The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1901, Page 4

THE SAN FRA 1SCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1901 - OFFICIALS BRING OUT OF THE NORTH DETAILS OF THE GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY ¥ AGENTS' SPECIAL N A COLLISION Railroad Officials and Women Injured Near Nevada. Epecial Dispatch to The Call Nov. 21.—The special ing members of the American of Traveling Passenger left San Francisco last collision early this af- 2 freight train at Boca, near ne. Several members of the injured. They are C. A. Par- agent of the Lehigh Val- injured; Mrs. C. A. of the right elbow H. N. Butterfield, sprains of d back and contusion over Mrs. L. W. Price, probable three ribs; S. Bailey, arm ers, firemen and crews of escaped injury. The injured were treated by Dr. 8. Put- who was on the trainm, | well enough this af- on«heir journey un- which was west- the main line at Boca ors. It was the duty he passenger: the siding and rejoin farther on. The air brakes work _properly, however, and 1 could not be brought'tc a ne to it the switching to of the cars of ack, although the n caused two cars the rails. engers were thrown violently t the tables ng car. New Rules for the Students. INIVERSITY, Nov. 2L— chairman of the , to-day gave gulating the re- of students who udent activities: No epresent the university :n th any student organization 4 if he continues to fter being noti- e tee on he following ru nts of schol egasca 288 e, F —_— Iglesias Released on Cash Bail. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Nov. 2L—San- tiago Iglesis ent of the American 1 released on $500 Licensed to Marry. AND, —L S u Hugo Heine, aged ouisa Reid, 3! P. Perfumo, both both of Berke- 23, and Alda of Alameda, ———————————————— ADVERTISEMENTS. ENTHUSIASTIC CONVERTS, There Are Thousands of Them Who Believe as This Woman Docs. Mre, Ira Knowlton of Butte, Montana, is a mest en stic convert to the virtues of Stuart’s sepsia Tablets as & cure for ob- etinate stomach trouble. She says: *I had poor digestion mearly all my life. It. mow seeme, to me that for years I never knew what it was to be hungry,’to have a good natura! #pp>tite . T was troubled wit}, gas in stomach causing pressure on the heaft with palpitation and short breat ly everything I ate soured on my stom: sometimes 1 had cramps 1n which almost resembled spasms. me I had catarrh of the stom- medicines would not reach it ! be a sufferer had I not, in , decided to try Stuart's Dys- vy were an advertised remedy and e anything 1 read about them enfidence in advertised remedies, r living in Pitteburg wrote me last eprin lling me how Stuart'’s Tablets had cured her little ddughters ©f indigestion and loss of flesh and appetite and 1 hesitated no nger. bought a fifty-cent box at my drug store and took two of the large tablets after each meal ard found them delightful to take, being @s pleasant to the taste as caramel candy. Whenever during the day or night I felt any pain or uneasiness in the stomach or about the heart one of the small tablets and n three weeks it seemed to me es if 1 had never known what stomach trouble was. “] keep Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in _the house a n of our family uses them oceasionally after a hearty meal or when any of us have a pain or ache in the digestive Va., says: I pepsia, but in two e benefit from Stuart’s Dys- n in five years of the doctor's uart’s Dyspepsia Tablets is the safest as well as the simplest and most convenient reia- edy for any form of indigestion, catarrh of stomach, biliousness, sour stomach, bloating after meals, sympathetic heart trouble, Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets is not a_cheap cathartic, but an active digestive remedy con- tefning the pepsin and diastase Which every weak stomach lacks, and they cure stomach troubles because they &igest the food eaten and give the weak, abused, overworked stomach a chanee to rest and recuperate. Stuart's Dyspepsia_Tablets are £old in every drug store in the United States, Canada Great Britain. | home. agents’ | nsequence, despite the reversal akes, the special continued on line past the switching point the freight train. Both en- omewhat damaged at the | The in- | . who was arrested | ht ago on a charge | s to marry | Morton, 18, both | Auguston, 35, | | cision ot judge: FALLS" VICTIM 10 ASSAGSIN Portland Young Man Is Murdered on Way to His Home. Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 21.—James Mor- Tew, a prominent young man, was the vic- tim of an atrocious murder last night. The manner In which the deed was perpe- trated and the identity of the assassin are enveloped in mystery. The murder was not discovered until 4:30 o'clock this morning, when a milkman, Ambrose Sparrowk, found the body lying on the sidewalk of an East side street. The circumstances surrounding his tragic death make it one of the saddest that has ever befallen the efforts of the police to | unravel. Leaving the home of his fiancee, Ml Lilah Illidge, a beautiful young socie: woman, at 11:40 o’clock last night, Morrow started with a jest on his lips for his home, one mile and a half away. He had missed the last car and blithely began his long walk, When the tragedy was en- acted he was three blocks away from his The murder took place on East Eighth street, between Stephens and Mill, twenty feet away from the residence of 8. Bradford, a mailcarrier. The report of a pistol was heard at 12:20 a. m. ‘and the whole neighborhood was aroused. The listeners merely turned over in their beds. Several heard the clatter of two men running away. While the residents lay back for sound slumber rain drops pattered on the dying boy. Two theories are advanced to explain the murder—one that he was killed by a personal enemy jealous of the boy's at- tentions to Miss Tllidge, the other that he was the victim of highwaymen. The bul- let was fired at close range, burning the face with powder. The mystery is deep- ened by the position in which the body was found, the left hand being in his pocket and the right upraised. The bullet went through his left eye. His position, with his left knee upraised to take a step, is taken to indicate that he made no re- Sistance and that the shot came unexpect- edly. Morrow was 21 years old and the brother of W. C. Morrow, a prominent Stanford graduate. —_———— Strike Gold in the Gravel. FOLSOM, Nov. 2L.—A rich strike in gravel mining was made to-day at the Gray & Wing mine, about two miles from Folsom. One pan of dirt, taken three feet above the bedrock, vielded $9 to the pan. The gold is of a fine quality. The pay streak 3s about eighty feet from the sur- face and is about seven feet high. Old miners assert that the lead continues on for miles. The shaft was first started by Charles Nickerson and other guards working at the prison, but for want of sufficient money the mine was abandoned whén but a few feet from where the strike was made. The new company is composed mostly of residents of Oakland, James Burnham, president; John A. Brit- ton, secretary, and William Pearson, the principal owners residing there. e Falling Tree Kills a Boy. SANTA ROSA, Nov. 2L.—Ben Barnes, the son of W. P. Barnes, .a pioneer farmer, was crushed to death by a falling tree this morning at his ranch near Ful- ton. Perry Barnes, the dead boy's brother, was seriously injured. More Stenographers Wanted. When the habeas corpus case of Wil- irm B. Hensley was called before Judge ook yesterday Howard Vernon, Police Court stenographer, stated that owing jo the pressure of business in the Police courts he had been unable to get the rec- ora ready. The Judge expressed his dis- satisfaction and pointed out that under the State law the remedy lay with the Police Judges, as they were authorized to appoint a stenographer whenever nec- essary. The case was continued for a week to enable Vernon to write up the record. There is an appropriation for an additional stenographer in the Poli courts, but Mayor Phelan for some re: son will not make the appointment. —_————— Debate at Girls’ High School. A" gebate betweer the Commerclai Evening Debating Society and the Vaca- ville High Bchool will te held under the auspicls of the Debating League of Cali- fornia, commencing at 8 o'clock of the evening of November 25, in the auditor- ium of the Girls’ High School. Following is the compleie programme: Instrumental selection; debate,question—‘‘Re- solved, That the Annexation of the Philippine ates,"" E. Islands is @ Detriment to the United S atfirmative, C. E. D. S.—David E. Marchus, J. Rielly and R. 5. Lawlor; negative, V. H. Hugh Buckingham, Jourdan Hayte and Joseph Koford; vocal solo, Master Melvellle Calish; de- “'Star Spangled Banner." s st o s i Al Paton Wants Property Back. The trial of the suit to set aside a deed instituted by John H. Paton against Su- sanna Paton, his wife, and her niece, Minnie - 8. Nichols, was commenced in Judge Seawell’s court yesterday. Paton deeded a house and lot on Shotwell street, near Twentieth, to his wife, who, in turn, deeded it to her niece. Paton now wants the deed set aslde, claiming that he deed- ed it to his wife with the understanding that she was to keep it in her pame. ——————————— Southern Pacific Is Sued. Johanna McHenry, administratrix of the estate of Morris McHenry, her hus- band, who was killed by being thrown from''a wagon which ‘was run into by a trdin in June, 1900, filed a suit for $25,000 damages yesterday against the Southern Pucific Railroad Company. McHenry was killed at Sixth and Townsend streets, his widow claims, through the carelessness of the employes of the rallroad company. —_————— Recommend New Fire Houses. The Supervisors’ Firc Committee yes- terday recommended that an ordinance be introduced éeclarmng that public inter- est and necessily demand the construc- tion and improvement of fire houses. The Fire Commission reccmmended improve- ments aggregating $350. Board of Education Restrained. Judge Dunne yesterday issued a writ of prohibition returnable before Judge Hunt December 6, 1%1, restraining’ the Board of Education from suspending Mary C. McKinney, a school teacher, against whom charges have been pre- ferred by Principal Albert Lyser of the Sherman Grammar School, until after she has been tried by the board. —_—— Charles Fair’s New Automobile. Customs Broker J. H. Boden passed through the Custom-house yesterday for Charles L. Fair one of the most expen- sive automobiles that ever came to this port. It is of twenty horsepower and was made in France, its cost, landed here, ag- gregating $11,00. The duty paid was $2839. C——————— Ekberg Murder Case. John T. Riley, charged with the murder of Otto M. Ekberg, appeared in Judge Cabaniss’ court yesterday. He was in- structed as to his rights, and as no com- plaint was on file the case was continued till November 29. Riley was represented by Attorney Thomas O'Connor. —— DETROIT, Mich., Nov, 2L—Fire which broke out in the Whitney Grand Opera-house before noon to-da¥ did $10,000 damage. Amazing Plot to Seize Cities and Mines Revealed by Secret Ordet’s Papers. Officials of the Canadian Government and pt;s:eng;s from the Yukon, region who arrived from the north yesterday furnish complete confirmation of the story published exclusively in The Call last Sunday concerning the gigantic conspiracy which had been hatched to overthrow the existing gov- ernment in the Northwest Territory and establish a new republic. Ringleaders have made confes- sions, documents have been seized and officers are now on the way to Ottawa to explain to the govern- ment the details of a plot that has no parallel in the history of . the West since the celebrated Riel I rebellion. Alert Officials Find the Traces of Plotters. EATTLE, Nov. 21.—Of all the old dreams of empire since the days of Louis Riel, that concocted by a band of plotters scattered along the valley of the Yukon from the Upper Lakes to" Circle City is probably the most extraordinary yet re- corded. A few days ago The San Fran- cisco Call published exclusively the story of the exposure of the conspiracy at Skagway and of the hurried measures that were taken by both the Canadian anl American officlals to thwart the scheme of the plotters to make of the Yukon and Northwest Territory a repub- lic. This remarkable story was discovered at the time by persons claiming to be in- formed concerning Alaskan matters. The Call correspondent here has, however, se- cured absolutely authentic information, which completely corroborates the first story of the plot to overthrow British authority in the great gold fileds of the Yukon. The Jameson raid in South Af- rica was not more daring or reckless in its conception than the general plan of malcontents and ambitious men in the Yukon country to seize the sources of power and authority in the country, for, depending on the rigors of an Alaskan winter, they planned to set up a repub- lican form of government and fortify themselves against invasion from either British Columbia or Canada. Doguments of Conspirators. Proof that such a conspiracy existed is furnished in documents which were ob- tained from one of the ringleaders in the plot. The organization was formed in December, 190, at Dawson. Its headquar- ters for months last summer was at Skagway. It was called “The Order of ine Mianight Sun.” Its members took a halr-raising oath to reveal none of its secrets. Death was the penalty for vio- lation of this oath. It might have suc- ceeded temporarily, as did Rlel when he invaded the Nortnwest Territory with a band of half-breeds. But the members of the conspiracy lacked the requisite nerve. A vision of power and affluence, of golden wealth stored in the government offices in Dawson and other places in the great Yukon Valley of authority over the richest placers in the world’s history for at least a brief period animated the minds and strengthened the nerves of the men who first formed the nucleus of the secret organization. The uprising would probably, in the belief of the lead- ers, have been temporarily successful be- cause of the fact that the Dominion Gov- ernment had abandoned the precautionary measures 1t tock several years ago to prevent just this sort of thing. Skagway was the headquarters of the conspirators, Fred Clark, for three years stage manager of the Seattle Theater, who went to the Klondike in 188, was-the ring- leader at Skagway. He was run out of the country by secret service men in the employ of the Dominion Government. He is here now and confesses to his part of the plot. He had charge of the records of “the Order of the Midnight Sun.” Clark makes no defense further than to say that the miners in the Yukon are horribly oppressed by the Dominion Government. Plotters Along the Yukon. Coples of the records of the organiza- tion have been secured. These tend to show that a systematic agitation was started in December last along the valley of the Yukon. The first camp of the order was organized In Dawson in 1900. Follow- ing this came the organization of local lodges at White Horse, Hootalinqua, Ben- nett, Circle City and Atlin. Later the Skagway camp was organized. More than 2000 men are members of the organiza- tion. \ Early last spring the Dawson camp is- sued a manifesto, which was circulated up and down the valley of the Yukon in British Territory. It contained a state- ment of grievances. These may be enu- merated as follows: “Defective mining laws; corruption in office; excessive taxes on mining, includ- ing 10 per cent royalty on placer gold and 5 per cent on quartz; unlicensed gam- bling in the Territory; the revenue from which goes to officlals in power; leasing of Government mineral and timber lands to corporations only; absence of a lieu law and general maladministration of jus- tice in the courts; foolish legislation,” in- cluding the alien law, inimical to the Plans to Loot Mines After the Fall of Dawson. TCTORIA, B. C., Nov. 21.—There. was an organized conspiracy to seize Dawson, secure the bar- racks of the Nerthwest mounted police with their arms and am- munition, loot the banks and pil lage the metropolis of the rich northern gold fields. James Seely, formerly of this city, and now head of the secret service of the Northwest Mourted Police, is now here, and he says that not cnly was there a conspiracy to oyerthrow Canadian rule in the Yukon and loot Dawson, but the scheme hatched by the comspirators for the project was a very feasible one, a.d had its existence not I'cen discovered by the members of the secret service of the Yukon and nipped in the bud, the raiders could have accomplished their purpose, and after taking Dawson they could have held that place and the Yukon for hllx weeks or two months, but by then they would be overwhelmed and each man of the raiders would be a fugitive from the avengers. Pro-Boers Were Wnnta(}; The conspiracy was born at Dawson, and it had a branch at Skagway, but had no existence in any other point to tne south of Skagway, although efforts wera made to secure the assistance of pro- Boer sympathizers in Seattle and other points in the United States. The plot was made last summer. Sev- eral American Fenians who had drifted to Dawson got togetner and formed an organization -which was ‘galled 'The Order of the Midnight Sun.”” A number of cranks and pro-Boers, haters of Brit- ish rule, and others were gathered in, and the order grew until there were ncurlK a thousand adherents ir £eptember, whea the members of the secret service officlals in the Yukon became aware of its exist- nce. eseely declines to give particulars of those affiliated with the scheme, but it is learned that a note¢ Fenian of Chicago went into Dawson to take charge of the scheme and delegates were sent to Skag- way to form a branch of the order there. In Skagway the order grew apace With over 50) adherents tn the projected raid in the north. p Seizure of Police Posts. It was decided to act as soon as the Yukon was e.osed to travel, and had not the police of the north checkmated the plit the raiders had lail plans whereby the Dawson conspirators were to rise at a_ signal and seizg the barracks of the Northwest mounted police while the Skagway detachment were to march in ani seize the mounted police posts along the Yukon trail, having first cut the through wire to enable them to surprise post after post. As there are but 250 all told in the com- plement of Northwest mounted police in the Yukon and these are widely sepa- rated, none being left at the barracks at Dawson, Seely says the scheme was re- garded by the authorities as an easy one. Having surprised the small force in Daw- son, the programme was to selze the arms, Maxims, carbines, ammunition and other weapons of war and thus have Dawson at their mercy. Then the barks were to be looted and the rich mines of tae ereeks contiguous to Dawson raided by detachments of the conspirators. For three or four weeks they expected to be in charge of Dawson, having disposed of tne Northwest mounted police and confi- dent that troops could not reach them over the ice for at least six weeks and the whole place would be pillaged, and, with the treasure thus secured, they wougl then make their escape. @ eiriviiviniilelletdeielelviebie @ Americans; excessive duty on all kinds of miners’ supplies; boundary line dispute, “The seeming unwillmgness of the Brit- ish Columbian Government to meet the United States Government half way in the boundary line dispute is a condition which grows worse and more acute with time and will eventually cause tmuble,xerhnpu war, unless attended to at once. At pres- ent capital hesitates to invest in this dis- puted district and-the development of the country is retarded thereby. We pledge ourselves if successful in this undertaking to send a delegation to Washington, D. C., at the earliest possible opportunity to the end that the boundary may be permanent- 1y fixed.” Death Among Penalties. The above is an abstract of the declar- ation of grievances issued by the head- quarters of the insurrectionists in March last and which was used in secret along B e e e e e S S R ST ) NOVEL DISPOSAL OF BIG LAWSUIT Counsel Take It From a Jury and Submit It to Judge. ST, PAUL, Minn., Nov. 21.—The suit of Herbert W, Pearson against President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern Railroad for $1,500,000 alleged to be dye for loca- tion of immense coal fields for the rafl- way company was called for a second trial to-day. The first trial resulted in a disagreement. To-day it was expected that another long trial would begin, but counsel after a conference agreed to sub- mit the case to Judge Kelly on the testi- mony taken at the former trial and on briefs to be filed alternately. Pearson, a man interested in scientific matters, claimed to have located .in the West extensive areas of coal flelds for the railway company and that he had not_been paid as agreed. The amount of coal he claims to have discovered for the raflway company aggregates nearly 100,- 000,000 tons. 1t is exceptional that a case of such importance is thus withdrawn from a jury and submitted to a Judge who is to pass both upon the law and the evidence. The difficulty of bringing scientific and abstruse questions before a aurz. the great expense of such a trial and the time re- Gulred moved the attorneys on both sides to submit the case to Judge Kelly as ar- bitrator, and briefs embodying contention on legal points will be prepared. CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 21L.—Jose del Collado, manager of the National Bank of Mexico, died here to-day, aged 71 years. He was a native of Spain and long iden- tified with philanthropic work in city. BAS PREVENTS SLARCH OF MINE A General Belief Exists That Death Roll Is Incomplete. TELLURIDE, Colo., Nov. 21.—The de- velopments to-day in the Smuggler-Union mine disaster have not helped to remove the doubt as to the number of victims, and at a late hour to-night it seems un- likely that the exact number will be known for several hours. As yet the list remains the same as last night, twenty- two dead and one in a precarious condi- tion from inhaling the deadly gas and smoke drawn into the mine from the burn, ing buildings about the mouth of the Bul? lion tunnel. It is possible that a search of the ninth level, which is still in part inaccessible on account of the gas, will reveal the bodies of other victims, but a party headed by Superintendent Edgar Collins this afternoon went through all the other portions of the mine and found no more bodies. The unexplored tporuan of the ninth level is about 500 feet in length. It will not be safe to enter this Fart of the drift before to-morrow morn- ng, and perhaps much later. \xjpmntendent Collins said to-night that he did not believe the death roll would be increased by more than one or two, and possibly not at all, It is said two or three men are missing, but it is not certain, as the men are mostly foreigners and many of them did not report after making their escape from the mine., It was only by the most careful searching that many of the survivors were locat ‘The work of clearing away the debris of the burned buildings and repairing the tramway has already begun, but it is sald that kvfll lg;_a;%laa_o time before the mine can be re- L Report Is on the Way to Authorities at Ottawa. ANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 2L.—A Canadian government official to-day fully confirmed the story of the conspiracy against the government of the Yukon, as published in The San Francisco Call last Sunday, and added several important details to the state- ment of affairs in the North. The official is E. S. Busby, Supervising Canadian Customs Officer at Skagway, Who not only made a special investigation of the conspiracy during the last three weeks, but is the bearer of a report on the whole question to the authorities at Ottawa. The matter will now be placed before the Government officially. Busby arrived here to-day by the Steamer Amur. He is one of the most Yalued officers of the Government in the North and has on several occasions pre- pared important reports. A month ago he wrote to a friend in Vancouver that phe would at once come down here on a holiday, A few days later he wired that he was delayed for three weeks in mak- ing a special investigation. When he arrived in Vancouver to-day Busby expressed great surprise that the story had been published regarding the Northern conspiracy. He admitted that this was the speclal business regarding Wwhich he had been detained. Busby says that it was one of the features of the plan of conspiracy to bring a large number of men up from Seattle who were opposed to the Canadian Government and its rule in the Yukon, and to have them assist in the fight to be made against the mounfed pojice. It was the intention to ship in rifles and money was subscribed for this purpose. The officials obtained wind of this, and because of their extreme vigi- lance they are certain that no guns passed through and that this part of the programme was never fulfilied, Another scheme included in the general plan was to rob various banks in White Horse as well as in Dawson. These are not usually well guarded and the idea Was to obtain the money for the Boers in South Africa. But so far none of these schemes were acted upon and nothing was done, for the officials watched care- fully all the time. Other passengers coming by the same steamer to-day agree that an attempt Wwas made to carry out the conspiracy. Two men opened offices in Skagway in the summer, and from there they ob- tained subscriptions from American resi- dents for the carrying out of the schtme, One of these men came to Seattle and did missionary work there in the revolu- tlonist cause. @ il @ the Upper Yukon to obtain converts to the new propaganda. Copies of the oaths required of new members of the order are now in the possession of The Call correspondent. Be- fore a man was taken into the order he was thoroughly sounded by its agents regarding his feeling toward the existing overnment. If he expressed bitterness e was encouraged. Finally if, after in- vestigation, he was reported of good nerve, he was invited to join the order. The preliminary oath bound the novice to not divulge the names of other mem- bers of the orgnization nor disclose its purpose. He swore also to be loyal to the proposed new government. In the sec- ond oath the novitiate swore to defend the cause and render it every ald and under any circumstances to defend fellow members if called on. It was plainly stated In these oaths that death would be the ‘penally for violation thereof. ‘With the circulation of the declaration of grievances in the Upper Yukon Valley many new members were added to the organization. Two months ago the Cana- dian mounted police became aware that something was wrong and this ‘'led the ringleaders to establish a junta at Skag- way. Fred Clark was placed in charge. Clark conducted the business of organi- zation unmoltested for three months. He confesses that he was watched by secret service men and that his mail was inter- cepted by the authorities. Still no action was taken until the meeting in Skagway, November 5, between Captain Corrigan of the Canadian mounted police and Judge Brown, United States Attorney Friedrich, Marshal Shoup and Major Ho- vey. Clark got wind of this meeting and le‘r‘t ‘Skn%way h)‘v the first boat. ew days prior to his departure Clark took from Kls safe In a store in the records of the order. He had pre viously issyed an addréss to the mer- chants of Skagway, which was circulated in_ secret, promising them that if they subscribed to the fund of he Order of the Midnight Sun” they would gain much in trade by the reduction in the duty on American goods. By this means the organization obtained "considerable following in Skagway. The plotters almed to ape Jameson in South Africa. The money did not come fast enough and the Canadian police be- came aware of their plans, with the con- sequent exposure.. W POOR MEMORY AID3 PRISONER Forger Receives Light Sentence- Because, Forgotten. VALLEJO, Nov. 21.—Two weeks ago Constable Downing of Suisun arrested Henry Schmidt on a charge of having forged the name: of a Suisun Valley rancher to a chéek for $40. When the case was called in the ‘Superior Court the de- fendant pleaded guiity and was sentenced to five years in Folsom Prison. Since his conviction it has been discov- ered that Schmidt was no -other than Henry Borchers, a marine, who passed a forged check on a firm in this city a year ago ‘and for which crime he was sent to San Quentin for one year. Upon his release from San Quentin Borchers went to Suisun, where he secured em- plu{l:]nent as a porter at the Arlington otel. The amusing feature of the case is that none of the officers recognized Borchers, although Deput, Sheriff Robinson had taken him to San Quentin on his first sentence. Had his identity become known before his sentence was pronounced Schmidt or Borchers would have had about ten years added to his imprison- ment. EQOY FINDS FATHER DEAD IN THE CABIN Two 0ld Men Drink Wood -Alcohol, Presumably by Mistake, and Are Killed. MONTEREY, Nov. 2L—News has just reached here from Point Sur of the death of “Jack” Howland and “Sam’ Radcliff, two prominent pioneers of the Sur dis- trict. Charles Howland of Monterey, son of ,one of the men, went to see his father on Monday last and upon reaching the cabin found both lying dead. An empty bottle that had contained wood alcohol stood on the table bheside them. Young Howland believes they had been dead for at least forty-eight hours when he found them. The two men were partners in ranch- ing and cattle raising and lived alone on Howland’s land. They came to Monterey last Friday on business and while here bought the wood alcohol to make shel- lac, they told the druggist who sold it. They were drinking pretty heavily when they left Monterey and probably drank the wood alcohol by mistake. Howland was in his eighty-first year and Radeliff was about 65 years old. They leave con- siderable property. el ehr. CHEMICALS THE CAUSE OF DISASTROUS FIRE Storerooms of a Wholesale Drug Com- pany in Los Angeles Are Destroyed. LOS ANGELES, Nov. Z.—Fire com- pletely gutted the storerooms of-the West- ern Wholesale Drug Company at 254 South Main street early to-day. It is believed that the fire’ caught in the warehouse in the rear, where quantities of combustible | chemicals were stored. The firemen sue- ceeded in confining the flames to the building and saved the adjoining property. The bullding is estimated to be worth $50,000, on which a loss of about $25,000 was sustained, fully covered by insur- ance. The drug company is ineorporated for $250,000 and carried about $150,000 worth of stock, all of which was de- stroyed. The insurance on the stock amounts to $100,000. e BT POWDER LIFTS THEM BUT THEY LAND UNHURT Miners Are Hurled .. Air by an Ex- plosion and Escape Without Injury. GRASS VALLEY, Nov. 2L.—News of a remarkable escape from death has just reached here. ‘Two miners, Samuel Rose ‘Warren and Frank Camper, were blown up in the Gold Bank mine at Forbestown and were not even slightly injured. The men were laying sills for cars when six sticks of giant powder in a hole which hung fire hours before went off beneath them, hurling the men into the air. One was thrown ten feet and landed on his back. The other was hurled against a wall, while rocks and flying debris rained down on all sides. Neither received even a scratch. Boilermakers Go on Strike. VICTORIA, B.. C, Nov. 21.—Boiler- makers employed by the Albion Iron ‘Works Company went on a strike here to- day, refusing to work more than eight hours a day on the steamer City of To- peka, which the company is repairing. They claim that the steamer, being an American vessel, they have to abide by the rule of the American association for eight hours on outside work. Men were secured to take their places and the firm says it will have the steamer out within the time prescribed in the contract. Find Him Wrecking Furniture. SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 21..—The Rev. Peter Grant, a prominent resident of this city, was taken charge of by the authori- ties to-day and charged with finsanity. ‘When the officers reached his residence at 2 a. m. he had been wreckin; ture. He has ben a resident of Santa Bar- bara for many years and is well known thraughout Southern California. He will be taken to Highlands this afternoon. books of the year. Franklin Equare Harper & i Mary E. Wilking® Great Novel Porticn«-Lab - A Jtudy of An American Girt. THIS is the strongest novel that Miss Wilkins has written. It is of her own field—New England, It tells the love story of a young and attractive American girl in a small mana- facturing town. Dramatic, vivid and real. One of the great INustrated, $1.50 New York City Brothers CHIME BAFFLE THE DETEGTIES Authoritie_s All at Sea Over the Wilcox - Tragedy. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21.—It fs now the third day since the murder of the Wicox family at Downey was discovered and the authorities are still searching for a clew to the perpetrator of the erime.: Not eve(l,x a probable motive has been discov- ered. 3 Although no money nor valuables were found in-‘the heuse of the murdered man, he is supposed to have Khad monew laid by, but where he kept it no one Kmows. Sheriff Hammel is working en the the- ory that some of the former associates of ‘Wilcox knew of his having money. Other theories explaining the crime are being carefully worked out in the hope of solv- ing the mystery. The farmhand who it is expected may have some ihformation has been located at Randsburg. He is not suspected of any complicity in the crime. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH OUR DOLL CARRIAGES. This year we have excelled all for- mer efforts and exhibit a very exten- sive line of really beautiful designs from $1 50 to $5 00. Call any time now. We are ready to show them to yeu. COULTER’'SRATTAN WORKS 227 SUTTER STREET. UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE. 29 >< Discount On Uphoistered Parlor Suits, 0dd Chairs, Sofas, Rockers, etc. Chas. M. P_Ium & Co,, 1301-1307 Market Street, UNITED STATES BRANCH. Rambura BremenFire INSURANCE COMPANY 0!‘ HAMBURG, GERMANY, ON THE ST day of December, A. D. 1300, and for the year ending on fhat day, as made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Call. fornia, pursuant to the provisions of Secth €10 and 611 of the Political Code, conde; as per blank furnished by the Commission: SETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company....$1,299,358 25 ‘Amount of Loans secured by pledge BE “ of Bonds, Stocks and other mar- ketable securities as collateral Cash in Banks ... Premiums in due Course of Col Total Assets ...o.en.. veee 31,386,975 33 oo LIABILITIES, Losses adjusts a unpaid . wes h Losses in process of Adjustment or RN i pense .......... - n;:q resigted, including expenses. fi: u“: Gross pagmiums on Fire Risks rune ning oNe year o less, 396,135 95 reinsurance 50 per cen 83,080 @ Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- to become dUe ..ive.... ‘Total Liabilitles ..... NcoME. Net eash actually received for Fire remiums . veee o Ricetved for ntereat and dividenda e . Stocks, Loans and from ‘sources . . on ' all other 53,920 39 Total Income $1.367,930 41 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding 98,369 18, losses of previous years) - ., Pud or [ or »e Paid for Sal s us,u 23 charges Pald for State, National taxes s - . 40,01 44 All otherpayments and expenditures. 34,375 1 Total Expenditures .... -+ $1,291,347 50 Losses incurred during the yur.....;m’.‘m'n Risks and Premiums. | Fire Risks.| Premiums. Net amount of Risks| written during the| | year .| $132,442,173 | 31,810,706 50 Net_am 5 expired during the| year » .| maanss | ysmomn Net am 156,180,263 | 1,908,858 75 F. O. AFFELD. Resident Manager. Subscribed and sworn to befo; day of February. 1901 CHARLES EDGAR_MILLS. Commissioner for Cadifornia in New York. RUDOLPH HWEROLD Jr., Ceneral Agent, HARRY C. BOYD, Assistant Ceneral Agent, 415 CALIFORNIA STREET, San Francisco, Cal. me, this ith . {