The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1901. EATH ROPES SHOWN IN COURT Grewsome Exhibits Ap- pear at the Trial in Alturas, Calm Settles on Lawyers and Witnesses After Christmas. Spectal Dispatch to Tie Call. ALTURAS, Dec. measure of yule awyers ~and 26.—A e good-will infused into witnesses in the Lookout hing case rendered the proceedings unepmmonly serene to-day. Th word and the ominous threat minated, the ettorneys addressed each other with Chesterfieldian grace of r and tone and there was not the of the recent ch have already made lull before the wind r & settled course of are maintaining a nearly everything that ing old practice of ing features of to- examination of the e five men. morning was Dr. He was the phy- d over the bodies and Jim Hall, Dan Wilson at Lookout. ade a thorough exam._ s of the considerable | ures to conjecture. | GOVERNOR ROGERS ‘OF WASHINGTON CALLED BY DEATH AT OLYMPIA Chief Executive of the State in the North- west Passes Away After Being Il a Few Days From an Attack of Pneumonia not examine the | state positively as n the breaking ot no signs of r faces. He belleved ir death by strangu- o B. Street testified relative to f the Lookout bridge, and body of Martin Wilson Lookout when he arrived e istice of the Peace e inquest, was Harris stated | | the 3ist of | ropes with | were brought identified them vhich Calvin Hali, Frank Hall and from the bridge. , each about meter, and tion hang- when he first saw the ropes were still Harris tagged 4 _his wife write Harris was not | Martin e Indians had | Dan Yantis Hall, Jim | | Yantis burled. grave, which or four cof- d separate- EXECUTIVE WHOSE DEATH WAS CAUSED BY PNEUMO- NIA AT OLYMPIA. were of good | SOME SAY SMALLPOX; [ OTEERS, SKIN DISEAST Conflict of Medical Opinion Regard- | ing an Affliction of Residents of Randsburg. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 26.—The discov- | gh the arrival of | ty Hospital from | residents | smallpox. nounced a skin | attention was at many were led from LYMPIA, Wash.,, Dec. ernor John R. Rogers died evening at 8 o'clock after an i ness of six days. This morning he began to sink and passed into a comatose state. He grew steadily weak- er throughout the day. The collapse was a surprise to his physician and family, as { he rested better last night than he had | since his illness began. He took some ourishment this morning, but becamec | unconscious about 8 o'clock. Mrs. Rogers and the Governor's daugh- ters, Mrs. lackman and Miss Roge! wer® at his bedside all day. The Governor’s son, Edwin Rogers, who is in London, s cabled, and F. J. Rogers, the Stanford University professor, and A. C. Rogers of Santa Barbara were sent for. Ernest Lister, Willlam Blackman and Private Secretary Peletiere, together with Chief Justice Reav: and Justice White of the Supreme Court were in at- tendance at the house during the day. The first symptoms of Governor Rogers’ | illness developed Friday. Friday noon at his office he contracted a chill, A fever resulted and by 10 o'clock Saturday morning the Governor began to complain of pains in his chest. The fever increased slightly_and the pains became quite se- vere. Sunday the first reports of h condition were given out. It was ai » | ngunced that he was suffering from lobar pheumonia, the middle lobe of the right lung being affected. He was attended by Dr. Ingham of Olympia. While he was acknowledged to be seri- fer, ti ed to Randsburg cases were those removed the pest- of isors has of Rands- the malady C. How About Your Heart Feel your pulse a few minutes. Is it regular? Are you short of breath, after slight exertion as going up stairs, sweeping, walking, etc? Do you have pain in left breast, side or between shoulder blades, chok- ing sensations, fainting or smothering spells, inability to lic on left side? If you have any of these symptoms you certainly have a weak heart, and should immediately take v Heart Cure Mr. F. H. Oaks of Jamestown, N. Y., whose genial face appears above, saye! “Excessive use of tobacco seriously affected my heart. 1 suffered severe JTEAMER"S GARGD AN FIRE'S GRASP Shinano Maru Arrives in Port With Blaze in Her Hold. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Dec. 26.—The Shinano Maru, of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, arrived in Port Townsend harbor at 4 o’clock this morning with fire in her hold. A hurri- cane was blowing at the time and her signals of distress were not responded to from shore until after Gaybreak. British Vica Consul Oscar Klocker then put off in pains about tbe heart, and in the left | ;o steamer Wildwood, and, running snoullézer nnfsld;wfi;;;h;w: :lgmml[‘ alongside, learned from the captain that ::;fl ffl;‘,;nvvc\h‘c; oo %m the fiames were consuming his cargo. Ai- though by the hard work of the crew the { blaze had been well confined, it had been impossible to suppress it. Meager details of the Shinano’s plight were brought to Seattle this even- ing by storm-belated steamers arriving from Port Townsend. The hurricanes of Christmas night prostrated telegraph and telephone wires to all down-Sound points. ‘When the Witdwood put back from her visit to-the Japanese liner she met the steamer Worth Pacific, just starting for Beattle, and passed the information. The steamer Alice Gertrude, leaving Port Townsend shortly after the North - Pacific, brought word that when she left and soon found permanent relief” Sold by all Druggists, Dr. Mites Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. DIRECTORY Catalogues and Price Lists Mailed on Application,_» = L3 ously ill, his condition was not considered dangerous. The Governor was known to be a man of regular habits and strong constitution, and although in one of his advanced years pneumgnia is never to be lightly considered, it was thought that he would pull through. It was to-day that the first turn for the worse came. By afternoon he was very weak and the end was expected at any moment. He was un- conscious and therefore free from pain. He lingered until 8 o’cleck to-night, when he explred. John R. Rogers was born in Brunswick, Me., September 4, 1833. From 1852 to 1856 he ‘was a drug clerk in Boston and for the next four years was engaged in the drug business in Jackson, Miss. He taught school for eral years in Illinois and in 187 moved to Wichita, Kans., where he was editor of the Kansas Com- moner. During his residence in Kansas Governor Rogers became a Farmers' Al- liance organizer. In 1890 he removed to the State of Washington, where he was elected to the Legislature. In 1396 he was elected Governor on the fusion ticket and re-elected in 1900. Governor Rogers was the author of se\'e}r]al Works on political economy., among them “The Irrepressibl Conflict,” *“Looking Forward" agd “Thg In}?{llenab(l‘e %(gshtx% of Man.” enry G. McBride, Lieutenant Gov. of the State of Washington, wrm(;gr‘uel”t]:gf come Governor, came to this State from California in 1884, In California he taught school and studjed law prior to his re- moval to this State. He located first at Laconner, in Skagit County, where in 1885 he established a weekly nhewspaper, at the same time practicing his profession. In 1857 he removed to Mount Vernon, the county seat of Skagit County, where he now resides. In the same year he formed a law partnership with General E. M. Carr and Harold Preston of Seattle. The firm name was McBride, Carr & Preston, It continued in business for two years, when it was dissolved by mutual con. sent. In 1589 McBride was elected a Superior Judge, serving four years. At the close of his'term he assumed a prominent part in the State politics and has been prom- inent in Republican councils ever since. In 1900, at the Republican State Conven- tion at Tacoma, he was nominated for Licutenant Governor, Senator Frink being the candidate for Governor. Sote osfofoonfofosforfocorocectoocs fofoc . . . .WMWWW. SHYS HE SENT HER & COFFIN A Spokane Woman Ac- cuses a Suitor of a Ghastly Joke. Special Dispatch to The Call. SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 26.—George Reno, who was a suitor of Miss Lulu Mercier of this city, is charged by the young lady with having sent her a coffin as a Christmas present. Another woman says she received a similar gift from Reno. Reno is a brakeman. Miss Mercier hus known him for some time and declares that his attentions were objectionable to her. S]’]!e accust‘shhlm of writing im- proper letters to her and on this she had him arrested. Byl n Christmas eve two shots were outside of the Mercier home, Whegefifig family went to the door they stumbled over a small coffin lying on the doorstep. It was about three feet lonig and errecth made. A few minutes later, iss Mer- cl]:r says.d Refiodc:lledh her up by tele- phone and asked her how shi pr‘gaem. she liked her esterday Mrs. Ellis, an employe o: dry goods store, received a p:ckysge tb; messenger. She unwrapped it and discov- ered to her horror that it was a small coflin. She says a note accompanied the IE[ meth Rzrlxg said the coffin was for ss Mercier's older sister. R the whole story. i Ay COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON 900 B: St J. C'WILSON & C3.. Tflepf{{l?%n‘;;i " FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS- BOVES&C0 St Siruad Clay. Tel. Main 1294. OILS. LUBRICATING OILS. LEONARD & ELLIS, 418 Front st 8. F. Phone Main 1719. PRINTER, PRINTING. E- C» lUfiflES 511 Sansome St., 8. F. PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS- THE HICKSJUDD 0O . the Shinano was pulling alongside of one of the city docks, presumably to get within reach of ‘the local Fire Depart- < — ment. IN NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL F. M. Studley, Seattle agent of the the very latest color process. Nippon Yusen Kaisha, left for Port Townsend on a chartered tug imme- | | Eight pages in beautiful col- diately on receipt of the news. He ex- ors that are pleasing to the eye. gecled before reaching that city to over- aul the tug' Pioneer, which is bound down the Sound and which is fully equipped for fire fighting. He carrics or- ders for the Pjoneer to render all pos- sible assistance. The Shinano left Seattle on December 18 bound for Oriental ports. She carried a cargo of Great Northern freight valued at ,000, consisting chiefly of flour, cot- ton, machipery and structural steel. + S Burning Wood and Leather With our new Pyrography Machines is an artistic pleasure that any one, can enjoy at small expense. Colored skins and ail kinds of wooden articles for burning as well as designs to work from at Sanb Vail & Co.’s, 741 Market street. g LUCKY WINERS STAIKE RICHES Gold Is Found on Seven Creeks by Northern Prospectors. Trapper Whoss Home Was in Lodi Suddenly Disappears. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Dec. 26.—Seven new and rich gold-producing creeks have been discov- ered in the Koyukuk district since last summer. This news was brought to Daw- son December 4 by Peter Dow, a pros- pector, who. arrived from the head of the Middle Fork after traveling thirty-six days. Dow states that the new streams will rank among the best in Koyukuk camp. His reports are corroborated by private letters which he brought. The new creeks are Hummond, Union, Wiseman, Noman, Swift, Vermont and Vista. Pans have | been taken from Hammond Creek ranging from $2 to $20. The other streams were | vielding almost as good results. Dow discovered Hammond Creek, and says the gold is on bedrock at the ex- ceedingly shallow depth of two to four feet. It lies in crevices and is worth as high as $19 60 per ounce, containing nug- gets as large as butter-beans. Hammond Creek has been staked for eight miles. 1t has high, rugged mountains on either side. The discoverers took $800 from Un- ion Creek in two days, including a $59 nugget. ‘Fhomas W. Rathbun, a_trapper, whose only relatives reside at Lodi, Cal., per- ished in the Cascade foothills, along the Big Klickitat River. He has not been seen since November 10. The day pre- | vious he walked thirty-five miles on snow- shoes to Ahtmum for provisions. He pur- chased these and started back over the divide, but was not seen again. Rathbun | had been trapping there for years. He received mail at North Yakima from C. W. Rathbun of Lodi, who is believed to be | his ‘brother. ~Slight suspicion exists of | foul play, as he had recently converted his furs into cash. L e i o e e ol ) RIOTING SOLDIERS AGAIN WRECK. Continued from Page One. in the dangerous free-for-all fight were injured. Lieutenant Martin's squad con sisted of ~Policemen Attridge, Baxter, Maloney, Fenner and Brodt. Those who came from the North End station were Officers Butterworth, Larkin, Webster, | Dougherty, Lyon, Stratton, Cavanaugh and Ottson. It is the general belief of those who pre- tend to know the situation at the Pre- | sidio \that the casuals and recruits will | make another attempt to wreck Tarpey's | saloon and others in the vicinity. The police will be especially vigilant, however, and with the assistance of the military authorities they hope to cope with the | dangerous situation. In the mixup last night many of the rioters would have | been arrested had not the mounted men driven them into quickly. “A Doliceman can do more good help- ing to drive a blg mob back, said Ser- | geant Campbell last night, “than he can trying to arrest one of them.” David Tarpey stated after the trouble that he was of the opinion that the sol- diers intended to sprinkle his place with kerosene and then set the saloon on fire. | This theory is not credited by the poiice. ——— TEND BAB IN ARMY BLUE. The “front door” of the Presidio had resumed its wonted daytime quiet yes- terday morning, following the first riot, | and the official records at the post con- tain no evidence that a howling mob had raged through the saloon-lined streets just outside the Presidio gates. In the Police Court, however, there was a different story. Judge Conlan convicted thirteen of the fifteen soldiers arrested by the police on charges of disturbing the peace. He deferred sentence till this morning, and unless Colonel Rawles pre- fers to have them punished in camp Judge Conlan will give them heavy sentences. | Colonel Rawles is bitter toward the Police Commissioners for permitting saloons of the character common along Greenwich and Baker streets to do busi- ness at the very gates of the Presidio. Tarpey’s place was only recently opened. C. E. Ritter, who was recently refused a license, has built a new place across the street from Tarpey’'s and has secured a saloon license. There are fifteen saloons in the vicinity and at least twelve of them are Gives that are a constant menace to the peace of the Presidio. “If the municipal authorities,” sald Colonel Rawles, “‘would suppress a lot of these hell holes it would be a source of great satisfaction to us here at the post.”” The existence of the dives licensed by the Police Commissioners at the Presidio gates is a cause of disorder that is further ag%rnvated by a condition of things that Colonel Rawles cannot charge to the civil authorities. William Ross, the soldler- | bar-tender, who was_the cause,, innocent | or otherwise, of the Christmas. riot, serves | Uncle Sam as a private of the Seventieth | Coast Artillery and when he goes off duty he tends bar for Dave Tarpey in the uni- form of Uncle Sam. David C. Tarpey, son | of the saloon man, is a member of the | Hospital Corps. He also tends bar in the | army blue and would have been in the | melee last night except that at present he | is sick in the general hospital. He has | eleven months to serve vet, after which, | he eays, he will become proprietor of the | saloon. The license stands in his father's name only because he could not take one out while in the service. Asked if it were permissible for a sol- dier to tend bar when off duty, Colonel Rawles sald yesterday that it certainly ‘was not. ‘“The fact has not come to me officially,” Colonel Rawles continued. “I heard of it only through the papers. It will be in- vestigated and a stop put to such thrift.” Ross was not_seriously injured by the knife cut in the back and yesterday morn- ing he was discharged from the Kosphnl and sent back to duty. Major J. B. Hickey, in command of the four troops of the Eleventh Cavalry now at the Presidio, yesterday Investigated Ross’ charge that a corporal of the Eleventh was the man who stabbed him. Major Hickey found that none of his men was concerned in the riot and Ross ad- mitted to him that he did not know that the man belonged to that regiment. As there are cavalrymen among “casuals,” who were most numerous B.;'nn)ng :getri?‘:ers, Ma]m‘lHickey s, con- vince: af e corporal who stabbe Ross belongs in that camp. G Sl akiidic FILLED WITH RECRUITS. The casual camp at the Presidio is near- 1y filled with recruits and more men are arriving daily, Several hundred new men are also scheduled to report at headquar- ters before the end of the week. The War Department has ordered that 750 soldiers‘ be ready to leave for Manila on the Sheri- | dan January 1, so that the congestion will be relleved to some degree. The officers who will command the detachment during | the voyage are Major T. F. Davis, Fif- teenth Infantry: First Lieutenants C. B. Rodney, Fifth Cavalry, and R. K. Smith, Twenty-eighth Infantry, and Second Lieu- tenants J. V. Kuznik, Ninth Cavalry; | Chacles Keller, Third Infantry; E. A. Keyes, Sixth Cavalry; H. D. Mitchell, Sixteenth Infantry, and J. A. Higgins, Thirtieth Infantry. Captain Arthur Johnson, now on duty at the Presidio, has been ordered on recruit- ing service and will spend the next two years at Evansville, Ind. Lieutenant J. S. Fair, in command of Company 2 of the convalescent camp on Angel Island, has been ordered to take his men to Benicia Barracks. The court-martial now in session at the Presidio has sentenced Thomas F. Ga vin, Company 105, Coast Artillery, to dis- honorable discharge and one year’s im- prisonment at Alcatraz for allowing risoners to escape. Willlam G. Ryan, 0op M, Fifteenth Cavalry, convicted of absence without leave, has been fined $60 and sentenced to six months’ imprison- ment. - Fred Knowles, Troop H, Fifteenth Cavalry, convicted of ma.nslauil:;er. was | sentenced to dishonorable discharge and el{hteen months’ imprisonment at Al- catraz. the reservation so | | written to Maclay by President Proctor | of the commission, and 1s in reply to an | the Navy, in whom the power of removal they MACLAY IS SUMMARILY OUSTED FROM HIS NAVY-YARD POSITION President Proctor of the Civil Service Com- mission Sustains the President’s - Ac- tion in R=moving the Traducer of Schley le— EW YORK, Dec. 2.—Edgar Staunton Maclay, who refuses to resign as special laborer in the office of the general storekeeper of the navy yard, was summarily discharged to-day. Maclay went to the navy yard as usual this morning and pre- pared to resume his duties. Pay Director Putnam went to Maclay’s desk, read him the telegram received from Washington yesterday and told him that he was dis- missed. Maclay left the yard immediate- ly. He sald he would return at the usual time to-morrow prepared to go to work. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The Civil Ser- vice Commission to-day notified Edgar S. Maclay, the historian, recently employed in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, that his re- moval from his position at that point was not in violation of the civil service act. This notification is ontained in a letter OFFICIAL WHO SAYS MAC- LAY’'S DISMISSAL FROM SER- VICE IS PROPER. R A N NI | shown in its thirteenth report, January 1, 1897, that the civil service act did not in- tend that incompetent persons should be retained in office. The authority of re- moval and its exercise for proper reasons are necessary for the discipline and the efficiency of the public service. The pow- er of removal is not affected by the law or the rules further than that they pro- vide that removals shall not be made for political or religious reascns. ““The rule of the President, July 27, 1897, requiring that a person should be re- inquiry from him. In his letter Maclay asked ‘these questions: “First—Has the President of the United States any authority under the laws gov- erning civil service to demand the resig- nation of a civil service employe in the classified list? “Second—Has the President the power or authority to cause the dismissal of any civil service employe without preferring charges in writing and glving said em- ploye an opportunity in which to make a defense?” - To this the commission replied as fol- | moved only for just cuuse and upon rea- lows: sons in writing, and after an opportunity “December 26, 1901.—Edgar 8. Maclay, | for making answer, was for the purpose Navy Yard, New York—Sir: The com- | of preventing political or religious res mission is in receipt of your letter of De- cember 21, 1901. In response to your ques- tions you are informed that it is con- trary to the practice of the commission to undertake to answer hypothetical ques- tions. Your segarntlon from the service, according to the facts in your case as they appeared in the public press, was made upon the order of the Secretary of movals or removals upon secret charges, but was in no way intended to curtail the power of removal for just cause. Under this rule the reasons for a removal are to be a matter of record, but it does not im- pair in the slightest degree the prompt exercise of the power of discipline. “In discussing this rule in the four- teenth report of the commission, Decem- ber 31, 1897, it is stated that ‘Iif the rea- sons are sufficient the officer will not hesitate to make the removal.’ It cannot be asserted that Maclay's removal was for political or religious reasons or upon secret charges, as the reasons for the de- rests. The demand for your resignation, followed by your removal, upon the di- rection of the President through the Sec- retary of the Navy, was not in violation of the civil service act and rules in view of the well-known facts in your case. | | to the requirements pertaining to the | ties of his office the sum of $142 BULLETS EAD ~ THE FESTIVITY Ranch at Point Reyes Is the Scene of a Shooting. The Slapping of a Girl’s Face Causes Quarrel Among Men. Special Dispatch to The Call SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 26.—~Word was re- ceived here this morning of a probably fatal shooting affair at the Aiborgia ranch at Point Reyes, in which Ben Alcantra and Joseph Alborgi were shot. The name of the man who did the shooting is un- known here and he is still at large, though the Sheriff and his deputies are making a vigorous hunt for him. t night Michael Alborgia gave a Christmas party. Among those he In- vited was Alcantra, who is a Country Club gamekeeper, and two woodchoppers, whom he had recently hired. In the course of the evening it is said that one of the woodchoppers took . offense at some fancied slight offered him by Gia- conia, a daughter of his host, and slapped her face. The father interfered and grap- pled with his daughter's assallant. Al- cantra tried to separate the two men, when the smaller woodchopper struck at Alcantra, knocking him down. The wood- choppers’then left the house. After several hours they returned. Al- cantra told the larger man that he owed the host and his daughter an_ apology. This he agreed to and was in the act of shaking Alborgi's hand when his com- panion stepped up to Alcantra and fired a shot through his abdomen. He fired another shot, breaking Joseph Alborgi's | arm. In the ensuing excitement he made* his escape in the darkness. Sheriff Taylor was notified this morning and left immediately for the scene of the shooting. Alcantra, was removed to San Francisco. It is said he cannot live. GOVERNOR APPROVES COURT-MARTIAL SENTENCE Captain William Bruce of the Stock- ton Company Must Lose His Double Bars. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 26.—Governor Gage this afternoon confirmed the de- cision and sentence of the general court- martial in the case of Captain William Bruce of Company B, Sixth Infantry, N. G. C., of Stockton. Under the terms of the sentence Bruce must suffer dismissal from the National Guard, and he will cease to be an officer therein on January 4, 1%02. Captain Bruce was convicted a couple of months ago of having failed to apply u- 21 38, or to account for that sum as- demanded by law and the military regulations, and also of making a false return of money ac- counts to the State. It was charged also «-at Bruce claimed he had deposited in a Stockton bank about $1323 23, for which he was accountable to the State, when he did not have the money on deposit. The affirmation of the verdict of the court- martial by Governor Gage settles the fate of Bruce in so far as his connection with the National Guard is concerned. e Quarrel Leads to Shooting. SAN JOSE, Dec. 26.—Williamh Gavin, an employe of the California Fruit Packing Company, was shot in the hip last even- ing while on his way home. He had had some words with a young man named Maguire, whom he accuses of the shoot- ing. @ =il § partment’s action are well known, both to Maclay and to the public.” SAMPSON A MENTAL WRECK Wife of Admiral Says His Reason Is Hopelessly Shattered. URBANA, IIL, Dec. 26.—John B. Weeks of Champaign, a personal friend of Ad- miral Sampson, has received a letter from Mrs. Sampson, in which she says that the mental_condition of the admiral is prac- tically hopeless. The letter was written in reply to a note expressing sympathy with Sampson in the presonal annoyance he has suffered in the controversy over the Santiago battle. The letter says: WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23.—My Dear Mr. Weeks: Admiral Sampson Is too il to really understand your most kind letter just received, but if he were well he would wish te thank you for it; he cares so much for all “old times and for anything that comcerns Palmyra. The reading of your letter shows that living In the West has not ‘blinded vour eves to the truth concerning recent events. I have enjoved your expression of the true facts as you understand them. My dear husband is quite worn out with a long iife consecrated to duty. Physically he is comfortable and happy. but his brain is tired beyond ever being rested. Sincerely, ELIZABETH BURLING SAMPSON. ““The object of the rule requiring notice and a hearing was to prevent political re- movals or removals on secret charges. No issue of this kind is involved in your case. Very respectfully, “JOHN PROCTOR, President.” President Proctor of the Civil Service Commission also gave out the following statement bearing upon the case: “The commission has always held, e e e i e el FRUIT GROWERS WILL COMBINE Poor Railroad Service Causes Wrath in the South. as Special Dispatch to The Call. SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCESALE J.O’BRIEN & CO. Offer the Following at SWEEPING REDUCTIONS: SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 26.—The or- ange-growers of Southern California are planning to combine for the purpose of making an organized fight to compel the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific rail- road companies to furnish better service for the transportation of fruit from this part of the State to the Eastern markets. The directors of the Southern California Fruit Exchange are to meet in Los An- geles to-morrow, and the exchange will take some decided action in regard to the matter at this meeting. Before another week has passed it is understood meet- ings of the growers are to be called in every orange-growing section. At these meetings committees will be appointed for the purpose of arranging with the railroads for the furnishing of better service. s The growers at Hlfhland are the most active relative to this matter, and they will undertake to arrange for the meet- ings throughout Southern California. In the meantime representatives of the growers and the packers are making a little quiet investigation, and in some In- stances the results are surprising. 3 On Tuesday last 400 cars of oranges were sidetracked between Barstow and Needles. The Santa Fe Company gives Autemobiles Ladies’ Raglans Children’s and Misses’ Gapes Children's and Misses’ Goats Ladies’ Box Goats Ladies’ Tailor-Made Suits, [ Ladies’ Golf Skirs All styles and colors|Ladies’ Seven-Gore Skirts Ladies’ Three - Quarter| Ladies’ Mercerized Un- derskirts Ladies’ Silk and Wool | Waists Ladies’ Mercerized Sateen | Waists Fur Capes and Collarettes Feather Boas and Shawls as a reason for this that the shipments were so heavy it was impossible to se- cure motive power enough to handle the freight. The great losses that the grow- ers have sustained and are sustaining througn a delay in shipping on the part of the raliroad companies has aroused the orange men to a greater degree than ever before, and the matter will not only be fought before the Railroad Commission- ers, but suits for damages are to be in- stituted against the raliroads, and they will_ask pay for the fruft that is dam- aged in transit. For the next ten days but little shipping will be done, and dur- ing this time the packers and growers are to bend every effort toward devising some scheme to compel the railroads to furnish better service. - SUITS MADE TO ORDER J. O'BRIEN & CO. 1146 MARKET STREET.