The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1901, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1901. MILLS ON THE PARIS 'INQUIRY Saps HeIs Nr' Back of the Proposed Investigation. —— Does Not Believe the Scandal Is Worth | @it o The Call ERS SACRA- Mills came up lock train nies that his pres- 1o in degree 2 of the con- Exposition erts that he has no the investigation. stay propriated from it and what the proper r as th Il come to noth- these Board of n the two ntelligen: to all inquirers. m,"” M Mills of the er the come route withc great interior val- reach them will kecp Trade rooms there dls of both 1 over to them all prospective to their lo- concerning the ade by General an exhibit does ere must be pres- W the Stat about them. to inquiring life in Cali- in thelr pur- T o V Development | Associat ses eight counties, Will 8. Greex d W. E. Wright is Jusa re rters is at Co- members who conference to- and secretary, » Mr. Thotnas, | NOVEL PLAK 0 SATE STRANDED LIGHTSHD Vessel to Be Moved Overland Like a House and Launched on the Columbia River. —_——— Dispatch to The Call 13.—The floating of the River lightship is one £t unique marine undertakings mpted on the Pacific Coast. The | vessel is to be moved, like a over the southwestern extremity ton and placed in Baker's Bay the snbia opposite this city. The contract for the work will shortly be let. The lightship broke loose from her moorings off the mouth of the river over s ago during a heavy gale and went ashore on the beach near the North Head lighthouse. Repeated efforts have been made to float her by the sea- ward route, but all have failed signally, ractors who undertook the ssiderable money. hiship first went ashore Contractor Lebeck of this city visited the seene of the wreck, and, after thoroughly 'g the vessei's position, expressed selief that she could never be floated to seaward, but that the only practicable plan was to move her over the peninsula and pla her in the Columbia. The cost of this work would have been greater than that of ghe seaward route, and the light- house ard refused to consider Mr. Lebeck’s suggestion. All other attempts having failed, however, the board has de- cided to adopt the overland plan, and bids will be called for as soon as permission is obtained from the War Department to take the vessel over the military reserve at that point. There is iittle doubt that the vessel can thus be saved. Efforts are also_being made to float the stranded ship Poltalloch, which went ashore last month on the Washington coast. The ship lies in a better position than most of those which have gone ashore on the Washington coast, but it is feared that she, too, will Temain perma- nently in her sandy bed. Of half a dozen other vessels stranded on that coast in Jate years, not one has been floated, and bleached i{imhegs are sirewn over the “ghips’ graveyard” for a distance of ien miles or., steamer Milos, ten davs overdue from Hongkong. came into port late last night ASTORIA, Probing. ‘ ' | about | eisco. e i e - *+» CLo LLoro | ASEMEYM, o | OF San MaTeo Took, iT EASY .. INDULGED 1~ THE THREE BALL GAME «- T ASSEMBLYMAN ED. WEBBER/ ENDEAVORE D! To THAaw OuUT IS CoLD FEET. 4 SA LITTLE INVESTIGATION onN THE O.T By » 3 MELICK - GAVEL-WIELDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OBJECTS TO CONSTRUCTION OF ANDERSON'S RESIGNATION Declines to Regard It as an Official Communication Because It Is Couched in Terms - ALL HEADQUARTEKS, SACRA- | MENTO, Jan. 13.—The evening trains brought back the legisla- tors who spent the recess out of town, and with them came f others, bound Sacramentoward 1d the Valley Conventions to-mor- row_morning or the ceremonies of the electoral college to-morrow afternoon. Alden Anderson came in on the 8:05| train and went to his home at once. Pen- ton arrived on the 9:45 train. They were the most important arrivals to-nigat, for every one was eager for information the Committee on Commissions. Anderson declares he will stand by his resignation. He says he does not believe in legislative investigations, and he does not wish to be connected with any of | them, and, therefore, he will not remain | on the.committee. He gives that as his reason for resigning. Pendleton’s view of the case brings complications. | the Woodland banker, and Raleigh Bar- | car of Vacaville. | The San Joaquin Valley Commercial As- | sociation comprises all the countlies of the | £ Joaquin Valley. Its president is Ar- thur B. Briggs and its headquarters is at Fresno. Both it and the Sacramento Valley organization will be represented in to-morrow’s conference by large delega- tions. The water and forestry measures to be considered are the bills introduced at the instance of the California Water and For- Association by Johnson in the As- and Wolfe in the Senate. They | provide for an appropriation of $150,000 for 2 joint investigation with the Federal Government of the water resources of the State and the related question of forest preservation. The executive committee of the Califor- nia Press Association was to have met here to-morrow, but W. H. Mills and oth- er members will be occupied with the con- ference at Grangers’ Hall, and in conse- quence the meeting has been Dollyoned until Wednesday night, when it will be held at the Occidental Hotel, in San Fran- The purpose is to arrange for the Mardi Gras excursion to New Orleans. HIGH PRICES FOR MEDALS 1,08 ANGELES, Jan. 13. — Secretary Frank Wiggins of the Chamber of Com- g i e e a2 e e 2 during a fierce gale. There were only two ! tons of coal left in her bunkers, not enough to keep steam for more than two or three hours, when she dropped anchor just fnside the bar. Shc had to be towed to the coal dock to-day to obtain coal to enable her to proceed to Portland. - SATLOR RUNS AMUCK.' Attacks Captain and Cook With a Knife and Ends His Life. SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 13.—The schooner Kate and Ann, Captain Walker, arrived from Santa Rosalia. She reports that Mike O’'Brien, a sailor, ran amuck aboard the vessel Saturday morning. Ha made a viclous attempt to kill -Captain Walker with a knife and succeeded in cutting the cook badly in the region of the heart, the wound probably being fatai. He then cut his own tkroat, dying on the deck. He slashed his (hroat until his head was nearly severed from the body. The schooner arrived here at 6 o'clock this evening for medical ald for the cook and captain and to deliver the body of O’Brien to the morgue. RUSSELL SAGE'S MAXIMS. Wise 01d Man of Wall Street Drops Moral Tips. Out of every dollar earned save 25 cents. S;'ne 275.'- cent§ if you can, but never less than 25. Get up at a regular hour every morning and work until the things that are before you are finished. Don’t drop what you have in hand before it is 5 o'clock. Be honest; always have the courage to tell the truth. Don’t depend on others. Even if you hn}w{'e a rich father, strike out for your- self. Cultivate independence at the very out- set e Learn the value of money. Realize that it stands, when honestly made, as the monument to your value as a citizen, Be jealous of your civic rights. Take a wholesome interest in public affairs, but do not let politics or anything else inter- fere with the rigid administration of your rivate duties. The State Is made up of ndividuals, Be clean and decent. Don’t do anythirg that you would be ashamed to discuss with your mother. Don’t gamble, Be circumspeet in your amusements.— Saturday Evening Post. e —— United States Coal in Brazil. Minister Bryan sends from Petropolis translation of a letter from Dr. Alcldes Medrade, a prominent citizen of Minas- Geraes. in which he refers to a conversa- tion with State officials as o the advisa- bility of importing United States coal for the establishments under the control! of the Ministries of Industry and the Navy. Zhe Mynisters, save Dr. Alcides, showed 1l ves inferested in the matter, will make the |a fourth of that amount, - Some maoe UP com. LOST SLEEP-- *+ THE ATTACHES SoRKED JusT tCASIEMBLYMAN HUBBARD, FRom VP SHASTA | Says JTY AS CoLD as iy STUP TA wuMT, . Which He Believes Are Not Sufficiently Humble. “T have received no communication from Mr. Anderson which informs me that he has refigned,” said Mr. Pendleton this evening. The Speaker says he cannot appoint any one to the committee until there is a va- cancy, and, until He receives knowledge of Anderson’s resignation he can and will do nothing. Pena.eton, it seems, is stand- ing on his dignity. The story goes that Anderson, in his letter declining to serve on the Committee on Commissions and Public Expenditures, neglected to address the communication “To his xcellency the most exalted and honorable Speaker of the Assembly, Cornelius W. Pendle- ton.” Therefore Pendleton takes the posi- tion that he is not officially informed of Anderson's resignation. “In_the matter of these committees,” said Pendleton to-night, I have tried to distribute them with fairness to every- merce made an explanation to-day in re- gard to the scandal connected with the awarding of medals at the Paris Exposi- tion and the charges that Varney W. Gaskill, secretary of the California Com- mission to the World’s Fair, had at- tempted to charge local exhibitors ex- tant prices for medals awarded. he letters which were published in said Secretary Wiggins, kill to George Wil- ms and Frank Schumacher, but they were not intended for publication. They were turned over to me and I sent them north, so that a thorough investigation could be made. “While it would appear that Gaskill de- sired to charge $20 for medals which the Fair Commissioners offered for less than still appear- ances may be wrong and Gaskill's quota- tlons correct. It is a hard matter to fol- low up, as quotations are still coming from f’aria The only thing we can do now is to wait. “The reason the Chamber of Commerce is taking up the matter is that that body was, in many instances, responsible for = | the exhibits made, in that it induced th. exhibitors to send displays to Paris. When r. Willlams received the letter from Gaskill it made him angry and he came to me. I told him and the other ex- hibitors who had won prizes to walt, as quotations were still being received and that medals would be cheap in Paris be- fore long. Then 1 sent the letters to Sac- ramento in order that a thorough investi- gation might be made.” Special Dispatch to The Call. body. I have done as well by the friends of Mr. Anderson as I could, and much better, 1 believe from threats that were dealt with Te our itions reversed. I am sincere’ in the wish and hope that Mr, Anderson will not resign, and I am sure some way can be arranged whereby he can remain with his committee. He is chairman of it, and he need not investi- gate anything he does not wish to investi- gate. The resolution that was introduced in the Assembly last week was a general one, and was to allow the investigation of all State commissions with a view to abolishing those that could be spared. So far as the Paris Commission is concerned, it was not mentioned, and if it should come to an investigation it can be as- signed to a special committee.” In his interview Pendleton declared that his a‘titude toward Anderson was one of friendliness, and he expressed the wish that anything he said should be quoted in that spirit. Y Frank Schumacher, when seen to-night, ws not inciined to be very communicative about the affair. He was searching zeal ously among his papers for the letter when called upon, but failed to find it. He said he recelved such a letter from Gasklill about three months ago, in which he was informed that his exhibit had been awarded a sllver medal, and that a certifi- | cate would be issued tc him. 1If he desired the medal, however, he must forward $20, which, as he thought that the certificate | would answer all purposes, he did not ‘ssend, He showed the letter to Secretary | Wiggins of the Chamber of Commerce, but denied last night kaving left it in that gentleman’s hands. z “I didn't answer the letter and haven't heard from Gaskill since,” sald Mr. Schu- | macher to-night. “I don't like to say any- thing about it, because I dislike becoming deeper involved in the matter and its at- tendant publicity. I haven’'t received the certificateyet, nor have I had my pictures, which 1 value at about $300, returned. But 1 suppose it is too soon to expect them.” COURSE OF MINORITIES CALL HEADQUARTERS, BSACRA- MENTO, Jan. 13.—Contrary to report, there has not been much objection to the committee appointments In either Senate or Assembly. Senator Wolfe wanted to | made, than my friends would have been | “I wish to have no controversies,” he sald. “Mr. Anderson is a man whose ex- ;lelll.ce is valuable and whose assistance esire."” There probably will be some attempt to have a meeting arranged between Pendla- ton and ‘Anderson to-morrow. All the Electors are here and with them members of the party committees and state affairs and prominent men galore. 8. M. Shortridge of San Francisco, Willlam J. Barrett of Los Angeles, Elec- tors at Large; J. W. Ryan of Humboldt, Harold Power of Oakland, W. Oakland, Frank McGowan of San Fran- cisco and James McFadden of Santa Ana, are at the Golden Eagle. C. B. Rode of San Francisco is at the Western, and Warren R. Porter of Santa Cruz is at the Capital. These are the nine Electors. en there is Colonel Geoga Stone, chairman of the State Central Committes; ‘Willlam J. Dutton and Willlam Wood o San Francisco, members of the Executive Committee of the State Central Commii- R. Dayls of be one of the Finance Committee, and he is wondering why he was not.placed there. Senator Welch asked to be put upon the Education Committee, but his wish was disregarded. There were a few other such lost hopes in both upper and lower house, but that was all. There were many who would, if they could find lis- teners, show how the assignments could have been made in much better manner, but there has been no general complaint. The minorities in both houses are small, but solid. Each has been assi a stenographer of Democratic principles, as a matter of courtesy, and in other ways they are being given the treatment of a younger brother, but they have deter- mined to hold together and vote as a unit, even though an insignificant one. The’ Senate minority voted for the Re- publican officers in~ the organization of the Senate, because, in the langu of one of them, it would have been ridicul- ous to caucus on the matter. Neverthe- less, it was believed that Curtin would get the complimentary vote for president ro tem., but somehow the programme id not go through. it will not happen again, ABUNDANCE OF ATTACHES CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 13.—-1t is something unusual B e o T ) tee; E. B. Hdson, the Raflroad Commis- sioner, and a large delegation from up and down the State, here to attend the | convention to be held to-morrow by res- | resentatives of the valley counties to con- sider proposed legislation. The Eleetors met in the Golden Eagle Hotel after the last train came in to- night and talked over the situation. It was expected that some plan of organ- izaton would be decided upon, but the talk was only informal. To-morrow morn- in~ they will meet in the office of the Secretary of State and discuss matters further. At half past 1 they will make a formal call upon the Governor and at a quarter to 2 they will proceed {n a body to the Assembly Chamber, where the csl]'gmanles of casting the vote will be Among the evening’s arrtvals from San Francisco was A. itinger, who has been mentioned as a gmblble appointee to the Board of State r Commissionars to succeed Major P. J. Harney. . in the legislative history of the State to have both houses of the Legislature or- ganised and ready for businees, and near- ly 400 bills in, before the end of the firat week. Whether the record for speed so far made promises well for the session or | 1s only a repetition of the new broom par- able remains to be seen, but it is certain that there are several new and ambitious members of both houses who hope to win what fame a session can give, and so have started early. The lawmakers this year are well looked out for. In the Senate, whers forty Senators sit and answer rolicall, there are 150 attaches, and before the ses- slon closes there will be four to each member. In the Assembly of elghty mem- bers there are 171 attaches so far, and more to come. The legislators this year have been more than generous—they have been lavish In their distribution, and prin- cipally- because they wanted things to come out even. In the Senate the first proposition was to make 315 a day the patronage allowance, but it was pointed out that $156 was an unhandy sum to handle. With $16 a day it was shown how easy it would be to make four $4-a-day jobs out of it, or two threes and two fives, or other combinations equally in- teresting and generous, and so another dollar was put on. It would have been the same with any other sum, for the Assembly used the same argument for raising _the Assemblymen's allowance | promises a lively fight. | troduced it. has turned the conflict over from $6 50 to $8, and then every one sor- SPEAKER PENDLETON'S DIGNITY GETS A BAD SHOCK SCHEMING OVER NEW - DISTRICTS Cutter’s Bill Will Re- sult in a Lively Contest. —_— 'How the Varlous Counties Hope to Be Placed. —_— Spectal Dispatch to The Call CALL HBADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 13.—The apportionment bill Cutter, who in- to the different delegation- with full per- misslon to “scrap,” and then come inte the committee withi the results of the battle. These will be the smaller dis- tricts. In the Congressional districts the interests of the party and the wishes of the different counties may counflict and re- sult in the creation of a district, the Sixth, almost certainly Democratic. The original plan was to make the Fifth District out of the lower part of San Francisco, San Ma- teo and Santa Cruz, throwing Santa Clara into the Sixth District. This would make the Sixth District composed of San Joa- quin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mono, Mari- Madera, Merced, Fresno, San Ben- ito, Monterey, Kings, Tulare and Inyo, which would be Democratic, and Saata Clara, whose certain Republican majority would be sufficient to turn the scale and make the Sixth District Republican. But Santa Clara has signified a desire to re- main in the Fifth District, leaving Santa Cruz to the BSixth, and she has votes enough to make her desire a strong one. 1f Santa Clara insists on remaining in the Fifth District, she probably will be al- lowed to stay there. Over in San Joaquis there is another knotty problem. The iumber and mining interests have been put in the First Dis- trict as far as possible, giving the distri Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Humboid Trinity, Shasta, Lassén, Mendocino, Teh: ma, Plumas, Sierra, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, :’nuveru and Alpine. This would leave Sam D. Woods of San Joaguin, the present representative of the mining indusury, in an ultdral dis- trict, and would leave a clear field for J. N. Gilletts of Humboldt, reputed to be after a seat in Congress, The mining counties want to keep Woods, and they are clamoring for San Joaquin to be taken into the First District. Contra. Costa wants to drop Alameda and go in with countles across the bay, but the present scheme makes a district, the Third, of Solano, Contra Costa ar Alameda, and thers seems no way out of that arrangement. The Fourth District s provided for in San Francisco, as before, The Second | cludes Marin, Son Napa, Lake, Yol Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, Colusa, Gl and tte, which includes the northw: ern t and grain sections. The th is satisfled with Angeles Sen_Luls for the Seventh District an :s), Senta Barbara, Ventura, Kern, San Bernardino, San Dle? Riverside and Orange for the Bighth. How this schems dwllclz. are in the Legislature is hard to pre- L e e e aaanz s rowed over the smallness of the re ;r:wnl they learned of the generosity of tha nate. This question of patronage has brought forth one idea on the subject that may take shape in a bill béfore the end of the session. There is one Senator who is 1e wvolvi: in his mind a scheme to provide each mator and Assemblyman with a tenographer who would be his bill filer, secretary, his correspondence clerk and the clerk of his committee. The outlook for legislation is rather u certain. Among the shower of bills that have come in are many new measures and & great many old ones. Claim bills well known and respected more because of their age than of a: intrinsic worth have already appeared, and the report is already around that the coyote scalp bill is under active preparation and will ba among the bills of next week. Just who will present this time honored measurs has not been determined, but some ons will. There will be something doing in the way of banking bills as well, and the pilots will be given a scare with a few measures they probably will pot Hke. n- Dies in a Saloon. - SACRAMENTO, Jan 13.—George W. Knapp, & walter by profession, dropped dead in_a saloon In this city this after- noon. The cause was apoplexy. He was 40 years of age and leaves a wife, B e e e e e e A R s e n s § 7O MASKED NEN RAID A SAL0N Compel Bartender and Patrons to Give Up Their Coin and Other Valuables and Then Escape. iy Special Dispatch to' The Call. TACOMA, Jan. 13.—News reached Taco- ma to-day that two masked men held up the saloon of Joseph Ryes at Wilkeson and robbed the barkeeper and seven men who were drinking thcre shortly after midnight Saturday night. They secured $120, besides an assortment of gold watches, rings and other small jewelry. The job was executed so quickly and neatly that the participants scarcely re- alized what had happened until their casn had vanished together with the highway- men. It was evident that the robbers were old hands at the business. Though wearing masks and brandishing revolvers they en- tered the saloon unconcernedly and gave their orders quietly. Two of the men at the bar started to vell when the robbers entered, but quickly desisted when both robbers turned their guns umnrd and be- gan perforating the ceiling. e bartender and seven customers were then told to Iine up in a row and hold up their hands They complied without a protes.. The robbers consisted of the proverbial Iona and short man. The long man too! his position at one end of the row, keep- ing his gun leveled at the heads ‘of the victims. The short man proceeded to tlr,?en the till, from which $120 w? taken. e helped himself to a drink of whisky and then went around and searched the bartender and customers. Watches and rings and about 815 in cash were taken. The safe behind the bar con- tained several hundred dollars, but it was locked and no attempt was made to open it. By this time ten minutes had heen consumed and the robbcrs looked toward the door as if expecting newcomers. They swiftly took their departure and one of the spectators was still holding up hiz hands when two men eutered a few min- utes later. No trace of the robbers has been found. Several persons on the outside heard the shots but paid on atteution to them, as Wilkeson I8 a local minmg town and tha firing of revolvers is a frequent oceur- rence. \ To Cure a Cold in One Day Quinine Tablets. Al Anlxisis vefund the mondy i 1t falla 1o T cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. * CHOICE OF SENATOR 10 SUCGRED MBRDE Hot Contest Between Opposing Fac- tions Is Expected at the Com- ing Session of Oregon Legislature. Skl = Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SALEM, Or., Jan. 13.—The twenty-first biennial session of the Oregon Legislature will convene to-morrow. So far as can be learned to-night the Republicans will go ipto caucus early to-morrow to choose arty candidates for President of the Sen- ate’and Speaker of the House. Fulton of Clatsop and tiowe of Yambill are the can- didates fo- President of the Senate, with the former® presumably in the lead. For the Speakership Smith of Marion and T'eeder of Umatilla are the chief contest- ants, with indications pointing toward »der as the suocessful candidate. It is generally believed that both houses will organize without delay and the Gov- ernor’s message will be received Tuesday, While the organization is the paramount issue to-night, the election of a United States Senator to succeed Senator Mec- Bride will be the problem of the session. Those ovggled to the elect.on of ex-Sen- aior- H. W. Corbett are centering their efforts on prevenuns a caucus, and th fight will probably continue on this line.. nator McBride arrived in Salem t evening and has opened headquarters. Mr, Corbett:is expected here to-morrow. piicaa] v bl The Parrot Is Loyal. The Prince of Wales is very fond of ani- mals. Among the large collection of pets at Sandringham is a little green ot which talks splendidly: he is located in the hall and to every visitor calls out: Q“Now then, hip, "hip, hurrah for the ueen,'” / His Royal Highness became possessed of the bird in a pecullar way. having per- sonally bought it of a smail boy in Tra- falgar Square while crossing it with his equerry one day. Prince is the name of a bull whose own- er claims for him the distinction of bein, gile smallest for his age in the Unit ates. Twenty-five inches high at the shoulder and weighing one hundred and fleventy pounds, he i3 well developed. He is a ‘ectly formed bull in miniature. Raised In Bucks County, Pa., of Jel stock, he surprised his owner, who of waiting to see him grow and gave him e s Mariel s Evary day now lsrks crowdo a ] Vi now ero’ West Wa on Market stop to admire il treat of ature X NORAIHERN PACIFI VERLAND 1 WRECEE Engineer Feels Bridge Sinking Under Him and Throws Throttle Wide Open, Hoping to Save the Train. i TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 13.—An Fllens- burg special to the Ledger says that the westbound Northern Pacific overland was wrecked at 7:30 this morning one and a half miles west of Selah. The train was proceeding carefully and was.on a slough bfidge 100 feet long. Engineer Baird felt the bridge sinking and threw the throttle de open. The engine passed over, but the tender went aon:‘n eighteen feet. All the coaches with the exception of the last sleeper wers derailed and the bodles detached from the trucks. The dining car was broken into two pleces. A few of the passengers received slight cuts but no one was seriously injured. Fortunately the wreck occurred on a flat plece of country and a straight line of track. The injured are: Hugh P. Hall, knee brulsed and leg sprained . D. San Francisco, leg brulsed; Drabilla End- rine, Budapest, arm bruised; P. well, mail clerk, elbow dislocated; G. W. Turner, Seattle,’ colored porter, knee cap smashed. The track was torn up for 300 feet and & loosened rail passed through the floor and roof of a chalr car, which was full of e {mmf sleeper he ltmokh ellnl.M Harry Colder of Tacoma, who occup! one, sald: “When the crash came I reached for my clothes, gone and the berth with berth was filled with Raliroad men declare that the es: the passengers practically unlnjm miraculous. out and t they were of is —_— - ENGINEER. THE ONLY VICTIM. Names of the Passengers Injured in the at Clifton. ASTORIA, Or.,, Jan. 13.—The disaster on the Astoria and Columbia River Raii- road last night, when a passenger train ran into a landslide near Clifton, the en- engineer Joes otive and was kill to under the ~ His bod: fias fumeg Buoid v bad heen the hospltal suffering from a broken hand and several bruises about the body. Nons of the pessengers were injured. The point where the accident occurr is on a curve along the Columbia River and the heavy rains of yesterday brought down a landslide on the track. The en glneer was running st low s or th ¢ntire train might have gone into the ¥ ———— RUNS INTO LANDSLIDE. Northern Pacific Train Is Wrecked and Engineer Injured. CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 13.—The Che- halls and South Bend mixed train on the Northern Pacific was wrecked by running into a landslide eight miles from Chehails last night and the engine and three ocars went off the track into the Chehalis River. The passenger coach left the track and one :nd hung over the river bank. The engine disappeared in the water, but Engineer W. Green and Fireman be . Green climbed out of the cab and held to a freight car until rescued. o engineer's head was bruised, one rib dislocated and he probably suffered inter- nal injuries. No one else on toe train was injured. The slide was fift: ol:’i‘ 2 e was fifty feet deep at — e Candy Rations. -Fifty tons of candy ha sen the soldlers in the P{lllm;i.nn llln‘-l! tEly, the Commissary Department of the army during the last three months and iv’nounn to the soldlers in Cuba and ll’lw:r!: co. This is done upon advice of the medical officers of the army, because it is a physi- ological fact that a moderate consumption of confectionery promotes health and satisfies a natural craving of the stomach. andy was never furnished. to the Lnited States army before, although it has been commonly as a ration by the French and British uoog in the tropies.—St. Louls Post-Dispatch. Changes. “‘ln‘ with ;:nulry nn! the day will be num- g % e el el hour system was adopted several ai:; on u:n weltle::,dlvlm of the ted the 1- endun ™ Tt SuF doms .,,m:.-.m,. e 1901 Russians wrote Jan- unary 1, , Ingtead of December 19, 1900. Laborers are so scarce in Switzerlana that they have to be imported not onl from nfiy. but from Bore’mh and llio' ‘The s o raiant oouid e Wected. ° WHITES HEIRS WILL NOW SUR AR STATE Hope to Recover the Property Left by Him and Say the Es- tate Has Been Looted. —— Special Dispatch to The Call COVELO, Jan. 13.—Luther White has come all the way from Dan.ury, Nova Scotia, to discover that the comfortabls estate of his uncle, James White, who died intestate at Redwood in August, 18, has evaporated like a Scottish mist before a June noonday sun. The estate has practi- cally been settled up. Of the original $4975, the value given the estate in thy tition for letters of administration &, but $69% remains, and no heirs hav been found up to the time of the final a counting. this sum escaeats to the Stats of California to the credit of the schoc’ fund. There were, however, at least four legal heirs residing in the Bast wkto cnly recently, through a letter from Attorney Leishman, learned of White's death. Tha money of an heirless estate is, under tho law, pald into the county treasury and the custodian offithis strongbox then pays it over to the State Treasurer. This has already been done im the Waite estats case. A bitter confest wili be commence 1 for the recovery of a: least the 395 [ by the heirs. Luther Whita thro his attorney, will petition for tha distribution of this meney. The State wiil doubtless contend that the estate has been ml? closed up and since no heirs havas slege to &m claims within the five ears limited by tde civil code the money as already escheated to the State. Mr. White will vigorously push hisy claims and enceavor to recover severa| hundred acres of valuable timber land. He claims tha¢ the estace has been looted. - 2 Germany’s Foreign Trade in Needles. Vice Corsul General Hanauer of Frank- fort writes to the State Department as ) GCPII\-I-I\{ has almost ceased to foreign _countries for B ot it ot 2 g worth during the present. , wheéreas she exported in the same w ger cent;: France, Austria-Hungary and itish East India, with about per cent each, ete. ——————— L EOET Ty ey A a_ decision Py necessary feature of a ‘The best customers ri