The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1901. C [LAWYERS NAME THEIR COUNGIL American Bar Associa- tion Begins Session in Denver. i 1 | | President Discusses the Re-| | cent Legislation in States. R { R, Aug The American Bar | » opened its twenty-fourth an- ng at the Taber Grand Opera- | morning with a very large at- | nd the opera-house | F. Manderson of Ne- of the assoclation last | I President Edmond Wet- f speech. Welcoming ad- 1 given by Platt Rogers | Bar Association and r for the Denver Bar Associa- A brief response was made by Presi- | Wetmore, after which he delivered | nual address. He discussed the more ationcf the several States. has entered into the IN MEMORY OF LATE BELOVED PROFESSOR LE CONTE | SPEAKERS WEAVE GARLANDS OF TENDER SENTIMENT | | fes in the coun- doubtless, show 4 experfence wil ¢ modify er, that while | ve adopted strin- | he past eleven iod the amount ved in the form of to which that name iose very States stead- ously increased, which out trenching constitution of of thet form of beyond the reach of ew general council following gentlemen zona, Ever- John Fletcher: Cal! ; Colorado, L. W ev Delaware. t of Columbia, -Henry | Williams; Georgia fam Woods: 11 Breen Milliken William Mary- Samu letts: A: W. am P. John D. rolina, | 18- E. Pennsylvania, M. Eaton E Da- mp: | Ver- Patter- | h ¢ 5 B. P iversity Cincinnati ersity Law College of hool, Waost- hool, Uni- of Law, Yale absence r of Har- as presided the Indiana s were admitted to w School, Uni- versity of Colo- Jenver Law School. of Law, Leland ment of Law. vorably go Law es not_meet the | torium ERKELEY, Aug. 2L.—The char- acter, life and work of Professor Joseph Le Conte were the sub- elogquent of men jects of earnest and words from the lips to-day high in the intellectual world, a before the faculty and studen University of California in public to the memory of the distinguished and teacher. That his death only served to indlcate the intense love and admiration his fel- low workers felt for.the eminent scientist was manifest at_this afternoon’s gather- ing at Harmon Gymnasium. At the hour of 8 o'clock, announced for the opening of the exercises in memoriam, the audi- was crowded. Two thousand students occupied the chairs on the main floor and 500 more were in the galleries. Upon the platform were the members of service scholar ilty in full academ regalia, and mortar boards. With the professors sat some prominent lay- men, motably William R. D Horéce Davis, who have been identified with the university Iif It w in beautiful keeping with the gentle nature of thc teacher who had gone that no attempt should be made at elaborate display in this. the university's tribute to his memory. In the large hall there 3 only on out 3 sign of mourning. To the right of the speakers® stand, resting upon an easel, was a por- { trait in oil of the departed doctor, a bit of black crape draping the gold frame. That was all, but sufficient it was, for the strong words and magnificent eulogy from the selected representatives of uni- versity life were the realities of this pub- lic tribute. Striking Musical Numbers. Interspersed with the stated speeches re musical numbers, these being a king portion of the programme. In ad- on to the men from the University of California there came from Stanford Uni- sership. No recom- case of the Law and the to be- he ap- Tt was | versity Professor J. M. Stillman, a former pupil of Dr. Le Conte, to lay his gift upon the altar of memory. In all it was a solemn and inspiring as- semblage. Old and young gave thelr oS e @4 a law | Presence and vcices to attest their love . ¥ carry with it admission | for the noble character whose life was be- - > ing officers were | ing honored as his memory was being re- m ear President vered. v 'and | _Mrs. Le Conte. the widow, and the son, ; New York; | Joseph N. Le Conte, who was absent from b e exe ommittee, Si- | the funeral, occrpied prominent places at n w « W. P. | the exercl - - of Mis- | _The servicés werc opened by President « T Wheeler, who said | We are met together to-day in order that Carviad ta . » ), 5 we may quicken minds s rts to a rried to Her Daughter’s Wedding. | ¢ Ty auiCser, piritual _university in s 1 Aiice Ruby Wilson | which Joseph Le Conte we have shared = = sterday in the office of | and suill share s rehip. " OF ‘such wpiritual I il e @ . | membership in a spiritual body his life here mmediately after the | Jo0 "0, %ng nis life in the larger world of riage license 10 | jetters afforded an example so fully typleal was under age, being | that we cannot let it pass from the present into essary for her | the past until we for > bid its Image before us, that we may make ing sure possessions of our me: nd its mea subscribe = ries and our to of her daugh- A and bad | lives. The university of which he was a mem- s vtic and had | 4. h us we recognize bevond a question s office by the an institution of buildings, or of the City Hall or of s utes, and as a member of ctly willing much more, immeasurably much married to | more, than professor, or g or philoso- d the knot was | pher that his connection with us and his life - ace Long. The | among us shine out as brilliant revelations and confirmations of our which are lie deey and see Let this meeting serve to impress upon us faith that the things behind the things we touch Far- eside at e e ——— ged Himself to a Bedpost. the life of that member who has gone and H e Sy that it is not bounded by davs. not measured 2 me employe in form. not named. but a life behind common s s t thines that takes hold of God and the life im- s€ reet mortal 2 bedpost cide Is na« pital sever For Alumni and Science Students. The nresident presented Professor Wil- = to seeure a | llam E. Ritter. whose address was from = a room on | tPe Point of view of the alumni and scien- o le since. Last | fific students who had followed Dr., Le hmidt, found | Conte. Professor Ritter said: | We knew while he was still with us that | Joseph Le Conte was a great man. But our { love for him as a human being so occupled us as to distract our attention from the grandeur of life and work as a whole. Professor Ritter gave a lengthy bio- graphical record of Dr. Le Conte’s work and continued: Like 0 many other careers of great achfeve- ment in learning, his was In many ways a con- tradiction to nearly all the rules we cherish for the making of scholars and teachers. Born u der a social regime of the greatest unnatural- nese, his whole life stands forth as a model of naturalness and rationality: reared to manhood in the midst of an industrial system wont to look upon all labor as beneath the dignity of a gentleman, his whole life was one of the most incessant, ‘joyous toil through which, however. | the perfect gentleman wa= always one of his | most snining characteristics: receiving a college | education of the strictest classical, mathemati- | cal sort, he emerged from it one of the earliest | and remained to the end of his life one of the | ablest aavocates of science as a means of the | truest culture; with no thought whatever dur- on Foods. Sece be'ow. | PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION State Department Issues the An- nouncement of the Louisiana Purchase Fair. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—The State De- partment to-day issued the following proclamation: By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation: Whereas, A notice has been given me by the Loutsiana Purchase Exposition Commission, in accordance with the provisions of section § of the act of Congress, approved March 3, 1901, entitled ““An act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures and the products of the soil, mines, forest and sea, in the city of St, Louls, in the State of Missouri,” that pro- vision has been made for grounds and build- ings for the uses provided for in the said act Congress. ow iherefore. T, William McKinley, Prest dent of the United States, by virtue of the au- thority vested in me by the said act, do here- by declare and proclaim that such international exhibition will be opened in the city of St. Touie, in the State of Missouri, not later than the first day of May, 1903, and will be closed not later than the first day of December there- after. And in the name of the Government and of the people of the United States, T do hereby invite all the nations of the earth to take part Solve the Problem. & The United States Government has been empting to instruct the people regard- purchase of food that would give advantage to the system with the nditure of money. A report has by Professor Atwater, the and the subject is of This is an age of specialists, and the work of the food specialist is of great im- Persons who do not care to go 1 of the details and statistics can tical results by using Grape- breakfast food, which is prob- L ntifically made food in is made for a purpose and ed by a food expert of un- questioned standing. The elemental principles contained in pe-Nuts are selected for their value in rebu £ the brain and nerve centers in the human body. The subject is worth fi brain worker’s attention. The Food is ully cooked at the factory and is ready for instant service. ire Nuts, ti . the m origir ————— Character, Life and Work of Dead Scientist Subjects at Memorial Exercises at Berkeley, -Which Are Attended by 2500 Students and the Full Faculty—Only Show of| Mourning Is a Bit of Black Crape on the Portrait of the Deceased Professor | —_— Dr. Taylor Reads an Original Poem Entitled “Le Conte and the Yosemite” and Special | Musical Programime of Great Excellence, Including Violin Solo by Holmes and Sing- | ing of “Lift Up Thine Eyes” From Mendelssohn’s Oratorio of “Elijah” Is Rendered | - NT BENJAMIN ~ 1DE- WHEELER ing the years of his apprenticeship In learning of becoming a teacher and consequently receiv- ing no pedagogical training at all, he reached an eminence &s a teacher that has been at- tained by but few. Himself of a deeply religlous nature, carefully nurtured in a religious creed that held God's creative power to have been exercised directly in the productive orgdnic epecies, and having this beliet fortified and extended by the great authority of Agassiz, he became a convert to the evolutionary doctrines of Darwin, and the role he played in defense of this great truth, and in robbing it of its danger to religious faith, is so famillar to the world as to need no mention on an oceasion like this. Looking at his life in this cursory way and from but one point of view, it gpight seem to have.in it a considerable elemem¥ of instability. But no large life can be fullyseen from one direction. The truth is stabilitv was one of his most dis- tinguishing traits. The seeming instabllity was entirely the instability of growth and inevitable circumstance. Study his life and work atten- fively and vou will find these two on every page he wrote. in every thought he uttered. in well-nigh_every deed he did. The anainted prophet of the phenomenal world, the child of true relizion We find here a strong resemblance between Le Conte and Aeassiz. Both obtalned deep and original insights into the foundation uvon which a sound doctrine of organic evolution would have to rest, and this before the doctrine itself was builded secure by Darwin: both re- fused for vears to bulld upon the foundation they had helped to lay, and both were un- Aoubtedly held back from this, not So much by the theological dogmas they held as by the depth and sincerity of their religious natures. The difference between the two was, of course, that Agassiz never came over to the evolution- ary view, while Le Conte did and became one its most ardent, consistent and lucld ex- deviated to the cultivation of sefenca and the teaching of sclence he insisted not only upon his duty but also upon his right to devote a considerable portion of his time and strength to searching after new knowledge, to_testing authority. Each day he claimed the scholar's most precious right—some hours alone With his thoughts. He tells us in his auto- Dbiography that althourh he repeated his course of lectures in geology fifty times he never went before his class without having devoied two hovrs to_prenaration for it. And so he spoke with authority. Nothing I ever got from him impressed me more than the maintenance of his own views as opposed to those held by others in one of his first lectures in his course in geology. There was power unto righteous- ness and eternal life in truth as he uttered it Dbecause he never uttered it until he made 1t. in humility and sincerity, part and parcel of his own life. Stanford Professor’s Eulogy. Professor J. M. Stillman of Stanford University was introduced. He said: As a former pupll of Professor Joseph Le Conte and as one who loved him. T am grate- ful for this opportunity to join in this exores- slon_of resvect to the memory of our great teacher and friend. 1 am glad also to here bear testimony to the profound sympathy and sense of loss felt by my colleagues of Stan- ford University. It was my privilege with many others of the earlier graduates of this university to sit for three consecutive vears under his inspiring teaching and my further privilege as a young Instructor to have for sev- eral years the advantage of a more intimate personal contact and to_benefit by his friendly advice and criticism. I may safely say that by no other teacher was T so much influenced in my ideal of scholarship and personal char- acter as by him. 1f we earlier students missed manv of the advantages which the students of this uni- versity at present enjoy, surely looking back- ward we may say that our greatest compen- Zation lay in the longer and more intimate In- tercourse which we enjoyed with a few great teachers, and among these none perhaps was so generally admired and so universally loved as Dr. Joseph Le Conte. His broad scholarshin, his clear and logical power of exnression, his masterlv method of presentation. his eloouence and enthusiasm challenged universal admira- fon. ¢ He was one who was so keenly alive to the joy and humor of life. 8o lenient to harmless Youthful follles. could o well apnreciate a 004 natured jest even if he were himself the Subject of it, was so unfailingly kind and so fn the commemoration of the purchase of the Loulsiana territory, an event of great interest to the United States and of abiding effect on their development, by appointing representa- tivas and sending such exhibits to the Louisi- ana Purchase Exposition as will most fitly and fully illustrate their resources, their industries and their progress in civilization. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this twen- tieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and one, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth. WILLIAM McKINLEY, By the President: JOHN HAY, Secretary of State. AGER-KLAMATH FALLS STAGE MEETS OUTLAWS Robbers Escape With Wells-Fargo’s Box and the United States Mail. ASHLAND, Or., Aug. 21.—Word reached here that the stage on the Ager-Klamath Falls route was held up by highwaymen ten miles east of Ager, Cal., this morning. After securing the Wells-Fargo & Co. Express box and the United States mail the highwaymen made good their escape. The scene of the hold-up was a flat coun- try and in a heighborhood not heretofore infested by stage robbers. +- certainly sympathetic that it is no wonder the unanimous student sentiment exalted him to the position which he has always held in the wiections or the university communicy. eaching was to him a pleasure and it was as a teacher he was pre-eminent. Fame may challenge admiration and ability command respect, but only a noble character and a loving heart can secure such universal devotion as Dr. Le Conte inspired. ‘This university will doubtless, on its long roll of faithful servants, have many distinguished echolars who will leave their names graven as deeply in her temple of fame for the work they have done in widening the bounds of hu- man knowledge, or deepening the channel of human activity, but when again shall it find a man who shall combine with such ‘eminent scholarship and faithful service the catholicity of culture, the poetic insight, the eloquent tongue, the warmth of human sympathy, the gentle and chivalrous spirit that characterized that great soul whose loss we here mourn. His influence shall endure in this State of his adop- tion long after his memory shall have faded Into tradition in this university to which his ife work was devoted and which has repald with affectionate devotion the whole-hearted love_he bore for her. In Behalf of the Students. In behalf of the students Ralph T. Fisher, former president of the Ass ciated Students of the University of Cal- ifornia, said: One mark of Dr. Le Conte’s greatness lay in the fascinating simplicity with which he explained the most difficult subjects in the classroom. Nothing was confused and nn sub- terfuge of terms was ever resorted to. He was a_devotee of truth at all costs. and this con- viction of the truth made possible that earnest- ness which was contagious throughout his classes. Another mark of the scholar was the faithfulness with which he prepared his lec- tures. He stated himself that he never thought of coming before a class without two hours of preparation on the work. This made his words ever fresh and fired him with interest as of a new discovery. University students are of a critical mind, but though he was with us for over thirty' vears he never lost thejr re- spect. their admiration or their affection. It is certainly a telling record and testimony. A beautiful tribute to his relation toward the student body is that his birthday was each year invariably remembered by some gift and some expression of their love from his puplls. On such an occasion it was not always easy to keep one's eyes dry as he responded sympa- thetically to the remembrance from his clas: And I prize highly the letter from him ac- knowledging the last birthday gifts we shall ever be able to bestow. But it occurs to me that since he has been taken from us nothing could be more fitting to his memory than that the student bodv should, on the recurrence of his birthday in February of each vear, present in his name some gift to the university whose welfare he placed above his own and in whose service he passed away. His Memory Imperishable. Professor Irving Stringham, dean of the college of soclal sciences, gave the follow- ing expression: Since our last meeting in this home gathering place where we come for mutual talk and help, an ever-present and Inspiring reality has been changed to a sad though an imperishable mem- ory; sad, because for a time we must be pain- fully consclous that a rare person has gone away from us to return no more; yet also joyful, because the spirit of his personality is to remain with us through all our lives, in- RAILROAD COLLISION KILLS FIVE PERSONS Wreck of Chicago and Alton “Hum- mer” Causes Injury to Train Men. JACKSONVILLE, Iil, Aug. 2..—The Chicago and Alton ‘“hummer,” which left Chicago at 6:30 last night, was wrecked in a head-end collision with a way freight in the railroad yards at Prentice, twelve miles north of here, at 12:20 a. m., killing five persons and injuring six others. The dead are: Con Sheehan, engineer of | the passenger train; John Adams, fireman of the passenger train; three unknown men, who wer2 on the tender, The injured are: Robert Kiley, Jackson- ville, leg broken and injured internally; ‘W. Howatt, Bloomington, fireman of the freight, ribs crushed; Charles Marshall, St. Louis, arm broken, scalp wound; Charles Simms, Longdale, Iil.. section hand, badly cut about head and chest; Willam Mason, Stuttgart, Ark., ribs broken; A. L. Wood, engineer of.freight, slightly injured. All the passengers es- caped injury, a few only being slightly bruised. ‘When tlie collision occurred all the lights went out. The two engines weré badly wrecked, as were also their tenders, the smoker and one freight car. The tender of the passenger train telescoped the ‘PROFE//OR\ CWMCERITTER PRO‘F‘V/O‘: S TRINGHAM PROPE//OR | S TILLMAN OF L TANFORD UNIVER/ITY o+ + THE DEPARTED SCIENTIST AND SOME OF THE EMINENT MEN WHO SPOKE LOVING WORDS AT SERVICES HELD IN HIS MEMORY AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY. =PSRN A spiring us to a generous worthy and noble endeavors. Let us strive for a moment to penetrate the secret of the great influence our revered teacher exerted upon the lives and thought of the world In general. You will remember that he was fond of .getting comparative views, of seeing things not merely as facts, or items of knowi- edge, but in thelr relations to other things. With him the comparative method in all study was both precept and practice; comparative physiology. comparative psychology, compara- tive thought in every field. How often have we listened with delighted attention as he sent his fancy roaming into adjacent fields of sci- ence and philosophy, or of science and the fine arts, or of science and religion, for exemplifi- cations of universal law, as with felicitous ar- gument h> made a group of scientific ideas answer some of the profounder questions of philosophy. of religion or of the art of living. His was the true scientific spirit that searches for the truth, not in order that its discoverer may win victorfes, may secure fame, material comfort or riches, but because the truth will help man to live the strenuous, the nobler life. Scientist he was, not in the narrow. but the broad sense, searching for knowledge, not of facts, but of relations, striving to place man true, not merely to his local and temporal en- vironment, but also and especially to his bound- less and eternal environment. Painfully consclous are we to-day of the great loss we have suffered. For almost a third of a century we have had the friendship and daily counsel of a man whose thought has been able to penetrate beyond the limitations of tradition. al opinion and creeds into the reglons where in- tuition and reason may work in harmony to- gether. and to draw from thence for our in- spiration some of those eternal verities which make for man’s dignity and welfare. Although to the rest of mankind he was also a great teacher and a friendly counselor, for when Joseph Le Conte spoke the world lis- tened, to us. his colleagues and punils, he has been far more than these. In the classroom. in the council chamber, in the Philosophical Union and at the fireside his thoughts have become our thoughts in a_way that others may not know. There have been the contacts of thought with thought, which strike fire and bring_out intellectual and moral enthusiasms to a blaze. There have been the communings of soul with soul in that close intimacy where all affections and artificialities cease. As he walked back and forth In our midst there was the everconscious, everabiding reality in our hearts that here was being worked out for us a stimulus to all higher endeavor, a reproach to all baser motives, one of humanity's great- est ideals. Horace Davis’ Address. The closing address was by Hon. Horace emulation in all L N N L i e e B o R S S R R Y. smoker, which rolled over on its side. How the accident occurred may never be known. One theory is that the freight train, which was resting on a sldlnF for the “hummer” to pass, gradually slipped down on the main track without the crew being aware of it OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and More Pensions Are Issued. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—The Postoffice Department has announced the following: Postmasters commissioned: California— Amy V. Harris, Somersville. Oregon— Hollis McH. Keck, Hammond. Appointed: California—J. Q. Adams, Valley Center, San Diego County, vice F. E. Lesher, re- moved. The following pensions were granted: California: Original—Byron A. Predmore, Veterans' Home, Napa, $5; Willlam Wal- lace Stewart, Pine Grove, $6. Widow, war with Spain—Anna M. Bush, San Francis- co, $12. Oregon: Original—Adolph Gaudlitz, Beaverton, $6; John McDowell, Summit, Washington: Original—Justus Brooks, Toledo, $6. Increase—Theophilus M. Ac- ton, Rockford, $8. + Davis, former president of the Universi of California. He said: With all Dr. Le Conte's distinctions he never lost his simpiicity and gentleness. Amid the laborious cares of his daily duties he always lent a willing ear to the humblest questioner, | Love and goodness filled his heart to over-| flowing. His dally life was the practical ex- pression of a_soul grounded on deep religious convictions. External nature whose phenome- na he delighted so much to investigate was to him only the manifestation of the indwelling | God and his own moral being rejoiced in the | constant presence of the infinite father. He lived very close to nature, and when in | his mountain camping trips he lay down to sleep under the glant trees and looked up through their interlacing branches to the glit- tering stars, he thanked the giver of all gool Eifts for the robe of lavish beauty he har soread over the world for the delight of his children. His was a wonderful combination—that fresh- ness of youth with the wisdom of age. To ba revered by the old and at the same time to be loved and sought for by the young is a rare experience. While honors were heaned upon him—academic and sclentific—to the student ha | was always ‘‘Doctor Joe.” He knew it and it pleased him, and he always kept in close touch | with them. | The power of such a life is hard to estimate. | For thirty years his name has been a tower of strenxth to the university. not simply for his sclentific fame and intellectual attainments. | but even more for his moral strength and | beauty. His life has been woven into thou- sands of young éxpanding lives in this Wester: commonwealth. and his cheerful hopes have | lizhted up their homes. The power of such a Jife cannot be estimated. You have felt it. T | hava felt it, and the worid is better that he has | lived, | Dr. Taylor, dean of the law college, read an original sonnet entitled “Le Conte and the Yosemite.” The instrumental musical numbers were a Bach sonata and “God Save the Emperor.” viola solos by Henry Holmes and an andante from Spohr on the violin by Hother Wismer. “Lift Up Thine Eves.” from Mendels- sohn’s oratério of “Elijah,” was sung by the following members of the University | Women’s Choral Soclety: Miss Grace Hemme, Miss Bert Hemme, Miss Ruby Fell, Miss Fvelyn Baugh. Miss Grace Gray, Miss Alice Wythe. Miss Barnhart, Miss Margy Smith, Miss Florence Hudson. Miss Florence Champreux. Miss Margaret French, Miss Nora Beatty. Miss Flora Bacigalupl, Miss Mary Scott and Miss Elizabeth Herrmann. | | SPECTATORS BURNED BY THE BLAZING OIL Collapse of a Tank at the' Great Fire in Pennsylvania Causes Disaster. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21.—By the col- lapse of a_burning oil tank to-day at the Atlantic Refining Company’s plant at Point Breeze. where a fire has been raging since Monday afternoon, about 100 persons, firemen, employes of the com- pany and spectators, were more or less severely burned. Most of the cases were treated on the ground by ambulance sui geons, but a few of them were sufficiently serious to necessitate removal to the hos<’ pitals. When the tank careened and fell the heavy iron sheathing separated, preeipi- tating large quantities of blazing pe- troleum into . asseyunk avenue. ere was a wild stampede among the people in the vicinity and many of them were bad- ly burned. Late to-night the fremen and officials of the company said the fire was under control. Onlg one tank is now burning, and unless the wind changes from the southwest the fire will burn itself out within a few hours. It is difficult to secure an accurate idea of the loss. ident Lloyd of the At- lantic_Refining Company said that even the officials of the company did not know how many tanks had been destroyed. He ostimated the loss at $300,000 or $400,000. | will tal | mick and is funnier than ever. 15, | hypothecated WORKMEN DIE IN THE TUNNEL Explosion in Lake Erie Ends Lives of Five Laborers. Great Flood of Water Rushes In on the Imprisoned Victim: N CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 21.—As the re- sult of an explosion of gas in the new waterworks tunnel under Lake Erie last night five more lives were added to the already long list of casualties recorded since the work began on the great ar- tificlal waterway. The dead are: RAY TREADSHAW, JAMES WILLIAMS. € DANIEL HIGGINS. JAMES DALLINCOURT. JOHN BERT. Crib No. 3, five miles from shore and two miles beyond crib No. 2, where near- ly a’dozen lives were lost a week ago, was the scene of the latest accident. The work of sinking the big intake shaft at this point was completed yesterday and five workmen were engaged in digging a tunnel in the direction of No. 2 crib, when the explosion occurred. The heavy casing of the shaft was shat- tered and an immense volume of water from the lake rushed in upon the unfor- tunate workmen at the bottom. Two men, who_were at work on staging at the top of the shaft, were blown high into the air, but alighted on the ecrib, and beyond being stunned were not seriously injured. The accldent occurred early last night, but nothing was known of it on shore un- til to-day. Thirty men who were on the crib when the explosion took place spent the night vainly signaling for assistance. It was long after daylight before a tug reached them. It is supposed that the men digging struck a vein of gas, which was ignited by a spark made by a work- man’s pick. Heavy iron girders and machinery weighing more than a hundred tons were forced out of the shaft by the explosion. The crib was wrecked. Death must have been instantaneous to the workmen in_the tunnel, for their comrades above heard no y. So great was the destruction ‘wrought by the explosion that it will prob- ably be weeks before the damage can be repaired and the bodies of the unfortunate workmen_recovered. James Williams, who lost his life, was one of the men who heroically entered the tunnel after the accident of last week at crib No. 2 in search of victims of that disaster. Mayor Johnson visited the scene of the accident early to-day and immediately upon his return ordered all construction work on the tunnel stopped until every safeguard shall be provided for the pro- tection of the men. —_— CADETS WILL PRODUCE A LAUGHABLE SKETCH Members of the League Club Will Play “Quo Vadis Upside .« Down.” ‘What promises to be one of the best amateur entertainments ever held in this city will take place under the auspices of the League Club at Odd Fellows’ Hall Friday evening, August 30. The affair is in the hands of an active committee, which has arranged a programme which includes the best talent in the League of the Cross Regiment. Among those who ke part in the programme will be D. Sheerin, a clever character come- edian; Tom Mahoney, Carroll Johmson's protege; Willlam J. O’Brien, the popular tenor, and eight others, all local favorites. A fitting fitish to the evening’s fun will be the presentation of the latest version of “Quo Vadis Upside Down” by Messrs, Gilson and McCormick. The burlesque has been entirely revised by Mr. McCor- George Shaw, the popular color sergeant of the League of 'the Cross Cadets, will carry the new role of fair Lydgia. A Bul- garian bull, just arrived on the steamer Baltic, has been secured for the blood- curdling scene in the arena. Mr. Gllson will be seen in his original role of Pat Casey, the mighty giant, while Mr. McCormick will appear as _Marcus Viniticius. Fitzgerald’s Orchestra has been engaged and will furnish music for two good hours of dancing. The boys are working for a worthy cause and as this is a means of bringing in new members and keeping the boys together their ef- | forts should be rewarded with the patron- age of all the friends of the League of the Cross. The curtain will rise promptly at 8 and the dancing will start at 10. —_——— Miss Logan Recovers Her Ring. Miss Aida Logan, 639 O’'Farrell street, secured a search warrant from Judge Ca- baniss yesterday to recover possession of her diamond -ing, valued at $150, which Paul Redfield Lew the ofl stock pro- moter, was charged with embezzling. She discovered that the ring had been pawned by Lewis with the Baldwin Jewelry Com- pany, Market street, for 386. Policeman Hickey, armed with the search warrant, obtained the rng from the company Lewis fled to Mexico to escape arrest. Miss Logan's mother is out over $2000 through her acquaintance with Lewls. Lecture and Concert Postponed. The lecture on “Savonarola and Alex- | ander VI,” by the Rev. Father O'Neil, ana the concert by the Rev. Father Robert *Sesnon have been postponed, the date be- ing changed to Monday, September 2. The lecture and concert, to be given in Metro- politan Temple, are under the auspices and for the benefit of St. Dominic’s Mon- astery. —_————— Clayton Case Submitted. Attorney ‘George D. Collins concluded | his argument before United States Court Commissioner Heacock yesterday after- noon in the case of the United States against Charles L. Clayton, ex-quarter- master’s clerk on board the transport Sheridan, for embezzling $1261 9. Judge eacock took the matter under advise- ment. —_——— Trial for Heavy Damages. The suit of James H. Bruce, Mrs. Eva Castle and T. Shorey against Wells, Fargo and Co.'s Bank was placed on trial yes- terday before a jury in the United States Circuit Court. The action was brought to recover $100,000 damages for the al- leged unlawful conversion by the bank of $80,772 worth of whalebone that had been h the ban ——————— Southern Pacific to Build Tanks. The Southern Pacific Company has sent out requests for bids for the construetion of an oil tank at Lordsburg. The struc- ture will be a mammoth affair capable of holding over 100.000 gallons of oll. Tanks with a capacity of 50,000 gallons are to be constructed at Cambray, Deming and San Simon. e Be No More Careful Of the word you use than of the paper on which you use it when conducting so- clal correspondence. The fashionable styles just now_ are the “Carrara Mar- mor,” “Peau d’Antilope” and “Linen Lawn.” Kept at Sanborn & Vail's, 741 Market stree . —————————— Men Stabbed in New Mexico. SANPA F§, N. M., Aug. 2l.—In a fight at Fierro, a mining camp in Grant Coun- ty, three men were stabbed, two fatally— Juan Alamanza and Alexander ' Whits, Juan Malinda was also stabbed, but net fatally. Antonio Lopez and Franeisco So- tello, who are charged with the stabbing, escaped. —_————— Henry M. Flagler Will Marry. RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 21.—A telegram received to-night by the News and Ob- server announces that Miss Lily Kennan and Henry M. Flagler will be married at Wilmington next Saturday. —_— Woodworkers End the Strike. DENVER, Aug. 2L.—The woodworkers’ strike ended to-day and the mills were reopened, the lumber companies hat consented to recognize the card system the Building Trades Council.