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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1899. geles has expressed considerable ad- miration for -the ‘plan.of * Mr. Melick, | but when questioned, .he.refused to say anything: ;abouf His stand on caucus A’ number of other Bullaites, , are ‘quite free:to say that the a good one and that they will if-an -agreement to that ef- can. be'reached.. And for mo ob- reagon the present tajl-enders in fight are General Barnes and Bulla. polls. eleven- votes and Bulla Besides, Bulla claims he will to all but: one: of. the votes, pport it heir All including the’ twg for Bard;.that are at present - being cast for -“floaters.” X of the. Bulla: faction claim: title'"ta . the -greater number of General ‘Barnes' vofes as 11. have got-through with tle ‘fetlows; according to soon as he sha them, "The 1 the southron’s figuring, would be. froz- en- stiff on ‘the-first ballét and weuld then Brown'of S: come-" over ‘to’ him, all “except.f an Mateo, who is understood | ,. of consequen with.the stre: give to Bulla, the southe Wwith: some would be next to- go, and | gth that his demise would ner would .be considerable | able to cope chance “of su —Burns other. ..all this | appare ntiment and | willingn ply ti 1. nightfall to preached the. doctrine appealed fc in the hist e party. Fai i the des they -have ' gone | about The the home town of | the- 1 T been- appealed to; Iittle temptations in-the way of freight co lotis h out - 'te him. The Southern -Pac hirelings, -combined with .the ‘Burns- touts, have entreated, cajoled-and’ threitensd. and he: has wound up by. 1 1z a pérsonal appeal to_the r¢ from U..S. Grant; General Bdrn Bulla are alivé to the meani purpose of the proposed b council, and the' Indicatic to-night. that t heme will at as-the sham mercantil ! t h* Burns d in: San Fri ough: the When -it was ¥ publican local. com- s in all 'sectigns. . of the. State 11d meet and pass resolutions advis- publican. members~of -the Legis- to go ‘into catcus. Burns sup- | posed he Would win by ‘the force of the | ,.but when a prompt ator at all would be n Burns the touts fell back d. complained that Herrin ing them down:”. Now Her- | to-their e 1¢, and they are ting that the battle is won. | in all his political experience, countered such a contest as the & is now -en ed. He outset- that he could win n- $upport ‘of the -rail- secret - pressure of the at the S no nearer wag the day d’ their vocate -in. -chort: will ‘end in_failure as . dismal which ‘marked the downf us - effor to.delude the ers of the Legisl cannot wceount fo | vance-his' veting strength cause he has mi simply | scalculated’ from the | e..of - public - senti- | ar i sites | him_ do 1iot, ‘or. dare .not, S ATuth, | | préviodsly-made in The | nt would be willing to step | rdexr ‘that a-Republican Sen- | I déd Burns | erified to- at" Grant | s “has. | sion - for.| party.as a{ upon - Grant's s 10 aug- The chances now ant -men will. Hav with: otuts . but gimpls re-determination than | forced to Drovid is’v doubt tr self. B conde I BORNE ON ICE FLOES | OUT 'INTO THE LAKE| Bix Skaters.of S\‘Aburban Chicaéa Be- lieved ‘to Have Lost Their Lives. Feb. . 12.—Sixteen skaters | burbs of Rogers Park and | CHICAGO, living in the 8 Take Forest wére carr out-into Lake" Michigan on fce floes tc . Ten of ‘them | were rescued and e entire even-| ing searching s made - fruitless et forts-to find. some. trace .of ‘the missing six.. ‘The missing are: f ATTORNEY - ELMER D. BROTHERS, employed'in the offi Lafiin Mills. 2 MISS OREL MANNEY, 17 years of age, niece-of Attorney Brothers. ~CHAUNCEY MANNEY, nephew of At- torney Brot MALLORY, student at Lake i home in Pontiac, Ill. t at Lake Forest Anne, Il t, Ravenswood of Attorney Luther Universit ARTHUR Park. All those rescued were carried out on the ice off Lake and two of the number who ventured on the frozen lake sd to have been sining : three of the rried away on a floe off | Rogers Park and the Chicago life-saving crew spent the nigit searching for them, Most of the were students at Lake Forest A vho is a prominent had gone out ‘onto by his niece and some pictures of the taken several “shots” ly, a half mile to the north, The vast force exerted upon the flog near shore, upon which the unfortunate party were, caused a rapid _Before' Mr. Brothers his position, escape was impos- nephe shore. At dusk Mrs. Brothers, alarmed at the S e of her husband, reported to the Fully a mile out from shore faint of light could be seen. Between police. shore “and the points where . the shes were distinguishable floated im- mense cakes of ice. The police officers rie repeatedly to find an opening fn the floating mass through which a_boat might pass, but without success. Finally tele- phone calls for aid were sent to the city. Beveral life boats were loaded upon traifs and started.to the rescue. Tugs were un- able to make the slightest impression up- ngntll')o pack, and after several fruitless efforts this mode of resc - doéued,c ue was aban. uy Carron and George Mallo: started to walk to Waukegan on r(};lehl‘:!z about noon. They had not passed from | sight when the change of wind caused the'| ice fleld upon which they were to break from its moorings. They had not reached Waukegan at midnight, and a)l hops of saving them has been abandoned Burglary at Fort Bragg. FORT BRAGG, Cal, Feb. 12.—Jefferson Dixon’s store was entered by burglars ast night and the safe opened and robl contents, over $600 in-cash being Mr. Dixpn, who manages the busi. is of”the’opinfon that the robbers ' « »d the store and secreted themselves - somewhere in the rear of the store before t was closed in the evening. The clerk whose duty It is to open the store in the. morning discevered the back door and gafe door wide open, and neither of them | damaged. ~The robbers evidently had | Lvsn able to work the combination of the I o of ta né 'SCORES OF LIVES DICKINSON'S BILL UNDER SUSPICION Santa Barbara Scents Trouble. WATER SUPPLY THREATENED THE CITY MAY LOSE SOME OF ITS LAND. | | | | Belief That the Propesed Enactment Was Introduced in the Interest of a Water Com- Pany. Special Dispatch to The Gall. SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 12—ena- tor Dickinson of San Francisco recently introduced the following bill, which in- terests the city of Santa Barbara alone, but to what extent and in ‘what man- ner it is difficult to tell at this time: An act to amend an act entitled “An | ‘Acl to Establish a Political Code,” by | adding a new section thereto, to be known | and numbered as section 3524, relating to | land patents. | ] people of the State of California, | represented in Senate and Assembly, do | end as follows: | Section 1. "Where any patent has here- | tofore been ued, purporting to be a grant of land by the State of California, | the purchase price for which land has to the officer nulhoflzed‘ ve such payment, but the | issuance of which patent was irregular or remature, the said land ‘not having been surveyed under the authority of the United States, or the title to said land not having vested in the State prior 1o such issuance, the sald patent and the | execution and issuance thereof are here- by ratified and confirmed as a valid con- veyance of said land, and the title of the | State to said land acquired subsequent to | e of sald patent shall inure to nefit of the grantee in said patent the named, and to his successor or succes- | sors interest, and shall vest in them | as though said patent were In all respects regulariy issued subsequent to the ac-| quisition of sald title by the State. | Judge R. B. Canfield, a prominent | lawyer of this city and president of the Santa Barbara Water Company, and | George H. Gould, an attorney " and | president of the Montecito Water Com- pany, are the fathers of the bill. This city s gone to very great expense in driving a water tunnel into the moun- | tains near by to obtain sufficient | water for domestic purposes and other | needs of the city. The land upon which the tunnel is situated is held under a | State patent. Canfield and Gould hold a section along the city tunn€l and ad- joining it, but their title to this was| got by a United States patent. Below | this and also adjoining the city tunnel | they have another half. section which | they, like the city of Santa Barbara, | hold under a State patent. If this bill | is intended only to secure the title to | this latter half section held under State patent and also that held by the city and upon which the city tunnel is situ- | ated well and good; but if Canfield has a State patent to the section of land above the tunnel and adjoining it (there ig no such patent on record) then a scheme is apparent on its face. There is a suit now pending, entitled | the City of Santa Barbara vs. R. B Canfield and George H. Gould, to con- demn whatever interest, if any, Can-| field and Gould have in this section of land, which they .hold under United States patent. There is a question about the validity of the United States | patent. There is also a question as to | whether the State patents to both Can- | field and the city were not prematurely issued—that is, before the survey was made and approved; and the proposed ¢ c ould ratify .and confirm these Btate patents. The lands affected by these various patents are the west half of southeast quarter of ‘section 25 and the west half of section 36, township 5, range 27 west, San Bernardino meridian. The fact that neither Canfield nor Gould has volunteered information to | the. Mayor, City Attorney or any one | interested in the city’s welfare, and | also the fact that the bill is a very blind one, have led many to be sus- picious of the proposed act. The Santa Barbara Water Company has been de- prived of thousands of dollars of their yearly profits by the city’s water man- agement, and it was feared the com- pany wished to obtain titlé to enough land near the city water tunnel to drive a tunnel of its own and thus drain the city’s -tunnel. This it could do if its title to the section now held under a United States patent were held by a Btate patent also, and made secure by the Legislature of California. The sec- tion held by the company below the ‘water tunnel is too small to permit the beginning of operations, as the tunnel would. have to be 2000 or 2500 feet in length. City Attorney McNulta and Mayor E. M. Burke have gone to Sacramento and will investigate thoroughly. MAY HAVE BEEN LOST Wrecking of the Hamburg-American Liner Bulgaria, Carrying Many Passengers. PONTA DEL CADA, Azore Islands, Feb. 12.—The British tank steamer Wee- hawken, Captain Tazey, from Philadel- phia, Jandary 27, for Hull, has arrived here with twenty-five passengers from the Hamburg-American liner Bulgaria, Captain Schmidt, from New York, Jan- uary 28, for Hamburg. The Weehawken reports the Bulgaria drifting helplessly €00 miles from the Azores. Nothing is known here as to the fate of the other passengers. LONDON, Feb. 12—It is understood here to-nignt that the Hamburg-American liner Bulgaria, which is reported drifting helplessly 800 miles from the Azores, car- ries ninety passengers. ‘According to a dlspateh from Ponta del Cada, the twenty-five members of the Bulgaria’s company on board. the Wee- hawken are women and children, The rest of the passengers and the crew could FORD THINS THE CONTRACTS ARE VALID Attorney General’s : Advice to Gage. SAID THEY SHOULD BE PAID TWO COURSES OPEN FOR THE GOVERNOR TO PURSUE. Bills for Advertising Constitutional Amendments Should Have Been Sent to the Con- troller. .CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 12—In refusing the claims of the newspapers for the advertising of constitutional amendments, Governor Gage did not act on the advice of Attor- ney General Tirey L. Ford. The only consultation he had with his legal adviser was over the telephone, and {f was a short one. 3 He asked his limits under the law, and the Attorney General gave him these: Mr. Ford advised the Governor. that he could adopt one of two courses. He could allow the claims and have them tested by the Controller, and the Controller, by re- fusing to sign the warrants for them, could at once bring the matter beforé the courts and there make it a question of law. Declining this course thé Governor could refuse to allow the claims and then they would come before the Legislature and would have to depend upon the de- cision of that body for payment. ' The first was the strictly legal course. The latter was one involving purely questions of fact, and necessitating a fight before | the Legislature. “Personally, I was in favor of allowing the claims to be passed by the Legisla- ture,” said the Attorney General to-night, “and then if the Controller refused to pass them they could be fought out in the courts. “I advised also another course which is possible under the la The Governor may refuse to pass the ciaims, as a mem- ber of the Board of Examiners, thus com- pelling a separate bill to be introduced for the advertising account of each paper. did not advise the Governor to follow either course. methods possible. “‘Soon after -1 spoke to the Governor over the telephone, I was called up by Judge Post, my head deputy, who, in my abserice, acted as a member of the Board of Examiners. He the matter and I gave him my authorities and told him I would stand by any ac- tion he might take. I should have been in favor of testing the matter through the Controller. “L .think it is the easier way and a shorter, -but the case was out of my hands when I outlined to the Governor the courses open to him to pursue. So far as the clalms are concerned, I believe those authorized by Governor Budd should be paid, and 1 so advised the Gov- ernor, -as that is a mere matter. of con- tract. They were ordered by the chief executive and the amendments so directed to be published were printed in good faith by the newspapers. I think they were valid contracts, and I advised the Gover- nor in the brief talk we had ‘that he should allow them., “I do not care to pass judgment an the opinion touching this matter which was rendered by my predecessor in office.” Christian Convention Ended. SAN JOSE, Feb. 12—The Joung Men's Christian Association convention closed its session to-night with addresses of thankfulness over t~- work that had been accomplished, of appreciation of the fa- vors extended by the citizens of San Jo: and of satisfaction at the Interest evoked. The principal speaker was H. J. McCoy, general secretary of the San Francisco Association. e 2 Found Dead in Bed. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12—Eugene Ber- endsen, a traveling salesman for the Mammoth Pottery Company of New York, was found dead in his bed here to- day. A package of morphine was on a stand near the bed. He had taken a dose of the drug, but whether with sulcidal in- tent or not is not known. et Commercial Company Fails. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. Feb. 12—The Flagstaff Commercial Company made an assignment last night. T. E. Pollock of the Arizona Céntral Bank is the assignee, The liabilities and assets have not yet been made public. e O 5 Death Under the Wheels. SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.—An unknown man, evidently a tramp, was killed by a train on the Southern Pacific, near. Lawrence station ea.rl{ this momlng. He was ahout T 30 years of age, with brown hair and beard and wore blue overalls. MACS MELODY RUNS SPEEDILY AT INGLESIDE Great Form of the Stake Winners. THE- TALENT DISAPPOINTED SPECTATORS WITNESS HARD COURSES. SOME Mystic Maid and Mira Monte Chase a Lively “Jack” for Nearly Five Minutes and Final- ly Kill Him. Bartels Brothers’ Mac's Melody ran in superb form at Ingleside yesterday and added another stake to his already good record. Pitted against him were some famous, hounds, but due to the clever handling by. J. P. Thrift, his present trainer, the white dog downed them all. His victory was a «disappointment to the “talent,” who picked Rocket to land the stake. Their judgment was heavily back- ed, and when Rocket was put out by Jen- nie Wilson,. the runner up in the stake, there was deep wailing. This might not have come to pass had not their .choice stumbled in the course, as he was leading the bitch by many lengths. According to those who were in the fleld Rocket fell | against the fence and was partly dazed when the points were 9-to 7 in his favor. Before he could recover himself Jennie Wilson scored two more and killed. The long course between Mystic: Maid | and Mira Monte was the actual feature of the day. The hare led the hounds up and down the grand stand for four min- utes and thirty-eight seconds, and sought | safety in Slip Steward Halpin’s paddock, but his relentless pursuers followed him in there and ended his existence, while he was crouching against the fence. Despite her long course against Black | Hawk on Saturday, Glen Chloe showed If I merely suggested the two | asked my adyice on | great speed in yesterday's running, beat- ing Brilliantine and Royal Duke in hard courses before succumbing to Jennie Wil- son. Her work was considered marvelous by coursing experts, and Mr. Deckelman was congratulated on possessing such a good bitch, Another feature was the frequency with | which the shortenders landed. Rule Duke heat Miss Skyball, 7—2; Glen Chloe beat Brilliantine, 4—2; Jennie Wilson beat Interesting, 3—2; Fear Not beat Flying Buck -in a bye, 7—2; Mystic Maid beat Mira Monte, 3—1, and Dawn beat Mac's Melody in a bye at 7—L. In the final course for the stake between Mac’s Melody and Jennie Wilson both dogs were slipped to a speedy hare. Mac's Melody led by three lengths, taking the first and second turns, placing Jennie for one point, and keeping possession for eight more, when he drove thé prey to Handy & Smith’s biteh for a turn and killed, making the score 12 to 4. Although a heavy fog rolled in about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, strange to narrate it passed completely to the north | of the park and the view of the specta- tors_was unimpaired. Despite the cold hundreds remained to see Mac's Melody down Jennie Wilson. Following is the way the dogs ran and their scores: Open stake, second round—J. P. Thritt's Forget beat Henry Spring's Dawn, 415-0; T. F. Logan's Miss Grizzle beat James Byrne Nelly, 4-0; Kay & Trant's Eclipse. beat Ru: sell & Wilson'’s Lady Emma, 6-5; Handy Smith’s Victor beat G. Smart's Silkwood, 12-5; Bartels Bros.” Mac's Melody beat J. Byrne's Olympus, ; H. A. Deckelman’s 'Flyaway beat J. Byrne's Eleven Spot, 14-8; H. Weber's t Handy & Smith's Twin City ; J. Keenan's Royal Buck beat Rus- lson's Lady Herschel, 8-6; Jo Perry's Royal Duke beat T. Hall's Miss Skyball, §-7; H. A. Deckelman's Glen Chloe beat J. Dean's Brilliantine,. §-5; J. P. Thrift's St. Michael beat F. A. Esqual's Peaceful Glen, 12-9; Han- dy & Smith’s Jennle Wilson beat Dennis & Porter's Interesting, J. P. Thrift's Bru- tus beat Handy & Smith's Mona, J. Kee- nan’s Flying Buck ran a bye (Lady Hugo with- drawn) with Fear Not and the latter won, 17- H. Lynch’s Mystic Maid beat Bartels Bros. Bén Hur, 6-3; H. A. Deckelman's Mira Monte beat T. Cooney’s Black Hawk, 9-2; H. A. Deck- elman’s Rocket beat D. Woods' Black Night, $-0; Kay & Trant's Sylvia beat T. J. Cronin's Arab, 3-1 Third round—Forget beat Miss Grizzle, 4-1; Victor beat Eclipse, 7-2; Mac's Melody beat Flyaway, 1-0; Royal Buck beat Montana, 6-0; Glen Chloe beat Royal Duke, 5-8 Jennie Wilson beat St. Michael, 14-2; Brutus beat Flying Buck, 42-5; Mystic Maid beat Mira Monte, 27-15, time 4 minutes 38 seconds; Rocket beat Sylvia, sell Fourth round—Forget beat Victor, 5-0; Mac's Melody, a bye with Dawn (Royal Buck with- drawn _on account of lameness), Dawn won, 12-10; Jennie Wilson beat Glen Chloe, 8-0; Bru- tus, 'a bye with - Lottie M, who won, 15-6; Rocket beat Blacklock in a bye, 14-3. Fifth round—Mac's Melody beat Forget, 6-3; Jennie Wilson ‘beat Rocket, 11-9; Brutus a bye With 0ld Glory, won by Oid Glory, 6-0. Sixth round—Mac's Melody beat Brutus, 32-0; Jennie Wilson, a bye with Victor, and the lat- ter won, Final—Mac's Melody beat Jennie Wilson, 12-4. A . GLADIATOR WINS. Gladlator captured the open stake at Union Park yesterday in the presence of several thousand spectators. The betting ‘public broke about even on the day, as short-enders and favorites appeared to alternate én winning. Royal ush was runner up in the stake and Log Boy sec- ond third money. Gladiator was the best dog by long odds and on account of his splendid condition had no difficulty in killing his hares, which saved him from long and gruelling courses. The results were as follows: Open stake, first round—J. A.McComb's Flush beat A. Johnson's Mountain Beauty; T. McEl- downey's Rosebud beat G. Lahusen's Fireball; . Bauermeister's O'Grady beat Handy & Smith’s I1da; G. & H. Kennels' Dempsey Lass beat Aenid Kennels' Maid of Erin; Pasha Ken- nels' Metallic beat J. H. Perigo's Belle Seward Cohen & Tevlin's The Devil beat Rincon Ken- nels' Ski; Pasha Kennels' Firm Friend beat T. J. Cronin’s Thornhill; Pasha Kennels' Emin Pasha beat Pretender beat J. H. Smith’s Merced; J. Dean’s Gladiator beat L L. Sears’ Beauty; D. Hooper's Koolawn beat Handy & Smith's Victor Queen; Handy & Smith’s Pretonius ran a bye, Jesse Moore “withdrawn; Yosemite Kennels” Wild Lassie beat F. Moran's False Flatterer; F. A. McComb's Royal Flush beat M. London's Mag- neto; Kay & Trant's Diana beat Curtis & Son's McKinley; Hurley & Riley’'s O. K. Capitol beat Aenid Kennels' Van Cloie; J. Connell's Log Boy beat Larkey & Rock's Van Needa; M. London's T Morning Glory beat R. E. de B. Lopez's Rochester; J. S. Shaw's Lucky Dog beat F. A. McComb's Faultless Beauty. Second round—Flush beat Rosebud; O'Grady beat Dempsey Lass; Metallic beat The Devil; Firm Friend beat Pretender; Gladiator beat Emin Pasha; Koolawn beat Petronius; Royal Flush beat Wild Lassie; Diana beat O, K. Capi- tol; Log Boy beat Sharkey; Lucky Dog beat Morning Glory. Third round—Flush beat O'Grady; Gladiator beat Metallic; Koolawn beat Firm Friend; Royal Flush beat Diana; Log Boy beat Lucky Dog.. Fourth round—Gladiator beat Flush; Royal Flush beat Koolawn; Log Boy ran a bye. Fifth round—Gladiator beat Log Boy; Royal Flush ran a bye. Final—Gladiator beat Royal Flush. Puppy stake, first round—R. E. de B. Lopez’s Santa Rita beat G. E. Ehrmann’s Handicap; Hiirley & Riley’s Star of Cuba beat F. Moran’s Bit of Fashion; R. E. de B. Lopez's Santa Ana beat M. Kerrigan's Honeymoon; R. E. de B. Lopez's Santa Inez beat Pasha Kenneis' Rol- licking Airs. Second round—Santa Rita beat Star of Cuba. Final-—First, second and third money was di- vided between Santa Rita, Santa Ana and Santa Inmez, all owned by R. E. de B. Lopez. S Coursing at Stockton. STOCKTON, Feb. 12—The San Joaquin Coursing Club has taken great strides since last Sunday. It has sent an appli- cation for membership to the Interstate Coursing Club, and it has taken a firm stand against - ‘“doping.” At to-day’ them from any were shut out. hounds that have been purchased from other recognized ciun lowed to enter. and Joe Adams’ hounds, Tipperary Lass and Black Jack, which are barred from interstate parks, were shut out, though the bar will prob- ably be removed shortly, as the hounds’ present owners are known to be square s]portsmcn. To-day’'s sport was above the average. Results: Twenty-four dog stake—Trixie beat Orphan Girl; Firebrand a bye; Pacific Queen beat Mys- tery; Port Costa Lass beat Tina H; Hazel Glen beat Cyrus Noble; Duke of Oak Grove beat beat Better Than Gold; Bad Boy beat Lady Ross; Olga beat Swiftwater Bill; Tip beat Robin Adair; Miss Perkins beat Stella D. First ties—Firebrand beat Trixie; Pacific Queen beat Port Costa Lass; Hazel Glen beat Duke of Oak Grove; Alma beat Butcher Boy; Bad Boy beat Olga; Tip beat Miss Perkins. Second ties—Pacific Queen beat Firebrand; Hazel Glen beat Alma; Bad Boy beat Tip. Third ties—Pacific Queen beat Hazel Glen; Bad Boy a bye. Final—Bad Boy beat Pacific Queen. Bad Boy got first money; Pacific Queen second, Hazel Glen third, Tip fourth, Alma fifth and Firebrand sixth. = Coursing at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12.—Beautiful weather brought out a large crowd to wit- ness the coursing at Agricultural Park to-day, and the sport was first class in every respect. It was essentially a “short end” day, and the phenomenal perfrom- ances of some of the dogs that have never been able to get the flag caused consid-‘ erable comment. But at no time during the day was there a question as to the justice 'of the decisions, and even when the talent was dumped hard there was no ick. » Passon’s Merry Maiden won first money, with Waddington’s Rosewood second an Ohmeyer’s F%eetwaod third, the rest di- vided.” Moloch ran in fine form, and Nash- ville went down into the third ties. RARE OLD MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOKS .DESTROYED Fire at Chicago Entailing a Loss of Nearly Three Quarters of a Million. CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—The five-story brick building at the northwest corner of Wa- bash avenue and Madison street, occu- pied by the book and stationery firm of A. C. McClurg & Co., was, with its contents, totally destroyed by fire to-day, entailing a loss of nearly $630,000, of which $500,000 was on the stock. The insurance was’ about $350,000. McClurg & Co, carried one of the largest stocks of rare old books and manuscripts outside the great libraries. The fire was started by an explosion of gas on the third floor and spread with amazing rapidity. The firemen from the first had no hope of saving the building, and directed their efforts to preventing the flames spreading. Considerable dif- ficulty was experienced on account of the low water pressure, many of the hydrants being partly frozen. The temperature was several degrees below zero, and a bitter north wind was blowing. Many of the firemen were severely frost-bitten, About two hours after the fire started the Madison street wall fell out, tons of debris crashing into the street and break- ing many large plate-glass windows on the opposite side. Several of the firemen had narrow escapes. 3 Mandel Bros.’ dry goods store across the alley suffered a’loss of about $10,000. not tge taken off owing to the heavy weather, NEW YORK, Feb. 12—Emil M. Boaz, general agent of tne Hamburg-American line in this city, says he has no advices as to the Bulgaria’s condition. He said at first the steamer carried twenty-five steerage passengers, but later said that she had forty-eight passengers aboard. Her crew numbered seventy-five. She had on board 107 horses and 1500 tons of freight. All the passengers were steer- age. They were mostly Germans and from all parts of the United States. The Bulgaria is not a regular liner, and has been in_the service of the Hamburg- ‘American Company but one year. She was built in England and is a twin-screw steamer of 9000 tonnage. s Str_.ers’ Offer Refused. COLON, Colombia, Feb. 13.—At a con- ference held yesterday at Panama a rep- resentative of the strikers declared that the men were willing to accept $2 20 a day I | U in currency, but the railway officials de- clined to enterfain the proposal. Fifty more laborers from Fortune Island ar- riyed to-day on the steamer Finance. The 78!’\2!‘!1 situation, so far as the strike Is concerned, is unalte 8 end of the Panama is com- pletely blockadeds Uil “Well, I guess I've got it going.” 1 J. O. Doud’s Scout; Aenid Kennels' | meeting all dogs that had a dope bar on l Consequently several local | San. Francisvo and elsewhere were not al- | Billy H; Alma beat Red Cloud; Butcher Boy | 48+ E4 NN 20 B B R R R BOLD BURCLIRY N BOARD ThE SHP TRUMNDND Thieves Loot a Cap- tain’s Cabin. MONEY AND JEWELRY TAKEW CRIME WELL PLANNED ANy BOLDLY EXECUTED. The Police Are Notified and Efforts Are Being Made to Apprehend the Perpetrators of the Robbery. Captain James F. Skewes of the Amer- ican ship James Drummond, reported at the Harbor Police Statlon last evening that his cabin had been entered by burg- lars, who got away -with nearly $500 in coin and two bracelets valued at $150. Two officers were immediately detailed to return to the ship with the Captain, and a brief investigation of the interior of the cabin disclosed undisputable evi- dences of the work of -daring thieves. Despite the fact that there was a watch- man on board at the time the burglars got away with their plunder unseen, and the robbery was not discovered until the commander returned to his vessel from a trip up town. | The thieves evidently had carefully planned their visit, as they did notq |'g0 aboard until the crew had either left the ship or gone to bed. As soon as the | | watchman had gone below on a tour of | | inspection, they steathily sneaked up the | gangway and hid in a dark corner until | a favorable moment, when they enterea the cabin and perpetrated their crime. The money is said to have been in sov- ereigns and the stolen bracelets are de- | scribed as being of Chinese workmanship. | | In their hurry to get away, the thieves | overlooked the "captain's barometer, a telltale_compass and other articles used | in navigation. The Drummond is anchored at Howard pler No. 1 She arrived heré on the 15th of January, with a general cargo, and after discharging will sail for Cork.“ \WAR VETERANS IN " THE NATIONAL GUARD BILL TO WAIVE THEIR AGE DISQUALIFICATION. i | Companies Depleted by Members | Joining the Volunteers May | Still Draw Their Annual Allowance. The election of officers for the engineer | | division of the naval militla which had | been ordered for the 14th inst. has been | postponed to Friday, the 17th. |~ First Lieutenant . H. Hutchinson uartermaster, Seventh Regiment of I antry, First Battalion, has tendered h | resignation and it has been accepted, to | date from the 10th inst. | Notwithstanding the fact that citizens of Santa Cruz have donated a site for a gcrmanent camp for the guard of this tate and that those interested have | gone home with the assurance that it will be accepted, & bill has been lutro- duced in the Assembly providing that the | adjutant general, the major general and | the senior brigadier general of the guard shall be appointed to select a suitable site at or near the city of Santa Cruz | and to make a selection within ninety | days from the passage of the bill. Another bill, that has for its pu the enabling of veterans of the Civil War to become part of the National Guard, has been introduced by Senator Stratton, and it has the sanction of the Commit- tee on Military Affairs. It amends a section of the code and provides that every able male inhabitant of the State, except Mongolians and Indians, between the ages of 18 and 45, not exémpt by law, is subject to military duty, provided that any military organization having the minimum required to constitute a com- any, composed of veterans of the Civil War, if -upon required examination be found capable of efficient service to the State in the performance of active, gar- rison or other milita duty may be or- ganized and mustered into ‘the military service of the State, notwithstanding the members thereot may be over the age of 45, and become a part of the guard. in the details of the opinion which At- torney General Tirey L. Ford gave to Adjutant General Peeler last week he says that the Political Code provides for a Board of Location and Organization, with power to disband companies and to reorganize at pleasure regiments and bat- talions; that the code gmvides the man- ner in which individual members of the élua.rd may be discharged, but does not ention the contingency provided in se tion 1962, which provides that each com- gnny of infantry shall not have less than fty nor more than one hundred, and three officers, non-commissioned officers and privates; that the code provides that the commander-in-chief may at any time for ?ood and sufficient cause disband any portion of the National Guard; that all enlisted men on entering the guard must take the oath and join for not less than three years’ service, provided that any man having served one enlistment satis- factorily may re-enlist for one, two or three years, at his qption; that any com- any parading- at parade with léss than hirty-two men, rank and file, may be dishanded by the. commander-inchief; ose | any act of their own before-thejr ‘term | medal shoot—Champic | shoot—Champion - class, Schuster, 447; | secona champion cla Stettin, 396; first class, H. S 4 nd ciass, ‘A, Jus | 3. U disbanded by the - commander-in-chie that members of companies.may be: di: charged for absence from drills, and-it: is upon -these sections of. the-law- that he: declares that guardsmen ‘cannot be . dis- charged and deprived: of privileges of.e emption: by mere implication and witho: 14 enlistment expires, ‘which -would -be tlie. case if the company was disbanded:ipso. facto, because the number -was “reducid numerically below fifty, a penalty ‘which is not imposed.by the code: As to the status of a .comipany of. the National Guard as ‘“an_organizatfon®" whose membership falls below fifty’ ihe Attarney General says: : 3 As before stated, no’ express penalty: of. for- feiture of any kird attaches to amy company by reason of having a.membership of less’ tha There is no provision of"ldw. ng any conipany because it.has less’ than men. therefare, the Mmdividual mem- fifty men. bandi; manner prescribed by law, it must recessari follow that there is a *‘company,” though i e Sibly not “an_organized eomp o which such members belong. This structic turther borne out by section 2009 of the F Code, as amended in 159 ognizes the existence of than fifty members, for it provides that the annual sum of 3250 must be audited by-the board and paid out of .the militaty appropri: tion_for military - purposes to .each com of the National Guard of fifty membe over and an amount in proportion to every company of less than fifty. The construction to be placed upon the last portion of the attorney’s opinion is that the skeletons-of companies that re- mained in the guard after the others of. the company had enlisted in the volunteer service were companies and entitled to draw their proportion of the annual al- lowance, which since last June has not been allowed them. The opinion of the Attorney General has been carefully studied by prominent men of the guard, and they are all of the view that it is a masterly dox nt. which impliedly. re company with’ less RIFLEMEN. HAVE A GOOD DAY'S SHOOTING SHELL MOUND RANGES WELL PATRONIZED. F. P. Schuster of Germania Schnetzen Leads in Bushnell Medal Con- test for Coast Champion. Five shooting organizatiofns were fepses sented -4t the Shell Mound: Range yes- terday—theé German Schuetzén Club, Norddeutscher Schuetzeri Club, San Fran- cisco Schuetzen . Verein, Columbia Pfstol and Rifle Club and Independent: Rifles. The members who displayed. their mar manship - at the targets -were.amply warded by results, as the day.was con- ducive to good shooting, the light being clear and steady, with little or no wind. A continuous fusillade was kept up until darkness compelled the enthusiastic rifie- men to desist. Following are fndividual scores of each club: Independent Rifles’ monthly Sergeant G. W. Mitchell, 3 rieant H..Feg class * shoot— rporal P. ‘arzolf,. 26; C. Iversom, 16; [ 3 % Kuhlke, 39} H. Staude, 3s; Corporal G. B. Worthington, 36 Gilborson, 20; Sergeant H. Schiichtmann, & 2 Team shoot for purse of $25—H. Staude, 17; C. Andrews, 20; H. Goetjen, C. Gilborson, 22; George W. Mitchell, 15 H. lichtmann, 15; C. Iverson, 13; total, 70 San Francisco' Schuetzen - Verein monthl s, F. Schuster, 417 first class, F. Rust, 405; second class, not filléd. third class, Henry Stelling, 379; fourth clags, D. Salfield, 3i6; best first shot, F. Rust, 24; best last shot, John Utschig, 24. Germania Schuetzen Club _m . P onthly” ‘medal hn Beuttler, 339; first ; last best shot,” John O. Rodgers, thrée shots for. cash prizes F. Rust, 71; Wiiliam Goet trecker, 69; H. Stelling, 63; L. Ha tschig, 69, 5 Monthly buliseye shoot ‘of the 2 Schuetzen Clul yer, 110 Rifle F. E. Mason, 60; Dr. Rodgers, ! perts— Younx, 69, : Sharpshooters—G.. M. . Barley, 69; E. A. Bruner, 77; M. J. White, 11 Marksmen—G. Mannell, 82; E. W, ‘Moon, Mrs. Mannell, 115; J. P.-Cosgrave, 15; C. Rob erts, 165; J. J. Fitzpatrick, 1 Glindemann rifle medal=F. O. Young, 60; A. E. W. Moor, 18; O. A, Bruner, 1. Jacobson : medal J. F. . 83, 33, members: F. L. Lewis, 67, 53, 73; George Mannell, 27, Roberts, 40, 34, 41, 45. Pistol _range,” fifty vards: Experts—G. Barléy, -3%; J. A. Gorman, 44; M. J. White, F. O. Young, 66. .Sharpshooters—F. E. Mason, 87; J. ve, 7 Marks- men—Mrs, Mannell, 102; J- J. Fitzpatrick, 108: George Mannell, 124; J. F. Twist, Lewis revolver .trophy—C. Roberts, 7, 11, 128; F. L. Léwls, 128 5. 81, 81, 123, DECORATION OF GRAVES © OF THE MAINE'S DEAD Friction Between Commodors. Crom- well and Captain Sigsbee Is Véry Acute. Special Cable to-The. Call and the New- York Herald. 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