The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1901, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1901. SEATTLE POLICE CATCH SWINDLER Arrest Alfred H. Sevmourl Numerous Charges of Fraud SIS = C tion Passes in Northern Cities as 4 Francisco’s Sar MILNER AND SPRIGG CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF EXECUTIVES OF CAPE COLONY Activity of the Invading Boers Cause the ‘British High Commissioner and Premier to Hold a Long Consulta- and Summon the of of Detec- X Sk ALFRED (=7 MiLNER Members of the Cabinet RICA, AND PREMIER SIR J. GO: EMERGENCY MEETING OF TH SIR ALFRED MILNER, GOVERNOR OF THE TRANSVAAL AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER RDON SPRIGG, WHO, AFTER PROLO! E CAPE COLONY CABINET. SOUTH AF- NGED CONSULTATION, CAUSED AN ONDON, Jan. 5.—A special from | Cape Town says: An emergency Cabinet was con- after a long the British Bsssss ».obo‘¢‘¢4¢¢¢2 ¢ THE DAY’S DEAD. $ Bi4++4444444444 444440 Gordon Sprige is expected. to the War Of- date of Pretoria, January 4, as have reappeared ghborhood of il if Dewet is rd to the situati western commando toward Galvin and s to have bro Another small r, west of All- , yesterda DON, —The peace over- Pretoria are not regarded very LO tures at Jan Central Received, Is Committee hopefully in Government officlal circles. So 1ong as the Boers take prisoners capture cartridges,” said onc nted with the opinions of the “there is smali likelthood of yming through the burghers at r any other place.” Kitchener is not going to take command of the troops in India. he k ahead of him In South Africa Is e: pected to occupy ali his energy for many mont to come. General Sir Arthur Palmer, the acting commander in chief in India, will probably shortly be confirmed to that command unless Lord Roberts in- terferes, which is not likely. There is much talk in the papers and elsewhere of Lord Roberts insisting on fuller privileges as commander in chief of the forces than was accorded to Lord Wolseley, but it is learned that he had done nothing of the kind. office on the same terms as his predece sor, though the personal relations iter co-operat Lord Wolse He accepted | - work of reorganizing the War Office will be left almost soiely to Lord Roberts. The adjutant generai Sir Evelyn Wood, who is personally responsible for the re- cent action regarding Major General Sir Henry Colville (who was asked to resign, but refused to do so, as a result of the Yeomanry surrender 'at Lindley in May ast) is likely to ve one of the first to go. It is thought he will do so with honor. More troops are to be sent out to South Africa. The present plans are to | spatch infantry, _This the most capable | in the ser devoutly hope Lord Roberts will frustrate, SubSOtUtIAG Ca airy, which is so much needed. R Sty GUARDS FOR CAPE TOWN. Heads of Firms Hastily Organlzing Their Staffs. CAPB TOWN, Jan. firms here are hastily organizing their stafts into companies of the city guards, ->p¢1d~‘x‘l!\ of the colonial defens |& 1 i 'H-""'-i- 0 DBMOCRATS ARE CALLED UPON TO MAKE GOOD THE DEFICIT LEFT AS A CAMPAIGN HERITAGE Twenty-Six Hundred Dollars, Spent by State:sem, in Excess of Money| 5.—~The heads cl‘ | o Be Raised by Members M.F.TARPEY EXTENDED A'HAPPY NEW YEAR" f dispos- r at a time - - o Tell Who Cut Him. ame of John J. > wound dressed | | mergency Hospital "ON THE SAID THO WE'D HAV fe on the left wrist DEMOCRATS PREPARING TO MAKE GOOD DEFICIENCY IN- CURRED DURING CAMPAIGN. Carman U.0omMs ACTED fip CoRONER__ Qs MAS DCURRAN. “IF BRYAN MA BEEN ELECTED MEETING TODAY INSTEAD OF A POS T- MORTEN" i | | | | EA streets. The name or the place ned to state. | | FRANK 25 e and came very at the wrist GOULD an idea that mv:TED 4 was recelved In a street | as. was_taken to where Dr. Starr | putate the first - 3 ger on the right hand. HE members of the Democratic . iInts have Sepgered | State Central Committee at a Ry P s m’e meeting held yesterday afternoon tion. in their rooms at the California . —— Hotel devised a way by which the on an average 180 | $2600 1ndebtedness incurred during the last gration. | campalgn will be wiped out. BEST an TH | “An agreement was drawn up in legal BOWELS healthy movement of the ED'KDB.EDS OF MINERS ARE OUT ON STRIKE Men Employed by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and in Star Mine Quit Work. 1* you haven't & rei by = i kA Forct i he TS | GALLUP, N. M., Jan. &>The men om. ¥ Cr pill poison, {s Gas . E s Oalalans s . moet perfoct way of ing the bowels | ployed at the min c “loan 1810 take o | and Iron Company have struck. The men CANDY | working in the mines owned by SQ;:::(K others are still at worl CATHARTIO |l e rom Mr. Mitchell, chairman of the National Mine Workers' Assoclation, advised the £loyal of the Colorado Fuel and Iron mp‘nu{u mines to strike, saying that they Wwo! id be supported. Several hunds men are out. PEN, Colo., Jan. 5.—The miners the Star mine have because of the attempt of the owners to enforce & ten- | hour day system. e 2z, an. 5.— An:.\::gtx« is out for the arrest of C. BE. Oola. lonnarly of the Skaguay Budget, on i unnnu. EAT EM PI;IKET‘EQ‘I:‘DY e o i IR bTE I'Ll)l.A /"nu KEEP YOUR BLOGD GLEAN |53 i borx. form, binding each person signing it to pay $100 toward the liquidation of the debts of the committee. Twenty-six sig- natures will be secured to this agreement. Of this number four were aflixed yester- day. The signers were J. C. Sims, W. H. Alford, M. F. Tarpey and Frank H. Gould. In the agreement, which follows, it is provided that each subscriber is empow- ered to raise the $100 which he agrees to pay in any manner he may deem proper. The agreement reads: “For the purpose of liquidating the in- debtedness of the present Democratic State Central Committee of the State of Californta, we, the undersigned members of the Democratic party, hereby agree to become responsible for and to pay to the Democratic State Central Commlittee of sald State the sum of $100 each within thirty days after twenty-five other gen- cuud of having forged a check for $25 nymsn( for clothes sold and delivered The warrant was sworn out to- day, but the arrest has not yet been made, STRUCK BY A TRAIN. San Francisco Woman Believed to Be Fatally Injured. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 5.—Mrs. Nellle Mc- Daniels, who conducts a lodging-house at 222 Turk street, San Francisco, was struck by the ncrth bound train near San Rafael to-night. Her injuries are believed to be fatal. Her right leg is broken, Sbouider crushoh and 1 i beliased sba in internally injured. She was taken to Pet- aluma for medical attention. L i Al Sale of a Petaluma PETALUMA, Jan. 6.—The Pe(sluml Paving Company has sold its quarry and crushing plant south of this city to a San Francisco firm, of which Arthur B. Nash is representative. The new owners have started in to fix up their acquisition for long run. The com g-nyu%u hu?u: roek at H\nen and has con! services of a steam e o e tlemen have subscribed to this agreement. “It is hereby understood and agreed that by the signing of this agreement each subscriber thereto becomes respon- | sible for the payment of $100 only, and not jointly, with the other subseribers to pay the $2600, which is the total amount of the indebtedness of said committee. “It 18 hereby understood and each sub- scriber to this agreement is hereby em- powered by sald committee to raise said amount, $100, by subscription or In any other manner he may deem proper.” B o e e T T e a2 S e 2 barge to carry the output of its quarries. The Sacramento Transportation Com- pany’'s steam barge Fort Bragg has been chartered for five yvears, and will carry loads of 50 tons daily. —— A Fine Xmas Gift. Last month Mr. Pattoslen of the Pat- tosien Company gave all of his salespeople a per cent of the sales they made during the whole month for a Xmas present. Some made more than their salary amounted to, and the salary pald is the best in the city. Mr. Pattosien does not believe in only treating the public well, he believes in treating employes just the same. This is worthy to be copied by our merchants and (moflu. in fact, by all who employ There woum be more contentmen by the eople. By cverybody l’ollowx gmg exl.mpla the s're poem of Markham, “The Man With the Hoe,” would never have been written. ———e “The people who push into soclety now- adays {llustrate a do‘eneuu state of take a W%" | Olympia | an examinati .lc | TO PRESERVE THE BIG TREES. i | of sequoia gigantea | known as the Big Basin, HOURDS TRACK TAHN MURDERERS House in Which They Are Concealed Fired by a Mob. . One Man Is Captured Near Crowell, and Officers Fear They Will Be Unable to Protect Him. SR e Special Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA, Jan. 5.—All day long an excit- ing man hunt was indulged in by farmers | and deputy sheriffs near Snyder for the murderers of Hermann Zahn. Late this afterncon bloodhounds followed a trall to | within a mile of Crowell, where two of | the guilty parties were secreting them- | selves in a ho The house was fired | and the bandits, upon being forced abandon it, ran from it to the woods, shooting as they went. It is further re- ported that one of the men has been cap- tured. The Sheriff and armed men are | leaving for the scene. There is also a re- port of another man being captured at West Point. A Fremont special says the man with | the missing finge the Zahn murder, was arrested this after- | noon two miles south of Crowell. He was taken without much difficulty. One of the other parties who was with him escaped. The posse pursued him, firing a volley of shots, none of which took ef- fect. Crowds of men from the country are collecting at Crowell and and the officers fear they will be unable to protect him from the mob. The prob- abllity is that the man will be !ynched, The capture of the third bandit is only a on of hours. DER, Jan. 5.—All yesterd: after- noon three’ men were loafing in Zahn's place, playing cards a 1 and a while taking a drink. They strangers {n the town n were and were not no- ticed by scores of the frequenters of the place. Shortly after supper they left. About 8:30, while a dozen men were sit ting at the tables playing cards, the doo was suddenly thrown wide open and one of the smaller men rushed in, followed by the others. Leveling his gun he called out, “Throw up vour hands!’ All hands went up. ‘“‘All down on your and all dropped to their knees. vhirled around and reached for a | behind the bar. A= he (urnwi E shot was fired, striking bim in the abd men, and Zahn fell heavily to the fic The small man then rifled the safe an? money drawer, obtaining about $%. The taller man with the missing fingers stood in the doorway on guard. The men ieft as quickly as they came and in a minuts or two twelve men were on their trail. | Two of them started Lorth toward Crow- ell. A On a Murderer’s Trail. DAWSON, Dec. 4/, via Tacoma, Jan —John Parks, a Pinkerton detective from Ch Lower Yukon after “Shorty” who is wanted In _Colorado for Morgan i in one of the Colorado mining camps. succeeded in eluding the officers at time and got out of the State. The feel- | ing against him ran high and the officers Morgan, murder. He were determfnd to capture him if poss | sible. To that end they employed detec- m s, who traced Morgan to Skag and Daw He left the Klondik before the river froze up ana is believe be at Eagle City or Rampart. ha INTERESTS THE COAST. Passes Bill Yroviding for Pur- chase of Big Tree Grove. WASHINGTON, an 5.—Postoffice es. tablished: Washington—Collins, Skamar County, Leon W. Hunting, Postmaster. Postmasters commissioned: California— Daniel R. Boulder Creck; Ora Oak, Cu B. Adams, ma; Edward Y. Barnes, Pacific ; Catharine A. | Suffell, Hooker. Appointed: California— David J. Parker, Los Alamitos, Orange | County, vice J. il. Badgley, removed Oregon—Edward M. F. Roebe, Biglow, | Sherman County, vice Anna F. Lynch, re- | signed. The Clvil Service C: T4 Roul Commission will hoid | ary 5 for the posi- tion of immigrant inspector with experi- | enc - interpreter. California—Increase— serdale, *!0 lhl inal, | widow—Mary L. Fisher, gfi ‘Washington— Rl‘nt‘\\:ll~“fllldm 'H Sick- Orting, $10. Original, widow—Mary . 'Sturdevant, Dayton, $8. nator Perkins to-day secured the pas- e of a bill in the Senate providing for acquiring by conlemnation or by pur- chase for not exceeding $125,000 two groves in California, with a view of making nrational parks thereof. - S-mpervxrens Club Appeals for Lflg-: islative Action. SAN JOSE, Jan. 5—A large and en- thusiastic meeting of the Sempervirens to | Seribner | 5. ago, has arrived here en route to the | believed to have killea a man | the | = COUNTRY'S VAST 19 CLEARANCE SALE Odd articles accumulate rapidly in the course of business. We watch them closely, however, and by cutting the price way down sell them while they are yet in style. Everything offered below is of the very latest, although there are not many of each kind. The selections are very good, however, ior those who come early. Waists, Suits and Skirts. E\"f garment is well and stylishly made and sold well at the regular prices all season. The prices at which they are now offered are remarkably low. Taffeta Silk Waists. Made from best quality taffeta silk, nicely tucked and hemstitched, made in the season’s latest styles, with Bishop sleeve and new cuff; all sizes and all the new colors; considered good value at $5.00— Sale Price $3.50 Taficta Silk Waists. Well made of good quality taffeta silk, nicely tucked, very latest style and all desirable colorings; regular value $4.00— Sale Price $2.50 Ladies’ Tailored Suits. These suits are well made from fine quality broadcloth and Venetlan cloth in_the very latest style, trim- e ot (ha very best At nicely and arc altogether very desirable sults at former prices; the sweeping re- ductions made now cannot fail to sell them very rea Al $12 suits r All $15 and $16 su Now 8" 75 All §29, 322 and 325 suitsNow $14.78 Walking Skirts. All ready made walking skirts now on hand must be sold; they are ail well made and fit and hang well; good ers at former prices. | i ! Alpaca Waist. Shirt waist made of good quality alpaca, in navy and black; well lined and prettily trimmed with braid; spe- cial $1.50— To Close $1.10 Fancy Dress Silks 49c. These two lots constitute one of the greatest silk bargains that we have ever been able to offer. /e have gather odd piece in the entire stock, ard feel just more sweeping reductions were never made in seasonable silk You should certainly take advantage of this opportunity. A special lot of fancy dress si A spectal . in all the leading styles and the la heavy quality est colorings. plain and fancy, which | yro0ad0d stiks, sold regularly for $T5c and 85 per d $1.95 pi vard; now on sale until disposed of | and $1.25 per ¥ at— Per Yard 49c | at— Ladies’ and Gents’ Umbrellas. Our entire stock of this season’s importations of ladies’ and i in price. It , horn, pegrl All $10.00 skirts .. rtment of good stripe and black ch sold for $1.00 1; are now on sale Per Yard 69¢c ¢ now £1.25 $ r $3.00 $1.00 now --SLIS £5.00 3.75 .82.50 $5.00 now. -$8.00 Kid Gloves. A good line of two-clasp ladies’ kid trong and De fect fitting, in all sizes. in the latest ow? n S equal to the usual $1 glove, every pair fitted if Per Pau: 89c } Ribbons, Doylies, Etc. All silk taffeta ribbons, 3'; inches Momie linen doylies, openwork and | wide: also fancy striped riboons 314 | fringed, 8 inches square; worth 756 | and 4 inches wide, in all desirable | per dozen: now— Per Doz. 50c I colors: tormenty S5cper yara; now Embroidered bureau sets of 4 - Per Yard 10c | nicces sold formerly at $2.00; now— auality taffeta sitk ribbon, Per Set $1.00 Sresular price 3¢ per yard: | Ladies’ pure linen initial handker- chiefs— Special, Each 12 ¢ Ladies” white aprons, rial, cluster tucked— Special. Each 19¢ Ladles’ white aprons, good mate- Per Yard 189c A\ Int of colored velvet r‘hivflnfl No. 2 inches wide, good good mate- 9 1 u‘.m sold at e per yard; no Pér Yard 10c | Hand embroidered openwork doy- | rfal, full size, trimmed with embroid- lies, 3 inches square— Each 29c | ery— Special, Each 23¢ Tambour openwork doylies, 12 Special line of pillow cases, good VL i P L X Each 10c | quality, 45x36 inches— Each 10c Tambour openwork doylies, 18 | Extra quality bed sheets, 3Ix% inches square— Each 15c | inches— Special, Each 50c ON SALE AT BOTH OUR STORES. Stamping free on all goods brought to us to be embroidered. Lessons given in embroidery. Free delivery in city and bay towns. 707-103 PO ST J220-1222-1224 MARKET ST m—mum_\w MINERAL OUTPUT Summary of the Production for the Year Just Closed. NEW YORK, Jan. 5—The Engineering Complexion Possible, and such things as tan, sunburn, sallowness. oily or muddy skin, pimples and blackheads are out of the question if you use Club was held this evening at the Board of Trade rooms with a view of ha\imz‘ steps taken to preserve the Big Basin for- | ests. District Attorney Campbell elected chairman of the evening. dresses pointing out the benefits to from a preservation of the forests were made. A resolution was adepted urging the Legislature to obtain the redwood forests, and lmldl ll\(‘m for a public park for the people. forth the material benefits such reservation v\nuld have on Santa the adjoining county in reqard to rainfa'l and climatic conditions. It is suggested that a commission to consist of the presi- | dents of Berkeley and Stanford universi- | ties and the Governor, or some porson | named by him, have charge of the park. Another resolution adopted urges the was | Ad- | uz and | Legislature to create a water and forest y | commission to care for forests sfreams and guard forests from fire. The chair was authorized to appoint a committee of five to go lature and advocate these measures. and ___ ADVERTISEMENTS. FIFTY TONS OF CANDY Have Been Sent to Our Soldiers in the Philippine Islands by the Gov- ernment. Fifty tons of candy have been sent to the soidiers In the Philippine Islands by the commissary department of the army during the last three months and large | amounts to the soldiers in Cuba and Porto Rico. Th}s is done upon advice of the medical officers of the army, because it Is a phy- slological fact that a moderate consump- tion of confectionery promotes health and suhsneq a natural craving of the stomach. ‘andy was never furnished to the Lrnl\ed States army before, although it has been commonly used as a ration by the French and British troops in the tropics. Thls explodes another old-fashioned theory that sweets were injurious to the digestive organs, while a moderate use of sweets is actually beneficial. Very few things are injurious and the food cranks who advocate the use of a few grains and vezetables and decry the use of sweets and reats are in error, as a wholesome variety of meat and vege- table food is absolutely necessary for the mnlntenance of the highest condition of th, The best rule to follow is to eat what the appetite craves, and if there is any discomfort or trouble in digesting meat and sweets the dllflculty can be readily overcome by the r use after mul- of some safe dl:fsl ve composed of pe sin and diastase wkich will assist thc stomach by inereum the flow of gastric uice and furnish e natural peptone acking in 'elk il The fon of this kind is probably tuart‘ Dyspepsia T.bl'" hich may be found at all drug st b :nn ot use have :dm el e 5('#‘ Hablets In all cases of impateed | estion. | of the United States for the year 1900. This | before the Legis- | anll Mining Journal to-day gives a sum- mary of the mineral and metal production | CREME DE LIS. Sold by druggists and general dealers. or sent prepaid on receipt of price-—30c¢. E. B. HARRINGTON & CO., Miry Los Angeles. Cal | summary has been compiled from ad-! vanced figures furnished by producers and from official sources, and gives a complete | statement of the gold production for the year just c 1. The total value of the metal produced In the United States in as compared with Th:- value of the output | of non-metallic substances was $i55,680,991, as against $645,754,305 in 1899. The total | value for the two years, after allowing for | | duplications, was respectively $1,157,162,152 and $1,049,230,504. The more important items of this pro- | duction in metals were gold, valued at ; silver, valued at $37,085,245; 615,- 02 pounds of copper, valued at $100,154,- 345; 251,781 tons of lead, valued at $22,005,- | 659; 122,850 tons of zinc, valued at $10,786,230 and last, but not least, 13,914,506 tons of pigiron, valued at $238,078,737. Of the non-metallic products by far the most important was coal, of which the | United_States produced 'no less than | 274,847,779 tons; the greatest quantity ever | produced in one year by this or any other country. In 1899 the United States was the | est producer of coal in the world and | yre-eminence was increased in 1900. - important products of this clas included cement, of which 17,538 6%8 bar- | rels were made; salt, copper sulphate, mineral paints, phosphate rock and slate, | while the minor mineral products included | a variety too numerous to mention. The total zold production of the world | in 1900 amounted to $256,462,438, which com- pares with $313,641,534 in 1899, ‘the decrease | eing entirely owing to_the stoppage of gold production in the Transvaal by the | war, nearly all other producmg countries | showing an increase. In 1900 the United States took the lead amon%athe gold pro- ducing countries, with §7, ¥, Auslra- lasia ranks second, wllh The | large production of the Klondlke has put Canada in the third % a total output of $26,000000, while Russia was fourth, with §23,090,862. These four coun- tries produced over $0 per cent of the gold of the world. The total amount of dividends pald 210 companies allied with the mine; indus- tries of the United States In 1500 was $130.954,000. This large disbursement places mining among the most profitable of the country’s industri e metal mines | paid $51,502,000, or 34.3 per cent of the to- | tal, and the industrial companies $79,- mmo. or 60.7 Der cent. A.mong the lend- payers were the copper mines, 4000 to their credit; the Zo1d and e ver mines ,000, and the petroleum companies, with $4%,§16,000. Pictures for 1901. ‘We have on exhibition a flne lot of framed plctures, showing all the new ef- fects in Flemish, old Dutch and ebony frames, with tinted mats to match. All the newest pictures in Cogley prints, pll!l- num, l.nd ‘water col Good VERY. LATEST smgm Froat, SAPPHIRE EVERY WOMAN is interested and should know about the wonderful MARVEL Sen™ :3:'-1. 'lflllr Pt v & e e ey Atomsti*e | Weekly Call, 81 per Year