The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1902. (o} RUEF'S CLERK 5 SELECTED George B. Keane Will Be Private Secretary of Mayor. Charles Fay to Be Appoifited Clerk of Board of Supervisors. among the p-)li(!ci.nlsl n of a private secretary | Mayor-elect Schmitz was | The 28 to 1o be cvlation the sele made ended yesterday with the authoritative uncement that Georg Keane, a | n the employ of Attorney Ruef, | the appointment. < oung attorney of promise, | for ate secretary to many who with its saiary of ho were lea 1o be- e show. the hand ayor-elect's attor- n in the de- ums _ point. ng man, ana > is 1n every duties of the which he wil be calied Mayor. al _kmpioye se the incomun The Theatr! arms agein allege, h: Union is the mem- ap i their presids i he Boar Works. 1t | 18 claimed that the lect had some | time ago agreed to name Simmons fur the place, & a few days since he an- | nouncea t would be imp: ible for him to th goods. H offered, | however, to make Simmons a Fire Com- missioner, but tiis was declined on the nd that Simmons was making as that office would The cordial re- hmitz and tie | h at mu. n pay in the way of salary. lations exist betwee: members of fraternity ar in consequer strained, and unless ment made to the Board of n open rupture is inced in political Attorney Harry Police f lab ton's views concerning the poli forcibly expressed in his during the campaign, and will mot be regarded with the department. There is no 1 1 A. Russell as clerk When Mr. ot as to who tired from active duty some uths ago Charles Fay, private - f Mayor Phelan, was named for the there w ome hitch in the ment was not f Russell was not went over to illn v hat to-morrow. ¢ not, however. the board be FOR KIDNAPING, Punishment Meted Out| to Man Who Took His Own Son. Special Dispatch to The Call { TACOMA, Jen. 5.—Samuel Rhodes, a | traveling salesman, formerly living in San Francisco, has been sent by Judge Snell | to the Walla Walla penitentiary to serve fourteen months’ imprisonment for kid- naping his son, Claire Rhodes, aged 8| years, whom Rhodes took from Stellacoom | last August, going with him to Colorado, wbence they were arrested and brought back. Rhodes and his wife disagreed in San Francisco three years ago. She se- cured a divorce while he wae in Alaska and was given the custody of their two children. Rhodes claimed that under an agreement reached before the divorce was applied for cach parent was to have one child. Soon after that Rhodes secured the boy and took him to New Mexico, where the mother regained possession of him after a search lasting nearly a year. When Rhodes was brought back from Colorado in October he endeavored to | show that Mrs. Rhodes was not a fit per- | son to have the custody of the children. On his showing the court decided against bim, and held that the decree of the Cali- fornia court should be strictly enforced. After & trial of eight days Rhodes was found gullty last evening. A motion for & new trial was denied. An appeal will be taken. POSTUM CEREAL. WHAT'S THE USE | Sticking to Any Habit When It| Means Sure Death? | 014 King Coffee knocks subjects out tol- erably flat at times, and there is no possi- | ble doubt of what did it. A lady gives her | experience: “I used to have liver trouble nearly all of the time arnd was compelled to take some liver medicine like calomel, which relieved me only for a little while. Then every once in a while I would be sudcenly doubled up with an awful agony | in my stomach. It seemed as though every | time 1 tock 4 breath I would die. No one | could suffer any more and live. “Finally I got down so sick with catarrh | of the stomsch that I could not turn over | in bed, and my stomach did not digest | even milk. The doctor finally told me that if I aid not give up drinking coffee I would surely die, but I felt I could not | give & | Hg ver, husband brought home a! package of Postum Food Coffee and it! made strictly according to directions. | was the only thing that would stay on | v stomach and I soon got so I liked it | much. | Gradually T began to get better, and | by week gained in strength and | >w I am in perfect condition, | and T am convinced that the whole cause | of my troutle was from coffee drinking, | and my getting better was due to leaving off ccflee and taking Postum. “A short time ago I tasted some coffee and found, 1> my astonishment, that I did | not care anything about it. I never have to take live: medicine any more. I hope | vyou will use this letter for the benefit of | those suffering from the poisonous effects of coffee. 1 would gladly send to those who wish the address of my attending | physician, who will corroborate what I | ®ay.” Mrs. Abmer Marrion, Clinton, Mich. | hesit N | made | proceedings. ROAD CHANGES DWNERS T0-DAY North Pacific Coast Prop- erty to Pass Into New Hands. Extensions to Napa and St. Helena Are Now Under Consideration. The North Pacific Coast Raliroad form- ally passes into the hands of its new own- er, the Bay Counties Power Company; to- day. There will be no ceremonies, the ar- rangements for the change having been week, as announced 1a The Call. dent James B. Stetson will re- tire, to be succeeded by John Martin as president. George H. Fairchild will be general manager. 2 | The new pany willimprove the prop- erty by ma! Sausalito to er will be electricil g it of standard gauge from an Rafael. The fotive pow- v. It was stated last night by a member of the new owners of | the Toad that arrangements were being | made to extend the line to Napa and St. Helena. This is an important item to the residents along that route, who will hail the extension with satisfaction. | The syndicate which has purchased the railroad is composed of R. R. Colgate, R. | M. Hotaling, Williamm M. Pierson, C. A. Grow, E. J. tin. DRY GOODS MERCHANT BURIED IN HOLY CROSS Rev. Father Crowley Pronounces Fu- neral Services Over Remains of William Swanton. | | The funeral of the late Wiliam Swan- | i ton was held yesterday morning and the remains were followed to their last rest- ing place by a large number of friends and acquaintances. Rev. Father P. J. Cummins officiated at the services, which were held in St. Patrick’s Church. The 1 services at the grave were read by Father D. O. Crowley, who was a personal friend of the deceased. The palibearers were David J. Costello, Robert Crowley, Ruben Robinson, Thom: = R. Bannerman, James A. Horan, Jo- seph Sullivan, J. 'J. Capl's and Willlam H. Flagg. William Swanton wa popular dry goods me in social life he one of the most in this city, and njoyed the highest re- | spe esteem. e was a native of Queenstown, Ireland, but for many years | had been a resident of California. | 1ABOR UNIONS TO MEET | IN STATE CONVENTION | Second Annual Gathering Convenes To-Day in Samoset Hall, Vallejo. representing the trades and iliated with the Americar bor will attend the sec ention of the year, which begi o to-day. Each union en- titled 1 have two | delcgates for each 100 members on its roll, | while one delegate will represent the su ceeding 100 members. The central labor bodies will each be represented by two delegates. Unions of every county of the State have selected dejegates. The unions in Oakland, San Jose, Bakersfield, reka and Sacramento | have expressed entire sympathy with the ! One of the chief subjects before the convention will be the re-enact- Delegates labor unions Federation of 1 ond 8§ ment of the Chinese exclusion act. i —_——— | Says He Was Held Up. James Smollen, 92 Minna street, who | was arrested Saturday night for being ! drunk, reported to the police yesterday ! morning that he had been held up by two ! men in a co: d on Jackson street, | near Montgomery avenue, Saturday after. | noon about 4:3) o'clock and robbed of $5. | His v was that he was coming from | w | Chinatown with a bottle of whisky and | ing in sight, the clergyman walted until met the two men. He invited them into the coalvard to have a drink, when they robbed him. in the country. dence to his story. —_——— Struck With a Club. John Doyle. carriage-maker, 612 How. ard street, reported to the police early vesterday morning that he had been struck on the head with a club by the | proprietor of a lodging-house on Jes- sie street. between Third and New Montgomery streets. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where three wounds in his scalp were stitched and dressed. As he had no money to pay for a bed he was given shelter for the remainder of the night at the hospital. Conductor Beats a Woman. Mrs. Mary Wilton was brought to the Central Emergency Hospital late last night to be treated for bruises and cuts about the face and head. She claimed that she had been insulted and maltrcated by & man named Martin McCreary, who she says is a conductor on the North Pacific Coast Railway. Two officers have been detailed to search for McCreary. ROCKEFELLERS SEEK TO | SUPPLY GAS TO PARIS| Newspaper in the French Capital Bit- terly Opposes the Proposed Invasion. PARIS, Jan. 5.—La Liberte has pub- lished a report to the effect that the Rockefellers intend to apply for a conces- | sion-to supply gas to the city of Paris. | The paper vigorously opposes this scheme and says it would be an act of mental | aberration to accept such a proposition, | which would be djsastrous to nationai de Sabla Jr. and John Mnr»' One of them he had known | The pelice give little cre- | AGED MINISTER i | | RECEIVES DEATH BLOW FROM A CAR Rev. John L. Burchard Passes Behind One Elec- tric Vehicle and Is Struck by Another. VENERABLE MINISTER WHO WAS ONE OF THE STANCHIONS. CAR IN OAKLAND AND KILLED, HIS SKULL BEING CRUSHED BY STRUCK BY A RAPIDLY MOVING -+ g AKLAND, Jan. 5.—The Rev. John L. Burchard, an aged Methodist clergyman, was struck this morn- ing and instantly killed by car 51 of the Telegraph-avenue branch of the Oakland Transit Company, the fatal- ity occurring at Sixteenth street and Telegraph avenue, at 10 o'clock. The victim of the accident was standing on the east side of the street, near the| car tracks, A northbound electric car be- | it passed and started around the rear end | of the moving ear. As he did so car 51, south bound, was rolling along on the op- | posite track. Mr. Burchard did not see i its approach. He was struck by a stanchion across its | front and knocked senseless. Motorman | Henry L. White, who was in charge, saw the man’s form, but was unable to stop the car in time to prevent the occurrence. The car was brought to a standstill and | the police ambulance was quickly sum-| | moned. At the Receiving Hospital ten | { minutes later an examination disclosed | that death had resulted. The body was/ removed to the Coroner’s office, where | Dr. H. D. Rowe made an examination, which diclosed the fact that the skull had | been badly fractured. Motorman White and Conductor Harry | M. Tyrrell were taken into custody by the | SAN MATED AGOG DVER ELOPEMENT Marriage of Architect Edwards Surprises His Family. SAN MATEO, Jan. 6.—Local society was production and a powerful help to the de- | signs of the Americans, who wish not | only to expel foreign industry from their own_country, but who seek to supplant | foreigners on their own ground. | La Liberte savs the Rockefellers would not use a ton of French coal, and that the granting of the concession to them would | be a mighty weapon for the realization of | the economic schemes of American impe- | rialism in Europe. | Workmen Burned by Molten Slag 1 REDDING, Jan. 5—A serious accident | happened Saturday night at the Keswick | smelter. Several tram cars used to haul molten slag ran into an empty slag potl left standing on the track and the metal | was sent flylng in all directions. The clothing of several of the workmen caught fire from the slag and they fled for their lives from the smelter. Some of the men were badly injured, although they all had narrow escapes. The slag was formerly dumped into Spring Creek and made its way into the Sacramento River. As it was claimed that it killed the fish in the waters of that stream the Mountain Copper Company established a new dumping ground and built an electric railway to convey the slag to it. * THE DAY’S DEAD. - + &3 SAN MATEO. Jan. 5.—Miss Mamie May- nard, a prominent young lady of this city, died this morning at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. Richard Campbell. Miss May- nard was taken sick a few days ago with an attack of pleuro-pneumonia and was unable to rally. Dr., Joseph M. Lawrence. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—Dr. Joseph M. Lawrence died to-day. He was prominent in fraternal circles in this city and was at the time of his death past commander of the Knights Templar and Pacific grand patron of the Order of the Eastern Star of Galifornia. —_——— Richard Goldsborough. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Jan. 5.—Rich- surprised to-day by _the news of the elopement of Miss Joan de Dessner and Thomas M. Hdwards of this city, and their subsequent marriage in Santa Rosa Saturday by Jus- tice of the Péace Brown. Edwards belongs to & prominent family here and his mar- riage was a great surprise to his friends. Little is known of the young lady, but it is belleved that she belongs to a prominent family in either Oakland or Vallejo. The couple met vy chance in San Francisco Friday and took the steamer for Petaluma that evening, where they remained over night as guests of friends, Saturday they went from there to Santa Rosa, where thev were married. Edwards and his bride have declared to friends that their engagement dated back some months. They had kept it se- cret, they said, and suddenly resolved upon a quiet marriage, hence the trip to Sonoma County. Young Edwards is_an architect by pro- fession and has an office in San Francisco. He resided in this city with his mother, brothers and sisters. One of the sisters is a teacher in the public schools in this city and another sings in _a local church choir. His father, who died here some two or three years ago, was formerly a druggist on Kearny street in San Fran- cisco, and was at one time connected with the ‘management of the International Hotel. On hix death he left an estate valued at about $40,000. The elopement crated considerable talk in local soclety. Why Edwards 100k this method of surprising his friends is setting them all guessing. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Sunday, January 5. Stmr Gipsy, Leland, 28 hours from ~Moss Landing and way_ports. Stmr_ Acme, _Lundquist, hence Jan 3, for Crescent City. Returned with Fr bark Max in o ¥r bark Max, Benoist, 120 days from Glas- . ”. MEMORANDUM, Per Fr bark Max—Jan 2, 4:20 & m, off Cape Mendocino collided with stmr Watla_ Waila The bark’s bowsprit and jibboom were carried away, several Diates on’Dort and' starboscd bow stove two holes through stem and plates. Jan 4, 11 a m, 7 miles SSE Pt Gorda ‘was taken in tow by stmr Acme and later assisted by U S stmr Hugh McCulloch and fowed to 2o sk TPl o TS If it is as hot in iuzon as it is in ard Goldsborough. a well-known Ameri- can engineer, is dead here. Kansas City the public sentiment against ! I reversed the controller and tried police and charged at the City Prison with manslaughter. Both of the carmen were allowed to go upon their own recogni- zance. In his statement to the police Motorman ‘White said: 1 had slowed- down when: approaching the northbound car and was not running @t high speed when the accident occurred. It was just as my car front passed the rear of the other car that I saw the old gentleman step on my track. He was right on to the car before I could do a thing to save him. As quickly as I could to throw the car backward, but he had been struck and knocked down. The man was hit, as nhearly as I could see, by one of the stanchions at the front of the car. Coroner Mehrmann will hold an inquest to-morrow night. The deceased clergyman was 78 years of age and the father of Dr. L. S. Burchard of this city, with whom he had resided for a year past at 318 Durant street. His native State was Delaware, After spend- ing several years in the ministry in the East the preacher came to California forty years ago and was for many years rominent in Methodist church work. He ad charges throughout California, and was elder and presiding elder in several conferences. For some time before the death of his wife last vear he was sta- tioned at Santa Rosa. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. | @ i teieieeisfeimie et e @ KOREA ON VERGE OF INGURRECTION Great Distress Prevails and the People Are Turning Bandits. TACOMA, Jan. 5.—Great distress pre- valls in parts of Korea owing to money stringency, the partial failure of the rice crop and the defalcations of tax collec+ tors, which have necessitated another eol- lection of taxes. The scarcity of money is brought about primarily by a plethora of nickel and other metals due to their manufacture in immense quantities—first, by the mint, secondly by the court, third- ly by the local officials and fourthly by Korean private individuals. These coins have been turned out-in such great quan- titles that they now have but very little value, and are discounted 50 to 60 per cent, even in comparison with copper. 1) The abuses connected with the coinage are laid at the door of the Emperor him- self, who has granted permission to man- ufacture coins to any one desirous of con- verting his premises into a mint. In one instance the native Christians turned the yard of a Christian church into a site for their minting operations. By this prac- tice the Emperor has made large sums in times past, as all the money manufac- turers were expected to give him a gen- erous share of their output. Money is now so tight that thousands of people have become banditti and re- sorting to all kinds of illegal practices to obtaln means of sustenance. The Korean Government maintains a very apathetic attitude toward these troubles and a gen- eral insurrection is in sight. Realizing this the Government has gradually ered abeut itself in Seoul a military force incomparable, superior to anything of the kind previously known in Korea. The Government is likewise holding tight to all the gold it can get for use in the event of serious trouble. MARKET IMPROVES WITE THE NEW YEAR Marked Upward Tendency on London Stock Exchange and Berlin Boerse. LONDON, ,Jan. 5.~The atmosphere on the London Stock Exchange has been more cheerful since the beginning of the year than for a long while past. The ac- tivity that developed with the resumption of business on January 2 was greatly aid- ed by the abundance of money with which a stringent market has recently and sud- denly become flooded. 5 BfSRLIN, Jan. 5.—The Boerse begins the new year with a marked improvement in all departments, and it is the general opinion that a considerable bull movement the friars can be in a measure understood. has commenced. Civil Service Commis- sioner Dies at His Home. Heart Failure Supposed to Have Been the Fatal ~ Ailment. James Richard Freud, secretary of the Merchants’ Association and a member of the Civil Service Commission, died sud- denly at his home, 1516 Jackson street, at half-past 1 o'clock this morning. It is presumed that death was due to heart failure. Dr. James F. McCone was summonel when Mr. Freud's condition was discov- ered, but when the physiclan arrived death had ensued. Dr. McCone made a hasty examination and decided that an affection of the heart had probably been the cause of death. He notified the Coro- ner’s office, as an inquest will be neces- sary. . ECUADORIAN TROOPS SENT TO FRONTIER Governineni: ‘Will Resist Invasion of Its Territory by Peru. Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1902, by the Herald Pub- Mshing :Company. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Jan. 5—The Ecuadorian - Government has sent a strong force, led by the commissary gen- eral, to the eastern frontier to take pos- session of the Ecuadorian territory re- cently invaded by the Peruvian authori- ties. In the meantime official representa- tions are being made to the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Argentina Minister, Senor Augustin Arrozosas, has left for Lima. REPORTS OF THE RELEASE OF MISS STONE UNFOUNDED Hostile Bands of Turks Are Said to Be After Her Brigand Captors. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 5.—The news fthat the brigands holding Miss Stone are being hustled by the inhabitants of Turk- ish territory, where they are said to be in hiding, has caused a sensation here. A deadly feud is said to exist between the leaders of the hostile bands, some of whom are reported to have deserted and as attempting to re-enter Bulgaria. Much anxiety is felt here with regard to (he outcome of these developments. | Members of the American Legation here say the rumors of Miss Stone’s release are quite unfounded. = e Fifty Degrees Below Zero at Dawson. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jfl%l 5.—The steamer Amur, which arrived this after- noon from Skagway, brought fourteen passengers from Dawson. They report that the weather in the north is at the present time very severe, having been 30 aegeres below zero last 'f'uesday morning in Dawson. Two persons are said to have died from exposure near Dawron two weeks ago. ° CHARGE AMERICA WITH BAD FATH European Powers Object to Rearmament of China. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. ! W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Complaint is made by European powers that the United States has violated its agreement with them to prevent the importation into China of munitions of war and material for their manufacture. The negligence of this Government, to which Great Britain and Germany are also parties, is characterized in some quartérs as criminal and will result, it is feared, in the rearmament of China. This may be followed by an outbreak in Cen- restoring order will be far more difficult and dangerous than it was in 1900. Arms and materials for their manufac- ture are being imported into China, and the greater quantity, it is alleged, come: from the United States. The Governmen factories in China are working overtime to turn out arms and ammunition and thelr raw material is imported. Under the protocol signed in September by the Forelgn Ministers in Peking China agreed to’issue an imperial edict forbid- ding for a period of two years the impor- utfi)n, as well as the manufacture in China, of all arms and munitions of war, In the judgment of the powers this period could be extended. Buropean powers claim that several Governments signatory to the protacol, in order to make effective the provision relating to the prohibition of the importation of arms, were bound to restrain their exporters from continuing this trade. During the summer of 1900, when the Boxer revolution was at its height, all of the Governments except the United States forbade the exportation of arms fo China. ‘While approaching this action the Presi- dent was unable to join in it because there was no law which would permit him to place such restriction upon American trade. At the same time he authorized Mr, Conger, United States Minister in Peking, to accept an article presented for insertion in the preliminary protocol for | the “maintenance, under conditions to be agreed upon by the powers, of the inter- diction of the importation of arms and of materials used exclusively in their manu- facture.” Since the signing of the protocol most of the powers of Europe have continued tral and Southern China, and the task of | their prohibition of the exportation to China of munitions of war and material for their manufacture. The effect is to give a few nations an exclusive market. This is not regarded as fair and its effect may be to cause the powers to repeal the prohibition, Such a move would be strong= 1y deprecated by far-seeing statesmen ac- quainted with the internal conditions in China. Already, as a result of the actions of the American, British and German manufacturers and of the Chinese Govern- ment, a great step has been taken by China in providing weapons for future emergency. — Fatally Crushed Under a Roller. REDDING, Jan. 5.—The combined ef- forts of six men were necessary Saturday night at the Keswick smelters to remove a roller welghing three and a half tons which had pinioned Walter R. Murphy, an employe of the smelter machine shops, to a large metal casting. His legs an right arm were badly crushed. The com- pany physicians hold out no hope of Mur- hy's recovery. The victim of the singu- | lar “""{fif,“' ‘t’ht’l:gg‘:‘rz(lll w'ltl';1 tw;;t other men put ng ler when over- hau:?ced. catching Murphy in its fall. fac i vy el Mormons Proselyting in Germany. BERLIN, Jan. 5—The German Mormon | conference has assembled here under the leadership of Hugh J. Cannon, son of the late George Q. Cannon, the well-knos Mormon apostle. One hundred and tw;:: ty-five Mormon missionaries are now working in Germany and have won 2000 | followers, i Ceases Pandering to Advocates of Peace in Manila. Every Available Soldier Now in the Field in Batan- gas Prov)nce. MANILA, Jan. 5.—General J. Franklin Bell is condueting a vigorous campaign in ‘Batangas Province. Every available sol- dier is in the fleld. The columns under the command of Colonels Wint and Dougherty are doing excellent work and driving * Filipinos {in all directions. A number of the latter are fleeing to Tay- abas Province, where the native constab- ulary is rendering valuable assistance in capturing men and rifles. The advocates of peace in Manila de- precate the stern measures employed by General Bell. In reply, General Bell says that these peace advocates have had nu- merous opportunities to use their influ- ence, as they have been ‘given passes through the American lines almost for the asking, and that it has been afterward proved that they often went through the unes only for the purpose of assisting the insurrection. Geperal Bell says that the best peace method now is rigorous war- fare until the insurrection is completely subdued. ‘The arrest of the wealthy Lopez family and the confiscation oi their steamers and rice, as well as the .rrest of three members of the religious corporations, who were known to be instigators of the insurrection, has had an excellent effect upon- the natives. . Conditions on the island of Samar are still unsatisfactory. owing to the difficulty of finding the insurgents. Captain Schoef- fel of the Ninth Infantry, who was wounded gn a severe hand-to-hand fight last morth on Samar Island, between eighteen men of Company E of his regi- ment and a large force of bolomen, has practically recovered from the effects of his wound. In an official report of the encounter it is said that Schoeffel killed three men before he received his wound and that the remnants of the detachment of eighteen men were saved by his per- sonal courage and daring. The civil authorities say that the island of Leyte is now peaceful. On the other hand, the military authorities consider Leyte to be dangerous, on account of i proximity to Samar, if for no other re: son. Last Friday Major Albert L. Meyer of the Eleventh Infantry captured quite an extensive arsenal and plant for the making of cartridges at Ormoe, on the northwest coast of Leyte. Major Meyer also captured another powder factory, large quantities of ammunition, four can- non and several rifles. Major Henry T. Allen, ex-Governor of the island of Leyte (now on a tour of in- spection through that island and Min- doro), reported yesterday that the ma. jority of the signal corps wires on Leyte had been cut, and that this action wns‘ evidently preconcerted. Captain Pitcher reports that he is rap- idly ridding the island of Mindoro of in- surgents. The constabulary of Tarlac, Luzon, have captured a number of members of the Filipino secret society called the “Guardia de Honor.” The prisoners in- tended moving to the island of Pollilo (off the east coast of Luzon), where they expected to be free of American interfer- ence, temporarily at least, and where they had decided to resist American in- vasion to the uttermost. Twenty mem- bers of the ‘“Guardia \de Honor” are charged with sedition. ‘The big stone church at Balayan, in Ba- tangas result of the recent earthquake. Attempts Made to Wreck Trains. EUREKA, Jan. 5.—A switch was thrown open on the California and Northern ex- tension Saturday night while the trai was at the Arcata depot. Before th train could be stopped the front wheels of the engine ran off the track. Luckily no _serious damage resulted. \ Steel rails and other obstructions, suffi- clent to wreck any train, have been found on the track of the Eureka and Klamath River Railroad. The property of the Arcata and Mad River Iroad Company has also been set on fire. TELEGRAPH NEWS, HONOLULU, Deec. 28.—Collector of . Cus- toms Stackabb has received from Washington orders to admit importations from the Phil- ippines free of duty. CHICAGO, Jan. 5.—The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jackson boulevard and - Albany street, the largest Jesuit edifice in the world, was dedicated to-day. x HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 5.—Anton Schave, his wife and 2-year-old boy, Joseph, and Miss Mary Divada, aged 18," were asphyxiated early to-day at their home by gas from a defective meter. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 5.—Mrs. Ulin_S. Emick, a middle-aged woman, .who has been mentally unbalanced for about three months, set fire to herself at her home to-day and was burned to death. MADRID, Jan. 5.—The police have discov- ered traces of anarchist plots in the towns of Jerez de la Frontera, Alcalda de los Gasules and Archos de la Frontera, in the province of Cadiz. Forty-nine arrests were made. GALVESTON, Jan. 5.—Taking the census figures of production as a basis, “it 1s esti- mated by the Galveston News from reports of 411 correspondents that the boll weevil de- stroyed 242,500 bales ‘of cotton in Texas dur- ing the past season. LONDON, Jan. 5.—Statistics just jssued show that of the total trade with her colonies Great Britaln possesses only 42 per cent, while the United States has 12 per cent, and that the latter is rapidly increasing her trade not only with’ Canada, but with Australia. SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 5.—On account of the almost total failure of grass and the high price of feedstuffs in this section more than 1000 head of horses and milch cows have been killed in San Antonio during the past sixty days to prevent them dying of starvation. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Jan. 5.—Argentina has not vet officlally ratified the tocol signed by Senor Yanez, the Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, and ‘Senor Portela, the Ar- gentina Minister to Chile, and has asked the Chilean Government for further explanations. HONOLULU, Dec. 28.—The schooner Waia- lau, owned by the Hawallan Navigation Com- pany, went ashore last week off Kaanapall and was for a time in danger of being pounded to pleces on the beach. She was hauled off, how- ever, and is now safe. The Walalau fs in the nterisland trade. i —y Burglar Enters Church. ALAMEDA, Jan. 6—A man giving his name as Edward Neal was found about 1:30 o’'clock this morning in the First Presbyterian Church on Versailles ave- nue by Police Officers Keyes and Moe- bus. They heard an unusual noise in the church and after covering all the points of exit entered the building and captured Neal. Although he had three loaded pistols on him, Neal made no_resistance. He was taken to the City Prison and charged with hur{llm The police. think he is an ex-convict. L gt o L Censul Booth-Tucker Improving. OAKLAND, Jan. 5—Dr. N. H. Cham- berlain, the physician in attendance upon Consul Booth-Tucker, reported this even- ing that his patient was progressing fa- vorably and that danger of a further complication was almost past. Mrs. Booth-Tucker slept well last night and this evening. Her pulse and temperature are about normal. ————— Alamedas Defeat Company G. ALAMEDA, Jan. 5.—Company G’'s base- bell team wab defeated by the Alamedas in a well played ten-inning game this ati- ernoon on the Clement-avenue diamond. The score was 7 to 4. Jack Hammond composed the . Chauncey Pratt George ?l:ltltre;eyder were in the points for cm:. pany G. e e Boy Charged With Larceny. ALAMEDA, Jan. 5.—Harry Knox, 10 years of age, is in the City Prison with a charge r"flo‘m“y booked against his name. The boy is of havl stolen $3 from the cash register in 2t ler's bakery on Park street and Pacific avenue. SUDDEN DEATH (BELL EMPLOYING |OPPOSES PLAN OF J. . FREUD] STERN MEASURES OF THE ZIONISTS Rabbi Hirsch- Considers Palestine Project Im- practicable. Says He Will Not Exchange America for a Nation in Jerusalem. CHICAGO, Jan. 5.—Impetus to the movement to establish the Jewish race once more in Palestine was given to-night at a mass-meeting of Zionists at the Me- dinah Temple Theater. Two thousand Hebrews, for the most part supporters of the plan to open again the promised land for the chosen people, crowded the hall. The meeting was in connection with the | annual convention of Western Zionist: whose organization embraces ten Sta The plan determined upon at the Basle, Switzerland, confererce was outlined by Leon Zolotokoff, grand master of the Knights of Zion, who said that the idea was to create a legally assured home for the Jews and a refuge for Jews who can- not be assimilated by the people among whom they now live. Said he: We,_do not mean to take the Jews by the neck and throw them into Palestine, nor do we intend to transform the Jews overnight into an agticultural people. We want to resume the broken thread of our nation; we want to show to the world the moral strength. the intellectual power of the Jewish people. We want a place Where the race can again be centralized. Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch gave his views on | the proposed movement. In view of the {fact that the Zionists consider Dr. | Hirsch’s attitude on the question hostile | to their plans great interest was mani- fested in his remarks. He said: I agree with you that the condition of 7,000,000 Jews in Russia, Roumania and Ga- licla is a blot on civilization and cries out to heaven for redress. The world is stirred by accounts of suffering of the women in the concentration camps in South Africa. No | doubt their condition is bitter, but the con- | dition of the Jews in Russia is worse. Yet. | while voices are ralsed in protest in England | against her treatment of the South African | women, no voice is raised in bebalf of the {Jew. Why? Because they are Jews. What | matters it that they suffer; they are Jews. | Behind them stands no guns nor armored ships. | They are Jews. They have suffered eighteem centuries; let them suffer more. That is the | condition’ which calls out to heaven for justice and not for charity. 1 also agree with you that if these Jews say that they have no country they are justified. What flag is theirs? They must —pay bl taxes to the Czar, yet they are not treated as | subjects. In Roumania they are declared to be | aliens. "The fault lies with the Government of Russia, Roumania and Galicia. It is for these Jews that the name of thelr country spells ‘“Hope. I should not be a man if 1 did_not realize that for these perse- cuted Jews Jerusalem spells reason, justice, manhood and liberty. Shall we call them to Amerfca? 1 would gladly do 80 if their coming would be a solu- tion of the problem. But it would mot be. | From the- prey of Russia to the sweatshops of America does not spell redemption. If your plan will offer freedom take Palestine | and I will be with you, and we will all work | together. 1 have a nation. T will not exchange it for | a nation in Jerusalem. I have my flag. and I will not exchange it. I have a legally as- sured home, for, after all, what we suffer here | s inconsequientfal. Let the Jew learn to strike back when he is struck and they will learn to | leawe him alone. His condition would be bet- tered if he would keep the rest in wholesome | fear of a Jewish fist and a Jewish kick. | At the business session the convention | re-elected Leon Zolotokoff of Chicago as i grand master and I. Welpe of Chicago as | treasurer. It was voted to hold the next icon\'entlon in Milwaukee. ‘o rovince, is falling to pleces as a | DENVERITES ARM 10 GHECK CRIME Committee of Safety Is Formed to Patrol the City. DENVER, Jan. 5.—This ecity will pre- sent a decidedly martial aspect if plans adopted at a mass meeting of eitizens this afternoon are carried out—and the temper of the meeting would indicate that they will be. Because of the many crimes | that have been committed here wit.in the past year or two, which have brought terror to Denver's residents, the latter have organized a committes of safety to protect the people against criminals. The streets are to be patrolled during the night by armed citizens, who will be expected to keep the town free of the criminal class. Everybody on the streets at night yill be expected to give an ac- count of himself when called upon and failing to give a satisfactory explanation of his reason for being abro: 1 _be placed in the custody of the police. Po- lice magistrates will be urged to make punishment for crime so heavy as to de- ter even the most desperate. For months past thugs and thieves have overrun this city. Women have been as- saulted in their own houses and on the streets, hold-ups and robberies have been of almost daily oecurrence and even mur- der has been committed at times when the occasion, from the standpoint of the vicious, demanded it. 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