The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1899, Page 3

- HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1899, 3 GROVE L. JOHNSON USES HIS POSITION FOR PRIVATE ENDS Attempts to Change the Civil Code to| Enable Him to Win Two | Big Lawsuits. DISCOVERED IN THE NICK OF TIME | | | | The Murdock and Wilkinson Estate Cases, Involving Immense Sums, Vitally Affected by His Proposed Changes. : DQUARTERS, SACRA- | effect immediately and applies to all Assemblyman Grove such actions now pending. i his time the i Eandlins in the woodplile. lsnowe, Seem e statute bo ember of the ve bill with set in blac is Mr. Johnson AW, Attention is ing clause which Now com he law lay i e exc st same of th ce ty] This portion 1dition to the existing also directed to the el pt makes the law as amended by Mr. John- hnson introduced | son take effect immediately, and also | a bill itled ““An act | makes it applicable to all cases now pend- on 1880 of the Code of Civil !'\{.‘l in t | e ””}: X i : ‘ >roceedt elating to csess It| Mr. Johnson has two cases pending in & rocesd Lelsting (0 Wi - { which would be materially affected | is in of this bill that Mr. | he new law. So much so, in fact, t Johnson's f hand appears. | Mr. Johnson would probably be enabled | By some legislative process known to|to win a decision should the bill become | those wi th the by-paths | a law. | Mr. Johnson is attorney for the plain- | tiff in a suit now pending against the Murdock estate. The suit is for $1006,000. in the Cali- secured a of leg fornia 1son favo or the bill bY | The details are not at hand to-night, but Committee and | it is said that Mr. Johnson's proposed th amendment is ceping with the nec viewed from his the case sities o hoin a8t Mr. Johnson is also the attorney for the olaintiff in 1se of Amanda Austin vs. the Senate, W xson, executor of the erson Wilcoxson, dec Jud fary - or $150,000 alleged to be and but for t snd buf o r_services as nurse it 1s more t rerson Wilcoxson dur efved the rs. Roughly of the tiff estimates her s at it did jcoxson he worth about must be during the term of her al- Johnson, | \ can call d examine her | relating to her he death nnot go anterior ‘to such death. ition of the case make it | ~ads as fol- | | and | ¢ ired former a tim tim in order to A prop de- i fense the attorneys for the defendant r | to call the plaintiff as a witness Mr. John- t | son would, under the ms_of the . | d law, be g0 ack to } time of the p oyment by ad bec: witness h 3 decease been called by t It will at onc rent_to all law n yers: t ment to what has as one of the w t Such deceas ways be i J i the rights Provided, that such persons or “L’V S ‘mr"; I parties become fully competent if re- | harm if it aw. 1 it be quired by the executor or administra- | &5 aljeged, that bF T0° R tor to testify or be sworn in the|in two la ts -in which he : = 5 | as an attorney, both olving 1 action as to such matters, either on | ;¢ mone nd " both ed on manufactured grou the matter the trial or by deposition. warrant an Sec. 2. This amendment shall take | tly to the comes_sufficie investigation b |FELL FROM THE DECK INTO AN ANGRY SEA! LITTLE BELLES AND TINY BEAUX TO POSE AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE | W. LOWMAN DROWNED FROM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THE SHIP S. N. CASTLE. | fThe Children Will Dance Around the | Was Returning From an Ocean Trip | Maypole and Follow the Pied | Made to Regain His | Piper of Hamlin. | Health. Prompted success of the| The ship'S. N. C which arrived In | entertainme x e Hobart man- | port late last night from Honoluly, )y a few ago and In response to | brought the sad tidings of the drowning fon, the|of L. Lowman, a passenger, who was Hos- | making a trip for his health. The accident occurred last Fri in a dead calm a bree ng up el again | and ef- | got under W Fric morning the at the Hobart | br was S0 strong t found | acc dations | nece to shorten sail. sea W L = bois and the vessel rolling heav Mr. Lowman strolled on and stopped After companion way to talk to C. rill, a fellow p; ger. A su h of the vessel ¢ him to s al steps in an ef- fort to_gain He s e nd toppled over it into t t | Merrill at once sprang for th and threw it over to the strugglir who was fast being left astern. Captain | Hubbard was at the wheel at the time | 1d at once brought the 1 to and or- | ed the small boat to be lowered. | A_diligent s 1s_kept up for over | an hour by the men in the boat, who were in imminént danger of losing their lives owing to found but lifebu Iy returned to- the ship. is thought that Mr. Lowman was ble to swim, a buoy thrown by o | Merrill str 1 a Yew feet of him. | He was about 40 1ge, unmarried, and resided at I all his 2 othing was nd the boat final- ie preceding eat a success will be repea the affair may be ses s or from the fol B. Bourr the m un- Angeles ——— MARBLE-CUTTERS PROTEST. es Morgan and Miss Appoint a Committee to Meet the Bosses To-Day. The striking marble cutters and polish. ers were present in large numbers at the AN UNDERTAKER'S BILL. } oh for an Arm as a| special meeting of the union held last Charges as M}\;‘1 . night. In addition to the dissatisfied ‘Whole Y~q here re. | Workmen there were also present P. H. 1 expl :rn il T president of the Builders and | s query Su r‘lh\"” Ger. | Trades Council, and Harry Saunders, who | s directec ward Kelly, the V;!; ‘1 came to .take part in the proceedings. | i ract for the buria e ill_feeling of the members ent, | o + dead, yesterd nd there were over 100, med to be di- | lth and Police Com- | rected against Manager wiey of the & over his bill for last | Vermont” Marble Company, who they | g Over NS S0 for each | claim is responsible for the stri After | e ”:" bill showed arms, | ¢¢ sidersa -I'v discussion a committee was ems Iy e o ions of bodies | appointed to wait on the bosses ice. Mr. Kelly € ined | plain Jfo, them their views of - K xplainec | tice of the_proposed new s Al ? n trouble to, dishose, 0l | President MéCarthy ana | un arm or a P Viseme The | the Builders and Trades Council, with | ;,g;”“’_ 1 fom the City and | President Allén of the Marble-C & jortions of Gty and | Union, with the committee, will wait on | County Hos ult from amputa- | ypody and Ruffino some e to-day. tions Another meeting of the union will be heid | tosnight to receive the report of this com- | Unknown Man Found Drowned mittee. body of an unknown man was found O e e Y afternoon floating in the bay | MB. MORELAND’S SUCCESSOR. | i wharf and was taken to the . | srgue. The corpse had been in the water | v. David Claiborne Garrett of for two s or more ulnd lt‘hef {;:aurlreg{ Portland Will Fill St. e scognizable, nearly all of the fac e e aving disappeared. The de- | Luke’s Pulpit. Ufve feet nine inches in height | Rev. David Claiborne Garrett of St. gray in cheviot, flannel neglige shirt ack suit of dfagon: clothing and black lace shoes Mark's Church, Portland, Or., has ac- cepted the pulpit of St. Luke’s Church in this city, vacated by the elevation of | e i The appearance of the < good auality. The earanct i O o it thai of a luboring mao. Not H. Moreland to the bishopric | Jer or writing was found b; be identified. Two jack: the property found.on-the dec d he body will be kept in !h(l Morgue for two or three days awaiting | identification. [ which it knives wer Garrett was born in Burlington, December 23, 1 He was edu- catgd in_the public schools of Burlington and in Griswold College, Davenport. He afterward went to Harvard University, where he received the degree of A. B. in 1802 His first pastorage was Trinity Church of Davenport, where he built up the parish from a small congregation to a large and flourish.ng church, clearing e Calvarian Service. 3 [ The usual Sunday cathedral service of varian Society will be the occasion Joseph M. Gleason's discourse. for R ubj b X Vi ‘“‘Human His subjcct and toxt Wi % death iy | off all Indebtedness; erecting a rectory him, 1 will chastise him, therefore, and | and_doubling the number of communi- et hi g0, But they were justant with | cants. }oud ¥otcas, requiring that he might be | In 1800 Mr. Garrett recelved a call to 8t. Mark’s Church, Seattle, a newly or- ganized parish. After visiting the ne_ld. crucified, and their voices prevailed.” St. Luke xxifi:22-23, | everything has b | month for | August 28, | Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. Al- | though the corporation will not have | the support of the Santa Fe| lise mor of the English capital- | | calculated to injure traffic with the sub- he felt it his duty to accept and there repeated the experience of the seven vears of his- rectorship in Davenport. Within a year the church was enlarged three times and a handsome rectory built. Mr. Garrett remained through all the hard times, declining numerous calls to higher parishe: After three years he was called to 0| back to his old parish in Davenport, and | also in Christ’s Cathedral, New Orleans. In 1896 he was elected rector of Trinity Church, Portland, but felt obliged to de- cline that. The next spring through his efforts the handsome new St. Mark’s Church was erected. Then Trinity Church of Portland sent a second call and Mr. Garrett, considering_his work in Seattle completed, went to Portland. During his rectorship in Portland the congregation increased to such an extent that the vestry is now planning to put| pews in the gallery. It was largely | through his influence that a debt of $40,000 has been virtually raised by the sale of | bonds to the church members. Mr. Gar- rett was married in 1883 to Miss Lily Selmes of Boston and has three children. | ———————— | BOYS ON A TROLLEY RIDE. St. Patrick’s Committee to Give the | Youths’ Directory an Outing. Fifty boys from the Youths' Directory will be given a trélley party to-night by the St. Patrick’s day committee. ° The proceeds of the celebration to be held on March 17 will be devoted to the Youths' Directory, and-the cars on which the boys are to take.the ride to-night will ad- vertise the celebration. | The arrangements for the trolley ride are in the hands of P. J. McCormick and cen done to make the outing for the boys a grand success. Two | cars ave been chartered and these .will | be elaborately decorated with -flowers, bunting and_different colored lights. The | Hebrew Orphan Asylum band will accom- | | pany the party and a number of promi- nent citi will be guests on the ride. At 7_o'clock sharp the cars will start from Twenty-ninth and Mission streets. A round trip will be made on the Mission street line, then the cars will be taken down Kearny street to the Ferry. From | there the cars will go over the Protrero street branch, the Bryant and Folsom treet lines and out Mission street to In- | gleside. |LEAF TOBACCO TAX FULLY EXPLAINED INTERNAL REVENUE COMMIS- SIONER’S RULING. Dealers Have No Excuse for Diure-] garding the Law and It Will Be Enforced. On February 20 Collector John C. Lynch prepared a very full statement of the con- dition of the trade in leaf tobacco and forwarded it to the Commissioner of In-|e ternal Revenue, requesting answers to the | different questions that seemed in doubt. | In answer to this letter the Commissioner | given full information as follows: ¢ tobacco will not be permitted )in quantities less than a r bale ther will they be directly* to consumers, required to their sales to s of purchasers, namely other registered dealers im leaf to- nd—To duly registered manufacturers of snuff or cig: To persons wh Kages for export: o selling to other per- | anner than as above nufacturers of tobacco, will be reg nd all tc Id by them will be re d tobacco and liable for per pound of tobacco has the ) to other manufac- rs in quantities less bale » have the right to of tobacco, but s as leaf dealers | as manufacturecs )y a manufacturer of to- imers _or ored manufacturers rded to be & manufa ubject to tax. The Commissioner further says that permits required for retaining leaf bacco may be given at the end of the all tobacco sold duting the month, but this is to be done under s pervision of the Collector and mu; jed by a deputy. Finally, the Com: missioner adds that his “‘office notes w satisfaction that you state there is no re- tailing done_in your district in the sense | of direct sales from leaf dealers to con- is a point on which the ctu tobacy to persons 4 of the to- his sumer Revenue Department, will strictly enforce | the 1a Fhese decisions are given by | Hon. George W. Wilson, the newly ap- pointed Commissioner of Internal Reve- hue. Mr. Wilson has been connected with | the Revenue Department for many years and thoroughly conversant with the Whole body of the revenue laws, and “qually with the requirements of the \des that these laws affect. Collector nch and Revenue Agent Thomas be- Ve 'that the trade is sufficiently pro- -ted by these rulings, and that the léaf ors especially have every cause to be | ateful to the department for the very liberal construction put upon the act of| 1401 which, If taken literally, prohibits the sale of any smail oi)l af tobac absolute quantit. 'LIFE-SAVING STATION | FOR POINT BONITA R | | BIDS WILL BE OPENED ON NEXT‘ TUESDAY. i The Necessity for Such a Station Ha-: at Last Been Made Obvious. | Work Will Begin | Soon. l Bids for the construction of the life- saving station at Point Bonita will be | ened at. the office of the general super- | intendent of the Life-saving Spr\'lc&,‘ Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of March 14, The construction of a life-saving sta- | tion at this point will. provide a long- | needed protection.to ships in .distress. ie men for v promontory dangerous, and com- | plaint after complaint has been sent to Washington without effect until recently The specifications call for a two-story building of brick for the accommodation | of the keeper and crew; also a lookout | tower, an inside boathouse, an outside | boathouse, an outbuilding for storage and | a flagstaff and a drillpole. The inside boathouse will be located near the point | on the Golden Gate side, and the lookout on the old lighthouse site. The dwelling {s to be on the coast about 500 yards from the inner boathou! The outside boat- house will be located on the north side. A number of local contractors have for- warded bids. e | A NEW FERRY LINE. i | \ Oakland Syndicate to Build it With- out the Santa Fe’s Aid. The Oakland Consolidated Street Rail- road Companies have perfected plans to operate a ferry service-between this city, ists who were expected to go .into the | deal, " Millionaire Smith, who is at the head of the proposed service, is said to have secured enough money to put it in operation_in_connection with the local lines of the four cities. This will neces- sitate the building of three ferry boats and the changing of the electric road cars to passenger coaches. _arge grogertymwners on the other clde of the bay are dissatisfied with the new arrangement Inaugurated at the mole by the Southern Pacific Company. It is the general opinion that the system is towns by reason of the discom- urban attached to travel over the regular fort route: —_— e Advises Against a Gas Plant. Fire Marshal Charles Towe reported ad- versely to the Supervisors vesterday on the application of a patent medicine com- any to erect an acetylene gas plant on fan Ness avenue. He objected to the storing of thousands of gallous of alcohol and other chemicals in the midst of a fine residence district. For the safety of life and property he advised against granting | the request. —_— Good upright for $150, at Mauvals’, 769 Market street. 5 (d | with Pande | vided equally | the sub-treasury , purchase leaf tobacco | s | early last January, wi | season. LEASES THE PANDE BASIN GOLD BEDS Syndicate’s Big Deal in Alaska. ACQUIRES PLACER GROUND PAYS OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLIONS. From the Beach of a Lake Drained by a Big Tunnel the Investors Expect to Extract Vast Quantities of Gold. BY HAL HOFFMAN. Special Correspondence of The Call. JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 21.—One of the largest and most unigue mining deals ever made in any country has re- cently been completed in connection basin, near Sitka. The parties to the transactlion are the Pande Basin Gold Placer Company and Fred- erick P. Voorhees, who is said to rep- resent a New York syndicate of $20,- 000,000. The property of the company has ‘been leased to Mr. Voorhees “for the term of five years at and for the fixed and certain rent of $2,650,000,” to be payable in installments every three months. Twenty thousand dollars has already been paid; the first payment of $60,500 is due on June 30 next, and the second of $50,000 on September 1 next. After that each quarterly installment will be $132,500. The output of the mines in excess of 00,000 for each six months is to be di- between the parties to the ‘lease. All buildings, plant, tools, machinery and supplies used by the lessee shall belong to the lessor at the piration of the lease without any pay- ment therefor. The properties are placer and quartz. Maurice L. Muhleman, who was in in New York under Sub-Treasury Agent Jordan during Cleveland’s second term president of the Pande Basin Gold Placer Company and H. S. Martin secretary. Benjamin P. Moore, formerly Collector of Cus- toms for Alaska, and General H. L | Willey, formerly Surveyor General of alifornia, are among the leading| ockholders of the company and pro- motors of the lease. General Willey is now in Californ having left Sitka for the south several weeks ago. In Pande basin is a lake out of which, s drained sixty- one feet of water through a tunnel in order to leave exposed gold-bearing sand on the beach. This was quite an engineering feat. A full description of it was published in The Call on Janu- ary 13. A mining expert named Turner of New York, from a ys made from sand taken out of twenty-si in the shore around the lake, reported, it is said, to the New York syndicate represented by Frederick P. Voorhees, that the nd would y cents to the ton and that there was then, on that average, at least $7,000,000 in sight. ¢Many mifing men here are incredu- ith | lous pver this deal, and the second pay- | ment of $60,000 will be a test of the serious intentions of Mr. Voorhees and his associates. The Daisy Belle’s Big Yield. REDDING, Marach 10.—The rich strike at Furnaceville has induced the location of two claims adjoinjng the Dalsy Belle, with more to be taken. W. M. Dale, J. H. Moore and William Silene: erers of the Daisy Belle, have filed in the Recorder’s office a location known as the North Star quartz mine. A. R. Myers and M. Soosar have located the Morning Star quartz mine in the same locality. No further reports have come in from the Daisy Belle, but at last accounts owners were pounding out over $100 a day in a hand mortar. New Date for Walters’ Trial. SUISUN, March 10.—The condition of Jesse Walters will incapacitate him from appearing in court on the date originally et for his trial, which was next Tues The effect of the surgical operation per- formed last week to remove the bullet from Walters' leg Wil prevent his ap- rxar:‘n('(‘ in court for several weeks, and n c sequence a continuance wa sked. | Judge Buckles reset the date for Walters trial, which will take place on May 10, and McKenzie's trial was set for May 23. — - Body of a Drowned Man. SANTA BARBARA, March' 10.—Thae body of Nicholas Becker was found this | afterncon floating in the water about 200 yards from the end of the wharf. It ev dently had been in the water two week Becker was for several months a butcher in the employ of Sherman & Eland. sl Yolo’s Horticultural Commission. WOODLAND, March 10.—The Board of Supervisors have appointed a horticul- tural commission for the county, consist- ing of T. D. Morrin of Rumsey, J. W. Anderson of Davisville and J. C. Camp- bell of Wintei AMONG THE CRICKETERS. City ‘Players Are Look{ng Forward to an Interesting Season. At the annual meeting of the Paclfic Cricket Club, W. Balnaves in the chair, the following officers were elected for the coming twelve months: Captain J. Met- calfe, president; R. C.+Medcraft and W. Balnaves, presidents; George Theo- bald, captain; Wiiliam McDonald, secre- tary and treasurer; 'J. Theobald, Fane Sewell and J. Myers, members of the ex- ecutive committee. The selection co; mittee consists of George Theobald, Wil- liam McDonald and Charles Coles; T. Turner is the ground committee; and the delegates to the California Cricket Asso- ciation are George Theobald and Fane Sewell. George Theobald and William McDonald were appointed a conrmittee to confer with —the representatives of the other city clubs with regard to the ground to be used for play during the coming J. H. Harbour, who acted secretary during 1897 and 1858, was thanked for his servic TFor some seasons past the city cricket clubs have had the use both of the Web ster street (Alameda) ground and o1 Freeman's Park at Golden Gate for prac- tice games and matches. But the Golden Gate ground.not being available this vear all games will be played on the Alameda ground. Wwhich has already been secured y the Alameda club for the season by the prepayment of six months’ rent. This ground, however, is only half the size that it formerly was, the remaining half having been let off to the proprietors of Chinese vegetable gardens. — Cohen Will Not Be Disbarred. Chief Justice Beatty of the Supreme Court has refused to issue a citation or- dering Attorney Alfred A. Cohen to show cause why he should not be disbarred. The effort to punish Cohen was made by Willlam Moir, and grew out of angold disagreement over money matters, ® —_— ec——— Brewer Memorial Service. A service in memory of the late Alfred | Lee Brewer, D.D., will be held in the C: thedral Mission of the Good Samaritan, Second and Folsom streets, at 11 o’clock this morning. There will be a cele- bration of the holy communion and a ser- mon by the Bishop of California. eld $83 and some | the | | because it accomplishes n every instance | exactly what is claimed for it. And of what other remedy can that be 1d? Every form of nervous trouble, wheth- Lon V. Stephens is the first native- | born Governor of Missouri; neighboring Kentucky has furnished the rest. As chief executive of the State of Mis- souri his policy is business-like, economi- | Goyernor Stephens frankly and freely | cyredto stay cured—by Paine's e | recommends Paine’s celery compound. | compound, Every k nd degree of im. He has been greatly benefited by it and | poverishment of the em i come by this greatest of all invigorators other remedies have shown no benef effect. - It is the spring remedy vouched for by physicians, teachers and well read, weil | informed men and women in every part of the country. People are everywhere dving of exhaust- ed nervous energy or dragging out their lives in pain and discomfort because of whenever there is sickness In his family | Paine’s celery compound is the remedy that is used. | As a witness to the wonderful ef-| | ficacy of this remedy, especially in | spring, the experience of the chief exec- utive of the State told in the following | letter cannot be slightingly passed over: | Executive Department, | State of Missourl, ‘ | | Feb. 8, 1899. [ Jefferson City sleeplessness, nervousness and fagged-out | Gentlemen: brains. The objective point of Paine | I have used Paine's celery compound, | celery compound in successfully curing | keep it in my housq for family use, and | such nervous troubles is to feed the find it a splendid remed Ve | nerves, bulld up%he wasted brain part | fully yours, LON V. ST | nourish the tissues and increase the con- Why is Paine’s celery compound to-day | the most successful spring remedy in the world? It is so wonderfully successful simply | structive capacity of the blood. Health and renewed life to all the nervous sues thus takes the place of the leth: and the debility of disease, when F whose name cannot now bé learned, seriously hurt. The engine was pulling a stock train and slipped off the track. It POET OF THE SIERRAS | » VISITS WASHINGTON lL thought the explosion was caused by | the jar. E | Grieves Over the Fact That His Old‘ ShEeet gl | Ootls Has Bovorio & . Water Famine Imminent. | g ‘ VALLEJO, March 10.—Several towns Ruin. | throughout Solano County are threatened WASHINGTO:. March 10.—Joaquin | With a water famine. The springs sup- plying Suisun are now dangerous California’s eccentric poet, who ¥ The Trustees of Suisun at their last regu- when he lived here by Miller, sought notorfety living in a tree, is revisiting the scenes of | lar meeting ordered notices posted for- his former abiding place after an absence | bidding the use of water for but of nearly thirteen years. domestic purposes. Dixon, Benici: | H , | Vallejo are also short of their “I find many changes in Washington said he, “but the greatest and most & | supply. | graceful change is that which has taken i Dies in New Mexico. place in Meridian Hill. Now, when Ilived | woopT AND. March on that hill it was a magnificent place. I 10.—A telegram Duilt my cabin there because it was the | has been received from ¥ highest point In Washington, and now | ico, announcing the sud they have destroyed it. Had I known that | ry Smith, late a r e hill was mutilated I would have Kkept| went to New Mexico a few months ago | away from Washington. My old" cabin, | to engage in the mining business. ~ The { where I spent three happy years now | body will be brought to Woodland for | & ruin. It looks like a bird’s nest beside | burfal. The deceased Jeaves a wi e | former Representative Henderson's | a 16-year-old daughter. He a | tle. Captain Dubois, who is no stationed { daughter of the late Hon. C. | at_the.White House, has purchased m. i | cabin for $5100 and it is falling into decay { One of the last things I remember while T occupled the cabin was Senator John A: Logan coming over to borrow my saw, which he wished to use in making a book- | e The Fox Sails So;thward. PORTLAND, Or., March 10.—The torpedo | boat’ Fox, which was constructed in this city, left to-day for Mare Island nav: vard, where it will be turned over to the Unitéd States Government. as: Miller will lecture hereé soon. He says | he will then go to the Philippines. - | SENATOR JONES’ ILLNESS. | The Arkansas Statesman Suffers a | Temporary Setback. | WASHINGTON, March 10.—Senator Rivals Blocking Chinese Grabs. LONDON, March 1L.—The Peking corre- spondent of the Times says: In retalia- tion for blocking the extension of the French concession at Shanghai, the | | as spring comes on. | wholly cea GOVERNOR STEPHENS. His Family Joins Him in Sincere Praise of Paine’s Celery Compound. celery compound is employed. No one will need to be told that Paine’s celery compound does its best work now These early spring days encourage ' getting well. Nervous diseases are less stubborn and debility more quickly now than at any other time. tonish every one who knows ery compound only by hear- v it now and to see the change vellow, sallow complexion to a healthy color; headaches will se; sleep will refresh and the mind grow cle By means of this great modern remedy the liver that has been sluggish all winter becomes active, and bilious attacks and the poisonous head- aches and the diseases akin to rheuma- tism, which are its resuit, are cut short. It it were possible to make a house-to- ho of families ‘where Paine’s from a fresh, ¢ compound is being used during these early ing days, an overwhelm- ing amount of evidence would appear showing the implicit confidence that is placed in this greatest of all_spring rem- edies; and the enormous number of peo- ple who are being cured of some form of nervous troubles, sleeplessness, indiges- tion, headaches, neuralgia, heart troubles or a gene; run-down®' condition. al French and Russian Mfnisters instructed their Consuls to block the extension of the Cosmopolitan settlement. China, therefore, refuses to extend the latter on the ground that the Consuls are not unan- imous. MR g Awarded Heavy Damages. URA, March 10.—The jury in the Gre: the Southern Pacific returned a verdict to-day intiff damages in the plaintiff is the widow killed by a Southern Santa Paula several —_——— Death at Woodland. WOODLAND, March 10.—George J. O’Connor, one of the leading business men of Woodland, died at 3 o’clock this morn- ing. He was a native of Paris, and a son of and wealthy merchant of San Fi co. The funeral will oc- cur on Sunday at 2 o'clock- VE case of Company of Green, who wa P2 train near months ago. Will Be Monterey’s Guests. A BARBARA, March 10—Dr. Webb, president of the Wagner v, and_Frederick W. here Saturday noon al train for Monterey. They 1 nearly a month more in e Mrs. Van Alstine Jailed. SEATTLE. March 10.—Mrs. Lou Van Alstine and her sister, Emma Norton, were committed to jail to-day for contempt of court for refusing to pay into court $30,- 000, of which Judge Moore decided Mrs. 1 Alstine had defrauded her former band, Con Van Alstine. James K. Jones of Arkansas, who has been ill for some time, suffered a set- back to-day. During the afternoon he | was attacked by a paroxysm incident to the angina pectoris, which, while not so severe as former ones, appeared to be more stubborn in yielding to treat- ment. The physicians, however,. suc- ceeded in relleving their patient and to-night his condition is reported more favorable. FReo e Mare Island’s New Drydock. VALLEJO, March 10.—Within the next two weeks the Bureau of Yards and Docks will issue advertisements calling for bids for the construction of the new drydock at Mare Island. The new dock will be built of timber, and severai local firms_contemplate bidding for the work. The dock will be located south of the one | now in use at the navy yard, and will be large enough to accommodate the larg- est ships afloat. ol iy Loeomotive Boiler Explodes. DENVER, Colo., March 11.—A Denver and Rio Grande engine blew up at the crossing of the Rio Grande and Santa Fe tracks south of town about midnight. En- gineer White and Fireman Harvey Payne | were badly scalded. The head brakeman, Opposite Union Square. Responsible Firm. Low. Rates. Storage, Packing, Fireproof Warehouses. Office: S. W. Cor. Post and Powell Streets, Telephone: Main 5713. Pierce-Rodolph Storage Co. Moving, Shipping. Covered Vans. Lowest Rates—Packing and Shipping.