The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 13, 1901, Page 2

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 1 +1901. BANNERS GLORIOUS, GOLDEN, PURPLE, WAVE FOR THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR| Santa Ana’s Streets Are All Aflutter With Streamers and the People Anxiously Await the Arrival of the Many Delegates to the Big Convention of the Society — SANTA ANA, June 12—Contrary to ex- pectation, the Christian Endeavor special train from San Francisco and Oakland will not arrive here until 2480 to-morrow af'crnoon. This information came this 1 ening through the railway officials. The =light delmy will give the local Endeavor- ers a litfe more time to complete prepa- rations: for entertainment, although they already had ths work well in hand. The little army of laborers have heen flitting ere, there and everywhere, to-day like s, but each with his or her jistinct work to do, and as a result a great amount of work has been accom- plished. The convention church is ready, and so is the opera-house. So are many of the houses for the entertainment of the guests. The merchants have become im- vith a desire for decoration, and as esult the whole town been trans- into a Christien vor meet- place, gold and purple streamers flut- tering everywhere. On_an _early train to-morrow morning, wW. E. 3 .. Harry W. Lewis, Misses Lydia Crobkshenk, Besscie Lewis and Hat- tie Whidden of the reception committee will Jeave for Los Angeles with great bas- WAR VETERANS REGENE MEDALS in South| Participants African Campaign Honored. LONDON, June 12—London seldom has a finer spectacle than was witnessed on Horse Guards parade to-d when ented medals to 3000 participants in the South African campaign. The great square w: lined with guards drawn from the various regi- ments. In the center of the ground was a purple covered dais surmounted by an Indian tent with silver corner-poles. the space between the dais and St. James Park were drawn up 2000 officers and men of the Guards, Household Cavalry and Imperial Volunteers, ad served in the campaign. The Admir- 4 d other official parade were all A!hv decorated with flags. From the house of Joseph H. Choate, the United States Em- bassador, on Carlton House terrace, flew the American flag. The Lord- Mayor, Frank Green, attended in state and the members of the special Moorish embassy in picturesque costumes were interested spectators. Promptly at 11 the Queen, Princess Victoria and other members of the royal family arrived and took up places on the dais and the cere- mony began als, In a long line, marched past the King, received the decoration from his Majesty, saluted and passed on. Lord Roberts came first, followed by Lord Mil- ner, while behind them came crowds of generals and lesser officers whose names have become familiar owing to the war— Buller, Jan Hamilton and a host of others. Among the members of Lord Roberts’ South African staff who received the med- al was Captain the Duke of Marlborough. The procession as a whole was most in- congruous. The officers of the Guards, Lancers, Hussars and - Highlanders, in dazzling uniforms; groups of solemnly garbed men in frock coats, doctors who had served at the front and half a dozen foreign attaches in uniform. Captain Stephen L. N. Slocum, the United States military attache, was not present. He is in St. Petersburg. There were also groups of time-expired men in civilian clothing, policemen and wounded soldiers limping along in hospital clothes. The ceremony lasted mearly three hours, the Queen standing beside the King throughout. EMPEROR WILLIAM ATTENDS A LAUNCHING Royally Received at Kiel Amid Sa- lutes From Warships in the KIEL, June 12—Emperor Willlam, ac- companied by the headquarters staff, Prince Henry of Prussia and the chiefs of his Majesty's private cabinet, arrived here to-day to witness the launching of the battleship Zaehringen at the German shipyards. The Emperor boarded the im- al yacht Homhenzollern amid salutes from the warships present. While the work of removing the shores preparatory to the launch was in progress a bridge coll , killing two men and seriously injus three others. ‘The battleship was launched this after- noon and the Grand Duchess of Baden christened it Zaehringen. —_——— Artists should look over their colors be- fore going to the country sketching. Stock up on your Winsor & Newton, Masury's, Devoe's and Sanborn, Vail & Co.’s oil col- ors. Our stock of water colors, skeiching easels and other artists’ materials is very complete. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Mar- ket street. .. In | all of whom | o'clock King Edward, | The recipients of the med- | | | | 1 DING TORPEDD | ~B0AT LAUNGHED Submarine Craft Fulton Slides Into the Waves. T Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 12.—In the pregsence | of a large gathering of naval officials and cther interested spectators, the submarine | torpedo-boat Fulton, the first of the little | fleet of six vessels of the same class being | built at Lewis Nixon's shipyard at Eliza- | bethport, N. J., for the United States Gov- | ernment, was successfully launched this afternjon. The yacht Josephine brought down from New York the representatives of the Holland Torpedo-boat Company, under whose patents the vessel was con- structed, and about seventy-five friends of the company also made the trip. The Fulton glided into the water grace- fully and without a hitch when the con- necting plank was severed, while the big | crowd cheered and numerous steam whistles were tooted. After going about four lengths of herself, the Fulton came | to a halt and was towed to an anchorage by the tug Erie. The submerged part of the vessel was painted a dark red and the upper part a light gray. Miss Muriel Rice, daughter of the presi- dent of the Holland Torpedo-boat Com- pany, christened the vessel. Thé Fulton is an improved model of naval warfare, and is 63 feet 4 inches long and 11 feet 9 inches beam. A section of the boat shows circular formation and her submerged displacement is 120 tons. She has a 160 horsepower gasoline engine for surface running and a 70 horsepower electric motor for driving her under water. This power is obtained from stor- age batteries carried on board. She is cxpected to make eight knots an hour on the surface and seven knots when sub- merged. Her armament’ will be five Whitehead torpedoes, which can be dis- chargedl either when the vessel is sub- merged or on the surface, with a speed of about twenty-two knots an hour. The only exposed part of the boat when | not submerged is_the conning tower, which is made of Harveyized steel twen- ty-four inches in diameter and four inches thick. In this conning tower there are eight sights,. allowing observation in all directions by the navigator. The crew will .consist of seven men. The boat is submerged until her deck is nearly awash, solely by fllllnq her bal- last tank with water. Diving Is accom- plished by means of diving rudders, the oat always having buoyancy, so that in the event of a stoppage she will come to the surface. GERMAN PRESS VIEWS RUSSIA WITH DISTRUST Order Issued by Minister of Finance Is Regarded as Proof of Animosity. BERLIN, June 12—The order just is- sued by the Russian Minister of Finance. M. DeWitte, directing that hereafter the securities of commercial and industrial companies promoted or managed by Ger- man subjects shall not be admitted to | quotation on Russian bourses, except by his special sanction, is regarded by the Berlin financial press as affording fresh proof of Russian animosity toward Ger- man commerce. RO e Lightning Kills Two Farmers. LA CROSSE, Wis., June 12—L. M. Kreeley and son, prominent farmers, re- sildlni-tl;u umgfu‘ soutth dzt’y Arcad.lhu a,,dnwere struc] ghtning to- while into a barn and both were instantly kl}’ll:df + kets of flowers to meet and escort the visitors to Santa Ana. Each of the re- ception commtitee will wear a spotless white cap with a purpie band and gold letters with “Reception” inscribed on it. On the way down flowers will be dis- tributed among the visitors and they will be told something of the Santa Ana val- ley and the country through which they pass. Upon the arrival of the special train here they will be met at the depot by a brass band and the general reception com- mittee and citizens, who will conduct them at once to the convention church in Spurgeon strest, where the registration committee will be in waiting to take them in hand and see that they are properly registered and credited to the various unions represented. Then the entertain- ment committee will take charge of them and assign them to the many hospitable homes where they will be entertained duing their brief stay in the city. The openiug sessions will be held in the evening, simultaneously in both the con- - % vention church and the opera-house. At each of these places the programme will MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN Eel}gf sa:ne.fl:ho :geakel&ghsolr;lx lmm:aqe BNDEAVOR COMMITTERS AT of oné" hundred volces will furnish ‘e SANTA ANA. music at the church and the First Congre- gational orchestra, thirty-four pieces, at the opera-house. A e O T 2 e o 2o 3 MURDER MYSTERY NEAR SOLUTION Headless Body Found at Lowell Is at Last Identified. LOWELL, Mass., June 12—The woman whose headless body was found in Chelmsford woods last Sunday and whose head was found yesterday, was identified to-day as Mrs. Margaret Blondin of Bos- ton. The identification was made by Mrs. Margaret Casey of Lawrence, sister of Mrs. Blondin. The woman married Blon- din, a French-Canadian mill operative, last February. Mrs. Blondin- had been missing since April. Her maiden name was Riley. She met Blondin in Chelmsford while work- ing in a mill, and their courtship covered only a few months. The couple lived in Boston for a time. About two months ago Mrs. Blondin returned to Lawrence, It was said that she and her husband had separated because Blondin wanted her to accompany him on a trip to Canada and she declined to go. In April she came here and later went to Boston, where she rejoined her hus- band. Soon after Blondin said that she had gone to Canada. He disappeared shortly after. The authorities are trying to trace Blondin. LAWRENCE, Mass., June 12.—Mrs. Wil- fred Blondin, whose dismembered body was found at Chelmsford last came here with her family from Ireiand when she was quite young. Last April, while on a visit to her sister, who residcs here, she said she had some trouble with her husband, because he wanted her to draw her money out of the bank and go to Canada with him to live. She askcd her sister’s advice about this matter, but Mrs. Casey told her to do as she thought best. Later it was learned that she had returned to Boston and was llving with her husband. Afterward Mrs. Casey said th&t she hhd gone to Canada. rs. Casey said that from what Mrs. Blondin had told her she believed that Blondin was very jealous of her and that he treated her cruelly. She says also that he was very penurlous. Mrs. Casey is of the opinion that the quarrel about going to Canada was renewed between the cou- g]e and that Mrs. Blohdin left her hus- and, went back to Lowell to seek work and there met her death. BOSTON, June 12.—Investigation _here shows that Wilfred Blondin, or J. W. Blondin, worked here as a fireman for Forbes, Hayward & Co. last September. A week ago to-day, it is learned, he be- gan work as night engineer on Albaiy street. He left his work at 7 o’clock this morning, went to his room. on Green street, packed his trunk and disappeared. Native Daughters Name Officers. ‘WOODLAND, June 12—A regular meet- ing of Woodland Parlor No. %, N. D. G. W., was held Tuesday evening at which the following officers were elected: Miss_Kate Simmons, president; Miss Lulu Shelton, first vice president; Miss Hattle_Lee, recond vice president: Mrs. Mary McGriff, third vice president; Miss secretary; Maggie Smith, recordlnf o o secretary; Mrs. Elsie Greene, financial 3 Sadie Clements, treasurer; Miss 'Annie Schluer, marshal; Miss Hattle Aronson, inside sentinel; Mrs, Theresa Lasky, out- side sentinel; Miss Eva Halnes, organist; Misses Birdie Morris, Annie Ogden and Nellie Bumbaugh, trustees. Laborers Buried Under Rock. VENTURA, Cal, June 12.—James Mc- Donough and Charles Conzia, laborers, were killed last evening in the new rail- rcad tunnel at Santa Susana Pass. A cave-in occurred and they were buried un- der ten tons of rock. Sunday, - Miss ! ANGRY INDIANS Hostile Reds May Create Trouble in Modoc County. ———— Official Asked to Have ‘Women and Children Protected. e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. ALTURAS, June 12.—The fifth day of the investigation of the Modoc Grand Jury into the matter of the Lookout lynching has passed, and so far as can be learned nothing of importance has been revealed. About fourteen witnesses have been ex- amined thus far and all told well-cement- ed, straightforward stories. The scene around the courthouse is a lively one and trouble has been narrowly averted several times. There {s much fear expressed over the actions of the Indians. They were very hostile over the hanging of the Indian boy and since the lynching no less than fifty bucks have gathered at Lookout. It is now learned that the war- riors from Klamath will soon be in Look- out and will await the action of the Grand Jury, and if nothing is done they expect tc avenge their wrongs. District Attor- ney Bonner has been asked to send a number of men to Lookout at once_to helvnfrotect the women and children, who remain there practically alone. Examination of Witnesses. Henry Knox, P. L. McDaniels, Wil McDanlels and Burt Knox were put on the stand to-day before the Grand Jury and withstood the vigorous ex- amination of District Attorney - Bon- ner, Assistant Attorney General Post an uty Attorney General Stur- tevant. obert Leventon, who was on the stand yesterday, probably underwent the bardest examination. venton is the person who, with Isom Edes, came to Al- turas a few days before the lynching andq did what he could to induce District At- torney Bonner to proceed to Logkout and take the matter in hand. On the night of the lynching he claims to have been at his horse camp, about nine miles from Lookout. He was accompanied by Isom Edes, and the two came to Lookout the next day about noon. Leventon told a ‘well-connected story before the Grand Jury, but was excused subject to call. The witnesses examined so far are J. R. Myers Sr., George Walker, Arthur. Traugh, Pete Coney, Sup Kane, Jim Brown, L. Carpenter, Sid Goyette, Jeom Edes. Bob Leventon, Henry Knox, P. L. McDaniels, Will McDaniels and Bert Knox. J. E. Myers Sr. is the Justice of the Peace of Lookout township, and his testimony was a repetition of what happened on the night of the lynching. Gecrge Walker, a clerk in the Co-oper- ative store of Adin, testified as to whom he had sold rope during the past month. Pete Coney and A. Traugh are also clerks in stores of that vicinity and also testi- fled as to rope. E. L. Carpenter, a Con- stable of TLookout township, and Jim Brown, 8id Goyette and R. L. Nichols, deputy constables, who were on guard the night of the lynching, testified as to how the men were taken. The Restlessness of Yantis. Nichols went off guard at 1 o’clock a. m. Up to that time Dan Yantis had been very restless, never lying down, but sit- ting on a bench leaning against the wall. His large white hat was drawn over his eyes and he kept constantly looking out of the window. Nichols asked him why he did not lie down and sleep. He re- plied that he was not sleepy. The guards thought he was watching his opportunity to escape, but he was too closely watched. After Nichols had gone off guard he had only been in bed a few minutes at his home when he heard a pistol crack twice | and in about twenty seconds he heard two more shots. He supposed that Yantis was 1¥ying io escape and that the guards were ing at him. Nichols started to their as- sistance at -once, but his’ wife persuaded him to remain, saying, “You will follow in the steps of poor Constable Walker, who was killed near Adin a few weeks ago.” There were five more men subpoenaed to-day and they arrived at the county seat this evening. They are Myers, Glen, Hagerman, G. E. Harrell and George Courtwright. INSURGENT LEADER IS STILL DEFIANT Will Not Surrender to Military Offi- cials Unless His Terms Are Accepted. MANILA, June - 12—The Philippine Commission has passed an act creating fourteen judicial circuits. The following appointments have been made by the commission: General Mariano Trias, gov- ernor of Cavite; R. M. Shearser, treas- urer. Ambrosio Flores, governor of Rizal; Captain James E. Hill of the Forty-sec- ond Regiment, treasurer. Captain Jacob F. Krebs of the Twenty-second Regiment, governor of Nueva Ecija; Lieutenant Richard C. Day of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, treasurer. Captain W. H. Wilhelm of the Twenty- first Inf‘xmry. who was recently wound- ed in_the shoulder in an engagement with insurgents at Lippa, Batangas pro- vince, died to-day. Lieutenant Henry T. Mitchell of the Forty-first Regiment has been arrested and will be tried by court-martial on the charge of embezzlement, at Bacolor, of public funds. General Sumner has received informa- tlon from Cailles, the notorious insur- gent leader in Laguna province, that un- less the general agrees te the Filipinos’ terms, which include the granting of am- nesty to the insurgents, Cailles will riot surrender and the negotiations on the subject are to be considered at an end. — NEW YORK INSURANCE TOMPANY RETIRES The Recent Jacksonville Fire Causes the Directors to Withdraw From the Field. NEW_ YORK, June 12.—As a result of losses sustained,in the Jacksonville fire, one New York fire insurance company re- tired to-day from active business. When the Florida loss was reported it was said that the Pacific Fire Insurance -Company of New York had been hit hard, although the exact amount was not known. It de- veloped to-day, however, that the .com- pany's losses as a result of one fire Te- gated $80,000 and that late last night the company’s risks were reinsured with the Westchester Fire Insurance Company of New York. The contract of reinsurance went into effect to-day, so that the Pacific, which ranked high among the smaller un- derwriting concerns, is no longer in busi- ness. The Jacksonville losses did not cripple the Pacific, for it had a surplus beyond all claims, but it reduced its margin above capital to such an extent that the direc- tors decided to withdraw from the fleld, The Pacific had more than $60,000,000 of insurance in force, which will be protectes under the terms of the reinsurance deal. s DBt MUTUAL . LIFE'S INNOVATION. Places Women on Equality With Men as Regards Employment. NEW YORK, June 12.—For some time past the Mutual Life Insurance Company o New York has been making no distinc- tion between male and female risks. I now insures women, whose applications show them to be desirable risks, on exact- ly the same terms as men. More than that, hereafter the sexes are to stand on an equality in the offices of the company. The Mutual Life has returned more than five hundred and forty milllons (3540,479,- 810 49) to policy holders and carried thie sunlight of comfort to hundreds of thou- sands of grief-darkened homes. No other company has ;ppruached this sum. The .broad liberality of the management of the Mutual Life is bringing a volume of new etting employment in all | L0OKOUT FEARS - |NATIVE DAUGHTERS DANCE AT NIGHT IN THE DAZZLING CAPITOL HALLS Fair Delegétes to the Grand Parlor of the Order Gather at a Brilliant Ball Given in Their Honor by Members of e ACRAMENTO, June 12.—The State Capitol was brilliantly illuminat- ed to-night on the occasion of the ball given to the delegates of the Grand Parlor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West by Califia, La Bandera and Sutter Parlors. The Assembly and Senate chambers were filled with those who had come to witness or participate in the dance. The scene has not been surpassed In the entire his- tory of social events at the Capitol. The night was perfect, and the toilettes of the young women were becoming to the sea- son. The grand march, which was formed shorly after 9 o'clock, was led by Frank L. Coombs, president of the Grand Par- lor of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and Mrs. Ema Gett, president of the Grand Parlor of the Native Daugh- ters. They were followed by Past Presi- dent Frank D. Ryan and wife. State Li- brarian Gillis had tendered the use of the library to the Native Daughters as a rc- ception room and here during the cven- ing there were many pleasant gatherings. The following committees had charge of to-night's social event: - Reception—Adda Bowman, Eva Mitcheil, Ella Ryan, Frankie Greer, Birdie Ward, Mary Woods, Lena Scully, Maggie O’Hare, Lezetta Zemansky, Tillle Brogan, Carrie De Costa, Laura 'Buress, Tillic Lang, May Powers, May Young. Re- freshments—Jane Morrison, Edith Shorb, Mary Cohn, Lida Cohn and Laura Fox. To-morrow night the delegates will be taken on a ride up the s-alsrartnenrmsniver < - 3 by the Native Sons resident of Sacra- 2 A mento. Two steamboats and a barge PROMINENT NATIVE DAUGH- have heen chartered and there Wil b2 3 | ERS AT THE GRAND PAR- {ntendea’ to make_this exc;:rsxon “one of LOR IN SACRAMENTO. the great events of the week. To-day was spent by the Grand Par- %° s pest BATTLESHIP OREGON IS AT AN Califia, La Bandera and Sutter Parlors, in Sacramento —_— lor with rather uneventful morning and afterncon sessions. Several reso- lutions were presented, among them one from Miss Lilly O. Reichling of Ursula No. 1, the founder of the order, calling attention to the fact that many relics and documents of historical value exist which are held in light appreciation by their pos- sessors, “and calling upon the Native Daughters to collect and preserve all such relics and documents that are not now in the State archives or otherwise eared for. Past Grand Presidents Lena H. Mills, Belle W. Conrad and Marfana Bertola were appointed a committee to revise the constitution and by-laws of the ‘Grand and subordinate parlors. A draft of a memorial service, presented by Copa de Ora Parlor, was taken under considera- tion by the Grand Parlor. Upon the rec- ommendation of the grand presideni the Grand Parlor decided to prepare a book of instructions on the instituting of new parlors and the following three past grand presidents were agvointed for the pur- pose: Clara K. Wittenmeyer, -chalrman; M. B. Wilkins and Mollie B. Johnson. The remainder of the afternoon session was devoted to a discussion of subjects relating to the good of the order. CHOR ONCE MORE Continued from First Page. Uraguay, presumably to intercept the Oregon, either in the straits or on he: way north. The anxiety and excltement for the next ten days were intense. The former was groundless, however. e Temerario stayed at Montevideo and the Oregon was next heard from at Rio de Janeiro, which port she reached on April 0. Sailing thence with the Marietta and the Buffalo, the newly purchased Brazil- ian cruiser’ (Nictheroy), she arrived at Bahia, Brazil, May 8. Again the country was wrought up over the prospect of the little squadron being intercepted by_the superior Spanish fleet which had been lying at the Cape Verde Islands. The Spaniards did not_choose to seek an encounter, however, and on May 24, after touching at Barbadoes on her way, the Oregon reported to Washington her ar- rival at Jupiter Inlet, near Key West, Florida, ready for service. She had made hep, marvelous run without an accident ue bréak in any of her machinery, and did not require one cent's worth of repairs. An intere\ting incident of her voyage was that she was the first American battleship to_cross the equator. The Oregon’s average for the sixty-six days from March 19, when she left San Francisco, to May 24, when she reported for duty to Admiral Sampson at Key West, was 203 miles per day. Deductin the thirteen days spent in coaling and stopping for communications with asl- ington at Callao, Punta Arenas, Rio Ja- neiro, Bahia and Barbadoes, her running time was fifty-three days and her average per day 253 miles. She covered the 2578 miles between Bahia and Barbadoes in eight and a half days, an average of more than miles per day._ and for the twenty-four hours before reaching Bahia her run was 375 miles. An unmntcged record for long or short dis- tance for ships of her class. The patriotic spirit of her officers and crew during that wonderful voyage was worthy of all theFPrnsse that was show- ered upon them. For the Chief Efgineer Robert M. Milligan and the seventy men in his division it was battle work from the beginning to the end. They worked like demons far below the deck, under an intense tropical heat, and by their labors added luster to the name of the American navy and a brilliant page to its history. During the voyage the terms of enlist- ment of many of the men expired, but with few exceptions they re-enlisted on the spot. The Oregon at once went on duty along the northern coast of Cuba, where she re- mained until May 30, when she was ordered to join Schley’s squadron off San- tlago, where Cervera's fleet wasg at last discovered to have taken refuge. Perform- ing blockading and reconnoissance duty in that vicinity and participating in the several bombardments of Morro Castle and Santlago she was occupied until July 3, when the Spanish fleet made its dis- astrous attempt to escape from the harbor of Santiago. ORI S OREGON AT SANTIAGO. Glorious Part Taken by the Battle- ship in That Historic Battle. The story of the battle that followed is too fresh to be repeated here in detail. Suffice it to say that the Oregon adiled greatly to her glory. But for her pres- ence the Cristobal Colon and the Viscaya, business unequaled in its previous his- tory. ot Conferred on Rev. Dr. Buck. SYRACUSE, N. Y., June 12.—Syracuse University to-day conferred the degree of doctor of divinity upon Rev. Milton Dana Buck of San Francisco. the fleetest ships of thé Spanish navy, would have made their escape. There was no other American vessel present that could match their speed except the cruiser Brooklyn, and she could hardly have hoped to fight the two, one of them a humeshl?. After forcing the Viscaya ashore and disabling the Almirante Oquendo as she passed, the Oregon continued in chase of the Colon, which was in the lead and had a good start. The Oregon, with the Brook- ¥ |1vn, hung on her heels for nearly fifty miles, when a thirteen-inch shell from the former forced the Spaniard ashore, where she was scuttled by her crew. Not a man on the Oregon was injured and the good ship herself was damaged but little. The Oregon ~was the flagship of the squadron which was gathered under Com- modore Watson in August to meet the ex- ected invasion of Admiral Camara's Heet, which later started for the Philip- pines instead, but turned back at Suez. £ o> 2 i AGAIN ROUNDS THE HORN. Famous Battleship Serves in the Phi!- ippines and China. Going north at the close of the war the Oregon was the chief attraction in the great naval parade at New York in the latter part of September, 1398, her appear- ance being greeted with the wildest en- thusiasm. Soon. after she was urdered to the Pa- cific, under easy steam. She sailed on October 8, and on December 1 with the Towa and four supply ships was again at Punta Arenas, in the Straits of Magel- 1a'.. Calling at Valparaiso en the 17th, she made Callao on the 26th, and on the next day was presented with a service of gold plate by the citizens of that place. It was hoped that she would continue on to San Francisco, but on_ the urgent request of Admiral- Dewey from Callao she was ordered to Manila. She sailed January 11, and calling at the Galapagos Islands for one day, made Honolulu on February 5, and sailed again on the Calling at Guam on March 10, she made Manila on the 18th. The Oregon spent eleven months on duty along the western coast of Luzon, patrol- ling and convoying, and on one or two occaslons throwing a few shelis to help a landing party; In February, 1900, she was ordered nerth and reached Yokohama on the 20th. Sailing again by way of Kobe and_Nagasaki, she arrived at Hongkong on May 31, where she remained until or- dered to the scene of trouble in North China. She left Hongkong on June 23, and on the 28th, as she was entering the Gulf of Fechili, on her way to Taku, she struck on submerged rocks known as the “Pin- nacle Rocks,” twelve miles south of Han- koi light, on Miautau Isiands. The night was .calm, but a heavy fog had settled aown and she was proceeding very slow- ly. - Suddenly she was caught by a cross- e and crashed on the rocks. Had she been going at any speed she would never have moved from the spot, which is com- monly known as the “graveyard of ves- sels.” A swell came up and she to lift and beat herseif to death. Through a rent twenty-five feet long the sea poured in, but ten pumps, each throwing a six- mch stream, were soon put in action and the water was kept down. Wreckers from Chifu arrived the next day, and on July 1 she was hauled off the one pinnacle only to strike on another, Here she stayed, despite the efforts of the wreckers and the -txons pulling of the British-_cruiser Endymion, until July. 5, when all at once she floated off on her own motion. Temporary stops wer rent in her side and she taken, by the courtesy of the Mikado's Government, to the naval dock at Kure, Japan, where she arrived on' July 17. She was docked on the 27th, and in the course of a month tten over the ' was ready for sea again, and sailed -on August 29 for Nagasaki and Shanghal, ar- “‘"1115 at the later place on September 9. On February 19 she arrived at Hongkong, Where she remained until April 13, when she sailed by way of Shanghal for Yoko- hama, arriving there May 11. She there hoisted her long homeward pennant, and on May 16 sailed for San Francisco, via Honolulu, at which latter port she arrived in time for Memorial day honors. After coaling she set out on the 4th inst. for the last stage of her long journey, to find a well deserved welcome at its end. Two of the men who left here on the Oregon are still with her. Her first cap- tain, C. E. Clark, who commanded her on her 'long voyage around the Horn and fought her at Santiago, retired on account of ill-health August 6, 1308, when he was succeeded by Captain A. S. Barker, who took her over to Manila. Captain F. F. Wilde was in command on her trip to Pe- chili, and was succeeded by Captain C. M. Thomas, who brought her home. Pupils in Goldsmith’s Play. ‘WOODLAND, June 12.—The high school class of '01 presented Goldsmith's comedy, “She Stoops to Conquer,” this evening, before an audience that filled every seat in the cpera-house. It was a very credit- able performance. The graduating clags consists of Walter L. Huber, Chilton Hull, Clyde Hayden, H. H. Vaughn, B Hyman. Howard Marshall, T. V. Cannell, Helen May Boggs, Willetta Hayden, Oda M. Smith, Laura Fitz, Grace H. Hershey, Georgla Fenner and Alberta Colburn. Did you see in yesterday’s pers pay Sloane’s announcement of remark- able offerings in Lace Cur- tains and Portieres? French Battenberg Lace, Irish Point, ’:‘lnc.?eut.ry. Silk Tapestry, Silk Damask, Tapestry Furniture Cov- erings, Silk Damasks for draperies and coverings. Silk down-filled Sofa Pillows. Remnants of Tapestry, Silk Damask, Velour, Etc. “A spectal sale at Sloane’s.” Our patrons know what that means; others ought to know. We extend a cordial invitation to all. W. & J. SLOANE & CO. 112-122 Post Strects