The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1899, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1899. PASSENGERS OF PATEIA COMPLAI Were Not Informed of| the Fire. { PERRDASE Sr LOST ALL THEIR BAGGAGE ' —_— MIGHT HAVE SAVED VALUABLE PERSONAL EFFECTS. S e Bravery and Presence of Mind of the Passengers in Face of Danger Commented on Every- | where. | - ! Dispatch to The Call. | 16.—There seems to be a nt among the passengers erican line steamer eclich, which caught fire her way from Yew they were kept ¥ morn- believe break of at 1 she hur- T clothi: w A smoke a. all 1 made N xgied back i< ted condi- u placed 1n a [ 4 Patria were en- at - St. John's departure for The rescued t the night ival of Lhe the Patria What at it the steam- from__the Captain Free- ake his ship g alarm it ers were left at Do- e, Dupiace, died | for twenty years 20rto terview d put ash ' been ex- not know to-day the Patria, keeping with the American women met at San Juan | under American Fried- g shortly s of oth complete ab- c. He th panic was y as, e opinlon of n all is informed as of the fire, ring that it 1 Soap Soap for ilet—bath— ) purposes. in demand; you them before, al- paying more than we the to! a Ma Skin am Chi archill’s Antiseptic Soap—F 1 or toilet, and es- cia recommended for the complexion as it dries up and removes all skin blemishes, Regular price is =2sc. Here, 3 for 4o cents, each cake 15c g | Pears’ Scented Soap— Made to sell for 2s5c. We cut it to Berg’s Dog Soap —For the kennel and stable. - Makes the dog’s hair grow soft and lux- urious. Laurence’s Tar Soap—For the head and scalp. The best shampoo soap made. hiree cakes, 35 cents; single cake Roger & Gallet's Soaps are the highest priced saaps sold. Highly though delicately rfumed. Imported from- France; 25¢, 5oc, 75cand $1. Wool Soap, 10 cents, Spanish Castile, cake 20 cents, Woodbury’s Face Soap, 20 cents. Packer’s Tar Soap, 20 cents, Pinaud’s Violet, 25 cents, Yankee Shaving Soap, 10 cents, Buttermilk Soap, 10 cents, Lubin’s Soaps, all odors, 40 cents, Colgate’s Totlet, 15 cents. 15c ] | 8 I5¢ Free dellvery to rafiroad points within 300 miles on orders of §5 or up. 1128 MARKET ST, AN FRANCISCO 1071 ano BROADWAY, oaxtano o | rant; | served, after which | Butle solo, | turned Into a beautiful This; howev: lacks con- firmation. It is certain, however, that lhe" officers knew of the existence of fire at § o'clock on Wednesday morning, or nearly five hours before the passengers were told to come on dec Sixteen valuablo racehorses on board the Patria were suffocated or burned to eath. HAMBURG was Tuesday. Nov. 16.—The crew of the Hamburg-American line steamer Patria is on board the company’s. steamer | Atha: Captain Vossa, from Philadel- phia November 2 for Hamburg. which is towl: the Patria toward:the Elbe. x,({'\"m, ov. 16.--The steamer Alber- tay, passing Beac d_this merning, signaled that e the American Iine s mliles from Hum{v‘u;:g lnl (\:\\‘“:‘Yn "fl:;::é T steame! Fhen last s s pany steamer. s damen stood by the Patria for five nd left when no farther assistance required. ('umfx"hl.i!nl on the disaster to the Pa- Hamburg- . five were issuing from the Patrf 1ay ha he newspapers t-day enthusiasti-| the calmness and pluck 1 1 crew of the vessel and say sturdy manliness of these ic and .Germans will be warmly | ed by every ishman.” C. PAYNE THE PRESIDENT'S CHOICE HENRY | TON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, | —It s the understanding of administra- ALL EUROPE IN CONSULTATION Commercial Freedom in China the Topic. e e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQL'AR}ERQ, WELLING- tion officials that the powers of Europe are consulting one another as to the char- acter of reply to give to Secretary Hay's | request for written assurances fn regard | to the continued freedom of commerce in | the zones of Influence they have acquired in China. The exchange of views which ts taking place is responsible, it is said, for the de- lay In' the governments appromched in making answer to the American Embas-| A {'sadors. According to officlal dispatches Will Probably Be Made Chairman of | received from = Embassadors. White and | the Next Republican National i Tower, the German and Ruselan govern- | Committee. WASHINGTON, Nov. Payne of Milwaukee, Wis,, 1s, it is under- stood, President McKinley's cholce for? the chairmanship of the next nationali Republ! committee, The President { fully understands that Senator Hanna will not again manage his campalgn in the capacity of chairman of the commit- tee, although anticipating that he will be -worker In a quiet but effective way. icipating Mr. Hanna's retirement with termination of duties with the 16.—Henry - €. bis ent committee, the Prestdent has n discussing with some of his political advisers_avallable timber for Hannas The conclusion: reached is Payne, the esent natwonal | man from M requirements of the im tated that Mr, 4, as he doubtless will | De. will favor the selection of Mr. Payne. This wiil be equivalen to his appolnt- ment, s it has been invariably the cus- tom for the committee appolnted by thy Vention to select as its chatrman the fan designated by the Presidential nomi- nee. Hatina's refusal to undergo the ar- duous labor of managing another cam- paign wiil be based solely upon the ground of (il health. As a compliment 1o Mr. Hanna and as an evidence of good faith in the party managers, Mr. Hanna will probably be given the opportunity of formally declining the vhmrmanshl{p and yielding to tne influence of Mra. Hanna, | who loaks after his heilth better than he does himself, there is no doubt that he| will do so. ' CHICAGO'S FIRE CHIEF IS BADLY INJURED Several Accidents Occur at a Confla~ gration Entailing a Loss of Over $150,000. CHICAGO, Nov. 16.—Fire early to-day | destroyed the seven-story building at 145 | State street, in the heart of the down- | town retall district, and caused a loss es- timated at $150,0% and injured a score of firemen and spectators. For a time it looked s though the flames would spread nd destroy hundreds of thousands of dol- worth of property in that valuable fon of the city. Shortly after the fire started an explosion blew out part of the front of the bullding. Glass, blazing fire brands and debris were scattered in all directions. Among the injured were Chief of the Fire Department D. J. Sweenle | assistant marshal Al} three were badly cut the two tter being to have their wounds dressed tain B. J. Bucki Wilson and Captal The building was occupied by Others badly hurt were: ( -, Joseph Wagner, James n Patrick J. Falrey. ugo e & Co, wholesale millinery; Bos- Dental Parlors; Chandler Optical H. H. Kohlsaat & Co., restau- a fur factory and several o‘h"i firms. FIVE INJURED IN ! A TRAIN COLLISION| Postal Clerk on the Louisville, Hen- derson and St. Louis Line | May Not Survive. LOUISVILLE, Nov. 16.—A head-end col- | lision between passenger traius occurred at 8 o'clock th morning at Pleasure Ridge Park, Ky., eight miles south of this ap- Sleves ton Company; Passen; train No. 41, on the isville, Henderson and St Louls, d for 8t. Louls, and the Il s Cen- srthbound f; tral, together in a dense fog. The injured are: n ym New Orleans, came G. B. Shaw, postal clerk; head cut, l¢ broken and thought to be internally 1. 3 will dle. H. Hinesley, bngfin‘emuler of | Louisville, Henderson and St. Louls; bad- 1y br Jlmnxl‘( <l n- ctor of Loutsville, | s; badly sprained and severe Engirn er mberlain and__Fireman Fof the Louisville, - Henderson.| ouls were slightly injured 4 severe shaking up none of the | injured — RE-UNION OF VETERANS. Pleasant Day Spent by Old Soldiers | in San Jose. 1 BAN JOSE, Nov. 16.—The North Central | Californla Veterans' Reunlon Assoclation | met here to-day. Commander H. M. | Barker presided. " An all-day meeting was held in Sleeper Hall. This is the sixth an- nual reunion of the assoclation. Several hundred members were present from | | Santa Cruz, S8an Francisco, Alameda, San .\‘h\leo. San Benito and Monterey coun-{ ties. | Judge H. C. in the afternoon and Judge Buckeis of Sulsun in the evening. A fine supper was the following pro- ramme was rendered: Vocal solo, Miss Nellle McGinley; recitation, Mrs. R, E. Freeman; vocal solo, Mrs. Weaver f\[n-’ cauley; vocal duet, Mr. and M reading. J. S. McGinnis; vocal Mrs. T. C. Masteller; cornet solo, | Dr. A. G. Bennett. = o AT THE HORSE SHOW. | Gotham Turns Out En Masse to See the Exhibits. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—To-night was a record-breaker at the Horse Show as far as attendance went. Madlson-square ‘Glrdl'n was crowded from entrance to| roof. Thureday night is always a heavy | night and popular, for the police horsas | are shown, with a parade of all the horses that have won prizes up to that time. | More than @ hundred beautles crowded | the ring in the parade of the prize- winners The maneuvers of the mounted police squad were gone through without a hitch or a false move. - Park for Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 16.—The City Council to-night passed resolutions bind- ing itself to purchase several acres of| land at the west end of the Plaza del Mar | on the water front and to make extensive improvements. The property will be | park “and drive- iy, and an expensive bath house will be bullt at the point known as Dibblee Point, Improvements amounting to several thou- | gand dollars will be made. The plan Is backed up by the Chamber of Commerce. -— ‘Will Bore for Oil. MONTEREY, Nov. 16.—Dr. J. L. D. Roberts of this city, president of the Monterey Ofl Company, has gone to Coa- linga to make arrangements for placing apparatus upon the company’s lands near that place. Machinery, workmen's ouses. etc., will be put 'Into place at once, it is stated, 50 that the work of | boring can be begun by December 15. This company’s lands are said to be ble as any in the HONOLULT, H. I, Nov. 10.—Several heavy earthquake shocks were felt on the island of Hawall last Sunday. The shocks | cordially {-and [ on the i Dibble delivered an address | 3 were the hn\gcll that have been experi- enced since the . recent outbreak of the received the representations very | and promised speedy ANSWEr, the American representatives are| ment satisfied they will be satisfactc { Lord Pauncefote has been able to as-| syre Secretary Hay tnat Embassader ! Choate’s rapresentation will be favorably d upon, but. it is not certain that Great Britain will gl troad assur- | ances as the Secretary des though it | hoped she will find it advisable to da{ > when she understunds the purpose of | Germany -and Russ ke a reply | which will be rely. v to. the | United States. A diplc an_inter- | view to-dny id that at - Britatn ; were 10 submit a reply tha other powers would quickly follow the exam-= ple. As it is, her hesitation s open to ! question and undoubtedly her answer will nl! n she fully understands ! aly- be made W the 3 inten T governments ap- proached France has not heen heard from, but the general und 3 seems 1o be that she will g to follow in the load of R ermany.. In any event; th are much in- terested i1 th they 1 ter de- al powers | TRaR ) ¢ s ¢ responss which sever will make. u; SKULL FRACTURED B AT { were refused landing Raisin Inspector Sims Dying in Fresno. | ST il | {'deep interest {n the weifare i men will prompt youto. sdvise them at once [ 1hat no such papers are of any value whatever Sperial Dispatch to The Call FRESNO, Nov. 16.—W. Sims, an inspec- | tor in the employ of the California Ralsin | Growers' Assoclation and a well known rés! of this eity, was tak to_the County Hospital “to-day suffering from what hig physic is a fracturs of the skull. ing rapidly, and little hope ts entertained for his recovery. Sims wes in Los Angeles in company. with Thomas Eagan of this city last Sat- urday evening. While walking along a street they met a man who appeared to | be insane. He asked Sims a number of foolish questions, which the latier. failed wer. to The crazy man then beca exaspe ., and pick up a e stone hurled it at Stms. “I'll not leave | you to tell any tales elther,” said he, | turning to Eagan. The latter, however, | teok to his heels and escaped the lunatic, | As goon as possible help was summoned and Sims was taken to a drug store near | by. In about an hour he regained con- | sciousness and the wound over hls ear | vas dressed. Blood flowed from his ears, | mouth and nose. On the next train he | was brought to Fresno by Eagan and felt much better after reachin R On the day following his arrival he alled on Dr. Davidson, who examined the wound and pronounced it serious. He at- tended to it and told Sims to call on him again the next day. The raisin inspector, however, went about his business and rlan Yesterday morn-{ ks began to swell dizziness. Several xpressed the opinfon that the base of his skull had been fractured and that the chances for his recovery were | very remote. 1 It 18 not known here whether the Los disregarded the advice of the oh. about calling next day s | Angeles Junatic has been arrested or not. KNIGHTS OF LABOR GUESTS OF BOSTON Enjoy a Trip Down the Harbor and Pay a Visit to the Big Battle- ship Texas. BOSTON, Nov, 16.—To those outside the order the business done by the General Assembly “of Knights of Labor to-day was of little interest. It chiefly = deait with routine maiters lending up to the introduction of new themes to-morrow. | The city extended courtesles to the visit- | ing delegates. Mayor Quincy furnishing the city's harbor steamer, the J, Putnam | I the mprning for & trip down hor And wsits to the institutions ands. . On-réturning t passed near the battleship Texas, which | the delegates cheered, the tars on her re- turning the greetings, | The assembly mel in the afternoon at | 1. “General Worthy Foreman D. Chamby in ~of Colorado took the lace of General Master Workman John | Parsons of New York, who was (ndis- posed, as presiding officer. ol BARN BURNED BY AN INCENDIARY Before Setting Fire to the Building He Considerately Turned All the Horses Out. BANTA CRUZ, Nov. 18.—A fire occurred near Soquel yesterday, the origin. of which was Incendiary. A. Pincovich's barn was burned to the ground and his packing house had a narrow escape from destruction. As it was, about 3% boxes of apples and part of the bullding were destroyed. The Incendlary had turned the horses out and then with great care had ar- ranged two candles in a box over which he placed some cloths saturated with coal | oil. The cloths were connected with a | large jar of kerosene. The candles ignited | the cioths, which in turn_ exploded the | jar, scattering the coal oll in every di- rection and causing a fire which gave the fire brigade much trouble before it was finally got under control. The incendiary is not known. The loss will probably reach $2000, partlally insured. bl TROPHY FOR LOS ANGELES. General Shafter Will Present the City With a Captured Cannon. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.—When the Scventh Regiment on Thanksgiving day i presented with their medals by the Natlve Sons, General W. R. Shafter, ac- cording to his personal letter to Mayor Eaton, will be present to participate, General Shafter writes that he has a trophy gun, captured from the Spanish at Santiago, which he is authorized by the Secretary of War to present to the city. As thé day is satisfactory to him Shafter says he will present the trophy e Bradlee and participate In the exercises con- nected with the presentation of ihe medals. — New Chancellor Chosen. DENVER, Colo, Nov. 16.—The directors of the University of Denver to-day elect- ed Dr. Henry A. Buchtel of East Orange, N. J., chancellor of the university, to succeed Chancellor Willlam F. McDowell, who resigned in June last to accept the secretaryship of the Methodist Book Concern. Dr. Buchtel is a graduate of Depauw Unlvvrlltx He wlll begin work here January 1, ! than | The quid CHINESE FRAUDS T HONOLULL Many Immigrants Sent Back. —_———— PRETEND TO BE STUDENTS SEE, T MADE USE OF ILLEGAL BLANKS OF ENTRY. Bt £ R United States Inspector Addresses Letter on the Subject to the Imperial Chinese Consul. SIpEpER BY HORACE WRIGHT. HONOLULU, Nov. 1—The Call al- ready has been informed, in briéf, of the Iscovery and frusfration af’ @ plot to n= troduce a large number of the student | class on recommendatory certificates, 1s- sued in Honoluiu, but not positively cer- tified to by the legal authorities in China. The story {s more fully told by the cor- respondence that follows. I'may add that I find, after a careful investigation, that nearly all of the four dozen of so-of men rejected nad. guarantees from the Hong- kong men, to whom they are alleged to have paid all the way up to $230 for these papers, to repay ail the expenses and re- fund the money, and T can further con- iradict the sensatlonal story that a claim of 320000 will be smade -on their behaif. The men have only themselves to blame, | but the Hongkong swirdlers will be sum- marily dealt with- by.. other uthorities those of the TUnited States or lawall. Fome years ago even the rep- Tesentatives of little Hawall had a salu- tary effect in staying the hands of these rogues who forged certificates and prac- | tically coined maney. The correspondente above alluded to fs v | as follows: Office of the United States Chipese lnsgfleflur, HONOLULU, October 10, 1 Hon. Yang Wel Pin, - Imperisl Chinese Con- sul, Homolulu--Sir: ~{'gesire to ‘call your at- tentlon to the serfoys consequences growing out of the practice of Chinese residents of the Hawalian Iiands preparing papers to be sent to their friends in. China, with the intention of siding them - in gaining adwmission o the islands, and shall ask yod to make such use of this communication -upon the -subject as in your Judgment will best prevent such conse- Quences ini the future Many of such papérs so prepared here haye ¥ been presented by Chitiese seeking ad- on - therpon. Elghteen came by the last steamer. They snd. will be carried to San Franciseo and then be obliged to make the Journey back 10 Hongkong How many more of these papers have already been sent to China, or are yet in the hands ot *“friends” in Honolulu. ta_be eent later I am unable to say, but 1 féel red that ‘your. ¢t your country~ in_admitting_ their friends 1o these islands. The only Chinese persons’entitied to admis- slon to the Hawalian Isiands lexcept those of Hawalian birth. and those holding: permits for- rly issued by the Hawallan Gévernment) are exempt classes and ween the United States those helonging named in the treaty b and China, to. wir: Officials, :teachers, stu- dents, merchants -and travelers for pleasure and curiosity, ‘and all these must quality and ave their napers prepared and: perf o “oroper authorities in China, and Mot by any evidence or upon amy papers that may be ent from bere.. And it may be understood that any fee for perparing -such ply money thrown AWay. ey Chiness person having the right, under the treaty, to come-to these islands can obtain from any diplomatic or consular representa- tive of -the United s eufflcient - instruc- b t! tions as to how to 1 ip . ‘preparing: his papers, and any Chinese resident of islands Who desires information upon . that subject can obtain it withugt charge on application. to the United States Chinese Inspector at Homoe- Julu. With high personal regards I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully’ yours, JOSHUA K, BROW United States Chinese Inspector, HONOLULU, Oct. 12, 1899, Mr. J K. Brown, United States Chinese In- slzlu—8ir: Your note of the 16th In reply I but 1 have Ereat pity on them g thrown away A large sum of refore cause an official notice to ued conveying what is stated in your and 1 shall ask you to give asslstance Chinese persons who are belonging. to the exempt classes and named in the trea between the United States and . China, hol papers {ssued by the proper autharities eeking admission to the -Ha- d With high personal regards I the honor to ‘be, sir, very respectfully FANG WEL PI Impertal Chinede Government. The resignation of Hon. S. M. Damon as Minister of Finance has Been accepted. nuncs allege as a reason the alleged feeling by ~ President McKinley that there was &n mernprletg in : the Minister touring Europe en ehalf = of forelgn labor importation. It fs' Jocally belleved that the new incumbent, when appointed, will merely hold during Mr. Damon's consent, unless President Mce Kinley wishes othérwise. As the result ‘of a disturbance among tha Chinese at- Walanae plantation: ona man was sentenced to six -months - im-~ prisonment and $150 fine by the -plaata- tion magistrate and three ~athers were given eighteen months imprisonment - as “ringleaders.”” The cases have been ap- pealed. ours, CHARACTER OF WELLCOME 6000 Witnesses Testify for the Defense. RIS Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. HELENA, Nov. 16.—The eleventh day In the Wellcome disbarment proceedings in the Supreme Court opened this morn- ing with the further examination of the character of witnesses. Six witnesses testified during the morn- ing session. Thess witnesses were chiefly from Madison County, the home of Stats Senator Clark. They ‘'were introduced by the defense for tha pu of discredit- ing the evidence of Clark, who had pre- Viously testified for the prosecution th: he was a_ witness to the payment money to Whiteside by Wellcome. At the afterncon session & number of other witnesses were put on the stand by the defense and testified to the d char- acter of Weilcowe. - The defénse -then rested. Attorney General Nolan for the prose- cution asked for time {n which to prepare his rebuttal l:-stlml\n¥, and.the court al- lowed him until: half-past. 9 o'clcok to- morrow moraing; at which time the court Will meet, The 'testimony will probably be concluded to-morrow. Three Suspected Chinese Taken to San Jose. 2 SAN JOSE, Nov. 16.—Three Chinese, Ah Shuey, You You and You Wah, were ar- rested in San Francisco to-day of and the glr‘x‘xll_x l':_v. r;eav‘ usnd ch)xlnrgedkwnhh h & er o n Suey, the cook who w ¥ murdered in Sixth-street Chinatown Jast < All _Belts night. Three other Mongolians were brought along as witnesses. Evidence (@ trodes: against the men seq s conclusive, as it is certain they were in an Jose last night. - i New Irrigation Plant. MONTEREY, Nov. 16.—Frank Doud of this city, one of the largest ranch owners in Monterey County, has just established @ fine irrigation plant on his ranch near Gonzales. The plant consists of horsepower pump with a capacity o gallons of water per minute and will irri- te acres. L rom three 10-inch wells. The land is to be irrigated is planted entirely in alfalfa. —_———— Arizona Pioneer Dead. TUCSON, Nov. 16.—James Finley, ploneer of this city, The water Is pumped a Arizona, died this evening In aged 55 years. papers. here 18 | § : § DR.T. A. SANDEN MIKER KILLED FOR HS MO Body of J. J.Jonesof San Francisco Found. e Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, ‘Nov. 16—~The Union has recelved news. of a murder, brought up from the Siérra Pintada placers by pas- sengers arriving to-day on the schooner Anita, - The victim was"J. J. Jones, an American, aged 68 years, of whom little is known beyond the fact that he sailed from.San Francisco on June 7 last for San Roque Landing and. the Sierra Pin- tada placers, a few miles inland. Jones was a large, rgw-boned man, an experi- enced miner, and.is believed to have been a bachelor. He was éngaged in working a ledge when he was murdered about | September 2. Lack of commuuication be- tween Sterra Pintada and the outside world has prevented the riews from reach- ing this efty sooner. g Jones was . working in. Campo Nuevo, about four or five miles from the original Ibarra camp at ‘Slerra Pintada, having opened up a ledge there. Ie had sald that he did not care for the placers and meant to_devote his time to finding a ledge, as | he had plenty of money to last him three | or four years. He found a ledge and for | a time It was worked In partnership with a man named Pete Brennan of San Diego. After he and Brennan dissolved partner- | ship Jones continued alone on the ledge. | Besides Jones three other Americans lived | in Campo Nuevo. They were Jake Miller of San Diego, Frank Dexter, a young | sallor, and Pete Brennan. There were | many Mexicans in the vicinity. | Ona of these Mexicans, named V prdnio, first® called attention to the murder by réporting that Jones had disappeared. A search- was made around a tunnel pre- viously dug by Jones. and his body, badly decomposed, was found in a pros- pect hole about eight feet deep near the tunnel. The body was dressed in only the underclothes, with one shoe on, and was almost hidden from sight by several hun- dred pounds of tailings that had been| thrown in on it. . Jones' clothing and other personal property, Including what ! money he may have had, could not be| found. There fs no clew to the murderer, | but the Mexican authorities have been working on the case. DXCITING RACE WITH DEATH Sinking Steamer Lands Just in Time. Y ok Bpectal Dispateh to The Call. |- ‘CHICAGO, Nov, 16.-The steamer Con- { estega of the Anchor line sank at the mouth of the harbor early this morning, | |-after haying had a race for life. - The | steamboat, bound into Chicago from Buf- | | falo, . In the Qense fog- that hung: over Lake Michigan - ran into the half-way crib, a' mile and a half out from the harbor entrance, and a great hole was stove in the bow. Panic sejzed the crew. | The boat commenced to fill with wsleri fast, and there was a disposition to rush for the boats. But the captain gave or- ders to turn on all steam and make a | quick run for the harbor, and commanded the men to stand at their posts. Captain Cronkhite felt that their lives depended | | upon the quickness with which he could | reach the shallower water of the harbor | | entrance. 3 The Conestega was settling fast and | | her spesd was diminished before half the { distance to the plers at the mouth of the | harbor had been traversed. Everybody | Ishuwed the feverish eagerness of men 1 who were fighting against death. A fow} hundred yards from the harbor entrance | it looked as if the boats would have to be resorted to after all. As the mouth of the harbor was gained floods of water oured into the fire hold, drove the sto- ificru up the ladders to the deck and at | lust extinguished the fire In the boilerh. | ! The steamer was then dragging on the ! bottom. Fears of golng down in deep water were then abandoned by Captain Cronkhite and the crew only to be re- placed by apprehension that the boilers | might explode. But soon the water cooled | in the boilers and the Conestega came to a stop as her keel rubbed hard in the ! mud at the bottom of the harbor. The water did nat reach the upper deck and the crew were safe. The steamer was loaded at Buffalo, and carried freight from Eastern points. It is thought that the loss.on the cargo alone + will be in the neighborheod of. $100,000. MRS. SPRING SUES TO RECOVER ALIMONY Wishes to Have the Bill of Sale of Spring’s Property Set Aside. SAN JOSE, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Enifly Spring is determined that her divorced husband, | H, M. N. Spring, shall not evade paging | her the 3200 per month alimory awarded | her by the court. ' To-day she began & | sult: against Spring and. his: brother-in- law, Fred W. Moore, to have the bl of | sale to-a half interest in th¢ clothing | store given to. Moore by Spring sat aside, | -As soun as the diviree “was. granted S‘[\rlng iranisférred all his property ‘to-hy sister” and - brother-in-law. ~The ‘half in-| terest in the firm of T. W. Spring. & Son, | worth nearly $50.000, was sold -to' Moore, &he consideration being given as 0 pring then ‘fled to the East. There is | now- over $1009 ‘alimony due Mrs, anad she wnnas the bill of sale of the store - set- aside and the Jroperty levied on for | alimony. She declares the transaction was made merely to défraud her of her monthly sup A - short time ago she hrousm suft | eeds to | Spring ¢ GOLD MAKKED “CANDLES.” Large Quantity Successfully Smug- gled in From Mexico. LOS ANGELES, Nov, 18.—A brick of bullion welghing 453 pounds shipped to the Selbys by express from a Los Angeles assayer is the largest consign- [ ton of Los: Banos to be Coroner. and Pub. | ment sent heve this year. This brick is | the result of w0 pounds of amalgam, the Mexico. To avold the jayment of duty on gold gled the retor o Nogales on a burro train in charge of peons. Through parti s @ W D! divulging the s t S form a chapter that 1s most groteaque —_——— FURNACE EXPLODES [ WITH FATAL RESULTS| That He Died a Few hours Later. nace at the Butte and Boston smelter ex- ploded at an early hour this morning just dumped 1nto it. Harry Maughiin was o severely burned and cut by flying pisces later. Johi - Jured, Dut will prabaviy. reerver. CStnan, ALLEGED MURDERER HANGED BY A MOB: first cleanup of the new mill In Sonora, exported from Mexico the owner smug- brokers it was corgigned to Los Angeles peons sober in N es to prevent thim in this remarkable expioit. Workman at Butte So Badly Injured BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 16—A matte fur- | as a carload of wet precipitates was of iron_that he died about eight hours lin leaves a widow and family in Chicago William Huff of St. Louis Meets His | Fate With Remarkable Degree of Fcrtitude. BT. LOUIS, Nov. 18.—A special to the | Post-Dispctc from Dexter, Mo., says Willlam Huff was taken from the County Jail at Bloomfield to-day and hanged by a mob of about 100 men. Huff, who Is charged with the murder of Andrew M ton, north of here, | markable nerve, serting he was not a | e | MINISTER MURDERED. Mystery Surrounds the Taking Off of Rev. Jesse Moore. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 16.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Dexter, Mo., says: Rev. Jesse Moore, living six miles south of here, was found in bed to-day with the top of his head either blown off with a gun or beaten in with a club. An adult £on, who slept in the same room, in an- othier bed, declared he had heard no nolse. The minister was one of the best known Methodist preachers in Southeast Mis- sourl. Officers are Investigating. —— NEW DIRECTORS ELECTED. | Meeting of the Telephone, Telegraph | and Cable Company. | NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—A preliminary meeting of the stockholders of the Tele- phone, Telegraph and Catle Company of | ) Amerjca was held In this city to-day. Among those present was John Jacob As- | After the conclusion of the meetir 10! P dent Latta’'s s r‘re(nr" announced that only a few directors had been elected to the board and that all vacancies would probably be filled to-morrow. He declined to make public the names of the directors elected to-day. o L HOMICIDE CHARGED. Fox, Who Was Pugilist Apfel's| Opponent, Is Arrested. NEW YORK, Noy. 16.—Coroner's Phy- siclan Hartung to-day held an autopsy on the body of Pugllist Harry Apfel, who was knocked out by John Fox at Pellean Club urday night, and fou that he had come to h death from cere bral hemorrhage, following concussion of the brain. Fox was arrested to-day and held in $2500 ball to answer to a charge of homicide. L TR Mrs. Storke May Escape. SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 16.—Yda Ad- dis Storke filed to-day a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which she sets forth that she was not brought to trial within the perfod prescribed by the stat- uite, and that the information against her is defective In the matter of substance required by law, and for these reasons she asks to be allowed her liberty. The court made an order making the writ return- able on the 15th inst. chaves = acs L Native Daughters Entertain. WOODLAND, Nov. 16.—Encouraged by the success of the Native Sons in that | direction the local parlor of Native | Daughters held what might be termed a m meeting Tuesday evening. Fifty- young women, eligible to becoms | crs, were guests. A fine programme was rendered for their entertainment and | a splendid banquet served | Dearth of Gasoline. LUL Nov. 10.—Honolulu wit] oline owing to an deémand and the failure of to arrive, and it 18 likely ta be s before any |s received. About | A dozen gasoline engines are in use here and there are nearly a hundred gasoline | stoves in private homes. Many of these | il be useless until some of the ofl ar- | rives, ted S el Dr. Lilly’s Sunccessor. MERCED, Nav. 16.—The Board of Su- pervisors to-day appointed W. J. Stacke | 1i¢- Administrator ‘of Merced County, vice | Dr. F. E, Lilly, who died two weeks ago from the effects. of blooa —poisoning. | Steckton s a Popullst and lves: forty miles from Merced o R Sailors Scarce. HONOLULY, H. 1., Nov. 10.—As a re- | sult of the busy times on the water front | maflors are very scarce here, and outgoing vesrse have had much trouble recently Hng crews. The men are able to get Letter Wages on shore as stevedores, and attempts to desert are very frequent. Murderer Gains’ Respite. { HONOLULY, H. L, Nov. 10.—Ihara, the | native convicted .of murder as a result of | his part-in the Kahuku riots, and who was_to-have been hanked next Monday, hus been granted a respits till December | 4, peading the decision of the courts in hisg last appeal. A N Two Jurors Secured. NEW YORK, Nov. 16—Two of the twelve men who are to try Roland B. Molineux, accused of causing the death by poison of Katherine J. Adams, have been obtained. It took nearly the entire lhlrf}td&y of the trial to accomplish this resul Co Settle Lies. FRANKFORT, Ky., Nov. 16.—Congress- man Eyan E. Settle, mocrat, Seventh Kentucky = District fed =~ suddenly at Owenton of heart dlsease at § o'clock this evening. | Goodnow read MAYORS DISCUSS BOKD ISSUES Paper by Controller of New York. NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE —— SUBJECT OF FRANCHISES IS ALSO TAKEN UP. e Officials of Many of the Prominent Cities of the Union Are Present at the Meeting. S Epecial Dispatch to The Call. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16.—The ses slons of the National Municipal League continued to-day. The discussion is still on the new programme prepared by th special committee. Hon. Bird B. Cole troller of Greater New York, discussed “The City's Power to Incur Indebtedness Under the Pro- posed Municipal Programm Mr. Coler, after referring to the early financial difficulties of Greater New York, referred to the restriction of indebtedness ot citles, and said: “A city issues bonds only for perma- nent improvement, the benefits of which Inure to posterity. But there are two classes of these Improvements, casily dis- tinguishable from one another, and be- tween which a sharp distinction should be drawn. In one of these classes are im- vements which, while adding to the eauty and healthfulness of a city, bring in no direct finuncial returns. This is by far the more numerous class and includes such ordinary works as the ereetion of public buildinigs, the acquisition of parks and the ving of streets. “The expense incurred is unquestiona- biy a financial burden upon the taxpayer. In regard to such expenditures there can be no doubt as to the wisdom of estab- lishing an arbitrary constitutional Mmit; since otherwise the burdens that might be thrown upon succeeding generations by excessive issues o° bonds would be- come intolerable. “There is another elass of improve- ments, however, far less commonly met with, which either resuits In casting no burden whatever on the taxpayers or else brings in actual profit to the munfeipal- ity. A dim recognition of this truth seems already to have found expression in State constitutions, which specifically except from the operation of this lLimi- tation bonds issued to provide for the s ply of water and require only that a - clal sinking fund be established for their ultimate redemption Mr. Coler held that the bond issues in such cases were not a real burden since water rents pay the Interest and reduce Under no conditions did ying franchises to further mu- nicipal ownership, advocating the idea of waiting until they ran out and then tak- ing them. In case of perpetual franchises, he did not believe they would stand the test of the Supreme Court of the United States, Following Mr. Coler's address there was a_general discussion of the subject, in which the following kemtlemen partici- ated: Hop. Willlam Dudley Foulke of ichmond, Ind.; Charles J. Beraparte of timore, H. M. Johnson of Indiana s, Samuel G. McClure of Columbus and Wililam A. Giles of C icago, on_Dr. At the afternoc A tles and City T posed Municipal Programme.” discussed by John A. Butler of Milwa kee. “Public_Opinion and Under the - Proposed gramme' was discuss mend of New Y To-night the delegates were bang at the Chittenden Hotel by the Columbus Board of Trade. as | WARSHIPS BOUND FOR THE PERSIAN GULF England Orders the Cruiser Pomone to Investigate Movements of a Russian Vessel. LONDON, Nov. 1T.—According to Bombay correspondent of the Dally M a small Russian warship passed Aden on Thursday bound for the Persian Gulf, the British third has been order the - Object to Compromise. 0 HONOLULU, H. Walalua compromise by the holders of o 000 shares in the corporation, who have voted in favor of issuing another million dollars’ worth of shares with which to compromise Soper-Dillingham suit. A number cf stockholders represented by J. A. Ma- goon oppose the lssu. nd they threaten to make a fight aguinst It in the courts, oo Jimenes Is President. Nov. 10.—The s been agreed to | Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald, - Copyright, 1989, by James Gordon Bennett. SAN DOMINGO, Nov. 18.—~General Juan Isidro Jimenes was sworn in to-day as President, with Senor Horaclo Vesques as Vice President. There was great enthus- iasm by the people. - . Pugilists Held for Trial. Nov. HONOLULU, H. L, 10.—Martin Denny and Frank Arr the two pugilists affested for conspiracy on com- plaint of a“man who b made bets on their recent contest, ha been held for trial in the Ci SixX specta- tors, including the vho accused them, have been fined $25 for bet{ing. i Attempted Suicide. BANTA ANA, Nov. 16 -E. R. Howe of Chicago attempted sulcide here last night by sending a bullet through his head. The ball entered out ust back of the left ear, ‘}E iagonally under the right aye. h ans say he has a fair chance of recovery. 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