The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, | | RADING BOERS AT KR PO Natives Are Pillaged and British Garrison Is | Attacked. e Dangerous Employment of Zulus to Raid the Stock Farms. Special Dispa to The Call. May 16.—Four parties of rail Pan, south of Mafe- ed K king, Cape on the morning of g the night they took a e opje from wh Boer guns open: They 1 fire on October 1 aged the nativy killin ' scout | that the | /o Krali | ard “to the of Commons en employed | e Vryheid district, | ent to the Right | member of statement | or native authori- | Prime Minister proceeding _is nere that structions. in liquid air be- and can be ground night. { _ Wiiliam Walsh, 2 merchant, was killed. MILITIA SHOOTS One Maanilled, Two DOWN CITIZENS OF ALBANY Fatally Wounded and Hundreds Injured the Record of a Day’s Attempt to Run Cars With Non-Union Men ALBANY.N. Y., May 16.—Five hours of conference to-uight with all the warring elements represented failed to settle the Albany strike of street rallway employes. The striliers waived all the demands for the remsval of the non-union men. The executive committee of the United Trac- tion Campany will consider the proposition in the morning. and may accept it and settle the strike. Meantime Major General Roe intends to ke every precaution and at midnight t ordered out the Ninth Regiment of New York. no It will acrive here to-morrow after- 800 strong, and if the strike is not ttled will assist in opening up the other es of the traction company in this city. ith the addition of the Ninth Regiment to-morrow there will be over 3000 Guards- men in Albany. One man killed, two other men fatally wounded, hundreds of others with broken heads and cut faces; cars running merely as arsenals, with no patrons; the city under martial rule, with its cifizens in a frenzy of excitement, and the city author- ities and jeaders of the strikers trying to | get the railway company to come to an | was the situation | amicable settlement, when darkness put an end to the strife growing out of the street-car strike to- The fatally injureq are LeRoy Smith, a merchant, shot by National Guardsmen, and William Marshall, a non-union motor- man, skull fractured. Others most seri- ously injured are: George Booze, citizen, cheek ripped open by bayonet; William Rooney, citizen, shot by National Guards- men; Gilbert Hall, non-union motorman, injured by mob. Bloodshed After Day of Peace. The bloodshed came after a day of peace. From e¢arly morning the crowds had melted away before bayonets and shotguns, cars had been operated under guard, and there was an impression that the spirit of turbulence was waning. There had been some minor demonstra- tions, particuiarly in North Albany, but not a shot had been fired, and as the day passed the running of cars attracted little attention. The volley fired on Broadway by a squad of Twenty-third infantrymen, in which LeRoy Smith and Willlam Walsh, well-known citizens, fell mortally wounded, changed all that. It stirred anew the feeling of hatred as the excited tidings swept through the city, and the Guardsmen were _bitterly denounced. Neither of the inen had been guilty of any offense, but were caught in a crowd some member of which had stoned the Guards- men, and by mischance were hit. The disturbance was not a serlous one, and murder is the title applied by inflamed public _sentiment Guardsmen seem but to have followed their orders, for they were under orders to shoot if assaulted. The bright prospect of a settlement of the strike has not served to allay the growth of vindictive feeling, and if the present situation continues acts of bitier revenge and violence may be expected. It was on the last run of the soldiers on the cars that the tragedy of the day occurred. he cars were on Broadway moving northward and a constantly swelling crowd was gathered about Union Station. The first of the workday folk had been released by the whistles that sounded through the manufacturing dis- trict, and_they were pouring into the crowd. Near Columbia street a truck blocked the way of a car and, urged on by the crowd, the driver refused to move on as speedily as desired. Some ome in the crowd threw a stone, but it went wide of its mark. The crowd was noisy and there was much confusion. The car fin- ally moved forward into the next block, and another stone was hurled at it. Shots Fired by the Militia. There was a sharp command, and as the car slowed down four shots were fired from it. LeRoy Smith lounged on the steps of his store; William Walsh, his business neigh- bor from across the sireet, was his imme- diate companion, and a small crowd hung about near them. It was into this crowd that the guardsmen fired at a range of less than twenty feet. Smith and Walsh were both shot in the abdomen and fell where they stood. A third man, William Rooney, was slightly hurt by a glancing bullet. Some of the guards stepped from the car and reloaded their pleces. The startled crowd fell back at the first shot, and a moment later the guards sprang money-saving prices. Boys’ Clothing Department | In Union There Is Strength P5UED BY AUTHORITY OF s ey the President’s speeches. What a subject for oration union-made clothing would be—so much good could be said about it. “In Unionism there strength.” The strength of union-made clothing is fit- ting proof of this national sentiment. 5 Our ready-to-wear cloth- ing is all union made. It comprises everything in suits and overcoats—every suit- able material, pattern and style at almost every price from $10 to $z5. The garments are made by union labor in our own light, clean, airy workshops. L= Unionism is the theme of is #: Buy direct from the makers—you get good union-made clothing at | | to the shooting. The | FRIDAY, SMALLPOX AAGES IN.THE NORTH Town Causes Wide- spread Alarm. Thirty Children Said to Be Suffering From the Disease. o SEATTLE, Wash, May 16.—Following are private advices received by mail from Sitka, Alaska, dated May 11: Drs. Moore of Skaguay angd Linhart of Juneau have been investigating the smail- pox epidemic at this place and the former says there is no doubt of the prevalence of the disease despite all reports to the contrary. The doctors visited all the in- fectea districts, the Indian ranch, Rus- sian town and the Indian mission. Dr. Moore was very outspoken regard- ! ing existing conditions. He said there could be no question of the seriousness of the situation. Smallpox, generally.in a | mild form, was prevalent, and owing to | the uncleanly condition of the ranch com- bating the sickness would be a difficult matter, In Russiantown there was but two cases; one serious. At the mission there were found over thirty children sufferin, from smallpox. They have been treated | in the hospital, which is located a con- siderable distance from the dormitories. Up to the present time there have been seven fatalities, all confined to the In- ans. A rigid quarantine has been placed on the ranch, Indian policemen guarding all | entrances to the intected quarter. Guards have kept visitors from the homes of the two Russians who are sick. In the last month vaceination was general. All mem- bers of the marine guard have been vac- cinated and among the citizens vaccina- tion has been compulsory. [ e e aa s, ) aboard the car and were rapidly! wheeled from the scene. Smith and Walsh were hurried away to hospitals for care and the angry crowd swarmed in the street to curse and denounce the guards. men. Walsh died at the hospital to- night. Smith is a member of the shge manufacturing firm of Smith & Herrick, and a citizen of wealth, respectability and { prominence. He is a member of the Al- bany Club and a whist expert of national | reputation. He is 50 years of age and has { 2 family. ‘Walsh was the head of a plumbing house and well known in busi- ness circles. her man had any part other than as spectators in the demon- stration that provoked the shooting. Refrain From Further Slaughter. The remainder of the cars made the run to North Albany and back without trouble, and when they reached Quail street barn w housed for the nigit. When the cars were all in, the guards in the street were recalled. The shooting of Smith and Walsh had a very depressing effect upon the mem- bers of the Twenty-third Regiment and | to-night, when stones were hurled at the picketmen around the Quail-street barn, they did not fire in the dark, Two pri- | vates were hit and hurt, but they did not care to take a chance by firing. It was held by the officers and men generally that the order to fire was entirely justi- fied, but there was gel*ral regret at the consequences of the volley. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Among Postoffices Rural Free Delivery Es- tablished. ‘WASHINGTON, May 16.—These orders have been issued by the Postoffice De- partment: Postoffice established: Washington— Van Horn, Skagit County, James V. Van Horn Postmaster. Postmasters commissioned: Belle H. Terry, Cool; Justus A. Wilkin- son, Live Oak; Henry O. Purinton, Plain- field. Oregon—M. F. Olin, West Portland. Appointed: California—Caroline Drahus, San Quentin, Marin County, vice Edella Edwards, resigned. Oregon—Willlam R. Coleman, Phoenix, Jackson County. vice | Willilam F. Towne. resigned; C. E. Hedge, | Sylvan, Multnomah County, vice Oscar F. | Cooke, removed. Rural free delivery established July 1: California—Kingsburg, ¥resno County, | one carrier, length of route twenty-four miles, area covered twenty square miles, | population served 800, houses on route 173, | Carrier C. H. Rosendahl. Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, one carrier, length of route twenty-seven miles, area covered twenty-eight square miles, population served 700, houses on route 135, Carrier L. A. Morrison, alaries of Postmasters: Increased, viz. =Anaheim. from $1300 to $1400; Colton, $1300 to $1400; Corning, $1200 to $1600; Clov- erdale, $1200 to $1300; Colusa, $1600 to $1700, Decreased—Alameda, $2800 to $2700; Arcata, $1300 to $1200, Pensfons were fssued to-day as follows: California—Original—Emory Wing, Eure- Ka, $6; W. Armiger, San Jose, 38, Increase | —David Lawton, Garden Grove, $17; James ¥, Newman, San Jose, bright, Bishop, $8: Ra- foel, $12.,Original widow Mcln- tire, Los Angeles, $8; Frances E. Dickin- son, 8an Francisco, Oregon—Original—Joseph Pollock, High- Jand, 36, Increaso—Jdames K, Leuho, §I0. Original widows—Desire “Wild, Myrtle Point, $8; Dacy J. Stidham, Central Point, California— Washington—Original—Hiram Holmes, Meyers 'alls, $8. Supplemental—Henry N. Ordeca, North Yakima, $4. Renewal— John Beckett, Prosser. Increase— Charles N, Hoffman, North Yakima, $10; Benjamin T. Stark, Columbus, $12; Orlan- do G. Cooper, Spokane, $8. Original wid- ows—Alvira A. Young, Olympia, $8; Al- bertina Haeger, Delphi, $8. — PRISONER IS CAUGHT BY A VISITING SHERIFF SAN QUENTIN, May 16.—A negro con- viet, T. J. Thomas, tried to escape from the prison grounds this forenoon. Shortly before 1 o'clock his capture was effected by Sheriff W. A. Hammel of Los Ange- les, who has been visiting the Warden for the past week. Thomas has been ill for some time and was set to work in a hay fleld west of the prison. This morning he and several other convicts were cocking hay in the fleld. They were in charge of Guard Daniel Gage. While Gage was watching the other convicts Thomas slipped away. surgical | This department proves to be a delight to mothers. It is sbacious, com- ortable and light. There is plenty of room to display the goods and pienty cf Jight to see how they look But that which appeals most to practical mothers is the low prices. The ciothes are made by us—you buy direct from the makers and save all middle- ’s profits. The stock is the largest on this coast—it comprises everything desired in ciildren’s, boys’ and youths’ cio hing, hats and furnishings. Ba-eball oatfit free with every boy’s overcoat or suit from $2 5o up. sNW00D © I8 Market Street. Out-of-town or- ders fllled—writ> us for anything in clothing, furnish- ings or hats. Send your nama2 and =addrcss for our new illustra- ted catalogue now being printed. | It was ten ‘minutes before an alarm was | given. Then the hills were covered by mounted guards. The Los Angeles Sher- | iff assisted in the search and found | Thomas in a barn on the road to San | Rafael. The fugitive had discarded his | his prison suit and was in his underwear. | He surrendered without a fight. He is serving forty years' imprisonment for | burglary in Alameda County. _ | s s Incendiaries Are Suspected. LODI, May 16.—A flr; of supposed incen- diary origin destroyed the carriage and bla:{umll shop of 1. J. Hill this morning. Prompt action by the volunteer fire de- artment saved the block from destruc- During the fire the odor of coaloil was noticeable. The loss is $700 and the insurance $150. ————— Native Daughters Name Delegates. ‘WOODLAND, May 15.—Woodland Parlor No. 90, Native Daughters of the Golden West, on Tuesday evening elected Miss Kate Simmons and Miss Annie Schluer delegates and Miss Nelle Bumbaugh and Mrs. Amiel Morris alternates to the Grand Parlor. —_————————— Democrats. Democrats will assemble from all parts of the State May 19th to celebrate the fiftleth anniversary of the first Demo- cratic State Convention of California. D, M. Delmas will deliver the oration. Steamer Onisba will leave Jackson street wharf May 19th at 8:30 a. m. and eave Benicia 5:30 p. m. Fare, round trip, 7 cents. ° Tickets at Bryan's Dr;las Store, New Montgomery and Market; Merle's, Mluiin ixth; Shinkwin's, Larkin and Tur] Fybush’'s, Market and Sansome, an wharf, Sunday morning. . i | | ion. MAY 17, 1901. DR. KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT. Thousand s of Women Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It. Epidemic at an Alaska|To Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy SWABMP-ROOT Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of ‘“The Call’’ Blay Have a Sample Bottle FREE. TO READERS OF THE CALL: left with excruciating pains in my back. fee. I could Mrs. trial. use much energy in getting around. and is exceedingly gratifying to me.” Swamp-Root So Pleasant to Take. “You have no idea how well I feel. Iam satisfled that T do not need any more medicine, as I am in as good heaith as I ever was in my life.” So says Mrs. Mary Engelhard of 25 Madison street, St. Louls, Mo., to a reporter of the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. “For more than ten years I suffered with what the doctors termed female | trouble, also heart trouble, with sweiling of the feet and limbs. Last summer I felt so badly that I thought I had not long to live, I consulted doctar after doctor and took their medicines, but felt no better. A friend recommended me to try Dr. Kil- mer’s Swamp-Root, and I must say T de- rived immense benefit almost from the first week. I continued the medicine, tak- ing it regularly, and I am now in splendid health. The pains and aches have all one. foall my frends, and told them what It has done for me. \T will gladly answer any one who desires to write me regarding my case. I most heartlly indorse Swamp- Root from every standpoint. such a pleasant taste to Swamp-Root, and it goes right to the weak spots and drives them out of the system.” %uflayw Binghamton, men and women cured by Swamp-Root. “‘About eighteen months ago I had a very severe spell of sickness. tremely sick for three weeks, and when I finally was able to leave my bed I was évuu but little at a time, and then only after suffering great pain. My hysical condition was such that I had no strength and was all run down. The gfltot! sald my kldneys were not affected, and whils Did Not Know | Had Kidney.Trouble, 1 somehow felt certain that my kidneys were the cause of my trouble. C. E. Littlefleld of Lynn, advised me to i procured a bottle, and inside af three lowed up that bottle with another, and at the completion of this one found I was completely cured. My strength returned and to-day I am as well as ever. My busi- ness {s that of canvasser, I am on m{h{eu a great deal of the time and have to cure is therefore all the more remarkable J117 High Rock street, Lynn, Mass. %té/k Wr I have recommended Swamp-Root | There is | -Sample Bottle of Swamp-Root Sent Free. | If you have the slightest symptoms of kidney, liver or bladder trouble, or if there is a trace of it in your family history, send at once to Dr. Kilmer & Co., N. Y.. who will gladly send you by mail, immediately, without cost to vou, a sample bottle of the wonderful remedy, Swamp-Root, and a book contain- ng 'many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters received from this generous offer in the San Francisco Dally Call, I was ex- My water at times looked very like cof- e T My sister, ive Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root a lays commenced to get relief. I fol- Made a New Woman of Me. “During three years I was frequently attacked with severe spells of sickness. Many of these sick spells kept me in bed, dangerously ill, from three weeks to three months, under the constant care of the best physiclans of Kansas City. The doc- tors never told me I had anvthing the matter of my kidneys, but I did not know for sure. “‘Some doctors pronounced my case gall stones, and said I could not live without a surgical operation. to which I would | never consent. friend suggested I try Dr.- Kilmer’s Swamp-Root. I began to take Swamp-Root regularly, and when I had used only three 50-cent bottles I felt | fine and was able to do more work than I had done in four years. It has made a | new woman of me. I have had only one slight attack since I began to take Swamp-Root, and that was caused by be- ing drenched with rain and catching cold. Stomach trouble had bothered me for years and had become chronic. I am now 44 years of age and feel much younger | than I did ten years ago. I freely give this testimonial for the benefit of those who have suffered as I have.” Proprietress of Criswell House 211 West | Fifth street, Kansas City, Mo. In writing be sure to say that you read Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney and Bladder Troubles. It used to be consfdlered that only urin- ary and bladder troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all diseases have their beginning in the disorder of these most important orgars. The kidneys filter and purify the blood— that is their work. So when your kidneys are weak or out of order you can under- stand how quickly your entire body is af- fected and how every organ seems to fall to do its duty. If you are sick or “feel badly,” begin taking the famous new discovery, Dr. Kil- mer’s Swamp-Root, because as soon as your kidneys are well they will help all the other organs to health. A trial will convince any one. - Many women suffer untold misery because the nature of their disease is not corractly understood; in most cases they are led 1o believe that womb trouble or female weakness of some sort is responsible for their many ills, when in fact disordared kidneys ars the chief cause of their distressing troubles. Neuralgia, nervousness, headache, pufty or dark circles under the eves, rheuma- tism, a dragging pain or dull ache In the back, weakness or bearing down sensa- tion, profuse or scanty supply of urine, with strong odor, frequent desire to pass it night or day, with scalding or burning sensation—these are all unmistakable signs of kidney and bladder trouble. If there is any doubt in your mind as to your condition, take from your urine on rising about four ounces, place it in & glass or bottle and let it stand twenty=- four hours. If on examination it is milky or cloudy, if there is a brickdust settling, or if small particles float about in it. your kidneys are in need of Immediate atten- tion. Other symptoms showing that you need Swamp-Root are sleeplessness, dizziness, irregular heart. breathlessness, sallow, unhealthy complexion, plenty of ambition but no strength. Swamp-Root 1= pleasant to take and is used in the leading hospitals, recommend- ed by physicians In their private practice and is taken by doctors themselves, be- cause they recognize in it the greatest and most successful remedy that science has ever been able to compound. If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular 30-cent and $1 bottles at the drugstores everywhere. MARINERS DIE N THE TEMPEST Thirty-Two Men Perish Off the Australian Coast. VICTORIA, B. C., May 16.—News has been received by the steamer Moana of the loss of the steamer Federal off the Austrdlian coast during the heavy gale at the end of March.. Thirty-two per- sons perished with her. Six bodies were recovered with a boat, but no wreckage was found and it was belleved that the vessel foundered on the coast. Where the bodies were found dingoes were eating them and were driven away with difficulty. The bodies were badly mangled by the wild dogs and only a few were identified, among them those'of Cap- tain Coult and Engineer Hills. Fifteen of the lost sailors were married, The ship Loulse Lamont was lost during the same storm with sixteen men and nothing was heard of any of them. The bark Hawailan Tsles was overdue and fears were expressed for her, but she ar- rived safely. Advices have been recelved from the sealers on the Japanese coast. They had bad weather, but had secured fair catchds, The Charlofta G. Cox had 400 skins on April 25; the Director, 220 on April 29, and the Vera 200 on the same date, HUSBAND AND WIFE BURIED IN ONE GRAVE Pioneer Residents of Santa Clara County Die Within Few Hours of Each Other. SAN JOSE, May 16.—After nearly forty years of wedded life Jerome and Anna Vostrovsky, two well-known ploneers of this county, were consigned to one ave. The old couple died within a ew hours of each other. Vostrovsky passed away May 9, and the following day his wife’s death occurred. The fu- neral was postponed till to-day in order tthfl‘tl relatives from a distance could at- end. b A large number of friends attended the services at the home in the Willows. Interment was in Cypress Lawn Ceme- tery, Vostrovsky was a native of Bo- hemia and 65 years of age. His wife was born in Moravia sixty-two years ago. MAKES AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER SWEETHEART Farmer Fires a Bullet Through a Young Woman’s Hand Near Paso Robles. PASO ROBLES, May 16.—Charles Stilts, a farmer, attempted to kill his sweet- heart, Miss Mamie Ramage, this after- noon at the Kalar ranch, near here. Stilts went 'to the place where the girl was employed and after a brief conver- sation seized a rifle from his wagon and attempted to shoot her at close range. Miss Ramage grasped the muzzle of the weapop and the ball passed through her hand. A second shot missed her. Mrs. Kalar, though a delicate woman, hurried to the rescue of her friend and knocked Stilts down, when, with the help of J. Kalar, he was bound and brought to town. To-night he was lodged in the County Jail. Stilts is 40 years of age and is well known here. He attempted suicide a few months ago over the love affair with the girl. DRIVE OFF WITH SAFE; THEN USE DYNAMITE Robbers Enter the Postoffice at Kern City and Disappear With Thousand Dollars. BAKERSFIELD, May 16.—The post- office at Kern City was entered last night by burglars and the safe rolled to the rear entrance, placed on a truck and hauled a distance of three blocks near the Santa Fe tracks. There it was blown open with dynamite. The contents consisted of $100 worth of stamps and about $300 in cash. The bur- glars overlooked about $500 in stamps of other denominations. The postal author- ittes and police officers have been noti- fled of the burglary. WaULD NOT PRAY 10 600 OF WAR Why Two Missionaries| Were Slain in New Guinea. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 16.—Details have been brought by the steamer Moana | from Sydney of the massacre of the mis- sionary party in New Guinea briefly re- ported by cable on May S. The report to | the Government Resident of Thursday Island is as follows: The crew of the Dido report the murder of | Rev. James Chalmers and Rev. Oliver Tom- | kins of the London Missionary Society by | New Guinea natives at Debe, near the mouth | of the Fly River. It seems they went ashor: after friendly natives had warned them of the tribal war that was in progress and that their lives would be endangered. Despite this wara- ing the missionaries, with six native converts, | went ashore and attempted to hold a religious service, The natives blamed the missionaries for a reverse In battle and killed the two white men and all their native boys. Parts of the bodies were afterward devoured by the cannibal natives, The captain of the mission schooner from his vessel waw the bodies 1ving on the bedch with their heads cut off, but he was afrald to land, and sailed away to Daru Ivland. This report of the Dido's crew has been confirmed by a well-known native mis- slonary named Isial. ¥From other sources it was learned that Chalmers, who was one of the ploneer missionarfes tw New Gulnea and known and revered among the friendly tribes as | “Tomatoe,” was believed by the savage tribe by whom he and Tomkins, a recently arrived misslonary, were murdered, to be endowed with divine power, and they de- manded that he ald them in destroying the tribe whom they were at war with. The missionaries refused to go with the tribe into battle, and the missionary party was kept under guard pending the out- come of a battle. In this fight their cap- tors were badly worsted and the daughter of the old chief who led the fighting forces was severely and perhaps tatally wounded. For this reason she blamed “Tomatoe” with adverse intercession with the gods and demanded his death in exg; ation. Thereupon the natives killed t missionaries, savagely hacking them to pleces, and afterward devoured the bodles at a midnight cannibal feast. Collision With a Northern Snow- slide Causes the Death of a Fireman. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 16.—A loco- ‘motive fireman named Henry Barnes was killed in a railway accident on the Crows Nest branch of the Canadian Pacific Rail- road yesterday afternoon. A freight train laden with ore and merchandise ran into a snowslide two miles east of Spar- wood Station on the Fernie River. The engine and cars were thrown off the track and the whole train crashed down into the bed of the stream, thirty feet below. The fireman attempted to jump at the warning iven by the engineer, James Roberts, ery body has not yet been found. The El‘)l;du’g‘tor ay.nd a bra.{eman jumped into the slide and huv:ggfl got clear of the wreck they swam re. i s s b Picket Pierces His Heart. NANAIMO, May 16.—Information has been received hero that the Rev. Domitian Galant, a well-known Cathollc mission teacher at Kuper Island, fell on a picket fence and was killed. The picket pierced his heart. Half Million for a Mine. BAKER CITY, Or., May 16.—The deed in the great Bonanza mine deal, which was recently purchased by the Consoli- dated Bonanza Gold Mining Companwof Philadelphia, composed of Standard Oil magnates, was filed for record in this city to-day. The deed disclosed the fact that the price paid was $500,000 cash. The present owners value the property to- day at $3,000,000. o S Yosemite Valley via Santa Fe. The Santa Fe is now carrying passen- the Yosemite via stage from 855 "tarting on California Limited to- day, you are at the Sentinel Hotel fo-mor- row afternoon, passing Big Trees 1t “A?;ul;cut 1t at 611 Market street. . tat ROBS THE MAN WHD FAVORS HIM Highwayman Holds Up Bolinas Resident at Fairfax. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, May 16—One of the boldest highway robberies ever perpe- trated in this county occurred near Fair- fax to-night when Sheridan Smith, a resi- dent of Bolinas, was held up at the point of a pistol and relieved of his purse and hat. Smith returned from San Franecisco to- night and started to drive from this city to his home at Bolinas. When near San Anselmo a man stopped him and asked him for a ride. Smith took him in his cart and proceeded along the road until they reached Pastori’s. There the stranger suggested that they drive in for a drink. Smith was agreeable and they drove in. Just as they crossed the raflroad track the stranger said that he wanted to get out. Smith stopped and the next moment :‘et s looking into the barrel of a large stol. The highwayman searched his victim and took his purse, which contained about $20, and then grabbed his hat. With & flourish of his pistol he ordered Smith to drive on. Smith returned here and officers are now searching for the robber. The man is de- scribed us belng rather short, of heavy bulld, about thirty-two years old, and with a reddish mustache. CLARK’S COAL MINERS GO OUT ON A STRIKE One Hundred Men Leave the Sena- tor’s Property Near Gallup in New Mexico. LOS ANGELES, May 16.—Word was re- ceived at the office of J. Ross Clark to-day that the miners employed in the Clark coal mines, near Gallup, N. M., had gone on strike. Most of the coal produced in these mines is consumed by the Verde JCopper Mlnm‘n(:ompuy’l plant at erome, Ariz. s property belongs to Senator Clark. No details accompanied the announcement of the strike and the grievance of the men is 'wn here. e New Professor for Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 16— President Jordan to-day announced that Dr. John Halsey, dean of Lake Forest University and Pearson professor of economics and political science in that institution, has accepted an ap- pointment as acting professor of econo- mics and political science at Stanford University. He will be acting head of the department for the coming year pending its reorganization. It is pro- posed soon to divide the department into two, that of economics and finance, and that of political and social science. Ne- gotiations toward filling the proposed chairs_have been in progress for some time, but in both departments the pro- fessor chosen is bound for next year by earlier arrangements. To _bridge over this transition period Dr. Halsey's ser- vices were secured as acting professor of economics, with Burt Estes Howard as_acting associate professor of politi- cal science. An additional - assistant will also be chosen. —_— Loses His Railroad Position. LOS ANGELES, May 16—C. L. Sutton has been relieved of his position as audi- tor of the Santa Fe system, west of Albu- querque. L. Miller, who has been chief clerk in the office for several years, is acting as auditor pending a permanent appointment. It is alleged that Sutton’s dismissal was due to an attempt at sui- cide last Saturday, but it is denled that there has been anything wrong in the con- duct of his office. Cheapest and Most Delightful Ocean Trips in the World Are those now offered by the Pacific Coast eam: to Southern Califoe- L —- g lc'g-rnvr:g and information call , 4 New Montgomery street.