The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1901, Page 3

ONCE-NOTED BEAUTY DIES IN THE COUNTY HOSPITAL Honore Iallon Dissipates Her Great Fortune and Her Life Comes to a Close in Pitiful Poverty. Special Dispatch to FAEL, April 12.—Some days ago 1 Francisco dally papers contained notice f the death of Honore Mallon the City and County Hospital. RA n Fi t here, ¥ remember Honore Mallon as a er th: a subject for charity. he death of her father and brother conferred made her a much people could subject of the ce beautiful Ho- s of this county Thomas home here with his wife. with other pioneers he » brick yards on the bay o was growing and ess brought Thomas Big- His wealth was dis- startes shore. he _county, nd buildings in many e smiled upon him in home was blessed with several chil —two boys and a girl The by e bright lads and the girl ous beauty. All went ggins family until death are Then fortune O GAGE MAKES BOND PURCHASE Figures Demanded by Sec- retary of the Treasury Are Offered. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. 1408 G STREET, N. , April 12.—Secretary ge, in pursuance of his on account of the sink- g-time bonds as may be making the return to nt to selling new 2 per day bought a lot of 7. The price paid h experts of the Treas- puts these bonds on the from an investment stand- ew twos f these same bonds was offered to age yesterday at a price one- that at Gage, re- EATU, nt higher _than them to-day. m in the statement in ed his intention of buying when offered at satis- d, although there was a d for currency in the New v market, he would not offer a e. The result was that the offered at his terms to-day. was not the only one offered to- € fler proposed to sell to the 0,000 of short-time bonds, was higher than This , but the Secr these long-term bonds. purchased to-day brings the total e Secretary made his offer up to Ask for a Receiver. WHATCOM, Wash.,, April 12— ng forty-five days at the re- officers to enable them with which to reopen the of this city, the deposi- requested the ay Robert Muir permanent President St. John of the insti- be in London attempting s with which to pay de- John ne, of Blaine, Wash., which me time as the Scandi- T The combined labili- he Philadeiphia is to cruise. ard to forward a hia to the island will leave about navy ~ ADVERTISEMENTS. The Truth If it were not, 1al and social fabric to pieces. There are than- on thousands of people who > the cures effected by Dr. Doctor den Medical Discove of diges- nutrition. have failed. perfectly means cures , of Ber ived very little benefit. I lost ngth, was not able to do a good commenced taking Dr. Pierce's yman, Crawf e’s Medical Adviser, paper- is sent free on receipt of 21 one- s to pay expense of maili:f ress Dz, R. V. Pierce, Bui- MUSEUM OF ARATOM MAZZET 5T. bet. G:baTek, 5.F.Cal. The Largest Aratomical Museum in the . Weakneswes or any conracted + positively cured by the oldest Speciaiiston the Coust. . Est. 36 years. DR. JORDAN—DISEASES OF MEN Consultation free and strictly private. Treatment personally or by Jetter. A Fositive Cure in every case undertaken. Write for Book, PHILOSOPRY of MARRIACE. Maweo FREE. (A valuabie book for men PR JORDAN & €O, 1051 MarketSt..S. F. - e e The | announcement has created more| Francisco, where at the time it was be- for the people | lieved he committed suicide. including | depart from the policy | president of the | stitutions are said to be | Orders have | The Call. ed their share of the estate than they launched upon careers of dissipation. They went the pace that kills and in sev- eral years both were dead. Thomas dled here and James passed away in rece In the meantime Honore had married | Charles E. Mallon. Several children | blessed the union and for a time it seemed had given her a beautiful lormilhal ill-fortune ,would pass the stately Honcre and leave her in the possession of | husband, children, beauty and wealth. But this was not to be. In 1893 Charles Mallon died at his home in this city. The blow was a sad one for his wife and for a time she mourned him deeply. Then a ‘ charige came over her. She was no longer { contented to lead the quiet, humdrum life she had before. The same sinister fate that had made victims of her brothers seized her. Her lands and properties were scattered to the winds. Along the | primrose path of reckless pleasure she scattered with lavish hand her inherit- | ance. " Her children were placed in an orpkan asylum. She sold the roof over her head and went to San Francisco. The life she led there is shrouded in mystery to_her friends here. The notice in the papers recently has | awakened many memories here. Honore Biggins, belle of the count{, admired and | loved, and Honore Mallon dead, a pauper in a public institution! The lives of the members of Thomas Biggins' family -have mes, no sooner | been tragedies. - (OWES MILLIONS; OWNS NOTHING William Coffin, Who Bought Santa Cruz Bonds, Is a Bankrupt. | NEW YORK, Aprll 12—Willlam E. | Coffin of this city, who was a former part- |ner in the banking house of Coffin & Stanton, which made a general assign- ment in 1834, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Ceurt to-day. | He schedules his liabilities at $4150,907 | and assets at $25, which is cash in bank. | The secured claims amount to $2,986,172. tracted by the firm in its usual transac- to the assignment in 1894 on all the claims named in the petition un- | der the laws governing partnership liabili- | ties. In October, 1834, the house made a general assignment for the benefit of the creditors to Newman Erb. Later, by an | order of court, Thomas P. made receiver of all the assets of the firm. The largest creditor who holds no se: curity is the city of Santa Cruz, Cal, | $332,000. This sum is due the municipality | on a contract for bonds purchased. | The firm, it was said, was in the habit of making loans with ern banks by putting up a partial security of first-class bonds and stocks and hypothecating as | the balance of security bonds and stocks of companies which the firm had pro- moted and which were practically unmar- ketable. In furthering their numerous plans the partners became practically the fiscal agents for a number of Western cities, including Seattle. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Postmasters Appointed in the West- | ern Country and a Number of | New Pensions Issued. WASHINGTON, April 12.—Postoffice | Department orders are: Postoffice estab- lisked: California—Del Monte, Monterey unty, William A. Junker, Postmaster. Discontinued:” Washington — Sherwood, | King County, mail to Mapleville. Post- master commissioned: Washington—Clark Long, Paha. Appointed: California—J. | B. Trabucco, Bear Valley, Mariposa | County, vice Phillp Chosser, resigned; J. | ‘W. Schoonever, Winthrop, Shasta Coun- , vice E. 8. McDowall, r ned. Wash- | irgton—R. R. McDonald, Kamilche, Ma- son County, vice Joseph Kullerick, re- signed; Carl Jacobson, Mattlock, Mason County, vice James Hodgkinson, removed. y orders announce that Captain of volunteers, now in San Francisco, is assigned % duty in the Philippines. Persions issued to-day_were: Califor- Original—Alden W. Engley. Crescent Nathaniel Alexander, Campo, $6; Wes Eugene Bond Bartholow, Veterans Home, Napa, Renewal—Alvin W. San Francisco, $8. Increase—Lyman WV Askley, Murrieta, $8. Original widows— Mincrs of John W. Basley, San Francisco, | $14: Lizzie F. Foss, Riverside, $8. | _Oregon: Increase—Alonzo E. Parker, Salem, $10; Charles J. Hayes, Hood River, 8. - . hington; ~Increase—Nathaniel B. . Soldiers’ Home, Orting, $12; F. Tyler, Dayton, $8. s s — SENATOR CLARK BONDS GRASS VALLEY MINES Group of Four Properties Will Ba ‘Worked on an Extensive Scale. GRASS VALLEY, April 12—A group, of four Grass Valley mines has been bonded by the representatives of Senator W. A. Clark of Montana. The mines were thi property of Martin Ford, one of the old time miners of this camp. They are be- tween the Massachusetts Hill and the North Star, at the latter of which there was a big strike on the 1600-foot level one a total wreck—could not eat or sleep,” | medicine from | | { | responding secretas | month ago. The properties bonded are the Vulcan, a Irish-American, Ford & Smith Bob Smith, comprising in all 125 acres. | The property was enormously rich in the | There it will lie in state for a day, and shallow diggings of the early days. The purchasing syndicate consists of Miles Finlen, bis son, James T. Finlen, Thomas Hinds and Charles Clark;, who is _son of Senator Clark. A new plant of electrical machinery wiil be put in at once and a new shaft 500 feet deep will be sunk within six months. AGED MAN’S MURDERER IN DANGER OF LYNCHING Six Men Arrested on Suspicion of Having Killed Thomas H. Pemberton. WEATHERFORD, O. T., April 12— Thomas H. Pemberton, aged 65 years, was killed here at midnight last night, |and to-night six suspects were arrested | and will be held for investigation. Their | pames are E. J. Welch, Thomas McCor- mick, Charles Reed, Charles Chapman, | W. Welch and J. A. Bowyer. Pemberton, who came here six weeks | ago from Glasgow, Ky., where his fam- ily resides, was atsaulted by some_one who struck him twice across the head | with a heavy club. The object of the murder was robbery, The Coroner's inquest is in progress to- night, and if the guilt; he will be lyncheds > Pereon is found e Equal Suffragists Meet. SAN JOSE, April 12—The Santa Clara County Equal Suffrage Assoclation met in annual convention at the Unitarian church this morning. A score of delegates were present, representing all the politi- cal equality clubs of the county. Mrs. A. L. Corbert of Palo Alto presided and M Ina Orvis of San Jose was secretary. The following officers were elected for the en- suing year: President, Dr. A. C. Avery; vice president, Mrs. Lucretia Taylor: co Mrs. P. M. Gasset recording secretary, = Mrs. Ina Orvi treasurer, Mrs. H. M. Thurber; auditor, @ | Mrs. Holland. The debts are old ones, having been con- | tions of a banking-house business prior | Coffin is liable | Wicke was | est K. Johnstone, assistant surgeon | , $6; Charles H. Ball, San Francisco, | Caulkins, Palo Alfo, $8; Michael Maloney, | "THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1901. GRADUATES FROM A CONVENT AS VIRTUOSA OF THE HARP Miss Winifrede McLaughlin Gives a [usicale in Notre Dame at San Jose. AN JOSE, April 12.—One of the most notable musicales in the his- Convent of Notre Dame yester- day, when Miss Winifrege Mc- Laughlin, a student of the harp, gave her graduation recital. The audience was & large and fashionable one. In the con- course were gifted musiclans and clergy from various parts of the State. Miss McLaughlin is the daughter of B. McLaughlin, a prominent banker of this city. She has the honor of being the sec- ond graduate of the Notre Dame Con- servatory and is said to be the first young lady west of Chicago to graduate on the | harp. Her study of this instrument has been thorough and she evidences great premise. Miss McLaughlin has great tal- ent for execution and interpretation, and the manner in which she performed and | the expression given her most difficult se- | lection elicited the admiration of those present. Bach number was greeted with rounds of applause. The stage was beautifully decorated with flowers and palms, and these, with | the whiteness of the young ladles’ cos- tumes, gave a beautiful and simple aspect | to_the ensemble. Miss McLaughlin was assisted by Miss | Florz Tiltgen on the Janko plano-board, Miss Emilie Aguirre with a_vocal solo, { Miss_Hilda Wilcox on the violin, Miss Maude Campbell and Miss V. Inigo on the concert grand piano and ss Ada | Rhodes on the organ. . In a few words Rev. Father Frieden, superior of the Jesuit order _of the Pacific Coast, he presented Miss Mc- Laughlin with her diploma, and then Rev. g‘ather Sasia delivered a masterly ad- ress. e NORMAL SCHOOL GRADUAT: Diplomas Are Awarded to Twenty Young Teachers. SAN JOSE, April 12—Twenty young | teachers were graduated from the State Normal School here to-day. This is the regular spring class. There were no ex- ercises and_they were handed their di- plomas by Professor Dailey. The gradu- ates are: Arlenine Aiken, Dalsy M. Bowman, Edward Boyce, Anna C. Botts, Anna J. Cooper, Olive Beede, Mary A. Burke, Iva A. Gelatt, Mar- guerite Hanley, Bertha Freyschlag, Charles Rickabaugh, George Schultzberg, Josephine Smith, Margaret F. McInerny, Lauretta Gray- son, Edwin A. Palmer, Willlam M. Heston, Maude Mariner, Maud Ethel Nerell, Clara Genevieve Fleming. STANFORD’S RETIRING CLASS. Second Largest in the History of the University. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 12.— The final list of candidates for graduation 1in May was posted by Registrar Elliott | to-day. It shows that the graduating | class will consist of one hundred and | fifty-nine persons. This is the second largest glass that Stanford has ever grad- uated. The following are the names of the graduates and the department in which they will take their degrees: Classical philology—F. C. Murgotten, E. L. | Rea, Miss M. Weir. | Latin—Miss Helen Dorset, Miss G. Evans, Miss Lucy France, Miss A. L. Hamilton, Miss | F. Hopper, Miss M. Meredith, A. N. Merritt, Miss F. Taylor, Miss V. Townsend, Miss B. K. | Turner, Miss J. Wagner. | German—Miss B. R. Bacher, Miss L. M. | carver, Miss K. Dryer, Miss H. M. Hogue, | Miss C. D. Keller, Miss R. Merritt, Miss B. K. Roth. | Romanic languages—Miss . D. Barnwell, { Miss V. Nichols, Miss B. M. Shaw. English—F. C. Bailey, L. M. Bowman, C. M. Bradley, Mits G. Caswell, Miss E. H. Cone, Miss M. A. Coulter, Miss A. M. Cowdery, Miss L. B. Everett, Miss E. T. Gray, Miss R. Har- ris, Miss L. Herzinger, Miss H. Holmes, Miss M. Ibs, Miss B. Kailoch, J. A. Koontz, 'C. M. | Marrack, P. L. 'Mitchell,' D. Montgomery, Miss DEATH SUMMONS ~ MORMON LEADER | Apostle George Q. Cannon Passes to His Final Rest. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. MONTEREY, April 12—George Q. Can- | non, the noted Mormon apostle and prac- | tical head of his church, died in this city | a few minutes before 2 o’clock this morn- | ing, after having lived nearly two days | longer than either of his physiclans be- | lieved possible. He was consclous up to | almost the last moment and finally passed awsy so quietly that even those beslde | the bed did not know the exact moment | of his death. His physicians say his vi- | fality was marvelous, espectally when his | age, 75 years, and previous wearing ill- ness are considered. The real cause of | Geatn”was”nervous prostration, but & ! bronchial complication that appeared | since his coming to Monterey is believed | to_have hastened the end. | “Five of the apostle’s children, including the three sons who were summoned here by their father’s illness, and his wife (a daughter of the first Brigham Young) | were at his bedside when he breathed his | last. Dr. Frederick Clift, his Salt Lake | physician, and his private secretary, Mr. | ¥¥ilkins, were also with him. The body | was taken to San Francisco on the 6:30 | | a. m. train, where it will be_embalmed and on Monday shipped to Salt Lake. | the funeral will take place on Wednesday. | Part of the family accompanied the body, the others following on the noon train, | “Apostle Cannon left a large estate, but | its exact amount is not known. All his | business affairs were setiled during his | stay here and his propert;{ disposed of among his large family. is son, who made this statement, said that the dis- tribution was satisfactory to all con- | cerned. It is believed by some members | of his family that the strain of attendlni | to the business was one factor that alde greatly in hastening the end. Gecrge Q. Cannon was born in ‘Liver- pool, England, on January 11, 1827. He came to America in 1844 and was ordalned an elder of the Mormon church in 185. In 1846 he joined the main body of the | Mormons from Nauvoo, Ill, on the way to Utah, and reached Salt Lake in 1847. In 1849 he went to California on mission- ary work, and in 1850 he went to the Sandwich Islands and remained there for four years. In 1855 he established the Western Standard in San Francisco. In 1860 he was made a member of the quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was a dele- | gate In Congress from 1872 to 1880, and was one of the counselors to the President of the Mormon church. He was promi- nently connected with many of the busi- ness enterprises of Utah. Funeral Arnngemmts.r SALT LAKE, Utah, April 12.—Upon re- ceipt of the news of the death of George Q. Cannon to-day the flag was half- masted over President Snow's office and a conference of high church officials was held to arrange the detalls for the funeral. 1t was decided to hold the funeral services in the Tabernacle on next Wednesday at noon. Special rates will be made by the railroads and a large attendance is ex- pected from every part of the State. LOS ANGELES, Aoril 12—W. W. Kay of Bakersfleld was to-day aopointed a referee in bankruptcy by Judge Wellborn of the United States District Court. ¢ tory of San Jose was held at the ri Miss O. L. Brown, Miss A. Butterfleld, Miss A. M. Cole, F. J. Cummins, Miss Edna Del- linger, H. J. Edwards, W. K. Gray, Miss L. 1. ‘Miss M. Harrls, Miss J. J. Haskell, Miss M. B. Hyde, §. P. Me Mat- . Morrow, Miss Maud Stev- ens, W. S. Tipton, Miss E. Vood. Bconomics and sociology- Card, W. C. Day, H. A. F. Adams, E. M. Friedman, BE. T. | ES = CHARGE FRAUD N LIND DEAL Escondidlo Man and His Wife Accuse Prominent San Diegans. —_— Bpecial Dispatch to € can. SAN DIEGO, April 12.—Sensational charges against prominent persons are contained-in a complaint filed with the County Clerk this morning by H. S. Utley and Patterson Sprigg, attorneys for the plaintiffs. The title cf the case is W. and Rose Purdin vs. E. W. Loring, J. N. Bunch, William Giicher, Elizabeth Gil- cher and Michael Traver. The last named three defendants are residents of Los Angeles, while the others are well-known citizens of this city. The plaintiffs are residents of Escondldo. The complaint charges that the defend- ants fraudulently represented that de- fendants Gilcher ana his wife owned 500 acres of land in Emaruel County, Georgia, and 500 acres of land in Johnson County, Kentucky, which was given in exchange for property owned by plaintiffs near Es- condido. The Eastern property, it is claimed by the plainiiffs, was misrepre- sented by the defendants both as to value and location. It is further alleged that 2 note for $2000 signed by Charles A. Fred- erickson in favor of Michael Traver, and which was made a part of the considera- tion in the trade, was valueless and was so known to the defendants at the time of making the trade. On these allegations plaintiffts pray that the Superior Court cancel and annul the deed given by them to E. W. Loring for their property and for all other relief pertaining to equity and for costs.’ The charges of fraud made by the com- plaint against J. N. Bunch, the real estate agent who engineercd the trade, are vig- orously denied by him, though he ac- knowledges that ne is the principal de- fendant. He asserts that when Mr. Pur- din entered into the exchange of the prop- erty he did it with complete knowledgs of the value of the Georgia property, hav- ing had an abstract of it in.his possession for months before tne trafe was made. It is claimed by the plaintiffs that the Georgia property is pretty much a myth and that other peopie have been swindlel by it. The property is said to be an im- mense overlapping land grant and the other title is the one which holds good. BARKENTINE ENCOUNTERS SUCCESSION OF STORMS The J. M. Grifith Puts Into Port Townsend in a Leaking Condition. PORT TOWNSEND, . ‘April 12.—Ths barkentine J. M. Griffith arrived to-day. seventy-six days from ~Mollendo, Peru, and according to Captain Ayer, the entire voyage from Puget Sound and return was one of disaster. On her way to Mollendo, the Griffith encountered a hurricane and her decks were swept clean by the seas and her masts were sprung and her sails carried away. The main water tank was washed overBoard and the officers and crew suffered for fresh water. On her return trip, when seven days out from Mollendo, a heavy sea was encoun- tered and the enmast was carried away. When she arrived here the vessel was leaking badly. ton Mill Company. She was towed (o Hadlock this evening, where she will have three new masts put in. The Grifiith Is owned by the ‘Washins- | < o . M'SS WINIFREDE McLAUGHLIN, WHO GETS A DIPLOMA AS A HARP VIRTUOSO. . —_— H. R. Fry, C. B. Glllesple, A. R. Hicks, C. E. Holbrook, W. G. Hadson, J. Lockey, E. N. Mabrey, G. W. Mordecal, C. L. Richards, A. B. Stewart, L. H. Susman, Eugene Warren, W. J. Wood. Mathematics—Miss Yrene Pitcher, Taber, W. E. Whittier. Physics—J. G. Brown. Chemistry—A. J. Cox, J. B. Marx, A. L. Moeller, F. J. Reldy, C. R. Wheeler. Physiology—A. W. Baird, Miss M. E. Barn- ard, J. A. Bentley, G. A. Castagnetto, H. L. Day, P. K‘:‘Gllr(luan. Miss E. McFadden, C. W. y. . K. Fisher, E. Heller, Miss H. Geology—H. L. Haehl, H. H. Holley, T. J. Miss C. Holmes, 7. 8. Wells, . O el, Miss L. E. Osborn, Miss L. I. Maples, C. F. Riddell, R. W. Thompson. . gipg\f‘n;l;s M. S. Simpson, Miss M. Stan- Law—L. H. Albertson, R. L. Alderman, W. Hoover, J. M. Hyde, B. N. Jackson, A. B. ford, Miss Edna Weh, Miss E. H. Zucker. F. Bourland, H. Brickell, L. H. Brown, E. L. Lemmon, L. D. Mills, W. M. Parkin, F. W. Education—Miss S. L. Cooke, Miss L. Good- Brune, C. ntwell, H. W. Chappel, G. T. Rush. | win, Miss Ida Gray, E. L. Mitchel, Miss G. Cochran, ‘W. M. Cranston, Civil_engiveering—J. B. Balcomb, E. Breen, Rowell, J. N. Snell, F. E. Thompson, A. L Crippen, Crow, M. C. F. M. Brookie, H. N. Keucher. G Walker, J. B. Wootten. rli, . . Drake, J. F. Blectrical engineering—F. V. T. Lee, N. G. ‘History—Miss J. Ballard, Liiss G. Barneberg, English, L. Ferrari, Hugh Fester, A. M. Free, Symonds. @ el o ERRRARERREY BOTTLERS' UNION WINS A STRIKE Gets a Wage Increase by Tying Up Los Angeles Breweries. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, April 12—The strike fever which had its inception among the longshoremen at San Pedro and next at- tacked the section employes of the Ter- minal Railway has been spreading. The bottlers at Maler & Zobelein's big brew- ery struck this morning and for three hours there was no one in the establish- ment to bottle and cork the company’s daily output. At the 2nd of that time the management acceded ‘o the demands of its employes and work was recommenced. . Maier & Zobelein were not the only ones affected by the action of the Bottlers' Union. Adloff & Hauctwass, as bottlers for the Welland Brewing Company of San Francisco, and the Los Angeles Brewing C‘ompany participated in the capitula- tion. Up to a month ago the bottlers were paid $8 to $10 a week. The bottling depart- ment is one of the most important of the industry and requires skiiled men. There was a meeting of the union and they sent to the brewing associatigns a demand for The breweries at once combined against the demand an: sent back a refusal of the terms suggest- ed. The union was as firm as the bre: eries and turned the cuestion over to its delegate, Thomas O. Dunn, chalrman of the grievance committce. Mr. Dunn at once began a vigorous fight. He waited upon every customer the brewerfes have in the city, explained the situation and asked for co-operation. He also called up every political and business “pull” he could mustér znd finally Adloft & Hauerwass surrendered. Maijer & Zo- belein and the Los Angeles Prewing Com- pany held out and insisted thet nothing would compel them to fall into line. They made good their threat until this morning and then the order was given the bottlers at Maier & Zobelein's to stop work. They did so and three hours later the management of the brewery sent word to Mr. Dunn that after due deliberation the company had decided to agree to all demands. The Los Angeies Brewing .Coni- pany at once followed suit. Counterfeiters Sentenced. SPOKANE, April 12.—Four counterfeit- ers were sentenced by Judge Hanford this morning in the Federal court. James Moriarity was given ten years, while Mike ‘Williams and Mack McCleary got off with eight vears each at hard labor in_ the United States penitentiary. Mrs. Ethel ‘Wallace, the last member of the gang, was sentenced to one year. Moriarity and McCleary were partners of Arthur Spen- cer, the bogus Chinese inspector, in the daring jail break a few weeks ago. Railroad Official Drowned. SACRAMENTO, April 12—W. 8. Smith, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company’s agent at Delta, Shasta County, was drowned in the Sacramento River near that place yesterday. Smith had been hunting geese and attempted to swim the river. The cold water caused him to have cramps and he could not get out of the stream. PR PORTLAND, Aoril 12.—The members of the | porty of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, return- ing from a pil; nol el Mich., were to-day the guests of EI Temple of Portland. LIVES TO TELL HOW IT FEELS TO BE “BURNED TO A CRISP” Tacoma Engineer Sustains Shock of More Than Two Thousand Volts of Electricity. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, April 12—“My bones were on fire. I felt them getting hotter and hotter and the flesh covering them melted and dropped away.'” Such is a fragment of the feeble effo-t made by J. S. Ames to describe his sensa- tion as he received the full force of 200 volts of electricity. Mr. Ames, attended by his wife and a corps of trained nurses, lies stretched on a bed in the Fannie Pad- dock Hosgl(al. He is feeble and emaci- ated and his skin is yellow and wrinkled. On Saturday and Sunday last he was not expected to live. Blood poisoning was do- ing its fatal work. Before he went to the hospital he was a strong, vigorous man in g{ertect health and weighed 194 pounds. ow he is a mere skeleton, minus his right hand and half of the forearm. Ames was the victim of an accident that occurred on February 20, but for private reasons was not given publicity until to-day. How it occurred Is told by him as follows: ~1 was adjusting the current in the power house. The voltage registered 2200 when my right hand formed a connection between the rheostat and ammeter. The wires, unknown to myself or any one else, were grounded in some way, or thers would not have been the slightest danger. Instantly I felt a pain. I seemed to oe on fire. Every bone in my body, especial- 1y those of my legs, seemed to be red hot. The heat increased. My bones seemed as though crisped and charred with heat and I could seem to feel my flesh melting and dropping away from the bones. “I tried to pull my hand away and could not. I braced my knees against the mar- ble slab and gave an extra wrench. In- stantly I found myself lying on the con- crete floor. I must have fainted for a moment, but did not know it. “The burn was carefully dressed and 1 thought no more of it for twenty-four hours. Then I began to have pains in my stomach. The bowels and muscles of the stomach would contract and relax spasmodically and the pain was intense. It was similar to the feeling experienced when one grasps a heavily charged elec- tric battery.” Gradually Ames grew worse and blood isoning set in. For three weeks he was ept alive on a diet of strychnine and brandy. First his hand was cut off and yesterday the arm up to the elbow was amputated to save his life. He is likely to recover. Ames is chief engineer of the Tacoma Rallway and Power Company, owning the Tacoma street railways. He has workedl around power houses fifteen years and never before received a burn. For four- teen years he was an engineer for the Southern Pacific and for several years served as engineer for the Pacific Steam- ship Company at San Francisco. @R CUBANS REJECT -~ THE AMENDMENT Convention Goes on Record as Opposed to the Platt Measure. HAVANA, April 12—The Cuban Consti- tutional Convention placed itself upon record to-day against the Platt amend- ment by a vote of 18 to 10 on a resolution that the convention should declare itself opposed to the amendment ‘‘on account of the terms of some clauses and the way in which they are drawn, and also on the contents of the others, especially clauses 111, VI and VIL" he conservatives assert that this ac- tion is embarrassing, inasmuch as it prac- tically ties the hands of any commission that might be sent to Washington. Lieutenant Commander Lucien Young, Captain of the Port of Havana, sentenced Secundine Torral de Garcia and Julio Ur- rutia, editor and director of El Stevedore, to. sixty and. ninety days respectively in Altares prison for a libelous article, in which it was sald that Young lied when he sent to General Wood a copy of the paper purporting to contain the agree- ment with the stevedores reached in the recent strike. The stevedores are greatly incensed and threaten to make trouble. At a later hour this afternoon both men ‘were released. It {s admitted that Lieuteant Com- mander Young's court had jurisdiction in the matter of sentence, but he considered his object had been attained in making an example of two agitators, who, it is alleged, were at the bottom of the recent labor troubles, and who had been even mcre recently engaged in inciting another strike. The former strike was settled by a mutual agreemert by all parties to re- gard the schedule of wages drawn up and ublished in the Official Gazette as the law, but El Estivador had been attacking the schedule as unjust and calling upon ‘workmen to resent it. VICIOUS TIGER TEARS TRAINER'S ARM AND FACE Infuriated Animal Leaps at the Man in a Narrow Corridor and Breaks His Mask. INDIANAPOLIS, April 12.—Frank C. Bosterek, proprietor of the Zoo in this city, was to-day attacked and dangerously injured by the tiger Rajah, which a few weeks ago tore an employe of the Zoo to pleces. The animals have been undergo- ing a course of training for the Buffalo exposition and Bosterek came here from Baltimore to direct the work. To-day he took the tiger into the arena to put him through some of his tricks. Rajah was known to be very viclous. Bos- terek wore a heavy wire mask over his head and neck and carried a revolver and a club. The animal was cowed into sub- mission while In the arena and was final- 1y released and started toward his cage, the route being a winding passageway that extended from the arena back to the rear of the cages. While Bosterek and the tiger were in the narrow pas- sageway the animal suddenly jumped for Bosterek and sunk his fangs into the trainer’s left arm. The force of the blow threw Bosterek to the floor. Then the tiger tore at the mask, his teeth going through and tearing Bosterék’s face in a terrible manner. He was unable to use his revolver and shouted for help. Cap- tain Bonavila, another trainer, rushed to Bosterek’s assistance and drove the tiger into the cage. Bosterek's right foot and legs are badly injured and he may lose his left arm. ¢ Resignation of Griffin. SAN JOSE, April 12—Willlam M. Grif- fin has made public his letter of resigna- tion as president of the California Pack- ers’ Company bearing date March 28, He says he was led to take this step on account of controversy between him- self and members of the directory of the Cured Fruit Asociation, and that he did it in the interest of harmony. He asserts that if there is any trouble it is his own, and that nome exists between the pack- ers and the assocfation. RICHNESS OF NEW KOOTENAY DIGGINGS Experienced Miner Says the Gold Is the Highest Grade He Has Ever Seen. SPOKANE. April 12—A Spokesman- Review reporter returned to-day from the gold discovery on the St. Mary's River, in Kootenay County, Idaho. He confirms previous reports of the richness of the clalms. With proper appliances two ' experienced miners can take out from $40 to $50 a day. The entire guich Fas been staked. The road is thronged with men rushing into the district. 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