The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1902, Page 10

10 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL ATURDAY DELEGATES TERD T AGREEMENT in Sugar Conference Brussels May Yet Be Harmonious. Great Britain and France Strive to Adjust Bounty System. BRUSSELS, Jan. 24—The ipdications pow point to a continuation of the ses- sions of the international sugar confer- ence for a fortnight at least. There is a growing belief that the con- ference is approaching a basis of agree- ment on the most important points at France and Great Britain are cer- ainly striving to neutralize the effects of e bounty system. Just what fresh influence these dele- gates have brought to bear since the re- cess it is impossible to set forth, but the fact that the perfunctory official state- ment of to-day’s proceedings alludes to the advisability of an international board to oversee and enforce what regulations are enacted by the conference indicates e probability of an agreement of some sort before adjournment. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Are Made in the Postal Ser- vice and More New Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, Js The Postoffice Department to-day issued the following Postmasters commissioned: California— e F. Plenkharp, La Crescent; Wash- F. White, Springfield. announced: Dental Sur- A. McAlister, now in San is assigned to duty in the ppines. vy orders announced: Assistant Sur- geon E sacola, Parker is ordered to the Pen- the training station, San Fran- Assistant Surgeon W. R. Webb d from the Pensacola to the Asia- on via the China from' San Fran. Commander J. K. Cogt a de Luzon, Asiatic station, to were issued: California- igina avius P. Reed, San Francis. co, $8; George A. Morrison, Stockton, $8. Increase—Jonn G. Shillato, Los Angeles, $8; Ci ter J. Lane, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $5. Supplemental — Henry C. Decker, San Francisco, $5. Original wid- Mexican Francisco, $8. Washington — Increase — Jacob Keller, Springdale, $8. Original widows—Harriet A. Dubois, Seattle, $8. Rivers and Harbors Committee to urge a proposed deep channel ting Oakland harbor with the sea. project involves an expenditure of rearly $L000,00, and the delegation is ation. Representative Needham addressed the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to-day in favor of a bill pro: viding for a $150,000 public building at Fresno. NEGRO SERVANT HIDES MURDERED MAN’S DIAMONDS T. LOUIS, Jan. 24.—An important plece of evidence in the Cooper murder case de- veloped this afternoon when H. A. Hall, proprietor of & drug store at Grand and anklin avenues, near the bath house where the millionaire was killed, an- nounced that William Strother, ths negro ttendant who is held in conmection with tragedy, visited his place at 11:3 o'clock on the night of the murder and purchased two cigars. In a his statements Strother has not ed this absence from the bath tending that he was there ccn- through the evening until he iscovered Cooper unconscious on tMe cut. This _evening Strother confessed to hief Desmond that he had taken ths mond ring and the diamond stud found he basement of the bath house. is confession was made after a_se- ‘sweat” given the negro at the Four s on the return from the visit to the of the crime made by Chief Des- d and Strother this morning. Stro- took the diamonds at the man’s request. Btrother says t Cooper told him that he expected a from *“a party that would rob a Strother says fhe had the dia- in his mouth when he went over wotify the family of Cooper's precari- condition. - When he came back, he one of the physicians asked him to some hot water. At this time, he he went down into the basement e hid the diamonds. It was his turn over the diamonds to 7 later, but after his arrest he feared to tell about them. TWO LIVES ABE‘ LOST IN A TRAIN WRECK LEADVILLE, Colo., Jan. 24.—A freight wreck occurred this morning at Pando, nty miles west of Leadville, resulting he death of Fireman Healy and En- r J. P. Reddy, both of Salida. A westbound freight became unmanageable after leaving Tennessee Pass when on the down grade. The thermometer was twenty degrees below zero and the air brakes refused to work. About a mile from Pando the train jumped the track. The locomotive and sixteen of the eigh- ht cars were piled in a heap and royed by fire, which soon ig- nited them. Engineer Reddy was so badly injured he charred remains of Fireman Healy were found under a pile of wreckage. Brakeman Philip Kelly was badly in- jured. Toreshado Doom of the Bowery. NEW YORK, Jan. 24—A raid of un- usual proportions was made by nearly 100 policemen on the Bowery to-night. Sev- al irty-two prisoners locked up. The raids reshadow the doom of the Bowery, for marked the preliminary step in the olesale cleaning of that thoroughfare. In nearly every raid ‘the proprietor of the esort was arrested S Hangs Himself With a Cord. PETALUMA, Jan. 24.—Albert Miller, a woodcutter, hanged himself in a deserted bin on the Katen ranch north of here -day. He strung himself to a rafter }}1 a bl Miller gave no hint of his int his partner, Otto Hedke, whom he left at breakfast. Miller v a ng man, born at Bloomfield, and has relatives there. Crushed by an Elevator. ATTLE, Jan. 24—Otto Cawthorn, an ar-old boy employed to run the ele- tor in the Standard Furniture Com- any’s building, was killed to-day while tempting to leave the cage as the ele- ator was rising from the first floor. His »dy was caught between the floor of the evator and the ceiling and terribly ngled. Pears’ the soap which began its sale in the 18th century, sold all through the 1gth and is selling in thé 20th. ' Sells all over the world, Mare Island Hospital War—Elizabeth Mearns, | alifornia delegation appeared be- | the committee will recommend fits | at he died on the way to the hospital. | notorious resorts were closed and | VIOLENT COUGHING CAUSES - JATIES H. FARRELL’S DEATH Prominent Haywards Manufacturer Suc- cumbs to Hemorrl}age of the Lungs. < 1 ° ® e © 90 o 00 20 FARRELL, % . o{ 8, e k Ko - AYWARDS, Jan. 24—James H. Farrell, partner of Daniel Chis- holm in the Haywards Agricul- tural Works, died last night at his home from hemorrhage of the lungs, induced by a violent fit of coughing. The sudden death of the prom- inent manufacturer and capitalist came as a shock not only to his family, but to the townspeople, among whom he had | resided for twenty years. As soon as Mr. Farrell was stricken | Dr. Alexander was summoned, but noth- LETTER REVEALY | - JUICIDAL INTENT Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 24. A letter containing a confession of a | | son's determination to end his life was | turned over to the police to-day by the | proprietor of the Hotel Vendome, Ninth | | | | and Washington streets, .where it was left, sealed and addressed, but unstamped, | two weeks ago by a young man. | 'The stranger called at the hotel late on | the night of the 7th inst., and said that | all the money he had in the world was 20 | cents. He asked if he could get a bed | for that amount. Taking pity on his for- | lorn appearance, the landlady allowed | him to stay. In the morning after he left the letter was found on the bureau | and taken to the office. It was opened to-day and at once taken to police head- quarters. The envelope bears the address, “George W. Baldwin, Nevada City, Cal. and the letter is as follows: OAKLAND. Dear Father: I am discouraged. 1 know I will never see your dear face on this earth again. I am ready to commit a great crime. | I have worked hard all the days of my life, dear father. Now I am going to take my life, | and forgive me for the first time I have done wrong. I have got a few things at Wallace in | Calaveras County, in the care of James Good- | | man. You write to him for the things and he | | will 'send them to you, dear father. This is my last day on this earth. I hope | that we will meet in heaven. I know that it | will kill you, but this has to be done. From your lost and loving son, | GEORGE W. BALDWIN. | This 1e my last letter on this earth. I know | it will Kill you. Good-by, dear father, and all | T hope i that I will see you in the other land. The landlady at the Vendome has only | | an indistinct " recollection of the young | man’s appearance, save that he was tall | and of fairly good address. She was so | much impressed, however, by his ex- | tremely melancholy manner that she had |2 premonition of some evil impending over him, which she recalled on opening | the Jetter. The missive has been held at the hotel office, as is the custom of the | house in such cases, awaiting a claimant. So far the police have discovered no clew | to_the young man's identity. | 'The Morgue records furnish no clew | to the mysterious stranger’s identity. No | unidentified bodies have been taken to | the Morgue within the last two weeks. George W. Baldwin Sr., who is men- tioned in the foregoing letter as the writ- er's father, was interviewed last night at Nevada City. He was greatly surprised. He sald: I have two_sons who are mot at home at present, but I think the one referredsto is George 'W. Baldwin Jr., who is my eldest son, | but_to my knewledge he has not been living in Oakland. The last time we heard from him he was working in a copper mine at Lancha Plana, Amador County, where he had been for some time. | 1t 1s not at all unlikely that he would be in Oakland or that he would make threats to take his life, as he is in the habit of roaming around to different places after working a while and at such times drinks heavily until his money is gone. ‘When drinking he is not responsible for what | he says, but when sober is quiet and indus- | trious. | George met his brother Ed in Sacramento a | short time ago and to him he said they would never meet again, as he (George) was going to | commit suicide. 'As he was intoxicated at the | time no attention was paid to his statements. We have not heard from him for over a month, which fact has caused me some uneasi- ness, as he has always been in the habit of | writing home weekly. | be despondent or wish to end his life. Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Jan. 24—Licenses to mar- ry were issued to-day to Ferdinand Re- horet, aged 29 years, and Amelia Jergens 39, both of Oakland; Henry R. Silva, 27, and Annie Rose 25, both of Alvarado Patrick Gegan, 23, and Julia Cuddyra, 23, both of Oakland; James Nee, 27, and Deiia Sullivan, 25, both of Oakland; Paul M. Doyle, 29, and Katherine E. Doyle, 22, both of Truckee. . —_——— Automobile Plows Through Snow. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Jan. 24.—Oliver Lippincott, the Los Angeles chauffeur, in his automobile Toledo climbed Knob Hill, | a sixteen per cent grade, between here and the Grand Canyon, in six inches of | snow. The test was made before a com- mittee of the New Automobile Transpor- tation Cempany and was one of the most | difficult ever attempted. The new com- pany expects to have fifteen passenger automobiles running to the Grand Canyon by May L P Ol 6 SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 24.—In the Will of the late Thomas Snodgrass of Watsonville, ad- mitted to-day to probate, Pajaro Lodge of Odd I do not know of any reason why he should Fellows is bequeathed pictures and valuable orth §2500, engravings we PROMINENT HAYWARDS MAN WHOSE DEATH WAS CAUSED BY VIOLENT FIT OF COUGHING. —_— ing could be done to save the patient’s life. Death came at 10 o'clock, about fif- teen minuutes after the coughing spel! egan. The deceased came to Haywards from place. Shortly after his arrival the partnership was formed of which he was junior mem- Kincardine, Ontario, his native ber at the time of his death. The work: are among the leading industrial institu- tions of Alameda County. Mr. Farrel was also heavily interested in the Hay: wards Electric Lighting Works, which were recently sold to the Suburban Elec- He tric Company. Mr. Farrell was 48 years of age. was a member of Cypress Camp of Wood- men and Haywards Lodge of Workmen. The immediate surviving family is a wife A brother resides in and five children. Petaluma and a sister, Mrs. W. H. Wal lace, has her home at Boulder Creek. There are two brothers and a sister re- siding_in_Canada. held Sunday. R e e e WIVES MAY ALSD STAY LT NIEHTS Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 24. Under a ruling made by Judge Hal! to day wives have just as much right to stay out nights as their husbands. He doc: not think that there should be any dis- tinctions between the one or the other, and if one stays out the other has a per- fect right to do so, too. They needn’ tell each other where they are going o where they are staying, eifher. Judge Hall rendered his decision in the case of Bernard Noy of Alameda, who i suing his wife. Freda Noy, for divorce on the ground that she was recreuant in her wifely duties. One of the Incldental charges contained in the complaint is tha: Mrs. Noy frequently absented hersol: from home at night without informing her husband where she was going. To this allegation Attorney R. B. Tappan of Ala- meda took exception. “I maintain,” he sald, while presenting the matter to Judge Hall, “that a wife has got as much right to stay away from home as a husband. Husbands frequently | stay away from home at night and they sometimes forget to tell their wives about it. Now, why hasn’t a wife just as much right to 'do that thing as her spouse?” “But they don't represent that they have been at one place when they have been at another,” replied Attorney M. W. Simpson, representing the husband. ““Well, she might have told an untruth, but that doesn’t curtail her rights in the Husbands who stay out all night least. don’t always take the trouble to tell thef wives the truth.” “It is my opinion that Mr. Tappa n 1 right in this matter,” sald Judge ali. evening.” ‘The court sustained Tappan’s demurre: on that point, but said the decision did not go to the main charge of the com- plaint. Bay City Club Fights. The monthly boxing exhibition of the Bay City Athletic Club will be held Tues- day evening in Mechanics’ Pavilion An- nex. The programme follows: Jack Crow vs. Billy O'Brien, Barney Driscoll ‘vs. Monte Attéll, 105; Jacl McCormack vs. Dan Sullivan, 118! Joe Regan 'vs, John Smelter, 125; Fred Landers vs. Charles Royal, 122; Tommy Snailham vs. Al Crawford, 118; Frank George vs. Ed Tomalty, 135. —_——— Death of Timothy Paige. Timothy Paige, a prominent real estat owner of this city, died yesterday at hi late residence, 2516 Pacific avenue. Th deceased was Mass., and 78 years of age. Paige wa: for many years actively engaged in the real estate business. ————— Fire on Geary Street. A fire broke out at the residence of Mrs. P. M. Aronson, 1342 Geary street, at o'clock yesterday afternoon. A valuabl the losses amounting to over $2000. fire was caused by a defective flue. —_———— Unhappy Couple Separated. library sustained considerable damage, The Judge Graham granted Serrafina Salva- rezza a divorce from Giussepi Salvarezza vesterday, on the ground of desertion. e ———— American Bowling Champions. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 24.—The annual tournament of the American Bowling Congress ended to-night. Of theindivid- ual bowlers H. H. Strong won first money The other lead- with & score of 649 pins. ing scores were: .. K. Koster, New York, 647; third, Hills, 612; seventh, V. lyn, rick, New' York, 507; tenth, 503: eleventh, Kern, Louls, 590; twelfth, .Selbach, Columbus, four- Buffalo, 586; fifteenth, Rother- sixteenth, Blake, New ty, 577; York, 576; twentieth, Second, J. J. H_ Berlin, Chicago, 643; fourth, 7; fitth, Reed,” Columbus, Egelhof, Brooklyn, 609; Stein, Chicago. 607; eighth, Smith, 603; ‘ninth, Died Schienk, Belleville, St. 580; thirteenth, Howley, teenth, Poses, nell, New York, 583 York, 580; seventeenth, Farley, Kan: 578; ‘eighteenth, Voorhées, New nineteenth, Belimer, New Collins, Columbus, 0.9 575, ———— . Chicago, 588; sas Ci York, SAN JOSE, Jan. 24.—The allegation made by Jacob Dorn of San Fr: been swindled in a not sustained in the declsion in Dorn's sult against R. F. others to recover $600 him, decided against = - The funeral will be s Y. agree with him that a wife has as much right to stay out nights as her husband, and unless they have an understanding it is not necessary that they inform each other where they are going to spend the 105 pounds; a native of Hardwick, ancisco that he had Los Gatos land deal-was rendered to-day . Robertson and The gourt TREASURER OF TRINITY WOULD DIE Drives Knifeblade to the Hilt Into His Own Throat. Richard W. Stiller Attempts Suicide While Reason’ Is Unbalanced. Man Prominent in Weaverville Fi- nancial Circles a Victim of Dementia Induced by Tll-Health. s e Special Dispatch to The Call. WEAVERVILLE, Jan. 2i.—Because of ill health, it is claimed, Richard W. Stil- ler, Treasurer of Trinity County, cashier of the Trinity County Bank here and agent for the Wells-Fargo Express Com- pany, attempted to commit suicide yes- terday afternoon at Deadwood, while presumably suffering from dementia. He drove the dull blade of a pocket knife to the hilt into the right side of his neck, missing the jugular vein by only a small fraction of an inch. He was attempting to draw the blade through the muscles of his throat when overpowered and dis- armed. He probably will recover, As far as can be learned Stiller's extensive | accounts are correct. Stiller, who has a wife and two young | children, went to Redding on Wednesday evening. He told acquaintances there that his health had been so wretched of late that he intended gding to Honolulu on a pleasure trip. Before thé train for | San Francisco arrived that night he| changed his mind and on Thursday morn- | Ing he boarded the stage for Weaverville. His peculiar actions on the return trip caused Driver A. W. Sleeper and his fel- low passengers some little wonder and | led them to pay particular attention to | him. When the stage reached Deadwood Camp, made famous by the rich Brown Bear mine of the late Henry Martin, the | driver and passengers dismounted while the mall and express were belng trans- ferred. Stiller stepped behind the station building. Owing to his peculiar actions his absence caused alarm and he was fol- lowed. At the rear of the structure he| was found tugeing at a pocket knife, | which he had already plunged as far as | possible Into his neck. He was trying to pull it entirely across his throat, from ‘which blood was spurting. The combined eftorts of flve men were necessary to overpower the struggling man, bent on self-destruction. Mrs. Stil- ler rode throughout the night to the bed- side of her husband and will take him to | Redding for further medical attention. Stiller is one of the best-known men in Trinity County and has been County Treasurer for three successive terms. FIRM ATTITUDE JGANST MERGER OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 2{—Governor McBride to-day issued a proclamation op- posing the rallroad merger under the name of the Northern Securities Com- | pany. Governor McBride declares the | community of interest in the operation of | rallroads {s dangerous, because of the in- security of individuals making it up. Such community of Interest, he says, stifles competition, which is the only protection in this State against rallroads. The Gov- | ernor declares that the people should pre- are to enforce their rights and should | act for their own protection, whether the resent suit in Minnesota stands or falls. t continues: 1 s 1 t r i MINE WORKERS “Suppose the injunction prayed for should be granted, is the danger at an end? If the same parties own or control a majority of the stock of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, what is ! to prevent them throttling all compet tion? The destruction of the Northern Securities Company, if that can be accom- plished, would be a step in the right di- rection, but would not, in my judgment, be"a complete cure for the threatened evil.” The Governor recommends a bi-partisan commission of three members, who will protect the people and yet not injure the property of the roads. FIND STOLEN JEWELRY. Police Recover Plunder Taken From A. Mendelsohn’s Residence. Detectives McMahon and Riordan have traced part of the jewelry stalen from ; the residence of . A. Mendelsohn, at 9 Hyde street, on the night of January 13, | to a Chinese pawnshop on Dupont street. | You Duck, the proprietor, was arrested an{i charged with receiving stolen prop- erty. It was through Mrs. Nellie Breslin of 910 Folsom street that the stolen jewelry was traced to the Chinese pawnshop. Yesterday afternoon she went to a pawn- shop at 25 Stockton street and offered a dlamond ring for sale. The ring was at once recognized by _the proprietor as the property of Mr. Mendelsohn. Mrs. Breslin, when questioned, sald she had been given the ring by her husband and as she was temporarily short of money she concluded to sell it. Her husband, when seen, corroborated his wife's story and told the detectives that he had pur- chased the ring from the Chinese pawn- broker. As his story was found to be true the Chinaman was arrested and formally charged. The detectives know the burglar who got away with the jew- elry and they expect to arrest him to-day. i 2 a5 FOUGHT WITH ROOSEVELT. Captain Seymour was informed last night that Charles Doolan, who is await- ing trial in the City Prison for burglary, served as one of President Roosevelt's rough riders during the war with Spain. During the battle of San Juan he won distinction for his bravery and was pro- moted to the rank of seggeant major. . After being discharged he came to this city, bearing a letter from Roosevelt to President McKinley, in which the writer, after speaking of 'his brilliant record as a defender of the stars and stripes, rec- ommended that he be awarded a medal for bravery. Doolan, while intoxicated several nights ago, was arrested with a suit of clothes which he had stolen from a room south | of Market street. He was charged with burglary. His case is to be heard next Tuesday. i r r K e s e 3 5 e Failed to Get Any Money. Frank Anderson, who resides on How- ard street, between Second and Third, was held up last night about 11 o’clock on Second_ street, between Mission and Howard. Six men were in the gang, but they did not secure any money. Ander- son will be asked to inspect the men ar- rested last night, as it is thought some of them may have been concerned in the robbery. TS e s Towing the Steamer Noyo. COVELO, Jan. 24.—The steamer Noyo, in tow of the National City, left Fort Bragg at 2 o'clock this afternoon for San Francisco. The cre ed a jury rud- der to the steamer, ‘fier;‘ifn will be made at once and she will be ready for service 1 very saon. JANUARY 25, 1902. (o] HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO GIVE MINSTREL SHOW Hope to Raise Sufficient Funds by Enter- tainment to Liquidate Class Debt. YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS DRILLING THE BOYS OF THE BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE MINSTREL ENTERTAINMENT SOON TO BE GIVEN BY THEM. ERKELEY, Jan. 24.—Forty stu- dents of the Berkeley High School, all of them boys, are be- \ing coached for a minstrel show by Miss Beth Hamilton. The choruses, jokes and specialties are under her direction. Rehearsals of ragtime re- frains are now being carried on. A class debt of some $200 caused the Woys to enter minstrelsy. The show is being given with the hope,that the debt | will be canceled with the feceipts. The | erformance will take place in Shattuck | Elull on Friday evening, February 7. An old-time minstrel show will form the e ME DFFGERS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 24.—The ex- ecutive officers of the United Mine Work- ers of America were re-elected to-day without a dissenting vote among all the | thousand delegates attending the annual | convention of the organization. They are: President, John Mitchell; vice president, T. L. Lewis; secretary and treasurer, W. B. Wilson. The convention adopted a resolution ap- | propriating $500 to the national McKinley memorial fund, after a prolonged discus- sion. Delegate W. D. Ryan of Illinois was one of those who opposed the ap- | iation .of funds for any purpose | Pother than those ends for which the | money was collected.” Finally President | Mitchell said: | “In order to bring this matter to a set- tlement I move that the secretary be in- structed to draw his warrant for $500. President Mitchell's motion was carried with cheers. The following resolutions recommended by President Mitchell in his annual ad- dress were adopted: That locals through- out the country petition their Represen- tatives in Congress to favor the limitation of the power of Federal judges in the is- suance of blanket injunctions in times of Jabor troubles; that a national department of statistics be created; providing for the appointment of a committee of five per- sons to draw up suitable resolutions favoring Chinese exclusion. RAVAGES OF SMALLPOX AMONG PLUMAS INDIANS Many Cases and Several Deaths Arve Reported From Frontier District. RENO, Nev., Jan. 24.—Smallpox is epi- demic among the Indians and half-breeds in Plumas County. Ten cases are report- ed in Indian Valley and three in Honey Lake Valley, with one death. Two deaths have occurred in the Lowery family, half-breeds, at Greenville. Eleven cases among whites ‘are_reported at Crescent Mills, one of them being W. W. Hail, tel- egraph operator. The disease has been pronounced con- fiuent smallpox by Drs. Hanvey and Koenig of Plumas Countyw1It is in a mild form among the whites. It is supposed that the disease was brought to Indian Valley from Honey Lake by an Indian who died of it six weeks ago. Beckwith has fourteen cases of what is claimed to be only chicken-pox. S A “Status Quo” Troubles Britain. LONDON, Jan. 24—Replying in the House of Commons to-day to questions regarding the Government's Eastern pol- icy, Lord Cranborne, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said the occupation of a port on the Persian Gulf by Russia or any other foreign powtr would be incon- sistent with the maintenance of the status quo, which it was the policy of the Government to. maintain there. In regard to anchuria, said Lord Cran- borne, it was the Government's palicy to maintain the status quo in China, as de- termined by treaty. —_— William R. Wells. PETALUMA, Jan. 24—William R. ‘Wells, Petaluma’s oldest physician, died to-day at the age of 8 years. He is sur- vived by a widow and three daughters. He practiced here for fifty years. GETTYSBURG IN JULY, 1863.—At Golden Gate Hall, y evening, January 27, W. A. Jacobs will deliver a lecture on ‘‘Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863."" The lecture, which is to be Eiven under the auspices of George H. Thomas prepared | left their beds and some got ‘| to the cutter Hugh McCulloch, n R., will be illustrated by specially charge invited to attend MIa mn‘:gl be no ' ¥ first part of the programme with its end men, jokes and songs. This will be fol- lowed by specialtls :{)y school alumni and outside talent. Two little girls will ap- pear before the footlights. They are Ruth Fisher, a clever impersonator, who will sing darky songs, and Beth Jeter, whose speciaity is ballad singin, ‘Among the high school y give specialties are George Warren, Ber- nard McMahon, Richard Sweasey and Chester Stanley. The end men will be Charles Monson, Chester Stanley, Walter Clark and A. Kistner. Hewitt Davenport and other members of the alumni will as- sist in making the entertainment a suc- cess. JHARP TEMBLOR GALSES ALARM ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 24—Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt in St. Louis and vicinity this morning. The first shock was light. severe. It awakened persons who had slept through the first shock and got them out of bed. The shocks were ac- companied by a rumbling sound and oc- casloned the rattling of crockery and swinging of pictures. Dr. Hyatt, the local Weather Bureau chief, says an acquaintance of his from Clifton Heights reported that the shocks there were very severe and several per- sons went into their yards, fearing the houses would be shaken down. The shocks were felt distinctiy in the tri-citles across the river, in Illinois. In Venice bulldings shook and windows rattled so that residents believed an explosion had occurred in the neighborhood. QUINCY, Ill, Jan. 24.—There was a pronounced earthquake here at 4:40 this morning. The seismic disturbance lasted nearly a minute and the oscillation was from east to west. The shaking of walls was perceptible in many brick residences. The earthquake was felt very distinctly at Alton, Ill. In the west end of that city, on the bluffs, the vibration was most severe. Captain D. 8. Parks, who lives in Bluffs, said: “I was awakened suddenly about 4:15 a. m. I first heard a slight rumbling. Then the house trembled. Finally, so great was the vibration that all the mem- bers of the family got ready to take to the street. Everything in the house that could give forth a sound aided the din. It seemed as if the shock lasted a min- ute. It was very severe.” In the east end of Alton, where the ulation is more dense, nearly everywp_ one into the street. Some of the negroe: end of the world had come. OUSht the Nearly everybody in Belleville, II., feit the earthquake. The time given general- ly was about 5 o'clock. Belleville is honeycombed by coal mines and there was probably more fright in the St. Clair County capital than esewhere when the nature of the visitation was realized. KANSAS'CITY, Jan. 24—What is be- lieved to have beén an earthquake shock was experienced in the northeast extrem- Imbvement was SUER: and my Mam The nt was an, - ] no damage re- e To Search for the Condor. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Captain g maker, chief of the revenue eunerm:::. vice, to-day sent telegraphic instructions San Francisco, to join in the o e the lost British cruiser C('pnd(:r.!e'al'rl‘l‘zel"Hg?tE Culloch’s orders are to “sail bia River.” North of that point the cut- ter Grant is making the search. .In accordance with the fore the McCulloch salled yesterdas "8 Order ¥ Attorney Robs His Client. SPOKANE, Jan. 24—W. A. Lewis, ploneer attorney, was convicted to-day in the Superior Court of embezzling $1500 from a client. Lewis and family were promi. nent in society. When the discovery of his embezzlement was made he fled to Seattle and remained there in hiding for several months. Detected and brousht g:gkmhg:‘,wl; 'fi. released on bond and . He was cas returned here for trial. Ut thate and ————a oxNARobn‘crdl E?tor e , Cal, Jan. 24N reached here of the death of J. Ae_':vh;‘t: more, editor of the Oxnard Courier, at a uuutorms in San Francisco. Wh was a ate of the University o‘f""l.xl’gl‘: igan and a prominent figure in - ern 3oumlam for twenty-five s;:t..rh: e;{lg the Bernardino formerly edited 4 Times and Indax. 2. | 1 boys who will The second was more | NAMES APPEAR ON THE TREATY Signatures Affixed to Danish West Indian Document. Senate Is Expected to Ap- prove the Purchase of Islands. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The treaty of cession of the Danish West Indian Islands from Denmark to the United States was signed at the State Department to-day by Secretary Hay and Constantin Brune, | the Danish Minister. The treaty will be | submitted to the Semate for ratification immediately. Following_the invariable rule in such cases, the State Department officials de- cline to make public any of the details | of the treaty, so it is impossible to state | definitely the price to be paid, though this_js believed to be In the neighborhood of $5,000,000. It is known also that Den- mark has abandoned the position she was inclined to occupy toward the conserva- tion of the political rights of the inhab- itants of the island and leaves to the { United States a free hand to deal with them, without pledge of American citi- | zenship or of free trade privileges. | "So it 1s assumed that the status of the Danish West Indian Islands politically, should the treaty be ratified, will be sim- flar to that of Porto Rico. Having gaited these points in_the negotiations, the State | Department officials believe the treaty is | certain to recelve the approval of the Tnited States Senate. L"Pfiednesw treaty is peculiar in that it will | require action not only by the Senate and ! the Danish Rigsdag, but by the United States House of Representatives as well, since it will be necessary for the House 'to supply the needed appropriation to | defray the expense of purchase. It is re- | garded as a strong point by the framers | of the treaty that the people of the Dan- | ish West Indies are to have a voice in this | question of cession. The treaty itself does not contain a.ng reference to a plebiscite, but the Danls Government has given notice that before it ratifies the treaty it will submit the duestion of cession to the people of the islands. Not much objection is expected here from these people, as the treaty is so framed that they are not called on to sur- render their Danish allegiance and they may remain Danes in fact and in name, | while enjoying whatever advantages in @ commercial way that may result from a transfer of the islands to the United States. WHITE GIVES DINNER TO NOTABLE GERMANS Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia and Suite Among Those Enter- tained by the Embassador. BERLIN, Jan. 24—United States Em- | bassador White gave a dinner to-night to Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia at the Kaiserhof. Count von Bulow, the | Imperial Chancellor: Baron von Rich- thofen, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Admiral von Tirpits, secre- tary of the German Admiralty, and their wives were present, also most of the members of Prince Henry's suite on his forthcoming trip to the United States. There was much pleasant conversation about America.. but no_speeches- wers made or healths drunk. Prince and Prin- cess Henry remained one hour after the dinner. | | | _— ™ | QUARREL OVER RANCH RESULTS IN SHOOTING KINGMAN, Ariz, Jan. 24—At Burns’ | ranch, thirty miles northwest of hers, John J. Tobin shot and seriously wound- ed George N. Conard, a cattleman, yes- | terday. The shooting was over posses- sion of the ranch. Tobin fired two charges of buckshot at Conard, one tak- ing effect in the right arm, after which he seized Conard’s rifle and shot him through the fleshy part of the left leg. Tobin was assisted in the fight by his wife. Tobin had been forcibly removed from the ranch by the Sheriff a week ago ang again took possession in the absence of Conard. The couple are now under ar- rest in Chloride. Tramps Arrested on Suspicion. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 24.—Sheriff Tay- lor's deputies to-day rounded up three | men who will be detained in jail until the | San Francisco police officers see them. | The prisoners are Charles Erwing, J. M. i | Farland and Edward Cramp, alias Charles Beck. The latter s an old offender. He had a note book containing entries made when he was a “trusty” in some County Jall. He re- fuses to answer questions. The other two men_were suspected of being implicated in the holdup of Harry Miller between | here and Novato some nights ago, but | Miller_could not identify them. Tramps { have been rather numerous here of late. and many misdeeds have been charged to them. The latest was the holdup of | Miller. —_— | Causes His Sisters’ Arrest. | SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 24.—Mary Gal- lagher and Fannle Ystrada were brought up from Watsonville to-day and lodged in jail, pending a hearing before Justice | Hawkins. They are charged with having | threatened to kill their brother, Sydney Gallagher. For some years there has been litigation over the Gallagher estate, | resulting In family discord. The accusel | women formerly taught school in this | county. ADVERTISEMENTS. | | Heart | Beats that are too fast or too slow, too strong or too weak, are not the kind that come from a health heart. 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