The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1901, Page 9

v THE SAN BLYTHE ESTATE ACQURES- LA Mrs. Sawyer Sells to It a Small Frontage on Geary Street. ——— Key Lot Needed to Make an Almost Complete Lixé and Finally Close Brook Street. By & deed Moore Sr vesterday A. ¢ Mre. Flor- as secured of land on give to what is he Blythe estate a that will only ated on the south- amed in the deed is Lydie Sawyer, also 1t Marie, conveys ot of land thirty : - ures a frontag g from the bu! n by the Mutusi of the Biyt nan named Buch of property ENERGETIC THIEVES STEAL HERR EKRUEGER'S CANNON They Carry Off Relic of Franco-Prus- sian War Weighing Four Hundred Pounds. Krueger floor yesterday p it from being HANDS WITH FEELEY C. Grover, Government Clerk, Has a Misunderstanding With a Ship’s Carpenter. e erk in the rtermas- , was the ar at Grover w ¢ the broad right. Feeley ter and returned to for that’™ it's said all ds with me?” me tell you I'm and as with that he er on the face. was close by and er arrest, but not with- ny satisfactory him $30, with in jail EGYPTIANS ARE HELD BY IMMIGRANT INSPECTORS Tmmigr themselves as the n S8an Fran- ing for Mex. y could show ng insufficient nation, the in- them, pending mmigrants have been ion shed at the Mail tion by Commis- —————— Another Cigar-Stand Robbed. obert Johnson's cigar stand, opposite drydock, at the foot of was robbed again last night. open the door with a hered together everything tained. Three bundies the burglars were just wen Special Officer Fitz- on the scene. {The men s and ran; Fitzger. es ks U itz- k to stand guard over the —_————— Ask for Repaving of Mission Road. | Road Improvement Club r with the Board of Su- r an appropriation for ment of the Mission rty owners fronting on . t they have already pald per front foot for widening and pav- d that owing to the heavy travel enlorable condition, Pears’ soap is not only the best in all the world for toilet and bath but also for shav- ing. Pears was the in- ventor of shaving stick soap. Al sorts of people use Pears’ soap, all sorts of stores seil it, especially druggists. e on | City of Mex- | b is m g thnson dis- in cash had been stolen d $15 worth of cigars were | JAPAN'S JUDGES THREATEN STRIKE Men on the Bench Adop! Most Remarkable Course to Get Better Pay. RS EAITN | Minister of Justice Issues Reprimand and Strong Disciplinary Measures May Be Adopted to Stem the Movement. e R YOKOHAMA, March 6.—Japan is in a | whirl of excitement and perplexity over | the complications which have suddenly | and simuitaneously arisen in her foreign and domestic affairs. The attitude of Rus- sia in regard to Manchuria is announced | at the moment of a grave Cablget crisis | over a question of taxation, while the machinery of government is threatened by one of the most extraordinary strikes upon record, the Judges of the courts throughout the empire threatening to adopt that means to obtain an increase in | their salaries. The threatened strike among the Judges has this to justify it, that the service, based upon the ancient economic ‘sygtem, is wretchedly underpaid, and the in- living during the last ten jered it at last well nigh ble to obtain competeny men for nese bench. The coufse of the is, however, stigmatized as a rep ures are vinted at to stem the move- but it has already resulted in se- a perceptible blocking of government. result of these numerous the business conditions no means improved. Many s smalier banks are reported as on verge of bankruptcy, while the steady pletion of the reserve of the Nippon (the Bank of Japan) is viewed with arm. DANGER TO AMERICAN INTERESTS IN KOREA Minister Allen Informs the State De- partment and Will Be Told to Immediately Remonstrate. WASHINGTON, March %.—As a result | of the removal of McLeavy Brown, the | Korean Director General of Customs, Mr Allen, Americarr Minister at Seoul, cablcd to Secretary of State Hay to-day American interests are in jeopardy he had so informed the Emperor. added that great Mr. an1 excitement prevailed. Hay will approve the Minister's ac Mr. Allen, in an official report to the State Departme: says that goods were r from the United , valued at $635,087, of which ms_were raiiroad materisl and ke The Seoul Chemulpo Rail- w twenty-five miles in length, includ- inz an extensive bridge, were built ty Americans for an American, James R. Mo at a cost of $1,500,000. The mate- and equipment of this road are al- most entirely American. An overhead trolley electric street raflroad was bullt by an American for a Korean company. Americans own gold mines in the province of Peng Yang, where forty Americans are employed chief PROMINENT VETERAN IS SUED FOR DIVORCE Former Commander Foss of the Na- tional Naval Association Is Named as the Defendant. ST. PAUL, Minn., March %.-J. F. R. Fose, formerly commander of the National Naval Veterans' Assoclation, is being sued for divorce. The complaint of Mrs. | Foss is lengthy and makes sensational rges. She alleges that flve years ago entered upon a course of tyrannical, heartiess and cruel conduct toward her, which has continued until the present time, and has resulted in the impairment of her health. She says that he deserted her about October 30, 1900. Mrs. Foss, in addition, charges that for five years past her husband has treated her with contempt and used toward her in the presence of third parties such epi- thets as “llar,” “lunatic” and ‘“fool,” and have three children, the youngest of whom is 19 years of age. The case, which has been suppressed by the influence of parties concerned in the . Minneapolis newspapers, of which city Mr. and Mrs. Foss have long been residents, will be heard next week. ——— | : NEVADA LEGISLATURE | MAY BE RECONVENED Valid Policy Insurance Law Proves Unpopular in the Silver | State. CARSON, Nev., March 2.—Goyernor Sadler is in receipt of a number of peti- tions requesting him to call a special ses- sion of the Legislature to repeal the Hardesty insurance bill, known as the | valid policy law. The Governor is in fa- | vor of an extra session, providing the | members return with & promise to right | the matter. Said he: | 7“1 am in favor of some action that | would repeal this law or the passing of a | law that will give the people protection | against fire. As the law now stands, the insurance companies will not do busihess, &nd it leaves the people in a bad plight. The calling of a special session is a seri- ous question. How could 1 know that by calling such session the asked-for relief would be given? If a session were called | end no action taken in this matter the people would have more cause for com- plaint than at present. Should the legis- lative members that passed the valid pol- icy bill over my veto give absolute assur- ance that they would pass a bill repealing the law I could give the question serious consideration. Without such positive in- formaticn there will be no extra session.” - | DUNHAM FOUND AGAIN; ; THIS TIME IN KENTUCKY | Pineville Detectives Believe They | Have the Murderer, but San Jose’s Sheriff Doubts It. PINEVILLE, Ky., March 2.—A man | supposed to be J. C. Dunham, wanted at | Banta Clara, Cal., for the murder of six | persons and’ for whose capture a big re- ward has been offered, has been arrested bhere by detectives. He denies that he is Dunham and declares he is from Hunts- ville, Tenn. The man arrested to-day has been work- ing in a sawmill for some time. His ar- rest was made on information from Cali- | fornia to the effect that Dunham was drifting this way, and a watch has been kept for some weeks. The authorities at Santa Clara have been communicated with | and'the suspect will be held until word is received from there. SAN JOSE, March 2%.—The Sheriff's of- fice has no information of the arrest of | the Dunham suspect at Pineville, Ky. | Letters have been recelved from amateur | detectives in Kentucky from time to time | and circulars have been malled them, but | the Sheriff has no reason to think Dun- | bam has been arrested. | Reception to a Presbyterian Divine. The directors of the 8an Francisco Theological Seminary gave a reception and banquet at the California Hotel last night in_honor of the Rev. Charles A. Dickey, D. D., moderator of the General Presbyterian Assembly, who is making an ofidfl visit to the Western Coast. About 125 of the leading Presbyterian ministers and elders of the city and State were present, together with many lady friends. The Rev. W. Martin, D. D., president of the board of directors of the seminary, presided. ——————————— Strike Is Temporarily Off. OAKLAND, March 2.—The Building Trades Council has cailed a halt in the Jumbermen’s strike for sixty days, ing the result of efforts which be be made to adjust the differences now ex- 1, and as to its demoralizing ef- | empire there can be no | The Minister of Justice has is- | rimand, and strong disciplinary | tha: | He | t he has forgotten his marriage vow. | UDGE HUNT tried a case in rag- time yesterday, but the litigants 2nd their friends turned the tune of justice into discord before it was half finished. Darktown had an inning in the court and as there was a slight disagreement between the op- ponents they adjourned to the corridor of the City Hall in tie afternoon and all joined in the réfrain, “Bring on you’' razors."” Eugenie Taylor was prosecuting her suit against the Southern Pacific Company for damages. Eugenfe, who is young and very dark, avers that she started several months ago from New York City en route to San Francisco. After getting her out of her home town some hundreds of miles FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAf. MARCH 26, 1901. “BLACK MAN FROM TEXAS” - CAUSES TROUBLE IN COURT Several People of His Color Take Exception to His Testimony and Make Things Warm. IT | | | | | | | ‘N> | CATCHED r—.A DEF A COLD RIDIN' 1~ DAT BAGGAGE CAR.* EcvceErAas FRENS JUmPE B oNT MISTAN LEE Mo3° PLEHT}'" fig— } she alleges that the employes of the | Southern Pacific Company consigned her | and her belongings to a limited apart- | ment in a baggase car. Owing: to the lack of shelter from the elements she says she caught a severe cold, which confined | her to her bed, when she finally found | one, for some time. Her illness,. she | claime, was aggravated through wander- | ing through the streets of San Antonio, | Tex., looking for a 10om in which to lodge, | the train having laid over at that place { to wait ‘until the line, which had been | blockadéd, was clear. AKLAND, March 25.—Willlam B. Smith, foreman of- Chemical En- | gine Company No. 1, has recelved | at the hands of Secretary of ths | Navy Long an appointment as | chief clerk to Captain Leary, Governor of | the island of Guam. With the re'::lntozf the appointment, Mr. Smith has been or- deredprg depart on the transport Buford | on Monday. for his new post in the far Ths sppointee holds unger the civil ser The ointee holds unger . | vice l:vg? and his salary is $1600 a year, u“l‘?h:“-bellgc‘fizf\e'or Mr. Smith was made through the efforts of Congressman Met- ealf. The position is one of ln-moru.ncei as it involves all the business connected with ‘the administration of the affairs on | the island. SUIT 1S ORDERED * AGAIRST DALTON St'xporvisors Direct Action to Be Brought to Re- cover Fees. —_— Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Mareh'25. The Board of Supervisors has ordered District Attorney Allen to bring suit fcr the recovery cf $7678 from County As< sessor Dalton on amounts alleged to have been retained by the Assessor for com- missions on poll tax collections’ and - for payments from the city of Oakland for coples of the assessment roll. The questions in controversy, covering the right of the Assessor to compensation in addition to the statutory salary of $4000 a year, are to consolidated into one suit by direction of the Board of Super- visors. This action was taken to-day un- der a resolution offered by Supervisor Talcott. The District Attorney explained that ali of the law points which might be contested on appeal to the Supreme Court could be embodied in one suit and that the entire controversy could be litigated in that shape in the event an appeal should be taken. Upon that showing the board directed the action to be brought. There are three specifications involved. The first is the collection 1?' the Assessor in 1899 of $1934 from the City of Oakland for duplicate copies of the assessment roll for the city. It is also claimed that he collected the year following $1976-for the same work, and failed to pay the amounts into the county treasury. The third item covers the right of the Assessor to a com- mission_of er_cent on poll tax collec- tions of $12, for last year, the fee amounting fo $3769 95, which, the resolu- tion algo sets forth, was not paid into the reasury. P he suit will be prosecuted against the Assessor and nis bondsmen, H. N. Dalton and Frank N. Dalton. PRESIDENT HADLEY .o VISITS TAMALPAIS ‘Will Deliver Address in Los Angeles ‘While on Tour of Southern Colifornia. BERKELEY, March 2%.—President Ar- thur Twining Hadley of Yale University and Mrs. Hadley, who have been the guests of Professor and Mrs. Thomas R. Bacon of Bushnell place, left this 'i""""’h'{ ‘amalpais. To- {hey” are af the home of Willlam °F rancisco. n e President and Mrs. Hadley will visit Stanford University to-morrow and_then rfll o to the southern part of the State. n Los Angeles President Hadley will ad- dress a meeting of the Yale Alumni Asso- ciation. The trip East will be made by the southern route. . | . After she had finiched telling her story on the witness stand and had exhausted her list of witnesses E. R. Lee, a colored porter, who was on the train which brought the plaintiff to this city, was then called. Lee testified that Miss Tay- lor was in the first-class car assigned to colored people when he saw her; that he had never seen her In the baggage car, and that when she Zot off the train at Saa Antonio he accompanied her to a lodging- house, where she passed the night. Before Lee had finished his sto: the courtroom was practically empty. All of the friends of the paintiff simply waited The appointee is 33 years of age, & na- tive of Pennsylvania. .He came to Oak- land when eight years.of age and was educated in-the public schools of this city. He was graduated from the California College of Pharmacy eieven years ago, but was unable to pursue his chosen pro- fession of chemist and druggist because of 1ll_health. Since Mr. Smith entered the fire depart- ment he studied law, and has been ad. mitted to practice. In addition to these accomplishments - he 1s of affable dispo- sition and a wide circle of friends extend- ed congratulations to him on his new ap- intment, 2 pofle is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith of this city, and is a brother of Police Judge Mortimer Smith. Mr. Smith’s wife and daughter will fol- low him to Guam as soon as arrangements can be made for a home there. L SIS OLD WOMAN 5 BEING CHEATED Friend of Aged Incompe- tent's Dead Husband Ac- cuses Her Relatives, : Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 25. Aged Mrs. Hannah J. Peterson sat smil- ing vacantly at the Judge in the Probate Court to-day while friends and relatives wrangled over the control of her person and property. Mrs. Louis Gottschall, wife of the former Public Administrator, was a peti- tioner for letters of guardianship, but was in the embarrassing position- of being compelled in order to justify her petition to certify that Mrs. Peterson is insane, which would invalidate a quitclaim deed which, she holds to haif of the old lady’s property in-San Francisco, valued at $15,- Concerning thiz deed another petitioner for letters "of guardianship, Professor Frederick Schorchtz, submitted that it was obtained under very questionable cir- cumstances. His story was to the effect that Public Administrator Gotschall, whose wife is a niece of Mrs. Peterson, had the latter declared insane and him- self appointed guardian in 1888, soon: after the death of Mrs. Peterson’s husband. In 1895 Gottschal! had Mrs. Peterson’ re- stored to competency, and’ within forty- eight hours after the decree was issued his erstwhile ward signed a quitclaim re- leasing him_from all Hability on account of his guudlnmmlg.. Professor Bchorchtz further states th no account yu(nlod b{IGotglchan as Mr: Peterson's guardian. He claims that Peterson has never received a doll her estate. . Professor Schorchtz was an old friend of Mrs. Peterson’s husband and was appoint- ed by Mr. Peterson as trustee of an undi- vided half of the property. The court the tcro!euor why he had not _collected half the rents from t p(lorny. unaununfi to rb a month, him. self. Schorchtz replied that until recently. his suspicions not been aroused, but that as soon as he discovered that his old el TR Tiacae § i oy e S U rs. 0_Tet e ertcy‘m Mrs. Peterson, but that she had St o to 5 00 b et over, attem, # 3 his trust so that the property could be tus + h. Since W,r: u!d.’khe rents from Mrs. estate had rom rson’ ted 000, case until he ha time to investigate the ew‘hg.u.on his o':fn ::;eoun:] and con- g —— — & . 2 z LEE TESTIFIED, AGAINST THE LA ©F HIS OwN Co =6V DE._GENTLEM, FRENS OF MI5S TAYLOR. LAID" FOR MISTAW LEED RKINKY SCALP o e NEGRO WITNESSES AND THEIR FRIENDS MIX IT IN THE CITY HALL, T———.—_‘ . long enough in the courtroom to find out that he was an unfavorable witness. Then they adjourned to the corridor to await his”exit. “What right, you black man from Tex- as, got to come herc and tell anyfing but de truf, insted of nufin’ but de truf,” was the challenge that greeted Lee when he reached the corridor. Then there was a mixup and Lee went under. 1118 Troell rushed to the corridor and ordered a cessation of hostilities. “‘Show you' star or keep out of diz trouble,” ordered one of Lee's assallants. Then an elderly, gentleman of color, who early in the morning picked his way into court With a cane, occasionally stopping to adjuft his heavy black goggles, made a _rush 8t the bailiif. He came to court practically blind, but trouble gave sight to his eyes. He was engaged In swinging rights at the rapidly swaying head of the balliff when Clerk ‘Watson, in obedience to Judge Hunt's command, came as a re- inforcement. Lee was rescued from his enemies, who after Watson's arrival on the scene of battle went home in a rush. The case will be called again this morn- ing. No further trouble is expected and there will be a couple of extra bailiffs on and. .W*:W‘H‘W””“”“l”.”“”“l”””‘H""”"“"”'““”'. 'GOES TO GUAT1 AS CHIEF CLERK TO CAPTAIN LEARY W. B. Smith Appointed by Secretary Long to Position on Island Governor’s Staff. PILOT KORTS AMONG CUSTOMS BREAKERS Surveyor Spear Complains Against Him for Obstructing and Abus- ing :Inspector Meier. Hans H. Meler, customs inspector, made complaint yesterday to Surveyor Spear that Pilot Charles T. Korts had interfered with him in the discharge of his duty last Sunday on board the British steamer Saint Bede, from Manila, - ° § “Inspector Mefer's story is that while the steamer was in midstream Dr. George C. McDonald, a physiclan, said to be under contract with the British Consul to look after the health.of the officers and crews of British vessels in port, attempted to board the steamer. Meler warned him not to put his foot on deck, whereupon the pilot insisted :that the doctor should be allowed to come on board. Me.er says that the pilot abused and threatened him while the doctor, with a shiny silk, plug hat on, was hanging on to the ship's fndfier. The m?llclan was not allowed to come up the der urtil the vessel reached the dock, and then the pilot shook his fist under In. spector Meler's nose and defied him and the Coilector of the Port to do their worst. Customs Surveyor Spear has filed a formal complaint against Korts with Col- lector Stratton, and it is expected that within‘a day or two Korts will find some difficulty in plloting himself out of the way of the United States ¢Marshal. ——————— For the Municipal .Campaign. The Republicans of the new Thirty- ninth Assembly District met at Flugger's Hall, corner First and Point Lobos ave- nues, last evening and perfected a tempo- rary organization for the coming cam- palgn by electing John T. Willlams chair- man and William A. McLaughlin secre- tary. The chair appointed Edward W. H Burfeind, John J. Cassidy, . Frank Seely and Joseph A, mmittee to report a plan of permanent organization next Monday evening. This district now comprises’ the Presidio Heights, Richmond and Sunset precincts. 2 — Bannister Makes a Payment. Sheriff Lackmann reported to Judge Gral yesterday morning that B. D. Banni had partly complled with the order of court and had turned over to ap- ply ¢|m the “‘1’?1 judztn;‘enk geld by L. Sis- senyine a gold watch and “part of 00 l:.gold he had on hnnd.“nln vlaw"(‘)ef this good showing Judge Graham said that Be would continue the order of ex- amingtion of the judgment debtor until next@rhursday. 5 + THE DAY’S DEAD. B+++4444444+ Joseph Beck. STOCKTON, March 23.—Joseph Beck, at one time a popular conductor on the San Francisco-Santa Cruz narrow-gauge road, died here to-day. The body will be cre- ‘emetery near mated at Cypress Lawn San Francisco. gy S Charlotte Mary Yonge. LONDON, March 25.—Charlotte Mary Yonge, the author, dled yesterday in Win- chester. She was born August 11, 1823. ————— Students Honor Dead Comrade. OAKLAND, March 2.—Funeral services were held to-day at the First Methodist Church over the late James Ferguson, the student who was drowned at the Pjed- mont -baths. The Rev. Paul M. Spencer y d students Pnlmlo College attended in a body. Ins were sent to the home of ‘amoon’l parents at Poplar, Tulare County. Courtroom for Judge Melvin. OAKLAND, March 2%.—Quarters for Judge Melvin's co vided in the south ¥ of the Court- Boonauthorined: by m:lus':g:rnuo': to n au 3 e L Ju Melvin will sit the Super- dv‘ian‘- chambers on Tuesdays, &lxl::- days, Thursdays and Fridays un new courtroom is ready. 5 LATE SE G INTELLIGENCE. - ARRIVED. s Mofday, March 2. Aberdeen, Jensen, 43 hours from San mm:m——:r' > PORT BLAKELEY—Arrived March %5—Schr m.fi_.nm_ S % Pedro. { the | A8 |in " Arlington, N. Woune C TRAINS STRIVE Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado Blizzard Stops Traffic. —— Passengers Are Detained at Many Isolated Points by the Furious Storm, but Are Not Suffering. s TOPEKA, Kans, March 2.—Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado are in the | throes of a blizzard. Beginning Satur- {day and continuing through Sunday and Sunday night the worst snow storm of the season visited that section. The trains on the Rock Island have been greatly delayed. Saturday's filer has been stuck in the snow at Brewster, Colo., for tventy-four hours and a number of trains are being held at Goodland, Kans. The Chicago trains are being fun over the | Union Pacific tracks from Limon_ Junc- Iuon. Colo., to Manhattan, Kan. North- ern lineg of the Union Pacific and Bur- | lington &nd Missouri River are blocked with snow. On account of the severity of | the storm yesterday. railroad men were | able to do but little toward impfoving the | situation, but to-day the work is going on satisfactorily, and by midnight the lines | will be cleared. Trains Stopped by Snow. OMAHA, Nebr., March 25.—Special tele- grams from Ogalalla, Nebr., at noon state that the four passenger trains which were sidetracked at that place yesterday on passengers are being cared for and are suffering for nothing. Two engines with snowplows and a rotary are stuck in a cut half a miie west of Ogalalla, which is full of drift snow. The snowstorm: has somewhat abated, but the wind continues to blow. The railroad people expect to get the tracks cleared and’ the trains started this afternoon. President Burt and party, whose car is attached to an eastbound’ train, are among the storm- bound unfortunates. Five freight trains are still stalled wear North Platte. Union Pacific people say that this is by far the heaviest snow of the season. e passenger train which left Omaha yesterday afternoon is still at Long Pine. “The train leaving Deadwood this morning is expected to get through without hindrance. The Burlington line to - Billings was opened this afternoon and trains are run- ning as usual. The Rock Island train from Denver, to avold snow banks, has gone east via part of the Kansas City line of the Union: Pa- cific, and St Joseph. A train has been made up at Fairbury to come via Omaha and run on to Chicago. Buildings Are Swamped. SHEBOYGAN, Wis.,, March 25.—The lce in the river has loosened up and to-day began its downward course. The water man flats, the Sheboygan Pea Canning Company ' and American Folding Bed Company are under water about four feet Two schooners and a steamer were ca ried into the lake, but with the assistance of several tugs were brought back to their moorings. e ice at present is banked against the Pennsylvania-avenue bridge and the water is steadily rising. DENVER, March 25.—The storm which in Colorado and Wyoming yester- day and last night has passed away and under the bright sunshine the snow is fast disappearing. The weather has not been cold and it is not belleved tiat range stock has suffered much. Railroad traffic is still very much delayed, all trains from the Bast being reported from six to eigh: hours late. Trains from the West a also off time. The Chicago Commerc Club, which was scheduled to arrive here at 6 o’clock to-night, will not arrive until to-morrow morning, being delayed by the burning of a bridge on the Rlo Grande. STORM SET AT NAUGHT THE LABOR OF MONTHS The Bark Poltalloch, When Almost Floated, Is Again Carried High Up on the Beach. SPATTLE, March 2%.—For several weeks an agent of the underwriters has been engaged in what appeared to be a successful attempt to float the bark Pol- talloch, which was stranded on North Spit, near the entrance to South Bend Bay, early last winter. An immense mushroom anchor was planted In the Wil- pa channel and connected with a huge donkey engine on board. -Two other large anchors were planted seaward to hold the vessel from going further up in the sands. The first pull taken on the vessel moved her sixty feet, and almost every day since she has moved a little nearer to the chan- nel. It was necessary to di her through thessand for more than half a mile, but of Thundn.g‘ word came that the pre- ceding day-she had made $00°feet and was almost in the channel and would be towed up to South Bend on Friday. ‘On Thursday night thére was a - half le from the southwest, and as she was aboring heavily the eaptain ordered the seaward lines slackened to .ease her_up against the beach in shallower water. For some reason the line was given too much slack, and Friday morning found her again high and dry en the beach and months of labor and thousands of dollars gone for naught. The wrecking crew deserted in a body on Friday and came to this place to-night on the mail steamer, bringing-the news of the disaster.and claiming that they were literally starved on board the ves- sel. As to-night's tide will be a very high one the vessel will probably go higher than she has ever been before. &t is not yet known whether another at- tempt will be made to float her. —_— MURDERER OF DEL VALLE RESTS IN POTTER'S FIELD Ex-Convict Maurico Pinero Dies at the Santa Barbara County Poor Farm. SANTA BARBARA, March 2,—Maurico Pinero, murderer and ex-convict, was buried to-day in the potter's fleld. His death occurred at the County Hospital on Saturday. Pinero was a Chilean by birth, but came to this country in the earl eighties. Pinero got into a quarrel wit! Antonio del Valle at the Las Cruces stage ‘station over a ‘{mu of poker, in which $150 was at stake, and shot Del Valle to Del Valle was a Spanish gentle- man of considerable im; ce. For months Pinero was a fugitive in the mountains and among friends. - He made an attempt to return to his native land, but was finally captured, tried and sen- tenced to a lon&vt;’rmr in S8an Quentin. On being there he returned and made this county his home until age and poverty sent him to the county farm. it e FORMER CITY ATTORNEY’S BOOKS TO BE EXPERTED Aberdeen Citizen Suffers Through the Peculations of His Stenog- rapher. ABERDEEN, Wash.,, March 2%.—The Council huu passed a l'esolutiol; ‘which the Mayor power to appoint an ex- ‘lv:sw mlzlnop?nm the accounts .:( ormer City Attorney Cross. Alderman nn, chairman of the Finance Commit- tee, alleges that Cross owes the city sev- eral hundred dollars which came into his hands from street assessment taxes, and which were not paid over to the City Treasurer when Cross went out of office. Cross has made a t, n, that he has been unable to make n-ymn! of an tion he is making 55 e S e & Fobbed his employer and Several mer- chanf 1 is a prominent lawyer in this section and a leader in church circles, the ghlr 1s causing a great deal of com- men PERC ik Cler, ’s Assailant Pleads. NEW YORK, March 2.—Thomas G. Barker, who lbotluu Rev. J:h.nd. Keller m:: S0 that sight of one eve was royed, was arraigned In court mmdum Barker pleaded not e e ot ot o 3 account of snowstorms in Western Ne- | braska are still held up by the drifts, The | rose about three or four feet and the Ly- | GAS EXPLOSION AGHINST SHOW|~CRUSHES MIKERS Disaster Occurs in Pennsyl- vania Works When Fuse Is Lighted. —— Sixteen Men Await an Underground Discharge and Are Suddenly Hurled in All Direc- tions. —— o CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., March %.— The first mine explosion to oecur in the New Klondike region of Fayette County happened to-day. One man was killed in- stantly, five will die and ten are burned and crushed so terribly that it is doubt- ful if they will recover. The body of the dead ‘man is missing, the injured men have beed brought to the Cottage State Heospital, and as a result of the explosion theé mine is on fire. The cause of the explosion was an ac- cumulation of gas in the heading of the Gates mine, one of the new mines opened up this winter by the American Steel and Wire Company. The dead man is an Ital- ian, whose name is unknown. The most seriously injured men are Robert Neison, mine foreman: Gibson Moore of Dunbar, David Ramsey of Adelaide, James Wilson of Oliphant, James Murphy of New 3 Michael Soloka, Alexander Bullayontis, George Yonkers and Michael Goble of Adelaide. he Gates plant is located just across the Monongahela River from Masontown. When the explosion occurred at 3 o'clock this forenoon a group of sixteen miners had gathered in a cross entry about 600 feet from the bottom of the shaft and fifty feet from the face, awaited the dis- charge of a blast. The charge of powder was put into the blast as usual and touched off by Michael Goble, the blaster. In the meantime a pocket of gas had accumulated at the face and gradually drifted out toward the heading. The same instant the fuse was touched off there was a blinding flash which suddenly filled the entry in which the miners had taken refuge. There were two explosions. The first was so terrific that it left the men dazed and stiffened; then there was another rush of air. bringing with it a second puff of gas and then another ex- plosion. ATTACKS ARE MADE ON JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Attorney in Case Agllnlt the Secre- tary’s Relative Deplores Atti- tude of a King’s Minister. - LONDON, March 2%.—On the resumption to-day of the hearing of the libel actions brought against the Star and the Morning Leader by Arthur Chamberlain and his son, Neville Chamberlain, In connection with charges bearing on War Office con- | tracts coungel for the defendants, contin- uing his address, declared Arthur Cham- berlain had only decided to sue as an afterthought on consultation with Joseph Chamberlain, when the latter found he had no ground for action. Counsel found justification for the articles In the man- nef in which orders were secured for the Arklow Works and the fact that the Ky- nochs secured Government orders when their tenders were higher than others. Counsel considered that it was a thou- sand times to be regretted. in the interests of honor. purity and pubiic life, that Jo- seph Chamberlain's Parliamentary state- ment to the effect that he had no interest, | direct or indirect, in the contracting com- | panles was not corrected. Joseph Cham- | berlain should have been notified that his interest in the Birmingham trust involved an interest in other companies. Sir Edward Clarke, rising to reply in be- half of the plaintiffs, contended (‘Al the articles were purely and simply attacks on Joseph Austin Chamberlain through Arthur Chamberlain. s e REBELS MORE ACTIVE IN PANAMA TERRITORY Government Has All It Can Attend to in Preventing an Onslaught on the City. KINGSTON, Jamalca, March 2.—The British mail steamship Para, from Colon, brings reports of renewed activity on ti part of the rebels in the vieinity of Pan. ama. The hands of the Government are F‘full in their effort to keep the rebels out of the city. Excessive war taxes are be- ing levied and last week a party of busi- ness men protested against these high rates. They were thereupon arrested and charged with being rebel sympathigzers. Two of the prisoners managed to leave the country by Steamer, but the others were kept in prison until they had paid the heavy fines imposed against them. Passengers by the steamship Para that the revolution shows no signs of - ing in the near future. Business is car- ried on in Colon and Panama with the greatest difficulty and the enormous price of foodstuffs is causing general suffering. The Liberals are expecting large rein- {fir“cemenls from the Costa Rican sympa- ers. CHICAGO NEWSPAPERS TO BE CONSOLIDATED Record Will Absorb Times-Herald in a Few Days and Unions Are Notified. CHICAGO. March 2.—The Times-Her- ald will be absorbed by the Record im- mediately after the municipal election on April 2 next, if not before that date. Whether the consolidated newspaper*will or “will not take a hyphenated title is problematical, but persons best Informed regarding the present intentions of those in interest think the Record will not change again its aiready twice-changed name. The officers of two principal unions whose members are employes of the Times-Herald stated privately to-i it that they had been given a “tip” that the consolidation is imminent. It Is by insiders that when the me: has been completed the Record will e ) its quarters in the Herald building, whiel is-one of the most admirably equij newspaper establishments in the country. NEBRASKA’'S DEADLOCK HOLDS TIGHT AND FAST Thirty Ballots Are Taken for the Long-Term Senatorship, but No t Results. LINCOLN, Nebr., March 2.—Thirty ballots were taken in the long term Sena- torial caucus to-night without nomina- tion, and at I1 o’clock the caucus ad- journed until to-morrow hight. The last ballot resuited: Rosewater, 32; john, 16; Currle, §; Howard Bal On the tenth ballot Baldridge, who is a State Senator from Douglas County, re- celved four votes. 9 s made by a number of members to- that there will be no settlement of deadlock for either the long or sl term. D. Thompson was expe is est sho :(‘xt:—(?ly'l'm nt session, but he still lacked five of election. A fAx- Thursda; nn!uthauy‘:flm ll‘n‘fioumm“ ont has passed both sl <ves omaler LONDON, March 26.—At Intschau, Ko- rea, collisions have oceurred between the ple and missionary students, accord- m to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily , and several students have been killed or wounded.