The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1900, Page 17

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1900. CHINESE PLAN 0 MURDER ALL FOREICNERS Government Is Secretly Aid- ing the Riotous “Boxers.” WILL STRIKE IN THE SPRING Henry Kingman, Recently Arrived From the Orient, Tells of a Plot for the Slaughter of Whites. il e Special Dispatch to The Call , March 24.—The Union of erview with wn English newspaper writer of the tion regarding rn China w r me of the press ais; tly been sent out. Mr. that there 1s & deplorable lack this n y of the con of some o na and that that lac tends even to offi ests and the whol endangered and t done to stem the be swept China. Lawlessness Unchecked. Piliage and arson d wers and declared ng the high officia 1 he existence of the' 3 these armies of bandit Secret Societies Formed. to be The =i ADVERTISEMENTS. B'ackache. y women suffer from it. It hours of work and kache is generally a erangement of the organs. It is useles therefore to apply plasters similar local treatments. 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Send 21 one-cent stamps for paper covers, or 31 stamps for cloth, to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V. ESTATES, LEGACIES AND UN- | u. CLAIME"” MONEY e ENGLAND, SCOTLAND or IRELAND, SEARCHES BY EXPERTS—BEST LEGAL ADVICE. RADWAY'S EEADY RELIES has stood unrivaled before the public for $0 years as a Pan Remedy. It instantly relieves and quickly oures all Colds, Sore Throats, Infuéhza, Bron- chitis, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Tootbache end all pains, Internally for Malarie and all Bowel Pains, All druggists, e e 7 POPULISTS DISSATISFIED. :| Leaders Object to the Joint Meeting accessibility that the disturbance thus far has involved missionary interests rather | than th development. The movement is much anti-Christian as anti-forelgn. i Desolation and ruin followed everywhere in the track of the marauders, Who soon | spread over some scores of counties. The compounds of the foreigners were speed ily filled with refugees, g00ds had been seized or destroyed and whose very houses had been torn down for { the timber that they contained. The | Roman Catholics have suffered far more severely than the Protestants, the native cc nicy of the German and Italian m! s having been harried ruthlessly, with every attendant circumstance of bru- and torture. Repeatedly, both Amer- and English communities have been = in a state of practical siege, and < have more than once been set by public proclamation for their murder. In October last a great body Boxers started across the country to sack the American mission station of Pang Chuang—of which the well-known author, A. H. Smith, is one of the members. They were met in the nick of time by a force of Chinese troops sent to the rescue from the provincial capital. A sharp en. ement followed and the rioters fled, leaving a hundred of more of thelr num- 2d upon the field. It was a N check and for a few days spread nay among the Boxers. Government’'s Attitude Shown. t this juncture the attitude of the horities” was displayed. The Gover- nor of the province—the Manchu, Yu Hsien—instead of promoting the officers who had succeeded thus successfully in out their orders degraded, im- or punished every man on whom lay his hands who had been with the affair, The result could be foreseen. The rebellion was fanned into fresh flames ad more rapidly taan before, un- sible assurance that orders for i were to be taken in a P 3 se only. The Governor, according to Chinese reports, sent out in- structions L.at “all petitions and appeals b aries and their converts were dered as so much waste paper. v of the gentry called upon him to st against the license to pillage and er that he had given to the bandit ganizations of the province as likely to ire to the whole country if not checked in time. Tuey were miserably snubbed for their pains and an audience was refused them L a policy soon produced further ember Mr. Brooks, an Eng- n of education and culture, from a visit to his sister , Chinafu, when he ran across a band f these wretches in a village. In the ter winter weather, with fifteen de- es of frost, they stripped him naked, e for a few poor i his nose was . and with a rope through his nostrils was led about for several hours like to the insults of the pe Attempting to escape he was ed on the spot and his head cut off 1 carried away upon a pike. e man who was directly responsible his atrocious deed was the high offi- | Yu Hsien, the Manchu Governor of province, who a little before had been relieved of his post and summoned to Pe- ™ 1 Dec But s this it is he who, according to this week's has just been rewarded by ap- as Governor of Shansi. That be no doubt of the Govern- attitude in the matter_the former of ntung, Li Ping Heng, e hatred of foreigners brought on the ulminated in the murder n missionaries and the Governmen degraded from bearing office,” e German Government, ed to one of the most in China, and has just ed to the first rank. Hsu most fanatical and malignant reign interests, allke of trade, “hristianity, was not only n of the newly chosen Empcror, but has been by the singular’ honor of the ved peacock feather. The father e imperial successor, by the way, is reputed to be one of the heads of the | Boxers themselves. False Promises Made. Meanwhile our nationals in Shantung e been appealing steadily by letter and m to our Minister at Peking, Mr. er, for months past, as successive of barbarism have been breaking hem or fresh attacks planned premises. He has received s Eympathetically and has un- nably done his utmost to secure the protection. Again and again he ired promises of immediate action m the Tsungli Yamen. He telegraphs jers will be sent at once.” are . Or, “Immediate ar- g iers promised.” N i arrested. He is being thwar Iy mocked in each fresh nego xcellent instructions are no doubt sent out, but it was long ago ev hat their effect is being neutralized instructions of an opposite tenor itly understood desire of the nothing effective be the ly appointed Gover- Seneral Yuan Shih Kai, with his for- . armed troops in numbers sufficient, if he so0 desired, to suppress the disorders thin a week, had up to the latest re- ne nothing that had offered any check to the rebels. A few friend. ss and insignificant peasants are seized and beheaded here and there, but the ef- fect of such is lost in the open and gen- ent that ers Tens of thousands of armed men are | openly drilling day by day with the avowed and explicit purpose of exter- minating all the Americans and Europeans in the empire. The local officials every- with this_going on before their compel the head men of the village ign declarations that no Boxers are in ir district, and these declarations are warded to Peking for foreign consump- | 5 Americans Unprotected. | Disorders such as these cannot be suf- | fered to run unhindered in China without the gravest possibilities of widespread | chaos. when the flame could have been stamped | out easily. To-day it is a conflagration that will extinguish. And unless pressure of the most determined sort is brought to bear at Peking, and this speedily, every inter- est of trade and commerce will soon be imperiled. The &ingle American gunboat at Taku or Chefoo will be five days' hard v from the seat of the trouble, and as any immediate protection for American citizens is concerned might.as well be Tloilo, right direction. As for Germany's T protect, her sphere of influence her from the present storm center is San Diego from Montreal. time difficulty of transit being considered. the present t is that, under regime of reactionary ignorance, China has practically abdicated her governing function in certain provinces, and uniess edy reform ensues the only salvation her and for the Chinese themselves will be in the very “partition” that Amer- ica deplores. FIRST EARTH LIFTED WITH A SILVER SPADE ‘Mnyor Van Wyck Formally Starts the Construction of New York’s Underground Railway. NEW YORK, March 24.—With a silver spade in the presence of thousands of per- sons Mayor Van k to-day lifted from an opening in the City Hall Square a few pounds of earth, which formally began on the underground rapid transit system. Addresses were made by Tt Rapid Transit Commission. e underground railway tunnel will be twenty-one miles in length and will in- | volve the expenditure by the city of New Y of more than $36.000,000. e con- is unlimited, employed. 1 [ | time for completi about 10,000 men will Arranged at Los Angeles. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS A LES, March 24.—Owing to the dis tion of several Populist leaders the joint meeting of the Silver Re- publican and Populist State Committecs may not be held April 10 in this city dur the visit of Wiiliam Jennings Bryan, as has been planned. They object to the so-called cut-and-dried programme ot the Cole-Hutchinson faction. These recalcitrants insist that the two committees were to have met in Fresno, and the switch to Los Angeles is for the purpose of swelling the Populist party or. ganization this year and ain forming the tail to the Democratic kite. Some of the former middle-of-the-road men will, it is said, be present here on April 10 and e of trade or railway or mining | whose worldly | iaochau, and who was ‘‘per- | | sympathy shown with the real lead- | There was a time last autumn | need the strongest measures to | 1t is, however, a step in | Wyck and President Orr of | THE EMPORIUM. | . THE EMPORIUM. THE EMPORIUM. Special Sale Boys’ Caps. | | An extraordinary offer for Monday and the week—you will think cap manufac- turers are working for nothing when you see these up-to-date Caps. Velvet Sailor Caps—Gray, brown and tan, regularly 50c, for 23c Blue Yacht Caps, regularly 25¢, o M orthes duessomsnssarssin MR TN Boys’ Golf Caps— Gray or brown mixture, regularly 25¢, for.....ccesessereeenr. JBO Child’s Eton Caps—Gray or blue, regu- larly 25¢, for. ...130 Hats—First Flo Ladies’ Hose. Imported Real Maco Cotton Hose— ermsdorf black, superior quality. 280 Imported Real Lisle Thread Hose— Hermsdorf black, Richelieu cluster and Rembrandt ribbed 350 Imported Lace Lisle Hose, in the newest effects and designs—new opera shades, such as Royal Blue, Cardinal, Emi- nence, Pink, Sky and White—pair....... - 4 Imported Novelties in Lisle Thread Hosiery, such as boot effects, van- dykes, vertical stripes, extracted fig- ures, etc...... 800 CGhildren’s Hose—Ix1 ribbed, imported Hermedorf black and as- sorted tans, double knee and sole—all sizes.... s—— . 1 ] | Second Aiste—loft of entrance. % The Newest 2 Undermuslins. !% Come to the big store and see an en- | & tirely new stock of Ladies’ and Chil- ‘gt dren’s wear—everything that is good in % nainsook and cambric —all beautifully de- % signed and perfectly made. L Gor- s set Cov- ers— high or low neck, yoke tuck- ed and hem- stitched and edged with em- broidery . 50 Corset Covers—French cambric, embroidery trimmed, yoke adjustable s 0o Ladies’ Drawers —seven new styles, in muslin or cambric, lace em- broidery and hemstitched trimming..... ....600 new styles, with clusters of tucks and two inser- tions and edge of embroidery.. 8700 Musiin Sk:rts —Three new styles of fine embroidery trimmed skirts, with the new waist band, good value for $2.25, our. price... .. Ladies’ Gowns—Soft, fine cam- bric, yoke tucked and “four insertions of fine embroidery—these are made R RN R R R RRRRRE R KRR R R R RN R RN R RN R R R R RN R Y. SRR RN, | | { RRRRRERRRERRRRRRRRR R RRRERRRERRRR R R R R | £ extra long and full —all sizes.. 81, |8 Empire Ribbon O .rset: | Made of all-silk, double-faced ribbon, | % inblack, purple, blue or pink, regular { } price everywhere $6.50, special here at ES 5 Fishing Tackle. Season opens a week from to-day—if you do not need an entirely new outfit, there will be lots of little things that you will need. We can supply you and save you money. Two Jointed Japanese Bamboo Rods, brass ring guides, and mounted........288 Fine Split Bamboo Bait or Fy Rod, 104 feet long, extra tip, nickel mounted, in form with bag. 882 Large varwety of Rods up to $10.00. Polished Brass Click Reels— PERRRRNRRERER R %yds. 40yds. 60yds. 30yds. 100yds. | 15¢ 20c 20c 25c 30c | 0il Silk Line, 25 yards......... .25¢, 33c, 45¢, 50c Braided Silk Line, 25 yards... 5¢, 40c, 43¢, 85c, $1.00 Wate Braided Silk Line, 25 yds.65¢ Enameled Casting Line, 25 yards. Alcock’s best quality of Carlisle Hooks, single gut, in patent wrappers, 1 to 12, dozen 5¢ Double gut, in patent wrappers, 1 to 8, Spinners, Wilson or Emeric Patterns, 1 | | bronzed rustproof sprout hooks, ard patterns, dozen.. Fly Books.........50c, c, Sl. 3 for...5 | Leaders, 3-foot single, » 5¢ Leaders, 3-foot double, 3 foi y 10 | Compl:te assoriment of Striped Bath Tackles, Fish ‘Baskets, Swivels, Hook Extracters, etc. R R RN R R R R R R RN R R R R R AR R R R AR, R L L L L L L] Neckwear, You cannot delay now—Easter Sunday, three weeks from to-day. Dressmakers and milliners are already being overworked. You must make your plans for this week. The big store is readv with Fashion’s most exclusive styles in silk and wool fabrics, charming Millinery, beautiful r-ady-to-wear garménts, Haberdashery, loves, and the innumerable accessories to a complete Easter Toilet. Easter apparel Ladles’ Neckwear. First showing of a large assortment of this season’s novelties. Department now in more spacious quarters in rotunda. Fancy Lawn 8tock Collars.. 250, 500 Faney 8ilk 8tock Collars....25¢, 5§00 Latest style English Sc ..800c Latest novelty—Wash Net Lace Barbs, applique or lace trimmed... oo erereer. 280, 500, 750, $1.00 All-silk Crepe de Chine Scarfs, with handsome silk fringes. 1. Black Liborty Silkc Neck Ruffs, with hand- some streamers...,$/=00 to $5.00 Special Sale Beauty Pins. == These for Mon- day only. 600 dozen best quality fire gilt Beauty Pins, beaded, s engraved or plain, will not tarnish, to- morrow 12 for 100- S AN\ Knit Underwear. The stock of Ladies’ Knit Underwear for summer is now complete. Below we quote four especially good values. The big stors is sole agent for Ypsilanti Un- derwear for ladies and children. Ladies’ Egyptian Cotton Jersey Ribbed Vests and Pants—each.............250 Ladies’ Fanoy Ribbed Lisle Thread Vests, L. N. N. 8.—each 250 Ladies’ Imported Swiss Ribbed Spun 8ilk Vests, L. N. N. S.....ceeeeeeee. $1a00 Ladies’ Jersey Ribbed Lisle Union Suits— all styles, neck and sleeves........ 780 Second Aisle—left of emirance. dinary inducements to house-furnishers. templating furnishing. the 560 grade, per yard. Brussois Oarpets eavy, month..... xminsters—Hartford an Carpets, borders to match, our for balance of March.... iy Oarpet Remnants—1000 ya; mi regular cent off r prices. Dining larly $1.25, sale price... highl Nn‘wd:-&lid golden oak, with plate mirror, Ena regular price $20.00, sale prica.... A March Sale of Carpets--Furniture. For the balance of this month we shall offer some extraor- other items, some of which will be quoted in our mid-week ““ad,” demand the earliest attention of those who are con- Brusseis Oarpots—Good, bright, cheerful pntta!x’u 490 lurable grade in a good assortment of patterns, for balance of 660 Body Brussels—Lovell and Whitals, ‘standard .x.mku, the very best quality made, regularly $1.40, per yard s, price $1.40, special l'dl..;il qualities, ranging in length from 5 to 35 yards, many of them with borders to match, during balance of month, or until sold, 25 per @hair—Solid golden oak, with brace arms, regu- Dining Table—Solid golden osk, six feet extension, polished, regularly $9.00, sale price. larly $27.50, sale price.... Hall Hatragck—Solid golden oak, with 18x80-inch bev- eled French plate oval mirror, regularly $15.00, sale price... 1 ments, a very handsoms piece of sanitary furniture, our | These and many them had to sell. per yard eavy pile fit and quality. | only...... and beautiful. inch French ..$22.50 pair.. $11.75 33 yards $16.75 Special Sale Men’s Fast Blue Suits. Just 100 Suits in this lot—we wish there were more to sell at the price—for bargains like this are but seldom obtainable. all that the man who sacrificed Serge. Suits, made of twenty-ounce pure worsteds, the coats are round cornered sack style, vests either single or double breasted. They are made up in latest up-to-date fashion, with best of linings, and every suit guaranteed as to color, These suits have never been sold less than $15.00— the big store’s price for this weelk Main Floor—Near Door. w Curtains. Styles change in curtains as completely as in dress fabrics. 7.25 The curtain designers are constantly creating something new This week we offer 4 lots of new style curtains. 100 pairs Nottingham Curtains, 3 yards by 46 inches— 200 ‘pairs Nottingham Curtains—4 designs, ecru or white, by 54 inches—per pair.... .... 8 50 pairs Irish Point Curtains, 3§ yds. by 50 59 pairs Battenberg Curtains, very handsome—pair..., Main Floor—off Rotunda. We took Men's fast blue $9.35 m. ..."- heir...85.00 New Foulards. The latest creations in Foulards, hem- stitched and Persian effects, came to us by express last week—also some new colorings and designs in our regu- lar goods, making our Easter stock complete—all thejcolorings for spring and summer, and the prettiest effects manufactured are here, per yard, 800 10 $1.50. Satin Regenoe—21 inches wide, 3 new !*t silk, in solid colors, tur- quoise, grays, rose, blue, cerise, helio- trope, etc., per yard..... $1.10 Solid Oolor Plisse—A nev silk for shirt waists, in the pastel and aquerelle shadings, per yard...$7.25 Lace Stripes, in four different styles, and a ffll line of colorings, makes the swellest of waists, 3" yard.. $1.60 Wash Silks—More new styles in this week, so rich and beautiful in coloring and texture that one marvels that they can be sold at 800 Yard. First Aisle—Lefs of Entranee. Headquarters for Oriental Gm()m 5. finest and larg- est Chinese and Japanese in San Francis- co. We carry beautifully em- broidered Silk Shawls, Kimo- nos, Gowns, Jackets and all kinds of silk and satin goods. Lacquered, Cloisonne s d Satsuma ware, silver novelties and old bronzes, carved ivories, sandal wood fans and boxes, screens, ebony fur- niture, etc., etc. Tourists should not lsave the ci'y with- ou! visiting th:s beautiful bagaar. Our goods are marked in plain figures and as an example of the very low prices that prevail, the quaint Oriental Table Bells, like picture, cost but $2.00 per set. Dress Fabrics For Spring. ‘We have been months and months gath- ering this collection of Dress beauty. The results of our labors are seen in the superiority of the assort- ments. Every fabric that is in large demand in Paris, London and New York can now be found on our counters. No trouble to select your Easter costume here. 52-inch All-Wool Sergs, handsome color- ings, perfect dye, per yard.........# 50 40-inzh Biarrits, ic brown, castor, gray, lilac and royal blue, yard.......$7.00 56-inch Seotch Cheviot, mixtures in grays and tans, for tailor suits, yard. $7.25 46-inch Camel’s Hair Suiting, a light weight shaggy material, in the new pastel colorings, for street wear, B4-inch Checked Tweeds and Cheviots, grays, tans and browns, for tailor suits or separate skirts, per yard....$7+7. 46-inch Imperial Crepe, a light weight, soft, clinging fabric, in light colori?, yard. ..81.78 First Aisle—Laft of Emtrance. Large size nickel plated Cuspidor..25¢ feet Full nickel-plated Fauoet Filter — fits any size faucet.... Latest Novelty—Ivory Opal Ware Nut, Fruiti or Preserve Dish, fluted gold edge, gol Salad or Berry Dish—133x9 inches, fluted stipple go'd edge with violet decoration....$1. Ziz Ziz Ziz—the great Crockery Mender. Extension Broom and Duster Handle— Highly polished Crystal Glass Punch Carlsbad China Tea Set— 44 pieces for 12 persons, House Furnishing and Crockery Values. Housekeepers can save money in San Francisco’s largest house furnishing department. Imported Table Mats—set of 6, round d or Claret Bowl, splen- ~ violet decoration and gold or oval—set.......50¢ 00 did imitation of cut edge—complete set for...... glass, 113 inches ... .$7.00 Japanned Crumb high, 14 inches Coat Frames, wood or Tray and Brush, across, $3.00 3¢ decoration.. Premiere Kid i Gloves, Spring style and col- ors—best made—for $1.50. [ EMPORI Golden Rule Bazaar. I I ; Everythi CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST--AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE i * L CEr] Supplies. eeded Sy Special Sale Fine Veiling. For Monday only — 100 pieces best qual- ity spotted Chif- fon Veiling, 18 inches wide, very styl- Ish, black, brown, navy, royal, Iris, white on black, royal and white, regular value 50c per yard, for To furnish your dining table with fine damask cloths (finished all agpund) and perfectly matching napkins costs no more than linens bought by the yard and misfit napkins. We are such large buy- ers of linens that we can always assure you of new designs at lowest prices. Here are some first-class goods at a minimum cost. Dinner Napkins—24x24 inches, to match above cloths, per dozen.........83.00. Fine Bleached Damask Cloths - 8 yards long.. e 5300 Dinner Napkins—24x24 inches, to match, Heavy Irish Linen Table Damask—66 Glass Linen—Irish make, neat checks, red or biue, all sel 16 inches, 830 yard ; 20 inches, 100 inches wide, bleached or unbleached. Good Scotch Table Damask for general :r—&inah. wide, bleached or half Huck Toweis—Almost sll purs flax, bordered and hemmed— Stae 17x33 inches..$1 dos. Size 18x36 inches. dos. Size 20x42 inches..$2.10 dos. Turkish Towels — Unbleached, close weave, in four sizes— ia......200 ia......20e yard ; 22 inches, yard... Main Floor—East Wall. Negligee Shirts Men's Silk Striped Madras Shirts, made with yoke, felled seams, one pocket, turnover collar and unshrinkable col- lar band, cut large and roomy, hand- some patterns and fast colors, made by one of the best factories in America, $1.00 Third Aisle—Right of Entrance. New Notions, Belts, Linings, Etc. Dr. Diemel’s Linen Mesh Dress Shields.... Feather Stitched Braids, white colors, i reneer B0 to 200 piece.. Frilled Garter Elastics, colors, yard 18¢ to B nding, all colors, yard... sss—— 0 ] Sewing Machine Needles, all makes, each 2c¢ op Ladies’ Side Hose Supporters, pin button fasteners and ribbon bows, frilled elastic, all colors, pair............ Pulley Belt Ring Buckles, in a great variety of styles, medallion patterns... 25¢ 1 750 sl Lining, 36-inch, black and colors, yard... — .7 ] Silk and 4ll-wool Moreens, in black and [ S — Third Aisle—Laft of Entrance. Monoiv-Saving Groceries - Liquors Every article in these great stocks is positively the best of its kind—the sav- ing that we make for you is not in the quality, but in our large buying and dis- tributing ability. Choice Imported Sardines, 2 tins.... 250 Fanoy Japan Rice, 5 Ibs. 250 g:: Sodsa Crackers, p;d 55 6o ce Singapore Sii eapple, 2-1b tins, 3 tins. .. . 500 Shredded Wheat Biseuit, per package. ‘Whole Green Peas, Ib.... Evaporated Peeled Peaches, extra b Good Family Blend Coffee, 250 Scotch Whiskey—William Wil- liams & Soms, very old, bottle. 3725 ltica— Eclipse Champagne " The gen- uine old stock—quart, $7.70 —"3%; PAID A GOOD PRICE FOR A WORTHLESS SHIP Dr. Jordan of Seattle Has fimmu Issued for Arrest of Captain Handy and Dr. Adams. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, March 24 arrants have been issued for the arrest of Dr. E. F. Adams of Seattle and Captain F. N. Handy, who gives his place of business as 306 Pine street, San Francisco, The complainant is Dr. J. E. Jordan of Seat- tle, who alleges that he has been bun- koed by these men out of §10,000. He paid them that amount for an interest in the steamer Professor Morse, now at San Francisco. It was represented as sea- worthy and first class in every particular. A few days ago Dr. Jordan sent Captain Fisher to bring the steamer north. After he arrived in San Francisco he learned that the Morse was in the bone- yard; that she had been condemned two years by the Government inspectors and, in fact, was nothing but a worthless hulk. Dr. Adams has left the city with detec- tives on his trail. It is reported that Cap- tain Handy has left 8an Francisco, where he has been for several weeks past. An Independent Road. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN ANDREAS, March 2{—In an in- terview to-night David Guttman, the pro- moter of the proposed railroad in Amador County, said: “The railroad from Ione to the summit near Mardells will be built before August. That terminus will plage the line on the true mother lode, whence it is our 2 to build north and south, ot n, St v e vl e ‘whol oA evi 3 faith in the country is unlimited e will resist all efforts at fusion during the coming campaign. | exis! o has nnection wi i e e B be Efl.’vor of the and our oAl interested in the enterprise are Eastern railroad men, who go into this enterpril for xurely business purposes and have in mind thelr own future movements.” GRIFFIN WILL CASE AGAIN. Jury Fees Paid and It Is Replaced on the Calendar. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, ‘March 24.—Th> Ellen Grifin will case, which seems to be en- dowed with perennial life, has again come up, and the latest hearing has been set for Monday. The case was first heard several months ago and was before the court for three weeks. The jury, being unable to agree, was discharged. Neither side would pay the jury fees, and as both plaintiff and defendant were e?ullly firm the case was ordered stricken from the calendar. Now a compromise has been effected, the fees paid and the case ordered put on the cal- endar for Monday. At the time of her death Mrs. Griffin was an exceedingly wealth Tomales, and in her will left the bulk of her estate to her daughter, a Mrs. Kate O'Connor. The will was contested by Pat- rick Mulvaney, a son-in-law, on behalf of his children, he claiming that the deceased had been placed under undue influence and that more of the estate should by Jaw have been willed to his family. The amount involved is about $100,000 and the case has aroused keen interest in the county. HEE S e Lancaster Wins. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, March 24.—Judge Bur- nett has decided the damage suit brought H. A. Wheeler inst A. lefendant. dam: runaway accident. The principal point case was whether one e - vy hotes Hua & mean disposition. resident of | b; PLUGGED GUNS ON THE MONITOR NANTUCKET Vessel That “Defended” Port Royal { During the War Could Not Have Fired a Shot. WASHINGTON, March 24.—The Naval Inspection Board, as a result of its visit to Port Royal, 8. C., has recommended to the Navy Department the sale at aucticn of the single-turreteq monitor Nantucket and tug Comanche, both lying at the Port Royal naval station. The board found that it was costing the Government about per annum to care for these vesscls, which are of no use. It was recommended that the Nantucket be towed north for sale. She was appraised at $15,000 and the value of the Comanche was placed at The Nantucket was loaned to the North Carolina Navy Militla before the Spanish war, and duting that war she was used y the Government to defend the entrance to the harbor at Port Royal. She looked very formidable, and it was only after the ‘war was over that it was discovered that her big turret guns could not have been fired, the vents having been plugged. Sl g, Body Found in the Ruins. PHILADELPHIA, March 24.—The body of Charles Warren was found to-day in the ruins of the building at 124 South Eleventh street which was wrecked on Thursday by an explosion of flashlight powder . _H. McCollin & Co.'s blue print plant. This makes two killed by the explosion. Warren was in the employ of McCollin & Co. g Body Identified. STOCKTON, March 24.—The body of & well-dressed young man was found In Stockton Channel on-the 8th inst., but the identity of the deceased was not deter- mined “until to-day, when it was found that he was John Herrin of Altamont. Two brothers of the deceased arrived here to-day from Livermore and identified the clothing and personal property of the dead 3”‘3‘1 'he drowning was evidently acci- ental. phhater ¥ L EEs CAVE-IN AT A TUNNEL. One Man Killed and Three Believed to Be Dying. PITTSBURG, March 2{—One man was killed and five injured by a cave-in at ‘Whitehall tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. ten miles south of this city, to-day. The killed: ANTONIO DE BONO, borer. # The injured:’ Frank Alietier, Ttalian; John Lee, colored, Philadelphia; Thomas Clark, colored, Charlottesville, Va.; un- known American; unknown colored ‘man. The men were engaged at excavating when the timbers gave way. All were taken out alive, but De Bono died a few minutes later. Alietier, Lee and the un- known Amerfcan are unconscious and it is believed they will die. Beaten by Strikers. CHICAGO, March 24.—John Weber, a non-union machinist, was atacked by an Italian la- three men, au{rmd to be members of the Machinists’ nion, which is now ‘sn‘ a strike, near the headquarters of the Building Trades Council to-day and beaten into insensibility. e assailants escaped. ———— Cotton Gin Manufacturer Dies. NEW_ LONDON, Conn.,, March 24— Israel Fanning Brown, president of the Brown Cotton Gin Comm.::oyn and a neer ‘mnn turer” of cot = Mfi this cit: and_ built 13 Jargest faciories of the kind. In the Worle: OBJECT TO RUSSIAN _ COLONIZATION SCHEME Mass Meeting of Ranchers From Vi- cinity of Los Alamitos Sugar Factory Held. ANAHEIM, March 24.—At a meeting of ranchers in the Los Alamitos sugar fac- tory territory this evening a strong pro- test was made against the colonization of that section by 20,000 Russians whom an éndeavor is being made to bring from Uheap 1abor ¢ ugar ieap labor for the production of s beets is claimed to be the object.. Last yearsthe importation of Chinese labor was eatened. — Peckham Loses. SANTA CRUZ, March 24.—Judge Smith has decided the case of G. W. Peckham against the city of Watsonviile in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff sought to have a sewer contract annulled on the ground that the City Trustees failed to award the contract to the lowest respon- sible bidder. Judge Smith held that the contract was awarded under the muniei- pal act instead of the Vrooman act. and therefore the Trustees had a right to award the contract to whoever they con- sidered the most responsible. In the ab- sence of fraud the contract could not be annulled. SRS T Postoffice Robbed. Special Dispatch to The Call. NOGALES, Ariz., March 24—The post- office at this place was robbed Wednes- day evening of a registered package con- taining $5000 in Mexican bank Las! ni; h?‘ Joaquin Aros, a ,Qfln‘%f who formerly worked in office, was mflt.fl on l.h_f_ l of ha stolen package. To-da; was gu‘ bail in the sum of 3 -