The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1900, Page 2

(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, STORM OF CYCLONIC ENERGY DOES GREAT DAMAGE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY Immense Machine Shop Roof at’ Judson Iron Works Is Torn Off, Houses Are Demolished and Twisted Out of Shape, Telegraph 4 = Wires PUT AKLAND, Dec. 14.—For the third time this season Oakland was to-day visited by an electrical storm of cyclonic character. It ck and reached tensity shortly it slowly died away its intensity and y that accom- 1 years of Oak- t been as much der as during this s was ere has n h terrific fury in skirting the bay ly exposed, be- he stock yards in * sky grew suddenly the elements seemed & force for one great ef- struck it carried ev- Trees were uprooted, bent out. of alignment, T and sheds razed to the Accompanying the high wind fore it -— - Prostrated ard the Local Trains Are Endangered. AT WERE I K OF THE CHURCH AND ANOTHER BUILDING IN BERKELEY MOLISHED BY THE 3 THE CITIES ACROSS THE BAY, RIOUS STORM THAT SWEPT 1 which flobded was dorn Mains at’ the y iron Works, where the roof of the e The machine - nd it was and thrown » other buildings th at work street for all direc- d in any < yaras the wind tore sheds grea prodigaly’ Omiy shelters for cattle and ¢ when the storm ren Co.’s sheds = the failroad tracks, orary stoppage of the lo- Stewart's sheep cor- seless. Slater & s of their wind- g down after raffine Paint Works, two-story house ed, was moved off its brick foundation, ve a decided list to star- ted i ar in Oakland was at ng Wharf. There the storm wreck, threw four cars nearly turned a loaded into the water. A thirty-two cars, loaded with ¢ i, was bel hauled from the end of Long Wharf to the railroad yards. The bad no trouble until it reached a where the Long Wharf joins the Four empty freight cars were 4 »cn a siding, and just as the ched the siding the force n to drive the empty cars 1 Yne. The cars gathered e bay a over considerak orce, and struck the coal train just back of the engine, running squarely into the first car of the train. The forge of the shock was so great t the ccal train was almost + Damage to the wires on the pier was very The entire block system and system were wre time during the that carry the Sunset Telephone Com- tern Union and Postal Tel- e mole pany panies and the wires of the wore all blown down. This de- trains, which had to be brought e picr under hand flagging. shone and telegraphic cables railroad w! and it wak wire was d that was around the bag n Jose. No telephonic com- fon could be had all day with San o direct The freight transfer boat Thoroughfare broke loose from her moorings during the storm 1 drifted upon the mudfiats. A force of men had to Le sent out to keep the vessel from drifting upon the stone fac pier and being wrecked. er trom high signboards was clearly illustrated from the way in which these fences were blown down. Seventh street from West land to East Oak- land was littered ith the debris of wrecked signb down in all dire b“rflfl(s clearing a It took only a fe eral thousand_dollar: Fences were blown = and a large force worth of damage to houses in Lorin and South Berkeley. The storm center seemed to be in these st districts Matthew's the wind, carried across a and dropped into Russell the front of the One end of the fifty-foot street. 10t Both sides an building were blown flat. remaining half of the roof dropped to the floor, but the other end was held in place by the rear wall. This rear wall was the only part of the church left standing, and it was badly twisted. The buildhg can- not be repaired . The church furniture was not badly maged. The organ escaped being wrecked, but was considerably injured by the rain. ured to Safis & Randolph of Alameda was the rector, and the following named were church officers: H.C. Ma%ee, R. H. Spencer and Miss Es- tella M. Turner. All debt on the church was recently paid. The building was val- ued‘;ltj $1000 and thedurniture and fixtures at . street, in the John Rodgers, the sides and The damage A house on Woolsey course of construetion b was wrecked. Parts u¥ roof were blown amounted to $500. A five-room cottage at 158 Julia street, neAr Calais. was wrenched two feet oul of plumb. The storm struck the front of the house, twisting it around and causing it to lean at a dangerous angle with the walls of the basement. The place is own- ed by O. M. Jon At the time the storm there were ten men at down. in the basement making leatlier goods. As the house twisted and snapped | above them and the basement walls men made a wild scramble r. The twisting of the wall made it impossible to open the door amd the men were threatened with what for a moment seemed certain death. Fortu- nately the terrific blast of wind which had done the damage passed in an in- stant. The house was injured to the ex- tent of several hundred dollars. The chimney is cracked from top to bottom. W. M. Davis' house on Delaware street, t Herkeley, was lifted from its foun- dation. It was unoccupied at tue time, nsiderable Im:uY W t Berkeley lumber y were hurled about, roofs ripped X Telegraph avenue the windmill was blown from the tank frame and went crashing into the roof of the hou The wreck of the wheel was complete and the portion «of the roof it struck was broken throug’ Luckily no one was hurt. The place was owned by Mrs. M. J. Pidgeon, who was home at the time. The tank. windmill and frame belong- ing to A. B. Spriggs on Tremont street, rear Emerson, were blown over. The big ank was full 'of water at the time it fell and the weight smashed it into splinte: The windmlll of S. P. Hull on Mason street was carried across the lot by the wind. All over town the force of the storm was felt. The_velocity of the wind was but as ‘the broken anenometer at ity of Culifornia has never d no record was secured here. The rainfall for the storm was half an inch, making 7.18 inches of rain for the season, as against 11.53 inches at the samo time last season. There were several small fires from the storm, but the damage was not very seri- ous in any instance PROSTRATED TREE DELAYS TRAFFIC Travel Over the Narrow Gauge Stopped by Storm’s Work in Alameda. ALAMEDA, Dee. 15.—The storm wrenched a big eucalyptus tree out of the ground this morning in the neighborhood of High street station and laid it gently across the narrow-gauge tracks, where it stayed for two hours in defiance of trains toppled over, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Missfon was re- and other kinds of traffic. The railroad 2d the four empty cars were thrown into cently moved to its present location from sectfon gang got to work on it after ihe bay by the recoil. Traffic over Long Alcatraz avenue. The building was held awhile and after hacking it to pleces Wharf was blocked by this wreck and the in trust by the California diocese. Its cleared the right-of-way. Other damage efforts to get the sunken cars out of the affairs were partially governed by the consisted of leveled fences, broken awn- bay State Board of Missions. Rev: Thomas L. ings, awry signs and ('ra«"t’d glass, © it e et e e et oot et @ Artigues, accompanied by a twelve-year- 01 boy named Disno Demezri, drove to a house at Vallejo and Sansome streets, where a woman was sick. The doctor gave the horse and buggy in charge of the boy, while he went into the house. A few min- utes later the hurricane commenced, and after knocking the hoy out of the-buggy, carried the horse and buggy for about a Exquisite Vases. Bewildering variety of everything to please the eye. Royal Sevres Vases Royal Bonn Vases Royal Teplitzx Vases Royal Vienna Vases Tiffany Art Vases Bohemian Giass - Vases . Our Prices Just Like Finding Money. (ireat American [mporting Tea G CITY STORES. 210 Grent Ave., bet. Post and Swtten, 861 Market 8t., opp. Powell, 140 Sixth St. 1319 Polk St. 112 Third St. 1819 Devisadero St. 1486 Ninth 8t. 2008 Fillmore 8t. 8006 Sixtoenth 8t. 521 Montgomery Aw, 2516 Mission 8t. 3285 Mission St. 705 Larkin 6t. 2782 24th 8t. 855 Hayes 8t. 476 Helght 8t. 52 Market St. OAKLAND STORES. 2053 Washington St~ 1237 Broadway. ll“mA—.— 816 E. 19th St. 1510 Seventh St. SAN RAFAEL—B 6t., near Fourth, block. The animal was slightly injured and the buggy completely wrecked. Young Demezri escaped with a few slight bruises. WILD RUMORS IN EASTERN STATES Reports That San Francisco Had Been Partially Destroged by Cloudburst. The storm which created such havoc in this city provoked the wildest rumors in Eastern citles and States. Afternoon pa- pers in New York published the astound- ing assertion that 8an Franclsco had been partially destroyed by a cloudburst and that the loss of life was very great. For many hours telegraphic communication with this city could not be had and as the rumars passed from city to city they became wilder and more exaggerated. Late last night, however, the East was informed that S‘un Francisco is still on the map. Californians in New York. The following Californians are In New York: From San Francisco—F. A. Bruch and W. K. Hatch at the Grand Union; J. McLaughlin at the Hoffman: J. A. Miles at the Grand Union: F. M. Farrer at tha Netherlands: Hubbard, Oakland, —— Czar Nicholas Improves. LIVIDIA, Dec. 14—Emperor Nicholas, for the first time since his illness, went into the open air yesterday, sitting on a veranda. Bubsequently he received one of the Ministers in audience. e Raining at Bakersfield. BARERSFIELD, Dec. 14.—The storm from the north reached here at 6 o’clock this evening. Rain is falling. e Hoft Trial Closing. The case of Albert Hoff,charged with the murder of Mrs. Mary A. Clate, will go to the jury this morning, and it is ex- _pected a veréict will be rendered this af- ternoon. Attorneys Schooler and Wilson addressed the jury vesterday on behalf of the defendant, confining themselves main- Iy to the question of identification. Hoft attentively listened to the arguments of his counsel and took notes. Assistant District Attorney Deuprey had not fin- ished the closing argument for the prose- cution when court adjourned until_this morning at kalf-past nine o'clock. Deu- prey -‘pmmmn: to conclude his argument n haif an heur. REAPPORTIONMENT OF CONGRESSMEN Two Distinct Plans Pr sented in Bills Before the House. —— CALL BURBAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Political consideratjons will enter largely into the reapportionment of Representatives in Congress and Presidential electors under the new census. Two district plans are proposed, and it_is possible that the re- sult of the next Presidential election may depend upon which one is adopted. Representative Hopkins of 1llinos, chairman of the Census Committee of the Hovse, has prepared a bill which pre- serves the total membership of the House ond the present number of Presidential electors. On the basis of the electoral vote in the November election the political gains and losses under the Hopkins bill exactly counterbalance each other, and neither party would have any advantage, Representative Burleigh of Maine has introduced a bill drawn so as to the reduction of representation in any State, but which increases the member- ship of the House and the number of elec- tors. It would also give the Republicans an advantage in the House, though as t Folltical complexior: of the Congressio istricts depends upon the action of State Legislatures in redistricting States this cannot be estimated exactly. Under the Hopkins bill, which makes a populatior. of 20655 the basis of representation, the {oliowing Btates will gain: Tiingls, Louis- iana, Minnescta, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia one eacl d Texas two. States that will lose one éach are: Indiana, Kan, , Kentu v Ine, Ne- prasica, Ohio? Virginia and’ South Carg- na. Under the Burleigh bill, which makes popu):t!on of 1”."? the basis of PWI'G-. sentation, no State will lose and these will gain: Tllinols, New York, and Texas, three each; Minnesota, New Jersey and (l?enn.sylvlnll, two each, and Arkansas, ‘fornia, Colorado. Connecticut, Florida, Jowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missis- llpgfi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia and ‘Wisconsin, one each. % The Census Committee will take up the consideration of these bills to-morrow and ng present _prospects nt to the reporti; of the Burleigh bflr"by a majority of the members. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Taxative Bromo inine Tablets. All sts refund money If it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. * P P S W PPN | position tne gale a ft with a generally wrecked [ GALE'S HAVOC IN THE INTERIOR. Demolished Buildings and Uprooted Trees Mark Storm’s Course- Near Salfilg_Mrs, John King Is Blown® From Windmill and Killed. B+e+ 444444444444 44440 HUNTERS’ GUNS DISCHARGED BY ELECTRIC BOLT SAN RAFAEL. Dec. 14.—R. Cut- lar, proprietor of the Tamaipais Hotel at Kent, and E. McClarnon were looking for ducks on a marsh below Kent this morning, when lightning struck the guns they car- ried, discharging both weapons. Cutlar was hurled several feet and his gun was shattered. MeClarnon ightly shocked. The light- s quite vivid in this sec- tion during the early hours of the storm. R R e AR L @++ 4444444444444 24440 ALINAS, Dec. 14.—Mrs. John King, residing about two. miles from Sa- linas, in the vicinity of Spreckels, was Instantly killed during the storm to-d being blown from the tank of a windmill. The wind becom- ing violent, Mrs. King climbed upon the ank, twenty-five feet high, to throw the miil out of gear and thereby save it from damage. While she ‘was in this perilous increased and finally she was blown to the ground. She was found by r sister lying cold in death, 0st twelity feet from the windmiil skull was crushed s. King was the mother of three chil- dren and about 35 years of age. Her hus- band, who is in Seattle, has been noti- fied of his loss. In San Miguel Canyon the storm raged with Intense violence. Large trees were snapped in twain or uprooted, derricks were blown down and much damage done te orchards. Near Salinas tne pumping plant on the M n ratich was blown' down and in Watsonville the rear end of Kennedy's livery stable was blown in and the roof damaged. At Chualar the roof of a large warehouse of the Southern Pa- cific Milling Company was blown off. e WRECKAGE IN ITS PATH. Vallejo Touched by a Hurricane of Small Proportions. VALLEJO, Dec. 14.—A wind and rain storm, the severest ever experienced in this sectlon, passed over this vicinity shortly after 10 ¢’clock this morning, leav- ing a long train of wreckage behind. Roofs were blown off and,small buildings demolished. Pieces of wreckage were car- ried great distances and in some in- ances sent crashing through windows roofs. In one house a child narrowly escaped being killed by a piece of timber which came through the roof. Portions of corrugated iron roofing were lifted from the roof of the Terra Cotta Brick Works and carrled a distance of three blocks and sent crashing against houses and fences. Hardly a fence that was ex- posed to the storm is ieft standing and several small shanties were demolished. Trees which had stood many stiff gales were uprooted. Windcws in the primar; scheol, which faced the fury of the wind, were smashed, causing no little consterna- tion among the young people. On Mare Island the roof was blown off one end of the marine barracks and dam- age was done to trees and plants, The storm continued violent about fif- teen minutes, but did not entirely abate for more than an hour. Along the water front and in lumber yards great damage was done. The full extent of the havoc in the surrounding country is not known, for all telephonic and telegraphic commu- nication was cut off and not re-estab- lished until this evening. CYCLONE IN MINTATURE. Population of W;;dbrldgs Given a Bad Fright. LODI, Dec. 14.—A small-sized cyclone passed through Woodbridge, two miles from here, at 11:20 o’clock this morning, doing much damage and badly frighten- ing the inhabitants. The path of the cy- clone was about seventy-five yards wide. It went through the business part of the town, uprooting fifteen large gum trees which have withstood forty years of storms, tearing down all of the telephone wires at the central office, unroofing New- ton's butcher shop and leveling porches and fences. It wrecked a large barn in which were two horses and a cow, but the animals escaped without injury.” The storm passed to the north. DAMAGES DONE ON RANCHES. Falling Gum Tree Crashes Through a Farm Dwelling. SONOMA, Dec. 14.—The storm which set in last night developed into a hurricane for a short time this morning. The winad blew with tremendous force and the rain came down in torrents. - Considerabla damage resulted in different parts of the valley. On J. B. Morris' ranch at Agua Caliente a large gum tree Wwas prostrated bs/ the wind, and striking the Morris Tes. idence cut part of it in two. Fortunately the inmates e!ca&ed injury. Chimneys, fencing and outbuildings 'were blown down in different parts of the valley. The storm was the most severe experienced in this valley in years. sl e O HOUSES ARE BLOWN DOWN. Gentle Zephyr Toys With the Dwell- ings at Fairfield. SUISUN, Dec. 14.—The heavy south- west wind here this morning did consid- erable damage. In -Fairfleld several houses were blown down. In the farming and orchard districts outbuildings and fencing were damaged. avoc was played with garden plants and trees were uprooted. Reports received here to-night from Rio Vista, Cordelia and Elmira are to the effect that a small cyclone Inflict- cially in the de. 'oles on the line of the Bay Countles Power Company in tule land show the effects of the storm and are leaning over. gt Gives Farmers a Setback. PENNGROVE, Dec. 14.—The worst rain and wind storm known in this section in many vears has been raging here since an early hour tmnmomlni. Thunder and light- ning accompany the storm. Since its com- mencement nearly two inches of rain has fallen. great amount of has to din; and s storm. given the !':mm a declded setback, for ad ft held off an- e s las S lastey trees, ou sown. the Cotate, have more ti acres un- der cover, with only about 100 remaining unplowed. ‘Hail Falls at Pétaluma. PETALUMA, Dec. 14—More than an inch 6f rain fell here this morning, dur- ing one of the heaviest storms/ of the month. The wind and raln were accom- ed by peals of thunder hes of muundm“-gwu-omkum ts had to be Indoors. Consider- le hall fell. The storm did little dam age ana the rain is welcome to farmers Qairymen. Grain and pasturase Beeded the dovmpour " Rafn Falls in Torrents. SAN JOSE, Dec. 14.—There was a severe wind and rain storm this forenoon. Elec- {6 Bonter Yanch, near Alviso, was demo: DECEMBER 15, STORM LASHES THE WATER FRONT AND THE CITIES 1900. ES ACROSS THE BAY, WIND BUFFETS SHIPS IN THE BAY, BUT NONE ARE BADLY DAMAGED 'Many Small Craft Are Capsized, But Occupants Are Rescued. Vessels Collide and Others Have Narrow Escapes, While Build- ings Along the Water Front Are More or Less Injured. - xS | i | | %+ BRITISH SHIP DITTON AND THE AMERICAN BARK J. D. PETERS STANDING OFF SHORE TO ESCAPE THE HURRICANE. BOTH VESSELS ARE COAL LADEN. THE DITTON IS FROM NEWCASTLE, N. 8. W.; AND | e THE J. D. PETERS IS FROM TACOMA. ) * > o HE storm did not do as much | companions. Another- fishing boat cap- all the time and the passengers will not damage on the water front as was expected. A tour of the | beach from Meiggs wharf to the Mail dock showed that all the ! accidents were minor and tha while several ships had close calls near! all escaped without injury. Two vessels were making port and nearly collided on ine bar. 'Two flsher- | men’s boats were capsized, but the fisher- | men were rescued. A whitehall boat went | down, but the occupant was picked up by | a tugboat. One of tne ferryboats nearly | turned turtle and anéther had one of her lifeboats blown out uof the skids. Houses | were unroofed. and much minonsdamage | done, but as before stated there was no | serious damage. | The big British ship Ditton and the | American bark J. D. Peters' were both on the bar when the sun went down Thursday night. Both vessels were near the lightship making port when the gale struck them. It was only by the finest | kind of seamanship that a collision was avoided and then the ship and bark stood out to sea. | Off old Meiggs wharf the storm held | sway. It was flood tde and the currents | from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers were helping things along. The wind backed the waters up and right across the bay almost as far as Sausalito a white wave showed up, making the pilots remark, “It looks like a breaking | bar." A fisherman coming in was caught in the tide rip and capsized. His boat, the Constance, is now at the bottom of the bay, but the fisherman was saved by his sized, but both boat and man were saved | by the tug Sva Queen. “Jimmie” Sen- nett's boat was blown nearly to Alcatraz and there turned over. Jimmie, however, Teached land and saved his whitehail. He lost his oars and sails, but was glad to get to this side again in tow of the General MeDowell. The Puget Sound steamer Walla Walla had a hard time of it on the run down. It blew a gale from the time the vesser d out of the straits of San Juan de Fuca until San Francisco was reached, She had barely reached her Mock when the hurricane broke. There were five bridal parties on the Walla Wall@ and all were glad when they were once more on terra firma. Captain Wailace, superintendent of the Pacific Coast S\mm.~h1}: Company, was at Meiggs wharf looking for one of his fleet. He left his b\gs’y 10 make an inquiry at ce of the Merchants' Ex- i gone the wind took charge of the buggy and blew both vehicle and horse into a side street. It took the captain ten minutes to find that buggy. The ] revenue cutter Hartley was over at the quarantine station when the gale | broke. A start was made for home, but she rolled so much that the fire grates dropped out. Luckily there was enough steam in the boilers to carry her to the lee of Angel Island, where she anchored until repairs could be made. fle driver lying whai was badly damaged, but no one was hurt. The ferry steamers had a lively time of it. The Bay City, which left the Alameda mole at 9:%5 a. m., was caught in storm off Goat Island. The spray broke clean over the big side wheeler and one | wave carried away one of the lifeboats. The lower deak was under water nearly at Spear-street | tha | fofget that trip in a hurry. The Berkeley, caught and from this side, was also he force of the wind turm her comple! around. A reversal the engines straightened matters out, however, and save for a flooding of the dining rooms and saloon no damage was done. The Kosmos linér Neko, coming in from Hamburg, was caught by the wind and tide and driven down on the ship Crown of Scotland. The latter had a hole about five feet square punched in her stera. The Neko was uninjured A part of the grain shed at Section 2 of the sea wall was unroofed. Nearly ail the shingles on one side of the roof on the barge office were ripped off. Fence: around the new flshermen's quarters were blown down and a rock barge owned by the contractors for extending the sea wall was beached. But the damages on the front while numerous were not seri- ous. While the storm was at its_height the British ship Thistlebank at Oakland Long wharf parted all her mooring lines and | was driven across the slip onto the ship { Osborne. The latter vessel had three cf her plates dented, while the Thistlebank lost all of her headgear. Both vessels will have to go on the drydeck for an | overhauling | The scow Meta, loaded with erushed | rock which was consigned to Healy, Tib- , and which was intended to be | used onstruction of the seawall at Mare, Island, was unable to weather the storfn and was sunk. Captain Mat- , who was in charge of the seow, and two of the erew were thrown into the water, but were rescued after consider- sle trouble. A floating piledriver, the property of the Thompson Bridge Company, was sunk off Point Richmond. Over $2500 | worth of tools went down with it bitts & ¢ L e e e e e e ] ished. The rain for & while cams down in tofrents. The tota) for the storm was 50 of an inch, and for the season 7.22 inches, against 6.87 inches for the corre- sponding period last season, S drer st ‘Wind and Snow Storm. RENO, Dec. 14.—A severe windstorm, accompanied by a heavy fall of snow, prevails in the Sterra. The wind is blow- ing sixty miles an hour. An ice plant at Wicks station, a few miles east of Truckee, was blown down. The storm is | the worst in years. The amount of dam- age done in Reno is not yet;known. Trees and Fences Leveled. GILROY, Dec. 14—A thunder and wind storm alarmed a portion of Gilroy's pop- ulation to-day. In fifteen minutes nearly an inch of rain fell. Trees and-fences were blown down by the gale and be- tween here and San Jose telegraph poles and trees are down all along the line. g o Windmills Badly Twisted. RIO VISTA, Dec. 11.—One of the fiercest wind-and rain storms ever experienced in this section did damage to the extent of several hundred dollars here this fore- noon. Several windmills were twisted out of shape; chimneys were blown down and one new barn is a total wreck. i a2t Wind’s Pranks at Dixon. DIXON, Dec. 14.—The storm to-day was the worst that has visited this vicinity n many years. Barns and windmills were demolished. Telegraph wires north and south of here were blown down. Tele- graphic communication was stopped be- tween the hours of 10 and 4. piofin s LR Telegraph Wires Go Down. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 14.—Northern and Central California was swept by a heavy storm of rain and wind last night and ay. There was a very heavy fall of 1o dna hall at this place this forencon. Telephone and telsfi::: ‘wires were pros- trated in all direc i e~ o AR George A. Fuller, CHICAGO, Dec. 14 —Announcement was made here to-day of the death in New York City last night of George A. Fuller of Chicago, one of the most widely known ntracting architects in the country. AMERICAN INTERESTS WILL BE PROTECTED Secretary Hay Writes of the Alaskan Fisheries and Boundary sputes. VANCOUVER, Dec. 14.—L. Edwin Dud- ley. United States Consul at this port, has just received an offictal communica- tion from Secretary of State Hay reply- ing to Consul Dudley's inquiries concern- ing the Tegulations governing miners within the strip of disputed territory in Alaska and also regarding the controversy over the fisheries on the coast of British Columbia. Concerning the fishing question the State Department informs the Consul that it cannot undertake to advise persons as to what course they should pursue in the matter of fishing in the waters of Dixon entrance and Hecate Strait, but it would endeavor to protect all legitimate inter- ests of American citizens involved. Proceeding to the boundary disputes Secretary Hay refers the Consul to the modus vivendi, which he says established merely a provisional line between the re- spective j&l'dlcuons of the United States and Can without prejudice to the erilon of American rights and ination of the true treaty boun- fullest the det: dary when the time shall come for its | When that time permanent settlement. the comes every legitimate right under treaty of cession of Alaska will be serted. In conclusion Secretary H says: ‘“The rl’hls of the United States in the matter of treaty boundary are absolutely intact and their assertion In due time wiil be earnest and thorough.” ,SALVATION ARMY MINB 1 CLOSED INDEFINITELY ?Work Ceases Because of Litigation i With Locators of the | Property. | VANCOUVER, Dec. 4.—That Salvation | Army men all over the United States are interested in mining shows the Army is willing to take hold of any- thing to advance its work. Two years ago the Army workers in America we invited to subscribe for stock in the Morning Glory mine near Nelson, B. Shares were floated to the amount of $130,- 000 among the members of the Army at the East. After the shares were exploit- ed 330,000 was spent in improvements and on a plant, but a few days ago the prop- erty closed. Litigation arose with the locators and there is no indication that work will be resumed in the near future. Mining men say that with intellig: management they belleve the property could be put upon a paying basis. AR, Yoty | PADDY RYAN, FORMER CHAMPION PUGILIST, DEAD !The Famous !‘igl:r Passes Away at | His Home at Glen Falls, that New York. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 4.—Paddy Ryan, at one time champion pugilist of the world, who was defeated by Johm L. Sul- | tvan In’ their famous fight in Mississippl some years ago, died at his home in Glens Falls this afternoon. If a musician utters false notes he ds a counterfeiter. Mr, ‘%l?uller ‘was the originator of the: modern steel skeleton buildings. ——— Lightning Accompanies Rain. JAMESTOWN, Dec. W.—A series of showers with a thunder and lightning ac- fell here this afternoon. The precipitation ‘"d.ld-.:o :.uaa inch. 'A severs wind storm amage to telephone and telegraph lines and blew down many tre gt Bright Crop Prospects. GERMANTOWN, Dec. 14.—Rain began falling here. early this morning and con- tinued at intervals all day, the total rainfall for the season to date 5.63 inches. The &mlpuél for a large crop m:rmut enn County “‘Wwere never ‘Will Dispel the Fog. ‘WOODLAND, Dec. 14.—An inch of rain fell here this morning. The shower was Smrs i, b8 ey m'uulw away th.danulwnu’t has prevailed for twelve day: it A8 sada Y Rain and Snow Storm. MILTON, Dec. 14—Rain has been falling heavily at intervals to-day. The temper- ature is lawA-hnu ln:‘wo is lmnu in the expected, The ‘Wind Has becn DIOWInE from the raing quarter for several days. Showers at Willows. 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