The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1899, Page 3

| THE SAN ANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1899 *CROCKER AND MRS. STANFORD REPLY TO HUNTINGTON | Refute the Insinuation That They Prevented the Closing of the ‘“Gap.” NEW YORK, March 5.—The Call cor- | The Call correspondent in her apart- | respondent to-day called the attention | me: at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and of George Crocker, second vice presi. | When he had stated his mission she | dent of the Southern Pacific Company, 1 | Crocker and I have not deferred | ing of the gap between Surf and | 1 do not know of any partic- | ular reason wh construction the road had been delayed. If the rail- | to the s <} ® - @ o erring to the oast line be- | road company could have built it soon- wood, in which Mr. |er it probably would have done so. | | Kindly say that I am not an obstruc- | eeded in getting Mrs. | tionist. On the contrary, I am in entire | sympathy with the railroad in all that | it proposes to do for the future devel- | and clc g0 gap. Mr. Crocker said: ‘It has never been | opment of California. | very hard work to get M Stanford | “It is only during the last two and myself to agree to the finishing of | months,” continued Mrs. Stanford, this gay 1 been willing | “that 1 have felt that I was a free that th! finished as | agent, to use my own judgment as re- 5 done under proper | gard: e management of the estate, | en certain mat- | which has been transferred to me with- :n the Southern Pa- |in the period mentioned. 1 ha the Pacific Improve- | thought .cessary to consider wholly | nt Com; - had been adjusted and | the obl due the when it wouid be justified by condi- |1 have not been willing to take money tions.” 1y purpose e one—to pay Mr. Croc irther said that for sev- 1 obligations.” eral year: or to the completion of the has been a disagreement ovel road between San o and Surf, matter,” . Huntington, and until quite recently, it had, on s when seen at his re even- count of the prevailin general financ the coun 1 market con been rail- tate Company had personally obl themselyes for the payment of sums of money for railroad cons tlon, and on business principle clined to further obligate themselve: n this matter until financial financial Justified The ory and the at issue between e two com- panies having been justed, the board Southern Pacific S00n as pos said Mr. Crock and substar tical prac received ing. “We made t s ago to close the gap, ; should | have redeemed that promise before ne While I have always favored the building of this bit of road, others have thought it best to defer construc- | tion. I have never: been persistent in | the ~matter, feeling convinced that sooner or later they would waive the | objection to going ahead. Recently Mrs. | stanford, Mr. Crocker, Mr. Hubbard and myself met and considered the ad- visability of closing the 55-mile gap between the two towns. Mrs. Stanford and Mr. Crocker gave their consent, |, and T at once ordered the construction to proceed. I have given instructions | to push things vigorously, and I am hopeful the work will be completed within the vear. Let me repeat what I stated at the beginning—that we have | not aisagreed over the closing of this | gap. There has only been a difference | in business judgment.” BIG STRIKE NOW THREATENED IN IS NEW YORK CITY Hangers Ove May Go Out. loped threatened. 1 be due to workingmen. troubl At to-da Delegate Archi- bald of th Union de- clared that e g made to nization to There has ¢ building of the University and the unions afiiliated with it are engaged with the Buailding Trades Council, a rival or- to the board of delegates, ganization and when called upon to strike by the r 15,000 Men | | | Building Trades Council they promptly sed to do so. Delegate Archibald id that since that time a strong effort | been made to force the paper- | hangers at work upon the University | Club to strike. | This effort is still being made by the Building Trades Council. A committee | from the latter body informed the con- | tractor who employs the painters that | if ht continued to permit the men to | stay at work they would order strikes | on all buildings where men of unions | affiliated with the Building Trades | | Council were employed. The Central | Federated Union will take immediate | | steps to remove the friction. | CONVICT CONSPIRATORS LOSING THEIR NERVE Prison Officials Think the Hiding- Place of Weapons Will Soon Be Ascertained. JENTIN Hale affirmed belief bread and water in the dungeon would do a changing the state of t despe: turn all Qt W to of experience. ders have lost their air of ss and h King has grown 3 -hearted to the extent th he has In- timated his intentfon to *“squeal” If it will tend to le punishment. No prom- vould be given him, and it is believed would be ElVen e will clapse until tell where the revolvers and concealed. current l0~(l:l‘»l' les had found a numb: re- Tt t they deny its truth. They there is no use continuing the search, the convi ammunition are A_rumor W that the say e vause there are too many good places e hide small art for them to be n a _few days. found I ®H." W. Cooper, the “stool pigeon, is in mortal dread of death at e ands ot his fellow prisoners, and is Sloely gua-ded. The rage against Cooper hot confined to the conspirators, but 1s by every inmate of the prison. who knew ympathy nvict of the intended ¢ throat as soon as of the affair e to the number of 1 curlosity was not 200 persons. confined to the sterner sex means, for women kept the offic ¢ telling about « awful men for haurs, and it was a genuine relief to many when the last ‘bus left for Green- brae. LANDSLIDE WRECKS A FAST NEWSPAPER TRAIN HUNTINGDON, Pa., March 5.—The first sectlon of the fast newspaper train due here at 7 o'clock was wrecked one mile east of this place this noon by a land- &lide which resulted from last night's heavy fall of rain. Robert McCutchin and Fire- ngineer man J. C. Troce, both of Harrisburg, ere instantly killed. McCutchin's’ body as burned beyond recognition. The ten- Her of the engine was driven half through ¥ ir, but the express messenger aped injury. The few passeng e unhurt. The wrecked train Was the Pennsylvania Rallroad newspaper train from New York to Pittsburg. St ol s Three Jew Smallpox Cases. LOS ANUEL March 5.—To-day marked the development of three new cases of smllpox, one of which, while it eared I: a part of the city that had :R%N’lo be: fr’Zp from the disease, is di- yectly tracfble to the infected quarter. The other to cases are in the infected lo- cality. The}: was one death from the dis- ease to-day. PRISON, March 5.— | - = = IN THE INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | | Successful Meetings Held and Hand- | some Subscriptions Made for | the Institution. ° | WHEELING. W. Va., March 5.—Unus- | { ually successful meetings have to-day | been heid In this city and vicinity in the | various Methodist churches in the inter- | est of the American University at Wash- | ton, D. op Charles H. Fowler f Buffalo, N. Y.; Bishop John F. Hurst | of Washington; Dr. J. Wesley Hill, one of the trustees of the univer: Governor | W on of West Virginia, and | ex-Governor Charles Foster of Ohio were | among the speakers in various pulpits. A | monster afterncon mass-meeting was ad. dressed by the two bishops and the two Governors, Governor Atkinson presiding. The subscriptions for the university for | the day aggregated 3000. The whole will | be aplied to an endowment of a professor- p of to be contributed by the | ia. Other meetings will oon be held in promine centers in the . The American University is to stand for Protestantism and American- ism, and while the Methodists are push- ing the canvass with vigor, it is to be un- | denominational. Six of the religious de- nominatons are represented in the board | of trustees. To-day Senator-elect Scott | | from West Virginia, an Episcopalian, | made a handsome subscription, as_al did a leading Hebrew mercharit of the city. | R TO GREET YOUNG CHRISTIANS. Santa Cruz Preparing for the Ep- worth League Convention. SANTA CRUZ, March 5.—The San Fran- cisco District Epworth League Conven- | tion is to be held in the Methodist | Church in Santa Cruz from April 14 to | 16, and the young people of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Methodist Church | are making extensive preparations for the entertainment of the 250 delegates | who are expected to be present. T meetings have been arranged so as to con tinue over Sunday, when emident divines | from San Francisco are to conduct the | services. Saturday afternoon will be | | glven to excursions and sight-seeing. A | carriage excursion will be taken to De | | Laveaga Heights and the beach. An out- | | door session and round table will be con- | | ducted by Dr. W. W. C: The commit- | tees in charge of the convention are: Committee on entertainment—H. S. Holway, | Mre. H. D, Smith, Miss Jennie King, Mrs L. Heath, J. E. Robertson, Miss Hattle Snede- | cor, Harvey Door, Miss Kate Bauter, M. C. Woodruff. Reception committee and meeting delegates— H. J. Little and staff. Assignment of_delegates—H. L. Carter, Miss | Etta Snedecor, Miss Nellie Huntington. Fxcursion—F. L. Heath and staff. General reception—Miss Alice Garrett, Mrs. w. C. Izant, Miss Mabel Smith, Miss Mattie Dunlap, W. B. Anthony, C.'Izant. Decorations—Miss Jennie King and Endeavor Committee. Collation—Mesdames Filben, Harris, Thomas and Thompson. Printing—H. 8. Holwa: Badges—H. D. Smith, ey Avery. N seral committes (In charge of convention) —H. D. Smith, Mi: tta Snedecor, M. C. W?odrufl. ‘Miss Marcia Holway and the pastor. Y. Mrs. W. B. Anthony, left home, children and property to | battle with life alone in_an Eastern State. No socner had he left than the | what may If Other Trades Back Paper- | highly | implicated. | he awoke it was clear that he had made | letin will be issued this evening. SAYS HIS WIF BROKE A PLEDGE George Thalman Fights a Divorce Case. SENSATIONAL SALINAS SUIT RANCHER RETURNS TO OPPOSE A SEPARATION. After Twenty Years of Married Life | He Left the State on the Promise | That No Action Would | Be Brought. Special Dispatch to The Call. SALINAS, March 5.—After twenty| years of married life Mr. and Mrs. | George Thalman, residents of Prune- | dale, but prominent here and at Wat- sonville, have separated, and the re- sult is a divorce case brought under peculiar circumstances and promising to be prolific in sensations. George Thalman, a prominent archi- tect married a lady of the same clty in 187. Two chil- | H404040 40404040 4040+ 0404040+0+H of Little Rock, Ark. dren were born, a son and daughter, nd both are living. About three years ago the couple moved to California, set- tling in Watsonville, where Mr. Thal- man conducted a lucrative b Last May they purchased a fruit in Prunedale, about seven miles from this city. There they have since re- sided, owing to the husband’s ill health. | it is at this place that the family | troubles appear to have become serious, although the wife claims that for the seventeen years she has been medi- tating on leaving her husband. Two weeks ago she and her two chil- | dren left the orchard home and moved | into this city. The husband remalnedl there several days and then followed | them to Salina He sought an inter- | view with his wife, and, according to | ory, during her absence he gained ion to her apartment at a local hotel, hid himself, and when she en- tered sprang upon her and threatened her tc end her life with a knife if she did | not return to the ranch. By promising | to go she escaped and then sent for lhe{ Sheriff. Thalman was arrested and placed un- der heavy bonds, which he could not give, for the reason, as he claimed, his wife had all the property in her name. | The wife relented on the promise that | her husband would deed everything to | her and leave the country and she would | not prosecute him. On her part she| agreed, it is said, that she would ask | for no divorce for alleged cruelty. | All was arranged and Mr. Tha woman commenced suit for divorce on | the ground of cruelty. Friends of the husband informed him by wire at Truckee, and as a result he is ha('ki in Salinas and asserts th.t now he \\'ill‘ see the matter out at any cost or come | Thalman, it is asserted, MISSIONARIES SLAIN BY CHINESE REBELS Murderers Dine on the Hearts of Two Unfortunate French Christians. TACOMA, March 5—Two more French missionaries have been mur- dered by Chinese rebels at Mission Station, about 100 miles to the north of Ichang. It has been impossible to get details at Shanghai owing to the disturbed conditions of that entire section. At Ichang it is known that the bodies of both missionaries were horribly mutilated. Their mur- derers made a great feast to show their contempt for foreigners and Christians. The hearts of the dead misionaries were taken out and eaten in the presence of a large crowd. Scholars are being withdrawn from the mission schools and mission work has been almost suspended. Native Christians are treated with the greatest severity. Frequently their houses are torn down after every- thing portable has been stolen. One inoffensive old woman at Ichoufu was stripped of her clothing, tied to a wall and whipped until she sur- rendered deeds to the family homestead. The usual excuse for these pro- ceedings is that the Christians are no longer Chinese. The rebellion has now spread into Shangtung, where some German mineral prospectors were recently attacked and beaten. The mission- aries are hoping Germany will take steps to end the anarchy now prevailing through Central China. France and England have made re- peated representations on the subject to Peking, but without result. The rebels have lately captured Huyang and Shuchou and are rap- idly cutting off communication between the territory they hold and the outside. 40404040404 040404040424040404040+4 0404040404040+ | B4040404040404040404040404040+4H ADVEXRTISEMENTS. The good name of Allcock’s POROUS PIASTERS has induced many persons to deceive the public by offering plasters which are not only lacking in the best elements of the genuine article, but are often harmful in their effects. The public should be on their guard against these frauds, and, when a plaster will be placed under heavy bonds to-| morrow to keep the peace. When the | divorce case comes up it will prove | ensational and many scandal- | ous assertions will be made. Certain | prominent Watsonville people will be | The scn, it is asserted, has aken his father’s side. Mrs. Thalman is at present on the ranch, while Mr. Thalman is here. | Thalman was at one time in the As-| sembly of the State of Washington and | a very influential man. i KIPLING STRIDING TOWARD RECOVERY | The Novelist’s Daughter, Josephine,1 Dangerously Ill With | Pneumonia. NEW YORK, March According to | the reports of his physicians, Rudyard | Kipling is now far advanced on the way | to recovery. All through the hours of | Saturday night and early this morning | the favorable conditions increased. He slept peacefully many hours, and when | another powerful stride toward health. “The improvement in Mr. Kipling’s con- | said Mr. Doubleday this morn- marked than at . He is | 3 vas post- ed at the Hotel Grenoble at 2 o'clock thlsK afternoon: “Mr. Kipling is convalescing, with slight continuing fever. The resolution in the lungs has advanced, though it is not yet complete.” v Tt was said that Mr. Kipling’s daugh- ter Josephine is dangerously Il at the home of Miss De Forrest. She is report- ed to have suffered a slight relapse dur- ing Saturday night. There was no change in the condition of Elsle, the voungest daughter, who is suffering from pneu- monia at the Hotel Grenable. | HIS HOLINESS SHOWS MARKED IMPROVEMENT Surprises His Physicians by Reciting a Lengthy Section From Dante’s “Paradise.” ROME, March 5—The Pope, who was in excellent spirits on rising this morning, desired the attendants in the antecham- ber to attend mass in his own room. The following bulletin was issued at 1 a. m.: “His Holiness passed a quiet night, get- ting several hours’ sleep. All his natural functions, the pulse and the temperature are normal. It has not been necessary to re-examine the wound. No medical bul- His Holiness, turned to bed ‘at 1:30 sumed his ordiniary tion, mentally and physically, is good. He | engaged his physicians in conversation | and to their amazement recited the en- | tire last portion of the seventh canto of Dante's *‘Paradise,’ commenting upon | various passages as he proceeded. Pro- fessor Mazzoni afterward said: “He is indeed a marvelous man.” Dr.. Lapponi hopes to be able to dis- pense with the bulletins altogether in the course of two or three days. STORIES OF THE CZAR'S HEALTH NOT TRUE Published in a Copenhagen Paper Be- cause of a Resentful Feeling of the Danes. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. - Copyrighted, 1599, by James Gor- don Bennett. BERLIN, March 5—I have heard much of the total collapse of the Czar's health. No one believed the reports until they were published in a somewhat circum- stantial form by a Copenhagen paper. The stories are untrue. It appears that the inhabitants of Den- mark are annoyed because the Czar used his influence with the Kalser to prevent recent events in Schleswig-Holstein, and secondly because he is considered to have neglected Denmark by not visiting Copen- hagen every summer; also these points are accentuated by the Czar not having given way in all matters to his mother. —— Lady Beresford to Visit America. LONDON, March 5.—Lady Willlam Ber- esford, formerly Mrs. Louis Hammersley of New York and later the Dowager Duchess of Marlborous ., will sail for the United States on Weanesday.- Who arose at 10:30, re- p. m. He hasyre- | diet and his condi- SCHLEY REMAINS - SHMPSON'S SENR Outcome of the Senate’s Failure to Act. NO REWARD FOR BRAVERY NOMINATIONS FOR HEROIC ACTS ALL HELD UP. Naval Offcers Indignant Over the Result of the Controversy Be- tween Sampson and Schley. Special Dispatch to The Call. Washing- In view NEW YORK, March 5.—. ton special to the Herald say: of the failure of the Senate to confirm | the nomination of Rear Admiral Schley and Rear Admiral Sampson for ad- vancement for heroic conduct in bat- tle, speculation is rife in naval circles as to the action which will be taken by the department. One thing is certain: Secretary Long will not submit to the President for transmission to the Senate in Decem- ber next the nominations of these of- ficers for advancement. And it is there- fore plainly apparent that Rear Ad- miral Schley will remain senior to Rear Admiral Sampson unless the depart- ment should establish the correctness of the reflections upon Rear Admiral Schley. Such an investigtion Is by no means n improbability. Serious consideration has been given the matter by Secretary Long, and some of the officials of the department are urging him to take such a step. It is announced that if Rear Admiral Schley asks for a court of inquiry the department will promptly order it. In the meantime Rear Admiral Schley will enjoy the pay and allowances of a major general of the army, while Rear Ad- miral Sampson will draw the pay and allowances of a brigadier general. Naval officers are indignant at the ac- tion of the Senate in holding up alt other nominations for advancement as a result of the battle of Santiago be- cause of the Schley-Sampson contro- versy, when they say that they were not concerned in any way in it. The department does not intend, however, to permit any further developments in the controversy, unless it be through a court of inquiry, and to this end will not transmit any nominations to the Senate in December next unless it be that of Naval Constructor Hobson and officers recommended for advancement by Rear Admiral Dewey. “THE AMERICAN BOY” PROJECT FAILED But Agitation to Have a Battleship So Named Will Be Continued in the Next Congress. CINCINNATI, March 5.—Among the pro- jects to which the short session cf Con- gress was unable to give favorable con- sideration was that to have a battleship named “The American Boy.” The na- tional committee of the American Boy Association, January 20, decided to visit ‘Washington in a body and appeal to the President, Secretary Long and members of Congress to name one of the new ships “the American Boy” and allow contribu- tions which the youth of the country have sent_here and will continue to send from the first installment for its construction. This committee reached Washington January 26 and had a satisfactory inter- view with President McKinley, after- ward _seeing Senators, Representatives and others on January Representa- tive Bromwell of Cincinnati offered a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to call the next battleship con- structed ‘‘the American Boy” and to re- ceive and deposit in the United States Treasury as a special fund for the con- struction of said battleship all contribu- tions which may be tendered to him for the purpose of defraying the expenses thereof, said contributions to be in addi tion to any amount that might be appro- phriated for the construction of battle- ships. Secretary Long has advised the com- mittee of the law to name all battleships after States, cruisers after citles, etc. This measure was favorably reported by the Naval Committee, but it was killed in the House on a point of order by Boutelle. The boys have returned from Washington determined to press their work harder than ever and they say they are receivin; letters of encouragment from all parts of the country. They pay their own ex- penses ande deposit all contributions in the Market National Bank, and are con- fident that they will succeed at the next session of Congress. e Santa Cruz’s Powder Output. SANTA CRUZ, March 5.—The powder works are again running full blast. Over 200 men were employed yesterday. Ten thousand dollars is pald monthly in wages, The present output daily is 700 kegs of blasting powder and 6000 pounds of smokeless powder. All of the latter oes East. t has been found by the Navy Department that the smokeless powder manufactured here is most suc- cessful with the ten, twelve and thirteen- inch guns. Plans are under way to en- large the plant. ~ Within the next few months there will be constructed a new laze mill, a pulverizer, a tar dryin ouse and a foundry. There are suf- ficient contracts for powder to keep tne mills running night and day for the next two years. B . GENERAL MILES AND BAD BEEF Depends on Testimony of Enlisted Men |TO PROVE HIS CHARGES BELIZVES THAT HE AND NOT THE MEAT IS MADE ISSUE. The Commanding Officer of the Army May Decide to Challenge the Im- partiality of Judge Advo- cate Davis. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 5.—The Wash- ington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs Upon the “men who ate the beef”—enlisted regulars and volun- teer officers and men—General Miles is relying to prove the allegations he made that the army focd supply was re- sponsible for the illness among soldiers during the war with Spain. He read with equanimity reports of the testi- mony befcre the court of inquiry of commanding and commissary officers that they had heard no complaints from their men and that “the food was bet- ter than most of them had before en- tering the army,” because he believed their motives were self-evident. He refused at first to admit his con- viction that the administration was trying to bolster up the War Investi- gating Committee’s report that he was derelict in performing his duty, in order eventually to open a way to depose him from command of the army. But he was led, it appears, to conclude that he and not bad beef was “issue joined” in the case when the court allowed the extraordinary statements by Colonel Woodruff, assistaat commissary gen- eral, to go unchallenged, and when the ccurt put non-commissioned officers to the test of mixed-up dishes of roast beef. General Miles has openly called this a deliberate effort to discredit his honest witnesses. An effort has been made to show that the complaints of bad rations issued to the men on the Yale, on which General Miles went to Porto Rico, were made to him on shipboard, and that he neither reported nor heeded them. The court of inquiry thinks this vital sup- port of the charge against Miles of neglect of duty. General Miles will show when recalled that he knew there was ‘“rotten” meat and shert rations on board, and that he personally secured the use of the ship’s galleys for the men, so that they could cook their bacon and warm their tomato stew. Evidence as to the chemical treat- ment of refrigerated beef will be sub- ons of the Court °s to be convin- ¢f Inquiry. cing. It is asserted that General Miles may be led to challenge the impartiality of Judge Advocate Davis, if he persists in his apparent disposition to let evidence unfavorable to any of the food supply except canned roast beef get on record. Friends of Miles recall that Colonel Davis wrote a report several years ago adverse to the bill to make General Miles a lieutenant general. CASE OF SMALLPOX FOUND AT CLEVELAND Inmates of a Large Ap)rtment’ House Placed Under Strict Quaran- tine. CLEVELAND, March 5—A case of smallpox was discovered to-day’in a blg down town apartment house, in which nearly 400 people are living. The victim is an attorney and he is the room- mate of Frederick L. Taft, Assistant County Solicitor. The sick man was sent to the Smalpox Hospital, while Mr. Taft was cémmitted to the Detention House and all the inmates of the building were quarantined in the apartment house. The situation is ludicrous in some re- spects. _Those who were in could not get out, and those who were out when tne case was discovered were refused admit- tance to their rooms unless they were will- ing to submit to the quarantine regula- tions, Most of the people took it good-na- turedly. They communicated with their frienas by telephone and some of them let down baskets by ropes from the upper stories and hauled up various supplies, of which they were in need. WOOLEN GOODS‘OOMBINE. PHILADELPHIA, March 5.—It seems to be generally anticipated in wool circles in this city that the amalgamation of a number of the larger woolen manufactur- ing concerns of this city into a large com- pany is a matter of the near future. This is expected 10 follow as a result of the re- cent formation in New York of the Amer- ican Woolen Association. All the wool manufacturers who were approached on the subject preserved a strict reticence. Some of the wool deliv- erers, however who are in close touch with 'the manufacturers, intimated that the woolen goods market had been in a very unsatisfactory condition for some time past and if there was any movement looking to a consolidation of interests it was due to this cause. Methods in vogue, it was said, had placed the manufacturer at the mercy of the buyer, and trade agreements had proved of little benefit to the former. the best. is needed, be sure to insist upon having When you buy Allcock’s you obtain absolutely the best plaster made. WILY BUNKD MEN NOW IN MOURNING Day of Excitement at Tiburon. |SANTA ROSA MAN ROBBED EN.GHTL SHELL ARRESTED. | One Malefactor iscapes and Another Makes a Break for Liberty at ° J Sausalito, but Is Recap- tured. Special Dispatch to The Call. TIBURON, March 5—Six of the pea and shell game operators who reaped a rich harvest at the expense of the un- wary last summer returned to their old “stamping ground” to-day and met with a warm reception. sufficlent evidence to convict them was obtained before they fully realized what was going on, but the element of excite- ment was added to the affair by two at- | tempts to escape from the clutches of | the officers, one of which was success- ful. One of the malefactors broke aw nd managed to get as far as San Fran- | cisco, but was caught by Creed just as he was trylng to sneak off the boat at the sli | “The six men came to Tiburon this aft- | ernoon and soon had their illegal game in | full bl They finally fleeced a promi- | nent Santa Rosa contractor out of $iI5 and a merry row resulted. While the contractor, whose name could not be learned, was declaring that he had been robbed 'and an excited crowd was surg- ing | Harris telephoned a friend | to inform Constable Garrity of what was | going on. Instead of Garrity, Creed came over in a boat and placed the six under | arrest. One of them broke away and | jumped aboard the train for San Rafael as it was pulling out of the station. The others offered to refund the contractor’s | money, but Creed grabbed it and kept it | as_evidence. Justice Bellrude was sent for, and took the men to Sausalito. They 'gave the names of J. Schubner, George Brooks, E. Goldberg, H. Hickley and John Smith. While they were at the ferry slip under charge of Louls Becker, Creed being ab- sent, Brooks ran through the gate and aboard the last boat for the metropolis. Creed returned in time to get aboard as the boat was leaving the slip. He discov- | ered Brooks trying to leave the boat at the San Francisco ferry and gave him into the charge of two_policemen, who took him to the Harbor Police Station. All the men were charged with having violated a State gaming law, and it is the intention of the authorities of Marin County to make an example of them. The four at Sausalito trled to get bondsmen, but failed and were locked up in the town jail for the night. | in Sausalito VALENCIA. March 5.—The French steamer Cheribon, Captain Alllard, char- tered by the Spanish Government, arrived here_to-day from Cienfuegos by way of St. Michaels with repatriated Spanish troops. e King Humbert’s Chaplain Dead. ROME, March 5.—Mgr. Anzino, chief chaplain of King Humbert, died to-day. OF THE PEA AND| All were arrested and | about the scene a machinist named | SALE OF UNION PACIFIC LANDS Six Million Acres to Be Disposed Of. |GREAT AUCTION AT OMAHA COMPANY CERTAIN TO BID IN THE PROPERTY. Following Confirmation of the Sale the Large Tracts Will Be Put on the Market at Once. Special Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA, March 5.—At 10 o’clock vo- | morrow morning, at the Courthouse in this city, the Union Pacific Railway | Company will begin one of the heaviest auction sales of public lands ever held in the country. The lands aggregate 6,000,000 acres and are covered by the | sinking fund mortgage given by the company on December 18, 1873, to the Union Trust Company of New York as | trustee. The lands are located in Ne- braska, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. The disposition c¢f the property and the confirmation of the 'same will practi- cally bind up all the financial difficul- ties of the road incurred previous to the taking control by the present man- agement. The number of acres and their loca- tion are approximately as follows: Ne- | braska, 1,107,759; Colorado, 342,534; Wyo- | ming, 4,062,640, and Utah, 618,824 acres. Sherman R. Day, as special master, | will make the sale, and he will offer the various tracts separately and then as a | whole, disposing of the property in the manner which brings the most money. The upset price is $4,605,000 for all the land in the four States, which is 6,131,659 acres. It probably will require about thirty days after the sale before it will be confirmed by the United States Court, but after the confirmation the Union Pacific Company will put the land on the market without delay. There is little question that the prop- | erty will be bid in by the Union Pa- cific Company, represented by Vice President Cornish, who arrived in the city to-day. After the sale to-morrow Mr. Cornish will go to Colorado, Wyo- ming and Utah to attend the sales of the lands in those States, which will be held during the week. 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