The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1901, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1901. (o} 11 FAVOR LIMITING OREST RESERVES tions Adopted by the Stockmen Before Ad- journment, il ey u Coast’s Division of the Na- Association Chooses Offi- Pure ers for Ensuing Ter Food Resolut NEEEEGES Ut consumed in membership ness was ade a strong and F. E ra MRS. NATION IS TRRESPONSIBLE | : he Now Famous Kan- sas Saloon-Smasher. ASSISTANT WEIGHER ‘ BELTON SUSPENDED A Being Insubordinate and Inatten- tive to Duty. charge of insubordination Welgher F. L. Woc her P. M. Belton was for ten days by Cus- | ned that Belton had | | | his complaint | ACHERS ASSIGNED REGULAR POSITIONS wcation Will Establish | 1 the Starr King School. made an tendance in 100l an. probabili For a Cold in the Head. ive Broffio-Quinine Tablets. —— e Court Notes. of George Bates for a writ compel the Board of Edu- ns > him as assistant in- n in the Mission High nearing before Judge Hunt. ms he was placed on the unas- e board without authortty e President Kincald was and read the proceed- ken at the time when om the active list. next Friday. secured an order day permitting €Test in the estate Julla A. Mora- nan Oyster Company will in act (11 no way affect the s « Moraghan's wife in her action p property settlement. Judge Seawell : Moraghan to pay his wife ney’s fees, $% alimony forth- alimony pendi: e er action for alvoree® ¢ ion of Henrletta Brand for t'on against all of the local n them from releasing any s that may have been m by L. Brand, her trus- East .ome time ago, was Judge Seawell yesterday t for decision. The stocks are valued at $54.000, and the i eges that Brand's action in ving the city without informing her as r whereabouts is sufficient cause to her right to an injunction and the 1t of a receiver to take the se- otherwige known as rs the guardian of the ystery”'—the home of the de the defendant in an ac- vesterday by the Santa Rosa nk to recover $3000 on a promis- nlott, a chemist, was adjud; mpt of court by Judge Heb- day for his failure to obey an ting him to pay his former wife An attachment for his arrest 1 be served to-day. ssued e~ YMA, Jan. I5.—Petermam's sash and tpry on South Jeflerson avenue, burned oss, §8000; mo insurance. Attorney Dismisses Charge |’ w 1sed by His Superior Officer of |1 | board | sending a scurrilous letter through the DENTH MOCKS AT HIS EFFORTS “Uncle”Ralph Favill Starves in His Lonely Cabin in Midst of Plenty. SRR Ve | Stricken With Paralysis and Suffers | Pangs of Hunger for Days With Food Before His Eyes Before Expiring. g Oakland Office 111 San Francisco Call, | Broadw avi ittle without a ¢ was four r mere sociabil party arrived time e was a little part of his had just managed to p this faint and almost illegible record ufferings and that was a man w: hi s stricken a 1 paralysls was_evi- use of his He was co though there was he shelves of his little ach anythin winter supply of food, ugh to last him untii all out of his reach. to erawl al for his use dur- of winter. e old man lay in this For four jays tion, makihg futile efforts to reach at w d n life. When . a neighbor, d him he was e floor near the door of the cabin d. He told Fowler some during the four days that to his stores of sked Fowler to get word to ome of his old hunting him before death { hing that ered to as gom- | to Send Fiedler, la County - and a largé her friends of the old man im- reéponded, but he was dead and own en up ves -rday; buried on his | HEAR CHARGES AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBLE | Health Board Seeks to Exclude J. F. Lahaney From List to Appoint J. T. Silvera. Civil Service C ot J The = I o _appolr sires t the O'Brien, Ct rs, Dr. ers of the k hat effs C M. J. iealth to % and on ed ney had mal The declined to take Lahaney from the eligible list. The Board of Public Works yesterday | app d Henry Farauharson from the civil service eligible list to be clerk in tha Bureau of Streets. Farquharson succeeds N Cummings, who failed to pass high enough in the examination to be certified for one of the eight clerksh . Cura- mings, however, was retained as an office assistant and this was regarded as an on of the civil service by the Civil rvice Commission, which directed the to make the necessary requisiti for the vacant clerkship, which resul in Cummings’ resignaticn. —_———— | FEDERAL GRAND JURY PRESENTS INDICTMENTS Two Counterfeiters, a Mail Clerk and | an Alleged Bribing Japanese the Victims. The Federal Grand Jury made its first report for the term yesterday the United States Distric indictments as follow: M. S, Morli, a Japanese, for attempting to | Lribe Captain H. H. Schell, Immigrant in- € tor, to influence his decision and allow a e woman named Naka Yamagachi to y landed from the steamer City of Peking on January 2. F. P. J. Cunane, a mailing clerk in station D, San Francisco, for stealing a $5 gold piece on November § from a letter addressed to W. F. Charters at As- | and for destroying the letter. e toria, Or. 1 Em- mett’ Benton Fritch and William Benton Fritch, for counterfeiting 360 $10 pleces \and several 50 cent pleces found in their posses- sicn, and molds for the manufacture of coun- terfeit coin. The charge against Edwin 8. Jones of mails was ignored. | e e.—————— LELAND RECEIVES HIS COMMISSION AS CORONER | ‘Will Assume His Duties This Morn- | ing and Appoint Dr. Baciga- lupi Autopsy Surgeon. | Dr. Thomas B. W. Leland recelved his | commission as Coroner from Mayor Phe- lan yesterday. Coroner Leland will as- sume the duties of the office this morning | and wiil immediately appoint Dr. L. D. | Bacigalup! to be autopsy surgeon, the po- | sition held by Leland under Coroner Cole. ! Coroner Leland will make no other changes in the office. His commission as | Coroner was filed immediately with the Civil Service Commission and the Audi- tor, as the charter provides, Mrs. Fiske and Company Here. Mrs. Fiske, who opens an engagement in “Becky Sharp” at the California Theater Monday night, arrived in this city yesterday. She has taken artments at the Palace. This s Mrs. Fiske's first trip to the coast in eleven years. When last here she appeared In a subordinate part | at the Alcazar. There are thirty-six | members in Mrs. Fiske's company, all of | whom are in the city. | Court. They found | I DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS GRACE THE MANUFACTURERS’ AND PRODUCERS’ BANQUET President Charles M. Hays of the Southern Pacific, the Guest of Honor, Is Lauded by Speakers, While a Great Future for the City and California Is Predieted. HE third annual banquet of tb Manufacturers’ and Producer: Association of California was held last evening at the Palace Hotel and the gathering was re- markable in many ways. Men distin- guished in commercial, political and pro- fessional life gathered around the festive board to do honor to the distinguished guest of the evening, President ‘Charles M. Hays of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, and if all the predictions made last night are to come true San Francisco and California will witness the most re- markable era of prosperity and good fel- lowship ever known In the history of any municipality. Many prominent citizens made speeches after the banguet and each one referred in the highest terms to the new presiden: of the railroad company. Whenever th name of President Hays was mentioned it was greeted with loud and continued nquet was served in the maln dining-room of the Palace and the room was alms. decorated with flags and potted One long of the room, the president of the tion, A. Sbarboro, being seated the center of the tabl On his left was ys of the Southern r Phelan sat at his At the president’'s table also were . Lloyd, F. W. Dohrmann, J. B. Stetson, Irving M. Scott, General R. Shafter, George A. Knight, W. H. Crocker, Daniel Meyer, General W. H L. Barnes, W. H. Milis, J. A. Fillmore, A. W. Foster, James G: Maguire, W. M. Bunker, J. Kruttschnitt, H. P. Sonntag and Claus Spreckels. Scven tables ran at right angles from the president’s table and the guests, pre- vious to the serving of the-banquet, gath- ered in groups and passed a pleasant half hour. From 7 to 9 an elaborate menu was partaken of, while an orchestra dis- coursed sweet music. At the close of the dinner a flashlight ghnloxraph was taken of the guests as they sat at the tables and then President Sbarboro arose make the first address of the evening. In addressjng the assembled guests, President Sbarboro said: We have met this evening at the festal board to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the foundation of our assoclation. While time Wil not permit me to relate to you the good that the association has done for San Fran- cisco and for California 1 will merely say that One of the principal objects for which it was organized was to induce our people to use home-made goods, quality and price being ual. we made an exhibition some Ve tne varvcse e il on sepibcs s tures of California in the Mechanics' Pavil- jon, and there we demonstrated we could pro- duce In Californfa better products and manu- faoture better goods than in any part of the world. esident Sbarboro then dwelt upon the qlre:tlon of adulterated foods and the ef- forts of the association to remedy the evil, Both the State and Federal governments were pledged to pass bills to enforce the pure food lews. Another grave subject was that of prison-made goods from the East which had flooded the local market late years. lnProaid};nt Sbarboro then proposed the health of the President of the United States, William McKinley, which was re- sponded to with loud cheers, all the guests risin rromuthellr :jeala’and Joining n singing the national Ir an accom- PanmEntS 5y° the ‘otchestra. | President to Bil you susceptible to comtagious diseases. complaints as Prescribed by the Medical tite. LOOK at the Label, Biuc and Red. i % g s [ iousness and Caused by overloading tbe stomach, leaves your system in a condition that makes It your stomach and liver are in good condition you will always enjoy good health. tained such a world-wide reputation or been indorsed by so many famous and wel koown physiclans for the positive cure of Stomach troubles, Billousness and Liver Hunyadi Jines AVERAGE DOSE: One-half tumblerful taken half hour before breakfast will cleanse your system, leave your stomach in & healthy condition and create an appe- d Liver, No medicine in the world has at- Profession for 30 Years. for the Full Name, “‘Hunyadi-Janos™ AS +| | toast, said that San Francisco was proud table ran the enllrel - | 1 i il SCENE AT THE BANQUET OF THE MANUFACTURERS' AND PRODU- ‘y CERS' ASSOCIATION WHEN PRESIDENT HAYS OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC SPOKE AS TO THE COMPANY'S FUTURE POLICY. = — Sbarboro then read a congratulatory tele- gram which had been sent to President McKinley in which the association looked forward “with pleasure to welcoming the nation’s chief executive to California. President Sbarboro then dwelt upon the fact that at_the previous banquets many distinguished persons had been present as guests of honor, and that on the present occasion the association had the pleasure of welcoming the new president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and others equally distinguished. Loud cheers fol- | lowed the mention of tiie name of the rail- | road president. President Sbarboro then called upon Mayor Phelan to address the | gathering and proposed the toast of “Wel- come to Our Guests From San Francisco.” Mayor Phelan, in responding to the of the association, which was the result of a century ef civilization. He often | wondered why people flocked to S8an Fran- | cisco, for not long ago it was an obscure city 'on_the edge of the continent. Re- cently Eastern papers had stated that San Francisco had been destroyed by a storm, | and in its obituary notice had sald_ that | the city possessed a few good buildings. | No mention had been made of the superb | syStem_of street rallroads or the many | Bas and electric works in existence. Noth- | ing had been said of the great City Hall, with its towening dome, the highest in the |1and. Not even a reference had been made | to the new charter or the new president of the Southern Pacific road, all of which | | were parts of San rrancisco’s sreatness. | Continuing, the Mayor sald: | This gathering to-night is a good omen. We ought to come together more frequently. We | should understand each other. It would be better if we all went out to the sand hilis and buried our hammers and hatchets. We must |'on these occasions commend ourselves, for | others will not do so. In fifty years we have progressed from the stage of slow development to that of great enterprise. Our people and our products have attained eminence abroad. We have nothing to epologize for in welcom- Ing our guests to San Francisco, not even our charter. " Our honored guest, President Hays, has come here to find business and to care for it. Merchants should welcome him and all | friction should be set aside. He has come | here to serve the interests of the community with which his road does business. The State cannot progress without the rallroad or the raliroad without the State, We are begin a new era, for the Interests of the rail are those of the State. In the name of* San Francisco I welcome you, Mr. Hays. The introduction of President Hays of the Southern Pacific by President Sbar- | boro evoked upg{nuue which lasted fully three minutes. With the return of silence President Hays said: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen: If California needed any indorsement that it was a good place to live in, I have found it here to-night. This great gathering is in honor of vour pros. perity. I am glad to claim San Francisco as my future home and am delighted to be with you to-night. Frequent meetings of this kind are good for all who take part in them. I pledge myself and the staff of the railroad fo attend all the banquets we possibly can. I have been asked to speak on the functions of the radroad. That is a big task and my remarks will be brief. Whatever the lawyers may say &s to the functions of a railroad, the public always decides that question. From a rallroad standpoint the function of a railroad is to serve the public in the best manner pos- sible consistent with its duty to its stockhold- ers. As far as the company I represent is cencerned, that will always be its policy. Our irterests are allled to yours. We cannot quar- rel without hurting each other. We will do all in our power to assist you in_developing the resources of your wonderful State. The beacon which shall gulde us will be California, the Pacific €oast and San Francisco, and we Wil 80 tell the whole world. There are many ways In which a railroad can asist a com- munity. Our road may not have pursued this pelicy always, it may have been actuated by selfish motives sometimes. An association such as yours is one in which the rallroad must have every faith and sympathy. Your inter- ests and ours are clloul’ym woren !w:lh.e;a ,VX‘: will help you develop your Int Wil help us to develop ours. Gentlemen, I thank you for your nttention. At the close of the address of President Hays the guests rose and joined in the Te- frain, “For He's a Jolly ?liellow. t Irving M. Scott was then cal upon to soeak on ihe subject of “The Manufac- turing Interests of the State. Mr, Scott dwelt upon the remarkable development of California and what had been ed in every direction in torty ears. 'The ship-building Industry had Hourished and is now r:ltdahin efl:}' u;e champlonship of the world. me is lunl}? mmllfi' when the Pacific Ocean will be as well fills Atlantic. San Francisco is come center of commerce. The nrenhr xdd a h tribute to President ays and predicted that his career would prove of great benefit to the State. If the people of the State are true to thalrrrr(n- ‘would leave a noble h\ tage ci] !opthclr children. A the Bodmis of Cagifornia” He quoted figures to show the remarkable develop- ment in the various industries. e peo- difficulties to bound to be- ple of California had great in the of climatic con- floms and want of " 1abor. had ey urmounted these problems and had made the Jand flourish. * California will reach the highest development ever reached b; 8 country In the history of the world, c;u‘::n'.’u“:’;afim The help of God the pros fltr the State now enjoys will mnt&no n dignity and peace. G. Platt_spoke on *“Commerce A Law."” 'l“hw ‘well-kno d th % legal fight ana HBohémian was at his best and the witty rei i !ht quoh med the Jaughter. In good-natured man- rl:er he cl the previous -‘ and S B ik s 208 (i rition] ahowid Be. Hke the on and the lamb; they should lie down to- i ing | ed with shipping as is the{ | | ether, but It would be hard to tell which one wouid get up with the other inside of | | him. Passing from a jocund vein to & | serfous one Mr. Platt vomplimented Presi- dent Hays and lauded the work of the Southern Pacific road. A tribute was pal by Mr. Platt to the late C. P. Huntington and his associates, who had carried an enormous burden to a ripe old age. In closing Mr. Platt created a hearty laugh by saying: “Ill fares the land where com- | merce accumulates and lawyers decay.” Percy T. Morgan replied to the toast of | | | | | | | “The Viticultural Industry of -alifornla’ and James H. Barrv spoke on ‘“‘Capital | and Labor.” | The last toast was_“The Press,” .o | which General W. H. L. Barnes replied. | General Barnes dwelt upon the great | work accomplished by the press and said | that all development in human knowledge was for the benefit of the press in spread- ing enlightenment. It was a blessed hour | for the world when Guttenburg discovered movable type. The reader of a news- paper did not realize the enormous under- taking represented in a dally paper. The capacity of the press was beyond compar- | ison and lheg!ntlemen who dwelt in high | places according to Mayor Phelan were | often abused. It would be a time of glad- ness when the weapon of libel would fall | and justice should reign In the office of | every newspaper. It was a matter of | great satisfaction that the press had | spoken well of President Hays, who had | evidently brought about the dawn of the | | millennfum. | In closing General Barnes advised | President Hays that the future might not | always present falr wcather and clear | skies, but that If stormy weather should arise' he might count on the help of the | business community of California. | The guests present at the banquet wera as follows: Charles R. Allen, Irvin Ayres, I S. Acker- man, George N. Armsby, A. gla. Paolo Barbler!, Fred H. Beaver, W. A. Ben- | der, John F. Bigelow, Samuel W. Backus, H. M. Brittan, E. Boesch, R. I. Bentley, W. F. Bowers, T. J. Barbour, James H. Barry, James Brown, General W. H. L. Barnes, Francis J. Baker, George W. Brooks, Charles E. Ban- croft, C. J. Bowen, A. S. Baldwin, Frank H. Buck, Benjamin Bangs, Fdward A. Belcher, T. B. Bishop, William M. Bunker. J. P. Currer, M. H. Cook, C. C. Cook, O. W. Crawford, Allen M. Clay, D. W. Crowley, George F. Cavalll, G. D. Clark, C. H. Crocker, William J. Casey, Jultus Cahn, J. C. Camp: bell, C. W. Coburn, Edward Chambers, drew Carrigan, Edward Coleman, Willlam Crocker, H. M. Cochran. * ‘W. T. Dinwoodey, WilHam A. Doble, Clinton Day, F. W. Dohrmann, W. G. Dodd, Dr. Paolo An- H. de Vecchl, R. D. Davis. Edward Everett, J. Bverding, Willlam | Edwards, B. C. Emery, Jacob Eppinger, Victor Enginger, Wallace W. Everett, L. H. Eck- hardt. A. W. Foster, G. R. Field, J. A. Filcher, J. Richard Freud, J. A. Filimore, 8. Feder- splel, N. H. Foster, David Freidenrich, S. Feuchtwanger, M. J. Fontana, Herbert Fleisch- hacker, 8. Feder, :uhn Faubel. . ‘Hail, Willlam L. Hughson, R. B. Hule, A. J. Hechtman, John Hoey, Charles Hoey, Edward H. Horton, E. L. euter, ays, W. F. Herrin, W. Hood, Brace Hayden, John W. Heldt, W. Hanson. 8. C. Irving, George H. Ismon. C. R. Johnson, Rufus P. Jennings, Isidor Jacobs, J. Jenkin, P. L. Johnson. Frea J. James W. Kerr, 3 Koster, , tredge, George A. Knight, L. M. 'King, J. Kruttechnitt, Jobn M. Klein, C. W. Kellogs. H. D. Loveland, Willlam 15 8. Laumelster, G. de C. A, Malm, J. A. Morrow, C. A. Maim Jr., C. F. Michaels, L. R. Mead, P. McG. McBean, W. H. Metson, B. O. McCor- ‘Mills, Duniel Meyer, L. J. Mo- T. 'Morgan. P. A MoDonald, Hon, James G. Maguie L. MecNicoll, Dr. George A. Moore. V. Nelson, David Neustadter, Captain Charies Nelson H. B Nye. 3. W Kelaon A. N. Peach, Van R. Paterson, John Part- ridge, L H. Plerson, H. F. u, . Hon, James D. Phelan, Carlo Pedretti, Horace G. Platt, George Panario, E. S. Plilsbury, E. C. Paimieri. James Rankin, W. P. Redington, Henry Rosenfeld, P. C. Rossi, Henry J. Rogers, John Rapp, T, Alexander Richmond, G. F. Rich- R X. Ryan, A. C. Rulofson, Chevalier oiphs Spreckels, T. P o el g Schmiat, W. M. Sims, W. W. 8 F. Schumacher, Carl H. Schmidt, W. B. Shepman, J. C. Sala, I Scott, David R. Sesslons, J. B. Stet. M. Scott, R. 8. Mackintos! L. Morse, A. Sherman, Max tocker, Charles Herry P, Sonntag, Claus Spreckels, General Willlam R Shatter, H. L. Smith, 3. €. Stubbe, e O s W Boott, B & ot Sharboro. Dr. Henry 3. Sartori, " Alfred” . Sbarboro, Romolo Sl ), Bdw. R. Swain, James A. Salts, Tul George D. Toy, C. P. Thurston, Towne, John Thomp- Frank A. Vail. J. Wi Veng o a es Walker, Willlag Woltr . Wallls, William R. Wheeler, atkins, Charles S, Wels George E. Wil- DOMESTIC PORTS. GRAYS iled Jan 17—Schr Bertha Dolbeer, for San Francisco. Jan 1S—Schr Vega, for San Francisco; schr A B Johnson, for Syd- .u"-rl ;‘l “_r.ur.w Lena S vea hence Jan r weasey, Jan §: Chas B Falk. from noa‘:ln!n. Jan 18—St H _Kruger. hence Jan PORT LUDLOW-—Afrived Jan 18—Br stmr ANGELES—Salled Jan 18—Stmr San Mateo, for Nanalmo. CREEK INDINNS ARE UP I ARMS Arrest and Assault Peace- ably Inclined Members of the Tribe. | | Warring Element Is Ignorant and Stubborn and Refuses to Abide | by Present Treaty or Make E New One. T ) ST. LOUIS, Jan. 18.—A special to Republican from Eufala. I T., says: | Deputy Marshal Gravt Johnson has | breught the news that the disaffected Creek Indians, know as the ‘“Snake band,” are up in arms and raiding the country, Winchesters in hand, whipping and maltreating peaceful Indians. John- son ran across a band of fifty, headed by | John Creek, yesterday, near Proctor. They were armed to the teeth and were arresting some Creeks of this part of the country, whom they took to Hickory | Grouna, their headquarters,“and whipped. These people, it is said on good author- | ity, have killed one man who resisted ar- rést. The Marshal says the country west of here is in an uproar, that several bands of disaffected Indians, numbering about fifty each, are out and are claiming to be | the legaliy constituted suthority in the | nation. They have elected an independent chief council and other officers, and the | ssacetul people have applied to the United tates authorities for protection. These Indians are all full-blooded, ig- norant and stubborn. They are the n.ua-? treaty party, and say they will make no treaty and will not allow any Creek coun- ‘ cil to ratify one. Soldlers may be neces- | sary to put them down, and there is widespread alarm here as to what they | will do next. | the | COMPENSATION OF COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATIONi Judge Conklin of San Diego Renders | Decision in Conflict With | Judge Trask’s. | SAN DIEGO, Jan. 18.—In a decision to- | | day Superior Judge N. H. Conklin.disa- | greed with Judge Trask of Los Angeles | | in his Interpretation of that section of the State -law providing that members of county Boards of Education are entitled to a compensation of $5 per diem while in sessfon. Judge Trask held that the sec- tion of the law was unconstitutional, but Judge Conklin sustained its validity. The issue came before Judge Conklin on a mandamus action brought by Mrs. Violet- ta Campbell, a member of the San Diego | County Board of Education, to compel the Auditor to draw a warrant for 350 in her favor for services rendered, at the rate of $ per day. In finding for plaintiff in this action | Judge Conklin based his decision upon the fact that the Legislature had author- ized the existence of county Boards of Education, had provided for the manner | of election of members to constitute such boards and had also provided the compen- sation to be paid for the services of mem- bers while in session. The same dutles were required of all members of county Boards of Education throughout the? State, and therefore the provision of the law that each member shall be paid $5 per day while in session did not come under the ban of class legislation. The compensation, in the opinion of | Judge Conklin, was a reasonable one. There had been no question raised that the services had not been fully performed, | and in_ his judgment the ruling of the court should be in accordance with jus- tice. | —_— TELEPHONE COMPANY r COLLECTOR MISSING Disappears From Seattle After Bo:- | rowing Various Sums From | His Friends. | SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—Glen Dumont Sizer, who, up to two weeks ago, was a col- lector in the employ of the Sunset Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, has dis- appeared from his home at 113 Twenty eighth avenue. It has developed that he | was in debt about $2200, having borrowed from friends in the city. At the office of the telephone company it was ascer- | | tained to-day that Sizer has borrowed money from some of the employes there | also. Henry L. Sizer, father of the young | man, rxoea not deny that his son s in | trouble. It is said that young Sizer s | now in California. Sizer acted as a sort | of money broker and loaned small sums | about town for § per cent a nth, re- celving 2 per cent as his commission. He | got tangled up in these transactions. Ho | also lost a great deal of money in playing | slot machines, and his losses are largely attributed to this gambling habit. oz | COLORED MEN TO WAGE ‘ WAR AGAINST LYNCHERS | Offer Rewards fo;‘thc Apprehension | of the Men Who Burned Fred Alexander. SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—The Seattle branch | of the International Council of the World, | an organization of colored citizens, at a | meeting held to-night in this ecity, de- | cided to offer a reward of $500 for the ap- prehension and conviction of each and | every person implicated in the death by | violénce of Fred Alexander at Leaven- | worth, Kans., on Thursday night. Coples | of the resolutions passed at the meeting | will be forwarded to the Governor of Kan- | sas, the Sheriff of Leavenworth County and the Chief of Police of Leavenworth. The other councils throughout the coun- try are asked to co-operate in the work. SPECIFICATIONS FOR BATTLESHIPS CHANGED Board of Construction Will Permit | Successful Bidders to Under- | take Contracts. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The Board of Construction decided tlrgny u:h eumm.;‘e merous requirements from the specifi- ::uanl of the grojecled sheathed battle- ships in order that the successful bidders undertake contracts. ™ his action is in line with the wishes of the Bath Iron Works, Newport News Company and Moran Brothers. retary Long to-day preliminarily ac- cepted the torpedo-boat Stockton, built by the Trigg Company of Richmond. On her llmfnn.ry t this vessel made a f 25.75 knots an hour. Her contract called for 26 knots. Her displacement, however, was greater t! it should have been, and experts fig: that had it been less she would have made the required speed. | o TR T INTERESTS THE COAST. Postoffice Changes and List of Pen- sions Issued. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Postmasters commissioned: California—Thomas Star- uck, Armada; R&xmfl D. Lawrence, ?n:lavood: ?e%{‘ni muchlm. Bryson. et Toeed s Caiit Originai— | Henry H. Taylor, Odflur $6; Almeron F. | Rice, Santa sa, $6; Warren M. Fales, | El 0, $8; James L. Stewart, Towle, | § e d e ust . $10; - Monrovia, $12. itional— cisco, 3S. | Orange, | Mexican war survivor, increase—Jon- | athan Wright, Monterey, $12. War with Spain—Harry Howe, Merced, $6. Oregon: _Originai—H E. Collins, To- Jedo, $8. Restoration and increase—Jesse Craig (dead), Lentz, $8. ‘Washin Original—James E. Van- % % Original widow—So- phira lenburg, Lakeside, $8. War with Spain, original-Willlam D. Coving- ton, Seattle, $14. A A o Columbia Minstrels’ Entertainment. The Columbia Minstrels gave an enter- tainment last night at Odd Fellows’ Hall. They presented “A Night in Bohemia,” TR S of g, somblins ity to show his ability in different character parts. A soclal dance followed the entertainment. Euj Rel $12. ROBBERS ENTER BROADWAY STORE Flourish Revolvers and De- mand Coin of the Cashier, SN After Firing a Sho* They Rush Through' Crowd and Ome of Them Succeeds in Escaping. st NEW YORK armed with Jan. 18.—Two robbers aliber Colt revolvers tered Maillard's restaurant and confec- tionery store near the Fifth Aven Ho- tel at the corner of Broadway and Twen- ty-fourth street just as the p was be- ing closed at midnight and ordered the cashier to throw up his hands. In the place were a half dozen waiters, and the very boldness of the robbers at- tracted attention. The cashier had sev- eral hundred dollars of the day's receipts on the desk before him, and it is supposed that he did not move quickly enough to satisfy the robbers, for one of the men discharged revolver. The bullet crashed into the wall back of the cashier, Wwho caught up the cash and dodged un- derneath the counter. The waiters con- cealed themselves under tables. The shot attracted a Broadway crowd and the po- lice were notified. = Brandishing their weapons, the robbers dashed from the cafe, the crowd falling back and giving them all the room they wanted. One turned into Twenty-fourth stfeet and suc- ceeded in making his escape. The other dashed across the pavement on Fifth av nue to Madison square and was captured by a policeman. He said he was Edwar Burgess, a stea INSOLENT DEMEANOR OF CADET LYNCH Shakes His Finger at General Dick and Offers to Fight Any Man of His Size. WEST POINT, N. Y., Jan. 18.—The Con- gressional committee will probably finish its investigation at the military academy to-morrow. Cadet A. J. Lynch of New York was thoroughly examined to-day by the co mitteemen, as he is looked upon as t autherity on fighting at the academy When General Dick began to question him he became argumentative and shook his finger at.the chairman several times when some of the general's mild re proofs. At times he leaned across the table which separated him from the chair. man’s table while he spoke in an insol manner to the general. He upheld the W Point fighting code, and declared that would fight any man of his size d d $aid that any man who would ewise was not fit to join the General Dick exhibited a good deal of forbearance, but finally gave up his ques- tioning In unconcealed disgust after he had given the “fstic expert” a sound plece of advice. For the first time during the investi- gation it was shown to-day that there are cadets in the first class who, from the time they came here as ‘plebes,” have zing and fighting. Ca- been opposed to ha: “larke of Illinois testified det Francis W. to this and sald that these praectices should be abolished. - He was compii mented by Mr. Driggs, who said that Clarke was a credit to the academy. FIVE LIVES LOST IN HEAD-ON COLLISION | o Train Laden With Explosives Takes Fire, Retarding the Work of Rescuers. NORWAY, Me., Jan. 15.—A head-on col- liston between freight trains on the Grand Trunk Rallroad near Lockes Mill early to- day resulted In the death of five men anid the serious Injury of several others, wh'la four locomotives and twelve cars were de- molished. Both trains were very heavy, each being drawn by two engines. The dead: wEETER THOMPSON, engineer, Mon- real. WILL ROSS, fireman. W. C. OLIVER, brakeman, Bangor. Two unknown tramps. Ome of the trains had a large quantity of explosives on board. The cars took firs and explosions scattered the embers in all directions and prevented effective work n putting out the blaze. NEW DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN PACIFIC Position Will Probably Be Filled by J. D. Probst, Who Recently Resigned. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—At a special meeting of the stockholders of the South- ern Pacific Company to-day the number of directors was increased from eleven to twelve. The additional directorship will be filled at a future meeting probably by the elec- tion of J. D. Probst, who resigned a fow weeks ago in order that President Charles M. Hays might be made a member of the board without delay. Inasmuch as Presi- dent Hays will remain on the Pacific Coasg most of the time it was deemed desirable to have another Eastern di- rector. ol VON BLUCHERS HEIRS TO FORTUNE IN GERMANY AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 18.—The five chil- dren of Felix A. von Blucher, a grand nephew of the renowned General von Blucher, who saved the day at Waterioo, have received legal notices from Germany that they are heirs to a fortune estimated at from $500,000 to $1,000000, left them by relatives in that country. _These five for- tunate heirs reside in Nueces County, Tex., where their father, who died about twenty years ago, lived for many years. The heirs are County Surveyor Charles F. H. von Blucher, George A. von Blucher, Richard P. von Blucher, Mrs. Charles A. Meuly and Miss Julia A. von Blucher. —_—— Gardiner Gets Decision. 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