The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1900, Page 3

STILLSON SAYS |STONE TABLETS E S INNOCENT | UNEARTHED BY OF WRONGDOING. MORMON PARTY Arrests of Prominent Citi-|Alleged to Be Relics of zens Stir People of | Tribes of Ishmael Chico. and Levi, AR | —————— 5 SHADY TRANSACTIONS ALLEGED ANCIENT BURIAL PLACE FOUND; Now Claimed That the Traditions in the Book of Mormon Have Been Fully Proven. Life-Long Friends of the Accused Believe Their Statements and Are Confident of Vindication. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Ariz., Dec. 23 —Letters re-| s city to-day tell of important 1 discoveres made in Southern At 1 x - and Central America, by a party in « lorers. Three months ago v began a three vears' trip down h America, for the purpose of for traces of the last survivors slieved by the Mormons t people in this coun- njamin C president of the | Young Academy in Provo, Utah, the expedition, and has s under his charge. | friend here, Professor | any examined by the earthed which is in charge twenty-four prehistoric ruins and hern part of the State found the remalns of once been a city | and in the largest ruin | ne casket fn which were which correspond | siated into the Book of Mormon. cavations revealed a burial ere a large number of human | were found. some of the sieletons xcellent state of preservation. Stone tablets were found, and marked in such a manner and with such figures as are found on the Painted Rccks in Ari- | zona | In one large chamber. isolated from the | others, they found a great one casket in which were the bones of what had been a very large man, and in the stone were ngraved figures to show that .ae de- ceased was a ruler among his people. A large pile of tablets, probably records of his reign, were at the rear of the ket, and many of them will be sent North for examination by expert antiquarians. The party will continue its expedition south- ward. According to Mormon traditions, Levi and Ishmael, accompanied by their fami- lies, left Jerusalem about 600 B. C., built boats sailed toward this continent, landing where Chile now is. Levi had |two sons, Nephi and Laman—Nephi | | obedient and Laman troublesome. he | party grew and two factions _set- | | | | ADVERTISEMENTS. STATEMENT tled around the two sons as lead- Finally the race numbered many r E and built many cities in what is now New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico and Central and South 'America. The two factions waged war for several centuries, and about 400 A. D.. the Nephites were ex- terminated by the Lamanites, from whom the American Indians have descended. roni, the last of the Nephites, buried re records of his people. on a brass plate, | in the hill. “Cumorah,” in Ne York State, and an angel revealed these plates to Joseph Smith, who founded the Book of Mormon from the records. By finding in the ruins of Central and South American citles evidences that they were bullt by descendants of Levi, the Mormons hope to give to the world | a proof that the Book of Mormon is what | ers. thousard OF THE — CONDITION oF lew York Plate (lass INSURANGE COMPANY ‘ THE STATE OF NEW t December, A. D. that day, as joner of the AND AFFAIRS THE — 3 o’ provisions | the Latter Day Saints claim it to be—a | ~ tical Code, | true history of the first people who in- | ¥ the Com- | habited this hemisphere. CAPITAL v s - o ¢ Capital Stock, paid up in BODIES IDENTIFIED IN g~~~ SANTA CLARA COUNTY ASSET Charles B. Willis the Man Drowned ! and Louis Machen Was Killed ag by a Train. : : 2| SAN JOSE, Dec. 23.—The body of the 3 . 5 % | man found floating in Coyote Creek yes- | | { i | | | | -—— | terday morning proved to be that of %33 ¥ | Charles B. Willis, who for the past two | years has been a resident of this city. | He was a native of New York and aged 31 years. Just how he happened to be in | that locality at night and fall over the 7. creek bank is a mystery His mother % 00 | testified at the inquest to-day that he was 34,012 73 o afflicted with nervous prostration, and = | had come to California for his health. . While thus suffering, it is supposed he was unable to sleep and wandered about. There were no bruises on the body, and in his pockets were a gold watch and | $16.50 in coin. He must have been stunned $217.53 22 | in falling, as he was drowned in about four feet of water. At the inquest to-da; for pre- a verdict of accidental death was ri turned | Louis Machen is the name of the man who was decapitated and mangled by a | freight train at Los Gatos last evening. | He was a laborer and had resided in that | locality about twenty years. It is sup- | s7 64 | posed he had been drinking and started ,000 00 | home along the track, and falled to hear ! the train as it approached him. The head nd legs were revered from the trunk and the body mangled almos. beyond recogni- tion. Machen was a native of France and of age. A Coromer's jury re- verdict of accidental death, 9 STOLEN MAIL FOUCH ER, President. re me this st | Rifled of Its Contents, Which Were K, Notary Publiic. Christmas Gifts Being Sent , O East. 4.D.MAXWELL CO.GeneralAgent | ... &% o man T. E. JANES, Asst. General Agent, | pouch, due to leave Helena for Chicago 421 Caiifornia St., San Francisco and the East Saturday morning, and o . ~ | which was stolen between the Postoffice | and the Great Northern depot, was found to-day in a prospect hole in town. The sack had been split open and several | packages rified, the boxes being scattered | | visrr DR. JORDAN’S sacar WUSEUH OF ANATONY B Det. GRAME, 3.0 .0el, Anatomical Museum ip the caknecion or any comracted around where the sack was found. Post- office officials refuse all information as to the contents of the sack. However, it | 1% known that the pouch was an extreme- The Worid. peritively cured by theoidest § | 1y valuable one, containing as it did the sk ex U ;\;k ;L:sfir-n pflncépnl portion o}g meh_Chr;!utmuere- DAK--PRIY SEASES membrances sent East from here, ng e A | Gue in Chicago Monday morning. The | pouch was loaded on the mail wagon | at midnight Friday night. — - COURTSHIP BY MAIL ENDS IN MARRIAGE — | Judge Powell of Castle Rock Weds | Miss Caroline Eohler at Baltimore. TACOMA, Dec. 23.—Judge Benjamin W. Powell of Castle Rock was married at Baltimore last week to Miss Caroline | hohler of Bavaria, Germany, whom he had never seen until she stepped off an Atlantic steamer a few days previously. Judge Powell heard of Miss Kohler through Dr. Russell, a mutual friend, by | whom correspondence and an exchange of iplc(uml between them was arra ‘Judq: Powell is over 50 years old and 'his bride about 25. They left Baltimore for an extended wedding tour through the South, following which they will come to Castle Rock to live. i Body Found in the Bay. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 23.—The body of Larry Walsh was found in Sausalito bay, near the railroad shops here, to-day. Ha was 57 years of age and had been a resi- dent of 8an Rafael for more than twenty How he met his death is mot but it is believed that he fell on rock, as there is a large wound on the head. John Walsh, who keeps a saloon here, is a brother of the dead man. i rofins Slater Enocked Out. Big & is s non-poisonous for Gonorrhme, Spermaterrha s Wihiter, Gunataral dis charg . or any inflamma- not o grietare. | ToD, | fitation or ulcers- prevents coniagion. tion { mucous mem- rieEvans GuemioaL Co. Dranes. Noo-astringent. 5 Market street. seut on request. Lanio & Rand Waterprogt Smokeless Powder, in bul and loaded in shells. nd for catalogue of sporting goods. GEO. W. SHREVE, I wrapper, ! prepaid, for #1.00, or 3 botties, $3.7. " | RADWAY’'S READY unrivaled before the public for 50 years as & P Remedy It instantly relieves and quickly T Dec. 23.—J Cares .if: Colds, Sore Throats, Tnfluenza, Bron- s nggie. hoe Monz gt b itle, monia, ism, euralgia, out Ty Slater m:fa'.che,n?mm.:h. and all pain. Internally | Los ?u;l:xl in & sixth round here last for Malaria and all Bowel Pains. All druggists. | night. er was outclassed. . The Cot of THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, BODY OF MAN IS FOUND HANGING TO A PARK TREE An Unknown Makes an End of His Life in the City’s Pleasure Ground. suvic10Es 1900. WILL UTILIZE LARGE STOCK OF BELGIAN HARES Farm and Cannery to Be Established in Ari- 7002, —_— SIGHTS UNKNOWN VESSEL EMPIRE CITY, Or., Dec. 23.—The | schooner Gem, which arrived here from | { San Francisco this evening after a hard | | struggle with the wind and waves, re- | ports seeing a vesse! bottom up about | eighty miles west of Cape Arago. The vessel was painted whitc and had a clean | bottom. The schooner Ivy, which has ar- } rived here, reports seeing considerable | lumber afloat on the 21st, but did not A SUBSTITUTE FOR CHICKEN/ Every Portion of the Body of the &ni- | mal Will Be Used, as the Fur, | Bones and Feet Are in i Demand. | R i Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | { | TO A TREE TO HIS IDE TITY. THE UNKNOWN SUICIDE WHO WAS YESTERDAY FOUND HANGING GOLDEN GATE PARK <o AND A POSSIBLE CLEW | I | | 5 HE body of an unknown man was found hanging from the limb of a tree in Golden Gate Park yesterday afternoon by Owen and William Kuhnert, two boys who were strolling about the big pleasure ground. The boys told Police: man Livinstone of their discovery and through him the Coroner's office was no- tifled. The man had evidently committed sui- cide. Noosed around his neck were four ropes, the other ends of which were wrapped around a heavy limb of the tree. A short piece of cotton rope formed into iwo slipknots bound the hands of the dead man securelysbehind his back. From the position of the body likely theory is that the man was dete: mined to die, and after having adjusted the ropes about his neck, fearing that he might change his mind and attempt to save himself, had climbed to the limb, put LEDSOE'S FIANCEE'S ARRIVAL IN DAWSON MAY BE UNWELCOME Story of Popular Yukon River Pilot’s Engagement to a Pearl Lloyd Comes From the Klondike Diggings. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 23. — Captain Bledsoe, a popular Yukon River pilot, was scheduled to marry Pearl Lioyd at a variety theater in Dawson on the evening of December 15. A Dawson telegram of December 14, recelved to-day via Skag uay, states that great preparations w thy being made for a grand the: cal wedding, to which_ the elite of Dawson were invited. Miss Lioyd went to Dawson from Skaguay several months ago has been one of the most successful sing- ers ever heard there. An‘additional tingé of romance is given to the affalr by the announcement in the ielegram referred to that according to reports in Dawson a young woman Is en route from San Fran cisco’ to Dawson via Skaguay to mar: Captain Bledsoe. She is sald to be a stenographer, but her name is not giver. Charles E. Nicholson of Marshfield, Ot went to Juneau two weeks ago to marr Miss Bessie Collison, a sister of Mis Collison, principal of the Juneau schools. When Nicholson reached Juneau he learned to his dismay that the steamor Dolphin had lost or left behind his trunk. The ceremony was postponed and letters | were sent back in an effort to locate it. In the meantime Nicholson was taken serfously 11l with tonsfiitis and was sick in bed when his trurk finally arrives The wedding will occur as soon as he recovers. BRING GOLD FROM THE NORTH Steamers Cottage City and Victorian Arrive at Seattle. SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—The steamers Cot- tage City and Victorian arrived to-day from the north. The Klondike passengers report the death from heart failure of Pete McDonald, one of the most success- ful miners of the camp. No word had been received at Juneau up to December 19 of the United States mail steamer Tillamook. City brought $75,000 worth well bullion. —_— SAN BERNARDINO TEAM WINS Good Games of Ball Played in South- ern Cities. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.—In the fastest game of ball played here this season, re- quiring twelve innings for a decision, the San Bernardino team this afternoon de- feated the Maler & Zobeleins of this city by & score of 4 to 3. Score by innings: R. H. B San Bernardino..100002000001—4 12 1 Mater& Zobeleln.0 000012000003 10 3 Batteries—Jones and _Mangerina; Salisbury and Adams. Umpire—Earley. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 22.—The game this afternoon between San Diego and the Levys of Los Angeles was short, snappy and well played, errors being few. gan Diego won by 7 to 2. Score by innings: R H E. i | vys 0200000002 4 4 Ba Taylor and Works; Iburg and Peters. Umpire—Sylvester. Unknown Man Drowned. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 23.—The body of an upknown man was found floating in the river about four miles below the city to-day. The body, which was that of a man 40 or 4 years old, was dressed in overalls, jumper and heavy boots. Noth- ing was found likely to lead to the identi- ty of the remains. Output of Northern Mines. VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 2.—The ship- ment of ore from Rossland for the year ted 220,000 tons. This quantity was %ly shipped by three mines, the Bl b e Bagie 10,000 tons. BERLIN, Dec. 28.—The populat tion of Ber- 1s 2,469,476, the most | Chom and | e Fris hands through the slipknots and after stretching his arms to | tighten his bonds jumped from the tree | and strangled to death. | The dead man was about 50 years of | | age, of light complexion and wore a full | | beard. The condition of his hands showed | that he was a laborer. His clothing was | f a cheap quality, and he wore a palr | of overalls over his trousers. The man | was a cripple, his right foot being much | shorter than the other. Nothing was | found in his clothing which would lead to | | his identity. The body was from the railro found a short distance 1 track in a clump of tall | pines and close to the foot of Strawberry Hill. From the condition of the body it is | evident that ihe man had been dead at | _Detective George McMahon and Tom Gibson were detalled on the case. After a short investigation they decided that there was no evidence of foul play and | ! that it was a case of suicide. CREW-6F-LUMBER. STEAMER PICK UP * LUMP OF AMBERGRIS LRI Weighs About Seventy-Five Pounds| and Is Worth Thousands of Lol- lars, Being More Valuable Than Gold. Special Dispatch to The Call. COVELO, Dec. 23.—Information received | here from Caspar, a :ea coast town and | port thirty-five miles away, gives the par- | | ticulars of a valuable find of ambergris | afloat, discovered by a lumber steamer cn her return from Skaguay, Alaska. Th: | name of the vessel is not given. | A small lump of dirty, gray, greasy stuff was picked up by the crew about six week ago after diccharging a cargo | of lumber at an Alaskan port. The lump weighed about seveniy-five pounds and | when taken on board and examined was found to be pure ambergris, more valu able than gold, and worth $27,275, which is | its value at the market price in New | York or San Francisco—$40 per pound, | Ambergris Is supposed to be a substance formed by a disease of the stomach or | the gall ducts of the sperm whale. It is | | ejected by the &nimal and floats upon the | water or is cast updn tne shore and buried | | In the sand. It is used to fix valuable | | perfumes or to make them last forever | and for that reason as well as for its | | rarity and the difficulty of encountering | it its price ordinarily ranges from 370 to | #400 a pound. Gold is worth about $16 an ! ounce and $256 a pound avoirdupois, | i Proeetll b tniay | STEER-TYING FoR THE ‘ w ARIZONA CHAMPIONSHIP | Oscar Roberts Wins Over Joe Bassett | in an Interesting and Exciting | Contest. PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 23. sand people witnessed the contest ever seen in tae ‘t steer-tying ritory to-day, when Joe Bassett competed for a purse worth nearly $1000 and the champlonship of Arizona. Roberts won, ronln{. throwing and tying his five steers in 6:14%. Up to the fifth steer, Bassett had the contest well in hand, breaking all Arizona rec- ords until that time. His last steer, how- ever, was a fierce one and repeatedly arose after being thrown down ani charged horse and rider several times be- fore finally being tied in 3:14%. Bassett'v total time was 7:28%, and his fastest tima for one steer was 48% seconds. el s iy Strike Declared Off. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28.—At a meeting of local union No. 61, International Broth- strike, which has been in progress herc for some time past was officlally declareu off. euuwuwoflunag : THE DAY’S DEAD. } D444 444444444 444440 John Riley Chamberlain_ CINCINNATI, Dec. 22.—John Riley Chamberlain, a veteran of the Civil War and a graduate of Miaml University at Oxford, Ohio, died here Lo—nlfht, aged 72 ears. 'He had been affiicted since Novem- r with bronchitis and pneumonia. He had been engaged in correspondence work in Cincinnati for thirty-five years, most of that time with the Assoclated Press. His only brother, Major W. H. Chamberlain, is still with ‘the ted Press in this city. Mr. Chamberlain was the father of Paul Chamberlain, a member of wie staff of the Denver Republican. Pictsediy Sk g Lieutenant Parker more securely | | white in color, —Two thou- | most exciting | Oscar Roberts and | erhood of Electric Workers, the linemen’s | PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 23.—Like wild- | fire the Belgian hare craze swept over the country and died out just as quickly. It is estimated that within a year 32,000,009 has been spent on the Belgian hare and | that there are 8,000000 of the little ani- | mals In the United States, while the re- markable fecundity of the hare will triple that number in the year, desplte the enormous quantity to be used on the | table. 2 | In California alone there are a million | hares and fruit growers are apprehensive | | over the damage to their orchards wt | the owners of the rabbitries become finally | convinced that the hare business is ov n v- | done and is a flat failure and turn thuir | rabbits loose to live as best they may. | Indeed, so much fear is felt in the fruit districts that a bill has been prepared for the next Legisiature providing for the enactment of a law making it a criminal | offense to turn a Belgiau hare free. | Foreseeing the fall >f the hare business | a company of Arizona and California cap- italists is being formed to ‘take up the business where the small raisers left off and for the establishement of a_sreat hare | farm and a canning factory. The South- western Canning Company will be the title of the corporation, to be capitalized at $150,00. A tract of land of 64 acres will be leased in the Buckeye country, in | the lower and most fertile portion of Ari- zona. Half of the land will be planted in alfalfa and barley to provide feed for the hares and the other half will be used as | pasture for the great aecrd to be quartered | on the ranch. | _It is intended to buy up as many hares | as it is possible to obtain for the stock- | ing of the ranch. There will be room for | 000 and it Is proposed to enlarge the ranch as rapidly as is necessary to ac- | commodate the growth of the herd. The , entire ranch will be fenced with fine wir: and ! prevent crossing of the breed with the jackrabbit. Thomas McGuire, who has had much experience in California in handling hares, will man- age the ranch and will have the assést- | ance of a score of expert handlers of th hare. The canning factory will ed in the spring and machinery being purchased in Chicago. plant will be built, s of or more hares of the hare is of ver: now A very large fficient to dispose er dav. The meat fine flavor, being resembling the ' breast of the chicken. The factory will put the meat up in various styles and will make a speclalty of preparing it in pressed and deviled forms, with the intention of sub- stituting it for the expensive preparation of chicken. Every portion of the hare wi'l be utilized and not the least important part of the business will be the use of the skins. Belgian hare fur is of a rich, sofr brown and much in demand for imitation of Arctic furs. The suinmer furs are not valuable, the hair beinz not firmly root- ed, but the winter skins are as fine as | could be desired. i A New York furrier has contracted to handle all skins from the hare farm. The | feet of the younger rabbits are in demand | for watch chains and ornaments and the : ears are strung upon ribbon and used | for picture frames. The bones and other parts of the refuse will be shipped to California for fertilizing purposes. The company expects eventua to con- trol the market for fine pressed meats by | substituting for pressed chicken. ham and beef the finer and chcaper product of its cannery. | REFUSE TO RUN LAST CAR TO END OF LINE; How Hayes-Street Conductors Make | Time Out of Company and | Public. 1 | For some time past it has been the habit of the conductor on the last car of the Hayes-street line each night to re- auest his passengers to get off the car at the carhouse and walk on to their homes, so that the car might be run into the car- | house just so much earlier. The car- house is about six blocks from the end of the road on Stanyan street. For a block beyond it there is a hill, and then | the track falls again to the terminus. It is the practice of the car's crew to run the car to the top of this hill, request the passengers to alight and walk home and then run the car back the block to t arhouse. Sometimes, however, the pas- sengers have objected, and then the car has been run on out to the turntabie. Saturday night the last car, in charge | of Conductor F. Dunham, had for a pas- | senger Michael Eiberger, who Iives on North Willard street, out beyond the end of the Hayes-street line. He says that as the car approached the carhouse the con- ! ductor put-out the lights and then told him he would have to get off at Ashbury street, the top of the hill beyond the c house, as the car would go no further. Eiberger has often walked to the end of the road from the car house to oblige con- ductors, but he says he did not like the way in which he was told to get off the car, and when it reached Ashbury street he refused to get off. The car then went on to the end of the road, and when he got off there he and the conductor had some words. Then he started for home, | and had gone but a short distance, he al- | leges, when Dunham came after him, ! struck him several times in the face and then ran back to the car, and it started back to the carhouse. Eiberger says there is much complaint at the way the last car on_the Hayes- | street line is run. He says he has been | offered his nickel back if he would walk to the end of the road and allow the car to run into the house from the outward He says it is the custom on both the Hayes and the McAllister street lines for the last car to run into the house on the outward trip when there | are no passengers on 1t. On the McAl- | lister, he says, they alwavs take.out the, last passengers without question, but on ; the Hayes they invite them to get off and walk the distance to the end of the road, | while the car's crew makes ten minutes time on the company and the public. | i S i Arion New Year Roception. | The Verein Arion, the German singing | | soclety of this city, Will hold a New Year | reception in its quarters at 421 Post street | on t’l’ze afternoon of January 1. The as-| sociation has made arrangements to en- tertain lts members and guests, as the clrcular to members savs, “‘as pleasantly and as long as possible.” The singers | and literary members of the Arion will contribute to the entertainment. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Sunday, December 23. lameda, 24 days from Svdmey, via Abemiand 13 days, via Honolula 5 21 hours inutes. “sdtm,: B‘;-'.'.m. Patterson, 71 hours from Vie- b Bristol, McIntyre, § days, trom Comox. HARTFO! Conn., Dec. 23.—Lieuten- ant Felton Parker, manager of the patent department of the American Blcycle Com- Pnra. is dead at the home of his mother n South Lancaster, ged 43 He graduated from Annapo! accompanied the first Greely relief expe- dition in the Yantic and later conducted a ranch in Colorado. —_—.e by the Clontng by the Prefect of Fovics of Th Bureau of Labor Unions came to an end to- day on the announcement that the Govern- m-ti‘hdemfi.l of the | lo: sight the schooner bottom up. SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—The steamer Charles D. Lane was towed into Seattle | harbor last night in a disabled condition. She was picked up at Cape Flattery. where she lay anchored In a dangerous position with her fires all drowned out. | She had encountered heavy weather and had taken a great deal of water, whic compelled her to. turg back after a 24- hour run, but her stea’h failed before sh | could reach safe anchorage inside and she was forced to drop her anchors while still outside. All on board were well. She was lumber laden for Quayaquil. The deck- | was Jettisoned. VICTORIA, Dec. The steame; tage City, which arrived last x\lg}u’ Ala renorts i t Ju- neau on Dec hooner Tillamook, a »f about 500 or G tons, was over two weeks overdue on he mail voyage to Unalaska and way ports Much anxiety was expressed for her Juneau. Waliace reports th gone o salve the Topek: I there be no souch- be successful. in of shipping dis cifie coast during the recent storms. American bark Highland Light, McClure, was wrecked three days ag on the shore of Barcluys Sound, Vancor ver Island. Heavy gaies dismasted her, | sters on the North 1}_{34 | | mile of the rocks just outside Cape Fla FLOATING BOTTOM UP Stories of Marine Disasters Brought in by the Gem and Other Craft. tore away her bulwarks and carried away her lifeboats. In this condition she driti- ed ashore. Her crew escaped. The storm layed great havoc at Astoria, where tha ench bark General Millinet was strand- ed on a sandy shore. The steamer Oswe- 80 was swamped at ner moorings and lies in_ten feet of water. The bark Muskoka dragged anchor and struck the shore stern on. The Govern- ment lightship at McKenzie Head wa3 driven high on the beach. The steam-r Charles D. Lane was driven into Pu, Sound by a terrible storm, which. threa ened several times to send her to the bot- tom. When rescued her furrace fires were flooded, her steering apparatus g« and she was lving nciplessly within ' tery. The Lane sailed Tuesday cargo of lumber for Guayaquil. Wednesday a terrific storm was encoun- tered and that evening the seas broke through the saloon and extinguished lights. Chief Engineer K were kept twenty-nine hours up to their waists to keep the pump going. The Lana sent up distress signals and was finally rescued by tugs. with Walden’s Friends Confident. SAN RAFAEL, Dec .—The friends of C. J. Walden, a bookk per in ute mill at San Quentin, are much over the ridiculou his alle mysterious disappearance. The performed by Mr. Walden at the prison did not permit any money to pass through his hands and thus no suspicion of wrong- doing attaches to his absence of the last few days. They claim that he took a trip to Nevada. where he had some mining in- exercised L) story of terests, and that the probabilities are that he has been snowed In by the heavy storms that have prevailed in the high mountains there. | last I Christmas presents to-da; i important day. Buy Sack suits, cutaways, robes, neckwear, WL S RS, Middy, sailor, vestee, in this department. who call. ‘ashougal, 15 days from Astoria; wed by tug Samson. OSenr Mary C.'% hours from Bodega. MEMORANDUM. barge Washougal—Started with 1,200,000 ke - sale barge be- Dec 15. In SE g‘mnlm%hh and leaking. Threw over- ‘board 200,060 lumber. DOMESTIC LT, HARWI;:G!JIRI Dec 22—S8tmr Grace gpare Dollar, for A v C A r., ¥ A ety San ‘entura, 1 ro: e Srient, from Hedondo, OCEAN 23—Stmr Stavenger. N STOWN - Salled Do oSt Boe: ria, from Liverpool, for New York. o-day is the i You and Santa Claus will have to buy your wisely, i something useiul. Good clothes fulfill all require- ments as Christmas presents. We are ready to make f your Christmas giving a success. For Men tuxedos and overcoats in a great varietyat all prices. Smoking Jackets, bath robes, pajamas, night handkerchiefs, gloves, shirts, reelers, mufflers, hosiery, underwear, umbrellas, canes, valises, grips, suit cases, hats, etc., in an immense assortment at a great range of prices. For Boys piece and sack suits and overcoats for boys from 3 to 19 years of age, comprising an elegant line at prices from the lowest to the highest. Baseball outfit free with every suit or overcoat Sweéters. shirts, underwear, ties, hats, caps, etc., at all prices for boys of all ages. Santa Claus is on the second floor of our store waiting to give some candy to all the little folks We issue orders for gifts. Mail orders filled for anything we carry—uwrite us—address ‘Departmznt C. SNWO00D 718 Market Street. day as to-morrow is the all- buy sensibly, buy Prince Alberts, full dress, silk suspenders, reefer, two-piece, three-