The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1902, Page 2

WARDEN AGUI Lumber Charged toGeneral Re- pairs. Developments of an Astounding Character. RRE OF Governor's Pet Appointee Is Worried. Proof of Crime Is Summarily Covered. e the - + | % Continued From Page One itself as exposed in The Call there would have been nothing said against TRy charge, but if it had been altered then it ways been a nightshirt . in my room every time I slept there. I never fur- nished it, and I presume the Warden did and that the State paid for it.” “Well, then, Mr. Wilk how do You nccount for the bills being changed to read ‘table cloths?'” “Well, that is a very grave fac- tor of the whole thing, and if such is the cose it is an extremely weri- ous matter.” “I have no doubt at all but what if the original bill had been presented with item for nightshirts it would have been | allowed. Naturally we would have asked | for an explanation, but if Warden Aguirre had told us that it was for new | nightshirts to replace the old ones in the | Directors’ rooms there would have been ist tating the nothing to mar the allowance of the |such act will find hims€lf in a bad The prison scandals now agi item. gThererore 1 say in the original bill | predicament.” State revive interest in certain incidents | agement during the recess of the Senate. | lution. Gage rightly suspected that Lieu- L e e e e e e B 2 2 2 e e e PRESBITERIANS LIS SN Los Angeles Is Chosen as the Place of Next Meeting. Adverse Action Taken in the Matter of Uniting the Two Branches. NEW YORK, May 26.—The Presbyte- rian General Assembly at to-day’s ses- sion chose Los Angeles, Cal., as the place of next meeting. The General Assembly acted adversely on an overtur€ from the presbytery of Los Angeles requesting that ministers ccming from the South Presbyterian Church be honorably retired with the same privileges as if they had served al- | ways with the church under the General Assembly. The matter came before the | assembly in a report from the committee | on ministerial alliance. The Rev. William 8. Young, D.D., pastor of the Emanuel Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles, ad- vised that the assembly act favorably on | 1he overture. In the West, he said, there | were many ministers, who had come from the southern branch, and favorable ection by the assembly would help to bring the two churches together. v, Dr. Thomas Parry of Wil- 4 . chairman of the committce. | took the opposite view. He said it would | cpen the door fer ministers of other de- | nominations to come to the Presbyterian | church and claim the same privileges as | the ministers who had served in the Gen- | eral Assembly all'their lives. e Rev. Dr. Benjamin L. Agnew of Philadelphia, corresponding secretary of | the board of ministerial relief, spoke in | the same vein. He said the resuit of | granting the demand of the presbytery of | Los Angeles would be that many of the | retired ministers who had always.been with the Northern Presbyterian Churct would have their already scant allow. cut down hen the Civil War was closed,” he said, “we would have been willing to vote for the union of the two churches. But 1 am utterly opposed to holding out any money consideration to bring them over. They will have the same privileges as our members if they come over to the prin- ciples. The Rev. Dr. James D. Mcilvain of Bal- timore said it would be unfortunate if the overture did not receive favorable action. “There is no difference with us between the church North or South,” he said. ‘When the question of selecting a meet- ing place was taken up the Rev. Dr. Henry C. Minton, former made- a ten-minute address in favor of Los Apgeles. He said Los Angeles had worked two years to get the assembly and should have it next year. The Rev. Dr. Richard 8. Holmes point- ed out that there was a great difference between the mileage for Cleveland and Los Angeles. 4 “If you want to Burden the member =hip for such a big SBm as this differe would be, let the money go to home m slons, or to’ pay off the debt on Presby terian buildings.” We have no right to do | arything to favor a big corporation or | railroad.” At the moment when the moderator | called for a vote on the question a mem- ber of the assembly who refused to give his pame, but who was said to be an elder from Cleveland, made the state- ment that a railroad had conducted a lobby in favor of Los Angeles among the commissioners. The moderator declared the Cleveland elder out of order. Elder Ernest E. Baker from Oakland, Cal., said that the man referred to as a lobbyist was a member of the assembly, who had a perfect right to be on the floor of the arsembly. The vote was 287 for Los An- geles ard 149 for Cleveland. d‘Swh after the assembly adjourned sine ie. e Lower Telegraph Rates. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 2.—The Can- adian Pacific Railway’'s telegraph re- ceived advices from Ottawa to-day that telegraph rates to Dawson and other points in the Yukon will be reduced by one-third from June 1 This will make Dawson rate $325 for ten words, as inst the present rate of $4 7. The dian Pacific Railway Company tele- graphs advices that commencing June 1 the cable rate to Queensland and Victoria, Aus:’ralia, will be reduced to $111 per word. Prevents Heat Prostration Horsford’s Acid Phosphate cools the blood, strengthens the nerves, induces restful revents over- e unequailed gleep, and heat E‘umnh:g Tonie ! on | naving Horsford’s Acid ‘Phosphate Eorstert's name oz overy GENUINE packags | agreed upon when the capital of the Ger po! | tinue the existing service. | are not precluded from including in their moderator, | is entirely a different matter. I know Warden Aguirre has often asked me about dubious charges, whether or not certain articles could be' charged to the State. For instance, he asked me if he could not put a bottle of perfume in each room and charge it to the State. I told him it was ridiculous, to which he re- | plied that he knew one of the Directors liked cologne and he thought it would be nice to have a bottle in each apartment. A dozen other such questions were asked me at different times. | “The whole matter will be fully ferreted out, and 1f the bills have been nitered and. charges made to wrong accounts, then Martin | Aguirre or wheever is ggiity of any PUBLISH TERMS ~ OF AGREEMENT Hamburg-American Line Directors Issue a Circular. Syndicate Not to Send Any of Its Vessels to German Ports. BERLIN, May 26.—The directors of the Hamburg-American line have issued a cir- cular divulging the terms of the agree- ment arrived at between the Morgan ship- ping combine and the Hamburg-American and the North German Liloyd lines. The| two German companies undertake to pay OS ANGELES, May 2.—The with Governor- Gage appears afternoon: _“You will notice,” said the ‘Warden Aguirre. to sleeping in sheets ard I sometimes ly, you should know that the Warden The Governor is properly a guest of Prison Directors frequently .stop ther visitors from other Stdtes also accept Warden. posed to. keep up a well appointed h should live in a cell like the criminals. sheets that were charged to the Stat for $11213 was properly charged to -t the items I don't proper for the house of the Warden. “Here I see that the paper harps where in these articles is it sald that 1 had any knowledge of wrongdcing or participated knowingly in anything wrong. As I don’t know anything at all about this matter I am not undertaking to say anything for But I do know that some of the state- ments made there are absolutely false. “What does the paper say about me anyway? Oh, it says that I slept between sheets paid for with State money and ate fruit that was charged to the prison. could T tell by the looks of the sheets. quired to keep up a house where he can entertain visitors. Is it not prcper that he should have sheets, towels, table cloths’ and even night shirts? entertain visitors, though some people seem to think he of time at the house of the Warden at San Quentin and now I am told that 1 have unconsciously been sleeping on fact, 1 believe that every item enumerated in. that bill cognize, but those I do seem quite GAGE FIGHTS SHY OF THE FORGED BILLS of convicts as clerks that it is a common following interview in the Record this to utilize the services of ‘trusties’” who are qualified? “What object would those convicts have in falsifying or forging a bill? They may have made. mistakes. things happen in institutions having high salaried book- Governor, “that no- keepers; why should saill Well, how of these purchases. T am accustomed . eout T2l you will notice that the Warden. The e and distingulshed the hospitalityof the LS, I slept at the He is sup- ouse where he can I pass a good deal suppose if that little e. As'a matter ‘of he State. Some of den. on the employment makes i} a credit to “Aguirre has gone ‘to San Quentin and ‘sent ahead of him a telegraphed vermission for a full investigation of the records in his office, when he shall be present. It is here that members of my family received the benefit the house of the Warden received proportionate benefit depending on how long he slept or how much he ate. ingly derived any benefit. far away from the scene to be able to speak understand- ingly on this subject, tor I den’t know anything about it. that extent I probably participated in these benefits. ““I see that paper says that my son asked Commissioner Foley if the goods had arrived. That refers to my littie lame boy, who"sometimes visits the Warden's house. there it would be techpically true that a member of my family participated in'the benefits of the fruit stolen from the public stores. No, you will see that Warden Aguirre will be able to show that everything is quite straight at the prison and that he nowise exceeded his rights as War- That man took hold of that prison when it was in most deplorable condition and has put it in a shape that THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1902. “SAN QUENTIN GIVES PRISON-MADE FURNITURE in the departments. Don’t you know practice in all penal institutions thus Such they not in this case? I suppose that anybody visiting in But the paper avoids saying that I know- Bear in mind that I am too ‘Warden’s house and ate there, so to boy were to accept an orange while the State.” i+ GAGE SHIELDED THE WARDEN DUE HONORS TO JEAD DIPLOMAT Major General Young Is Placed in Charge of Arrangements. American Warship to Carry Pauncefote’s Remains to England. LONDON, May 26.—The British Govern- ment has gratefully accepted the offer by ths United States of a wa:ship to bring home the body of Lord Pauncefote, late British Embassador at Washington. Deep appreciation was expressed at the Foreign Office with this and other signs of Ameri- the combine an annual sum equal to a dividend on shares amounting to at leasl‘ 20,000,000 marks. This provision was| man lines was 80,000,000 marks each and | in the event of an increase in the capital, | a contingency which meanwhile has arigen, the combine reserves the right of | increasing the annual sum accruing to it | to an amount equaling dividends of 25 per i cent of the capital stock. The syndicate, in return, pleages itself to pay the. Ger- mans 6 per cent on a corresponding | amount of capital, and not to send nny‘ ships to a German port-without the con- sent of the German ccvl?oanle& The lat- ter are bound t';).hlimlt theflg ‘t‘:‘:&g lé‘grl’ln ” . howevyer, 5 British ports. ey can, howe Yo 0! ports of call hereafter British ports from which the combine does not run services, nor from running their South American, | Mexican and West Indian services from | British ports, even though the ‘combine utilizes the same ports. The combine, on ihe other hand, undertakes to allow | two ships weekly in each direction to touch at French ports. The Germans are debarred from touching at Belgian ports with ships running to and from | North America and agree not to touch at English ports exceeding seventy-five times for each company, each Wway, ing an aggregate of 300 calls. The Germans are free to Increase their sailings from Freach ports, in which case the combine is entitled to an increase, proportionately. The establishment of new lines or the extension of existing service, if so large as to double the present number of sail- ings, must, before being carried out, be suimltted to a committee of the joint contracting parties. The combine will not have the right to revent such extension, however, except | in the event of such party desiring to ef- | fect such extension or establishment of new lines, it is bound to give the other the option of _Faruc(paung to the extent of one-third. This provision does not af- | fect coastal or similar minor services. | . The North Atlantic cabin passenger traffic of both parties is to be regulated by & special pooling arrangement, and it i agreed to maintain the present pool re- garding steerage passengers. The freight business will be continued under the ex- isting_agreements. The agreement pro- | vides further for the arrangements of dif- | ferances and it becomes inoperative in the | event of war between the United States | and Germany, Great Britain and Germany or the United States and Great Britain. The combination agrees to leave to the Hamburg-American line its services from New York tc Fast Asia and New York to the West Indies. DAMAGING TESTIMONY | GIVEN AGAINST BALLIFT Postoffice Inspector Tells of State- ments Made to Him by the Defendant. | DES MOINES, Ia., May 2.—Postoffice Inspector C. E. Stewart testified at the | Balliet trial to-day that when he instl- tuted an investigation of Balliet's con- nection with the White Swan gold mine of Baker City, Or., Balliet admitted that he had not yet purchased the mine and that, nevertheless he had already secured $30,000 througn the sale of stock, although he had operated but a month. He said Balliet justified his course at the time by | saying that _the mine had recently been |sold at a Sheriff's sale for $9 70 and | that he knew he could secure the cer- | tificate_cheap. The testimony of Mrs. | Alice N. Young, his former stenographer, | was concluded 'to-day. She told of in- stances when she had paid money to women out of the company’s funds on in- structions fram Balliet. e T A AERONAUT MEETS DEATH AT A SUMMER RESORT His Parachute Drops Into the Middle of a Lake and He Is Drowned. DENVER, May 2.—Ben Bowen, an aeronaut, made an ascension and para- ‘chute drop at Manhattan Beach, a subur- ban summer resort, at 9:15 to-night, and, falling into the middle of the lake, was drowned before a boat could reach him. Bowen was 18 years of age. He came here from Brooklyn, but his home is said to have been in Baltimore. The body has not been recovered. < ddal O, ‘Will Be Guests of the Emperor. BERLIN, May 2.—Emperor William has directed that Adjutant General Cor- bin, General 'S. B. M, Young and Gen- €ral Leonard Wood shall be his guests at_the German military maneuvers next fall. More than this, the Foreign Office Las informed the representative of the f‘n';‘ofllt:ed Pre]!;dhetreh tPAn( fimnemr Will- Ty &l are coming to Ger'rm:ny.me ey — e HOUSTON, Tex., May 26.—Early to-d: lfifllexr’glmlege: he P:me olhlll;:m;! .J{fll: torium weis being built. Engineer Harry Wo. Ty Wood- ard of Memphis .and his_assist Charl C were Instantly Killed . e | ried to England on an American warship can sympathy. WASHINGTON, May 2.—The remains of the late Lord Pauncefote will be car- and either the Olympia, the flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron, or the Brooklyn, which is just returning from Cuba, will be selected for this duty. A special funeral service over the re- mains of Lord Pauncefote will be held at the Embassy to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. It is intended for the family, and the attendance will be limited tosthem and the staff of the Embassy. Dr. McKay- Smith, coadjutor of the Diocese of Phila- delphia, and formerly pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church, where the Embassador worshiped, will conduct the services. Bisnop Satterlee also will be present. Secretary Root issued an order placing Major-General S, B. M. Young in charge of the military arrangements of the funer- al. It was also decided that an equal number of, army and navy officers_shall act as ushers at the church, with Major McAuley of the marine corps in charge. An’ equal number of enlisted men from the army and navy will act as body- bearers. It was also ordered that Lieu- tenant-General Miles, commanding the army, and the-heads of all the staff de- Psnments of the army attend the funeral n uniform, and a similar order was issued yith respect to Admiral Dewey and the heads of the bureaus of the Navy De- partment. The funeral escort will consist of a squadron of cavalry from Fort Myer, a battalion of engineers (marching as in- fantry) from Washington Barracks, a battery of artillery from Fort Myer and a battalion of marines from local posts. Secretary Hay receivea the following telezram from London to-day. His Majesty’'s Government thanks you for your kind and sympathetic message, They have sustained an irreparable loss, and they are glad to know that its extent is understood by the Government of the United States, and that Lord Pauncefote's great qualities were appreciated by your country mnot less than by his own. LANSDOWNE. @ il @ BRINGS RASCAL 3N T0 JUGTICE David Thomson’s Father Assists in Running Him Down. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, May 26—David Thomson, wanted in Great Britain for ‘embezzle- ment, was turned over to British offi- cers on the steamship Saxonia in New York last week by Deputy United States Marshal Crosby of Tacoma, who returned to-day. Thomson is about thirty years of age and well educated. His father had been a magistrate for thirty years in a town in Scotland and was made manager of a loan company, The father allowed the son to handle the funds and the latter embezzled money to the amount of $70,000. Then he fled the country, taking with him the daughter of a Liverpool sea cap- tain. On arriving in New York they were married and afterward went to Texas. Leaving his wife there, young Thomson ceme to Washington to better his for- tune and was arrested in Seattle two months ago. His own father was instru- mental in bringing him to justice. The parent has been ruined financially in the effort to make good the losses caused by his son’s betrayal of trust. On learning of Thomson’s arrest, his wife’s friends sent her money and she met him in New York, but the officers refused to let her sail on the same steam- er I!‘id she bought a ticket on another vessel. $ 'ATLANTA, Ga., May 26.—Willard Dee, who shot and instantly killed Lillie Sutles in & church at Benhlll, Ga., yesterday, captured this morning near Austell, Ga., :fi He says he killed placed in the Atlanta jail, Miss Sutles because his love was unrequited and he wished to end the suspense. —— Piles Cured Without the Knife. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles, No cure, No Pay. All druggists are authorized by mantfacturers of Pazo Ointment to refund money where it fails to cure any case of piles, no matter of how long standing. Cures ordinary cases In six days; worst cases in fourteen days. One application gives ease and rest. Relleves itching instantly. This is a new df , and ia the only pile remedy sold on positive - antee, no cure, no pay. A free sample will be gent by mail to any one sending name and ad- dress. Price, 50c. If your druggist don’t keep it in stock send 50c in stamps and we will for ward ull size box Manufactured by PARIS MEDICINE CO., St. Louls, Mo. also manufacture the celebrated 'cold Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. .‘mlm Gt of the:last session of the Legislature. It Wil be recollected that Senator Belshaw of Contrd Costa and Marin secured the adoption of a resolution authorizing thc Senate to name a committee of five hoid- over ‘Senators to look into prison man- MINE WORKERS STILL HOPEL Civic Federation Will Try to Bring About Conterence. Both Sides Anxiously Await Action of Engineers and Pumpmen. CHICAGO, May 2.—A conference that promises to change the aspect of the anthracite strike situation was held in this city to-day between several mem- bers of the National Civic Federation and union interests. President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America, who arrived here Sunday, met Frank P. Sargent and Franklin MacVeagh of the federation, and Samuel Keefe of the Longshoremen’'s Union, and plans for further arbitrative endeavors on the part of the federation were discussed. The meeting was executive and definite statements as to detalls of the conference were not announced. It is understood, however, that the plan agreed on com- templates calling another conference of the mine operators and the whole commit- tee of the National Civic Federation at New York, with a view to arbitrating the strike question. It is said that the plan will be sent to Semator Hanna for ap- roval before a omymendation for urther arbitration made. If the plan is carried into effeet it is saild that some definite announcement of it will be made within a week or ten days. President Mitchell declined to go into details of the meeting but said it was not called by him. He said further that the mine workers were showing no indication of we&kenh’}l‘ialn their position. Franklin c Veagh sald he was not in a position to speak of the meeting, save that it was not called at the request of President Mitchell. ENGINEERS ARE WORRIED. WILKESBARRE, May 26.—It is still a matter of conjecture whether the mines in the anthracite region will be complete- ly shut down next Monday, wheh the order issued by the executive boards of the United Mine Workers, governing the hours of labor and wages to be pald en- gineers, firemen and pump runners will 80 into effect. The ofernmrs declare they will have all the help necessary to keep the pumps and engines in running order. The United Mine Warkers and the offi- cers of the Stationary Firemen's Associa- tion, on the other hand, assert that un- less the coal companies grant the de- mands made upon them the great bulk of the emgineers, firemen and pumpmen wiil quit work. Many of the engineers do_not like the predicament they are in. If the: uit ‘work they may never be reinstated, while if they remain at their posts and the miners should win their strike they would probably find that things would not be so pleasant for them at the collleries in the future, At a largely attended meeting in_this city to-night a committee of United Mine Workers reported that they had called upon many cngineers during the day and that nearly all had given their word that they would join the other strikers next Monday unless the demand for a shorter workday was granted. 2 FIREMEN WILL GO OUT. The firemen will strike almost to a man and the operators will be compelled to secure green hands to take their places. The stationary firemen have a member- ship of over 1000 in the district, and with- in a year a great many firemen who_ for- merly belonged to the Stationary Fire- men’s Association have joined the United Mine Workers. Secretary Mullahy says that %0 per cent of the engineers and pumpmen will strike. The engineers, fire- men and pumpmen who were discharged. at the Boston colliery of the Delaware and Hudson Company because they reg- fused to do the work which was formerly gone by the strikers were reinstated to- ay. HAZELTON, Pa.,, May 26.—Sixty engi- neers, firemen and pumpmen in.the Cran< berry colliery of A. Pardee & Co. struck to-day because of the company’s refusal to refnstate a discharged pumpman. Some of the oldest of the company’s' employes who were asked to take charge of fires or pumps resigned rather than comply with theé company’s request. Cots were taken to the Cranberry colllery to-night for the use of non-union pumpmen and firemen. The company's special officers will be on guard. One of the Cranberry 'hplet! has been fllling with water the last week. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY Sixteen of Them Are Arrested as the Result of Hazing a Junior. CHICAGO, May 26.—Sixteen of .the most prominent students of Northwest- era University®at Evanston were arrested to-day charged with disorderly conduct, assault and battery and resisting the po- lice. They were released on bonds to ap- car before the magistrate to-morrow. be warrants were sworn out by officers of the alumni of the Sigma Alpha Up- silon. The trouble started with the haz- lnfi Friday of George Tilrose, a junior who had criticized the athletic abliity of some of Northwestern's best men. ~ He resisted stoutly, but was easily overcome and rolled in a mud puddle. e students took their arrest lightly and declared that they would start a criminal club, simi- lar to the one at Yale. Your First Duty to Yourself Is to look after your own comfort. The com- fortable trains of the Nickel Plate Road; Chi- cago to New York and Boston, carryigg Nickel Plate dining cars, in which served Amert- | h, al’ il San - Slenss e traeting oo 9,81 sae £t ; BE B AT G tker building, The adoption of the resolution was re- garded as something like slapping the face of his Gageship, and steps were at gnce taken by the Governor to line up Senators who had important bills pend- ing and induce them to rescind the reso- CHARGES DOCTOR WITH BATTERY Warrant Out for Chief; Surgeon of French Hospital. Former Patient Tells of an Alleged Assault at the Geysers. Special Dispateh to The Call® SANTA ROSA, May 26.—A Wwarrant was issued out of Justice Brown's court late Saturday night charging Dr. F. P. Canac- Marquis, chief surgeon of the French Hospital in San Francisco, with assault and battery. George Michaud, a former patient in the French Hospital, having spent seven or elght months in the insti- tution, was the complaining witness. The offense of which the doctor is ac- cused is alleged to have taken place on Friday at the Geysers, the famous re- sort in_the northern part of this county. When Michaud was discharged from the French Hospital he was advised by Dr. Canac-Marquis to go to the Geysers where he could obtain light employment and regain his health. The patient did as his physiclan directed, and obtained employment at the springs, but did not get_along well with his employer. On ¥Frday evening Dr. Canac-Marquls ar- rived at the resort from San Francisco for a short visit, and’ Michaud began to complain to him. It is then that the alleged assault took place. The complaining witness, declares that . he = was unceremoniously knocked down and that great bodily pain was caused by the attack. The warrant has not been served, the doctor having departed for ‘ran- cisco ‘this morning, thereby evading ser- vice of the-warrant in this county. He will be haled into the Justices’ Court to answer to the charge as soon as the ar- rest can be made. Dr. Canac-Marquis, when seen last right at his residence, 1101 Van Ness avenue, admitted that he had used some force in dealing with Michaud, but said he lzcted in self defense. “Michaud went to the Geysers on my advice,” said he. “I recommended him for the position of cook in the Geysers hotel. When I went to the springs for an outing last Friday he sought me out and became abusive. He told me that he would not remain there and blamed me for his condition. Calling me a vile name, he drew a knife, as I supposed, to stab me. He again called me a vile name and | I knocked him down. That is all there was to it.” - ® ROBBERS HANDY WITH REVOLVERS Wound Policeman and Fleeing Citizan at Fairhaven. Special Disvatch to The Call. FAIRHAVEN, Wash,, May 2.—Two robbers raided a saloon known as “Butch’s Place” in this city last night and | escaped with the coin from the cash register, after wounding one of the flec- TO FRIENDS Members of Ring Are Trembling ‘With Fear. Seek to Destroy the Records of Infamy. tenant Governor Neff, who had had ex- perience in prison management, would ap- point a capable committee, and that facts relating to Aguirre’s peculiar methods of handling prison affairs at San Quentin would be brought to light by the com- mittee. ¥ The Governor was anxious that success should attend his efforts to have the threatening resolution rescinded, hence he rut aside his petty pride and small preju- dices and sent for Senator Cutter of Yuba to help him out of difficulty. As the rec- ords of the Senate will show, Cutter went to his rescue and the resolution which so alarmed hig little Excellency and the gang at San Quentin was duly rescindéd. Senator Belshaw stated openly on the floor of the Senate fhat the Executive was interfering in the business of legisla- tion and took a whack at the intruder, using language that no one could fail io understand. Senator Belshaw then had, FLOOD SMEEPS WY BRIDGES High Water Is Causing Havoc in Vicinity of Pueblo. Two Women Escape Death in Torrents by Olinging to a Trae. PUEBLO, Colo., May 2%.—The high wa- ter in the Fountain River reached here shortly after 8 o’clock. The flood came down in a great roaring breast of water, tearing loose everything in its way. At Buttes station on the Rio Grande road the section-house and other property were destroyed. From there to this city not much of value could be reached by the wave, and ample warning had been sent ahead. But a num- ber of tent dwellers disregarded it and had a narrow escape. Two women were compelled to cling to a tree several hours amid the noisy waves. Several small houses and tents were carried off. The three large steel railroad bridges of the Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific and Colo- rado Southern roads, all within a quarter of a mile above the mouth of the Foun- tain. were, torn ous, and no trains will be able to cross for some time. The ap- proaches to the two city bridges on Fourth and Eighth streets, ang those of the county bridge north of the kity, were undermined and. then. torn out. " It is reported that at Kelker a cloud- burst covered the prairie with from two to four inches of water. MRS. LILLIAN G. BEAL FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE SAN RAFAEL, May 26.—Mrs. Lilllan G. Beal is seeking legal separation from Ray C. Beal. Papers in a suit of divorce were filled with the County Clerk this af- ternoon, the charge being infidelity. The Leals have been married less than two years. residing most of the time at Point San Pedro, near this city. —_— Schooner Nellie Thurston Safe. VANCOUVER, B. C., May 2.—The schooner Nellie E. Thurston, which has been roaming the sea in the. vicinity of | Dixons Entrance for three months and about which there was much anxlety, is reported_safe. She was spoken by the steamer Danube last Wednesday. At that time the schooner was aground on a sand- bar off Skidegat, where she had been for the past fortnight. The schooner was not damaged and it was expected she would be floated at the high tide last Thursday. Opium Dealer Murdered. PORTLAND, 'Or., May 26.—Lin Yeung, a Chinese opium dealer, was found dead in his room on Second street this after- noon. His head had been crushed with an .ax, which was found in the room. ‘Whether he had been murdered as a re- sult of a Chinese feud or by members of a low class of negroes who patronized him is not known. No arrests have been made. Gage Makes Poor Excuses for Aguirre. Attempt Is Made to Hide the Evidence. R . as he now has, positive proof that the Governor lobbied to secure a repeal of the resolution which propesed an inquiry into prison affairs during a recess of the Sen- ate. This incident is now recalled and the people begin to see why Gage did not want a committee to inquire about San Quentin. The abominable management of prison -affairs in California has been ‘he topic of whispered comment for the past year. Perhaps at the time the inquiry was proposed Senator Belshaw had an inkling that things were crooked at San Quentin. Senator Cutter is well satisfied with his general record as a statesman, but he admits now that he made an error when he advocated the repeal of the Bel- shaw resolution. Propose a Gift for the Emporor. BERLIN, May 26.—The Berlin Tage- blatt says it understands that a commit- tee of New York citizens is arranging to offer Emperor William a statue of George Washington in return for his gift of a statue of Frederick the Great to the United States. D I T e o o o o ] BOILER-MAKERS ARE ON STRIKE Tieup in San Bernardino Carshops of the Santa Fe. Union Backs fip Workman's Refusal to Be Sent to Arizona. SAN BERNARDINO, May 25.—The en~ tire force in the boiler-making depart~ ment of the Santa Fe shops in this city went on strike this morning. With one exception every man employed, including helpers and apprentices, laid down his tools and sald he would not go back until the men’s grievances were righted. There was no preliminary agitation, and, in fact, only a few of the workmen really knew what the strike had been called for until after they had left the shops and gomne into conference. The grievance of the boiler-makers, which caused the strike, is over the dis- charge of a workman named Wilson, ené of the oldest men, in point of service, in that department of the Santa Fe. Wilson was not actually discharged. but -was told he would be unless he agreed to to Seligman, Ariz., to work in_accordance with the company’s wishes. On Saturday ilson was transferred to Seligman, but e refused to go. The company them told him he would be‘'discharged unless he chose to go to Arizoma. Wilson placed the ‘matter before the Boiler-makers’ Union &nd it was agreed that the union would back wup Wilson in his refusal About forty boiler-makers, with ap- prentices and the helpers, walked out. In former strikes the helpers and apprentices remained at worlk. A meeting of the boiler-makers was held at the union’s headauarters to-day. The members pledged themselyes to refuse to give any information and 'to refrain from any disturbances. Other departments of the machine shops are said to be in sympathy with_the boiler-makers and the men are said to have announced that, i necessary, they would strike. Strike Settlement in Sight. SACRAMENTO, May 26.—Prospects are good for the speedy settlement of the la- bor troubles that have tied up building tradbs of this city for a fortnight. Both sides have tacitly agreed to concessions and a joint committee has been appoint- ed, representing the contractors and builders and the journeymen, to meet at 1:36 to-morrow afternoon, when the de- tails of the settlement probably will be arranged. P A TR Relief for Fernie’s Needy. VICTORIA, B. C., May 26.—In the Legis- lature this afternoon a resolution of syme pathy with the families of those whe lost their lives in the Fernle disaster was passed, and Minister of Mines Prior an~ nounced that the Government bad fore warded a check for $5000 for the immedi- ate necessities of the needy and would forward another check for the same amount when it wds required. ing Inmates of the place and a policeman | who attempted to intercept them. Fol- | lowing the robbery, and during the pur- suit of the criminals, another policeman | and ‘a watchman mistook "each other for a fugitive, with the result that the watch- | man was badly wounded. The casualty list follows: Policeman Anders Peterson, shot through the left side, just below the heart; cannot recover. ‘Watchman 8. A. Grandjeau, bullet wound through the right side; not thought to be fatal. Thomas Berger, wounded through the right shoulder, not seriously. ‘he robbers entered the saloon from the rear a few minutes before midnight. There were only two patrons and bartender present. Thomas Berger start- ed to run out of the front door, when one of the robbers fired, the bullet striking the fleeing man in the shoulder. As the robbers were effecting their re- treat with the cash register Policeman Peterson started to enter the saloon and the two commenced shooting at him. The policeman received a wound just under the heart. The robbers retreated a few steps far- ther and opened the till, from which they abstracted only $3. In making their es- cape they were seen by Night Watchman Grandjeau of the Puget Sound Packing Company’'s cannery, who notified the police. _In their flight the robbers had to ascend 4 steep mound known as Dead Man's Point. A cordon was thrown around this and in the darkness Watchman Grandjeau and Policeman Defries mistook each other and commenced firing, exchanging seven shots. Grandjeau was wounded In the right side. Posses were quickly formed and sent to try to intercept the fugitives, but so far they have eluded capture. b e JOSE., May 20.—Ma reapponted Willlam . Carmichasl a member of the Police and Fire Commission. The term of office. is four years the | 1 i i it ) L Of course you will wear a straw hat during the summer — almost everybody is going to; it will be the biggest straw hat season for years past. There is an advantage here; the first and foremost in buying your straw hat advantage lies in the fact that we sell hats at much lower prices than exclusive dca%ers ; our hat department is only a part of our large business. Another advantage comes from our immense assortment: Different sha and $3.00. ped.Fedoras at $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 Yacht shapes at 50¢, 75¢. $1.00. $1.50, $2.00. Ladies’ and men’s yacht shape rough straw hats with three thickness brims, R very swell, $1.00 each. Store closed Friday—Memorial Day. Cut-of-town orders filled—write us. SNWooD 718 Market Street