The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1902, Page 2

THE SA§ FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1902 PRINCE HENRY PREPARES FOR AMERICANTRIP Imperial Yacht Expected to Sail From Kiel on Saturday. Naval Demonstration to Be Accorded Royal Visitor at New York. Rear Admiral Evans Is Detailed to Make All Necessary Arrange- ments for the Welcome of the Party. E S BERLIN, Jan. 16.—Admiral Prince Hen- 1y of Prussia arrived bere to-day from Xiel. The details regarding Prince Hen- ry’'s landing in the United States and his movements thereafter are entirely in the hands of Secretary Hay and Dr. von Holleben, the German Embassador at Washington. Emp William's from which th have nearly 10 &t Prince Henry's banguet on board the Hohenzollern at New York, compose one silver been treasures, selected of the choicest pieces for use | | desk last Monday. of t st collections of silver pos- | any sovereign of Europe and are upward of 5,000,000 marks. They embrace Emperor William's wedding gifts, presented by ninety-six Prussian ities, a silver table service for fifty per- . yalued at 420,000 marks, and many rare pleces of silver dating from the time of Frederick the Great and William 1 Among the wonders in the “Rittersaal” in the old castle at Berlin is a silver buffet eight meters wide, reaching from the floor to the ceiling and bearing among others nine huge silver tureens, fifty inches in diameter. KIEL, Jan. 16.—The imperial yacht Hohenz®llern is completing her prepara- ns for the trans-Atlantic trip. She went 9 to the outer fjord yesterday to test her boilers and adjust her compasse: Admiral Prince Henry of Prus: at- attended by Adjutants von Schwindt and Von Egidy and several naval officers of high rank, was presenteat a dinner last evening on board the Hohenzollern, to bid farewell to Admiral Count von Bau- d the commander of the yacht, and has staff. ce Henry and his court marshal left to-day for Berlin. Crew Is Now Aboard Yacht. Hohenzollern's crew, numbering men, are now all on board that vessel. To-morrow it will be stowing extra coal. T! departure of the yacht is fixed for Sunday at the latest, but she will put to sea on Saturday if the ice threatems to the Second .Naval , which is to furnish d 10 go to the United States on the nzollern, came here from Wilhelm: ¥y ive special y. The t- directet daily during voyage, playing favorite American ic Corps airs The band consists of forty picked mea from the eighty-four constituting the sec- ond _division corps. These forty men d Kiel to-day. The band has re- permission to go ashore in the parade uniform and give concerts. e present vage will be the longest ever taken by Jan. 16.—Rear Admiral Jbley D. Evans, who has been charged the preparation and execution of the Wt the reception of of Prussia, called upon Dr. the German Embassador, sy to-day, and _consuited him regarding arrangements for the naval welcome to be accordel the dis- i zished visitors. Admiral vaas will h the Embassador he embassy®officials in order that he conform his arrangements to those visiting_party, of the lat- plans being veved from Berlin e embassy at Washington. Prince to Go Directly to New York. von Hollebe: at the emb: It may be stated upon authority that { ring Wilhelm will not deviate se and go to Hampton ore rted. but wil! direct 3 to New Yor demonstration proper squadron Admir: t to we s been Evans by for the iron have not vet Admiral Evans states th will probably rende le and possibly join the im acht Hohenzollern on_her way up c coast from the Wesi r to New York harbor. selected to accom- tic station. Captain e A. Converse, as commander of the ip Illinois, will be his flag captain; Licutenant Frederick L. Chapin, his flag lieutenant; Lieutenant Thomas Washing- ton, flag secretary, and several other ador von Holleben, who was at the State Department to-day in confer- ence with Becretary Hay, has given no- tice that he will entertain Prince Henry and suite at the German embassy here, Dr. Hill, the First Assistant Secretary of State, who by reason of an extended resi- dence in Germany is perfectly conversant with the German language, may be charged to represent the Department of State in the ceremonies- connected witk the reception of the Princé”™ Ex-Governor Fi is of Missouri also called_on Secretary Hay 1in connection with Prince Henry's visit. He urged that the programme for the P s entertain- ment be made to include a visit to St. Louis in order that the Prince might see the scase on which the approaching Louis- iana Purchase Exposition is projected. Brings Present to Mrs. Roosevelt. NEW YORK, Jan. -16.—Prince Henry of Prussia will bring from Germany a hand- some present for Miss Alice Roosevelt from the Emperor in recognition as a art in the launching of Announcement of made to-day in a dispatch souvenir of h, to the Staats Zeitung from Berlin, The cablegram also said that Prince Henry had been directed to arrange for c Sports between American and tars in foreign ports where they met, man Government has accepted w's offer of the use of West irth street pier for the imperial Hohenzollern during the visit to ¥ of Prince Henry. The acceptance accompanied by an expression of thanks in the name of Prince Henry. The Staats Zeitung to-day prints a spe- cial dispatch from Berlin, which states that Count von Walderse¢ and his wife will visit America in April. The dispatch says that the trip is*made for the field marehal’s health. —_— e Smallpox in a Mountain Town. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 16—Word was received here to-day to the. effect that smallpox has broken out at Linns Valley, a mountain town forty miles from this city. In consequence the school there has been closed and all efforts are being made to prevent a spread of the discase. —— Oregon’s New Commander. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Captain Joseph B. Eaton, at present captain of the Boston navy yard, has been selected t» command the bate tleship Oregon, which is now fitting out on the Pacific Coast. The ship will be permanently attached to the Pacific station. —_—— This Is Your Time. Men's and women's shoes that cost $2.50 each and every pair of them are being now sold for $1.00 a pair at the Manufac- turers’ Sale of the Bee Hive Shoe Co., 717 Market street, near Third. . Frederick | i | | B HULES DESPITE THE TRUSTEES Young School Teacher Declines to Be Dis- missed. Kern County Officials Meet Their Match at Mc- Kittrick. Special Dispatch to The Call. | BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 16—Miss Shirley | Burt, an attractive young teacher of \hei { school- in the McKittrick district, which | was organized only last year and whose home is in San Francisco, is the central | figure in an educational, sccial and gen- eral disturbance which threatens to pro- vide the gossips with food for thought for | many days to come. | The young lady for the past two dayvs bas kept the trustees of the school very | busy in their efforts to prevent her from teaching her classes, despite the fact that she was notified that her services would | be no longer required. She was employed, however, for the term of eight months, | and she intends to fulfill her contract if an earnest attempt to do so can be of | avail. | According to a report from McKittrick | Miss Burt's troubles commenced just as | s stepping aboard a train to go to | rancisco to visit her relatives dur- ing the recent nolidays. At that time she was notified in writing that she was dismissed. She sent back _word, it Is | 0 the school trustees, W. Rodgers, ent; George C. Troth and H. F. . that she would be on hand to re- open her school, trusiees or no trustees. | True to her promise she arrived in Mc- | Kittrick and took her seat at her school | Then the trouble started, but the lady, nothing daunted, went gayly on! Tuesday to the schoolhouse, which had been locked, and after climbing through young | the window, which she pried open, sat ready for business. Wednesday the schoolhouse was tightly closed, and, ow- ing to the trustees’ inabiity to handle the | problem, Coux Superintendent Schools Doub went to the scene to take | a_hand. Miss Burt insistéd on finishing her term. | No direct charge was made against her, | | at least publicly, and Doub, who returned | from McKittrick, stated that the matter | had been satisfactorily -arranged and | that Miss Burt would resume her duties next Monday. Some say her dismissal was the result of a factional fight, while | others hint at gossip which proves to have been without foundation. One flst fight has already resulted, one of Miss Burt's many champions, whose wife is a friend of the troubled teacher, having, it | is said, knocked down a man who made | @ disparaging remark concerning Miss urt. J. J. Burt of San Francisco, a ralalhe! of the teacher, has cngaged Attorne George E. Whitaker to look after daughter’; terests. Miss Burt is highly epoken of by residents of McKittriek and | she is acknowledged to be an | ability. 5 | PARLIAMIENT 1S OPERED WITH POMP =3 | Continued From Page One. | educator of | 1 rows of superb pearls around her neck' and a great stomacher of diamonds. Reads Speech From Throne. | After robing, King Edward and Queen ntered. the House of Peers thelr ‘thrones, beneath -a , with the Prince and Princess or on either side of them. The other | members of the royal family were seated fat the foot of ‘the: steps leading” 'to” (s throne. i The gentleman usher of the black rod, | General Sir Michael Biddulph, having summoned the Speaker and the members | of the House of Commons, his Majesty | read the speech.from thé throne. The speech opened with a.reference to the tour of the Prince and: Princess of | Wales. “They were everywhere,” said the King, | “received wlth demonstrations of the liveliest affectlon, and 1.am convinced their presence served to rivet-more closely the bonds of mutual regard and loyaity | by which the vigor of the empire is main- | tained.” Rafe: Z to ith foreign c: AL relati Great Britain's relations | untries, the King sal with ' the other powers | continue to be most friendly.” Contrary to expectations, the King's| eference to the war was just as indefinite | as the statements made on the subject in the last half dozen messages from the | throne. Regrets the War Is Still On. “I regret,” said his Majesty, “that the war in South Africa is not yet concluded, ! though the course of the operations has | been favorable to our arms, the area of war largely reduced and industries are being resumed in my new colonies. In spite of t which are deserving of the highest pr: The necessity for relieving those or my troops who have most felt the s war has afforded me the opportunity of again availing myself of the loyal and | patriotic ofiers of my colonies, and fur- | ther contingents will shortly reach South | Africg/from the Dominion of Canada, the Comnionwealth of Australia and New Zealand.” In regard to the sugar conferenca peech say: “I trust its declsion may lead to the| abandonment of the system by which the | sugar producing tolonies and home man- | ufacturers of sugar have been unfair. weighted in the prosecution of this im- portant industry.” Then came the following clause: { “I'have concluded with the President of the United States a treaty, the provi- sions of which will facilitate the con- structlon of an interoceanic canal under | guarantee that its neutrality will be maintained, and that it will be open to the commerce and shipping of all na- tions.” Next followed reference to the Anglo- Brazilian treaty, to the referring of the British Guiana-Brazil boundary ques- tions to the arbitration of the King of Italy, to the necessity for the continuance of famine relief measures in India, and to the Geath of the Ameer, “whose son,, Ha- bib Ullah, has expressed an earnesi de- sire to maintain the friendly relatiors of | Afghanistan with my Indian empire.” Estimates Framed Economically After announcing that the estimates “have been framed as economically as due regard for their efiiciency render | possible in the special circumstances of | the present exigency,” the speech con- | cluded with mentioning proposed legis. | lation 6f solely domestic” nterest, with the exception of a bill to facilitate the sale and purchase of land in Ireland. Thelr Majesties then retired amid a fan- fare of trumpets and attended by the same regal ceremony as accompaniod their entry into the house. The only departure from the extremely decorous character of the proceedings occurred when the King referred to the humanity of the British troops in South Africa. This_led to an unprecedented scene in the House of Lords. Peers and peeresses and high officers of state broke out mto a prolonged cheer, which was repeated again and agaln, to the evident satisfaction of his Majesty, but to the apparent dismay of the officlals of the House, whose signaled deprecations of this departure from ancient traditions were ineffectual to stop the outburst of enthusiasm. the | —— SION OF THE COMMONS. LONDON, Jan. 16.—After the speech from the throne had been formally read in the House of Commons and the ad- dress in reply had been moved and sce- onded, the Liberal leader, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, spoke in general terms against the course of the Govern- ment in South Africa, urging conciliation | ter_betw MODOC JUDGE AND THE LAWYERS EXCHANGE SHARP WORDS IN COURT Alturas Jurist Tells Attorney Raker, One of the Defenders of Jim Brown, That His Conduct Is Harassing and He Hopes the Jury Will Never Again Have as Much Annovance at a Trial c LTURAS, Jan. 16.—When proceed- ings began in the Lookout lynch- P ing case this morning Atterney *\ Spencer, for the defense, asked the court ‘to -pérmit ;Lawyer Raker to take up the cross examination of Witness Morris. { Spencer said .that he was suffering from:a severe cold. Judge Harrington responded that he would ad- journ court until the afternoon, but that he would not proceed with the case with Raker interrogating the witness, as Raker's conduct in court was harassing, anroying and aggravating: “If there is a Judge on God's green earth who would have stood what I have in this case I would like to meet him. It's a question of the endurance of the court. It takes an iron man to hear this case. I feel at night as if I had been a horse ip a four-mile race had been run over be- fore the finish. I'm worn out. It's a mat- 1 the attorneys and the court of the devil take the hind- and a o { most.” Raker stated that Jim Brown, the de- fendant, had employed him and that Spencer came into the trial the night be- fore the case opened, and that the court should not deprive the defendant of his (Raker’s) ability to defend him. The court Court Protects Itself. “You are three men (meaning Raker, Spencer and Harfip) ot equai ability. v should one man do all his question- ing? Harris has ben drunk for weeks and can't appear it court sober and I'll not let him come jn drunk. That's all there is about it. The court makes rules for its_ownspretection.” Spencersaid -he would endeavor to pro- ceed. He asked Morris if he remembered making a statement in the presence of Claude Marcus and E. 8. Trowbridge at the latter's store at Lookout on the dth | said: of last July. “No; I was working in the fields at that time. “Did you make a statement to these men later? Was your statement this: “Woodmanseo and Somers came to my ranch and wanted me to go to Bieber and $ee a detective. 1 went and met Wood- mansee and Mrs, Somers. Woodmansee gave me several drinks and Mrs. Somers falked to me. She said she had been en- gaged to work upthe case by the prose- cution and had authority to offer me pro- tecticn if I would- testify to the facts-of in place of brute force. He said the sande, to @ large measure, was true.of Ireland, b the Government at present , was “floundering_begween concession and do- ercion,” and urged the adoption; of the most liberal programme toward Ireland. Sir William Vernon Harcourt (Liberal), by attacking the institution of martial Jaw in the Cape Colony and by accusing the Government of grossly unconstitution- al conduct in advising the Ministers of the colony not to summon the Cape Par- Hament, brought up Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Sécretary, who was inafi. most militant mood. Chamberlain . de- gared that Sir Willlam Vernon Harcourt ought to have placed a question of such vast importance in the form of an amend- ment. He proceeded to justify absolutely the action of the Cape Government. Chamberlain said he did not care a scrap for legal opinion on one side or the other; that the Government had to deal with an emergency, and that it had followed the universal Dractice of all countries. He also sald that the Government of Cape Colony should ask Parliament to indem- nify their acts. Sir William Vernon Harcourt asked, “When will that be done?” Chamberlain retorted, “When is the war going to end?’ (Laughter and cheers.) John Redmond said, “By the next gen- eral election.” In the course of hls speech Chamber- lain protested against the suggestion that he should overrule the Privy Council, when Redmond interjected: ‘‘Hear, hear} You ought to-be a King. Amid laughter, Chamberlain replied, “That is véry good of the honorable gen- tleman, but that is not my ambition.” The House of Commons then adjourned. IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. LONDON, Jan. 16.—The House of Tords was well filled when business was re- sumed. The Prince of Wales occupied the seat formerly used by his father. Many peeresses were in the gallery. The Lord Chaneellor, Eadrl Halsbury, fa]{rnn!l%ebd the King’s speech. ‘he 1 of Harrow (Conservative) in moving the address in reply to the speech from .the throne, referred to the non- interference of foreign powers in the South African war as being evidence of .the United States and the South American | tralia and Canada. | | martial law in South Africa and urged the B o o+ PROMINENT FIGURES IN TRIAL OF ONE OF THE ALLEGED LYNCHERS AT ALTURAS. the hanging, and that I told her I knew nothing about it, and that Mr. Thacker came m and told me to, and I told him 1 knew nothing, and that later Mrs. Som- ers came in and knelt at my side and wringing her hands said: ‘Claude, for God's sake tell us all you know." Do you remember making such a statement?" Young Morris’ Statement. “I did not make such a statement to Claude Marcus or ; E. 8. Trowbridge,” Morris replied. He afterward testified | that the statement he did make was not | grea,tly different from that described by | pencer. Answering Spencer’s questions | Morris stated that he and Raker had a ! conversation at Orion Trowbridge’s store | at Bieber and that he “might” have made | a short statement to the Asked if he had made a sim as to his conversation with Mrs. Somers and Thacker in the jail at Alturas in the | presence of Jim Brown, the' defendant, and Leventon and Isom Eades, witnesses, | he said he had started to tell them when | Deputy Fleming appeared and he was told to shut up, as Fleming was acting as a detective. Assistant“Attorney General Post com- menced to make a statement, when Raker interposed an objection to Post being al- lowed to speak, : The court told Raker to “shut up."” Raker objected to the con- duct of the court. The court replied he their friendly relations. | The Earl of Lytton, who seconded the motion, congratilated the Government on their “more than friendly relations with republics.” He added that though affairs in Ireland were considered critical they | might safcly be left in the hands of the Government. Earl Spencer (Liberal), eriticizing the address. said that while he recognized the impossibility of granting the Boer de- | maxds for {ndependence he deprecated In- | sistence on unconditional surrender. His | lordship urged the Government to prom- | ise the Boers autonomy similar {o that possessed by the governments of Aus- The Premier, Lord Salisbury, whose en- trance into the house was greeted with hearty applavse, said he was glad to hear Harl Spencer vent an utterance for which be, the Premier, had been frequently and t was quite true | bility of granting v either was it the Government's business, after being gratuitously ' attacked, to inform the | Boers on what terms they would be for- fz\éeg;tperspecl;lly since the Boers had not | v essed a wis] e forgiven. Tord Sallsbury’ Continned by fetending oppisition to remember that they were not dealing with the questicn as to whether or not they could make qut a zond case against the rnment! The Premier pleaded that they should not allow their eagerness to improve their party position to make them forget the issue, whether Gr not' Great. Britain should be victor in the war. He reminded the opposition that a wrong settlemenf now would impose grave difficulties and embarrassments up- on the nation for many years to come. Replying to the Pyemier Lord Rosebery said he favored a passive policy of peace, which would receive overtures whnen made. and that in this connection he wished to know the truth of the rumors concerning the visit to London of Dr. Kuyper, the Premier of Holland. Had Dr. Kuvver brought any overtures. he asked. Not 50 far as I know,” answered Lord sbury. Have any overtures been recefved from the Boer leaders in Europe?” asked Lord Rosebery. ~ To this auestion Lord Salisbury an- swered, ‘‘No.” ) | ris G k2 & 0 Wwould enforce the rules and his preroga- tives and would take his methods of try- ing the case hundred days. its displeasure threatened the ment. if it cost the county ‘five s. The court again asserted of Raker's conduct and lawyer with admonish the jury to keep your own | *“‘God grant | counsel said_the court. you may never have to sit on such a case again as long as you live.” On the r mbling of ‘court in_the afternoon Spencer read a statement Mor- alleged to have made while in the jail. but the court ruled it out on the ob- Jection of the prosecution. The court sald, however, that Morris could, if he liked, tell what his conversation was on tHht occasion. his feet and said: “I would like to—'" Judge Suppresses Raker. I | imprison- | General Post jumped to Raker interrupted and the court told | him to “shut up.” This was the first storm of the afternoon session and it was followed by other bursts, the entire after- n ing a series of wrangles between | counsel and caustic remarks from the | bench. Spencer took up Morris' direct examina- tion, questioning him ragarding his move- ments on the night of May 30, but the cross-examination did not elicit any ma- terial difference in the witness’ testimony about that occasion. On several occasions Spencer scemed to be playing on the witness’ knowledge of English, and Gen- eral Post entered several protests when it came to the witness’ identification of “the | country party” at the schoolhouse. Spen- cer went over the ground already gone over, but the witness could not be shaken, saying he identified the party by their familiar appearance, pose,-face and-such knowledge as he gained by long intimate acquaintance, Raker became very noisy at times, en- tering exceptions and making objection- able remarks to the court and gentlemen of the prosecution. At one stage in the proceedings the court accused Spencer of trying to make the witness tell a false~ hood and that he gnmed questions with no other mul"ipose. Both Raker and Spen- cer protested and the court said: B “Is it what you eat or drink, or is it the ozone that you imbibe. or what is it that causes you to bring about a squabble every night just before adjournment? You are bitter, malicious and willful, and T am heartily sick of it. Adjourn court until to-morrow, and I want to again say.ta the jury that I hope in the name of God they never have to pass through such an ordeal again, or me either.” RAIN- THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE Do you know that three-quarters of all the world’s headaches are the Tesult of using tea and coffec? So physicians say. . Quit them and’ the headaches quit. - Grain-O has the coffee taste but no headaches: ' Al ocers’s 15¢. and 25c. RAILAOAD MEN LOSE POSITION Three Prominent Santa Fe Officials Are Re- tired. Consternation Caused by the | Sudden Ousting of Employes. Special Dispdich to The Cail. SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 16.—News reached this city to-day of the resigna- tion of Master Mechanic G. W. Smith of the Santa Fe's coast lines, of®Division Master Mechanle C. F. Lape of the Southern California. diviston and General Foreman C. G. Lundholm of the San Ber- nardino shops. The heads come off at the injunction of Superintendent of Machinery George R. Henderson, who seems determined to make a general clean-up on the west end. Lape is at present at Needles, where he has been since Monday evening. Smith is on his way East to Chicago to secure final_instruction regarding tae change. Lundholm is in tne city, having made Ppublic the fact of his resignation to-day. Who will nil the vacancies cannot be ascertained with certainty, although it is rumored that the appointment to the po- sition of master mechanic will fall to ‘Thomas Paxton of the Chicago division. it is sald that the change will be ef fective some time next month. General Foreman Lundholm’s announce- ment that he and the other two officials had been requested to send in their res- ignations comes as a complete surprise to the several hundred rallroad men In the city. Nothing had been said about i though Lundholm says he and Lape an Smith have known the change would be made for some time past. He does not desire at the present time to discuss the matter. other changes in the management of the road on the west end are to be made in the near futuré. Lape, Smith and Lund- holm have been with the Santa Fe Com- pany for about ten years. ‘WAS WEDDED AND DEMANDS THE CHILD SAYS Peculiar Conflict of Testimony in a | Suit for Divorce in San Jose. Jan. 16.—A sensational di- vorce suit i3 being heard before Judge Hyland of the juperior Court. The parties to the action are Albert W. Geer of this city and Jessie M. Geer of Oak- land, or as she now styles herself, Mrs. Gus Videau. plaintiff in the suit as his wife, Mrs. T denies that she was ever married to him, but is the legal wife of another. Geer alleged in the ‘complaint, SAN JOSE, ‘which | charges his wife with desertion, that he married Mrs. Geer,in this city January 14, 185, by contract. About a year ago she left him and shortly after married Gus Videau, a former San Francisco po- liceman, in San Rafael. Geer wants the custody of a boy five vears of age. The woman declares he has no claim upon the child. e FELTRA Young Girls Mysteriously Disappear. DENVER, Jan. 16.—Myrtle and Blythe Diller \aged respectively 13 and 11 years, whose street, have mysteriously disappeared and are belleved to have been kidnaped. The two girls started for school a few blocks from home vesterday morning and since that time no trace of them has been found, although the police made a vigor- ous search to-day. It is generally understood that | ‘While she is claimed by the | Gee: arents live at No. 15 Twenty-third | PROGPECTORS - LOE THAILS IN A STORM Four Alaska Miners Suf- fer Some Terrible Hardships. Companions of an Exhausted Man Are Forced to Leave Him. Arctic Blizzard Overtakes the Little Party and Driving Icicles Cut the Faces of the Helpless Travelers. Special Dispatch ts The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 16.—A terrible story of suffering in a blinding snowstorm and subsequent cold is told by Jomh P. Stevens and William George Thomas, who bave just arrived at Nelson. There were two others.in the original party, ome of whom, Samuel Hockaday, died of the ex- | posure encountered and from the hard- | ships of the trip. The fourth was Matthew Wells. | With an old miner named Robert Long. the three left Slocan City on the morn- | ing of January 1l. The perty had leased a group of claims and went up Lo arrange improvements. They floundered h seven feet of sno:vn;nu.\ they had neaz reached the proj 3 | T3¢ 570 o'clock In the afterncon a packer whom they met told them to turn back. | Wells took this advice but the others went | on. They traveled for two hours, when | Thomas became exhausted and they stopped and built a fire. In the evening they went on for another hour, and by that time Stevens’ feet had become so badly bitten that the men made camp. Two hours more they rested and then returned for their property. The i Ufficulty In keeptng up ada; t wltg the others, who were carrying the pa;ionday night was dark and a blizzard overtook them. The air became so thick that it was impossible for the men to see an arm’s length, while the driving icicles cut exposed portions of their flesh. struggled on for t hours, making three-quarters of a mile, where Stevens threw down his sack of raw beef and re- fused to go another step. They made a little trench behind a snowbank and the men walked to and fro bebind this shel- ter, with the flying shreds of ice tearing their uncovered faces. They tfied vainly to light a fire. Hockaday finally became sleepy and refused to walk. All were weak from hunger and numb with cold. Next morning they started again for the claim, but Hockaday, being numbed from the night's exposure, feil behind, and | when his friends halted for him and he came up with them, they found him in a delirium. They bad finaily to leave Hock- | aday behind and it was two hours more before they reached the cabin. After half an hour’s rest they returned but could not find Hockaday. They searched all that day and night, and on Wednesday found the man frozen stiff where they had left him. The body was brought into the cabin. OSKALOOSA, Iowa, Jan. 16.—Fred Romer, a retail clothing merchant of this city, to-day | filed a petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are placed at $39,000 and the assets at $32,000. ADVERTISEMENTS. 2 —— —_— “!v“w‘ T N Because of the heavy selling during the holi- days many lines of our hats were sold out in some sizes. A g th reduced in price in order Among the many values which we have to clear them out at once are 'some rough finish Fedoras and Golf shapes which formerly sold for $1.25 and $r1.50. The colors are brown, pearl, light brown, oxiord and dark gray; price while the hats last 75c We are likewise closing out a lot of two-bit golf caps for 10¢C. Out-of-town orders filled—write us. SNWooD5 (0 718 Market Street. high-class accommodations have mads From San Francisco, da'ly, 9 A. M. Gity Ticket Offics, The greatest train across the continent. High speed combined with it the most popular with travelers. 641 Markst St,