-three years ago, he has served consecutively in the Senate. He is a widely known Democrat of the old echool, and to use his own expression, OEYQOTO’ FRhco INDULGED | is & reformer from first to last. He has not yet made up his mind to go into cau- cus of his party on the Senatorship. He had a choice for Senator, however, and speaking to-night of his preference said: “I sha.. cast my vote for Mayor Phelan for United States Senator. I do not know him, but from what I hear, I believe he is the right kind of a man.’ The Benator is always for reform and most of the time for economy, but old- timers, almost as old as the Senator, ob- | serve that his zeal gains new luster and | brilliancy after the State institution in| San Joaquin County has been provided with money for its support. FEW LEGISLATORS IN TOWN. The Departure of Statesmen for Sac- ramento Continues. Last night's overland train carried an- | other batch of legislators to Sacramento, and the few remaining in this city will probably leave for the capital some tima to-day. Those to go yesterday were mostly statesmen from the interior of the State, who came to San Francisco for the purpose of comparing notes and finding out how the land lay before the opening of the Legislature, and remained over af- ter attending Saturday’s caucus, visiting. There are probably not more than half a dozen remaining in the city, aside from the San Francisco delegation. The effort of the Burns men to create the impression that the candidacy of Bulla for the United States Senate is merely a blind, and that the Los Angeles man will throw his strength to the Mexican mine-owner when the proper time arrives, | is bitterly resented by the members of the Los Angeles contingent who were still in town yesterday. They said Burns is sim- ply trying to hoodwink unsophisti- cated legislators whose votes have not been pledged to a.nf candidate in order to | induce them to fall in line for him on the | supposition that he is the only éandldate | with any following. They declared that | Bulla is in the fight to stay, and that his | strength is growing dally. 'There is no | doubt that Bulla will secure many votes | of members, who, while they have no ca didate of their own, are unalterably o posed to Burns’ candidacy. Many who re- fuse to say how they will vote are only waiting for developments before an- | nouncing their choice, but the majority of those In this category do not hesitate to say that they are not and will not be for Burns under any circumstances. PUBLIC FUNERAL OF EMBASSADOR ROMERO President McKinley Among Those ‘Who Honor the Memory of the Mexican. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 1L—Public funeral services over the remains of the late Don Matias Romero, the Embassador from Mexico to the United States, who dled on Friday morning, were held at St. Matthew’s Church to-day. Distinguished honor to the memory of the deceased was manifested in the presence at the cere- monies of President McKinley, Vive Pres- ident Hobart, nearly all the members of the Cabinet, representatives of the entire diplomatic corps, officers of the army and navy and private citizens. At the con- clusion of the service the body was taken to Mount Olivet Cemetery and placed temporarily in a vault pending its re- moval to Mexico. . Before the body was taken to the church there were brief services at the house,” attended mainly by the official staff of the legation and the relatives and immediate friends of the family. At the church the casket, preceded by the Presi- 4 dent and Cabinet, the honorary pall- bearers and other distinguished persons, was borne to the body of the church in front of the altar rail and placed on a catafalque. The President was met at the door by Senor Don Jose Godoy, the first Secretary of the Mexican Embassy, and escorted to a seat reserved for him. Representatives from the State Depart- ment, the army and navy and from the diplomatic corps acted as ushers. The services at the church were very brief, consisting of a low mass, followed by ab- solution services. Father Charles M. Bart, assistant pastor of St. Matthew's was the celebrant. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the casket was placed in a hearse and accom- panied by relatives and friends was taken to the cemetery and placed in a vault. Father Bart conducting the final services, - Succumbs to His Wound. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1—George B. King, the Deputy City Engineer, who was ghot on Friday night by Teresa Kerr, died this afternoon at the California Hospital. The woman has been in a hysterical con- { dition since the act. GUBERNATORIAL |[FINAL REPORT ON | 'NICARAGUA CANAL It Will Submit Estimates on Four or Five of the Proposed Routes. Every effort is being made by the hasten the completion of its final probably five routes, but from prés; locks, of course, will not be so wide, as the width, It is explalned to me by a memb width to be adopted. In its estima of the Ludlow Commission, pointe fomer. “Our estimate as to the cost of Civil Engineer Haupt are $10,000,00 about what the Ludlow boarad fixe the Lull route practicable, but I wor and I think consideration of this po. for Rear Admiral Walker and his c route.” # NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—A Washington special to the Herald says: isthmian waterway. This report will submit estimates on four and not change its recommendation in favor of the Laill route. ing its estimates of $123,000,000 on the Lull route and $124,000,000 on the Maritime route, the commission figured on a canal have anaverage width of 150 feet and constant depth of thirty feet. All acter of the soit would have a great deal to do with the width, but its examination convinced the commission that 150 feet is figuring on the same dimensions. chief of the Bureau cf Yards and D sions of the Walker Commission were much the same as tbose of the 000,000,” Endicott said. “The estimates of Rear Admiral Walker and onel Haines ad. ; 20 per cent to their estimate, so that the canals. The Ludlow board called particular attention in its report to the Lull route as being worthy had examined the records and reascns of the Walker Commission. To make the Ochoa dam lower lessens the difficulty of the problem, Nicaragua Canal Commission to report on the practicability of an ent indications the commission will In mak- which will , eighty feet having been selected erof the commissfon that the char- is the mean tes on other routes the commission Civil Engineer M. L. Endicott, s, who was a naval member d out to me to-day that the conclu- the canal was something like $183,- 0 lower, but the estimates o2f Col- mean is d as the cost of the pro, osed of close investigation. I think uld not say it is the best until I int probably makes strong reason olleagues ‘in urging the low level fege3ageBaFugaugegugagugageguagsRugugaRageyugad EegatatuateTet-Tegetete] GILD SEEKERS BRAVE ALASHAS WINTER CALES Race Through Snow for Claims. DARING TRIP OF PROSPECTORS | CALIFORNIANS STAKE LOCA- TIONS ON PORCUPINE. Believe the Camp There Will Eclipse Atlin When the Spring Stam- pede to the “Diggings"” Begins, BY HAL HOFFMAN. Special Dispatch to The Call JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 24 (by steam- | er Al-Ki to Seattle Jan. 1).—OIld winter himself has no terror the gold hunter | will not dare. - A party which has just | returned from Porcupine Creek, up the | Chilkat trail, faced howling storms and four feet of snow in order to reach and stake some small creeks which head up from Porcupine. These ‘creeks had | been proépected a little at their mouths and were known to contain fine gold on | the surface. It was a race and a fight | against the elements, for the way was | hard and provisions for a quick trip | necessarily short. The party chartered a small steamer. Among them were: | Edward Fenley, who, with 8. W. Mix, | is the discoverer of Porcupine Creek, | and'is a California miner hailing from | Los Angeles and Randsburg; O. M. Dutton of Dawson, Andrew Scheff of | Gunnison, Colo.; Jack Bigelow of Daw son, McKenzie of Juneau and Sam Lu- cas of Norwalk, Cal. Fenley was in- duced to become the leader of the par- | ty, being familiar with the country and | having reliable knewledge possessed | by no one else. | The following new creeks were named | and staked—that is, what is believed | to be the best ground was staked: Clear | Creek, Summit, Little Salmon, Glacier, Marble, Bear and Deer. Twenty loca- | tions were made on Clear and Summit creeks and fifteen on Little Salmon. | The return of this party has increased | the confidence of the people here in the Porcupine Creek district. The gold is | clear and clean, being of finer quality | than any that has come out of Dawson that I have seen. Fenley said this aft- | ernoon: “I think there will be a better camp at | Porcupine than at Atlin, though as yet | it has not been possible to learn just | how good the ground is nor héw wide- spread the placer deposits may be. The | discovery was made too late in the fall to go to bedrock on more than a few claims. I weighed my dust the other day that I took out of Discovery on Porcupine and found nuggets amounting to three ounces and a half. | Pete Nation and a man named Scott are wintering in there, but about every- | body else has come out. There is six feet of snow on the ground, the rivers.| and creeks are still open and it is im- possible to travel, as you cannot follow the creeks or get along the mountain sides. The claims are of twentv &eres, | and that is another reason whv it ought | to be a better camp than Atlin.” | Clear, Summit and Little Salmon | creeks are in what has been named the | Salmon River district. A miners’ meet- | ing was held there and laws passed | that not thore than one ldcation could ‘be made by one man; that claims shauld be of not more than 1000 feet in- | stead of 1500, so as to give mors men.a chance to strike something, and that all | claims taken before August 15 next | must have $100 worth of work done on |} them before the January following. S. | ‘W. ‘Mix of Shasta, Cal.,, was made Re- corder of this district. These latest claims were staked in the snow. Over | 100 claims in all have been staked in the | Porcupine Creek district. ——— LEAVING DAWSON BY - THE RIVER TRAIL JUNEAT, Alaska, Déc. 28 (by steam er Al-Ki to Seattle, Jan. 1).—The Al-Ki put in here for two hours and hastened | southward with apout .thirty men aboard who had coije over the ice and snow up the river f0m Dawson. Klon- dikers are coming/ up the river now every few days. Jome say the trail is hard and others s# 1t is easy, the opin- ion depending of the experience and hardihood of ths man. The gondition | in Dawson i{s wiAt might be called nor- mal—plenty of food, plenty of whisky, plenty of sport.,,latc., for those who have / / / the means and desire to enjoy them- selves, There is no danger of a short- age of food. Men in the mines get $1 an hour for eight hours’ work a daw, as a rule, though a few companies are paying only §5 a day. J. M. Ryan of Port Townsend. Wi says there Is work in Dawson for all who want to look for it. Work at the mines is going right along, and the dumps of gravel containing gold are in- creasing rapidly. The Canadian police posts and road houses along the river make traveling a “picnic,” as compared with the rough experience of last win- ter. About December 1st there was a stampede to a new creek named Car- lisle, about thirty miles from Thistle Creek, near the mouth of Stewart River. Gold was reported there in plenty. It is a small creek. People, as usual, left Dawson unprepared in the effort to get there first, and must un- dergo hardships and danger before they can get back. Among the best known XKlondikers aboard the Al-Ki are Major Strickland of the mounted police, and wife, who are going to Ottawa, Ont., for the win- ter, and Captain Pingree, a brother of Governor Pingree of Michigan, who is interested in a Dawson commercial company. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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