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> THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1901. CZAR AY INTERVENE FOR BOERS ‘Will Broach the Subject to Both Germany and France. 10 TELEPHONE ACROSS UNION Circuit to Be Established From San Francisco to New York. Connecting Lines to Be Con- structed in Montana ‘Without Delay. LAy Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—The Telegraph says: Within the next few months New Yorkers may be able to telephone their friends in San Francisco without relays. |By an agreement reached at Helena, | Mont., Atlantic and Pacific Ocean towns are to be connected by telephone as soon | | as_certain preliminary detafls have been completed. Negotiation has been begun between the | Rocky Mountain Telephone Company and Intends Receiving President Kruger to Obtain Direct Statement From Him. ST Desires to Know the Exact Position of the Burghers in Order to Formulate a Plan § the Northwestern Company whereby the of Action. former will build at once from its present —_— eastern terminus at Billings to Miles City, ce < Mont., while the .\'m'miwes'l\nrn Company | RU 9 o | will bufld west from its North Dakota | BRUSSELS, Aug. 22—The terminus to Miles Citv, thus forming a | RSP : . possible circuit (via New York, Chicago, Independence to-day prints a EP"BR\ Helena ana Portland) from Bos: | ton tv San Francisco and Los Angeles. disp atch from Copenhagen which | —_—_— 5 | VINEYARDIST'S DAUGHTER i ELOPES WITH currently reported in| TAEANBeE circles that the Czar has decided to broach South African | intervention to Emperor William ” i Swarthy Lochinvar Now Occupies a | Cell in the Fresno County Jail. | FRESNO, Aug. 22.—A case of strangely | placed affection came to light in Hanford | on Monday’ h resulted in landing W. | Dot > and President Loubet. He £on- | rehio. a japanese. in the Freron County | S L, . for | Jail. charged with abducting Gracle | 1ers the time hpporume for | Green, a 16-year-old American girl. ['nder‘ iendly saeilintion.” Sheriff Nelson of this city received a tele- | gram from Constable Bernstein of Han- | The paper adds, under the|ford Wednesday stating that he had dis- | 2 3 5 . |covered a young white girl living in a | above, t the Czar during his | lodging-house there with a Japanese and that he had placed both of them under | arrest for vagrancy. Upon being arrest- | | ed and taken to jail the girl broke down | and told the officers her name, saying {that she was the daughter of T. W. | Green, who owned a vinevard two miles | from Clovis. Nelson telephoned to Con- | | stable Clifford at Clovis, and Clifford | came to town immediately with the girl's father. | Mr. Green says that his daughter has | been gone from home since the latter part { of May. Shortly before that time she had | | graduated from the school at Clovis. Mr. | Green and his daughter quarreled about | | this time, the father objecting to certain | company which she was keeping. Her i parents arose one morning to find her gone from home. a note left behind stat- | | ing that she had started to visit an aunt | { in ilinots. { | According to the story of Gracie, Ichio | won her affections while he was bossing | e on her father's vine- in I ance will receive Kru- in private audience and ob- from 1 a im a direct statement Boer position with a view of formula a plan for action. | QUEENAN AND TURNER FIGHET TO A STANDSTILL Referee Phil Wand Satisfied the Spec- ulators by Calling the Battle a Draw. 22 —Perry Rufe er t Queenan Turner of this a standstill to- e Ichio is a fine looking and :g‘;}“'l‘\‘ e oq > | well educated Japanese. anded the most, but PEETTE i eatere pmost: but { FALLS TO HIS DEATH | either have such a FROM A PRECIPICE e la d h = i It :\:‘: :- ,h.::! ::1\1]1?)1 { Young Rancher of Rialto Found With ht ever held in this c His Neck Broken ina - [ were in action from the time Gulch. \munu:j_j for the first round tll | g4 BERNARDINO, Aug. 22 7)191\-”'” . szht %% Nevins, a young ranche- of Rialto, was waukee boy had it over the local | kjlled Tuesday night by falling from a| scrapper in }r.-"w g, and fought an ex- h cliff near Bo-..a Falls, in Lytle Creek o t game fight. He | canyon, twenty miles from this city. He r ooy aa'“t?(»‘“vm‘mh fell a distance of fifty feet, and when e e a great ring ¢ fri vas is nec it was his generalinis | found by friends he was dead. His neck such good and many of the tones in his body were | = he re ! | broken. effort Young Nevins wac camping in_ Lytle | | Creek Canyon with Elmer Brua, . friend. e 'Nevins left camp in the afternoon, in- rounds tending to spend a short time hunting. It ary, Kid ‘Willlams was imed he nC>red up toward the over Dixie Kid at the which has not challenged Al Falls, where he met his death. He | subject to epileptic fits, and ;" is pre- | umed that it wes during one of those perfodical srells that he lost his oalance | 1 from the precipice. | s was well known here. He was 20 | 1d and was a prosperous farmer. | - | LIBERAL VICTORY REPORTED. Revolutionists Claim to Have De- feated the Clerical Forces. NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Dr. J. Res- trepo, diplomatic agent of the Liberal party, now attempting to take possession of the Government in Colombia, received THE ATTITUDE OF CHILE ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION | Action Thought to Be the Result of the Discussion Over Matters of Arbitration. SHINGTON, Aug. —The dispatch . Chile. announcing that reign Affairs of the on “QUITO, Aug. 20.—The expected battle near Pasto was fought on Sa 17th, and the Liberal General Lerg and A. Rosas won a great triumph the Clericals.” Through his secretary, Dr. Restrepo ex- plained that Pasto, w the battle was eported to bave been fought, w. extreme southern part of Colom miles from where General U 5 was operating, and that it indicated cessful execution of the plans of cam- ign mapped out by General Uribe-Uribe nd forwarded to tue commanding officers | of the other Liberal forces before the gen- eral left New York early in the summer. MILLIONATRE MINE OWNER KILLED IN SALOON ROW | Draws Revolver to Defend His| Father-in-Law and Is Shot by the rtender. olo., Aug. 22.—Sam | onaire mine owner, was | as the result of been going on Central American coun- programme of the over | extent which arbi- between republics, ble to arbitration witho: On the oth ave the discu Al- been involved in . _vet there is ex- be overcome and 5 - - | | MONTANA PUBLIC LANDS | TO BE SOLD AT AUCTICN | If Batisfactory Prices Are Not Ob- | fained the Property Will Be | Held by the State. ! EN. Mont Montana's cres of State land bon County, of | shot and killed this morning by Grant | is_the seat of gover ley. John Neville, Strong's father- 18 mnext. Flathead 2 and Crumley got into an alterca 1 October 22. There No land than $10 per acre, "Strong, bel v was in danger, drew a_revolver. Crumley jumped behind the bar, grabbed | ving that his father- | sed to the high- | a shotgun and blew a hole through | est bidder. Strong’s head. He gave himeelf up to the e, e police a few minutes later. MISS SPENCER LEAVES | " Sherman Crumley, Grant's brother, was | shot in the thigh last night by William | Tromback in a quarrel over a bet. His | wound is not dangerous. Strong formerly owned the famous mine at Victor which bears his name, and he | had other valuable mining properties in | Hotel. | the Crinple Creek district. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 22.—Considerable | AR, T interest has been aroused here by the | FIRE IN OIL REFINERY | 3 ppearance of Miss Ida Spen- CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE leged sweetheart of Jack Win- T hh.'k,, g ‘.,s\f:};n éf’,’"',f‘,'h".‘,‘}n‘; {L’e ! Two Workmen Who Were Thought to at Crockett. | Have Lost Their Lives Are Re- | ported Safe. i PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.—The fire| SAN RAFAEL SUDDENLY Alleged Sweetheart of Jack Winters | Departs After Sale of a who sencer and her mother had been Cosmopolitan Hotel. They rday to J. Underwood and | " To some they said they were | which started at the works of the At-| live on a ranch in Shasta | lantic Refining Company at Point Breeze while to others they declared | purned itseif out to-day. Vice President | going to Alaska. — Placed in Irons at Sea. Aug. 22—Philip Joseph Cul- | that he is an escaped luna- Cal., arrived here this ey were | Lioyd of the company estimates the loss | at about $500,000. Fourteen tanks contain- | | ing about 200,000 barrels of oil were de- stroyed. One pumping station and thou- sends of feet of pipe were rendered use- | less, but the most important machinery is | intact. | The two employes of the company said | to have lost their lives in the explosion early Tuesday morning are safe. This | reduces the death list to three firemen. | Cullin says he is affect- treaks of temporary insanit, h a condition was com- | yium. He escaped and 0, where he shipped 3 At sea he became nd was placed in irons. Not Going to New York Central. NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—President New- | ew York Central Raflroad | a report that President es M. Hays of the Southern Pacific Rafiroad would become president and gen- eral nager of the New York Central. Newman said that there was no founda- tion for the report in any sense, and that lHays was not coming to the New York ral in any capacity. At - s B Serious Floods in China. LONDON, Aug. 23.—“There has been a serious breach in both banks of the Yel'-‘ low River in the province of lhutunfi; says the -Sha t of the Standard, ~and the floods have destroyed an immense amount of property. CHARGE THE TURKS WITH | LOOTING AND MURDERING | Reports Reach Paris That Several Ar- menian Villages Have Been ‘Wiped Out. PARIS, Aug. 2.—A pro-Armenian sheet jssued in Paris asserts that the Turks have been looting and murdering in the Sassoun district since the beginning of July and that several Armenian villages have been wiped ou Steel Companies Will Consolidate. LONDON, Aug. n.—Meteténn oéfl ‘:?g Harv Co reat e vy Comtnental Steel Gom: ;::{ to-day agreed to the sale of the com- es pany. to the Harvey United Steel Com- . It is understood that a New Jer- Ssey company is actively intefested in the consolidation. | condition of the State treasury, showing | puties has refused to grant | ; gispatch to-day from the Liberal agent r the representa- | at Quito regarding the =ntly reported | g ress of American | battle between the Government or Clerical much attention | forces at Pasto. The dispatch follow: | Go | found that the cash and drafts on hand bal- | of the Treasury j}XO'].‘ ONLY A PEACH | Tulare County was brought to town to- ANTIOCH GIRL WINNING FAME AS ELOCUTIONIST Miss Edyfhe Wall Adds to Her Laurels by Capturing the Grand Gold Medal Offered by Woman’s Christian Temperance Union —— - b2 Y L CLEVER ANTIOCH YOUNG LADY WHO IS WINNING MEDALS AS AN ELOCUTIONIST. 3 - Temperance Union of California took up the contest and offered a gold medal, only At the exercises, conducted at Crockett, Miss Wall was unanimously chosen by the Jjudges to wear the beautiful badge. The Woman's' Christian Temperance i NTIOCH, Aug. 22—Miss Edythe Wall has achieved another suc- cess as an elocutionist. During the early part of last year she entered the contest in Contra Costa for a silver medal, given by the eligible being lolders of gold and silver medals. This contest was for ‘the grand gold medal.” Miss Wall gained the “Nell” in a manner that will not be soon forgotten by her hearers. Mrs. Sturtevant Peet, president of the 5 x Woman's Christian Temperance Union of publishers of Demorest'’s Magazine for (g jirornia, made the presentation speech. the best elocutionist in each locality AJj the participants were highly praised throughout the different counties. Again, c I Nevember, the Woman's Christian excel Antioch's gifted gifl. S e e o e e e B S e e B S SR R B e, ) INY SHORTAGE |STRIPS HOUSE IN STATE FUNDG AT EARLY HOUR Miss., Aug. 22.—Governor | ALAMEDA, Aug. 22.—To protect a chat- d a statement of the|tel mortgage which he held against Mrs. Mary Appel of 679 Central avenue, M. F. Davis, an Oakland hack driver and money lender, came to Alameda at 5 o'clock this morning and siripped her house of every stick of furniture. i JACKSON, Longino has i that on August 15 he found therein by counting $677,847, when the bool called for $340,465—a shortage of $162,62L. | Treasurer Stowers was, however, allowed | credit for bills, drafts, etc., amounting to 000, leaving the shortage $107,621. The rnor then states: 1 indulged the hope that the amount of said sald to be at the point of death. The chattel mortgage was given to Davis two years ago by Mrs. Appel in or- shortage w""\f;‘,.“,fu—ff,'l'“,'{.“;"»L'su('li’"o“:"fi‘;'ik"’m‘-‘:'fi: der to secure the loan of, $1050. Several :-T:n?;?f fi.’m:m and that the State might thus | Weeks ago Mrs. Apprel became so ser- Tecover the money without further trouble, ex- | planation or loss, I therefore, in the interest of the State, enjoined the secrecy of those pres- ent in the whole proceedings and agreed with Mr. Stowers that I would make another count of the money on Tuesday, August 20. On the Qate fixed I made the said count. It was then iously ill that she was forced to take to her bed. She was not able to buy the necessaries of life ahd she depended some- what on the charity of neighbors. These friends heard of her plight with the money lender and in an endeavor to save some of her furniture secreted some it on their own premises. Davis learned of these movements yes- anced with the books, which called for $905,914. The Governor closes the statement by saving: The examination of the funds in the treasury was made as required of me by section 137 of the constitution and in my opinion the books show a correct statement of | the amounts which should have been in the Treasury on the said 15th and 20th days of Au- gust, 1901, respectively, and before doing or saying anything further in the premises I deem it just to Mr. Stowers (the Treasurer) that he be given full opportunity to make such ex- planation of the matter as he may see fit. The publication of this report created great excitement. Stowers declined to make a statement. ing he appeared in front of the Appel res- idence with three express wagons and six men. Entrance was gained to the house without much trouble and the work of removing the furniture began. Piece after piece was aken from the rooms un- til they were bare. The three express wagons were packed high and tight with bedsteads, _chifforiers, lounges, chairs and bric-a-brac. As foon as the house was cleared the wagons were driven off to a warehouss, where the furniture was stored. Mrs. Appel was left only the bed on which she was lying. She bewalled the loss of her things, but the workmen paid no attention to her lamentations. —_————— COMMITTEES ARRANGE FOR DAY OF PLEASURE Members of St. Joseph’s Parish Prom- ised Good Time at Schuetzen Park. The picnic of the members of St. Jo- seph’s Parish, of which Rev. Father Scanlan is pastor, which will be held Sep- tember 2 (Labor day) at Schuetzen Park, will be a most successful affair if the plans of the committees now arranging | for the outing are carried out. Many handsome and valuable prizes have been secured for the winners of the different games. Costly trophies will also be given to those who win the dancing contests. The gate prizes are the best than can be procured. The following named ladies and gentle- men are serving on the different commit- tees: Otficers ‘of the plenic—Chairman, I. J. Dow- Ing; vice chairman, G. Bayreuther; treasurer, P. J. Keane; secretaries, Charles Asmussen and E. C. Cnrtis. Music_ and printing—Rev. Father Keane, Frank Schilling and Tim Tracy. Ladies' reception _committee — Mrs. John Denny (president), Mrs. J. J. Miley, Mrs, G. Bayreuther, Mrs. Black, Mrs, BUT IT'S A BIRD TOO Extraordinary Freak in Fruit Devel- opment Surprises the People of Visalia. VISALIA, Aug. 22.—One of the greatest freaks of fruit development ever seen in day from the Pennebaker ranch near this city. It is a large peach shaped exactly like a bird. So perfectly formed is it that it looks like a work of art and it has cre- ated much comment. riiii e s Rossland Mines to Be Reopened. SPOKANE, Aug. 22.—Developments late last night promise a break to the big lockout at Rossland and a resumption of work in all the mines. Bernard MacDonald, manager of the Le Roi at Rossland, has let a contract to Al Geiser of Baker City, Or., to produce at least 150 tons of ore daily from the mine. Geiser has also secured a contract for $132,000 worth of work to be done around the smelter at Northport. The job in- cludes the production of 300 tons of lime rock daily. That tonnage i§ enough to keep the five furnaces busy on ore. It is presumed that the management expects to work the smelter at its full capacity. Silk, Miss ‘De Mrs, mnkling, Me 0o 1k, 88 nny, rs. Enkling, . 0'Con- Transport Ingalls Sails. nor ‘and ‘Miss Josie Moiloy. g NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—The United| Judges on prize dancing—Frank Schilling and Mr. Murphy. Games—T. Track (chairman), James Lawlor, Charles Asmussen, W. E, Gantner, E. C. Cur- tis, P. O'Connor and J. P. Maguire, Dancing—Floor manager, G. Bayreuther; as- sistant floor manager, P. Keily. Floor committee—J."J. ‘Miley (chairman), W. E. Gantner, E. Lucett, J. Lawior, Broderick, Thomas Sheehan, H. Thurber. PPI;("ITFHBK Schilling, C. A. Asmussen and . Kelly. e Teamster Dies of His Injuries. P. W. Ryan, the teamster who while ergaged in hauling loam to the park was thrown from his wagon and injured in- ternally, died at the Central Emergency Hospital yesterday afternoon. The acci- dent occurred on Noe street, between Sev- enteenth and Eighteenth, and was caused by the failure of the brake to hold the ‘wagon going down the hill at that point Ryan's wife, who was with him at the time, was also injured, but not seriously. The home of the Ryans is at 3093 Eight- eerth street. States transport Ingalls, which returned to port last week with le,ky cargo ports, safled again to-day for/Manila. It is said that all her cargo hhs been removed and the stores which shé carried will be shipped to Manila by a fnerchant vessel. s Sued for Breach of Promise. CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—James A. Fleming, reputed to be a wealthy mine owner of Phoenix, Ariz., has beer: sued for $50,000 damages by Miss Jessie M. Graham, who alleges that Fleming promised to marry her in 1880, and has falled to do so. Miss Graham formerly lived at Butte, Mont. plelladd ol o Nominated for Congress. STANDISH, Mich., Aug. 22.—The Re- publican Congressional Committee of the Tenth District nominated H. H. Applin to fill the vacancy caised by the death of Con sman H. O. Crump. The nomi- nation is considered equivalent to an elec- tion. - holders of silver medals being ecligible. | Union arranged another meeting, those | verdict of the judges again by reciting | for their excellent work, but none could | | | Mrs. Appel, who is 75 | vears old and a well-known character, | I | has passed out of the hands of the Penn- | for the Touchet hills, where his fortune | was buried. | were made to locate his cache and these | la terday and made hurried arrangements | to thwart them. At 5 o'clock this morn- | BOULD SECURES ANOTHER LINE Acquires Control of the Norfolk ahd Western Railroad. Will Use It to Force With- drawal of Opposition to the Wabash. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.—The North American to-morrow will say: The con- trol of the Norfolk and Western Railroad sylvania Railroad and is finally in the grasp of the Gould interests. The Gould interests, it is asserted, now hold an actual majority of the capital stock of the Norfolk and Western. It is belleved that the Pennsylvania interest.is about $10,000,000 out of the $23,000,000 pre- ferred stock and $13,000,000 out of the $66,- 000,000 common stock. The control of the Norfolk and Western will be used by George F. Gould to fur- ther the interests of his railroad system. If the Pennsylvania Railroad will with- draw opposition to the Wabash in Pitts- burg and agree not to thwart Gould in his effort to get an Atlantic seaboard outlet, | the recently acquired interest in the Nor- folk and Western will be surrendered at a rice which is fair. It is believed that resident Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad will decline to make any com- promise with the Gould party which would jbe disadvantageous to the Pennsyl- vania. It is understood that the Pennsylvania will make no agreement to handle Gould | freight from Pittsburg to the seaboard | unless Gould will agree to abandon abso- lutely the project for a new raflroad | across Fennsylvania to Philadelphia. In the meantime arrangements are being perfected for a number of feeders which will draw together at Pittsburg over the | Wabash a heavy freight traffic. The Big | Four has agreed to let Wabash trains use its rails between Wellington, Ohio, and | Cleveland under a ninety-nine-year agree- ment. SEARCHING FOR GOLD OF A DECEASED MISER ! Walla Walla Men Renew Efforts to Find Treasure Left by James Dwyer. TACOMA, Aug. 22.—Several Walla Walla men are renewing the search for a fortune in gold and silver coin left buried | in the hills along the Touchet River by James Dwyer, who died in a hospital at | Walla Walla about ten years ago. Dwver | first appeared in Walla Walla about 1870 | from the Touchet Vallev, where he had af fine farm. He lived the life of a hermit'| miser. He dressed poorly and refused re peatedly to go to a hospital for treatment, claiming that he had no money. Never- theless, he always carried at least $20 with | im. Pcople who knew him found that every | second Friday afternoon he left Wal A | Walla by a circuitous and lonely route | Following his death efforts will now be resumed. GAS NEARLY BLOWS HIM OUT OF A WELL Workman Near Tomales Seeks Expla- | nation With Lighted Match and Narrowly Escapes. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 2.—A well digger | named William Trainor was nearly blown | out of a fifty-foot well near Tomales this mcrning by an explosion of natural gas. Trainor had been working for some time | for Patrick Mulvaney .on the Griffin | ranch at Tomales, digging a well. Water | failed to put in an appearance and Trainor | drilled a deep hole in the sandstone at | the hottom of the weil. This morning while continuing his work the drill was blown from his hand. He then lighted a match and stooped down to | see what was wrong. In an instant | flames shot upward, scorching his face | and clothing. He hirried out of the well, | aided by several others, and later suc- ceeded in extinguishing the flames. —_——— KILLS HIS COMRADE I BY SNAPPING A PISTOL| Soldier at Benicia Barracks Causes | Man’s Death by Careless Use ! of Weapon. BENICIA, Aug. 22.—A sad accident oc- curred at Benicia Barracks this morning, | when a revolver in the hands of Sergeant | Luckhardt of Troop F, Fifth Cavalry, was accidentally discharged. mortally wound- ing Private Beavers, Fifth Battery, Fieid Artillery. Sergeant Luckhardt had been in the hospital, but-this morning was assigned to his duties and received his arms. He snapped the hammer of his pistol several times, thinking it was empty. It was dis- charged, however, and the ball stri Beavers in the head. Medical ald was summoned at once, but the wounded man ied ip a few minutes. Luckhardt is in confinement, but will soon be released. Verdict Against Merchants. ‘WOODLAND, Aug. 22.—The trial of the first of the many cases commenced by the city against business men charged with violating the license ordinance was concluded yvesterday. The defendant asked that the case be dismissed on the ground that the last Leglislature amended the general law so that licenses may be levied only for purposes of police regulation and not for revenue. The plaintiff showed that the Legislature also re-enacted the law authorizing cities of the fifth class to levy licenses for revenue and that the Supreme Court had decided that in cases where cities of the fifth class had a spe- cial law the general law did not operate against it. The recorder denied the mo- tion to dismiss the case. After hearing the testimony the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. The case will be appealed. W el e Austria Circulates Gold. VIENNA, Aug. 22—The directors of the Austro-Hungarian Bank have decided to begin the introduction of gold currency by a small issue of 20 kroner gold pleces. The governments of the dual monarchies have collected a sufficient reserve of gold bullion to begin to replace paper money by gold. The gold will be merely experi- mental in order to accustom the public to the circulation of geld. The present generation in Austro-Hungary have never seen gold circulating and it is feared that the gold will be hoarded by certain classes of the popmation. 1f, however, the issue proves successful, a larger one will be made. SR Rl Fears Pursuit by Assassins. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 22—Manuel Oliver, a resident of Menlo Park, Cal., is de- ranged here. He arrived this morning trm-f-ne San Francisco and imagines that men are trying to rob and kill him. He is in the custody of Sheriff McHargue. A message received from Mrs. Oliver in- structs that he be well cared for. He has about $400 with him and was on his way to Alsea Bay, about 100 miles west of here, where he has a homestead. Earl Russell Must Serve His Sentence LONDON, Aug. 22.—In response to a largely signed petition recently forwarded to the Home Office, asking for the release of Earl Russell, now serving a sentence of three months’ imprisonment for bigamy, Home Secretary Ritchie writes that he can see no reason why he should interfere, and that the health of the pris- oner is satistactory. Sea Gives Up a Child’s Body. LONG BEACH, Cal., Aug. 22.—The body of Imogene, the younger of the two Wal- lace sisters, who were drowned near Long Beach on August 7, was found by a fisherman at 8 o'clock this morning on the beach opposite Obispo, about two miles west of the scene of the tragedy. | posed to the Republican Primary League | C OFFCE SEEKERS IRE DILIENT R. H Webster in the Field as a Candidate for Mayor. Bl Anti-Boss Delegations Are Organizing Forces for Convention. Energetic but quiet work in the interest of Reginald H. Webster for Mayor is noted by politicians in the Republican camp. Mr. Webster is Superintendent of Schools. In the event of his election to the office of Mayor he would tender his resignation as Superintendent. The no- tion of resigning to accept the nomination for the Mayoralty is not entertained by Mr. Webster. Eugene E. Schmitz, whose nomination for Mayor by the Labor party conven- | tion seems probable, is president of the | Musicians’ Union and a director of the | Republican Primary League. He is a| Native Son of the Golden West, belonging | to Niantic Parlor, and is a resident of the Forty-first Assembly District. He is a| man of pleasing personality. His ad- | herents assert that he is affable, dignified | and conservative. He is taller and more distinguished in appearance than Super- intendent Webster. Statements conflict regarding the authority of the committee representing twenty-five trades unions to offer the Labor party's nomination to Mr. | Schmitz. Mr. Less is quoted as assert- | ing that no such authority was given by the executive committee of the council. One of the delegates who waited on Mr. Schmitz contends that the authority was given. The question at issue will be set- tled by the Labor party —convention at| Metropolitan Temple on’ September 5. Republican Activity. The Forty-first Assembly District dele- gation to the Republican municipal con- | vertion met last evening at 192 Broad- | way and organized by the election of Cal- | ovei J. C. Currier, chairman, and Lester | Burnett, secretary. Twenty-four dele- | Zates were present and four absent. The full anti-boss strength of the delegation was represented by those attending. The Forty-first decided to join other anti-boss delegations in the appointment of a con- ference committee. The Thirty-ninth Assembly District dei- egatlon (anti-boss) will meet at Saratoga Hall every Tuesday night to consider top- ics concerning the convention and listen to suggestions relating to candidates. Dr. Charles Boxton, a member of the present Board of Supervisors, would be pleased to accept renomination from the Republican convention. Many of _his friends claim that he is entitled to a bet- | ter office than that of Supervisor and in- | dicate that the office of Auditor or Tax | Collector should be given him. Other | names mentioned for the Board of Super- | visors are: Ed Bent, Thirty-third Dis-| trict; W. E. Lane, plumber, Forty-third; | Frederick Jones, ~bookbinder, = Forty- | ; ex-Assemblyman George Brown, | Forty-fifth; ex-State Senator F. W. Bur- | nett, Thirty-fourth; Maxwell McNutt, M. | Brandt and- John F. Ahern. | Candidates in the Field. | There is a good crop of candidates for Public Administrator. The field embraces ex-Senator Thomas C. Maher, John Farn- | ham, Julius Godeau and Henry Stern. | The last named has switched from Su- pervisor to Public Administrator. Wher- | ever he goes “Jake” Shaen will go with | him. It is understood that both Farn- | | ham and Godeau joined the forces op- | and are now soliciting anti-boss support. " Colonel Thomas O'Neill of the First California Regiment is a candidate for | the nomination for Recorder. Al Berthier | has been slated for this office by Martin Kelly. For County Clerk A. B. Mahoney is_Frank French’s candidate. | Luclus D. Solomon is mentioned as a| probable candidate for the honor of pre- siding over the convention. His friends | say that to his general qualifications of | capability and impartiality may be added sobriety. The arduous work of preparing his| great speech to the convention is begin- ning to tell on Martin Kelly. Moreover, | the boss is distracted by reports of de- fections in the Twenty-ninth District del- egation. If these distractions continue Kelly may not be able to smooth out and polish off his oration before the conven- | tion assembles. Herrin and Lynch, who | are envious of Kelly's growing prestige in the kingdom of bosshood, would like | to see him flounder and fail. ' The round- | ers of the Twenty-eighth, however, are with Kelly heart and soul and will stand by him to the finish of the peroration. | It is common talk in pelitical circles | that the Republicans will win out hand- | somely if they put forward a good, clean, | anti-boss ticket. The sentiment of throw- | ing overboard all the dead weight of boss- | ism is daily growing stronger. Renewed | activity is noted at the headquarters of the Republican Primary League, 930 Mar- ket street. BURGLARS ENTER SALOON | ON TOWNSEND STREET | Rifle Cash Register and Slot Machine, Help Themselves to Beer and Depart. | Six men climbed through the transom | over the door of C. Shea’s saloon at Thixd | and Townsend streets Wednesday night | about 11 o’clock, pried open the cash reg- | ister, removed the contents, which con- | sisted of asconsiderable sum, broke open a nickel-in-the-slot machine and took the coins and slugs that had been played in | it during the day, drank several glasses of Peer and then made their escape through a back door. The men were seen entering the place by Special Officer Cunningham, but he | thought discretion was the better part of valor and did not try to stop them. A half-hour later he informed J. Patterson, | a night engineer employed in the neigh- | borhood. Patterson borrowed the special's | revolver and hunting up a piece of candle | started to investigate. He got into the saloon by means of ~the transom, but | found the thieves had gone. The broken register and the demolished slot machine, the empty beer glasses and traces of a hurriedly eaten lunch told him, however, that the special had not been dreaming. g L P R TURLOUGHED SOLDIER LOSES VALUABLE WALLET Purse Conmini-ng—@ Drops From Pocket of Overcoat He Was Carrying. G. Gaerttner, a soldier home from Ma nila on furlough, reported to Captain Sey- mour last night that he had drovped a wallet containing $440 in greenbacks on Market street in the vicinity of Grant av- Gaerttner said that he had the wallet in an overcoat which he had been wearing all the evening. He took off the coat and, forgetful of its valuable contents, threw it carelessly over his arm. He walked sev- eral blocks before he thought of the wal- let. As soon as he discovered his loss he hur- ried to the Hall of Justice and reported the matter to the police. ——————— Special Officer Prevents Robbery. Benjamin Rower, a teamster, and James Wilson, a painter, were arrested by Spe- cial Officer Con Kelly at 2:30 o’clock yes- terday morning while attempting tp break into a pawnshop at Third street. Kelly was standing near the pawnshop, when he heard the crash of glass, and on running to the store found the two men travching in the doorway. He charged them with attempted burglary at the City Hall. —_——— Coasting Cyclist Injured. J. J. Cullen, while coasting on his bicy- cle on Clayton street near the park yes- terday, ran into a construction car and received several lacerations of the face and scalp. He was thrown with consider- able force against the motorman, knock- ing that individual t¢ the ground with sufficlent force to cause numerous contu- sicns. The iniuries of both men were dressed at the Fourteenth-street Hospital. | well equipped part MALWAY NEN MY BHTILE Fight Between Short Line and Salt Lake Renewed. Clark’s Forces Rushed to Barstow to Hold the Ground. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2.—The strug~ gle in securing a suitable right of way between the Oregon Short Line and the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railway has been shifted from Nevada to San Bernardino County. It is not im- probable that there will be another fight for rights of way. To-day Chief Engineer Henry Hawi of the Salt Lake road sent rush orders to his corps of surveyors in Cajon Pass to praceed immediately to a point this side of Barstow to head off a party of engi- neers in the employ of the ‘opposition forces. The Clark people left hurriedly in the afternoon with a week’s provisions. The fact that the Oregon Short Line had surveyors in Southern California was not generally known until Tuesday morn- ing, when the information reached Salt Lake headquarters in this city that a was en route to the vielnity of Barsto COLUMBUS PRINTERS STAND BY NEWS WRITERS' UNION Refuse to Set Anything but Editorials and Advertisements Until the Trouble Is Settled. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 22.—The Press- Post printers refused to-day to “set” news furnished by a local news bureau and the | paper appeared this evening fillled with miscellany. The news department of the paper having been abolished, the News Writers’ Union has declared a lockout and to-night the printers decided that here- after they will set nothing but editoria! and advertisements until the trouble be- tween the proprietor and the News Writ- ers’ Union is settled. The action of the printers is approved by the local Typographical Union. - CHINESE PROTOCOL HAS NOT YET BEEN SIGNED Emperor Does Not Reply to a Request Authorizing Prince Ching to Indorse It. PEKING, Aug. 22.—The Chinese Peace Commissioners have not yet signed the protocol. Prince Ching, president of the Foreign Office, telegraphed to the Em- peror, resquesiing an_edict empowering hign to sign, but no reply was received. He telegraphed again to-day in stronger terms and says he expects a speedy an- swer. | Li Hung Chang has had a serious attack of sickness, the result of overexertion. is better to-day. SRS Of Interest to People ef the Coast. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—Postoffice He discontinued: Oregon — Clifford, Baker County, mail to Sumpter. Postmasters commissioned: Caiifornia—Cyrus F. State, Hedges; Pauline Haug, Pope - Valle: Oregon—James M. g Stubblefleld, Monu- ment. Postmaster appointed: California —J. E. Martin, Esparto, Yolo County, vice J. E. Z. Fowle, resigned. The sailing of the steamer Hiroshima Maru from Seattle, Wash., September 10, with mails for China and Japan is can- celed. he following .pensions were granted: Oregon — Increase — Willlam Bradshaw. Lake Creek. $8: John P. Young, Wolf Creek. $10; George J. Quimby, Island City, $8; John Scollard, Champoeg, $8. Califor- nia: Original-Willlam Parsons, Santa Clara, $s. Heavy Rains Falling in Georgia. ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 2.—Atlanta and nearly all of North Georgia has been del- uged with rain the past two days. In At- lanta alone the rainfall in the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o’clock to-night was 3.66. In this city the traffic on one of two rai way lines was suspended by washouts in the suburbs. Considerable damage was done by the flooding of excavations in a great many places where building opera- tions will be delayed some time. Near Marietta the rainfall was the heaviest in years. Warnings were sent out by the local weather bureau to West Point, Columbus and-Eufala, Ala., that there is danger of a sudden rise in the Chattahoochie. Shot Dead by Footpads. LINCOLN, Nebr., Aug. 2.—John J. Gil- liland, a former member of the Nebraska Legislature and one of the most prom- inent business men of Lincoln, was shot dead shortly after 11 o’clock to-night by unknown men, supposed to be footpads. His body was found on a residence street within three blocks of his home. He was hot in the breast. There were marks of a struggle, Gilliland's coat and shirt be- ing nearly torn off him and papers from the pockets scattered along the walk. e s s Killing May Cause Trouble. TEXARKANA, Tex., Aug. 2.—The kill- ing of an Italian railroad laborer named Gingotti, near Ashdown, twenty miles from here, yesterday by a party of Amer- ican laborers is likely to deveiop into an international affair. The Italian Minister at Washington and the Italian Government have been noti- fled. Don Juan F. Forster. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22—Don Juan F. Forster, a member of one of the oldest Spanish families in California and part owner of the famous Camulos Ranch, is dead of Bright's disease in this eity. He was a brother-in-law of ex-State Sen- ator R. F. del Valle and was % years old. He is survived by a widow and in- fant son and leaves property valued at $100,000. P2 William Ellery. SANTA CRUZ. Aus. 22—Willlam Ellery died to-day. He came to California. in 1849. He was formerly a prominent resi- dent of Humboldt County. His age was seventy-three years and he was born Massachusetts. English Athletes Arrive at Bostom. BOSTON, Aug. 22.—On the Dominio line steamer Commonwealth. from Liver= pool and Queenstown, which arrived to- night, were the Oxford and Cambridge athletes, who are to compete against Har- vard and Yale in New York next month. - Miners Killed by a Fall. LEADVILLE, Colo., Aug. 22.—George Kline, aged 30, and John Eckstrand, aged 21, miners at the Stevens shaft of the Iron Silver Mining Company, were instantly killed by falling fifty feet to the bottom: of the shaft. s Croker Is Coming Home. LONDON. Aug. 22.—Friends of Richard Croker who saw him to-day assert that he intends to sail for New York August 23. Dimmick’s Bail Increased. Walter N. Dimmick, ex-chief clerk of the Mint, appeared for arraignment at 4 o'clock yvesterday afternoon before United States Court Commissioner Heacoek on the charge of embezzling $1338 75 of Gov- ernment mowey last January. Bonds were fixed at $1000, making the total amount of bail $19,250 on all the charges. George D. Collins, Dimmick’s attorney, said ghat his client would be prepared to give bonds at 10 o'clock this morning, the prelimi- nary examination having been set for that time, e it Valuable Jewelry Stolen. OAKLAND, Aug. 22.—Edward L. Bald- win, a Southern Pacific Co en- gineer, residing at 840 Alice '?:fi'x' re- rted the loss of jewelry v: $200 rom his home. The police n-,fi. to . are locate the missing rroperty.