The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1901, Page 7

J d 1% MND WAGON GRISH TOGETHER Three Men Are Badly Hurt by Unexpected Collision. ‘Women Passengers Hurry to Their Homes After the Accident. driven by Fred B. Boos, an of the Hansen California Dalry, the Howard-street line col- ght at the corner of Eight- ard streets. On the seat 1 with Boos were John Mona- loye of the Southern Pacific Meyer Anthony, & box- latter at 1020 Folsom street. were badly injured. ed several serious injuries. eated by some women in the neighborhood, while the other n_were removed to the City spital. Monahan sustained of the skull and Meyer ly cut about the face dent occurred no one e car and the wagon er and the men were spilied eet along with the contents The name of the motor- e of the car and the e nage done had not been the police up to a late hour. T rack was cleared the regular runs. women who were on the coming into town were e accl t umber of the mext car home. into a house accident and by willing strength he recoverin, ether t £ remains of his wa- over such parts SUSPECTED FORGER NOW BELIEVED TO BE INSANE Friends Say That He Is Suffering From the Excessive Use of Some Drug. RK, Nov. —O0. B. Wheeler arrested yesterday on notes aggregating $103,000, in the Police Court to-day. > appeared for him, told t his client was, in his g from the excessive use d that he was now men- all stature, guite bald rd. While waiting to be ked nervously about the hands and head shook 1 before the bar he to the railing to steady y _called the atten- to Whe condition to Bellevue under the cian. He further past Wheeler had by a private uch about the alleged to_raise money on trate Cornell said that " e cal care, and upon e detective that he his doc t police Sewer System Bonds. Nov An election will the propo- of $80,000 sewer s s a_complete the disposal of located a tly spring ADVERTISEMENTS. STATEMENT —OF CONDITION AND AFFAIRS THE HERCHANTS INSURANCE COMPANY THE STATE OF NEW st day of December, A. D. ear ending on that day, as rance Commissioner of the pursuant to the provisions 611 of the Political Code. ™ ished by the Com- THE— $ 400,000 00 128 82 [ by Compa: o0 ¥'s Office 62 % 88 rued 82 5 36 50 605 34 [ 08 Assets LIABILITIES. unpaid 2,812 49 Adjustme! : . B g _expenses.. 10,809 01 re Risks, ru 270,059 75 ce pro rata 381,055 37 or salaries, I %0 6 INCOME. received for Fire for interest on Bomds and r interest and dividends Stocks, Loans and from other sources... 1 Income . EXPENDITURES. unt paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding $124,9%5 60, lcsses of pre- PORIND -oroscioctoiorn $ 674,708 09 dends to Stockholders ...... 32,000 09 or allowed for Commission kera, . e 152,445 54 for Salacies, ¥ nd T ges for officers, clerks, etc.... 150,966 64 ate, National and Local 43,134 89 45,634 48 Losses incurred during the year.... Premiums.| Fire Risl ? Risks| during the| 118,615,386 ($1,258,244 95 121,208,956 | 1,309,078 55 ount in_ force| | 1900. 133,751,635 1,309,565 32 G. LEE _STENT, President. W. H. GUERIN, Secretary. Fubscribed and sworn to before me this, 17th of January, 1901 R. 8. STEADMAN, Notary Public. PACIFIC DEPARTMENT : G: W. McNEAR, General Agent, WILLARD O. WAYMAN, Manager, 420 CALIFORNIA STREET, &AN FRANCISCO, CAL. ormer lives at 231 Howard | scer- | that they cut their | g the names of Chicago | - | sociation CHURCH PULPITS ‘Workers Discuss Re- ligious Topics. Secure Pledges to Maintain a Missionary in the Philippines. Sl FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 17.—To-day presented the great religious feature of the Women's Christian Temperance Un- fon. Thirty-four women occupied as many pulpits in different churches in this city, | preaching in most instances morning and | evening. The toplcs covered were the | whole common ground of religious | thought of the world. Doctrinal discourse was tabooed. Methodists occupied Pres- | byterian pulpits, Unitarians talked to a | Methodist Episcopal South congregation | and Baptists and Congregationalists fra- | ternized under the white banner of tem- perance. Some of the most prominent pulpit orators were Mrs. Mary Hant of Boston, Mrs. Margaret D. Ellis of Wash- ington, D. C.; Rev. Eugenie St. John of Kansas, Mrs. Clara Parrish Wright of Illinois, Mrs. Mabel L. Conklin, national lecturer and organizer, New York;. Mrs. Addie N. Fields, world’s missionary to Mexico; Mrs. Marion Dunham of Burling- | ton, Iowa; Mrs. Howard Hoge of Virginia, Miss Belle Kearney of Mississippl and %\dii‘s Christene Tenling of London, Eng- | land. | ,,All these speakers preached to apprecia- tiye and overflowing congregations. The chief interest centered in the an- pual sermon preached in_the Christian | Tabernacle by Elizabeth W. Greenwood | of New York, world’s and national evan- gelistic superintendent on “Preaching the Gospel.” She said: “Politicians strove to make Theodore Roosevelt Vice President that they might remove him as Governor of New York, in the hope that they would no longer be hindered in their wicked schemes, and behold! a most signal and disastrous reversal of their plans. Roose- velt, a man of destiny, becomes- Presi- dent, while his successor, Governor Odell, | develops ability to rise above the aims | and standards of the machine politicians. | History emphasizes the exactness of God's justice.” This afternoon a grand Philippine rally | was held at the opera-nouse, which was | overfiowed. The question of evangeliz- ing the islands was discussed in the light of the-personal relation of one who had been there and pledges secured to main- | tain a missionary for a year. | @ it @ IO BROTHERS N ROT FIGAT | Prominent Horsemen En- | gagein a Street En- counter. | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Sroadway, Nov. IT. | A quarrel over racstrack affairs led to | a hot street fight this afternoon between W. P. Magrane, a prominent Kentucky horseman, who has a string of horses at Emeryville, and his trother, J. G. Ma- grane, a well-known bookmaker, who “cut in” at the track this season. The battle occurred at the corner of Twelfth and Clay s:reets, opposite the Young Men’s €hristian Association build- ing and the First Congregational Church. The fight was at its best just as Polic man Mackey, riding 5 the Jjail in the pa- | trol wagon, hove in sizht. "The spectacle of two well dressed men sending straight lefts, uppercuts and swings at each other | with' very evident harmful intent caused the patrolman to halt .n his journey, turn he “black maria” inio the curbing and uickly jump batween the quarreling pair. The Magranes were induced to, cease fighting, and the policeman managed to pull them out of a hard clinch, land the | pair in the wagon and resume his journey to the calaboose, where the two were charged with pattery. As they stood in the reception-room for priscners Book- maker Magrane appeared the worse for A big lump on the back tl q | the encounter. of his head evidenced where he had hit | the hard stone sidewaik after one of his | brother’s heavy leads. “If 1 had had a pistol T would have killed you,” said Bookmaker Magrane to Horseman Magrane during the ride to the | City Hall. But further violent demon- stration was checked by a warning from the policeman. Both men had been drinking consider- | ably, and their quarrel is supposed to have resulted largely from this. They refused to talk about the fight, and after depositing $% bail eich were released, with orders to appear in court to-morrow morning. The police are satisfied the quarrel will have been settled before that tinde. Horseman Magranc : liie Forrest, The Singér and other racers now at Emeryville. Both of these | horses landed purses on November is the owner of | ANNUAL LUNCHEON ON EVE OF HORSE SHOW }Function Practically Marks the Be- ginning of Gotham’s Equine Exposition. NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—The annual luncheon of the National Horse Show A to-day practically marked the | beginning of the seventeenth annual horse show. To-day’s function was an ex- | ceptionally successful one. The luncheon | was given in the dining hall of Madison | Square Garden. At its conclusion the | guests adjourned to the garden, where a | parade of many of the horses entered in the show was given. The parade was | ted by Mrs. Winthrop Hope Johnstone and Merald, a tiny Shetland pony. Then | some of the hackneys were exhibited and a few trotters. The horse show proper begins to-mor- row morning with the judging of twenty- ve horses suitable to become hunters. EURGLARS ENTER MANY STORES IN KANSAS TOWN Finally Wreck Bank Safe With Dyna- mite and Are Driven Away by Citizens. WELLINGTON, Kan., Nev. 17.—Safe- blowers raided Milan, a small town six- | teen miles west of here, at an early hour this morning, and after entering every | prominent store, wrecked the safe and | Bxtures of the Milan State bank with dynamite. Two doors were blown off the safe, but the third, on which was the time lock, resisted the force of the ex- plosives and the citizens, who had been aroused by the noise, rushed into the streets with shotguns and drove the rob- bers away before they had:secired any plunder. Bloodhounds from Wichita were taken to Milan, but they refused to take the scent and the pursuit of the men was abandoned. Foreigners May Row at Henley. LONDON, Nov. 17.—The members of the Thames Rowing Club, at a meeting held yesterday, rejected by a large majority the plea of Willilam H. Grenfeld, M. P., the well known oarsman, in favor of ex- cluding foreigners from the Henley Royal regatta. Although a final decision will not be taken until next Saturday, the action of the club is regarded as virtually settling the matter. AN R LT San Jose Nine Suffers Defeat. SAN JOSE, Nov. 17.—The San Jose baseball nine was defeated to-day by an aggregation of players from the big East- ern and Western league teams by th score of § to 1. The stars of the game were Van Haltren, Beckley, Hulen. > | ertes and | THE SAN FRANCISCO- CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1901.- WOMEN OCCUPY - |ANDERSON JURY |THIEF TAKES FINALLY AGREES the Denver Attorney Not Guilty. Third Trial of Sensational Case That Attracted Great Attention. DENVER, Nov. 17.—The jury in the An- derson case this afternoon brought in a verdict of acquittal, thus ending one of the most interesting criminal cases ever tried in the courts of Colorado. ‘W. W. Anderson, a lawyer of this city, shot H. H. Tammen and F. J. Bonfils, pro- prietors of the Denver Post, about a year and a half ago. The shooting occurred in the private offices of the owners of the paper and for a time it was thought Bon- fils would not recover from his wounds. He survived them, however. Tammen only received slight wounds in the affray. Anderson was tried three times, the first two trials resulting in divided juries. The trial just closed’ was merely a formal presentation of the recorded evidence given in the previous trials and argument of counsel, the idea being to have a new jury sit in the case. The trial was con- cluded Saturday and the verdict rendered as above stated to-day. B It was due to sworn statements made by jurors in the second trial that Messrs. Bonfils and Tammen, Police Magistrate Thomas and others were tried for at- tempted bribery, and acquitted recently. The Grand Jury is now conducting an in- vestigation of the bribery charges. O e s o] ) FAUBAL FLYNN FINDS FRIENDS Aged Wanderer’s Past Is Uncovered to Police Guardians. - — Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 17. ‘With nearly 39000 to his credit in sav- ings banks of San Francisco aged Peter Flynn, the mysterious wanderer, was a popular guest to-day at the City Prison, where he has been cared for since the police found him yesterday aimlessly meandering about the streets. A score of people called to identify the old man, and out of the many visitors came scraps of his past history that partially solved the mystery that had surrounded the decrepit old ploneer, for such’ he proved to be. It was thirty years ago when railroad- ing was young in the West that Peter Flynn, a hearty, healthy man of 40 odd, established a hotel at Flynns Station, near Winnemucca, Nev., where he played host with such success that he accumu- lated quite a pile of gold. He was care- ul and provident, sending his savings to San Francisco, where they grew into a neat nestegg. After a while the hotel life wearied him, and Flynn came to San | Francisco with a competency sufficient to | keep him during the remainder of his ays. Flynn had few relatives and with them he had little if any intercourse. Publicity given to his detention here disclosed the | fact that Mrs. Honora Graham, residing at 1123 Sutter street, San Francisco, is | his cousin. Mrs. Graham was among the numerous visitors at the jail to-day. She | said her cousin had hitherto declined to | | have anything to do with her. “It isn’t his money I want,” she de- clared tearfully. “But 1 would like to | take care of him in his old age. He needs | some one to look out for him. The police agreed with Mrs. - Graham, | | but they decided not to release their aged | | ward until his condition had improvea. | He is in an enfeebled state mentally, but | slbnlce yesterday had brightened consider- ably. | _Officers from the German Savings and | Loan Soclety inspected Flynn’s books to- day and found that he had more than $3000 to his credit. He lived so frugally | that since last April he had drawn only | $13, and of this amount a portion had | | been sent to Nellie Flynn of Charlestown, | | Mass., another cousin. | _The old man had occupied a room at | W. P. Whitmore's, 565 Eleventh street, for |a @ay or two. Here he kept his few per- sonal belongings, a valise full of odds and | ends of clothing. With this he had been for years drifting from place to place, as | his fancy suited him. | Captain of Police Wilson, under direc- | tion of Chief of Police Hodgkins, has ! taken temporary charge of the old man. | He will probably be persuaded to become | |an inmate of ‘some instifution where | | proper attention can be givén him. MILLIONAIRES ENTER FOR AUTOMOBILE RACE| William XK. Vanderbilt Jr. and Fox- hall Keene Will Compete for Championship. NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Wm. K. Vander- bilt, Jr., and Foxhall Keene to-day cabled heir entrances as competitors in . the | Paris-Vienna race, starting from the | Franch capital June 15 next. The race will | cover a distance of 900 miles and com- petitors from, all the world will partici- | pate. Mr. Keene has just ordered an | American machine with which to compete | in the race. 2 St e Big Shipment of Wheat to Mexico. CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 17.—From all parts of the Wcstern United States wheat is being sent into Mexico in amounts never before equaled. It is estimated by buyers and railroad men in this city that by the end of December more than 1500 rs will have been dclivered into the re- public, and even this great amount will not end the importation so long as the duty is waived and there is the slightest lack of corn. Both buyers and transpor- tation men belleve that the importation will continue -ntil the term for the re- moval of the tariff as stated in the Presi- dent’s proclamation expires. —_— Election Disturbances in Galway. DUBLIN, Nov. 17.—The election disturb- ances in Galway, growing out of the cam- paign in which Horace Plunkett, Unfonist, is opposing Colonel Arthur Lynch, who served with the Second Irish Brigade on the Boer side in the South African war, were renewed to-day. A man was stabbed and it is feared fatally injured. % 5 THE DAY’S DEAD, *- g LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17.—Colonel W. R. Wallace is dead at Whittler, Cal., where he had been staying for some time. Colo- nel Wallace was one of the best known mining men in the West. He was one of the prime movers in the opening of the Coeur d'Alene district, in Northern Idaho, and founded the town of Wallace. He had also been interested in mining operations in Canada, Minnesota, Texas, New Mex- ico, Mexico and Arizona, and lived for a number of years at Prescott. On account of failing health he came to Los Angeles about a year ago from Arizona. ——— Dr. Albert L. Gihon. NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Dr. Albert L. gl‘:?:é ’Sotrntmr medicai director of .the ates navy. died 1 00se:! Hospital to-day. aged 10 years. - Fre sors fered a stroke of apoplexy last Thursday at his hotel, and never regainsd con- sclousness. Loses a Fortune in Diamonds. Value of the Precious Stones. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Nov. 17.—Diamonds valued at $10,000 and about $200 in.money were. stolen to-night from a room in the Port- land Hotel occupied by E. F. Lowenthal of New York City and the audacious thief managed to escape with his booty and get safely away. Lowenthal 1s a dealer in precious stones and.he is at present on the Pacific Coast’ on a business trip. Last Saturday mgnt he arrived at the Portland Hotel and was assigned to a room on the ground floor facing Yamhill street. His traveling trunk, containing the greater part of his dia- monds he used in trade, and a portion of his money were placed in his room. There are two keys to this room, one used by the guest and placed in the oflice when i1 s not in use, and the other usual- 1y kept by-the janitor in charge of all the rooms ‘on that corridor. To-night after dinner Lowenthal went out, leaving hig personal key in safe keep-. ing. Between Y anfl 10 o’clock he returned and went to his room, intending to retire for the night, and he was horrified to find his trunk broken open and the most ex- pensive of his diamonds and abeut $200 in money missing. ; In considerable agitation he ran to com- municate ‘with Manager Bowers, saying: ‘ve been robbed of my diamonds." Surely .not,’ sald Bowers in dismay, and he too. peered at the broken trunk, that told an eloquent sfory of robbery. The police were sent for and Detectives Day and Weiner arrived. No marks were found showing that the lock of the door had been forced,‘and it was then assumed that the thief had opened the door by using the janitor’s key. which was in his coat hanging in a room in theé basement. The janitor was off duty last night, and he usually makes a fractice, of leaving the keys in the coat he wears when on duty. This working coat dangled from its accustomed peg in one of the em- ployes’ rooms in the basement. The detective went downstairs and found in the passageway leading to a back yard several pleces of the trays which had_contained the diamonds. The thief had first placed the preclous stones in his pockets and had then torn the trays to pieces. A teil tale ladder placed against the wall facing on Seventh street showed that the thief had escapeu that way, evidently preferring not to run the risk’ of capture by leaving the hotel by any of the main entrances. The police at once worked out the var- jous clews that sueeested themselves and policemen and detectives went to work around the terminal depot, paying especial attention to those people leaving on de- parting trains. L e S e S e 2T ) KNIFE END THE QUARREL Yuba City Resident Is Slashed by Fellow Townsman. Special Dispatch to The Call. MARYSVILLE, Nov. 17.—T. P. Coates, a well-known residen: of Yuba City, lies in a precarious condition at his home in that place as 2 resuit of three knife | wounds in the abdomen, inflicted by Charles McPherson arout 11 o'clock: last night. The fight, of which this was the result, has caused a tremendous sensa- tion. According to Coates statement the act was unprovoked. McPherson, he declares, was under the influence of liquor and was walking along sccond street with a sack of apples when Coates and a friend met him and mnformed him that he was spilling the apples. McPherson did not take kindly to the information, says Coates, and used exceedingly vulgar lan- guage. Coates passed by and remarked to his friend that he would have McPher- son arrested. He turned around to go for an officer when he mcvt McPherson, who, | he asserts, without a word struck him with a knife three times. e McPherson then departed, but was ‘ar- | rested a short time afterward ‘at his home. Coates was taken to his home and Dr. Powell was callei to attend his in- juries. Both men are residents of Yuba' City. Coates has a wiie and two children | and has always borne a good reputation. McPherson, who is a painter, has resided in the place but six months. The doctor | gives little hope for Coates’ recovery. The knife was stil in McPherson's pos- session when ne was arrested. McPherson claims that he used the knife | in self-defense. BRANNON REINSTATED ON AMERICAN TURF Horseman Implicated in Notorious “Ringer”’ Case Ends Long Period v of Ostracism. CINCINNATI, Nov. 17.—Willlam Bran- non, who for nearly a decade has suffered ostracism from the American turf, has been reinstated at Latonia. The offense which made Mr. Brannon an ! outcast was the supposed “ringing in” of the noted old horse Tanner, under the name of Polk Badget, at Latonla, on! which he clganed up something like $39,000. | Brannon trained the horse on the pike outside of Latonia, and nobody knew any- thing about him until after the coup had been made. Polk Badget opened at 40 to 1| and was.backed down to 8 to 5. Jockey Keith had the mount and tried to make a close finfsh, but the horse got his head and finished away out in front. Brannon never claimed the purse. He cashed the tickets and walked the horse to a stable in this city, and that night the | horse was hidden behind some freight in a | baggage car; painted to prevent recogni- | tion by the officials and hipped direct to Jersey City. '] The trail got so hot that the horse had scarcely reached the stable there when he Was taken out and shipped to Hopkins. ville, Tenn. The horse is dead, as is the jockey who rode him. Judge Perkins said he believed Brannon had suffered punishment enough and gave him reinstatement in the nature of a pardon. FEA YACHT THAT MAY SAIL FIFTY MILES AN HOUR Great Things Expected of Craft Built of Steel, Aluminum and Wood. NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—The Journal says: *Charles: R. F. Flint'’s new yacht will be 2 world-beater for speed. Fifty miles per hour will be obtained. -Bhe is built like a watch. Her extreme length is 150 feet 4 inches; length on water line, 130 feet; extreme be: 12 feet 3 inches; normal draught of hull, 3 feet 6 dnches; under screws, 4 7 inches; depth amidships, 9 feet 4 inches; bunker capacity, 17 tons; water tank capacity, gallons. Steel, aluminum and wood are used in the construction of this fragile looking though strongly braced hull. with its knifelike bows. The hull is' divided into seven water tight compartments. @s Nine Winners. compnn’ ALAMEDA? Nov. 17.—Co) G's team defeated the cs of land this afternoon on the Cement- avenue diamond, by a score of 7 to 6. Ten ~Thousand Dollars the|Irrigation CLAIMS GACTI of the Territorial : Flower. of Lands Promises the ‘Saguara’s De- struction. —_— Speclal Dispatch to The Call. PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 17.—T#e placing of water on the arid wastes of Arizona lands and the consequent evolution from desert to garden is Jriving to extinction onemol the strangesi plants in all the world. At a recent session of the Territorial Legislature the cercus giganteus, the giant cactus, better known as the sa- guara, peculiar to the soil of this Terri- ‘tory, was made the oflicial flower of Ari- | zona. Not many years will elapse until a new choice will be made necessary. When the first Franciscan fathers jour- neyed north from Mexico they took back a report of the great cactl, sixty feet long, which covered the plains of the new country, and told marvelous tales of the food value of the new plant, of the In- dlan tribes who substsied on the fruit of the saguara and of the wonderful bene- fits in the liquor from its sap. As far as the eye could reach stretched veritable forests of these great sentinels of the desert. Now, as the science of the American has reclaimed foot by foot the miles of the former desert and the magic water has made orange, peach and apricot or- chards and great fields of alfalfa, the sa- guara has fallen, and only in spots where . water cannot be placed can the odd plant be found. @ik ieiliek @ SPADES RS STRANGE BONES Graders Near Cayucos Unearth the Skele- tons of Men. CAYUCOS, Cal., Nov. 17.—While laborers were grading the approaches to a bridge over the Torro Creek four miles from Cayucos yesterday they unearthed with spades a large number of human bones, ‘which appear to be the skeletons of eleven men. Some of the skeletons were in a sitting posture and a few apparently had aba- lone rings in the ears and noses. Nu- merous other shell ornaments and uten- sils were found. The skeletons were fairly well preserved. It is believed that the site was orig‘hu.llg an old Indian burial ground, althoug there is no record that the spot was ever used for such purpose. STEADY GROWTH OF RURAL FREE-DELIVERY SYSTEM Civil Service May Be Extended to That Branch of the Govern- ‘ment Work. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Superintend- ent'A. W. Machen of the free delivery system of the Postoffice Department has been in conference with the members of Civil Service Commission in relation to a proposition to transfer the rural free de- livery branch of the Postoffice Depart- ment work to the classified service. This system gradually has grown from a small beginning to large proportions within the past few years and as it was not included in the classified service at the beginning of its existence, appointments in that ser- vice have been made without regard’to the requirements of the civil service law. There are now between 6000 and 7000 per- sons employed in this work, which ex- tends all over the United States and not only the members of the commission but the officials of the Postoffice Department itself have come to the conclusion that the service shculd be embraced in the classified service. Superintendent Machen went over the ground -thoroughly with the commission, ard while no Dpositive conclusion was reached, it was stated by both parties to the conference that the present pros- pect for the extension of the civil service rules to the rural free delivery is good and it is quite certain that the extension will be made. Some difficulty has been experienced in determining what exam- ination the rural carriers should be sub- Jected to, and it is understood that an arrangement has been reached whereby a separate examination will be arranged for them. OLYMPIC MEN COMPETE IN SKIFF AND BARGE In beautiful weather and on almost per- fectly smooth wate: the Oylmpic Boat Club held the closing :egatta of the sea- son yesterday in Tibuion Cove. The re- gatta began about noon, the first event being a mnovice race in outrigged skiffs, in which the contestants were Roger Cor. nell, J. Horrigan and Al Hampton. Horri- gan started in good styie and soon gained a considerable iead, but on the homeward stretch he was interfcred with by a small boat. Cornell gained and passed the lead- er, winning by three lengths, Horrigan being second and Hanipton third. In the first heat of tiie junior skiff race N. J. Prenderzast had the best of it to the turn, but was beaten by W. 8. Ful- ton. In the second heat of the junior skiff Scott Leary won easily from W. | Longwell. Charles Melrose Jr., Fercy Burr and A. ¥1. Bullion were the cuntestants in the se- nfor skiff race, which was the best of the day. Burr started in lively style and looked like a sure winner, but Melrose stuck to his work and overhauled Burr, who could not recover his lead. Melrose won by a half-length, Burr second and Bullion a close third. Tn the junior barge race a crew made up of L. Brandenstein. how; S. Berger, No. 2; W. W. (“Habiv') Clawson, No. 3 . B. Longwell, stroie, and W. Fulton, cockswain, beat a four composed of Hampton, bow; Oweuns, No. 2; Bullion, 0. 3; Paddack. stroke. and Percy Pem- broke. cocckswain, by one length. In the final heat of the junfor skiff race Scott Leary won by three lengths from W. Fuiton. The senior barge race was a close one, the crew made up of R. Cornell, bow: N. Prendergast. No. 2;" C. Melrose Jr., No. 3; J. Sherry, stroke. and Percy Pembroke, cockswain winning by two jengths from the crew composed of eorge James. bow: Charles Leighton, o. 2; Percy Burr. No. 3: A. W. Pape, stroke. and C. Dobie. cockswaln. R. MacArthur officizied as starter, and the judges at the finish were Professor Joseph O'Connor and JT. Dawson. The course was from the Olvmpic boathouse a half-mile &nt to the stakes. and back to a line off fhe clubhouse. Cantain 8. J. Pembroke was ublquitous In his skiff, and his sons officlated as iudges at the turn. _ During the afternon ihe members of the foothall team, who hac been for a run on the hills behind Tibuion, came to tha ciubhouse for lunchesi and to view the races. The talked-of race between S. J. Pem- broke and J. R. Bockman falled to come off. A. W. Pave gave exhibition in an outrigged skiff, standing on his head and ‘doing other feats of balancing. AR - e Christmas Holidays in Mexico. Southern Pacific special train leaves San Francisco Decme:bz‘:. Lo-m Angeles 19, . 1 Remie b rcine Negoo g Lme or Francisco, $80; Angeles, §70. Pe: - ally conducted. car. Pullman E Limit 60 Lome trip rates. tional itineraries. *reser- wm Market :m!. San Francisco, South Spring Los Angeles. IMPID DEATH [TIMELY SHEER COSTLY GEMS| Fort Worth Temperance | Renders Verdict Finding |A New York Merchant|Arizona Mourns Passing |Steamer Horda Nearly - SHVES A SHIP - Crashes Through a Vegsel. Narrow Escape of the Torri- don When Off the Columbia. Special Dispatch to The Cal ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 17.—The British ship Torridon, which arrived off the river several days ago, had an almost miracu- lous escape from destruction last night, when the Norwegian steamship Horda narrowly missed cutting the Britisher in twain, The Horda was on her way down from the Sound and arrived off the heads about 10 o'clock. The weather was very thick at the time. Suddenly the lights of a vessel were seen, but Captain Stevenson of the Horda, thinking the vessel ahead was the pilot schooner, continued on his course, expecting the schooner would stand under his lee and acquaint him with his exact surroundings. The lights rapidly came nearer and the two vessels were almost together, when the unknown ship flashed the danger sig- nals. At once the big steamship’s en- gines were revs and the -~ vessel sheered off her cou: She passed within a few feet of the Torridon, which had been hugging the shore. Had the Horda continued on her course for another min- ute she would certainly have cut the Tor- ridon in two. The transport Rosecrans sailed to-day for Manila, carrying 500 soldlers, who will join the army in the Philippines. The usual hearty farewell greeting was ac- corded the departing soldiers by the thou- sands who lined the docks. One of the men, a private named John Haines, from Fort right, Wash., was taken ashore and sent to a hospital for treatment. Train Injures Two Mexicans. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17.—Two Mexi- cans were struck by a west-bound South- ern Pacific freight train this afternoon near San Gabriel and seriously if not fa- tally injured. The men are laborers and are thought to have been drinking. They were brought to the City Hospital here, whe‘rie some of their limbs will be ampu- tate @ it @ POLIGE RESCUE A YOUNG GIAL Strange Case Is Revealed by the Work of Detectives. Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1118 Breadway, Nov. 17 From a notorious house on Fifth street the police to-day rescued Mary McLaugh- lin, a girl said to be not more than 1¥ or 14 years of age. Chief of Police Hodgkins also has in custody a woman known as | leClara Wilson and a man, Frank Lewis, about 40 years of age, who will be charged with having placed the girl in the resort, which Is conaucted by the Wil- son woman. Behind the revolting scircumstances which have been uncovered by the detec- tives is a cloud of mystery concefning the identity of the girl and the man, who have been in this city only two or three days. They came here together, traveling in a covered ‘prairic scnooner,” drawn by a pair of broken down horses. Ac-| cording to Lewis, they had been roving | He asserted | over Southern California. that his child companion was his niece. The police believe that the girl's home is in some Southern California town. She is slight and her appearance is all against her ciaim that she is 18 years of age. The police officials have commenced a thorough investigation of the case. They wi'l prosecute Lewis under a law which makes the offense with which he will be charged punishable by a long term in a State penitentiary. The woman is also subject to like punishment if she is convicted. Chief Hodgkins has taken the case in hand personally. He said to-day: Two days ago information reached the de- partment about the arrival of this couple in town. We set an inquiry on foot and this morning procured sufficient evidence to arrest the parties, who are now in custody. The man is shrewd and cunning. He refuses to disclose anything by which we might trace his past. Both himsel? and the child declare they are uncle and niece. If that be so the case is all the more. astounding. The girl is siight. frall and of tender years. I have no and she appears not a day over 14. Our in- formation is that she is only 13 years old. Although Lewis is reticent I have no doubt we shall shortly have his history, and I shall make speclal effort to trace the girl back to | her relatives and her home. Pendlnfi will be held as “‘small prisoners. Chief Hodgkins explained that he was ficpnred to enter complaints against wis and the Wilson woman at any time if compelled to use that resort to held them. RUMORS OF MAYOR-ELECT'S DEATH CAUSES EXCITEMENT Cacmcdi Wild rymors were circulated last night around town to the effect that Mayor- elect Eugene E. Schmitz had been acel- dentally killed during the afternoon at Lathrop. Another rumor had it that the accident occurred near Livermore. Infor- mation direct from the place where Mr. Schmitz is sojourning near Watsonville showed that the Mayor-elect had not been injured and was enjoying the best of health. He spent yesterday at the home of some relatives near Watsonville, and had not been in either of the towns where his death was reported to nave occurred. Mrs. Driscoll, stated last night that she had seen Mr. Schmitz at noon and that he was then in the best of health. The rumor was in all probability start- | ed by some one who was under the influ- ence of liquor and unconscious of his acts, or else by some one so malicious that he took that means of venting a per- sonal spite. The rumour this city. Had any accident occurred Mr. Scéhmitz's relatives in this ity would have been nvtified, and the fact that they have received no word stamps the rumors as groundless. . ————————— Fitzgerald Is Again Defeated. Collins and Maguire defeated Handball Champion Fitzgerald yesterday at San Francisco Court. The score: Collins and Maguire. . .82t A Fitzgerald ... 21912 e ‘-l. Mal defeated J. Lewls and loney defeated R. O'Mal- ley and J. Philips; J. and P. Mc- Kinnon defeated G. McDonald and M. McNell; D. nessey and J. Guilfoyle defeated J. ‘arthy and P. Lally; McCs Ed White and D. O'Brien defeated P. Ryan and J. Simmons; W. Walsh defeated J. Cavanaugh. —————— . Death of John F. Daly. ALAMEDA, Nov. 17.—John F. Daly died this morning at his home on Alameda avenil near Walnut street, after an ill- ness one week from brain fever. He was 47 years of age, a native of New Prelve vears: “Sir. Daly wae, well eno oy welve years. 3 as in man circles in San l'l'::e'b,: the Unilon Wwife, two sons and a urch. Ceme- bt siie is under 13 vears of age | further investigation, the trio | book™ ‘mother-in-lew of Mr. Schmitz, | for a time caused | great worry_to Mr. Schmitz's friends in MUD SPOUTS ON PROSPECTORS Searchers for Oil Over- whelmed by the Vol- canic Well Column of Sand, Gravel and Steam Still Rises From Desert. Speeial Dispatch to The Call INDIO, Cal., Nov. 17.—The sensational volcanic well of Volcano Springs con- tinues to throw up mud, sand and gravel, but a gradual cessation is going on. This morning the ting column was about thirty feet high, where at first a conser- vative estimate gave the height at ninet‘ feet. At 7 o'clock this evening a dispate from there says that it has been checked considerably during the day, owing most likely to a caving beneath the cased por- tion of the weill. A short time o the Volcano Spr\:fls Oil Company had the well bored while prospecting for oil of which there are surface indications. The rig was in ci of Waring, an expert driller. At a ds of 300 feet a strong flow of hot salt water was encountered. This was cased off without much trouble and drilling was resumed. At 480 feet a jet of live steam came up through the roliow drill rod on the upper end of which there is a length of hose. So strozg was this steam pressure that it required three men to control the hose while uncoupling it. No sooner had that been done than a large quantity of mud. sand, gravel the size of walnuts, and hot water came upon the men where the pent- ;1: gas and steam found vent at the sur- ce. This was at once followed by an erup- tion of mud and hot water. There was no opportunity te disconnect all the gear and much of it was damaged. It was a weird, uncanny sight, that black column of mud, interrupted at intervals by bodies of steam and gases, which when they came to the surface sounded very much like the exhaust of a heavily loaded lo- comotive. The extraordinary mud geyser is in a level, desolate section and can be seen for miles. ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM HIS BENEFACTOR August Heinstand, a Young Graduate of Heidelberg University, Arrest- ed for Embezzlement. ALAMEDA, Nov. II.—August Hein- stand, a graduate of Heidelberg Univer- sity, whose father is sald to be a land baron in Switzerland, was arrested to-day on complaint of Henry Heim, a fellow- countryman, who charges Heinstand with embezzling $100 from him. Helm conducts a confectionery store on Park street. Heinstand, whe is 22 years of age, recently arrived here from Europe. Financial shortage afflicted him and he came to Heim for assistance, the latter having been a friend of the elder Hein- stand in Switzerland. Heim employed the young man and allowed him to at- tend to some of the bill collecting. It was during this time that Heim claims Hein- stand received and appropriated to his own uses $100 which did not belong to him. Being unable to obtain bail, Heinstand remains in the city prison. Swimming Contests. Following are the results of the coa- tests held yesterday afternoon at the Su- tro Baths: | 50-yard swimming race—A Sundburg | irst, A. Ott second: diving—J. O'Brien first, A. Sundburg second; 100-yard race— J. O'Brien first, D. Driscoll second: tub race—J. O'Brien first, A. Sundburg see- ond, J. McClusky third; trick and fancy | springboard diving—J. McClusky first, A. | Sundburg second: high diving—J. Me- | Clusky first, A. Sundburg secon ADVERTISEMENTS. | UNITED STATES BRANCH. | | STATEMENT | 1 —OF THE— | {CONDITION AND AFFAIRS i —OF THE— Hamburg Bremen Fire I INSURANCE COMPANY F HAMBURG, GERMANY, ON THE 31ST | Qlday of December. A. D. 1900, and for the | year ending on that day, as made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Call- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. | ASSETS. | Cash Market Value of all Stocks | €357 Honds owned by Company....31.299,358 25 | Amount of Loans secured by pledge | “of Bonds, Stocks and other mar- | ketable securities as collateral Cash in Banks .. | Premiums in due Course of 5,000 00 98,724 54, tion . - | Total Assets .. | LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid .......... $12,45 00 | Losses In process of Adjustment or n Suspense -........... 3955 Losses resisted, including expenses.. 16,550 00 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- | “hing ome year or less, $968,134 %5; | retnsurance 50 per cent.. D st e Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- | “hing “more than one year, $MO,- 721 81; reinsurance pro rata.. . son.aer Commissions and Broherage due and to become due ... U040 79 Total Liabilities ..... 31,087,394 94 INCOME. Net cash actually recelved for Fire premiums $1.314,009 52 Récelved for Interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from 2l other SQUFCeS -...... s Total Income ... -.$1,367.930 4 EXPENDITURES, Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- | N eluaing $96.569 16, losses of previous years) 794,198 53 Paid or allowed for Commission or Paid for Salaries, Fees a other for officers, clerks, etc..... 18,111 28 State, National and Local cl Pald for Total Expenditures .... Fire. Losses incurred during the year...... $733,338 83 Risks and Premiums. | Fire Risks.| Premiums. e ) Sl Net amount of Risks written during the year wans -| $132,442,173 | $1,610,706 80 Net amount of Risl expired during FORY +-iosni | n2amsee | LT Net amount in tom‘ December 31, -l 156,180.263 | 1,906,358 78 F. O.'AFFELD, Resident Manager. Subseribed and sworn to befors me, this 3th day of February. 1901 CHARLES EDGAR MILLS. Commissioner for California in New York RUDOLPH HEROLD Jr., General Agent. HARRY C. BOYD, Assistant Ceneral Agent, 415 CALIFORNIA STREET, San Francisco, Cal. DR. MEYERS & CO, SPECIALISTS FOR MEN. free at office or by mail 731 MARRET ST.