The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1901. 4, * FINE EXHBTS FOR STATE FAIR San Francisco Business Men to Make Big Display. S e Consul General Ho Yow Plan- ning a Chinese Industrial Feature. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 23.—The State Fair, which will open in this city in ten days, will present points of attraction dis- tinetly unique, and Secretary George W¥ Jackson is confident of the entire success | of the first exposition to be given under his immediate direction. Mr. Jackson re- | turned to-Gay from San Francisco, where | for & week past he has been making a| canvass of the mercantile community in | the interest of the State Fair. He reports | having met much encouragement, consid- | ering the disadvantages suffered by the | merchants of the metropolis because of | the strike. The secretary has obtained the pledges of twenty-five or thirty merchants various lines that they will take space. An extensive automobile exhibit by two | compa will be one of the features. A | large -display of oil well machinery will be made. | One of the most Interesting results of Becretary Jackson's visit to San Fran- cisco is_the promise of Ho Yow, the Im- | perial Chinese Congul General, to send an | extensive art and industrial exhibit illus- trative of the skill of inese crafts- There will be examples of ivagry and wood Chinese | any carving. ery. Ho Yow has lent his a likewise toward the success of t features. He will have here his horses Solo Chis g son declares that the ap- proaching fair will witness the finest | #peed showing and cattle display of recent | s that he has received every ragement from the Califor- ster, president of the Califor- western Railway, has an-| itention to make a fine dis- ponies and draught | Early in the month some dissatisfaction | ed because of the apparent | tion of local merchants to enter | into the work of preparation for ir. Because of this seeming te Fair Club, organized for | roviding special features, | nd. However, there has | awakening of the purpose of voted to dis been dormant interests | and pi encouragement is coming who had not signi- en to take space an- | nounce creditable exhibits, and altogether & fine exposition i Among the Pavilion displays will be one | to be made by the Santa Fe Railroad | Company. in conjunction _ with the | Oceanic Steamship Company, to consist of | views of scenery along their routes and models of st hips. In addition to these shown of the battleship | > cruiser Charleston. rge local wholesale gro- il install an interesting ]"h the co-operation of the on assured. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST | Changes Are Made in the Pz{stoffice; Department and Pensions Are Issued. 23.—The Postoffice announced the follow- commissioned: Cali- Isabella. Ap- Zeller, H. Chandler, Phoen sions have been gran*- original—Benjamin F. $6: Willard W. Savercool, Thomas Conran, Visalla, In- Fran- <. San Miguel, s—Mary Fourcade, San Santa an, Sacramento, $6. r 'Specht, San Bunting, villlam W ease—William d_J. Quimby, avi Newberg, Biankenship, Oregon 1—William D. 1- —Origina g. $8; Peter Galligan, ruction Company of | awarded a contract for | dition to the pub- | The cost is | to be completed | Chicago h the construc the work IN IOWA NOMINATE A TICKET | Resolutions Denounce the Trusts and Express Sympathy for the Fighting Boers. The fol- | Governor, | > : Lieutenant Gov- gle of Newton: Supreme McDonald of Des Moines; oner, Luke McDowell of Superintendent of Public | C. Harland of Woodbury. | ions were made by accla- | tions adopted indorse theOma- s ivate con- | ¥y to the Boers, in- ion and declare for | Flagler to Be Wedded To-Day. CHARLOTTE, N. C., Aug. 23.—Henry M. Flagler. the Florida millionaire, is to be married to-morrow to Miss Mary L. Kenan. The ceremony is to be performed | at Kenansville, Dublin County. A special | train will carry Flagler and his party | from Wilmington to Magnolia early to- morrow morning, where carriages will be taken for Kenansville. The ceremony | will be witnes: y 8 small party er; ADVERTISEMENTS. Fels-Naptha is so much betteré that nobody wants any other back soap; your money if it isn't. Fels & Co., makers, Philadelphia. L ASHS BITTERS | A PLEASANT: ‘L AXATIVE NOT. INTOXICATING ‘ | foot. | NON-IMMUNE SERVES | Babcock, an old miner_and prospector of | chinery. | tors have been negotiated for and from OLD CLUBFOOT AGAIN RAIDING Famous Grizzly Bear Re- appears After Many Years. ahe gl Alpine County Ranchers Or- ganize an Expedition Against Him. Special Dispatch to The Call. ANGELS CAMP, Aug. 23.—Otto Dolling, Henry Hogart and George Posey have returned from a camping trip up above Silver City, in Alpine County. The country around there is very wild and game of all kinds is plentiful. The day the party left for home a big hunt was belng organized for the purpose of trail- ing Old Clubfoot, a big grizzly bear known from one end of the State to the other, which has caused a great deal of trouble and damage in his life, and which at the present time is creating a lot of trouble for stockmen in the mountains. Just a few days before the party left for home he visited a sheep camp and raised “rough house” among the men. Old Clubfoot was first heard of in Ne- vada County in the winter of 1857. At that time a trapper found half of the brute’s left hind foot in a bear trap which he had set. Next the grizzly appeared in Plumas County, where he killed a man | in the mountal devouring all of his vic- | tim except one foot. The snow was on the ground at the time and the tracks showed that in healing the bear!s foot had drawn until it was like a club foot, and he was thereupon named Old Club- After that the grizzly was traced through different counties and many were he hunting parties sent out after him. Meny times it was believed he was se- curely surrounded, but he always man- aged to escape. In the sixties Old Clubfoot dropped out of sight. Nothing was heard of him for several years, until one night about twenty-five years ago, there was a dis- turbance in ‘a log_ corral in which there was a large band of sheep, on Blood's place, and a herder went out to see what | was the trouble. Just as he put his head | over the gate a bear smote him a terrible blow on the head, completely scalping him. The tracks in the dust showed that Old Clubfoot was still alive and back at his stamping grounds. A hunt was organized, but the bear escaped. Again the grizzly dropped out of sight for about ten years. When he reappeared it was in Mono County, he having trav- eled as far as Bodie. At that place he n a big hunt, but managed to , although he received several After that he was traced over into Nevada, where he kept up his old tricks of raiding sheep ranches for his daily food. From that time until his appearance in Alpine County he has kept out of sight. | Recently he appeared at the ranch of a man named Benson, where he reduced the visible supply of mutton. A large crowd gathered at Markleeville and a start was | made on Tuesday of last week. At the time Dolling and his party left nothing had been heard as to the success of the hunting expedition. It is believed that Old Clubfoot had been living in the high mountains since he was traced to Nevada. He is described as being an unusually large fellow, even for a grizzly. weighing about 3000 pounds. He Is supposed to be more than 6 years old. FOR DISEASE EXPERIMENT Man in Cuba Inoculated With a Serum and Bitten by Infected Mosquitoes. HAVANA, Aug. 23.—A non-immune bas been inoculated with the serum which Dr. Caldas, the Brazillan expert, alleges to be a preventive against yellow fev and has been bitten by two infected mosqul- The period of inoculation is from four to five days. Major Havard, the surgeon. discussing the Caldas and other experiments, says that the yellow fever commission and himself have carefully considered the question of applying infected mosquitoes to non-immunes and have reached the conclusion that, in view of all the cir- cumstances—the fact that persons voiun- tarily undergo the experiments and also the importance of the matter from a s entific point of view—the experiments are justifiable. STRIKE OF \QUICKSILVER ON RANCH NEAR CAHTC Lucky Discoverer Taken In as a| Partner by the Owner of the Land. CAHTO, Aug. 23.—A discovery of quick- silver has been made on Colonel Hardin's ranch two miles from here. The surface croppings and ledge were located by J. . this vicinity. Colonel Hardin has agreed Babcock a half interest in the mine and will immediately arrange to de- velop it. Charles Singleton and Robert Agnew, two experts from Trinity County. are here in the interest of Babcock and Har- din, arranging for the placing of ma- Retorts, furnaces and evapora- twenty-five to forty men will be employed within the mext month. Rich quicksilver indications have been found on the Harrington ranch. SEASON’S SALMON PACK WORTH MANY MILLIONS Official Figures for Puget Sound Show That the Catch Has Been Enormous. SEATTLE, Aug. 23.—Official figures on the Puget Sound sockeye salmon pack up | to the night of August 23 show 1,105,500 | cases, worth according to the prices | fixed by the Pacific Packing and Naviga- tion Company, $5400,000. Although the | run is now dwindling on the salmon banks it is estimated that the total sockeye pack on Puget Sound for this season will be | fully 1,200,000 cas e — Shasta County Mining Deals. REDDING, Aug. 22.—Two mining deals were entered into in Redding to-day. In one the Shasta Bay Blossom Copper Com- pany, an incorporation recently formed and consisting principally of members of the Granite Creek Smelting and Refining Company of Boston, took a short term bond on the Keith group of partially de- veloped copper claims lying a half-mile northeast of the Bully Hill mine, Captain Delamar’s great copper producer. Morton Lindley, a mine expert, who represents the Boston people and who is authority | for the statement that a bond has been | taken, would not give out the figures of the option. The second deal involves a six months’ bond in the sum of $10,000 on the Alta group of ten quartz claims in Sugar Pine Gulch, near the Afterthought copper prop- erty. Mrs. J. A. Wilson owns the Alta | roup and the bond was taken by James AL Patterson and David Reese of Siskiyou | County. e gt Claims the Socrates Mine. SANTA ROSA., Aug. 23.—The Carr| Realty Company of San Francisco has be- gun suit in the Superior Court here ask- ing that it be adjudged owner of the fa- mous Socrates quicksilver mine at Pine Flat, above Cloverdale. The claim is based upon the alleged transfer of the rights of the heirs of the late W. B. Carr. Carr was one of fifteen original discover- ers of the property in 1860. The title is in dispute between twenty or thirty claimants and the legal battle over the ownership promises to become the most famous in the history of Sonoma County. o e 0Oil Strike in Shasta County. KESWICK, Aug. 2.—The Keswick de Ofl Company has struck a strong cr%aze of ofl at a depth of 450 feet in its | well in the sand flats near Keswick. While the ofl is not present in great quantity, it is belleved a good flow will be found at & greater depth. MURDERER NORDSTROM, STRAPPED TO A BOARD, DIES ON THE GALLOWS Assassin, Whose Counsel Delayed the Law’s Vengeance for Nine Years, Collapses as the Hour of His Execution Arrives and Has to Be Held Up While Preparations for the Drop Are Made EX e | EATTLE, Aug. 2.—Charles W. Nordstrom was hanged this morn- ing at 9:49 o'clock for the murder on November 27, 1891, of Willlam Mason. From early morning the condemned man was on the verge of utter collapse, and while ministers and mem- bers of the Salvation Army prayed with him he cried continually. Shortly after 9:30, c'clock Nordstrom was brought from the room in which he had been detained, just adjoining the ex- ecution room. It required the assistance of four men to keep him on his feet. ‘When he was taken into the presence of the scaffold he broke down entirely. Crying ‘in a childish volce and praying that his life be spared him, he fell to the floor. Efforts tc raise him and keep him on his feet were fruitless, and at last Sheriff Cudihee ordered that a board be brougnt. To this Nordstrom was strapped. It re- quired six men to hold him while this was being done. While being strapped to the board Nordstrom continued to shriek and cry. Several times he seemed to spenk, but his words were unintelligible. The six men who had held him raised his body on the board and with great effort suc- ceeded in getting him upon the gallows and the fatal trap. There he was stood upright, four of the men standing on the four sides of the trap and holding him. In less than two seconds after the con- demned man was in place the trap was sprung and Nordstrom had pald the pen- alty of his crime. The trap was sprung at 9:49 o’clock and Nordstrom was pronounced dead at 10:02 o'clock. In the autumn of 1891 Charles W. Nord- MASON'S SLAYER AND THE LAW- YER WHO PROLONGED HIS LIFE NINE YEARS. - county. He had a dispute about the amount of wages due him. The sum in- volved was $385. On the night of the murder Willlam Mason was sitting down to supper with his father. Some one fired a shot from outside the window. Young Mason pitched forward and died in a short time. Investigation showed the prints of {he murderer'sfeet as he had stood beside a fence corner and rested his rifle on the top rail. The next day of- ficers took up the chase. The murderer was tracked over a long stretch of coun- try. Several days later Nordstrom, with a Winchester rifle of the same callber as that with which the victim was murdered, was arrested on the railroad track near Cedar Mountain. He told conflicting stories. On trial he was convicted. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court of this State, which refused to grant a new trial. Colonel James Hamilton Lewis became associate counsel in the case. He fought it in the Federal court on a writ of habeas corpus, which was de- nied. He carried it to the Supreme Court of the United States and lost. He then went to the Superior Court of King Coun- tion of Nordstrom. This was granted. The doctors pronounced the man sane. Lewis demanded a jury trial to determine Nordstrom's sanity. The Superior Court denied this. In the Supreme Court of this State Lewis’ appeal from this ruling was overruled. Then Lewlis carried it to the Supreme Court of the United States, and — & t =5 also a}ag}llgd to the Federal court for a writ of habeas corpus on the strength of the insanity proceedings. The Federal court refused the writ and Lewis appealed this also to the Supreme Court of the United States. He was overruled in both cases. Since then Lewis has applled to Federal and Superior courts for a stay of proceedings and has been refused. The en- tire litigation nas taken nine years. Lewis last night,/"in spite of his an- nouncement the other day that he had left the case, was out of the city looking vor a writ of prohibition from some Supreme strom worked for Thomas Mason, a ty and asked for a commission of physi- Court Justice. Thi ::mcher. near Cedar Mountain, in this cians to examine into the mental condi- to mterlere.e % Favemor had; etysel L 1 i e 2 SRR SRR S 1 I POOR SHPE Soldiers’ Home Quarter- master Is Under Suspension. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA MONICA, Aug. 23.—A sensation was caused at the Soldiers’ Home to-day by the suspension from duty of Quarter- master J. H. Simpson. It is understood that the immediate cause of his suspen- sion is the condition of his accounts, which were recently reported upon by the inspector, Colonel Smith. Officers at the Home are reticent about the affair, al- though General O. H. La Grange, the gov- ernor, admits the suspension, saying that nothing more could be made public until the case had been heard by the board of managers, in the latter part of Septem- er. Major Simpson has been in bad odor with the veterans for some time. A month ago he was burned in effigy by the old soldiers, who were aggrieved because the supply of oleomargarine had run short, and Simpson was held responsible. ROOSEVELT’S CHILDREN ARE REGAINING HEALTH Vice President Spends Many Hours at Bedside of Suffering Boy and Girl. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Vice President Roosevelt's youngest child, Quinten, 4 years of age, is now in Roosevelt Hos- pital, as well as his sister Alice. The boy was operated upon Thursday by Dr. George E. Brewer, one of the visiting sur- geons in the hospital. It is expected he Will be well in a_reasonable length of time. The Vice President spent all this afternoon by the beds of his children. , Miss Alice Roosevelt, the Vice Presi- dent’s eldest child, was operated upon a Week ago Thursday. She had an abscess of the jaw, and the operation she under- went was very successful. It is said she will leave the hospital to-morrow. GERMANY’S EMPEROR GREETS BRITAIN’S KING Edward Arrives in Prussia and Drives in Open Carriage With Kaiser. WILHELMSHONE, Prussia, Aug. 23.— King Bdward arrived here at lunch-time and was met at the raflroad station by Emperor William in the uniform of a British admiral and the officers of the headquarters’ staff. The King wore the dragoon guards’' uniform. After cordial greetings the sovereigns entered an open carriage drawn by four horses and were driven to the castle, where they had luncheon. The center of the table was adorned with the epergne, designed by Emperor William, as a present for King Edward. N MINE DEA Rich Pasadena Woman Declares She Was Swindled. T Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 25.—An al- leged swindle involving prominent resi- dents of Los Angeles, Pasadena and this city was brought to light yesterday by the filing of a complaint in the County Clerk’s office. Miss Mary A. L. Burke, a rich woman of Pasadepa, brings suit against Willilam H. Allured of Los Angeles, James F. Marrs of Manvel and others for $57,000 and attorneys’ fees, which she alleges 1s due her as damages for having been swin- dled by Allured and Marrs. I the complaint she declares that she was induced to spend large sums of money in the development of the Crown, Altissi- mus and Red Copper mines in the Bullion mining district of this county. She was given to understand by the defendants, and especially by Allured, who was acting as her agent, that Marrs had clear title to the claims, which are sald to be worth $3,000,000, and that if she would supply the money to carry on the development work she could share as a one-third’ owner in the profits of the mine. She alleges that she gave her entire time to the scheme and expended large sums of money in de- velopment of the mining property, as she supposed. . Miss Burke now declares she has learned that Marrs has but a half |flteres’¥l in the mines and that the money she fvested has not been spent in carrying on the de- velopment work. She claims she has been swindled and asks the court to right the wrong. She asks that the contract drawn up between her and Allured and Marrs be canceled on the ground that she was induced to sign by fraudulent misrepre- sentations. Attorney Dillon of Los Angeles, who is representing Miss Burke, alleges that the contract is a clever piece of swindling work. It is so worded as to seem all right, but a careful examination of it shows that Miss Burke practically agrees to purchase the mining claims, and that if she does ?&to&nake the purchase she is to forfeit Sues Monteith’s Bondsmen. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 23—8. M. Augus- tine, administrator of the estate of A. P. Hotaling, to-day commenced suit in the Superior Court against C. J. Gardiner, William Nolan and James H. Gallandett for $500. The defendants are sued as Jbondsmen of At(urneK’ G. W. Monteith. Several years ago Monteith moved to this city and purchased a residence, *“Tha Knoll,” from Hotaling. He paid part cash and executed a mortgage for the balance. The defendants in the present case were his bondsmen at that time. When the mortgage became due it was foreclosed and passed .from Monteith's possession. In the suit filed to-day it is ul?ezed that he allowed the property to run down, th a) e buildings _and fences reaching a dil dated condition which will require $500 to effect thelr repair, T AN JGENT Financier to Take Active Interest in Coast Shipping. —_————— Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Aug. 22.—B. G. Baker, presi- dent of the American Transport Com- pany, the largest American steamer line now in operation, is on his way to the Pa- cific Coast to investigate steamship condl- tions, according to telegrams received to- day from Minneapolis, where Baker has been for the last week. It is surmised here that Baker repre- sents J. P. Morgan & Co., wha purchased in May the Northern Pacific. line of steamers between Tacoma and Oriental ports, which has been transferred to the Northern Pacific Railway within thirty days. Morgan is interested in the Atlan- tic Transport Company. and has lald plans whereby community of interest methods are to govern both the Atlantic Transport Company and the Leyland line. Traffic men here have understood for some time that greater attention is to be given to the development of Oriental business from Puget Sound following the bringing into harmonious relations of the North- ern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Burlington railways. Mr. Baker said enough {n Minneapolis to indicate that he would visit both Puget Sound and San Francisco. Like J, J. Hill, he belleves in large steamers, that can carry freight at a small cost per ton, Claim Mine and Townsite. REDDING, Aug. 23.—E. P. Sherk, Frank Large and Andrew Fletcher have filed an application in the United States land of- fice here for a patent to the Bonanza quartz claim, on the land of which forty houses and nearly all the business por- tion of Harrison Gulch is located. The claim of the three applicants has already created considerable trouble and bitter contests will ensue. Sherk, Large and Fletcher allege that they located the Bonanza in 1896 and have done $300 wortn of work on it. Miner Falls to His Death. MURPHYS, Aug. 22—E. W. Brown fell 100 feet in the Sheep Ranch mine on ‘Wednesday morning and died at 11 o’clock that night. He was 24 years old and had worked at the mine a week. Brown served as a soldier in the Philippines. His mother resides in Waluut Creek. World to End This Year. This s the recent decision of one of the prominent socleties of the world, but the ex- act day has not yet been fixed upon, and while there are very few )ple who belleve this prediction, there are thousands of others who not only believe, but know that Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters is the best medicine to cure fa, indigestlon, constipation, bil- fousness or liver and kidney trouble. A fair trial w ly convince you of its value. lGLANDER'S DEAD NUMBER FORTY Steamer Hating Brings| Official List of Victims. Force of Deputy Marshals| Stops Robbing of Bodies by Indians. g Speclal Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 23.—The steamer Hating arrived in port to-day, bringing the bodies of five victims of the Islander disaster. In all nineteen bodies have been recovered, and it is authentic- ally stated that the total number of lives lost was forty. The bodies brought here to-day were those of Mrs. Ross, wife of Governor Ross of the Yukon Territory, and her infant child; Mrs. Ross of San Francisco, Dr. Joseph A. Duncan of Vie- toria_and Captain H. R. ¥oote, master of | the Islander. The official list of the passengers and crew drowned is as fol- lows: First Class. — E . J. W. BELL. MISS KATE BARNES. A. W. GERY, M. J. BRAELIN. MRS. ROSS, maid and child. ARTHUR KEATING. F. R. DOUGLAS. MRS. J. C. HENDERSON. MRS. DR. PHILLIPS and child. 1 DR. J. DUNCAN. MRS. MINNIE ROSS. J. DAHL. MRS. NICHOLSON. MR. KEATING. J. KEATING. F. REKATE. b Second Class. . CASPER. WILLIAM MEADOWS. Crew. H. R. FOOTE, master. H. FOWLER, second steward. MILES JOACH, walter. GEORGE BUCKHOLDER, oiler. H. PORTER, coalpasser. NORMAN LAW, waiter. 8. J. PITTS, cook. Two Chinesé mess boys and helper. GEORGE ALLAN, third engineer. A. KENDALL. night saloon watchman. JAMES HATCH, fireman. JAMES BAIRD, assistant pantryman. GEORGE MILES, barber. Two coalpassers, names unknown. Advices from Skaguay of the latest date state that after some of the bodies were washed ashore ghoulish acts were com-l mitted by Indfans. At that time the coast | was not in control of patrolmen and the | bodies cast ashore were temporarily un- | protected. As soon as it was discovered | in Juneau that the work of robbing the | corpses was in progress the United States | Marshal dispatched a number of deputies | to the scene, and at the date of the sail- | ing of the Hating it was understood that | several of the ghouls had been appre- hended. Of the bodies recovered nine were buried | in Juneau. It is understood that a ma- | jority of the interred remains were those fof members of the crew. It is believed that some bodies vet re- main within the wreck. As yet the task of raising the vessel has not been consid- | ered, but soundings will soon be made to ascertain accurately the depth at which | the Islander lies. Should this prove to be under thirty-five fathoms it is very | likely that an attempt will be made to raise the wrecked vessel. ANTIOCH TO BE AN OIL DISTRIBUTING CENTER Producers’ Company Agent Pur- chases Site for a Wharf and Tanks. ANTIOCH, Aug. 23.—Antioch will be a distributing,_depot for Kern County ofl. George H. Larkin, who is doing outside | work for the Producers’ Oil Storage and Transportation Company, has procured a | site for the company just east of the Anti- och Lumber Company's wharf. A wharf 30x70 feef in dimensions will be built here and on it will be placed tanks with a ca- pacity of 8000 barrels each. The oil will be hauled from Kern County in oil cars over the Santa Fe road. The cars will be run upon a sidetrack just back of the wharf site. Oil will be pumped through a pipe from the cars to the stor- age tanks on the wharf. Fuel oil will be supplied from these tanks to all consum- ers along the San Joaquin and Sacra- mento rivers. —_—— Sues for Heavy Damages. SALINAS, Aug. 22.—Mrs. M. L Wyckoff's suit against the Pajaro Valley Consoli- dated Rallroad for $:0.600 for the death of her husiaax‘l"d. ’.;‘ N. Wyckoft, an engine‘exi y ¢ that company, was on tria R o P yckolt was EiNed at Gaffeys Station on January 22, 1900. In the suit | contributary necgligence is alleged. The case will continue to-morrow. WRECKED CREW FAGES FARMINE Charles D. Lane’s Cap- tain Sends Plea for Aid to Nome. Five Seamen Who Convey His Message Barely Es- cape Starvation. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Aug. 23.—Third Officer B. F. Gage of the wrecked steamship Charles D. Lane arrived at St. Michael on Au- gust 1 with a boat's crew of four men, after a nine days’ trip in an open boat. During that time they experienced great hardships and were threatened with star- vation as well as death by drowning. When the passengers on the Lane had been transferred to the schooner Vaga and sent back to Nome it was expectel that relfef would come within a few days. Consequently Captain Ames allowed the greater portion of the provisions that were saved to be taken by the schooner and kept the entire crew of fifty-two men at the scene of the wreck with a limited supply of food. The wreck occurred on July 13, and when ten days had passed and relief had not arrived Third Officer Gage and four seamen started for St. Michael in one of the ship's boats, with a message from Captain Ames, addressed to the revenue cutter service or the Dep- uty Collector of Customs in St. Michael. Unfavorable weather conditions caused o much delay that they did not reach St. Michael until August 1. Meantime most of the food they had brought with them became spoiled and they arrived almost famishing with hunger, and thirst, tho water that they brought also being bad. Captain Ames stated in his message, dated July 23, that food was them run- ning low and they must have immediate relief. The revenue cutter Nunivak was at St. Michael, but she is purely a river eraft, not fitted for deep’ water servi-e, and Lieutenant J. C. Cantwell, in com- mand, could offer no relief. Deputy Col- lector J. B. Causten sent the men to Noma on the steamer Dora and the agents of the wrecked steamer are expected to send relief from that point immediately. It seems that the steamer Discovery was to have been sent out from Nome to the Lane as soon as_the news of the wreck was received, but the Discovery met a slight accident and proceeded to Dutch Harbor instead. Third Officer Gage says the Lane will undoubtedly be a total wreck. She is piled up on the rocks a mile and a half from Cape Mohican. at the extreme west- erly end of Nunivak Island. in as bad a place as could be found on the entire isl and. She is settling on the rocks and~it is a question of only a short time before she goes to pleces. Captain Ames keenlv Is his_misfortune in the I of the el. When the accident occurred, o’clock on the night of July 13, the £ v 1 running at half-speed. The rocks would have been cleared on a course less than 600 feet further westward. but in that vicinity the currents are strong and de- ceptive and reckonings are lgst in a fog. SELECTS LOS ANGELES FOR ITS NEXT MEETING Southern Metropolis the Unanimous Choice of the African Meth- odist Conference. STOCKTON, Aug. 23.—The next annual session of the California African Metho- dist Conference will be held in Los An- geles. That was the unanimous decision at to-day’s session. A praise service, led by the Rev. J. L. ‘Witten of Sacramento, preceded the open- ing of the session to-day. 'which was called to order Ly Bishop Shaffer. The re- quest of the Rev. Robert Arrington for lo- cation was not grante<, as he could not be spared from the itnerant work. No deaths or withdrawals from the confer- ence during the year were reported. Tha Rev. C. C. Jalford was t erred from the Puget Sound to the California com- ference. The_committee on endowment day re- ported a total of $28 85 collected. The re- port of Presiding Elder Colman was read and approved. e g Takes Too Much Morphine. FRESNO, Aug. 22.—M. A. Blade died in Jamestown, Tuolumne County, last night from the effecis of an overdose of mor- phins, which had been taken to relieve nervousness and insomnia. Blade was well known in Fresno, having been a past grand master of Fresno Lodge, Anclent Order of United Workmen. Kills His Wife and Her Parents. COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 22.—Sam Far- row, a negro, shot and killed his wife, his father-in-law and mother-in-law near Dawkins to-day. FO. CISCO. HAVE YOU GF WASHERWOMAN’S THE ARTISTS’ COLONY AT M THE ¢THREE’’ SVENGALI NEXT SUNDAY CALL HOW RICHARD H. COOPER FOUND THE REGALIA OF AGUINALDO. — BEGINNING OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES A NEW BIBLE PLAY FOR SAN FRAN- THE CAMERA LIE? DO YOU KNOW WHO HE IS ? THE PRINCE — FIGHTING THE WESTERN GRASSHOP- PER ON NEW LINES. BOOKS AND FICTION AND SPCRTS. THE PUBLIC OF TWO CONTINENTS. R WHIST PLAYERS. THOUGHT OF THIS: DOES BAY. ONTEREY. 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